Invaders, The
- Emotionless alien beings from a dying planet who were
the main antagonists on the sci-fi series THE
INVADERS/ABC/1967-68. Architect David Vincent (Roy Thinnes)
discovered a spacecraft unloading these invaders one night
when he was looking for shortcut on a lonely country road. His
only problem was convincing a disbelieving world that the
invaders had landed and that they were methodically taking
over the Earth. The concept for this series saved a lot of
money on special effects. The invaders didn't have
oversized-craniums, green skin or antennas sprouting from
their heads. They simply were human look-alikes that could
easily infiltrate into society. They did have their Achilles
heels, however. Upon closer scrutiny, one discovers that
they were without a pulse or heartbeat and had a mutated,
crooked fourth finger that jutted out awkwardly from the hand.
Sometimes, rarely, the invaders began to glow, when they were
in need of regeneration to retain their human form. The most
difficult problem in convincing the authorities that the
invaders were here, was the fact that when an invader was
destroyed they would go up in a cloud of red smoke leaving
nothing but ashes behind.
TRIVIA NOTE: Keep
an eye out for funny looking fingers and always be sure you
check for a pulse.
