Opening scenes
A quick collage of scenes is presented. We see Lord Asriel and Mrs Coulter together. They seem intimate with each other. Lord Asriel is speculating about how they could work togethe...
Synopsis - Part Two Act One
A secret name is revealed
Brother Jasper reveals to the president what his alethiometer reading has told him. The secret name given to Lyra by the witches is ‘Eve’. A gathering of the Consistorial Court ...
Lyra and Will recapture the alethiometer
Lyra and Will have returned to Oxford and Lord Boreal’s house. Will’s hand is still bleeding from his injuries. They have come to get the alethiometer. Their plan is to use the ...
A witch's plight
Once back in Cittagazze Will collapses from exhaustion. Serafina arrives. She has been searching for Lyra and is delighted to have found her. Serafina tells Lyra the story of her ...
Lord Asriel's master plan
We are at Lord Asriel’s fortress where we hear of his grand plan to travel deeper and deeper through the worlds until he comes to the spirit-domain of the Authority, where he will...
Mrs Coulter and Lord Boreal in Cittagazze
Mrs Coulter strikes a deal with the spectres. She feeds them a human soul (the old man Giacomo Paradisi) and they leave her and Lord Boreal alone. The children of the town stand and...
Setting up camp for the night
Will is still weak and the witches’ spells can’t help him. He and Lyra snuggle down for the night. Pantalaimon snuggles up with Lyra. Will says he is sad he doesn’t have a dae...
Mrs Coulter feeds Lord Boreal to the spectres
Mrs Coulter has grown tired of Lord Boreal. She asks him if the church has discovered what Lyra’s real name is. He says he doesn’t know. The heartless Mrs Coulter sacrifices him...
Mrs Coulter recaptures Lyra
Will has woken. The pain in his hand is excruciating; it has become gangrenous. Serafina comes to him and explains that she must go in search of Ruta Skadi who is in a fury about Jo...
Father and son
Jopari has found Will. He heals his bleeding hand and reveals that he is his father. He reveals the origins of the subtle knife too, explaining that ancient philosophers from Cittag...
A ghostly vision
Lyra is vividly dreaming. She can hear Roger’s voice, as if from another world. We see that Mrs Coulter has taken Lyra to a secret cave decorated with beautiful red flags. Mrs Cou...
Angel logic
The two angels accompanying Will are called Balthamos and Baruch. Will learns a few things about the angels, like the fact that angels never get hungry, and that these two angels ca...
The prophecy is moving fast
Chevalier Tialys and Lady Salmakia are eavesdropping at The Consistorial Court of Discipline. The president and Brother Jasper gather round the alethiometer. It is able to describe ...
Meanwhile at Lord Asriel's fortress
Via their lodestone-resonator Chevalier Tialys and Lady Salmakia report to Lord Asriel, although he struggles to understand them at times due to their ancient way of speaking. At th...
Will and the bears
Due to their intrinsic bond Balthamos can sense when Baruch has died and flies into a passion of sorrow, disappearing and leaving Will alone. Bears appear out of the mist. The bear...
Military Manoeuvres
Using various maps Brother Jaspar reveals the holy forces’ master plan to attack the cave. Brother Jasper points out the directions that each enemy force will be arriving from. He...
The showdown
Will arrives at the cave and tries to wake Lyra. She is heavily drugged. Mrs Coulter enters. Will desperately tries to cut a window to another world but Mrs Coulter keeps distractin...