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class="infobox-above notheme">Fighting machine</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_works_based_on_The_War_of_the_Worlds" title="List of works based on The War of the Worlds">The War of the Worlds</a></i> character</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_War_of_the_Worlds_by_Henrique_Alvim_Corr%C3%AAa,_original_graphic_15.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/The_War_of_the_Worlds_by_Henrique_Alvim_Corr%C3%AAa%2C_original_graphic_15.jpg/220px-The_War_of_the_Worlds_by_Henrique_Alvim_Corr%C3%AAa%2C_original_graphic_15.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/The_War_of_the_Worlds_by_Henrique_Alvim_Corr%C3%AAa%2C_original_graphic_15.jpg/330px-The_War_of_the_Worlds_by_Henrique_Alvim_Corr%C3%AAa%2C_original_graphic_15.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/The_War_of_the_Worlds_by_Henrique_Alvim_Corr%C3%AAa%2C_original_graphic_15.jpg/440px-The_War_of_the_Worlds_by_Henrique_Alvim_Corr%C3%AAa%2C_original_graphic_15.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2392" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Illustration by <a href="/wiki/Henrique_Alvim_Corr%C3%AAa" title="Henrique Alvim Corrêa">Henrique Alvim Corrêa</a>, 1906</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds" title="The War of the Worlds">The War of the Worlds</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells" title="H. G. Wells">H. G. Wells</a> (1898)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last appearance</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(British_TV_series)" title="The War of the Worlds (British TV series)">The War of The Worlds</a></i> (2019)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data">H.G. Wells</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alias</th><td class="infobox-data">Heron</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Tripod</li><li>Martian Fighting Machine</li><li>Martian War Machine</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Military vehicle</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Martian_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)" title="Martian (The War of the Worlds)">Martian</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>fighting machine</b> (also known as a "<b>Martian Tripod</b>") is one of the fictional machines used by the <a href="/wiki/Martian_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)" title="Martian (The War of the Worlds)">Martians</a> in <a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells" title="H. G. Wells">H. G. Wells</a>' 1898 <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Science_Fiction" title="Golden Age of Science Fiction">classic science fiction</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds" title="The War of the Worlds">The War of the Worlds</a></i>. In the novel, it is a fast-moving three-legged <a href="/wiki/Walker_(machine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Walker (machine)">walker</a> reported to be 100 feet (30 meters) tall with multiple, whip-like tentacles used for grasping, and two lethal weapons: the <a href="/wiki/Heat-Ray" class="mw-redirect" title="Heat-Ray">Heat-Ray</a> and a gun-like tube used for discharging canisters of a poisonous chemical <a href="/wiki/Black_smoke_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black smoke (The War of the Worlds)">black smoke</a> that kills everything. It is the primary machine the Martians use when they invade Earth, along with the handling machine, the flying machine, and the embankment machine.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description_in_the_Novel">Description in the Novel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description in the Novel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fighting machines walk on three tall, articulated legs and have a grouping of long, whip-like metallic tentacles hanging beneath the central body, a single flexible appendage holding the heat-ray projector. Atop the main body a hood-like head houses a sole Martian operator.<sup id="cite_ref-novelWikisourceBoxOrCase10_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novelWikisourceBoxOrCase10-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The fighting machines are armed with a heat-ray, which is fired by a camera-like device held by an articulated arm, and a chemical weapon known as "the black smoke", a poisonous gas which is deployed from gun tubes.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fighting machines can also discharge steam through nozzles that dissipates the black smoke, which then settles as an inert, powdery substance.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The metallic tentacles, which hang below the main fighting machine body, are used as probes and for grasping objects. The height of the fighting machines is unclear; in the novel, a newspaper article describes them to be more than 100 feet (30 m) tall. <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thunder_Child" title="HMS Thunder Child">HMS <i>Thunder Child</i></a>, a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_ram" title="Torpedo ram">torpedo ram</a>, engages a trio of tripods that are pursuing a refugee flotilla heading to France from the southeast English coast; the <i>Thunder Child</i> is eventually destroyed by the Martian heat-ray, but not before taking out two fighting machines.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:War_of_the_worlds_illustration_pearson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/War_of_the_worlds_illustration_pearson.jpg/170px-War_of_the_worlds_illustration_pearson.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/War_of_the_worlds_illustration_pearson.jpg/255px-War_of_the_worlds_illustration_pearson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/War_of_the_worlds_illustration_pearson.jpg/340px-War_of_the_worlds_illustration_pearson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="767" /></a><figcaption>Martian tripods drawn by <a href="/wiki/Warwick_Goble" title="Warwick Goble">Warwick Goble</a> in 1897. These were disliked and criticized by Wells.</figcaption></figure> <p>The original conceptual drawings for the fighting machines, drawn by <a href="/wiki/Warwick_Goble" title="Warwick Goble">Warwick Goble</a>, accompanied the initial appearance of <i>The War of the Worlds</i> in <i>Pearson's Magazine</i> in 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wells criticized the illustrations, writing in later editions of the story: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I recall particularly the illustration of one of the first pamphlets to give a consecutive account of the war. The artist had evidently made a hasty study of one of the fighting-machines, and there his knowledge ended. He presented them as tilted, stiff tripods, without either flexibility or subtlety, and with an altogether misleading monotony of effect. The pamphlet containing these renderings had a considerable vogue, and I mention them here simply to warn the reader against the impression they may have created. They were no more like the Martians I saw in action than a Dutch doll is like a human being. To my mind, the pamphlet would have been much better without them.