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The Tripods is a television version of John Christopher's novel series of the same name. It was co-produced by the BBC in the UK and the Seven Network in Australia. Ken Freeman composed the music for the film's soundtrack. The first series of The Tripods, which aired in 1984 and featured 13 half-hour episodes written by Alick Rowe, a well-known creator of many radio plays, covers the first book, The White Mountains; the 12-episode second series covers The City of Gold and Lead. Although a television script for the third series had been completed, it was never produced. The first series was available on VHS and DVD. In March 2009, the BBC published Tripods - The Complete Series 1 & 2 on DVD. The TV series introduced several minor changes from the book, most notably the shape of the Masters and Tripods, which in the book have tentacles; gravity inside the Golden City was artificially increased, which is not mentioned in the TV series; the introduction of "cognoscs," spiritual life-forms vastly superior to the Masters themselves; and more other main characters, including love interests for both Will and Beanpole. Female characters are scarce in the original texts. In an interview with Wordcandy, John Christopher was asked about this, and he responded that at the time of creating the series, it was usually recognized that girls would read books with boy main characters, but not vice versa. He also remarked that the addition of a full family of daughters to the TV show was "over the top." The series is particularly remarkable for its inclusion of non-humanoid aliens, which was unusual at the time.