''Time Cracks'' is an Australian animated television series created by David Gurney and produced by the Tasmanian animation studio Blue Rocket. The series features three characters who travel through time to report on notable events in

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. The cartoon screened on

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from 2004 and has a duration of three minutes. The characters are Emily the echidna, Milo the

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, they are journalists who work for a second-rate time travel magazine. Using an unreliable time travel prototype device, our heroes exploit cracks in time and journey back into history in search of out-of-date news. But they have some problems. Their time travel machine is a modified hot-dog van with a mind of its own. It can always be guaranteed to take the reporters somewhere unexpected.

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{{Reflist Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian children's animated television series 2004 Australian television series debuts 2004 Australian television series endings 2000s Australian animated television series