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~~TelevisionSerial, ScienceFiction~~

1970s British SpeculativeFiction series created by Roger Damon Price (who also created YouCantDoThatOnTelevision). ''TheTomorrowPeople'' followed the adventures of a group of ''Homo Superior'', [[EvolutionaryLevels the next stage in human evolution]]. The titular Tomorrow People were an [[{{Ensembles}} ensemble]] of three to five children and young adults born with [[PsychicPowers special powers]], primarily telepathy and the ability to [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleport]] or "jaunt". Using these abilities, the Tomorrow People fought to protect earth from home-grown and extraterrestrial menaces, while keeping their own existence secret from world governments that would misuse their powers, awaiting the day when they could (very politely and bloodlessly) take control of the world away from the "saps" (a diminutive of ''homo sapiens'').

It is almost impossible to discuss ''TheTomorrowPeople'' without comparing it to ''DoctorWho'', to which it was, essentially, ITV's answer. It is even harder for these comparisons to be favorable. Similar in scope and tone, ''TheTomorrowPeople'' looks and feels a lot like ''DoctorWho'' if all the characters were Adric and the budget were cut in half (And given that the budget for ''DoctorWho'' seemed to be 5 bubblegum wrappers and a rubber band, this is saying a lot). The fact that the series managed to remain popular through eight seasons in spite of consistently over-ambitious [[SpecialEffectFailure special effects]] and fairly shoddy writing is something of a mystery.

Starting in the third season, the team often travelled to other worlds (played by the BBCQuarry through a sepia filter) on missions for the Galactic Federation, an interstellar alliance of telepathic species.

''TheTomorrowPeople'' was [[{{Revival}} revived]] in the mid 90s with the help of Nickelodeon for three seasons. More recently, BigFinish produced a series of ''TheTomorrowPeople'' audio dramas, reuniting many of the original cast members.

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This series provides examples of:

* AdultsAreUseless (Not just useless: an inferior species. In the {{Revival}}, they are also pastiche moronic-adult caricatures as well)
* BBCQuarry
* DisContinuity (In the BigFinish Audios, for no reason other than the writer's distaste, they make a special effort, in an audio-only medium where no one need ever know anyway, to point out that the switch from tacky belts to tacky bracelets and TIM's upgrade to "mobile trash bin" form have been undone. Also, the names of several of the 90's revival characters are listed among Tomorrow People who died while breaking out, effectively writing off the entire series as a NearDeathExperience)
* HollywoodScience (in sufficient quantity that Dr. Chris Evans should really have thought twice about having his name listed as "Scientific Advisor" in the credits)
* IdenticalStranger (the Galactic Federation's diplomatic corps consists mostly of clones of the actor who also provided the voice for TIM)
* InMediasRes (As a result, the seemingly much more interesting origin story is only ever presented in {{Expospeak}} info-dumps)
* JonasQuinn (many cast members were replaced over the years)
* LandmarkingTheHiddenBase (years before the DoctorWho revival did it, the 90s remake had an immortal Egyptian villain hide his power-nexus pyramid in the middle of London...as the top of the Canary Wharf Tower)
* PsychicPowers
* {{Revival}}
* RobotBuddy (TIM, a bio-electronic computer, who later became a mobile trash bin)
* SpaceClothes (Very tacky belts worn to enhance jaunting abilities, as well as a suit to keep them together should they have to jaunt into hyperspace)
* SpecialEffectFailure
* TeenGenius (John)
* TelepathicSpacemen (The Galactic Federation)
* TeleportersAndTransporters
* TwoferTokenMinority
* WhereDidTheyGetLasers (''Homo Superior'' are biologically unable to kill, so they arm themselves with stun guns)
** Unable to kill? [[FridgeLogic Then how are future generations of them supposed to eat?]] [[YouFailBiologyForever Since that requires killing something in order to, you know, eat it.]]


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