DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space | |
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Created by | Lady Stearn Robinson |
Composer | John Gregory |
No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Halas and Batchelor |
Running time | 5 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | 1965 – 1970 |
DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space was an animated cartoon series that was syndicated to television from 1965-1970. DoDo was a young humanoid extraterrestrial from the planet Hena Hydro, who came to Earth in his flying saucer and had numerous adventures. For the most part, DoDo resembled an Earth child, but wore antennas on his large, pointed ears and had propellers on his heels that allowed him to fly. On Earth, DoDo shared living quarters with Professor Fingers, an eccentric scientist. Other characters included Compy the Computer Bird, (DoDo's computer/duck hybrid friend), and How and his younger sister Why, two Earth children. The characters often speak in rhymed couplets, either independently or playing off each other. A (non-rhyming) Narrator accompanies each episode.
The shorts are often based on scientific and technological advances of the period, most notably the development of computers and space exploration.
"DoDo" was created by Lady Stearn Robinson and produced by British animators Halas and Batchelor. A total of 78 five-minute episodes were filmed.
Episodes
- Ancient Idol
- Bully Adventure
- Diamond Thieves
- Discovery of Fingegillian
- DoDo and Compy Dance Out of Trouble
- DoDo and Compy in Hollywood
- DoDo and the Astronaut
- DoDo and the Easter Bell
- DoDo and the Magic Magnet
- DoDo and the Space Pirates
- DoDo and the Touchies
- DoDo and the Transatlantic Cable
- DoDo at the Ballet
- DoDo at the Fair
- DoDo at the Opera
- DoDo at the Rodeo
- DoDo at the Scout Jamboree
- DoDo at the Sky Hotel
- DoDo Buys a Space Pig
- DoDo Directs the First Space Ball Game
- DoDo Finds the Cat's Tongue
- DoDo Goes to Aquascot
- DoDo Goes to Paris
- DoDo Goes West
- DoDo Helps Interpol
- DoDo in a Garage Adventure
- DoDo in a Real Good Skate
- DoDo in a Ski Adventure
- DoDo in Japan
- DoDo in Pukcab Land
- DoDo Joins the Circus
- DoDo Meets a Bustling Busker
- DoDo Meets the Abominable Snowman
- DoDo Paints a House
- DoDo Sees Compy Happen
- DoDo the Circus Star
- DoDo Visits the Moon
- DoDo's Arrival
- Early Bird Catch
- Forty Winks Machine
- Haunted House
- Hi-Jacked Plane
- High Prosecuting
- Horsing Around
- Hurdy Gurdy Man
- Innocent Bulb Napper
- License Trouble
- Loch Ness Monster
- Magic Magnet Goes Wild
- Moon Mice
- Music of the Spheres
- Mystery Fire
- Professor Fingers Builds a Bridge
- Secret of the Pyramid
- Smellometer
- Smuggle Puzzle
- Supersonic Reporting
- Tennis Tournament
- The Astrognome
- The Christmas Adventure
- The Day the Earth Was Sold
- The Dodon Discovery
- The Elephant Valley
- The Fishing Fleet
- The Kidnapped Kid
- The Lighthouse
- The Magic Magnet Saves Some Money
- The Microfilm Spies
- The Purloined Picture
- The Stuck Space Shot
- The Sunken Treasure
- The Symphony
- The Tardies
- The Whale of a Party
- TV Burglars
- Very Sheepish Affair
In other media
An episode of DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space was shown as part of the Canadian comedy television series This Movie Sucks! in between its showing of the film The Manster. The series was broadcast on Spanish television (channel TVE1 & dubbed in the Spanish language) during the mid-1970s.
External links
- DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space at IMDb
- Toonhound.com entry, with complete episode list
- Toontracker.com entry
- DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016.
- BCDB
- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- 1960s British children's television series
- 1960s American animated television series
- Fictional extraterrestrial characters
- First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
- British children's animated television programmes
- British children's television programmes
- 1960s British animated television series