History Series / ChildhoodsEnd

[[caption-width-right:350:([[CoversAlwaysLie Actually Ricky never stands on his tractor with a gun.]])]] '''Childhood's End''' is three-episode series on Creator/SciFiChannel and based on [[Literature/ChildhoodsEnd the novel of the same name]] by Creator/ArthurCClarke, originally published in 1953 and based off of a 1950 short story of his. The plot concerns the BenevolentAlienInvasion of an alien race called the Overlords. After stopping war and establishing a world government, they start to maintain peace on Earth, but refuse to show any images of themselves. Humanity enters a golden age.

'''Childhood's End''' is three-episode series on Creator/SciFiChannel and based on [[Literature/ChildhoodsEnd the novel of the same name]] by Creator/ArthurCClarke, originally published in 1953 and based off of a 1950 short story of his. The plot concerns the BenevolentAlienInvasion of an alien race called the Overlords. After stopping war and establishing a world government, they start to maintain peace on Earth, but refuse to show any images of themselves. Humanity enters a golden age.

* TheWorldIsNotReady: The Overlords refuse to show themselves because they think humanity won't understand. [[spoiler:Considering Karellen's the spitting image of Satan, this is entirely justified.]]

** Paretta also kills herself at the end of Part II, after failing to kill Karellan and being told by him that "not all religions can be right", which causes her to lose what last grip she had on her faith and life completely.

* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: It's made clear that with the coming of the Overlords, religion has faded away for most people, as all the things religions once sought to provide now have been (aside from immortality). Karellen doesn't actually demean it, saying Paretta's faith is "beautiful, like poetry", though telling her that not every religion can be right. The idea that it's wrong is too much for her, though, so like her mother she kills herself. Prior to this, we had seen her church already only drew a dozen or so people to mass on Sunday.

* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: It's made clear that with the coming of the Overlords, religion has faded away for most people, as all the things religions once sought to provide now have been (aside from immortality). Karellen doesn't actually demean it, saying Paretta's faith is "beautiful, like poetry", though telling her that not every religion can be right. The idea that it's wrong is too much for her, though, so like her mother she kills herself. Prior to this, we had seen a church already in which only a dozen or so people actually show up.

* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: It's made clear that with the coming of the Overlords, religion has faded away for most people, as all the things religions once sought to provide now have been (aside from immortality). Karellen doesn't actually demean it saying Paretta's faith is "beautiful, like poetry", though telling her that not every religion can be right. The idea that it's wrong is too much for her, though, so like her mother she kills herself. Prior to this, we had seen a church already in which only a dozen or so people actually show up.

* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: It's made clear that with the coming of the Overlords, religion has faded away for most people, as all the things religions once sought to provide have been (aside from immortality). Karellen doesn't actually demean it saying Paretta's faith is "beautiful, like poetry", though telling her that not every religion can be right. The idea that it's wrong is too much for her, though, so like her mother she kills herself. Prior to this, we had seen a church already in which only a dozen or so people actually show up.

* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: It's made clear that with the coming of the Overlords, religion has largely become a thing of the past, as all the things religions once sought to provide have been (aside from immortality). Karellen doesn't actually demean it, saying Paretta's faith is "beautiful, like poetry", though reminding her that not every religion can be right. The idea that it's wrong is too much for her, though, so like her mother she kills herself. Prior to this, we had seen a church already in which only a dozen or so people actually show up.

* DrivenToSuicide: Peretta says her mother was a devout Christian, but killed herself after the Overlords came (presumably as they provided the things which religion failed to). Wainwright is also found hanged in his officer, apparently a suicide, when his Freedom League collapses.

** A TV is showing ''[[{{Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined}} Battlestar Galactica]]'' as the Overlord ships first appear. Specifically, it's [[{{Main/Foreshadowing}} the fall of the colonies]].

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: For their first communication, the Overlords use projections of dead loved ones to explain their intentions.
* HumanoidAliens: Discussed. It's a concern that people will react badly if the aliens turn out to look like humans, but Karellen insists that they don't.

* HumanoidAliens: Discussed. It's a concern that people will react badly if the aliens turn out to look like humans, but the Overlords insist that they don't.
* ShoutOut: A TV is showing ''[[{{Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined}} Battlestar Galactica]]'' as the Overlord ships first appear. Specifically, it's [[{{Main/Foreshadowing}} the fall of the colonies]].

* TheWorldIsNotReady: The Overlords refuse to show themselves because they think humanity won't understand. [[spoiler:Considering he's the spitting image of Satan, this is entirely justified.]]

'''Childhood's End''' is three-episode series on Creator/SciFiChannel and based on [[Literature/ChildhoodsEnd the novel of the same name]] by Creator/ArthurCClarke, originally published in 1953 and based off of a 1950 short story of his. The plot concerns the BenevolentAlienInvasion of an alien race called the Overlords. After stopping war and establishing a world government, they start to maintain peace on Earth, but refuse to show any images of themselves for fifty years. Humanity enters a golden age.

* ShoutOut: A TV is showing ''[[BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'' as the Overlord ships first appear. Specifically, it's [[{{Main/Foreshadowing}} the fall of the colonies]].

* AppropriatedAppelation: The Overlords are named as such by the press. They just go with it.

* ShoutOut: A TV is showing ''[[BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'' as the Overlord ships first appear. Specifically, it's showing [[{{Main/Foreshadowing}} the fall of the colonies]].

* BenevolentAlienInvasion: The Overlords stop all wars, switch humanity over to clean energy sources, cure all disease, extend lifespans, and so for. It's even lampshaded as being an "awfully considerate" invasion.

* Childhood's end airs December 14, 2015 at 8pm EST/7 Central in the USA. Tropes can be put here.

'''Childhood's End''' is three-episode series on SyFy and based on [[Literature/ChildhoodsEnd the novel of the same name]] by Creator/ArthurCClarke, originally published in 1953 and based off of a 1950 short story of his. The plot concerns the BenevolentAlienInvasion of an alien race called the Overlords. After stopping war and establishing a world government, they start to maintain peace on Earth, but refuse to show any images of themselves for fifty years. Humanity enters a golden age.

'''Childhood's End''' is three-episode series on SyFy and based on a novel by Creator/ArthurCClarke, originally published in 1953 and based off of a 1950 short story of his. The plot concerns the BenevolentAlienInvasion of an alien race called the Overlords. After stopping war and establishing a world government, they start to maintain peace on Earth, but refuse to show any images of themselves for fifty years. Humanity enters a golden age.

* Childhood's end airs at 8pm EST/7 Central in the USA. Tropes can be put here.