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The Tripods

Rated 7.220 votes19842 seasons30mTV-PG

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.

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Created by
John Christopher
First aired
Sep 15, 1984
Status
Ended
Network
BBC One
Episodes
25
Country
GB

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S1 E1: A Village in England - July, 2089 A.D.

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S1 E1 A Village in England - July, 2089 A.D.

Sep 15, 1984

The story begins with the capping of Jack, one of Will Parker's friends. Will's community looks to be living in the 1800s as there are no machines or electrical devices, although Tripods are commonplace. In preparing for the capping of Jack, Will and Henry deliver food to vagrants which are people whose capping didn't go well. Living among them is Ozymandias who reveals to Will the secret of the White Mountains where men live free. Jack is capped, and returns to the village as a controlled mind. Will and Henry start their voyage to the White Mountains.

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