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The BBC\/HBO adaptation of His Dark Materials<\/a> has been known for adding to and lightly altering Philip Pullman\u2019s source material, with the hit fantasy series sometimes even delving into Pullman\u2019s later trilogy The Book of Dust for extra material.<\/p>\n And now it seems the creative team will be expanding the world again in the upcoming third (and final) season, with actor Ruth Wilson revealing that the show will delve into the family backstory of her character Mrs Coulter in an upcoming episode.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s quite interesting, because this season we make a reference to her mother,\u201d Wilson told the crowd at the BFI and Radio Times Television Festival during the His Dark Materials: Creating Mrs Coulter panel.<\/p> \u201cWe actually have some sort of outfits that are her mother\u2019s, that are sent to Mrs Coulter. In my head, [she\u2019s] linked up to the Magisterium, the Church.<\/p>\n \u201cMrs Coulter\u2019s mother was very much part of the Church. So that actually represents, for her, rules and patriarchy. And I think that Mrs Coulter was always a disappointment to her mother in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think her mother is meant to be incredibly religious, but also I think very much about appearance,\u201d costume designer Caroline McCall added.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I think this whole fa\u00e7ade of appearance comes from her mother. There\u2019s a moment where this outfit\u2019s meant to encompass a lot of what we\u2019ve seen before.<\/p>\n Finding out how #HisDarkMaterials<\/a>\u2019 Mrs Coulter was created at #TVFest<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/0oseIQnqvj<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Radio Times (@RadioTimes) May 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>