Las Autenticas Aventuras del Profesor Thompson

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show_name = Las Autenticas Aventuras del Profesor Thompson


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caption = title screen
format = Animation
Adventure
runtime = 20-25 mins
creator = Juan Ramon Pina
Roberto Marcano
Manuel Almela
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picture_format = 480i (SDTV)
executive_producer = Jose Joaquin Aguirre
Jose Luis Perona
Jose Maria Leyva
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network = 8 Madrid
first_aired = 1992
last_aired = 1994
num_episodes = 26
list_episodes =
website = http://www.8madrid.tv/serie.php?id=4
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"Las Autenticas Aventuras del Profesor Thompson" ("The Authentic Adventures of Professor Thompson"/"Les Aventures du Professeur Thompson") is a hand-drawn cartoon series shown on channel 8 Madrid in Spain. It has been translated and broadcast in various other countries like England (on Channel 4), Sri Lanka (on Dynavision), France and Germany.

Plot

Professor Thompson stumbles on to an Egyptian Pharaoh Apestophis who has travelled forward in time with a miniature pyramid-shaped time-travelling device. Thompson and his short Russian friend Boris subsequently agrees to help him get back to his time. Meanwhile, German explorer Frida von Krugen learns of the device and with the help of her flat-headed scientist husband Otto, tries to get it away from the pharaoh. Trouble ensures as the struggle over the pyramid takes them to various points in history.

Cast and production

*Music - Eduardo Armenteros
*Story Board - Marcano, Almela, and Valentin Domenech
*Voice Director - Luis Lorenzo
*Professor Thompson (voice - Spanish) - Francisco Portes
*Boris (voice - Spanish) - Angel De Andres
*Frida (voice - Spanish) - Julia Trujillo
*Otto (voice - Spanish) - Narciso Ibanez Menta
*Apestophis (voice - Spanish) - Manolo Andres
*Sepis (voice - Spanish) - Ismael Abellan
*Porotosis (voice - Spanish) - Jesus Prieto
*Helga (voice - Spanish) - Luisa Armenteros
*Peter (voice - Spanish) - Laila Ripoll
*Lasagna (voice - Spanish) - Luis Lorenzo

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7HgLj5MZ2A clip of intro in Spanish]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A50KXyYtSYI&mode=related&search= clip of ending]
* [http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/sources/series.php3?cle=696&sec=1 French site about the show]
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planete-jeunesse.com%2Fsources%2Fshow_fiche.php3%3Fcle%3D696&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools translation of French site]