History Series / TheTerror

* ForegoneConclusion: If the words 'Both ships then vanished' don't spell it out, the fact that the rescue party arrives ''years'' too late and are confronted with the dying Crozier's warning -- "Tell them we are gone. Dead and gone." -- hammers home that this story is not going to have a happy ending.

** Unlike the book, Crozier, Blanky and Dr MacDonald can speak a little of the Netsilik language, with Goodsir doing his best to learn, and 'Lady Silence' still has her tongue when she first appears, so they're better able to communicate.

* ForegoneConclusion: If the words 'Both ships then vanished' don't spell it out, the rescue party arriving ''years'' too late and learning of the dying Crozier's warning hammers home that this story is not going to have a happy ending.

** Unlike in the book, some of the officers can speak a little of the Netsilik language and 'Lady Silence' still has her tongue when she first appears, so they're better able to communicate.

* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Native Canadian]]: Lady Silence is the Inuit equivalent.

** Unlike in the book, some of the officers can speak the Netsilik language and 'Lady Silence' still has her tongue when she first appears, so they're better able to communicate.

* DwindlingParty: A crewman drowns before the first episode has hit the 15-minute mark, and Dr. Stanley mentions three others buried on Beechy Island before the series picks up. [[spoiler:The monster then starts picking off the crew of the ships, with the body count per episode increasing rapidly.]]

** Unlike in the book, some of the officers can speak the Inuit language and 'Lady Silence' still has her tongue when she first appears, so they're better able to communicate.
** Between the publication of Dan Simmons' book and the premiere of this series, the wrecks of both the ''Erebus'' and the ''Terror'' were discovered; what archaeologists have learned from the remains has apparently been incorporated into the series, slightly altering the climax.

* DwindlingParty: A crewman drowns before the first episode has hit the 15-minute mark, and Dr. Stanley mentions three others buried on Beechy Island before the series picks up.

* WoodenShipsAndIronMen: The series starts out like this, with daily life aboard a Royal Navy exploratory expedition [[ShownTheirWork represented in surprising detail]]. Both vessels were originally built as mortar ships[[note]] ''Terror'' saw active service in the War of 1812, and was part of the British fleet that bombarded Fort [=McHenry=], inspiring Francis Scott Key to write ''The Star-Spangled Banner''[[/note]], but we’re converted to exploratory ships, as their heavily-framed hulls built to withstand the recoil of a heavy mortar also made them capable icebreakers. [[GenreShift Despair sets in after the third episode]], and shipboard life goes out the window in favor of starvation, hypothermia, and a hungry EldritchAbomination.

* MagicalNativeAmerican: Lady Silence is the Inuit equivalent.

* TheAlcoholic: Captain Francis Crozier. Apparently he'll use any excuse to open up his drinks cabinet.

* WoodenShipsAndIronMen: The series starts out like this, but despair sets in after the third episode.

** Between the publication of Dan Simmons' book and the premiere of this series, the wrecks of both the ''Erebus'' and the ''Terror'' were discovered; what archaeologists have learned from them remains has apparently been incorporated into the series, slightly altering the climax.

''The Terror'' is a ten-part TV miniseries by AMC, based on the [[Literature/TheTerror best-selling novel]] by Creator/DanSimmons. It's a fictional account of the real Royal Navy polar explorer ships ''HMS Erebus'' and ''HMS Terror'' as they venture into uncharted territory seeking the Northwest Passage. The ships are soon stuck, frozen and isolated; and those aboard must survive the harsh weather conditions, a supernatural threat, [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters and each other.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: Unlike in the book, some of the officers can speak the Inuit language and 'Lady Silence' still has her tongue when she first appears, so they're better able to communicate.

''The Terror'' is a ten-part TV miniseries by AMC, based on the [[Literature/TheTerror best-selling novel]] by Creator/DanSimmons. It's a fictional account of the real Royal Navy polar explorer ships ''HMS Erebus'' and ''HMS Terror'' as they venture into uncharted territory seeking the Northwest Passage. The ships are soon stuck, frozen and isolated; and those aboard must survive the harsh weather conditions, a supernatural threat, and each other.

* AdaptationExpansion: Unlike in the book, some of the officers can speak the Eskimo language.
* TheAlcoholic: Captain Francis Crozier.

* IAmAHumanitarian: DepravedHomosexual Hickey resorts to cannibalism to survive.

* MagicalNativeAmerican: Lady Silence is the Eskimo equivalent.

->''In 1985, two Royal Navy ships left England in an attempt to finally discover a navigable passage through the artic. They were the most technologically advanced ships of their day. They were last seen by European whalers in Baffin Bay awaiting good conditions to enter the Artic Labyrinth.''

* DwindlingParty: A crewman drowns before the first episode has hit the 15-minute mark.

* TheTeetotaler: Sir John Franklin.

-->''In 1985, two Royal Navy ships left England in an attempt to finally discover a navigable passage through the artic. They were the most technologically advanced ships of their day. They were last seen by European whalers in Baffin Bay awaiting good conditions to enter the Artic Labyrinth.''

-->''Both ships then vanished.''

''The Terror'' is a ten-part TV miniseries by AMC, based on the [[Literature/TheTerror best-selling novel]] by Creator/DanSimmons. It's a fictional account of the real Royal Navy polar explorer ships HMS '''Erebus''' and HMS '''Terror''' as they venture into uncharted territory seeking the Northwest Passage. The ships are soon stuck, frozen and isolated; and those aboard must survive the harsh weather conditions, a supernatural threat, and each other.