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At the store (Marco is playing online poker while his dad installs an alarm system.) Spinner: (To a customer) Hey and receipt’s in the bag. Sale’s on all week. Spread the word. Mr. Del Rossi: 1637. You have 20 seconds to punch it in. You got that Marco? Marco: Huh? Yeah. Yeah I got that pop. Thanks. Spinner: Getting robbed once was enough, you know? And the new signage looks great Mr. D.R. Mr. Del Rossi: Yeah. Spinner: Cash only, right? Mr. Del Rossi: Hey you can’t trust banks. The service fees, low interest. Talk about getting robbed. Hey uh me and Uncle Louie are gonna play the ponies. You boys want to come when you close up? Spinner: Yeah! Marco: No, not tonight. Mr. Del Rossi: You know sometimes you worry me Marco. This is life. You’ve got to live it. (He leaves and Spinner walks over to Marco.) Spinner: Dude, come on. You’ve been Johnny Long-Face all week. Marco: Oh so it’s been a week since Dylan left. ‘Cause you know with constant phone tag and no e-mails, it’s like poof! My boyfriend just disappeared off the face of the earth. Spinner: Last I heard, Sweden was still on earth. Marco: For the last time Spinner, Switzerland! Spinner: Whatever. Look Dylan’s got practice every day, road trips with the team, workouts with the team- Marco: Long hot showers with the team. Spinner: Dude you have an actively gay imagination. Marco: Spin do you have any idea how hard it is to go from always having somebody there to being totally alone? Spinner: Look when Dylan was here, nobody ever saw you. You two just played house 24/7. Don’t hermit out with your laptop now that he’s gone. (Marco wins his online game.) Marco: Hah! Whatever buddy. I just won 200 bucks! Are you finished with your lecture? At Marco, Paige and Ellie’s Marco: (On the phone) Hey Dylan. It’s in the middle of the night your time. Calling you, so call me back. Love you. Bye. (Paige walks in.) Paige: Hey Marco, Spin. How’s Fortress Squatch Designs? Marco: The alarm’s armed and ready. What’s with the hush-hush? Paige: Well when Ellie gave me the green light to date her ex, I’d say she was just a touch colour-blind. Ellie: I heard that! Paige: If Jessie calls, I’ll be hiding in my room. Spinner: Oh fun times at the Del Rossi, Michalchuck, Nash, Tenako, Uchi abode. Marco: Spin this is driving me nuts. Spinner: Dude come on. You’re coopered up inside. It’s cold, wet, winter yuck out there. You need a change of scenery. Marco: You know what, bud? You’re right. You’re right! What’s the opposite of cold, wet, winter yuck? Spinner: Hot, dry, summer yum? Marco: Exactly. So I’m thinking va-cay! Me, you, Daytona Beach. Spinner: Daytona? Marco: Yeah! Spinner: I would have expected Sweden! Switzerland, to visit your swister-mister. Marco: So what? It’s a long distance relationship Spin, emphasis on distance. He’s having fun. I just, I want to have mine. Spinner: Spring break, eh? Marco: Yeah! Spinner: Hotties on top of hotties. That my friend is yum. (Spinner’s excitement fades.) Marco: What? Spinner: Dude every cent I had went into the store. Marco: No, no don’t worry. I have a plan. (They’re shown playing online poker.) Spinner: Wait this is your plan? Playing online poker? Marco: You got a better one? Oh yes. Yes she folded! I win again. Yes! Ellie: I’m reading Chekhov over here. Marco: Sorry Ellie! Hey man, guys let’s h*t a club. Come on, it’s on me. Spinner: Wait, what about our trip money? Marco: I’ll win more. It’s what I do! At a club Marco: Oh thanks guys for hanging out tonight. I needed this. Jimmy: Ah no prob, man. Me and Spin can study for our test next week. Jay: Yo gangsta’s. What’s the haps? Spinner: Just celebrating Marco’s big online poker score. Jay: You must be quite the shark, Del Rossi. Marco: Well I used to play with my boyfriend. Jay: Yes you’re gay. Super. If you want to make some real coin, me and the guys at work have a little something going on. Marco: Define a little something. Jay: Texas Holdem. $20 gets you in the door, $100 gets you in the game. At Friendship Club Darcy: Our charity turkey dinner gave over 100 people a hot, tasty meal. Kim: And we’re organizing another event for the end of semester dance. So suggestions, anyone? Nackman: Um used glasses drive? Peter: Great idea, Nackman. Darcy, my mom’s asking for you. It’s actually kind of important. Darcy: I better not keep the boss lady waiting. (Kim rolls her eyes as Darcy leaves.) Peter: I lied. Darcy: Oh really? Peter: Screw my mom’s ‘no girlfriend’ policy. I’ve been thinking about you all week. Darcy: Someone might see us. (He gives her a necklace with a key on it.) Peter: It’s the key to my heart. Don’t say where you got it. It can be our secret. Darcy: It’s adorable, Peter. Thanks. (She kisses him on the cheek.) At Marco, Paige and Ellie’s Ellie: Lots more closet space in my room. Paige: Ellie I know you had your eye on Dylan’s room, but he gave it to me. Ellie: Well we should have a had a vote. Paige: Not a big fan of democracy hon. Marco, tell her you don’t mind if I take Dylan’s room. Ellie: Don’t let ‘Princess Always Gets Her Way’ bully you…or manipulate you! She has a way with men. Paige: You and Jesse broke up. Ellie: Yeah just! Marco, tell her… Marco: Shut up! I’m not going to referee your catfight about the room, or Jesse, or anything! Just work it out yourselves. (They leave and Marco closes his laptop.) Marco: Get me out of here. In media immersion Mr. Simpson: Okay Monday minds. Last week we started talking about online community moderation. Any thoughts? Is it good, bad? Peter: It’s censorship. Kim: It’s about keeping the internet safe for everybody. Peter: Yeah well who gets to decide what’s safe and what’s not, Kim? You? Darcy: I’m not surprised you’d say that. You only care about yourself. (Peter looks shocked, but Darcy gives him a wink.) Peter: Yeah well you only care about what people think about you. Darcy: At least I have a conscience. Peter: At least I can think for myself. Submit to peer pressure much? Mr. Simpson: Guys. Darcy: Submit to ugliness much? Peter: Can you tell through all that eye fat? Darcy: Eye fat? That is so pathetic. Mr. Simpson: No seriously enough. Thank you. Outside Marco: Here. Blow our poker dreams on this. Spinner: And if we lose? Marco: We won’t. I know what I’m doing. Spinner: Dude it’s not money in the bank. Jay’s friends are poker ninjas. Marco: Yeah exactly. That’s what makes it fun. High risk, high reward. Spinner: Coming from you? That’s bonkers Marco: Spin, you and Jimmy opened up a store, right? Ellie hooked up with her boss. Even flame-out Paige is starting over and Dylan…Dylan is off on his European hockey adventure. What have I done? Spinner: Kept your marks up. Marco: Oh wow! Whoop-de-do. I’m mashed potatoes, man. I’m boring and I’m bored and I just, I need a rush. Come on. At Degrassi Darcy: How’d you get in here? Peter: Tell you a secret? It’s never locked. (They start kissing.) Peter: Oh next time we’re fake fighting, can you tone down the ‘you’re ugly’ stuff? Darcy: You said I have eye fat. Peter: It was all I could think of. Your eyes are beautiful. Darcy: And you’re not ugly, stupid. Janitor: Peter Stone! I wonder if your mom would like to hear about this. At the garage Spinner: Fold. Jay: Ah me too. Can’t lose what you don’t put in, right? Marco: Yeah can’t win much, either. Raise 100. Jake: Going Vegas on me, boss? Alright let’s double it. Marco: Impressive. I’m in. (They keep playing.) Marco: I’m all in. You with me? Jay: Well if you can’t spot the sucker, you are the sucker. Jake: The question is what’s his tell. Marco: When you figure it out, you let me know. Jake: It’s all yours, boss. Spinner: Yes! Money for nothing. Jake: Hey this is how it works. We get a chance to win it back. Tomorrow. Marco: Alright, if you want to keep giving me your money, I’m gonna gladly keep taking it. Spinner: Daytona! At a club Paige: Oh uh hello. Marco left a message. Some urgent need to rage? Ellie: Oh there’s been raging. Marco: Hey, hey! Fun patrol’s here. No cat-fighting tonight, ladies. Promise? Paige: Yeah fine. What is up? Marco: I am, babe. Tonight I am so wired. Spinner: He pretty well bankrupted these hardcore poker dudes. Marco: I had them eating out of my hands. Paige: Look at you, Mr. High Roller. Marco: Next stop: The Matador. Come on! Ellie: Woah, the after hours club? I can’t. I have an essay. Marco: Ellie! Ellie you can’t find love in an essay. You got to live! Spinner: And I’ve got a test. Come on. Put it away. Marco: Spin we’re rich. We’re celebrating. I’m happy. What’s the problem here? Spinner: You dude. You’re being an ass. Marco: Spin this is the first time I’ve had fun in ages and it’s all thanks to my triple P, perfect poker partner. Come on man, let’s just roll with this. Let’s see how much money we can make. Please! At the poker game Spinner: Fold again. Surprise. Jay: Raise it 50. Shark boy? Marco: Funny thing about poker. You know nobody remembers how you built your fortune, just how you lost it. Jake: We’re making memories tonight, right boss? Call. Jay: I think I’m gonna go in another 50. Marco? Marco: I’m all in. Spinner: Dude that’s everything. Jake: Yeah not this time bluff-maestro. I’ll see you. Let’s have ‘em. Jay: You are toast shark boy! Yes! Marco: Okay it’s fine. It’s fine. I um…I just, I need a loan to buy back in and I’ll win it back. Jake: Yeah, how much? Marco: Um… Tony: What the hell is going on? Jay: Hey Tony you want in? Tony: Don’t get smart. You guys want to keep your jobs, this ends now. Everybody out. (Marco and Spinner are walking outside.) Marco: Look everybody goes bust, okay? My luck will turn. Just trust me. Spinner: Trust you? Marco you just lost $1100. Kiss it goodbye. I did. Marco: What? What about our trip, man? The hotties? Spinner: Dude it’s over. Go home, watch TV with your dad. Maybe he can talk some sense into you. You just got to stop. At the Del Rossi house Marco: Hey pop. Mr. Del Rossi: Hey son. Can’t stay away from your mom’s cooking, eh? Marco: How’d you and Uncle Louie do at the track? Mr. Del Rossi: We had fun. Marco: Did you guys win any money? Mr. Del Rossi: We had fun, Marco. Why? Marco: No, I’m just making conversation. Mr. Del Rossi: Yeah? Well you know what goes good with that? Some of your mom’s homemade cannelloni. She put some in the freezer before she went to bingo. No sit. (Marco sees his dad’s wallet and takes out all the cash.) At Degrassi Darcy’s IM: How sneaky can you be? (Peter starts typing back when Kim walks over to Darcy.) Kim: E-mailing your boyfriend? Darcy: Very funny Kim. Kim: I’m just kidding. All set to work on our drama project after school? Darcy: Oh. Um I have a grandma’s birthday thing. Can we reschedule? Kim: Fine. That’s the last time I cancel majorettes for you. In the park Peter: Anyone see you? Darcy: No. Not that this is the perfect hiding place. How sneaky did you have to be? (They hug.) Peter: Darce I’m sorry it has to be like this…sneaking around, lying. Darcy: What we’re doing isn’t really bad. It’s kind of fun. You’re fun. Peter: So are you. So much fun. (Kim walks by with her dog and sees them kissing.) Kim: Darcy?! Darcy: Kim? Kim: Wish your grandma ‘happy birthday’ for me. (She walks away angry.) Darcy: Sugar… At the store, during the poker game Jake: If I win this hand, I’ll buy everyone a t-shirt. Jay: I must say Mr. Del Rossi, you have some nice digs here, no girlfriends, no grease monkey bosses. This could be a regular gig, huh? Marco: Yeah right. If anybody finds out we’re using the store, I’m d*ad. Call. Jay: Oh! Marco: Raise a hundred. Jake: There’s no way you got the straight flush, bluff-maestro. Jay: Well beautiful thing is, there’s no such thing as a locked hand. Marco: So Jake, you in or you out? Jake: I’m in, boss. Police officer: What’s going on? We got a break and enter call. Marco: No, no, no, no. There must be some mistake. I work here. (The cop starts arresting Marco.) Marco: No just let me finish this hand. Police officer: Game’s over, fellas. Marco: What? Are you kidding me? Don’t you guys have some kind of m*rder you could be solving? Police officer: You’re under arrest for trespassing. At Peter’s (Darcy is at his window.) Peter: What are you doing? Darcy: Maybe if you answered your phone or returned my messages. Peter: Kim tattled to my mom! Darcy: Kim should mind her own beeswax. There’s nothing wrong with us being together. Peter: Yeah well we’re not going to be together. My parents are talking about sending me to boarding school. Darcy: What?! She can’t. Peter: She also said that if you know what’s good for you, you’d keep your distance. Darcy: Your mom can’t keep us apart, Peter. Do you believe that love conquers all? Peter: I don’t think it’s gonna be enough. There’s always something in our way. Darcy: I’ll be at our secret place tomorrow. Prove to me that you’re not the type to give up. At the store Marco: Spinner! Spinner thank god. Tell her, tell her that I- Spinner: What is going on here, Marco? Marco: Dude I pressed the alarm code and it didn’t even go off. Spinner: It’s a silent alarm, idiot. Police officer: Is this a friend of yours? Spinner: He’s a part-time employee. Police officer: With permission to be here? Spinner: No. Police officer: I’m gonna have to take him in. Come on. At Degrassi (Darcy is about to leave when Peter walks in.) Peter: If they’re sending me away, I have nothing to lose except you. Darcy: Peter you’ve got me. (They kiss.) At Marco, Paige and Ellie’s Mr. Del Rossi: Ellie let me in. Uncle Louie talked to his cop buddy at 54. You had trouble at the store? Marco: Yeah I was hoping you wouldn’t find out about that. Mr. Del Rossi: Yeah well Uncle Louie mentioned a poker game. Marco: The police confiscated the money so I have a bunch of mechanics for enemies now, but Spinner dropped the trespassing charges. It’s fine. Mr. Del Rossi: I guess you’re lucky. So do you know anything about the $600 I’m missing? Marco: Uh…I was in the hole dad. Mr. Del Rossi: Marco! How could you? Marco: I needed it! Come on. You know how it is. You gamble every weekend. Mr. Del Rossi: Marco you stole from family. Are you in trouble or something, Marco? Is there something you’re not telling me? Marco: No! It’s Dylan, dad. Mr. Del Rossi: Well how is Dylan the problem, Marco? Marco: I feel empty without him dad. I’m lost. He’s my boyfriend. Mr. Del Rossi: You think I’m stupid? Marco: No, of course not. Mr. Del Rossi: You have used your friends and your family because playing cards was more important. No matter what Dylan is to you, he is not a part of this and you know that. Marco: I’m done. I’m done with it, okay? I promise. I understand if you hate me for it. Mr. Del Rossi: Marco, you’re my son. I’m gonna watch you. Just go to school and if you have any honour, you’ll come and see me at the shop to work off what you stole. People leave Marco. You have to live your own life.
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At Alex’s Paige: Thanks Emily. You are the hostess with the mostest. Emily: You come over anytime you’d like Paige. Paige: Put me down for Oscar night so long as Chad lets us watch on his 6000inch Plasma TV. (There’s a knock at the door.) Emily: Pizza money’s on the side table, hon. (Chad opens the door.) Police Officer: Good evening. We’re looking for Chad Kent. Are you him? Chad: Depends. Uh what do you want? Police officer: We have a warrant for your arrest for the crime of credit card fraud. Emily: Credit card fraud? What? No, there must be some mistake. Chad: Sorry Emily. Emily: No wait! Alex: Should I come? Emily: No. No you stay. I’m sure we’ll get this all uh sorted out. (She leaves.) Paige: Wow. How ‘Cops’ was that? Are you okay? Alex: Paige you should go. Paige: You sure? The TV’s all ours. Alex: It’s late and I have exams. Could you just go, please? Paige: As you wish, hon. Thanks for your help. At Alex’s, the next morning Alex: Nothing like an all-nighter at the police station. Where’s Chad? Emily: In jail. You know that big raise he told us about? That was a lie Lexy. He was fired. Alex: Mom that was six weeks ago. What’s he been doing all this time? Emily: Well besides buying new plasma TV’s with stolen credit cards? Alex: Mom, its okay. We’ll send it back and then we’re fine, right? TV’s gone, loser’s in jail. Good riddance. (She doesn’t say anything.) Alex: What? Emily: I uh…I gave him a card with his name on it. He took advantage of me Lexy. Now I’m in the hole for 6 grand. Alex: That’s not a hole, mom. That’s the Grand Canyon. Emily: I know. Alex: How could he put $6000 on your card? Emily: He told me he was making the payments. Lie #2. Alex: You’re not paying those charges. Emily: Bank says my credit card, my problem. We need that card to pay the bills. I mean I’ll work double shifts, but uh I’m not sure it’s gonna be enough, you know? Alex: It’s our problem, okay? And we’re gonna get through it. I promise. At Degrassi Manny: I’m doomed on my functions exam. Doomed! How am I supposed to be your fab university roommate if I fail?! Emma: Assuming I don’t already have a roomie lined up of the blue-collar, sexy mechanic type. Manny: Yeah right. Sean’s like “Hey let’s shack up. I’m real serious about our future, yo!” Emma: Is that so completely unbelievable? I think it would be great to have something that’s just ours. Like a little home together. Manny: Em you’re 17. You have your whole life to settle down behind the white picket fence. Emma: Well excuse me for wanting to move in with my boyfriend. Manny: And you’re so sure he wants to move in? Emma: Why wouldn’t he? Manny: Because there’s only one 4-letter word in the young male dictionary, commitment. At the movie theatre (Alex is working behind the counter.) Paige: I used to love dispensing artificial nacho cheese product. That ooey, glooey texture. Alex: Great. First the cops raid my house and now you see me wrapped in polyester. Real attractive. Paige: Hon if you needed a job so bad, you could have asked me. Of course I can only pay you in t-shirts. Alex: My mom needs the cash fast. Big faceless corporations weren’t the only ones Chad stole from. He racked up my mom’s credit card, so… Paige: Um I wish I could do something. I mean maybe I could lend you a little bit. Alex: No, I’ll be fine. Paige: So um how is the lovely and talented Miss Carla these days? Alex: I think Ms. PHD was slumming it with me. Besides we had zero in common. It just wasn’t worth my time. Paige: Well if Ms. Snooty Pants thinks she’s too good for you, she isn’t invited to my housewarming party. At Paige’s housewarming party Marco: Man these appetizers are like tiny little flavour b*mb. How does Paige do it? Ellie: She’s just a culinary wizard, I guess. Even the devil has her fine points. Marco: Ellie don’t start, okay? You told her it was okay to date Jessie. Ellie: It bugs. I can’t help it. Marco: So there’s plenty more fish in the sea, okay? We’ll h*t a club, put you out there. Ellie: Great. Meeting guys at a club. Yay. Paige: You made it…with guests. Jay: Paige, this is my new girlfriend, Mel. Alex: You said invite people. Their movie ended, so I did. Now where can I change out of this loser suit? Jay: Mel’s been telling me she might be able to get you out of that sexy uniform. Mel: Yeah they’re looking for cute servers where I work. Paige: Where’s that? A strip bar? Jay: Club Zanzibar. Perfectly respectable cocktail bar…on one side. Crazy hot peelers on the other, or so I’ve been told. Mel: Yeah they prefer to be called exotic dancers. Besides I work in the bar, fully clothed at all times. It’s good tips. About $150 a night. Alex: And they’re hiring? Mel: Come by. I’ll get you an interview. Paige: Jay’s girlfriend works at Zanzibar. Quel surprise. Guess NASA wasn’t hiring. At Emma’s, during dinner Spike: How are things at the garage? Sean: Okay. Actually not so good. It’s kind of d*ad end. Need to upgrade my skills if I want to run my own shop. Mr. Simpson: Have you considered a technical high school? Sean: I need hands-on experience and a pay check. Emma: So you’re just going to skip high school, forget your diploma? Sean: I can get all the training I want and get paid for it. Emma: Where? Sean: Nowhere. Just forget it. Emma: Forget what? Where is this wonderful, merry, magic mechanic land? Sean: This isn’t exactly how I wanted to tell you this. It’s the armed services. (Emma laughs.) Emma: You’re not serious. Sean: Yeah I am. I signed up already, passed my physical. I’m pretty psyched, actually. Mr. Simpson: You know with your skills, it might be a perfect fit. Emma: I’m sorry. I’ve lost my appetite. (Emma leaves the table.) Mr. Simpson: Ketchup? At Zanzibar Stephanie: The girls are all friends here. You’ll like it. Alex: Thanks Stephanie. I’ll, I’ll see you tonight for my first shift. (She walks over to Mel.) Alex: Hey work buddy. Thank you so much! Mel: You got it! That’s amazing. Steph is cool, but then there’s- (The creepy owner walks over to them.) Mel: Alex this is Vlad… Alex: Hi. Mel: …the owner and Alex is our new server. Vlad: Welcome Alex. You are prettier than many of my dancers. Alex: Well thank you I think…in a clothes-on sort of way. Vlad: My girls are very well paid and they’re very happy. Maybe sometime you want to audition. Alex: Oh definitely not. Vlad: I understand. I’m sure you’ll make a great waitress. Like this one. (Mel makes a face as he leaves.) During Alex’s shift Alex: You weren’t lying, eh? I think I’ve cleared a hundred already. Mel: (with a fake accent) That is nothing. Girls on the other side are rich and happy like movie star. (One of the strippers walks off the stage.) Alex: She doesn’t look so happy to me. Mel: Maybe not, but she is paid well. Alex: Small price to pay for your soul. Mel: Lexy, if you are so against stripping, then why are you working here? Alex: Why else? I need the money. Mel: So does she. The only difference between her and us, is that she needs it more. At Alex’s Alex: Hey. Emily: Greasy popped-popcorn ‘til 2am? Alex: I quit! I got a job as a waitress at this schmancy bistro. Goodbye minimum wage, hello crazy tips. Emily: That’s great. I’m really happy for you. Alex: Your happiness is overwhelming. (She shows her an eviction notice.) Alex: We’re getting evicted? Emily: Yup. We have 10 days to come up with the money. You know anyone with a spare two grand kicking around? Alex: Just how? How did this happen? Emily: Well we’d been bouncing rent checks for the last two months and I had no idea. Alex: Mom how could you not know that? Emily: Chad hiding the letters from the building manager, that’s how. And no, I’m not proud I trusted that scumbag. Alex: Okay. So what do we do now? Emily: Well I asked for a raise again. They turned me down again. I never wanted it to be like this, Lexy. I let you down and… Alex: Chad did this, mom. Not you. In Alex’s room (Alex is practicing her dance moves.) Alex: Okay tell me I don’t look completely idiotic. Mel: Well not if you’re on your way to a rap video sh**t. Alex: Or say the stage at Zanzibar. Mel: Woah, woah, woah. This is why you called me here at 9:00 in the morning? Alex: Kind of. Mel: Whatever happened to a small price to pay for your soul? Alex: Well my soul just got a whole lot cheaper. Try not to laugh okay. I need your help. (She starts practicing to the video on her TV and Mel starts laughing.) Alex: Nice vote of confidence, jerk. Mel: I’m sorry. I’m on 3 hours sleep. Maybe it’s just too early for me to picture you as an exotic dancer. Alex: Who am I kidding? I can’t do this. Mel: And that’s bad? There’s got to be another way. Alex: Sure. Uh armed robbery, prostitution, drug mule, tiger poaching… Mel: What about Paige? Alex: Paige looks a lot better off than she is. Not that I’d ever ask. At Degrassi Sean: Emma! Emma: Sean, are you crazy? If principal Hatzilakos sees you out here, she’ll… Sean: She’ll what? She’ll give me detention? I’m outside. Just talk to me, alright? I’ve been calling you around the clock. Emma: I know. Sean: So why haven’t you answered? Emma: Because I can’t believe you’d make such a stupid decision without even talking to me. Sean: Emma I thought you’d be happy for me. You know spreading democracy, peace keeping, protecting our country. These are all good things. Emma: Sean you would hate it. The army is all about taking orders and being told what to do and what to think. Sean: So being told what to think is wrong? Isn’t that what you’re doing? Emma: This is different. Sean: How? Emma: Because I’m your girlfriend, Sean! If you join the army, you could get hurt and I need you right now. Sean: Why? Tell me. I can take it. Emma: Honestly I’m not sure you can. At Paige’s Paige: Describe the function of enzymes and metabolic reactions in mitochondria. Alex: How about not? Break time? Paige: I thought you’d never ask. So uh I have some news. You are looking at a newly single girl. Alex: You broke it off with Jesse? Paige: We had zero in common, hon. He wasn’t worth my time. Alex: Well it sounds like you got it all figured out, Paigey. Paige: Hardly. I was supposed to be at Banting fast tracking to an MBA. I was supposed to be a sorority girl sipping cosmos with Brittany and Amber, but here I am chilling with you and it feels right. Why is that? (Paige kisses her.) Alex: Why do you keep doing this to me? Paige: Sorry I…I thought the door was kind of open. Alex: Yeah it’s been open for weeks. The problem is you keep opening it and then closing it and opening it and closing it. Just make up your mind! Paige: Look you’re cool with being a lesbian, but I don’t know what I am. Alex: The word is bisexual Paige and it’s just a label. Who cares? Paige: My parents already have one gay kid. Alex: So?! Paige: So I just dropped out of university! Let them deal with one major parental crisis at a time. Alex: Great. Everything’s always on your schedule, isn’t it? Paige: I am supposed to give them grandkids one day. You do not get the pressure I am under. Alex: Pressure? Excuse me for finding your idea of pressure pretty…pretty damn pathetic right now. Paige: Hon, don’t cry. Alex: Stop. You don’t get to break my heart and then comfort me too. (Alex leaves.) At Emma’s Emma: This is my worst nightmare, Manny. My boyfriend is joining the w*r machine. He could get himself k*lled protecting big corporations from the poor. Manny: Well at least you’re keeping an open mind, Jay. Look I’m sure Sean’s doing it for the right reasons and I bet one of them is you. Emma: I know. I just, I had these plans for me and Sean and him joining the army wasn’t among them. Manny: And you don’t like it when things don’t go according to plan. Emma: No. I really, really don’t. Manny: Em, we’re getting into control issue zone. Are you sure you’re okay? Emma: Yes I’m fine! This is just Sean, okay? (The phone rings and Jack picks it up.) Emma: Jack! Manny: Hello? At Zanzibar Alex: Alright guys. (Alex gives a table their drinks and she slaps a guys arm away as he tries to grab her ass.) Alex: Thank you. (She takes her end of the night tips and eyes all the money one of the strippers gets.) Outside Emma’s Sean: Emma! What was so important that you couldn’t tell me on the phone? I’m worried about you. Emma: You might want to sit ‘cause this is gonna freak you out. Sean: I don’t need to sit. I know what’s going on. You’re emotional, you’re scattered, you have trouble concentrating. It adds up. You’re anorexic again, aren’t you? Emma: No. Sean you’re not even close. I’m pregnant. Sean: You’re right I am going to freak out. Uh are you sure? You do a test? Emma: We’ll do it together, okay? At Alex’s Alex: Tell me something good mom, please. How did it go with the uh building manager? Get that extension? Emily: I tried. Alex: Tried what? What did you do? Emily: Well turns out he doesn’t have a thing for me after all. Alex: So we’re still being evicted. Emily: You think they’ll remember us at the women’s shelter? Alex: We’re not going back there mom, ever. I know what to do. At Emma’s Sean: I thought we had all the bases covered. Emma: And sometimes you h*t a homerun. Accidents can happen. Maybe the pill didn’t kick in. Sean: Time’s up. Emma: It’s negative. Sean: Yes! Emma: Don’t get too excited. False negatives are common. I have all the symptoms, I’m days late! Sean: So now what do we do? Emma: We talk. We, we make decisions. I never thought I’d abort and there’s always adoption, but… Sean: Emma! Emma the test said it was negative, alright? Just take a breath before you start getting all worked up about this. Emma: Okay. I’ll breathe. At Zanzibar Mel: Oh my god. You’re actually gonna do this. Alex: That would explain the outfit, yeah. Mel: Vlad just let you? No audition? Alex: Apparently I have natural talents. Might as well use them. Mel: So you just changed your mind? Alex: Life changed it for me, Mel. Mel: Lexy, I have seen so many girls do this. If you go out there, it changes you. Announcer: And now let’s welcome newcomer to our stage, the beautiful Lextasy. Alex: I’m not going out there, Mel. Lextasy is. (She walks onto the stage and starts dancing with the pole.) Scenes for next week Voiceover: A relationship… (Ellie is shown with Jessie.) Paige: Will you be my sweetheart? (Alex kisses Paige.) Voiceover: Based on deception. Alex: If she finds out I’m an exotic dancer, there won’t be one at all. Voiceover: Sex, lies… (Ellie and Jessie are shown in bed together, Alex is shown slamming the door and a customer gives her money.) Allan: Name your price. Alex: This never happened okay? Voiceover: And exposure. Jay: You see if a hot girl shakes her naked ta-tas for a living, word gets around. (Paige throws a bouquet of flowers at Alex.)
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At Zanzibar Announcer: Please give it up for Lextasy. (Alex walks off the stage.) Mel: How was it? Alex: Honestly? The most terrifying experience of my life. I think I’m going to throw up. Mel: Paige called. She wants you to call her back. Alex: Mel! This never happened, okay? (She makes a signal that she’ll keep Alex’s secret.) At Alex’s Paige: Hey sweets! I brought falafels. Alex: Is that the only reason you came over? To fatten me up? Paige: No. Um in fact…it’s not. I thought about what you said about labels, straight, bi, lesbian, whatever. I really, really care about you and I’ve decided to try to get over my fears. So Ms. Nuñez will you be my sweetheart? (Alex kisses her.) Alex: There’s your answer sweetheart. At Alex’s, the next morning Emily: Morning. Your regular cookie. Alex: Mom. (Emily drops the bag of cookies on the table and takes off her hairnet.) Alex: God how can you stomach those things after a night shift? Emily: Hey each cookie I mechanically assemble gets us one step closer to keeping a roof over our heads. Alex: Will this help? (She holds up the money.) Emily: Holy. Did you rob a bank? Alex: Job at a schmancy bistro equals big tips. That’s for the rent fund. Emily: Thank you so much honey. You know that you’re the one thing I’ve ever done that turned out right. Alex: Don’t be so sure. Right now I’ve got an exam. At Degrassi (Alex is falling asleep during the test and tries hard to concentrate.) At the Dot Jay: Eeyore, have you seen my friend Sean around? Sean: Um sorry. It’s just everything’s about to change. Jay: It’s about time you got some fresh gitch. Sean: I’m talking about my life, jackass. Emma thinks she’s pregnant. Jay: Are you serious? Congratulations man. Score! Sean: Score? What have you been drinking break fluid? Jay: You have got her, bro forever. Now this way Emma can’t ditch your ass when she comes to her senses. Sean: Give me a break, alright? Knocking her up was never part of the plan. Jay: This is your ticket, Sean. Ready made family, life at the garage. You’re set for life. Isn’t that what you always wanted? At a club Ellie: Did you tip or is every last dime still going to your dad? Marco: Tip I did, gloomy one. I also have one for you. When boy hunting, try to look like you’re having fun. Ellie: Jesse! Jesse: You look great Ellie. Jay: So what’s in the bag? A gesture of sweet, sweet romance? Paige: This? A little post-exam gift for my belle. Super on sale. (Alex pulls out a red dress.) Mel: Sexy! It’s perfect for work. Alex: Hilarious Mel. She’s, she’s joking. Paige: Good. But as far as jokes go, hon? Not so funny. The thought of you wearing a parka in that place gives me an emotional boil. Alex: Well then I guess I’ll just have to perform an emotional lancing. Tomorrow night I’ll quit. I’ll find a new job. Paige: Are you serious? Best present ever! I suddenly feel like dancing! (She goes dancing with Marco.) Mel: New job? Alex: As far as Paige knows, you bet. Jay: A big, fat lie. Now there is a solid foundation for a relationship. Alex: Yeah. A complicated one and if she finds out I’m an exotic dancer, there won’t be one at all. Jay: Well good luck with that, Lextasy. You see when a hot girl shakes her naked ta-tas for a living, word gets around. At Degrassi Ms. Hatzilakos: Alex! You have a minute? Alex: Yeah. Ms. Hatzilakos: People are talking about you. Alex: Whatever. It’s all lies. Ms. Hatzilakos: These people are your teachers. They’re all very impressed on how you’ve had a major turnaround this year. However I did hear about your organic chem. exam. It’s not exactly your best work. Is everything okay? Alex: Yeah. Uh couldn’t be better, Ms. H. I’ll study harder next time, okay? Ms. Hatzilakos: Listen I wanted to talk to you about university. Alex: Yeah universities cost money. Ms. Hatzilakos: There are scholarships or loans, I’ll wrote you a glowing reference and with some part time work- Alex: Is that all? (She nods and Alex leaves.) Outside the school Sean: How was your exam? Emma: I managed. Thanks for the study help. Sean: Okay if you’re pregnant, let’s keep the baby if that’s okay with you. (They hug.) Emma: Yes, yes, yes! It’s okay with me. Just us doing this together makes it okay with me. Sean: Just promise me your parents won’t k*ll me. Emma: Well there will be serious drama, but it’s better than boot camp. Sean: I’m still going to enlist, Emma. Emma: What? Sean: I’d send money. I’d see you on leave. It’s best for everyone. Emma: Leaving me alone? It’s the worst idea Sean. It’s ridiculous. Sean: I wouldn’t bail on you, Emma. I just want to get a career. I want a chance to become something. Emma: And I’m stuck being a teen mom. Well that’s fantastic. Why are guys so typical? At Zanzibar Vlad: All by yourself sweetheart? Alex: I didn’t want to join the dressing room nose candy party. Vlad: Smart girl, but that tells me you need the money for something else. Alex: Yeah. I’m just not sure dancing topless for a bunch of lonely pervs is worth it. No offence. Vlad: Allan here is one of my best clients. Allan: Lextasy is it? Is that French? Alex: Look Vlad I don’t think I can do this anymore. If you still need a waitress, I can- Vlad: But you are a natural, Alex. I like you. My clients like you. So I’m going to give you weekend shifts. Huge money. Cash every night. Alex: What’s the catch, aside from taking my clothes off? Vlad: Just be sexy. Announcer: Lextasy to the stage please. Paige: Mel! Where’s Alex? I want to wish her a happy last night in the cesspool. Mel: You should go Paige. Announcer: And next up, one hand meets the other for the sexy Lextasy. (Paige watches as Alex goes to the stripping room.) After Alex’s performance, she walks offstage Alex: Paige, what are you…? Paige: Oh I just thought I’d drop in, check out some naked chicks and surprise! One of them was you. Alex: It’s not what you think. Paige: I saw you stripping! Devoid of clothing. What is there to think? What else aren’t you telling me? How bad is it that you have to do this?! Alex: I’m doing what I have to do, okay? Just don’t worry and don’t be mad please. Paige: How can I not worry? Vlad: What is all this? Young lady if you want a job, auditions are on Thursdays. Goodbye. (Paige throws the flowers at Alex and leaves.) At Degrassi, people are setting up for the winter dance Darcy: So your votes for winter fest ice queen, are you taking bribes? Manny: You’re our girl, Darcy. Darcy: Thanks for helping set up. It would be a winter-y nightmare without you. Manny: I had a nightmare. Mr. Armstrong chased me off a cliff. Must have been that functions exam. Emma, help I’m falling! (Manny pretends to fall on Emma.) Emma: Stop it. I’m sorry. I’m just trying to skip over the whole functions memory. Manny: Speaking of functions, when we lived together we were in synch. Last week I asked you for a tampon, but you weren’t you know… Emma: I think Sean and I had an accident. Manny: Oh no. Are you sure? Emma: I think so. I didn’t know it was possible to be this scared. (Manny hugs her.) At Zanzibar Allan: Buy you a drink, Lextacy? Alex: Wait ten minutes Allan. Show’s free. Allan: Sorry. Have a good night. Alex: Who are you? Five words or less. Allan: Entrepreneur, golfer, divorced twice, old and lonely. Alex: That’s seven. Allan: You’re counting the ‘and’? Alex: My turn. I’m a lesbian. Allan: Huh. I just wanted to talk. Alex: Super. Thing is, my partner wants me to quit working here and uh it’s getting hard to find reasons not to. Allan: You know it takes a brave, supremely confident woman to do what you do. She can’t handle it, her loss. Alex: Thing is I don’t want to lose her. Allan: I bet she doesn’t want to lose you either. (He gives her some money.) Allan: Here. For your time. At Marco and Ellie’s Marco: Ellie! Rise and shine sleepyhead. El? Half hour ‘til class. Hey come on! (He opens the door.) Ellie: No, no, no, no. Stay down! Jessie: What? What? (Marco sees Ellie and Jesse in bed together and he quickly leaves.) At the Dot (Alex and Paige start talking at the same time.) Alex: There’s something- Paige: I just want to-…sorry you first. Alex: I’m sorry you had to find out the truth like that. The look on your face at the bar… Paige: You need help. So I’ll forgive you, erase that image from my memory and we’ll celebrate your new job at the dance. There’s an internship at my mom’s company. Alex: Paige I have a job, okay? Paige: Exploiting yourself is not a job, so swallow your stupid pride and accept help when it’s offered. Alex: My mom and I are this close to being evicted. I do this because I have to. Get it? Paige: No. I will never ever get why you would take your clothes off for money. For any reason ever! Alex: I don’t know; female empowerment? Paige: That’s bovine fecal matter and you know it, Alex. Alex: I’ll have enough in a week or two. Paige: Until something else comes up. Every night that you do this, it kills me. When does it stop? Alex: Maybe when I make enough for tuition or when I get my mommy’s magic credit card, like yours. This is my reality Paige and if you can’t be there for me, we have no future. Paige: Sorry Alex. I can’t. Alex: Have fun at the stupid dance. At Emma’s Spike: Pregnant! Everything we’ve talked about was supposed to prevent this. Emma: It’s not your fault, mom. Spike: Okay, first things first. Take the test. If it’s positive, we’ll make you a doctor’s appointment. Emma: Okay, but remember these tests are only 99% accurate. Spike: Here we go again. Emma: Ah! Spike: Is everything okay, honey? Emma: Yeah. It’s more than okay. I got my period. Spike: Yes! (Spike hugs Emma and Manny starts dancing around with her.) Manny: Go Emma! You got your period and you’re not pregnant. We’re going dancing. Let’s go get dressed up. We’re going dancing! At Zanzibar Alex: Hey golfer, glad to see you. Allan: So things with the girlfriend? Alex: Big, huge, apocalypto fight. This so-called confident woman is feeling pretty pathetic right now. Allan: Look Lextasy, whatever your name is, come to Vegas with me. Alex: Vegas? Okay what part of ‘I’m a lesbian’ didn’t you get? Allan: I’m not asking you to fall in love with me. Think of it as another job. Name your price. (Alex slaps him and Vlad rushes over.) Alex: You pig! If you even look at me… Vlad: Control yourself or there will be problems. Are we clear? Alex: I’ve got my own problems, scumbag. I quit! At the dance Sean: Surprised you’re here. Why won’t you return my calls? Emma: Because there’s nothing to talk about. I got my period. False alarm. Sean: Really? Are you serious? Emma: It’s not something I’d joke about. Sean: That’s awesome, right? So what now? Emma: I don’t know. You’re off to basic training. I’m going to university next year. Sean: When I get back… Emma: Stop. Maybe we shouldn’t make any plans right now. Sean: Can I at least have a dance? (Emma smiles and they start to dance.) At Alex’s (Emily walks in as Alex is packing up some stuff.) Emily: What are you doing? We don’t have to move. Alex: I quit my job. What can we sell? Emily: You quit? That was good money, Alex. That was, that was money we all need. Chad: Guess who made bail? Alex: Oh perfect. How exactly? Emily: You kind of helped. Alex: You used the money for him?! Ask me where that cash came from, mom! Ask me! Do you know what I had to do? Emily: Alex, we’re all gonna get out of this together. Alex: Wrong. You’re pathetic mom. From now on you’re on your own. Emily: Alex! (Alex storms out with her duffle bag.) At the dance (Darcy and Toby have won winter king and queen.) Toby: Think JT would have liked my crown? Liberty: Yeah Toby Isaacs, ice king? You never would have lived that down. Spinner: Lost your date? Paige: It’s a solo flight tonight. I guess it’s just us friends. Spinner: Me going stag, I get. But you? Dude I don’t get this crazy world. (Danny and Derek are shown getting rejected by Manny and Mia so they start dancing together.) Alex: Do you know this is my first Degrassi dance? Do you like my dress? Paige: Shouldn’t it be on the floor at work? Alex: I’ve screwed up a lot, but if I let you go it’ll be the biggest screw-up of my life. So I quit stripping, for real. Paige: Hon this is happy news! Alex: Chad’s back. I can’t go home. I have nothing. Just help me, please. Paige: Sweetie you have me. How about a little faux-snow dance therapy? Alex: The only dancing I’ll be doing from now on. (They start dancing and everyone is shown having a good time.)
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Outside (The Lakehurst busses are all around the front of the school.) Emma: New semester, new hair? (They hug.) Manny: I needed a change. The only thing worse than going back to school is going back to school in winter. Emma: Well every step we take takes us one step closer to graduation. Spinner: Oh final countdown, dudes! Exactly 126 days until graduation. Jimmy: Give or take. Darcy: Why is it so bus-sy around here? Jimmy: Welcome to the new world of Degrassi/Lakehurst cohabitation. (Toby bumps into someone.) Random guy: Watch it. Toby: How can the people from the school that k*lled JT be coming here? Emma: Their school burns down, we get their ashes. Great idea school board. Manny: What are the chances there’ll be a single cute guy? (Toby and Emma give her a look.) Manny: What? Sorry! Emma: Well maybe someone new will steal Darcy away from his evil highness. (They look at Peter telling a joke to a bunch of people.) Peter: And the grasshopper said what, Harold? (People laugh at his joke and Darcy walks over to him.) Darcy: His evil highness has been defeated by the powers of good, IE: me. We’re in love and he’s reformed. I have that effect. Manny: If anyone could, it’s the blessed virgin Darcy. Peter: Darcy we’re at school. You know what happens if my mom finds out. Darcy: Look around Peter. Your mom has bigger things on her mind and do you really think the principal would send her son to boarding school? Peter: Why now? What’s the rush? Darcy: You’re happy we have to keep our relationship a secret? Peter: No. I’m just used to it. Plus sneaking around is kind of hot. Darcy: I’m starting to think that you don’t want people to know about us. (He shakes his head and walks into the school.) In the auditorium Ms. Hatzilakos: Okay everyone. Please grab a seat so we can begin. Until the Lakehurst f*re damage is repaired you’ll be experiencing a little less elbow room. Now I know and I’m expecting all of you to make our new guests feel right at home. Degrassi’s had a long-standing history of being a welcoming and nurturing environment. (She keeps talking as Manny and Darcy take their seats.) Manny: So why haven’t we talked? Darcy: About what? Manny: About wholesome Christian you, dating drug-planting, street-racing, blackmailing Peter? Peter: Uh hello, Manny? I’m right here. I’m not that guy anymore. That was the old me. Darcy: Exactly, which is why there is no reason to keep our relationship secret. Peter: What do you want me to do? Show my mom that we’re dating, make an announcement? Darcy: FYI, I saw you. Flirting with those girls from Lakehurst and if you ever- Manny: Guys! Shh! Peter: Darce you’re my girl. What more proof do you need? Darcy: You’re the former criminal mastermind. Think of something. In the hallway Mr. Simpson: Ah Toby Isaacs, ready for one last semester as my digi-guru? Johnny: (Pretending to cough) Digi-wiener! Mr. Simpson: DiMarco, right? Something to say? Johnny: No sir. Toby: Really? ‘Cause I heard something. Sounded important, actually. (The bell rings.) Mr. Simpson: Off to class, guys. In the cafeteria Darcy: Crowded much? I feel out of place in my own caf. Manny: So has Peter come up with a master plan for you two going public yet? Darcy: No, but it would probably help if I could even find that charming boyfriend of mine. Manny: I think I found mine. (Manny eyes Sav and goes over to him.) Manny: Hey are these seats taken? Sav: Uh sit here. Manny: Thank you. Sav: I’m Sav by the way. Manny: Manny and this is Darcy. (Darcy smiles.) Sav: Hey. Jane: Jane. Hi. Sav: I was just telling Jane that we should round up some people and go snowboarding this weekend. Jane: And I was just telling Sav that nobody would be interested. Manny: Uh we might be. Right Darcy? Darcy: Sounds like a blast of cold. Besides I’ve got a church retreat. Holly J: Gotta get your bible on? Manny: Just her never-ending search for eternal happiness. Holly J: Has she checked under her extensions? Darcy: No, but there it is behind your gigantic rump. (Holly J puts her tray down and spills Darcy’s all over the floor.) Ms. Hatzilakos: *On the PA system* Darcy Edwards please report to the principal’s office immediately. Holly J: Wait, that’s you? But you seem like such a good girl. Darcy: You better clean that up. (Darcy walks away.) Darcy: (To herself) Love our new guests. (Toby walks over to Liberty who is sitting on the cafeteria steps.) Toby: This pit of filth taken? (He sort of bumps into Holly J.) Holly J: Trying to feel me up, toad? Toby: This is our hall. These are our lockers. These are our crappy motivational posters. They have no right to take this from us. Liberty: Lakehurst was forced to come here. It wasn’t their choice. Toby: So you’re okay with JT’s K*llers being here? Liberty: I feel a podcast coming on. Toby: I’m serious. Liberty: Tobes I’m never gonna be okay with the fact that JT’s gone, but Lakehurst didn’t k*ll him. One psycho did and he’s in jail. Toby: Johnny DiMarco’s here. He was there when JT got s*ab and what happens to him? Nothing. Liberty: Dr. Martin Luther King said “Returning v*olence for v*olence multiplies v*olence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars”. Let it go, Toby. In Ms. Hatzilakos’ office (Darcy knocks.) Ms. Hatzilakos: Come in. So Peter says there’s something that you two want to tell me. Peter: Mom um you know how I like ketchup on my broccoli? Shouldn’t go together, right? Uh well that’s a lot like me and Darcy. We’ve been… Darcy: I think he’s trying to say that we’re together and we don’t want to keep it a secret anymore. Ms. Hatzilakos: Have you parents given their blessing? Darcy: Oh sure. As long as we obey the rule of chastity, they’re happy. Peter: We just want to be honest or whatever. Ms. Hatzilakos: Well Peter’s behaviour has turned around and I think I know why, so what can I say? He’s a lucky kid. (Darcy hugs her.) Ms. Hatzilakos: But if you give me any reason, I’ll reconsider. Darcy: We’ll be angels. Promise. (They hug excitedly.) Outside the school Toby: So Lakehurst burns to the ground. How appropriate. Johnny: Believe me I wish I were anywhere, but this dump. Toby: Yeah that makes two of us. Johnny: Wait you’re the guy we rolled last semester? Oh man I’m over that, alright? How about a peace treaty? Toby: Not unless you say you’re sorry. Johnny: Fine I’m sorry I called you a digi-wiener and kicked your ass. Toby: You stood there while your friend s*ab my friend to death. (Johnny walks away.) In the gym Holly J: Um if we’re gonna be one squad, I nominate myself as co-captain. Darcy: Ha! Please. Job’s taken. Warm-ups people. (Darcy walks over to Manny and they sit on the floor to do their stretches.) Darcy: I have an announcement. Holly J: That you’re a vampire? Darcy: Me and Peter, we’re official! And his mom is totally cool with us being us. Manny: That’s kind of amazing. Darcy: So you’re okay with it too? Manny: As long as you’re happy. Speaking of happy, I’m in a snowboarding mood. Darcy: A snowboarding mood or a Sav mood? Already with the boy crazy? Manny: Sav-schmav. It’ll be fun! Unless ditching church retreat gets you struck by lightning. Darcy: Even if I were to risk divine electrocution, it would be to spend time here with my boyfriend. In the hallway Mrs. Edwards: What’s taking so long? Where’s Darcy? Ms. Hatzilakos: Can I help you? Mr. Edwards: Uh my daughter’s on Spirit Squad. Chauffer service, you know. Darcy: Hi! Sorry I’m late. Uh let’s go. Ms. Hatzilakos: Oh I’m Daphne Hatzilakos, Darcy’s principal, and you know my son, Peter. Mrs. Edwards: Oh we know your son. Ms. Hatzilakos: Great. Well I was hoping we’d meet. Mr. Edwards: Uh Darcy’s not in trouble, is she? Ms. Hatzilakos: No, but if my son and your daughter are gonna be an item, it’s best that we have each other on speed dial. Mrs. Edwards: Oh no, no, no, no, no. There must be some misunderstanding. Darcy is not dating your son. Mr. Edwards: Darcy told us he left her to walk home in the rain after being cited for driving without a licence? Ms. Hatzilakos: Yes and I see she survived. Mr. Edwards: And what about those photos he took and sent to his perverted friends on the Internet? Peter: That was her idea. Ms. Hatzilakos: Look I know Peter is no angel, but I am doing my best. Mr. Edwards: Ms. Hatzilakos, I’m sure your son is a handful. Ms. Hatzilakos: I can handle my son, Mr. Edwards. Mrs. Edwards: Well maybe if you and Mr. Hatzilakos were still together- Darcy: Mom! Ms. Hatzilakos: Very nice to meet you. (Ms. Hatzilakos and Peter walk away and Peter whispers to Darcy.) Peter: Darcy, do something! At Darcy’s (Darcy is holding a thermometer under a lamp.) Mrs. Edwards: Darcy, are you ready? The bus is leaving! Darcy: Our minivan can go without me. Mrs. Edwards: Nobody’s going on the retreat without you. Darcy: I think I’m coming down with a cold. Can’t I just stay home? Mrs. Edwards: But you always have so much fun on the retreat. Darcy: I don’t want to spread my germs and I have homework, new cheers… Mrs. Edwards: Oh I don’t know sweetie. Staying by yourself over night? Darcy: Mom I’m seventeen! Mrs. Edwards: Okay. You’ve got a good head on your shoulders and we trust you. Darcy: Thanks mom. Mrs. Edwards: Okay rest up. We’ll be checking in. You have our numbers and we’ll be back later tomorrow afternoon, okay? (Darcy texts Manny “I’ll be there in 15 mins”.) Outside, everyone is boarding onto the busses Manny: There you are all just in time. Darcy: Yeah I had to wait for my parents to leave. Manny: I take it the Churchisons aren’t cool with unsupervised winter fun? Darcy: That would be a no, but you’ve taught me everything there is to know about call-forwarding. Have you seen Peter? Manny: No. Darcy: Another voicemail. *On her phone* Peter it’s me. I’m on my way to Mount Huron. The next bus leaves in an hour. Please come. I promise I’ll make it worth your while. Manny: Hurry up! At Toby’s (He is at his computer publishing a podcast to the Grapevine.) Toby: If Lakehurst cast-offs like Johnny DiMarco think that I’m gonna personally welcome them to Degrassi, wake up. It ain’t gonna happen and if anyone has a problem with that, remember nobody messes with Toby Isaacs. On the mountain (Manny is helping Darcy with her snowboard.) Manny: Here. Just wedge your foot. Darcy: I’ve never done this before! I’m gonna break my neck! Manny: It’s not as scary as it looks, okay? If you learn now you’ll never forget. Jane: Right foot first? Are you goofy? Never mind. Hey um k*ller party tonight. Guaranteed rager if you’re sticking around ‘til the last bus. Darcy: Funny I was just wondering when the next bus leaves to go home. (Her phone rings.) Darcy: (On the phone) Peter! Thank gosh. I am so sorry I couldn’t stand up to my parents. Please just tell me you’re not calling to break up. (He sits down beside her.) Peter: Come on. You’re the one who’s supposed to have faith. Darcy: You made it! Peter: Yeah I’ll pulled the mom’s house, dad’s house shell game. Said you’d make it worth my while. Darcy: And did you hear about the party tonight? Peter: Yeah of course. (A montage begins of them all snowboarding and having a good time.) Outside (Toby, Derek and Danny are playing street hockey.) Liberty: Toby! “Lakehurst are a bunch of mouth-breathing Neanderthals”? Toby: I couldn’t agree more. Liberty: I heard your podcast. How is name calling supposed to help? Toby: It’s not name calling. It’s scientific classification. Liberty: I was gonna ask you to head up the integration committee, but your personal vendetta isn’t helping. Toby: Yeah well maybe some people don’t want to integrate. Danny: Car! (They move to the side of the road.) Danny: Check it. Lakehurst 9ers. Wanna go bust heads? (Derek nods and they start playing hockey again.) Danny: Later okay? Liberty: Is this what you want? An ongoing w*r? You remember how that ended last time. At the snow lodge Manny: Ditching the church retreat, lying to your parents, sneaking out. You know you don’t have to commit all 7 deadly sins in one night. Darcy: Hey I’m not drinking, am I? Besides none of this would be necessary if my parents hadn’t banned me from seeing Peter. Manny: When will parents ever learn? Forbidding things is an aphrodisiac. Darcy: Totally. (Peter and Darcy kiss before walking away. A creepy guy eyes Manny and she shudders as she walks away.) In the hallway Darcy: Finally I have you all to myself. Peter: And there’s nothing our parents can do about it. Darcy: You were right. This whole sneaking around behind their backs thing, it is kind of hot. (They go into the room and start making out on the bed.) Darcy: Woah. Slow down. You know the above-the-waist rule, Peter. Peter: Just relax. Darcy: I’m not comfortable with this. Peter: What happened to “I’ll make it worth your while”? Darcy: I meant I’d buy your lift ticket, stupid. You know I took a vow of abstinence. Peter: Yeah? Well the problem is I didn’t! Darcy: Get out. Peter: Come on Darcy. (She opens the door.) Darcy: Out. Peter: Alright I’m sorry. Darcy: My parents were so right about you! (Peter leaves and Darcy closes the door.) At a pool hall Johnny: Coming here alone? That’s brave…or stupid. Toby: Maybe both. Look Johnny I don’t want to start a w*r and I think as long as we’re under the same roof, we should try to get along. Johnny: That’s not what podcast Toby said. Yeah we’ve all heard it. You know before someone messes with you, I’d suggest you bust out of here. Toby: Look you don’t understand. I want to take you up on your peace treaty. Johnny: Treaty’s off the table, wiener. I’ll see you at school. (Toby leaves.) At the party Manny: Church retreat, smurch retreat. Aren’t you glad you came up here? Darcy: Not remotely. (Darcy takes a big sip of her drink.) Manny: Easy tiger. The bus leaves in half an hour. Darcy: You were right, you know, about forbidding things. Just now in the bedroom, Peter was trying to make me do things. Manny: Isn’t the rule of abstinence supposed to make life easier? Darcy: It’s not a rule. I’m not ready. I want to wait until I’m married. I’m not like you Manny. With no values, no self-respect… Manny: Well if you’re gonna get off on your high horse, then I’m gone. You and Satan Jr. are made for each other. (She leaves and Darcy walks over to the bathroom.) Darcy: I have to pee. (She leaves her drink on the table and goes inside the bathroom.) Outside the party, Peter is getting drunk Some guy: Hey man. Getting your shine on? Peter: Whatever man. Sue me. (He goes inside to look for Darcy.) Peter: I’m a jackass. Sorry, a jackbutt. (Darcy laughs and takes another sip.) Peter: How wasted are you? Darcy: I only had one drink, jackass. Peter: Oh saucy. You’re a bad liar, though. Even worse when you’re drunk. Darcy: Let’s not, let’s not fight anymore, okay? Peter: Deal. Swear. Darcy: We can go do it if you want. Peter: Do what? Darcy: Whatever. Anything you want. Peter: Can I tell you a secret? I’m a virgin too and I don’t care because I’ll wait until whenever ‘cause I love you. (Darcy passes out as he’s talking to her.) Peter: I’m gonna barf. (Peter runs off as Darcy’s still lying on the couch.) In a graveyard, Toby walks over to JT’s grave Toby: Hey JT. I know you’re busy, but um if I had anyone else to talk to, I would. (He uncovers a picture frame covered in snow.) Toby: I miss you JT and I know that v*olence just multiples v*olence in the deep, dark something, but it sucks that Lakehurst people are in our halls and you’re not. It’s not fair, but maybe with so many new people at Degrassi, maybe there’s someone like you and as they say, strangers are just friends you haven’t met yet. (He publishes a new podcast online.) At the ski lodge (Someone carries Darcy into a bedroom as she’s passes out and then locks the door.)
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At the ski lodge Darcy: What time is it? Peter? (She looks around and sees her clothes on the floor.) Darcy: Peter! Peter what happened last night? Peter: I think I became fluent in keg draft. Darcy: But did we? Oh my gosh. We did. Peter: Did what? (She nods down.) Peter: Are you sure? Darcy: Yes I’m sure and you should be too. You were kinda there. Peter: My body was I guess, but not my mind…Darcy I was totally wasted. Darcy: You’re not the only one who was. I’ve got the thrashing headache to prove it. Peter: We had sex? Darcy: When does the next bus leave? If I don’t get home before my parents, I’m d*ad. Peter: Darcy I know this isn’t how you pictured it. Darcy: Let me get dressed. Just get out. Peter: No I mean I wish it had been more memorable. I know how much it meant to you, losing your virginity. Darcy: No you don’t, Peter. Not even a little. Now please let me get dressed. In the gym Manny: And 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, 7, 8. (Holly J starts screwing up the moves.) Darcy: Uh Holly? Try to keep up. Holly J: It’s Holly J and I’m trying. It’s just hard to memorize mediocrity. Darcy: Please. You know what? Practice is over. Everyone h*t the showers. Manny: Way to end practice on a high note. What happened? Darcy: What? Uh what do you mean? Manny: You know at Mount Huron? After you got all judgy on me and I left? Darcy: Manny I’m really sorry about that. Manny: What was it again? No values, no self-respect… (Darcy doesn’t say anything.) Manny: Uh oh. Rents caught you sneaking back in, didn’t they? Darcy: No they didn’t. It’s not that. It’s Peter. Manny: I had a feeling when you guys weren’t on the bus home. Did something happen? (She starts to cry.) Darcy: Everything and I barely remember it. Manny: Are you sure you said yes? You’re sure Peter didn’t take advantage? Darcy: Manny don’t go there. I got drunk and I made a mistake. End of story. Manny: You’re not the first one, honey. Darcy: What if people find out? What if they talk and say I’m like this big nympho? I swear I’d die. Manny: You’ll be fine, so as long as you make sure Peter hasn’t told anyone. Darcy: But I know. Manny: And every girl is entitled to a secret, or two, or three. It’ll be fine. At Marco, Paige and Ellie’s Marco: Morning. Sleep okay? Alex: Yeah you weren’t lying about that couch. Marco: You don’t have to lie, Alex. I know you and Paige are playing house in Dylan’s room. It’s not like he’s gonna care. He’s in Switzerland. (Paige walks in looking for something.) Marco: Keys to the store? They’re on the fridge. Paige: Oh thanks, hon. Without you, I’d be sad, lonely and with many cats. Marco: You know we have a no pets rule? Paige: Well once I close down Squatch Designs for good, I’ll leave the rats behind. Bye guys. Marco: Bye. (She kisses Alex goodbye.) Marco: Hey El don’t forget, study group at 4. I made notes. Ellie: Thanks. You’re too perfect. Marco: Tell that to Dylan. Alex: What’s with Dylan? Marco: It’s our anniversary and you’d think I would have heard from him by now, but nada. Ellie: Marco, the boy has checked out. Marco: I gotta get to class. Ellie: Sorry! I’m sure he’ll call. In Ms. Kwan’s class Derek: Come on. You can tell us. Danny: Totally. We’re practically friends. Peter: Alright, but you guys can’t tell anyone. Alright…I think Darcy and I had sex. Derek: No way! Danny: What?! Peter: Shh! Danny: What do you mean think you had sex? Peter: Well you know when you think you had sex, but you’re not totally sure if you did or not? Derek: Uh no. Danny: Come on dude, you’re asking us? Derek: So what is it? Did you do it or not? Danny: I knew it! He did. Score. Peter: Shh. It’s a secret. You guys can keep a secret, right? Danny: Totally. We’re not like immature or whatever. Derek: Yeah. So did you see her bare-naked? Ms. Kwan: Seats everyone. Today we begin studying a new novel, the mid-19th century classic, “The Scarlet Letter” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The book is a story of a woman who must permanently bear the mark of her sins in the face of public scrutiny. At the Core Marco: Hello Nash. Eric: Marco. Hey how are you? Marco: Eric! Eric: What brings you to the Core? Marco: Uh just getting a textbook from El. How goes the journalism? Ellie: Makes no sense. Jesse: What? Your Justin Timberlake review? Ellie: Ha ha. It’s Marco. He keeps holding onto a guy who treats him like crap. Jesse: Well he’s sure got a fan in Eric. Ellie: Really? We should set them up! Jesse: We should mind our own business and by ‘we’, I mean you. Ellie: Look you know Marco. Unless someone intervenes, he’s gonna let Dylan kick him around forever. Jesse: No doubt. Marco’s loyal to a fault, which is why he’s never gonna let you set him up with Eric. Ellie: You’re right. Just means we’re gonna have to be sneaky. Jesse: Still with the ‘we’, huh? Outside the school Peter: Hey you still mad at me? Darcy: I wasn’t mad at you. I was freaked out. Peter: Yeah I get it. I do. I was freaked too. Darcy: I’m just surprised, I guess. Peter: Yeah I know. It wasn’t how you thought it would happen. (They hug.) Darcy: So we agree? That it was a mistake. I mean it can’t happen again. Peter: Darcy I don’t want to do anything to make you unhappy, ever. So whatever you say goes. Darcy: And you didn’t tell anyone about, about what we did, did you? Peter: No. Of course not. Darcy: Good because if anyone found out… Peter: Don’t worry. No one will. I’m just glad we’re cool because if you were mad at me, I couldn’t take it. At Marco and Ellie’s Marco: So Dylan just sent the lamest text. It says “Hap aniv M, Luv D. Could that be any more abbreviated? Why does it smell like pizza? Ellie: Because we have guests. Jesse: Hey Marco. Uh Eric and I were uh just doing some work. Eric: Hey Marco. Ellie: Jesse I wanted to show you that thing. Remember? Jesse: Oh right. The thing. Love things. (They leave Marco and Eric alone.) Marco: Well that wasn’t awkward. Eric: I’m sorry. I didn’t know they were gonna make it such an obvious setup. Marco: But you did know it was a setup? Eric: Well I guess I kinda thought there was something between us. Marco: Yeah there is something between us. His name’s Dylan. He’s my boyfriend. Eric: Okay. I wonder if uh Ellie can show me that, that thing. Enjoy the pizza. At the Dot (Peter and Darcy are cuddling when Emma and Manny walk in.) Manny: Hey. Mind if we interrupt this love fest? Darcy: We’ve got all the time in the world for friends. Peter: We can all be friends, right? Emma: No recent reasons why not. People change, right? Peter: They sure do. (Jane walks in.) Jane: Get a room you two. Oh wait a sec, you already did that, you sly dogs. Darcy: You told her? Peter: No I didn’t! Jane: Well those two fuzz-head twins won’t shut up about it. (Darcy leaves.) Peter: Thanks a lot. (Peter rushes out after her.) Peter: Darcy I’m sorry. Darcy: Oh great you’re sorry. That’s really gonna help me get my reputation back. Peter: I only told Danny and Derek because I was so freaking confused. Darcy: About what? Peter: About the fact that you say we had sex, but I don’t think we did. I really don’t. Darcy: I know what happened that night. I know that we had sex. Peter: Listen, last time I saw you, you were passed out and there were a lot of people around. People we don’t know. I was out of control. Darcy: Stop it Peter! Peter: I really hope it’s not true, but what if something happened? Darcy: It’s not possible. I’m not the sort of person that happens to. Peter: You’re sure you had sex. I’m sure it wasn’t with me. Darcy: Don’t talk to me. Peter: What? Darcy: You heard what I said. Don’t talk to me ever. (She walks away upset.) Outside the school (Darcy walks inside after taking a deep breath.) Derek: Darcy you little thief. Danny: Yeah we heard you stole Pete’s virginity. Made him a man, you little minx. Emma: Out of the way, dorks! Don’t let them bug you. We’ve both been here before. Manny: It’s like being a sheep and the halls are filled with wolves with acne. Kim: Guess all those years in Friendship Club didn’t mean much. Darcy: Hey Kim. Kim: I see you’re still wearing your abstinence ring. Don’t you think you should take it off? Emma: This isn’t the time, Kim. Darcy: No it’s fine. (She takes off her ring and hands it to Kim.) Darcy: Satisfied? Kim: Virginity is God’s most precious gift and you just gave it away. (Manny sticks out her tongue at Kim and the girls walk away.) At Marco and Ellie’s Ellie: Yeah frozen toaster tart! Marco: Hey you’re still in the doghouse Nash. Ellie: I was only trying to help you and by the way, it was real nice of you to crush poor Eric’s feeling. Marco: I know. I got freaked. Maybe I’m attracted to him. Ellie: Maybe? Marco: Okay he’s hot! And in another time and place it might have worked, but Dylan… Ellie: …is in Europe, which is European for far, far away. He’s living his life Marco, but what are you doing? Marco: Fine. I will take Eric out for one cup of coffee. Just promise to get off my back. Ellie: Promise. (Marco tries to take the poptarts out of the toaster and Ellie stops him.) Ellie: No. they have to be hot. At Darcy’s locker Peter: Darcy can I talk to you? Darcy: I think you’ve done enough talking. You’ve made my life here hell. Manny: Shoo! Go on! Get! (She pushes him away.) Peter: I’m gonna m*rder Danny and Derek! Jane: Hey uh you guys hear about that Mount Huron thing? There’s a police warning about some roofie r*pist on the loose. Someone’s going around and spiking some random girls’ drinks at parties. Crazy scary. (Darcy has a flashback to the night.) Darcy: Totally. So lucky it wasn’t one of us. Jane: Yeah. (Jane leaves and Darcy doesn’t say anything.) Darcy: What? Manny: You said you were out of your mind drunk. Darcy: I had one drink. It just h*t me. Manny: One drink doesn’t h*t you like that. Roofies do and they also make you forget. Darcy: I remember me and Peter having sex. I remember the whole thing. It was beautiful. Manny: That’s not what you said yesterday. Darcy: Well my memory came back. At a doctor’s office (Darcy is getting her blood tested.) Doctor: So we’ll send this off to the lab, along with your urine. We’ll test for the usual STI’s. Just bend your arm up. And we’ll have the results in a few hours. Darcy: And there’s absolutely no way you can tell if I’m pregnant? Doctor: Not this soon, I’m sorry. You uh, you said you were very intoxicated when you had sex. Are you sure it was consensual? Darcy: Oh absolutely. My boyfriend, Ramón’s, condom broke. Oops. Doctor: Ms. Edwards, I know an excellent person you can talk to if… Darcy: Oh no need, doctor. I’ve got my boyfriend, my family, my friends, all sorts of support. Doctor: Okay. At a coffee shop Eric: That’s why I love the summer camp. I think all kids should have access to the outdoors. Marco: Yeah and all the mosquito bites they can scratch. Eric: Don’t knock it, city boy. Maybe some day I’ll take you to the woods. Marco: Look Eric you’re great and I’m trying, but I have a boyfriend. Eric: Look you have a crutch. What are you afraid of Marco? Marco: Nothing. Its long distance and it’s difficult, but I’m committed. Eric: Look you’re hiding under a safety blanket. There’s a whole world out there and Dylan’s not the only gay man in it. Marco: Well thanks for the advice. You sure seem to know a lot about my love life. Eric: I know you deserve someone who’s good to you. Marco: Well I happen to have that guy. In Darcy’s backyard Manny: Hey. Got your IM. What’s going on? Darcy: I used to play here when I was little and I used to dream about my prince who would sweep me of my feet at our perfect wedding. I just found out I have Chlamydia. Got any antibiotics? Manny: Is Peter getting tested? (Darcy shakes her head no and she starts to cry.) Darcy: I remember feeling someone on me and he smelled bad. Not like Peter. I just wanted it to be him so bad. Manny: Oh my god, Darcy. Darcy: I don’t know what to do, Manny. I’m terrified. Everywhere I look I think “is that him? Is that the guy?” Manny: Darcy you’ve got to talk to someone. You’ve got to tell. Darcy: You said Manny. You said every girl is entitled to a secret. Manny: I didn’t mean getting r*ped. Babe you’ve got to talk to your parents, okay? (Darcy nods her head.) Manny: Darcy, you’re still gonna have your prince and your perfect wedding. You’re gonna have it all, okay? It’s okay. At Darcy’s house Mrs. Edwards: Daddy and I are off to choir practice. Hey everything okay, honey? Oh don’t tell me that cold of yours is coming back. Darcy: I’m still feeling a little under the weather. Have fun at choir. At Spirit Squad practice Manny: Okay bring it down. Holly J, can you take over for a sec? Holly J: Okay back in formation. (Manny goes into the locker room and finds Darcy on the floor with the shower running and her wrist cut, bleeding into the drain.) Manny: Darcy? Darcy! (Manny turns off the water and gives her a towel.) Manny: Oh my god. Hold this. Press. I’m calling 911. At the hospital Peter: Do they know? Manny: I don’t think Darcy told them yet. Peter: Someone’s got to. Manny: Not us, not now. Peter: Why not? Manny: I got this pamphlet. Peter: Oh great a pamphlet. Manny: It says r*pe victims need to heal at their own pace. It’s important. (Mrs. Edwards starts to walk over and Peter leaves before she can see him.) Mrs. Edwards: The cut wasn’t deep. She’ll be okay, but can you tell me why my perfect daughter would have done this? Manny: Mrs. Edwards, I really don’t know. (Darcy is shown in the hospital bed upset.) At Marco, Paige and Ellie’s (Marco is pouring a cup of coffee when Paige walks in.) Paige: Keeping Sumatra in business, hon? Marco: I haven’t slept much. Been waiting for Dylan to call for two days. Paige: Well luckily I’ve got just the thing to cheer you up. Squatch Design tees in every single colour. Marco: Sorry about the store going under. Paige: No big. We did everything we could. C’est la vie, que sera and all that. There’s no use crying. Marco: I guess when it’s time, it’s time. (His phone rings.) Marco: Dylan. Hey listen, um we need to talk. Yeah it’s the talk. In Ms. Sauvé’s office Darcy: I just don’t know what to say. I don’t even know why I’m here. Ms. Sauvé: You’re here because you hurt yourself on school property. Darcy I know there’s a reason for what you did and if you ever do want to talk, I could be a pretty good listener. But in the meantime we’re gonna create a safety plan and make sure you have the best support system around. And if there’s anything else you need, you know where to reach me. In the hallway Manny: Hey. How’d it go? Darcy: I couldn’t tell her. Not yet. Peter: I got you something, abstinence ring. Manny: What happened, it didn’t count Darcy. (She takes the ring and they start walking down the hall together.) Scenes for next week Voiceover: On an all new Degrassi when Paige goes all Devil Wears Prada… Andrea: The models? Paige: Are in makeup as we speak. Andrea: What about the new music mix? Paige: Oh uh tracks 1-6. Have it on a loop. Voiceover: And total hell breaks loose. Paige: Oh my god. Take off the dress now! Alex: But I was trying to surprise you. Paige: Well congratulations! Voiceover: Is this the end of Paige and Alex? Alex: You actually care about this artificial crap? Paige: You were better off as a stripper.
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At Paige, Ellie and Marco’s (Paige is blow-drying her hair which wakes Alex up.) Paige: Morning sleeping beauty. Alex: If you really loved me you wouldn’t hurt my ears this early. Paige: Well I’ve got to drop the store key with Jimmy, h*t the bank, groceries, and a job interview. Très multitask. Alex: So what am I gonna do all day? Paige: How about you recharge after the last two weeks? Your final Degrassi semester got you those crazy great grades you were after. Alex: Yet not even straight A’s could get my mom to ditch Chad, the free-loading conman. So much for moving back home. Paige: Hon, I know it’s hard, but you can stay here until you get back on your feet. (Paige kisses her goodbye.) Alex: Bye. (Paige goes into the kitchen.) Marco: Paige, how long is Alex crashing? Like is she looking for a job or… Paige: Her last reference is from a strip bar. She needs help and time. Marco: Yeah well who’s gonna help her ditch the TV remote and pick up the want ads? Paige: Hon, you and I are lucky enough not to know what it’s like when your parents screw you over. Sympathy, s'il vous plaît? Thank you. So can I go to my life-changing interview? We’ll discuss this later, okay? At Paige’s new job Paige: Andrea? (The girl keeps walking.) Paige: Okay guess not. Andrea: Are you the new girl? Paige: Paige. It is so good to meet you Andrea. Andrea: (She pronounces her name differently) Andrea. Paige: Andrea. Of course. So much for a good first impression, right? Andrea: Look this job, you’re gonna iron more clothes than you wear, okay? Paige: Well how about chiffons? I mean steaming sure, but will the Malandrinos really hold up? Andrea: Malandrinos? We’ve been practicing that at home, haven’t we? Paige: My whole life, clothes geek. Andrea: Whose pinafores did you like this season? Paige: Chanel’s. The rest are un-wearable. Andrea: Look I need someone at my beck and call. Totally committed. Paige: Look I will get coffees. I will pin hems. I’ll do model sweat duty, really. Andrea: Are you a fashion student? (Paige shakes her head no.) Andrea: Good. We have our spring line runway show for clients happening this week. Drop-offs, details, emergencies. You drive? Paige: Yes. Andrea I will not let you down. So… Andrea: Write this down. (She starts giving orders as Paige follows behind her.) In Mr. Simpson’s class (Manny walks in late and Damien comes in right behind her.) Mr. Simpson: Manny and Damien. A match made in lateness. Something I should know about? Damien: Not yet, Mr. Simpson. Mr. Simpson: Okay. Well while Liberty is away at leadership camp, acting vice-president Toby has an announcement. Toby: Um in response to concerns raised by the merger, we’re gonna be holding a referendum. On Thursday we’re gonna vote on whether Lakehurst clubs and teams should integrate into Degrassi’s or stay separate. (Everyone starts talking.) Mr. Simpson: Alright cool your jets, guys. Come on. Let’s get this class started, alright? Emma: Hey lets instil segregation. Apartheid worked so well in South Africa. Why not here? We should do something, Manny. (Manny is staring at Damien.) Emma: Hello? Earth to Manny. Manny: Yeah totally. Together, good. Separate, bad. Emma: Speaking of together or separate, what’s going on with you and Damien? Manny: Things kind of fizzled after the Lakehurst feud, kind of thanks to you actually, but am I bitter? (He gives her a little wave and she smiles.) At Paige, Ellie and Marco’s Marco: So why do you think you’d be a good roommate, uh Griffin? Griffin: Uh well I’m quiet, clean and studious. Ellie: Hmm that might not work. We’re kind of loud. Paige: And sort of messy. Ellie: Yeah we do homework in front of the TV. You’re an engineering student, right? Griffin: Yeah well and I book bands for the club and I spin. So loud’s okay. Ellie: Well Griffin it was great meeting you. Griffin: Okay um I’ll let myself out. You guys get ready to talk about me. (He leaves.) Marco: Thank you. No more callers. Ellie: Hey I’m not so sure. A hot roommate is a lot more pressure than regular ones. I need freedom to wear flannel. Paige: Griffin was incredibly cute and normal. It’s two to one. Sorry Ellie. Alex: Hmm a guy here would be weird. It’s a tie. Paige: Um hon, you know we love you, but you don’t really get so much of a vote. The rent’s the rent, you know? Alex: Right. Of course. In the hallway Manny: Damien, the guy who let a tiny cheerleading protest wreck a relationship last semester. Damien: Well a gym full of people shouting “go home Lakehurst” doesn’t leave the memory easily. Manny: Well now you have a reason to forget, also known as me or was that not flirting that I saw in class today? Damien: What are you suggesting Miss Santos? Manny: That we give it another try, that we live in the present. Damien: I like presents. Anya: Um smile for the grapevine. (She takes their picture.) At Paige’s Paige: Alex, please stop pouting. You know it’s only- (Paige looks at her laptop.) Paige: No, no, no. Ugh! Come on. I’m so stupid. Alex: What’s the matter? Paige: My licence expired and I thought I could renew it online, but…Alex half of this job is driving. Alex: 72 hour wait. Paige: I have to be there in an hour. Alex: You have a car, I have a licence. Paige: You would do that? Alex: Well it might eat into my couch time, but it will be fun to hang out for a change. Paige: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The entire fashion industry owes you huge. Ready to h*t the road? Later that night (Paige and Alex walk in with a bunch of clothes.) Marco: Bonjour couture and Alex, its newest fan? Alex: Uh not quite. Paige: Had a little licence issue, but this adorable super human is chauffeuring so I don’t lose my job. Alex: The things I do to spend time with you. I just don’t get why we have to bring all this stuff here. Paige: Um hon, we can’t leave them at the venue alone. They are priceless. Marco, flown from Milan today. Marco: No! (Marco tries to grab it and Paige pulls it away.) Paige: Oh no touch pas. Alex: I saw a pair of $1200 shorts tonight. Who buys $1200 shorts? Paige: I wish I could! Being near them on the runway will have to do. Alex: That’s just sad. So uh this show, it’s for the world’s 5 other shorts-loving freaks? Marco: This show is like a huge deal. They said in the paper today who’s sitting front row. Paige: Hon I will be done at the office at 4 tomorrow, but if I’m not outside you can just wait for me, okay? Alex: Sure. Getting used to that. (Alex leaves and Paige and Marco keep squeeing over the clothes.) Marco: This is unreal. Paige: I don’t even know what to do. Marco: Try it on! That’s what you do! Paige: Are you kidding? In the media immersion room Toby: You’re on the Internet. Emma: Again? Manny: I swear I’ve done nothing net-worthy. Toby: Degrassi Grapevine disagrees. Manny: Good news travels fast, I guess. (She sees the picture of her and Damien on the Grapevine.) Manny: Damien look we’re the interracial poster children for Degrassi/Lakehurst unity. Damien: Hmm. Manny: What, too much press, too soon? Damien: No it’s just a little ironic. The whole separation thing was kind of my idea. Manny: Hold on. Why would you do that? Damien: Because I believe in it. Lakehurst needs its own identity, especially now. Manny: Damien the rivalry is only gonna get worse. What about…? (She gestures to their picture.) Damien: No problem. We can be together ever if our schools are apart. Manny: Wouldn’t it be better if we were double together? Damien: Manny you just don’t understand politics. Manny: The only thing I don’t understand is why I thought this could ever work, condescending ass. (She walks away.) Damien: Hold on that came out wrong. Outside Paige’s job Paige: (On the phone) Say you’re at the corner. I’ve been waiting here for 40 minutes. Alex: (On the phone) I will be soon, Paige-y. I just had to um…just read the style section, okay? I’ll get there as soon as I can. (Alex is shown smoking weed with Jay.) Paige: (On the phone) How about don’t bother? I can take care of myself, okay? (She hangs up.) Paige: Taxi! At Paige, Marco and Ellie’s Alex: I have to go get her. Jay: First Mel leaves me. Now you. My heart is cracked open and leaking love juice all over the place. Alex: Your heart will heal. I can’t drive. I’m too stoned. No what am I gonna tell Paige? Jay: That I’m a mess. That you’re being a good friend. She’ll get it. Alex: No she’ll have a fit, actually. These are the only things she cares about. (Alex pulls out one of the dresses.) Jay: Woah Mel would look so hot in that. God I miss her. Alex: And that’s why I keep you around! For your brilliant ideas! Later that night Paige: Alex! Alex, can you at least do me the courtesy of being here when I yell at you. You ditched me! Alex: I know. I’m sorry, but Mel dumped Jay and he really needed… Paige: Let me guess, a shoulder to get high on? Alex: I’m sorry. I was a jerk, but can I make it up to you? (She takes off her robe to show the dress she’s wearing.) Paige: Oh my god. Take off the dress now! Alex: But I was trying to surprise you. Paige: Well congratulations! Take off the dress and then get out of my room. The next day (Griffin is moving in and Paige is steaming the dress.) Alex: Coffee? I found more. Paige I’m sorry. I, I thought my wonder girl Paige could manage on her own. Paige: On my own, I’m fine. Someone else caused the problem. Alex: I made a mistake. I didn’t understand how seriously you were taking this whole gig. Paige: How could you not? This is the first thing I’ve been excited about since I b*mb out of Banting. Alex: I’m not like you with plans and stuff. I always feel like I’m behind. Maybe that’s why I need you. Paige: Well what about when I need you? Alex: I’ll be there. How can I prove it? Paige: Chocolate reminders for tonight’s show. They have to be wrapped and couriered to all the VIPs by noon. Should have been done last night, but um I was busy. Alex: I’ll get it done, Paige. Paige: I know you will because screwing up is not an option. Outside the school Damien: Manny! Manny! Manny stop. Manny: Sorry not only do I not understand politics, I have trouble with simple commands. Damien: I’m sorry about yesterday. Listen I didn’t mean to imply you were anything less than brilliant. Manny: But we’re both smart enough to realize the truth, right? About us? Damien: Uh oh. Manny: Damien, it’s not gonna work. I think the personal is political and if I can’t support your campaign, then I can’t support you. Damien: I respect that, but it doesn’t sound good for the faces of Degrassi/Lakehurst unity. Manny: Well at least we can agree on that. Damien: I think we just set the record for the world’s shortest relationship. Manny: I guess it wasn’t meant to be. We’re just too different. Damien: It’s ‘cause I’m black, isn’t it? Manny: Well now that you mention it. Damien: So what you just wanted the cred? Manny: Why do you people always play the race card? Damien: That’s highly offensive. (Holly J and Anya overhear their joking and look at each other shocked.) At Paige’s job Andrea: What’s Ms. Hagerty going to wear? Paige: Couriered the purple jersey. Andrea: And the models? Paige: Are in makeup as we speak. Andrea: What about the new music mix? Paige: Oh uh tracks 1-6. Have it on a loop. Andrea: Now why haven’t any of my VIPs called to gush over their edible gold reminders? Paige: They haven’t? But I had them sent out. Andrea: You had them sent? Paige: Andrea, I swear they were at the courier by noon. Andrea: It’s your first week and you’re subcontracting already. Paige: (under her breath) Alex. Andrea: Paige, focus. We’re in the leads here. Now if you can’t handle this- Paige: No I can. I can. I’m sure it was nothing more than a little snag. I can fix it. Trust me. Andrea: You certainly will. It won’t be a problem at show time, right? Paige: Of course not. Everything is under control. Andrea: You looking for something? Paige: I uh, I just can’t seem to find the contact sheet. (Andrea gives her it.) Paige: Thank you. Andrea: Just do your job and don’t wear that. At Spirit Squad rehearsal Holly J: So Manny, Chantay and I were just trying to figure out who’s hotter. Brad or Kanye? Manny: You’re serious? Ryan Gosling, hands down. Chantay: Figures. Manny: What’s that supposed to mean? Chantay: As long as he’s not black, right? Manny: Excuse me? Holly J: Rumour has it you’re a r*cist. Manny: Rumour has it you have webbed toes. Holly J: Sorry Manny, but most of us understand that racism is a very serious issue. Manny: Guys I can’t believe this. Chantay: So the rumour’s true then? Manny: No! Where are you getting this crap from? Holly J: People who overheard you talking to Damien today. Manny: Dude we were joking! This is insane. Come on. I’ll prove it. (They walk into the hall and Manny goes up to Damien.) Manny: So you heard? (She points to herself.) Manny: r*cist. Awesome, huh? Damien: What do you mean? Manny: Some people didn’t think our joke was very funny, but seems to be working out well for you though. Lots of support, huh? Damien: You think people are supporting me because of that? Manny: Well I don’t think it’s hurting. So you need to do something for me. Hey! Listen up. Unscheduled announcement from Damien Hayes. Damien: I heard some vicious rumours. I want you all to know that Manny Santos is not a r*cist. Holly J: Then why did she dump you? Damien: Trust me. The reasons are far more than skin deep. Manny: Unlike Damien, I happen to be a firm believer in unity. He wants to keep the schools divided, but what Damien doesn’t get about politics is that when there’s solidarity, there’s strength. I hope you all remember this as you make your way to the polls. Derek: Yeah! Danny: Bravo. One school. At the fashion show Paige: (On her phone) Paige here. Ms. Levoy, you will? Great. I’ll see you seen. Andrea: Paige! How are my… this chair is crooked. How are my VIPs? Paige: Last one just confirmed. All seats filled with appropriate seats. Andrea: Impressive, but we’re still really behind. Now I need you to- Alex: Paige! (Andrea gasps in horror as Alex walks on the runway.) Alex: Paige I um…okay. I couldn’t get the stuff to everyone. Andrea: Paige. We can’t have this, her. (Paige grabs Alex’s arm and they move away from Andrea.) Paige: Alex, what is wrong with you? You didn’t deliver the reminders, did you? Alex: No ‘cause I saw the invoice. $3000 for chocolate? That’s 3 months rent to where I come from. Paige: And if I hadn’t spent the last hour frantically calling people about the show, I’d have lost my job. Alex: This isn’t happiness, Paige. This is a lame temp gig that has you acting like a diva. Paige: Who asked you to judge what is okay for this company or me? I am trying to start a career I actually care about. Alex: You actually care about this artificial crap? Paige you wrap presents and iron dresses like a maid. Sorry if I have principals. Paige: You know what? You were better off as a stripper. It is all great to climb up on your high horse, but at least that girl was working for something. (Paige tries to walk away and Alex stops her.) Paige: Alex, I’m done! (They both walk away angry.) In Mr. Simpson’s class Ms. Hatzilakos: (On the TV) Yesterday you went to the polls to decide whether the Degrassi and Lakehurst teams and clubs should be separate or together and the results are in with a resounding vote in favour of unifying clubs and teams. Thank you. Mr. Simpson: Thing of beauty, democracy. And speaking of democratic freedom, feel free to take your seats. Manny: Hey. If it’s any consolation, you weren’t totally wrong. Some things are better apart, like us. No hard feelings? Damien: Are you kidding? You totally blind sighted me in front of the whole school. Manny: It’s not my fault you smart boys are so easily manipulated. Damien: Oh is that what you think? Everyone, Manny’s a sexist! (She covers his mouth.) Manny: Joking. Very funny. Damien: So you’re sure you don’t want to go out on one more date? Manny: Positive. Damien: How about Emma? Is she single? (Manny shakes her head with a smile.) At Paige and Marco’s Paige: Then I had to return everything after the show so I blew every cent I made on taxis. Marco: Yeah, but you still have your job though, right? Paige: Andrea gave me a gift bag, so unless that’s code for move on sister… Marco: It’s code for hottest shades ever. (Alex walks in and sees a duffle bag.) Paige: I think everything’s in there. Where are you gonna go? Alex: My mom has a cousin in Ajax. I’ll find a job. I’ve got options. Paige: Look I’m sorry. I thought it would be good for you here. Alex: Yeah, but I was still alone. I lost you to a fantasy world. Paige: This is the right thing to do, but it still hurts. Alex: You make it sound like cough syrup. (Alex leaves and Paige puts on the sunglasses.) Scenes for next week Voiceover: On an all new Degrassi, Jimmy and Ashley chase the spotlight. Ashley: If I’m chasing dreams, you’re coming with me. Jimmy: Okay. (Ashley is shown singing and the crowd looks bored.) Johnny: Lame! Voiceover: But one outshines the other and we all know what that means. (Jimmy is shown rapping and everyone is into it.) Ashley: Jimmy all they saw was you! Jimmy: But I helped you pick up the crowd. Ashley: I didn’t ask you to. (Jimmy is performing and Ashley watches from backstage.) Ashley: People thought I was Craig’s sidekick. I don’t want to be Jimmy’s. Does that make me a bitch? (Ashley is shown about to delete Jimmy’s rap from the computer.)
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In the media immersion lab (Spinner is listening to Craig’s new CD.) Ashley: Spin! Spinner, what are you listening to? Spinner: Oh um maybe Craig’s album. Don’t h*t me. Ashley: Oh my god it dropped yesterday? (She grabs it out of his hands as Emma and Toby walk over to them.) Ashley: And look he’s so awkward posing. Toby: You know if Craig was still here it would cut the amount of dork in the talent showcase by like 33%. Emma: Look “She is the Ash”. Who could that possibly be about? He wrote all these songs in rehab? Ashley: Well not “My Window”. Spinner: Hey it’s not that bad, actually. Um it doesn’t sound like the other songs though. Ashley: That’s ‘cause I wrote it. (Jimmy walks in.) Jimmy: Guys, Craig gave me a shout-out in his album thank-yous. Ashley: Glad one of us got mentioned. (Jimmy looks confused.) Ashley: He used one of my songs. Jimmy: And he didn’t credit you?! Ashley: Well whatever. I could always make more. Toby: Good ‘cause like it or not I’m putting you down for the talent showcase. Ashley: Know what? I’m in. Maybe it’s time I came out of retirement. In a classroom Jimmy: 86 average. Nice. Ashley: 89. Jimmy: Let’s see Craig plagiarise that. (Ashley doesn’t say anything.) Jimmy: What grade does it take for you to crack a smile? This means NYU is guaranteed and then we h*t law school. Ashley: Or we think about law school. Jimmy: I thought we already did that? Ashley: What’s the rush? Maybe there’s still some time to chase dreams. Jimmy: As long as it’s a dream you’re chasing and not revenge on a song-writing ex. Ashley: It’s not about that. It’s not about getting back at Craig for what he did to me. It’s about what Craig did for himself. He focused on his music and he made it happen. It’s inspiring. Jimmy: Inspired by another dude. Ouch. Ashley: Jimmy you’re inspiring too. Your awesome art, your guitar playing, your mad freestyle rhyming skills. Jimmy: Okay now you’re just sucking up. Ashley: I’m not. Jimmy, I think you’re genius. Jimmy: (He starts rapping) Well if you’re the beauty and I’m the smart one, there’s no problem with that so I won’t start one, you know? Ashley: How do you do that in a nano second? Jimmy: You inspire me baby. (She kisses his head.) At Holly J and Mia’s locker Holly J: This is high school, not a daycare. Mia: Okay I don’t want to share a locker either, but we have to compromise. (Holly J pulls out a pacifier.) Holly J: Okay this is not meeting half way. (Sav walks down the hall in slow motion.) Sav: Hey Holly J, great locker locale. Holly J: Sav, hi. You look hot, even in these disgusting hallways. Sav: We know each other, right? Holly J: You probably remember her waddling from class to class. Mia: I’m Mia Jones. I, I was at Lakehurst. Sav: Yeah, yeah. You had a baby. That her? Cute. (She nods.) Sav: Alright see you guys later. In the gym (Spinner misses the basket.) Jimmy: That’s horse and that is why you never try and b*at the master at his own game. Spinner: Well I thought you were the sensitive artist/clothing designer now. Jimmy: When will you learn? I’m everything. (Ashley starts practicing her song on stage.) Spinner: Including Degrassi’s next superstar’s boy toy. Jimmy: Yeah. Ash keeps talking about this uh chasing our dreams thing, but what I think she really wants is a solo project. Spinner: So what are you gonna do when she gets all famous on you? Jimmy: You’re not helping. Spinner: Well come on. She sounds amazing, her music kicks and well, dude, look at her. (Anya and a couple other girls walk over to Ashley excitedly.) Anya: Hey Ashley? Is it true you were partners with Craig Manning? Ashley: We played together, yeah. Anya: Imagine you used to perform together on this very stage. Ashley: All the time, actually. Anya: Wow. I heard “She is the Ash” is about you. You’re like our own little piece of him, you know? Ashley: Just what I always hoped to be known as. Anya: Uh huh. (The girls walk away whispering about her.) Anya: That’s Craig Manning’s old girlfriend. At Ellie, Marco and Paige’s (Ellie and Ashley are looking at the back of Craig’s CD.) Ellie: “Red-headed for Trouble”? Are you kidding me? Ashley: Get this, Manny’s gonna die. “Thong Girl, Wrong Girl”. Ellie: Oh so everyone he’s kisses is a song title now. Marco: Hey Griffin. Griffin: Hey Marco: Meet Jimmy. Jimmy: What’s up? Marco: Oh and Ashley. Two of our oldest friends. Griffin: Uh cool chair man. Jimmy: One of the perks of being sh*t. Griffin: Oh I’m sorry to hear that, dude. Uh Marco, make sure to bring your friends to the open jam, alright? Later. Ashley: Open jam? That sounds cool. Marco: Yeah he does one every week. That’s like one of the three things I know about the guy. Jimmy: You trying to get a record deal? Ashley: You scared of me making a name for myself? Jimmy: No, not at all. As long as it doesn’t make you forget about your high school sweetheart. Ashley: Perform with me tomorrow. Jimmy: Are you sure? That’s, that’s your song. Ashley: You can freestyle over the chorus. If I’m chasing dreams, you’re coming with me. Jimmy: Okay. In the media immersion room Jimmy: (Rapping) Tell me anything, but the truth ‘cause I don’t really know if I can take it now. Tell me anything, but the truth. Can’t figure out how I’m supposed to make it now. Tell me anything, but the truth- Ashley: Stop, stop, stop. Jimmy, stop. Jimmy: I’m sorry. Was that not tight enough? Ashley: No it’s, it’s something tonal. It’s competing with the piano. Jimmy: Okay why don’t you just tweak the levels? Ashley: Then it’s not about the harmony. I need to figure it out. Jimmy: Ash it sounds great right now. Ashley: Well it doesn’t sound the way it sounds in my head. I can fix it. Just I think I have what I need. Jimmy: Okay. I’ll give you some head space. Can’t wait to hear it. In the cafeteria (Manny sees Mia eyeing Sav.) Manny: Wow. That Sav guy sure is hot. Mia: No, Manny. I call him. Manny: Don’t worry. I don’t go after 10th graders. So you gonna talk to him? Mia: It just seems soon…after my last boyfriend. Manny: Mia the past is the past. Carpe diem. Seize the Sav. Holly J: Many have tried; none have succeeded…especially ones with baby weight. Mia: Now what would I do without Holly J Sinclair looking out for me? Manny: Hold on. Holly J Sinclair, as in Heather Sinclair? Holly J: She’s my sister. Manny: Wait. Boyfriend stealing, bad nose job having, puppy drowning, queen of evil is your sister? Holly J: Taught me everything she knows. (She tosses Mia’s brownie into her soup before walking away.) Manny: This might be a problem sweetie. Mia: What? Why? Listen I have to debate her tomorrow morning. Tell me everything. Manny: Let’s just say if Holly J and Heather share the same DNA, you’re gonna have to fight f*re with huge enormous flames. Mia: Got a light? During the talent showcase (Danny and Derek perform a juggling act on stage.) Jimmy: Hey beautiful. Did you work out the tonal issues? Ashley: I um…I went with an earlier version. Jimmy: So it’s a solo project. Ashley: It’s not that your rap was bad. It just didn’t really fit. Jimmy: You’re right. Knock ‘em d*ad. Toby: Thanks guys. That was yeah…okay that’s great. Okay up next, she keyboard styled with Craig Manning. Give it up for my twisted step sister, Ashley Kerwin. (Ashley goes on stage and starts performing.) Ashley: (Singing) You say it’s simple. It’s who you want to be. Look in the mirror. You aren’t what you see. Johnny: Lame! Play a Craig song. Random girl: More like a no-talent contest! Ashley: (Singing) You say it’s simple. Aren’t your wings tied? Tell the truth. Why you have to hide? Jimmy: (Rapping) Look me and the mic we coexist. My flow is a glass box, we know it exists. So you can observe while you’re trapped in it. Took my lady’s track and I sprinkled some rap in it. They telling me lies. Ashley: (Singing) What’s wrong with being someone else? No shame in living life that way. Tell me lies. Tell me lies. Jimmy: (Rapping) They like please, please tell us your reality J. We can’t fathom how it’s gonna be forever defined. My mother always told me what to do with my best foot so to this day you know that it is never behind and metaphorically I’m ahead of the rest and proud of the fact that I’ve accomplished that. And every time I say that I can do it myself, in the same breath I’m wondering where my accomplishes are at. Tell me anything, but the truth ‘cause I don’t really know if I can take it now. Tell me anything… In the hallway Jimmy: That was amazing. I forgot what a rush it was to be on stage. (A couple guys congratulate Jimmy.) Jimmy: And Toby b*rned our song. Ashley: Our song? Jimmy: Right. Your song. Ashley: You screwed up my second verse, Jimmy and my third. Jimmy: But I helped you pick up the crowd. Ashley: I didn’t ask you to and I didn’t need it! Jimmy all they saw was you! (Jimmy drops a book in his locker and struggles picking it up, so Ashley gets it for him.) Jimmy: Thank you. Ashley: It’s what I’m here for. At Ellie’s (Ellie is listening to the performance.) Ellie: This, this is great. Wish I could have seen it live. Ashley: Whatever. High school sucks. I sing, nobody cares. Jimmy rambles his rhymes unrehearsed, they go wild. Everything’s easy for him. Ellie: Yeah…except walking? Ashley: Not what I meant. People thought I was Craig’s sidekick, I don’t want to be Jimmy’s. Does that make me a bitch? (Ellie doesn’t say anything.) Ashley: Forget I asked. Griffin: This is a cool melody. Who is this? Ashley: You’re looking at her. Griffin: This is you? Who’s that with the flow? Ashley: Jimmy. Griffin: Dude from last night, wheelchair? Are you guys coming to the open jam tomorrow night? Ellie: Oh they’re busy. Ashley: No we’re not. Griffin: Cool. Uh make sure Jimmy comes because there’s gonna be some A&R guys there and they should really see him. Ashley: Um actually I’m not really sure that’s his thing, but I wrote and produced this. I could be there. Griffin: Yeah sure. I mean if it’s cool with Jimmy, I guess you could perform with him. (He leaves and Ashley sighs.) In Ms. Kwan’s class Ms. Kwan: When intelligent people look at both sides, a fight becomes a debate. Remember passion is persuasive. Let’s see it. Sav: Our topic is foreign adoption with Holly J on affirmative and Mia on negative. Holly J: Be it resolved that foreign adoption has many benefits. By illustrating these benefits I intend to prove that- In the gym Ashley: Um Griffin, El’s roommate, wants you to perform at his open jam tonight. Jimmy: That’s amazing. Okay uh…okay we got to double the harmony, I’m gonna layer this new rhyme- Ashley: Uh no, not we. He just wants you. Jimmy: Oh tell him to forget it. Ashley: Jimmy you saw the audience yesterday. I can take a hint. I’m not a performer like you. Jimmy: Look we are a team and this is an amazing opportunity. Ashley: Okay. (She sh**t the ball and makes a basket.) Ashley: I’ll be there. In Ms. Kwan’s class Holly J: Orphan children in other countries receive far less care than orphan children here. Mia: That doesn’t mean those children don’t need a family just as much. Holly J: Point of personal privilege, Mr. Chairman. Just because I don’t have a child- Mia: Point of inquiry, Mr. Chairman. Does the speaker realize that her spray tan is running? Ms. Kwan: Sav! Sav: Uh speaker is out of order. Holly J: My worthy opponent is bias due to her matronly obligations and cankles. Mia: Well then maybe we should debate testing for psychosis in herpes-infected teens, since the speaker is highly qualified. Sav: Order in the court. Ms. Kwan: Mia if you can’t be mature about this, take a seat. Mia: But Ms. Kwan! I was- Ms. Kwan: Next group! At the club Jimmy: Yo man have you seen Ashley? My girlfriend? Griffin: No dude. Jimmy: Look if she doesn’t show- Griffin: I’m not taking no for an answer. I need you up there. Jimmy: She’s the music though. (He pulls out a CD.) Griffin: It’s taken care of. Jimmy: What? Where’d you get that? Griffin: Don’t worry about it, man. Listen you do you, okay? If this goes well, this could mean big things down the road for both of us. Jimmy: Us? Some guy: Griffin two minutes. Griffin: You’re up next. At the Dot (Mia walks in with Isabella.) Mia: Hey. Do you have room for one more? Sav: Actually I’ve got room for one and a half. Mia: Hey Sav about the debate…I was stupid. Sav: Hey Holly J has got a knack for provocation. Trust me. I know. Mia: Oh why, were you guys ever-? Sav: Oh no. No way. The only thing she and I have in common is Lakehurst. Mia: So you’re not uh, you’re not seeing anyone? Sav: No, free as a bird. (Mia smiles.) At the club Griffin: Alright everybody having a good time out there? Yeah? Okay you ain’t seen nothing yet. Everybody give it up for my newest find, Jimmy Brooks. Jimmy: Thanks. (Jimmy starts performing as Ashley watches him from backstage.) Jimmy: (Rapping) Look me and the mic we coexist. My flow is a glass box, we know it exists. So you can observe while you’re trapped in it. Took my lady’s track and I sprinkled some rap in it. And now they like please, please tell us your reality J. We can’t fathom how it’s gonna be forever defined. My mother always told me what to do with my best foot so to this day you know that it is never behind and metaphorically I’m ahead of the rest and proud of the fact that I’ve accomplished that. And every time I say that I can do it myself, in the same breath I’m wondering where my accomplishes are at. (He keeps rapping as Griffin goes over to Ashley.) Griffin: Vocal track sounds great. You must be really happy. This is really good for him. Ashley: Yeah definitely better than me being up there with him. Jimmy: (Rapping) I came into this world as honest and pure. I can’t guarantee to you that I will leave the same. So tell me anything, but the truth ‘cause I don’t really know if I can take it now. Tell me anything, but the truth. Can’t figure out how I’m supposed to make it now. Tell me anything, but the truth ‘cause I don’t really know if I can take it now. Tell me anything, but the truth. Can’t figure out how I’m supposed to make it now. Tell me lies, lies. I said tell me lies, lies. At the club Ashley: So got a CD for me or what? Jimmy: Where were you? Ashley: Over there watching you kick ass. Jimmy: So why didn’t you come up? Ashley: ‘Cause you didn’t need me. Griffin: Guess what? I just talked to the guy from Co-Base Records. He wants to hear more. Jimmy: Are you serious? Griffin: Yeah Jimmy he loved you. But he also said that Ash’s backing track was um seductive. Ashley: Really? I wonder if it was the second verse of aggression. Griffin: And get this, okay? When I told him you were a young producer, he said he wanted to hear a demo. (Jimmy and Ashley high 5.) Griffin: You guys are the real deal and I think this could be awesome, okay? So you should be excited. Jimmy: Wherever I go, you’re coming with me. At Mia’s locker Mia: Good morning. Sav: Mia. Had a great time last night. Had so many coffees I couldn’t sleep. Listen tell Isabella I said thanks, huh? Mia: Tell her yourself. We go to the park after school. Wanna join us? Sav: Uh sorry I got soccer. Mia: Well then maybe next time. Sav: Mia you’re great, but I don’t want to jump into anything until I’ve got my bearings around here, okay? Mia: Yeah of course. Sav: See you in class, okay? (He leaves and Holly J walks over.) Holly J: So the search for step daddy continues, huh? That’s sad. Mia: You’re evicted Holly J. (Mia dumps out Holly J’s stuff.) Holly J: You can’t evict me. Mia: Oh yeah? Looks like I just did. In the media immersion room (Ashley turns off the computer when Jimmy comes in the room.) Jimmy: So looks like Craig is gonna have some competition. Did you send the demo off yet? Ashley: Oh I’m just burning a new version. Jimmy: What new version? Ashley: It just needed a few tweaks. Jimmy: Such the perfectionist, but you are the brains of this outfit and if it doesn’t work out then at least we can both go to law school. (The bell rings.) Jimmy: Okay I have two minutes so I’m gonna go find Spin and I will see you in science class. (Jimmy leaves and Ashley deletes Jimmy’s rap off the demo before printing it off.)
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A Degrassi - Cafeteria (Johnny, Bruce and his g*ng laugh at everyone and spread terror. One of them pushes Jimmy, who joins Spinner and Ashley.) Jimmy: Why? Why do the guys from Lakehurst always have to stand out and provoke everyone? Ashley: I can't blame them. I might do the same if I had more school. Spinner: The only positive thing about coming here is that they brought in a certain ... I don't know what. (Spinner says all this while looking at Jane. Ashley gets it right.) Ashley: By I don't know what, you mean ...? (Spinner nods, smiling.) Spinner: Yeah. You got it right away. I'll have to find a way to talk to him. Jimmy: Talk to him? It feels like the zoo here every time we have lunch. Ashley: Not just in the cafeteria, but also in the hallways. Now there are fights every day. It is anarchy. Spinner: Do you know what we need? A nightclub bouncer or some tough guy, someone who isn't afraid to kick their ass. (Spinner notices that Johnny is annoying Toby.) Johnny: Eat! Ashley: In that case, I prefer anarchy. Spinner: Not me. (Spinner gets up and stops Johnny from bothering Toby by pushing him aside.) Johnny: Can I help you maybe? Spinner: Put the bowl on the table and stop acting like a 5 year old kid. I'm not looking for trouble, get it? I just want you to stop acting like a bunch of savages. (Everyone in the cafeteria is turned to Spinner and Johnny, including Ashley, Jimmy, and Jane.) Johnny: Yeah, you're right. We will do what you say. (Johnny turns, but almost as quickly he throws a punch at Spinner, which he catches with his hand. He presses his fist and Johnny lets go, under Jane's amazed gaze. Johnny leaves, pissed off.) Toby: Thanks, man. (Spinner smiles when everyone begins to applaud him, including Jane who gives him a small smile.) GENERIC A Degrassi - Corridors (Spinner walks alongside Jimmy and Ashley.) Ashley: Spinner, you've become a real star! Jimmy: Yeah. When are you going to have your own comic? Spinner: I'm trying to keep the peace. Ashley: Did your orientation tests never show you could make a good cop? Spinner: Yes. Just like they revealed I could make a good clown. I have a choice, it's good, isn't it? (Ashley smiles and walks into class, following Jimmy when the bell rings. As Spinner prepares to enter, Mrs. Hatzilakos arrives.) Ms Hatzilakos: Gavin, I have to talk to you. What is the school policy regarding v*olence? Spinner: Uh ... That there be the minimum? Ms. Hatzilakos: Zero tolerance. You know it. Why did you go messing around with John DiMarco? Spinner: I only intervened to try to defuse the situation. Ms Hatzilakos: Thank you for taking the initiative to pacify things, but you cannot react with force or intimidation. Spinner: What do you suggest to me? To shut up? (Mrs. Hatzilakos pulls out a sheet and gives it to Spinner.) Spinner: Ah! Oh ! The group for peace! Are you kidding ? Do you see me wearing sandals? Ms. Hatzilakos: If you sincerely want peace to reign in the school, help us. Spinner: Good. I am on it. I will try to help you. (Jane walks past Spinner and Mrs. Hatzilakos, who notices her.) Ms. Hatzilakos: Jane? Would you be late once again? (Jane turns around.) Ms Hatzilakos: Give me one reason, only one, not to give you restraint. Spinner: Uh ... She's volunteering for the peace group, actually. Jane: Is that right? Spinner: (whispering) That cancels the detention. (Mrs. Hatzilakos turns to Spinner, annoyed.) Ms. Hatzilakos: Go to class. You too. (Mrs. Hatzilakos gives Jane a sheet and leaves. Jane smiles at Spinner and makes him understand that she is thanking him. Spinner smiles back at her and, as she leaves, shows that he is proud of. him.) A Degrassi - Mrs Sauvé's office (Darcy puts a plant on her desk.) Darcy: Here. This is my thank you gift for all you've done for me. Ms. Sauvé: It's really very pretty. But, looks like it's a farewell gift. Darcy: It's just that these after-class sessions three times a week, it takes a lot of my study time. Ms. Sauvé: When someone tries to self-harm, as you did, I have to take things seriously. Darcy: We already talked about that, miss. Over and over again. Ms. Sauvé: So, are you ready to say what came to your mind just when you decided to cut your veins? Because any su1c1de attempt ... Darcy: I wasn't trying to k*ll myself, I was sad. Ms. Sauvé: Yes, but that sadness will not go away like that. It will stay with you. Darcy: Honestly, I'm much better now. I want to feel happy. I mean, I feel happy now. Our sessions have helped me a lot. Ms. Sauvé: One per week. Darcy: At lunchtime? (Mme Sauvé nods.) Darcy: (Smiling) Thank you, thank you, thank you! At the gym (Spinner lifts dumbbells on a weight bench, while Jimmy does dumbbells. Spinner finishes and a guy helps him put the dumbbells down.) Spinner: Thanks. (Spinner looks at himself in the mirror and begins to pretend he's fighting someone, while Jimmy watches.) Jimmy: Easy, man. You are going to hurt yourself. Spinner: Ah! That would surprise me. (Spinner suddenly feels pain in his lower abdomen and stops struggling.) Jimmy: Look. I'm no expert, but in my opinion you're supposed to hurt whoever is in front of you. Spinner: I must have torn something up. Jimmy: Well, you're lucky. Doctor Jimmy is here today and he is consulting. Spinner: Oh yeah? Is he a specialist in Aisne? Jimmy: So, there ... Sorry, the doctor just left. (Spinner sits down with his hands resting on his lower abdomen.) Spinner: No, seriously man, I feel like I have something weighing me down in my lower abdomen. Jimmy: You mean you want to pee? (Jimmy starts the dumbbells again.) Spinner: I mean, I'm missing out on sex, dumbass! I think it clogs me ... the purses. Gavin junior is ... Jimmy: Look. I don't want to know what your coucougnettes are called. But, I don't know. You just have to take something. (Spinner gets up and goes to take some dumbbells, in front of Jimmy.) Spinner: No. The only medicine that would work for me is love. For example, from the beautiful and sweet Jane. Hmmm! In the street (Darcy and Peter walk.) Darcy: How would you like a movie this week? Peter: Yeah, good idea! For example, Clown Academy 3! Darcy: Uh ... does he still play that thing? No, I wanted to see Scalpel. Here ! Thursday afternoon. Peter: Shouldn't you see the shrink? Darcy: No! I managed to convince her to let go of me a bit. Peter: Is that a good idea? Darcy: (Angry) It's up to me, damn it! (Calming down) I mean, damn it. I apologize. I have more than enough of this hopeful Inquisition. I want to forget about it. Peter: It's difficult in therapy. Darcy: Anyway, it's over. Today, I will resume my life, find my boyfriend and school, like a normal person! Peter: Oh! So, are you better? Darcy: (With a fake playful expression) Yeah. Absolutely. A Degrassi - Auditorium (Liberty gives a speech for the Peace Group in front of students including Toby, Jane and Spinner.) Liberty: 3-12: President L. Van Zandt, that's me, is proposing to move the meeting from Monday morning to Monday afternoon. 3-14: The vice president, T. Isaacs approves this proposal. 3-16 ... (As Liberty continues to speak, Toby chats with Jane and Spinner.) Toby: Democracy in all its glory. Jane: I can't believe you pulled me into this. You really have to hate me. Spinner: Maybe I was looking for a way to be with you. Jane: Then maybe you could have found a better one than that. (Libery taps with a hammer when she notices that Jane and Spinner are not paying attention.) Liberty: Excuse me! Can we focus on the subject that concerns us? That is, how to preserve peace in Degrassi? Spinner: I know. We just have to put the students to sleep by reading your soporiphorus thing. Jane: Soporiphic. But it's true. Why are we arguing? Let us decide to act instead. (Derek comes running into the room.) Derek: Liberty! Your brother is fighting! (Liberty gets up, followed by all the other students.) In front of Degrassi (Lucas and Danny fight.) Lucas: Get out! (Liberty, followed by many students, comes running.) Liberty: Danny! Danny! Danny! Can you tell me what's going on here? (Liberty separates Lucas and Danny with Derek's help holding Danny back.) Danny: We dance, can't you see it? Liberty: Look. I don't know what it is, but maybe we can try to discuss. Danny: I'll do it! (Danny tries to jump on him, but Derek is still holding him back.) Lucas: Hey! You are really sensitive. I only said that the guy from Degrassi who died - what was his name? Liberty: JT Yorke! His name was JT Yorke. Lucas: Yeah, that's it. It seems he had looked for it, eh? (Liberty pushes Lucas against the fence.) Liberty: How dare you say that? !! (Liberty kicks Lucas, who laughs stupidly. Spinner tries to hold her back, but Johnny stops him with one arm. Spinner pushes his arm and walks towards Liberty and Lucas.) Spinner: Stop Liberty! Liberty, it's okay, it's good, it's good! (Spinner pulls him away from Lucas.) Liberty: Stop! Let go of me, Spinner! (Spinner then feels the same pain in his lower abdomen. Lucas walks up to him.) Spinner: You! Go away ! Fired ! Lucas: f*re me. (Lucas pushes Spinner around, his hands resting on his lower abdomen. Jimmy makes his way towards the two guys.) Jimmy: Hey, gladiators! There is Hatzilakos coming back! Come on Rovky, we're breaking up. Lucas: YEAH !! (The crowd dissipates as the bell rings. Spinner, still in pain, walks towards school with Jimmy and Jane.) At the Dot (Jimmy is seated at a table.) Jimmy: You know, heroes like girls. (Spinner sits down across from Jimmy.) Spinner: Is that right? Do you think I impressed Jane? Jimmy: Yeah, sure. But, it will be less when you find yourself at the hospital. Spinner: What does that mean? Jimmy: You got a problem, man. This is what it means. And, your theory about your sexual inactivity is stupid. Spinner: You're the stupid one, so shut up. Jimmy: Spin, I had some issues there too. It's not funny. You need to go see a doctor. (Spinner shakes his head.) Jimmy: You hate doctors, considering what happened to your father ... Spinner: Listen! I wanted to talk about it, okay? Jimmy: Perfect. It's your choice. You may not recognize a problem or you may be a man and face it ... in the face. Up to you. A Degrassi - In class (Derek is at a computer, next to Danny and Darcy.) Mr Simpson: I hope you have revised well. So shut up. Look at your screens. Here we go ! (Derek huffs and looks at Danny.) Derek: I can't believe you needed Spinner to defend yourself. Darcy: Hush! Derek: Hey, are you going to take your new girlfriend, Spinner, to the ball maybe? Danny: No. But, maybe I'll take your mother. Darcy: Maybe you don't care about your notes, but there are some who don't feel like going back to the guidance office anymore. (As Darcy speaks, Mr. Simpson is right behind, listening.) Mr Simpson: Do you know what it costs to speak on an exam? I put you a hold and I take 20% of the bill from all three of you. (Danny and Derek can't believe it and Darcy even less.) Darcy: Mr. Simpson, I was just trying to stop them from talking. Mr Simpson: Good. I'm not taking anything away from you, but you'll be in detention tomorrow. Darcy: But, finally! This is downright unfair! Mr Simpson: Darcy, don't go too far. Darcy: (whispering) Cowhide! (Mr. Simpson turns around, shocked at this remark.) Darcy: I'm sorry. Please excuse me. I am sincerely sorry. Mr Simpson: I have no doubt. Go and report to the principal. Immediately. (Darcy takes her bag and walks out of the classroom.) At the doctor (Spinner is lying down. The doctor tries to touch his stomach, but Spinner stops him.) Doctor: Relax. I won't hurt you. Spinner: Yeah. This is what all the doctors say. (The doctor examines her stomach and Spinner shows pain in his lower abdomen on the right.) Doctor: Okay. Do you feel pain there? Spinner: Yes. And, not just there. Further down, towards ... (The doctor takes note.) Doctor: A feeling of heaviness? (Spinner nods.) Doctor: So I absolutely have to check it out. (The doctor puts on a latex glove and Spinner, panicked, stands up.) Spinner: Woah, oh! Woah! I'm coming for a stomachache and you want to touch my stuff! What kind of doctor are you? Doctor: The kind who does this thirty times a week. Let me do my job. Stand up. (Spinner gets up and the doctor begins to examine him.) Doctor: I just want to see if I have a lump on one of your testicles or ... or anything you can feel. Its good. (The doctor removes his glove. Spinner breathes, relieved.) Doctor: When was this protuberance? Spinner: Uh ... I didn't know I had one. Doctor: Didn't you notice anything curious? Spinner: Uh, I admit that I did, but I ... I didn't ... wanted to uh ... Doctor: This lump can correspond to several things: cysts, infections, tumors. Spinner: Tumor? Like in ... cancer? Doctor: Don't panic. We will not know anything until you have been tested. A Degrassi - Hall (Jimmy walks forward and Spinner walks down the stairs to join him.) Spinner: Hi, Jimmy. Did you see 'The Birds of Prey' last night? It was a good movie, eh? (The two friends shake hands and start to walk.) Jimmy: Yeah, that was pretty good. Hey, is your phone broken or what? I called you at least 5 times. What happened to the doctor? Spinner: Ah! It was a veritable gallery of monsters. There was one who put on a dozen croissants. Jimmy: Really? Spinner: And there was another one that reeked outright of onions and horse urine. Jimmy: Oh! It's disgusting. So, did the doctor say something to you? Spinner: She said maybe it's not impossible that I have ... testicular cancer. (Jimmy stops sneaking forward.) Jimmy: Stop, are you serious here? (Spinner stops walking and turns to Jimmy.) Spinner: As serious as cancer. That I absolutely do not have! In fact, it can be a whole lot of things. Jimmy: Yeah ... you can't have cancer at 18 anyway. Spinner: Exactly. (Spinner turns and rushes into Johnny, followed by Lucas and Bruce.) Johnny: Oops. Spinner: Now's not the time, man. Get out of there! Johnny: Otherwise what? Jimmy: Spinner. Behind you. (Spinner looks behind him and sees Hatzilakos looking at them. Johnny looks at Spinner and smiles. Lucas does the same as he walks past him.) Jimmy: I thought you wanted peace. Spinner: He's the one looking for me, I assure you. Jimmy: Look, even though I want to see you stick a bitch on him, I also want to see you graduate at the same time as me. Forget it, man. Drop it. (Spinner struggles to give in, but Jimmy steps forward and catches Spinner in the process.) A Degrassi - Corridors (Danny, Derek and Darcy clean the windows in the hallway. The latter looks at the two guys.) Darcy: Hey, guys! Get active! Derek: Yeah, relax, beauty. Darcy: Don't tell me that kind of stuff. It's because of you fools that I wash windows instead of being at the movies with my boyfriend. (Mr. Simpson joins them.) Mr Simpson: You got maximum detention. You have plenty of time in front of you. (Mrs. Sauvé comes out of her office and Darcy notices him. She then follows Mr. Simpson.) Darcy: Uh ... Mr. Simpson. Miss Sauvé must not see me doing that. If she finds out that you've caused me trouble, I'll lose my freedom. Mr Simpson: Darcy, you are the cause of your troubles. Darcy: Please. If she comes here, tell her I volunteered. Please, please. (Darcy walks away, but Mrs. Sauvé joins Mr. Simpson and addresses her.) Mrs. Sauvé: So, Mr. Simpson makes you work. Darcy: Yes! I volunteered to wash those windows, it was badly needed. (Mr. Simpson looks up, shocked, and Mrs. Sauvé looks at him.) Mr Simpson: This is a punishment. Darcy did hers during the exams. (Darcy can't believe it.) Mrs. Sauvé: Oh! We will know what to talk about during the next session then. (Mme Sauvé leaves, in front of the forced smile of Darcy who is very angry.) Darcy: Thank you very much! Mr. Simpson: I'm sorry, but I wasn't going to lie for you. (Darcy turns and kicks the bucket of water, knocking it over, and throws her rag against the lockers, to Danny and Derek's amused and awed look.) The Break Room - Au billiards (Jane plays, as Spinner watches.) Spinner: I've never dated a girl who played pool so well. Jane: So there, I pity you. It's because you didn't go out with the right girls. (Jane plays but doesn't put in any ball. Spinner gets up and walks over to Jane.) Jane: What do you say? Spinner: You should have put the effect on the other side. Jane: I was talking about my nose curl. (Jane shows her and Spinner smiles.) Spinner: That's neat. I love. (They move closer and, as they are about to kiss, Jane slaps him with the tail in the stomach.) Jane: Your turn. (Spinner then feels severe pain in his stomach.) Spinner: Listen. I'll let you try this one. We'll see if you can do it. Jane: Oh! You're not a real guy then, is that it? (Spinner can't take the pain anymore, puts his tail down and starts to walk away.) Spinner: I have to go. Jane: Now? Okay. (Spinner leaves. He stops in front of the Break Room and sits down, hardly taking the pain.) A Degrassi - At the gymnasium (Spinner paints a poster. Jane walks into the gym and Jimmy points this out to Spinner.) Jimmy: Hey! There is Jane. (Spinner lifts his head and looks at Jane, who prefers to ignore him.) Jimmy: Oh my! There is the atmosphere, it seems. I was going to ask you how it was your evening, but I think I have the answer. (Spinner gets up and dips his brush in the pot.) Spinner: It's not my type. Jimmy: Isn't that your type? Looks like you with boobs. Spinner: I know. But, who can want a guy whose stuff is ... in bad shape? Jimmy, I'm sorry. (Jimmy is annoyed and turns around ready to go. Spinner's phone rings and he answers.) Spinner: Awesome. It's the doctor. (Jimmy turns to Spinner.) Jimmy: You have to take care of this. Spinner: I can't. Is that clear ? It is impossible that I have this disease. When my dad got it ... he didn't stand a chance. Jimmy: It was lung cancer. Spinner: So what? Nothing the doctors did worked. He was doomed. (Spinner gets up and walks back to his poster.) A Degrassi - In class (Darcy walks into the classroom where Mr. Simpson is.) Darcy: Uh ... Miss Sauvé told me to apologize for throwing the bucket, so I apologize. Mr Simpson: I suggest you say it more sincerely this time. Darcy: I can't tell you sincerely. You could have helped me and you refused. Now I have to go to the psychologist three times a week! Mr Simpson: Darcy, if you've attempted su1c1de, maybe it's not a bad idea. Darcy: I HATE the psychological assistant, okay ?! I hate that ! Mr Simpson: Why? Darcy: Because we're trying to gently intrude on my mind! We want to know everything about me! Mr. Simpson: Whatever hurts you, throwing it all up won't help you heal. Until you can control yourself ... Darcy: I was r*ped, sir! (Mr. Simpson is silent, shocked, and Darcy leaves the classroom.) At the doctor (Spinner nervously taps his leg and his mom stops him.) Spinner: Mom. Spinner's Mother: Whatever happens, we're going to be fine. It will be fine. (The doctor enters and sits down in front of Spinner and his mother.) Doctor: Good. Do I start with the good news? It seems that we detected things early enough. Spinner: Detected? And what exactly? Doctor: Gavin, I'm sorry, you have testicular cancer. (Gavin, shocked, barely listens to him and stares into the doctor's face, unable to speak a word.) Doctor: I understand it must be a shock for a boy as young as you, but I assure you that testicular cancer is one of the easiest to cure. With total remission in 90% of cases. I'll make an appointment for you at the hospital cancer unit. There you will decide on the treatment you want to follow. But, in the meantime, if you have any questions ... In Degrassi (Darcy stands in the hallway, upset. Mr. Simpson sees her and walks over to her.) Mr. Simpson: We should go see the psychologist, both of us. And tell him what you told me. Darcy: I don't want to tell anyone else. (Darcy sits on a window sill.) Mr. Simpson: I can sit down. (Darcy tells her yes and Mr. Simpson comes to sit next to her.) Mr Simpson: I think I ... I was a little too hard on you. Darcy: But, you're the first to treat me like a real person. And not as a fragile thing. Mr Simpson: Is there someone else you can talk to? Darcy: Manny knows. And Peter. Mr Simpson: Well, I'm here too. (Darcy smiles.) You can count on me. In front of Degrassi (Spinner sits on a bench, thoughtful. Then he hears Toby begging Johnny and his g*ng to stop bothering him.) Toby: Stop! Give it back to me guys. Johnny: (Laughing) Give it back to me guys! Toby: Okay, come on! Give it back to me! (Johnny continues to laugh. Spinner gets up and walks over to him.) Spinner: Give it back to him, understood? Johnny: What are you going to do? Crush my fist, huh? (Johnny pushes Spinner.) Spinner: Not this time. (Spinner punches Johnny twice in the head, who falls to the ground. Jane looks at Spinner, worried. All of Johnny's g*ng look at Spinner, who turns around. Johnny gets up and runs towards Spinner, but Bruce and Lucas hold it back.) Johnny: Get out, deflated! Yeah, get out! (Spinner continues to advance, stepping away from Johnny's g*ng.) END
{"type": "series", "show": "Degrassi Next Generation", "episode": "07x05 - Death or glory (Part 1)"}
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In front of Degrassi - On the ground (All the students are behind fences, watching Spinner and Jimmy on the pitch.) Girl: Come on, go! Derek: Come on! Catch! (Spinner looks at Jimmy, who cracks his fingers. Spinner turns to Jane who is watching him. Jimmy throws the ball and Spinner catches it. Someone whistles and everyone claps.) Spinner: Victory for the Camberra team! (Jimmy joins Spinner, as the other students leave.) Jimmy: That's exactly what we needed. Did you come up with the idea? Spinner: I am obsessed with peace, sharing, love and brotherhood. Jimmy: Yeah. That's why you broke Johnny's face yesterday. The olive branch is stronger than the sword, old man. Spinner: Except that the sword can easily ... (Spinner puts the ball in a bag and lifts it up. But, he feels pain in his lower abdomen.) Jimmy: Where are you on that side? Did you reply to the message you left the doctor? Spinner: Yeah. I won the jackpot. I have cancer. Jimmy: Wow. They ... Are they sure? Spinner: Yes. I have an appointment with the oncologist today to see what to do. Jimmy: So that means then that they are sure to treat you I guess. Spinner: Yeah, sure. No problem. And, thank you for aiming at me there. (Spinner slaps Jimmy on the shoulder with a smile and walks away, making way for the fake smile to be erased.) GENERIC In front of Degrassi - On the steps (Mrs. Hatzilakos stands at the top of the steps giving her speech, with Liberty by her side. In front of her are many students.) Ms. Hatzilakos: We would like to thank you all. These first meetings were a great success. (Everyone applauds.) Ms. Hatzilakos: And we especially thank the organizer of this event. Gavin Mason. (The students applaud again.) Ms Hatzilakos: And I invite you to ... (The students and Mrs. Hatzilakos return to Degrassi, while Derek and Danny intercept Spinner.) Derek: Hey, Spinner, Spinner! Danny: You're our hero, take a look! We downloaded it this morning. (Danny and Derek show Spinner a video of him hitting Johnny.) Spinner: But, are you sick or what ?! Why did you do this? Danny: So everyone can see that you jerked off that moron from Lakehurst. Spinner: No, no, no, no, no, nobody should see this stuff. Swallow it, burn it, I don't care. Derek: It's already too late. It is already circulating on the site on the video page. Oh ! Don't blame us. We just wanted ... (Spinner leaves, pushing aside the two friends.) A Degrassi - Computer room (Spinner is on the site and looking at the page where his video is located. He flags the video and Jane interrupts him.) Jane: So? You let me down in the middle of a game of pool, and then you avoid me. Can you tell me what's going on? Spinner: I can't talk to you right now, Jane. Jane: Too bad. This is what sets us apart from cavemen though. Although, you behave more like a Cro-Magnon man. Spinner: So we just have to put an end to this, okay? And stop seeing each other. Jane: I can have an explanation, you think? Spinner: I have a little personal concern, okay? (Jane points to the computer screen.) Jane: And, is that how you deal with your worries when you have them? Spinner: I'm not the type you think I am. Jane: You know, I've known Johnny for a hell of a long time. He got what he deserved. But hey, you have some concerns then ... ciao. (Jane leaves and Spinner blames herself.) At Marco, Paige and Ellie Jesse: Ready for the Clustorman conference? Ellie: Yeah. It's nicer than revising the course, you know. Marco: I would come with you. Do you have an invitation left? (Jesse and Ellie look at each other and Marco realizes they're going to disturb them.) Jesse: Actually it's free, but ... Marco: Don't worry, I'll let you go on your own. I have to finish this. Ellie: Come on. (Ellie and Jesse exit.) Marco: (To himself) Other than a 9, I don't see what I can put on this line. (Griffin arrives with two shirts, one in each hand.) Griffin: I have to go out to a nightclub tonight. There should be a ton of girls. What shirt? Marco: Bad pick. Fashion question, check it out with Paige. Griffin: Yeah, but style is up to you. Marco: Well, that one. (Marco points to the one on the right.) Marco: With the other, we can believe that you are forcing yourself too much. Griffin: It is. Marco: Well yeah, but this one shows that you have confidence in yourself, but not too much anyway, you know? Griffin: Ooh! Not bad. If ... If it works, I'll buy you a drink. Marco: I would remember that. Griffin: Hey, what are you doing tonight? Marco: Not much. I continue my sudoku. Griffin: Ah. Between us, I didn't see you doing martial arts, but you should come. I may need a teammate. Marco: Is that true? No, I wouldn't want to make you uncomfortable. Griffin: Are you kidding? h*m* are great bait. And if the fish don't bite, we can still hang out together. (Griffin leaves and Marco smiles.) At the gym (Spinner is practicing as Jimmy enters.) Jimmy: Oh, old man! We can say that we feel that you have perspired. I hope you take a shower before you go back to class. Say, about testicular cancer, it's far from a fatal cancer, you know. Spinner: Doctor Jimmy comes to my rescue. Jimmy: It can be treated. And in 80/90% of cases, it is cured. Want to be in good shape for your next fight with Marco? Spinner: He only deserves this, this guy. He seeks me, he finds me. Jimmy: The video called 'Degrassi vs. Lakehurst'! Do you think this will bring our two schools closer together? Spinner: Why would it be my job to get all the students to get along? Jimmy: I don't know, sir of the peace group. You throw oil on the f*re, that's all. Exactly like me at the time. Unless you've forgotten how I ended up in this chair. Spinner: You know, it's easy for a guy who's in no state to fight not to fight. Jimmy: And having cancer doesn't give you the right to be the moron king. (Jimmy leaves.) A Degrassi - In the corridors (Johnny, Lucas and Bruce are walking, when Johnny sees Spinner.) Spinner: Nice. I want to apologize about the fight, okay? I lost my temper. Johnny: You know, it touches me that you want to act for peace, Gavin. Spinner: We have to put an end to these stories between Lalehurst and Degrassi. Johnny: I don't see why we would stop. We have a reputation to uphold. Spinner: Are you nuts or what? The video is circulating on the site, everyone can see it. Johnny: Exactly. This is called putting on a show. When guys f*ck each other, everyone wants to watch. Spinner: Good. I have to take care of more important stuff. (Spinner turns and starts to walk away.) Johnny: If you decide to prove you have it ... My buddy Bruce behind me is lacking a bit of exercise. He would like to hide you. (Bruce barks, then laughs. Spinner prefers to leave, leaving the g*ng smiling.) To the hospital Doctor: To hear that you have cancer is one of the worst things imaginable. But, we need to stay optimistic and start shock treatment. I recommend an orchiectomy first. Spinner: Awesome. I am on it. Doctor: Which means you have a testicle removed. Spinner: Ah ... Okay, you butcher it, put it back in and sew me up, right? Doctor: It's not quite that. When it's taken away, it's taken away. Spinner's Mother: But, will he still be able to, I mean, give me little children? Spinner: Mom! Doctor: Yes, yes, absolutely. But, you will also need to have rays or chemo. Spinner: Okay. Wait, if I ever ... If I change my mind, if I refuse the operation and the chemo, what happens? Doctor: The cancer will spread. You could die in a matter of months or even weeks. (The mother signals to the doctor to accept the operation.) Doctor: I'm planning the operation for tomorrow, after school, is that okay with you? Chez Spinner - In the bathroom (Tears in his eyes, Spinner stands in front of his mirror, a razor in hand. He begins to shave his head.) In the street (Spinner walks over to Johnny and his g*ng and pushes him away. Lucas films the scene.) Spinner: So, guys, do you want a show? You're going to have some. Come on Johnny, the cellphones are going to film. Johnny: Calm down, old man, okay? Spinner: Go ahead, prove to me that you have it! (Johnny walks over to Spinner, but Spinner knocks him to the ground and starts punching him, in front of Lucas' camera. Bruce and Lucas step in and grab Spinner.) Spinner: Stop! (Bruce and Lucas let go and Spinner screams in anger before screaming in pain. He throws himself to the ground. The police arrive and Johnny's g*ng leave.) Johnny: Come on, let's go. (Before leaving, Bruce kicks Spinner, who is already down and in pain.) A Degrassi - In the hall (The next day, Spinner walks into Degrassi and Danny and Derek join him.) Derek: Hey! You are number 10 in the ranking of the best videos! Danny: I wish I could have seen Johnny get beaten up last night. (Danny shows him the video.) Spinner: You're lucky someone was there to film. Derek: Yeah, and now everyone's talking about you versus Bruce the Brute. Are you going to organize a little fight, yes or no? Danny: And if you do, we'll come with some film and a garbage bag. (Danny and Derek clap hands, as Mr. Simpson walks up behind Spinner.) Mr Simpson: Mr Mason. (Danny and Derek leave and Spinner turns to Mr. Simpson.) Mr Simpson: We don't like students posting fight videos online under the school name. Spinner: If you're worried about the reputation of the school, then go after those who uploaded the video. Mr Simpson: That's what I'm going to do. But, if you keep fighting, the police will eventually get involved. (Spinner leaves.) A Degrassi - In the corridors (Spinner stops walking and notices Jane at her locker.) Spinner: Jane. I don't bite, you know. Jane: That's right. I saw your last performance online. It wasn't great, like your new haircut by the way. Spinner: But, you said Johnny deserved it. Jane: I'm talking about you, not Johnny. You've become some kind of monster. Everyone is afraid of you and me too. In any case, whatever your worries are, take care of them on your own. (Jane closes her locker and is about to leave when Spinner grabs her arm.) Spinner: I have testicular cancer. I'm going to have one removed after class, does that suit you? Jane: I don't know what to say. Spinner: Don't worry about it. Only I want to prove that I'm still a guy. Jane: That's no reason to break everyone's face. Spinner: You're a chick, you can't understand. You're right, I'll take care of this on my own. (Spinner leaves.) At Marco, Paige and Ellie (Marco walks into the dining room with a mug, where Paige and Ellie are. Griffin also enters.) Griffin: I'm late. (Speaking of her outfit) Marco, are you okay? Marco: Perfect! Griffin: Great. Marco: Well done! (Griffin leaves the house and Marco fills his cup with water.) Marco: Yesterday, we both had a wonderful evening. Paige: Huh, huh. Marco: I like him, as ... a friend. Paige: And, does your friend know that you like him? Marco: What? Ellie: First you hang out with Eric knowing your relationship is going to get nowhere, and now Griffin, a straight guy. You really can't be alone, can you? Marco: So that's not true. Paige: What we want to tell you, Marco, is that sometimes you're too fond of you. Marco: I can't do anything about it, I'm a human being. Ellie: Take a pet. Marco: Ah, that's very funny, Ellie! Hilarious! Ellie: Sorry, (Ellie walks away and Paige walks over to Marco with a poster in her hand.) Paige: There's nothing wrong with you and Griffin being friends. Here, from another stylist. You could go check it out. It just opened, it's great. In front of Degrassi - On the steps (Johnny, Lucas, and Bruce sit and wait for Spinner.) Lucas: No, but if you don't believe me, ask him. (Spinner walks down the steps.) Johnny: You won, the champion of friendship meetings, peace, love and all the rest. Spinner: Is that how you prove you're a guy? Johnny: I don't care. Simpson says he's going to call the cops, so let it go. Spinner: You have nothing to worry about, DiMarco. (Pointing to Bruce) He's the one I want. (Bruce gets up and walks over to Spinner.) Spinner: After school. Bring the cameras. Bruce: (Smiling) You're d*ad. (Spinner smiles and walks away.) A Degrassi - At the gymnasium (Jimmy is coaching girls in basketball and one of them scores a basket.) Girl: Yeah! Perfect ! Basket ! (Jimmy hisses, as Jane walks into the gym.) Jimmy: Alright. You played well. The two teams get along well. You can go. Before, do your stretches, take a shower and see you tomorrow morning, okay? Girl: Okay. Thank you. Goodbye. (The girls walk away.) Jane: Hi coach. Do you have a second for an unknown girl? Jimmy: Jane, right? Jane: It might sound strange to you, but did you notice that Spinner was weird? Jimmy: The minute I saw him. And, that hasn't changed since. Jane: (Pointing to the lower abdomen) So, do you know what's happening to her there? Jimmy: Yeah. And, it can't be easy. Jane: You must also know that he intends to fight Bruce the Bully. Not everyone talks about it anymore. Jimmy: Look, Jane. There's no way to make him listen to reason, so maybe if the other beats him ... Jane: That's okay. He's going to miss his operation. Jimmy: He's a big boy. He just has to take charge. Jane: He's very sick, Jimmy. He is in danger of dying. You have to help him. (Jimmy lowers his head and Jane realizes he won't help him. She leaves.) At the club (Griffin is seated at a table with other people.) Griffin: We have a problem because ... (To the waitress) Thank you. Because all the panels in section C are ... ( Marco arrives and yells at Griffin.) Marco: Griffin! Hi ! Have you recovered from the evening yesterday? Because me, not yet. Griffin: (Embarrassed) Hi, Marco. What's the matter ? Marco: I found a solution to your clothing concerns. Sale of high-end clothes at reduced prices. Here. (Marco pulls out the poster Paige gave him and gives it to Griffin.) Griffin: Uh ... great. But, listen, Marco. Actually, right now, we're talking about engineering stuff, you know? So ... Marco: Ah, yeah. Of course. I'll leave you to your construction work. I'm ... I'm just ... (Marco leaves.) Griffin: But, we can go to your sale tonight. We meet at home. Marco: A date ... Uh yeah, great. See you later. Griffin: Great. See you later. Sorry. In the street (Spinner walks, with Danny and Derek by his side.) Danny: Last time Bruce sent the guy to the hospital and he ate his skateboard. Derek: Yeah. The bets are against you, but if you win I win $ 10. Danny: Me too, I bet. Spinner: People think I'm going to lose. Derek: A few. Maybe if life ... I'm kidding. (Spinner sees Bruce and his g*ng, but Jimmy steps in between them and walks over to Spinner.) Jimmy: Am I on time for the show? Spinner: Look, I know what you're gonna say. Jimmy: If you've already made a decision, there's nothing I can do about it. Spinner: So why are you here? Jimmy: I know what it feels like when your body lets go. It's scary to fight cancer. You are going to be sick, very sick. All I know is that if you want to live your battle against cancer, you are not going to win it with your fists. Johnny: So are you coming back or what? Jimmy: But, if you want to go, be careful. Protect your face, put your fists in the air. Don't risk your modeling career. Spinner: Huh? Thanks, old man. (Jimmy walks away, showing Spinner an impatient Bruce.) At Marco, Ellie and Paige
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Degrassi Season 9, Episode 1 Just Can't Get Enough Part 1 Airdate: 10-4-09 on CTV [At Degrassi, Studz is on the stage auditioning for a spot to play at the Beach Bash dance] Peter: [singing] I'm like Whoa! The California sun, I'm like Whoa! This ride has just g*n, I'm like Whoa! Just like a sub-machine g*n with our guitars, and all our girls. Hey Cali-, Hey Forni-, Hey I-A. Hey Cali-, Hey Forni-, Hey I-A. [In the hall, Chante is interviewing the new kids, Declan and Fiona for her Video Blog] Chante: Hey, I'm Chante, Degrassi's unofficial video blogger. You must be the diplomat's kids. Declan : Word travels. Chante: And I'm the destination. So, what brings the upper crust to Degrassi? Declan: [Pushes the camera away], Old man's an education attache. Private schools, bad politics. Fiona: We're boring, believe me. So, what's the deal here? Who are the players? Chante: Holly J is the de facto Student Council prez. The band, Studz, just sh*t a movie in LA. The singer's girlfriend is Degrassi's next top model. Speak of the devil. [Mia walks up on stage after Studz finishes their song] Peter: Oh, she's back from 'Gay Paree.' Mia: All the sh**t in the world couldn't keep me from a Studz show. Holly J: Great. Congrats, guys. You're in the Winter Beach Bash. Peter: [To Holly J] Lady, we are the Winter Beach Bash. [To Mia] Oh, did I tell you I'm a master musician now? Mia: You got into the music program? Peter: Well, basically. Can't expect these guys to make it look cool on their own. Mia: That's amazing, Peter. Peter: I know. This semester's all about me and you, baby. Woo! CREDITS (Man, I don't like the new credits) [Chante, Mia, and Peter are walking down the hall] Chante: So, for the blog, what does Degrassi's couple of the week go by? Miater? Pia? Mia: Wow, we're combo worthy? But who really wants to read the story of a girl juggling her daughter, high school, and a modeling career? Peter: -And her rockstar boyfriend Chante: Mia, you just spent the weekend in Paris. You're what we call “aspirational.” [Fiona and Declan walk by] Newbie alert. This is Fiona and Declan (pronounced Deck-linn). See ya. Declan: (Something that sounds like “Where to see tour Mr. And Mrs. High School.” Sorry, it's hard to understand what he says here) Peter: Oh, yeah. Peter. Sup? Mia: Mia Jones. Fiona: I hear you model. Declan: Oh, my mom's in with Tio(?) fashion mag. New style editor. I should hook you up someday. [To Peter] And your band rocks, sir. Peter: Yeah, check us out Friday Night. Declan: I wouldn't miss the Beach Bash. It's refreshing to hear lyrics that aren't trying to be intelligent. Peter: Totally...thanks? Declan: Sure beats the diplomat Schmooze-fest my parents are throwing tomorrow anyway, so... Mia: And who gets to schmooze at this fest? Fiona: Rich old guys, fashion and media types, anyone who's anyone. Mia: Doesn't sound so bad [Walks away with Peter as bell rings]. [Another Degrassi hallway. Alli runs up behind Johnny and tries to feel him up] Johnny: No PDAs in school, backwoods. Alli: [Seeing Claire] Claire! Claire: Alli![They hug] Show me your classes [they exchange schedules]. They're almost all the same, even the non-gifted electives. Alli: [Takes off her hoodie] I'm so glad to be back in school. Later, hoodie [tosses the hoodie to Johnny and takes off with Claire. Johnny and KC do a hilarious awkward nod of acknowledgement] [Media Immersion, Alli is bumped into by the guitar-wielding new girl, Jenna] Alli: Hey! Watch out with that thing. What are you new or something? Jenna: Sorry. I'm Jenna. Claire: I'm Claire. [They shake hands] This is Alli. We're BFFs. Jenna: I'm so glad all the girls here don't hate each other. My old school was backstab high [sits next to Claire]. Alli: Uh, that's my seat. Simpson: Welcome back everybody. Alli: Sir, she's- Simpson: Jenna Middleton! Welcome to Degrassi. Jenna: Hi. Simpson: Take a seat, Alli, okay? [Alli is not thrilled] [The music classroom] Sav: [To Peter] Dude, did you nail it? Are you psyched? You know, I had to beg Mr. Fowler to get you that audition. Peter: Dude, I rocked an entire Hollywood film crew. It's in the bag. Sav: Sweet. Danny: Now we can all take Studz to the next level. [They all do dorky fist pumps] Peter: Who knew going to school could actually help you become a rock star? Fowler: [Mr. Fowler is played by none other than Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies fame] Good morning master musicians. I see Mr. Lavigne has given you your handout packages. [Sees Peter] Peter. I didn't see you there. Peter: Yeah, I just sort of showed up. Fowler: Did you get my email? I was hoping to see you after class. I'm sorry, but we don't have a place for you here right now. Peter: [Looks dejected] Whatever. That loser doesn't know the first thing about music [punches a Timpani drum]. [Cafeteria. Jenna is auditioning for the Beach Bash, and singing a song so shrill that I can't transcribe it] Alli: When did our school become some bizarre white version of Fame? Claire: Please tell me it hasn't, because I can't dance OR sing...not like Jenna. She is so nice. In class she- Alli: Bite your tongue, Claire. Nobody is sunshine and rainbows all the time. Holly J: And we have our final performer for the Beach Bash. Congrats. Jenna: Thanks, Miss J. Alli: So, Miss Pretty Smile and Perfect Teeth, what's your deal? Jenna: You think I'm pretty? Thanks Alli, but I'm not half as pretty as you [Alli rolls her eyes] [Mia and Peter at a Cafeteria table] Mia: So you didn't get in. Just do regular school. Peter: Mia, I tasted fame or whatever. Being regular sucks. Mia: Peter, look at me. You can do whatever you want. Peter: How did I luck in to dating the most amazing girl in the world? Really, if I didn't have you, then I don't know...can your mom babysit later? Mia: She is. I'm meeting with my agent. She's trying to set up another sh**t. Peter: Again? How many sh**t do you need? Mia: Lets just say I've been turning down a lot of jobs lately. Peter: Yeah, but wasn't that part of the plan? Put modeling on the back burner and focus on the more important stuff. Mia: What makes you think it's not important? Peter: Well, it's just a job, right? A way to pay the bills while you're still young and hot. It's priorities, or whatever. Mia: Since when are you the expert on priorities? Thanks for being supportive, Peter [gets up and leaves]. Peter: Mia, can we still hang out after school? Mia: No, I'm picking up Izzy. Declan: [sitting down with Fiona next to Peter]. Ooh, trouble in paradise? Peter: Yeah, laugh it up, new guy. Declan: It's not against Degrassi rules to eat lunch with my new pal, is it? Peter: You wanna be my pal? Get me and Mia into your party. She'd love to meet your mom. Declan: The make-up gesture. Well done, sir. Peter: Well can you help a guy out, or no? Declan: I won't complain about having the lovely Mia in attendance. She'll wear something low cut, I assume. Peter: Whatever she wears, keep your eyes to yourself. All right, sir? Declan: All right, scout's honor [does the scout's honor sign with his hand]. Here's the info [tosses Peter a folded up piece of paper]. [Grade nine science class] Teacher: Pair up. We're going to analyze the bacterial components of cheek scrapings. Swabs, people? Claire: [After Alli doesn't sit next to her] What are you doing? Alli: You and Jenna make great partners. Have fun! Jenna: Open wide, Claire-Bear! [Peter's apartment. Mia is sitting on the couch when he enters] Peter: I thought you had a meeting. Mia: It turned into a phone call. Peter: Is everything okay? [Mia nods] Good, because I have a surprise. I got us into Declan's swanky party thing. He's gonna introduce you to his mom. Mia: Oh my God, that's amazing. Peter: I'm sorry for being such a nob, babe. I'll be more supportive, I promise. Mia: You have no idea how good it makes me feel to hear you say that [kisses him]. Peter: Why? What's going on? Mia: I have a surprise, too. Don't get mad, but you are looking at the new Euro Fresh Face. Peter: What? That's...those girls are hot! Mia: My face is gonna be everywhere. I'm gonna be on every fashion magazine in Europe. Peter: That's so cool. Can you make it work with school and everything? Mia: Peter, this contract is worth 250 Grand! Peter: Are you serious? [They high five]. Wait. Why would I be mad? Mia: Um, okay. I have to move to Paris. Peter: Paris, France? When? Mia: Saturday. My mom and Izzy are coming after Izzy finishes school. I'm sorry, Peter. Peter: So you're just leaving? Mia: Don't worry though. We'll make the long distance thing work. You can come visit in the summer. Peter: Yeah, sure. Mia: Okay, I have to go sign some stuff. They're getting me a rush visa. But I'll see you tomorrow at school, okay? [they kiss. Peter looks dejected] COMMERCIALS [Front steps of Degrassi. Claire is sitting and doing homework] Alli: Breakfast burrito for my bestie [hands Claire a breakfast burrito] Claire: So we are still friends? Alli: Why wouldn't we be? Claire: Oh, I don't know, Science class? Alli: Like they say: keep your friends close and your enemies closer? Claire: So Jenna's our enemy now? Alli: And by working with our little wolf in baby lamb's clothing. We'll discover all her dirty little secrets. Claire: Yeah, I bet she's totally into Satan. Alli: You never know. [Hallowed halls of Degrassi, Simpson is talking to Mia] Simpson: You're making all the right choices. This is really the best way for you to finish your school year. I'm really proud of you. Good luck. Mia: Thanks. Peter: [Walks up carrying a box] Looks like you made Simpson's day. Mia: It's awesome. He found me a tutor in Paris so I'll be able to finish my semester. Peter: Sounds like you'll be pretty busy. Mia: Yeah, I may have to miss a fashion party or two, but I'll make it work. Peter: Speaking of skipping parties, I think you should go to Declan's thing tonight without me. Mia: Why? You don't want to go? [Peter shrugs] What is that [looks at the box]? Peter: It's just, like, your stuff. Mia: Are you breaking up with me? No, come on Peter, don't do this. Peter: You're gonna be like 5,000 miles away surrounded by guys falling in love with you. Mia: And that's exactly why I need to know you're gonna be here for me. Peter: [Sits down next to her] What if I moved to Paris with you? [Funky European music plays in the background when he says this. Oh, Degrassi editors, how you slay me] Mia: What about school and your parents? Peter: I'm emancipated, remember? I still have money from the movie. Mia: I didn't want to ask...I know moving is crazy, but I would love to have my boyfriend there [they hug]. [Degrassi hallway, Alli is walking with KC] Alli: KC, where's Claire? KC: I thought she was with you. Alli: No, [looks at her phone] and she won't text me back. KC: Well I just got one, wishing me luck with my probation officer [Alli gives him a look]... Not that I have one [walks away]. [Some classroom. Jenna is teaching Claire guitar] Claire: [struggling to play the guitar] This is harder than it looks. Jenna: That's what he said (no, she really says this) Claire: Eww, Jenna. Jenna: So tonight, more lessons or science assignment? Claire: Alli and I usually do TV/Homework night. Jenna: Friendship priorities, cool. Claire: You know what? Come over. It'll be fine. Jenna: You're sure Alli won't mind? Claire: Of course not. She's not the jealous type [She gets a text from Alli that says “where r u??”]. [The party at Declan and Fiona's house] Mia: This is no high school party. Peter: [As the maitre'd takes his coat] Hey that's my jacket! Oh, sorry. [To Mia] That chick just took my coat! Mia: Well get used to it. In Europe, models get invited to this kind of stuff all the time Peter: Yeah, more proof that these rich peeps aren't dumb. So, now what? Mia: [Grabs drinks from a tray] Well it is a schmooze-fest...I wonder which one's Declan's mom? Peter: [Declan waves them over] Let's go hang with the kids. Declan: So this is our humble abode for the next six months or so. Mia: Only six months? Declan: Eh, could be more, could be less. Diplomat brats do a lot of bouncing around. Fiona: [Offers Peter an oyster] Here. [Peter looks skeptical] Never had raw oysters? Peter: It looks like a loogi. Declan: Don't you just love how parochial Mia's boyfriend is? Peter: What's that supposed to mean? Declan: Oh, parochial? Lacking in worldly experience, but not in a bad way [Peter gives him a look]. Mia: I like to say he keeps it real. Like in his band. He writes his own songs and lyrics. Peter: Yeah, we just spent two weeks in LA. The parties there blow this snooze-fest out of the water. Declan: Well then, why don't you show everyone how you throw down Cali-style? Get up there. Play that “Whoa” song. Peter: No, I don't even have my ax. Declan: No problem. [To one of the guests] Hey Skip. Can my friend borrow your guitar? [To Peter] It's all yours, sir. Peter: No, Declan, forget it. Declan: [Into microphone] Hey everybody. Having a good time? It's time to turn this snooze- fest into a Studz-fest. Here is the coolest guy at my new high school, Peter...something. [To Peter] Come on, sir, they're starved for entertainment. Peter: [To the crowd] Hello everyone. [He starts singing the song. The rich snobs look bemused. Peter tales off halfway through the verse]. Sure, why not? [Claire's room. She's painting Jenna's nails] Jenna: My nails get totally trashed playing guitar. Claire: One of the useful things my older sister taught me. Jenna: At least you have a sister, the rehab brothers here. [Looks at nails] Oh, cute! I feel like such a girl. Alli: [Walking in] Hey. [She stops upon seeing Jenna] Am I interrupting? Claire: Hey Alli, we were just doing some science homework, and then- Alli: You actually became friends with her? I'm sorry Claire, but this ends now. Jenna: Should I go? I can go. Claire: What's wrong with you? Why are you so afraid of us hanging out? Alli: I'm not, it's just...[lowers her voice] It's not fair that she breezes into school and steals my best friend. [To Jenna] I knew she'd do it the minute I saw her. Claire: So I guess what I want doesn't matter. Thanks, Alli, real nice. Jenna: Actually guys, I'd like to be friends with both of you [Alli gives her a look]. [Declan's party. Mia is on the couch consoling Peter] Mia: It wasn't that bad. Peter: Whatever, I sucked. This whole party sucks. Let's just go. Mia: Nobody cares about your little performance, Peter. Peter: That's a lie. Those rich snobs were trying not to laugh at me. Mia: Just try and be yourself, the charming and confident guy I know. Peter: I don't feel like that guy. [Lady in red dress comes over] Red Dress: You must be Mia. Come meet some people. Mia: [To Peter] That's what I'm here to do. Peter: Yeah, you're all business, aren't you? Mia: [Walking away] Peter! Fiona: [Sits down next to Peter] Want some company? Peter: Don't bother. You'll just end up moving to another galaxy like all my other girlfriends. Fiona: Lucky for both of us, dating you isn't in my plans. Peter: Right, your boyfriend. I think he knew I was gonna make an ass of myself. Fiona: That would be my brother. Blonde Girl: [Sits down on the other side of Peter] Common mistake, Fiona and Declan are very close. Fiona: Shut up, Vickie. Peter: So he was hitting on Mia. Ugh, where's my stupid coat ticket? Fiona: You guys are leaving? Peter: I am. This isn't fun. Vickie: I can't stand these parties either, but... [pulls out a little baggie] now it's all good. Fiona: Really, Victoria? You're still doing that? Peter: [Examines the bag] What is this? Vickie: An escape without leaving. [Peter looks skeptical] Don't think sweetie, just do. Peter: How do you- Vickie: You'll figure it out. [Peter opens the bag] Maybe in the bathroom. Peter: Ah [goes to the bathroom]. [Claire's bedroom. Alli is drawing on Jenna's hand] Alli: There. To welcome you to Degrassi and commemorate our new friendship. Jenna: Thanks so much, guys. It's so hard coming to a new school in a new city where you don't know anybody. Alli: We niners have to stick together. Jenna: So tell me, who's off limits? Claire: Off limits? Jenna: At my old school, I was such a boyfriend stealer, especially with bad boy types. They're my weakness. Alli: Then I'm with Johnny. He's a senior. Jenna: Eh, too old for me [looks at Claire]. Claire: I'm with KC. Jenna: Oh, he is so cute! But...don't worry Claire-Bear. I won't even look at him [Claire looks displeased] Alli: You're right, Jenna is so nice [smirks to Claire]. Claire: It's all right. She's not his type [awkward silence]. [The party. Peter is hopped up on mystery powder] Peter: [Runs up to Mia and kisses her] I got my groove back. Mia: Yeah, all of the sudden... Peter: Yeah, I had some help [winks]. You're looking smokin' by the way. Wanna go fool around? Mia: Uh, Peter, what help? Peter: Dare me to eat an oyster? [runs to the oyster table] Mia: [To Declan] Are there drugs going around? Declan: Eh, I could probably find you some. Mia: No, not for me, it's Peter [cut to Peter slurping down an oyster]. Peter: Mia! I did it! Declan: He does seem...enthused. Fiona: Tory's giving out party favors. [To Mia] He's on crank. Mia: What? [Walks over to Peter] Peter, did you take something from Victoria? Peter: Some coke I think, just a little. Mia: Shh! [Lowers her voice] Peter, coke would've been bad enough, but that was crystal meth! Peter: Meth? Crazy...How much would you give me if I eat these fish eggs? Mia: We're leaving. Peter: C'mon Mia. Mia: Peter. Now! [She walks away, Peter downs the caviar]
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Degrassi Season 9, Episode 2 Just Can't Get Enough Part 2 Aired 10-4-09 on CTV [Peter's apartment. He's playing a video game. The video game says "Mission accomplished"] Peter: World domination! [Mia comes downstairs] Morning gorgeous. Mia: Ugh, jungle breath. Did you sleep at all last night? Peter: No, [picks up Duck Hunt style g*n] but I'm the master of toxic conflict. Mia: Performance enhancers, awesome. Peter: I told you, it was like an accident. Mia: Yeah, you thought the meth was just coke. So much better. You know you're lucky my mom bought the “Peter ate bad oysters so I had to stay over” story. Peter: Yeah, at least it made Declan's snobby party more fun. I needed something. Mia: So any time you feel insecure or embarrassed, you're just gonna snort stuff. Nice escape hatch, Houdini. Peter: It was a one time thing. Mia: Newsflash! Peter, lots of meth addicts got their start as “one time things” Peter: Hey, whoa! [grabs Mia's shoulders] I am not a meth addict. Don't freak out. I'll be fine. Mia: Moving to Paris does freak me out, and if you're gonna come with me, I need you to be good. Please? Peter: Mia, I promise. Let's just go to school [scratches chin frenetically. Peter walks away and the bag of meth falls out of his jacket. He looks at it pensievely, but doesn't throw it away] [Degrassi. In the Media Immersion room, Peter is applying for a passport] Riley: Planning a quick getaway? Peter: Yeah, I gotta stop French guys from macking on my girl, so I'm going with her. Riley: Yeah right. What are you gonna do in Paris? Peter: Play my ax, eat crescent rolls, maybe go to French school. Riley: Learn the French word for crescent rolls? [Declan walks in with an iPhone type device] Declan: Ugh, WiFi here blows...Peter! [To Riley] This guy sure made his mark at our little do yesterday. Haven't seen somebody slurp that many oysters since Mardi Gras. Peter: Yeah, last night was fun, but right now: not so much. Declan: Oh yeah, the crash. Meth'll do that. Riley: Meth? Peter: It was a mistake. It's not a big deal. Declan, do you ever-? Declan: No sir. I come by confidence naturally. Tory's the one with the pharmacy in her purse. You two didn't...? Peter: Oh, no. I'm with Mia. Declan: Ah, well you dodged a nasty b*llet there, sir. My cousin Vickie was a ballerina and now she just tweaks out and hooks up with random guys. It's a shame really. This could be you in six months [pulls up a webpage with before and after pictures of meth addicts]. Bam. Don't lose that pretty smile. Riley: [To Peter] Uh, are you okay? Peter: Dude, if you knew how I felt right now...Never gonna do it again. [A classroom. Mrs. Kwan is talking about some play. Blue and Holly J aren't paying attention, because who pays attention to Mrs. Kwan?] Blue: Psst [hands Holly J a scrapbook]. I made you something. [It's a scrapbook of news clippings from Holly J's hostage crisis aversion. With a drawing of her as “Super Holly”] Anya: Where's the J? Holly formerly known as J: Blue just calls me Holly. Anya: I thought you hated that. Holly formerly known as J: This is amazing, Blue. Thanks. [The Shep's office. He's talking to the collective Joneses] Shep: So Mrs. Jones, we'll be seeing your daughter's face on billboards, huh? Mrs. Jones: I am very proud of her. But, [glances at Mia] school comes first, right? Mia: Yeah mom, that's why they have a tutor. [Peter walks up] Peter: Hey Mrs. Jones. [To Izzy] Hey cutie. Izzy: Peter, you look sick Peter: Yeah, I gotta lay off the seafood. Mrs. Jones: We'll pack tonight after your sh**t, okay? Mia: Okay. Bye mom. Bye Bells [kisses Izzy on the cheek]. Shep: Congrats. Mia: [To Peter] What's that? Peter: Transcript request. Mia: Mmm, how very official of you. Peter: I also got this rush passport thingy online, so I'll probably be able to be there by, like, Tuesday. Mia: So you'll help me move in? Peter: Sure. I'll make sure the Euro Fresh people put us in the hippest hood in Paris, the 20th [looks down at sheet and mumbles something French sounding]. Think about it, we're gonna have like five months of us time before your mom and Izzy come. Mia: You know, if you keep this up, I might even let you mooch my tutor. Peter: Ooh la la. [They kiss] Mia: Bye [Cafeteria] Holly J: [To Blue] Where am I supposed to find 50 bags of sand, palm trees, and a straw hut? Sav: Hey are we getting a hot tub? That'd be k*ller. Holly J: Impossible Sav: Bummer. We still getting tacos? [Holly J nods] Yeah! Blue: Impossible? Holly J: Okay, maybe not impossible, but I have a shift at The Dot which leaves about two hours to turn Degrassi Gym into Santa Monica Pier. Blue: Watch this [stands up on table]. Who wants to help Holly set up the Beach Bash? [Murmurs of dissent] There'll be hot tubs [everyone cheers]. [To Holly J] See, you have fans. Since the incident, everyone knows you're a changed woman. Holly J: So being taken hostage was a good thing? Blue: Sometimes bad situations allow a person's inner light to shine...Come on, you can do this. Holly J: Well I guess now I'm going to have to. [Sav and Peter are walking down a hallway] Sav: So we gonna practice at your place tonight? Peter: Oh, I can't, I have plans tonight. Sav: Come on dude. This could be the last time we play Degrassi before Studz takes off. I want us to be tight. Peter: It could be the last time we play anywhere. I'm moving to Paris with Mia. Sav: You're gonna ditch the band? Peter: I'm not gonna let another one slip away. Can you imagine if Anya was leaving? Sav: Wow. So you're moving to France? I'd be so freaked out. How do you even, like, ask for directions? Peter: I don't know, hand signals? It'll be fine. Sav: Are you sure? I mean, Mia's gonna be busy. Man, I could never date a model. If Anya was half naked in all those magazines, I'd be jealous- Peter: Sav! Shut up man. You have no idea. Sav: I guess not...So I guess we're gonna have to find a new singer, huh? Peter: Dude, there's no Studz without me. Those songs are mine. Don't they teach you about that in copyright class? Sav: Whatever. If tomorrow's our last show, then we better rock it [holds up hand for high five] Peter: Yeah, rock it we shall [leaves Sav hanging] [Musical montage of Peter falling asleep during a science lab. Johnny takes his mp3 player. Then he throws something in his beaker that explodes, waking Peter up] [Gym. The gym is being decorated for the Beach Bash] Holly J: Wow, look at all these people. Blue: I told you, you've got fans. Black kid who we will later learn is named Dave: Holly to the J. What up prez? Holly J: I'm sorry, you are..? Dave: Dave. Future grade nine class rep. Holly J: Future rep?...Okay, what can I do for you? Dave: Okay, I was thinking we need a toga day next week, for fun. Holly J: Uh, I'll look into it? [sneers] Blue: Don't worry, she'll make it happen. Dave: Toga! Toga! Holly J: [rolls eyes] Toga day, seriously? Blue: I've heard worse ideas. Holly J: All right, [writes on her pad] Toga...day. Happy? [Modelling agency. French photographer is babbling at Mia in French. Peter shows up with some take out food] Peter: Mia! Break time. Mia: [says something French to the photographer]. [To Peter] I'm sorry, hun. We're running late. I don't know if I'll have a break. [The snooty French photographer shoves Peter out of the way. Peter knocks over an umbrella and some lights] Peter: Hey, show some respect or whatever, dude. Photographer (who can magically speak English now, but in a comical French accent that I will try to reproduce): Wee-set! Get thees keed away! Mia: I'm sorry, it was just an accident. Photographer: Thees ees your boyfron, seeously? Peter: Yeah, and she's on break! [puts his arm around Mia] Mia: Careful, my hair! Look, maybe you should just go. Photographer: Leesten to your girlfron, Garsonne. Vee both know that she can do a lot bettair. Peter: I'm not going anywhere, guy. Photographer: I beg to deefer, guy. Securitee! [Security guy comes and escorts Peter away] Security: Come on man, don't make this harder than it is. Peter: Hey man, let go of me! Mia! [Peter's apartment. Peter is dancing around to loud music, apparently tweaked out again] Mia: [walks in the door (man does Peter ever lock his apartment?)] Peter! Peter! [She turns off the music and Peter looks around, confused] Mia: Hey, sorry about Jean-Luc. sh**t can get really tense sometimes. Peter: Well then let's just stay here. We can still go to school, still hang with our friends, I can still play in my band. It'll be good times [He says this all very fast]. Mia: Don't worry, I...wait you haven't even started packing yet? [Peter scratches his face and runs upstairs] You're serious? Peter: Oh come on Mia, this whole modeling thing makes you crazy. Mia: I'm crazy? Look, it's not up for debate. Peter: [Runs back downstairs] How come you get to decide what happens, huh? What about me? Mia: Peter, calm down. Peter: You're so selfish, Mia [grabs her]. It's always about you, you, you [falls onto couch]. Mia: [Picks up the bag of meth] Is this it? Peter! You promised me you would never do this again this morning! Peter: My own girlfriend watches me get dragged off her stupid sh**t. What am I supposed to do, huh? Mia: Your drug use is not my fault. Peter: Yeah, what about being supportive? Mia: Of a meth head? [Peter scratches his face again] You are not going anywhere with me. [Throws the bag of meth at him] Get some help, Peter. COMMERCIALS [Outside Degrassi. Peter is hopped up again and is jumping back and forth on and off the sidewalk] Peter: Cool! Sav, check it out. The sidewalk [jumps] makes a different sound than the street [jumps again]. Sav: That's great, Pete. Peter: [Grabs Sav] Oh, come to my house, we gotta jam! Sav: Now? Peter: Yeah, I wrote a sweet new song. We gotta jam it out. Sav: Why? I thought you were going away. Peter: Oh. Mia broke up with me, right, but it's okay, 'cause they always do, right? [Grabs Sav again] Come on! Studz lives man! Sav: Are you okay, man? Peter: Nooo, Crap! I forgot my guitar! [Peter runs away, almost running over a kid. Sav looks around like, “Did that really just happen?”] [Degrassi halls. Holly J is selling Beach Bash tickets] Holly J: [To some girl] See you there. Don't forget to wear your beach clothes Connor: Hey, we heard you were taking requests. Okay, 'cause we have a request. KC: We were wondering if athletes could cut the caf line? So we can make it to practice at lunchtime. Connor: We're on the Junior Basketball Team. We're athletes. Holly J: I'll add it to the list. [To Anya] I'm a walking suggestion box, and the idea that any random niner can come hassle me? So not my style. Anya: You're never gonna be happy. Holly J: What's that supposed to mean? Anya: Everyone used to hate you. Now you've got Blue, you're super popular. Where's the problem? [Hallway. Sav is talking to Danny about Peter] Sav: He's like, “She's gone. They all leave me.” And then he took off. Danny: Seriously? Mia dumped him? Super harsh. That'll mess a guy up. Declan: Don't tell me Mr. And Mrs. High School are on the rocks. [Sav and Danny exchange a look like, “Who is this kid”] Sav: Um, Mia smashed his heart into a million pieces. He was freaking out, like he wasn't himself or something. Declan: Uh, you sure it wasn't the crank? Sav: What? Declan: Guys, your lead singer's taken a fancy to crystal meth. He made a pretty big ass of himself at our party. It wasn't pretty. Danny: [To Sav] You better call him. Sav: Yeah [Peter's sleeping on his couch and his phone rings. He picks it up and tosses it across the room. Then he goes back to sleep] [Musical montage of Jenna singing at the Beach Bash. KC is staring at her and Claire hits him to get his attention. The members of Studz, minus Peter, walk into the gym. Outside the gym, Blue is talking to Holly J] Blue: People love the hot tubs. I knew you could do it. Holly J: Yay, me. I'm so ready for a nap. Anya: Here, I brought you some snacks. Holly J: Thank you. I haven't eaten all day. Is that an avocado? [Connor walks up] Connor: I'd like to file a complaint. Holly J: you already have your front of the line privileges. Now what? Connor: Bruce cut the lunch line, and football season's over. Holly J: So? What am I, the Caf Police? [Dave walks up] Dave: So, uh, when exactly is toga day? Monday? Wednesday? Holly J: Not now, Darryl, okay? Dave: It's, it's Dave. [Claire walks up] Claire: Hey Holly J, there's this really weird smell coming from the girls' bathroom. Holly J: Maybe because it's a bathroom? What's next? Is the sun too bright? Your allowance too small? Why don;t I just do something about global warming while I'm on it? Blue: Sorry, she'll get on that. [To Holly J] You're really having trouble prioritizing, huh? Holly J: Actually, Blue, I know exactly what my priority is right now: this taco. Got it? [Stage, Studz is getting ready to perform sans Peter] Sav: Man, this is bad. Like, really bad. Spinner: Yeah. We're on in like T minus ten seconds too. Anya: [To microphone] And now, fresh from their Hollywood movie sh**t, the one and only, the amazing Studz. [Everyone cheers] Sav: Guys, who's gonna sing? Danny: I don't know the words. Spinner: I'm a one-armed drummer. [Sav goes up to the mic and begins to play the “Whoa” song. We cut to a montage of scenes of Peter going into an alley and buying meth, and dancing around the alley after he snorts, and walking into the gym at Degrassi while they are playing] Peter: Hey! That's my song! [Peter grabs the mic away from Sav] Sav: What are you doing? Peter: What are you doing? There's no Studz without me. You guys suck. [He tries to wrestle away Sav's guitar] Peter: Okay, okay. Shared Custody. One, two three four! [singing] Shared Custody, Shared Custody, Shared Cust- [trails off and grabs Sav] Sav: Are you tweaking? Peter: What? No. Sav: We know about the meth. Chante: [videotaping] Peter, what happened? Tell the fans on the video blog. Peter: [knocks the camera out of Chante's hand] Get out of my face! [Runs out of the gym] Blue: [To Holly J] Holly, it's defcon four in there. Holly J: Boy band breakup? Boo hoo. Blue: Aren't you going to do something? Holly J: Blue, I'm not actually a superhero. I deal in raffle tickets, not drama. Blue: What about all your friends in there? Holly J: They're not my friends. I don't even know half of their names. [Holly J sighs and rolls her eyes. Then she starts counting money] Blue: You know, you should really put all the heads on the money to one side. Holly J: That's it. First of all, you are not Student Council President, and I did not become President so I could make friends and have people love me. I did it so I could do things my way. So just leave me alone. [Cut between Studz packing up their band gear and Peter in the middle of a street, freaking out. We get Peter's point of view in blurry meth-o-vision] Danny: He's still not answering. [Riley's phone rings. It's Peter] Riley: Peter? What? Slow down. Guys, it's Peter. Sav: Where'd he go? Peter: I think I, like, OD'd or something. Riley: Where are you? Peter: I, I don't know. I'm between two roads! Please, just come and help me. Come find me! [Spinner jingles car keys] Spinner: Guys, c'mon. Riley: Okay, we're coming. Where are you? What do you see? [More meth-o-vision of blurry, distended cars going by, and Peter tweaking out. The guys show up in a car. Man, they found him pretty quick given all the streets in Toronto. Maybe Spinner's b*llet wound gave him super locating powers.] Guys: Peter! [Peter tries to cross the street, but almost gets h*t by a meth-o-vision semi. The guys all come over and hug him] Sav: It's okay. You're gonna be okay. We're here now. [They give him a blanket] Peter: Thanks, I'm freezing Riley: You're gonna be all right. [Peter's apartment. He's sitting on the couch still wrapped in a blanket, rubbing his nose. The guys are all still there] Danny: We should go. Curfew. Take it easy, buddy. Sav: Call if you need anything. Riley: We'll make sure you're okay. Peter: Thank you. I hate this stupid loft. I'm alone all the time. Spinner: Not tonight dude. [Hands Peter a glass of water] Here dude, chug this. You're probably dehydrated. [Peter downs the glass of water] Peter: I'm, like, messed up guys. [He shivers and hands Riley the bag-o-meth] Can you get rid of this? Riley: Are you sure that's all of it? [Peter nods] Spinner: Need to make a call, dude? Peter: Yeah, long distance. Spinner: You know it's like 4AM in Paris? Peter: I'm not calling Mia. [On phone] Hey, mom, it's me. Yeah, I'm fine, well...not really. Can you come home please? [The morning after. Holly J is sweeping up sand from the Beach Bash. Blue runs up behind her and covers her eyes] Blue: Guess who? [Holly J looks annoyed] You had a hard night, but I still believe you can change. So if you're ready to apologize, I'm ready to listen. Holly J: Apologize? For what? Look, Blue, I have lots of sides. You can't just pick the ones you like. Blue: But I wanna let the Holly I know shine through. Holly J: No you don't. You wanna turn me into someone that I'm not. Blue: -and that's never gonna happen. Holly J: No. Sorry, Blue. Blue: Me too. Bye Holly. [Blue walks away. Holly J sighs] Holly J: It's Holly-Freaking-J [Peter's apartment. He's talking to Mia on Skype] Mia: And they give you these hot towels in first class, and a limo picked me up, and Annemarie from the agency has been so helpful. Peter: That's awesome, Mia. Mia: How are you? Peter: You mean, how's my drug problem? Mia: I'm worried about you, Peter. Peter: Don't be. I begged my mom to come back from Regina. Hatzilakos: [Something in French to Mia] Mia: Hi, Miss H. [To Peter] Peter, even though we broke up, I'm really happy that you're not alone...I gotta go, but, keep in touch, okay? Peter: Bye, Mia. Hatzilakos: I never should've left you. Peter: It's not your fault, mom. Hatzilakos: I know I can't make your choices for you, but just promise me- Peter: -It's over. I promise. Hatzilakos: Because, Peter, you can't control this drug. One relapse, just one, and it's straight to rehab. [Peter hugs her] Peter: Thanks for coming home, mom.
