Talk:The Tomorrow People

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This is the only reference I can find to the "gay subtext" in TTP: http://spacedoutinc.org/DU-16/TomorrowPeople.html . I don't think a very convincing argument is made; since the scientific name for mankind itself begins with "Homo" it doesn't make sense to say "Hey! There's a made-up species name that starts with 'Homo'! They've got to be talking about homosexuality!" -- Antaeus Feldspar 02:58, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree - the use of "people have claimed" is something of a weasel phrase and should be discouraged - I'd suggest removing the section altogether, as there's obviously no significant value Stephenb (Talk) 09:42, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Connection to David Bowie 2 Torchwood 3 Jedikiah 4 Big Finish Episode Guide 5 Doctor Who producer 6 Dean Lawrence link

[edit] Connection to David Bowie

If I remember correctly, somewhere in the commentary tracks on the DVDs for the first thirteen episodes, the actors state as fact that the name "Tomorrow People" did in fact come from David Bowie's music, as did the designation "Homo Superior" for them. Can anyone check these DVDs and get a more precise citation for us? -- Antaeus Feldspar 22:40, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

hmmmmm, interesting. This unfortunately does not look like something we can use as a source, but here a fan relates getting a chance to speak with Roger Price and ask him about the connection -- Price confirms that he did indeed meet and speak with Bowie, and they discussed some of the ideas that showed up in TTP -- but Price felt that it was TTP that inspired Bowie, not the other way around. It seems a shame that we can't put both in the article, to show the two differing accounts of what the connection is, but in any case, I think we can regard it as safe to say there is a connection there. -- Antaeus Feldspar 22:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Torchwood

Secret lab in the London Underground? Extraterrestrials? Sounds like Torchwood... White6rabbit 11:59, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure there's many many many shows that have a secret underground lab in London and extrat.. extr.. aliens. (The Torchwood show is based in Cardiff in case you don't know, the Canary Dock Torchwood went blooie! /geek). Tomorrow People predates Torchwood by over 30 years though... ;) --Monotonehell 13:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jedikiah

OOh! Someone beat me to it. Oh well. I was planning on creating character pages for Tomorrow People characters, as I'm currently watching the DVD's. I might as well implement my Tomorrow People infobox now there is this page. It can be added to the other pages as they are created.--NeilEvans 00:01, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

There is already a page for the Spidron but I would actually suggest that instead of creating an article for every character, that a List of characters in The Tomorrow People article be created and redirects made under the names of the different characters. If they ever get large enough to need individual articles, individual articles can always be made at a later date. -- Antaeus Feldspar 21:55, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Big Finish Episode Guide

As I've already expanded the seventies TTP season section into fully fledged plot summaries, I intend to do so for the Big Finish episodes at some future date. Could someone do likewise for the nineties series? User Calibanu 11.27, 14 July 2007.

I'll do them one at a time, but I need to watch them to outline them so it will take me a little while. (Oh such a chore to watch my favourite show from my childhood again. ;) --Monotonehell 06:59, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I think I've "finished" with the 1990's plot outlines. I've also created an article for poor lil' Christian Tessier as I was sick of seeing a redlink for him. It's 'cos he's a redhead isn't it? ;) He's a very private person so even his birthdate isn't common knowledge, if anyone has anything verifiable and not rude please add it. --Monotonehell 09:43, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Doctor Who producer

The article mentioned about a call that Roger Price got from the Doctor Who producer but did not state which one and when that call took place. The link of where of this information came from, stated that the Doctor Who producer was a her. There were three Doctor Who producers Barry Letts, Philip Hinchcliffe and Graham Williams when the original Tomorrow People series was on and all of them were male. The only female original series Doctor Who producer was Verity Lambert but her tenure was in the decade before The Tomorrow People came on.

So who was the Doctor Who producer who gave Roger Price a call? --The Shadow Treasurer (talk) 03:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dean Lawrence link

The Dean Lawrence link on this page goes to a footballer born in 1988, who couldn't possibly be the Dean Lawrence that starred in this series in the mid-1970's. — 72.138.28.33 (talk) 19:03, 4 April 2008 (UTC)