the invaders

Quinn Martin Productions cranked out this little sci-fi gem back in 1967 and 1968 (a season and a half). I really liked this show as a kid. I don't know what I'd think of it when I get a chance to see it again. It was a lot like the popular show The Fugitive (also a Quinn Martin Production) but in this show, the man on the run is running from aliens who are EVERY WHERE MAN!!! The hero though, isn't always being the hunted, but also did his share of hunting. He does his best to try to get his fellow humans to believe him. Sound familiar? The idea for the show was also inspired by the 1956 movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".

"The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them. For him, it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun."

The immensely popular The Fugitive series ended in 1967 and Quinn Martian Productions decided to keep things moving on ABC. I was sad to see The Invaders end so quickly. I liked the show and don't talk to many folks that ever remember seeing it. I just found out that that season one was released on DVD in May '08. Who knows, if the price is right.