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Tripodscast

@tripodscast.bsky.social

Lively discussion on the books & TV series based on John Christopher's (Sam Youd) exciting Tripods trilogy. https://anchor.fm/the-tripodscast See also our new podcast @idontdoscifi.bsky.social

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Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️‍🌈@alexwilcock.bsky.social · last mo.

I was going to say something political, but somehow after yesterday working in the fields seems the only thing that’s important

Me in cap with a triangular circuit Tripod Cap on it, standing in a field by some sheep which are sensibly lying in the shade and not doing much
Tripodscast@tripodscast.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy Capping Day! The first episode of the #BBC adaptation of John Christopher/Sam Youd's The White Mountains, The #Tripods was set on today's date. (TX 14/09/1984). Hear discussions & interviews with Producer, cast & crew in our podcast anchor.fm/the-tripodscast

Screenshot from The Tripods episode 1, broadcast on BBC1 14th September 1984. The shot is a large village pond, with a few houses beyond it. It is a bright, sunny day. There is a caption onscreen: A village in England - July, 2089.
Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️‍🌈@alexwilcock.bsky.social · last mo.

On This Capping Day 2089: The Tripods A village in England welcomes its towering overlord (of which it knows nothing and will be capped at nothing more) Where Will Parker is inspired to a different life, a journey that will take him to the White Mountains and beyond (but a bleak ending, either way)

Radio Times cover – The Tripods Are Coming, with towering metal Tripod travel machine A Village In England, July 2089A metal Tripod travel machine (spoilers!) towering over an English village, everyone standing stiffly for it in their best clothes
I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Do you know where your towel is? Happy #TowelDay where we celebrate the life of #DouglasAdams. He was a Hoopy #Frood

I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 10mo ago

NEW EPISODE! This Saturday (11/10/25): non-fan Dani watches #BBC TV version of #DouglasAdams #HitchHikersGuidetotheGalaxy for the 1st time. Our guest is Tim from @randomiserpod.bsky.social Don't forget to bring your #towel! #ArthurDent #Zaphod #FordPrefect #Trillian #Marvin #42

I Don't Do Sci-Fi - the podcast series, Season 2, Episode 3: "One's never alone with a rubber duck." Dani watches The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.The main image is a montage and of people and things from the BBC TV adaptation of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1981). In the centre is a disgusted/perteberd man wearing a dressing gown over pyjamas - this is Arthur Dent (played by Simon Jones). Beneath him are written the words: This is of course impossible. Surrounding him are: a yellow fish - the Babel Fish, an animal's head on a platter with an apple in it's mouth - this is the Dish of the Day, a tablet-like device - the titular Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (on it's screen are the words: Don't Panic!), and mouse, a weird-shaped glass with an exotic drink - this is a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster (which drinking it is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a gold brick), a neon sign for 'Milliways' (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe), a multi-armed alien - a Jatravartid holding a few deodorant spray cans, the logo of Disaster Area - generally regarded as not only the loudest rock band in the Galaxy, but also the loudest noise of any kind at all, a mathematical symbol for infinity(?), two fried eggs on slices of bread, a roughly humanoid-shaped robot - Marvin the Paranoid Android (who has a brain the size of a planet - thinking down to our level gives him a headache!), a squadron of red, and green arrows in formation representing space fleets of the G'Guvuntts, and the Vl'Hurgs, the words 'forty' and 'two' in circluar/wooden tiles laid out like Scrabble, a sperm whale, and a pie-chart split into 3 equal looking sections: Thinkers, Doers, Middle Men. Finally, in large, friendly, pink letters: Don't Panic in the background of it all!
John Isles@selsijohn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Good episode. Never seen A for Andromeda (only the 2006 remake), The Machine Stops is very good. I'm slowly watching of OoTU boxset. Good hear you liked The Tripods. Sounds like @hairofthehound.bsky.social should have been at @tripods40.bsky.social! youtu.be/ALSIxu-YqSc?...

When The Tripods Came Back (Mini Documentary)

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Cathode Ray's Podcast@cathoderays.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Machines have taken over! But Conrad Westmaas @hairofthehound.bsky.social has joined the fightback at Ray's Café, as we dive into #AForAndromeda, #TheTripods and #TheMachineStops from #OutOfTheUnknown. 🌌 Podbean tinyurl.com/3a9s3bd8 🧢 Spotify tinyurl.com/2p69h7kn 🛑 YouTube tinyurl.com/3w624f8y

Graphic showing the episode title and title cards from the three programmes being discussed
Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️‍🌈@alexwilcock.bsky.social · 4mo ago

OYD* 1922: Sam Youd (John Christopher) Writer of many dystopian novels, compelling to young me not just for his grim worldbuilding but their sour endings Most famous for The Tripods Trilogy, later a BBC1 series with an infamously (accidentally) bleak finish *Yesterday, but…

The Prince In Waiting by John Christopher – stylised cover in reds and greens with soldiers in armour before a walled city with a head on a spike over its gateRadio Times September 1984 cover – The Tripods Are Coming, with towering metal Tripod travel machine
John Isles@selsijohn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In the meantime, if you haven't heard it already, there's a #Tripods podcast @tripodscast.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/trip...