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♪ Radio announcer: All right, it's spring break, kids! And just because you can't get to the beach does not mean you have to spend it home alone! ♪ Radio DJ: It's about fun, it's about flings, and we've got the perfect thing to get you started! I've got six Keke Palmer concert tickets for the first freestyler that can raise our temperatures up here! Hold this. What're you doing? Do you want those tickets or not? Drew and Dave: Oh! KC: Oh yeah, Bianca! Drew: Yeah! Woo! (Crowd cheers and whistles) ♪ (Crowd cheers wildly) Drew: Woo! (Crowd cheers and claps loudly) (Dave and drew holler) Bianca: Two for you, two for you, and---Two for us! Sweet! - So how are we going to celebrate my big win? By getting me home before curfew. You have curfew on spring break?! Only two more weeks! Anson: Looking good, b! Looking real good. Sorry, can't talk right now! Hey, don't be a stranger! (Sighs angrily) He's a friend of yours? Bianca: Anson? No. He's just a thug I used to hang out with. Wish we didn't have to say goodbye. Maybe we don't. (Drew and Bianca moan passionately) (Kissing) (Laughs) Wow! It's AM. I should go. Wait. Open it. It's for our two month. If you hate it, I'll- I don't! I love it. They engraved it for free. Bianca l. Desousa. Audra: Drew? Are you up? Oh my God! My mom! Get up! (Unclear whisper) Ow! I heard voices. Must've been the TV. I just turned it off. Tell your friend to go home, and then we'll talk. And make sure she doesn't forget this. (Bianca squeaks) (Door slams) Fiona: Thank you, I'll be right down. Bon voyage! Here, a parting gift. SPF . I'll wear it proudly. (Both laugh) Only six hours till long walks on the beach, and unlimited strawberry daiquiris. Virgin, of course. Oh, so somebody's hoping for a spring fling. Her name is Tara, or Tisha. Maybe Hilary. She goes to a small liberal arts college, and we'll meet when the spa double books us for pedicures. She'll let me have it. Of course. And then once my nails are perfectly polished, we'll stroll down to a secluded cove and that's where we'll share our first kiss. Holly J: So you're just gonna wing it? (Laughs) You are not going to like this. Fiona: What? The spa's all booked? Mrs. Coyne: A volcano erupted in St. Kitts! All flights in and out of the Caribbean have been cancelled! (Sighs heavily) So what am I supposed to do for seven days? Holly J: Ooh! I'm taking an art class. You should come! And spend spring break staring at a bowl of fruit? (Sighs dramatically) k*ll me now. (Sighs) (Paint rollers rasp) (Alli sighs happily) Mom and dad'll love it. Fresh new walls just in time for spring, and we did it! Yeah, well, I did it while other guys are out having fun with their girlfriends. (Sighs) (Strums melancholy chord) Okay, I know you're still down about Holly J, but your guitar moping is like harshing my spring break high! Fine, I'll take it upstairs then. No! What you need to do is go outside, and soak up some vitamin D! (Sighs mournfully) It's so bright outside though. Come on, emo boy! You are gonna have fun this spring break, whether you like it or not! Come on! Dave: Ten bucks an hour to teach little ten-year-olds how to dribble. This is the best spring break job ever! KC: With the extra money I can buy baby Guthrie something special. You guys wanna see pictures? (Phone beeps) Oh yeah, she looks like Jenna. Well, she's a he. Uh--- He looks like you, too! Dave: Okay, so, enough baby talk! What did y'all get up to last night? Okay, last night, me and Bianca were right in the middle of--- Dave: (Clears throat) Drew: So we were making--- Dave: Making a sandwich. Yes. A pretty awesome sandwich, when my mom walked in. Dave and KC: Oh! (Laughs) Dave: Grounded? Drew: A month. So, are you gonna sell your concert tickets? Nah. Bianca's going without me. Have you seen your girlfriend? (Laughs) All right, guys, hey, let's go. (Basketballs bounce) (Church bells ring) Yeah, these are great. Let's go home. Alli: Sav! You already own a pair like that. Yeah, so why mess with what works? Because sometimes when you take a risk, good things can happen. Well, Alli, when a girl rips your heart out, and throws it on the ground, and steps on it a little bit, it's hard to pretend to just get over something like that. You got your heart broken? (Sighs) Yeah, sort of. I'm sorry to hear. Thanks. Uh---I'm Sav. Keyana. Is this what you do on spring break? Sunglasses shopping? Sav: I-I was working on a song, but uh--- my sister forced me out. Bodyguard: Keyana! We gotta roll! Sav: Jeez, daddy's gotta go when daddy's gotta go, right? Uh, hey, are--- a-are you free tonight? I'm working at the sound garage. Oh yeah, the-the sound garage. Yeah, I love seeing shows there. Wh-who's playing? Bodyguard: Keyana! I'll leave your name at the door. Cool! (Keyana laughs) (Laughs) All right, here you go. Okay, that was a good try, but--- when you sh**t, you wanna keep your hand--- in the cookie jar. Wow. It's for the concert. You like? You know what? I-I was thinking. Maybe you don't wanna go to the concert dressed like that. You might attract too much attention. You are too cute when you're jealous. (Laughs) We need to motor if we want to meet the girls in time. You're still going? I'll call you when I get home. And don't worry, I won't flirt--- much. Holly J: Look, just trust me, art class will be so fun! Fiona: I'm signing up, though I still don't know why you did! Holly J: My CV is lacking in the visual arts, my doctor says it's relaxing, and there might be cute guys! Or girls. Fiona: Holly J, I've accepted my dream of a spring fling is officially--- d*ad. Well, she looks very much alive. Maybe you should go introduce yourself and say hello, my name's Fiona. I like girls. How about you? Well, you might want to work up to that. Hey. Hi. Did I steal your sketch pad? It's all yours. See? I'm such a newb. Holly J: Oh, come on, "did I steal your sketch pad?" That is classic pick-up line! Art teacher: Class, I'd like to introduce you to today's subject. Meet Charlie. And it looks like you'll have something to talk about. (Groans) (Sighs nervously) (Sighs) I said no, Drew! Drew: But everyone is going to be at the show! And did everyone sneak a girl in past curfew? Weren't you ever sixteen? Yeah, what if I don't go to the show and---and she meets someone else? How well do you know this girl? Her name is Bianca! The girl who wouldn't dance with your brother in ballroom class?! No, that was a misunderstanding. She's a good person, mom! Well, then you have nothing to worry about. Don't stay up too late. (Frustrated groan) Who's a good person? Never mind. Okay, well as long as you're grounded, do you wanna f*re up the X-Box? I'm going out. I can't get any more grounded. (Whispers) Actually, you can! (Sighs) KC: Ready? Bianca: Where are the girls? KC: Inside. Bianca: Let's get in there! (Bass heavy dance music plays) (Concert goers chatter) Alli: Free tickets to the Keke Palmer concert? Sav, you have got to lock this girl down. What's her name again? Keyana. She said she was working, I don't know where she is. Who cares? The concert's about to start! (Fans cheer and clap) ♪ Keke: ♪ ooh ooh ♪ ♪ right now ♪ ♪ I need to break down ♪ ♪ could you feel it too ♪ Woo! ♪ What if I was you? ♪ ♪ I got one life ♪ Alli! Alli! Alli. That's her. That's Keyana! No--- That was Keke Palmer! ♪ I wanna live it up ♪ (Squeals) ♪ I need to live it up ♪ ♪ until the walls come tumbling down ♪ ♪ until the walls come tumbling down ♪ ♪ so, DJ, turn it up--- ♪ Anson: Hey, B! What a coink-I-dink! Are you stalking me? I'm a big Keke fan. You know, I thought about you lots when I was locked up. We used to have so much fun. Anson, don't. Whoa. Too good for me now? I have a life. A boyfriend. Who? That kid I saw you with? His name's Drew. No, he seemed like a nice guy. I bet people would be real torn up, you know, if he got hurt. You thirsty? Yeah. Sure. Good. Let me buy you a drink. ♪ So, DJ, turn it up ♪ ♪ and are the speakers on? ♪ ♪ until the walls come tumbling down ♪ Fiona: How do I even know if she's gay? Holly J: Talk to her. I'm sure you have some special lesbian-dar thing. (Fiona sighs) Oh! I can't! Deep breath. Okay, move your lips, words will come out. Go! (Sighs nervously) (Nervous breath) So, were you inspired to sketch? Oh, not really. Oh, model sucked. I hate when that happens. Oh no, the model was great. You were great. (Laughs shyly) Cute scooter. Mmm. It gets me around. You like? I love. Oh, awesome. Don't tell me you have one too? Me? Oh, yeah. I have scooters--- That's plural. More than one. Wow! Another fanatic. We should go riding together sometime. We should? Yeah! It'd be fun. Um---What are you doing tomorrow after class? Riding scooters with you? Charlie: Sounds great! (Engine starts) (Scooter revs and buzzes away) Holly J: How'd it go? We need to go shopping. Holly J: Accessories? Kinda. Keke: So you think you can just call me like this? No, not me. ♪ ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ nah-ah-ah-ah nah ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ I can't believe that that is the girl that I met while shopping for sunglasses! Well, believe it! And when you two get together, maybe Keke can introduce me to Taylor Lautner! No, no, no, too Drew-like. Maybe Justin Bieber! No--- No, Alli, that's never gonna happen! Sh-she's a rock star. ♪ So I went through your phone just to see who picked up ♪ ♪ but it won't be me ♪ A rock star who wants you up on stage! Just go! (Squeals excitedly) (Screams and claps) ♪ I forgot all about you ♪ ♪ why you all on me ♪ ♪ you should really go back to her ♪ ♪ 'cause right now you working on my nerve ♪ (Crowd cheers wildly) ♪ 'Cause I'm not gonna be ♪ ♪ not, not gonna be the one you call ♪ Whoo! Yeah! ♪ So you don't listen ♪ ♪ did you not get the hint ♪ ♪ when I said I'm not interested ♪ ♪ with me your time's run out ♪ ♪ don't you think you should give up now ♪ ♪ who are you kiddin'? ♪ Oh, man! Sav is so lucky! But---Not as lucky as me. Hey, didn't you guys just have a baby? KC: Yeah. My mom had the night off. Best grandma ever! Yeah, I'll be lucky if I can stay awake for another hour! (All laugh) ♪ Why you all on me? ♪ ♪ why you call? ♪ ♪ you should really go back to her ♪ This is so crazy--- This is so crazy! Drew: Hey, guys! All: Hey! Dave: Look what the cat dragged in. Your mom let you out? Uh, not exactly. Where's B? Haven't seen her in a while. Keke: ♪ but what gives you the right ♪ ♪ to think that I'm gonna wait up ♪ ♪ don't you see that you're playing yourself ♪ Hey, uh, B, I'm at the show and I was hoping that you're still--- Here. You're unbelievable, you know that? Oh my God! What are you doing here? I sneak out to find you here with another guy! Did you plan this, did you tell him to meet you here? Of course not! Oh, so it's just one big coincidence?! We used to date, okay? He's stalking me. There's nothing I could do about it! Then come with me! He's dangerous, Drew! He's in a g*ng, he thr*at to hurt you! What's he gonna do? sh**t me? You know, I thought you'd changed. Drew, stop! I bet you've been hooking up with him the entire time we've been together. Pretty much! Keke: ♪ no it won't be me ♪ ♪ 'cause you missed out on a good one ♪ ♪ now you're feelin' lonely--- ♪ (Sighs heavily) Okay, thank you. (Phone beeps) Argh! Apparently there's no way I can learn to ride a scooter by tomorrow! It's baby blue. How hard could it be? Fiona: Before you can even get on a scooter, you need a learner's permit and a licence. And there's no way you can get all that by tomorrow afternoon? So I'm told. I guess there's only one thing to do. Holly J: Tell Charlie the truth? Fiona: And let her know I'm an inexperienced dork who can't talk to a girl without turning pathological? You're not gonna cancel. Is "plumbing emergency" a viable excuse nowadays? (Dance music plays) I'm off. You find Bianca? Yeah, with another guy, some ex. She made up some crap about him being in a g*ng. Not everyone lives in a nice house off the park, Drew! There were tons of guys in the group home mixed up with stuff like that. It's not easy to get out! You think she's telling the truth? Has she ever lied to you before? No. She could be in trouble. (Cars rumble) (Phone buttons click) (Sighs heavily) (Buttons beep) (Sighs heavily) You're not hiding from me, are you? (Bianca sighs) I need to get home. Curfew. Oh, come on, we both know that's not true. (Cries out) (Whimpers fearfully) Don't worry, okay? I won't make you do anything you haven't done before. (Sirens wail) Oh, come on. Pick up! Pick up, pick up! (Phone rings) Damn it! (Frustrated sigh) Ahhhhh! Let go of me! (Screaming) Shh! Shh! Shh! Help me! (Panicked screaming) Anson: Shh! Shh! Shh! (Muffled screaming) Help me! (Muffled screams) (Screaming and sobbing) Drew: Get off her! Anson: Mind your own business, huh? (Fighting grunts) Bianca: (Screaming) Stop it! Stop! Get off of him! Stop! Ungh! Bianca: Please! (Drew groans) Anson: Get up! Anson: Get up! (Bianca screams, brick thunks) (Panting) Oh D! Oh! Are you okay? Yeah. Vince: Hey! Bianca: Let's get out of here! (Running footsteps thud) (Bracelet clinks) Bianca: (Panting) Oh my God. This is all my fault. I'll never doubt you, I'm so sorry. You fought for me. (Bianca sobs)
{"type": "series", "show": "Degrassi Next Generation", "episode": "11x01 - Boom Boom Pow"}
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"An Unearthly Child" Written by Anthony Coburn Broadcast 23 November 1963 Duration: 23 minutes 10 seconds 1: EXT. TOTTERS LANE (NIGHT) (On a dark foggy night a lone policeman patrols his b*at through the empty streets of London. Nearby a clock chimes 3 a.m. The policeman walks up to a pair of tall shabby wooden gates on which is painted I.M. Foreman Scrap Merchant Totters Lane The policeman shines his torch onto the gates then proceeds into the night. Behind him, one of the gates creaks open revealing that hidden within the scrap and junk of yard is the incongruous shape of a London police box. That is strange enough in itself, but even stranger is the fact that the box is emitting a low electronic hum.) 2: INT. COAL HILL SCHOOL. CORRIDOR (The ringing of the bell brings an end to another day at the school. The students spill out of the classrooms, chattering to each other. A woman, BARBARA WRIGHT, follows the students out, calling back into the classroom.) BARBARA: Wait in here please, Susan. I won't be long. (Various pupils say “Good night, Miss Wright as they walk past BARBARA. Two female students walk along the corridor, very interested in the paper they're reading. A young male student comes up, mocking their excited tones. The girls roll their eyes. One whispers something naughty to the other, they smile and move along. BARBARA walks up behind them up to another classroom door. With a quick knock, she walks in.) 3: INT. COAL HILL SCHOOL. LABORATORY (Inside another teacher, IAN CHESTERTON sits at a lab bench, marking some papers. He looks up as BARBARA enters.) IAN: Not gone yet? BARBARA: Obviously not. IAN: Ask a silly question... BARBARA: I'm sorry. IAN: It's all right. I'll forgive you this time. (BARBARA walks up to the bench and sits.) BARBARA: Oh, I've had a terrible day. I don't know what to make of it. IAN: Oh? What's the trouble? Can I help? BARBARA: Oh, it's one of the girls: Susan Foreman. IAN: Susan Foreman? Oh ho. She your problem too? BARBARA: Yes. IAN: And you don't know what to make of her? BARBARA: No. IAN: How old is she, Barbara? BARBARA: fifteen IAN: Fifteen...she lets her knowledge out a bit at a time, so as not to embarrass me: that's what I feel about her. She knows more science than I'll ever know. She's a genius! Is that what she's doing with history? BARBARA: Something like that. IAN: So, your problem is whether to stay in business or hand over the class to her. BARBARA: No, not quite. IAN: (Laughs.) what then? BARBARA: Ian, I must talk to someone about this, but I don't want the girl to get into trouble. And I know you're going to tell me I'm imagining things. IAN: No, I'm not. BARBARA: Well, I told you how good she is at history. I had a talk with her, and I told her she ought to specialise. Well, she seemed quite interested 'till I said I'd be willing to work with her at her home. Then she said that would be “absolutely impossible” as her grandfather didn't like strangers. IAN: (Getting up and walking around to a sink.) He's a doctor, isn't he? It’s a bit of a lame excuse. BARBARA: Well, I didn't pursue the point. But then recently, her homework's been so bad. IAN: (Washing his hands.) Yes, I know. BARBARA: Finally, I was so irritated with all her excuses, I decided to have a talk with this grandfather of hers and tell him to take some interest in her. IAN: Oh, did you indeed? And what's the old boy like? BARBARA: Well, that's just it. I got her address from the secretary - 76 Totters Lane - and I went along there one evening. (IAN finishes washing his hands.) BARBARA: Oh Ian, do pay attention! (He walks across the room to dry his hands.) IAN: Sorry. You went along there one evening... BARBARA: Well, there isn't anything there. It's just an old junkyard. IAN: Well, you must've gone to the wrong place. BARBARA: Well that’s the address the secretary gave me. IAN: Well the secretary got it wrong then… BARBARA: No. I checked. There’s a big wall on one side, houses on the other, and nothing in the middle. And this 'nothing in the middle' is No. 76 Totters Lane! IAN: Mmm…that's a bit of mystery. Well, there must be a simple answer somewhere. BARBARA: Well, what? IAN: (Grins.) Well, we'll have to find out for ourselves, won't we? BARBARA: (Grins.) Thank you for the “we”. She's waiting in one of the classrooms. I'm lending her a book on the French Revolution. IAN: What's she going to do - rewrite it? (BARBARA rolls her eyes, and the two teachers get up to leave.) IAN: Oh, all right! (He grabs his coat.) What do we do? Ask her point blank? BARBARA: No. I thought we could drive there, wait 'till she arrives and see where she goes. IAN: (Puts his coat on.) Oh...all right. BARBARA: Well, that is, if you're not doing anything. IAN: No, I'm not. (He opens the door.) After you... 4: INT. COAL HILL SCHOOL. CLASSROOM (15-year old SUSAN FOREMAN - the subject of the teacher's conversation - is listening to a little pocket radio, putting it up to her ear. She's a slim beauty with elfin features, unusually short dark hair and unusual eyes. She dances strangely to the music by making abrupt movements with her right hand and fake strumming a guitar. Behind her, IAN and BARBARA walk in. She's oblivious to them. Both smile with amusement.) BARBARA: Susan? SUSAN: (Putting down the radio.) Oh, I-I'm sorry, Miss Wright! I didn't hear you coming in. Aren't they fabulous? BARBARA: Who? SUSAN: I-It's John Smith and the Common Men. They've gone from 19 to 2. BARBARA: (Not understanding a bit of it.) Hmm. (She looks puzzled.) IAN: (Laughing.) "John Smith" is the stage name of the honourable Aubrey Waites. He started his career as Chris Waites and the Carollers, didn't he, Susan? SUSAN: You are surprising, Mr. Chesterton. I wouldn't expect you to know things like that. IAN: I have an enquiring mind…(Motions to the loud radio.) and a very sensitive ear. SUSAN: Oh, (Turning the radio off, slightly flustered.) I'm sorry. IAN: Thank you. SUSAN: (Noticing the book that BARBARA is holding.) Is that the book you promised me? BARBARA: (Hands it over.) Yes. SUSAN: Thank you very much. It will be interesting...I'll return it tomorrow. BARBARA: Oh, that's not necessary. Keep it until you've finished it. SUSAN: (She picks up her school bag.) I'll have finished it. (IAN and BARBARA glance at each other in surprise.) IAN: Oh, where do you live, Susan? I'm giving Miss Wright a lift. I've room for one more. SUSAN: Er...no thank you, Mr. Chesterton. Er…I like walking through the dark. It's mysterious. BARBARA: Be careful, Susan. There’ll probably be fog again tonight. SUSAN: (Arranging things in her school bag.) Hmm. BARBARA: See you in the morning. SUSAN: I expect so. Good night. BARBARA: Good night. IAN: Good night, Susan. (IAN and BARBARA leave the room. SUSAN looks behind her at the closing door then picks up her book - "The French Revolution," and starts to read a page at random. A moment later, she blinks at the book, startled.) SUSAN: That's not right...! 5: EXT. TOTTERS LANE. (NIGHT) (IAN and BARBARA are in his car as it arrives in Totters Lane.) BARBARA: Over there! (The car comes to a stop before the old wooden gate to the junkyard. The two teachers remain in the vehicle.) IAN: Lucky there was no fog. I'd never have found this. BARBARA: Well, she doesn't seem to have arrived yet. (She pauses nervously.) I suppose we are doing the right thing, aren't we? IAN: You can’t justify curiosity. BARBARA: But her homework… IAN: Bit of an excuse, really, isn't it? I've seen far worse. The truth is, we're both curious about Susan, and we won't be happy until we know some of the answers. BARBARA: Well, you can't just pass it off like that. If I thought I was just being a busybody, I'd go straight home! I thought you agreed she was a bit of a mystery! IAN: Yes, but I think you'll find there's a very simple explanation to all this. BARBARA: Well, I don't know how you explain the fact that a teenage girl does not know how many shillings there are in a pound. IAN: (Surprised.) Really? BARBARA: Really! She said she thought we were on the decimal system. IAN: The decimal system? 6: INT. COAL HILL SCHOOL. BARBARA 'S CLASSROOM (FLASHBACK) (The whole of BARBARA'S history class is laughing at SUSAN'S naiveté. A visibly stung SUSAN turns her back on the other students and stares directly at BARBARA - the scene is seen from her point of view.) SUSAN: I'm sorry, Miss Wright. BARBARA: (OOV: Cross.) Don't be silly, Susan. The United States has a decimal system. You know perfectly well that we do not. SUSAN: (In a shock of understanding.) Of course - the decimal system hasn't started yet! 7: EXT. TOTTERS LANE. (CONTINUED) (IAN rubs his chin in thought.) IAN: I suppose she couldn’t be a foreigner...no, it doesn't make sense! Nothing about this girl makes sense. For instance, just the other day, I was talking about chemical changes. I'd given out the litmus paper to show cause and effect… BARBARA: …and she knew the answer before you'd started. IAN: Well, not quite. The answer simply didn't interest her... 8: INT. COAL HILL SCHOOL. LABORATORY (FLASHBACK) (A nervous SUSAN at the lab bench, again surrounded by her fellow pupils, addresses IAN, who's walking toward her - again it is from the teachers point of view.) SUSAN: Yes, I can see red turns to blue, Mr. Chesterton, but that's because we're dealing with two inactive chemicals. They only act in relation to each other. IAN: (OOV, Exasperated.) But that's the whole point of the experiment, Susan. SUSAN: Yes, it's a bit obvious, isn't it? Well, I-I'm not trying to be rude, but...couldn't we deal with two active chemicals? Then red could turn blue all by itself and we could get on with something else. (Her expression turns sheepish as she glances at her fellow pupils and she speaks more quietly.) SUSAN: I'm sorry. It was just an idea. 9: EXT. TOTTERS LANE. (CONTINUED) IAN: She means it. These simple experiments are child's play to her. BARBARA: You know, it's almost got to the point where I want to deliberately trip her up. IAN: (Laughing quietly.) Yes...something like that happened the other day. I’d set the class a problem with A, B, and C as the three dimensions... 10: INT. COAL HILL SCHOOL. LABORATORY (FLASHBACK) (SUSAN is clearly upset. For the final time she faces IAN full on.) SUSAN: It's impossible unless you use D and E! IAN: (OOV.) D and E? Whatever for? Do the problem that’s set, Susan. SUSAN: I can’t, Mr. Chesterton! You can't simply work on three of the dimensions! IAN: (OOV.) Three of them? Oh. Time being the fourth, I suppose. Then what do you need E for? What do you make the fifth dimension? SUSAN: (Quietly and somewhat mysteriously.) Space... 11: EXT. TOTTERS LANE. (CONTINUED) BARBARA: Too many questions and not enough answers. IAN: Too stupid...or just doesn't know. So, we have a fifteen-year old girl who is absolutely brilliant at some things and excruciatingly bad at others. BARBARA: (Pointing out of the cars windscreen window.) There she is! (At the entrance to the junkyard, SUSAN, in her hat and coat with her bag over her shoulder, looks round furtively, then pushes open the gate and enters the yard.) BARBARA: Look, can we go in? I..I hate to think of her, alone in that place. IAN: If she is alone. Look, she is fifteen…she might be meeting a boy. Didn't that occur to you? BARBARA: I almost hope she is. IAN: What do you mean? BARBARA: Well, it would be so wonderfully normal. (Both teachers laugh. But BARBARA grows sombre.) BARBARA: It's silly, isn't it? I feel frightened…as if we're about to interfere in something that is best left alone... 12: EXT. JUNKYARD. 76 TOTTERS LANE (SUSAN walking through the junkyard, puts something to eat in her mouth. A tailors dummy with a broken head stands behind her.) 13: EXT. TOTTERS LANE (IAN opens up the car door.) IAN: Come on, let's get it over with. (He and BARBARA get out of the car, and start toward the gate. BARBARA is getting more and more uneasy, and hangs back.) BARBARA: Well, don't you feel it? IAN: I take things as they come, come on. (The two teachers walk towards the gates.) 14: EXT. JUNKYARD. 76 TOTTERS LANE (With a creak of the gate, IAN and BARBARA enter the junkyard. IAN switches on his torch and they stare at the mounds of junk. SUSAN is nowhere in sight. They briefly examine the tailors dummy.) IAN: What a mess. I'm not turning any of this stuff over to find her... BARBARA: (Points.) Over there? (IAN starts in the direction indicated, only to stumble over one of the pieces of junk. He picks himself back up.) IAN: Blast! I dropped it! BARBARA: What? IAN: The torch! BARBARA: Well, use a match! IAN: No, I haven't got any. Oh, never mind. (The two teachers continue their exploration of the junkyard - now somewhat in darkness.) BARBARA: Susan? IAN: Susan? Susan? (IAN starts up a short flight of stairs which lead to the building at the back of the yard.) IAN: Susan? (He comes back down.) IAN: Susan! Mr. Chesterton and Miss Wright! (He looks behind the stairs then, quietly to himself.) IAN: Can’t have got out without us seeing her? BARBARA: Ian...look at this! (BARBARA has found the Police Box, which stands next to the stairs.) IAN: Well, it's a police box! What on earth's it doing here? Well, these things are usually on the street… (IAN has put his hand on the box's side whilst saying this but he stops d*ad in surprise. He touches it with his full hand, more firmly.) IAN: Feel it! Feel it! (BARBARA quickly puts the back of her hand on and off the side of the box.) IAN: Did you feel it? BARBARA: It's a faint vibration... (He takes a step back from the box.) IAN: It's alive! (IAN quickly walks around the back of the box as BARBARA waits.) IAN: It's not connected to anything, unless it's through the floor. BARBARA: Look, I-I've had enough. Let's go and find a policeman. IAN: Yes, all right… (A coughing sound echoes through the junkyard from outside the gates.) BARBARA: Is that her? IAN: That’s not her… (The gate creaks open.) IAN: Quick! (They hide behind the stairs. An OLD MAN walks into view. Seemingly in his mid seventies, with straight, slightly long white hair, wearing an Astrakhan hat, cloak and scarf. He coughs and waves a handkerchief to clear the air. He walks up to the box, pulling out a key and, holding a slim pen flashlight in the other hand, starts to insert the key into the lock set into the box's door.) SUSAN: (OOV.) There you are, Grandfather! BARBARA: (Whispering but shocked.) It’s Susan! IAN: Shh! (The OLD MAN has heard them. He pockets the key and shines the torch on the stairs as IAN comes out of hiding.) IAN: (Sheepishly.) Excuse me... OLD MAN: (Shining the pen torch at his face.) What are you doing here? IAN: Uh, we're looking for a girl. OLD MAN: We? BARBARA: (Stepping into view.) Good evening. OLD MAN: What do you want? IAN: Um...one of our pupils, Susan Foreman, came into this yard. OLD MAN: (A smile on his face.) Really? In here? Are you sure? BARBARA: Yes. We saw her from across the street. OLD MAN: (To himself.) One of their pupils. Not the police, then... IAN: Er…I…I beg your pardon?? OLD MAN: (He fixes IAN with a stare.) Why were you spying on her? Who are you? IAN: We heard a young girl's voice call out to you... OLD MAN: Your hearing must be very acute. I didn't hear anything. BARBARA: (She points at the box.) It came from in here! OLD MAN: (A flash of fear crosses his face.) You imagined it. BARBARA: I certainly did not imagine it! (The OLD MAN pulls IAN by the arm to one side.) OLD MAN: Young man...Is it reasonable to suppose that anyone would be inside a cupboard like that, hmm? IAN: Would it therefore be unreasonable to ask you to let us have a look inside? (The OLD MAN’S attention is suddenly drawn to a painting amid the junk.) OLD MAN: (Picks the painting up.) I wonder why I've never seen that before. Now, isn’t that strange? Pretty damp and dirty...hmm... BARBARA: Won't you help us? We're two of her teachers from the Coal Hill School. We saw her come in and we haven't seen her leave. Naturally, we're worried... OLD MAN: (Not paying attention and muttering to himself.) Have to be cleaned... (He suddenly seems to notice her again.) Mmm? Oh, I'm afraid it's none of my business. I suggest you leave here. (He puts the painting back down and walks back to the Police box.) IAN: Not until we're satisfied that Susan isn't here and, frankly, I don't understand your attitude… OLD MAN: Oh, yours leaves a lot to be desired. IAN: Will you open the door? OLD MAN: There's nothing in there! IAN: Then what are you afraid to show us? OLD MAN: Afraid? Oh, go away! IAN: (To BARBARA.) I think we'd better go and fetch a policeman. OLD MAN: Very well. IAN: And you're coming with us. OLD MAN: Oh...am I? (He chuckles.) I don't think so, young man. No, I don't think so... BARBARA: (Whisper.) We can't force him! IAN: (Whisper.) But we can't leave him here! Doesn't it seem obvious to you he's got her locked up in there? (BARBARA nods.) Look at it! (The OLD MAN is standing away from them again, now seemingly examining a small jug but his real attention is occupied by the teachers conversation as IAN examines the box's door.) IAN: There's no door handle...must be a secret lock somewhere. BARBARA: That was Susan's voice. IAN: Of course it was! Susan...Susan? Are you in there? It's Mr. Chesterton and Miss Wright, Susan! OLD MAN: Don't you think you're being rather high-handed, young man? You thought you saw a young girl enter the yard. You imagined you heard her voice. You believe she might be in there. It's not very substantial, is it? BARBARA: But why won't you help us? (He puts the jug back down and faces the teachers.) OLD MAN: I'm not hindering you. If you both want to make fools of yourselves, I suggest you do what you said you'd do. Go and find a policeman. IAN: While you nip off quietly in the other direction. OLD MAN: (Momentarily closes his eyes.) Insulting. (He faces them again.) There's only one way in and out of this yard. I shall be here when you get back. I want to see your faces when you try to explain away your behaviour to a policeman. IAN: Nevertheless, we're going to find one. Come along, Barbara. (The two teachers turn their backs on the OLD MAN, toward the gate. They've taken only a step when the door of the box opens.) SUSAN: (OOV.) What are you doing out there? IAN: She is in there! (Suddenly the OLD MAN rushes at the two teachers, trying to hold them back.) OLD MAN: Close the door! IAN: Barbara! (As IAN struggles with the OLD MAN, BARBARA dashes through the box's open door…) 15: INT. POLICE BOX (…and into a large brilliantly lit white room. The walls are covered with circular, indentations. A hexagonal-shaped control console with a cylindrical tube inset in the centre with machinery visible inside. Various antiques decorate the place. A monitor is set into the upper wall. A shocked SUSAN walks from behind the console. The OLD MAN and IAN walk inside behind BARBARA.) OLD MAN: Close the doors, Susan. (SUSAN activates a switch on the console, and the large double doors behind the group close with an electronic hum.) OLD MAN: (To SUSAN.) I believe these people are known to you. SUSAN: They're two of my schoolteachers! What are you doing here? BARBARA: (Looking around in wonder.) Where are we? OLD MAN: They must have followed you. That ridiculous school - I knew something like this would happen if we stayed in one place too long. SUSAN: But why should they follow me. BARBARA: Is this really where you live, Susan? SUSAN: Yes. OLD MAN: And what's wrong with it? IAN: But it was just a telephone box... OLD MAN: Perhaps. BARBARA: And this is your grandfather...? SUSAN: Yes. BARBARA: (To the OLD MAN - the DOCTOR that she spoke of earlier with IAN.) Well, why didn't you tell us that? DOCTOR: I don't discuss my private life with strangers. IAN: But it was a police telephone box. I walked all round it! Barbara, you saw me! (The DOCTOR crosses to an antique ormolu clock on a nearby stand.) DOCTOR: You don't deserve any explanations. You pushed your way in here, uninvited and unwelcome. BARBARA: I think we ought to leave... IAN: (To Barbara.) No, just a minute. (He crosses to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: (To himself as he examines the clock.) Dear, dear, dear, this is very…. IAN: I know this is absurd, but I feel...I walked all around it! (The DOCTOR'S attention is still occupied by the clock.) DOCTOR: It's stopped again, you know, and I've tried... (He takes notice of IAN.) Hmm? Oh, you wouldn't understand at all. (He walks back to the console. IAN follows him.) IAN: But I want to understand! DOCTOR: (Uninterested.) Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. (The DOCTOR sheds his cloak and scarf over an old chair, keeping his hat on.) DOCTOR: Oh by the way Susan, I've managed to find a replacement for that faulty filament. Bit of an amateur job, but I, er, I think it'll serve. (The DOCTOR takes an electronic object out of his pocket and walks to the console. He starts to insert the object into the console, effecting repairs.) IAN: It's an illusion. It must be... DOCTOR: What is he talking about now? SUSAN: What are you doing here? DOCTOR: (Coughing quietly for attention.) You don't understand, so you find excuses. Illusions, indeed? You say you can’t fit an enormous building into one of your smaller sitting rooms? IAN: No. DOCTOR: But you've discovered television, haven't you? IAN: Yes... DOCTOR: Then by showing an enormous building on your television screen, you can do what seemed impossible, couldn’t you? IAN: Well...yes, but I still don't know… DOCTOR: It’s not quite clear, is it? I can see by your face that you're not certain. You don't understand. (He laughs.) and I knew you wouldn't! Never mind. (He turns back to the console.) Now then, which switch was it...? No, no, no...Ah yes, that is it! (He flips the switch.) The point is not whether you understand... (He turns back to IAN.) What is going to happen to you, hmm? (To SUSAN.) They'll tell everybody about the ship now. IAN: The ship...? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, ship! This doesn't roll along on wheels, you know. BARBARA: You mean...it moves? SUSAN: The TARDIS can go anywhere. BARBARA: TARDIS? I don't understand you, Susan. SUSAN: Well, I made up the name TARDIS from the initials. Time And Relative Dimension In Space. I’d thought you both would understand when you saw the different dimensions inside from those outside. IAN: Let me get this straight. A thing that looks like a police box, standing in a junkyard...it can move anywhere in time and space!? SUSAN: Yes! DOCTOR: Quite so. IAN: But that's ridiculous! SUSAN: (Exasperated, to the DOCTOR.) Why won't they believe us? BARBARA: Well, how can we? DOCTOR: (He puts his hands on SUSAN’S shoulders.) Now, now, don't get exasperated, Susan. Remember the Red Indian. When he saw the first steam train, his savage mind thought it an illusion too. IAN: (Stung at the comparison.) You're treating us like children! DOCTOR: Am I? The children of my civilisation would be insulted. IAN: Your civilisation? DOCTOR: Yes, my civilisation. I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it. Have you ever thought about what it's like to be wanderers in the fourth dimension? Have you? To be exiles? (He motions to himself and SUSAN.) Susan and I are cut off from our own planet, without friends or protection. But one day... (He gazes into the distance, his arm around SUSAN.) ...we shall get back. Yes, one day…one day... SUSAN: (A little distraught as she faces the teachers.) It's true. Every word of it's true. You don't know what you've done coming here… (She turns to the DOCTOR.) Grandfather, let them go now, please! Look, if they don't understand, they can't...they can't hurt us at all! I understand these people better than you...their minds reject things they don't understand... (The old man's icy look is his answer. The girl's words seize up in her throat.) DOCTOR: No. (He walks to the back of the room.) IAN: He can't keep us here... BARBARA: Susan, listen to me, can't you see that all this is an illusion? It's a game that you and your grandfather are playing, if you like. But you can't expect us to believe it. SUSAN: It's not a game! BARBARA: But, Susan… SUSAN: (Very upset.) It's not! Look, I love your school. I love England in the 20th century. The last five months have been the happiest of my life... BARBARA: But you are one of us. You look like us, you sound like us... SUSAN: (Tightly.) I was born in another time. Another world. IAN: Now look here Susan, you... (He finally gives up and grabs BARBARA'S arm.) Oh come on, Barbara, let's get out of here. (They walk towards the wall, trying to find the doors.) SUSAN: No, you two can't get out. He won't let you go. (A high pitched whining sound echoes through the room. At the console, the DOCTOR is laughing.) IAN: (Points at the console.) He closed the doors from over there. (He moves toward it.) I saw it... (He looks over the console.) Now which is it...? Which is it? (To the DOCTOR.) Which control operates the door? DOCTOR: You still think it's all an illusion... IAN: (Hotly.) I know free movement in time and space is a scientific dream I don't expect to find solved in a junkyard! DOCTOR: Oh, your arrogance is nearly as great as your ignorance! (He laughs.) IAN: Will you open the door? Open the door! (The DOCTOR laughs.) Susan, will you help us? SUSAN: I mustn't! I mustn’t! IAN: (He sighs and faces the console.) Very well then. I'll have to risk it myself. DOCTOR: (With suspicious acceptance.) I can't stop you... (The old man's hand brushes a switch just as IAN'S comes down on a button...) SUSAN: Oh, don’t touch it! It’s live! (The shock flings IAN to the floor.) BARBARA: Ian! (She helps him up and shouts at the DOCTOR.) What on earth do you think you're doing? SUSAN: Grandfather, let them go now! Please! DOCTOR: And by tomorrow we shall be a public spectacle. A subject for news and idle gossip. (He resolutely turns to the console. SUSAN moves to stop him.) SUSAN: But they won't say anything… DOCTOR: (He claps hands on the girl's shoulders.) My dear child, of course they will. Put yourself in their place. They're bound to make some sort of a complaint to the authorities - or at the very least talk to their friends. (He wags his finger at her.) If I do let them go, Susan, you realise of course we must go too. SUSAN: No. Grandfather, we've had all this out b… DOCTOR: (Firmly.) There's no alternative, child. SUSAN: I want to stay! Look, they're both kind people. Why won't you trust them? All you’ve got to do is ask them to promise to keep our secret and… DOCTOR: It's out of the question. SUSAN: I won't go, Grandfather. I won't leave the 20th century…I'd rather leave the TARDIS and you! DOCTOR: Now you're being sentimental and childish. SUSAN: No, I mean it. (The DOCTOR looks at her and the teachers and seems to reach a decision.) DOCTOR: Very well. Then you must go with them. I’ll open the door. (He turns to the console.) BARBARA: Are you coming, Susan? (The DOCTOR starts to activate switch after switch on the console.) SUSAN: Oh no grandfather, no! (She grabs at him, trying to pull him away.) DOCTOR: Let me go! SUSAN: No! (He keeps activating controls despite SUSAN’S best efforts. The room starts to shake as the lighting within pulses. Instruments and dials on the console burst into life.) DOCTOR: Get back to the ship’s side! Hold it... (The shaking worsens, and the teachers are flung across the room, BARBARA into a chair and IAN onto the floor - a raucous grinding engine sound rises and falls through the room, the cylindrical column begins to rise and fall. And on the monitor, an overhead view of London is shown, that shrinks, fades...and is replaced by a blinding vortex of light and energy...) 16: EXT. DESERT (A barren wasteland of rock. There is very little vegetation. There is a howling wind. Almost, but not quite, a desert.) 17: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The wasteland fills the monitor screen. The old man does not seem to see it. He seems shocked by what has taken place. IAN and BARBARA remain unconscious nearby.) 18: EXT. DESERT (Outside, a new element has entered the rocky wastes - the odd image of the police box, it's lantern still flashing, standing ungainly on the uneven ground. Part of the wasteland is suddenly obscured by a shadow - what looks like the shadow of a humanoid…)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x01 - An Unearthly Child"}
foreverdreaming
"The Cave of Skulls" Written by Anthony Coburn Broadcast 30 November 1963 Duration: 24 minutes 35 seconds 1: EXT. DESERT (Outside, a new element has entered the rocky wastes - the odd image of the police box, it's lantern still flashing, standing ungainly on the uneven ground. Part of the wasteland is suddenly obscured by a shadow - what looks like the shadow of a humanoid. It is in fact the shadow of a bearded caveman dressed in the furs. He stares at the TARDIS uncomprehendingly.) 2: INT. CAVE (The interior of a large cavern, A whole group of cavemen and women are gathered around what looks like an unlit campfire. A caveman, ZA, is hunched over the wooden pile is flinging some dust on the sticks, and waving a bone over them. He rubs the bone between his hands furiously. A young caveboy walks out of the cavern; an old woman sat some distance away regards them all coldly.) OLD MOTHER: Where is the f*re Za makes? HUR: (By Za.) In his hands! (To Za quietly.) It will not go into the wood. ZA: (Determined.) My father made f*re... OLD MOTHER: They k*lled him for it. It is better that we live as we have always done. ZA: (Still rubbing) He showed me how to sharpen the stones…and trap the bear and the tiger. He should have shown me this too! OLD MOTHER: So that everyone would bow to you, as they did to him? (Infuriated, ZA picks up the pace of bone rubbing, snarling with growing frustration. Finally, he gives up and leaps to his feet, shouting into the OLD MOTHERS face.) ZA: Tell me what my father did to make f*re! OLD MOTHER: I never saw him make it. That is all I know. (ZA brings his arm back to strike her - and stops with a growl.) ZA: Out of my sight, old woman! You should have died with him! (ZA walks back to the wood pile. The OLD MOTHER shakes her head ruefully.) OLD MOTHER: Za will never make f*re. (ZA seizes the sticks in his hands, raises them up, screaming in rage. He flings them back down.) ZA: (To HUR.) Put on more of the d*ad f*re. (HUR flings more ash onto the pile. He starts rubbing the bone again.) HUR: (Quietly to ZA as he rubs the bone.) The old men are talking against you, Za. They say it would be better for the stranger, Kal, to lead us. ZA: Kal? HUR: They say you sit all day rubbing your hands together while he brings us meat. ZA: Without meat, we go hungry. Without f*re...we die. HUR: Old men see no further than tomorrow's meat. They will make Kal the leader. My father will give me to him... ZA: (Angrily.) Kal is no leader... HUR: The leader is the one who makes f*re! (ZA almost burns his hands, trying to draw sparks from the bone. He screams a yell of frustration into the sky. He drops the bone, flings the sticks away, and lays his head on the would-be f*re, at the point of weeping. He picks a stick up, snapping it in two.) ZA: Where has the f*re gone...? Where? Where? 3: EXT. DESERT (The lone caveman - KAL - continues to stare at the TARDIS.) 4: INT. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (BARBARA, still on the chair is finally coming to. She kneels down to rouse IAN, who also still lays on the floor.) BARBARA: (Shaking him gently.) Ian? Ian? IAN: (He rises to a sitting position, holding his head.) I’m alright. Oh...I must have h*t my head. (He looks around.) The movement's stopped. (Before them, the DOCTOR and SUSAN stare at the monitor from the control console. The cylindrical column has stopped moving. They check the console's controls.) SUSAN: The base is steady. DOCTOR: Well, sand, rock formation...mm, good. SUSAN: We've left 1963. DOCTOR: Oh yes, undoubtedly. I'll be able to tell you where presently. (he blinks at a console readout) Zero? That's not right. I'm afraid this yearometer is not calculating properly...hmm. Well, anyway, the journey's finished. (He looks down at IAN, still sitting on the floor.) What are you doing down there? BARBARA: What have you done? IAN: Barbara, you don't believe all this nonsense? SUSAN: Well, look at the scanner screen. DOCTOR: (Points at the screen.) Yes, look up there. (IAN and BARBARA get to their feet.) They don't understand, and I suspect they don't want to. (He waves at the screen.) Well, there you are. A new world for you. (The scanner shows the desert outside. An icy mountain range is visible in the distance.) IAN: (Contemptuously.) Sand and rock? DOCTOR: Yes, that's the immediate view outside the ship. BARBARA: But where are we? IAN: You mean that's what we'll see when we go outside? SUSAN: Yes! You'll see it for yourself. IAN: I don't believe it! DOCTOR: You really are a stubborn young man, aren't you? IAN: All right, show me some proof! Give me some concrete evidence! (To SUSAN.) I'm sorry Susan, I don't want to hurt you, but…it's time you were brought back to reality. SUSAN: But you're wrong, Mr. Chesterton… DOCTOR: (Walking past SUSAN.) They're saying I'm a charlatan. (To IAN.) What 'concrete evidence' would satisfy you, hmm? IAN: Just open the doors, Doctor Foreman. DOCTOR: (To himself.) Eh? Doctor who? What's he talking about...? BARBARA: They're so sure, Ian... IAN: Yes, I know… BARBARA: And remember the difference between the outside of the police box and the inside… IAN: Yes, I know, but… (To the Doctor.) Are you going to open the doors or aren't you? DOCTOR: No. IAN: You see? DOCTOR: Not until I'm quite sure it's safe to do so. (He consults the console.) Well, the air's good, yes it is, it’s good, excellent, excellent... (To SUSAN.) You've got the radiation counter over there. What’s it read? SUSAN: (Checks the counter on the console.) It's reading normal, Grandfather. DOCTOR: Splendid, splendid. Well, I think I'll take my Geiger counter with me in any case. (He smugly clutches his Edwardian lapels and turns to IAN.) So you, er, still challenge me, young man? IAN: Well, just open the doors and prove your point. DOCTOR: You're so narrow-minded, aren't you? Don't be so insular. SUSAN: Grandfather, do you know where we are? DOCTOR: Yes. We've gone back in time, all right. One or two samples and I shall be able to make an estimate. Rock pieces and a few plants... (He regards the console.) But I do wish this wouldn't keep letting me down. However, we can go out now. IAN: Just a minute. You say we've gone back in time... DOCTOR: Yes, quite so. IAN: So that when we go out of that door, we won't be in a junkyard, in London, in England, in the year 1963... DOCTOR: That is quite correct. But your tone suggests ridicule. IAN: But it is ridiculous! Time doesn't go 'round and 'round in circles! You can't get on and off whenever you like in the past or the future! DOCTOR: Really? Where does time go, then? IAN: It doesn’t go anywhere. It just happens, and then it's finished. DOCTOR: (With an amused smile.) Oh... (He laughs and looks at BARBARA.) You're not as doubtful as your friend, I hope. BARBARA: No. IAN: Barbara, you can't… BARBARA: I can't help it! I just believe them, that's all! DOCTOR: If you could touch the alien sand and hear the cries of strange birds -- and watch them wheel in another sky…would that satisfy you? IAN: Yes (The DOCTOR twists the controls and the doors open with a hum. Outside is the desert.) DOCTOR: Now, see for yourself. IAN: (Shocked whisper.) It’s not true! It can't be... SUSAN: (In triumph.) That's not on the screen! DOCTOR: Well, I've no more time to argue with you. I must get some samples, Susan. (He moves to a small table near the doors, gathering up a small electronic instrument and shoulder bag.) SUSAN: Be careful, Grandfather. (The DOCTOR confidently strides out the door, muttering to himself. After a last look at IAN, BARBARA follows him.) BARBARA: Ian, come out and look! (IAN follows, dazed. He staggers, putting a hand to his forehead again ) SUSAN: Oh, lean on me. IAN: Thank you. I'm all right. Thanks. (She leads him out of the TARDIS, and the double doors close behind them...) 5: EXT. DESERT (…slamming shut outside the police box exterior. IAN and BARBARA stare at the unfamiliar landscape around them. IAN stumbles and steadies himself against SUSAN who looks up to him for a response. The cry of a bird interrupts the noise of the wind.) SUSAN: Well? IAN: But, th-th-there must be some explanation... (A short distance away, The DOCTOR, meanwhile, has noticed something else...) DOCTOR: (To himself.) It's still a police box. Why hasn't it changed? Dear dear, how very disturbing. (He wanders off, a troubled look on his face as the other three huddle near the TARDIS.) 6: EXT. DESERT (The DOCTOR scans the landscape around him with a scientist's eye, noting various formations. He stops at one, kneels down, and starts pulling his belongings from his shoulder bag. Behind him, KAL crouches, stone axe ready.) 7: EXT. DESERT (BARBARA picks up a half-buried skull of a creature from the ground. She shows it to SUSAN.) BARBARA: What do you think it could be? Ian, look at this! (IAN comes and has a look at it.) IAN: I don’t know. Hasn’t got any horns or antlers...it could be a horse (He gets up and walks away slightly from the two women.) It could be anything. (He looks around again.) Incredible - a police box in the midst of...it just doesn't make sense... (SUSAN looks at the TARDIS, and is surprised herself to see that it's still a police box.) SUSAN: It should have changed. Wonder why it hasn't happened this time... BARBARA: The ship, you mean? SUSAN: Yes. It's been an Ionic Column and a Sedan Chair... BARBARA: (Realising.) Disguising itself wherever it goes. SUSAN: Yes, that's right...but it hasn't happened this time. I wonder why not? (She shrugs it off and picks up the skull.) Wonder if this old head'll help Grandfather? Where is he? (She walks off to find him. BARBARA smiles at the stupefied IAN.) BARBARA: You're very quiet. IAN: I was wrong, wasn't I? BARBARA: Oh, look, I don't understand it any more than you do. The inside of the ship, suddenly finding ourselves here...even some of the things Doctor Foreman says… IAN: That's not his name. Who is he? Doctor who? Perhaps if we knew his name, we might have a clue as to all of this. BARBARA: Look, Ian…the point is, it's happened! IAN: Yes, it has. But it's impossible to accept. I know I'm… (SUSAN runs back up to them). SUSAN: (Worried.) I can’t see him anywhere. BARBARA: (Reassuringly.) Oh, he can't be far away. SUSAN: I had a feeling just now as if we were being watched. (She calls.) Grandfather... 8: EXT. DESERT (The DOCTOR lights up a pipe as he looks over the samples he's taken. The sight rivets the caveman, and finally forces him out of hiding. He leaps upon the DOCTOR with a roar...the DOCTOR yells in panic and pain…) 9: EXT. DESERT (The yell is overheard by the group.) SUSAN: Grandfather! (She drops the skull and starts toward the noise, the others right behind her.) IAN: Come on! 10: EXT. DESERT (They arrive only to find the bag, the samples, and the smashed instrument.) IAN: Look! SUSAN: What is it? BARBARA: There’s some of his things! SUSAN: (Hysterical.) Grandfather, where are you? IAN: Susan, don’t panic… SUSAN: I must find him…I must see… (IAN tries to grab her and calm her down, but she twists out of his grip and runs out of sight.) IAN: Well, be careful, then! BARBARA: Ian, look! (She points at the remains of the Geiger counter. IAN picks it up.) IAN: It's not much good anymore. BARBARA: Well, maybe he saw something and went off to investigate. IAN: (Picking up the DOCTOR'S hat.) Leaving this? BARBARA: Well, what do you think happened? IAN: I don't know. Perhaps he was excited and went off to investigate something as you suggest, but...he may have been taken. (SUSAN returns, sobbing.) SUSAN: I can't see him, I can’t find him anywhere...There’s not a sign of him... IAN: Calm down, Susan. BARBARA: Susan, don’t worry. (SUSAN stoops down and picks up a small book from the pile of belongings.) BARBARA: What’s the matter? SUSAN: It's his notes! He'd never leave his notebook, it's too important to him…it's got the key codes of all the machines on the ship, it's got notes of everywhere we've been to...oh, something terrible has happened to him, I know it has! We must find him! (She starts to run off again. BARBARA goes after her, grabs her as she sags against a rock, distraught.) BARBARA: Susan! Susan, we'll find him, I promise you! He can't be far away! IAN: (Picking up the DOCTOR’S things.) What's on the other side of those rocks? SUSAN: (A little calmer.) There's a line of trees, and there's a gap in them…there might be a path on the other side… IAN: (Picks up the bag.) All right, we'll try there first. Come on. (As he starts to get up, he pauses...putting his hands against the sand.) IAN: Strange... BARBARA: What? IAN: This sand...it's cold. It's nearly freezing! 11: INT. CAVE (Inside, the cave a group of the tribes children are having a mock hunt, pounding one of their companions dressed in a leopard skin with sticks yelling “k*ll”! The OLD MOTHER sits quietly off to the side, not even looking at them.) 12: INT. SIDE CAVE (In this part of cave, a small group of tribes-people - including ZA and HUR - are eating some food. A bearded, semi-elderly caveman, HORG, sits down next to ZA.) HORG: Kal says...where he comes from, he's often seen men make f*re. ZA: Kal is a liar. HORG: He says Orb will soon show him how it is done. ZA: His tribe died in the last cold. If he had not found us, he would have died too. HUR: (Intrigued.) What else did he say? HORG: He says...Orb only shows the secret to the leader. ZA: I am leader. Orb will show me. I am the son of the great firemaker. .(Quietly, more to himself.) But he does not show me how to put flames into the sticks. Kal comes. I do not k*ll him...I let him eat with us, and sleep in our caves. I will have to spill some blood, and make people bow to me. (The noise of a commotion reaches them from the main cave. ZA hears it, gets up with the others, and walks out to investigate.) 13: INT. CAVE (KAL has arrived and he has the knocked-out DOCTOR slung over his shoulder. The tribes-people are all astir at this strange sight. He places the DOCTOR on a large rock. ZA looks him over.) ZA: This is a strange creature... KAL: (Sarcastic.) Is Za, son of the firemaker…afraid of an old man? When will Za make f*re come from his hands? ZA: When Orb decides it! KAL: Orb is for strong men! Orb has sent me this creature…to make f*re come from his fingers! I have seen it! Inside, he is full of f*re! Smoke comes from his mouth! ZA: As lies come out of yours! (ZA starts to kneel down to take a closer look at the DOCTOR. KAL lays his arms protectively over the old man's body.) ZA: He wears strange skins... KAL: Za is afraid. There was a strange tree. The creature was in it. Za would have run away, had he seen it. (He jumps back in time as ZA'S punch hits only the air.) KAL: (Loudly to the tribe.) When I saw f*re come from his fingers, I remembered Za, son of the firemaker! And when the cold comes, we will all die if you wait for Za to make f*re for you! I, Kal, am a true leader! We fought, like the tiger and the bear. My strength was too much for him! He laid down to sleep, and I, Kal, carried him here to make f*re for you! (The tribe looks convinced.) ZA: (Shouting.) Why do you listen to Kal? HORG: Za has many good skins. He has forgotten what the cold is like. ZA: Tomorrow, I k*ll many bears. You will all have warm skins… HORG: I say tomorrow, you will rub your hands together and hold them to the dry sticks, and ask Orb to send you f*re. And the bears will stay warm in their own skins. ZA: (Seething.) What I say I will do, I will do! KAL: Bah! (He waves in dismissal.) The firemaker is d*ad! You all carry dry sticks with you! But tonight, I make them burn! I am leader! (HUR has been kneeling over the DOCTOR during these proceedings, and now…) HUR: The creature has opened its eyes! (A collective gasp from the crowd. The DOCTOR stirs to consciousness.) DOCTOR: ugnn...where's my...wh... KAL: (To the tribe.) Do you want f*re? Or do you want to die in the cold?? CROWD: f*re! f*re! KAL: (Nods.) It is cold...the tiger comes to our caves again at night...Za will give you to the tiger!! Za will give you to the cold! Za rubs his hands and waits for Orb to remember him! (A long look at the stirring DOCTOR.) My creature...can make f*re come from his fingers!! I have seen it. But I, Kal, brought him here. The creature is mine! ZA: He is just an old man in strange skins! (He moves into combat stance, hefting his axe. KAL does the same.) ZA: Kal has been with us too long. It is time he died! (KAL starts to divest himself of his furs, ready to do combat. HORG puts himself between the two…) HORG: I say there is truth in both of you! Za speaks truth that f*re cannot live in men, and Kal speaks the truth that we die without f*re. HUR: Will my father listen to a woman? If this old man can make f*re come out of his fingers, let us see it now! (ZA pushes her aside.) ZA: I say what is to be done here, not old men and women! KAL: Za tries to talk like his father, the firemaker! Za does not want to see f*re made! But I, Kal, am not afraid of f*re! I will make my creature make f*re! (The DOCTOR is fully awake by now and listening to the conversation.) ZA: I will take him to the Cave of Skulls, and he will tell me the secret! DOCTOR: (Getting off the rock.) I can make f*re for you! Let me go, and I will make all the f*re you want! (He starts toward the tribes-people, who step back from him in fear.) You don't have to be afraid of me. I'm an old man. How can an old man like me harm any of you…Huh? ZA: What does he say...? HORG: f*re! He says he can make f*re for us! (The DOCTOR starts checking his pockets, frowning.) KAL: Huhnn? He makes it for me, and I give you f*re! I am firemaker! (The DOCTOR’S search grows more frantic.) ZA: He will make it for me… DOCTOR: (To himself.) My matches! Where are they? (He mutters inaudibly.) Must get back to the ship. ZA: Do now! (The DOCTOR mutters to himself as he continues to search his pockets.) KAL: He is Kals’ creature. He makes f*re only for Kal. (The DOCTOR makes a decision, and addresses the tribes-people). DOCTOR: Take me back to my ship, and I will make f*re for you! All the f*re you want! ZA: This is more of your lies...the old man cannot make f*re! KAL: There was a tree...the creature came from in it...and the f*re...it came out of his fingers... (The tribe are less than convinced - they can see no f*re. KAL grows more desperate.) ZA: You ought to be strong like Za, son of the great firemaker! (He jumps atop the rock and shouts at the tribe.) You all heard him say that there would be f*re. There is no f*re! Za does not lie! He does not say, "I will do this thing," and then not do it! He does not say, "I will make you warm," and then leave you to the dark! He does not say, "I will frighten away the tiger with f*re," and then let him come to you in the dark! Do you want a liar for your chief? (The crowd grumbles in the negative. KAL looks at the crowd, and then seizes the DOCTOR and thrusts his face into his.) KAL: Make f*re! Make f*re! HUR: (She laughs.) You are trapped in your own lies, Kal! ZA: (Mocking from the rock) Oh, great Kal, who is afraid of nothing! O great Kal! Save us from the cold! Save us from the tiger! (The cave is roaring with laughter. KAL desperately grabs the DOCTOR'S hands, trying to slap them together.) KAL: Make f*re...make f*re come from your fingers, as I saw… DOCTOR: I have no matches! I cannot make f*re! KAL: Make… DOCTOR: (Shouting.) I cannot make f*re! (ZA gets between them.) ZA: (Mocking.) Let the old man die, and we'll watch "The Great Kal" as he kills his strong enemy! (Enraged, KAL spins the DOCTOR around, his back facing him. His Kn*fe is suddenly just touching the DOCTOR'S neck.) KAL: Make f*re, make f*re, or I k*ll you now! ZA: (Still mocking.) Or we'll keep them to take hunt with us! It's good to have someone to laugh at! (KAL raises his Kn*fe. Suddenly SUSAN runs into the cave through the crowd and onto KAL’S back) SUSAN: Grandfather! (Screaming furiously, SUSAN beats on KAL from behind. IAN and BARBARA join the fracas although BARBARA is quickly grabbed from behind. One of the cavemen gets the better of IAN, and ZA raises his axe to cleave his skull…) DOCTOR: If he dies, there will be no f*re! (The fight halts suddenly. ZA snarls and hoists IAN up, handing his axe to another caveman. During the silence that follows, KAL looks over each of the newcomers. He stares open-jawed at BARBARA. He staggers up to her, his hand about to touch her made-up, 20th century face.) OLD MOTHER: k*ll her! k*ll her! (KAL'S hands move to his furs, ZA grabs him and BARBARA screams.) ZA: Wait! (KAL makes a guttural reply.) ZA: When Orb gives f*re back to the sky, let him look down on them. Then that is when they die! And Orb will bring us f*re! (KAL looks in anger at ZA. After a moment, and a look at the crowd, he replaces his stone Kn*fe in his furs.) ZA: Take them to the Cave of Skulls. (The tribe carry the four out, SUSAN screaming all the way.) SUSAN: No! Ah, ah, Grandfather! No, No… (ZA and KAL look at each other coldly. Then KAL walks away. ZA smiles at HUR. HORG starts to pull her away, but ZA pulls her back to him.) ZA: The woman is mine. HORG: My daughter is for the leader of the tribe. ZA: Yes! The woman is mine! HORG: I do not like what has happened. ZA: Old men never like new things to happen. HORG: (Bristling.) I was a great leader of many men. ZA: Many men, yes. They all died when Orb left the sky and the great cold was on the ground. But Orb will give me f*re again. To me, not to you. Just as you will give me her. HUR: Za will be a strong leader of many men. If you give me to him, he will remember, and always give you meat. HORG: (He nods his head.) Hmm…hmm... (HORG walks off. ZA and HUR walk in the other direction. The OLD MOTHER mutters to herself.) OLD MOTHER: There were leaders before there was f*re...f*re will k*ll us all in the end. (To ZA.) You should have k*lled the four strangers. k*lled them... (ZA walks up to her side.) ZA: I have said we will wait until Orb shines again. Then they die. 14: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (A group of tribes-men complete the task of tying up the four inside a cave filled with bones of all types. IAN stumbles to the ground with the others as their captors leave. He looks down at a prone BARBARA.) BARBARA: (Coughs.) Ian... IAN: Are you all right? Did they hurt you? BARBARA: No...Ian, I'm frightened... IAN: Try to hang on. BARBARA: But how are we going to get out of this? (The DOCTOR is sitting, and muttering furiously as he works at his bonds.) DOCTOR: We must use our cunning. I hope you can get yourself free, Chesterton. I can't. Eeuuch! The stench in here. The stench… I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I…I’m desperately sorry. SUSAN: Don't blame yourself, Grandfather. DOCTOR: (Noticing something.) Look...look at that! Look! (A pair of skulls lie next to them. One cracked and missing its four front teeth. The other with a hole at the top. ) IAN: They're all the same. They've been split open…
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x02 - The Cave of Skulls"}
foreverdreaming
"The Forest of Fear" Written by Anthony Coburn Broadcast: 6 December 1963 Duration: 23 minutes 38 seconds 1: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS DOCTOR: Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, It’s all my fault. I'm desperately sorry... SUSAN: Oh, don't blame yourself, Grandfather. DOCTOR: (Noticing something.) Look at those, look at them… (A skull lies next to them…with a hole smashed in at the top of its head….) IAN: Yes, they're all the same. They've been split wide open... 2: INT. MAIN CAVE (Late night. The entire tribe is asleep. Tribes-men and women are piled on furs and blankets, lying next to each other for precious warmth. One stirs - the OLD MOTHER. She gets up, looks around, and slowly sneaks toward the sleeping ZA. She leans down and takes his sharp stone Kn*fe.) 3: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (IAN is using one of the many small rocks on the floor to try and saw away at BARBARA'S binds. SUSAN crawls over to him, carrying another rock.) SUSAN: I’ve found another piece with a rough edge... IAN: (Eases off with a sigh of relief and takes the rock.) Oh, thank you. (He tries it on BARBARA'S bonds, then groans and tosses it aside.) IAN: Oh, it's no good! It keeps crumbling... DOCTOR: Oh, it's hopeless. Hopeless. Even if we do get free, we shall never move that stone. IAN: (Scanning the cave with his eyes.) There's air coming in here from somewhere... BARBARA: (Excited.) Yes, there is! I can feel it on my face! IAN: It may only be a small opening. Don't count on it... DOCTOR: Oh, you obviously are. IAN: Well, of course I am! Any hope is better than none! Don't just lie there criticising us, do something! Help us all to get out of here. (He tries BARBARA'S bonds again, then throws the rock away.) IAN: Oh, the stone's no good!! BARBARA: Well don't give up, Ian. Please. IAN: (After a pause.) All right. (He starts searching the ground again.) DOCTOR: No, no, don't waste time. Try those bones. They may…t-they're sharper, perhaps. IAN: That's a good idea. SUSAN: Oh Grandfather, I knew you'd think of something! DOCTOR: We must all take it in turns and try and cut his hands free. IAN: But surely we should get the girls… DOCTOR: No, no, no, we've got to free you first! You're the strongest, and you may have to defend us. 4: INT. MAIN CAVE (The OLD MOTHER starts to sneak out of the cave. But she doesn't go unnoticed - HUR stirs just long enough to see her leave.) 5: EXT. MAIN CAVE (A strong wind is howling as the OLD MOTHER walks out of the cave opening, passing a group of spears stacked against the rock and tottering off into the night.) 6: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The DOCTOR, using a fragment of bone, is starting to make progress on IAN'S binds. He stops, panting.) DOCTOR: (Handing the fragment to SUSAN.) Susan, you have a go. My arms are tired. SUSAN: All right. (She starts on the binds as the DOCTOR lays back with a groan.) DOCTOR: And don't think of failure. BARBARA: What? DOCTOR: Well, try to remember, if you can, how you and the others got here. Concentrate on that please. BARBARA: Yes, yes, I'll try. (Blinks, realising something.) You're, you’re trying to help me. DOCTOR: Yes. Well, fear makes companions of all of us, Miss Wright. BARBARA: I never once thought you were afraid. DOCTOR: Fear is with all of us, and always will be. Just like that other sensation that lives with it. BARBARA: What's that? DOCTOR: Oh, your companion referred to it. "Hope." Hope, Miss Wright. 7: INT. MAIN CAVE (HUR snaps to full awakeness. She jars ZA awake.) ZA: hmmm...? (She silently motions to where the OLD MOTHER was, and then at the cave opening. She also indicates that his Kn*fe is missing. Without a word, ZA seizes up his stone axe and walks out, follows closely by HUR.) 8: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (BARBARA is working at the cords on IAN'S hands now. SUSAN'S trying to bite hers off. Her gaze falls upon a hollow in the cave wall - She cries out in alarm. Some bushes and twigs in the hollow are moving, with a shadow visible within. With a grunt of effort, the OLD MOTHER pushes aside the small portcullis of branches that had covered her secret entrance. She stares at the four.) OLD MOTHER: You...will not...make f*re. 9: EXT. MAIN CAVE - NIGHT (ZA and HUR walk out into the night air. Nearby an animal roars.) ZA: Now tell me. HUR: I saw the old woman take your Kn*fe. ZA: Why did you let her? She is old, you could have held her. HUR: (More to herself than ZA.) Why did she take it...? ZA: (Looks out at the night horizon.) Hm. She has gone into the forest. HUR: (In realisation.) No. She's going to k*ll the strangers. ZA: Did she say this? HUR: No... but she took your Kn*fe. She is afraid of f*re. ZA: You should have stopped her! HUR: (Intense.) Kal was in the cave! Leaders are awake when others sleep. The strange tribe will not be able to show you how to make f*re if the old woman kills them. ZA: (Thinking.) Uh huh...if I stop her from k*lling them, they will give f*re to me, and not to Kal... (He walks toward the Cave of Skulls, but stops.) ZA: The woman could not have gone into the cave. The great stone is still there! (In a rage, he shoves HUR down with one hand and raises his axe.) ZA: Why do you tell me this… HUR: No! (Suddenly, they both freeze…they hear voices on the other side of the stone. They scramble up to the rock and listen hard. HUR almost laughs. ZA'S face grows even darker.) ZA: Huh, the old woman is talking to them! 10: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (Inside, the OLD MOTHER continues talking to the bound-up party...) OLD MOTHER: I will set you free, if you will go away and not make f*re. f*re will bring trouble and death to the tribe. DOCTOR: (Nods.) There will be no f*re. (Suddenly, grunting sounds come from outside…) 11: EXT. CAVE OF SKULLS (With every ounce of their combined strength, ZA and HUR try to push the great stone aside. After a long moment of strenuous effort, HUR is the first to weaken, sagging against the rock.) HUR: No, we, we cannot move...the great stone... ZA: The old woman is talking to them! (Pushes HUR away from the rock.) I will move it! (He puts all his strength into it, shoving against the rock's side...) 12: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The four travellers are freed from their bindings, SUSAN last of all.) OLD MOTHER: Hurry. Hurry!! You must go across the top and into the trees... (The four climb through the secret entrance. As the OLD MOTHER starts to follow, ZA frees the stone and runs in through the main entrance, hauling the OLD MOTHER back into the cave and seizing back his Kn*fe. HUR runs in and sees the secret way out.) HUR: She set them free! OLD MOTHER: They would have made f*re! They would have made f*re! (ZA starts into the entrance. With her feeble strength, OLD MOTHER tries to stop him - he pulls free, snarling…) OLD MOTHER: No! (She starts to haul him back and ZA finally loses his temper. With a yell, he flings the OLD MOTHER hard into the ground. She groans in pain, and goes limp.) ZA: They have gone into the night. HUR: They have taken f*re with them. ZA: The beasts will k*ll them. They will k*ll us if we follow. (ZA is weary with resignation. He looks down at the moaning OLD MOTHER. HUR picks up his axe and thrusts it before him.) HUR: Now you are Leader. You are as strong as the beasts. You will be stronger still when you learn how f*re is made. Stronger than Kal. (Her words have their intended effect and ZA runs out through the secret entrance, axe in hand. HUR quickly follows. And behind them, the OLD MOTHER strains to get back up. But her old body gives up on her, and she slumps back to the ground, exhausted.) 13: EXT. FOREST (NIGHT) (Through the dark forest maze, the four travellers run toward the TARDIS and safety. BARBARA leads, with SUSAN and IAN following and the DOCTOR bringing up the rear. But the old man's losing breath, and he sags against a tree. ) DOCTOR: Stop…stop...just a minute...let me get my... IAN: We can't stop here! DOCTOR: Just a moment... IAN: Look, we've got to go further on. DOCTOR: I know, I know that but I must get breathe...I must breathe... IAN: Try, try! I shall have to carry you. DOCTOR: Oh, there's no need for that! Don’t be so childish - I'm not senile - just let me get my breath for a moment... (SUSAN moves to take the DOCTOR'S arm over her own and help him on his way.) SUSAN: Oh, Grandfather, come on... DOCTOR: Yes...I'm not so young, you know... SUSAN: I know. (As they start on, a very nervous BARBARA gets by IAN). BARBARA: Are you sure this is the right way? IAN: Yes, I think so. BARBARA: (Voice shaking.) I can't remember. I…I simply can't remember... (She breaks down, sobbing on IAN'S chest. IAN pats her back reassuringly.) IAN: We're free, Barbara! Think about that. Free!! BARBARA: Yes... (She calms back down. Still holding on to her, IAN starts back after the DOCTOR and SUSAN - but an echoing bellow stops the two schoolteachers’ cold. They force themselves to go onward.) 14: EXT. FOREST (The travellers are dirty, sweaty, and exhausted. Yet still they force themselves through the thickets. And their pace is growing ever more uncertain.) SUSAN: I'm sure I remember this place...but we didn't come round it. We went across it. BARBARA: Yes, th-th-there was a sort of trail... IAN: If that's true, we must be quite near the ship. (To the DOCTOR.) How are you feeling? DOCTOR: (Waving him away.) Oh, I'm all right. Don't keep looking upon me as the weakest state of the.. (BARBARA suddenly stops, gasping in terror. IAN grabs her, looking where she is looking.) IAN: What‘s the matter? BARBARA: I don’t know. I don’t know. Something over there, in the bushes… DOCTOR: (Trying to hide his fright.) Oh, what nonsense! BARBARA: (Going hysterical.) The bushes moved! I saw them! I saw them! Oh, we're never going to get out of this awful place! Never, never, never… (IAN hugs her, trying to calm her down.) SUSAN: (To the DOCTOR.) What do you think she could have seen, Grandfather? DOCTOR: No! Sheer nonsense, child. Imagination. IAN: ...no we won't. We're going to get back to the ship, and then we'll be safe. BARBARA: (Sobbing.) Oh Ian, what's happening to us? IAN: Look, Barbara! We got out of the cave, didn't we? (A growl rumbles through the forest.) SUSAN: I’m so cold. DOCTOR: (Mopping his head with a handkerchief.) Oh, I'm hot with all this exertion. IAN: We’ll rest for a couple of minutes. SUSAN: Oh, good. Is there any chance of them following us? DOCTOR: I expect so. IAN: Yes. That's why I don't want to stop here too long. DOCTOR: Do you think I want to? IAN: No. We'll change the order - you and Susan go in front, Barbara and I will bring up the rear. Susan seems to remember the way better than any of us. DOCTOR: (Snorts.) You seem to have elected yourself leader of this little party. IAN: There isn't time to vote on it. DOCTOR: Just as long as so you understand that I won't follow your orders blindly... IAN: If there were only two of us, you could find your own way back to the ship! DOCTOR: Aren’t you are a tiresome young man! IAN: And you’re a stubborn old man! But you will lead, the girls in between, and I'll bring up the rear because that's the safest way! Barbara was probably right. I thought I heard something when we stopped back there. DOCTOR: Oh, sheer imagination. IAN: (Exasperated.) Why are you so confident about it!? DOCTOR: Cos I won't allow myself to be frightened out of my wits by mere shadows. That’s all! IAN: Oh alright! (He storms away from IAN and back to the two huddled women who are sat on the ground. IAN follows.) 15: EXT. FOREST (ZA and HUR race through the forest, their every sense trained on the ground ahead. HUR stops and points downward.) HUR: Look! There is a branch broken! ZA: They have strange feet... HUR: They wear skins on their feet. ZA: (Points along the ground.) There are marks here. HUR: They’ve gone this way. (A cacophony of animal noises rumble through the forest. ZA and HUR look up, slightly disturbed.) ZA: It was wrong to do this. We should not have followed them. HUR: We cannot turn back now. (A look of agreement from ZA. The two set on through the forest.) 16: EXT. FOREST (The travellers are still resting. IAN gets to his feet.) IAN: I think we'd better get going. Doctor, will you lead? DOCTOR: (Still fanning himself with the handkerchief, gets up.) Yes, yes yes yes. IAN: Come on, Barbara. (He helps her up but as they start onward, BARBARA stumbles and falls with a groan upon a bush. Right in front of the blood-splattered warthog.) 17: EXT. FOREST (BARBARA'S scream can be heard where ZA and HUR are.) ZA: Down here! That was one of the women, huh! 18: EXT. FOREST (IAN helps a distraught BARBARA to her knees, and holds her.) IAN: Barbara, Barbara... SUSAN: (Touching the creature gingerly.) A d*ad animal. DOCTOR: Its just been k*lled. And by a larger animal too! (ZA and HUR are almost in reach of them. The rustling of branches alerts IAN.) IAN: Shhh. That must be them. They've followed us - quick, quick, over there! (The party rushes across the path and out of sight. A few moments later, ZA and HUR appear. The travellers are perched behind a tree, watching the two cautious tribes-people.) IAN: Keep down, and not a sound... (ZA and HUR turn in a complete circle, scanning the shrubbery for any sign of the four strangers. The sound of a growl can be heard. HUR squints at something, and starts forward…) ZA: (Stops her.) Wait! There is danger. I will go. (Hefting his axe, he starts in the direction HUR had indicated. He moves slowly, toward a rustling bush that suddenly moves -- Both tribes-people scream as the creature pounces on him. The travellers watch in horror as the sounds of struggle and terror reach them. They climb as one to their feet...) IAN: Quick, now's our chance! Let's get away! Run! (BARBARA grabs at IAN. She won’t leave ZA wounded. They all argue at once.) BARBARA: I don't care what they've done!! IAN: Barbara! (HUR is sobbing nearby.) IAN: Barbara, come on! BARBARA: (Shakes her head violently.) I think he's d*ad…there isn't any danger. IAN: Barbara! For heaven’s sake! BARBARA: No! (She rips free of IAN and runs towards ZA and HUR, IAN lunges after her.) SUSAN: I’m going too… (The DOCTOR tries to hold SUSAN back.) DOCTOR: Susan, you stay here with me… SUSAN: No, Grandfather, we can't le… DOCTOR: Silence, we're going back to the ship! SUSAN: No! (She also pushes herself towards the wounded tribesman.) DOCTOR: What are you doing!? They must be out of their minds!! (The battle is over, and the creature has retreated back into the wood. ZA lies prone, moaning, his chest criss-crossed with jagged claw wounds. HUR is hunched over him, howling sounds of grief. She reacts as IAN approaches, Kn*fe in hand .) HUR: No, keep away! IAN: Let me look at him. HUR: No! IAN: I am your friend, you understand? Friend. I want to help you. (HUR looks uncertain.) HUR: Friend...? IAN: I want water. HUR: Water... IAN: Go and fetch some water for his wounds. HUR: (A moment, decide and points behind her.) Water is there. BARBARA: Please, show me. (To IAN.) Give me your handkerchief. IAN: (Getting handkerchief out.) There you are. (BARBARA takes it and leads HUR with her out of view. IAN opens the caveman's furs wider to take a better look at the wounds. The DOCTOR still stands by their hiding spot. A pleading look from SUSAN finally brings him up to the party. HUR and BARBARA return with the now wet handkerchief.) SUSAN: Is he all right...? IAN: I think so. (He pulls the stone axe out of ZA'S hand. The stone blade is noticeably missing.) IAN: He must have buried his axehead in the animal. (He takes the handkerchief from BARBARA.) IAN: Thank you. (He squeezes it over ZA'S chest, dripping water down on the wounds. BARBARA has wet down her own handkerchief and uses it on ZA's forehead.) HUR: (Amazed.) Water comes out of the skin! IAN: (Laughing.) Yes. (He wipes away at the chest wounds.) IAN: I think most of this is the animal's blood. SUSAN: Oh, good. BARBARA: There's a scar on the side of his head... IAN: Well, we've lost our chance of getting away. (Amused - to BARBARA.) Your flat must be littered with stray cats and dogs... BARBARA: They are human beings, Ian. IAN: Yes. (He touches a raw spot, making ZA moan loudly. The two schoolteachers try to keep him still as HUR whimpers.) DOCTOR: (Stepping forward.) What exactly do you think you're doing? IAN: Have you got any antiseptic in the ship? SUSAN: Yes, lots. DOCTOR: One minute ago, we were trying desperately to get away from these savages -- IAN: All right. Now we're helping them. You're a doctor, do something! DOCTOR: (Scoffs.) I'm not a doctor of medicine. SUSAN: Grandfather, we can make friends with them. DOCTOR: Oh don't be ridiculous, child! BARBARA: (Angry.) Why? You treat everybody and everything as something less important than yourself!? DOCTOR: You're trying to say that everything you do is reasonable and everything I do is inhuman. But I'm afraid your judgement's at fault here, Miss Wright. Not mine. Haven't you realised if these two people can follow these, or any of these people can follow us, the whole tribe might descend upon us at any moment? HUR: The tribe is asleep! DOCTOR: And what about the old woman who cut our bonds, hmm? You understand? (HUR thinks about it but can't add it up...she looks at IAN in confusion.) IAN: He's right. We're too exposed here. (Gets up.) We'll make a stretcher and carry him. DOCTOR: (Aghast.) You're not going to take him back to the ship? IAN: (Taking off his coat.) Take your coat off, Barbara. Susan, try to find me two poles. Long ones, fairly straight. BARBARA: (To the Doctor.) The old woman won't give us away. She helped us. DOCTOR: You think so? They have logic and reason, have they? Can't you see their minds change as rapidly as night and day? She's probably telling the whole tribe at this very moment! 19: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The OLD MOTHER stirs, starting to pull herself up. But KAL is there and roughly grabs at her.) KAL: The creatures...where? Where? OLD MOTHER: (Weakly.) Gone… KAL: (Motioning to the entrance.) The great stone...they did not move it. OLD MOTHER: (Weakly.) Za moved it. KAL: Za has gone with them! OLD MOTHER: Za...and Hur...went after them... KAL: There were skins around their hands and their feet. They could not move! (KAL'S hand clamps down on the weak old woman's neck.) KAL: Za helped them get free...? They have gone with Za to show him f*re? OLD MOTHER: (Shakes her head.) They will not make f*re...there won't be f*re anymore... (KAL tosses aside. She sits on her knees, swaying. He seizes her by the scruff of her neck and pulls her head back toward him. He unsheathes his stone Kn*fe, aiming it at her heart.) KAL: Old woman...you…helped them... 20: EXT. FOREST (The efforts to construct a makeshift stretcher continue, but…) IAN: It's not going to work like this... (SUSAN gets up and takes off her own coat. Bundling it up into a pillow, she starts to put it under ZA's head .) HUR: (Jumps at her.) Nnnoo! He is mine! (SUSAN jumps back, yelping. She huddles near IAN.) SUSAN: I was only trying to help!! IAN: She doesn't understand, Susan. She's jealous of you! HUR: I don't understand what you are doing! You are like a...like a mother to the child. Why do you not k*ll?? IAN: How can we explain to her? She doesn't understand kindness, friendship... BARBARA: (Slowly and gently to HUR.) We will make him well again. We will teach you how to make f*re. In return, you show us the way back to...to our cave. (HUR is uncertain. She looks down at ZA.) ZA: (Very weak.) Listen to them. They do not k*ll... (HUR thinks again. IAN decides not to wait for the answer.) IAN: Come on, let's get on with this stretcher. Let's try the sleeves inside...that's it... ZA: (Hoarse.) Water... (HUR murmurs in the affirmative to him. She gets up, only to face the haughty stare of the DOCTOR. Matching the stare, she goes on toward the pool.) IAN: (Notices.) How about giving us a hand, Doctor? (The DOCTOR turns his back on the party.) SUSAN: He's always like this if he doesn't get his own way. (Unseen, a faint smile whispers across the DOCTOR'S face. He turns to face the party again.) BARBARA: Well, the old woman won't give us away. And now that we've got these two on our side, we should get back to the ship. SUSAN: Yes. (The DOCTOR kneels down, picks up ZA's stone Kn*fe - IAN’S hand seizes the DOCTOR’S wrist.) DOCTOR: Get your hand off me! IAN: What are you doing? DOCTOR: (Stammering.) W-well, I-I-I was going to get him to draw our way back to the TARDIS. (Glaring suspiciously at the DOCTOR, IAN lets him go.) IAN: We've been too long as it is. Is the stretcher ready? BARBARA: Yes. IAN: All right. (To the DOCTOR.) You take one end of it. DOCTOR: You don't expect me to carry him, do you? IAN: Do you want the women to do the job for you? DOCTOR: (Snarling.) Oh, very well!! (The party gathers around ZA.) IAN: Right, move him over very carefully... (ZA groans as they turn him. HUR cries out in sympathy.) IAN: Now, back again, gently... BARBARA: Carefully… (They deposit him on the stretcher, using one of the furs to wrap him in.) IAN: Good, good. Right, now Susan, you get in front with her. 21: INT. MAIN CAVE (The whole tribe is awake and astir. KAL addresses them.) KAL: They have gone! Za with Hur have gone with them and we must go after them. HORG: Hur would not help them to get away! KAL: She has gone with them! HORG: The old woman sleeps in the cave too, and she has gone! KAL: The old woman is in the Cave of Skulls. HORG: Hur would not go with them! KAL: Ask the old woman. She will tell what is done! 22: EXT. FOREST (The party is making halting progress with the stretcher -- IAN, BARBARA and SUSAN on one end, HUR and the DOCTOR on the other.) 23: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The OLD MOTHER sits with her back to the tribes-people. KAL nudges her.) KAL: She will tell. (The old woman falls on her back - d*ad. There are murmured gasps from the gathered tribe. HORG kneels down Beside her and looks up at KAL.) KAL: My eyes tell me what has happened. As they do when I sleep, and I see things. Za and Hur came to free them and find a way to make f*re. The old woman saw them. Za k*lled the old woman! (The crowd mutters. HORG looks stricken.) HORG: The old woman is d*ad. (A groan issues from the tribe.) It must have been as your eyes said it was. KAL: (Gets up and addresses the tribe.) Za has gone with them, taking them to their cave! Za takes away f*re! (Shouts.) Now, I - Kal - lead! (The crowd roars in approval. KAL tears out of the cave, the tribe following closely.) 24: EXT. DESERT (NIGHT) (The party has finally reached the end of the forest.) IAN: Hold the branches back, Susan. (SUSAN pushes away the last of the tree branches, to a welcome sight...) SUSAN: The TARDIS! There’s the TARDIS! (Suddenly, several of the tribe rise from places of concealment, their spears ready…) IAN: Back! Get back! (They turn - to face KAL, several cavemen at his side. BARBARA screams…)
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"The Firemaker" Written by Anthony Coburn Broadcast: 13 December 1963 Duration: 24 minutes 28 seconds 1: EXT. DESERT - NIGHT IAN: Back! Get back! (Several of the tribe rise from places of concealment, their spears ready…) 2: INT. MAIN CAVE - NIGHT HORG: (Gazing into the night.) They are coming. (All around him, the entire tribe is assembled. The DOCTOR, SUSAN, IAN, BARBARA and HUR are herded in, carrying ZA's stretcher. No sooner do they set it down than tribes-men seize the travellers from behind. BARBARA screams. HUR kneels by ZA's side.) KAL: Za and the woman went with them. I, Kal, stopped them! HUR: They saved Za from death near the stream! KAL: They set them free from the Cave of Skulls and went with them! HUR: (Shouting.) The old woman cut them free!! KAL: (Looking down at ZA.) Za is so weak, a woman speaks for him. HUR: (Jumps to her feet and confronts KAL.) It was the old woman!! She showed them a new way out of the Cave of Skulls! KAL: The old woman does not speak. She does not say she did this, or did that. The old woman is d*ad. Za k*lled the old woman! HUR: (Hearing the tribe's murmurs.) No! KAL: Za k*lled the old woman with his Kn*fe! HUR: No! (KAL moves to ZA's side and pulls out his Kn*fe, holding it aloft.) KAL: Here! Here is the Kn*fe he k*lled her with!! (The DOCTOR leans over and takes a good look at the Kn*fe.) DOCTOR: This Kn*fe has no blood on it. (KAL looks alarmed at him but makes no answer.) DOCTOR: I said, this Kn*fe has no blood on it! (KAL is momentarily stuck for an answer, but…) KAL: It is a bad Kn*fe. (He throws it down on the ground.) KAL: It does not show the things it does. (The DOCTOR scoops the Kn*fe up and shakes it at KAL.) DOCTOR: It is a finer Kn*fe than yours. KAL: I, Kal, say that it is a bad Kn*fe. DOCTOR: This Kn*fe can cut and s*ab. I have never seen a better Kn*fe. KAL: (Stung.) Then I will show you one! (He pulls out his own Kn*fe, which is still covered in the OLD MOTHERS’ blood. The DOCTOR takes it smugly.) DOCTOR: This Kn*fe shows what it has done. (Waves it around at the tribe.) There is blood on it! (The tribe murmurs. The DOCTOR presents the bloody Kn*fe to a now sitting-up and recovering ZA.) DOCTOR: Who k*lled the old woman? ZA: I did not k*ll her… DOCTOR: (Turning to face KAL.) You k*lled the old woman! (KAL looks round with a mixture of fear and defiance.) KAL: Yes! (The tribe gasps.) She set them free. She set them free. She did this - so I, Kal, k*lled her! (The tribe sound angry. The DOCTOR addresses them loudly.) DOCTOR: Is this your strong leader? One who kills your old women? Hmm? Huh?? He is a bad leader!! He will k*ll you all!! Hmm, oh! (The tribe is plainly angered. The DOCTOR leans close to IAN and whispers.) DOCTOR: Follow my example. (He leans down, grabs a rock, and flings it at KAL.) DOCTOR: Drive him out! Drive him out!! IAN: (Grabbing a rock.) Yes, drive him out!! He k*lled the old woman!! (IAN flings his rock at KAL. The unhappy tribe quickly grasp the idea, and starts seizing rocks from the ground and throwing them at KAL. With a howl of fury, KAL jumps at HUR, but gets intercepted and pushed back by a pair of tribesmen. He's thrown back by the m*ssile towards the cave's entrance. Finally, with the crowd's cries of “Drive him out!” ringing in his ears, he turns and runs out into the night. IAN watches the tribe disperse and then walks up to ZA.) IAN: Remember...Kal is not stronger than the whole tribe. (ZA nods, and shouts at the tribe.) ZA: Kal is no longer one of this tribe. We will watch for him. We will all fight Kal if he comes back. We will watch for him. (He gestures towards the time travellers.) Take them to the Cave of Skulls. (They are seized again.) IAN: Take us back to the desert, and we will make f*re for you. ZA: (Turns to a caveman bearing a spear.) The great stone will close one place, and you will stand by another. I will show you. DOCTOR: (To IAN.) Don’t struggle! (The travellers are thrown back into the Cave of Skulls. The great stone is rolled over the entrance.) ZA: They are inside the cave. If you see them come out, k*ll them. 3: EXT. FOREST -- NIGHT (KAL is alone, a freezing wind bl*wing. He gazes at the cave from behind a tree.) 4: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The four travellers walk across the cave. SUSAN stumbles, hurting her ankle. As she cries softly, BARBARA helps her to one side.) DOCTOR: This place is evil! 5: INT. MAIN CAVE (ZA is lying against the stone wall of the cave, gently touching his chest scars. HUR sits beside him.) ZA: Tell me what happened after I fought the beast in the forest. HUR: You were stronger than the beast. It took away your axe in its head. You lay on the earth and I believed you were d*ad. ZA: Tell me what they did. HUR: The young man of their tribe came towards you, but...he did not k*ll. HUR: He told me his name... ZA: Name? HUR: Yes. His name is "Friend." ZA: They come from the other side of the mountains... HUR: (Scoffs.) Nothing lives there. ZA: There are other tribes there! This new tribe must come from there. Tell me more of what happened. HUR: I did not understand them...their…hands moved slowly and their faces were not fierce. It was like a mother guarding her baby... ZA: (Nods.) Ah. They are a new tribe. Not like us, not like Kal. The young one whose name is Friend...spoke to me. HUR: Do you remember it? ZA: (Grunts in the affirmative.) He said, "Kal is not stronger than the whole tribe." HUR: (She shakes her head.) I do not understand... ZA: (Seeing the point.) The whole tribe drove Kal away with the stones. The whole tribe can collect more fruit than one. The whole tribe can k*ll a beast where one of the tribe would die... HUR: (Hesitantly.) Do you think they come from Orb? ZA: No. They are a tribe who know how f*re is made... (Angrily.) but they do not want to tell us. HUR: Then you will not k*ll them? ZA: Horg says the Leader must know how f*re is made. I do not want to be driven into the forest like Kal...I must make f*re, or they must die as the old men say. (Jumps to his feet along with HUR.) I will speak with them. I must hear more things to remember. The Leader would have things to remember. (He walks resolutely toward the Cave of Skulls.) 6: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The DOCTOR is looking at a skull. IAN and BARBARA are quickly gathering a group of sticks and twigs. SUSAN is scouring the cave, and finds a flat piece of rock that she eagerly takes to IAN.) SUSAN: I think this is what you want, Mr. Chesterton! BARBARA: Here are some leaves and some d*ad grass. IAN: (To SUSAN.) Thank you. (To Barbara.) Yes, well spread them around the hole. Don’t put them inside. (He puts a branch in the middle of the pile, and places a smaller stick end-first atop it.) IAN: Hope this is going to work...no, spread them around a bit more...yes, that's it... (He puts the stone atop the smaller stick to steady it, placing his palm over that. He takes a second stick that he's tied onto the first stick. The shoestring is wrapped bow-like around the first stick, and tied to the second at both ends. He starts moving it back and forth, creating friction as the string rubs against the first stick...) 7: EXT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The guard is standing by the secret exit. ZA walks up.) ZA: I will speak with them. You wait here, huh? (He takes the guard's club and walks into the secret entrance. The guard picks up a spear from the cave's side. And from nearby, a figure watches in hiding...) 8: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The attempt at f*re making is progressing well.) SUSAN: (Getting excited.) I can smell something... BARBARA: Yes, so can I! SUSAN: It's burning!! It's burning!! IAN: Oh, it's a long way off yet. (ZA enters the cave from the secret entrance. All eyes turn to him. He stares down at the pile as IAN continues to work.) ZA: What is this? DOCTOR: (Getting up and standing by ZA.) We are making f*re. (ZA looks down at IAN.) ZA: You are called Friend? (IAN stops, looks up with a smile.) IAN: Yes... DOCTOR: (Harsh whisper.) Don't stop! (IAN gets back to his task.) ZA: Hur said you were called Friend. I am Za. You are the leader of your tribe? IAN: No. (He nods at the DOCTOR.) He is our leader. (A smile of appreciation passes from SUSAN to IAN. The DOCTOR, his role confirmed, stares at ZA.) SUSAN: (To ZA.) Are you going to set us free? ZA: The tribe say you are from Orb, and that when you are returned to him on the Stone of Death, we will have f*re again. BARBARA: But that's not true! ZA: (Kneeling by the would-be f*re.) I think you are from the other side of the mountains. If you show me how to make f*re, I will take you back to the foot of the mountains. If you do not show me, I cannot stop you dying on the old stone. IAN: (To BARBARA.) Put some more leaves and grass round it. I think it's beginning to work. (BARBARA does so.) DOCTOR: (Slowly, to ZA.) Do you understand? We are making f*re (He points at ZA.) for you! ZA: I am watching. IAN: The whole tribe should be watching. Everyone should know how to make f*re. ZA: Everyone cannot be Leader! IAN: No, that's perfectly true. But in our tribe...the firemaker is the least important man. ZA: Ha! I do not believe this. DOCTOR: He is the least important, because we can all make f*re! SUSAN: (Smiles, whispered aside to IAN.) I hope he doesn't make Grandfather prove that. IAN: Look! I think it's beginning to work! (A wisp of smoke is rising from the bottom of the stick where it meets the branch. The smoke thickens, building...and a flame flickers from the mass of leaves and twigs.) IAN: Susan, Barbara - blow. Gently. (They do so. The flame grows, catches onto the twigs and leaves. The small f*re rises into a fair-sized one, as IAN finally relaxes.) IAN: Yes, that’s it! SUSAN: We've done it! IAN: Yes! (BARBARA pushes the unlit twigs into the flame. ZA’S eyes seem to mirror the flame. He leans in close to the flames in amazement and wonder.) ZA: f*re...f*re! 9: INT. MAIN CAVE (The tribe has gathered as the sunlight filters into the cave.) HORG: Orb strikes the old stone, and Za does not bring them out. (The tribe start to murmur “Gone away”) HORG: We have no meat, and no fruit from the trees, and no roots. Za is no leader! (The tribe grumbles in agreement) HUR: Za will k*ll you if he could hear you! He is talking with them in the Cave of Skulls. (Coldly and quietly to her father.) You should lie on the old stone ‘til your blood runs into the earth! (HORG is not even listening to her.) HORG: (Wildly.) Za is letting them go away, just as the old woman set them free! (The tribe shouts in agreement.) HUR: (Trying to make herself heard.) Za told one of us to watch and guard them until he came out of the Cave of Skulls! 10: EXT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The guard outside the Cave of Skulls paces. Suddenly, he is att*cked from behind. An arm is flung across his throat and the life is choked out of him.) 11: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The f*re is blazing away. Suddenly, there is a strangled gasp from BARBARA - at the secret entrance, KAL, axe in hand, walks in and stares in amazement at the f*re. Then he goes straight at ZA, but ZA avoids the swipe. KAL leans down next to the f*re, entranced. He reaches a hand toward the flame - and yanks it back with a yelp. He returns his attention to ZA, making a long swipe with his axe, which ZA easily avoids. The travellers pull themselves against the wall of the cave to escape the battle. ZA has reclaimed his club. KAL swings. ZA ducks under the swipes and grabs KAL’S arms. The two wrestle, rolling to the ground. ZA tries to grab KAL’S axe, and KAL takes a huge bite out of ZA's forearm. Howling, ZA tumbles off him. KAL rolls on top of him, and ZA kicks him off. They regain their feet, and their w*apon. A long overhead slash from KAL - the axe is buried in the dirt - ZA swings down - the axe is broken! ZA flings his club at KAL, who scrambles to avoid the blows - ZA smashes a skull instead - KAL grabs a rock, lifts it over ZA's head and s*ab ZA's arm. ZA screams. KAL slashes at him again but ZA gets him in another grapple, rolls back, flings him over his head, rushes at him, pulls him up and flings him across the cave. He flings him again, and kicks his face; the travellers look on in disgust. ZA grabs KAL from behind, his arm around KAL’S neck, KAL screams, SUSAN looks away in horror. ZA throws KAL down - He's hurt, but not d*ad yet - ZA looks around, panting. He grabs a boulder, raises it up with a growl - and smashes it down on KAL’S head. The battle over, ZA seizes KAL’S feet, and drags him across the cave, laying him against the wall. He clutches his arm in pain - the roars of the tribe can be heard outside…) 12: INT. MAIN CAVE (HUR is being held from behind, shaking her head and crying "No!" as the crowd howls for blood.) HORG: Orb is above us, and there is no f*re! Bring them out from the Cave of Skulls, and Za as well! (The tribe heads for the Cave of Skulls.) 13: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (Inside, they all hear the tribe calling ZA’S name out. IAN thrusts a branch into the f*re - it catches f*re. He lifts it and offers it to ZA.) IAN: Take this and show it to your tribe! (ZA takes the torch and starts across the cave.) ZA: You…stay here. IAN: We will come with you… ZA: No! You will stay here! IAN: I will come with you… (With a roar, ZA waves the torch at Ian’s face. IAN backs off. The DOCTOR moves to pull IAN back.) DOCTOR: Give him a chance, give him a chance! Let him show the tribe f*re, establish himself as leader, and then he’ll let us go! IAN: But we ought to go with him now… 14: INT. MAIN CAVE. (ZA walks out of the Cave of Skulls, fiery torch carried proudly before him. The tribe goes silent.) ZA: f*re! (There is a moments stunned pause, then…) TRIBES-PEOPLE: f*re! f*re! (They all crowd around ZA and his torch, in awe. He stands by the freed HUR.) ZA: Kal is d*ad! I give you f*re! I am leader! (Led by HORG, the tribe roars in agreement. ZA walks to HORG.) ZA: We will give food and water to the new tribe in the Cave of Skulls! HORG: There is no meat! ZA: I will go into the forest and get meat! HORG: (Grinning in remembrance.) Yes...I remember how the meat and f*re join together! ZA: Uh huh... good! (Hands the torch to HORG.) Watch the new tribe. They must be here when I return! (He runs out of the cave. The tribe hold their cold hands up to the torch.) 15: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS - SOME TIME LATER... (The campfire is still burning. The travellers are despondent. IAN rips off his tie in disgust.) IAN: Ahh! It didn't work. They're going to keep us here. (HUR walks in, a hunk of fruit in her hands. She sets it down before the f*re.) IAN: Why are you keeping us here? HUR: Za has gone into the forest to find meat. (She notices KALS’ corpse.) There will be more food later. BARBARA: But why can't we go outside? (HUR walks across the cave, and kneels by KAL’S corpse.) SUSAN: (Sobbing.) Please let us go... it’s terrible in here... (HUR stares at her.) HUR: Za is Leader. (She gets up.) SUSAN: But we helped you. We gave you f*re... HUR: (Staring her down.) Huh. We have f*re now. (She walks out.) IAN: Yes...and I was the fool who gave it to you. Why didn't I wait? BARBARA: Well, at least we're alive. We wouldn't be if we hadn't given them f*re. 16: INT. MAIN CAVE -- THAT NIGHT (A roaring f*re now proudly sits on the boulder, with the entire tribe joyously gathered around it cooking meat.) 17: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (IAN is dozing on the floor of the cave. BARBARA nudges him awake.) BARBARA: Ian? IAN: Hmm...huh? (He gets up. SUSAN hands him a piece of meat, skewered on a stick.) SUSAN: They brought us some meat. BARBARA: Yes, and the Doctor found a hole, a stone with a hole in it and they filled it with water. IAN: (Sardonically.) All the comforts of home. (An uncomfortable silence. IAN suddenly senses a presence behind him, and looks up. ZA stands before them.) ZA: The animal was hard to k*ll. (He receives no answer.) ZA: The meat on it is good? (Still silence.) ZA: They have brought you fruit. And water has been put into a stone. (The travellers won't even look at him. ZA pushes IAN aside, and picks up the makeshift bowl.) ZA: Is this the stone? (He pauses.) Has anyone hurt you? DOCTOR: (Quietly, after a pause.) When are you going to let us go, hmm? ZA: You will stay here. I have the meat, and I have the stick. And the piece of skin, I can make f*re now. Your tribe and my tribe will join together. (Looks of disgust are exchanged through the group.) IAN: We don't want to stay here! ZA: Why? There is no better place the other side of the mountains. Do not try to leave here. (He takes the water bowl with him.) DOCTOR: (Muttering.) If only we could get the f*re away from him...scaring him somehow... (SUSAN grows thoughtful. She lights a branch from the f*re, and picks up a skull. She slowly, carefully puts the skull over the top of the torch. Her face lights up.) SUSAN: Hey, grandfather, look! (All eyes turn to the flaming skull torch.) SUSAN: It's almost alive! (IAN jumps up to SUSAN'S side.) IAN: Not alive, Susan...almost d*ad! We're going to make four torches - we'll find the sticks and we'll use the fat from the meat, and then… SUSAN: Then...? IAN: Then, to all intents and purposes - we're going to die! 18: INT. MAIN CAVE (HUR roasts a piece of meat over the f*re. She takes her skewer and starts for the Cave of Skulls.) 19: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The travellers have taken cover behind a jutting rock formation.) IAN: …when I give the sign… (He points at the opening. They nod. The cave looks empty, except for the four torches set into the floor, each with a flaming skull atop it. HUR walks in, takes one look at the flaming skulls, drops the spit of meat, and falls to the ground screaming. The other tribes-people run in, and gasp at the horrid sight. They also fall to the ground in supplication.) SUSAN: What are... (BARBARA clamps a hand over SUSAN’S mouth. IAN waits a second, then points. The DOCTOR runs through the main exit unnoticed, followed by SUSAN, BARBARA, and IAN last of all.) 20: INT. MAIN CAVE (They run through the main cave as fast as they can, past the roaring f*re) 21: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (The tribe continues to wail in terror at the sight in front of them.) 22: EXT. FOREST (NIGHT) (This time, the travellers know which way to go, and race at full speed.) 23: INT. CAVE OF SKULLS (One of the skull torches falls over, provoking a scream from the tribe. But they fall silent as they realise the trick played against them. ZA approaches it.) ZA: Look! (He seizes up the skull.) It is nothing but f*re, and the bones of the d*ad! They have gone! While we look at their f*re, they have gone! HUR: Into the night - the dark will hide them... (ZA picks up a burning stick.) ZA: With f*re...It is day! (The tribe rises to give chase…) 24: EXT. FOREST (BARBARA trips and falls full-length on the ground. The DOCTOR and SUSAN continue running. IAN helps her up, and the race continues...) 25: INT. MAIN CAVE (The tribe light torches as fast as they can grab branches...) 26: EXT. FOREST (The four time travellers run as fast as they can through the forest, ignoring the branches and leaves as they h*t their faces. Not far behind, the tribesmen, torches aloft and in full cry, pursue. Finally, the travellers reach the darkened desert at full pace. SUSAN runs into the ship first, followed by BARBARA, IAN and finally the DOCTOR who quickly glances back one last time before slamming the door shut.) 27: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Inside, IAN and BARBARA are exhausted while SUSAN waits at the console. The DOCTOR leans against the closed doors, getting his breath. IAN grabs him and pulls him toward the console.) IAN: Come on, Doctor, get us off! Get us off! DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes! (The DOCTOR leans against the console, working buttons and switches with SUSAN - the cylindrical column starts to rise and fall - the dematerialisation noise fills the air…) 28: EXT. DESERT (As the tribesmen run up to the ship and start to throw their spears, the police box, its top lantern flashing on and off, goes transparent...and fades out of sight. The tribe, ZA especially, are stunned at what they've just witnessed...) 29: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The dematerialisation sound continues. BARBARA is resting on a chair, while the others crowd around the console.) DOCTOR: (Reading dials on the console.) Yes, it's matching up. SUSAN: We're beginning to land. DOCTOR: Oh, how I wish... IAN: Have you taken us back to our own time? DOCTOR: You know I can't do that. Please be reasonable. IAN: What!? (BARBARA, hearing this, jumps out of the chair and runs up to the DOCTOR. ) BARBARA: Please, you must take us back! You must! DOCTOR: (Waves her away, points at the console.) You see, this isn't operating properly... (He walks around it.) or rather, the code is still a secret. Feed it with the right data, precise information to a second at the beginning of a journey, and then we can fix a destination. But I had no data at my disposal! BARBARA: (With contempt.) Are you saying that you don't know how to work this thing? DOCTOR: No, of course I can't. I'm not a miracle worker. SUSAN: You can’t blame grandfather. We left the other place too quickly, that's all. IAN: Just a minute. Did you try and take us back to our own time? DOCTOR: Well, I got you away from that other time, didn't I? IAN: That isn't what I asked you. DOCTOR: It's the only way I can answer you, young man. (The sounds of the ship slowly quieten down...and the column comes to a stop.) DOCTOR: (Turns a few dials.) Now...now we shall see. (The scanner shows a jungle setting, almost invisible through a thick mist.) 30: EXT. FOREST (The white, gnarled trees rising from an ashy soil do not resemble anything on Earth.) 31: INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: It could be anywhere. Dear dear dear dear, i-it's no help to us at all! Well, I suggest before we go outside and explore, let us clean ourselves up. SUSAN: Oh, yes! (The DOCTOR takes up his coat and points at an instrument on the console) DOCTOR: Now, what does the radiation read, Susan? (SUSAN looks at a dial on the console.) SUSAN: It's reading normal, Grandfather. (The travellers walk off into another section of the ship. Behind them, the needle on the dial suddenly moves...into the "Danger" zone - a warning light begins to flash…)
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The d*ad Planet Original Air Date: 14th December, 1963 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: Well, I suggest before we go outside and explore, let us clean ourselves up. SUSAN: Oh, yes! (The DOCTOR takes up his coat and points at an instrument on the console.) DOCTOR: Now, what does the radiation read, Susan? (SUSAN looks at a dial on the console.) SUSAN: It's reading normal, Grandfather. (The travellers walk off into another section of the ship. Behind them, the needle on the dial suddenly moves...into the "Danger" zone - a warning light begins to flash….) 2: EXT. FOREST (The forest outside the ship seems to radiate heat.) THE d*ad PLANET (The strangely shaped trees have heavy rings round the trunks and rise from a white, ashy soil.) Written by TERRY NATION (Other foliage hangs from the upper branches and shrubs with stark tendril leaves adorn the forest floor. The travellers emerge from the TARDIS in fresh clothes although the DOCTOR would simply seem to be in a cleaned up version of his usual apparel. They all look round at their strange surroundings.) BARBARA: There’s been a forest f*re. Everything's sort of white and ashen. IAN: Funny mist. DOCTOR: The heat must have been indescribable. (He picks up a chunk of soil.) DOCTOR: Look at this soil here. Look at it! It's all turned to sand and ashes. (He hands a piece of soil each to BARBARA and SUSAN.) DOCTOR: Extraordinary. How can shrubs and trees grow in soil like that, hmm? (They brush the soil off their hands.) IAN: Something else that's strange. There's quite a breeze bl*wing. SUSAN: Well? IAN: Well, look at the branches and things. (A look at the branches reveals what IAN'S talking about.) SUSAN: (Surprised.) But, they don't seem to be moving. BARBARA: They're not - they're absolutely still. (As the others move off, IAN walks up to a branch and plucks at it. It comes off the tree in his fingers, with a small cloud of dust.) IAN: (Amazed.) Huh...like stone, look! (He rejoins the others, showing them the branch.) IAN: Very brittle stone! It…it crumbles when you touch it - look. (He gives a piece of the branch to each of the party.) DOCTOR: It's petrified! How fascinating, a petrified jungle! Hmm…extraordinary. Yes, I must really investigate that. Couldn't have been heat, then...and age would merely decay. SUSAN: What could have caused it, Grandfather? DOCTOR: I don't know, I don't know - but I intend to find out. (He starts walking off through the forest.) SUSAN: Well, I'm coming too. (She follows him out of sight. A worried BARBARA is left alone with IAN.) BARBARA: Ian, where are we? IAN: I don't know. BARBARA: Well, why doesn't he take us back? IAN: I'm not sure that he can. BARBARA: (Upset.) What - ever? (She walks away a few paces. IAN goes after her.) IAN: I hate it as much as you - I'm just as afraid. But what can we do? BARBARA: Well, we could at least stay near the ship. IAN: Hmm! The ship's no good without him. We'd better keep an eye on him. He seems to have a knack of getting himself into trouble. BARBARA: You think there's any danger? IAN: Not necessarily... BARBARA: But don't be too complacent? No, you're right, I suppose. I just wish... IAN: (Smiles.) We'll be all right. BARBARA: (Smiles.) Yes. (She starts off after the DOCTOR and SUSAN.) BARBARA: Well, I suppose we’d better make sure he doesn't fall down and break a leg. (She pauses and turns back to IAN with a smile.) BARBARA: Don't you ever think he deserves something to happen to him? IAN: (Laughs.) Yes! (He follows her further into the forest.) 3: EXT. ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST (The DOCTOR and SUSAN have moved some distance into the petrified forest and have arrived in a clearing. As the DOCTOR examines one of the trees, SUSAN spots something on the ground and gets down on her knees in front of it.) SUSAN: Oh, Grandfather, look! (The object of her attention is a perfect flower.) SUSAN: It's a flower! A perfect flower! Well, it's even kept some of its colour! DOCTOR: (Not paying attention.) Yes, very pretty, very pretty...hmm! (IAN and BARBARA walk into the clearing. SUSAN motions them to join her.) SUSAN: Hey look! Look what I've found! IAN: Oh, that’s beautiful! SUSAN: Isn’t it? I'm going to try and pick it, and keep it all in one piece. IAN: Oh, be careful, it’ll be very fragile... (BARBARA walks off a little distance. As she walks round a tree, she gasps in horror at the sight in front of her. Meanwhile, IAN picks the flower and passes it to SUSAN.) IAN: There we are... SUSAN: Beautiful! When I get it back to the ship... BARBARA: (OOV: Frightened.) Ian! SUSAN: ...I’m going to put it into a glass case... BARBARA: (OOV: Frightened.) Ian! SUSAN: ...and then I’ll try and get... IAN: (Shouts.) Coming! Coming! (Startled, he shoves the flower in SUSAN'S hand and he runs off after his companion. The flower cracks like an eggshell. SUSAN'S face falls. IAN reaches BARBARA'S side.) IAN: What is it? What's the matter? (Without a word, she points. In front of them is a small reptilian-looking creature. It is vicious in appearance with a pointed snout, long teeth, and eyes on stalks. IAN walks slowly towards it. The DOCTOR walks behind a tree to the other end of the creature. BARBARA gets alarmed as IAN nears the creature.) BARBARA: No! (IAN pushes her back and walks carefully up to the creature. He waves a hand in front of it. There is no movement. He laughs.) IAN: It's all right. Like everything else in this place... (He taps its head.) - solid stone. BARBARA: It's hideous. IAN: Yes, it is... (He suddenly realises something.) IAN: It’s also significant - nothing on Earth could look like this. BARBARA: It looks like some sculptor's nightmare. (The DOCTOR, his glasses on, has been studying the creature from the other side.) DOCTOR: Yes, it's certainly alien to anything on your planet. But you're wrong about one thing, Chesterfield. This isn't like everything else. The animal is sidi...solidified, certainly, but, it's not, er... (He taps it.) ...crumbly stone. It's metal. Yes, it always was. IAN: What, even when it was alive? But that's impossible! DOCTOR: Why? Can't you imagine an animal unless it's flesh, blood and bone, hmm? No, I tell you this is an entirely different formation. (He takes off his glasses.) DOCTOR: I should say originally it was some pliable metal, held together by, er, a magnetic field, or an inner magnetic field, rather, and it may have had the ability to attract its victims toward it, if they were metal too. BARBARA: (Disappointed.) We're not on Earth, then? DOCTOR: No, certainly not. (IAN and BARBARA look at each other.) IAN: (To the DOCTOR.) Are you sure? DOCTOR: Oh, certain. And you needn't look at me like that, young man. We started this journey far too hurriedly to make any calculations. You know that as well as I do. However…we're alive. (SUSAN has wandered off a few feet, and the DOCTOR joins her. She points ahead.) SUSAN: Hey, Grandfather, look! The jungle ends over there. (BARBARA sits herself on a rock, forlorn. IAN stands next to her.) IAN: Try not to be too upset. BARBARA: I counted so much on just going back...to things I recognise and trust. But here there's nothing to rely on, nothing. IAN: Well, there's me! (BARBARA smiles.) IAN: Barbara, all I ask you to do is to believe - really believe - we'll go back. We will, you know. BARBARA: I wish I was more like you. I'm afraid I'm a very unwilling adventurer. IAN: (Smiles.) Well, I'm not exactly revelling in it myself. (SUSAN runs up to them.) SUSAN: Grandfather's talking about fixing our position by the stars. IAN: Good! Where is he? SUSAN: (Points.) Just over there. (IAN walks away to join the DOCTOR.) BARBARA: Susan? SUSAN: Hmm? BARBARA: Don't you have anything in the ship that records the journeys? SUSAN: Oh yes. There's a meter fixed to a great big bank of computers. If you feed it with the right sort of information, it can take over the controls of the ship and deliver you to any place you want to go. BARBARA: Then why don't we know where we are? SUSAN: Well, it's a question of the right information, you see. I don’t say that Grandfather doesn't know how to work the ship but he's so forgetful, and then he will go off and...well, he likes to work on his own. BARBARA: So I've noticed! SUSAN: Anyway, he’s only got to do some...some comp…computations back in the ship and we can move on. BARBARA: Well, it can't be too soon for me. (The DOCTOR returns.) DOCTOR: Well now, are we ready? BARBARA: Oh, Doctor, have you worked out yet how all this happened? DOCTOR: No, not really, not really. Whatever it was destroyed everything that was living, but...er...the planet is d*ad - totally d*ad. IAN: (OOV.) Barbara! Doctor! Over here! (The group goes to join IAN.) 4: EXT. CLIFFEDGE (He's standing on a cliff at the edge of the forest.) DOCTOR: What is it, Chesterton? We really must get back... (His voice trails off, as he, SUSAN and BARBARA see in amazement what IAN is looking at. In the far distance in the valley, below a huge mountain range, a massive city stretches across the blasted landscape. Completely white like everything else, this metallic city is heavy in geometrically designed buildings, clusters of gadgetry and streamlined curves. SUSAN gasps at the incredible sight.) DOCTOR: Oh, It’s fascinating! BARBARA: A city! A huge city! (The DOCTOR pulls out an unusual pair of binoculars that resemble spectacles. He puts them on and gazes out at the city.) IAN: Well, Doctor, can you see anything? Any sign of life? (His view through the binoculars travels over the strange architecture.) DOCTOR: No, no, no - no sign of life. No, just the buildings. Magnificent buildings, I… SUSAN: Oh, let me have a look? (The DOCTOR pulls off the spectacles and gives them to SUSAN to use. Her view through the binoculars is similarly impressive.) SUSAN: Oh, it’s fabulous! Here, you have a look... (She passes the spectacles over to BARBARA.) IAN: What do you think, Doctor? DOCTOR: I don't know, I don't know. (BARBARA passes the spectacles to IAN.) DOCTOR: Whatever it was destroyed the vegetation here certainly hasn't damaged the city. But there's no sign of life…no movement, no light, no...no, I...I shall know more about it when I've been down there. BARBARA: (Vehemently.) Down there? Oh no! We're going back to the ship! DOCTOR: Now don't be ridiculous! That city down there is a magnificent subject for study and I don't intend to leave here until I've thoroughly investigated it. IAN: Well, it's too late to talk about it now. It's getting dark. We'll discuss it when we get back to the ship. SUSAN: Yes, whatever you decide, it's too late to get down there now. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, all right then. But I assure you I’m determined to study that place. IAN: Well, you can do what you like, as long as you don't endanger the rest of us. (IAN starts to lead BARBARA off.) DOCTOR: Very well then, I shall look at it myself - alone. (This stops them d*ad in their tracks. IAN walks back to the DOCTOR.) IAN: You're the only one who can operate the ship. I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Doctor. (He holds up his spectacles.) DOCTOR: Your glasses? (The DOCTOR takes them without a word. He takes a long look at the fog-enshrouded city.) 5: EXT. FOREST CLEARING (EVENING) (IAN leads the group through the forest.) IAN: I think this is the way we came... (SUSAN is the last of the party, and she's straggling behind. Her eyes are scanning the ground, until...) SUSAN: Good! (She has found another of the flowers. She carefully plucks it.) 6: EXT. FOREST (EVENING) (The other three continue through the forest unaware that SUSAN has been left behind.) 7: EXT. FOREST CLEARING (EVENING) (As SUSAN starts to get up with the flower, she suddenly becomes aware that there is an unseen presence nearby. She gets to her feet, looking round, frantically scared.) SUSAN: (Shouts.) Who's there?! (She inches backwards. Suddenly, from out of the bushes, a hand touches her on her shoulder. She gasps, and stumbles to the ground then gets up and runs with a scream.) 8: EXT. FOREST (EVENING) (The others have reached the TARDIS when they hear her cries. IAN dashes towards the sounds.) 9: EXT. ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST (EVENING) (SUSAN meanwhile is crashing through the bushes and screams as she runs into someone’s outstretched arms - it is IAN.) IAN: (Comforting her.) All right Susan, it's all right. You're safe now. 10: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (LATER) (BARBARA is looking with interest over the console. The DOCTOR joins her.) BARBARA: Did Susan tell you what frightened her? DOCTOR: Yes, yes. She's convinced that someone touched her, and I tried to make her see it wasn't possible, but, huh!...I'm afraid she wouldn't listen to me. I wonder, er...would you have a talk with her? BARBARA: Yes, of course I will. DOCTOR: (Embarrassed.) Yes, er, you know sometimes I find the gulf between Susan's age and mine makes difficult, er, understanding between us. BARBARA: (Reassuringly.) I'll see what I can do. DOCTOR: (Smiles.) Oh, would you? Thank you, thank you very much...be grateful. (BARBARA walks off.) 11: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (BARBARA finds SUSAN sitting at a table drawing a sketch.) BARBARA: Hello. SUSAN: (Quietly.) Hello. (BARBARA sits at the desk's edge, looking over the sketch.) BARBARA: What are you doing? SUSAN: (Sounding depressed.) Just drawing. BARBARA: Well, can I see? (SUSAN dejectedly sits back, lets BARBARA take up the pad and look it over.) SUSAN: It's the flower I saw in the jungle. BARBARA: What happened out there? SUSAN: Nothing... BARBARA: Well, Ian said you were terrified. (SUSAN doesn’t answer.) BARBARA: Well, something must have frightened you... SUSAN: (Upset, stammering.) It’s...it's not that so much...it’s...it's just that I'm...I'm fed up...no one believes me... (She gets out of her chair and stands with her face to the wall.) BARBARA: Believes what? SUSAN: (Whisper.) Oh, I don't know. (She slowly turns to face BARBARA again.) BARBARA: That there was someone out there and they touched you on the shoulder? SUSAN: There was someone there! BARBARA: But you didn't see who it was? SUSAN: No. (She walks off behind BARBARA'S back and then taps the teacher on the shoulder, making her jump.) SUSAN: It was like that. A light touch on the shoulder. I couldn't have been mistaken! BARBARA: Well, I believe you. SUSAN: But...but...Grandfather says that...it's...it's impossible for anyone to live out there. BARBARA: Oh, Susan, it isn't that he doesn't believe you. It's just that he finds it difficult to go against his scientific facts. SUSAN: I know. (BARBARA puts her arm around the girl.) BARBARA: Oh, look. Why don't you just try and forget it, for the moment? (SUSAN nods glumly.) SUSAN: For the moment. 12: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (In a side alcove of the control room, behind the scanner and a glass screen, is the bank of computers SUSAN mentioned earlier. The DOCTOR is jotting down notes on a small notepad based on what he sees on the instruments. IAN has accompanied him.) IAN: What's this one for? (The DOCTOR ignores him.) IAN: I don't know how you make sense of any of this. DOCTOR: (Not paying attention.) Hmm, quite right. Quite right. IAN: Can you found out where we are? (He still receives no answer. He speaks louder.) IAN: Well, Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? Oh... (He continues with his notes.) IAN: I was wondering if perhaps you’ve... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) My dear boy, these are eternal questions of yours! "Do I know where we are," I suppose..? IAN: Now listen, Doctor! I don't want to argue with you. We're fellow travellers whether we like it or not. But for heaven's sake, try and see it from our point of view. You've uprooted us violently from our own lives… DOCTOR: (Interrupting angrily.) You pushed your way into the ship, young man! IAN: All right, all right, I admit it, a small part of the blame is ours… DOCTOR: (To himself.) Oh, “small,”! (Laughs.) IAN: …but naturally we’re anxious! What are we going to do? Can we live here? What do we eat? There are millions of questions… DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) A very good idea. I'm hungry! (IAN rolls his eyes as the DOCTOR wanders off, muttering.) 13: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (SUSAN is pouring drops of a liquid into a glass of water. BARBARA stands a few feet back, holding her hands to her head. The DOCTOR and IAN walk in. The DOCTOR sees that BARBARA is in some pain.) DOCTOR: (Gently.) Oh, what's the matter? BARBARA: Oh, I've suddenly got this terrible headache... DOCTOR: Oh dear, dear, how irksome for you. (He notices SUSAN with the medicine.) DOCTOR: Oh, but this stuff is very good. This should cure it. (To SUSAN.) Now, not too much, dear, not too much... (He crosses over to a machine nearby. It has two large dials, one circled by numbers, the other by letters. There are several other buttons and light indicators on it.) SUSAN: No. Oh, Grandfather? DOCTOR: Mmm? SUSAN: I'm sorry I was so silly just now. (He pats her shoulder as he begins pushing buttons on the machine which makes various noises. SUSAN hands BARBARA the glass of medicine.) SUSAN: Here, try this. BARBARA: Thank you. (BARBARA drinks it down whilst the DOCTOR pulls what looks like a chocolate bar from the machine. He tears open the foil wrapping, takes a bite, and eats. BARBARA finishes the medicine.) BARBARA: Ooh, it's very nice. (She passes the glass back.) SUSAN: Oh, thank you. IAN: Let’s hope it does you some good. (SUSAN takes the glass back then nudges the DOCTOR who eats his bar of food. She indicates the two teachers.) DOCTOR: (To IAN and BARBARA.) Oh, er, did you want something to eat? What would you like, hmm? BARBARA: I'd like some bacon and eggs. (SUSAN moves over to the machine.) IAN: All right, bacon and eggs! DOCTOR: Bacon and eggs... IAN: But, er... SUSAN: The TARDIS is fully a*t*matic. (The DOCTOR takes a small notebook from atop the machine and flips through it.) DOCTOR: Yes, certainly, certainly. (He reads the notebook.) DOCTOR: Er, J62... (SUSAN turns the two large dials on the machine.) SUSAN: J...6...2... DOCTOR: L6. SUSAN: L...6. (She presses a large button in the centre. The machine whirrs for a moment.) IAN: I hope mine doesn't taste of engine grease! DOCTOR: (Wagging his finger.) Now, now, now, now, don’t be ridiculous. BARBARA: Shall I get plates and things. SUSAN: No. There's no need to. (The whirring stops. The DOCTOR kneels down and pulls from the machine two more bars in white trays.) DOCTOR: Here we are then. SUSAN: Thanks. (He gives one to SUSAN, who passes it onto to IAN as the DOCTOR passes another to BARBARA.) SUSAN: (To IAN.) Eggs and bacon BARBARA: (To the DOCTOR.) Thank you. DOCTOR: Bacon and eggs. IAN: What, this? SUSAN: Go on, try it! (They cautiously open the wrappers and take a small bite.) DOCTOR: Well...? (IAN takes another bite before answering.) IAN: Hmm…not bad. (The DOCTOR looks exasperated.) IAN: What do you think, Barbara? BARBARA: I think it's delicious! IAN: My bacon's a bit salty. DOCTOR: (Snaps.) Well it shouldn't be - it's English! (IAN cannot keep a straight face anymore, and grins as the women giggle.) IAN: No, seriously Doctor, this is remarkable! I mean, one bite and I taste the bacon, another and I taste the egg, how do you do it? DOCTOR: (Eating.) Well, food has component parts, dear boy. Flavours are rather like primary colours. You know, you blend two to achieve a third, and so on...etc, etc. IAN: Well, I think it's wonderful. SUSAN: (To BARBARA.) How's your headache now? BARBARA: Oh, it's much better. I don't usually get them at all. DOCTOR: Susan, would you like something to eat? SUSAN: No thanks. I'm not hungry. DOCTOR: Oh, child. That's unusual. I do hope your experience outside the ship hasn't affected you too much? SUSAN: No...I think I'll go to bed now anyway. DOCTOR: Right. SUSAN: (To BARBARA.) Do you want to know where you can sleep, Miss Wright? BARBARA: Oh, yes. (Suddenly, a series of sharp tapping, scraping noises echoes through the ship. The four stop d*ad in their tracks.) IAN: Shh…what's that? (The tapping noise continues on the outside of the ship. They listen intently.) DOCTOR: The scanner! (He runs off to the console room.) SUSAN: There was somebody there! 14: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR activates the scanner as the other three watch intently. It displays a large area outside the TARDIS but all that is seen is the d*ad forest.) IAN: Nothing - not a thing. SUSAN: But something must've made that noise! BARBARA: Look, I've had enough of this. (To the DOCTOR: Pleading.) Please, can't we get out of here? DOCTOR: Ah, but the city, I must see the city... BARBARA: (In despair.) But why? DOCTOR: I will not be questioned! (To himself.) Uninvited passengers. I didn't invite them to the ship... (Louder as IAN walks up.) I shall do what I want to do! IAN: Why endanger the rest of us by staying here? SUSAN: Grandfather, please... (She hugs onto him.) SUSAN: Please? (SUSAN’S entreaties seem to soften his attitude. He smiles and pats her hand, then, without a word, he crosses over to the other side of the console. Fully aware everyone's eyes are on him, he throws a switch and a few buttons. The centre column starts rising and falling and the dematerialisation sound fills the air. The DOCTOR pauses and sees that everyone's eyes are on the scanner. He kneels down, and opens a panel on the console's underside. He pulls a small component, glances at it, then only halfway fits it back in and stands back up.) BARBARA: Well, stone trees are all very well. The next forest I walk through, I want them all to be made of wood. (IAN smiles. Suddenly, with a booming noise, the central column crashes to a halt, as does the TARDIS itself. The ship shudders as the groan of dematerialisation reoccurs - only slower. The DOCTOR looks over the console’s switches and dials.) SUSAN: What's the matter? DOCTOR: I don't know. The power take up was rising normally, and er... IAN: What's wrong? DOCTOR: Oh, don't distract me please! (The dematerialisation sound is heard again, then the ship comes to a complete halt.) SUSAN: Shall I trace it on the fault locator, Grandfather? DOCTOR: Yes, I think you'd better, child. (SUSAN runs into the side alcove, and checks a panel wherein there is a paper read-out on a drum.) SUSAN: K7. DOCTOR: K7! Ah, yes, of course, the fluid link, yes, yes, yes! (He kneels down under the console and pulls out the same component that he tampered with a moment ago. SUSAN runs back as he announces his “findings”.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, there we are, you see, the end of it's unscrewed itself, and the fluid has run out. IAN: Well, have you got a spare? DOCTOR: Oh no, no need for that. This is easily repaired. All we have to do is refill it. IAN: Oh, what liquid do you need? DOCTOR: Mercury. IAN: Mercury, Ah! Can I get it for you? DOCTOR: No, I'm afraid you can't. We haven't any...at all. IAN: (Shocked.) What? DOCTOR: No, uh... IAN: Don't you carry a supply? DOCTOR: No, it hasn't been necessary. This hasn't hap...happened before... IAN: But you must have some somewhere, surely? DOCTOR: No, no, we shall have to get some from outside. BARBARA: But where? There isn't anything outside but the ci… (She stops d*ad as they suddenly suspect the true nature of what has happened.) IAN: (Quietly angry.) Yes. There’s the city. DOCTOR: (Smiling.) Yes, the city, of course. Of course, we're bound to get some mercury there, yes, we're bound to. Well, I mean, what else can we do, mm? IAN: (With irony.) It seems we have no alternative. We have to go to the city. DOCTOR: (Smirking.) Yes, indeed. At, er, first light, then? (He laughs to himself as he holds the fluid link up to the light.) 15: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (NEXT DAY) (The scanner still shows the d*ad forest with no signs of life.) IAN: Well, it's light enough, and there doesn't seem to be anything out there. We might as well get started. Oh, and Doctor...remember, we're going to this city to find mercury. And once we've found it, we're coming straight back here. Is that clear? DOCTOR: (Unworried.) Oh, quite so, quite so! (The doors hum open and the travellers walk out of the TARDIS.) 16: EXT. FOREST (IAN is the first out, followed by the DOCTOR, BARBARA, and SUSAN, carrying a shoulder bag.) IAN: Well, shall I lead? DOCTOR: Yes, by all means... (IAN takes one step forward before stopping and staring down at the ground.) IAN: Oh, look! (A metal object lies on the ground. It resembles a short bar with rounded ends.) BARBARA: Oh, don't touch it, it may go off. (IAN kneels down to inspect the box.) SUSAN: Be careful! DOCTOR: What is it Chesterton, hmm? IAN: I don't know. Stand back, all of you. (He picks up a stick from the ground and gingerly touches the box with the end of it. There is no response. He taps it. There is still nothing. He picks it up.) IAN: I think it's all right. A metal box. (He opens it.) IAN: Ha! It's a box of glass vials! Look! (He pulls one liquid-filled vial out and holds it up for the others to see.) DOCTOR: Hmm, let me see... (IAN hands one to him.) SUSAN: Then there [b]was[/b] somebody here last night. They must've dropped them. I knew I was right. IAN: Yes. Sorry, Susan. (The DOCTOR returns the vial.) DOCTOR: Yes, I'd like to run a few tests on those... (IAN replaces the vial in the box and closes it.) DOCTOR: Susan, would you take these into the ship, please? SUSAN: Yes. (She takes the box and goes back in the TARDIS. The DOCTOR calls after her…) DOCTOR: Thank you. Oh, and by the way, did you remember the food supplies? SUSAN: (OOV: Inside the TARDIS.) A days supply for four. That’s enough isn’t it? DOCTOR: Yes, ample, ample. IAN: Oh, I trust we won't be more than a couple of hours. DOCTOR: Hmm. (SUSAN rejoins them.) IAN: Are you ready, Susan? SUSAN: Yes. IAN: Come on then, off we go. (The four set out on their journey.) 17: EXT. THE CITY (The city sits ominous and silent in the valley. Strange fogs and mists swirl around it.) 18: EXT. CITY STREET (The travellers have arrived at the city. As they walk between the strange buildings, their feet tap on the metallic pavements. They reach an alcove with several strange doors set into it. The DOCTOR seems weakened by the journey and SUSAN has to support him.) DOCTOR: Uh...Ah, do you mind if I sit down for a minute? I feel...a bit...exhausted... (SUSAN sets him down on the floor of a the alcove.) IAN: You all right? DOCTOR: Oh, yes...I'm, er, just a bit tired. It was a long journey, and my legs are rather weak... BARBARA: Look, why don't you rest here? Ian and I will look around and see if we... DOCTOR: No, no, no, no I want to look around too. I...I shall be all right, thank you. IAN: (Rubbing his forehead.) I must say, I don't feel too good myself. Look, why don't we get this over with quickly? Look for...instruments, gauges, anything like that. Ideally, what we want is a laboratory. (BARBARA has been exploring the wall as IAN has been speaking. Her hand passes over a type of sensor and the door opens inward with an electronic hum.) BARBARA: Ian...look! (IAN comes and looks inside.) IAN: Why don't we separate and go different ways and meet back here in say... (He looks at his wristwatch.) IAN: …ten minutes? All right? SUSAN: Right. BARBARA: Fine. I'll go this way. (She goes alone through the door as SUSAN helps the DOCTOR up.) DOCTOR: Lend me your arm, would you, Susan? Thank you. (They walk off, as IAN waves his hand over another sensor set next to another of the doors. It too opens inwardly with a hum.) 19: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (BARBARA walks down a narrow corridor with strange angled archways that stretches into the distance as far as the eye can see. BARBARA has to stoop as she walks through it. She fails to notice the camera near the ceiling that turns as she passes and watches after her.) 20: EXT. CITY STREET (The DOCTOR and SUSAN approach a door.) SUSAN: Let’s try this one (SUSAN activates another sensor and she and a still fatigued DOCTOR pass through the door.) SUSAN: There we are. 21: INT. CITY CORRIDOR (BARBARA continues to wander through the maze-like corridors, not noticing that doors are starting to come down like gates behind her, sealing off her earlier path. A gurgling electronic noise fills the air. BARBARA finally comes to a d*ad end. She presses each of the walls then starts back but soon finds the path back sealed. She bangs on the closed door a couple of times, then runs back.) 22: EXT. CITY STREET (IAN has just returned from his exploration. SUSAN and the DOCTOR return as well. The DOCTOR looks even more fatigued.) IAN: Ah, there you are. Any luck? SUSAN: No. How about you? IAN: No, no luck. (He looks at his watch.) IAN: Barbara should be here by now. (Calls.) Barbara? Barbara? (He checks his watch again.) IAN: Well, we'll give her a couple of minutes more and then if she's not back, we'll have to go and look for her. 23: INT. CITY CORRIDOR (BARBARA is now in a panic, exhausted, running from one end of the sealed corridor to the other. Another section closes in front of her. Barely able to stand, she bangs on the just closed door. Another door slides shut, enclosing her in one room. With a hum, the room starts moving downward - it is an elevator and it is taking her into the depths of the city...) 24: EXT. CITY STREET (IAN checks his watch one more time.) IAN: We've waited long enough for her. We must go and find her. (He waves open the door BARBARA used.) 25: INT. CITY. ELEVATOR (The elevator comes to a jarring stop. The door slowly opens, and BARBARA cautiously steps out.) 26: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (She starts a little way down a corridor - then backs against the wall with a gasp at the sight of something moving in from a side corridor - Something with a mechanical arm advances on her. Trapped against the wall she lets out a scream of pure terror….)
