Enter Derek Smith, providing a firm if naive presence as Alice's younger cousin, Gustav.

WSJ: Review: 'Dance of Death' edgy as always

Last week, the trust's interim chief executive Derek Smith said "no change is not an option" and promised that patients would remain "at the heart of what we do".

BBC: Plans for Wye Valley NHS Trust 'very worrying'

HILLSBORO, Oregon (CNN) -- One of Derek Smith's first assignments as the corporate sustainability manager for the catalog and retail company Norm Thompson Outfitters was to travel to California to study the environmental impact of cotton growing.

CNN: Catalog company going lean and green

"In each case, the scientific analysis concluded that neither Rex Energy's operations nor natural gas development impacted water quality, " said Rex spokesman Derek Smith, who noted that the company provided access to records, shared data, and gave "its complete cooperation and support" to the reviews.

NPR: Cause Of Off-Color, Fetid Water Eludes Pa. Town

Derek Ogg QC, defending Mr Coats, asked Smith if Ms Spence had not begged him to let her go and offered him a million pounds to allow her to go free.

BBC: Lynda Spence trial: Ex-accused 'did not see murder'