.gif)
Jedikiah (Tomorrow People)
Encyclopedia
Jedikiah is a fiction
al character from the British
television
series The Tomorrow People
. Jedikiah first appeared in the episode serial "The Slaves of Jedikiah", and later appeared in the serials "The Medusa Strain" and "The Revenge of Jedikiah." Jedikiah was initially played by British actor Francis de Wolff
, but the role has also been played by Roger Bizley and other actors.
audio play "The Lords of Forever," and is later revealed as the mastermind behind many of the events of the final stories before the audio series ceased production on a cliffhanger ending.
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
al character from the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
series The Tomorrow People
The Tomorrow People
The Tomorrow People is a British children's science fiction television series, devised by Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran between 1973 and 1979. The series was re-imagined in 1992, Roger Price acting as executive producer...
. Jedikiah first appeared in the episode serial "The Slaves of Jedikiah", and later appeared in the serials "The Medusa Strain" and "The Revenge of Jedikiah." Jedikiah was initially played by British actor Francis de Wolff
Francis de Wolff
Francis de Wolff was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains in both film and television....
, but the role has also been played by Roger Bizley and other actors.
Character summary
Jedikiah is "a fierce, shape-changing alien robot," initially seen (in "The Slaves of Jedikiah") in the service of the "Cyclops" (his true name is Ranesh.), who uses Jedikiah to capture the Tomorrow People in an effort to use their psi powers to enable the Cyclops' damaged ship to return home. By the end of the serial, Jedikiah had been damaged and jettisoned into space. By the time he is recovered (in "The Medusa Strain"), 500 years had passed, and the damage caused to Jedikiah in the previous story, coupled with this long isolation, had driven the robot insane, possessing a pathological hatred of the Tomorrow People. He has since devoted his existence to their destruction.Other appearances
Besides his appearance in the original television series, Jedikiah also makes an appearance in the Big FinishBig Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
audio play "The Lords of Forever," and is later revealed as the mastermind behind many of the events of the final stories before the audio series ceased production on a cliffhanger ending.