Anyway, there's something about the origins of the Hogfather in ancient times, he was responsible for making the sun rise, apparently. I didn't really catch what happened to him, but he wasn't dead. Meanwhile, Death discovers that these people are trying to kill the Hogfather, who has apparently disappeared already. But really, I didn't follow absolutely everything Teatime was trying to do. I guess the way to do away with someone who only exists because they are believed in, is to stop people from believing in them. Meanwhile, they get together a big pile of teeth and use magic on the teeth to, I guess, control the beliefs of the children the teeth came from. He's trying to get to the main Tooth Fairy, who is behind a big locked door, I guess. Then they infiltrate the Tooth Fairy's castle to enact Teatime's plan.

Well, Teatime gathers a group of thieves, plus a rogue wizard, and they capture a tooth fairy named Violet.

Teatime (pronounced Tee-a-tah-may), who's quite crazy, and had already given some thought as to how to kill various imaginary beings such as the Hogfather. Still, Lord Downey assigns the job to Mr. Of course, being an anthropomorphised personification, rather than a real, living mortal, the Hogfather would be hard to find or kill by normal means. there is a guild of assassins, and on this night, a supernatural entity, one of a group of 'Auditors of Reality,' approaches Lord Downey, the head of the guild, offering a contract to have the guild kill the Hogfather (who is much like our own Santa Claus/Father Christmas). (I expect I could put links to this review in more than one of my review sections, but because of this similarity to Christmas, I put the primary link in the Christmas TV movies section.) In fact there are a great many similarities between our world and Discworld, but I won't dwell on that now. It is set on the night of Hogswatch Eve, which is much akin to our own Christmas Eve. And to be honest, while watching the movie on ION, I didn't really follow absolutely everything that happened. I don't doubt I missed out on some things. Since I haven't read the book, I can't say how close the adaptation stays or far it strays from the source material, though I'd certainly like to read the book someday. In any event, one of the books is Hogfather, upon which this TV miniseries is based. The series is quite strange and amusing, in a Douglas Adams-y sort of way. I loved it, and always have intended to read the whole series eventually, but to date, I haven't read any more, I'm sad to say. Once upon a time, I chanced to read a Terry Pratchett novel called 'Moving Pictures' (it was in a grab bag I ordered from SFBC), one of many fantasy books he's written that are set on the Discworld. IMDb Mill Creek Entertainment Sonar Entertainment TV Tropes Wikipedia

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