, ▁Big ▁Fin ish ▁Produ ctions ▁re im ag ined ▁the ▁series ▁as ▁an ▁audio ▁drama . ▁ ▁Main ▁Character ▁The ▁main ▁character ▁originally ▁went ▁through ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁possible ▁names : ▁" C orn el ius ▁Ch ance ", ▁" R u pert ▁De ' A th ", ▁" D ick ▁D aring ", ▁" D ex ter ▁No ble ", ▁" A ure li an ▁W inton ", ▁" M agn us ▁Haw ke " ▁and ▁even ▁" D arius ▁Cr ud " ▁before ▁Sydney ▁New man ▁settled ▁on ▁Adam ▁Adam ant , ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁generic ▁min eral ▁term ▁ad am antine , ▁which , ▁since ▁medieval ▁times , ▁has ▁commonly ▁referred ▁to ▁diam ond . ▁In ▁the ▁opening ▁episode , ▁" A ▁V int age ▁Year ▁for ▁Sc ound rel s ", ▁Adam ▁L le wel lyn ▁De ▁Vere ▁Adam ant — to ▁give ▁him ▁his ▁full ▁name — is ▁a ▁sw ash bu ck ling ▁Victor ian ▁gentleman ▁advent urer ▁who , ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 2 , ▁goes ▁to ▁rescue ▁his ▁kid n apped ▁girl friend ▁Louise , ▁but ▁is ▁l ured ▁into ▁a ▁trap ▁where up on ▁he ▁is ▁captured ▁and ▁condem ned ▁to ▁be ▁fro zen ▁forever ▁in ▁a ▁block ▁of ▁ice ▁by ▁his ▁nem esis , ▁the ▁Face , ▁whose ▁identity ▁is ▁conce aled ▁behind ▁a ▁le ather ▁mask ▁and ▁who ▁speak s ▁in ▁a ▁sin ister ▁whisper ing ▁voice . ▁The ▁Face ▁gr ants ▁his ▁hel pl ess ▁prisoner ▁one ▁last ▁request