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[[File:children_of_the_stones_1_1072.jpg|frame|Happy Day!]]
''Children of the Stones'' was a British children's drama series filmed in 1976 by HTV. It was set in the village of Milbury (filmed at [
The story centres on Professor Brake and his son, Matthew. They arrive in Milbury, where most of the villagers seem to be acting strangely. They call themselves the ''Happy Ones'', greet each other with the phrase "Happy Day!", have an inordinate love of Morris Dancing and in school the children all solve incredibly complex mathematical problems. Apart from the Brakes, only three other families seem to be unaffected. Then, one by one, they also join the ranks of the ''Happy Ones''.
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It is implied that the events in the village repeat in a time loop with similar characters performing the same actions over and over. The link between Dai and the Barber-Surgeon is described above. Also, Matthew has a picture which depicts the end of the sequence (a man and boy escaping the circle while others are turned to stone). The final scene in the drama is the arrival of Joshua Litton at the manor house. He bears a remarkable resemblance to the missing Hendrick.
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* [[Affably Evil]] - Rafael Hendrick (played by Iain Cuthbertson) is always polite and friendly as he progresses his plans
* [[Computer Equals Tapedrive]] - Hendrick uses computers to track the black hole with which the stone circle must be aligned when he uses it. The computers are kept in the celler of a dis-used church and are shown as typical 1970's tape drive
* [[Ley Line]] - The Stone Circle harnesses the power of ley lines
* [[Locking MacGyver in
* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]] - Before brainwashing them, Hendrick invites his victims to dinner. This includes Matthew and his father, who already know what he is doing and have tried to escape
* [[Mr. Exposition]] - a number of scenes involve Prof Brake and Margaret (the curator) in the village museum discussing astronomy, archaeology, geology or ley-lines
* [[Stable Time Loop]] - although involving different people, it is implied that the events in the village repeat
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