Talk:The Invisible Man (1984 TV series)

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 * Key differences from the original text
 * Although the plotline of the serial is extremely close to that of Wells' original text, there are several key differences:
 * The novel's storyline takes place over a period of several months, beginning in mid-winter and ending in early spring. The serial reduces the timespan to only one month, and the whole story takes place in mid-summer. According to the scriptwriter James Andrew Hall this was done to emphasize the unusual nature of the Invisible Man's initial appearance, appearing completely wrapped up in spite of the summer heat.
 * The village of Iping is actually situated on the border between Sussex and Kent, which was also the case in Wells' novel, but in the serial the village is relocated to the border between Somerset and Devon.
 * An extra character is inserted into the flashback sequence in the form of Griffin's college professor, Professor Hobbema, whom the writer created for a scene in which Griffin expounds his notions of invisibility.
 * Although the character of Dr. Kemp first appears at the halfway point, as in the book, the serial introduces the character at a much earlier point in a scene at the inn in which Griffin reads a paper on optical density written by Kemp and realizes he is the same man he once worked with. This was done to reduce the level of coincidence at the point in which Griffin takes refuge in Kemp's house- in the novel he is unaware that the house belongs to Kemp and stumbles into the house purely by chance.
 * The epilogue sequence at the narrative's end is slightly different from the book. In the book, Thomas Marvel is revealed to have been allowed to keep the money stolen by the Invisible Man and used it to set up his own pub- itself named The Invisible Man- in which he tells customers the story of his encounter with Griffin by day, then ponders over the Invisible Man's hidden journals by night. Yet in the final scene of the serial, Marvel is still a vagrant and is shown reading Griffin's journals out in the country, conducting an imaginary conversation with a scarecrow that resembles the bandaged Invisible Man.

Unless these observations are made by a reliable source, we cannot include them. To include our own observations about the differences is the very definition of original research. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 18:50, 1 April 2016 (UTC)