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John Christopher's The Tripods novel series has been adapted for television as The Tripods. It was created in collaboration by the BBC in the United Kingdom and the Seven Network in Australia. Ken Freeman composed the soundtrack's music. The first series of The Tripods, which aired in 1984 and consisted of 13 half-hour episodes written by the renowned author of numerous radio plays Alick Rowe, covered the first book, The White Mountains; the second series, which consisted of 12 episodes, covered the second book, The City of Gold and Lead. Although a television script for the third series had been completed, it was never produced. Both VHS and DVD releases were made for the first season. In March of 2009, the BBC published Tripods: The Complete First and Second Series on DVD. The series introduced several minor changes from the novel, including the shape of the Masters and Tripods, which in the book have tentacles; the fact that the gravity inside the Golden City was artificially increased, which is not mentioned in the series; the introduction of "cognoscs," spiritual life-forms vastly superior to the Masters themselves; and additional main characters, including romantic interests for both Will and Beanpole. Few women are featured in the original texts. In an interview for Wordcandy, John Christopher was asked about this, and he responded that at the time he wrote the series, it was commonly recognized that girls would read books with male protagonists, but not vice versa. In addition, he felt that the insertion of a complete family of female characters to the television series was "over the top." In addition, the series is unique for featuring non-humanoid aliens, which was rare at the time.