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The Frankenstein Chronicles - A World Without God - Advance Preview + Dialogue Teasers

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New period crime drama, The Frankenstein Chronicles, starts Wednesday 11th November on ITV Encore at 10pm, and later in the year on A&E. Starring Sean Bean as John Marlott, a senior river police officer and veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, who is caught up in a ghoulish mystery after discovering the body of a child on the banks of the Thames. The corpse is covered in grotesque stitches, and when he reaches down to touch the young girl’s hand, it reaches out and grabs his first!

Sean Bean is superb as Marlott, a man soldiering on despite his guilty secret and painful past, striving for the underdog to have their justice and keeping the peace. The episode takes it’s time setting up the story, there’s no fast paced action here, but you will find yourself being drawn in to the plot as it delves deeper and probes the character’s oddities and quirks. The atmosphere and setting is gloriously English Gothic, with smoggy lanes, street urchins running amok through market places and plenty of dismembered bodies turning up on dissecting tables.

All in all it’s a solid start to what promises to be a fresh look at the Frankenstein legend, with the promo at the end giving a taster of what’s to come, including the great Mary Shelley herself putting in an appearance. It does feel as though it should be Sunday evening show as opposed to a middle of the week affair, but let’s be real, Sean Bean is a welcome site on my TV any day of the week!

Here are a few dialogue teasers for the opening episode, A World Without God. to whet your appetite:


“The remains of seven or eight children have been found. Freshly dismembered, mutilated and rearranged….stitched back together”

“Lay people fear us. Superstitious about what happens to their bodies after death. Medical science has grown beyond their comprehension”

“And you insisted that this, object, be examined by Sir William Chester, the leading surgeon in land, not the Surrey coroner. Why?”

“I think you’re lying. Why, are you scared?”

“The prices have dropped since talking of bringing the workhouse stiffs our way”

“Like a chicken whose head’s been cut off, the energy persisting beyond death?”

“It comes at night, takes the children”

“You’ve had mercury before, how’d you get on with it?”

“These reforms might well put the grave robbers out of business as the Home Secretary intends, but they will also divide this nation!”

“Was it worth it? Putting a fellow officer’s life at risk for your dirty money?”



Trailer Teaser

“To find her you have to know the truth of the beast”


About the Author - Sandi
Sandi is part of the Senior Staff at SpoilerTV having been a contributor from back in the Lost days of DarkUFO, and who now writes previews for Banshee, The Musketeers, Poldark, and other UK shows. She also enjoys watching and commenting on other shows such as Vikings, Orphan Black, Game of Thrones and The Flash.
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