Van Helsing explains that he was employed as a folklorist by the Brotherhood to investigate vampires. He eventually found Dracula, and was released with a message to the Brotherhood: he would come to them if invited, but only if provided with property. Frightened by Van Helsing's ordeal with Dracula, they sent Jonathan instead, and imprisoned Van Helsing. Seward attempts to explain this to Mina but she is skeptical. Seward confronts a grief-stricken and remorseful Arthur, who explains that his syphilis prevented him from consummating his marriage, and that he arranged for Dracula to come to England in the hope that he would cure him of the disease. The three go after a now undead Lucy, while Dracula pursues Mina, who soon realises Seward was telling the truth when Dracula attempts to bite her, however Arthur is forced to destroy his wife when she attempts to bite him and Seward. Dracula senses this, allowing Mina to escape. Seward, Arthur and Van Helsing meet her at her home where they agree to go after Dracula, just before dawn where he'll be at his weakest. Critical reaction to the film was mixed. MaryAnn Johanson of "FlickFilosopher.com" called the film "fresh and erudite" and "a valuable new angle on an old story." "The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review" wrote that "the film does finally gain some sizzle when it comes to the scenes of Marc Warren’s Dracula seducing Sophia Myles’s Lucy but added that "Warren occasionally creates a dark magnetism, but mostly looks too cute and boyish to fill a role as big as Dracula." Felix Vasquez Jr. of "Cinema Crazed" said, "Your best bet for your fanged fix would be to sit down and watch "Bram Stoker’s Dracula", instead, and for the hell of it, "Horror of Dracula", and Universal’s "Dracula", because they’re worthy variations. This isn't. ... It's not awful, but it's still rather anemic." It was first aired on 28 December 2006 in the United Kingdom. It premiered in the USA on PBS as part of the WGBH series "Masterpiece" on 11 February 2007. One member of the cast, Sophia Myles, had previously portrayed a vampire in ("Underworld"). Marc Warren had previously worked with David Suchet in the film "Five Little Pigs" for "Poirot", while Donald Sumpter had appeared in "The A.B.C. Murders".