The Girl from Tomorrow
Overview
Australia
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n children's television series
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
created by Film Australia
Film Australia
Film Australia was a company established by the Government of Australia to produce films about Australia. Its mission was to create an audio-visual record of Australian culture, through the commissioning, distribution and management of programs that deal with matters of national interest or...
. The series is based around Alana (Katharine Cullen
Katharine Cullen
Katharine Cullen is an Australian actress, daughter of actor Max Cullen.-Education:* NIDA . Bachelor of Dramatic Art.* The College of Fine Arts , University of New South Wales...
), a girl from the year 3000. At the start of the series, she is kidnapped by Silverthorn, a criminal from the year 2500, and brought back in time to the year 1990.
While in the year 1990, she befriends Jenny (Melissa Marshall
Melissa Marshall
Melissa Marshall is an Australian actress best known for her role as Jenny Kelly in the 1992 Australian television series The Girl From Tomorrow. Melissa reprised her role in the series sequel The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End which ran in 1993. Her first acting role was as Helen Lang...
), who helps Alana adapt to life in a time unfamiliar to her, and later helps her to return to her own time.
A sequel series, The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End
The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End
The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End is an Australian children's television series created by Film Australia. The series is a sequel series to The Girl from Tomorrow....
aired in 1993.
In the year 3000 the human race is in a state of Utopia
Utopia
Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt...
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