The Demon Headmaster

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The third story is called 'Maths Homework', and features a teacher referred to as Old Webster. This is not the Demon Headmaster but is a very similar character. The introduction to the story says, 'Maybe you think you have spotted the Demon Headmaster somewhere. Are you sure? Things aren't always what they seem.' I loved reading this again, I always identified with Dinah Glass, and still feel she's a well-written understated heroine, though Lloyd and his ridiculous sayings made me laugh. My son had eyes as big as saucers at any scene the Head appeared in, and seemed genuinely worried they were all in danger. As a parent, there's a scene involving snow that had me rather tense too! And another that publishers might not print these days that became a little like Lord of the Flies. As the gang learn more about Dinah Hunter, a mysterious new visitor, briefly posing as a teacher, arrives. Claiming to be the late Dinah, she offers to fill in the missing pieces about the Headmaster. She claims she can help fight him - but the gang do not know if they can trust her. Meanwhile, Tyler keeps trying to help Blake break free.

Dinah Thinks she knows all the facts. The headmaster, the kids and the school. Eventually her foster brothers tell her what is going on. The headmaster hypnotizes everyone, but Lloyd and Harvey (as well as a few others) cannot be hypnotized. Before Dinah turns into the headmasters slave, they use her to spy on him. They figure out that his master plan and stop him carrying it out.Reeves pitched a second series to CBBC, using further elements of Total Control, as well as its sequel, Mortal Danger. [5] Cast [ edit ] Kalau disuruh memberi perbandingan, Kepala Sekolah Sinting terasa buat saya seperti campuran Lima Sekawan dan 1984. Lima Sekawan dari segi kelompok anak-anak cerdik yang menyelidiki suatu keganjilan, dan 1984 dari penggambaran nuansa latarnya. Dinah sendiri terang-terangan mengumpamakan dirinya sebagai Winston Smith (protagonis 1984), dan sekolah di cerita ini memang terasa seperti versi miniatur dari rezim totalitarian yang digambarkan di novel distopia klasik tersebut.

Dinah is the main protagonist in the story The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross. She arrives in the story at the Hunters' house as a foster child, having been orphaned at an early age and brought up in a children's home. She is extraordinarily intelligent, but she normally keeps this quiet. Her intelligence causes the Headmaster to take an interest in her, and makes her pivotal in his plans to win a national school quiz competition for nefarious ends, as well as other subsequent plots, made easier by the fact that she is the only member of SPLAT not immune to his hypnosis. At the end of the first story, Dinah is adopted by the Hunter family and becomes Dinah Hunter. Now this, is my kind of book. It's called The Demon Headmaster, and once you've read it, you'll never forget it. And why? Anyway, Dinah happens to be highly intelligent, which catches the attention of her Headmaster, much to her dismay. This means he tends to use her as a pawn in his possibly nefarious schemes. Complicating matters, Dinah is the only one of the group who is not immune to the Headmaster's powers.

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The series stars Dinah Glass, later Hunter, as she comes to discover her new school might not be that normal after all. She soon teams up with The Society for the Protection of our Lives Against Them, also known as "S.P.L.A.T." A group of children who, for some reason, are immune to the Headmaster's mysterious powers. Storyline [ edit ] Series 1 (Early 1996) [ edit ] Part 1 – The Demon Headmaster (Episodes 1–3) [ edit ]

The Headmaster did not seem in any hurry to get rid of her. He crumpled the test paper in his hand, and dropped it, into the rubbish bin. Then slowly, he reached up a hand, to take off his glasses. Dinah found herself shivering. Ridiculously she expected him to have pink eyes, because the rest of his face was so colourless. Or perhaps no eyes at all. But his eyes were not pink. They were large and luminous, and a peculiar sea-green colour. She'd never seen eyes like them before. And she found herself staring into them.

Kunci dan penyelesaian misterinya memang kekanak-kanakan si pak kepsek ternyata adalah tukang hipnotis yang ingin menguasai negeri, tapi berhasil dihentikan berkat... botol merica, tapi ada nuansa tekanan yang cukup mencekam untuk ukuran novel anak/pra-remaja. Ada refleksi dari ketakutan terhadap rezim totalitarian yang mengekang kebebasan individual, dan si Pak Kepsek sendiri jelas merupakan simbolisme dari tokoh-tokoh dunia nyata yang berhasil memikat begitu banyak orang dengan kharisma mengerikannya. Dinah's father is headhunted for a new job at the Biogenetic Research Centre, but the Demon Headmaster is the director. This time his lust for power sees him meddling with evolution itself; the Headmaster has created an Evolution Accelerator, for which he wants Dinah's DNA to create a "perfect" human, with Dinah's intellect but no emotions. He then puts Dinah into terrible danger to test his theories. The series proved popular with children and ran for three series from 2 January 1996 to 22 January 1998. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 2 to 18 January 1996, the second series contained seven episodes, and aired once a week from 25 September to 6 November 1996, and the third series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 6 to 22 January 1998. The story continues with a new group of children, in a new school, without SPLAT's members. The stories centers on Lizzie, her younger brother, their friend Ethan and Angelika. Lizzie and her brother return from the United States, where their mother had surgery. After returning to their school, they realise that the school has a new headmaster and the students are showing exceptional talents, even their bully enemy Blake. However Lizzie suddenly starts to behave aggressive against the school, her brother becomes a robotics genius and their recent made friend Ethan becomes a soccer star. But when they try to talk, or even think about those sudden changes, their minds goes blank. Ethan eventually discover that the Headmaster is hypnotising and controlling everybody in the school. They team up with Angelika (a girl who suddenly became a coffee business enthusiast) and even Blake (who became a Multilingual greeter) and discovers the great plot of The Headmaster to show to the Prime Minister the great results of the school, thus allowing The Headmaster to administer other schools.