History Series / Demons

The gist of the plot is that an ordinary teenager, [[Franchise/StarWars Luke]] Rutherford, discovers he's the last descendant of the legendary vampire hunter, Abraham van Helsing and begins training to fight vampires, and monsters in general, under gritty mentor, [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Rupert]] Galvin (played by Creator/PhilipGlenister, who was popular at the time after starring as [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]]).

The cast is rounded out by Luke's best friend Ruby (played by Creator/HollidayGrainger, who would be presumably have been promoted to love interest if the series had lasted) and specialist adviser, Mina Harker from ''Dracula'', who is blind, for reasons never explained. Mackenzie Crook appeared in two episodes as a vampire villain with a false nose, possibly planned to be the BigBad.

* CallBack: ''{{Dracula}}'' is canon to the series, and this is crucial to the fourth episode. They get every single relevant detail wrong though.

The gist of the plot is that an ordinary teenager, [[Franchise/StarWars Luke]] Rutherford, discovers he's the last descendant of the legendary vampire hunter, Abraham van Helsing and begins training to fight vampires, and monsters in general, under gritty mentor, [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Rupert]] Galvin (played by Philip Glenister, who was popular at the time after starring as [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]]).

* BadassLongcoat: Galvin. Perhaps a bit of PanderingToTheBase, as Philip Glenister's best-know character is somewhat known for his distinctive coats...

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Rupert's American accent somewhat inverts this trope. It's ''technically'' correct—vowel sounds right, and rhotic where it should be—but to an American ear it sounds a little ''too'' perfect: there's no hint of any regional variation, nor is there any of the inflection or intonations a native speaker usually has ... it sounds a little monotonous, actually. The writers also seem to have purposely given Philip Glenister a little help by avoiding, in his dialogue, not only any distinctly American words or turns of phrase but even writing around the situations where he'd have to use either them or their British equivalent.

2009 Creator/{{ITV}} show, sitting in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' slot for a six episode run. Reminiscent of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with a male lead.

* TheQuisling: Mina is perfectly willing to help wipe out her own race, including her own son who never really did anything bad in the episode (he got blood through a donation scam, not killing). Presumably she'll kill herself when the job is done.

** The underground base is supposed to have belonged to Van Helsing, then was lost for 200 years and rediscovered in the 1990s. Van Helsing is also mentioned to have done things in the 1640s. It's overall pretty obvious they had no idea when Dracula was set, so they just had it move around. Either that or there was a revelation that Van Helsing was a supernatural being that lived for centuries planned for a later episode.

* IAmYourFather: Invoked in the first episode, [[ShoutOut to the point of the son being named Luke as well]].

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Rupert's American accent somewhat inverts this trope. It's ''technically'' correct—vowel sounds right, and rhotic where it should be—but to an American ear it sounds a little ''too'' perfect: there's no hint of any regional variation, nor is there any of the inflection or intonations a native speaker usually has ... it sounds a little monotonous, actually. The writers also seem to have purposely given Richard Glanister a little help by avoiding, in his dialogue, not only any distinctly American words or turns of phrase but even writing around the situations where he'd have to use either them or their British equivalent.

* ShoutOut: To Franchise/StarWars in the first episode.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: As noted above, Rupert's accent is this in the sense that it has no American regional qualities to it, nor does he use many American words or turns of phrase ... it's sort of a generic American accent.

** The underground base is supposed to have belonged to Van Helsing, then was lost for 200 years and rediscovered in the 1990s. Van Helsing is also mentioned to have done things in the 1640s. It's overall pretty obvious they had no idea when Dracula was set, so they just had it move around. Either that or their was a revelation that Van Helsing was a supernatural being that lived for centuries planned for a later episode.

The cast is rounded out by Luke's best friend Ruby (played by Creator/HollidayGrainger, who would be presumably have been promoted to love interest if the series had lasted) and specialist adviser, Mina Harker from Dracula, who is blind, for reasons never explained. Mackenzie Crook appeared in two episodes as a vampire villain with a false nose, possibly planned to be the BigBad.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Richard Glanister's American accent somewhat inverts this trope. It's ''technically'' correct—vowel sounds right, and rhotic where it should be—but to an American ear it sounds a little ''too'' perfect: there's no hint of any regional variation, nor is there any of the inflection or intonations a native speaker usually has ... it sounds a little monotonous, actually. The writers also seem to have purposely given him a little help by avoiding, in his dialogue, not only any distinctly American words or turns of phrase but even writing around the situations where he'd have to use either them or their British equivalent.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: As noted above, Richard Glanister's accent is this in the sense that it has no American regional qualities to it, nor does he use many American words or turns of phrase ... it's sort of a generic American accent.

