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Adaptation of The Beastmaster Don Coscarelli , Paul Pepperman , 1982 single work film/TV
Note: In conjunction with international script-writers.
Issue Details: First known date: 1999-2002... 1999-2002 BeastMaster
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BeastMaster was a Canadian and Australian co-production, largely scripted by Canadian and American script-writers, but with a number of Australian actors and with Australian directors. It followed the adventures of Dar, a warrior with a telepathic link to animals, and his companions Tao, Arina, and Kyra, as they dealt with a violent world in which tribal ties and magic were slowly giving way against the increasing power of technology.

Australian star Daniel Goddard contributed six scripts to the program, some sole authored and some written in collaboration with American script-writers. See note below for details.

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Notes

  • BeastMaster is adapted from the 1982 film The Beastmaster, which was in turn loosely based on Andre Norton's 1959 novel, The Beast Master.
  • The episodes listed below are only those in which the scripts were written (in part or in whole) by Australian-born actor Daniel Goddard, who starred as Dar.

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