The War of the Worlds (radio drama) the show in its "Leading Events of the Week" ("Tonight – Play: H. G. Wells' 'War of the Worlds'") and published a photograph of Welles with some of the Mercury players, captioned, "Tonight's show is H. G. Wells' 'War of the Worlds'". Announcements that "The War of the Worlds" is a dramatization of a work of fiction were made on the full CBS network at four points during the broadcast October 30, 1938: at the beginning, before the middle break, after the middle break, and at the end. The middle break was delayed 10 minutes to accommodate the dramatic content.
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