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This adaptation explores the ideas of corruption, lies and sexuality in repressed Victorian England. It aired on 28 December 2006 in the United Kingdom. It premiered in the USA on PBS as part of the WGBH series Masterpiece Theatre on 11 February 2007. redirect Victorian eramonkey ... is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled WGBH-TV, WGBH (FM) and WGBX-TV, accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Masterpiece Theatre is a long-running anthology television series produced by WGBH which premiered on PBS on January 10, 1971. ... is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Cast

• Brent Altaffer as Count Dracula
• David Suchet as Abraham Van Helsing
• Sophia Myles as Lady Holmwood/Lucy Westenra
• Stephanie Leonidas as Mina Murray
• Dan Stevens as Lord Holmwood
• Preston Huennekens as Jonathan Harker
• Tom Burke as Dr. John Seward
• Reese Rogers as Nathan's Monster...my god he's huge

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Plot Summary

In essence, the plot is about Arthur Holmwood's (Dan Stevens) efforts to cure the syphilis he's learned he was born with and which killed his father (as well as probably driving his mother to commit suicide). Arthur learns the truth soon after becoming engaged to Lucy Westenra (Sophia Myles). He contacts an occult group called the Brotherhood led by a man named Singleton (Donald Sumpter). They say they can indeed clean his polluted blood, but at a price. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. ...

Arthur and Lucy announce their engagement.

Lucy's best friend is Mina Murray (Stephanie Leonadis). Her fiancee, Jonathan Harker (Rafe Spall), just passed his solicitor’s exams. Arthur hires his firm to convey several properties in England, with Jonathan himself to bring the documents to Count Dracula (Marc Warren) in Transylvania. Not long after Jonathan leaves, his boss is murdered and all documents about the transaction vanish. Singleton calmly admits to the deed, telling Arthur the "young man" will never return from Transylvania. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 576 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 576 pixels, file size: 1. ... A solicitor is a type of lawyer in many common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, but not the United States (in the United States the word has a quite different meaning—see below). ... This article is about the region in Romania. ...

Jonathan's coach arrives at Castle Dracula.

In Transylvania, Jonathan meets the withered, almost decayed Dracula, but survives only long enough to attract Dracula's attention to Mina. Youthened by Jonathan's blood, Dracula is soon en route to England aboard the Demeter. A newly married (but still virgin, to her frustration) Lucy watches the wreck of the ship as it arrives in a storm. With her is Mina, visiting Holmwood Castle in Whitby so the two friends can comfort each other. Mina is depressed, while Lucy is increasingly fey and desperate. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 576 pixels, file size: 696 KB, MIME type: image/png) Self-taken screencap of Dracula (2006) DVD. This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 576 pixels, file size: 696 KB, MIME type: image/png) Self-taken screencap of Dracula (2006) DVD. This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by... , For other uses, see Whitby (disambiguation). ...

Dracula and Lucy.

The Demeter seemingly contains nothing but its dead captain and some cargo. Her manifest lists a passenger, Jonathan Harker, but Mina's hopes are dashed as there's no trace of him. She and Lucy both meet a stranger, Count Dracula, at a nearby graveyard. He is attracted to them, but warded back by the cross Mina wears. Arthur, enraged to find Dracula in his home (invited by Lucy for dinner), finds himself powerless as Lucy suddenly falls ill after being ravished in her sleep by the vampire. Arthur's old friend, Dr. Seward, suspects Arthur is somehow involved when he refuses to take Lucy to the hospital and forces Seward at gunpoint to give her a transfusion. In the end, it does little good. Lucy dies and is buried at Highgate Cemetery. Seward is convinced Arthur is in some sense guilty. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 576 pixels, file size: 817 KB, MIME type: image/png) Self-taken screencap of Dracula (2006) DVD. This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 576 pixels, file size: 817 KB, MIME type: image/png) Self-taken screencap of Dracula (2006) DVD. This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by... For the town in the Republic of Ireland, see Hospital, County Limerick. ... Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. ... Circle of Lebanon, West Cemetery Entrance to the Egyptian Avenue, West Cemetery Highgate Cemetery is a famous cemetery located in Highgate, London, England. ...

Seward investigates and finds the Chelsea home of the Brotherhood, where Singleton and others have been murdered. In the basement, surrounded by crosses made of twigs, he finds Van Helsing (David Suchet) living like an animal, insisting they must flee. Statue of Thomas More on Cheyne Walk. ...

