# BBC One's Dracula - seen it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804 "2020-01-02T21:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/21 "2020-01-09T01:44:03Z")
I finished the third episode last night. It was enjoyable enough if you like vampire movies (and I do). Biggest problem for me was the guy playing The Count. The best vampire characters have a magnetism, or seductiveness that makes you love/hate them. I just didn’t like the Dracula in this show. Loved his castle in Transylvania though. Liked Sister Agatha/Zoe a lot, good choice there. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/22 "2020-01-09T14:45:24Z")
Yes, the castle was great. The series looks like it was expensive to make. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/23 "2020-01-09T16:17:12Z")
I enjoyed it, but I really just want a Sister Agatha spinoff. She was fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/24 "2020-01-09T16:29:35Z")
[Has anyone seen Mark Gatiss lately?](https://newsthump.com/2020/01/04/missing-persons-case-opened-after-dracula-writer-vanished-up-his-own-arse/) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/25 "2020-01-09T17:43:33Z")
I was a big fan of the first 3 seasons of _Sherlock_, but I quit this thing about three quarters of the way through Episode 1 because it seemed too over-the-top and in love with its own cleverness. I will steel myself and try it again based on the recommendations in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/26 "2020-01-13T16:29:55Z")
I watched all 3 eps yesterday. I really enjoyed it, though I thought the last was the weakest. Somehow we went from an atmospheric, gothic (albeit sometimes funny) show to a show about modern day party kids. I know Lucy is part of the original story but I could have lived without that whole arc. The character was so annoying I was hoping she’d suffer even more than she did Unlike **River Hippie** , I loved this actor’s portrayal of Drac. Claes Bang is my new (age appropriate!) Sweet Baby. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/27 "2020-01-13T18:45:17Z")
I had a hard time with the Team Zoe incompetence on the beach. Really was expecting some trick up their sleeve to explain their level of looseness, like the mercs were undead of sorts themselves… Otherwise I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/28 "2020-01-13T19:42:28Z")
I liked the premise that a group dedicated to studying Dracula and learning about why he is what he is. That should have gone farther such as having him subjected to an xray or MRI scan. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/29 "2020-01-13T20:42:44Z")
Although I found it extremely campy, I didn’t really like the ending. Him mentally invading the last moment’s of Zoe’s death was really off-putting to me, even if he died in the process. While Dracula was charming, I really think he should have had a terrible death at the end. I also didn’t care for the cutesy “modern” explanations for his aversions. He’s afraid of the cross because his victims were afraid of the cross?? Bleh. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/30 "2020-01-13T21:18:19Z")
I like it up until the last 10 minutes or so. I felt the ending was very weak. Otherwise, there were some new spins on an old character. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/31 "2020-01-13T22:17:20Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I like it up until the last 10 minutes or so. I felt the ending was very weak. > > Otherwise, there were some new spins on an old character. A little bit more than the last 10 minutes were rough for me. The entire plot with that girl who got cremated was lame and added on. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/32 "2020-01-13T22:41:10Z")
Actually, the notion that the dead can feel their cremation was first referenced by Moffat and Gatiss in an episode of _Doctor Who_ called “Dark Water”. It was not only lame and added on, it was copied. Not that copying is inherently bad, but it is when done in a lame manner. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/33 "2020-01-14T01:34:35Z")
I also liked the first two episodes and would have really liked it to turn into a longer series (even better, flash back and forth between Sister Abigail’s time & Zoe’s time) but the ending really ruined it for me. So much wasted potential in this series and a very disappointing ending. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/34 "2020-01-14T04:18:49Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Although I found it extremely campy, I didn’t really like the ending. > > Him mentally invading the last moment’s of Zoe’s death was really off-putting to me, even if he died in the process. While Dracula was charming, I really think he should have had a terrible death at the end. I also didn’t care for the cutesy “modern” explanations for his aversions. He’s afraid of the cross because his victims were afraid of the cross?? Bleh. But that’s not actually why he’s afraid of the cross - or at least that’s not the explanation Zoe/Sister Agatha eventually settles on. She eventually surmises that’s he’s afraid of the cross because he’s a coward who’s terrified of death and the cross represents a courage he will never have, to willingly sacrifice oneself for the good of others. Which, actually, I think is more bleh. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/35 "2020-01-14T04:46:30Z")
The way Dracula “escaped” from his prison has got to be one of the biggest bull shit scenes I’ve ever seen in my life. Loved the first three episodes though. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/36 "2020-01-14T09:47:06Z")
I was thinking a person like Dracula would make a great spy. He can read peoples thoughts and hypnotize them to do his bidding. He can walk on the outside of a building like Spiderman and turn himself into various animals. I can think of some great subplots like maybe have Dracula return to his native Transylvania (modern Romania) to say break up a terrorist ring. Originally Vlad the Impaler became a vampire because he used his powers originally to fight off an eastern invasion. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/37 "2020-01-14T09:56:07Z")
Did Dracula get his powers after he lost his sweetheart to whatever invading forces? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/38 "2020-01-14T14:09:59Z")
It’s never said in the show, but the book implied he had attended the Scholomance while alive. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/39 "2020-01-15T01:41:52Z")
I had to look up [Scholomance.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholomance) According to Wikipedia there was a dragon like creature there called a [balaur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/). Didn’t Dracula use Balaur as an alias at one point in the show? If so that was a nice touch! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804/40 "2020-01-15T02:01:55Z")
Yes and it was explained by Agatha that it meant dragon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804.md?page=3)