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Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at college at Oxford in the UK. There Diana soon stumbles upon a bewitched book in the Bodleian Library. Herself a witch by birth, Diana has refused to do magic for years, but is forced to face it again because of the secrets this book holds. She receives help from the mysterious vampire and geneticist Matthew Clairmont, in spite of the mutual antagonism between their people. While working together, they strike to uncover the book's secrets and protect it from the threats in the world of magic.
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Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at a college at Oxford in the UK. There Diana soon stumbles upon a bewitched book in the Bodleian Library. Herself a witch by birth, Diana has refused to do magic for years, but is forced to face it again because of the secrets this book holds. She receives help from the mysterious vampire and geneticist Matthew Clairmont, in spite of the mutual antagonism between their people. While working together, they strike to uncover the book's secrets and protect it from the threats in the world of magic.
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Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at Oxford college at Oxford in London.the UK. There Diana soon stumbles upon a bewitched book in the Bodleian Library. Herself a witch by birth, Diana has refused to do magic for years, but is forced to face it again because of the secrets this book holds. She receives help from the mysterious vampire and geneticist Matthew Clairmont, in spite of the mutual antagonism between their people. While working together, they strike to uncover the book's secrets and protect it from the threats in the world of magic.
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* DaywalkingVampire: All vampires in this universe appear to be unaffected by sunlight.
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* DaywalkingVampire: All vampires in this universe appear to be completely unaffected by sunlight.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They look indistinguishable from humans ordinarily, are unaffected by sunlight, don't age, and turn others by giving them some of their blood.
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** The Congregation is a governing council consisting of three members of each of the three species (vampire, witch, and demon).
** In season one, Diana spontaneously manifests control over the elements on three different occasions: first, she summons wind, then rain, and finally fire.
** The Congregation is a governing council consisting of three members of each of the three species (vampire, witch, and demon).
** In season one, Diana spontaneously manifests control over the elements on three different occasions: first, she summons wind, then rain, and finally fire.
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* IdenticalGrandson: Aisling Loftus plays Sophie Norman Wilson and her ancestor Susanna Norman
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* GreatBigBookOfEverything: The Ashmole Manuscript, also called the Book of Life. It contains all magical secrets of everything.
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* TheMagicGoesAway: Magic is fading from the world, with witches' spells no longer nearly as powerful, demons going mad increasingly and vampires unable to create more of their kind. Matthew states that if this happens, the humans will eventually notice it and find the world entirely dull.
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* LivingMacGuffin: The Book in some ways. At least, it seems to make decisions about who gets to find it and who doesn't.
* TheMagicGoesAway: Magic is fading from the world, with witches' spells no longer nearly as powerful, demons going mad increasingly and vampires unable to create more of their kind. Matthew states that if this happens, the humans will eventually notice it and find the world entirelydull. dull.
* TheMagicComesBack: Or, that's the plan anyway. With The Book in the right (or wrong) hands the magic that's all but vanished could be brought back.
* TheMagicGoesAway: Magic is fading from the world, with witches' spells no longer nearly as powerful, demons going mad increasingly and vampires unable to create more of their kind. Matthew states that if this happens, the humans will eventually notice it and find the world entirely
* TheMagicComesBack: Or, that's the plan anyway. With The Book in the right (or wrong) hands the magic that's all but vanished could be brought back.
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* VoluntaryVampireVictim: Jack and other vampires have humans who allow the vampire to feed on them in exchange for money and other favours.
** [[spoiler:Diana lets herself be bitten to save Matthew's life after Juliette attacks him]]
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** Jack and other vampires have humans who allow the vampire to feed on them in exchange for money and otherfavours.favors.
** [[spoiler:Diana lets herself be bitten to save Matthew's life after Juliette attackshim]]him.]]
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* VoluntaryVampireVictim: Jack and other vampires have humans who allow the vampire to feed on them in exchange for money and other favours.
** [[spoiler:Diana lets herself be bitten to save Matthew's life after Juliette attacks him]]
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* AdaptationalDiversity: In the TV show, Em is a black woman, descended from Tituba, Agatha and Nathaniel Wilson are black.
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''A Discovery of Witches'' is an UrbanFantasy TV series based on the [[Literature/ADiscoveryOfWitches book of the same name]] which began airing in 2018, starring Creator/TeresaPalmer and Creator/MatthewGoode. Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at Oxford college in London. There Diana soon stumbles upon a bewitched book in the Bodleian Library. Herself a witch by birth, Diana has refused to do magic for years, but is forced to face it again because of the secrets this book holds. She receives help from the mysterious vampire and geneticist Matthew Clairmont, in spite of the mutual antagonism between their people. While working together, they strike to uncover the book's secrets and protect it from the threats in the world of magic. The series has been announced as being renewed for a second and third season.
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''A Discovery of Witches'' is an UrbanFantasy TV series based on the [[Literature/ADiscoveryOfWitches book of the same name]] which began airing in 2018, starring Creator/TeresaPalmer and Creator/MatthewGoode. Creator/MatthewGoode.
Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at Oxford college in London. There Diana soon stumbles upon a bewitched book in the Bodleian Library. Herself a witch by birth, Diana has refused to do magic for years, but is forced to face it again because of the secrets this book holds. She receives help from the mysterious vampire and geneticist Matthew Clairmont, in spite of the mutual antagonism between their people. While working together, they strike to uncover the book's secrets and protect it from the threats in the world of magic.
