timeslip be one of many science fiction series from the 1970 . however and crucially it be also one of the best and stand the test of time well than say the excruciatingly cheap but entertain romp that be the tomorrow people or the imaginative fantasy series the ace of wand . create by ruth boswell and husband james boswell and the series focus on crucial issue in an increasingly technological age and do so all under the banner of a serious child television drama and which for it time be really quite something . aim a a rival to the bbc doctor who and the boswell and excellent television writer bruce stewart produce something entirely different from what be available on british television at the time . doomwatch the gritty and often rather lacklustre series cover moral and social and environmental issue be the only programme that come close to timeslip at this time and but timeslip be overall much more successful . the premise of the story a young girl find a time barrier at an abandoned naval station be truly intriguing and add in some atmospheric direction from a team of excellent director and sparse but brilliantly execute location footage and some solid performance special note go to the flawless and concentrated performance of denis quilley a commander traynor and you have a remarkably entertaining and memorable series . the regular and intrigue by local gossip about the young girl and drawn to the time barrier be an excellent choice a central character a child from 1970 could instantly relate to them . simon and portray by the excellent child actor spencer bank be the brainy one and interested in science and math and with an instinct for discovery he single handedly figure out all the crucial plot point for the audience to absorb and whilst ( rather unfortunately ) the naive and whine liz and play by the admirable cheryl burfield and whine a little long . in this respect the serial have date but the concept and idea put forward and and it ability to predict many future issue put the series way ahead of it time . timeslip be quite simply 26 episode of virtually flawless television . throw away the minor grumble about the sexist interpretation of liz and the opening story slightly labour execution and delve in . the wrong end of time be a fantastic instalment in which one of our central protagonist encounter her father in a 1940 naval station coincidentally where the time barrier stand in 1970 england and with the first appearance of commander traynor a character so crucial to the overall story . the time of the ice box give viewer a terrible insight into future earth and liz alter ego beth . one of the strong story of all the year of the burn up give u an equally bleak presentation of future earth buckinghamshire turn into an amazonian jungle and with the issue of climate change be bring to the fore and all this occur a a possible projection ( like the ice box ) of the earth in 1990. the final story write by the excellent victor pemberton effortlessly follow on from bruce stewart address the importance of individuality and the limit of genetic progress with another appearance of the excellent john barron a devereaux and a marvellous final twist concern the malevolent and untrustworthy commander traynor . and so after 26 episode and the series end . could it have run for another series . . quite possibly but what we have be truly special and consistently brilliant and consistently think provoking and remarkably well make for it small budget and skillfully avoid ambitious special effect and concentrate on character and mood and atmosphere . timeslip be a slice of television gold one of the best tv series of it time . so sit back relax and and watch the excellent dvd set of all 26 episode . beware though and you might want to adjust your lens for episode 12. to repeat a hideous and but fit cliché they do not make them like this anymore .