Editing The Magic Roundabout (section)

==Film versions==
Unlike the series, both films featured a villain in the Magic Roundabout canon.

===''Dougal and the Blue Cat''===
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Danot made a longer film, ''Pollux et le chat bleu'', in 1970 which was also adapted by Thompson and shown in Britain as ''Dougal and the Blue Cat''. The story centers around Dougal, who becomes suspicious when a blue cat arrives at the Magic Garden. It turned out the cat, named Buxton, was working for an unseen voice (named the Blue Voice) of an abandoned factory, who wanted to take over the garden and turn everything into the colour blue. Upon this takeover, the residents of the garden also ended up being imprisoned, except for Dougal, who made a plan to rescue his friends. Among the film's many highlights, Buxton made a disguised Dougal face his ultimate weakness by locking him in a room full of sugar. The Blue Voice was voiced by [[Fenella Fielding]] and was the only time that Eric Thompson called in another person to voice a character.

===2005 CGI film===
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In 2005, a film adaptation (also called ''The Magic Roundabout'') was released. The movie was about Dougal, Ermintrude, Brian and Dylan going on a quest to stop Zebedee's evil twin Zeebad, who intends on creating an eternal winter. It was made using modern [[computer animation]], and adopted the approach of the original creator, Serge Danot, of giving each character its own voice rather than using a narrator. The voices included [[Tom Baker]], [[Joanna Lumley]], [[Ian McKellen]], [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Robbie Williams]], [[Ray Winstone]], [[Bill Nighy]] and [[Lee Evans (comedian)|Lee Evans]]. The film received mixed reviews, with a 50% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/magic_roundabout_movie/|title = The Magic Roundabout (2005) |access-date = 2 May 2014|publisher = [[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> while ''[[Total Film]]'' ranked it as the 45th worst children's movie ever made.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/50-worst-kids-movies/|title=50 Worst Kids Movies|last=Winning|first=Josh|work=[[Total Film]]|publisher=[[GamesRadar]]|date=8 November 2011|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref> The two-disc special edition of the UK DVD of the film features five of the original ''Magic Roundabout'' episodes (including the English version of "Mr. Rusty Meets Zebedee", the very first episode from 1965) on the second disc. They are all presented in the original black and white with the option of viewing them in English or in the original French.

In 2006, the film was released in the U.S. as ''[[The Magic Roundabout (film)#Doogal (United States and Canada)|Doogal]]''. The majority of original British voices were replaced by celebrities more familiar to the American public, such as [[Whoopi Goldberg]] and [[Chevy Chase]]. Only two original voices remained: those of [[Kylie Minogue]] and [[Ian McKellen]]. The final North American version was panned. As of September 2020, it had an 8% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1156283-doogal/ |title = Doogal (2006) |access-date = 28 September 2020 |publisher = [[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> It received a score of 23 out of 100 ("generally unfavorable") on [[Metacritic]], and an F rating from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' magazine. It was also a financial failure, grossing a total of 7.2 million dollars in the United States, which is considered low by CGI animated film standards.

====2007 continuation as a TV series ====
In 2007, a new TV version of ''The Magic Roundabout'' was created, with 52 x 11-minute episodes. The series was produced by [[Action Synthese]], Films Action, [[Ellipsanime]] and Play Production with the participation of [[M6 (TV channel)|M6]], [[Nickelodeon UK]] and [[The Walt Disney Company France|Disney Television France]]. The scripts and voices were produced in the UK. The show was directed by Graham Ralph of Silver Fox Films and produced by Theresa Plummer Andrews.

Using the [[computer generated imagery|CGI]] designed versions of the original characters from the 2005 [[The Magic Roundabout (film)|movie]] also produced by Action Synthese, the only new characters taken from the film are Mr. Grimsdale the baker and Soldier Sam. The series takes place after the events of the 2005 film of the same name. The new series also created a few original characters of its own such as Fly and Dougal's Auntie Primrose.

Every episode would begin with Zebedee giving a brief summary to the audience of what will happen, before the plot begins. The episodes would also end with Zebedee throwing a party after the problems have been solved, with Dylan droopily remarking, "I wish it was time for bed, man..." (in reference to the original series' quote "Time for bed") before drifting off to sleep.

The series was first broadcast in the UK from 22 October 2007 at 8.00 am on satellite channel [[Nick Jr. (UK and Ireland)|Nick Jr.]] It was also broadcast on the children's channel of China Central Television ([[CCTV-14]]) in Chinese during 2017 and was briefly available on Netflix in the US.

In October 2008, a Double DVD Bumper Pack Boxset of the 2007 reboot was released from Abbey Home Media, called ''Dougal's Darling and The Wishing Tree''. It featured 12 Season 1 episodes, all of which are in order except for the two titular episodes.

In 2010, a second season of 52 11-minute episodes was created. This season included [[ZDF]] as an additional participator.