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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 24th December 2004 2:11 pm U.K. Time
Subject: phil,

your appreciation makes it all worth-while..merry xmas..jim

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Name: Mark Hookway
Email:
hookway@fsmail.net
Friday 24th December 2004 5:03 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi All

Hi Everyone

Lisa - Thank you for sharing with me your experience of the Blake's 7 episode SAND. A very interesting story indeed. Incidentally I've only managed to get round to watching seasons 1 and 2 so far,but I will be sure to listen out for any background noises when I do eventually get round to watching that particular episode.

Whilst I've been watching these Blake's 7 episodes I've been playing a game of "Spot the Soap star". It's quite amazing how many actors in Blake's 7 have later gone on to appear in British Soaps such as EastEnders,Coronation Street,Emmerdale and Brookside.

Phil - I would like to thank you for welcoming me onto this site when I made my first posting back in October of this year, as well as thanking you for acknowledging my efforts in helping to keep UK viewers informed of broadcasts of The Invaders on Channel 5. Also I wish you luck in getting your new VCR up and running before DARK OUTPOST is shown on Sunday morning.

Jim - My thanks to you for helping to answer my questions on this site whether they be Invaders related or otherwise. I also find the notes that you provide for each episode both interesting and informative and are greatly appreciated. Please keep up the good work.

Finally I would just like to say that this will probably be my last posting on this site this side of Christmas.

Therefore I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our posters in the UK and US a very Merry Christmas,as well as a Joyeux Noel to Christian in France and seasons greetings to anyone who I may have forgotten to mention.

Regards

Mark

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Name: bob estes
Email:
bob.estes@ntlworld.com
Friday 24th December 2004 5:28 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi All

Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year Bob UK

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Friday 24th December 2004 6:05 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Roy Thinnes at Roswell, in 2004 year !

Dear friends, hello

Our friend Roy Thinnes was at ROSWELL in 2004 year !

Read on this site : http://www.iufomrc.org/new.shtml

What's New

July 08, 2004 - 2004 UFO FESTIVAL A BIG SUCCESS!

This years International UFO Festival attracted over 20,000 visitors from all over the world. The festival was expanded this year to include the Roswell Civic Center where over 30 UFO authors and 70 vendors were on hand along with world renown speakers like astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Stanton Friedman, Don Schmitt, Tom Carey and many others. Hollywood was also represented by Actor Roy Thinnes from the “Invaders T.V. series” and the Duras Sisters better know as the “Clingon Warriors” from Star Trek.

New this year was the Alien Oldie Concert that filled the Ceilo Grande Soccer Complex. Over 3000 festival goers were entertained by “Richard Street & The Tempatations”,”The Platters”,”Beary Hobb’s Drifters, the hilarious Dwight Scruggs and of course the sound of the “Coco Bann Show Band”

6000 country fans welcomed Merle Haggard for His Annual 4th of July show. His special guests this year were Willie Nelson and Lacy J. Dalton.

This years UFO nighttime parade had over 50 entries and the turnout set a new Roswell record.

Plans are under way now for the 2005 festival scheduled for July 1st thru 5th. For more information, reserve vendor space or sponser opportunities contact Cecelia Sanchez at 505-625-8607 or roswell@dfn.com.............

Merry Christmas !

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Saturday 25th December 2004 1:43 am U.K. Time
Subject: all the Fans, and aficionados, and ... Especially, Phil, Jim, Barry, Lisa, Bob...and I am sorry to miss anyone-

Merry Christmas! "God Bless Us--Everyone-"

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 25th December 2004 7:10 am U.K. Time
Subject: And To All A Good DARK OUTPOST--a few more notes--

1--Andrew Prine played David Janssen's brother 'Ray Kimble' in 'Fugitive' ep#15 'Home is The Hunted"...2--Besides A. Prine, (and Roy), other actors in this ep who were on 'The Fugitive' were Tim McIntire, William Sargent, Whit Bissell, William Wintersole, and Susan Davis..and possibly unbilled roles by Sam Edwards and Walter Reed..3--While the ambulance is on the way to 'San Francisco', presumably nearby, logically there's no way that could be--ambulances going to San Francisco hospitals ARE in S.F.!.The ep actually filmed in southern California of course..4--Look up Vasquez Rocks State Park to see the location filming..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 25th December 2004 7:31 am U.K. Time
Subject: and hi again Mark H--

Thank you too for the kind words on my 'notes'...As you can see I put a lot of thought and effort and research into them--could never duplicate the effort the same way a 2nd time...Hope you enjoyed one of my truly favorite eps..Can you please tell me what the website you mentioned for (UK) Channel 5 is?..I think someone told me a year ago or so, just don't feel like checking the archives--which takes considerable time...merry christmas, thanx ---jim

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Saturday 25th December 2004 7:26 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Andrew Prine...(Jim, xnyckid)!

Andrew Prine was born on "this-side" of the Georgia border; but lived in the Greater Miami area, and graduated from Miami-Jackson Sr. High School. His very first "TV" show was with Earl Holliman--

If ever you see a nice movie with him, and "Mac Davis"(Singer), it is called "Possums-" about an imaginary Radio DJ who "Invents" an Imaginary Football Team, and lo and behold, It becomes a reality!

Great movie-

PS: Jim--You are the "Invaders Fan of the Year" in my vote-

Take care- Paulie

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Name: Barry
Email:
baz10@baz10.force9.co.uk
Saturday 25th December 2004 7:34 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Merry Xmas

thanks NSDR ,and to the rest of you ,have a nice and most importantly safe christmas and may 2005 bring all you wish for

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Name: Chance
Email:
water407@aol.com
Sunday 26th December 2004 12:19 am U.K. Time
Subject: The InVaDeRs home video and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hi Nottoodistant relative and Jim boy!

MERRY CHRISTMAS InVaDeRs fans! I hope that you all got what you wanted this year!

For those of you who DID NOT receive your desired InVaDeRs episodes uncut on home video...I AM YOUR MAN!

I ship ANYWHERE in the WORLD...FAST!!!

All 43 uncut episodes are available and MANY have the ORIGINAL 1960's COMMERCIALS from the ABC TV film vault/lost film prints that I have had professionally converted from film to video and dvd!!! Camel, Viceroy, Salem, Winston Cigarette ads, Ford ads, Clairol, Contac and many more!!!! You will not be able to see these fully uncut versions anywhere else!

I also have the RARE EXTENDED VERSION OF THE PILOT EPISODE "BEACHEAD" that has NEVER AIRED!!! It is 60 Minutes Long as opposed to the 51 minute ABC version! Lots of extra violence, dialogue and thrills never seen before and an ALTERNATE MUSICAL THEME by Dominic Frontiere!!!

Also available, the InVaDeRs musical soundtrack, 1960's ABC TV InVaDeRs trailers, 1968 MAD MAGAZINE parody and lots more!! I have a deluxe set of all of the episodes, bonus materials and the RARE extended pilot or individual 3 episode volumes that I ship to you FAST!!! All of the volumes have cases with photos/artwork from the episodes!!!

Get the gift that you REALLY wanted and email me at Water407@aol.com TODAY for more information! I will ship ANYWHERE!!! God Bless and HAPPY 2005!!!! =)

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Name: Chance
Email:
Water407@aol.com
Sunday 26th December 2004 1:22 am U.K. Time
Subject: The WATCHERS

By the way, I have the ORIGINAL END CREDITS of the episode "THE WATCHERS" and you will too when I send it to you!

The SYNDICATED 1992 Sci Fi Channel version and the one that played in the UK and Channel 5 actually contain the end credits to "The Enemy!!!" Mine is the orignal ABC TV version(not time accelerated and incorrect as the Sci Fi Channel versions are with distorted voices and music, like British PAL system does as well...both PAL and Sci Fi Channel versions have distored sped-up sound and Vincent talks like a mouse due to the time acceleration). My version is from film and is ALL ORIGINAL and UNCUT with the ORIGINAL LOST END CREDITS!

The REAL end credits for "The Watchers" has a DIFFERENT VERSION of the end credits InVaDeRs theme!! I have put it on the soundtrack that I burned last spring and it is AWESOME! Of all of the end credits to be botched, it was a shame that this unique sequence was messed up....surprised they didn't do the same with "The Mutation" since that episode also had a strange version of The InVaDeRs musical theme!!

I don't know if anyone out there bought the Lost in Space dvds, but season one's "Return from Outer Space" has a GLARING CUT SCENE that is missing on the dvd and on the Columbia House version...I too have that missing scene from 16mm film converted to video. It is of Will Robinson and the Sheriff outside the General Store when he grabs Will after the boy stole a bottle and the cop tells him to wait a minute and he talks with him. The first part of this scene is GONE from the old Sci Fi Channel version, the Columbia House mail-order video club and the new DVD version!!! WHY????????

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Sunday 26th December 2004 11:09 am U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr,

If you go to switchboard-dot-com, you can discover that Andrew Prines' brother Robert and sister-in-law Karen are listed in the phone book..jim

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Name: Thadeu
Email:
aquino@avalon.sul.com.br
Sunday 26th December 2004 8:10 pm U.K. Time
Subject: looking for a kit

I SAW THE EPISODES WHEN I WAS KID AND I ENJOY WATCH THEM - DAVID VINCENT AND THE INVADERS. NOW I LOOKING FOR TO BUY THE PLASTIC KIT MONOGRAM,IF YOU WANT TO SELL ME, PLEASE TELL ME THE PRICE (american dollar)AND THE DVD WITH SOME EPISODES ALSO.

aquino@avalon.sul.com.br

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisa@sargent32.fsnet.co.uk
Sunday 26th December 2004 10:17 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Dark Outpost

Hi there. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Regarding Dark Outpost, if you rin the credits you will see the name William Sargent for the charactor of Dr. Devlin. I would like to dispell any rumours that he has anything to do with my family or indeed myself. Although, his eyes do look like my old mans' before he went insane. Maybe there is something in this connection/blood line thing from one generation to another. Who knows?

I see that some new editing was used for this episode. When they struggle with the two rifle aliens the alien dies but his outline can clearly still be seen even while the action is still running.

I also love the alien standing there like a spare wotsit at a... as Vincent is fighting off the other aliens. Couldn't he join in to make it look a bit more convincing?

I have one question for the technically minded amoung us. When the alien General says that he wants the truck stripped down including the engine... Who put it back together again for the end escape to victory??? By the way, my air filter doesn't look like the one they had. Is that a standard service part???

I liked the part where Vincent is in a blue shirt undone to the navel and in the last scene he is in a similar, but red shirt also stripped to the navel. Yum Yum.

Okay, roll on the new year then we can get Christmas ready again.

Lisa.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 27th December 2004 10:48 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa,

If you want to see some great photos of Roy as DV, on http://www.imdb.com punch in The Invaders, then on the left hand side scroll down until you see 'photo gallery'..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 27th December 2004 11:01 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa again,

I have to say that the air filter DOES look legit, but you definitely brought up a point I'd thought of earlier but forgot--indeed, WHO put the truck back together again?!!..That was a tremendous gap in plot-logic!..Never-the-less, it's a great ep!..my best, jim

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Name: Barry
Email:
baz10@baz10.force9.co.uk
Monday 27th December 2004 12:48 pm U.K. Time
Subject: the truck

even the A team would of been proud of that :) LOL

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Monday 27th December 2004 6:52 pm U.K. Time
Subject: mistaken for roy

Hi There NTDR, Hope you have had a great christmas...have you ever been mistaken for the great man with your number plate saying 'Thinnes' on it? If you were would you be tempted into becoming him just for a minute? Someone once thought i looked so much like an actor called Luke Perry that he got my mate to confirm my real name...true!

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Monday 27th December 2004 9:13 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Lisa again,

Jim,

Thanks for that site. I have already used this site before when I tried to acquire some Invaders tapes some years ago.

Are you telling me that you actually have air filters that look or looked like that??? How do you get the paper filter out of the metal? Or do you just throw the whole air filter away?? I mean, when David said that he'd hidden the disc in the air filter I first thought taht he was mistaken and he ment the engine manifold. You could keep your chips hot on that thing!

Barry, The A Team would use that air filter to kill someone let alone put it back together again in record time... Mi, how times have changed.

Lisa.

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Tuesday 28th December 2004 1:23 am U.K. Time
Subject: Mr. Maddox--and the "mistaken identity-"

Well, I have only had my Vanity Plate for about 4 days now- and I did eat breakfast at a French Canadian Hang-out, where our Local Quebecois leave less than 0.01% tips--and that is Canadian money--and a couple of about 60ish, did comment on the Plate and said, "hey--any relation to Roy Thinnes from that tv show, Aliens?" And, before I could say, "Nope--just an admirerer--" her husband said, "Sure, he is mother-Take a look at his face- they look exactly alike--"

Then, they both took suicide pills and turned red and disappeared-

I took their Quebec Licence Plates, had them run them in the American/Canadian NCIC Computer--and No such address exists-

Hummm--

It's dangerous having a "thinnes" license plate-- especially in a part of America where we are simply Teaming with Aliens-From Havana to Montreal!

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Tuesday 28th December 2004 9:20 am U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr

Hi DV, It sounds to me that YOU have actually become David Vincent for real! If these things are happening to you how easy would it be to have a TV crew follow you round recording the events and with some subtle editing hey presto another series in the style of Docu/soap!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 28th December 2004 9:29 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa,

Looked like your basic AC/DELCO air filter to me, or similar---like the kind that "LaForge"--LeVar Burton--wore around his eyes on one of the many 'Star Trek'-of-the-1990s shows (which I never watched) but I couldn't ever forget THAT particular iconic image--my first thought upon seeing it being--"That guy has an air-filter on his head!"..!!--In any event, as you can see in any Invaders closing credits, the vehicles were supplied by Ford--which is why our hero drives Mustangs and Galaxies..(how apropos on the latter!)..cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 28th December 2004 9:49 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa again,

In relevance to the above--Ford Econoline vans also play key parts on the show--you might recall that in THE IVY CURTAIN our hero DV hides in a yellow one and then jumps out the back..And in WALL OF CRYSTAL his brother (Linden Chiles) is dragged into a white Econoline at the home of 'Mrs Endicott'..In VIKOR the 2 glowing aliens badly in need of re-generation are removed from the back of a...well you get the picture..Those are perhaps the most memorable ones to date (for you and all other UK posters) but the Econoline shows up more often than you realize..As a side note, of the appx 20 vehicles that I have owned over the years, the only Ford that I ever owned was a 1964 Econoline I owned in the early 1970s..I did drive a Ford LTD taxi in NYC 1978-80 (also Checker and GM before and after)..So I guess it isn't too much of a stretch to figure out what auto company was an Invaders co-sponsor!--I think Winston cigarettes too..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 28th December 2004 10:10 am U.K. Time
Subject: A note on the smoking habits on the show--

As is plainly clear, David Vincent lights one up in virtually every ep, always when there is a spot in the story dealing with dialogue-only and virtually no action..Which amazes me--when he and Vikki run up into Vasquez Rocks State Park from the aliens almost killing him, I'd have thought that if ANY time for a smoke, THAT would have been one!..I'm not positive but I do seem to recall that the show was originally co-sponsored by Winston Cigarettes..I do note that DV and all the other characters always smoke cigs with a 'tan' filter-bolstering my Winstons theory..You won't see ANY 'white-filter' cigs such as Kent-with-the Micronite-filter, Carlton, et.al. in any episode..In any event, the show is a throwback to the 1960s because there are many scenes (including a court of law!) wherein cig smoking would absolutely be banned anywhere in todays' times..And wasn't 'Dr Henry' smoking in LABYRINTH?--Oops, you'll just have to wait!

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Tuesday 28th December 2004 12:59 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Quinn Martin, "Loyal to Henry Ford..." But, notice what kinds fo cars the "Aliens" drive...

sometimes, when there are--at first glance--unsuspecting "aliens" cruising around southern Cal.--they are in Fords-- But, often, Aliens are cruising around in Unflattering Compeditor American Vehicles such as 1959 Plymouths, or beat-up vehicles--but rarely Fords or Merc's-

Speaking of "Cars-" in "THE PROPHET" in the First Scene, David is driving a Galaxy 500--but as he turns the corner to park his car, in his meeting with Newspaper man "Shay"--The Full-Sized Galaxy 500 magically turns into a Fairlane 500--same coloUr, but the mid-sized version of the Galaxy! Strange, but odd "switch-" it was the same coloUr, so it's kinda hard to exact the difference, as I said--At First Glance--

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Tuesday 28th December 2004 1:36 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Lisa again,

Jim,

I have a couple of questions for you.. Seeing, as you said that our hero mostly drives Ford vehicles. Could you please tell me the name of the car that David was driving in The Enemy. When Vern walks around his car the action is on his legs, thanks to Robert Butlers directing and a few letters of the cars make can be seen. I can't see the first letter of the car though, can you help???

Also, that Power Waggon in Dark Outpost. Was that a Ford? The back was down so, you can't see who's responsible for that beast.

With America's history, you would have thought that the aliens would be given Lincolns' to drive or even, heaven forbid, Toyota's.

Thanks again Jim.

Lisa

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Tuesday 28th December 2004 1:50 pm U.K. Time
Subject: DVD or not DVD

I was wondering last night, when we a finally going to get The Invaders on DVD???

Then I suddenly reminded myself how I managed to get another show recognised enough for the powers that be, in this case, the BBC to show some wiped episodes of a British classic, Steptoe and Son. I had some friends up north who had their own production company within their college and they trundelled down to London one spring morning in 1993 and we interviewed the writers of the said show, namely Messrs Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Upon finishing the interview, which lasted well into the evening, we ventured down to Mr Galton's basement and found these burried wiped episodes and well, to cut a long story short, with the advent of our wonderful interview being shown through the powers of video and our Society, the BBC finally showed the wiped episodes some years later.

What I am trying to put across to you is that if we cobbled together a camera crew like the ones I had, went to New York and interviewed Mr Thinnes in a professional way, we could then go to the powers that be and hopefully in time have our wonderful show transferred to glorious DVD.

If anyone is up for this project, I would love to hear from you. Maybe you already know of a production group that could handle the interview for us. I am open to any suggestions that you might like to make.

All the best for now,

Lisa

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 28th December 2004 1:51 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa,

Japanese cars had a dubious distinction here in the 1960s and weren't generally accepted by the huddled masses until the early 1970s..I cannot recall seeing even one in any Invaders ep..Back to the cars I've owned--one was a 1967 Datsun 2000 my dad gave me in 1972..No ordinary Datsun-- I foolishly took it to 155mph with pedal to spare on I-5 between Fresno and Bakersfield..Would be worth about 10x the selling price now...I shall look up the questions you posed and try to answer..jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 28th December 2004 1:57 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa again,

Imitation IS the sincerest form of television--'Steptoe and Son' was remade here in the colonies as 'Sanford and Son' and was wildly popular..One of the regular actors on the show playing an LAPD cop was Noam Pitlik, who was the "good hunting" cop in the opening of THE SPORES..Roscoe Lee Browne of THE VISE was also in an ep or two, as was Milton Selzer of QUANTITY UNKNOWN..

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Tuesday 28th December 2004 2:10 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Lisa again,

Hi Jim,

Yes, I know all about Sanford and Son. When we interviewed Ray and Alan they explained to us that about a quarter of all the Sanford shows were taken from the original Steptoe scripts and then the American's wanted to changed some of them so that you 'darn Americans could understand it.

It's funny, because just before Christmas I went back to the original Steptoe website and it's sad to say that the minute I left the Society things went from bad to worse. There is only a website now. No quaterly newsletter that I produced off my own back. I was cosidering starting the newsletter back up again, but the time and the energy I had then is just not in me anymore. I kinda got a bit like Vincent who gave up after just two seasons. I gave up after five!

Lisa

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Name: Mark Hookway
Email:
hookway@fsmail.net
Tuesday 28th December 2004 10:46 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Everyone

Hi all

Hope you all had a good Christmas.

Jim - You wished to know the website for Channel 5 in the UK. If you log onto http://www.five.tv and click onto the TV guide it should tell you when that station will be showing The Invaders. Hope that helps.

Regards

Mark

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Wednesday 29th December 2004 2:40 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Everyone

Mark: Are "THE INVADERS" even going to be on at all on Sunday, Jan. 2nd? I checked out the "FIVE", and all I get is "PORTUGESE FOOTBALL". Lindsay

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Wednesday 29th December 2004 8:05 am U.K. Time
Subject: The Invaders On Five

Good morning all,

I've checked out the five website and they tell me that the Invaders episode Summit Meeting Part 1 will be shown at 4:15am on Sunday 2nd January 2005. Hope that this clears everything up. Fingers crossed.

Lisa

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Wednesday 29th December 2004 9:53 am U.K. Time
Subject: Guinea Pig Naming Competition

With the birth of my two baby guinea pigs last week I thought that it would be a nice New Year treat that the fans of The Invaders should name them.

I don't mind what names you would like to choose, either fictional names, either to do with the show or not, the choice is yours.

Let me give you all a brief description of the two baby guinea pigs. They are both female and one is light brown, almost whiskey in colour with white paws and belly. The other, which takes after her mother, is almost autumn leaf colour on her back going to almost white on her body and face with a beautiful white nose. Sorry,m but I do not have any photos of them as I have no way and means to convey the pictures to computer, but if you check out any guinea pig site on the web just look for the above colours I have mentioned and you will find some that match their description. I know that sounds poor of me but, I hope that you will understand.

I really don't mind what you would like to name them. The best five names will be put forward to a vote in the new year and hopefully then we will have a naming ceremony and I will report on the guinea pigs progress through the year.

I quite undertsand if you do not wish to take part. I am just wondering how I am going to get away with calling them thing A and thing B for the time being.If anyone is interested in the names of their parents I have called them Manni for the bore, (male) and Jane for the sow, (female). Some of you might recognise that the name Manni comes from Harry O which is another favourite show of mine.

Well, good luck everybody and get thinking.

Lisa

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Name: Alan
Email:
lewis@nerco.fsnet.co.uk
Wednesday 29th December 2004 11:38 am U.K. Time
Subject: Air Filter?

Jim, I just got back from visiting my family and read post about La Forge from "Star Trek" wearing an air filter on his head-LOL! It reminds me that when The Invaders was shown in 84-85 the martial arts show "The Water Margin" was on at a similar time and I was watching it in the company of a Scottish girl.One of the characters had a sort of hat with a thing sticking up in the middle and she said "Och,why has that guy got a penis on his head!!!?" Bit of a Freudian slip I guess!Where are you Christine?

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 29th December 2004 12:33 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Dear Lisa--on the twins--

Hi there, if they are boys, why not 'Taugus and Nexus"? If they are twin girls, why not 'Vikki and Claire'?..Just a suggestion!----jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 29th December 2004 12:39 pm U.K. Time
Subject: NTDR, Phil, and Lindsay--

THANX FOR THE OFF-SITE REPLY, AND YOU 3 GUYS KNOW WHY..YOUR FRIEND, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 29th December 2004 12:58 pm U.K. Time
Subject: hi mark H,

and many thanx for that website..It helps for me posting timely 'notes-on' for all the GB fans..jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 29th December 2004 1:08 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa again,

Wotsa 'wotsit'?..(re-Dec26 posting--DARK OUTPOST)...my best, jim

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Wednesday 29th December 2004 1:30 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Lisa again,

Hello Jim,

The twin guinea pigs are girls so, I've added Vikki and Claire to the list. Only three more names to add and then we can all choose which names we like. Thanks again.

Re: Wotsit... A spare wotsit at a Jewish Ceremony is a, well you can probably guess the rest. I don't want to use that kind of language at this time of day. Even though it's not your time of day where you are. Hope that clears it all up.

Lisa

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Name: jim
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Wednesday 29th December 2004 2:32 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa--

Oy, still unclear on the concept!..gettin' the shpilkas on it..jim

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Wednesday 29th December 2004 2:52 pm U.K. Time
Subject: names for the pigs

Hi Lisa, Did you read my suggestion a from a few days ago....your pigs could be called 'The Ackerman girls'. They were the dancing girls in the cafe in 'Beachead'. I really would like this suggestion to go forward into the main draw for their eventual names if thats ok. Even if i don't win it's the taking part that counts. If you split the whole of 'the ackerman girls' you get one called 'Theack' and the other called 'Erman'..anyway have a think about it.

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Name: Barry
Email:
baz10@baz10.force9.co.uk
Wednesday 29th December 2004 6:16 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Prisoner

saw the other day that in local shops you can get episode 1 ,memorobilia and a magazine about the series and then get a episode a week then on until you have the full collection ,my question is what happened at the end of the prisoner ,did it finish abruptly like the invaders did with no ending or did no6 escape the island ,i catched some episodes a couple of years ago when shown on the sci-fi channel .ps thanks Bill for your prezzie :)

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Name: Lisa Sargent
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lisasargent@fsmail.net
Wednesday 29th December 2004 8:19 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: names for the pigs

Hi Jamie,

I have put your suggestion forward. If you win, I might just call one Beach and the other Head to save time.

Okay, three more suggestions to be found. Anyone else think of two good names for my female (sow) guinea pigs?

Lisa

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Name: Steve Ford
Email:
home@steveford.freeserve.co.uk
Wednesday 29th December 2004 8:27 pm U.K. Time
Subject: THE INVADERS TV EPISODES 14 EPISODES WANTED

Has any one got the following 15 episodes:- GENESIS VIKOR NIGHTMARE DOOMSDAY MINUS-ONE QUANTITY UNKNOWN THE IVY CURTAIN THE BETRAYED STORM PANIC THE WALL OF CRYSTAL THE CONDEMMED CONDITION RED THE WATCHERS VALLEY OF THE SHADOW.

I am looking for clear crisp complete copies of theses episodes. I know that this series has not yet been released on DVD but if any one can make quality transfers of their videos on DVD or video CD's then I will be be very greatful. Please name your price. I am a UK citizen.

Unfortunately I did not know that Channel 5 has been running the series since July 2004.

I rang Channel 5 today and asked if they would be running the series again, and they said that they did not know.

When the sci-fi channel showed the series they cut out the ACT title scenes. SCI-FI copies are not desirable.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Steve

home@steveford.freeserve.co.uk

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Name: Mark Hookway
Email:
hookway@fsmail.net
Wednesday 29th December 2004 10:58 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lindsay

Sorry it has taken a while to respond to your question on whether or not The Invaders will be shown on Five this weekend, but I see that Lisa has kindly answered your question on my behalf.

Mind you having looked at the Five website myself, I think I can understand why you may have thought that Portuguese football was being shown instead of The Invaders. The TV guide on Five for Sunday 02/01/2005 would show the football as actually being broadcast in the early hours of Monday the 3rd. Therefore for the purposes of Five's TV guides The Invaders will always be listed under a Saturday,even though Five broadcast it in the early hours of Sunday morning over here in the UK.

I know it all sounds a little confusing,but I hope it makes some sense to you as well.

Regards

Mark

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Thursday 30th December 2004 8:39 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Steve Ford,

First time I've seen you on this site, to the best of my memory.. welcome..You not only have the same name as the son of one of a 1970s US President, but a reporter/attorney on courttv.com also..(Different guys)..And the last name of the sponsor of the vehicles on The Invaders...I can see by your e-address that you live in The UK, and all your requests for past eps on video are what could be termed as 'a day late and dollar short'..As your Great Britain brethren can tell you, these eps have already been shown on Ch5 within the past few months and are still on-going..Ep#26 due this Saturday..It is my hope that you can acquire the tapes from a UK friend....regards, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Thursday 30th December 2004 9:06 am U.K. Time
Subject: hello mark H again,

Hi there--something screwed-up in the e-translation...All you need do is 'click on' the website you listed and you will see..Far as I know, any website ending in 'tv' is straight out of Tuvalu--a Pacific island nation that does indeed sell its' 'tv' web address--"Wheel Of Fortune" uses it, among many others..But it's a no-go on this one..I'm guessing a 'dot-com.uk' e-address is used for CH5..More help, por favor?..jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Thursday 30th December 2004 11:20 am U.K. Time
Subject: dear lisa,

Actually you messed up on confusing 'Vern' from DARK OUTPOST with THE ENEMY--Robert Butler did indeed direct the latter, but Andrew 'Vern Corbett' Prine wasn't in that ep..But still working on answers to your Dec 28th posting...Let us know the ultimate names of 'the twins'..happy 2005, jim

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Thursday 30th December 2004 5:45 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: dear lisa,

Jim,

Regarding the Vern charactor. Wasn't he the deputy in The Enemy killed by Blake??? I.E. Richard Anderson. That charactor, Vern walked around David's car in The Enemy, which as you rightly said was directed by Robert Butler. I was just, as I said trying to find out what car David was driving that episode.

I will let you know what the names of my guinea pig twins will be in the new year. I cleaned their pen out today and Manni, the male pig was nsot very happy with me getting involved with the youngsters.

Anyone else got any good names for my two female baby guinea pigs???

Lisa

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Name: Mark Hookway
Email:
hookway@fsmail.net
Thursday 30th December 2004 10:50 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Jim

Sorry to see that you have not been able to access the main Channel Five website http://www.five.tv. I can assure you that this is indeed the correct address for this site.

However I think I may have an explanation as to why you are unable to access this site. I have found that in order to use this website,your PC must have something called Flash 6(or upwards)installed. Without this Flash 6 software(or whatever it is) you would only be able to use the text only version of the site. Whether or not this is the case in respect to your PC, I'm not sure.

But fear not Jim,I believe there may be a way around this problem. If you go onto the website http://www.brunel.ac.uk and then click on the word "today", you will then be taken to another page which gives a programme schedule for today's programmes on Channel Five. It's then just a matter of clicking on either "previous day" or "next day" at the top of the page, which will take you to the TV listings for the day that you wish to view.

I hope this is helpful to you. Give it a try and let me know how you get on.

Regards

Mark

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Thursday 30th December 2004 11:20 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Lindsay

Dear Mark: Sure sounds screwy, but thanks for the info on overlapping days in the FIVE tv guide. Lindsay.

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Name: Mark Hookway
Email:
hookway@fsmail.net
Thursday 30th December 2004 11:22 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Jim again

With regards to my last posting, please disregard the second link as I seem to get a link to the website for Brunel University in West London when I click on it which is not what I intended. Instead try and click on http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~ee03ajh2/tv_ch5.htm which I am hoping will work. If not,then I'm not sure what else to suggest as it might be something that I'm doing wrong.

Incidentally Jim, I clicked on the hypertext link for the main Channel Five website and it works okay for me, but I'm not clear from your last posting as to the exact problem that you encountered when you tried to access that site.

Regards

Mark

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Name: Mark Hookway
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hookway@fsmail.net
Thursday 30th December 2004 11:33 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Jim

I have just clicked on the hypertext link in my last posting and I'm glad to say that it brings up the correct website for Channel Five.

Good. I'm glad it's worked, I hope it does for you too. Once you're on if you follow my instructions from a previous posting, then you won't go wrong. Good luck.

Regards

Mark

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Name: Mark Hookway
Email:
hookway@fsmail.net
Friday 31st December 2004 12:00 am U.K. Time
Subject: The Prisoner

Hi All

Barry mentioned something in his last posting about the Cult TV series The Prisoner being available in shops in a magazine format and a DVD of each episode which comes with each fortnightly issue.

My wife went out today and bought the first edition for me. I've never actually seen any of The Prisoner before and I don't know much about it apart from the fact that it starred Patrick McGoohan and was first broadcast here in the UK back in 1967,which was around the same time that The Invaders was first shown in the U.S.

So I was wondering how many Invaders posters have actually seen The Prisoner and whether or not they would recommend the show. If the comments are favourable then I may well continue with buying The Prisoner magazines until I have the full collection of magazines and DVD's on the series.

Regards

Mark

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 31st December 2004 7:54 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Mark H,

The 2nd click-on--brunel--worked for me, and I see that Ch5 will show OFS (our favorite show) at 4:15am in foggy-London-Town, so if they keep to that schedule it is my hope that my UK poster friends will tape/set their VCRs accordingly! As I seemed to gather the majority have been shown starting at 4:20am to date--and you can sure miss a whole lot in the first 5 minutes!..As for 'The Prisoner', yes I recall it when originally run on CBS--very esoteric and I cannot claim to be any kind of expert on the show..There are no doubt other websites devoted to it..The show seemed to be a British production in style if not in fact, even Patrick McGoohan, who by the way is a NYC native..He reprises that role as a guest voice in a 'Simpsons' episode wherein Homer is "Mr X"..Also, when 'The Simpson' family joins up in a cult in another ep, the 'bubble sequence' is also a nod to 'The Prisoner'..HAPPY 2005..JIM

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 31st December 2004 8:25 am U.K. Time
Subject: Dear Lisa, I see what you mean!--I am in awe of you--

Just because you asked I re-ran THE ENEMY...at the scene of 'Vern's legs' walking around the car that DV drives..And by golly!..I NEVER noticed it before! but the letters on the Ford Galaxie actually spell out "ALIEN"..This is on for just 2 seconds or so but oh-so-subtle!..Obviously it was an 'in-joke' done by the crew, and in SUMMIT MEETING (coming up this weekend) you will see more evidence of these paractical jokes with DV going to 'The Sletnir Building', a nod to Invaders production man Robert Rintels..(Sletnir/Rintels)..I do see why you got confused on the characters named 'Vern'--played by Paul mantee in THE ENEMY and Andrew Prine in DARK OUTPOST..I must admit, the writers could have used more originality on first names on 2 eps just 3 apart..But I am in awe at you noticing the whole thing to begin with..And you knew I would reply!..Will look at the wagon you asked of in DARK OUTPOST in a day or two..It is my educated guess that you don't wear glasses, because you had very sharp eyesight to pick out what I myself should have seen years ago with many viewings..Happy 2005, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 31st December 2004 8:36 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa again, on the above--

Hi there, I always look at every episode with discerning eyes to see what just doesn't make sense etc..And always thankful to learn from other posters the stuff I missed or forgot, but YOU really pointed out a major one to me that I never noticed before!----jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 31st December 2004 8:46 am U.K. Time
Subject: Lisa--oops, I did it again--

Lisa, it was actually DAVID Rintels--not Robert--who is made reference to in SUMMIT MEETING PART ONE, he wrote THE TRIAL and THE PEACEMAKER..According to imdb, he was the son-in-law of Fay "King Kong" Wray---she passed away this year at age 93 or so.....jim

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Name: Alan
Email:
lewis@nerco.fsnet.co.uk
Friday 31st December 2004 12:02 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Prisoner

Mark,I noticed your post on The Prisoner-I have only seen a couple of episodes but I have to admit it never really "did" it for me.It was very stylised and completely 1960s in its feel,sort of "Austin Powers" really! The good news is that the first season of "Thriller" has just been released on DVD.As you are British you may have seen it before.It was by the great producer Brian Clemens who was also responsible for "The Avengers"."Thriller" has the 3rd greatest theme tune ever,the others being: No1 "Journey To The Unknown"[1968] No2 "The Invaders" No3 "Thriller"."JTTU" has unfortunately never been released on any format [I think] but everyone who saw it remembers the title sequence and tune which was probably the scariest thing ever on TV!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 1st January 2005 11:22 am U.K. Time
Subject: delay by me on 'notes-on'--

Too much 'good cheer' for the past 2 nights!..Will supply though for Summ Mtg--jim

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Saturday 1st January 2005 12:46 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Why David Vincent does not never drive a scooter or a motorcycle ?

All my best wishes at all,

Why in "The Invaders", David Vincent does not never drive a scooter, or a motorcycle ?

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Saturday 1st January 2005 12:52 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Why David Vincent does not never drive a scooter or a motorcycle ?

Desolate for this mistake :

My e.mail is : e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 1st January 2005 3:29 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Christian, bon 2005--

To answer your question--yes we never see David Vincent on a motorcycle--forget about scooters..FORD never made any of those, so it did not figure into the plot or the budget..Also it must be taken into account as to whether Roy Thinnes was able to drive a motorcycle or not to begin with, and I guess not..But you might be interested to know that ROY was at one time seriously considered to play James Bond..For you and anyone else on the site who wishes to know where I got THAT from---just ask!..in a friendly way, as you say--jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 1st January 2005 3:34 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The name is Thinnes--Roy Thinnes--

Just me, jim..But what I am saying--as I said to ChristianMace above--is that Roy was once seriously considered to play James Bond after Sean Connery bowed out on the role..Ask me and I shall provide the info to the first who asks.. jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 1st January 2005 3:51 pm U.K. Time
Subject: on motor-bikes on 'The Show'--

ChristianMace brought up an interesting question--motorcycles and scooters on 'the show'..I can think of one being driven by Dabney Coleman in THE SAUCER, but not for any other ep that I can think of---but I could be wrong..Any others?..jim

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Name: Mark Hookway
Email:
hookway@fsmail.net
Saturday 1st January 2005 6:17 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Motorcycles on The Invaders

There is also a police motorcycle featured in GENESIS at the start of that episode or does that not count?

Mark

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Saturday 1st January 2005 6:18 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: on motor-bikes on 'The Show'--

Dear Jim: Happy New Year!! How about Beth's boyfriend in 'THE MIRACLE'? Lindsay.

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Saturday 1st January 2005 6:30 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The name is Thinnes--Roy Thinnes--

Ohhhh!! IF ONLY....! Maybe there is something after all to my idea of a team-up between David Vincent and the Scotland Yard organization of James Bond, and the British Government in a possible re-make of "THE INVADERS" in the future. Again, NO Fox TV 1995 stuff!! Its gotta be according to the old QUINN-MARTIN PRODUCTION standards and characteristics! But yes, perhaps Roy Thinnes would have been a great pick for a James Bond part in the 1960's after Sean Connary left the JB scene. Lindsay.

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Sunday 2nd January 2005 12:28 pm U.K. Time
Subject: What's the connection?

Hi there. I was just wondering if someone at Channel Five is in with someone at the BBC? I'll give you two examples. Two weeks ago Invasion Of The Body Snatchers was shown on BBC2 and then a The Spores was shown saome hours later on Channel Five. There's a connection. Now, I tunned in to watch Summit Meeting Part 1 and low and behold who gets out of the helicoptor right at the beginning??? That Nazi from The Sound Of Music which was shown on BBC1 last Thursday!!! Now there's a connection. If it's not the aliens everywhere it's the Nazi's, what next? The Communist's???

