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V is a science fiction TV franchise created by American producer and director Kenneth Johnson concerning aliens known as "The Visitors" trying to take over Earth. Image File history File links Template:DVDCover Cover for V - The Miniseries File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Kenneth Johnson (born 26 October 1942) is an American screenwriter, producer and director best known as the creator of the series V. His creative efforts are almost entirely concentrated in the area of television science fiction. ... Marc Singer was born on January 29, 1948, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... Faye Grant (born July 16, 1957 in St. ... Jane Badler (b. ... Lane Smith, full name Walter Lane Smith (April 29, 1936 â€“ June 13, 2005) was a U.S. character actor. ... Blair Tefkin (b. ... Jennifer Cooke (b. ... Michael Ironside (born Frederick Reginald Ironside[1] on February 12, 1950) is a Canadian character actor. ... Michael Wright (born April 30, 1961 in New York City, New York) is an American film and television actor . ... Robert Barton Englund (born June 6th, 1949), is an American actor from Glendale, California. ... Jeff Yagher is an American actor (b. ... June Chadwick was born on November 30, 1951 in Warwickshire, England, UK. Her most well known tv roles are in the science fiction television series V: The Series as the evil Visitor named Lydia from 1984 to 1985, and as Lt. ... Howard K. Smith Howard Kingsbury Smith (May 12, 1914 â€“ February 15, 2002) was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman and commentator, and one of the original Murrow boys. ... Aki Aleong (born Assing Aleong, December 19, 1934 in Port of Spain, Trinidad) is an Asian character actor who has also been active in songwriting and musical production. ... Frank Ashmore (b. ... Sarah Douglas (born December 12, 1952) is an English actress, most notable for playing strong villainessess in 1980s science fiction movies. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Kenneth Johnson (born 26 October 1942) is an American screenwriter, producer and director best known as the creator of the series V. His creative efforts are almost entirely concentrated in the area of television science fiction. ...

It debuted in 1983 as a two-part television miniseries, written and directed by Johnson; and starring Jane Badler, Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Michael Durrell, Jenny Sullivan, Richard Herd, Peter Nelson, David Packer, Blair Tefkin, Diane Civita and Robert Englund. It was followed in 1984 by a three-part miniseries, V: The Final Battle, introducing Michael Ironside, and a one-hour weekly television series, V (sometimes referred to as V: The Series) during the 1984–1985 TV season. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Jane Badler (b. ... Marc Singer was born on January 29, 1948, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... Faye Grant (born July 16, 1957 in St. ... Michael Durrell (born October 6, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. ... Jenny Sullivan born on 1947 is an American actress who has starred in films and on television. ... Richard Herd (born September 26, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American character actor in television and film. ... Peter Nelson is an American actor,(b. ... David Packer (b. ... Blair Tefkin (b. ... Actor Diane Cary has been featured in several TV shows. ... Robert Barton Englund (born June 6th, 1949), is an American actor from Glendale, California. ... Michael Ironside (born Frederick Reginald Ironside[1] on February 12, 1950) is a Canadian character actor. ...

Johnson's upcoming novel V: The Second Generation, a sequel to the first miniseries, is scheduled to be published in October 2007; [1] a TV adaption is also planned for 2008.

Plot summary

Original miniseries

Aliens who appear human arrive on Earth in a fleet of 50 huge saucer-like motherships, which hover over key major cities. They appear to be friendly, seeking the help of humans to obtain chemicals needed to aid their ailing world. In return, the Visitors promise to share their advanced technology with humanity. The governments of Earth accept, and the Visitors gain considerable influence with authorities.

However, strange things are soon noted. Scientists find themselves facing increasing media hostility, and government restrictions on their activities and movements. Others, particularly those keen on examining the Visitors more closely, begin to disappear or face being discredited. Noted scientists confess to subversive activities; some exhibiting other unusual behavior, such as suddenly demonstrating an opposite hand preference to the one they are known to have. Handedness is an attribute of human beings defined by their unequal distribution of fine motor skill between the left and right hands. ...

