HMS Thunder Child "Star Vikings", shows the influence of the Jeff Wayne image of the ironclad, combined with a 19th-century image of the Martian war machine. Details also appear in the TNE products "Path of Tears" and "Reformation Coalition Equipment Guide". A novel by Nick Pope, concerning the UK's response to UFOs, is named "Operation: Thunder Child". There is an adaptation novel set in the Victorian UK of 1898. It is called, "The Last Days of Thunder Child" by C.A. Powell. HMS Thunder Child HMS "Thunder Child" is a fictional ironclad torpedo ram of the Royal Navy, destroyed by Martian fighting-machines in H.
Sci-Fi on the Rock awarded to the film that received the highest amount of audience votes. In its first year, 11 films were submitted and screened, 10 of which were from local film-makers, and one (X-Meeting) from Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 2015, the film festival separated from Sci-Fi on the Rock due of large interest, and became a stand-alone event called Granite Planet International Film Festival, but still brings highlighted films to be screened at Sci-Fi on the Rock. A refreshed version of the Film Festival will be returning to Sci-Fi on the Rock in 2018 to be organized by Sci-Fi on the Rock.