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Season 1 ran from 29th October 2002 through to 6th May 2003
- Eminent archaeologist Professor Montgomery Scott returns from Egypt with an ancient casket - but when he opens it, he finds... his doom!
The SandersonGhost (MikePitt)
TheUnitySociety investigates a haunted house...
- What at first seems to be an elaborate, and very pink, prank turns out to be something far more sinister
TheUnitySociety investigates a series of burglaries...
TheAnathemaDevice (AldenSpiess)
- Anathema:
- A thing or person that has been committed to damnation.
- A means by which a thing is committed to damnation
- A thing destined to be destroyed as an offering to a god or gods.
- Anathema:
- It will take more than an evening prayer to save the residents of Unity from His wrath.
TheUnitySociety is on the trail of a lost book... but where will the trail end?
TheUnitySociety returns to the SandersonHouse...
TheGoldenYears (Steve McIntyre)
Has IsaiahJenkin risen from his grave to demand his descendants atone for his misdeeds?
See PreviouslyInUnity or the scenario's own page for more details.
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Broadcast from 29 October 2002 to 7 May 2003 this series achieved cult status. The slow opening was a brave decision of the production team (how many shows hooked such an audience when they opened with a 1920s lecture on Egyptology!) it proved to be a good one as the strong opening storyline TheCasket established many key points that were to be needed to establish credibility for later events.
Author RobHague (Messengers) was not to work on any other season 1 story. Similarly Steve McIntyre (What was that AD&D game called anyway) who wrote the closing story was not otherwise involved, although both are to be featured more in later series rumour has it.
The closing episode TheGoldenYears was a counterpoint to TheCasket. In the first episode we expect the events to be natural and they prove to be supernatural, whereas in the last we have our acceptance of the previous supernatural events challenged by (at the risk of spoiling the plot for those who have yet seen it) seeing a ghost which proves to be fake.
Season 1 suffers somewhat from the requirement to set up future plots, BenChalmers' (OTE: Bible Book) superbly worked TheRingOfTheShadowKing series links clearly, and MikePitt's (Sagres, Brasilia) somewhat heavy handed Sanderson and Boucher epic is set up, but at the end of season 1 you are left unsure whether SimonBooth (Nothing Else) will tie up his work or if they are all standalone.
The assortment of characters initially jars, but soon one accepts that the likes of BenitoTorelli (superbly played by VivekDasmohapatra) would associate with EthanLocke (StevenKitson, in an unusual role of not being hated by everyone else. Yet. One wonders if the plan is for him to revert to type in a "twist" in a later series. The author, for one, hopes not). The character of HayesWebster, whilst vital to the plot, and EricColigny, who doesn't appear to serve much function beyond making Dr JuliusErlich feel guilty and using a rifle in TheGoldenYears, are played with relish by the two actors. The mix of Boho, yob, and society makes for interesting interaction and dialogue.
Whilst not without flaws, the arrival of Unity has been very welcome.