 The Quests would sparingly fight " monsters of the week " , instead battling antagonists whose conflicts lay in " personal objective or ambition ... opposed by Dr. Quest " . Lawrence stationed the family at a new compound on the coast of Maine , replete with houses , barns , and workshops . Rooms suited for each character included a library for Dr. Quest , workshop for Jonny , computer @-@ equipped den for Jessie , dojo and gym for Race , and lighthouse lookout for Hadji 's meditation . Lawrence equipped Dr. Quest with a fleet of air , land , and sea vehicles , including a 1940s biplane and state @-@ of @-@ the @-@ art catamaran named <unk> with diving bells and smaller research vessels stored in the hulls . Peter Lawrence prided Real Adventures on the strength of its writing , opining that " very few writers in this or any other field actually write visually , " and contesting that each episode would have " enough material or potential to develop into a movie " . 
