The Tripods (1984)
- Genre
- science fiction television series, post-apocalyptic television series
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 2 seasons, 25 episodes
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a future where aliens called Tripods have enslaved humanity by fitting metal caps on teenagers, two boys escape their village to find a free community in the mountains. They journey across Europe while evading the Tripods and their human collaborators.
slow-burnbleakcreepysuspensefulearnestretro-futuristicdeliberately pacedatmospheric
What happens
The Tripods is a television adaptation of John Christopher's The Tripods series of novels. It was jointly produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and the Seven Network in Australia. The music soundtrack was written by Ken Freeman. Series one of The Tripods, broadcast in 1984, had 13 half-hour episodes written by Alick Rowe, the author of many radio plays, and covers the first book, The White Mountains; the 12-episode second series (1985) written by Christopher Penfold covers The City of Gold and Lead. Although a television script had been written for the third series, it was cancelled by BBC executives Michael Grade and Jonathan Powell due to the adaptation failing in the ratings. The first series was released on both VHS and DVD. The BBC released Tripods — The Complete Series 1 & 2 on DVD in March 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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