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''The Moon Stallion'' is a British children's
television
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serial made by the
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in 1978 and written by
Brian Hayles
Brian Leonard Hayles (7 March 1931 – 30 October 1978) was an English television and film writer, most notably for the BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who''.
Doctor Who
Hayles wrote six stories for ''Doctor Who'' and is best known for his ...
, who also authored its
novelization.
The series stars
Sarah Sutton
Sarah Sutton (born 12 December 1961) is a British actress. She played the role of Nyssa in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''.
Early life
Sutton was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Sutton studied ballet a ...
as Diana Purwell, a young blind girl who becomes embroiled in mystical intrigue set around the
Berkshire and
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...
countryside.
Plot
Set in the late Victorian era, the story tells of how the Purwell family travel to Wiltshire when the father (widowed at some point) is contacted by Sir George Mortenhurze, local squire and a former cavalry officer, to seek out historical evidence of King Arthur. Professor Purwell takes his two children, Diana and Paul, with him.
Arriving at the railway station they are collected by the squire's groom, 'Todman', and driven by pony and trap to his estate. On the way they briefly encounter the Moon Stallion, a white horse living wild on the moors, whom Diana is aware of despite her being blind. It transpires that the horse is the mystical messenger of the moon goddess and connected to the story of
Merlin.
Diana and Paul, with Estelle the daughter of the Sir George, discover that Mortenhurse and Todman seek to capture the horse. Todman, who it turns out is a "horse warlock", desires the power it would offer him as consort to Diana the moon goddess, while the squire blames the horse for his wife's death and seeks revenge.
Cast
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James Greene as Professor Purwell
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Sarah Sutton
Sarah Sutton (born 12 December 1961) is a British actress. She played the role of Nyssa in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''.
Early life
Sutton was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Sutton studied ballet a ...
as Diana Purwell
* David Pullan as Paul Purwell
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John Abineri
John Abineri (18 May 1928 – 29 June 2000) was an English actor.
Born in London, he attended the Old Vic drama school and described himself as "Well educated from the age of five to eighteen". He spoke a number of languages (including Ger ...
as Sir George Mortenhurze
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Caroline Goodall as Estelle Mortenhurze (daughter of Sir John)
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David Haig
David Haig Collum Ward (born 20 September 1955) is an English actor and playwright. He has appeared in West End productions and numerous television and film roles over a career spanning four decades.
Haig wrote the play '' My Boy Jack'', w ...
as Todman
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Richard Viner
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
as 'The Dark Rider'
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Michael Kilgarriff
Michael Kilgarriff (born 16 June 1937) is an English actor, author and pianist from Brighton. As an actor, he is well known for his rich voice and height. His film and television roles include ''The Dark Crystal'' (1982) as the General, and ...
as The Green King
Principal locations
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Uffington White Horse
The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure, long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk. The figure is situated on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of Uffington (in the cer ...
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Wayland's Smithy
Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire. The barrow is believed to have been constructed about 3600 BC by pastoral communities shortly ...
References
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Screencaps and multimedia
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BBC children's television shows
British supernatural television shows
1970s British children's television series
Works by Brian Hayles