The Time Machine
- Studio
- Steve Krantz Productions, Trillium Productions
- Distributor
- World Wright T.V. Distribution Ltd.
Synopsis
Rocket Robin Hood and Little John investigate rumors of importation of strange equipment "under cover of darkness" to N.O.T.T. Castle for many consecutive Lunar nights.
Characters
Rocket Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, Alan A. Dale, Maid Marion, Little John, Giles, Prince John, Sheriff of N.O.T.T., Titanor, Dr. Manta, Infinata, Baron Blank, Marcus
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Shamus Culhane, Ralph Bakshi (uncredited), Grant Simmons (uncredited)
Producing
- Producer
- Ralph Bakshi (uncredited), Steve Krantz (uncredited), Robert L. Lawrence (uncredited), Ray Patterson (uncredited), Grant Simmons (uncredited)
- Executive Producer
- Shamus Culhane, Al Guest
Writing
- Writer
- Ralph Bakshi
Animation
- Animator
- Bill Geach, Terence Harrison, Dick Horn, Dan McRae, Jean Mathieson, Patricia Morton
Voices
- Voice
- Ed McNamara (Rocket Robin Hood), Carl Banas (Titanor, Dr. Manta), Chris Wiggins (Will Scarlet, Infinata, Baron Blank), Paul Kligman (Friar Tuck), Gillie Fenwick (Sheriff of N.O.T.T.), Paul Soles (Marcus [uncredited]), Len Carlson (Rocket Robin Hood [substitute 1968-69; uncredited]), Bernard Cowan (Narrator), Len Birman, John Scott
Editing
- Editor
- Bob Scholp
Crew
- Dialogue Director
- Bernard Cowan
- Production Design
- Albert De Mello
- Animation Director
- Alan Green
- Background Artist
- Paul Heywood
Production notes
In the year 3000, Rocket Robin Hood and the rest of his merry men form an intergalactic version of their medieval namesakes. From their base on Sherwood Asteroid, the heroes endeavor to free the good peoples of the space ways from the tyranny of Prince John and the Sheriff of N.O.T.T. (National Orbital Terrestrial Territories).
This 52-episode series ran for three years in syndication. Each show was made up of three five-minute segments.
Al Guest, an animator and former editor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Winnipeg, Manitoba, won the contract in 1966 to produce the Rocket Robin Hood series through his Toronto company, Trillium Productions. Guest worked in partnership with U.S.-based Krantz Films. When costs reached a "staggering" $18,000 per episode, Krantz sent famed American animator Ralph Bakshi to lead production in Toronto.
Bakshi decided to bring in Richard H. Thomas, then Warner Bros. top background illustrator, from Hollywood. However, Guest lacked sufficient funds to comtinue, so Rocket Robin Hood was filmed in New York. Backgrounds from Spider-Man, Krantz Films' major hit, were used to fill in episodes.
Paramount Pictures pulled its financial backing from producer-director James "Shamus" Culhane after this series was released.
This 52-episode series ran for three years in syndication. Each show was made up of three five-minute segments.
Al Guest, an animator and former editor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Winnipeg, Manitoba, won the contract in 1966 to produce the Rocket Robin Hood series through his Toronto company, Trillium Productions. Guest worked in partnership with U.S.-based Krantz Films. When costs reached a "staggering" $18,000 per episode, Krantz sent famed American animator Ralph Bakshi to lead production in Toronto.
Bakshi decided to bring in Richard H. Thomas, then Warner Bros. top background illustrator, from Hollywood. However, Guest lacked sufficient funds to comtinue, so Rocket Robin Hood was filmed in New York. Backgrounds from Spider-Man, Krantz Films' major hit, were used to fill in episodes.
Paramount Pictures pulled its financial backing from producer-director James "Shamus" Culhane after this series was released.