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foreverdreaming
The Survivors Original Air Date: 21st December, 1963 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1: INT. CITY. ELEVATOR (BARBARA cautiously steps out of the elevator.) THE SURVIVORS (She starts a little way down a corridor…) Written by TERRY NATION (…then backs against the wall with a gasp at the sight of something moving in from a side corridor - Something with a mechanical arm advances on her. She is trapped against the wall.) 2: INT. CITY. ENTRANCE HALLWAY (IAN passes his hand over a sensor and he, the DOCTOR and SUSAN enter a hallway. There are several archways of differing heights reaching to the ceiling and several doorways arranged around the sides of the hallway. They are less elaborate than the door by which they have just entered but have the same sensors next to each of them.) IAN: Barbara? (They walk into the body of the hall, IAN moving under the archways looking for the missing teacher.) IAN: Barbara? Barbara? (SUSAN reaches one of the doorways and passes her hand over a sensor to it. A door opens onto a darkened room. She looks in.) SUSAN: Miss Wright? (IAN opens another of the doors. The room inside is similarly dark.) IAN: Barbara? (SUSAN calls from across the hallway.) SUSAN: Hey, there’s a corridor over here. DOCTOR: Mmm. (IAN comes over and looks down the corridor.) IAN: We might as well see where it goes to. Come on. (He is about to set off but the DOCTOR holds out a hand of caution. He looks back into the hallway.) DOCTOR: Wait… IAN: What’s the matter? DOCTOR: Listen… (There is a moments pause as all three listen. A faint sound reaches them.) SUSAN: I can hear it - a ticking noise! DOCTOR: Quiet child, listen… (IAN starts to walk round the edge of the hallway, following the sound.) IAN: Yes, over here somewhere. (The ticking stops.) DOCTOR: It’s stopped now. (They strain to listen. The ticking sound starts up.) SUSAN: Hey, there it is again! (IAN reaches the door in the central of the archways behind them.) IAN: It’s coming from in here (He waves his hand over the sensor and the door opens. All three enter the room.) 3: INT. CITY. LABORATORY (The room is in semi-darkness. There are several pieces of active scientific equipment dotted around the room.) IAN: Ah, this is more hopeful. We ought to find some mercury here. (They walk further into the room. The DOCTOR is drawn to one piece of equipment in particular.) DOCTOR: Huh! Measuring equipment…but measuring what? (To IAN.) Look here, look at this drum. (He moves his fingers over it.) DOCTOR: The ink’s still quite wet. IAN: Yes, I’m trying to imagine what sort of people these are. DOCTOR: They’re intelligent anyway, very intelligent. IAN: Yes, but how do they use their intelligence? What form does it take? DOCTOR: (Scornfully.) Oh, as if that matters! What these instruments tell us is that we’re in the midst of a…a very, very advanced civilised society. (SUSAN calls from the other side of the room.) SUSAN: Hey, here it is! The thing that’s ticking, it’s over here! (IAN crosses over to her followed by the DOCTOR. The machine they examine shows a needle against a counter and is ticking away.) SUSAN: (Worried.) It’s a Geiger counter… IAN: (Points.) But look at the needle! It’s past the danger point. DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Yes, yes, that explains a lot of things, doesn’t it? The jungle turned to stone, the… barren soil and the fact that we’re not feeling well. IAN: (Appalled.) Radiation sickness? DOCTOR: Yes, I’m afraid so. The atmosphere here is polluted with a very high level of fallout and we’ve been walking around in it completely unprotected. IAN: What?! But how do you explain the buildings? They’re intact. DOCTOR: (Thinks.) A Neutron b*mb…yes...it destroys all human tissues, but leaves the building and machinery intact, mm, yes. IAN: What? But how much radiation? How badly? DOCTOR: (Weakening.) Oh…we need, we…need drugs…to be treated… IAN: But where are we going to find them? SUSAN: The TARDIS’ll have to take us to another time and place where we can be cured. IAN: But don’t you remember? We can’t move the ship until we find the mercury for the fluid link! (The DOCTOR looks guilty and steps away from his companions.) DOCTOR: For the fluid link, yes…yes. I’m...I’m afraid I cheated a little on that. I was determined to see the city but everybody wanted to go on, and, er, well…to avoid arguments, er, in short, there’s, er... (He takes the link out of his pocket and puts it is IAN’S hands.) DOCTOR: ...nothing wrong with the fluid link. (IAN and SUSAN are stunned.) SUSAN: What? Grandfather, do you mean to say that you risked leaving the ship just to see this place? IAN: (Angrily.) You fool! You old fool! DOCTOR: Abuse me as much as you like, Chesterton. The point is, we need an immediate return to the ship and I suggest we leave at once. IAN: We’re not leaving until we’ve found Barbara. DOCTOR: Very well. You may stay and search for her if you wish, but Susan and I are going back to the ship. Now, come along child… IAN: All right, carry on, fine. How far do you think you’ll get - without this? (He holds up the fluid link. The DOCTOR holds out his hand.) DOCTOR: Now give that to me! IAN: Not until we’ve found Barbara. DOCTOR: Give it to me I say! (The DOCTOR almost tries to snatch the link back but IAN is too quick for him.) IAN: No - it’s time you faced up to your responsibilities. You got us here - now I’m going to make sure that you get us back! DOCTOR: Chesterton, this is… IAN: (Interrupting.) We’re wasting time. We should be looking for Barbara. SUSAN: He’s right Grandfather. We are wasting time. DOCTOR: (Wearily.) Oh child, if only you’d think as an adult sometimes,. (He is overtaken by a momentary wave of exhaustion.) DOCTOR: Oh very well, very well, let's go then, let's go. (He puts his arm round SUSAN and all three turn to the door which slides open to re-admit them back to the hallway. They pass through.) 4: INT. CITY. ENTRANCE HALLWAY (As they come into the hallway and the door slides shut behind them, SUSAN gasps in horror and buries herself in the DOCTOR’S arms, He and IAN look similarly shocked. They are surrounded by a number of hideous metallic machine creatures. They are squat and rounded with no discernable humanoid features. A single lens on a stalk functions as an eye, attached to a dome; they glide on a rounded base and possess two stubby "arms". One of these has a sucker on the end - like the one that menaced BARBARA - and the other is clearly a w*apon of some sort. These twitch in mock life. One of the machines nearest to the travellers suddenly speaks in a grating metallic voice.) FIRST DALEK: You will move ahead of us and follow my directions. This way (The machine glides round on the spot until it faces in the opposite direction. Its eye-stalk on the dome swings back round to re-face the travellers.) FIRST DALEK: Immediately! (The DOCTOR and SUSAN warily step forward as instructed. The DOCTOR has his hands on SUSAN’S shoulders. IAN remains in front of the door.) FIRST DALEK: (To IAN.) I said immediately! (IAN suddenly runs to one side, trying to escape.) FIRST DALEK: f*re! (From another machine, the shorter, w*apon appendage seems to quickly extend and retract. IAN is bathed in a glow of energy so bright that he and his surroundings seem to turn negative. He crashes to the ground, crying out in pain.) IAN: Argh! My legs….my legs! (The DOCTOR and SUSAN try to run towards the stricken teacher. Another of the machines puts its arm in the way.) SECOND DALEK: Stop! (The first machine glides across the room and looks down at IAN on the floor. It speaks in its emotionless dispassionless voice.) FIRST DALEK: Your legs are paralysed. You will recover shortly unless you force us to use our w*apon again. In that case, the condition will be permanent. (Its eye-stalk swings round to look at the DOCTOR and SUSAN.) FIRST DALEK: You two - help him. (The DOCTOR and SUSAN run across the room and help IAN to his feet. He has to lean across their shoulders.) IAN: (In shock.) My legs…my legs…I can’t use my legs! 5: INT. CITY. CELL (BARBARA sits on the floor of a stark, empty, metallic room. She appears dejected.) FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Outside the cell.) Stop here! (BARBARA gets to her feet quickly as the cell door glides up and side-wards into the wall. The DOCTOR and SUSAN, still supporting IAN are outside the door. They help him step into the room. The machine remains outside as the door re-slides shut.) BARBARA: Susan! SUSAN: Miss Wright! BARBARA: Ian! IAN: Oh, Barbara, thank heaven we’ve found you. Are you all right? BARBARA: Yes. (She notices IAN’S condition.) BARBARA: What’s the matter? What’s happened? IAN: Oh, I’m all right. SUSAN: He tried to get away and they hurt him. BARBARA: Well, can’t you stand up? IAN: Well, not without help. The feeling’s coming back, don’t worry. BARBARA: Come over here. (BARBARA helps the DOCTOR and SUSAN carry IAN across the room to where two long metal benches rest against the walls, although the DOCTOR is by now almost as weak as IAN. They rest IAN on one of the benches and all sit down themselves. The DOCTOR is to one side. He takes off his jacket and sits back exhausted, badly affected by the radiation.) IAN: How about you, Barbara? We tried to look for you and then those machines caught us. BARBARA: Well, they trapped me in some sort of lift. It seemed to go down for ages. IAN: They didn’t hurt you? BARBARA: No. IAN: (Relieved.) Oh... BARBARA: Ian, what are they? IAN: I don’t know. Barbara, did you notice anything? I mean, when they were moving you about - any little thing may help us. BARBARA: No, nothing much, They moved me from floor to floor - always in lifts. Where we are now must be miles underground. Well, there wasn’t any furniture, now that I come to think about it. IAN: I’m afraid that’s not very much help. BARBARA: Ian…do you think they really are…just machines? IAN: What do you mean? BARBARA: Well, I was going to say... (Embarrassed.)…do you think there’s someone inside them? (SUSAN bursts into laughter. A look from the two teachers soon quells her.) IAN: It’s a point. We haven’t any idea what’s inside them. BARBARA: I tried to think of how I could get away from them…but then I began to feel so weak and giddy…it’s getting worse now…I think they must have drugged me in some way… IAN: It’s not that. Barbara…we’ve got radiation sickness - all of us. The Doctor’s pretty badly h*t. (IAN nods towards the DOCTOR who is almost comatose against the wall.) BARBARA: (Starting to panic.) Well, how do we know it’s radiation? SUSAN: We found a Geiger counter. It seems that all the time we’ve been in the open, we’ve been exposed to it. BARBARA: Well, what’s going to happen to us? (The DOCTOR stirs slightly at this question although his eyes remain closed and his voice is weak.) DOCTOR: Well, unless…unless we get treatment…we shall die…yes…we shall die… (His three companions quietly absorb this horrific information.) 6: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (An image of the four travellers is being shown on a scanner atop a control console in the machines’ control room. This room is also metallic but unlike the cell, is in semi-darkness. There are several of the consoles, separated by metallic pillars and the room is filled with a pulsing electronic heartbeat type sound. Two of the machines watch the scanner. One of them touches a control.) FIRST DALEK: (Into communicator.) Bring in the old man Thal prisoner… (It speaks to its companion.) FIRST DALEK: Two hundred days ago, the radiation count was ninety-three. SECOND DALEK: It is now fifty-eight. An impressive reduction. FIRST DALEK: It is still enough to destroy. Our prisoners are showing preliminary stages of sickness already. SECOND DALEK: We know the Thals are able to live on the surface. FIRST DALEK: And that they must have found immunity. SECOND DALEK: Perhaps it is a drug. Is it failing them now? Why are these four showing signs of radiation sickness? FIRST DALEK: A few questions will reduce the mystery. (A door at the end of the control room glides up and side-wards into the wall. The DOCTOR, still with his jacket off, somewhat staggers into the room escorted by another of the machines and into a pool of light. Blinded, he tries to step back.) FIRST DALEK: Do not move out of the light…Sit on the floor. (The DOCTOR was starting to do just that before the order was given as he is now even weaker.) SECOND DALEK: You are one of the Thal people? DOCTOR: I don’t understand you… FIRST DALEK: Why are you suffering from radiation? (Behind the DOCTOR, his machine escort glides out of the room.) DOCTOR: Why? Because we were not aware of it until it was too late, that’s why. SECOND DALEK: No, that is not true. We know the Thals have existed outside our city. FIRST DALEK: The truth is, your supply of drugs has failed and you came into the city to see if you could find more. DOCTOR: No, no…”Thals”? What’s he talking about? We’re not “Thals” or whatever you may call them. Can’t you see we’re very ill? FIRST DALEK: You and your companions need a drug to stay alive. DOCTOR: (Getting irate.) We have no drugs (Realisation suddenly dawns on him and he mutters to himself…) DOCTOR: A drug…a drug…the drugs left outside the TARDIS! (One of the machines is confused by this statement and the iris in its eye dilates as it intones:) SECOND DALEK: “TARDIS”? He is becoming delirious. I do not understand his words. (The DOCTOR staggers to his feet.) DOCTOR: Listen to me! FIRST DALEK: (Sharply.) Stay in the light! (The DOCTOR stands still.) DOCTOR: My friends and I are travellers. We did find something in the forest near our…our encampment. They may be the drugs you’re referring to. Why not let one of us go and bring the phials here...and...under guard if necessary. FIRST DALEK: We cannot move outside the city. DOCTOR: Very well, then, let one of us go and hold the others until he returns. FIRST DALEK: Provided whoever you send understands the rest of you will be held responsible for his return. DOCTOR: He will have our lives in his hands. That is enough. FIRST DALEK: Then we agree. (With a groan, the DOCTOR sinks back down to one knee, struggling to concentrate.) DOCTOR: Tell me something about the people, the Thals, hmm? FIRST DALEK: (Pauses, then...) Over five hundred years ago, there were two races on this planet - we, the Daleks, and the Thals. After the neutronic w*r, our Dalek forefathers retired into the city, protected by our machines. DOCTOR: And the Thals? FIRST DALEK: Most of them perished in the w*r, but we know that there are survivors. They must be disgustingly mutated but that fact that they have survived tells us they must have a drug that preserves the life force. DOCTOR: (Angrily.) And knowing that these mutated creatures exist outside the city, you’re willing to send one of us in amongst them? FIRST DALEK: As you say yourself - all of lives...depend on it. (The DOCTOR closes his eyes in horror and resignation.) 7: INT. CITY. CELL (BARBARA and SUSAN are supporting IAN as they pace the cell in an effort to bring some feeling back to his legs.) BARBARA: Is it any easier? IAN: Yes, I think it is. I’m going to try and stand on my own. SUSAN: Be careful... IAN: I’ll be all right. (He takes his arms away from the girls’ shoulders and stands upright, although somewhat shakily.) IAN: Huh! That’s not too bad, is it? (He sways slightly.) BARBARA: Why don’t you sit down for a minute? IAN: No, no, I’ll be all right. I… (He tries to take a step but suddenly falls again as his legs give way. The two girls help him up.) IAN: (Angrily.) Oh, it’s no good! BARBARA: Come on, sit down. It’ll wear off in time. (The two girls help him back to the wall. They are looking worn out.) IAN: How are you feeling, Barbara? BARBARA: Oh…not too good. IAN: Susan? SUSAN: Well, it doesn’t seem to have affected me as much as the rest of you. (The cell door slides open and the DOCTOR is pushed in by a DALEK. The women have to grab him before he falls.) SUSAN: Grandfather! IAN: Are you all right? (He nods silently. The women help him to sit on one of the benches. The DOCTOR tries to speak but is weak and breathless.) SUSAN: What happened? DOCTOR: In a moment, child… (He takes a deep breath and tries to recover his strength.) DOCTOR: The phial of drugs left outside the TARDIS, remember? BARBARA: Yes, what about them? DOCTOR: It’s possible that they may have been anti-radiation gloves…drugs. (The other three look at each other.) DOCTOR: I...I can’t be certain...but it does give us a chance. The people here, whoever they may be, are very eager to get a hold of them. IAN: Well, none of us are in very good shape to go and get them. BARBARA: Well, Oh, I could do it… IAN: No, it must be me. BARBARA: But you can’t walk! IAN: (Snaps.) Oh, I’ll be all right in a couple of hours! DOCTOR: Whoever goes must be very careful. As far as I can ascertain, the creatures out there are the ones who dropped the box. They’re called Thals - they’re mutations. (SUSAN and BARBARA react with disgust to this description.) IAN: So it wasn’t our captors who left the drugs behind? DOCTOR: No, if they were drugs. (The DOCTOR suddenly feels the need to lie back. IAN helps him and SUSAN puts his feet up. His eyes are closed and his voice is weak.) DOCTOR: I’ve learned quite a lot from the Daleks. IAN: The who? DOCTOR: The Daleks - our captors here. Oh, if I didn’t feel so...! But I was right about the neutron b*mb. The Daleks…built this underground city as a kind of huge shelter. IAN: But what about the…the…what do you call them? The Thals? DOCTOR: I... IAN: I mean, how did they survive out there? They… (The DOCTOR is still and making nonsensical noises.) IAN: Doctor? Doctor? (The old man has lapsed into unconsciousness. SUSAN leans over him in concern.) IAN: I must get that drug quickly... (SUSAN feels the DOCTOR’S head.) SUSAN: Oh, he’s burning hot… (As SUSAN loosens the DOCTOR’S tie.) IAN: Yes, as soon as they take me to the surface, I’ll ask for water. In the meantime, you must keep him as cool as you possibly can. (He suddenly brightens.) IAN: I think there’s some life coming back into my toes! (SUSAN helps IAN to massage his leg.) SUSAN: You can’t go alone, Ian. I’ll have to go with you. IAN: No, I want you to stay here Susan. SUSAN: But I can’t, I must go with you... IAN: (Interrupts.) Oh, don’t argue with me! SUSAN: But you can’t get into the ship! IAN: All right then, give me the key. SUSAN: It’s not just a question of turning the key…the whole lock comes away from the door. IAN: Susan, supposing these…Daleks insist that only one of us goes. Then, I’ll have to take the key and I’ll have to go on trying until the door opens. SUSAN: No, you’ll jam the lock. Look, it’s a defence mechanism. There are twenty-one different holes inside the lock. There’s one right place and twenty wrong ones. If you make a mistake, you’ll, well, the whole…inside of the lock will melt. IAN: (Pauses, then.) There’s nothing else for it then. We must go together. (SUSAN nods. IAN starts to climb to his feet with her help.) IAN: Come on, let’s see if I can walk. (BARBARA starts to get up.) IAN: No, it’s all right Barbara. You take it easy. Rest. (He starts hobbling.) IAN: My right leg is better, you know… (He falls to the floor again.) IAN: (In frustration.) I’ve got feeling in this one but the left is just pins and needles. 8: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (A DALEK glides along the corridor and up to the cell door. It slides open and the DALEK glides in.) 9: INT. CITY. CELL DALEK: You must leave now. IAN: I’m not well enough yet… DALEK: (Louder.) You must leave now! IAN: My legs are still… DALEK: (Interrupting.) Which one of you is going? (IAN stands unsteadily. He hobbles forward and falls to the floor again. SUSAN cries out and jumps up to help him stand. BARBARA is too weak to stand.) IAN: You must give me more time! (SUSAN helps him back to his seat.) SUSAN: (To the DALEK.) Can’t you see how weak he is? DALEK: There are others. (BARBARA stands slowly but has to sit back down straight away, gripping her stomach.) BARBARA: Oh, Ian...I can’t...the whole room’s going ‘round…oh! (IAN looks from BARBARA to the DOCTOR, then at SUSAN. She catches his meaning, looking scared.) SUSAN: Must I? Alone? BARBARA: (To IAN.) You can’t let her go alone…she’s just a child! Plead with them…anything! (She breaks down.) IAN: Susan...you see how ill they both are! We can’t afford to wait until I can walk! An hour might make all the difference! SUSAN: I’m so afraid! IAN: Go on. (SUSAN looks at the prone forms of the DOCTOR and BARBARA and summons up her courage. She nods.) SUSAN: Yes. IAN: Don’t stop for anything. Straight there, straight back. DALEK: Are you ready? IAN: (Angrily.) Yes, all right. (SUSAN turns round to the waiting DALEK.) SUSAN: I...I’m coming now. (The cell door slides open. SUSAN looks back at her companions but the DALEK prods her out with its suction cup arm.) BARBARA: Ian…the others, in the forest…he said they were mutations… IAN: (In despair.) But what else could I do? (He hits his left leg in anger.) 8: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (Three DALEKS are assembled watching the scanner. The door opens and another glides into the room and reports to its compatriots.) FIRST DALEK: The child has set out. SECOND DALEK: Her direction is being followed on the Rangerscopes? FIRST DALEK: Yes. SECOND DALEK: Mark her movements carefully. If there are more Thal people living in the jungle, she will try to contact them. FIRST DALEK: I understand. If she returns with the drugs, am I to allow the prisoners to use it? SECOND DALEK: No. They will die in time. Their only value is in bringing us enough of the Thal drug to duplicate it for our own use. (The four DALEKS glide in closer and begin talking quickly among themselves.) DALEK: Yes, at last we have a chance…. 9: INT. CITY. CELL (BARBARA wipes the DOCTOR’S brow.) BARBARA: He’s getting worse. IAN: How long did the Doctor say we’d last without treatment? Forty-eight hours? BARBARA: (Tearfully.) I don’t know. It..it’s h*t him so badly, Ian… IAN: Yes. How are you feeling? BARBARA: Oh, I...I ache all over. I have difficulty in keeping my eyes open… IAN: Yes, I’m about the same. (He looks in anger at the DOCTOR.) IAN: All his fault! Had to have his own way, see the city… BARBARA: Oh Ian, that doesn’t help. IAN: Oh, I know, I know… BARBARA: We must wait, that’s all we can do. IAN: Wait, yes. An hour ago, I thought we might try and escape, watch their movements, make a plan, there’s always a chance. Now, we’re too late. I think even if they left the doors wide open, we wouldn’t have the strength to crawl through them. BARBARA: How long has she been gone? IAN: (Checking his watch.) About an hour. She should just be on the edge of the jungle by now. 10: EXT. FOREST (Thunder and lightning rip through the sky as SUSAN staggers through the trees. She is frightened, not just by the storm, but by what might be hidden in the trees. She pauses, turns and runs as fast as she can through the trees. Something covered in scales moves out of a clearing before she approaches. She carries on running but suddenly falls to the ground and stares up in terror at something in front of her….) 11: INT. CITY. CELL (IAN and BARBARA are doing their best to look after the DOCTOR who is laid out flat on one of the benches.) BARBARA: He’s so hot. It…it’s like a fever… IAN: Yes, his breathing’s so bad. What do you think, Barbara? BARBARA: (Shaking her head.) I don’t know. Even if Susan got back now, I don’t know whether she’d be in time. Gi..give me his coat. (IAN passes the DOCTOR’S jacket to her.) IAN: Here, there you are. (BARBARA makes a pillow of it and puts it under the DOCTORS head. She staggers but IAN grabs her and helps her to sit.) IAN: Barbara, come on now BARBARA: No, I’m... IAN: You sit down. BARBARA: (Wearily.) I’m all right... IAN: No, you rest. You can’t do anything more for him. BARBARA: It’s so hot in here. (IAN makes her comfortable and feels her brow.) IAN: Yes, now you try and sleep, Barbara. Try and sleep. BARBARA: Yes...I’d like to sleep... IAN: Yes... BARBARA: It’s so hot... (She passes out. IAN gets to his feet, He himself is weaker now. Suddenly he realises that he has feeling back in his legs. He manages to walk but suddenly lurches forward with stomach cramps. He holds himself up against the cell door.) IAN: (Whispers.) Hurry, Susan…hurry, Susan! 12: EXT. FOREST (As thunder crashes, SUSAN crawls backwards from the sight in front of her. She throws ash up at it with a cry and regains her feet. She staggers away, sobbing, running through the trees.) 13. INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (Four DALEKS are assembled.) FIRST DALEK: I have just come from the prisoners. The old man is dying. SECOND DALEK: Then he must die. There is no help we can give him. How are the others? FIRST DALEK: The woman is sleeping very heavily. The young man fights against it. SECOND DALEK: What of the girl? Has she reached the jungle? FIRST DALEK: Yes. The Rangerscopes tracked her that far. Now they have lost her. 14: EXT. FOREST (Sobbing, SUSAN is still running through the trees. Suddenly she finds herself in front of the TARDIS. She takes the key from around her neck and opens the door.) 15. INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (SUSAN runs into the ship and immediately operates the door control. When she is safely enclosed, she goes to the chair where the metal box is sitting. She hugs it to her and walks back to the console, then remembers IAN’S instructions...) IAN: (OOV.) Don’t stop for anything, Straight there, straight back. An hour might make all the difference. (SUSAN realises she has no choice.) SUSAN: I must….I must… (She operates the door control and starts to walk hesitantly out. A crack of thunder and a flash of lightening make her hesitate momentarily but then she summons courage and walks through the doors….)
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The Escape Original Air Date: 28th December, 1963 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1. INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (SUSAN operates the door control and starts to walk hesitantly out.) THE ESCAPE (A crack of thunder and a flash of lightening...) Written by TERRY NATION (...makes her hesitate momentarily but then she summons courage and walks through the doors….) 2: EXT. FOREST (SUSAN walks through the exterior doors, the box of drugs gripped tightly. Thunder and lightening still fill the air. A flash of lightning illuminates a being stood on a rock to one side of the TARDIS. SUSAN sinks to the ground in fear, but the being is not a mutant. It is a perfectly proportioned, blond haired man, wearing a strange cloak covered in hexagonal shaped scales.) SUSAN: (Her voice shaking.) Who are you? What do you want? ALYDON: Don’t be afraid. SUSAN: (Shouting in fear.) What do you want? (The man steps further into the light. SUSAN realises that he is nothing like a mutant but instead has a perfect form. He fear disappears and is replaced by wonder.) SUSAN: But…they said you were…but, they called you...but you’re not - you’re perfect! ALYDON: I tried to speak to you in the forest yesterday, but I frightened you. I’m sorry. SUSAN: I was frightened! I was terrified! ALYDON: Yes, I was very clumsy. I have come now to make certain you understand how to use the drugs I left for you. SUSAN: You left? But we thought they’d been dropped by accident. ALYDON: No. SUSAN: We didn’t even know they were drugs… ALYDON: (Startled.) You mean you haven’t taken them yet? But you must! (SUSAN gets up from the ground.) SUSAN: Well, that’s why I came back, you see. My...my Grandfather and two of my friends are prisoners in the city and… ALYDON: No, please, please, you’re...you’re too quick for me. (SUSAN cowers back slightly as the man jumps down from the rock and approaches her.) ALYDON: There are four of you, I know that - I’ve watched you - but what do you mean, “prisoners”? SUSAN: Well, don’t you know about the Daleks? ALYDON: But... (He looks through the trees towards the city.) ALYDON: So the Dalek people have survived. (Points.) But…but do they live in that d*ad city? SUSAN: Well, underneath it, anyway. You see, the Daleks want the drugs too, and they won’t let us go until I bring them back to them. ALYDON: But why should they want the drugs? Surely they must have some themselves if they’re still alive? SUSAN: (Tearfully.) I don’t know! Look, my Grandfather and my friends are terribly ill, and I must take the drug back to them…please?! (SUSAN starts to move off….) ALYDON: No, no, no wait! (SUSAN stops.) ALYDON: Are you sure the Daleks want the drugs for your friends and not for themselves? SUSAN: I hadn’t thought of that... ALYDON: Do you trust them? SUSAN: No! Well...I’m not sure. ALYDON: You still have the drugs I left for you. I shall give you a further supply which you must hide as best you can… (He takes a second metal box from within his cloak and passes it to SUSAN. She shrinks back from the proffered gift.) ALYDON: (Gently.) Do you trust me? (SUSAN pauses, then smiles.) SUSAN: Yes! (She takes the box.) ALYDON: I am Alydon of the Thal race. (He takes off his cloak.) ALYDON: I shall go with you through the forest to the outer wall of the city - if you will allow me? SUSAN: Thank you. I don’t understand, they said you were, well, they called you mutations. ALYDON: Here, take my cloak, you’re cold. (He wraps his cloak around SUSAN’S shoulders.) SUSAN: Thank you ALYDON: We are the survivors of a final w*r, but the radiation still persists and that is why your friends are ill. I wonder if the Daleks have seen us? SUSAN: Seen you? ALYDON: I mean, if they call us “mutations”, what must they be like…? (He leads her back through the trees...) 3: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (One DALEK glides forward and joins another at a control console. The voice of another DALEK issues from the console...) DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) I have returned the girl to the cell. FIRST DALEK: Very well. DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) They are asking for water. FIRST DALEK: Give them some. (It switches off the tannoy and speaks to its companion….) FIRST DALEK: It is clear that the girl must have made contact with the Thals. SECOND DALEK: Our prisoners could bring the Thals to us. FIRST DALEK: Precisely that. (The FIRST DALEK glides away.) 4: INT. CITY. CELL (SUSAN is tending to the DOCTOR who is still unconscious.) SUSAN: (Worried.) The Thal said the drug would act quickly. (IAN and BARBARA are now fully recovered.) IAN: Don’t give him any more water, Susan. His pulse is steady now anyway. BARBARA: My arms are tingling. SUSAN: Yes, Alydon said you’d feel that. It...it just means the drug’s working, that’s all. IAN: This Alydon of yours seems to have kept his wits about him - giving you that extra supply of drugs. SUSAN: Yes, It was strange when the Daleks found it. I thought first of all they were going to keep both lots, then they suddenly seemed to change their mind and gave the second lot back to me. IAN: Yes…still, the Thals seem more friendly. SUSAN: Oh yes. Alydon gave me this cloak to keep me warm. (SUSAN picks up the cloak from the floor.) BARBARA: Why do the Daleks think they’re mutations? SUSAN: I don’t know. Judging by Alydon, they’re magnificent people. (The DOCTOR starts to stir.) DOCTOR: (Weakly.) Susan… (SUSAN drops the cloak and rushes to his side. The old man is still covered in sweat.) SUSAN: Grandfather! You’ll feel better soon. DOCTOR: Yeah... SUSAN: I brought the drugs back. DOCTOR: Oh…oh, give me a little while…and then…we must go…back to the ship… SUSAN: No, we’re still prisoners… DOCTOR: Oh, are we? Oh yes, well, we will...we must leave here soon, we must, we must leave... must… (He drifts off again.) SUSAN: As soon as Grandfather’s properly awake, we must try and find a way of helping the Thals. BARBARA: We can’t even help ourselves, locked up in here like this. (She walks off and, dejected, sits next to IAN.) SUSAN: We must try and talk to the Daleks. (She picks up the cloak again.) SUSAN: Alydon says the Thals are going to starve unless they can find new supplies of food. (She spreads the cloak out on the floor and sits on it.) SUSAN: You see, after the w*r, the Thals that survived managed to cultivate small plots of land. Well, that’s how they’ve survived ever since. But they’ve always had to be very, very careful, because the crops have always been in danger. But you see, they rely on a great rainfall that only happens about every four or five years… (Above SUSAN, a camera fixed in an arch of the cell is watching and listening to her….) SUSAN: …well, it’s two years overdue now, and all their crops are ruined. Well, that’s why the whole Thal race had to leave their plateau... 5: INT. CITY CONTROL ROOM (The DALEKS watch the girl on their monitor and listen to SUSAN’S words….) SUSAN: (On monitor.)… and go in search of food. Alydon says unless we can help them...them arrange some sort of treaty with the Daleks, well they’re all going to die. IAN: (OOV: On monitor.) But how can we, Susan? SUSAN: (On monitor.) Well, he wants to talk to the Daleks. He said if they agree to supply food for them, then one of us must take a message outside the city. (One DALEK turns off the scanner.) SECOND DALEK: We could let this catastrophe destroys the Thals. FIRST DALEK: Will they let themselves starve to death? No. I feel preserving our prisoners was a good idea. SECOND DALEK: And an arrangement to bring the Thals inside our city an even better one. FIRST DALEK: We’ll let our prisoners sleep, and then give them food. After that, we can plan. SECOND DALEK: Why not begin…now? (The FIRST DALEK’S iris contracts as it speaks...) FIRST DALEK: Because the lapse of time, the relaxation of sleep, the provision of food…all these things will give them a false…sense…of se…cur…ity! 6: INT. CITY. CELL (The travellers have been sleeping. The cell door slides open and all except the DOCTOR wake instantly as a DALEK stands in the doorway. In place of the usual arm is a different attachment - a tray with several items upon it.) DALEK: We have brought you food and more water. (The DOCTOR awakens as BARBARA moves forward and takes the tray.) DALEK: The girl is to come with me. (IAN leaps to his feet.) IAN: Why? SUSAN: It’s all right. BARBARA: Well, what are they going to do to her? DALEK: She will be returned, We are going to help the Thals, which is what you want us to do. Come now. (SUSAN follows the DALEK out. The door closes.) DOCTOR: I can’t understand. Why have they taken Susan? IAN: (Thoughtfully.) How do they know we want to help the Thals? 7: EXT. FOREST (ALYDON waits near the TARDIS. Several other Thals approach. Among them is a tall blond young Thal.) ALYDON: Ah, Ganatus! GANATUS: Alydon. ALYDON: You have been longer than I thought. GANATUS: The path was rough. ALYDON: The d*ad city lies over there… (He points through the trees. Behind them, an older Thal, wearing a simple crown on his order gives an order to some other of his people.) TEMMOSUS: Set the tent there, towards the west. (A young Thal girl wearing a short but elaborate headdress, walks past several Thals as they begin setting up the camp and approaches the TARDIS, She is DYONI. She gestures to the ship and speaks to the crowned leader.) DYONI: Oh, what is it, Temmosus? TEMMOSUS: This must be the craft in which the strangers arrived here. (ALYDON and GANATUS approach TEMMOSUS and DYONI.) TEMMOSUS: So, Alydon, we were right to believe the city inhabited. (ALYDON gives a short bow.) ALYDON: Yes, Temmosus. TEMMOSUS: I wonder what they’ll be like? How they’ll be disposed towards us... GANATUS: (Bitterly.) They are Daleks. TEMMOSUS: Yes, but we’ve changed over the centuries. Why shouldn’t they? The once famous warrior race of Thals are now farmers. DYONI: But the Daleks were teachers weren’t they, Temmosus? TEMMOSUS: Yes, they were - and philosophers. GANATUS: Perhaps they are the warriors now. TEMMOSUS: From the distance, the city looks as if they make science and invention their profession. It’s a magical architecture. Perhaps we can exchange ideas with them, learn from them… (GANATUS has lain down on a nearby rock.) GANATUS: (Unconvinced.) Perhaps… (TEMMOSUS looks over the TARDIS.) TEMMOSUS: And these others, they arrived here in this weird object? ALYDON: Yes Temmosus. TEMMOSUS: And you trust them, Alydon? ALYDON: I have only spoken with the young girl... (DYONI spins round sharply.) ALYDON: But if the others are anything like her, I would trust them absolutely. TEMMOSUS: (Slightly mocking.) I hope you are not too generous in your beliefs. (To DYONI.) What do you say, Dyoni? Hmm? DYONI: (Haughtily.) I have no opinions on the matter. GANATUS: (Laughs.) How unusual! (He and ALYDON laugh.) TEMMOSUS: Where is the girl now? ALYDON: I have given her the drugs and she has returned to the city. DYONI: (Snaps.) It would have been better if you’d given it to a man instead of a girl. ALYDON: Well, I had no chance! They’re prisoners in the city. GANATUS: (Suddenly alert.) “Prisoners”? TEMMOSUS: Are you sure? ALYDON: I’m afraid so. From everything the young girl said, the Daleks are certainly very suspicious of others. TEMMOSUS: Tell me, Alydon, how old is this young girl? ALYDON: Oh, no longer a child, not yet a woman. TEMMOSUS: Ah, then perhaps it’s safe for you to talk to her... (He looks at DYONI.) TEMMOSUS: ...if she’s not yet a woman. (GANATUS bursts out laughing as DYONI storms away. ALYDON watches her go.) ALYDON: I don’t understand her! If we don’t find the new food supply for next year, we’re finished! Doesn’t she understand that? We’re all working towards the same end… GANATUS: Now there’s a double meaning for you!! TEMMOSUS: (To ALYDON.) But don’t you realise that Dyoni sees her personal future in you? You must remember that when we left our plateau and started on this journey, she was little more than a child - but that was four years ago. ALYDON: I am not quite so blind. GANATUS: (Scornfully.) Ha! TEMMOSUS: Well, go on. What have you planned? ALYDON: The young girl will speak with the Daleks, and the message will come from the city. TEMMOSUS: Direct from the girl? ALYDON: Yes. TEMMOSUS: But how shall we know that it’s not a trick? ALYDON: Well, she told me her name - Susan - and that is how the message is to be signed. Otherwise, we shall know the Daleks are hostile to us. 8: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (Surrounded by the creatures, SUSAN is sitting on the floor at a small table, writing on a pad as the DALEKS dictate a message to her.) FIRST DALEK: …and liquid foods. Water in abundance. We can also supply…unlimited quantities of fresh vegetables which are forced in artificial sunlight. (SUSAN is struggling to keep up with the DALEK’S rapid pace of dictation.) SUSAN: Just a minute… ”in artificial sunlight”, all right , go on… SECOND DALEK: In return, we shall expect the Thals to help us in the recultivation of the land surrounding the ci… (SUSAN has stopped writing midway through this sentence.) FIRST DALEK: Why have you stopped writing?! SUSAN: Well, I can only ask them. I can’t accept for them. FIRST DALEK: Then put down that we expect them to help us. (SUSAN recommences writing.) SUSAN: Yes, I’m sure they will. (SUSAN mutters the final lines as she writes them.) SECOND DALEK: Please sit still while we examine what you’ve written. (SUSAN holds the message pad up. The SECOND DALEK grabs hold of the pad on the end of its suction cup and holds it up in front of the eye-stalk of the FIRST DALEK.) FIRST DALEK: What is the last word here? SUSAN: The last word? FIRST DALEK: “Su..saan” (SUSAN bursts into laughter.) FIRST DALEK: Stop that noise! (She quiets down and attempts to explain.) SUSAN: Well, it…it’s...it’s what I’m called. It’s my name. Susan. FIRST DALEK: And you told the Thals that you would write this “name” on the message? SUSAN: Yes. Look, there’s no need to be frightened of them. They’re very friendly people. All they want is food. Let me take the message to them. FIRST DALEK: No. SUSAN: Why not? SECOND DALEK: We have planned…otherwise. (The third DALEK moves with the letter towards the scanner. It bursts into life showing SUSAN’S companions in the cell.) IAN: (On monitor.) But how long are they going to keep Susan, Doctor? BARBARA: (On monitor.) What do they want with her? DOCTOR: (On monitor.) Perhaps they are going to let us go. I…I don’t know. (The DALEK turns the scanner off.) SUSAN: (Proudly.) We knew you could hear us because you knew about the Thals and the food. FIRST DALEK: It does not matter. We have the message now. (Another DALEK roughly pushes a shocked SUSAN with its arm. She realises their true intentions.) 9: INT. CITY. CELL (Later, SUSAN has been returned to the cell. IAN is stood underneath the camera.) IAN: (Whispers.) All set, Doctor? (He then speaks louder and falsely, as if in a bad play.) IAN: The whole pattern of things is suspicious. Just because the Daleks didn’t k*ll us is no reason to trust them. DOCTOR: (Also falsely.) Or suspect them, either. BARBARA: Well, maybe they just have a different way of doing things. IAN: The Thals have helped us. The Daleks put us in a cell. I know which of the two I prefer. DOCTOR: I tell you the Daleks are brilliant people! I think we ought to co-operate with them. IAN: Ever since you talked alone to the Daleks, you’ve been on their side. What have they done? Bribed you or something? (He grabs the DOCTOR and spins him round to face him.) IAN: (Shouts.) Look! I want to know why! Why are you on their side and against the rest of us? DOCTOR: (Shouts.) Take your hands off me! How dare you! (SUSAN runs forward. BARBARA also rushes in.) SUSAN: (Shouts.) Leave my Grandfather alone! IAN: (Shouts.) I want an answer! BARBARA: (Shouts.) Ian, stop arguing! SUSAN: (Shouts.) Leave him alone! IAN: (Shouts.) to his face! (SUSAN jumps on IAN’S back and he staggers towards the wall with the camera.) DOCTOR: (Shouts.) Keep away from me! (BARBARA pulls the DOCTOR to one side.) BARBARA: (Shouts.) Susan, what are you doing!? (SUSAN grabs the device and pulls it out of its socket.) 10: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The picture disappears off the scanner.) 11: INT. CITY. CELL (IAN and SUSAN fall to the floor where the girl holds up the camera to him.) IAN: Did I hurt you? SUSAN: (Laughing.) No! DOCTOR: Don’t waste time! (IAN grabs the camera and stares into it.) IAN: Fixed you for a while! 12: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The DALEKS observe the d*ad scanner.) FIRST DALEK: Do you think it was broken accidentally in their struggle? SECOND DALEK: No. The cable is strong. They have broken it deliberately. THIRD DALEK: They can be moved immediately to another room; the eye repaired. FIRST DALEK: No. SECOND DALEK: Extermination, then? FIRST DALEK: There is no escape from the room that holds them. They may well be useful again. We shall deal with the Thals. 13: INT. CITY. CELL DOCTOR: The point is, how do we get out of here? Wait until the Daleks open the door and force the issue? BARBARA: Well, we’d never get near them. SUSAN: We must try and trick them. We must all pretend to be d*ad - then when they come in to investigate, we must rush down the corridor… IAN: Yes, and then what? No, we must find a way of putting these machines out of action. BARBARA: Yes, remember what they did to your legs. IAN: Yes... (The DOCTOR suddenly taps the floor with his shoe.) DOCTOR: The floors are metal...all the floors are metal! BARBARA: Well, so are the streets of the city outside. DOCTOR: Why? BARBARA: I don’t know… DOCTOR: No, I know you don’t know. I mean, why do they use metal? Is it because that it lasts longer, or because… IAN: (Realises.) …because it’s essential to them! That’s an idea! BARBARA: Well, how is that going to help us? IAN: Well, if metal is essential… DOCTOR: (Interrupts.) No, no, no, no, no, now listen, let’s concentrate on the Daleks. Have you noticed, for example, that when they move about there’s a sort of acrid smell? SUSAN: Yes, yes, I’ve notice that! BARBARA: I know - A fairground! IAN: That’s it! Dodgems! DOCTOR: It’s electricity! I think they’re powered that way. IAN: Yes, but just a minute - they have no pick-up or anything. And only the base of the machine touches the floor. How do they complete the circuit? SUSAN: Batteries? DOCTOR: No, no, no - I believe the Daleks have discovered a way to exploit static electricity. Very ingenious, if I’m right. BARBARA: What, drawing power from the floor? DOCTOR: Precisely! If I’m right, of course. Now, what do we know, apart from guessing how they’re powered, hmm? SUSAN: Well, they can see all round them. BARBARA: Yes...their eye is flexible, like a large camera lens. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, yes. Now Chesterton... (He looks for the teacher who is kneeling behind him staring at the floor.) DOCTOR: Do you mind concentrating, young man? IAN: Hmm? Susan? SUSAN: Mmm? IAN: The cloak the Thals gave you? SUSAN: Yes, it’s just behind you. (IAN grabs the cloak and starts examining it.) IAN: Ah. Barbara, come here. (SUSAN and BARBARA join him.) IAN: Now what do you think this is made of? BARBARA: Oh, I don’t know. It isn’t plastic, or…I don’t think it’s nylon either… IAN: Whatever it is, it’ll do for what we want. (The DOCTOR joins them.) DOCTOR: And what will it do, young man, hmm? IAN: Insulate. If you are right, Doctor, about the Daleks taking up power from the floor, this is a perfect way of putting them out of action. 14: EXT. FOREST (A Thal walks past DYONI carrying the metallic lizard-like creature that the travellers found soon after they landed.) DYONI: (Enthusiastically.) Oh look, Ganatus, they’ve found a Magnadon under some bushes! GANATUS: d*ad, I hope? DYONI: Well, of course it’s d*ad. (GANATUS smiles.) DYONI: (Angrily.) Oh, I never know when you’re serious and when you’re joking. GANATUS: We’ll be able to recharge the hand-lights. I’ll go and tell Antodus. DYONI: (Sneers.) Is he still afraid of the dark? (GANATUS scowls coldly at her.) DYONI: Oh , I’m sorry, I… GANATUS: (Snaps.) My brother isn’t afraid of anything! (He storms off. Nearby ALYDON is deep in thought. He moves over to where TEMMOSUS is sat down.) ALYDON: Temmosus, suppose the Daleks refuse to help us? What then? TEMMOSUS: I believe the Daleks hold the key to our future. Whatever that future may be, we must accept it, gracefully and without regret. ALYDON: I wish I could be as objective as you. We’ve lived for so long a time… TEMMOSUS: Perhaps we have lived too long. (He sees ALYDON’S shocked look.) TEMMOSUS: I’ve never struggled against the inevitable - it’s a vain occupation.- But I should always advise you to examine very closely what you think to be inevitable. It’s surprising how often apparent defeats can be turned to victory. (GANATUS runs up to them, followed by DYONI and the other Thals. He’s holding SUSAN’S message.) GANATUS: This was found at the city gates. (TEMMOSUS takes it and reads it over.) ALYDON: Well, what does it say? TEMMOSUS: (Excited.) They’re going to help us! (The Thals react with delight.) TEMMOSUS: It’s signed by the girl, Susan. She says the Dalek people have no malice towards us, and they hope that they can work with us to build a new and safe world, free from the fear of w*r. They have the ability to produce food by means of synthetic sunlight and they have left a quantity of it for us in the entrance hall of their main building. We are to collect it tomorrow! (The Thals exchange delighted comments.) TEMMOSUS: (Quietly.) So, there is a future for us… 15: INT. CITY CELL (SUSAN is listening against the cell door.) SUSAN: Shh! He’s coming! (SUSAN runs to one side of the door. IAN is on the other side. The DOCTOR stands in the middle of the cell with BARBARA lying on the floor near his feet.) DOCTOR: Ready? IAN: Yes. DOCTOR Now, all of you, watch very carefully. See that you notice every detail on that machine. Right? (The door opens and a DALEK, carrying another tray stops on the threshold. Its suspicions are aroused and it’s eyestalk moves from side to side observing IAN and SUSAN.) DALEK: Move back from the door. (IAN and SUSAN do as they are told.) DALEK: (To SUSAN.) Take the food. (She does so. The DALEK moves backwards and the door slides shut. The group move towards the DOCTOR to relay their observations but he holds up a finger to quieten them for a pause to ensure they are not overheard - then points at IAN.) DOCTOR: Well? (IAN holds up the destroyed camera.) IAN: I’ll be able to jam the door with a piece of this. (The DOCTOR points at SUSAN.) SUSAN: They seemed to be able to cover all of us. BARBARA: It’s impossible to hide from it. IAN: Yes, perhaps we can throw a coat over the lens… BARBARA: Surely it would see you. IAN: (Frustrated.) Yes… (Thinks.) Doctor, perhaps we can stage something. You know, a distraction. And when the lens looks the other way, throw something over it. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, yes... (BARBARA turns to SUSAN as she sits eating on the floor.) BARBARA: No, wait a minute. Susan, throw me your shoes. (The girl is puzzled but nevertheless takes them off and does as she is asked.) IAN: What are you up to? (BARBARA starts picking ash from the forest off SUSAN’S shoes and putting it into the water bowl.) BARBARA: I’m making mud… 16: INT. CITY. CELL (LATER) (The DOCTOR checks his pocket watch.) DOCTOR: If he’s on time, we have three minutes. (IAN holds up a piece from the camera.) IAN: I’m ready. (IAN goes and lies down next to the door. The DOCTOR walks over to BARBARA who is moulding a lump of ashen mud in her hands.) DOCTOR: How’s the mud? BARBARA: Oh, it’s very sticky and very nasty. (The DOCTOR smiles and hugs her.) DOCTOR: Very good. A Very good idea! (SUSAN has the cloak in her hands.) SUSAN: Shall I spread the cloak over? DOCTOR: Yes, yes. Not too near the door - we don’t want to make him suspicious. (She points at a spot in the middle of the room.) SUSAN: Just down there? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, quickly! (She lays out ALYDON’S cloak.) DOCTOR: Hurry child! (IAN is listening at the door.) IAN: He’s coming! (SUSAN rushes to lay the cloak out and lie down herself on it. She looks nervous, as do all her companions as they wait a tense moment for the opportunity to put their plan into action.) 17: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (The DALEK approaches the cell.) 18: INT. CITY. CELL (The door slides open and IAN wedges his piece of the camera under the hinge and then quickly scrambles out of immediate range. A DALEK, again carrying a tray, glides into the doorway. It looks down at SUSAN.) DALEK: Take this. (SUSAN gets up from the floor and takes the tray. BARBARA, mud in hand and slowly so as not to arouse suspicion, walks nearer the door. The DALEK glides backwards. The door starts to slide shut, but stops on the camera piece. It rises and falls on the piece as it re-attempts to close. The DALEK glides back into the doorway and looks down to investigate.) DOCTOR: Now! (BARBARA runs forward and, with one push, wedges the lump of mud onto the eye-piece. The DALEK instinctively pushes her to the floor. An alarm sounds from within the casing. IAN and the DOCTOR runs forward, grabbing the creature by its arms and desperately trying to manouevre the DALEK onto the cloak whilst preventing it aiming it’s g*n at one of them. All the time, the DALEK keeps up a chant of alarm.) DALEK: Keep away! Keep away from me. Keep away from me! (It pushes the DOCTOR against the wall.) DALEK: Keep away! Keep away! (The DALEK manages to push IAN to the floor.) IAN: Get the g*n! The g*n! (He runs round the casing to catch the g*n but the DALEK pushes its suction cup arm under his chin and against the wall.) DALEK: Keep away from me! Keep away from me! Keep away from me! Keep away from me! Keep away from me! (As SUSAN and BARBARA hold the cloak down and shout out, IAN is in danger of being choked but he braces himself against the wall and pushes the DALEK with his legs - onto the cloak. At an instant, the alarm cuts out, the creature goes silent and its arms and eye-stalk sag down towards the floor.) SUSAN: Yes, we’ve got it! DOCTOR: Well done, Susan! BARBARA: Ian? (She moves to help him up.) DOCTOR: (To SUSAN.) Are you all right, Susan? SUSAN: Yes Grandfather. DOCTOR: Splendid, splendid. (IAN regains his feet.) IAN: I think I’m all right. (He goes towards the silent DALEK.) IAN: Swing it round, keep out of the way, Susan… SUSAN: Yes… (They spin the DALEK round.) IAN: Now, I think it’s worked. (To the DOCTOR.) Take your hand off the g*n. (He does. The DALEK remains inactive.) IAN: It has! It’s worked! (He starts to examine the base of the DALEK’S dome-like head.) IAN: There must be a catch here somewhere…I’ve found one! (He pushes the dome back. A strange gurgling noise emanates from the casing. IAN catches a glimpse of the contents and slams the lid back shut.) IAN: (Quietly.) Susan, Barbara, go in the corridor and keep a look out. BARBARA: Yes. (The girls walk out with a glance at IAN’S sickened expression.) IAN: (To the DOCTOR.) You’ll have to help me. (He re-opens the lid and stands back. He and the DOCTOR take a long look at the contents and then at each other.) IAN: Let’s roll it off the cloak. (Grunting, they push the machine from the cloak. It remains inert.) IAN: All right? DOCTOR: Yes. IAN: Give me the cloak. (The DOCTOR picks the cloak up and hands it to IAN. He pushes it inside the casing to grabs its contents within the folds.) IAN: That’s it. All right? DOCTOR: Right. IAN: Now... DOCTOR: There it is, right. IAN: Lift! DOCTOR: Yes. (Together, they haul the creature, hidden within the cloak, out of the casing. The DOCTOR carries the cloak and its contents over to a corner of the cell and drops it there.) IAN: Now, see if I can get inside it (He shouts to SUSAN and BARBARA outside the cell.) IAN: All clear in the corridor? 19: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR SUSAN & BARBARA: Yes SUSAN: (To BARBARA.) I think there’s a sentry down the other end of the corridor. BARBARA: Well, they made such a terrible noise… (She calls back through the doorway.) BARBARA: Ian…hurry! 20: INT. CITY. CELL (Back in the cell, IAN is inside the DALEK casing, the dome-lid still open.) IAN: Not much room for my legs, but try the top. DOCTOR: Barbara, Susan, give me a hand! (The two girls run back into the cell and the three push the dome back into place.) DOCTOR: Let it down gently. (He calls to IAN inside the casing.) DOCTOR: How is it? (IAN’S voice from within the casing has the same electronic grating tone as a DALEK but is more human in its intonation.) IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) It’s very cramped indeed. DOCTOR: Well, can’t you sound more like a Dalek? BARBARA: Yes, in a monotone. You’ve heard them. IAN: (OOV: Within casing - imitating a DALEK voice.) Do...you...mean...like...this? DOCTOR: That’s it! That’s it! SUSAN: Ha! Marvellous! Can you see all right? IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) No. There’s some sort of screen…oh, it’s the mud! Wipe the mud off the lens. SUSAN: Oh yes! All right! (SUSAN wipes the eye-piece with her handkerchief.) SUSAN: Eurgh, it’s all clogged up… IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Ah… SUSAN: Is that better? IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Yes, yes, I can see now. SUSAN: Good. IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) But I can’t make this thing move…it...it’s full of controls… DOCTOR: Oh, don’t worry, we’ll push you. (The three of them turn the casing round to face the door.) IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Well, it moves well enough. SUSAN: Yes. BARBARA: But, surely they’ll know that we’re pushing you? DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, they won’t be...suspicious at all. (They push the DALEK through the doorway into the corridor.) 21: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) All right now, Susan, Barbara, you get in front and pretend I’m taking you for questioning. SUSAN: All right. BARBARA: Yes. (The two girls get in front of the DALEK with the DOCTOR behind to push it. They look nervously down the corridor.) IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) And Susan? SUSAN: Yes? IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) You lead us. You know the way. SUSAN: All right. DOCTOR: Yes. SUSAN: It’s this way then… (They set off.) 22: INT. CITY. CELL (Behind them in the cell, the cloak starts to move. A three fingered glistening claw emerges from beneath the folds…)
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The Ambush Original Air Date: 4th January, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (The two girls get in front of the DALEK with the DOCTOR behind to push it. They look nervously down the corridor.) IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) And Susan? SUSAN: Yes? IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) You lead us. You know the way. SUSAN: All right. DOCTOR: Yes. SUSAN: This way then… (They set off.) 2: INT. CITY. CELL (Behind them in the cell...) THE AMBUSH Written by TERRY NATION (...the cloak starts to move. A three fingered glistening claw emerges from beneath the folds…) 3: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (The party proceeds down one of the narrow, slanting corridors.) IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Hey! Let go a minute! (His companions release their hold of the machine. The arm starts to move by itself.) IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) I think I’ve found out how to operate this thing! (The machine starts to move, slightly uncertainly, on its base.) IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Yes, I can! Quick, Doctor, get in front. DOCTOR: Yes. (He does so.) IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Ready? Off we go. (The party sets off again, this time looking much more “realistic”. They come to an intersection.) SUSAN: Wait. (She puts out an arm to stop BARBARA.) SUSAN: This looks like the place. (She mutters an instruction, walks forward slightly and peeps round the corner and then returns to her companions.) SUSAN: There’s a great iron door with a Dalek on guard. And beyond the door there’s a lift. DOCTOR: It’s up to you now, Chesterton. Do as little talking as possible. IAN: (OOV: Within casing - whispers.) All right. (The part comes out into before the door that SUSAN spoke of. The DALEK guard swivels round as they approach.) FIRST DALEK: Stop! IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) The Council wishes to question the prisoners. FIRST DALEK: I have not been informed. Wait. (The DALEK swivels back round to face a control panel. The time travellers look uncertainly at each other. SUSAN jumps forward.) SUSAN: No! I’m not going! No! (SUSAN is suddenly held between the arms of the two DALEKS. She gives a wink back to her companions.) FIRST DALEK: Hold her! IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) I have got her. (To SUSAN.) Now hold still. (To the DALEK.) Help me to get them inside. (IAN “holds” SUSAN against the wall as the real DALEK turns and opens the door by waving its arm over a sensor. It then prods SUSAN into the room.) IAN: (OOV: Within casing - to the DOCTOR and BARBARA.) You too. (The DOCTOR and BARBARA follow SUSAN into the lift anteroom.) 3: INT. CITY. LIFT ANTEROOM (The two DALEKS follow.) FIRST DALEK: Shall I help you to the fourth level with them? IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) No. Close the doors. The girl can not run far inside. (The DALEK guard leaves the room. BARBARA starts to move but the DOCTOR restrains her with one hand. He stands by the door as it slides shut and then pulls a cable out of a socket next to the door, thus disabling it.) DOCTOR: That’s fixed the door. BARBARA: That was a very good idea, Susan. IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) He didn’t hurt you? SUSAN: No, not really. IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Well, help me to get out of this thing. I’m suffocating! BARBARA: Right, hang on. (The three try to work the catch at the back of the base of the dome.) BARBARA: The clasp is stuck! DOCTOR: Here, let me help...fix it. 4: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (The DALEK guard is back at the communication panel and is reporting to control.) FIRST DALEK: I have just passed the prisoners through into lift shaft seven. SECOND DALEK: (Over tannoy.) There are no orders to move the prisoners. Hold them. (The DALEK swivels round to the door and presses the sensor. Nothing happens. It turns back to the control panel.) FIRST DALEK: The door is locked. Emergency alarm! (A wailing alarm sounds out. Almost immediately, two further DALEKS glide into view.) SECOND DALEK: (Over tannoy.) Attention! Immobilise lift shaft seven floor area. 5: INT. CITY. LIFT ANTEROOM IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) They know! Come on, hurry up will you!? DOCTOR: Wait a minute! There, it’s free! SUSAN: Oh, Good! DOCTOR: Lift it from the top. (The three pull at the dome.) SUSAN: Hurry up! BARBARA: I...can’t move it! It…it won’t budge! DOCTOR: Chesterton, try and force it up from the inside! IAN: (OOV: Within casing - impatiently.) I’m trying! (They continue their efforts.) IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) No, no. It’s no good. There’s something jammed inside here. Forcing it’s only making it worse. (A subdued banging noise comes from the door. SUSAN runs over to investigate.) BARBARA: Ian, come on, hurry. IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) I…I can’t move it! (SUSAN has her hands on the door. She suddenly leaps back.) SUSAN: Ow! Hey, the door’s red hot! (A growing pinpoint of light appears on the metal door.) DOCTOR: They’re cutting through the door! BARBARA: (To the casing.) We’ll have to move you into the lift. DOCTOR: Yes, but hurry, hurry! (The three start to push the casing, but it proves immovable.) SUSAN: It’s stuck! BARBARA: I don’t understand it - it moved easily enough before? DOCTOR: They’ve magnetised the floor. You feel it? BARBARA: Are you sure? DOCTOR: Yes! (To the casing.) Chesterton, we’re not able to get you into the lift! IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Yes, I realise that. Take the others away in the lift, Doctor. BARBARA: We’re not going without you… IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Don’t waste time! Go on! DOCTOR: Well, come on, he’s right! BARBARA: No! I’m not leaving Ian! DOCTOR: (To the casing.) When we get to the top, we’ll send the bift…lift back down for you. All right? SUSAN: (Shouts.) No Grandfather, we can’t! IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Go on! Go on! SUSAN: No! IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Go on! (The DOCTOR grabs SUSAN by the wrist and pulls her towards the door-less lift.) DOCTOR: Come on, Susan! IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) Barbara, for goodness sake, go! (From the lift, SUSAN points to the door.) SUSAN: Oh look! (The line of the arch-like cut on the door has extended further. The lift rises. The DALEK casing shakes as IAN frantically tries to escape.) IAN: (OOV: Within casing.) I must…must…get…out! (He continues struggling. The cut on the door grows longer in length.) 6: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (The DALEKS continue their task.) 7: INT. CITY. LIFT SHAFT (The lift rises through the shaft to the top of the building.) 8: INT. CITY. LIFT BARBARA: How long will it take them to cut through the door? DOCTOR: Oh, maybe then minutes. If we’re lucky, longer. SUSAN: But look, even if he does get out, he’s stuck down there! His only way out is the lift! We must go back for him… (She lunges for the lift control but the other two grab her…) DOCTOR: Susan, it’s no good. We cannot do anything for him now, child. 9: INT. CITY. LIFT SHAFT (The lift continues to rise.) 10: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (The DALEKS in the corridor have almost completed their task.) 11: INT. CITY. LIFT ANTEROOM (The outline of a rough doorway is now cut through the metal.) 12: INT. CITY. LIFT SHAFT (The lift is almost at the end of its journey.) 13: INT. CITY. OBSERVATION TOWER (The lift reaches the top floor. The DOCTOR hits a button on the panel displaying binary floor numbers and the lift descends as the three step out.) BARBARA: We should never have left him. It’s so slow, it’ll never reach him in time. 14: INT. CITY. LIFT SHAFT (The lift descends.) 15: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (The DALEK cutting flame continues its task.) 16: INT. CITY. LIFT ANTEROOM (The “arch” cut by the DALEKS has now almost been completed.) 17: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (Sparks fly out from the special cutting tool that replaces one of the DALEK’S arms.) FIRST DALEK: It is nearly completed… (The cutting flame has now completed all three sides of the “arch”.) 18: INT. CITY. LIFT ANTEROOM (The door falls inwards.) 19: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (The DALEKS glide into the anteroom.) 20: INT. CITY. LIFT ANTEROOM (The DALEKS f*re on the casing. It explodes. One DALEK pushes the damaged top, which falls off the base.) FIRST DALEK: It is empty. (The three DALEKS hear a sound and look at the binary number lift indicator. The lift is ascending.) FIRST DALEK: Lock the lift! SECOND DALEK: The emergency switch. Bring it down! 21: INT. CITY. LIFT SHAFT (The lift rises again.) 22: INT. CITY. OBSERVATION TOWER BARBARA: Come on, Ian…come on! IAN: (OOV: From below.) All right, I’m coming… (The lift, with IAN in it, rises into view.) 23: INT. CITY. LIFT ANTEROOM (A DALEK presses the emergency switch.) 24: INT. CITY. OBSERVATION TOWER (IAN leaps out of the half-arrived lift as it starts back down the shaft and into the arms of his companions.) 25: INT. CITY. LIFT SHAFT (The lift descends back to the waiting DALEKS.) 26: INT. CITY. OBSERVATION TOWER IAN: They had about two inches of that door to cut through when I got out. SUSAN: Are you all right? IAN: Yes, thank you, Susan. DOCTOR: Well, never mind that now, we must try and find a way out of this room. (They walk across the room to a large oval window.) BARBARA: Daylight! IAN: Yes, but where exactly are we? DOCTOR: We’re right at the top of the building. I can just see the surface of the city. (Points.) See over there? There’s the edge of the petrified jungle. IAN: Yes…I’m trying to recognise the streets we came along. BARBARA: Everything looks so different from above. Do you see anything at all that looks fa…. (She stops d*ad.) IAN: What is it? BARBARA: Ian…? (He moves to her side.) IAN: What’s the matter? BARBARA: There’s someone down there! Look - by that sort of gateway thing beyond the low building - I saw someone cross that space! DOCTOR: A Dalek? BARBARA: No…it was a man. A human being! SUSAN: The Thals - they’ve come for the food supplies! DOCTOR: They’re walking into an ambush! 27: INT. CITY. LIFT ANTEROOM (A DALEK glides into the lift. It is given its orders…) FIRST DALEK: Make no attempt to capture them. They are to be exterminated. You understand - Exterminated! SECOND DALEK: I understand. (The lift rises and the DALEK begins its journey.) 28: INT. CITY. LIFT SHAFT (The lift glides upwards once more.) 29: EXT. CITY. OBSERVATION TOWER (The Time travellers frantically beating on the window and shouting to alert the Thals but from outside, not a sound of their cries can be heard.) 30: INT. CITY. OBSERVATION TOWER (Inside, they realise that their efforts are hopeless and step away from the window.) IAN: Oh, it’s no good. This room must be soundproof. We must find a way of getting down there. DOCTOR: Yes, but how, dear boy? (BARBARA is on one side of the room.) BARBARA: Isn’t this a door? IAN: Yes! Doctor, open it. DOCTOR: Oh yes… (The DOCTOR walks over to the sensor and waves his hand over it but nothing happens. He tries again but gets the same result.) SUSAN: What’s the matter with it? DOCTOR: Oh, they’ve magnetised it too! Come on, let’s try and force it open. (IAN, SUSAN and the DOCTOR pull at the door’s edge.) IAN: I can get my fingers in… DOCTOR: Hurry! IAN: Yes…it’s beginning to move! (BARBARA hears a sound from the lift-shaft and goes over to investigate. She looks down into the darkness.) BARBARA: Ian. The lift’s coming back! SUSAN: Oh no! IAN: Doctor, keep working at the door. (He rushes over to the lift and presses the buttons.) 31: INT. CITY. LIFT SHAFT (His actions are useless as the lift continues to rise.) 32: INT. CITY. OBSERVATION TOWER IAN: It’s no good. (The DOCTOR continues pulling at the door. IAN looks round the room for something to use and spots a large abstract statue. He starts to push it towards the lift) IAN: (To SUSAN and BARBARA.) Come over here and give me a hand! (The two girls join him. The sound of the lift gets louder.) IAN: Quick now, all push together. (They push the large metal object towards the open shaft as the sound of the ascending lift gets louder. The DOCTOR has managed his task.) DOCTOR: It’s open. I’ve got it. SUSAN: Good! IAN: Be right with you. (The DOCTOR struggles to hold the door open.) DOCTOR: Look, what are you doing? IAN: Just cutting down the odds a bit. (To BARBARA and SUSAN.) Are you ready? Right, altogether - one…two …three…push! (They push the statue into the empty shaft.) 33: INT. CITY. LIFT SHAFT (It falls towards the lift and crashes down on its top, sending it downwards.) 34: INT. CITY. LIFT ANTEROOM (The two DALEKS glide quickly backwards as the lift debris reaches the anteroom.) 35: INT. CITY. OBSERVATION TOWER (The group are jubilant at their success. Wasting little time, they rush over to the door that the DOCTOR’S holding partially open. IAN takes the strain from him and ushers the others through.) IAN: All right, Doctor, through you go. DOCTOR: Yes. IAN: Go on. (His three companions run through the gap. IAN is last to go through.) 36: EXT. CITY STREET (The Thals have reached the same building that the time travellers used to enter the city. ALYDON edges round a corner and sees that all is clear. He beckons his companions on cautiously. TEMMOSUS notices his nerves.) TEMMOSUS: You’re much too suspicious. ALYDON: Perhaps I am, Temmosus, but why should the Daleks help us? TEMMOSUS: You’ve been saying that ever since their message arrived. Perhaps their offer was coldly worded, but friendship grows with time. These Daleks must have believed that they were the only survivors on this planet. ALYDON: And are they relieved to find that they aren’t? Or are they shocked and horrified - perhaps insanely jealous? TEMMOSUS: You’ve no reason to say that. I think you misjudge them. ALYDON: (Reluctantly.) Well…yes, I’m being illogical, unfair if you like, but… (He shakes his head and walks off a few paces, troubled with his thoughts.) ALYDON: I just have an instinct. TEMMOSUS: Listen, we must find a new source of food. The Daleks have it, they’ve offered it to us. These are facts, Alydon, facts. (ALYDON goes back to TEMMOSUS.) ALYDON: Yes, yes, I know, but…let me talk to them. TEMMOSUS: It’s right that I should do so. ALYDON: But supposing… TEMMOSUS: (Slightly angry.) No Alydon! And you must throw off these suspicions. They’re based on fear and fear breeds hatred…and w*r. I shall speak to them peacefully. (Smiles.) They’ll see that I’m unarmed. There is no better argument against w*r than that. (He walks away.) ALYDON: (To himself.) Yes…if they really want to listen. 37: INT. CITY. ENTRANCE HALL (A pile of boxes with masses of food on top lies in the centre of the entrance hall. Several DALEKS are at the edge of the hall.) DALEK: They are approaching. (The DALEKS glide backwards into the rooms that lead off the hallway. One in each of the doorways leading off the hall.) 38: INT. CITY CORRIDOR (The TARDIS crew run as fast as they can down the corridor. The DOCTOR is behind, gasping for breath.) SUSAN: Oh, Grandfather, come on! Come on, hurry! (She grabs his arm and pulls him along. They come to a door at the end of the corridor that leads to the outside.) BARBARA: Where are we? IAN: By the city wall, I think. (Points.) Yes, there’s a gateway about fifty yards away. BARBARA: Are there any Daleks? IAN: Wait there… (He walks out of the doorway…) 39: EXT. CITY STREET (…into the open and looks around.) IAN: No…no, I think we’re all right. DOCTOR: Well, let’s head back to the ship. SUSAN: No, no, I must warn the Thals… DOCTOR: Susan… SUSAN: We can’t let them walk into a trap. DOCTOR: The Thals are no concern of ours. We cannot jeopardise our lives getting involved in an affair which is none of our business. BARBARA: (Angrily.) Of course it’s our business! The Thals gave us the anti-radiation drug. Without that, we’d be d*ad. IAN: Yes, but the Doctor’s got a point. There’s no sense in risking our whole party. SUSAN: No! IAN: You go back to the ship and...I’ll stay and warn the Thals. SUSAN: No, we’re all in this together! We’re all going to stay here. IAN: Susan, you do as I say! You go back to the ship with Barbara and your Grandfather. Go on! SUSAN: (Upset.) But don’t you understand… BARBARA: Susan, I know what Ian means. He stands a much better chance on his own if he doesn’t have us to worry about. Now come on. (SUSAN starts to protest but BARBARA drags her along with the DOCTOR.) BARBARA: We’ll wait for you. IAN: I’ll be there. (The DOCTOR gives him a pat on the shoulder and moves off with the women.) DOCTOR: Good luck, Chesterton. IAN: Thank you. Go on. (He turns back and re-enters the building.) 40: INT. CITY. ENTRANCE HALL (The DALEKS await the Thals. An alarm sounds and they retreat even further behind the doors, out of sight. Slowly, the Thals, lead by TEMMOSUS, enter the hallway.) 41: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (IAN runs at full pace down the corridor and arrives just outside the entrance hall.) 42: INT. CITY. ENTRANCE HALL (All the Thals enter the hallway and stand looking at the food. One of the hidden DALEKS raises its w*apon.) TEMMOSUS: Daleks? Can you hear me? Daleks, the Thal people wish to live in peace… (IAN arrives, unseen by either the DALEKS or the Thals at the edge of the hall. He listens to TEMMOSUS’S words, all the time wary for what could happen.) TEMMOSUS: If this is your wish too, then let us work together to rebuild our world…we need your help…and in return we’ll make the soil live again. Grow crops, build homes. The time for enmity is past. If this is the kind of future that you want, then send for us and we shall talk. If you cannot decided now… (Pauses.) …we have been waiting for centuries, we shall go on waiting. (The DALEKS start to emerge from the doorways but TEMMOSUS has his back to them. He indicates the food and speaks to the Thals.) TEMMOSUS: Take these things. (IAN sees the DALEKS. He rushes forward.) IAN: No, It’s a trap! Get out of here! Run! DALEK: f*re! (TEMMOSUS is h*t at point blank range. His body arches in agony, then collapses on top of the food pile. One DALEK turns and fires at IAN. He ducks behind a wall, which is h*t by the blast and turns the wall to molten metal. The Thals turn and run, followed by the DALEKS, f*ring as they go.) 43: EXT. CITY STREET (ALYDON has made it outside and hides behind a doorway as DALEKS glide past in pursuit.) 44: INT. CITY. ENTRANCE HALL (Back in the entrance hall, one DALEK glances down at the body of TEMMOSUS as it glides past.) 45: EXT. CITY STREET (IAN emerges through a door and runs into ALYDON.) IAN: Who are you? ALYDON: I am Alydon. You…you are the man who warned us? IAN: Yes. I’m sorry I was late. ALYDON: Yes, our...our leader, Temmosus, is d*ad. IAN: I know, I saw it. ALYDON: Why? Why k*ll him? They...they didn’t even know him. IAN: We can’t stand here discussing it. Get yourself and your men away from here. Come on. (They run off.) 46: EXT. FOREST (At the Thal encampment, a female Thal walks up to ELYON who is on look-out with KRISTAS. She looks up at him in question.) ELYON: No, not yet. (She turns away. Outside the TARDIS, the DOCTOR is sat with DYONI who is showing him the contents of a small metal case. He is looking through his glasses at a set of hexagonal discs laid on the ground.) DOCTOR: Fascinating, absolutely fascinating! You know, these records must go back nearly a half a million years. DYONI: The complete history of our planet Skaro is here. It seems now that no one will survive to read it. DOCTOR: Oh nonsense, young lady! Your survival is…is all here! (He points at part of a star map on several of the discs.) DOCTOR: What, er…is this a solar system? DYONI: Yes. Skaro is the twelfth planet... (Points.) ...here. DOCTOR: I see. And this... (Points.) …this, what is this planet? DYONI: Each of these maps is a tiny section of another solar system, so a total picture can be built up. DOCTOR: Total? Oh, you have records of other systems? DYONI: Yes. Well, I…I say total. Of course, we were only able to map out as far as our electroscopes allowed. DOCTOR: Yes, I see. I wonder if I could see the plans? DYONI: Oh, yes. DOCTOR: (To himself.) I might be able to fix our position. (DYONI sets more of the discs on the ground.) DOCTOR: Ah, yes, yes! Absorbing…most absorbing! Yes! (Several feet away, IAN has rejoined SUSAN and BARBARA. The young girl laughs at the DOCTOR’S interest.) SUSAN: (To BARBARA.) Grandfather seems to be enjoying himself. (ALYDON runs up to IAN.) ALYDON: Some of the children have heard something moving in the forest. IAN: They can’t be the Daleks. They told us they couldn’t come out of the city. ALYDON: Nevertheless, I think we should all be on our guard. (The two look-out Thals cry out.) ELYON: Here they are! KRISTAS: Antodus has been wounded! (One d*ad Thal is carried in on a stretcher, ANTODUS is carried in by GANATUS.) GANATUS: We had to go round the other side of the city. ALYDON: Is he badly hurt? (Nearby a woman can be heard weeping over the body of the d*ad Thal.) GANATUS: It’s his shoulder. DYONI: I’ll get some ointment and something to cover the burns. SUSAN: Oh, we’ve got some in the ship. DYONI: There’s some over here. (The two girls run off.) GANATUS: We tried to go back for Temmosus. ALYDON: Temmosus? (There are mutters from the assembled Thals of “What happened” and “Who’ll lead us now? At the same time as ALYDON speaks.) GANATUS: It was hopeless. (ALYDON gestures to IAN and BARBARA.) ALYDON: These are the people the Daleks were holding prisoner. And this is the man who shouted to warn us. GANATUS: (To IAN and BARBARA.) Thank you. (To ALYDON.) Did the others get away, Alydon? (ALYDON shakes his head.) ALYDON: Tacanda was k*lled. (There are gasps of his name from others.) ALYDON: The rest of us escaped. (DYONI arrives with the ointment. BARBARA takes it and begins to put it on ANTODUS.) BARBARA: The burns don’t seem to be too bad. DYONI: I’ll get some water for him too. (To BARBARA.) Can you manage? BARBARA AND SUSAN: Yes. (DYONI leaves.) GANATUS: Have you decided what we’re going to do, Alydon? You must take the place of Temmosus now. ALYDON: Yes, yes, I know. (He sits down.) ALYDON: If only I knew why the Daleks hated us. If I knew that, I…I could alter our approach to them perhaps… IAN: Your leader, Temmosus? ALYDON: Yes? IAN: Well, he appealed very sensibly to them. Any reasonable human beings would have responded to him. The Daleks didn’t. They obviously think and act and feel in an entirely different way. They just aren’t human. GANATUS: Yes, but why destroy without any apparent thought or reason? That’s what I don’t understand. IAN: Oh, there’s a reason. Explanation might be better. It’s stupid and ridiculous, but it’s the only one that fits. ALYDON: What? IAN: A dislike for the unlike. ALYDON: (Puzzled.) But...I don’t follow you. IAN: They’re afraid of you because you’re different from them. So, whatever you do, it doesn’t matter. DYONI: What would you have us do…fight against them? IAN: I didn’t say that. But you must teach them to respect you. Show them some strength. DYONI: (Sharply.) But you really believe we ought to fight? IAN: Yes, I think it may have to come to that. DYONI: (Angrily.) You understand as little about us as the Daleks do! IAN: (To ALYDON.) What would you do if the Daleks could leave their city? If they came up here and att*cked you? ALYDON: We would go away, back to our plateau where we came from. BARBARA: You’d simply run away? (ALYDON cannot find the answer to that and he gets up and walks a few paces away.) IAN: Alydon, you can’t go on running away. There are some things worth preserving. GANATUS: We’re not afraid to die - Temmosus proved that! IAN: I am not talking about dying! Look, you can’t hand yourselves over to the Daleks! Sooner or later, they’re going to try and destroy you if they can. ALYDON: I can see you want to help us. But as Dyoni says, you…you don’t understand. There can never be any question of the Thals fighting the Daleks. Come, Ganatus. (The Thals walk off.) BARBARA: I don’t understand them . They’re not cowards. They don’t seem to be afraid. Can pacifism become a human instinct? IAN: Pacifism? Is that it? Pacifism only works when everybody feels the same. BARBARA: Yes, but are they really pacifists? I mean, genuinely so? Or is it a belief that’s become a reality because they’ve never had to prove it? (IAN is about to reply when the DOCTOR walks up to them with several of the discs.) DOCTOR: I say, I say, I think these will interest you. (He hands one of the discs to BARBARA.) DOCTOR: Look here. This is these people’s ancestors - the original Thal male. (The image of the plate is of a Viking type warrior.) DOCTOR: There was a neutron w*r here. Most died, and the survivors mutated. But in the case of the Thals, mutation came round in full circle then refined itself into what you see. (IAN looks from the disc to ALYDON on the other side of the encampment.) IAN: You mean, this became…? (He nods at a passing Thal.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes! It took hundreds of years, of course. In the second example - our recent hosts - the mutation has not completed its full circle. Why I...I...I...I...I don’t know. But do you remember that monstrosity we took out of its machine? IAN: Yes. (The DOCTOR hands over another disc.) DOCTOR: This is its forebear. IAN: The original Dalek. DOCTOR: Yes. They called them Dals then. Oh, it’s all there, every moment of its Skaroene history. Minutely but brilliantly recorded. Priceless, absolutely priceless. BARBARA: Is this a sword the Thal’s holding? DOCTOR: Yes, they were the warriors then. BARBARA: (Amazed.) Were they? DOCTOR: Undoubtedly. (SUSAN comes up to her three companions.) SUSAN: Hey, Antodus is feeling much better. DOCTOR: Oh, I’m very glad to hear that he’s improving. Well now, I’m sure you’ll all agree with me that it’s time we went back to the ship. Now come along… SUSAN: Oh, Grandfather, couldn’t we stay a bit longer? The Thals are such nice people. DOCTOR: And the Daleks are not, which is more important, my child. (A group of Thals walk past in a funeral type procession. They are carrying the corpse of one of the Thals. The four time travellers watch the sight.) IAN: I wonder if there’s any point in reminding the Thals of what they used to be? DOCTOR: Why? BARBARA: Oh, they’re opposed to fighting. We were trying to convince them that it was a necessity for their own survival. DOCTOR: But our fate doesn’t rest with the Thals, surely. Let’s leave well alone. We have ourselves to worry about. Now, come along, come along… (He walks off.) IAN: Maybe the Doctor’s right. BARBARA: Yes. Lets get in the ship and get as far away from here as possible. (They head towards the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: (Impatiently.) Oh please, Come along. (To IAN.) Oh, er, by the way, let me have the fluid link, will you? (IAN reaches into his pocket for it but is empty handed.) DOCTOR: Oh, dear boy, now please, please, come along, I...you know I can’t start the ship without it. (IAN goes pale.) IAN: The fluid link… SUSAN: You’ve lost it? BARBARA: Ian, you can’t have! IAN: (Quietly.) No. The Daleks took it from me when they searched me. It’s down there somewhere…in the city. (BARBARA and SUSAN look with horror at a furious DOCTOR.)
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The Expedition Original Air Date: 11th January, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1: EXT. FOREST (IAN goes pale.) IAN: The fluid link… SUSAN: You’ve lost it? BARBARA: Ian, you can’t have! IAN: (Quietly.) No. The Daleks took it from me when they searched me. It’s down there somewhere…in the city. THE EXPEDITION (BARBARA and SUSAN…) Written by TERRY NATION (…look with horror at a furious DOCTOR.) 2: EXT. CITY (The Dalek City sits in the valley.) 3: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (Inside, three DALEKS wait in the darkened control room. The door slides open and another DALEK glides in and reports.) SECOND DALEK: The drug has been duplicated. FIRST DALEK: And the distribution? SECOND DALEK: The drug is to be taken by sections of us, so work will not be interrupted. FIRST DALEK: Have you processed the pictures? (The SECOND DALEK turns towards the control panel.) SECOND DALEK: Appearing now on frequency six. (On the screen a grainy image appears. It shows the DOCTOR in the forest inspecting the Thal’s history plates.) SECOND DALEK: It is the elder prisoner. FIRST DALEK: Show second picture. (A second image of BARBARA and SUSAN tending ANTODUS’ wounds appears.) SECOND DALEK: The girl and the young woman. Is that the body of the fourth prisoner, the young man? FIRST DALEK: If so, he has been injured. SECOND DALEK: Show third picture. (An third image of IAN conferring with ALYDON appears.) SECOND DALEK: They have made contact with the Thals. FIRST DALEK: It is logical that together they will att*ck us. 4: EXT. FOREST (Within the Thal encampment, IAN and ALYDON, still in the position as seen on the DALEKS’ scanner, have reached the end of a long and protracted discussion.) ALYDON: No - and that is my final word. (He walks away. An exasperated IAN stares after him and then walks over to BARBARA. SUSAN is attempting to climb a nearby tree.) IAN: Be careful what you’re doing up there, Susan. SUSAN: Oh, it’s all right, Mr. Chesterton, I’m quite safe. (IAN sits down by BARBARA.) IAN: It’s no good. I’ve tried everything I know. They just won’t risk a fight with the Daleks. The trouble is, I can't go too far. BARBARA: What do you mean? IAN: Well, why should they help us? Some of them are bound to get k*lled. What argument can you use to make a man sacrifice himself for you? BARBARA: Ian, you don’t seem to understand - we’ll be prisoners here unless we can think of some way of getting that fluid link back from the Daleks. IAN: I am quite well aware of that, Barbara... BARBARA: You know very well they’ll find a way out of their city. IAN: I know . BARBARA: (Interrupting.) You know they will. (SUSAN has climbed down from the tree and joins the arguing teachers.) SUSAN: Well, they need metal to travel on… BARBARA: Oh, they’ll find a way. They’re clever enough. They’ll find us and k*ll us, you know that as well as I do. IAN: Look, even supposing you’re right, I will not ask the Thals to sacrifice themselves for us. I’m sorry Barbara, I just can’t do it! BARBARA: Ian, why can’t you see...? (A few feet away, the DOCTOR comes out of the TARDIS to be greeted by SUSAN.) SUSAN: Any luck, Grandfather? DOCTOR: Mmm? SUSAN: Well, have you made another fluid link yet? DOCTOR: No, I can’t, my child, and I’ve looked through all...all my spares, and I’ve really discovered we do need some mercury. SUSAN: Oh no… DOCTOR: It's put us in a bit of a jam. I must get that fluid link back again. (They cross over to IAN who is now alone.) DOCTOR: I’m afraid my little trick has rather rebounded on me, hmm? What you might call “tempting providence”, Chesserman. (IAN smiles at the DOCTOR’S error.) IAN: Well, don’t worry about it now, Doctor, it’s happened. DOCTOR: Yes, well, at least you’re not vindictive. IAN: Well, I will be if you don’t get my name right. DOCTOR: (Lost in thought.) Hmm? IAN: It’s “Chesterton”! DOCTOR: Yes… (Snaps.) Eh? Ah, I know that! (BARBARA rejoins the group having heard this interchange.) BARBARA: (Angrily.) How you two can stand there wasting time with small talk beats me. DOCTOR: I can assure you young lady, I haven’t been wasting my time. There’s always a way. SUSAN: (Admiringly.) You always think of something, Grandfather. DOCTOR: Thank you, my dear. Your faith in me is something that I prize very highly. You all realise, of course, we cannot succeed against the Daleks alone? BARBARA: Of course not. DOCTOR: We have a ready made army here - the Thals. They’re strong and they have one great advantage against the Daleks - they can move so much more quickly. IAN: They have one great disadvantage - they have no arms or amm*nit*on. DOCTOR: Well, that’s all right, young man. The mind will always triumph. With me to lead them, the Thals are bound to succeed! SUSAN: But, Grandfather, we’ve been talking and arguing about this all morning. The Thals won’t fight - they’re against w*r. DOCTOR: My dear child, this is no time for morals. They must fight for us. IAN: Why? DOCTOR: Oh, my dear young man, I do hope you’re not going to be difficult. BARBARA: The Doctor’s right. Ian, can't you see? If only we can get the Thals to att*ck the city, we could b*at the Daleks and get the link back. DOCTOR: That’s just common sense. (To BARBARA.) Young lady, I've been underestimating you! IAN: I will not allow you to use the Thals to fight for us. DOCTOR: Are you challenging me? IAN: Yes, I am! BARBARA: (Angrily.) Do I have any say in this? IAN: Of course you do! BARBARA: Well, I think the Doctor’s right and I want to get out of here! IAN: I am sorry, I'm not having anyone’s death on my conscience. BARBARA: Except mine, and Susan’s, and the Doctor’s? DOCTOR: Quite so. (IAN pauses as he thinks, then...) IAN: The only way the Thals can fight is if they themselves want to. It must have nothing whatsoever to do with us. SUSAN: I know what you mean. We must help the Thals to save themselves and not just them help us. IAN: Exactly. BARBARA: All you’re doing is playing with words. DOCTOR: We need action, not arguments. (The DOCTOR and BARBARA lean against a rock, defiant in their attitude.) IAN: Now listen, you two. What victory are you going to show these people when most of them have been k*lled, eh? A fluid link? Is this what you’re going to hold up to them and say “Thank you very much, this is what you fought and died for”? (The DOCTOR and BARBARA look at each other but neither answer.) SUSAN: The thing is, can the Thals still fight? IAN: Well that’s what we’ve got to find out. Are they cowards, or are they just against fighting on principle? BARBARA: Well, how can we find out? IAN: Well, I’ve got an idea. But whatever I do, don’t interfere. I’m not even sure that I’m right. (He walks over to the TARDIS and picks up the large metal drum containing the Thals historical records. The others follow him.) IAN: Well, let’s see what happens. (He leaves his companions and walks over to the Thals nearby.) DOCTOR: Hmm! Strange young man. SUSAN: He’s right, though. BARBARA: Yes, he is. DOCTOR: Yes, we’ll see. (IAN has placed the drum on top of a rock near to ALYDON, and is addressing him and his people.) IAN: …perhaps self respect? At this moment, anyone could have come in here. They could rob, they could steal… (Meanwhile, next to the TARDIS...) DOCTOR: Let’s see what he’s up to. (The DOCTOR, BARBARA and SUSAN walk over to IAN and the Thals.) IAN:…they could even k*ll you, and you wouldn’t lift a finger to help yourselves. ALYDON: We will not fight. There will be no more wars. Look at our planet (He looks around him at the d*ad trees.) ALYDON: This was once a great world, full of ideas and art and invention. In one day, it was destroyed. And you will never find one good reason why we should ever begin destroying everything again. (To BARBARA.) I'm sorry. IAN: (Enraged.) You’re not sorry! You standing here mumbling a lot of words out of your history, but it means nothing - nothing at all! (He indicates the drum.) IAN: You carry this around with you - your history records. (He picks it up.) IAN: Well, it must be valuable to you. Supposing I take it down to the city and try and trade with the Daleks, eh? (The Thals are visibly horrified at the thought. ALYDON glares at IAN.) IAN: Perhaps they’d think it valuable enough to exchange for our fluid link. (ALYDON walks up to IAN, moves to seize the drum, then checks himself with a smile.) ALYDON: I don’t believe you’d do it. IAN: I would. ALYDON: None of us would stop you. (ALYDON steps back. IAN sees that they have called his bluff. He puts the drum back down.) IAN: If I don’t get the fluid link back, the four of us will die. (He smiles.) Perhaps the Daleks are more interested in people? (He walks back towards the Thals.) IAN: Maybe they were holding us to experiment on us? I could take them an alternative. (He clutches DYONI'S arm. The Thals gasp. BARBARA starts to move in but the DOCTOR pulls her back. IAN starts to pull DYONI through the trees towards the city. The young girl looks pleadingly at ALYDON who hesitates, then rushes up to IAN and punches him to the ground. The Thals gasp at this show of v*olence. IAN looks up at ALYDON and rubs his jaw.) IAN: So, there is something you’ll fight for? (ALYDON is stunned, absorbing this lesson.) 5: INT. CITY. ROOM (A DALEK is going out of control, spinning round furiously and crying out to his compatriots.) DALEK: Help! Cannot control! cannot control! Help me! Help me! Help! Help! Help! Helllpp! (The DALEK stops spinning, its iris dilates as it tries to focus on the other DALEKS.) DALEK: (Getting weaker.) Arghhh! Arghhh! Arghhh! Arghhh! 6: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The DALEKS receive a report over their communications system.) DALEK: (OOV: Over tannoy.) Emergency! Emergency! All Daleks in section three are incapable of working. SECOND DALEK: Section three? That was the first section to get the anti-radiation drug received from the Thals. FIRST DALEK: (Into tannoy.) Stand by for a general announcement. (It operates a control.) FIRST DALEK: (Into tannoy.) This is control. All distribution of the anti-radiation drug is to be stopped immediately. (It switches off the control and turns to the other DALEK.) FIRST DALEK: The Dalek race has become conditioned to radiation. SECOND DALEK: But if you are right, we are in danger. (An alarm sound from the control panel and the DALEK over the intercom is heard again.) DALEK: (OOV: Over tannoy.) All Daleks in section three are dying. FIRST DALEK: They must be examined immediately. (Suddenly, a THIRD DALEK on the other side of the control room starts to spin out of control.) SECOND DALEK: Look! The disease has reached us in here. FIRST DALEK: Then we cannot delay. SECOND DALEK: But what are we to do? Is this the end of the Daleks? FIRST DALEK: We need radiation to survive, so we must increase our supply of radiation. SECOND DALEK: But there is only one way to do that… FIRST DALEK: Exactly. We may have to explode another neutron b*mb. 7: EXT. FOREST (NIGHT) (Night has fallen and the encampment is quiet. DYONI has been trying to sleep. She gets up and, wrapping her cloak around herself, walks over to where ALYDON is sat, deep in thought.) DYONI: Why don’t you sleep? ALYDON: Presently. DYONI: Are you angry with yourself for striking the young man? ALYDON: No, I…I knew he was trying to make me do it. I still couldn’t stop myself. (DYONI takes his hand.) ALYDON: Do you despise me for hitting him? DYONI: If you hadn’t fought him, I think I would have hated you. ALYDON: I knew he wouldn’t really take you and give you to the Daleks. But I fought him… (BARBARA and GANATUS walk up behind them.) ALYDON: Oh, I wish Temmosus were here. What would he have said, Dyoni? Which is the most important? To...to, to fight and live, or to die without fighting? (BARBARA and GANATUS listen to this and then walk away to the edge of the encampment where GANATUS lays down his cloak on the floor. They sit down and BARBARA looks back towards ALYDON.) BARBARA: What will happen now? GANATUS: I don’t know. We always do what the leader of our race decides for us. He never decides anything without our full approval. BARBARA: And if Alydon decides not to help us? (GANATUS doesn't answer.) BARBARA: Well, we’ll have to wait ‘til the morning. (She looks towards the edge of the forest.) BARBARA: What’s that light in the sky? It’s a reflection from the city, I suppose? GANATUS: No, the lake. Some sort of chemical in the water that makes it glow in the moonlight. BARBARA: You’ve been down there? GANATUS: (Fearfully.) Yes. There’s horror down there in the swamp. Five of us went there in search of food and …only my brother and I came back. BARBARA: Well, what happened to the others? GANATUS: Well, we found what was left of...one of them. The lake is alive with mutations, bred and cross-bred until the original has long been replaced by…I’m sorry, I’m being morbid. BARBARA: Oh, I don’t mind as long as we’re this far away. But I wonder the Daleks haven’t cleaned it out - k*lled everything? GANATUS: Why should they? Isn’t that the perfect defence for the back of the city? 8: EXT. CITY (NIGHT) (The glow from the lake of mutations illuminates the sky above the city.) GANATUS: (OOV.) Only a fool would att*ck the city from the lake… 9: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (NIGHT) (The inhabitants of the city are not at rest. A DALEK enters the control room where three other DALEKS wait and is questioned...) FIRST DALEK: Has the anti-radiation drug distribution been stopped? SECOND DALEK: Yes. Only Daleks in section two and three received it. All Daleks in section three have now died. (Two of the DALEKS turn to one of the control panels to make a communication.) FIRST DALEK: (Into tannoy.) Daleks in section two are to be brought to the Sonic Chamber. (They turn back to their companion who reports...) SECOND DALEK: We will direct the air polluted by radiation away from the nuclear reactors into the Sonic Chamber. FIRST DALEK: And if they do not die, we shall have our answer. SECOND DALEK: But if we need radiation, we can never rebuild the world outside. FIRST DALEK: We do not have to adapt to the environment. We will change the environment to suit us. 10: EXT. FOREST (The next morning, the Thals have gathered to hear what their new leader has to say. ALYDON is quietly talking to them. He crosses over to the travellers stood nearby.) ALYDON: I have one question to ask of you. If we do not help you, what will you do? IAN: We’ll find our way into the city, and take back our lost equipment. (ALYDON nods, returns to his people and addresses them.) ALYDON: You see, we cannot stand by and let these people die. If we do not help them, it would be the same as if we had k*lled them ourselves. Now, the way I have reasoned is this; the Daleks are strong and they hate us, and I am sure they will find a way to come out of their city and k*ll us. So it is not merely a question of whether we go off in a vain search for food and in all probability starve to death. We face death now. In the city is enough food for all of us and all of the Daleks, a hundred times over. My conclusion is this; there is no indignity in being afraid to die, but there is a terrible shame in being afraid to live. If none of you agree with my reason, then let me go with these people and I will help you elect a new chief. (As he is finishing this speech, he walks and stands with the travellers. The remainder of the Thals talk quietly amongst themselves for a moment then report to ALYDON.) GANATUS: I’ll go with you Alydon. ELYON: And I! KRISTAS: Let’s start at once! ANTODUS: And I! IAN: Thank you. (GANATUS brings forward a map. ALYDON is delighted.) ALYDON: You knew what my decision would be? GANATUS: I could always have destroyed it if you’d decided differently. (ALYDON smiles and claps his hand on GANATUS’ shoulder.) DOCTOR: If we get this intelligent anticipation, we shall succeed. (He points at the map.) DOCTOR: Let’s see this. (GANATUS lays the map on the ground and they all squat down to examine it. The DOCTOR points to one area.) DOCTOR: Now, what is this area here? GANATUS: The swamp. Here are the mountains. This is the far side of the city. I’ve been into the swamp. It’s surrounded by lakes, here, as you see. The lakes are inhabited by all sorts of strange creatures. (IAN and the DOCTOR look at him. IAN then points to a place on the map.) IAN: Can we get into the city this way? ALYDON: Over the mountains? IAN: Yes. GANATUS: That means going through that swamp. ALYDON: We can’t go through the swamp. It’s too dangerous. GANATUS: It is dangerous, yes…but I realised last night when I was talking to Barbara that it is undefended. ALYDON: (Amazed.) Undefended! It’s a perfect natural barrier! All those creatures, you know that yourself… GANATUS: (Interrupting.) Yes, I know, but I mean the Daleks won't be on guard there. There’s a chance to take them by surprise. Believe me, I’m not happy about this, but it’s the best possible chance there is. DOCTOR: Yes yes. Well now, I suggest we split into two groups... (The DOCTOR gets to his feet. The others follow.) DOCTOR: ...the one to distract the Daleks on the city wall side, and the others to try and force a way through the mountains. IAN: Yes, I think that’s the best plan. DOCTOR: Are we all agreed? ALYDON: (Satisfied.) Yes. Very well then. That is what we must do. 11: EXT. CITY (Deep beneath the city, the DALEKS watch….) 12: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (…as a flickering image appears on one of the scanners. It shows IAN'S party as they proceed on their way to the swamp.) FIRST DALEK: The laserscope is transmitting. The quality is poor. What has happened? Has this group broken away? Is there a plan behind it? Why divide their forces? (Another DALEK glides to a nearby machine which is producing a length of tickertape. The DALEK lifts the tape with its arm and analyses the data.) SECOND DALEK: The figures are coming through on the radiation treatment. FIRST DALEK: (Into tannoy.) Discontinue laserscope. (It glides over to join the SECOND DALEK at the machine.) SECOND DALEK: There is an improvement. Except for one serious case, all Daleks in section two have shown signs of recovery. (The FIRST DALEK lifts the length of tape with its own arm and reads the data.) FIRST DALEK: Then our position is clear. For us, the drug is a poison. SECOND DALEK: And radiation is still necessary to us. FIRST DALEK: Essential. (The FIRST DALEK returns to the control panel to give an order.) FIRST DALEK: (Into tannoy.) I want a complete survey of our stock of nuclear materials. I want an estimate of the amount of waste matter from the nuclear reactors… (Various DALEKS glide to and fro across the control room to begin carrying out the orders….) 12: EXT. SWAMP (The swamp beneath the mountains is an overgrown, infested area. The ground is almost completely covered with pools of bubbling water which are ringed with thick clumps of grass and bushes. The area is dark and claustrophobic. GANATUS and ANTODUS are anxiously trekking through the wilderness. Various animal cries are heard as ANTODUS stops and looks at the thick foliage and sinister waters ahead.) ANTODUS: We’ll never get through! GANATUS: (Comforting.) Yes, we will. ANTODUS: What makes you think it’ll be any different to the first time? GANATUS: At least, we know what to expect… ANTODUS: But the others don’t! GANATUS: We promised Alydon we’d find a way through the mountains, and that’s what we’re going to do. ALYDON: (Panicking.) You’d never get the others to follow you if you told them what happened the first time. It’s your duty to tell them. How we watched Amezus...dragged beneath the waters of the lake, while you and I ran in terror when… GANATUS: (Interrupts.) That’s enough! We’re going on, Antodus. You keep your fears to yourself. I don’t want you upsetting the others. Is that clear? ANTODUS: (Quietly.) Yes. GANATUS: Well, is it? ANTODUS: (Snaps.) Yes! (He storms off. IAN walks up, carrying a coil of rope over his shoulder with ELYON who moves on ahead.) GANATUS: Well, this is the swamp. From now on, it’s going to be rather uncomfortable. (IAN looks at the swampy ground ahead.) IAN: Yes, I see what you mean. GANATUS: The ground’s very uneven - sometimes rock, sometimes thick mud. You’ll have to watch how you walk. I think it’ll be a wise plan to find a place to rest for the night. IAN: Yes. Well, we’ve made very good time. (He checks his watch.) IAN: It’s only taken four hours to get here from the edge of the forest. That leaves us with two-and-a-half days to go through the mountains to the city. GANATUS: If there is a way through. IAN: We’ll find a way. I’ll go and give Barbara a hand. GANATUS: I’m surprised you let her come. IAN: I'd been more surprised if I could have stopped her! (He turns back and greets BARBARA who enters the clearing in the swamp with KRISTAS. He carries on to join his companions.) IAN: How are you doing? BARBARA: Fine. Oh, I’m glad the mountaineering’s over. (IAN points ahead.) IAN: There’ll be some more once we get through this little lot. BARBARA: We’re going through there? IAN: Well, we must. We’ve got a deadline with the Doctor in two-and--half days and we’ve got to make it. BARBARA: Well, I think we could all do with a rest. IAN: No, we’ll keep up with the others. They’ll be breaking camp soon. (They move off across the waterlogged ground round a tree.) IAN: Now take care…watch where you put your feet… (BARBARA stumbles but regains her balance.) IAN: All right? (They continue. Suddenly BARBARA stops up short in horror. IAN clubs a caterpillar-like mutant in front of them. They press on to where the other Thals have gathered in a small clearing.) GANATUS: This looks like a fairly dry section. IAN: Yes, this’ll do. GANATUS: Right, we’ll make camp here. See if we can gather up some dry branches. IAN: All right. GANATUS: It’ll make it more comfortable to sleep on. (The group disperses to carry out his suggestion as BARBARA lays out a cloak.) GANATUS: Barbara, you see to the food. I’ll get the f*re going. BARBARA: Right. (GANATUS activates a small f*re box which glows into life.) GANATUS: At least it might stop some of these…these things from bothering us. 13. EXT. THE LAKE OF MUTATIONS (IAN has gone to the lakeside and is washing his face in the water.) 14: EXT. SWAMP (The Thals and BARBARA are eating at the campsite. A louder than usual animal growl sounds through the air. Slowly, the wary Thals get to their feet.) 15. EXT. THE LAKE OF MUTATIONS (At the lakeside, IAN watches horrified as a mutant looking like a splayed out Octopus with two gleaming eyes rises from the water. He jumps up and races off.) 16: EXT. SWAMP (IAN runs back to the camp.) BARBARA: (To IAN.) What was it? Did you see anything? IAN: Yes, it was a… (He stops as he can’t bring himself to describe what he has just seen. BARBARA pulls him back to the camp.) GANATUS: Kristas, stand guard here will you? KRISTAS: Right. GANATUS: (To IAN.) We’ll take the first watch between us. IAN: I’m all right, really, I… GANATUS: Yes, I know, but I think you two Earth people should get as much sleep as possible. We’re more used to this kind of life. (They all sit down.) GANATUS: It’s over a year since we…left our own plateau in search of a new…source of food. I’d almost forgotten what it was like to stay in one place and enjoy it. I suppose there’ll be an end to it one day. (He lies on the ground to sleep. Several feet away, KRISTAS remains on guard….) 17: EXT. SWAMP (The next morning, GANATUS shakes IAN awake.) GANATUS: Time to move, my friend. IAN: You let me sleep? GANATUS: Yes. IAN: Why didn’t you wake me? (ELYON runs up to the two of them.) ELYON: Ganatus! GANATUS: What’s the matter? ELYON: Come and see what I’ve found by the lake. GANATUS: Right. (They run off.) IAN: Hold on! I’ll come with you! (He looks down to BARBARA who is starting to wake up.) IAN: Morning! BARBARA: Morning. (IAN walks off to join GANATUS and ELYON.) BARBARA: Oh, for a feather pillow and a spring mattress! (KRISTAS smiles at her comment.) 18: EXT. THE LAKE OF MUTATIONS (A short distance away IAN joins GANATUS as he walks up to ELYON at the lakeside.) GANATUS: What did you see? ELYON: Over there. (ELYON points at the edge of the lake where a mountainside rises from the water. Three huge pipes rise from the water and ascend the mountain.) IAN: We were right! The Daleks do get their water from the lake! GANATUS: But how do we get to the city from there? IAN: Well, there must be a way…I mean, if the Daleks aren’t very mobile, they must have cut a pathway through there to work on the pipeline. GANATUS: (To ELYON.) How long do you think it’ll take us to reach there? ELYON: Most of today. If we could cross the lake, we could reach it much quicker. IAN: No. I’m sorry. That’s one way I’m not going. ELYON: Well, it would be dangerous, certainly. If the lake is full of mutations but... GANATUS: (Interrupts.) No, we must go round. IAN: Yes, and we ought to try and get there before the sun goes down. (ELYON gives GANATUS a significant look.) ELYON: Well, I’ll just go and fill the water-bags… (He and GANATUS moves out of IAN'S earshot.) ELYON: There’s no point in trying to cross the lake, you think? GANATUS: No, no, he’s right. Anyway, think how long it would take to build a ra…raft. (ELYON nods and walks away to complete his task. GANATUS brings IAN with him and they return to the other Thals.) 19: EXT. SWAMP (BARBARA is pouring a liquid into some cups.) IAN: Barbara, we saw some pipes going into the lake. (BARBARA hands cups to GANATUS and IAN.) BARBARA: So we can go through? IAN: Well, maybe with a bit of luck eh? Thanks. (He takes a sip.) IAN: Mmm, good. BARBARA: Where’s Elyon? GANATUS: He’s gone to fill the water-bags. He won’t be long. 20: EXT. THE LAKE OF MUTATIONS (At the waterside, ELYON proceeds with his task. While his back is turned to the lake, the water begins to bubble and seethe. When he turns back round, the water has been whipped into a large whirlpool. He turns to run but something has grabbed his legs. He screams.) 21: EXT. SWAMP (His scream carries to the camp. The party jumps up.) GANATUS: Stay here! (He and IAN run to the lake leaving BARBARA and the other Thals behind, wondering what awaits their companions at the lakeside…)
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The Ordeal Original Air Date: 18th January, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1: EXT. THE LAKE OF MUTATIONS (The water begins to bubble and seethe. When ELYON turns back round, the water has been whipped into a large whirlpool. He turns to run but something has grabbed his legs. He screams…) 2: EXT. SWAMP (His scream carries to the camp. The party jumps up…) GANATUS: Stay here! (He and IAN run to the lake leaving BARBARA and the other Thals behind, wondering what awaits their companions at the lakeside…) 3: EXT. THE LAKE OF MUTATIONS (One water-bag remains on the bank...) THE ORDEAL Written by TERRY NATION (...and this is discovered when IAN and GANATUS arrive at the lakeside. Despite GANATUS’S previous order, BARBARA and KRISTAS arrive at the scene. They all see the remains of the other water-bags drifting on the lake itself in the last slow swirls of the whirlpool from which small bubbles of air erupt to the surface. The four stand in silence as a horrified ANTODUS runs up.) ANTODUS: What is it? What’s happened to Elyon? (He sees what remains. All stare at the water for a moment.) IAN: There’s nothing we can do here. BARBARA: Ian? (IAN leads her away from the lake, KRISTAS following. A shaking ANTODUS is left behind with GANATUS.) ANTODUS: Did...Elyon...fall in? (He falls to his knees, barely holding himself together.) ANTODUS: What happened? (GANATUS bends down to comfort him.) GANATUS: It must have happened very quickly. Come on now, we must reach the cliffs by tonight. (He leads his brother away from the scene.) 4: EXT. FOREST EDGE (From behind the cover of a tree, SUSAN observes the city through the DOCTOR’S long handled binoculars. After a moment, she crosses to where the DOCTOR, ALYDON and DYONI are hunched behind a boulder. A map of the city rests on top of the boulder. SUSAN hands ALYDON the glasses and then describes her observations pointing at the map.) SUSAN: There are four roads that lead off from the main square, going north, south, east and west. (DYONI draws in the features that SUSAN describes. ALYDON lowers the glasses and points to one area on the map.) ALYDON: The main ventilators seem to be over in this section. DOCTOR: Mmm. SUSAN: (Points.) Oh, that’s right. It goes down there and up. DOCTOR: (To ALYDON.) Can you see any way in at all? ALYDON: No. DOCTOR: Oh, well, allow me, will you? (ALYDON passes the glasses to the DOCTOR who stands up from behind the boulder to observe.) SUSAN: Grandfather, get down! (She pulls him back down.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes. Now the...the things we have to put out of action is the radio and television waves. They’ve obviously got complete coverage in and around the city. ALYDON: They don’t leave much to chance. DOCTOR: We must presume they don’t leave anything to chance. DYONI: If they have pictures of the entrance to the city, how can we do anything? DOCTOR: Then we must stop the pictures. Remember, the Daleks aren’t very mobile. SUSAN: Yes, we do have speed on our side. DOCTOR: And there’s always value in surprise. I know it looks difficult, but…we must try it, my friends! Yes, we must! ALYDON: (Pensively.) Yes. I wish I knew what they were planning for us. 5: EXT. CITY (In the city…) 6: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (…a DALEK glides towards a control panel where another DALEK reports.) FIRST DALEK: The report on the neutron b*mb is prepared. SECOND DALEK: Let us hear it. (The FIRST DALEK turns to the control panel and activates a switch. Pulsing patterns appear on the screen.) DALEK: (OOV: Over intercom.) Report on Neutron b*mb: to cover five hundred square miles, time to construct - twenty three days. FIRST DALEK: Is that the shortest possible time? DALEK: (OOV: Over intercom.) Yes. FIRST DALEK: Very well. (It switches off the intercom.) FIRST DALEK: It is too long. SECOND DALEK: We must abandon the idea of a neutron b*mb. FIRST DALEK: We must find another way of spreading radiation. 6: INT. CAVE TUNNEL (Holding a light, GANATUS leads BARBARA down a treacherous and dark tunnel. She stumbles slightly and GANATUS steadies her.) GANATUS: It’s getting narrower. BARBARA: Oh, it’s like all the other caves - just tails off into a d*ad end. GANATUS: (Smiles.) Now there’s a gloomy thought for you! (They laugh gently and continue onwards.) BARBARA: I wonder if Ian’s doing any better? GANATUS: When did we arrange to...meet him and the others? BARBARA: Oh, we ought to be going back now. GANATUS: Let’s make sure this is impossible first. (They continue on and reach a d*ad end.) GANATUS: Huh, I must have had sixth sense. Look at that…pity. Well, lets go back and try one of the other ways. BARBARA: No, wait a minute. GANATUS: Can you see something? BARBARA: No, stand still for a minute… (They stand and listen to a dripping noise.) BARBARA: There! Can you hear it? The sound of water. (GANATUS flashes the light upwards.) GANATUS: Yes… (He plays the light over the walls of the cave.) GANATUS: Yes, Barbara, look! (He has spotted a small gap in the cave wall.) GANATUS: There’s a passageway here. BARBARA: Well, that won’t be easy… GANATUS: It’s a good job we haven't been over-eating recently. (He gives BARBARA the light, takes a coil of rope from over his shoulder and ties one end round his waist.) GANATUS: It’s going to be a long crawl…well, we won’t use one of the customs of your planet. BARBARA: What’s that? GANATUS: “Ladies first!” (BARBARA laughs and grabs the other end of the rope.) BARBARA: Ha! I should hope not! (GANATUS starts clearing small rocks away from the gap.) GANATUS: Play the rope out as I move in, will you? BARBARA: Yes all right. Be careful, remember what Ian said - we’re not to take any chances. (GANATUS crawls in part way.) GANATUS: (Mocking.) Do you always do what Ian says? BARBARA: (Sternly.) No, I don't. (GANATUS crawls back.) GANATUS: Well, let me have the torch then, unless you think…? BARBARA: No, no, your need is greater than mine. (GANATUS crawls slowly into the gap as BARBARA feeds the rope slack as needed.) GANATUS: (OOV: Within gap.) Barbara? BARBARA: Yes? 7: INT. CLEFT (GANATUS is hanging by the rope and looking down.) GANATUS: There seems to be a drop of about…thirty feet or so. I’m going down. 8: INT. CAVE TUNNEL BARBARA: Well, be careful! GANATUS: (OOV: Within gap.) Tie your end of the rope around a rock or something, will you? BARBARA: Yes, all right. (She finds a rock and ties the rope around it. She uses her foot as a brake on the slack and grips the end tightly.) BARBARA: Ready! GANATUS: (OOV: Within gap.) Right! (The rope is slowly played out, moving around the rock and through BARBARA'S hands and foot. The strain suddenly becomes too much and BARBARA is pulled over, the rope flying through the gap.) BARBARA: Oh! 9: INT. LOWER CAVE (GANATUS falls and hits the ground.) 10: INT. CAVE TUNNEL (BARBARA jumps to her feet and shouts through the gap…) BARBARA: (Shouts.) Ganatus!? Ganatus!? (She turns and runs for help. IAN is already coming along the tunnel.) IAN: What’s happened? BARBARA: I couldn’t hold onto it… IAN: Where’s Ganatus? BARBARA: It slipped through my fingers. (Points.) He’s down here, look! (They rush to the gap.) 11: INT. LOWER CAVE (GANATUS is stood on the floor of the lower cave and looking upwards.) GANATUS: Barbara? IAN: (OOV: Shouting slowly.) All…right…this…end! Are…you…hurt? GANATUS: No, I’m not! 12: INT. CAVE TUNNEL (KRISTAS and ANTODUS have joined IAN and BARBARA.) ANTODUS: Is my brother hurt? BARBARA: No, he isn’t. But, it was my fault. The rope slipped off the rock. (IAN grabs a rope off ANTODUS.) IAN: The rope, Antodus! 13: INT. LOWER CAVE GANATUS: (Shouts.) Barbara? 14: INT. CAVE TUNNEL IAN: (Shouts.) Are you sure you’re all right? 15: INT. LOWER CAVE GANATUS: (Shouts.) Yes! What’s happened to Barbara? 16: INT. CAVE TUNNEL IAN: (Shouts.) She’s okay. Don’t worry! Hang on a minute, I’m bringing another rope down to you! 17: INT. LOWER CAVE GANATUS: (Shouts.) It would be better if you came down here! There’s a big cavern with lots of tunnels going off it! Unless you’ve found anything else, this seems a fair chance! IAN: (OOV.) No, we haven’t! Hang on…we’ll be with you in a couple of minutes… GANATUS: (Shouts.) Good! (He glances round.) GANATUS: (To himself.) It looks as though it may have been a lucky fall… 18: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The DALEKS’ screen shows static. A report comes through to two DALEKS.) DALEK: (OOV: Over tannoy.) Rangerscopes are recording great activity amongst the Thal people! FIRST DALEK: (Into tannoy.) Are there pictures? DALEK: (OOV: Over tannoy.) No, reception is bad. (The FIRST DALEK spins round in a panic.) FIRST DALEK: They are attacking our instruments! SECOND DALEK: We must keep alert! FIRST DALEK: Yes. (It turns back to the panel.) FIRST DALEK: (Into tannoy.) Concentrate all power of Rangerscopes and Vibrascopes on all entrances to the city. 19: EXT. CITY (Bright lights flash on the towers of the Dalek city.) 20: EXT. FOREST EDGE (The source of the light is a group of Thals reflecting sunlight off huge mirrors onto the city.) 21. EXT. CITY WALL (The DOCTOR, SUSAN and ALYDON have reached the city and are stood next to a featureless metallic wall. The DOCTOR holds a thick branch like a club. ALYDON holds the map.) DOCTOR: It looks as if my plan has worked! ALYDON: We can’t keep up this light reflection for long. DOCTOR: Never mind. It gives us a better chance to get into the city unnoticed. SUSAN: We can’t be sure of that, Grandfather. DOCTOR: Oh, I know it’s risky, but, er…well, we mustn’t diddle about here. Now, I want to get to the east side of that antennae. (He starts to wander off. ALYDON consults his map.) ALYDON: Er, Doctor, look… DOCTOR: Mmm? ALYDON: According to the map, we should be moving further to our left… (Points.) ...in that direction. (The DOCTOR looks at the map.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I see. Well, go ahead will you? (To SUSAN.) Go along, child. (SUSAN and ALYDON move off.) DOCTOR: (To himself.) Yes, we’ll show them a thing or two… (He smiles to himself…) 22: INT. TUNNEL (IAN leads his party down through a dark rocky tunnel. IAN and GANATUS have Thal torches.) IAN: So far, so good. It seems to be broadening out a bit. GANATUS: Who knows? It...may stop being impossible. BARBARA: Just become unbearable. IAN: Well, at least we can breath in here. GANATUS: We seem to be travelling more or less in a straight line. IAN: Yes, I think we are. (The group stops for a moment. KRISTAS moves up front to IAN.) KRISTAS: I’ll take the f*re. IAN: Oh, thank you. (He hands the firebox over.) KRISTAS: Shall I lead on then? IAN: Yes, I suppose you might as well. We’ll…we’ll have a rest in a minute. (The group continues on but ANTODUS hangs back, looking nervous. He calls to his brother.) ANTODUS: Ganatus, I want to go back. GANATUS: What for? ANTODUS: I can’t go on anymore. GANATUS: You must! ANTODUS: No. We’re going deeper…deeper all the time. We’ll be trapped in the mountain, I know we will. Please, Ganatus…let me go back. GANATUS: You can’t! ANTODUS: But, you don’t really need me, not really! I could, well…I could go back and signal to the others that we’ve managed to get as far as we have. (GANATUS looks over his shoulder to make sure that the rest of the party are not listening, then speaks firmly.) GANATUS: Antodus, we go on together! ANTODUS: Why? Why are you making me do all these things? Even if we do get through, we’ll never defeat the Daleks! Ganatus…we’re all going to be k*lled. GANATUS: We can’t turn back now! ANTODUS: The others can’t…but we could. Listen…they’re going to die anyway. We could just go back and tell the others that the Daleks k*lled them. GANATUS: (Furiously.) Oh what are you talking about - “you must go back”? ANTODUS: I’m not going on. GANATUS: You are! You must! (ANTODUS turns to go, GANATUS grabs at him then suddenly ANTODUS cries out, holding the back of his head.) GANATUS: Antodus? I’m sorry. Are…are you hurt? (The sound of rock falling reveals the source of ANTODUS’ pain. The cave roof is starting to come down. GANATUS helps ANTODUS up.) GANATUS: Ian! (IAN rushes up and the two manage to get out of the way just before the roof crashes down. BARBARA and KRISTAS also run up.) IAN: (To GANATUS.) Is he hurt? GANATUS: A rock h*t him. It would have h*t me, but he pushed me aside. He was very brave. IAN: Well, I hope he hasn’t cut his head. (The two kneel by him. ANTODUS is more angry and embarrassed than hurt.) ANTODUS: I’m all right. GANATUS: Ian, we can’t go back the way we came. (To ANTODUS.) We must go on now. (ANTODUS looks distraught.) 23: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (Two DALEKS glide towards a control panel.) FIRST DALEK: Emergency! Emergency! SECOND DALEK: Reaction on the vibrascopes. FIRST DALEK: Where? SECOND DALEK: Section fifteen, city wall. Shall I redirect the Rangerscopes? FIRST DALEK: No. If we track them by their vibrations, we can take them by surprise. (They glide away.) 24: EXT. CITY WALL (SUSAN spots a type of junction box set into the wall. A thick cable runs up from it.) SUSAN: Hey, Grandfather, look! (The DOCTOR and ALYDON run over.) DOCTOR: Mmm, yes? SUSAN: Is this what you want? DOCTOR: Ah yes! A single cable. The whole city is powered by static electricity! ALYDON: Well, how do you know that? DOCTOR: The single wire, you see. (He points out the direction the cable takes above them and round the top of the wall.) DOCTOR: Round here…there…see? And there…that must be the answer! (SUSAN has also been tracing the cable’s track round the buildings with her finger.) SUSAN: Well, it leads up into the antennae! ALYDON: Well, it certainly goes in that direction, but I...I can’t see it all. (SUSAN turns back to the junction box and starts to try and prise its glass front off.) SUSAN: I wonder if I can open this box…? DOCTOR: Hmm? SUSAN: There aren’t any hinges on it. (She suddenly pulls up the glass cover.) SUSAN: Well, that’s it! Look, look, it slides up! DOCTOR: Ah, good girl! Now, just take it over there…that’s it. (SUSAN places the glass cover to one side.) DOCTOR: Now look out. (Using his club, the DOCTOR smashes the circuits in the exposed panel.) SUSAN: The thing is, how are we going to cut the wire now it’s exposed without getting a terrific shock? ALYDON: Look, we can’t wait around here too long, you know. DOCTOR: No, just a minute! Now, you go and tell your friends to stop flashing the light on the antennae. Because for all we know, the Daleks might have a beam to throw on them - paralyse them, k*ll them! ALYDON: But I can’t leave you two here. DOCTOR: Oh, we shall be all right. Now, go along…and tell them to move their position from time to time. Now hurry please! ALYDON: (Flustered.) Very well then, but don’t waste time here. I…I’ll come back for you if I can. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, yes, we shall be back before then. Now go! (ALYDON leaves. The DOCTOR watches him go.) DOCTOR: Dear, dear, dear, that young man gets so agitated. (SUSAN smiles as the DOCTOR turns back to the box.) DOCTOR: Now, I’ll tell you what we’ll do. We’ll short-circuit it to...another conductor. Let me have the key of the ship, Susan, will you…? SUSAN: Hmm? DOCTOR: The key of the ship, dear! (SUSAN takes the key chain from round her neck.) SUSAN: Oh, what a good idea, yes! (The DOCTOR puts the chain with the key attached over the end of his club.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes. I can always make another one if necessary. SUSAN: Yes, of course. DOCTOR: Now, let us, er…proceed. (Using the club, he places the key into the panel. He pulls the club away leaving the key there.) DOCTOR: Now, the power’s running away. (He laughs.) That’ll teach the Daleks to meddle in our affairs! (SUSAN laughs then points to a smaller junction box next to the large one.) SUSAN: What about this one? DOCTOR: Well, of course! (Using the club, he smashes the glass away, the puts the free end of the necklace into the second box. There is a small expl*si*n….) 25: INT. CITY CONTROL ROOM (…And a larger expl*si*n under one of the panels in the control room.) 26: EXT. CITY WALL DOCTOR: Now, we’ve short…we’ve shorted it, you see? So something must have gone somewhere else! The extent of the damage, of course, we don’t know yet. SUSAN: Look, Grandfather, this is marvellous, but...but they must have a fault locator somewhere. We must get away from here! DOCTOR: (Boasting.) But, my dear child, don’t you realise what I’ve done? A few simple tools... SUSAN: Yes, but we mustn’t... DOCTOR: ...a superior brain? SUSAN: ...waste time, we must go now! (They turn to move but are caught in a bright light and surrounded by a host of DALEKS.) 27: EXT. TUNNEL (IAN is at the head of the group. He suddenly stops d*ad.) IAN: Look out! (The others stop.) IAN: No place for a quiet stroll, is it? (Ahead of them the floor drops away into a chasm.) GANATUS: It looks pretty wide. IAN: Yes, and deep. (He speaks to the others behind him.) IAN: Well, you might as well take a rest while we sort this one out. (The party sits down while IAN plays his flashlight over one side of the chasm.) IAN: No point in going that way. It widens out. (He looks at the other side beside them.) IAN: There’s no foothold at all on this side. (He looks at the other side of the chasm opposite them.) IAN: There’s a ledge over there, look. About two to three feet, would you say? GANATUS: Mmm. (GANATUS looks across the chasm.) GANATUS: There seems to be some sort of cleft in the rock face...there. IAN: Yes, I think you’re right. We’ll have to get over there. GANATUS: How about...going down this side on a rope, and trying to climb the other? IAN: Yes, well, see how deep it is. Hold the torch...a pebble? (IAN picks up a pebble and drops it over the fissure. Several long seconds later, it hits water. The chasm is too deep. They look at each other in silence. After a long moment…) GANATUS: How do we do it? (IAN thinks for a moment, then…) IAN: We jump. (GANATUS points the torch at the opposite ledge.) GANATUS: There’s not much space to land in. IAN: No. IAN & GANATUS: Oh, well, I’ll go… (They stop. IAN smiles and takes the rope off his shoulder.) IAN: You go and tell them we’re going to jump. (IAN ties the rope round his waist. GANATUS turns to the others.) GANATUS: We’re going to jump it. (The others get to their feet. GANATUS rejoins IAN.) IAN: Shine the torch on that ledge. Keep clear of me when I run...and give me plenty of rope. BARBARA: Good luck. (IAN squeezes her arm in thanks. He takes several steps back away from the fissure, makes a test run, goes back, takes a deep breath, runs and jumps and catches the ledge. He gets his foothold and stands to face his companions on the other side.) IAN: All right! Ganatus, you come over next and we’ll explore that cleft in the rock. GANATUS: Right. (IAN tests the s*ab of the ledge with his foot.) IAN: Quite firm. I think there’s just about enough room for two of us. (GANATUS ties another rope round his waist.) GANATUS: Take up the slack will you? IAN: Right. (GANATUS throws the other end of the rope over to IAN, who catches it.) BARBARA: (To GANATUS.) Good luck. (GANATUS smiles and walks several feet back.) GANATUS: Ready? IAN: Right, take a good long…run. (GANATUS runs and jumps safely into IAN'S arms. He gets his foothold.) IAN: Good jump! You should have come first. GANATUS: Now I’ll take a look at this cleft. (To BARBARA.) The torch? (IAN winds the slack of GANATUS’ rope around himself. GANATUS holds out his hands and is thrown the torch by the others.) GANATUS: Pay it out slowly. IAN: Right. (GANATUS slowly rappels over to the cleft, using the rope to keep himself from falling.) GANATUS: It’s all right. There’s…a handhold just here. (He moves out of sight round the corner of the thin ledge into the cleft.) GANATUS: (OOV.) A little more rope… (IAN pays it out.) GANATUS: (OOV.) It goes wider. It seems to be some sort of a tunnel. I…I don’t need the rope anymore. Bring the others over. (GANATUS has untied himself. IAN pulls the rope back.) IAN: Right. (To the others.) Rope coming over… (He throws the rope over. They catch it. IAN takes a deep breath.) 28: INT. CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The DOCTOR and SUSAN are sat on the floor surrounded by DALEKS.) FIRST DALEK: You have destroyed our videoscope and one of our lifts. DOCTOR: And you in turn k*lled the Thal leader in your ambush. You will be responsible for more deaths unless you help these people. FIRST DALEK: The only interest we have in the Thals is their total extermination! SUSAN: (Startled.) What do you mean? FIRST DALEK: Tomorrow, the atmosphere will be b*mb by the radiation from out nuclear reactors. SUSAN: (Shocked.) Why are you doing this? DOCTOR: That’s sheer m*rder! FIRST DALEK: No - extermination. DOCTOR: But you must listen to reason. Please, you must! FIRST DALEK: Without radiation, the Dalek race is ended. We need it as you and the Thals need air. (All the DALEKS turn and raise their arms in a salute.) DALEKS: (In semi-unison.) Tomorrow, we will be the masters of the planet Skaro! 29: EXT. TUNNEL (BARBARA makes the jump and lands safely in IAN’S arms.) BARBARA: Oh, I thought I…I wouldn’t make it! IAN: You did well. Just get your breath back for a minute. BARBARA: I’m all right. (He unties her rope. As he gathers the rope back up, she edges towards the cleft but facing the chasm. She realises her error and falters…) BARBARA: Ian! IAN: Oh no! Not that way! (He reaches out and grabs her hand.) IAN: Now stay still. Give me your other hand. You’ve got to come back. Now swing! (He pulls her back.) IAN: Now this time, face the rock. (She does so.) IAN: And reach…reach round with that arm. (She slowly edges around the cleft.) IAN: Reach higher…can you feel? BARBARA: I…I can’t reach! (She tries again) IAN: Higher, go on! BARBARA: Ah, yes! IAN: Now...let go of my hand and...swing yourself around. Go on! (She does so and swings out of sight into the tunnel.) IAN: All right? BARBARA: (OOV.) Yes! (KRISTAS calls out from the other side of the chasm.) KRISTAS: I’ll throw the f*re. IAN: Right. (IAN catches the firebox. He gathers up the rope again.) IAN: Rope coming over. (He throws the rope to KRISTAS.) KRISTAS: Will you go next, Antodus? ANTODUS: (Sullenly.) No, you go on. KRISTAS: Very well. (He ties the rope round his waist and follows the jump taken by his companions, again successfully.) IAN: You made it look easy. (KRISTAS unties himself and makes his way towards the cleft.) IAN: Got the grip? KRISTAS: Yes, I'm clear. (He moves out of sight into the tunnel.) IAN: (To ANTODUS.) Rope coming over. (IAN throws the rope over but ANTODUS stands looking into the chasm as if mesmerised and doesn't even attempt to catch it.) IAN: Sorry, bad throw. My fault. Move back from the edge. ANTODUS: (In a scared whisper.) I can’t do it… IAN: (Firmly.) Move back from the edge and catch this rope! Ready? Coming now! (ANTODUS does as he is told and catches the rope.) IAN: Good! Now...tie it round yourself. (He does as instructed.) IAN: Tight! (ANTODUS tightens the knot.) IAN: Now…give yourself a good long run…and jump. (ANTODUS takes several steps back…) IAN: I'm ready whenever you are… (ANTODUS braces himself, runs and jumps but hits the ledge badly and, with a scream, falls into the chasm. IAN is knocked to the floor, tied to the other end of the rope. He grabs hold of a rock but with a poor grip…) 30: INT. CHASM (ANTODUS spins on the end of the rope in the chasm. He tries to grab a hold of the rockface but it's completely smooth.) ANTODUS: (Hysterical.) Help me! Help me! I can’t hold on! I can’t hold on! 31: INT. TUNNEL (IAN'S grip on the rock is reduced to his fingers only as the weight of ANTODUS pulls him slowly nearer the edge…)
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The Rescue Original Air Date: 25th January, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1: INT. CHASM (ANTODUS spins on the end of the rope in the chasm…) ANTODUS: (Hysterical.) I can't hold on! I can't hold on! 2: INT. TUNNEL (IAN'S grip on the rock is reduced to his fingers only as the weight of ANTODUS pulls him nearer the edge.) THE RESCUE (His grip starts to slip.) Written by TERRY NATION (GANATUS appears from around the cleft and tries to grab at IAN'S sleeve.) GANATUS: I daren’t let go with my other hand. IAN: (Shouts.) Antodus! Get a grip on the rock-face. Take the weight off the rope! 3: INT. CHASM ANTODUS: It’s too…smooth! 4: INT. TUNNEL IAN: Stop it, you fool! GANATUS: (To IAN.) I’m losing you! (GANATUS manages to grab hold of one of IAN'S hands, rather than his sleeve.) IAN: Sweat on my hands… GANATUS: It…it’s no good, Ian! IAN: Call the others! GANATUS: (Shouts.) Kristas! IAN: (Shouts.) Kristas! GANATUS: (Shouts.) Kristas! 5: INT. CHASM (Still hanging in the chasm, ANTODUS has pulled out his Kn*fe and is sawing at the rope. The threads part one by one and, when the rope breaks, he falls into the darkness with a scream…) 6: INT. TUNNEL (As his weight is lost, IAN pulls himself onto the ledge. He and GANATUS hear the fast receding scream and the sound of him hitting the water below.) GANATUS: (Shocked.) Antodus! (IAN pulls up the rope and see the cut and frayed end. The two men are too stunned to say anything.) 7: INT. CITY. OPERATIONS ROOM (The DALEKS are in a large operations room. Round the walls are several pieces of scientific equipment and control consoles. DALEKS man the controls as they prepare their operation. In a central alcove is the ejector capsule itself - a large upright piece of machinery. In a small alcove on the left-hand side of the room, the DOCTOR and SUSAN are held by their wrists and ankles to a wall by magnetic manacles. The DOCTOR and SUSAN are desperately trying to talk the DALEKS out of carrying out their plan.) DOCTOR: You could live in the city, and the others could… SUSAN: There’s room for both of you… FIRST DALEK: (Interrupting.) What we need for life means death to the Thals! DOCTOR: But why do you have to destroy? Can’t you use your brains to try… FIRST DALEK: (Interrupting.) Only one race can survive! DOCTOR: What are you planning? FIRST DALEK: We wish to escape captivity. (It turns and glides away.) FIRST DALEK: Go out and rebuild the planet Skaro. Our oxygen distributors will be subjected to waste radiation by the ejector capsule. DOCTOR: Nothing can live outside if you do that! Nothing! FIRST DALEK: Except the Daleks. DOCTOR: When do you intend to put this into operation? FIRST DALEK: Now. (It turns to another DALEK and plucks a circuit board from its suction cup arm. It then glides over to one of the pieces of equipment nearby.) DOCTOR: This senseless, evil k*lling! 8: INT. TUNNEL (The survivors of the party sit on the floor of the tunnel, dejected and grubby with dirt as KRISTAS walks towards them having checked ahead.) KRISTAS: There’s been a fall of rock. The way is blocked. IAN: Did you look all round it? KRISTAS: Yes. There's no way through. GANATUS: Then we’ll have to go back. We came this far. We’ve done our best…more. First Elyon died and…now my brother…for what? (Bitterly.) Can’t you see there isn’t any sense in it anymore! BARBARA: We can’t give up now. GANATUS: (Bitterly) What is it that you want us to do? IAN: We must go back and…find another way. GANATUS: Oh, why don’t we just give up? IAN: Because your brother died, for one thing. He gave us a chance. GANATUS: (Angrily.) My brother didn’t want us to come! He said we’d all die! (There is a moment of silence. Suddenly the light from the firebox starts to go low. KRISTAS investigates it.) BARBARA: What’s the matter with it? KRISTAS: I don’t know. Dirt’s got into it, I expect. (To IAN.) Well, if we’re going back, we’ll have to go back now. We can’t cross the chasm without light. BARBARA: Well, we still have the torch. KRISTAS: That’s weak too. (IAN gestures to the firebox.) IAN: Can you use it sparingly? KRISTAS: Yeah... IAN: Well, turn it off, Kristas. (KRISTAS turns off the firebox. The tunnel should descend into darkness…but there is a faint light.) KRISTAS: Right. IAN: Wait a minute… (He gets to his feet.) IAN: There’s a light coming in here. Where’s it coming from? (Excited.) Where’s the light coming from? (The whole group has followed IAN'S lead in getting to their feet. They too, look for the light source. IAN clambers up some rocks at the back of the tunnel. The others follow.) IAN: Here, Give me a hand! (He climbs slightly upwards to the light source - a small gap filled with rocks. He starts pulling the rocks out.) BARBARA: Can you see anything? GANATUS: What is it? 9: INT. CITY. ROOM (IAN pulls the rocks away. He sees a room with a curved roof filled with pipes and other machinery that resembles turbines.) IAN: (Jubilantly.) We’re through! Must have been travelling under the pipes all the time - we’re through! 10: EXT. FOREST (The other Thals are gathered at the edge of the forest, looking at the city.) DYONI: Alydon? (She walks up to ALYDON.) DYONI: The antenna hasn’t moved for some time. ALYDON: No. The Doctor must have succeeded in putting it out of action. DYONI: But why haven’t they returned? ALYDON: The Daleks must have captured them. (DYONI bows her head in sorrow. ALYDON puts a comforting hand on her, then addresses his people.) ALYDON: Now, listen everybody. The way to the city is clear. Now is the time to att*ck! (He picks up a stone branch.) ALYDON: We may be farmers, but have we forgotten how to fight? (The other Thal men are prepared with branches as w*apon. One of them has a metal claw from the Magnedon creature.) 11: INT. CITY. OPERATIONS ROOM (The DALEKS continue their preparations.) FIRST DALEK: Power down to half. SECOND DALEK: Down to half. FIRST DALEK: Seal off nuclear waste disposer. SECOND DALEK: Sealing complete. FIRST DALEK: Begin radiation redirection to distribution capsule. (The DOCTOR and SUSAN see this from their alcove.) SUSAN: Can't we stop them? Can't we do anything? (The DOCTOR calls out to the DALEKS.) DOCTOR: Just a moment! I haven’t told you how we came to this planet. (The FIRST DALEK replies but does not turn round to face the DOCTOR.) FIRST DALEK: It does not matter now. DOCTOR: But…but it does! I have a ship capable of crossing the barriers of space and time. Surely this would be invaluable to you? (Now interested, the DALEK turns to the DOCTOR.) FIRST DALEK: A ship? What do you mean? DOCTOR: A Machine. FIRST DALEK: I do not believe you. DOCTOR: But I have! SUSAN: It's true! We have! (The DALEK turns away.) FIRST DALEK: You are not capable of creating such a machine. DOCTOR: You took a part of my ship away from one of my companions - the young man. (The DALEK turns back to face them.) FIRST DALEK: What did it look like? DOCTOR: A small rod with metal at either end. It belongs to my ship. A fluid link containing mercury. Examine it for yourselves. You will see it’s part of a complicated machine. (The DALEK glides to a nearby console where the fluid link rests on top.) FIRST DALEK: Yes, I have it here. DOCTOR: Well, let me show you the ship, explain it to you, help you to build another. FIRST DALEK: A bargain for your lives? DOCTOR: Yes FIRST DALEK: Where is this machine? DOCTOR: In the petrified forest outside the city. FIRST DALEK: Good. When the neutron operation has been completed, we will find a way to travel outside the city limits. DOCTOR: No! FIRST DALEK: We will examine your machine. DOCTOR: No! Not unless you stop what you’re doing. Otherwise, I won’t explain its secrets to you and its philosophy of movement. (The DALEK glides away.) FIRST DALEK: Now that we know of the machine, we can examine it for ourselves. DOCTOR: But you can’t operate it without me! FIRST DALEK: Every problem has a solution. (The DOCTOR looks appalled at the failure of his attempt. The DALEK receives an intercom message.) DALEK: (OOV: Over tannoy.) Vibration locator records movement inside the city wall. (The FIRST DALEK spins round.) FIRST DALEK: Details! DALEK: (OOV: Over tannoy.) Disturbance is too great. (The FIRST DALEK glides quickly across the room.) FIRST DALEK: Alert Daleks in section one! The Thals are entering the city! (The DOCTOR and SUSAN hear this. A look of relief appears on SUSAN’S face.) SUSAN: Grandfather, they’re coming! DOCTOR: But can they get here in time? 12: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (IAN and his party move slowly, crouching, down the low slanted corridors. IAN signals to the others to follow him. They stop to get their bearings.) IAN: Now where are we? BARBARA: I have no idea. I have some experience of these corridors, they all look alike. IAN: Yes. We could go back to the lift, but…get back! (They jump into hiding as a DALEK glides up the corridor. It stops to listen to an intercom announcement.) DALEK: (OOV: Over tannoy.) Alert! The Thals are entering the city! All Daleks in section one to level one. Immediate! Immediate! (With the end of the announcement, the DALEK glides on. IAN and the others come out of hiding.) IAN: Alydon and the Thals must be in the city. We must find the control room. (He crosses the corridor, checks that all is clear behind him, then beckons the others to cross.) 13: INT. CITY. OPERATIONS ROOM (Another intercom message is received as the DALEKS look at a flickering monitor screen.) DALEK: (OOV: Over tannoy.) Interior videoscopes are recording movements on level eight! SUSAN: Grandfather, look! Look, they've found a way through! (IAN and his party are seen on a screen.) SECOND DALEK: All Daleks on level eight, urgent! (IAN is seen to spot the camera, he swings at it with his torch and the screen goes blank.) FIRST DALEK: The Thals have penetrated to level eight! (It glides furiously across the room in a panic.) FIRST DALEK: Immediate action! Immediate action! SECOND DALEK: How did they get into the city? (A THIRD DALEK is by the ejector capsule.) THIRD DALEK: Capsule ready to go critical! FIRST DALEK: Stand by! THIRD DALEK: Standing by. Ready. FIRST DALEK: The last stage of the operation is about to begin. DOCTOR: Stop it, please! FIRST DALEK: Nothing can stop the Daleks! Begin countdown - One hundred! THIRD DALEK: Beginning now. 14: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (IAN’S group reaches an intersection. IAN holds his torch out round a corner…and a stone branch crashes across it. ALYDON lunges into view, ready to strike again. He pulls himself up short when he sees who it is.) GANATUS: It’s Alydon! ALYDON: Ganatus! Well, have...have you found the Doctor? BARBARA: Well, isn’t he with you? ALYDON: No, he must have been captured by the Daleks…and Susan. (IAN and BARBARA look at each other in horror.) IAN: But...the Daleks know you and the Thals are in the city. ALYDON: We spilt into groups, but without the Doctor we didn’t know what to look for. IAN: We must find that control room! BARBARA: (Correcting him.) We must find the Doctor and Susan! IAN: Barbara, first and foremost, we must find the control room and knock it out. (The Thals have been talking quietly during this discussion and ALYDON is learning of the death of ANTODUS.) ALYDON: And Antodus? GANATUS: Yes, he died bravely. (ALYDON nods solemnly. A DALEK suddenly comes over the intercom.) FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Over tannoy.) Daleks group to control room - immediately. All Daleks to level ten. ALYDON: Well, this is level nine - we must be near! KRISTAS: We’ve got to go on. (BARBARA points down the corridor.) BARBARA: There’s a lift back there. It’s only one floor up. FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Over tannoy.) All Daleks to level ten immediately! SECOND DALEK: (OOV: Over tannoy.) Corridor intersections on all levels other than ten will be sealed now! (One of the doors suddenly starts to slide down.) IAN: Kristas! (The three Thals dive for the door but they are too late. IAN sees another starting to close.) IAN: Get that one! (But again they are too slow. The party stand confused, waiting for the next move.) ALYDON: Where? (A third starts to close.) IAN: Help! (They rush for the third door before they are trapped and try and hold it up whilst BARBARA crawls underneath it.) BARBARA: There's another one! (She rushes off further down the corridor. ALYDON has managed to crawl under the first door.) ALYDON: Quickly Barbara, get to it! (GANATUS crawls through next. He looks down the corridor.) GANATUS: Barbara! 15: INT. CITY. OPERATIONS ROOM (The DALEKS continue their work at the capsule...) THIRD DALEK: Fifty-two… FIRST DALEK: The Thals are blocking the intersections from sealing on level nine! THIRD DALEK: Fifty-one…fifty… FOURTH DALEK: Increase power! Emergency! Increase power! THIRD DALEK: Forty-nine…forty-eight… 16: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (BARBARA is pinned under the third door. The others, shouting, rush up.) IAN: All right... GANATUS: Quickly! IAN: Wait a minute, I’ll take the strain... (IAN backs to the door and tries to pull it up. ALYDON and KRISTAS help as GANATUS slides under.) IAN: Barbara! Try and slide yourself out! BARBARA: I can’t move! (GANATUS is halfway through the door now but his face looks pained at the door crushes his back.) GANATUS: They’re pressing down harder! IAN: They’re increasing the pressure! Barbara, you must try and roll out, try and free yourself… KRISTAS: Just get my...hands under...! (With an effort, BARBARA manages to squeeze out from under the door.) BARBARA: I'm through! IAN: Alydon! Right! You go next! (ALYDON rushes under the door.) 17: INT. CITY. OPERATIONS ROOM THIRD DALEK: Forty-six…forty-five…Forty-four… (A Thal enters the room from a side corridor and is exterminated.) THIRD DALEK: Forty-three…forty-two…forty... 18: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR (IAN is the last to try and get under the door. The others are trying to hold it open.) GANATUS: Hurry, Ian! It's crushing like stone! Come on! (IAN makes it from under the door.) GANATUS: Right! (They all let the door drop.) 19: INT. CITY. OPERATIONS ROOM (A DALEK surveys the d*ad Thal that managed to penetrate the control room as the other DALEKS continue the countdown…) THIRD DALEK: Forty…thirty-nine…thirty-eight…thirty-seven… (The DOCTOR and SUSAN are still imprisoned in the alcove.) THIRD DALEK: Thirty-six…thirty-five…thirty-four…thirty-three… (IAN’S party appears in the corridor outside the operations room.) THIRD DALEK: Thirty-two…thirty-one… 20: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE OPERATIONS ROOM (They jump into hiding as a DALEK glides down the corridor.) THIRD DALEK: (OOV: Inside operations room.) Thirty… 21: INT. CITY. OPERATIONS ROOM THIRD DALEK: Twenty-nine…twenty-eight…twenty-seven… (The group stealthily makes their way towards the entrance to the operations room.) THIRD DALEK: Twenty-six… (Unseen by the DALEKS, IAN runs into the room and hides behind a central pillar.) THIRD DALEK: Twenty-five… 22: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE OPERATIONS ROOM (GANATUS throws BARBARA his coil of rope.) 23: INT. CITY. OPERATIONS ROOM THIRD DALEK: Twenty-four… (A DALEK glide past IAN’S hiding place. After it has gone, ALYDON rushes over and joins IAN.) THIRD DALEK: Twenty-three…twenty-two…twenty-one…twenty… (From behind the pillar, IAN surveys the room and quickly spots the DOCTOR and SUSAN. He excitedly points them out to ALYDON. At the same time, SUSAN and the DOCTOR see their rescuers and react with excitement.) THIRD DALEK: Nineteen…eighteen…seventeen…sixteen…fifteen… (When the DALEKS are looking in the other direction, IAN and ALYDON run into the alcove and start to free the DOCTOR and SUSAN. BARBARA creates a diversion by throwing a rock at one of the DALEKS. It spins round and fires at her but she dives out of the way behind the doorway.) THIRD DALEK: Fourteen…thirteen… FIRST DALEK: Follow and k*ll her! (A DALEK glides after her.) THIRD DALEK: Twelve…eleven…ten… (The DALEK glides out of the room…) 24: INT. CITY. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE OPERATIONS ROOM (…and is immediately set upon by the Thals with ropes to pull its arm and g*n up.) DALEK: Trapped! Help me! Trapped! 25: INT. CITY. OPERATIONS ROOM (The DOCTOR and SUSAN have been set free but as they run from their alcove, the DOCTOR, weak after being manacled for so long, stumbles to the ground.) THIRD DALEK: Nine…eight…seven… (A DALEK approaches the escapees. IAN throws one of the manacles at it.) THIRD DALEK: Six… (GANATUS throws himself on top of one of the DALEKS. Another Thal is exterminated.) THIRD DALEK: Five…four… (The DOCTOR pulls SUSAN behind one of the pieces of machinery for safety. A DALEK glides towards them but IAN and ALYDON att*ck it. KRISTAS slides down a rope into the control room. He is h*t almost immediately by a DALEK ray but instead of falling d*ad, manages to stagger to his feet and grab hold of his attacker as GANATUS grapples with another DALEK.) SECOND DALEK: Reinforcements! Overpowered! Reinforcements! Quickly! Quickly! (KRISTAS pushes the DALEK into one of the pieces of equipment. It hits it with a huge expl*si*n. The DOCTOR runs towards the ejector capsule.) DOCTOR: Chesterton, come here! IAN: Doctor, Doctor, I think they're dying! (The DOCTOR runs over to where a DALEK is slowly moving around, its arm and g*n pointing at the floor.) DALEK: (Weakly.) Power…going… DOCTOR: They were about to spread radiation into the air. IAN: We’ve knocked out their source of power, I tell you! Look! (As he speaks, the noise of the electronic instruments in the room dies down. He kicks the DALEK across the room. It offers no resistance. The room descends into silence as the power totally drains away. SUSAN, BARBARA and GANATUS are helping the wounded KRISTAS.) SUSAN: Barbara, is he all right? BARBARA: Yes, he’s very badly hurt. But he’s alive. (IAN picks up the fluid link from a console. One of the DALEKS weakly turns to the DOCTOR.) DALEK: Listen…to…me…. DOCTOR: Yes? DALEK: Stop…our power…from wasting…or it will be….end of the Dalekkksss… DOCTOR: Even if I wanted to, I don’t know how. (The DALEK eyestalk raises straight upwards and it twists round as the creature inside gives a strangled cry. ALYDON gets up from the floor and looks round in amazement and relief.) ALYDON: It’s finished. (He turns a d*ad Thal over.) ALYDON: The final w*r. Five hundred years of destruction end in this. DOCTOR: No doubt you will have other wars to fight. Chesterton? Come along, my boy. We’ve got work to do. I want to look at the reactors and see if there’s any radiation leakage. (They walk up to a DALEK which has been turned on its side and look over it.) IAN: Yes and get the ship working again, Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? (IAN holds up the fluid link. The DOCTOR snatches it from him.) DOCTOR: Oh yes, yes, yes, of course. Come along, come along. (He walks out of the room. IAN follows smiles, shakes his head and follows. ALYDON joins the women as they raise KRISTAS to his feet.) ALYDON: Kristas, are you all right? KRISTAS: (Weakly.) Yes thanks. (ALYDON relieves SUSAN of the weight of KRISTAS by taking one of his arms across his shoulder.) ALYDON: Let’s get him up to the air (He takes one last look around him.) ALYDON: All this machinery - what good is it to us? None of us knows the first thing about it. BARBARA: Well, you must experiment. These Dalek inventions should be of some use to you. (BARBARA, ALYDON and KRISTAS leave the room. Only SUSAN and GANATUS are left.) SUSAN: Yes, the Daleks have developed food by artificial sunlight. You've got everything you need now. GANATUS: (Quietly.) Yes. (He gazes round the room.) GANATUS: If only there'd been…some other way. (They leave the room to make their way out of the city. Only the destroyed DALEKS remain behind in the silent room.) 26. EXT. FOREST (A piece of DALEK machinery sits in the Thal encampment. ALYDON is examining it. DYONI passes by and puts a piece of food in his mouth which he accepts happily. The DOCTOR walks by with a rack of test tubes in his hands. He chuckles as he sees ALYDON’S efforts with the machine.) DOCTOR: This is what they call a compensator, my friend. ALYDON: Which is? DOCTOR: The whole of it. (He places his rack of tubes on top if it.) DOCTOR: It’s useless. Throw it away, forget it. Unless you want to live in a shell like our d*ad friends? ALYDON: (Admiringly.) Huh! where do you get your knowledge from, Doctor? You know, there never seems to have been time to ask, but…we don’t really know where you come from - or why. (DYONI joins them. The DOCTOR is lost in his own thoughts.) DOCTOR: To rebuild a whole new world. Hmm! How I envy you! ALYDON: But you must stay and help us! We could learn from you. DOCTOR: Oh no, no, no. I’m afraid I’m much too old to be a pioneer - although I was once, amongst my own people. ALYDON: Oh, then stay and advise us, please! DOCTOR: No, no thank you. We are much too far away from home, my granddaughter and I. Thank you all the same. It’s a nice gesture on your part. (He points at his rack of test tubes.) DOCTOR: You know, this soil is not quite so barren as you think. I've been making tests…and even you might live to see and hear the birds amongst the trees. (ALYDON and DYONI smile.) DOCTOR: You wanted advice, you said. I never give it - never. But I might just say this to you: Always search for truth. My truth is…in the stars…and yours is here. DYONI: Won't you rest with us? DOCTOR: No, I’m afraid it’s out of the question. But I might visit your grandchildren to find if they’ve learnt the secrets. And if they have, well - who knows? I might live with them! (He laughs. SUSAN excitedly comes up dressed in a long striped cape which she turns round showing off.) SUSAN: Ta-dar! Look, Grandfather…isn’t it terrific? Thank you, Dyoni. (She twirls and falls over. They all laugh, including IAN who has just joined them.) IAN: What are you up to, Susan? SUSAN: It’s a present from Dyoni. Isn’t it gorgeous! IAN: It’s lovely! Oh, by the way Doctor, have you fitted the fluid link? DOCTOR: Er, not yet, but I have it safely here. (He pats his coat pocket.) DOCTOR: And there's no need to worry about mercury, young man. IAN: Good. (To DYONI.) Well, goodbye Dyoni. DYONI: Goodbye. IAN: Goodbye, Alydon. ALYDON: Goodbye, Ian. (IAN heads for the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: (To SUSAN.) Come along, my child. I'm hungry. SUSAN: Goodbye, Dyoni. DYONI: Goodbye. SUSAN: Thank you. (SUSAN hugs ALYDON.) SUSAN: (In a whisper.) Bye (She heads for the TARDIS. GANATUS is saying goodbye to IAN and BARBARA at the ship.) IAN: Goodbye, Ganatus. GANATUS: Goodbye, Ian. IAN: Barbara? BARBARA: Right. (The DOCTOR suddenly runs back to the compensator and picks up his rack of test tubes.) DOCTOR: How stupid of me…I very nearly forgot my specimens! (To ALYDON.) Oh, er, your hand, sir. (ALYDON looks puzzled but nevertheless holds out his hand. The DOCTOR takes it and gives it a shake.) DOCTOR: Goodbye. ALYDON: (Puzzled.) Goodbye, Doctor. (BARBARA and GANATUS are by themselves near the ship.) BARBARA: Well, Ganatus? GANATUS: Well, Barbara? (He hands her a length of Thal cloth.) GANATUS: The dress you make from this won’t be suitable for swamps and caverns but… BARBARA: Well, that's a good thing. GANATUS: Yes. BARBARA: It’s beautiful. Thank you very much. Thank you for everything. GANATUS: (Hesitates.) I wish we… (SUSAN pops her head out of the TARDIS.) SUSAN: Barbara! We’re waiting! (BARBARA moves to leave. GANATUS stops her and kisses her hand. BARBARA kisses him back then walks into the TARDIS, closing the door. ALYDON and DYONI walk up to GANATUS.) ALYDON: Come along, Ganatus. (GANATUS looks desolate.) DYONI: Don't be sad, Ganatus. GANATUS: I won’t be...but I don't think I'll ever forget her. (His words are interrupted as the TARDIS dematerialisation noise sounds though the trees. The ship vanishes. DYONI walks into the space that the ship occupied and touches the ground. She looks up into the faces of her people in puzzlement…) 27: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (IAN, BARBARA and SUSAN look on as the DOCTOR manipulates the TARDIS controls. As he hurries round the console, there is an expl*si*n and everyone is knocked to one side as the room is plunged into darkness.)
