Episode: The Knitted Balloon
Episode number: DS03
Original air date: 2nd October 1990, CITV 4.10pm
Repeat showing: 8th April 1992, CITV 3.55pm
Episode Description:
The episode opens with Blob instructing the Urpney's on the work they are currently doing for Urpgor's latest invention called the Knitted Balloon. The Urpney's are knitting an huge piece of material so it can be used as a balloon. Urpgor arrives saying they are working too slow, so he speeds up the knitting machine. In the Land of Dreams, Rufus asks the Dreammaker if Zordrak sits in Viltheed plotting all the time and the Dreammaker says he does leave sometimes. Amberley then enters the room looking tired so Rufus takes her to the Dreammakers napping chair.
Back at Viltheed, Zordrak tells Blob that he will go to the Land of Dreams himself. He says he will leave his body as a mist, but the plan must be perfectly timed as he cannot maintain that form for long. Zordrak says he will invade a Noops body to steal the Dreamstone and then he will hand the Dreamstone Blob to transport back to Viltheed. Urpgor says that Zordrak's body will crumble if he doesn't return back to Viltheed in time. Once Zordrak has left his body and left Viltheed in his mist form, Urpgor gets out an hourglass to keep an eye of the time, secretly hoping Zordrak doesn't return in time so he can take over Viltheed.
Blob, Frizz and Nug are about to leave Viltheed in the knitted balloon and Blob makes Frizz and Nug drink a concoction of Urpgor's which makes them burp heavily filling the balloon with gas lifting them off the ground. Zordrak arrives at the Dreammakers house and goes through the tower room window, to find the Dreamstone out. However the Dreamstone is too much for him in his mist form, so he goes to find a Noop. Zordrak finds Amberley sleeping and soon takes over her body and heads towards the tower room to steal the Dreamstone.
Albert spots Amberley and realises something is wrong with her when she angrily tells him to get away. Albert tries to tell the Dreammaker and Rufus about Amberley and from this the Dreammaker correctly assumes Zordrak is there. Rufus comments that it's impossible as they would see him considering how big he is, but the Dreammaker tells Rufus that on rare occasions Zordrak leaves his body as a mist. Rufus follows Amberley up to the tower room, where he sees her take the Dreamstone and throw it to Blob who has just arrived outside the tower.
Zordrak leaves Amberley's body taunting Rufus and the Dreammaker thanking him for allowing him to steal the Dreamstone. Rufus flies out the tower window to the Urpney's on Albert, puncturing the Urpney's balloon with his sword. Albert also bites the balloon and then unravells it by pulling a loose thread. The Urpney's crash to the ground and run away with the Dreamstone, trying to hide in various Noop houses.
They are soon sent packing by the residents and finally run into each other. Rufus takes the Dreamstone from them and he uses the Dreamstones power on Zordrak sending him back to Viltheed, before leaving Zordrak threatens to return for revenge.
Zordrak arrives back at Viltheed just in time before his body crumbles. Urpgor is sat in Zordrak's throne having convinced himself Zordrak wouldn't make it back in time and gets sat on! Back in the Land of Dreams, Blob, Frizz and Nug are trying to knit the balloon back together so they can get back to Viltheed!