Lisa

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 3rd January 2005 6:13 am U.K. Time
Subject: hi mark h and lindsay--on motorbikes--

Yes there is a cop--Noam "Good Hunting" Pitlik in THE SPORES--leaning on a motorcycle but we never actually see it being driven, and it's therefore just a 'prop'..But it counts too.. Now who can count how many helicopters in how many episodes?..(I guess I can! LOL!)...jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 3rd January 2005 6:27 am U.K. Time
Subject: hi lindsay,

You replied first on my posting of Roy as 007..To see where I learned this, go to imdb.com ..Easiest then to go to George Lazenby....On his film career, click onto his (only) Bond film "OHMSS"..Once on that page, on the left hand side click on "TRIVIA"..On that page, scroll down about 3/4ths of the way and you will see "actors also considered for the Bond role"..Notably, Adam West was also considered...cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 3rd January 2005 10:40 am U.K. Time
Subject: Soldier Boy DV--

Note that while MANY eps of The Invaders involve 'the US military'--it is only in THE TRIAL that we learn that our hero actually was in The Army in Korea..And way too young to have fought in that war..No other reference ever given to him having served in any other ep..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 3rd January 2005 10:53 am U.K. Time
Subject: Flubbed dialogue on The Invaders--

1-Opening of THE SAUCER, Sandy Kenyon says "cheap plasket" (sic) instead of 'plastic'...2--In Act 4 of DARK OUTPOST, Tim McIntire says "well--(uhh) we didn't break it.."..You can tell he forgot his line and hesitated but recovered..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 3rd January 2005 1:03 pm U.K. Time
Subject: ,my notes on SUMMIT MEETING PART 1

This ep features past Invaders actors Diana Hyland (VIKOR), Wm Windom (DD-MINUS ONE), Michael Rennie (THEINNOCENT), Ford Rainey (PANIC), and Ross Elliott (MOONSHOT, and soon to be in COUNTERATTACK)..So no need to re-hash their bios..It is also The only 2-part ep of the show...However--THE BELIEVERS carries over to THE RANSOM..This ep has an international edge to it but the only actors born outside Hollywood in it are Michael Rennie (b&d in The UK, Peter Hobbs (b.1918 France--a distinguished stuntman) and Ben Wright bMay 15-15 London d.July2,1989 Calif--and I have no idea who the latter 2 played..1--OPENING--That's certainly not 'The Baltic'--looks like a California beach to me..I wonder how much money Mercededs-Benz got for putting their cars in the shot..2-ACT1--The guy who chases after DV played by William Boyett--DV slugs him..He played an alien in a favorite movie of mine--"The Hidden"--("I want this car, I need the keys!!"..)..He also often played a cop on 'Dragnet'..3--DV mentions 'The Untouchables', which was a QMP..4--Once again, we see the alien 'mutated pinkie' in use only when it advances the plot..5--ACT2--The alien who uses the hypnotic crystals on Michael Tressider is played by Vic Perrin b.April26, 1916 Wisconsin d.July4, 1989..He was the "the voice" that introduced 'The Outer Limits'--"we control your tv.."...He was also the voice of "Nomad" on 'Star Trek', and on The TZ he played a Martian on 'People Are Alike All Over' featuring Roddy McD and Susan Oliver..6--DV gets shot by WW/Tressider in the hotel lobby--and that's Ross Elliott who first comes on scene---but the whole issue is just blown-off casually..In REAL life, if a person was shot by a gun in public (or private) it would ALWAYS be something the cops would have to check out..7..Act3--WMAL-tv IS a real Washington DC tv station..The DC footage is also re-used in THE PURSUED--same shot of The Capitol..8--WW calls him 'Pierre' Alquist, but it's generally sounding like 'Pere'..9--Eduard Franz--'Halvorsen'--b.Oct31, 1902 Wisconsin d.Feb10, 1983..As foreign as he seems, he's an American..10--Ian 'Rosmussen' Wolfe b.Nov4, 1896 Illinois d.Jan23, 1992--was in the Warren Beatty/Madonna movie 'Dick Tracy' as "the forger"..11-ACT3--David Vincent stares at 10 pigeons..12--Ellie (Diana H) says--"Well I do date occasionally.."..When she said this, her future boyfriend John Travolta was 13 yrs old..13--The 'crunch noise' on Ellie's finger was obviously added in later..14--What does Ellie mean that she can 'destroy herself on the spot without a trace'?..DV has her by the arm so she couldn't access a suicide capsule..No gun nearby..Makes no sense..15--SLETNIR CHEMICALS building that DV goes to--Sletnir an in-joke on the name of Invaders writer David Rintels..16--Tressider nearly dies in an alien 'tube', this in contrast to DV in one in THE RANSOM.. but GREAT POV camera shot of Roy coming right into the camera here..17--And Windoms' dialogue quite muffled and vague at one point.....18--This ep features several in-the-car scenes wherein the rear-screen projection is obvious and phony.. 19 Director Don Medford--b.1918 still alive--also directed CONDITION RED..20--One actor on this ep is Don Lamond, the son-in-law of Larry Fine of The Three Stooges..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 3rd January 2005 1:45 pm U.K. Time
Subject: DV gets shot!--Oy!--

It's always one that never requires a trip to the hospital--NIGHTMARE, SUMMIT MEETING PART ONE, THE PURSUED..maybe one more or so...."Just a flesh wound" as we used to say in Brooklyn, but the cops are duty-bound to investigate these incidents!

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Tuesday 4th January 2005 8:23 am U.K. Time
Subject: "The Invaders" in France...

Hello at all,

In France, the wednesday january 05, 2005, on "FR 3" ("France 3")French channel public, diffusion of the n° 40 "THE MIRACLE" of "The Invaders" !...

Site "FR 3" :

http://guidetv.france3.fr/accueil.jspx

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 4th January 2005 10:44 am U.K. Time
Subject: hello Christian, THE MIRACLE

is a good episode..The 4th one to take place in New Mexico--the others were #3THE MUTATION, #4THE LEECHES, and #11THE IVY CURTAIN....I hate to give part of the plot away--but you will see an alien die from a rattlesnake bite..Their venom is hemotoxic, which brings up the question (once more)--how can this be if the aliens have no blood?..Good performances by Ed Asner and Barbara Hershey, who still looks great to this day..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 4th January 2005 10:46 am U.K. Time
Subject: Latest Invaders obituary--

Was reported in the obituaries that actor William Boyett died at age 77 on Wed, Dec 29, 2004..See my notes on SM1 above..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 4th January 2005 11:43 am U.K. Time
Subject: more notes on SUMMIT MEETING PART ONE..

1--Director Don Medford also directed "The Judgement--Parts 1 & 2" of 'The Fugitive', the last 2 eps of that show--which combined had a total of 12 actors/actresses who were on or would be on The Invaders..Still among the-most-watched tv show episodes of all tv-time..2--William Windoms' muffled unintelligible dialogue in Act4 also harkens back to his muffled unintelligible dialogue in Act4 of DOOMSDAY MINUS ONE during the shootout..3--This ep has eight people connected to The TZ--7 actors who were on that show plus Director Medford on several eps..4--This ep and THE CAPTIVE are the only ones that I can think of in which we actually get to see DV working on architect plans--earning a living to be able to fly/ drive anywhere in about 17 US states from coast to coast..5--And how does DV in California know about an alien incident in Maine (THE INNOCENT) or Rhode Island (GENESIS) or the 3-or- 4 in Florida in the days before the Internet access to world newspapers?..Makes ya think!

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Name: Alan
Email:
lewis@nerco.fsnet.co.uk
Tuesday 4th January 2005 12:19 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Summit Meeting

Not my favourite episode.Too many holes in the plot-the instant it was announce on TV that an "antidote" to the radiation increase had been found,scientists all over the world would have been howling with laughter as there is of course no such thing,Radiation is radiation,not a disease.Also,after the shootout at Sletnir Chemicals,Vincent knows that it is an alien installation and of course the regen tubes would not have been destroyed by the fire.Interesting to see that he comes close to kissing the gorgeous Diana Hyland but doesn"t-did he already suspect she was an alien?I would have chanced it!I also think this was the only show where we saw a regen tube which opened fro the front instead of coming from the ceiling....clearly a plot device would have had to lift the tube over Tressiders" head to get him out!I hope Diana Hyland doesn"t get fried in next weeks ep.

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Tuesday 4th January 2005 6:17 pm U.K. Time
Subject: "Summit Meeting"

I certainly won't spoil Next Week's Part Two of "Summit Meeting"; but that Regen Tubes opening from the front is also shown in "The Organization" and in "The Prophet-"

Also, In spite of "Summit Meeting" being just too convoluted, and ceremonious to keep the viewer "glued" to the plot, there are some interesting twists; but mostly predictable-

My best commentary-AGAIN-is the proof of Roy's great acting ablities-

There was probably one of the weakest, and unfortunately poorest timing sequence of the entire howmany episodes there are of "The Invaders"; and it shows how a durable, reliable Pro like William Windom "can" forget continuity and timing-- TAKE NOTE: The Scene in the Motel Room, the dialogue becomes inane, to say the least--WATCH as Veteran Windom(A good actor, too), fouls up his lines, and how OUR HERO, Chicago Roy, Actually puts out a recently lit cigarette, to keep the Camera off Windom, soas to avoid retaking the shot-holds his shoulder where he was recently "winged" by Windom when he was Hypnotized- THAT Scene should go down in Film History, and Roy Thinnes should be teaching acting--

The guy is a thespian of the highest caliber.

NTDR-

***Hylands always had a "Continental" sort of "otherwise-learned" non-descript, anything other than American Accent when she spoke- Very interesting pronounciation-- She is as Midwestern as Chicago Roy--She is from Ohio!

God rest her soul; she was very young when she died.

Jim--"the Man-" will fill in the blanks, I hope!

hello, Jim, Barry, Phil, Alan, the Girls--and all the newcomers--

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Tuesday 4th January 2005 6:25 pm U.K. Time
Subject: "Accents--"

I have lived in South Florida for nearly 27 years--Since coming here, after the Army, and attended University of Miami- STILL--to this day, people will ask me, "Hey, Paulie(NTDR), where are you from?" "Doesn't sound like New York(Because I am American of Italian heritage)--"

My answer lately has always been: "I am from--the same city as Roy Thinnes-"

The usual response is, "Who is Roy Thinnes?"

"Hey Roy--Hundreds--thousands of People love you, man-AND right on this chatpage, We have loyal, loving fans--but, I guess, time marches on--"

That is WHY we MUST have this DINNER FOR ROY THIS APRIL--WITHOUT FAIL-

HIS BIRTHDAY-- PHIL--Let's start moving, man!

PS-" I would rather be the likes of a little known ROY, than a Well Known Michael Moore!

For all those who are newcomers-- Roy and are are NOT related; but we ARE FROM CHICAGO!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 5th January 2005 10:05 am U.K. Time
Subject: hey ntdr, on Ellie Markham and Sherri Vikor--and Wm Windom--

Happy MMV..yes Diana H b.Feb25, 1936-ClevHts,OH-d.Mar26, 1977 Tinseltown--was truly a gifted actress..Gone too soon at 41 (sheesh!)--she actually died in the hospital in the arms of Jersey-boy Travolta, who was 18 years her junior to the month..Don't know if you were on here when I said so--but when she posthumously won an EMMY Award (Best Actress on "Eight Is Enough" the award was accepted by Travolta who held it in the air and said "This is for you Diana, wherever you are"..Besides being on 3 Invaders eps, she was on 4 of 'The Fugitive' playing women named--(in order)--Carol, Stella, Penny, and Ell..Travolta and Diana met when they made the 'Boy In The Plastic Bubble' together, for those who are curious on the hook-up....William Windom is indeed a distinguished journeyman actor spanning 6 decades or so, but quite a mush-mouth on The Invaders..A shame that the most indistinguishable dialogue lines on the series on any ep--in this case THREE eps--belong to him..If you remember the TZ ep 'Six Characters In Search Of An Exit" he was the military man to the clown played by Murray Matheson of THE IVY CURTAIN (Dr Reynard)..A side note--the 'ballerina' on that TZ ep was played by Susan Harrison, the mother of Darva Conger, if you know who THAT gal is.....I'm just 'Filling in the blanks'--as you so aptly put it in your precogniscience! cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 5th January 2005 10:23 am U.K. Time
Subject: hi ntdr again,

As I mentioned in my 'notes'--Diana Hyland was in The TZ..In an ep titled "Spur Of The Moment" which also has Roger Perry of THE PROPHET..I never liked that TZ ep, for the simple reason that the 'shocking ending' is that an 'older' Diana H--in bad age-makeup---is chasing her younger self (on horseback), but 'the payoff' is apparent from the get-go..jim

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Thursday 6th January 2005 2:10 am U.K. Time
Subject: Roger Perry...

...played a Goofy Character in "The Prophet"-

NOTE: (A New Yawker should know this one) WHAT CLICHE WAS USED IN "THE PROPHET" between ROY and ROGER PERRY?

"Passing....?"

You will definately Get it, JIM!!

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Thursday 6th January 2005 4:51 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Roger Perry...

NEW YAWKER??!! What about us Clevelanders? Or even Chicagoans? PASSING STRANGE, I think!! Lindsay.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Thursday 6th January 2005 9:06 am U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr-and lindsay--

I am a NYC lad--drove a taxi in the 1970s there as ya both know..NYC (and London too!) is unique in there being 2 or 3 distinct accents from one city..A Brooklyn accent is as much different as one from Queens or The Bronx..For me to hear a 'NYC accent'--I can't really tell--sounds normal to me!--It's only when certain phrases or inflections are made that I realize that they are 'my home-boys'..Lindsay, IS there a distinctive Cuyahoga/Ohio accent?..(not counting those Buckeyes that live next to Kentucky and WVa and tend to talk like them)..'Passing Strange"--great Roger Perry/DV line!----regards, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Thursday 6th January 2005 9:12 am U.K. Time
Subject: lindsay and ntdr again--

Roger Perry of THE PROPHET was for many years the husband of JoAnne Worley of 'Laugh-In', odd as it seems.. jim

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Thursday 6th January 2005 2:13 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Invaders

Hi everyone, A happy new year to you all first of all! I was thinking over the christmas period about the possibility of how we could get anyone connected to the making of the series in any capacity to share some stories and info with us on the site, wether it be a writer or even Roy himself! How would one go about this?

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Name: Robert Boulton
Email:
Robertboulton@blueyonder.co.uk
Thursday 6th January 2005 7:36 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The invaders on DVD

Who produced the invaders ? i have seen The Invaders on DVD but this guy wants $225 inc shipping for the whole series. http://www.tv-series-collection.com/payment_invaders.shtml

I know my luck, i will order this and it will come out officially.

Rob.

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Friday 7th January 2005 12:36 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Invaders

Jamie, you might want to talk to Jeff Talbot, of invaders@yahoogroups.com for information about who is in the know, as far as knowing some of the "big whigs", or at least "semi-big whigs", as far as "THE INVADERS" series and interest is concerned. There is one, Johnathan Etter, who is actually planning to write a book about the series, and make some kind of sound track CD of the show, whom Jeff is supporting and encouraging on the site. Just log onto invaders@yahoogroups.com, and talk to Jeff about what it is that you're interested in(THE REST OF US INVADERS FANS BEING INTERESTED WITH YOU, OF COURSE!!) Lindsay.

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Friday 7th January 2005 12:48 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: ntdr-and lindsay--

Dear Jim: Happy New Year, if I didn't wish you that already! No, I am not aware of any distinct or specific accents for "these here parts", in fact, I did not know that there was any real accent for Chicago, Illinois, although I did know that there are for New York City, and for parts of New England, particularly for Boston and Massachusetts. Lindsay.

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Friday 7th January 2005 2:34 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hey, Lindsay! and Jim, and all the Great Gang of several(Unlike the Chinese "gang of four"!

Hi, Lindsay-Still owe you a nice "Drink" and Happy New Year! YES--Chicago is a great city, with 4 distinct Accents- Northside; Westside, Southside and "da Burbs"! No joke-- I grew up on a Northwest Suburb, but bordering on a snobby side of Chi-Town- All the N/W 'burbanites spoke like Roy- Words like: POSSIBLE are pronounced "PASSABEL" (note, Roy's comment to Alien Pleshette in "The Mutation"!)

Roy uses MANY, MANY Chicago-isms--such as no ending participle-- Example:

"Hey, Jim--Let's go to Coney Island and get a Hot Dog with Sour Krout and a Cream Soda-" (Chicago accent response-)PAULIE/NTDR: "Hey, GUYZ--I WANNA GO WITH--"

Draught beer is DRAAAAAFFT--or, "on tap"

Also, a lot of "YOUZ" for a plural of You(all of you)--YOUZ GUYZ-- CUM_AHHHHN__ Come On--

ROY'S BIGGEST CHICAGO ACCENT WAS IN THE FIRST EPISODE-- BEACHHEAD!

Cleveland is similar; but Diana Hylands did NOT have a Midwestern Accent--she put some unusual, odd, "passing strange" accent on!

it was sexy; Like her!

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Friday 7th January 2005 2:39 am U.K. Time
Subject: "Josephine and Men"

For all you British Aficionados out there(Bolting Brothers) I guess reading Robert Boulton--his name is similar to the Comedian Writers of the '50's and '60's I have had the hardest time obtaining a great British comedy with Peter Finch and Glynis Johns, (also, Donald Sinden) entitled "Josephine and Men"- "IF" any British or Americans can help point me in the right direction concerning how I can obtain this on VHS--or DVD, kindly let me know-- OF course, I would have to Transfer from PAL to NTSC for USA/CANADA- BUT, let me know-- Sorry for the "Invaders" Diversion question--

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Saturday 8th January 2005 3:02 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hey, Lindsay! and Jim, and all the Great Gang of several(Unlike the Chinese gang of four !

Now, THAT'S "passing strange"! "YOUZ GUYS" sounds like Archie Bunker (ALL IN THE FAMILY) New York City accent!! If Chicago and NYC have a connection, where would Cleveland fit into all of this? 'QUANTITY UNKNOWN', no doubt!! (HA HA!) Yeah, I remember the sharp crack in David Vincent's voice in many of the episodes. I wish they would cast Roy as he is now, to speak up louder in his newer movies to see if he still has that old sharpness in his voice yet!! Lindsay.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 8th January 2005 7:39 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lindsay, on Roy--

His last acting gig to date was as 'The Governor' in the 2001 movie "A Beautiful Mind" which I admit I haven't seen..I know it's a drama but I can't help but think of Mel Brooks in "Blazing Saddles" (Gov. 'LePetomaine'--and I know the origin of THAT name) wearing a suit that said "GOV" on the back..On that note--when you give it some thought, Roy has apparently only done action/drama roles in his 40+ year career, never a comedy..But he sure looked like Harpo Marx with his frizzy hair in 'Code Name Diamondhead' in the 1970s..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 8th January 2005 8:03 am U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr,

Chicagoans love their 'red-hots' but the greatest hot-dogs in the world are at Nathan's in Coney Island--home of the World Hot-Dog Eating Contest every July 4th, and the past 4 or 5 years has been won by a 120lb Japanese guy who dominates against competitors a ton heavier...And that would be a 'Dr Browns' Cream Soda', btw..But I digress from The Invaders, oh well--it IS just a message to YOU, after all!..I think I'm entitled to one digression every once in a great while!--jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 8th January 2005 8:50 am U.K. Time
Subject: When you see an alien

talk into their little white glowing egg-shaped 'communicators'--and flat-ones later on---To obtain the voice-sync with the 'glow'-- 99% of the time they are doing so with long sleeves, which is where the wires were hidden..In THE MUTATION (the other 1%) we see both Edward Andrews and Suzie P in short-sleeves in a desert environment calling their alien pals on these communicators also.. But that's what is called inventive camera work, watch again..Barry 'Greg Brady' Williams was in THE PURSUED as an alien boy who contacts other aliens...And in his autobiography--which I have--he describes the technical production mechanics of just what it took for The Invaders crew to create that effect..One short-circuit and there would've been HIS hopes dashed of ever having an offspring, so he said!...

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Saturday 8th January 2005 10:25 am U.K. Time
Subject: Roy Thinnes at Roswell in 2003 and 2004 year !

Hello at all,

Sur ce site, ces infos, et visiter les photos du Musée de Roswell : Gros succès du festival de ROSWELL de 2004 !

Présence notamment de Roy Thinnes, alias David Vincent, le héros de la célèbre série télévisée "Les Envahisseurs" !... :

Open here, in English :

http://www.iufomrc.org/new.shtml

What's nouveau Juillet 08, 2004 - FESTIVAL 2004 de UFO Un GRAND SUCCÈS ! Ce festival international de UFO d'années attiré plus de 20.000 visiteurs de partout dans le monde. Le festival a été augmenté cette année pour inclure le centre municipal de Roswell où plus de 30 auteurs de UFO et 70 fournisseurs étaient en main avec des orateurs de renommée du monde comme l'astronaute Edgar Mitchell, Stanton Friedman, met Schmitt, Tom Carey et beaucoup d'autres. Hollywood a été également représenté par l'acteur Roy Thinnes de la série T.V." "Les envahisseurs" et les soeurs de Duras savent mieux en tant que "guerrières de Clingon" de Tiennent le premier rôle le voyage. Nouveau cette année était le concert étranger d'ancien qui a rempli complexe du football de Ceilo Grande. Plus de 3000 festivals des goers ont été amusés par la "rue de Richard et le Tempatations", "le Platters", des "pêcheurs de Beary Hobb, le Dwight hilare Scruggs et naturellement le bruit" de la bande d'exposition de Bann de coco " 6000 ventilateurs de pays ont fait bon accueil à Merle blème pour son 4ème annuel de l'exposition de juillet. Ses invités spéciaux cette année étaient Willie Nelson et J. de dentelle Dalton. Ce défilé de nuit de UFO d'années a eu plus de 50 entrées et assemblée réglée un nouveau disque de Roswell. Les plans sont en cours maintenant pour le festival 2005 programmé pour le 1er juillet par le 5ème. Pour plus d'information, les occasions de l'espace de fournisseur de réservation ou de sponser entrent en contact avec Cecelia Sanchez à 505-625-8607 ou à roswell@dfn.com Février 28, 2004 - Mise à jour Virtuelle D'Excursion ! Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer un commandant mis à jour à l'excursion virtuelle. Vous rétroaction est toujours apprécié. Juin 16, 2003 - les bulletins de musée continuent à être ajoutés à notre site Web. Les bulletins sont édités chaque autre mois. We're a satisfait finalement d'avoir tout redressé dehors et de pouvoir pour présenter toutes les issues arrières des bulletins pour 2002 en ligne. Clic juste sur le "IUFOMRC Newsletter" ; liez en haut pour lire alors en ligne, ou imprimez-les. Mai 14, 2003 - notre forme de sightings peut être maintenant remplie dehors en ligne ! Cliquez le "Sightings" ; liez sur la barre gauche de navigation pour soumettre des sightings font rapport à notre bibliothécaire. Mai 14, 2003 - vous pouvez maintenant rechercher nos ressources de bibliothèque en ligne. Cliquez le "Library" ; liez dans la barre gauche de navigation à prendre à notre outil de recherche de bibliothèque. Mai 12, 2003 - notre excursion virtuelle (phase I) est maintenant en ligne ! Vérifiez-le dehors et envoyez-nous les commentaires (hdc@iufomrc.com) Juin 23, 2002 - bienvenue au tous nouveaux musée de UFO et site Web internationaux de centre de recherches. We're très heureux de pouvoir finalement vous apporter cet emplacement. We've travaillant tranquillement à ceci pendant longtemps, et we're passionnant. Beaucoup laissé tomber par We've de vieille information, supplémentaire une certaine maison nouvelle et et généralement nettoyée. We'll apporte notre temps d'excédent d'archives en ligne encore, mais nous devons prendre du temps de faire du ménage et épousseter pendant que nous allons. Nous espérons que vous appréciez le nouvel emplacement.

FIN.

Sur ce site aussi, Roy Thinness à Roswell en 2003 :

Open here, in English :

http://www.iufomrc.com/2003_festival_schedule_-_media.html

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 8th January 2005 11:10 am U.K. Time
Subject: my extended 'notes-on'--SUMMIT MEETING PART @--

One of the few eps to open with a Wm Woodson narration--(THE BETRAYED and THE SPORES, et al)..A 'cold-OPENING lasting 2min34sec--seems longer with so-much info divulged..1-The 1st flag seen on cam seems to look like the one for Brazil, but it isn't..2nd one we can only see 'Eura'--but it turns out to be EURAC, and we never find out what THAT means..2--An Australian flag and USA flag become visible flapping in the wind..3--For a lot of 'men-in-suits' in one scene, it's ludicrous that ALL are silent in that scene except DV talking with Ellie..4--Now that DV knows that Ellie Markham is an alien, notice that all his replies to her are in clipped sentences..5--Halvorsen's Apartment--a)-The 1st painting on the wall shows Asia and Australia but it will soon include more later on..b)--The guy in the painting on the wall that is constantly shown between Halvorsen and Alquist is 15th US President (1856-1860) James Buchanan, widely perceived as the first gay US President..This view is used many times..c)--When Halvorsen tells DV that Alquist is an alien, why doesn't DV just pull out his gun and shoot Michael Rennie right there and then?..6-Ellie's apartment--a)Note that when Ellie is chatting on the phone, you can see the vaccination on the left arm of Diana Hyland..b)--William Windom's hat is called a 'porkpie'..c)-Ellie is in Rm D-12, and she and DV and Tressider walk down to halvorsens' --Rm D-2--and note that the exact same paintings are on the wall--the green/blue-sorta sphere..7--DV and Tressider kill one alien and knock another one out with an urn..WHY NOT look in his pockets instead of just walking away?..8--ACT2--Why are 2 US marines standing guard over the EURAC arch?..And why don't we ever learn what EURAC means?..9--But the voice you hear doing the announcing is Ted Knight, last seen in VOTS--and he got his start in radio as an announcer.. 10--Why is Ellie asking 'who is it?' at the door?..or do aliens suddenly have fear?..11--When Alquist is addressing 'the world' on tv, with all media present, here was DV's big chance to just pull out the gun and shoot Alquist--the whole world would see proof that the nightmare has already begun..Instead he skulks around to steal some files..Boo!..12--The red-haired guard who says 'I'm afraid you must come with us" played by Morgan Jones, who returns in THE PURSUED..ACT3-15--Lew Brown, the guy Ellie shoots, was also in military wardrobe in DOOMSDAY MINUS ONE..16--The on-screen reporter who says "15 minutes to countdown, 25 minutes to launch" is portrayed by Don Ross..His first and only on-screen appearance on The Invaders but he is in EVERY other Invaders ep that involves an announcer on the radio--THE LIFE SEEKERS, THE VISE, et. al..In addition, he is the phone voice of "Sgt Mimes Philadelphia Police" on THE SPORES..16--ACT4--One of my favorite shoot-out scenes..17--Note way more rear-screen projection when David and Ellie are in the Jeep in the tunnel..Their hair barely moves from the onward rush despite not having a roof..18--One more stock-footage clip of a failed space mission..If DV and Ellie were as close as they seemed to be when all-hell broke loose, they would have been 'toast'..Epilogue--19--And finally--WHO is DV so-important that he not only gets a free/personal helicopter ride out of there, but 2 US Marines actually open the door for him etc..??.Was that my tax dollars at waste supporting a UFO kook?..LOL!--20--All in all, a great 2-parter.Several plot-holes but good acting..NEXT WEEK--THE PROPHET!!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Sunday 9th January 2005 9:52 am U.K. Time
Subject: more notes a day later on SM-PT2--

In random order..1--Don Ross--(note#16 above) went on to much more work with QMP--he's the opening announcer for most ALL Quinn Martin programs--'Dan August', 'The Streets of San Francisco', 'Barnaby Jones', 'Cannon',--and also doubled as 'the radio announcer'..2--On that note, on ALL tv shows the #1 rule is that 'everything learned from the radio' advances the plot, then back to the dreadful music nobody ever heard before...3-and that guitar riff used not only on the radio in The Invaders but also in the background of most bars that DV enters..4--In Part Two, there are very few carry-over actors from Part One, aside from the major cast..5--I like the shoot-out in Act4 because it's up-close and personal for DV and he's out-gunned..The action music to go along has been used before but it just sounds great here!.In addition, a look back (and forward) will show that on most Invaders eps the primary alien running the show doesn't usually get into a pistol shootout with DV, though there have been a few exceptions..It's just that while Alquist has no qualms about having his flunkies stick Tressider in a 'tube', his over-all mien is that out-and-out personal violence is anathema to him..Yeah he wants to see The Earth taken over, but to have his minions do it!..So to see him go toe-to-toe against DV is truly a memorable scene..

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Sunday 9th January 2005 6:17 pm U.K. Time
Subject: hot buttered toast

Hi, Thanks for the address Lyndsay...unfortunately it wouldn't let me access as i must already have used a yahoo thing before and i can't remember my password. Have you tried to contact any of the people involved in the making of The Invaders? It was interesting to see the schedule for Roy's Roswell appearance that Christian gave out in a friendly way in his last email...i'd love to know what he spoke about etc. Do you have the transcript Christian?

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Name: Barry
Email:
baz10@baz10.force9.co.uk
Sunday 9th January 2005 6:25 pm U.K. Time
Subject: killing Tressider

i wondered about this after the episode ended ,how do the aliens kill Tressider ,there seems to be no blood on him to have been shot or knifed ,and it couldnt of been the disk to the back of the neck as all the victims are killed instantly ???

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1065@yahoo.com
Monday 10th January 2005 5:35 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: killing Tressider

I guess it will always continue to be a subject of speculation, like a lot of incidences throughout the series being left to speculation and to the imagination. Two other fatality incidences that come to mind is the death of Bob Turin in 'THE RANSOM', and of the State Dept. official, who was with David Vincent in 'THE CAPTIVE'. As for whether Michael Tressider was cerebral hemorrhage disced, but did not die right away, that, surprisingly, MAY be possible. Remember the power line repair man in 'VIKOR', who was disced while trying to drive away in the pick-up truck, after frantically trying to run away after seeing the alien being regenerated in the tube inside of the manufacturing plant. He lived just long enough to say that he "saw a man, glowing, like he was on fire, they put him in some kind of tube... I SWEAR!!" Also, the police officer who was disced at the beginning of the episode, 'GENESIS'. He actually survived long enough for him to have to be disced again!! But of course, these are rare incidences indeed. As for being shot, or knifed, that, too, can be put to speculation. There could have been blood, just that it probably was underneath him, and not shown in that small space where he was. I also wonder if the aliens ever carried knives, as well as guns and discs!! Lindsay.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 10th January 2005 7:20 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hiya Cuyahoga,

Lindsay--Listening to the groans of Tressider and seeing him it's just my guess of course that he was severely beaten to death..In THE CAPTIVE it seemed to me the State Dept guy was 'disced'..What really gets me on that particular scene isn't so much as 'how ' it happened but 'how fast' it happened...Those aliens are walking uphill quite a distance and in my estimation the entire operation would have to have taken over 3 minutes, but of course we do not see that..What REALLY amazes me about that particular incident is 'our hero' not noticing any of it..In fact, he chose to sit in the car while the State dept guy tried to fix it..You and I both know that in "real life" when 2 guys are in a vehicle that breaks down they BOTH get under the hood..so as difficult to admit as it is, DV really wimps-out on this one, choosing to sit in the car and meanwhile oblivious to the murder of his friend/ally...No knock on Roy, just DV..and I'll wager that Roy himself immediately realized the ludicrousness of it too--as I state above--but obviously the story had to fit exactly 46 minutes and 14 for commercials, so there ya have it!...And GENESIS--Officer Hal Corman (actor Phillip Pine) is actually the only discing victim to survive as long as he did, but there's actually no proof as to how he did die, if you re-consider it all!..Amazing to realize that the majority of the good people posting on this great site--most from across 'The Pond'-- are seeing ALL the eps for the first time, or for the 2nd time from so long ago, whereas there are very few of us who ponder the stuff in future eps, we of course have the good fortune to have 'all 43'..I try not to give away too much future plot stuff to spoil it for our overseas friends but what-the-heck, it IS from 38 years ago THIS WEEK!...Oh--never saw an alien with a knife, but saw one with a scalpel in him! cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 10th January 2005 7:22 am U.K. Time
Subject: Phil--where are you?

Back from vacation yet?---jim

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Monday 10th January 2005 8:05 am U.K. Time
Subject: Roy Thinnes at Roswell, in 2004 year !

Hello dear Jamie,

I had given a translate in French of this site, whère our friend Roy Thinnes was at Roswell, in 2004 year !

Open here, in English :

http://www.iufomrc.org/new.shtml

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Monday 10th January 2005 11:09 am U.K. Time
Subject: freshly baked bread

Hi Christian, Do you mean that the site you gave actually has a translation of what Roy said? I looked at the site and couldn't find anything apart from saying that Hollywood was represented by Roy Thinnes of the tv series The Invaders. The sight kind of made me laugh in respect of the Alien museum etc..if there is a government cover up about UFO's then they must be really happy when they see stuff like that! It completely discredits the real experiances that have gone on i think. Because you know what, there really are flying saucers and i think we really are being visited and have been for years, seriously!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Monday 10th January 2005 4:53 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Phil--where are you?

Hi Jim

Yes, back but burdened with a heavy cold that refuses to go without a fight!

As always, the first items I homed-in on were your "Notes" for the last 3 episodes - a sight for sore eyes indeed!

More later. In the meantime, a happy New Year to you sir!

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Monday 10th January 2005 10:16 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Phil--where are you?

Phil,

Do aliens get colds???

My friend too, welcome back. Hope you got my e.mail. Computer is up to it's old tricks again.

I see what you ment about Diane Hyland... How dare she touch Vincent like that. Temptress!

See ya,

Lisa

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Tuesday 11th January 2005 7:26 am U.K. Time
Subject: "The Invaders" in France !

Hello at all,

In France, this wednesday january 12, 2005, at 01 H 55 in the morning, diffusion on "Fr 3" ("France 3")public television channel, of episod n° 41 "THE LIFE SEEKERS" of "THE INVADERS" !...

Site "FR 3" : open at "MA" on guide télévision, and open at 01 H 55 "Les Envahisseurs" :

http://guidetv.france3.fr/accueil.jspx

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 8:17 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa,

Happy 2005..Well we know that the aliens can contract "chicken pox--plain old chicken pox"- as seen in THE SAUCER, of course..Can't recall ever seeing an alien actor coughing, sneezing or sniffly, though Diana Hyland as Ellie does indeed sound in some scenes in SM-PT2 like she had a cold..Brazen hussy! (or as HomerJay would say--"Foul Temptress"!)..LOL!--jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 8:21 am U.K. Time
Subject: Lisa, to quote Britney--"Oops i did it again!"--

Hi, In immediate retrospect I realize that it was actually DARK OUTPOST that I was referring to on the above posting by me..Confused myself there for a minute because both eps I refer to were filmed in the same locale--same rocks too in THE MUTATION..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 8:31 am U.K. Time
Subject: Bonjour Christian,

THE LIFE SEEKERS is truly one of my favorite episodes of 'Les Invahisseurs', and you will enjoy it...But the big problemo is that ALL the dialogue for ALL 'Invaders' episodes that you hear in France is dubbed-in, not the original dialogue..It's a loss for you because there are ways of saying things and voice inflections--especially on sarcasm--that just do not carry over when the voice of the original actor/actress is not used....But in any event I am sure that you will enjoy the episode! in a friendly way, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 8:37 am U.K. Time
Subject: hey phil--

Just glad to see you back here! Thanx once more for the kind words on my 'notes'..Lisa thinks you're an alien!!..You might have a cold, but when you start touching people who actually GET COLD, let us know!!..cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 8:57 am U.K. Time
Subject: addition to my 'note #12' on SM-Pt2--

Red-haired Morgan Jones is in THE LIFE SEEKERS, not 'THE PURSUED as I previously stated..Me and the beer screw up on occasion but I always re-read my stuff--even days later--and as is obvious I try and update any errors I might have initially made..A side note--Morgan Jones was in the TZ ep "Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up"?....jim

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Tuesday 11th January 2005 10:46 am U.K. Time
Subject: The Invaders are on Iapetus, a Saturn 's moon !

Dear Jamie and At all, hello

I have studied the phenomene of the UFO for 35 years!...

On this site of the "BBC", to see this article put on line on January 10, 2005:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4157689.stm:

They are the "Anomalies" of the Saturn's moon "Iapetus".

To click on the photographs to increase them...

On the last photograph of "Iapetus", all in bottom of this article, I come to discover this:

All in bottom of this photograph, and with the extreme left: At the bottoms of this crater, there is like a STRUCTURE or a COCKPIT!...

It is not "Normal"!

"The Invaders" are on "Iapetus? ! ...

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Tuesday 11th January 2005 10:51 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Invaders are on Iapetus, a Saturn 's moon !

Dear at all, hello

Here this article on "Iapetus", on site of the "BBC" :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4157689.stm

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: Alan
Email:
lewis@nerco.fsnet.co.uk
Tuesday 11th January 2005 12:52 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Just One More Thing....

OK,maybe I watch "Columbo" too much! Actually a couple of things struck me as odd in "Summit Meeting Part 2".In the scene where DV has the usual fist fight with the alien goon who has just beaten up Tressider-he leaves the alien unconscious and then [having found Tressider dying] storms out with his face contorted with rage and cold bloodedly MURDERS the alien!C"mon DV,surely we have to be better than aliens?And what would DV have done if he hadn"t killed the guy?Put him on the next saucer home?Also,when Alquists" aide is talking to him {alien to alien} he says "I wouldn"t worry" and Alquist replies "I would".Worry is a human emotion and it doesn"t make sense for aliens to say that to each other.Finally,at the end the whole site is crawling with security guards and cops and DV has Ellie Markham "at his mercy",so why doesn"t he expose her {!} as an alien? Nice to see she didn"t fry!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 2:32 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Just One More Thing.... HI ALAN LEWIS

Some good observations there Alan!

I think Paer Alquist's utterance "I would (worry)" means express concern - not emotional 'worry' as such.

But I do think DV was too much of a gentlemen in passing-up the opportunity to expose Ellie Markham with a captive audience - even if that meant him going back on the deal he had with her!

With regard to Jim's query in his 'Notes' about DV getting the VIP treatment when getting into cars and helicopters, the answer's simple - he's the star of the show!!!! :o)

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 2:35 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: hey phil -- HI JIM

Hi Jim

Lisa could be right about me being an alien - food for thought....

Excellent sequel 'Notes' on SM Pt.2 - even more food for thought!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 2:36 pm U.K. Time
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR MARK HOOKWAY!

Hi Mark

The long trawl through the posts I would have responded to had I been able to access this chat page from home starts here, with yours of 5:03 p.m. UK Time on Christmas Eve - belated happy New Year to you sir!

And yes thanks, I did get my new VCR up and running in time to tape DARK OUTPOST, likewise a week later for the minute or so I was missing from the start of SUMMIT MEETING PT.1. All from recently-installed NTL Cable TV – what a change to be able to actually see Channel 5 without the snowstorm!

Cheers for now, hoping to hear more from you in due course.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 2:45 pm U.K. Time
Subject: hi alan,

As I understand it, the definition of MURDER is 'the homicide of a human being'..So killing an alien wouldn't qualify, especially since there would be no proof that the dead-person-in-question (alien) had ever lived to begin with.!---jim

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 4:08 pm U.K. Time
Subject: ROY THINNES AT ROSWELL 2004 – HI CHRISTIAN

Hi Christian

In response to your original mail of Friday 24th December, giving the English translation of the Roswell review – many thanks for bringing this to our attention, most interesting and extremely informative.

Roy’s agent John Edwards wrote to this site back in August (I think) to tell us that Roy attends the Roswell UFO Festival every year. However, it was nice to read about some of the other attendees. Tell me Christian, have you ever been to one of these? I imagine you would be in your element!

Salutions mon ami – j’espere que tu as passé un joyeux Noel et une bonne Nouvelle Annee. Merci beaucoup pour les images de Biarritz aussi. Sante!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 4:11 pm U.K. Time
Subject: LOOKING FOR A KIT – HI THADEU

Hi Thadeu

Please excuse the delay in replying to your posting of Sunday 26th December. I presume the “plastic kit monogram” you enquired about was the model flying saucer? If so, try this web-site:

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/INVADERS%20UFO%20PAGE.htm

I will be interested to learn how you get on.

