For the past two seasons of sci-fi drama Orphan Black, we’ve largely been treated to the sight of Tatiana Maslany nimbly portraying six very different – if genetically identical – women (and Tony, who is transgender), the clones at the central of a medical mystery. With the series due back next month, the latest trailer for the new season has arrived, and fleshes out the concept that was sprinkled into last season – that there was another clone programme out there...
Ari Millen plays the varied psychopaths of Project Castor, four military-raised clones known as Rudy, Mark, Seth and Miller who have been brought up to be highly-trained soldiers tasked with causing trouble or carrying out whatever their bosses need. But though they were schooled together, they, like series focus Sarah and her sisters, also show little differences, which might be the key to helping stop their nefarious plans.
The series has so far been largely successful in juggling a lot of complicated plotlines and has helped launch Maslany as a talent to watch. The show is back on BBC America across the pond on April 18, and we’d expect it to return to the Beeb over here sometime this year.