Wizards vs Aliens

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Television series
Original title Wizards vs Aliens
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) 2012-2014
length 28 minutes
Episodes 36 in 3 seasons ( list )
genre Drama , fantasy , science fiction , children's and youth programs
idea Russell T Davies , Phil Ford
production Peter Bennett , Derek Ritchie
music Sam Watts, Dan Watts
First broadcast October 29, 2012 (UK) on CBBC
occupation

Wizards vs Aliens is a 36-part British television series on the BBC . The first broadcast took place from October 29, 2012 to November 25, 2014 on the television station CBBC .

action

Tom Clarke is a young wizard. One day he meets the aliens Nekross. They feed on magic and want to conquer the earth. With the support of his grandmother, his father, his best friend Benny and a goblin, he repeatedly manages to thwart their evil plans. But the Nekross do not give up and try again and again to conquer power on earth and to rob the wizards of all magic.

background

The series was invented by Russell T Davies and Phil Ford . The authors found it exciting to let aliens and wizards meet. Aliens would never appear in Harry Potter , any more than wizards would appear in Doctor Who . Through this series these beings should meet as opponents and thus magic and science fiction should be connected. The series has a total of three seasons. It aired from 2012 to 2014. In January 2015 it was announced that there would be no new season this year. Wizards vs Aliens was a successor to the successful television series The Sarah Jane Adventures , which had to be ended due to the untimely death of the leading actress Elisabeth Sladen . Some elements from the Sarah Jane Adventures have also been adopted for Wizards vs Aliens . The screenplay for the unfilmed Sarah Jane Adventures episode The Thirteenth Floor was rewritten by Phil Ford into an episode of Wizards vs. Aliens and broadcast under the title of the same name. The main character Benny Sherwood is gay. In the course of the series he has his coming out. This makes Wizards vs Aliens one of the few and first children's series to address homosexuality.

DVD release

A first season DVD was released on December 31, 2012 by Fremantle Home Entertainment. There is both a British DVD (Region 2) and an Australian DVD (Region 4). Two years later, the second season was released on DVD. However, the DVD of the second season has only been released in Australia so far.

Awards and nominations

BAFTA Awards :

  • 2013: Nominated for Best Production Design (Arwel Jones)
  • 2013: Nominated for Best Costume Design (Ray Holman)

Celtic Media Festival

  • 2015: Nominated for Children's Programs

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)
episode Original title Director Screenwriter First broadcast (GB)
01 (1-01)
02 (1-02)		 Dawn of the Nekross Daniel O'Hara Phil Ford October 29, 2012
October 30, 2012
03 (1-03)
04 (1-04)		 Grazlax attacks Daniel O'Hara Phil Ford November 5, 2012
November 6, 2012
05 (1-05)
06 (1-06)		 Rebel Magic Handle Rowland Joseph Lidster November 12, 2012
November 13, 2012
07 (1-07)
08 (1-08)		 Friend or Foe Handle Rowland Clayton Hickman November 19, 2012
November 20, 2012
09 (1-09)
10 (1-10)		 Fall of the Nekross Joss Agnew Gareth Roberts November 26, 2012
November 27, 2012
11 (1-11)
12 (1-12)		 The Last Day Joss Agnew Phil Ford December 3, 2012
December 4, 2012
Season 2 (2013)
episode Original title Director Screenwriter First broadcast (GB)
13 (2-01)
14 (2-02)		 100 wizards Beryl Richards Phil Ford October 28, 2013
October 29, 2013
15 (2-03)
16 (2-04)		 Vice versa Beryl Richards Clayton Hickman November 4, 2013
November 5, 2013
17 (2-05)
18 (2-06)		 The Cave of Menla-Gto Mark Everest Joseph Lidster November 11, 2013
November 12, 2013
19 (2-07)
20 (2-08)		 The Curse of Crowe Mark Everest Gareth Roberts November 18, 2013
November 19, 2013
21 (2-09)
22 (2-10)		 The Thirteenth Floor Paul Murphy Phil Ford November 25, 2013
November 26, 2013
23 (2-11)
24 (2-12)		 Endless night Joss Agnew Phil Ford December 2nd, 2013
December 3rd, 2013
25 (2-13)
26 (2-14)		 All Out War! Joss Agnew Russell T Davies December 9, 2013
December 10, 2013
Season 3 (2014)
episode Original title Director Screenwriter First broadcast (GB)
27 (3-01)
28 (3-02)		 The Secret of Room 12 Mark Everest Phil Ford October 27, 2014
29 (3-03)
30 (3-04)		 The Quantum Effect Mark Everest Julie Dixon November 3, 2014
November 4, 2014
31 (3-05)
32 (3-06)		 The Daughters of Stone Lee Haven Jones Phil Ford November 10, 2014
November 11, 2014
33 (3-07)
34 (3-08)		 The Key of Bones Lee Haven Jones Sasha Hails November 17, 2014
November 18, 2014
35 (3-09)
36 (3-10)		 Twilight Falls Mark Everest Phil Ford November 24, 2014
November 25, 2014

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rob Leane: Out of this world! Harry Potter meets Doctor Who in Wizards Vs. Aliens, the BBC's new children's sci-fi drama from Russell T Davies. October 29, 2012, accessed April 2, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Rob Leane: Wizards Vs Aliens not renewed for series January 4 , 2015, accessed March 30, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Morgan Jeffery: CBBC's Wizards vs Aliens on hiatus, may not return for fourth series. Russell T Davies reportedly cites budget constrictions as reason for the hiatus. January 16, 2015, accessed April 2, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Nele Bübl: Wizards vs. Aliens gets another season. March 4, 2014, accessed April 2, 2016 .
  5. ↑ James Peaty: Phil Ford on Wizards Vs Aliens and The Sarah-Jane Adventures. December 3, 2013, accessed April 2, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Michael Magnusson: Coming out welcomed in hit teen TV series. (No longer available online.) January 14, 2014, archived from the original on May 31, 2016 ; accessed on May 31, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ Josh Willacy: Is Science Fiction Having a Gay Moment, at Last? November 21, 2014, accessed May 31, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Ian McArdell, 'Wizards vs Aliens': Series 1 DVD review. December 31, 2012, accessed March 30, 2016 .
  9. ↑ DVD Review - Wizards vs Aliens: Series 2. September 21, 2014, accessed March 30, 2016 (English).
  10. ↑ Wizards vs. Aliens. Awards. In: IMDb.com. Retrieved April 2, 2016 .