However, the final title card introduced a ray of hope to fans of His Dark Materials, by teasing a continuation of Lyra’s adventures:
“Lyra went on to be educated at St Sophia’s College in Oxford, where she was taught how to once again read the alethiometer…
“Which would come in useful one day, when Lyra and Pan would go on to have a further great adventure.”
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