The Tomorrow People Master Post
You will see from my existing two posts about The Tomorrow People that while I set out to write about all of the adventures in the original series, a mere two posts in I have made a colossal jump. I have noticed that the series tends to have an effect on me that I just cannot get it in order in my head, plus I got the discs confused. I am also not sure that I can usefully say much about some of the adventures. For example the one where pre-pubescent kids are put in slave outfits while Mike Holoway does an impression of Jimmy Savile - that is literally all I have to say about that one.
This 'master' post is therefore predominantly an attempt to get a grasp on the amorphous mass of the series in my own head and keep track of what I have already written about. One of the difficulties that have stopped me writing about this show is that it is basically a different show from beginning to end, and is at best patchy. Additionally as said above some of the things on the show would not appear in TV today and I can't begin to think what they were thinking. If I have some personal rude remarks to say about an episode which don't deserve a full post, I may put them here.
Another thing which has always confused me is that although I now have the complete set in one box, region 2 releases have taken two different trajectories, one released in series and the other released in adventures.
Series 1
Slaves of Jedikiah (five episodes) broadcast 30th April to 4th June 1973.
The Medusa Strain (four episodes) broadcast 11th June to 2nd July 1973.
The Vanishing Earth (four episodes) broadcast 9th to 30th July 1973.
Series 2
The Blue and The Green (four episodes) broadcast 4th February to 4th March 1974.
A Rift in Time (four episodes) broadcast 11th March to 1st April 1974
The Doomsday Men (four episodes) broadcast 8th April to 6th May 1974.
Series 3
Secret Weapon (four episodes) broadcast 26th February to 19th March 1975.
Worlds Away (three episodes) broadcast 26th March to 9th April 1975.
A Man for Emily (three episodes) broadcast 16th to 30th April 1975.
Revenge of Jedikiah (three episodes, but with such a similar name no wonder I was confused) broadcast 7th to 21st May 1975.
Series 4
One Law (3 episodes) broadcast 21st October to 5th November 1975.
Into the Unknown (four episodes) broadcast 7th to 28th January 1976.
Series 5
The Dirtiest Business (two episodes) broadcast 28th February to 7th March 1977.
A Much Needed Holiday (two episodes) broadcast 14th to 21st March 1977. This is the one with the slave children and the Jimmy Savile impression.
The Heart of Sogguth (two episodes) broadcast 28thMarch to 4th April 1977.
Series 6
The Lost Gods (two episodes) broadcast 15th to 22nd May 1978.
Hitler's Last Secret (two episodes) broadcast 5th to 12th June 1978.
The Thargon Menace (two episodes) broadcast 19th to 26th June 1978.
Series 7
Castle of Fear (two episodes) broadcast 9th to 16th October 1978.
Achilles Heel (two episodes) broadcast 23rd to 30th October 1978.
Living Skins (two episodes) broadcast 6th to 11th November 1978.
Series 8
War of the Empires (four episodes) broadcast 29th January to 19th February 1979.
The reason for my confusion will be readily evident from the names of the different adventures. Some have similar names and others have names similar to other series and fictional works, including H P Lovecraft. The show evidently gave itself an ability to venture into all sorts of subjects and times, real and fictional. Looking at the titles it comes across as a less orderly Dr Who. No wonder I'm confused!