The Trapdoor

[Submeg]

Hey does anyone remember the series The Trapdoor?

It was on the ABC down here in Aus, it was about a blue guy (burke) who was a servant to the thing upstairs. An absolutely awesome show! Trying to get it on DVD, but so far have only been able to see it advertised on Amazon.com. Can't find a distributer in Australia yet...

[J T]

Yep, I remember that, the clay/plasticine animation was quite cool.

[Demon Cleaner]

Never heard of that, what it about?

[Harrison]

The Trapdoor was a great series. Really funny.

It's a childrens TV series. Each episode is quite short and tells a little story. The program uses stop frame animation using clay/plasticine. It's about a blue guy called Burke who is the servant to "The Master" who you never see. You just hear his booming voice when he wants something done. It's called Trapdoor because there is this trapdoor in the floor and it contains a lot of things that should never be let out.

Here is the intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unKSAgilZN4

And here is an episode to give you a better idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCVQNxEcrao

[Demon Cleaner]

That is quite funny, but I never saw this here on TV.

[Harrison]

It was a great series. They don't make great childrens TV like that any more.

When looking for it on youtube I also came across another one. Someone combined Lost with Trapdoor and have done it quite well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Z3hCkex3A

[Demon Cleaner]

Well done, I kinda like the skull, a bit like Murray, bwahahaha.

[Submeg]

It had to be one of my favourite shows when I was a kid...it was so crazy how they made weird bugs crawl around....flashing ones, multicoloured blobs....so insane.

[Harrison]

It was one of my favourites too, along with Danger Mouse, Count Duckula and a few others.

[Teho]

Oh yeah, I remember seeing this! Had completely forgotten about it, this was one of my favourite shows!

I remember one episode where some horrible monster came out of the trapdoor. Was some really hideous beast, and Burke would be running from it and hiding from all the while the master would be yelling for food. In the end, Burke lured the monster into the food elevator and sent it up. And the master ended up commending him for the great meal. Kinda makes you wonder what kind of monster the master was!