Cheers, Phil

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 4:16 pm U.K. Time
Subject: DARK OUTPOST (A.K.A …. you know, Lisa :o))

Hi Lisa

With regard to your posting of Sunday 26th December 10:17 p.m. UK time: First-off, yes I have received your e-mail OK. Please excuse the delay in replying, only I’ve had precious little time to compose a proper reply to explain things properly – you know me, it’s 'all or nothing'!

I was interested to read your observations about DARK OUTPOST. You’ve picked-up on a couple of the many shortcomings that I noticed, but I confess I totally overlooked the goof involving the truck – well spotted!

And I like your use of the phrase "Escape to Victory" – very appropriate for this episode, which had the same 'airy-fairy nonsense' feel to it as did that film! Won’t bore you again with any more of my comments, you’ve already read those in my last couple of e-mails.

Hope all is well with you, be in touch.

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 4:46 pm U.K. Time
Subject: DVD OR NOT DVD – HI LISA

Hi again Lisa!

In reply to your message of 28th December 1:50 p.m. UK time, regarding The Invaders on DVD: I think I explained to you a while back, there are problems with marketing QM productions due to some issues left unresolved since QM's death in 1987. As well as thwarting Roy’s efforts to date in getting 'The Invaders' released, Efrem Zimbalist Jr and Lee Meriwether are in the same boat with regard to 'The FBI' and 'Barnaby Jones' respectively.

As for your contribution to the Steptoe and Son cause, this is amazing stuff. Hearty congratulations on getting those old tapes unearthed from Ray Galton's basement, as good an example as you could find anywhere of persistence plus a bit of ingenuity being rewarded. You really ARE the No.1 1960's TV show buff!

As for your big idea about "cobbling-together" a camera crew to interview Roy Thinnes, nice idea but.... realistically, it would need to involve a New York-based production crew, for which we will ideally need some New York-based contacts to sound the whole thing out.

If and when the planned dinner event with Roy takes place as scheduled for April, I can’t see a problem mentioning the idea to him on the day. But no way am I in a position to try to arrange anything along such lines in time for this - although if anyone else can, all well and good. An initial web-search may be able to provide the names of some suitable companies, but thereafter it will hinge on people actually dragging themselves away from their PC's, going out into the big wide world and putting their money where their mouths are – happy hunting!!!!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 4:51 pm U.K. Time
Subject: INVADERS STORIES FROM IT'S PRODUCERS & ACTORS – HI JAMIE

.... and a Happy New Year to you, young James!

In reply to your posting of Thursday 6th January 2:13 p.m. UK time, the answer to your question "How would one go about this?" is startlingly simple: get over to the U.S.A. - New York being a good place to start!!!!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 11th January 2005 4:55 pm U.K. Time
Subject: NOTES ON SUMMIT MEETING PART 1 - HI JIM

Hi Jim

With regard to your notes on this episode, I rather thought that this one would provide some interesting talking points.

In particular, I was extremely sceptical when Ellie Markham claimed to be able to "destroy herself on the spot without a trace" – is it possible she was bluffing????

With regard to the company name "Sletnir Chemicals", David W. Rintels is credited as "Associate Producer", not a writer.

With regard to the Michael Rennie character Mr. Alquist, I dealt with the spelling of his first name a while back when someone else spelled it "Pere", the French word for 'father' which would make him sound like a man of the cloth (just as it would in English). The name is not uncommon in non-Finland Scandinavia, and can be spelled differently depending on whether he was Norwegian, Danish or Swedish. I'm not that big a walking textbook on the subject, but I know of a Swede named 'Par' where the 'a' carries the twin dots above (like the German 'umlaut') which makes it sound like 'e'. I’ve also seen the Danish equivalent spelled 'Paer' where the 'ae' is a joined-up single letter and also pronounced like 'e'. I also vaguely recall seeing it spelled simply 'Per'. As I understand, it's an equivalent of the name 'Peter', which itself is also a Scandinavian man’s name.

But, in the immortal words of Michael Caine – "not a lot of people know that!" (nor indeed care!!!!).

With regard to your follow-up notes of the 4th January (11:43 a.m. UK time), this is one of many references made by you and others to the implausibility of David being able to afford to jet about the U.S. and afford accommodation so often. I can’t see the problem here - to the best of my knowledge architecture has always been a VERY well-paid gig, and I would assume 1960's U.S.A. to have been no exception. A couple of big projects would see him good for a year or more, no mistake!

As for David getting wind of unusual reports from around the country, surely all or most could have made it onto national radio and/or TV news?

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Tuesday 11th January 2005 10:44 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Lisa, Jim, just to add...

Jim, Can't recall ever seeing an alien actor coughing, sneezing.... Escuse me Jim, but what about Charlie X? The bloke who touched everything and froze!!! He sniffled all over the place.

A word of warning Jim... If I ever get to meet Phil I shall report on his condition, i.e., if he is an alien or not. He might be this new strain of alien we've been hearing about lately.., the second or even, third generation. Watch this space.

Phil, glad to hear that your on the mend. I shall e.mail you shortly. I hope the weather isn't attacking you too down your way. I'm in the middle of the local reports and Big Brother. Time to get sad I think.

Lisa

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 12th January 2005 8:18 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa,

Yes I was thinking about 'Nick' with the sniffles, but it was an alien disease that he had, not a symptom found on earth..Of course try telling that to the truck driver and Charlie-the-dog and 'poor Mollie!'..cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 12th January 2005 8:48 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Phil--

Good to see you back again in full-strength..SUMMIT MEETING PART I is the first ep to actually show DV working as an architect, the other one is THE CAPTIVE and he alludes to his career in THE RANSOM....In both eps you'll see that he is just basically looking at some 'architect-plans' in the openings and that is the end of that..I can assure you that way before 'the-Net'--(where everything is instant!)--back in the mid 1960s the transfer of data/news across the 50 colonies was still in its' infancy..We know that DV lives near Santa Barbara, California from EP#1--and his address for there on his California drivers' license in THE IVY CURTAIN up-close and on-camera..But yet a great deal of his adventures--about half or more--take place East of The Big Muddy (Mississippi River) and he seems jump on anything remotely 'connected'..What if 2 or 3 people died of a cerebral hemorrhage in St Louis in one week? (And they DO!)..Would he be on the next plane to Lambert Int'l Airport?.. How would he even know?..Just posing the question, of course!!..I knew Rintels/Sletnir was involved in one way or another in the production, (and actually knew he was a writer too), as you well know my objective there was to point out the 'in-joke'..In any event, my 'notes' aren't the gospel truth, just--uh--notes! I gladly admit when I am wrong or missed something..That was my first and perhaps only 'notes' to not have specific bios because many on these 2 eps were previously in Invaders eps..But for next week THE PROPHET I shall return to that..Cheers, jim

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 12th January 2005 9:56 am U.K. Time
Subject: THE PRISONER - HI MARK HOOKWAY

Hi Mark

Another belated reply, this time to yours of 31st December at exactly high noon UK time!

As one who saw The Prisoner from it's first broadcast in late 1967, I would say that it was a little too 'deep and meaningful' for my 11-year-old brain to cope with. However, ever since the first re-runs in 1977, I've been well and truly hooked - an excellent program which has stood the test of time (old-fashion low-tech gadgetry apart) and thoroughly recommended.

Those weekly publications plus DVD should provide an excellent introduction to 'first time around' viewers, although I've read so much about it over the years it suits me better simply to get the normal DVD boxed set.

I'm surprised Richard Fincher didn't chime-in there - he's a Prisoner die-hard, who quite perceptively noticed a 'Prisoner-like' feel about Invaders episode VALLEY OF THE SHADOW.

I would be interested to hear your own thoughts after you've collected, say, the first three or four episodes (preferably via private e-mail).

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 12th January 2005 10:04 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Jim, just to add... HI LISA

Hi Lisa

Regarding your posting of 10:44 UK time yesterday, you may have a good point there - there's something extremely 'alien' about me, and you may well be able to determine which "generation". That new strain in your last story 'Tease' are probably too clever for mee, though!

Happy watching - IMHO Big Brother's about as sad as it gets!!!!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 12th January 2005 10:14 am U.K. Time
Subject: INVADERS TV EPISODES 14 EPISODES WANTED - HI STEVE FORD

Hi Steve

Phil here, fellow UK citizen welcoming you to this site since your posting of 29th December 8:27 p.m. UK time. Please excuse the delay in getting back to you, unfortunately I'm unable to access this site from home and since I've been back at work I've been struggling to make it through each day with a VERY heavy cold (now thankfully receding).

A quick answer to your question is, select the "Archive Messages" page and see two postings from a U.S. Contributor dated 26th December - the second timed at 1:22 a.m. UK time, plus the one preceding. This guy would appear to provide just the service you're looking for.

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Wednesday 12th January 2005 10:25 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: ROY THINNES AT ROSWELL 2004 – HI CHRISTIAN

Dear Phil, hello

Large a thank you for your wishes, and in my turn, all my best wishes 2005 like for your close relations...

And also for all the friends of this remarkable site very sympathetic !...

Thank you very much for your informations !...

No, I have not unfortunately be still at Roswell. Too bad!

On the other hand, I had a French girl friend (living in France, now deceased)who had to go at Roswell... This girl friend had brought to me back memories of the Museum of Roswell, postcards and a beautiful green candle representing a head d'Alien!

I keep all that preciously...

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 12th January 2005 10:47 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Phil -- HI JIM

Hi Jim

Please don't take my attemprs to correct (what I believe to be) minor oversights - its merely observation and never intended as 'nit-picking'. Indeed you'd be hard-pressed to get every single bit of info in your 'Notes' 100% correct, and I'm merely adding my 10-cents worth.

However - with regard to the limited footage we see of DV 'at his place of work' - it would hardly need pointing-out that the only two occasions you refer to are featured because they immediately precede incidents relating to an episode plot. The program doesn't cover his entire existence in between-times - for instance, I'm sure we'd get bored watching him cleaning his teeth, taking a gypsy's kiss or snoozing the night away. But just because we don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't happen!

Likewise, precious filming time would be taken-up with more footage of him at work than was absolutely necessary. Although, that said, there's also the workplace scenes in COUNTER-ATTACK....

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 12th January 2005 10:48 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Phil -- HI JIM - ADDENDUM

Hi Jim

Sorry - the opening line should have read:

"Please don't read too much into my attempts to correct (what I believe to be) minor oversights....".

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 12th January 2005 12:22 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hey phil,

I got the gist of it!..your pal, jim

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Name: Phil Nixon
Email:
Brownedger@ntlworld.com
Wednesday 12th January 2005 2:26 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Our Roy

Anyone else in the UK see our Roy in the movie Airport 1975 on saturday ITV1 (he was one of the pilots who got sucked out of the cockpit in the mid air collision eek!!!)

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 12th January 2005 2:49 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Our Roy in AIRPORT 75 - HI PHIL NIXON

Hi Phil

Certainly did see him, hardly looking a day older than in the last Invaders episode some 7 years previously!

Shame he exited the action so early-on in the film! The other pilot was Efrem Zimbalist Jr, was he not?

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Name: Mark Hookway
Email:
hookway@fsmail.net
Wednesday 12th January 2005 7:33 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Phil, Happy New Year

Hi Phil

A Happy New Year to you and good to see you back on the chat page. I'm glad that you are also getting better quality reception now that you have had this cable system installed on your TV.

As for me,I've been a bit quiet of late on this chat page. I guess it must be down to me watching all those videos of Blake's 7 that I treated myself to before Christmas as well as continuing to follow our favourite show every Sunday morning.

I'd also like to thank you for replying to my posting on The Prisoner. Alan Lewis posted on this site around two weeks ago saying that he felt the series didn't do much for him, but my own opinions of The Prisoner are quite similar to those of yourself. Anyway I will give you my own views on this series in an off page e-mail once I have collected and watched the next two DVD's.

Regards

Mark

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Wednesday 12th January 2005 10:31 pm U.K. Time
Subject: sticky toffee pudding

Hey Phil, I guess i fell into that one.....you never know i might just surprise you!

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Thursday 13th January 2005 3:35 am U.K. Time
Subject: "Dinner Deadline Approaching..."

Phil Forster and I will be announcing a "Dinner Deadline" This is NOT open for discussion, because the arrangements for Roy's Dinner and party have already been made, with expense being forwarded by us. Therefore, a Specific Date for all those who will DEFIINATELY BE ATTENDING, will be announced by Phil Forster by the Saturday's E mailings here, and privatelyl.

ANOTHER REQUIREMENT WILL BE FORETHCOMING- That will be a financial committment from all those who respond to our First annoucement-

This will both have to be in writing.

I took care of one aspect; Phil will be taking care of another.

Kindly keep your "eyes peeled" and look for the imminent announcement.

Thanks.

This is a bit expensive for us; so SERIOUS ATTENDEES ONLY-

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Thursday 13th January 2005 9:19 am U.K. Time
Subject: oven-bottomed muffins

Hi, I was sorting through some old video's ready for our forthcoming house move and i came across the first episode of the much-slated mini-series two parter. I'm going to watch it mainly for the classic moment where Roy Thinnes once again reprises his roll as David Vincent....i also noticed that that a female actress who appeared in the fantastic 'Jacob's Ladder' is in it.

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 13th January 2005 6:59 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Who likes a nice muffin' ???? - HI JAMIE

Hi Jamie

Tsk, tsk, you and all those delightful desserts laced with neat cholesterol - or is there a hidden innuendo from "Roger's Profanisaurus" that I'm missing somewhere????

All cool me old matey - as you probably figured-out, just pulling you p*****r in jest!

What "roll" is it that Roy reprises in the two-parter show - cheese, electoral or drum ?!?!?!?

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 13th January 2005 7:11 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Dinner Deadline Approaching... HEAR HEAR PAUL!

Hi all

As Paul says, we're approaching crunch time, and folk out there who wish to join us in New York to celebrate Roy's birthday in the company of the man himself will need to make a modest pledge to assist us both in the business of securing the venue. I appreciate that many of us will not be at our most financially flush so soon after the Christmas festive season, but things have to be sorted and minds need to be made up.

At the week-end I'll be sending-out e-mails to those who have already expressed interest, as well as a good many who I haven't yet written to at all. Paul and I have every confidence that this is the genuine article, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet the man subject of the centre of the entire discussion forum.

Watch this space....

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Friday 14th January 2005 8:41 am U.K. Time
Subject: shrimps with eyes

Hey Phil, No inuendo intended just an honest appreciation of fantastic sounding food names and a complete inability to think of a subject heading for any of my posts. Getting back to 'The Invaders' mini-series....Roy's words in the truck with Scott were something like...'follow the visions, trust the visions'. A long time to wait to say just about six words but hey it was better than seeing him in 'Highway to Heaven'.Anyway when he said these words his accent was DEFINATELY a New York accent, i guess the Chicago one has become dilluted through living in the big apple. So prepare yourselves upon meeting the man...he will sound different.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 14th January 2005 12:02 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Notes on THE PROPHET...passing starange..

1--This is THE ONLY Invaders ep in which David Vincent's name is NEVER used except in the intro..2-OPENING--DV bribes a guy with $2 to gain valuable access--hey big spender! Well it's $1 more than he bribed the pharmacy kid in THE CONDEMNED..3--Banner says "Bakersfield Welcomes Brother Avery", so our hero is close to home--he's from Santa Barbara (as shown in BEACHHEAD and THE IVY CURTAIN)..4-Martin 'Pat'terson Hingle 'Brother Avery'..b.July19, 1924 Denver, Colorado..Now resides in North Carolina..In a very Invaderesque-type of situation, he has a 'mutated-fourth-finger' on his left hand, in REAL LIFE!..5--And when Bro Avery 'glows', note that nobody actually touches him although it seems they do..(Optical effects)..6--Note how the guards just let DV waltz-on-through into what is supposedly a secured alien area..ACT ONE--7--First Invaders effort by director Robert Douglas b.Buckinghamshire, UK---Nov 09-09--d. Jan 11, 1999 Cal..also directed COUNTERATTACK..8-Richard O'Brien--"Brother John"--was the alien cop in VIKOR and will return in THE PURSUED.. 9-Roger Perry--'Bill Shea"--b.1933..In The TZ ep 'The Chase' he appeared with Diana Hyland from last week..That's passing strange!..10--The alien music plays when 'Brother John' is on the phone--note the red lightbulb next to him--also note that the alien-ish glow does not emanate from that bulb..11--Note 4 things when DV fights it out with Brother John--a)-looks like the same place in DD-Minus One--b)--Roy seems to do most of his own stunts and c)--note the distortion in the rear-window effect, similar to THE WATCHERS..and d)--look at all the smog in the background..ACT2--12--Dan Fraser 'It doesn't make sense' b.1920s, best remembered from his 'Kojak' role..13 ACT3--Second Invaders ep to mention LSD and drugs.14--Sister Claire breaks character and suddenly seems like a shrewish harpy..15-DV uses what looks like a Kodak Instamatic-with-cube flash to take photos--not very reliable..His expensive camera was taken away from him in THE SAUCER but one would think that he could/would get a better camera since then..16--Sister Claire --Zina Bethune b.Feb17, 1945.NYC..Has her own web contact site..17--Brother Avery seems to stumble on the Shea name..18-ACT4--Stock footage of a 'streetcorner hotel sugn' used, this was in a prior Invaders ep which I pointed out but temporarily forget, and even the same los angeles bus drives by!!..19--ONCE MORE, DV re-checks the gun he has to see if it is still loaded with bullets from the last time he presumably checked it..20--Shootout scene is a set from a previous Invaders ep which I mentioned in those 'notes' (but forget at the moment)..20-Alien Byron Keith says to DV--'I'll give you 3 minutes"..He looks at his watch when he says that..He starts breaking his alien word exactly 2 minutes-45 seconds later..21--Note that the alien hat flies off and still gets fried..22--In summation by me--IMHO--THE PROPHET was 'the loss' in believability..Having seen religious fanatics lose it all their rapturous beliefs, I find it amazing that no true believer of Brother Avery ran up and grabbed him while he was glowing, which surely would have made the papers! (And note that none of his attendants actually touch him on-screen when they escort him)...23..The INVADERS-BATMAN connection on this one--Byron Keith played 'Mayor Linseed' on the 1960s show---Pat Hingle played 'Commisioner Gordon' in the first 3 Batman movies of the 1990s..24--All in all, very pedestrian..NEXT WEEK--LABYRINTH.....jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 14th January 2005 12:27 pm U.K. Time
Subject: MORE random notes on THE PROPHET

1--Byron Keith b.Nov 17-17, Illinois d. Jan19, 1996..Was a human in QUANTITY UNKNOWN in the opening..2-- One security guard played by Ray Kellogg, who was also in WALL OF CRYSTAL..3-In the fight scene, DV does the right thing--ALWAYS jump TO the gun, never run away from it!.4--Zina Bethune CAN be reached and e-mailed for comment(s) via the Internet..I will not supply her address but if you want it you can find it..5--New alien equipment is shown in ACT2 which we never see again..6--And when Brother Avery dies, why doesn't DV--Dennis Victor--start searching his trailer for alien "proof"?..7--Roger Perry--'Shea"--was for many years the husband of JoAnne Worley of "Laugh-In".....you tell me, jim

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Friday 14th January 2005 10:21 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: shrimps with eyes

Dear Jamie,

I read with interest that you said that Roy was in an episode of HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN. I loved that series. I remember the first ever when it went out on ITV, so weird to get i to then it all clicked and it was a great opener. Could you let me know what episode Roy was in because I can't really remember any of the episodes. I was more of a Little House On The Prarie person after watching the kid from The Red Hand Gang star in it.

Thanks for opening my mind again.

Lisa

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Name: C HUDSON
Email:
COLINHD7@BTINTERNET.COM
Saturday 15th January 2005 6:06 am U.K. Time
Subject: INVADERS

CAN ANYBODY TELL ME IF DAVID EVER MANAGED TO FULLFILL HIS QUEST OF MAKEING THE INVADERS KNOWN TO THE WORLD?

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 15th January 2005 11:16 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hello Mr Hudson,

As a former NYC resident your surname is one of my favorite rivers..What you asked has been discussed many times in this forum in the past, oft-times by yours truly..The last Invaders episode of "all 43" was INQUISITION and it was not only the last ep but IMHO a boring one too..Once I saw it early 1968 I had a deep dread that the show would be cancelled, which in fact did happen....Quinn Martin found a resolve to "The Fugitive' but there apparently wasn't any place to go further with The Invaders, although in retrospect I could come up with more scripts and avenues that the writers could have explored..I blame it all on Robert Morse of "That's Life!"..

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Saturday 15th January 2005 11:32 am U.K. Time
Subject: Happy spring roasted tender lambs

Hi Lisa, I can't help you with the episode name that Roy was in..i guess your going to have to watch the whole series to find out....I was a closet LHOTPrairie fan though. The Olsen family used to crack me up. My favourite episode's were the one where the whole town was hit by disease and when Charles Ingle's macho hold on the town was threatened by the arrival of Laura's husband to be, Almonso Wilder! I can still hear her shrieking.."I love you Almonso Wilder". I was shocked, however, when the older sister suddenly went blind..i nearly chocked on my jumbly!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 15th January 2005 11:42 am U.K. Time
Subject: DV re-checks his gun--

You can bet the farm that in any Invaders episode wherein DV checks his gun to make sure that there are bullets still in it, there WILL be a shoot-out in the same ACT or the next one, and he will kill aliens!----jim

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Saturday 15th January 2005 12:56 pm U.K. Time
Subject: strawberry flavoured ice wedge

Hi, The last four words of my last post should have been 'choked on my jubbly '

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Saturday 15th January 2005 2:44 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: strawberry flavoured ice wedge (mmmm.... nice!!!!) - HI JAMIE

Hi Jamie

Surely you're not old enough to remember 'Jubblys' ????????

Dear me, I'm getting hungry again - I wonder why? :o)

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Saturday 15th January 2005 3:14 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: INVADERS - HI COLIN HUDSON

Hi Colin

To answer your question - watch (or record) the remaining episodes being shown on UK Channel 5 at 04:20 on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Most (if not all) of this website's UK contributors are in the process of doing so, of which many are seeing the show for the first time. So, to give you a straight answer here 'on-site' would spoil the ending for them, as I'm sure you'll understand....

If you can neither get a watchable Channel 5 terrestrial transmission, nor have satellite or cable for digital reception, then e-mail me off-list and I'll give you the gist of the final episode.

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Saturday 15th January 2005 5:21 pm U.K. Time
Subject: icey summer fruit snacks

Hi Phil, Yes i am old enough. Contact me off-site for a full list of flavours.

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Saturday 15th January 2005 5:47 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: INVADERS

Dear C. HUDSON: No, David Vincent never did, although he was in the process of doing so when the series was cancelled and ended. I am convinced that there could have been a viable conclusion, and I even read that there were at least eight new scripts in the works when the show was cancelled. That means eight more episodes of "THE INVADERS" could possibly have been made, making the number of episodes in the series up to 51. 'INQUISITION', the 43rd and last episode of the series, was somewhat boring, but to me, it was not as boring as it was incredibly SAD!! Sad, both in the fact that you knew that it was the final episode, and sad because of the tragety in the death of the character "Joan Sealy" in the end, and Edgar Scoville being shot and hospitalized. Lindsay

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Sunday 16th January 2005 12:27 pm U.K. Time
Subject: I am at a loss on THE PROPHET--

What, here it is 24 hours later and YOURS TRULY the only one to mention it?..Wasn't it shown in The UK last night?..

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Name: Mark Hookway
Email:
hookway@fsmail.net
Sunday 16th January 2005 3:53 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Prophet

Hi Jim

THE PROPHET was most definitely shown over here in the UK. I also happened to think it was a good episode,especially the parts where Brother Avery emits a bright orange glow at the end of his sermons. Eerie or what?

Mind you this episode did get me thinking. If Brother Avery can emit this orange glow because of his need to regenerate, then why was the same thing not happening to the alien Blake before he reverted to his true form in THE ENEMY?

Regards

Mark

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Sunday 16th January 2005 4:28 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Prophet

Dear Mark,

I also found The Prophet a good episode to watch even after my brother wokke me up from my pit to tell me that it was 'a hippy' episode, no, I don't think so.

In regards to your posting about Blake in The Enemy, I believe that the reason why he did not glow red when his regeneration seeped away may had something to do with the liquid he was being injected with. The aliens are trying out more and new ways to survive on Earth, don't forget that. I once wrote a story about an alien that after being shot in the back he slowly grew old before glowing red and dying. He ended up looking a bit like Brother Avery in a way.

Did you notice that Brother Avery only had three fingers on his left hand? Does this mean that in real life he is an alien? I like the new production techniques used in this episode for when the aliens are dying, the red lamp effect, very striking. Speaking of striking, tell David to get rid of the red shirt. They'll start thinking that he's an alien next. I've got to turn my colour down on the TV when I next replay it. I like the bit where O'Shey is with Vincent and he fumbles for the film in his pocket. "Where is that damb film?" "Very clever DAD!"

All the best

Lisa

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Sunday 16th January 2005 7:45 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Imminent Announcement...

Hear-Yea, hear yea! An announcement concerning the Roy Thinnes Birthday/Testimonial Get Together will be posted beginning tonight, Sunday January 16th, around 20:00 Eastern Standard Time- That is 8:00 pm for all of us here in the States who don't know what that means- I am also trying to confuse the "aliens" so they show up at Andre Previn's Birthday, instead. Just Kidding-

So, KEEP WATCHING THIS SPACE- *who says that?" In a friendly way...

NTDR I like to make this announcement,from time to time- I am NOT related, nor do I claim to be in any way, shape or form-(alien or human) --a relative of Roy Thinnes'- I am, however, a Thinnes relative to a family in Luxembourg-via Wisconsin! And, I am, however, originally from CHICAGO--as is "ROY"! The Coincidence ends there. Roy is good looking; I am too. Roy is smart; I am the other thing. Roy is an actor; and though I don't make my living at it--I am an ACTOR TOO!

WATCH THIS SPACE--TONIGHT! hahah!

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Sunday 16th January 2005 7:58 pm U.K. Time
Subject: "The Prophet-"

Next to "The Trial"; for me, the Prophet is one of the neater episodes--for Roy's acting alone- Acting Notes-

Take note of "The Prophet-" Roy starts out driving a Galaxy 500 Full-Sized Ford sedan; then as he turns the corner to park at "Roger Perry's" motel room--it suddenly turns into the "mid-sized" version, a Fairlane 500--

"There is a "lag-time" scene, when Shae-(Perry) is chatting on phone--even aliens smoked a lot then--and Roy makes a facial gesture in response to a slight joke about "all of us will be glowing again--" Then, the "passing strange" scene.

The Best Acting Scene in "The Prophet" is Roy's calm, when victim status Sister Claire is going on with her "rant" about the "troubled life; blah, blah, blah--scene" and David touches a nerve--calmly, tries to get her to think clearer about her substituting One form of "escape" for "another(Loyalty to the Prophet)-" Great philosophical question-- Roy leans up against a table, and listens attentively. Bethune Finishes her rant; and Roy steps in and "gives it to her straight-" She cannot handle it, and slaps him-- Watch Roy's face; how he calmly forgives her, as she does a lousy cry-- and says, "just go right on crying--"

The next great acting is in the ultimate scene, in the hotel room-- how now, SHE throws back the cliche' of "copping-out" to Roy, when he becomes discouraged- and watch how his facial movements simply acknowlege the previous scene when he jarred her conscience; and now she is jarring his. Watch the eyes, the nod and the understanding facial "workmanship" of a fine thespian-- without a word--!

Great actor.

Paulie

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Sunday 16th January 2005 8:01 pm U.K. Time
Subject: "...bless you, Sister Claire"

Roy is truly a great actor.

Watch for THAT line in "The Prophet-"

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Name: Chance
Email:
Water407@aol.com
Sunday 16th January 2005 9:59 pm U.K. Time
Subject: WHO NEEDS EPISODES?

ANYONE LOOKING FOR InVaDeRs episodes, email me NOW at water407@aol.com. Dealing with a true fan has it's rewards...like RARE inverviews, articles, MUSIC and ALL 43 episodes UNCUT and the RARE EXTENEDED VERSION of the pilot episode "BEACHEAD!!!" Also, many episodes have the ORIGINAL ABC COMMERCIALS from the ORIGINAL AIRDATE....ALL ORIGINAL FROM 16mm FILMS THAT I TRANSFERED TO VHS and DVD! Don't be fooled by those who wish they had what I OFFER YOU...THE BEST! Email me at Water407@aol.com for more information!

2005 is gonna be a GREAT YEAR for us InVaDeRs fans! Celebrate with a CUSTOM DELUXE SET of all 43 UNCUT EPISODES with cases! COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION TODAY AND WATCH AN InVaDeRs marathon tomorrow! =) I AM THE BEST and I SHIP FAST....ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! I AM A REAL FAN AND I AM NO POSER! EMAIL ME NOW

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Name: Chance
Email:
Water407@aol.com
Sunday 16th January 2005 10:02 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Dinner?

What's this about a dinner with dear Roy Thinnes?? I AM SO THERE!!! I wish he could have been at Dragoncon last September...it was a blast!

Hey Paulie(a.k.a Notoodistant relative)...how did you like the pics that I sent that I took of the babes at Dragoncon? We gotta meet up and screen InVaDeRs episodes that I have on 16mm film real soon! =)

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Sunday 16th January 2005 10:40 pm U.K. Time
Subject: "ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ROY THINNES DINNER" (English Version)

Greetings:

Phil Forster and I have the pleasure of Informing an Exclusive Group of Aficionados from "TheInVaDeRs" Website and Chat Page of the "Roy Thinnes Birthday/Testimonial Dinner, set in stone, for April 6, 2005, falling on Roy's 67th birthday.

With a fair amount of wrangling and contemplation, taking all issues into consideration--logistical, aswellas financial--these are the exact details:

Ruth's Chris Steak House West Side 148 West 51 Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York City, New York Starting at 5:30 pm

Because of the Distances many people will have to travel, and the arrangements necessary for those who wish to attend, it is imparative that all those understand that a fair amount of effort and time went into making these arrangements, along with a designated laison of Mr. Thinnes.'

The Following Two Deadlines MUST be met:

1) All those who are sincere in their wish to attend must put in writing, and forward to both of us simultaneously an ASSURANCE that they shall attend. Take note, this will be treated as a firm pledge, not merely an expression of one's desire

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The 'Cut-Off Date' for this is January 27, 2005.

An e-mail to thinnes38@cs.com &PhilsGameOn@aol.com must be received by that date in order to determine the amount of guests for the evening.

2) A MONEY ORDER (no personal checks, or credit cards) must be received by February 13th in the name of "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with the names of the guests written on the Money Order - (also, kindly attach a small note: "Party for Roy Thinnes")

That money order is to be made in the amount of $75.00 (US) dollars per person, as a downpayment towards your dinner(s).

The entire dinner should ultimately cost us approximately $100-$120 per person. The difference outstanding between the final cost and the deposit is to be borne by each guest at the end of the affair.

The Money Order must be received by February 13th, after which date you will be excluded from the event and be ineligible to receive credit for your dinner.

REPEAT: Do NOT make the checks payable to Phil Forster nor Paul Lisanti. We do not intend to profit from this event - except in in the 'spiritual' sense from a most memorable gathering of our loyal aficionados, to finally meet one another and of course, our hero and Guest of Honor, Roy Thinnes and and his lovely wife Stephanie.

The Post Office Address to send the Money Orders is as follows:

P.A. Lisanti PO Box 813608 Hollywood, Florida 33081

Remember: Do NOT make the Money Orders payable to either of us; rather: "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with a short written letter particularizing your guests' names to the check.

A posting will follow after each and every check is received, along with an e-mail confirmation from us.

I sincerely appreciate your understanding that Phil and I are of modest means, and are unable to "front" the money based solely on a promise to attend.

Paul Anthony Lisanti (nottoodistantrelative) thinnes38@cs.com

Phil Forster (Phil) PhilsGameOn@aol.com

PS: This is a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' opportunity to meet someone who, as far as I am concerned, provided us with a great deal of joy as lead role in The Invaders - both when we were kids, and certainly today now that it is being repeated in various parts of the world (with the exception of here in the United States - how ironic!).

Once again, heartfelt thanks on behalf of both of us. We hope to see you in Manhattan on April 6th. Phil and Paul

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Sunday 16th January 2005 10:45 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Announcement for ROY THINNES BIRTHDAY/ TESTIMONIAL DINNER(French Version)

For all those who really ARE FRANCOPHONES(Including Stephanie) Kindly accept my most Humble "apology" for my clumsy French--But, here goes:

Salutations:

Phil Forster et moi avons le plaisir d'Informer un Groupe Exclusif d'Amateurs de Site Web "TheInVaDeRs" et Page du Bavardage du "Roy Thinnes Birthday/Testimonial Dîner, installez Firme pour le 6 avril 2005, tomber sur le 67e anniversaire de Roy.

Avec un montant juste de se disputer et contemplation, prendre toutes les questions en considération--logistique, aswellas financier--ce sont les détails exacts:

La Restaurant RUTH'S CHRIST STEAK HOUSE WEST 148 W 51 Rue Ouest (entre 6e et 7e Avenues) New York, New York Starting à 5:30 pm,

À cause des Distances beaucoup de gens devront voyager, et les arrangements nécessaire pour ceux qui souhaitent assister, c'est imparative que tout ce comprennent qu'un montant juste d'effort et temps est allé dans faire ces arrangements, avec un laison désigné de M. Thinnes.

Le Suivre Deux dates limites doit être rencontré:

1) tout ce qui sont sincère dans leur souhait pour assister doivent mettre par écrit, et avancé aux deux de nous simultanément une ASSURANCE à qu'ils assisteront. Prenez la note, cela sera traité comme une promesse ferme, pas simplement une expression de son désir

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Le 'date D'arrêt' pour ceci le 27 janvier 2005 est.

Un e-mail à thinnes38@cs.com & PhilsGameOn@aol.com doit être reçu par cette date pour déterminer le montant d'invités pour le soir.

2) un MANDAT (MONEY ORDER) (aucuns chèques personnels, ou cartes de crédit) doit être reçu par le 13 février dans le nom de "RUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE" avec les noms des invités écrits sur le Mandat - (aussi, avec bonté attachez une petite note: "Parti pour Roy Thinnes")

Ce mandat sera fait dans le montant de $75.00 (USA) Dollars par personne, comme un downpayment vers votre dinner(s).

Le dîner entier devrait nous coûter finalement approximativement $100-$120 US par personne. La différence remarquable entre le dernier coût et le dépôt sera porté par chaque invité à la fin de l'affaire.

Le Mandat (MONEY ORDER)doit être reçu par le 13 février après quelle date vous serez exclus de l'événement et serez inéligible pour recevoir le crédit pour votre dîner.

RÉPÉTITION: Ne rendez pas les chèques payable à Phil Forster ni Paul Lisanti. Nous ne projetons pas de tirer un profit de cet événement - sauf dans dans le 'spirituel' sens d'un rassemblement le plus mémorable de nos amateurs loyaux, rencontrer finalement l'un l'autre et bien sûr, notre héros et Invité d'Honneur, Roy Thinnes et et sa belle femme Stephanie.

L'Adresse de Bureau de poste envoyer les Mandats est comme suit:

P.A. LISANTI P.O. BOX 813608 Hollywood, Florida 33081,

Souvenez-vous: Ne rendez pas les Mandats payable à l'un ou l'autre de nous; plutôt: "RUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE" " avec une lettre écrite courte qui spécifie les noms de vos invités au chèque.

Un enregistrement suivra après que chaque chèque soit reçu, avec une confirmation de l'e-mail de nous.

J'apprécie sincèrement votre compréhension que Phil et moi sommes de moyens modestes, et est incapable de "se trouver" l'argent basé uniquement sur une promesse pour assister.

Paul Anthony Lisanti (nottoodistantrelative) thinnes38@cs.com

Phil Forster (Phil) PhilsGameOn@aol.com

PS: C'est un 'Une fois Dans Une vie' occasion de rencontrer quelqu'un qui, aussi loin que je suis intéressé, nous a fourni une grande quantité de joie comme rôle du rôle principal dans Les Envahisseurs - les deux quand nous étions des gosses, et certainement aujourd'hui maintenant qu'il est répété dans plusieurs parties du monde (avec l'exception d'ici aux États-Unis - comment ironique!).

Encore une fois, sincère merci des deux de nous. Nous espérons vous voir à Manhattan le 6 avril.

Phil et Paul

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 17th January 2005 8:24 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa,

The reason that 'Brother Avery' had a REAL 'mutated 4th-finger' on his left hand is because actor Pat Hingle fell down an elevator shaft (or 'lift', shall we say) and actually had his left pinkie virtually severed--small price to pay, considering..And w/o a doubt he wins the gold as 'the most realistic mutated pinkie actor'!..And BTW, a gunshot wound anywhere on the bod usually is fatal to an alien but not so in the upcoming THE CAPTIVE.....And while I hate to correct anybody on this site, I have to let you know that in THE PROPHET you aren't hearing what you think is "Very clever DAD" spoken by Roger "O'Shay/O'Shea' Perry--who is 5 years older than Roy..What you are actually hearing is "Very clever, DAN"..As I pointed out in my 'notes', in this entire episode our hero is known only as 'DANiel Victor'..He uses many aliases in the other 42eps but this is the only one where his true identity is never revealed--nobody calls him 'David' or 'Mr Vincent' in the entire episode. cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 17th January 2005 9:00 am U.K. Time
Subject: hi ntdr,

FORD of course threw in whatever cars they could for the exclusive rights and they get billing in the end credits.. Quinn Martin used Fords in all his productions, so obviously some palms got greased on those deals..Remember, DV drove a Mustang in several eps and it was a relatively new model at the time, designed by Lee Iacoccoa--who jumped ship to GM, and 'IACOCCA' translates to "I Am Chairman Of Chrysler Corporation Of America", which he eventually became..If you see a Chevy/GM on The Invaders it's stock footage or an accidental drive-by..What's really bizarre is that FORD supplied all the cars also on 'Land Of The Giants', which presumably took place in/on another world!!....Believe you me, there's nothing more I'd like than to be able to attend the gathering with Roy on his birthday in my home town..I am a fan, as is obvious..But I've learned at this stage in life not to be so presumptuous as to make plans 3 months ahead, forget about 3 WEEKS ahead!..In any event, TCOB at the present time relegates any future plans to a weekly basis, which is as far into the future as I venture...I'm solid financially, my time is my own, so no problemo there. cheers, jim

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Name: C HUDSON
Email:
COLINHD7@BTINTERNET.COM
Monday 17th January 2005 1:02 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: INVADERS

Dear Lindsay, I thank you very much for your information Re INVADERS. I have been a big fan of the show since it was first shown on tv. I recored it on channel 5 at 4.20am on a Sunday morning. last episode to be shown was the Prophet. thank you once again Colin.

