The day of the triffids tv series
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Dr Bill Masen
An introspective scientist, Bill is our thoughtful Triffid expert, more at home with his Triffid research than social interaction. Bill grew up with the Triffids: his parents made the incredible discovery that they could provide oil. But it came at a cost: his mother was killed by a Triffid, leaving Bill all too aware how dangerous the plants really are.
Jo Playton
A radio journalist, Jo is a bright, sociable and irreverent woman who escapes the mass blinding because she is reporting on the event from the underground. Terrified by the chaos, Jo clings to Bill after their chance meeting. Jo becomes embroiled in Bill's desperate fight to prevent the plants reproducing, falling in love with him in the process.
Torrence
A sinister and obsessive man who retains his sight after the solar flare and sees this as an opportunity to step into the power vacuum that has resulted in Downing Street. A stickler for rules and authority, when Bill and Jo are held captive by his new "army", Torrence becomes obsessed with Jo and plans to use her celebrity to
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Written by jelo singson, divora habtemariam
The “Day of the Triffids” is set in an indeterminate “present” as this work of fiction was written during the 1950’s. The hero of the story is a biologist named Bill Masen. He specializes in the study, care, and cultivation of the titular triffids. The triffids are large, carnivorous, venomous plants, later revealed to be capable of movement as well as communication and coordination as they were more intelligent than people suspected. In “Day of the Triffids” these dangerous creatures are cultivated for their oils that are described as being “superior to fish or vegetable oils.” Bill surmises that triffids are artificially engineered life forms created by the Soviet Republic and spread globally via an accident that results in triffid spores being carried by the wind.
Readers first encounter Bill Masen recuperating in
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