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Read All About It! is a Canadian educational television series that was produced from 1979 to 1980 by TVOntario. It starred David Craig Collard as Chris, Lydia Zajc as Lynne, Stacey Arnold as Samantha, and Sean Hewitt as Duneedon, ruler of the galaxy Trialviron. In the second season Michael Dwyer joined the cast as Alex. The main goal of the show was to educate viewers in reading, writing and history. Each episode ran for approximately 15 minutes. Eric Robertson composed the music for the show being filmed in Brampton, Ontario.

Chapter 08: 'Tis Magic – Merlin the Magician uses his magic powers to send Chris and Lynne to Trialviron.

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00:05Read all about it, discover all the news, read all about it, track down all the clues.
00:19With interesting people there's a mystery to be solved, an adventure is unfolding, so why not get involved?
00:30Come on and read all about it.
01:18What does donated mean?
01:20On land donated by the Eden family of Herbertville.
01:26Given.
01:27I think it's from a Latin word.
01:31Samantha is correct.
01:33Definition of donate, to give or to contribute.
01:38Look at this, here's something else.
01:47It still says the Edens lived in King's Manor.
01:50I know, and that's the official history of Herbertville.
01:53Now listen to this.
01:55There was only one school built on land that was part of the Edwards estate of King's Manor.
02:02Sounds to me like one of the writers just made a mistake between Edward and Eden.
02:07But which one is correct?
02:17Exactly.
02:18And that's why we have to find out the truth.
02:21Chronicle discovers error in history.
02:24It'll be a great story.
02:26Sam!
02:26Chris!
02:28I've seen him!
02:29It's him!
02:29He's the mayor!
02:30Who?
02:33The mayor!
02:34He's really Dunedin!
02:36Dunedin?
02:37That's impossible!
02:38No, it's not.
02:39It's true.
02:40I saw him.
02:40Everybody calls him Mr. Eden instead of Dunedin, but I know it's him.
02:51Yes, but it's definitely Dunedin's face.
02:54Did he see you?
02:55Yeah, but he pretended he didn't know me.
02:58If Dunedin is the mayor, maybe the conspiracy has something to do with town hall.
03:03I think we should go over everything we've found out so far.
03:07Okay.
03:09We will recap your information.
03:12Good.
03:12We know that Dunedin is the leader of the galaxy Trialveron.
03:24And that he's the head of the conspiracy and mayor of Herbertville.
03:34What else do we know for sure?
03:36That Dunedin ordered his agent to stop our paper.
03:43What reasons could there be for this order?
03:54Yes.
03:55He didn't want his name in the paper.
03:58Wait a minute.
03:59Dunedin's order was delivered after the first edition was already printed.
04:03By then, it was too late to stop his name from being in the paper.
04:07Maybe he wants to stop us from printing any more papers, because he's mad at us.
04:12Yes, that could be right.
04:13By stopping the Chronicle, Dunedin gets back at us for publishing his name.
04:17It's kind of like revenge, isn't it?
04:26Correct.
04:27Any further possibilities?
04:29I don't think so.
04:30What would happen if the Chronicle were stopped?
04:35Well, if we weren't printing our paper, we wouldn't have a reason for being in the coach house.
04:42Hey, maybe he's trying to get us out of the coach house.
04:53Yes, that makes sense.
04:55Why would anyone want to shut down a newspaper?
04:58Unless they were frightened about what it was going to say.
05:02Well, that's it.
05:03Apart from the Dunedin adventure, there was only the Queen of Hearts story, our motto, the problems, and the history
05:09section.
05:10The history section!
05:12That's it!
05:13He's frightened because we're printing a different version of the history of Herbertville.
05:16Maybe those differences aren't mistakes.
05:19Maybe someone changed the official history on purpose.
05:22But why?
05:23Well, someone tell me what you two are talking about.
05:26Chris's book about Herbertville is different than the official history book that Counselor Blake gave us.
05:31We thought it was a mistake.
05:33But what if Dunedin is trying to change the history of Herbertville on purpose?
05:36Then he would want to stop the Chronicle from accidentally printing the truth.
05:48And if he couldn't stop the Chronicle, the next best thing would be to get us to print stories from
05:54the official history book, which he is changing.
05:57That's why he sent Counselor Blake over here to give it to us.
06:01What do you think of that?
06:02I think you're doing an awful lot of guessing.
06:05How do you know which book is accurate?
06:09You should investigate your theory.
06:15You're right.
06:16I guess they're only ideas at the moment.
06:19Okay.
06:20We need more proof.
06:21I'll go down to Town Hall and look up some of the old records.
06:25Bye, Sam.
06:26Bye.
06:27Find out all you can about the mirror, too.
06:29Right.
06:32Let's look through my uncle's books.
06:34Maybe one of them will tell us how to operate the transporter.
06:37We've got to get to Travron without Dunedin knowing, so we can find out what his plan is.
06:45Transporter operating.
06:47Taking cover.
07:01My, my, my.
07:03An exciting journey.
07:06Hello.
07:08My goodness.
07:09What manner of monster do I behold?
07:12We're not monsters.
07:14We're people.
07:16Are you friend or foe?
07:18Oh, friends.
07:19We've known each other for Chris.
07:21I think he means, are we friends of his?
07:24Oh, yes.
07:25Of course.
07:26Then, see my sword, and I will speak with thee.
07:31Sword?
07:33Oh.
07:39Chris, why does he speak so funny?
07:41I think he's from another time.
07:43It is obvious that another book character has been transported to the coach house.
07:50Fascinating.
07:52Absolutely fascinating.
07:54You, what do you feed it?
07:56Feed what?
07:57You're talking animal.
07:59It is strange indeed.
08:01That is not an animal.
08:03She's a machine.
08:04Oh.
08:05Oh.
08:06Oh, there is much I do not understand.
08:09Maybe we can help.
08:11You're a character from a book, and a time warp transporter brought you here from another dimension.
08:17But we'll help you find out who you are.
08:19Truly, ye jest.
08:22I am fully aware of who I am.
08:25And as my arrival, that is of my own making.
08:30I use my magic to travel quite a bit these days.
08:34Magic?
08:35Aye.
08:36Oh, just simple when you know how.
08:46Another machine?
08:48Oh.
08:50In my day, it was considered quite a miracle if one could create a contraption with which
08:57to catapult a simple stone.
09:00I don't want to know who you are.
09:03My name is renowned throughout the world.
09:06If ye be so ignorant as not to know it, I will not enlighten thee.
09:12I think that means he's not going to tell us.
09:15If he has magic powers, he must be a wizard or something.
09:19Hey, are you the Wizard of Oz?
09:21That's charlatan!
09:23Compared to me, he is but an amateur.
09:26You must be a fictional character.
09:29Not quite.
09:30Then you're real, from history?
09:33Not quite.
09:34You're not helping very much.
09:36A story has to be either real or made up.
09:39It can't be both.
09:40Yes, it can.
09:41It's a fictional story that's based on real events, or events that happened so long ago,
09:46no one knows if they're real or just a legend.
09:48The young lad has brains.
09:51Oh, what wonders you would learn with myself as tutor.
09:56Don't hold back now.
09:58Charge on until an answer presents itself.
10:01Well, you said something about catapulting a stone.
10:05I've read about using catapults as a weapon back when they used to have castles and things.
10:11Hey, are you from King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?
10:16Impressive.
10:18Very impressive.
10:20He doesn't look much like a knight.
10:24He said he was a tutor.
10:25King Arthur had a teacher who was also a magician.
10:29But I can't remember his name.
10:32Um...
10:33Merlin.
10:33Merlin the Magician.
10:34Tis so!
10:35I am Merlin, respected throughout the length and breadth of England.
10:42Oh, I'm surprised ye have never heard my name.
10:45How could I?
10:47I've never read your book.
10:48Then ye must do so.
10:51It is a wondrous tale of the struggle to crown the rightful king,
10:56of brave knights and fair maidens, and noble deeds of arms.
11:01Within these pages ye will meet King Arthur Supreme on the field of battle,
11:07his sword Excalibur protecting him with magic power.
11:12He will travel to Camelot, and there meet Guinevere,
11:17fairest of the fair, and the famed knights of the round table.
11:22And, of course, there is Merlin.
11:25My part within the pages of this classic legend should not be missed by any mortal person.
11:34I'll read all about you. I promise.
11:36Good. Now I must be off to my book.
11:39Before you go, is there any way you can send us with your magic powers to try over on?
11:44It's another galaxy, and we must go there as quickly as possible.
11:48For fair deed or foul?
11:50Oh, very fair. We're trying to stop an evil villain.
11:54Then ye shall. I will leave a magic spell.
11:58And if ye speak the truth, the magic will work.
12:03Avradi, Avrido, off to Camelot shall I go.
12:10Yay!
12:20Wow! Look!
12:23Wowee!
12:24It may be magic, but it doesn't make any sense.
12:28Them, tripe, rafter, placing, stair, linen.
12:33I don't see a code or anything.
12:42Maybe it's the way the words are placed.
12:44What do you mean?
12:45Well, the words don't start at the same place.
12:49And this is the only line that goes all the way down.
12:55Wait a minute. If you read downwards, it spells Merlin. See?
13:05That's it. When you take out his name, it still leaves other words.
13:10The trip after pacing star line.
13:14I still don't understand.
13:18Oh, look! The trip after pacing star line.
13:23What star?
13:30Wow! Look!
13:31Do you suppose it means we should walk the line of the star?
13:35Won't hurt to try.
13:39The star?
13:49Yeah.
14:03Oh, this is the only time.
14:04Yeah, it will be on the street.
14:06Yes.
14:08The star?
14:09The star?
14:09The star?
14:09It's like you don't know.

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