Embankment machine (The War of the Worlds) form of this autonomous alien machine has appeared in any film adaptations, but in "", a sequel to The Asylum's 2005 low-budget film "H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds", the Tripods, known as squid-walkers, are not controlled from the inside, but move at their own will. However, these machines are described as cybernetic life forms, not autonomous machines. Embankment machine (The War of the Worlds) The Embankment machine (also known as the Digging machine) is one of the fictional machines used by the Martians in the H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel "The War of the Worlds". It
The War of the Worlds (radio drama) an introduction by George Takei, and an episode of the PBS documentary series "American Experience". On January 27, 2003, the Mercury Theatre broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" was one of the first 50 recordings made part of the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Since the original "Mercury Theatre on the Air" broadcast of "The War of the Worlds", many re-airings, remakes, re-enactments, parodies, and new dramatizations have occurred. Many American radio stations, particularly those that regularly air old-time radio programs, re-air the original program as a Halloween tradition. Some notable examples include: The War of