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The Trap Door

The Trap Door is a British animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1986. The plot revolves around the daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. These include a blue creature called Berk, a spider-like creature called Drutt, and Boni, who was a skull of unknown origin. Although the emphasis…

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Genre
Comedy horror · Clay animation · Stop motion
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Created by
Terry Brain Charlie Mills
Network
ITV (Children's ITV)
No. of episodes
40 (list of episodes)
No. of series
2

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The Trap Door

Nodes65
Edges64
Triples134
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
Components1

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The Trap Door

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related to Production · 33
The Trap Door → Aardman Animations, Berk, Boni, Brain, Brainbox Mills, British, Bump, Charlie Mills, Chicken Run, CMTB Animation, Creature Comforts, Drutt, Elephant, English, Gogs, Gromit, It, KPTV, Mills, Nick Shipley
related to history · 21
The Trap Door → ABC, ABC TV, Amazon Prime Video, Australia, Both, Channel, Couch Potato, Ghost Train, In, It, ITV, ITVX, Motormouth, Newer, Nick Jr Classics, POP, Saturday, The, Trouble, TV
related to The Thing Upstairs · 12
The Trap Door → Berk, Cockney, His, In, Not Very Nice, The Little Thing, The Pain, The Stupid Thing, The Thing Upstairs, Thing, Thing's, Willie Rushton
related to The Splund · 11
The Trap Door → Berk, Boni, Don't Open That Trap, Door, Drutt, In, It, Its, Terry Brain, The Splund, Trap Door
related to Berk · 9
The Trap Door → As, Berk, Globbits, He, His, Oh, Sniff, West Country, Willie Rushton
related to Plot · 9
The Trap Door → Beneath, Berk, Boni, Drutt, In, Rogg, The, The Thing Upstairs, Though
related to Games · 7
The Trap Door → Amstrad CPC, Berk's Trap Door Game, Commodore, The, These, Through The Trap Door, ZX Spectrum
related to Boni · 6
The Trap Door → Although, Berk, Berk's, Boni, Speaking, Willie Rushton
related to Drutt · 5
The Trap Door → Although, Berk's, Drutt, He, Nick Shipley
Genre · 3
The Trap Door → Clay animation, Comedy horror, Stop motion

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berk trap door episode thing series episodes castle boni drutt voiced rogg big brain trapdoor show red monsters monster later

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The Trap DoorCountry of originUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
The Trap DoorCreated byTerry Brain Charlie Mills1.00infobox
The Trap DoorGenreComedy horror1.00infobox
The Trap DoorGenreClay animation1.00infobox
The Trap DoorGenreStop motion1.00infobox
The Trap DoorNetworkITV (Children's ITV)1.00infobox
The Trap DoorNo. of episodes40 (list of episodes)1.00infobox
The Trap DoorNo. of series21.00infobox
The Trap DoorProduction companiesCMTB Animation Queensgate Productions1.00infobox
The Trap DoorRelease1986 (1986)1.00infobox
The Trap DoorRunning time5 minutes1.00infobox
The Trap DoorVoices ofWillie Rushton Nick Shipley Terry Brain1.00infobox
The Trap Dooris aBritish animated television series0.90text

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