The Space Place
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Original Language: English
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Release in mid-2008, The Space Place is an animated children's television series created by Catalyst Video. It is made up of 12 five-minute-long programmes aimed at autistic children in the 2 - 8 year-old bracket, the core being children with an educational age of 4 – 7 years. The aim of the series is to convey the meaning of various facial expressions to the target audience, by using a number of space vehicles with faces. The educational merit of this method of educating autistic children was already proven to be highly successful the previous year with the release of The Transporters in 2007 - also produced and animated by Catalyst. The Transporters proved so successful that it was nominated for a BAFTA Award. The educational consultant on the series was Dr Janine Spencer, developmental psychologist, specialising in children with autism. The series was used in a research project by Mischa Hughes at Brunel University in 2012. The Space Place storylines centre around eight central characters, all space vehicles from a lunar display in a museum gallery. All have their own personalities, function and behaviours. Voiced by Rob Rackshaw, each episode contains linear storylines with clear and uncomplicated language and obvious visual and contextual clues for the motions being expressed. Each story highlights one specific emotion while allowing for secondary emotions to be seen.