Some think it’s a narwhal, others a giant squid, while the French are convinced someone has built a powerful submarine (“Then that it is what it shall be!” declares Frenchman Passepartout.) It’s a clear reference to Verne’s other great classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.īut, if 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is the basis for Series Two of Around the World in 80 Days, it suggests Fogg, Passepartout and Fix will be taking the place in the narrative of gentleman scientist Professor Arronax, his valet Conseil, and the whaler Ned Lund, who find themselves unwilling guests of Captain Nemo as he travels through the world’s oceans in his submarine Nautilus. Yet those final moments in the Reform Club feature the trio reading about mysterious attacks on shipping. Could our heroes be travelling 20,000 leagues under the sea next?īut what will that next adventure be? A sequel to Around the World in 80 Days has already been commissioned, even though Verne never wrote another book featuring Fogg and Passepartout. They’ve travelled around the world in 80 days. But also in them running headlong into their next adventure, laughing all the way. Not just in the scenes of Fogg rebelliously locking the Reform Club doors so that Fix (a woman) and Passepartout (a manservant) can sit with him in its leather cushioned luxury for a fine cigar and brandy. And that’s never clearer than at the end. And so his book, despite various misadventures and obstacles, is often primarily concerned with the mechanics and difficulties of the journey itself, with his final reveal about the international date line a typical Vernian flourish.īut with global travel commonplace today, and Verne’s observations about the world’s transport networks just a little out of date, the new Around the World in 80 Days lends much more focus to the characters involved and how their experiences change them. Verne was writing at a time when going around the world was a major feat, and making the journey in as little as 80 days a mere theoretical possibility. This series represents an entirely new approach for Around the World in 80 Days. His role as a travelling companion for Fogg, who wrongly believes him to have robbed the Bank of England, is divided between Abigail Fix, a journalist travelling with Fogg to record his exploits, and Kneedling, who pursues Fogg around the world impersonating a policeman and trying to frame Fogg as a criminal. Most significantly, the character of Scotland Yard’s Inspector Fix was split into two distinct figures on screen. The family adventure drama, starring Doctor Who’s David Tennant, made major changes from the original 19th century novel. The BBC’s epic eight part adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days has come to an end. Fogg, Fix, and Passepartout are set for new adventures in Series Two!
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