Ocean Girl 

Set against the beauty of Far North Queensland, Ocean Girl is the story of Neri, a mysterious young girl from the ocean, who is discovered by the young inhabitants of an underwater research colony.

Creator:

Jonathan M. Shiff

Stars:

Marzena Godecki, David Hoflin, Jeffrey Walker

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Marzena Godecki	...	Neri 78 episodes, 1994-1997
David Hoflin	...	Jason Bates 78 episodes, 1994-1997
Jeffrey Walker	...	Brett Bates 78 episodes, 1994-1997
Alex Pinder	...	Dr. Winston Seth 78 episodes, 1994-1997
Nina Landis	...	H.E.L.E.N. / ... 78 episodes, 1994-1997
Liz Burch	...	Dr. Dianne Bates 52 episodes, 1996-1997
Brooke Anderson	...	Cassandra 'Cass' Clayborn / ... 51 episodes, 1996-1997
Nicholas Bell	...	Dr. Hellegren / ... 41 episodes, 1994-1997
Tony Briggs	...	Dave Hartley / ... 37 episodes, 1996-1997

Storyline

Neri is a young girl with an affinity for water, super-human strength, the ability to swim long distances, and super-human lung capacity. She lives alone on an otherwise deserted island. Early in the first season, she befriends two Australian boys, Jason and Brett Bates. This friendship is at first a highly guarded secret due to her fear of other humans. Jason and Brett live in an elaborate underwater research and environmental protection facility called ORCA (the Oceanic Research Center of Australia), located near Port Douglas, Queensland. At the beginning of the series, their mother, Diane, has been assigned to ORCA to study whale song in the hopes of facilitating cross-species communication. A significant portion of the series takes place on ORCA itself, and looks at the activities of its inhabitants, which includes the children of the resident scientists, such as Jason and Brett.

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Plot Keywords:

underwater scene | island | environmental | australia | australian science fiction | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Marzena Godecki underwent extensive swimming and diving lessons for her part as Neri.

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Connections

Spin-off The New Adventures of Ocean Girl (2000)

User Reviews

Mysterious and intriguing...

While it's been too long since I've seen this show (I was a mere 7th grader when it was on the Disney channel), I remember this show being very intellectual for a children's primetime series. Neri was a mysterious girl who lived in the ocean (and a nearby island) could communicate with the whale. Meanwhile there was a group of scientists, complete with an underwater city that boasted a school for the teenage children. Neri befriended two of the teenage boys of the ocean city, and together they tried to help save "Charlie" - the whale that Neri was friends with. The show had it's villains - a group of scientists that were competing against the Ocean city for whale research. This is pretty much all I remember about the series - aside from the fact that i was completely in love with the complicated stories - but it was canceled shortly before it's mysteries and loose ends were finished (Neri's island was a spaceship of sorts, suggesting she was an alien; and she had a sister - and a brother if I'm not mistaken). If you get a chance to see this show in syndication sometime, trust me, it's worth your time. Then again, maybe I just remember it being my only alternative to the looooong half-hour before Melrose Place on Monday nights.

Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 August 1994 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Ocean Odyssey

Filming Locations:

Daintree, Queensland, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jonathan M. Shiff Productions, Network Ten, Westbridge Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min (78 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1