The Tripods (Scripted, English)
Genres: Adventure, Science-Fiction
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1984-09-15
Ended: 1985-11-23
Network: BBC One
Country: GB
Airs on: Saturday
Runtime: 25 minutes
Average rating: 6.9
Big alien machines on three legs (Tripods) have conquered the Earth. The show is set in the year 2089 where it is widely accepted by the humans to be controlled by the Tripods with "caps", attached to a child's head, when it turns 14. Will and Henry are trying to escape from being capped and find a promised place where it is told that free men are fighting the machines.