There are pictures of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), pinned to the wall behind John Doe, visible at 41:54. These pictures compare the CMB as seen by the WMAP satellite, launched in 2001, to the same sky as seen by the COBE satellite (1992) and by Penzias & Wilson (1965). WMAP data were first released on 11 February 2003 (NASA press release), while this John Doe episode first aired 15 November 2002. There is no time warp here: the WMAP picture actually shows simulated data.
There are pictures of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), pinned to the wall behind John Doe, visible at 41:54. These pictures compare the CMB as seen by the WMAP satellite, launched in 2001, to the same sky as seen by the COBE satellite (1992) and by Penzias & Wilson (1965). The problem is: WMAP data were first released on 11 February 2003 (NASA press release), while this John Doe episode first aired 15 November 2002. That is intriguing.