Parallax (TV series)


Parallax is an Australian children's television series that screened on the Nine Network. It is a 26 episode series funded by the Film Finance Corporation Australia and supported by Lotterywest. The series was filmed in various locations around Perth. These include Kings Park, East Perth, and many beach and South West forest locations.
The series is about a boy named Ben Johnson, who discovers a portal to multiple parallel universes, and explores them with his friends: Francis Short, Melinda Bruce, Una, Due, Tiffany and Mundi as well as newfound sister, Katherine Raddic.

Cast

Main cast

; Stave
; Orb
; Reading Room
; Golden Stave
; Purple Water
; Francis Cam
; Purple eyes

Worlds

Main worlds

; Ben's World
; Katherine's World
; Francis' Hippie World
; Una's Techno World
; Mundi's Forest World

Other worlds

; Desert World
; Garden World
; Bush World
; Swamp World

Side Doors

There are portals known as Side Doors which are like normal portals but are for singular trips and once you go through it you cannot go through it the way you came out. Ben and Katherine noticed other portal lights when Ben pressed a button on the stave in the Reading Room. They then asked Mrs Dawes if she knew about Side Doors but she sent them to her brother, Mr Dawes. He told them about Side Doors and the condition if you use one. There is only one known Side Door which is Mr Dawes' shed and it links to a seat in Garden World.

Episodes

  1. One Big Happy Family
  2. A Rare Find
  3. The Artful Dodger
  4. Achey, Breaky Heart
  5. Lost in Paradise
  6. One Man's Rubbish
  7. Artes Veritas
  8. The Battle of Mundi's World
  9. The Big Sleep-Over
  10. The Martin Crimes
  11. The World According to Betti
  12. The Curse of the Incredibly Bad News
  13. Decoy
  14. Too Many Chiefs
  15. Ex-Ben
  16. Dad Meets Dad
  17. The Krellick War
  18. The Reluctant Guardian
  19. Seek and You Shall Find
  20. Sand Witch
  21. My Favourite Martin
  22. Cheats Never Prosper
  23. Martinmania
  24. The Reading Room
  25. Clownin' Around
  26. It Ain't Over

    Home media

Parallax: The Portal Opens, was released on 4 August 2005. It contains a condensed movie version, taking clips from the first 8 episodes.