Lavender Castle

Infobox Television
show_name = Lavender Castle


caption = Promotional poster for Lavender Castle.
format = Stop Motion
Fantasy
Adventure
runtime = 10 minutes
creator = Gerry Anderson Rodney Matthews
starring = Kate Harbour
Jimmy Hibbert
David Holt
Rob Rackstraw
country = UK
network = ITV
first_aired = 7 January, 1999
last_aired = 9 March, 2000
num_episodes = 26 (List of episodes)
imdb_id = 0185084
tv_com_id = 18177

"Lavender Castle" is a British stop motion/CGI television series created by Rodney Matthews and produced by Gerry Anderson. It produced between 1996 and 1998 through a collaboration between Carrington Productions International, Gerry Anderson Productions and Cosgrove Hall Films, and was first broadcast on CITV between 1999 and 2000.

The series follows the story of Captain Thrice and his crew, on a quest to find the peaceful city of Lavender Castle before the evil Dr. Agon.

Format

Lavender Castle is a place of mystery and legend, fabled throughout the universe, a floating city of light, a place of peace, harmony and all the things that have ever been dreamed of. It is the centre of the universe and the greatest source of power - should it be destroyed, the universe would be plunged into darkness forever. Evil scientist Dr. Agon plans to do just that. A lonely meglomaniac with technology-assisted powers of transmutation, he yearns for darkness and has pledged to destroy Lavender Castle from his fortress spaceship, the Dark Station, the most awesome destructive power in the universe, crewed by unseen slaves working deep in the bowels.

In order to prevent this, Captain Thrice has set out on a quest to find the elusive Lavender Castle beofre Dr. Agon A previous encounter with Lavender Castle gave life to Thrice's walking stick and left the Captain with a special knowledge of its power and abilities. Travelling in his cottage spaceship, the "Paradox", Thrice assembles a crew of misfits to join him in his quest, combating evil wherever they find it as they travel the universe searching for clues that will lead them to Lavender Castle. But Lavender Castle works in mysterious ways and lends its power to the "Paradox" crew to protect them when they most need help.

Voice actors

*David Holt - Captain Thrice / Sproggle
*Rob Rackstraw - Roger / Isambard
*Kate Harbour - Lyca / Walking Stick
*Jimmy Hibbert - Sir Squeakalot / Dr. Cedric Agon / Trump

Episode List

Credits

*From an original concept by Rodney Matthews
*Produced at Cosgrove Hall Films Limited
*Producer: Gerry Anderson
*Executive Producer: Craig Hemmings
*For Cosgrove Hall: Brian Cosgrove
*For HIT Entertainment: Kate Fawkes, Peter Orton
*Director: Chris Taylor
*Designer: Rodney Matthews
*Line Producer: Chris Bowden
*Script: Gerry Anderson, Chris Trengrove, Pauline Fisk
*Stories: Gerry Anderson, Rodney Matthews, Craig Hemmings, Chris Trengrove, Pauline Fisk
*Music: Crispin Merrell
*Dialogue Recording: Angelsound
*Puppets: Mackinnon & Saunders
*Animators: Tim Collings, Matt Palmer, Lisa Goddard, Justin Exley
*Sets: Jess Spain, Richard Sykes, Rick Kent, Paul Jones, Samantha Hanks, Nick Wilson
*Props: Owen Ballhatchet, Alison Davies
*Costumes: Clare Elliott, Geraldine Corrigan, Karen Betty, Barbara Biddulph
*Visual fx: Stephen Weston
*Assistant: Manfred-Dean Yurke
*Art director: Peter Hillier
*Lighting Camera: Tim Harper
*Off-line Editing: Flix Facilities
*Production Manager: Laura Duncalf
*Co-ordination: Mary Anderson
*Production Assistant: Debbie Peers
*Audio Post: Hullabaloo studios
*On-line Facility: 4:2:2 Manchester

External links

* [http://www.rodneymatthews.com/lavendercastle.htm Page on Rodney Matthew's website]
* [http://www.toonhound.com/lavendercastle.htm Entry on Toonhound]