Handling machine (The War of the Worlds) claws. Handling machines appear in the 2005 Pendragon Pictures' adaptation "H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds"; these machines have six legs and a jointed tail and closely resemble a scorpion. No handling machine is seen in any other film adaptation. Crab-like walkers appear in The Asylum's modernized "War of the Worlds" film and are the Martian fighting-machines, not handling-machines. The novel's tripod appearance is absent from the film. Handling machine (The War of the Worlds) The Handling machine is one of the fictional machines used by the Martians in H. G. Wells' science fiction novel "The War of the
The War of the Worlds (radio 1968) reporters as actors. Other changes reflected the changing state of the industry: instead of the old-time radio programming fare of the 1930s, WKBW's "War of the Worlds" broadcast was interwoven into the station's top 40 programming. Initially, a script was written for the news reporters to act out; however, upon hearing the rehearsals, it was evident that the news reporters (except Irv Weinstein, a professional radio actor at the beginning of his career) were not adept at scripted radio acting. So instead, Kaye wrote an outline based on the events that were to occur, and the news reporters were then