John Wyndham (Writing)

The Midwich Cuckoos

A small fictional village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant.

Release Date:2022-06-02

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:64

The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids is a BBC miniseries adaptation of John Wyndham's novel of the same name. The novel had previously been adapted by the BBC in a 1981 miniseries.

Release Date:2009-12-28

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:136

Random Quest

Following a scientific experiment, a man wakes up in a parallel universe and begins living a life similar to, but different from, his own.

Release Date:2006-11-26

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Vote Count:12

Village of the Damned

An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.

Release Date:1995-04-28

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:839

Chocky's Challenge

Chocky hopes, with Matthew and Albertine's help, to help the human race discover cosmic power, which unlike Earth's finite natural resources, will sustain them for as long as the universe itself exists. But their knowledge has aroused a great deal of interest from the military, and they are willing to take drastic action if they don't get what they want.

Release Date:1986-09-29

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Vote Count:2

Chocky's Children

A year has passed since Matthew said goodbye to his alien friend, and in the summer holidays he meets Albertine, a mathematical prodigy, with whom he discovers he can communicate telepathically. One day Chocky returns to warn Matthew that they are both in danger. When he returns to tell Albertine, he finds she has disappeared.

Release Date:1985-01-07

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Vote Count:2

Chocky

Matthew Gore is an intelligent boy chosen by a mysterious extraterrestrial visitor to be a source of information about life on Earth. As his schoolwork and artistic talent improve dramatically he arouses the suspicion of powerful groups who wish to tap into the amazing fund of knowledge to which he is now party.

Release Date:1984-01-09

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

The Day of the Triffids

Following mysterious bright lights in the sky, the human race is rendered blind and helpless. The survivors find themselves stalked by sentient flesh-eating plants.

Release Date:1981-09-10

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:32

A Long Spoon

The story of how a demon is summoned by mistake and the lengths the couple that invoked him have to go to get rid of him without losing their souls in the bargain.

Release Date:1978-10-26

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Quest for Love

After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has some striking differences. In this other reality the Second World War had never occurred, mankind had not yet traveled into Space and Mt. Everest had not yet been conquered, just to name a few things. Also in this other reality he is no longer a scientist but rather a well known author. After a personal tragedy in this alternate world, he finds himself back in his own world and desperately trying to locate the woman he fell in love with in the other world. Little does she know, however, that her life depends on him finding her.

Release Date:1971-06-06

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Vote Count:13

No Place Like Earth

Earth is no more, destroyed by nuclear war; but itinerant handyman Bert Foster, wandering the canals of Mars, is possessed by a restlessness for a home which no longer exists. He considers a move to an isolated outpost on Venus.

Release Date:1965-10-04

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Out of the Unknown

Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story. Some were written directly for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror/fantasy stories. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time. A large number of episodes are still missing but some do turn up from time to time; for instance, Level Seven from series two, originally broadcast on 27 October 1966 was returned to the BBC from the archives of a European broadcaster in January 2006.

Release Date:1965-10-04

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:6

Children of the Damned

Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.

Release Date:1964-01-10

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:100

The Day of the Triffids

After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.

Release Date:1963-04-24

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:178

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.

Release Date:1962-09-20

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:67

Village of the Damned

In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.

Release Date:1960-06-16

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:443