Whitby of St Hilda (657–680). Part of Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" was set in Whitby, incorporating pieces of local folklore, including the beaching of the Russian ship "Dmitri". Stoker discovered the name "Dracula" at the old public library. One scholar has suggested that Stoker chose Whitby as the site of Dracula's first appearance in England because of the Synod of Whitby, given the novel's preoccupation with timekeeping and calendar disputes. Elizabeth Gaskell set her novel "Sylvia's Lovers" partly in the town which she visited in 1859 and Lewis Carroll stayed at 5, East Terrace between July and September 1854: his first
Dracula (1986 video game) is notable for receiving a "15" certificate from the British Board of Film Censors on account of the gory images it contains. However, CRL expressed disappointment with this as they had hoped for an "18" certificate. CRL followed "Dracula" with three further adventures of a similar style, "Frankenstein", "Jack the Ripper" and "Wolfman", all of which also received BBFC ratings. Dracula (1986 video game) Dracula is a text adventure game by CRL released in for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. It was the first