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The
Tomorrow People was the brainchild of Roger Price. Set in the present, it
featured the next stage of human evolution, 'Homo-Superior'. John was the
first to become one, or 'Break-out' as it was known, He was soon joined
by a host of other teenagers as the programme progressed, both on TV and
during it's time in Look-in. Read about them by clicking below. The
teenagers gifts were varied, they all had the power of 'telekinesis' (The
power to move object with their minds), 'Telepathy', (talking to each
other through their minds) and 'Teleportation' (being able to disappear
and appear somewhere different) or 'Jaunting' as they put it, although if
they wanted to go long distances they needed to be guided by TIM via
'Jaunting belts'. TIM is a 'Bio-tronic' computer, this means he is part
machinery, part organic.
TIM was built by John,
and now watches over the teenagers, from their base 'The Lab', which is in
a disused part of the London Underground. The teenagers had other varied
talents, including talents unique to them such as Mike Bell's ability to
open locks. The strip in Look-in provided a wealth of stories, some really
good, some really too weird for words, but there were some outrageous
storylines in the series, 'A man for Emily' instantly springs to mind as
one fans would rather forget! The strip started good with some strong
storylines, including a good one where the teenagers go into the past and
change history by accident, and arrive back in the future, where the Third
Reich have taken over the world., the strips became less believable as it
went on, walking trees taking over the planet? erm...no! Another case of
a strip outstaying it's welcome.
The
strip was written by Angus Allan, and drawn by John M. Burns, in colour,
then by Mike Noble in B&W. It reverted to colour usually when a new
member came in. There was a memorable stint (for the wrong reasons) by
Bill Titcombe, when the TP's met 'Manga the Mighty' (Left), a huge gorilla
who was out of control in London.
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