The War of the Worlds

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HG Wells: The War of the Worlds: 6. The Bacillus

6. The Bacillus

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All seems lost. Could the smallest of creatures come to humanity’s aid?

All seems lost with the Martians victorious. Could the smallest of creatures come to humanity’s aid? Stars Paul Daneman.

' We're going to earth. We're going underground — literally — into the sewers! '

All seems lost with the invaders victorious. 

But could the smallest of creatures come to humanity’s aid? 

John Nicholson concludes the tale of Martian horror.  

Starring Paul Daneman.

Sci-fi novel by HG Wells first published in 1898.

Dramatised by Jon Manchip White.

John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
Dora, his wife ... Isabel Rennie
The Lieutenant .... Anthony Jackson

With: 

Beth Boyd
Alan Dudley

Sound score by David Cain, BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Producer: John Powell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in July 1967.

HG Wells: The War of the Worlds

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Across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic have designs on Earth

Across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic have designs on planet Earth.

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