Suspense device. a similar thing happened to modern ( well post A.E.) aviatrix ( and CIA operative- Captain Amelia Santiago in an adventure in Annie. she had located a primitive tribe in some South American country- had safely landed- but her Helicopter was seized by tribesmen. ( she had left a locating transponder on- and her Army Air boyfriend tracked her down that way- result happy ending. Apperared in the now defunct Annie comic strip- an interesting plot- but the theft of the vehicle was borrowed from Time Machine. Annie Plot did NOT involve time travel but the discovery of a primitive tribe= and rescue of a lost scientist-explorer.
The Morlocks are Troglodyte-like creatures who live mostly underground .
The Time Machine By H.G.Wells
The Eloi and the Morlocks are characters from the science fiction novel "The Time Machine" written by H.G. Wells. The Eloi are a peaceful, childlike species living on the surface, while the Morlocks are a subterranean and more sinister group. The protagonist of the story encounters both civilizations during his time-traveling adventures.
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They come out at night and capture Eloi to take them to their underground lair just to turn them into food.
Eloi and Morlocks appear in H.G. Wells' novel "The Time Machine." The Eloi are a peaceful, childlike people who live above ground, while the Morlocks are underground-dwelling, subterranean creatures who prey on the Eloi. The novel explores themes of class division and evolution.
The cannibalistic beasts in HG Wells' book "The Time Machine" are called Morlocks. They are a species that evolved underground in the distant future and prey on the Eloi, another species that lives above ground.
In H.G. Wells's "The Time Machine," the Time Traveller encounters the Morlocks, who are described as having sensitive, whip-like antennae that they use to perceive their surroundings. The antennae play a role in highlighting the Morlocks' divergent evolutionary path and their predatory nature.
The time machine is taken by the morlocks into the black sphinx. By the time the Traveller arrives in the year 802,701 AD, humans have divded into two species: the fun loving, simple minded, no care Eloi; and, the brutal, techno-puppets the Morlocks. The Morlocks are mechanics in the simplest sense of the word. They have lost all humanity and have simply become part of the machines they keep functioning. They are drawn to things mechanical, and when they find the Traveller's time machine, like rodents attracted to shiney items, they take it back to their lair. There is no malice in it, just action; simple, mindless, action.
The Time Traveller initially assumes that the Eloi, who live above ground in luxury, are a higher evolved species and the Morlocks, who live underground, are a primitive working class sub-species. He believes there is a symbiotic relationship between them where the Morlocks provide for the Eloi's needs.
In H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine," the creatures that live above ground are the Eloi, who are peaceful and childlike, and the Morlocks, who are mysterious and sinister. The Eloi live above ground in harmony, while the Morlocks live underground and come to the surface at night.
In H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine," there were numerous Morlocks living underground, but an exact number is not specified in the novel. They are depicted as a population that has evolved separately from the Eloi, who live above ground. The Morlocks are described as semi-human creatures who are adapted for life in darkness.