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The Confessions of Dorian Gray

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The Confessions of Dorian Gray	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Started up as an experiment for Big Finish to see how inexpensive, download-only stories would be received (essentially an attempt to draw in more modernised customers) this little series, directed by Scott Handcock, has been generally well-received by both fans and critics. The idea started out when a Bernice Summerfield audio play entitled "Shades of Gray" (don't bother making jokes about the title, by now they've all been tried) featured Dorian Gray as played by Alexander Vlahos from the famous novel by Oscar Wilde. As this play was set in the early 27th century, the question was, of course, what happened between then and the 1890s? And so a series was born.It essentially takes the premise that Dorian Gray was in fact a real person and the inspiration for Oscar Wilde's novel but that, unlike his fictional counterpart, the real Dorian never destroyed the painting and himself in the process. Instead, he went on to live a long and hedonistic life, encountering various supernatural phenomena, travelling the world and sleeping with anything willing (and free of the social conventions of the 19th Century, there is now no doubt about Dorian's tastes). This premise is similar to one attempted during the Doctor Who New Adventures, which was simply done so they could have Sherlock Holmes in a Doctor Who novel.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Tone-wise, it tends to follow a genre of Gothic Horror with romance and the occasional bit of social commentary thrown in. Something else that should be known. Big Finish warns its potential customers that this is unsuitable for younger listeners; considering what it has let go past its own radar a few times this should give you an idea of how adult this can be at times.The series ended with its fifth season released in October 2016.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_19209d54	comment	Sibling Rivalry: Dorian and Isadora may once have had this, but now she claims to have no emotional connections to him at all; having lived to the age of almost ninety (without the need of a painting) and not having seen him for decades. Dorian does a good job of summing up their relationship.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_1b596e24	comment	The Beard: In series 3, Simon and his wife are this for each other.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_23698fa8	comment	Aborted Arc: The gestalt entity of Dorian's departed friends and lovers is a major part of series 1 but doesn't show up in series 2 or 3. The presence of Professor Moriarty and Mina Harker was originally supposed to be part of the final episode. Essentially Lucifer was pitting various immortal beings against each other. Dorian effectively won by default without even knowing what was happening thanks to his portrait. This was originally dropped in favour of the Or Was It a Dream? ending of the fifth series, but a reworking of the original idea was released as part of the Lost Confessions boxset.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_2737c505	comment	Shoot the Dog: In "The Twittering of Sparrows", Dorian has to save the Western world by killing his sister. This would be counted as the action of a darker hero but he probably goes too far when he snaps her neck before she can even finish her last words.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_2d5b1c65	comment	Expansion Pack Past: Justified since the series covers his life from the end of Wilde's book to 2012. He's fought in wars, traveled the world, headlined a mod band, and gotten in a grand amount of adventures along the way.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: After acquiring the deadly fog in a bottle in "His Dying Breath" Dorian debates keeping it, but decides that he isn't quite cruel enough to use it ...
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_342c75b2	comment	Immortal Hero: Literally!
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_3c3f28a5	comment	Blessed with Suck / Cursed with Awesome: Dorian does not have a soul. This impedes and saves him multiple times throughout the series.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_4a3e547f	type	Leaning on the Fourth Wall
The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_4a3e547f	comment	Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Dorian in "Human Remains". The narrator in "Desperately Seeking Santa" as well.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_4acee1ed	comment	Fish out of Temporal Water: When he returns from the dead in series 3, a few years after his death in 2012, Dorian finds himself having a bit of trouble adjusting to the post-Recession/Recovery era.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_5a3b8032	comment	The Unreveal: Is Professor Moriarty truly alive or not?
