ORBzine - Dinotopia TV Review
Mini-Series
Dinotopia [Season 0, Episode 1]
Dinotopia Mini-Series (1)
Shown 12 May 02
A man and his two tweenager sons (including Wentworth Miller - Prison Break) crash-land their single-engine plane. They discover they are on a magical island, where dinosaurs survived and evolved the power of speech.
This was produced by Aussie Sci-Fi supremos Halmi Snr and Jnr. It is based on a series of books by Jim Gurney .
Dinotopia [Season 0, Episode 2]
Dinotopia Mini-Series (2)
Shown 13 May 02
The boys finally meet Alice Krige , who is the matriarch of the human city.
As newbies, the boys get Citizenship lessons. Bohemian rhapsody is quoted.
The brothers have conflicting aims. One tries to escape, the other wants to become a flyer ...
Dinotopia [Season 0, Episode 3]
Dinotopia Mini-Series (3)
Shown 14 May 02
The 2 brothers and the babe try to find the wild beneath and get sun-stones. There is a way home - a secret mini-sub.
Season 1
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 1]
Marooned
Shown 28 Nov 02
The show is continued, but with what seems to be an entirely new cast. Michael Brandon (Dempsey and Makepeace) is the dad.
The sunstones are failing. There are bandits in the forest, and the city is threatened by predators.
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 2]
Making Good
Shown 28 Nov 02
The dark-haired brother is a flight instructor. A babe cheats on her eye exam, and frames him.
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 3]
Handful of Dust
Shown 5 Dec 02
Carlos kills a stegosaurus to make an Eternal life potion. Marian and the blonde brother follow him to the castle of the Outsiders, and meet LeSage ( Lisa Zane ). She gets reduced to 18 years old. The ending is predictable.
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 4]
Contact
Shown 12 Dec 02
The boys use a radio to contact a ship outside the island's zone. It's the USS Pendleton, although the crew have a strangely Australian accent.
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 5]
The Matriarch
Shown 19 Dec 02
Dinosaur eggs have been stolen from the hatchery. Is LeSage ( Lisa Zane ) responsible?
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 6]
Big Fight
Shown 26 Dec 02
Papa Scott (Michael Brandon - Dempsey and Makepeace) starts gambling with LeSage ( Lisa Zane ). They decide to hold a boxing match.
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 7]
Night of the Wartosa
Shown 06/Jul/03
Karl dates Marion the mini-Matriarch ( Georgina Rylance ), but it does not go well. Then he kisses a magic frog called the Wartosa and gets stuck in a Groundhog Day time loop.
As stressful as time loops are, at least Karl gets more than one chance to seduce Marion. Lucy Punch pops up to provide him with an alternative love interest.
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 8]
LeSage
Shown 13/Jul/03
All the scalies (sentient saurons) in the city fall ill from a mysterious virus. The only cure is the Ginka leaf. Unfortunately, the Outsiders ambushed the convoy and stole the entire supply!
Karl and Marion the mini-Matriarch ( Georgina Rylance ) go to negotiate with LeSage ( Lisa Zane ). Of course, she refuses ... but she allows them to stay in the castle as guests.
Karl gets on quite well with the outsiders way of life. Will he choose LeSage over Marion?
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 9]
Car Wars
Shown 20/Jul/03
Papa Scott (Michael Brandon - Dempsey and Makepeace) invents an ethanol engine, and makes a horseless (okay, dino-less) carriage. This is illegal - yes, there are laws against techmnological progress. He decides to change the law, so campaigns to become Mayor. His slogan is, of course, Where's Waldo?
The others decide to perform a Mission: Impossible con-trick on him. They enact the Ghost of Xmas to Come scene from A Christmas Carol .
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 10]
Lost and Found
Shown 27/Jul/03
The Son is lost - MIA. Papa Scott (Michael Brandon - Dempsey and Makepeace) and LeSage ( Lisa Zane ) go searching for him. Michael Byrne ( Return of the Jedi ) guest-stars.
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 11]
The Cure (1)
Shown 03/Aug/03
Karl gets stung, and is dying. LeSage ( Lisa Zane ) helps get the cure.
They use magic to teleport them ... to Budapest! This is part one, to be continued.
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 12]
The Cure (2)
Shown 10/Aug/03
Dinotopia [Season 1, Episode 13]
Crossroads
Shown 17/Aug/03
This is the finale. LeSage ( Lisa Zane ) starts up a conflict.