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The Edge of Destruction First Broadcast: 08.02.64 Running Time: 25 minutes 04 seconds Written by David Whitaker 1: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (IAN, BARBARA and SUSAN look on as the DOCTOR manipulates the TARDIS controls. As he hurries round the console, there is an expl*si*n and everyone is knocked to one side and the room is plunged into darkness. The DOCTOR is lying on the floor beside the console. IAN is in a chair. SUSAN lies across the console. The room is totally silent and still. Then, with a groan, BARBARA staggers across the room and looks round the room. With the length of Thal material still draped across her shoulders, she cautiously walks past the DOCTOR, looks over the console and finally stops in front of the chair in which IAN is unconscious.) BARBARA: (Unsure.) Mr. Chesterton ... Ian Chesterton? (BARBARA looks in a puzzled way at IAN, but turns quickly, when she hears a shuffling noise from behind her. SUSAN stands up.) SUSAN: (Groggily.) I thought... (She staggers towards BARBARA.) SUSAN: I know you. (SUSAN cringes in agony and then recoils away, head in hands.) SUSAN: Ow! BARBARA: Have you hurt your head? SUSAN: (In pain.) Ow... Yes, terribly! BARBARA: Well, let me look at it. (As BARBARA moves towards SUSAN, the girl moves away from her staggering around the console.) SUSAN: Ow... Oh, my neck hurts too. (She begins to relax.) SUSAN: Oh, oh, it's going away now... Oh, that's better... I couldn't think where I was for a minute... BARBARA: Do you want to sit down? (BARBARA indicates an unoccupied chair. SUSAN looks at it and then takes another uneasy step.) SUSAN: No, it's all right. (She looks down and notices the DOCTOR lying unconscious on the floor.) SUSAN: (Shouts in alarm.) Grandfather! (SUSAN rushes over towards the DOCTOR and kneels down beside him.) BARBARA: He's cut his head open. SUSAN: I've ... I’ve got some ointment. BARBARA: Well get some water too. SUSAN: Yes. (SUSAN stands. As she begins to walk out, she grasps her neck.) SUSAN: Ow. (She spots IAN still in the chair in the corner of the console room.) SUSAN: Who's that? Oughtn't we to go and help him? BARBARA: (Examining the DOCTOR.) I don't like the look of this cut at all. SUSAN: Water... hmm. Wh... what happened? BARBARA: (Murmurs.) I don't know... (She sees SUSAN standing there.) BARBARA: Well go on! (SUSAN nods weakly, wipes her forehead and then leaves. Barbara continues examining the DOCTOR. She looks up as she hears a movement. She stands, and crosses to the console. IAN is standing upright in front of the chair, like a statue.) IAN: You're working late tonight, Miss. Wright. (He looks round in puzzlement, and stumbles. He regains his balance.) IAN: Can I have a glass of water? BARBARA: Susan's fetching some. (IAN turns sharply to face BARBARA.) IAN: Susan Foreman you mean? BARBARA: Yes. (IAN notices the DOCTOR.) IAN: What's he doing there? BARBARA: Oh, he's cut his head. Are you feeling all right? IAN: Dizzy. (He turns and leans on the chair, then looks back, and as an afterthought says:) IAN: Shouldn't we help him? (They both look at the DOCTOR.) 2: INT. TARDIS. BEDROOM (Still groggy, SUSAN crosses the room, picking up a box from a table. She places the box on a lower table, opens it and takes out a roll of bandage with different shaded stripes on it and a pair of scissors. She rolls out a length of the bandage and cuts it.) 3. INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Both IAN and BARBARA and kneeling beside the DOCTOR, examining him. BARBARA takes his pulse. IAN is talking like an automaton.) IAN: His heart seems all right, and his breathing's quite regular. (He tilts the DOCTOR'S head towards him.) IAN: I don't think that cut's as deep as you think. BARBARA: What do we do if his skull's fractured? IAN: I don't think it's as bad as that. (Suddenly, the DOCTOR'S lips open and he begins to speak.) DOCTOR: I can't take you back, Susan. I can't! I ca... I... IAN: (Almost amused.) Huh! He's rambling. (BARBARA stands up and smiles as everything becomes clear and she realises where she is.) BARBARA: The ship! The TARDIS! (She clutches IAN'S wrist. IAN however looks around himself in puzzlement.) IAN: What? 4. INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (On the Food Machine, SUSAN presses the button marked 'water' and the light marked 'empty' begins to flash. She presses it again.) SUSAN: Eh? (She presses some of the buttons above and the machine whirrs into life. Whirring and clicking. The lights begin to flash. Then, there are three beeps and the machine becomes quiet again. SUSAN looks down at the tray where the food comes out. It contains a packet of water. She pulls it out.) SUSAN: (Puzzled.) That's funny. (She presses the 'water' button again. Again it reads 'empty'. SUSAN turns to leave, a puzzled expression on her face. She opens the door leading into the Console room.) 5: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (As SUSAN steps through the door, she gasps as she looks up. The TARDIS doors are wide open. SUSAN looks around in panic. IAN and BARBARA are staring at the open doors.) SUSAN: (In shock.) The doors! (She crosses over to IAN and BARBARA.) SUSAN: Well they can't open on their own, they can't! (IAN looks and points at the DOCTOR.) IAN: Perhaps he did it. SUSAN: Grandfather?! IAN: Did it before he cut his head open. SUSAN: No, he wouldn't. BARBARA: They must have been forced open. When we crashed. IAN: Crashed? SUSAN: No! The ship can't crash, it's impossible. (In a panic, SUSAN rushes towards the still prone DOCTOR.) SUSAN: Grandfather! (Hysterical.) Grandfather! (BARBARA bends down next to her.) BARBARA: Susan, it's all right. SUSAN: No! No, there's something here! Inside the ship. IAN: What? BARBARA: (Scared.) But that's not possible. (SUSAN turns to IAN.) SUSAN: You feel it don't you? BARBARA: Give me the bandage. (SUSAN gives BARBARA the bandage. BARBARA kneels beside the DOCTOR and examines the bandage.) BARBARA: Well what's this? (IAN walks over to the console as SUSAN answers. He turns and faces the open doors.) SUSAN: The coloured part is the ointment. You'll find the colour disappear as it goes into the wound. When the bandage is completely white, it means the wound is healed. (IAN walks towards the open doors as if heading for the outside. When he comes near them, they close on their own accord. SUSAN gasps. IAN turns sharply and looks accusingly at SUSAN.) IAN: Did you do that? SUSAN: We haven't moved. (IAN moves towards the control console, away from the doors. As he moves, they open behind him. He turns and purposefully strides towards the open doors. Again they close in his path. SUSAN looks scared.) SUSAN: (In a semi-controlled hysteria.) I'm going to try the controls. BARBARA: Be careful Susan. (SUSAN walks swiftly towards the console and reaches for the button. Suddenly she creases up in pain and stumbles back from the console.) SUSAN: No! Ahh! (She groans and then collapses, unconscious, on the floor next to the now bandaged DOCTOR. IAN and BARBARA cross over to her.) IAN: She's fainted! But she was all right a minute ago. BARBARA: Yes, and a while before that you were all unconscious. (IAN stumbles forward and places his head in his hands. He recovers and spins round, examining the whole room an a matter of seconds.) IAN: (Shouting.) What's going on here? (They both look down at the DOCTOR.) BARBARA: He's beginning to stir. Take the girl and put her to bed. (IAN lifts SUSAN. The DOCTOR groans.) IAN: If anything happens, let me know. (BARBARA looks up in surprise.) BARBARA: Well what could happen? IAN: I don't know. (IAN leaves carrying SUSAN over his shoulders. The DOCTOR stirs.) BARBARA: How are you? DOCTOR: My head. Oh. BARBARA: You ... cut your forehead, but you'll be all right. (The DOCTOR feels the back of his neck.) DOCTOR: It hurts here. BARBARA: Where? Show me. (She examines his neck.) BARBARA: I can't see anything. There's no bump, or bruise or anything. DOCTOR: Oh, it's on the back of the neck. (He groans again. BARBARA looks up at this familiar symptom.) 6: INT. TARDIS. BEDROOM (IAN presses a button, and a wall panel lowers, revealing a bed. He places SUSAN onto it and then feels her head.) IAN: Water ... (He leaves the room.) 7: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (IAN goes up to the Food Machine, takes his handkerchief out of his pocket and presses the 'water' button. Again the 'empty' light flashes.) IAN: Empty? (IAN presses the button again. Again it reads 'empty'. He bends down to have a look at a panel below, but notices that there is a sachet of water in the tray.) IAN: Huh. All right. (He removes the water. He opens the sachet and pours some onto his handkerchief. He heads towards the bedroom.) 8. INT. TARDIS. BEDROOM (IAN enters, carrying the bandage and the water. He puts the water of the table and looks up. SUSAN is kneeling upon the bed and glaring at him with a mad stare in her eyes, holding the scissors. IAN stops in his tracks.) IAN: What are you doing? (IAN takes a step forward. SUSAN raises the scissors.) IAN: Wh... SUSAN: No! Who are you? IAN: Susan! You don't need that. (He reaches out to take the scissors from her. She moves them in a s*ab motion towards his wrist. IAN quickly moves his arm back. SUSAN raises the scissors again, and then is overcome. She appears to have a sort of fit. She screeches and groans. Then she turns and starts viciously attacking her bed with the scissors. IAN is appalled. Eventually, she stops and collapses on the bed. The scissors fall from her hand onto the floor.) 9: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (LATER) (The scissors are now on a table. The DOCTOR is sitting in a couch, his head still bandaged. IAN is leaning on the table, and BARBARA is standing in the centre of the room.) DOCTOR: No, no, the ship must have stopped and put us down somewhere. BARBARA: (Turning on him.) But where? Where are we? DOCTOR: Oh, all these questions Miss. Wright! Please! (He holds his head.) BARBARA: You don't know do you? You're just guessing aren't you? (BARBARA heads towards the door.) 10: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (BARBARA enters the room.) BARBARA: Can we have some light in here? DOCTOR: (OOV.) What for? 11: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (The DOCTOR is still on the couch. IAN is standing by the food machine.) IAN: Have you any idea where we are, Doctor? DOCTOR: Where is not as important as why, young man. I must go and check the fault locator again. (The DOCTOR stands up and crosses to the doors to the console room.) IAN: Everything's in a mess. 12: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR stops in the doorway. BARBARA is staring into the console room. The DOCTOR turns to look back into the living quarters.) DOCTOR: You didn't touch the controls did you? IAN: (OOV.) No. (The DOCTOR enters the console room and points an accusing finger at BARBARA.) DOCTOR: Or you? (BARBARA looks at the DOCTOR in surprise and re-enters the living area.) DOCTOR: I know Susan wouldn't. I'm worried about that child. Temporary lapse of memory. 13. INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (BARBARA is facing into the room. IAN walks up behind her.) BARBARA: I was thinking. IAN: Yes? (The DOCTOR enters quickly in hope at hearing her words.) DOCTOR: Well? Yes, yes... anything may help. BARBARA: Do you think something could have got into the ship? DOCTOR: (Scoffing.) No, no, no. BARBARA: Well the doors were open. DOCTOR: No, it's ridiculous. IAN: (Laughing.) What, you mean? An animal or a man or something? BARBARA: Yes! DOCTOR: It's ... it’s not very logical now, is it? Hmm? BARBARA: Or another intelligence. DOCTOR: Well as I said, it's not very logical. BARBARA: No it isn't, but does it have to be? I mean, things aren't always very logical are they? It's just that one's been through so much, I've... DOCTOR: I've been very patient with you Miss ... Wright, and really, there's no more time for these absurd theories. IAN: Probably a mechanical fault. DOCTOR: Yes, or electric. (The DOCTOR walks towards the console room.) 14: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: It may even be the main unit. I don't know. I'm very worried about it all. Young man, I think you'll have to help me with that fault locator now that Susan's been put out of action. IAN: Yea, yes, of course I will. DOCTOR: Thank you, thank you. It won't take us long. (The DOCTOR walks towards the control console.) IAN: I ... I wouldn't go near the control column if I were you Doctor. It might give you an electric shock. DOCTOR: Yes, well, perhaps it would be wiser to check the fault locator first. I'm glad I thought of that. Yes. Come along, come along. (He hurries across the room. IAN turns to BARBARA who has walked in behind them.) IAN: Barbara... BARBARA: Keep an eye on Susan? 15: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (SUSAN has appeared and is hiding behind the food machine, listening to IAN and BARBARA'S conversation.) IAN: (OOV.) Yes. And, don't tell her about something being in the ship. (SUSAN looks determined.) BARBARA: (OOV.) No, of course not. IAN: (OOV.) You know, the less said... (SUSAN comes out from behind the machine, crosses over to the table and takes the scissors from it.) 16: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM IAN: ... the better, eh? DOCTOR: (OOV.) Chesterton! IAN: Coming! (IAN heads off and joins the DOCTOR who is leaning against the wall beside the fault locator.) IAN: Are you alright? DOCTOR: Oh yes, these numbers keep blurring before my eyes. That’s all. IAN: What can I do to help? DOCTOR: Well, if you wouldn't mind standing in front of that indicator and...what you would see would be a series of numbers. (IAN looks at the screen. The figures A12 become clear and then blur. The same happens as A13, A14, A15, A16 and the start of A17 appear.) 17: INT. TARDIS. BEDROOM (BARBARA enters. SUSAN is lying on the bed, eyes closed. IAN'S handkerchief over her forehead. As BARBARA leans over the table, SUSAN opens her eyes. BARBARA looks up.) BARBARA: You're awake now. How are you feeling? (BARBARA gets no response from SUSAN. She crosses over to the bed.) BARBARA: Susan? You do remember who I am don't you? SUSAN: (Coldly.) Of course I do. You're Barbara. (BARBARA replaces the handkerchief with a new cloth.) SUSAN: Why? BARBARA: Hmm? SUSAN: There's nothing wrong with me. BARBARA: No, you're... you just need a rest, that's all. SUSAN: Where's grandfather? BARBARA: He's checking the controls with Ian. SUSAN: Have they found out what's wrong with the ship? BARBARA: Well, Ian thinks there was a power failure. (BARBARA stops what she is doing as she realises that the scissors are missing.) SUSAN: Why did you ask me if I knew who you were? BARBARA: Susan, why don't you give me those scissors? Give them to me. (BARBARA turns to face SUSAN as she sits up, holding the scissors to thr*at BARBARA.) BARBARA: Susan, what's all this about? SUSAN: You said there'd been a power failure. BARBARA: No I didn't, I said that's what Ian thinks. SUSAN: I overheard the two of you. There's something here in the ship and he doesn't want you to tell me. BARBARA: Oh, I see. You just overheard a couple of words and you comple... SUSAN: No! You lied to me. BARBARA: We wouldn't hurt you Susan. Surely you know that? (Slowly, SUSAN raises the scissors to arm's length. She begins to shake. She gasps and BARBARA leaps forward and prises the scissors from her hand. SUSAN is still tense as she looks around her surroundings.) SUSAN: I've never noticed the shadows before. It's so silent in the ship. BARBARA: Yes ... or we're imagining things. We must be ... I mean, how would anything get into the ship anyway? SUSAN: The doors were open. BARBARA: Yes, but ... but where would it hide? SUSAN: In one of us. BARBARA: No. No. We must stop talking about this. I mean, can you imagine what the others would say if we told them? They'd simply laugh at us. SUSAN: Supposing there isn't a fault. (SUSAN jumps with fright as IAN enters.) IAN: You must be clairvoyant ... .we've just checked everything, and it's all perfect. Which is fantastic. (He looks at SUSAN.) IAN: How are you feeling? SUSAN: I'm alright. IAN: Good. SUSAN: What's my grandfather doing? IAN: (Slowly.) That's what I came to tell you both. He's decided that the only fault can be outside the ship. He's gone to turn on the scanner. SUSAN: (Screaming.) No! No, he mustn't. (She runs from the room.) 18: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (SUSAN rushes through the doors.) SUSAN: (Screaming.) Don't touch! (She stops when she sees the DOCTOR standing looking at the console. Some of the stripes on his bandage have now disappeared.) DOCTOR: Hmm? Are you alright child? SUSAN: Yes. Grandfather, I tried to touch, and it was like being h*t but without any pain. DOCTOR: h*t where? SUSAN: Well, the back of my neck hurt. DOCTOR: Yes, rather like mine. (IAN and BARBARA are standing in the doorway. IAN is also now rubbing the back of his neck) IAN: Funny, it didn't effect Barbara and me like that. DOCTOR: No, it didn't, did it? I must find out what's outside the ship, Susan. Stand close beside me will you? (SUSAN holds onto the DOCTOR'S shoulders, whilst the DOCTOR looks pointedly at IAN and BARBARA, then cautiously reaches towards the scanner switch. With a swift movement, he reaches out and flicks it. The scanner hums into life. He is unharmed.) SUSAN: Nothing happened to you. DOCTOR: No indeed. (He looks again at IAN and BARBARA.) BARBARA: (To IAN.) Why does he keep looking at us like that? (IAN shrugs.) SUSAN: Hey, the scanner's working. (It shows an image of a field and trees. Birdsong can be heard.) BARBARA: That could be England. SUSAN: Oh, yes, I remember that. DOCTOR: That's very curious. That’s can't be what's outside the ship. This is a photograph. (The TARDIS doors open again. Everybody turns.) DOCTOR: Close the doors Susan. (Animal like roars can be heard outside.) IAN: I'll do it. (He moves towards the control, but the doors swing shut.) IAN: Well I didn't touch it. BARBARA: There's another picture. (BARBARA points to the scanner where the picture has changed to that of a swampland accompanied by the cries of strange creatures.) SUSAN: Oh, I recognise that. That's where we nearly lost the TARDIS, four or five journeys back. DOCTOR: Yes, the planet Quinnis, of the fourth universe. SUSAN: That's not outside either. That's a photograph. IAN: Can you explain it? DOCTOR: (Sitting on the chair.) Did I ever tell you that the ship has a memory bank hmm? SUSAN: Yes, It records our journeys. IAN: No, I don't think so. DOCTOR: Are you sure? I thought I did. SUSAN: Hey look. (The image has changed again. This time, a planet is shown. The picture changes again to a view of the planet from a distance. Then it changes again to show a galaxy. Finally there is a bright flash and the screen goes blank.) IAN: Well, what's all that about? DOCTOR: (Now stood up.) Oh, don't you know? I thought you might be able to explain it. IAN: Why me? DOCTOR: Trying to confuse me, eh? (Laughs.) IAN: What are you getting at? BARBARA: Look, why don't we just try and open the doors and see for ourselves what's outside. DOCTOR: What is inside, madam, is most important at the moment. BARBARA: Inside? IAN: (Going to stand by BARBARA.) But you've just been telling us that the only people inside are ourselves. DOCTOR: Precisely. I know now who's responsible. You are, you've sabotaged my ship. BARBARA: But we haven't touched your ship. IAN: What are you talking about? DOCTOR: You are the cause of this disaster. And you've both knocked Su... you ... you've knocked both Susan and I un ... unconscious. BARBARA: Oh don't be ridiculous, we were all knocked out. DOCTOR: A charade. You att*cked us. IAN: Absolute nonsense. DOCTOR: And when we were lying helpless on the floor, you tampered with my ... my controls. IAN: (Shouting.) But you checked everything yourself, and you couldn't find anything wrong with it! DOCTOR: No, sir. We checked everything, you and I. BARBARA: But why would we? For what reason? DOCTOR: Blackmail, that's why. You tried to force me to return you to England. BARBARA: Oh don't be so stupid. DOCTOR: I know it, I'm sure of it. BARBARA: (Shouting.) How dare you! Do you realise you stupid old man that you'd have died in the cave of skulls if Ian hadn't made f*re for you? DOCTOR: Oh, I... BARBARA: And what about what we went through against the Daleks? Not just for us, but for you and Susan too, and all because you tricked us into going down to the city. DOCTOR: But I... BARBARA: Accuse us... You ought to go down on your hands and knees and thank us. But gratitude's the last thing you'll ever have, or any sort of common sense either. (As BARBARA walks away she looks at the clock in the centre of the room and screams. The clock face has melted into a twisted mess. BARBARA holds her head in her hands. Everybody else joins her. SUSAN gasps. The DOCTOR turns and leaves the room. IAN looks at his wristwatch. It too has melted. BARBARA takes hers off and throws it away with a scream. Then she collapses against the chair in a fit of tears. IAN puts his hand on her shoulder and then moves away, still regarding his useless watch. SUSAN glances at her watch then crouches by BARBARA.) IAN: You can't blame us for this Doctor. Where is he? (The DOCTOR enters, carrying a tray of drinks.) DOCTOR: I've decided we need more time to think. We're all somewhat overwrought. (He holds out the tray.) DOCTOR: Mr. Chesterton. (IAN cautiously takes a cup. The DOCTOR moves on.) DOCTOR: Miss. Wright. (BARBARA takes one.) DOCTOR: Susan. (SUSAN takes one, and the DOCTOR takes the final one.) IAN: I wish I could understand you Doctor. One moment you're abusing us, and the next you're playing the perfect butler. DOCTOR: A little nightcap, to help us relax and sleep. Hmm? IAN: If it is night. (IAN looks at his broken watch.) IAN: We have no way of telling now. BARBARA: (Upset.) I'm going to bed. (BARBARA leaves.) SUSAN: Make it up with her grandfather. Please do. (SUSAN leaves. The DOCTOR sits in the chair.) IAN: Doctor, some very strange things are happening. I feel we're in a very dangerous position. This is no time for personal quarrels. DOCTOR: Meaning? IAN: I think you should go and apologise to Barbara at once. DOCTOR: I'm afraid we have no time for codes and manners. And I certainly don't underestimate the dangers, if they exist. But I must have time to think. I must think! Rash action is worse than no action at all. (The DOCTOR walks out.) IAN: I don't see anything rash in apologising to Barbara. (In frustration.) Oh! (IAN follows the DOCTOR.) 19: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (The DOCTOR is standing in the middle of the room. IAN enters. SUSAN is hiding, unseen, behind the food machine.) IAN: Frankly Doctor, I find it hard to keep pace with you. DOCTOR: You mean to keep one jump ahead. That you will never be. You need my knowledge and ability to apply it and then you need my experience, to gain the fullest results. IAN: Results? For good or for evil? DOCTOR: One man's law is another man's crime. Sleep on it Chesterton, sleep on it. (The DOCTOR leaves. IAN remains where he is. SUSAN silently moves down the corridor towards the girls' bedroom.) 20: INT. TARDIS. BEDROOM (SUSAN walks across to BARBARA. She is still awake.) SUSAN: I'm... I'm sorry for what grandfather said to you. (BARBARA turns her head.) BARBARA: (Coldly.) It wasn't your fault. SUSAN: I know, but... try and understand him. Forgive him. BARBARA: (Unconvinced.) Try and get some sleep. (SUSAN lays down on her bed and BARBARA closes her eyes.) 21: INT. TARDIS. BEDROOM (LATER) (The DOCTOR enters, crosses over to BARBARA and taps her leg to see if she is still awake. There is no response. He stifles a giggle and leaves.) 22: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (With a smile on his face, the DOCTOR enters and crosses towards IAN'S bedroom.) 23: INT. TARDIS. IAN'S BEDROOM (IAN lies down sleep in his dressing gown. The DOCTOR waves his hand in front of IAN'S face to see if he is awake. There is no response. He giggles and leaves.) 24: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (The DOCTOR walks out of IAN'S room. He rubs his hands together and crosses the living quarters.) 25: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR enters from the living quarters and walks over to the control panel. He looks at a set of controls and his hands falter in mid air. Suddenly, he turns around as a pair of hands grips his neck...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x12 - The Edge of Destruction"}
foreverdreaming
The Brink of Disaster First Broadcast: 15.02.64 Running Time: 25 minutes 04 seconds Written by David Whitaker 1: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR enters from the living quarters and crosses over to the control panel. He looks at a set of controls and his hands falter in mid air. Suddenly, he turns around and a pair of hands grips his neck. It is IAN who looks as if he is in a trance. The DOCTOR thrusts him off and IAN falls to the floor with a wide-eyed cry. BARBARA enters, wearing a long black dressing gown and rushes over to IAN who is lying unconscious on the floor.) DOCTOR: So it was you? BARBARA: Ian! DOCTOR: It's no use pretending. BARBARA: Well help him. DOCTOR: Help him? You saw him. You saw trie ... what he tried to do. BARBARA: But now he's fainted just like Susan did. DOCTOR: She didn't faint. It was you that told me she fainted, and I very nearly believed you. BARBARA: Oh, what does it matter? DOCTOR: Matter? Matter? Young lady, he very nearly tried to strangle me! BARBARA: But he has fainted, look at him. DOCTOR: (Dismissive.) Oh, he's play-acting. (The DOCTOR walks away. BARBARA stands up and trails him.) BARBARA: No he isn't! (Quieter.) Oh Doctor, don't you see? Something terrible’s happening to all of us. DOCTOR: Not to me, nothing's happened to me. This is a plot between the two of you to get control of my ship. BARBARA: Oh, that isn't true! DOCTOR: Can't you see I've found you out? Why won't you admit it? Hmm? (While they are arguing, SUSAN has come in unnoticed.) SUSAN: (To BARBARA, coldly.) Yes, why don't you. BARBARA: Susan! SUSAN: You've been behaving very strangely. Both of you. BARBARA: But... SUSAN: (Crossing to the DOCTOR.) I think you're right Grandfather. BARBARA: But you're wrong. I swear we haven't done anything. DOCTOR: I told you I'd treat you as enemies. (The DOCTOR looks meaningfully at SUSAN who realises what he is implying.) SUSAN: No! DOCTOR: There's no other way. BARBARA: Well what are you going to do? DOCTOR: That is my business. (BARBARA rushes over to IAN.) BARBARA: (In a panic.) Ian, wake up! For heaven's sake, wake up Ian! (She turns IAN over and looks up at the DOCTOR who stares back at her. She turns back to IAN.) BARBARA: Ian! Ian, help me! (IAN becomes conscious.) IAN: Eh... I... I... DOCTOR: There's no alternative. Your little trick endangered our lives. (SUSAN crosses over to IAN and BARBARA.) SUSAN: How did he get like this? DOCTOR: Oh, it's all a charade. BARBARA: He went near the control panel. (SUSAN turns to face the DOCTOR.) SUSAN: It did happen to me, grandfather. BARBARA: (Grabbing her.) Yes, you remember! You lost your memory, and there was this terrible pain at the back of your neck. SUSAN: (Remembering.) Yes. Yes, that's true. BARBARA: What do you think we've done? Hypnotised you? Drugged you? Susan, we wouldn't do anything like that, believe me. DOCTOR: I see, divide and conquer eh? (To SUSAN.) She's trying to poison your mind against me. (Suddenly, IAN sits up but he is delirious...) IAN: (Shouts.) Don't touch it Doctor! (He falls back, unconscious again.) SUSAN: (To BARBARA.) I do believe you. (To the DOCTOR.) Grandfather, they couldn't have done all the things that have happened to us. DOCTOR: Oh, yes I admit they were very smart. SUSAN: No, it's not a question of being smart. DOCTOR: Don't you see I wouldn't allow them to hurt you child? They're very resourceful and cunning. And it leaves ... only leaves me one recourse. They must be put off the ship. SUSAN: No, you can't do that! DOCTOR: I can, and I must. BARBARA: But you can't open the doors. DOCTOR: Don't underestimate u... underestimate my powers young lady. SUSAN: Look grandfather, you’ve no means of telling what's out there. There may be no air, it may be freezing, it may be too hot to exist. DOCTOR: Yes, or it might be the Earth in the twentieth century. Hadn't it occurred to you? My ship is very valuable remember. BARBARA: Why are you so suspicious of us? DOCTOR: Put yourself in my place, young lady, and you'd do precisely the same thing wouldn't you? Hmm? (IAN is recovering slowly again on the floor.) IAN: What are you two saying to each other? DOCTOR: You're getting off the ship Chesterton. IAN: Now? DOCTOR: Yes, now! Get up! IAN: Hmmph. (IAN tries to get up, but he can't.) IAN: (Still slightly delirious.) You'll have to help me Barbara. BARBARA: Yes. I... IAN: You'll have to help me Barbara. BARBARA: Yes. IAN: I'll be all right when I get outside. SUSAN: Grandfather, he doesn't know what's happening. I won't let you do this! DOCTOR: If, of course, they'd like to confess to me what they have done to my ship, I may even change my mind. (A loud noise, similar to a foghorn blares out from the TARDIS console. The DOCTOR and SUSAN turn round suddenly.) BARBARA: Wha... what was that? SUSAN: The danger signal! DOCTOR: (Shouting.) The fault locator! (He rushes across to it. The panel is ablaze with light.) DOCTOR: (Pointing.) The whole of it! (IAN sits up.) IAN: Ah! Don't touch it Doctor! BARBARA: It's all right. IAN: No! No! You'll get knocked out! BARBARA: It's all right! SUSAN: Grandfather, tell me. DOCTOR: The whole area of the fault locator has just given us a warning. SUSAN: Well everything can't be... everything can't be wrong. DOCTOR: That's what it means child. (IAN kneels up and reaches his hands round BARBARA'S neck. Just like he did with the DOCTOR. The DOCTOR watches with shock as BARBARA takes IAN’S hands away and quietly speaks to him,) BARBARA: No, Ian. Ian, it's all right. It's all right. It's all right. (IAN is sitting on the floor shaking.) IAN: I pulled you away. The controls are alive. (IAN becomes unconscious again. BARBARA looks round, and looks up at the DOCTOR who is towering over her. She looks frightened.) DOCTOR: No, you mustn't be frightened of me. Not now, please. I can't explain, but I've just realised the danger we're in. (The 'danger' signal sounds again and SUSAN returns from the fault locator.) SUSAN: They're off again, Grandfather. (She returns to the panel.) DOCTOR: Oh, er ... look. We must pull him round. (The DOCTOR kneels down. IAN begins to stir.) DOCTOR: You see that panel up there? (He indicates the panel.) You've heard me refer to it, the fault locator? BARBARA: Yes. DOCTOR: If one small piece of apparatus fails, a little valve illuminates and tells me precisely where the fault is. Can you imagine what would happen, if the whole of it lights up?! Hmm? (He stands.) It means, that the ship is on the point of disintegration. You're not to blame. All four of us are to blame! (IAN recovers.) IAN: Oh, you're all right. Ha. That drink you gave us? DOCTOR: Oh, a mere harmless sleeping drug. IAN: Ah, I thought so. DOCTOR: Yes, you rather suspected I was upset ... up to some mischief. IAN: Yes, and I... I told you not to go near the control column. I told you. You'll electrocute yourself. DOCTOR: I'm afraid I ... must have misjudged you both. (The 'danger' signal rings out. SUSAN returns from the fault locator.) SUSAN: Fifteen seconds. It's happening every fifteen seconds. DOCTOR: Hmm. BARBARA: But all the clocks are... SUSAN: I counted. DOCTOR: Well, please go on counting. (SUSAN nods and runs back to the fault locator. BARBARA and the DOCTOR help IAN up.) DOCTOR: Now both of you, listen, can you concentrate? IAN: Yes, I think I'm all right. DOCTOR: We're on the brink of descrus...of destruction, so the ... all four of us must work closely together. We must find out where we are and what is happening to my ship. IAN: Just a moment. Why did you say that, the brink of destruction? DOCTOR: There's a strong force at work somewhere, which is thr*at my ship. It's so strong that every piece of equipment can be out of action at the same time. IAN: What?! Total disintegration? DOCTOR: Precisely. We haven't crash-landed otherwise I would have discovered that immediately. And I don't believe there is an evil intelligence in the ship. Just at the same token, I don't really believe that you, either of you, have been the cause of this trouble. IAN: Well what is then? DOCTOR: I don't know, but we must find out. IAN: Yes, but how long have we got? (The 'danger' signal sounds again. SUSAN enters.) SUSAN: It's happening every quarter of a minute. IAN: Well what does that prove? (BARBARA suddenly realises what has been going on.) BARBARA: That we have a measure of time as long as it lasts. Yes of course, that explains the clock face. We had time taken away from us, and now it's being given back to us... because it's running out! (The TARDIS console is rocked by an expl*si*n again, throwing everyone off balance. They stumble about the room. The control column moves.) SUSAN: The column! DOCTOR: But it ... it's impossible! (IAN moves round to the DOCTOR.) IAN: Doctor, I thought it only moved when the power was on. DOCTOR: Yes. The heart of the machine is under the column. IAN: Well what made it move? DOCTOR: The source of power. You see when the column rises, it proves the extent of the power thrust. BARBARA: (Scared.) Then what would have happened had the column come out completely? SUSAN: (Shocked.) Well, the power would be free...free to escape! DOCTOR: Can it be possible then ... that this is the end? IAN: (Angry.) The end! What are you talking about? DOCTOR: We have ten minutes to survive. BARBARA: Ten minutes? As little as that? DOCTOR: Maybe less. (The DOCTOR crosses over to the panel with the scanner switch.) IAN: Be careful, Doctor. DOCTOR: Oh, it's quite safe here. This is where I stood when I tried the scanner switch. (Something appears to click in BARBARA'S mind.) BARBARA: Yes! Yes! Why is that part safe? SUSAN: (Hysterical.) We'll never stop it in time. BARBARA: Don’t Susan ... (BARBARA goes over to stop her panicking.) BARBARA: Please don't. DOCTOR: I don't know even where to begin, Chesterton. If only I had a clue. (Suddenly BARBARA knows exactly what has been happening. She looks as the broken clock.) BARBARA: I think ... I think perhaps, we've been given nothing else but clues. IAN: (Unconvinced.) Have we..? (Suddenly getting the point.) Like the food machine you mean!? BARBARA: Yes! IAN: It registered empty, but it wasn't. (BARBARA points at the clock.) BARBARA: But the clock is the most important. It made us aware of time. SUSAN: By taking time away from us. BARBARA: Yes. And it replaced time, by the light on the fault locator. IAN: Yes, it did! DOCTOR: (Coming forward.) It? It? What do you mean? My machine can't think. BARBARA: You say it has a built in defence mechanism? DOCTOR: Yes, it has. BARBARA: Well that's where we've been wrong. Originally, the ... machine wasn't at fault, we were. And it's been trying to tell us so ever since. IAN: A machine that can think for itself? BARBARA: Yes. IAN: Is that feasible, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, think, not as you or I do, but er, it must be able to think as a machine, you see it has a bank of computers. (BARBARA crosses over to the safe panel and looks at the central column.) BARBARA: You say the power is under this column? DOCTOR: Yes. BARBARA: And the column holds it down? DOCTOR: Yes. BARBARA: Well then, what would make it want to escape? DOCTOR: I've been racking by brains. I don't know. IAN: (Nervously.) Something outside? DOCTOR: Yes, possible. IAN: A magnetic force? DOCTOR: Well, it would have to be a gigantic one. A one as s ... strong as a solar system. (There is another expl*si*n. They are almost rocked off their feet.) BARBARA: You see? The machine's been warning us all along. All those blackouts we had. SUSAN: Yes. But only if anybody went near the control column. BARBARA: Yes. IAN: But it could be the power escaping. DOCTOR: No, no it couldn't. If you felt the power dear boy, you wouldn't live to speak of it. You'd be blown to atoms in a split second. SUSAN: Besides, it’s the part of it that's safe. BARBARA: Yes, the scanner. I wonder..? (The DOCTOR understands her meaning.) DOCTOR: Well try it, but we're clutching at straws. (There is another expl*si*n. The DOCTOR regards SUSAN and BARBARA.) DOCTOR: Now Susan, and you young lady, should those doors open again, I want you to be standing by them, and tell me whatever it is you see outside, understand? (BARBARA and SUSAN move off. The DOCTOR snaps his fingers at IAN who comes forward.) DOCTOR: (Quietly.) I lied, deliberately, so that they won't know. IAN: Won't know what? DOCTOR: We have five minutes only. When the end does come, they won't know anything about it. IAN: There's no hope then? DOCTOR: I can't see any. Will you face it with me? SUSAN: (From near the doors.) What are you two talking about? IAN: Oh, just a theory of mine that didn't work. (The DOCTOR nods and adopts a jaunty tone, so as not to disturb the girls.) DOCTOR: Yes, we must solve this problem you know! We must. (The DOCTOR turns on the scanner. On the screen is the image of the field. The TARDIS doors open and BARBARA and SUSAN shield their eyes from the glare outside. They look through the open doors.) SUSAN: There's nothing there! Nothing. Nothing. (Starting to cry.) Nothing but space. (SUSAN breaks down.) BARBARA: It's all right Susan. (The image on the scanner changes to that of Quinnis.) IAN: Barbara could be right, Doctor. BARBARA: I am right, I know I am. (The TARDIS doors close.) BARBARA: Whenever there's a good picture, the doors open because it's safe for us to go outside and then it shows us a terrible picture and the doors close again. DOCTOR: Yes, then we have the sequence. (They all look up at the scanner. It shows the picture of the planet.) DOCTOR: A planet. (The image changes to that of the planet from a distance.) DOCTOR: A planet in the solar system. (The image changes to that of the galaxy.) DOCTOR: Getting further away. (The screen flashes and then, goes blank.) DOCTOR: A blinding flash... destruction. Yes, of course, it's our journey BARBARA: And ... .and the ship refused to destroy itself. DOCTOR: Yes, yes. BARBARA: (To SUSAN) The defence mechanism stopped the ship, and it's been trying to tell us so ever since! DOCTOR: Of course. Of course! (There is another expl*si*n. The DOCTOR grabs onto the console. Everybody else stumbles out of sight. The console room is in darkness.) DOCTOR: Oh. I know, I know. I said it would take the force of a total solar system to attract the power away from my ship. We're at ... the very beginning, the new start of a solar system. Outside, the atoms are rushing towards each other. Fusing. Coagulating. Until ... minute little collections of matter are created. And so the process goes on, and on until dust is formed. Dust then becomes solid entity. A new birth of a sun and its planets! (He begins giggling. IAN comes up to him and they both turn in the direction of the scanner.) IAN: Doctor, where are we? When we left the planet Skaro, where did you ask the machine to take us to? Think Doctor! DOCTOR: I, er, had hoped to reach your planet Earth. Skaro was in the future and ... I used the fast return switch. IAN: The fast return switch? You've sent us back too far. DOCTOR: Hmm? IAN: Doctor show me. Show me that switch. Where is it. DOCTOR: Well... I... I... I can't very well see it without a light can I? (IAN and the DOCTOR mutter to each other as SUSAN discusses the fast return switch with BARBARA.) SUSAN: It's near the scanner switch. BARBARA: Really? But that's the part of the control that's safe. (SUSAN nods. The DOCTOR is looking for his torch in his jacket pockets.) DOCTOR: ... strange. IAN: Doctor, we haven't got very much time left. (He finds the torch. The 'fast return' switch is a button built into an outer casing.) DOCTOR: Yes, I see. I ... I ... here it is, here. You see? Now, look. There's the switch. You see? IAN: Yes, well how does it work? DOCTOR: Well, you merely press it down, and... (He tries to press it, but nothing happens. He turns to IAN in excitement.) DOCTOR: It's stuck. It hasn't released itself. IAN: What? You mean it's been on all this time? DOCTOR: Yes, it must have been. IAN: Well come on, Doctor. Let's get it unstuck! DOCTOR: Hold that. (IAN takes the DOCTOR'S torch.) DOCTOR: Yes, just a minute now. (The DOCTOR begins to remove the outer casing.) DOCTOR: Ah. Yes. There you are you see. IAN: What's wrong? DOCTOR: The spring's not connecting. It's come off the base. (He removes the button ... .) IAN: Hurry, Doctor, hurry! DOCTOR: There we are, we’ll take it out. Now luckily we can turn it over, and now it should work. There, ah, that's all right. (He replaces the casing and presses the button. The console room lights up. The instruments burst into life and the familiar hum of the room builds up. The central column begins moving. The DOCTOR sets the controls. All of the panels are now safe. IAN places his hand on the DOCTOR'S shoulder and BARBARA and SUSAN walk up to the console. SUSAN hugs the DOCTOR.) SUSAN: Oh, we're safe now. BARBARA: Are you sure? DOCTOR: Yes. We can all relax. We're quite safe now. But it was a narrow squeak. (IAN and BARBARA walk away. The DOCTOR gives a sigh of relief.) SUSAN: Grandfather? DOCTOR: Yes, my child? SUSAN: What happened? DOCTOR: What happened? It was the switch, it was still in place. You see there is a little spring inside it and it was stuck. It hadn't released itself. SUSAN: But why didn't the fault locator tell us? DOCTOR: Well, the switch hadn't broken down, therefore the fault locator couldn't give us any recognition. You see, let me give you a demonstration. (He holds out the torch. He presses the button and the light goes on.) DOCTOR: Now look, when I put my thumb ... on there, the light comes on. And it only stays on, so long as my thumb is pressing that switch. As soon as I take it off... (He removes his thumb and the light goes out.) DOCTOR: ... a little spring inside releases the... the switch here, and out goes the light. SUSAN: Oh, I see. So if the spring were broken, it would be as if your finger were pressing it down all the time. DOCTOR: Precisely. As simple as that. SUSAN: Oh! DOCTOR: You know, my dear child. I think your old grandfather is going a tiny little bit around the bend. (They both laugh.) Well I think you were very brave, and I ... I was proud of you. SUSAN: Grandfather,? DOCTOR: Hmm? SUSAN: What about them? You said some terrible things to them. (She nods towards IAN and BARBARA who are standing silently against the chair.) SUSAN: When I thought he was going to att*ck you, even I was against him. DOCTOR: (Embarrassed.) Ah, er, yes, I, I, I, er, I, er, er, well... IAN: (Coming over.) Don't bother to say anything, Doctor. (He laughs.) You know there are times, when I can read every thought on your face. DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Really? And I always thought you were a young man, without any recrimination in you. (He laughs again.) (He taps IAN on the shoulder and they all look at BARBARA. She is still stood silently against the chair, gazing into space. The DOCTOR goes over to her.) DOCTOR: Well, er, as for you, young lady, well, er, you were absolutely right. With your instinct and intuition against my logic and you, er, succeeded. I mean, the blackouts and the still pictures and...and ... and, er... and, er, the clock. Well, you read a story into those things and was determined to hold on to it. We all owe you our lives. BARBARA: (Upset.) I... I... (BARBARA leaves, unable to say anything.) DOCTOR: You know, I really believe I have underestimated that young lady in the past, Charnow. (IAN cringes at the mispronunciation. The DOCTOR taps him on the shoulder and returns to the control panel.) DOCTOR: Well now, we can all start again eh? Yes... we can... er... Yes... (He looks at the controls and then back at IAN.) DOCTOR: But which? Hmm? (IAN begins to laugh.) DOCTOR: What are you laughing at, dear boy? Oh, really, you are... (The DOCTOR activates the controls and the familiar dematerialisation routine begins...) 2: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (The DOCTOR enters. He no longer wears his bandage. He stops as he sees BARBARA seated on a settee, a hurt look on her face. She too has changed her clothes. The DOCTOR crosses over to her.) DOCTOR: I'd like to, er, talk to you, if I may. (He sits next to her.) We've landed on a planet and the air is good, but it's rather cold outside. BARBARA: Susan told me. DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Yes, you haven't forgiven me, have you? BARBARA: You said terrible things to us. DOCTOR: Yes, I suppose it's the injustice that's upsetting you, and when I made a thr*at to put you off the ship it must have affected you very deeply. BARBARA: What do you care what I think or feel? DOCTOR: Well, as we learn about each other, so we learn about ourselves. BARBARA: Perhaps. DOCTOR: Oh yes. Because I accused you unjustly, you were determined to prove me wrong. So, you put your mind to the problem, and, er, luckily you solved it. (SUSAN runs in. She is wearing a duffel coat and a pair of mittens.) SUSAN: Grandfather, we're going out now. DOCTOR: Oh, please, yes. Do open the doors will you? SUSAN: (To BARBARA.) Are you coming? (The DOCTOR looks at BARBARA.) BARBARA: (Smiling.) Yes. SUSAN: Good. (SUSAN runs back into the console room.) DOCTOR: Oh, by the way, Susan has left you some wearing apparel, for outside. You know, we have a very extensive wardrobe here. BARBARA: Yes, she gave me these. (She indicates her trousers.) DOCTOR: Yes, I think they're rather charming. We must look after you, you know? You're very valuable. (The DOCTOR crosses to the table and lifts a coat from it. He holds it up with a dramatic flourish. BARBARA laughs and the DOCTOR helps her to put it on. He then offers her his arm.) DOCTOR: Shall we go? (She links her arm with his and they head for the door.) 3: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR and BARBARA enter. IAN is standing there in a large coat. He spins in front of them.) BARBARA: Oh, very chic. DOCTOR: Yes, yes. IAN: Hmm. (SUSAN runs in from outside. Out of the doors can be seen a snowy mountain range.) SUSAN: (Excitedly.) Look! Look! (SUSAN throws a handful of snow at BARBARA who screams and chases her out of the doors.) DOCTOR: Well, I think that's absolutely splendid Chesterton. Yes, it suites you. Always a trifle big for me. IAN: Yes! DOCTOR: You know I acquired that Ulster from Gilbert and Sullivan. IAN: Oh, really? I thought it was made for two. Well, shall we join the ladies, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, why not. (He laughs.) (They link arms and head for the exit. They stop as they hear SUSAN'S voice over the scanner.) SUSAN: Grandfather, look. 4: EXT. MOUNTAIN RANGE (SUSAN and BARBARA are kneeling next to something in the snow.) SUSAN: Look, look at this huge footprint. It must have been made by a giant! (In the area of snow by the girl’s feet, there is a large indentation. It is unquestionably a footprint, but it is enormous...)
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1: EXT. MOUNTAIN RANGE (An icy mountain range where the peaks are covered in snow: the TARDIS nestles on a small plateau. SUSAN and BARBARA, both wearing warm coats, come out of the TARDIS and walk towards where there is in a large indentation in the snow. SUSAN kneels next to it and BARBARA joins her to examine their find. It is unquestionably a footprint, but it is of enormous size. SUSAN looks perturbed...) SUSAN: It must have been made by a giant. (Behind them, snow has already started to collect on the ridges and panels of the TARDIS. There is a cold wind bl*wing.) (IAN, still wearing his large Ulster coat, emerges from the TARDIS. The DOCTOR is with him, breathing with difficulty in the thin mountain air. As the DOCTOR rests, SUSAN points out the footprint to IAN.) SUSAN: What do you make of this? (IAN also kneels with them and examines the footprint.) IAN: Well, it could be a perfectly ordinary footprint, Susan, and the Sun's melted the edges and made it look a bit bigger. (SUSAN hadn't thought of that...) SUSAN: Oh... (IAN turns back to the DOCTOR who is looking somewhat uncomfortable.) IAN: You all right, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes...ah, a little bit out of breath. (Coughs.) Oh, that's quite understandable. After all, we're several thousand feet above sea level. SUSAN: Do you know where we are, then, Grandfather? DOCTOR: (Boastfully.) Well, I directed the ship towards Earth and it looks as though I've been successful! (SUSAN points at the footprint.) SUSAN: But what about that? DOCTOR: That? (Irritated.) Oh, I can't see anything without my glasses! Anyway, I don't like this place! You'll have to excuse me - I've got a lot of work to do first and then we must leave. (He bustles back into the TARDIS, closing the door behind him. IAN looks round at their surroundings with understandable delight at the DOCTOR'S summation of their landing place. Grinning, he places as arm round BARBARA'S shoulder.) IAN: Barbara, I wonder - do you think it could be the Earth? If it were, where do you think we could be - in the Alps? (They look over the cold stark ridges of the mountain range.) BARBARA: Or it could be the Andes? (Behind them, SUSAN has been listening to their guesses and now joins in...) SUSAN: Himalayas - the roof of the world! IAN: The roof of the world? I wonder? If only... (He gives a short laugh.) IAN: Well, the Doctor isn't very reliable, you know. Mustn't count on it. (As if to confirm his words, at that moment the DOCTOR emerges once more from the TARDIS, in a panic.) DOCTOR: Oh, dear, dear, dear, dear! We're always in trouble! Isn't it extraordinary - it follows us everywhere! IAN: What's the matter? DOCTOR: All the lights in the ship have gone out! The whole circuit has burnt itself to a cinder, and added to that it affected the water - we haven't got any! IAN: Well, the water's no bother, Doctor. I mean, we've got snow - plenty of it, but how about the heating? DOCTOR: Oh, the heating as well! Everything's gone to pot! BARBARA: (Appalled.) But that's serious - we could freeze to death! (The DOCTOR turns angrily to BARBARA.) DOCTOR: Serious! Are you telling...there's no need for you to tell me that, really! IAN: I think I'd better try and find some fuel. DOCTOR: (Angrily.) Fuel? Now where on earth do you expect to find fuel here, hmm? IAN: (Irritated.) Well, I must try, mustn't I? DOCTOR: Oh well, I wish you luck! (BARBARA glares at the DOCTOR'S continuing obstinacy.) BARBARA: I'll come with you, Ian. IAN: Thank you. SUSAN: Yes, me too! IAN: No, Susan, you stay here. DOCTOR: You stay with me, child. You might be able to help me. SUSAN: Okay. IAN: Oh, come on, Barbara, we haven't much time. (IAN and BARBARA set off into the snow.) DOCTOR: Now, Susan, go into the ship and fetch me the 2-L-O, will you? SUSAN: Yes. DOCTOR: You know what it is. (SUSAN goes back into the TARDIS as the DOCTOR mutters angrily to himself...) DOCTOR: Even if I do find the fault, I don't suppose I shall be able to repair it before it gets dark, and then we shall all freeze to death! (He mutters more in the cold...) 2: EXT. MOUNTAIN PASS (Further down the mountain, IAN and BARBARA are struggling along down into a rocky pass in the howling wind. BARBARA is exhausted as IAN forges ahead.) BARBARA: (Gasping.) Ian, wait a minute. I must rest! IAN: Come on, Barbara! We haven't found anything yet. We must find something! BARBARA: (Gasping.) All right then, you go on. I...I'll catch up with you. IAN: All right. (IAN moves on into the snow, leaving BARBARA to herself for a moment.) BARBARA: Oh...it's hopeless! (She closes her eyes. Opening them, she sees a dark figure, covered in fur, standing nearby and cries out.) BARBARA: Ian! (The figure darts away as IAN rushes back.) IAN: What is it? What's the matter? BARBARA: I...I...there was...there was an animal or something! Just standing there, staring at me! (She points in the direction she had seen the figure. IAN looks and sees nothing. His look coveys his thoughts.) BARBARA: You don't believe me, do you? (She wanders over to where she saw the figure.) BARBARA: Well, look at these footprints! (She draws his attention to the indentations in the snow. IAN closely examines them, then gets back up.) IAN: I'd better take you back to the ship. (They head back the way they came.) 3: EXT. MOUNTAIN RANGE (Outside the TARDIS, the DOCTOR and SUSAN are examining a broken piece of equipment from the ship. It is a small box with several wires coming out of it.) SUSAN: Can you mend it, Grandfather, or have you got to make a new one? DOCTOR: I'm afraid it's going to mean a new one, dear...and it's going to take me days! SUSAN: Oh dear. DOCTOR: Oh well...I don't know, really...I'm always in the... (IAN returns, leading a distressed BARBARA.) DOCTOR: Well, Chesterton? IAN: Just as you predicted, Doctor - nothing but snow and ice. (The DOCTOR sighs. BARBARA sees the unit in the DOCTOR'S hands.) BARBARA: Have you found the fault? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, but it's going to take such a long time - time we don't have! Now the only chance is to try and get down to a lower a...altitude and, er, er...you know...before it gets cold...and we... BARBARA: (Nervously.) Doctor...there are strange things on the mountain. I...I saw one of them. DOCTOR: (To IAN.) What's she talking about now? IAN: Well...I only saw a print. DOCTOR: Print? What sort of print - paws, hooves, what? IAN: (Hesitates.) To tell you the truth, I thought it was made by a fur boot. BARBARA: No, Ian, I...I'm sure it wasn't human! DOCTOR: And...if it were, that means there's shelter nearby! SUSAN: (Screams.) Look! (SUSAN sees the figure again just before it darts away.) BARBARA: There it is! IAN: Quick, after it! It's our only chance of shelter! (IAN and BARBARA rush off. The DOCTOR pauses to throw the unit into the TARDIS and pull the open door closed and lock it.) SUSAN: Come on, Grandfather! DOCTOR: Yes, all right. Yes, yes, yes, yes! (They rush after the other two.) 4: EXT. MOUNTAIN PASS (The four travellers quickly reach a rocky pass in the mountains that obscures the view in any direction.) IAN: Which way did it go? (They have very little time to ponder before they suddenly find themselves surrounded in front and behind by a group of armed and menacing warriors. They are all of Asiatic appearance with long dark hair and moustaches. They wear an assortment of furs, tunics and armour with fur-trimmed pointed helmets on their heads. They carry raised curved swords. SUSAN screams and huddles against the DOCTOR.) SUSAN: Grandfather! IAN: (Calmly.) Keep still. (IAN stands bravely in front of his companions. He addresses the group of silent sinister warriors.) IAN: We're travellers, lost on the mountains. Will you give us shelter? (A man who appears to be the leader of the group steps forward and examines the strangers. He touches BARBARA'S strange clothes which causes her to flinch and gasp. He then turns and addresses his soldiers slowly and deliberately...) TEGANA: Hear me, Mongols - in these parts live evil spirits, who take our likeness to deceive us and then lead us to our deaths. (He turns and faces the travellers again.) TEGANA: Let us therefore destroy these evil spirits before they destroy us! IAN: We're not evil spirits! We are people like yourselves! TEGANA: (Quietly.) Destroy them. (The warriors prepare to k*ll the four travellers and the women give a small cry, but...) MARCO POLO: (OOV.) Stop! (...they are interrupted by a European man, who suddenly arrives on the scene. He has dark hair, is clean-shaven and wears a long cloak with a fur-trimmed collar over his tunic and boots.) MARCO POLO: Put up your swords! (The Asiatic turns aghast to the European and glares at him.) TEGANA: Would you have us k*lled? (Angrily.) These are evil spirits! MARCO POLO: (Imperiously.) I command you in the name of Kublai Khan! (Reluctantly, the soldiers back off at the mention of this name and put their w*apon away. The European looks at the DOCTOR who appears to be having problems breathing in the thin air and then turns to IAN.) MARCO POLO: The old man has the mountain sickness? IAN: Yes, he has. MARCO POLO: My caravan is further down the pass. Come. (He beckons to them to follow as he moves off, followed by the soldiers.) IAN: Come on, Doctor! (The DOCTOR gasps in the altitude. He leans on IAN and they set off. SUSAN looks quizzically at the European.) SUSAN: Who is he, Barbara? BARBARA: I was asking myself the same question. 5: INT. MAIN TENT (Within a large tent, drapes hang over bamboo canes to create partitions, and rugs give more comfort and warmth. In the centre of the main part of the tent is a small brazier with a cooking pot on it. It is tended to by a young, robed Asiatic girl. An elderly woman, also Chinese in appearance, stands nearby – the young girl's attendant and chaperone. The European leads the TARDIS crew into the tent through a draped doorway. The DOCTOR is still leaning on IAN'S arm. The elderly Chinese woman bows to the visitors as the European speaks to the young girl, as horses whinny outside.) MARCO POLO: We have guests, Ping-Cho. They are cold and hungry. PING-CHO: Yes, Messr. Marco. (The European pulls back a stool next to the f*re as the young girl, PING-CHO, starts to ladle some soup into a bowl.) IAN: Sit down, Doctor. (The DOCTOR does so next to the f*re and PING-CHO hands him some soup.) DOCTOR: Thank you, my dear. (The others also sit next to the f*re as the DOCTOR starts to drink the soup. PING-CHO hands the others bowls of their own and they start to ladle soup for themselves as the Asiatic warrior sulks in the background. Taking note of the server and host, SUSAN comments to BARBARA...) SUSAN: He's not like her, or any of the others. BARBARA: No, he's a European, Susan, and he mentioned Kublai Khan... SUSAN: Kublai Khan? BARBARA: He was a great Mongol leader, who conquered all of Asia. He had a European in his service. He was a Venetian and his name... (Meanwhile, the European is talking to the DOCTOR about the soup.) MARCO POLO: I'm afraid the, er, the liquid is not too warm, but the cold here is so intense, it even robs a flame of its heat. DOCTOR: Oh, it's excellent nourishment, sir, mm. (He drinks some more.) IAN: (To the European.) The cold can't affect the heat of the flame, sir. The liquid boils at a lower temperature, because there's so little air up here. MARCO POLO: (Puzzled.) You mean...the air is responsible? IAN: Well, the lack of it...just as the lack of it is responsible for the Doctor's mountain sickness. BARBARA: (To the European.) Is your name Marco Polo? MARCO POLO: (Puzzled.) It is, my lady, and may I ask who you are? DOCTOR: Oh we're...we're travellers...yes. (He points to the rest of the TARDIS crew in turn.) DOCTOR: Th...that's my grandchild, Susan, and that's Miss Wright, and that's Charlton. (He laughs to himself. IAN pulls a rueful face at this continuing error and corrects the introduction.) IAN: Chesterton. Ian Chesterton MARCO POLO: My companions are the Lady Ping-Cho and w*rlord Tegana. (MARCO points to the smiling Chinese girl and the scowling Mongol.) MARCO POLO: We travel to Shang-Tu. BARBARA: Shang-Tu? That's in China, isn't it? MARCO POLO: (Puzzled.) China? I do not know this place - Shang-Tu is in Cathay! (BARBARA realises her error...) BARBARA: Oh, silly of me! Yes, of course - Cathay MARCO POLO: Well, you must all be very tired. Ping-Cho, you will share your quarters with...? (He indicates SUSAN.) SUSAN: Susan. MARCO POLO: Susan. (SUSAN wanders off with the young Chinese girl.) MARCO POLO: I will sleep here with the others, and Lady...? (He looks at BARBARA.) BARBARA: Miss Wright. MARCO POLO: Miss Wright, you will have mine. BARBARA: Thank you. DOCTOR: Thank you. Thank you. You saved our lives! MARCO POLO: I'm...rather curious to know why you were wandering around the mountainside at night, but...questions can wait until the morning. DOCTOR: Oh, there...there...there...there were two, young man, that I would like to ask? MARCO POLO: Well, ask them. DOCTOR: Er...what, er, year is this and...and where are we, hmm? MARCO POLO: (Surprised.) You do not know? DOCTOR: No, that's why I'm asking you! (POLO looks at his strange new visitors in puzzlement.) MARCO POLO: How long have you been travelling? It is twelve hundred and eighty-nine and this is the Plain of Pamir, known to those who travel to Cathay as "The Roof of the World". IAN: The Roof of the World! DOCTOR: Twelve hundred and eighty-nine, ah! 6: EXT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (Night has fallen on the encampment. The main tent stands in the snow with a covered wagon nearby.) 7: INT. MAIN TENT. PING-CHO'S ROOM (NIGHT) (SUSAN lies awake in the quarters she shares with PING-CHO, restless. She lies beneath fur lined blankets in a room which is curtained off from the main tent by drapes which hang from bamboo poles. PING-CHO enters and sits on the bed.) PING-CHO: Are you asleep, Susan? SUSAN: No. PING-CHO: Where are you from? (Lying down, SUSAN turns and looks at her, hesitating to answer.) SUSAN: That's a very difficult question to answer, Ping-Cho. PING-CHO: (Puzzled.) You do not know where your home is? SUSAN: Well, I've had...many homes...in many places. What about you? PING-CHO: I come from Samarkand. My father is government official there. SUSAN: But I thought Mr. Polo said that... PING-CHO: (Laughs.) Messr. Marco! That's what we call him in Cathay, Susan. SUSAN: Well, I thought Mess...Messr. Marco said that you were going to Shang-Tu. Are you on holiday? PING-CHO: No, Kublai Khan's summer palace is in Shang-Tu. I am going there to be married. (SUSAN reacts with surprise.) SUSAN: What? Well how old are you? PING-CHO: I am in my sixteenth year. SUSAN: Well, so am I! PING-CHO: Do you marry at our age in your land? Here it is the custom. SUSAN: Is your fiancé handsome? PING-CHO: My what? SUSAN: Your...the man you're going to marry. PING-CHO: I have never seen him. SUSAN: (Shocked.) What!? PING-CHO: The marriage has been arranged by my family. I know only two things about him. SUSAN: Well, what are they? PING-CHO: He is very important man. SUSAN: Well, that's a good start. (PING-CHO suddenly sounds very serious.) PING-CHO: And he's seventy-five years old. (SUSAN gasps.) 8: INT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (TEGANA is sitting near the f*re, drinking the remains of the soup. MARCO POLO, divested of his cloak, is busying himself nearby. They have the main part of the tent to themselves.) TEGANA: You should have let me k*ll them. MARCO POLO: Why? Because their clothes are different from ours? Because their words are unfamiliar to our ears? No, Tegana, they are travellers. TEGANA: They are evil spirits, sorcerers, magicians! (POLO sits opposite TEGANA and pours himself some more soup.) TEGANA: Tomorrow, if we live until then, you may see that I speak the truth. MARCO POLO: I think the sun's rays will dispel the shadows from your mind, Tegana. TEGANA: Is that what you believe? Listen, their carriage they travel in has no wheels! It just...stands there like a w*rlord's tomb on one end. (Quietly.) And another thing...it is not large enough to carry four people. MARCO POLO: It must be. TEGANA: I say it is not - and yet, I saw all four walk from it! (POLO stares at him.) TEGANA: Upon my sword, I swear it to you! (MARCO POLO is puzzled at this as he stares at the f*re...) 9: EXT. MOUNTAIN RANGE (The next morning, IAN, BARBARA and SUSAN have put back on their warm coats and have travelled back up the mountain with MARCO POLO - also back in his fur-lined cloak - and a surly TEGANA. They all stand outside the abandoned TARDIS with several of the Mongol warriors. POLO looks over the strange shaped box.) MARCO POLO: So, this is your caravan? IAN: Yes, the Doctor calls it the TARDIS. MARCO POLO: Where are the wheels? IAN: It doesn't have any. MARCO POLO: Then how does it move? IAN: Through the air! TEGANA: (To MARCO POLO.) Did I not say that they were evil spirits? MARCO POLO: (To IAN.) Are you of the Buddhist faith? IAN: (Amused.) No, why? MARCO POLO: Well, at the Khan's court in Peking, I have seen Buddhist monks make cups of wine fly through the air unaided and offer themselves to the Great Khan's lips. I do not understand it, but I have seen it. (He turns to BARBARA and gestures towards the TARDIS.) MARCO POLO: There is room for all of you inside here, Miss Wright? BARBARA: Yes. (MARCO POLO walks up to the TARDIS and examines the doors.) MARCO POLO: And one enters here? (He tries to push the doors open.) BARBARA: It's locked. MARCO POLO: Where is the key? BARBARA: The Doctor has it, and you wouldn't let him come up here. MARCO POLO: Oh yes, he has the mountain sickness. (To IAN.) Have you the power to make it fly? IAN: No. Only the Doctor has that power. MARCO POLO: Why is it here? SUSAN: It's damaged! MARCO POLO: What? IAN: Erm, a...part of it is broken. MARCO POLO: But it could be moved by hand? IAN: Oh yes, if you had sufficient men. MARCO POLO: Well, we'll make a sledge and take it down the pass...then we shall see! 10: INT. MAIN TENT (Meanwhile, in the main tent, PING-CHO is cooking again as the DOCTOR walks up to her.) DOCTOR: Ping-Cho. (He walks over to the cooking pot, sits down and stirs the contents with a ladle.) DOCTOR: This smells very, very good! What is it? PING-CHO: Bean-sprout soup, my lord. DOCTOR: Ah...mmm...allow me! (He takes a spoon and tastes the soup.) DOCTOR: Oh, it's delicious, delicious! PING-CHO: My lord is kind. (PING-CHO carries on cooking.) DOCTOR: Hmm, you know, it's rather surprising to find the daughter of a high government official working as a servant in Marco Polo's caravan. PING-CHO: I wish to serve, my lord, although, among Messr. Marco's retinue, there is a man who calls himself a cook. DOCTOR: His name wouldn't be Tegana, would it? (PING-CHO frowns at him.) PING-CHO: (Shocked.) Oh no, my lord! The w*rlord Tegana is a special emissary from the camp of the great Mongol Lord Khan called Noghai, who has been at w*r with Kublai Khan. DOCTOR: Yeah - Mongol fighting Mongol, hmm! PING-CHO: The w*r is over, my lord. Noghai has sued for peace and Tegana travels to Kublai's court to discuss the armistice plans. DOCTOR: Yes, oh well, yes. Well, for an emissary of peace, I must say he has rather bloodthirsty habits, hasn't he? (He laughs but PING-CHO is prevented from answering by the arrival of MARCO POLO with IAN, BARBARA and SUSAN. The DOCTOR'S three companions sit with him round the f*re as MARCO takes his cloak off.) MARCO POLO: I find your caravan most unusual, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, er, Messr. Marco, it is different! MARCO POLO: And in need of repair? DOCTOR: That is true, hmm. SUSAN: Messr. Marco has ordered a sledge to be made. He's going to bring the TARDIS down here. DOCTOR: Oh indeed? That's charming of you, very charming of you! It won't take me very long to repair, a day or two. But I assure you that I shall not hold up your journey any longer than is necessary. MARCO POLO: I'm afraid we can't stay here. One crosses the Plain of Pamir as quickly as possible. However, we will be spending a few days at Lop. BARBARA: Lop? Where's that? MARCO POLO: It's a town on the edge of the Gobi Desert, beyond Kashgar and Yarkand. DOCTOR: I see, and you will be taking us along with you, including the TARDIS? MARCO POLO: Doctor, I once transported an entire army and its equipment from er, Cathay to India, all without loss. DOCTOR: Oh good, good! Then I can work as we proceed. (The DOCTOR laughs.) MARCO POLO: Erm, no. DOCTOR: (Snaps.) Why not, hmm? MARCO POLO: (Sighs.) The Mongol bearers still half believe that you are evil spirits. They also believe that outside your caravan, you are harmless. However, should any of you attempt to enter, there would be trouble. DOCTOR: (Warily.) Hmm, I see. (He paces, thinking quickly.) DOCTOR: You saved our lives, Messr. Marco, and the least we can do is to respect your wishes. No one will enter the TARDIS until we reach Lop. MARCO POLO: Good. 11: MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL (A map of shows that the "PAMIRS" is just outside the borders of ancient Cathay. Just within the western border is "KASHGAR" and to the south-east is "YARKAND". ) MARCO POLO: (OOV.) Success...my plan has worked! (MARCO POLO writes the journal of his travels using a feather quill and ornate script in a large ledger.) MARCO POLO: (OOV.) The strangers and their unusual caravan accompany me to Lop. (The TARDIS is strapped by ropes upright on a horse-drawn wagon with wheels decorated with images of Chinese dragons. It is accompanied by Mongol warriors as they pass a range of mountains on the fringes of the Khan's empire.) MARCO POLO: (OOV.) Our route takes us across the roof of the world, down to the Kashgar Valley and southeast to Yarkand. Here, we join the Old Silk Road, along which the commerce and culture of a thousand years has travelled to and from Cathay. I wonder...what the stranger's reaction will be...when I tell them what I propose to do? 12: EXT. WAY STATION AT LOP. COURTYARD (MARCO POLO'S caravan has arrived at the way station in the busy town of Lop where IAN and BARBARA stroll in the high-walled courtyard. Although they both still wear their twentieth-century clothes, they also have wide-brimmed straw hats on their heads to protect them from the sun. They look at the various medieval Chinese around them as they go about their business. TEGANA is also nearby but alone and aloof from the two teachers. A decorated terrace leads into the station. TEGANA steps onto this...) 13: INT. WAY STATION AT LOP (...and into the station which is plain but comfortable with decorative wall trellises. POLO speaks with Yeng, the proprietor.) MARCO POLO: My caravan is large, Yeng, so I shall need plenty of food and water before venturing out into the Gobi Desert. (Yeng bows and goes off to make the necessary preparations for the caravan's stay. The DOCTOR rests in a chair, straw fan in his hand, while TENAGA sits brooding nearby. Laughing and chattering, SUSAN and PING-CHO come down some stairs from an upper storey.) SUSAN: very nice. PING-CHO: Oh, I'm glad you like it. SUSAN: sweet. (POLO greets them.) MARCO POLO: Is the accommodation to your liking, Ping-Cho? PING-CHO: Thank you, Messr. Marco. It is most comfortable. SUSAN: Oh, I think it's fab! PING-CHO: (Puzzled.) Fab? What is that, Susan? SUSAN: Well, it's, erm...it means wonderful! It's a verb we often use on Earth. (Sensing that SUSAN is not thinking about what she says, the DOCTOR walks up and hastily changes the subject.) DOCTOR: Oh, Messr. Marco, these way stations - do you have many of these in Cathay? MARCO POLO: Yes, the Khan has them...dotted at regular intervals throughout his domain. Those who work in his service... (He holds up an oblong of gold imprinted with Chinese letters which hangs on a chain round his neck.) MARCO POLO: ...and wear the Khan's gold seal have the right to demand anything they may require: provisions, horses, shelter. (The DOCTOR holds the seal and looks over it.) DOCTOR: Hmm. (SUSAN is impressed and wants to look closer.) SUSAN: May I have a look, please? MARCO POLO: Of course. SUSAN: Thank you. (IAN walks in from the terrace which looks over the courtyard outside.) IAN: Doctor! DOCTOR: Yes? IAN: They've set the TARDIS up in the courtyard. DOCTOR: Oh, excellent, excellent! (To POLO.) Er, well, if you'll pardon me, I have a lot of work to do and... (The DOCTOR tries to walk onto the terrace...) 14: EXT. WAY STATION AT LOP. COURTYARD (...but he is stopped in his tracks by several of the Mongol soldiers who draw their swords to prevent him from going any further. He turns to confront MARCO POLO in irritation at this turn of events.) 15: INT. WAY STATION AT LOP (He calls over from the doorway...) DOCTOR: (Angrily.) What does this mean? MARCO POLO: (Calmly.) Please sit down, Doctor. DOCTOR: (Angrily.) I don't wish to sit down. I want you to call your guards off! MARCO POLO: Please, be seated. DOCTOR: No! MARCO POLO: I beg you to hear me out! DOCTOR: But I have work to do! (BARBARA tries to calm the DOCTOR down.) BARBARA: I think, perhaps, we should listen to him - come on. DOCTOR: Oh! (She leads him to a chair.) DOCTOR: Very well! (He sits down with a bad-tempered sigh and a scowl at POLO as he takes up his explanation.) MARCO POLO: My home is Venice. I left there with my father and my uncle to come to Cathay in 1271. The journey to Peking took us three and a half years. When I arrived at the Khan's court, I was twenty-one. I was an alert young man, good at languages, and willing to learn. The Khan liked me. DOCTOR: (Feigning boredom.) Oh, really? MARCO POLO: On my twenty-fifth birthday, I was given an appointment in the Khan's service. BARBARA: 1277? MARCO POLO: It was, as you say, 1277. Since then, I have travelled to every corner of his domain and beyond it. Two years ago, my father, my uncle and I asked the Khan for permission to go home. He refused. I think we had all served him too well. DOCTOR: Well, I really don't see what this has to do with my repairing the TARDIS! MARCO POLO: Doctor, I have not seen my home for eighteen years. I want to go back! DOCTOR: (Shouts.) Well, ask the Khan again! MARCO POLO: (Angrily.) I intend to! (Quieter.) But this time, I shall offer him a gift so magnificent...that he will not be able to refuse me. (IAN suddenly sees what MARCO POLO'S intentions are.) IAN: (Shocked.) You mean to give the Doctor's caravan to him? MARCO POLO: Yes. (There is a very long pause. The DOCTOR stands up.) DOCTOR: You're mad! MARCO POLO: You can make another. DOCTOR: (Exasperated.) What! In Peking, or Shang-Tu? MARCO POLO: (Snaps.) You do me an injustice, Doctor! I will not leave you stranded in Cathay, just as I did not let you die on the mountain. No, you will come with me to Venice and make another one there. DOCTOR: Oh, you think so, really? Oh no! Oh no! (He storms about the room in helpless anger as IAN tries to reason with POLO.) IAN: Marco, it's impossible! MARCO POLO: Surely, for a man who possesses a flying caravan, all things are possible? IAN: No! We need special metals, materials, things that don't exist in Venice. I'm afraid you don't understand all the problems involved. (The DOCTOR returns, snapping at IAN.) DOCTOR: And neither do you, young man! MARCO POLO: Well, travel home by ship! We trade with every port in the world. It may take you longer, but you'll get there eventually! DOCTOR: Eventually? He doesn't know what he's talking about. The man's a lunatic! Ho! MARCO POLO: No, Doctor... DOCTOR: Ho! MARCO POLO: ...desperate. There are many men who are jealous of the Polo influence at court, and the Khan suffers from an affliction for which there is no cure. BARBARA: Well, what's that? MARCO POLO: Old age. If he dies...I may never see Venice again. DOCTOR: (Angrily.) Well, that is your problem, not mine! MARCO POLO: (Angrily.) I have just made it yours, Doctor! BARBARA: But you do see Venice again, Marco, I know you do! (POLO looks at her strangely.) IAN: What makes you so sure that the Doctor's caravan is a suitable present? The Doctor is the only one who can fly it. MARCO POLO: I told you about the Buddhist monks. They will discover its secret. (The DOCTOR begins to laugh in a scoffing fashion.) MARCO POLO: (In wonder.) A caravan that flies! Do you imagine what this will mean to the Khan? It will make him the most powerful ruler the world has ever known! (TEGANA listens thoughtfully to this assertion...) DOCTOR: Hmm! MARCO POLO: Stronger than Hannibal, mightier than Alexander the Great! IAN: Marco, you don't understand! (MARCO POLO has had enough of the debate, and defiantly ends it.) MARCO POLO: (Shouts.) I refuse to listen to any more. My mind is made up! Your caravan goes with me to Kublai Khan! (He storms out of the room. The DOCTOR starts to laugh continuously, while BARBARA tries to calm him down.) BARBARA: Doctor, come on. Come and sit down. (She leads him to chair.) DOCTOR: (Between laughs.) Quite a mess, isn't it?! (SUSAN kneels at his feet.) SUSAN: Grandfather! (He continues to laugh and splutter.) SUSAN: Grandfather! DOCTOR: (Still laughing.) Yes. Go by sea, he says! SUSAN: Why are you laughing? (The DOCTOR'S laughs get louder.) SUSAN: He means it! BARBARA: Doctor, he's serious. DOCTOR: I know he is! Yes! (He continues laughing uncontrollably.) SUSAN: But what are you going to do? DOCTOR: (In hysterics.) I haven't the faintest idea! (He laughs on and on...) 16: EXT. STREET IN LOP (In a dark and lonely alleyway in Lop, TEGANA has met up with a mysterious Tarter MAN in peasant clothing and wearing a headband. He hands the w*rlord a small dark phial of liquid.) MAN AT LOP: Be careful, my lord. One drop will poison an army! (TEGANA takes the phial and stares at it.) TEGANA: I will use it well...on all but the first of Marco Polo's water gourds, for tomorrow, the caravan sets out to cross the Gobi Desert. Now, you will follow us...and on the third night, I will walk back to you...then we're gonna ride back here to Lop, wait for two days...and then...return to the caravan...to collect the...thing of magic...that will bring the mighty Kublai Khan to his knees!
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1: EXT. STREET IN LOP (TEGANA takes the phial of poison from his ally and stares at it.) TEGANA: I will use it well...on all but the first of Marco Polo's water gourds, for tomorrow, the caravan sets out to cross the Gobi Desert. Now, you will follow us...and on the third night, I will walk back to you...then we're gonna ride back here to Lop, wait for two days...and then...return to the caravan...to collect the...thing of magic...that will bring the mighty Kublai Khan to his knees! 2: MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL (The map illustrates the next stage of the journey of MARCO POLO'S caravan.) (Again, POLO writes and narrates his journal. His words are illustrated by the image of the TARDIS once more on the back of a horse-drawn wagon with attendant Mongol bearers.) MARCO POLO: (OOV.) I have taken charge of the travellers' unusual caravan, and set out into the Gobi Desert. The journey across this vast ocean of sand is slow and hazardous. To make matters worse, the old Doctor continually shows his disapproval of my action by being both difficult and bad-tempered. For three days now, during which time we have covered no more than thirty miles, I have had to endure his insults. 3: EXT. GOBI DESERT (NIGHT) (The tent has been erected on the sands of the desert.) 4: INT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (Inside the main tent, IAN and BARBARA are with MARCO POLO and TEGANA. SUSAN sits quietly nearby. The three people from the TARDIS are no longer in their own clothes but, not allowed access to the TARDIS, wear Chinese clothes. SUSAN wears a two-piece robe which reaches down to the floor, the upper part of which has flower decorations, while IAN wears a jacket which is decorated in Chinese letters. BARBARA'S top is plainer in style. The DOCTOR is absent from the meal which they have just finished. PING-CHO, again carrying out her serving duties, pours some water for IAN.) IAN: Thank you, Ping-Cho. (He drinks.) IAN: How much water does a caravan like this use crossing the Gobi Desert, Marco? MARCO POLO: We will use one barrel every five days, Ian. I have allowed for eight gourds to carry us across to the other side. TEGANA: The bones of many men who thought they had enough lie bleached in the desert sand. (He holds up his bowl to nervous PING-CHO and gives a curt order...) TEGANA: More. MARCO POLO: I think we should exercise some restraint, Tegana. (With some relief, PING-CHO moves off. POLO turns to an upset SUSAN.) MARCO POLO: I'm sorry the Doctor wouldn't eat with us this evening. SUSAN: Yes, so am I, Messr Marco. (Near to tears, she picks up the DOCTOR'S plate.) SUSAN: I'll take him his food. (SUSAN takes the plate behind a partition into the DOCTOR'S section of the tent. MARCO POLO brings out a chessboard from one of his travel bags.) MARCO POLO: A game of chess, Ian? IAN: Oh, well I'm not very good, but I'll give you a game. MARCO POLO: I gladly accept your challenge. (MARCO POLO sets up the chessboard. BARBARA is intrigued by the intricately carved wooden pieces.) BARBARA: What magnificent pieces! MARCO POLO: Yes, I purchased them in Hormuz, on my first journey to Cathay. Now they go with me everywhere. Do you, er, play...? (At that moment, SUSAN, still upset, returns with the untouched plate...) SUSAN: I'm sorry, Messr. Marco... (She suddenly starts to rush from the tent. BARBARA watches her go but before she can do anything, TEGANA, seemingly oblivious to what has happened, speaks to BARBARA with unusual courtesy...) TEGANA: Do you play chess, lady? BARBARA: Not very well, Tegana. (BARBARA, concerned with SUSAN'S sudden departure, decides to follow the girl.) BARBARA: Excuse me. (She walks from the tent. IAN and MARCO POLO prepare for their game of chess. TEGANA watches them with interest.) TEGANA: I find it a fascinating game of...strategy of w*r. Two equally balanced armies deployed upon a field of battle, and each commander determined to be the one who cries "Shahmat". IAN: (Puzzled.) Shahmat? Checkmate? TEGANA: (Quietly.) It means the king is d*ad. 5: EXT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (BARBARA finds SUSAN standing outside the main tent. She is still clearly upset. There is a strong wind starting to blow.) BARBARA: We'll get the TARDIS back, Susan. SUSAN: Yes, but at Kublai Khan's Court, when it's too late. (She stares sadly up into the stars in the night sky.) SUSAN: We should be up there - another time, another galaxy. BARBARA: Oh, we'll think of something. SUSAN: How? Ian playing chess with Marco? Grandfather being rude and sulking by himself? BARBARA: Oh, I didn't know he's sulking, is he? SUSAN: Well, he won't eat. He won't even talk to me. BARBARA: Well, you know him better than I do. But I'd have said he was just feeling defenceless. He has a wonderful machine, capable of all sorts of miracles, and it's taken away from him by a man he calls a primitive. Look, TARDIS is the only home we have at the moment, and when we're in it, we feel safe and secure. But when we're out of it... (She looks out across the desert and sighs.) SUSAN: Will he talk to me? Confide in me? BARBARA: Oh, he's like a rubber ball. He'll come bouncing out of there soon full of ideas. (SUSAN stares back at the sky.) SUSAN: One day, we'll know all the mysteries of the skies...and we'll stop our wandering... BARBARA: Then you and I will say good-bye. SUSAN: (Surprised.) Hum? Oh, not yet. Not for a long time! BARBARA: Well, I think we should say goodnight anyway. SUSAN: Are you coming? BARBARA: No, not for the moment. SUSAN: Goodnight. (SUSAN runs back towards the main tent.) 6: INT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (SUSAN appears in the tent. The chess match is in progress and IAN, POLO and TEGANA stare intently at the board...) SUSAN: Ping-Cho? MARCO POLO: Shh! She's gone to bed. SUSAN: Oh, well...I'll go too then. Goodnight. IAN: Goodnight, Susan. MARCO POLO: Sleep well. (As SUSAN leaves to go to her room, MARCO POLO turns back to the chessboard.) MARCO POLO: Now, what was I about to do? Ah yes... (He moves a piece.) IAN: Ouch! 7: INT. TENT. PING-CHO AND SUSAN'S ROOM (NIGHT) (SUSAN enters the room she shares with PING-CHO and sees that the young girl is not yet in bed but staring out of a side-flap in the tent.) SUSAN: Not asleep yet? PING-CHO: No, I was thinking. SUSAN: What about? PING-CHO: How peaceful it is in the desert. (SUSAN joins her and looks out.) 8: EXT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) SUSAN: Oh, it's a lovely night! PING-CHO: The moon will rise later. That is the time to see the desert. It is like a great silver sea. SUSAN: (Almost to herself.) The metal seas of Venus... PING-CHO: Where? SUSAN: Oh, a long way from here. I've never seen a moonlit night. How long before the moon rises? PING-CHO: Two or three hours. I'll call you then. 9: INT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (In the main tent, the sight of the Gobi Desert at night has also captivated BARBARA. She returns to the three men and their chess game.) BARBARA: Night in the desert is very beautiful. MARCO POLO: Don't be deceived by it, Miss Wright. The desert is always dangerous. (IAN is concentrating on the chess game.) IAN: Like my Queen! (He moves a piece, still watched intently by TEGANA.) IAN: Check! TEGANA: Oh, Marco, can you save your King? MARCO POLO: I think so, Tegana. (MARCO POLO studies the board carefully before making a move.) MARCO POLO: Check. 10: EXT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (Later on that night, when the rest of the camp is silent, SUSAN and PING-CHO emerge through the flap from their room in the tent. The moon has risen, and the two girls view the illuminated desert in amazement.) SUSAN: (In wonder.) Oh crazy! Hey, Ping-cho...! PING-CHO: Shh! The guard will hear you. (Puzzled.) Crazy? SUSAN: Hmm? It means I dig it. You know - like it. PING-CHO: This language of yours is very strange. (At that moment, TEGANA emerges from the main tent. He has a brief conversation with one of the Mongol bearers, and then moves off into the desert.) PING-CHO: Tegana! SUSAN: Let's follow him. PING-CHO: He will be angry! SUSAN: You're not afraid? PING-CHO: No, I am not. Come. (They follow TEGANA into the desert.) 11: INT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (IAN and MARCO POLO are sleeping in the main area of the tent on makeshift beds. Outside, the sounds of the horses becoming restless can be heard. The whinnying of the horses eventually wakes MARCO POLO. He gets up and moves to the doorway. IAN also wakes.) IAN: What is it, Marco? MARCO POLO: The horses are very restless. (IAN gets up and the two of them move outside as the horses whinny again.) 12: EXT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (They peer across the desert.) MARCO POLO: There's a sandstorm coming, Ian. IAN: How do you know? MARCO POLO: Notice how still it is - as if everything were waiting. (There is another whinny.) MARCO POLO: They sense it too. IAN: Will it be a bad one? MARCO POLO: Bad enough. I must attend to the horses. (He moves off.) 13: EXT. DESERT (NIGHT) (SUSAN and PING-CHO continue following TEGANA through the desert. They are finding it difficult to keep up with the pace TEGANA is setting over the high dunes and deep furrows of sand, and are beginning to lose the w*rlord.) SUSAN: He walks so quickly. Can you still see him? PING-CHO: Yes. There he is, over there. (PING-CHO points out into the desert. Suddenly, SUSAN sits on the ground in exhaustion.) SUSAN: Oh, let's give up. PING-CHO: Who is afraid now? SUSAN: No, I'm not afraid. It's...it's just that it's so hot. I can hardly breathe. PING-CHO: Yet it was most pleasant when we left the caravan. (SUSAN gets up.) SUSAN: Oh, come on, let's go back. PING-CHO: All right. (They start to clamber back over the dunes.) PING-CHO: Susan, listen! (SUSAN does so, and manages to hear the faint sounds of swirling wind. SUSAN suddenly sees something.) SUSAN: What's that? PING-CHO: Where? (SUSAN points towards a hazy mist on the horizon as the wind starts to get louder.) SUSAN: That cloud on the horizon. (PING-CHO sees the ominous clouds of billowing sand.) PING-CHO: Susan, it's a sandstorm! SUSAN: What! It's coming this way! Ping-Cho, we must get back before it reaches us! PING-CHO: No, the caravan is too far away! (SUSAN tries to drag her away.) SUSAN: (Shouts.) No, come on! We must get back. We can't stay here! PING-CHO: (Shouts.) No, we'll get caught in it - and we'll never find our way! SUSAN: (Shouts.) Ping-Cho, come on! PING-CHO: (Shouts.) No, we must shelter here. SUSAN: (Shouts.) No! (The wind begins to fiercely swirl around them.) PING-CHO: (Shouts.) ! (The two girls hold on to each other as they are caught in the sandstorm.) SUSAN: (Shouts.) Ping-Cho! ! PING-CHO: (Shouts.) ! (Their cries and the sound of the blasting wind mingles with the noise of the "singing" sands which manifests itself as a series of shrieks and babbles.) 14: INT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (Back at the main tent, BARBARA is woken by the sounds of the approaching sandstorm, and appears from her section of the tent. IAN and MARCO are back inside. They have to shout to make themselves heard over the shrieks of the storm.) BARBARA: (Shouts.) Ian, what is it? What's happened? IAN: (Shouts.) Don't be afraid, Barbara. It's a sandstorm. BARBARA: (Shouts.) But the... IAN: (Shouts.) It sounds as if all the devils in hell were laughing! MARCO POLO: (Shouts.) It's the wind shifting the sand! BARBARA: (Shouts.) It's terrifying! MARCO POLO: Not always, Barbara. Sometimes it sounds like musical instruments being played - the clashing of drums and cymbals. I've heard it sound like a great many people talking as they travelled across the desert. It can also be like a...like a familiar voice calling your name. You're not the only one to be afraid. Travellers of the Gobi Desert have good reason to fear the singing sands, Barbara. (MARCO walks off. IAN looks towards the DOCTOR'S room in the tent.) IAN: (Shouts.) It's fantastic that the Doctor's still asleep! (MARCO rushes back.) MARCO POLO: Tegana's not here! His bed's empty! IAN: (Shouts.) What?! MARCO POLO: Has anyone seen him? IAN: Well, he can't be out in this! MARCO POLO: He must be! BARBARA: Well, what will happen to him? MARCO POLO: If he finds shelter, he'll be all right! BARBARA: Well...well, can't we do anything? MARCO POLO: Nothing. (IAN and MARCO POLO listen helplessly as the sand swirls outside.) BARBARA: I think I'll see if the girls are all right... (She goes towards the girl's room.) 15: INT. TENT. PING-CHO AND SUSAN'S ROOM (NIGHT) (She sees that the room is empty.) BARBARA: Ping-Cho! 16: INT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) MARCO POLO: (To IAN.) Tegana's no fool. He can look after himself. Don't worry... (BARBARA runs back from the girl's room in a hysterical condition.) BARBARA: (Shouts.) They're gone...they're not there! IAN: (Shouts.) Gone? BARBARA: (Shouts.) Their beds are empty! (BARBARA rushes for the door. IAN and MARCO POLO hold her back and she struggles in their grasp.) IAN: (Shouts.) Wait! MARCO POLO: (Shouts.) No! IAN: (Shouts.) Barbara! MARCO POLO: (Shouts.) Barbara, you can't go out there! BARBARA: (Shouts.) Let go! MARCO POLO: (Shouts.) Barbara, you'll be lost in seconds! BARBARA: (Shouts.) ! IAN: (Shouts.) Calm down, Barbara! Marco is right - there's nothing we can do! BARBARA: (Shouts.) The girls! IAN: (Shouts.) We must wait until the storm blows itself out! MARCO POLO: (Shouts.) There's nothing we can do now! (BARBARA rounds on POLO, sobbing.) BARBARA: (Shouts.) Oh, it's all your fault anyway! If you hadn't kept us prisoner here, none of this would have happened! (The babbling and shrieking of the storm reaches a new crescendo.) 17: EXT. DESERT (NIGHT) (SUSAN and PING-CHO huddle closer to one another as the sandstorm billows around them. SUSAN thinks she can hear her name being called with the chatters and shrieks. The voice she hears is deep and booming...) VOICE: Ssuuuuuussssaaaaaaaannnnnnnn! SUSAN: Ping-Cho, what's that? VOICE: Ssuuuuuussssaaaaaaaannnnnnnn! SUSAN: (Shouts.) There it is again...It's Ian...I can hear him! (An insane monkey-like babble echoes through the storm.) VOICE: Ssuuuuuussssaaaaaaaannnnnnnn! SUSAN: (Shouts.) It's Ian! PING-CHO: (Shouts.) Susan, it isn't! It's the desert saying it! SUSAN: (Shouts.) It is! It's Ian! Ian! (SUSAN pushes PING-CHO away and tries to scramble up a dune.) SUSAN: (Shouts.) Ian! Ian, we're here! Ian! (She suddenly sees a shadow looming over her from out of the sand. She screams...) 18: INT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (IAN waits impatiently for the storm to pass.) IAN: How soon can we go and look for them? MARCO POLO: Not until it's light. IAN: Let me go as soon as the storm's over! MARCO POLO: Ian, you'd miss them in the dark. You must wait till it's light! 19: EXT. DESERT (NIGHT) (SUSAN recognises the figure as TEGANA. The w*rlord looks down at the two cowering girls.) 20: INT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (The storm has passed. IAN, BARBARA and MARCO POLO wait in the main tent. BARBARA is frantic with worry and impatience.) BARBARA: (Shouts.) We can't just go on sitting here! (IAN looks towards the DOCTOR'S room.) IAN: Shh! The Doctor's still asleep. We don't want him to know about the girls. MARCO POLO: Barbara, I give you my word that until we find the girls, we will not leave this place. (The group looks up, startled, as TEGANA, SUSAN and PING-CHO enter the tent. BARBARA jumps up and rushes to SUSAN.) BARBARA: Susan! Do you know you had us half-worried to death. Where've you been? SUSAN: (Quietly.) We went for a walk. BARBARA: A walk! MARCO POLO: (Furious.) Without asking me?! Don't you dare do that again! Do you understand? That also applies for you, Ping-Cho. SUSAN: I'm sorry, Messr Marco. Has...has Grandfather been very worried? IAN: Luckily for you, he's been asleep the whole time. MARCO POLO: And we don't want him to know anything about this. (He looks at the Mongol w*rlord.) MARCO POLO: I'm surprised that you'd encourage such a venture, Tegana. TEGANA: (Surprised.) Ahh...they weren't with me! I found them - crouched behind a sand dune. MARCO POLO: (Puzzled.) You were alone? TEGANA: (Nonchalantly.) Ah, well, it was a pleasant night. I decided for a walk. I told the guard - he knew all about it. MARCO POLO: (Sternly.) In future, the guards will be told to notify me immediately if any of you wish to leave the camp. (He looks at the bedraggled girls.) MARCO POLO: Now go and change, we have to break camp soon. SUSAN: Yes, Messr Marco. (SUSAN and PING-CHO walk off. BARBARA approaches MARCO POLO who is starting to pack his things.) BARBARA: This has been a terrible experience for us all, Marco. Couldn't we spend one more night here? MARCO POLO: I'm sorry, Miss Wright. BARBARA: But surely one day can't make all that much difference? MARCO POLO: One day without progress is one day's water wasted. And in the Gobi Desert, that could mean the difference between life and death. (Behind them, TEGANA walks back outside unseen...) 21: EXT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (Outside, he removes the phial of poison from his pocket. He studies the poison carefully.) 22: MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL (MARCO POLO writes in his journal. The map illustrates their place in the desert.) MARCO POLO: (OOV.) Progress today has been good, although we were all very tired after a sleepless night. How can I ever repay Tegana for saving Ping-Cho and Susan? We covered fifteen miles before I gave the order to set up camp for the night. 23: INT. TENT: PING-CHO AND SUSAN'S ROOM (NIGHT) (SUSAN is frantically brushing her hair as PING-CHO enters.) PING-CHO: Susan! Susan! (SUSAN continues brushing.) SUSAN: I can't get this sand out of my hair. PING-CHO: Last night there were moments when I was sure I would never be here again. (PING-CHO settles down in her bed. SUSAN finishes her hair and lowers her voice...) SUSAN: Ping-Cho, did you believe Tegana last night, when he told Messr Marco about going for a walk? PING-CHO: Why not? SUSAN: Well, I don't think Tegana's the kind of man who goes for a walk just because it's a nice night. I think he goes because he has a reason to go. PING-CHO: Susan, why would he lie to Messr Marco? SUSAN: I don't know! PING-CHO: He's an important man - the special emissary of the great Mongol leader who has been at w*r with Kublai Khan. Tegana is to arrange a peaceful settlement between them. Would a man like that lie about walking in the desert? SUSAN: No! No, he wouldn't. That's what's so strange... PING-CHO: What? SUSAN: The fact that he did. 24: INT. MAIN TENT (NIGHT) (In the main tent, TEGANA is polishing his sword, while MARCO POLO writes in his journal.) TEGANA: What is that you do? MARCO POLO: I keep a journal. TEGANA: Why? MARCO POLO: Because it interests me. (MARCO POLO continues to write. Suddenly, TEGANA yells out POLO'S name...) TEGANA: Marco! (...and lunges at MARCO POLO with his sword. POLO reacts quickly to parry the blow.) TEGANA: (Admiringly.) That's excellent, excellent! But it's better a man keeps the blade of his sword clean...than its edge sharp. You continue your writing, Marco. I'll see to the horses tonight. (He heads for the door.) TEGANA: I'll, er, I'll give the guard his instructions. MARCO POLO: No! Send him to me. (TEGANA hesitates.) MARCO POLO: Please. (TEGANA leaves.) 25: EXT. THE WATER WAGON (NIGHT) (Once outside the main tent, TEGANA walks towards the wagon containing the water gourds. There is a guard there. TEGANA whistles and this draws the guard away. TEGANA then moves to the back of the wagon and s*ab each gourd with his sword. The precious water splashes all over the ground.) 26: EXT. THE WATER WAGON (The next morning, IAN, MARCO POLO and BARBARA survey the damage caused to their water supply.) IAN: All of them, Marco? MARCO POLO: Yes, except for the one we're using. (They walk round the wagon and look over the gourds.) IAN: How much is there left? MARCO POLO: Without rationing, enough for today. IAN: And with rationing, how long will it last? MARCO POLO: Three - four days. BARBARA: Is there enough to get us back to Lop? MARCO POLO: If we're very careful with it, yes. IAN: But who could have done it? MARCO POLO: Bandits, Ian. BARBARA: (Surprised.) Bandits? In the desert? MARCO POLO: Yes, this has happened before, but not to me. The bandits follow a caravan out into the desert. Then one night, this happens. The caravan is forced to turn back. Then, when everyone is weak through lack of water, the bandits att*ck. IAN: So if we turn back, we're bound to be att*cked. MARCO POLO: Yes. (TEGANA silently joins the group having heard this exchange.) TEGANA: Then we shall fight. IAN: There must be somewhere else we can go to? MARCO POLO: The nearest is a small oasis, but that's one week's journey north from here. IAN: Marco, if we pressed really hard, walked day and night, how long would it take us? MARCO POLO: Five, possibly six days. IAN: As long as that? MARCO POLO: Yes, and with the water rationed we'll be growing weaker all the time. There is another danger, Ian - bandits always camp near an oasis. BARBARA: Well, then we must go back to Lop. IAN: But they're bound to be waiting for us there! No, we must go north, and take a chance. MARCO POLO: Yes, what Ian says makes sense. We go to the oasis. TEGANA: We shall all die of thirst. I will not go. MARCO POLO: Then what will you do? TEGANA: Return to Lop. I'm not afraid of any bandits. Just give me my share of the water... MARCO POLO: (Interrupts.) No, Tegana. TEGANA: (Quietly menacing.) You refuse the w*rlord Tegana? MARCO POLO: I am commander of this caravan, and I am responsible to Kublai Khan for your safety. We go north, together. (Defeated for the moment, TEGANA stares at POLO...) 27: MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL (The map shows the slow progress that the caravan is making.) MARCO POLO: (OOV.) Have I made the right decision? Each day, our progress towards the oasis becomes less. On the first day, we covered twenty miles. On the second, fifteen. The third, ten. The fourth day's total was eight. Now on the fifth day we have travelled only two miles before the heat of the sun has forced us to stop. We are nearly exhausted, and our situation is perilous... 28: EXT. DESERT. CAMP (The sun continues to b*at down relentlessly on the caravan. The weary travellers, now including the DOCTOR, lie motionless in the shade of the wagons underneath an awning gazing out across the merciless baking sands. MARCO POLO comes along and shares out the last few drops of water.) MARCO POLO: The worst of the sun is nearly over. We must move on again as soon we've had this. (Everyone drinks his or her water in silence. They are all seriously affected by heat exhaustion.) IAN: Have the bearers had their ration? (MARCO nods and pours IAN his water but the ration runs out before MARCO can take his.) IAN: You take it. MARCO POLO: We will share. (IAN accepts the offer and drinks.) DOCTOR: Marco, is this all we're going to get until tonight, mm? MARCO POLO: Until we reach the oasis, Doctor, yes. DOCTOR: Mmm. BARBARA: There's no more? (MARCO shakes his head.) TEGANA: How much further? MARCO POLO: I cannot say. TEGANA: I will go to the oasis and bring back water. (TEGANA stands and starts to stumble towards where his horse is reined.) MARCO POLO: Do you think you could reach the oasis? TEGANA: Yes, my...my horse is still the strongest. (POLO considers.) MARCO POLO: Very well, Tegana. (TEGANA stumbles away but stops for a last word...) TEGANA: You, er, wait for me here. MARCO POLO: No, while we can, we'll push on towards the oasis. (TEGANA considers...) TEGANA: Right. (TEGANA leaves to fetch his horse. IAN calls out weakly after him.) IAN: Good luck, Tegana... MARCO POLO: We must go. (The group gets up and prepares to leave.) DOCTOR: Susan...help me up... (Suddenly, as SUSAN helps him, the DOCTOR collapses unconscious.) SUSAN: Oh, Grandfather! (IAN rushes over to assist.) SUSAN: What's the...what the matter with him? IAN: He's exhausted. MARCO POLO: We'll fix up a cot for him in the wagon. BARBARA: To be jostled and bumped about? He needs to rest in comfort, Marco. What about the TARDIS? (POLO hesitates...) IAN: He'd be more comfortable, Marco. (Still he doesn't answer. The three companions of the DOCTOR look at him pleadingly.) SUSAN: Please, Messr Marco! (POLO reaches a decision with reluctance.) MARCO POLO: Very well. The Doctor can travel in his own caravan. Susan, you can go with him. But you, Barbara, and you, Ian, must remain with me. IAN: Thank you. (He takes POLO to one side in order that the others don't hear him.) IAN: Marco...without water, the Doctor isn't going to last twenty-four hours. MARCO POLO: None of us are, Ian - without water. (Sighs.) Our fate rests with Tegana. 29: EXT. OASIS (TEGANA has arrived at the oasis and is greedily drinking the water. Behind him are the remains of man-made structures – posts standing starkly against the desert sky. He fills a water gourd, and stands, triumphantly holding it to the sky.) TEGANA: Here's water, Marco Polo! (He tips the gourd and pours the contents over the sand by the pool.) TEGANA: Come for it!
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1. THE OASIS (TEGANA rides towards the oasis, and thirstily drinks the water. He fills a water gourd and triumphantly holds it to the sky.) TEGANA: Here's water Marco Polo. (Tegana pours the water into the sand.) TEGANA: Come for it... 2. MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL POLO: (Writing in journal.) What has happened to Tegana? Is he lost? Perhaps he never found the oasis. But in the hope he did, I inched our caravan forward through the night. What misery. A bitterly cold wind swept down from the north and set us shivering as we stumbled on. I fear the end is not far off. 3. CAMP, GOBI DESERT (Barbara and Ian are resting with Polo and Ping-Cho. All lie slumped in the shade of the wagon.) POLO: (Looking out into the desert.) No sign of Tegana. IAN: Nothing but sand... POLO: Tegana is our only hope now. BARBARA: Surely, he should be back by now. POLO: He would not start back from the oasis in the dark, for fear of missing us. PING-CHO: Then we must get going. POLO: Yes... (But Polo is too tired to move. IAN continues to stare hopefully into the surrounding desert.) IAN: Hot again soon Marco. Hadn't we better get started? POLO: We would not get very far, Ian. No, we must wait here. BARBARA: The Doctor and Susan are still in the TARDIS. IAN: Oh, let them sleep Barbara. 4. INTERIOR - THE TARDIS (In the TARDIS, the Doctor is sleeping. He is gradually woken by droplets of water splashing on his face.) DOCTOR: Oh... water... water... water!... (Realising there is condensation covering the TARDIS walls, the DOCTOR quickly jumps out of his bunk. He rushes over to the other bunk, and attempts to wake SUSAN.) DOCTOR: Susan, Susan, child. Susan, wake up. Wake up, quickly! (Susan slowly wakes up.) DOCTOR: Fetch some cloth and cups. (SUSAN mumbles incoherently.) DOCTOR: We must catch the water... we mustn't waste a drop! Come along, child, wake up, quickly! Look at it... it's streaming down the walls. Look, we must collect it. It's water! We must... quickly... quickly... before the ship heats up in the sun... hurry child... hurry please... (During the next few minutes, the Doctor and Susan frantically sponge all the water from the TARDIS walls.) 5. CAMP, GOBI DESERT (Outside, the others are preparing to leave.) IAN: Not a sign of him... (The DOCTOR and SUSAN suddenly emerge from the TARDIS, each carrying a jug of water.) SUSAN: (Rushing forward.) Water! Look! Water! DOCTOR: Please wait - we must be careful. POLO: This is in your caravan? DOCTOR: Yes, but it's not pure water you see... POLO: (Furiously.) You told me you weren't carrying any Doctor! DOCTOR: I haven't got any water, don't you understand. I wouldn't allow us to get into this state if I had water, young man. No this was the water that was running off the walls. It's condensation, it's unbelievable! Condensation, do you understand? POLO: No, I do not understand! DOCTOR: Chesterton, make him understand! It was condensation off the walls and I... POLO: (Furious.) The old man lied to me! (IAN and SUSAN both try to calm POLO down.) IAN: Marco, you remember, last night it was cold. Bitterly cold, Marco. The outside of the caravan cooled, but the inside stayed warm - and so moisture formed on the inside. It's condensation, we just call it that... it's just a name. SUSAN: That's true, Messr Marco. It was running down the walls, and from the ceiling. We... we took it in this... (Indicating the cloth.) ...look, we squeezed it in here. (Indicating the cup.) you see? DOCTOR: You understand now? Hmm? POLO: (Suspiciously.) I have seen this happen. Let me see you drink it. (IAN gladly accepts the offer, and swallows a mouth of water.) DOCTOR: Not too much... steady... 6. THE OASIS (Therefore, refreshed, the caravan makes its way to the oasis while the travellers are reunited with a surprised TEGANA.) TEGANA: There were bandits here last night when I arrived. So I had to wait in hiding until this morning when they left. And then, when I prepared to leave for you, I saw your caravan coming across the desert towards me. POLO: Had the Doctor not discovered water, you might have been too late to save us, Tegana. BARBARA: And are those bandits likely to return? TEGANA: No, no, I overheard them saying they were going to ride for Karakorum. BARBARA: Karakorum? That used to be to the north, on the great steppes. POLO: It still is, Barbara. Well, the sooner we leave here the better... BARBARA: But Marco... POLO: This oasis is dangerous, Barbara. We must leave here as soon as possible. BARBARA: Marco, we're all in need of rest, and the Doctor is still very weak. POLO: We will stay here until tomorrow morning - no longer. Please tell the others. (BARBARA walks off to join the DOCTOR, IAN and SUSAN next to the oasis. TEGANA is left alone with Polo. He begins to chuckle.) POLO: What amuses you? TEGANA: You don't really believe their story, do you, of water forming inside a caravan? POLO: Yes. I know it to be true. 7. OASIS (Meanwhile, by the oasis, the DOCTOR is discussing the broken TARDIS circuit with the rest of the crew.) DOCTOR: I think I can repair the circuit in a week, maybe less. BARBARA: We're leaving here tomorrow. DOCTOR: Oh, we're always rushing around... a day's rest would do us all a lot of good... BARBARA: Marco's worried about bandits. DOCTOR: Oh, rubbish! BARBARA: Tegana said there were some here last night. Well if they were, they were very clean about it. IAN: What do you mean? BARBARA: Look, last night was very cold. But there's no sign of a f*re having been lit. IAN: Well, perhaps they didn't want anyone to know they'd been here. BARBARA: Yes, that may be. But I think Tegana just used the bandits as an excuse for not coming back to us with water. IAN: Maybe. Well, the thing to do is to ask Tegana. TEGANA: (Arriving on the scene.) Ask Tegana what? IAN: How many bandits were there here last night? TEGANA: Twelve. IAN: It was a cold night. Didn't they light a f*re? (POLO also joins the group.) POLO: (Lightly dismissing the topic.) If they had, Ian, the remains would still be visible. Doctor? DOCTOR: Well? POLO: Barbara may have told you that we're leaving here tomorrow, so get all the rest you can today. You may use your caravan again, but before we leave in the morning, it will be locked, and the key handed over to me. DOCTOR: Young man, you have no concept of what is happening, have you? And you still don't seem to realise that you're speaking to a man of superior intellect. 8. MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL POLO: (Writing in journal.) My conscience pricks me. I was adamant, despite the Doctor's protests, that the key and his caravan should be handed over to me. Now we journey on across this burning desert and I shall not rest until I see the temple spires of the city of Tun-Huang. 9. WAY STATION, AT TUN-HUANG (The caravan has arrived at the bustling way station of Tun-Huang. This way station is even more extravagant than the one at Lop. BARBARA, SUSAN and PING-CHO are amazed by the view of the city from the inn.) SUSAN: I've never seen so many temples in my life! PING-CHO: Tun-Huang is a famous city, Susan. SUSAN: Yes... BARBARA: Isn't the cave of the thousand Buddhas near here? SUSAN: Thousand Buddhas? (POLO joins the group.) POLO: Yes. Have you heard of the cave of the five hundred eyes? BARBARA: No, I haven't. PING-CHO: I do not know that one either, Messr Marco. BARBARA: I'm intrigued by this cave, Marco. Why is it called five hundred eyes? POLO: On the walls are painted the faces of two hundred and fifty evil men who once lived there. They were the Hashashins. SUSAN: Hashashins? POLO: Yes, and they were so called because they used a drug - hashish. SUSAN: Are there still Hashashins in the cave? POLO: No, Susan. They were put to the sword twenty years ago by a great Mongol conqueror called Hulagu. PING-CHO: There is a story of Hulagu and the Hashashins. SUSAN: Oh, tell it to us, Ping-Cho. PING-CHO: Later, if you wish. SUSAN: Why not now? PING-CHO: It needs preparation. (PING-CHO walks off to prepare for the presentation) SUSAN: Oh... 10. WAY STATION (In another corner of the way station, the DOCTOR and IAN are talking.) DOCTOR: It seems we shall be stopping here for a while - it means I can get on with more work. IAN: (Looks at the DOCTOR in puzzlement.) Huh? DOCTOR: Oh, repairing the circuit, young man... IAN: Aren't you forgetting something, Doctor? DOCTOR: Don't you realise they will be much less vigilant? I shall be able to sneak into the TARDIS, no worry at all! IAN: Yes, but you've given Marco Polo the key. DOCTOR: A key, my boy. A key. What use do you think it's going to be to him? Hmmm? And where do you suppose I got that from? Huh? (The DOCTOR triumphantly holds up a second TARDIS key.) IAN: (Laughing.) I have no idea. DOCTOR: I made it. IAN: Made it? When? DOCTOR: On the night of the oasis. Only chance I had - she knows all about it, don't you Susan? SUSAN: (Wandering over.) Yes! IAN: (Laughing.) You crafty old fox! (The DOCTOR and SUSAN chuckle along with IAN.) SUSAN: Grandfather. DOCTOR: Yes? SUSAN: What do you know about the Hashashins? DOCTOR: Well... now, let me think... let me think... yes, they were some kind of sect. Why? SUSAN: Well, Ping-Cho knows a story and she's going to tell us about it. DOCTOR: Oh, how delightful! Yes... yes... why not? 11. WAY STATION (The DOCTOR and SUSAN sit down for the presentation. BARBARA moves closer to IAN.) BARBARA: Ian, Ian, I must talk to you. IAN: What is it? BARBARA: It's about Tegana. I caught him off-guard. IAN: Sssh! Later. Come and sit over here... BARBARA: (Preferring to stand up.) No, I'll be all right over here. (SUSAN walks over to one of the interior doors of the way station, and opens it.) SUSAN: (Calling out.) Ping-Cho... oh, Ping-Cho, are you ready? PING-CHO: (Calling back.) I am ready, Susan. SUSAN: Oh, good. (Everyone sits down in anticipation. There is a gentle round of applause as PING-CHO enters. She is lavishly dressed in a long blue silk robe, over which she wears a knee-length red jacket. She bows to the audience, and commences her recital...) PING-CHO: Gracious maidens, gentle lords Pray attend me while I tell my tale Of Ala-eddin, the Old Man of the Mountain Who by devious schemes, evil designs And foul m*rder ruled the land. No host of arms, no vast array Of banners served this wicked lord. They were but few - ruthless, reckless men Who obeyed his cruel commands. Thus did he persuade them Promising paradise, he gave his followers A potent draught and whilst they slept Transported them to a vale where Streams of milk and honey, wine and water, flowed. Here were gardens and flowers of every hue And essence. Here, too Golden pavilions outshone the sun And even the stars of heaven envied The bejewelled interiors strewn with incomparable silks, tapestries, And treasures. Hand-maidens, dulcet-voiced Soft of face, attended them, and thus bemused Did they dwell in this man-made paradise Until Ala-eddin intent upon some evil deed Proffered again the hashish draught And brought them sleeping to his castle. What lord, are we cast out of paradise Awakening, they cried. Not so, Go abroad, seek out my enemies And strike them down. But care not for your lives. Paradise is eternal. So terror stalked the land for many years. Then one day, came mighty Hulagu To stand before Ala-eddin's lair For three long years in siege And thus fell Ala-eddin and his men. Now honest hands reap harvests of life From the soil where death and evil Reigned. And those who journey Through the vale are heard to say Tis truly paradise today. (There is generous round of applause as Ping-Cho concludes the tale.) DOCTOR: That was really delightful... PING-CHO: Thank you - my Lord is kind. POLO: Thank you, Ping-Cho. IAN: Charming, Ping-Cho, charming. Susan, do you know that we use the word Hashashin in English today? SUSAN: No. IAN: Yes - assassins. SUSAN: Assassin! IAN: Yes. SUSAN: Ping-Cho, is the lair of Ala-eddin really near here? PING-CHO: No, Susan. It was on a mountain called Mount Alumet in Persia. SUSAN: Persia! But Messr Marco said that Hulagu k*lled the Hashashins near here. (At this point, TEGANA silently leaves the room. BARBARA, without anyone else noticing, follows Tegana.) POLO: So he did, Susan. Some of Ala-eddin's followers lived near here, in the cave of 500 eyes. 12. CAVE OF FIVE HUNDRED EYES (TEGANA enters the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes. He peers into the darkness.) TEGANA: Malik? Malik? (An elderly man shuffles from out of the darkness, coughing and spluttering.) MALIK: Who calls my name? TEGANA: Tegana, the Mongol w*rlord. MALIK: We have waited for you Tegana. TEGANA: You need wait no more, old man. What news from Noghai? MALIK: You shall hear it. You shall hear it. Come - follow me. (TEGANA follows MALIK into a secret chamber. A few seconds later, BARBARA enters the main part of the cave. She cautiously feels her way through the darkness.) 13. CAVE OF FIVE HUNDRED EYES - INNER CHAMBER (In the inner chamber of the cave, TEGANA is greeted by another warrior of Noghai, ACOMAT.) ACOMAT: Welcome. TEGANA: Acomat! What news from Noghai? ACOMAT: He has formed his army and marches now for Karakorum. TEGANA: Good. ACOMAT: Where he will await news of your success. TEGANA: I will not fail him. ACOMAT: You failed at Lop. You were to meet our courier on the third night in the desert. TEGANA: There was a sandstorm. ACOMAT: He did not return... MALIK: Before the courier left, he spoke of gifts to Noghai. TEGANA: Yes - a caravan that flies. (MALIK laughs.) TEGANA: It belongs to an old magician who accompanies us. Polo's taking it to the Kublai Khan. ACOMAT: With such a caravan, Noghai would be invincible. TEGANA: Yes, that is why you must capture it. You will att*ck our caravan as we're going to Shang-Tu. ACOMAT: It shall be done. TEGANA: And then, deliver it to Noghai. ACOMAT: And Polo, and those that go with him? What of them? k*ll them? TEGANA: Of course... (MALIK suddenly reappears. He is in a flustered state.) MALIK: Did a woman accompany you here? TEGANA: No. MALIK: There is one in the outer cave now. (TEGANA is surprised. He draws his sword.) 14. CAVE OF FIVE HUNDRED EYES (BARBARA feels her way through the cave trying to discover where TEGANA has gone. She slowly makes her way down one of the passages... as TEGANA silently emerges from the inner chamber. He moves around behind BARBARA, and creeps towards her. Barbara screams as she is grabbed from behind.) 15. INTERIOR - WAY STATION (TEGANA has returned to the way station. BARBARA's disappearance has been noticed by the others. POLO is furious.) POLO: This is the most dangerous thing she could have done! What kind of country do you come from where a woman can wander alone through the streets at night? TEGANA: You will never find her alive in Tun-Huang. IAN: We won't find her sitting here. (IAN prepares to walk off, but Polo stops him.) POLO: Wait, Ian. We will search together. The city is divided into distinct areas. Tegana, you will take one, we will take another. We will meet back here in two hours' time. IAN: Well, let's get started. DOCTOR: Do you need my help? POLO: No, Doctor, you stay here. And nobody else move. (POLO, IAN and TEGANA walk off to search for BARBARA. The DOCTOR places a comforting arm around SUSAN.) DOCTOR: Don't worry, child. We'll find her. Don't worry. 16. CAVE OF FIVE HUNDRED EYES - INNER CHAMBER (BARBARA has been tied up in the inner chamber of the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes. Nearby, a group of Mongol warriors taunt her as they play dice.) 17. COURTYARD - WAY STATION (Back at the way station, the DOCTOR has realised this is the perfect opportunity to work on the TARDIS. As he emerges from the TARDIS and locks the door, SUSAN and PING-CHO appear.) SUSAN: Grandfather... grandfather... (The Doctor peers suspiciously at PING-CHO.) SUSAN: Don't worry about Ping-Cho, you can trust her. DOCTOR: (Reluctantly.) Well, it looks as though I must, doesn't it? What is it, hmm? SUSAN: We think we might know where Barbara is. DOCTOR: Oh, where? PING-CHO: Messr Marco was telling us about the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes. SUSAN: Yes, and Barbara was very interested. So we thought she might have gone off and had a look without asking anybody, because Messr Marco might have tried to stop her. DOCTOR: Do you know where this Cave of Five Hundred Eyes is? PING-CHO: I do not know my lord. But Chenchu would know. (The DOCTOR notices that CHENCHU, the manager of the way station, is cleaning one of the tables nearby. The DOCTOR beckons him over.) DOCTOR: Aha, my friend! And how long have you been lurking there? Hmmm? CHENCHU: I arrived this very moment my lord. DOCTOR: Where is the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes? CHENCHU: The Cave of Five Hundred... DOCTOR: Yes. Where is it? CHENCHU: On the road to Su-Chow my Lord. Set back against the foothills. DOCTOR: Well, how far is it from here? CHENCHU: About a third of a league, my lord. DOCTOR: A mile, a mile, yes... (The DOCTOR turns to SUSAN and PING-CHO.) DOCTOR: Now you two go back in there and wait... go along... go along... go along... CHENCHU: My lord is going there now? At this time of night? But it is haunted, my lord, the spirits of the Hashashins... you should not go, my lord. (The DOCTOR laughs.) SUSAN: You mustn't go there alone, grandfather. And anyway, we must stay with you. PING-CHO: Messr Marco will be angry - he told us to stay here. DOCTOR: Never mind about him. Which road? CHENCHU: The road to Su-Chow... SUSAN: Grandfather, you'll never find it on your own. Come on! DOCTOR: Yes all right, if you insist! Then come along, both of you, quickly! (The DOCTOR, SUSAN and PING-CHO rush out of the inn. CHENCHU yells out a parting message.) CHENCHU: Do not go my lord! Not at night! You will not come back alive! (But CHENCHU's warning has no effect. The DOCTOR, SUSAN and PING-CHO have already left.) 18. CAVE OF FIVE HUNDRED EYES (The DOCTOR, SUSAN and PING-CHO enter the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes.) PING-CHO: Frightening. SUSAN: Look at those eyes. PING-CHO: I'd prefer not to, Susan. (The DOCTOR examines the 'eyes' on the wall of the cave.) DOCTOR: (Laughing.) Extraordinary! Look! Yes, it's quartz... ha, ha... yes... a mineral ore... Look, you see the veins going through the rock structure. And look how cleverly that face is carved so that at the eye, the quartz is exposed. Now, isn't that interesting, hmm? SUSAN: Grandfather, we're supposed to be looking for Barbara. DOCTOR: Hmm? Barbara? Oh yes, of course. Yes, yes, we mustn't waste time! No... come on... (The search commences.) DOCTOR: (Grinning mischievously.) Now, let's see if we can find the spirits... 19. INTERIOR - WAY STATION (TEGANA has returned to the way station. He strides up to CHENCHU.) CHENCHU: My lord? TEGANA: Oh, it's you. CHENCHU: He's gone my lord. TEGANA: Gone? CHENCHU: The old lord has gone. After you had gone, the young ladies approached me - they were looking for him. TEGANA: Well... wasn't he in his room? CHENCHU: Not so my lord. He was out there. (Pointing to the TARDIS in the courtyard.) That's where they found him. That's why I came and told you, my lord. But he forced me to tell him the way to the cave. TEGANA: (Angrily.) What cave? CHENCHU: He forced me, my lord. He forced me... TEGANA: (Even more forcefully.) What cave?! CHENCHU: The Cave of Five Hundred Eyes. TEGANA: You fool... (TEGANA angrily pushes CHENCHU away.) CHENCHU: He forced me... 20. CAVE OF FIVE HUNDRED EYES DOCTOR: A fool's errand, it's a fool's errand, child. That's what you've brought me on. And I had so much work to do in the TARDIS. Now, come along, we mustn't waste any more time here... (The group walks towards the exit of the cave.) DOCTOR: Barbara's probably in bed and asleep by now. If you had any sense, where both of you should be! (PING-CHO finds and picks up a handkerchief from the ground.) PING-CHO: My lord, look. DOCTOR: Hmmm? SUSAN: That's Barbara's! She must have been here. (SUSAN and PING-CHO begin calling BARBARA's name.) 21. CAVE OF FIVE HUNDRED EYES - INNER CHAMBER (The yelling is heard by the warriors in the inner chamber.) 22. CAVE OF FIVE HUNDRED EYES (SUSAN and PING-CHO continue yelling BARBARA's name. SUSAN screams - pointing to the cave wall.) SUSAN: They moved... The eyes moved!
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1. CAVE OF FIVE HUNDRED EYES (SUSAN and PING-CHO continue yelling BARBARA's name. SUSAN screams - pointing to the cave wall...) SUSAN: They moved... The eyes moved! 2. INTERIOR - WAY STATION AT TUN-HUANG (POLO and IAN have returned to the way station after an unsuccessful search for BARBARA. They are having a conversation with CHENCHU.) CHENCHU: Oh, Tegana took a horse, and rode off. POLO: To the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes? CHENCHU: So I believe my lord. POLO: (To IAN.) When will your companions realise I know what I'm talking about when I say it's dangerous to wander about at night? First Barbara, and now the Doctor goes off, taking Susan and Ping-Cho with him. IAN: All right, Marco, you can be angry later. Let's get to this cave. Do you know where it is? POLO: Yes. (POLO and IAN leave for the cave.) 3. CAVE OF FIVE HUNDRED EYES (In the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes, the DOCTOR closely examines the wall. In particular, he is trying to discover the eyes which SUSAN claimed had moved.) DOCTOR: It must be your imagination, child. These eyes didn't move - it's quartz. SUSAN: I saw them move, grandfather. I swear, I did. DOCTOR: Oh rubbish, child. PING-CHO: (As TEGANA walks into the cave.) Look! Look! DOCTOR: Tegana! TEGANA: What are you doing here? DOCTOR: If you must know sir, we are looking for Miss Wright. TEGANA: Well, why would she be in this cave? DOCTOR: (Holding up the handkerchief.) I think this is your answer. We found it. (TEGANA looks nervously around the cave.) TEGANA: You found that here? SUSAN: (Pointing to a dark area of the cave.) Yes - over there. TEGANA: In the passageway... it is not wise to remain in these caves - they are possessed with evil spirits. DOCTOR: I'm not afraid of ghosts. TEGANA: Oh yes, I forgot, you're the magician, aren't you? (The DOCTOR laughs at TEGANA's superstitious nature.) IAN: (Shouting out.) Doctor! Susan! SUSAN: It's Ian! IAN: Susan! (The two groups shout back and forth at one another, and eventually IAN and POLO and reunited with the rest of the group.) IAN: Have you found Barbara? SUSAN: No. DOCTOR: She dropped this handkerchief - we found that over there. (The DOCTOR hands the handkerchief to IAN.) IAN: (Examining the handkerchief.) It is Barbara's. TEGANA: Leave before the spirits are angered. DOCTOR: (Chuckling.) This man thinks this cave is haunted. PING-CHO: He's not the only one. Susan saw the eyes in one of the faces move. DOCTOR: Oh rubbish child, rubbish. IAN: Which face Susan? SUSAN: (Pointing to a particular face on the wall.) This one here. (IAN walks over to the wall, and examines the face.) IAN: (Excited.) Marco, quick! Look! (POLO rushes over and joins IAN next to the wall.) TEGANA: (Shouting at the wall.) Do not strike them down, great spirits of Hashashins. Depart! The w*r Lord Tegana entreats you. IAN: (Referring to the wall.) Is it safe for us to look now? TEGANA: Do as you will. (Once again, the DOCTOR chuckles at TEGANA's superstitious nature.) DOCTOR: Well, what are you looking for Chesterton? IAN: Susan was right - she did see the eyes move. DOCTOR: Oh, rubbish, rubbish! SUSAN: Of course I did! DOCTOR: What proof have you? IAN: I've just seen them move myself. Look - these eyes you see here have been set in from behind. There must be some sort of a room behind this rock face. Look! There's a crack... there's a door here! TEGANA: Yes... all we need now is to find out how to open it. (IAN and POLO feel around the rockface until they find the opening mechanism for the door. The secret door glides open...) POLO: Ian! (...revealing a Mongol warrior about to k*ll a dazed Barbara. SUSAN screams. TEGANA immediately rushes forward and slays the warrior. BARBARA is immediately untied by IAN and is very distressed over the whole affair.) IAN: It's all right, Barbara... BARBARA: That dreadful man... There were four of them... They played dice to see who'd k*ll me. That dreadful man... and he won... he won... (BARBARA indicates the d*ad warrior.) IAN: (Comforting BARBARA.) All right Barbara. You're safe now Barbara. Safe now. Don't worry... 4. INTERIOR - WAY STATION (The group have returned to the inn at Tun-Huang. POLO and TEGANA are talking in the main room.) POLO: We were just in time, Tegana. A moment or two later, and she would have been k*lled. TEGANA: What is that to you? POLO: I'm responsible for their safety. TEGANA: Why not... let go... let them go on their way. POLO: My conscience does not permit it. Look, I took their caravan away from them. The least I can do is see them safely on their way home. TEGANA: You think they hold you in such esteem? POLO: The Doctor, no, with good reason. The others, yes. TEGANA: Marco, which one leads them? POLO: The Doctor. TEGANA: And leaders are obeyed. Has not that cunning Susan already won Ping-Cho from your side? POLO: She's a child, Tegana. TEGANA: Only a fool defends his enemies! Be warned Marco - they will set us at each other's throats by lies and deceit, and then, when they have divided us, then they will destroy us one by one. POLO: They are harmless Tegana. TEGANA: Harmless? They possess a caravan that flies! POLO: What power they have is locked inside it, and I have the key. TEGANA: This very evening, Marco, when we were out looking for this Barbara, Chenchu thought the old man was in his room. He was not. Marco, he was out there with his caravan. (TEGANA points towards the courtyard, where the TARDIS sits.) POLO: What are you saying? TEGANA: I'm saying does a magician need a key to open a door? (At that moment, IAN, BARBARA, SUSAN and PING-CHO appear from their rooms.) POLO: (To BARBARA.) How are you feeling? BARBARA: A little bit shaky. POLO: You realise you're most fortunate to be alive. BARBARA: Yes, I know. POLO: Why did you go to the cave? You know my rule about obtaining permission to leave here. (BARBARA hesitates...) IAN: Tell him Barbara. BARBARA: I followed Tegana there. TEGANA: (Shocked.) Me? I've only been there once, and you were there when I arrived. BARBARA: But that's not true! I followed you there. TEGANA: I have only been there once! BARBARA: But why would I lie? I was almost k*lled. POLO: Be quiet! TEGANA: (To POLO.) Mark well all that I have said. (TEGANA turns to walk off...) POLO: Tegana... TEGANA: (Turning back to POLO.) My friend, mark it well. (TEGANA walks up the stairs to his room, without looking back. POLO thoughtfully considers what TEGANA has said. He solemnly turns to PING-CHO.) POLO: Ping-Cho, you will remove your belongings to another room. From this night on, you will not share with Susan again. PING-CHO: But Messr Marco... POLO: Obey me! (At the head of the staircase, TEGANA is listening. He smiles.) 5. MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL POLO: (Writing in journal.) Poor Susan and Ping-Cho. Yet what alternative had I but to separate them? Now my caravan seethes with suspicion and discontent as we journey south-west. The route takes us to the ancient cities of Su-Chow and Kan-Chow, where the Great Wall of Cathay begins. Following the wall, we travel south to Lan-Chow, which lies on the banks of the Yellow River. Here, our route swings north, and with the river always in sight, we journey towards Shang-Tu. 6. WAY STATION AT LAN-CHOW (At the next way station, the DOCTOR, IAN and BARBARA are discussing the state of the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: The trouble is, Polo's change of attitude has slowed down my progress on the circuit. IAN: I think you've done brilliantly to make any progress at all, Doctor. BARBARA: How much longer do you think you will need? DOCTOR: Well, with a bit more time, and a lot of luck, I should say about another night. BARBARA: But that's marvellous Doctor! DOCTOR: The following evening will even be better! BARBARA: And that's when we say good-bye to Marco Polo. DOCTOR: Yes, and a jolly good riddance. BARBARA: Well, I shall be jolly glad to leave here. In fact, the only regrets I'll have will be for Susan. DOCTOR: What do you mean? BARBARA: Oh, I think she and Ping-Cho are very fond of each other. It's a pity they've been kept apart so much. DOCTOR: It's a pity there was any association at all. That Chinese child makes me nervous. IAN: What on Earth do you mean? DOCTOR: She found out about the key. IAN: What! DOCTOR: Yes, on the night that Barbara was captured, Susan and Ping-Cho thought Barbara had gone down to the cave, and met with an accident, so they came looking for me. Just as I was about to enter the TARDIS, it was then Ping-Cho saw the key. 7. PING-CHO'S ROOM (SUSAN, cautiously and looking about for anybody else, walks up the stairs of the inn, and enters PING-CHO's room. A sad PING-CHO is sitting on the bed, staring into space...) SUSAN: Ping-Cho, what's the matter? PING-CHO: For me, this journey, in spite of all the dangers, was the happiest time of my life, until Tun-Huang. SUSAN: What did Tegana say to make Messr Marco change so much? Did you ask Messr Marco? PING-CHO: A hundred times - but he remains silent. SUSAN: If only we could find out... only we could prove that Tegana had seen the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes before. PING-CHO: It won't make much difference soon... SUSAN: Why not? PING-CHO: You will be leaving. SUSAN: Leaving? PING-CHO: Your grandfather must have nearly finished the work on your caravan by now. SUSAN: (Sadly.) Ping-Cho, he has. PING-CHO: Will you go home? (SUSAN remains silent...) PING-CHO: Will you say good-bye to me before you leave? SUSAN: Of course I will! PING-CHO: Even if it is very late? SUSAN: No matter what time of night it is. (SUSAN and PING-CHO hug each other.) PING-CHO: Hey - this will cheer you up! SUSAN: What? PING-CHO: I've forgotten hearing anything about the key. (Outside the room, TEGANA has been listening intently to the conversation.) 8. MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL POLO: (Writing in journal.) For the past three days, I have followed the course of the Yellow River as it flows north to the small town of Sinju, which lies nestled against the Great Wall. 9. EXTERIOR - SINJU WAY STATION (The caravan has stopped at the Sinju way station. This way station, although not as busy as Tun-Huang, is just as extravagant. POLO and TEGANA stand outside the inn.) POLO: Have you seen my... er... clothing bag, Tegana? TEGANA: Ah yes, it's in the passageway outside your door. POLO: Thank you. TEGANA: Oh... I want to go into town. POLO: Very well. TEGANA: Thank you. (TEGANA walks off towards the town, as Polo re-enters the way station.) 10. INTERIOR - SINJU WAY STATION (PING-CHO is walking through the inn, when she suddenly remembers something.) PING-CHO: (To herself.) The passageway - why have I not thought of it before? (PING-CHO quickly finds SUSAN.) PING-CHO: Susan, Susan! I've got proof. I can prove it! SUSAN: What? PING-CHO: That Tegana lied. POLO: (Overhearing PING-CHO.) You can prove what? PING-CHO: Messr Marco, do you remember Tegana's reply when Miss Wright said she had followed him to the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes? POLO: Yes, he said he'd never been there before. PING-CHO: He lied Messr Marco. POLO: You bring a very serious charge, Ping-Cho - I hope you have proof. PING-CHO: When he came into the cave, Susan's grandfather showed him Miss Wright's handkerchief, saying we had found it over there. And the old lord pointed to a dark corner of the cave. And do you remember what he said? He asked if we had found it in the passageway. POLO: Well? PING-CHO: If he had never been to the cave before, how could he know that a dark corner was a passageway? SUSAN: Yes! POLO: This is your proof? You call this evidence? PING-CHO: Yes Messr Marco. POLO: And on these grounds you dare to call the w*rlord Tegana a liar? You foolish child, how dare you make such a reckless accusation. Believe me, it will take much more than this to shake my confidence in Tegana. 11. SINJU INN (At another inn in the town, TEGANA has met up with ACOMAT. ACOMAT is furious with TEGANA...) ACOMAT: It was your fault! (TEGANA stares angrily at ACOMAT, but remains silent. He takes a sip of his wine.) ACOMAT: You should have k*lled them all when you... (TEGANA angrily throws the goblet of wine to the floor.) TEGANA: You listen to me, Acomat, and you listen well. The day after tomorrow, the caravan sets out to cross the bamboo forest. On the second night, I shall silence the guard, and then when all is well, I shall signal you with a burning torch, and then you will move in and slaughter them all. But with stealth, mind you... ACOMAT: And the magician's caravan? TEGANA: You will send... that on to Noghai, whilst I will continue on to Shang-Tu with terrible stories of bandit att*cks. ACOMAT: Polo? TEGANA: Well, I should let Polo die like... umm... an old woman in her bed. ACOMAT: The... ah... the old magician - how can you k*ll him? TEGANA: With a stake through the heart. 12. COURTYARD - SINJU WAY STATION (The DOCTOR and BARBARA sneak into the way station's courtyard. The TARDIS sits a short distance away. They approach it...) DOCTOR: There isn't very much more to do - I won't be long. But keep your eyes open... BARBARA: Yes. (BARBARA keeps watch as the DOCTOR enters the TARDIS. At that moment, TEGANA returns to the inn. He immediately notices the DOCTOR closing the TARDIS door behind him. BARBARA turns quickly, just as TEGANA rushes off into the way station. BARBARA rushes off in search of IAN.) BARBARA: Ian? 13. INTERIOR - THE TARDIS (Unaware of what is happening outside, the DOCTOR completes the repairs to the TARDIS main circuit. He hums cheerfully to himself.) 14. COURTYARD - SINJU WAY STATION (IAN joins BARBARA in the courtyard.) BARBARA: I think... Tegana must have seen him going into it! IAN: Where's Tegana now? BARBARA: I don't know. IAN: Stay here. (IAN performs a quick search of the courtyard to see if TEGANA is hiding nearby.) IAN: Not a sign of him. Where's Marco? BARBARA: He must be in his room. IAN: Good. Now listen. Go and get the Doctor out of the ship, then hide. I'm going to try a bluff. If it works, we may be able to turn the tables on Tegana. Now, go quickly. (As IAN rushes off to find POLO. BARBARA approaches the TARDIS.) 15. INTERIOR - THE TARDIS (The DOCTOR continues his repairs, humming to himself.) 16. INTERIOR - SINJU WAY STATION (IAN has found POLO first.) IAN: Ah, Marco, I was just coming to have a word with you. POLO: What about? IAN: Well, I should have thought that was pretty obvious. POLO: Be more explicit Ian. IAN: Oh come on Marco, we're friends aren't we? POLO: We were. IAN: Well, why this sudden change? And tell me, why separate Susan and Ping-Cho? POLO: Susan is a bad influence. IAN: Oh, you can't really mean that. POLO: Ping-Cho's first loyalty is to me, yet she backs you against Tegana. IAN: Perhaps that's because we were telling the truth. It is possible, you know. POLO: Let me tell you something Ian. Tegana is a special emissary of Noghai on his way to talk peace with Kublai Khan. He's a very important man. You are mysterious travellers from some far-off land I know nothing about. Now, if you were in my position, a servant of Kublai Khan, whose word would you take? IAN: Well, I should keep an open mind. POLO: Yes... (At that moment, TEGANA arrives on the scene.) TEGANA: Marco, I... (He spots IAN.) I have... err... something... err... rather interesting... err... to show you. POLO: What is it? TEGANA: The old magician is in his... err... caravan. POLO: (Furiously.) He is what! Is this true Ian? IAN: Well... err... why don't we go outside and have a look? 17. COURTYARD - SINJU WAY STATION (POLO, IAN and TEGANA enter the courtyard and approach the TARDIS.) POLO: Are you sure about this? TEGANA: He's got another key - I saw him go inside. IAN: So all we can do now is wait for him to come out. POLO: This you are prepared to do? IAN: If it will convince you that Tegana is making trouble, we can wait here all night. POLO: Tegana, are you absolutely positive? TEGANA: When the w*r Lord Tegana says it is so, Marco, it is so. He is in there. (Suddenly, the DOCTOR emerges from the TARDIS.) IAN: Doctor, shut the door quickly! (The DOCTOR hurriedly turns around, and locks the TARDIS door.) POLO: I'm sorry I doubted your word Tegana. (He marches up to the DOCTOR, hand outstretched.) POLO: Give me the key, Doctor. DOCTOR: No. POLO: You're an old man, and I do not wish to use force. DOCTOR: That is what you'll precisely have to do Polo. (TEGANA forces the TARDIS key from the Doctor's hand.) TEGANA: (Holding up the key.) Bear witness, did I not say he had another key? DOCTOR: Put that key in the lock, Polo, and you will destroy the ship. Then where will your precious Khan be, hmmm? You need more than a key to enter my ship. You need knowledge. Knowledge you will never possess. POLO: Tell me. DOCTOR: No - understand? No! I'd let you wreck it first! POLO: (Screaming.) Guards! Guards! (A number of warriors burst in and surround the DOCTOR and IAN.) DOCTOR: Let go of me! (POLO turns to IAN.) POLO: Bear witness. I wear the gold seal of Kublai Khan, and by the authority it invests in me, I do hereby seize and hold your caravan in his name. Be warned. Any resistance to this decree is instantly punishable by death. DOCTOR: You poor, pathetic, stupid savage. POLO: Take them away! (The Doctor and Ian are dragged off by the guards, the DOCTOR's laughing at POLO.) TEGANA: Marco, are you now convinced which of us makes trouble? 18. MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL POLO: (Writing in journal.) What a nightmare this journey has become. Our progress is impeded because Tegana, the bearers and I must constantly be on the alert for any signs of trouble from the prisoners, and Ping-Cho's resentment of me only serves to make my task more difficult. But I have succeeded in keeping her away from them by setting up a separate tent for the Doctor and his companions. 19. INTERIOR - THE TIME TRAVELLERS' TENT (It is night in the bamboo forest. The Doctor and his companions remain closely guarded in their tent.) IAN: We can't go on like this! We must get out. (IAN angrily throws a china plate on to the ground.) BARBARA: Well, that's easier said than done. IAN: I know Barbara. I know the odds are against us, but at least we've got to try. DOCTOR: Yes, I quite agree with you. The ship's waiting outside, with the circuit finished and installed. BARBARA: And Polo has both keys. DOCTOR: Oh, that wretched child! SUSAN: Grandfather, Ping-Cho wouldn't say anything about the second key. I know she wouldn't. DOCTOR: Oh, my dear Susan, if you... IAN: Oh, don't you worry about that now! We must concentrate on getting one of those keys back. DOCTOR: Yes, and the only way I can see it, is that we should have to capture Polo. IAN: Why not? Take him hostage! BARBARA: But we're hopelessly outnumbered! IAN: Only by day. At night, we've got the edge on them. They've only got one guard, remember. SUSAN: Yes, but how are you going to disarm him? IAN: I don't know - somehow. I'll do it. DOCTOR: Now just a minute. First things first, young man. How are we going to get out of here, and remember that guard is out there watching for us. Hmmm? (IAN picks up the broken plate from the floor, and examines the jagged edge.) IAN: With this - I'll cut my way out. DOCTOR: That's a very good idea - good! IAN: As soon as I've dealt with that guard, I'll come back for you. DOCTOR: Right. (IAN commences to cut through the tent using the broken plate as a Kn*fe.) SUSAN: Grandfather, supposing Messr Marco won't give him the keys? DOCTOR: Don't worry my child. I think by the time I've finished with that gentleman, he'll only be too glad to let us go. (The DOCTOR chuckles.) 20. EXTERIOR - THE TIME TRAVELLERS' TENT (After cutting through the tent, IAN cautiously sneaks up behind the guard. However, the guard offers no resistance - he is lying motionless on the ground. IAN kneels next to the guard, and turns him over. He is d*ad, having been s*ab through the chest...)
