The Endless Desert

The episode is set in the central desert of the new Pangea, 200 million years into the future. At this point in the future, there are no mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians. The episode focuses on four species: (1) Terabyte, descendants of termites that live in massive air-conditioned underground cities where they farm algae. Each termite is built for a specific role. There are transporters, glue-spitters, diggers and other types too, which form a caste system. (2) Gloomworm, a simple worm that is descended from a single type of bristleworm which survived the mass extinction. (3) Slickribbon, a transparent creature with pincer jaws and a nasty sting. It appears to be descended from the same bristleworm as the Gloomworm. (4) Garden Worm, a descendant of the convoluta worm, the garden worm houses green algae in fleshy lobes that stick out like leaves from their backs. The algae convert sunlight into food to feed their host

Writing:
  • Victoria Coules
  • Pierre de Lespinois

Stars:
Release Date: 2002-04-02
Seasons: 1
TMDb: 7.3/10
  • Country: CA, GB, US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 325

Other episodes for this season

Welcome to the Future
Episode 1 - Welcome to the Future
Return of the Ice
Episode 2 - Return of the Ice
The Vanished Sea
Episode 3 - The Vanished Sea
Prairies of Amazonia
Episode 4 - Prairies of Amazonia
Cold Kansas Desert
Episode 5 - Cold Kansas Desert
Waterland
Episode 6 - Waterland
Flooded World
Episode 7 - Flooded World
Tropical Antarctica
Episode 8 - Tropical Antarctica
The Great Plateau
Episode 9 - The Great Plateau
The Endless Desert
Episode 10 - The Endless Desert
The Global Ocean
Episode 11 - The Global Ocean
Graveyard Desert
Episode 12 - Graveyard Desert
The Tentacled Forest
Episode 13 - The Tentacled Forest