Journalist and TV cameraman Michael Donovan (Singer) sneaks aboard one of the Visitors' motherships and discovers that beneath their human like facade, the aliens are reptilian in nature, and carnivorous - preferring to eat live food, like rodents and birds. He learns from a Visitor named Martin that the story about the needed chemicals is merely a diversion. The true purpose of the Visitor's trip to Earth is to conquer and subdue the planet, steal all of the Earth's water and harvest the human race as food, leaving only a few as slaves and soldiers/cannon fodder for the Visitors' wars with other alien races. Donovan also discovers there are dissidents among the Visitors (known as the Fifth Column) who oppose their leader's plans. It has been suggested that The Reptilian Agenda be merged into this article or section. ... Look up Harvest in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Slave redirects here. ... Cannon Fodder is an expression used to denote the treatment of armed forces as a worthless commodity to be expended. ... // The Fifth Column Alliance was originally a holdover of the original Visitor republican-type government that survived the Leaders coup and attempted to retake control. ...

Donovan gets some of this on tape, but just as this exposé is about to air, the broadcast is interrupted by a Visitor announcement, suddenly making Donovan a fugitive, pursued by both the police and the Visitors. An exposÃ© is an article or book intended to reveal shocking or surprising information. ...

The scientists are persecuted - both to discredit them (as the part of the human population most likely to discover the Visitors' secrets) and to distract the rest of the population with a scapegoat upon whom they could focus their fears. Key human individuals are subjected to a special mind control process called "conversion", which turns them into the Visitors' pawns, leaving only subtle behavioral clues to this manipulation. Some other humans, on the other hand (including Mike Donovan's mother), willingly collaborate with the Visitors, seduced by their power. The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt, 1854. ... Mind control (or thought control) has the premise that an outside source can control an individuals thinking, behavior or consciousness (either directly or more subtly). ...

A resistance movement is formed, determined to expose and oppose the Visitors as much as possible. The Los Angeles cell leader is Dr. Juliet "Julie" Parrish. Donovan is later assimilated into the group. Soon, the members of the Resistance strike their first blows against the Visitors, while procuring laboratory equipment and weapons to carry on the fight. Meanwhile, the Visitors in the Fifth Column led by Martin, promise to aid the Resistance. A resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country or the government of a sovereign nation through either the use of physical force, or nonviolence. ...

V: The Final Battle

Several months have passed since the events of the mini-series. The Resistance's ranks have expanded and is using more secretive and militaristic methods to fight the Visitors, whose stranglehold on the Earth continues to grow.

Events soon take a turn for the worst for the Resistance, first when the Visitor's new battle armor and laser weaponry derails their military operations in saving captured humans on Visitor Motherships, second when the Fifth Column becomes hesitant to help when the Visitors become suspicious of treason in their ranks, lastly when Resistance leaders Donovan and Parrish realise that without a special weapon or technological development, the war will end swiftly. Donovan formulates a plan to expose John, the leader of the Visitors on Earth, as a reptilian-based alien. The plan succeeds, helping the fledgling Resistance movement with providing extra members, support and persuades Resistance expert Ham Tyler to help the movement perform better operations on Visitor targets.

Meanwhile, the experiment that Diana began into cross-breeding using Visitor Brian and Resistance member Robin Maxwell has come to fruition and she gives birth to twins. The largely-human girl, named Elizabeth, lives and suddenly begins aging at a rapid rate, exhibits great intelligence and odd abilities, while the largely-Visitor boy dies. After examining its corpse, a mysterious biological organism is found to be toxic to Visitor physiology. Resistance scientists culture the organism into The "Red Dust", which is deadly to Visitors but not harmful to life on Earth.

On a pre-approved day, the Resistance launches an attack on the ships while simultaneously releasing the dust into Earth's atmosphere, making the entire planet deadly to Visitors. Meanwhile, Diana; who has since usurped command of the Visitor fleet, plans to use a mothership's doomsday device to destroy the Earth. Donovan, Parrish and many others journey to the ship and, after flooding it with Red Dust, killing every Visitor on board (excluding the Fifth Column thanks to an antidote in the form of a pill the Resistance made for their alien allies) they successfully disarm the device with help from Elizabeth (now looking around ten years old due to her rapid aging rate) and return to Earth victorious.

