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Character sheet for the 1990s incarnation of The Tomorrow People.
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The Tomorrow People

    In General 
The Tomorrow People are the next stage in human evolution. At some point, young individuals find themselves teleported to an uncharted island in what appears to be the South Pacific where they find themselves with the aid of a crashed alien ship's sentient A.I.
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill: A side effect of their powers is being completely unable to take a life. This results in them defending themselves with high-tech stun guns.

    Adam Newman 

Adam Newman

Played by: Kristian Schmid

An Australian Tomorrow Person, Adam was the first (as far as he knows) to end up on the island and encounter the spaceship. He serves as the group's unofficial leader and voice of reason.

  • Big Brother Mentor: First of the 90s generation of Tomorrow People to master his powers, and in turn helps teach the others after they break out.
  • Healing Hands: Heals Lisa's burned palm and Jones's fall.

    Lisa Davis 

Lisa Davis

Played by: Kristen Ariza

An American Tomorrow Person. The second to "break out" following a panic attack at a talent show.


    Kevin Wilson 

Kevin Wilson

Played by: Adam Pearce

An English Tomorrow Person. He is a telepath and was the third to "break out" when he sensed that Lisa was in danger.


    Marmaduke "Megabyte" Damon 

Marmaduke "Megabyte" Damon

Another American Tomorrow Person. He is best friends with Kevin and didn't even realize he even was a Tomorrow Person until near the end of the first arc. His father is Army Intelligence officer Bill Damon.


    Ami Jackson 

Ami Jackson

Played by: Naomie Harris

An English Tomorrow Person who first encounters Adam and Megabyte at the hospital in the second arc. She effectively replaces Lisa.


    Jade Weston 

Jade Weston

Played by: Alexandra Milman

A young English girl who first encounters the Tomorrow People after one of Dr. Culex's mosquitos stings her dog. She later realizes she is a Tomorrow Person herself.


Antagonists

    Colonel Masters 

Colonel Masters

Played by: Manning Redwood

A US Army Intelligence officer. Although he nominally works for Megabyte's father, he is secretly a traitor in the employ of Lady Mulvaney.


    Lady Mulvaney 

Lady Mulvaney

An eccentric English aristocrat who wishes to capture the Tomorrow People for her own evil purposes.


    Professor John Galt 

Professor John Galt

Played by: Hugh Quarshie

A British scientist in Masters' employ.


    Gloria 

Gloria

Played by: Romilly Nolan

An exceptionally strong agent in Masters' employ who is tasked with assisting Professor Galt.


    Jones 

Jones

Played by: Lou Hirsch

A particularly luckless agent serving under Masters.


    Dr. Culex 

Dr. Culex

Played by: Jean Marsh

An insane entomologist who wants to unleash a swarm of genetically engineered mosquitos upon the Earth.


    The Twins 

Dr. Culex

Played by: Deborah Vale and Tessa Vale

An a pair of twins in Culex's employ.


    Colonel Jeremiah J. Cobb 

Colonel Jeremiah J. Cobb

Played by: William Hootkins

The owner of the Cobb Cereal Corporation who wants to destroy all of America's corn crops except his own.


    Wilkie 

Wilkie

Played by: Kerry Shale

A vicious thug who handles security for Cobb.


    Professor Lawrence Middlemass 

Professor Lawrence Middlemass

A scientist hired by Cobb to design his weather machine for him.


    Twitch 

Twitch

Played by: Mac McDonald

A maintenance man working in Cobb's Florida headquarters who is often used as a thug.


    Beef 

Beef

Played by: Anthony Venditti

Twitch's brutish partner.


    Sam Rees 

Sam Rees

Played by: Christopher Lee

A reclusive businessman who is in reality the living incarnation of Rameses.


    Hubert Tate 

Hubert Tate

Played by: Robert Long

An Egyptologist in Rees' employ. He is aware that Rees is in fact Rameses and worships him as a living god.


    Scully 

Scully

Played by: Andrew Powell

A murderous and sadistic thug who assists Tate and expects to be rewarded for his efforts by Rameses.


    Felix Fry 

Felix Fry

Played by: Harry Jones

A scientist hired by Rameses and Tate to develop Rameses' pyramid technology.


    The Living Stones 

The Living Stones

Alien pods resembling meteorites. They crack open, releasing a glowing green light that enters a victim's eyes and mouth, taking them over. The entities feed off of their hosts' lifeforce until they're drained and then they move on to a new victim.


    General Geoffrey Beaumont-Savage 

General Geoffrey Beaumont-Savage

Played by: Clive Merrison

An ambitious British Army officer who hopes that stopping the alien parasites will advance his career. Hot-tempered and verbally abusive, he cares only about himself and his own personal glory.


    Sergeant Manx 

Sergeant Manx

Played by: Duncan Faber

Beaumont-Savage's much abused and incompetent second in command.



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