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_69634c01	comment	Scooter-Riding Mod: Dorian is one in "The Lords of Misrule", fronting a mod band called "Dorian and the Hedonists". They come into conflict with a rocker band called The Gravediggers.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Toby in "The Heart That Lives Alone". And Dorian himself in the season two finale. In "The Mayfair Monster," set in the 1990s, Dorian goes on a suicidal binge after losing Toby. Of course, since he doesn't do anything specifically to his portrait, the suicides never work, and he makes a sport of it.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_6ef9d3fe	type	Christmas Episode
The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_6ef9d3fe	comment	Christmas Episode: A few. "The Ghosts of Christmas Past" is a crossover with Sherlock Holmes and the short special "Frostbite" features Dorian in New York City on Christmas Eve, 1947. The Spirits Of Christmas is a pair of hour long Christmas specials featuring Dorian and Toby and continue on from Series 3.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_80a247a9	comment	Breather Episode: Murder on 81st Street doesn't have anything overly dark or personal for Dorian and is actually very funny at times. The guest character is Dorothy Parker, so the wit shouldn't be surprising.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_82accf22	type	Gainax Ending
The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_82accf22	comment	Gainax Ending: Series 5 ends with an Or Was It a Dream? episode where Dorian is institutionalised in a mental hospital for supposedly being a young man called Charles White who is deluded into thinking he is Dorian Gray through drug abuse. Given the previous episode ended with Lucifer escaping into the world in Toby's body Dorian naturally thinks it's all a deception. A character played by Tracy Childs, who previously played Victoria Lowell, claims to be his mother and he believes it is merely Lucifer animating her remains. Simon seemingly reaffirms the story that he's insane but Dorian believes he can still see Toby's bite marks on his neck. It ends with a doctor, played by Hugh Skinner, taking him away for what is effectively a lobotomy, a process that will have no effect on him if he is truly Dorian Gray, but the episode ends before anything is confirmed.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_8967e17f	type	Back from the Dead
The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_8967e17f	comment	Back from the Dead: In the Christmas crossover with Sherlock Holmes, Professor James Moriarty returns, years after his death, via a painting by Basil Halward. Unlike Dorian, he has supernatural abilities to disappear and reappear at any moment. Dorian's powers mean that he can die and come back from the dead any time, as long as his picture is not touched. This is how he survives World War One and his suicidal binge in the mid-1990s. The entire plot of series 3's opening story "Blank Canvas," concerning Dorian's return from the grave after stabbing his portrait at the end of series 2. Toby in series 3 as well.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_8b6e8d7	comment	Anachronic Order: Usually subverted within seasons, but as a whole the series jumps around Dorian's timeline.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_8eb3d48f	type	Revisiting the Roots
The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_8eb3d48f	comment	Revisiting the Roots: In a way, the series 2 finale, which has flashbacks to a pre-Picture Dorian, showing the innocent Victorian youth he was before he met Basil.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_906365a2	comment	Demonic Possession: An unusual case since the person being possessed is a vampire but Toby is irrevocably possessed by Lucifer at the end of "All Through The House"
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_90c018ac	comment	Justified this time as (in-universe) the book was only based on Dorian, and Oscar might have adjusted his appearence to suit the current beauty standards
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_9b54d536	type	Evil Counterpart
The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_9b54d536	comment	Evil Counterpart: Loretta Delphine, who has supernatural abilities linked to a picture. She's not an archenemy though.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_9c1f758a	type	Kill It with Fire
The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_9c1f758a	comment	Kill It with Fire: How Dorian deals with Loretta Delphine. Someone attempts it on Dorian himself in The Worlds of Big Finish
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_9dab0a6e	type	Continuity Nod
The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_9dab0a6e	comment	Continuity Nod: In "The Picture of Loretta Delphine", set in 2012, Dorian does not smoke; unsurprising given what drugs did to him in "The Fallen King Of Britain". "The Mayfair Monster," set in 1999, sees Dorian burned out after losing Toby in "The Heart that Lives Alone." Series 3's opener, "Blank Canvas," has a few. A jukebox in Dorian's mansion plays a song by Dorian and the Hedonists. At the end of Series 3 there are several nods to The Mayfair Monster. In the first episode, Oscar Wilde tells Dorian to use his real name instead of aliases and to hide in plain sight. Dorian does this in a handful of episodes afterward.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_9f63d4f1	type	Our Vampires Are Different
The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_9f63d4f1	comment	Our Vampires Are Different: Toby and Ivor, they disintegrate in sunlight and need blood to survive. They can turn others as well, but appear to need permission. And they're immortal. And by all appearances, Mina Harker in "Frostbite".