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Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at Oxford college in London. There Diana soon stumbles upon a bewitched book in the Bodleian Library. Herself a witch by birth, Diana has refused to do magic for years, but is forced to face it again because of the secrets this book holds. She receives help from the mysterious vampire and geneticist Matthew Clairmont, in spite of the mutual antagonism between their people. While working together, they strike to uncover the book's secrets and protect it from the threats in the world of magic.
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''A Discovery of Witches'' is an UrbanFantasy TV series based on the [[Literature/ADiscoveryOfWitches book of the same name]] which began airing in 2018, starring Creator/TeresaPalmer and Creator/MatthewGoode. Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at Oxford college in London. There Diana soon stumbles upon a bewitched book in the Bodleian Library. Herself a witch by birth, Diana has refused to do magic for years, but is forced to face it again because of the secrets this book holds. She receives help from the mysterious vampire and geneticist Matthew Clairmont, in spite of the mutual antagonism between their people. While working together, they strike to uncover the book's secrets and protect it from the threats in the world of magic.
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''A Discovery of Witches'' is an UrbanFantasy TV series based on the [[Literature/ADiscoveryOfWitches book of the same name]] which began airing in 2018, starring Creator/TeresaPalmer and Creator/MatthewGoode. Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at Oxford college in London. There Diana soon stumbles upon a bewitched book in the Bodleian Library. Herself a witch by birth, Diana has refused to do magic for years, but is forced to face it again because of the secrets this book holds. She receives help from the mysterious vampire and geneticist Matthew Clairmont, in spite of the mutual antagonism between their people. While working together, they strike to uncover the book's secrets and protect it from the threats in the world of magic. The series has been announced as being renewed for a second and third season.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Diana's parents were killed by {{muggles}} who'd found out they were witches. Since then, she's refused to use magic. [[spoiler: Until we find out that it was actually witches who killed them and covered it up.]]
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''A Discovery of Witches'' is an UrbanFantasy TV series based on the [[Literature/ADiscoveryOfWitches book of the same name]] which began airing in 2018, starring Creator/TeresaPalmer and Creator/MatthewGoode. Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at Oxford college in London. Thereshe Diana soon stumbles upon a bewitched book in the Bodleian Library. Herself a witch by birth, Diana has refused to do magic for years, but is forced to face it again because of the secrets this book holds. She receives help from the mysterious vampire and geneticist Matthew Clairmont, in spite of the mutual antagonism between their people. Working While working together, they strike to uncover the book's secrets and protect it from the threats in the world of magic.
''A Discovery of Witches'' is an UrbanFantasy TV series based on the [[Literature/ADiscoveryOfWitches book of the same name]] which began airing in 2018, starring Creator/TeresaPalmer and Creator/MatthewGoode. Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at Oxford college in London. There
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''A Discovery of Witches'' is an UrbanFantasy TV series based on the [[Literature/ADiscoveryOfWitches book of the same name]] which began airing in 2018, starring Creator/TeresaPalmer and Creator/MatthewGoode. Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at Oxford college in London. There she stumbles upon a bewitched book in the Bodleian Library. Herself a witch by birth, Diana has refused to do magic for years, but is forced to face it again because of the secrets this book holds. She receives help from the mysterious vampire and geneticist Matthew Clairmont, in spite of the mutual antagonism between their people. Working together, they strike to uncover the books book's secrets and protect it from the threats in the world of magic.
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* VegetarianVampire: Matthew only appears to feed on animals.
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* VegetarianVampire: Matthew only appears to feed onanimals. animals, along with the rest of his family. [[spoiler: An exception is when he attacks Gillian.]]
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* InterspeciesRomance: Diana starts one with Matthew. It turns out this violates the Covenant, a treaty between witches, demons and vampires which forbids such relationships due to fears it would upset the balance of power between them.
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* TheMasquerade: Witches, demons and vampires all keep themselves hidden from normal humans. Diana is always keen to assure others no {{muggles}} saw when she accidentally did magic.
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* ShoutOut: The title is related to ''The Discovery of Witches'' by real witch hunter Matthew Hopkins, explaining witches supposed characteristics along with how they could be hunted down.
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''A Discovery of Witches'' is an UrbanFantasy TV series based on the [[Literature/ADiscoveryOfWitches book of the same name]] which began airing in 2018, starring Creator/TeresaPalmer and Creator/MatthewGoode. Diana Bishop (Palmer) is an American professor of history from Yale visiting at Oxford college in London. There she stumbles upon a bewitched book in the Bodleian Library. Herself a witch by birth, Diana has refused to do magic for years, but is forced to face it again because of the secrets this book holds. She receives help from the mysterious vampire and geneticist Matthew Clarement, Clairmont, in spite of the mutual antagonism between their people. Working together, they strike to uncover the books secrets and protect it from the threats in the world of magic.
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* HasTwoMommies: Diana was raised by her lesbian aunts after losing both of her parents as a child. They appear to have served as surrogate parents ever since.
* LipstickLesbian: Diana's lesbian aunts are indistinguishable from other middle-aged women aside from their sexual orientation.
* TheMagicGoesAway: Magic is fading from the world, with witches spells no longer nearly as powerful, demons going mad increasingly and vampires unable to create others. Matthew states that if this happens, humans will eventually notice it and find the world entirely dull.
* TheMasquerade: Witches, demons and vampires all keep themselves hidden from normal humans. Diana is always keen to assure others no {{muggles}} saw when she accidentally did magic.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They look indistinguishable from humans ordinarily, are unaffected by sunlight, don't age, and turn others by giving them some of their blood.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Matthew estimates he was born about AD 500, and became a vampire in around 537, making him over ''1500''.
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