Information :
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineers: Dave Arnold and Bob Luttrell
First Air Dates: 30th September and 7th October 1989
Theme: Biblical History: Elijah
Bible verse:1 Kings 17:1 to 19:2
Album: Terrific Tales, Mysterious Missions; Chronicles, Kings
and Crosses
Description :
Part 1:
Whit and Tom have finished fixing the Imagination Station, and have modified it to allow two
people to have different adventures at the same time. Robyn and Jack climb in while Whit is
programming it, and find themselves seperated. Robyn finds herself being forced by the wicked
Queen Jezebel to bow down to the Baal idols, while Jack has met with the prophet Elijah.
Part 2:
Robyn escapes from the Queen, and manages to get to Mount Carmel where she and Jack witness a
showdown between Elijah and the priests of Baal.
Review :
Here we have a cracking two episodes, which not only tell the Bible story in an exciting way,
but also has interesting subplots, background and characters. Robyn and Jack are well-used as
characters, even if Jack talking to "Mr Cow" is a little odd, and Robyn takes just a little too
long to catch on that she isn't in Odyssey and can't phone her Dad to complain about being
thrown in the dungeon.
Splitting up Robyn and Jack allows for two perspectives on the story, that of the court of Ahab
and Jezebel, and that of Elijah. As Part Two opens, we have new aspects revealed as Robyn is
saved by Obadiah, helping to fuel the plot. Elijah is acted very well, and seems just the right
balance of being enigmatic and a man of God.
The final scene of Part One is particularly good - even quite scary. Jezebel and Ahab seem very
like another evil queen and henpecked husband, i.e. Herod and Herodias in
The Big Deal. The other most memorable scene is the confrontation on Mount Carmel,
although I don't feel the production standard is as high here as in later stories. The ending
is a bit of a cop out. I wanted to know what happened next!
A classic.
Rating :
Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
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