Professor Tom Morrow is a recurring Tomorrowland character from Rocket to the Moon. He has been voiced by George Walsh and Nathan Lane.
History[]
Biography[]
Rocket to the Moon[]
Professor Tom Morrow was a scientist during the early 20th century, possibly having been as active as the late 1930s as the author of books, "Mission to the Stars" and, "Mission to the Red Planet". Tom Morrow was an inhabitant of the futurist settlement Tomorrowland, presumably around the 1980s. In Tomorrowland, Morrow was Spacecraft Missions Director for Moonliner Flight Systems, a space-program where he watched over the Moonliner rocket which made travels to the moon.
Later history[]
Later on in Tomorrowland's history, Tom Morrow was always seen in a robotic form. He gave lectures in the Tomorrowland Interplanetary Convention Centre such as, "MISSION TO MARS: HISTORY OR HOAX" for the League of Planets. He came to serve the position of Tomorrowland's mayor, using his position to promote new technologies at the Tomorrowland Expo Center. A robot called Tom Morrow 2.0 would be made to serve this same purpose in EPCOT.
Development history[]
Tom Morrow was originally portrayed as a balding scientist voiced by George Walsh in the pre-show for Rocket to the Moon, an attraction made before the actual moon-landing. When humans actually did travel to the moon, making the attraction outdated, the attraction was changed to Mission to Mars and Tom's figure was repurposed for the character of Mister Johnson who served the same function. Tom Morrow would continue being referenced in attractions and eventually make a physical appearance in Innoventions as robotic mayor of Tomorrowland, using the same figure as the Timekeeper.
Appearances[]
Disneyland[]
Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT![]
Tom Morrow's robotic head is in the Collector's office.[1]
Main Street Cinema[]
The Disneyland Casting Agency has a posting reading, "Ground Control Rocket to the Moon (and back). No experience necessary. Report to Mr. Morrow, Moonliner Flight Systems."[2]
Tomorrowland[]
Tom Morrow appeared in his human iteration as a live-performed character at Disneyland After Dark: Throwback Night. He was stationed near the kugel ball and alongside him was a control panel and chalk-board with a drawing of the Moonliner.[3]
Autopia[]
The billboard screen in the load-area for Autopia sometimes shows a post-card for Autopia with the message, "Greetings from the Magic Highway- Tom Morrow".[4]
Flight to the Moon[]
Tom Morrow appeared as a human flight-director in the queue.
Innoventions[]
Mayor Tom Morrow appeared as the audio-animatronic host of this show, voiced by Nathan Lane. He frequently sang, "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" from Carousel of Progress.
Star Tours[]
In the Tomorrowland Starport, a voice over the P.A. would say, "Mister Morrow, Mister Tom Morrow... please check with the Star Tours agent at gate number four". When the attraction changed to Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, this was changed to Mot Worrom, Tom Morrow spelt backwards.[5]
Walt Disney World[]
Innoventions[]
The host of this show was, "Tom Morrow 2.0".
Skipper Canteen[]
In the library are books "Mission to the Stars" and "Mission to the Red Planet" written by Morrow/T. Morrow.
Tomorrowland[]
ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter[]
In the queue, a screen would advertise the convention centre's lecture, "LEAGUE OF PLANETS INTERSTELLAR DEBATE ON SPACE SCIENCE MISSION TO MARS: HISTORY OR HOAX? WITH PROFESSOR TOM MORROW".[6]
Stitch's Supersonic Celebration[]
When Stitch was designing his robot on Robo-Mart, Tom Morrow's robotic head-model came up as an option. Tom Morrow 2.0 was also shown for sale through Robo Mart.
Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover[]
While passing through Space Mountain, an announcer says, "Paging Mr. Morrow, Mr. Tom Morrow. Please contact Mr. Johnson in the control-tower to confirm your flight to the moon". An older version was the announcement, " Paging Mr. Morrow. Mr. Tom Morrow. Your party from Saturn has arrived. Please give them a ring".
Trivia[]
- In being host of a Carousel Theatre attraction, Tom Morrow replaced John and Sam the Eagle.
- The ExtraTERRORestrial character T.O.M. 2000's name may be a reference to Tom Morrow.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.slashfilm.com/551270/guardians-of-the-galaxy-mission-breakout-easter-eggs/
- ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2016/07/now-casting.html
- ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2023/04/19/the-entertainment-of-disneyland-after-dark-throwback-nite-2023/
- ↑ https://allears.net/2016/05/14/disneyland-and-dca-new-attractions-and-shows/
- ↑ https://www.wdw-magazine.com/five-inter-galactic-star-tours-facts/
- ↑ https://allears.net/2014/06/30/tomorrowland-part-six/