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The Terror - BBC2 Wednesday

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ExcusesAndAccusations · 27/02/2021 11:04

Quite excited for this to come to real telly because I am the only person I know who’s ever watched it - it was on AMC which came as part of my BT package a couple of years ago and it’s one of the best things I’ve seen in ages.

It’s about a Victorian naval expedition searching for the North West Passage but has a bit of a horror twist on the real world events - it’s harrowing in parts so you have to be feeling quite strong, but honestly the characterisation and the acting is breathtakingly good - I fell in love with so many of the characters.

Ciaran Hinds, Jared Harris and Tobias Menzies are the senior leads all playing a blinder.

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WhiskersPete · 04/04/2021 23:25

This is the best series I have watched for time. It resonated with me so long after. I also went on a bit of a rabbit hole reading about this after and found a great doc from the 80s on YouTube where they excavated the bodies of first three that died before the ships became ice locked. Will link to it later on

ExcusesAndAccusations · 04/04/2021 23:38

Fitzjames broke my heart.

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Needhelp101 · 05/04/2021 14:07

@ExcusesAndAccusations

Fitzjames broke my heart.
And Dr Goodsir. He really was a good sir 😢
NewModelArmyMayhem18 · 05/04/2021 15:06

Who was the one Crozier found scarcely alive towards the end who had all the piercings through his face?

WhiskersPete · 05/04/2021 17:44

The one with the piercings was Jonathan I think. When the bodies were eventually recovered in real life that's how they found one of them so it was written into the script! Terrifying.

Needhelp101 · 05/04/2021 18:21

@WhiskersPete

The one with the piercings was Jonathan I think. When the bodies were eventually recovered in real life that's how they found one of them so it was written into the script! Terrifying.
😳😳😳
Needhelp101 · 05/04/2021 18:22

I'm sure I remember reading about the discovery of the ships a few years ago, and the oddest thing was that they found that several of the bodies were female. But then DNA degrades over time so was not conclusive...

WhiskersPete · 05/04/2021 18:28

Oh yes I read about that too. Apparently it wasn't uncommon for women to pretend to be men to join the navy in those days!

Frequentflier · 05/04/2021 18:30

Why did Little have piercings? was it the Inuit?

Needhelp101 · 05/04/2021 18:30

@WhiskersPete

Oh yes I read about that too. Apparently it wasn't uncommon for women to pretend to be men to join the navy in those days!
You're right, it wasn't. I can appreciate the longing for freedom! Fascinating, if sad and gruesome event all round.
Zotter · 05/04/2021 21:07

@NewModelArmyMayhem18

Who was the one Crozier found scarcely alive towards the end who had all the piercings through his face?
It was Edward Little the-terror.fandom.com/wiki/Edward_Little
WhiskersPete · 05/04/2021 22:41

Oh sorry yes, Edward not Jonathan.

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