Maddigan's Quest is a New Zealand fantasy-based television series set in a post-apocalyptic future.
It was based on an original concept by Margaret Mahy and was developed for television by Rachel Lang and Gavin Strawhan.
Maddigan's Quest follows the circus troupe 'Maddigan's Fantasia', who come from the city of Solis, a beacon of freedom and peace for the desolate world.
Near the beginning of the Fantasia's journey, just after Ferdy Maddigan, the group's leader and Garland's father, is killed, two boys and their baby sister appear from the future.
[6] The circus troupe Maddigan's Fantasia are on a mission to get a new solar converter from Newton for their hometown Solis.