The character "The Baron's Doctor" in the 1984 film Dune, portrayed by Leonardo Cimino, was intended to be revealed as Scytale in Dune II, a planned sequel film adapting Dune Messiah which was never made. Posing as Baron Harkonnen's physician, Scytale would have absconded with Duncan Idaho's corpse and spent years reviving it. Scytale is portrayed by Martin McDougall in the 2003 miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, which is an adaptation of both Dune Messiah and its sequel Children of Dune.
The character "The Baron's Doctor" in the 1984 film Dune, portrayed by Leonardo Cimino, was intended to be revealed as Scytale in Dune II, a planned sequel film adapting Dune Messiah which was never made. Posing as Baron Harkonnen's physician, Scytale would have absconded with Duncan Idaho's corpse and spent years reviving it. Scytale is portrayed by Martin McDougall in the 20,03 miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, which is an adaptation of both Dune Messiah and its sequel Children of Dune.