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"Amnesiac Duck"

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How about 'Forget-Me-Duck'? No? Season 2 Episode 15 (episode 41 overall) Original broadcast date: 19 December 1989 Writer: Jimmy Hibbert Additional voices: 1 st peasant/ Sviatoslav/                               Dr. Von Goosewing:                                Jimmy Hibbert                               2 nd peasant/ Dmitri : Brian                                 Trueman Joke credit: Gaffer: Erm……. Castle transport visual not used.     One of the plus points about having strong characterisation in this series is that we can have plotlines that don’t involve the castle travelling at all and still have an entertaining episode. The lack of travel means that character interaction is key and even inconsequential scenes never seem worthless. They simply illustrate day to day events for the cast in an amusing manner, like a traditional sitcom; highlighting the mundane familiarity of domestic life along with the tensions that go with it.

"The Mutinous Penguins"

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AVAST YE SCURVY JIM-LAD! AH-HARR! Season 1 Episode 6 (episode 6 overall) Original broadcast date: 11th October 1988 Writer: Peter Richard Reeves Story and additional dialogue: Chris Randall Additional voices: Pirate Captain/crew member/Dmitri/Viking: Brian Trueman                             Mr. Mate/ Sviatoslav/Viking                               Queen/                             Dr. Von Goosewing: Jimmy                              Hibbert                             Hook-handed pirate: Jack                               May                             Boater-hatted pirate: David                              Jason Travel location: Arctic seas (not via castle, but used to return) Castle transport visual used. An adventure on high seas aharrr! Somehow or other the castle seems to have gone missing. It’s never explained just how this happened, but that’s part of the fun. It is similar to what TV Tropes would refer to as ‘the noodle incident’ in that somet