"You know what I always liked about you? You're a predator."
Police doctor Miranda Sharp and animal behaviour expert David Stillman are called in to examine a wild wolf-boy caught in an abandoned cinema. The two are old lovers and the tensions rise to the fore as they debate the moral implications of the young man, whom they name Raksha after the Kipling character.
Miranda is increasingly drawn to the wolf-boy and David becomes jealous. He returns to the cinema to find more of the feral creatures - Raksha's children. David kills them, becoming more wolf than man himself, but when he returns he finds Miranda and Raksha making love. In this bizarre love triangle, the sharpest teeth and strongest jaw will get the girl.
Comment
The legend of the wolfman is given a going over in this episode, with some neat ideas on strength and love. The wolf-boy is very well acted by Mel Raido without any words at all, and the final battle between him and David is well done also. The scenes in the cinema have an eerie sense to them, and the interesting direction even extends to intercutting Lucien thrusting into Miranda with David killing in the cinema.
Location
Location for some of this show was the old Odeon Cinema in Barking. Filming took place on April 17 2001.
| Credits | |
| Written by | Tom de Ville |
| Directed by | Paul Hills |
| Starring | Michael Mckell (Dr Stillman)
Peter de Jersey (Insp Leon) Mel Raido (Raksha/Feral Man) Virginia Clay (Dr Sharp) Cassie French (Lab Technician) Ella Jones (Feral Child 1) Anton Gregory (Feral Child 2) Finnbarr Walsh (Feral Child 3) |
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