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HG Wells: The War of the Worlds: 2. The Heat Ray

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A crater created by the landing of the first "falling star" heralds the disasters ahead

A crater created by the landing of the first "falling star" heralds the disasters ahead. Stars Paul Daneman. From 1967.

'The first " falling star" arrived - a huge comet which left a vivid green trail blazoned across the sky, a trail which heralded, had we only known it, the disasters ahead.'

Early signs of impending calamity... 

Starring Paul Daneman and Martin Jarvis.

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

Dramatised by Jon Manchip White.

John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
Dora Nicholson .... Isabel Rennie
Ogilvy .... Martin Jarvis
Sir James Stent .... Harold Kasket
First Officer .... Christopher Bidmead
Second Officer .... Ronald Herdman
Third Officer .... Ian Thompson
Lieutenant .... Anthony Jackson

Sound score by David Cain, BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Producer: John Powell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in June 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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