kwh@bentley.UUCP (KW Heuer) (03/14/86)
In article <326@hsi.UUCP> hsi!archer (Garry Archer) writes: >Oh dear. So "Blake's 7" made it over here after all.... Speaking of watching >anything Sci-Fi on the telly, I even used to watch a "children's hour" show >back home in England 10 (or even 15) years ago, called "The Tomorrow People". >I believe that one has been shown over here as well. Any Trekkies ever seen >that one? I caught a few episodes on cable a while back. I was quite amused by how low-budget it was. Bad acting, bad plot, bad special-effects, bad science. They also had some sort of teleportation ("jaunt"), but I don't remember whether it was a natural ability or a gadget. I didn't see enough episodes to determine if/how they handled the "Star Trek transporter problem".
spock@hope.UUCP (Chris Ambler) (03/15/86)
> In article <326@hsi.UUCP> hsi!archer (Garry Archer) writes: > >I even used to watch a "children's hour" show > >back home in England 10 (or even 15) years ago, called "The Tomorrow People". > >I believe that one has been shown over here as well. Any Trekkies ever seen > >that one? > > I caught a few episodes on cable a while back. I was quite amused by how > low-budget it was. Bad acting, bad plot, bad special-effects, bad science. > They also had some sort of teleportation ("jaunt"), but I don't remember > whether it was a natural ability or a gadget. I didn't see enough episodes > to determine if/how they handled the "Star Trek transporter problem". *** PHASE THIS LINE WITH YOUR DERQUIPSLVAXET *** Ah, the Tomorrow People! Shown on Nickelodeon (sp?) cable up to about last year. Now THERE was a show! Sure it's cheesey (Dr. Who?), but c'mon! It's for Kids! I, personally, like my computers to have British accents! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |-Spock! (Christopher J. Ambler, University of California, Riverside)| | | | ...ucbvax!ucdavis!ucrmath!hope!spock | | | | -"Captain, I see no reason to bother Starfleet..." | |---------------------------------------------------------------------|