Thunderstone | |
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Genre | Adventure science fiction |
Created by | Jonathan M. Shiff |
Starring |
Jeffrey Walker Mereoni Vuki Emily Browning Daniel Daperis Gerard Kennedy Stuart Halusz Jim Daly |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions |
Release | |
Original network | Network Ten |
Original release | 12 February 1999 – 8 September 2000 |
External links | |
Website |
Thunderstone is an Australian children's science fiction television series produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions set in a post-apocalyptic world after Earth is hit by a comet. The main character Noah is played by Jeffrey Walker (also known for his roles in Ocean Girl, The Wayne Manifesto, and Mirror, Mirror). Other actors who appear in the series are Gerard Kennedy, Christopher Elliott (who later appeared in Under Jakob's Ladder),Emily Browning (who later appeared in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events), and Daniel Daperis.
The show was originally broadcast on Network Ten from 12 February 1999 until 8 September 2000. Both the first and second seasons were also shown on ABC Kids.
The main character Noah Daniels, his family and other survivors who live in an underground colony called North Col in the year 2020. It is impossible to live on the planet's surface, because of the extreme cold and constant snow storms caused by the impact of a comet known as Nemesis. As all animal life was destroyed by the comet's strike, the children are taught about these extinct animals with the aid of a holodeck. As a side effect of the holodeck, Noah finds himself transported into the future, into a place called Haven, where a group of children known as the Nomads battle the evil Tao and his men, The Protectors, for control of a valuable blue mineral called thunderstone.