Part of the Book Series Based on Noggin the Nog, a fictional character appearing in a BBC Television series (of the same name, originally broadcast 1959–1965 and 1982), created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. The stories were based around the central character of Noggin, the rather simple but good-natured son of Knut, King of the Nogs, and his queen Grunhilda. When King Knut dies, Noggin must find a queen to rule beside him or else forfeit the crown to his uncle, Nogbad the Bad. Noggin meets and marries Nooka of the Nooks (an Inuit princess), and becomes the new king. Noggin and Nooka have a son, Knut, who comes to the fore in later storylines. Olaf the Lofty – An eccentric but enthusiastic inventor, invents a wonderful flying machine. "Evil is the magic that floats silently in the land of Nog and the strange, intricate device that Olaf the Lofty and Graculus have devised must be pressed into service sooner than expected. How it serves the Nogs and how it descends at last on the dry Land of Silver Sand to bring justice and happiness to that sad place, and how the dragon himself fights in black smoke in the sky, are told in this, the third tale in the Saga of Noggin the Nog."—Book jacket. Source: Publisher