Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The year is 2089 An alien race stalks the land in towering machines known as Tripods They have taken over the earth & enslaved mankind with a mind-controlling device ceremoniously implanted at the age of fourteen Will Parker anxiously awaits this ritual but hears of a place where a group of people is organising a resistance movement Together with his cousin they leave their village hoping to join them They have not left unnoticed however & the giant alien machines are in pursuit Based on the novels by John Christopher The Tripods was one of the most expensive productions ever undertaken by the BBC using a huge cast & many new special effects Originally aired in the Saturday afternoon slot previously occupied by Doctor Who The Tripods is another classic sci-fi serial from the BBC
Includes:: the whole of series 1 & 2 Actors John Shackley Jim Baker Peter Dolphin Lucinda Curtis Roderick Horn Ceri Seel Michael Gilmour Barbara Thorn John Scott Martin & Peter Stockbridge Certificate PGScreen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono