The Dream Stream, also referred to as "the dream dimension", was a pocket dimension cut off from the rest of the Dreaming.
History[]
The Dream Stream was created by Brute and Glob within the mind of Jed Walker. Their goal was to create their own Dreaming with their own Master of Dreams. The first Sandman that they recruited was Garrett Sanford, and after his suicide they used the spirit of Hector Hall in that role. Using elaborate illusions, Brute and Glob convinced their victims that this dimension was indeed the Dreaming, and their job was to protect it from various wrongdoers. The entire dimension was destroyed by Dream when he escaped from his captivity and was restoring order in his domain.[1]
Locations[]
Dream Dome[]
The main feature of the pocket dimension was the Dream Dome, which housed the Sandman, his wife, and Brute and Glob themselves. The dome was equipped with a "Universal Dream Monitor"[2] - thousands of screens for monitoring the situation in the Dream Stream (presented to the Sandman as "people's dreams"). It also had ejection chutes that could send the Sandman either into the Dream Stream or into "reality" (which in fact was part of the ruse). Brute and Glob, whom the Sandman saw as his loyal but mischievous sidekicks, were usually kept in glass cages and released mostly during missions.
Fantasy Forest[]
According to Brute and Glob's lore, there was a forest in the middle of the Dream Stream which housed the cave of the Nightmare Wizard, a mischievous ruler of the Stream. Sandman's adventures saw him both oppose the Wizard[3] and unite with him.[4]
Circus in the Stars[]
A location where Hector wanted to take Jed, apparently to a show.
Trivia[]
- The Dream Stream was introduced and explored in detail in the six-issue The Sandman (1974), the events of which Gaiman retconned as a ruse by Brute and Glob.
- The dimension itself isn't named in The Sandman; at one point it is captioned as "the land of marvelous dreams"[5], but that caption is a reference to Little Nemo.