"Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Meets Franken Duckula's Monster..." (shortened to "The Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy") is the seventeenth episode of Series 2 and the forty-third episode overall. It was first broadcast on ITV in the UK on January 9th 1990.
Summary[]
Count Duckula is chased by an alien cabbage, a werewolf, a mummy, Frankenduckula's Monster, Dr. Von Goosewing, and some angry villagers. He flies Castle Duckula away from Transylvania to escape his pursuers to an island near Scotland but he gets eaten for a monsters breakfast.
Background Music Pieces[]
- "Smouldering Fury" by Trevor Duncan
- "Folli the Foal" by Andrew Kenner
Voice Cast[]
- David Jason as Count Duckula, Alien Control's Voice on The Speaker, the Mummy, and a Village Peasant
- Jack May as Igor, Frankenduckula's Monster, and a Village Peasant
- Brian Trueman as Nanny and a Village Peasant
- Jimmy Hibbert as the Title Screen Announcer, Hesekiah the Village Peasant, Wolfman, Ernest the Martian, Dr. Von Goosewing, and other Village Peasants
- Barry Clayton as the Narrator
Trivia[]
- Recording Date: 19th December 1988.
- Ernest the Martian (who transforms himself into a bouncing cabbage) is a different drawn version of The Great Gazoo from Hanna-Barbera's longest-running animated series The Flintstones.
- "Daddy" is the only word Frankenduckula's Monster says.
Credits[]
- Voices: David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert
- Narrator: Barry Clayton
- Written by Jimmy Hibbert
- Vocals: Doreen Edwards, Mike Harding
- Music: Mike Harding
- Design: Chris Randall, Dan Whitworth, Margaret Riley, Paul Salmon, Vincent James, Andy Roper, Ed Williams
- Storyboard: Vincent James, Alan Case
- Layout: Miguel Ángel Aisa, Manuel Almela, Ricardo Machuca, Juan Antonio Rojo, José María Zumel
- Animation: John Offord, Les Brooksbank, Mark Povey, Adrian Bell, Mike Eames, Richard Bazley, Philip Morris, Denise Heywood, Alastair Fell, Joe McCaffrey, David Bowers, Mair Thomas
- Backgrounds: Beverly Bush, Jon Doyle, Stephen Hanson, Weston Samuels, Stephen Simpson
- Supervised by John Geering
- Special Effects: Garry Owen, Murti Schofield, Roy Huckerby, Jackie Mitchell
- Camera: Peter Kidd, Frank Hardie, Wendy Senior, Mark Sutton
- Painting: Beverly Phillips, Yasodha Huckerby, Sue Halliwell, Joan Jones, Stefania Giani, Gloria Vassiliou, Lynn Hardie, Katie Nutter, Lesley White, Karl Scoble, Andrea Hough, Joyce Flowers, Michelle Povey, Laura Cosgrove, Helen Michael, Sue Robson, Craig Whittle, Helen Smith, Mark Fulton, Marie Dembinksi
- Supervised by Lorriane Thomas
- Xerox: Tony McAleese, Joan Simmons, Don Geering
- Line Test: Phil Atack
- Animation Check: Phil McMylor, Andrew Bax
- Production Controller: Chris Phillips, Bob Burrows, Simon White, Phil McMylor, Andrew Bax
- Film Editor: Zyggy Markiewicz
- Assistant Editor: Karen Brumell
- Dubbing Mixer: Ted Spooner
- Animation Director: Jean Flynn
- Associate Producer: Chris Randall
- Executive Producer: John Hambley
- Produced by Mark Hall, Brian Cosgrove
- Directed by Chris Randall
- © Cosgrove Hall Productions MCMLXXXVIII
Copyright Gag[]
Despite this episode first being broadcast in 1990, the roman numerals in the copyright credit reads 'MCMLXXXVIII', meaning it is dated in 1988.
Watch[]
The Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy - Count Duckula Full Episode