別名: 三腳妖之日,三葉草在行動,三尖樹時代
電視台: BBC
首播時間: 1981年09月10日
演員: 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)
地區: 英國
語言: 英語
簡介:
人們沒有意識到厄運將臨，心安理得地將它們種植在自己身邊。一天，當全世界人民都在觀測一場千年難遇的太陽風暴時，突如其來的意外讓數十億人瞬間失明。儘管有少數人幸免於難，但由瞎子構成的人類社會很快陷入一片混亂。一直被人類囚禁的「三腳樹」們獲得了自由，它們開始在這個星球表面四處遊蕩－－帶著它們致命的毒刺，還有對人肉的「嗜好」。「三腳樹」的數量與日激增，人類面臨滅頂之災。在這個關鍵時刻，Bill Masen博士挺身而出，為人類的生存爭取最後的希望。
綽號三腳妖的這種植物是經過基因改造的人工植物，長著可怕的毒刺，並且擁有和動物類似的敏銳感官，以及三隻可以移動的 "腳"。在這個故事裡，人們為了獲取它們身上的油（汁液）而大量種植它們。一場詭異的流星雨用不可思議的亮度照亮了全球，絕大多數人類的眼睛在瞬間變瞎了。三腳妖於是乘人類虛弱之際發動 "叛亂"，可憐的人類因為看不見東西，竟毫無還手之力。
(摘自 天涯小築)
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?