Tripodscast@tripodscast.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join us on a journey as a first-time reader/viewer of The Tripods discusses the books, TV show, fandom, and author John Christopher. Along the way the podcast interviews the lead actors, and producer of the BBC TV series, and @sylepress.bsky.social listen at: anchor.fm/the-tripodscast

Tripodscast - Exploring The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher. Episode 1: The White Mountains. Now a thrilling podcast series! Main image is a photo of three lead characters dressed like yokels from the 19th Century. They are teenage boys smiling towards the camera, left-right: Will Parker (John Shackley), Henry Parker (Jim Baker), Bean-Pole (Ceri Seel).
I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Coming soon! Our Holiday Special. We take co-host Dani back to the 70s, her most hated decade to watch classic British TV. Some of it featuring: Bruce Forsyth Paula Wilcox Derek Jacobi James Burke Richard Briers The Colour Brown!

I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Here's something else that @min3rvas0wl.bsky.social and Dani talked about in our #Stargate episode: The Eye of the Pharaoh by Iain Smyth, 'a pop-up whodunnit.' Has anyone else read this book?

The Eye of the Pharaoh by Iain Smyth, 'a pop-up whodunnit.' Front cover. It shows the inside of an Egyptian tomb with a sarcophagus laid down. There the silhouettes of three people looking at it. Surrounding them are pictures of various people - the characters/suspects in the book. The Eye of the Pharaoh by Iain Smyth, 'a pop-up whodunnit.' A page called 'Into the Pyramid' - a group of people inside a tunnel/corridor in a pyramid. It's dark, so they're all carrying either a flaming torch or battery torch. There are hieroglyphics on the wall. A page from The Eye of the Pharaoh by Iain Smyth, 'a pop-up whodunnit.' 'The opening of the Tomb.' Charcaters stood outside the ornate/hieroglyphic covered closed doors of a pyramid. Two people are studying the door, while others look on, including one with a camera photographing what they're doing.A page from The Eye of the Pharaoh by Iain Smyth, 'a pop-up whodunnit.' An actual pop-up page titled, 'The Evidence.' The pop-up is the inside of the Tomb - with the sarcophagus, and Charcaters stood around it in the chamber.
I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Join a non-fan as she takes a journey a million light years from home through the #Stargate! The movie, combined action/adventure, sci-fi, & ancient Egyptian mythology. Will her Chevrons be locked or will the gate stay closed? anchor.fm/idontdoscifi youtube.com/@iddsf westlakefilms.uk/idontdoscifi

The text/logo for I Don't Do Sci-Fi - The Podcast Series, Season 2, Episode 4. A 2nd text box underneath says: I'm here in case you succeed. Dani watches Stargate. There is an image in the centre is the Stargate which is a large circle made of a metal-looking material, with engraved symbols all around it. The symbols are lit-up - suggesting the gate is 'active' - a large Egyptian pyramid can be seen through the circle of the Stargate. Looking at the gate from the outside are two men in standing, in silhouette Daniel Jackson, and Col. Jack O'Neil. (Image by Dani Wray)
I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Who remembers Microsoft #AncientLands? Co-hosts @min3rvas0wl.bsky.social & Dani certainly do-they talk about using this ancient resource in our #Stargate episode. #Egypt

Cover art for CD-ROM Microsoft Ancient Lands. The subtitle says: Explore the mysterious world of the past. Painted artwork of ancient Egyptian artefacts and people. A map/screen from Microsoft Ancient Lands showing Rome, Greece, and Egypt. A screenshot from Microsoft Ancient Lands with the title 'Monuments & Mysteries.' There are pictures running around the outside of the frame areas to investigate/read of people, places, and creatures: The Bloody Arena, Rome Today, Worship & Sacrifice, A Day at the Races, The Legacy of Rome, Pompeii, Death & Burial, Healing the Sick, and A World of Many Gods.Screenshot from Microsoft Ancient Lands: 'The Minoan World' the scene is an ancient Minoan city with people gathered between them as if there's a market. The information text on screen is too pixelated to read clearly on this screenshot.
I Don't Do Sci-Fi@idontdoscifi.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Join a non-fan as she takes a journey a million light years from home through the #Stargate! The movie, combined action/adventure, sci-fi, & ancient Egyptian mythology. Will her Chevrons be locked or will the gate stay closed? anchor.fm/idontdoscifi youtube.com/@iddsf westlakefilms.uk/idontdoscifi

The text/logo for I Don't Do Sci-Fi - The Podcast Series, Season 2, Episode 4. A 2nd text box underneath says: I'm here in case you succeed. Dani watches Stargate. There is an image in the centre is the Stargate which is a large circle made of a metal-looking material, with engraved symbols all around it. The symbols are lit-up - suggesting the gate is 'active' - a large Egyptian pyramid can be seen through the circle of the Stargate. Looking at the gate from the outside are two men in standing, in silhouette Daniel Jackson, and Col. Jack O'Neil. (Image by Dani Wray)