Penny Dreadful (TV Series)

Séance (2014)

Timothy Dalton: Sir Malcolm Murray

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• [Ferdinand Lyle tells Sir Malcolm the story of Amunet] 

  Ferdinand Lyle : Amunet was the consort of Amun-Ra, one of the great gods. He was the first 'Hidden One.' The original serpent prince. So named not for any particular reptilian qualities, but for the power of rebirth; like a snake shedding it's skin. Everlasting, perpetual life... sustained by feeding on the souls of others. Amunet and Amun-Ra never appeared in the same incantation. It is inconceivable in Pharaonic Religion to conjoin them, their narratives are kept completely separate.

  Sir Malcolm Murray : Why?

  Ferdinand Lyle : Because if they ever came together, Amunet would become the mother of evil. All light would end, the world would live in darkness. The hidden ones would emerge and rule. Amunet-Amun-Ra conjoined. This is a spell foretelling the annihilation of man and the coming of the beast.

  Ferdinand Lyle : [Sir Malcolm remains silent]  I would not tell Miss Ives this. After all, who wants to know they're being hunted by the Devil.

• [Sir Malcolm informs Victor Frankenstein the origin of the hieroglyphics on the vampire body] 

  Sir Malcolm Murray : They're apparently from the Egyptian 'Book of the Dead.' Do you know it?

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : Not intimately, but I've studied theology over the years. The ancient Egyptian religions were unique in a way. They had a singular goal. Not transmutation to an afterlife, but something even more profound: Eternal life.

• Sir Malcolm Murray : You're hunting for a man, you need to start hunting for a beast.

• [Sir Malcolm gives Inspector Granworthy a piece of advice for his investigations] 

  Sir Malcolm Murray : If you don't change your tactics, you'll never stop him. You see, you're hunting for a man, you need to start hunting for a beast.