[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: HP toys

[Wolfie!]

Shaun Hately wrote:
> On 13 Jul 2006 at 1:45, Wolfie! wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone remember "The Tomorrow People"?
>> An old British kids show, where they had the ability to "Jaunt"
>> which was the same as apparation but they couldn't go very far
>> unless they wore a sort of amplifier on their belts?
>>
>> Sometimes I wonder if that's where JKR got the idea.
> 
> Check the URL in my sig to see how well I remember 'The Tomorrow People'.
> 
> The 'jaunting belts' (later 'jaunting bands') actually seem to be more associated with 
> navigation rather than power - the show was a bit ambiguous on exactly how they worked.

I remember what happened when they didn't wear them.

Young tomorrow people who accidentally jaunted would end up in a sort of
pretty coloured swirling void, and their bodies would slowly dissolve 
away unless someone saved them.

If the older ones tried jaunting too far, they could end up in the same
place.

The belt enabled them to go a lot further.

An experienced tomorrow person could usually jaunt between rooms in a 
house with ease, but too far meant a certain risk.

I think they even had much more powerful belts to get them even 
further... like overseas.

When I was a lad, I wished I could do all that stuff.

BTW: I'm in west footscray, so close, eh? ;)

Wolfie!