I have to admit I just don't recall the Tomorrow People on TV at all, but then again I 've decided my memory of my youth is pretty useless, so I may well have seen it.
Seeing this 1974 Piccolo paperback, Three in Three, in a junk shop didn't jog my brain at all either.
I've just read the Wiki entry for the show and can't believe there's a link between it and David Bowie, who I will have been adoring in 1973 when the series aired. Turns out that the series' author talked to Bowie about the Homo Superior, which David then used in his 1971 song Oh You Pretty Things on his fabulous Hunky Dory LP, two years prior to the Tomorrow People airing.
I digress.
Was it an important TV series for you readers, the Tomorrow People?
I'm amazed you don't remember this at all Woodsy.
ReplyDeleteIt was a science fiction series for just our age group, with teen heroes, put out at tea time every week, for months at a time on ITV.
It ran for several years, was heavily featured in ITV's popular 'Look in' magazine, had a dynamic title sequence, great synthesizer theme tune, and was briefly considered a genuine competitor to the BBC's 'Dr Who'.
Given your interests and the obscure shows you do recall, I can't see how you missed it.
My only explanation is that from 1973 onwards Mish I was completely obsessed with Martial Arts. I devoted every waking hour to them until about 1976. It influenced what I watched, what I saw at the cinema [Enter the Dragon!] and what I did with mates.
DeleteJust checked to discover that it ran for 8 series, had five novels published by Piccolo and an annual in 1979.
ReplyDeleteA big show for sure.
DeleteI remember watching the series at the time, along with similar ITV shows of the time -Ace of Wands, Timeslip etc. All of which I have on DVD. I did that in depth look at Time Slip not so long back, maybe its time for me to a look at the (original) Tomorrow People series, rather than the usual Wiki links posts.
ReplyDeleteI recall meeting one or two people who worked on the series at a Cult TV event some years ago - Sammie Winmill, Peter Vaughan-Clarke and Nicholas Young.
Over to you Scoop. Its lost on me.
ReplyDeleteLeave it to me, Woodsy!
DeleteI remember The Tomorrow People. It certainly ran for several years. I did not know there were any books based on the series. It is surprising that there was only one Annual for such a long running show. There were several cast changes during its run.
ReplyDeleteYour Martial Arts interests (after school, I'm guessing ) would have taken up your tea times, either in getting ready, or actually being at them, so I can see how this show eluded you.
ReplyDeleteGive it a look, if you get the chance, and see what the fuss was about.
Yep Mish, unfortunately I had to go to skool!
DeleteI miss everything
ReplyDeleteI used to love this, with the Supercomputer Tim on the ceiling and the teleport bracelets. Best part was the villain Spideron, who looked like a Klansman crossed with a tree, tucked away in a fishtank!
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Nope. As Midge Ure said, Means nothing to me!
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