Veritas: The Quest
Encyclopedia
Veritas: The Quest is a television
program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but intelligent teenager, Nikko Zond, discovering that his father Solomon's profession is much more mystical and adventurous than he previously thought. Solomon and his team (dubbed "Veritas," Latin for "truth") search for the answers to some of the world's mysteries, a quest began because of the mysterious disappearance of Nikko's mother during an archaeological dig. Thus begins Nikko's fantastical journey into an Indiana Jones
-style adventure with his father and his colleagues in trying to follow in his mother's footsteps to discover what strange secrets she was uncovering. The series was only partially shown in the United States
with only four episodes being aired. The fifth episode was indefinitely postponed as America began its involvement with the second Iraq War on the day the episode was to be aired. A news program took over the timeslot and the program was never renewed. Thirteen episodes were broadcast on Sci-Fi Channel
in the United Kingdom
, on Rai 2 and Rai 4 in Italy, Sony Entertainment Television of Spain
. Though the series only filmed one season, the final episode showed the viewer that there was more to Nikko Zond than first met their eye.
In the episode "Skulls," a mysterious figure (Conrad Dunn
) appears out of nowhere, whom only Nikko can see, and guides Nikko. The episode ends with a crystal skull that is central to the plot of the episode modelled to reveal what someone would look like with skin and muscle added to that skull. The image formed matches the mysterious man who helped Nikko.
In the episode "Eternal," Nikko is poisoned and the only cure is for him to drink water that heals, and assures eternal life. While it is unknown if he gained eternal life or not, he did heal.
In the final episode, he suffered from hallucinations that lead him to find a fragment of an artifact called the "Ring of Truth". Before the episode ends, he has another hallucination that reveals that the fragment of the "Ring" also joins together with another fragment that his father had acquired earlier in the series. The episode ends with Nikko displaying telekinetic powers: when he reaches for his soda, it slides across the table into his hand.
Television
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program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but intelligent teenager, Nikko Zond, discovering that his father Solomon's profession is much more mystical and adventurous than he previously thought. Solomon and his team (dubbed "Veritas," Latin for "truth") search for the answers to some of the world's mysteries, a quest began because of the mysterious disappearance of Nikko's mother during an archaeological dig. Thus begins Nikko's fantastical journey into an Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones
Colonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...
-style adventure with his father and his colleagues in trying to follow in his mother's footsteps to discover what strange secrets she was uncovering. The series was only partially shown in the United States
United States
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with only four episodes being aired. The fifth episode was indefinitely postponed as America began its involvement with the second Iraq War on the day the episode was to be aired. A news program took over the timeslot and the program was never renewed. Thirteen episodes were broadcast on Sci-Fi Channel
Sci Fi channel (United Kingdom)
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in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, on Rai 2 and Rai 4 in Italy, Sony Entertainment Television of Spain
Spain
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. Though the series only filmed one season, the final episode showed the viewer that there was more to Nikko Zond than first met their eye.
Plot
The main protagonist of the series is Nikko Zond, a young teen, whose father is involved in many different archaeological expeditions ranging from Antarctica to harsh deserts. Nikko is at first reluctant to participate in many of the adventures, but throughout the series, it would appear that there is a hidden destiny for Nikko.In the episode "Skulls," a mysterious figure (Conrad Dunn
Conrad Dunn
Conrad Dunn is an American actor. He began his screen career with the role of Francis "Psycho" Soyer in Stripes . Working for some ten years under the name George Jenesky, he achieved soap-opera stardom in Days of our Lives as Nick Corelli, a misogynistic pimp who evolved from bad guy to romantic...
) appears out of nowhere, whom only Nikko can see, and guides Nikko. The episode ends with a crystal skull that is central to the plot of the episode modelled to reveal what someone would look like with skin and muscle added to that skull. The image formed matches the mysterious man who helped Nikko.
In the episode "Eternal," Nikko is poisoned and the only cure is for him to drink water that heals, and assures eternal life. While it is unknown if he gained eternal life or not, he did heal.
In the final episode, he suffered from hallucinations that lead him to find a fragment of an artifact called the "Ring of Truth". Before the episode ends, he has another hallucination that reveals that the fragment of the "Ring" also joins together with another fragment that his father had acquired earlier in the series. The episode ends with Nikko displaying telekinetic powers: when he reaches for his soda, it slides across the table into his hand.
Episodes
- Episode 1: Reunion
- Episode 2: Antarctica
- Episode 3: Skulls
- Episode 4: Heist (final episode aired in the United States)
- Episode 5: The Wheel Of Dharma
- Episode 6: Sangraal
- Episode 7: Mummy Virus
- Episode 8: Name Of God
- Episode 9: Devil's Child
- Episode 10: Avalon
- Episode 11: The Lost Codex
- Episode 12: Eternal
- Episode 13: Helmholtz Resonance
International syndication
Outside of North America, Veritas: The Quest is broadcast in a large number of other countries and television networks, each with their own schedule for the series, and sometimes with their own title for the series.| Country / Region | Name | No. | Television Network | Premiere Date | Dubbing Dubbing (filmmaking) Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be... / Subtitles Subtitle (captioning) Subtitles are textual versions of the dialog in films and television programs, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. They can either be a form of written translation of a dialog in a foreign language, or a written rendering of the dialog in the same language, with or without added... |
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 Italy |
Veritas: The Quest | 13 | Rai 2 and Rai 4 | June 25, 2005 / Jule 4, 2008 | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... dubbing |
 Early Modern France |
TBA | 13 | Série Club | April 10, 2008 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... dubbing |
 Spain |
Veritas: La búsqueda | TBA | Sony TV Spain | TBA | TBA |
| TBA | 13 | Sci-Fi Channel | TBA | None | |
 Vietnam |
Đi tìm cổ vật | 13 | VTV3 Vietnam Television Vietnam Television, or VTV, is the national television broadcaster for Vietnam. Like all media of Vietnam, its programming is directly controlled by the government.-History:... |
June 3, 2009 | Vietnamese Vietnamese language Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam... dubbing |
 Portugal |
Veritas | 13 | Sony TV Portugal Sony Entertainment Television (Portugal) Sony Entertainment Television in Portugal is a television channel operated by Sony Pictures Television International Networks Iberia. Its programming is basically focused on television series and movies. The channel was launched in Portugal on April 14, 2008, as part of the meo and Optimus Clix TV... |
June 15, 2010 | Portuguese Portuguese language Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095... subtitles |
 Russia |
Veritas: В поисках истины | 13 | CTC | TBA | Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... dubbing |