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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 04: The Accidental Visitor – The Queen of Hearts tumbles out of the transporter by mistake and Chris discovers her identity in the library.

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00:03Read all about it. Discover all the news. Read all about it. Track down all the clues.
00:18With interesting people there's a mystery to be solved. An adventure is unfolding, so why not get involved?
00:28Come on and read all about it.
01:10Two more words left. Oh, um, turning, going, revolve. One more word left. I can't stay awake. I can't think.
01:21It's, it's.
01:23But they just can't disappear. Maybe we should call the police.
01:28Police would not believe that Samantha and Lynn have been transported to another galaxy.
01:35Oh, but we have to do something.
01:53Lynn, Sam. Hey, we're back. Are you all right, Sam?
02:05I think so. What happened?
02:08You were hypnotized. I had to answer the last question by myself.
02:12What question? What are you talking about? You weren't gone very long.
02:15That, that's impossible. It, it seemed like hours.
02:28Time warp? You mean time passes at a different rate on Travaron?
02:40I still want to know what happened up there. We met Deneen. He's the ruler of the galaxy Travaron.
02:47Oh, now I remember. He's just, uh, a head.
03:02I know, Otto. I mean, he is a head. And that's all. He doesn't have a body. All you can
03:09see is his face and head.
03:12Otto and Theta told me about Deneen. My uncle built this transporter here in the coach house.
03:17He and Deneen became friends.
03:19Sam, friend. He tricked us into the problem pit and we had to answer all these questions.
03:24And then I was hypnotized. And Lynn had to answer the last question alone. Now I remember.
03:38Five words that mean, uh, to move in circular orbit.
03:45I understand. Words like turn and spin.
03:52And whirl. That's an easy one. I didn't think so.
03:59And revolve. That's another one. But what can that last one be?
04:05It's rotate.
04:11I got it in only at the last moment. And the minute I said that there was a yellow glow
04:15and suddenly we were back here.
04:17I'll bet Deneen's upset because we escaped.
04:22The transporter!
04:24Take cover. Take cover. Take cover. Move away from the light.
04:28..
04:53Take cover.
04:53Take cover.
04:54Go.
04:55Take cover.
04:57Just a wrap.
04:57Take cover.
04:58Is everybody all right?
05:00I am.
05:01Me too.
05:02Is it all clear?
05:03I think so.
05:09I'm not sure, Otto.
05:12It's writing of some kind.
05:15Look, it's becoming letters.
05:18It says Dunedin.
05:20Do you think he's sending us a message?
05:36What's intentional mean?
05:38He's telling us he didn't mean to trap us in the problem pit.
05:42I'll bet.
05:48It sure was.
05:54It could have been an accident.
05:56Well, I suppose so.
06:12I don't understand.
06:13Why shouldn't we mention his name?
06:16Because he thinks people might be frightened to find out
06:18that there are other inhabited galaxies in space.
06:21But the letter doesn't mention anything about space.
06:24It just says,
06:26Do not talk openly about my name.
06:29Chris is right.
06:30The name Dunedin shouldn't mean anything to anybody else.
06:33Unless...
06:33Unless there are other people in Herberville
06:35who know about Dunedin.
06:37Maybe he's involved in the conspiracy.
06:48I have an idea.
06:50Let's write a story about Dunedin
06:51and what happened to us up in Tri-Alberon.
06:53No one would believe it.
06:55We could write it like a fiction adventure story.
06:58You mean pretend it's something we made up?
07:00Yeah.
07:00That way we can get Dunedin's name in the paper
07:02and if anybody recognizes it,
07:04they'll probably get in touch with us.
07:06That could be dangerous.
07:08But we have to do something.
07:10Okay, all right.
07:11Then you can take it.
07:12Oh, no.
07:13It's transporter again.
07:21Where am I?
07:24Where am I?
07:26I demand to know where I am.
07:32This is not the palace.
07:36You there, young man,
07:38present yourself immediately
07:39or I'll have you beheaded.
07:46Who are you?
07:48Who am I?
07:50You dare to ask who am I?
07:53I am...
07:55I...
07:57I don't remember exactly.
08:00Wait.
08:01I think I'm a queen.
08:04I know I'm a queen.
08:06How did you get here?
08:07I don't know.
08:08There I was, living happily in my book
08:10and all of a sudden these lights started to flash and...
08:13From a book?
08:14Don't interrupt.
08:15And all of a sudden these lights started to flash
08:18and I...
08:19Probably a transporter malfunction.
08:23I said, don't interrupt.
08:26Who said that?
08:28Theta, she's our friend.
08:30Transporter seems to have locked into a different dimension.
