The Tomorrow People Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The Tomorrow People was a children's science fiction television series, devised by Roger Price and produced by Thames Television for Britain's ITV network between 1973 and 1979.Price produced a revival for Tetra Films (a Thames Television subsidiary) and Nickelodeon between 1992 and 1994.
The premise of the show concerned the emergence of homo superior, the next stage of human evolution, in the form of teenagers capable of various psi powers, e.g. telepathy, teleportation (jaunting), psychokinesis, etc. They operate in secrecy for fear of "saps" (homo sapiens, normal people) victimising them and using their powers for military purposes (they are physically unable to injure people), although they do make their existence known to the British Prime Minister in Secret Weapon in order to rescue some of their members from the clutches of the military's Experimental Weapons Establishment.
In the 1970s series, from the third series some stories involve the "Galactic Federation" which oversees the development of telepathic species, and consequently some stories are set on extraterrestrial planets.
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2.1 Series 1
3 1990s series2.2 Series 2 2.3 Series 3 2.4 Series 4 2.5 Series 5 2.6 Series 6 2.7 Series 7 2.8 Series 8 |
The special effects of the show were often criticized and mocked as being sub-par, largely attributable to the small budget the show had access to. For instance, the extraterrestrial worlds often look like the countryside on the outskirts of London filmed through different coloured filters.
The visual effects improved considerably in the 1990s series (although the Tomorrow People initially tend to have some difficulty with their teleportations and seem to frequently teleport to just above a swimming pool, or just off the beach of their South Pacific island (actually a beach in Dorset, England), while the 1970s series often suffers from the somewhat primitive colour-separation overlay effects of the time (and a limited budget).
[NOTE: All 8 seasons of the original series are now being released on DVD through Revolution Filmsin the UK with seasons 1-5 available now and the remainder of the series scheduled for release sometime in August 2004 (approximate). All discs are Region 0 and will be playable in most countries].
Special effects
1970s series
Series 1
Original UK tranmission 30 April - 4 June 1973
Original UK transmission 11 June - 2 July 1973
Original UK transmission 9 July - 30 July 1973
- Lefty - Derek Crewe
- Smithers - Kenneth Farrington
- Steen - Kevin Stoney
- Spidron - John Woodnutt
Series 2
- Regular Cast
- John - Nicholas Young
- Stephen - Peter Vaughan-Clarke
- Elizabeth - Elizabeth Adare
- Chris - Christopher Chittell
- Voice of TIM - Philip Gilbert
- Professor Cawston - Brian Stanion
- The Blue and The Green
- Grandfather - Nigel Pegram
- Robert - Jason Kemp
- Police Inspector - Simon Merrick
- Johnson - Ray Burdis
- A Rift in Time
- Peter - Richard Speight
- Professor Sylvia Garner - Sylvia Coleridge
- Gaius - Stanley Lebor
- Lothar - Leonard Pieroni
- The Doomsday Men
- Douglas McLelland - William Relton
- Lt General McLelland - Lindsay Campbell
- Lee Wan - Eric Young
- Doomsday Man - Bill Treacher
Series 3
- Regular Cast
- John - Nicholas Young
- Stephen - Peter Vaughan-Clarke
- Elizabeth - Elizabeth Adare
- Tyso - Dean Lawrence
- Chris - Christopher Chittell
- Voice of TIM - Philip Gilbert
- Professor Cawston - Brian Stanion
- Secret Weapon
- Patricia Conway - Anne Curthoys
- Col. Masters - Trevor Bannister
- Prime Minister - Hugh Morton
- Worlds Away
- Mrs Boswell - Joanna Tope
- Evergreen Boswell - Denise Cook
- Lenda - Lydia Lisle
