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

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)

Trailer

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