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 and toured throughout the UK. Both versions of this stage production utilized narration, lavish projected computer graphics, and a large Martian fighting machine on stage. In the 1980s a joint American-Canadian venture produced the television series "War of the Worlds" that ran for two seasons and was a direct sequel to George Pal's 1953 feature film. Its premise was that the Martians had not died off but were instead stored in suspension by the US government and that most people had just forgotten the previous invasion; the accidental awakening of the Martians results in another war. A "Hey Arnold!" Halloween