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1. EXTERIOR - TIME TRAVELLERS' TENT (IAN cuts through the tent, and sneaks up behind the guard. However, the guard offers no resistance. IAN turns him over. The guard is d*ad, having been s*ab through the chest.) 2. THE BAMBOO FOREST (ACOMAT and the MONGOL warriors are hidden in the bamboo forest. ACOMAT turns to the Mongol warrior next to him.) ACOMAT: Are the men in position? MONGOL: The caravan is surrounded, my lord. ACOMAT: Do they know the signal to att*ck? MONGOL: Each one has been told that lord Tegana will wave a burning torch. ACOMAT: Then we shall watch for it. 3. INTERIOR - TIME TRAVELLERS' TENT (IAN rushes back into the time travellers' tent. The others immediately note his agitated state.) DOCTOR: What's the matter? Did you k*ll him? IAN: No, of course not. He was d*ad. BARBARA: d*ad? IAN: Yes, he's been s*ab. BARBARA: Bandits? IAN: They must be just on the point of attacking us. SUSAN: Grandfather, what are we going to do? DOCTOR: Well, continue with our plan, get the keys, and get out of here as soon as possible. SUSAN: (Looking out the tent.) Tegana! IAN: We're already too late, Doctor. The only thing I can do now is warn Marco. BARBARA: Be careful, Ian. IAN: I will. (IAN rushes out of the tent.) 4. MARCO POLO'S TENT (IAN creeps into POLO's tent, and attempts to wake POLO.) IAN: Marco, Marco... wake up. (POLO mumbles, reaching for his sword.) IAN: No, no, it's all right. (POLO turns sleepily towards IAN.) IAN: Marco, the guard's d*ad, I think we're in for a bandit att*ck. POLO: (Immediately sitting up.) Bandits? Where's Tegana? IAN: He's outside. I didn't tell him - I thought it best to tell you first. 5. EXTERIOR - CAMP (POLO and IAN rush out of the tent and join Tegana, who is standing next to the f*re.) POLO: Tegana, wake the bearers. TEGANA: What is it? POLO: Bandits. TEGANA: (Gesturing towards IAN.) What's he doing free? POLO: Never mind about that. A guard's been k*lled. Now, wake the bearers and get some swords, quickly. Call the others. IAN: (Calling to their tent.) Doctor, Susan, Barbara, quickly, here. (The DOCTOR, BARBARA and SUSAN emerge from the tent.) POLO: Miss Wright, Susan, go into the tent and stay there. SUSAN: What about Ping-Cho? POLO: Now, she sleeps now, but if she wakes up, make sure she stays with you. BARBARA: Yes. (SUSAN and BARBARA enter PING-CHO's tent just as TEGANA reappears. He is heavily armed.) POLO: Are the bearers awake? TEGANA: Yes, they've taken their positions around the edge of the camp. POLO: (Handing a sword to IAN.) Do you know how to use one of these? IAN: No, but given half a chance, I'll learn. DOCTOR: Pardon me... POLO: (Handing a sword to the DOCTOR.) If you're half as aggressive with this as you are with your tongue Doctor, we can't lose. IAN: How many of them are there likely to be? POLO: Oh, more than enough for us. DOCTOR: Well, we look a bit silly standing here, don't we? POLO: Then what do you suggest we do? DOCTOR: Use TARDIS. POLO: (Suspiciously.) Your caravan? To go where? DOCTOR: Yes, get out of here, anywhere where it's place... where it's safe. TEGANA: Look, this is another of the magician's tricks. I don't believe there are any bandits. POLO: Tegana, a guard is d*ad. TEGANA: (Indicating the DOCTOR and IAN.) Could they have not k*lled him? What better way to give this lie the ring of truth. IAN: Not everyone lives by your standards, Tegana. TEGANA: Well, where are these bandits if there are any? Why haven't they att*cked? I warn you Marco, if you go in their caravan, they will surely destroy you. DOCTOR: If you believe that Polo, you're a bigger fool that even I think you are. POLO: You deceived me before, Doctor. No, we will not use your caravan. If there are bandits, we shall fight. DOCTOR: (Waving the sword.) Well, we're not going to get very far with this overgrown bread Kn*fe! We shall have to use more enterprise than this. IAN: The Doctor's right, Marco. We need more than these swords. (IAN glances around their surroundings.) IAN: Wait a minute... perhaps we can outwit them! POLO: How? IAN: We'll use this bamboo. POLO: (Surprised.) Well, what good will that do? IAN: If we throw it on the f*re, it will expand and blow up. It's a terrifying noise. It's worth a chance, Marco. POLO: Let us hope time is our ally. 6. THE BAMBOO FOREST (ACOMAT and the Mongols continue waiting in the forest. Their impatience with TEGANA grows by the minute...) ACOMAT: What keeps him then? The moon will soon rise to deny us darkness. MONGOL: Perhaps he is sleeping. ACOMAT: True. He is not as young as we are. Tell the others, that unless he signals before the moon's first light, we att*ck then. MONGOL: As my lord commands. ACOMAT: But, not with stealth, as lord Tegana wished. We'll make sport of it. 7. EXTERIOR - CAMP (IAN and POLO have collected a large pile of bamboo. As they arrange the bamboo, POLO considers the implication of recent events.) POLO: (Contemplating to himself.) Does the lamb conceal the wolf, or the wolf the lamb? (POLO turns to IAN...) POLO: Were you trying to escape? IAN: Yes. POLO: It was very reckless of you. IAN: It was the only thing we could do. POLO: Even though failure might have meant death? IAN: We hoped we'd succeed. POLO: Tell me, Ian, what were you going to do to me? IAN: Take the key from you, and use you as a hostage until we were safely at the TARDIS. POLO: Then, I shall have to be more careful in future. IAN: Marco, I wish I could explain to you how important the TARDIS is to us. POLO: And I wish I could explain to you, Ian, how important it is to me. (IAN looks into the sky, realising it is useless to continue with the argument.) TEGANA: The moon will soon be up. POLO: Yes, we must gamble that the att*ck comes now. Tegana, wake the bearers. TEGANA: They are alert, Marco. IAN: All three of them, that makes seven. (IAN glances around, and notices that the Doctor has fallen asleep next to the f*re.) IAN: We can wake the Doctor. Marco, the bamboo will need time to heat up. POLO: Yes, we must gamble that the att*ck comes now. (IAN and POLO commence throwing the bamboo on to the f*re.) TEGANA: (Outraged.) There are no bandits! This was all a ruse. (Suddenly, the bandits begin to emerge from the forest surrounding them...) IAN: A ruse Tegana? POLO: (Raising his sword for battle.) Good luck, Ian. (IAN rushes over to the sleeping DOCTOR, and shakes him.) IAN: Doctor - wake up. The bandits! (The DOCTOR hands a box of matches to IAN. IAN quickly lights the pile of bamboo with a match.) 8. THE BAMBOO FOREST (The bandits move in...) 9. EXTERIOR - CAMP (Suddenly, the att*ck commences. The camp is filled with the sounds of swords clashing, and men screaming. POLO's bearers desperately attempt to hold off the attackers. ACOMAT notices TEGANA, and smiles scornfully.) ACOMAT: (Yelling.) So, the mighty w*rlord is awake! (Before ACOMAT can say another word, TEGANA rushes forward and kills him. Suddenly, amidst the confusion, the bamboo on the f*re begins to explode. Screaming in terror, the Mongol warriors rush back into the forest.) IAN: (Laughing.) They're running! They're running! (The DOCTOR laughs triumphantly as the group happily celebrate their victory. BARBARA, SUSAN and PING-CHO emerge from their tent.) IAN: We've won! we've won! (SUSAN and PING-CHO hug each other in relief.) SUSAN: What was the expl*si*n? POLO: Bamboo... the bandits thought there were devils in the f*re, and fled. DOCTOR: No, it wasn't the devils in the f*re. Their leader was k*lled. That's why they broke up and ran. TEGANA: Well, in battle all men face death. DOCTOR: And few expect to meet it. Hmmm! 10. MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL POLO: (Writing in journal.) At sunrise, we buried the d*ad, broke camp, travelled to the edge of the bamboo forest, and out beyond it onto the plain. But at midday, as we were all tired after the events of the previous night, I ordered a halt. 11. EXTERIOR - MAIN TENT (The caravan has halted momentarily in the middle of an arid plain. The DOCTOR, IAN and BARBARA are sitting around a table outside the "yurta" (the main tent). They are discussing the events of the previous night.) BARBARA: (Slamming a fist onto the table.) Surely he can't punish us! By trying to escape - we saved his life. DOCTOR: If that fool had any decency at all, he'd let us go. IAN: I doubt if he'll do that Doctor. DOCTOR: Well, then we must go on trying to escape. The circuit's finished, and all we need are those keys. IAN: That's not going to be very easy, is it, after last night. Marco's bound to be on his guard. (POLO and TEGANA appear from the main tent. The DOCTOR, IAN and BARBARA immediately become silent, refusing to meet Polo's eye.) POLO: I have a question to ask all of you. Will you promise, on your honour, not to attempt another escape? (There is no answer.) POLO: (Quietly.) So be it. DOCTOR: We sacrificed our freedom to save you. POLO: Yes I know, and in return, I revoke the seizure of your caravan by official decree. DOCTOR: (Sarcastically.) Huh! Very noble of you, I'm sure! IAN: What you're really saying, Marco, is that we're no longer Kublai Khan's prisoners - only yours, 'eh? POLO: That's right. DOCTOR: Thanks for nothing. POLO: All the freedoms you enjoyed before will be restored. Susan and Ping-Cho can share each other's company, and no guards will watch you by night. DOCTOR: And the keys to the TARDIS? POLO: As before, Doctor, they remain with me. And, I shall be guarded day and night. TEGANA: Marco, let me be your sword. POLO: (Forcefully.) You are in my charge, Tegana, not I in yours. (POLO strides back into the main tent. TEGANA hesitates a moment...) TEGANA: (To the DOCTOR.) Work your magic on him if you will, but make no move against me. (TEGANA re-enters the main tent.) IAN: He knows we're on to him. DOCTOR: Strange that Tegana should watch the f*re - a sort of menial job he'd order a guard to do. BARBARA: How could he? The guard was d*ad. IAN: Tegana wasn't to know that, otherwise he'd have given the alarm. DOCTOR: Would he? IAN: You mean he was implicated in the att*ck? DOCTOR: Of course he was. The bandit knew him - I'm certain he did. BARBARA: Ian, do you remember that bandit we buried this morning? I knew I'd seen him somewhere before. He was in the Cave of Five Hundred Eyes. DOCTOR: Yes, and he had to k*ll him or be exposed. IAN: But what's Tegana's game? What's he after? DOCTOR: My ship. IAN: Oh no, Doctor, he's terrified of it. It must be something else. Whatever it is, we're in the way, that's for sure. BARBARA: Marco too? IAN: I don't know - maybe. BARBARA: Well, shouldn't we warn... DOCTOR: No, no, sssh! We mustn't be impetuous. We must choose the right moment carefully. (The conversation is interrupted by the arrival of SUSAN and PING-CHO. They are accompanied by a young courier.) SUSAN: This is a courier from Kublai Khan. Have you seen Messr Marco? IAN: (Pointing towards the tent.) Yes, he's in there. PING-CHO: (To the courier.) Please be seated. LING-TAU: Thank you, my lady. PING-CHO: I will fetch him. (PING-CHO enters the main tent to find POLO.) SUSAN: (Introducing the courier.) His name is Ling-Tau. IAN: You look as though you've travelled far. LING-TAU: From the summer palace at Shang-Tu, my Lord. 12. INTERIOR - MAIN TENT (Sitting on his bunk, Polo has just completed his journal entry for the day. As he hides the TARDIS keys in the spine of the journal, PING-CHO enters.) POLO: What is it Ping-Cho? PING-CHO: A courier from the great Khan has arrived, Messr Marco. POLO: Ask him to wait, please. I'll be with him in a moment. (PING-CHO turns to walk off...) POLO: Ping-Cho, do I have your word not to tell anyone where these keys are? PING-CHO: (Quietly.) Yes, Messr Marco. 13. EXTERIOR - MAIN TENT (Outside the tent, the DOCTOR, IAN and BARBARA are talking to LING-TAU.) IAN: When did you leave Shang-Tu? LING-TAU: Yesterday, my lord. IAN: Yesterday! BARBARA: What! DOCTOR: But that's three hundred miles away, isn't it? LING-TAU: We change horses every league my lord. IAN: Every league! (LING-TAU indicates the bells around his waist.) LING-TAU: That's the reason we wear these, my lord - to warn the post-house of our arrival, and when we get there, a fresh horse is saddled and waiting, ready for the next three miles. BARBARA: And you ride without rest until you reach your destination? LING-TAU: Yes, my lady. DOCTOR: I would have thought it was a physical impossibility! LING-TAU: Our bodies would be shaken to pieces, my lord, were it not for these. Bound tight - like this one, on my head. (LING-TAU indicates his extra-tight riding breeches.) IAN: Tell me, are there many men who can ride such long distances without a break? LING-TAU: We are few, my lord. DOCTOR: Three hundred miles a days on horseback! Very few people can ride more than twenty five. LING-TAU: It's in our blood, my lord. We all come from the great steppes to the north. (POLO and PING-CHO appear from the main tent.) POLO: Courier! LING-TAU: My lord, Polo? POLO: I am he. LING-TAU: (Bowing.) The mighty Kublai Khan sends his greetings to his faithful servant. POLO: Thank you. (LING-TAU hands POLO a note.) POLO: Thank you. (POLO reads the note.) POLO: We must leave here at once. PING-CHO: Why, Messr Marco? POLO: Kublai Khan wishes to see me without delay. Six days hard riding from here is the city of Cheng-Ting, where we can take horses and ride on to Shang-Tu. PING-CHO: But our possessions, Messr Marco? POLO: They will have to follow on one of the many trade caravans that travels the route. DOCTOR: And the TARDIS? POLO: That too must follow on, Doctor. 14. MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL POLO: (Writing in journal.) My only concern now is to reach the summer palace as quickly as possible. So within an hour, we were on the move again, and on the sixth day of our journey, the spires of Cheng-Ting could be seen on our horizon. By later afternoon, we had arrived at the way station of the White City, as Cheng-Ting is often called. 15. INTERIOR - CHENG-TING WAY STATION (The way station at Cheng-Ting is the most extravagant the travellers have stopped at so far. The manager of the way station, Wang-Lo, a portly and fussy man, greets them.) WANG-LO: And how long will you honour us with your presence, my lord? POLO: We have to ride to Shang-Tu tomorrow. WANG-LO: (Theatrically.) Oh how sad! (SUSAN and PING-CHO wander into view...) WANG-LO: Good day, my gracious ladies. Cheng-Ting is so delightful at this time of the year. (At that moment, the DOCTOR rushes into the room. He is in an agitated state.) DOCTOR: Well, where is it? POLO: What? DOCTOR: The TARDIS. (POLO shrugs.) DOCTOR: Oh, dear, dear, dear, dear, dear. WANG-LO: I was advised of your pending arrival, my lord Marco, by a courier who passed this way from Shang-Tu. DOCTOR: Polo? POLO: What is it now? DOCTOR: I thought you said the TARDIS was to be placed in the courtyard. WANG-LO: To what does the old lord refer? POLO: His caravan. WANG-LO: Oh, that's what it is! I had it moved. DOCTOR: Where to? WANG-LO: The s*ab, my lord. DOCTOR: The s*ab? WANG-LO: Well, I could hardly leave it in the hanging garden, my lord, now could I? POLO: It will be safe enough there, Doctor. What... er... when does the next commerce caravan leave for Shang-Tu? WANG-LO: Umm, the day after tomorrow, my lord. POLO: Will you see that all the baggage goes with it, including that caravan? WANG-LO: (Smiling broadly.) I shall make it a personal duty, my lord Marco. And now, if you step this way, I'll escort you to your apartment. POLO: Thank you. (As WANG-LO leads Polo away, the Doctor scowls. He turns to IAN and BARBARA...) DOCTOR: (Mimicking WANG-LO's sing-song voice.) "I could hardly have it placed in the hanging garden, now could I" What does he think it is? A potting shed, or something. BARBARA: Well it's better there than in the courtyard, Doctor. At least it's out of sight. 16. COURTYARD - CHENG-TING WAY STATION (SUSAN and PING-CHO are sitting next to the fish pond in the courtyard. They are watching the goldfish swim through the water.) SUSAN: Look at that one there. He's just like Wang-Lo, all fat, smooth and silky. And look at this one here - he's very solemn. He's just like Marco Polo. And look at this one dashing around all over the place. He's got Ian's energy. Ah, look, that one's all by itself. It's independent, like Barbara. (One of the goldfish suddenly hides by itself.) PING-CHO: There's you Susan, hmmm? A wicked goldfish. (SUSAN laughs.) SUSAN: Now, where are you Ping-Cho? Oh, look there - that little pretty one down there, with the wedding veil. (PING-CHO struggles to hold back the tears.) SUSAN: Oh, Ping-Cho, I'm sorry. PING-CHO: How I miss my home in Samarkand. And your home Susan? You've never told me about that. Is it so very far away? SUSAN: (Sadly.) Yes, it is. It's as far away as a night star. PING-CHO: But you can reach it from Venice, can't you? SUSAN: No, Ping-Cho, no, I can't. PING-CHO: And if Messr Marco does give your caravan to Kublai Khan, you will never see your home again? SUSAN: That's right. PING-CHO: I gave him my word Susan. I promised not to tell anyone where he put the key. SUSAN: And I promise you that no-one will ask you. 17. s*ab - CHENG-TING WAY STATION (In the s*ab, TEGANA meets KUIJU, a sinister looking man wearing an eyepatch. There is a small monkey sitting on Kuiju's shoulder. The two of them are examining the TARDIS.) KUIJU: What is it, lord? TEGANA: A w*rlord's tomb. I want it. Can you arrange to have it taken for me? KUIJU: Are you prepared to pay a good price? TEGANA: How much? (TEGANA offers KUIJU some paper currency.) KUIJU: We want gold, not Kublai Khan's paper money. TEGANA: You shall have it. KUIJU: In advance. TEGANA: One half tonight, the other half when I get the tomb. KUIJU: 100 golden pieces. TEGANA: You shall have it. KUIJU: That first part, my lord. When do I receive it? TEGANA: Tonight. KUIJU: The street of the beggars at midnight. TEGANA: I shall be there. KUIJU: (Chuckling.) So shall I. (As KUIJU walks off, TEGANA studies the TARDIS.) TEGANA: A w*rlord's tomb. More than that, a Khan's throne for Noghai. 18. INTERIOR - CHENG-TING WAY STATION, MARCO POLO'S ROOM (POLO is putting away his journal, when there is a knock on the door.) POLO: Come in. (PING-CHO enters.) PING-CHO: It is dinner time, Messr Marco. POLO: Thank you, Ping-Cho. (POLO notices the state of his hands.) POLO: Oh dear, I have ink on my fingers. I will join you there. (As soon as POLO walks off to wash his hands, PING-CHO quickly removes a key from the spine of the journal.) 19. COURTYARD - CHENG-TING WAY STATION (Later on, PING-CHO meets with SUSAN in the courtyard.) PING-CHO: I have something to give you. SUSAN: What is it? PING-CHO: Can't you guess? SUSAN: No. PING-CHO: This. (PING-CHO hands over the key to an astonished SUSAN.) SUSAN: Ping-Cho! But you promised Messr Marco... PING-CHO:...not to tell anyone. I haven't. You don't know where I got it. SUSAN: But he'll be terribly angry! PING-CHO: (Smiling.) But one of us will be on their way home. (As they hug each other, TEGANA walks past.) TEGANA: Good night, ladies. PING-CHO: Good-night my lord. SUSAN: Do you think he saw it? PING-CHO: No, I don't think so. Let me go up to our room before you tell the others. SUSAN: Yes, all right. PING-CHO: You will say good-bye, won't you? SUSAN: Of course I will! (Beginning to cry.) Ping-Cho... what can I say? 20. COURTYARD - CHENG-TING WAY STATION (AT NIGHT) (Later that night, after everyone else has fallen asleep, the escape plan is put into operation. The Doctor and his companions sneak into the courtyard.) IAN: (Whispering.) Got the key Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, of course I have. (As they are about to enter the courtyard, IAN beckons for everyone to stop.) IAN: Get back - there's a guard. DOCTOR: Dear, dear, dear, dear, haven't you any ideas? IAN: Yes... yes I have. (IAN searches around the area, until he finds a goblet. He fills it up with water, and drunkenly approaches the guard, placing his arm around the guard's soldier. The guard is momentarily alarmed.) IAN: Why don't you have a drink? (IAN and the guard laugh drunkenly. Ian leads the guard away from the courtyard, holding the goblet teasingly in front of him.) SUSAN: (Looking around.) Ping-Cho... (As the Doctor and Barbara approach the TARDIS, SUSAN wanders off to find PING-CHO. Nearby, IAN suddenly turns around, and knocks the guard unconscious. The DOCTOR quickly places the key in the TARDIS lock, and opens the door... the DOCTOR, IAN and BARBARA rush into the TARDIS console room.) 21. INTERIOR - TARDIS (The DOCTOR immediately rushes around the console, setting levers and dials.) DOCTOR: All right Doctor, close the doors. (The DOCTOR presses the level on the console. The doors glide close...) IAN: Wait! Where's Susan? Where is she? BARBARA: She must have gone to say good-bye to Ping-Cho. DOCTOR: What on Earth does that child think she's doing? Great Olympus! IAN: Don't panic. Give her a second. I knocked out the guard. 22. COURTYARD - CHENG-TING WAY STATION (Outside in the courtyard, SUSAN meets up with PING-CHO. They sadly hug each other good-bye. SUSAN quickly rushes back to the TARDIS. Suddenly, TEGANA emerges from the darkness, and grabs SUSAN. SUSAN screams.) SUSAN: Grandfather!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x18 - Rider From Shang-Tu"}
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1. COURTYARD - CHENG-TING WAY STATION (In the courtyard, SUSAN rushes back to the TARDIS after saying goodbye to PING-CHO. Suddenly, TEGANA emerges from the darkness, and grabs Susan.) SUSAN: (Screaming.) Grandfather! 2. INTERIOR - TARDIS (The DOCTOR, IAN and BARBARA watch helplessly as the events unfold on the TARDIS scanner...) 3. COURTYARD - CHENG-TING WAY STATION (IAN slowly walks from the TARDIS.) IAN: Tegana... TEGANA: Stand still. IAN: Let her go. TEGANA: No. IAN: Let us all go. I appeal to you. What possible difference could it make to you - you hate Marco. TEGANA: Is the old man inside the caravan? IAN: Yes. TEGANA: And the other woman? IAN: Yes. TEGANA: Tell them to come out. (Noticing that IAN remains motionless, TEGANA tightens his grip on SUSAN.) TEGANA: Do as I command! (IAN reluctantly beckons for the DOCTOR and BARBARA to emerge from the TARDIS. As the DOCTOR and BARBARA walk out, POLO appears.) DOCTOR: (As he is approached.) There is no need. POLO: What's happened? TEGANA: They would all have escaped if I had not caught this one. (TEGANA indicates SUSAN, whom he is still holding in a firm grip.) DOCTOR: (To POLO.) Tell that man to take his hands off my grandchild. POLO: The key first, Doctor. (The DOCTOR reluctantly hands over the TARDIS key.) POLO: Release her, Tegana. (TEGANA hesitates... but POLO eventually forces TEGANA to release his hold over SUSAN. SUSAN immediately rushes over to the DOCTOR, and hugs him in relief.) TEGANA: What are you... let me k*ll them, and be done with it. POLO: We will k*ll no-one. TEGANA: Are you mad? They will only escape again. POLO: I don't think so. (SUSAN releases her grip of the DOCTOR, and bows her head sadly.) SUSAN: I'm sorry grandfather. DOCTOR: So long as you're safe Susan. That's all that matters. POLO: Where did you get the key, Doctor? PING-CHO: Messr Marco... IAN: (Hurriedly.) I took it. POLO: You did? IAN: Yes, I searched your room last night. POLO: (Thoughtfully.) I see. IAN: What are you going to do about it? POLO: Tomorrow morning at dawn, we ride to Shang-Tu. When next you see your caravan, it will be at the great Khan's summer palace, and that will make an end of it. 4. MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL POLO: (Writing in journal.) A day of hard riding. We left Cheng-Ting at dawn, and by dusk, had covered forty miles. As this is a densely populated area of Cathay, accommodation is not hard to find, and we have stopped for the night at an inn. Our baggage, including the Doctor's caravan, is following on with a trade caravan. 5. INTERIOR - NEXT WAY STATION (The travellers are weary after the day's riding. In the main room of the way station, IAN and BARBARA are talking.) IAN: How's the Doctor? Got over his ride yet? BARBARA: (Smiling.) No, I don't think we'll ever get him on another horse as long as he lives. (IAN laughs.) BARBARA: Listen, we need the TARDIS. You must talk to Marco. IAN: Talk to Marco! I've done nothing else but talk to Marco. (At that moment, POLO appears.) BARBARA: (Hurriedly.) Oh, Marco, Ian wants a word with you. I'm feeling a bit tired, so I think I'll go off to bed. (Before IAN has the chance to reply, BARBARA quickly rushes off to her room.) IAN: (Shouting after BARBARA.) But... just a minute... Barbara, come here! POLO: Well? IAN: Marco, you must give us back the TARDIS. POLO: Is that what you want to talk to me about? IAN: Yes. POLO: Look, I've told you before Ian, you know what this caravan means to me. If I give it to the Khan, he'll let me go home. IAN: But we want to go home too Marco. And we can't go home without the TARDIS. POLO: I have offered to take you back to Venice with me, and see you safely on your way home from there. IAN: By boat. We can't go by boat, Marco, we need the TARDIS. POLO: Why Ian? Why? IAN: All right, I'll tell you why. And I'll tell you the truth. I don't suppose you'll believe it, but still. As I told you, I come from England. Barbara as well. POLO: Well, I grant you England's a long way, but the journey's not impossible, Ian. The Crusaders did it. IAN: The Crusaders! Oh, Marco, to me, the Crusaders lived seven hundred years ago. POLO: What are you talking about, Ian? The Crusaders were in the holy land, twenty-five years ago. IAN: I come from another time. Our caravan, it not only covers distance, it can cross time. POLO: (Disbelievingly.) Travel into the past and the future? IAN: Yes... I know it's difficult to believe, but it's the truth. POLO: On my travels to Cathay, Ian, I have come to believe many things which I previously doubted. For instance, when I was a boy in Venice, they told me that in Cathay, there was a stone which b*rned. I did not believe them, but there is such a stone. I have seen it. IAN: It's black isn't it? POLO: Yes. IAN: Coal. POLO: In Cathay, we call it the burning stone. And if a stone burns, why not a caravan that flies? Birds fly. I have even seen fish that fly. You are asking me to believe that your caravan can defy the passage of the sun, move, not merely from one place to another, but from today into tomorrow, today into yesterday? No Ian... that I cannot accept. IAN: I'm telling you the truth, Marco. POLO: Are you Ian? IAN: I swear it. (POLO considers what IAN has said. He holds up the TARDIS key.) POLO: Where did you get that? IAN: From your room. POLO: Whereabouts? Where had I hidden it? (IAN remains silent.) POLO: Come Ian, surely you know where you found it? (IAN continues to remain silent.) POLO: You didn't find it, did you? It was given to you, and you lied about finding it to protect Ping-Cho. Ian, don't you see it doesn't matter to me why you lied. What is important is the fact that you are capable of lying. IAN: So you don't believe me when I say I came from another time. POLO: If I did Ian, I would give you the key. 6. STAIRCASE (PING-CHO has been listening to the latter parts of the conversation... she re-enters her room, and turns to the sleeping SUSAN.) PING-CHO: Goodbye Susan. 7. INTERIOR - WAY STATION (NEXT MORNING) (Next morning, PING-CHO's disappearance has been discovered. IAN rushes down the stairs and joins BARBARA in the main room.) BARBARA: Well? IAN: There's no sign of her. BARBARA: She must have run away. But why? IAN: Because of that key, obviously. (POLO and SUSAN enter the room.) SUSAN: I'm sorry, Messr Marco, I didn't hear a word... POLO: I'm not blaming you, Susan. But we must find her, and quickly. BARBARA: Susan, have you any idea where she'd go? (SUSAN remains silent.) BARBARA: Well, speak up. POLO: There are robbers and cut-throats on the road! SUSAN: I... I think she might have tried to reach home. POLO: Samarkand? (SUSAN nods.) POLO: But that's a thousand miles from here! TEGANA: Will we go back and find her? POLO: I suppose we must... TEGANA: The Khan ordered you to ride without delay to Shang-Tu. POLO: I am also responsible for Ping-Cho's safety. TEGANA: Well... you're the one who will face his wrath. IAN: Will the Khan be angry, Marco? POLO: Of course, he will. IAN: Very well then. You ride on, I'll go back and find Ping-Cho. POLO: Alone? IAN: Why not? I can remember the road we came along. She can't be far. But she is in danger, and you yourself can't go... POLO: What do you hope to gain by this gesture, Ian? (IAN glares at POLO, refusing to answer the question.) POLO: I'm sorry. When do you want to start? IAN: As soon as possible. (POLO turns to one of the bearers.) POLO: Go with Messr Ian and prepare a horse and provisions. (The bearer nods, and leads IAN away.) BARBARA: Don't worry Marco. He'll bring her back. You mustn't underestimate him. TEGANA: Very good advice, Marco. 8. INTERIOR - CHENG-TING WAY STATION (Back at the previous way station at Cheng-Ting, WANG-LO is making arrangements with an important Chinese lady.) WANG-LO: (To an employee.) When the embroiderers arrive, take them straight to the lady May-Ching. (WANG-LO turns back to the group of ladies, smiling broadly.) WANG-LO: My ladies, I cannot tell you how... hmmm... how wonderful it is to... (WANG-LO suddenly notices someone waving to him from the courtyard.) WANG-LO: Please forgive us... excuse me. (WANG-LO walks into the courtyard and confronts the shifty bandit, KUIJU.) WANG-LO: What do you want? KUIJU: The trade caravan to Shang-Tu. WANG-LO: (Looking around for the commander of the caravan.) Where is the other man? KUIJU: The old man isn't here... (KUIJU hands a scrolled parchment to WANG-LO. WANG-LO carefully scans its contents.) KUIJU: It's my authority to collect the... WANG-LO: (Impatiently.) I see! I've got eyes. It's in the s*ab. (Sighing, WANG-LO walks off with the parchment...) KUIJU: Hey! Give that to me! WANG-LO: (Waving KUIJU away.) Now, about your business! KUIJU: The old man is a fool... (Still holding on to the document, WANG-LO ignores KUIJU, and turns back to another group of travellers.) WANG-LO: Please follow me. (WANG-LO re-enters the way station with the other travellers. A few moments later, PING-CHO stumbles into the courtyard. She notices KUIJU standing a short distance away.) PING-CHO: My lord? KUIJU: Yes. PING-CHO: Are you with the caravan, my lord? KUIJU: I am, my lady. PING-CHO: Is your caravan bound for Samarkand? KUIJU: It might, why? PING-CHO: I would like to journey with your caravan, unless it is going to Shang-Tu. KUIJU: Err... it's possible... PING-CHO: I can pay. (PING-CHO searches through her pockets for all the money that she has.) KUIJU: (Hesitatingly.) Err... come to think of it... we do strike inland... I'll talk to the commander of the caravan. PING-CHO: Shall I come with you? KUIJU: No, you wait here. Give me the money... (PING-CHO hands over the money to a smiling KUIJU...) KUIJU: Don't worry, little one. I'll arrange it. (With a final grin, KUIJU walks off from the courtyard. As KUIJU chuckles, the monkey on his shoulder also begins to cackle. A few moments later, PING-CHO suspects something is wrong when KUIJU fails to re-appear. She approaches Wang-Lo, and tells the story to him...) WANG-LO: You paid money? You foolish child. You've been robbed. PING-CHO: Robbed? What shall I do? It was all the money I had. (WANG-LO peers at PING-CHO suspiciously.) WANG-LO: Haven't I seen you before? Not long since... I know! You were with Messr Marco Polo's caravan. PING-CHO: No, my lord, no... WANG-LO: (Horrified.) What have you done child? Run away? Oh... (At that moment, IAN enters the courtyard. PING-CHO, unable to control her emotions any longer, bursts into tears. She rushes into IAN's arms.) IAN: Ping-Cho, why did you do it? PING-CHO: The key... and I can't marry a man old enough to be my grandfather. I can't. Please don't take me back. Please... IAN: I must Ping-Cho. I promised Marco. WANG-LO: I knew I'd seen her before, my lord. Silly child - let herself be robbed. IAN: What? WANG-LO: Oh, some villain, posing as a caravan driver, took all her money on the promise of letting her travel inland with the caravan. IAN: Where did you meet this man? PING-CHO: Here. WANG-LO: At my way station? Impossible! PING-CHO: No, my lord, he was in the courtyard with you. WANG-LO: (Suddenly remembering.) Oh, that one! But he was going to Shang-Tu. I have the document authorising him to take the old lord's caravan from the s*ab. Here it is. (WANG-LO indicates the scrolled parchment, still in his hand.) IAN: So the TARDIS is on the road to Shang-Tu, eh? WANG-LO: It's... err... possible. (As IAN tries to comfort the upset PING-CHO, another man walks into the way station, and approaches WANG-LO.) COURIER: The trade caravan to Shang-Tu, excellency - there is something here for us to take. WANG-LO: Oh, but the other man said you were ill! COURIER: What other man? WANG-LO: The one that took the old lord's caravan. COURIER: (Indicating a scroll.) But here's my authorisation. WANG-LO: But... but... (IAN notices the look of confusion on WANG-LO's face...) IAN: What's the matter? WANG-LO: (Embarrassed.) Oh, nothing, my lord. Just a slight confusion. I'm sure it can be rectified. IAN: It's been stolen? (WANG-LO hangs his head.) IAN: The TARDIS has been stolen! 9. MARCO POLO'S JOURNAL POLO: (Writing in journal.) I hope all is well and Ian has found Ping-Cho. Our progress towards Shang-Tu continues to be excellent, and we are now beyond the Great Wall, spending the fourth night of our journey at an inn about fifty miles from the summer palace. 10. INTERIOR - NEXT WAY STATION (At the next way station, POLO and TEGANA are in the middle of a heated argument...) TEGANA: You trust too much, and doubt too little! Marco, let me go back after him. POLO: I will not agree to this! TEGANA: But Marco... POLO: Look, it's no good... how will it appear if I stand before the Khan without you? You speak for Noghai... silence could mean w*r... TEGANA: But... POLO: You must be at the summer palace. You must be, I say! TEGANA: Marco, the magician's caravan. Why do you think Ian offered so readily... so... so eagerly to go back after... after Ping-Cho? POLO: What's your point? TEGANA: Ping-Cho could be anywhere - the... the chances of finding her are very small. But, Ian knows where the caravan is... he knows exactly where it is. POLO: You're wrong Tegana. I think I know something of Ian's character... TEGANA: You can't know it all. Marco, just give me a strong horse... now by using your name, I can bring them both back to you. I can bring the girl to you, and the caravan will be safe. You need the caravan. Because when peace is concluded with Kublai Khan, he might very well exchange this magician's caravan for your return to Venice. (At that moment, there are the sounds of laughter. BARBARA and SUSAN appear - both are in a cheerful mood.) TEGANA: Ah... all their sympathies are with Ping-Cho. They are all against this marriage. POLO: Then why did Ian go back to look for her? TEGANA: Exactly. (TEGANA turns to a giggling SUSAN and BARBARA.) TEGANA: I'm glad to see that your humour is not impaired by our misfortune. BARBARA: What do you mean? What misfortune? TEGANA: Well... your friend Ian has not returned. We can only assume that he has failed to find Ping-Cho. BARBARA: Oh, you haven't given him enough time yet. SUSAN: Anyway, I'm glad. I hope he doesn't. TEGANA: Oh I see. You want to see her alone, do you? Without friends? She might be kidnapped, m*rder. SUSAN: Well, that won't happen to her. She's got money. She can buy a safe passage home... TEGANA: Money! Are we all to sit in fear for her... and her intended husband sits in despair? SUSAN: Oh, even you couldn't be so cruel as to want her to marry a man four times her age! TEGANA: (Chuckling.) Even I? I thank you, lady. (TEGANA turns to BARBARA.) TEGANA: And this is your opinion too, I suppose? BARBARA: I suppose so. POLO: One moment. Are you opposed to Ping-Cho's marriage? BARBARA: (Hesitating.) Look, why are we... POLO: Answer my question please. BARBARA: Yes I am - completely opposed to it. TEGANA: How very unusual for you and Ian to disagree. BARBARA: It isn't unusual at all. We don't agree about everything. And in this case, we're in complete agreement - all of us. POLO: This marriage has the Khan's blessing. Am I to understand that you oppose it? Am I?? BARBARA: Yes. POLO: All four of you? BARBARA: Yes, all four of us. (POLO turns to TEGANA.) POLO: Take your horse Tegana. You have my leave to go. Use my name or such powers as you will, but bring them both to the summer palace. TEGANA: I shall do so. (TEGANA nods, and walks off to prepare for the journey.) SUSAN: Why did you do that? POLO: To make certain. SUSAN: Certain of what? POLO: That Ian has gone back to look for Ping-Cho, and not your caravan. 11. INTERIOR - CHENG-TING WAY STATION (At the Cheng-Ting way station, WANG-LO is using all of his charm in talking to the important Chinese ladies. The ladies suddenly burst out laughing at one of Wang-Lo's comments. Nearby, IAN is talking to PING-CHO about the TARDIS...) IAN: I've got to find it. I've got to. But where? PING-CHO: Perhaps it is still here. IAN: No, no, Ping-Cho. We should have heard. No, it's been taken all right. Is must have been taken by some old road... some route that's no longer used... PING-CHO: The Karakorum road. IAN: Karakorum? But Karakorum's the capital of the Mongol empire. PING-CHO: Not any more. Not since the Khan built his palace at Peking. IAN: Yes, but it'll still be an important place. I mean caravans will still go there. PING-CHO: Karakorum was not a city of stone. It was just a collection of tents. When the Khan moved, the Mongols dispersed. IAN: So the road isn't used any more? PING-CHO: Never. IAN: Then, that will be the answer! PING-CHO: Why would someone take the TARDIS to Karakorum? IAN: (Shaking his head.) I don't know Ping-Cho. But until I find it, we shall never leave Kublai Khan's Cathay... 12. SHANG-TU - THE SUMMER PALACE (POLO's group ride into the Khan's summer palace at Shang-Tu. They stare around the wondrous surroundings in awe. Amidst the intricately designed pavilions, there are a number of carefully tended gardens. After dismounting from their horses, POLO's group is met by the Grand VIZIER, who is responsible for managing the KHAN's summer palace.) VIZIER: (Grandly.) The Great w*rlord and Master of the World, mighty Kublai Khan is pleased to grant you an audience. POLO: We wait the Great Khan's pleasure. (Led by the Grand VIZIER, the group make their way towards the main palace. The DOCTOR stares around the surroundings in amazement...) DOCTOR: It's all Chinese - very interesting. It's odd that a Mongol should choose Chinese architecture. SUSAN: Did you see those beautiful pavilions? BARBARA: Yes - weren't they magnificent? POLO: Some of them are made of solid gold. SUSAN: Are they? DOCTOR: What size are the grounds? POLO: Oh, they're enormous. They have to be to accommodate the Khan's two great passions - hunting and falconry. Do you know in his s*ab, he has ten thousand white stallions? DOCTOR: (Rubbing his back.) Yes, well one's enough for me, young man. Red, white or blue! (The group finally enter the main throne room.) VIZIER: When great Kublai Khan appears, you will make your obeisance to him so that he may look kindly upon you, and spare your worthless lives. DOCTOR: Pray then, what am I supposed to do, sir? VIZIER: Kowtow. Kneel upon the ground and touch your forehead upon the floor three times. DOCTOR: (Outraged.) I shall do no such thing! VIZIER: Kublai Khan is the mightiest man the world has ever seen. Not to pay him homage will cost you your head. DOCTOR: Well, if it breaks my back, then he can take all of me! So why waste time on small items? SUSAN: Grandfather please... DOCTOR: (Grouchily.) Oh, do be quiet child! I'm not going to make a spectacle of... VIZIER: Silence! (A gong suddenly sounds.) VIZIER: Those who dare to come before the sight of the great Kublai Khan, kowtow. (Another gong sounds.) VIZIER: Kowtow before the w*rlord of Warlords. Mighty and fearful in his strength. Kowtow before the Ruler of Asia, India, Cathay and other territories. Kowtow before the Master of the World. (As the other members of the group kowtow, the DOCTOR groans in agony as he kneels to the floor.) SUSAN: Grandfather, go on, get down... VIZIER: (Noticing the DOCTOR.) Kowtow! Kowtow! DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes... I'll manage it... VIZIER: Kowtow! (The DOCTOR tries to bend over, but the pain in his back proves too unbearable. The DOCTOR continues to moan in agony. Suddenly, at the cue of fanfare, Kublai KHAN enters the room. He is an aging old man with a long silver beard. He walks very slowly into the room, due to a large lump on his foot (the KHAN suffers from gout). Muttering in pain, the KHAN surveys the group in front of him. He notices the DOCTOR also crying in great agony...) THE KHAN: Do you mock our afflictions? DOCTOR: It's my back... THE KHAN: What ails it? DOCTOR: It's broken! VIZIER: Don't be impertinent! DOCTOR: I am not being impertinent, sir. I'm far from unwell... VIZIER: How dare you speak out! (Ignoring the DOCTOR's protests, the Grand VIZIER tries to physically force the DOCTOR to bend forward while on his knees.) VIZIER: This gout will be the end of us! THE KHAN: Get up. POLO: My lord... THE KHAN: Get up all of you. (The VIZIER assists the DOCTOR to stand. Kublai KHAN turns to the other members of the group.) THE KHAN: (To POLO.) These gracious ladies also accompany you? POLO: They do, my lord. THE KHAN: We bid you welcome to our Court... ladies. What's the matter with him? (Kublai KHAN indicates the DOCTOR.) POLO: Oh, five days hard riding on horseback, my lord. The Doctor's not accustomed to it. THE KHAN: Doctor? Oh? Is he?... Are you perchance, a physician? DOCTOR: I am not a doctor of medicine, sir, otherwise I should be able to cure these pains. THE KHAN: Oh, what a pity. Where is the w*rlord Tegana? POLO: Riding for Shang-Tu, my lord, with the lady Ping-Cho and a companion of theirs. THE KHAN: Noghai's army is encamped at Karakorum. POLO: (Disbelievingly.) But that's impossible my lord! When Tegana joined my caravan, Noghai's army was only forty miles north of Samarkand. THE KHAN: Then it stands hundred miles from Shang-Tu. We are very anxious to hear Tegana's explanation of his master's conduct. POLO: I can understand my lord's concern, and it is my fault that he is not here. THE KHAN: We are on our guard against treachery... our patrols watch the Karakorum road, and tomorrow, we ride for Peking. SUSAN: Must we go too? VIZIER: Silence! Speak only when you are addressed. THE KHAN: Tut... tut... tut. What was it you say? SUSAN: Well, I wondered if we might wait for Ping-Cho, my lord. THE KHAN: No, I think it is better that you ride with us. DOCTOR: (Moaning.) Oh, not another horse! THE KHAN: You spoke?! DOCTOR: I said I don't think I could get on another horse. THE KHAN: Then walk! DOCTOR: In my present condition sir? And what about that lump of yours, hmmm? VIZIER: The Master of the World has a carriage of state. DOCTOR: (Muttering.) Well, well, he's lucky... he won't be jogged about... THE KHAN: (Chuckling.) Tomorrow, you will ride in state, with us. DOCTOR: Thank you. (The KHAN is suddenly struck by intense pain.) THE KHAN: (To the VIZIER.) Find suitable accommodation for our guests. VIZIER: As my lord commands. THE KHAN: Marco... POLO: My lord? THE KHAN: When Tegana arrives, bring him directly to us. POLO: Very good, my lord. THE KHAN: (To the Doctor.) We... we have healing waters here which relieve my gout. Come... let us observe their effects upon your aches and pains. DOCTOR: Very well... very well. THE KHAN: Oh, what a trial old age is. DOCTOR: It must be borne with dignity, sir. THE KHAN: Oh, dignity... yes of course. Now, take my arm friend. (Moaning and grumbling to one another, the DOCTOR and Kublai KHAN, linked arm-in-arm, slowly hobble from the throne room. SUSAN watches in amusement as the two old men leave the room. She laughs.) SUSAN: That's the mighty Kublai Khan! POLO: Laugh if you will, Susan, but he is the greatest administrator the world has ever seen. SUSAN: I'm sorry Messr Marco. BARBARA: Marco, we can't leave here tomorrow, not without Ian and Ping-Cho. POLO: I'm afraid we have no choice, Barbara. Don't worry, Tegana will bring them. BARBARA: Will he? 13. THE ROAD TO KARAKORUM (On the road to Karakorum, KUIJU is resting in a clearing. He sits next to a small f*re, while his monkey scampers around nearby. The TARDIS is strapped securely to one of the wagons. Unknown to KUIJU, IAN and PING-CHO are hiding behind a shrub.) PING-CHO: (Looking at KUIJU.) That's him, Messr Ian. That's the man who robbed me. IAN: Yes... it looks as though he's waiting for something. Waiting for somebody... that's why he's brought the TARDIS here. Take cover... get down, Ping-Cho. (IAN sneaks towards KUIJU, but the bandit hears the sounds of approaching footsteps. KUIJU draws his dagger, and faces IAN.) KUIJU: Who are you? What do you want? Speak! PING-CHO: (Appearing from the shrub.) Where's my money? (KUIJU is momentarily alarmed by PING-CHO's sudden appearance. IAN quickly knocks the dagger from KUIJU's hand, and picks it up before the bandit has the chance to recover. IAN presses the dagger against KUIJU's throat.) IAN: (Angrily.) Where is it? Where's the young girl's money? KUIJU: In my pouch, lord. IAN: Get it, Ping-Cho... (PING-CHO searches around in KUIJU's pouch, and re-takes her money.) IAN: You're a greedy man aren't you? And you brought the old lord's caravan here, I suppose, to get money? Well, was it? KUIJU: (Terrified.) Yes lord! IAN: And who's going to give you that money? Tell me! Tell me! KUIJU: Arghh! The w*rlord Tegana! IAN: Tegana...! (Suddenly, TEGANA appears in the clearing, clutching his sword. PING-CHO screams as TEGANA grabs hold of her. Ian moves the dagger further towards KUIJU's throat as TEGANA moves closer.) IAN: I'll k*ll him. (TEGANA waves his sword impassively.) TEGANA: Do so. He is of no importance. (IAN hesitates as he moves the dagger millimetres from KUIJU's throat...) TEGANA: Come... come...
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x19 - Mighty Kublai Khan"}
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1. THE ROAD TO KARAKORUM (IAN and PING-CHO have confronted KUIJU about the stolen TARDIS.) IAN: Tegana... (Suddenly, TEGANA appears in the clearing, clutching his sword. PING-CHO screams as TEGANA grabs hold of her. IAN moves the dagger further towards KUIJU's throat as TEGANA moves closer.) IAN: I'll k*ll him. (TEGANA waves his sword impassively.) TEGANA: Do so. He is of no importance. (IAN hesitates as he moves the dagger millimetres from KUIJU's throat...) TEGANA: Come... come... (TEGANA tightens his grip on PING-CHO.) IAN: Will the mighty w*rlord k*ll a child as well? TEGANA: If in my way, as you are. IAN: And Kublai Khan? Is he in your way too? TEGANA: I serve Noghai. And with that, he will rule the world. (TEGANA indicates the TARDIS.) IAN: Only the Doctor can make that work. TEGANA: Noghai's sorcerers will reveal its secrets. Now, enough of this game. (TEGANA extends his sword, just as LING-TAU and a group of warriors burst into the clearing.) LING-TAU: Disarm them! (The warriors quickly move through the party, confiscating IAN's dagger and TEGANA's sword. KUIJU suddenly makes a run for freedom...) LING-TAU: Stop him! (One of the warriors quickly intercepts KUIJU, and delivers the bandit a fatal blow with a sword. Kuiju cries out in agony...) LING-TAU: (To the warrior.) You fool! I did not command his death. TEGANA: (To LING-TAU.) My name is Tegana - the w*rlord. Get rid of these men. (TEGANA indicates the warriors surrounding him.) LING-TAU: I am Ling-Tau, captain and courier in the great Khan's service. (TEGANA indicates IAN, PING-CHO, and the TARDIS.) TEGANA: They were trying to steal the Khan's property. IAN: That's not true. (LING-TAU looks uncertainly at IAN and PING-CHO...) LING-TAU: I remember both of you. You were with Messr Marco Polo's caravan. PING-CHO: (Pointing to TEGANA.) He is the thief - we caught him with that. LING-TAU: Pardon me, my lady. I have not the authority to judge in this dispute. It's a matter for the great Khan. TEGANA: Then take us to Shang-Tu. LING-TAU: The great Khan has left the summer palace at Shang-Tu, my Lord. You will see him in Peking. 2. PEKING PALACE - THRONE ROOM (Marco POLO's party has arrived at Kublai KHAN's Peking palace. In the throne room of the palace, the DOCTOR and Kublai KHAN are playing backgammon. Kublai shakes his head in amazement as the DOCTOR wins yet again...) DOCTOR: My game? THE KHAN: You're too good for us at backgammon. (The DOCTOR chuckles.) THE KHAN: Tea? DOCTOR: Please. (The KHAN rings a small bell. One of the servants strides forward to serve the KHAN and the DOCTOR.) . THE KHAN: (Noticing the DOCTOR has kept notes.) Oh, that is our reckoning? DOCTOR: Ah, yes it is, sire, yes. THE KHAN: What do we owe? DOCTOR: (Placing on his spectacles.) Oh, thirty-five elephants with ceremonial bridles, trappings, brocades and pavilions; four thousand white stallions, and twenty-five tigers. THE KHAN: That's not too bad, so far. DOCTOR: And the sacred tooth of Buddha which Polo brought over from India. THE KHAN: Oh, that? What else... what more? DOCTOR: I... I'm very much afraid all the commerce from Burma for one year, sire. (Suddenly, there are the sounds of someone approaching. The KHAN becomes terrified, as he realises that the DOCTOR's notes are still on the table.) THE KHAN: Oh, the Empress - hide it, hide it! (The DOCTOR quickly pockets the notes, as the EMPRESS makes a grand entrance into the room.) EMPRESS: Winning, my love? THE KHAN: (Smiling broadly.) One wins, one loses, my dear. DOCTOR: The great Khan is far too modest, my lady. EMPRESS: (Suspiciously.) You're not wagering are you? You know how it affects your gout. (Kublai KHAN merely smiles, unable to respond. With a haughty look, the EMPRESS strides from the room. Kublai Khan winces as another s*ab of pain passes through his body.) DOCTOR: How charming! THE KHAN: Charming indeed, and yet there are moments, old friend, when we wish... our character were more like that of our lamented grandfather, Genghis. Did you hear of him? DOCTOR: Genghis Khan? No, I didn't meet him, I... but I have heard of him. Yes. THE KHAN: Oh... he was the warrior of the family. Nothing frightened him. We are the clan of the statistician and the administrator... (Kublai's attention turns back to the backgammon game...) THE KHAN: Oh, she will be furious with me when she finds out what I have lost. DOCTOR: Oh, then you've lost nothing, sire. THE KHAN: No, no, no. These are bets of honour. DOCTOR: Well, one more game then, and if you win, you can take it all back again. THE KHAN: And if you win? DOCTOR: Well... err... Marco Polo has taken away my caravan and given it to you, sire. Ah... if I win, perhaps I could have my caravan back again? THE KHAN: No, not that. No, take something else. The Island of Sumatra - we can't give you Marco's gift. We haven't even seen it yet. DOCTOR: But none of this is important to me, sire. You see, win or lose, you can have it all back again. But if I win, my ship... TARDIS comes back to me, hmm? THE KHAN: (Impatient to return to the game) Let's play at that stake. (Just as they are about to start another game, there is a knock at the door.) THE KHAN: Oh, go away! POLO: (From outside the room.) It's Marco Polo, my Lord. THE KHAN: (To the DOCTOR.) Oh, Marco Polo. Well, would you object to one interruption? DOCTOR: No, no, no. THE KHAN: Enter. (Marco POLO strides into the room, holding a scrolled parchment.) THE KHAN: We are too busy for that, Marco. Be brief please. Be brief. POLO: As my lord commands. The w*rlord Tegana has arrived in Peking. When he reaches the palace, shall I bring him directly to you? THE KHAN: No. No, we'll grant him an audience as soon as possible. Oh, we want to tell you something Marco. We owe half of Asia to our friend at backgammon. POLO: It is unusual for you to lose, my Lord. THE KHAN: Oh... he is a fortunate one! But our friend here made a truly royal gesture which we have accepted, although it might upset you. POLO: Why should it do that? THE KHAN: (Indicating the backgammon board.) That's our last game. Our losses against your gift to me. POLO: (Aghast.) The caravan? DOCTOR: Ah yes, Marco, we're playing for the TARDIS... POLO: But my Lord... THE KHAN: Well? POLO: (Solemnly.) Nothing, my Lord. I will leave you to your game. (The DOCTOR chuckles as POLO leaves the room dejectedly. The final game of backgammon commences... both the DOCTOR and the KHAN reach for the dice.) DOCTOR: My throw! THE KHAN: But... yes, your throw. 3. PEKING PALACE - OUTSIDE THE THRONE ROOM (Outside the throne room, POLO meets up with BARBARA and SUSAN.) POLO: You will not believe this, but I swear it's true. They're playing backgammon for your caravan. BARBARA & SUSAN: What! POLO: If the Doctor wins, he has won back "TARDIS". BARBARA: And if he loses? POLO: He's lost everything. SUSAN: Oh, Grandfather will win. I hope... POLO: The sly old fox - the Khan hasn't even seen it yet, and he's taking it away from me. BARBARA: Then, this will solve everything. You've made your gesture and given the TARDIS to the Khan, so he should let you go home. And with any luck, we can go home too. So we'll all have what we want. SUSAN: Yes, all except Ping-Cho. POLO: Yes, I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about her, Susan. Her future husband is already in Peking. SUSAN: What in the palace? POLO: Yes, there is to be a banquet tonight in his honour, at which six thousand guests will attend. SUSAN: Six thousand! POLO: He's a very important man. BARBARA: He must be! When is the wedding? POLO: Tomorrow morning. SUSAN: Poor Ping-Cho... (At that moment, LING-TAU strides into the room.) LING-TAU: My lord, Polo. POLO: Yes? (POLO peers closely at LING-TAU.) POLO: Oh, you're the courier who brought me the message from Shang-Tu, aren't you? LING-TAU: I am my Lord. POLO: It's a pleasure to see you again. LING-TAU: No my Lord, I fear not. POLO: Why? What is wrong? LING-TAU: Two members of your party, the lord known as Ian, and the lady, Ping-Cho, are being held under guard. POLO: Why? LING-TAU: They're accused of stealing the Khan's property. BARBARA: The TARDIS. (LING-TAU nods.) POLO: Well, who accuses them? BARBARA: Tegana! LING-TAU: Yes, my lady. BARBARA: That man! SUSAN: Wait! But Grandfather's going to win back the TARDIS, so no charges can be brought. POLO: Susan, you don't take your prize until you win the game. (At that moment, the DOCTOR strolls into the room, with a weary expression on his face.) SUSAN: Grandfather! (The DOCTOR remains silent, continuing to keep the pained expression on his face.) SUSAN: Grandfather, you've not lost? DOCTOR: (Waving a paper note.) He gave me this - the consolation prize. A piece of his paper currency. (The DOCTOR chuckles wryly as he waves the money about.) SUSAN: Oh, grandfather! (The DOCTOR continues to chuckle.) 4. PEKING PALACE - PRISON CELL (POLO and LING-TAU are talking to IAN and PING-CHO in the prison cell. POLO has just heard the full version of events from IAN's point of view.) POLO: You have told me all? IAN: Everything from the moment I found Ping-Cho. POLO: And you distinctly heard Tegana say that the Khan was his enemy? IAN: Yes, Tegana said 'I serve Noghai, and he will conquer the world.' Ping-Cho heard it as well. PING-CHO: Distinctly, Messr Marco. POLO: (Turning to Ling-Tau.) Ling-Tau, did you hear this? LING-TAU: No, my lord. I did not. POLO: That's a pity. IAN: You mean our word isn't strong enough against Tegana's? PING-CHO: There are two of us, Messr Marco. POLO: No, Ping-Cho. Ian must stand trial alone. PING-CHO: Why? POLO: Your husband-to-be has asked the Khan to excuse you. He promises to take you away from Peking as soon as the marriage ceremony is over. PING-CHO: And the Khan has agreed? POLO: You are to be married tomorrow morning. 5. PEKING PALACE - THE THRONE ROOM (The TARDIS has been brought into the throne room. Kublai KHAN and TEGANA are inspecting it.) THE KHAN: So this is our flying caravan! Thank you for recovering it for us, Lord Tegana. TEGANA: Good fortune gave me the opportunity of serving the great Khan. THE KHAN: The lady Ping-Cho has been excused of complicity in the theft. TEGANA: The Khan shows much wisdom and compassion. What crimes she committed were done under the influence of others. THE KHAN: Crimes! Who else was there? TEGANA: The old magician, my lord, tried several times to regain the caravan. THE KHAN: (Surprised.) Were there other attempts to steal it? Marco did not mention them to us. TEGANA: Is that not natural, my lord, that he would wish to guard them? THE KHAN: You have served us well. TEGANA: In dealings with Mongols, like ourselves, yes my lord, but he is as they are. And does not one's loyalty first lie with one's own kind? THE KHAN: Your point is taken, Lord Tegana. (POLO enters the throne room.) THE KHAN: Marco, thank you for our gift. POLO: I am the Khan's obedient servant. THE KHAN: We are glad to know. But then, there were other attempts to steal the caravan? Why did you not invoke our laws? POLO: To have done so would have been unjust, my lord. Our laws are alien to them. THE KHAN: They were on our soil, therefore, subject to our laws. Why did you not invoke them? POLO: The caravan belonged to them, my lord. TEGANA: (Impatiently.) My lord, I can hold my peace no longer. Forgive me. (Turning to POLO.) How can that be? You claimed it in the Khan's name? POLO: It was wrong of me to do so. TEGANA: You wear the Khan's gold seal. It gives you your authority to take what you will. POLO: When the cause is just. This was not. THE KHAN: What was it then? POLO: Selfish. THE KHAN: What did you hope to gain? TEGANA: He wanted to force you to let him return to Venice. THE KHAN: (Shocked) You wanted to bribe us, Marco? POLO: I'd hoped you would allow me to return home, my lord. THE KHAN: Your gift has failed. It is ours because we won the right to keep it in a game of chance. Where is the key? POLO: In my quarters, my lord. THE KHAN: Bring it to us after the banquet, and then, we'll examine our prize. POLO: (Sadly.) My lord, you do me a great wrong. THE KHAN: We are distressed and angered by your conduct, Marco. Please think about it. (POLO dejectedly leaves the throne room.) THE KHAN: You'll also attend us after the banquet, Lord Tegana. We'll discuss the terms of our settlement with Noghai. But we... be on guard against you. TEGANA: (Surprised.) What have I that the Khan should fear? THE KHAN: The power of persuasion. 6. PEKING PALACE - THE THRONE ROOM (LATER THAT EVENING) (Later in the throne room, Kublai KHAN is with the EMPRESS. The EMPRESS is crying, and wiping her eyes with a silk handkerchief.) THE KHAN: And in the middle of the feast! How shall we tell her? Terrible! Horrible! Terrible and horrible! Horrible and terrible! (PING-CHO enters the room. The Khan immediately takes her hand kindly.) THE KHAN: Oh, here you are, my child. Come, we have something to tell you. A tragedy has occurred at the table tonight. PING-CHO: Tragedy, my lord? THE KHAN: Your beloved husband-to-be so anxious to be worthy of your love, drank a potion of quicksilver and sulphur - the elixir of life and eternal youth - and expired. EMPRESS: (In tears.) Come into my arms, child. Let me share your grief. THE KHAN: You're overdoing it, my dear, the child is dry eyed. EMPRESS: (Outraged.) Oh, ungrateful wretch! Do you not weep for your lost love? PING-CHO: My lady, I grieve an old man's death as all would do. But how can I weep for a love I have never known? THE KHAN: Tell us Ping-Cho, do you wish to return to your home in Samarkand? Or would you like to stay a while in our Court and brighten all our days? (At that moment, POLO and LING-TAU enter the throne room. PING-CHO looks at LING-TAU with a look of wonder in her face and then turns back towards the KHAN.) PING-CHO: If I may, my lord, I would like to stay. THE KHAN: So be it. (The KHAN notices POLO for the first time.) THE KHAN: Wait, Marco. (Turning back to PING-CHO.) Tell us, my child, your opinion of the travellers from a distant land? PING-CHO: They are my friends, my lord. As they will always be. THE KHAN: Thank you, Ping-Cho. (To POLO.) Wait, Marco. Let that young officer escort lady Ping-Cho to her quarters. (It seems that the KHAN had got the look. LING-TAU nods, and escorts PING-CHO back to her quarters. The EMPRESS leaves as well. KHAN is left alone with POLO.) THE KHAN: She is forthright and honest. We trust her, as we once did you. Our mind dwells upon your conduct, Marco, and we've decided that you have to prove yourself worthy of our trust. If you fail this to do, we take from you our patronage, banish you from our Court, and let your enemies fall upon you. You have the key of the caravan? POLO: Yes, my lord. But you would be well advised to have the Doctor with you when you open it. THE KHAN: Fetch him, Marco, fetch him. No, wait! Not until our audience with the Lord Tegana is concluded. (POLO bows, and walks off. He meets TEGANA on the way out.) POLO: I underestimated you, Tegana. TEGANA: No... you overestimated yourself. (POLO and TEGANA glare silently at each other.) 7. PEKING PALACE - PRISON CELL (In the prison cell, IAN is talking with the DOCTOR, BARBARA and SUSAN.) SUSAN: The Khan won't even see us. DOCTOR: (Grumpily.) No, we've tried everything. BARBARA: What's Tegana's game? IAN: Well, we can be quite clear about that. Tegana said "I serve Noghai, and he will conquer the world", with the help of the TARDIS. DOCTOR: I always knew Tegana was a two-faced villain. SUSAN: Yes, well that doesn't help Ian, does it? He's got to take the blame. BARBARA: I wish I could remember what it was the Khan said that upset Marco so much. IAN: What's it matter now? BARBARA: Well, it was something about Noghai and Tegana. SUSAN: I'm sure Tegana was behind that bandit raid. But why? DOCTOR: It wasn't just my ship then. Whatever double-game Tegana is playing, he must have decided upon it a long time before we appeared on the scene. BARBARA: I remember! DOCTOR: Hmmm? BARBARA: The Khan was furious because Noghai had moved his armies from Samarkand to Karakorum. DOCTOR: And that's why he delayed Marco Polo's caravan - to give Noghai more time to move his armies nearer Peking. IAN: Yes, that makes sense. Even so, why should Kublai Khan fear Noghai? He has an enormous army, and he's already defeated him once, surely. DOCTOR: Yes, but what you have to take into account where battles are concerned, dear boy, are its leaders. k*ll the leader, and where are you? What happens? The whole army dissipates itself into chaos and utter confusion. It's happened throughout your history time and time again! SUSAN: Grandfather, do you mean to say Tegana's going to assassinate the Khan? DOCTOR: Exactly, and what could be a better answer then to disorganise everything here. It gives Noghai the perfect answer to overrun the country. BARBARA: But then, we must get to the Khan before Tegana kills him, otherwise... IAN: I've had it. DOCTOR: Yes - we've all had it. SUSAN: Look, how are we going to get Ian past the guard? (The DOCTOR rubs his chin in thought, and then moves towards the door. He rattles the door.) DOCTOR: Guard! Open the door. (The guard opens the door, and enters the room. Suddenly, the DOCTOR trips the guard with his walking stick. While the guard stumbles to the floor, the DOCTOR and his companions quickly race from the room. The guard jumps to his feet and pursues them. A short distance from the cell, the four time travellers arrive at a junction in the corridor.) SUSAN: Which way? IAN: (Pointing.) Let's try down here. 8. PEKING PALACE - THE CORRIDORS (The chase continues through the corridors of the Palace. But eventually, the luck runs out for the Doctor and his companions. They run into Marco POLO and a guard.) IAN: Marco... POLO: Ian, what are you doing, you fool? IAN: Marco, you must stop Tegana! He's going to k*ll the Khan! POLO: (Pointing to IAN.) Seize him! (The guard grabs IAN.) IAN: Marco, listen to me, Tegana... POLO: (To the guard.) Take him back to his cell, and keep him under close surveillance. SUSAN: But Messr Marco, you must... (But before the guard can move, LING-TAU rushes into the area.) LING-TAU: My lord! POLO: What is it? LING-TAU: A messenger has just arrived. Noghai's army is marching on Peking. (Everyone is shocked. In particular, the DOCTOR and his companions deliver cries of 'we told you so' to POLO.) POLO: Tegana's in the throne room with the Khan now. DOCTOR: Well, then, look, somebody must protect him! POLO: (Indicating the scrolled parchment.) Hold that, Doctor, and stay here, all of you. (POLO sprints to the throne room.) 9. PEKING PALACE - THE THRONE ROOM (In the throne room, Kublai Khan and Noghai are discussing the terms of peace.) TEGANA: Your terms of peace are hard, my lord. THE KHAN: Tegana, those who rise against us must be humbled. TEGANA: They shall be honoured. I promised Noghai to make an end of this matter. (Suddenly, TEGANA draws his sword. An attendant immediately rushes forward to protect the KHAN, but is swiftly k*lled by TEGANA. TEGANA approaches the Khan...) POLO: Tegana! (At that moment, POLO bursts into the room, drawing his own sword. A frenetic fight occurs between POLO and TEGANA. The sword fight moves throughout the throne room. Slowly, POLO gains the upper hand... TEGANA is forced into a corner... Eventually, POLO manages to knock the sword from TEGANA's hand. POLO quickly picks it up as LING-TAU and the other warriors rush into the room, and surround TEGANA. A few moments later, the DOCTOR and his companions walk into the room, chattering amongst themselves.) THE KHAN: (Triumphantly.) We warned you, Tegana, those who rise against us will be humbled. You must die. (The warriors draw their swords and approach TEGANA. But before the warriors have their chance, TEGANA grabs a sword and impales himself. SUSAN screams. The dishonourable member of the expedition has taken the honourable way out... POLO turns to one of the guards, and indicates TEGANA's body.) POLO: Take him away. (The guards immediately obey POLO's instruction. POLO quickly hands the two TARDIS keys to the Doctor.) POLO: Doctor, take the keys quickly! DOCTOR: Thank you. POLO: Now go! DOCTOR: Thank you. POLO: Go! DOCTOR: (To SUSAN.) Come along... (The DOCTOR's group rush into the TARDIS. Susan hurriedly says her goodbyes to PING-CHO...) PING-CHO: Susan, goodbye. SUSAN: Ping-Cho... PING-CHO: Your caravan, quickly! SUSAN: Goodbye! 10. INTERIOR - TARDIS (In the TARDIS console room, IAN and BARBARA watch as the DOCTOR sets the co-ordinates. As soon as SUSAN enters, the doors are closed.) 11. PEKING PALACE - THE THRONE ROOM (The TARDIS dematerialises from the throne room. Kublai KHAN watches with POLO and PING-CHO as the caravan disappears.) POLO: I'm sorry, my lord. I had to give them back their flying caravan. THE KHAN: If you hadn't, the old man would have won it at backgammon. And it is true... a flying caravan... there's something for you to tell your friends in Venice. POLO: (Shaking his head.) No, my lord. They would not believe half the things that I have seen in Cathay. (POLO pauses to reflect on the DOCTOR and his group.) POLO: But what is the truth? I wonder where they are now... the past or the future... (POLO stares thoughtfully into the sky...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x20 - Assassin at Peking"}
foreverdreaming
THE SEA OF DEATH Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 11th April, 1964 5:30pm - 5:55pm 1: EXT. ISLAND (A small rocky island sits on a vast ocean, ringed by a beach. Almost featureless, its most distinguishing feature is a tall pyramid that stands in the centre of the island. The TARDIS silently materialises on the beach.) 2: INT. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (The crew are gathered around the console. Although SUSAN and BARBARA have changed their clothes, IAN still wears the Chinese costume that he acquired during their previous adventure.) IAN: Any radiation, Doctor? DOCTOR: No, nothing to speak of. The counter's hardly reading anything. Shall we take a look? BARBARA: Pity you don't have a colour television. DOCTOR: Oh, but I have. BARBARA: Where is it then? DOCTOR: At the moment it's, er, temporarily hord-a-comba... (His companions laugh. The DOCTOR switches on the scanner.) BARBARA: Oh look, that's the sea, isn't it? (The scanner shows a view of the beach and the still sea.) SUSAN: Yes and sand! Grandfather, I wonder where we are? IAN: Well, one things for sure - we’re not at Southend! (They laugh.) SUSAN: Grandfather, can we go and have a look? Can we? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I don't think... I don't see why not. There's nothing... no danger about. SUSAN: Good. DOCTOR: Come on, lets go and have a look. (SUSAN opens the doors. All except IAN turn to leave.) IAN: (Unsure.) No. DOCTOR: (Turning back.) What? IAN: Well, I thought when you switched the scanner on ... I thought I saw something move up there... Oh, probably just a shadow. DOCTOR: Well let's go outside and have a look. (They exit the TARDIS.) 3: EXT. BEACH (Outside four small transparent torpedo like objects travel silently through the water and slide onto the beach. The arrival of three of them is steady and sure but the fourth lands a small distance from its companions and its passage onto the beach is sluggish - as if it is encountering difficulties.) 4: EXT. BEACH (The time travellers walk out onto the beach, the DOCTOR carrying his walking stick. The rocks around them are unusually jagged. They look towards the sea.) SUSAN: It is the sea. Why, it's beautiful! IAN: Yes, absolutely calm. Not even a ripple. BARBARA: It isn't frozen, is it? DOCTOR: No, impossible in this temperature, besides, it's too warm. SUSAN: Grandfather, do you think it's safe to go for a swim? DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no, not at the moment, child. However inviting that water looks, we don't know what sort of creatures may be lurking beneath its’ surface. (They walk further down the beach. After they've gone, a figure emerges from behind a rock. It is humanoid, apparently dressed in a black wetsuit complete with flippers. It wears a helmet that completely obscures its face and from the front of which a black protuberance emerges, rather like a simple sort of aerial.) 5: EXT. BEACH (Further up the beach ... ) BARBARA: It's so quiet! IAN: Yes, it is. No birds or anything. BARBARA: And there’s nothing growing. DOCTOR: (Walking to them with some pebbles.) I say, what do you make of this, Chesterton? Fascinating, aren't they? IAN: (IAN holds one and hurts his fingers on the sharp edges.) It's glass! DOCTOR: Yes, yes, it is, isn’t it. Glass instead of sand. Intriguing. Intriguing, my boy! (He laughs.) IAN: Do you think the sand turned into glass. DOCTOR: Or was the glass put here deliberately, and if so, why? (SUSAN is near to them and has found a rockpool.) SUSAN: Mmm, there's a lovely pool over here! If I can't swim, at least I can paddle. (She starts to take her shoes off placing them on the rock edge. BARBARA runs up and accidentally knocks one of them into the pool.) BARBARA: Oh, oh, sorry Susan. SUSAN: Never mind, I'll get it. You going to come in? BARBARA: No. SUSAN: (About to put her feet in the water.) Now I’ll go ... IAN: (Shouts.) No, Susan! Don’t! (In the pool, the shoe is dissolving into a cloud of bubbles. SUSAN hugs BARBARA in fright.) BARBARA: Ian, what is it? IAN: Must be some sort of acid. BARBARA: But it was so fast. It just seemed to dissolve. SUSAN: (Sobbing.) And I was going to paddle in it... BARBARA: It's alright, Susan, it's alright. Look, you've got some more shoes back at the ship, haven't you? (SUSAN nods.) BARBARA: Well go and put them on. We'll wait here for you. SUSAN: Alright. IAN: Here, you'd better take my boots. (He starts taking his boots off.) SUSAN: I can't put those on, they're much too big for me. BARBARA: Ah, come on, it's better than cutting your feet open on this glass. IAN: Here. (IAN hands his boots over and SUSAN starts to put them on with difficulty.) SUSAN: Alright, better fill them up with sand, hadn’t I! IAN: Alright? SUSAN: Yeh. IAN: Give you lovely corns, they will! (SUSAN laughs.) (SUSAN heads off back to the TARDIS muttering something about the boots as she goes.) BARBARA: (Realising.) Ian? IAN: Mmm? BARBARA: This is a tidal pool. IAN: I agree. It rather ties up with the glass beach, doesn't it? BARBARA: Then everything out there is acid too. A sea of acid! 6: EXT. BEACH (The web suited figure is examining the TARDIS and especially its lock when it is forced to hide as SUSAN approaches and enters the ship.) 7: EXT. BEACH (The DOCTOR has joined IAN and BARBARA.) DOCTOR: Sea of acid, Mmm. Astonishing. You know, in all my travels I've never come across anything like this before. However, Susan wasn't harmed anyway. BARBARA: No, she was a bit frightened at losing her shoes but she's gone back to the ship for another pair. DOCTOR: (To IAN.) Yes, and if you'd had your shoes on, my boy, You could have lent her hers. You mustn't get sloppy in your habits, you know. (IAN laughs not thinking it worth while to argue when suddenly the DOCTOR spots something behind him, further along the beach.) DOCTOR: Good gracious! (It is three of the transparent torpedo objects. They crouch down beside the nearest to them.) BARBARA: It looks like a glass torpedo. IAN: Or a one-man submarine. Well, it's certainly designed for going under the water. (BARBARA wanders a short distance away.) DOCTOR: Under acid, more likely. IAN: Yes. I don't know whether it's occurred to you Doctor, but this means this place is inhabited. DOCTOR: Oh yes, it has occurred to me. Let's see what it is, lets ... (He starts to try and undo the end of the first submarine.) DOCTOR: Help me... Help me get this top off. BARBARA: (Further down the beach.) Doctor! DOCTOR: Yes? BARBARA: There's another one over here... and there's something inside it! 8: EXT. BEACH (Meanwhile SUSAN has left the TARDIS. Out side she finds a trail of footprints which lead towards the centre of the island.) SUSAN: Grandfather! (There is no reply. Intrigued, she follows them, unaware that the web suited figure has come out of hiding behind a rock and is following her.) 9: EXT. BEACH (The others are crouched over the fourth submarine.) DOCTOR: See that crack along there? That's where the acid must have seeped in. (IAN has by now managed to open it.) IAN: That's got it, now let's have a look at you. DOCTOR: Yes, er, use that (He passes IAN his walking stick.) IAN: Mmm? Oh, alright. (IAN puts the stick into the submarine and uses the handle to grasp and pull out a wetsuit - similar to the one worn by the creature now following SUSAN.) BARBARA: It's a protective suit! DOCTOR: Yes and whatever it was wore it is similar to a human being. Hmm? IAN: Yes but how did it get out? It seems to be perfectly intact. BARBARA: I don't think it did get out. There's a tear in the material here. IAN: You mean the acid got in? Poor devil. DOCTOR: Yes well, I think we ought to go back to the ship and try and find Susan. She should have caught up with us by now. Come along! (As they turn to go back, IAN suddenly spots the pyramid on the horizon.) IAN: Look at that fantastic building! DOCTOR: Good! Good! Now perhaps we might learn who it is uses these strange ships. Anyway, let's go back to the ship and find Susan. Later, perhaps, a little visiting, I think. (He laughs) IAN: Yes. (They set off across the beach.) 10: EXT. PYRAMID (SUSAN has arrived at the base of the pyramid. After glancing up towards the apex she sets off along the passageway that surrounds it, unaware that around the next corner, the web suited figure is poised with a dagger.) 11: EXT. BEACH (BARBARA walks out of the TARDIS.) BARBARA: She isn't inside anywhere. DOCTOR: Oh, wretched child. Now where's she got to, I wonder? (BARBARA points to the ground.) BARBARA: Ian, there are your boots! (IAN picks them up and starts to put them on.) BARBARA: There are Susan's footprints in the sand here. DOCTOR: Yes, sand here and glass on the beach. I'm beginning to think that sea of acid is a defence barrier. IAN: Except against glass submarines, eh Doctor? BARBARA: What you mean is, that all visitors are unwelcome? DOCTOR: Yes, it would seem so. IAN: We must find Susan. She may have gone to have a look at that building. DOCTOR: Yes, yes. 12: EXT. PYRAMID (SUSAN approaches the corner of the pyramid, still unaware of the web suited figures’ presence. Without warning, the section of wall behind the figure rotates and it falls silently inside. Seconds later, SUSAN passes by without suspecting a thing.) 13: EXT. PYRAMID (The rest of the TARDIS crew have reached a different side of the pyramid. IAN and BARBARA look up in awe.) IAN: Whew! It's enormous! BARBARA: Look at the joins in the blocks, Ian. IAN: Yes, no mortar! Must have been built with tremendous accuracy. BARBARA: Yes, the Egyptians did the same thing. So did the Indians of Central and Southern America. IAN: A precise distribution of certain weights. That's the key, isn't it? BARBARA: Yes. It’s marvellous, isn't it? IAN: Marvellous. DOCTOR: Yes well, before you two get carried away, I think we'd better go and find Susan. Mmm? BARBARA: Yes, you're quite right. IAN: Well, for a start let's make a circle of this place. DOCTOR: Excellent, now I suggest we go different ways and meet back at the furthermost point which is probably round the corner there somewhere, off you go, off you go now. (They head off in different directions.) 14: EXT. PYRAMID (SUSAN leans back against the wall of the pyramid to tie her shoelace. Suddenly, it swivels round and, screaming, she falls into the pyramid.) 15: EXT. PYRAMID (IAN and BARBARA hear the scream.) BARBARA: Did you hear that? IAN: Yes, it was Susan, come on! 16: EXT. PYRAMID (The DOCTOR does not seem to have heard the scream. Stopping to rest he leans back against the wall of the pyramid and, like before, it rotates and he disappears inside.) 17: EXT. PYRAMID (IAN and BARBARA come to the next corner. IAN motions BARBARA to keep back as he peeps round the corner. He starts forward in surprise and steps into the open. BARBARA also looks round the corner. There is, of course, no one there.) BARBARA: I could have sworn I heard her. IAN: We certainly heard something. Well can't be sure it was Susan, of course. BARBARA: Well I am sure. IAN: Yes but where's the Doctor? Even if he'd been travelling at half speed he should have reached that far corner by now. 18: INT. PYRAMID. PASSAGEWAY (Inside the pyramid, SUSAN continues walking along, nervously. Unseen by her, the web suited figure is hiding behind a pillar, still clutching the dagger. A man dressed in white monk-like robes with a hood appears at the end of the passageway from which SUSAN has just come. As SUSAN backs away the man retreats down the passageway. The web suited figure grabs SUSAN from behind and she screams. Suddenly it collapses with a dagger in its back. The robed man returns and starts walking towards SUSAN.) 19: EXT. PYRAMID (IAN and BARBARA are no nearer to finding their companions. BARBARA is sat on the floor.) BARBARA: Well there's only one thing to do. That's another circuit of the walls. IAN: I've just been all around, I can't find a door anywhere. (He walks round the corner.) BARBARA: Well I suppose there's every chance she didn't come this way. She's probably back at the ship, waiting for us. (There is no reply.) BARBARA: I said, she's probably back at the ship, waiting for us. (Still no reply.) BARBARA: Ian? Ian! (She peers round the corner to see that there is no one there.) BARBARA: Ian! (BARBARA steps back and, once again, the wall revolves, forcing her into the pyramid. This time, however, a robed figure can be seen briefly in the opening.) 20: INT. PYRAMID. PASSAGEWAY (IAN walks down the passageway that SUSAN was in earlier. He sees the s*ab creature on the floor and stops to examine it before proceeding.) 21: INT. PYRAMID. CELL (The DOCTOR, SUSAN and BARBARA are talking in a cell.) SUSAN: (Distressed.) ...dreadful. The wall just seemed to swallow me up. And then this ... this man grabbed me and the next thing I knew he fell d*ad in front of me. BARBARA: Man? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, from what Susan has described he was wearing a suit similar to the one we found on the beach. BARBARA: And are these the ones that live here? DOCTOR: No, no. The man wearing the monk's habit lives in this building. BARBARA: So the men from the glass submarines are intruders like us. DOCTOR: Yes, with one difference, which is puzzling but relieving. They died, and we are only prisoners. BARBARA: Well maybe we're to be k*lled too. DOCTOR: Mmm, I shouldn't worry too much about that. That young schoolmaster friend of yours is very resourceful. Whilst he is free our chance of rescue is still good. BARBARA: Well that's just it, Doctor. He isn't free. He was captured before I was. (The DOCTOR'S face falls.) 22: INT. PYRAMID. PASSAGEWAY (As the robed man walks down the corridor, another wet suited figure lunges at him. Running to his rescue, IAN tackles the creature and manages to evade the Kn*fe. The man is observing this from the other side of the passageway. As IAN forces the creature around and into an alcove, the stranger pulls a lever. The wall behind the creature falls away and it topples backwards, with a scream, falling into a huge pool of acid down below. The wall slides back into place.) MAN: (Gasping for breath.) Why do you protect me? IAN: Are you a prisoner here? MAN: In a way, I ... can never leave here but in a way, this is my home. IAN: Where are my friends? MAN: Safe. I saw your machine materialise. Until I knew otherwise, I had to treat you as potential enemies. The Voord were trying to penetrate the walls. IAN: The Voord? MAN: The man you just saved me from was a Voord. It is many years since their last as*ault but now they have returned and if they continue to come, they're bound to succeed eventually. IAN: I should've thought this place was impregnable. How many of you defend it? MAN: How many? (Sighs.) I am alone. But please ... let us release your companions and then I ... I'll try to explain. IAN: Good idea. (They turn a corner and pass through a doorway, which the man shuts behind him, unaware that they are being trailed by another VOORD.) 23: INT. PYRAMID. CONSCIENCE ROOM (A large glowing machine dominates the room. It is pentagonal and appears to be made of a transparent material with struts reaching to the ceiling, floor and walls. The man who is called ARBITAN and the TARDIS crew are talking.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I want to know more about this planet. Your technology, you say, reached its peak over two thousand years ago? ARBITAN: Yes and all our knowledge culminated in the manufacture of this. (He gestures towards the machine.) ARBITAN: At the time it was called the Conscience of Marinus. Marinus, that is the name of our planet. At first this machine was simply a judge and jury that was never wrong and unfair, and then we added to it, improved on it, made it more and more sophisticated until finally it became possible to radiate its power and influence the minds of men throughout the planet. They no longer had to decide what was wrong or right. The machine decided for them. DOCTOR: I see, then in that case it was possible to eliminate evil from the minds of men for all time. ARBITAN: That is exactly what happened. Marinus was unique in the Universe. Robbery, fear, hate, v*olence were unknown among us. Yes, yes. For seven centuries we prospered and then a man named Yartek found a means of overcoming the power of the machine. 24: INT. PYRAMID. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE THE CONSCIENCE ROOM (They are unaware that a VOORD is crouched by the door, eavesdropping on their conversation.) ARBITAN: (OOV.) He and his followers, the Voords, were able to rob, exploit, k*ll, cheat. Our people... 25: INT. PYRAMID. CONSCIENCE ROOM ARBITAN: ...could not resist because v*olence is alien to them. IAN: But surely by this time this machine had become a great danger to you. If it'd fallen into the hands of the Voords they could've controlled Marinus, why didn't you destroy it? ARBITAN: We always hoped to find a way of modifying it and making it again irresistible, so instead of destroying it we removed the five key micro-circuits. IAN: What did you do with them? ARBITAN: One of them I kept. There it is. (He points to a small transparent slim circuit board inside a similar shaped cavity in the machine.) ARBITAN: The other four were taken and put in places of safety all over Marinus. Only I know where they are. And now the time has come when they must be recovered! BARBARA: Well, why don't you simply make new keys? ARBITAN: The keys are very simple but the micro-circuits inside are very complicated. A permutation of numbers and signals that would take a thousand years to unravel. And besides, since the keys were hidden, I have worked on this machine and modified it so that when they're replaced... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) ... when they're replaced it would mean that your machine is irresistible and you could overcome and control the Voords again? ARBITAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Mmm. IAN: Surely there must be someone you can send for these keys? ARBITAN: (Thoughtful.) Through the years all my friends, all my followers have gone. They have never returned. Last year I sent my daughter. She has not come back. All I have now to comfort me is the ... distant echo of her voice ... the imagined sound of her footsteps. But now your coming has brought new hope ... oh yes ... yes ... (He points at the travellers.) ARBITAN: You must find the keys for me! (They look at each other in shock.) 26. EXT. BEACH (IAN and BARBARA approach the TARDIS.) BARBARA: Ian, wait a minute. IAN: Mmm? BARBARA: The Doctor's miles behind. IAN: Oh. BARBARA: I don't know about you but I felt terrible leaving that old man. We seemed to be his last hope. IAN: Yes, I wish there had been something we could have done for him. (SUSAN and the DOCTOR catch up with them.) SUSAN: Oh, come on, grandfather! DOCTOR: I'm coming, child, don't rush, I'm coming. (To IAN and BARBARA.) Well, well, don't just stand there, come along, come along, keeping me waiting. (The others laugh and follow. Just in front of the TARDIS he suddenly stops in his tracks. There is a strange humming noise.) DOCTOR: (Mutters something then.) What... (He seems to press solid air. So does IAN as he comes forward. The two women join them.) BARBARA: What is it? (She feels the air in front of her.) IAN: It's some sort of invisible barrier! What do you make of it, Doctor? DOCTOR: I don't know, I don't know, there's no substance here. (To SUSAN.) Have a look round the side, child, go along. (SUSAN traces it around the TARDIS.) BARBARA: It's like an invisible wall. DOCTOR: Is it a circular barrier? SUSAN: It's goes all the way round. There aren't any corners to it. DOCTOR: No, of course, there wouldn't be. No, the molecules would be at their weakest. (He gives out a triumphant laugh.) DOCTOR: It's fascinating, Chesterton. Yes, I've got it, I've got it! Do you know, I think a force barrier has been thrown up around the ship! (Suddenly, ARBITAN'S voice echoes around them.) ARBITAN: (OOV.) I am sorry you have forced me into keeping you from your ship. But your refusal to help me left me no alternative! IAN: (Shouting.) Arbitan! Where are you? ARBITAN: (OOV.) That is not important. If you help me find the keys of Marinus I will let you have free access to your machine... when you have delivered all the keys to me. If not, you will stay on the island without food or water. The choice is yours. IAN: (Shouting.) Choice? What choice? (There is no reply.) 27: INT. PYRAMID. CONSCIENCE ROOM (ARBITAN is showing IAN and BARBARA a map of Marinus.) IAN: Well, at least we know the rough location of the keys. Now all we have to do is get them. ARBITAN: As soon as you've started your voyage I will release the force field. Your ship will be available to you when you return. BARBARA: If we return. DOCTOR: (Angrily.) I know we have no choice but this whole affair is, is outrageous! Blackmail! Pure and simply blackmail! IAN: Oh, Doctor, don’t let's go through all that again. Let's just get on with the job. ARBITAN: Perhaps you will bring me news of my daughter. I miss her, yes, I miss her. DOCTOR: And another thing. If you think I'm going to travel across that acid sea in one of these primitive mer ... er, submersibles you're very much mistaken. ARBITAN: To think of asking you to travel in such an absurd way! DOCTOR: Oh. ARBITAN: No, I am going to give you a device which will enable you to move from place to place. DOCTOR: (Uninterested.) Oh, Really. ARBITAN: The principle is much the same as that of your ship... (He hands BARBARA a device. It looks like a watch with a dial where the face should be.) ARBITAN: Place that around your wrist, please. ...that you have told me about. Except this will enable you to cross space, not time. (ARBITAN hands out the travel dials.) IAN: What, this little thing? DOCTOR: Oh, don't be ridiculous, my boy, this is a perfectly acceptable method of travel. Very compact and very neat, sir, if I may say, yes! ARBITAN: They are all programmed to the same destination. You have only to twist the dial ... once. BARBARA: Like this? (She twists the dial and disappears.) SUSAN: (Alarmed.) Barbara! (IAN runs up to the spot where she was standing , followed by the DOCTOR and SUSAN.) IAN: What...? (To ARBITAN.) What have you done to Barbara? ARBITAN: You must not waste time, you must follow her quickly! One final word, if, when you return, you find the Voord have taken this building, do not let them get the keys! You understand? Destroy them! Now, now, twist the dials. (The rest of the TARDIS crew do so and they also disappear.) ARBITAN: For the sake of all my people, I hope you succeed. (He moves over to the machine. A VOORD silently crosses the room. ARBITAN turns around only for the VOORD to s*ab him in the back. He cries out and collapses.) 28: INT. PASSAGEWAY (The DOCTOR, SUSAN and IAN fade into view in front of what appears to be an elaborate latticed wall.) DOCTOR: Ha ha, oh, how exhilarating! (The DOCTOR and IAN laugh.) SUSAN: Yes but where's Barbara? She should be here by now. (Calls.) Barbara! Barbara! (IAN spots something on the ground.) IAN: Oh, it's Barbara's travel dial. (He picks it up. His face suddenly grows alarmed.) IAN: Look! There's blood on it!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x21 - The Sea of Death"}
foreverdreaming
THE VELVET WEB Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 18th April, 1964 5:30pm - 5:55pm 1: INT. PASSAGEWAY (The DOCTOR, SUSAN and IAN stand in front of the latticed wall, IAN holding BARBARA'S travel dial.) IAN: This is Barbara's travel dial. DOCTOR: Mmm. IAN: Look! There's blood on it! DOCTOR: Yes, I can't imagine why Barbara left of her own free will. SUSAN: No, surely she'd wait for us. IAN: (Insistent.) Of course she would! DOCTOR: Well it seems there's only one conclusion. Whatever it is lives behind that door (He points at the latticed wall behind them.) must've taken her by force. IAN: Well let's get inside! (He rushes up to the doors.) DOCTOR: No no no no, Don’t let us be precipitous. IAN: Doctor, there's blood on this strap. That means she's hurt, maybe badly. We can't argue now, we must get inside! DOCTOR: Yes, very well, very well, but I say... (IAN manages to force the doors open.) DOCTOR: (Protesting.) ...I'm sure it's a mistake! (They stumble through and immediately a blinding white light and screeching noise fills the air. They clutch at their heads in agony.) 2: INT. CHAMBER (When the light and noise die down they find themselves in a short avenue of statues and the room can be seen beyond. It is full of vases with exotic plants, statues, drapes and luxurious furniture. A huge carving of a bearded face dominates the rear wall. They look around in wonder.) IAN: (Astonished.) I don't believe it! (BARBARA is lying on a sofa dressed in Grecian type robes being waited on by two similarly robed female attendants. When she sees the others she sits up.) BARBARA: Ian! Susan! I'm glad you're here! SUSAN: Barbara! You're alright? (She runs over to BARBARA and hugs her.) BARBARA: Of course I'm alright. In fact, I'm a little better than alright! SUSAN: But we saw your travel dial, there was blood on it. BARBARA: I know, that was silly. I turned the dial and I seemed to be falling through space. I got frightened and tried to tear it off my wrist. Just scratched there, you see? (She shows SUSAN her wrist.) SUSAN: Oh, I see. IAN: Well, I must say, quite a nice little place you've got here. BARBARA: You haven't seen anything yet. (To the attendants.) Will you get some food for my friends? (They nod and walk off.) BARBARA: (In 'royal' tone.) You may be seated. IAN: Your royal highness is most gracious. (They sit down apart from the DOCTOR.) IAN: Perhaps if your majesty will stop hogging the grapes we can all have some? (They laugh.) BARBARA: Help yourselves. (She passes him the fruit bowl.) SUSAN: (Enthusiastically.) Hey, this is great! IAN: Well what do you think about all this, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, sensuous and decadent, but rather pleasant. (He spots something in the fruit bowl.) DOCTOR: I say is that, em, a pomegranate? IAN: Yes! Here you are! (IAN throws it to the DOCTOR and they chuckle.) DOCTOR: Extraordinary! IAN: Well, whatever we’d expected it certainly wasn't anything like this. (SUSAN has noticed at pile of materials on one of the tables.) SUSAN: Oh, those silks are gorgeous. (She runs over and picks them up.) Mmm, I'd love a dress made from one of these. BARBARA: Well that's what they're here for. They asked me to choose the materials I wanted for my robes. DOCTOR: Mmm, it's almost enough... (He is cut off by the sound of a gong being struck. Several of the female attendants enter carrying a huge banquet of what appears to be a roast bird and various side dishes.) BARBARA: Oh, It's magnificent! IAN: It certainly is. SUSAN: Hey, I'm starving! Mmm! (SUSAN rushes back and tucks in. BARBARA notices that IAN is taking nothing.) BARBARA: What's the matter, don't you like it? IAN: No, I've just realised nobody's shown me the menu. SUSAN: They've got everything here. DOCTOR: Truffles, I do believe they're truffles! Well, well! (He takes one.) BARBARA: Go on Ian, have one. IAN: No. See, I don't know the price yet. BARBARA: (Protesting.) But we're guests here! IAN: Oh, you've met the host, have you? BARBARA: Yes I have and his manners are perfect. DOCTOR: Mmm, so is his kitchen. Delicious! SUSAN: (Looking up.) Hey, we've got a visitor. (A young, dark haired MAN has walked in dressed in long elegant robes.) IAN: (Cynically.) This is where we pay the bill. BARBARA: Oh relax, Ian! (IAN begins to stand as the MAN approaches.) MAN: No, no, don't get up. I apologise for intruding but I wondered if there was anything you wanted. BARBARA: There is one thing you could do. Tell us about this place, about your people. Who do we have to thank for all this? MAN: You are in the city of Morphoton. Our people are perhaps the most contented in the universe, nothing they desire is denied them. SUSAN: Oh, can I have a dress made from...? DOCTOR: Susan ... (The MAN interrupts the DOCTOR before he can go further.) MAN: No, no, please, let her go on. SUSAN: Well I'd love a dress made from this silk, here. (She goes over and shows it to him. The DOCTOR follows and rounds angrily on her.) DOCTOR: Susan! I will not have you take advantage... MAN: (Interceding.) She takes no advantage, truly. Our one wish is to fulfil your every need. She shall have the dress. SUSAN: Thank you. (She hugs the roll of silk.) SUSAN: (Quietly.) Thank you. MAN: (To the DOCTOR.) And you? Have you no wish, no great desire? DOCTOR: Well er, yes, perhaps, but er... I'm afraid it's not quite as easy as giving Susan a dress out of that. SUSAN: What is it grandfather? DOCTOR: Well perhaps, um, if I had to choose, a well-equipped laboratory with every conceivable instrument. Yes, yes! MAN: (Calmly.) It will be arranged. IAN: (Astonished.) It will?! You mean he can have it? MAN: Perhaps in the morning when you see the laboratory you will find our way of life easier to understand, to believe. Now, as it is late, I suggest you sleep. In the morning when you wake you will learn everything about Morphoton. DOCTOR: Mmm. Well, we shall look forward to that. IAN: Yes, and er, even if you're not serious about the laboratory we're, we're very grateful... MAN: (With a slightly thr*at undertone.) But I am serious. Goodnight. (He walks out.) BARBARA & IAN: (Bemused.) Goodnight. DOCTOR: (Chuckling.) Mmm-hmm. Charming young man! Yes, charming. Mmm, I think a study of this culture is going to prove very, very fascinating. Hmm, Oh, dear me, I'm tired, you know. (He lies down on one of the beds.) BARBARA: I think the excitement's been too much for Susan, too. Come on. (She helps a weary SUSAN to another bed. SUSAN drops off immediately.) BARBARA: (To IAN.) Well you don't look very happy. IAN: Me? No no no, not at all. I think it's all marvellous. BARBARA: Not very convincing. I don't know what you want. IAN: Perhaps it's my materialistic side. How rich and powerful do you have to be to give things away free? BARBARA: Oh, now don't spoil it all for me! IAN: (Laughs.) I didn't mean to do that. BARBARA: You can't apply Earth standards, you just can't! IAN: (Quietly.) No. It's certainly very different here. You noticed that man's eyes? BARBARA: Well, what about them? IAN: He didn't blink once. (BARBARA looks sceptical.) IAN: Am I being ridiculous? BARBARA: Yes. They're just kind, hospitable people. IAN: Yes. BARBARA: Now try to get some sleep. You'll feel differently in the morning. (She walks off and talks a bed of her own.) IAN: (Sighs.) Suppose it could be worse. (He yawns and lies down. They are all asleep now. Suddenly the eyes of the carved bearded face at the end of the room light up and the room is filled with a throbbing noise. A female attendant enters through a hidden door in the back. She is holding four disks, one of which she places carefully on the forehead of the DOCTOR. She does the same to IAN, SUSAN and BARBARA. However, as she goes, BARBARA stirs and the disk falls off. Suddenly the screeching noise heard earlier on returns. BARBARA clutches her head in agony and manages to resist for some time but is overcome and collapses onto the bed.) 3: INT. CHAMBER (NEXT MORNING) (The DOCTOR, SUSAN and IAN are having breakfast at one of the tables. One of the female attendants approaches with a plate.) IAN: Ah, morning. (She deposits it and walks away without another word.) IAN: Thank you very much. DOCTOR: (Holding up a glass of juice.) Most refreshing. IAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Look at these exquisite glasses, Chesterton. IAN: Mmm. SUSAN: Can I have some orange juice, please? IAN: Why not? Help yourself. There's plenty more. (SUSAN pours some from the jug.) DOCTOR: No now child, don't take it all. We must leave some for Barbara when she wakes up. IAN: Yes, Barbara. She really is having a deep sleep, isn't she? (BARBARA is lying asleep with a disturbed look on her face.) DOCTOR: What's the matter? IAN: Mmm? Oh this? (He scratches his forehead where the disc was placed.) Oh, I don't know, just a sort of mild irritation on the forehead, it's nothing at all. DOCTOR: No, there's nothing there. I only mentioned it because I have rather a sore spot here myself. (He also scratches the same place.) IAN: Oh. (One of the female attendants enters holding a dress.) SUSAN: Oh, look! Look, grandfather, it's my dress! Oh, thank you! (She takes the dress from over the arm of the attendant and unfolds it.) SUSAN: Thank you. (She shows it to IAN.) SUSAN: It's beautiful, look! IAN: This really is very elegant, Susan! SUSAN: Can I show Barbara, can I wake her up? IAN: Why not? She can't sleep all the morning. (SUSAN shakes BARBARA.) SUSAN: Barbara! Barbara! Wake up, wake up. (BARBARA wakes up and looks round with a shock. From her point of view, the room now looks dingy and lacks the lavish decorations from before. Her own dress is a drab dirty gown.) BARBARA: What's happened? IAN: (Leaning closer.) What's the matter? BARBARA: Well, look. Look around you. Can't you see? DOCTOR: I don't think she's properly awake. Susan, get me a glass of that fruit juice, will you? SUSAN: Yes. (SUSAN pours a drink and gives it to the DOCTOR. He offers what now looks like a dirty mug to BARBARA.) DOCTOR: Here, drink this. (She smacks it out of the DOCTOR'S hands. It smashes on the floor.) BARBARA: No, it's filthy! DOCTOR: Now you've broken it. (He retrieves the remains.) IAN: (Concerned.) Barbara! What's got into you? BARBARA: Why can't you see?! DOCTOR: This is going to test our host's patience, you know, it's one of a set... BARBARA: It's just a dirty old mug! ... and the room. Why've they changed it? SUSAN: (Quietly.) It's the same, Barbara. (As far as SUSAN can see, the room is unchanged and a strangely behaved BARBARA is lying in a silken robe on a luxurious bed.) BARBARA: No it isn't! (Insistent.) It isn't! (She feels her clothing.) BARBARA: And this terrible dress! And the furniture! DOCTOR: What's happened to her? BARBARA: (Hysterical.) Why can't you see it? IAN: Barbara, Barbara! BARBARA: It's all changed! IAN: (Shakes her.) Come on now, get a hold of yourself! SUSAN: Don't be frightened, Barbara. BARBARA: Ian, try to see. Please! Try to see the truth. (She lies back down in, as she sees it, her dirty robe in a dingy room.) SUSAN: Don't be afraid. Look. Look, they've brought me my dress. (She shows what appears to be a pile of cut-offs to BARBARA.) BARBARA: It's dirty... dirty rags. (SUSAN clutches at it protectively.) IAN: (Shocked.) Barbara, these people are very kind to us. They've given us everything. BARBARA: They've given you nothing. (Her three companions view of the room is still a sumptuous chamber.) BARBARA: I don't know what they've done to you, or why it hasn't worked on me, but I must find a way to show you, I must before it's too late. DOCTOR: Ah, here comes Altos. Now, perhaps he can convince you. (The young man, ALTOS comes over. BARBARA sees that his own robes now appear to have seen better days.) BARBARA: (Appearing to be in her Grecian robes.) He knows it's failed on me. ALTOS: (In his ragged robe, soothing.) What's the matter? Aren't you feeling well? Let me take you to our physicians. (He offers his hand.) BARBARA: No. No! ALTOS: Please, I only want to help you. (He grips her. Her companions see her, dressed in her clean robes, break free and run off.) BARBARA: (Angrily.) No! IAN: (Shocked.) Barbara! (He makes as if to follow but ALTOS holds up his hand.) ALTOS: Please! Don't concern yourself. She's overwrought, I'll deal with it. You stay here. (He walks off in silence.) 4: INT. CELL (BARBARA, definitely dressed in a dingy robe, finds herself in an empty stone-walled room. Looking around, she closes the door behind her. Soon footsteps are heard outside. She hides behind a pillar as ALTOS opens the door. He looks around quickly and, satisfied that there is no one there closes it again. BARBARA goes up to it but finds it locked. Sobbing, she collapses to the steps.) 5: INT. CORRIDOR (ALTOS approaches a door at the end of a stone walled corridor. He knocks and enters.) 6: INT. MORPHO ROOM (He steps into a futuristic laboratory contained within the darkened chamber. One of the female attendants, her hair unkempt and dressed in the plainest of robes stands by a table of scientific equipment. Dominating the scene are four t*nk each containing a disembodied brain. These are the MORPHO brains.) ALTOS: One of the women has resisted the power of the Mesmeron. She has escaped into the city. (A deep, warbling voice emerges from each t*nk in unison.) MORPHO: Who placed the disks? ALTOS: The girl, Sabetha. MORPHO: She has failed us and must be punished. Return now to the other three, reassure them about their friend. Take them to their... laboratory. In four hours we will give them the final exposure to the Mesmeron, they will be completely subjugated. ALTOS: And what of the one that has escaped? MORPHO: She has seen the truth and is beyond our control. Find her and destroy her. (ALTOS bows and departs.) 7: INT. CELL (BARBARA hides back behind the pillar as the footsteps are heard again. The door opens and the girl, SABETHA is thrown in. It closes and the footsteps recede. Shortly afterwards BARBARA cautiously approaches SABETHA.) BARBARA: You're the girl who put the disks on our foreheads. SABETHA: (In monotone.) I made a mistake. I am to be punished. BARBARA: (Desperately.) Tell me all you can about this place. SABETHA: I am to be punished. BARBARA: Listen to me. I believe you are under some deep form of deep hypnosis. SABETHA: I am to be punished. BARBARA: (Sighs.) Oh, what's the use? 8: INT. CORRIDOR (ALTOS leads the DOCTOR and IAN to a door.) ALTOS: The physicians say she is in a highly nervous condition. She is now under deep sedation, she will soon recover. IAN: Well, that's a relief. Perhaps we can visit her later. ALTOS: Yes, of course. DOCTOR: Yes yes, well naturally we're all glad that she's going to be alright, so, er, if there's nothing more we can do for her, I suggest we, er, we get a look at the, erm, laboratory. Mmm? Hmm. (ALTOS smiles and opens the door with a flourish.) 9: INT. "LABORATORY" (They enter a bare, whitewashed room with a single table in the middle. IAN gapes while the DOCTOR simply smiles.) IAN: (Amazed.) I've never seen anything like it! DOCTOR: Mmm, I think I shall find considerable scope here. IAN: Doctor! DOCTOR: Mmm? (IAN points at a corner.) IAN: Isn't that a cyclotron? DOCTOR: What? Oh, yes, yes, yes. A simple toy. I'm sure that will amuse you. (IAN smiles at the DOCTOR’S slightly condescending attitude.) DOCTOR: Mmm. Ah, now this might be helpful. (He picks up a stained, broken mug.) DOCTOR: Yes, if I can have instruments like these, I might be, er, able to overcome the fault in the time mechanism aboard the ship! IAN: (Awed.) Oh, they really can do it, eh? DOCTOR: (Engrossed.) Mmm. IAN: They can give you anything you ask for. 10: INT. CELL (SABETHA is fiddling with something on a chain around her neck. It is one of the keys of Marinus. BARBARA, who is pacing around, notices.) BARBARA: Where did you get this? SABETHA: (Protectively.) It's mine! BARBARA: I don't want to take it away from you. I just want to know where you got it. SABETHA: They gave it me. My masters. It was the thing I desired most. It's mine. BARBARA: But why? Why did you want it? SABETHA: It's mine. (BARBARA holds her firmly.) BARBARA: Listen to me. Does the name Arbitan mean anything to you? Arbitan? SABETHA: (Confused.) Arbitan? BARBARA: (Desperately.) Oh please, please try to remember. SABETHA: Arbitan. He sent me here. I was... (Struggling to think.) I... can't remember. BARBARA: Is Arbitan your father? (A fleeting look of remembrance crosses the girls face.) 11: INT. MORPHO ROOM MORPHO: Open the panel. (The female attendant adjusts one of the controls on the table.) MORPHO: They are sleeping soundly. Altos is placing the somnar disks. Already I sense their will beginning to weaken, memories fading. When they wake all resistance will have ended, they will remember her no more. (ALTOS walks through the door and into the room.) ALTOS: What are your orders for them when they have recovered? MORPHO: The two men will join the working parties. We can use the younger one's strength for the haulage gangs. The old man is weaker but intelligent. Isolate him and put him to work on the scheme for increasing manpowers. As for the child, she must be trained rapidly. She will take the place of Sabetha, the one that failed us. ALTOS: And what of the one that has escaped? MORPHO: That is your responsibility. As soon as it is light a thorough search must be made. If you fail you will be k*lled. She must be found. (ALTOS bows.) 12: INT. CELL (SABETHA is leaning on BARBARA’S shoulder.) BARBARA: Concentrate Sabetha, please. Look, we're almost finished. SABETHA: (Exhausted.) I can't remember any more. I feel so sleepy. (BARBARA sighs. Suddenly the sound of footsteps returns and BARBARA hides again as ALTOS bursts in. He sees only SABETHA.) ALTOS: You are to come with me. (BARBARA seizes the opportunity to make a break for the door but ALTOS spots her. They struggle briefly but ALTOS gains the upper hand and throws her into the corner. Picking her up, he begins to strangle her. Suddenly SABETHA hits him over the head with a stool. He grunts and falls unconscious.) BARBARA: Sabetha, I must find the others and try and convince them. If I succeed I, I'll come back for you. (BARBARA runs out as SABETHA collapses through exhaustion.) 13: INT. CORRIDOR (BARBARA cautiously edges up the corridor. She hears a door opening and hides behind a pillar. She peeks out and sees it is IAN. She runs across to hug him.) BARBARA: Ian! Oh, thank heaven I've found you. Oh, I thought they must have got to you. I thought... Ian? (She notices how he does not react.) IAN: (In monotone) You must be the one who escaped, the one they told me about. BARBARA: Ian! IAN: I must take you to them. (He grips her arm and takes her into the room he has just come out of.) 14: INT. MORPHO ROOM (IAN virtually throws her into the room which is the one containing the brain creatures. On the sight of them, BARBARA recoils in horror but IAN stands in the doorway preventing her escape.) MORPHO: (To IAN.) So, she has been caught. You have done well and proved yourself worthy. BARBARA: (Recoiling.) It's disgusting! Ian, can't you see how you're being used? MORPHO: We are the masters of this place! Our brains outgrew our bodies, it is our intelligence that has created this whole city. But we need the help of the human body to feed us and to carry out our orders. BARBARA: You use your people to act as machines for you. MORPHO: Much more than machines. The human body is the most flexible instrument in the world, no mechanical device could reproduce its mobility and dexterity. BARBARA: So, I'm to become one of your slaves? MORPHO: No, you have seen the truth of our city, it is beyond our power to erase this from your memory. You must be destroyed. k*ll her. k*ll her. (IAN places his hands around BARBARA’S neck.) BARBARA: (Panicked.) Ian! MORPHO: k*ll her. BARBARA: (Hysterical.) Ian! Ian! (She manages to break free and grabs a vase from the table that holds the scientific instruments.) MORPHO: k*ll her. k*ll her. (Shouting.) k*ll her. k*ll her! (She hits the vase against the t*nk. Only one of them breaks but she also breaks the glass tubes that connect the t*nk to each other - it is enough. A scream emits from all of the t*nk and each one collapses, silent. IAN staggers backwards with his hand to his head.) IAN: Where are we? Where...? Barbara! Barbara! (BARBARA hugs him.) BARBARA: (Shaken.) It's alright Ian. It's alright now. 15: INT. CHAMBER (IAN and BARBARA run down a corridor away from the sounds of a riot. As they enter the previously sumptuous chamber, they stop in the doorway and look back.) BARBARA: They're burning the city! IAN: Yes. I don't blame them. Trouble is they'll be up here soon. (The DOCTOR follows them.) DOCTOR: Taking their revenge, are they? Poor creatures. BARBARA: Ian thinks we should get out of here as soon as possible. IAN: Yes I do. BARBARA: Where's Susan? DOCTOR: Oh, we're all meeting here. She's bringing Sabetha and that young man, Altos. I've questioned him and there's no doubt about it - he's one of Arbitan's couriers. IAN: They're coming with us? DOCTOR: Yes, he's going with you, certainly. By the way I found these travel dials. (He pulls them out of his pocket.) DOCTOR: Those repellent brain things didn't appreciate their significance, fortunately. BARBARA: (Curiously.) Doctor, what did you mean, “Altos is going with you”? DOCTOR: I will explain it all in good time. Ah, here are the others. (SUSAN, ALTOS and SABETHA turn up chatting.) IAN: Good. Let's go then. DOCTOR: No, wait. We have one key and there are three more to find. SUSAN: Yes, Sabetha wants to continue the search with us. ALTOS: I wish to join you too. DOCTOR: Good idea. ALTOS: I was sent by Arbitan, I and a friend called Eprim. Our plan was as follows - he would go ahead in search of key four and I would come here for the first. IAN: Arbitan hadn't heard from either of you. Or anyone else for that matter. DOCTOR: Well, we must presume something has happened to your friend Eprim. ALTOS: It may just be that he couldn't reach the key. It lies somewhere in the city of Millennius. DOCTOR: Ah yes, the place you mentioned, yes, the ... highly civilised society. Now then, I've decided to adopt his plan. IAN: What? You mean go two jumps ahead and try and find the fourth key? DOCTOR: Mmm, yes, precisely. I shall try and find out what's happened to your friend Eprim, if he's alive, make contact with him and we can all meet again. SUSAN: Do you know how to adjust the dial, grandfather? DOCTOR: Yes, Altos has shown me how to adrust ... adjust mine. SUSAN: Yours? Well, aren't I coming? DOCTOR: No, I, I think it better if you travelled with the main party, child. SUSAN: But I want to go with you! (He leads her gently away. While IAN and BARBARA get their dials ready.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I know Susan, but don't you see it's better if we split our forces? You see, it's a very dangerous situation and the sooner we get on with it the better. For my part, I'll know you'll be well looked after. And as for me, well, I'm going to a well-ordered society and I think it's the best and speediest way, really. SUSAN: Alright. Won't be for long though, will it? (She hugs him.) BARBARA: I was wondering if we should fix the time to meet? DOCTOR: Er ... say five days. IAN: Yes, that's not a bad idea. Perhaps you'd better give us another two just in case of possible delays. BARBARA: Hope everything won't be as bad as this place. DOCTOR: No, I hope not. Put these on please. (He hands out more dials to ALTOS and SABETHA.) IAN: Well goodbye Doctor and take care of yourself. DOCTOR: Oh of course I will and you see you take good care of Susan. BARBARA: Yes, we will. ALTOS: Well I'm ready. SABETHA: So am I. I wish you well, Doctor. DOCTOR: Thank you, my dear, now off you go! SUSAN: Goodbye grandfather. DOCTOR: Goodbye my child. (SUSAN disappears.) BARBARA: (Irritated.) Susan! She should've waited for us. DOCTOR: (Briskly.) Now quickly, you must go and follow her! 16: EXT. JUNGLE (SUSAN walks through a clearing in a jungle. Suddenly a bizarre, alien sound like screaming echoes out. SUSAN looks around, frantically, clutching her head.) SUSAN: (Terrified.) Oh, stop it! Stop it! (She falls to her knees.) SUSAN: (Screaming.) Go away! Go away!
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THE SCREAMING JUNGLE Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 25th April, 1964 5:30pm - 5:55pm 1: EXT. JUNGLE SUSAN: (Screaming.) Go away. Go away! (BARBARA approaches her.) BARBARA: Susan! SUSAN: (Panicking.) Oh, go back! BARBARA: What is it? SUSAN: Oh, don't stay here! (IAN, SABETHA and ALTOS come running up to join them. SUSAN visibly relaxes.) SUSAN: It's stopped. BARBARA: Well what did you see? IAN: What's the matter? BARBARA: Susan, answer me. SUSAN: Well didn't you hear it? (The others look blank.) ALTOS: There could be animals in this jungle around us. SUSAN: No. No, it wasn't anything like that. IAN: Well now, take it easy, Susan, and try and tell us what it was you heard. SUSAN: Well it was... It... It was horrible! (She falls into BARBARA'S arms and begins sobbing.) BARBARA: She'll tell us in time. (IAN nods and moves off to join ALTOS and SABETHA who are exploring the jungle.) BARBARA: Look Susan, whatever it was, it's gone now. SUSAN: I did hear it, you know. BARBARA: Yes. (Behind them, ALTOS has found an old stone wall behind the dense foliage.) SABETHA: This is a d*ad place. IAN: Yes, it’s a bit quiet, isn't it? SABETHA: That isn't quite what I meant. ALTOS: The key must be on the other side of this wall. IAN: Yes. (Points.) There's some sort of an archway. (They move over to look at it. It is almost completely blocked by vegetation.) IAN: Look at these creepers! ALTOS: Some of them almost as thick as small trees. (A few feet away, SUSAN and BARBARA are still talking.) SUSAN: A-a-and was grandfather all right? BARBARA: Yes. SUSAN: I didn't want to stay until the last possible moment. I ... I don't like to say goodbye. BARBARA: No, I know. (SABETHA and ALTOS are trying in vain to move the creepers aside.) SABETHA: I suppose we could cut them down. IAN: Not unless we have to. Take us the best part of a day to hack that little lot down. The best thing we can do is take a walk round these walls. ALTOS: Oh yes, that would be wise. Then we might find another entrance. SABETHA: I'll go with you. BARBARA: Ian. Susan and I will stay here. IAN: All right. We won't be long anyway. BARBARA: We'll look around for some branches and things in case we have to force our way through that arch. IAN: That's a good idea but don't do anything until we get back, eh? BARBARA: All right. IAN: (To ALTOS and SABETHA.) Come on, let's try this way. (They march off.) BARBARA: (Looking after them.) I do wish Ian wouldn't treat us like Dresden China. SUSAN: (Laughing slightly.) I think it's nice the way he looks after us all the time. BARBARA: (Smiling.) Yes, I know. But just once in a while... SUSAN: ...You rebel. BARBARA: Yes. How are you feeling now? SUSAN: (Embarrassed.) Oh, I'm alright, thank you. BARBARA: Susan, what did happen? SUSAN: ...Well it was a sound, a noise, like ... like tapping and ... and whirring mixed up with a sort of screeching. I ... I've heard it before. BARBARA: Where? SUSAN: Well that's just it, I can't remember. I ... I just recognise it as ... being something evil. (BARBARA goes to examine the wall.) BARBARA: You know, I've never seen vegetation as dense as this before. It'll overrun the building in time. (SUSAN sits down on the jungle floor.) SUSAN: Do you think the key's inside, Barbara? BARBARA: Oh yes, it must be. It's a funny old place, isn't it? SUSAN: Yes. (SUSAN lies down. A short distance from her, one of the creepers begins to move of its own accord.) BARBARA: You know, in a few years these walls will be so weak you could push your way through. (The creeper begins to move towards SUSAN.) BARBARA: You know Susan, looking at this archway, I'm not at all sure... (The creeper has by now reached SUSAN'S leg but she simply kicks at it idly. BARBARA continues, oblivious.) BARBARA: ... it isn't half as dense as it looks. I'm sure we could get through. (SUSAN turns round and sees the creeper wrapped round her ankle.) SUSAN: (Screaming.) Aah ... aah! Barbara! Barbara! My leg... (BARBARA pulls the creeper off and smashes at it with a rock.) SUSAN: It was alive! It was alive!...snake crawling all over me! BARBARA: (Soothing.) No, no, it must've fallen on you from the trees. SUSAN: (Hysterical.) No it didn't, it's ... it’s alive! BARBARA: (Firmly.) Now stop it, Susan, stop it! SUSAN: It was trying to twine all round me! (She breaks off into sobs as BARBARA hugs her.) BARBARA: Look, it was just your imagination. (SUSAN recovers herself.) SUSAN: I'm sorry. BARBARA: It couldn't move by itself. You know it couldn't. SUSAN: No. BARBARA: Come on. Over here and help me at the archway. (She helps SUSAN to her feet and over to the archway.) BARBARA: You know, you ... you'll frighten me if you go on like this. SUSAN: Oh, look, you can move some of these back quite easily. (She brushes back some of the undergrowth.) BARBARA: Yes, I thought so. (She steps through the gap that SUSAN has made...) 2: EXT. PASSAGEWAY ( ... and into a narrow passageway surrounded either side and above by more plants.) SUSAN: (OOV.) What is it? BARBARA: I'm not sure. It's so dark in here. There's a ... a statue at the end of the tunnel, a, an idol or something. 3: EXT. JUNGLE (SUSAN peers in from the other end.) SUSAN: Be careful, Barbara. (BARBARA does not reply.) SUSAN: Barbara! ... Barbara! ... Are you all right? 4: EXT. PASSAGEWAY (BARBARA is venturing up the passageway adorned with classic statues that ends in a huge carved image. It resembles a sitting Buddha with a face that has a crude resemblance to a human being but with large spiked hair. Its arms are outstretched.) 5: EXT. JUNGLE SUSAN: Oh please don't go any further! (BARBARA calls back.) BARBARA: (OOV.) It's alright , I can see it now. It's a big, grotesque statue. (IAN comes up to the archway.) IAN: Ah, there's no other way in, Susan. SUSAN: Oh Ian, thank goodness you're here. IAN: What? (He looks around.) Where's Barbara? SUSAN: She's gone down here. IAN: What...? Barbara! What are you doing? I told you to wait until we got back. 6: EXT. PASSAGEWAY BARBARA: I thought there was a way through. (She runs up to the huge statue.) BARBARA: (Excited.) Ian, look! The key, the micro-circuit, I've found it! (It is sitting on the head of the statue.) IAN: (OOV.) Hang on, I'm coming! BARBARA: No no, it's all right. I can reach it. (She clambers onto the lap of the statue.) 7: EXT. JUNGLE (ALTOS and SABETHA return.) ALTOS: What's happening? IAN: Barbara's found the micro-key! ALTOS: Oh! SABETHA: Wonderful! ALTOS: (To BARBARA.) Can you manage? 8: EXT. PASSAGEWAY BARBARA: Yes, I... I think I've got it. (BARBARA manages to reach the key but as she takes it there is a grinding of gears and the arms of the statue close in around BARBARA'S legs.) BARBARA: (Screaming.) Ian! Help me! 9: EXT. JUNGLE IAN: (Alarmed.) Barbara! 10: EXT. PASSAGEWAY BARBARA: Help me! (The statue is in an alcove that rotates on a pivot taking both the statue and BARBARA round the other side of the wall, leaving a blank wall in its place. Moments later IAN and ALTOS run up to the same spot. IAN tries in vain to move the wall back round.) IAN: You see what happened? ALTOS: Yes. Is there no break in the wall? Perhaps there's a hidden spring. IAN: Well if there is, I can't find it. ALTOS: Well we must get inside. IAN: Yes, but how? Oh, let's get out in the open, I can't think in here. (IAN runs back out. ALTOS glances down at the ground and picks something up. It is the key that BARBARA found.) 11: EXT. JUNGLE (IAN emerges from the archway to SUSAN and SABETHA'S enquiring stares.) IAN: Barbara's disappeared. That... idol thing was on some sort of a pivot. SUSAN: Oh no. (ALTOS joins them.) ALTOS: At least we've found the micro-key. IAN: Oh, I don't care about that now. The only thing that matters is getting Barbara out of there. ALTOS: Yes, I agree. Here Sabetha, you'd better take this. Keep it with the other and keep it safe. SABETHA: Thank you. (She takes the key and puts it on the chain around her neck with the other one.) SABETHA: Look, I don't want to raise false hopes but perhaps things aren't as bad as they seem. IAN: What do you mean? SABETHA: Well Barbara was wearing her travel dial, wasn't she? SUSAN: Yes, none of us have taken them off. SABETHA: Then as long as she wasn't injured when she was trapped, she can escape whenever she wants. IAN: It's a possibility. ALTOS: Well, I'm sure she would've thought of that. IAN: Yes, of course. But she may not have taken advantage of it yet. Anything might've happened to her. SABETHA: But if she was in danger, she'd have to use her travel dial. (The grinding of gears it heard again. SUSAN rushes to the archway.) SUSAN: It's turning again. 12: EXT. PASSAGEWAY (The wall rotates and the statue re-emerges but there is no sign of BARBARA.) 13: EXT. JUNGLE SUSAN: Now the arms are open. ALTOS: Well that means it either must've released her or she's escaped. IAN: She may have been injured, or even... SABETHA: But if she used her travel dial and has gone on to the next destination, we don't know what danger she may be in there. IAN: No. Well we must cover all possibilities to the best of our abilities. You'd better go on ahead with Susan and Altos. ALTOS: Yes, that's wise, I think it is the wisest course. SUSAN: Ian, what are you going to do? IAN: I'm going back in there. If that idol works once as a trap there's no reason why it shouldn't work again. Once inside, well if there's no sign of Barbara, I'll follow you as quickly as I can. ALTOS: Well if that's settled there's no point in delaying. You ready, Sabetha? Susan? SUSAN: Can't I come with you, Ian? IAN: No Susan, better not. SABETHA: We'll wait for you, Ian. ALTOS: And I'll be your guardian, Susan. (He holds out his hand and SUSAN takes it.) IAN: Look after her, Altos. ALTOS: Take care, my friend. SUSAN: Goodbye, Ian. IAN: Good luck. (SABETHA drops the key as the others disappear. IAN picks it up and hands it to her.) IAN: Here. You'd better put this on your chain with the other one. We don't want you losing it somewhere in outer space. SABETHA: That would be terrible. There. I think that's safe enough. (She looks at it more closely.) SABETHA: This isn't it! IAN: What? SABETHA: It's just an imitation. Look, Ian. This edge is a fraction shorter. IAN: Are you absolutely sure? I mean, isn't it possible that there was some ... genuine variation in the original micro-keys? SABETHA: No. They all look absolutely identical, so this one must be an imitation. IAN: (Sighs.) We're no further on than when we arrived here. SABETHA: Do you want me to stay with you? IAN: No. You go on ahead with the others. They'll be worried already. Tell them what happened and tell them I'll follow as soon as I've found the real micro-key. SABETHA: Please be careful. IAN: I will. Off you go. (She does so. IAN makes for the archway.) 14: EXT. PASSAGEWAY (He comes up to the statue and stands in the same position as BARBARA. Sure enough, the statue holds him in position and rotates again.) 15: EXT. COURTYARD (IAN emerges on the other side of the wall and the statue releases him. He is in a courtyard full of plants and statues that is all overgrown. He moves forward in front of a statue of a WARRIOR holding an axe in order to have a look around. He treads on a loose paving stone and a grinding noise begins. He looks around for the source unaware that it is the WARRIOR statue behind him, lifting up the axe. BARBARA emerges from round a corner and sees it.) BARBARA: Ian, behind you! (IAN ducks out of the way as the axe hurtles to the ground. He runs over to BARBARA.) BARBARA: You not hurt? IAN: No, just a bit shaken. Barbara, if you hadn't shouted... BARBARA: Never mind about that now. Ian, I've been so frightened. If you hadn't turned up in another half an hour, I was going to turn the travel dial. IAN: I'm glad you didn't. That micro-key you found, it was a fake! BARBARA: What? IAN: Yes. The real one must be in here somewhere. BARBARA: Then I warn you, its not going to be easy to find. IAN: Oh? BARBARA: This whole place is one big booby trap. It's full of things like that statue. I'd only been here a minute when part of the wall crashed down just where I'd been standing. IAN: Well we'll take it very slowly. (He looks at a doorway in the building across the courtyard.) IAN: That doorway looks a good place to start. Any idea where it leads to? BARBARA: No. Into the building I suppose. IAN: Well that's a likely place to hide a key. Come on. BARBARA: You know, these vines are everywhere. They seem to be crawling all over the building. IAN: Not only the vines. It's all vegetation. Look at that wall! (He points at another of the walls that is completely covered by bushes.) BARBARA: Seems to be trying to get in... (IAN looks at her sharply.) IAN: Let's get the micro-key and get out of here. (They try to open the door but it is stuck. IAN tries to force it.) IAN: Oh, it looks as if we're going to have to break this door down. (He pushes against it again.) No, it's pretty solid. (He hits the door and then looks round his surroundings.) IAN: I shall need something to... I wish I could... BARBARA: I saw some iron bars in an alcove down there. (She points to another part of the courtyard. IAN heads for it. BARBARA stands, waiting, unaware that a creeper is silently descending near her head.) 16: INT. BUILDING. ROOM (DARRIUS, an old bearded man wearing robes similar to ARBITAN'S peers through a gap in a barred window within the building. He leaves his position and goes out through a door.) 17: EXT. COURTYARD (The door opens, seemingly of its own accord. BARBARA turns round and sees it but remains oblivious to the creeper which hurriedly withdraws. She looks briefly through the open door.) BARBARA: (Calling.) Ian! Ian! (IAN is examining the bars in an alcove.) IAN: I'll be right with you. (BARBARA enters the door.) 18: INT. BUILDING. HALLWAY (BARBARA moves cautiously through the building. Suddenly a net falls on her. She screams as she is dragged to the floor. Above her the ceiling of the hallway, covered with daggers protruding from it, begins to descend towards her. She screams even louder.) 19: EXT. COURTYARD (IAN reacts in alarm. He quickly tries to wrench out one of the bars but it is attached to a chain. A portcullis falls over the alcove, trapping him completely. BARBARA calls.) BARBARA: (OOV.) Ian! Ian! (He attempts to use another bar to force two bars apart.) 20: INT. BUILDING. HALLWAY (The daggers get closer.) BARBARA: (Calling.) Help me, Ian! Help me! (Through the open door, the feet of DARRIUS appear ... ) 21: EXT. COURTYARD (IAN is having no success in forcing the bars.) 22: INT. BUILDING. HALLWAY (As is it is about to reach BARBARA, the ceiling suddenly stops, then withdraws. BARBARA looks up to see DARRIUS standing over her.) DARRIUS: Why have you come in search of the keys? (BARBARA struggles against the net.) BARBARA: Help me! DARRIUS: Who are you? What interest have you in the keys? BARBARA: Look, I ... I can't talk to you like this. Let me go. DARRIUS: Are you a Voord? You do not resemble their race and yet... BARBARA: Arbitan sent us. DARRIUS: That is a lie. BARBARA: No, its true, he ... he was alone on the island, he couldn't send anyone else. DARRIUS: How can you prove it? BARBARA: I don't know. Look, where's Ian. What have you done to him? DARRIUS: (Persisting.) How can you prove that Arbitan sent you? BARBARA: Oh, the travel dial. On my wrist. (BARBARA manages to get her hand out of the net. DARRIUS removes the travel dial.) DARRIUS: I will examine this ... and if it is set correctly with the proper journey programmed, I shall know that you speak the truth. Only Arbitan could set your complete journey. (He goes through the door to the other room. BARBARA tries calling after him.) BARBARA: Er, what have you done with Ian? 23: EXT. COURTYARD (IAN is still struggling. Suddenly one of the bars falls out. Smiling in surprise he quickly slips though.) 24: INT. BUILDING. ROOM (DARRIUS is standing by the barred window struggling with a creeper that has come through the gap and shouting weakly.) DARRIUS: Help me! Oh, help me! Help me! Help me! 25: INT. BUILDING. HALLWAY (DARRIUS' shouting can be heard as BARBARA struggles to get the net off her.) DARRIUS: (OOV.) Help me! (IAN rushes in.) IAN: Barbara! DARRIUS: (OOV.) Help me! IAN: Are you alright? BARBARA: Yes. (IAN helps remove the net.) DARRIUS: (OOV.) Help me! BARBARA: In there. (She stands up.) IAN: What? DARRIUS: (OOV.) Help me! BARBARA: In here. (She points to the door.) 26: INT. BUILDING. ROOM (IAN and BARBARA enter and see DARRIUS struggling.) DARRIUS: Help! Help me! (IAN tries to snap the creeper but it is too strong. Finding a stick on a nearby table, he beats the creeper until it lets go. The two of them lead him over to a bed where he collapses.) DARRIUS: (Gasping.) It's coming again. The jungle is coming, when the whispering starts. It's death, I tell you, death ... 27: INT. BUILDING. ROOM (LATER) (BARBARA is sitting by DARRIUS' still form while IAN is peering out of the window.) BARBARA: He's coming round, Ian. (IAN comes over.) BARBARA: Ian, I think he's dying. DARRIUS: You must not ... stay here. IAN: Listen to me. Where is the micro-key? We're looking for it. Do you understand? Arbitan sent us. DARRIUS: Has Arbitan sent someone at last? IAN: Yes. DARRIUS: The idol... (Choking.) I put a false key on its head. BARBARA: Yes, I found it. DARRIUS: I know...system of mirrors. When the false key was taken ... I put my ... traps in motion. Only those ... warned by Arbitan could avoid them. BARBARA: He's getting weaker, Ian. I wish there was something I could do, I...I feel so helpless! DARRIUS: I haven't long to live, have I? IAN: You must trust us. Tell us. Where is the micro-key? DARRIUS: Closer... (IAN leans closer.) DARRIUS: D-E-three-O-two. IAN: What do you mean? I don't understand. DARRIUS: (He looks round in fright.) Quickly, the darkness, the whispering will start ... (He falls back and stops moving. BARBARA covers him with the blanket. After a brief pause she moves over to a door on the other side of the room.) BARBARA: He pointed to this door. What do ... do the numbers and the letters mean? IAN: I don't know. Could be the combination to a safe. Let's go and see. (They go through the door.) 28: INT. BUILDING. LABORATORY (IAN and BARBARA find themselves in a laboratory, the tables of which are full of books and all kinds of plants. They stare around in amazement and BARBARA eyes fall upon a safe.) BARBARA: Ian, you were right, it is a safe! IAN: And a combination one at that! BARBARA: Er... BARBARA & IAN: D-E-three-O-two. (IAN examines the lock.) IAN: Hello, it's only got the letters on. Perhaps the figures were the number of turns. BARBARA: Yes, try it. IAN: I’ll try it, yes. (IAN reads out the letters and numbers as he turns.) IAN: D, E, (Three turns of the lock.) 1, 2, 3, O, (Two turns of the lock) 1, 2. (He tries to turn the handle on the door.) IAN: It doesn't work. You sure we got it right? BARBARA: Yes, certain. IAN: Try again. (He retries the combination.) D, E, 1, 2, 3, O, 1, 2. (Still nothing happens.) IAN: No, no, it doesn't work. Well I suppose he could have hidden the combination somewhere. BARBARA: Yes, I suppose so. There's also a possibility that he didn't mean the safe at all. Judging by the traps and decoys around here, I should think the obvious hiding place is the least likely. IAN: Hmm, we must go over this room inch by inch, eliminating everything but the safe. And if we haven't found it, it must be in here. BARBARA: I’ll start over here. (They begin to look around ... ) 29: INT. BUILDING. LABORATORY (LATER) (Unsuccessful in her search, BARBARA is sitting down as IAN leafs through a book.) BARBARA: Ian, I've been trying to think back. What did he mean "darkness, the whispering will begin"? Whispering? I wonder if that's what Susan heard? IAN: I don't know, I think he was rambling. It didn't mean anything. (He holds the book up.) IAN: I'm hoping to find a lead in here. It's a diary of his experiments. BARBARA: Oh, what was he working on? IAN: Biology seems to have been his field as far as I can make out. BARBARA: Well, judging by the specimens in here, I'd say he was very successful. IAN: Yes. Last couple of entries are a bit strange. All about the balance of nature and increased destructive forces. Listen to this. "Nature has a fixed tempo of destruction, water dripping on a stone may take a thousand years to produce any sign of wear." BARBARA: Well that's not very original. IAN: It is if you could speed up everything. The wear on the stone could happen in one day. BARBARA: But that's ridiculous! IAN: Is it? He didn't seem to think so. He ends up by saying, "The growth accelerator has changed nature's tempo of destruction entirely." (BARBARA stands up.) BARBARA: Yes, well that may all be very fascinating ... but we are supposed to be looking for the combination to that safe. IAN: (Laughing.) All right, all right. (They resume rummaging through the equipment. IAN picks up another book. BARBARA looks through a shuttered window.) BARBARA: You know, it's quite dark outside. (She comes over to IAN and picks up another book.) BARBARA: Have you looked through this one? IAN: No. (She opens it and begins reading. Quietly at first, the screeching noise that SUSAN heard earlier begins to build up. They look up in surprise.) IAN: What's that? BARBARA: I don’t know, it sounds like whis... (IAN stands up in alarm.) BARBARA: (Realises and is shocked.) Whispering! He said it would begin when darkness came. This must be what Susan heard. IAN: Well, what’s causing it? BARBARA: Shh! Listen! (They pause as the sound continues.) BARBARA: It's like someone trying to get in! IAN: You said that when we were outside, about the jungle! BARBARA: (Panicked.) But it couldn't, Ian. It couldn't! IAN: Look! (He points to the window where several creepers, much larger than the ones before are beginning to force the bars apart, knocking specimen jars over as they enter the room.) IAN: Oh Barbara, don't you see? That's what he meant, the tempo of destruction! I mean, normally it would take fifty or a hundred years for the jungle to overrun this place. Now the whole process has been accelerated! BARBARA: You mean the jungle is attacking us? (They back away from the window as it breaks, allowing the creepers in. Suddenly BARBARA screams as one of them wraps itself round her leg. The two of them desperately try to unwind it and in the struggle, IAN knocks over a jar. Casting the creeper aside he sees a label on the jar reading “NH4NO3”.) IAN: (Excitedly.) Look, Barbara! Of course, it's a chemical formula! DE3O2! The micro-key's in one of these jars. Come on, quick! Let's find it! (They each rush to the two different sets of shelves containing similar jars and looking desperately as the jungle surges in around them. Suddenly BARBARA comes across a jar with the correct label on it of “DE3O2”. She pours the contents of it onto the shelf and, among a powder, is the genuine second key.) BARBARA: Ian, the key! (She takes it over to IAN. The room is now full of twitching creepers and their screams fill the air.) IAN: Barbara, you've found it! Let's get out of here quickly. Turn your travel dial. Now! Now! 30: EXT. TUNDRA (IAN and BARBARA are in a frozen tundra with snow on the ground. It is obviously freezing, a howling wind blows and they huddle together for warmth as they fall to the ground.) BARBARA: Oh, it must be far below zero! IAN: Barbara, this wind's going right through me. We must move! BARBARA: No, I can't. I, I can't move, Ian. I'm ... I’m too cold. IAN: Barbara, we've got to. We must move! If we don't find shelter we don't stand a chance!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x23 - The Screaming Jungle"}
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THE SNOWS OF TERROR Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 2nd May, 1964 5:30pm - 5:55pm 1: EXT. TUNDRA (IAN and BARBARA are in a frozen tundra with snow on the ground. It is obviously freezing, a howling wind blows and they huddle together for warmth as they fall to the ground.) IAN: Get up, Barbara! We must keep moving! If we don't find shelter, we don't stand a chance. BARBARA: It's no good Ian, I ... I can't... I'm too tired... Sleep... IAN: No! BARBARA: (Falling forward.) I must sleep... (She collapses and lies still. IAN slowly crawls over to her.) IAN: No ... no, Barbara, no! We'll freeze to death ... We ... (The cold overcomes him and he collapses too.) 2: EXT. TUNDRA. (A SHORT TIME LATER) (BARBARA sits up slowly. She sees a large, bearded MAN in a hood standing over them and faints. The MAN holds her wrist and pulls off the travel dial.) 3: INT. HUT (The sound of howling wind is heard from outside a wooden hut as a f*re is burning. The MAN from the tundra returns through the door and bolts it behind him. He checks on BARBARA who is sleeping in on a bed. He taps her on the shoulder. She sits up in alarm.) MAN: Don't be afraid, you're safe now. BARBARA: How... How did I...? Ian, where's Ian? (The MAN glances at IAN'S still form on another bed.) MAN: Ah, your friend is here. He still sleeps. (He takes her hand.) MAN: Your hand is slightly frost-bitten. Put it in mine. We must help your friend like this, too. Rub the hand slowly, like this. (He does so.) MAN: Yes? Understand? You afraid of me? BARBARA: (Nervously.) No ... . VASOR: Last year I broke the back of a wolf with my bare hands. I'm Vasor. Most men fear me, so I have few visitors. There, mm? The blood is beginning to return. BARBARA: Thank you. (She quickly withdraws her hand.) VASOR: I'll get a warm drink for both of you. (He goes to another room to make them. BARBARA nervously watches him go then slips over to IAN and shakes him.) BARBARA: Ian, wake up! IAN: (Coming round.) Mmm? BARBARA: How are you feeling? (He sits up slowly.) IAN: (In pain.) Oh, my hands! BARBARA: Yes, they're swollen with frostbite. (He reaches towards the f*re.) BARBARA: No, no, no, you mustn't put them near the f*re, you have to bring back the circulation slowly. (IAN looks around as BARBARA rubs his hands.) IAN: Well where are we? BARBARA: I don't know. I don't even know how we got here. (VASOR returns.) VASOR: Ah, you're awake, good. Here, drink this. (He hands them both bowls that they accept gratefully.) IAN: Oh, thank you. (They drink some of it.) IAN: Mmm, oh, that's better. (To VASOR.) Do we have you to thank for saving us on the mountain. VASOR: Hah! I found you when I was resetting my traps. (He laughs.) Had a difficult journey getting you back to the hut. BARBARA: (Smiling gratefully.) Well, we would have frozen to death. VASOR: Nah, the wolves would've eaten you first. IAN: Wolves? VASOR: Yes, there are more than ever of them this Winter. I've counted a dozen packs. Twenty in each. They're hungry. They're even raiding the villages at night. BARBARA: Are we in a village? VASOR: No, the nearest village is three miles away. I stay out here to look after me traps. IAN: Well we're grateful for ... you getting to us before the wolves. VASOR: Oh, one of you would've died anyway if it hadn't been for the stranger. I couldn't have carried you both. BARBARA: Stranger? What stranger? VASOR: Oh, madman. Came in here early last night, raving and ranting. I couldn't talk to him. Gave him some furs and went with him up the mountain. He was searching for a couple of girls. IAN: Altos! (They both stand.) BARBARA: Where is he now? VASOR: In the village, I think. After he got you back here I... think he went out. BARBARA: Did he say he was coming back? VASOR: Yes, but er... it's getting nearly dark. He won't be able to get over the ledge at night. IAN: Well, we must go and help him! VASOR: Oh, there's a storm coming up. IAN: You've already done so much for us I ... can't ask you to risk coming with me, but will you lend me warm clothing? VASOR: Lend you? (Chuckles.) My furs are my living, I'm a poor man. Wouldn't stand much chance of getting them back if you fell down a crevasse. IAN: Look, I can't pay you for them, I haven't got any money! VASOR: That thing on your wrist looks valuable. (IAN clutches his travel dial in indecision.) IAN: Yes, all right. (He hands it over.) IAN: Now please, hurry. VASOR: All right. Coat and gloves over there. (He points to a peg by the door with a fur coat on it.) VASOR: I'll get you a lantern. (He vanishes into the other room with IAN'S travel dial. BARBARA helps IAN into the coat.) BARBARA: Ian, Susan and Sabetha, do you think you'll find them? IAN: I don't know what to think Barbara. I'll know more when... when and if I find Altos. (VASOR returns and gives IAN a lantern and a bag.) VASOR: There you are. IAN: (Taking them.) Ahh ... VASOR: (Pointing.) The village lies that way. When you get through the fir forest, you'll see the lights. IAN: Well... thank you. (He makes for the door but BARBARA stops him.) BARBARA: Ian. IAN: I'll be back as soon as I can. (He opens the door and walks out into the snow. VASOR shuts it behind him and slides the bolt across. He joins BARBARA by the fireplace, placing his hands on her shoulders.) VASOR: Ah, we're alone. BARBARA: Oh, he'll be back, I know he will. VASOR: We'll see. Well, I'll go and get us some food. We must fatten you up, eh? (He chuckles and walks off leaving BARBARA looking very nervous.) 4: EXT. TUNDRA (IAN stumbles through the blizzard. On the hillside wolves appear howling. He quickens his pace but stops suddenly as he sees a body on the ground. It is ALTOS. His turns him over and tries to help him up. He sees that his hands have been tied together.) 5: INT. HUT (VASOR and BARBARA are sitting at a table, eating. The wolves can be heard howling from here.) BARBARA: They sound so close. VASOR: Aha, you're safe here! That door'll keep anything out. (Meaningfully.) Or in. Well you clear those things away will you? And I'll get rid of these. (He carries some of the bowls away. Trying to find somewhere to put the rest, BARBARA opens a drawer. Inside are four travel dials and...) BARBARA: Sabetha's chain! (VASOR bursts in.) VASOR: (Angrily.) What are you doing in that drawer? BARBARA: Where did you get these? One of the girls was wearing this. VASOR: You give me those. They're worth money. (He snatches the chain back.) BARBARA: How did you get them? VASOR: There's a cave on the mountain’s where I store my traps. I found the two girls hiding there. BARBARA: So they're alive? VASOR: They may be. That was yesterday. I gave them food and flint in return for these. I left 'em there. BARBARA: But why? Why didn't you bring them back? VASOR: Ah, don't keep annoying me. These accusations ... Huh! I can't afford to look after every fool that gets lost on the mountains. BARBARA: They gave you all those things in the drawer. VASOR: Yah, trinkets! BARBARA: Well what about Altos, the young man, who... VASOR: He forced me to go up the mountain to look for these girls. Instead we found you and when we brought you back here, he wanted to go out again. BARBARA: I don't believe you. You stole those things. VASOR: (Quietly.) Ah? Did I? BARBARA: Oh, they might have given you the wrist bracelets, but for the keys and the chain, Sabetha would never have parted with them! VASOR: Yes, I thought they were valuable. BARBARA: What have you done with them. You didn't k*ll them? VASOR: (Chuckles.) You don't k*ll anybody in this country. The cold and the wolves do that. BARBARA: Well, when Ian gets back... (She glances at the door as VASOR chuckles again.) VASOR: What makes you think he will get back? He doesn’t know what’s in that bag I gave him. (He laughs.) BARBARA: What did you put in it? (VASOR just laughs again.) BARBARA: Tell me! (VASOR continues to laugh.) 6: EXT. TUNDRA (ALTOS is now conscious and IAN is rubbing his legs to help bring the circulation back. Another wolf howls nearby. They both look up.) IAN: They're getting closer. We can't stay here. How are your legs? ALTOS: The feeling's beginning to return. I ... should be able to walk in a minute or two. IAN: You haven't yet told me who tied you up. ALTOS: The trapper. IAN: What? But he rescued us. ALTOS: Only because I forced him to. He's utterly ruthless. IAN: (Appalled.) Barbara's back there with him, alone! ALTOS: Well then we must get back there as quickly as we can. Help me up. (They get to their feet but ALTOS leans on IAN for support.) IAN: All right, can you stand? ALTOS: Yes. (IAN notices something poking out of the bag.) IAN: Wait a minute! Look at this! Raw meat! What on Earth would Vasor want to give that to me for? (A wolf howls very close now.) ALTOS: There's your answer. Those beasts can scent raw meat miles away, it draws them like a magnet. Vasor was making certain that you wouldn't get back. IAN: (Angrily.) Well he's got a surprise coming to him, hasn't he? (He throws the meat away.) IAN: Come on. (As they leave a wolf approaches the meat.) 7: INT. HUT (VASOR advances on BARBARA and corners her.) VASOR: There's nowhere you can run. BARBARA: Keep away! (She edges round him to the fireplace as VASOR follows laughing. BARBARA picks up a poker from the f*re.) VASOR: Put that down! BARBARA: Don't you dare come near me! VASOR: (Calmly.) All right. I'm in no hurry. There's no one coming to help you. I can wait. 8: EXT. MOUNTAINSIDE (IAN and ALTOS stagger along together. They stop as they hear the wolves again.) IAN: They're catching up. ALTOS: Look! (He points at VASOR'S hut in the distance from which can be seen a curl of smoke coming from the chimney.) IAN: About a quarter of a mile I make it. I think we've got a chance, but we'll have to run, Altos. ALTOS: All right, I'll try. IAN: Come on. (They run down the hill together.) 9: INT. HUT (VASOR makes a grab for BARBARA. She hits him with the poker. He yells in pain as BARBARA drops the poker.) VASOR: (Snarling.) All right, I'll wait no longer! (BARBARA dodges around the table and tries to defend herself with a stool but he snatches it easily. She screams as she falls back on one of the beds. Suddenly there is a fierce knocking on the door.) IAN: (OOV.) Barbara, open the door! Open the door! Open the door! (BARBARA slips past VASOR and tries to open the door ... ) IAN: (OOV.) Open the door! ( ... but VASOR grabs her. She bites his hand.) IAN: (OOV.) Open the door! (Howling, VASOR lets go and BARBARA slides back the bolt.) IAN: (OOV.) Open the ... ! (IAN and ALTOS burst in.) IAN: (To BARBARA.) Are you all right? BARBARA: Yes. The girls are all right, they're in a cave in the mountain. (ALTOS pulls VASOR up.) ALTOS: You ... ! VASOR: I meant them no harm, I swear it! I gave them food and flint to light a f*re... ALTOS: You treacherous... IAN: No Altos, we want him unharmed. He's going to show us where the cave is. 10: INT. ICE CAVE (SUSAN is trying to re-light a f*re on the ground. The cave walls are totally covered in glistening ice. No rock can be seen. SUSAN gives up and huddles closer to SABETHA for warmth.) SUSAN: It’s no good, Sabetha. SABETHA: It doesn't matter. There was hardly any wood left. SUSAN: Look, there's no point in us just waiting here, we must go out there and take a chance. SABETHA: In these clothes? We wouldn't last an hour. SUSAN: How long do you think we'll last here without any f*re? SABETHA: I suppose you're right. SUSAN: Come on then. (SUSAN starts off down a passage on the left but SABETHA shakes her head.) SABETHA: That wasn't the way we came in. It was the tunnel on the right. SUSAN: Well, I'm sure it was this one. SABETHA: I could've sworn it... Well, if you're certain. SUSAN: Well I thought I was certain. You've made me doubtful now. SABETHA: Come on. Let's try it. (They set off down the left passageway.) 11: EXT. MOUNTAINSIDE (VASOR is showing the others the way. They all wear furs against the howling wind.) IAN: How much further? VASOR: It's just beyond the next ridge. When we get there can I go back? IAN: You're getting no promises out of me. Come on! 12: INT. ICE PASSAGEWAY (SUSAN and SABETHA have reached a d*ad end.) SABETHA: Oh! Now we've got to go back. SUSAN: I'm sorry, Sabetha. SABETHA: (Hugging her.) Oh, it's not your fault, don't worry. We'll just go back the way we came. Come on. 13: INT. ICE CAVE (The others enter the cave and look around.) IAN: (To VASOR.) They're not here. (VASOR points to the floor.) VASOR: Look, there's been a f*re. I told you I'd helped them! (IAN examines the remains of the f*re.) IAN: This ash is still warm. They can't have been gone long. BARBARA: (To VASOR.) Is there another way out of these caves? VASOR: No, this is the only one. ALTOS: How far do these tunnels go? VASOR: Oh, right through the mountain. IAN: Then they must have gone in deeper. Lead on, Vasor. (VASOR panics and tries to run. IAN holds him back.) VASOR: No, no, no, no, we mustn’t! There are demons in there... I won't go on! IAN: (Firmly.) Vasor, I am not asking you, I'm telling you. Now move! (IAN shoves a frightened VASOR down the passage and the others follow.) 14: INT. ICE PASSAGEWAY (SUSAN and SABETHA emerge from an archway in the rock.) SUSAN: It's no good Sabetha, we ... we're just going deeper into the mountain. SABETHA: If we keep going we must find a way out. Now come on. (They go through another archway...) 15: INT. CHASM (In front of them is a narrow but deep chasm. It is spanned by a single, rickety-looking rope-bridge.) SUSAN: Oh look! Well there's a rope-bridge. (She approaches the bridge.) SABETHA: Be careful. (SUSAN cautiously begins to cross it. The bridge sags and shakes as she crosses.) SABETHA: Is... is it safe? SUSAN: I think so... (SUSAN stumbles in the middle and panics ... ) SABETHA: Don't look down! (SUSAN reaches the other side. SABETHA manages to traverse it successfully in one go.) SABETHA: Come on, let's move quickly. (They duck through a hole in the rock wall on the other side.) 16: INT. ICE PASSAGEWAY (The other party continue their progress.) BARBARA: I've just realised, this wall isn't rock, it's solid ice! VASOR: (Sobbing.) Oh, please, we mustn't go on. I told you the truth when I said there were demons here, there are men who've seen them. IAN: Well you never know, you might be a man who's seen them too. You're not going back, anyway. Come on, get on. ALTOS: (OOV, from ahead.) Stop! 17: INT. CHASM (ALTOS and BARBARA balance precariously at the edge of the chasm.) 18: INT. ICE CAVERN (SUSAN and SABETHA enter another cave and come face to face with four motionless and frozen figures. Each is armoured, wears a round helmet and carries a vicious looking sword. The girls back off in terror ... SABETHA: Hurry! ( ... and run away back down the tunnel.) 19: INT. CHASM (ALTOS and BARBARA have just crossed the bridge when SUSAN and SABETHA return, panicked.) SUSAN: Oh, Barbara! (IAN calls from the other side.) IAN: Hang on, I'm coming over! SUSAN: Ian! (He crosses the bridge with no difficulty, leaving only VASOR to cross. As ALTOS gives his fur to SABETHA, BARBARA helps IAN off the bridge.) IAN: Thank you. Oh, Susan. Here, put this round you. (He gives SUSAN his furs.) SUSAN: I thought we'd never get out of here. IAN: Well you're all right now. What happened? BARBARA: What was it that frightened you? (SABETHA points the way they just came from.) SABETHA: Down there, there’s somebody down there. SUSAN: We almost ran into them. ALTOS: Ian, stop him! (VASOR has by now cut the bridge at his end and he throws it into the darkness.) IAN: Vasor, wait! VASOR: No, you wait! Wait there forever! There's no other way out. (He walks back towards the mountainside, laughing.) IAN: (Angrily.) What a fool I was. BARBARA: How do we get across? IAN: I don't know. It's too wide to jump. BARBARA: Well maybe we could find some planks and logs and lay them across? IAN: Yes, all right. Let's go and look. ALTOS: Shall I lead the way? IAN: Yes. ALTOS: Sabetha, keep close behind me. (ALTOS leads the party through the hole.) 20: INT. ICE PASSAGEWAY (They go down another ice passageway. This one has a steep incline.) ALTOS: Look out for this slope. IAN: Yes. (To SUSAN and BARBARA behind him.) Mind the slope. BARBARA: Right. (From ahead there is a rumbling and scraping noise, which none of them notice.) IAN: All right? (ALTOS is about to proceed through an archway when IAN notices something.) IAN: Altos, look out! (ALTOS and SABETHA stop suddenly. The slightly detached roof of the archway moves slightly with another rumbling noise but does not fall.) IAN: This rock's the only thing that's supporting this block of ice. ALTOS: It might have crushed us to death. IAN: Yes. Well the only thing to do is to keep away from it, keep down as you go under. ALTOS: Yes, I agree. IAN: Right down. (ALTOS and SABETHA go first.) SUSAN: Oh, can't we go back? BARBARA: No, Susan, we must find the key. IAN: Susan, we must search all these tunnels properly. That key's probably hidden somewhere here inside the mountain. (SUSAN realises where they are going and hugs BARBARA.) SUSAN: (Terrified.) Oh! Not there! IAN: (Determined.) We have no alternative. 21: INT. ICE CAVERN (SABETHA, ALTOS, IAN, BARBARA and SUSAN cautiously enter the cave. It is exactly as it was before with the ICE SOLDIERS still frozen solid and stood to attention.) BARBARA: Is this what you saw, Susan? SUSAN: Yes, but they seem so like-life. (A square block of ice sits on a rock in the centre of the cave. The four SOLDIERS stand sentinel, facing outwards at each corner of the block.) IAN: (Stepping forward.) These must be the demons that Vasor talked about. Well, they're certainly the stuff that make legends. (SABETHA joins IAN and looks at the block of ice.) SABETHA: Look, right in the middle of the ice. There’s the key! IAN: Yes. ALTOS: It couldn't be better protected, could it? A solid block of ice! IAN: And four d*ad warriors ... to guard it, eh? And each perfectly preserved. They certainly look frightening enough, don't they? (BARBARA has discovered a pipe with a valve near the block of ice.) BARBARA: There's a pipe here. It runs right round the block of ice. (SUSAN calls from by the entrance to the passageway.) SUSAN: Oh, yes look. It comes out over here. You can see it running underneath the ice. BARBARA: Ian, over here. There's a sort of valve or something. (She starts to turn it as IAN comes over.) IAN: Hey, well steady on, wait a minute. Go on turning it. (BARBARA carries on. IAN feels the pipe.) IAN: It's getting warmer! SABETHA: But how could it be? Where could the heat come from? BARBARA: It must be a volcanic spring, buried deep in the bowels of the earth. Like the hot springs in Iceland! SABETHA: Iceland? Where's that? IAN: In our own country, far away. SUSAN: (At the block of ice with ALTOS.) It's melting. ALTOS: Quite quickly. (IAN examines the block briefly.) IAN: Oh, while we’re waiting for it to melt, let's go and see what we can do about that bridge. (They all walk out leaving the SOLDIERS alone.) 22: INT. CHASM (IAN and ALTOS have finished lashing two spars of ice together.) IAN: With any luck, they’ll freeze together. (He rubs his hands together.) Oh, cold on the hands isn’t it? Well, let’s get it over. (Together they lift the spars up.) IAN: Careful, we don't want it them break. (They use another spar already spanning the chasm to help them get it across.) IAN: Right, slide it along that other one gently. Right? (They push it across.) Now, careful when it comes off the end. Careful! (The spars fall off the third when they span the chasm and all three lie next to each other.) IAN: (Happily.) Oh! It didn't break! Right, let's get some more and pile around it. Where are the girls? ALTOS: I asked to them to go and see how the melting process is coming along. 23: INT. ICE CAVERN (The women walk cautiously back into the cave. The ICE SOLDIERS have also thawed out and their bodies are now slumped forward. SABETHA notices that the key is now free and runs to get it.) SABETHA: The key! BARBARA: (Calling back down the passage.) Ian! Altos! It's all right, it's all melted! (SUSAN approaches one of the ICE SOLDIERS and examines its sword.) SUSAN: Hey, look at these w*apon. Wouldn't like to come across one of these in a battle. (The ICE SOLDIER opens its eyes and slowly raises its head. SUSAN screams and runs back to BARBARA.) SUSAN: Aah, he's ... he’s alive! (Screaming.) He's alive! (IAN and ALTOS enter.) IAN: What's the matter? (He sees the ICE SOLDIER lifting up its sword and turning towards them.) IAN: Get out of here! Run! (He pushes SUSAN and BARBARA back through the entrance.) IAN: (To SABETHA.) Have you got the key? SABETHA: Yes. IAN: Then run! (SABETHA dashes for the exit but trips with a cry. IAN helps her out with ALTOS. The other ICE SOLDIERS are staggering to life by now and they approach IAN who is watching the rear.) 24: INT. CHASM (The others are waiting for IAN. SUSAN, unseen, steps away and starts to tightening the ropes on the improvised bridge, then gingerly starts to cross on her hands and knees...) 25: INT. ICE PASSAGEWAY (IAN retreats down the passageway, warding off the lead SOLDIERS blows with a stalactite.) 26: INT. CHASM (BARBARA notices that SUSAN is attempting to cross the ice spars over the chasm on her hands and knees.) BARBARA: Susan! (The spar bridge creaks.) ALTOS: It'll never take her weight. It can’t have frozen solid yet. (One of the spars of the bridge falls forward and for a moment nobody moves. Eventually SUSAN resumes her progress across.) 27: INT. ICE PASSAGEWAY (IAN manages to lever down the rock that is supporting the archway, thereby blocking the passageway. The ICE SOLDIERS run up and attempt to att*ck him from over the top of it.) 28: INT. CHASM (BARBARA gasps as SUSAN reaches the other side.) ALTOS: Well done, Susan! Come on, Sabetha, get ready. You first. (They grab the rope bridge.) 29: INT. ICE PASSAGEWAY (IAN has gone. With superhuman strength, one of the ICE SOLDIERS lifts the rock up and the others rush underneath it.) 30: INT. CHASM (The rope bridge has been thrown over to SUSAN and she has tied it back into place. BARBARA and SABETHA have already gone across. SUSAN helps ALTOS onto the other side who in turn helps IAN across.) IAN: Right, you carry on, I'll catch you up. (They leave just as one of the ICE SOLDIERS arrives. It attempts to cross the bridge but IAN cuts the rope. The SOLDIER falls into the chasm, screaming, as IAN stares on, grimly. The other ICE SOLDIERS arrive and look at the gap in frustration.) 31: INT. HUT (VASOR is sitting at his table, smiling as he looks over the travel dials and the necklace of keys. Suddenly, IAN and ALTOS burst in through the door.) VASOR: (Shocked.) What...? How did you get...? (SUSAN, BARBARA and SABETHA enter.) IAN: (Menacingly.) We've come to collect our things, Vasor. VASOR: Ah, ah, no, no, no! (He runs out of the door. IAN hands the other keys to SABETHA.) IAN: Here, Sabetha, put these around your neck. BARBARA: (Passing SUSAN her travel dial.) Susan ... . IAN: (To SABETHA.) Now, put the travel dial on. (She does so.) If all got our travel dials on, we'll keep our date with the Doctor! (VASOR runs back into the hut.) VASOR: (Panicking.) Aah, ah, they're coming, they're coming! The devils from the mountain! They're coming here! (He shuts and bolts the door.) IAN: Then I'm afraid you'll have to entertain them alone, Vasor. We have to leave you. VASOR: No! (He grabs SUSAN. The ICE SOLDIERS are hacking ferociously at the door.) SUSAN: Aah! VASOR: You'll stay, you hear? You'll stay or I'll k*ll her. IAN: (Warningly.) Take your hands of her! VASOR: (Backing up towards the door.) I’m going out the back way... (He suddenly freezes with a cry and SUSAN breaks free as he collapses. Staring in bafflement, IAN sees that the lance of one of the SOLDIERS has broken through the door and s*ab VASOR through the back.) IAN: He’s d*ad. (The SOLDIERS, meanwhile, have nearly demolished the door.) IAN: The dials, twist the dials! (The soldiers burst in only to find that the travellers have disappeared. They look round in puzzlement.) 32: INT. EXHIBITION VAULT (A man wearing a black uniform lies still at the foot of several glass cases. IAN, who is alone, crouches down by him. He looks in the nearest case and, seeing something inside, desperately attempts to open it. The black gloved hand of an unseen assailant brings a club down on his head and he collapses. The figure places the club in IAN'S hand before moving to the case. By opening a side panel it removes the object that IAN saw, which is none other than the final key. An alarm bell sounds...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x24 - The Snows of Terror"}
