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Next, the invaders in color.

Charles Rosselli, unexpected.

Rosselli?

The other time, Mr. Rosselli?

Six minutes to noon. Room 5A in the basement.

Sorry.

And four here make ten.

Yesterday, did you get ours?

Well, we go along with most of it, but we differ on two points.

We don't think there are that many of them here yet.

Well, all right, but we agree there aren't so many that they can't be

And secondly, we don't know the time factor either.

We're presuming we have a year at the most.

We may have something to add on that.

Page three, paragraph two.

Find that?

We have a fair fix on their galaxy.

And when we get that down, we can tell how long it takes them to get here.

And then we start to track them.

And who knows?

We may have a little fun raising Cain with them for a change.

We'll need the computers for that.

I can fly out to San Francisco the weekend of the 29th.

You'll need the computers the 29th.

They're available.

You have them. Good.

Anything else we haven't covered?

We'll be sending two reports to you this week. Weapons systems and internal

communications. That's a start.

Anything else?

Anything else?

Nothing here.

Anybody?

I've opened the bank accounts.

One here in New York and one in San Francisco.

I'll add to them as needed.

It's going to be a pleasure doing business with you, friend.

We have a deal.

Hard to believe, isn't it? After all this time, people like that to count on.

The beginning of the end.

What are the end of the beginning?

My mistake, Isaac.

Things are going to be a little different around here now.

Computers, physicists, a man like Scoville. What did they think, they were

fooling with amateurs?

The Invaders.

A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Roy Finnis as architect David Vincent.

The Invaders.

Alien beings from a dying planet.

Their destination, the Earth.

Their purpose.

to make it their world.

David Vincent has seen them. For him, it began one lost night on a lonely

country road looking for a shortcut that he never found.

It began with a closed, deserted diner and a man too long without sleep to

continue his journey.

It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy.

David Vincent knows that the invaders are here, that they have taken human

Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already

begun.

The guest stars in tonight's story, Carol Lindley, Anthony Isley,

Donald Davis, Kent Smith,

Reese Williams.

Tonight's episode, The Believer.

Finally, it has happened.

A group of people have banded together.

Believers who have seen, who know what David Vincent knows, that alien beings

have found their way here and that they must be destroyed.

A group of believers who, by their very nature, become the aliens' chief target

for extinction.

Can you hear me?

Who are you?

David.

Where am I?

You're in a shield -off basement 30 feet below the ground. There's no way out of

here.

What do you want?

The others.

I don't know what you're talking about. What are you talking about?

These were found in your briefcase.

Hand weapons, models A, B, and C.

Nomenclature and ballistics.

Table of command, regeneration.

Vulnerability to electronic detection.

There has been a great deal of research.

Who are the others?

I want them all.

There are only four of us.

Singhizer, Farnham, Bruce Silly, and myself.

None of you are weapons experts.

Somebody else prepared these reports.

How many of you are there?

How many are there?

Four of us.

We made a breakthrough several months ago.

You began to get evidence, to get people to believe your story.

Powerful people like the head of Singhizer Computers.

You formed a group.

I had to stop them.

You had to find people who knew how to stop them.

I won't tell.

Who are they, David?

Where can we find them?

In Philly.

Ruselli.

Ruselli is dead. There are others to consider.

Who are they?

Stanley Levy.

H &S Research, New York.

James Cunningham, Holborn College.

Marie Stiles, New York City.

Colonel Frederick Bell, Fort Benning.

Dr. Louise Havermeyer.

Johns Hopkins.

Samuel Leder.

Los Angeles.

Who else?

No more.

Ruselli, Singheiser, Farnham.

Dead now.

There are only seven of us.

Put him to sleep.

Until tomorrow.

By then, we'll have them all.

There's a mistake.

Dr. James Cunningham died of pneumonia in 1964.

You're sure?

I checked the registration office myself.

Very well.

There's nothing more.

Professor Cunningham died in 64.

The names Vincent gave us were false.

There's a possibility... There's no possibility of anything.

Colonel Frederick Bell was killed in Korea in 1952, and there's no record at

of any of the others, of any of them. He gave us those names under hypnosis.

They found some way to render hypnotic interrogation useless.

They must, each of them, have undergone hypnosis beforehand and had a set of

false names planted in their subconscious minds.

They're anticipating us, Torbay.

That makes them dangerous.

