The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells

The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells is a four-hour television miniseries conceived by Nick Willing and released in 2001 by the Hallmark Channel. It is based on a number of short stories by H. G. Wells, and in some territories was titled The Scientist. Structure and plot Each episode adapts — and sometimes quite radically changes — two of Wells's short stories. The first episode adapts "The New Accelerator" and "The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper." The second episode adapts "The Crystal Egg" and "The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes," and the third, "The Truth About Pyecraft" and "The Stolen Bacillus". Each episode is written 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. Each short story adaptation is presented as a flashback to 1893 within a frame story set in 1946, near to the end of Wells's life, when he is interviewed by members of a secret military research institute interested in his past exploits. First episode Ellen McGillvray, a young and promising American journalist, meets the famous science fiction writer H. G. Wells, to interview him. She has been sent by an acquaintance of his, Arthur, editor of the Sunday Chronicle. After an initial cold and annoyed approach, caused by the delay of the journalist, Wells begins narrating the adventures of his past, flanked by the famous prof. Cedric Gibberne, recently deceased. Ellen hopes that the interview gives a complete portrait of him, including his early academic years.