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'Timeslip' covers the exploits
of two teen-agers, Simon Randall (Banks) and Liz Skinner (Burfield) as they discover
a way into the past near St Oswald's old naval station in 'The Wrong End Of Time'.
There, they discover how Liz's father lost his memory from that period and help
the present day Commander Traynor (Quilley) discover if a German naval advance
team discovered what they were working on back in the 40s. Instead of returning to the present, they find themselves in the freezing Arctic at 'The Time Of The Ice Box' in 1990. The place is an advanced scientific research station where the effects of a long-life drug called HA-57, hibernation, telepathy and cyborg manufacture is being done. It's leader, Morgan C. Deveraux (actor John Baron), is a clone. No, I can't recall such a place existing then but this was produced in the 1970s and very advanced for that time. Liz also meets her
future self, who after having an intelligence enhancement is one extremely cold
fish. As with their previous adventure,
Liz meets her future self, Beth, a much more pleasant person and Simon meets himself,
played by actor David Graham. This is the same voice artist who worked on the
Gerry Anderson shows, especially 'Thunderbirds'. I can hear traces of Brains and
Gordon Tracy in his voice but not Parker. He was also a very good actor. Clones
still abound but only of selected people who are deemed worthy to do particular
jobs. They return to the present with the intent to also ensure that
this reality doesn't happen and discover Traynor isn't all he was made out to
be either as he kidnaps Liz. Simon rescues her and they enter the time bubble
again and travel back to 1965 to discover how things really started with HA-57
with the original Deveraux and how Traynor wanted to originally stop them. Writer Victor
Pemberton took over when Stewart declared he'd ran out of ideas where to take
the storyline. Although this isn't a perfect conclusion, it is still watchable.
It's amazing how everywhere seems to have gotten closer to St. Oswald's at the
end. Although this
series was originally filmed in colour, all but one episode was destroyed in a
fire and all we have are black and white. Saying that, this is also how I saw
the series back in the 70s. It's a shame that the one remaining coloured episode
couldn't have been used as a guide for a colouring program for all the Ice Box
story. I was a little mystified why the 'End Of Part Ones' were used though until
the split came up with the scene behind it, the reason became self-explanatory. If you remember this series, then you'll want to see this again and might
want to show your kids some of your own past. Our present appears to be heading
towards that of the third story, 'Burn Up', and can be used as warning that we
have to take care of our ecology if we want to live until the next century. Relieve
those memories. It's worth a look. GF Willmetts
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OTHER REVIEWS - October 2004
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When
my generation is asked about children's SF from the 70s, we mention 'The Tomorrow
People', 'Sky' and especially 'Timeslip', so it's great news that all 4 stories
of this series have come out on DVD, especially as the last two stories on video
have been nearly impossible to locate.
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