 Keen to catch some of the young audience who followed "Doctor Who", some of the ITV companies sought to create their own youth-oriented genre programmes, such as the 1970's cult classic sci-fi drama series, "Timeslip" (1970), and the original "The Tomorrow People" (1973–79).Although it presented some intriguing (if bizarre) storylines, it never rivalled "Doctor Who", possibly because unlike the BBC programme it attempted to identify with children by featuring children, thus making the crossover appeal to an adult audience much more difficult.A much more respected show, produced by ATV in a similar production manner to "Doctor Who" (i.e.