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The Tomorrow People
''The Tomorrow People'' is a British children's science fiction on television, science fiction television series created by Roger Price (television producer), Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV (TV network), ITV Network, the series first ran from 30 April 1973 to 19 February 1979. The theme music was composed by Australian music composer Dudley Simpson. In 1992, after having much success with running episodes of the original series in the U.S., Nickelodeon requested Price and Thames Television for a new version to be piloted and filmed at Nickelodeon Studios Florida in April 1992, with Price acting as executive producer. This version used the same basic premise as the original series with some changes and ran until 8 March 1995. A series of audio plays using the original concept and characters (and many of the original series' actors) was produced by Big Finish Productions between 2001 and 2007. In 2013, an The Tomorrow People (American TV series), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction On Television
Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality. Visual production process and methods The need to portray imaginary settings or characters with properties and abilities beyond the reach of current reality obliges producers to make extensive use of specialized techniques of television production. Through most of the 20th century, many of these techniques were expensive and involved a small number of dedicated craft practitioners, while the reusability of props, models, effects, or animation techniques made it easier to keep using them. The combination of high initial cost and lower maintenance cost pushed producers into building these techniques into the basic concept of a series, influencing all the artistic choices. By the late 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature, fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic (paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stars My Destination
''The Stars My Destination'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester. Its first publication was in book form in June 1956 in the United Kingdom, where it was titled ''Tiger! Tiger!'', named after William Blake's 1794 poem " The Tyger", the first verse of which is printed as the first page of the novel. The book remains widely known under that title in the markets in which this edition was circulated. It was subsequently serialized in the American ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' magazine in four parts, beginning in October 1956. A working title was ''Hell's My Destination''; the book was also associated with the name ''The Burning Spear''. It would prove to be Bester's last novel for 19 years. The novel was both widely criticized and praised when it first appeared, but now is appreciated as a classic work in its own right, and as a prescient forerunner of the cyberpunk literary genre. Premise In the 24th or 25th century (depending on the edition of the book), h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of research in computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to machine perception, perceive their environment and use machine learning, learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals. High-profile applications of AI include advanced web search engines (e.g., Google Search); recommendation systems (used by YouTube, Amazon (company), Amazon, and Netflix); virtual assistants (e.g., Google Assistant, Siri, and Amazon Alexa, Alexa); autonomous vehicles (e.g., Waymo); Generative artificial intelligence, generative and Computational creativity, creative tools (e.g., ChatGPT and AI art); and Superintelligence, superhuman play and analysis in strategy games (e.g., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TIM (Tomorrow People)
''The Tomorrow People'' is a British children's science fiction television series created by Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran from 30 April 1973 to 19 February 1979. The theme music was composed by Australian music composer Dudley Simpson. In 1992, after having much success with running episodes of the original series in the U.S., Nickelodeon requested Price and Thames Television for a new version to be piloted and filmed at Nickelodeon Studios Florida in April 1992, with Price acting as executive producer. This version used the same basic premise as the original series with some changes and ran until 8 March 1995. A series of audio plays using the original concept and characters (and many of the original series' actors) was produced by Big Finish Productions between 2001 and 2007. In 2013, an American remake of the show premiered on The CW. Premise All incarnations of the show concerned the emergence of the next stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or as the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. The Underground has its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, opening on 10 January 1863 as the world's first underground passenger railway. The Metropolitan is now part of the Circle line (London Underground), Circle, District line, District, Hammersmith & City line, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. The first line to operate underground electric locomotive, electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line. The network has expanded to 11 lines with of track. However, the Underground does not cover most southern parts of Greater London; there are only 33 Underground stations south of the River Thames. The system's List of London Underground stations, 272 stations collectively accommodate up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closed London Underground Stations
