The Tripods

  • Premiered: Sep 1984
  • Episodes: 25
  • Followers: 7
  • Ended
  • BBC One
  • Saturday at 17
  • Adventure Drama Science-fiction

Seasons:

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Season 2
2x1
The White Mountains - 2090 A.D.
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 07, 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.
2x2
Travel
Episode overview
Air date
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.
2x3
Will is Arrested
Episode overview
Air date
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.
2x4
Help from Friends
Episode overview
Air date
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.
2x5
City of Gold
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 05, 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.
2x6
Will is Made a Slave
Episode overview
Air date
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.
2x7
Hunt for Eloise
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 19, 1985
Will wants to find Eloise again, and Fritz is promoted from his slave life into the Power Elite, where he makes a new friend, Pierre.
2x8
The Pool of Fire
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 26, 1985
As Will and Fritz become more aware of what the Masters have planned for the Earth, they are brought to the Pool of Fire, where they meet one of the most powerful creatures in the City, a Cognosc.
2x9
Blessings of the Cognosc
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 02, 1985
Having read Will´s mind, the Cognosc knows why the boys have trained to infiltrate the City.
2x10
The Cognosc Departs
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 1985
Will kills his master when he tries to check out Will´s cap. He tries to leave the City via an underground channel.
2x11
Escape from the City of Gold
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 16, 1985
Fritz chooses to stay in the City, and Beanpole saves Will from drowning during his escape. They make it to a nearby town, and hide from the black guards in a circus.
2x12 Show finale
The Forest of Death
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 23, 1985
Will and Beanpole pretend to be clowns in Ali Pasha´s circus. Their goal now is to get back to the White Mountains and tell the free men about what the Masters are going to do to Earth. .. show full overview

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