In this sprawling television miniseries, originally aired in May 1983 on NBC, a race of seemingly human-like aliens arrive en masse on Earth. These " Visitors" promise cooperation & friendship -- then launch a clandestine takeover of the planet by accusing the entire scientific & medical community of conspiring to destroy them, then finally "benevolently" seizing power. Inspired by Sinclair Lewis {-It Cant Happen Here, a 1935 account of a fictional fascist takeover of America, V uses a huge