The Tomorrow People was an audio series produced by Big Finish Productions as a continuation of the 1970s television show The Tomorrow People. The series is of note to this wiki because of its influence on contemporaneous Big Finish ranges, with development for recurring aliens the Slarvians influencing their appearances in Short Trips and Bernice Summerfield.
Starting in 2001, the series ran for five seasons until 2007, after which, due to a breakdown in communication and plans for a Tomorrow People revival TV series, the license to The Tomorrow People was unexpectedly not renewed to Big Finish. Mark Wright and Cavan Scott had been chosen to produce seasons 7 and 8 of the audio series, and the loss led to them producing Iris Wildthyme instead. In tribute to this, The Two Irises namedrops the Sorsons. (REF: The Big Finish Companion: Volume 2)
Stories
Series 1
Series 2
| # |
Title |
Author |
Released |
Notes
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| 2.1
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A New Atlantis
|
Nigel Fairs
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April 2003
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| 2.2
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The Power of Fear
|
Steve Lyons
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June 2003
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| 2.3
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The Curse of Kaavan
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Nigel Fairs
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August 2003
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| 2.4
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Alone
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Nigel Fairs
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June 2004
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Series 3
Series 4
| # |
Title |
Author |
Released |
Notes
|
| 4.1
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Saying Goodbye
|
Nigel Fairs
|
August 2005
|
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| 4.2
|
The Lords of Forever
|
Craig Hinton
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October 2005
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| 4.3
|
Queen of Slarvos
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Nigel Fairs
|
January 2006
|
The Slarvians return, now led by the Slarvian Queen. The Slarvian homeworld is introduced as Slarvos, despite the aliens' creators intending it to be Slarvia.
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| 4.4
|
A Plague of Dreams
|
Jim Mortimore
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April 2006
|
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Series 5
| # |
Title |
Author |
Released |
Notes
|
| 5.1
|
A Broken Song
|
Nigel Fairs
|
June 2006
|
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| 5.2
|
Aftermath
|
Joseph Lidster
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August 2006
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| 5.3
|
Spiritus Mundi
|
Craig Hinton
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October 2006
|
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| 5.4
|
Stemming the Tide
|
Helen Goldwyn
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December 2006
|
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| 5.5
|
End of Silence
|
Alex Crowe
|
February 2007
|
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| 5.6
|
Rachel
|
Nigel Fairs
|
April 2007
|
Ends on major setting-changing cliffhanger.
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Unproduced stories
Unless otherwise stated, the following information is sourced from The Big Finish Companion: Volume 2.
Series 6
| # |
Title |
Author |
Notes
|
| 6.1
|
Saving the World
|
Nigel Fairs
|
Originally set for release in August 2007
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| 6.2
|
Talking to God
|
Nigel Fairs
|
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| 6.3
|
War of the Slarvians
|
Cavan Scott and Mark Wright
|
The Slarvians were to return, with elements setting up the next season. Slarvia was to be introduced as the Slarvian homeworld, a sister planet at war with Slarvos over the Pearl of Wisdom. The Slarvian Emperor would be shown as Slarvia's ruler, in conflict with Slarvos' Slarvian Queen. The plot was later adapted into the Bernice Summerfield short story Benny and Louise.
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| 6.4
|
Tandem
|
Helen Goldwyn
|
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| 6.5
|
Godwin's Law
|
Joseph Lidster
|
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| 6.6
|
Buartek
|
Nigel Fairs
|
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Series 7
| # |
Title |
Author |
Notes
|
| 7.1
|
The Next Stage
|
Cavan Scott and Mark Wright
|
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| 7.2
|
Kalki Reborn
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Nigel Fairs
|
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| 7.3
|
The Modern Children
|
Paul Magrs
|
Magrs had "two big ideas" for this story, planning either on it having Iris Wildthyme and Panda meeting the Tomorrow People or using "brilliant idea" which he didn't disclose in The Big Finish Companion: Volume 2 because he was going to use it in another project.
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| 7.4
|
The Screaming Planet
|
Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett
|
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| 7.5
|
TIM
|
Joseph Lidster
|
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| 7.6
|
The Scream of Sogguth
|
Cavan Scott and Mark Wright
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