A bulletproof train, two sidekicks, and a vampire plague — BBC's wildest detective you've never heard of.
Written by Terry Nation, Robert Hardy plays the eponymous hero of this 1972 one-off BBC drama; an occult detective who travels around in a lavish, bulletproof locomotive called 'The Tsar'. Along with his assistants Thomas and Caleb (Julian Holloway and John Rhys-Davies) Baldick is called in to investigate the latest in a series of brutal deaths at a desolate abbey.
Production
The Tsar — a train set so extra it steals every scene.
Acting
Robert Hardy's unhinged commitment to utter nonsense.
Writing
Terry Nation's Dalek energy crammed into 50 minutes.
Director
Cyril Coke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terry Nation created this hoping for a series; the BBC said no, leaving one gloriously overstuffed episode as the entire legacy.
This is essentially Doctor Who's goth cousin — same era, same network, same 'scientific mind vs ancient evil' obsession, but with 100% more facial hair.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
GB
