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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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Tripodscast @tripodscast.bsky.social · Dec 29
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:
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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). Tripodscast - Exploring The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher. Episode 5 - Part One: BBC TV Adaptation: First Series - 'Giant Pork Pies!' Main image photo is 6 teens/young adults dressed in the worst/excessive 80s, chic/punk fashions. They look like rejects from an 80s Duran Duran music video. Tripodscast - Exploring The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher. Episode 7 Part One: The Cancellation! 'Bazooka'd' Image is BBC TV Centre with a giant red alien Tripod with large laser cannons on it's sides, looming besides it. There is smoke and fire beneath the Tripod. (A silver Tripod is behind in the distance). In the foreground is a smiling Jonathan Powell holding a smoking rocket launcher, and a fresh rocket of some kind in his other hand. Tripodscast - Exploring The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher. Episode 10: The Worlds of Sam Youd - 'Heaving bosoms and that kind of thing.' Photo of author Sam Youd, AKA John Christopher, creator of The Tripods Trilogy (amongst many others). He is looking happy, towards the camera.
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idontdoscifi.bsky.social
Yesterday, we recorded a special episode to be released during the Festive Season.
Photo of the base of a Christmas Tree. There are a few decorations hanging from it in view. (There is a blue-lit light of a TARDIS under the tree, and some of plush frog in a Santa outfit). At the front is a light-up sign with the word 'Recording' on it.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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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.
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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idontdoscifi.bsky.social
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.
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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idontdoscifi.bsky.social
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?

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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)
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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idontdoscifi.bsky.social
Coming soon! Non-fan & co-host Dani 'steps through the gate' to travel a journey of a million miles from home as she watches #Stargate (1994).
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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)
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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idontdoscifi.bsky.social
P.S. Also available in orange.
#Halloween #Stargate
A pumpkin on a doorstep, in the dark. It has been carved for Halloween in the shape of the 'Earth' symbol from 'Stargate' - a bit like 2 lines of the sides of a triangle, with a circle above the tip of the triangle. A sinister orange light is emanating from within the pumpkin.
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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idontdoscifi.bsky.social
Happy #Halloween!
Coming to a podcast platform near you soon our next episode #Stargate!
A pumpkin on a doorstep, in the dark. It has been carved for Halloween in the shape of the 'Earth' symbol from 'Stargate' - a bit like 2 lines of the sides of a triangle, with a circle above the tip of the triangle. A sinister blue light is emanating from within the pumpkin.
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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idontdoscifi.bsky.social
Like the Great Prophet Zarqhoun, we may be late posting this, but here it is: Photos of the 'Fortune Teller' the device used to add a random element to the points of discussion about #DouglasAdams #HitchHikersGuidetotheGalaxy in our episode with guest Tim/ @randomiserpod.bsky.social
Photo of a pair of hands (co-host Dani) holding a sheet of paper folded into the shape of a 'Fortune Teller' - showing four folded coloured sides - blue, red, orange, green. In the centre of these can see hand-written numbers. Photo of the DVD sleeve of the BBC TV adaptation of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. The cover features a photo of Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, and David Dixon as Ford Prefect. Next to it is pair of hands (co-host a sheet of paper folded into the shape of a 'Fortune Teller' - showing four folded coloured sides - blue, red, orange, green. In the centre of these can see hand-written numbers.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Are you visiting The City Of Gold And Lead? #thetripods
October 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
tripodscast.bsky.social
If you're not aware, this is from the Makers of Tripodscast!
idontdoscifi.bsky.social I Don't Do Sci-Fi @idontdoscifi.bsky.social · Oct 10
Out now! Non-fan Dani watches #BBC TV's #DouglasAdams' #HitchHikersGuidetotheGalaxy Will she need a Babel Fish to understand it all? Does she know where her towel is? This episode our guest is Tim from @randomiserpod.bsky.social listen here: anchor.fm/iddsf youtube.com/@iddsf
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. In the centre is a disgusted/perturbed man wearing a dressing gown over pyjamas - this is Arthur Dent. Beneath him are written the words: This is of course impossible. Surrounding him are various objects/creatures from The Hitch-Hikers Guide to Galaxy on TV.
October 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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We watched this the other night, and I recommend it!
Classy, informative, delightful – and short 😀
tripodscast.bsky.social Tripodscast @tripodscast.bsky.social · Oct 1
@charliefrancis.bsky.social has made a brilliant short film covering the #Tripods TV series, the @tripods40.bsky.social event, and talks with fans about their love of the show, and Chris Jones' wonderful book, 'All For Nothing?'
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When The Tripods Came Back
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October 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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idontdoscifi.bsky.social
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!
October 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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"THE TRIPODS" season 2, episode 5 (transmitted 05/10/85)

Via subterfuge, Will and Fritz gain entry to the city of the Tripods: a city with a lethal atmosphere and alien inhabitants...

