Series synopsis
The Girl from Tomorrow is an Australian sci-fi & fantasy action & adventure kids television series that premiered on Nine Network on January 5, 1992. It ended on September 29, 1993. It was created by Mark Shirrefs, John Thomson. It stars Katharine Cullen, Melissa Marshall, James Findlay and Andrew Clarke.
Alana, a girl from the year 3000, is kidnapped by Silverthorn, a criminal from the year 2500, and brought back in time to the year 1992. While in the past, Alana befriends Jenny, who helps her adapt to life in a time unfamiliar to her, and to find a way back to her own time.
Premise
Alana, a girl from the year 3000, is kidnapped by Silverthorn, a criminal from the year 2500, and brought back in time to the year 1992. While in the past, Alana befriends Jenny, who helps her adapt to life in a time unfamiliar to her, and to find a way back to her own time.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Katharine Cullen as Alana
- Melissa Marshall as Jenny Kelly
- James Findlay as Petey Kelly
- Andrew Clarke as James Rooney
- Helen O'Connor as Irene Kelly
- John Howard as Silverthorn
- Miles Buchanan as Eddie
- Jeremy Scrivener as Nik
Supporting cast
- Marshall Napier as Draco
- Paul Sonkkila as Vance
- Catherine McClements as Lorien
Guest cast
- Pauline Chan as Arva
- Monroe Reimers as Bruno
- Grant Dodwell as Mark Johnson
- Helen Jones as Tulista
- Mark McCann as Policeman
- Len Kaserman as Scientist
- Daniel Taylor as BMX Boy
- Doreen Warburton as Mrs. Bloomington
- Wayne Pygram as Guard
- Deidre Lassau as Bag Lady
- Andy Devine as Mr. Corbett
- Belinda Burnet as Punk Girl
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | January 5, 1992 | March 23, 1992 |
| Season 2 | 12 | July 13, 1993 | September 29, 1993 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Future Shock Alana is 14 years old and living in the year 3000. Her guardian, Tulista is the first person to time travel. Silverthorne wants power and since he doesn't have it in the current time he decides to go back. After a struggle both Alana and Silverthorne end up on a course back in time to 1990. In 1990, Jenny has a fairly rough life of her own just dealing with each day. The capsule lands and Alana escapes just before it goes into a ditch taking Silverthorne with it and she runs for her life. |
January 5, 1992 |
| 2 |
A Primitive And Dangerous Time Waking up in the new time zone Alana is confused and tries to return to the capsule only to be stopped by a security guard. Without realising what she is doing she picks up some fruit off a stores display without paying for it. The store owner goes after her but gets away. Alana meets and confides in Jenny about where she is from. Jenny doesn't fully believe her but goes along with the story and follows Alana to where the time capsule was last only to find a bulldozer on the very spot! |
January 12, 1992 |
| 3 |
Sanctuary An officer takes Jenny home after Alana once again takes off. She tries to tell her mother about Alana, but she doesn't believe her about Alana being a time-traveller. Sneaking out later that night Jenny and Alana re-group and Jenny takes Alana home with her to safety. But it's not easy for Alana to take like a normal teenager. |
January 19, 1992 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Time Without Vegemite Jenny is in the year 3000 and has recovered from her injuries fully. Silverthorn meanwhile is claiming he doesn't remember a thing which happened. But things go wrong when Silverthorn gets Alana and Lorean's transducers. He of course, was faking amnesia all along. |
July 13, 1993 |
| 2 |
The End Of Everything Silverthorn locks them all up and takes PJ off of Alana. Jenny meets a guy named Nick who is curious to know all about the 1990's, Silverthorn goes after them and Nick helps Jenny to get away. They finally get the capsule back and return Jenny home, only when Lorean and Alana return back to 3000 nothing is the same, something has gone terribly wrong. They then return back to Silverthorn's time. He after all must have something to do with all this... |
July 20, 1993 |
| 3 |
The Other Alana They arrive just before their other selves do and they hide the capsule after Lorean locks the hatch to her palm print.. They follow Their other selves into Silverthorns hide out and after they are captured, they brake their other selves free. Globecops come and find the Alana and Lorean, happy that they sent themselves free, they try to convince the Globecops that all the weapons in the hide out are Silverthorns. They check for ID on their arms and rip PJ off Alana's arm and through it to the ground. They take them away to Globecorp for modification. Lorean gets modded, but Alana escapes and goes back to Nicks. She tries to open the capsule but it won't open because it was locked to Loreans palm print. Nick teams up with Alana and they go and look for Silverthorn. Silverthorn's weapons are all gone in his hide out but they find PJ and tries to get it to play back the holodisk he stole from the year 3000. After a brief argument, PJ plays it back. Silverthorn and his gang loot a Globeco |
July 27, 1993 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nine Network |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 5, 1992 |
| Last aired | September 29, 1993 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 16:30:00 |