Dragon's Lair (TV series)

For other uses, see Dragon's Lair (disambiguation).

Dragon's Lair
Genre	Fantasy Animation Action Adventure Sword and sorcery
Based on	Dragon's Lair by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth
Developed by	Ruby-Spears Productions
Written by	Michael Charles Hill
Voices of	Bob Sarlatte Ellen Gerstell Fred Travalena Michael Mish Arthur Burghardt Peter Cullen
Narrated by	Clive Revill
Composer(s)	John Debney
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Production company(s)	Ruby-Spears Productions
Distributor	Worldvision Enterprises (original) Warner Bros. Television Distribution (current)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 8, 1984 (1984-09-08) – April 27, 1985 (1985-04-27)
Chronology
Preceded by	Dragon's Lair
Followed by	Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp

Dragon's Lair is a television cartoon series by Ruby-Spears Productions based on the 1983 video game of the same name. Thirteen half-hour episodes were produced from 1984^[1]–1985,^[2] airing on ABC. Between the late 1980s and the early 1990s, the show was rerun on the USA Cartoon Express, and has also aired on Boomerang.

Synopsis

The series chronicles the adventures of Dirk the Daring, who is best knight in the kingdom of King Ethelred. Dirk performs all sorts of great deeds while protecting the kingdom and his love Princess Daphne from the forces of the evil dragon Singe. In his adventures there are several original characters like his stallion Bertram, his squire Timothy, and arrogant knight Sir Hubert Blunt who is Dirk the Daring's rival.

Before each commercial break, Dirk the Daring faces a cliffhanger, and, in keeping with the spirit of the game, the storyteller narrates Dirk's options and asks the viewer "What would you do?". After the commercial break, the outcomes of the various choices were shown before Dirk acts on the correct idea (with the occasional exception) to advance the story.

Several enemies from the original game also make their appearance as adversaries: the Lizard King, the Phantom Knight, the Giddy Goons, and the Mudmen. In the episode "The Legend of the Giant's Name", an Ardu giant awakened by Singe forces Dirk to find his way out of an enchanted cave, which gradually transforms him into a skeleton, much like the death animations of the game.

Voice cast

Bob Sarlatte – Dirk the Daring
Ellen Gerstell – Princess Daphne
Fred Travalena – King Ethelred
Michael Mish – Timothy
Arthur Burghardt – Singe the Dragon
Peter Cullen – Bertram the Horse, Sir Hubert Blunt
Clive Revill – Storyteller

Additional voices

Marilyn Schreffler
Michael Sheehan

Crew

Alan Dinehart - Voice Director
Howard Morris - Voice Director

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"The Tale of the Enchanted Gift"	September 8, 1984 (1984-09-08)
Dirk finds a perfect gift for Princess Daphne's birthday.
2	"Sir Timothy's Quest"	September 15, 1984 (1984-09-15)
Timothy must return the stolen map of gold mines
3	"The Tournament of the Phantom Knight"	September 22, 1984 (1984-09-22)
Phantom Knight kidnaps the king, Dirk must return hostage
4	"The Smithee's Haunted Armor"	September 29, 1984 (1984-09-29)
An evil sorcerer cheating Dirk, to get to the Haunted Armor
5	"The Pool of Youth"	October 6, 1984 (1984-10-06)
Witch terrorizing villagers that they have uncovered the location of the Pool of Youth
6	"The Story of Old Alf"	October 13, 1984 (1984-10-13)
Daphne's learn a magic of Old Alf
7	"The Song of the Chimes"	October 20, 1984 (1984-10-20)
8	"The Girl from Crow's Wood"	October 27, 1984 (1984-10-27)
9	"Mirror, Mirror"	November 3, 1984 (1984-11-03)
Singe uses a magic mirror to turn himself into a copy of Dirk and discredit him.
10	"The Snow Witch"	November 10, 1984 (1984-11-10)
11	"The Tale of Dirk's New Sword"	November 17, 1984 (1984-11-17)
Dirk fights with trolls, protecting the forest people.
12	"The Legend of the Giant's Name"	November 24, 1984 (1984-11-24)
In his latest plot against King Ethelred's kingdom, Singe awakens the last of the Ardu Giants by saying his real name.
13	"The Mist of Wishes"	December 1, 1984 (1984-12-01)
Singe wants to create magic mist, but his plans are disrupted Dirk and Blunt

Home release

On September 20, 2011, Warner Bros. released Dragon's Lair: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.^[3]

References

External links

Dragon's Lair at the Internet Movie Database
Dragon's Lair at TV.com
Episode guide at the Big Cartoon DataBase

Dragon's Lair series

Games	Dragon's Lair (1983) Escape from Singe's Castle Dragon's Lair (1990) II: Time Warp III: The Curse of Mordead 3D: Return to the Lair

Other	TV series (1984-1985) Film

Related articles	Princess Daphne Space Ace

Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1980s

First-run animated series	The World's Greatest Super Friends (1979–80) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk Fangface Rickety Rocket) (1979–81) Spider-Woman (1979–80) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80) Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–80) Super Friends (1980-82) The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980–82) Richie Rich (1980–84) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (shorts) (1980–83) Thundarr the Barbarian (1980–82) The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show (1980–82) Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981–82) Goldie Gold and Action Jack (1981–82) Pac-Man (1982–84) The Little Rascals (1982–84) Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982–83) The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–83) The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982–84) Monchhichis (1983–84) Rubik, the Amazing Cube (1983–85) The Littles (1983–86) Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984–85) Mighty Orbots (1984–85) Turbo Teen (1984–85) Dragon's Lair (1984–85) The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show/The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1983–85) Star Wars: Ewoks (1985–87) Star Wars: Droids (1985–86) The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985–86) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) The Care Bears (1986–88) The Flintstone Kids (1986–89) The Real Ghostbusters (1986–91) Pound Puppies (1986–87) My Pet Monster (1987–88) The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil (1988) The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–93) Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1989–90) Beetlejuice (1989–92)

First-run live-action series	ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) American Bandstand (1957–87) Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81) Kids Are People Too (1978–82) Menudo on ABC (1983–85) ABC Funfit (1985) ABC Fun Facts (1988)

Rebroadcasts	The Best of Scooby-Doo (1983–84) The Bugs Bunny Show (1985–2000) Scary Scooby Funnies (1984–85) Scooby's Mystery Funhouse (1985–86) Pink Panther and Sons (1986) The Wuzzles (1986–87)

Schedules	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

Related programming and topics	Animation in the United States in the television era Modern animation in the United States

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