<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.showcase.ca/travelers </Td> </Tr> <P> Travelers is a Canadian - US science fiction television series created by Brad Wright, starring Eric McCormack . The series is a co-production between Netflix and Showcase . The first season comprises 12 episodes and premiered on Showcase on October 17, 2016; the entire series premiered globally (outside of Canada) on Netflix, on December 23, 2016 . On February 8, 2017, Netflix and Showcase renewed the show for a second season, which premiered on Showcase on October 16, 2017, and will be followed by a Netflix release on December 26, 2017 . </P> <P> Thousands of special operatives, sent back in time from the future, are tasked with preventing the collapse of society . These operatives, known as "travelers", take over the body of a 21st - century individual via a transfer of consciousness; to minimize impact on the timeline, it is performed moments before the person's recorded time of death . The transfer requires the exact location of the target; smart phones and GPS have made this possible only from the early 21st century onward . Prepared using social media and public records concerning their targets, small teams of travelers must maintain their hosts' pre-existing lives as cover while carrying out missions, dictated by the Director in the future, aimed at saving the world from a series of catastrophic events . One method by which the Director communicates with travelers is via pre-pubescent children used as messengers; unlike adults, any child can safely be taken over for a few minutes and then released from control . The show focuses on one team of five travelers, starting from their transfers of consciousness . As the series progresses, travelers affect the present and future in unanticipated ways . </P>

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