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Tripods ·The 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.

en
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Created By

John Christopher

First Aired on

Sep 15, 1984

2 seaons till Nov 23, 1985

Popularity: 14.4895
16 votes
Networks
(GB)
Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: The Forest of Death

Seasons & episodes

Total 2 seasons, 25 episodes

Season 1

Aired

13 Episodes
  • Episode 1A Village in England - July, 2089 A.D. min

    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.

  • Episode 2England - July, 2089 A.D. min

    Two cousins, Will and Henry Parker, resist the capping process. Under the guidance of a man named Ozymandias, they flee their homes in search of other free humans who are hiding in the White Mountains.

  • Episode 3The English Channel - July, 2089 A.D. min

    Will and Henry cross over to France, but they are captured upon their arrival and held for the Tripods to complete their capping.

  • Episode 4France - July, 2089 A.D. min

    After escaping from prison with a new friend named Beanpole, Will and Henry travel to Paris, which is a ruined city inhabited by dangerous people.

  • Episode 5Chateau Ricordeau, France - July 2089 A.D. min

    Will becomes ill, and the three companions go into hiding at the Chateau Ricordeau. Will ends up in a romantic triangle with the daughter of a count named Eloise and the Duc de Sarlat.

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