The New Tomorrow
| The New Tomorrow | |
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| Genre | Children's drama / Science fiction |
| Created by |
Raymond Thompson Harry Duffin |
| Developed by | Cloud 9, Five, Seven Network |
| Theme music composer | Raymond Thompson |
| Opening theme | "Tribe Spirit" by Tribe Sister |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Raymond Thompson Geoff Husson |
| Producer(s) | Janet Stubbings |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| First shown in | Australia |
| Original release | 17 September – 9 December 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Tribe |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The New Tomorrow is a New Zealand-based television series produced by Cloud 9 and is a sequel to the cult television series The Tribe. The show was created by Raymond Thompson and premiered on 17 September 2005 on the Seven Network in Australia.
The events of The New Tomorrow follow the final episode of series five of The Tribe. It is unclear how much time has passed since The Tribe ended or what connections exist between the two shows.
Following the outbreak of a virus, the entire adult population has been wiped out leaving their children to survive alone. Most of the children have formed tribes, each with their own distinct makeup and clothes. Each of these tribes follow different philosophies which invariably lead to conflict.
While The Tribe focused mainly on the children surviving in the city, The New Tomorrow focuses on those in the countryside and the forest, and in particular on three tribes, The Ants, The Barbs and The Privileged.
There are three main tribes in The New Tomorrow. These are The Privileged, The Ants, and The Barbs.
The Privileged feel they are superior to other tribes and aim for perfection in both their looks and their actions. They live in the tunnels and rooms underneath an old water dam and are led by Flame. The Privileged have a group of soldiers, called The Warps, who are a strong and courageous people and a group of slaves referred to as The Discards who work in the mines and plantations run by The Privileged, or if they are unlucky they work as The Privileged's personal servants. Movement between these groups is supposed to be determined by all The Privileged, however Flame takes it upon himself to choose many of those who are forced to change groups, even going so far as to 'discard' fellow members of The Privileged at the drop of a hat. The Privs do not have a distinct marking of sorts, rather their clothes are a lot grander than those of The Ants and the Barbs. The Discards are marked by a honeycomb pattern across the centre of their forehead and black clothing.
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