This is one of the grand Daddies of all Victoriana. This is one of the stories that was a template for the Steampunk to come. It is beyond Victoriana in that it is Victoriana with that extra scifi of the imagination that makes it a must for any true Stampunker. Even the machine as it is portrayed in the Movies is echoed in the trappings of Steampunk to come.
Drama on Three - The Time Machine
Robert Glenister stars as the Time Traveller with William Gaunt as HG
Wells in Philip Osment's dramatisation of a time-traveller's journey to
the future, where mankind has diverged into two species - the Eloi and
the Morlocks.
The opening scene is set in 1943, with HG Wells recording his broadcast
Reshaping Man's Heritage. In this talk, Wells addresses the fact that
for the first time in history, man is capable of bringing about his own
destruction and the destruction of the world.
American journalist Martha spends the evening with Wells and he tells
her the story of the Time Traveller. Wells explains that he was actually
there in person in Richmond in 1885 when the Time Traveller came back
from his first journey, and reveals that the Time Traveller made
recordings of the final moments of the world, recordings which Wells
still has and plays to Martha.
Time traveller ............................ Robert Glenister
HG Wells ..................................... William Gaunt
Young Wells ................................ Gunnar Cauthery
Martha ....................................... Donnla Hughes
Filby .................................... Stephen Critchlow
Bennett ........................................ Chris Pavlo
Mrs Watchett .................................. Manjeet Mann
Weena ........................................... Jill Cardo
Other parts played by Robert Lonsdale, Inam Mirza and Dan Starkey
Music by John Nicholls
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer
Type : mpeg 1 layer III
Bitrate : 112
Mode : stereo
Frequency : 48000 Hz
Length : 01:39:51
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