You’d think
that this story would be too familiar to re-tell, too associated with a soft
rock stage show or various adaptations that have struggled to do justice to the
power of the original story. However you’d be wrong. This opening episode is a
stunner alright, building up for quite a while, simmering and heating until it
explodes in a sequence that certainly justifies the warnings that this is not
suitable for younger viewers. If you thought Martian invasions of this kind
were cumbersome, cosy games of hide and seek while those familiar tripods loom
on the horizon then watch this one.
