Boxes of pain, the ability to tell truth from lie, and magic voices that compel people to follow orders – the Bene Gesserit sisterhood are among the spookier elements of the Dune universe.
And they’re taking starring role in Sky’s new TV show, Dune: Prophecy, which airs in the UK next week. Set 10,000 years before the events of the books (and films), it’s set to explore the origins of the secretive order, as well as the prophecy that leads to the birth of Paul Atreides, played in the recent films by Timothée Chalamet.