V: The Series

Shortly after her ship's capture by the Resistance, Diana escapes in a shuttle but is pursued by Donovan. The two engage in combat in the atmosphere, and Donovan successfully shoots her down and, after a short fight, captures her.

One year after the day when the Red Dust was deployed, now the international national holiday called "Liberation Day", the former members of the Resistance and their Fifth Column allies have gone their separate ways and are each looking forward to prosperous careers and bright futures. When Diana is finally put on trial for the atrocities she committed during the First Invasion, Science Frontiers, the company responsible for mass production of the Red Dust, at the behest of its CEO Nathan Bates, arranged for Ham Tyler and his security firm to publicly "assassinate" Diana on her way to the trial and take her to a secret cabin in the woods outside L.A. After this is done, Nathan offers Diana better accommodations in exchange for helping to solving problems such as disease and environmental failure on Earth by providing Visitor technological information.

Donovan and Martin, having witnessed her supposed assassination, sense something isn't right and pursue Tyler's agents in a stolen helicopter. After reaching the cabin, Donovan is knocked unconscious by Martin, who wants Diana killed. As he is poised to succeed, Diana is able to overpower him and steal his pistol, and after forcing him to surrender his last antidote pill so she can temporarily survive on Earth, she kills him and escapes to the Southwest Tracking Station.

Martin tells Donovan about Diana's plan to make the Visitor Fleet return moments before his death, and Donovan sets off on foot. Donovan meets Tyler and agree to pursue Diana together. Attempts to stop her fail, and Diana escapes to a Visitor Shuttle arrived from a new fleet hidden behind the Moon, and Diana proceeds to launch the Second Invasion of the Earth.

The Resistance assembles once more, now fighting the Visitors nationwide and also contending with the power-hungry Nathan who has used the power vacuum of the collapse of the government and authorities to become Governor of Los Angeles. The Resistance fights however it can, often joined by other rebel groups, but cannot use their Red Dust super weapon, due to toxic long-term effects it will have on the Earth. Meanwhile, Elizabeth, who has transformed yet again and is now looking 18-years-old, becomes increasingly important in the cause for Earth's freedom and eventually leads her to control the destiny of either race and decide the outcome of the conflict.

V: The Second Generation

In early 2007, Kenneth Johnson announced that he will be publishing the novel V, The Second Generation featuring original and new characters. The novel will go on sale in October 2007, and a filmed version is planned for an unspecified (and constantly delayed) time in the future.

Interestingly, the novel will dispense with The Final Battle and the TV Series (in which Kenneth Johnson played a minimal role) entirely as non-canon, and pick up twenty years after the events of the first miniseries. The novel will also introduce the long-sought enemies of the Visitors whose own motives for helping the human resistance will serve as a central dilemma for the beleaguered Resistance.

Influences

Series creator Kenneth Johnson has said that the story was inspired by the 1935 novel It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. Also, several scenes from the original TV pilot resemble the Bertolt Brecht play The Private Life of the Master Race. A short story entitled To Serve Man (later adapted into an episode of The Twilight Zone) had a similar theme of deceptively friendly aliens secretly cultivating humans for food. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (900x509, 141 KB)Jane Badler (Diana) (V 1983) Warner Bros. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (900x509, 141 KB)Jane Badler (Diana) (V 1983) Warner Bros. ... Poster for a stage adaptation of It Cant Happen Here, ca. ... Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 â€” January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. ... Brecht redirects here. ... This article is in need of attention. ... To Serve Man is a science fiction short story originally written by Damon Knight, later adapted for use as a Twilight Zone episode. ... The Twilight Zone title. ...

