Letters
Supernatural drama The Terror is fictional, but it features real characters from the ill-fated expedition led by Sir John Franklin in 1845 FOR those who have been watching supernatural drama The Terror on the BBC, there are very clear Scottish connections to the ill-fated expedition led by Sir John Franklin in 1845. Commanding ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, he sought a route through a section of the Arctic Ocean known as the Northwest Passage. Hemmed in by pack ice at the northern tip of Canada, both ships were lost along with all 129 crew, amid grisly reports of cannibalism. The TV drama features real characters from the expedition, including a number of Scots.