UK, 7 April 1975-17 May 1975
1 series, 7 episodes, average 25m
videotape, 16mm film, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Reviewed at The EOFFTV Review
A British science fiction television series created by Bob Baker and Dave Martin.
Premise
A young time-traveler from another dimension, Sky, is thrown into our universe by a black hole. He’s befriended by two young children but finds that his presence on Earth causes nature – personified by the mysterious Goodchild – to fight back, like anti-bodies battling a virus. Sky and the children must try to locate the Juganet, the gateway back to his own dimension, before nature destroys him.
Credits
Crew
Directors: Patrick Dromgoole, Terry Harding, Derek Clark, Leonard White
© [not given on screen]
HTV West
Executive Producer: Patrick Dromgoole
Producer: Leonard White
[Written] By: Bob Baker, Dave Martin
First Assistant [Director]: Dennis Elliott
Lighting: Derek Constable
VTR: Bob Hope, Peter Buchanan
Film Cameramen: Brian Morgan, Roger Pearce
Film Editing: Terry Maisey, Geoff Shepherd
Music by: Eric Wetherell
Film Sound: Gordon Kethro, Barry Back
Studio Sound: Michael Gore
Dubbing Editor: Terry Maisey
Dubbing Mixer: John Cross
Wardrobe: Joan West
Make-up: Valerie Elliott
Special Effects: Ernie Knagg, Ken Price, Robin Thompson
Design: John Biggs, Chris Cook
Cast
Marc Harrison (Sky)
Stuart Lock (Arby Vennor)
Cherrald Butterfield (Jane Vennor)
Richard Speight (Roy Briggs)
Jack Watson (Major Briggs)
Frances Cuka (Mrs Vennor)
Thomas Heathcote (Mr Vennor)
Robert Eddison (Goodchild)
David Jackson (Sergeant Simmons)
Rex Holdsworth (Dr Marshall)
Gerard Hely (Dr Saul)
Ursula Barclay (first nurse)
Monica Lavers (second nurse)
Barbara Baber (receptionist)
Geoff Serle (orderly)
Prunella Ransome (Susannah)
Sean Lynch (Michael)
Trevor Ray (Rex)
John Curry (policeman)
Bernard Archard (Haril)
Peter Copley (Revil)
Episodes
Episode 1: Burning Bright (7 April 1975)
Episode 2: Juganet (14 April 1975)
Episode 3: Goodchild (21 April 1975)
Episode 4: What Dread Hand (28 April 1975)
Episode 5: Evalake (5 May 1975)
Episode 6: Life Force (10 May 1975)
Episode 7: Chariot of Fire (17 May 1975)
References
Periodicals
- Look-In no.15 (5 April 1975) p.22 – illustrated article (Sky!)
- TV Zone Special no.21 pp.16-18 – illustrated article
Books
- The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (3rd edition) by Roger Fulton pp.392-393 – credits, episode guide, review
- The Hill and Beyond: Children’s Television Drama – an Encyclopedia by Alistair D. McGown & Mark J. Docherty pp.89-90
- The Routledge Companion to Folk Horror by Robert Edgar and Wayne Johnson (eds.) pp.209, 212-213, 247, 255
