War of the Worlds (TV series)

War of the Worlds is a American science fiction television series loosely based on h. g. Wells' novel The War of The Worlds. The television series is a sequel to the first War of the Worlds movie from 1953.

The series ran for two seasons with a total of 43 episodes. The film was shot in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Since the concept of life on Mars in the 80 's a lot less credible, was the origin of the aliens changed. They would in reality of the planet Mor-Tax come – a garden planet 40light-years away from the Earth.
 * 2 Characters
 * Background 3
 * 3.1 first season
 * 3.2 second season
 * 4 Episodes list
 * 5 guest roles
 * 6 Trivia
 * 7 external links

The series assumes that the aliens at the end of the first film not died by bacteria, but ended up in a State of suspended animation . Their bodies were then stored on storage sites for toxins (in the series are at least ten of these kinds of storage places known[1] ). After that, the Government has a big cover-up started to convince people that the invasion never took place.

The series begins in 1988, when a terrorist group accidentally exposes some vessels where the aliens concerned to radioactive radiation. The radiation kills the bacteria in the aliens, after which they awaken. They take possession of the bodies of six terrorists. From that moment on they take possession of human bodies and begin Earth technology to build for their own purposes, with the plan the invasion successfully complete. At the same time, they must find a way to protect themselves against the bacteria. Hurry is provided because in five years will be three million colonists from Mor-Tax arrive and the Earth are ready to receive them.

The Government intervenes to establish by a secret organization. The series focuses on this organization, their missions and adventures in battles with the aliens. However, the situation becomes more complicated when there is still another alien race on the earth turns out to be. ==Characters[ Edit] == ==Background<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===First season<span class="mw-editsection" len="355" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Along with other science fiction and horror series that were broadcast in the 1980s fumbled War of the Worlds constantly the border off of what could and what not. The series contained occasionally violence equal to R-rated horror films of that time. As is plain to see how aliens die and then their human guest bodies melt away. In addition, clear away the Mor-Taxans anyone who runs them in out of the way.
 * Dr. Harrison Blackwood (Jared Martin) An astrophysicist whose parents perished at the invasion in 1953. After the invasion he was adopted by Dr. Clayton Forrester (the main character from the movie).Blackwoods character seems to be strong on Dr. Forrester. He is a pacifist and a vegetarian. The organization is named after him: the Blackwood project.
 * Dr. Suzanne McCullough (Lynda Mason Green) A microbiologist and single mother to Debi. She loves always stuck to the standard procedures of her work, which caused tensions between it and Blackwood.
 * Norton Drake (Philip Akin) An old friend of Harrison. He is a computer genius, but has suffered from a spinal cord injury. He is therefore in wheelchair and he can control with voice commands. He comes often as cool about, and has a good sense of humor.
 * Lt. Col. Paul Ironhorse (Richard Chaves) An Indian soldier. He is very conservative and are often clashes with that of the other team members, especially Blackwood.
 * Quinn (John Colicos) An alien who is stuck in a human body since the invasion in 1953. He is for some reason become immune to bacteria. He settled his fellow aliens and the Blackwood project against each other for his own goals.
 * The Qar'To An unknown alien race. They want to correct the Mor-Taxans retain spacious and humanity out of the way. However, this is not so much to assist humanity, but because of their own sinister plans: they see people as a future power source.
 * Project 9 A second Government Organization. This, however, is more interested in exploring the aliens than to counter their invasion plans.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the first season were the aliens led by a trio of leaders known as the Advocacy. They remain continually in a cave in the Nevada desert, which serves as a basis. This cave have they chosen because plenty of radioactive radiation is of old nuclear experiments, and so no bacteria.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The reason that the aliens want to conquer the Earth is because their planet dies. Their hatred against people not only by prejudices. The aliens are coming from a planet that is similar to the Garden of Eden. They've seen how humanity pollutes the Earth. Without people they can restore the plant life on Earth.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Sylvia Van Buren (Ann Robinson), a character from the first film, had a few guest appearances in this series. She has apparently gotten the gift since the invasion in order to feel the presence of the aliens.

<p lang="en" len="144" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The episodes all had (often from irony) Biblical titles like "The Walls of Jericho", "To Heal the Leper", and "Among the Philistines".

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Finally the season contains a reference to the Orson Welles's famous radio play . In the episode Eye for an Eye, it became known that in 1938 a "real" invasion would have taken place, which is by the Government later dismissed as a realistic radio play. In that attack, the Mor-Taxans have discovered that the people are able to destroy their machines, which is why they used those machines at their attack had an energy shield in 1953. ===Second season<span class="mw-editsection" len="355" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Although the ratings of the first season were high, however, the team that was behind the creation of season 1 was replaced by Frank Mancuso Jr.. He had reportedly not seen many episodes of the first season. This combined with other writers made that the second season was very inconsistent. Many details and storylines from the first season were drastically altered or even omitted entirely. Even the title of the series changed in:War of the Worlds: The Second Invasion.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The second season was no longer in the "present" (1988) but in the near future. In this future the world was in a downward spiral. Of the few characters from season 1 who returned in season 2 were most killed. Also the characters Norton and Iron horse, which were popular with many fans, survived the second season not.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The aliens themselves also underwent changes. So was introduced a new alien race called the Morthren. Pretty much everything that had to do with the aliens from season 1 was omitted in season 2. This Morthren are apparently connected to the Mor-Taxans, but how was in the series not really clear. Where the Mor-Taxans often had problems with bacteria and nuclear radiation, the Morthren soon found a solution: take possession of human bodies as protection.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Because of these changes remained many unanswered questions from season 1. In the finale of the first season were the viewers too see what the true intentions were of the project by the Blackwood-Qar'To still were seen as allies because they also fought against the Mor-Taxans. At the end of season 1 showed that there were more Quar'To on the way to Earth. This story line was however not continued in season 2.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Although the radical changes made the show better, according to the writers were fans of the first season disappointed. The ratings quickly sank. Therefore, the series was discontinued early. ==Episodes List<span class="mw-editsection" len="358" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Guest Roles<span class="mw-editsection" len="351" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first season had arranged guest appearances by well-known actors. Besides the fact that Ann Robinson her character Sylvia Van Buren from the first film again starred in the series, did, among others, John Colicos(of Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek) as the alien Quinn. Other famous actors Patrick Macnee, Greg Morris, Jeff Corey, John Ireland, Michael Parks, and James Hong. ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * The scripts of three episodes are signed with the pseudonyms Forrest Van Buren, Sylvia Clayton, and Sylvia Van Buren. The real author (s) of these scripts are not known.
 * In the end credits of each episode of the first season is a reference to The Far Side Gary Larson 's cartoons-.