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Subject: Paranormal show I can't remember the name of
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Television
Asked by: cardsharque-ga
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Posted: 02 Nov 2002 10:33 PST
Expires: 03 Nov 2002 05:21 PST
Question ID: 96596
When I was very young, about twenty years ago, there was a show, which
I think was on PBS in houston, about a pair of fraternal twins (a boy
and a girl) who got lost in some sort of vast labyrinth, and had
paranormal powers.

There was an old man who was their guide and taught them to use their
powers. I remember him saying "Why couldn't you have been identical
twins!?!", because identical twins would have had more powers.

Anyway, I remember I loved the show but I've never been able to
remember what the name of it was. I can't remember very many details
about it.

Good luck

Request for Question Clarification by luciaphile-ga on 02 Nov 2002 12:45 PST
Any chance this was a British show?  And any idea approximately how
old the kids were?

Clarification of Question by cardsharque-ga on 02 Nov 2002 12:56 PST
Seeing as it was on PBS, I think there's a decent chance that it was a
British show.

It's been so long I can't really guess at their ages. If I had to
hazard a guess, I'd say around 10 years old.

I should have mentioned that the goal of the show was for the children
to get back home. At least that's how I remember it.

Request for Question Clarification by leep-ga on 02 Nov 2002 14:53 PST
Can you provide any additional details on the "vast labyrinth"?

Is it possible that the film was either "Escape to Witch Mountain" or
"Return from Witch Mountain"?  The silbings in the movies, Tony and
Tia, were not twins, but were very similar and had paranormal powers. 
Both films involve them eluding the villains and getting back home. 
But I know that there was no labyrinth in "Escape to..."   If you
think that this is the correct film(s), let me know and I will post
more information on them as an answer.

Clarification of Question by cardsharque-ga on 02 Nov 2002 18:05 PST
Good guess, but I'm quite familiar with "Escape to witch mountain",
and "Return from witch mountain". That's not it.

This was definitely a tv series.
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Subject: Re: Paranormal show I can't remember the name of
From: kevinva-ga on 02 Nov 2002 12:42 PST
 
How old are you now?
Subject: Re: Paranormal show I can't remember the name of
From: cardsharque-ga on 02 Nov 2002 12:56 PST
 
I'm twenty-six now.
Subject: Re: Paranormal show I can't remember the name of
From: rbnn-ga on 02 Nov 2002 14:17 PST
 
Sounds a bit like Escape from Witch Mountain.
Subject: Re: Paranormal show I can't remember the name of
From: leep-ga on 02 Nov 2002 14:37 PST
 
There was never an "Escape from Witch Mountain."
There was only "Escape to Witch Mountain" and "Return from Witch Mountain."
Subject: Re: Paranormal show I can't remember the name of
From: pinkfreud-ga on 02 Nov 2002 18:15 PST
 
I wonder whether you may be remembering "Under the Mountain," a show
that was part of Nickelodeon's 1983 "The Third Eye," a compilation
program with four parts:

"Under the Mountain" focused on a pair of fraternal twins, Rachel and
Theo Matheson. While staying with their Aunt and Uncle in Auckland,
New Zealand, the teen siblings were contacted by a mysterious man
named Mr. Jones, who had met them briefly eight years earlier. This
time, Mr. Jones revealed his true identity and mission. He was an
alien, sent from a far off world to recruit the twins in a battle
against another race of aliens. These latter creatures were a family
of slimy, slug-like beasts who could take on human form. Led by the
evil Mr. Wilberforce, the green meanies were now bent on destroying
Earth, and only the twins' emerging psychic abilities could turn them
back.

http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1737.php

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