Stormworld
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StormWorld is an Australia
n-Canadian
television drama
series aired on the Nine Network
in 2009 in Australia
and first aired on Space March 2009 in Canada
with a repeat in August 2009.
The show follows two boys, Jason (Andrew Jenkins) and Lee (Calum Worthy), after they are transported to an alien world (Stormworld) through a vortex while on a boat trip that started in Vancouver, Canada. Jason and Lee determine they are actually on an alien world because of the three suns in the sky. The boys receive help from Flees (Valentina Barron
) a seasoned veteran of living on Stormworld who has a special boat named Stormrider. As new arrivals, or access crashers as the local inhabitants call them, the boys find shelter at The Settlement.
Stormworld is the destination for people and objects from many different worlds. Transport to Stormworld happens when a vortex is created between Stormworld and another world by large beetle-like insects. Stormworld is a salt water ocean with many islands that has a hot climate. Fresh water is a scarce resource that is central to the survival of all inhabitants leading everyone to be constantly searching for fresh water including the fabled Great Water. Trade and barter of objects brought through vortexes is the economy.
al based village with democratic principles. The Settlement is located at the Sighing Peaks on an island. It was founded by Werrolda who wrote its constitution. When Jason and Lee arrive Werrolda is the leader. High on a hill not far from the Settlement is a beacon that flashes a bright light at regular intervals to attract access crashers after arriving in a Vortex.
There are indigenous plants and animals to Stormworld that the people use for food. A significant amount of the food is brought to Stormworld through the vortexes. The members of The Settlement augment their collected food with a garden though it is not large. The Arkoddians maintain a diet that is strictly focused on a type of seaweed. The Drogue just take food from everyone else or what they can gather from vortexes.
Each is day on Stormworld is 30 hours.
When the red sun is the only sun risen the Blood Kelp in the ocean becomes carnivorous. The Blood Kelp will crawl onto boats and coastal edges to devour people. Once the yellow sun rises the Blood Kelp retreats back into the ocean.
There are several natural phenomena that are dangerous to everyone: Vortexes, Winders, Twisters and Mystals.
Stormrider - the special boat currently owned and captained by Flees. She and her father built the boat from parts of the airplane they arrived in plus additional materials scavenged. Stormrider is unique because it can also submerge itself like a submarine
. Piloting this craft is difficult in part because of the various scavenged materials used.
Valigant - the boat Khelioz uses. It seems to be powered by collecting electromagnetic energy, and appears to function in much the same way as the Settlement's beacon.
Lazbolts - the weapons of the Arkoddians. The lazbolts shoot bolts of energy that are lethal. They look like spears with large shells on the ends. While deadly they are also known to be inaccurate.
Flybikes - the flying motorcycle-like crafts used by the Drogue to raid for water, food and materials. They are equipped with weapons called Stun Bolts that can both stun and kill people. The Stun Bolts are very accurate.
Jason (Andrew Jenkins) - is an athletic, high-energy, positive person who has strong leadership qualities. Lee is his best friend from earth that he arrived on Stormworld with. Jason is the pilot of the boat named Cougar. In the final episode he decides to stay behind with Flees and Ogee, and become leader of the settlement.
Lee (Calum Worthy) - is an intelligent, savvy and logical individual with a strong scientific mind. He arrived on Stormworld with his best friend is Jason. Lee very much wants to return to Earth. He returns to earth in episode 26.
Flees (Valentina Barron
) - arrived 7 years ago with her father, an engineer, after their small aircraft was drawn through a vortex from Earth. Flees' father disappeared four years after their arrival on Stormworld when he went out kayaking. Now 15 years old she has continued an on-going search to find her missing father for the past 3 years. Her searching has provider her with an excellent knowledge of geography of Stormworld. Luce regards Flees as an older sister.
Khelioz (Lim Kay Tong) - is also known as The Navigator. On his home world (Maren) Khelioz was a fisherman. On Stormworld he is a trader with a small sailing vessel who is trying to collect information to learn where the portal is for people to return to their home planets. His methods are often viewed as being sneaky or self-serving.