The London Underground is a public rapid transit system in the United Kingdom that serves a large part of Greater London and adjacent parts of the home counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. It has many closed stations, while other stations were planned but never opened for public use. Some stations were closed down because a scarcity of passengers made them uneconomic; some became redundant after lines were re-routed or replacements were built; and others are no longer served by the Underground but remain open to National Rail main line services. Many stations were planned as parts of new lines or extensions to existing ones but were later abandoned. Some closed station buildings are still standing, converted for other uses or abandoned, while others have been demolished and their sites redeveloped. A number of stations, while still open, have closed platforms or sections, such as the Jubilee line platforms at Charing Cross. The interiors and platforms of a few cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Holoway
Mike Holoway (born 28 January 1961) is a British musician and actor. He was the drummer and percussionist in Flintlock and at the same time became an actor, notably in the cult TV series ''The Tomorrow People''. Early life Mike Holoway was born on born 28 January 1961. Career Holoway was taught to play the drums at the age of five by his grandfather and, at eight, he joined a stage school to pursue an acting career. He gained his secondary school education at Erkenwald Comprehensive School in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. He also studied music theory, percussion and drums at the Barking & Essex College of Music and played in the Essex Jazz Band. His first stage appearance was as Boy Babe in '' Babes in the Wood'' at the London Palladium with Edward Woodward and Derek Nimmo. At ten, he made his first TV appearance with the Young Revivals – two years later they changed their name to Flintlock. Comprising Mike Holoway, Derek Pascoe, John Summerton, Bill R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammie Winmill
Sammie Winmill (born Janice Winmill c1950) is a British actress who had a number of roles in the 1970s, and is best known for portraying Carol in the Sci-fi series ''The Tomorrow People''. Career Her first noted appearance was alongside Ronnie Barker in the comedy '' Futtock's End'' in 1970. Following small roles with Frankie Howerd in the films of '' Up Pompeii'' and '' Up the Chastity Belt'' (1971) she secured a regular part in the sitcom '' Doctor in Charge'' in 1972 playing Nurse Sandra Crumpton. This role ran for six episodes of the first series. Soon after she appeared as Gretel in the 1972 film '' The Pied Piper'' starring Donovan. In 1973 she was offered the role of Carol in a new children's science-fiction series, ''The Tomorrow People ''The Tomorrow People'' is a British children's science fiction on television, science fiction television series created by Roger Price (television producer), Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV (TV network), IT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Gilbert
Philip Gilbert (March 29, 1931 – January 6, 2004) was a Canadian actor. Background Gilbert was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and educated at Vancouver College. He was a player with the Rank Organisation, appearing in many films during the 1950s and 1960s. TV work Despite his many film roles he was perhaps best known for his role as TIM in the original version of ''The Tomorrow People'' from 1973 to 1979. Gilbert returned to play TIM in 2001 for the audio plays produced by Big Finish and continued the role until his death in 2004, starting with ''The New Gods'' up to and including ''The Power of Fear''. He had a broad stage career, starring in such productions as '' Divorce Me, Darling!'' in the West End, as well as appearing many times at the Prince Regent Theatre, Farnborough, where he was Head of Drama. He was represented by Nicholas Young's theatrical agency. TV and filmography * '' Simon and Laura'' (1955) - Joe * '' The Adventures of Quentin Durward'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Vaughan-Clarke
Peter Vaughn Clarke (11 June 1957 – 7 August 2023), known professionally as Peter Vaughan-Clarke, was a British actor. Vaughan-Clarke is best known for his portrayal of Stephen Jameson in the TV series ''The Tomorrow People'' in the 1970s, a character he returned to later in life in the audio continuation of the series by Big Finish Productions, most notably in the episode "Trigonometry". He also appeared on TV in '' The Pallisers'', '' Shoestring'' (as "Fred"), '' The Duchess of Duke Street'' (as "Jamie"), and in the 1975 British film ''It Could Happen to You'' (aka ''Intimate Teenage Secrets''), along with his ''Tomorrow People'' co-star Nicholas Young. After retiring from acting, Vaughan-Clarke worked as a lighting technician An electrical lighting technician, or simply lighting technician, is involved with rigging stage and location sets and controlling artificial, electric lights for art and entertainment venues (theatre or live music venues) or in video, televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Adare
Elizabeth Adare (born 3 June 1949 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland) is an English child psychologist and former actress and television presenter during the 1970s and 1980s. Her most prominent role was as Elizabeth in the 1970s science fiction television series ''The Tomorrow People''. Other TV credits include: '' Mind Your Language ("An Inspector Calls")'', '' Crossroads'', '' Within These Walls'', '' Rising Damp'', '' Angels'', ''Father Dear Father'', '' The Expert'', '' Enemy at the Door'', ''The Setbacks'' and ''Rumpole of the Bailey''. Career Elizabeth Adare was born in 1949 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, of African immigrant parents from Sierra Leone where she was brought up until 1957. Always wanting to follow her family tradition of becoming a school teacher, she took up acting as a hobby before attending the Mountview Drama School. She made her stage debut in '' Zigger Zagger'' in 1967 with the National Youth Theatre. She worked in repertory thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
