Mor-Tax
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Mor-Tax (sometimes spelt with an apostrophe or simply without the hyphen ) is the name of the planet on which the aliens from the first season of the War of the Worlds TV series, the Mor-Taxans originate. While the show's existence as a continuation from the 1953 film would make the aliens Martians, the first season rewrites this origin due to the supported fact that no intelligent life is evident to exist or have existed on Mars. Their connection to Mars is never mentioned onscreen, though creator/executive producer Greg Strangis has stated in an interview that the aliens used Mars as a staging base to launch their invasion[citation needed]; the veterans of the Grover's Mill militia obliviously call them Martians.
It is established that the planet lies within Pleiades in the Taurus constellation, "beyond time and beyond space." This system, which is never named, also includes a planet called Qar'To that is the homeworld of an unidentified alien race that sends a synth to Earth to destroy the aliens. While the Pleiades cluster lies 440 light years away, it is stated by the alien Quinn to be 40 light years away. The synth from Qar'To is said to travel the distance through a space in dimensions and it is established that it can also return through the same space within a year. Those from Mor-Tax are not aware of or know how to travel through this same space.
The planet has three moons and is the third planet from its sun, reflected by the aliens' fixation on the number three. The star around which the planet revolves is dying, which is the reason for the aliens leaving it to make refuge on Earth. Though they seek occupancy on Earth, its sun hurts their eyes (the host bodies of those they possess are often seen wearing sunglasses). The length of Mor-Tox's seasons and days are unknown. While it is stated the mating season is every nine years, it is not clarified if this is in reference to the time on Earth or on Mor-Tax.
The planet is never seen or described in any graphic detail, but based on general description, it is a garden planet ripe with vegetation, an ancient world as the alien Quinn calls it. Because of this, the native species has a vegetarian diet. It is once hinted that some of the plants have a fairly high level of intelligence - possibly more so than human beings.
An individual from this planet and anything related to them such as their technology is referred to as being Mor-Taxan; though, the race as a collective whole would be referred to as the Mor-Tax.
In the second season of the series, a new set of aliens arrive on Earth, said to be the same race as those from the Mor-Tax. However, these aliens call the planet Morthrai, and themselves Morthren, which is seen exploding in the very first shot of the premiere episode. In the final episode, the Morthren are unaware of any other intelligent lifeforms until the discovery of Earth and it took sometime less than a year to reach the planet from theirs - both facts of which deviate from the information given above.
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- ↑ The spelling here derives from the novelisation of "The Resurrection" episode written by J.M. Dillard.