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Name: Lee
Email:
redfox808@hotmail.com
Monday 17th January 2005 5:18 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Invaders missed episode

Hi - I'm a bit confused and I'm also quite annoyed and I would be most grateful if anyone in the UK can help me. Firstly can you tell me if the 2-part story "Summit Meeting" has been shown on Channel 5 yet? If not was Sunday's (16th) episode "The Prophet"? Basically, I set the video for this weeks episode and it did not record for some strange reason. I desperately need the episode from this week (on video) and in return I can trade for any episode of The Invaders (I will put them onto DVD or video) or I have quite a few rare episodes of The Fugitive. Please contact me - many thanks.

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisasargent@fsmail.net
Tuesday 18th January 2005 1:23 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Lisa,

And while I hate to correct anybody on this site, I have to let you know that in THE PROPHET you aren't hearing what you think is "Very clever DAD" spoken by Roger "O'Shay/O'Shea' Perry--who is 5 years older than Roy..What you are actually hearing is "Very clever, DAN"..As I pointed out in my 'notes', in this entire episode our hero is known only as 'DANiel Victor'..He uses many aliases in the other 42eps but this is the only one where his true identity is never revealed--nobody calls him 'David' or 'Mr Vincent' in the entire episode. cheers, jim

Jim, I'm sorry to correct you but, if you actually re-play the episode and go to the conversation David had with O'Shey in the hotel room you can clearly hear O'Shey say the name DAVID. So, he must know that he is Vincent and he does say DAD because in those days the top dog was usually called DAD and I believe that at that stage O'Shey was being sarchastic and was commending his captive before he killed him.

Sorry again to correct you, but you will see that I am right, otherwise O'Shey would have called him Daniel in the hotel room, but he didn't.

All the best,

Lisa

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Name: Richard
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richard@fincher.uk.com
Tuesday 18th January 2005 1:30 pm U.K. Time
Subject: DV pseudenyms

Hmmm, I thought he was "Dennis Victor" in "The Prophet" and "Daniel Baxter" in "Vikor" ?

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Name: Richard
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Tuesday 18th January 2005 1:31 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: DV pseudenyms

Oh, and "Robert Davis" in "Condition: RED"

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Tuesday 18th January 2005 4:02 pm U.K. Time
Subject: "The Invaders" in France !

Dear friends, hello

In France, this wednesday january 19, 2005, at 02 H in the morning, diffusion on French public television channel "FR 3" ("France 3")of the episod n° 42 "THE PURSUED" of "THE INVADERS" !...

Open site "France 3" :

http://guidetv.france3.fr/accueil.jspx

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 18th January 2005 7:18 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: INVADERS - HI COLIN HUDSON - THE LAST EPISODE....

Hi Colin

Ah well, "beans spilled" despite my attempts to preserve the storyline for first-time viewers. So now you know how it all ends.... hope you enjoy the rest of the series despite this!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 18th January 2005 7:25 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: DV pseudonyms - HI RICHARD FINCHER & LISA SARGENT

Hi Richard

Yes, you're right there of course.... in fact, I'm damned sure he also used "Dennis Victor" in another episode (possibly a little earlier than THE PROPHET).

That said, I have to say that Lisa is winning all the prizes for attention to detail (but, then again, she's an author herself) - full marks go to her for picking-out the names used to address David during this episode. The minor freudian slip confusing "Daniel" with "Dennis" doesn't detract from this.

Although, I DO wish she'd learn to spell DAMN (the exclamation) and DAMNED (the adjective) correctly !!!!!!! :o)

Lisa, no offence I trust....

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 18th January 2005 7:47 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: hi ntdr, - HI JIM re, THE RT DINNER EVENT

Hi Jim

Hi old pal, good to see the 'Notes' in full flow, which did THE PROPHET full justice (as expected).

Re. our proposed gathering, I know we've been here before (off- and on-site) and both Paulie and I are cool about who does and doesn't attend BUT, if there really is "nothing you'd like than to be able to attend...." well, what's stopping you?

I fully appreciate the philosophy in general - the likes of folk who can only exist by perpetually cramming their diaries full of commitments (women especially guilty here - sorry!!!!) is one of my personal pet hates to be sure but.... all I can say is that here's what may prove to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the like of which CANNOT take place if folk aren't willing to stick their necks out, put by a few days in their diary and book ahead to the tune of a few measly dollars (relatively speaking, to men of our means).

The whole world would be on hold if we all left life to "the last minute". And it would be great to meet you face-to-face, if only just the ONCE. And hopefully "man's best friend" could be catered for, just this once?

Please excuse my persistent promptings, just clinging to the faint hope of persuading you and a few other reluctant but 'nice-to-have' attendees out there to think on!

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Name: Phil Forster
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PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 18th January 2005 7:51 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: INVADERS - HI COLIN HUDSON - THE LAST EPISODE P.S.

.... and I see Lindsay's response was appreciated, so that's me put in my place in no uncertain terms !!!! :o)

And anyway, there's plenty worth watching in the remaining episodes, irrespective of the way the series ends.

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Name: Lisa Sargent
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lisasargent@fsmail.net
Tuesday 18th January 2005 9:18 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: DV pseudonyms - HI RICHARD FINCHER LISA SARGENT

Phil,

Although, I DO wish she'd learn to spell DAMN (the exclamation) and DAMNED (the adjective) correctly !!!!!!! :o)

Am I missing something here, like a brain??? What the hell are you talking about?

Lisa

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 19th January 2005 8:49 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: DV pseudonyms - HI RICHARD FINCHER LISA SARGENT

Lisa

Look at the way you spell 'DAMN(ED)' in your stories (and once in an on-site posting, as I recall). It doesn't take a lot of figuring-out, and no big deal anyway (all said with a smile!).

Phil

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 19th January 2005 9:25 am U.K. Time
Subject: I was wrong especially to you Lisa

because it IS 'Dennis Victor' in THE PROPHET..and 'Daniel Baxter' in VIKOR, (as Richard pointed out) although they do eventually find out his real name in the latter..These aliases do get a tad confusing..especially when the beer gets a' flowin! LOL!..Actually, what I do when i write my 'notes' here is watch the show a day or 2 before you get it in The UK, scribble down whatever, do the follow up research from new and old notes and then try and put it all together and hopefully not make such a big gaffe as that one..Oh well, I try!...cheers, jim

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 19th January 2005 9:42 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Prophet - ROY DEFINITELY AN UNSUNG ACTING 'GREAT' - HI PAULIE

Hi Paul

I watched my own vdeo copy of THE PROPHET a few months back, so I'll have to re-watch it to scrutinise the scenes you're referring to.

However, the instinctive 'sympathy/understanding' expression and feeling is conveyed a good few times in other episodes too, and Roy certainly has a talent for "the eyes speaking volumes" - i.e. communicating emotion more effectively than words ever can. Part of a good actor's skill set has to be 'prescence', and Roy has that in abundance!

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Name: Mark
Email:
time_coast@hotmail.com
Wednesday 19th January 2005 10:22 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Invaders missed episode

Lee

I've got the episode you want on video from way back when the series was repeated on BBC2. I actually remember if first coming on and causing quite a stir as the effects, primitive by today's standards, were quite something at the time. Even people who didn't normally watch SF on TV watched this one. And especially as it was similar in feel to tbhe Fugitive, which I watched as well.

Anyway I can put pt 2 onto DVD if you wish. Although the quality is okay it wouldn't be as good as someone doingit today off satellite.

E-mail me whatever.

Cheers Mark

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Name: Jilted Barfly
Email:
will_slater@hotmail.com
Wednesday 19th January 2005 1:00 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Prophet

Was it just me, or was the Prophet not the only person in this episode who appeared to glow red.

Roy seemed to look like he'd fallen asleep on the beach or something, his face appeared to be very red in this episode.

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 19th January 2005 4:22 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Invaders missed episode - HI MARK ('time-coast")

Hi Mark

With regard to your reply to Lee about his 'missed' episode SUMMIT MEETING Part 2, you mention that you taped it "from way back when the series was repeated on BBC2". I presume you're referring to when it was LAST repeated on BBC2 between 1990/92, rather than the first time in 1984/85?

Could you confirm this please?

Cheers, Phil

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Name: Lisa Sargent
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lisasargent@fsmail.net
Wednesday 19th January 2005 7:47 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Prophet

Will,

In regards to your last... If you mean the last scene with Vincent wearing that over-bearing red shirt,... I can only suggest that you turn the colour down on your TV too. Don't forget anything red and moving fast always catches the eye.

Lisa

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Thursday 20th January 2005 1:47 am U.K. Time
Subject: "ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ROY THINNES DINNER" (English Version)

Greetings:

Phil Forster and I have the pleasure of Informing an Exclusive Group of Aficionados from "TheInVaDeRs" Website and Chat Page of the "Roy Thinnes Birthday/Testimonial Dinner, set in stone, for April 6, 2005, falling on Roy's 67th birthday.

With a fair amount of wrangling and contemplation, taking all issues into consideration--logistical, aswellas financial--these are the exact details:

April 6, 2005 5:30 PM- Ruth's Chris Steak House West Side 148 West 51 Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York City, New York Starting at 5:30 pm

Because of the Distances many people will have to travel, and the arrangements necessary for those who wish to attend, it is imparative that all those understand that a fair amount of effort and time went into making these arrangements, along with a designated laison of Mr. Thinnes.'

The Following Two Deadlines MUST be met:

1) All those who are sincere in their wish to attend must put in writing, and forward to both of us simultaneously an ASSURANCE that they shall attend. Take note, this will be treated as a firm pledge, not merely an expression of one's desire

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The 'Cut-Off Date' for this is January 27, 2005.

An e-mail to thinnes38@cs.com &PhilsGameOn@aol.com must be received by that date in order to determine the amount of guests for the evening.

2) A MONEY ORDER (no personal checks, or credit cards) must be received by February 13th in the name of "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with the names of the guests written on the Money Order - (also, kindly attach a small note: "Party for Roy Thinnes")

That money order is to be made in the amount of $75.00 (US) dollars per person, as a downpayment towards your dinner(s).

The entire dinner should ultimately cost us approximately $100-$120 per person. The difference outstanding between the final cost and the deposit is to be borne by each guest at the end of the affair.

The Money Order must be received by February 13th, after which date you will be excluded from the event and be ineligible to receive credit for your dinner.

REPEAT: Do NOT make the checks payable to Phil Forster nor Paul Lisanti. We do not intend to profit from this event - except in in the 'spiritual' sense from a most memorable gathering of our loyal aficionados, to finally meet one another and of course, our hero and Guest of Honor, Roy Thinnes and and his lovely wife Stephanie.

The Post Office Address to send the Money Orders is as follows:

P.A. Lisanti PO Box 813608 Hollywood, Florida 33081

Remember: Do NOT make the Money Orders payable to either of us; rather: "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with a short written letter particularizing your guests' names to the check.

A posting will follow after each and every check is received, along with an e-mail confirmation from us.

I sincerely appreciate your understanding that Phil and I are of modest means, and are unable to "front" the money based solely on a promise to attend.

Paul Anthony Lisanti (nottoodistantrelative) thinnes38@cs.com

Phil Forster (Phil) PhilsGameOn@aol.com

PS: This is a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' opportunity to meet someone who, as far as I am concerned, provided us with a great deal of joy as lead role in The Invaders - both when we were kids, and certainly today now that it is being repeated in various parts of the world (with the exception of here in the United States - how ironic!).

Once again, heartfelt thanks on behalf of both of us. We hope to see you in Manhattan on April 6th.

Phil and Paul

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Thursday 20th January 2005 10:29 am U.K. Time
Subject: a note about W. 51st Street--(ntdr, Phil, et al)

It's a west-bound one-way street by the way--2 lanes not counting the cars parked at the curbs...Don't count on finding a legit (non tow-away) parking space before 7pm in that area of mid-town Manhattan..You're only 2.5 blocks "From Letterman" so why not see if you can talk Roy into appearing on LNWDL the same week?..cheers, jim

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 20th January 2005 11:01 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: a note about W. 51st Street--(ntdr, Phil, et al)

Hi Jim

Most of us I would expect to arrive on foot or by taxi, except possibly Roy and his wife plus Paul's two cousins (all of whom are actually NY residents).

Nice idea about Roy appearing on the David Letterman, though! On which subject, I recall a few years back he broadcast a series of shows from London and I for one was VERY impressed.

On the subject of the event itself, I appreciate what you say in your last e-mail. I doubt we will see the scenario you describe, but it's food for thought nonetheless. I also realise 'man's best friend' is not in her first flush of youth and fully understand if you're reluctant to disrupt her routine (if only for a couple of days).

'Notes' tomorrow????

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Name: Alan
Email:
lewis@nerco.fsnet.co.uk
Friday 21st January 2005 2:59 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Prophet

I have been away for a while {being regenerated} so I just wanted to add a couple of observations on this episode.I actually quite liked it,partly due to the fact that {as in "Storm"} it showed a healthy cynicism to religion.I suppose if it were made nowadays with the UK government making it a crime to "incite religious hatred" and a play being banned in Bradford due to protests by Sikhs,it would be banned!Excellent acting by Roy in the scene where he gets Sister Claire to "snap out of it" and he calls her "baby"-he hardly ever used an expression like this to his female guest stars?Also,second sighting of a front opening regen tube although in this episode there was a logical reason,as it couldn"t go into the roof!Not the best show,but not the worst.

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Friday 21st January 2005 4:55 pm U.K. Time
Subject: "The valley of the shadow" in this moment in Italia, at Aoste !

Dear friends, hello

In this moment, in Italia, at Aoste, "THE VALLEY OT THE SHADOW",like episod n° 21 "The valley of the shadow" of "THE INVADERS" ! ! !...

Open this site for this informations (in French) : http://aolinfo.aol.fr/article.jsp?id=9112343

Traduction in English :

The remote controls do not answer any more in the d'Aoste city in Italy [ Friday January 21, 2005, 16h12 - AFP ] a mysterious breakdown has paralysed for Thursday all the electric remote controls of the cars, garages and gates of the north-eastern zone of the d'Aoste city, in the North-West of l'Italie, and science seems impotent vis-a-vis with the phenomenon. Regional L'Agence for environmental protection (ARPA) was seized, but admitted Friday not including/understanding what occurs. "Quelque thing d'anormal was announced by the inhabitants. With us to make the checks necessary to include/understand the bottom of the problème", explained to the press one of its persons in charge, Giovanni Agnesod. The analyses carried out Thursday on the electromagnetic fields n'ont pointed out any anomalces and the systems d'alarmes of the dwellings appeared in perfect operating condition. L'ARPA was to carry out Friday of the comparisons between the signals emitted by the remote controls of the zone concerned and those emitted in the remainder of the city. While waiting, the inhabitants of the districts d'Arco Augusto, Corso Ivrea, Roppoz and of l'hôpital Beauregard in Aoste are constrained, lorsqu'ils can it, to manually d'ouvrir their gates and d'utiliser their keys to lock and unbolt their doors of cars. The phenomenon presents certain analogies with an other mystery of the peninsula, that of Canneto, a district d'une common near to Messine in Sicily. Since more d'un year, the inhabitants of this suburb wedged between the sea and a railway line announce departures of fire in their electric circuits, of alarms of cars which start suddenly and simultaneously, of the batteries of portable telephones which discharge in one moment. A multitude d'experts of the railroads, telecommunications, companies of distribution d electricity, vulcanologists and even an eminent scientist, professor Giuseppe Maschio, specialist in the electromagnetic fields with l university of Messine, unloaded in the locality. But it did not manage to elucidate the mystery. February 12, 2004, the ten seven families resident, is 39 people, were rehoused with l'hôtel, their houses was closed, put under seals and l electricity was cut. One year afterwards, they are always with l'hôtel. © 2005 AFP END.

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 22nd January 2005 12:14 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Notes on LABYRINTH...

There is so much trivia associated with this ep, it will be separately posted right after this one..OPENING--1--DV is wearing the same exact jacket he wore last week..2--Actor E.J.Andre (b.Aug14, 1908 Detroit d.Sept6, 1984) plays "Dr Henry Thorne"..He seems amazed by the chest-X-rays...But HEY, on the first day of "medical college" don't they teach you to check the heartbeat and pulse from "the get-go"?..No mention is made of this!.2--The alien , Wilhelm von Homburg--b. Norbert Grupe Aug25, 1940Berlin d. Mar10, 2004Mexico--and thanks to Rudiger on that original alias..3-You'll see the X-ray next week too..ACT1-4-Only Invaders directing effort by Murray Golden--b.912-d.Aug5,1991..5--Note that United Air Lines stock footage is used of a plane landing--this is REALLY unusual---the majority of airlines do not lend their names to movies that involve hijackings, UFOs, etc..usually fake names are pasted on the sides of aircraft for those movies..6--The bus station the same set used in SUMMIT MTG 1&2..7--This is the only Invaders ep to take place in Illinois..There is no "Monroe University" in Illinois..This ep was filmed in southern California, as the background plainly shows (especially in the upcoming tennis courts)..However, there is an Illinois connection to this ep, will provide the info in next posting..8-Sally "Laura Crowell" Kellerman b.June 2, 1937/38 Long Beach, Cal..Long-time favorite actress of mine and still plying the boards..She and ROY are quite the flirts here, and perhaps it goes back to the fact that 10 years prior or so they were both taking the same acting classes together, hoping for the big break..9--Virginia "Mrs Thorne" Christine b.Mar5, 1920Iowa d.July24, 1996..A veteran of hundreds of tv shows and movies, generally playing a stressed-out woman--as she does here--also in IOTBS..More on her on the next set of notes..10--Black Ford Mustang visible..11-"Argyle"--actor Martin Blaine b.Oct18, 1913,Illinois d.Jan19,1989.. 11--There's NO WAY that the aliens could do the taxi-luggage switcheroo in so short a time--and what tipped off DV to begin with?..12-John "Ed" Zaremba b.Oct22, 1908Chicago d.Dec15, 1986--he was in THE WATCHERS but unbilled in the credits---best remembered as "Swain" on "The Time Tunnel"...14--Laura mentions "the invaders", and more than once in this ep...ACT3--15--Note that in the opening scene here, the 'Ace Yellow Taxi" is shown pulling up directly behind the bus--just exactly like in ACT1--it's recycled footage..14--More great alien machinery shown here for the first and only time..16--The "Lt" played by Bill Quinn b.May6, 1912NYC d.Apr29, 1994--long time tv-movie veteran and the father-in-law of Bob Newhart..17--'Mrs Thorne' ultimately denies X-ray culpability out of fear, of course. But that should not dismiss the veracity of the photos, per-se, and yet--they toss it out on that..ACT4--18-Ed "Dr Crowell" Begley says about DV "well he's not a criminal", but wasn't HE holding a gun on DV?..19--In the fight scenes, it looks like ROY (to me) who actually leaps over the stairs and fights, doing his own stunts on that one..A stunt-man is seen for the fist-to-stomach punch-out scenes but ROY did do some great stuntwork here!..20- Laura holds a bottle of 'nitric acid' (N2SO4, if I remember my HS chem class 35 years ago in NYC) and I just find it a tad unbelievable that a beaker in a college chem lab would be unlabeled, as is the one she holds up..21--James "Harry Mills" Callahan in ACT4 apparently isn't wearing the wedding ring he had on when he and Laura were in the car earlier..22--ANOTHER hackneyed Hollywood contrivance wherein the villian takes the time to talk-the-talk and painfully/slowly start to aim the gun at the intended victim, giving the hero interminable time to suddenly appear and put an end to it all..In REAL LIFE, killers just kill!--instant dispatch!--with no time for soliloquies, or holding the gun in suspension of time and belief....23--All in all a good episode..I shall provide more trivia on this ep but it is interesting to note here that actor Ed Begley once again plays the father of daughters that DV schmoozes with (THE BETRAYED) and that his dtr in the latter was played by Laura Devon and in THIS EP his dtr is named Laura..EPILOGUE--24-"So now we know they're here", so sayeth the college intellectuali--but it apparently goes nowhere, and IMHO should have been taken forward to THE BELIEVERS...Next week--THE CAPTIVE--trivia notes on this ep to follow..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 22nd January 2005 12:41 pm U.K. Time
Subject: extra-trivia notes on LABYRINTH..

In no particular order..1-This ep features 2-countem-2 former coffee spokes-persons..Virginia Christine well remembered for her 1960s/70s TV ads for Folgers as "Mrs Olsen" and John Zaremba as the man for Hills Brothers Coffee..2--Ed Begley (THE BETRAYED), James Callahan (NIGHTMARE), and John Zaremba (THE WATCHERS) were all in previous eps, though Zaremba wasn't credited on the latter, he played a military man in the end..3-Just a mere 4 actors in this ep--Ed Peck, Virginia Christine, Bill Quinn, and John Zaremba were in a total of over 250 tv shows in the 50s-70s, covering virtually everything--Lassie to Little House!..4--This ep takes place in Illinois--and features 3 natives of the Land Of Lincoln, counting ROY..Of course it was not filmed there..5--Once again a white line stripe down a road shown when it should have been split by a yellow one..I have discussed this before (PANIC, THE INNOCENT, et al)..6--This ep brings to mind another ep --THE CONDEMNED--wherein an alien accidentally shoots another alien---and another one I'm forgetting..7--This ep ends on an almost-kiss..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 22nd January 2005 12:44 pm U.K. Time
Subject: hi Lisa, re: the twins--

Another suggestion for names for 2 rodents of yours--if they are female, howzabout "Vikki" and "Weena"..?..(If you don't know who 'Weena' is---she's an Eloi..)...regards, jim

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Saturday 22nd January 2005 2:14 pm U.K. Time
Subject: UFO FILE liberated in Britain !

Dear friends, hello

Our friend Roy Thinnes will be very happy with this informations on this site, in Britain, the january 22, 2005 ! :

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=603470

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Saturday 22nd January 2005 7:26 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Who's the biggest?

Hi, Is 'The Invaders' as a series 'bigger' than Roy Thinnes or is Roy 'bigger' than 'The Invaders'...?

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Saturday 22nd January 2005 7:51 pm U.K. Time
Subject: "Weena"

"1960" one of my favoUrite Movies--With Australian-Born Actor Rod Taylor--and "Weena" was played by "Gorgeous" 19 year-old(at that time) Yvetee Mimeaux-

Wow--Eloi--Morlocks--Whacked-out--Except they were not on another planet; just here, 6000 years from now-

I bet Yvette Still looks good--

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Sunday 23rd January 2005 12:41 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Who's the biggest?

When I think about it, it seems that Roy Thinnes and "THE INVADERS" series seem to blend into and out of each other. To me, both of them are two Greats that are the "underdogs" of the television and movie industries. They're great to us, who are fans of their's, but in the world in general, you don't hear people talk about them, ever! Even a lot of people will ask: "Who is Roy Thinnes?" "THE INVADERS?" What's that?!?" Fortunately, there are people out there that will remember them, when one mentions the subject to them. That is why I believe its a good idea to advertize our INVADERS websites to other science-fiction and tv and movie buff fan clubs and groups as far as we can, so that more interest can be generated in these "old favorites". Lindsay.

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Sunday 23rd January 2005 1:03 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Notes on LABYRINTH...

Nitric acid: HNO3. I thought it might have been H2NO3, but I looked it up in the dictionary just to be sure. Lindsay.

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Name: Paul
Email:
bigp111@hotmail.com
Sunday 23rd January 2005 7:53 am U.K. Time
Subject: Invaders Series

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone knows how or indeed if it is possible to purchase the Invaders series anywhere in newzealand. my mate is about to turn fifty and quite frequently talks about this series and how he wishes he could find it somewhere to buy ,but most people around here you ask have never heard of it. Any ideas would be appreciated. cheers Paul

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Sunday 23rd January 2005 9:33 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lindsay,

I actually was going to look up the chem formula for nitric acid but didn't and then being so-far into the notes I had to 'wing-it'..In retrospect I realize that the 'S' that I put is for sulfur, which isn't a component--but I DO remember sulfuric acid as H2SO4----There is nothing so exciting in a high-school chem class then (35 years ago for me) as probably now as the fact that something could blow up or go wrong!..The error on the formula by me stemmed from the fact that Sally K--in a college chem lab--holds up a bottle of a clear unlabeled liquid, which is not what you would expect to find in that environment..And BTW, she really starts to smooch Roy --her old friend from acting classes--in the end when the ep fades out..cheers--jim

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Sunday 23rd January 2005 11:50 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: UFO FILE liberated in Britain !

Dear friends, hello

UFO FILE liberated in BRITAIN !

Read this informations, on this other site, january 22, 2005 :

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/features/story.jsp?story=603567

Our friend Roy Thinnes will be very happy !...

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Sunday 23rd January 2005 1:45 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Lindsay,

Dear Jim: Well, we just got dumped on with about a foot of fresh snow, and I need to go out to shovel it, etc, but before I do that, I just wanted to thank you for the response, and the notes on each episode, as are great, and VERY informative! Yeah, about that bottle of "nitric acid", it, in reality, was H2O, plain WATER, as "Laura" (Sally Kellerman) told David Vincent, as she cried on his shoulder after "THE BIG REVELATION", concerning "Harry Mills". I have always wondered who that was that called the University on the telephone when Laura answered it, and was told that the real Harry Mills was killed in a car accident a couple of years earlier. And why, at that particular time, when Laura was all by herself with the alien H.M. at the University that night. I also thought it was cute the way that, since the aliens want to take our planet over, that Laura "gave him the earth" in miniture when she slammed the cabinet top globe against him before fleeing into the laboratory. As far as Laura "smooching" David Vincent at the very end, I seem to only recall that she gave him a BIG smile, and held both of his hands in her's. Ohh! did I miss anything at that moment? You have the episode. please watch it for me again, and see if I'm right. Laura was a hard nut to crack, but the series was made for hard nuts to be broken, at least some of them!! Next Sunday, 'THE CAPTIVE' in the UK. THAT one is probably one of the best, if not THE best. If you were to ask me which my most favorite episode is, I would be hard pressed to tell you, as there is so many different angles in some episodes that are not in others, which, if could be brought together in one or two episodes, could then become the best. However, I suppose that would be next to impossible. But for now, I would say that I probably have a good three or four best ones that I could elaborate on sometime later. Lindsay. PS Again, I keep in mind that whatever happens in each episode, as far as circumstances are concerned, that it is, after all, what the script-writers, and The Producer, Quinn Martin himself, had all planned out!!

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Sunday 23rd January 2005 11:16 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: UFO FILE liberated in Britain !

Dear friends, hello

Our friend Roy Thinnes will be very happy with this informations on this other site, the january 24, 2005 :

http://www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=9852

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 24th January 2005 11:05 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi again Lindsay ---alien beings from a dying planet--

Their destination--the earth, and they arrive in saucers...They have no human emotions, have ray guns that can instantly 'fry' humans, they can freeze people, they are trying to harness the insects, and face a human "counter-attack"..But it's NOT our-favorite- show!...Check out http://www.marsattacksfan.com click-on there--a site devoted to the original pre-Roy/QMP show in a series of cards in the early 1960 which I HAD and my mother threw away--damn!.. Click on to the "cards" site..(Full set of 55 worth about $2K now..)..The 1996 movie by Tim Burton based on those cards a favorite of mine also a part of that website....I know you'll 'dig it' but I also know that you currently have other 'digging' matters--namely snow- to deal with right now..LOL!...cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 24th January 2005 11:38 am U.K. Time
Subject: a note on my notes--on birth+death locales--

As you might have noticed, I generally try and list in my "notes" the place-of-birth of actors and actresses on The Invaders..But I seldom list where they died because a vast majority of them wound up dying in California (usually in Hollywood or the Woodland Hills Actors Home) regardless of where they were born..I DO list their death-site if it was far away from Tinseltown--as in W. von Homburg this week--(b.Germany d. Mexico), or Laurence Naismith (b.UK d.Australia) or Michael Rennie (b+d UK) among others....jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 24th January 2005 1:42 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Invaders connection to Johnny Carson--

The national news the past few hours was the death of Johnny Carson..MANY past tv clips of him in various comedy skits were shown---he set the standard for late-night TV hosts..One clip showed Carson-as-Reagan meeting with a faux Gorbachev..And Mr Russia himself---Gorby--was played by none other than John Milford (1929-Y2K) of BEACHHEAD, COUNTERATTACK, and INQUISITION in that skit..Obviously the wine-stained-forehead was painted on..

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Monday 24th January 2005 3:06 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: UFO FILE liberated in Britain !

Dear friends, hello

Our friend Roy Thinnes will be very happy with this informations on UFOs in BRITAIN :

On this site, this informations the january 24, 2005 : http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/thejournal/tm_objectid=15109223%26method=full%26siteid=50081%26headline=x%2dfiles-name_page.html

On this site NATIONAL ARCHIVES BRITAIN, the UFOs :

http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=389

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Monday 24th January 2005 3:59 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: UFO FILE liberated in Britain - MERCI CHRISTIAN

Hi Christian

Just in case you got the impression you were being totally ignored, I decided to let you know that I checked-out the web-link you kindly gave us - most interesting, many thanks!

As with most 'government' UFO files, many of the sightings were reported by military personnel - especially Air Force. Many of the accounts described remind me of a 'documentary' program broadcast on UK Channel 5 about 2 years ago, in which one of the witnesses describes meeting with a humanoid alien at a government office premises in London.

I would be very interested to know if Roy was ever aware of this program.... which I in fact video-recorded, but the picture was such poor quality (my 'terrestrial' Channel 5 reception was very poor, before I got digital cable TV) that I may have taped-over it since. If I find I still have it, I'll re-watch it and post another message describing it in more detail. Any other UK viewers remember this at all???? I can't recall the title, but it was definitely shown about 2 years ago.

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Monday 24th January 2005 3:59 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: UFO FILE liberated in Britain - MERCI CHRISTIAN

Hi Christian

Just in case you got the impression you were being totally ignored, I decided to let you know that I checked-out the web-link you kindly gave us - most interesting, many thanks!

As with most 'government' UFO files, many of the sightings were reported by military personnel - especially Air Force. Many of the accounts described remind me of a 'documentary' program broadcast on UK Channel 5 about 2 years ago, in which one of the witnesses describes meeting with a humanoid alien at a government office premises in London.

I would be very interested to know if Roy was ever aware of this program.... which I in fact video-recorded, but the picture was such poor quality (my 'terrestrial' Channel 5 reception was very poor, before I got digital cable TV) that I may have taped-over it since. If I find I still have it, I'll re-watch it and post another message describing it in more detail. Any other UK viewers remember this at all???? I can't recall the title, but it was definitely shown about 2 years ago.

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Name: PhilForster
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PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Monday 24th January 2005 4:03 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: UFO FILE liberated in Britain - MERCI CHRISTIAN - DUPLICATE POSTING

SORRY FOLKS - ANOTHER "DOUBLE HELPING" COURTESY OF MY WORKS INTRANET!!!!

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Name: peter.Rugby.UK
Email:
preynolds@daventrydc.gov.uk
Monday 24th January 2005 5:33 pm U.K. Time
Subject: LABYRINTH...

Has to be the best episode shown for several weeks. Taut and fast paced.

Kellerman is the most attractive,intelligent female character since Pleshette - and is an even better actress(!). Remember her as Hotlips?

The cabbie - do we think he was an alien, because he had all the cabbie humorous banter...

One plot query - what happened to the duplicate X rays in DV's suitcase?

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Name: peter.Rugby.UK
Email:
preynolds@daventrydc.gov.uk
Monday 24th January 2005 5:43 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Prisoner

Strongly recommended. My 7 year old son loves both it and TI.

Unfortunatrely McGoohan clearly got bored during the last 4 episodes or so which are awful.

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Monday 24th January 2005 7:00 pm U.K. Time
Subject: wallaping websnappers

Hi everyone, I know its not invader related but does anyone know if you can get the original spiderman cartoon on DVD? its the one with the famous theme tune...spiderman spiderman does whatever a spider can..etc..It was on sky recently and i remember as a kid it being my fav thing on tv. The music was particularly excellent and not just the theme tune.

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Tuesday 25th January 2005 12:54 am U.K. Time
Subject: Informe date Extended to FEBRUARY 5--All parties who ARE GOING TO ATTEND MUST INFORM US BY FEB 5TH

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ROY THINNES DINNER" (English Version) CUT OFF DATE EXTENDED FOR INFORMING (PhilsGameOn@aol.com) (thinnes38@cs.com) US OF ATTENDANCE AT ROY'S BIRTHDAY/TESTIMONIAL DINNER AT RUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE IN MANHATTAN APRIL 6 2005 at 5:30 PM-

We have received several "YES; we will be there" and a considerable amount of E mailings and some Money Orders, as well-- BUT: The Cut-Off date is right around the corner-

February 5 is next WEEK-!

Repeating the Anouncement: Greetings:

Phil Forster and I have the pleasure of Informing an Exclusive Group of Aficionados from "TheInVaDeRs" Website and Chat Page of the "Roy Thinnes Birthday/Testimonial Dinner, set in stone, for April 6, 2005, falling on Roy's 67th birthday.

With a fair amount of wrangling and contemplation, taking all issues into consideration--logistical, aswellas financial--these are the exact details:

April 6, 2005 5:30 PM- Ruth's Chris Steak House West Side 148 West 51 Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York City, New York Starting at 5:30 pm

Because of the Distances many people will have to travel, and the arrangements necessary for those who wish to attend, it is imparative that all those understand that a fair amount of effort and time went into making these arrangements, along with a designated laison of Mr. Thinnes.'

The Following Two Deadlines MUST be met:

1) All those who are sincere in their wish to attend must put in writing, and forward to both of us simultaneously an ASSURANCE that they shall attend. Take note, this will be treated as a firm pledge, not merely an expression of one's desire

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The 'Cut-Off Date'TO INFORM US(PHIL AND PAUL)BY E MAIL MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 5 AT THE LATEST- REPEAT: FEBRUARY 5 IS THE CUT-OFF DATE FOR INFORMING US OF THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO ATTEND ROY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY/TESTIMONIAL DINNER

THEN, YOU MUST FOLLOW-UP WITH THE FOLLOWING-- *SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS-

An e-mail to thinnes38@cs.com &PhilsGameOn@aol.com must be received by that date in order to determine the amount of guests for the evening.

2) A MONEY ORDER (no personal checks, or credit cards) must be received by February 13th in the name of "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with the names of the guests written on the Money Order - (also, kindly attach a small note: "Party for Roy Thinnes")

That money order is to be made in the amount of $75.00 (US) dollars per person, as a downpayment towards your dinner(s).

The entire dinner should ultimately cost us approximately $100-$120 per person. The difference outstanding between the final cost and the deposit is to be borne by each guest at the end of the affair.

The Money Order must be received by February 13th, after which date you will be excluded from the event and be ineligible to receive credit for your dinner.

REPEAT: Do NOT make the checks payable to Phil Forster nor Paul Lisanti. We do not intend to profit from this event - except in in the 'spiritual' sense from a most memorable gathering of our loyal aficionados, to finally meet one another and of course, our hero and Guest of Honor, Roy Thinnes and and his lovely wife Stephanie.

The Post Office Address to send the Money Orders is as follows:

P.A. Lisanti PO Box 813608 Hollywood, Florida 33081

Remember: Do NOT make the Money Orders payable to either of us; rather: "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with a short written letter particularizing your guests' names to the check.

A posting will follow after each and every check is received, along with an e-mail confirmation from us.

I sincerely appreciate your understanding that Phil and I are of modest means, and are unable to "front" the money based solely on a promise to attend.

Paul Anthony Lisanti (nottoodistantrelative) thinnes38@cs.com

Phil Forster (Phil) PhilsGameOn@aol.com

PS: This is a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' opportunity to meet someone who, as far as I am concerned, provided us with a great deal of joy as lead role in The Invaders - both when we were kids, and certainly today now that it is being repeated in various parts of the world (with the exception of here in the United States - how ironic!).

Once again, heartfelt thanks on behalf of both of us. We hope to see you in Manhattan on April 6th.

Phil and Paul

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Tuesday 25th January 2005 6:12 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: LABYRINTH...

I think it was the duplicate x-ray pictures that the alien "Harry Mills" burned in the waste paper basket. As for the others, remember in the beginning, Mr. Argyle and his sidekick, Mr. Socks, who said to DV that they would guard them "with their lives", most probably destroyed them, themselves at their office. Lindsay.

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Tuesday 25th January 2005 7:42 am U.K. Time
Subject: "The Invaders" in France !

Dear friends, hello

Dear Phil, thank you very much for your informations !..

In France, this wednesday january 26, 2005, at 01 H 50 in the morning, on the French public channel "FR 3" ("France 3"), diffusion of the last episode n° 43 "INQUISITION" of "THE INVADERS" !

Here, open this "FR 3" site :

http://guidetv.france3.fr/accueil.jspxAt

At the right column, go to "Les programmes de la journée", and go to "MA", open, and at "01 H 50" "Les Envahisseurs" ("The Invaders")! ! !

I am very sad that it is the last episode...

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 25th January 2005 10:02 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: LABYRINTH... HI PETER REYNOLDS

Hi Peter

Your reference to Kellerman as 'Hotlips' - a.k.a. Margaret Hoolihan in M.A.S.H. - must have been with regard to the film, as that role was of course played by Loretta Swit in the T.V. series (where virtually every actor scored way higher than their counterparts in the film, IMHO).

I thought it was an OK episode, well acted and directed with some excellent dialogue, but a little short on that crucial element of fear and high-drama....

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 25th January 2005 10:06 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: LABYRINTH... those X-Rays and their duplicates - HI LINDSAY

Hi Lindsay

That's as good an explanation as there is to be had in answer to Peter Reynolds' question about the how the aliens disposed of each set of X-rays.

Looking forward to THE CAPTIVE - definitely one of my favourites....

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 25th January 2005 12:55 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Organic Vanilla Custard

Hi Jamie

Just a quickie - do you recall a UFO documentary on Channel 5 about two years ago? It featured a lot of footage of human efforts to create a 'flying saucer' (especially around World War 2 and just afterwards), but also delved into some much more interesting and intriguing cases, including a personal 'encounter' with a humanoid alien in some government establishment in London.

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 25th January 2005 1:13 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Prisoner - HI PETER

Hi Peter

It wasn't that Patrick McGoohan "got bored" towards the end, just that later episodes were still being shot at the time it first went out on air, and due to poor ratings he was ordered from 'on high to condense the originally-planned conclusion into fewer episodes.

This was much to the disappointment of McGoohan himself and the hard core of fans, who voiced their protests quite forcefully.

Although I was only 11 at the time, I had been a fan of McGoohan's previous venture "Danger Man" and couldn't make head nor tail of The Prisoner - the lead character of which (No.6, the Man With No Name) many naturally took to be John Drake! All that's changed now of course - after it got it's first proper re-run in 1977, I've been a fan ever since!

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Tuesday 25th January 2005 4:01 pm U.K. Time
Subject: documentary

Hi Phil, Yes i do, and i also saw it again recently on one of the sky channels. What aspect can i help you with sir?

(any info on the spiderman dvd's yet anyone?)

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 25th January 2005 4:56 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Documentary + Suggestively-shaped Wobbly Blancmange Jellies - JAMES.... Helloooo!!!!

Hi Jamie

First-off, I regret very much that I cannot assist you in your quest for your elusive Spiderman DVD. But you know me, I would if I could....

