The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne — Season 1, Episode 3: Rockets of the Dead
Sci-Fi & Fantasy • 60 min • 1 season, 22 episodes • ★ 7.1/10
Episode synopsis
When Rebecca investigates the murder of a British envoy in London, she must go undercover as an actress to attract Angelo Rimini, Duke of Carpathia and the prime suspect. He becomes infatuated with her and seemingly vice versa, and spirits her off to Carpathia. Phileas is none to thrilled with the Secret Service endangering her and pursues. The three of them evade vampires and Phileas and Jules make it to the castle and see Rebecca falling under Rimini's sway. Meanwhile, vampires take the Aurora and Passepartout fakes his death. Rebecca learns of Rimini's plan to take over the world with an army of rocket-powered vampires. She teams up with the others and manage to sabotage the jetpacks. As Rimini looks on, a regretful Rebecca departs with the others as his vampire army crashes and burns.
About The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne is a 22-episode science fiction television series in the steampunk genre that first aired in June 2000 on CBC Television in Canada and in syndication in the United States. The plot concept is predicated on a vast fictional conspiracy beginning with the revelation that Jules Verne did not merely write the stories behind his famous science fiction classic books Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth or Around the World in Eighty Days — but actually experienced these adventures personally. A television technological historic footnote, this work was the first hour-long series filmed entirely in HDTV format.