2 Season
25 Episode
Tripods
In the year 2089, an alien race stalks the land in towering machines known as Tripods. They have taken over the earth and enslaved mankind with a mind-controlling device, ceremoniously implanted at adolescence. Will Parker, desperate to escape this ritual, leaves the village with his cousin, Henry and attempts to link up with the human resistance movement.
- Year: 1985
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Studio: BBC One
- Keyword: alien invasion, teenage boy, based on young adult novel
- Director: John Christopher
- Cast: John Shackley, Jim Baker, Ceri Seel, Robin Hayter, John Woodvine