The Cult of The Tripods

The Tripods is a mid-'80s television adaptation of Samuel Youd's (writing as John Christopher) The Tripods series of novels. It was jointly produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and the Seven Network in Australia.

Disney-owned Touchstone Pictures nabbed the rights in the late '90s, but the whole enterprise languished in development hell until Variety reported in early 2005 that director Gregor Jordan was slated to mastermind the big screen resurrection of the three-legged alien invaders. It wasn't to be.

As news dried up, the frustration was felt most by fans of the classic BBC version of The Tripods, which was cruelly axed after two mostly fantastic seasons with the last book in the trilogy unfilmed.
A nation of children who feared cappings, Black Guards and dreamt of the White Mountains were left without a visual resolution to the ambitious tale.

However, in 2009 Alex Proyas has been linked to the proposed movie... http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a150127/the-tripods-are-back-exclusive-mo...

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[Steve10578]

They did not forget to make the 3rd series, some selfish person took over BBC programming who was not a fan of Sci-Fi and cancelled the show. Obviously forgetting Sci-Fi fans still pay for a TV license.

[godkingRoss]

Ok, i paused at the beginning because I'm not sure weather the "tripod cult" is just a lode of blokes with massive cocks?

[soeffingwhat]

@TheEyez187 - Me too, loved the opening Music. I always loved the first Series better, I loved the mysteriousness about it.

[gabiotta]

Unconsciously stolen from H.G. Wells?

FFS, it is impossible that the first book got to publication without this being flagged up, let alone three.

[winterwisp79]

I read all the books as a kid and loved them and just discovered they made a TV adaption, so cool!

[TheEyez187]

loved watching this as a kid, openeing music was ace,

awesome programme, make series 3

[underwaterlady]

i missed this when it originally played on tv, but i've been watching it every night for the past couple of days on dvd. i absolutely love it.

[dbg32]

20:18

[Kardiatheon]

@SuperVerdone not everyone, but in the world of BBC. People get taxed so they can make this stuff. I would really hope they would make lower budget stuff and leave the hard protects to the people who have to watch a bottom line.