The dream stone

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Television series
German title The dream stone
Original title The Dream Stone
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) 1990-1995
length 25 minutes
Episodes 52 in 4 seasons
genre adventure
Theme music German version:
Peter Fessler : More beautiful than a dream
idea Michael Jupp
music Mike Batt
and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
First broadcast September 25, 1990 on
ITV Network
German-language
first broadcast		 1992 on southwest 3
synchronization

The Dreamstone (original title: The Dream Stone ) is a British animated television series aired from 1990 to 1995. In Germany it has been since the 1991st The series consists of four seasons, each with 13 episodes of 25 minutes each. While the first season of Südwest 3 was broadcast, the following three seasons were broadcast by the private broadcaster RTL II with partly different voice actors.

In 2000 four episodes were released on four VHS tapes. In 2018 Pidax Film released all 52 episodes on four DVD boxes.

action

Somewhere in space the dream planet moves its orbits. On his day page lives the old dream maker and his two helpers Rufus and Amberley , both from the Noops people. The flying fish Albert acts as a kind of watchdog . Protection is necessary, because at least the dream stone must be preserved, which gives all living beings the beautiful dreams . Where there is light, there is also shadow. And he lives in Wilding on the night side of the planet in the form of the mighty and evil dragon Zordrak . It is not enough for him to be the master of nightmares , but he wants to get the dream stone in his power so that he can rule over all dreams. His henchmen are the Urpneys, led by the loyal but rather limited Sergeant Blob .

Characters

The land of dreams

  • Dream maker - The dream maker is an old person who lives in his tower in the middle of the Noop city. Every evening he sends good dreams all over the world with the dream stone. From the second season he is also referred to in the German translation as the father of dreams .
  • Rufus - Rufus is a noop and the dream maker's assistant . One of his tasks is to clean the old dream bottles and to guard the dream stone. He doesn't always succeed in the latter.
  • Amberley - Amberley is Rufus' tough noop girlfriend. She, too, is in the service of the dream maker.
  • Albert - Albert is a watchdog fish that the dream maker created himself by pulling it out of one of his dreams.
  • Mr. Blossom - Mr. Blossom is the dreammaker's often grumpy and pessimistic gardener . He often uses his garden tools against the Urpney attacks.
  • Pildit - Pildit belongs to the Woods race, who are able to fly with magical dream bottle tree leaves. Pildit is the leader of the Woods. From the second season he is strangely feminized in the German dubbing.
  • Wildit - Wildit is Pildit's grandmother . Together with her grandson Spildit and his followers , she fights for the good dreams.

The land of nightmares

  • Zordrak - Zordrak was once a dream maker and belongs to a breed of goat-lizards. When he began to delve into black magic and nightmares, the Council of Dream Makers decided to banish the renegade and revoke his dream maker license . Thanks to his magic, Zordrak turned into a great dragon and has since had the ability to turn living things into stone. He vowed to take control of the dream stone so that nightmares would rule the night.
  • Urpgor - Urpgor is a green-skinned Urpney and the scientist of Wilding. He is at Zordrak's service in all situations. The inventive green man secretly strives to rule Wilding.
  • Blob - Sergeant Blob is the Commander in Chief of the Urpneys. His only goal is to conquer the dream stone.
  • Frizz - Frizz is a little Urpney with glasses who always has to travel to the land of dreams with his comrade Nug and Blob in order to steal the dream stone.
  • Nug - Nug is the second of Blob's subordinates.
  • Zarag - Zarag is Zordrak's sister . Zordrak kept her in a bottle for 500 years before she was accidentally freed from Nug. She also wants to steal the dream stone, but not to destroy it, but to use it as a hair ornament .
  • Captain Crigg - Crigg was the leader of the Urpney Army before Blob. He was executed at the beginning of the first episode for questioning Zordrak's instructions. He was then accused of the Frazznats. This scene was cut in the German broadcast.
  • Frazznats - Frazznats are Zordrak's pet animals that he keeps in the pit of no return . They are a chimera of a snake, crocodile, lobster and Venus flytrap. If they're not devouring Urpneys, they'll be satisfied with candy canes or other sweets. Their most famous victim is Captain Crigg.
  • Astrübel - The Astrübel or Aggoribles are solidified nightmares and Zordrak's personal favorites. They are a kind of purple mist, with empty eye sockets and sharp fangs. You are kept at a distance by the power of the dream stone.

Voice actor

role German voice actor English voice actor
The dream maker Jochen Schröder (1st season)
Eric Vaessen (2nd - 4th season)		 John Franklyn-Robbins
Rufus Björn Schalla (1st season)
Klaus-Peter Grap (2nd - 4th season)		 Stuart Lock
Amberley Katja Strobel (1st season)
Ursula Hugo (2nd - 4th season)		 Nancy Handry
Pildit Reinhard Kunert (1st season)
Barbara Ratthey (2nd - 4th season)		 Derek Wright
Mr. Blossom Alexander Duke Anthony Jackson
Zordrak Tilo Schmitz (1st season)
Kurt Goldstein (2nd - 3rd season)
Helmut Krauss (4th season)		 Gary Martin
Blob Helmut Krauss (1st season)

Axel Lutter (2nd - 4th season)

Richard Tate
Frizz Santiago Ziesmer (1st season)
Uwe Paulsen (2nd - 4th season)		 Melvyn Hayes
Nug Uwe Paulsen (1st season)
Norbert Gescher (2nd - 4th season)		 Anthony Jackson
Urpgor Lutz Mackensy (1st season)
Santiago Ziesmer (2nd - 4th season)		 Leonard Whiting (1st - 3rd season)
Colin Marsh (4th season)
Zarag Philine Peters-Arnolds Jackie Clarke
teller Engelbert von Nordhausen (1st season)
Helmut Gauß (2nd – 4th season)		 unknown

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