Harrison Blackwood is a Astrophysicist and the male protagonist of the War of the Worlds TV series. He was played by Jared Martin in the series and Amos Crawley as a child. He is a member of The Blackwood Project which is named after him.
Blackwood was at one time apparently involved in a relationship with a woman name Charlotte. She was evidently waiting for him to propose marriage.but was frustrated by his eccentricity and casual persona while Charlotte was a more traditional, conservative, socialite.
Blackwood used a tuning fork to help him concentrate and was also a skilled hypnotist. He used the latter to convince a police deputy to release him and his colleagues from a jail cell.
During the events of the second invasion, when the world became a more dystopian environment, Blackwood had lost his sense of humor and was a more cynical, pragmatic individual. He also gave up his quirky habits and adopted a more militaristic attitude towards the new alien invaders. Although this was more intensified after the loss of Norton and Ironhorse, he had already become gruff and dour prior to this during the undetermined period between the end of the first season and the beginning of the second. His relationship with John Kincaid was smoother than with Ironhorse due to his now less pacifistic demeanor.
Allies[]
- Norton Drake
- Suzanne McCullough
- Charlotte
- Paul Ironhorse
- Debi McCullough
- General Wilson
- Mrs. Pennyworth
- Tom Kensington
- Clayton Forrester (deceased)
- Sylvia Van Buren