Thunderstone
Thunderstone is an Australian science fiction children's series broadcast on Network Ten from 12 February 1999 to 8 September 2000. Created by Jonathan M. Shiff, the show is set in a post-apocalyptic future where a comet has destroyed most life on Earth. The year is 2020. 15-year-old Noah Daniels lives with his family in the futuristic underground community of North Col. The world above is a frozen wasteland after the comet destroyed all other life including the animals. One night, Noah accidentally time travels to the future and finds himself trapped in 2085 in a desolate desert called Haven with a group of children, the Nomads, led by Arushka.
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Seasons
Season one revolves around Noah's adventures in Haven. As he brings more and more animals from the past to inhabit Haven and continues to jump back and forth through North Col, Haven, and the past before the Nemesis Comet hit, he attracts attention from the Triumvirate in North Col and the Shadow Master in Haven.
1.The Comet Nemesis
12-02-19992020 is the year in which Noah Daniels lives with his family. Back in 2002 a comet Nemesis destroyed the Earth's surface along with humans and animals. The few that survived live u...
2.Tao's Secret Weapon
19-02-1999After being captured by a group of Nomads, Noah is still trying to figure out how far back into the past he is. The Nomads are a small band of children who are pursued by another o...
3.Twin Brothers
26-02-1999Still a captive of the Nomads, Sundance and Noah come face-to-face with the protectors once again and we discover that Sundance has a twin brother Sutch who is a Protector. To pro...
4.Escape from the Hollow Mountain
TBATao has plans for the truck known as The Beast. The Nomads are still trying to reach the safety of the mountains via the 'deep road', meanwhile Noah has discovered that he is actua...
5.Trapped
TBAArushka and Noah sneak into the protector mines in order to save Sundance whom they are convinced. Back in North Col, Noah's mother Liz has a look around the Holodeck. Tao meets...
6.The Lion
19-03-1999Noah and Arushka stare gob smacked at the huge creature before them. This is a circus in 1999 — they have gone back too far! Arushka doesn't hear or care about Noah's concerns — th...
7.Moshi, the Horse
26-03-1999With the scaped lion on the bonnet of the police car, a horrified and amazed crowd watches as Arushka calms him. She achieves instant star status when she gestures the animal back...
8.The Secret Entrance
02-04-1999Tao has a plan to capture the Nomads — with the help of his Sentinel he will trap them in their own lair! In the Beast he watches on the screen as Arushka and Chip release Moshi an...
9.Sabotage
09-04-1999Still trapped under the Beast trailer, Noah and Sundance see Arushka approaching on Moshi. Tao, impressed with her bravery, and interested in Moshi, steps out to confront her, givi...
10.Aliens on the Farm
16-04-1999Noah and Arushka white-in, arriving in some bush country abundant with wildlife, and to Arushka's delight, horses. Her reverie is shattered as gunshots ring through the air. An out...
11.Friends in the Past
23-04-1999Arushka, still trapped in the past and hunted by Bully, Mac and Duane, saves Mac from being trampled by a wild brumby. Awed by the mystical effect she has on the animal, they liste...
12.Escape from the Protectors
30-04-1999Arushka now has the horses she wanted but Noah tells her he can't help her bring back more animals to Haven — he wants to go home. Bidding them farewell he heads off towards the Mi...
13.The Electro-Net
07-05-1999In the middle of the red desert a furious Tao stands before a burning effigy of himself. Unguarded, the Beast's trailer looms behind. Noah and Arushka enter it and begin the first...
14.Tao's Force
14-05-1999Noah has been forced to give in to Tao, who would have used the destructive Electronet on Dolly's puppies. Now a prisoner in the Keep, Noah discovers Ferris and retrieves his PH-Ts...
15.The Weapon
21-05-1999Noah and the Nomads are forced from safety by the Thunderstone smoke that continues to billow out of the Cavern; they are surrounded by Protectors and trapped by the Electronets. I...
16.Meeting with the Shadow Master
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17.Lies and Secrets
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18.The Silver Wings
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19.Tao's New Weapon
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20.The Serum
25-06-1999With Noah and Arushka safely imprisoned in the Beast, Tao roars off leaving Chip alone under the relentless sun of the Red Desert. On a rescue mission, Sundance and Becky find him,...
21.Rats in North Col
02-07-1999Tao offers Noah a share of the rabies vaccine and power to return to him to North Col. With Noah gone and the maserguns to rid Haven of the animals, Tao is now free to find more Th...
22.The Tribunal
09-07-1999The thought that he could be the monstrous Shadowmaster tortures Noah as he waits anxiously for the results of his father's tests on vaccine. When Becky produces the disk she took...
23.Future Visions
16-07-1999Noah cannot believe that he is, or that in the future he will become, the creature that stands before him. The Shadowmaster tells Noah that it is time he learnt the truth. They bot...
24.The Hearing
23-07-1999The Daniels family are blamed for the rabies virus and the North Col community will not listen as Noah tells them the rats weren't real but holograms. Matters worsen when it is dis...
25.The Exile
30-07-1999While the unsuspecting citizens of North Col are preparing for their journey to Haven, the Shadowmaster is assuring Tao that a labour force will arrive soon to help in the mining o...
26.Finally Free Again
06-08-1999In a Topside blizzard the bewildered Nomads make their way into North Col where Geneva guides them to the holodeck. Through a combination of deduction and good luck the Nomads prop...
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