The Girl from Tomorrow

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The Girl from Tomorrow (1991) is an Australian science-fiction television series about a girl from the year 3000 who, after being kidnapped by a criminal from the year 2500, ends up stranded in 1990, where she turns to another teenaged girl for help.

The series ran for 12 half-hour episodes, which were written by Mark Shirrefs and John J. Thomson and directed by Kathy Mueller.

It was followed by a sequel series, The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End, in 1993.

Cast

  • Katharine Cullen as Alana
  • Melissa Marshall as Jenny Kelly
  • James Findlay as Peter Michael Francis 'Petey' Kelly
  • Andrew Clarke as James Rooney
  • Helen O'Connor as Irene Kelly
  • John Howard as Silverthorn
  • Miles Buchanan as Eddie

Overview

Notes

The French title of this series was Alana ou le futur imparfait.

The series featured technology-assisted telekinesis (via "transducers" headbands), and computers with artificial intelligence. (The sequel later revealed the "transducer" technology to be the invention of a woman.)

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