for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup in a Series. The episode has proved influential on later television writers. In his "Production Notes: Doodles in the Margins of Time", Doctor Who executive producer Russell T Davies said that he was inspired by "The Zeppo", along with the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Lower Decks", when writing the 2006 "Doctor-lite" episode "Love & Monsters", which started an annual tradition for an episode with little involvement of the lead cast. Joss Whedon himself cites it as influential to his later series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. References External links Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 3) episodes 1999 American television episodes Television episodes about zombies Television episodes about bullying Television episodes about gangs