Children of the Dog Star

1984 - 1984

The Brass Daisy

Episode 1

Twelve-year-old Gretchen comes to stay on her uncle's farm for the holidays, but shortly after her arrival strange things start happening.

Power Stop

Episode 2

Gretchen knows there's something very mysterious about the brass daisy on top of the barn and she's determined to find out what it is.

Swamp Light

16th April 1984

Episode 3

Unexplained events are affecting the whole community of Wakaatua, and Ronny starts to get scared.

Alien Summons

23rd April 1984

Episode 4

Bevis has gone missing and both Gretchen and Ronny realise the danger they are all in.

Kolob

30th April 1984

Episode 5

Gretchen has reached the source of the strange power and starts to learn it's secrets.

Alien Contact

Episode 6

Ronny and Gretchen are forced to act when the alien power threatens to overwhelm them.

Top Cast

Sarah Dunn•Jeison Wallace•Hamish Bartle

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

12 year old Gretchen comes to stay on her uncle's farm for the holidays, but shortly after her arrival strange things start to happen. Gretchen has a passion for science and a talent for all things mechanical, which is why the old brass weathervane fascinates her. But the brass daisy rod has a complex and terrifying significance, and Gretchen and her new friend Ronny discover its links with the far distant Sirius, the Dog Star.

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Full Cast

Sarah Dunn

Gretchen Kierney

Jeison Wallace

Ronny Kepa

Hamish Bartle

Bevis Elliott

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Roy Billing

Donald Kierney

Susan Wilson

Kathleen Kierney

Raymond Hawthorne

Herbert Mitchell

David McKenzie

Vic Mitchell

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Anzac Wallace

Mataui Kepa

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