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The Tripods (1984–1985)

2 seasons25 episodes30 min per episode★ 7.4 · 1,717 votes

• Adventure
• Drama
• Sci-Fi

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.

First aired

September 15, 1984

Last episode

November 23, 1985

Network

BBC One

Country of origin

United Kingdom