The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells

The story

Each episode adapts — and sometimes quite radically alters — a short story written by Wells: The New Accelerator, The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper, The Crystal Egg, The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes, The Truth About Pyecraft and The Stolen Bacillus. Each is presented as if it were a 'real' incident that Wells had investigated with his girlfriend, Jane Robbins, and as if it had served as an inspiration for a short story. The flashbacks are to 1893 within the 1946 frame story, near the end of Wells's life, when he is interviewed by a secret military research institute interested in his past exploits.

Cast

T Tom WardHerbert George 'H. G.' Wells K Katy CarmichaelJane Robbins E Eve BestEllen McGillvray N Nicholas RoweProfessor Cedric Gibberne V Vincent FranklinWar Minister J John BennettMr Jagger R Richard CliffordForeign Secretary M Mark DexterAtkins O Orlando SealeAlbert Einstein C Catherine BaileyViolet N Neville PhillipsPraecentors D Donald DouglasChairman at Praecentors

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B Barry StantonDean Frederick Masterman R Raymond CoulthardMark Radcliffe M Mark Lewis JonesArthur Brownlow M Matthew CottleWhittaker S Stephen CritchlowWilliam Cave T Tilly VosburghRosa Cave P Pip TorrensMark Pattison D Dominic CooperSidney Davidson J Jeffry WickhamDr Symonds N Nicholas BoultonKeating M Michael FitzgeraldAlbert Pyecraft W William ManneringHarold C Charlie CondouSam P Peter MackrielIrritated Man