I must have been kind of cramped in there for you. I know how it feels.

I spent three days myself in a disciplinary lockup back home.

Is this where I'm staying?

You'll have a lot more room there.

Well, it's empty.

What are you doing?

I'm sorry I have to do this.

You won't feel a thing.

You'll just look to the world like you disappeared.

It's not that I want to do it.

Good morning.

Who are you?

Oh, I'm Lieutenant Harper, and you're in suite 405 of Samuel Ford Military

Hospital in Tulsa, which makes you a very important patient.

Here you are, Lieutenant.

I hope you like the accommodations.

Yeah, they're fine.

I'm Colonel Newcomb, United States Military Intelligence.

Lieutenant Harper is one of us, so you can speak freely in front of her.

How did you find me?

Our men were on their way to the Sennheiser plant the night you were

We'd been keeping a tag on him for some time.

Why? We were his liaison on the new missile guidance system.

He'd spoken to me about the aliens.

I was worried about him.

For the wrong reasons.

He probably thought he was losing his mind.

I was convinced of it.

We hoped the aberrations would be temporary.

If I'd believed him, he might be alive now.

You seem to be taking it well enough.

I accept my responsibility.

Why didn't your men intervene while we were being attacked?

We did, but we arrived too late.

Sergeant Bryant was killed immediately. Sergeant Kilmer gave us a description of

the car before he died.

I'm sorry.

I never even said thank you.

There's no need for thanks.

The important thing is the safety of the group.

We have enough reason to believe now that they're all in danger.

We have to collect the others and put all of you under direct protection.

Before you do that, you raise that blind. I'd like to see the sunlight.

You've been away from the sunlight for three days.

Dr. Cortland wants the exposure to be gradual.

Is that really why you won't raise the blind?

Is it really?

Mr. Vincent.

What's the matter, Lieutenant? I can't find a pulse. Why is that?

All right, get out.

There's no way out of here for you, Mr. Vincent.

You're the new prisoner, aren't you?

No, I'm the house guest.

Meet me later in the library.

What do you want there? The testing files. I'm doing research for Dr.

The material must be used in here.

I understand.

When you're finished with that, ring for someone to open the file for you.

Yes.

Have you been here for long?

Five or six days.

I'm not sure.

I would have made contact before, but I just found out about you.

We've got to get out of here.

Who are you?

My name is Elise Reynolds.

You're David Vincent. I've seen your name in the files.

You're scheduled to run through some tests that I work on.

I'm a psychologist.

Why did they bring you here?

They needed me.

I was doing work in an area that was of some interest to them.

I've been here for nearly three months.

Can I help you?

No, you must.

You have to. They're planning something, and we've got to stop it.

Look, listen to me. They brought me here because I'm a psychologist. I was

working in the field of crowd behavior, mass responses to disasters.

But they plan to attack the cities by starting fires and floods and power

breakdowns. Look, they're going to cut the leaders off from contact with the

people. They're planning to start it in Los Angeles a week from tomorrow.

And if they succeed...

They'll have a way of turning every major city into a panic -stricken mob.

Sorry.

Don't you understand what I'm trying to tell you? Just tell your commander to

stop wasting his time, will you? Are you insane? Do you think I'm one of them?

They don't bleed.

Or maybe you don't know that.

Satisfied?

There's no way out of here.

Yes, there is.

Corridor pass.

Yes.

Well, I know it's here.

Well, here it is.

Look at the wrong path.

Well, let's see if I can find another one.

Just a moment. I want the coroner pass.

Whatever you can find out, Ed.

She said it happened about three months ago.

Done.

Now, we have a company suite at the Stanton. Stay there.

Who are you going to call first?

Hellman. Good.

I'll send Bob and Mary out.

They can help in Sacramento.

And this time, take care of yourself, will you?

You too.

I'll get back to you tomorrow.

So they recognized those two men.

We'll tell Stan.

Make a left turn.

That's headed for the freight terminal. I don't care. Make a left turn.

There's a car following us.

You'll have to lose it.

Just what I need.

Let us off around the next corner, then head for a police station. They see

we're not with you, they'll let you alone.

What's the matter?

We're gonna have to split up.

Why? It's too dangerous for you.

But they're looking for me, too.

I know about them, too.

What is it, David?

Do you still think I'm one of them?

I know you're not.

Then why don't you trust me?

It's not a matter of trust.