As for that documentary, I DO recall flitting throught the channels on my newly-acquired Cable TV a while back and noticed some familiar-looking footage of the 'prototype' flying saucer monstrosities built by the German scientists around the rump end of WW2, plus others built by the Americans a little later during the 'cold war'. At the time I'd earmarked another program to watch, so didn't watch it through again.

My main point of interest, following-on from my response to Christian's posting from yesterday, was the 'mysterious encounter' with a stranger that someone recounted having taken place in a governemnt building somewhere in London. The 'stranger' in question was described as having strange facial features, and was apparently an alien working in cahoots with the British government.

My recollections are a little vague and unlikely to be 100% accurate, so could you be the stalwart gentleman I know you are and help me out here? If you can, I'll think of another delicious dessert to tickle your pallette with....

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Tuesday 25th January 2005 6:05 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Invaders in France !

Dear Christian Mace: Oui!! I agree that it is VERY sad that the last episode of "THE INVADERS" has been reached in France. HOWEVER, can you tell me if they plan to re-run the series over again, as they have been for the last several years? I hope so!!! Remember: "You knew, when you saw the ashes!" Lindsay.

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Tuesday 25th January 2005 6:52 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Flaming pies

Hi Phil, From what i can remember it was Prince Philip or Lord Mountbatten that had a big interest in UFO's and apparently was told there was an Alien he could meet at some office somewhere in London. Now i know this sounds a bit like a plot from Dangermouse but there is some truth in the story. I don't know if the meeting took place but maybe this is what you were thinking about..if not it's a good story anyway.

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Wednesday 26th January 2005 7:21 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Invaders in France !

Dear Lindsay, dear friends, hello

In France, approximately three years ago, the French public channel "FR 3" ("France 3") had already diffused the complete series of "The Invaders".

I think that this French public channel "Fr3" will still repeat this series...

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 26th January 2005 8:44 am U.K. Time
Subject: hi phil, on The Prisoner--

You wouldn't think to know it but Patrick McGoohan was born in Astoria, part of NYC (Queens) and in fact it's home to the largest Greek population outside of Greece, though the Ozzies in Melbourne tend to say the same thing too..Anyway, his family moved to Ireland in his formative years which explains his somewhat hard-to-pin-down accent..Not quite Irish, not quite American/NYC accent....He was also a guest voice on "The Simpsons" as "#6" reprising his "Prisoner" role--replete with 'the bubble'..To date, Ed Asner is the only Invaders actor to be a 'Simpsons' guest voice..

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 26th January 2005 11:07 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Flaming pies (not forgetting Hairy ones too....) - HI JAMIE

Hi Jamie

Now you're beginning to jog my memory, I think the encounter in question involved the late Lord Mountbatten. As you say, it sounds utterly ridiculous. However, the manner in which it was explained in the documentary somehow gives it an air of plausibility. There's bound to be something somewhere on the web that delves into the matter in more depth, if I find it I'll post the link to this chatpage (for Christian's benefit too).

Thanks for that Jamie, excellent detective work!!!!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 26th January 2005 11:09 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hi Phil, on The Prisoner -- HI JIM

Jim

Well spotted - and there's me thinking he was a British actor all along!!!!

Huge thanks as always.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 26th January 2005 12:43 pm U.K. Time
Subject: hello again Phil,

Punch in McGoohan on imdb.com and you'll find that he was in TWO shows called 'The Prisoner", the first unrecalled one in 1963 and the famous one 4 years later..I remember him very well not only from the latter but from his role in the 1979 Clint Eastwood movie "Escape From Alcatraz" as 'The Warden' of that infamous Hotel-Grey-Bars--and in that flick (which I have on tape) he delivers once again a neutral non-identifiable accent..AND BTW, at the end of THAT movie Hank Brandt appears in a speaking role, he a veteran of THREE memorable Invaders roles as an alien..(THE LEECHES, VOTS, THE ENEMY)..cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 26th January 2005 1:02 pm U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr,

Hi there, with regard to the above, didn't you once tell me that you had roots in Astoria too?..cheers, jim

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 26th January 2005 1:46 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Everything Naughty and Nice to do with Pies - HI JAMIE and CHRISTIAN

Hi Jamie & Christian

I found the following after a brief search:

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=8642004

The article on the page in question starts with the following:

"Britain's secret x files

Jackie Brown

The bizarre and intriguing history of Britain’s UFO phenomenon opens a new series of Timewatch.

Britain’s X Files examines the amazing true stories of Britain’s most famous UFO sightings and opens up the Government’s secret files on UFO investigations.

Charting this extraordinary cultural phenomenon from the Fifties onwards, the programme takes in royal believers Prince Philip (who used his equerry, Peter Horsley, as his unofficial UFO investigator) and Lord Mountbatten, sceptical Prime Ministers and senior RAF officers.

Timewatch explores how flying saucers exploded into the national consciousness more than 50 years ago and finds out why the Government took so long to admit that something remarkable was going on.

In Britain’s X Files, the Timewatch team also track down the eyewitnesses to Britain’s most famous UFO cases and reveals the incredible true story of an encounter in 1955 between Prince Philip’s equerry and a mysterious "alien" called Mr Janus. Charting the investigation and cover-up by the British Government, Timewatch explores whether rational explanations stand up to scrutiny."

It goes on to describe the earliest recorded post-war UFO sightings, and includes a mention of Roswell. However, I can find no expanded link reference to the story of the Prince Philip's "Equerry" Peter Horsley and the mysterious alien "Mr.Janus" (I always thought his namesake Samantha looked a bit too good to be true - :o)). As can be seen, Lord Mountbatten was indeed there or thereabouts....

Jamie, Christian, perhaps one of you fine fellows can find a more detailed account of "Mr.Janus"????

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Name: redgeck
Email:
redgeck@hotmail.com
Wednesday 26th January 2005 4:55 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Where to buy Invaders series

Hello all i would like to know where i possibly could buy DVDS or tapes of this nice serie. Thanks for help. Redgeck

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Wednesday 26th January 2005 7:37 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Kipling's finest

Hi Phil, I tried the normal tricks to find a clue about Janus...i spelt his name backwards to see if anything mysterious revealed itself but all i got was 'sunaj'. If you steal an 'l' and an 'i' from somewhere you can make the word alien but thats clutching at straws. I really wouldn't know where to start looking to find any info but with a good nights sleep something may come to me...

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Thursday 27th January 2005 1:53 pm U.K. Time
Subject: oo saucey saucey

Hi, Has anyone ever seen a photograph of 'The Cumberland spaceman'? A family taking a shot of their daughter back in the sixties on the coast in Cumberland got a shock when the film was proccessed. On one of the pictures quite clearly in the background is the figure of a spaceman behind the little girl. Apparently there was no one else there at the time and the family to this day are mystified as to what this was.

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Thursday 27th January 2005 1:56 pm U.K. Time
Subject: lucky bags

Hi again, Was Roy Thinnes ever aware of the rumour that the series was ended because it was too close to the truth regarding Aliens here on earth and not because of a fall in ratings...at least thats what i heard once from a fairly learned source.

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Thursday 27th January 2005 2:01 pm U.K. Time
Subject: pass the parcel

Hi, Anyone hear the rumour about the British punk band 'The Stranglers'. Well let me tell you.... Back in the eighties they released an album called 'The men in black' and apparently to the surprise of everyone in the music industry it flopped....was there something underhand going on here or was it just a completely crap album?

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Friday 28th January 2005 3:06 am U.K. Time
Subject: "Roy Thinnes' Testimonial/ Birthday Party Dinner April 6th 2005--Come Celebrate Our Hero's Birthsay, with none other than Roy Himself--

Name: nottoodistantrelative Email: thinnes38@cs.com Tuesday 25th January 2005 12:54 am U.K. Time Subject: Informe date Extended to FEBRUARY 5--All parties who ARE GOING TO ATTEND MUST INFORM US BY FEB 5TH ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ROY THINNES DINNER" (English Version) CUT OFF DATE EXTENDED FOR INFORMING (PhilsGameOn@aol.com) (thinnes38@cs.com) US OF ATTENDANCE AT ROY'S BIRTHDAY/TESTIMONIAL DINNER AT RUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE IN MANHATTAN APRIL 6 2005 at 5:30 PM-

We have received several "YES; we will be there" and a considerable amount of E mailings and some Money Orders, as well-- BUT: The Cut-Off date is right around the corner-

February 5 is next WEEK-!

Repeating the Anouncement: Greetings:

Phil Forster and I have the pleasure of Informing an Exclusive Group of Aficionados from "TheInVaDeRs" Website and Chat Page of the "Roy Thinnes Birthday/Testimonial Dinner, set in stone, for April 6, 2005, falling on Roy's 67th birthday.

With a fair amount of wrangling and contemplation, taking all issues into consideration--logistical, aswellas financial--these are the exact details:

April 6, 2005 5:30 PM- Ruth's Chris Steak House West Side 148 West 51 Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York City, New York Starting at 5:30 pm

Because of the Distances many people will have to travel, and the arrangements necessary for those who wish to attend, it is imparative that all those understand that a fair amount of effort and time went into making these arrangements, along with a designated laison of Mr. Thinnes.'

The Following Two Deadlines MUST be met:

1) All those who are sincere in their wish to attend must put in writing, and forward to both of us simultaneously an ASSURANCE that they shall attend. Take note, this will be treated as a firm pledge, not merely an expression of one's desire

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The 'Cut-Off Date'TO INFORM US(PHIL AND PAUL)BY E MAIL MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 5 AT THE LATEST- REPEAT: FEBRUARY 5 IS THE CUT-OFF DATE FOR INFORMING US OF THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO ATTEND ROY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY/TESTIMONIAL DINNER

THEN, YOU MUST FOLLOW-UP WITH THE FOLLOWING-- *SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS-

An e-mail to thinnes38@cs.com &PhilsGameOn@aol.com must be received by that date in order to determine the amount of guests for the evening.

2) A MONEY ORDER (no personal checks, or credit cards) must be received by February 13th in the name of "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with the names of the guests written on the Money Order - (also, kindly attach a small note: "Party for Roy Thinnes")

That money order is to be made in the amount of $75.00 (US) dollars per person, as a downpayment towards your dinner(s).

The entire dinner should ultimately cost us approximately $100-$120 per person. The difference outstanding between the final cost and the deposit is to be borne by each guest at the end of the affair.

The Money Order must be received by February 13th, after which date you will be excluded from the event and be ineligible to receive credit for your dinner.

REPEAT: Do NOT make the checks payable to Phil Forster nor Paul Lisanti. We do not intend to profit from this event - except in in the 'spiritual' sense from a most memorable gathering of our loyal aficionados, to finally meet one another and of course, our hero and Guest of Honor, Roy Thinnes and and his lovely wife Stephanie.

The Post Office Address to send the Money Orders is as follows:

P.A. Lisanti PO Box 813608 Hollywood, Florida 33081

Remember: Do NOT make the Money Orders payable to either of us; rather: "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with a short written letter particularizing your guests' names to the check.

A posting will follow after each and every check is received, along with an e-mail confirmation from us.

I sincerely appreciate your understanding that Phil and I are of modest means, and are unable to "front" the money based solely on a promise to attend.

Paul Anthony Lisanti (nottoodistantrelative) thinnes38@cs.com

Phil Forster (Phil) PhilsGameOn@aol.com

PS: This is a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' opportunity to meet someone who, as far as I am concerned, provided us with a great deal of joy as lead role in The Invaders - both when we were kids, and certainly today now that it is being repeated in various parts of the world (with the exception of here in the United States - how ironic!).

Once again, heartfelt thanks on behalf of both of us. We hope to see you in Manhattan on April 6th.

Phil and Paul

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Friday 28th January 2005 3:11 am U.K. Time
Subject: "I am NOT TOO DISTANT "ANY" RELATIVE--" certainly not claiming to be Roy Thinnes'--but Roy and I are...

Doppelgangers!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 28th January 2005 10:20 am U.K. Time
Subject: hey there ntdr,

As we learned in GENESIS--the aliens can perfectly duplicate voices over the phone..As we learned in MOONSHOT they can almost duplicate a human, and they tried to take that a step further in DARK OUTPOST--albeit under hypnotic suggestion..So the question is, are YOU really YOU?...LOL, all in fun! your pal, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 28th January 2005 10:24 am U.K. Time
Subject: hi again ntdr,--read the above one first--

And let us not forget the alien attempt to clone Kevin McCarthy in THE WATCHERS..

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Name: dave brown
Email:
davebrown2003@msn.com
Friday 28th January 2005 11:40 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: pass the parcel

hello jamie in reply to your question about the stranglers album meninblack iam a big fan of the band and have seen them many times the album isnt one of their better ones i think the album did come from the bands interest in ufos and alien abductions the stranglers are still going strong today.also ihave seen stiff little fingers on numerous occasions and i never thought about the connection to the invaders or where this band got its name from but the lead singer of slf is coincidently called jake BURNS!!

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Friday 28th January 2005 6:43 pm U.K. Time
Subject: UFO FILE IN BRITAIN

Dear friends, hello

On this site, this informations of UFO in BRITAIN, january 28, 2005 :

http://www.northumberlandtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1117&ArticleID=930633

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Saturday 29th January 2005 3:10 am U.K. Time
Subject: Doppleganger!

One of my favorite episodes:

The Organization!

Man what a cool scene when those two aliens "committed suicide" in that Rail Car--

Keep in Mind, EACH time a Rail Car is Used in a Hollywood Production, the Rail Car is only 3/4 the size of a Real USA-Gauge 4'8 1/2" Track--

Those railcars are Props--

And, "Dom" who looked Irish--one of JD Cannon's Stooges, was an Alien! Weird-

Dorcas--was also a weird actor- Barry Atwater! I have him in a cute Mr. Lucky Episode, with Ross Martin-

By the way, Dorcas is a biblical name(Female), not male-as is "Artemis" as was Ross Martin's nome de plum in the Wild,Wild West-- as is Martin Rosenblatt, or Conrad Robert Falkewicz

Ross Martin; Robert Falk-

Roy Thinnes' real name is Phil Forster!

JUST KIDDING!

Have a nice weekend, and Send in those Money Orders for the Dinner-- Time is marching on-- Feb 13 is right around the corner--

Doppelganger.

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Name: Mike
Email:
mwm2240@yahoo.com
Saturday 29th January 2005 5:51 am U.K. Time
Subject: Too close to the truth?

Regarding some of the recent postings about whether The Invaders was cancelled because it was too close to the truth, in fact the opposite is probably true. Some of you may already know (or at least suspect)that many of The X-Files episodes are based on real events, even though the producers try to deny it if asked. And yet that show went on for years, presumably because it would be too suspicious if it suddenly got cancelled. Then people would start to realise it was more than just an entertaining program. I'm sure that many people started digging into many files when The Invaders was cancelled, because it must have seemed suspicious. However, since we haven't heard anything, I guess there was nothing in it. I think The Invaders was probably just a really good show, rather than an expose of true events.

Mike.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 29th January 2005 9:06 am U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr, those little sew-and-sews--

You're jumping ahead of our UK friends who haven't seen THE ORGANIZATION yet..But yes, Dorcas IS a female Biblical name--she did all the sewing in that book--And people had to have fancy duds even back then..In my lifetime I have met only ONE woman with that name, and that was in a bar west of The Big Muddy back in summer 1986..I had never heard the name before..Might work for a gal as a name, but any guy with that name is bound to run into trouble all his life!... my best, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 29th January 2005 9:25 am U.K. Time
Subject: hello Mike--on being too close to the truth--

I'm replying (in a friendly way, as Christian says) on your above comment "I'm sure that many people started digging into many files when The Invaders was cancelled, because it must have seemed suspicious"..YOUR words,---And while I do not know how old you are, I suspect that you were born after 1968 (when the show was cancelled) because there weren't ANY 'files' available to UFO researchers back then..Virtually none in the 1970s either..It was only the diligent work of such people as Stan Friedman and Don Schmitt---with help from the dying Jesse Marcel SR and his son Jesse Jr--MD-in the 1980s--that saucer research got to where it is now, and nobody is quite sure about that one either!..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 29th January 2005 9:39 am U.K. Time
Subject: hey ntdr again,

The other railroad car to go nowhere--and fry--is in THE BETRAYED.."Dom" by the way played by actor John Kellogg (1916-Y2K) a three-time bad guy on The Adventures Of Superman..jim

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Saturday 29th January 2005 10:35 am U.K. Time
Subject: Double chock chip muffins

Hi Mike, What if the government inplimented a double 'double' bluff regarding The Invaders! Think about that one if you dare!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 29th January 2005 11:42 am U.K. Time
Subject: Notes on THE CAPTIVE..

And there are many..I had previously thought that THE LEECHES was the only ep to feature TWO native-born Canadians, but this one has 2 also..This ep also reflects back to "Cold War" thinking..In this ep we also see "Architect David Vincent" doing the most architect-work of any of all 43..OPENING--1-"Sanders" played by Don Dubbins b Joe Turcke June-28-28 upstate NY-d.Aug17, 1991 South Carolina..This is the 2nd alien to survive a gunshot wound..2--Note that the safe in the embassy has the same blinking warning light as in BEACHHEAD..3--Wesley J Sanders ID lists his date of birth as Sept12, 1937--making him a full 9 years younger than Dubbins..-and the address listed " 4146 Lincoln Avenue--NY"..not only doesn't exist but is ludicrous..Driver licenses and ID cards issued in New York do not just say "NY"..If they are from Manhattan they say "NY, NY", otherwise they list the city/village in NY that they are from..ACT ONE-4-Second Invaders effort by director William Hale--also did THE SPORES, and will go on to do THE ORGANIZATION, THE POSSESSED, THE VISE, and THE PURSUED..5--This is the only ep to feature a Rolls-Royce--my guess is that QM borrowed it..6-Dana "Katrina" Wynter b.Dagmar Winter June8, 1931 Berlin but raised in The UK and SoAfr..And in life-imitates-art, she REALLY was a pre-med student in her younger years..best remembered of course as 'Becky Driscoll' with Kevin McCarthy of THE WATCHERS in IOTBS..7--Fritz "Peter" Weaver b. Jan9, 1926 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania..despite his accent, an American actor..In WW2 he declared himself a 'conscientious objector' and did not fight--a very gutsy decision at the time..Still acting today...On two roles onThe TZ, played an alien on "Third From The Sun" and a character somewhat like this one in "The Obsolete Man"..8--Listen for a "Wizard of Oz" reference!!!..ACTII--9-Almost looks like the same chem lab from last week--all those beakers no doubt filled with Kool-Aid or tea..10--International diplomacy believability goes out the window here--those cops would NEVER be allowed in the embassy..11--How does 'Dr Katerina' know that "pure oxygen would be fatal..."?..WHO told her that?..12--The push-button phone seen that Peter answers might very well be THE very 1st one ever seen on any tv show...13--Another electrified-fence problem--like in VIKOR, anyone who knows the barest minimum of electric knowledge knows that fence HERE--and in THAT ep--being portrayed as 'electrified' is absolutely ludicrous!.. But to take it a step further--In THIS scenario--DV supposedly 'short-circuits' the fence to climb over it..We see the sparks..If that be so, why then does he need a ladder to traverse the fence in apparent fear of electricity?..ACTIII-14--Alien in the car talking to DV played by Tom Powell b.Oct26, 1914 Toronto, Canada..In THE IVY CURTAIN he played 'Spence', a human..Here he is 'Dorian', though never referred to by that name except in the closing credits..15--In the car, we get to see a great close-up of the alien ray gun that is held on DV...But this is ridiculous from an alien point of view..A raygun being held on DV,..so what, if he messes up the alien zaps him--and essentially the frying of DV would fry the entire car too?..This scene should have been done with an alien pointing a handgun at DV, but I must admit it was a great opportunity to see the zap-gun up close and personal..16--DV's State Department friend says--"I just called Washington..."..but aren't they IN Washington?..He also mentions betting on the horses at "Hialeah", which is a race-track in South Florida.. 750 miles or more south from the Maryland /DC area...If this REALLY took place in the DC area, a true horse-racing fan in that area would be betting on the ponies at Bowie, Laurel, or Pimlico--all local to DC/Maryland year round..17--And as has been previously broached--how did those aliens kill DV's friend so fast and walk away w/o him knowing it?..Personally, if I WAS in a car that had engine trouble, I wouldn't sit on my ass smoking a cig--like DV does--and let my friend go out and look under the hood of the car (bonnet, as you UKers say)..I would be out there to help solve the problem!!..But that is what happens--obviously we couldn't see DV die in that there scene..18-The stairway in 'the embassy' looks like the same one from the Clampett mansion..19-Fritz accusing Dana of 'treason'--he did that to everyone else in the TZ ep "The Obsolete man"..20-The 2nd helicopter that the aliens own and fly, first was MOONSHOT..21--In the chopper scene, notice that actor Tom "Dorian" Palmer 'flips-the-bird" to DV, that is, the digitus impudicus..No mistaking it!..22--Other non-USA born actors in this ep- A)-Lawrence Dane-Joseph the gate guard--b.Quebec --I've also seen a Saskatchewan place of birth-April3, 1937..B)--Peter "Leo" Coe b.11-11-1918 Yugoslavia d.June9, 1993 Cal....Don Dubbins was born way upstate rural New York..The requisite NYC-born Invaders actor on THIS ep is Jock "Conner" Gaynor b.Sept14, 1929NYC d.April2, 1998.. 23--DV says "Danke" to 'Katerina" and it's the only foreign word he says to her..I'll leave it at that..NEXT WEEK--THE BELIEVERS!

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Saturday 29th January 2005 1:51 pm U.K. Time
Subject: nude volley ball

Hi, Before visiting the Roy Thinnes website and couldn't help noticing that underneath on the google page there was a Roy Thinnes nude website. Has anyone dared to visit this page and are ther any alien nudies on it as well?

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Name: SousanSousan
Email:
sousan1334@yahoo.co.uk
Saturday 29th January 2005 7:50 pm U.K. Time
Subject: I will try to be there.

I am Paulie's cousin, Sue- My cousin, in his zeal to invite people who are interested in the series, perhaps forgot me. I am in Crystal Lake, Illinois. And it is freezing this weekend.

So, I sent Paulie a personal e mail at thinnes38.com and he suggested I write the webite. I will try to attend.

I thing this is a wondrful opporitunty to attend this funcion and meet Mr.Thinnes.

Sue

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Name: Darren
Email:
eastcoastbargains@excite.com
Sunday 30th January 2005 2:55 am U.K. Time
Subject: 3 promo pictures from ABC for sale

Is anyone interested in purchasing three black and white 9x7 promo pictures from ABC in 1968 before I list them on eBay? These are not reprints or created from a master negitive or computer generated. One has the press information and it is "The Organization", On Air: Tuesday, January 30, 10-11 PM, EST. And the date of the promo is 01/11/68. They are not perfect but not bad for the age. Anyone interested please email me. Thanks.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Sunday 30th January 2005 12:13 pm U.K. Time
Subject: hello Darren, on your Invaders photos for sale--

First time I've seen you on the site..You should realize that if you do indeed put those photos on eBay, all any Invaders fan need do is view them and then "click-on" to 'save' them, at no cost whatsoever..If they are/were autographed--adding true value to them-- my guess is that you would have mentioned that 'from the get-go', so obviously not..Less than 2 years ago there was on eBay an Invaders ray gun for sale, which was the genuine article (prop, that is, but from the show) and I couldn't afford to obtain it then, but can NOW--alas/sigh...It's not my intention to interrupt your entrepreneurial efforts, but I would be remiss in not letting my valued friends on this site know that if you put the photos on The Net--we can have them for free..If you want some un-seen Invaders production photos, and are willing to pay $US (as I have) or $Canadian Dollars, or Euros, I suggest that you contact our good friend Mark Phillips via this website..He's a 'stand-up-guy', as we used to say in Brooklyn..What I immediately notice about your posting is that you list THE ORGANIZATION being shown "ON AIR TUESDAY JAN 30"--your posting---but TODAY --SUNDAY--is January 30th!!!..So as we also said in Brooklyn--"what's the story?"..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Sunday 30th January 2005 12:20 pm U.K. Time
Subject: To Mark Phillips,

You know me well enough that I HAD to mention you above as I did..cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Sunday 30th January 2005 12:40 pm U.K. Time
Subject: more notes on THE CAPTIVE--

In random order--1-Sanders mentions "I was manufactured in Langley, Virginia" which is of course the home HQs of the SEE-EYE-YAY..2--In '3RD From The Sun" on the original TZ Fritz 'Peter' Weaver is one of 3 aliens--the other 2 being Edward Andrews (THE MUTATION) and Joe Maross (VOTS)..3--Actor Peter Coe was born 11-11-1918 in Yugoslavia, the exact date of the end of WW2--'Armistice Day'..4--This ep featured the most actors born outside the USA, though the one most likely--Fritz Weaver--wasn't!!.5-What bothers me about this ep is that 'Peter' stubbornly refuses to reckognize that aliens exist until ACT4 when Dorian fries the bush..6-Embassies are sacrosanct--in the USA they are in DC and NYC..And NOBODY can get the access that DV and the 'cops' get in this ep..7--We learn that 'Sanders' has at least 9 days to go until re-generation is necessary, so it's not now known HOW LONG an alien can go without a visit to 'the tubes'--say 10 days at least..

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Sunday 30th January 2005 12:49 pm U.K. Time
Subject: correction on the above--

Before I get historically corrected on the note on Peter Coe-- yes it was WW-ONE--not WW2!.. I knew that, just a typo..jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Sunday 30th January 2005 1:01 pm U.K. Time
Subject: hi jamie, re: clothing optional--

Haven't looked into any 'nude Roy' sites--if they exist--and have no desire to..Next week in the UK is the ep THE BELIEVERS, starring the lovely Carol Lynley...All I can say is--"seek and you shall find"..She also has her own website, but preclusive of the aforementioned possibility..regards, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Sunday 30th January 2005 1:08 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi SouSou Sue-dio..

Hi there--Paulie is a 'stand-up-guy', you can be honored to have him as a cousin...Crystal Lake, huh?..Ever meet ex-Yankees pitcher Fritz Peterson?..Paulie knows who he is..A simple yes or no will suffice here, as this isn't a baseball forum--but you can see my e-address to further yak on this..My best--jim

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Sunday 30th January 2005 1:36 pm U.K. Time
Subject: xxxxxratedxxxxxpics of roy thinnesxxxxxxx

Hi Jim, It does exist honestly! I too have no wish to visit this site but i wonder if he realises the existance of it and what the content actually is. Perhaps one of the female posters on this page could veiw and let us know.

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Name: Don
Email:
zorgen@aol.com
Sunday 30th January 2005 9:31 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Invaders DVDs

I have been a fan of The Invaders since the show came out in 1968. I watched the first episode and every one following it. I was extremely disappointed when the program went off the air, it made no sense to me being that everyone I knew loved the show and watched it religiously. Anyway, I have been searching the web forever trying to find DVD's of the original show without any luck. Does anyone know where DVD's might be sold or who has the rights to the original program whom I might be able to send a letter or email to? I understand Quinn Martin sold the rights to The Invaders in 1987.

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Name: mark tyrrell
Email:
time_coast@hotmail.com
Monday 31st January 2005 9:57 am U.K. Time
Subject: Invaders in paperback

Hallo,

Yes I saw the Invaders in 68 and again when they were repeated. In the late 60s a series of paperbacks was issued: The Halo Highway, Autumn Accelerator, Night of Trilobites and one other, which I have but can't remember the title at the moment (I'm at work). A mate of mine at the time had a paperback from the states with 2 or 3 stories in the one book.

Any other information about literature would be most welcome to read.

Thanks Mark

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Monday 31st January 2005 11:30 am U.K. Time
Subject: Jim...

What a nice thing to write about me, Jim- Thanks! Yeah-my cousin Sousan used to live in Canada with her hubby, who is pretty sick now; and they moved back to the Chicago area-that is why she has a co.uk on her yahoo! anyway, I hope she can attend. She is a Thinnes-but has been a Thompson since about 1960- Again, we are NOT related to Roy- We are sure they are Luxembourgers- Anway, kindest of words, Jim. Thanks

Paulie

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Monday 31st January 2005 10:32 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Jim...John Kellogg!

This guy played a great "bad-guy-" And he IS Irish! See, "Dom"!

Lived a long life, for an alien gangster.

Another of Roy's remarkable acting is shown in the Episode of LAW AND ORDER where he played a Politico Lawyer, specifically assigned to a High Visiblity Case by the Governor. His protagonist's name was Victor Panatti. Roy played a thoroghly unlikeable guy, and played the role to the hilt--to the point where he thoroughly convince even me, who likes Roy a lot, that Attorney General Victor Panatti was a Jerk. Catch it if you can. It is repeated on Turner every night. TBS.

NOTE: His cross-examination of the Defendant(hardly done in real life, unless the defense counsel calls his client on his own behalf, THEN and ONLY THEN can a Prosecutor examine a Defendant at all). Roy did a great job. And, his facial, respiratory exhaling, of disappointment, were worth watching- take note how he still shows the typical arrogance of a Politically Assigned Attorney, who is going to "take the bull by the horns" and show his superiority to the regularly assigned attorneys!

Another great "Roy" acting was at the end of "The Organization" (don't want to ruin it for the Brits who have not seen it yet--so don't read this) when JD Cannon turns to Roy and says, "...well, you didn't get what you wanted.." Roy retorts with, "...neither did you..." and he stares at him, for a long time--7, 8 seconds-- Chicago Roy!

Flashback: The Mutation- "...I was talking about her act." "...so was I..." 6 second stare!!

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Monday 31st January 2005 10:36 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Announcent for Roy Thinnes' Birthday/Testimonial Dinner at Ruth's Chris Steak House April 6, 2005

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ROY THINNES DINNER" (English Version) CUT OFF DATE EXTENDED FOR INFORMING (PhilsGameOn@aol.com) (thinnes38@cs.com) US OF ATTENDANCE AT ROY'S BIRTHDAY/TESTIMONIAL DINNER AT RUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE IN MANHATTAN APRIL 6 2005 at 5:30 PM-

We have received several "YES; we will be there" and a considerable amount of E mailings and some Money Orders, as well-- BUT: The Cut-Off date is right around the corner-

February 5 is next WEEK-!

Repeating the Anouncement: Greetings:

Phil Forster and I have the pleasure of Informing an Exclusive Group of Aficionados from "TheInVaDeRs" Website and Chat Page of the "Roy Thinnes Birthday/Testimonial Dinner, set in stone, for April 6, 2005, falling on Roy's 67th birthday.

With a fair amount of wrangling and contemplation, taking all issues into consideration--logistical, aswellas financial--these are the exact details:

April 6, 2005 5:30 PM- Ruth's Chris Steak House West Side 148 West 51 Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York City, New York Starting at 5:30 pm

Because of the Distances many people will have to travel, and the arrangements necessary for those who wish to attend, it is imparative that all those understand that a fair amount of effort and time went into making these arrangements, along with a designated laison of Mr. Thinnes.'

The Following Two Deadlines MUST be met:

1) All those who are sincere in their wish to attend must put in writing, and forward to both of us simultaneously an ASSURANCE that they shall attend. Take note, this will be treated as a firm pledge, not merely an expression of one's desire

.

The 'Cut-Off Date'TO INFORM US(PHIL AND PAUL)BY E MAIL MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 5 AT THE LATEST- REPEAT: FEBRUARY 5 IS THE CUT-OFF DATE FOR INFORMING US OF THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO ATTEND ROY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY/TESTIMONIAL DINNER

THEN, YOU MUST FOLLOW-UP WITH THE FOLLOWING-- *SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS-

An e-mail to thinnes38@cs.com &PhilsGameOn@aol.com must be received by that date in order to determine the amount of guests for the evening.

2) A MONEY ORDER (no personal checks, or credit cards) must be received by February 13th in the name of "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with the names of the guests written on the Money Order - (also, kindly attach a small note: "Party for Roy Thinnes")

That money order is to be made in the amount of $75.00 (US) dollars per person, as a downpayment towards your dinner(s).

The entire dinner should ultimately cost us approximately $100-$120 per person. The difference outstanding between the final cost and the deposit is to be borne by each guest at the end of the affair.

The Money Order must be received by February 13th, after which date you will be excluded from the event and be ineligible to receive credit for your dinner.

REPEAT: Do NOT make the checks payable to Phil Forster nor Paul Lisanti. We do not intend to profit from this event - except in in the 'spiritual' sense from a most memorable gathering of our loyal aficionados, to finally meet one another and of course, our hero and Guest of Honor, Roy Thinnes and and his lovely wife Stephanie.

The Post Office Address to send the Money Orders is as follows:

P.A. Lisanti PO Box 813608 Hollywood, Florida 33081

Remember: Do NOT make the Money Orders payable to either of us; rather: "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with a short written letter particularizing your guests' names to the check.

A posting will follow after each and every check is received, along with an e-mail confirmation from us.

I sincerely appreciate your understanding that Phil and I are of modest means, and are unable to "front" the money based solely on a promise to attend.

Paul Anthony Lisanti (nottoodistantrelative) thinnes38@cs.com

Phil Forster (Phil) PhilsGameOn@aol.com

PS: This is a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' opportunity to meet someone who, as far as I am concerned, provided us with a great deal of joy as lead role in The Invaders - both when we were kids, and certainly today now that it is being repeated in various parts of the world (with the exception of here in the United States - how ironic!).

Once again, heartfelt thanks on behalf of both of us. We hope to see you in Manhattan on April 6th.

Phil and Doppelganger(Paul)

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Name: Darren
Email:
eastcoastbargains@excite.com
Tuesday 1st February 2005 3:33 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: hello Darren, on your Invaders photos for sale--

THE ORGANIZATION being shown "ON AIR TUESDAY JAN 30" 1968, TODAY -SUNDAY--is January 30th, 2005! Same Date different year. Thanks for the information.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 1st February 2005 1:44 pm U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr--The Illinois /Prairie State connections--

This past weekend--Gene 'Jessup' Hackman of THE SPORES b. Jan30, 1930 in San Berdoo, Cal but raised in Danville, IL down by the Indiana border--also attended the U-of IL..And yesterday, Suzie P born Jan31, 1937 in Chi-Town..Which means that when THE MUTATION was filmed in late 1966, she was 29 years old..She of course played the wife of Bob Newhart,and HE is a native of Oak Park, IL..And his father-in-law (in real life) was actor Bill Quinn who was in LABYRINTH..cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 1st February 2005 2:01 pm U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr--the best to you each morning--KELLOGG--

John 'Dom' Kellogg (1916-Y2K) virtually always played a bad guy in all his roles--he had a natural menace and wise-guy attitude before it was ever fashionable..It was great to see him in THE ORGANIZATION, but I shall always remember him best for his 3 appearances on 'The Adv. Of Superman', and in particular his role as 'Baby-Face Stevens' in "A Night Of Terror" (filmed 1952)..--THAT ep also had Paul Bryar of THE CONDEMNED in an unbilled role as a campground owner who stutters when George Reeves approaches him..ciao

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 1st February 2005 2:29 pm U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr, once more on The Land-of-Lincoln

Bill Quinn b.May1912 NYC-d.Apr29, 1994--(note above-notes) also appeared on 'The Bob Newhart Show' several times, which completes the circle, I guess.. You might remember him as the blind 'Mr Van Rensaleer' on "Archie Bunker's Place"..He was an avid pipe-smoker and is shown with one in many of his hundreds of character roles,-- 'The Munsters', 'Dragnet', et. al....When one sums up the birthplaces of Invaders actors by the numbers, it's a virtual tie between NY and Calif for 'the most' but Illinois is about right-after-that or so..Of course ROY is #1 from Illinois!.....cheers, jim

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Tuesday 1st February 2005 5:46 pm U.K. Time
Subject: UFOs in BRITAIN !

Dear friends, hello

In this site, this informations this day :

UFOs in BRITAIN !

http://www.scarboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=800&ArticleID=934677

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Wednesday 2nd February 2005 12:24 am U.K. Time
Subject: "Land of Lincoln" gave us lots of Actors..."

Tons of Actors came from Ill. Mostly, of course, Chi-town! Of course, real men like Roy and me NEVER, EVER--BUT EVER refer to our city as Chi(shy)ANYTHING==But, You my dear friend, can call it whatever you wish-I don't get animated about loyalties to cities, towns, countries, religions--not even earth-these days-

Yes; Roy has the right idea--

"Hey--you aliens--I'm comin' with you--"~!

Suzanne Pleshette is from Chicago?

Man, the accent is all New Jork, or Nu Yer Sea! Well, she was probably "born" in Chicago-

By the way, "Land of Lincoln" lacks one great American's birthplace-- Abraham Lincoln himself--born about 3 miles just south of the Illinois border- KENTUCKY-

Doppelganger

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 2nd February 2005 8:39 am U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr, about 'that toddlin' town'..and state..

It might be a surprise to you--or maybe not--that there were NO movies filmed in Chi-Town from the late 1950s until 'The Blues Brothers' 1980...In 1959 on the TV show 'M Squad' (starring Lee Marvin) an ep showed a Chicago cop taking a bribe--GASP!!--and this 'soooo' offended King-Daley-The-1ST that he banned Hollywood from The Windy City for all those years except for exteriors for "The Bob Newhart Show"..Maybe because Bob and Suzie P were both Cook County natives..But that was it, and once Jane Byrne took over you got Jake and Elwood with a virtual 'key to the city'..I know that Illinois and KY meet at the Ohio River down by Cairo, Ill..Lincoln was born in the next-door state but I've been to Hodgenville (Kentucky) and it's a ways-off..On The Invaders, eps took place in a few great US cities--NYC, San Francisco, WashDC, Tampa, though none filmed there..LABYRINTH takes place in some town in Illinois but not Chicago, which is never mentioned...And note the mountains and palm trees in the background in the Illinois tennis court scenes..Yes, Suzie P is a native Chicagoan, born there Jan31, 1937--9 weeks older than Roy..cheers, your pal jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 2nd February 2005 8:51 am U.K. Time
Subject: to correct myself on John Kellogg--

In 'The Adventures of Superman' he played a thug who terrorizes LoisL and JimmyO--but he actually wasn't 'Baby Face Stevens'..THAT role was actually played by actor Richard Benedict-who directed GENESIS, b.Jan8, 1920 Sicily d.Apr25, 1984 Calif..jim

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Name: Mind the step
Email:
clownsofaction@aol.com
Wednesday 2nd February 2005 5:06 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Invisible eyes and ears could be everywhere or nowhere

Have the saucers already landed? Do "they" observe this chat room? Perhaps they’re among us now ... in your city ... maybe on your block ... under your bed.

Is "The Invaders" just an entertainment show ... or too close to the truth? Why there is no official DVD release of the original "The Invaders"? Is the series a report on a real extraterrestrial invasion? Did the right owner of this QM production know that the series is a report on a real extraterrestrial invasion? Go and check what under your bed is.

Invisible eyes and ears everywhere or nowhere?

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Wednesday 2nd February 2005 11:39 pm U.K. Time
Subject: "Clowns O' Faction" That's Irish; isn't it? I loved that letter...

I don't know how long you have been "observing" this chat page; but submitting one's self for Observation---"psychiatric observation" is one of the prerequisites for truly having a better understanding of that which what we do here; and the "why" part is what makes it all so much fun.

