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"Masterpiece Theatre" The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)
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27 December 2006
(Season 36, Episode 10)
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In Victorian England, Sally Lockhart receives an anonymous note sending her on a mysterious quest. Her...
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A Real Disappointment
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Billie Piper | ... | Sally Lockhart |
 | Matt Smith | ... | Jim Taylor |
 | Sian Thomas | ... | Mrs. Rees |
| Kay Lyon | ... | Ellen |
| Robert Putt | ... | Porter |
| Trevor Cooper | ... | Mr. Higgs |
| Robert Glenister | ... | Samuel Selby |
| Dominic Coleman | ... | Jeremiah Blyth |
 | Miles Anderson | ... | Major Marchbanks |
| Tilly Vosburgh | ... | Mrs. Thorpe |
| Chloe Walker | ... | Adelaide |
 | Julie Walters | ... | Mrs. Holland |
| JJ Feild | ... | Frederick Garland |
| Ramon Tikaram | ... | Maharajah |
| Matthew Cureton | ... | Young Marchbanks |
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95 min
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[Mr Berry has just stolen the clue to the treasure from Sally]
Mrs. Holland: Oooh, Mr Berry. This calls for a celebration. There's gin in the cupboard.
Mr Berry: I signed the Pledge in Dartmoor, Mrs Holland. Alcohol is the cause of madness, hallucinations, softness of the brain and moral decay.
Mrs. Holland: I think the damage is already done in your case.
Mr Berry: Yeah, I was *formerly* very wicked - but I intend to lead a good life from now on.
Mrs. Holland: Always excepting the odd murder or two.
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Mrs. Holland: Oooh, Mr Berry. This calls for a celebration. There's gin in the cupboard.
Mr Berry: I signed the Pledge in Dartmoor, Mrs Holland. Alcohol is the cause of madness, hallucinations, softness of the brain and moral decay.
Mrs. Holland: I think the damage is already done in your case.
Mr Berry: Yeah, I was *formerly* very wicked - but I intend to lead a good life from now on.
Mrs. Holland: Always excepting the odd murder or two.
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Followed by The Shadow in the North (2007) (TV)
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Nobody does period like the BBC and after the excellent Jane Eyre which recently aired on Masterpiece Theatre my wife and I were looking forward to the PBS presentation of Ruby in the Smoke. My wife enjoyed Phillip Pullman's "Dark Arts" books so maybe the blame for this mess lies with the adaptation. The cast did their best with the limited material they had to work with and the actors who played the photographer and his sister were truly engaging. The same cannot be said about Billy Piper. By the end of her second season on "Dr Who" she was showing some depth and dimension but here she was strangely wooden. And either they never got around to actually finishing the script or big chunks of this project never made it out of the edit suite. A sad waste of talent and my time.