"Dorothy the Dinosaur" is the first Wiggles spin-off series that ran from 2007 to 2010. The idea of a Wiggles product focused on Dorothy the Dinosaur and her friends, and without The Wiggles themselves, was first tested in 1999 with the release of The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video, a clip show of TV Series 2 and had Wiggle Puppets which wouldn't work for the series due to being too creepy, Although many Dorothy-based live tours followed, it took until 2007 for more projects based around Dorothy to continue, with the production of this series launching a new sub-brand of videos, albums, tours and merchandise. This sub-brand was phased out in 2013 with the introduction of the current generation of Wiggles, including female Wiggle Emma whose own sub-brand has filled this gap. All three series were filmed in 2006-2010.
Each episode is 7 minutes in length, the shortest length for a Wiggles series until Series 1 of Emma!.
It aired on Sprout during the Sprout's Dino-Mite Valentine’s Sing-Along block on Valentines Day in 2010 and 2011. However, it wasn't part of Sprout's main lineup, and was exclusive to Sprout On Demand starting March 12 of the former year when the special block came out.
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- It’s unknown why it was never apart of Sprout's Main Schedule, nor even was on the Wiggles' pre-2009 American processor, Playhouse Disney (now Disney Junior).