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_a4414a05	comment	Adaptation Dye-Job: In contrast to the book, Dorian is dark (again). It's even lampshaded in "The Fallen King of Britain" when Dorian's current 'distraction' Simon reads the passage from the original novel and when he mentions 'golden hair' Dorian scoffs (apparently this was Throw It In by Scott Handcock). Justified this time as (in-universe) the book was only based on Dorian, and Oscar might have adjusted his appearence to suit the current beauty standards
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_a863ef67	comment	Cultured Warrior: Dorian fought in World War One, and with more than a century of experiences and a great education, he's versed in everything from poetry to travel to being a rock and roll singer.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_ac36578e	comment	The presence of Professor Moriarty and Mina Harker was originally supposed to be part of the final episode. Essentially Lucifer was pitting various immortal beings against each other. Dorian effectively won by default without even knowing what was happening thanks to his portrait. This was originally dropped in favour of the Or Was It a Dream? ending of the fifth series, but a reworking of the original idea was released as part of the Lost Confessions boxset.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_ad3d8092	comment	Heartbroken Badass: Dorian. A lot.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_b2280b66	type	Retcon
The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_b2280b66	comment	Retcon: The series takes a new look at Dorian's immortality. In Wilde's original novel, Dorian is fearful of guns and knives, assuming they will kill him just like anyone else. Here, Dorian is full-on immortal.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_beb9a361	type	Anti-Hero
The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_beb9a361	comment	Anti-Hero: Dorian is clearly a hero in name only, and it's pretty obvious he doesn't care what people think about him. There are many forces out to kill him (or worse) and the world wouldn't notice if they succeeded. Occasionally he deals with something which is actively harming people but only when it's in his interest (or, because it just sickened him on one occasion) and as it could've led to the end of the world in one case, it was very much in his interest. He doesn't actively look for trouble, he just stumbles across it.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_c5b47b36	comment	Offscreen Moment of Awesome: "The Picture of Loretta Delphine" reveals that Dorian once teamed up with a friend in Florida to fight zombies raised by the titular villainess.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_c6102eb0	comment	Grand Theft Me: Dorian does this in "The Prime of Deacon Brodie" on a comatose soldier, in order to spend time with an old flame who saw him die. The man who helped Dorian to do this takes over Dorian's body, as part of his attempt at immortality.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: In the "Fallen King Of Britain" it's not made clear whether Dorian's hallucinations are caused by The Lost or bad coke.
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The Confessions of Dorian Gray / int_eb6da8ef	comment	Crossover: Used for Canon Welding which can be taken up to Mind Screw levels. As Dorian appeared in a Bernice Summerfield story, it follows on from that that this series must be part of the Doctor Who Expanded Universe. With references to the White Rabbit pub and the appearance of vampires and other features of supernature this theory is unaffected as such things are proven to exist in Doctor Who canon (although there they're usually Hand Waved with 'Time Rifts' being the usual excuse). But then Dorian had to go and meet Sherlock Holmes in the Christmas Special (as played by Nicholas Briggs). Again, not too much of a problem as the 'real' Sherlock Holmes is part of the Whoniverse thanks to All-Consuming Fire and The Adventures of the Diogenes Damsel; but the implication carried in this (and Word of God confirmed by writers) is that the Nicholas Briggs version of Holmes (who has had his own series for a while) is the same one introduced in All-Consuming Fire. Things finally reached a whole new level of ridiculousness when in "Shades of Gray" Dorian mentioned the 'Crimson Pearl' which was a reference to Dark Shadows, another classic series that Big Finish makes audios for. The Dark Shadows audio "The Skin Walkers" introduced the Lowell Foundation that would go to play a role in Series 3 of Confessions, and Dorian himself appeared in "The Darkest Shadow". Due to the self-contained nature of that series, no actual contradictions occur (hell, they've both got Time Travel and Alternate Universes) but the notion that an American soap/horror series from the late-sixties/early-seventies takes place in the Whoniverse is a little hard to swallow. In short, Big Finish loves to squeeze everything they possibly can under their umbrella. Although fortunately, Word of God has it that this series isn't meant to be a Doctor Who spin-off despite beginning life with a Bernice Summerfield story so, regardless of where/when it's set, there shouldn't be any contradictions with other series (and virtually no references to them either) so they can easiy be enjoyed on their own. Although now the Worlds of Big Finish Cross Through may be raising the question again, since it featured Dorian, Sherlock, Iris Wildthyme, Bernice Summerfield, Vienna Salvatori, and the Graceless sisters Abby and Zara. All of these but Dorian and Sherlock are firmly Whoniverse characters. The writer behind The Worlds of Big Finish said on a forum that the Whoniverse Dorian in "Shades of Gray" was an Alternate Self to the one in the Confessions series, and that during The Worlds of Big Finish, Iris Wildthyme crossed between the Whoniverse and the universe that Confessions and Sherlock Holmes take place in. Which, given her chaotic, pandimensional nature (Iris originated in the unrelated Phoenix Court novels as a side character and a parody of the Doctor before being transplanted to the Doctor Who Expanded Universe and meeting him in the flesh), makes sense. The Hedonists song pops up in the background of an Iris Wildthyme audio, another range Scott Handcock is involved in producing.
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