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In 1953, Earth experienced a War of the Worlds. Common bacteria stopped the aliens, but it didn't kill them. Instead, the aliens lapsed into a state of deep hibernation. Now the aliens have been resurrected, more terrifying than before.

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02x20 The Obelisk Aired: May. 14, 1990

After consulting a sacred obelisk, Malzor orders the Morthren to use a deadly spore to wipe out all Earth-born life on the planet. However, the …

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War of the Worlds is Canceled/Ended
The show had 2 seasons and 43 episodes air between 1988 and 1990.

Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Oct. 07, 1988
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Aired:
1988 - 1990
To-Date:
2 Seasons
43 Episodes
Network
Syndicated TV Network
AKA:
War of the Worlds: The Second Invasion (Season 2 title)

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  • This series was conceived as a sequel to the original 1950s classic movie. In several episodes, the character of Sylvia Van Buren appears, played by the original actress, and in one episode…
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    This series was conceived as a sequel to the original 1950s classic movie. In several episodes, the character of Sylvia Van Buren appears, played by the original actress, and in one episode several characters go back through time to the time of the original movie.
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  • At the beginning of the first airing of the first episode there was a brief sequence of clips from the 1953 movie with narration over it. The very last shot is a black and white image of a…
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    At the beginning of the first airing of the first episode there was a brief sequence of clips from the 1953 movie with narration over it. The very last shot is a black and white image of a small boy standing in the wrecked Los Angeles from the end of the movie: the young Harrison Blackwood. This sequence was never shown again.
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  • Goof (revealing mistake): In one episode, an actor dressed as an alien jumps down from an air duct onto a human. As he jumps, you can see his socks.