foreverdreaming
SENTENCE OF DEATH Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 9th May, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1: INT. EXHIBITION VAULT (A man wearing a black uniform lies still at the foot of several glass cases. IAN, who is alone, crouches down by him. He looks in the nearest case and, seeing something inside, desperately attempts to open it. The black gloved hand of an unseen assailant brings a club down on his head and he collapses. The figure places the club in IAN'S hand before moving to the case. By opening a side panel it removes the object which is none other than the final key. An alarm bell sounds. IAN lies on the floor, unconscious.) 2: INT. EXHIBITION VAULT (LATER) (IAN comes to and rises, groaning and rubbing his head. The alarm has stopped now. He goes over to the cabinet only to find that the key is gone.) TARRON: Do you want to tell me where you've hidden it? (IAN whirls around to see that a dark-haired youngish man, wearing a similar black uniform to the man who was on the floor, is seated on the far side of the room in front of a series of display cabinets containing regalia and other ornaments.) IAN: Who are you? TARRON: My name is Tarron. I'm an interrogator in the guardian division. Do you feel well enough to talk? IAN: (Rubbing his neck and head.) Well my head's pretty sore. What happened here? TARRON: I'm waiting for you to tell me. IAN: Me? I don't know much. I just came through that door. TARRON: It was unlocked? IAN: It ... was ajar. I saw the body on the floor, bent down to have a look and ... someone h*t me on the head from behind. (TARRON stands up.) TARRON: You could not've come through that door unless the guard on duty in here let you in. IAN: It was open, I've already told you. TARRON: This is a maximum security vault. No one is admitted until they have undergone a complete probity check. There's no record of you ever having completed such a check. IAN: Well of course there isn't, I've never been here before. TARRON: However, you did get inside. I must assume that you either tricked the guard there or you were in league with him. IAN: What...? What are you talking about? I told you how I got in. TARRON: (Sceptically.) Yes. And I'm recording all your answers. (He holds up before IAN a small electronic box that he wears on a strap over his shoulder.) TARRON: Now do you feel well enough? Are you going to tell me the truth? IAN: Yes well, as far as I can, but... TARRON: Well let's be orderly about this. Name? IAN: (Reluctantly.) Ian Chesterton. TARRON: You are a visitor to this district? IAN: Yes. TARRON: Your work? IAN: I'm a teacher, science. TARRON: Hmm. You know the purpose of the micro-key? (IAN just rubs his head and groans.) TARRON: No reply. It would make my report complete if you would tell me how you got rid of the micro-key. IAN: I didn't get rid of it. I never had it. I saw it in that glass case before someone h*t me on the back of the head. TARRON: While you were unconscious, my men searched the room. They searched you and the body of the guard. They didn't find it. Now, what did you do with it? IAN: (Frustrated.) I didn't do anything with it. I've told you all I know. TARRON: (Sceptically.) All right. (He goes over to the huge steel door to the vault and picks up a phone receiver.) TARRON: Open your side, we're coming out. (The door begins to swing open, revealing another guard dressed similarly to TARRON.) IAN: Well, where are we going? TARRON: To the Guardian Building. You will be charged formally. IAN: Charged? With what? TARRON: m*rder. IAN: (Shocked.) Just a minute - what's your name? Tarron? TARRON: Yes. IAN: This business is beginning to run away from me. I've told you the truth! (TARRON closes the door again.) TARRON: That isn't for me to decide. IAN: Well there was another man in here, I've got a lump on the back of my head to prove it! TARRON: The d*ad man could have h*t you before he was k*lled. IAN: And I suppose I k*lled him when I was unconscious? TARRON: Well it does suggest you had an accomplice, I agree. So you had better produce him, that's my advice to you for what it's worth. IAN: I don't have to produce him, Tarron, you do! This is circumstantial evidence. You must prove that I did the actual k*lling! TARRON: That is contrary to our legal system. IAN: What? TARRON: I mean that you are already guilty of this crime. The burden of defence is entirely yours. You must prove without any shadow of doubt that you are innocent. Otherwise... IAN: Otherwise? TARRON: You will die. If you will take my advice you will find someone to speak for you at the tribunal. Do you know anybody in the city? IAN: Yes, I ... I do know someone, if I can find him. TARRON: Who is he? IAN: Who? (He chuckles.) He's a doctor. 3: INT. COURTROOM RECEPTION (BARBARA is seated at the reception desk opposite another of the black uniformed personnel called LARN.) LARN: Permission has been granted for you to attend the court proceedings. BARBARA: Thank you. LARN: But I'm to tell you there must be no disturbances of any kind. The laws are very rigid. Offenders can be sent for one year to the glass factories in the desert, instantly and without trial. BARBARA: I understand. LARN: Chief Enquirer Tarron has arranged for you to speak to your friend but you do understand that you mustn’t give him any... packets, or articles not previously examined by me, yes? (BARBARA smiles and nods.) LARN: Good. (BARBARA goes over to another wall and sits next to ALTOS. SUSAN and SABETHA come through an archway towards them.) BARBARA: Any news? (ALTOS stands.) SUSAN: No, not a sign of him anywhere. SABETHA: Several people saw him only two days ago. ALTOS: Was that before or after Ian was arrested? SUSAN: Well, after as far as we can work out. ALTOS: (Sighs.) I haven't been able to find anything out about my friend Eprim, either. BARBARA: Well we've got permission to see Ian anyway. (SUSAN sits in ALTOS'S seat.) SUSAN: Oh good. Can't we make a dash for it? BARBARA: No, it's too dangerous. (IAN is escorted into the room by TARRON. They rush over to him.) BARBARA: Ian! SABETHA: How are you? (TARRON forces him to sit.) IAN: Oh, they're treating me well enough. But have you found the Doctor yet? BARBARA: No. There isn't a sight or sound of him anywhere. IAN: We must find him Barbara, we must! The laws in this country are a mockery. (A door on the far side of the room shuts. A familiar figure has entered the room.) DOCTOR: I quite agree with you, my boy! IAN: Doctor! SUSAN: Grandfather! (She runs over and hugs him. The others surround him, apart from IAN.) BARBARA: How did you get here? ALTOS: We've been looking everywhere for you! SUSAN: I don't care. I’m just glad we're together again. DOCTOR: Yes, so am I, dear child, so am I. However, we have some important work to attend to. Excuse me. (He walks over to IAN.) DOCTOR: Chesterton, you and I must have a talk. IAN: (Slightly panicked.) We haven't got much time to talk, Doctor. In a moment I have to go in there and face an accusation of m*rder. I need a man to defend me. DOCTOR: I am that man! (SUSAN looks up at her Grandfather with pride.) 4: INT. COURTROOM (At one end of this large room, IAN stands alone at a small table. To his left is a larger table behind which is the prosecutor, EYESEN. At an identical table to the right, the DOCTOR, SUSAN, BARBARA, ALTOS and SABETHA are gathered. Behind them sits a large crowd. Three bearded JUDGES wearing ornate black robes and white headdresses emerge from a doorway and, after bowing to the court, seat themselves at a raised table opposite IAN. The SENIOR JUDGE in the middle speaks.) SENIOR JUDGE: Our decision upon the report of Chief Enquirer Tarron, is that the prisoner, Ian Chesterton, is guilty of m*rder and that his sentence is death, the said sentence to be administered three days after the end of this hearing... Unless ... unless the representative for the accused should show positive proof why the execution should not be carried out. Will you stand up? (The DOCTOR stands.) SENIOR JUDGE: Representative for the defence, you have a grave duty. You have offered your services in this matter which complies with the laws of the city of Millennius in that any person may speak on behalf of another. Are you acquainted with our laws? DOCTOR: Er, yes. I have studied some, my lord. SENIOR JUDGE: Every latitude will be allowed to you, and if you are at fault, I will give you directions. DOCTOR: Thank you. (He sits down.) SENIOR JUDGE: The representative for the court, Eyesen, has spoken his facts. You may now reply. (The DOCTOR stands again.) DOCTOR: My lords, I cannot defend a man when I have not considered every aspect of the case. I must have time to examine witnesses, read statements and to prepare my case. EYESEN: I object most strongly. (The crowd murmurs ... ) SENIOR JUDGE: The demand is reasonable in itself. The crime of m*rder in Millennius is in itself unusual. (As the crowd murmurs again, the SENIOR JUDGE confers with the other JUDGES, both of whom nod.) SENIOR JUDGE: (To the DOCTOR.) Then I grant you two days. DOCTOR: Thank you, my lord. (The JUDGES retire and go back through the door. EYESEN goes over to the DOCTOR.) EYESEN: (Coldly.) I congratulate you. DOCTOR: Thank you. (They shake hands without warmth.) EYESEN: (Smoothly.) It will not alter the outcome. DOCTOR: We shall see. (EYESEN retreats as IAN approaches.) IAN: Well done, Doctor! DOCTOR: Er, I have been starting and studied the laws ever since I heard that Eprim had been m*rder. ALTOS: (Shocked.) Eprim? IAN: He was your friend. ALTOS: Yes. You found him, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh yes, I had met him and arranged to take the micro-key but something must have happened, that's why he tried to take the key earlier than we had arranged. SABETHA: And he was k*lled? DOCTOR: Yes. He must have told his plans to someone else. And that someone else k*lled him and took the key. IAN: Then all we have to do is find out who took the key and why! ALTOS: In two days? DOCTOR: Yes, we shall need every minute of that. Now, we must all take a task on. m*rder, I gather, is very rare here. (To ALTOS and SABETHA.) Now I want both of you to go to the library and find out all the case histories you can. Facts and figures. ALTOS: And legal sentences! SABETHA: And reasons for people being found not guilty. DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, quite. Now off you go, both of you, and meet me back here in three hours. ALTOS: Right. (They head off.) SUSAN: What can I do, grandfather? DOCTOR: Well, you, my child, and er, Barbara can be my detectives. (To IAN.) And you my friend... IAN: Yes, what can I do, Doctor? DOCTOR: Trust me. 5: INT. LIBRARY (SABETHA is watching ALTOS leaf through a book in front of some old bookshelves. He replaces it and starts reading another.) 6: INT. EXHIBITION VAULT (The DOCTOR, SUSAN and BARBARA are interviewing TARRON at the scene of the crime.) TARRON: There was a mace beside the body and there was blood on it. Chesterton was on the floor, unconscious. Either he slipped and bumped his head or Eprim had got a blow in before he died. BARBARA: And the key was gone, you say? TARRON: Yes, and that's the only element of the case I don't understand. My men did a heat reflector search of this room. It is absolutely certain that the micro-key is not here. It is equally certain that it has not been taken from here. DOCTOR: Oh, come now Tarron, we're not dealing in magic. You know, it's obvious to me that the key must have left this room. TARRON: No, every person that came in here was checked by the Orza ray scanner as they went out. If anyone had the key on them, the scanner would have detected it. SUSAN: Supposing the m*rder hid the key on the body? TARRON: The body was searched. It wasn't there. DOCTOR: Then would you mind telling us what happened after the alarm bell went, please? (TARRON goes over to the door.) TARRON: Well, the relief guard was the first to reach the outside of the door. He was joined almost immediately by the, er, controller and a guardian who was on patrol outside. Now when I reached the door it was opened and you know what we found inside. SUSAN: (Perplexed.) That's fantastic, it couldn’t disappear into thin air! DOCTOR: Precisely and I rather gather that when we discover its location we shall also discover the real identity of the m*rder! TARRON: (Smirking.) But we know the m*rder. It was Chesterton. DOCTOR: Mr. Tarron, I wonder if you'd mind leaving us alone for a few moments, we'd like to discuss the aspects of this case, mm? TARRON: Very well. DOCTOR: Thank you. (TARRON goes through the door and shuts it behind him. The DOCTOR begins pacing around in concentration.) DOCTOR: Yes, mm, mm ... BARBARA: Any ideas? Well? DOCTOR: Mmm? What? BARBARA: Have you any idea how the key got out of here? DOCTOR: (Dismissively.) Oh, elementary, elementary. SUSAN: Grandfather! Do you mean you know? I mean, how? Where? DOCTOR: All in good time, my child. The important thing is I believe I know who did the k*lling. BARBARA: But how? Tarron's been working on it all day, you've only been here a few minutes. DOCTOR: Mmm, you see Tarron never doubted that Chesteron was guilty. A grave error, yes, a very grave error! (Laughs.) SUSAN: Yes, whereas we know he's innocent. DOCTOR: Precisely, but someone did it and we also know there was a third man in the room. How he got in here, we shall know in a moment. Now, let us assume he was hiding, yes, yes, behind this door. Mmm. (He stands behind the door.) DOCTOR: Now Barbara, you imagine that you are Chesterton for a moment. Come here. (He points to the doorway and BARBARA stands in it.) DOCTOR: You, please, you look into the room, you see a body on the floor. What do you do? Mmm? BARBARA: Erm, I'd see if I could help. SUSAN: I'll be the body. (She lies down on the floor.) DOCTOR: Good. (To BARBARA.) Now let me see you do it. (BARBARA crouches down beside SUSAN.) DOCTOR: There's a w*apon beside the body. Do you examine it? BARBARA: Yes. Yes, I think I would. DOCTOR: Good. Then you look up in front of you. And you see exactly what you came here for - the micro-key! (BARBARA stands and approaches the case just as IAN did before.) DOCTOR: Unbeknown to you, the third man comes out of hiding, creeps up behind you... (He comes up behind her and manoeuvres her somewhat brusquely to the floor.) DOCTOR: ...And you are smacked down so. Now he can take what he came here for. He opens the case, lifts the key, the alarm bell sounds. Now, he only has a few seconds so he conceals the key, runs to the door, opens it, gets out and then closes it. But, he can't go any further because, already, the security guards and officials are on their way. So, (Chuckles.) he decides to pretend that he is first on the scene. SUSAN: The relief guard! DOCTOR: Yes! BARBARA: Yes, of course! That's why the guard inside let him in the first place, he knew him, even expected him! DOCTOR: Yes, he went in, k*lled his colleague, heared Chesterton into ... in the hall, hid behind the door and the rest we know! SUSAN: That must be how it happened, I'll go and tell Tarron. (She makes for the door but the DOCTOR stops her.) DOCTOR: Ah! My dear child, this is only a theory. We must have proof. BARBARA: But surely if you know where the key is, that's proof? DOCTOR: If Tarron were to know that now, his case against Chesterton would be complete. I can't improve at this very moment... I can't prove at this very moment that Chesterton didn't hide it in its present location. BARBARA: Oh, what do we do then? DOCTOR: I have a little errand for you and I think you will find it very interesting. Mmm? (He laughs as they look at each other perplexed.) 6: INT. AYDAN AND KALA'S APARTMENT (An elegant woman, KALA, attired in a long white dress, is standing in the living room of her home when a buzzer sounds. It sounds again and she goes to open a door, revealing SUSAN and BARBARA.) KALA: Oh. Please come in. BARBARA: Thank you. KALA: I'm afraid my husband isn't here at the moment. Do sit down. (They sit on a couch.) BARBARA: I did want to talk to your husband. I thought there might be some facts he'd overlooked. KALA: I'm sure he'd want to help but he's already told you everything he knows. BARBARA: Well there might be some small thing, something he thought unimportant. KALA: The guardians are very thorough, you know. Anyway, he'd want the m*rder to be caught. Eprim was a good friend of his. He wouldn't conceal anything. BARBARA: No, of course not. Er, tell me, er, why would anyone want to steal the micro-key? KALA: Because there are only five of them in the entire universe. It was brought to the city years ago by a man called Arbitan. It was the sworn duty of the elders to protect it. SUSAN: So they'd pay highly to recover it. KALA: Yes. But you know all this. Why else would your friend steal it? SUSAN: But he didn't... (The door opens and a man bursts in. It is AYDAN, KALA’S husband.) AYDAN: I had to go to the Guardian Building again. They're asking questions about... (He stops as he sees SUSAN and BARBARA.) AYDAN: (Coldly.) You're one of the people with Chesterton. What are you doing here? BARBARA: (Rising.) I want to talk to you. AYDAN: I have nothing to say to you. Get out! KALA: (Warningly.) Aydan? AYDAN: I don't want people prying into my affairs. Has she been asking questions about me? SUSAN: Not as many as my grandfather will ask when he calls you as witness. (AYDAN rounds on SUSAN and she backs away to BARBARA'S arms.) AYDAN: Get out! You heard me. Get out! SUSAN: I thought you might like to know that we know where the key is hidden! BARBARA: Susan! AYDAN: (Alarmed.) But you couldn't know where it is! I... (He breaks off, realising that he has said too much.) AYDAN: Yes. Yes, you know where it's hidden because Chesterton told you where he hid it. And now you're trying to throw suspicion on me. Well it won't work. Now get out before I... BARBARA: ...Before you what? SUSAN: k*ll us like you k*lled Eprim? (He raises his arm to strike SUSAN but KALA gently forces it down. He walks off in disgust.) KALA: You'd better go. (Without a word they go out.) 7: INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT (BARBARA and SUSAN pause and listen at the door.) AYDAN: (OOV.) What were they doing here? KALA: (OOV.) Just asking a few questions, nothing more. AYDAN: (OOV.) What did she mean about the m ... the key? KALA: (OOV.) I don't know what she meant but you shouldn't have lost your temper like that, it was very foolish of you. AYDAN: (OOV: Furious.) Don't you talk to me like that! (There is a muffled thump and KALA screams. SUSAN and BARBARA look at each other. BARBARA peers through the keyhole ... ) 8: INT. AYDAN AND KALA'S APARTMENT ( ... and sees a hand press some buttons on a keypad of a communications device.) 9: INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT (They hear someone coming and are forced away.) 10: INT. AYDAN AND KALA'S APARTMENT (The call from the communications device is answered ... .) EYESEN: (OOV.) Eyesen here. 11: INT. EYESEN'S OFFICE (EYESEN picks up a rod-like device attached to the phone and speaks into it.) EYESEN: Don't say any more. There are people here. I'll take it on the personal. (He presses a button and listens to the rod-like device.) EYESEN: All right, go ahead. (Pause.) You really think she knows something? (Pause.) You mean that our young friend may not be able to go through with it? (Pause.) Well listen carefully. And I'll tell you ... what you may have to do... 12: INT. COURTROOM (The court is assembled in the same way as before, except for EYESEN who is standing in the middle, holding the mace. Within the seated crowd watching the proceedings are AYDAN and KALA.) EYESEN: This mace, a w*apon used in primitive times by vicious savage war-makers. The same savagery that wielded it then lives on, in men like the accused! (IAN remains silent.) EYESEN: Members of the tribunal, the evidence already offered is more than enough to ensure the conviction of this man but add to it, the fact that under psychometric examination, this mace was found to have been held in the right-hand of the prisoner. (The audience mutter amongst themselves.) EYESEN: I need say no more. That concludes the evidence for the prosecution. (Again the audience mutter. SUSAN and BARBARA are sat next to AYDAN and KALA.) SENIOR JUDGE: We will now hear a statement from the representative of the accused and convicted. (The DOCTOR is already standing.) DOCTOR: My lords, let me begin by saying that the m*rder is without any doubt, in this chamber! (Both EYESEN and AYDAN look concerned as the crowd mutter their astonishment.) DOCTOR: The trouble is he's not under arrest (He points dramatically and shouts.) but my young friend here is! SENIOR JUDGE: But... can you substantiate this? DOCTOR: I can, my lord. You will know his identity in a moment. I will now call my first witness. (To SABETHA who is sat next to him with ALTOS.) Thank you ... thank you. (SABETHA stands and makes her way to the centre of the room. AYDAN and KALA make a short whispered exchange. The DOCTOR holds up a picture of the key.) DOCTOR: This, my lords, is the reproduction of the stolen micro-key. (To SABETHA.) Do you recognise this, young lady? SABETHA: Yes. DOCTOR: And do you know where it is now? SABETHA: Yes, I do. DOCTOR: Then, please tell the tribunal where its present location is. (She turns to the JUDGES and produces a micro-key.) SABETHA: It is here. (The crowd mutters very loudly. BARBARA and SUSAN smile at their reaction.) DOCTOR: Where did you get it? SABETHA: It was given to me by the man who k*lled the guard. DOCTOR: Is he here? SABETHA: Yes. DOCTOR: Then please point him out to us. (SABETHA looks and the audience then points to AYDAN.) SABETHA: There, sitting in the front row. (AYDAN stands up with a start.) AYDAN: (Protesting.) But she can't have found it! I... (He subsides as he realises what he has said. Several other people rise around him. He tries to make a dash for the door but SUSAN and BARBARA manage to hold him as the crowd surrounds him.) AYDAN: (Panicked.) All right. I'll tell you everything. I'm not in this alone. They made me do it! I ... I'll tell you... (There is a flash and with a cry he drops to the floor. The crowd gasps. After a tense silence, KALA falls onto the body and begins sobbing.) 13: INT. COURTROOM (LATER) (The DOCTOR is explaining what he did to the SENIOR JUDGE and EYESEN.) DOCTOR: And so you see my lords, when Sabetha was showing the court the micro-key, it wasn't in actual fact the one that was stolen from the vault. SENIOR JUDGE: You say you have three of the micro-keys in your possession. DOCTOR: Yes, my lord, and w ... we've returned to find the last one. Then they would all be returned to Arbitan. SENIOR JUDGE: The fact remains that the fourth key is missing. EYESEN: Still in the place where it was hidden by the m*rder, Chesterton. DOCTOR: Oh, come now, surely you don't think that he's still guilty? I admit, I resorted to a subterfuge when Sabetha, er, accused Aydan of taking the key, but I think the results justifies the means. SENIOR JUDGE: There are a number of other points which we'd like to see cleared up. DOCTOR: Yes, my lord. SENIOR JUDGE: Now first of all... (Meanwhile, TARRON is talking to IAN and BARBARA.) TARRON: Yes, and I'm having psychometric tests made on the w*apon that k*lled Aydan. IAN: What exactly are these psychometric tests? TARRON: It's the sign psychometry. Experts are able to define from an object the characteristics of the person who last had contact with that object. BARBARA: Well that sounds an improvement on fingerprints. TARRON: (Mystified.) Fingerprints? BARBARA: Er, it's not important. IAN: Well, whoever k*lled Aydan must have been implicated in the theft. If only he'd lived he might have told us everything. BARBARA: Well it was his wife I felt sorry for. TARRON: The doctors have given her oblivator drugs and sent her home to rest. She was hysterical. (A dull chiming begins.) TARRON: You'd better resume your places, the tribunal’s about to start again. (They all take their places as before. ALTOS notices an empty place next to BARBARA.) ALTOS: Where's Susan? BARBARA: Oh, she's gone to get Ian's statement. ALTOS: Oh. SENIOR JUDGE: (To everyone.) It is clear that Aydan was involved in either the theft or the k*lling. It is also clear that he had an accomplice. Bearing in mind that the accused came here with the express purpose of recovering the micro-key, and remembering the evidence against him, his guilt becomes even more obvious. Will the prosecutor please summarise? EYESEN: Despite the dramatics and hysterics of recent events, very little has changed. I submit that the accused, did by thr*at or coercion involve Aydan in the m*rder and robbery. His last, dying words were, 'They made me do it.' They were the accused and his accomplices. They were standing near him when he was k*lled. (LARN enters and whispers something to BARBARA. She, ALTOS and SABETHA make a discreet exit.) EYESEN: One of them is responsible for his death. I submit that the defence has offered no new evidence and the sentence of the tribunal should be carried out. SENIOR JUDGE: The tribunal concurs. Though it has deprived us of more detailed evidence, the unfortunate death of Guardian Aydan has surely not affected the issue. (He looks to the other two JUDGES who shake their heads in agreement.) SENIOR JUDGE: We will now hear a statement... a closing statement from the defence. (The DOCTOR stands.) DOCTOR: I beg the indulgence of the tribunal and ask for time to produce new evidence. SENIOR JUDGE: Denied. No purpose would be served in delaying these proceedings any longer. If you have nothing to add, the accused will be taken from here and ex*cuted in the prescribed manner. (An exited murmur arises from the audience. IAN looks at the DOCTOR who shakes his head.) 12: INT. COURTROOM RECEPTION (LARN has brought BARBARA, ALTOS and SABETHA here.) BARBARA: What is it? LARN: A messenger brought this for you. (He hands her a slip of paper.) BARBARA: Oh, thank you. LARN: I have to get back inside. Will you excuse me? (BARBARA nods as she unfolds the paper and he departs.) SABETHA: What is it? BARBARA: It says, “There will be another death if you disclose where the key is hidden.” (ALTOS snatches it.) ALTOS: What! Barbara, do you realise what this means? It proves that someone else was involved! We must tell Tarron and the Doctor quickly. BARBARA: Yes, but what does it mean “another death”? Who's death? (A sound emits from a communications device on LARN'S desk. LARN returns, picks up the receiver rod and listens briefly. He offers it to BARBARA.) LARN: Someone wishes to speak to you. (BARBARA takes it.) BARBARA: Hello? (SUSAN'S voice can be heard at the other end.) SUSAN: (OOV.) Aah ... Yes, I want to speak to Barbara Wright. BARBARA: Susan? SUSAN: (OOV.) Barbara, they made me call you. BARBARA: Who, Susan? Who? SUSAN: (OOV: Terrified.) Barbara, listen there was...ah! (The sound cuts out.) BARBARA: Susan? Susan? Are you there, Susan? SUSAN: (OOV: Quietly.) They're going to k*ll me. (A look of alarm crosses BARBARA'S face.) BARBARA: Susan...? (The line is cut off ... )
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x25 - Sentence of Death"}
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THE KEYS OF MARINUS Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 16th May, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1: INT. COURTROOM RECEPTION (BARBARA is holding the receiver. SUSAN'S voice can be heard at the other end.) SUSAN: (OOV.) Aah ... I want to talk to Barbara Wright. BARBARA: Susan? SUSAN: (OOV.) Barbara, they made me call you. BARBARA: Who, Susan? Who? SUSAN: (OOV: Terrified.) Barbara, listen there was... ah! (The sound cuts out.) BARBARA: Susan? Susan? Are you there, Susan? SUSAN: (OOV: Quietly.) They're ... they’re going to k*ll me. (A look of alarm crosses BARBARA'S face.) BARBARA: Su...? (The line is cut off.) SABETHA: We must tell Tarron. BARBARA: (Firmly.) No. SABETHA: Well what else can we do? We've got to find her. BARBARA: Yes, of course we have, but... ALTOS: You're thinking of the Doctor? BARBARA: He mustn't know anything about this. He must keep his mind absolutely clear in order to concentrate on Ian. Anyway, how do we know that Tarron isn't implicated? Who’d suspect the Chief Investigator? He was next to Aydan in court when he was k*lled. SABETHA: What do we do, Barbara? BARBARA: We find Susan ourselves. ALTOS: And remember, whoever is behind this kidnapping is either in league with the m*rder or is the m*rder. BARBARA: Trouble is, where to begin? Best thing we can do is to go over everything that's happened to us since we landed in Millennius. There's a link somewhere and it's probably the one and only way to save Ian. 2: INT. CELL (IAN is standing in a cell, presided over by a GUARD.) IAN: How much longer? GUARD: Execution is set to take place when the pointer reaches the star. (IAN looks to what looks like a clock with a single hand and a star at the top. If this was an ordinary clock the hand would be at about twenty to the hour.) IAN: Will I be allowed to see my friends? (The GUARD shakes his head. IAN glances back at the clock.) 3: INT. COURTROOM RECEPTION (BARBARA is pacing round in deep thought. She suddenly stops.) BARBARA: I've got it. I've got it! SABETHA: What? ALTOS: What is it? BARBARA: Well it's a start anyway. ALTOS: Go on. BARBARA: Aydan is the only one we know for certain who was connected with the crime. He knew all the others though, that's probably why he was k*lled. SABETHA: I don't see how that helps. ALTOS: Well they must have been in contact when they were planning the robbery. It's just possible that his wife, Kala, might know someone that he was seeing quite frequently. SABETHA: But if she did do you think she'd tell us? ALTOS: Well, of course she would, she'd be as eager as we are to find the man that m*rder her husband. SABETHA: I'm not so sure. BARBARA: Well it's a chance. Come on, it's a chance! (They run off.) 4: INT. AYDON AND KALA'S APARTMENT (KALA holds the door open for them to enter. She recognises BARBARA.) KALA: (Surprised.) You. BARBARA: I’m terribly s ... sorry to disturb you. We know what a terrible ordeal you've been through but we think you might be able to help us. KALA: (Coldly.) I don't think so, I know nothing. BARBARA: Oh please, may we come in? KALA: If you must. BARBARA: Thank you. (They walk into the middle of the room as KALA shuts the door.) BARBARA: The people who m*rder your husband have kidnapped Susan, the young girl who was with us. ALTOS: They’ve thr*at to k*ll her too. We thought it was possible that you might know someone that your husband was seeing quite frequently. KALA: I know of no one. My husband was very secretive, he never told me who he saw or where he went. (She starts to get upset.) Now please, Aydan is d*ad, if he's committed a crime, he's paid for it. He's d*ad but I'll have to live with the memory of his crime for the rest of my life. (She breaks off into sobs.) BARBARA: I'm sorry but you see, you're our only help. KALA: Leave me alone. Leave me alone. I do understand and I sympathise with you. You must have been sick with worry since you spoke to Susan, but I ... I just can't help you. I know nothing! (She begins to cry again.) BARBARA: I'm sorry. ALTOS: Come on. (He leads them towards the door but BARBARA stops by KALA.) BARBARA: Please understand. We had to try. Goodbye. (She and SABETHA walk out and ALTOS shuts the door behind them. KALA looks up and satisfied that they have gone, begins to chuckle quietly. She slides open a door to another room where SUSAN, bound and gagged, is being held c*ptive.) KALA: Your friends were here looking for you. (SUSAN looks up.) KALA: No, don't look hopeful. They've gone, they won't be back. They're like all the rest of them. Stupid! Stupid. (She goes to answer a call at the communications device on her desk.) KALA: Yes? EYESEN: (OOV.) The trial has just ended. Chesterton is to be ex*cuted at the beginning of the next zenith. KALA: Good. The old man didn't say where the key was hidden? EYESEN: (OOV.) No. I'm certain he doesn't know. I'll get it later then come for you. Be ready. KALA: I will. What about the child? EYESEN: (OOV.) She's no more use. Now she can identify you, now. k*ll her. (SUSAN hears this instruction ... ) 5: INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT (BARBARA, ALTOS and SABETHA are walking back to the courtroom.) ALTOS: We cannot delay telling the Doctor now. BARBARA: Oh, we should have told him long ago. Sabetha you were right. If anything happened to Susan I'd never forgive myself. SABETHA: It was a terrible choice. She sounded so afraid. (BARBARA suddenly stops.) SABETHA: What is it? BARBARA: What you just said. Kala couldn't have known! ALTOS: Known? Known what? What are you talking about? BARBARA: Kala said, 'You must have been sick with worry since you spoke to Susan.' Well how did she know we'd spoken to Susan? We've told no one. ALTOS: Then Kala must have been with Susan when she telephoned. BARBARA: Yes! ALTOS: Come on, we're going back. (They run back ... ) 6: INT. AYDON AND KALA'S APARTMENT (KALA pulls a futuristic looking w*apon out of a drawer in her desk and goes over to SUSAN.) KALA: Seems a pity really. (She is unaware of BARBARA, ALTOS and SABETHA sneaking up behind her.) KALA: The old man didn't know where the key was hidden after all. (They grab her from behind as she raises the w*apon.) KALA: (Furiously.) Let me go! Let go of me! Let me go! (BARBARA leaves ALTOS and SABETHA struggling with her and unties SUSAN'S bonds.) ALTOS: (To KALA.) Don't struggle! (As soon as she is free, SUSAN flings her arms around BARBARA.) SUSAN: (Sobbing.) Oh, Barbara! Oh! 7: INT. COURTROOM RECEPTION (The DOCTOR is sitting on a bench outside the courtroom, looking grim. EYESEN emerges, carrying his papers. He stops and goes over to the DOCTOR.) EYESEN: Don't take it so hard. DOCTOR: Hmm? Oh, ha, it’s you. EYESEN: I just wanted to say what a good job you did on the defence. DOCTOR: Yes. And you did an even better job on the prosecution, my man. EYESEN: I'm sorry we couldn't have met under happier circumstances. DOCTOR: Yes, yes. (EYESEN offers his hand.) EYESEN: Goodbye. DOCTOR: Goodbye. (He shakes it. LARN arrives carrying to mace and some papers and goes over to the desk which is currently being occupied by TARRON.) LARN: (To EYESEN.) Oh, excuse me. (To TARRON.) The exhibits and documents. Where do you want them? TARRON: In the cupboard, please. EYESEN: (To TARRON.) Well. I don't think there's anything else. Goodbye. TARRON: Goodbye, sir. (EYESEN leaves as LARN places the items in a cupboard unit and locks the door. TARRON goes over to the DOCTOR, impatiently.) TARRON: It's time to leave, sir. DOCTOR: Leave? I can't leave now. I must find new evidence and reopen the case. (LARN answers a call.) LARN: Yes? (BARBARA is heard.) BARBARA: (OOV.) I’d like to speak to Interrogator Tarron. (LARN gives the receiver to TARRON.) TARRON: This is Tarron. BARBARA: (OOV.) This is Barbara Wright. Have you had the results yet on the g*n that k*lled Aydan? TARRON: No, not yet. BARBARA: (OOV.) Well just to save time, I'll tell you what they say - Aydan was k*lled by his wife, Kala. TARRON: (Shocked.) What? BARBARA: (OOV.) I'm with her now. Why don't you come and get her? TARRON: (To LARN.) Come on. (He puts the receiver down and he and LARN stride purposefully from the room.) 8: INT. COURTROOM RECEPTION (LATER) (The travellers have all been reunited except for IAN.) BARBARA: ...So we realised that Kala couldn't have known we'd talked to Susan. SUSAN: Yes, and the three of them crept up behind her and wham! BARBARA: We shouldn't have taken the chance, though. I had no right to risk Susan's life. DOCTOR: Perhaps not, perhaps not, however the child is safe and well. I wish I could say the same thing about Chesterton. ALTOS: But surely they'll stop the execution now that Kala's confessed? DOCTOR: I hope so. I sincerely hope so. (TARRON returns, looking troubled.) DOCTOR: Well? Well? TARRON: Kala's made a full statement. She's named her accomplice. DOCTOR: Ah, then you can stay the execution. TARRON: No, I can't. Kala's sworn testimony states that the man she was working with was Ian Chesterton. DOCTOR: (Outraged.) Impossible! BARBARA: But she's lying! TARRON: Yes, I have doubts myself. She's a vicious, dangerous woman. But just doubts aren't enough to s ... ask for a stay of execution. We need positive proof. SUSAN: What about that man that called her on the phone thing? I heard him tell her to k*ll me. TARRON: You didn't recognise the voice? SUSAN: No. DOCTOR: What else did he say? SUSAN: Oh, nothing much. Just that he'd collect the key later and ... and then pick her up. DOCTOR: Collect the key... ? (He bursts into laughter.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, do you understand? The villain that planned all this, the one who planned this whole affair is now planning to collect the key! (Laughs.) What a wonderful opportunity it gives us to catch him red-handed ... and to release Chesterton! (He laughs again.) 9: INT. CELL (IAN looks up at the clock, the hand of which is getting ever closer to the star.) 10: INT. COURTROOM RECEPTION (NIGHT) (The room is shrouded in darkness. The DOCTOR is in hiding as a mysterious figure wearing black clothes and a hood opens the door and slips quietly in. It goes over to the cupboard, pulls out a key and unlocks it before pulling out the mace. Suddenly, TARRON and LARN jump out of the darkness either side. Just as they manage to overcome the mysterious thief, the DOCTOR turns the lights on. He pulls off the hood.) DOCTOR: You! (EYESEN glares defiantly back at him.) TARRON: Call the prison. 11: INT. COURTROOM RECEPTION (The DOCTOR, SUSAN, IAN, BARBARA and TARRON are all gathered. The DOCTOR removes a portion of the mace revealing that the final key is hidden inside. BARBARA laughs.) SUSAN: Oh, the key! IAN: How did you know it was there, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well it had to be. I knew it all along. Until we knew the culprit, the information was no good. TARRON: Everyone and everything that went in or out of that vault was checked. Everything except this mace. BARBARA: Have you any idea why they did it? TARRON: Oh yes, they've owned up to everything. Kala and the prosecutor had planned to steal the key and sell it. And Chesterton here just happened to walk right into the middle of it. They made him look so guilty I never doubted for a moment that he was the one. DOCTOR: (Laughs.) You should read Piro, my boy. He founded scepticism, a great asset to your business. IAN: Well, thank heaven you remembered reading Piro, Doctor. DOCTOR: Reading? What are you talking about? I met the man. (They all laugh.) SUSAN: (Hugging BARBARA.) Whoopee! Now we can go and join Altos and Sabetha. IAN: Have you sent them on ahead, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well there was no point in keeping them here so I thought it might cheer Arbitan up to know that we'd been successful. IAN: Good idea. BARBARA: Yes, well it's been lovely for him to see his daughter again. SUSAN: Oh, yes! DOCTOR: (To IAN.) Well, not only that, you see ... (As the DOCTOR continues to talk to IAN in the background, LARN enters and gives a scroll to TARRON.) LARN: The Senior Judge has just written this. (TARRON glances at it and goes over to the others.) DOCTOR: Ah, is that the authorisation? TARRON: This gives you permission to take the keys out. DOCTOR: Thank you. All we need now is the wrist strap you impounded from Chesterton. (TARRON produces it and gives it to IAN.) IAN: Ah, thank you. LARN: I see you're all wearing them. What are they for? DOCTOR: Our means of travel. IAN: They do look a bit odd but they work. They give us movement through space. TARRON: I don't believe it. DOCTOR: Show him. IAN: All right. (He walks over to SUSAN and BARBARA.) IAN: Now? SUSAN: Ready. BARBARA: Steady. IAN: Go. (They twist their dials and instantly dematerialise as TARRON and LARN stare on in amazement.) DOCTOR: Well, one of them might have waited for me. However, I suppose I'd better join them. LARN: I don't understand. Where have they gone? (The DOCTOR walks over to where his companions were stood.) DOCTOR: Goodbye, my friends. (He activates his travel dial and he too disappears leaving his onlookers even more perplexed.) LARN: He's gone too. TARRON: Yes. He told us what was going to happen and we saw it. But nobody else has seen it. We'd be better off keeping this story to ourselves. LARN: How are you going to complete the report, Tarron? TARRON: I shall say that... that they left. They left to take the key back to its inventor, Arbitan ... 12: EXT. ISLAND (Meanwhile, on the conscience island...) 13: INT. PYRAMID. CONSCIENCE ROOM ( ... ALTOS is being held prisoner in the Conscience Room which is now under the control of the VOORD. YARTEK, the leader of the VOORD, who has no antennae and wears ARBITAN'S robes is standing over him.) YARTEK: Arbitan is d*ad. You hear me? I, Yartek, am in control now! ALTOS: (Through gritted teeth.) What have you done with Sabetha? YARTEK: Where is the final key? ALTOS: I don't know. (YARTEK waves a VOORD away.) YARTEK: Why are you so stubborn? What purpose does it serve? I'm going to find out in the end! ALTOS: What have you done to Sabetha? (The VOORD opens the door to the room and another enters, escorting SABETHA.) ALTOS: Sabetha! SABETHA: Why have you tied him up? He is of no use to you. YARTEK: (Sceptically.) Oh? SABETHA: He's just a servant. He knows nothing, I tell you. YARTEK: He means nothing to you? SABETHA: I have no thoughts about him at all. I told you, he's just one of my servants. Let him go. ALTOS: (Alarmed.) Sabetha! SABETHA: (Haughtily.) Be quiet! I did not give you permission to speak. (To YARTEK.) I tell you, he knows nothing. YARTEK: In that case, as you think so little of him, as I gather from the way you treat him, it doesn't matter what happens to him. SABETHA: Of course not. Send him away. YARTEK: Yes. I can do that... Or I can have him k*lled. After all, he's only a servant. (To a VOORD.) k*ll him! (The VOORD pulls out a dagger and raises it to plunge into ALTOS' heart. SABETHA is forced to drop the ruse.) SABETHA: No! YARTEK: (Outraged.) Useless lies! Where is the final key? SABETHA: I'll never tell you. Never. YARTEK: But this man is no servant. He travelled with you. He is in love with you. I think he will tell me. SABETHA: The man who loves me cannot betray me. YARTEK: No, that man that loves you cannot condemn you to death. (To ALTOS.) I can promise you one thing. If you do not tell me where the final key is, I shall order my creatures to k*ll her! (There is an uneasy pause as ALTOS considers, then...) ALTOS: The man who was with us, the Doctor, he has it. (SABETHA begins to cry.) 14: INT. PYRAMID. PASSAGEWAY (IAN leads SUSAN and BARBARA along a corridor within the pyramid. They approach a corner and he hears a sound. He waves for them to be quiet and peers round only to see the DOCTOR. They both recoil in shock. The two women laugh.) DOCTOR: (Snaps.) What on Earth are you doing, my dear boy? You frightened the life out of me! IAN: (Laughs.) Doctor, I'm sorry. SUSAN: Is TARDIS all right? DOCTOR: Yes, the force field's been lifted and I peered in for a moment or two and everything appears to be all right. SUSAN: Oh good. BARBARA: Arbitan kept his promise then. He said he'd remove the force field. DOCTOR: Yes, come along, come along. You're all running around here like a lot of scared chickens. IAN: We were waiting for you! DOCTOR: (Exasperated.) But I'm here! My dear Chesterton, sometimes ... SUSAN: Grandfather! DOCTOR: ...You drive me around the bend. I don't know why I... (He leads them off. IAN and BARBARA lag behind.) IAN: Even so, it's a bit odd. BARBARA: You mean Sabetha not being here to meet us? IAN: Or Altos. We'd better keep our eyes open. 15: INT. PYRAMID. CONSCIENCE ROOM (YARTEK is examining the four keys he has. A VOORD approaches him.) VOORD: I have put them in the cell, as ordered. YARTEK: Keep well out of sight then now, but be within call. (The VOORD leaves. YARTEK places the four keys into slots in the Conscience machine. As each one is placed in, the hum of the machine gets louder. YARTEK gently touches the side of the machine) YARTEK: One more. Just one more. 16: INT. PYRAMID. PASSAGEWAY (The TARDIS crew enters a section of the corridor shrouded in darkness. IAN goes ahead of the others when suddenly a VOORD comes out of the shadows behind him, dagger raised. The DOCTOR fells it with a blow to the neck with his walking stick and chuckles.) IAN: Well done Doctor. I was afraid of this. DOCTOR: Yes, and I think it's time now to go ... back to the ship. BARBARA: What about Sabetha and Altos? SUSAN: Yes, they may be hiding somewhere. IAN: Yes. Right. We split up. Susan, you go with me. We'll go in search of Arbitan. Doctor, you and Barbara, see if you can find Sabetha and Altos. Give me the key. (The DOCTOR passes it to him.) DOCTOR: Here. And don't part with it until you're absolutely sure it goes into the right hands! IAN: Don’t worry, I won't. Come on Susan. (They head off.) DOCTOR: (To BARBARA.) And you'll accompany my ... me, my dear. BARBARA: Yes, all right. (She kneels down by the VOORD and takes its dagger.) BARBARA: Look, I think we'll take this with us. DOCTOR: Yes, yes. BARBARA: Just in case. (They too move away.) 17: INT. PYRAMID. CELL (ALTOS and SABETHA are tied back to back. ALTOS is struggling against his bonds.) SABETHA: It's no use! Even if we managed to untie ourselves, we'll never break the gates down. ALTOS: (Frustrated.) At least I could defend you. Oh, I can't even do that! SABETHA: At least you're with me, Altos. ALTOS: Huh, I'll never leave you. 18: INT. PYRAMID. CONSCIENCE ROOM (IAN and SUSAN burst in on YARTEK who now has ARBITAN'S hood up. He is sat in a chair and turns away from them before they can see his face.) SUSAN: Arbitan! IAN: Thank heaven, we were afraid. (YARTEK begins to imitate ARBITAN.) YARTEK: (Curtly.) Have you brought the keys? IAN: Where's Sabetha? YARTEK: Where is the old man? He is the one who has the key. SUSAN: I ... I don't understand you. We've done all these things for you and all you can do is think about the key. YARTEK: Forgive me. The keys have filled my mind for so long, I have become insensitive to anything else. Sabetha is safe and well. IAN: Do you realise that the... (He begins to approach YARTEK.) YARTEK: Stop! (IAN stops.) YARTEK: Don't come near me. Power from my machine escaped. I am suffering from a deadly disease. SUSAN: Can we do anything to help? YARTEK: Sabetha alone knows the cure. IAN: Where is Altos? YARTEK: The young man who attached himself to her while she was away? Is he a good man? Is he sincere in his feelings for her? IAN: Well, what is your impression of him? YARTEK: There are many races of men on Marinus. He looks and sounds well enough. But I don't know... IAN: Well, naturally we like and admire him. But since you don't know him you must make up your own mind. YARTEK: I agree, of course. But the key - the final key - do you have it? IAN: Yes. SUSAN: (Disturbed.) Ian... (IAN pulls it out of his pocket.) IAN: I have it here. YARTEK: Throw it down. (IAN throws it to the floor.) YARTEK: Good! Now bring the old man to me. Sabetha will be here and we can enjoy our triumph together! IAN: All right, I will. (He leads SUSAN out of the room. YARTEK throws off the hood and picks up the key. A VOORD emerges from hiding and kneels before him.) VOORD: Shall I follow and destroy them? YARTEK: No. The machine will enslave them now. Bring Sabetha and the young man to me. I want them here when the final key is inserted and my power is absolute! 19: INT. PYRAMID. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE CONSCIENCE ROOM SUSAN: Ian, that man couldn't have been Arbitan. IAN: No. I thought Arbitan sent Altos for the keys. This man said he was a stranger. He never looked at us. I think there was something funny going on there. SUSAN: But then why give him the key? (BARBARA runs up to them.) BARBARA: Ian! 20: INT. PYRAMID. CELL (The DOCTOR is untying ALTOS and SABETHA.) DOCTOR: So when Yarteks gets the final key, his power will be absolute. ALTOS: Yes, with the aid of the machine he could control us all. DOCTOR: And our impulse to leave this planet would be destroyed. (The DOCTOR completes his task.) SABETHA: That is true. (The others arrive and there is a joyful reunion.) BARBARA: Altos! Sabetha! SUSAN: Sabetha! IAN: Altos! DOCTOR: (To IAN.) You heard about Arbtian? IAN: Yes, we met the man who's usurped his place. DOCTOR: Uh ... uh, give me the key and we must have it destroyed. SUSAN: Well Ian gave it to him. SABETHA: What?! DOCTOR: (Horrified.) What? You gave it away? IAN: I gave him a key. Sabetha, you remember that fake key? Barbara found it on the idol. BARBARA: I remember. IAN: That was the key I gave him. (He produces another key.) IAN: This is the genuine key. (The DOCTOR laughs.) DOCTOR: My dear boy! (SABETHA looks shocked.) SABETHA: (Urgently.) We must go, quickly! Leave the building! IAN: Why? ALTOS: Yartek may put that false key into the machine at any moment. If he does it will set the machine in motion, but once it feels the full force of the power it ... it'll break under the strain. IAN: You mean the machine’ll blow up? ALTOS: Yes... DOCTOR: (Urgently.) Along that corridor, come on! ALTOS: ...And everything in this building! (The DOCTOR leads them towards the exit.) DOCTOR: Through the moving walls! 21: INT. PYRAMID. PASSAGEWAY (SUSAN and BARBARA are feeling the walls, supervised by the others.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) About where you are, Susan. IAN: (OOV.) What do you mean, 'about'? Don't you know exactly? (The DOCTOR, IAN, ALTOS and SABETHA come into view ... ) DOCTOR: Somewhere here, somewhere here. It was a small stone, it moved under my hand. IAN: Yes. (The others join in the search unaware that the ominous shadow of a VOORD is being cast onto a transparent doorway behind them.) 22: INT. PYRAMID. CONSCIENCE ROOM (YARTEK looks around as the VOORD enters.) YARTEK: Why haven't you obeyed my commands? Where is Sabetha? VOORD: The others have set them free. They are in the corridor near the cell. YARTEK: She will have told them of her father's death, of course. But it doesn't matter. The machine's power will spread through the planet. There is no escape now, except for us! I will bring them back with this. (He places the fake key into its slot. There is a blinding flash and he and the VOORD stumble back as the Conscience machine explodes.) 23: INT. PYRAMID. PASSAGEWAY (The expl*si*n rocks the corridor just as the travellers manage to get the door open. They dash through the gap as the roof begins to cave in.) 24: EXT. BEACH (The DOCTOR emerges from the TARDIS where SUSAN and SABETHA are waiting.) SUSAN: Everything all right, grandfather? DOCTOR: Yes, my child, chase the others up will you? SUSAN: Right. (SUSAN runs off.) DOCTOR: (To SABETHA.) I'm glad to have this moment alone with you Sabetha. I want to speak of your father. You know, he was a very wise and brilliant man and I know how you felt when you learned of his death. SABETHA: (Sadly.) And his life's work destroyed. DOCTOR: Oh no, no, no, no, I wouldn't say that. His work will go on only not quite in the same way. But I don’t believe that man was made to be controlled by machines. Machines can make laws but they cannot preserve justice, only human beings can do that. Now I only hope that you'll carry on his good work, please? Goodbye. (SABETHA smiles.) DOCTOR: Bless you, my child. (The DOCTOR enters the TARDIS as SUSAN returns with IAN, BARBARA and ALTOS.) SUSAN: (To ALTOS.) What are you going to do now? ALTOS: Well we might well return to the city of Millennius. (The TARDIS hum starts up.) SABETHA: We still have our travel dials. It's a good place to start. DOCTOR: (OOV: From inside the TARDIS.) Susan! SUSAN: We've got to go now. (Hugging SABETHA.) Goodbye Sabetha. SABETHA: Goodbye Susan. SUSAN: (Hugging ALTOS.) Goodbye Altos. ALTOS: Goodbye Susan. (SUSAN goes into the TARDIS. IAN holds out the final key.) IAN: What shall I do with this key, the one I didn't give to Yartek? ALTOS: Why don't you give it to the Doctor? BARBARA: That's a good idea. IAN: All right, I will. ALTOS: Goodbye Barbara. (They hug.) BARBARA: Goodbye Altos. SABETHA: (Hugging BARBARA.) We shall think of you often. ALTOS: Ian. IAN: Goodbye Altos. Goodbye Sabetha. SABETHA: Goodbye Ian. BARBARA: Take care of her Altos. ALTOS: You may depend on that. (ALTOS and SABETHA hold hands and walk off down the beach.) BARBARA: Oh dear, I shall miss them. IAN: Come on, Barbara. (They too enter the TARDIS and close the door behind them.) 25: EXT. ISLAND (The TARDIS dematerialises from the island and from Marinus itself.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x26 - The Keys of Marinus"}
foreverdreaming
Written by John Lucarotti Broadcast: 23 May, 1964 Duration: 23 minutes 56 seconds 1: EXT. ISLAND (The TARDIS dematerialises from the island and from Marinus itself.) 2: INT. TOMB (The TARDIS rests in its next landing place - a dark tomb. A mummified corpse, dressed in elaborate robes and wearing an ornate mask lies on top of a flat stone slab. The body is surrounded by pieces of pottery and jewellery. The door of the ship opens and BARBARA is first out, followed by SUSAN. BARBARA sees the body and walks over to inspect it.) BARBARA: (Excited.) Look at that! SUSAN: I am. BARBARA: It’s an Aztec mask. He must have been a priest. SUSAN: Well, the Aztecs were Mexicans. We must be on Earth again. (BARBARA picks up one of the necklaces to inspect it.) SUSAN: I wonder what year it is? BARBARA: Oh, he must have died around 1430, I should think. SUSAN: How’d you know that? BARBARA: All these things belong to the Aztecs’ early period. SUSAN: That’s what I call really knowing your subject. (BARBARA has put down the necklace and now tries on a bracelet in the shape of a coiled serpent.) BARBARA: Ah well, that was one of my specialties, Susan. (SUSAN picks up a sharp Kn*fe.) SUSAN: Well, what little I know about them doesn’t impress me. Cutting up people’s hearts. BARBARA: Oh, that’s only one side to their nature. The other side was highly civilised. SUSAN: Well, the Spanish didn’t think so. BARBARA: Oh, they only saw the acts of sacrifice. (She continues to look through the relics.) That was the tragedy of the Aztecs. Their whole civilisation was completely destroyed, the good as well as the evil. (SUSAN walks over to one of the walls which is covered in a mural.) SUSAN: Cortez landed in ... 1520, didn’t he? BARBARA: (Agreeing.) Mm hmm. SUSAN: (Laughing at the wall images.) Hey look, cartoons! They’ve got bubbles coming out of their mouths. (SUSAN points out the speech bubbles on the figures on the mural. Her hands, touching the wall, start to push the section forward which starts to flip over on a pivot.) SUSAN: Oh! Hey Barbara, look! (BARBARA joins her at the now fully opened wall. SUSAN remains behind as BARBARA walks through the gap into the next room.) 3. INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (BARBARA is in a stone chamber, which is lit by torches and covered in elaborate carvings. SUSAN watches her through the gap.) SUSAN: Don’t go too far ... BARBARA: It’s alright. There’s no one here. SUSAN: I think I’ll get the others. (BARBARA walks further into the chamber.) BARBARA: (To herself.) Its perfect! MAN: (Shouting.) Woman! How came you here? (BARBARA spins round. The owner of the voice is a tanned, elderly man stood in the doorway leading out of the chamber into the sunlight. He is dressed in an elaborate robe and head-dress. He carries a small posy of flowers in his hand.) MAN: The temple is sacred to the memory of the high priest, Yetaxa. You trespass and must be punished! (BARBARA walks backwards to the walldoor - but it has closed.) MAN: (Turning to the entrance to the outside.) Warriors! (Several robed warriors, carrying spears, enter the chamber and seize BARBARA. Suddenly the man catches sight of the coiled serpent bracelet still on her arm. His look turns to one of amazement and puzzlement.) 4: INT. TOMB (The DOCTOR, IAN and SUSAN exit the TARDIS. The DOCTOR carries his walking stick.) DOCTOR: I don’t care if she is interested in them, I’ve told her repeatedly not to go off on her own. SUSAN: (Seeing the closed door and rushing over.) The door! It’s closed! IAN: Now where is this door, Susan? SUSAN: Here (She pushes against the wall.) Ah ... (The wall rises open again. The three step through into the chamber.) 5: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER IAN: Barbara? Barbara? No sign of her. SUSAN: Well, she was here just now. (They walk out of the chamber into the sunlight.) 6: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE (They are on a terrace, high up on a pyramid. The Aztec city is spread out below them.) IAN: Doctor! Look at this extraordinary city down here! DOCTOR: The Aztecs. They knew how to build. (The DOCTOR turns to examine a large stone on the terrace - the sacrificial stone.) IAN: We must be pretty high up here ... place seems absolutely deserted. DOCTOR: Yes, I hope you’re right, Chesterton. These Aztecs had some rather gruesome habits. (Referring to the stone.) I should hate to be carved up on that by some Aztec high priest ... (They suddenly hear a rumbling sound from back inside the temple. They run back in ... .) 7: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (..only to see that the entrance to the tomb is again sliding shut.) IAN: The door! DOCTOR: Quickly! (They rush over but the door slams shut with a thud before they can get there. They try to re-open it.) IAN: There’s nothing to get a grip on. SUSAN: There must be some way of opening it. DOCTOR: Yes. You push it from the other side. These tombs were designed to prevent grave-robbers, not to aid and abet them. (The man who earlier found BARBARA, in the temple walks in with an AZTEC CAPTAIN and bows.) AUTLOC: Autloc, High Priest of knowledge, most ... most humbly greets the servants of Yetaxa. (The three exchange looks.) DOCTOR: The servants of whom, sir? AUTLOC: Yetaxa, the High Priest. IAN: Where’s Barbara? AUTLOC: Of whom do you speak? IAN: The woman who was here a moment ago. AUTLOC: In due time, you shall meet again. But first, grant us our courtesies. No evil exists in our hearts towards you. In fact, we honour you. (The two Aztecs bow again.) DOCTOR: Um, what is your name, sir? AUTLOC: Autloc. DOCTOR: And you are the High Priest. AUTLOC: As such I serve. DOCTOR: Do you know where we came from? AUTLOC: The tomb. DOCTOR: (Pointing at the wall.) Tell me, is there a way through from this side? AUTLOC: The tomb is sealed. Go now with these attendants and soon you shall meet the one who wears the bracelet of Yetaxa. (Several warriors enter and form up behind the three. AUTLOC and the CAPTAIN bow again and walk out of the chamber.) DOCTOR: What’s he talking about now? SUSAN: He must be talking about Barbara. She picked up a bracelet from the tomb. IAN: Well, perhaps we’d better go and meet her. (The warriors escort the three out of the chamber.) 8: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE (As they walk onto the terrace, the DOCTOR nods in passing to AUTLOC and the AZTEC CAPTAIN who bow again. He then spots something to his left. He stops and nudges IAN to look. He and SUSAN do so.) SUSAN: (Recoiling in disgust.) Ughh!! (Another Aztec, TLOTOXL, stands near the stone slab. He too is dressed in priestly robes but they are darkly spattered with blood. His face is heavily made up in odd patterns. He wears a headdress on his matted hair. He has a hunchback and narrow, sinister eyes.) DOCTOR: You know who he is, hmm? IAN: The local butcher, by the look of him. DOCTOR: Exactly. (They walk off. AUTLOC wanders over to his fellow priest.) AUTLOC: You have seen her? TLOTOXL: A vision is with us Autloc. When does it rain? AUTLOC: This day, when the Sun’s f*re first touches the horizon to the west. TLOTOXL: At that moment, shall I present her to the people. A vision is with us and shall stand before them. And I, in supplication to the Rain God, shall offer human blood. The rains will come. No more talk against us, that the Gods were against us and brought drought to the land. The rains shall come and power shall again be ours! AUTLOC: I tell you the rains will come, with or without sacrifice. TLOTOXL: (Wheeling round in anger.) Does the High Priest of Knowledge only worship the him who has fallen, not him who has made us strong? AUTLOC: I worship the same god as you. TLOTOXL: Then above all, honour him. He has made us rulers of the land. For this, he demands blood - and he shall have it! (TLOTOXL storms off leaving a pensive AUTLOC behind.) 9: INT. TEMPLE ANTE ROOM (The DOCTOR, IAN and SUSAN wait in an anteroom in the temple.) SUSAN: Well, they’ve treated us alright so far. DOCTOR: The Aztecs always showed the utmost courtesy towards their intended victims. (SUSAN turns to reply but an AZTEC CAPTAIN enters the room. He raises his right forearm to his chest and bows to the three, the plumes on his headdress brushing the DOCTORS’ face. He then waves them through the door he has just entered. The three comply.) 10: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (They walk into the main chamber.) IAN: Barbara! (BARBARA is seated on a stone throne. She is wearing ornate bright robes and a feathered head-dress which resembles the rays of the sun. She also still wears the bracelet of Yetaxa on her wrist. The AZTEC CAPTAIN steps forward and bows to her.) BARBARA: Leave us. (The CAPTAIN bows again, waves the other warriors out of the room and follows them out himself.) DOCTOR: Hmph ... good gracious! (BARBARA’S impassive face breaks into a smile which is returned by IAN and SUSAN.) IAN: What on earth are you doing there? BARBARA: They think I’m a reincarnation of that priest in the tomb. (She holds up her arm with the bracelet.) BARBARA: I found this and put it on. And when the High Priest caught me, I was still wearing it. SUSAN: So he thought you were a god? BARBARA: Yes. SUSAN: But the priest in the tomb’s a man. How can you be a reincarnation of him? BARBARA: The form the spirit takes isn’t important, Susan. This (Points to the bracelet.) is what’s important. IAN: Yes, that High Priest, What was his name? DOCTOR: Autloc. IAN: That’s right, Orkloc ... DOCTOR and SUSAN: Autloc! IAN: Autloc - well, he said we were the servants of Yetaxa. Is that who they think you are? BARBARA: Yes. DOCTOR: Charming ... IAN: And we’re your servants? DOCTOR: (Laughing.) Charming! (All four break into laughter.) BARBARA: Well, it’s very useful for us, Doctor. It means we can go into the tomb anytime we want to, get into the TARDIS and leave. SUSAN: We can’t. It only opens from the inside. DOCTOR: Reincarnations can come out, but human beings can’t go in. IAN: We must find out how that door opens. DOCTOR: (To BARBARA.) That’s one thing you mustn’t do. As Yetaxa, you’re supposed to know everything. If the Aztecs decide you’re not what you’re supposed to be, then we shall all die. (AUTLOC and TLOTOXL walk in and bow.) TLOTOXL: Great spirit of Yetaxa. I, Tlotoxl, High Priest of Sacrifice, salute you. (They bow again.) DOCTOR: (Whispers to IAN.) As you said, Chesterton - the local butcher. BARBARA: I acknowledge the High Priests’ greeting. AUTLOC: For many days, the Rain God has looked away from us, and the land withers and our people groan. TLOTOXL: We have prayed that the land may again be bountiful. And this day, we honour Tlolocs’ name. AUTLOC: When the sun’s f*re first touches the horizon to the west, the people will stand before the temple in obedience to our commands. We humbly beg, great spirit, that at that time the people shall see you and know that their suffering draws to an end. DOCTOR: (Whispers to IAN.) And Barbara will appear, and down will come the rains ... BARBARA: I shall do as the High Priest requests. AUTLOC: We also ... beseech you, great spirit, to permit your handmaiden and your servants ... to move freely among our people. DOCTOR: (Turns to BARBARA and bows.) O great spirit, grant us this ... our wish that we may be your eyes and ears among the people, to do our best and serve in all our interests. (He bows again.) AUTLOC: The aged servant of Yetaxa speaks with wisdom. BARBARA: My handmaiden remains with me. The others may do as you wish. AUTLOC: We shall await you. (AUTLOC and TLOTOXL bow and walk out. The DOCTOR follows them to the doorway to make sure they have gone and then walks back to BARBARA with a chuckle.) DOCTOR: A wonderful performance, my dear! Congratulations! We now have everything ... we want, exactly. BARBARA: We do? DOCTOR: Yes. You and Susan here in safety, and Ian and I outside finding out about the tomb. IAN: Yes, it sounds alright. But I don’t think we should take our eyes off those two for a second. DOCTOR: Oh, I shouldn’t mind them. They’re far too busy timing their miracle. SUSAN: What miracle? DOCTOR: Presenting Barbara to the public one second before it rains! (BARBARA looks as if she has doubts ... ) 11: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE (AUTLOC and TLOTOXL stand on the terrace in the sunshine. TLOTOXL is thoughtful.) TLOTOXL: Autloc ... who serves Yetaxa? AUTLOC: We do, as High Priests of the temple. TLOTOXL: What purpose then serve the others? AUTLOC: Yetaxa has said ... TLOTOXL: (Interrupting.) Would it not be better if one led our force of arms? AUTLOC: The young man? (The DOCTOR and IAN walk out onto the terrace behind them. TLOTOXL glances at them.) TLOTOXL: A warrior favoured of the gods. AUTLOC: But Ixta is our chosen warrior ... TLOTOXL: Let Ixta prove himself more worthy than the servant of Yetaxa. (The DOCTOR and IAN have overheard all of this and are whispering to each other. TLOTOXL turns to them.) TLOTOXL: It has been decided. The old man may walk abroad, you (He points at IAN.) shall train to command our army. DOCTOR: Surely that is for Yetaxa to decide, hmm? IAN: Yetaxa would not refuse so great an honour. I accept. TLOTOXL: Autloc, take the old man into the Garden of Peace, that he may sit in comfort. (AUTLOC leads the DOCTOR away. TLOTOXL puts his arm around IAN’S shoulder.) TLOTOXL: Come now, and encounter Ixta. IAN: Who is he? TLOTOXL: (With a smile.) Your rival to command. 12: INT. BARRACKS (At the barracks, IXTA practices swipes with a spiked wooden club. He is a well built young man with long dark hair wearing a simple Aztec uniform. TLOTOXL and IAN walk in behind him and, unseen, watch his practice for a second.) TLOTOXL: Ixta. (IXTA turns and salutes the newcomers.) IXTA: I greet you, Tlotoxl. (He looks at IAN.) What manner of warrior is this? TLOTOXL: He is the servant of Yetaxa. IXTA: I had heard that Yetaxa again guides us in wisdom ... and in strength. Would the High Priest care for me to demonstrate my skill? (TLOTOXL waves his hand in agreement. IXTA moves off to prepare.) TLOTOXL: (To IAN.) To command, one must prove oneself in courage, skill, intelligence. Ixta has taken many prisoners on the b*ttlefield. He has no fear of death. (IXTA clacks two wooden blades together to summon another warrior and, after a salute, gives the second blade to the other warrior. They start their duel. After a few strokes, IXTAS’ blade is broken in two. He seizes up a wooden beam and continues the duel. After a few seconds, IXTA manages to wrest his opponents sword away, and starts slashing towards him with both w*apon. His opponent backs off. IXTA throws one of the blades onto a nearby table, smashing a shield. IAN looks on with some concern.) TLOTOXL: So shall other tribes fear the Aztecs even more. (IXTA walks up to TLOTOXL and IAN.) IXTA: (To IAN.) Tell Yetaxa that I shall serve well. TLOTOXL: I shall carry your salutation for you. (He points at IAN.) He remains. IXTA: (Angry.) Here dwell only warriors chosen to command! TLOTOXL: I know it. IXTA: (To IAN.) What name did your mother give you? IAN: Ian. IXTA: Then I tell you Ian, six warriors dwelt here. Only I remain. There is no fear of you in me - rather I welcome you. For one day, all men shall fear Ixta, the Aztec commander who k*lled the chosen servant of Yetaxa! (IAN and IXTA eye each other coldly.) TLOTOXL: Let him be clothed according to his rank. IXTA: It shall be done. Is he to assist at the ceremony of the Rain God? TLOTOXL: Ian is as you are ... a chosen warrior. (TLOTOXL leaves.) IAN: What duties must I perform at this ceremony? IXTA: Honour with the rest of us. We shall deliver the human sacrifice to Tlotoxl! 13: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (In a pleasant garden at the base of the temple, AUTLOC and the DOCTOR gaze at the other occupants.) DOCTOR: What are all these people doing here? AUTLOC: It is our law that all who attain their fifty-second year shall pleasurably pass the rest of their lives free from responsibility and care. DOCTOR: Hmm, poor old souls, they must be bored to tears doing nothing! AUTLOC: We often seek the accumulated wisdom of their years. DOCTOR: What about? AUTLOC: All manner of things. Each person here has served the community in one way or another. (Several of the inhabitants of the garden are staring curiously at the High Priest and the strangely dressed newcomer. AUTLOC in turn, points out several of them to the DOCTOR.) AUTLOC: He was a weaver of priestly garments, she was a woman of medicine, that man ... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) What about her? (The DOCTOR has spotted a brown haired woman who looks a little younger than her companions.) AUTLOC: Cameca? Of all those here, her advice is most sought after. DOCTOR: What did you say her name was? AUTLOC: Cameca. You’ll find her a companion of wit and interest. (The DOCTOR smiles.) AUTLOC: And now I beg permission to depart. DOCTOR: Of course. (AUTLOC leaves. The DOCTOR walks up to CAMECA who is looking at some flowers.) DOCTOR: In spite of the drought, there’s plenty of water for the flowers? CAMECA: Better to go hungry than starve for beauty. (She passes a single flower to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. (He takes a sniff.) DOCTOR: Mmm, all the perfume of the gods. I find this place delightful. Hmm, so restful ... (He and CAMECA walk through the garden. The other inhabitants watch with interest.) CAMECA: It is the Garden of Peace. DOCTOR: Mmm, a very apt description. CAMECA: The words of Chopal. DOCTOR: Hmm? Chopal? CAMECA: The man who built the temple. DOCTOR: (Immediately interested.) Oh! He designed all this, did he? CAMECA: As a labour of love. DOCTOR: Yes, one senses that immediately. Does he come here often? CAMECA: He watches over it constantly. DOCTOR: Oh, I see ... he’s a gardener ... CAMECA: (Laughing.) Oh, no. DOCTOR: But you said that he watches, ah ... CAMECA: So he does. In spirit. DOCTOR: (Disappointed.) Yes, I see. d*ad. Hmm ... CAMECA: Yes. (They continue walking and come to a stone bench. The DOCTOR waves his hand towards the seat.) DOCTOR: Er, please? (They both sit.) DOCTOR: I would like to have met him. You knew him? CAMECA: Well ... his son lives. DOCTOR: Ah...builder? CAMECA: A warrior. DOCTOR: Yes, and I suppose he knows much of his fathers work. (He looks upwards at the pyramid.) DOCTOR: I find the temple here very fascinating. CAMECA: A meeting between you two could be arranged. DOCTOR: My dear lady, I should be so grateful. (An Aztec warrior walks up to them. He wears an elaborate Eagle helmet which covers his features. Then he speaks ... .) IAN: Doctor ... DOCTOR: (Amused.) My dear Chesterton! This dear lady has promised me to arrange a meeting between me and ... ah, between myself and the son of the man who built the temple. IAN: Most kind of you, madam. (CAMECA stands and salutes.) CAMECA: Pray, excuse me, then you may talk more freely. (She walks away. The DOCTOR looks after her, smiling.) DOCTOR: A charming person. IAN: Doctor ... DOCTOR: So intelligent and gentle ... IAN: Doctor ... there is to be a human sacrifice today, at the ceremony for the Rain God. And I have to ... DOCTOR: (Snapping to attention.) Now just a minute - what are you supposed to do? IAN: I must escort the victim to the altar, hold him down ... Doctor, I c ... DOCTOR: Then do it man, do it! But don’t interfere! Otherwise we ... IAN: But ... DOCTOR: There’s no buts about it! If human sacrifice is essential here and it’s their tradition, then let them get on with it. But for our sakes, don’t interfere! Now promise me. Please promise! (IAN doesn’t reply.) DOCTOR: I’ll go and tell Barbara. (He leaves a quiet IAN behind him and goes off to the temple.) 14: INT. TEMPLE. ANTE ROOM (BARBARA reclines and smells a flower whilst SUSAN tries on BARBARA’S feathered head-dress.) SUSAN: Hey, Barbara. (When she has her companions attention, she strike a pose. BARBARA laughs.) BARBARA: It’s just the thing for the royal enclosure at Ascot. SUSAN: (In a funny voice.) Oh, the romance of being a handmaiden to a goddess! BARBARA: Well. I must admit this end of it isn’t too hard to take either. (SUSAN takes the head-dress off and picks up a piece of jewellery.) SUSAN: Hey, isn’t this beautiful? BARBARA: (Agreeing.) Mmm. You know, that’s what gets me. I mean, take Autloc - he’s sensitive, intelligent. And then there’s ... SUSAN: Then there’s Tlotoxl. It’s incredible, isn’t it? Beauty and horror, developing hand in hand. (She puts the piece of jewellery down with a shudder. The DOCTOR is heard outside.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) Get out of my way! Go on, let me pass! I must talk to Yetaxa! (He walks in flustered and SUSAN walks over to greet him.) DOCTOR: Susan, please go outside and don’t let anybody in. SUSAN: Right. (She leaves the room.) BARBARA: What is it? What’s happened? DOCTOR: There is to be a human sacrifice today at the rain ceremony. BARBARA: Oh no. DOCTOR: And you must not interfere. Do you understand? BARBARA: I can’t just sit by and watch ... DOCTOR: No, Barbara. Ian agrees with me. He’s got to escort the victim to the altar. BARBARA: He has to what? DOCTOR: Yes, they’ve made him a warrior, and he’s promised me not to interfere with the sacrifice. BARBARA: Well, they’ve made me a goddess - and I forbid it. DOCTOR: Barbara, No! BARBARA: (Picking up the headdress.) There’ll be no sacrifice this afternoon, Doctor. Or ever again. The reincarnation of Yetaxa will prove to the people that you don’t need to sacrifice a human being in order to make it rain. DOCTOR: Barbara, no ... BARBARA: It’s no good, Doctor. My mind’s made up. This is the beginning of the end of the sun god. DOCTOR: What are you talking about? BARBARA: Oh, don’t you see? If I could start the destruction of everything that’s evil here ... then everything that is good would survive when Cortez lands. DOCTOR: But you can’t rewrite history - not one line! (SUSAN runs in.) SUSAN: Barbara, the High Priest is coming. (BARBARA and the DOCTOR stare at each other.) DOCTOR: Barbara, one last appeal: what you are trying to do is utterly impossible. I know, believe me, I know. (BARBARA has put on her head-dress and stares coldly at the DOCTOR.) BARBARA: Not Barbara. Yetaxa. (She walks out of the room ... ) 15: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER ( ... and into the main chamber. An escort of warriors and the AZTEC CAPTAIN await her. She stands at their head. They turn and walk out to the terrace. BARBARA keeping in step.) 16: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE (A bare chested man lies on the sacrificial stone. AUTLOC and TLOTOXL stand nearby and bow to her. BARBARA stares down at the man awaiting death. IAN in full ceremonial clothing including his Eagle headdress and IXTA in the same except he wears a Leopard headdress walk up to the assembled group then turn and face each other.) 17: INT. TEMPLE. ANTE ROOM (The DOCTOR hugs SUSAN to him.) SUSAN: Grandfather? Grandfather, what’s happening? Why can’t I see what is going on? DOCTOR: You must stay here, child. You must. 18: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE (AUTLOC walks to the edge of the terrace and, with his arms raised, shouts to the people below.) AUTLOC: A vision has come to us, my people! The high priest Yetaxa has returned, that you may look once more look upon the sign of the coiled serpent. (To BARBARA.) Great spirit of Yetaxa, please stand forth that we may honour you. (He bows low. BARBARA walks away from her escort to the terrace edge. As she appears to the people, they give out a mighty roar. She turns and walks back to the sacrificial stone. TLOTOXL bows to BARBARA, then pulls out a Kn*fe and holds it over the victim.) TLOTOXL: (To IXTA.) Take his arms. (To IAN.) Take his legs. (They do so. TLOTOXL raises his arms to the heavens.) TLOTOXL: Great Tloloc, God of Rain - I, Tlotoxl, High Priest of Sacrifice, call upon you to look with favour upon our land ... 19: INT. TEMPLE. ANTE ROOM TLOTOXL: (OOV.) Give us the water that is our life, and we will honour you with blood! (SUSAN realises what is happening and pulls away from the DOCTOR’S hold.) SUSAN: No! (She runs out of the room.) 20: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE BARBARA: (To TLOTOXL.) Stop! (SUSAN runs out, closely followed by the DOCTOR.) SUSAN: No! BARBARA: I, Yetaxa, command you. There shall be no more blood spilt. (The intended victim jumps up from the stone and confronts BARBARA.) FIRST VICTIM: You have denied me honour. TLOTOXL: (Rushing to him.) Honour us then with your death. (The VICTIM runs to the edge of the terrace, clambers on the wall, turns to look at BARBARA with contempt, then throws himself off the temple to his death. There is a moment of silence. TLOTOXL raises his arms to the heavens which start to darken. There is a rumble of thunder and a flash of lightening.) TLOTOXL: (In triumph.) With death came rain! BARBARA: Without your sacrifice came rain. TLOTOXL: Does Yetaxa speak with the voice of the gods, or as the protector of a handmaiden? BARBARA: As a god. TLOTOXL: Then let the brave handmaiden be punished. She has cried out and desecrated sacred ground. She transgressed the law! BARBARA: She did not know it. TLOTOXL: Then let knowledge be beaten into her! (SUSAN buries herself in the DOCTOR’S arms.) BARBARA: No one shall be punished for an offence committed in ignorance. TLOTOXL: I demand that she be punished! BARBARA: No! (She puts her arm around SUSAN.) BARBARA: Let her instead be taught respect for your customs. AUTLOC: I will take her to the seminary. BARBARA: So be it, Autloc. AUTLOC: The great spirit of Yetaxa has spoken. (He leads SUSAN away as there is another crack of thunder.) TLOTOXL: No, no, this is not Yetaxa (He shouts.) This is a false goddess! (Then to himself.) and I shall destroy her ...
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Written by John Lucarotti Broadcast: 30 May, 1964 Duration: 24 minutes 11 seconds 1: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE TLOTOXL: No, no, this is not Yetaxa. This is a false goddess! ... (Quietly.) and I shall destroy her ... 2: INT. TEMPLE. ANTE ROOM (BARBARA is alone, deep in thought. The DOCTOR walks in, furious.) DOCTOR: Well, young woman, I hope you’re satisfied? A happy day for you, eh? BARBARA: Doctor, please ... DOCTOR: You wouldn’t be advised, would you? Oh dear me no, you knew better! BARBARA: I couldn’t stand by and watch that man being sacrificed! DOCTOR: Do you think we felt any differently? BARBARA: Of course not. DOCTOR: Then why not leave well alone? Human sacrifice is their tradition - their religion! There’s nothing we can do about it. BARBARA: I had to try! DOCTOR: Yes, and what happened? Tlotoxl lost faith in you, our lives are in danger and Susan is locked up in some kind of seminary! BARBARA: Well at least she is safe there. DOCTOR: (Shouts.) Safe? Safe? My dear child, she was perfectly safe here until you started meddling! BARBARA: Look, I wanted it to rain without that man being k*lled! I wanted them to see that his death was unnecessary ... DOCTOR: Don’t you realise he wanted to be offered to the gods? It made him feel one ... BARBARA: I just didn’t think about it ... DOCTOR: Oh, that’s just it - you didn’t think! (BARBARA starts to break down, and sits on a chair.) BARBARA: (Sobbing.) Oh, go away ... leave me alone ... (The DOCTOR pats her gently on her arm.) DOCTOR: I’m sorry, my dear. I didn’t mean to be so harsh with you. BARBARA: No, you had every right ... (He also sits.) DOCTOR: However, what’s done is done. And now it’s up to you what happens next. BARBARA: Me? DOCTOR: Yes. You’ll have to hold Tlotoxl off. BARBARA: How can I? He’s lost faith in me. He thinks I’m a false goddess. DOCTOR: Oh, not to Autloc. BARBARA: You want me to play them off against each other? DOCTOR: Yes, Th ... the more Tlotoxl doubts you, you more you must convince Autloc that you are Yetaxa. BARBARA: And Tlotoxl won’t dare defy Autloc. DOCTOR: Exactly! BARBARA: What about you and Ian? DOCTOR: Oh, Ian can look after himself. And I think I shall know more about the entrance to the tomb tonight. I’ve met somebody that knows how the temple was built. (He gets to his feet.) DOCTOR: An Aztec lady. BARBARA: (Smiles and hugs him.) You’re an old rogue! DOCTOR: Yes, but really it’s up to you, Barbara. We’re quite safe here so long as you’re here, so ... (He stops as TLOTOXL walks into the chamber.) BARBARA: (Haughtily.) You enter unannounced. TLOTOXL: I proclaim myself only to my gods. (He gives the DOCTOR the briefest of glances.) TLOTOXL: Let the old man go down to the garden. BARBARA: (To the DOCTOR.) Enjoy the company of your new found friend. DOCTOR: (Bowing.) As Yetaxa commands. (He leaves.) TLOTOXL: I would ask you: How shall a man know his gods? BARBARA: By the signs of their divinity. TLOTOXL: And what if thieves walk among the gods? BARBARA: (Smiling.) Then indeed, how shall a man know? TLOTOXL: By the secrets of the gods’ minds! BARBARA: That is true. Their knowledge will reveal them. TLOTOXL: How many heavens are there? BARBARA: (Smiles again.) Does Tlotoxl covet the mantle of the High Priest of Knowledge? TLOTOXL: How many heavens? BARBARA: Thirteen. TLOTOXL: Name them! BARBARA: If the truth of my divinity lies in my mind, let Autloc seek it. TLOTOXL: So he shall. Just as Ixta now challenges the servant of Yetaxa. BARBARA: For what reason? TLOTOXL: (Smiling.) To discover who shall live to command our armies. (He walks away from a worried BARBARA.) 3: INT. BARRACKS (IXTA picks up a spear and throws it at a target on the wall as IAN and AUTLOC watch. IXTA points at his perfect aim.) IXTA: Thus shall my enemies fall. IAN: Real enemies can h*t back. IXTA: I have no fear of death. IAN: Perhaps not. The d*ad never win. AUTLOC: (To IAN.) How would you att*ck? IAN: I should use more cunning. Surprise my enemy. (IXTA smiles and turns his back to IAN.) IXTA: This also I can do ... (He flashes a blade inches away from IAN who laughs and holds up his thumb.) IAN: This is all I need. AUTLOC: To win a victory with your thumb needs magic. IAN: To know your enemies weakness isn’t magic. It’s common sense. IXTA: (Shaking his head and grinning.) What weakness have I that is vulnerable to your thumb? IAN: You’d be surprised. (On IXTA’S look.) Oh, I won’t k*ll you this time. Not this time, Ixta ... (IXTA stands up to IAN.) IXTA: You mock the arts of w*r. I defy you to harm me. IAN: (Nodding at the table.) Pick up your club. (IXTA does so and IAN grasps his neck with a nerve hold. IXTA gasps and crashes to the table, unconscious. AUTLOC looks on, amazed.) IAN: (Wiping his hands.) Don’t worry. He’ll be alright. (TLOTOXL enters.) TLOTOXL: Autloc, there is a ta ... (He stops d*ad in his tracks when she sees IXTA. He looks at AUTLOC.) AUTLOC: No, he sleeps. Yetaxas’ servant won the victory with his thumb! TLOTOXL: You saw the blow? AUTLOC: There was no blow. He fought with his thumb! IAN: (Smiling.) Tell him to have a good rest when he wakes up. AUTLOC: Where do you go? IAN: For a walk. (The two of them walk out. IXTA starts to come round. TLOTOXL helps him up.) TLOTOXL: Could you not fight against it? IXTA: I was powerless ... (Another Priest walks in. This is TONILA, AUTLOC’S deputy.) TONILA: The Perfect Victim desires to be admitted. TLOTOXL: (With some impatience.) All his requests must be granted! (TONILA turns to the door and bows as a young and well built man walks into the room. TLOTOXL has suddenly realised something important in what he has just said.) TLOTOXL: (To himself.) “ ... must be granted”? (He turns to the PERFECT VICTIM.) You grace us here with your presence. Ixta! (He nods at IXTA as he approaches.) Here is one who would be commander of our armies. His name is Ixta. TONILA: All have heard of the prowess and bravery of Ixta. TLOTOXL: There are those who say that the stories and the truth are ... (He holds up his hands in the air.) ... far apart. IXTA: No man can win against me! TLOTOXL: No man? (He holds up one finger.) Not one? IXTA: I shall lead the armies! It is my right! TLOTOXL: Yesterday, it would seem so ... (IXTA stalks to the other side of the table. TONILA slides up to TLOTOXL.) TONILA: (To TLOTOXL.) You would make an enemy? TLOTOXL: I? I only know that I have seen one that could defeat him. PERFECT VICTIM: Defeat Ixta? IXTA: Once - and by a trick (He glares at TLOTOXL.) I tell you face to face, I can pull him down! TLOTOXL: Perhaps PERFECT VICTIM: You drive the man. How often have you and Autloc instructed me that small failings in a man may be his saving graces? TLOTOXL: But you, O Perfect Victim, are as your name implies. When you meet the gods, you will be able to tell them of the Aztecs (To IXTA.) A commander should be as pure, so that his name may be held in very awe and dread. PERFECT VICTIM: Then he who defeated Ixta should be our commander ... IXTA: No! TLOTOXL: It may be that the other won by a trick. A second contest would show, but ... (He smiles at the PERFECT VICTIM.) ... I cannot order it ... TONILA: Only the Perfect Victim may be obeyed at all times. PERFECT VICTIM: My faith in Ixta is supreme. I wish to see him meet the other man. TLOTOXL: So be it. I shall arrange it at the sunset. TONILA: Ixta could challenge the other. PERFECT VICTIM: Let it be so. (He walks out of the room as all bow to him. TONILA leaves as well. IXTA makes to follow but TLOTOXL grabs his arm.) TLOTOXL: This I promise you. All honour and glory shall be yours ... if you destroy him. (He looks at him meaningfully but also with menace.) 4: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (As their elderly companions wander through the garden, the DOCTOR and CAMECA sit on a stone bench. The other inhabitants hover close to the two of them, interested in their conversation. The DOCTOR examines a leaf that he has plucked from a plant.) DOCTOR: What leaf is this? CAMECA: It’s from a herb. The sap is used by our medicine men to induce sleep, but the leaves are harmless. DOCTOR: Hmm, I think I know about it. CAMECA: You are a healer? DOCTOR: No, no. They call me the Doctor. I’m a scientist, an engineer. I’m a builder of things. CAMECA: (Smiling.) Now I understand your interest in the temple. DOCTOR: Yes, there are one or two features inside the temple that intrigue me. (The DOCTOR and CAMECA become aware that they are being listened to and walk a small distance away.) CAMECA: I have some knowledge of it. DOCTOR: Yes. For instance, the tomb is s..sealed. (Yet again they are being closely listened to by an old man. They walk further away.) DOCTOR: The tomb is sealed. Now surely the builder had some way of opening it ... CAMECA: My knowledge is too limited to answer you, but the builder’s son may know. DOCTOR: Yes, of course, I don’t wish to pry in family matters ... CAMECA: No one could think that of you. I shall arrange a meeting. DOCTOR: Oh my dear, how charming of you. CAMECA: When shall it be? DOCTOR: Oh, any time ... er ... today? Mmm? CAMECA: An interested mind brooks no delay. DOCTOR: Yes, and I’m sure that’s true of you, too, hmm? CAMECA: It was true. Now, I am content to spend the time here, like the others. DOCTOR: Oh, but their minds are old, Cameca. And that’s something I’m sure yours will never be. CAMECA: (Blushing.) Your heart is young too, Doctor. (She walks off to find the builders son. Behind her, the DOCTOR gives out a sigh and a smile of contentment.) 5: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (TLOTOXL walks into the main chamber. BARBARA is sat on her throne flanked by the guards and their CAPTAIN.) TLOTOXL: (To CAPTAIN.) Leave us. CAPTAIN: Warriors! (They all file out leaving BARBARA alone with TLOTOXL. He walks right up to her and glares into her face.) TLOTOXL: The High Priest of knowledge will question you. BARBARA: If he finds I am the spirit of Yetaxa returned? TLOTOXL: Then I shall beg forgiveness of the gods. BARBARA: The High Priest of sacrifice has spoken. (Sharply.) I shall remember his words. TLOTOXL: Then remember this also. Whilst your divinity is in dispute, only those who serve the temple may approach you. BARBARA: My servants also? TLOTOXL: No, you must remain alone. BARBARA: Why? TLOTOXL: A false goddess and her servants could conspire against us. This is a danger we are not prepared to face. BARBARA: (Quietly but looking worried.) Then tell my servants that they may not enter here. TLOTOXL: (Smiling.) They shall be told. (He walks out.) 6: INT. BARRACKS (IXTA cradles a club in his hands whilst he rubs the back of his neck, still troubled by IAN’S victory. CAMECA walks in.) CAMECA: Ixta? (She bows.) You wished to see me? IXTA: (Also bows.) I greet you warmly, Cameca, and would seek your advice. CAMECA: If I can give it, I shall. IXTA: What do you know of magic? CAMECA: Nothing ... though it’s my belief I know one who does. IXTA: Name him. CAMECA: The old servant of Yetaxa. IXTA: (Turns away.) He is of no use to me. CAMECA: But you can be of service to him. He seeks an interview with you. IXTA: To what end? CAMECA: He is interested in your fathers’ work. IXTA: (Thoughtful.) Does he know my name? CAMECA: No. IXTA: Tell him I will speak with him. CAMECA: Where? IXTA: In the garden. CAMECA: (She bows.) I shall tell him, Ixta. (She leaves.) IXTA: What better way to destroy your enemies ... then to let them destroy themselves! (IXTA smiles and smashes his club into a target.) 7: INT. SEMINARY (SUSAN, dressed in AZTEC robes with her hair in the native style, kneels on a straw mattress, reading a book of Aztec manners from a book of hieroglyphs. AUTLOC is instructing her.) AUTLOC: You have studied the code of the good housewife? SUSAN: I have. AUTLOC: I will hear it. SUSAN: (Remembering the text.) “Tend well your nurseries and your flowerbeds” ... ah ... ”keep clean your pot and stewpan ... do not spend recklessly ... do not destroy or cheapen yourself” ... em ... em” (She stops as she has problems remembering the next line. TONILA enters the room and stands unseen in the doorway.) AUTLOC: (Prompting SUSAN gently.) “You will never have a house ... ” SUSAN: Oh, yes! “You’ll never have a house or a home of your own if you live like that.” TONILA: She has learned it diligently, Autloc. AUTLOC: Susan is a good pupil. She uses her intelligence. (He gestures to the newcomer.) Susan, this is Tonila, one of the priests of knowledge. (SUSAN walks over to TONILA to shake hands.) AUTLOC: No no, do not greet your elders in such a manner. SUSAN: No? AUTLOC: No. You stand still, not looking around. You keep your eyes fixed on the person you are being introduced to - unless you are meeting your future husband for the first time, then you keep your eyes downcast. SUSAN: Well, how will I know? AUTLOC: You ... know what? SUSAN: That he’s to be my husband? AUTLOC: You’ll be told. SUSAN: Told! I’m not going to be told who to marry! AUTLOC: (Puzzled.) What say have you in the matter? SUSAN: It’s my life! I’ll spend it with whom I choose, not someone picked out for me. (Both priests stare at her in amazement.) 8: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (The DOCTOR is plucking another leaf from the herb plant that he discussed earlier with CAMECA. Unseen by the old man, IXTA enters in full Aztec uniform, including his Leopard headdress.) IXTA: You are the old servant of Yetaxa? (The DOCTOR jumps and scratches himself on the plant.) DOCTOR: Oh! (He rubs his hand.) Yes, ah, yes, uh, yes indeed, I am. IXTA: My father built the temple. DOCTOR: Oh, indeed, yes. Well, I find the entrance to the High Priests tomb a particularly fine piece of work. IXTA: Few temples have an entrance like it. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, ah, of course, yes yes indeed. He kept that secret, did he? IXTA: He has drawn it. DOCTOR: Really? Well, I ... I wonder if it would be at all possible that I might see the drawing, hmm? IXTA: (Smiles and bows.) Can a humble warrior deny the request of Yetaxa’s servant? (The DOCTOR laughs.) IXTA: I will bring it to you after sunset, if the gods are willing. DOCTOR: Oh, I don’t see why not, hmm? (IXTA looks around him before speaking again and leads the DOCTOR into a quiet corner.) IXTA: Tonight, at sunset, I have to meet another warrior in combat. DOCTOR: Oh, I hope ... er ... not to the death, hmm? (IXTA stills looks around him.) IXTA: No, but defeat would be disgrace. No man could look upon me or speak to me for many days. DOCTOR: Yes, I see. IXTA: My opponent has been selected. I know his name and I fear defeat. DOCTOR: And what w*apon do you use? IXTA: Only my hands, My strength lies in the use of a spear or a club. DOCTOR: Oh yes, indeed. Ah, dear dear dear ... ha, and I would have loved to seen those drawings ... IXTA: No more than I desire a victory. DOCTOR: Yes, uh ... may I suggest that we assist each other, hmm? IXTA: (Smiles and salutes.) I thank the older servant of Yetaxa. (He leaves. The DOCTOR walks over to the plant he was examining earlier, reaches down and plucks and leaf from it. He pierces the stem with a needle and watches as the sap starts to run out of it.) DOCTOR: Yes, I think a little horticulture might go a long way ... (He laughs.) 9: INT. BARRACKS (TLOTOXL watches IAN’S practice drill with a club. IAN looks out of breath.) TLOTOXL: (With sarcasm.) Does fatigue affect the servant of the gods? IAN: Does the High Priest scorn my attempts to be worthy of command? (IXTA walks in and goes up to TLOTOXL.) TLOTOXL: (In a whisper to IXTA.) Can you conquer him? IXTA: I know it. (He walks up to IAN.) IXTA: Ian? IAN: Yes, Ixta? IXTA: I challenge you to a contest of strength. IAN: A fight? IXTA: Without w*apon. Your hands have defeated me. Let mine try to win a victory over you. (IAN pauses, puzzled.) TLOTOXL: Will you deny him? IAN: (Pauses.) No. IXTA: We will fight here, as the sun sets. IAN: Alright. (IAN walks off to practice again.) TLOTOXL: (Whisper.) You are confident of victory? IXTA: (Whisper.) If you wish it, he shall die. TLOTOXL: (Smiles and nods.) Let him die. 10: INT. TEMPLE TERRACE (BARBARA and AUTLOC are alone.) BARBARA: I tell you, Tlotoxl is determined to destroy me. AUTLOC: He cannot while I believe you to be Yetaxa. BARBARA: Yet you question me at his bidding. AUTLOC: We both serve the gods ... BARBARA: Do you? Were you not angry when I forbade the sacrifice to the rain god? AUTLOC: No. BARBARA: Do you question the value of such sacrifice? AUTLOC: I accepted it. But we send messengers to the gods. Why should the gods not send messenger to us? BARBARA: To say there shall be no more human sacrifice? AUTLOC: I shall not oppose the gods if it is their will that such sacrifices cease. (BARBARA walks towards the sacrificial stone, thoughtful.) BARBARA: The High Priest of knowledge speaks with great wisdom. AUTLOC: If your words are denied, shall we not be living in defiance of the gods? BARBARA: (She looks into the distance.) Famine, drought and disaster will come, and more and more sacrifices will be made. I see a time when ten thousand will die in one day. AUTLOC: (Shocked.) Where will it end, Yetaxa? BARBARA: In total destruction. Your civilisation will pass forever from the land. AUTLOC: Your prophesy our doom ... ? BARBARA: Yes. AUTLOC: Let me think upon these words, great spirit. BARBARA: As the High Priest desires. (She leaves a shaken AUTLOC and walks off back into the temple.) 11: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (BARBARA crosses to the throne and rests her troubled head against its back ... ) 12: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (The DOCTOR passes IXTA the pierced leaf.) IXTA: The thorn of a cactus will give me victory? DOCTOR: Yes ... and make sure that you don’t scratch yourself. IXTA: The aged servant of Yetaxa offers poison? DOCTOR: No, it won’t k*ll ... it will slowly drain away the strength of your opponent. (He point to his own wrist.) And scratch here. IXTA: (Salutes.) I thank you. (IXTA starts to leave.) DOCTOR: Oh, and young man ... you, ah, won’t forget the drawing, hmm? IXTA: I shall be here after sunset. (He leaves.) DOCTOR: Yes, so shall I ... (He smells a flower.) 13: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE (AUTLOC and TLOTOXL are discussing BARBARA’S words.) TLOTOXL: She prophesied our doom? AUTLOC: Yes.. TLOTOXL: To avert her own! I tell you, she is a false goddess! AUTLOC: I do not know it. TLOTOXL: You will question her again? AUTLOC: Yes. (The Doctor is coming up the steps behind them...Tlotoxl notices him and reacts quickly.) TLOTOXL: (To AUTLOC.) Conceal yourself. (They hide behind a corner as the Doctor walks into the main chamber.) DOCTOR: Barbara? Barbara? 14: INT. TEMPLE. ANTEROOM (The DOCTOR enters and find BARBARA pacing the room.) DOCTOR: Ah... BARBARA: Doctor, go away! DOCTOR: What? BARBARA: You’re not allowed in here! DOCTOR: Oh, nonsense. I’m supposed to be one of your servants? BARBARA: Well, hasn't Tlotoxl told you that while I’m being questioned no one is allowed to see me? DOCTOR: All right, I'll go. But first ... I think I shall know more about the entrance to the tomb tonight. BARBARA: Good. DOCTOR: All I had to do was make certain some warrior won a fight. BARBARA: (Suspicious.) What warrior? DOCTOR: I don't know...but he had sort of a mask, or a face like a cat... BARBARA: But that's Ixta! And he's fighting Ian! DOCTOR: (Shocked.) Ixta...Ixta...I must warn Ian! (The DOCTOR rushes out.) 15: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (Heeding BARBARA’S warning he crosses the main chamber slowly and quietly but TLOTOXL is hiding in the doorway to the terrace.) TLOTOXL: Hold him - he has transgressed the law! (Warriors seize him. He starts to struggle and shout.) DOCTOR: Sir, I will not have you ... CAPTAIN: Do you wish him confined or taken to the barracks? TLOTOXL: Take him to the barracks. DOCTOR: (Shouting as he's hauled off.) I demand to be release! Take your hands off me, Sir! How dare you! How dare you! (The DOCTOR is dragged away. An angry BARBARA walks up to a troubled AUTLOC.) BARBARA: He had no right to arrest my servant. AUTLOC: The old man transgressed the law. BARBARA: He did not know it. No one told him. AUTLOC: If that is so, to hold him prisoner would be unjust. I shall obtain his release. (He bows.) BARBARA: Thank you. (He starts to go.) Autloc? There is to be a contest between Ian and Ixta. AUTLOC: Yes? BARBARA: I forbid it. AUTLOC: Great Spirit, it cannot be avoided. Only one of them can command our army. BARBARA: Then let it be Ixta. AUTLOC: You deny your servant honour? BARBARA: The contest is ill-timed. Ixta has been trained for many months. AUTLOC: Yet, I have seen your servant defeat him, and it is not a mortal combat. BARBARA: Then see that it remains so. AUTLOC: (He bows.) The spirit of Yetaxa has spoken. (He leaves.) 17: INT. BARRACKS (The room starts to fill with warriors. IAN and IXTA face each other. The Aztecs bow to first IXTA and then IAN. Both return the salute. The PERFECT VICTIM takes two ceremonial sticks in his hands.) PERFECT VICTIM: Let the contest begin! (He clacks the sticks together. The two warriors bow to and salute each other, and then square off. IXTA makes the first move, but IAN reverses it and flips him over. They lock up again, and after several seconds IAN hip-tosses him. Again they crash together, with IXTA getting an arm around IAN’S neck. Again IAN throws him down. Leaning against a table, IXTA pulls out the tranquiliser cactus thorn. At that moment, TLOTOXL and the DOCTOR walk in - the DOCTOR rushes to IAN and grabs him by the wrist.) DOCTOR: Ian, don't let him scratch you! IAN: What? (The CAPTAIN grabs the DOCTOR backs and holds him by the arms as IXTA uses the diversion to sink the thorn into IAN’S wrist, drawing blood. IAN rubs his wrist and then lunges at IXTA, crashing against the spectators to the fight.) DOCTOR: (Shouting.) Tlotoxl! Stop this nonsense! Stop it! TLOTOXL: No! DOCTOR: Ixta is using the ... that magic I gave him! TLOTOXL: Then you should rejoice! Ixta will win! (AUTLOC walks in. IAN is fighting valiantly, but he is tiring. Even after one of his arms is twisted almost out of its socket by IAN, IXTA is getting the upper hand. He tackles IAN down to the ground, regains his feet, and starts choking him with his foot.) DOCTOR: Autloc, stop this! TLOTOXL: No! Let it continue - to the death! (IAN’S getting weaker...but manages to fling IXTA off him. He staggers to his feet, swaying. IXTA gets him into a bear hug, but IAN chops at his ribs and forces him off. He goes for IXTA’S arm again, but IXTA reverses the hold, flings him onto the table ... seizes up a club to bash IAN’S skull in ... ) TLOTOXL: Destroy him, Ixta! AUTLOC: Yetaxa forbids it! TLOTOXL: A false goddess forbids it! (To IXTA.) Destroy him! BARBARA: (Behind them all.) Stop! (She has entered the room unseen by all. The fight stops. She walks up to TLOTOXL, who looks at her with contempt.) TLOTOXL: Your place is in the temple. BARBARA: I am loyal to those who serve me. TLOTOXL: (Points at the fight.) If you are Yetaxa...save him! (BARBARA looks down uncertainly at the groggy IAN...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x28 - The Warriors of Death"}
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Written by John Lucarotti Broadcast: 6 June, 1964 Duration: 25 minutes 27 seconds 1: INT. BARRACKS TLOTOXL: A false goddess forbids it! (To IXTA.) Destroy him! BARBARA: (Behind them all.) Stop! (She has entered the room unseen by all. The fight stops. She walks up to TLOTOXL, who looks at her with contempt.) TLOTOXL: Your place is in the temple. BARBARA: I am loyal to those who serve me. TLOTOXL: (Points at the fight.) If you are Yetaxa...save him!! (BARBARA looks down uncertainly at the groggy IAN and then seizes a Kn*fe which she holds at a TLOTOXL’S throat.) BARBARA: If my servant dies, so does Tlotoxl! (To IXTA.) Put it down. (He puts the club down.) BARBARA: I did as you commanded. Now you must obey me. Those who serve me shall not be punished. TLOTOXL: (With reluctance.) So be it. PERFECT VICTIM: (Clacks the sticks together again.) The contest is ended. Ixta may not claim the victory. (He hands the sticks over to TONILA and leaves. Everyone bows to him.) AUTLOC: (To the guards.) Attend Yetaxa's servant. Take the old man to the courtyard. And in obedience to Yetaxa, release him. (TLOTOXL walks over to IAN, now unconscious on the table. He snatches up the thorn stuck in IAN'S wrist, snags IXTA, and drags him off to the side.) TLOTOXL: Is it true? The old man gave you this ... to win a victory? IXTA: It is true. TLOTOXL: It is not magic...it is the juice from a plant. Tonila will know. Why did he aid you? IXTA: It was a trick. He did not know that I was to fight Ian. He promised to help me if I told him the secrets of my work. TLOTOXL: What secrets? IXTA: How the tomb of Yetaxa may be opened. TLOTOXL: (He thinks about this.) I must question him about it. (He turns to leave. IXTA holds him back.) IXTA: Tlotoxl, what of Ian? He was at my mercy. TLOTOXL: So shall he be again, I promise it. IXTA: And next time, you will honour your promise! 2: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (BARBARA sits on the temple throne.) AUTLOC: Tlotoxl was humiliated. He will not forget, nor will he forgive. BARBARA: I did as he commanded. AUTLOC: But not as he expected. BARBARA: What did he want? A miracle? AUTLOC: We all awaited it. BARBARA: Why should I use divine powers, when human ability will suffice? AUTLOC: Yetaxa has spoken. (BARBARA rises from the throne.) BARBARA: Has the High Priest of Knowledge thought about my prophecy? AUTLOC: I have. It is true that if we defy the gods, we shall be destroyed. BARBARA: There are two ways. The gods' way - and Tlotoxl's. Which is evil and must be destroyed. AUTLOC: He is the High Priest of Sacrifice... (BARBARA walks out onto the terrace. AUTLOC follows.) 3: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE BARBARA: When is the next sacrifice? AUTLOC: Three days from today. The moon will pass before the sun, and all will be in darkness. BARBARA: At noon? AUTLOC: Even so. BARBARA: (Nods.) There's to be an eclipse. And Tlotoxl will offer human blood so that the sun will shine again. AUTLOC: Yes. BARBARA: But it's a trick! As the High Priest of Knowledge, you know the sun will shine again! AUTLOC: Unless the gods withdraw their favour from us... BARBARA: Am I not a god? Support me. Tlotoxl won't dare defy us both! AUTLOC: (In a conflict.) If I take that course, there is no way back for me...In all humility, I beg you...do not deceive me or prove false to me. (A look of guilt appears on BARBARA’S face.) 4: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (The DOCTOR is relaxing in the garden again, studying a plant in his hands as he sits on the stone bench. TLOTOXL is also here, looking over the plant the DOCTOR used.) TLOTOXL: The priest Tonila's knowledge of plants has served me well. DOCTOR: (Not looking up at him.) I am delighted. TLOTOXL: What manner of servant are you? DOCTOR: (Waves him off.) Oh, go away Tlotoxl! TLOTOXL: I am curious about you. First you try to give Ixta a victory... DOCTOR: Ixta cheated me. TLOTOXL: I wonder... DOCTOR: I am faithful to my friends. TLOTOXL: Yet you deceive Yetaxa. DOCTOR: Not at all. (TLOTOXL sits by the DOCTOR.) TLOTOXL: You tried to get into the tomb without her knowledge. (The DOCTOR stiffens.) TLOTOXL: What is it you want from the tomb? DOCTOR: What is it you want from me, hmm? TLOTOXL: I want but one thing. Proof that she is a false goddess. (The DOCTOR gets up.) DOCTOR: Then open the tomb! TLOTOXL: That cannot be achieved. DOCTOR: Talk to Ixta. He has some drawings. TLOTOXL: In whose service are you? DOCTOR: I serve the truth. Help me Tlotoxl, and I promise you...you will find it... (He walks off.) 5: INT. BARRACKS (IAN recovers consciousness. He sees IXTA fondling a Kn*fe. He struggles to get up in a panic, but IXTA puts a calming hand on him.) IXTA: Do not be afraid of me, Ian. Now that I can defeat you openly, I have no need to destroy you in secret. IAN: Whatever it was you scratched me with b*at me. Not you, Ixta. IXTA: Did you yourself not say "Use stealth, surprise your enemy?" IAN: True. IXTA: Did I not do those things? IAN: Yes, you did. IXTA: A thorn, some poison and the aged servant of Yetaxa. IAN: (Surprised and shocked.) Did the Doctor help you?! IXTA: Your friends make strange allies, Ian. IAN: Did he know you were going to fight me? IXTA: No. IAN: (He laughs gently.) I need some fresh air. IXTA: Let me help you. (He pulls IAN up.) Now that I have proved that I can be the victor, we too can be friends, for the little while that you have left to live. IAN: Oh...I’m gonna die, am I? IXTA: (Grins.) Oh yes. Next time, I shall not fail to k*ll you. (TLOTOXL and TONILA enter.) TLOTOXL: Ixta ... (He notices IAN.) I see your strength has been restored to you. IAN: Don't tell me you're my friend now. (TLOTOXL glowers and pulls IXTA aside.) TLOTOXL: Ixta, I have need of the drawings. IXTA: The ones I promised to the old man? (He smiles.) None exist. The secret of the tomb died with my father. (IAN, still slightly groggy, snaps to attention at hearing this.) TLOTOXL: Why did he not set it down? IXTA: He thought to, but disappeared before it could be done. IAN: So that's why the Doctor prepared the thorn for you! IXTA: (Grins.) Yes. And now the old man waits in vain for the drawings. (He claps IAN on the shoulder.) Stealth and cunning, Ian. (He leads the un-amused IAN out of the barracks. TLOTOXL pulls TONILA to talk. IAN separates from IXTA and puts himself by the door to listen in.) TLOTOXL: You are well versed in these matters, Tonila. Just as the old man helped Ixta defeat Ian, so shall you help me destroy the false Yetaxa! IXTA: (OOV.) Ian? (IAN walks off to join IXTA.) TONILA: (Shaking his head.) I cannot do this. No, I will not! Destroy the gods and we destroy ourselves! TLOTOXL: The gods are immortal, are they not? TONILA: Yes. TLOTOXL: Then how can we, mere flesh and blood, destroy them? TONILA: But did you not suggest the use of knowledge of poisons against Yetaxa? TLOTOXL: I say that such a test would prove the woman. If she dies, she is mortal. If she lives, then she is indeed the spirit of Yetaxa returned. Now would you deny yourself the glory, Tonila, of seeing the gods proved before your eyes? TONILA: (Pauses, then ... ) I shall prepare the mixture. Then you and I and Autloc will test Yetaxa. TLOTOXL: Er ... Autloc? I think not. TONILA: But why not? TLOTOXL: His mind is set that she is Yetaxa. He would forbid the test. No, you and I will do this thing, Tonila. (He smiles.) For once the High Priest of Knowledge shall be in ignorance. (TONILA still looks uncertain.) 6: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (AUTLOC is meeting with CAMECA in the garden. On the other side of the garden, the DOCTOR is looking over a stone carving on the wall. CAMECA is holding a clay cup in her hands.) AUTLOC: Such happiness, Cameca, outshines the sun. CAMECA: And may outlast it, Autloc. AUTLOC: What brings about such joy? (CAMECA looks at the DOCTOR.) AUTLOC: Then I am grateful to him. You carry cocoa beans. For barter? CAMECA: I've been to the market and obtained food. AUTLOC: (He smiles, understanding.) Then, uh...these must be for drink? CAMECA: Only the gods may know... AUTLOC: And mortals live in hope. CAMECA: He is a gentle companion and most dear to me. AUTLOC: Then prepare these beans as a love potion. CAMECA: Oh, that would be too bold! Rather should he show his love for me. AUTLOC: You wish him to prepare it? (She pauses with a slight embarrassment.) CAMECA: Yes. AUTLOC: Good fortune. (He leaves, and CAMECA walks up to the DOCTOR.) CAMECA: I greet the good and noble Doctor. DOCTOR: Ah, my dear Cameca, how nice to see you again! The garden’s been a lonely place without you. CAMECA: When one's interest is held, loneliness does not exist. DOCTOR: I was merely passing the time until you arrived. Oh, umm... (The DOCTOR turns and points out a sign carved into the garden wall. A coiled snake.) DOCTOR: This sign...I, uh...I haven't noticed it before. CAMECA: It is Yetaxa's sign. In almost every building honour is paid to Yetaxa. DOCTOR: Oh, really? CAMECA: Mm hmm. (CAMECA suddenly spills several dozen cocoa beans on the bench as she starts to sit down.) DOCTOR: Oh! Oh my dear... (He starts to pick them up with her.) DOCTOR: Cocoa beans! CAMECA: We use these to barter for our daily needs. DOCTOR: What an excellent idea - a currency you can drink! Delicious! CAMECA: Do you know our customs? DOCTOR: (Lying.) Why yes, my dear, of course! CAMECA: The drinking of cocoa has its own ... special meaning... DOCTOR: Yes, I agree! A rare delight! We shall take a cup together! CAMECA: (Joyful.) Are you certain? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, quite. Now give me some beans, and I'll prepare them. (CAMECA pours some beans into the DOCTOR'S hands.) CAMECA: You insist upon this? DOCTOR: I do. I insist, absolutely! As a token of my esteem, hmm? CAMECA: (Smiles.) The gods are smiling favour through your eyes, may it always be so! My dear Doctor, I accept with all my heart! DOCTOR: Wait here, my dear. (He starts to walk off but turns back momentarily.) DOCTOR: I'll be back! (He walks off, leaving a very happy CAMECA behind.) 7: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (IAN has arrived at the temple to warn BARBARA.) BARBARA: Why do you take such risks? IAN: Because I overheard something that Tlotoxl said to Tonila. BARBARA: Tonila? I didn't know they were allies... IAN: They're planning something against you. I'm sure of it. BARBARA: I'll watch them both. (She walk outs of the temple to the terrace with IAN.) 8: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE BARBARA: Tlotoxl's dangerous. He seems able to bring people round to his way of thinking. IAN: You've got it all wrong, Barbara. All the people here share Tlotoxl's views. BARBARA: What about Autloc? (Sighs.) Oh, I'm sick and tired of all this arguing and quarreling. First the Doctor, and now you. Why can't you see what I'm trying to do? IAN: I can. BARBARA: Well, you're not helping. Tlotoxl's evil, and he'll make everyone else the same. IAN: They are the same, Barbara! That's the whole point! You keep on insisting that Tlotoxl's the odd man out, but he isn't. BARBARA: I don't believe it. IAN: Well, you must. If only you could stand away from this thing, you'd see it clearly. Autloc's the extraordinary man here. He's the reasonable one, the civilized one, the one that's prepared to listen to advice. But he's one man, Barbara! One man! BARBARA: And everything I've tried to do...? (Finally conceding defeat. BARBARA walks back into the temple.) 9: INT. TEMPLE MAIN CHAMBER BARBARA: Oh, I...I thought I could alter them. IAN: You can't fight a whole way of life, Barbara. BARBARA: I suppose not. I've just been fooling myself. Ian, what can we do? IAN: We can get into that tomb and leave them alone. BARBARA: Yes. Ian, I... (She looks over at the door.) BARBARA: Someone coming. (IAN runs to hide in a corner of the temple. BARBARA retakes the throne as TLOTOXL and TONILA come in. TONILA holds a cup in his hand. They both bow before her.) TLOTOXL: We greet Yetaxa. BARBARA: (Sharply.) What do you want here? TLOTOXL: I come before Yetaxa in humility. BARBARA: Such quiet words do you credit. TLOTOXL: We have both spoken hot words and thought black deeds, and I must be the one to find a common ground. TONILA: End this conflict... (He holds out the cup.) TLOTOXL: Drink this draft with us, as a symbol of our new friendship, and then I will serve you. And whatever words Yetaxa speaks, I shall echo. (He offers the cup to her again, bowing.) TONILA: I am the witness. BARBARA: Then I accept. TLOTOXL: I hear your words, and I rejoice! (He takes the cup and offers it to her and the two Priests bow. She takes the cup and raises it to her lips. Behind them, IAN momentarily jumps out of hiding and waves frantically to BARBARA, warning her. She sees this and lowers the cup without taking a drink. TLOTOXL and TONILA raise themselves from their bowing position, TLOTOXL noticing with a frown that BARBARA has not taken a drink from the cup.) BARBARA: Tlotoxl, you do believe me to be Yetaxa? TLOTOXL: (Smiling.) I shall proclaim you when we stand together before the people. BARBARA: Then I would have you perform one small service. For as I prove my faith in you, so must you prove yours to me. TLOTOXL: (Still smiling.) Tell me quickly that I may obey, and all the past be forgotten. (She holds out the cup to him.) BARBARA: Drink first. TLOTOXL: What? BARBARA: (Sharply.) Drink it! (She holds the cup out to TONILA. Both of them take a step back backwards.) BARBARA: So this is your "friendship"! (She flings the cup at the floor, shattering it, and down out of her throne.) BARBARA: You defile this temple!! Get out of my sight! Go! (TONILA rushes out. TLOTOXL starts to run as well ... ) 10: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE ( ... but stumbles against the altar.) TLOTOXL: I only meant to test you! BARBARA: With poison?! TLOTOXL: Yetaxa would have lived! The gods are immortal! BARBARA: Well, I would have died - I am not Yetaxa! (He bolts to his feet.) TLOTOXL: False! False, I knew ... ! BARBARA: And who’ll believe you? I warn you, Tlotoxl. You say one word against me to the people and I'll have them destroy you. Destroy you! (TLOTOXL slinks away. BARBARA removes her headdress as IAN comes out of hiding and hugs her.) IAN: Don't worry, Barbara. We'll be all right. We'll get away from this place. 11: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (Meanwhile, the DOCTOR has finished making two cups of hot cocoa for himself and CAMECA which they each hold in their hands, ready to drink.) DOCTOR: Happy days, my dear. CAMECA: The happiest of my life, dear heart. DOCTOR: Hmm. (They both take a sip.) CAMECA: Was ever such a potion brewed? In bliss is quenched my thirsty heart. DOCTOR: Very prettily put, my dear. CAMECA: Oh sweet favoured man, you have declared your love for me. And I acknowledge and accept your gentle proposal! (The DOCTOR chokes, almost spewing out the hot chocolate.) 12: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE (TONILA and AUTLOC are conversing quietly outside the temple. TLOTOXL is nearby, staring out at the city silently.) AUTLOC: What progress do our pupils make at the seminary, Tonila? TONILA: All are diligent in their studies. AUTLOC: And how does Yetaxa's handmaiden fare? (At the mention of "Yetaxa," TLOTOXL looks up, and listens in to the conversation.) TONILA: Her intelligence far exceeds that of the others. And she has knowledge of things known only to the Priests. AUTLOC: You are surprised? She also serves the gods. TLOTOXL: (Loudly.) She serves other gods than ours! AUTLOC: (Walks over to him.) Tlotoxl, when will you cease to doubt Yetaxa's divinity? TLOTOXL: I know she is false! She has come amongst us to destroy us! AUTLOC: Or to save us. (AUTLOC walks off. TLOTOXL walks over to TONILA.) TLOTOXL: Autloc believes in Yetaxa. What of you? TONILA: I'm not sure. I do not know whose voice to hear. TLOTOXL: When I have the proof, my voice will be like thunder in the sky! (To himself.) But what is the way? She is too clever... (He thinks of something, louder to TONILA.) Her handmaiden, alone in the seminary. TONILA: She is intelligent and self-willed. TLOTOXL: Tell me about her. TONILA: One day, in the presence of Autloc and myself, she said she would only marry someone of her own choosing. TLOTOXL: She would not marry on advice or for honour? TONILA: Not unless she chose the man. TLOTOXL: (With a sly grin.) Then we must find a suitable husband for her, Tonila. Yetaxa's weakness lies not in herself, but in her servants... 13: INT. SEMINARY (AUTLOC is continuing his tutoring of SUSAN.) AUTLOC: In the annals of Cuauhtitlan, there is the myth of the five suns in the sky. Name them. (As SUSAN speaks, TONILA and the PERFECT VICTIM walk in.) SUSAN: The first was known as Four-Tiger, the second the sun of air, the third the sun of f*re and rain, the fourth the sun of water and finally, the present one, the sun of Man. AUTLOC: Excellent, Susan. TONILA: (Interrupting.) I greet you, Autloc. (TONILA and the PERFECT VICTIM salute. AUTLOC returns it.) AUTLOC: I honour you. But why do you come her? PERFECT VICTIM: (Walking over to SUSAN.) It is my wish to look upon her. AUTLOC: Do you know who she is? PERFECT VICTIM: Does she know who I am? AUTLOC: No. PERFECT VICTIM: Tell her. (He stares at a very uncomfortable SUSAN.) AUTLOC: In a few days time, Susan, darkness will descend upon the land, even though it is day. TONILA: The sun will be hidden from our eyes. SUSAN: You mean there'll be an eclipse. AUTLOC: At that time, a sacrifice will be made to the Sun God, and this young man... (He puts a hand on the PERFECT VICTIM’S shoulder.) SUSAN: (Realising.) ...is to be the victim. (She turns away from them.) Oh, it's horrible... PERFECT VICTIM: But it is a great honour for me to be chosen... (SUSAN will not return his look. He walks over to the door, thinking, then turns and addresses the priests.) PERFECT VICTIM: I shall take her as my bride. (SUSAN whirls around with a contemptuous smile on her face.) SUSAN: Bride?! He thinks I'll marry him? He must be mad! TONILA: (A note of warning in his voice.) For these last few days of life, all that he desires is granted to him. SUSAN: Well, that doesn't include me! Let him die if he wants to die, but don't ask me to marry him! AUTLOC: It is the Aztec law, Susan. SUSAN: Well, it’s barbaric! I won't do it - I won't! (The PERFECT VICTIM walks up to her, staring again, She doesn't return his gaze. He finally gives up and stalks out of the room.) TONILA: For this, you will be most severely punished. AUTLOC: But Tonila ... TONILA: (In a tone that will allow no argument.) She has broken the law. It must be reported to Tlotoxl. (He walks out of the room. AUTLOC walks up to SUSAN.) AUTLOC: Whatever’s in my power, I shall do... SUSAN: (In a shaky whisper.) You're monsters...all of you monsters... (She runs from him. AUTLOC stares helplessly at her, as she sags against the door sobbing.) SUSAN: Grandfather...grandfather... 14: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (The DOCTOR is still studying the carved symbol of Yetaxa, built into the temple wall. He jumps when CAMECA addresses him from behind.) CAMECA: My dear, I am glad to find you alone ... (He recovers instantly and takes her hand.) DOCTOR: Oh, Cameca! CAMECA: I have a gift for you. It signifies my love for you. (The DOCTOR takes a dark medallion from her hand and holds it up.) CAMECA: It came from Yetaxa's tomb. DOCTOR: From where? CAMECA: The tomb. See, it has Yetaxa's sign on it! DOCTOR: Magnificent, my dear. Where did you get it? CAMECA: Ixta's father. (At the DOCTOR'S look.) He was in love with me. He gave it me the night before he disappeared. DOCTOR: In this garden? CAMECA: Yes. He was never seen again. (She leans against the DOCTOR'S shoulder.) CAMECA: But all this is a long time ago, and I now look forward to a life of bliss with you... DOCTOR: And I with you, my dear. CAMECA: Peace and contentment. DOCTOR: Serenity. CAMECA: We must have a garden of our own. (His eyes suddenly light up.) DOCTOR: Yes, why not? A garden of our own... 15: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (TONILA and TLOTOXL walk in, followed by half a dozen guards. They wait for BARBARA to meet them before bowing.) BARBARA: Why do you attend me? TONILA: There is a matter we will place before you. (BARBARA sits upon the throne.) BARBARA: Tonila, you wish the gods to favour you with their good opinions? TONILA: Yes. BARBARA: Yet you sin against them with your test of poison. TLOTOXL: Let us talk of this ... BARBARA: (Sharply.) Be quiet! (Pause, then calmly.) Tonila, we freely forgive you your sins against us. (TLOTOXL comes up to her, almost pleading.) TLOTOXL: What is the punishment for one who talks out against our teachings? BARBARA: In public? TONILA: Yes. And after warnings. BARBARA: Who heard this? TONILA: Autloc and I. BARBARA: Autloc? TLOTOXL: Then it must be true. TONILA: (He braces himself.) Great spirit, the penalty is set. The offender must be publicly scourged and ridiculed. TLOTOXL: The tongue and ears must be pierced with thorns! BARBARA: (Sickened.) No. I cannot agree to that. TLOTOXL: Would you deny a punishment that Autloc himself upholds? TONILA: Without discipline, what purpose is there? We would all scatter and give way to weakness! BARBARA: (Thoughtful.) When is this punishment to take place? TONILA: On the day of darkness. TLOTOXL: Before the people. You must be there, so that all may know the gravity of the offence. BARBARA: I wish my servants to be present. The two men, and my handmaiden. TLOTOXL: (His voice tinged with irony.) I shall arrange it. The two men...and your handmaiden...shall be there. (TLOTOXL smiles at her.) 16: INT. BARRACKS (The DOCTOR is with IAN at the barracks. They have taken a seat, and the DOCTOR is showing him the medallion.) DOCTOR: That came out of the tomb. And the man who discovered it later disappeared in the garden. And on the wall is a stone with Yetaxa's sign on it. IAN: You mean there's a tunnel, from there to the tomb? DOCTOR: (Rubbing his chin.) Yes, that's what I suspect. IAN: (Looking at the medallion again.) Where did you get hold of this? DOCTOR: My fiancée. IAN: I see - (He looks up.) Your what!? DOCTOR: (Still rubbing his chin.) Yes. I made some cocoa, and got engaged. (IAN laughs to the DOCTORS annoyance.) DOCTOR: (Getting up.) Oh, don't giggle, my boy! It's neither here nor there. We must find that tunnel tonight! IAN: (Still laughing.) Yes, all right... DOCTOR: Now, I'll wait for you in the garden. And when Ixta's asleep, you come out. IAN: Yes, I will, all right. (The DOCTOR turns to go.) IAN: Oh, by the way...Doctor? (The DOCTOR faces him.) IAN: Congratulations. (IAN cracks up again. Steaming, the DOCTOR storms out.) 17: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (AUTLOC is by BARBARA’S side as she sits on the throne. The room is filled with guards.) AUTLOC: (To BARBARA.) Is it still your intention to intervene at the human sacrifice? BARBARA: Yes. AUTLOC: I shall match your courage, Yetaxa. BARBARA: Thank you, Autloc. AUTLOC: I thought...it grieves my heart, as it must yours... BARBARA: Ah, I shan't be sorry to see the end of the sacrifices. AUTLOC: I refer to your handmaiden. BARBARA: Susan? What about her? AUTLOC: She spoke against our teachings. (BARBARA slowly gets up as she realises what has happened.) BARBARA: So, she is the one to be punished...I must stop it, Autloc. AUTLOC: You cannot ... BARBARA: Yes I can. She'll be punished at the eclipse. So when we've stopped the human sacrifice, I can order Tlotoxl to release her. AUTLOC: But Susan will be punished first, before the sacrifice... BARBARA: (Her voice plaintive.) I can't let him harm her. I can't... AUTLOC: Would you sacrifice us to spare your handmaiden pain? (BARBARA doesn’t answer ... ) 18: INT. BARRACKS (NIGHT) (IXTA and IAN are asleep on the floor of the barracks. IAN'S eyes open. He glances at IXTA and sees that he is fast asleep. He gets up and leaves the barracks. However, IXTA'S suddenly eyes open. He gets up, grabs a Kn*fe and puts it in his tunic, and follows IAN.) 19: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (NIGHT) (Using his walking stick as a crowbar, the DOCTOR struggles to loosen the stone in the temple wall but he's not having any success. Suddenly, he jumps up, having heard something coming up. He grabs his stick and runs into the bushes to hide.) IAN: (Coming up.) Doctor? Doctor? DOCTOR: (Coming out of hiding.) Ian! (He taps at the stone with his stick.) DOCTOR: I can't move that image! IAN: Let me try ... (He grabs at the stone's edges, tugging at the top edge. It starts to move..) IAN: Yes ... it does move... DOCTOR: Good... (He pulls the stone down, revealing a small passageway. The DOCTOR frantically looks around, making sure they're not being watched.) IAN: There is a tunnel! DOCTOR: Yes. (The DOCTOR makes as if to crawl into the tunnel.) DOCTOR: You stand guard ... IAN: (He pulls him back.) No no no no! I'll go. DOCTOR: Both of us ... IAN: No no no, Doctor! It's too dangerous! DOCTOR: No, wait a minute, wait a minute ... (The DOCTOR reaches into his coat, pulls out his pen torch and gives it to IAN.) DOCTOR: Take that, you might need it. IAN: Ah yes, thanks... (IAN climbs into the tunnel, however, on the other side of the garden, IXTA is watching the whole sequence of events.) 20: INT. TUNNEL (IAN plays the torchlight over the walls of the tunnel.) 21: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (With the DOCTOR still watching the tunnel, IXTA walks right up to the DOCTOR, one hand on his sheathed Kn*fe. The DOCTOR finally turns, sees him, and jumps.) DOCTOR: Ahh!! (Recovers fast.) Yes, a pleasant evening... IXTA: A fine night for walking? DOCTOR: Yes, exactly! I-I was just about to do that. IXTA: I myself could not sleep? DOCTOR: Oh dear, what a pity, um... (His eyes keep straying toward the open tunnel ... and IXTA notices this.) IXTA: That stone must be replaced. DOCTOR: Hmm...oh yes, er ... somebody must have moved it, I suppose ... they had a reason. I should leave it where it is. (IXTA grabs the stone by its edges and works it back toward the opening.) IXTA: The garden would be ruined. DOCTOR: (Increasingly jittery.) Ehh ... what do you mean, ruined? IXTA: There's a tunnel - my father built it. A water course from a lake in the hills. Would you see the garden flooded? DOCTOR: Oh, but it's perfectly dry! IXTA: There's a small gate near the entrance by the lake. It is opened and closed often. (Grunting with effort.) I must replace the stone before the tunnel fills with water... (The DOCTOR, stood behind him, is racked with nerves.) 22: INT. TUNNEL (Inside, IAN shines the pocket flashlight across the dark, damp stone walls...he hears a noise, and suddenly whirls around to see.) 23: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (IXTA shoves the stone into its position with a smile of triumph on his face. He looks at a silent DOCTOR.) 24: INT. TUNNEL (With the entrance blocked, IAN turns around and starts walking hunched down the tunnel, shining the light before him. He pauses and hears the sound of water coming towards him ... ) 25: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (The DOCTOR stares coldly at the smirking IXTA as they hear the water...) 26. INT. TUNNEL (The water rushes over IAN'S ankles and he is trapped ... )
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x29 - The Bride of Sacrifice"}
foreverdreaming
Written by John Lucarotti Broadcast: 13 June, 1964 Duration: 25 minutes 30 seconds 1. INT. TUNNEL (The water rushes over IAN'S ankles and he is trapped. He suddenly notices something about his head - markings on a slab. He shines his flashlight on them. He pushes against the slab. It moves. With no time left, he throws all his weight on the heavy stone, lifting it and moving it aside...) 2: INT. SECOND TUNNEL (He finds himself in a another smaller tunnel, slanted upwards. Struggling to keep a handhold, he starts crawling up...) 3: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (The DOCTOR has abandoned all pretexts of calm. He tries desperately to re-open the tunnel as IXTA smiles beside him.) DOCTOR: Open this, Ixta! Ixta, please! (He turns to him.) Please open this, Ixta, open it! IXTA: Why? DOCTOR: Ian Chesterton is in there! (IXTA’S smile grows wider, and he salutes.) IXTA: I thank you, old man. This time, you have really given me my victory. (IXTA, laughing, walks off.) DOCTOR: Open it! Open it! (The DOCTOR futilely tugs at the stone...then gives up the struggle in resigned despair.) 4: INT. TOMB (IAN finally emerges at the far end of the tunnel...which is directly under the burial slab of Yetaxa. Smiling, IAN glances round him and at the TARDIS. He walks over to the secret door to the outer temple. He tests it - it moves. He looks upward, shining the light - and spots a small projection. He looks over at the slab and discovers a length of material which will do for a rope. After testing it’s tensile strength, he returns to the door. Creating a loop, IAN jumps - and gets the rope around the projection. He ties a quick knot, pulling it up to the projection. He grabs the flashlight, then pushes the door open.) 5: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (He makes sure a generous amount of rope is on the other side with him, then lets the door drop back down.) BARBARA: (Coming up to him.) Ian! IAN: Barbara, there's a tunnel all the way up from the garden, into the tomb! BARBARA: You came through there? IAN: Yes, I ... DOCTOR: (OOV.) Barbara! Barbara! Barbara! (IAN dives behind the throne, as BARBARA stands by it. The DOCTOR runs up to her, his face stricken.) DOCTOR: Something terrible, my dear ... I don't know how to tell you ... Ian ... (IAN stands up from behind the throne.) IAN: I'm all right! DOCTOR: (He shakes his hand, relieved.) My dear boy! I thought you were drowned! IAN: I nearly was. Who put that stone back? DOCTOR: Ixta! IAN: Oh. So he followed me, eh? DOCTOR: Yes, of course he followed you! But never mind about that. How does that door work? IAN: Don't worry, I've got it licked. All we have to do is get Susan up here. BARBARA: We can't. (On their looks.) She refused to marry the victim for the next sacrifice, so she's to be punished. DOCTOR: Is she still at that seminary? BARBARA: I think so, but she'll be heavily guarded. IAN: Don't worry, I'll get her out. (He gives the flashlight to the DOCTOR.) IAN: Now you stay here. DOCTOR: Thank you. And watch out for that man, Ixta! (IAN nods, and walks out of the temple.) 6: INT. BARRACKS (TLOTOXL walks into the barracks as IXTA finishes putting on a new uniform ... ) TLOTOXL: The Chosen Warrior has done well. With Ian d*ad, they are completely at our mercy. The rewards, I promise you, shall be yours. IXTA: I thank you. TLOTOXL: I have a task for you. IXTA: Tell me. TLOTOXL: Guard the handmaiden. (TLOTOXL moves to the door and waves. The AZTEC CAPTAIN and two guards bring SUSAN in.) TLOTOXL: (To IXTA.) Do not let her escape, nor release her to Autloc. His faith in our gods is wavering. SUSAN: Why have I been brought here? Does Autloc know I'm here? And what of Yetaxa - I'm her handmaiden! She'd wish to see me! TLOTOXL: Oh, she will see you...at the appointed time. IXTA: (Getting up and pointing to the table.) Rest there. TLOTOXL: (To IXTA as SUSAN goes to the table.) Tlotoxl thanks you. (IXTA salutes in turn. TLOTOXL leaves. IXTA motions the guards out, which they do after saluting and bowing. Then he walks to SUSAN with a sadistic look on his face.) IXTA: Do you ask yourself where Ian is? I can tell you - he is d*ad! SUSAN: I ... I don't believe you. IXTA: The old man saw him die. He knows it to be true. (IAN slowly sneaks up behind IXTA.) IXTA: Now, seven wa ... warriors have challenged my right to command, and only I survive! (IAN leans up close and ... ) IAN: Good commanders don't jump to conclusions, Ixta! (IXTA jumps into action but IAN instantly seizes the back of his neck, punching him and knocking him out.) SUSAN: Ian! (IAN runs around the table and embraces her.) SUSAN: I knew he was lying...he said you were d*ad... IAN: I nearly was. Come on, let's get going. SUSAN: Where are we going? IAN: The TARDIS. Come on! (The two exit the barracks...) 7: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (BARBARA and the DOCTOR wait anxiously at the temple door looking at the dawn sky.) BARBARA: It'll soon be light. DOCTOR: Yes, it's bound to take him some time to get there and back. BARBARA: Oh, I just want to get out of here as quickly as possible... DOCTOR: Hmm. And the history? BARBARA: Remains unchanged. DOCTOR: No rewriting? (Smiling, BARBARA shakes her head. The DOCTOR moves into the room and grabs the rope, testing it.) DOCTOR: This isn't going to be easy, you know. BARBARA: (Takes the rope too.) Well, if we all pull... DOCTOR: Yes, we can pull, but uh...I think we'd better do it at an angle. (He places the rope over the top of the throne.) DOCTOR: What we really need is a pulley. BARBARA: A pulley? But the Aztecs don't have the wheel. DOCTOR: I know! But it isn't going to be easy ... SUSAN: (OOV.) Grandfather! (SUSAN runs into her grandfather's arms as IAN joins the three.) DOCTOR: My dear Susan...oh, how glad...I’ll tell you how glad I am to see you later on ... (He quickly disentangles himself and motions IAN over to the rope.) DOCTOR: Come along, don't waste time... IAN: All right. (IAN, the DOCTOR and BARBARA all grab a part of the rope.) IAN: Susan, as soon as the door opens, grab it! SUSAN: Right! DOCTOR: Now, this is not going to be so easy as you think, young man. IAN: Oh? Well, let's give it a try anyway. DOCTOR: Yes, alright, now be careful...the rope's old, and it might break... (The three pull at the rope, with all of their strength. The door doesn't move.) DOCTOR: No, no, wait, wait a minute...let's do it at an angle. Come along... (He slings the rope over the throne again, and motions the other two to grab the rope on that side with him.) DOCTOR: That’s it. IAN: All right... DOCTOR: Right... IAN: Ready? DOCTOR: Yes. IAN: Pull! ... Harder! (Again they tug on the rope but it snaps, flinging the three of them to the floor. SUSAN leans her head despondently against the back of the throne.) 8: INT. BARRACKS (TLOTOXL is furious with IXTA.) IXTA: How could he have escaped? TLOTOXL: Did you not let the handmaiden escape? She must be in my power! IXTA: I shall find her ... TLOTOXL: No, I shall!! I have another task for you ... IXTA: Tell me. TLOTOXL: Should Autloc learn of the warrior's return, he will be truly convinced that she is Yetaxa. IXTA: What can I do? TLOTOXL: His faith in her must be completely destroyed. (He seizes up one of those wooden clubs.) TLOTOXL: Is this one Ian's? (IXTA nods.) TLOTOXL: Then use it! (He puts it in his hands.) On Autloc! IXTA: (Shocked.) To strike down a High Priest? There is no greater offence! TLOTOXL: Will you see us humiliated? Each day as the sun rises, Autloc walks in meditation alone in the garden. Approach him in stealth and strike him down. Leave this close at hand. IXTA: So that Ian will be blamed! TLOTOXL: (Nods.) This time, Ixta...do not fail me. 9: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (IAN has tried, and failed to retie the rope together.) IAN: Yes, I must try that stone in the garden. DOCTOR: I think you're right. IAN: But I'll need to someone to watch. SUSAN: Me. BARBARA: No, I think Susan should stay here. IAN: (Crossing over to her.) We'll be careful, Barbara! If Susan and I can get that stone free, we can let you into the tomb from the other side! SUSAN: Yes! BARBARA: (Reluctantly.) All right... IAN: Come on! (IAN and SUSAN runs out of view.) SUSAN: (As she leaves.) And don't worry! BARBARA: (Watching them go.) Oh, we're like drowning people, Doctor... DOCTOR: Oh now now now, don't worry, don't worry. Don't give up hope. BARBARA: Maybe it's this place. I just feel sometimes as if...all the people who've died here are watching. Waiting ... for me to die too. (The DOCTOR has no answer to that.) 10: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (IAN and SUSAN cautiously move through the garden towards the stone...) IAN: Sit yourself down behind that bush. SUSAN: Right. I'll whistle if anyone comes. IAN: Alright. (She moves under the cover of the bush. IAN crosses to the stone and grabs the upper edge.) SUSAN: (Shocked.) Ian! (IAN returns to SUSAN’S position. She's found AUTLOC, unconscious, with IAN’S club beside him.) SUSAN: Look! (As IAN looks him over.) Is he d*ad? IAN: No... (AUTLOC groans and starts to come to. IAN spots the club and picks it up.) IAN: (Realising.) This is a trap...this is mine! Ixta gave it to me! (He gets up.) Come on, let's get out of here! CAPTAIN: Hold them! (He is too late as the CAPTAIN and some guards swarm in, surrounding the two. The CAPTAIN seizes IAN’S club.) CAPTAIN: This belongs to you? IXTA: (Appearing from one side.) Yes. I gave it to him. (He helps AUTLOC up.) IXTA: Ian was helping the handmaiden to escape. He struck you down from behind. (AUTLOC looks shattered.) IAN: How do you know he was h*t from behind? IXTA: That club belongs to Ian! Take them away! (The two start to be dragged off...) AUTLOC: (Weakly shouting after them.) You are the servants of a false goddess! (He holds his head in pain. IXTA smiles behind him at the departing c*ptive.) 11: INT. BARRACKS (TONILA stands by a smiling TLOTOXL, who is holding IAN’S club.) TLOTOXL: She is a false goddess. And now Autloc has proclaimed it. Yes, we cannot destroy her, Tonila, until the time is ripe. TONILA: The people would not understand. TLOTOXL: (Shrugging off TONILA'S worry.) The day of darkness is the perfect time. As the Perfect Victim leaves this land, so shall the woman who calls herself Yetaxa also depart. TONILA: How shall it be done? TLOTOXL: As the gods appear, may they not also disappear just as suddenly? I shall arrange it. I had a vision ... Tonila...of a room with three walls. The false Yetaxa shall be placed in that room...and the fourth wall added. Then order shall be restored. 12: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (Meanwhile, the DOCTOR is carving a small wheel out of a piece of wood with the use of a metal Kn*fe. CAMECA watches him.) CAMECA: Of all Aztec men, the High Priest of Knowledge is the most gentle. DOCTOR: Ian didn't h*t him, Cameca. CAMECA: Yet his club was found here... DOCTOR: Yes. And as Ian said, he was in the garden. I know. But he's innocent. CAMECA: Yet he is to die. (He stops working.) DOCTOR: Yes. Butchered by Ixta. CAMECA: If it is your wish...let our marriage be postponed. (The DOCTOR shows pain in his expression. He restarts his task. CAMECA changes the subject.) CAMECA: What is it you're making? DOCTOR: Oh, just something to ... take my mind off the problem. CAMECA: Let me intercede with Autloc on your friend's behalf ... DOCTOR: It isn’t just Tlotoxl that we have to contend with. (He looks around at the garden.) DOCTOR: He and his kind would destroy all this one day. CAMECA: How can it be prevented, if it is the will of the gods? DOCTOR: It isn't the will of Yetaxa. CAMECA: (Astonished.) The gods wish an end to sacrifice? DOCTOR: Yes, and Yetaxa speaks for them. But Autloc is needed here, and he won't go to the temple. CAMECA: I shall persuade him to go to Yetaxa, beloved. (The DOCTOR is touched. With a smile to CAMECA, he pats her hand affectionately.) 13: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (The guards leave AUTLOC alone with BARBARA.) BARBARA: I thank you for attending me, Autloc. AUTLOC: (Coldly.) Such gratitude is due to Cameca. BARBARA: Then thank her for me. (She takes a deep breath.) My servant did not strike you, Autloc. AUTLOC: The evidence we have proves he did. BARBARA: If that is true, then I am unworthy of your trust? (AUTLOC doesn’t reply.) BARBARA: Of all people, Autloc...why should I harm you? No, there's some plan here. Who would benefit most by breaking up our friendship? Tlotoxl. AUTLOC: (Thoughtful.) Tlotoxl hates you, I know that...and Ixta does his bidding...and I am bewildered by the things that happened. I have many doubts. But in this matter...I must believe you. As for the others...I..I do not know if you are Yetaxa, I do not know what you are... BARBARA: My servants are in danger! Will you see them die? AUTLOC: Your handmaiden I may be able to protect. But the young man Ian is too closely guarded. BARBARA: He didn't strike you, Autloc! He didn't! AUTLOC: (With regret.) I cannot save him. (He walks out of the chamber. BARBARA hits the side if the door in frustration.) 14: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (The DOCTOR has finished his primitive wheel, and is looking it over for any flaws. CAMECA comes back up to him.) DOCTOR: Here you are, my dear. It's nearly finished. CAMECA: As is our time together. I do not know what its purpose is, but I've always known it would take you from me. DOCTOR: Yes. I'm sorry, my dear. CAMECA: Tomorrow will truly be a day of darkness. DOCTOR: For both of us. CAMECA: Tlotoxl is determined to destroy Yetaxa? DOCTOR: He must do, to safeguard his own beliefs. CAMECA: We are a doomed people, my dear. There is no turning back for us. DOCTOR: You are a very fine woman, Cameca. And you’ll always be very, very dear to me. (CAMECA walks away from him, head bowed. As she walks though the garden, AUTLOC comes up to meet her.) AUTLOC: Cameca, I must speak with you. (She doesn’t look up at him.) AUTLOC: You are sad, Cameca... CAMECA: I have just lost...all that is dear to my heart... AUTLOC: The same cloud hangs over us. The sunlight of the truth is darkened, and I must know the reason for that darkness. CAMECA: Yours is a tragedy far greater than mine. AUTLOC: Yet we may help each other. Although I have lost my faith in our traditions...I keep my faith in you. (He smiles.) CAMECA: And I in you, High Priest. (AUTLOC holds up a golden seal.) AUTLOC: See this ornament? It proves the title to my dwelling house and all my wealth. You will take it to the one who guards Yetaxa's handmaiden. It will serve to turn his head away while you take the girl up to the temple. (CAMECA takes the medallion from AUTLOC.) CAMECA: I shall do it. Where will you seek your truth? AUTLOC: In the wilderness, away from the influence of other men. CAMECA: You shall not search in vain. AUTLOC: And you, Cameca...be happy in the trust I place in you. (He salutes her, then turns and walks away from her. CAMECA's gaze slowly turns back to the DOCTOR, still looking over his wheel...) 15: INT. BARRACKS (TONILA salutes the PERFECT VICTIM, now bare-chested, who is standing with IAN, SUSAN, and a host of guards.) TONILA: May your sacrifice bring pleasure to the gods and peace to our lands. PERFECT VICTIM: I thank Tonila for his many gratitudes. TONILA: I have come to escort you, as you walk among the people before you find your...destiny. SUSAN: What's to happen to us, Tonila? TONILA: You shall both be punished before the Perfect Victim goes to find his heaven. (IXTA comes into view.) IXTA: (To the PERFECT VICTIM.) I, Ixta the Chosen Warrior, shall proudly lead you to your glory! PERFECT VICTIM: May victory always rest upon your shoulders. IXTA: (To TONILA.) When we have reached the temple steps, bring them on. (To IAN.) We shall have one more meeting, Ian. IAN: (Coldly.) Yes. A final one. (With a harsh laugh, IXTA storms off.) 16: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (The DOCTOR is hastily tying the rope around the throne as BARBARA looks on.) BARBARA: Doctor, why won't you listen to me? DOCTOR: They're all busy at the ceremony, and this is just the right time. BARBARA: But they'll be here at any moment! Don't you realise that? DOCTOR: Yes. Now, let me see... (He has finished tying the rope. He lifts it, testing its weight.) DOCTOR: Oh, uh, I-I think you ought to order Autloc to, to release Susan and Ian. BARBARA: What? In front of everybody? (He points at the door to the tomb.) DOCTOR: Yes! It'll only take me a moment to open the doors, and then we shall all dash through there before ... BARBARA: (Looking outside.) Shh! Shh! (The DOCTOR gets behind the throne, as BARBARA goes to meet TLOTOXL.) TLOTOXL: The procession has started. Are you ready to attend the ceremony? BARBARA: But where's Autloc? TLOTOXL: He will not be present. BARBARA: Why not? What have you done with him? TLOTOXL: (With a shrug.) I? Nothing. He has gone into the wilderness. BARBARA: (Taken aback.) When will he return? TLOTOXL: Never. (He leaves.) 17: INT. BARRACKS (The AZTEC CAPTAIN, wearing full regalia, including the Eagle helmet is pacing back and forth before IAN and SUSAN, who are seated at a bench. CAMECA comes in, and the CAPTAIN salutes her.) CAPTAIN: I greet you, Cameca. (She shows him the seal.) CAMECA: Do you know this ornament? Autloc desires that it shall be yours. It is the title to his dwelling and all his possessions. CAPTAIN: (Reaches out.) Give it to me ... CAMECA: (Holding it back.) You must earn it. CAPTAIN: How? CAMECA: Send away the warriors from outside this place. (The CAPTAIN walks to the door to do so.) IAN: (Gets up.) What are you doing? CAMECA: I've come to help you. It is important that the ... (The CAPTAIN returns, holding his hand out.) CAMECA: As I give you this, so you shall close your eyes. Autloc desires that the handmaiden shall leave here with me. (The CAPTAIN appears reluctant and, pondering the matter, walks in front of IAN and SUSAN, turning his back towards them.) CAMECA: (Insistently.) There is position and honour in this ornament... (The guard starts to speak ... and IAN seizes his chance, hitting him from behind. The two women look surprised at him.) IAN: Well, somebody had to make up his mind for him. (CAMECA kneels down and puts the ornament in the unconscious CAPTAIN'S hand.) CAMECA: (To SUSAN.) Come! Quickly! (To IAN.) The handmaiden must go to the temple with me! IAN: Go on, Susan. (CAMECA leads SUSAN out. IAN kneels down and plucks the Eagle helmet off of the CAPTAIN. Then, with a smile, he slips it on as he leaves in the other direction...) 18: EXT. GARDEN OF PEACE (TLOTOXL absent-mindedly plucks at a plant as TONILA speaks beside him.) TONILA: The Perfect Victim stands before the people. (TLOTOXL nods, and scans the sky above him.) TLOTOXL: The darkness approaches. Now here is the order of my plan: We shall dispatch Ian and the girl, and then the sky will grow black. Then follows the perfect sacrifice. Then you and I, Tonila, will retire into the temple and bind the false Yetaxa. As light appears in the sky, we shall again stand in our places. (TONILA smiles.) TLOTOXL: Autloc has gone into the wilderness. You shall be High Priest of Knowledge in his place. (TONILA bows.) TONILA: I shall be at your side. (TLOTOXL viciously yanks a whole section of plant out.) 19: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (The DOCTOR has fashioned a primitive pulley out of the wheel and a couple sticks. He pulls the rope onto the wheel. SUSAN runs in.) SUSAN: Grandfather! Grandfather... (He gratefully accepts her hug as Cameca enters.) DOCTOR: Oh my dear Susan! Ah... SUSAN: Where's Barbara? DOCTOR: (Indicates the anteroom.) She's in there. SUSAN: Oh, good. Barbara? Barbara... (SUSAN runs into the anteroom.) CAMECA: (Saluting.) I honour Autloc's trust. I bring you your handmaiden. DOCTOR: (Crossing over to her.) That was a very brave thing for you to do, Cameca. But you can't stay here. CAMECA: I'd hoped I might...stay by your side... (The DOCTOR shakes his head quietly.) CAMECA: (In a soft whisper.) Then think of me. (She turns, and starts to walk out. She pauses at the temple threshold.) CAMECA: Think of me... (The DOCTOR remains behind with a sad look on his face and sighs.) 20: INT. BARRACKS (The CAPTAIN is starting to wake up. But IXTA is there, in his Cougar head helmet. He turns the CAPTAIN over ... and picks up AUTLOC'S seal. TLOTOXL runs in.) TLOTOXL: Why do you delay? IXTA: (Points at the semi-conscious CAPTAIN.) He has betrayed us! Ian and the girl have gone! TLOTOXL: We dare not wait. The darkness will come and go. The sacrifice must be made! (He points at the CAPTAIN.) k*ll him! (He runs out, as IXTA picks up an axe ... ) 21: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE (The PERFECT VICTIM stands beside TONILA, with the guards - including the disguised IAN - around them.) TONILA: Escort Yetaxa to the sacrificial altar. (IAN salutes, turns, and leads the guards into the main chamber.) 22: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (He salutes before the seated BARBARA. She gets up and walks out ... ) 23: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE ( ... and stands before the stone.) TONILA: (To the guards.) Go now and bring those who are to be punished. (The guards leave, with the exception of IAN.) BARBARA: Where's Tlotoxl? The ceremony cannot begin without him. TONILA: He comes with the handmaiden. She shall be pierced with thorns. (He moves to his position by the stone. TLOTOXL runs up from the barracks, furious.) TLOTOXL: False goddess! You have betrayed us! I shall destroy you! (He raises a Kn*fe in his hand but IAN moves in, seizes the Kn*fe before he can bring it down. TLOTOXL screams ... ) TLOTOXL: Ixta! 24: EXT. TEMPLE BASE TLOTOXL: (OOV.) Ixta! (At the bottom of the temple steps, IXTA whirls around and races upwards...) 25: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE IAN: (To BARBARA.) Run, Barbara! (He forces the Kn*fe out of TLOTOXL’S hands as BARBARA rushes into the throne room ... ) 26: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER (...joining the DOCTOR and SUSAN in pulling the rope through the pulley.) 27: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE (TLOTOXL wrenches free from IAN then beckons to TONILA and the PERFECT VICTIM. They all run away, TLOTOXL shouting as he goes...) TLOTOXL: (OOV.) Ixta! Ixta! (IXTA arrives at the top of the stairs. Both divest themselves of their capes and pull out clubs. IXTA makes the first swing, hitting IAN’S shield ... IAN lashes out but misses. IXTA does the same. There is a back and forth flurry of blows - IAN is knocked back, to the edge of the temple floor. IXTA att*cks, IAN sidesteps, turning IXTA around to the edge - another flurry. IAN gets battered onto the altar. IXTA moves in for the k*lling blow. IAN flings his shield away to block the blow, parries a couple more sh*ts, gets up and clutches IXTA. IXTA who pushes him away, back to the edge. He swings - IAN barely dodges it - another swing, IAN’S legs get taken out from under him. IXTA lifts his club overhead but IAN grabs him and slings him over and IXTA, screaming, falls to a his death over the edge of the temple. His body lies awkwardly at the base of the building. IAN yanks off his eagle helmet and rejoins the others ... ) 28: INT. TEMPLE. MAIN CHAMBER ( ... who have managed to pull the door up.) IAN: It's opening! DOCTOR: Go! Quickly! (The four rush for the TARDIS, IAN throwing his helmet onto the throne. The door closes behind them and when TLOTOXL, TONILA and the guards rush in a split-second later, the room is empty.) TONILA: The darkness, Tlotoxl! TLOTOXL: (A dismissing wave at the door.) Let them go! (TONILA places a Kn*fe in TLOTOXL’S hand. He walks back out to the darkened terrace ... ) 29: EXT. TEMPLE TERRACE ( ... where the shirtless PERFECT VICTIM has now been laid. TLOTOXL raises his arms at the now black sky and the eclipsed sun...) TLOTOXL: Great god of the sun and the warriors...I, Tlotoxl, thank you for this victory! In your honour, let perfect sacrifice be made! (He raises the Kn*fe above the PERFECT VICTIM ... ) 30: INT. TOMB (BARBARA has taken off her headdress and places it down next to the corpse of the true Yetaxa. The DOCTOR looks on.) BARBARA: We failed... DOCTOR: Yes, we did. We had to. (She pulls off her cloak and lays it down.) BARBARA: Then what's the point of traveling through time and space? We can't change anything. Nothing. Tlotoxl had to win. DOCTOR: Yes. BARBARA: And the one man I had respect for...I deceived. Poor Autloc. I gave him false hope - and in the end, he lost his faith. (She pulls off the coiled serpent bracelet as the DOCTOR walks up to her.) DOCTOR: He found another faith. A better. And that’s the good you've done. You failed to save a civilisation - but at least you helped one man. (BARBARA smiles as she lays the bracelet down and walks into the TARDIS. The DOCTOR stares at the body of Yetaxa for a moment. He pulls something out of his pocket - the medallion with Yetaxa's image on it. A gift from CAMECA. He places the medallion next to the corpse, turns, and starts to walk toward the TARDIS...and hesitates. He turns back, retakes the medallion and puts it in his pocket. Then, grabbing his walking stick, he enters the TARDIS.) 31: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR activates the TARDIS controls and the familiar dematerialisation noise sounds through the control room ... ) 32: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (LATER) (The column on the TARDIS console has come to a stop. SUSAN, in a change of clothes stands beside the DOCTOR as he looks the controls over. IAN and BARBARA, now in new clothes as well, walk over and joins them. The DOCTOR shakes his head in puzzlement at SUSAN.) IAN: What's the matter, Doctor? DOCTOR: We have a bit of a mystery, my boy. BARBARA: What sort of mystery? DOCTOR: It's my instruments. SUSAN: Yes. According to these controls here, we've stopped. DOCTOR: Yes, and those (Points at the other side of the console.) instruments say that we're still moving... IAN: Perhaps we've landed on top of something. DOCTOR: Yes... BARBARA: Or inside something... DOCTOR: Hmm?
