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Issue Details: First known date: 1999-2000... 1999-2000 Thunderstone
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Film Details - Jonathan M. Shiff Productions , 1999-2000

Producers:

Daniel Scharf and Jonathan M. Shiff.

Production Companies:

Jonathan M. Shiff Productions.

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Finance Corporation.

Director of Photography:

Ron Hagen.

Editors:

Philip Watts and Anne Carter.

Production Designers:

Michael Rumpf.

Composer:

Garry Macdonald and Lawrence Stone.

Cast:

Jeffrey Walker (Noah Daniels), Nathan Wentworth (Kwan), Mereoni Vuki (Arushka), Daniel Daperis (Chip), Kate Keltie (Becky Daniels), Nikki Coghill (Liz Daniels), Damien Fotiou (Sundance), Anne-Grace Hopkins (Geneva), Andrew Larkins (Simon Daniels), Stuart Halusz (Tao), Elena Mandalis (Jett), and Gerard Kennedy (Dr Pretorius).

Release Dates:

12 February 1999.

Awards:

  • BAFTA Children’s Award, Best International, 1999.
    APRA Music Award, Best TV Theme Song, 2000.
    AFI Award, nomination for Best Children’s Television Drama, 2000.
    AFI Award, nomination for Best Children’s Television Drama, 2001.

Notes:

Script editors: Michael Joshua (season one), Marieke Hardy (season two), and Barbara Bishop (seasons one and three).
Story editors: Michael Joshua and Keith Aberdeen.
Script co-ordinators: Joanne Watson and Inese Vogler.
Story consultants: Keith Aberdeen and Barbara Bishop.

List of episodes (season one):
1.1 The Comet Nemesis (Michael Joshua)
1.2 Tao's Secret Weapon (Annie Fox)
1.3 Twin Brothers (David Phillips)
1.4 Escape from the Hollow Mountain (David Phillips)
1.5 Trapped (Annie Fox)
1.6 The Lion (Everett De Roche)
1.7 Moshi, the Horse (Everett De Roche)
1.8 The Secret Entrance (Barbara Bishop)
1.9 Sabotage (Jenny Sharp)
1.10 Aliens on the Farm (Alison Nisselle)
1.11 Friends in the Past (Alison Nisselle)
1.12 Escape from the Protectors (Peter A. Kinloch)
1.13 The Electro-Net (Peter A. Kinloch)
1.14 Tao's Force (Helen MacWhirter)
1.15 The Weapon (Helen MacWhirter)
1.16 Meeting with the Shadow Master (Victoria Osbourne)
1.17 Lies and Secrets (Annie Fox)
1.18 The Silver Wings (Marieke Hardy)
1.19 Tao's New Weapon (Barbara Bishop)
1.20 The Serum (David Phillips)
1.21 Rats in North Col (Jenny Sharp)
1.22 The Tribunal (Everett De Roche)
1.23 Future Visions (Peter A. Kinloch)
1.24 The Hearing (Helen MacWhirter)
1.25 The Exile (Barbara Bishop)
1.26 Finally Free Again (Barbara Bishop)

List of episodes (season two):
2.1 The Old Peddler (David Phillips)
2.2 Quicksand (Marieke Hardy)
2.3 Broken Dreams (Peter A. Kinloch)
2.4 Is Noah Banished? (Roger Dunn)
2.5 Becky's Trick (Roger Dunn)
2.6 Last Warning (Lois Booton)
2.7 Disco Fever (Helen MacWhirter)
2.8 The Mysterious Valley (Helen MacWhirter)
2.9 New Hope (David Phillips)
2.10 The Bad Surprise (Marieke Hardy)
2.11 Evacuation (Peter A. Kinloch)
2.12 The Super Weapon (Barbara Bishop)
2.13 Before the Comet (Barbara Bishop)

List of episodes (season three):
3.1 (David Phillips)
3.2 (David Phillips)
3.3 (Barbara Bishop)
3.4 (Peter A Kinloch)
3.5 (Peter A. Kinloch)
3.6 (Jenny Sharp)
3.7 (Barbara Bishop)
3.8 (Helen MacWhirter)
3.9 (Helen MacWhirter)
3.10 (Peter A. Kinloch)
3.11 (David Phillips)
3.12 (Barbara Bishop)
3.13 (Barbara Bishop)

None of the avilable sources (including the production company's media kit for season three) list any episode titles for season three of the program.
Peter A. Kinloch is occasionally credited as 'Peter Kinlock' or 'Peter Kinloch.' Helen MacWhirter is occasionally credited as 'Helen McWhirter.'

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