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The Tribe (TV series)
The Tribe is an Apocalypse fiction on television, created by Raymond Thompson & Harry Duffin. Produced by Cloud 9, it ran from 1999 through 2003. It is set in a hypothetical near-future in which all adults have been wiped out by a deadly virus, leaving the children of the world to fend for themselves. The show's focus is on an unnamed city inhabited by tribes of children and teenagers.
SynopsisThe Tribe was targeted primarily at an audience age of 8 to 18, though it has fans of all ages.[1] Five series of The Tribe have been created, with 52 episodes per series, amounting to 260 episodes in the entire run.[2] The Tv series starts about six to nine months after all the adults have been killed by an unknown Virus[1] The story is about the survival of the children and teenagers who are left on their own in and around an unnamed City. The world has become a primitive hell of anarchy, confusion, danger and fear. With no adults to guide, rule or protect them, the children of the world are on their own and need to build a New World they can live in.[3] In order to survive, the children band together in Tribes. They give themselves new names, reinvent dress codes and beliefs and create their own rules. Some Tribes are power hungry and malevolent, while others just try not to make the same mistakes the adults did and strive for peace. The show mainly focuses on the Tribe of the Mall Rats. Its members are confronted with problems of technology (how to get clean water and some form of power) and problems of morality. The children deal with teenage issues (loves, fears, betrayals, ambitions, friendships) as well as bigger issues that threaten peace in their New World (finding an antidote to the Virus, bringing peace to the City, defeating the Locos, Chosen and Technos).[1] The TribesIn The Tribe all the children belong to different Tribes. After the Virus wipes out all the adults and the world turns into chaos, the children realize the only way for them to survive is to help each other by forming Tribes. Some Tribes only seek to take power over the others while other Tribes merely try to create a new peaceful world. All the Tribes wear specific clothes or make-up which help to differentiate themselves from other Tribes. The Series mainly focuses on the life of the Mall Rats. [4] Episodes
Cast and charactersSeries 1:
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The Making of The TribeThe Tribe has been said to have had one of the highest budgets for a teenage show at the time. The set of The Phoenix Mall was the largest in the southern hemisphere as the time of its construction. It was built just as it appeared on screen?with all rooms, corridors and levels joined as a real mall would be. Set decoration was meticulous, not only within the different areas of the Mall, but also on location. Much of New Zealand's expansive, untouched landscape was made use of in the filming of scenes out in the country, for example in the town of Liberty, on Alice's farm, during the Tribal Gathering on the beach and on the Mallrat's trek through the mountains to the Eagle Mountain Observatory. To achieve the abandoned, lonely feeling that has overtaken the city, many Wellington streets were closed off and filmed in the early hours of the morning, with the streets being covered in burnt out cars, graffiti, burning barrels and trash cans. The Tribes costume design and make-up are wholly unique to the show, and indeed, the show is often identified by its ambitious costumes and hairstyles. While the costumes of series 1 were generally muted and low-key, series 2 had frequent costume changes and bright colours. This trend would continue for the remainder of the show. Post-cancellationSeries 6Before The Tribe was canceled, Series 6 was scheduled to begin filming in 2003. However U.K. channel Five - who part funded the series - declined support for the sixth series because of what it perceived as 'raised adult content' and as such, unable to find another funder, the show was canceled. The scripts for the first 2 episodes in Series 6 were included exclusively on the Series 5 DVD boxset. The episodes followed the story of the Mallrats as they arrived on an island the other side of the boat trip. The Spin off "The New Tomorrow" ultimately used and adapted many themes and story lines intended for Series 6. The Official Tribeworld Website reports that many of the cast now have varied jobs and lives, so it seems unlikely that a sixth series will ever be filmed and aired. However, the creators did mention plans to continue the tribe through other media if possible: Both a cartoon and movie were mentioned by the creator in an interview online, but since then nothing has since been mentioned regarding this. 2007 was marked as the year of the "tribe revival" by the official website. Since then nothing more was mentioned, and the entire post announcing the "tribe revival" was taken offline. FansThe legacy of The Tribe has mainly been carried on through fan-led projects. The UK Tribe Project produced two seasons of a mini-series called Sector 4[5][6] in 2006 and 2007 and have also filmed the upcoming feature film The Tribe: London. There has also been "Series 6" replacement - The Tribe: Genesis[7] which picks up from series 5's cliffhanger, but tells the story of the "missing" mallrats and has already been reviewed as "outstanding"[8]. The fan film, that whilst amateur and not of professional quality, has garnered praise from fans of the series and the creator himself. German fans have also "kept the dream alive" with various projects, including the recent visual project The Quietness of Movements. The official Tribe message board continued to be moderately active until August 2008, when the board went down for an as-of-yet undisclosed amount of time. The castAfter the series ended, the casts careers launched greatly.
The New TomorrowThe series also inspired a spin-off called The New Tomorrow. The spin-off was set at an undisclosed period of time after the events of The Tribe Series 5. Unlike The Tribe, The New Tomorrow is aimed at a younger audience and its cast is made up of pre-teens. The spin-off had none of the original Tribe characters, however there were mentions of The Mall, Bray and Zoot. Channel 5?who part funded the series?declined to pick it up for a second series. The Tribe Game?The official Tribe website told fans about plans to release video game of "The Tribe". However, this idea has not yet been put in place and nothing further has been mentioned for several years. Recently, Tribemaster told fans that they will like what's coming soon if they enjoy games and technology. It was speculated that a Tribe game would be part of the 2007 "Tribal Revival". However, nothing as of yet has been announced. Broadcast historyThe first Series of The Tribe premiered in the UK on April 24th, 1999 on Five.[9] Five Series, totalling 260 episodes, were produced. The final two episodes of The Tribe were shown on September 6th, 2003 on Five.[10] Five aired two episodes every week on Saturdays and Sundays. The Tribe has also aired in over 40 countries around the world, including the following:
DVD releasesSeries 1 was first released in 2003 by Sanctuary Entertainment. Two years later, Revelation Films purchased rights to the show and released all five Series throughout 2006. All five DVD box sets contain 7 discs, with a total of 52 episodes.[11]
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