三脚树时代
中文名: 三脚树时代
英文名称: The Day Of The Triffids
别名: 三脚妖之日,三叶草在行动,三尖树时代
电视台: BBC
首播时间: 1981年09月10日
演员: John Duttine ... Bill Masen (6 episodes, 1981)
Emma Relph ... Jo Payton (5 episodes, 1981)
Maurice Colbourne ... Jack Coker (4 episodes, 1981)
Jonathan Newth ... Dr Soames (2 episodes, 1981)
Gary Olsen ... Red-Haired Man / ... (2 episodes, 1981)
Perlita Neilson ... Miss Durrant (2 episodes, 1981)
Jenny Lipman ... Mary Brent (2 episodes, 1981)
Desmond Adams ... Dennis Brent (2 episodes, 1981)
Claire Ballard ... Alice (2 episodes, 1981)
Elizabeth Chambers ... Car Attacker (2 episodes, 1981)
Bernie Searle ... Car Attacker (2 episodes, 1981)
地区:英国
语言:英语
简介:
故事发生在并不遥远的未来，人类在寻找替代燃料的时候偶然发现了一种叫做「三脚树」（三叶草、三尖树）的植物。这种能够提供燃料的植物似乎拥有生命－－它们会自主思考。人们没有意识到厄运将临，心安理得地将它们种植在自己身边。一天，当全世界人民都在观测一场千年难遇的太阳风暴时，突如其来的意外让数十亿人瞬间失明。尽管有少数人幸免于难，但由瞎子构成的人类社会很快陷入一片混乱。一直被人类囚禁的「三脚树」们获得了自由，它们开始在这个星球表面四处游荡－－带着它们致命的毒刺，还有对人肉的「嗜好」。「三脚树」的数量与日激增，人类面临灭顶之灾。在这个关键时刻，Bill Masen博士挺身而出，为人类的生存争取最后的希望。
绰号三脚妖的这种植物是经过基因改造的人工植物，长着可怕的毒刺，并且拥有和动物类似的敏锐感官，以及三只可以移动的 "脚"。在这个故事里，人们为了获取它们身上的油（汁液）而大量种植它们。一场诡异的流星雨用不可思议的亮度照亮了全球，绝大多数人类的眼睛在瞬间变瞎了。三脚妖于是乘人类虚弱之际发动 "叛乱"，可怜的人类因为看不见东西，竟毫无还手之力。该故事于1962年被拍成电影，1981年被BBC拍成电视剧，2009年将再次被BBC拍成电视剧。
(摘自 天涯小筑)
A terrible catastrophe has struck the population of Earth. Almost everyone on the planet has been rendered blind by the arrival of a bright comet and its debris lighting up the darkened skies, but the brightness has caused permanent eye damage. Bill Masen, who was unable to watch the spectacular but deadly free firework display, finds himself in a nightmarish world where he believes himself to be the only sighted person left. But soon he finds a soul-mate, Jo Pleyton, who can also see. As the days progress, they find more and more sighted people and together they make plans to build a future. But there is a problem. A walking, carnivorous plant called a "Triffid," which up until now was kept safely in paddocks and zoos, has broken free and has discovered a taste for rotting, human flesh. The remaining blind are helpless and many fall prey to the Triffids' lethal whipping sting, but can the sighted keep this fearful plant at bay?