Ogee (Andrew Kavadas
) - is an alien that appears as a large glowing ball. On his home planet, which has a lower gravity than Stormworld his normal form is much larger. Ogee is a very intelligent being but he has limited mobility on Stormworld and relies chiefly on Flees for transportation. He is very talkative and more than willing to display his mental prowess.
Werrolda (Michelle Fornasier) - is the leader and founder of The Settlement. On her home world she was a teacher in a strong caste
society. Before coming to Stormworld she had ideas about different types of order for society and implemented them once she arrived on Stormworld. Werrolda founded The Settlement at the Sighing Peaks because she believes they were created by The Abiders.
Luce (Chelsea Jones) - is a young, strong-minded girl of The Settlement. She arrived on Stormworld very young and has been raised by Werrolda.
Makyn (Kazimir Sas) - is a crafty and devious person who has manipulates circumstances to his advantage. He has become Werrolda's deputy for The Settlement. He arrived from his home world of Waxon as the third son of a politically powerful family. In the last episode he is pushed through the portal, but because he was holding a lazbolt, he is instead sent to Arkoddia. This displacement causes the destruction of the portal.
Hintor (Steve Turner) - is a pragmatic but unimaginative member of The Settlement. He believes that Werrolda's flexibility with the constitution and open-door policy for new access crashers places the community at risk. He is the first to challenge Werrolda's leadership.
Gundril (Amanda Woodhams) - a young woman from the planet Lefar who resides alone on one of the smaller, remote islands that Flees calls Luce Island.
Chagcis (Kingsley Judd) -
Toff (Craig Hyde-Smith) is a young boy in The Settlement. He is the Keeper of the Beacon.
Lhinrade (Bryn Coldrick) -
Horimir (Keagan Kang
) -
Llargh (Clarence Ryan) -
Gol Hati (Lilanthi Weddikkara) - is the leader of the Drogue. She arrived from her home world of Caramei along with the other members of the Drogue plus their technologically advanced flybikes. She is a hard leader that regards all other people as inferior.
Gar Lindi (Kelly Paterniti) - a member of the Drogue.
Tor Sulta (Lucy Cooke) - a member of the Drogue. She challenged Gol Hati's leadership, was defeated in Gol Hati's test, and left to perish.
Tam Valda (Farren Wood) - a member of the Drogue.
Pol Dougla (Sian Ewers) - a member of the Drogue.
Vassler (Adam Sollis) - is a young Arkoddian born on Stormworld. He is out-spoken for an Arkoddian and more flexible thinker than most Arkoddians. He becomes friends with Jason, Lee, Flees and Ogee.
Voss (George Shevtsov) - is the patriarch leader of the Arkoddians. He is a very strict, dogmatic person accustomed to power and very resistant to change. He has a strong bias against non-Arkoddians.
Mephanny (Anna Bauert) - is an Arkoddian. She is arranged to marry Voss in the future. Initially she adheres very strongly to the Arkoddian way, but becomes more open-minded later.
Callaghan (David Smyth) - is an access crasher rescued from the severe desert conditions of the island interior by Jason and Lee. He was injured by a Mystal leaving him mentally damaged.
Dressler (Murray Dowsett) - Vassler's father.
Apssed (Nick Simpson-Deeks
) - Voss' hot-headed protege.
Dephra (Angelique Malcolm) -
Jorssen (Kym Bidstrup) -
Kessel (Vito de Francesco) -
Hilss (Jeremy Levi) -
1 - Three Sun Day
2 - The Settlement
3 - Barter, Barter Everywhere
4 - Callaghan
5 - Salvage Rights
6 - Out of the Frying Pan
7 - Bouncing Ball
8 - Escape from New Arkoddia
9 - Family Ties
10 - Changing Tides
11 - Farmer Flees
12 - Family First
13 - The Race Is On
14 - Luce Island
15 - Deep Down
16 - Fire and Flight
17 - The Old Order Changes
18 - Raising the Cougar
19 - A Hot Bath
20 - A Handful of Sand
21 - Lord of the Flybikes
22 - Twists and Turns
23 - Liberation Day
24 - The Great Water
25 - Long Way Home
26 - Homeward Bound
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n-Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
television drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
series aired on the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
in 2009 in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and first aired on Space March 2009 in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
with a repeat in August 2009.
