Thunderstone

Original title : The Comet Nemesis
First Aired : 12.02.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Michael Joshua
Cast : Jonathan Kovac (Holocop), Jeremy Kewley (Holoteacher), Kamila Webb (Holocop), Shane Nicholson (Holocop), Jonathon Dutton (Morgan)

The Story : NOAH'S obsession with the HOLODECK lands him in trouble again when he overstays his allotted time in the VR program. Dr. PRETORIUS, his teacher and a member of the NORTH COL Triumvirate, must impose the penalty of punishment duty topside in the Impact Winter blizzards. He must also remind NOAH of the necessity of order in NORTH COL and his responsibility within the small community that survives in this underground research centre, after the NEMESIS COMET.

Original title : Tao's Secret Weapon
First Aired : 19.02.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Annie Fox
Cast : Denis Moore (Savage)

The Story : The NOMADS, led by ARUSHKA and with NOAH as their prisoner, narrowly escape capture by the marauding PROTECTORS, who are gathering workers for the THUNDERSTONE MINE. In the safety of their cavern, the NOMADS question NOAH. All he wants is to return ... back to the future and his home in NORTH COL, where his family and Dr. PRETORIUS are bewildered and concerned by his disappearance. Where is he? Is he dead?

Original title : Twin Brothers
First Aired : 26.02.1999 (USA)
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The Story : NOAH is being marched across the alien landscape of the Red Desert, his unimpressed captor, SUNDANCE, tossing the PHTs away. Suddenly they have company, SUNDANCE's twin brother and PROTECTOR - SUTCH! In the Keep at the THUNDERSTONE MINE TAO watches the confrontation on his screen, as JETT arrives and takes SUNDANCE prisoner using her net gun. NOAH makes a run for it and arrives at the SENTINEL Camp where he discovers a humiliated SUNDANCE. NOAH cannot leave him - their dramatic escape and destruction of the SENTINEL has added further fuel to TAO's anger.

Original title : Escape from the Hollow Mountain
First Aired : 05.03.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : David Phillips
Cast : Denis Moore (Savage), Jasper Bagg (Rork)

The Story : The NOMADS are making their way apprehensively along the DEEP ROAD. ARUSHKA shows NOAH the mural of the 'Wild Things', a hand painted depiction of a NOAH'S Ark of ANIMALS, wondrous creatures that no longer exist. Their fear of the DEEP ROAD is validated when NOAH'S mini PC is found smashed and the mural vandalised. Something or someone is there! TAO speeds across the Red Desert to where JETT and SAVAGE have discovered a magnificent prize - a perfectly preserved BIG RIG TRUCK - the BEAST. This find is what TAO has been waiting for, now he will be able to move ahead with his greater plan.

Original title : Trapped
First Aired : 12.03.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Annie Fox
Cast : Arthur Serevetas (Protector), John Cousens (Protector), Jasper Bagg (Rork), Denis Moore (Savage)

The Story : As ARUSHKA and CHIP arrive at the THUNDERSTONE MINE to rescue SUNDANCE from the PROTECTORS, NOAH joins them. This could be his ticket home, a chance to access power. TAO, whose plans are constantly thwarted by the NOMADS, wants them caught! He has the BEAST and will be the master of the desert. Leaving CHIP on guard NOAH and ARUSHKA get into the MINE. Covering themselves in THUNDERSTONE powder they make their way into the tunnel. ARUSHKA creates the diversion that NOAH needs and then escapes to return to CHIP who has been joined by a very alive SUNDANCE.

Original title : The Lion
First Aired : 19.03.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Everett De Roche
Cast : Janet McLeod (Stilt Walker), Simon Wood (Policeman), Andrew Botham (Mingus), Marieke Hardy (Sophie), Tony Rickards (Royal Valenti), Maria Mercedes (Ivana)

The Story : NOAH and ARUSHKA stare gobsMACked at the huge creature before them. This is a circus. It is 1999 - they have gone back too far! ARUSHKA doesn't hear or care about NOAH'S concerns - these are real ANIMALS not just images on a wall. She never wants to leave. NOAH tells her in a couple of years the ANIMALS and everything else will be gone when the NEMESIS COMET strikes. NOAH sets off to find a power source, leaving a saddened ARUSHKA to look around. All of the ANIMALS are amazing but when she meets the beautiful circus horse MOSHI she is totally captivated.

