The Cold War era zeitgeist translated into a type of near-paranoia manifested in themes such as invading armies of evil aliens, ( Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The War of the Worlds ); and communist fifth columnists, ( The Manchurian Candidate ).

Some horror films during this period, such as The Thing from Another World ( 1951 ) and Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1956 ), managed to channel the paranoia of the Cold War into atmospheric creepiness.

He worked as a dialogue coach on four additional Siegel films: Private Hell 36 ( 1954 ), An Annapolis Story, ( 1955, and co-starring L. Q. Jones ), Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1956 ) and Crime in the Streets ( 1956 ).

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, in which Peckinpah appeared in a cameo as Charlie the meter reader, starred Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter.

He was best known for the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1956 ) and five films with Clint Eastwood, including Dirty Harry ( 1971 ) and Escape from Alcatraz ( 1979 ).

He made the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers in 1956.

Thematically, the book evokes a sense of paranoia later captured in the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which had a similar premise.

( Sutherland also starred in the remade Invasion of the Body Snatchers, another tale of aliens taking over humans.

In turn, the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1956 ) is based on that novel.

He also has a memorable character part as a psychiatrist in Philip Kaufman's remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

In 1978, Nimoy played Dr. David Kibner in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

In 1994, Invasion of the Body Snatchers was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ".

Invasion of the Body Snatchers was originally scheduled for a 24-day shoot and a budget of USD $ 454, 864.

Originally producer Wanger and Siegel wanted to shoot Invasion of the Body Snatchers on location in the town Jack Finney described in his novel: Mill Valley, just north of San Francisco.

None of these were chosen, as the studio finally settled on Invasion of the Body Snatchers in late 1955.

Siegel had originally shot Invasion of the Body Snatchers in the 1. 85: 1 aspect ratio.

Comparing Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly and Orson Welles ' Touch of Evil, Brian Neve found a sense of disillusionment rather than straightforward messages, with all three films being " less radical in any positive sense than reflective of the decline of screenwriters ' great liberal hopes ".

The purpose of this may either be to take over the entire world through infiltration ( Invasion of the Body Snatchers ), or as advanced scouts meant to " soften up " Earth in preparation for a full-scale invasion by the aliens ' conventional military ( First Wave ).

The classic examples of this would be Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Arrival, the gradual evolution of humans to ‘ hybrid ’ aliens in TV's Invasion, Threshold, the Animorphs series, Invader Zim, Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters and the John W. Campbell, Jr. short story " Who Goes There?

Other treatments have posited biological invasions ( Invasion of the Body Snatchers ), or cultural invasion ( The Uplift Wars by David Brin ).

Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in popular war movies such as The Dirty Dozen, MASH and Kelly's Heroes, as well as characters in other popular films such as Klute, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, JFK, Ordinary People and, more recently, The Hunger Games as President Snow.

Sutherland found himself in demand as a leading man throughout the 1970s in films such as the Venice-based psychological horror film Don't Look Now ( 1973 ), the war film The Eagle Has Landed ( 1976 ), Federico Fellini's Casanova ( 1976 ) and the thriller Eye of the Needle ( which was filmed on location on the Isle of Mull, West Scotland ) and as the ever-optimistic health inspector in the science fiction / horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1978 ) alongside Brooke Adams and Jeff Goldblum.

His selections indicated a taste for paranoia and " the darkest of dark comedy ," according to a writer for The New York Times, and included Frenzy, Dr. Strangelove, Brewster McCloud, The Big Clock, The Seventh Victim, Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 version ), Seconds, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1978 version ).

His article, Invasion of the Home Snatchers also documented attempts by the judge to intimidate a homeowner fighting foreclosure and the attorney Taibbi accompanied into the court.

* The Simpsons Game, in the " Invasion of the Yokel Snatchers " level.

It is his relentlessness and unwaivering adherence to this revolutionary artistic philosophy that has enabled him to paint such pictures as `` The Invasion of Cuba ''.

The film ends with an anti-American epilogue in which the United States is embarrassed by the Bay of Pigs Invasion fiasco, and was subsequently banned.

Xavier is not seen again during the events of Secret Invasion, though his X-Men in San Francisco are successful at repelling the invaders there through the use of the modified Legacy Virus.

From space, Gallifrey is seen as a yellow-orange planet and is close enough to central space lanes for spacecraft to require clearance from Gallifreyan Space Traffic Control as they pass through its system ( The Invasion of Time, 1978 ).

* 1950 – The People's Liberation Army takes control of the town of Qamdo ; this is sometimes called the " Invasion of Tibet ".

There is no decisive theory as to the origins of the caste system in India, and globally renowned historians and archaeologists like Jim Shaffer, J. P. Mallory, Edwin Bryant, and others, have disputed the claim of " Aryan Invasion ".

In " Doomsday ", the Doctor states that the sonic screwdriver does not kill, wound or maim ; however, it is sometimes brandished in a threatening manner, such as in " The Christmas Invasion ", " The Impossible Planet ", " The Runaway Bride ", " The Lazarus Experiment " and The Infinite Quest.

In The Invasion of Time, their armour is shown to be resistant to Time Lord stasers and K-9's blaster.

In " The Invasion of Time ," a Citadel Guard on Gallifrey is initially baffled by the archaic lock when attempting to open the Doctor's TARDIS.

It shows Harold touching two altars with the enthroned Duke looking on, and is central to the Norman Invasion of England.

The battle is the last major event in the Mongol Invasion of Europe.

* Invasion of the Vandals: Gratian is forced to cede Upper Pannonia to them.

After the Norman Invasion in the 12th century, the McCarthy clan were pushed westward into what is now West Cork and County Kerry.

* The story of Caratacus is dramatized in the " Onslaught " episode of The Roman Invasion of Britain ( 2010 ) by the Smithsonian Channel

Timex Datalink USB Dress edition from 2003 with a dot matrix display ; the Invasion video game is on the screen

A common theme in Nation's science fiction is the depiction of post-apocalyptic societies, as in several of his Doctor Who serials, for example The Daleks, Death to the Daleks and The Android Invasion and in his series Survivors, which Nation created before Blake's 7.

In " World War Three ", the Doctor is able to shake off an electrocution attempt which is fatal to a number of humans, and appears unaffected by the energy whip wielded by the Sycorax in " The Christmas Invasion ".

In The Time Monster and Invasion of the Dinosaurs the Third Doctor is able to resist fields of slow time, being able to move through them even though others are paralysed.

It is implied ( in The Invasion of Time and The Deadly Assassin ) that the terms " Gallifreyan " and " Time Lord " may not be synonymous, and that Time Lords are simply that subset of Gallifreyans who have achieved the status of Time Lord via achievement in the Gallifreyan collegiate system ; in the episode " The Sound of Drums " The Doctor talks of ' children of Gallifrey ' which implies that children are Gallifreyan before they are Time Lords.

The de-mat gun is a weapon of mass destruction that removes its target from space-time altogether, as seen in " The Invasion of Time ".

David Agnew is the credited writer of The Invasion of Time, and the use of the Alan Smithee name for The Elusive David Agnew is a joke ; " David Agnew " is a pseudonym, and The Elusive David Agnew is a mockumentary.