The show follows two boys, Jason (Andrew Jenkins) and Lee (Calum Worthy), after they are transported to an alien world (Stormworld) through a vortex while on a boat trip that started in Vancouver, Canada. Jason and Lee determine they are actually on an alien world because of the three suns in the sky. The boys receive help from Flees (Valentina Barron
Valentina Barron
Valentina Marina Barron is an Australian teen actress, best known for her role as Flees in Stormworld.-Filmography:- Awards/Nominations:-External links:...
) a seasoned veteran of living on Stormworld who has a special boat named Stormrider. As new arrivals, or access crashers as the local inhabitants call them, the boys find shelter at The Settlement.
Stormworld is the destination for people and objects from many different worlds. Transport to Stormworld happens when a vortex is created between Stormworld and another world by large beetle-like insects. Stormworld is a salt water ocean with many islands that has a hot climate. Fresh water is a scarce resource that is central to the survival of all inhabitants leading everyone to be constantly searching for fresh water including the fabled Great Water. Trade and barter of objects brought through vortexes is the economy.
People
There are three principal groups of inhabitants on Stormworld: The Settlement, the Arkoddians and the Drogue. Conflict between the groups happens regularly on the show.The Settlement
The Settlement is a constitutionConstitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...
al based village with democratic principles. The Settlement is located at the Sighing Peaks on an island. It was founded by Werrolda who wrote its constitution. When Jason and Lee arrive Werrolda is the leader. High on a hill not far from the Settlement is a beacon that flashes a bright light at regular intervals to attract access crashers after arriving in a Vortex.
Arkoddians
The Arkoddians are a tightly hierarchical society run by the patriarchs. They live on an island a significant distance away from the Settlement. Each Arkoddian requires more water per day than a human. Some of the Arkoddians are armed with lazbolts. Unlike most of the other people on Stormworld the Arkoddians appear to have arrived as a group on a large boat.The Drogue
The Drogue are small band of thugs that prey on the Settlement and collect objects from the vortexes. They are equipped with flybikes that are armed with energy cannons.The Abiders
The Abiders were a race of people who occupied Stormworld sometime ago. They placed the sighing peaks in order to create a map, and presumably were the creators of the portal that leads off the planet.Stormworld Geography
Stormworld has geography that is very different from Earth. The first major difference easily noticed are the three suns: a yellow sun, a blue sun and a red sun. The three suns have a strong effect on the geography, flora and fauna of the planet. Because of the large solar radiation Stormworld is a very hot planet. This heat means there is a severe lack of fresh water available for the inhabitants. Water rationing and conservation is everyone's first concern. The lack of water also means few plants or animals are available as food sources.There are indigenous plants and animals to Stormworld that the people use for food. A significant amount of the food is brought to Stormworld through the vortexes. The members of The Settlement augment their collected food with a garden though it is not large. The Arkoddians maintain a diet that is strictly focused on a type of seaweed. The Drogue just take food from everyone else or what they can gather from vortexes.
Each is day on Stormworld is 30 hours.
When the red sun is the only sun risen the Blood Kelp in the ocean becomes carnivorous. The Blood Kelp will crawl onto boats and coastal edges to devour people. Once the yellow sun rises the Blood Kelp retreats back into the ocean.
There are several natural phenomena that are dangerous to everyone: Vortexes, Winders, Twisters and Mystals.
