{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | caption = | alt_name = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | genre = | creator = Jonathon Gunson | based_on = | developer = | writer = {{Plainlist| * Jonathon Gunson * Ken Catran }} | screenplay = | story = | director = Wayne Tourell | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Katrina Hobbs]] * Jane Creswell * Fiona Kay * Anthony Samuels }} | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = John Gibson | country = New Zealand | language = English | num_seasons = 1 <!-- Value is added/incremented when first episode airs. See template documentation for more info. --> | num_episodes = 6 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = Caterina De Nave | location = | cinematography = Allen Guilford | animator = | editor = Roger Grant | camera = <!-- Either Single-camera or Multi-camera --> | runtime = 23 minutes | company = | budget = | network = | first_aired = {{Start date|1991|6|30|df=y}} | last_aired = }}
'''''The Boy from Andromeda''''' is a 1991 New Zealand children's sci-fi television series. It was co executive produced by Canada's Atlantis Films and it was presented in Canada as a single film.
==Synopsis== Three kids discover a young boy from Andromeda, the only survivor of a spaceship crash. They join together to save the earth and a passing Andromedan fleet.
==Cast== * [[Katrina Hobbs]] as Jenny * Jane Creswell as Drom ** John Watson as Drom (voice) * Fiona Kay as Tessa * Anthony Samuels as Lloyd
==Reception== The [[Ottawa Citizen]]'s Tony Atherton states "The aliens look and sound like extras on a ''Dr. Who'' set, but the special effects are well-used and the story skips along briskly most of the time." He also praises the use of a female hero in what is usually a "myopically sexist" genre.<ref>{{Citation | last= Atherton | first= Tony | title= It's not Canadian but sci-fi film hits its family target | url= | periodical= The Ottawa Citizen | date= 16 June 1991}}</ref> Bonnie Malleck in the [[Waterloo Region Record]] writes "words and character development take a back seat to action, special effects (albeit low-budget ones) and plenty of thrills."<ref>{{Citation | last= Malleck | first= Bonnie | title= Sci-fi heroine in nifty kids movie a Nancy Drew for the '90 | url= | periodical= Waterloo Region Record | date= 21 June 1991}}</ref> Sid Adilman of The [[Toronto Star]] said "The New Zealand accents are a slight problem for North American ears; not all of the special effects work as well as intended and the story of an alien youngster far from home and unable to get back is not exactly unexplored territory".<ref>{{Citation | last= Adilman | first= Sid | title= New Zealand Treasure | url= | periodical= The Toronto Star | date= 20 June 1991}}</ref>
==External links== * {{IMDb title|2234920}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boy From Andromeda}} [[Category:1991 New Zealand television series debuts]] [[Category:1990s New Zealand television series]] [[Category:English-language New Zealand television shows]]