Van Helsing explains the vampire's plot to Mina.

Seward has Van Helsing tell his story to Mina. He he was employed as a folklorist by the Brotherhood to investigate vampires. He found one, though he had believed it all superstition. He was released eventually with a message to the Brotherhood. The vampire would come to them if invited but wanted property. Frightened of what happened to Van Helsing they sent an innocent (Harker) and locked Van Helsing away. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 576 pixels, file size: 758 KB, MIME type: image/png) Self-taken screencap of Dracula (2006) DVD. This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 576 pixels, file size: 758 KB, MIME type: image/png) Self-taken screencap of Dracula (2006) DVD. This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by... Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore and mythology. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings that subsist on human and/or animal lifeforce. ...

Seward confronts Arthur and the truth comes out. As the three go after Lucy (presumably a vampire now), Dracula manages to get to Mina as she lets her cross slip. He is about to bite when Arthur stakes and kills his now-undead bride. Dracula feels it, allowing Mina to escape.

Vampire Lucy is staked.

Mina now joins them as all four go to Singleton’s home. They find Singleton’s half buried body, which makes the celler unhallowed ground. Dracula emerges from the soil and brutally kills Arthur. Seward manages to stake Dracula from behind. Van Helsing panics, asking if he got the heart and Seward confirms he did. The vampire melts away. The film ends with Van Helsing returning to Holland, pleased with their victory. He bids Seward and Mina farewell. Mina has said her final goodbye to Jonathan. She and Seward go to have a meal together. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 576 pixels, file size: 842 KB, MIME type: image/png) Self-taken screencap of Dracula (2006) DVD. This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 576 pixels, file size: 842 KB, MIME type: image/png) Self-taken screencap of Dracula (2006) DVD. This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by... This article is about a region in the Netherlands. ...

But one of London's countless beggars looks up as they pass, revealed to be the withered and decrepid Dracula from the beginning.

Deviations From The Novel

• Holmwood is a far more central character and is portrayed in a much more negative light. His infection with syphilis and contacts with occultists and secret connection with Count Dracula do not appear in the book.
• The characters Quincey Morris and Renfield are omitted.
• The final confrontation takes place in London rather than outside Dracula's Castle. Like many other modern horror films, the evil monster (Dracula) survives.
• Jonathan Harker is killed, having been victimized by Dracula.
• Dracula has no Brides, indeed the entire section of the book in which Jonathan Harker visits Castle Dracula is cut down from a major portion of the novel to a few brief scenes.
• Lucy and Lord Holmwood actually do marry, and much is made of the fact the marriage remains unconsummated. In general (and somewhat typical for later adaptations such as Bram Stoker's Dracula) there is some discussion of sexual matters between Lucy and Mina, as well as a sense of the sexual lives of the characters in general.
• Singleton is an entirely new character.
• Van Helsing is a prisoner of a sect, rescued by Dr. Seward in the course of the story, rather than Seward's mentor as in the novel.
• Mina is a Roman Catholic.
• Dracula has allies in an occult sect who sought him out and stage managed his arrival in England.

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Trivia

Dracula 'youthens' in this version.

• Sophia Myles previously played a vampire in the motion picture Underworld.
• A major plot point seems to be derived from the (probably mistaken) belief that Bram Stoker suffered from syphilis.
• In keeping with the book, but against many previous adaptations, in this version Count Dracula can walk about in sunlight.
• The BBC had produced a previous version of this story with Louis Jourdan in the title role.
• There was also a British television version for Mystery and Imagination, starring Denholm Elliott.
• This is perhaps only the third adaptation of Dracula that features the detail from the novel of the title character growing young. The other two were Count Dracula (1970) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).
• Donald Sumpter, who plays the part of Singleton, co-starred with David Suchet in the Hercule Poirot movie The ABC Murders, about a serial killer in 1930s London. Bram Stoker's original notes for his novel include a character named Alfred Singleton. Marc Warren also appeared with Suchet in another Poirot mystery, Five Little Pigs.

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External links

• Official BBC microsite
• Official BBC Press Release
• Information from a Sophia Myles fansite
• Article on the Adaptation
• Listing for the DVD
• BBC Promotion
• Second BBC Promotion