Evelyn Smythe told Sir Archibald Flint that he was beginning to sound like Doctor Faustus, when her captor went on about how "intellect, ambition, innovation, bravery, the courage to move beyond the stifling parameters of social conformity" were always regarded as signs of "madness" by the "plodding majority". She asked Sir Archibald, "Do you know what happened to him?" (AUDIO: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor)

Doctor Faustus was one of the characters from mythology and folklore whose face was worn by the Pageant. (PROSE: The Man in the Velvet Mask)

Behind the scenes[]

Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe, in which the title character, Dr Faustus (based on German tales about Faust). During the course of the story, Dr Faustus learns necromancy and makes a deal with Lucifer. The play ends with Faustus' damnation, as Evelyn alludes to.