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.
2 seasons · 25 episodes
S2 E1The White Mountains - 2090 A.D.
Sep 7, 1985
The season opens with the boys in the White Mountains, training with the free men to enter the Tripod´s games. Only the best will be selected by Julius.
S2 E2Travel
Sep 14, 1985
All the boys have been chosen to participate in the games. Now comes a trip to Germany, to reach the games stadium.
S2 E3Will Is Arrested
Sep 21, 1985
Will is arrested after a fight while drunk, Beanpole is missing, and Fritz may head for the games without them. Will and Beanpole end up on the run from Goetz.
S2 E4Help from Friends
Sep 29, 1985
With some help from Zerlina and Papagena, Will and Beanpole escape from Goetz, and make their way to the stadium just in time for the games.
S2 E5City of Gold
Oct 5, 1985
The games are over. The Tripods take Will and Fritz to the City of Gold, leaving Beanpole behind. The city seems to be escape-proof.
S2 E6Will Is Made a Slave
Oct 12, 1985
Fritz is made a slave somewhere beneath the city, and Will is placed in the service of Master 468, an alien who belongs to the race that created the Tripods.
John Shackley
Will Parker
Jim Baker
Henry Parker
Ceri Seel
Jean-Paul “Beanpole” Deliet
Pamela Salem
Gräfin de Ricordeau
Jeremy Young
Graf de Ricordeau
Charlotte Long
Eloise de Ricordeau
Robin Hayter
Fritz Eger
John Woodvine
Meister West 468
Elizabeth Heery
Papagena
Edward Kelsey
Bruce Purchase
Peter Forbes-Robertson
