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The Deadly BargainEpisode 1.14 While his friends frolic in the lagoon, Quell and Quig capture Mark and take him to the Prime Minister who brings the boy before the Q. Intrigued by the scientific books taken from the United World, the Q has a proposal for Mark. Meanwhile, having seen Mark brought back through town, Helen travels to the tree house to inform her friends of Mark's capture. They are just about to set out after Mark when he returns with a message from the Q — if the kids help him with a "special project", he will make them his "special advisors" granting them their freedom on the island. Mark is eager to help but the others are more cautious, suspecting a trap. Tony and David finally decide it is best they spring whatever trap is being set for them and meet with the Q who tells them what he wants an atomic weapon to protect the island from outsiders. Unable to build such a device, Tony offers to build the next best thing, an Ultra Sonic Laser Ray. Tony creates an impressive looking, but non-functioning, weapon to demonstrate to the Q. With help from the others, and some makeshift explosives, the boys put on an impressive display only to be taken into custody by the Q. David is able to keep the guards at bay with the Laser and they are all able to escape. With: Cornelia Frances as Elizabeth Quinn, Ron Haddrick as the Q Hanging FiveEpisode 1.15 While out for his morning surf at an isolated beach near the valley, Tony encounters a mysterious girl from the village. Relishing his time alone away from the others, Tony doesn't tell his friends about the girl, Bess, when he returns to the tree house. Worried that Tony's trips to the beach may endanger their safety should be be spotted, Mark and Su Ying follow him the next morning and see him with the new girl. Despite Su Ying's reservations, Mark decides they should learn more about the girl, so Anna and Su Ying are sent to speak with Elizabeth and Helen Quinn who inform them that Bess is the legal guardian of the Q. With: Diane Berryman as Bess Quartermain, Adam Bowen as ???, Kent Strickland as Master Quimby The Sea DragonEpisode 1.16 The arrival of a small boat brings a man to the island. The kids race the Prime Minister's men to meet the man and are able to get him to safety. The man, a German school teacher sailing the Pacific, tells the kids his story and promises to arrange a rescue for them once he retrieves his boat and gets off the island. Unfortunately, the Q's men have already stripped his boat of its compass and sails. The kids offer him their sail, a compass and supplies to help him on his way but Mark's suggestion that one of them accompany him is rejected outright as too dangerous. With: Peter Sumner as Christian Return to MaloEpisode 1.17 Disappointment at being abandoned by Christian, the kids are surprised to see him reappears at their camp. Having moved his boat to a safe location and scouted out the island, Christian is determined to visit the prison island Malo. Tony, David and Anna accompany Christian to Malo and show him the lagoon where the divers obtain the blue weed which gives the Q his long life. Tony takes it upon himself to obtain a sample for Christian. When he returns, David and Christian join him to see a large stockpile of the weed while Anna stays behind. Curious about the blue weed, Anna tastes it... the others return to finds her unconscious. With: Peter Summner as Christian, Cornelia Frances as Elizabeth Quinn Ye Confounded WheelsEpisode 1.18 Aaron is enthralled by Tony's skateboard and takes it home. He secretly goes out late at night to ride it and narrowly escaping the attention of the guards. Helen brings him home where Tony and a scolding from his brother Jason are waiting. Tony offers to make Aaron a skateboard of his own out of wood and bamboo, materials bound to draw less attention. Before long all of the town's young ones, and those young at heart, are skateboard crazy. With: Cornelia Frances as Elizabeth Quinn The Angry MountainEpisode 1.19 Tremors from the islands volcano have the kids concerned but Helen arrives from the village to reassure them. She says the volcano has been acting up roughly once every twelfth month since the Prime Minister came to power, nine years ago. Each time it is calmed by the Prime Minister following an offering of the villagers valued possessions. This year, the Prime Minister has his eye on a bigger sacrifice — one of the five children! With: Don Pascoe as Adam Quinn, Cornelia Frances as Elizabeth Quinn |
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