Yeah, I noticed that and made a comment about it in the discussion page.  I'm not sure what our policy should be on copying stuff from Wikipedia.  Did you write the book synopses or is it c/p from somewhere else?

Wow, I'm honored!  I just got back from a weeklong theatre festival about three hours away.  How amazing to come home and find THIS waiting for me!  Thank you so much guys, it means a lot!

Vicki:  "Concentrate, David.  If the show taped on the 7th, and it aired on the 14th, then how many days did it take for the show to air?"

LMAO!!  

I don't really get the whole debate about canon, to be honest.  As far as I'm concerned, be it novel, comic, book, CD or whatever, they're all stories with their own merits.  For what it's worth, a sequel with the original actors, produced by Dan Curtis Productions is as about as official as you're likely to get.  But, does it really matter if it's "canon"?

All that canon really means is "I like this story less than this story" -- ultimately, it just doesn't matter.  If someone likes something enough, they'll make it fit, regardless of how contradictory or illogical it might be. Note how many fans dismiss the Leviathan and Vicki developments off the bat.

I know the original DS episodes from back to front, and much as I enjoy them, there's a finite amount of mileage to be had from them.  I'll happily embrace any new stories or ideas, becasue I'd prefer to look forward rather than back.  With audios and novels there's a potential for Dark Shadows to feel alive and vibrant, rather than trapped in the past tense.  I think it's a great pity if fans really do dismiss new productions out of principle for such a flimsy reason.

Beautifully put, Stuart.  With any franchise, there's always the creator, creators, or corporation who owns the title and decides what is canon and what isn't.  In the case of Dark Shadows, anything produced by DCP should be considered canon unless otherwise stated.  However, in truth it really doesn't matter because it doesn't take anything away from the quality of the CD, comic, novel, etc.  That decision is up to each individual person.

Well technically the only time period in which episodes were broadcast was 1966-71, since TV didn't exist in the other time periods!   But seriously, folks...

I don't know which edition of the Almanac you have, jeffrey.  I've got the Millennium Edition and it seems to have more detailed information than you posted.  Here's a chronological ordering I prepared of what's there.

1680 PT
Episode 1231 (1 episode)

1692
Episode 1140 (1 episode)

1795-1796
Episodes 366-461, 610, 623, 661-666, 885-886 (94 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 104 episodes)

1840
Episodes 1109-1198 (86 episodes)

1841 PT
Episodes 1186-1245 (59 episodes)

Early 1890s
Episode 877 (1 episode)

1897
Episodes 701-885, 922, 938 (182 + 1 + 1 = 184 episodes)

1949
Episodes 270, 900 (1 + 1 = 2 episodes)

1966-1971
Episodes 1-365, 461-661, 666-701, 815, 835-837, 873, 887-981, 1007, 1012, 1031-1032, 1035, 1052, 1070-1109, 1113-1114, 1198 (361 + 197 + 36 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 91 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 40 + 2 + 1 = 739 episodes)

1970 PT
Episodes 969-971, 975-1060 (3 + 86 = 89 episodes)

1995
Episodes 1061-1070 (10 episodes)

The totals don't equal 1225 because some episodes take place in multiple time periods.  Dreams set in different time periods aren't included in the list.

Well, they kept rolling when Quentin smashed that lamp, so who knows!  Actually, since the crystal ball was important to the plot (not really) and the lamp was not, I'm sure they would've had to stop.  They probably would've had to rewrite the scene to keep the filming schedule, unless they were able to quickly replace the prop.

That brings up an interesting question.  What would they have done if any important prop had been damaged or lost?  What if a cameraman bumped into the picture of Barnabas and it fell onto the floor and ripped?  They'd be pretty screwed!

We could aiways call ourselves Darkkies.  Just a thought, Elmont...

Haha, that's not cool.  That reminds me of "Operation Get Behind the Darkies" from the South Park movie.  http://new.wavlist.com/movies/300/sthprk-darkies.wav

The term I've always used is "Dark Shadows fan."  Kinda bland I know, but I never really liked the idea of using a "witty" name to describe your fandom (... this from the guy who came up with the name "CollinWiki." ).  I have so many different fandoms to which I belong, with so many varying degrees of "obsession" that it seems silly to me to categorize them all at this point.