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The Sensorites Strangers in Space By Peter R. Newman Original Air Date: 20th June, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (The crew are gathered around the console. The Doctor is staring at the controls, baffled.) IAN: Perhaps we've landed on top of something? DOCTOR: Yes... BARBARA: Or inside something. (They look at her.) DOCTOR: Mmm? (The Doctor points to an instrument.) DOCTOR: This says everything has stopped, but the ship... SUSAN: What did you mean, Barbara, inside something? IAN: Perhaps that's why we still appear to be moving. BARBARA: How's the scanner, Doctor? DOCTOR: Covered with static. Let's try it again, Susan. (Susan presses the control but the scanner still shows only static.) IAN: That could be caused by an unsurpressed motor. DOCTOR: Yes, or a magnetic field. SUSAN: Shall we go outside, grandfather? DOCTOR: No, I shalln't be happy until I've solved this little mystery. BARBARA: I don't know why we ever bother to leave the ship. DOCTOR: Well you're just thinking about the experiences you had with the Aztecs. BARBARA: No. I've got over that now. IAN: That's one thing about it, Doctor. We're certainly different from when we started out with you. SUSAN: That's funny. Grandfather and I were just talking about it before you came in, how you'd both changed. BARBARA: Oh, we've all changed. SUSAN: Have I? BARBARA: Yes! DOCTOR: Yes, it all started as a mild curiosity in a junkyard and now its turned out to be quite a, quite a great spirit of adventure, don't you think? IAN: Yes, but we've had some pretty rough times and even that doesn't stop us. It's a wonderful thing, this ship of yours, Doctor. It's taken us back to prehistoric times, the Daleks... SUSAN: ...Marco Polo, Marinus... BARBARA: ...and the Aztecs! DOCTOR: Yes, and that extraordinary quarrel I had with that English king, Henry VIII. (chuckles) Do you know, he threw a parson's nose at me! BARBARA: Well what did you do? DOCTOR: Threw it back, of course! 'Take them to the tower!' he said. That's why I did it. BARBARA: Why? SUSAN: The TARDIS was inside the tower! DOCTOR: Of course, that was long before you appeared on the scene. However, now, let's get back to this little problem. Open the door, Susan. (Susan operates the doors which begin to open.) IAN: Have you checked everything, Doctor? Yes, yes, plenty of fresh air, temperature normal. BARBARA: Oh, just the unknown, then. (They turn to the doors. A futuristic control room can be seen beyond. They walk towards the door.) IAN: You were right, Barbara. We have landed inside something. DOCTOR: It's a spaceship! 2. CONTROL ROOM, HUMAN SHIP (They are now fully out. The control room is quite large. At one end lies the TARDIS, still in its Police Box form. At the other is a giant control bank with a screen in it. Seated here are two humans, a man and a woman, who do not move. They are dressed in pullovers with a logo of two rockets on. Two circular shaped sliding doors are set into the back wall some distance apart.) DOCTOR: Close the door, Susan. (Susan locks the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: Let us be careful. There's been some kind of catastrophe here. (They cautiously advance forward to the man. Ian lifts up his head then feels his pulse.) IAN: d*ad. (Susan turns to the other body.) SUSAN: This one's a girl. (Barbara examines it.) BARBARA: I'm afraid she's d*ad too. What can have happened? I can't see a wound or anything. IAN: Suffocation, Doctor? DOCTOR: I never make uninformed guesses, but, er, certainly that's one answer. Oh dear, dear, dear. What a tragedy, you know. She's only a few years older than Susan. SUSAN: Grandfather, let's go back to the TARDIS. DOCTOR: I don't know. I've got a feeling about this. BARBARA: Yes. I think I can sense something too. IAN: You mean that whatever it was k*lled them, could k*ll us? (The Doctor has noticed something on the body's wrist.) DOCTOR: Chesterton, have you noticed anything about this watch? (They go over and find a similar one on the man's body.) DOCTOR: Neither of them are working. These are the non-winding time. The movement of of the wrist recharges the spring inside for 24 hours. IAN: Yes, and they've both stopped at about three o'clock. DOCTOR: Yes, now suppose we say they've only just stopped. That would mean that the last movement of their wrists would have been at least 24 hours ago. SUSAN: Grandfather, he's still warm! BARBARA: Then they've only just died. DOCTOR: It doesn't make sense, does it? But the facts are all here. I think it would be wise if we returned to the ship and left these people. There's noothing we can do for them. BARBARA: We can't even bury them. (They advance towards the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: Come along, open the door, Susan. (Susan begins to unlock it. Suddenly the figure of the man leans forwards and collapses onto the controls.) IAN: His heart had stopped beating, Doctor. He was d*ad! (They all rush around the man, Captain Maitland. He mumbles something illegible.) IAN: What do you want? MAITLAND: ...Over there... (Ian goes to some shelves between the two doors.) IAN: Here? MAITLAND: No... to the left... (Ian goes to the left and picks up a small transparent cylinder.) IAN: This? MAITLAND: Yes... (Ian rushes back and gives it to Maitland who holds it against his chest. Soon he appears to have completely recovered and be back to normal.) MAITLAND: Carol. (He hands Barbara the object.) MAITLAND: Place this against Carol's chest.) BARBARA: I'm sorry. Carol's d*ad. MAITLAND: Please do as I ask. (Barbara does the same to Carol who sits up, groaning.) IAN: (To the Doctor.) They were both d*ad. SUSAN: Grandfather, what was in that box? MAITLAND: It's a heart resuscitator. When you found us we were in a very long sleep but we weren't d*ad. My name is Maitland. This is Carol Richmond, my fellow astronaut. (Barbara and Carol have by now rejoined the main group.) DOCTOR: Tell me, are you from the Earth? MAITLAND: Yes, we are. BARBARA: So are we! How's it looking? CAROL: The Earth, you mean? BARBARA: Yes. CAROL: There's still to much air traffic. IAN: They got it off the roads, did they? MAITLAND: You might say that, yes. IAN: Barbara and I, we come from London. (Maitland looks baffled.) IAN: Tell me, is er, Big Ben still on time? MAITLAND: What century do you come from? The 21st, perhaps? BARBARA: No, the 20th. MAITLAND: I see. CAROL: What's Big Ben? BARBARA: It's a clock. Near Westminster. MAITLAND: Yes. You see the whole lower part of England is called central city now. There hasn't been a London now for 400 years. We come from the 28th century. CAROL: Captain Maitland, these people must leave us immediately. MAITLAND: Yes, you will have to. IAN: But there are so many things we want to know! MAITLAND: There is only danger for you here, you must go. BARBARA: Danger? What sort of danger? MAITLAND: It's better that you don't know what happened to us. BARBARA: But we might be able to help you! DOCTOR: No, no, Barbara. I learnt not to meddle in the affairs of other people long ago. (Ian laughs.) DOCTOR: Now, now, now, don't be absurd. There's not an ounce of curiosity in me, my dear boy. (to Maitland) Now, why are you in trouble? (Now Barbara laughs.) MAITLAND: Very well, I'll try to explain. Out there is a planet we call the Sense Sphere. Its inhabitants, the Sensorites, have always prevented us from leaving this area of space. DOCTOR: You mean they have some kind of power over your craft. MAITLAND: Exactly. But its, its not that simple. They not only control our craft; they have some influence over us as well. DOCTOR: Hypnosis, you mean? MAITLAND: No, I do not mean hypnosis. DOCTOR: Well what then? MAITLAND: Somehow they have control over our brains. They are hostile, these Sensorites, but in the strangest possible ways. They don't let us leave these area of space and yet they don't attempt to k*ll us. SUSAN: What had happened when we found you? CAROL: Well the same thing that's happened many times before. They put us into a deep sleep that gives the appearance of death, and yet they've never made any actual effort to destroy us. MAITLAND: Far from it. We both have healthy recollections of them returning from time to time to our ship to actually feed us. IAN: It doesn't add up at all. CAROL: This is why you must leave us at once! MAITLAND: Yes. The Sensorites may try to prevent you from leaving. (Meanwhile at the other end of the room, unnoticed by the others, a small wrinkled hand reaches out and feels the TARDIS lock. It returns with a device that looks like a small tennis racket with a glass centre. Two lines form a cross and these are focused on the lock. The device begins to hum.) BARBARA: I can smell something burning. SUSAN: Mmm, so can I. MAITLAND: You mustn't stay any longer. IAN: I'm inclined to agree with him, Doctor. (To Maitland.) But surely there's something we can do for you. MAITLAND: No. Nobody can help us. SUSAN: Grandfather, couldn't we take them back with us? MAITLAND: We cannot leave this ship. CAROL: You see there's John to think of too. DOCTOR: John? BARBARA: Ian, there is something burning. IAN: Yes, I think you're right. Maitland, you wouldn't have anything shorting, would you? MAITLAND: Why no, that's not possible. (Still unseen by the others, the device is still working on the now smoking TARDIS lock. The device stops humming and the hand grasps the lock and the entire mechanism. It then tests the door but it refuses to open. After a while, Barbara points towards the TARDIS.) BARBARA: It seems to be coming from over here. (Barbara and Ian go off to investigate.) DOCTOR: (To Carol.) You have additional crew, I take it. CAROL: Yes. DOCTOR: Mmm... MAITLAND: Doctor, you must go. Leave us. DOCTOR: Well it seems to me that there's nothing else I can do. (to Maitland) Goodbye my friend. (to Carol) Goodbye my child. Come along, Susan. (He leads Susan plus Ian and Barbara who are standing in the middle of the room over to the TARDIS.) BARBARA: It's stronger over here, Doctor. DOCTOR: Perhaps it's coming from inside the TARDIS. (Susan spots the hole where the lock should be.) SUSAN: Grandfather! DOCTOR: Good gracious, they've taken the lock! SUSAN: It's not so much the lock, it's the opening mechanism. The door's permanently locked! IAN: Permanently? Well there must be some way of getting in. What can we do, Doctor, break down the door? DOCTOR: Adn disturb the field of dimensions inside the TARDIS? We dare not! No, we've been most effectively shut out. BARBARA: The Sensorites? DOCTOR: Who else? SUSAN: What do they want with us? DOCTOR: I don't know. And why have they kept those other two in captivity, mm? (The ship begins to rumble and shake. Carol shouts over from her seat.) CAROL: The Sensorites! They're back! Get away! IAN: We must get to the other end! (With difficulty they struggle back to the side of the room with Maitland and Carol.) DOCTOR: (To Maitland.) What's happening, my friend? Can't you control the ship? MAITLAND: I'm powerless. The Sensorites are stronger than I am! DOCTOR: Which is your parallel thrust? MAITLAND: There! (The Doctor operates a control.) DOCTOR: Right, velocity check. Chesterton, check velocity. (Carol points to a display.) CAROL: Here. IAN: It's not even on the unit marker, Doctor! (Maitland struggles against the Doctor's operation of the controls.) MAITLAND: Trying to control this spacecraft is su1c1de..! DOCTOR: Please go away! IAN: Velocity needle's hitting the red, Doctor. DOCTOR: Right, s*ab us, Maitland. (Maitland pushes a lever forward and the juddering stops.) DOCTOR: At last. At last. The ship was rolling about on its axis. SUSAN: Grandfather, look! (The white planet on the screen is growing larger.) BARBARA: We're heading straight for it! CAROL: It's the Sense Sphere. DOCTOR: (To Maitland.) Where's your deflection rays? (Maitland does not react.) DOCTOR: Maitland, deflection rays! MAITLAND: There, the white panel, but its useless. DOCTOR: We'll see about that. (He begins to move some controls on the white panel.) DOCTOR: Reading, please? CAROL: Max three, braking one. IAN: 19 miles to the nearest point of impact. CAROL: Closing fast! SUSAN: Barbara, we're going to h*t! We're going to h*t! CAROL: Lifting flight. MAITLAND: We're on collision course! DOCTOR: Jet course port... now! (He moves a switch and there is a roaring noise.) IAN: Velocity's still rising! DOCTOR: Jet reverse starboard... now! (He moves another switch and their is a similar noise.) CAROL: Increasing to max 4. Heading straight for point of impact! IAN: The altitude is still falling! CAROL: Max 4. DOCTOR: Barbara, see that panel? Check system, green light normal. (Barbara looks at it.) BARBARA: Yes, green light's on. DOCTOR: (To Maitland.) Now boost engines... forward... thrust... now! (Maitland becomes paralysed. The Doctor pulls the lever for him. Maitland leans back exhausted. The roaring noises are now almost deafening. The Sense Sphere almost fills the screen then falls to the side. They have passed it. It becomes quiet again.) MAITLAND: Why couldn't I do it? 3. CONTROL ROOM (LATER) (The Doctor and Maitland are seated by a console with Ian and Carol standing behind them. Susan and Barbara are preparing a meal.) DOCTOR: Well, my friend, are you feeling better? MAITLAND: Yes, my head's much clearer. DOCTOR: Yes well I rather fancy that's settled that little bit of solution. You know, I think these Sensorites have found a way to take control of your minds. IAN: Do you think they were deliberately trying to k*ll us, Doctor? DOCTOR: No, no I don't. I think it was an exercise in fear and power. CAROL: Yes, but for some reason or other, you minds aren't open to them. DOCTOR: Yes and you've found a way to resist them, whereas Maitland here; his power to resist was taken from him. MAITLAND: I was afraid. DOCTOR: Mmm. IAN: You weren't afraid. They just made you hopeless. DOCTOR: Yes, they're dangerously cunning, these people, but that's not all. Things are very strange here. You know, they can control, they can frighten and yet they don't attempt to k*ll you. Furthermore they even feed you and keep you alive. All this is quite extraordinary. IAN: Yes. And talking about food, I shall be glad when we eat. (to Barbara) How's it coming along? BARBARA: All right. It'll be ready in a minute. CAROL: Well from the sight of our stocks, they've obviously been giving us their own food. BARBARA: Whart about water, Carol? CAROL: Oh, down there on the right. BARBARA: Right, we'll find it. DOCTOR: Tell me, have either of you ever met any of these creatures or seen them? (There is a tense silence.) CAROL: John has. IAN: Ah, he's the other member of your crew, isn't he? MAITLAND: Yes, our mineralogist. DOCTOR: I'd like to have a talk with him. MAITLAND: I'm afraid that's out of the question. DOCTOR: Oh? Why not? (Maitland and Carol glance at each other.) MAITLAND: I'd rather not talk about it. (Susan and Barbara walk straight past a hatch labelled 'water' without noticing and up to one of the closed circular doors.) BARBARA: I suppose she meant through that door. Let's try it. SUSAN: I can't see any handle on the door. Try this. (She pulls a lever next to the door.) SUSAN: That doesn't work. (She sees a sensor embedded in the wall and waves her hand over it. The door slides up.) SUSAN: That's funny! Oh I see, it's the ray, I must have broken the connection. BARBARA: Let's get that water, I'm dying of thirst. SUSAN: Yes, so am I. (They step through.) 4. STARBOARD CORRIDOR (The corridor is built in the same dull grey style as the rest of the ship and completely featureless. Barbara stares doubtfully down it.) BARBARA: Well down here on the right, she said. (Susan shrugs and they continue. For a while nothing happens then a hand - human this time - waves over a sensor on this side of the door. The owner of it comes into view. He is a man dressed in the same uniform as Maitland and Carol. He is John, the third member of the crew. Zombie-like, he stumbles down the corridor after Susan and Barbara.) 5. ROOM (They enter a small room with some controls in it and look around.) BARBARA: I don't think we should stay in here long. (Susan picks up a book and begins leafing through it.) SUSAN: Hey, this is bliss! BARBARA: I wonder where that water is? SUSAN: I don't know. (Barbara hears something.) BARBARA: Shh. (Susan looks up.) BARBARA: Listen. (They hear the sounds of John shuffling towards them.) 6. CONTROL ROOM (The others are still talking.) IAN: But don't you see? John may be able to give us some valuable information. CAROL: I told you, you can't see him! DOCTOR: You're both being rather secretive. (Neither Maitland or Carol reply.) IAN: Where are the others? (Maitland and Carol both jump up in alarm and run to the door. Maitland desperately attempts to open it but the sensor will not work.) MAITLAND: We should have warned them! IAN: What is it? What's wrong? CAROL: The door's been locked from the outside. Quickly, they're in danger, we must get in from the other end! (Ian, Maitland and Carol rush to the other door. Maitland succeeds in opening with the sensor this time and they go through.) 7. PORT CORRIDOR (They rush through an identical corridor.) MAITLAND: This way! (He waves his hand over the sensor of another, more conventional-looking door in the wall.) MAITLAND: This is the other way through. (It does not move.) CAROL: Oh, it's no use. The ray's been jammed on the other side! MAITLAND: I'm sorry, Ian, there's nothing we can do. IAN: But what is it? What's wrong? What's going on inside there? MAITLAND: It's no use, no use. (Ian pulls him out of the way and begins to hammer on the door.) IAN: Barbara! Susan! CAROL: No! No, please! (They attempt to pull him away.) IAN: Are there Sensorites in there? 8. ROOM (Barbara and Susan back away as John stumbles towards them. He leans out towards Susan but they move away and he falls against a cupboard unit in the corner. Barbara and Susan slip away.) 9. STARBOARD CORRIDOR (They run back towards the door to the control room but neither the sensor nor their physical efforts will move it. Realising it is futile, Barbara steps protectively in front of Susan and leads her back up the corridor. They open another door and dart through.) 10. ROOM (This room is much smaller and contains a single cupboard. They attempt to move it into the doorway but it will not budge. They see John coming up to the doorway and hide behind it. He enters but instead of looking for them he clutches his head in pain and whimpers. After a while he goes out again.) 11. CONTROL ROOM CAROL: We must find out about John. MAITLAND: We've been over this a hundred times before, Carol. CAROL: But the other times were different! The Sensorites made our decisions for us. MAITLAND: As far as we know, they still do! CAROL: But the Doctor and the others showed us we can resist them. We can! It's only fear that makes us weak, that's all. MAITLAND: That may be so, but we mustn't go in there, Carol, it's too dangerous. CAROL: What you really mean is I mustn't go in there. You're afraid for me, aren't you? MAITLAND: I know what John means to you. CAROL: (Sadly.) Last time I saw him he didn't even know my name. I must see him, I must find out! Besides, there are the girls. MAITLAND: All right. IAN: Maitland, you must get that door open. MAITLAND: I'll have to cut round the lock. IAN: All right, well get on with it. MAITLAND: I'll get the machinery out. (He goes off.) IAN: Carol, tell me, what is it that you're both afraid of? CAROL: John's in there, with your friends. He and I were going to get married when we got back to the Earth. The Sensorites att*cked him far more than Captain Maitland and me. I had to sit there helplessly and watch him get worse and worse. IAN: You mean they've taken over his mind? CAROL: Yes. IAN: What's it done to him? (Carol just sobs.) IAN: Carol, you've got to tell me. CAROL: He'll be frightened of strangers. He, he may become violent. 12. ROOM (Barbara motions for Susan to be quiet and she moves towards the door.) 13. STARBOARD CORRIDOR (She peers out and sees John leaning against the wall to the right, his head lolling. She and Susan edge along the wall in the other direction but John sees them and begins to stumble after them. They hammer on one of the doors but it remains shut. John approaches but as he gets near he clutches his head again and sinks to his knees and sobs.) SUSAN: He's crying! (John looks imploringly up at them.) JOHN: Why? (to Barbara) You look like my sister. Have you come to help me? (Barbara reaches out to him but Susan holds her arms back.) JOHN: Four years... BARBARA: Are you one of the crew of this spaceship? (John nods.) BARBARA: Are you trying to tell me something? (John nods.) BARBARA: About yourself? (John nods.) SUSAN: Is he, is he trying to say he's ill? JOHN: Yes. Yes. (They kneel down beside him.) BARBARA: Don't be afraid. We'll take care of you. SUSAN: What do you think happened to him, Barbara? (Barbara shakes her head.) 14. CONTROL ROOM (Maitland is cutting the left-hand door with a small drill, watched by the Doctor, Ian and Carol.) IAN: Where does the power come from? MAITLAND: Electro-magnetics. We should be through to the locks at any minute. IAN: (To Carol.) You say you haven't seen John for months? CAROL: He was dangerous once the Sensorites had got at his brain. DOCTOR: (To Maitland.) Can't you go faster? Susan's in there! MAITLAND: It won't be long, now. (A shrill, piercing noise begins to pervade the room. Maitland pauses.) DOCTOR: Now what is it? Get on with the job, please! MAITLAND: Listen. Don't you hear it? I thought there was something else. IAN: You mean that high-pitched whine? Is that it? MAITLAND: Sensorites! CAROL: They must be near! That noise is caused by the machines that carry them through space. MAITLAND: Carol, get back to your intruments. (Carol runs back to her seat.) MAITLAND: Doctor, will you take the controller seat? DOCTOR: Anything but this awful waiting! (The Doctor takes Maitland's seat.) IAN: But what about Barbara and Susan? MAITLAND: No time now! (Maitland and Ian go over to the control area. The screen still shows only stars.) MAITLAND: Look for glowing lights on the move about the ship. IAN: Well how will they att*ck us? MAITLAND: They won't, not in the mormal way. IAN: But then how can we defend ourselves? MAITLAND: You'll find out soon enough. Look out there. (They look to the screen. After a while to white dots, slightly larger than the stars edge onto the view and begin to move across the screen.) MAITLAND: There they are! See them moving? IAN: Yes, but they look miles away. MAITLAND: It won't take them long to get here. IAN: How long do you think it'll take them, Doctor? DOCTOR: I don't know. They must have made the journey before. They were here, remember? They took away the lock mechanism to my ship. IAN: Yes, and probably took it back to their own planet. DOCTOR: And now they're coming back, but with what orders? To take over our minds, mm? Or to killl us? 15. STARBOARD CORRIDOR (Susan, Barbara and John hear the noise.) BARBARA: Do you hear that? SUSAN: It's as if it's coming from outside. (John stumbles to his feet and stands in front of Susan and Barbara.) BARBARA: No. You need rest. There's nothing wrong. JOHN: I'll protect you. BARBARA: Yes, all right. You protect us. 16. CONTROL ROOM IAN: Would it be a good idea to move? MAITLAND: Where to? We already know we can't leave this area of space. IAN: All the same... MAITLAND: Anyway, we're not going to be destroyed. Had the Sensorites intended that they would have done it long ago. IAN: Well if that collision course was their idea of a joke, I'd hate to be one of their enemies. CAROL: (Bitterly.) They wouldn't really try to crash us. They just keep on playing this game of nerves. DOCTOR: Shh. What's that noise? MAITLAND: Yes. We always hear that. CAROL: Interference now on all our scans. MAITLAND: Now remember all of you; no v*olence unless the Sensorites start it first. IAN: Why no v*olence? Surely we've got the right to defend ourselves. DOCTOR: My dear Chesterton, it is the mind they take over, so we must assume that the brain is all important. Now let the intelligence be our only defence and att*ck! CAROL: I can sense them all around us now. MAITLAND: Shh. (There is silence. Maitland and Carol appear to be frozen in position. Ian wanders back to the screen. He looks at it and his eyes widen.) IAN: Doctor! (A bulbous head with enormous black eyes and a hairy, cat-like face moves up into view. It appears to be looking in on them all. The Sensorites have arrived...)
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The Sensorites The Unwilling Warrior By Peter R. Newman Original Air Date: 27th June, 1964 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1, INT: CONTROL ROOM CAROL: I can sense them all around us now. MAITLAND: Shh. (There is silence. Maitland and Carol appear to be frozen in position. Ian wanders back to the screen. He looks at it and his eyes widen.) IAN: Doctor! Doctor... (Through the main porthole a bald, bulbous, salmon-coloured face peers in at them with two completely black eyes. It's ears are long and pointed and a small mouth is hidden beneath a wiry tangle of white whiskers. Oddly enough, although it is in the vacuum of space it appears to have no kind of a pressure suit, possibly some device built into it's jumpsuit is projecting a transparent energy-bubble which is enough to keep pressure in and radiation out. It is also likely that the same device serves to propel it from the planet and short distances through space.) DOCTOR: Steady Chesterton, steady...the calmer you are, the stronger. (The Doctor, Maitland and Carol Richmond all appear transfixed by the Sensorite at the porthole as if it has some kind of mesmeric influence.) IAN: Doctor, look at these two. DOCTOR: Mm? (The Doctor is torn from his reverie, and he gets up to examine the others.) DOCTOR: Maitland? Maitland! Can you hear me? (It appears to have no effect.) DOCTOR: Fear my boy. It's loosened his mind and it gives the Sensorites the chance to control it. IAN: Doctor, that thing's still out there. DOCTOR: Oh ignore it! Maitland! (The Doctor gives Maitland a gentle shake, and blinking a few times, he appears to become a little more lucid.) MAITLAND: Yes... I hear you. DOCTOR: There's work to be done my boy! Work, understand? MAITLAND: Work... IAN: He's responding! DOCTOR: There's a door to be opened, remember? MAITLAND: A...door, er yes! DOCTOR: Danger on the other side. MAITLAND: John, ah yes... We must get the two girls out! DOCTOR: Good, good, good! 2, INT: STARBOARD CORRIDOR BARBARA: All we want you to do is to open the door. JOHN: No! I'll protect you. SUSAN: But our friends are out there. JOHN: They're d*ad, all d*ad. BARBARA: But we were just with them SUSAN: Just a few minutes ago. (John doubles up in agony clutching at his head as if the jaws of an invisible vice were closing around his mind. He falls to a crouch on the floor. Susan stoops to his level with a tender expression on her face, and Barbara does the same.) SUSAN: What is it? JOHN: They're here. Inside here! (He motions to his head between sobs.) BARBARA: John, open the door. (John looks up towards a point in the room and stares at nothing desperately.) JOHN: Frighten them? No, I can't do it! No...no! SUSAN: Somebody's talking to him - inside his mind. JOHN: No, don't force me. ...You can't! I won't do it! My head! (He buries his head in his hands again and begins to sob loudly.) JOHN: Pain! Why is this, why is this, why is this? SUSAN: Somebody's ordering him to do something I know they are. Something to harm us! 3, INT: CONTROL ROOM (Maitland heaves the door, but it remains immobile.) MAITLAND: I'll have to use the cutter. IAN: Oh not again! How long will this take? MAITLAND: It's the only way. (Ian leaves Maitland to his laborious task of sawing with the miniature thermic-lance through the lock of the enormous metal shutter that looks more like a section of mobile bulkhead than a door.) IAN: Yes, I know... Just that I'm so worried about Barbara and Susan. (The Doctor chuckles at Ian's impetuousness.) DOCTOR: Now-now-now, try and contain your emotions; use self-control. Otherwise it confuses the brain and leaves it wide open to an att*ck by the Sensorites. Look at Maitland here - fear and inertia has left him vulnerable! IAN: Yes that's true enough Doctor. (Carol wanders over to the Doctor and Ian.) RICHMOND: The Sensorites are in the ship now. IAN: What? How did they get here? RICHMOND: Through the loading bay. DOCTOR: But that can't be where Barbara and Susan are now... RICHMOND: No, but we must get to them as soon as possible. IAN: Oh nobody's arguing about that! DOCTOR: But that man John's with them, and... RICHMOND: The Sensorites have control over John's mind, they may force him to obey their orders. (Ian returns to Maitland and watches as he continues on the lock of the door.) IAN: How's it coming? MAITLAND: Slowly, but it's working. IAN: If I only knew what was happening on on the other side of this door! (He bangs on the heavy metal door and shouts.) IAN: Barbara! Susan! 4, INT: STARBOARD CORRIDOR SUSAN: Listen. (They hear a muffled banging.) SUSAN: It's coming from the outside. BARBARA: Yes, I can just hear it. It must be Ian trying to get through. (John looks up.) SUSAN: Yes. JOHN: Give me your hand. (Barbara does so.) JOHN: They want me to frighten you, I mustn't give way. SUSAN: Oh he's so tense Barbara, can't we help him. BARBARA: John, we're not afraid. JOHN: Not afraid? BARBARA: Not while we have you to protect us. SUSAN: It's quiet and peaceful here. There-there's no real danger. JOHN: The Sensorites... BARBARA: We're you're friends John. JOHN: Friends... (He looks up at the empty wall again, his face contorting in inner agony.) JOHN: No, they are my friends! 5, INT: CONTROL ROOM (Ian paces around like a caged tiger, he briefly inspects Maitland's work on the door, but the work is still painfully slow.) 6, INT: REAR CABIN (The Sensorites are seen completely for the first time. They are dressed in curious pale one-piece jumpsuits from their neck to their circular snow-shoe sized feet, and each carries a small wire frame-like beam w*apon similar to the one that cut the lock from the TARDIS. The black rings around their wrists identify them as science-caste. They gingerly enter a cabin from the direction of the loading bay and look around) 7, INT: STARBOARD CORRIDOR SUSAN: Barbara I've got an idea. BARBARA: Yes? SUSAN: He's quiet now, but we can't be sure that the Sensorites won't make him help them. Look, if they can use their brains, why can't we use ours? BARBARA: To defend him? SUSAN: Yes, and ourselves. Look, Grandfather and I landed on a planet once called Esto, the plants there used though transference. If you stood in between two of the plants they set up a sort of screeching noise; Grandfather said it was because they were aware of another mind. BARBARA: ...Breaking in on their communications. SUSAN: Yes exactly! I thought if we both tried together... BARBARA: Well anything's better than just sitting here. (John stands up staring wildly into space.) JOHN: Sensorites! They're nearer now. SUSAN: You see, if we both think of the same thing at the same time. BARBARA: Well what do you mean? "We defy you", something like that? SUSAN: Yes, yes "We defy you". BARBARA: Alright. SUSAN: Now we must both picture the words very clearly in our minds. We must both concentrate very hard. Ready? BARBARA: Yes. When I count to five. One... 8, INT: REAR CABIN (One of the Sensorites picks up a small lamp and they examine it curiously.) 9, INT: STARBOARD CORRIDOR BARBARA: Four...five! (Barbara stand in silent concentration.) 10, INT: REAR CABIN (The results upon the Sensorites is instant and electric, they both reel across the room clutching their heads as if they had been h*t by the blast wave of a silent scream exploding in their minds.) 11, INT: STARBOARD CORRIDOR (As they are standing in thought Susan seems to get h*t by some kind of a mental parry-riposte and loses consciousness for a moment, Barbara catching her.) 12, INT: CONTROL ROOM (Having finished on the lock Maitland attempts to raise the shutter, but it sticks after sliding up to reveal a mere half-foot gap.) MAITLAND: Oh, it's jammed, we'll have to cut the whole section out! IAN: We can't wait. I'll give you a hand. MAITLAND: Wait a minute. (They both heave the heavy metal shutter upwards.) IAN: That's it...It's going... (Between them they manage to wrest the shutter up, and they rush inside.) 13, INT: CABIN (The Doctor chats with Carol and Susan watches from the background.) DOCTOR: Yes it might be possible for Susan's thoughts to reach out to the Sensorites. RICHMOND: So we really can resist them? DOCTOR: Yes, and there's that friend of yours, John. We must look after him. Aah, let me see now... Oh course er they have a hold on his mind you know... RICHMOND: Oh, he's sleeping peacefully now. DOCTOR: Ah, Yes. I wonder...did Susan relieve the pressure? SUSAN: I-I heard hundreds of voices in my mind Grandfather. (He fixes her with a stern expression.) DOCTOR: Oh yes, and that was a stupid thing to do Susan! Because you were strong-willed and without fear they didn't harm you. (Susan avoids his gaze. Maitland enters.) DOCTOR: Mm? MAITLAND: He's resting now. Did you know his hair was almost white? (The Doctor reproves him a haughty stare.) DOCTOR: Ah, there's nothing wrong with that. MAITLAND: In a man of thirty, Doctor? And he looked so old! Why have the Sensorites done this? What do they want from us? (The Doctor shrugs.) DOCTOR: I... (Ian appears in the doorway.) IAN: Doctor? DOCTOR: Mm? IAN: John muttered something before he passed out. "The dreams of avarice." Now on Earth we have a saying: "Rich beyond the dreams of avarice." DOCTOR: Mm. IAN: I think he's discovered something. DOCTOR: Mm. IAN: It would explain why he's had the worst of it from the Sensorites. DOCTOR: Yes, er..what were John's duties? MAITLAND: W-he's our mineralogist. IAN: You see, makes sense. John mumbling something about riches - I think he must have discovered something that the Sensorites wanted to keep secret. So they silenced him, and kept all of you prisoners about their planet. DOCTOR: I see. And now they're trying to do the same thing to us. We must get the lock of the TARDIS back. Have you tried talking to them? MAITLAND: Talking to them?! DOCTOR: Yes, we must try - we must! 14, INT: REAR CABIN (The first Sensorite plucks a small disc the size of a thick coin that is on a string around his neck; this is a Thought Amplification Disk, a device which focuses and amplifies the natural Sensorite talent acting like a kind of alien mobile telephone. Placing the TAD to it's forehead, the first Sensorite stands and listens as a strange series of wavering ethereal notes are felt rather heard in a curious way. The creatures speak to each other with soft, gentle-sounding voices.) FIRST-SENSORITE: The First-Elder is communicating, be alert while I listen. ...Yes, the First-Elder is interested in human voice which said "we defy you". SECOND-SENSORITE: The human creatures that are newly arrived seem to possess more intelligence than the others. FIRST-SENSORITE: The First-Elder said they have less fear of us. We are to stay here and watch and listen to them closely; if they try to att*ck us with force we are to summon our warriors to destroy them. 15, INT: CONTROL ROOM (Maitland presents a device resembling a large cylindrical tub.) MAITLAND: One spectroscope Doctor. RICHMOND: I do remember that he was beginning to take a reading of the minerals in the vicinity. BARBARA: And then what happened? RICHMOND: Well that was the first time that the Sensorites att*cked us. DOCTOR: Would you like to look at that graph for a moment? (He hands Ian a strip of card with a series of coloured lines on it.) IAN: Yes. Oh, there's nothing much here... Pretty ordinary collection of things: Oxygen, hydrogen, sodium... (Susan glances at the strip of card.) SUSAN: Oh what's that? IAN: Oh, it's a spectrograph Susan. You see those lines, they represent the emission wavelengths that... SUSAN: Oh yes, course. (Ian grins at Susan's attempt to be subtle.) IAN: Mm... No there certainly isn't anything special indicated on this. RICHMOND: You're very strange people. SUSAN: Are we? RICHMOND: Well you come from nowhere and you seem to be going nowhere. BARBARA: Oh we're very dependent on the Doctor - he leads and we follow. RICHMOND: Travel without a purpose? BARBARA: Oh no, there's a purpose in it. He's trying to get us back to our own time on Earth. RICHMOND: Oh I see. SUSAN: Isn't it better to travel hopefully than arrive? RICHMOND: Oh anything's better than circling around a planet forever and being kept alive. Alive... It's been more like a living-death. DOCTOR: I just don't understand, there must be a clue here somewhere, there must be. IAN: Well I dunno Doctor. Certainly isn't much here. MAITLAND: Well I studied it whenever I could, but it didn't look like anything that would cause much excitement. The Sense-Sphere is just an ordinary planet with a slightly bigger land mass than usual; but er, that's all. DOCTOR: Yes, that's very interesting. Er, may I? MAITLAND: Certainly. (Maitland hands the strip to the Doctor.) DOCTOR: Excuse me. (He sits in a corner and scrutinises the pattern with his pince-nez.) SUSAN: We know that the Sensorites have discovered thought transference. BARBARA: And when John discovered something, he became so excited that his mind opened up and he broadcast it to the Sensorites. And it was something they wanted kept a secret. RICHMOND: Mm. DOCTOR: What...what is this? What was it Chesterton said? "Rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Yes, of course, of course. I know what he found! (He gets up and hands the strip to Ian.) DOCTOR: Molybdenum! It's all here in the graph, but it's all mixed up with the lines so it doesn't make obvious reading. IAN: Molybdenum? DOCTOR: Yes. MAITLAND: It resists very high temperatures. DOCTOR: Yes, it's used in an alloy in steel, in fact this machine would be useless without it. (He waves around the spacecraft.) DOCTOR: Now let me see, iron melts at er...one-thousand five-hundred and thirty-nine degrees centigrade; and molybdenum melts at two-thousand six-hundred and twenty-two degrees centigrade. So you know, that er, will give you some idea. Yes I see now just what John found, no wonder he was so excited. That planet must be full of it - full of it! Yes, a veritable goldmine! (Maitland and Carol clutch their heads in agony.) MAITLAND: Sensorites! RICHMOND: They're here, on this ship! MAITLAND: Oh! IAN: Come on Barbara, let's find them. (They open the door.) 16, INT: PORT CORRIDOR (As they stride down the corridor, to one side John is sleeping peacefully in his bunk. They pass by and enter a cabin at the end of the corridor.) 17, INT: CABIN (Inside Ian motions silently to another door leading from the cabin to a rear section. He waves his hand over a photo-electric cell and the door clicks open to reveal another corridor.) 18, INT: REAR CORRIDOR (They cautiously walk down the corridor, and come to yet another door.) BARBARA: Where do you suppose this leads? IAN: I dunno. Let's find out shall we? You needn't come if you don't want to. BARBARA: Nonsense! (They open the door, and go through.) 19, INT: REAR CABIN (They Look around and at the open cupboards. Barbara gasps as the two Sensorites step out of the shadows; Ian quickly rushes to grab the nearest heavy metal object from the cupboard, a futuristic kind of wrench. He stands between the Sensorites and Barbara as they begin to advance.) IAN: Open the door. (Barbara opens the door and they back away, moving through the doorway again.) 20, INT: REAR CORRIDOR (Closing the door after them Ian turns to Barbara.) IAN: Go and find Maitland, ask him how to lock this door. BARBARA: But Ian, you... IAN: Go on, don't worry about me! (Barbara turns again.) IAN: Go on! (She leaves just as the door opens again and the Sensorites enter. Ian backs away, as he does so the first-Sensorite raises it's TAD to it's head causing Ian to raise the wrench up like a club. Startled, the alien drops the disc, but in moments he and his companion begin to advance again. Ian tries to open the door as they advance, but it seems stuck. He warns them off with the club again, but they seem considerably less startled the second time. With a click the door opens and Ian exits the corridor.) 21, INT: CABIN (Ian begins to retreat again casting a glance back, towards the door to the port corridor.) 22, INT: CONTROL ROOM BARBARA: Tell me how do we lock the doors? Please try and concentrate! DOCTOR: The sick member of the crew, try him. BARBARA: Oh, he'll be in no condition to help. DOCTOR: Do as I say! (She moves away.) 23, INT: PORT CORRIDOR (In the tiny alcove that serves as John's cabin Barbara shakes him awake.) BARBARA: John, show me how to lock the doors. The Sensorites are on the ship, we must stop them. (Supporting John, she walks over to the cabin at the end of the corridor just as Ian walks through followed by the Sensorites on the far side. As they try to walk through the door to follow Ian he raises the wrench in a thr*at manner again.) BARBARA: Ian, no! IAN: Why not? How else am I supposed to keep these creatures off? BARBARA: Well do you need to keep them off? Have they actually att*cked you? Come on John, lock the door. (He moves his hand.) JOHN: It can't open now. BARBARA: It's strange, they didn't harm you? IAN: No, I think that they were as frightened of me as I was of them. BARBARA: Then they're not very aggressive are they? IAN: No. BARBARA: Come on, let's get back to the others. IAN: The others...the other way! The Sensorites can get through that way! (He rushes to the door to the starboard corridor.) 24, INT: CONTROL ROOM MAITLAND: It's beginning to clear now. (Barbara leads John up to the shutter.) BARBARA: Bolt the door John, bolt it. (John waves his hand over the photo-Cell and there is a clunk from within the door.) IAN: Now we'll see what the Sensorites can do. 25, INT: CABIN (The second Sensorite raises it's hand device, and with a satisfying flash from the photo-cell in the wall, the door clicks unlocked. They push it open and walk into the corridor beyond.) 26, INT: PORT CORRIDOR (As they reach the shutter, the second Sensorite raises the laser again, but it's companion shakes it's head.) 27, INT: CONTROL ROOM DOCTOR: This is all very well, but I think that one of us should try to contact them. BARBARA: Are you feeling better now? MAITLAND: Much better. RICHMOND: Oh I don't know what happened, but I'm certainly feeling better now. 28, INT: PORT CORRIDOR (The Sensorites both raise their thought-amplification disks and the strange telepathic whistling notes are felt again.) 29, INT: CONTROL ROOM IAN: I'm sure it's no coincidence that the Sensorites att*cked as soon as you discovered the molybdenum. (Susan looks up and stares at nothing as she feels the strange ethereal music.) SUSAN: Yes, but they won't agree to that. DOCTOR: ...Agree? To what? What are you talking about child? SUSAN: I-I'm sure they'll talk to you about it... BARBARA: Susan, what is it? SUSAN: Alright, I'll ask them. ...I'll tell you later. (She turns to the Doctor.) SUSAN: The Sensorites want to know if it's alright for them to talk to you. IAN: Are you saying that you're in tou... DOCTOR: Do you mean to say that you've made contact with them? SUSAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Well of course we shall see them, but they must agree not to harm us. SUSAN: Right. DOCTOR: If they try to harm us then I shall fight them. (Susan nods and the notes start again.) 31, INT: PORT CORRIDOR (The Sensorites stand communicating their instructions to Susan from behind the shutter.) 32, INT: CONTROL ROOM (Susan walks across the room, unlocks and lifts the shutter. The Sensorites enter the control room.) FIRST-SENSORITE: Which one is the Doctor? SECOND-SENSORITE: The one with the white hair. DOCTOR: Speak up, I can't hear you. FIRST-SENSORITE: We have been speaking to each other. DOCTOR: What is it you want of us? Why won't you let these space-people go back to their Earth, mm? FIRST-SENSORITE: None of you can ever again can ever leave the area of the Sense-Sphere. DOCTOR: Why not? SECOND-SENSORITE: You know the answer to that! IAN: Because of molybdenum. We are not interested in it! SECOND-SENSORITE: So you say, but once before we trusted Earthmen - to our cost! DOCTOR: So Earthmen have visited the Sense-Sphere? FIRST-SENSORITE: Yes. And they caused us a fearful affliction. We shall not allow it to happen again. MAITLAND: What do you expect us to do, drift around forever? FIRST-SENSORITE: No, you will all come back with us. A special area has been prepared for you on the sense-Sphere. There you will live and there you will be looked after. DOCTOR: These people cannot possibly accede to your request, it's out of the question! FIRST-SENSORITE: You will do exactly as we tell you because you have no choice; none of you! DOCTOR: My party does have a choice, and I assure we have no intention of spending the rest of our lives with you! IAN: Well you have our answer. What do you propose to do? SECOND-SENSORITE: We intend taking you down to the Sense-Sphere, but we do not wish to harm you in any way. IAN: Since we've met you we have no wish to harm you. But you must get off this ship. FIRST-SENSORITE: What if we refuse? IAN: We will att*ck you. FIRST-SENSORITE: The other Earth people will not be able to help you. BARBARA: Surely we've proved that we don't need help. SECOND-SENSORITE: You have only proved that you can lock doors. We can unlock them! DOCTOR: Now listen to me both of you. You've taken the lock of my ship and I want it returned immediately. SECOND-SENSORITE: You are in no position to thr*at us. DOCTOR: I don't make thr*at, but I do keep promises - and I promise you I shall cause more trouble than you bargained for... If you don't return my property! (The Sensorites cower with hands over their ears at the loudness of his tone.) FIRST-SENSORITE: We must decide what we shall do. (They return to the port corridor again.) BARBARA: What did they mean decide? IAN: I dunno, sounds as though there's something else they can do to us. DOCTOR: Oh they might have been referring to Susan. SUSAN: The Sensorites only spoke to me. DOCTOR: Next time - if there is an next time - they might try and control your mind child. Like they have to these two people. MAITLAND: Doctor, is there no way you can get into your ship? DOCTOR: No, not unless they return what they stole from my ship. RICHMOND: But will they'll never give it back to you! DOCTOR: Oh my dear, they're not invincible, no-no-no. Did any of you notice the peculiarity in their eyes? MAITLAND: No I can't say I did. DOCTOR: It's a fallacy of course that cats can see in the dark, they can't; but they can see better than we humans because the iris of their eyes dilates at night. Yes...huh! Haha! IAN: What are you driving at Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, it's all perfectly simple Chesterton, you see the Sensorites eyes are the exact opposite to that of a cats. The Sensorites eyes were completely dilated, that is enormous in light. IAN: Conclusion, is that they would contract in darkness. DOCTOR: Exactly, and that is our best w*apon! The Sensorites will be frightened in the dark. SUSAN: But you can't be sure of that. You're only sure that they can't see in the dark. DOCTOR: I very much doubt, my child, that they can see in the semi-darkness. BARBARA: But Doctor, assuming you're right... IAN: Which he is of course. DOCTOR: Naturally. BARBARA: Then how can you be sure that the Sensorites will be frightened of the dark? DOCTOR: My dear Barbara, wouldn't you be afraid if you couldn't see your enemies, mm? (He fixes Ian with a curious, piercing gaze.) DOCTOR: Thank you for your admiration my dear boy, thank you. (He pats Ian's arm in a friendly manner.) IAN: Well I never said a word! DOCTOR: Ha-ha, telepathy! You know telepathy isn't only a prerequisite of the Sensorites. I know sometimes what you're thinking! Hm-hm! Hm-hm! (The whistling tone is felt once more in the control room and Susan looks up.) SUSAN: I don't want to go. DOCTOR: My dear what..? BARBARA: They're talking to her again. IAN: What are they saying? SUSAN: Ssh! I-I can't hear them very well. ...Oh that's better, there-there's just one voice a long way away. DOCTOR: What's the message child? SUSAN: Oh... Oh alright. But none of the others must be harmed. (She glances at the Doctor, Ian and Barbara.) SUSAN: Don't move any of you. Grandfather it was the only way, they knew I'd agree. (She walks to the open doorway to the port corridor.) DOCTOR: Agree? To what? SUSAN: To go down with them to their planet. Otherwise we'll all be k*lled. (Susan walks through the doorway and joins the Sensorites. The shutter closes behind her.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x32 - The Unwilling Warriors"}
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The Sensorites Hidden Danger By Peter R. Newman Original Air Date: 11th July, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1, INT: CONTROL ROOM (The whistling tone is felt once more in the control room and Susan looks up.) SUSAN: I don't want to go. DOCTOR: My dear what..? BARBARA: They're talking to her again. IAN: What are they saying? SUSAN: Ssh! I-I can't hear them very well. ...Oh that's better, there-there's just one voice a long way away. DOCTOR: What's the message child? SUSAN: Oh... Oh alright. But none of the others must be harmed. (She glances at the Doctor, Ian and Barbara.) SUSAN: Don't move any of you. Grandfather it was the only way, they knew I'd agree. (She walks to the open doorway to the port corridor. DOCTOR: Agree? To what? SUSAN: To go down with them to their planet. Otherwise we'll all be k*lled. (Susan walks through the doorway and joins the Sensorites. The shutter closes behind her.) BARBARA: Susan mustn't go with them. DOCTOR: There can't be air outside this spaceship. MAITLAND: You can't stop them. DOCTOR: We must! IAN: Come with me Barbara. RICHMOND: Don't! They'll only harm her or k*ll her if we try and interfere! IAN: And if we do nothing she'll die. (Ian walks over to the shutter and raises it.) BARBARA: We intend to try out the Doctor's theory that they can't see in the dark? IAN: Why not? It's all we have. (They walk through to the Starboard corridor.) 2, INT: STARBOARD CORRIDOR (The Sensorites and Susan turn as they hear Ian And Barbara enter the corridor.) SECOND-SENSORITE: Go back. SUSAN: Don't interfere, please. SECOND-SENSORITE: The young girl has agreed to go with us. She will not be harmed, why do you follow us now? BARBARA: She must not go with you. FIRST-SENSORITE: They are not carrying any w*apon, yet I am frightened of them. Do not come any closer. IAN: We want to talk to you. SECOND-SENSORITE: We do not wish to harm you in any way. IAN: I said talk, not fight. SECOND-SENSORITE: Intruders from other planets always say they want to talk, but all they mean to do is destroy! SUSAN: Ian, please let me go with them! Because I can use telepathy they trust me. (Ian and Barbara exchange a glance.) BARBARA: You're not going with them Susan, and that's final. SUSAN: Why? It's suspicion that's making them enemies. You don't understand the Sensorites. DOCTOR: Do you think I don't understand? (The Doctor has crept through the doorway and has been listening.) DOCTOR: Trust is a two sided affair. SUSAN: Putting us all in danger. DOCTOR: If you go with them they will have all the advantage. SUSAN: They only want to talk to me! DOCTOR: I'm sorry Susan, I just don't believe you have the ability to represent us, that's all. SUSAN: Stop treating me like a child! DOCTOR: You will do as you are told Susan! Come here! (The Sensorites seem to be trying not to show their embarrassment at being at the centre of a growing domestic dispute.) SUSAN: Sorry Grandfather, I can't do it. DOCTOR: This instant! (Susan slowly moves over to the Doctor and the second Sensorite turns to the first.) SECOND-SENSORITE: We must stun them with the hand rays. (They reach for their w*apon.) DOCTOR: Now Chesterton! (Ian flips off the light and the Sensorites drop their w*apon and flail blindly moaning in terror.) IAN: You were absolutely right Doctor! They're helpless in the dark. DOCTOR: Susan, go and join Carol. Wait there, I want to talk to you. SECOND-SENSORITE: Give us back the light! FIRST-SENSORITE: Oh the light, the light. Oh I can't see, can't see! SECOND-SENSORITE: Please help us! DOCTOR: Put on the light Chesterton. (Ian does so.) DOCTOR: Now, you could have been left here in the darkness. We have power over you, but we don't intend to use it. Only in our defence. SECOND-SENSORITE: What do you want? DOCTOR: Nothing that isn't ours. IAN: You stole the lock from our ship. You also thr*at to take us prisoner. SECOND-SENSORITE: We must ask for new orders. DOCTOR: What's that? Speak up! SECOND-SENSORITE: I must refer this matter to the Sense-Sphere. (The second Sensorite places the TAD to his head and there is a whistling tone.) DOCTOR: Well? FIRST-SENSORITE: You must be patient. DOCTOR: Oh I won't be p..! Oh, what a bit off nonsense. If they try anything put the light out again. IAN: Alright I will. DOCTOR: Dictated to by petty thieves and my own Grandchild! (He leaves the corridor again.) IAN: I wonder what that thing is they put up to their foreheads, Barbara? Do you think if we did it we could read each other's minds? Hey, Barbara? BARBARA: Er? Sorry I was thinking. You know, I've never seen the Doctor so angry. IAN: Oh Susan set him off didn't she? The Sensorites must have hypnotised her in some way. (Barbara smiles at Ian.) BARBARA: No I don't think so. She's just growing up Ian. 3, INT: CONTROL ROOM DOCTOR: What is all this? Setting yourself against me, mm? SUSAN: I didn't, Grandfather. DOCTOR: Oh I know you thought you were doing your best, child, in the circumstances, but I think that I'm a better judge of that. SUSAN: I have opinions too! DOCTOR: My dear girl, the one purpose in growing old is to accumulate knowledge and wisdom. And to help other people. SUSAN: So I'm to be treated like a silly little child? DOCTOR: If you behave like one, yes. SUSAN: Oh look Grandfather, I understand the Sensorites. They're timid little people. Because their minds and mine can communicate sometimes they trust me. DOCTOR: Yes, and I can assure you that we will make good use of that fact, but not without discussion. You will not make decisions on your own accord. (Susan sighs.) DOCTOR: Now do you understand, is that quite clear? Well is it? SUSAN: Look, I'm not saying that I'm as clever as you or anything, of course I'm not, but I won't be pushed aside! (She turns away from him.) SUSAN: I'm not a child anymore Grandfather, I'm not! (The Doctor rubs the side of her shoulders in an affectionate Grandfatherly way.) DOCTOR: Oh Susan, Susan... (The aliens wander in, but Ian is still keeping a watchful eye on from a short distance away.) FIRST-SENSORITE: Why do you make her unhappy? SECOND-SENSORITE: We can read the misery in her mind. DOCTOR: Yes, and it's a good thing that you can't read the anger in mine! In all the years my Granddaughter and I have been travelling we have never had an argument, and now you have caused one! SUSAN: Alright Grandfather, I'll do as you tell me. DOCTOR: Good, good, now let's work together and see if we can't get the lock of the TARDIS back, mm? FIRST-SENSORITE: We have orders from the First Elder. IAN: Is he your ruler? FIRST-SENSORITE: Yes. He says we must listen to you, and to transmit your words to him. DOCTOR: Very well, I'd like to talk to him face to face. I want to arrange the release of this spaceship. Tell him we're not pirates or plunderers, there is only one treasure we desire from him. FIRST-SENSORITE: And what is that? DOCTOR: Freedom! 4, INT: JOHN'S CABIN (John moans softly and then sits bolt upright in bed. Carol sits next to him and moves a comforting arm around his shoulders.) RICHMOND: Oh it's alright John, I'm here. JOHN: The voices I can hear them. (She strokes his head tenderly.) RICHMOND: I know. JOHN: In here, the voices. Afraid... Begging me. RICHMOND: John, John do you know who I am? (He looks at her a little vaguely.) JOHN: You're good. The Sensorites, they want me to forget. All the voices begging me and imploring me to forget... (Carol seems hurt by his confusion and cannot meet his gaze. Maitland walks into the cabin.) RICHMOND: John's just woken up. (Maitland places a Captainly hand on John's shoulder.) MAITLAND: You look much better John, much better. We'll soon have you as good as new. JOHN: I don't like the voices. I want to have silence in my head. MAITLAND: You're going to be alright John. Try not to upset yourself. (He screws up his face in agony.) JOHN: No... Silence, silence... RICHMOND: It's no use is it? He might as well be d*ad. MAITLAND: Oh that's foolish Carol! RICHMOND: Oh is it? Look at him, Listen to him! Can you imagine what it's like being in love with someone, to look and them, to see them and know they've been destroyed? MAITLAND: You're going down to the Sense Sphere with John and some of the others, they're going to cure him. RICHMOND: Oh it's no use, it's too late. (She looks back at John, who is still muttering to himself.) JOHN: You're good... 5, INT: CONTROL ROOM BARBARA: And you can do something for John, really? SECOND-SENSORITE: Yes, in time. IAN: Oh that's the point isn't it? How long. When you're asking Barbara and Maitland to stay on the spaceship while we go down to the Sense-Sphere. SECOND-SENSORITE: We cannot trust you without some safeguard. IAN: But you're asking us to trust you. SECOND-SENSORITE: We shall prove trust by curing the man called John. IAN: Well I don't like this splitting up. BARBARA: Well I don't mind Ian. IAN: Well I do. It always leads to trouble. SECOND-SENSORITE: We cannot agree to any other kind of arrangement. BARBARA: Then we accept. IAN: Oh very well then. But how do we get down to this Sense-Sphere? There's no air outside this ship. SECOND-SENSORITE: A craft will be made available to you. (The Doctor joins them.) DOCTOR: Before we make this journey, one or two questions. SECOND-SENSORITE: There is time, the craft has not arrived yet. DOCTOR: These, er, disks which you wear round your neck. You press them to your forehead and you speak or hear through your mind, mm? SECOND-SENSORITE: Yes. DOCTOR: Otherwise you communicate as we do. SECOND-SENSORITE: Yes. DOCTOR: Yes I see, quite remarkable. Then you use the telepathy to blanket out the minds of the spaceship's crew, mm? (As the Doctor's tone gets louder the Sensorite shrinks away a little covering his ears.) SUSAN: Gently Grandfather, don't antagonise them. DOCTOR: I merely want to know why you att*cked Maitland and the others. SECOND-SENSORITE: Ten years ago five human beings landed on the Sense-Sphere, our planet welcomed them. Their minds were closed against us, although we sensed they thought our planet was a rich one. DOCTOR: Rich in megna-minerals, yes quite, go on... SECOND-SENSORITE: The five men quarreled, two of the humans took off in a ship. It exploded a mile in the atmosphere. BARBARA: What happened to the other three men? SECOND-SENSORITE: We imagined they hid themselves aboard and then fought the other two for control. Anyway, all were k*lled. IAN: Yes, but that still doesn't explain why you att*cked Maitland and the others. SECOND-SENSORITE: Ever since that day of the expl*si*n in the sky our people have been dying in greater numbers every year. DOCTOR: Yeah, some kind of disease I imagine Chesterton. IAN: Maybe. BARBARA: Could be as simple as scarlet fever. SUSAN: And yet you're allowing us to visit your planet? SECOND-SENSORITE: Our people are dying, and the First Elder says he senses great knowledge in you. DOCTOR: Haha, I thought so! Yes-yes-yes, some kind of er, bargaining ahead of us. Hahah! (The First Sensorite walks over to the Second with his TAD to his head.) FIRST-SENSORITE: The craft is approaching. (They both wander into a corner to communicate with their disks.) IAN: Well I suppose it's worth it Doctor, if we get the lock of the TARDIS back. DOCTOR: Yes, providing we can produce our side of the bargain, that's the whole point of the issue. Well my dear, reluctant as I am to leave you I'm afraid we have no alternative. BARBARA: Oh I shall be alright. I'm more worried about you. DOCTOR: Oh I shall manage. Come along my boy. IAN: Sorry about this Barbara. BARBARA: I keep telling you, I shall be alright. IAN: Alright. (He smiles and walks towards the doorway.) BARBARA: Susan. (Susan wanders back to Barbara.) SUSAN: Yes? BARBARA: Look, I know how you feel, but your Grandfather loves you. SUSAN: Yes I know. BARBARA: Be patient. We're all on your side really, you know. (The Doctor joins Susan.) DOCTOR: Susan? We can't do without you, can we? (He leads her to the door, where Ian and the Sensorites are waiting.) IAN: Well, we're all ready now. SECOND-SENSORITE: I will stay on this ship. You must proceed to the Sense-Sphere, the First Elder awaits you. (They all walk through the hatch, and out towards the airlock) 6, INT: RECEPTION ROOM (The Sensorite world reflects a great love for aesthetic beauty and function equally well. Throughout the city, cavernous spaces are constructed out of breathtaking stone and crystal architecture. Indeed all the buildings seem to be constructed widely and cornerlessly. Large expanses of space for windows, and a general lack of roofs indicate a desire to maximise the light from the Sense-Sphere's suns, and bear testament to how little free moisture there appears to be on the surface. The reception room is a typical area set within a main palace in the capital Sensorite city. Doorways lead away from the this central location in numerous directions. The First Elder, leader of the Sensorite nation sits resplendent in his black double sash of office. His chair faces a subordinate Sensorite in a single sash. A third, in a black collar stands beside them listening. A worker delivers the First Elder some refreshments, bows, and then leaves.) FIRST-ELDER: But I have already made my decision. SECOND-ELDER: The deaths of our people will increase. FIRST-ELDER: You cannot prove that. SECOND-ELDER: The deaths began at the time of the last visiting of human beings. Why should we welcome to our planet the same creatures who have been the means of our destruction? FIRST-ELDER: I am the ruler of this planet, am I not? SECOND-ELDER: Of course. FIRST-ELDER: Then what is the point of a ruler if he is not allowed to rule? I have decided to invite these humans here because I hope to use them to end the deaths of our own people. SECOND-ELDER: But how? FIRST-ELDER: I will explain: sometimes you must use f*re to fight f*re. SECOND-ELDER: The First Elder makes a wise decision. In one degree I confess I am anxious; these creatures, these Earth people are loud and ugly things. Why could we have not met them in the desert or on the mountains? FIRST-ELDER: It is the failure of all beings that they judge through their own eyes. To them we may appear to be ugly. What we must create between us is trust - that is why I have invited them to my palace. SECOND-ELDER: But are we sure these Earth creatures are beings as you say? There are animals in the deserts and the mountains, but we do not invite them into our palaces. Perhaps these Earth creatures are animals too? FIRST-ELDER: Do not underestimate them. Do we possess a spaceship that can cross the barriers of the universe? And this small mechanism which my men brought to me. (He holds up the lock of the TARDIS.) FIRST-ELDER: It looks like an ordinary lock, but in point of fact it is an electronic miracle, which reveals a mind of science far beyond ours. And this new arrival known as the Doctor. His mind was quick to realise our weakness in the dark, and use it against us; but I would remind you, not unfairly. Merely to protect the girl called Susan. (He turns to the City Administrator.) FIRST-ELDER: Well, and what does our city Administrator say? ADMINISTRATOR: Sir, you were elected to lead our people because of your great brain. I would not dare to question your actions. (The FIRST-ELDER gets up.) FIRST-ELDER: No opinion can be worse sometimes than a very dogmatic one. (He walks off. As soon as he has gone the Administrator turns to the Second Elder. SECOND-ELDER: You need not fear me, you may speak your mind. ADMINISTRATOR: I am cautious. You are his second opinion, yet he makes his decisions without you. SECOND-ELDER: He makes a wise decision. ADMINISTRATOR: But based entirely on trust. Do you trust these Earth creatures? (The Second Elder is silent, and the Administrator paces the terrace in thought.) ADMINISTRATOR: No more do I. SECOND-ELDER: The decision of the First Elder cannot be set aside. ADMINISTRATOR: I would not suggest such a thing, his mind is pure. We are realists. That is why I have beamed the disintegrator to this room. (The Second Elder jumps up.) SECOND-ELDER: Without permission? You are presumptuous. ADMINISTRATOR: I am the city's Administrator, it is my duty to protect the one who rules. Can you say that these Earth creatures will not use force? I am only guarding the First Elder. On suspicious act and the disintegrator shall destroy them. SECOND-ELDER: Very well, but you will do nothing further until I have considered the matter. (He walks away and the Administrator waits until he is out of mindshot.) ADMINISTRATOR: I shall not wait. We will not be safe until those Earth creatures are d*ad. 7, EXT: ROOF TERRACE (The Doctor's party have landed with the first Sensorite. They walk along the delicately coloured roof terrace, walls decorated with masses of bizarre looking foliage. Through view spaces glimpses can just be made out of the strangely spherical buildings and sweeping elegant bridges glittering in the sun, framed by the enormous jagged teeth of the yellow mountains in the far distance.) DOCTOR: I'm glad to have left those silent people. FIRST-SENSORITE: Earth people are not popular. (The walk by a simple stone fountain, the sunlight turning the glittering water into myriad rainbows. Two workers silently watch them as they pass.) IAN: Because your people have been dying? FIRST-SENSORITE: Yes. DOCTOR: It must be explained to them the disease, if that's what it is isn't anybody's fault. Besides, there's cures and preventives. (The Sensorite stops before a closed door and raises his TAD to his forehead for a moment to summon the lift.) FIRST-SENSORITE: You mentioned speaking to the people. You must not speak to them, you are forbidden to talk to the lower caste. SUSAN: Lower caste? Do you have such distinctions? FIRST-SENSORITE: Yes. How else can we tell what each man is best fitted to do? The Elders think and rule, the warriors fight, the Sensorites work and play. DOCTOR: You make it sound so very simple. FIRST-SENSORITE: And all are happy. IAN: But some are happier than others, eh? FIRST-SENSORITE: I do not understand. There is no disgrace in being in any of the castes, it is simply what one is best fitted for. (The lift doors swish open and the Sensorite, the Doctor and Ian get in, but Susan stays a moment.) JOHN: They're near us now... RICHMOND: It's alright John I'm here. JOHN: The evil minds. SUSAN: He knows something. RICHMOND: Oh it's just a jumble of words. SUSAN: No Carol, no, remember his mind is open. He can tell the difference between good and evil in people. He's trying to tell us something. (Susan looks at him, but he seems confused again and just stares. After a moment they move to join the others in the lift.) RICHMOND: Come on now, come on...come on. 8, INT: DISINTEGRATOR ROOM (The disintegrator room is small and packed with electronic equipment. On the walls are a number of circles of different sizes and to one side a worker caste Sensorite huddles over a transparent console that reveals a glowing mass of circuitry beneath the levers. The Administrator looks on as adjustments are made.) ADMINISTRATOR: Is everything prepared? ENGINEER: I must test the impulse circuits. Ready to receive power. ADMINISTRATOR: Here is the f*ring key. (The Administrator hands a large metal rod to the Scientist, who slots it into the top of the console.) ADMINISTRATOR: Beam the disintegrator to the reception room at the palace of the Elders. Three places have been assigned to the Earth creatures. Horizontal lines four. ENGINEER: Four. ADMINISTRATOR: Seven and nine. ENGINEER: Nine. And the vertical positions? ADMINISTRATOR: X-A two. ENGINEER: X-A two. ADMINISTRATOR: X-B three. ENGINEER: X-B three. And the last? ADMINISTRATOR: X-C four. ENGINEER: X-C four. What part of the body do you want the beam to strike? ADMINISTRATOR: In each case, to the heart. ENGINEER: Are the hearts of the human creatures on the right or the left side of their bodies, or the centre as in ours? ADMINISTRATOR: I do not know. ENGINEER: Then I will aim the beam at the centre of the chest in each case. ADMINISTRATOR: And that will prove fatal? ENGINEER: Yes. (He flips a few switches.) ENGINEER: Two eight seven. The disintegrator is beamed and ready. (He examines the machinery.) ENGINEER: They are just entering the corridor to the reception room now. Impulse is working correctly. They are just entering the reception room. This switch turns on the beam. ADMINISTRATOR: How can you judge their movements so correctly Engineer? ENGINEER: The palace is defended with electro-thermal couples. We can tell their movements by the heat of their body. ADMINISTRATOR: And you can tell exactly when they move into their places in the reception room? ENGINEER: With absolute accuracy. ADMINISTRATOR: Then when they are seated, k*ll them. 9, INT: RECEPTION ROOM FIRST-ELDER: Very well I agree. SUSAN: You can do it? FIRST-ELDER: Yes, the man John can be exactly as he used to be, but it will take time. (He addresses a worker caste Sensorite.) FIRST-ELDER: Conduct him to one of the rest rooms. Say that my orders are that he must be treated. (The worker bows.) RICHMOND: I must go with him, because he needs me. FIRST-ELDER: Very well, you will be given a room near him. RICHMOND: Thank you. Come on John. JOHN: Good...he is a good man. Not like... DOCTOR: Not like who, John? JOHN: He's good. (Carol and John depart with the Sensorite.) IAN: Thank you for being so understanding. DOCTOR: It doesn't alter the fact that you're responsible for his condition. I think It's utterly disgraceful! (The First Elder holds up a hand.) FIRST-ELDER: Please do not condemn before you know the facts. DOCTOR: Facts?! What facts! (The Elder holds up a hand to his ear in pain.) SUSAN: Grandfather, please don't. FIRST-ELDER: Please sit at the places set for you. (They all move towards the tables) 10, INT: DISINTEGRATOR ROOM ENGINEER: They are just taking their positions. ADMINISTRATOR: Get ready to f*re! (The scientist's hand hovers over the disintegrator lever, when the Second Elder marches into the room.) SECOND-ELDER: Stop! Disconnect the disintegrator. ADMINISTRATOR: Why? SECOND-ELDER: Because they are decent, they are civilised. ADMINISTRATOR: They are Earth creatures and dangerous to us! SECOND-ELDER: I tell you, they are talking to the First Elder, and in the most friendly fashion. We have no need to fear them. ADMINISTRATOR: Not while we have the disintegrator, it is beamed to their location. They can be destroyed in a second. SECOND-ELDER: But will not be. Dismantle the machine. ADMINISTRATOR: I say that the trust we give to each other we cannot give to these Earth creatures! SECOND-ELDER: And I order that the machine be dismantled. (The engineer flips a few switches.) SECOND-ELDER: Give me the f*ring key. (The engineer extracts the rod and hands it to the Elder.) SECOND-ELDER: I am doubtful about you. You question orders, you question authority. Take care lest my doubts should become reality. (With a brief look back, he leaves the room.) 11, INT: RECEPTION ROOM (The Doctor, Ian and Susan each sit behind a small round table while the First Elder stands talking. A worker Sensorite provides the tables with bowls of refreshments. Bowls of small desert fruits and receptacles of water.) FIRST-ELDER: If foreigners came to your planet with the intention to steal, what would you do? Would you imprison them, would you k*ll them? The man John was like the other humans that came here. He became so excited when he found that our planet contained a valuable ore that his mind just opened up and shouted out the secret to us. (The Doctor peers down at his metal bowl.) DOCTOR: Molybdenum. FIRST-ELDER: That is correct. He thought of a fleet of spaceships to come here and mine the metal and transport it back to his own planet. We saw the pictures he formed in his mind, and we saw that it was the end of our way of life. We had no alternative but to imprison him and his friends in orbit round the Sense-Sphere. IAN: Yes, but that's no reason for driving him out of his mind! FIRST-ELDER: It happened only, I assure you, because of his excitement. His mind had no reserve...no defence. We caused the others to sleep, but he heard the full power of our voices in his brain. (The Elder sits behind a table of his own, and is served by the worker. The Doctor lifts the receptacle to his mouth.) FIRST-ELDER: Stop! (The Doctor stops and watches as the Elder addresses the worker.) FIRST-ELDER: Why do you offer insults to our guests? Why do you not give them the same food and drink that I am given? Who ordered this, the city Administrator? (The worker nods.) FIRST-ELDER: You will bring them the crystal water, and take the other away. IAN: Tell me, what exactly is the difference? FIRST-ELDER: In the yellow mountains which surround this city I discovered a pure spring, very unusual in this planet. I believe the water holds special qualities, so I have flagons of it stored for the use of the Elders. IAN: And this one? FIRST-ELDER: It is very well refined, we are very proud of our aqueduct. It lies beneath the city. IAN: Well I hope you won't be offended if I drink some, I'm very thirsty. (Ian drinks from his metal eggcup-like receptacle.) FIRST-ELDER: As long as you taste of the crystal water, it is very fine. None of the Elders drink anything else. DOCTOR: Drink his water. IAN: Yes. SUSAN: Mm, these fruit are delicious, they taste like peaches. IAN: Mm. (The Doctor clears his throat.) DOCTOR: Now then sir, let us talk of the future; our future, mm? 12, INT: DISINTEGRATOR ROOM ADMINISTRATOR: We are being bound hand and foot and given to these people from Earth. Our leaders are grown weak. ENGINEER: I will follow you, the city Administrator. Command me. (The Administrator places a hand on his shoulder.) ADMINISTRATOR: I thank you for your loyalty. You shall have my confidence. ENGINEER: I gladly accept. I do not trust these Earth creatures. ADMINISTRATOR: The First and Second Elders are deceived. I question their leadership. If they do not change their attitude they may have to give way to one of stronger thought, and action. ENGINEER: Command me. ADMINISTRATOR: For the moment I am glad of your loyalty. The time for action will not be far away. 13, INT: RECEPTION ROOM SUSAN: So you are the senior Elder? FIRST-ELDER: Signified by the twin sash I wear. The Second Elder, my advisor wears one sash. Other important professions wear distinctive markings. IAN: And the ordinary people? FIRST-ELDER: Are contented with their similarity. IAN: Would you mind telling us something about the d... (He breaks off as he suffers a violent coughing fit.) IAN: I beg your pardon, the disease. SUSAN: Yes, could you tell us about it? We might be able to help you. FIRST-ELDER: I intended to. We need help with this calamity, the disease is invisible and resists all our attempts to stamp it out. It affects all manner of people irrespective of their caste. DOCTOR: Yes er, does it affect the Elders? FIRST-ELDER: No. DOCTOR: I wonder why not? FIRST-ELDER: I cannot imagine, we have been... Fortunate? (Ian coughs again.) DOCTOR: Yes it, er, might be a clue. But what I hoped sir, was this ah... that if my friends succeed where your scientists fail, will you return the lock of my craft? SUSAN: It would be a just return. FIRST-ELDER: Your Granddaughter speaks well. DOCTOR: Yes, she's a fine young woman. (Ian coughs again and the Doctor turns.) DOCTOR: My dear Chesterton, are you alright, mm? (He can only manage a hoarse rasp.) IAN: My throat's burning, I wonder if you could give me some water, Doctor? DOCTOR: Is this a symptom of your disease? (The First Elder nods. Suddenly Ian jumps up making a gurgling sound, knocks the small table to the side and sprawls to the floor. Susan rushes to his side.) SUSAN: Grandfather, he's unconscious! (The First Elder looks down at Ian sadly.) FIRST-ELDER: There is no hope. Your friend is dying.
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x33 - Hidden Danger"}
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The Sensorites A Race Against Death By Peter R. Newman Original Air Date: 18th July, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1, INT: RECEPTION ROOM SUSAN: So you are the senior Elder? FIRST-ELDER: Signified by the twin sash I wear. The Second Elder, my advisor wears one sash. Other important professions wear distinctive markings. IAN: And the ordinary people? FIRST-ELDER: Are contented with their similarity. IAN: Would you mind telling us something about the d... (He breaks off as he suffers a violent coughing fit.) IAN: I beg your pardon, the disease. SUSAN: Yes, could you tell us about it? We might be able to help you. FIRST-ELDER: I intended to. We need help with this calamity, the disease is invisible and resists all our attempts to stamp it out. It affects all manner of people irrespective of their caste. DOCTOR: Yes er, does it affect the Elders? FIRST-ELDER: No. DOCTOR: I wonder why not? FIRST-ELDER: I cannot imagine, we have been... Fortunate? (Ian coughs again.) DOCTOR: Yes it, er, might be a clue. But what I hoped sir, was this ah... that if my friends succeed where your Scientists fail, will you return the lock of my craft? SUSAN: It would be a just return. FIRST-ELDER: Your Granddaughter speaks well. DOCTOR: Yes, she's a fine young woman. (Ian coughs again and the Doctor turns.) DOCTOR: My dear Chesterton, are you alright, mm? (He can only manage a hoarse rasp.) IAN: My throat's burning, I wonder if you could give me some water, Doctor? DOCTOR: Is this a symptom of your disease? (The First Elder nods. Suddenly Ian jumps up making a gurgling sound, knocks the small table to the side and sprawls to the floor. Susan rushes to his side.) SUSAN: Grandfather, he's unconscious! (The First Elder looks down at Ian sadly.) FIRST-ELDER: There is no hope. Your friend is dying. DOCTOR: Why has it happened to him and not to us? SUSAN: Can you do anything for him? (The First Elder seems genuinely distraught at his guest's fate.) FIRST-ELDER: The disease hits all manner of people; suddenly, without warning. DOCTOR: Never the Elders? FIRST-ELDER: No. DOCTOR: It's incredible! The build up in body temperature. This disease as you call it - is it contagious? FIRST-ELDER: No. DOCTOR: I wonder... Is it a germ in the air? SUSAN: Grandfather it doesn't seem like a disease at all. DOCTOR: I agree with you. SUSAN: We've done everything together. I-we've come from the spaceship together, we've gone through the city together. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes. SUSAN: ...This room. (She looks around nervously.) DOCTOR: Yes. SUSAN: The fruit? DOCTOR: No. No-no-no-no, no. You had some of it. I know, he drank the different kind of water. It's the water! FIRST-ELDER: Then why do not all who drink the aqueduct water die? DOCTOR: Well it depends on their resistance, in time of course all will succumb. FIRST-ELDER: You cannot be sure of this! DOCTOR: No I can't, this is all we have to go on. Send for your servant please. (The whistling starts again First Elder uses his TAD to call for assistance.) SUSAN: His eyes are opening Grandfather. (Ian tries to raise his head.) IAN: Susan... DOCTOR: It's alright Chesterton, rest quietly. This isn't a disease, it's more like poison... (He turns to a worker who has just arrived.) DOCTOR: Oh go to your Scientist, now I want some sodium chloride and I want it quickly! IAN: What happened to me? SUSAN: Hush Ian, just rest. FIRST-ELDER: Do you wish your companion to stay here? DOCTOR: Please, please. FIRST-ELDER: Bring some covers. (The Worker Sensorite bows and leaves.) DOCTOR: Now sir, your indulgence. FIRST-ELDER: Ah, I am distressed by this tragedy, what can I do to be of assistance? DOCTOR: Well, we must make sure that no-one drinks anything but the crystal water. FIRST-ELDER: Agreed. DOCTOR: Fine, and can I work with your Scientists? FIRST-ELDER: They will be honoured. DOCTOR: Splendid, splendid. SUSAN: How long has he got? FIRST-ELDER: I hear the distress in you mind, I respond to it. I wish I could be more reassuring. SUSAN: How long?! FIRST-ELDER: From the first symptoms no-one has lived longer than the third day? DOCTOR: As long as that? Then we have time. (He turns to the First Elder.) DOCTOR: I have chemicals and equipment on my ship. Return my lock and I promise you sir that I will not only cure my young friend, but all your people. (A Sensorite steps forward with a tray containing a bowl of salt, the Doctor dips in his finger and tastes it.) DOCTOR: Ah, good. FIRST-ELDER: I must discuss this matter... DOCTOR: Mm. FIRST-ELDER: With the Second Elder. DOCTOR: But do not delay any longer than is necessary please, thank you. (The First Elder exits.) DOCTOR: Now, salt and water, Susan. An old fashioned remedy but I'm sure it will serve. (He tips the salt into a beaker of crystal water that Susan holds up, she then stirs it.) DOCTOR: Thank you. (He moves down to where Ian is lying.) DOCTOR: Now my boy... SUSAN: Ian? DOCTOR: Mm. SUSAN: Ian, try and sit up. DOCTOR: Come along old chap. IAN: Oh...feeling very weak Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, now I want you to drink all of this, it isn't going to be very pleasant, but it's all for your own good. IAN: Drink. DOCTOR: That's it. (As Ian gags and splutters on the saltwater, the Doctor moves to one side, deep in thought.) DOCTOR: Will they let me into my ship? 2, EXT: ROOF TERRACE SECOND-ELDER: Be guided by me in this matter. The one they call the Doctor may not be sincere. FIRST-ELDER: But his friend is dying. SECOND-ELDER: Or pretending to die. Then you let the Doctor into his spaceship. FIRST-ELDER: But would he leave his friends at our mercy? SECOND-ELDER: But who knows what power has in this ship? Once inside it we may be at his mercy. FIRST-ELDER: Well I believe in them. SECOND-ELDER: The Doctor may go away to bring an army of human beings and a fleet of spaceships! FIRST-ELDER: This is a terrible picture you paint. Do you mistrust them as much as all that? SECOND-ELDER: I do not trust them as much as you. So I advise caution. FIRST-ELDER: I will think of your advice, and weigh up the matter. 3, INT: LABORATORY (The laboratory is a large wide space full of benches groaning under the weight of bottles containing strange bubbling liquids, and alien equipment. To one side John lies on a black couch looking like a dazed lab rat, on his head is a strange device seemingly constructed from wires and valves. A Scientist walks over to him with a bottle, and paints a little liquid onto the headset. He hastily bows as the Administrator walks in.) SCIENTIST: How can I help the city Administrator? ADMINISTRATOR: Why is this creature here? SCIENTIST: We are clearing his mind. ADMINISTRATOR: On whose orders? SCIENTIST: The First Elder. (The Second Elder walks in.) ADMINISTRATOR: It would have been better to k*ll him than cure him, Scientist. SECOND-ELDER: Leave us. (The Scientist bows and leaves.) SECOND-ELDER: Once again you question the voice of authority. ADMINISTRATOR: Sir, the Elders rule this planet while I am only responsible for this city. Yet I will do everything within my power to protect and defend that city. SECOND-ELDER: Be careful that power is not taken from you. ADMINISTRATOR: These intruders thr*at us all! This creature is being cured! SECOND-ELDER: Yes. We fulfill a promise. ADMINISTRATOR: But any moment you will put them in their ship and let them go. This is madness! SECOND-ELDER: One more insolent word from you and I shall ask that your collar of office be taken from you. This man is to be cured, as for the other one... ADMINISTRATOR: Which other one? SECOND-ELDER: The one known as Ian Chesterton. ADMINISTRATOR: These absurd names they all have! None of them wear any signs of authority or badges of position. How are we to distinguish them? What is wrong with him? SECOND-ELDER: He has caught the disease. Their commander, the Doctor, believes our water supply is to blame. ADMINISTRATOR: What a brilliant scheme. Evil, but undoubtedly brilliant. (John looks towards the Administrator.) SECOND-ELDER: Explain. ADMINISTRATOR: To att*ck our confidence in one of the necessities. There is nothing wrong with the water supply, nothing at all. This is a trick to get us at their mercy! (John is still staring at the Administrator.) JOHN: Evil! Evil! ADMINISTRATOR: You see? Even this half-broken creature here admits the truth! SECOND-ELDER: I must warn the First Elder. (He leaves.) JOHN: No...no! Evil is here! (The Administrator walks around John and stoops.) ADMINISTRATOR: He cannot hear you. Your mind is closed by the machine, your voice is not believed. JOHN: You are my enemy. ADMINISTRATOR: I am the enemy of all the Earth creatures, and any Sensorite who defends them shall be swept away. JOHN: I must warn them of your evil. I must...I must... ADMINISTRATOR: Your brain is too weak to harm me. (Carol walks in and moves to John's side.) RICHMOND: How's John? (She looks at the Administrator a little closer.) RICHMOND: Oh I am sorry, I thought you were one of the Scientists. ADMINISTRATOR: You can see my collar of office! I am the city Administrator! RICHMOND: Yes I'm sorry, but when your backs are turned it's very difficult to see. I don't know what we'd all do if you changed your badges and sashes. We wouldn't be able to tell you apart. ADMINISTRATOR: I have never thought of that. (He tiptoes out of the room.) RICHMOND: John? 4, INT: RECEPTION ROOM DOCTOR: But he will DIE! (The First Elder cowers.) FIRST-ELDER: The noise! I beg of you! SUSAN: But why can't you make up your mind? DOCTOR: Just look at that young man. I've done all I can for him at the moment, given him salt and water - he's been coughing his heart out. I must have chemicals and equipment! His death will be your fault and yours alone. FIRST-ELDER: Very well, I... SECOND-ELDER: Sir? (They press their TADs to their heads with a whistling tone.) DOCTOR: What is it now? SUSAN: I can't hear very clearly, their minds aren't open to me. DOCTOR: Do you really mean that you can hear their minds talking, Susan? SUSAN: Yes, but it's not very distinct. FIRST-ELDER: Doctor, I cannot allow you to go to your ship. (The Doctor struts proudly towards the First Elder.) DOCTOR: Don't set yourself against me. FIRST-ELDER: There is a laboratory here. You may prove your poisoned water theory there, or not at all. DOCTOR: You FOOL! (The Sensorites clutch at their heads.) SUSAN: Grandfather, please! They think you're attacking them. (She divides her attention between the Doctor and the First Elder.) SUSAN: We're sorry, there's so much about your planet we don't understand. (The Doctor protests again silently, but with no less force.) DOCTOR: That's inhuman! SUSAN: Grandfather! DOCTOR: That's monstrous! SUSAN: We didn't mean to use sound as a w*apon. We didn't even know sound hurt you. FIRST-ELDER: Very well; but please be careful in future. I wish to see regular reports on the progress of this theory. (The First Elder leaves.) DOCTOR: Theory?! SUSAN: Grandfather, please! DOCTOR: I know we have no alternative, but such outrageous behaviour! (The Second Elder cowers again and Susan rubs her head as if she were feeling his pain.) DOCTOR: Oh forget it, child. (He moves to where Ian is lying.) DOCTOR: Now I want you to stay here and act as nurse. Watch his pulse rate will you and I want you to let me know immediately... IAN: Doctor... What happened to me? DOCTOR: How are you feeling? IAN: My throat's still sore. DOCTOR: Any pains elsewhere? IAN: No, but I feel very giddy. DOCTOR: Yes, well you just rest there quietly. (He pats Ian on the shoulder and walks away a little.) DOCTOR: Yes, we'll let him have all the crystal water he wants, and if his breathing gets feeble artificial respiration. SUSAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Now sir, your laboratory. And I only hope there's time to save him! (The Second Elder bows.) 5, EXT: ROOF TERRACE ENGINEER: The Second Elder has given the f*ring key to the Chief of warriors, I saw him. ADMINISTRATOR: Then the disintegrator is no longer of any use to us. How can we destroy these creat... ENGINEER: Shhh. (The Administrator and the Engineer bow as the First Elder walks over.) FIRST-ELDER: I have placed our laboratory at the disposal of the Doctor. See to it that he is given every cooperation. ADMINISTRATOR: Yes sir. (The First Elder departs.) ADMINISTRATOR: More weakness. These creatures are defeating us with smiles and gentle words; our leaders listen and agree. Soon we shall all be slaves. ENGINEER: What shall we do? ADMINISTRATOR: Bring the Second Elder to me, alone. The girl Carol gave me an idea. How would you recognise the Second Elder at a distance? ENGINEER: By the sash he wears. ADMINISTRATOR: Bring the Second Elder to me at the disintegrator room. ENGINEER: Yes. ADMINISTRATOR: We must match cunning with cunning. 6, INT: LABORATORY DOCTOR: Yes, really that was er, fairly comprehensive. Now gentlemen, time is not on our side. I believe your people have been dying because there is atropine poison in the aqueduct water. Now, allow me, I've made a few notes here which might interest you. (He places his spectacles upon his nose and reads.) DOCTOR: Now this is the, this is the symptoms. Atropine causes dilation of the blood vessels, temperature rises and pulse rate becomes very rapid. A rash may appear, the mouth and throat both become extremely dry. Now what we have to do with this gentleman; isolate the poison and then prescribe the remedy. SCIENTIST: We give you our assistance. DOCTOR: Good, good. SCIENTIST: Though we have tested the water already. DOCTOR: Yes, well then we must try again. SCIENTIST: Over here is a sample of the aqueduct water. DOCTOR: Ah...yes. You know, the strange thing here is that not all your people died. SCIENTIST: Three in every ten. Last year it was two in every ten. DOCTOR: Yes of course, some may be able to resist it, or perhaps some of the water is good. SCIENTIST: But all the water is the same. DOCTOR: Yes, but surely from different outlets? SCIENTIST: There are ten districts in this city, but only one source. DOCTOR: Well gentlemen, it's a poison at work here, I know the signs. Now what you must do is to test samples from each and every district. Where did that come from? SCIENTIST: This Palace, it is district ten. DOCTOR: I see, well now I suggest that you... You-you sample that bottle and mark it and then start keeping records. And there's not a moment to lose, and remember - I want samples from all the outlying districts. It's imperative! 7, INT: RECEPTION ROOM (Susan mops Ian's brow.) 8, INT: LABORATORY (The Doctor works in the laboratory testing phials of water.) 9, INT: RECEPTION ROOM (The First Elder reads through a progress report.) 10, INT: LABORATORY The Scientist prepares a piece of paper listing all ten districts, then writes "Negative" next to district one.) 11, INT: RECEPTION ROOM (Susan tries to keep Ian from hurting himself as he writhes feverishly.) 12, INT: LABORATORY (The Doctor replaces a phial of water from district four onto a full rack.) 13, INT: LABORATORY (The Scientist has got down to the sixth district, and writes another "Negative".) 14, INT: RECEPTION ROOM (The First Elder is watching Susan and Ian when a subordinate brings his a piece of paper. Having read the report he shakes his head sadly.) 15, INT: LABORATORY (The Doctor selects and tests phial eight.) DOCTOR: This one, I've found it! Yes, and just as I suspected - atropine poison. That's why your people have been dying off! (He smiles at the Sensorite brandishing phials of poisoned water.) SCIENTIST: But why were some of the districts negative? DOCTOR: Because it varies from place to place, and when you made your tests you didn't discover it. 16, INT: RECEPTION ROOM FIRST-ELDER: And can the Doctor discover a cure? SECOND-ELDER: He says so. Caffeine citrate is the antidote. FIRST-ELDER: Remarkable man, remarkable! SECOND-ELDER: I have an appointment, then I shall return to the laboratory. FIRST-ELDER: Give my Doctor the congratulations on the progress. (The Second Elder exits and the First turns to Susan who is still tending to Ian.) SUSAN: He's much easier now. FIRST-ELDER: The Doctor has had some success, a remedy will be available soon. SUSAN: Oh thank goodness! Ian? Ian, you're going to be alright. 17, INT: DISINTEGRATOR ROOM ADMINISTRATOR: They are coming now! SECOND-ELDER: Why are we meeting here? ADMINISTRATOR: Hold him! (The Engineer and a second Sensorite grab the Second Elder.) SECOND-ELDER: You will be punished for this offence! ADMINISTRATOR: I advise you to answer my questions. Your family group is also in my power. SECOND-ELDER: Wha-what have you done with them? ADMINISTRATOR: Nothing so far. Has the Doctor completed his experiments? SECOND-ELDER: Yes. ADMINISTRATOR: And the antidote is to be given to the young man, Ian? SECOND-ELDER: Yes. ADMINISTRATOR: And then to our people who are also ill? SECOND-ELDER: Yes. ADMINISTRATOR: I do not believe there is an antidote. The young man pretends to be ill, the Doctor pretends to cure him. And then he will k*ll us all with the poison he has made. SECOND-ELDER: That's not true! Our scientists have worked with him, they say that... ADMINISTRATOR: Silence! You are a traitor to our people. (He pulls off the Second Elder's sash.) ADMINISTRATOR: You are not worthy to wear this. SECOND-ELDER: Oh What...what are you going to do? (The Administrator pulls off his collar and slips on the sash.) ADMINISTRATOR: This so-called antidote must be stopped. The people will obey their Elders. SECOND-ELDER: The First Elder has approved the antidote! ADMINISTRATOR: And yet it will be stopped. The Second Elder will suppress it! SECOND-ELDER: I will not! ADMINISTRATOR: I wear your sash of office. Who is to know that I am not the Second Elder now? Bind him! Keep him here. (He strolls away.) 18, INT: LABORATORY RICHMOND: You're tired out Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, but a happy tiredness, my dear. How's our friend, mm? RICHMOND: Oh he's improving, but he still seems to go back sometimes to that old state of confusion. DOCTOR: Yes, you must expect that. Ah, my friend. You've prepared the antidote? SCIENTIST: Yes sir. (He holds up a tiny bottle of fluid.) DOCTOR: Splendid. Now I think we ought to start making this in large quantities. Will you please see that that goes to the First Elder's room? Give it to my Granddaughter Susan SCIENTIST: I'll send a messenger immediately. DOCTOR: Yes well, now we shall soon be off this planet. RICHMOND: When John's cured. There's no quick antidote for him. DOCTOR: Oh courage my dear, courage. Of course I'm rather baffled with this atropine poison because it only seems to appear in one part of the city, or rather one reservoir at a time. Curious. RICHMOND: Yes but you've discovered an antidote now. DOCTOR: Oh yes, that's a cure alright. But then why cure something when we can stamp it out, mm? JOHN: Enemy... DOCTOR: Mm, what's that my friend? JOHN: Plotting. RICHMOND: He's more coherent now. But it's as if he was living in a dream world where he's surrounded by enemies. JOHN: Enemies, yes. Making plots! DOCTOR: I don't know. He might be more lucid you know, than one should imagine. Now I'm going off on an expedition, and I want you to take note of what he says. JOHN: Listen to John! DOCTOR: You see, he knows his name. Now you stay with him, I think he's getting better, and I'm sure you're going to have a great future between you later on. Now after my little exploration... RICHMOND: Where are you going Doctor? DOCTOR: I'm going to find the ah, the First er, Elder...er, Scientist rather. And we're going off on an exploration, which isn't dangerous of course... But when I have solved my problem, I'm sure we shall all be out of trouble! 19, EXT: ROOF TERRACE ENGINEER: Supposing your disguise is seen through? ADMINISTRATOR: You must remember that the First and Second Elders are well known, only to those in powerful positions. The people see them rarely, and mostly at a distance. (The Scientist walks past the Administrator and notices the Second Elder's sash.) SCIENTIST: I greet the Second Elder. ADMINISTRATOR: I return your greetings Scientist. (The Scientist continues on his way.) ENGINEER: Success! ADMINISTRATOR: Yes. (The Administrator gets up.) ADMINISTRATOR: Scientist, come here. (The scientist wanders back.) ADMINISTRATOR: Where are you going? SCIENTIST: The man from the spaceship, the Doctor, has found a cure... Poison within our water supply - here is the antidote. ADMINISTRATOR: You take it to the young Earth creature who is ill? SCIENTIST: Yes. ADMINISTRATOR: Give it to me, I will deliver it. Return to your laboratory. (The Scientist gives the tiny bottle to the Administrator, bows and exits.) ENGINEER: If this Doctor has found a cure... ADMINISTRATOR: It is a trick! They are trying to poison us all, I will prove it to you. They say without the antidote the young man will die - I say he will live because he is pretending. (He throws the bottle to the floor and it shatters into a million fragments on the flagstones.) ADMINISTRATOR: This will prove it one way or the other. 20, INT: RECEPTION ROOM (Susan sits beside Ian who has regained consciousness, but is still painfully ill. The First Elder is keeping them company.) SUSAN: Why hasn't the antidote arrived yet? FIRST ELDER: I do not know. IAN: The Doctor must have run into a snag, Susan It's not always possible to do these things at the snap of a finger. SUSAN: Well I'm going to find out why. May I do that? FIRST ELDER: Yes. I will have you conducted to the laboratory. Go with this servant, and give my respects to the senior Scientist. (Susan walks out with a worker Sensorite.) 21, INT: AQUEDUCT ENTRANCE (The Scientist leads the Doctor to the mouth of a dark tunnel that seems to have been hewn directly into the yellow rock the Sensorite city is built upon. Four large old pipes that don't seem to have seen maintenance in decades clank and gurgle to themselves, water rushing through them to feed the different areas of district ten. Nourished from leaks in the pipes, dubious looking slicks of detritus grow clumps of tough-looking weeds.) SCIENTIST: Here is the entrance to the aqueduct. (The Doctor glances around the grimy area in disdain.) DOCTOR: Hmph, it's very gloomy. SCIENTIST: All our attempts to light it end in failure, for one reason or another. DOCTOR: But that must make it very difficult for you. The Sensorites dislike darkness don't they? SCIENTIST: We avoid this place. We have no reason to go down to the aqueduct anyway. DOCTOR: Well, it may be because you've neglected it that the water's become poisoned. SCIENTIST: Shall we return now? DOCTOR: Mm, return? I don't want to return. I haven't come here just for a look, I'm going in there! SCIENTIST: You must not. DOCTOR: And why? SCIENTIST: You will not be able to see. DOCTOR: Oh, ho-ho, but I have a torch. (He brandishes a small torch as if it were a protective talisman.) SCIENTIST: There are monsters in there. DOCTOR: Indeed, are there? SCIENTIST: Yes, we've heard them. DOCTOR: And not seen them? SCIENTIST: No, but they are there, the noise is terrifying. DOCTOR: Yes, I think that you should return to the laboratory, I shall be alright. Leave it to me will you? I assure you. (The Scientist bows and leaves.) DOCTOR: How very convenient, yes. Noise and darkness - the two things the Sensorites dislike. There's more in this than meets the eye. Hah, yes! (He walks towards the tunnel and gets swallowed up by the darkness.) DOCTOR: Hm-hm! Hm-hmph! 22, INT: RECEPTION ROOM FIRST-ELDER: But I do not understand why the Second Elder did not bring the antidote here. SUSAN: Well I managed to get some more, that's all that really matters. (She replaces a hypodermic on a tray that the worker Sensorite is holding.) SUSAN: Thank you. (The Sensorite bows and leaves.) SUSAN: Now no running around for a bit Ian. IAN: Yes Matron. Actually I'm quite happy to stay here. I feel as though someone had given me a good going over with a hammer. (The Scientist enters and wanders over to the First Elder.) SCIENTIST: I attend you sir. FIRST-ELDER: My orders have not been complied with. I asked for regular reports. Where have you been? SCIENTIST: Forgive me sir, the Doctor asked me to take him to the aqueduct. FIRST-ELDER: Why? SCIENTIST: He said that that was where the root of the trouble lay. I couldn't stop him, he send me away and said he was going in. FIRST-ELDER: Did you not warn him? SCIENTIST: Yes, but he took no notice. IAN: Warn him of what? FIRST-ELDER: The aqueduct, it's inhabited by monsters! SUSAN: What? IAN: What? Well why did you let him go down there? SCIENTIST: I couldn't stop him. IAN: Well we must get him out! Haven't you got someone you can send down there to help him? FIRST-ELDER: The caverns are dark, we are helpless. SUSAN: Well take some light with you then! FIRST-ELDER: Other expeditions have tried and failed. Most of our men do not return, and those that do speak of...terrible things. IAN: Well, I'll have to go myself. SUSAN: Oh no you won't! IAN: Well we can't stay here, Susan! SUSAN: You're too ill Ian. IAN: I'm not that ill. SUSAN: Alright. We'll need someone to show us the way. FIRST-ELDER: I-I beg you to change your mind. You cannot save your friend. IAN: We'll never know 'til we try, will we? (The Scientist leads them away.) FIRST-ELDER: These people have fine qualities. The second Elder and I have misjudged them; and I will tell him so. (He raises his TAD to his forehead.) 23, INT: DISINTEGRATOR ROOM (The Second Elder looks up as a whistling tone is felt in the room.) SECOND-ELDER: I hear you sir, I hear you. ADMINISTRATOR: Someone's mind is in communication with yours? Whose is it, the First Elder? SECOND-ELDER: Give me the mind transmitter. ADMINISTRATOR: Do you think I'm a fool? You can hear, but you cannot speak your mind without this! (He brandishes the TAD.) ADMINISTRATOR: What is he saying to you? SECOND-ELDER: I refuse to tell you. ADMINISTRATOR: Think of your family group! It's safety depends upon you. SECOND-ELDER: It is the First Elder, he says we have misjudged the human beings from Earth. He's saying that the one called the Doctor has gone down into the viaduct, that the young man and girl called Susan have gone to rescue him. He is asking why I don't reply. ADMINISTRATOR: No-one...no-one can come out of the aqueduct alive. The one that is known as the Doctor is near death, the other two approach death. I see victory for all my plans! 24, INT: AQUEDUCT ENTRANCE IAN: Is this it? SCIENTIST: Yes, take this. It's a radio-electric light. (Susan take the torch.) SUSAN: Thank you. Ian, how do you feel? If you don't want to go any further just say. IAN: No, I'm-I'm fine. Come on. (They walk through the curtain of darkness.) 25, INT: AQUEDUCT (The Doctor walks along the tunnel the light casting a slim pool of light in the all encompassing inky blackness.) DOCTOR: Is it? (He stoops to examine the base of one of the pipes and pulls out a tiny growth, examining it under a magnifying glass.) DOCTOR: Yes, I thought so. Atropa Belladonna - Deadly Nightshade! (He looks up in shock as he hears a bellowing roar somewhere close.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x34 - A Race Against Death"}
foreverdreaming
The Sensorites Kidnap By Peter R. Newman Original Air Date: 25th July, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1, INT: AQUEDUCT ENTRANCE IAN: Is this it? SCIENTIST: Yes, take this. It's a radio-electric light. (Susan takes the torch.) SUSAN: Thank you. Ian, how do you feel? If you don't want to go any further just say. IAN: No, I'm-I'm fine. Come on. (They walk through the curtain of darkness.) 2, INT: AQUEDUCT (The Doctor walks along the tunnel the light casting a slim pool of light in the all encompassing inky blackness.) DOCTOR: Is it? (He stoops to examine the base of one of the pipes and pulls out a tiny growth, examining it under a magnifying glass.) DOCTOR: Yes, I thought so. Atropa Belladonna - Deadly Nightshade! (He looks up in shock as he hears a bellowing roar somewhere close. Further along the aqueduct Ian and Susan are cautiously making their way.) SUSAN: What is it Ian? IAN: I don't know. SUSAN: Are you alright? IAN: Yes. SUSAN: Lean on me. DOCTOR: Keep away! Keep away! (There is another bellowing roar.) SUSAN: Grandfather! (They rush forwards through the gloom and comes across the prone form of the Doctor. Ian stoops to examine him.) IAN: He's unconscious. Here, help me to get him out of here. SUSAN: Oh, look at the state he's in! (As Ian tries to lift the Doctor the back of his frock coat is revealed to be torn to shreds.) IAN: No, don't worry about that, collect up his things. We don't want to hang around here. (The bellow begins to recede.) IAN: It's going away. (As Susan stoops to pick up the Doctor's things she notices a small vacant hole in the side of the tunnel.) SUSAN: Ian! Ian, what do you think this is? IAN: I dunno, part of an old lighting system I suppose. Don't worry about that now, let's get him out of here. Before that thing comes back. (Ian heaves the softly moaning form of the Doctor to his feet.) 3, INT: LABORATORY RICHMOND: Can't just give up! You know the aqueduct, surely you can help them in some way! FIRST-ELDER: I regret it is impossible. You have no conception of what extreme sound does to us. It stuns the brain and paralyses the nerves. SCIENTIST: And in the darkness we are helpless anyway, our warriors would be more of a hindrance than a help. RICHMOND: Is there no hope for them then? FIRST-ELDER: Let us talk of your companion, the man John. The senior Scientist tells me that he is making excellent progress. The final treatment will given today. RICHMOND: Thank you. FIRST-ELDER: You are sad for the friends you have lost. Rejoice for the friend who is being returned to you. (He moves over to the Scientist.) FIRST-ELDER: Scientist, you will report to me on your progress. SCIENTIST: I will sir. RICHMOND: Those poor people. 4, INT: AQUEDUCT ENTRANCE (The Doctor seems to have recovered consciousness, but is still looking a little worse for wear. He sits panting and holding his coat which is torn to shreds along the back.) SUSAN: Grandfather just look at this coat, it's ruined. IAN: Those look like claw marks. Strange that they didn't reach the skin. (Ian examines the coat.) DOCTOR: Yeah, strange indeed when you realise that I was at the mercy of that creature! It was so dark in there it was invisible and it knocked me to the ground. IAN: Are you sure you didn't see it? DOCTOR: No-no-no, something h*t me under the heart and it was most unpleasant. It's a good thing I'd sent you that antidote. SUSAN: Oh, we... DOCTOR: Otherwise I'd've been in a much state...much worse state than I was. SUSAN: We didn't get the antidote, I had to go all the way back to the laboratory and get some more. DOCTOR: What?! IAN: Yes, surrounded by enemies. DOCTOR: Yes true, true. That water, and those monsters in there. And now it appears that there's someone among the Sensorites that bear us ill will. That's two separate enemies. IAN: Don't you mean three? DOCTOR: No-no-no, don't mistake me. The water and the monsters are distinctly connected, but I've more or less solved that problem. But this Sensorite who is against us is a much greater danger. Now I suggest that we go back and try to find out which one it is. (Puffing and panting, he and Ian walk off still supporting each other. As they leave the face of the Engineer peers from around the back of the pipes.) 5, INT: LABORATORY JOHN: Treachery... RICHMOND: He keeps on saying the same things. JOHN: A plot...I must warn you. RICHMOND: I'm sure he's discovered something or he's overheard something and he's trying to tell us. JOHN: Yes, tell you...warn you... RICHMOND: You see? SCIENTIST: It must be illusion. Our society is based upon trust; treason or secret plotting is impossible. RICHMOND: That's rather a sweeping statement. SCIENTIST: But why should a Sensorite make any secret plans against anyone? We have the perfect society, all are contented. RICHMOND: Some people always want more than others. SCIENTIST: That is a human quality, surely. (The Scientist wanders across the room for a moment and Carol turns to John.) RICHMOND: Perhaps. Rest quietly now John, it won't be long. (The Scientist returns from his task.) RICHMOND: You were trying to explain something to me earlier. SCIENTIST: We discovered long ago that in our brains there were many different compartments. When fear and alarm is at work, that section becomes open, a veil is lifted, do you understand. RICHMOND: Yes. SCIENTIST: That is what has happened to the man John, but the veil will not lower itself. Thus he is constantly afraid, even when he's at peace. When he's asleep for example; the body says one thing, the brain the other - thus his condition. Utter confusion. RICHMOND: And this treatment you're giving him is in order to close down that veil? SCIENTIST: Yes. Not permanently of course, or he would step into danger without concern, the veil must function normally again. RICHMOND: It's rather like an eyelid isn't it? Oh, these shutters over my eyes. (She touches an eye.) SCIENTIST: Hah, yes. To see all the time is not a good thing. Now we must begin. RICHMOND: Yes. (The Scientist moves away to his equipment again and Carol returns to John. RICHMOND: I'll be here all the time John. JOHN: Carol. (She moves a little closer.) RICHMOND: Yes, that's right. JOHN: I must tell you, but it's so difficult... RICHMOND: Soon you'll be able to tell me all you've found out. 6, INT: DISINTEGRATOR ROOM ENGINEER: There is no mistake City Administrator, I saw the Doctor and the other two leave the aqueduct. I heard them over...over...t-talking. He too is suspicious. ADMINISTRATOR: The creature John is nearly cured, he too can speak against me. We are nearly surrounded by our enemies. SECOND-ELDER: You will be uncovered as a traitor and a criminal. ADMINISTRATOR: Silence! ENGINEER: What are we to do? ADMINISTRATOR: These Earth creature are working to destroy the Sensorite nation. Their pleasant smiles conceal sharp teeth. Their soft words conceal hidden thr*at. SECOND-ELDER: Please don't listen. (The Second Elder reaches out towards the worker, and his hand gets slapped away.) ADMINISTRATOR: And who opposes them? These timid creatures, like this second Elder whose sash I wear. SECOND-ELDER: Thief! ADMINISTRATOR: Weakling! Betrayer of our people! coward! I should imprison you in some room wherein no light can shine and fill that room with noise! (He thumps the side of the seat.) SECOND-ELDER: Oh...do it then. Finish with me. ADMINISTRATOR: Not yet. Remember, I hold your family group. First you shall do something for me. Summon the senior Warrior with your mind-transmitter. (He presents the Second Elder with his Thought Amplification Disc.) ADMINISTRATOR: Tell him to bring the f*ring key of the disintegrator and meet you in the forecourt of the palace. SECOND-ELDER: No. ADMINISTRATOR: Remember your family group. SECOND-ELDER: Very well. (He takes the disc from the Administrator.) ADMINISTRATOR: I shall be listening. Stand over over him, stun him if he sends his mind to anyone other than the senior warrior. Now send this thought: Senior Warrior, this is the Second Elder... (As the whistling tone begins again, the Second Elder takes the disc from his forehead for a moment.) ADMINISTRATOR: Go on, send it! (He resumes with the message.) ADMINISTRATOR: Good! 7, INT: ROOF TERRACE (The senior Warrior listens in with his TAD pressed to his forehead.) 8, INT: DISINTEGRATOR ROOM ADMINISTRATOR: He's answering! Tell him to bring the f*ring key and meet you in the courtyard of the Palace of the Elders. (The Administrator snatches away the disc and the whistling fades away.) ADMINISTRATOR: That is enough. I shall keep the appointment you have made. The senior Warrior shall know me by the sash I wear - your sash! Guard him well. (The Administrator leaves the room.) SECOND-ELDER: Why do you listen to him, why do you follow him? ENGINEER: He will not betray our people, nor surrender our planet! SECOND-ELDER: He will bring us all down, all of us. ENGINEER: Be silent! SECOND-ELDER: All of us! 9, INT: ROOF TERRACE DOCTOR: Well you've been exerting yourself boy, naturally you're weak. SUSAN: He can rest now can't he Grandfather? We'll force him to. IAN: I wish you two'd stop fussing over me. DOCTOR: Now, now, now, you must do as you are told and that is that! (The Doctor looks over and sees what appears to be the Second Elder talking with the senior Warrior. The Warrior hands over the metal rod.) DOCTOR: Isn't that one of the Elders? SUSAN: Oh that's the second Elder, he's only got one sash. DOCTOR: Now take it easy, I want a word with him. (As the Administrator attempts to scurry away the Doctor pursues him.) DOCTOR: I say, you sir! Sir, I'd like a word with you... (The Warrior looks in the Doctor's direction, then walks away.) SUSAN: It's a funny place down here isn't it? IAN: What about up there? I wonder how Barbara's getting on? SUSAN: Mm, I wish she were down here with us. IAN: I wish were were up there in the TARDIS and away from here. Still, I know what you mean. Hey, why don't we ask the first Elder if Barbara can come down and join us here? SUSAN: Yes! DOCTOR: Hmph! Most extraordinary, he ran away from me! SUSAN: That must have looked very funny. Hehehe. (She does an impression of a running Sensorite.) SUSAN: Flip-flap, flip-flap... (And giggles.) DOCTOR: I assure you he was very mobile, my child! Come along, let's get into the first Elder's room. Come along... 10, INT: DISINTEGRATOR ROOM (The Administrator returns with the disintegrator f*ring key and glances at the second Elder.) ADMINISTRATOR: Why have you not retied his hands? (As the worker moves to tie the second Elder up he gazes at the piece of metal in his hands.) ADMINISTRATOR: Now... Now I have the power! (Before the worker can tie his hands the second Elder jumps up and snatches the f*ring key from the Administrator. He presses the metal rod against a corner of the disintegrator, and with both hands he pushes his whole weight on the key bending it out of shape.) ADMINISTRATOR: Stop him you fool! (The Administrator rushes up to the second Elder, but is thrown back against the wall. The worker rushes up and clubs the second Elder to the ground with his fist, then examines him. Getting up, the Administrator picks up the f*ring key, but it is beyond repair.) ADMINISTRATOR: He has broken it! ENGINEER: The second Elder is d*ad! ADMINISTRATOR: The only other f*ring key is in the possession the first Elder. ENGINEER: Then we shall have to give up. We must leave the city, hide in the mountains! ADMINISTRATOR: No-no, don't be silly. The death of the second Elder can help us, not condemn us. We must act quickly, you know the man called the Doctor? ENGINEER: Yes. ADMINISTRATOR: You can describe him? ENGINEER: Yes. ADMINISTRATOR: Good! Then I will outline my plan to you. 11, INT: RECEPTION ROOM FIRST-ELDER: Yes I have asked questions. The first supply of the antidote which you sent, Doctor, was intercepted by my second Elder; my advisor. And he has since disappeared. SUSAN: Well we saw him in the courtyard. FIRST-ELDER: His behaviour is a mystery. DOCTOR: Yes, strange indeed sir. I tried to talk to him and he ran away. IAN: Yes, you still won't accept that he's done something bad. FIRST-ELDER: I cannot. I selected him for office, but it is not pride which make me...makes me defend my choice. I know that Sensorite, I trust him. DOCTOR: And yet you can't explain his actions. FIRST-ELDER: A mystery does not mean that he is guilty. (A worker Sensorite walks over and bows at the Elder.) FIRST-ELDER: For the Doctor. (The Doctor stands and Sensorite drapes a long black cloak around his shoulders.) DOCTOR: My dear sir, that's most civil of you! I ruined my jacket down in the aqueduct, but of course I have others on my ship. Haha, thank you. SUSAN: Very smart. DOCTOR: Beau Brummell always said I look better in a cloak! (They laugh. The Administrator approaches the first Elder holding the bent f*ring key.) FIRST-ELDER: The city Administrator wishes to speak? ADMINISTRATOR: Urgently sir. A story has been put before me that you should hear. FIRST-ELDER: Now? ADMINISTRATOR: It concerns the second Elder and these Earth creatures. FIRST-ELDER: Very well. (The Administrator moves to the back of the room.) ADMINISTRATOR: Enter. (The worker Sensorite and the senior Warrior enter and approach the first Elder.) ADMINISTRATOR: Tell your story. ENGINEER: Sir, the second Elder is d*ad. (The first Elder jumps to his feet.) ENGINEER: He was k*lled in the courtyard. I saw the man who k*lled him. FIRST-ELDER: The man? ENGINEER: Yes sir. It was the man called the Doctor. SUSAN: Well that's not true! ADMINISTRATOR: The senior Warrior here has evidence. Speak! WARRIOR: I met the second Elder in the courtyard as he asked me to. I gave him the f*ring k-key of the disintegrator as he asked me to. Then I saw the Doctor go after the second Elder calling him. DOCTOR: Yes, I did that, but I didn't k*ll him. ENGINEER: I saw you! You wrestled for possession of the f*ring key. ADMINISTRATOR: There is the f*ring key, bent as though in a struggle. ENGINEER: And finally, when the second Elder resisted, you took an object from inside your coat and struck him down and k*lled him! FIRST-ELDER: This is a grave charge. IAN: But obviously untrue sir. FIRST-ELDER: Why? (Ian gets up and approaches the worker Sensorite with the air of a professional barrister.) IAN: How did you recognise the Doctor? ENGINEER: His hair is different. (Ian nods with an air of calm skepticism.) IAN: Yes... ENGINEER: So are his clothes. IAN: Oh yes, his clothes. You say you saw him take an object from his pocket? ENGINEER: Yes. IAN: You could see quite clearly, you were sure it was from his coat pocket? ENGINEER: I tell you yes! All the Sensorites know the Doctor by his... (The Doctor regally gets to his feet and draws one side of the cloak around him with an air of a Georgian peer.) IAN: The Doctor's coat is outside the aqueduct, you are lying! ENGINEER: Then...then it...it was a cloak he was wearing! Yes it was, I'm sure of it now - it was a cloak! (The first Elder steps forward sternly.) FIRST-ELDER: I have just presented the Doctor with that cloak. Your story is a tissue of lies, remove him. (The warrior leads the worker out by the arm, past the Administrator.) ADMINISTRATOR: I shall interview you myself. (The Warrior and prisoner depart.) ADMINISTRATOR: Sir, you must forgive his wild accusation, but I felt his story should be brought before you. (The first Elder stares sadly forward.) FIRST-ELDER: Oh, you acted correctly. What can have possessed my advisor? ADMINISTRATOR: The second Elder, sir, was always opposed to our visitors. P-perhaps he stole the f*ring key in order to att*ck them with the disintegrator? SUSAN: I bet he stole our antidote too! He was our enemy. FIRST-ELDER: A sad matter, but since he has deceived us my sympathies should not be wasted. As to his replacement... ADMINISTRATOR: I have his sash of office here so that you may choose an advisor immediately. (Ian whispers to the others.) IAN: Perhaps he ought not to look further than this room? SUSAN: Yes! If he thought he got promotion because of us, he'd be a useful ally. DOCTOR: Just what I was thinking. (The Doctor gets up and approaches the first Elder.) DOCTOR: Yes, of course sir, we have no wish to interfere in your affairs, but the er, city Administrator seems to have all the qualifications. FIRST-ELDER: Well, what do you say? Can you accept such power? ADMINISTRATOR: My only ambition is to serve the Sensorite nation. FIRST-ELDER: Then accept this sash. (He places the sash into the Administrator.) FIRST-ELDER: I make you my advisor, from now on you will be known as the second Elder, second only on the Sense-Sphere to me. And once this order has been made, only a betrayal of trust can set it aside. (The Administrator hands over his collar of office.) FIRST-ELDER: My new advisor and I have much to discuss. You will excuse us? DOCTOR: Certainly sir. My companions and I will pay a visit to the man John and note his progress. (As they move off Susan stops.) SUSAN: Oh, you were going to ask about Barbara. IAN: I don't think this is quite the moment. I'll ask later. (He pauses beside the new second Elder a moment.) IAN: Oh, and er, congratulations. EX-ADMINISTRATOR: When you address one of the Elders you call him sir! (Ian frowns and leaves.) 12, INT: LABORATORY SCIENTIST: Now we shall know. (Carol's face blurs in and out of focus before John.) RICHMOND: John? John? JOHN: Such a headache... SCIENTIST: That will go quickly. JOHN: It's easing now. (He looks at Carol and smiles.) JOHN: Carol. (She screws up her face.) JOHN: You're crying. RICHMOND: I'm alright, really I am. It's just that I haven't seen you smile for so long. JOHN: But we can't have you crying can we? (He gets up from the couch.) JOHN: I'm alright now, I'm alright. That pain's gone quite suddenly. Was it awful? RICHMOND: Oh! (She hugs him.) RICHMOND: All that matters is how you are now. JOHN: What have I been like all this time? RICHMOND: Don't you remember? JOHN: Some things. But mostly there seems a sort of grey cloud. I just remember that...that it seems a very long time. RICHMOND: Yes. Oh John, I can't tell you how I feel. How glad. SCIENTIST: It is indeed a time of happiness for both of you. RICHMOND: oh, this is the Scientist who cured you. JOHN: Then I have a lot to thank you for. (John extends his hand to the Sensorite who just looks at it blankly.) SCIENTIST: What do you ask for? JOHN: Oh, we have a custom of shaking hands with people in friendship. (John shakes hands with the Scientist and Carol giggles. Just then, the Doctor walks through the door followed by Susan and Ian.) DOCTOR: Well, well, what a happy scene, mm! SUSAN: Do you remember us? (John smiles at Susan.) JOHN: I remember you distinctly. IAN: Well I'm Ian, and this is the Doctor, Susan's Grandfather. DOCTOR: I'm glad to see you don't bear a grudge against the Sensorites for the past. RICHMOND: All that matters now is the present. DOCTOR: Splendid! (He walks over to the Scientist and leads him away.) DOCTOR: Now sir, the antidote. I wonder if you are aware, mm... JOHN: I remember another girl. SUSAN: Oh, that's Barbara, we both found you. She's up in the spaceship. JOHN: Oh I see. RICHMOND: John, all the time you were ill you were trying to warn us of something. JOHN: Mm, there was a Sensorite here who was dangerous. I must try and remember what happened. I know there was a plot. (The ex-Administrator silently enters the room in his second Elder's sash.) JOHN: That's right, someone was plotting against you. EX-ADMINISTRATOR: And this Sensorite, can you identify him? JOHN: No. EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Is he in this room? JOHN: No. There was something particularly odd about his clothes I remember, but exactly what... EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Yes, it must have been the Sensorite who has just died. JOHN: Yes I suppose it must. EX-ADMINISTRATOR: The first Elder wishes to talk to the Doctor. You will inform him! SUSAN: Alright! JOHN: He's not very friendly. SUSAN: Well he's only just become second Elder, I should think he's trying out his new authority. RICHMOND: I wouldn't like to cross him. (A little way away Ian and the Doctor are examining artifacts on a table.) DOCTOR: And what is this little collection of things here? (Ian picks something up from the table.) SCIENTIST: Left behind by the humans that were k*lled in the spaceship expl*si*n. DOCTOR: I see. (The Doctor reads a document.) IAN: Oh look at these Doctor, family snapshots. Hah! Look. DOCTOR: Yes, now just a moment, this is important. IAN: Oh? DOCTOR: This is a rough plan of the aqueduct. SCIENTIST: One of the human beings was very interested in the aqueduct. DOCTOR: Is that so? SUSAN: Grandfather, the first Elder wants to talk to you. DOCTOR: Oh yes, I have a couple of questions for him. SCIENTIST: This is only a sketch, I can let you have a plan in detail if you wish. DOCTOR: Mm, very valuable, very valuable. SCIENTIST: The city Administrator can have no objection. DOCTOR: Oh. SUSAN: The city Administrator! DOCTOR: What about him? SUSAN: Of course! DOCTOR: Mm? SUSAN: John, you know you said there was something odd about the Sensorite? W-was it his collar? JOHN: Collar, yes! That was it! SUSAN: Oh you see, the city Administrator - he was our enemy! IAN: What, the one who's just been made second Elder? SUSAN: Yes! When John was ill he must have given himself away. IAN: Yes, he was certainly pretty odd with me. DOCTOR: If this is true what you say Susan, then there's trouble ahead for us. That Sensorite has power now. IAN: Yes, and the worst of it is, we gave him the power. 13, INT: DISINTEGRATOR ROOM EX-ADMINISTRATOR: You were not to know that the Doctor had changed his coat. I managed your escape from prison and that is all that matters. ENGINEER: I am grateful, but what use am I now? EX-ADMINISTRATOR: I still have a task for you. (The ex-Administrator opens a box which contains two hand-ray w*apon.) EX-ADMINISTRATOR: You are accomplished in mechanical matters? ENGINEER: Yes, but what do you want me to do? EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Can you remove the mechanisms from these, but leave them looking perfect from the outside? ENGINEER: Yes. EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Then do it! 14, INT: RECEPTION ROOM IAN: It's no use telling him stories about the second Elder, Doctor, we've got to give him proof. (The first Elder walks through the doorway.) DOCTOR: Yes, I quite agree. And the only way to get that proof is to go back into the aqueduct. IAN: Mm. DOCTOR: What about Susan? IAN: Look, why don't you ask the first Elder if we can have Barbara down here again? DOCTOR: A good idea! FIRST-ELDER: Gentlemen, be seated. (They sit together on a low bench.) DOCTOR: Yes sir, thank you. IAN: Well sir, the Doctor and I have discussed this poison business, and we are convinced that your water supply is being deliberately poisoned. DOCTOR: What we propose to do sir, is to go down into the aqueduct, find your enemies and stop them. FIRST-ELDER: Very well, but you will take light with you, and such arms as we can provide. DOCTOR: Thank you. (The first Elder presses his TAD to his forehead and the whistling tone starts up again. The Doctor whispers to Ian.) DOCTOR: We're making progress. IAN: Barbara. (The Doctor turns back to the first Elder.) DOCTOR: I wonder sir, could I ask you a small favour? FIRST-ELDER: Ask it. DOCTOR: Er, we have a companion, a young lady on the ship. Er, is it possible for her to be brought down here in the sense-Sphere, mm? FIRST-ELDER: It will be arranged. DOCTOR: Oh, splendid sir, splendid! WARRIOR: I have brought the w*apon sir. FIRST-ELDER: Ah, thank you Warrior. Instruct them as to their use. (The Warrior opens the box to reveal two hand-rays.) 15, INT: ROOF TERRACE EX-ADMINISTRATOR: It is done. I have arranged that the two useless w*apon be delivered to the humans. Hide yourself. (The Sensorite moves behind the fountain as a messenger walks by.) EX-ADMINISTRATOR: What have you there? MESSENGER: A map of the aqueduct sir. The Doctor asked for it. EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Give it to me, I will deliver it. Return to your duties. MESSENGER: Thank you sir. (He hands it over, bows and then leaves.) MESSENGER: The plan of the aqueduct. Quickly, change some of the routes on this, and see that the messenger delivers it to the Doctor. ENGINEER: It shall be done. EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Now, not only shall they go down into the aqueduct with useless armaments, but they will be hopelessly lost as well! 16, INT: RECEPTION ROOM (Ian examines a hand-ray.) IAN: Very simple to use Doctor. (He offers it to the Doctor who moves his arm aside.) DOCTOR: Yeah...er, careful! WARRIOR: The range is considerable. The ray paralyses up to a distance of thirty yards. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, splendid. And remember dear boy, that I will be standing nearly next to you! I have never liked w*apon at any time, however they're handy little things. Tell me, how long does this paralysis last? WARRIOR: One hour. DOCTOR: Fine, fine. Well these w*apon are splendid, sir. Without a doubt they'll help us to make success. FIRST-ELDER: And yet I do not envy you your adventure. I still wish I could dissuade you. DOCTOR: Yes, and that brings me to another problem, my Granddaughter Susan. She's bound to want to come with us. IAN: I don't think she ought to Doctor. DOCTOR: No. I agree with you my boy, we must go and not tell her, and avoid any arguments. I wonder sir, would you mind keeping a small secret until we're well and truly away? FIRST-ELDER: Very well. DOCTOR: Yes, thank you. After all, there's no danger now we have these protectors. And I'm sure we can settle our little business in an hour or two. (A messenger arrives, bows and presents the Doctor with a scroll before leaving.) FIRST-ELDER: Ah, the map of the aqueduct. DOCTOR: Oh, excellent sir, excellent! IAN: Well... Let's go and make an enemy, Doctor. DOCTOR: Now, you're quite sure you're up to it? IAN: Quite. DOCTOR: Splendid, lead the way. Sir. (The Doctor bows to the first Elder and then moves off.) WARRIOR: They are brave people sir. (The first Elder looks sad at the prospect of the certain demise of the Doctor and Ian.) FIRST-ELDER: We will not regret having known them. WARRIOR: I am glad they were innocent of k*lling the second Elder, sir. FIRST-ELDER: Yes, I am anxious about that. You realise that if they did not k*ll my advisor then he must have been k*lled by a Sensorite? WARRIOR: But who would do such a thing? FIRST-ELDER: Who, yes. But also I ask myself; why was it done? 17, INT: LABORATORY (Susan is setting bowls of strange Sensorite fruits onto a table.) JOHN: I've never felt so hungry. RICHMOND: Oh won't it be wonderful when we get back to the Earth, John? How I long for a thick, juicy steak! JOHN: Mm, well you'll have to make do with a small juicy fruit! (Carol and Susan laugh.) SUSAN: I wonder where they're up to, where they've gone to? I wonder what they're talking about for all this time? RICHMOND: Oh, well I expect they're arranging for our return into the spaceship. SUSAN: Oh. 19, INT: AQUEDUCT ENTRANCE (The Doctor and Ian pause by the grimy, rattling pipes at the entrance to the aqueduct. Then step through into the inky void.) 20, INT: LABORATORY RICHMOND: I think I'll go over to the Palace of the Elders and try and hurry them up. SUSAN: Oh, would you Carol? Thank you. JOHN: Tell them I'm starving. CAROL: Alright. (Carol walks out of the door and Susan closes it behind her.) SUSAN: John I... I'm so happy that you're better now, so's Carol. Well you can see that for yourself. JOHN: Mm, she's had a bad time. You know, I have a feeling that we'll both give up space travelling when we get back to Earth. SUSAN: Oh and get married? JOHN: Mm, she's all I really care about. Come on, let's eat. I'm tired of waiting. (They tuck into the fruits.) 21, INT: ROOF TERRACE (Carol walks along the terrace. She pauses momentarily beside the fountain. Looking around, she frowns and begins to move off again when a hand clamps over her mouth and she is dragged away.)
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foreverdreaming
The Sensorites A Desperate Venture By Peter R. Newman Original Air Date: 1st August, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1, INT: LABORATORY RICHMOND: I think I'll go over to the Palace of the Elders and try and hurry them up. SUSAN: Oh, would you Carol? Thank you. JOHN: Tell them I'm starving. RICHMOND: Alright. (Carol walks out of the door and Susan closes it behind her.) SUSAN: John I... I'm so happy that you're better now, so's Carol. Well you can see that for yourself. JOHN: Mm, she's had a bad time. You know, I've a feeling that we'll both give up space travelling when we get back to Earth. SUSAN: Oh and get married? JOHN: Mm, she's all I really care about. Come on, let's eat. I'm tired of waiting. (They tuck into the fruits.) 2, EXT: ROOF TERRACE (Carol walks along the terrace. She pauses momentarily beside the fountain. Looks around and frowning, she begins to move off again when a hand clamps over her mouth and she is dragged away.) 3, INT: DISINTEGRATOR ROOM (Carol is pushed through the door and thrust roughly to the ground.) RICHMOND: Why are you doing this? EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Pay attention to me! You will write a letter to the man John. RICHMOND: I certainly will not! EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Argument is a waste of time! Two of your friends have gone up into the spaceship they cannot help you; two of the others have gone down into the aqueduct. RICHMOND: The Doctor and Ian? EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Yes. They cannot help you. The other two, the man John and the girl Susan are waiting innocently in the laboratory for you. Your party is divided. RICHMOND: What do you want me to do? EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Write to the man John. Tell him that you have gone up into the spaceship, in this way he will not suspect your disappearance. RICHMOND: You can't force me to do this! EX-ADMINISTRATOR: I can see that you stay alive. Your life means nothing to me, let us make a bargain: you will write the note, I will see you live. RICHMOND: Very well. ENGINEER: Be wary of her, we cannot read her thoughts. She may be... EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Be quiet! Write. (He points and Carol does so.) EX-ADMINISTRATOR: You will stay here and guard her. She will guarantee the success of all my plans. ENGINEER: And I shall be given high office? EX-ADMINISTRATOR: I shall reward those who are faithful to me. (The ex-Administrator snatches the note from Carol and reads it.) 4, INT: RECEPTION ROOM (Susan and John glance at the note which reads: SUSAN: She couldn't have gone up to the spaceship. JOHN: I should have seen her or passed her on the way. BARBARA: She was obviously forced to write this, and whoever did it had no idea that I was being brought down here. JOHN: Oh I bet that the City Administrator had something to do with it. SUSAN: But why kidnap her? BARBARA: I should think the why is fairly obvious, wouldn't you? JOHN: No I don't think it is Barbara. We're on good terms with the first Elder, the Doctor's discovered an antidote for the poison and now he and Ian are tracking down the cause of the trouble. BARBARA: Look, I've been away in the ship, so maybe I can see things more clearly, and I think we're being used by one of the Sensorites who wants to gain power. SUSAN: You mean we're not just being att*cked because we're from other planets? BARBARA: No. (The first Elder wanders in.) FIRST-ELDER: I greet you. BARBARA: Thank you. FIRST-ELDER: Your friends expressed so much concern about you, I agreed to have you brought down to the sense sphere. BARBARA: I'm afraid we must ask for your help. FIRST-ELDER: If I can. BARBARA: The Doctor and Ian are missing, have you any idea where they are? (The first Elder looks a little torn for a moment.) BARBARA: Well please, tell me. FIRST-ELDER: There is a quality in human beings which intrigues me, your concern for each other. I assure you the two men are safe. SUSAN: You know where they are? FIRST-ELDER: Yes, but they asked me not to tell you what their plans were. SUSAN: Oh, that's Grandfather. BARBARA: Look, would you mind reading this letter? (He reads Carol's note.) FIRST-ELDER: I gave no such order. BARBARA: No, we didn't think you did. FIRST-ELDER: Then why did your friend write what is not true? JOHN: Because someone made her write it. FIRST-ELDER: She could not travel without my ordering it. Where did you see...receive this? SUSAN: Well, it was given to us in the courtyard, where all the arches are. JOHN: She is being held prisoner. FIRST-ELDER: Not by any Sensorite. JOHN: Of course she is! BARBARA: Quietly, John. SUSAN: Look, whatever she wrote this with wasn't dry, I-I put my thumb on it and smudged it. FIRST-ELDER: And this is her writing? SUSAN: Yes. JOHN: Yes. And that smudge must have...means that it was written just before we got it. FIRST-ELDER: Are you implying that your friend Carol is being held prisoner in this Palace? I assure you she is not. BARBARA: Are there any other buildings in vicinity? FIRST-ELDER: None. Except the disintegrator room. BARBARA: Where's that? FIRST-ELDER: Below the courtyard, it is rarely used now. I cannot allow this mystery, but I can see that it worries you. As to your other friends I must tell you, they have gone down into the aqueduct. SUSAN: What? FIRST-ELDER: Oh, they were given light and a good map - also they were armed. They can be in no danger. 5, INT: AQUEDUCT (Ian examines the hand-rays.) IAN: There's no doubt about it Doctor, the inside filament's been removed. These w*apon are useless. DOCTOR: Yes, It's only one of our troubles dear boy, look at this map. It's no use to us, look! All the lines have been altered. Someone's been jigging around with it! IAN: We'll get out of here somehow Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, in time; but have we got that time? Remember we've brought no food with us, and the only water available is that poisoned water out there, with deadly nightshade. That's a charming outlook, hah! 6, INT: DISINTEGRATOR ROOM RICHMOND: How long are you going to keep me here? ENGINEER: That is not for me to say. RICHMOND: Look, I've had nothing to eat and I'm very thirsty. ENGINEER: It is of no consequence. RICHMOND: But I wrote the letter! ENGINEER: But surely you didn't think you would be released? all human creatures are naïve. (The door behind the Engineer, opens and John quietly enters.) ENGINEER: They live while they have a purpose, as soon as that purpose is achieved their life has no value left. (The Engineer turns and sees John rushing towards him. He grabs a laser-cutter that is attached to the disintegrator by a wire and holds it over Carol causing John to skid to a halt.) ENGINEER: Stop! I've only to cut her with this and she will die! JOHN: Don't be foolish, put it down! ENGINEER: No Sensorite should be humbled before a human creature! (Carol takes the initiative and pulls the wire out of the disintegrator to a satisfying crackle and a cloud of smoke. She jumps up.) JOHN: Throw it down. Throw it down! (As John shouts, the Engineer drops the cutter. The Warrior enters.) JOHN: Take him to the first Elder. (The Warrior places a hand of the law onto the Engineer's shoulder.) WARRIOR: I have already imprisoned you once, this time you will not escape. (The Warrior leads the Engineer away. Carol buries her head in John's shoulder.) RICHMOND: Oh John! 7, INT: RECEPTION ROOM (The First Elder is talking with the ex-Administrator.) FIRST-ELDER: This is very serious. That Sensorite was imprisoned on my order, now I find that he has escaped and kidnapped one of the human beings. EX-ADMINISTRATOR: He is a menace to society! FIRST-ELDER: I agree. EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Let him be punished! FIRST-ELDER: He shall be! We must also find who his accomplice is. EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Ah, so you believe that another Sensorite is working with him? FIRST-ELDER: Obviously. He had to girl that..guard the girl Carol. Who then, delivered the letter she was forced to write? (Susan and Barbara walk over.) FIRST-ELDER: What I cannot tolerate is accusation, I must have clear and definite proof. (The first Elder notices Susan and Barbara.) EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Yes sir. Clear and definite proof. FIRST-ELDER: Come in my friends. You have been questioning this Sensorite who has acted so treacherously? SUSAN: Yes, and what he told us is terrifying. EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Has he identified his accomplice? BARBARA: No. SUSAN: Not yet. BARBARA: But he did say that the maps and the g*n given to the Doctor and Ian were quite useless. FIRST-ELDER: Outrageous! This Sensorite will die for this! SUSAN: Oh yes, but what about Grandfather and Ian? FIRST-ELDER: What can I say? (The first Elder gazes sadly into the distance.) FIRST-ELDER: Lost and unarmed in the aqueduct... BARBARA: I'm afraid that answer isn't good enough! EX-ADMINISTRATOR: Do not be insolent to the first Elder! (Barbara ignores the ex-Administrator, and approaches the first Elder who is still staring forward.) SUSAN: Look, you must decide who your friends are and save them. FIRST-ELDER: There is nothing I can do. BARBARA: Is there an authentic map to the aqueduct? FIRST-ELDER: Yes. BARBARA: Well if Susan and I can find a way to rescue them, will you help us? EX-ADMINISTRATOR: I am suspicious of these creatures sir, they ask too much. FIRST-ELDER: That other human being, the Doctor, he has found a cure for our people. He has placed his life in danger for the sake of the Sensorite Nation. (He turns, coming to a decision.) FIRST-ELDER: Yes, I will give you all the help I can. 8, INT: CHANNEL MOUTH IAN: Well whatever's out there hasn't att*cked us yet. DOCTOR: Mm. (As if on cue, a bellow comes from the darkness.) DOCTOR: Courage my boy, both hands. Come on. (They move towards the source of the sound. Passing another dirty concrete archway, Ian stops.) IAN: Doctor! DOCTOR: Mm? IAN: Something moved slightly up ahead of us. (The Doctor rolls up the map until it is a tight tube, and hands it to Ian. He tiptoes across the tunnel with the map held out, looking as if he is about to swat a very loud fly. Suddenly a hand grabs Ian in the darkness, there is a brief struggle between him, and an enthusiastic something dressed in rags, during which Ian drops the map. In moments the something scurries off along the tunnel. Picking himself up, Ian rejoins the Doctor.) DOCTOR: Mm? IAN: Doctor, it was a man! I know it was! DOCTOR: Are you sure? IAN: Yes! Look, this came away in the struggle. (Ian shows the Doctor a faded rocket-shaped badge.) DOCTOR: It looks like a shoulder flash. I-N-E-E-R. Yes, just as I suspected! It must be one of those survivors from that spaceship that exploded. IAN: Well why should they come here? DOCTOR: To hide and poison the water. IAN: Yes, but why poison the water in the first place? DOCTOR: Let's go and ask him! 9, INT: LABORATORY (Barbara points to a scale model of the lower section of the Sensorite city.) BARBARA: This is the entrance to the aqueducts? FIRST-ELDER: Yes. BARBARA: Tell me, can I use one of your mind-transmitters? FIRST-ELDER: You have my permission to try. But how will it help you? BARBARA: Well, John and I will go down to the Aqueduct, Susan will stay here and direct us. SUSAN: Yes, and we can both guide...guide them both out. FIRST-ELDER: My Scientists tell me that you do not require the use of our mind transmitters. SUSAN: Well, I've always been able to read your mind, but only when you allowed me too. FIRST-ELDER: Your mind must be finely tuned, the frequencies covering the surface of the Sense-Sphere are numerous. You must be able to break in on the major ones. BARBARA: Well I can't, do you mind if I try your invention? (The Scientist bows, and hands Barbara his thought amplification device.) FIRST-ELDER: Hold it to your forehead, and try to close your mind to everything but the person to whom you wish to communicate. It is safe, provided you do not allow your concentration to slip. BARBARA: Alright. Susan, let's try a little experiment. SUSAN: Right. (Barbara presses the disc to her head and the whistling tone starts up. Over in the corner of the room, Susan stands with her hands to her head listening out. She smiles and walks over to the model of the aqueduct and points.) SUSAN: The entrance to the aqueduct is there. (Barbara removes the TAD from her forehead.) BARBARA: It works! (Susan giggles.) BARBARA: Well there's no point in delaying, as soon as John and I reach the entrance you start directing us. Alright? SUSAN: Right. Carol'll be here to help me. BARBARA: Good. (Barbara hesitates a moment on her way out.) BARBARA: Oh by the way, I would like one of your warriors left here with Susan. SUSAN: Yes, one that you trust implicitly. FIRST-ELDER: I trust all Sensorites, you will be guarded safely. SUSAN: Thank you. Please find them Barbara. (Barbara nods and leaves.) FIRST-ELDER: A very capable human being. SUSAN: Yes, she is. FIRST-ELDER: Gentle, yet with strong determination and courage. (The first Elder and Susan both talk over each other.) FIRST-ELDER: I was about to... SUSAN: I was going to... (And then fall silent for a moment.) SUSAN: I... I-I was going to say: why do you trust your people? FIRST-ELDER: Why do you want to make me doubt them? SUSAN: But trust can't be taken for granted, it must be earned. I trust you, but only because I know you. FIRST-ELDER: But Susan, our whole life is based on trust. SUSAN: Yes, and that might be your downfall. Look, you don't trust the ground you walk on until you know it is firm, do you? (The first Elder shakes his head.) SUSAN: So why trust your people blindly? FIRST-ELDER: When I listen to you, you who are so young among your own kind, I realise that we Sensorites have a lot to learn from the people of Earth. SUSAN: Well Grandfather and I don't come from Earth. Oh, it's ages since we've seen our planet. It's quite like Earth, but at night the sky is a burnt orange; and the leaves on the trees are bright silver... (She smiles at the thought.) FIRST-ELDER: My mind tells me that wish to see your home again, and yet there is a part of you which calls for adventure. A wanderlust. SUSAN: Yes. Well, we'll all go home someday, that's if you'll let us. FIRST-ELDER: I think I will. I hope all of you will be able to. 10, INT: SUBTERRANEAN CHANNEL (Ian and the Doctor are deep underground in the oldest section of the aqueduct. The tunnels all look the same run down condition, with only the increasing frigidity of the air to indicate their steady descend into the bowels of the Sense-sphere.) IAN: Could be going around in circles you know. DOCTOR: Oh no, my boy. No no-no-no. (He pulls out a piece of chalk and scribbles on a pipe.) DOCTOR: I'm marking the intersections of the pipes. (Ian stands and listens to the gentle thrumming of the water.) IAN: Uncanny. DOCTOR: Mm? IAN: It's so quiet. DOCTOR: Yeah. (He chuckles to himself.) DOCTOR: Perhaps they're preparing an ambush? (He guffaws.) IAN: And you're a cheerful soul, I must say. DOCTOR: I assure you my dear boy, my spirits couldn't be higher! Collecting evidence, circumstantial and otherwise. (Ian looks across the tunnel and spots a bearded face staring at them with a slightly odd gaze. The owner wears a tatty uniform and carries a large sharpened stake.) IAN: Doctor... DOCTOR: Calculating it, pursuing it until it's inevitable end - it's fascinating! IAN: Doctor! DOCTOR: Oh don't interrupt my dear boy, it's most irritating! (The Doctor squints into the tunnel in the opposite direction and notices another figure cutting off any potential escape, dressed and armed in an identical manner to the first.) DOCTOR: Chesterton! IAN: I know, I've been trying to tell you. DOCTOR: Yes... It's alright, let's back up the passage and jump out on them. (The Doctor walks back a step and accidentally collides with Ian.) IAN: You were right about the ambush weren't you? DOCTOR: Yes. Don't do anything to alarm them. (Slowly the bedraggled figures advance from both directions clutching their stakes, as they begin to realise that the Doctor and Ian are no immediate thr*at to them. The lead figure scrutinizes Ian with an wild glint in his eyes.) NUMBER ONE: You have come at last! DOCTOR: We came to find you. IAN: That's right. NUMBER TWO: Watch them number One! (Number One moves to the Doctor.) NUMBER ONE: We have been waiting for you. Are they all d*ad? DOCTOR: d*ad? IAN: The Sensorites, you mean? NUMBER ONE: Yes, the Sensorites. Do you have a spaceship? DOCTOR: Yes. NUMBER ONE: Are there more of you? IAN: No. NUMBER TWO: No others in the channels at all? You... (He glances around nervously.) NUMBER TWO: You haven't brought the Sensorites with you? IAN: No! DOCTOR: Wouldn't you like to leave these tunnels and go out into the sunshine again? (The figure recoils shaking his head.) NUMBER ONE: No, they would hear our minds talking! Follow me, he is going to talk to you! DOCTOR: Yes, I thought there'd be a third. NUMBER ONE: Yes, the Commander - you'll have to talk to him. Follow me. (The Doctor and Ian are escorted through the tunnels.) 11, INT: AQUEDUCT ENTRANCE (John and Barbara stand by the entrance and Barbara presses the TAD to her forehead.) 12, INT: LABORATORY (Susan stands with her hands to her head concentrating as she listens to the whistling channels of thought.) SUSAN: They're entering to the aqueduct now. Oh, she's a little indistinct. RICHMOND: Well tell her to speak to you, you do the same. SUSAN: Alright. Barbara, speak the words as you think them. (She listens for another moment.) SUSAN: Oh that's better. 13, INT: AQUEDUCT ENTRANCE BARBARA: Yes alright Susan. (She removes the TAD from her forehead.) BARBARA: We're to go straight ahead to start with, and then keep turning to the right. JOHN: Right, I'll lead. 14, INT: LABORATORY SUSAN: They're beginning now. 15, INT: SUBTERRANEAN CHANNEL NUMBER ONE: You give us your word you are alone? DOCTOR: Oh yes, definitely. (They continue on their way.) 16, INT: CHANNEL MOUTH BARBARA: There's something here. (He stoops to pick something up.) JOHN: This is the Doctor's map alright. I remember the senior Scientist drawing it in the labo...laboratory. BARBARA: But it's all screwed up, they must have realised it was useless. JOHN: Let's move on. Shall we take it with us? BARBARA: Yes, we'll need it as proof that the maps were tampered with. 17, INT: SUBTERRANEAN CHANNEL (The Doctor and Ian are led along a passage at stakepoint.) 18, INT: LABORATORY FIRST-ELDER: How are they progressing? SUSAN: Oh they haven't found them yet. RICHMOND: Well at least they found the maps. SUSAN: Oh, Barbara's talking to me again. 19, INT: AQUEDUCT JOHN: No doubt about it. BARBARA: John says this is a fresh mark, probably made by the Doctor. We're going to try and follow these marks Susan, so instead of you directing us, we're going to tell you what route we're going to take. (She removes the TAD from her forehead.) JOHN: Let's hope they were made by the Doctor, that's all. (They move off.) 20, INT: SUBTERRANEAN CHANNEL (As they pass, the Doctor chalks a mark on a nearby pipe and grins.) DOCTOR: In case we have to make a run for it, my dear boy. IAN: I'm glad you're on my side, Doctor. 21, INT: LABORATORY SUSAN: That's right Barbara. (Susan points to the model.) SUSAN: She's going down this channel now. FIRST-ELDER: And no harm has come to them yet? SUSAN: Oh no. FIRST-ELDER: Perhaps the Doctor and Ian are chasing the creatures in the aqueduct? SUSAN: Or they've been captured. 22, INT: SUBTERRANEAN CHANNEL NUMBER ONE: Wait here. (He wanders into a small chamber hewn into the soft rock beneath one of the pipes.) NUMBER ONE: The new arrivals are here Commander. (Another shaggy unkempt figure returns with number One, and regard the new arrivals.) COMMANDER: This is the best news I've had in quite some time, I'm very glad to see you both. (He shakes hands with the Doctor and Ian as if he were hosting an astronaut convention.) COMMANDER: Did you have a rough journey? (The Doctor and Ian look a little bemused and the Doctor glances at Ian.) COMMANDER: Yes, I'm sure you must have done. Let us have something to sit down on number One. They are very rough quarters here, you'll have to excuse that, but I'm sure you are both used to battle stations by now. DOCTOR: Yes. COMMANDER: Excuse me. (He strides confidently over to his subordinate.) COMMANDER: Number Two, you can take over amm*nit*on detail now, you'll find the new amm*nit*on supplies all ready. Pipe it into number seven this time. Alright? Carry on. (Casting a dubious glance at the Doctor and Ian, Two moves off to carry out his order. The Commander walks back to One.) COMMANDER: Number One, organise a lecture for number Two will you? (Number Two cowers a little.) COMMANDER: Saluting isn't for me you understand, it's the uniform. (Number one doesn't move.) COMMANDER: Understood?! NUMBER ONE: Yes sir. (Number one slowly lollops away like a lame old w*r horse.) COMMANDER: Have to keep the discipline up, you know. But they're all good men, very fine. Morale's very high here. Sit down. (The Doctor and Ian sit, and Commander stares at his two guests until Ian takes the initiative.) IAN: Well you... Have a very well ordered base here sir. COMMANDER: It's very good of you to say so. DOCTOR: We have a surprise for you. The w*r with the Sensorites is over. (The Commander gains a look of eager excitement, but his eyes never never lose the dangerous gleam of fanaticism.) COMMANDER: Is that true? DOCTOR: Oh yes. COMMANDER: And the planet's ours now is it? Completely? IAN: Completely. (The Commander smiles, basking in the glow of a victorious campaign.) COMMANDER: Well this is absolutely wonderful! (He lowers his voice conspiratorially.) COMMANDER: We nearly lost, you know. I had the command of a fine spaceship, very fine. Two of my men deserted; pretended they had to go back to Earth to get reinforcements. DOCTOR: So you had to blow up your spaceship? COMMANDER: Yes. Still, I'll be able to get another one. I'll be able to afford it now, planet's very rich you know. IAN: Yes, molybdenum. (The Commander stiffens up, the dangerous look returning to his face.) COMMANDER: Oh. You know about that do you? You do realise that this w*r has been fought by me and my men here? Any treasure trove is ours. DOCTOR: That's quite understandable isn't it Chester... COMMANDER: And I'm prepared to back that statement up with force if necessary! (He leaps to his feet.) COMMANDER: I have good supplies here, loyal men. Of course, but we're just discussing this, but you are alone aren't you? hardly in a position to fight me. And I have my men, and my organisation. (Number Two rushes in.) NUMBER ONE: Commander, warning in route two. COMMANDER: What?! (He glares furiously at The Doctor and Ian.) COMMANDER: Have you been telling me lies? You've brought other people with you, haven't you?! NUMBER ONE: Perhaps they're really allies of the Sensorites! COMMANDER: No, number One, not allies - spies! The w*r isn't over at all is it? I thought it was a bit too good to be true. IAN: Now just a minute, we knew nothing about this warning signal of yours... COMMANDER: No, of course you didn't, and it's tripped you up hasn't it?! Number One! There'll be a Court Martial immediately. Treason! IAN: Barbara! BARBARA: Ian! IAN: What on Earth are you doing here? BARBARA: The first Elder allowed me back. COMMANDER: What's going on? Who are these people? DOCTOR: I'm afraid you've misjudged us, sir. These people are part of the committee, here to welcome you. We all came down here to welcome you onto the surface. IAN: To celebrate your success, sir. BARBARA: What's going on? IAN: Play it cool. COMMANDER: And who is this? IAN: Er this, this is our navigator. She is going to lead us back. COMMANDER: Well... I'm glad the fighting's over. Look forward to a bit of a rest now, for a while. DOCTOR: Yes, you deserve it sir, and so do your men. And I think that the sooner we take you all out into the sunshine, the better. COMMANDER: Number One, assemble the men please. We'll be leaving immediately. It seems we have a...victory to celebrate. You might pass on my congratulations to the men, number One. NUMBER ONE: Thank you very much sir. COMMANDER: Shall we move then? (They all wander back along the shaft.) 23, INT: AQUEDUCT ENTRANCE (The Warrior removes his TAD from his forehead and turns to a fellow officer.) WARRIOR: They are coming. You will take up your position just by the entrance there. When they have all come through you will step out and prevent anyone from escaping back into the aqueduct. Now take your place. (Number One and Two lead the way out, with Ian and Barbara at the rear. The Warrior holds up a hand-ray.) WARRIOR: It is useless to resist. (The survivors drop their stakes and walk through into the light.) IAN: Don't worry, I think we can handle these two. Come on Barbara. (The Commander rushes out, seeing his men meekly submitting. The Doctor follows, never taking his eyes off the Commander for a moment.) COMMANDER: Well come back here you men! (And attempts to run back into the tunnels, but a Sensorite has moved to block the entrance, and covers him with his w*apon. In the other direction, the senior Warrior stands preventing any uncontrolled escape into the city.) COMMANDER: Treachery! DOCTOR: It's all over now. COMMANDER: Treachery! (The Commander rushes towards the senior Warrior, but crumples to the floor as he empties a quick energy blast into him.) DOCTOR: Pitiful fellow. Oh, I know he did your people incalculable harm... WARRIOR: I could have k*lled him. I wanted to, but that would not be the way, would it? DOCTOR: No. WARRIOR: He could have destroyed the entire Sensorite Nation. DOCTOR: Yes, but the fact is you didn't k*ll him. Shows great promise for the future of your people. 24, INT: RECEPTION ROOM IAN: Captain Maitland has agreed to take the others back to Earth. BARBARA: They were completely insane. They really believed they were at w*r with you. FIRST-ELDER: At some time they must have opened their minds, or experimented with the mind-transmitters. Every really rational thought was crushed out, and all they had left was the game they played; the game of w*r. BARBARA: What about the Second Elder? FIRST-ELDER: You finding the map proves his treachery. He will be banished to the outer wastes. IAN: Well, I think we must go back to the ship sir. FIRST-ELDER: Yes you must go. The lock has already been sealed back in it's proper place. So go your way now, and take the gratitude of the Sensorites with you. IAN: Thank you. BARBARA: Goodbye. 25, INT: TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (The reassuring living hum of the TARDIS console reverberates through the chamber like an electronic pulse. Against a roundelled wall stands a mahogany plinth, upon which rests the prototype armillary sphere which was a present from Eratosthenes. The Doctor leans on the console fidgeting impatiently. Beside him, Susan twirls a strand of her hair around a finger with a glum expression on her face.) DOCTOR: Where are those other two, Hmm? SUSAN: Oh, they're coming. DOCTOR: What's the matter my child? SUSAN: I had a talk with the senior Scientist just before we left. It seems that the Sense-sphere has an extraordinary number of ultra-high frequencies, so I won't be able to go on using thought transference. DOCTOR: Hoh-ho, it's rather a relief I think. After all, no-one likes an eavesdropper about do they? No I think you obviously have a gift in that direction and when we get home to our own place I think we should try and perfect it, mm? SUSAN: When will we get back Grandfather? DOCTOR: I don't know my dear, this old ship of mine seems to be an aimless thing. However, we don't worry about it do we? Do you? SUSAN: Sometimes I feel I'd like to belong somewhere; not just be a wanderer... (She smiles up at her Grandfather.) SUSAN: Still, I'm not unhappy. (The Doctor gives her an affectionate squeeze.) DOCTOR: Good, good. (Ian and Barbara walk through the doors.) IAN: Well, here we are. DOCTOR: Oh at last! I very nearly went off without you! BARBARA: We were saying goodbye to John and Carol. DOCTOR: Hah, let's have a look at Maitland and see him off shall we? (Just having been gently evacuated from a nearby airlock by two friendly Sensorites, the TARDIS crew is able to gaze at the image of a departing rocketship on the TARDIS scanner.) IAN: Well, at least they know where they're going. (The Doctor glares at Ian, his eyes like gimlets.) DOCTOR: Implying I don't? IAN: I didn't mean anything of the sort! DOCTOR: So, you think I'm an incompetent old fool do you? IAN: Now Doctor, I never said that! DOCTOR: Since you are so dissatisfied my boy, you can get off this ship. And the very next place we stop I shall take you off myself, and that is quite final! (Ian and Barbara exchange a worried glance as the Doctor motions to Susan who is waiting silently by the coordinate selector panel.) DOCTOR: Carry on!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "01x36 - A Desperate Venture"}
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EPISODE 1 - A Land of Fear by DENNIS SPOONER first broadcast - 8 August, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1. FOREST (It is getting dark. Two figures walk through the dense forest.) (Once they have gone the TARDIS materialises nearby.) 2. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (The Doctor is making adjustments to the controls, under the collective gazes of Susan, Ian and Barbara. The atmosphere is noticeably colder than usual. He turns to them.) DOCTOR: There we are. Home. BARBARA: Doctor, we... (The Doctor motions for her to be quiet.) DOCTOR: It's all right. Chesterton made the position quite clear. Now, I have some work to do. SUSAN: Grandfather, please... DOCTOR: Hush, child. Say your goodbyes and remember - we shall be leaving almost immediately. IAN: Do you have to be in such a hurry? DOCTOR: Enough time has been wasted bringing you back, young man. I have the universe to explore. SUSAN: (To Barbara.) Must you go? BARBARA: Susan, we've visited many places together - had lots of adventures. But you always knew we intended to return home when we could. SUSAN: Yes, I know, but... BARBARA: Look, I know it's hard to say goodbye but, one day, you'll understand why we had to. SUSAN: But grandfather can bring you back any time now! IAN: Don't you see, Susan? The longer we leave it, the harder it'll be. (Susan hugs them both quickly then runs away. The Doctor comes up to them, leafing through a book.) DOCTOR: Hmm. Still here? IAN: Yes, we're waiting for you to carry out the checks. DOCTOR: Quite unnecessary. IAN: Oh is it? Are you so certain you know where we are? DOCTOR: Certain? Of course I'm certain! If you doubt me, take a look for yourselves. (He goes to the console and switches on the scanner.) DOCTOR: Perhaps that will satisfy you. (The image is of the forest outside.) BARBARA: Mmm. It could be, I suppose. DOCTOR: Thank you. Obviously you're still in doubt. Let us take a longer look, through the trees, hmm? (The scanner shows a field with the forest in the background.) BARBARA: Ian, look! Fields, crops... It's fully cultivated! IAN: Yes. Pity it's so dark. I can't see a sign of any buildings. BARBARA: You know, it reminds me of a holiday I once took - In Somerset. DOCTOR: Then I expect it is Somerset, my dear. Well, if you're going, be off with you. IAN: Look Doctor, I think I'd be better if you came with us, at least to explore. (As he speaks the doors swing open.) DOCTOR: It's out of the question. I refuse to leave the ship. IAN: Maybe you have succeeded. Maybe we are where you say we are. But, I remember an occasion when you took us home once before. BARBARA: (Laughing.) Yes, and we met Marco Polo! DOCTOR: Entirely different circumstances! I'm rather tired of your insinuations that I am not master of this craft. Oh, I admit, it did develop a fault - a minor fault on one occasion, perhaps twice. But, nothing I couldn't control! IAN: I know that. Of course you're in control. You're always in control. And I'm sure you could revisit us at any time. DOCTOR: Very simple. Quite simple! IAN: Exactly, quite simple. But you have your important researches to complete. You may not find the time. There's a chance that we won't meet again. Don't you think it would be better if we parted under more friendly circumstances, say, over a drink? DOCTOR: (Reluctantly.) Yes. Yes, well perhaps, since you put it that way, an hour or two won't come amiss. Susan! Bring my stick will you? (Susan returns with his stick.) SUSAN: Yes, grandfather? DOCTOR: I'm going to see Ian and Barbara back home safely. (The Doctor leads the other three, all excited out of the TARDIS.) BARBARA: Well done, Ian. I say, do you think we really are home? IAN: I don't know. Won't take us long to find out, will it? Come on. 3. FOREST (The Doctor locks the TARDIS door then joins the others who are standing nearby.) DOCTOR: Well? BARBARA: Well, those crops suggest a manor or farmhouse. It should be reasonably close. SUSAN: It's very warm, isn't it? It must be summertime. DOCTOR: Mmm. SUSAN: Ian? IAN: Yes? SUSAN: Why aren't there any lights? IAN: That's a point. It's dusk, and we've got a very good view from here. BARBARA: Well, towns and villages can be well-spaced, even in England. DOCTOR: Are we going to stand here talking all night, hmm? (He begins to walk off we suddenly one of the bushes near them rustles noticeably.) IAN: (Whispering) All right, Susan, I saw it. Keep talking. SUSAN: (Whispering) All right. Be careful though. (Ian heads off towards it.) BARBARA: Did you see what it was? SUSAN: No I didn't. DOCTOR: Perhaps it was a rabbit. Do you know, Chesterton's getting quite jumpy these days. Young man like him shouldn't (Stutters.) suffer from nerves. (Some muffled cries emerge from the bush.) BARBARA: Well, that rabbit of yours is putting up quite a fight. (Ian returns, grabbing a young boy by the scruff of the neck. His clothes are little more than dirty rags.) BARBARA: Ian, you're hurting him! IAN: Oh, no I'm not! (He releases the boy.) DOCTOR: Come here, my boy. Where are we? Where do you live, hmm? SUSAN: Grandfather, you're frightening him! (To the boy.) We're your friends. Don't be afraid. BARBARA: Look at him. He's absolutely terrified. IAN: Yes. Of us or of something else? DOCTOR: (To the boy.) Come along! Answer my questions, boy! JEAN PIERRE: Please, I've done nothing. IAN: We're not going to hurt you. BARBARA: No, of course, we're not. Look, we've lost our way and we need you help. This is England, isn't it? JEAN PIERRE: England? No, France. IAN: France! Well, how far from Paris? JEAN PIERRE: Not far. Twelve kilometres. IAN: Well, that's something, I suppose. DOCTOR: Hmm, hmm, hmm. Paris, eh? Hmm. A hundred miles or so, either way is to be expected. After all it's only a fraction of the distance we've covered. It's quite accurate, in fact. IAN: Yes. Assuming the distance is our only error. You know Doctor, I have a feeling you've been building up our hopes again. DOCTOR: Oh, nonsense. Let's have a word with the boy. Now look here, my boy. (Jean Pierre makes a break for it.) DOCTOR: Now, hold him! (Ian tries to block his way but is simply pushed over.) IAN: We lost him. DOCTOR: (Dryly.) You don't say. (Ian clambers to his feet.) IAN: Pity. Probably knows these woods like the back of his hand. SUSAN: I wonder why he was so afraid. 4. COURTYARD OUTSIDE A HOUSE (Barrels and ladders are stacked against the wall. Jean Pierre opens a small gate, looks furtively around and knocks on the only door. It is opened and a hand pulls him inside.) 5. FOREST (The others are pushing their way through the forest. The Doctor stops and points ahead with his stick.) DOCTOR: Chesterton, there's a house. Look. Straight ahead of us. IAN: Yes. What do you make of it, Barbara? BARBARA: Well, it looks deserted. You know, I'm certain we're sometime in the past. IAN: Yes. Well, we were a hundred miles out. Perhaps we're a hundred years out. DOCTOR: (Dismissively.) Oh, rubbish, rubbish. BARBARA: Well, it's possible. IAN: You know, I think we ought to get back to the ship while we still can. DOCTOR: Nonsense. It was your idea to explore, anyway. (Pointing to the house.) Besides, that might be very interesting. Walk will do us good. (The Doctor leads Susan off. Ian and Barbara lag behind.) SUSAN: Come on you two! You don't want to be lost in the dark. IAN: Don't worry, we're right behind you. BARBARA: (To Ian.) Well, we're still not home. IAN: No, we're not, are we? Still, I do think he tried this time, even if it was out of bad temper. BARBARA: So we stay with the ship. IAN: Yes. Cheered Susan up, hasn't it? BARBARA: Well, are you disappointed? IAN: Mmm. Funny enough, no. I don't know. Depends where we are. I still could be. SUSAN: (Calling.) Ian! Barbara! BARBARA: Well, we'd better join the others. 6. COURTYARD OUTSIDE THE HOUSE (The Doctor and Susan open the gate and look around them, cautiously.) DOCTOR: It looks uninhabited. I wonder if we can get in? (He goes over to the door. Susan waits and they are soon joined by Ian and Barbara.) BARBARA: Did you find anything SUSAN: Not yet. Grandfather's seeing if he can get in. IAN: Oh, is he now? SUSAN: Mmm. (Ian joins the Doctor who is peering through the keyhole and taps him on the shoulder.) IAN: Doctor? DOCTOR: I... I say, take a look through there will you. I think your eyes are sharper than mine. (Ian peers through.) IAN: Too dark to see anything, Doctor. No, I don't think anyone's lived here for years. (He turns around to find the Doctor gone.) IAN: Doctor? Doctor? (He turns round a corner in the wall and finds the Doctor there. The Doctor gestures to another door he has found.) DOCTOR: We're in luck. The door's unlocked. IAN: Ah. 7. INSIDE THE HOUSE, DOWNSTAIRS (They enter and stumble around the pitch darkness. The Doctor lights a candle, illuminating the place.) DOCTOR: Look, I'll take upstairs and you search down. IAN: All right. (The Doctor takes the candle through a small doorway leaving Ian with another candle. Ian picks it up as Barbara and Susan join him.) BARBARA: Where's the Doctor? IAN: He's gone upstairs. Look at this. (He hands the candle over to Barbara.) IAN: What do you think a candlestick like that's doing in a place like this? BARBARA: I don't know. (Susan has found a chest full of clothes.) IAN: Huh. Here's a tinderbox. SUSAN: Hey, look at this! (She hands the clothes to Barbara who examines them.) BARBARA: Hey, this is eighteenth century! (Susan pulls out more.) SUSAN: Look at this one! BARBARA: You know, there's a whole wardrobe here. Look, they're all different sizes too. (Ian has found some bundles.) IAN: Look at these bundles. Bottles of wine. (He opens one.) IAN: Bread. Huh. A bit stale. BARBARA: There's another bundle over here. (She unravels some pieces of paper.) BARBARA: Hey, look at all these maps! There's a whole bunch of daggers down here. (She holds one up to demonstrate. Ian has found some more paper.) IAN: These documents - official documents - undated and the name is left blank. They're passes, Barbara. BARBARA: Yes, but nobody lives here. I mean, look at the dust everywhere. IAN: This is a stopping off place. A link in some escape chain. (He hands one of the passes to Barbara.) IAN: Here, look at this. (Barbara reads it and grips Ian's arm.) BARBARA: Ian, this is signed by Robespierre! IAN: (Chuckling.) Robespierre? Huh, huh. Must be a f... (He sees that it is also written on the other papers.) IAN: Oh, wait a minute. The Doctor's put us down right in the middle of the French Revolution. BARBARA: Yes. The Reign of Terror. 8. INSIDE THE HOUSE, UPSTAIRS (The Doctor is exploring in the darkness, only dimly lit by his candle. Suddenly he is h*t from behind by an unseen assailant and collapses unconscious.) 9. INSIDE THE HOUSE, DOWNSTAIRS (Susan, Ian and Barbara are now wearing some of the period clothing and making final adjustments to it. Ian calls through the small door.) IAN: Doctor? Doctor? BARBARA: (To Ian.) How do I look? IAN: Oh, very pretty, mademoiselle. a bit modern but it's all right. It was a good idea to change into these clothes. We won't look so conspicuous when we go back to the ship. SUSAN: We might not get back to the ship if grandfather hears we're in the Reign of Terror. IAN: Why not? SUSAN: It's his favourite period in the history of Earth. (Susan wanders off and Ian sighs.) IAN: Not getting very far, are we? What on Earth's he doing up there? Come on. Let's go and find him. (He picks up the candle and the three of them turn only to be confronted by two men. The closest is covering them with a g*n. He nods to the candle.) ROUVRAY: Don't move. Please put that on the table. (Ian hands it to Barbara who does so.) ROUVRAY: Thank you. What are you doing here? (The other man speaks to Rouvray urgently.) D'ARGENSON: Don't waste time, Rouvray. k*ll them. They're after us. ROUVRAY: I think not, (To the travellers.) but I would advise you to answer the question. BARBARA: We're travellers. SUSAN: We only stopped here so we could find our way. ROUVRAY: At a deserted house? D'ARGENSON: You'll gain nothing by this questioning. We should be moving on! ROUVRAY: Patience, d'Argenson, even in these troubled times our visitors have the right of an explanation, even if our enemies do not accord such privileges. IAN: We're not your enemies. We are what we say we are - travellers. ROUVRAY: When you entered our hideout, you entered our lives. Do you travel alone? BARBARA: Yes. D'ARGENSON: You see, they lie! ROUVRAY: We found the old man upstairs, do not count on his assistance. SUSAN: (Angrily.) What have you done with him? (Ian has to restrain her.) ROUVRAY: At the moment he's safe. It was in your power to see that he came to no harm. But, your answer proves that you do not speak truthfully, there is something you are concealing. IAN: It doesn't concern you. D'ARGENSON: (Moaning.) We must be leaving now. The soldiers will have followed! ROUVRAY: In France now, there are only two sides. You're either with us or against us. Our allegiances are obvious, we want to know yours. BARBARA: We appreciate what you say but we have no side. We're not even French. ROUVRAY: A word of warning. If you intend to stay in France you will have to choose. (He puts his g*n away.) D'ARGENSON: (Protesting.) We cannot trust them now! ROUVRAY: If we are to escape from France, we must have faith! If all people are incapable of our trust, we shall take the Terror with us! SUSAN: Where is my grandfather? ROUVRAY: The old man? D'Argenson, go... IAN: Shh! (The sound of many people talking comes from outside.) IAN: Listen. 10. FOREST (It is now dark. The Revolutionary army, dressed in rag-tag uniforms, approaches the house.) 11. INSIDE THE HOUSE, DOWNSTAIRS D'ARGENSON: (Panicked.) The soldiers! They've found us! ROUVRAY: (Whispers.) Quiet. (Ian and Rouvray take up positions by the main doorway.) D'ARGENSON: But they'll take us to Paris to the guillotine. . My whole family were ex*cuted, even my younger sister. They came to the house while I was out and they dragged them away. Rouvray, we must go while we have the chance! ROUVRAY: They will see us. Our only hope is to stay here and hide. They may pass. IAN: They're coming in. D'ARGENSON: (Shouting.) It will be the guillotine for all of us! ROUVRAY: D'Argenson. D'Argenson, quiet! (Rouvray pulls out his g*n again.) 12. COURTYARD OUTSIDE THE HOUSE (The soldiers enter the yard.) SERGEANT: Wait here! (To the lieutenant.) The pigs will still be running. They won't have stopped yet. LIEUTENANT: And this is their route according to our information, sergeant. They could be hiding in this house. SERGEANT: I'll have the men search the place. LIEUTENANT: No. No, let's let them rest. They've had a long march. We'll cover the back. SERGEANT: We'll block their escape! LIEUTENANT: If they are in there, we can let them suffer the waiting. (The sergeant turns to a scruffy looking man with an eyepatch.) SERGEANT: You. Round the back. SOLDIER: Go yourself. (Mockingly.) Citizen! (The other soldiers laugh.) SERGEANT: And if they run, you'll have the chance of stopping them. SOLDIER: Yes. It's a long time since I had a royalist to myself! SERGEANT: Keep your eyes open! (He bursts into laughter.) SOLDIER: (Coldly.) Don't worry. They won't get past me. 13. INSIDE THE HOUSE, DOWNSTAIRS IAN: They're not coming in. ROUVRAY: No. The intention is to break our nerve. 14. COURTYARD OUTSIDE THE HOUSE (The soldiers wait patiently for anything to happen.) 15. INSIDE THE HOUSE, DOWNSTAIRS (Rouvray is telling his story to Ian.) ROUVRAY: ...and then we were warned to leave, or face arrest and execution. Friends warn us, and friends denounce us. IAN: Hmm. It seems the soldiers followed you. Who knew you were taking this road? ROUVRAY: Who indeed. It's difficult to have secrets these days. (Susan and Barbara approach them.) SUSAN: Ian. Grandfather. ROUVRAY: The old man? He's upstairs somewhere. D'Argenson? You dealt with him. (D'Argenson simply shakes his head.) IAN: Never mind. I'll find him. (Ian leads Susan and Barbara off. When Rouvray's back is turned, D'Argenson opens the door. Rouvray sees him.) ROUVRAY: D'Argenson! Come back! You fool! (D'Argenson rushes out.) 16. COURTYARD OUTSIDE THE HOUSE (D'Argenson pauses just outside. the soldiers wait in anticipation. Rouvray calmly walks out and joins his friend.) LIEUTENANT: Sergeant! : Rouvray. ROUVRAY: (To the soldiers) Don't move! And get away from that man. LIEUTENANT: Take him! ROUVRAY: You'll listen to me! (The soldiers remain still.) LIEUTENANT: So Rouvray, your voice still carries authority. Even to my soldiers! ROUVRAY: (To one soldier.) You. Come here. Give it to me. (The soldier gives Rouvray his g*n. Rouvray throws it to the ground.) ROUVRAY: (To the lieutenant.) You can give them uniforms, lieutenant, but they remain peasants underneath. (A soldier next to the lieutenant raises his g*n and fires it at Rouvray. He falls d*ad.) SOLDIER: Let's get the other one! Hold him! Hold him! (D'Argenson tries to make a brake for it, but the soldiers manage to overpower him. The lieutenant kneels over the body of Rouvray.) LIEUTENANT: A desperate attempt. And it very nearly worked. (A g*n echoes from where the soldiers have captured D'Argenson. They all laugh.) 17. INSIDE THE HOUSE, UPSTAIRS (Ian is looking around.) IAN: Doctor? Doctor? Where are you? 18. INSIDE THE HOUSE, A SMALL ROOM UPSTAIRS (The Doctor lies completely still. Suddenly Susan's scream is heard.) 19. INSIDE THE HOUSE, DOWNSTAIRS (Ian cautiously emerges from the doorway to the stairs only to be grabbed by the soldier with the eyepatch who already has Susan and Barbara. The soldier covers them with his g*n while the lieutenant walks out of the shadows.) LIEUTENANT: Well, my sergeant was right. It did pay us to look in the house. IAN: We are not... LIEUTENANT: Silence! (To the soldier.) If any of them speak again without permission, sh**t them. (The sergeant enters.) SERGEANT: The bodies have been removed, lieutenant. (He points to the travelers.) SERGEANT: What about these? LIEUTENANT: Outside. SERGEANT: Go on, you heard the lieutenant, move! SOLDIER: Outside into the courtyard. (He pushes them out.) 20. INSIDE THE HOUSE, A SMALL ROOM UPSTAIRS (The Doctor begins to stir.) 21. COURTYARD OUTSIDE THE HOUSE (Susan, Ian and Barbara are lined up with their backs against the wall, a f*ring squad in front of them. The sergeant stands between them.) SERGEANT: Load muskets! SOLDIER: We already have. Get out the way. (The lieutenant emerges from the house.) LIEUTENANT: Stop! We take them to Paris. SOLDIER: No, we'll sh**t them here. LIEUTENANT: We've got the men we came for. SOLDIER: Yes, and more. I say we k*ll them. (The other soldiers murmur in agreement.) LIEUTENANT: Now listen. Listen. We also want credit for our additional prisoners. Lemaitre may not believe us if he does not see them for himself. SOLDIER: That's true! SERGEANT: But, there may be a reward. SOLDIER: That's right. Perhaps there his a reward! LIEUTENANT: And besides, why should we do what Madame Guillotine can do so much better? SOLDIER: Let's take them to Paris to the guillotine! (To the prisoners.) Move! (The prisoners are escorted away from the house. The sergeant and the soldier with the eyepatch are the last to leave. Suddenly the sergeant stops.) SERGEANT: Wait! We'll burn the house down! (He runs to the front of the procession and returns a few moments later with a blazing torch. He hurls it into a pile of hay, which gradually begins to catch f*re.) 22. INSIDE THE HOUSE, A SMALL ROOM UPSTAIRS (The Doctor slowly clambers to his feet. Smoke begins to pour through the floorboards. He desperately attempts to open the door but it is locked.) 23. COURTYARD OUTSIDE THE HOUSE (The f*re continues to spread.) 24. FOREST (Susan, Barbara and Ian are being led along by the soldiers.) SUSAN: Is there no sign of him? (The three of them look back towards the house.) BARBARA: (In alarm.) The house! Look at the house! (The soldiers laugh.) 25. HOUSE (The blaze now virtually covers the house.) 26. FOREST SUSAN: What about grandfather!? BARBARA: I'm sure he got out of it. IAN: I hope so, for all our sakes. SOLDIER: Get moving! (Reluctantly they continue their march, unaware that they are being watched by Jean Pierre. He looks back at the house.) 27. INSIDE THE HOUSE, A SMALL ROOM UPSTAIRS (The Doctor is choking on the smoke.) DOCTOR: Help! Help! Can you hear me? Get me out! (The smoke finally gets the better of him and he collapses.) 28. HOUSE (The blaze continues.) 29. INSIDE THE HOUSE, A SMALL ROOM UPSTAIRS (The Doctor still lies unconscious.) 30. HOUSE (The flames continue to burn into the night sky.)
