Who Remembers.... Dreamstone?

Question

It was a cartoon series from early 90's

Answer 1

oh my god,bring's back memories.i used to watch it after junior school

Answer 2

The Dreamstone was a British animated television series that ran for four series of 13 episodes between 1990 and 1995. The original concept and artwork were created by Michael Jupp. The series was animated by the Filmfair animation studio (famous for producing The Wombles) as a Central production for ITV. In 1996 Filmfair was bought from the Caspian Group by the Canadian company Cinar, now known as Cookie Jar Entertainment.

The Dreamstone was set in a fantasy alternative world, much like the Discworld or Middle-earth, and concerned itself principally with the struggle between good (personified by The Dreammaker, a Gandalf-esque white magician), and evil (personified by Zordrak, Lord of Nightmares).

Each episode had basically the same plot - Zordrak would instruct his henchmen to steal the Dreamstone, which he planned to destroy, so that nightmares would plague the sleeping world. The plan usually involved Urpgor, his right hand man and scientist inventing some means with which the Urpneys - led by Sergeant Blob, an archetypal Sergeant Major type - would cross the Mist of Limbo (a vast Purple Mist) to get to the Land Of Dreams. The plan would invariably fail, the main problem being the cowardice and incompetence of the Urpneys, who often wanted no more than to 'go home' and get some sandwiches.

Unlike most other similar animated series, The Dreamstone did not shy away from killing characters. While no main characters were ever killed off, the prospect of death was always there, and it was genuinely felt that characters were in mortal danger when they faced their enemy. In the first scene of the pilot, Zordrak is shown throwing one of the Urpneys into a pit, where he is killed and devoured.

The show was also notable for its musical score, which is practically unique among cartoons in that it was performed by a full-size professional orchestra, namely the London Philharmonic. The score, by Mike Batt, was heavily characterised by the use of leitmotifs and thematic variations, particularly on the two main songs used in the series, Better than a Dream (characterising the good characters) and War Song of the Urpneys (characterising the evil characters).

Answer 3

yes,i liked it so much i bought series 1 and 2 when they came out. i was 20 then!!!!!

Answer 4

no can't say that i do!?
was it a stone that made ddreams come true