Well, what is it, then?

I have a job to do, stopping them.

That's all I live for, do you understand?

But I can help you.

I don't want your help.

I can't afford to worry about what happens to you.

Listen to me.

I'm not a fragile China doll.

I lived among them for three months.

Before that, I never needed anybody to take care of me or look after me.

I have no one to worry about and no place to go.

Do you have a family?

No.

Well, when I was a child, I had a...

I had a brother.

I used to take care of him.

Erased him.

Until he died.

So, it doesn't matter much what happens to me or you.

Tell me about their plan.

They've compiled a list of over 300 key officials.

The mayor, chief of police, people whose daily orders keep a city running.

On the day of attack, they plan to kill as many as they can.

Other units will be sent out to immobilize the communications and power

According to the research we've done, the hour after the...

Blackout is the most critical.

Having heard nothing from their leaders, no news, no communications,

people begin to panic.

The aliens plan to broadcast a message across all channels saying that a major

earthquake has developed along the fault line and that people should evacuate

it, well, whatever way they can.

Mass murder.

Yeah, what can you do about it?

There's a group there's seven of us now working against the aliens They know

about us.

They killed three of us the night they captured me.

I'll take you to meet them.

Better get some sleep.

Well, come in. Glad to see you.

David. Elise Reynolds.

How do you do? Now, make yourself at home. Sit down.

You'll forgive me for not getting up to greet you, but you see, my daughter

insists that I am an invalid and that I must take care not to injure my heart.

Well, it's an honor to meet you, Professor Hellman.

Well, thank you very much.

I would rather it was a pleasure than an honor, but an old man, I suppose, must

accept whatever...

Compliments are forthcoming?

How are you, David?

Fine.

I was sorry I could not be at your meeting.

You heard about Singhiser and the rest.

Yes, I heard.

You were careless, all of you.

You cannot afford to be careless.

Miss Reynolds, understand this.

Your life does not belong to you now.

I understand.

Now, what about this planned assault?

I made some notes.

There are a few pages missing. I hope they make sense.

Mm -hmm.

Now, where and when are they going to try this? Here in Los Angeles in five

days. Five days.

Well, I'll have to study this, but from what you told me, we should be able to

neutralize the assault by protecting our central communication points and the

key officials.

That is, if they will believe us.

Now, I'll contact the mayor's office tomorrow after I've worked out a

This is a lot of work for a man in your condition.

Undoubtedly.

But we cannot take the chance of involving more of us than is necessary.

I believe you'd better go now, and I'll call you tomorrow.

Goodbye. Goodbye.

Bye, David.

So long. Oh, take care of each other.

What kind of psychologist were you?

Clinical. I worked in a veterans' hospital.

Combat stress.

War cases.

You know, adjustment to disability.

What made you choose that line?

Oh, the work was there to be done.

I would have thought you'd be interested in children.

Why would you think that?

You said you raised your brother.

Yeah.

I raised him.

What about it?

When did he die?

Three months ago.

The aliens killed him.

How did it happen?

We were out driving in the car.

He was 16.

He just got a driver's license.

And there was a turn on the road.

We had to... stopped because somebody had set up barricades and some people

we thought came up to us.

There was something strange about them.

I didn't know what happened.

Next thing I knew, we got hit.

Charlie got hit.

Charlie got hurt.

He didn't need him anymore.

Yes.

When?

They found Hellman dead.

Had a heart attack.

I guess we'll have to start from the beginning.

Mary? Hello.

This is Elise Reynolds.

She'll be working with us. How do you do?

Glad to know you. This is Mary and Bob Thorne.

She was the doc.

What's it all about?

Mass hysteria.

Panic. It's supposed to start in L .A. And Elise has a rundown.

We've got to hurt them, David.

I suppose you're upset about Hellman.

What do you think?

I love that old goat.

I know.

Did your postgraduate work with him, didn't you?

Yeah.

Let's get started.

Right. I've got a couple of friends in Sacramento.

From what Scoville told us, I think we go with everything.

Fine.

Mary, you go to Sacramento tomorrow and tell Olsen we need his help now with the

governor. I'll get Fielding to use his contacts with the Civil Defense Office.

That should give us a running jump.

I don't think we'll strike out there.

But if we do, there's three more days to try something else.

Now, is there anything you need to know?

Anything Scoville didn't mention?

