A Meeting in Time

A Meeting in Time
Network	CBS
Premiere date	October 11, 1986
Run time	23:24
Starring	John Vernon Georgi Irene Jessica Walter Dan Ackroyd Billy Barty Rob Paulsen Frank Welker Rene Auberjonois Amanda McBroom
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Tony Marino John Loy
Director(s)	Don Lusk
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"A Meeting in Time" is the fifth episode of Wildfire season one. It aired on October 11, 1986 on CBS. It was written by Tony Marino and John Loy, directed by Don Lusk, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Sara accidentally falls off Wildfire while in the portal to Dar-Shan, arriving in its past just before her mother and father are to marry. While there, she must convince her future mother that she cannot trust Diabolyn, whose malicious intentions in overthrowing Queen Sarana have yet to be revealed.

Memorable quotes

Queen Sarana: You're evil, Diabolyn. By betraying me, you're betraying all Dar-Shan. You leave me no choice but to banish you from Castle Thorinia forever.
Diabolyn: Oh, really? Well, here's a little something to remember me by. I curse this marriage. You and Prince Cavan will have exactly one year together, and when that year has passed, you will lose your husband, your firstborn child, and Dar-Shan will lose the queen.
Queen Sarana: From this day forward I have no sister.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Princess Sara	Georgi Irene
Wildfire	John Vernon
Dweedle	Billy Barty
Thimble	Unavailable
Booper	Rob Paulsen
Mudlusk	Frank Welker
Dertz	Unavailable
Lady Diabolyn	Jessica Walter
Rafeth	N/A
Queen Sarana	Amanda McBroom
Alvinar	Rene Auberjonois
John Cavanaugh	David Ackroyd
Spectres	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Montana
      • Cavanaugh residence
• Dar-Shan
  • Thorinia
    • Castle Thorinia

Objects

• Sara's amulet
• Spectres' urn

Vehicles

• Royal carriages

Music

The title/end themes were composed by Jimmy Webb. The rest of the episode's music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as the musical director, with musical coordination by Joanne Miller.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 11, 1986 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• This is the first episode that connects John and Prince Cavan in being the same person.
• It stands to reason that if Wildfire knew about his past encounter with Sara than so would Diabolyn.

Errors

• It's unexplained why Diabolyn is so distrusting of Sara in the past despite her not having done anything yet.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• This has yet to be released in any form of physical or digital distribution. 😢