of the Royal conspiracy theory. From 1991 to 1996, a fictionalized Sir William Gull is featured in the graphic novel From Hell by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell. The plotline depicts Sir William Gull as the murderer and takes Stephen Knight's Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution as its premise. Eddie Campbell records in his blog, that The story "Royal Blood" told in John Constantine, Hellblazer (1992, DC Comics) mentions Jack the Ripper being Sir William Gull possessed by a demon called Calibraxis. The fictional character "Sir Nigel Gull" appears in the 1993 novel The List of Seven by Mark Frost. "Sir Nigel Gull" is depicted as a Royal physician and appears to be based on Sir William Gull. The plotline has an occult theme that features Prince Edward, Duke of Clarence but does not reference the Whitechapel murders. The 1997 TV series Timecop reveals Gull as the Ripper in its pilot, "A Rip in Time". In a 2001 film adaptation of the graphic novel From Hell, Sir William Gull is portrayed by Sir Ian Holm. Actor Peter Penry-Jones portrays Sir William Gull in 2004's Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder – The Case of Charles Bravo – a dramatised documentary investigating the unsolved murder of barrister Charles Bravo in 1876. Gull appears as a character in Brian Catling's 2012 novel, The Vorrh, where accounts of his relationship with Eadweard Muybridge and work on anorexia are blended into the fantasy narrative. References Bibliography Medical Papers, Sir William Withey Gull, edited by T D Acland (1894). External links William Withey Gull – A Biographical Sketch (1896) Gull, William Withey Gull, William Withey People from Thorpe-le-Soken Gull, William Withey Physicians-in-Ordinary Gull, William Withey, 1st Baronet Gull, William Withey Fullerian Professors of Physiology Heads of psychiatric hospitals History of mental health in the United Kingdom Gull, William Withey Fellows of the Royal Society Physicians of Guy's Hospital