![]() ![]() Still, the title The Golden Compass - and the bizarre story surrounding it - will always be associated with His Dark Materials. HBO's more recent series casually avoided this problem by using the name of the entire franchise instead. ![]() Despite this - and the widespread presence of the true name of the first book in the series - The Golden Compass lent its name to the first film version of the story, the 2007 flop staring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Season 1 integrated plotlines from The Subtle Knife most notably introducing Will Parry, the kid from our world who becomes nearly as pivotal to the plot as Lyra and even delved into Pullman’s. It was never meant to be singular or to even see the light of day. The "golden compass" of The Golden Compass was never meant to refer to the alethiometer. The switch from Pullman's (and Milton's) original plural to the singular is perhaps evidence that the association to the alethiometer was already in the publishers' minds, even if Pullman had never intended it. ![]() Regardless, the name was still a compelling enough title for the U.S. ![]() It's unclear whether they had accepted that the titular compass was not, in fact, Lyra's alethiometer at this point. Related: His Dark Materials: The Prophecy About Lyra Is Key to the Series - Here's What It Means ![]()
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