Title: Destiny
Category: Horror, TV Drama, BBC Three
Date of release: 21st March 2014
Destiny is set in London, England in the present day. The
story follows the main character; Holly is a young beautiful woman, leading a
normal life. She is sat in a café and is approached by a young, normal looking
man, Derek (played by award-winning actor Emmett Scanlan), who asks her for her
number. She rejects him because she is in a relationship. It may not seem like
a horror drama at this point, but this is not your average ‘guy meets girl and
they fall in love’ drama. This is a murder story. The story escalates greatly
from this point where Derek’s obsession greatens and his plans start to form. The
point of view of the drama changes and keeps changing from Derek’s to Holly’s.
To show how Holly is still leading a normal life and has even forgotten about
Derek, it was just another guy asking her for her number. But he gets obsessed
and determined to get her, but he isn’t totally romantic about it. With some
gruesome and disturbing scenes; this drama is for the older end of the BBC
Three audience and is played at 10pm on Tuesday nights for four weeks. The
final episode concludes everything that has gone on, is it a tragic or happy
ending for anybody?
The main characters, Derek and Holly are played by award
winning actor’s Emmett Scanlan and Karen Gillan. Emmett is most known for his
role in ‘Hollyoaks’ as Brendan Brady and also for his role in ‘The Fall’ and in
‘Charlie Casanova’. He is known for playing the antagonist, but in ‘Hollyoaks’
he was known for the most loveable antagonist. Emmett states that he is ‘very
excited to play this role, as it is sort of a mash-up of all the major roles I
have played with a different stalker twist, I’m really looking forward to
seeing how it turns out’. Jeremy, who
plays Holly’s boyfriend, also stars in ‘Hollyoaks’ on Channel 4 as Darren
Osbourne. But is also known for currently being on ‘Strictly come dancing’. He became
involved in this production because of his excellent role as Darren in
‘Hollyoaks’, and he told us he wanted to try something different and new and
exciting, which is exactly the criteria ‘Destiny’ fits in to. Holly, played by Karen Gillan is most known
for her role as Amelia Pond, in the very successful BBC one show ‘Doctor Who’.
In this drama, it is a very different character she is playing. She got
involved because she is good friends with Emmett Scanlan and he told her to
audition for it.
Derek – Emmett ScanlanHolly – Karen Gillan
Jeremy - Ashley Taylor Dawson
Amy – Lucy Watson
Tasha - Jennifer Metcalfe
John - David Tennant
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