BeastMaster (1999)
BeastMaster is a Canadian television series that aired from 1999 to 2002. It was loosely based on a 1982 MGM film The Beastmaster. The series aired for three complete seasons. It is produced by Coote/Hayes Productions. The series was nominated for the Open Craft Award in the category of cinematography by the Australian Film Institute in 2000, and for the Saturn Award for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, USA, in 2001. BeastMaster is currently running in syndication on Sci-Fi Channel in the USA, but not in any prime-time slots.
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Episode 1 - The Legend Continues
Release Date: 1999-10-09Lone warrior Dar senses the presence of his long-lost love Kyra, who has been kidnapped and enslaved by the brutal Terron warriors. Gathering up his two ferret friends, Kodo and Podo, he takes off to rescue her. Dar arrives at a Terron camp and finds prisoners, including Kyra. The prisoners are being pushed into a ring to be mauled to death by tigers. Tao is next, but when the tiger, Ruh, is released, he attacks the Terron guards instead of Tao. But Ruh is stopped by a Terron net. Dar attacks, but is outnumbered by the Terrons. Dar and Ruh make eye contact and a connection is made. Dar manages to release the ferocious beast and Ruh tears into the Terrons. The evil King Zad, leader of the Terrons, rounds up his troops and escapes with Kyra and the remaining prisoners, leaving Dar, Tao and Ruh behind. After seeing the connection Dar made with Ruh, Tao realizes that Dar is the BeastMaster, the last surviving male of the Sula tribe, who has the ability to communicate telepathically with
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Episode 2 - Obsession
Release Date: 1999-10-16Dar and Tao rescue a man named Akili, who is being chased by a group of savage Terron warriors. Only when they are safe does Dar learn that Akili himself is a Terron. Akili explains that he has been banished by his tribe because he fell in love with a member of King Zad's harem. His punishment is to be hunted down and killed. Akili also tells Dar that he is going to return to the Terron camp to rescue his true love. Suspicious of Akili, Tao is dismayed when Dar and Akili decide to work together. Meanwhile, two tiger cubs named Sita and Raja are playing in a jungle clearing when Sita is captured by a group of hunters led by Ishmael. Raja runs off to find Ruh. Before Ishmael gets away with Sita, Ruh comes, makes eye contact with the hunter and recognizes him as one of the men who work for Baha , the legendary slaver. Years before, Ruh killed Baha's son when he tried to capture him. Later, Dar is attacked by the evil Spiderwitch who wraps him in a deadly cocoon-like web. Akili kills th
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Episode 3 - The Island
Release Date: 1999-10-23With the help of his animal friends, Dar rescues Tao from an island inhabited by the murderous Birdmen.
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Episode 4 - A Simple Truth
Release Date: 1999-10-30After finally being reunited with Dar, Kyra is captured by the Sorceress.
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Episode 5 - Amazons
Release Date: 1999-11-06Dar races to retrieve a rare fire lily from a valley inhabited by Amazons to save the life of a young woman, Maleena.
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Episode 6 - The Demon Curupira
Release Date: 1999-11-13Dar and a young boy, Guariba, convince the Demon Curupira to spare the lives of Guariba's tribe -- if the tribe agrees to show respect for the land and inhabitants of the rain forest.
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Episode 7 - The Umpatra
Release Date: 1999-11-20Dar must summon all of his skills to end the killing rampage of the world's greatest warrior Nokinja, who is secretly backed by the magic of the evil demon Ketzwayo, Curupira's sworn enemy.
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Episode 8 - The Last Unicorns
Release Date: 1999-11-27Dar and Tao must save the Princess's Unicorns from the Terrons, who want to kill the Unicorns fro their horns which hold magical healing powers.
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Episode 9 - Circle of Life
Release Date: 1999-12-04At the Black Apparition's behest, Ketzwayo returns from the dead with magic designed to kill Dar and the entire animal kingdom of the Mydlands.
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Episode 10 - Riddle of the Nymph
Release Date: 2000-01-15Dar and Tao have to rescue a Nymph who persades people to drink the water which brings eternal youth from a Venatu warrior.
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Episode 11 - Valhalla
Release Date: 2000-01-22Guided by a magical Shaman, Dar retuns to Valhalla, a place of memories to come to terms with the destrctive slaughter of his tribe.
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Episode 12 - The Slayer
Release Date: 2000-01-29In a test for his love for Kyra, Dar finds himself taking a liking to Zuraya , a animal trainer cursed by loneliness from Ancient One.
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Episode 13 - The Minotaur
Release Date: 2000-02-05Dar reluctantly accepts help from the Sorceress to rescue Tao from King Zad's ferocious Minotaur.
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Episode 14 - The Guardian
Release Date: 2000-02-12Dar and Tao must stop an unholy pilgrim named Ramah, who gains possession of a liquid rock that gives him control over life and death.
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Episode 15 - The Chameleon
Release Date: 2000-02-19Dar and Tao must protect a mystical baby from the evil King Zad, who believes the child will bring about his demise.
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Episode 16 - A Devil's Deal
Release Date: 2000-02-26Dar meets a strange amphibious woman named Atlantia who is part of an mute ancient race. He must communicate with her and then gain her help to save Tao's life.
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Episode 17 - Tears of the Sea
Release Date: 2000-03-04While trying to expose a young friend's killer, Dar learns that ancestral protectors of a tribe of divers take the form of dolphins in the sea.
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Episode 18 - The Burning Forest
Release Date: 2000-04-22When the Sorceress is captured by the Black Apparition, Sharak in human form enlists Dar's help to save her.
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Episode 19 - The Golden Phoenix
Release Date: 2000-04-29The Golden Phoenix takes the human form of Prince Garuda to exact revenge on Dar.
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Episode 20 - Gemini
Release Date: 2000-05-06Dar and Tao must discover what is killing both humans and animals in the forest before they become the next victims.
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Episode 21 - Rescue
Release Date: 2000-05-13When Dar and Tao learn that the Terrons are holding Kyra Captive once again, the two set out to rescue her.
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Episode 22 - Revelations
Release Date: 2000-05-20Qord vows to kill the BeastMaster and capture Kyra as his ultimate revenge against King Zad.