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Last episode it was a goose, this episode it’s a fish. HDM book readers were quite saddened to see the lack of inclusion of the heart-wrenching bit where Billy (or in the book, Tony Makarios) would clutch at his fish as if it were his daemon, crying out for Ratter. Well, an interesting tidbit that we learned from Jack Thorne’s twitter yesterday - apparently the bit about the fish was included in the script, and even shot, but for some reason it didn’t work (and Thorne also specifies on twitter that it wasn’t cut for time). Does that make you feel better about the change or not? Were you upset by the lack of fish or were you okay with how things played out? Let us know!

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Is the HDM team doing alright over on twitter? Have anyone checked in with them recently?  😂

I love them.

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“Visit a trove or rare discoveries and meet some of our elite members in a limited series of sessions open to the public this autumn.”

Anyone fancy a dinner at the arctic institute?

I certainly know what I fancy - and that’s this as a poster on my wall! 

Are you enjoying the art design for the show?

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The longer video previously mentioned - now on youtube! 

Cast and crew talk about what’s appealing about the world of His Dark Materials, as well as give us a glimpse at some unseen footage! 

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On a funnier note - seems like there might have been some D&D playing going on during production.

How many people out there wouldn’t want to play an original campaign inspired by HDM??

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Discover more about the daemons for His Dark Materials and how they were brought to your screens (and listen to James McAvoy and Ruth Wilson both be huge fans of their daemons, and also Ruth once again coming through, talking about Head Puppeteer and the Golden Monkey himself, Brian Fisher. We all love Brian at this point). 

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Adapting His Dark Materials

Another video - more new footage, more interviews from the cast and crew (and Pullman), this time talking about adapting the source material and perhaps even a brief glimpse at the opening credits (by the very end)! 

We’re nearly there.

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And of course an official warm welcome to Brian Fisher, who has created the animal noises and vocal characteristics for the golden monkey!

“He is in the form of a monkey, but no ordinary monkey: his fur is long and silky and of the most deep and lustrous gold.”