2009 Creator/{{ITV}} show, sitting in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' slot for a six episode run. The BBC decided to be a bit evil, and put the announcement of the actor to play the Eleventh Doctor up against the premiere of this show but it's likely to have done badly anyway. It was possibly intended as an attempt at a British ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with a male lead.

The cast is rounded out by Luke's best friend Ruby (who would be presumably have been promoted to love interest if the series had lasted) and specialist adviser, Mina Harker from Dracula, who is blind, for reasons never explained. Mackenzie Crook appeared in two episodes as a vampire villain with a false nose, possibly planned to be the BigBad.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Quincey is stated to be 138 years old. Yet if he's the son of Mina and Jonathan Harker, he was born after the events of Creator/BramStroker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' (which took place in 1897) and was turned into a vampire by his mother when he was an adult, injured in UsefulNotes/WW2. Now if the series is meant to take place in the year (2009) it was released (and there is no indication it does not), Quincey cannot be any older than 112 years old. Hell, he'd be older than his mother otherwise!

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* ShoutOut: To StarWars in the first episode.

* FakeAmerican: Philip Glenister's character, who often seems to suffer from OohMeAccentsSlipping, bless.
* FridgeLogic: Hold on. So in the last episode, did Galvin really [[spoiler:kill Father Simeon]] after all?

* WritersCannotDoMath: Quincey is stated to be 138 years old. Yet if he's the son of Mina and Jonathan Harker, he was born after the events of Bram Stroker's Dracula (which took place in 1897) and was turned into a vampire by his mother when he was an adult, injured in UsefulNotes/WW2. Now if the series is meant to take place in the year (2009) it was released (and there is no indication it does not), Quincey cannot be any older than 112 years old. Hell, he'd be older than his mother otherwise!

2009 {{ITV}} show, sitting in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' slot for a six episode run. The BBC decided to be a bit evil, and put the announcement of the actor to play the Eleventh Doctor up against the premiere of this show but it's likely to have done badly anyway. It was possibly intended as an attempt at a British ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with a male lead.

** He also gets a spiffy [[HatShop fedora]], in the first episode, at least.

* TheHunter: Galvin, although the assumption that it's out of {{revenge}} for the death of his wife is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] - she was killed ''because'' he was TheHunter.

2009 {{ITV}} show, sitting in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' slot for a six episode run. The BBC decided to be a bit evil, and put the announcement of the actor to play the Eleventh Doctor up against the premiere of this show but it's likely to have done badly anyway. It was possibly intended as an attempt at a British ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with a male lead, but the finished product was poorly written, plotted and acted and probably counts as SoBadItsHorrible.

* DefensiveFailure: Ruby in episode three. After begging to be allowed with a gun she completely freezes when they rescue Galvin.

2009 {{ITV}} show, sitting in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' slot for a six episode run.

The gist of the plot is that an ordinary teenager, Luke Rutherford, discovers he's the last descendant of the legendary vampire hunter, Abraham van Helsing.

Sounding like an attempt to do a British ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with a male lead, the presence of Philip Glenister as gritty mentor Rupert Galvin will probably result in a lot of MemeticMutation based on [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 his most famous character]]. Oh, and let's not forget to compare it to ''Series/{{Hex}}''.

Having premiered on 3 January 2009, we shall see if it successfully [[IncrediblyLamePun stakes]] (he he) its claim to be an ITV rival to ''Series/DoctorWho''. [[BritishBrevity Six episodes]] later, the consensus is: Definitely not...

The BBC decided to be a bit evil, and put the announcement of the actor to play the Eleventh Doctor up against the premiere of this show.

** The underground base is supposed to have belonged to Van Helsing, then was lost for 200 years and rediscovered in the 1990s. Van Helsing is also mentioned to have done things in the 1640s. It's overall pretty obvious they had no idea when Dracula was set, so they just had it move around.