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Chapter 19, "What We Saw from the Ruined House"</cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations">Adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ray_Harryhausen's_unmade_film"><span id="Ray_Harryhausen.27s_unmade_film"></span><i>Ray Harryhausen's unmade film</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ray Harryhausen's unmade film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the artwork for <a href="/wiki/Ray_Harryhausen" title="Ray Harryhausen">Ray Harryhausen</a>'s unmade 1950s War of the Worlds movie, the fighting machines are based on <a href="/wiki/Flying_saucer" title="Flying saucer">flying saucers</a> walking upon three legs with spiked feet, and fire their heat rays from the rims of their bodies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1953_film)"><span id="The_War_of_the_Worlds_.281953_film.29"></span><i>The War of the Worlds (1953 film)</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The War of the Worlds (1953 film)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1953)_trailer_-_Martian_machine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/The_War_of_the_Worlds_%281953%29_trailer_-_Martian_machine.jpg/220px-The_War_of_the_Worlds_%281953%29_trailer_-_Martian_machine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/The_War_of_the_Worlds_%281953%29_trailer_-_Martian_machine.jpg/330px-The_War_of_the_Worlds_%281953%29_trailer_-_Martian_machine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/The_War_of_the_Worlds_%281953%29_trailer_-_Martian_machine.jpg/440px-The_War_of_the_Worlds_%281953%29_trailer_-_Martian_machine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="322" /></a><figcaption>One of the Martian machines in the 1953 film adaptation</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1953_film)" title="The War of the Worlds (1953 film)">The War of the Worlds (1953 film)</a></div> <p>The Martian fighting machines, designed by <a href="/wiki/Albert_Nozaki" title="Albert Nozaki">Albert Nozaki</a> for <a href="/wiki/George_Pal" title="George Pal">George Pal</a>'s 1953 Paramount film <i><a href="/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1953_film)" title="The War of the Worlds (1953 film)">The War of the Worlds</a>,</i> barely resemble the same machines in the <a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells" title="H. G. Wells">H. G. Wells</a> novel. The novel's fighting machines are 10-story tall tripods and carry the heat-ray projector on an articulated arm connected to the front of the machine's main body, as well as possessing the poison black smoke canisters fired from gun-like tubes. In the film version, the war machines instead possess two different types of <a href="/wiki/Death_ray" title="Death ray">death ray</a> weapons, the first having pulsing wingtip ray emitters that cause subatomic disintegration to whatever they shoot, while the second type of death ray each Martian machine uses is a visible, reddish heat-ray, atop a swiveling goose-neck, mounted in a cobra-like head. The film's war machines move about on three invisible legs of energy, which are only briefly visible when moving on the ground upon leaving their initial landing site.<sup id="cite_ref-Rubin_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rubin-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_series">Television series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Television series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(1988_TV_series)" title="War of the Worlds (1988 TV series)">War of the Worlds (1988 TV series)</a></div> <p>The serialized <i><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(1988_TV_series)" title="War of the Worlds (1988 TV series)">War of the Worlds</a></i> (1988–1990) television series was established as a sequel to the 1953 film with much of the alien technology in the first season cued with visual references to the design of those in the aforementioned film. An older model of the 1953 film's craft is shown to have physical legs more similar to the novel version.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_of_the_Worlds"><i>War of the Worlds</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: War of the Worlds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(2005_film)" title="War of the Worlds (2005 film)">War of the Worlds (2005 film)</a></div> <p>There are several differences between the fighting machines as described in Wells' novel and those in <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a>'s <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(2005_film)" title="War of the Worlds (2005 film)">2005 film</a>, which come from an undisclosed alien world. In this version the tripods were long ago brought to Earth, having been buried underground sometime in the past. The aliens instead travel in capsules to their buried machines, which transport them underground to the Tripods. The fighting machines in this movie also have the roles of the Martian handling machines with the fighting machines capturing humans and placing them into two containers where they are harvested one-by-one. Rather than burning humans, the fighting machines' weapons can disintegrate humans into ash leaving their clothing intact. In a published interview screenwriter <a href="/wiki/David_Koepp" title="David Koepp">David Koepp</a> stated his belief that they were planted by these extraterrestrials as a part of some kind of alien "contingency plan" (said plan never being revealed to the audience).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the Tripods don't arrive to Earth in cylinders, before they emerge, the ground cracks and then rotates in a similar fashion to the cylinder's lid from the novel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="H.G._Wells'_The_War_of_the_Worlds_(2005_film)"><span id="H.G._Wells.27_The_War_of_the_Worlds_.282005_film.29"></span><i>H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds</i> (2005 film)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (2005 film)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells%27_The_War_of_the_Worlds_(Pendragon_Pictures_film)" title="H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (Pendragon Pictures film)">H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (Pendragon Pictures film)</a></div> <p>In Pendragon Pictures' direct-to-DVD <i><a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells%27_The_War_of_the_Worlds_(Timothy_Hines_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (Timothy Hines film)">H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds</a></i> the tripods have a large, free-moving head atop the smaller main body, giving its sole Martian occupant a panoramic view. It has three thick, metallic tentacles, which are held on high, made up of boxy-looking segments, making them appear like large bicycle chains rather than slim and whip-like, as described in Wells' novel; they are used mainly to capture humans during the film. The tripods have three long, ridged, and stilt-like legs, which occasionally stride with the right and rear leg moving forward together in a clumsy, unconvincing manner.