#Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World

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World Television Day

On the 21st of November is World Television Day. Obviously, on Victorian times the TV didn't exist yet, but there are some TV films, series and mini-series that portrayed the Whitechapel Murder Victims. As a way of tributing these women, we decided to celebrate World Television Day by posting TV shows that featured them.

Jack The Ripper (1988 mini series):

In this TV mini-series starring Michael Caine, Annie Chapman is played by Deirdre Costello:

Angela Crow plays Liz Stride:

Susan George plays Catherine Eddowes:

And Lysette Anthony plays the role of Mary Kelly:

The Ripper (1997 TV film):

In this TV movie, Josephine Keen plays the role of Elizabeth Stride:

Catherine Eddowes is played by an unknown actress (please, contact me if you can identify her!):

And Mary Kelly is played by Karen Davitt:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World (2001 TV Series):

In this fantasy TV series, there is an episode about the Whitechapel murders, the 5th episode of the 3rd season called "The Knife".

In it, Jennifer O'Dell plays Catherine Eddowes:

And Rachel Blakely plays the role of Mary Kelly:

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PS: As Tumblr only allows to post 10 photos in one post, I cannot post the shows posters.

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The Lost World (1925)

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'The Lost World' 1925. Screenshots.

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The Lost World (1925)

This was the first, and arguably the best, film version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel. It was also the first major motion picture to extensively feature stop motion animation, which was brilliantly rendered by Willis O'Brien.

Obie, of course, would find more fame eight years later with his magnum opus, King Kong.

The Lost World was a great success and spurred other dinosaur related productions. Unfortunately, the scene depicted on the poster does NOT occur in the movie. It is not a Tyrannosaurus rex, but instead a brontosaurus (yes, I know that name is incorrect, but that's what it's called in the film) that rampages through (then) modern-day London.

[jonroxton]

Lost World fans, I fucking love that you're all still around. I'm on my billionth rewatch, per usual.

[scifipinups]

Rachel Blakely The Lost World (1999)

[lanistas]

What I love most about Roxton and Marguerite's relationship is that at first you might think that John Roxton is going to be this macho man, this hunter who sees a beautiful woman as a prize to be won, a rare jewel for him to discover. And you might think "aha, so it's going to be this kind of dynamic, oh boy..."

But then it turns out he is the sweetest, the kindest and the most considerate man in existence, a man who falls head over heels for a woman who is not the easiest person to love - and day after day he teaches her what love and compassion is, he helps her open up, accepts all parts of her, loves her and protects her no matter what. To add to that, he is flirty and playful, but also pretty vulnerable at times.

Marguerite's character adds to the beauty of her relationship with Roxton as much as Roxton's does. When we are introduced to her, we see her as a self-serving, cunning and manipulative person, someone who is driven only by her own desires, who does everything for her own personal gain. However, as the story unfolds, we see that her cold and calculating nature is a carefully crafted façade that she hides behind, and she slowly learns to trust others, starts to share her insecurities with people who little by little become her family.

Make no mistake, at the end of the day Marguerite is still bold, snarky and as morally gray as can be, but she is also softer, kinder to herself and to others, and it adds volumes to the complexity of her character. And the fact that she finds a man who challenges her and argues with her when she is wrong, but who still loves her unconditionally, who helps her heal, who makes her understand that she deserves so much more that she allows herself to have is so utterly beautiful and so important to me.

[thiscasualobserver]

APPEALING TO FANS OF THE LOST WORLD AND TALES OF THE SOUTH SEAS

I am hunting a fanfiction named After The Storm written by author Mary Whimsey. You may also know it as episode 215 of Mary Whimsey and Susan Zell's Second Virtual Season of Tales of the South Seas. I've hunted down every other episode of this series of fanfics (and may I just say they're fucking incredible) via the Wayback Machine but this one continues to elude me. I have a Russian translation of it, of all things, which I've just run through google's auto translate, but you can understand why that's maybe not the best.

If anyone has a copy, or knows any place it might be found I BEG YOU send it my way or give me any clue you can, because I'm at my wits end!

Oh, and you early Lost World fans know why this is directed at you guys too ;)

[julieverne]

what are your rarepairs??? - miz

Oh so I more mean I grew up in Australia so the shows are obscure.

And I don't want to out myself, but probably the rarest pair is Finn/Veronica from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World.

And then (even though they did stuff in canon) Bron and Charlotte from All Saints.

Dash and Maggie from Blue Heelers.

There are more obscure ones, but these kept me alive.

[selene-and-the-cold]

You know those movies or series where some 19th century or early 20th century scientists accidentally travel back in time or discover an unknown continent where dinosaurs still exist? So they have to fight dinosaurs, the elements and really struggle to survive in this unknown world?

That, only with one of them coming down with the most dreadful cold, or being injured and suffering from a high fever (or both, why not be greedy while I'm at it ^^)...

[throwing-roses-into-the-abyss]

so on my bookshelves I put matching copies by the same publisher together, so I've got a row of penguins, wordsworths, oxford classics, etc. and I realized the other day my danmei by seven seas fit this criterium so now I have 2 shelves with books like the epic of gilgamesh, the odyssey, the lysistrata, don quixote, and also the disabled tyrant's beloved pet fish

[tyrannoninja]

Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World

Sherlock Holmes’s latest mystery has somehow brought him and Watson all the way to a remote region of South America. While Holmes has his magnifying glass out to investigate some footprints the local wildlife left behind, Watson realizes that the architect of said tracks is following them in turn…

This is of course my way of uniting Holmes with his creator’s other famous literary legacy. I know his deerstalker hat and cloak may not be the most practical getup for a tropical climate, but given how definitive it has become of Sherlock’s look, I felt he would be all but unrecognizable without it.

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'The Lost World' 1925. Movie Posters.

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Swedish poster for The Lost World (1925). This is the first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's second most famous creation, and features dinosaur effects by the great Willis O'Brien.

[jonroxton]

Chaotic good for the ages

Truly unstoppable, zero fucks

She LITERALLY did it

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