Kindly continue to make contributions to this webpage. I find I am much more creative when I am NOT taking my Thorazine!

Doppelganger.

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Wednesday 2nd February 2005 11:42 pm U.K. Time
Subject: "Mind the Gap"

Remember that when you take the London Underground-

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Wednesday 2nd February 2005 11:46 pm U.K. Time
Subject: "Richard Benedict--Sicily"? whewwww--That is a creative one--Riccardo Benedetto!

REMEMBER THESE LINES:

Which Episode, and "who" made this statement:

"...sounded like a real wild scene"

"Time of Departure, Nine and Seven"

"I was talking about her act."

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Thursday 3rd February 2005 8:49 am U.K. Time
Subject: bottle on head of real sanders

Hi, In 'The Captive' there was a scene where Sanders was trying to escape his guards in the prison basement area and the makers must have decided a stunt man was needed as the fight became a little too rough for the actor who played him. Not only did they replace him with a grey wigged left hander, who in actual fact was involved in nothing more than a bit of pushing, but when a the only action you would consider using a stuntman for (a bottle over the head) took place, they switched it back to the real Sanders who took the full force of the false bottle! He must have been a little miffed i'm sure.

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Name: peter.Rugby.UK
Email:
preynolds@daventrydc.gov.uk
Thursday 3rd February 2005 1:33 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Prisoner

Phil - thanks for your comments, nice one.

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Name: peter.rugby.uk
Email:
preynolds@daventrydc.gov.uk
Thursday 3rd February 2005 1:50 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Tapes - Hi Redgek

Try Amazon.co for VHS tapes - but theyre not cheap.

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Name: peter.Rugby.UK
Email:
preynolds@daventrydc.gov.uk
Thursday 3rd February 2005 2:20 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Richard Benedict--Sicily ? whewwww--That is a creative one--Riccardo Benedetto!

Hi M.Doppelganger, Is 1 in Ivy Curtain ? - alien beatnik in school.

Is 3 in Beachhead - DV talking about La Pleshette's striptease act ? (Wow)

Here's one for you; "Have a drink, Mr Vincent"

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Thursday 3rd February 2005 2:43 pm U.K. Time
Subject: what episode?

What episode was this said..."He's the guy who believes in little green men".

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Thursday 3rd February 2005 11:39 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Answers:

The Answer to ALL the Questions were:

Edward Andrews, One of the most comical of all Alien actors!

Yes; ALL 3 of them were him; they were ALL in "The Mutation" and even our newest contributor AGAIN is RIGHT--Edward Andrews!

You mean, "the one who believes in little Green men?"

Now, to answer the "this one is for you, Mr. Vincent-Have a drink-"

Michael Rennie!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 4th February 2005 7:55 am U.K. Time
Subject: hello "Mind-the step"--

We've certainly had a lot of 'clowns' on this website in the past--respectfully count yourself as one more on the slag-heap!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 4th February 2005 8:12 am U.K. Time
Subject: hi ntdr,

Great riposte there to the clown..Among many other Invaders-actors graves, you can see the headstone and bio for Richard Benedict at http://www.findagrave.com. (He was actually only the director for GENESIS--but it counts--and yes, born in Sicily)... Okay--here's one for ya, old pal--I can count at least TWO connections to rock music connected to actors on 'The Show'..One of them you might get--I've mentioned it previously..But I have never mentioned the second one..And both were 'related', not actually rockers themselves..Answer on request. my best, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 4th February 2005 8:37 am U.K. Time
Subject: jamie and ntdr, on LGM--

Edward Andrews b. Oct9, 1914 in rural Georgia (USA, not USSR) and d.March8, 1985 Cal...Always played a slippery character in his roles except for his last one as Molly Ringworms' grandfather in one of her movies;--Memorable also as a crooked politician--and aren't they all?--in 'How To Frame A Figg' too with Barney Fife..But I best remember him from the TZ ep "Third From The Sun" in which he and Joe Maross (VOTS) and Fritz Weaver (from last week on THE CAPTIVE) all played 'aliens' who are only about "16 million miles" (sic) from Earth..He was also the weaselly guy on another TZ ep "You Drive".. cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 4th February 2005 1:01 pm U.K. Time
Subject: notes on THE BELIEVERS--aka 'the return of the green -suit gas station attendants'..

This ep is the first one to tie in to a following one, not counting SUMM-MTG 1&2..It is also the First One to introduce major player Edgar Scoville--Kent Smith..He and actor Anthony Eiseley were both in MOONSHOT in different roles..OPENING 1-The guard played by Hal Baylor Dec1918-Jan1998..A record of 52-5 as a boxer..His gr-grandfather founded Baylor Univ in Texas..2--After trying to shoot him, why do the aliens bother to use chloroform on DV?.. ACT ONE--3-This is the 8th of 9 Invaders eps directed by Philadelphia-born Paul Wendkos, (Sept20,1922)..4--The green-shirts return!..5--The 'head alien' with the hypnotic crystals played by Donald Davis b.1928 Newmarket, Ontario...d.Jan3, 1998 Toronto..This alien will return in 4 eps..5--This is THE 2nd ep in a week that an alien reports over the telephone that someone died 'not according to plan'--Harry Mills last week, James Cunningham this ep.. 6-A door is flung open, M-16S are shot, the 'kindly' alien falls to the floor--apparently shot?--but does not fry..YOU figure that one out..ACT 2--7-Elyse Reynolds--Carol Lynley, b.Feb13,1942NYC...You can see her bio--punch her name into Google and go to pscelebrities.com..She certainly has the shortest skirt ever shown on all 43 eps!..8--The same set used in this act ( bus-terminal-whatever) is also used in SUMM-MTG 1&2 and also LABYRINTH..9--Taxi alert--"Ace Cab" is used time and again on the show--same yellow Ford Galaxie with "Ace Taxi" in a triangle..Also note that in the escape, the cab seems to take a right turn--90 degrees--at about 60mph..Yet if you watch the 2 rear fares on that shot (presumably DV and Elyse) they do not follow the laws of inertia whatsoever when turning the corner! They should be violently lurching to the right and left with the motion of the cab!..So obviously the scene was under-cranked, filmed slow and speeded up.. 10--Actual wheelchair-bound Rhys Williams b.Dec31, 1897 Wales--d.May28, 1969Cal..Another wheel-chair guy coming up next week!..ACT3- 11-A reflection in the window briefly shows what looks like the same Ford pick-up truck that DV drove in PANIC..12--Anthony (first real name Fred) Eiseley was in MOONSHOT as Tony La Cava..A native of Philadelphia (bJan19, 1925--d.Jan29, 2003)..His character "Bob Torren" will carry on to next week..13--His wife 'Mary Torren' played by Maura McGiveney b.Feb28, 1938 d.Nov10, 1990 Cal..She will be mentioned in next weeks' ep too..14--I'm no perv for looking so closely but Elyse almost looks like she is 'flashing'..15--The name "Fielding" is mentioned, it will be re-used in THE PIT..16--The phone call--"4th & Hopkins"--there is a West 4th in Los Angeles but no Hopkins..17--A 5-year-old could figure out whose voice it was on the phone..18--Many of the downtown LA buildings here were also seen in the #4Planet of The Apes movie wherein they rebel in futuristic LA..18--ACT4--The abandoned building is real, but all the "abandoned/danger" signs are obviously placed there by the tv crew..19--Donald Davis talks into an alien device and we learn here that said device also has the power of a bullhorn..Think about what you see and hear in this scene, it's never been shown that way in any other ep..20--Once again the buzz-cut ubiquituous Robert Dulaine is seen--he of many past eps (the last being DARK OUTPOST) and he's not done yet with the show..21--Look at how close blue-eyed Carol and blue-eyed Roy get together..22-Other incidental actors on this ep--Richard Karlan b.Apr24,1919 Brooklyn d.Sept10, 2004---Thann 'Torberg' Wyenn b.May2, 1919NYC..Mark Tapscott b.Dec15, 1934Cal d.Sept10, 1993Cal..And supposedly Byron Morrow is in this ep --b.Chicago Sept8, 1920 also in THE IVY CURTAIN..23--A benchmark in the series--Scoville joins up....Next week--THE RANSOM---there is no equivalent!!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 4th February 2005 1:35 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Scoville info--

get used to Kent Smith--he was in MOONSHOT--in a different role-but you are going to see way more of him in the remaining eps..go to http://www.findagrave.com ..to learn more about his life and death;---he's cremated, like George and Sherry Vikor..In THE BELIEVERS we learn that Scoville is based in NYC, initially, from his phone call to DV in california.. At the risk of repeating myself, of course Scoville could have been sitting in a room in Bora Bora, Walla Walla, Baden Baden, or Pago Pago..

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Name: Mind the step
Email:
clownsofaction@aol.com
Friday 4th February 2005 8:48 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Where and what is the truth?

"They" were coming from wherever, perhaps from a dying planet ... they bridged over a distance of 'who knows how many light-years' ... they have landed on Earth and then ... they did make damned "corn circles"? Maybe that's close to the truth, if so then "we" the so-called "homo sapiens" are maybe really the crown of the creation, because probably nobody of the humankind would trying to make an interstellar expedition with such intention ... or (on the other hand "we" make other nonsense)? Have they landed at Roswell? Are they among us, in our cities, under our beds?

Everybody can make corn circles, you know ... with a stake (or partner who stands in the middle of the future circle), a board and naturally a rope. On the other hand, if you ever see persons making such things, certainly they could be real alien beings. You never know. Maybe the truth is under our beds. Perhaps the truth is under the bed of the director of the Roswell UFO museum. Who knows?

Perhaps interesting for the 'hobby-name-researchers' of the Invaders fans is the origin of the family name "Thinnes" and the given name "Roy", click on (hope it works):

http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=Roy&In=Thinnes&submit.x=52&submit.y=18

Have a nice weekend and a nice following week, and don’t forget 'they could be under your beds'.

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Saturday 5th February 2005 12:56 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Where and what is the truth?

Dear Mind: The "aliens", whether "THE INVADERS", or some other kinds of aliens from another part of the universe, would be hard-pressed to try to hide underneath MY bed, as that is where I keep most of my girlie magazines. Lindsay.

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Saturday 5th February 2005 1:31 am U.K. Time
Subject: "...under my bed..."

"...I have been keeping Svetlana--My Russian Girlfriend"; but, Annalisa--my other girlfriend, would use a death disc on both of us, if she found out!"

Doppelganger.

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Saturday 5th February 2005 2:00 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: ...under my bed...

WOW!! I wonder if it would be possible for a human in a fit of jealous rage to steal a cerebral hemmorhage disc from the aliens to kill other humans in a crime of passion!! That would be a really wild scene!! P.S. I would like to meet this Svetlana, if only in pictorial form. But please be cautious!! Watch your back, I mean back of your neck!! Lindsay.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 5th February 2005 10:49 am U.K. Time
Subject: hello--mind-the-step--

Hmmm..I am a UFO enthusiast, way-beyond this particular website..Have done much extensive research, and YOU are the first person that I have ever run across to refer to "Crop Circles" as "corn-circles" (sic)...Fields of corn have indeed been involved in these mysterious circles..But then again, so have fields of wheat, sorghum, soybeans, et. al..In my estimation, the terminology should indeed be "CROP" circles--not limited to one particular crop such as you put forth..With all due respect, of course..

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Saturday 5th February 2005 2:17 pm U.K. Time
Subject: shredded wheat (mr Nabisco)

Hi, Its very clear that crop circles are obviously warnings from an advanced race of aliens to us that we are destroying our own world. All we have to do is crack the code of the corn completely. They are very advanced and so they use special lightweight metal sticks to flatten the corn. They then go back up into their space saucerships before everyone wakes up.

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Saturday 5th February 2005 8:24 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Unofficial invaders website Alien poetry competition first round.

There was a young creature from space who entered a three legged race, he was not very fast, in fact he came last, because he was a bag of oven ready chips.

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Saturday 5th February 2005 10:00 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Extended Dates for Roy's Dinner--February 13 Cut-Off for Informing us--

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ROY THINNES DINNER" (English Version) CUT OFF DATE EXTENDED FOR INFORMING (PhilsGameOn@aol.com) (thinnes38@cs.com) US OF ATTENDANCE AT ROY'S BIRTHDAY/TESTIMONIAL DINNER AT RUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE IN MANHATTAN APRIL 6 2005 at 5:30 PM-

We have received several "YES; we will be there" and a considerable amount of E mailings and some Money Orders, as well-- BUT: The Cut-Off date is right around the corner-

February 13 is next WEEK-!

Repeating the Anouncement: Greetings:

Phil Forster and I have the pleasure of Informing an Exclusive Group of Aficionados from "TheInVaDeRs" Website and Chat Page of the "Roy Thinnes Birthday/Testimonial Dinner, set in stone, for April 6, 2005, falling on Roy's 67th birthday.

With a fair amount of wrangling and contemplation, taking all issues into consideration--logistical, aswellas financial--these are the exact details:

April 6, 2005 5:30 PM- Ruth's Chris Steak House West Side 148 West 51 Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York City, New York Starting at 5:30 pm

Because of the Distances many people will have to travel, and the arrangements necessary for those who wish to attend, it is imparative that all those understand that a fair amount of effort and time went into making these arrangements, along with a designated laison of Mr. Thinnes.'

The Following Two Deadlines MUST be met:

1) All those who are sincere in their wish to attend must put in writing, and forward to both of us simultaneously an ASSURANCE that they shall attend. Take note, this will be treated as a firm pledge, not merely an expression of one's desire

.

The 'Cut-Off Date'TO INFORM US(PHIL AND PAUL)BY E MAIL MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 5 AT THE LATEST- REPEAT: FEBRUARY 5 IS THE CUT-OFF DATE FOR INFORMING US OF THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO ATTEND ROY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY/TESTIMONIAL DINNER

THEN, YOU MUST FOLLOW-UP WITH THE FOLLOWING-- *SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS-

An e-mail to thinnes38@cs.com &PhilsGameOn@aol.com must be received by that date in order to determine the amount of guests for the evening.

2) A MONEY ORDER (no personal checks, or credit cards) must be received by February 13th in the name of "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with the names of the guests written on the Money Order - (also, kindly attach a small note: "Party for Roy Thinnes")

That money order is to be made in the amount of $75.00 (US) dollars per person, as a downpayment towards your dinner(s).

The entire dinner should ultimately cost us approximately $100-$120 per person. The difference outstanding between the final cost and the deposit is to be borne by each guest at the end of the affair.

The Money Order must be received by February 20th, after which date you will be excluded from the event and be ineligible to receive credit for your dinner.

REPEAT: Do NOT make the checks payable to Phil Forster nor Paul Lisanti. We do not intend to profit from this event - except in in the 'spiritual' sense from a most memorable gathering of our loyal aficionados, to finally meet one another and of course, our hero and Guest of Honor, Roy Thinnes and and his lovely wife Stephanie.

The Post Office Address to send the Money Orders is as follows:

P.A. Lisanti PO Box 813608 Hollywood, Florida 33081

Remember: Do NOT make the Money Orders payable to either of us; rather: "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with a short written letter particularizing your guests' names to the check.

A posting will follow after each and every check is received, along with an e-mail confirmation from us.

I sincerely appreciate your understanding that Phil and I are of modest means, and are unable to "front" the money based solely on a promise to attend.

Paul Anthony Lisanti (nottoodistantrelative) thinnes38@cs.com

Phil Forster (Phil) PhilsGameOn@aol.com

PS: This is a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' opportunity to meet someone who, as far as I am concerned, provided us with a great deal of joy as lead role in The Invaders - both when we were kids, and certainly today now that it is being repeated in various parts of the world (with the exception of here in the United States - how ironic!).

Once again, heartfelt thanks on behalf of both of us. We hope to see you in Manhattan on April 6th.

Phil and Doppelganger(Paul)

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Name: Barry
Email:
baz10@baz10.force9.co.uk
Sunday 6th February 2005 4:51 pm U.K. Time
Subject: the believers

i liked this episode mainly because i couldnt remember much about it having seen it last time in the 90s ,though i had to laugh at the alien who was taking DV to the cell , i know it was a set-up to have what DV thought was the army coming to his rescue but the alien is way to kind to DV on the way there telling him that he doesnt want to kill him and he wouldnt feel a thing,there is so much emotion in his voice :)

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Name: Rob
Email:
rcurtis100@hotmail.com
Sunday 6th February 2005 9:16 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Invaders is excellent

I enjoyed watching the invaders when aired on TV, bbc2 in the early nineties. I wish they would have a re-run of it at a more decent time, knowing that its currently showing on channel five at a weird time on sunday (early) mornings. I cant remember if the show actually finished, or just left in some limbo, like most other sci-fi shows, if so, its a shame.

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Monday 7th February 2005 1:02 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: hello--mind-the-step--

Of course, "THE INVADERS" don't deal in crop circles, as they want to keep their presence here a secret. Lindsay.

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Monday 7th February 2005 11:55 pm U.K. Time
Subject: baz10--baz10 Hal Baylor--Friendly Alien...

That actor, Hal Baylor, was actually billed as "friendly alien" in the credits. Donald Davis was a very menacing Alien! I liked that Canadian Actor. In fact, he has a funny kind of disposition.

Yeah--Hal Baylor was a nice alien-

didn't you notice how David was so "hostile" the way he ripped off his tin foil from his nice, ready-made lunch, whilst friendly, kind and polite aliens were minding their own business, drinking their coffee and attempting to make David Feel at home?

Ohhh--Today's version of "the Invaders" would have David going to an angry management class; We have to learn to be more compassionate to our "neighbors" even if they do live in another galaxy; and after all, they are "Victims" of a dying planet. How cruel of we humans to lack such compassion.

Yes; David of 2005 would be before a militant Judge--preferably a Woman-- standing before her/him being berrated for his lack of "American" tolerance, void of any true understanding of our "diversity" which makes America the nation that stands HIGH ON THE HILL, above all because of our tolerance-- and willingness to allow aliens from Mexico, and from Galaxies far, far away.

Let us remember what a friendly Alien Hal Baylor was; and how mean David was to him.

How dare David act with such brazen, harshness, to those nice, hospitible aliens?

Hal Baylor IS/WAS related to the same family of physicians who started Baylor Medical School in Texas.

Doppelganger.

PS: ANNOUNCEMENT: LINDSAY AND FRIEND HAVE SENT THEIR MONEY ORDERS!

THEY ARE IN!

CONFIRMED FOR ROY'S PARTY OF APRIL 6TH AT RUTH'S CHRIS IN NYC!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Tuesday 8th February 2005 9:54 am U.K. Time
Subject: hey ntdr,

Hi there old pal, indeed we both agree on The Hal-Baylor-University connection --sounds like a "before and after" for Pat and Vanna on WOF..!!..Don't know how many will get that one, but you and me and Lindsay will, and it's no dig at our UK friends who don't get Pat and Vanna WOF, and they can go to wheeloffortune.com...One great before & after on WOF could/should be " Michaelangelo's David Vincent Price Is Right Said Fred Flintstone"..But I digress, LOL!..your pal jim

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Name: Barry
Email:
baz10@baz10.force9.co.uk
Tuesday 8th February 2005 5:34 pm U.K. Time
Subject: the believers

there has been posts recently about the best looking lady alien in the invaders , but did anybody notice the blonde stunner of an alien who served DV in the canteen ,you see her for about 5 seconds then she s gone ,also it felt like a scene from Prisoner cell block H minus the cardboard walls ,and before i go ,ntdr i never noticed the credits ,funny how he was named as the friendly alien ;)

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Tuesday 8th February 2005 6:39 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: baz10--baz10 Hal Baylor--Friendly Alien... Also, Baylor University.

Dear Dopplehanger Paulie: Again, thanks for the good news of the money order arriving at last!! Baylor University: do you, or Jim know where in Texas it is located? I have heard that it is in Waco, with a possible second campus down near Huston/Galviston. (shades of 'THE BETRAYED'? Uh Oh!!) I read a great TORNADO disaster story about the Waco Tornado of 1953. In it, there is mentioned some abservers of the tornado funnel cloud watching it at the Baylor University campus. Lots of destruction and damage was done to Waco in that storm. The tall and slender Amicable Building was left still standing, and only lightly damaged, also mentioned in the story, which was printed in a weather book about several tornado disasters, as I can recall. 1953 was also the year in which Lorain, Ohio was ravaged by a vicious tornado, one of several that hit northern Ohio, and other parts of the midwest. Yes, I had no idea that Baylor University had a connection to an actor in "THE INVADERS"!!!! Lindsay.

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Tuesday 8th February 2005 10:53 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Pam Curran, Diana Muldaur, Barbara Luna, Suzanne Pleshette

Good looking Alien women--

Actually, Nancy WickWire was NOT a bad looking alien--and she was only 43 years old when she made that episode; passed away-poor thing--when she was not even 47.

JIM -WHO WAS THE ALIEN WHO HYPNOTIZED LAURA DEVON AT THE END OF THE BETRAYED? BIG NOSE, GOOD LOOKING ACTOR-- "TURN THE SHIPS BACK NOW" "WHAT ABOUT THE GIRL?" "SHE'S FINISHED" We're outta here--

WHO was that actor who played the alien who Zapped Nancy (Evelyn)Wickwire because she"Failed"?

My FIRST CHOICE FOR BEST LOOKING ALIEN WOMEN IS STILL DIANA MULDAUR- then PAMELA CURRAN--THE ALIEN GIRL WHO SWITCHED CIGARETTE CASES WITH DAVID- BEFORE DAVID GETS DRUNK AND SMACKS SOME WISD-GUYS!

Barbara Luna was a good looking Italian/Hungarian Alien woman-

Suzanne Pleshette is my least favorite; she looks too much like my ex-wife, Jasmine- Suzanne only "Played" and alien--twice; Jasmine IS an alien.

Doppelganger.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 9th February 2005 1:01 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lindsay,

Hey there--Baylor-Univ IS in Koreshville, but you are also correct on the Houston connection.. Tiz fact, an ex-NYC pal of mind--now an MD/PhD--interned/studied under Drs Denton Cooley and Michael DeBakey in cardiology at that Baylor extension..In the mid-1970s I crashed at his place while driving across Texas, which is actually a career in itself..He took me into their 'Dr Moreau' wing late at night---all kindza weird 2-headed kids and sorta-alien fetuses in jars of formaldehyde--really creepy....And you can check out the bio for Invaders actor Hal Baylor on imdb.com hmm, might be on findagrave.com too...my best, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 9th February 2005 1:24 pm U.K. Time
Subject: hey there ntdr in reply,

Hi there...You are referring to the scene in the tanker car when Evelyn gets zapped--"Bad Alien, No World Domination For You"--and there were 2 alien gas station attendants there....The closing credits list one of those guys--I'm not sure which (both had dialogue)--as 'Ivan Bonar', which is his real name but that guy missed his calling for films of an adult nature where they make up names like that one!..He's on imdb.com....And I think Babs Luna is Hispanic, she was born in NYC..see bio also on imdb..

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Name: UFO Phil
Email:
phil@mynameisphil.com
Wednesday 9th February 2005 8:10 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Real Invaders

recently witnessed something very frightening. I was riding in a bus along the freeway when the car next to us lost a hubcap. The hub cap spun off, bounced off the ground and zipped into the air. Once it took flight, it didn't come down. I lost site of it as it soared out of the atmosphere. My fear is that all the hubcaps are really tiny UFOs. So, if you own a car, you might want to have it examined.

...phil

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Name: UFO Phil
Email:
phil@mynameisphil.com
Wednesday 9th February 2005 8:11 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Real Invaders

Btw, I forgot to mention I have posted new songs and videos at http://www.mynameisphil.com and I was featured on the Dr Demento national radio show last week. ...UFO phil

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Thursday 10th February 2005 12:24 am U.K. Time
Subject: Barbara Luna--Italian and Hungarian--Not Hispanic-

"Older Alien-" Ivan Bonar? Alien in Boxcar who Zapped Nancy Wickwire-

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Thursday 10th February 2005 4:36 am U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr, --more alienettes...

Don't forget Diane Baker in BEACHHEAD, and the very 1st female alien Bonnie Beecher, also in that ep..She remains the wife of Wavy Gravy to this day..And Laurie Mock in THE IVY CURTAIN mentioning pot and LSD!--she was great in the classic cheesy 1960s movie 'Hot Rods To Hell', your typical family-on-vacation-gets-terrorized-by-tie-wearing-thugs-in-clean-collared-shirts..A real hoot! I know there is a website devoted to that movie--with pix of Laurie Mock--so punch her name or the movie name into Google..BTW, her mother Rose Mock was on The Invaders production staff and in some closing credits....How I know and remember this stuff amazes me! cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Thursday 10th February 2005 9:53 am U.K. Time
Subject: ntdr, lindsay, jamie,and "The Phil' first and original..

Hi yall, I enjoy "in-jokes"--such as on The Invaders in SUMMIT MTG PT1 the 'Sletnir Bldg', an in-joke on David Rintels of the production staff..Somewhat like Apu of 'The Simpsons' having attended "Springfield Heights Institute of Technology" when he applies for US citizenship..

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 10th February 2005 10:10 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: ...under my bed... SVETLANA or ANNA LISA - HI PAULIE

Hi Paulie

Hey Bro, are you ONE busy bee!!!! Makes me wish I was young again.... :o)

So, which of these delightful ladies are you bringing-along to New York on April 6th????

Phil (no Doppelganger there - they broke the mould WHILE they were making me!)

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Thursday 10th February 2005 10:14 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi UFO Phil,

You are a new poster on this site but you have obviously seen that another poster--my/our good friend Phil-philsgameon-has long been a valued contributor to this site..You are to be commended for the fact that you realized that and immediately distinguished yourself from him..I myself always post as 'jim' in small letters--the record speaks for itself--and you can imagine how ticked-off I was when a few months ago some guy also used a 'jim' in small letters as a posting and it wasn't me!...I have no doubts that our primary friend/poster 'Phil' who regularly contributes here noticed your posting too..And that you separated yourself from him from 'the get-go'..You are a thoughtful person..Welcome aboard, regards jim

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 10th February 2005 10:19 am U.K. Time
Subject: ROY THINNES DINNER APRIL 6th - CALLING ALL GERMAN FANS

OK folks - I know our last German correspondent was Ruediger way back last September, but I'm banking on tapping-into a rich (if currently hidden) source of keen enthusiasts from a more adventurous and travel-orientated nation than my fellow countrymen (in my personal experience).

And yes Paulie, it's all my own work. Any Germans reading it will no doubt wince at some of the archaic and twee use of their language, but rest assured they'll get the meaning:

SEHR GEEHRTE "INVASION VON DER WEGA" FANS:

Paul Lisanti und Phil Forster freuen sich, einer Sondergruppe Fans der 'TheInVaDeRs' Website 'Chat Page' Seite ueber den 'Roy Thinnes Geburtstag/ Beehrenabendessen' mitzuteilen - jetzt fuer den 6er April 2005 auf seinem 67en Geburtstag festgelegt worden.

Wir haben versucht, an alle Sachen und Erwaegungen - das heisst, logistisch und auch finanziell - zu denken, um die folgenden Detaille zu entscheiden:

Ruth's Chris Steak House - West Side 148 West 51 Street (between 6th & 7th Avenues) New York City

Ab 17:30

Wegen der grossen Entfernungen ueber denen viele Teilnehmer reisen sollen und auch ihrer notwendigen Plaenen, muessen alle bemerken, wieveil Zeit und Arbeit die ganze Aufgabe sich mitgebracht hat - nicht zu vergessen, mit Hilfe eines bestimmten Bekannters von Roy Thinnes selbst.

Das folgende ist zu beobachten:

1) Alle ernste Teilnehmer mussen uns (Phil und Paul) gleichzeitig schriftlich bestaetigen, dass sie kommen. Diese wird ein Versprechen, kein Wunschausdruck sein.

Das Schlussdatum ist der 28er Februar, alle Teilnehmer angenommen zu werden.

Ein E-mail an thinnes38@cs.com und PhilsGameOn@aol.com muss so bald wie moeglich bekommen werden um zu bestimmen, wieviele Gaeste zu erwarten sind.

2) Eine POSTANWEISUNG (kein Scheck- oder Kreditkartenbezahl) zahlbar an "Ruth's Chris Steak House" muss bis zum 28en Februar bekommen werden, mit allen Gastnamen darauf geschrieben, auch mit kleinem Begleitschein der "Party for Roy Thinnes" zeigt.

Diese Postanweisung soll fuer U.S. $75,00 (fuenfundsiebzig) pro Person, als Pfand fuer jedes einziges Abendessen sein.

Das ganze vollstandige Essen soll schliesslich von ungefaehr $100 bis $120 pro Person kosten. Der ausstehende Unterschied inzwischen Endpreis und Pfand muss von jedem Gast selbst am Ende des Ereignises bezahlt werden.

Nach diesem Datum wird man von diesem Ereignis ausgeschlossen, und auch gegen seinem Abendessen nicht Kreditberechtigt sein.

Bitte KEIN Scheck an Phil Forster oder Paul Lisanti selbst zahlbar machen. Wir wollen gar nicht durch dieses Ereignis, Gewinn zu machen - ausser vielleicht, im Herz durch denkwuerdiges Treffen mit einer Menge treuen Invaders Fans, und auch natuerlich unserem Held und geehrten Gast Roy Thinnes, zusammen mit seiner reizenden Frau Stephanie.

Die Postanweisung muss an die folgende Adresse gesendet werden:

P.A.Lisanti PO Box 813608 Hollywood Florida 33081 U.S.A.

Bitte nicht vergessen, die Postanweisung an weder Paul Lisanti noch Phil Forster - lieber an "Ruth's Chris Steak House" zahlbar machen, zusammen mit kleinem Brief oder Nachricht gesendet, um alle Gastnamen zu zeigen.

Lieferung bei Paul jeder Postanweisung wird durch eine Nachricht auf dem Website Chat Page und auch ein E-mail von entweder ihm selbst oder Phil bestaetigt werden.

Wir sind herzlich dankbar dass man bermerkt, weder Paul noch Phil sind reich genug, fuer jeden Gast nur wegen eines Teilnehmenversprechens im voraus zu bezahlen.

Paul Anthony Lisanti (nottoodistantrelative) thinnes38@cs.com

Phil Forster (Phil) PhilsGameOn@aol.com

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 10th February 2005 10:27 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: ROY THINNES DINNER APRIL 6th - P.S. PAULIE

Hi Paul

I forgot to mention - I hope you forgive me for unilaterally announcing an extended deadline of 28th February. I believe it to be reasonable, as one or two of our fellow aficianados who have expressed positive interest appear to be away from their home e-mail for the moment (I'm thinking especially of Taugus and Lyndon Shipston). I know Taugus works extensively away from home, and I believe Lyndon may also not yet be aware of recent developments.

Plus, I've had an e-mail enquiry "out of the blue" from a lady based in Washington DC - see separate e-mail.

Cheers for now, Phil

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 10th February 2005 10:38 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Invaders is excellent - HI ROB CURTIS

Hi Rob

Welcome to this chat page, and rest assured most of us here echo your sentiments 100%.

However, many of our fellow UK contributors are in the process of following the series on Channel 5, some for the first time. For this reason I won't let the cat out of the bag about how the program ends on this Chat Page, but if you want to know e-mail me off-list.

Regards, Phil

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 10th February 2005 1:59 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Unofficial invaders website Alien poetry competition first round - HI JAMIE

Hi Jamie

You really ARE as dyed-in-the-wool VIZ reader aren't you????????

Then of course, there was "The Rotating Chin-Men"....

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Name: Tom
Email:
cmot2001@yahoo.co.uk
Thursday 10th February 2005 2:06 pm U.K. Time
Subject: SOS-Timer Error!

I had a problem recording "THE BELIEVERS" that you won't believe! I have taken the luxury in buying a HDD/DVD recorder to catch The Invaders key episodes. The one in question backfired when coordinating the cable receiver timer with recorder timer. The recorder was set to go off ten minutes before but the cable box went off at the starting time of 0420. The show was already in progress for two minutes approximately. David Vincent was finishing a phone call to Edgar Scolville when he agreed to finance David's three colleagues. I felt I lost the initial greeting between David and the Believers. You would be surprised what you could miss in two minutes and this crucial moment in the episode and for the entire series is a loss to the collection. Well my "SOS" is if Jim, Phil or somebody could fill me in on the missing "Two Minutes"?

I have been absent from the participation in this sight since Christmas. Although I have been busy, I still have been keeping track with everyone's comments just the same. I have noticed that many more people are joining in now and the archive comments are turning over quite fast.

Thanks

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Thursday 10th February 2005 3:46 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Big pink underpants

Hi Phil, Viz have been nicking my material for years....

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Name: jim waters
Email:
jameswaters116@hotmail.com
Thursday 10th February 2005 5:50 pm U.K. Time
Subject: dvd

why dont you lot just buy the box set on dvd like i did ? better than sitting up till 5 in morning red eyed regards jim waters

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Friday 11th February 2005 2:46 am U.K. Time
Subject: From time to time...

I like to repeat this statement: I may/may not have used Good/poor/lousy/bad judgement in the "thinnes38" e mail; and to top it off, I used this clever, but also as misleading: "nottoodistantrelative" handle-

Truth: My mother's maiden name truly is Thinnes- The "Only" Thinnes in my family that is alive, is "Sousan Thompson" f/k/a Sousan Celine Thinnes, originally from Mount Prospect, Illinois; Married to Thom Thompson since 1960- she was born in Chicago in 1934-nearly 20 years before I was born. sousan1334@yahoo.co.uk She used to live in Canada(explains the yahoo.uk thingy-

OUR Thinnes is a Derivative of "Anthonious" the North German/Eastern French version of the latin for Anthony "Thon" or Thonious: hence, THINNES-

I don't claim, nor AM I at all related to Roy Thinnes- Although Roy is of the Impression that "All Thinnes" are somehow related-- Well, Darwin would have us all believe we are somehow related.

Who knows?

I just have this idea that when Roy and I finally meet, he will look at me, I will look at him, and he will throw out his right hand to shake mine- Simultaneously saying--"...well, I'll be a monkey's uncle..."

AND of course, I will throw out my "LEFT" hand to shake hands, and say,

DOPPELGANGER!!

Try that, Darwin??

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Friday 11th February 2005 8:31 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: From time to time... HI PAULIE

Hi!

Well, that's cleared-up the E-mail synonym confusion yet again.... so, how about all the other newsworthy items (including my comment on the two ladyfriends)????

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Friday 11th February 2005 8:42 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: SOS-Timer Error - HI TOM

Hi Tom

First-off, are you the guy from the U.S. currently domiciled near Heathrow in the U.K.????

With regard to THE BELIEVERS, I expect Jim or one of our other of the knowledgeable contributors will clue you in. I've got the complete episode on VCR, have seen it twice since it was recorded in 1992 but sadly cannot recall exactly what took place in the opening two minutes or so (although I should!). I'll make sure I watch it over the week-end, although sadly I cannot access the Chat Page from home. So, by the time I get back to work on Monday, if no-one else has come to your rescue I'll clue you in.

Phil

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Friday 11th February 2005 8:46 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: dvd - HI JIM WATERS

I believe we've been here before, and as I recall the following question went unanswered (I apologise if they didn't) - WHERE DID YOU GET THE DVD SET FROM????

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 11th February 2005 10:32 am U.K. Time
Subject: hi ntdr and phil--

Hi guys-remember as I told ya before, W.51St is a one-way westbound street in Manhattan..Cars are parked on the left and right curb lanes and 2 lanes ostensibly flow thru, not taking into account all the double-parked trucks and cars...The immediate midtown area there is a really tough place to find a parking space for you ntdr--if you drive there..As for you Phil--you'll be flying, no car of your own but renting one--fugeddaboutit-!.For tips on getting around in The Apple, ask me for pointers off-site if you wish..NTDR, I know that you had prior links to Astoria, so you are familiar with NYC..And Chi-Town too-- hometown of Roy and SuzieP--so you know the ropes..I hope that Phil's trip as a 1st-timer to the colonies--and my hometown in particular--goes all-according-to-his-plans!..And raise that brewski! my best guys, jim

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Name: Christian Macé
Email:
e.marcelvincent@wanadoo.fr
Friday 11th February 2005 10:44 am U.K. Time
Subject: THE INVADERS IN NEW YORK ! ! !

Dear friends, hello

THE INVADERS IN NEW YORK ! ! !

On this site, this informations :

http://www.rense.com/general62/newy.htm

UFO filmed the june 20, 2004, in NEW YORK !

To look the photos on the site...

In a friendly way,

Christian Macé (France)

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Name: jim waters
Email:
jameswaters116@hotmail.com
Friday 11th February 2005 10:53 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: dvd - HI JIM WATERS

listen carefully go on google type in roy thinness the invaders then search you will then see tv series collection click on and buy the invaders on dvd 3 boxes containing every episode good picture/sound menus and art work i did so give it a whirl and let me know how you got on regards jim waters

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Friday 11th February 2005 11:13 am U.K. Time
Subject: Pass the Parcel - THE STRANGLERS and THE MENINBLACK - HI JAMIE

Hi Jamie

I see no-one responded to your message of 28th January, while I was off sick.

The Stranglers were my No.1 band in the late 70's, and they in fact introduced their pet alien fantasy theory on their PREVIOUS album "The Raven" (1979), with a single track called "TheMenInBlack". This was a very eerie, spacey piece totally out of character with their normal stuff of the time, the instrumentation consisting almost entirely of 'layered' multi-tracked synthesiser sounds punctuated by a very atmospheric, reverberating drum figure. The vocals track was sung by the bass player Jean-Jacques Burnel, using the helium effect to give him a high-pitched voice. They never attempted to feature it live, but the soundtrack was used at gigs to precede the band's arrival on stage.

This whole concept was expanded on their next album "The MeninBlack" (or was it "The Gospel According To The MenInBlack"?), which sadly proved a big disappointment to Stranglers-friendly critics and fans alike (indeed, it was the first Stranglers album I didn't buy).

The most memorable track was the opener "WaltzInBlack", a distinctive keyboard-based instrumental using a classic fairground-style 'oompah' waltz rythm behind a strident repeating melody. About half-way through, the sound of a load of 'giggling' MenInBlack aliens (again, using the helium-induced high-pitched voice effect) was gradually phased-in over the top, getting louder as the track wore-on towards the end - which spoils the piece in my view! Anyway, it was used last year in a Vodaphone TV commercial, and you'd definitely remember it if you heard it again. again, the band didn't try to re-create it live, but used it instead of the original "MenInBlack" song to herald their on-stage arrival.

The band dropped the whole 'MenInBlack' thing from then on, HOWEVER.... as fans observed around the time of "The Raven" & "MenInBlack" albums, on the front cover of the band's FIRST album "Rattus Norvegicus" released in 1977 in the background can be seen a single "ManInBlack", complete with distinctive round hat. No-one appeared to have noticed this previously, which was strange in hindsight....

