The Girl from Tomorrow

{{Infobox television | alt_name = Girl From Tomorrow | image = TheGirlfromTomorrow.jpg | image_alt = The show's title in giant reflective gold font over an image of the Time Capsule launch room in the year 3000. | caption = The Girl From Tomorrows title screen. | genre = Sci-Fi/Time Travel/Adventure/Children's/Action | creator = | writer = | director = Kathy Mueller | starring = | voices = | theme_music_composer = Ian Davidson | composer = Ian Davidson | country = Australia | language = English | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 24 | executive_producer = Ron Saunders | producer = Noel Price | camera = Single-camera | runtime = 23–24 minutes | company = | network = Channel Nine (Australia) | first_aired = | last_aired = | related = The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End }}The Girl from Tomorrow''' is an Australian sci-fi children's television series produced by Film Australia. The series is based around Alana (Katharine Cullen), 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), who helps Alana adapt to life in a time unfamiliar to her, and later helps her to return to her own time. The series' second installment, The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End aired in 1993. Premise In the year 3000, the human race is in a state of Utopia. The major challenge facing them is continuing rebuilding the Earth after "The Great Disaster", a catastrophic event that took place in 2500 and nearly destroyed the entire Earth. In order to investigate its causes, a scientist named Tulista is sent to the past using the Time Capsule, a device created by a scientist named Bruno. Upon the capsule's return, Tulista is held hostage by Silverthorn, a criminal from the year 2500, who is intent on conquering the future. Realising that even though the year 3000 have never add weapons per se, his own weapons are no match to the superior technology of the Transducer, he manages to take Alana, Tulista's student, hostage, and escapes into the past, where he figures he will have a better chance.