Murdoch Mysteries - a gem recently found
Jun. 21st, 2011 07:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartAs I mentioned in my previous post, I've detected a new fandom - as if I needed another one! It's The Murdoch Mysteries, featuring William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the 1890s. The television series is based on the Detective Murdoch series of novels by Maureen Jennings.
I must admit that I never heard before either of the author or of the series - I found it by accident, since I hardly ever watch Hungarian television. But now I'm hooked. The series has a unique charm, mostly due to the old-fashioned settings, and the cast look refreshingly like normal people. The stories are quite good, they have old-fashioned forensics, romance, some religious hue and so on. It's a delight to watch.
I also think the series has unique crossover qualities with the Whoniverse - with the character of Jack Harkness, to be more accurate. I could imagine a series of stories in which Jack visits Murdoch's Toronto: first as a time agent, then as the Doctor's companion, and finally as an immortal freelance agent of Victorian Torchwood Cardiff. It would be great fun to write.
I must admit that I never heard before either of the author or of the series - I found it by accident, since I hardly ever watch Hungarian television. But now I'm hooked. The series has a unique charm, mostly due to the old-fashioned settings, and the cast look refreshingly like normal people. The stories are quite good, they have old-fashioned forensics, romance, some religious hue and so on. It's a delight to watch.
I also think the series has unique crossover qualities with the Whoniverse - with the character of Jack Harkness, to be more accurate. I could imagine a series of stories in which Jack visits Murdoch's Toronto: first as a time agent, then as the Doctor's companion, and finally as an immortal freelance agent of Victorian Torchwood Cardiff. It would be great fun to write.
