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The Tripods

1984–1985 · 2 seasons, 25 episodes · 28m episodes · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · BBC One · United Kingdom · Rated TV-PG (US)

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.

Created by
John Christopher
Starring
John Shackley, Jim Baker, Ceri Seel, Pamela Salem, Jeremy Young, Charlotte Long
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alien invasionbased on young adult novelteenage boy
RatingTV-PG (US)

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