Vortexes
Vortexes create a connection from Stormworld to other planets then draw people and objects to Stormworld. It is dangerous to be near a Vortex on Stormworld because the objects come through with great force. Each Vortex is started on Stormworld by the swarming of large beetle-like insects that are about 20 cm by 10 cm in size. When the insects disperse the Vortex ends. Vortexes typically last a few minutes as they move with the swarm. The swarming of the insects happens after they have been excited by Mystals.Winders
Winders look like horizontal lightning that can flow over the land. Each Winder is composed of several electric threads. They are very deadly, but the Arkoddians have learned to handle them with grounding rods. Winders are attracted to mental activity. The origin of the Winders is revealed at the end of season one.Twisters
Twisters appear as small, fast moving tornadoes that move over land. One or several can appear at the same time. A Twister is composed of air so extremely dry that all water is removed from any person it makes contact with. People become completely dehydrated so quickly their bodies turn to dust.Mystals
Mystals appear as sparkling banks of slow moving fog. They are highly charged with energy. Contact with a Mystal leads to mental debilitation, or worse, death. Mystals cannot affect someone underwater.Equipment
Cougar - the boat that Jason and Lee arrive with. The boat is quickly stolen from them by the Drogue.Stormrider - the special boat currently owned and captained by Flees. She and her father built the boat from parts of the airplane they arrived in plus additional materials scavenged. Stormrider is unique because it can also submerge itself like a submarine
Submarine
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
. Piloting this craft is difficult in part because of the various scavenged materials used.
Valigant - the boat Khelioz uses. It seems to be powered by collecting electromagnetic energy, and appears to function in much the same way as the Settlement's beacon.
Lazbolts - the weapons of the Arkoddians. The lazbolts shoot bolts of energy that are lethal. They look like spears with large shells on the ends. While deadly they are also known to be inaccurate.
Flybikes - the flying motorcycle-like crafts used by the Drogue to raid for water, food and materials. They are equipped with weapons called Stun Bolts that can both stun and kill people. The Stun Bolts are very accurate.
Characters
There are is a large cast of characters for Stormworld with most of the action centering around Jason, Lee, Flees, Ogee and Khelioz over all of the episodes.Jason (Andrew Jenkins) - is an athletic, high-energy, positive person who has strong leadership qualities. Lee is his best friend from earth that he arrived on Stormworld with. Jason is the pilot of the boat named Cougar. In the final episode he decides to stay behind with Flees and Ogee, and become leader of the settlement.
Lee (Calum Worthy) - is an intelligent, savvy and logical individual with a strong scientific mind. He arrived on Stormworld with his best friend is Jason. Lee very much wants to return to Earth. He returns to earth in episode 26.
Flees (Valentina Barron
Valentina Barron
Valentina Marina Barron is an Australian teen actress, best known for her role as Flees in Stormworld.-Filmography:- Awards/Nominations:-External links:...
) - arrived 7 years ago with her father, an engineer, after their small aircraft was drawn through a vortex from Earth. Flees' father disappeared four years after their arrival on Stormworld when he went out kayaking. Now 15 years old she has continued an on-going search to find her missing father for the past 3 years. Her searching has provider her with an excellent knowledge of geography of Stormworld. Luce regards Flees as an older sister.
Khelioz (Lim Kay Tong) - is also known as The Navigator. On his home world (Maren) Khelioz was a fisherman. On Stormworld he is a trader with a small sailing vessel who is trying to collect information to learn where the portal is for people to return to their home planets. His methods are often viewed as being sneaky or self-serving.
Ogee (Andrew Kavadas
Andrew Kavadas
Andrew Kavadas is a Canadian voice actor who works for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has played several roles in anime, most notably Patrick Zala in Gundam Seed...
) - is an alien that appears as a large glowing ball. On his home planet, which has a lower gravity than Stormworld his normal form is much larger. Ogee is a very intelligent being but he has limited mobility on Stormworld and relies chiefly on Flees for transportation. He is very talkative and more than willing to display his mental prowess.
Werrolda (Michelle Fornasier) - is the leader and founder of The Settlement. On her home world she was a teacher in a strong caste
Caste
Caste is an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation and political power. It should not be confused with race or social class, e.g. members of different castes in one society may belong to the same race, as in India...
society. Before coming to Stormworld she had ideas about different types of order for society and implemented them once she arrived on Stormworld. Werrolda founded The Settlement at the Sighing Peaks because she believes they were created by The Abiders.
Luce (Chelsea Jones) - is a young, strong-minded girl of The Settlement. She arrived on Stormworld very young and has been raised by Werrolda.
