This week we learn just how well Bolvangar is defended from Lyra’s use of the alethiometer. But while divining this intel, Lyra is also troubled by indications of a ghost in a nearby village. Having convinced the Gyptians of its significance, Lyra sets off on the back of Iorek the armoured bear to investigate…

Join us as Iain gets tested on his Alethiometer knowledge, Amy speculates on panserbjorn-aging and we both get very very freaked out by a particular spooky village.

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To try out your own Alethiometer test, you can find a list of all the primary and secondary symbol meanings here: http://web.archive.org/web/20150320073134/http://www.randomhouse.com:80/features/pullman/materials/definitions.php

For Amy’s interpretation of the Gyptians fighting like the Fen Tigers, check out her drawing here: https://twitter.com/DarkMaterialPod/status/1188481294273003521

Giphic illustration of Lyra riding a bear here! (because, why not?): https://giphy.com/gifs/bbc-his-dark-materials-lyra-belacqua-philip-pullman-XDk5xRKs33HRLW2tRP

You can read ‘On the Marionette Theatre’ by Heinrich von Kleist (a major inspiration for Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials) in full here: https://southerncrossreview.org/9/kleist.htm

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