''Cybergirl'' is an Australian-French

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that first screened on

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in Australia. The 26-episode series was created by Jonathan M. Shiff, whose previous series include the BAFTA-award-winning ''

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Plot

Cybergirl is a Blue

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Human Prototype 6000 living under the

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of ordinary teenage girl Ashley Campbell. In reality, she is a "Human Prototype 6000" from a distant planet. Her powers include super-human strength, super-human speed, and the ability to interface directly with electronic devices and computers; she is also able to physically change her appearance between that of the blue-haired, ethereal-looking Cybergirl and the less conspicuous, mousy-haired Ashley, and can alter her clothing at will. She was originally known as the Cyber

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6000, the only one of her model to be built. Not only are her powers far and above that of earlier models, she has a much wider emotional scope than her predecessors. She ran away from her planet of origin in order to explore the beings she was modeled after, namely

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. Two other Evil Red Replicants called Isaac and Xanda are sent after her and their sole mission is to destroy her. She lands on

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in the fictional city of River City, Australia which is modeled on and filmed in

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. She meets Jackson and Hugh Campbell, who take her in, and she adopts the name Cybergirl as her superheroine identity. Jackson calls her "Cy" and she later uses her powers to make herself look more human; this identity is called Ashley, in which she poses as Jackson's cousin and Hugh's niece. The only other person besides Hugh and Jackson to know her identity is Kat, her friend and neighbour. She is pursued not only by Xanda and Isaac but also by a powerful software mogul named Rhyss. She is well loved by the populace of River City, however, and she enjoys the approval of Mayor Buxton, whose

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daughters Emerald and Sapphire are big fans of the superheroine. Ironically they snub her, as Ashley, at school.

Cast

Main

*Ania Stepien as Ashley Campbell / Cybergirl * Craig Horner as Jackson Campbell * Mark Owen-Taylor as Hugh Campbell *Jennifer Congram as Xanda *Ric Anderson as Isaac *Septimus Caton as Rhyss *Winston Cooper as Giorgio *

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as Rick Fontaine *Jovita Shaw as Kat Fontaine

Recurring

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as Mayor Burdette Buxton *David Vallon as Romirez *Michelle Atkinson as Anthea *

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as Emerald Buxton *

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as Sapphire Buxton * Tony Hawkins as McMurtrie

Guest

* John Dommett as Mr. Southerly *

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as Sales Assistant * Daniel Amalm as Marco *

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as Julia *

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as Paramedic * Remi Broadway as Zak Furnace

Episodes

DVD release

''Cybergirl'' was released on DVD on 4 December 2006 as ''CyberGirl: The Superhero for a New Generation – The Complete Series''. The set includes all 26 episodes on 4 DVDs and is

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. The release includes making of/behind-the-scenes featurettes created from a period

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and the packaging makes frequent references to the fact that the series features "before they were famous" appearances by The Veronicas.

External links

''Cybergirl''
at the Australian Television Information Archive
Jonathan M. Shiff Productions
- the official website for Jonathan M. Shiff productions, has a Cybergirl section *
Cybergirl at the National Film and Sound Archive
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