A
fourteen year old boy, Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig) has his life turned
upside down when he is told by an eccentric group, Merriman Lyon (Ian McShane)
Miss Greythorne (Frances Conroy) Dawson (James Cosmo) Old George (Jim Piddock)
and Maggie Barnes (Amelia Warner) that
he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives
to fighting the forces of darkness, personified by the Rider (Christopher
Eccleston).