''Dot in Space'' is a 1994 Australian

animated film Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...

, featuring ''Dot'' from ''

Dot and the Kangaroo ''Dot and the Kangaroo'' is an 1899 Australian children's book written by Ethel C. Pedley about a little girl named Dot who gets lost in the Australian outback and is eventually befriended by a kangaroo and several other marsupials. The book wa ...

'' animated film series.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p44 While the previous films in the series were screened in the United States, ''Dot in Space'' seldom makes any releases outside its home country.

Plot

Dot decides to rescue Whyka, the Russian space dog, who is circling the earth trapped in a broken down satellite. After making her way into the space lab's complex, Dot trades with the space monkey Buster, then pilots an American rocket and sets a course to rescue Whyka. After the successful rescue, they both end up stranded on an alien planet, where a dictator named Papa Drop rules over people who are perfectly round in shape (called the Roundies) and ostracises people who do not have this perfection. Dot makes her escape and helps 'The Party' (In fact Papa's defective son Rolly) to turn the Roundies army against Papa and enable everyone, no matter their shape, to live a peaceful coexistence once more. With this business finished, Dot and Whyka get back in their rocket and return to Earth.

Cast

* Robyn Moore - Dot, Dosey Face, Poley, Misc. * Keith Scott - Grumblebones, Buster, Papa Drop, Roley, Professor Globus, Inflato, Sergeant, Soldiers, Misc.

Cancelled U.S. release

Unlike the previous ''Dot'' films, many American distributors declined distribution rights of ''Dot in Space'' for the North American release on any format, nor was it even released anywhere outside its home country.

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at Yoram Gross Films 1994 films 1990s Australian animated films 1990s children's animated films 1990s English-language films Animated films about dogs Animated films about extraterrestrial life Australian animated feature films Australian children's adventure films Films directed by Yoram Gross 1990s Australian films Flying Bark Productions films {{1990s-animation-film-stub