In a commentary track on the DVD release of the first miniseries, Johnson reveals that V was originally intended as a straightforward political thriller, charting the rise of a fascist movement in the United States. NBC was interested in a sci-fi hit, to capitalize on the success of films such as the Star Wars trilogy. Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... Star Wars is an epic space opera saga and a fictional universe initially developed by George Lucas during the 1970s and expanded since that time. ...

The story remains a Nazi allegory, right down to the Swastika-like emblem used by the Visitors and their SS like uniforms. There is a Visitor youth auxiliary with obvious similarities to the Hitler Youth and Visitor broadcasts mimic Nazi era propaganda. The show's portrayal of human interaction with the Visitors bears a striking resemblance to stories from Occupied Europe during the Second World War with some citizens choosing collaboration and others choosing to join underground resistance movements. National Socialism redirects here. ... A right-facing Swastika in a decorative Hindu form The swastika (from Sanskrit ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing () or left-facing () forms. ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Soviet Propaganda Poster during the World War II. The text reads Red Army Fighter, SAVE US! Chinese propaganda poster from during the Cultural Revolution. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Quisling, after Norwegian fascist politician Vidkun Quisling, is a term used to describe traitors and collaborationists. ...

Where the Nazis primarily persecuted Jews, the Visitors were likewise depicted to persecute scientists, their families and anyone associating with them and distribute propaganda in an effort to hide their true identity. Some of the central characters in the initial series were from a Jewish family and the grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, frequently commented on the events of the past again unfolding. The Visitors declared martial law to control the scientists, something akin to the rise of the fascists in Germany. Later, throughout the TV series, the Resistance Network's TV news bulletins report stories of erstwhile enemies uniting in common cause against the alien occupiers, such as black and white South Africans (the series was produced when South Africa was still under apartheid). In addition, direct figure analogies are used, such as the senior Visitor scientist, Diana, who is a direct analogue of Dr. Josef Mengele. For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... Josef Mengele (March 16, 1911 â€“ February 7, 1979), was a German SS officer and a physician in the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. ...

The miniseries ran for 200 minutes and was successful enough to spawn a sequel, V: The Final Battle, which was meant to conclude the story, and a television series in 1984—1985 that revived it. Johnson left V during The Final Battle and went on to work on other science fiction shows, like Alien Nation. Perhaps as a result, the sequel and TV series had less of an emphasis on historical allegory and complex characters and their inter-relations, and was more action-oriented. Alien Nation is a science fiction television series, based on the movie of the same name. ...

The cancellation of the TV series in the spring of 1985 appeared to have caught its producers by surprise, as the season ends with a cliffhanger. The TV series' single season was released on DVD in 2004. That same year, Kenneth Johnson announced plans to produce a sequel to the first V miniseries, but one that would disregard both The Final Battle and the subsequent weekly series. In October 2004, Kenneth Johnson made it known that NBC has decided it wants a remake of the original V miniseries, rather than a sequel. The possibility of a sequel of the original would remain open, but would be contingent on the success of the remake. This may have been reversed, however, as according to Kenneth Johnson, a filmed version of the upcoming book V: The Second Generation will be released sometime in the future. A notable change is that the new filmed version is planned as a 3-hour TV movie rather than a new miniseries. Image File history File links V_Mothership. ... Image File history File links V_Mothership. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The concept of lizard-like aliens who appear human, and who plot to control humanity, is similar to some fringe theories — see Reptiloid. Reptilian humanoids are a recurring theme in mythology, fiction, and especially science fiction, fringe theories, and conspiracy theories. ...

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Spinoffs

V spun off a series of original novels, including a novelization of the first two mini-series combined into one story. Unusually, most of the original novels that followed did not feature characters from the TV series, but rather focused on battles against the alien invaders in other parts of the world. While the series was on the air, new novels were published once a month by Pinnacle Paperbacks. In 1987-88, a new series of novels was published by Tor. Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

V is the first book of the series and was written by Ann C. Crispin. They arrived- tens of thousands of extraterrestrial beings- in huge motherships. They came from a dying planet, all they wanted was a share of the Earth's resources in exchange for advanced knowledge. Humanity believed, until they turned into a army of invaders. Entire cities vanished from the Earth. A reign of terror descends upon the Earth never seen before. Ann C. Crispin is a science fiction writer and the author of over sixteen published novels. ...

