It's one of those shows where I know the name and premise through "geek osmosis" but never saw or bothered to seek out.
Trek guest actors in maybe surprising roles
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I love The Invaders...Cap, Subby, the Torch....
Union Jack...Spitfire...
...Bucky...Toro...
The Whizzer...Miss America...
OKAY, NXMAS, HERE WE COME!!!
Only an Atlas could survive such a lineup.
The Invaders is worth a seek out believe me! A lot of Trek actors appear in it and the acting and plots are excellent! It's only fault if it has one would be that it's a bit dated!
The Prisoner is another sixties series that has no real defined order as such and only references events of older episodes in the last two part finale! But if you can make out or enjoy the final episode, Fall Out, then you're a better man than me, Gunga-Din!
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The Prisoner is another sixties series that has no real defined order as such and only references events of older episodes in the last two part finale! But if you can make out or enjoy the final episode, Fall Out, then you're a better man than me, Gunga-Din!
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The Invaders is worth a seek out believe me! A lot of Trek actors appear in it and the acting and plots are excellent! It's only fault if it has one would be that it's a bit dated!
The Prisoner is another sixties series that has no real defined order as such and only references events of older episodes in the last two part finale! But if you can make out or enjoy the final episode, Fall Out, then you're a better man than me, Gunga-Din!
JB
I agree. The finale was a bit disappointing and a little out there but some episodes are really good! I wonder why they never tried to remake that series. They did it to others that weren't half as good.
Same for the Invaders, imagine what it would be with today's cgi and special effects in general.
If you mean The Prisoner, there was a 6-hour miniseries remake in 2009 with Jim Caviezel and Sir Ian McKellen. It was pretty bad. It was far more shallow than the original; it actually explained all the mysteries at the end, and in an unsatisfying way that didn't make much sense. It wasn't engaging enough for me to even watch the whole thing.
This had a sequel miniseries in 1995, starring Scott Bakula. It wasn't very good either.
They did remake The Invaders, Disco! They called it first Wave and it ran for three seasons although it wasn't a patch on the original show! The last episode with the sonic weapon was a bit of a let down indeed, proving that Alfred Ryder's Leader was no longer interested in talks with humanity and that Barry Morse's sympathetic high ranking alien failed to get the others to call off their assault upon the earth! 
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They did remake The Invaders, Disco! They called it first Wave and it ran for three seasons although it wasn't a patch on the original show! The last episode with the sonic weapon was a bit of a let down indeed, proving that Alfred Ryder's Leader was no longer interested in talks with humanity and that Barry Morse's sympathetic high ranking alien failed to get the others to call off their assault upon the earth!
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I didn't know that. Thank you both for the info!
Sebastian Spence and Rob LaBelle were the stars but it was a very odd series indeed! Funny fact was that we used to watch it on the Sci-Fi Channel back in 2000 I think it was and my Mother never realized it was an alien invasion show rather she thought it was about a guy who liked to help people each week! 
I could write a sitcom on my family and friends!
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Just watched the two part "The Defender" episodes of Studio One in Hollywood, 1957, which features Ian Wolfe, aka Septimus from "Bread and Circuses" and Mr. Atoz from "All Our Yesterdays" as the judge, with William Shatner playing the Jr. defense attorney, defending some youngster played by "Steven" McQueen. 
This show was the basis of what became the series The Defenders on CBS starting in 1961, a series which really indicates how far some shows could push on network television even pre-Star Trek. You think them toying with Caroline Palamas being pregnant at the end of "Who Mourns for Adonais?" was daring? Heck, The Defenders did a whole episode about abortion and out of wedlock pregnancy (and didn't dance around the language) several years before Trek hit the air. It's a fabulous example of forgotten 60s TV and how good it could be and the first season of it is out on DVD, and includes the Studio One "The Defender" above, so if you're a fan of 60s TV and want to see a first rate drama (13 Emmy wins), grab it.
This show was the basis of what became the series The Defenders on CBS starting in 1961, a series which really indicates how far some shows could push on network television even pre-Star Trek. You think them toying with Caroline Palamas being pregnant at the end of "Who Mourns for Adonais?" was daring? Heck, The Defenders did a whole episode about abortion and out of wedlock pregnancy (and didn't dance around the language) several years before Trek hit the air. It's a fabulous example of forgotten 60s TV and how good it could be and the first season of it is out on DVD, and includes the Studio One "The Defender" above, so if you're a fan of 60s TV and want to see a first rate drama (13 Emmy wins), grab it.
Just watched the two part "The Defender" episodes of Studio One in Hollywood, 1957, which features Ian Wolfe, aka Septimus from "Bread and Circuses" and Mr. Atoz from "All Our Yesterdays" as the judge, with William Shatner playing the Jr. defense attorney, defending some youngster played by "Steven" McQueen.
This show was the basis of what became the series The Defenders on CBS starting in 1961, a series which really indicates how far some shows could push on network television even pre-Star Trek. You think them toying with Caroline Palamas being pregnant at the end of "Who Mourns for Adonais?" was daring? Heck, The Defenders did a whole episode about abortion and out of wedlock pregnancy (and didn't dance around the language) several years before Trek hit the air. It's a fabulous example of forgotten 60s TV and how good it could be and the first season of it is out on DVD, and includes the Studio One "The Defender" above, so if you're a fan of 60s TV and want to see a first rate drama (13 Emmy wins), grab it.
What's impressive is that Ian Wolfe was already quite old even then. Was that man ever young?
He was born in 1896, so he was already 61 when that was filmed. He lived to be 95.
We should all be so lucky.
Harry Townes, known to TOIS fans as Reger in "Return of the Archons" as the D.A in the pilot episode of The Defenders TV series,1961 (and revised and shortened slightly to become the series' 3rd aired episode "Death Behind the Counter".
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And as Del Frye (substitute Dwight) in The Incredible Hulk episodes The First parts one and two along with Dick Durock!
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