other. Appears in The Dragon and The Night. Symbolized by an agreement contract. Intelligence spore: This causes Livingston and Allegra to switch intelligence. Appears in Brain Drain. Symbolized by tiny orbs. Superspore: Also known as the Corespore of miracles. Completely heals the Core. Production The series is computer-animated, and 40 half-hour episodes were produced by Animalia Productions, based at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland, and Australian visual effects companies Photon VFX, and Iloura Digital Pictures. The animation was rendered by Autodesk Maya. Development The series was first conceived in 1999 when Australian producer Ewan Burnett met with Base, and obtained the rights to an adaptation of the best-selling book. In early 2002, Burnett finalised the funding arrangements with Australian and international broadcast partners and investors, but the project was delayed when the British government revised the United Kingdom's taxation laws so that projects claiming special tax status had to be delivered in the financial year they were claimed. After three years of re-financing, Animalia began production in 2005. The book on which the series was based is a picture book with each spread depicting an elaborate illustration in which every animal and object begins with a particular letter of the alphabet. As there was no coherent narrative or central characters, these were developed with the concept of a fantasy world where animals of all kinds intermingled and interacted becoming the central theme. As the series was to be broadcast internationally, the alphabetical theme central to the book was dropped, as it was based on the English language alphabet and would lose its meaning if the program were dubbed into other languages. Episodes Two seasons, consisting of 20 episodes, have been made, and the first season was first broadcast in Australia on November 11, 2007, in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2007, and in the United States on PBS Kids Go! on January 5, 2008. Season 1 (2007–08) "Hello, We Must Be Going" (November 11, 2007) "Goodbye, We Must Be Staying" (November 18, 2007) "The Mist of Time" (November 25, 2007) "Catcher In The Rhyme" (December 2, 2007) "Forget Me Not" (December 16, 2007) "Long Story Short" (December 23, 2007) "Righting The Writing" (December 30, 2007) "Butterfly Winter" (March 21, 2008) "Speechless In Animalia" (April 4, 2008) "Don Iguana" (April 11, 2008) "Over & Beyond" (April 18, 2008) "Being Peter Applebottom" (April 25, 2008) "Animalia's Talent -O-Topia" (May 2, 2008)