‘They arrived in cylinders as dreaded falling stars; these were the ultimate eliminating machines…’ When a Martian spacecraft crash-lands near Woking, mankind is definitely terrorised by aliens in tall, armoured capsules that stalk the countryside on three legs. The frightening machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties with their heat-rays, and survivors are driven underground. Yet it all began in the calm of the observatory… While checking the heavens, scientist John Nicholson sees a shower of meteorites heading towards Earth. But what he’s witnessing is definitely, actually, the beginnings of the invasion. Soon, dense black smoke wipes out huge numbers of the population and Nicholson tells how he was plunged into a paralysing problem of stark terror and utter devastation. Martin Jarvis, Peter Sallis and Anthony Jackson also feature in this fascinating six-part, full-cast dramatisation of H.G. Well’s traditional novel – an greatly atmospheric recording predicated on probably one of the most influential stories ever told.