08:36What kind of friend talks in words that cannot be understood?
08:40Theta said that something must be wrong with the transporter
08:43and that you've arrived here from another dimension by accident.
08:46Accident?
08:47Accident?
08:47I'll have someone's head for this.
08:49Send me back to my book at once.
08:59Another strange friend, I suppose?
09:02Yes, that's our...
09:03He wants to know...
09:04I can read, young lady.
09:06Tell your friend that my book is...
09:09My book is...
09:12Oh, my goodness!
09:13I've forgotten which book I belong to.
09:15All this traveling about has jarred the royal memory.
09:20I order you to find my book for me at once.
09:24Why do you want to get back?
09:26If I don't get back, I shall grow old.
09:28In my book, I will remain the same age forever.
09:32Besides, I hate strange places.
09:34And in my land, they listen to me.
09:37So find out what book I'm from
09:39or I'll have you executed on the spot.
09:41Well, what are we going to do?
09:44Find her book for her, I guess.
09:47I'll bet if we ask her the right questions,
09:49we can find out who she is.
09:51What shall we ask her?
09:52We'll ask her about her author.
09:55I will keep notes.
09:56Whether she's real or fictional...
10:02We should listen carefully to how she speaks.
10:05What she says and how she says it is important.
10:08And her clothing should tell us when her story took place.
10:11Good point.
10:12Okay, so our clue's our author.
10:15Whether she's real or fictional...
10:17Dialogue?
10:18That's the way she speaks.
10:20Yeah.
10:21And finally, there's her clothing.
10:24Okay.
10:25Right.
10:27Excuse us, Queen.
10:28Don't be impudent.
10:30Call me Your Majesty.
10:32Yes, Your Majesty.
10:34Uh, do you approve of the way your author has, uh, created you?
10:38Don't be silly, you ninny.
10:40Of course I do.
10:41He made me a queen, didn't he?
10:43I can behead a person at a moment's notice.
10:46Are you Queen Victoria?
10:48Obviously not, you beggar.
10:50Real queens are so dreary.
10:52So you must be fictional.
10:54Yes.
10:55I think I'm from a fantasy.
10:58I'll bet she's a wicked queen.
11:09I read that.
11:10How dare you?
11:12Up with his head.
11:13Otto doesn't have a head.
11:14Find one for him.
11:16I refuse to be insulted by commoners.
11:18I will stand here in silence.
11:20If she's an evil queen, maybe she's the one from the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe.
11:26What's she like?
11:26She's the witch queen from the land of Narnia.
11:29She wishes to be all-powerful.
11:32And when threatened by children and a magical lion, she becomes dangerous.
11:37Wait, this queen can't be her.
11:40That witch queen had a very white face.
11:42Hers is much too red.
11:45Well, how about the evil queen in Snow White?
11:48Who turned herself into a hag?
11:49I am not an evil hag.
11:51I am infallible.
11:53Absolutely perfect.
11:54Did you ever look into a mirror and say,
11:57Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest, one of all?
12:01Of course not.
12:02I don't like mirrors.
12:03That I couldn't believe.
12:06What do you like?
12:07Broquet.
12:08And tarts.
12:10Hey, that's a good clue.
12:11Maybe Her Majesty is from that nursery rhyme about a queen of hearts who had some tarts stolen?
12:17She's from a fantasy, not a nursery rhyme.
12:21When does your story take place?
12:23My story is timeless, young lady.
12:25I think we'd better check our clues.
12:28Excuse us, Your Majesty.
12:30Be careful what you say or you'll be in peril for your heads.
12:33Now, we know...
12:49We need more clues.
12:50What's this croquet bit?
12:52Croquet is a game played with a ball and mallet.
12:57Well, that's not much help.
13:00I'll bet there's some story books in the library that have evil queens in them, especially ones
13:06that like to play croquet.
13:08Oh, get some books about mad queens, too.
13:11Goodbye, Chris.
13:13Where is that vassal going?
13:15To the library to find her book for you.
13:19Just a couple more questions, Your Majesty.
13:21Are you a major or a minor character?
13:23You must be jesting.
13:25Me?
13:26A queen?
13:26A minor character?
13:28Of course I'm a major character.
13:30I'm a very important person in the story.
13:33That was no help.
13:35She just might be vain.
13:37Do you remember any of the other characters in your book?
13:41I seem to recall a giant intruding into my land.
13:45A giant?
13:46Yes.
13:47I was just about to behead her.
13:50But she disappeared.
13:52Oh, a female giant.
13:54Yes.
13:55Just about your size.
13:57I think I know who you are.
14:00So do I.
14:01Well, who am I?

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