Original title : Moshi, the Horse
First Aired : 26.03.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Everett De Roche
Cast : Simon Wood (Policeman), Andrew Botham (Mingus), Maria Mercedes (Ivana), Tony Rickards (Royal Valenti), Anita Cerdic (Jennifer Wilde), Jasper Bagg (Rork)

The Story : The LION is on the bonnet of the police car as a horrified and amazed crowd watches ARUSHKA calm him. She achieves instant star status when she gestures the great BEAST back into his cage. IVANA arrives with MOSHI and speaks quickly with ARUSHKA. She understands the future ARUSHKA comes from and asks ARUSHKA to take MOSHI with her. Using power from a nearby news van NOAH activates the PHT's and in a flash of white light ARUSHKA, NOAH and the beautiful black horse MOSHI are gone! Instantly they reappear in HAVEN and the first animal brought through time has arrived!

Original title : The Secret Entrance
First Aired : 02.04.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Barbara Bishop
Cast : Jasper Bagg (Rork)

The Story : TAO has a plan to capture the NOMADS - with the help of his SENTINEL he will trap them in their own lair! In the BEAST he watches on the screen as ARUSHKA and CHIP release MOSHI and NOAH and GENEVA head towards the MINE. He and JETT race across the Red Desert chasing the signal, closing in. NOAH and GENEVA manage to hide just in time, thwarting TAO. But inside the BEAST SUTCH continues to record the SENTINEL's readings, logging the cavern's entrances. TAO outlines his plan to SUTCH and orders more PROTECTORS and supplies of THUNDERSTONE. He will get them this time!

Original title : Sabotage
First Aired : 09.04.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Jenny Sharp
Cast : Russel Allan (Protector), Jasper Bagg (Rork)

The Story : Still trapped under the BEAST TRAILER, NOAH and SUNDANCE see ARUSHKA approaching on MOSHI. TAO, impressed with their bravery, and interested in MOSHI steps out to confront her, giving NOAH and SUNDANCE the chance to get inside the BEAST TRAILER and sabotage the map co-ordinates that would lead to the capture of the NOMADS. With the mission accomplished NOAH and SUNDANCE say their farewells, NOAH heading off to the KEEP and power.

Original title : Aliens on the Farm
First Aired : 16.04.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Alison Nisselle
Cast : Samuel Johnson (Duane), Christopher Chapman (Bully), Gabriel Egan (Mac), Robert Alston (Ferris), Jasper Bagg (Rork)

The Story : NOAH and ARUSHKA white-in...arriving in some bush country abundant with wildlife, and to ARUSHKA's delight, horses. Her reverie is shattered as gunshots ring through the air. An outraged ARUSHKA runs to the noise and confronts BULLY and MAC who are trying to cull kangaroos. Not happy at being interrupted they warn NOAH and ARUSHKA off. They are saved from these lads only to be imprisoned by their saviour, DUANE an alien fanatic. This time they will have top believe him, he has proof!

Original title : Friends in the Past
First Aired : 23.04.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Alison Nisselle
Cast : John Cousins (Protector), Samuel Johnson (Duane), Christopher Chapman (Bully), Gabriel Egan (Mac), Denis Moore (Savage), Robert Alston (Ferris)

The Story : TAO has dispatched his PROTECTORS to NOAH'S arrival co-ordinates, this time there will be no escape. ARUSHKA, still trapped in the past and hunted by BULLY, MAC and DUANE, saves MAC from being trampled by a wild Brume. Awed by the mystical effect she has on the animal they listen to her story. DUANE and MAC agree to help her. But BULLY standing alone is not to be trusted.

Original title : Escape from the Protectors
First Aired : 30.04.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Peter Kinloch
Cast : Nina Landis (Syndia), Jasper Bagg (Rork), Shane Nicholson (Holocop), Ernie Bourne (Pohl)

The Story : ARUSHKA now has the horses she wanted. No more ANIMALS - NOAH wants to go home. Bidding them farewell he heads off towards the MINE. On the way a brave and loyal DOLLY saves him again and his journey must be abandoned. The SHADOWMASTER exerts his power. TAO must MINE more THUNDERSTONE! He orders TAO to leave NOAH to him, he has a plan! The NOMADS have made their way back to the Cavern, but unknown to them, lurking in the darkness, following and watching their every move is FERRIS.

Original title : The Electro-Net
First Aired : 07.05.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Peter Kinloch
Cast : Jasper Bagg (Rork)

The Story : In the middle of the Red desert a furious TAO stands before a burning effigy of himself. Unguarded the BEAST TRAILER looms behind. NOAH and ARUSHKA enter it and begin the first of many risky sorties to access the power they will need to bring back the wondrous collection of ANIMALS that will fill the magnificent landscape that is HAVEN. With the mission accomplished it is time for NOAH to leave but TAO's tightened security will make this the most dangerous attempt of all for NOAH.

