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Doorways to a magic world

In episode 4, powers grow ever stronger as he discovers the King's Roads - magical pathways that were once the domain of the elusive Raven King, John Uskglass.

But beyond moving through doorways and mirrors into other worlds, how does one practically plan for this challenge? Production designer David Roger's sketches give an insight into planning the on screen routes between locations that are not connected by corridors, but ancient magic.

Below you can see the locations visited by Strange on his first trip 'through the looking glass', the route taken by Stephen Black and the Gentleman to the faerie ballroom in Lost Hope, and finally, the outside of the Gentleman's faerie residence.

Jonathan Strange - never one to leave by a window...

Strange's first journey 'by mirror'

The roads from our world to Lost Hope

The terraced entrance to the Lost Hope ballroom