SIDE WAYS IN TIME
THE INNOVATIVE 26-PART science fiction series Timeslip was shown on ITV from September 1970 to March 1971, making a lasting impact on both children and adults, despite being intended for the former.
Its four linked, multi-episode storylines included an attempt to uncover the whole truth about a secret project 30 years back in World War Two; human cloning; a faulty lifespan longevity drug with a terrible impact; and future scientific manipulation of the climate which runs out of control (in the eight-part adventure “The Year Of The Burn Up”). The show may have been short-lived, but it was fondly remembered.
The only further adventures for teenage time travellers Liz and Simon came in the comic-strip in – “the junior ” – in the early 1970s, initially with artwork by one of the favourites of comics fans, Mike Noble, who already had Gerry Anderson strips such as and under his belt from his days on.