Original title : Tao's Force
First Aired : 14.05.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Helen MacWhirter
Cast : Denis Moore (Savage), Robert Altson (Ferris), Jasper Bagg (Rork)

The Story : NOAH has been forced to give in to TAO, who would have used the destructive Electronet on DOLLY'S puppies. A prisoner in the Keep, NOAH discovers FERRIS, retrieves his PH-T's and with Feris' help escapes. Only to find ARUSHKA, the opposite direction. NOAH has to stop her - he tries to smash the 'Net' but is zapped and thrown to the ground, unconscious. The captive MINERS are galvanised into action and while the battle rages SUNDANCE and CHIP get NOAH out, but FERRIS is caught and this time he'd better tell TAO where the NOMADS hide!

Original title : The Weapon
First Aired : 21.05.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Helen MacWhirter
Cast : Shane Nicholson (Holocop), Denis Moore (Savage), Jasper Bagg (Rork), Kamila Webb (Holocop), Ernie Bourne (Pohl), Nina Landis (Syndia), Robert Alston (Ferris)

The Story : NOAH and the NOMADS are forced from safety by the THUNDERSTONE smoke that continues to billow out of the Cavern, they are surrounded by PROTECTORS and trapped by the Electronets. if captured they will be unable to stop TAO. NOAH, their only hope, must return with technology to fight the Electronets. Using the power of the Electronets he takes GENEVA's hand and they white-out...arriving in the raging Blizzards of Topside NORTH COL where they succumb to the freezing conditions.

Original title : Meeting With the Shadow Master
First Aired : 28.05.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Victoria Osborne
Cast : Brian Lipson (Akqua), Nina Landis (Syndia), Ernie Bourne (Pohl), Jonathon Dutton (Morgan), Kamila Webb (Holocop), Shane Nicholson (Holocop)

The Story : SUNDANCE, jumped by SUTCH in the DEEP ROAD, is lost to the Devil's run. As he fights the rapids to stay alive the NOMADS search unsuccessfully for him. FERRIS now accepted as one of them, delivers a distressing message from the SHADOWMASTER that NOAH and GENEVA will not return to HAVEN so there will be no weapons. Their battle has been lost before it even began! Who is the SHADOWMASTER and how did he know NOAH was back in NORTH COL?

Original title : Lies and Secrets
First Aired : 04.06.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Annie Fox
Cast : Shane Nicholson (Holocop), Ernie Bourne (Pohl), Nina Landis (Syndia), Jonathon Dutton (Morgan), Brian Lipson (Akqua)

The Story : NOAH and GENEVA are found guilty. For NOAH this could mean 5 years without any privileges and for GENEVA, exile Topside where she must try and survive the Impact Winter. the TRIUMVARIATE sentences them to work detail until they reach their conclusions. ARUSHKA finds a groggy SUNDANCE who was returning home from the SANDTRIBERs and was zapped by and Electronet. She is outraged - TAO has lied, there was a truce! Realising that he has been found out, a furious TAO seeks out FERRIS, and forces him to lie to the NOMADS. To tell them it was a mistake, a disobedient PROTECTOR, it will not happen again.

Original title : The Silver Wings
First Aired : 11.06.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Marieke Hardy
Cast : Nick Mitchell (III) (Protector), Shane Nicholson (Holocop), Nina Landis (Syndia), Robert Altson (Ferris), Denis Moore (Savage), Brian Lipson (Akqua), Ernie Bourne (Pohl)

The Story : Dr. PRETORIUS leads GENEVA and NOAH through a Topside bLIZzard to his secret retreat where there is power. Armed with the PH-T's and Dr. PRETORIUS' SILVERWING weapon, which will defeat TAO's Electronets, NOAH is ready to take GENEVA back to HAVEN. Arriving they stare in awe at their surroundings, it is the ocean and it is truly magnificent. Turning at the sound of a familiar voice they are stunned to discover that BECKY has somehow managed to accidentally travel with them. After a rest good food and the company of the SANDTRIBERs the trio commence their journey home.

Original title : Tao's New Weapon
First Aired : 18.06.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : Barbara Bishop
Cast : Brian Lipson (Akqua), Jasper Bagg (Rork), Robert Alston (Ferris)

The Story : TAO sits in the BEAST watching his anger rise, as one by one all of the Electronets are destroyed. The SILVERWING has saved the ANIMALS. NOAH, his sister BECKY and the NOMADS have won the battle but not the war. The SHADOWMASTER arrives, interested only in results. TAO convinces him that using the MASERGUNS he can get rid of the NOMADS then nothing will stop them finding the THUNDERSTONE MOTHERLODE.

