Barnaby finds connections between a supposedly haunted forest, the traceless disappearances of two couples and a gang of antiquity thieves.Barnaby finds connections between a supposedly haunted forest, the traceless disappearances of two couples and a gang of antiquity thieves.Barnaby finds connections between a supposedly haunted forest, the traceless disappearances of two couples and a gang of antiquity thieves.
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- TriviaAn iron maiden is shown and described as a medieval torture device, but it is now accepted that there was, in fact, no such device--there is no evidence of the existence of iron maidens before the early 19th century. Professor Wolfgang Schild of Bielefeld University in Germany has argued that iron maidens were pieced together from orphaned artifacts in order to create interesting objects intended for commercial exhibition. Several of these 19th-century iron maidens are on display in museums around the world. The 19th-century iron maidens may have been inspired by actual objects, such as the medieval Schandmantel (in English, "coat of shame"), a wearable instrument of punishment made of wood and sheet metal, but without spikes. Inspiration for the iron maiden may also have come from surviving accounts of the execution of Roman consul Marcus Atilius Regulus, in 250 BCE, during the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage. The Carthaginians reportedly "packed [Regulus] into a tight wooden box, spiked with sharp nails on all sides so that he could not lean in any direction without being pierced." Iron maidens also resemble the Apega of Nabis (also known as the Iron Apega), described by the ancient Greek historian Polybius as an ancient torture device similar to the iron maiden invented by Nabis, a king who ruled Sparta as a tyrant from 207 to 192 BCE.
- GoofsWhen LeVanu is being interviewed on the radio, the frequency of the station as advertised on posters in the studio (86.6 MHz) is not the frequency that Jones tunes to (93.5 MHz) when he and Barnaby listen in the car. Also, 86.6 MHz is outside the range 87.5-108.0 MHz that is used by FM radio. Moreover, the posters call it "Causton FM", whereas the announcer calls it "Radio Causton". (A similar thing happens to "Radio Midsomer" in the Season 20 episode "Till Death Do Us Part".)
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DCI Tom Barnaby: I think, Jones, whatever is in those woods, it's time we met it face to face. C'mon.
DS Ben Jones: Do ghosts have faces?
DCI Tom Barnaby: Oh, I think they do, yes. Except the headless ones.
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I loved it.
There are some good episodes around this era, but it lacked occasional greatness, this one is very, very close to being a great. The tone is somewhat similar to a favourite episode of mine, Things that go bump in the Night, it has that vibe.
It's a wonderful balance of funny, serious and unexpected, you never quite know what's going to happen next, but the story is very cohesive, there aren't any gaping plot holes.
Nettles and Hughes are at their very best together, a true winning combination, Anton Lesser and Jeroen Krabbe are wonderful guest stars.
I may be a little biased, as I love ghost stories, horrors etc, but Talking to the Dead is a very unique and entertaining episode, it's a favourite, 9/10.
It's a wonderful balance of funny, serious and unexpected, you never quite know what's going to happen next, but the story is very cohesive, there aren't any gaping plot holes.
Nettles and Hughes are at their very best together, a true winning combination, Anton Lesser and Jeroen Krabbe are wonderful guest stars.
I may be a little biased, as I love ghost stories, horrors etc, but Talking to the Dead is a very unique and entertaining episode, it's a favourite, 9/10.
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