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* AmbiguousSituation: Is the elderly witness a spinster or a widow? She's addressed as "Miss Jarman" several times, but is listed as "Mrs. Jarman" in the credits.
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* CreatorCameo: During Crowther's lecture on the Earl of Rochester, Creator/ColinDexter can be seen sitting behind Morse.
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* TitleDrop: Not ''quite'' done in the first line.
-->'''Sylvia Kane''': Excuse me, when's the next bus to Woodstock?
-->'''Mrs. Jarman''': It's supposed to be here soon. It's generally late.
-->'''Sylvia Kane''': Excuse me, when's the next bus to Woodstock?
-->'''Mrs. Jarman''': It's supposed to be here soon. It's generally late.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Sort of. In the original novel, John Sanders was a pornography addict who had sex with Sylvia's corpse. In the TV episode, he's hooked on snooker and merely steals £500 from Sylvia's bag.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Sort of.Well, slightly nicer. In the original novel, John Sanders was a pornography addict who had sex with Sylvia's corpse. In the TV episode, he's hooked on snooker and merely steals £500 from Sylvia's bag.
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* AlwaysMurder: Averted -- the only death in this episode, that of Sylvia Kane, is found to have been accidental (unlike in the novel).
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* AlwaysMurder: Averted -- the only death in this episode, that of Sylvia Kane, is found to have been accidental (unlike in the novel).novel, in which she was murdered).
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->''You're going to like this one. Quite a puzzle.''
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* SparedByAdaptation: In the novel, Crowther died of a heart attack after his wife committed suicide. Both survive the TV episode.
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* SparedByAdaptation: In the novel, Crowther died of a heart attack after his wife committed suicide. Both survive the TV episode.episode.
* WrongAssumption: Morse thinks Sylvia Kane was murdered. He's wrong.
* WrongAssumption: Morse thinks Sylvia Kane was murdered. He's wrong.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: A few -- Sylvia Kaye becomes Sylvia Kane, and Sue Widdowson becomes Mary Widdowson. The pub was called the Black Prince (a RealLife Woodstock pub) in the novel; in the TV adaptation, it's the Fox and Castle.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: AdaptationNameChange: A few -- Sylvia Kaye becomes Sylvia Kane, and Sue Widdowson becomes Mary Widdowson. The pub was called the Black Prince (a RealLife Woodstock pub) in the novel; in the TV adaptation, it's the Fox and Castle.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Sort of. In the original novel, John Sanders was a pornography addict who had sex with Sylvia's corpse. In the TV episode, he's hooked on snooker and merely steals £500 from Sylvia's bag.
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The coded letter episode, based on the 1975 novel of the same name. First broadcast 22 March 1988.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: A few -- Sylvia Kaye becomes Sylvia Kane, and Sue Widdowson becomes Mary Widdowson. The pub was called the Black Prince (a RealLife Woodstock pub) in the novel; in the TV adaptation, it's the Fox and Castle.
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->''You're going to like this one. Quite a puzzle.''
Morse investigates the death of Sylvia Kane, an 18 year-old woman found dead in a pub car park, where she was late in meeting her date. In her possession is found an envelope with a secret-coded-message addressed to the dead woman's co-worker Jennifer Coleby, who has secrets of her own. Several relationships and connections are established by Morse and Lewis to find the truth about how Sylvia died.
!!This episode contains examples of:
* AdaptationalNameChange: The pub was called the Black Prince (a RealLife Woodstock pub) in the novel; in the TV adaptation, it's the Fox and Castle.
* AlwaysMurder: Averted -- the only death in this episode, that of Sylvia Kane, is found to have been accidental (unlike in the novel).
* SparedByAdaptation: In the novel, Crowther died of a heart attack after his wife committed suicide. Both survive the TV episode.
Morse investigates the death of Sylvia Kane, an 18 year-old woman found dead in a pub car park, where she was late in meeting her date. In her possession is found an envelope with a secret-coded-message addressed to the dead woman's co-worker Jennifer Coleby, who has secrets of her own. Several relationships and connections are established by Morse and Lewis to find the truth about how Sylvia died.
!!This episode contains examples of:
* AdaptationalNameChange: The pub was called the Black Prince (a RealLife Woodstock pub) in the novel; in the TV adaptation, it's the Fox and Castle.
* AlwaysMurder: Averted -- the only death in this episode, that of Sylvia Kane, is found to have been accidental (unlike in the novel).
* SparedByAdaptation: In the novel, Crowther died of a heart attack after his wife committed suicide. Both survive the TV episode.