But, yet again, as Michael Caine would say: "Not a lot of people know that" :o)

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 11th February 2005 11:22 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hello Tom, I shant neglect my Invaders when called upon--

Tom, you called on me and Phil recommended me as the possible answer to the tape you lost.. Reminds me of Nixon's 'lost' tapes too LOL..Okay, for you I re-watched and timed the intro to THE BELIEVERS for the 2 minutes you mentioned before the phone call from Edgar Scoville (sic)....00.00-Scene opens with a shot of a tall Ell-Lay bldg, and then a shot of a sign saying SINGEISER COMPUTER INC--and they could only WISH that they were where WE are now! All those Buick-sized computers with rolling tape and blinking lights!--but I digress..Actor Hal Baylor--recently discussed here--has the first speaking role as a guard.. Switch to DV in a room with other 'believers', he's in a room that appears to show UFO photos on a wall..(Note--not UFO photos that I could particularly discern, and I've seen thousands)..DV picks up a 'red-phone'--and aren't they ALL red?..!!--and the Scoville phone chatter begins at 1m38sec when Scoville says "We may have something on that--Pg3Par2--we have a fair fix on their galaxy"..(oh really, jim asks?) So there ya have what amounts to the missing 2 minutes for you, or thereabouts..Anyway, I'm flattered that I was asked as 'the source'!..I hope this answers your question, you really didn't miss much in this particular instance. regards, jim

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Friday 11th February 2005 11:35 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: dvd - HI JIM WATERS

Thanks for the info Jim.

Obviously a 'bootleg' item for which I'll wager you "paid through the nose"(?).

I also imagine the source for the recordings was the syndicated (as currently broadcast on UK Channel 5) "Worldvision" versions of the show which are indeed of a nicely 'cleaned-up' quality but which omit a whole load of action in one episode, and possibly in good few others too. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I'll take a rain check about buying them as I have a virtually complete set (again, of the 'syndicated' versions) on videocassette. That said, I would be interested to know if they were supplied by a certain Chance Bartels (which could make a difference)....

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 11th February 2005 12:25 pm U.K. Time
Subject: hello Christian, on the NYC UFO photos--in a friendly way--

Bon-jour, I looked at what you posted..Those UFO photos--real photos--were actually taken in Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey--I recognize the 'roundhouse' apartment building.. But you are not wrong for the 'New York City' thinking on this one because that is just across The Hudson River, and anything like that happening in Jersey makes the news in NYC.. As a native son of NYC, I've never been all that fond of New Jersey--and it's not a rivalry because after-all it IS 'Jersey'!..(Sorry to any NJ fans lurking on the site--but true!)..Those photos are from the late 1980s or so..New Jersey has had several UFO incidents but indeed those Bergen County photos are the most famous, but they have also had several reported landings there too, and right near the same area in the photos you fwded.. And I'm talking little silver-suits seen taking soil samples in a public park..It's all there on Google if you carry forth..As for the photos--merci!..in a friendly way, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Friday 11th February 2005 1:20 pm U.K. Time
Subject: a note about DV in THE BELIEVERS from last week..

There weren't all that many eps of The 43 wherein our hero DV makes an appearance in the cold-opening rather than usually showing up in ACT 1...But the ones I can think of besides last weeks' ep are BEACHHEAD, THE MUTATION, COUNTERATTACK, THE ORG., (no, not orgasm! LOL), this weeks' THE RANSOM, and if I forgot one--this done 'cold' also with no research--I'm sure I'll be reminded! Doing my best, jim

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Name: PhilForster
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Friday 11th February 2005 1:52 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: THE STRANGLERS and THE MENINBLACK - HI AGAIN JAMIE + DAVE BROWN

Hi again Jamie, also Dave Brown

Two monumental goofs in my posting on this subject earlier today:

1. Jamie, you did of course raise the subject in your posting of 27th January 2005 (2:01 pm U.K. Time), NOT 28th as I claimed. Not that anyone picked-up on that, of course....

2. Dave Brown, HUGE APOLOGIES for remarking that nobody responded to Jamie - you of course did so a day or two later. I see that we are in accord with regard to the respective merits of the "MenInBlack" album, I heard it a couple of times courtesy of a pal of mine and was so disappointed I didn't bother to buy it - especially as I liked the preceding album "The Raven" so much!

I take it you also clocked "WaltzInBlack" on the Vodaphone TV ads earlier last year? And had you noticed the "ManInBlack" way in the background on the front cover of "Rattus Norvegicus"????

I guess I saw The Stranglers about 20 times between 1977 and 1981, and I was dismayed when Hugh Cornwell quit the band in 1990 - they haven't had a hit since. That said, I understand there's been a bit of a surge above the normal level of interest in their last CD, as their current lead singer Paul Roberts has had to pull-out of a number of recent gigs by my pal's tribute band La Vida Santana, for whom he peforms magnificently on lead vocals. A great lad is Paul, his wife Rusty is a lovely lass too!

Cheers, Phil

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
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Friday 11th February 2005 2:21 pm U.K. Time
Subject: UFO's IN BRITAIN - HI CHRISTIAN

Hallo Christian

Please excuse my delay in getting back to you on regarding this article, I have been away from work for the past two weeks with the flu (la grippe).

So.... a recent sighting (31st January), and a UFO 'hotspot' between Filey and Scarborough indeed???? I shall keep a look-out for any further news.

Also, did you ever learn any more about the UFO sightings near Biarritz last year? Have there been any more?

Finally Christian - can you reply soon to my last e-mail? Many thanks.

Salutations, Phil

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Name: PhilForster
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Friday 11th February 2005 4:03 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Big pink underpants (Felix's, per chance?)- HI JAMIE

Hi Jamie

So, we have YOU to thank for "Captain Morgan And His Hammond Organ", "Harold and Fred - They Make Ladies Dead", "Mickey's Miniature Grandpa", "The Real Ale Twats", "Buster Gonad And His Unfeasibly Large Testicles", "Nobby's Piles", "Tinribs", and the rest do we????

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Friday 11th February 2005 4:28 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Are we not men? ..we are DEVO.

Hi Phil, It's a long time since i read Viz (honest) and i don't recall most of the names you have kindly listed.....My favourite however was 'Black Bag' the faithful border bin liner and his master mr Andrew Mctavish. I didn't have you down as punk but there you go. I remember being freaked out by my mates album 'Ratusnorvegicus'(something like that) because of the shots inside of Hugh holding hands with a girl dummy...eerie stuff.

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Name: jim waters
Email:
jameswaters116@hotmail.com
Friday 11th February 2005 4:34 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: dvd - HI JIM WATERS

well of corse there bootleg but consisdering you pay 100 pound for 45 1 hour episodes and as i say good picture/sound i think your being a bit harsh as for missing footage well as i was bought up on the bbc2 run theres not alot missing but even if there was so what i like the invaders as much as the next bloke but im not that hardcore about it anyway each to there own regards jim weaters

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Name: PhilForster
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PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Friday 11th February 2005 6:22 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Are we not men? ..we are DEVO - HI JAMIE

Hi Jamie

No, I was never a "punk" as such (i.e. never remotely dressed or had my hair done like one), I was in fact one of many early 70's Progressive Rock buffs who, when the entire movement completely lost it's way around '76/77, had no choice but to embrace NEW WAVE (rather than 'PUNK', a rather narrower definition of one element of the new wave scene).

The Stranglers were no more 'punk' than The Beatles had been, but with their otherwise impressive instrumental prowess tempered with some basic meaty drumming and aggressively-sung lyrics, they provided an ideal 'stepping stone' for the likes of me to embrace the new scene (and there were a good many more excellent musically-expressive acts around at the time - The Jam, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Squeeze, Ultravox (pre-Midge Ure), Fischer Z, Penetration, Magazine to name but a few....

That said, I did indeed enjoy - live and on record - some of the notable out-and-out 'punk' bands as well, if in smaller doses....

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Name: PhilForster
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PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Friday 11th February 2005 6:35 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: dvd - HI JIM WATERS (AGAIN)

Hi again Jim

I wouldn't say I was being 'harsh', most folk do indeed "pay through the nose" for rare bootlegs - it's the name of the game. I only suggested you MIGHT have done so, but at £100 it sounds like you got a reasonable deal.

I in no way implied that it was a bad deal for you personally to have got the 'syndicated' version of the show (as broadcast on BBC2 between 1990 and 1992), only that I myself would not gain from buying the same set of DVD's as I have the entire series of the same versions on good-quality VHS cassette tape recording (all but one episode). I was drawing contrast with the PRE-syndicated versions that Chance Bartels advertised on this Chat Page a while back, which I may consider buying as he stresses they are "uncut" - that's why I asked you if he had supplied your DVD's, although I take it the answer to that question is "no".

On which subject - Chance if you're reading this, any 'chance'(ha ha) of a reply to my e-mail????

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Name: Lisa Sargent
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lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Friday 11th February 2005 10:37 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Test

Testing 1 2 3

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 5:50 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hello JIM WATERS

Hello Mr Waters. Your generic e-address at hotmail gives no clue as to where you are from, but you speak of monetary funds in 'pound' so are you from GB?..In any event, I hope you did not "pay 100 pound for 45 1 hour episodes" because only 43 were shown..This is only to clarify what you have posted..In a friendly way, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 6:29 am U.K. Time
Subject: once more to Mr Waters on the above by me--your tape purchases..

Hello again Jimbo, I live here in the USA ('of corse') and I'm not all up on what the British Pound-Sterling and US Dollar exchange is for any given day..But I instinctively know that the pound is mightier than the dollar...100 Pound probably equals about 80-some US smackeroos...These Invaders tapes that you purchased--should be 43, not 45!- So did you pay about the equivalent of $2USD per episode or what?..Were they on 43 separate tapes or 3-for 1-resulting in 15 tapes (and a menage-de-trois)--or did you get say two 10HR VHS tapes?.. HOW MUCH mazooma did you wind up spending for them?..And could you PLEASE be so kind as to post here on the site the name and mailing address of the person you purchased them from?. Did you receive 43 individual tapes, amounting to maybe $2 per tape!-or a menage-a-trois with 3 episodes on one tape--which would be 15 tapes..Or say 3 10HR VHS tapes with all 43 eps?..My compliments on your speling too..In a frendly way, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 6:53 am U.K. Time
Subject: hey phil, --this ain't no Mudd Club or CBGB's--I ain't got time for that now!

Hi old pal, the 'subject' of course a line from David Byrne at his best..This in reference to the "punk" inference..You know I am a former NYC cabbie in the 1970s. Both above-named places were real downtown Manhattan late-nite 'places-to-be'...They left off Max's Kansas City (17th&Park Ave) but I was there!..Ventured into said venues on occasion, but with like Studio54, you would have found me outside in my taxi waiting for a fare!..And to further add to 'the punkery', I met some gal-fare in my cab and wound up--uh, 'entertaining' her--in The Chelsea Hotel on W23rd just 24 hours before Sid Vicious was very unkind to Nancy Laura Spungen just 2 floors above. (Dylan Thomas --and Bob Dylan!--also roomed there)..cheers, jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 7:08 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Lisa from jim

You being Paulie's cousin, you know that I sincerely enjoy your postings--and there haven't been many in a while! Okay here ya go--in reply--Testing 4 5 6 My best to ya, jim---and contact me off-or-on-site for any Invaders questions and postulations, etc--any time..I'll do my best to supply the answers..jim

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 8:51 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hi to TAUGUS--

Are you still out there in cyber/Invaders world?..And remember, Ed "Taugus" Asner of WALL OF CRYSTAL returns in THE MIRACLE..Role-reversal on both eps.. regards, jim

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Name: jim waters
Email:
jameswaters116@hotmail.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 11:02 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: once more to Mr Waters on the above by me--your tape purchases..

hi they are not tape purchases its a dvd box set. i am in england the set cost $200 approx £100 heres the site address regards jim waters . http://www.tv-series-collection.com/ ps its not a official set but if you look at the site you will see its the best you will get also yes 43 episodes not 45 sorry i didnt have my anorak on last time i e mailed.

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 11:37 am U.K. Time
Subject: To JIM WATERS once more,

Mr Waters, I just can't help myself but must re-address your posting..Specifically, the one on 11thFEB at 4:34pm..You mention 'pounds'..Are you REALLY from Great Britain?..I often use e-spell for 'thanks' as "thanx" and 'please' as "pleez", but those that get-it--get it..What troubles me is that in 'real life' your spelling and syntax are atrocious, I just can't imagine that the British school system would have allowed you to graduate beyond what seems to be a 5th-grade education in Georgia USA...You said--for all to see--"well of corse there bootleg"..You not only agree to engage in what is criminal behaviour, (Brit-spell by me)-- but my passion in life ---aside from this site ---is reverse-scamming the Nigerian 419ers--and you sound quite like them..Just go to http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com or http://www.scamorama.com ..If I am chasing at windmills like Donnie Q, then PLEASE explain to me why you--JIM WATERS--couldn't even get your own name right---"regards jim weaters"..?????.. Or did education truly fail somewhere in GB in your case?..

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Name: james waters
Email:
jameswaters116@hotmail.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 11:55 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: To JIM WATERS once more,

jesus whats your problem! if you found some grammatical errors in that post its because i was rushing when i wrote it anyway no need to thank me for the info you asked for regards jammy wheateors

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Name: james waters
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jameswaters116@hotmail.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 1:34 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: To JIM WATERS once more,

by the way as for your allegation regarding my so called criminal activities try looking on the site and read the disclaimer . next time know your facts before shooting your mouth off regards jommi woopens

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Name: james waters
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jameswaters116@hotmail.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 3:07 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: To JIM WATERS once more,

by the way for those of us who have led a sheltered life in terms of computer knowhow what is reverse scamming. please keep your reply simple as i have trouble with big words regards jan vouters

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Name: james waters
Email:
jameswaters116@hotmail.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 8:13 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: To JIM WATERS once more,

if you care to look at your keyboard you will see that W is next to E so anyone with half a brain would surmise that i hit both keys together. so waters became (this is the part that brains are needed)weaters ok or am i going to fast for you also who the hell is donny q and is it serious once again love and regards pim mooters

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Name: james waters
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jameswaters116@hotmail.com
Saturday 12th February 2005 8:16 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: To JIM WATERS once more,

and finally the sorry fact that you are american is not something i would shout about myself especially on the WWW bye bye

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Sunday 13th February 2005 12:20 am U.K. Time
Subject: Doppleganger! ...but NOT a Referee!

Hello, all "good-natured" and fine contributors to this great website- Remember, this is TRULY the ONLY Website with referrence to our FavoUrite show and our FavoUrite Actor--"The Invaders/ Roy Thinnes--" and let is ALL remember --in a LIGHT MOST FAVOuRABLE to our hero and our Dignified Website- Kindly remember, we MUST maintain the HIGHEST LEVEL of Dignity worthy or our Hero, Roy Thinnes' participation. I can tell you, Truthfully, "ROY" does participate here-- Most of us just don't know how, when and under what Pseudo Nome de Plume he is using- they change from time to time--

Jim Waters and XNYCKID are contributors. And we need you all.

IN fact, we "want" you all.

Jim XNYCKID is a personal Friend of mine; and has been a great contributor for nearly 3 years now.

I am NOT a referee--nor, do I hold myself out to be--BUT-- My only grievence is, NO ANTI-AMERICANISM HERE-- We DO NOT ENGAGE IN ANTI-ANY NATIONALITY-- In fact, we are Even KIND TO THE ALIENS- That is our Motto--

"THE INVADERS CONSTITUTION"

"ALL MEMBERS SHALL ACT AND BEHAVE AS THOUGH ROY THINNES AND EVERY DIGNIFIED ACTOR WHO PLAYED ON THE SHOW IS TO BE PROUD OF NOT ONLY THEIR WORKS, BUT THOSE OF US WHO PARTICIPATE HERE, MUST BEHAVE IN THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF HONOR AND DIGNITY WORTHY OF SUCH PARTICIPATION"

Doppelganger

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Name: james waters
Email:
jameswaters116@hotmail.com
Sunday 13th February 2005 9:52 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Doppleganger! ...but NOT a Referee!

yea well talks cheap when your not the one being slagged off . all i did was offer some asked for info and his reply was to insult me my country and its institutions .if this is the level of behaviour on this board your welcome to it regards jim waters

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Sunday 13th February 2005 1:23 pm U.K. Time
Subject: to JAMES WATERS -or whoever you are--

Hmm..JAMES WATERS, at first you spell your surname wrong as "weaters"..NOW at your 3:07 PM posting you say "regards jan vouters" (sic)..Did you slip there?..The point is, we are all Invaders fans at heart..If you endorse the criminal act of buying or selling 'bootleg tapes'--your words--you are not a true fan of the show..Roy doesn't get dime-one in residuals from you for his tremendous acting efforts..Do you think he thinks about that?..I have been posting on this site for about 16 months now--I do have ALL 43, (NOT 45!) which I taped off the tv..But NEVER ONCE will you ever see ME offer them for sale--check the archives..In addition, I ignore all requests on where to obtain them--on-site and off-site--and there have been MANY!. To answer your query, reverse scamming is just what it is, re-check the 2 sites I mentioned..NOT that YOU are involved but I know for a fact that the Nigerian419ers 'trawl' this site for legit e-addresses..I hear from 10 a week and this is the only site wherein I use my true genuine e-address .Anything that doesn't bounce back is legit to them..And a scamster on this site could say how happy they are to have received their 'bootleg' Invaders tapes for whatever sum they paid--and provide some address where 'the hopeful/desperate posters' can also send their hard-earned mazooma. And wait and wait for tapes that do not exist and will never be sent.....This essentially ends our communication. However it is my hope that any poster who asks of you where they too can send their hard-earned money to obtain these illegal tapes--(you were wrong on the # of eps, recall)- it is my sincere hope that they might pause and consider all the angles..You can say what you want to/about me--whatever your name is..The good posters and friends that I have developed on this site for a very-long cyber-time can vouch for my character both on and off the site....Ciao.

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Name: Lisa Sargent
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lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Sunday 13th February 2005 3:00 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: to JAMES WATERS -or whoever you are--

Jim, will you get off this kick!

Think ALIENS!

Lisa

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Name: Mark Hookway
Email:
hookway@ fs mail.net
Sunday 13th February 2005 4:04 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Jim

I had been looking back through the postings on this site for the last week and I couldn't see any notes of yours on THE RANSOM which was shown on UK TV earlier this morning.

However I wanted to ask a question regarding the actor Alfred Ryder. I know that he played an alien leader named Mr Nexus in VIKOR, but does he play the same alien leader in THE RANSOM or is it a totally different character entirely.

Regards

Mark

PS I understand that Alfred Ryder will also be making an appearance in a future episode called THE PEACEMAKER. Again does he play the same alien leader as was featured in THE RANSOM.

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Name: Perry
Email:
pr006c4040@blueyonder.co.uk
Sunday 13th February 2005 7:35 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Last Nights Episode, The Ransom, has anybody got it??

Hi,

Can anyone help me please?

Forgot to program my DVD last night to tpae The Invaders, can anyone do me a copy of The Ransom on DVD or VHS, will pay or trade for it?

Thanks in Advance Perry

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Name: Barry
Email:
baz10@baz10.force9.co.uk
Sunday 13th February 2005 9:01 pm U.K. Time
Subject: one of the aliens

i may be way off with this question ,but does one of the aliens from sunday mrnings episode indeed play the part of a prisoner in the classic

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Name: Barry
Email:
baz10@baz10.force9.co.uk
Sunday 13th February 2005 9:03 pm U.K. Time
Subject: opps !!

sorry about that hit the post bit too early , is one of the aliens from the classic WW2 film the great escape ??

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Name: Barry
Email:
baz10@baz10.force9.co.uk
Sunday 13th February 2005 9:10 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Jim Waters

your not the only one Jim ,take a look back in the post archives and you will see what happened when a friend of mine (Bill Cooper) posted for the first time ,dont think he bothered again after that .

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Name: dave brown
Email:
davebrown2003@msn.com
Sunday 13th February 2005 10:18 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: THE STRANGLERS and THE MENINBLACK - HI AGAIN JAMIE + DAVE BROWN

hello phil thanks for the comments on the stranglers it took me a while also to get over hugh leaving the band but i like paul roberts a lot. the last album was good norfolk coast and i heard the band have been doing music for the soundtrack on a japanese animated film for next year which is tipped to be really big.i taped last nights episode ransom but havent watched it yet except the opening minutes where the leader is captured by dv and it looks like a good episode all the best to all fans and good wishes for roys birthday party

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Monday 14th February 2005 3:21 am U.K. Time
Subject: Good Contributors

"Hey--We need you all here"! I like the stuff that Jim Waters has to say; and I--of course--Love the stuff Jim XNYCKID has been contributing here-- Let's have some kind of truce-- This is far to neat of a chatpage for any of this Ego stuff-!

I like you all! Even the "aliens"!

Hey--How about it--Remember that Roy's Birthday Dinner is coming up in April--and we already have about 20 members from England, France and even Germany coming all the way a over from Europe for this special event.

ANYONE IN USA OR CANADA want to attend, please let me know soon-

thinnes38@cs.com or:

PhilsGameOn@aol.com

Doppelganger

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Name: Tom
Email:
cmot2001@yahoo.co.uk
Monday 14th February 2005 9:42 am U.K. Time
Subject: Hello Phil/ Jim - Grateful Response!

Yes Phil I am the New Yorker in London! Thank you for referring me to Jim who should feel no flattery. Jim is a worthy "INVADERS" resource! I totally appreciate the input on my stolen two minutes. Rest assured that apart from a major breakdown or power failure, that little problem will not happen again! My memory of the union formed by "The Believers" with David Vincent was vague in the most part and I was looking forward to the novelty of a review. You can imagine my outrage! Still with your input and from what I saw would still suggest that David Vincent's progress has taken a major leap forward from the week before in "THE CAPTIVE". We jumped from a situation where David was still struggling to establish his credibility this time with Russian diplomats, then he is suddenly elevated forward supported by a group of people that takes his situation into a better light. I feel there is a gap here. Maybe it is just me! Does anyone else feel a void in the show's continuity with the episode "THE BELIEVERS"? It is a much needed change in the show's direction but the circumstances of David's struggle from being near broke to being financed by Edgar Scoville could be better explained. Well these little dilemmas keep the show alive for us fans. Who knows with the input from this site maybe there is a producer out there reading the comments who will be prepared to make the necessary modifications for a new series or movie. Perhaps a lofty insight by me but stranger things have happened, like a UFO sighting!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Monday 14th February 2005 1:10 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Notes on THE RANSOM

This ep is the only one of all 43 to not have at least one actor who was also on The TZ..It's also the only one to carry forward in plot from a previous week, SUMMIT MEETING aside..Actors from prior eps include L. Naismith and L Montaigne from THE EXPERIMENT, John Ragin from THE CONDEMNED, Alfred Ryder from VIKOR, and A. Eiseley and Kent Smith from MOONSHOT and last weeks' ep..OPENING--1-There is no Harper County in Vermont..2-Production alert--when "Gart" speaks into his alien communicator and it 'glows, notice he has long sleeves on to hide the wires.. That's Lawrence Montaigne b.Feb26, 1931 Brooklyn NY..ACT1-3--Director Lewis Allen b Christmas Day 1905 Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire..d.May3, Y2K..Also directed THE PIT..4--DV puts a dime into the phone to call the operator "get me the police" --a free call--but doesn't get his money back!..It's a no-coin-needed call now..5--DV isn't at a motel or hotel--he mentions both--technically he's at a 'motor court', in old usage, that's the correct terminology for a place with separate cabins..6-Not quite what real Vermont State cop cars and cops look like, but a switch from most cops on the show sporting California-style shoulder patches.. Note that the cops pull up and see several men lingering around them but do bad police procedure by not keeping their eyes on them--one pulls a gun...In addition--the cops were called..Police procedure is to ask all involved parties for ID, then as now...7-What does Gart smell when he checks out the car?..8--Karen Black, my favorite all-time cross-eyed actress..b Karen Zeigler July1, 1939 in Chicagoland although she used 1942 as her original DOB for many yrs..ACT2--9-Laurence 'Cyrus Stone' Naismith b.Dec14, 1908 Thames Ditton, Surrey. d.June5, 1992 Qld, Australia. Last week Wales-born Rhys Williams was in a wheelchair and he really was confined to one in real life..Not so with Larry N here, he could walk..He calls Karen Black "Gloria", more on that later. He says he is '71 hoping to see 72' but the actor was in fact 59 at the time..10 John Ragin is the alien who says "put that gun on the table", somehow he missed the one KB was holding..b.5-5-1929, Newark NJ still alive. 11-'Bob Torren' drives on another 2-way white-stripe road, I have discussed that inconsistency before (PANIC, LABYRINTH, THE INNOCENT, et al.)..12--Vermont is 'The Green Mountain State' but the background mtns at 'Camp Belding' are definitely Southern Cal..13-Sentry played by Ron Husmann b.June30, 1937 Rockford, Illinois. Didn't even ask Torren for ID--for shame!.14--When Torren is in the Army vehicle, it's obvious that the vehicle isn't actually traveling the same road as the rear-screen projection..ACT3--15-DV tells us why he wanted to be an architect..16--DV calls Karen Black "Claudia"..What happened to "Gloria"?..17--It's obvious while he pretends to look in a phone book, he just randomly dials 7 numbers--first few seemed to be 335-and none higher than 5..18--The fight scene is sped up..19-..This is the first alien truck I can remember to have regeneration devices, though one will seemingly be in THE VISE too..20--"He's Dead!"--but then again we all knew..21--ACT4--For better or worse, DV gets to experience the tubes himself..22-Okay overall..I like that they used an actual house and were in the woods, albeit California and not Vermont..This ep features 2 from the UK (Lew Allen and Larry N), 3 from Illinois counting Roy, and 2 from NYC (Alfie R and Larry M)..Plus firmly establishes Scoville as DV's go-to-guy....Next week--TASK FORCE--5 minutes of action and 41 of boredom. cheers, jim

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Name: james waters
Email:
jameswaters116@hotmail.com
Monday 14th February 2005 5:09 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Jim Waters

thanks barry appreciated sorry about your friend . anyway a question i think it was phil who stated that one of the episodes of the channel 5 edition was considerably cut . why was this ? and was it unique to the episode or were others tampered with ? regards jim waters

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Name: Mind the step
Email:
clownsofaction@aol.com
Monday 14th February 2005 6:58 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hello Mr. James Waters ...

... you have the same right to post chat messages here on this chat page as every other person. The webmaster of this Invaders-site is Mr. Fincher and nobody of the other contributors (including me), with all due respect of course. This is an OPEN chat page for ALL folks with any interest in "The Invaders" (and no private living-room) ... unimportant from which country and unimportant which mother tongue ... therefore stay here if you want.

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Name: Barry
Email:
baz10@baz10.force9.co.uk
Monday 14th February 2005 7:15 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Jim Waters

hi Jim , about the episodes , every one so far apart from the first couple have had the new ACTS (1 2 3 4 epiloge) missed out ,really annoying beacuse this is unique on QM programmes ,Clown of action can you please get in touch with my above address,thanks for now

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Name: Mark Bailey
Email:
Markb_ailey@hotmail.com
Monday 14th February 2005 10:29 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Resolution

Please can anyone tell me if this series resolved itself or just ceased to be.(like Land of the giants. I taped an episode the other night and when i watched it the memories of that time of my life came flooding back,funny how tv can do that. Cheers Mark.

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Tuesday 15th February 2005 8:02 am U.K. Time
Subject: people in the show who look like people i know.

Hi everyone, Good to see old Lawrence naismith again in the 'The Ransome' the other night. A great actor...it really shows up the bad actors when you get someone of his quality in the show. Not many people will know this but he looks just like my accountant. I will try to point out similarities between actors in the invaders and people i know as a regular feature from now on....

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 1:07 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Laurence Naismith- HI JAMIE MADDOX

Hi Jamie

Yes, I heartily agree with you regarding Mr.Naismith's acting ability - as well as THE RANSOM, his contribution to THE EXPERIMENT was also first-class and was a major factor in making that the excellent episode that it was (along with Roddy McDowall and Lawrence Montaigne, of course).

Mind you, in terms of pure acting talent I think Roy Thinnes himself is a class act too!!!!

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 2:01 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Jim Waters - HI FROM PHIL

Hi Jim

In reply to your message of 5:09 pm UK time yesterday, I realise I should have explained the situation in a little more detail.

Among the "syndicated" (Worldvision) versions of The Invaders (as currently being shown on UK Channel 5) there is one episode which definitely misses approximately five minutes of crucial action - CONDITION: RED. I know for sure because I recall it from when I saw it the previous twice - 1967 and (especially) 1985. Also, the edited sequence itself doesn't make sense. Check it out for yourself - about half-way through, when David Vincent follows alien woman Lori Keller who rides on horseback to a night-time rendezvous with fellow aliens at a mountain hut. He waits until they all leave, and you see Ms.Keller riding past where he's crouched in some bushes, and when she's clear he emerges from hiding. The action then cuts to two aliens zapping his car (parked on a road some distance away) with their ray guns, then cuts again to David collapsing with exhaustion in some undergrowth by the road (but you get no indication where exactly this is).

I won't describe the missing action just yet, but if you decide to check-out this episode from your DVD set and see for yourself, post back to me either on or off-list and I'll fill you in with what detail from the missing action I can, from memory.

I'm also concerned that other episodes have also been 'cut', although none so horribly blatantly as CONDITION: RED. I can't say how many or which ones, although I'd wager a small sum of money that VIKOR (sixth episode, starring Jack Lord) is missing a car-park scene where David plus (I believe) a.n.other witness his/their car being incinerated from within by an alien 'booby-trap' bomb - exactly as happens in MOONSHOT. I recall this scene from the first time the series was shown here in 1967/68, when in the Rediffusion/Thames TV ITV region a few episodes were omitted, including MOONSHOT. It was also cancelled after THE WATCHERS when Thames took over Rediffusion, hence I never saw the entire series until BBC2 first screened it (unedited, pre-'Worldvision') in 1984/85 - although that run also excluded SUMMIT MEETING (Parts 1 & 2) and THE CAPTIVE for some reason!

Whatever, it's for this reason that I have strong suspicions other episodes may some action missing. I won't divulge my strategy for trying to check this yet, as it would involve the procuring of a different set of 'Bootlegs' which I know some folk frown-upon but which, in certain circumstances and for valid reasons of my own, I don't.

May I also take this opportunity to "put the cat amongst the pigeons" by apologising on behalf of my friend the other Jim ('xnyckid') whose rant aginst you was totally unjustified.

Sorry Jim B., my reply to Mr.Waters of Friday 11th February 2005 6:35 pm U.K. Time is where the matter should have been left to rest....

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 2:16 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Jim Waters - HI FROM PHIL regarding those 'cut' episodes

Hi again Jim Waters

Just a quick P.S.:

I have no idea why CONDITION: RED and however many other episodes have been "tampered with" - I hope to God it's not because the original recordings gort damaged in some way.

However, in truth none of the others appear to suffer with such inexplicable gaps in the action as did CONDITION: RED, so this may be the only one really worth expressing any concern about. I DO still, however, have my strong misgivings about a missing car-park 'booby-trap car incineration scene, other than but like that in MOONSHOT - I'm pretty sure in VIKOR....

And by the way, the two/three episodes omitted from the first BBC2 run in 1984/85 - SUMMIT MEETING and THE CAPTIVE - did get aired OK by ITV region Rediffusion in 1968, before Thames TV took-over and pulled the plug.

But.... as our old friend Michael Caine would say (yet again - sorry folks!) - "not a lot of people know that!"

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 2:22 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: hey phil, -- this ain't no Mudd Club or CBGB's--I ain't got time for that now! HI JIM

Hi Jim B.

Whatever you may make of my reference to your replies to Jim W., I must state that I held (still do hold, in fact) David Byrne and Talking Heads in the highest esteem (let's see - husband & wife Chris Franz drums and Tina Weymouth bass, Jerry Harrison keyboards plus 2nd guitar, and of course DB on guitar and vocals).

I saw them live on three occasions between 1978/79, and they were nothing short of amazing - five or six encores being the norm, as I recall!

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 2:26 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Hello Mr. James Waters ... - HI "MIND THE STEP"/"CLOWNS OF ACTION"

Hi whoever you are (how about a nice user-friendly name or acronym? :o))

I would echo that sentiment - and add that spelling mistakes also don't matter (I make enough of them!).

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 2:34 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Resolution - HI MARK BAILEY

Hi Mark

Sorry, but as the series is currently being watched on Channel 5 by a number of UK contributors to this page - many for the first time - I won't spoil it for them by explaining how it all ends.

If you still want to know, e-mail me privately and I'll reveal all....

By the way, you don't happen to have an ex-wife called Tina, by any chance????

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 2:40 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: alien Leader Alfred Ryder - HI MARK HOOKWAY

Hi Mark

No, the Alien 'Leader' character played by Alfred Ryder in THE RANSOM is not 'Mr.Nexus' from VIKOR - although God alone knows why not, it would have made perfect sense and not harmed the plot in any way at all.

His RANSOM character DOES however carry-through to THE PEACEMAKER, where he greets David with a "we meet again" remark (or something like it), and David calls him "Mr Ryder" - even though he never formally introduces himself under that (or any other) name in THE RANSOM.

Hope this clears that up for you Mark, if you have any other similar queries just ask away....

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 2:46 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Good Contributors - WELL SAID and HI PAUL

Hi Paul

Thanks for that timely intervention, and the reminder about our forthcoming gathering in New York (just a few weeks away now!).

Wheels set in motion as per our phone conversation yesterday evening (well, it was a little later than that over here of course), here's to April 6th.

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Name: Mark Hookway
Email:
hookway@fsmail.net
Tuesday 15th February 2005 4:03 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Hi Phil

Thank you for answering the question that I asked regarding Alfred Ryder.

I asked the question simply because I have never seen VIKOR all the way through and so I had no idea whether or not Alfred Ryder's character Mr Nexus dies in that episode, or if he survived and would feature again in another episode later in the series.

In fact the only scene I can remember from VIKOR is near the start where a telephone engineer witnesses the aliens inside their regeneration tubes in George Vikor's industrial plant. I must have been about 13 years of age when I watched that episode back in the Autumn of 1977.

I also happened to miss the first seven episodes of the whole series of The Invaders which Channel 5 are showing at present,so I only managed to pick up this series from DOOMSDAY MINUS ONE onwards.

Needless to say I was a bit miffed on missing those episodes but not to worry. I'm sure that I will catch them again either on the Official DVD release or if they are repeated again on TV,whichever happens to be the sooner.

Regards

Mark

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 4:54 pm U.K. Time
Subject: HI LISA SARGENT- WELCOME BACK

Hi Lisa

So, new e-mail address.... would this mean a new PC too?

Here's to you carrying-on where you left-off - welcome back.

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Name: Mind the step a.k.a. Mind the step
Email:
clownsofaction@aol.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 4:55 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The ideal ... the true fan ...

... is absolutely devoted, "he/she/it" thinks not one second that a TV-series like "The Invaders" is just an entertainment show and nothing else. No, the ideal, true and devoted fan do know "they" are already here, and "they" were here ... and "they" will be ever here. "The ideal, true and devoted fan(atic)" doesn’t need so-called "nature-laws" the physics is for the wastepaper basket, because "we" have the Hollywood-physics with "photon drive", "warp drive" or even "anti-gravitation-propulsion". The ideal, true and devoted "Hollywood-physicist" does know shows like "Star Trek" or others are more important than the real life ... maybe "he" forgot his favourite show is "just" an entertainment show. The truth is: the extraterrestrials will never land on "our" blue planet neither "today" nor in the future, because "they" are already here ("hm" is my Doc Amadeus Arkham one of "them"?).

Sincerely

Aunt Arthur (the 'Liberty Valance' of the Invaders-chat room) ... and 'Aunt' says to you "They could be behind you".

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Name: Mind the step a.k.a. broken bones
Email:
clownsofaction@aol.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 6:39 pm U.K. Time
Subject: 'Reds under the beds' or the story of a collective persecution mania...

...was the starting point for many alien invasion films, but a certain Erich from Switzerland http://www.daniken.com/ realized the 'Greens under the beds' again initiated the communism through their agents Max Carl and Fritz Angel. These both were the first scouts of the real extraterrestrial Invaders here on Earth and used the pseudonyms Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Angel and Max have written their communist manifesto in 1847/48. So far 'the world' misinterpreted the communist manifesto as principle program of the "Marxism" and therefore as encouragement for a future global communist revolution of the working class. But actually this manifesto was a tactical instruction for the secret landings of the first wave. Almost too late in 1967 a certain David Vincent found out the "truth" (whatever this means), he was driving on a lonely country road (because he was drunken and therefore he took a lonely country road ... without cops). But the C.lowns I.n A.ction organization wanted to hush up this incident, and commissioned chief supervisor Masatoshi 'Red' Kowalski, the leader of the "department against counterrevolutionary machinations planned by little green men" with the special forces 'clowns of action' trying to convince the publicity "The Invaders" would be a television series and nothing else. The C.I.A. already proved its infallibility many times. But "we" know it better. Later David Vincent got a new identity and today he's living as Roy Thinnes in New York City. Another viewpoint is the above mentioned part of the guy Erich v. D., well he's disappeared and writes odd books and apart from he owns a kind of strange amusement park http://www.mysterypark.ch/ in Switzerland (a camouflaged 'beachhead' of the secret resistance against the Green Menace).

Since then, the allies of Erich's secret group, a confirmed crowd called "The Believers" (... b.t.w. the headquarter of the "The Believers"-members is camouflaged as chat page of an Invaders-fan-site) is trying to contact Erich, through secret signs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/weird/mythsandlegends/pages/mochdre_corn_circle.shtml ; but there is another group, "The Farmers" allies of the 'Greens' are trying to prevent all touches with the "Group Erich". Therefore the believers changed the tactic and sing their messages: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/w/waterboys,-the/145270.html

Perhaps for "The Believers", the nightmare will never end – invisible eyes and ears can be everywhere and nowhere.

Many thanks to Masatoshi Kowalski and his close employee Mrs. Para Noia for the information (on account their motivation through a financial 'expense allowance'). Though ... the C.I.A. psychologist, Professor Jonathan 'Scarecrow' Crane, swore such attentions would be irresponsible scaremongering and the delusions of a psychopathic politic-exhibitionist on account of posttraumatic experiences.

The above unimpeachable fact-report on the truth is written by an Invaders-fan without any faith in real extraterrestrial visits, neither in the past nor in the present time ... and in all probability not in the future; with all due respect of course. Since then he's vanished without a trace. Possibly the Greens cached him.

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Tuesday 15th February 2005 7:58 pm U.K. Time
Subject: charlie carroli

Hi Clowns of satisfaction, Is there any chance that you clowns could all sit down together and post a reader friendly version of your last entry...it looks interesting but i lost the thread after a while and i liked the jist of it. P.s. what are your individual names and in which circus do you perform?

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Tuesday 15th February 2005 9:37 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: HI LISA SARGENT- WELCOME BACK

Yes, I'm back.

Yes, I have a new computer which has already been invaded by the aliens.

I'm hip deep in Hitch Hikers Guide To the Galaxy at the moment Phil, so no more Invaders, especially now that Ed Scoville is in the original programmes.

Hope your alien flu has left you.