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="War_of_the_Worlds_2:_The_Next_Wave_(2008_film)"><span id="War_of_the_Worlds_2:_The_Next_Wave_.282008_film.29"></span><i>War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008 film)</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008 film)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_2:_The_Next_Wave" title="War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave">War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/The_Asylum" title="The Asylum">the Asylum's</a> 2008 sequel <i><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_2:_The_Next_Wave" title="War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave">War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave</a></i>, the walkers are tripods called <i>squid-walkers</i>, and are capable of flight. Unlike the first film, the Martians do not control the fighting machines directly from the inside but manipulate <a href="/wiki/Cyborgs" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyborgs">cyborgs</a> by remote control. A heat-ray is attached to the walkers, as well as a kind of ray that teleports humans directly to the alien mothership, where humans are then drained of their blood to feed the invaders. Whereas Wells' fighting machines carried cages to hold captured humans, these tripods place humans directly into the tripods' interiors. These appear organic, with no windows or controls, and the walls absorb anyone unlucky enough to touch them, sending them to an unknown destination.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jeff_Wayne's_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds"><span id="Jeff_Wayne.27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds"></span><i>Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds" title="Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds">Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds</a></div> <p>The fighting machines are described in Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds and depicted on the album artwork painted by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trim" title="Mike Trim">Michael Trim</a>. This version of the tripods has major inconsistencies when compared to Wells' description in the novel.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Presumably, for that reason, it is one of the most popular depictions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BBC_War_of_the_Worlds_Mini-Series"><i>BBC War of the Worlds Mini-Series</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: BBC War of the Worlds Mini-Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(British_TV_series)" title="The War of the Worlds (British TV series)">2019 BBC Mini-Series</a>, the Tripods are made from black tree-like materials which cracks and breaks when they move and walk. Rather than arriving in cylinders like in the novel, the fighting machines arrive on Earth in the form of large black spheres. The spheres would begin to spin in a fast speed and hover above the ground shooting heat rays at any human victim setting them ablaze. Afterwards, the spheres burst into dust and settle into the ground where the Tripods are formed, seemingly from the ground. The fighting machines' arsenal includes a powerful laser which fires from their singular eye and Black Smoke which causes their victims to spew black liquid from their mouths once inhaled. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_of_the_Worlds:_The_Attack"><i>War of the Worlds: The Attack</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: War of the Worlds: The Attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Tripods in the 2023 film <i>War of the Worlds: The Attack</i> are presented with spider-like elements such as multiple eyes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fox's_War_of_the_Worlds"><span id="Fox.27s_War_of_the_Worlds"></span><i>Fox's War of the Worlds</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Fox's War of the Worlds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Fox Series, the fighting machines' roles are taken by small robotic dogs inspired by the military robot dogs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parallel_and_sequel_novels">Parallel and sequel novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Parallel and sequel novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Kevin_J._Anderson" title="Kevin J. Anderson">Kevin J. Anderson</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/The_Martian_War" title="The Martian War">The Martian War</a></i> the Martians use two types of tripods, the ones from <i>The War of the Worlds</i> and a smaller, "overseer" variant. In <i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes%27s_War_of_the_Worlds" title="Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds">Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds</a></i>, it is hinted that the Martians may have accelerated their evolution using <a href="/wiki/Selective_breeding" title="Selective breeding">selective breeding</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eugenics" title="Eugenics">eugenics</a>, and that their original body type may have resembled the form of the <a href="/wiki/Tripod_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tripod (The War of the Worlds)">tripods</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influence_on_later_fiction">Influence on later fiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Influence on later fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Creatures and machines similar to the fighting machines are featured in video games, such as the Annihilator Tripods from <i><a href="/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer_3:_Tiberium_Wars" title="Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars">Command & Conquer 3</a>,</i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the Striders from <a href="/wiki/Half-Life_(series)" title="Half-Life (series)">Half-Life</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An enemy alien faction featured in <i><a href="/wiki/Helldivers_2" title="Helldivers 2">Helldivers 2</a></i>, the Illuminate, includes the Sentinel Tripod.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inaccurate_coinage">Inaccurate coinage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Inaccurate coinage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mint" title="Royal Mint">Royal Mint</a> announced a new version of the UK <a href="/wiki/Two_pound_coin" title="Two pound coin">two pound coin</a> minted in tribute to H.G. Wells. 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