Showing posts with label Box of Delights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Box of Delights. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

The Box of Delights 1.06

Leave us not Little, nor yet Dark

Kay wakes up in time to see Abner Brown enter a secret room in the basement. There he consults with a robotic looking talking head. Abner sends magical flying creatures to disrupt all transport in the surrounding area. Abner finds out from the head that he had the Box of Delights "under his hand" and didn't notice it.

Kay, still tiny, watches everything and just before Abner gets ready to leave the room Kay spots the Box of Delights. He follows Abner after grabbing the Box. Abner goes to the cell where Cole Hawlings is locked up. He threatens the old Punch and Judy man but when Abner can't get anything out of him he turns a valve which releases water that will flood the dungeon.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

The Box of Delights 1.05

Beware of Yesterday

Kay continues to eavesdrop on Abner's conversation with Joe. Joe seems to want to go easy on the Bishop and the choirboys they have kidnapped but Abner insists that finding the box is of paramount importance. Kay stays and listens to them talk until they leave to get some breakfast.

Kay goes to see the Inspector. He tries to convince the Inspector that the Bishop is locked up at the Theological Training College. That gets him nowhere because the Inspector can't believe that the Reverend Boddledale could have anything to do with the Bishop's disappearance.

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

The Box of Delights 1.04

The Spider in the Web

Kay, Peter, Susan, and Jemima survive the trip down the rapids and evade capture by the phony clerygmen. They return to Seekings Hall only to dind that someone broke in and ransacked the place.

Maria returns while Kay and the others are trying to make sense of the burglary. She tells them about how she was "scrobbled". She was interrogated but later escaped and returned to Seekings.

Kay and Peter go to the nearby Theological Training College. They see Abner and Charles. Peter gets captured by the phony clergymen. Pieces of the puzzle start to fall into place. Kay realizes that Abner Brown must also have Caroline Louisa and the bishop, in addition to Peter and Cole Hawlings. Kay and Maria try reporting what he found to the Inspector but it gets them nowhere

Kay goes home but returns to the college the next day. He sneaks in and spies on a conversation between Abner Brown and Joe. The episode ends with Abner revealing to Joe that Cole Hawlings really is someone by the name of Ramon Lully who was born in the Middle Ages.

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

The Box of Delights 1.03

In the Darkest Cellars Underneath

Kay and Mouse, both still small, listen to the conversation between Abner Brown and his henchmen. Both of the suspicious clergymen are there plus Kay's former governess. They have Maria but she seems to think that everything is okay and leaves with Brown and the others. They are off to see some stained glass windows.

Kay returns to Seekings Hall but Maria has yet to return. Kay goes into town and stops at the Rupert Arms, where Abner Brown was staying. He asks the lady at the front desk about him. She calls him the Reverend Doctor Bottledale.

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

The Box of Delights 1.02

Where shall the 'nighted Showman go?

Kay helps Herne the Hunter to defend the camp from wolves. Before returning to the world that he comes from, Kay encounters Cole Hawlings. He gives Kay the Box of Delights. Mr. Hawlings knows he is being pursued and hopes that Kay can keep it safe. He explains how to use the box before leaving.

Kay wakes up back home in bed. He has the Box of Delights next to him. He and Peter get up early and head to King Arthur's Camp at Bottler's Down. They get there in time to see but not prevent the abduction of Mr. Hawlings. They go to the police to get help for Mr. Hawlings but the Inspector is convinced that what they witnessed was a prank.

They head home. The maid gives them a hard time for getting wet playing in the snow. Kay's aunt Caroline Louisa is still away. Kay and Peter decide not to stick around. They head back to King Arthur's Camp. They spot the two men who were dressed as clergymen digging in the snow looking for something.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

The Box of Delights 1.01

When the Wolves Were Running

Kay Harker, schoolboy, takes the train to see aunt, Carolyn Louisa, during Christmas break. On the way he meets Cole Hawlings, an old Punch and Judy performer. He also meets a couple clergymen who insist on showing him card tricks. Kay realizes when he gets off the train that his wallet is gone.

Carolyn Louisa meets Kay at the train station. She lets him know that they have company for the holidays, four kids whose parents are out of the country at the present. Kay gets a chance to speak to Mr. Hawlings before he and his aunt leave the train station. The old man tells him to keep an eye out for an old lady with a magic ring.