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Cybergirl
DVD cover
Genre
Created byJonathan M. Shiff
Directed by
Starring
Composers
  • Garry McDonald
  • Lawrence Stone
Country of origin
  • Australia
  • France
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jonathan M. Shiff
  • Kay Ben M'Rad
Producers
  • Daniel Scharf
  • Jonathan M. Shiff
CinematographyIan 'Thistle' Thorburn
Editors
  • Angie Higgins
  • Andrew Macneil
Running time25 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetwork Ten
Release31 July 2001 (2001-07-31) –
11 January 2002 (2002-01-11)

Cybergirl is an Australian-French children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in Australia. The 26-episode series was created by Jonathan M. Shiff, whose previous series include the BAFTA-award-winning Ocean Girl.[citation needed]

Plot

Cybergirl is a Blue superheroine Human Prototype 6000 living under the secret identity of ordinary teenage girl Ashley Campbell. In reality, she is a "Human Prototype 6000" from a distant planet.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

She was originally known as the Cyber Replicant Human Prototype 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 humans.[citation needed]

Two other Evil Red Replicants called Isaac and Xanda are sent after her and their sole mission is to destroy her. She lands on Earth in the fictional city of River City, Australia which is modeled on and filmed in Brisbane. 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.[citation needed]

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

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
  • Peter Mochrie as Rick Fontaine
  • Jovita Shaw as Kat Fontaine

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Episode 1"Mark DefriestDavid Phillips31 July 2001 (2001-07-31)
2"Episode 2"Mark DefriestDavid Phillips7 August 2001 (2001-08-07)
3"Episode 3"Mark DefriestBarbara Bishop14 August 2001 (2001-08-14)
4"Episode 4"Mark DefriestBarbara Bishop21 August 2001 (2001-08-21)
5"Episode 5"Mark DefriestHelen MacWhirter28 August 2001 (2001-08-28)
6"Episode 6"Mark DefriestHelen MacWhirter4 September 2001 (2001-09-04)
7"Episode 7"Mark DefriestEverett Deroche11 September 2001 (2001-09-11)
8"Episode 8"Mark DefriestEverett Deroche18 September 2001 (2001-09-18)
9"Episode 9"Michael CarsonAnnie Fox25 September 2001 (2001-09-25)
10"Episode 10"Michael CarsonAnnie Fox2 October 2001 (2001-10-02)
11"Episode 11"Michael CarsonPeter Kinloch9 October 2001 (2001-10-09)
12"Episode 12"Michael CarsonPeter Kinloch16 October 2001 (2001-10-16)
13"Episode 13"Michael CarsonBarbara Bishop23 October 2001 (2001-10-23)
14"Episode 14"Michael CarsonBarbara Bishop30 October 2001 (2001-10-30)
15"Episode 15"Michael CarsonAnnie Fox6 November 2001 (2001-11-06)
16"Episode 16"Michael CarsonHelen MacWhirter13 November 2001 (2001-11-13)
17"Episode 17"Michael CarsonCharlie Strachan20 November 2001 (2001-11-20)
18"Episode 18"Michael CarsonEverett Deroche27 November 2001 (2001-11-27)
19"Episode 19"Mark DefriestEverett Deroche4 December 2001 (2001-12-04)
20"Episode 20"Mark DefriestAnnie Fox11 December 2001 (2001-12-11)
21"Episode 21"Mark DefriestPeter Kinloch18 December 2001 (2001-12-18)
22"Episode 22"Mark DefriestPeter Kinloch25 December 2001 (2001-12-25)
23"Episode 23"Mark DefriestBarbara Bishop1 January 2002 (2002-01-01)
24"Episode 24"Mark DefriestBarbara Bishop8 January 2002 (2002-01-08)
25"Episode 25"Mark DefriestDavid Phillips11 January 2002 (2002-01-11)
26"Episode 26"Mark DefriestDavid Phillips11 January 2002 (2002-01-11)

Home media

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 Region 0. The release includes making of/behind-the-scenes featurettes created from a period Electronic Press Kit and the packaging makes frequent references to the fact that the series features "before they were famous" appearances by The Veronicas.

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