Sky (TV serial)
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Sky is a mystically
-oriented children's science fantasy
television
serial made for ITV
by HTV
in 1975 and broadcast in six parts.
Looking something like a young, effete blond ubermensch
, a morally ambiguous alien boy with weird solid blue eyes, the eponymous Sky (Marc Harrison), finds himself on Earth, where he uses his psychic powers for achieve his goal of ensuring a way back home. Sky finds the very world soul of Earth, in the form of nature, rejecting him, the way an immune system
might an infection. In his quest to return home, he interlinks his own destiny with that of three human children. The serial was written by Bob Baker
and Dave Martin
, also known for their scripts for Doctor Who
and a fantasy television series for children, Into the Labyrinth
.
Although the series was kept on 2" videotape into the 1990s, during a transfer to film stock episodes 3 and 7 were damaged beyond repair.
The series was finally released by Network DVD in May 2009, with the damaged segments replaced by inferior, but watchable, VHS copies of the episodes.
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
-oriented children's science fantasy
Science fantasy
Science fantasy is a mixed genre within speculative fiction drawing elements from both science fiction and fantasy. Although in some terms of its portrayal in recent media products it can be defined as instead of being a mixed genre of science fiction and fantasy it is instead a mixing of the...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
serial made for ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
by HTV
HTV
HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales & West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, which operated from studios in Cardiff and Bristol. The company provided commercial television for the dual-region 'Wales and West' franchise, which it won from TWW in 1968...
in 1975 and broadcast in six parts.
Looking something like a young, effete blond ubermensch
Übermensch
The Übermensch is a concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche posited the Übermensch as a goal for humanity to set for itself in his 1883 book Thus Spoke Zarathustra ....
, a morally ambiguous alien boy with weird solid blue eyes, the eponymous Sky (Marc Harrison), finds himself on Earth, where he uses his psychic powers for achieve his goal of ensuring a way back home. Sky finds the very world soul of Earth, in the form of nature, rejecting him, the way an immune system
Immune system
An immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and killing pathogens and tumor cells. It detects a wide variety of agents, from viruses to parasitic worms, and needs to distinguish them from the organism's own...
might an infection. In his quest to return home, he interlinks his own destiny with that of three human children. The serial was written by Bob Baker
Bob Baker
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and Dave Martin
Dave Martin (screenwriter)
David Ralph Martin was an accomplished television and film writer. He was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England and contributed numerous scripts for the Doctor Who television series between 1971 and 1979 including:...
, also known for their scripts for Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
and a fantasy television series for children, Into the Labyrinth
Into the Labyrinth (TV series)
Into the Labyrinth is a British children's television series produced by HTV for the ITV network between 1980 and 1982. Three series, each consisting of seven 25-minute episodes, were produced and directed by Peter Graham Scott...
.
Although the series was kept on 2" videotape into the 1990s, during a transfer to film stock episodes 3 and 7 were damaged beyond repair.
The series was finally released by Network DVD in May 2009, with the damaged segments replaced by inferior, but watchable, VHS copies of the episodes.