Explorer's Club

The Explorer's Club is a fictional organization featured on the Showtime period drama series Penny Dreadful. It represents the primary setting of the series with its headquarters being prominently featured in nearly every episode. It first appeared in the series premiere, "Night Work".

The Explorer's Club is an organization based out of London, England. It is headquartered in a square of townhouses owned by famed British explorer Sir Malcolm Murray. The residential area of the club is occupied by Murray himself as well as his close associates. Regular members of the club do not routinely have access to the residential areas. Murray lived there in the late 19th century with his companion, Miss Vanessa Ives. Murray invited Victor Frankenstein to become a member of the Explorer's Club, while Miss Ives entreated upon the services of an American sharpshooter named Ethan Chandler. Chandler was not a member of the club, but often visited Sir Malcolm and Miss Ives. Malcolm Murray employed an African servant named Sembene, who also lived at the club. The Explorer's Club was the sight of many strange instances in the winter of 1891, not the least of which involved the demonic possession of Vanessa Ives. Other supernatural occurrences that took place at the club included invasion by vampires, and appearances by vampiric servants and the mysterious Mina Murray, who hovered between the lands of the living, and the realm of the dead.

The placard for the Explorer's Club read: "The Explorer's Club Established Major-General Robert Clive First Baron Clive, KB. MDCCLIL Members exclusively."

Appearances

 * 1) Penny Dreadful: Night Work
 * 2) Penny Dreadful: Sance
 * 3) Penny Dreadful: Resurrection
 * 4) Penny Dreadful: Demimonde
 * 5) Penny Dreadful: Closer Than Sisters
 * 6) Penny Dreadful: What Death Can Join Together
 * 7) Penny Dreadful: Possession
 * 8) Penny Dreadful: Grand Guignol
 * 9) Penny Dreadful: Fresh Hell