HMS Thunder Child HMS Thunder Child HMS "Thunder Child" is a fictional ironclad torpedo ram of the Royal Navy, destroyed by Martian fighting-machines in H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds" whilst protecting a refugee rescue fleet of civilian vessels. Torpedo rams were constructed in the 1870s and 1880s after the ramming and sinking of the "Re d'Italia" at the Battle of Lissa in 1866 by the Austrian flagship, "Ferdinand Max". Despite the Italian warship being stationary at the time, the successful attack influenced naval thinking for the next few decades. The result was specially designed low profile, fast, armoured vessels equipped
Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant tends to be popular with children, and it is common for people who lived through the 1950s to enjoy the restaurant for its nostalgia value. Paul Schultz of the "Daily News" writes, "Anyone who is a fan of trashy sci-fi movies of the 1950s should check [the Sci-Fi Dine-In] out". In his book "Sci-Fi Movie Freak", Robert Ring calls the Sci-Fi Dine-In film clips "hokey", while David Steele of "The Rotarian" calls them "classically awful", and Rick Ramseyer of "Restaurant Business Magazine" calls them "campy". Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant The Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant is a theme restaurant at Disney's