Talk:Ultraviolet (TV serial)

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[edit] Ultraviolet (film)

I was very interested to see that an american film of the same name has been made, involving vampires in a futuristic setting. Surely a coincidence. -- 82.39.115.248 22:20, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

An editor added a reference to this film to the article, I removed it because the two productions, though sharing a name, are not related, as even the editor who added it acknowledged. They are called Ultraviolet because they are both modernisations of the vampire and vampires cannot walk in the sun, ergo they cannot take UV light. Driller thriller 09:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Though the vampires in the movie seem to have no problem with sunlight. -- Beardo 02:56, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CIB

I was under the impression that CIB was simply the police unit that the vampire hunters pretended to work for in the first episode; in fact to my recollection Mike (Davenport's character) specifically states "They're not CIB... I've got friends that work there". But this article refers to the crew as CIB throughout; whereas I believe the organisation remains unnamed. 62.25.106.209 13:41, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

You're right, I placed it in the article with the hedge of "in the guise of" because it's the cover they use throughout the series. His bunny-boiler friend confirms that they're not really CIB. Actually, having rewatched the first episode I realise there's the suggestion that they work for the modern version of the Inquisition. I'll change the article to reflect this. Driller thriller 18:33, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

The Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith is mentioned as a title, but it's also mentioned later in the series that it receives funding from the government, so I'm not sure if it is a Vatican organisation or just receives funding from there. Geoff B 17:53, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, in Sub Judice I think they say something about how the Church doesn't like to talk about sin anymore, and that it's a public health issue so the government has to be involved. Driller thriller 14:44, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
That's it. "It's a health issue and a defense issue." or something like that, so the government funds them and lets them operate officially. They impersonate a few different organisations throughout the serious, but CIB is the first. Geoff B 19:23, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
I believe the only time the Congregation or the Inquisition are mentioned by Jack to Michael in the first episode Habeas Corpus, so the information is suspect.
—Asatruer 13:38, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
True, but there are lots of mentions to the Catholic Church and of course Quast's character is a priest. Driller thriller 14:39, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
I am not doubting the Catholic Church ties, just the ties to the Congregation or the Inquisition specificaly.
—Asatruer 16:37, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

The action TV links don't work. Does anyone know if this is permanent (i.e. the links should be removed)? 84.64.182.70 16:07, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Action TV appears to have moved to a new url called Startrader.co.uk. They're apparently in the process of moving everything to this new site, but currently each decade only has two programme guides in each of them. This may take a while. In the meantime, yes, I'd remove the links as they obviously won't work anymore.