《世界之战 War of the Worlds》为H. G. Wells同名经典小说的剧集版,由Andrew Cochran编剧﹑Jeff Davis﹑Josh Barry与Jeff Kwatinetz当执行制片。《世界之战》已经多次以各种型式被改篇成各电影版及 一部旧剧集,其中明确地改篇而又出名的就是汤姆·克鲁斯主演的同名电影。
原著中火星人因星球即将毁灭,因此侵略地球,在即将胜利时因地球上的细菌而全军覆没。
Woking, 1905. George (Rafe Spall) and Amy’s (Eleanor Tomlinson) relationship is a scandal. They are a painful embarrassment to George’s brother Frederick (Rupert Graves), an upstanding servant of the British Empire, and pariahs in their own neighborhood. Their only friend is local scientist and fellow outcast Ogilvy (Robert Carlyle).
When a mysterious capsule lands one night on Earth at Horsell Common, George, Amy and Ogilvy are the first to examine it. However, as more people gather to study the unusual object it quickly becomes clear that this is no inanimate object fallen from the sky - but a transport for a living, fighting organism from outer space. As more people gather to study it, it lashes out and kills scores of people.
And so begins a terrifying ordeal, as more capsules land on Earth and release a horde of murderous Martian tripods which stalk England exterminating and consuming everything in their wake. As wave upon wave of Martian invaders land on Earth, mankind faces an almighty fight for survival. In amongst the chaos, George, Amy, Frederick and Ogilvy must put their personal difficulties aside as they attempt to hold onto their humanity.