A BBC adaptation of John Christopher's novel, "The City of Gold and Lead" (1968). #scifi #sciencefiction #1980s
October 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
tripodscast.bsky.social
@charliefrancis.bsky.social has made a brilliant short film covering the #Tripods TV series, the @tripods40.bsky.social event, and talks with fans about their love of the show, and Chris Jones' wonderful book, 'All For Nothing?'
youtu.be/ALSIxu-YqSc?...
When The Tripods Came Back
YouTube video by SciFiAssassin
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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September 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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41 years ago, The #Tripods arrived on BBC1. To celebrate, we've great pleasure in spreading the word that film-maker Charlie Francis has a treat in store. Coming October 1st, short film 'When The Tripods Came Back' takes a fond look at the Tripods40 celebrations.
September 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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ianmac.bsky.social
They might be a bit tame by modern standards, but John Christopher wrote two post-apocalyptic trilogies for Young Adults which I loved as a teenager. The first two Tripods books were made in to a tv series by the BBC.

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ianmac.bsky.social Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · Nov 24
In addition to ‘The Weirdstone of Brisingamen’ which a couple of people have already mentioned and which I loved reading at school; I’d also recommend two trilogies by John Christopher suitable for Young Adults:

The Tripods and Sword of the Spirits, both had a Puffin issue back in the day.
Three book covers by John Christopher in the Tripods series. The White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead, The Pool of Fire. Three book covers for a series by John Christopher. The Prince in Waiting, Beyond the Burning Lands and The Sword of the Spirits.
September 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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"We thank the #Tripods for Monday."
John in a video call. The virtual background is a giant 'Tripod' - alien machine towering over a circus tent. There are mountains in the background. Scene from The Tripods.
September 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
tripodscast.bsky.social
Happy (Actual) Anniversary to the #BBC TV adaptation of The #Tripods. First broadcast on Saturday 15th September 1984. Based on John Christopher/Sam Youd's original trilogy.
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Tripodscast - Exploring The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher. Episode 5 - Part One: BBC TV Adaptation: First Series - 'Giant Pork Pies!' Main image photo is 6 teens/young adults dressed in the worst/excessive 80s, chic/punk fashions. They look like rejects from an 80s Duran Duran music video.
September 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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"THE TRIPODS" season 1, episode 1 (15/09/84)

Through the ritual of "Capping", the Earth's population have been enslaved by alien Masters who traverse the planet in Tripod machines.

A BBC adaptation of John Christopher's novel, "The White Mountains" (1967). #scifi #sciencefiction #1980s #horrorfam
September 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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"THE TRIPODS" dominate the cover of "Radio Times"
(15th - 21st September, 1984).

#scifi #sciencefiction #1980s #horrorfam #RadioTimes #horror
September 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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tripods40.bsky.social
1 year ago today, cast, crew & fans gathered for Tripods40 to launch Tripods: All For Nothing book & to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the #BBC #scifi series The #Tripods based on ##JohnChristopher 's novels. Relive the day with these interviews youtube.com/@2089ad-a4n?...
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4 men stood in a line-up: Jim Baker, Ceri Seel, John Shackley, and Robin Hayter - the lead actors in the BBC TV Sci-Fi Series, The Tripods. They are looking happy after being guests at Tripods40.
September 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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The Tripods
weegee.bsky.social Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · Sep 12
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.

What's yours?
September 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
tripodscast.bsky.social
Have you heard our third episode of the podcast where a first-time reader discusses the book?
#Tripods #JohnChristopher #YA #scifi

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monstersattack.bsky.social Attack of the Giant Retro Monsters 🔞 @monstersattack.bsky.social · Sep 11
Choose 20 Science Fiction books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (20/20) 🛸 #booksky #scifi
September 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Choose 20 Science Fiction books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (20/20) 🛸 #booksky #scifi
September 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM