He did what he was asked to do.īut Death is distracted, troubled as to why this man is dead. The cart driver is no more.ĭeath offers a hand to help the spirit of the man to stand. He checks an hourglass he is carrying, and watches as the final grains of sand run out of the top. These are the days of our.Oop! All gone.ĭeath finally arrives, and the Auditors vanish. And through the Tooth Fairy, you can get the Hogfather where he is most vulnerable. So he's stabbed to death, and then he gets panned by the ethereal critics.įor some of the Auditors it makes no sense to attack the Hogfather by going after a separate mythological being. (Now, that was a deliberate bad joke of sorts.)Īfter the Tooth Fairy cart driver is left to breath his final breath, the Auditors arrive. Together, these actors went a long way to make you fall in love with Death. His movements tied with the voice work did a lot to sell Death as real and relateable. He also played the werewolf part in Prisoner of Azkaban. He's played the Silent on Doctor Who, as well as Death in next adaptation, and yet another character in the third adaptation. The body of Death is being played by Marnix van den Broeke. He had a natural wonderful voice, but he brought out such a lovely somber, but humorous quality in Death. Richardson's voice is amazing in this role. He's also been in Bleak House, Marple, Murder Rooms, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Brazil, and the 70's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. (No, I'm not trying to make a bad joke.) He's been in many good parts, but people should be sure to remember his for his part in the original version of House of Cards. He sadly passed between Discworld movies, so this is his only turn as Death. First, the voice is being done by Ian Richardson. But he shows only when it's his time.ĭeath is being played by two actors. The fellow knows when to make an entrance.

Death.ĭeath enters the picture.with the first death of the story, of course. Not without a Hogfather.Īnd the question of him will be a great concern to our next player on the stage. As far as the Discworld goes, it isn't clear yet if it will see another sun rise. Should have bet on it.Īt least the new day and year means we can continue looking at Terry Pratchett's Hogfather. Well, what do you know? The sun did rise today.

Hogfather part 2