<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Travelers is a science fiction television series created by Brad Wright, starring Eric McCormack, Mackenzie Porter, Jared Abrahamson, Nesta Cooper, Reilly Dolman and Patrick Gilmore . 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 on Netflix on December 23, 2016 . On February 8, 2017, Netflix and Showcase renewed the show for a second season, which premiered on Showcase in Canada on October 16, 2017, and it was released on Netflix on December 26, 2017, in every country except Canada . </P> <P> In a post-apocalyptic future, thousands of special operatives are tasked with preventing the collapse of society . These operatives, known as "travelers", have their consciousnesses sent back in time and transferred into the body of present - day individuals who would otherwise be moments from death, to minimize unexpected impact on the timeline . The transfer requires the exact location of the target, made possible by twenty - first century smart phones and GPS . Prepared using social media and public records concerning their targets, each traveler must maintain the host's pre-existing life as cover for the rest of their lives, while carrying out missions in teams of five . These missions are dictated by the Director, an artificial intelligence in the future that monitors the timeline, 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 without risk of killing them . All travelers are required to behave according to certain protocols to protect the timeline . As the series progresses, however, travelers affect the present and future in unanticipated ways . Showcase explained the protocols on its blog . </P>

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