Source: Neatorama
Another of the great TV series of the 1960’s was Quinn Martin’s The Invaders, an hour long drama, that, as usual as per my favorite programs of 50+ years ago, lasted but two seasons. But what a two seasons they were! Nothing like this series had ever before been seen or even attempted on television and, like Star Trek TOS of the same time, it was canceled even though it was hugely popular. Go figure.
Each week’s opening sequence featured a narrator (William Woodson) and the narration ran thus: The Invaders!: alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent (Roy Thinnes) 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…
Special effects, especially the disintegration sequences, were quite impressive for 1960’s television….
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