Makyn (Kazimir Sas) - is a crafty and devious person who has manipulates circumstances to his advantage. He has become Werrolda's deputy for The Settlement. He arrived from his home world of Waxon as the third son of a politically powerful family. In the last episode he is pushed through the portal, but because he was holding a lazbolt, he is instead sent to Arkoddia. This displacement causes the destruction of the portal.
Hintor (Steve Turner) - is a pragmatic but unimaginative member of The Settlement. He believes that Werrolda's flexibility with the constitution and open-door policy for new access crashers places the community at risk. He is the first to challenge Werrolda's leadership.
Gundril (Amanda Woodhams) - a young woman from the planet Lefar who resides alone on one of the smaller, remote islands that Flees calls Luce Island.
Chagcis (Kingsley Judd) -
Toff (Craig Hyde-Smith) is a young boy in The Settlement. He is the Keeper of the Beacon.
Lhinrade (Bryn Coldrick) -
Horimir (Keagan Kang
Keagan Kang
Keagan Kang is an Australian actor.Kang's first professional acting role was in Sweat, opposite Heath Ledger. A Singaporean theatre director invited him to star in the stage play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and his career in Singapore grew...
) -
Llargh (Clarence Ryan) -
Gol Hati (Lilanthi Weddikkara) - is the leader of the Drogue. She arrived from her home world of Caramei along with the other members of the Drogue plus their technologically advanced flybikes. She is a hard leader that regards all other people as inferior.
Gar Lindi (Kelly Paterniti) - a member of the Drogue.
Tor Sulta (Lucy Cooke) - a member of the Drogue. She challenged Gol Hati's leadership, was defeated in Gol Hati's test, and left to perish.
Tam Valda (Farren Wood) - a member of the Drogue.
Pol Dougla (Sian Ewers) - a member of the Drogue.
Vassler (Adam Sollis) - is a young Arkoddian born on Stormworld. He is out-spoken for an Arkoddian and more flexible thinker than most Arkoddians. He becomes friends with Jason, Lee, Flees and Ogee.
Voss (George Shevtsov) - is the patriarch leader of the Arkoddians. He is a very strict, dogmatic person accustomed to power and very resistant to change. He has a strong bias against non-Arkoddians.
Mephanny (Anna Bauert) - is an Arkoddian. She is arranged to marry Voss in the future. Initially she adheres very strongly to the Arkoddian way, but becomes more open-minded later.
Callaghan (David Smyth) - is an access crasher rescued from the severe desert conditions of the island interior by Jason and Lee. He was injured by a Mystal leaving him mentally damaged.
Dressler (Murray Dowsett) - Vassler's father.
Apssed (Nick Simpson-Deeks
Nick Simpson-Deeks
Nick Simpson-Deeks is a NIDA-trained Australian actor of stage and screen.-Film and television:Nick has appeared as Archie McMahon in both seasons of SBS's The Circuit...
) - Voss' hot-headed protege.
Dephra (Angelique Malcolm) -
Jorssen (Kym Bidstrup) -
Kessel (Vito de Francesco) -
Hilss (Jeremy Levi) -
Episodes
There are 26 episodes of Stormworld.1 - Three Sun Day
2 - The Settlement
3 - Barter, Barter Everywhere
4 - Callaghan
5 - Salvage Rights
6 - Out of the Frying Pan
7 - Bouncing Ball
8 - Escape from New Arkoddia
9 - Family Ties
10 - Changing Tides
11 - Farmer Flees
12 - Family First
13 - The Race Is On
14 - Luce Island
15 - Deep Down
16 - Fire and Flight
17 - The Old Order Changes
18 - Raising the Cougar
19 - A Hot Bath
20 - A Handful of Sand
21 - Lord of the Flybikes
22 - Twists and Turns
23 - Liberation Day
24 - The Great Water
25 - Long Way Home
26 - Homeward Bound
International syndication
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Kenya Television Network Kenya Television Network Kenya Television Network is the leading television station in Kenya with its headquarters at the I & M Towers in downtown Nairobi. Its headquarters will change later on in the year as it moves in with its parent company's other subsidiaries at the newly-built Standard Group Centre on Mombasa road... |
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