East Coast Crisis is the second book of the series and was written by Howard Weinstein. New York- the communication center of the world, is in alien hands. As their grip tightens, the resistance, White Christmas, attempts to fight back, until humanity is freed.

The Pursuit of Diana is the third book of the series and was written by Allen L. Wold. The LA resistance tries to revive those stored on the mothership after capturing it in the events of the first book. However they are faced with the converted government, and several of the "sixth colummn", survivors on board the mothership still loyal to Diana, who has escaped capture on board.

The Chicago Conversion is the fourth book of the series and was written by George W. Proctor. In Chicago, two people who are living as one of the last people there. However, they get caught in a plan to convert the Chicago resistance after they recover some anti-toxin pills for the Red Dust.

The Florida Project is the fifth book of the series and was written by Tim Sullivan. The Visitors undertake a plan to create a human-reptilian hybrid in the Everglades to wipe out the resistance. Timothy Daniel Big Tim Sullivan (July 23, 1862-August 31, 1913) was a New York politician who controlled Manhattans Bowery and Lower East Side districts as a prominant figure within Tammany Hall. ...

Prisoners and Pawns is the sixth book of the series and was written by Howard Weinstein. Lydia and Diana try to wrestle power from each other while trying to get the resistance out of the way. The resistance find that their might be collaborators in their group.

The Alien Swordmaster is the seventh book of the series and was written by Somtow Sucharitkul. Tomoko Jones is revived to become the consort of the fearsome Fieh Chan, Visitor Commander of Tokyo. Meanwhile, her husband, finds a plot to capture the Earth's martial arts masters for conversion. S.P. Somtow (born December 30, 1952), also known as Somtow Sucharitkul, is a Thai musical composer and personality, and also an English science fiction and horror author. ...

The first three books were republished in 1994. Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

The first book novelises both the miniseries, but has some differences, including killing off several characters that do not die in the televised version. This includes Chris Farber, leading to confusion about his return in V: The Series.

Meanwhile, DC Comics published an 18-issue V comic book series in 1985-86, with stories set to be concurrent with the events of V: The Series. The editor of the comic reported at one point in the letter (fan mail) column that DC was working to acquire permission to continue the storyline of the television series should it not be renewed for a second season. In the end, either such permission was denied or DC decided not to pursue the matter further; the V comic ended without resolving any of the plot threads left dangling by the series' cliffhanger finale, though one of the comic's final storylines did lead directly into the events of the finale. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Editing may also refer to audio editing or film editing. ... Fan mail is mail sent to a public figure, especially a celebrity, by their admirers or fans. // Fan mail may be in the form of letters, cards, artworks, gifts, and so on; depending on the recipient, it may also be possible to send fan mail via E-mail. ... // Regular Context The line of a story. ... A finale is a closing part, act or movement of a dramatic or musical composition, or more generally any event or procedure with a dramatically concluding effect. ...

In Japan, Go Nagai wrote a manga adaptation of the series with art by Tatsuya Yasuda. Go Nagai , born September 6, 1945) is a Japanese mangaka and an important innovator of several genres within anime and manga. ... maNga is a popular Turkish nu metal/rapcore band. ...

In 1986 Ocean Software released a video game based on the series for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.[3] The Ocean logotype had an often prominent placement on the box art. ... â€œComputer and video gamesâ€ redirects here. ... The Amstrad CPC was a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. ... The Commodore 64 is the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. ... The ZX Spectrum is a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ...

Underground computer programmer David Menuhin has announced that he is producing an online V multi-media trivia game. Unfortunately, production has run into difficulties due to copyright issues, and as of August 2006, Menuhin has still not obtained express permission to use all the sounds and images from the series.

In October 2008, V: The Second Generation is scheduled to be released as a sequel to the first two television series. ^[1]

Trivia

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