Talk:Doctor Syn

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Character created by Russell Thorndike, in a series of swashbuckling historical novels, set on the Kentish coast in the late 1700s.

Dr. Syn is an intriguing anti-hero: a paragon of virtue in his public guise as the minister to the village of Dimchurch-Under-the-Wall, and the leader of a criminal society of smugglers in his guise as the Scarcrow.

He was featured in a series of novels:

Novels by Russell Thorndike Doctor Syn on the High Seas Doctor Syn Returns The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn The Amazing Quest of Doctor Syn The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn The Shadow of Doctor Syn Doctor Syn The Slype Novel by William Buchanan Christopher Syn Novel by Vic Crume Dr Syn, Alias The Scarecrow

The same character has been features in movies and on television:

   * Doctor Syn (1937)

   * Dr Syn, Alias The Scarecrow (1962)
     Also known as "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh"

   * Captain Clegg (1962)
     Also known as "Night Creatures" 

This second movie was editied together from a series that appeared on American television, featuring Patrick McGoohan as the protagonist.

[edit] Merge?

• Strong Agree. Clegg has no separate existence apart from the Syn novels and adaptations, except as the Peter Cushing character in the Hammer production, and that should be a footnote to the main Syn article. 12.22.250.4 22:05, 16 May 2007 (UTC)