NOT QUITE CAPPING Day, but a celebration worthy of note, this month marks the 40th anniversary of the debut of The Tripods on BBC One.
The series was based on a set of novels by "John Christopher" - actually a pen name of Sam Youd. A jack of all trades, his work covered various genres including sci-fi, thrillers, comedy, historical gothic romance, cricket novels, hospital erotica and serious literature, all written under different names.
Comprising The White Mountains, The City Of Gold And Lead (both 1967) and The Pool Of Fire (1968), the Tripods trilogy marked Youd's entry into children's literature. Set in a post-apocalyptic scenario, they depict an Earth ruled for 100 years by huge, three-legged metal walking machines. No one knows if they're AI, piloted by extraterrestrial beings, or something else entirely...
WILL, FREE
Here, humankind is living in pre-industrial villages, and everything is seemingly tranquil, peaceful and idyllic. But they've been enslaved through the use of Capping. At the age of 14, teenagers are plucked from their villages and bestowed with a "Cap" which renders them docile, suppressing all sense of free will and individuality.
Will Parker, one year away from his own Capping, begins to have doubts after witnessing a complete personality change in his best friend Jack, who's just been Capped. He then meets a mysterious man with a fake Cap named Ozymandias, who encourages Will to leave his home and join a resistance group based in the Swiss Alps to free humanity from the Tripods' control.
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PURE AND SIMPLE
IN THE FINAL PART OF OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, SHOWRUNNER RUSSELL T DAVIES TALKS RELAUNCHING DOCTOR WHO
TO CAP IT ALL OFF
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE BBC SERIES THE TRIPODS
FRENCH REVOLUTION
THE WALKING DEAD SPIN-OFF SHOWRUNNER DAVID ZABEL ON BEING GIVEN THE TOUGH TASK OF REUNITING DARYL AND CAROL IN FRANCE
SILENT KILLERS
THE DIRECTOR OF HOLLYWOOD'S SPEAK NO EVIL REMAKE ON HORROR, COMEDY AND JAMES MCAVOY
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD
THE GHOST WITH THE MOST RETURNS FINALLY - IN BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
TEENAGE DREAM
JOE LOCKE HITS THE ROAD RUNNING
MOB RULE THE PENGUIN
GOTHAM'S UP FOR GRABS IN BRUISING NEW CRIME SAGA BUT WHERE IS THE BATMAN?
SEASON OF THE WITCH
AS MARVEL TELEVISION CARVES OUT A NEW PATH FOR ITSELF, WE SPEAK TO CREATOR JAC SCHAEFFER, PLUS A CAST OF STARS LED BY KATHRYN HAHN AND JOE LOCKE, ABOUT THE MAGIC OF WANDAVISION'S SPIN-OFF AGATHA ALL ALONG
Ghouls Allowed
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Those '70s Shows
James Swallow takes a trip back in time with his new Space: 1999 and UFO novellas