- Timus / Tikno - Philip Gilbert
- Arkron - Keith Chegwin
- A Man For Emily
- Elmer - Peter Davison
- Emily - Sandra Dickinson
- The Momma - Margaret Burton
- Publican - Robin Parkinson
- Mr Greenhead - Bill Dean
- Revenge of Jedikiah
- Jedikiah - Francis de Wolff
- Sergeant Evans - John Lyon
- Evergreen Boswell - Denise Cook
- Mustaf - Ali Bongo
Series 4
- Regular Cast
- John - Nicholas Young
- Stephen - Peter Vaughan-Clarke
- Elizabeth - Elizabeth Adare
- Tyso - Dean Lawrence
- Mike Bell - Mike Holloway
- Voice of TIM - Philip Gilbert
- One Law
- Inspector - Tim Barrett
- Lord Dunning - Harold Kasket
- Mr O'Reilly - Patrick McAlinney
- Thwaites - Arnold Diamond
- Into The Unknown
- Tirayaan - Geoffrey Bayldon
- Kwaan - Stephen Garlick
- Vaktaan - Brian Coburn
- Ralaa - Raymond Boyd
Series 5
- Regular Cast
- John - Nicholas Young
- Elizabeth - Elizabeth Adare
- Mike - Mike Holloway
- Voice of TIM - Philip Gilbert
- The Dirtiest Business
- Pavla - Anulka Dubynska
- KGB Man - Jan Murzynowski
- Senior KGB Man - Gabor Vernon
- Major Ann Turner - Vivien Heilbron
- A Much Needed Holiday
- Gremlon - Anthony Garner
- Trig - Guy Humphries
- Trog - David Corti
- The Heart of Sogguth
- Jake - Roddy Maude-Roxby
- Mike Harding - James Smilie
- Derek - Derek Pascoe
- Bill - Bill Rice
- The Fresh Hearts - Flintlock (Jamie Stone, John Summerton)
Series 6
- Regular Cast
- John - Nicholas Young
- Elizabeth - Elizabeth Adare
- Mike - Mike Holloway
- Hsui Tai - Misako Koba
- Voice of TIM - Philip Gilbert
- The Lost Gods
- Matsu Tan - Bert Kwouk
- Sage - Robert Lee
- Hitler's Last Secret
- Hitler - Michael Sheard
- Professor Friedl - Richard Warner
- Major Hughes - Leon Eagles
- Karl Brandt - Nicholas Lyndhurst
- Willi Frisch - Earl Rhodes
- The Thargon Menace
- General Papa Minn - Olu Jacobs
- Flynn - Michael Audreson
- Sula - Jackie Cowper
- Major Marcos - Eric Roberts
Series 7
- Regular Cast
- John - Nicholas Young
- Elizabeth - Elizabeth Adare
- Mike - Mike Holloway
- Hsui Tai - Misako Koba
- Andrew Forbes - Nigel Rhodes
- Voice of TIM - Philip Gilbert
- Castle of Fear
- Bruce Forbes - Dominic Allen
- Angus McDuff - Bill Gavin
- Professor Gail Mayer - Jennifer Watts
- Professor Young - Brian Jackson
- Achilles Heel
- Bruce Forbes - Dominic Allen
- Yagon - Hillary Minister
- Cantor - Christian Rodska
- Glip - Stanley Bates
- Timus - Philip Gilbert
- Accompanist - Ted Taylor
- Living Skins
- Wilton - Ralph Lawford
- Girl - Judith Fielding
- Guard - Dave Carter
Series 8
- Regular Cast
- John - Nicholas Young
- Elizabeth - Elizabeth Adare
- Mike - Mike Holloway
- Hsui Tai - Misako Koba
- Andrew Forbes - Nigel Rhodes
- Voice of TIM - Philip Gilbert
- War of the Empires
- American President - John F. Parker
- American General - Richard Bartlett
- Morgan Evans - David Baxt
- Thargon General - Oliver Maguire
- Chaircreature - David Cann
- Sorsen Captain - Terry Woodfield
- Thargon Commander - Percy Herbert
- Thargon Officer - Anthony Stafford
1990s series
- Regular Tomorrow People:
- Adam Newman - Kristian Schmid
- Megabyte (Marmaduke Damon) - Christian Tessier
- Kevin Wilson - Adam Pearce (only until The Culex Experiment)
- Lisa Davies - Kristen Ariza
- Ami Jackson - Naomie Harris (from The Culex Experiment)
- Jade Weston - Alexandra Millman (The Living Stones only)
- The Tomorrow People - untitled story
- Professor Galt - Hugh Quarshie
- General Bill Damon - Jeff Harding
- Lady Mulvaney - Gabrielle Hamilton
- The Culex Experiment
- Culex - Jean Marsh
- Culex' twin henchpeople - Tessa Vale, Deborah Vale
- Monsoon Man
- Colonel Cobb - William Hootkins
- The Rameses Connection
- Rameses - Christopher Lee
- The Living Stones
- Byron Lucifer - Danny John-Jules
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