Lisa

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 10:22 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Phil, Make the Announcement, One More time--Please==

Things are really Shaping Up for the Dinner now- And, we are coming down to the "wire" on those of us who are going to attend. We are at about 20 count for Roy's Testimonial/Birthday Gathering At Ruth's Chris Steak House, in Midtown, Westside Manhattan on--what better date for a birthday?--On Roy's Birthday! April 6th commencing at or around 5:30 pm until- the "booze runs out-"

Please write to either PhilsGameOn@aol.com or thinnes38@cs.com--ASAP-- and get those money orders in to

Paul Anthony Lisanti PO BOX 813608 Hollywood, Florida 33021

Make the MONEY ORDER OUT TO:

Ruth's Chris Steak House "Thinnes Party-"

We don't intend on making a "profit" from this dinner; with the only exception of realizing a "profit" from being in the company of real, loyal aficionados (ourselves)-and the Great Roy Thinnes himself-

So, let's make this a great one for "the Great One" himself--Roy Thinnes-

Please, make sure you make us aware of your intentions to be there-

We are up to about 20 guests already--

SEE YOU IN THE BIG APPLE--

Doppelganger

PS: "MR RYDER" was a thorough Mistake on Roy's Part! But, it was cool!

My Favorite Alien: Roscoe Lee Browne-

ROSCOE LEE BROWNE: "Aren't you being a bit harsh on your race?"

RAYMOND ST. JACQUES: "Race? Which race would that be? Negro, or Human?"

ROSCOE LEE BROWNE:(Raises his Eyebrow!Like only Roscoe Lee Browne can do!)

*** NOTE: He does it again at the end when he is being Interviewed by Raymond St. Jacques' Protagoniste Wife-- Check out the "Eyebrow Scene"!

FYI: Roscoe Lee Browne was a champion decathalon participant- Olympic Status back in the '50's; and he has one of the best voice elocution ablity in the business.

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Tuesday 15th February 2005 10:25 pm U.K. Time
Subject: PO BOX 813608 Hollywood, Florida 33081 CORRECTION

33081

Sorry

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 16th February 2005 8:55 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Alfred Ryder - HI MARK HOOKWAY

Hi Mark

Thanks for the acknowledgement. And yes, I forgot to mention in my previous posting that Mr.Nexus does indeed survive the episode VIKOR intact (which begs the question why he could not have been the named alien leader character in RANSOM and THE PEACEMAKER).

A good actor for the role, he played it extremely well.

As for you having missed all episodes prior to DOOMSDAY MINUS ONE, that is indeed a shame. Believe me, if I:

(a) had every single one (well, I do except for the first one BEACHHEAD), and (b) I was able to suss how to record from my old VCR to my new one (which is why Lisa Sargent's still waiting for THE EXPERIMENT and THE CONDEMNED)

.... I would run them off for you onto a three-hour and four-hour VHS cassette for no more than the price of the tapes plus postage. However, I'm regret I'm currently unable to provide this for you, but if the situation changes and you're still 'wanting' I'll see what I can do.

I say this especially because I fear it may be some time yet before we get either another repeat run or an official DVD release.

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Name: Jilted Barfly
Email:
will_slater@hotmail.com
Wednesday 16th February 2005 9:06 am U.K. Time
Subject: Laurence Naismith

I'd like to say that I too enjoyed Laurence Naismith's performance. But I have to say that I thought his performance was rather 'hammy' and that the part was terribly written - he just never seemed to shut-up! Every five minutes he launched off into some rambling soliloquay about life and the nothingness of existence or some such. I know he was supposed to be a poet, but I don't think they should have written all his dialogue as if he was some 19th century Bryonic character.

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 16th February 2005 9:13 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Phil, Make the Announcement, One More time--Please== - HI PAUL

Hi Paul

The "Announcement" you want me to make one more time - do you mean the German one posted on this Chat Page, and/or the English version via e-mail to the individual recipients who haven't yet responded????

Phil (no 'Doppelganger' - they broke the mould WHILE they were making me)

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 16th February 2005 9:20 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: HI LISA SARGENT- WELCOME BACK P.S.

Hi Lisa

Aaaah yes, you don't like Edgar Scoville and his 'Bureau' do you? Although he DOES feature in your stories....

And yes, my alien 'flu' (best word to describe it, as it's the worst I can ever remember) has finally passed, although the chest infection that came gift-wrapped with it is still refusing to go without a fight. I DO hope and pray you haven't fallen (and continue not to fall) victim to it, it's NASTY!

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Name: jim
Email:
xnyckid@yahoo.com
Wednesday 16th February 2005 9:25 am U.K. Time
Subject: hello mind-the-step, re: deep thinking by you

I myself AM one more of 'the true, ideal and devoted fans' to this site as you said..But in your posting you lost me after you said "they are here".. ( a concept that I totally endorse).. I looked up Dr/Doc Amadeus Arkham on Google but the headings are 'tabula-rasa' which as I recall means "clean slate" in Latin, so I didn't look any further.. Aside from all this, can you please tell me exactly who this "Aunt Arthur" is of the Invaders chat-room" that you refer to?..That's a new one for me..Never saw that name or posting before.. Is it the Arthur "In-Charge-Of Production"-Fellows fellow?..I eagerly await your reply on that.. sincerely, jim

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 16th February 2005 9:27 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Laurence Naismith - HI JILTED BARFLY

Hi Will

Yes, Mr.Naismith did get a lot of dialogue in THE RANSOM to give full rein to his 'poetic' manner, but I don't think it spoiled the show at all - made a nice change from some of the more deadpan characters that pervaded the series (however well-portrayed).

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 16th February 2005 9:49 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: THE STRANGLERS and THE MENINBLACK - HI AGAIN DAVE BROWN

Hi again Dave

Thanks for that extra bit of info on The Stranglers latest projects - fascinating stuff, I would be extremely pleased to see them get the long-overdue big break they deserve.

However, to get back to the subject of aliens, do we know if the idea of humanoid alien as "Men In Black" was their own invention - being as it was nearly two decades ahead of the Hollywood Film featuring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones (who of course were humans 'policing' aliens)?

I just wondered if, whoever's idea it was, it could have been inspired by the alien characters played by Lawrence Montaigne and his sidekick in the Invaders episode THE EXPERIMENT - where their menacing, lurking prescence and dark clothing plus pork-pie hats perfectly encapsulated the 'MenInBlack' image - as I saw it, at least. This episode pre-dated The Stranglers earliest portrayal of a 'Man In Black' by over ten years, for what it's worth....

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 16th February 2005 10:26 am U.K. Time
Subject: THE INVADERS UK CHANNEL 5 RE-RUN - THE FIRST-EVER COMPLETE CONSECUTIVE UK BROADCAST?

Hi all - mainly UK fans

It occurs to me that, if it does eventually run right-up to the end of the series without any further interruption, this latest re-run on Channel 5 will be the FIRST-EVER completely consecutive UK broadcast of the entire Seasons 1 and 2.

OK, there was that glitch when the World Series Baseball over-ran at the expense of THE CONDEMNED which did, of course, get shown two weeks later after CONDITION: RED, so putting it out of the correct sequence. But essentially, there was and so far has been no complete 'break' of any number of weeks or months - which is the best we've had up to now.

The 1984/85 BBC2 run WOULD HAVE provided this, but for the fact that it omitted SUMMIT MEETING (Parts 1 and 2) and THE CAPTIVE.

So.... here's to Channel 5 making Invaders history in the UK. So far at least (keeping fingers crossed)....

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 16th February 2005 11:15 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: THE INVADERS UK CHANNEL 5 RE-RUN - THE FIRST-EVER COMPLETE CONSECUTIVE UK BROADCAST? - P.S.

.... and of course, the last BBC2 re-run was bi-sected by a full two years.

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Name: PhilForster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 16th February 2005 4:15 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: people in the show who look like people i know - HI JAMIE

Hi Jamie

You're right, you know - I DIDN'T know that your accountant looked like Laurence Naismith (and I bet Michael Caine doesn't either!!!!).

Anyway, as you saw from an earlier posting of mine, I thoroughly agree with your appraisal of Mr. Naismith's acting talents. A true star, and excellent in both episodes he appeared in (in THE EXPERIMENT he looked genuinely frightened when he said, about being pursued by the aliens: "I'm scared....").

I look forward to your next instalment of "People in the show who look like people I know" with eager anticipation....

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Wednesday 16th February 2005 10:36 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Laurence Naismith

I find that well, with the two films that I have seen Laurence Naismith in, in recent years, namely, Night To Remember and Amazing Mr Blundon, which had a good few years to seperate between them, that Laurence's acting never ceases to amaze and captivate you. There is no difference in any of his acting styles because there is no difference in the man. If you watch him in Night To Remember he plays Captain Smith in a way that captivated Captain Smith's own off spring when the film premiered in London way back in 1954. There was even an air of romance in the offering so I am lead to believe, so I think that Laurence in this film is compelled as much he is to this film as he is to just an epiosde in The Invaders. Even more to the point, if you watch Amazing Mr Bludon, which was made back in 1969, you are actually reminded more of how Laurence acted out this man probably a year or so after making the Invaders episode. This is more closer to the acting talents of Laurence than of pure knowledge on his part. As to The Invaders episode itself, having not seen THE EXPERIMENT personally I can only go on this episode and I found it to be only watchable when Laurence was spouting off. At least he captivated Mr Vincent and of course, his grand-daughter. My god, just maybe he might have captivated me to watch the dam programme now that Scoville has his dirty paws in the episodes!

Lisa

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Name: Jilted Barfly
Email:
will_slater@hotmail.com
Thursday 17th February 2005 8:49 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Laurence Naismith

Well I don't anyone is going to convince me that Laurence Naismith's turn in the recent Invaders episode was anywhere near his finest hour. However, I always enjoyed his appearance in Jason and the Argonauts.

Lisa: What's your problem with Scoville?

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 17th February 2005 1:32 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Laurence Naismith - HI LISA

Hi Lisa

Excellent appraisal of Mr.Naismith's acting, you really know your screen actors!

I personally wouldn't go as far as to say that his were the only moments in THE RANSOM to make it worth watching - Alfred Ryder and, of course, Roy himself made their marks handsomely - but he certainly took centre stage!

Sorry you find Mr.Scoville such a turn-off - I think his character and that of "The Bureau" (as you like to call it) add a much needed extra dimension to the show. The longer the aliens were around, the morel likely it was that Roy would form part of an 'organised group' to combat them, and Edgar Scoville fits the role perfectly as the man with the financial clout and high-level contacts to run the show. And Kent Smith does the role full justice, in my view.

Sure, I preferred the earlier episodes when David was fighting a lone battle against the odds, and the chilling fear of the unknown and paranoia that went with it. But that scenario could not go on forever, plus the storylines to fit could only be milked so far....

Anyway, interesting thoughts and here's to many more where they came from!

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Thursday 17th February 2005 4:26 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Laurence Naismith

I was not saying that THE RANSOM was Laurence's finnest hour. I mean, do you think his acting in The Persuaders was any more glorified? Laurence's acting, whether in film or TV doesn't seem to change. I am reminded of Alec Guiness when he was asked to do Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy. He had never acted in front of a square box before. Think big, think stage show, whatever. Laurence could do it and there was no difference.

I hate Ed Scoville so much because he killed The Invaders. He alone orchastrated the demise of the TV series because from that point on everyone who wanted to put in a good story had to think of 'The Bureau' first. Depressing.

Lisa

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 17th February 2005 6:54 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Laurence Naismith + ED SCOVILLE & 'THE BUREAU'

Hi Lisa

I say, you really DON'T like our friend Mr.Scoville do you????

You of course have a point in that any ideas for an episode would have to take into account 'The Believers'/ 'Bureau'/ call-it-what-you-will. However, as I said, David Vincent (rather than "Roy" as I inadvertantly referred to him previously) was sooner or later going to form an organised group to combat the alien menace, so their appearance in the series was in some ways bowing to the inevitable. The role of David as the 'lone warrior' only had so much mileage in it, and the writers had already started to "scrape the barrel" to come-up with decent storylines to do it justice (the most glaring example being DAFT OUTTAKE - although it wasn't just the storyline that was to blame there!)

The emergence of 'The Bureau' in many ways gave it a new lease of life with regard to storylines and characters around which to base them - although admittedly there was always that rather cushy 'safety net' for David to fall back on, which of course couldn't provide anywhere near the same suspense as the desperate sense of isolation and vulnerability he portrayed so well in the earlier episodes.

My main gripe is that the series could have ended so much better, which it probably would have done if the plug hadn't been pulled on a third season (for which I believe a couple of episodes had already been scripted). Aaaaah, if only..........

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Name: james waters
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Thursday 17th February 2005 8:59 pm U.K. Time
Subject: journey to the far side of the sun

hi ya anybody seen the above mentioned film on amazon . for a dvd copy someones selling one for £499 approx $1000 dollars bit rich for my blood regards jim waters

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
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thinnes38@cs.com
Friday 18th February 2005 2:26 am U.K. Time
Subject: "Nightmare"

There were a couple of "scenes" in this thoroughly disappointing episode- It really "Bugged me" if you get my drift!

One scene was funny-- First "funny scene" is when James Callahan "worked" Roy over-- some heavy Slugs to the Stomach--

Second "funny scene" was when the proprieter of the Diner was describing some of the "outsiders" who came into town and started to "buy-up" farms--

He said, "...they weren't "mixers--" referring to the aliens' lack of personality skills-- And, Roy says,"Yes; I know what you mean-"

Believe me, "I know what you mean-"

Great acting--AGAIN--by Chicago Roy-

PS: Scoville's role was great--IMHP-- And, Kent Smith was a great actor-

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
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thinnes38@cs.com
Friday 18th February 2005 2:27 am U.K. Time
Subject: Doppelganger...

Regnagleppod

Doppelganger

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Name: Lisa Sargent
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lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Friday 18th February 2005 8:30 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Nightmare

PS: Scoville's role was great--IMHP-- And, Kent Smith was a great actor-

GIVE ME STRENGTH!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Friday 18th February 2005 10:52 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: journey to the far side of the sun - HI JIM WATERS

Hi Jim

I had heard a while back that a commercially available DVD of this film had indeed been released, and I have been of a mind to try to get hold of it. However, from the Amazon ad that you refer to, it would appear it's been discontinued and is now being offered second-hand for silly prices! Oh dear, another Holy Grail featuring Roy "goes under the hammer"....

Like you Jim, I consider it's way beyond what I would be prepared to pay. As with The Invaders, I live in hope it get's shown on TV. Between five terrestrial channels and God-knows-how-many others on digital, you'd think the chances would be good. Sadly, the mix of stuff that get's broadcast offers less decent choice than did terrestrial TV pre-Channel 4 and 5! In this respect and with classic sci-fi such uppermost in mind, I find the Sci-Fi Channel especially disappointing.

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Name: Phil Forster
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PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Friday 18th February 2005 3:04 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Kent Smith/Ed Scoville - HI LISA SARGENT

Hi Lisa

Give you strength.... to create a Kent Smith/Edgar Scoville Appreciation website ???? :o)

Cheers for now

Phil ('Uncle Edgar')

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Friday 18th February 2005 3:21 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Scoville...the series

Hey Lisa, How about a spin-off series from The Invaders just called 'Scoville'. Each week he could head up differant organisations to help thwart various attempts to take over the world by aliens or giant landadapted squids etc. The intro music could be quite upbeat...something similar to BJ and the bear and the end credits could be accompanied by a sad Hulk like tune with Scoville lighting up a cigarette.........

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Friday 18th February 2005 4:38 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Scoville...the series (you know it makes sense)

.... and he could introduce himself as "The name is Scoville - Edgar Scoville...."

By the way Jamie - whatever happened to:

1. The continuing series of "People in The Invaders who look like people you know"? 2. Those lovely mouthwatering desserts that used to head your postings?

You're keeping a VERY sad old codger in huge suspense....

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Friday 18th February 2005 5:15 pm U.K. Time
Subject: gorgeous young trout in garlic honey jackets

Well Phil you'll probably think i'm making this up but the grandaughter of too many poems naismith looks remarkably like Paul Williams's girlfriends daughter (same flared nostrals)

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Friday 18th February 2005 6:25 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: gorgeous young trout in garlic honey jackets - HI JAMIE

Paul Williams - a pal of yours?

The actress in question (Karen Black) did, of course, appear as an air hostess alongside Roy Thinnes in the cabin of the ill-fated Boeing 747 in AIRPORT 75. A crying shame indeed that Roy exited stage right so early-on in the film (sucked out of the hole made by light plane which crashed into them).

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Name: Janet Cannady
Email:
MCannady@Adelphia.net
Friday 18th February 2005 8:19 pm U.K. Time
Subject: The Other Man 1970 with Roy Thinnes and Joan Hackett

I'm a fan of the INVADERS, but am really searching hard for a VHS or DVD of THE OTHER MAN. It was a great film starring Roy Thinnes. If anyone can tell me where to find it, I would be so grateful! Best Regards Janet Cannady MCannady@Adelphia.net

P.S. It was a Made for TV Movie by Universal, and had been shown on TV as recently as 10 years ago, but my VCR was not working, so I could not copy. A very haunting, special movie.

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Name: Lindsay
Email:
invaders1965@yahoo.com
Friday 18th February 2005 9:48 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Laurence Naismith + ED SCOVILLE 'THE BUREAU'

Dear Phil: Perhaps even more than just a couple of scripts. I heard that when the series was cancelled, there were as many as EIGHT scripts that were already written that never got off of the ground in time to prolong the INVADERS series to 51 episodes!! Lindsay.

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Name: jamie
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james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Friday 18th February 2005 10:04 pm U.K. Time
Subject: juicy norfolk father prawns in a channel island estuary canaffery

Hi everyone, Just a quick point regarding last saturdays episode....the alien in the checked jacket is definately my favourite alien. I seem to remember him as being on of the two aliens that coincidentaly caught up with LN in The Experiment. He had very hard sinister face.

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Name: Phil Nixon
Email:
Brownedger@ntlworld.com
Saturday 19th February 2005 7:30 am U.K. Time
Subject: For UK fans

If you have Sky plus check your planner, this weeks episode has disappeared from mine and i have just re-entered it.

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Name: Barry
Email:
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Saturday 19th February 2005 1:42 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Jamie

hey Jamie ,you mention the alien in the chequed jacket !! ,is he in the WW2 film THE GREAT ESCAPE ?? ,im sure he is one of the few prisioner s who does escape ,and if i remember correctly its buy push-bike ,any idea s Jamie

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Name: jamie
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james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Saturday 19th February 2005 5:24 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Grandfather prawns faces in a drizzle of codswallop

Hi Baz, You wouldn't by any chance be talking about James Coburn would you? He looks a bit like the guy in The Invaders...other than that i suggest you get a clear idea of the aliens face and wait until next christmas day for the predictable repeat of The Great escape...

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Name: Stan Blumenthal
Email:
slbcommunications@hotmail.com
Sunday 20th February 2005 3:50 pm U.K. Time
Subject: New home, New email address

Well Invader fans. I have moved 110miles north to the Portland Oregon area called Beaverton. Bought a new computer and now have a new hotmail address and plan on reviving my old INVADERS fan page again. Got on Imbd to discover that LIN MCCARTHY, who guested on THE INVADERS three times had died in 2002. If his son Brian reads this chat, my heartfelt condolances to him, his mother and his sister. For those of us who remember Lin he played the good hearted General in two episodes and an FBI man in an earlier episode during the first season.

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Name: Andy
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Sunday 20th February 2005 8:25 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Grandfather prawns faces in a drizzle of codswallop

The Great Escape now we are talking but still doesn't beat the 300 Spartans,watch out for a flashy Hollywood remake that totally re writes history !!!!!!

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Name: jamie
Email:
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Monday 21st February 2005 10:05 am U.K. Time
Subject: soup

Hey Andy, The 300 Spartans was always my favourite film along with the Alamo and Custers last stand...something to do with bravery against all the odds....as with David Vincent in the great sixties sci- fi series The Invaders.

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Name: Jilted Barfly
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Monday 21st February 2005 11:43 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Scoville...the series (you know it makes sense)

I like the idea of this spin-off series, as I know there is a lot of big Scville fans out there. I wondered what those Scoville fans made of his disappearance in Task Force. Right in the middle of a crisis, with everything at stake, he goes off to keep his business running? What about the fate of mankind?

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Monday 21st February 2005 11:52 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Scoville...the series (you know it makes sense) - HI WILL

Hi Will

Good point, well presented. Fuel for Lisa Sargent's 'anti-Scoville' sentiment, I'll be bound....

There Lisa - you're not alone!!!!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Monday 21st February 2005 12:07 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: New home, New email address - HI STAN, WELCOME BACK

Hi Stan, welcome back and good to hear that you're all tooled-up and raring to go. Your old e-mail address "zipadeeduda@netzero.com" certainly had a novelty ring to it!!!!

Best of luck with your re-launched Invaders fan page, look forward to hearing more about it in due course.

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Monday 21st February 2005 12:15 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: juicy norfolk father prawns in a channel island estuary canaffery - HI JAMIE

Hi Jamie

That's not a dessert.... but an intriguing recipe nonetheless - one of your own creations perhaps?

And again, who's this "Paul Williams" character????

The alien you refer to is Lawrence Montaigne, who indeed also played an excellent role as one of the two sinister aliens stalking Laurence Naismith in THE EXPERIMENT.

The two Lau/wrences seemed to be a 'matching set' in The Invaders, appearing as they did together in the same two episodes (neither having appeared in any others, to the best of my knowledge). I wonder if they shared the same U.S. agent????

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Name: Phil Forster
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PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Monday 21st February 2005 12:21 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The 'Lost' Invaders Episodes

Hi Lindsay

Thanks for correcting me there, makes it all the more annoying that the series was cancelled as prematurely as it was.

Counting-down the weeks to April 6th now.... cheers, Phil.

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Monday 21st February 2005 12:25 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: For UK fans - HI PHIL NIXON

Hi Phil

Thanks for the tip, although I haven't gone quite that hi-tech yet. When will NTL provide the cable equivalent of Sky Plus, I wonder?

Plus.... any chance of a reply to the last e-mail I sent you ???? If you already responded via this Chat Page late last year when I first put the word-out, I apologise in advance for the memory lapse.

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Tuesday 22nd February 2005 10:37 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: The Other Man 1970 with Roy Thinnes & Joan Hackett (not forgetting Arthur Hill) - HI JANET

Hi Janet

I've checked-out the entry for this film against Roy Thinnes' name on http://www.imdb.com and tried a number of web-searches based upon any combination of words encompassing "The Other Man Roy Thinnes 1970 Movie Film" to no avail.

I note that, as well as Joan Hackett the film also stars Arthur Hill, who of course guest-starred in The Invaders episode THE LEECHES.

I'm afraid I'm clean out of ideas on how to track-down a VHS cassette or DVD of this film. If I ever notice it on terrestrial or digital TV (e.g. Sky Cinema), I'll endeavour to let you know via this Chat Page and by private e-mail (and videotape it myself, of course).

Regular U.S. contributor to this site JIM ('XNYCKID') may be able to help you, as he is an incredibly knowledgeable 1960's/70's American film and TV buff. Or even UK-based LISA SARGENT, who has an equally amazing knowledge of (mainly British as well as some American) vintage film and TV, the actors who starred in them and their commercial availability (right, Lisa?)

Happy hunting!

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Tuesday 22nd February 2005 9:13 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Kent Smith/Ed Scoville - HI LISA SARGENT

Everyone seems to be so taken with that escuse for a human Essex Jones aka Ed Scoville for you all to mention an appreciation for him.

What about a series on Claira Vincent? Haven't you considered her contribution to the show? How about an appreciation society for her and all her her efforts. Where has SHE been lately? We haven't heard hide nor hair from her since Christmas!

Has Essex Jones got to her as well?

Lisa

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Name: nottoodistantrelative
Email:
thinnes38@cs.com
Wednesday 23rd February 2005 1:59 am U.K. Time
Subject: Penultimate Announcement for the "Roy Thinnes Dinner/Birthday-at Ruth's Chris Steak House-

Repeating the Anouncement: Greetings:

Phil Forster and I have the pleasure of Informing an Exclusive Group of Aficionados from "TheInVaDeRs" Website and Chat Page of the "Roy Thinnes Birthday/Testimonial Dinner, set in stone, for April 6, 2005, falling on Roy's 67th birthday.

With a fair amount of wrangling and contemplation, taking all issues into consideration--logistical, aswellas financial--these are the exact details:

April 6, 2005 5:30 PM- Ruth's Chris Steak House West Side 148 West 51 Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York City, New York Starting at 5:30 pm

Because of the Distances many people will have to travel, and the arrangements necessary for those who wish to attend, it is imparative that all those understand that a fair amount of effort and time went into making these arrangements, along with a designated laison of Mr. Thinnes.'

The Following Two Deadlines MUST be met:

1) All those who are sincere in their wish to attend must put in writing, and forward to both of us simultaneously an ASSURANCE that they shall attend. Take note, this will be treated as a firm pledge, not merely an expression of one's desire

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The 'Cut-Off Date'TO INFORM US(PHIL AND PAUL)BY E MAIL MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 1st; along with the Money Order- AT THE LATEST- REPEAT: MARCH 1st IS THE CUT-OFF DATE FOR SENDING THE MAIL ORDERS TO US FROM THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO ATTEND ROY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY/TESTIMONIAL DINNER

THEN, YOU MUST FOLLOW-UP WITH THE FOLLOWING-- *SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS-

An e-mail to thinnes38@cs.com &PhilsGameOn@aol.com must be received by that date in order to determine the amount of guests for the evening.

THE MONEY ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED(no personal checks, or credit cards)MARCH 1st; in the name of "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with the names of the guests written on the Money Order - (also, kindly attach a small note: "Party for Roy Thinnes")

That money order is to be made in the amount of $75.00 (US) dollars per person, as a downpayment towards your dinner(s).

The entire dinner should ultimately cost us approximately $100-$120 per person. The difference outstanding between the final cost and the deposit is to be borne by each guest at the end of the affair.

The Money Order must be received by MARCH 1st; after which date you will be excluded from the event and be ineligible to receive credit for your dinner.

REPEAT: Do NOT make the checks payable to Phil Forster nor Paul Lisanti. We do not intend to profit from this event - except in in the 'spiritual' sense from a most memorable gathering of our loyal aficionados, to finally meet one another and of course, our hero and Guest of Honor, Roy Thinnes and and his lovely wife Stephanie.

The Post Office Address to send the Money Orders is as follows:

P.A. Lisanti PO Box 813608 Hollywood, Florida 33081

Remember: Do NOT make the Money Orders payable to either of us; rather: "Ruth's Chris Steak House" with a short written letter particularizing your guests' names to the check.

A posting will follow after each and every check is received, along with an e-mail confirmation from us.

I sincerely appreciate your understanding that Phil and I are of modest means, and are unable to "front" the money based solely on a promise to attend.

Paul Anthony Lisanti (nottoodistantrelative) thinnes38@cs.com

Phil Forster (Phil) PhilsGameOn@aol.com

PS: This is a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' opportunity to meet someone who, as far as I am concerned, provided us with a great deal of joy as lead role in The Invaders - both when we were kids, and certainly today now that it is being repeated in various parts of the world (with the exception of here in the United States - how ironic!).

Once again, heartfelt thanks on behalf of both of us. We hope to see you in Manhattan on April 6th.

Phil and Doppelganger(Paulie)

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Wednesday 23rd February 2005 10:17 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Kent Smith/Ed Scoville/Claira Vincent - HI LISA SARGENT

Hi Lisa

Who's this "Essex Jones" character????

As for Claira - we wait with eager anticipation on news of her further adventures. She'll be late teens by now (I would imagine), so will probably be looking to have more of a say in running the counter-alien operation - INCLUDING showing Ed Scoville who's boss, I'll be bound!

An appreciation society beckons for a suitably swashbuckling heroine who can make the men's hearts melt while saving the Earth from the alien threat, I'm sure.

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Wednesday 23rd February 2005 8:53 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Kent Smith/Ed Scoville/Claira Vincent - HI LISA SARGENT

Who's this "Essex Jones" character????

Essex.., Kent. Jones.., Smith.

Get it? No. Who cares?

Claira, by the way, being born September 1995 is now nine years old. Not yet a teenager. Sarah, her cousin is seven. Keep up please, Phil.

If such an appreciation society is set up for Kent Smith, I hope they call it The Lemmin Society. I'll join it then, over Beachy Head!

Lisa

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Name: Stan Blumenthal
Email:
slbcommunications@hotmail.com
Thursday 24th February 2005 6:49 am U.K. Time
Subject: An Idea

that I have been working on. Suppose the aliens had enough of trying to take over a planet that is clearly hostile and the collatoral damage would be way too much for them. Let's say that they all left to conquer Alpha Centauri...then...nearly forty years later and a new generation of young aliens and a lot more determined have taken over the leadership and decide to hit Earth again? Again...David Vincent, much older now, is again thrust into the guerilla war to rid the Earth of them.

Anyway, they came close with that series based on Nostradamus' writing a few years back...oh well just my imagination running wild again...haha!

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Name: jamie
Email:
james@jamesmaddox.co.uk
Thursday 24th February 2005 9:02 am U.K. Time
Subject: All new series of The Invaders starring Roy Thinnes.

Hi Stan, I think thats a great idea....it just has to be Roy Thinnes doesn't it.

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 24th February 2005 9:51 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Kent Smith/Essex Jones/Claira Vincent - HI LISA SARGENT

Hi Lisa

Ah - all is clear to me now. Yes, very good Lisa - and one I should have spotted to be sure! Imagine "Smith and Jones" running the Bureau together (Mel and Griff-Rhys, of course)....

As for Claira - oops, there was me getting ahead of myself. This means that first story you typed-up and sent me (when she meets Jonathan) must have taken place in the future????

Whatever, I'll endeavour to "keep up" in future!

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 24th February 2005 10:11 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: An Idea.... ...."working-on" ???? - HI STAN

I echo Jamie's sentiments there.

Many folk on this chat-page have expressed the desire over the past year to see a decent follow-up to the original show - completely ignoring and bypassing the awful 1995 mini-series - in a modern-day setting, with Roy reprising the role of David Vincent joined by a dynamic younger partner played by someone of the Keanu Reeves/ Jude Law/ Ben Affleck/ Hugh Jackman ilk (personally, I'd like to see that role played by Kate Beckinsale - dream on Phil!).

Anyway, good to see the "idea" is alive and well - but I'm intrigued to learn in what way you've been "working" on it ????

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 24th February 2005 11:18 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: All new series of The Invaders starring Roy Thinnes (and not a dessert in sight) - HI JAMIE

Hi Jamie

So which actor(s)/ actress(es) would you like to see helping Roy combat the revived alien menace?

Also - OK, if you won't tell me who Paul Williams is, can I at least suggest that you may have once danced at a party with someone looking exactly like Barbara Barrie (from THE ENEMY) ????

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Thursday 24th February 2005 11:52 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Kent Smith/Essex Jones/Claira Vincent - HI LISA SARGENT

Phil,

This means that first story you typed-up and sent me (when she meets Jonathan) must have taken place in the future????

Kid! Your catching on. On my draft copy I actually placed 'this story is set a bit further on than my origianl stories.' As so not to confuse me, as i never intended anybody else to read them. You must be privaledged or mad because my brother will not even attempt to read any of my stories. He's one of those nothing like the real thing kindda guys. When i printed off a few papges of my Hitch Hiker story he thought i was just playing with Douglas Adams story. Well, maybe I was, but in my own way.

Hope everything is alright. I wish the weather would make up it's mind I hate this muck!

Lisa

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Name: Phil Forster
Email:
PhilsGameOn@AOL.com
Thursday 24th February 2005 2:13 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: This awful weather - HI LISA SARGENT

Hi Lisa

Thanks once more for the reminder - old men like me can get a bit confused, you know!

And if you're getting the same weather in Essex as we are here in central London, I echo your thoughts 100%!

By the way, any recent episodes (prior to THE BELIEVERS, of course) appeal to you? I thought THE CAPTIVE was good, although the way the Soviet Embassy staff found their way into David's apartment left me wondering yet again how he could ever be safe from the aliens there. Surely it can't be that they're too polite or considerate to disturb him at home ????

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Name: Lisa Sargent
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lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Thursday 24th February 2005 2:33 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: This awful weather - HI LISA SARGENT

Hi Phil,

Yes, it's sleety more rain than sleet, snow here. I hear Kent got a few inches last night, lucky b's. At least I haven't got to worry about delivering in the white stuff, that's all I was really worried about.

In regards to any episodes after The Believers story that I have been watching, well, The Captive did captivate me, but last Sunday's one made me take the tape out and give it to my dogs to bury never to be watched again. I just can't seem to get into them now that HE is in it. If I managed to wake myself up, I might just tape next Sunday's episode, but with the knowledge that that pratt is going to be in it, I might not. Sorry, but the tone of the show has really gone the way of The Titanic with that charactor/man in it. I am actually in a happy mood but Essex Jones just drags me back down again. Hope your having a nice day.

Lisa

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Name: Stan Blumenthal
Email:
slbcommunications@hotmail.com
Thursday 24th February 2005 8:07 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: All new series of The Invaders starring Roy Thinnes.

Yes Jaimie....four years ago, I thought this up and had Roy in a 26 episode per season whereby he could be on at least 75% of the episodes....by the way...I had it where he is again working with The Believers, this time headed by Scoville's daughter and estranged wife to David Vincent and their thirty year old detective son. Today, that idea still persists, but since Roy will be in his late sixties...he might be looking toward retirement and only play an guest appearance....THAT IS IF THIS EVER GOT TO TELEVISION.

:) Keeping looking up! They are here and they still want to make Earth...THEIR WORLD!

Stan Blumenthal

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Name: Stan Blumenthal
Email:
slbcommunications@hotmail.com
Thursday 24th February 2005 8:13 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: An Idea.... .... working-on ???? - HI STAN

Phil...Primarily I started writing short stories based on this idea when I had my INVADERS PAGE a few years ago. When and if I can get either a new page up and running, I will continue to write short stories based on this premise I had three years ago. I had over 750 hits on the page I made up then....maybe with some guidance and general direction from a good webpage designer...maybe twice or three times the hits. JUst will have to wait and see...it looks like early summer before I can get this thing going.

Remember...KEEP LOOKING UP! THEY ARE HERE AND THEY STILL WANT TO MAKE EARTH THEIR WORLD.

Stan

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Name: Lisa Sargent
Email:
lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Thursday 24th February 2005 8:15 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: All new series of The Invaders starring Roy Thinnes.

Stan,

Maybe you and I should swap stories. In my world, Vincent has a daughter and he isn't even married! I just can't imagine Vincent in his sixties, even the nineteen sixties still beats me. I've round him off to about twenty seven, twenty eight and there he shall stay until i wake up in the morning.

Lisa

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Name: Stan Blumenthal
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Friday 25th February 2005 4:10 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: All new series of The Invaders starring Roy Thinnes.

Lisa....that is a novelty idea. Maybe the son and daughter are twins (non-identical)....the wife might have just died recently and so cop son and U.S. Deputy D.A. daughter join dad, David in the hunt for those dastardly aliens. Oh there are a thousand different ways to take the story lines for this! Daughter can run interference with the skeptical government bigwigs and cop son can handle the skeptical cops in their adventures. Geez Lisa! You have sparked my muse awake...whatdoya think about that?

STAN

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Name: Lisa Sargent
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Friday 25th February 2005 8:01 am U.K. Time
Subject: Re: All new series of The Invaders starring Roy Thinnes.

Stan,

Maybe you should read my stories first. I have a fair few of them, thanks to being out of work over Christmas and Phil pulling me for more information on the Vincent clan.

Let me know if your intereted, I'll send you a few drafts.

Re what you have in mind. Sounds something out of Eastenders, where they cobble bits together from other peoples scripts and they expect you to keep up with what's going on. Sounds a bit like The Invaders after Kent Smith joined it. Ha ha.

Lisa

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Name: jamie
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Friday 25th February 2005 12:30 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Where's Jim?

Hi eveyone, Where is Jim Bryan?

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Name: Phil Forster
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Friday 25th February 2005 2:17 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: Where's Jim? - HI JAMIE

Hi Jamie

Somewhere in the U.S.A. I think....

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Name: Phil Forster
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Friday 25th February 2005 2:24 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: D-I-Y Invaders Stories - HI STAN & LISA

Hi Stan/Lisa

You two folks could well benefit from trading ideas. In the absence of a recent or current (revived) series, it's up to the fans to keep the story alive by putting their creative juices to good use.

Perhaps Stan could persuade Lisa to give Ed Scoville more of a starring role in her next stories :o) ??????

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Name: jamie
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Friday 25th February 2005 2:35 pm U.K. Time
Subject: it could happen again...

Hi, I was just thinking about a new series and concluded that it would be the perfect oppurtunity to 'get rid' of the team of believers and have Vincent and possibly a sidekick maybe a son, back to where he began...virtually on his own trying to convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has begun again.... The believers could have disbanded years ealier thinking that they had won as the aliens seemed to give up their attempts to take over our world and had either died or disappeared back into their normal lives again.

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Name: Lindsay
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invaders1965@yahoo.com
Friday 25th February 2005 4:46 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: An Idea.... .... working-on ???? - HI STAN

Dear Phil: Its funny that you should mention Ben Affleck, or a likeness of him, character-wise, for another younger actor to portray the son of, or a side-kick of David Vincent/Roy Thinnes in a new carry-over series of "THE INVADERS". In the horror movie "PHANTOMS", in one scene, Ben looked like he had a Roy Thinnes-looking mouth, or facial expression, from the side!! The moment I saw that, my mind started turning its gears, and before long, I began seriously thinking of him possibly starring in some capacity, or even as a new David Vincent in a new "INVADERS" series. Good thought on that. Lindsay.

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Name: Lindsay
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invaders1965@yahoo.com
Friday 25th February 2005 6:19 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: An Idea.... .... working-on ???? - HI STAN

Phil: I forgot to mention: My hat off to you for specifically mentioning and making a poignant point of ignoring and completely bi-passing the 1995 NON-Quinn-Martin Productions mini-series movie of the so-called "INVADERS" sequel, in making a future show of any kind of "THE INVADERS". This is very important, that we stick to the original "THE INVADERS" A QUINN-MARTIN PRODUCTION 1967-68 as THE PATTERN to follow in producing anything new pertaining to the show. It is the old QM standards that made the 1967-68 series the well-liked, loved, and interesting show that it is!! Lindsay.

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Name: Lisa Sargent
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lisa@sargent42.wanadoo.co.uk
Friday 25th February 2005 7:41 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: D-I-Y Invaders Stories - HI STAN LISA

Phil,

Perhaps Stan could persuade Lisa to give Ed Scoville more of a starring role in her next stories :o) ??????

Thank you, but Scoville has a big enough part in my stories. Under my thumb, where he belongs.

Funny enough, but i can't imagine David with a 'son' a 'daughter' sounds much better for him and to have an alien brother, very well thought out there, if i do say so myself.

Lisa

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Name: Stan Blumenthal
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Friday 25th February 2005 11:32 pm U.K. Time
Subject: Re: D-I-Y Invaders Stories - HI STAN LISA

I would have liked to put Edgar in my stories, but in the very last episode he was shot by the government agents at the safe house. I presume he was killed. That's the only reason I purposely left him out.

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Name: Stan Blumenthal
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Friday 25th February 2005 11:51 pm U.K. Time
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