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The third and final season of His Dark Materials<\/a>\u00a0arrived on BBC One and BBC iPlayer this past weekend \u2013 and it kicked off with a very fitting tribute to one of its late actors.<\/p>\n Helen McCrory, who was perhaps best known for her role as Aunt Polly in Peaky Blinders<\/a> and Naricssa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, voiced the character of Lord Asriel\u2019s daemon\u00a0Stelmaria in the hit BBC fantasy series. The actor passed away in 2021 at the age of 52 after a battle with cancer.<\/p>\n At the end of season 3<\/a>\u2018s premiere episode, which aired on Sunday 18th December, the end credits rolled, reading: \u201cIn memory of Helen McCrory, OBE.\u201d<\/p> The role of Stelmaria was recast for season 3, with The Crown\u2019s Victoria Hamilton voicing the character<\/a> for the remaining eight episodes.<\/p>\n Many fans took to Twitter to comment on the tribute. One viewer wrote<\/a>: \u201cLovely tribute to Helen McCrory tonight. Go well in the next world Helen,\u201d while another (below) stated it was an \u201cabsolutely fitting tribute\u201d.<\/p>\n Absolutely fitting tribute \u2764 The first episode of the third season of #HisDarkMaterials<\/a> was dedicated to the memory of Helen McCrory, who voiced Stelmaria, Asriel’s d\u00e6mon. Helen sadly died last year before it ever aired \ud83d\ude25\ud83d\udc94 pic.twitter.com\/ja6q75BhKF<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Dr Tahaney Alghrani (@AlghraniT) December 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>