Original title : The Serum
First Aired : 25.06.1999 (USA)
Director : Mark DeFriest
Writing credits : David Phillips
Cast : Matthew Ker (Sick Child), Nina Landis (Syndia)

The Story : With NOAH and ARUSHKA safely imprisoned in the BEAST, TAO roars off leaving CHIP alone under the relentless sun of the Red Desert. SUNDANCE and BECKY, on a rescue mission find him, exhausted and thirsty but alive. A smug TAO, with NOAH his captive audience taunts him...just get to the point! TAO produces a disk that he claims was found in the ruins of the old HOLODECK. NOAH will watch it only if ARUSHKA is with him.

Original title : Rats in North Col
First Aired : 02.07.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Jenny Sharp
Cast : Brian Lipson (Akqua), Jasper Bagg (Rork), Nina Landis (Syndia), Ernie Bourne (Pohl), Denis Moore (Savage)

The Story : TAO offers NOAH a share of a vaccine against the rabies virus and power to return to him to NORTH COL. With NOAH gone and the MASERGUNS to rid HAVEN of the ANIMALS, he is now free to find more THUNDERSTONE. NOAH and BECKY return, but where is everyone? What is happening? Was TAO right? They find Dr. PRETORIUS who confirms NOAH'S fears, rats have been seen in NORTH COL. Producing the vials of vaccine given to him by TAO, NOAH tells Dr. PRETORIUS everything.

Original title : The Tribunal
First Aired : 09.07.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Everett De Roche
Cast : Matthew Ker (Sick Child), Adam Leembruggen (North Col Citizen), Brian Lipson (Akqua), Robert Alston (Ferris), Nina Landis (Syndia), Ernie Bourne (Pohl), Shane Nicholson (Holocop), Jonathon Dutton (Morgan), Denis Moore (Savage)

The Story : The thought that he could be the monstrous SHADOWMASTER tortures NOAH. He waits anxiously for results as SIMON continues to test the vaccine. When BECKY produces the disk she took from TAO detailing apocalyptic future events NOAH calls for an Open Forum in which the citizens of NORTH COL can decide on this evidence for themselves. If he can convince them to listen, he may be able to save them.

Original title : Future Visions
First Aired : 16.07.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Peter Kinloch
Cast : Arthur Serevetas (Protector), Kamila Webb (Holocop)

The Story : NOAH cannot believe that he is, or that in the future he will become, the creature that stands before him. The SHADOWMASTER tells NOAH that it is time he learnt the truth. They both white-out of NORTH COL and arrive in HAVEN. The SHADOWMASTER challenges NOAH - was it right to bring the ANIMALS to HAVEN? They outnumber the humans and will continue to bred. Good, says NOAH defending their rights, their place in the laws of nature.

Original title : The Hearing
First Aired : 23.07.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Helen MacWhirter
Cast : Shane Nicholson (Holocop), Robert Alston (Ferris), Brian Lipson (Akqua), Jonathon Dutton (Morgan), Nina Landis (Syndia), Ernie Bourne (Pohl)

The Story : The DANIELS family are blamed for the rabies virus and the NORTH COL community will not listen as NOAH tells them the rats weren't real but holograms. Matters worsen when it is discovered the vaccine held as evidence has been stolen. SIMON's subsequent collapse causes everyone to panic...he has a virus! LIZ finds that the disk given to NOAH by TAO is nothing but a series of sophisticated computer generation images. Who is responsible for this dangerous hoax?

Original title : Episode 25
First Aired : 30.07.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Barbara Bishop
Cast : Jonathon Dutton (Morgan), Brian Lipson (Akqua)

The Story : While the unsuspecting citizens of NORTH COL are preparing for their journey to HAVEN, Dr. PRETORIUS is assuring TAO that a labour force will arrive soon. BECKY's suspicions are aroused she sees Dr. PRETORIUS behaving strangely. As she explores a deserted NORTH COL she discovers that Dr. PRETORIUS has the missing vaccine. Captured by the SHADOWMASTER she is forced to join the others in HAVEN.

Original title : Finally Free Again
First Aired : 06.08.1999 (USA)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Barbara Bishop
Cast : Denis Moore (Savage), Jasper Bagg (Rork)

The Story : In a Topside bLIZzard the bewildered NOMADS make their way into NORTH COL where GENEVA guides them to the HOLODECK. Through a combination of deduction and good luck the NOMADS propel themselves forward in time to HAVEN where their reappearance is monitored by SUTCH. SUTCH, who is under instructions from Dr. PRETORIUS to take NOAH and BECKY to a place they can never return from, instead reunites them with the NOMADS. He too will now join them in their battle to defeat the PROTECTORS and Dr. PRETORIUS. Together they formulate a plan to destroy the THUNDERSTONE.