 | I'd totally forgotten about Tripods, and how brilliant it was as a kid. Intelligent sci-fi for kids, and as creepy as hell. I think the fact as a Brit, that it was set in some future that looked very much like a chocolate box version of the English countryside, made it all the more creepy. Those giant tripods striding over thatched cottages, and snatching up village teenagers dressed in tweed jackets, to implant them, so they could be controlled! |
The Tripods was adapted from the series of novels by John Christopher's called unsurprisingly The Tripods. It was jointly produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and the Seven Network in Australia. It ran for a total of 25 episodes over two seasons, from 1984 to 1985.
| If you haven't seen it, it's like a mix between War Of The Worlds, with a the creepy Englishness of the Wickerman, or a John Wyndam novel like The Midwich Cuckoos (Village Of The Damned) or The Day Of The Triffids. In fact the show did seem to "borrow" from all that I have mentioned above. The aliens were uncannily like the aliens from the original War Of The Worlds movie. All of that brought together made for one hell of a weird and creepy show, that gave me nightmares for weeks. | |
