Visitors (V Science Fiction Franchise) - 2009 Version

2009 Version

In the 2009 reimagining of V, the Visitors actually infiltrated governments around the world prior to their official appearance, and instigated most of the wars in the late 20th century to make them appear as saviors to humanity. Their technology has also advanced to the point of allowing them to simultaneously telecast to the entire world via the motherships in every known Earth language. Unlike the original series, in which the Visitors' human "skin" was a latex-like material that could be easily ripped off without much pain, these Visitors seem to wear literal skin which can only be damaged or removed forcefully and painfully. They also practice sexual cannibalism as seen in Anna's case. The Visitors' reproductive ability of egg-laying is retained in this series, although the egg sacks laid by Anna appear more womb-like, gestating in liquid substances than those having shells like normal reptiles.

• Anna (Morena Baccarin) is the Supreme Commander of the Visitors, an amalgam of the Diana, John, and "Leader" characters from the original series. She is intent on maintaining the Visitors' positive public image by any means. Anna appears to be the leader of the Visitor race as a whole (she is referred to by her own people as "the queen"). She maintains control of the Visitors by means of some sort of psychic projection called "bliss", which seems to project the following when needed: a sense of euphoria, a calming effect whenever worry is prevalent and generally seems to keep the Vs in line. Fifth Columnists and other Visitors who exhibit human emotion seem resistant to her bliss. Anna regards human emotions as an aberration that must be purged from the Visitors, and is shocked when she begins to exhibit them herself. For this same reason, she has imprisoned her mother Diana (Jane Badler) in the bowels of her mothership for over 15 years. In the final episode of the series, "Mother's Day," she kills Diana and banishes Lisa to her grandmother's prison for assisting her in her failed coup attempt. Also, for reasons unknown, she laid the last queen egg that later hatched into the Lisa clone that mated and killed Tyler. (see above)
• Marcus (Christopher Shyer) is Anna's second-in-command. He often expressed dissatisfaction with some Anna's more draconian methods, but otherwise appears totally loyal. In the season one finale he revives Joshua, a Fifth Column member, leaving his loyalty apparently unknown but it is then revealed that Joshua is revived to investigate who are his Fifth Column Partners. In season two, it is revealed that Marcus is loyal to Diana and he helped stage the coup d'état on Anna. After its failure, he reveals to Anna his betrayal and Anna forgives him.
• Joshua (Mark Hildreth) is Anna's chief medical advisor and head of the medical staff. He appears loyal to Anna at first but is soon revealed to be Fifth Column when he kills Dale Maddox; a V sleeper agent who was almost killed by Erica. Joshua later aids the Fifth Column on the ground via a communication device previously owned by John May, he provides key intel to Ryan and the others thanks to his close position to Anna. In the season 1 finale he is forced to reveal his allegiance in order to create a distraction for Erica to destroy Anna's eggs. He then allows Erica to kill him so she is not revealed as Fifth Column also. He is revived by Marcus in the closing minutes of Season 1. After being revived, his memory is wiped and he again appears loyal to Anna. However, after seeing Lisa sneaking around the mothership with Blue Energy, his memory returns and again he turn Fifth Column.
• Lisa (Laura Vandervoort) is a young Visitor who is Anna's daughter, serving as officer in the Peace Ambassador Program which Tyler Evans joins after meeting her. Over the course of several episodes, her relationship with Tyler develops to the point where she begins experiencing human emotion and developing sympathies towards the Fifth Column. She is imprisoned after assisting her grandmother Diana in a failed coup attempt, while her clone mates with and devours Tyler.
• Dale Maddox (Alan Tudyk) was a Visitor sleeper agent who posed as a FBI investigator working alongside Erica Evans. As a result, whenever she came too close to Visitor activity, Dale contacted them to remove any trace. However, Erica learned the truth as she appeared to have killed Dale during an assault on an anti-Visitor meeting in the pilot episode. Dale survived but was killed by the New York mothership's chief medical officer Joshua (Mark Hildreth), who is actually a Fifth Column agent.