One thing puzzles me a little. Why they should allow an outsider to have access

to their research data.

Well, it was a complex project and they were short of personnel.

There were only a few of them that were familiar with the data on crowd

behavior.

Did you work in this field before?

Well, it was my specialty.

I had no idea what they were planning.

Why don't you get started?

Well, Elise, it'll be good to work with you. Thank you.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Goodbye, very nice to meet you. Bye -bye.

Take care.

Bye.

Room 136, an emergency. Get an ambulance right away.

Bob, there'll be a doctor here.

But we can't wait.

Let's go.

You say it checks out, it checks out.

I've already sent you the clippings.

Is Torrin gonna make it?

The doctors think so.

I hate this. We keep setting it up, they keep knocking it down.

You'll have to call Jensen now.

Jensen?

Take care of yourself.

David, who was that?

Member of the group.

Dr. Jensen is going to take Mary's place in Sacramento.

But he'll be killed.

Not if he's careful.

Careful?

What if he isn't careful?

What if they know about him already?

But he'll be killed, David.

Then someone will take his place.

Look, how can you talk like that? They're your friends. Do you realize

we're doing, what we're up against, what's at stake? I don't care what's at

stake. You're sending people to be slaughtered.

Don't you feel anything?

What kind of a monster are you? Just listen to me.

If I have to, I'll sacrifice you, too.

They all knew that from the start.

Singheiser, Hellman, and Mary. They all knew it.

So does Jensen.

And now you know it.

If you die, what'll I do?

You'll finish it.

It's up to you to meet Jensen. By myself?

By yourself.

Tell me what to do.

It's almost daylight.

Take a cab.

Go to 4th Street, Hopkins Avenue.

In the southwest corner, there's a phone booth.

6 a .m., the phone will ring. You answer it. It'll be Jensen.

He'll give you an address where you can meet him.

You go there immediately and tell him everything you know.

When will I see you again?

Jensen will tell you that.

It's after five. You better get going.

Hello?

Doctor Jensen?

Doctor Jensen?

Thank you.

Dr. Jensen?

What are you doing here?

Waiting for you. Where's Dr. Jensen? On another appointment.

I was supposed to meet him here.

Yes, it's 6 .15.

It's now 7 o 'clock.

I get tied up in traffic. You were supposed to walk.

I told you on the phone it was a 15 -minute walk.

You told me.

It's fine.

There is no Jensen. I made the phone call.

Why? You've been working with him right along, haven't you?

You sent them here to kill Jensen the way you sent them after Torn and his

David, listen to me.

They never intended to immobilize Los Angeles because they're not strong

for that yet. So they had to find out about us and destroy us.

But they couldn't break me, so they sent you.

I didn't mean to. They told me they weren't going to kill anybody.

I have to, David.

They're my brother. Your brother is dead. No, he's alive.

I lied to you.

I had to do it. They said they were going to kill him if I didn't. When did

see him?

I think...

Two days after they kidnapped me, I heard tape reporting of his voice. They

they were going to take him to a base or something where they treat his

injuries. When did you see him? They let me talk to him over the phone, and I

got a message from him. When did you see him? I didn't see him. Because he's

dead. Your brother is dead. They let him die in that wreck.

I don't believe you.

You're trying to trick me.

I had someone check on you and the accident and that kidnap story.

Your brother is dead.

Dr. Hellman and Mary died for nothing.

Vincent, there's no way out of there.

You haven't got a chance.

You might as well come out now.

they're here to find out about those other two that they sent

Elise I need your help

this is your last warning

Why? You want to atone for getting two of our people killed?

No.

I'm horrified at everything that I did.

But as your own psychologist told you, I didn't do it voluntarily.

If they blackmailed you once, why couldn't they do it again?

My brother is dead.

They have nothing else to use on me.

You want revenge.

No.

I want to stop them.

What makes you think you're tough enough?

I was responsible for getting your wife killed.

I think if I'm willing to come in and ask you to let me join your group, then

should really be tough enough.

Say we let you.

What can you do for us?

I know them.

I'm a trained psychologist and a good one.

Vincent.

Yes.

Bob says so.

Doran.

But it's got to be unanimous.

It is.

Thank you.

There are seven of them now.

Believers.

Aware of the presence of alien beings here.

determined to destroy them.

Perhaps for us, it is the end of the beginning.

Perhaps for the invaders, the beginning of the end.