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EPISODE 2 - Guests of Madam Guillotine by DENNIS SPOONER first broadcast - 15 August, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1. HOUSE, 12 KM FROM PARIS, 1794 (The house continues to blaze.) 2. INSIDE THE HOUSE, A SMALL ROOM UPSTAIRS (The Doctor still lies unconscious.) 3. HOUSE (The flames continue to burn, into the night sky.) 4. PARIS (We see Paris laid out below.) 5. PARIS SQUARE (Crowds are cheering at the raised guillotine.) (The blade falls, claiming another victim.) 6. OUTSIDE THE CONCIERGERIE PRISON (This is a forbidding looking building by the river. Two women are sitting on the bench outside as some soldiers walk in.) 7. OFFICE, CONCIERGERIE PRISON (Susan, Ian and Barbara are being interviewed by a judge who is seated at a desk with papers in front of him.) BARBARA: Are we to be allowed to tell our story? JUDGE: Prisoners are not required to speak. I have the charges here. You were found in the house with Rouvray and D'Argenson and arrested by a platoon of soldiers. I am satisfied as to your guilt as being in the company of wanted traitors. The sentence - immediate execution. (The travelers look at each other in alarm.) BARBARA: We demand the right to speak! JUDGE: You have no rights! You will be guillotined as soon as it can be arranged. (To the guard.) Take them to the cells! 8. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS (Susan and Barbara watch as the jailer locks the door to Ian's cell.) JAILER: (To Ian.) Stay back, by the wall. (Susan tries to speak to Ian through the hole in the door.) BARBARA: Ian! SUSAN: Ian! JAILER: Go away. (To Barbara.) Keep hold of her, can't you? (To Ian.) I've told you to stay back by the wall. There's nothing to interest you. (He waves Susan and Barbara on and they round another corner followed by some guards. The Jailer points to where Susan is.) JAILER: (To the guards.) Stay with her over there. (To Barbara.) Lady like you shouldn't be kept in this pig sty. Course, I have the keys. It wouldn't be very difficult to leave a few doors open, now, would it? BARBARA: No, of course not. But, I couldn't pay you. I don't have any money. JAILER: There's the soldiers in... in this place. They're nothing but peasants. Not fit company for an intelligent man like myself. Gets very lonely in here sometimes. Very lonely indeed. Now, if we were to be friends, eh? (Barbara slaps him in the face.) JAILER: (Angrily.) You'll regret that! I promise you. (He thrusts her over to the guards.) JAILER: Here! Lock them away. (The guards unlock one of the cell doors.) JAILER: No. In there. (He points to another door.) JAILER: (Chuckling.) It's the cell I keep for my special guests. 9. SUSAN AND BARBARA'S CELL (Susan and Barbara stand in their cell. It is bare apart from a small bed and a barred window.) SUSAN: The smell in here. Oh, it's terrible! BARBARA: Yes, it reminds me of when we were prisoners before in the prehistoric age. SUSAN: Oh, yes. I remember that. But, there was one very important difference - grandfather and Ian were with us then. Oh, I wish I could see where we were. (She tries to peer through the window but is too short.) SUSAN: Oh. You'll have to lift me up, Barbara. Barbara? BARBARA: Yes. Sorry. Yes. (Barbara lifts Susan up.) SUSAN: Well, I can't see very much down there. It's just a prison yard. There's nothing to the right. (Barbara puts Susan back on the ground.) SUSAN: Oh, if only I knew where grandfather was. BARBARA: He'd have got out of that house, Susan. I know he would. 10. FOREST, 12 KM FROM PARIS (The Doctor lies on the floor, recovering with Jean-Pierre over him. He sits up and begins coughing, but Jean-Pierre offers him a drink of water.) DOCTOR: Yes. Thank you. Oh, It's most refreshing. Uhh! Where are my fiends, hmm? JEAN-PIERRE: The soldiers set f*re to the farmhouse and took them to Paris, to the Conciergerie Prison. They'll be locked up there before they go to the guillotine. DOCTOR: Oh. Oh, very brave boy! JEAN-PIERRE: Are you all right now, sir? DOCTOR: Yes, I think so. Eh. Thank you. Ah! (Jean-Pierre helps the Doctor to his feet.) DOCTOR: Oh, well, it's quite remarkable. How could I ever begin to thank you, hmm? JEAN-PIERRE: You see, there were two men hiding in the house. One of them knocked you over the head. Then the soldiers came. The two men were sh*t and your friends arrested. DOCTOR: Oh, it's a tragic business. JEAN-PIERRE: But you can still escape. My mother can give you some food. Our farm isn't far away - just over there. (He points one way and then another.) JEAN-PIERRE: And that way leads to Paris. DOCTOR: Yes, I must rescue my friends. JEAN-PIERRE: But you mustn't do that, sir! You'll be captured - sent to the guillotine! DOCTOR: You saved me, my boy, so I must rescue them. Now you can understand that, can't you, hmm? JEAN-PIERRE: Yes. (Pause.) I wish I could come with you. But, since my father was taken away, he told me to look after my mother. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes. Now, you're the head of the house. Yes. Yes, well I... (Jean-Pierre hand the Doctor his stick.) DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. Thank you for everything. (He shakes hands with the boy.) DOCTOR: And what's your name? JEAN-PIERRE: Jean-Pierre. DOCTOR: Yes, I shall remember. Yes. Jean-Pierre. (Grandly.) Au revoir. . (They salute each other, then, with a final wave, the Doctor sets off on the path towards Paris.) 11. FIELD, SOME DISTANCE FROM PARIS (The Doctor walks purposefully across a field.) 12. ROAD, SOME DISTANCE FROM PARIS (The Doctor walks down a road lined with bushes.) 13. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS, CONCIERGERIE PRISON, PARIS (The jailer peers through the window in the door to Susan and Barbara's cell.) 14. SUSAN AND BARBARA'S CELL (They are both fast asleep.) 15. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS (The jailer moves off.) 16. SUSAN AND BARBARA'S CELL (They both open their eyes.) BARBARA: He's going. (They sit up.) SUSAN: Oh, what's the use? We'll never get out of this dreadful place. BARBARA: Oh, you mustn't lose heart, Susan. SUSAN: I'm not going to fool myself. BARBARA: Well, think of the times we've been in trouble before. We've always managed to get out of it in the end. SUSAN: Oh, we've been lucky. We can't go on being lucky. Things catch up with you. BARBARA: I've never heard you talk like this before. You're usually so optimistic. SUSAN: I want to know about grandfather. BARBARA: I'm sure he's all right, Susan. SUSAN: You keep on saying that. I just want to know, that's all. BARBARA: Look. We should try and get out of here. It hasn't always been luck, you know. We made our own opportunities. Did you notice that we came past the river to get here? (Barbara begins to feel the walls.) SUSAN: Oh, you're not going to dig your way out, are you? BARBARA: Well, why not? SUSAN: It's solid stone. BARBARA: Hey, there's a damp patch in the wall here. Hmm. Maybe a sewer leading to the river. SUSAN: (Cynically.) Yes. All you need are a couple of dozen drills and a g*ng of men and you might... might get out. (Barbara pulls the sheets of the bed and begins to remove the wooden supports underneath.) SUSAN: Well, what are you looking at? BARBARA: Crowbars. May not be necessary to dig our way out after all. I might be able to lever up one of those stones with this. (Barbara gently pushes Susan towards the door.) BARBARA: Look. You go over there and keep your eye open for the jailer. (Barbara continues to work.) SUSAN: Shh! (They hear the jingle of keys in the lock.) 17. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS (The jailer is leading another man down the corridor, escorted by the guards.) JAILER: Put him in there. (The guards thrust the man into another cell, which is swiftly relocked. A muffled groaning emerges from Ian's cell.) JAILER: Don't make so much noise! Huh! You'll give the place a bad name! (chuckles.) (He and the guards walk off.) 18. IAN AND WEBSTER'S CELL (This is much like the other cell. Ian is tending to a wounded man on the bed. The man has difficulty talking.) WEBSTER: Sorry, Ian. My side's hurting again. IAN: The bleeding's stopped, Webster. You've lost a lot of blood. WEBSTER: As soon as we were arrested we couldn't wait to pull the trigger. Is there any more water? IAN: Yes. Must be about the last of it. (He hands the bottle to Webster who drinks gratefully from it.) IAN: You know, I've looked this place over, and it isn't impossible to escape. WEBSTER: (Quietly.) It is for me, and you know it. I'll never get up from here. Listen, you're an Englishman. You must help me. IAN: How? WEBSTER: One day soon, France will stop this madness and turn her full attention across the channel. (Ian helps him to sit up.) WEBSTER: We must be ready for that day. There's a man in France - Englishman - working to that end. He will tell us when that day is near. You understand? IAN: England at w*r with France. Yes, I know that. WEBSTER: I was sent to bring him home to England. The day nears that his information is important. Find him if you can. Try to escape. Try. Promise to find James Stirling - and home. Promise! Promise! IAN: Yes, yes. James Stirling. Find James Stirling and tell him to come back to England. He has important information. I understand and I promise. (Webster lies back down on the bed and his ragged breathing ceases.) IAN: Where shall I find him, Webster? WEBSTER: (Croaking.) ...Jules... Renan... IAN: Jules Renan, yes. WEBSTER: The sign of Le Chien Gris. IAN: Le Chien Gris. (Ian sits up and Webster's head lolls back. Ian pulls the sheet over Webster's face.) 19. ROAD, SOME DISTANCE FROM PARIS (The Doctor is walking along a road when he hears some shouting from up ahead.) OVERSEER: Come on! Put your backs into it! (He turns to see a group of men digging at the road with picks. The road works overseer is standing over them, shouting.) OVERSEER: You can work faster than that! (The Doctor walks up to the overseer.) DOCTOR: Good day. Pleasant day, sir. OVERSEER: Yes, it is. DOCTOR: I wonder if you can assist me. I'm bound for Paris. Am I still on the right road? OVERSEER: You are. DOCTOR: Splendid. Splendid. I was beginning to have my doubts. I haven't seen a soul for hours. OVERSEER: You've come a long way? DOCTOR: Yes. Further than you would think. OVERSEER: (To the peasants.) Get on with your work! Nobody told you to stop. (He goes over to join the Doctor who has seated himself on a bench nearby.) OVERSEER: I have to watch them all the time. I don't even know why they bother to put them to work. You know what I'd do with tax dodgers? DOCTOR: Oh, so they're not volunteers, eh? OVERSEER: (Surprised.) Volunteers? Huh. I have to watch them every second. I'm given a schedule. Finish this section by tomorrow, they told me. And if I don't... DOCTOR: Yes, quite a responsibility. OVERSEER: But, it'll be finished, even if I have to drive every one of them into the ground. DOCTOR: Yes, I see you believe in drastic measures, eh? OVERSEER: (To the peasants.) Now, put your backs into it. Look as if you mean it. The sooner its finished, the better it'll be for all of us. (He sits down.) DOCTOR: I'm sure you're very experienced at this job, my man. But, as an impartial onlooker I think I might have a bit of an advice to give you. OVERSEER: Well, I'll listen to anything that'll get this job finished quickly. DOCTOR: Well, if you were to expend your energy helping with the road, instead of boring and shouting at them every few seconds you might be able to get somewhere. (He stands up in the shocked silence.) DOCTOR: Good day to you, sir! (The overseer stands up as well.) OVERSEER: I suppose you think you're very clever. DOCTOR: Well, without any undue modesty, yes! Now, would you mind k... standing aside? (The overseer remains firmly in the Doctor's way.) OVERSEER: Now, show me your papers, or something to prove your identity! DOCTOR: I am not in the habit of... OVERSEER: I see. You can't prove your identity. Have you paid your taxes? No? Then perhaps you join the poor wretches and put your energy to better use. (to a peasant.) Give him a pick. (The Doctor, speechless, reluctantly takes the pick.) OVERSEER: Now get to work skinny. I shouldn't try to run away. Remember, I've got this. (He produces a g*n. The Doctor goes to join the work party.) DOCTOR: (Muttering.) Common fellow. OVERSEER: Well, what are you waiting for? Get to work! (The Doctor and the peasants dig away at the road.) OVERSEER: (To himself.) I'll complete that schedule yet. 20. SUSAN AND BARBARA'S CELL, CONCIERGERIE PRISON, PARIS (While Susan keeps watch, Barbara is attempting to pry off one of the stones in the floor with a piece of wood from the bed. She leans back.) BARBARA: Oh, I must rest. It's tearing my hands to pieces! SUSAN: Well, should I take over? BARBARA: Ah, no. No. Your hands are worse than mine. SUSAN: I wonder what Ian's doing? Barbara, I think I'll work. It takes my mind off things. (They swap positions. Susan begins to h*t the rock with the stick but hits herself by accident.) SUSAN: Oh! (Barbara helps her up.) BARBARA: Come on, we'll rest. SUSAN: I can't do it, Barbara! BARBARA: Then we'll start again later. We've make good progress. We should be through soon. (They sit on the remains of the bed.) SUSAN: It takes so long! Still, we have done well, haven't we? (Barbara nods. Suddenly they hear some noises from the corridor outside.) SUSAN: Someone's coming. (Barbara desperately attempts to hide their handiwork but putting the blankets over it.) SUSAN: (Alarmed.) Barbara, they're coming for us! (The jailer enters with some plates. He places them on the floor.) JAILER: There's your food. A waste if you ask me. (He peers past them and sees the blankets on the floor.) JAILER: What are they doing down there? BARBARA: What? JAILER: The blankets! I'm responsible for everything in the cells. Pick them up! (Neither of them move.) JAILER: All right. All right. It gets cold at night. You'll get no others! (He bends down to pick the blankets up himself when a voice rings out.) LEMAITRE: Jailer! JAILER: (To himself.) Lemaitre. LEMAITRE: (Shouting.) Jailer! JAILER: (Shouting.) Coming citizen! (Susan and Barbara hug each other in relief.) 21. IAN'S CELL (Ian stands by the window as Lemaitre, a tall thin man dressed in a uniform, silently enters and shuts the door by the window. He pulls the blanket back, sees Webster's body, and throws it back over again.) LEMAITRE: (To Ian.) How long has he been d*ad? (Ian looks away. Lemaitre goes over to him and pulls him around.) LEMAITRE: I asked how long he's been d*ad. IAN: (Coldly.) Several hours citizen. LEMAITRE: Did he speak? IAN: No. No, he didn't. (Lemaitre exits the cell.) 22. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS (Lemaitre rounds a corner followed by the humbled Jailer.) LEMAITRE: I'll ask you once more. Did they talk to each other? JAILER: Well, eh... They may have done so, citizen, but... Well... LEMAITRE: Just simply tell me if you heard their voices. JAILER: Yes. Well, yes, citizen. I did. I didn't know what he said, but I definitely heard them speak. But, n... not for long. LEMAITRE: Let me have the execution list. JAILER: At once, citizen! (The jailer passes him a scroll.) LEMAITRE: The other prisoner - which one is he? (The jailer points out the name.) JAILER: Ian Chesterton. (Lemaitre produces a quill and draws a line through it.) LEMAITRE: Have the body removed from the cell. JAILER: Yes citizen! (The Jailer moves off down the corridor, passed by a group of soldiers. Lemaitre puts down the scroll and looks thoughtful.) 23. SUSAN AND BARBARA'S CELL (They are sitting on the bed, eating.) SUSAN: Well, I felt sure he'd discover that. BARBARA: Yes, so did I. You know, I'd no idea how hungry I was. Or what I'd eat. SUSAN: Uh hmm. I think I'll get back to work, now. BARBARA: Oh no. It was my turn, Susan. SUSAN: No, that's all right. (Susan goes over to the stone. She suddenly steps back with a gasp.) BARBARA: What is it? SUSAN: Rats! BARBARA: Rats? (Susan clambers onto the bed.) SUSAN: They must have smelt the food. Barbara, there's rats down there! (Barbara cautiously approaches the stone, then quickly wedges it back into place.) SUSAN: (Sobbing.) Oh, Barbara. I can't do it anymore. Not with those down there. I can't do it! I can't! BARBARA: They won't come in. Not now. We won't do any more digging. We'll just stay where we are. 24. ROAD, SOME DISTANCE FROM PARIS (The Doctor and the peasants are working away as the overseer leafs through his coins.) DOCTOR: It's a tense time. He's counting his wealth. PEASANT: He does it all the time. Some of us thinks he likes money better than he likes himself. DOCTOR: Do any of you got any money, hmm? PEASANT: Would we be here if we had? DOCTOR: You want to leave here don't you? PEASANT: Well, yes. But, how? He never goes anywhere without that p*stol and he never turns his back! DOCTOR: Well, do as I say. Follow me. (He begins to whisper to the others.) DOCTOR: Ah! Hah, hah!. . PEASANT: Yes. There it is! . (The overseer looks up at the sound of the commotion.) OVERSEER: What? DOCTOR: Yes. Hah, hah. PEASANT: Yes. OVERSEER: What are you staring at? (He goes to join the Doctor and the peasants who are staring up.) DOCTOR: Yes, we're waiting for the eclipse! Look! Ah! OVERSEER: Eclipse? DOCTOR: Yes, yes. PEASANT: He said the moon could pass in front of the sun at any moment! See! Look! DOCTOR: Yes, you've heard about it, haven't you? OVERSEER: Yes, yes, yes. I've... I've heard. (As he talks, the Doctor reaches into the overseer's pouch and takes several of the coins.) DOCTOR: Yes. It's a... It's... It's... It's quite a phenomenon, isn't it? Yes, yes. Hmm. OVERSEER: All right. All right. We'll see it when it happens. Until then, get back to work. Now! (He backs away and the others begin to dig again. The Doctor shows the others the coins and then embeds them in the soil. He hits them a few times as if he has just uncovered them.) DOCTOR: Ah, look at it! Look at the coin! (He picks one up.) OVERSEER: Now, what's wrong now? (He snatches the coin.) DOCTOR: Eh. Hah, hah. I've just found this coin down there. It must come from some hidden treasure. OVERSEER: (Sceptically.) A treasure? More likely dropped by a passing traveller. DOCTOR: Oh, no. No, definitely a hidden treasure. OVERSEER: Now, where were you digging? DOCTOR: Just there. Just there. Yeah. Heh, hah. (The Doctor shows him where he has hidden the other coins. The overseer greedily begins to dig at the ground with a pick.) OVERSEER: Here's another. DOCTOR: Catch his spade! Stop! OVERSEER: Just stand back! It's nothing to do with you. Nothing! I'll do the digging and then it'll be mine. Now stand back! (He starts digging again. The Doctor rubs his hands together and one of the peasants hands him a spade. The peasants wince as the Doctor brings it down on to the head of the overseer with a loud noise, then they run off into the distance. The Doctor stays a while and retrieves his coat, then places one of the coins on the eye of the snoring overseer.) DOCTOR: Good day to you, sir! Pleasant dreams. Huh. Yeah. (He sets off for Paris again.) 25. ROAD, SOME DISTANCE FROM PARIS (The Doctor walks down a road with tall trees on either side.) 26. ROAD, 5 KM FROM PARIS (The Doctor walks along another road surrounded by bushes. He sits down on a stone by the roadside for a rest. Looking down, he sees 'Paris, 5km' written on the stone. He stands up and continues his journey.) 27. SUSAN AND BARBARA'S CELL, CONCIERGERIE PRISON, PARIS (Susan and Barbara are sitting on the bed clearly exhausted. Barbara looks up as the door opens.) 28. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS (The jailer holds the door open.) JAILER: All right you two, come on out. Stand in line. (Susan and Barbara emerge and stand next to another prisoner and three guards.) SUSAN: Where's Ian? JAILER: Was that your friend? He was lucky. Lemaitre crossed him off the list. You're not so fortunate. (To the guards.) This batch for the guillotine! Take them away! (The guards escort them away.) 29. IAN'S CELL (Ian hears noises outside in the street outside his cell. He clambers up to the window to get a view.) 30. STREET OUTSIDE THE CONCIERGERIE PRISON (Ian stares through the window in horror at what he sees.) IAN: Barbara! Susan!
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EPISODE 3 - A Change of Identity by DENNIS SPOONER first broadcast - 22 August, 1964 5:30pm - 5:55pm 1. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS, CONCIERGERIE PRISON, PARIS, 1794 (Susan, Barbara and another prisoner have been removed from their cells by the jailer and are standing next to some guards.) JAILER: This batch for the guillotine! Take them away! (The guards escort them away.) 2. IAN'S CELL (Ian hears noises outside in the street outside his cell. He clambers up to the window to get a view.) 3. STREET OUTSIDE THE CONCIERGERIE PRISON (Ian stares through the window in horror at what he sees.) IAN: Barbara! Susan! 3. STREET (People walk up and down the street going about their daily business. The Doctor comes up the street. He has arrived in Paris.) (He walks off.) 4. STREET (Two men are watching a street from the cover of an archway. This is noticeably less busy than the other.) JEAN: A should have passed by now, Jules. JULES: You must try and cultivate patience, my friend. It will stand you in good stead. JEAN: I will never get used to the waiting. If only it wasn't so quiet. JULES: That's why we're here, Jean. A crowded street and a successful rescue will never mix. JEAN: I know. But it is late. Perhaps they've taken another route? JULES: No. They'll come this way. They always do. Are you ready? JEAN: Yes, I'm ready. How many soldiers do you think there'll be? JULES: Oh, six. Maybe five. JEAN: It's a pity Leon isn't with us today. The odds would have been more favourable. JULES: Yes, I admit Leon would have been a great help. But don't forget we have surprise on our side. It is worth three men. JEAN: Well, they must have left the prison later than usual. 5. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS, CONCIERGERIE PRISON (The jailer brings some food to one of the cell doors.) JAILER: (To the occupant.) If you want some food, get back against the wall and stay there! (He places the food down, unlocks the door and nudges the food in with his foot. Lemaitre has appeared at the end of the corridor.) LEMAITRE: Jailer! (The jailer, startled, cries out.) JAILER: Yes citizen? Yes? LEMAITRE: Here. Immediately! (The jailer fumbles to lock the door.) JAILER: Coming. Coming, citizen! (He rushes off carrying several empty bowls, unaware that he has left the bunch of keys in the lock. He rounds the corner where Lemaitre is waiting for him.) LEMAITRE: Jailer! Didn't you hear me calling you? JAILER: I'm sorry citizen. I came as fast as I could. I was busy with the food. LEMAITRE: Prison food is unimportant! (He knocks the bowls from the jailer's hands.) LEMAITRE: You realise that Robespierre will be asking to see the execution figures? JAILER: I have them ready, citizen. (He picks a piece of paper from a desk and hands it to Lemaitre. Lemaitre sits at the desk.) LEMAITRE: I hope, for your sake, that they're satisfactory. Otherwise, instead of being jailer here, you could find yourself a prisoner. (He begins to read.) 6. IAN'S CELL (Ian reaches down to picks up his food, but notices the key in the lock. He stands up and peers through the hole in the door.) 7. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS (He manages to reach the keys and lift them out. He fumbles with the ring and eventually manages to get one off the ring. He then, after nearly dropping them, puts the remaining ones in the lock.) 8. IAN'S CELL (He pockets his key. He then takes the food and begins to eat it by the window.) 9. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS (Lemaitre finishes reading the execution list.) LEMAITRE: Good. Good. JAILER: (Relieved.) Thank you citizen. My only wish is to serve the cause to the best of my ability. (Lemaitre stands.) LEMAITRE: Nevertheless, loyalty should not go unrewarded. JAILER: Citizen, I... I seek no reward. LEMAITRE: That is as it should be. But I shall see to it that your name is mentioned in the right quarter. (Lemaitre walks off. The jailer's triumph is short lived, however, as he discovers the absence of the keys. Panicked, he runs back to Ian's cell only to discover to his relief that they are still in the lock. He picks them up and walks off.) 10. STREET (Escorted by several soldiers, a horse is pulling along a rickety-looking cart with Susan, Barbara and the other prisoner on it. Susan is clearly sick. The procession halts.) BARBARA: Susan, I think the horse has thrown a shoe. The moment they start to unhitch it, we make a run for it. SUSAN: I don't think I can, Barbara. I don't feel very well. BARBARA: Look, I'll help you but you must make an effort. SUSAN: All right. I'll do my best. BARBARA: Good. Now, as soon as soon as they start to lead the horse away... (She looks up at the sound of laughing and sees two women looking at them from upstairs windows. Jules and Jean are watching from an archway.) JEAN: It is them? JULES: Yes. It looks as if they're having trouble with the horse. JEAN: I guess that's why they were so late. We were right to come looking for them. Are you ready? JULES: Yah. You see how big the guard is, don't you? JEAN: Yes. Four. (The soldiers are removing the horse from the cart.) JULES: But, one of them's taken the horse away. I think we're in luck! JEAN: You know what to do. JULES: I'll take the one on the right. (On the cart...) BARBARA: Susan, are you ready? Come on, now! (She tries to drag Susan away but Susan holds back.) SUSAN: Oh, I can't! You go, Barbara. BARBARA: Don't be silly. Come on! Pull yourself together! SUSAN: Oh, my head's splitting and my back's aching. BARBARA: All right, Susan. It's all right. (The women watching them suddenly close the shutters over their windows. Jean emerges from hiding and sh**t one of the soldiers. Another attempts to sh**t Jean but misses. He comes up to Jean and tries to strike him with his g*n but Jean manages to sh**t him first. Jules shouts a warning to him.) JULES: Jean! (Jean sh**t the final guard who is sneaking up on him from behind. The two of them help Susan and Barbara out of the cart and through an archway. The other prisoner has already gone during the fight. The four of them head through an alleyway.) 11. STREET (The Doctor is walking down when a shop catches his attention. He peers through the window.) 12. CLOTHES SHOP (The shopkeeper is sorting out the clothes when the Doctor enters.) SHOPKEEPER: Good evening, citizen. DOCTOR: Evening. SHOPKEEPER: I was just about to close my humble shop, but if I can be of service... DOCTOR: Yes. Yes. Very likely. (He begins to examine the clothes on a rack.) SHOPKEEPER: Ah, did you see the executions today, citizen? DOCTOR: Hmm? Oh, no. No, I didn't. SHOPKEEPER: I missed them too. Most unusual. Citizen Robespierre is doing a fine job, don't you think, hounding out the traitors? DOCTOR: Yes, splendid fellow. You seem to be very interested in these traitors. SHOPKEEPER: I consider it my duty. DOCTOR: Then perhaps you can confirm that newly arrested prisoners are taken to the, ah... ah... What is it? The... the Conciergerie Prison? Hmm? SHOPKEEPER: That is correct, citizen. As a matter of fact, you can see the prison from the end of the street here. (He points through the window.) DOCTOR: (In concentration.) Hmm. Hmm. (He goes back to the clothes rack and looks at a coat.) SHOPKEEPER: A wise choice, citizen. There is no finer set of apparel in all of Paris. DOCTOR: Yes, I was thinking of something new along these lines. SHOPKEEPER: Yes, it... it... it would certainly be more suitable than what you're wearing at present. (He tries to measure the Doctor with a tape but the Doctor has noticed a sash hanging from the wall.) DOCTOR: That's very impressive. SHOPKEEPER: Ah, yes, citizen. It signifies the position of regional officer of the provinces. DOCTOR: Yes, I'm quite aware of that. Yes, quite aware. Yes. In fact, ah... it's a post that I myself personally occupy. SHOPKEEPER: I see. I'm sorry citizen. DOCTOR: Don't apologise. I want to try that on. SHOPKEEPER: Ah, certainly, citizen. (The Doctor takes off his coat and the shopkeeper pulls the other coat off the rack.) SHOPKEEPER: The quality is unmatched. And in comparison, the price... DOCTOR: The price is of no matter. I haven't any money. SHOPKEEPER: (Alarmed.) Eh? No money? DOCTOR: No. No, I though possibly we could arrange an exchange. (The shopkeeper looks at the Doctor's coat with little enthusiasm.) SHOPKEEPER: For this? DOCTOR: And what's wrong with it? SHOPKEEPER: Nay. It's little better than a... a... a fancy dress outfit. DOCTOR: A fancy dress?! My dear sir, I doubt that you've seen a coat like it. SHOPKEEPER: I agree. DOCTOR: Am I correct to ass... to assume that you're not interested? SHOPKEEPER: Mmm, eh, you realise there is not much call for a... DOCTOR: Have you had a similar coat like this in your shop? SHOPKEEPER: Never. DOCTOR: Then I understand why there has been no call. (The shopkeeper takes it and considers.) SHOPKEEPER: It is a heavy material, I grant you. And perhaps with a few alterations... You are offering the entire outfit? DOCTOR: Exactly, of course. SHOPKEEPER: Yes. Well, I shall require something else, too. Like, eh, that ring you're wearing for example. (There is a tense silence then the Doctor pulls his ring off.) DOCTOR: You may have it... (The shopkeeper reaches for it but the Doctor holds it back.) DOCTOR: ...Providing you agree to let me have parchment and writing materials into the bargain, hmm? SHOPKEEPER: Very well. (The Doctor hands him the ring.) DOCTOR: Then we have a bargain, my dear sir. (The Doctor takes his new coat off the shopkeeper.) 13. SITTING ROOM, JULES RENAN'S HOUSE (The room is filled with some chairs and a table. A woman, Danielle, opens the door and helps Barbara carry Susan to a chair in the corner. Jules and Jean follow them in.) SUSAN: Thank you. Oh, I feel better already. JEAN: Danielle? DANIELLE: Jean. (She begins to light the candles on the table.) JULES: Ah, we have closed the rest of the house and sent the servants away. It is safer. DANIELLE: I expect you'd like a bath and some food. I'll prepare it for you. Jean, will you help me? (Danielle and Jean go out.) JULES: It is not exactly a palace, but you're both welcome here. BARBARA: What can I say? I can't begin to thank you. JULES: Oh, please. I insist you do not even mention it. It is one of my rules. BARBARA: All right. I don't even know your name. JULES: And that is another of my rules. Christian names only. The less my friends and I know, the less we can admit to when questioned. So permit me. I am Jules. BARBARA: Ah, Barbara. And this is Susan. (Danielle and Jean return. The latter is carrying a tray of food.) JULES: This is my sister, Danielle. She's looking after us. This is my young friend, Jean. BARBARA: How do you do. JULES: I expect you're wondering what is going to happen to you. Well, after you have eaten, you must rest. Then tomorrow we will make arrangements to smuggle you away from France. SUSAN: But you can't do that! JULES: Why not? SUSAN: Barbara, grandfather... BARBARA: Yes, and Ian. He's still in the prison. 14. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS, CONCIERGERIE PRISON (The desk is vacant. There is no sign of the jailer. Ian's voice can be heard.) IAN: (Calling.) Jailer! 15. IAN'S CELL (Satisfied that the jailer is nowhere near, Ian pulls the key out of his pocket. He puts his hand through the hole in the door and, after a small amount of fumbling, manages to unlock it.) 16. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS (He rushes from the cell and locks the door behind him. He darts to the shadows on the other side of the room and cautiously edges around a corner. He finds the jailer unconscious on the floor. With no time to spare, Ian makes his escape. Shortly afterwards, Lemaitre emerges from hiding and looks to where Ian has gone.) LEMAITRE: Did Webster give you a message for James Stirling or not? We shall see. We shall see. 17. SITTING ROOM, JULES RENAN'S HOUSE (Susan, Barbara, Jules, Jean and Danielle have just finished a meal.) SUSAN: I do feel better after that. (Danielle and Jean begin to tidy up.) BARBARA: Here, let me help. DANIELLE: No, Barbara. You stay where you are. Jean and I can manage. BARBARA: Jules? JULES: They can manage. (Danielle and Jean take the dinner things out.) JULES: Now, you both agreed to tell me your story. SUSAN: Yes, what about the map? JULES: Oh, yes. (He produces a map which he unrolls on the table. Jules stands back while Susan and Barbara scrutinise it.) JULES: Here we are. SUSAN: Now according to the sun's position, we were travelling south. BARBARA: Yes, let's see. Forest should be in this area, here. SUSAN: Oh yes. And there was a group of houses, wasn't there? BARBARA: Yes. SUSAN: Yes. That would be the forest. BARBARA: Yes, turn it round this way. SUSAN: OK. BARBARA: Jules, I think we can show you now. (He joins them.) BARBARA: We arrived in this area here. SUSAN: Yes, we walked through the forest, you see. Then we got lost. So we asked our way at a house and... Where was the house? BARBARA: Here it is. SUSAN: Ah. BARBARA: That's where we saw the soldiers, remember? (Jules leans forward with interest at where Barbara is talking about.) JULES: (Worried.) Are you sure? SUSAN: Well, yes. (Jules goes over to the door and calls.) JULES: Jean! BARBARA: What's wrong? SUSAN: (Oblivious.) We didn't find grandfather though. We don't even know if he got away. (Jean returns.) BARBARA: Susan, wait a minute... JULES: Show Jean where you were arrested. (Susan points to the map.) SUSAN: Just here. JULES: Did you meet two men there? BARBARA: Yes. How did you know? JEAN: Their names? BARBARA: D'Argenson... JULES: ...and Rouvray. JEAN: They must have discovered our escape route, Jules! JULES: Hmm, they may have just been unlucky. We'll wait till we've heard from Leon, the route is his responsibility. (To Barbara.) Were d'Argenson and Rouvray brought back with you? BARBARA: No. There was a fight with the soldiers. They were sh*t. JEAN: (Alarmed.) Soldiers? Jules, this isn't the first time. JULES: Oh, later. JEAN: Someone's informing on us! JULES: Later, Jean. SUSAN: You knew those men, didn't you? JULES: Hmm? Yes. Yes, we did. We rescued them as we did you. In their case our effort was wasted. BARBARA: So this isn't the first time you've risked your life? JEAN: Not all Frenchmen can allow innocent people to be led to the guillotine, Barbara. Jules has saved many lives. JULES: It would appear my that luck is running out. JEAN: Luck? Not if what I say is true. JULES: I shall sort it out, Jean. (To Susan.) Now, you say your grandfather was left here. (He points to the map.) SUSAN: Yes, in that house. JULES: Then I shall send someone to search for him as soon as I can. BARBARA: There were four of us all together. Ian, as I've already told you, is still in the prison. JULES: I promise you, I'll give you my word, that I will not rest until the four of you have been brought together again. (Susan collapses into the chair.) BARBARA: Headache again? SUSAN: Ah, yes. It keeps coming and going. JULES: The young lady needs sleep. (He opens the door and calls.) JULES: Danielle! (Barbara helps Susan up as Danielle enters.) BARBARA: But if you could show me where... JULES: Danielle will escort you. DANIELLE: Oh yes, come with me. You look worn out. SUSAN: Thank you. If... if I could just lie down... JULES: Sleep well and have pleasant dreams. SUSAN: Thank you. Goodnight. JULES: Goodnight, Susan. (Danielle takes Susan and Barbara out of the room. Jules and Jean peer over the map. Suddenly they are disturbed by a knocking on the front door. Both draw their p*stol and Jules goes to answer it. His voice and the voice of another man can be heard from the hallway.) JEAN: (Relieved.) Oh, Leon. LEON: I'm sorry it's so late but I have a message for Jules. (He enters the sitting room.) JULES: Leon! It's good to see you. (They shake hands as Jean enters behind.) JEAN: D'Argenson and Rouvray were taken! LEON: What? JULES: Not now, Jean. Well Leon, what's wrong? LEON: There is a man - a stranger. He's been asking for you. JULES: Oh? (Leon takes a seat.) LEON: He's being watched. He's by the inn near the prison. Well, we thought you should know. JULES: Yes, thank you. We'll take care of it. (Leon stands as Barbara returns.) JULES: Oh Barbara, this is a good friend of mine, Leon. (To Leon.) Barbara. She's here with a young friend. They're staying with us for a few days. BARBARA: (To Leon.) I'm pleased to meet you. (Leon takes Barbara's hand and kisses it.) LEON: The pleasure is all mine. JULES: We're slipping out for a while, Barbara. It won't be for long. LEON: I'll take good care of her, Jules. (Jules and Jean go to the door, but Jean seems slightly disturbed at the prospect of leaving Barbara and Leon together.) JULES: Come, Jean. Don't delay. (They exit. Barbara sits down.) LEON: Perhaps you'd care for some wine? BARBARA: Yes. Thank you. (Leon pours her and himself glasses.) 18. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS, CONCIERGERIE PRISON (The jailer is drinking from a bottle. His head is bandaged. The Doctor's voice is heard calling from outside.) DOCTOR: Let me in, you fools! I could have you sh*t at dawn. Get it open, will you? (The jailer puts down the bottle and stumbles to his feet but someone has got to the door first.) DOCTOR: Ah, that's better. Thank you. Open again? You don't want all the prisoners to escape, do you? (The jailer rounds the corner to see the Doctor in his full 'officer of the provinces' uniform.) DOCTOR: Who is in charge of this prison, hmm? (He sees the jailer.) DOCTOR: Well, speak up, my man! JAILER: (Awed.) I am, citizen. DOCTOR: My credentials. (The Doctor hands the jailer a piece of paper. The jailer unravels it but the Doctor snatches it back before he can read it.) DOCTOR: And while we are about it, why wasn't I met, hmm? Do you realise that I walked through the whole of Paris without a guard? Me? JAILER: We would have arrange an escort had we been advised of your... DOCTOR: You were advised! I forwarded the communication myself. What if Robespierre hears about this? JAILER: Robespierre? Why, I don't think you should worry the first deputy, citizen. He's a very busy man. I am at your service, citizen. Anything you wish to know... DOCTOR: Very well. Very well. Thank you. Yes. You seem a capable man and I'm sure this misunderstanding is none of your doing. JAILER: Oh, indeed citizen. I am most conscientious. But, when you're assisted by idiots... DOCTOR: Of course. Of course. And I'm glad we understand each other. JAILER: Fetch some wine, citizen? DOCTOR: No. Thank you. (The jailer goes over to the desk.) JAILER: I... I would deem it a privilege if I could be of help. DOCTOR: Thank you, citizen! It's all perfectly simple. Three traitors were brought here: a man, a woman and a young child. They fled from my province. I'm sure you remember them? JAILER: Ah, yes. Ah, yes. Ah... DOCTOR: Well? If they're still here... JAILER: The women were dispatched to the guillotine. (The Doctor is unable to stop his face falling.) JAILER: Unfortunately, there was a rescue. DOCTOR: What? By whom? JAILER: We don't know! Many times traitors have been snatched away on the road to the guillotine. You understand, of course, that I cannot be held responsible? DOCTOR: (Thoughtfully.) Yes. JAILER: They were outside my jurisdiction. DOCTOR: Yes. Of course. Of course. A... a... and the man? You...you haven't mentioned him. JAILER: No. Well, the man, ah... well, umm... DOCTOR: (Impatiently.) Well come along. Out with it man. JAILER: He escaped! He was a desperate fanatic, citizen. He gave me this wound. (He lifts his bandage and shows the Doctor.) JAILER: I fought with him, prepared to give my life to stop his escape. But, he fought with the strength of ten men! DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes. I believe what you say. I'm sure you did the best you could. It's a pity you're surrounded by such fools. JAILER: Exactly citizen, exactly. DOCTOR: (Musing.) Yes. All three of them are somewhere in Paris. JAILER: They will be caught, you may rest assured. DOCTOR: Yes. Yes. What? Oh, of course. Yes, yes. Of course. Of course. Well, I'll take up no more of your time, citizen. (He moves towards the exit but his way is blocked by Lemaitre who has been listening in for a while now.) JAILER: Lemaitre. Ah... ah... the citizen here has been enquiring... LEMAITRE: Yes. I heard what was said. (To the Doctor.) Your papers, citizen? (The Doctor gives them to him and he unfolds them and reads.) JAILER: He's a regional officer from the southern province. LEMAITRE: I can read. Thank you jailer. (He studies the papers for a few moments more before handing them back to the Doctor.) LEMAITRE: And where are you going now, citizen? DOCTOR: Well, ah... home. LEMAITRE: It's rather late. It would perhaps be better if you journeyed tomorrow. DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, I could do that. LEMAITRE: You see, I'm taking the execution lists to the first deputy's palace and, by a coincidence if you like, your province is going to be discussed. It would be a great help if you were on hand to answer any difficult questions that crop up. DOCTOR: A great help. Very well. LEMAITRE: I promise you will find it most interesting. (The jailer hands him the execution list.) LEMAITRE: Come. We must not keep Citizen Robespierre waiting. (Faced with no alternative, the Doctor follows Lemaitre from the prison.) 19. SITTING ROOM, JULES RENAN'S HOUSE (Barbara and Leon are talking.) LEON: Where do you come from, Barbara? BARBARA: Oh, does it matter? LEON: No. I'd just like to know. BARBARA: Well, I don't think you'll like the answer. I was born in England so that makes us enemies. LEON: Does it? I prefer to think that it means you have no interest in France or the Revolution. BARBARA: That's a strange thing to say. LEON: Perhaps I'll explain, one day. (They both rise.) BARBARA: Well, I think I'd better go and see if Susan's all right. (Without a word, Leon goes over and opens the door for her to leave through. He then goes back over and leans on the mantelpiece, drinking from his wine glass.) 20. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS, CONCIERGERIE PRISON (The jailer is being interrogated by a mysterious figure.) JAILER: But I keep telling you, he's just left to see Citizen Robespierre. Are you sure it's so urgent? (The man nods.) JAILER: Well, what is it about? (The man is none other than the shopkeeper the Doctor encountered earlier.) SHOPKEEPER: I want to give him this. (He holds up the Doctor's ring.) JAILER: What is it? SHOPKEEPER: Evidence against a traitor!
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EPISODE 4 - THE TYRANT OF FRANCE by DENNIS SPOONER first broadcast - 29 August, 1964 1. JAILER'S ALCOVE (This is the area of the Conciergerie Prison that the JAILER uses as a rudimentary office. It holds only a desk and chair. The SHOPKEEPER from whom the DOCTOR acquired his Regional Deputy clothing, is in conversation with the JAILER.) JAILER: But I keep telling ya, he's just left to see Citizen Robespierre. Are you sure it's so urgent? Well, what is it about? SHOPKEEPER: I want to give him this. (He holds up the DOCTOR's ring.) JAILER: What is it? SHOPKEEPER: Evidence against a traitor! 2. OFFICE OF ROBESPIERRE (ROBESPIERRE, the architect of the Reign of Terror, is 32 years old, a smallish man with a poxy complexion. He sits in a comfortable chair in his extravagantly furnished office, and listens to the voices audible from just outside the office.) LEMAITRE: (OOV.) Lemaitre, to see Citizen Robespierre. (The door to ROBESPIERRE's office opens, and a GUARD appears.) ROBESPIERRE: Send Citizen Lemaitre in. (The GUARD does so, and LEMAITRE enters, accompanied by the DOCTOR in his Regional Deputy uniform. LEMAITRE hands a document to ROBESPIERRE.) LEMAITRE: Here is the complete and detailed list of the recent executions, Citizen. (ROBESPIERRE looks briefly at the document, then turns to the DOCTOR.) ROBESPIERRE: Who is this, Lemaitre? LEMAITRE: A Regional Deputy visiting from our southern province, Citizen. And as the province in question is to be discussed, I thought the Citizen could make his report personally. ROBESPIERRE: I see. I am always prepared to listen to a first-hand account of the region's situation. DOCTOR: I welcome the opportunity. (ROBESPIERRE motions him to a chair opposite; the DOCTOR sits.) DOCTOR: Thank you. Before you question me, perhaps you would like to hear my views on Paris? ROBESPIERRE: When did you arrive? DOCTOR: Just today. ROBESPIERRE: Hardly long enough for you to have gauged the present mood of our capital. DOCTOR: Oh, I wouldn't say that... ROBESPIERRE: I am only interested in your comments on your own territory. Recent memoranda from your province suggest that the purge of our enemies in your region is progressing very slowly. DOCTOR: Oh, you've reached that conclusion. Hmm... well perhaps we have fewer enemies in our region, and it maybe that Paris can take an example from us, hm? (LEMAITRE flashes the DOCTOR a warning glance. ROBESPIERRE stands and starts by along the wall behind his desk.) ROBESPIERRE: We in Paris are aware of the danger, Citizen. We live in troubled times. There is much, much work to be done, work that is constantly delayed by the need to ferret out the traitors that we harbour in our midst... (Heedless of LEMAITRE'S warning, the DOCTOR cuts in.) DOCTOR: Is there really such a need, Citizen Robespierre? Hm? I mean, what can this reign of terror possibly gain? For every opponent you put to the guillotine, two more will spring up! LEMAITRE: I think you have said enough, Citizen. DOCTOR: Oh, you do, do you? ROBESPIERRE: Let him speak, Lemaitre. What he said is true - my enemies do multiply. He is only warning me of the dangers I face. LEMAITRE: As you wish, Citizen. ROBESPIERRE: I could - and I shall - do great things for France. For too long the Nobility have kept our people to heel. And now finally, my world is at power, what happens? My colleagues, my trusted friends, plot for power! DOCTOR: Do they? Or is it just their wish to keep their heads, hm? (ROBESPIERRE stops pacing, stares for a moment at the DOCTOR, then resumes his striding.) ROBESPIERRE: Danton planned to restore the monarchy. I had the proof, I knew! I had to dispose of him. And the Girondins. Even now, Convention members are at work, plotting my downfall. But I will triumph, even if I have to execute every last one of them! Death, always death. Do you think I want this carnage? 342 executions in nine days in Paris alone. What a memory I shall leave behind if this thing lasts! (He turns to the window. LEMAITRE gestures to the DOCTOR, and he stands up. They move towards the door.) ROBESPIERRE: You must come again, Citizen. We never did talk about your province. DOCTOR: No we didn't, did we, and I was so looking forward to it. (He chuckles quietly to himself.) DOCTOR: It's a pity we talked for so long about Paris, hm? ROBESPIERRE: Bring him with you tomorrow, Lemaitre. (The smile disappears from the DOCTOR's face.) LEMAITRE: Yes, Citizen! 3. RENAN'S SITTING ROOM (SUSAN lies in an armchair in the sitting room of JULES RENAN, shivering under a blanket. BARBARA kneels anxiously beside her, while LEON COLBERT attends to the fireplace in silence. After a while, DANIELLE enters, carrying a mug for SUSAN.) DANIELLE: This will warm you. SUSAN: Thank you. What is it? DANIELLE: Just drink it all up. LEON: Would you like something, Barbara? BARBARA: No, thank you. LEON: I think I'd like some more wine. (He looks at DANIELLE as he says this, DANIELLE replies coldly.) DANIELLE: The wine is on the table. LEON: (Sarcastically.) Thank you! (He pours some wine from the jug on the table.) DANIELLE: I think I'll return to bed, if you'll excuse me. BARBARA: Yes, of course. I'm sorry we disturbed you. (DANIELLE leaves.) LEON: One can't be friends with everybody. BARBARA: (To SUSAN.) How do you feel now? SUSAN: I'm alright, thanks. (She closes her eyes wearily.) BARBARA: That's right. You try and get some rest. I'll be here if you want me. (She moves to join LEON by the fireplace.) BARBARA: I wish I knew for certain what it was. She could have caught almost anything in that jail. LEON: We've done all we can, Barbara. BARBARA: Yes, but is it enough? When I went upstairs, she'd kicked off all her clothes and was shivering with cold. I was so worried, I thought I'd better bring her down here. LEON: It's probably just a chill. BARBARA: Yes, but what if it's worse? LEON: Well, we could call a physician. But it would be dangerous. They report almost everything to the militia these days, if only to save their own necks. BARBARA: Yes, well that's a risk we'll have to take. You must know someone we could trust? (LEON thinks for a moment.) LEON: Yes... yes, I think I do. BARBARA: Good! That's settled then. (She looks across to SUSAN.) BARBARA: She's asleep. LEON: Good... I wonder what's happened to Jules? He should have been back before this. BARBARA: Oh well, if you have to go, we... we'll be alright here. LEON: Are you sure? BARBARA: Yes, of course. I know you didn't intend to stay so long. LEON: I think I'd better go. (He moves to the door.) LEON: I shall need time to arrange for the physician. BARBARA: We'll see you tomorrow? LEON: If I can't come back, I'll send a message. You'll tell Jules? BARBARA: Yes. And... (She sounds unusually caring.) BARBARA: be careful, Leon. LEON: I will. (He looks closely into her eyes for a long moment, but then tears himself away.) LEON: We'll meet again, Barbara. And soon. (He leaves. As the front door is bolted, BARBARA sits by SUSAN's side. The girl opens her eyes.) BARBARA: I thought you were asleep. SUSAN: No, just dozing. BARBARA: Want to go back to bed now? SUSAN: You like Leon, don't you? (BARBARA smiles.) BARBARA: Come on, I'll help you upstairs. (She help SUSAN to her feet, and they leave the room.) 4. RENAN'S SITTING ROOM (NIGHT) (Some time later. The shutters of the large French windows are opened from the outside, and JULES RENAN and JEAN enter through the window. They carry between them an unconscious body wrapped head to toe in a large sack. They put the person on the sofa and light some candles, then close the shutters and window.) JULES: Now, let's just have a look at him... (They remove the sack from the person's head.) JULES: It's a pity we had to h*t him so hard. JEAN: Well, the streets are filled with soldiers. He only had to call out and we'd have been arrested. JULES: If he is against us, yes... I wonder who it is? (He holds the candle up, and the light falls on the face of IAN.) 5. PRISON COURTYARD (NIGHT) (LEMAITRE walks towards the cell area with the DOCTOR.) LEMAITRE: No, far from it. I'd say you created a favourable impression on Citizen Robespierre. DOCTOR: I didn't say half the things I wanted to say. He twisted my words. LEMAITRE: Politicians usually do. Still, you are going to have another opportunity. DOCTOR: Oh, I think not! No no no no, your hospitality has been most successful, and most accepted. No, I think I must bid you goodbye and leave you. LEMAITRE: That would be rather difficult, Citizen. Robespierre is expecting you tomorrow. DOCTOR: Then convey my apologies to him... LEMAITRE: On the contrary! It would be more than my neck is worth to disobey such an order. You must try and stay. DOCTOR: It's out of the question! LEMAITRE: Oh, but I insist! (As the DOCTOR moves for the exit, LEMAITRE blocks his way forcefully. The DOCTOR stands fuming for a moment, then backs down. LEMAITRE calls inside.) LEMAITRE: Jailer? (There are moans from inside the prison, and the JAILER soon appears, still nursing his bandaged head.) JAILER: Lemaitre. LEMAITRE: Arrange suitable accommodation for our Citizen guest. JAILER: Of course, Citizen, of course. Er, for how long? LEMAITRE: He will be staying at least until tomorrow night. DOCTOR: Definitely no longer! JAILER: He can 'ave one of the soldiers' rooms. I'll throw them out. (As he goes, he turns back to LEMAITRE.) JAILER: Oh, Citizen, just one thing. There's a man waiting to see you. It's very important. LEMAITRE: (To the DOCTOR.) I trust the room will be to your satisfaction. (He leaves.) DOCTOR: I'm sure it will be. 6. LEMAITRE'S OFFICE (The SHOPKEEPER waits in LEMAITRE's small, simply furnished office in the prison. LEMAITRE enters.) LEMAITRE: Well? You wanted to see me? SHOPKEEPER: Yes, Citizen Lemaitre. I think I may have some information for you. (He smiles slyly.) 7. JAILER'S ALCOVE (The JAILER returns to the waiting DOCTOR.) JAILER: If you're ready, Citizen, I'll show you your room. DOCTOR: Oh, that's alright, Jailer. I don't think I shall stay after all. JAILER: Eh? DOCTOR: No, I'm sure Lemaitre will understand. It's a pity that I asked him to put me up. Besides, those poor soldiers will need their rest. JAILER: It doesn't matter about them... DOCTOR: Nevertheless, I must be on my way - I have a long journey. So kindly give my regards to Lemaitre. (He turns to leave. Behind him the JAILER, looking extremely worried, pulls a p*stol from his desk drawer and points it at the DOCTOR's back.) JAILER: Citizen! (The DOCTOR turns in surprise, and indignantly confronts the hapless JAILER.) DOCTOR: And just what do you think you're doing, jailer? Hm? JAILER: Lemaitre said you're staying. I must obey him. DOCTOR: And what do you think he'll say when he hears you delayed me, hm? JAILER: I'm sorry, Citizen, I'm sorry. But he he comes back and finds you gone, it could be even worse. (The DOCTOR decides on the magnanimous approach.) DOCTOR: Very well, I'll stay then. And I shall say nothing of this disgraceful behaviour, if only for your sake. JAILER: Thank you, Citizen, thank you! This way. (He puts down the p*stol and leads the DOCTOR to his room.) 8. LEMAITRE'S OFFICE (LEMAITRE holds the DOCTOR's ring, while the SHOPKEEPER looks on.) LEMAITRE: Your story is that this white-haired old gentleman exchanged clothes and this ring, and that you also gave him writing material. SHOPKEEPER: And the sash, Citizen. It was when he took the insignia of a Regional Officer of the Provinces that I became, well, suspicious. LEMAITRE: Yes, so you said. SHOPKEEPER: Of course I realise it may be nothing, b-but it was my duty to report it. LEMAITRE: You did well, Citizen. (His voice indicates the interview is over; the SHOPKEEPER realised he may not get the reward he is obviously after.) SHOPKEEPER: Will you be keeping the ring and the clothes, Citizen? LEMAITRE: They may be needed as evidence. SHOPKEEPER: Oh. Yes. Of course, you realise - they were part of the exchange. I'm a poor man, Citizen, and normally I'd have thrown him out of my shop... (LEMAITRE decides to put him out of his misery.) LEMAITRE: This should more than compensate. (He hands the SHOPKEEPER several large coins.) SHOPKEEPER: Thank you, Citizen! Although I... I cannot accept a reward for what, after all, was my duty. LEMAITRE: Keep it, on one condition. SHOPKEEPER: Anything, Citizen. LEMAITRE: You will say nothing of this to anyone. SHOPKEEPER: You have my word! (He heads for the door.) LEMAITRE: Leave this way. (He rises and opens a concealed door in the opposite wall.) LEMAITRE: I don't want you seen in the prison. SHOPKEEPER: Thank you, Citizen, thank you! (The SHOPKEEPER leaves. LEMAITRE closes the door behind him.) 9. RENAN'S SITTING ROOM (JULES and JEAN watch as IAN begins to stir on the sofa.) JULES: He is coming round. (BARBARA enters, but the back of the sofa blocks her view of IAN's face.) JULES: I'm sorry we were so long, Barbara. We had to carry him all the way, dodging patrols all the time. How's Susan? BARBARA: Oh, she has a slight fever, but she's sleeping now. JULES: Leon not here? BARBARA: No, he had to leave. He's arranging for Susan to see a doctor t... (As she approaches, she comes into view of the man on the sofa. She exclaims in surprise as she recognises him.) BARBARA: Ian! IAN: Barbara! (He struggles to stand, but the effort is too much. BARBARA smiles with relief at seeing him, and holds his shoulders tenderly.) BARBARA: Ian...! (IAN looks confused and dazed.) IAN: Is Susan here too? BARBARA: Yes, she's upstairs. IAN: But... I thought you were both... oh, this is great! Any news of the Doctor? BARBARA: No. We don't even know if he got to Paris. JULES: Well, we did not know when we left here we were going to collect one of your friends, Barbara. BARBARA: Ian... this is Jules. Uh, he saved our lives. IAN: Not Jules Renan, by any chance? JULES: Yes? IAN: What! I've been looking for you! JULES: We heard that somebody was - we did not know it was you. (IAN gingerly feels the back of his head.) IAN: You can say that again! JULES: Mmm. We're very sorry about that. Jean, this calls for a celebration! JEAN: I'll get a bottle from the cellar. (He exits.) JULES: Come and sit over here, you'll be more comfortable. (He leads IAN over to one of the other chairs.) BARBARA: I think I'd better go and sit with Susan. IAN: Oh? BARBARA: She isn't feeling at all well. IAN: Well, what's wrong with her? BARBARA: Don't know. We're hoping to see a doctor tomorrow. Although when she hears you're back, that should be tonic enough! JULES: I know it is good news, but I think it's best not to wake her. BARBARA: Oh no, I won't. She doesn't sleep for very long anyway. Look, you have a talk to Ian. (She leaves the room.) IAN: Sounded like an order. JULES: Well there is one question I would like to ask you. How did you know Barbara and Susan were here? IAN: I didn't. JULES: But I thought... when you were asking for me... IAN: That was for an entirely different reason. Do you know a man called Webster? JULES: No. IAN: I shared a cell with him in prison. Unfortunately he died. He asked me to contact a man called James Stirling. JULES: James Stirling... no, I'm afraid that name means nothing to me either. IAN: What? You mean to say you don't know him? JULES: No. Should I? IAN: Well, I dunno, I... somehow took it for granted that you would. (JEAN returns with a wine bottle.) JULES: Perhaps you'd better tell me the complete story... IAN: Yes. JULES: ...over a glass of wine. (JEAN pours wine into three glasses.) IAN: Well, as far as I know, Webster was an Englishman who'd come over to France to persuade Stirling to return to England. Stirling must be a spy. JEAN: I'll share one drink, then I must start my journey. (JEAN gives a glass each to JULES and IAN, and keeps the third for himself.) JULES: Thank you. Yes, you should leave before dawn. Your health, Ian. (They drink.) IAN: Well, as I told you, Webster was dying. But before he died, he begged me to get a message to James Stirling. I asked him, how would I recognise him? And he told me to contact you at the sign of "Le Chien Gris." JEAN: I see. Well, Webster is right there; it is an inn that we frequent. I'm sorry, please go on. IAN: No, that's all there is to say. Except that, as I found "Le Chien Gris," you found me. (He rubs the back of his head again.) JULES: Mm. Did Webster know Stirling? IAN: Oh, I imagine so. JEAN: Probably by sight. JULES: To do his job properly he must be able to move around freely. That would mean an alias, a completely new identity. IAN: What, something Webster didn't know? JULES: Yes, exactly. IAN: So Webster was counting on recognising him? JULES: Well, that makes good sense. IAN: Yes, well why did he ask me to contact you? JULES: Men like Webster have been in touch with me before. I imagine the English are giving me as a contact to people they send over, in case they need help. IAN: Oh. Well it's not going to help me find Stirling, is it? (JEAN is standing apart from the others, looking uneasy. JULES speaks aside to him.) JULES: What's the matter, eh? JEAN: I'm not sure I like the idea of being used by the English. You shouldn't either, Jules. We're at w*r! And they're our enemies, and here we are helping their spies! JULES: England is at w*r with the people ruling France, Jean. So are we. When the tyranny ends, so will the w*r. (He walks back to IAN.) IAN: I suppose the chances of finding Stirling are pretty slim. JULES: We can try. IAN: Good! JEAN: Now, you have a few days to spare, if that's correct. IAN: (Puzzled.) Oh, do I? JULES: Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't told you. Jean is leaving soon to search for the fourth member of your party, Susan's grandfather. IAN: You know where he is? JULES: No - but he will start at the house where you were arrested and follow the trail from there, won't you, Jean? JEAN: Yes, I will find him. JULES: And while we wait, we will also search, for Stirling. JEAN: Providing you have no objections, Jules, I'll start my journey now. JULES: No objections. JEAN: You'll hear from me within three days. JULES: Take care, Jean. (JEAN nods in IAN's direction.) JEAN: Ian. IAN: Good luck, and thanks. (JEAN takes his coat and prepares to leave.) JULES: If anyone can find him, Jean can. (He sits down.) JULES: Now to our problem. I wonder who can help us? JEAN: Of course, there is one man. JULES: Leon? IAN: A friend of yours? JULES: We've shared many escapades. (JEAN leaves.) JULES: He moves in a very wide circle and knows a great many people. Perhaps he is James Stirling? IAN: I'd like to meet him. Can you arrange it? JULES: Very easily, he's coming here tomorrow, bringing a physician for Susan. IAN: Good! This calls for another drink! (He looks up as BARBARA enters.) IAN: Oh, Barbara, just in time! (JULES sees the downcast expression on BARBARA's face.) JULES: Susan? BARBARA: Yes. I'm afraid she's getting worse. 10. PRISON COURTYARD (DAY) (The next morning, the DOCTOR emerges from his room, dressed in his Regional Officer uniform. He looks around, checks that the JAILER is sleeping drunkenly, and creeps towards the prison entrance. Before he can reach the gates, LEMAITRE steps from the shadows into his way.) LEMAITRE: Good morning, Citizen. I hope you slept well? DOCTOR: I did not! The bed was hard, and the draught blew through the room like the north wind! LEMAITRE: I'm sorry. DOCTOR: (Sternly.) Yes, I dare say you are! But if I catch rheumatism, apologies won't cure it. Will it, hm? (With a loud moan, the JAILER appears, nursing a splitting hangover. He sees LEMAITRE and, obviously surprised, makes a quick getaway.) JAILER: Better feed the pigs. (The DOCTOR mutters disdainfully as the JAILER goes.) DOCTOR: Most appropriate. LEMAITRE: Come, we'll have breakfast. And your time may not be wasted, Citizen. I've got a feeling that it will be quite an eventful day. (The DOCTOR chuckles in ironic agreement.) 11. RENAN'S SITTING ROOM (IAN is asleep on a chair, while JULES sits at the table. There is a banging from the front door; IAN wakes up, and JULES quickly springs over to the window, draws his p*stol, and waits. After a while, a tapping on the sitting room door is heard. JULES tenses as the door opens, then relaxes as he sees DANIELLE enter.) DANIELLE: A message from Leon. The physician won't come here. JULES: Thank you. IAN: But... we must do something for Susan! JULES: Well, If Danielle says the physician won't come here, Susan must be taken to him, that's all. DANIELLE: I'll arrange for a carriage to take them. (She leaves.) IAN: Let me go with Susan. JULES: No, I think it'll look lec- less suspicious if two women were to go. Yes, the physician is reasonably near. (IAN begins to voice his disagreement.) JULES: Yes, Barbara can take her. IAN: I've just found them. I don't want to lose them again. JULES: That's quite understandable. But there's no reason for you to fear for your safety. Besides, there's your meeting with Leon. IAN: Yes, but you haven't arranged it yet... JULES: I can. Ian, it will all be over by today. You'll be able to leave, together. It'll be quicker this way! (IAN sighs.) IAN: Well I don't like it this way. But... JULES: Good. I'll go and fetch Barbara and Susan. (He leaves; as he does so, IAN calls after him.) IAN: And let's hope we can trust the physician! 12. SURGERY (A small surgery, the walls of which are lined with medicine bottles and primitive surgical instruments. The PHYSICIAN finishes examining SUSAN, while BARBARA looks on anxiously.) PHYSICIAN: Yes, you appear to have a feverish chill, but it's nothing very serious. BARBARA: Well, that's a relief. PHYSICIAN: All the same, I'm surprised at your condition. Tell me, uh, have you any idea how you came to catch it? SUSAN: No, none. PHYSICIAN: Mm. Your symptoms would suggest that you haven't been looking after yourself. SUSAN: Well, I, I've done nothing unusual. PHYSICIAN: (To BARBARA.) Has she been eating properly? BARBARA: Oh, she has an enormous appetite! Look, doctor, if you could... well, give her something? We appreciate your time's valuable, we've no wish to delay you. PHYSICIAN: Quite so, quite so. There's another thing, your er, your hands. They're very blistered, aren't they? (SUSAN gives the first answer that comes into her head.) SUSAN: We've been doing some gardening. (BARBARA immediately tries to divert the PHYSICIAN's attention from this reply.) BARBARA: Doctor, can you help her? PHYSICIAN: Yes, I'll treat her, it's a simple matter of blood-letting. Unfortunately, I shall have to go out and collect some leeches. You called rather early; I was on my way to collect them first thing this morning. But you're welcome to wait. BARBARA: Well, maybe it would be better if we came back. PHYSICIAN: Come back, no no no, I shall be out all day, you'll have to wait. But please, make yourselves comfortable. (He leaves the building.) SUSAN: Barbara! I don't like him. And I can't stand the thought of having leeches on me! BARBARA: No, and I got the impression that he suspected us. Come on, let's go. (She tries the door, which refuses to open.) SUSAN: It's locked! 13. PRISON (The PHYSICIAN is talking to the JAILER. A squad of the prison SOLDIERS falls in nearby.) JAILER: Get a move on! They'll be out of Paris if you don't hurry up! PHYSICIAN: If I'm wrong, there'll be no, er, repercussions, will there, Citizen? JAILER: Don't worry. From what you've told me, it's the escaped prisoners alright. The soldiers will go with you. All you've got to do is to point them out. PHYSICIAN: Yes, yes, I'd better hurry back. JAILER: (To SOLDIERS.) Go with the physician. Right turn! Quick march! (The SOLDIERS march off with the physician.) 14. SURGERY (SUSAN and BARBARA try unsuccessfully to batter down the door.) BARBARA: Ah, this door's stronger than it looks! SUSAN: He's been gone ages. He'll be back soon. (They hear the sound of footsteps approaching from outside the door.) SUSAN: There's someone coming! (They step back from the door, which is opened from the outside. The PHYSICIAN stands in the doorway with the SOLDIERS.) PHYSICIAN: There they are! (The SOLDIERS grab hold of the two women and drag them away.) 15. RENAN'S SITTING ROOM (JULES enters to join IAN.) IAN: Barbara and Susan aren't back yet. JULES: They'll be alright. It is not unusual to be kept waiting at the physician. IAN: Well I've got a feeling something's gone wrong. JULES: Now don't worry, Ian. I've arranged your meeting with Leon. IAN: Oh, he can wait! JULES: If it'll make you any happier, I'll go and fetch Barbara and Susan. Now if you want to see Leon, you must hurry. He moves around a great deal; it may be your only chance. IAN: But you'll leave immediately? JULES: Yes, of course I will. Leon is at a disused church. You're to go alone. I've explained some of the story. IAN: Ah, so he's not James Stirling. JULES: No. I'll draw a map for you - it'll help you find the way. 16. PRISON (BARBARA and SUSAN have been brought in by the SOLDIERS to meet the JAILER. LEMAITRE is watching, and steps out of the corridor from his office.) JAILER: So, you thought you'd escaped. Well, we're not as big a fools as you take us for. Ah, Lemaitre. Two recaptured prisoners. (LEMAITRE motions the JAILER to one side and whispers something to him, out of earshot of the two women.) SUSAN: Barbara, what do you think they're talking about? BARBARA: I don't know - but we'll find out soon enough. (The JAILER and LEMAITRE finish their secret conversation.) JAILER: I'll see that your orders are carried out, Citizen. Take the girl to the cells. (The SOLDIERS grab SUSAN and lead her away.) SUSAN: No! Barbara! (BARBARA tries to follow as SUSAN disappears.) JAILER: Not you. You're wanted for questioning. (He leads her along the short corridor to LEMAITRE's office.) 17. LEMAITRE'S OFFICE (The JAILER comes in with BARBARA. As she enters, she sees the back of a man dressed in official uniform, looking away from the door. She is unable to see his face, and so does not recognise him as the DOCTOR.) JAILER: Citizen Lemaitre thought you might like to question this prisoner. DOCTOR: What's that? (He raises an arm to dismiss the JAILER, who leaves, shutting the door behind him. The DOCTOR turns round to face BARBARA.) BARBARA: Doctor? DOCTOR: My dear Barbara! BARBARA: Doctor! (She hugs him joyfully.) 18. INTERIOR, CHURCH CRYPT (IAN arrives at the meeting place, an old, disused and crumbling church crypt. The crypt appears deserted. IAN looks around and moves inside. A figure appears from the shadows behind him; IAN turns.) IAN: Leon? LEON: Yes. You must be Ian. IAN: That's right. LEON: Are you alone? IAN: Yes. Jules said you might be able to help. (IAN hears sounds behind him, and turns to find two SOLDIERS behind him. They are both aiming muskets at his chest.) IAN: Soldiers! (He turns back to face LEON. The Frenchman has drawn a pair of ornate p*stol, and also points them at IAN.) LEON: Yes, I know. You walked right into my trap, didn't you, Ian?
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EPISODE 5 - A BARGAIN OF NECESSITY by DENNIS SPOONER first broadcast - 5 September, 1964 1. CHURCH CRYPT (IAN looks around and moves inside. A figure appears from the shadows behind him; IAN turns.) IAN: Leon? LEON: Yes. You must be Ian. IAN: That's right. LEON: Are you alone? IAN: Yes. Jules said you might be able to help. (IAN hear sounds behind him, and turns to find two SOLDIERS behind him. They are both aiming muskets at his chest.) IAN: Soldiers! (He turns back to face LEON. The Frenchman has drawn a pair of ornate p*stol, and also points them at IAN.) LEON: Yes, I know. You walked right into my trap, didn't you, Ian? 2. PARIS SQUARE (The episode credits are shown over a representation of a square in Paris. Sounds of cheering crowds are heard as the guillotine falls and claims yet another victim.) 3. CHURCH CRYPT LEON: You can put all ideas of escape out of your head. And as for your rescue - well no-one will come here, you can take my word for that. IAN: If I don't go back, Jules is going to get suspicious. LEON: By the time that happens, my friend, we shall have left. And afterwards we'll take care of him. (LEON clicks his fingers, and the SOLDIERS grab him and drag him against a pillar with iron rings set into it. They secure his wrists with heavy chains, which they attach to the rings. IAN struggles as they do so.) IAN: You never know who your friends are! LEON: My association with Jules was bound to come to an end. He already suspected that... a traitor, if you want to use those words, was working in the organisation. But it's no matter. We're ready now to close in on him too. IAN: So what do you want with me? LEON: Information. (IAN scoffs.) LEON: You will cooperate, Ian. Think about it. We have plenty of time. (He stares at IAN for a moment, then turns and exits, leaving the two SOLDIERS to guard the prisoner. One talks to IAN.) SOLDIER: He's giving you time to consider. IAN: I don't need time, I have no information. SOLDIER: We'll decide that when you talk. And you'll talk, you'll talk! (He flashes IAN an evil smile.) 4. LEMAITRE'S OFFICE (BARBARA and the DOCTOR have just been reunited.) BARBARA: Oh, Doctor, I thought we were never going to see you again! DOCTOR: You should know by now, young lady, that you can't get rid of the old Doctor as easily as that. (They both chuckle.) 5. CORRIDOR (Just outside the office, LEMAITRE is listening through the door to every word of the conversation.) BARBARA: (OOV.) Tell me, how did you get out of that burning farmhouse? DOCTOR: (OOV.) Oh, never mind about that now. 6. LEMAITRE'S OFFICE DOCTOR: What happened? Where's Susan? How is she? BARBARA: She's here. We were arrested together. DOCTOR: She's here? BARBARA: Yes. DOCTOR: Is she well? BARBARA: Yes, she's fine. She had a slight fever, but she's recovered now. DOCTOR: Good. Well now, we must find Chesterton and try and get back to the ship. BARBARA: Oh, I know where he is! DOCTOR: Mm? BARBARA: I know where he is. DOCTOR: Oh yes? BARBARA: We were all in hiding at a house owned by a Jules Renan... 7. CORRIDOR (LEMAITRE still listens intently. He notices the JAILER waddling down the corridor towards him, and turns to face him. He speaks to the JAILER in a hushed voice.) LEMAITRE: Not now, Jailer! JAILER: But Citizen... LEMAITRE: Later! JAILER: But... LEMAITRE: I said, not now! JAILER: I've just had a message from the First Deputy, Citizen! (LEMAITRE moves away from the door.) LEMAITRE: Well, what is it? JAILER: Robespierre says 'e wants to see you immediately. It's a matter of the utmost importance. Robespierre said immediately, Citizen. LEMAITRE: Yes, yes. (He turns to leave, exasperated.) LEMAITRE: Has the young girl been locked away? JAILER: She has. I saw to it myself, just as you ordered, Citizen. LEMAITRE: Good. She shall remain in her cell, do you understand? Under no circumstances is the door to be opened. JAILER: Just as you say, Citizen. LEMAITRE: And if that order is disobeyed... I'll have you guillotined. (He exits, leaving a very worried looking JAILER behind him.) 8. LEMAITRE'S OFFICE (The DOCTOR has just had a brain wave.) DOCTOR: Yes, that's it! That's it! (BARBARA is not listening.) BARBARA: Oh, I should never have taken Susan to see that physician. DOCTOR: Oh, don't blame yourself, Barbara. As it happens, everything has turned out very well. Might have taken us ages to find each other. BARBARA: Do you think we stand a chance of getting out of here? DOCTOR: Well, my voice seems to carry some weight, hm? BARBARA: Yes, well I'm not surprised in that get-up. (The DOCTOR preens himself.) DOCTOR: Yes, it's rather impressive, isn't it? Now, listen. I'm going through that door. Give me a few minutes, then I want you to go through the door and straight out of the prison. BARBARA: Are you serious? DOCTOR: Absolutely serious, but I've no time to explain. Just do as you're asked. BARBARA: What about Susan? DOCTOR: Well, I'll look after her and follow you later. BARBARA: But Doctor, you... DOCTOR: Now now now, there's no buts, don't argue. You know my plans always work perfectly. Hm? (BARBARA decides against making the obvious comment.) DOCTOR: In a few minutes, then. (He leaves, closing the door firmly behind him.) 9. JAILER'S ALCOVE (The DOCTOR enters to see the JAILER sitting at his desk.) DOCTOR: Ah, tell me. Is Lemaitre here? JAILER: He's, uh, left to see Citizen Robespierre. DOCTOR: Oh dear dear dear, how irritating, and I did want him so urgently. JAILER: Well, I'm sure he'll be back shortly, Citizen. DOCTOR: No no no, this matter can't wait, it's urgent! I've just been interrogating that young woman, and I'm convinced she's a member of that dangerous Traitor's Party. JAILER: Oh, I see, I see. DOCTOR: And do you know, she could tell us the names of every traitor in this country! (The JAILER believes every word.) JAILER: Perhaps we should make her talk? DOCTOR: No, no chance of that. No, she'd rather die first than betray her friends. No, I think, if there's only some way of using her... if only we could get, through her, to her friends... (He waits expectantly for the JAILER to have a brain wave.) JAILER: Perhaps... DOCTOR: Mm? JAILER: Perhaps... DOCTOR: Perhaps what? JAILER: Well, if she were to escape, she could be followed. She'd meet these traitors, then we'd arrest them. Lemaitre once did this. DOCTOR: My dear, what an excellent idea! What an excellent idea! Yes, of course, now why didn't I think of that? Yes, that's what we'll do, and Lemaitre will be delighted! Now look here, Mr Jailer, I want you to open those prison doors, keep out of sight. JAILER: Oh, but er... DOCTOR: Tch, tch, tch, no buts, no! And sooner or later, that young woman will come through those doors and we can grab her! Go along, quickly! (He sends the JAILER off to the prison doors, then disappears down to the cells, a satisfied grin on his face.) 10. RENAN'S SITTING ROOM (JULES enters and looks around frantically.) JULES: Ian, Barbara, Susan? Ian? Ian? (He calls upstairs and looks around.) 11. CHURCH CRYPT (IAN rattles his wrist chains. The SOLDIER standing by him laughs.) SOLDIER: Getting impatient, are we? That's a good sign. Citizen Colbert really knows how to make pigs like you talk. He leaves 'em alone, makes them think. Now me, I have other ways. (He raises the butt of his musket, ready to h*t IAN in the face, but is interrupted by a call from the entrance to the crypt.) LEON: Stop that!... I'm sorry - I'm afraid my men are very bad-tempered. Ian, I don't want anything to happen to you really, but I think you have the information that will help the cause I believe in. IAN: You're wasting your time with me. I'm very small fry. LEON: Surely you don't expect me to believe that? Well, we learned of the existence of James Stirling two months ago. We've been searching for him ever since. IAN: We? LEON: Yes. I've been loyal to the Revolution from the beginning. If you'd known what France was like six years ago, before the Bastille, you'd understand. IAN: I do understand, but I can't help you. LEON: Or you won't! France will never be anything until we're rid of these high-born leeches who've been sucking the life-blood of France for so long. IAN: You must believe me, I can help you in no way... LEON: Ian! You can save yourself a lot of trouble and suffering by talking. This is your only chance! Do you realise that when I've finished with you I'll transfer you to the prison, and then the guillotine? Now if you were to talk, I have the power to set you free! IAN: Jules must have told you all I know. LEON: Ah yes, what did Jules say? That Webster gave you a message to give to Stirling. IAN: Yes, that's right. Only I can't recognise Stirling - that's why I'm here. LEON: Oh, that I accept. But you must have known of their organisation. You were in it with Webster! He would never have trusted you otherwise. Now. Who sent you from England? How did you get here, and who helped you? IAN: (Sighs.) What's the use? LEON: I really don't understand what you hope to gain! If I don't get the information from you, I shall find it elsewhere! Now be sensible. Save yourself from the guillotine. IAN: You wouldn't believe my story anyway. LEON: Suppose you let me be the judge of that. How did you get to France? IAN: You really want to know, eh? LEON: The truth? IAN: Oh yes, it's the truth all right. LEON: You swear it? IAN: Yes, I swear it! I flew here with three friends in a small box. When I left England it was 1963. (LEON steps back, furious, and signals to the nearer SOLDIER, who strides forward, musket and bayonet pointed towards IAN. IAN braces himself for the blow, then hears a yell from the entrance.) JULES: All right, Leon! Release him! (JULES is standing in the entrance, a p*stol pointed at LEON's back. The second SOLDIER swings his musket around, but JULES is faster and sh**t him d*ad. LEON reaches for his p*stol, but JULES hurls his now spent w*apon at LEON's face. LEON falls back with a cry, dropping his g*n. The SOLDIER by IAN has cocked his musket and swings it round to aim at the now unarmed JULES. IAN gathers his strength, hauls himself up by his wrist chains, and kicks the SOLDIER on the side of the head - he falls. LEON recovers and grabs his p*stol; IAN shouts a warning.) IAN: Jules! (JULES grabs the falling SOLDIER whom IAN has just kicked, and hold him up as a shield, just as LEON fired. The two b*ll*ts ring out simultaneously, and both h*t the SOLDIER. As JULES drops the lifeless body, LEON steps back towards the discarded musket. JULES watches as he steps nearer, then casually reaches into his coat and draws a second p*stol.) JULES: You traitor! It's you who's the enemy of the people! (LEON makes a desperate lunge for the musket, but JULES fires first. LEON collapses, d*ad. JULES turns to free IAN.) IAN: I thought I was going mad when I saw you here! Why did you come? JULES: Bad news for you. IAN: Oh? JULES: Barbara and Susan were arrested at the physician. (JULES fiddles with the iron rings, and IAN pulls his wrists clear.) IAN: Yes, I feared that as soon as Leon turned up here. We must get to them. JULES: I think it's best to go back to my hide-out. IAN: What? The soldiers will be there already! JULES: Well, if I know Leon, he will have wanted the satisfaction of arresting me himself. And anyway, we'll just have to risk it. Come on. 12. CELLS (SUSAN is sitting on a wooden bed board. She hears a tapping at the cell door, and looks through the bars. She can make out a figure dressed in official uniform.) SUSAN: What is it? What d'you want? DOCTOR: Susan, Susan, it... it's me, child! Me! (SUSAN rushes to the door.) SUSAN: Oh, grandfather! Oh grandfather, you've found us! Well how'd you get away from the farmhouse? DOCTOR: Oh, I can't explain that now, child, it'd take too long. SUSAN: Oh, Barbara's here somewhere. DOCTOR: Yes, well I've taken care of that. She should be out of the prison and well on her way now. And I... (He stops and listens. Faint footsteps are approaching.) DOCTOR: Sh! There's someone coming! Quiet! See you later. Sh! SUSAN: Be careful! DOCTOR: Sh! (He leaves in a hurry.) 13.JAILER'S ALCOVE (The DOCTOR bumps into the JAILER, who reacts with a shock.) JAILER: But Citizen! DOCTOR: Mm? JAILER: Didn't you collect the soldiers and follow the released prisoner? DOCTOR: Me? Certainly not! JAILER: But... whatever... why not? DOCTOR: But I was under the impression, my dear man, that you were doing so! I'm hardly dressed in the proper clothes to go skulking after people, now am I? JAILER: I couldn't have gone! I can't leave the prison! DOCTOR: Well why didn't you say that in the first place? Well, did you? JAILER: No, Citizen. DOCTOR: No, and what do you think Lemaitre will say? He's bound to want to know whose idea it was. (The JAILER hangs his head in misery.) JAILER: It was mine. Citizen, you must help me! DOCTOR: I'll try. Now don't worry, I'll cover up for you. But you know, I have a feeling that this young girl is tied up in this somehow. Now I think if we let her go, I personally could follow, and then arrest all of them! All I need from you is the key to that child's cell. JAILER: Citizen, Lemaitre was very clear with his instructions. If that door is opened, I lose my head. That's what, what Lemaitre said just before he left, that's what he said! DOCTOR: Lemaitre, Lemaitre! Why can't you use your own initiative, my man, hm? JAILER: Aye, well you must see him when he returns, Citizen. I'm just a humble servant. If his orders are countermanded, well then... DOCTOR: I demand you open that door! (The JAILER is almost panicking, but stands firm.) JAILER: To lose one prisoner is bad enough, to lose two would be the end of me! Especially after my orders. Lemaitre will be returning soon. We'll do as he says - until then, that door remains closed. 14. ROBESPIERRE'S OFFICE (ROBESPIERRE paces nervously up and down. He sees LEMAITRE arrive in the ante chamber.) ROBESPIERRE: Ah good, Lemaitre. (LEMAITRE enters, and ROBESPIERRE addresses the GUARD on the door.) ROBESPIERRE: We are not to be disturbed. (The GUARD exits and shuts the door.) ROBESPIERRE: The news is serious, Citizen, and there is not much time. LEMAITRE: I am at your service. You have only to give the order. ROBESPIERRE: There is a meeting of the Convention tomorrow. LEMAITRE: Yes, I know, Citizen. ROBESPIERRE: I have been warned that certain influential Members - traitors, all of them - are planning to bring an indictment against another Member. LEMAITRE: You have their names? (ROBESPIERRE ignores the question.) ROBESPIERRE: Oh, I realise they are forever plotting. But this latest information suggests that more and more of the Paris Commune are taking sides. The plan is that even I shall not be allowed to speak! They're out to destroy me! LEMAITRE: All is not lost, Citizen. You still have many friends sitting in the Convention. ROBESPIERRE: But can I trust them? If this motion gets underway, they will turn against me to save their own necks. Mark my words, Lemaitre. If this plot is successful, tomorrow, the 27 of July 1794, will be a date for history! LEMAITRE: Tell me the leader of this group, Citizen - he will be immediately ex*cuted! ROBESPIERRE: Patience, Lemaitre. This is no lone voice we are fighting against. If they are to hold power, they will need the Army on their side. Meetings must have been arranged. LEMAITRE: By whom? ROBESPIERRE: It is my guess that Deputy Paul Barrass is at the forefront of the rebels, but I must be certain before I strike. I shall not get a second chance, Lemaitre. LEMAITRE: Tell me what I must do. ROBESPIERRE: I understand that Barrass is leaving Paris tonight. I assume it must be for a meeting. With the position as it is, it can be for no other reason. I want to know who with, and the decision. Given that, I can still defeat my enemies. LEMAITRE: What if he's just a decoy? ROBESPIERRE: That is my worry, Lemaitre. Tonight my men will be everywhere. Barrass is your responsibility. LEMAITRE: I shall not fail you... Against which Member is the indictment being brought, Citizen? ROBESPIERRE: Against me, Lemaitre! Against me, Robespierre! 15. RENAN'S SITTING ROOM (Footsteps can be heard approaching the outside door. The door opens slowly, then closes again, and IAN and JULES enter cautiously.) JULES: Leon was right... Leon was right. He did not tell me about this place. We're safe here for the moment. But I shall have to give up this house very soon. It's becoming too dangerous. (IAN moves into the room, and sees BARBARA lying on the sofa, hidden from view of the entrance.) IAN: Barbara! We thought you'd been arrested! BARBARA: Yes, we were. But when we got to the prison, the Doctor was there. IAN: What! BARBARA: Yes, he's dressed up as if he was running the revolution! From what I could gather, half the people there take orders from him! IAN: That sounds like the Doctor, alright. JULES: The Doctor? You mean Susan's grandfather? BARBARA: Yes, that's right. IAN: And where's Susan? BARBARA: Oh, she'll be along later with him. I just walked out. IAN: Walked out? But... (Laughs.) I don't know how he gets away with it half the time. What did he say? BARBARA: Well not very much - we didn't have a chance. But he'll be here soon, so no doubt we'll get the whole story, several times. (They laugh wryly, then BARBARA notices IAN's bandaged wrists.) BARBARA: What have you done? IAN: Oh, it's nothing much... Let's just say I... fell into the wrong hands, and Jules arrived in time. BARBARA: And Leon? JULES: He's d*ad, Barbara. I k*lled him. BARBARA: k*lled him? JULES: Yes. He was the traitor we were looking for. (BARBARA is shocked and aghast.) IAN: It was the only way, Barbara. JULES: (Coldly.) He deserved to die. He was a traitor. BARBARA: What do you mean, "he was a traitor"? IAN: When I got to the church, he turned on me. He was going to k*ll me. JULES: He betrayed us, Barbara. BARBARA: He was a traitor to you - to his side he was a patriot. IAN: Barbara, we've taken sides just by being here. Jules actually sh*t him. It could just as easily have been me. JULES: And what about Robespierre? I suppose you think... BARBARA: Well just because an extremist like Robespierre... (IAN cuts in angrily.) IAN: Oh Barbara, Jules is our friend! He saved our lives! BARBARA: I know all that! The revolution isn't all bad, and neither are the people who support it. It changed things for the whole world, and good, honest people gave their lives for that change. IAN: Well I think he got what he deserved. BARBARA: You check your history books, Ian, before you decide what people deserve! (She storms out of the room, leaving IAN staring angrily after her. JULES looks very perplexed at the end of the argument.) 16. CELLS (The DOCTOR appears outside the locked door of SUSAN's cell, holding the JAILER's bottle of cognac.) SUSAN: Oh, grandfather! I thought you were never coming! DOCTOR: I shall have you out of here soon, but I must have your help! Now look, I want you to get down onto the floor, behind this door, and don't move, whatever you do! SUSAN: But grandfather... DOCTOR: Do it now, child, don't argue! Do it now! And don't make a sound! Stay there! (SUSAN ducks down. The DOCTOR hears footsteps approaching.) DOCTOR: There's someone coming. SUSAN: Be careful! DOCTOR: Just... just don't fuss. (The DOCTOR moves into the shadows as the steps get nearer. Soon the JAILER appears, muttering to himself. The DOCTOR steps out, and the JAILER looks up.) JAILER: Oh, it'll be the end of me, this business. I don't know what Lemaitre will say. DOCTOR: Oh, he's not back yet then, eh? JAILER: Oh, we can expect him any minute! DOCTOR: Hmm... (He looks at SUSAN's cell.) DOCTOR: Jailer! Jailer! That girl, she's gone! JAILER: What? DOCTOR: She's gone! (The JAILER rushes to the cell door, looks through the bars, sees the cell apparently empty, and exclaims in panic.) JAILER: She's gone! (He fumbles for the keys and eventually manages to put the correct one in the lock and open the door. The DOCTOR produces the bottle from behind his back and whacks the JAILER over the head, knocking him out. SUSAN stands up from just inside the door.) DOCTOR: Come along, child, quickly! Quick... (He hurries her out of the cell, only to walk straight into LEMAITRE, who reacts instantly.) LEMAITRE: Guards! Guards! (Two prison GUARDS come running, and grab hold of the DOCTOR and SUSAN. The JAILER groggily staggers to his feet and looks at LEMAITRE.) JAILER: He tricked me, Citizen. He tricked me! LEMAITRE: Lock her away. (The GUARDS throw SUSAN back into the cell, and the JAILER locks the door.) JAILER: He did as you said 'e would, Citizen. He tried to get the young girl released, and he let the other prisoner go! DOCTOR: Oh, spare your breath, please! I'm quite capable of explaining the situation myself. LEMAITRE: Alright, Jailer. (He turns to the DOCTOR.) LEMAITRE: I think it's about time we had a talk. (He gestures the DOCTOR ahead of him, and they walk towards his office.) 17. LEMAITRE'S OFFICE (The DOCTOR feigns indignance as LEMAITRE shuts the door.) DOCTOR: I must insist that you reason- release that young child immediately! LEMAITRE: I'm afraid you're not in a position to insist on anything at the moment! (He walks slowly across the room and sits at the desk. He casually pulls open one of the desk drawers.) DOCTOR: Position, sir? Do you realise who you're talking to? LEMAITRE: Not yet. But I intend to find out. Do you recognise this, Citizen? (He produces the DOCTOR's ring. The DOCTOR takes and examines it briefly.) DOCTOR: No. Should I? (LEMAITRE reaches under the desk for the DOCTOR's clothes.) LEMAITRE: And these. They're yours, aren't they? Given in exchange for those rather splendid clothes and the insignia of a Regional Provincial Deputy. DOCTOR: Do you know that's the biggest fairy story I've ever heard in my life? LEMAITRE: I could have had you arrested any time I wanted! (The DOCTOR realises the game is up.) DOCTOR: Yes - why didn't you? (He makes to put the ring down on the table.) DOCTOR: Please please, keep it. LEMAITRE: Why didn't I? Well, with the political situation as it is, and my position being what it is, I need friends. Even if they're enemies. People I can call on for help - if I have something on them, so much the better. DOCTOR: It's become quite obvious to me why you didn't wish me to leave the prison. LEMAITRE: Huh! I knew I'd never see you again if you did. DOCTOR: But you relaxed the regulations today, and I could have walked out any time I wished. LEMAITRE: And left your granddaughter? (He notices the DOCTOR's guilty reaction.) LEMAITRE: Just an assumption, but obviously correct. I knew I had you so long as she remained here under lock and key. If you remember, when I first met you, you were enquiring after your friends. The young woman, whom the jailer says you've just released, the girl and, err, what was his name - Ian. DOCTOR: So you knew all the time? LEMAITRE: Let's just say I added to my knowledge. Listening at doors can still be effective. DOCTOR: What do you want? LEMAITRE: Ah. So I see we understand each other. If you agree to help me, your granddaughter will be released - after you have kept your side of the bargain. DOCTOR: The least I can do is listen. LEMAITRE: Good! Now, I'm reasonably certain that your group are working with, or for, Jules Renan. I think you used his hideout - certainly you know where it is, and if you don't, your granddaughter does. DOCTOR: I have never met the man! Oh, I fully appreciate why you must want to find him, but if you think that I am going to betray him, then you are a very poor judge of character. LEMAITRE: If you want your granddaughter released, you will have to take me to his hideout. DOCTOR: Never, sir, I refuse! LEMAITRE: I repeat - if you want your granddaughter released, you do not have a choice! 18. RENAN'S SITTING ROOM (BARBARA enters to find IAN alone in the room. She has calmed down after her earlier outburst.) BARBARA: Where's Jules? IAN: He went to the end of the street, to look for Susan and the Doctor. BARBARA: Well, the Doctor would have to wait for the right moment. IAN: Yes, but how long can we wait? BARBARA: Oh, I don't know. Whenever somebody passes the house, I think it might be them. IAN: Yes, I know. Barbara - sorry about Leon, but it really was the only way, believe me. BARBARA: I know... I wanted to apologise to Jules... I'm so sick and tired of death, Ian. We never seem able to get away from it. (JULES has entered unnoticed.) JULES: There is no way, Barbara. (He shuts the door as they turn towards him.) JULES: Well, there's no sign of your friends. BARBARA: Well, we must wait a little longer. JULES: Mm. I left the door unlatched. IAN: Oh, so now anyone can walk in! JULES: Try and be patient, Ian... Oh, I know these long hours of waiting only too well. I've had my share. BARBARA: Jules... when I spoke to you before, I... the things I said... JULES: You said because of Leon the man. Yes, I know. But I did what I had to do because of what he represents. Do you ever wonder why I'm doing these things, hiding in shadows, fighting in corners? IAN: We took it for granted you belonged to the other side, the aristocracy. JULES: No. No, I have no title or position. I belong, well, in the middle. But I hate to see order thrown out of the window like so much dust. There can be no loyalty or honour where anarchy prevails. BARBARA: And Leon was your friend. JULES: There are only two sides today, Barbara. Those who rule by fear and treachery, and those who fight for reason and justice. Anyone who betrays these principles is worse than the devil in hell! (They hear a noise at the outside door.) IAN: Here they are. (He looks as the door from the hall opens. In walks the DOCTOR, still in his official uniform; behind him is the tall figure of LEMAITRE!) BARBARA: Lemaitre! JULES: Your friend has betrayed us!
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EPISODE 6 - Prisoners of Conciergerie by DENNIS SPOONER first broadcast - 12 September, 1964 5:30pm - 5:55pm 1. SITTING ROOM, JULES RENAN'S HOUSE (Ian, Barbara and Jules are waiting for the Doctor to arrive at the house. They hear a noise at the outside door.) IAN: Here they are. (He looks as the door from the hall opens. In walks the Doctor, still in his official uniform; behind him is the tall figure of Lemaitre!.) BARBARA: Lemaitre! JULES: Your friend has betrayed us! IAN: (To the Doctor.) You brought the soldiers! LEMAITRE: No, I came alone and unarmed. Ask your friend. DOCTOR: We came alone, my boy. We made a bargain. Let him speak. He holds Susan prisoner. JULES: (To Lemaitre.) What can you have to say to us? LEMAITRE: Please! I come as a friend. BARBARA: (Incredulously.) A friend? LEMAITRE: Ian will tell you that what I say is true. IAN: I will? LEMAITRE: Well, surely you realise that your escape from prison was arranged? I saw to it that you got the key and I took care of the jailer. IAN: Why? Why should you do that? LEMAITRE: I was certain in my own mind that Webster gave you a message to deliver. You had to have the opportunity to deliver it. Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to wait now. I have to collect. BARBARA: Collect? LEMAITRE: Yes. I am James Stirling. IAN: Stirling? You? STIRLING: Is it so surprising? You must have already decided that to be of any use I would have to hold some position of authority. JULES: Why have you not made yourself known here before? Webster had been told about me. STIRLING: I've been in France several years. When I came over you must have been unknown to us, although I'm not sure I would have contacted you even if I could. I prefer to work alone. IAN: You could have made yourself known to me in prison. STIRLING: Yes, but I didn't know whether I could trust you. There again, I could have been overheard. No Ian, I took the only course possible. DOCTOR: That's all very well, Lemaitre, Stirling, or whatever your name is, but the only reason I brought you here was to help Susan. And I've kept my part of the bargain. STIRLING: I know, but let me explain my position... DOCTOR: I certainly will not! I want my granddaughter out of that prison! STIRLING: She already has been out of that prison and she was rearrested. (To everyone.) I will help you if you will help me. Don't you see? I can use my authority to get safe passage for all of you to whever you want to go. DOCTOR: But look here... IAN: He's right, Doctor. STIRLING: No harm will come to Susan, I promise. I gave orders that she was to remain in the cell. Now you know that's true. The jailer would die rather than see that cell door opened again. DOCTOR: Very well. Very well. If you must, t... tell your story then get on with it. (The Doctor moves to the other side of the room.) STIRLING: (To Ian.) First the message. IAN: Oh, Webster said very little. He was badly wounded as you know. STIRLING: Yes. I know that. I read reports of all arrests in case something like this happens. It's why I came to your cell, I realised that he could have been Webster. I've been expecting to be contacted for months. IAN: ...know where you were, or even where I could find you. STIRLING: No. The plan was that he was to look for and recognise me. He was a good friend. Ian, the message? IAN: He said you were to return to England immediately. It seems that whatever information you have is wanted there urgently. STIRLING: Nothing more? IAN: That was all Webster said. STIRLING: Are you sure? IAN: Well, he mumbled occasionally. Odd words. But, what I've just told you was all he asked me to tell you. STIRLING: What were these mumblings about? IAN: Oh, well, they didn't really make sense. He was unconscious. He said, ah... strange things. I can't really remember now. STIRLING: He may have realised that he didn't have very much time. IAN: (Thoughtfully.) Yes. I'm afraid I can't remember them. STIRLING: Well, I'm already planning my return to England. But, before I go, and before I can give Susan and you safe passage, there is one more piece of information I must have. BARBARA: But, you asked for our help. What can we do? You have all the power. STIRLING: Robespierre sent for me today. There is another plot to depose him. JULES: Good. Will it succeed, do you think? STIRLING: Possibly. He gave orders that I should follow Paul Barrass, a deputy, and report back on a meeting... IAN: Barrass! Meeting! Webster did speak of that. STIRLING: What did he say? IAN: Well, nothing specific but he said Barrass, meeting, and something about a sinking ship. (Pause.) No. No, The Sinking Ship. That was it! JULES: Just a moment. There's an inn called the Sinking Ship on the Calais Road. It would be ideal for a secret meeting. STIRLING: Right. Better than following him, we can plan a reception committee. If I can discover the results of this meeting, I'm ready to return to England and I'm free to help you. BARBARA: Have you any idea who Barrass is meeting? STIRLING: No, but whoever he is, he could be the next ruler of France. IAN: I still don't understand why you need our help. STIRLING: Barrass knows me by sight, I'm sure of that. (To the Doctor.) He could even know of you, Doctor. (The Doctor rejoins the conversation.) STIRLING: Now my plan, if you agree, is for Barbara and Ian to attend the meeting. DOCTOR: Nonsense! It's far too risky. JULES: Why not use your own men? You would still learn the details. STIRLING: True but then they would also know and they may talk. Then I have no advantage. BARBARA: I think we should go. Ian? IAN: It's risky. But, we're not going to get away without help. DOCTOR: Quite so, and there's Susan to think about. STIRLING: Then you agree to go? BARBARA: Yes. IAN: We agree. STIRLING: The Doctor and I will remain here. If we're seen it could hinder you, or worse. JULES: I'll take them to the inn, Stirling, if you've no objection. STIRLING: Good. I was going to ask you to. Now, when you get there I suggest that the innkeeper... JULES: You can leave it to us, Stirling. STIRLING: Sorry. I know I can. (To Ian and Barbara.) You should have little difficulty getting there tonight. Stay the night and return here tomorrow morning. That way you won't run into any patrols. Now, where exactly is this inn, Jules? (Jules points on a map he has put on the table.) JULES: It's a good two hours ride. We'll take the Calais road and ride due north. When we reach this fork we'll see a forest. We'll circle it and ride west. 2. SKY (Later that night the moon disappears behind some clouds. Lightning flickers and rain begins to pour.) 3. CALAIS ROAD (A sign on a building depicting a sinking ship is being blown around in the gale.) 4. BAR ROOM (Jules is sitting at a table smoking a pipe. Barbara comes up to him disguised as a waitress and gives him a bottle.) JULES: (Loudly.) Thank you. (They then have a quieter conversation.) BARBARA: Well, if this is a typical night's trade, I'm not surprised this place was chosen. JULES: Hmm. I've bound and gagged the innkeeper and left him in the wine cellar. He'll be found when we leave. BARBARA: Ian's nearly finished. JULES: Good. BARBARA: You know, if Barrass doesn't arrive soon, he'll find the place closed. JULES: Perhaps that's what he's waiting for. (Barbara goes and collects the empty mugs from another table and retreats to behind the bar. She hears a noise from the shelves with the bottles on and, after examining them, goes through a door.) 5. ROOM BEHIND THE BAR (She emerges in a room. There is no wall where the shelves are and so they can be accessed here as well. Ian is fiddling with the bottles, trying to make a spyhole.) BARBARA: You're through. IAN: Yes, I know. That'll do it. Many out there? BARBARA: Just two. They look set for the night. And Jules of course. He's put the innkeeper in the cellar. (Ian examines his handiwork.) IAN: Good. Yes, looks all right. Aye. Now we're ready for them. (Ian goes through into the main room.) 6. BAR ROOM (Barbara joins him and they both resume normal jobs by the counter. Soon, the door to the inn opens and a man enters from the gale outside. Ian advances forwards, still in character.) IAN: Ah, let me take your cloak, citizen? Horrible night. Ah. (The man, Barrass, allows Ian to remove it.) BARRASS: Where is Jacques? IAN: Ah, Jacques? Oh, he's sick. He asked me to help him out. You must be the citizen who ordered the room. This way. This way citizen. (He leads Barrass over to the door to the other room.) IAN: Here we are. (Barras goes through.) 7. ROOM BEHIND THE BAR (Barrass examines his surroundings. Barbara enters.) BARBARA: Can... can I get you anything, citizen? BARRASS: Ah, yes. Some wine. BARBARA: How many guests are you expecting? BARRASS: Just the one. (Barbara bows and departs.) 8. BAR ROOM (She rejoins Ian at the bar.) BARBARA: There'll only be two of them. (They prepare a tray with a bottle of wine and two glasses which Barbara duly carries through. The only other two inhabitants of the inn, apart from Jules stand up.) IAN: Goodnight! CITIZEN: Goodnight! (They open the door and step out into the storm. Ian nods to Jules and he also goes. Barbara returns.) IAN: As soon as his guest comes you can lock up. (Barbara nods and begins to wipe the table of the recently departed visitors. Barrass emerges from his room and, a few seconds later another man, his face obscured by a scarf, enters. Barrass smiles and lets him through.) BARBARA: Did you see who it was? IAN: No. Did you? BARBARA: No. 9. ROOM BEHIND THE BAR (The man stands in full uniform by the window.) BARRASS: Well, I'm delighted you could get here, general. (Without a word his associate opens the door to the bar room again.) 10. BAR ROOM (He looks around and sees Ian and Barbara at their tasks. Satisfied he closes the door. Ian waves Barbara over.) IAN: (Whispering.) Barbara. Barbara. It's Napoleon. Napoleon Bonaparte! 11. ROOM BEHIND THE BAR (Napoleon sits down heavily at the table.) BARRASS: We're quite safe here. I made certain I wasn't followed. NAPOLEON: The meeting place was well chosen. (Barrass pours a glass of wine.) BARRASS: I, um... assume from your presence here that you're interested in my proposition. NAPOLEON: Interested, obviously. But, no more. At least, not until you disclose the full details. BARRASS: Robespierre will be arrested after tomorrow's convention meeting. NAPOLEON: Will be? It won't be the first attempt. BARRASS: But it will be the successful one. He'll be tried and ex*cuted before his friends have time to reorganise. (Napoleon stands.) NAPOLEON: You make it sound simple, Barrass. I think you underestimate Robespierre. He has a talent for commanding support. BARRASS: Only if he is allowed to speak. And he won't be able to. NAPOLEON: As far as I'm concerned, your success or failure means very little to me. BARRASS: Oh, possibly. But, only for the immediate future. Success could well mean that I would take control of the governing committee. NAPOLEON: It would be within the constitutional rights? BARRASS: And then the constitution could be amended. Oh, I'm well aware of your disgust for politicians, tearing France to pieces while her enemies wait to pound us. NAPOLEON: Exactly what is your proposal? BARRASS: I believe that to rule a country successfully, one needs a certain support from the people being governed. NAPOLEON: Agreed. And how do you plan to raise that support? BARRASS: With you. Your victories, inspiring victories, in the Austrian Wars have made you a public figure. You're a hero in the people's eyes. NAPOLEON: And in your eyes? A useful prop for your new government. BARRASS: (Chuckling.) No. Come general. You would be more than just a figurehead. NAPOLEON: Yes. I know I would. I'm glad you appreciate it. Which capacity... 12. BAR ROOM (Ian and Barbara are eavesdropping through the spyhole.) NAPOLEON: ...would you require me to serve? 13. ROOM BEHIND THE BAR BARRAS: The constitution amendment would call for a government of three consuls. You would be one of them. NAPOLEON: When would you require my decision? 14. BAR ROOM BARRASS: Now. 15. ROOM BEHIND THE BAR NAPOLEON: If I refuse? BARRASS: You're in a strong position, Bonaparte, but hardly indispensable. There are other young men equally ambitious. NAPOLEON: I accept, dependent on Robespierre's downfall. In the event of failure, I shall of course deny this meeting ever took place. BARRASS: I will summon you to Paris as soon as a suitable time has elapsed. NAPOLEON: I shall be ready to take over. 16. SITTING ROOM, JULES RENAN'S HOUSE (The five are back together. Ian and Barbara are telling their story.) STIRLING: (Alarmed.) Napoleon? Napoleon as ruler of France? BARBARA: Yes. As one of three consuls. STIRLING: He won't be content with that. I've watched his promotions. Bonaparte's clever and ambitious. If he gets a foothold to power, one day he will rule France. DOCTOR: Our only concern now is Susan. STIRLING: She's only part of it, Doctor. If they take Robespierre to the prison we might find it hard to get in there, let alone get out. IAN: You made a bargain with us. STIRLING: And I'll keep to it. IAN: You knew this might happen. STIRLING: Yes. But, I had no idea Barrass was so strong. Jules. What time is this convention meeting? JULES: It will be over by now. STIRLING: Then Robespierre could already be under arrest. I must find out. There may still be time. BARBARA: You'd keep Robespierre as ruler of France. STIRLING: If I thought it was the only way... JULES: We need a strong government, but not a military dictatorship. And it could happen. BARBARA: It will happen! DOCTOR: Oh, save your breath, my dear. (To Stirling and Jules.) Do as you think fit. I'm going off for Susan. STIRLING: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? STIRLING: Take Barbara with you. Let her hide outside the prison. Jules? JULES: Yes? STIRLING: Get a carriage. Take her to the prison. If there are crowds, wait until they disperse, Barbara will watch out for you. JULES: Right. (Jules goes out.) STIRLING: (To the Doctor.) If you can get Susan, take her and join Barbara and wait for the carriage. Ian and myself will join you as soon as we can. IAN: And where shall we go? STIRLING: To the palace. We'll get news of Robespierre. If you're not outside the prison when we return I'll come for you. (Ian looks indecisive.) DOCTOR: Go with him, my boy. You can't help me but at least you can make sure that he helps us. IAN: All right. I'll see you outside the prison. Good luck. BARBARA: Take care, Ian! DOCTOR: Hmm. (Ian and Stirling depart. Barbara begins to laugh.) DOCTOR: What is it? What do you find so amusing, hmm? BARBARA: Oh, I don't know. Yes, I do. It's this feverish activity to try and stop something that we know is going to happen. Robespierre will be guillotined whatever we do! DOCTOR: (Gravely.) I've told you of our position so often. BARBARA: Yes, I know. You can't influence or change history. I learnt that lesson with the Aztecs. DOCTOR: The events will happen, just as they are written. I'm afraid so and we can't stem the tide. But at least we can stop being carried away with the flood! Now, Susan and the prison. (They too leave.) 17. OFFICE OF ROBESPIERRE (Robespierre bursts in, locks the double doors behind him and leans heavily on them. He then goes over to his desk and begins to sort through the papers on it. He pulls a g*n out of a drawer and advances back to the door, unlocking it.) 18. OUTSIDE THE OFFICE OF ROBESPIERRE (A crowd of soldiers is gathering here, many of its members armed, and is trying to open the doors.) SOLDIER: ... him. SOLDIER: Come out! Do you hear? SOLDIER: ... break it down. (They succeed and swarm into the room.) 19. OFFICE OF ROBESPIERRE (Two of them grab Robespierre and hold him.) SOLDIER: ... citizen. Issued by the governing committee! (Robespierre loudly tries to rally support.) ROBESPIERRE: Oh, don't be fools, citizens! They're traitors. All of them. Traitors! Don't be fools, they're just using you. They'll never succeed in taking over the government of France! They'll never succeed! Within hours I shall be as powerful as ever I was and the traitors will pay with their lives. 20. OUTSIDE THE OFFICE OF ROBESPIERRE (Ian and Stirling cautiously approach. Stirling is about to enter but Ian holds him back. Robespierre is still speaking.) ROBESPIERRE: If, citizens, you swear your allegiance to me now, I will promise your safety. I promise to save France. I will promise...! (A loud g*n rings out and the voice is silent.) SOLDIER: (From inside the office.) Ha! That'll keep you quiet for a while ... Come on! ... (Robespierre is dragged from the prison, clutching his mouth in anguish. The rest of the crowd follows, leaving only Ian and Stirling.) STIRLING: You should have let me go in, Ian. IAN: No, Stirling. Robespierre's finished. We were too late. STIRLING: Yes. Did you hear the men? They're taking him to the prison. IAN: Yes. It's up to the Doctor now. 21. SKY (It is still cloudy.) 22. STREET NEAR THE CONCIERGERIE PRISON (The Doctor and Barbara are standing beneath an overhanging building. The faint rumblings of thunder can be heard.) DOCTOR: I think we're going to have quite a storm. BARBARA: Yes. We were lucky to find shelter so near the prison. DOCTOR: Hmm. We've waited around here long enough. Far too conspicuous. I think the carriage might be here when I return. Will you be all right? BARBARA: Yes, of course. DOCTOR: I think I'll go and get Susan. Or, at least, try. Be careful. (He hurries off.) 23. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS, CONCIERGERIE PRISON (The jailer is at his table, drinking with two soldiers. The Doctor, who is still in his outfit, comes and stands opposite him.) JAILER: Up with the Revolution. (To the DOCTOR.) You! You came back! DOCTOR: I can see you did not expect me. JAILER: No. But I am glad you came. I still have a score to settle with you. DOCTOR: Really? I see you haven't heard the n... the news yet, my man. (The jailer points to the soldiers.) JAILER: Who hasn't? Robespierre has been overthrown! (The soldiers grunt in agreement.) DOCTOR: Yes. And Lemaitre was sh*t trying to run away. JAILER: (Shocked.) Lemaitre, sh*t? DOCTOR: sh*t. And now we're going to deal with his accomplices. JAILER: (Suspicious.) Who are you? DOCTOR: Why do you think a high-ranking official like myself came to Paris, hmm? I was part of the plan. I came to make sure of Robespierre's downfall. JAILER: (Humbled.) I didn't know, citizen. DOCTOR: No. You didn't, did you? And that is why you didn't expect me to come back. You thought you'll get away with it! JAILER: Get away with what? DOCTOR: Being Lemaitre's accomplice. Take him! (The two soldiers grab the jailer.) DOCTOR: You were Lemaitre's accomplice, weren't you? You did help him to carry out his torturous actions? JAILER: I only carried out the orders I was given, sir. DOCTOR: Orders? Orders? Don't tell me that, my man, I was there, remember? I saw you conniving with him all the time. JAILER: I didn't, citizen. DOCTOR: Didn't what? JAILER: Do what you just said! DOCTOR: It was you that betrayed me to Lemaitre, was it not? JAILER: Well, after all, citizen, you did h*t me on the head. And how was I to know Lemaitre was a traitor? And... Well, you citizen... You... Well, that was a secret wasn't it? DOCTOR: (Considering.) Well, I suppose there's some logic in that. I can't decide whether you're a rogue or a half-wit or both. Huh. However, I will give you the benefit of the doubt. (To the soldiers.) Get out. (The soldiers let go of the jailer.) DOCTOR: (To the jailer.) Now, while we'll... we're reconsidering the post of jailer you may stay here in a temporary capacity. JAILER: (Pleased.) Thank you, citizen. You won't regret it. I promise you! DOCTOR: I hope not. Now, Robespierre's friends smuggled him away after the convention. The soldiers are after him. He will be caught and probably brought here. JAILER: Ah, well we'll look after him, citizen. Never fear. DOCTOR: Tomorrow there will be a new bunch of prisoners, Robespierre's friends, so I hope everything will be ready, including the cells? JAILER: Well... Ah, shall I release the prisoners, citizen? DOCTOR: Certainly. Now let me have the key to the dungeon. (The jailer pulls a key off his ring and hands it to the Doctor.) 24. STREET NEAR THE CONCIERGERIE PRISON (Barbara is standing in the shelter, looking on in horror. There are the sounds of a riot nearby. She is joined by Ian and Stirling.) VOICE: They've got Robespierre! IAN: The Doctor back yet? BARBARA: No. But, they've got Robespierre! I've just seen them take him into the prison! STIRLING: Yes, we followed them here. Perhaps I'd better go and see what's happened. IAN: You stay where you are, Stirling. You set one foot inside that prison and you'd be arrested. We must wait until Jules arrives with the carriage. BARBARA: And you obviously didn't get to Robespierre. IAN: No. STIRLING: We saw him taken. He was sh*t in the jaw. IAN: Jules going to be able to see us from here? BARBARA: I think so. At least this storm will allow him to pull up in front of the prison. STIRLING: I shall be heading for Calais. I can get a boat from there. IAN: Good. We can save you some time. We go the same way. STIRLING: And while you're waiting, you might as well explain exactly where it is you're making for. BARBARA: Well, as far as I can remember from the map I saw in the hideout, we head north of Paris... (Ian points forwards in excitement at the sound of horses.) IAN: Here's Jules! 25. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS, CONCIERGERIE PRISON (The Doctor unlocks the door to one of the cells and Susan tumbles out.) SUSAN: Oh, grandfather! (They hug.) DOCTOR: Ah. There, Susan. We're all going back to the ship. It's all over for you. Eh. Eh. (Susan breaks away.) SUSAN: Where are the others? DOCTOR: Well, Barbara's outside and Ian should arrive at any moment. We have a carriage waiting. SUSAN: (Relieved.) A carriage! Oh, that's better than ... DOCTOR: Yes. I... Eh. Oh. (The sounds of the riot become louder.) SUSAN: Well, what's happening? DOCTOR: They've just heard about the downfall of Robespierre. A sort... a sort of celebration, you know? SUSAN: Oh, look! (The crowd drags Robespierre, still clutching his jaw, down the steps to the jailer who is seated at his table.) SOLDIER: Jailer! JAILER: Yes. What is it about? SOLDIER: A prisoner for you. JAILER: (Mocking.) Oh, citizen Robespierre? (He takes off his hat and bows.) JAILER: This is indeed an honour. SOLDIER: Ah, don't waste your breath on him. He can't answer you back. He tried writing us a letter but, ah... too bad we don't read, ay? (The soldiers laugh and the jailer leads them all off down the corridor. The Doctor and Susan slip by unobtrusively.) SUSAN: Let's go back to the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, Susan. The rabble are far too busy to bother about us. Everybody lived in fear, yesterday, of that man, and today...? Let's go, Susan. Let's go. 26. STREET NEAR THE CONCIERGERIE PRISON (Ian is talking to Jules, Barbara to Stirling.) JULES: Yes, the fall of Robespierre has changed everything for me. IAN: I'm sure it has, Jules. What are you going to do now? JULES: First I must find Jean. Then I shall wait somewhere in the country and see how this situation in Paris develops. IAN: Going to be disturbed for a long time, I think. JULES: Yes, I know. I wonder who will emerge as the next ruler of France? IAN: Remember the name, Napoleon Bonaparte. JULES: Corsican? Ruling France? (Barbara and Stirling become the focus of attention.) STIRLING: Well, if you're certain that's where you want to be left. BARBARA: ... We'll be safe there. STIRLING: Yes, but I don't... BARBARA: Please. No questions. Promise? STIRLING: Very well, if that's what you want. Now that I'm going home, I just can't wait to see England again. BARBARA: Oh, England. I know how you feel only too well. STIRLING: Why don't you all come with me? BARBARA: Ah, no. We must travel our way. STIRLING: Barbara. Who are you really? Where do you all come from? (Before she can answer they are interrupted.) JULES: Here they are! IAN: He's got Susan! (The Doctor and Susan join them.) SUSAN: Ian! (They all head off towards the waiting carriage. Jules notices Stirling lagging behind.) DOCTOR: Now come along. Don't stand around. It's dangerous. IAN: Come along. Hurry. JULES: Come Lemaitre. We mustn't keep them waiting. I hope they have a pleasant journey. STIRLING: So do I. But to where, Jules? Funny. I get the impression they don't know where they're heading for. Come to that, do any of us? (He smiles and they too go to join the carriage.) 27. SKY (It is now light again.) 28. MAP OF PARIS AND ENVIRONS (Superimposed over this we see the carriage being drawn along various roads.) 29. FOREST (The TARDIS sits here as it was before.) 30. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (The Doctor is sitting on a chair taking his heavy uniform off and at the same time talking to Susan, Ian and Barbara.) DOCTOR: Well, I can assure you, my dear Barbara, Napoleon would never have believed you. IAN: Yes, Doctor, but ah, supposing we had written Napoleon a letter, telling him, you know, some of the things that were going to happen to him. SUSAN: It wouldn't have made any difference, Ian. He would have forgotten it, or lost it, or thought it was written by a maniac. BARBARA: (Wryly.) I suppose if we'd tried to k*ll him with a g*n, the b*llet would have missed him. DOCTOR: Well, it's hardly fair to speculate, is it? No, I'm afraid you belittle things. 31. SPACE (Over a starscape, their voices can still be heard.) DOCTOR: Our lives are important, at least to us. But as we see, so we learn. IAN: And what are we going to see and learn next, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, unlike the old adage, my boy, our destiny is in the stars, so let's go and search for it.
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foreverdreaming
Original Air Date: 31 October, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1, INT: TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (The four members of the TARDIS crew are standing around the console recovering from their visit to 1794 Paris. The air is full of expectation about where they will end up next. The Doctor walks around the console flicking switches.) DOCTOR: We’re approaching a planet. IAN: Which one? DOCTOR: We shall soon see. (Barbara snatches her hand away from where she was leaning on the console.) BARBARA: Ow. DOCTOR: What’s the matter my dear? BARBARA: I burnt myself on the console. DOCTOR: Oh, something overheating here. Just as well we’re landing? Er, Susan, check the fault locator please. SUSAN: Yes Grandfather. BARBARA: We’re not going to blow up or anything are we? DOCTOR: Oh no no no, of course not. It’s just, well, there we were in the late eighteenth century and I tried another frequency to sidestep the ship back into the middle of the twentieth century. (Susan walks over to the adjoining cupboard-like fault locator, and reads from a dial.) SUSAN: There’s something on QR18, Grandfather. And A14D. (Susan spins around in horror and a siren immediately begins to sound.) SUSAN: YELLOW STANDBY! GRANDFATHER, THE DOORS, THEY’RE OPENING! (In the main Console Room the doors begin to swing open a crack, revealing a slice of foreboding nothingness outside. The Doctor immediately galvanises into action.) DOCTOR: What’s happening... Unbelievable! Chesterton close the doors please! We haven’t materialised properly! Quickly! IAN: What do you mean close the doors? DOCTOR: Don’t argue dear boy it’s an emergency, close the doors! Quick! Use force! (Ian leaps towards the doors, but it is too much for him and he struggles to keep the gap from widening. Barbara and Susan run to help and between them they manage to wrestle the doors closed again.) BARBARA: Is everything alright? (The Doctor is visibly shaken by this turn of events, he stares into the console instruments, then nods at Barbara.) DOCTOR: We’re just landing. 2, EXT: MODEL sh*t (The TARDIS materialises in a large cleft in a rocky outcrop.) 3, INT: TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (The Doctor is murmuring to himself looking decidedly shaken.) IAN: Are you alright Doctor? DOCTOR: (He mumbles incoherently.) What? IAN: Are you alright? DOCTOR: Oh please don’t bother me! BARBARA: What happened just then? DOCTOR: Susan, go back to the fault locator, and I want you to check everything, child you understand, EVERYTHING! (Susan moves off to the fault locator.) BARBARA: Well at least we seem to be alright. DOCTOR: Mm? Oh don’t be childish, they opened! The doors opened before we had properly materialised! IAN: But what does it mean? DOCTOR: Hah-ha! IAN: Doctor, you needn’t keep it a secret from us! DOCTOR: What? BARBARA: Doctor, don’t keep us in suspense. DOCTOR: Oh don’t go on with these futile questions! Please, can’t you understand, can’t you see?! IAN: No we can’t - that’s just it! DOCTOR: Oh we were just about to materialise when the doors opened and we hadn’t properly adjusted! BARBARA: You mean something went out of the ship? DOCTOR: No that’s impossible! IAN: Came inside then? DOCTOR: Oh please, don’t keep talking on the twentieth-century level! I’m talking about time-travel! Neither of you can understand what I’m talking about I can s-see that! IAN: How could we, you’ve never explained it to us! DOCTOR: My dear boy... SUSAN: Grandfather everything’s alright! There isn’t a fault anywhere, not even on yellow standby! DOCTOR: But there must be something wrong, Susan! I shall have to check that fault locator myself to make sure, excuse me... (The Doctor moves off to check the fault locator.) BARBARA: Oh I do wish he wouldn’t talk in riddles! IAN: So do I. Susan perhaps you can help us? SUSAN: I just know that the most dangerous moment is at the point of materialisation. BARBARA: Nothing’s ever happened to us before. SUSAN: Well the doors have never opened like that before. (The Doctor returns to the Console Room from the fault locator.) DOCTOR: Well, happily no harm’s been done. It’s most puzzling. Oh my dear Barbara was I rude to you just now? If so, I’m so sorry. I-I always forget the niceties under pressure. Please forgive me. BARBARA: There’s nothing to forgive. DOCTOR: Thank you. Hm.. Hah! (He moves to the console.) DOCTOR: Well I suppose everything’s alright. And yet, er... See the temperature there is perfectly...it’s quite safe to go outside. Oh Susan, just turn on the scanner a minute, let’s try and see where we are. (Susan moves to operate the scanner control, and they all look up at the scanner. With a brittle crack, it shatters from the inside out, belching thick black smoke from within the broken shards that used to be the screen. Barbara is shocked, but Ian seems more amused.) BARBARA: Doctor! IAN: Perhaps you need a new tube Doctor? DOCTOR: Did you notice the way it blew out? BARBARA: It was like an internal expl*si*n. DOCTOR: Yes, like, like ehh...something too big for it’s frame! (The Doctor gestures wildly to emphasise the point he’s trying to make.) BARBARA: Yes. DOCTOR: And yet, I don’t know... That can’t be right! IAN: What do we do now Doctor? Take the scanner out and strip it down? DOCTOR: Oh no no no, dear boy. No, it’s most puzzling of course, but now don’t know what’s behind those doors. BARBARA: Well we must go outside and look. You said it was quite safe... (The Doctor seems lost in thought.) DOCTOR: Yes...I wonder why the..? Well, we must see. SUSAN: Shall I open the doors Grandfather? DOCTOR: Er, yes please Susan. But all of you, cautiously please! (Susan throws the door control and follows Barbara outside leaving Ian and the Doctor alone for a few moments.) IAN: Doctor, what made the doors open before? DOCTOR: The space pressure was far too great whilst we were materialising. The strange thing is that we all came out of it unscathed! Hah, it’s, it’s most puzzling, it’s a big mystery my boy, come along... (They exit the TARDIS.) 4, EXT: MAIN CLEARING (The ship stands in a clearing next to a sheer face of rock of a considerable height. To the left and right two paths snake away as if a gorge had been jaggedly cut through the centre of the rock with an implement that has scored the stone considerably. The sky above is a pleasant eggshell blue and the air ripples with a pleasant mid-summer heat. Barbara and Susan are examining the rock face closely when the others join them.) BARBARA: It’s like a mountain pass or something. DOCTOR: Now why wouldn’t the scanner show us all this mm? IAN: Perhaps that was the only damage to the ship, Doctor. Overloading on the scanner circuits. DOCTOR: Yes, I suppose so it could be... (The Doctor notices their surroundings for the first time.) DOCTOR: What a strange rock formation! IAN: Yes, it is, isn’t it? (The Doctor and Ian move closer to where Susan and Barbara are examining the rock.) BARBARA: There are two different types of rock. Doctor? DOCTOR: Mm? BARBARA: Look... This is ordinary stone up here, but this down here seems to be quite different. DOCTOR: Chesterton, here. Come here, look here. Is that cement? Heh. IAN: Might be. (He touches the layer of stone at the base of the face of rock.) DOCTOR: Rather a rough kind isn’t it? IAN: Mn, very rough. They look like pebbles of sand don’t they? DOCTOR: Yes, yes as a matter of fact it’s in a way to hold the stone in place. You know to fix it firmly beneath! SUSAN: I would have thought the stone was heavy enough to keep itself in place. DOCTOR: Yes, it’s all most odd isn’t it? Most odd... Now Barbara, I suggest that you and I take that path, and Susan and you sir, er, go that way, mm? IAN: Yes alright, but stay within calling distance, and you see anything sing out. We’ll do the same. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes... Mmm. (He frowns, deep in thought, then moves off.) 5, EXT: EASTERN PATHWAY (The rock pathway widens out a little and the Doctor stops to give Barbara an impromptu geology lecture.) DOCTOR: Mm... (He stoops to examine one of the towering stone edifices that tower around them.) DOCTOR: Now take this rock here, it’s most extraordinary... (Barbara wanders off and as she rounds a bend she comes face to face with a giant pink expanse of skin draping down across the rock face like an absurd bloated hoover pipe. She recoils slightly, but as it appears to be immobile she doesn’t make a move to escape.) BARBARA: Doctor! Doctor, it’s a huge snake! DOCTOR: What, eh? BARBARA: Let’s call the others. (Barbara moves to go back the way they came, but is stopped by the Doctor.) DOCTOR: Oh, er, wait wait wait... Yes, I-I I think it’s d*ad. BARBARA: What a fantastic size! DOCTOR: No eyes no head, it seems though. It’s skin is interesting isn’t it? BARBARA: Interesting? DOCTOR: Yes, it’s er, so dull and pink. BARBARA: Doctor, Doctor, are you sure it isn’t just sleeping? DOCTOR: Oh no no no, it’s quite d*ad, no-no. Death you see has it’s own particular posture and appearance. Yes yes, well, let’s go a bit further. BARBARA: Yes... (They continue on their way, Barbara a little more uncertain...) 6, EXT: WESTERN PATHWAY IAN: Warm isn’t it? (Ian looks cautiously about as if expecting to be descended upon by hordes of savage aliens.) SUSAN: Yes. (Susan skips ahead and examines something on the ground.) SUSAN: Ian! Look at this. (Ian bends down to see what Susan is gesturing to. It is a large white cylindrical object with rounded ends as large as a rugby ball.) IAN: That’s odd. (He laughs.) I suppose it couldn’t be an egg, hah. Not that size. (He picks it up.) SUSAN: There are more of them over there, look. IAN: Yeah. Ostrich? (Susan shrugs.) IAN: It would have been rounder than this. SUSAN: There are dozens of them over here! There’s a whole pile of them! (She follows the trail of cylinders to a main pile that leads up an incline in the path leading to a hole in the rock. As she looks up she comes face to face with an insect the size of a dog. The creature is lying contorted, it’s head inclined tautly to an angle, under the immobile body it’s legs are clutching a single egg to it’s body emphasising it’s final failed task.) SUSAN: Oh! Ian, Ian! (Ian rushes to her side and looks.) SUSAN: It is d*ad isn’t it? IAN: Yes. It’s d*ad alright - stiff as a poker. What a fantastic size! SUSAN: Yes. IAN: It’s a giant ant. SUSAN: It is like it isn’t he? It looks as if it was trying to carry these eggs. IAN: Yes, well that’s natural behaviour for an ant, when it’s att*cked, take the eggs to safety. The worker ant would give his life rather than abandon the eggs you know... SUSAN: Well he couldn’t have had much of a chance could he? (Ian gives her a serious look.) SUSAN: I mean he must have died quickly. IAN: Yeah... All these eggs scattered about. Other ants must have been frightened away. I wonder what sort of a world could produce an insect that size? (They both spare a last glance back towards the ill-fated creature before moving on.) 7, EXT: EASTERN PATHWAY (The Doctor is still examining the large pink creature, but has unearthed a pointed tail.) DOCTOR: Well here we are then, this is the tail end of it, and I know what it is. It’s a huge earthworm. (He puffs his chest out, seemingly delighted to be able to show off away from the science teacher.) BARBARA: What?! (The Doctor chuckles at Barbara’s reaction.) DOCTOR: Yes, there are no earthworms this size on your planet. BARBARA: You’re right there aren’t! DOCTOR: You know except for it’s size, I would swear that it came from your world. However, lets..er, let’s go on. Come along. BARBARA: It’s like a maze really. All these channels. DOCTOR: Yeh. BARBARA: We must be careful not to get lost. DOCTOR: Oh no, we won’t, no. And I’m determined not to go back until we have discovered something more definite. At the moment we only have one phenomenon, and this mystery. BARBARA: What mystery? DOCTOR: Well, all this, maze you’re talking about, you know. I admit it’s all a bit haphazard, but it seems to have some kind of a pattern about it, and this pattern suggests to me that there’s a brain with a purpose behind it all, Hm. Come along. (The Doctor strides forward relishing every moment of his chance to act like an old fashioned explorer.) 8, EXT: WESTERN PATHWAY SUSAN: Ian I counted six of those d*ad ants. IAN: Yes, I know. They’re all about us, everywhere. Now this is really baffling! (Blocking the path is a large tatty packet of seeds.) SUSAN: A huge picture of Night Scented Stock! IAN: Yes it is, but why put up a picture of it? I don’t get it. Ah, some writing there... “Alf’s Seed Company, Norwich!” SUSAN: Norwich! That’s England isn’t it? Norfolk! IAN: Yes, it is. Susan, this means we’re on Earth! (He stiffens, remembering their situation.) IAN: Something’s very odd here, first those ants, now this. I suppose it couldn’t be part of a crazy exhibition, you know where everything had been increased in size? 9, EXT: EASTERN PATHWAY (The Doctor comes across a wooden beam balanced against a rock face.) DOCTOR: Well now, this is interesting. This has been cut by a manufacturer. (The Doctor reaches out to touch the rough wood, but as he does so the beam topples over.) DOCTOR: Look out! I... (Barbara dodges the falling beam.) DOCTOR: Are you alright? BARBARA: Yes, fine. DOCTOR: If you’d been anywhere near that it would have given you a nasty headache! BARBARA: Yes... Hey, look at the end of that, it’s all charred! DOCTOR: Yes, you can see quite clearly what this is. It’s a matchstick. BARBARA: Well it certainly looks like one. DOCTOR: No, it just doesn’t look like one, it is a matchstick. BARBARA: What, that size?! DOCTOR: Don’t you see, that huge earthworm and now this? Can’t you see what’s happened Mm? 10, EXT: WESTERN PATHWAY IAN: I don’t understand this at all Susan. I’m going to have a look around the other side of this. SUSAN: Alright. (Ian walks around the packet of seeds and emerges from one side of the rock pathway to a churned mud side channel. Just past the back of the packet is an open box of matches as big as a wardrobe.) IAN: Look at this matchbox! (Ian climbs into the box.) IAN: It must be an exhibition Susan, something like the world fair. Things this size... SUSAN: No Ian. IAN: Well what else? look at the scale of things! SUSAN: You’re wrong Ian, completely wrong! I-I thought just now that something was wrong when I saw that, but now I’m sure. IAN: Alright, what’s your theory then? (Ian balances himself on the top of the matchbox with his legs dangling inside.) SUSAN: That these things haven’t been made bigger, we’ve been made smaller! 11, EXT: EASTERN PATHWAY (Barbara looks at the Doctor as if he’s mad.) BARBARA: Smaller?! DOCTOR: We have been reduced roughly to the size of an inch! 12, EXT: WESTERN PATHWAY (Ian looks at Susan as if she’s mad.) IAN: An inch?! 13, EXT: EASTERN PATHWAY (The Doctor smiles and nods.) DOCTOR: Mm. You, me all of us, and the ship! 14, EXT: MODEL sh*t (Micro-TARDIS sits nestled safely at the end of a twisting crazy-paving pathway that leads all the way up to a small cosy looking cottage.) 15, EXT: EASTERN PATHWAY DOCTOR: We must get hold of the others quickly and return to the TARDIS! 16, EXT: WESTERN PATHWAY IAN: No Susan, no. It can’t be. SUSAN: I’m right Ian, I know I am. Well that’s the danger Grandfather was afraid of when the doors opened. He wouldn’t admit it was possible that’s all. IAN: It isn’t possible Susan, it’s ridiculous! SUSAN: Oh Ian, work it out for yourself! The doors of TARDIS opened, that means the space pressure forced us to reduce! (A shadow falls over them and a steady clump clump can be heard. Ian and Susan look about like frightened ants, but they can see nothing in the darkness.) IAN: What’s that? SUSAN: What is it? IAN: Run Susan, run! (Susan runs back behind the packet of seeds and back to the safety of the crazy paving, Ian tries to launch himself off the matchbox but instead he falls inside.) IAN: Look urgh! (Ian doesn’t get up.) 17, EXT: GARDEN (A man in an expensive looking suit walks along the well trimmed lawn and stops. He notices a pouch of tobacco and a matchbox lying by the side of the lawn beside it’s neatly cut border to the path. He stoops, and places his briefcase on the ground, then picks up the matchbox and closes it. Picking up his briefcase again, resumes his journey down towards the cottage.) 18, EXT: WESTERN PATHWAY (Susan appears from behind the packet of seeds as the giant departs with Ian in the matchbox.) SUSAN: Ian? IAN WHERE ARE YOU?!! BARBARA VO: I-AN! SU-SAN! (Susan looks around but the matchbox and Ian have gone. She turns towards the entrance to the path.) SUSAN: Oh, Barbara, BARBARA OVER HERE! (Barbara and the Doctor step from behind the packet of seeds and join a bewildered looking Susan on the verge of tears.) SUSAN: Oh Barbara! BARBARA: Susan, what’s the matter? DOCTOR: What’s happened? SUSAN: There was a great big matchbox, a-a-a huge one, and and Ian and I came to have a look at it, and and then he sat on it, and there was this terrible noise, and he fell inside it and now he’s gone! He’s gone, oh he’s just vanished! (She buries her head in Barbara’s chest, and Barbara embraces her.) BARBARA: It’s alright, it’s alright. DOCTOR: Well someone’s picked it up I suppose! 19, INT: MATCHBOX (Ian is being buffeted about from side to side in the dark confines of the matchbox, trying not to get injured too badly by any of the matches inside.) 20, EXT: PATIO (The man in the suit walks along the patio, towards a chair, and sits down placing the matchbox, tobacco and briefcase gently onto the ground. He takes a white handkerchief from his pocket, removes his hat, and mops his brow, the balmy summer sunshine getting to him. He relaxes back in the chair and replaces his hat.) 21, INT: MATCHBOX (Ian relaxes too and rubs his right shoulder tenderly, but he is still in darkness with no visible means of escape from his balsa-wood prison.) 22, EXT: WESTERN PATHWAY (Susan is attempting to scale the side of a South facing paving slab.) SUSAN: We can climb this and see over the top. Oh... Oh Barbara, I can’t reach it. BARBARA: It’s alright, I’ll do it. (Susan gets down and Barbara steps forward, but the Doctor stops her.) DOCTOR: No-no, now-now-now, please no. Let me do it, you might hurt yourself. You just rest easy, Mm? (The Doctor begins to scale the rock face with Barbara and Susan supporting him either side.) SUSAN: Oh be careful Grandfather. DOCTOR: I’m alright... Oh.. (They struggle to heave the Doctor up the side of the paving slab, finally he manages to get his head and shoulders above, and glances up.) DOCTOR: Yeah.. Well it looks a tremendous distance to me. (Cut to a brief sh*t of the house from ground level amongst blades of grass the size of small trees.) DOCTOR: There’s a house over there, and there’s a man sitting down reading something. It’s a notebook I think. BARBARA: Did he have the matchbox? DOCTOR: How do I know?! (The Doctor begins to make his way down with the maximum of fuss all round.) BARBARA: I don’t know how you know, but you surprise me sometimes. DOCTOR: Yes, I suppose so. (Halfway down, he stops and Barbara takes his hand and Susan grabs him from ground level.) DOCTOR: Look, watch what you’re doing will you?! BARBARA: Look, Doctor give us some hope, I mean, Ian’s inside that matchbox! DOCTOR: Gently, gently gently! (The Doctor climbs down to ground level.) DOCTOR: We’ve got to find Chesterton! SUSAN: But Grandfather, supposing the man walks off with the matchbox! DOCTOR: Have courage my dear! I know that all of this is a bit of a nightmare, but we’ve just got to get Ian back and then we can go back to the ship. SUSAN: And then can you get us back to normal size? DOCTOR: But of course, yes I’ll try! There’s always a chance! But first things first, we must find Chesterton, and we can’t go back that way. We must go back that same way we came. (The trio heads back East towards the TARDIS.) 23, EXT: PATIO (The man in the suit sits in the chair reading his notebook, he bends down and selects a cigarette from the pouch of tobacco. His gaze falls upon a red/black tortoiseshell tabby lounging on the sun soaked patio absently washing it’s paws. He smiles benignly, the unlit cigarette hanging from his mouth.) FARROW: Puss-puss. Puss-puss-puss-puss. (He turns back to his notepad, and with one last glance he places it back into the briefcase. He bends down and picks up the matches and begins to open them when an arm flicks on a lighter. Farrow drops the almost open matchbox back down again and accepts the light.) FARROW: Oh hello, thank you. (He puffs on his cigarette.) It’s Mr Forester isn’t it? We spoke on the telephone... (Forester is dressed as neatly as Farrow, but his manner is calm, decidedly colder and a lot more businesslike. It is as if there are a great many other places he’d rather be, and he is forcing himself to be polite against his nature, in stark contrast to the cosy looking grandfatherly figure of Farrow.) FORESTER: Yes, I got here as quickly as I could. I hope you haven’t taken any action yet? FARROW: Not yet, but I have written my report. FORESTER: You do realise what’s at stake here Mr Farrow? The early experiments were noted by the ministry, welcomed in fact! I’ve already geared factories, advertising and all the rest of it to start pushing DN6. (Farrow looks genuinely saddened by this.) FARROW: I’m sorry about that, but I can’t give you the approval that you want. (Forester acts like he hasn’t heard Farrow.) FORESTER: We could of course spend more time on the refining... FARROW: Oh, there’s much more to it than that, as I have mentioned to you on the telephone. FORESTER: You want to bring in another expert to go over the tests again? FARROW: You’re not a scientist are you? Well let me put it this way. On the surface DN6 appeared to have all the characteristics of a major breakthrough in the manufacture of insecticide. Oh, and I can quite understand why you’ve pinned all your hopes on it. Particularly as my own minister was so enthusiastic, but the very exhaustive tests that I have made show that DN6 is totally destructive. FORESTER: Well that was the idea wasn’t it? I mean, Smithers said that it will even prevent locusts from breeding... FARROW: I don’t think.. FORESTER: ...Knocked them out all together. FARROW: I don’t think I’m making myself quite clear. There are many insects which make a vital contribution to agriculture, and these insects must not die. Did you know that? FORESTER: Does... Smithers know about this? FARROW: Well I have expressed my doubts to him. (He sighs.) But he’s so engrossed in this venture that I’ll have to break the hard facts to him very gently. FORESTER: I see. You’re aware of course that if it doesn’t go into production I shall be completely ruined? FARROW: That is very unfortunate, but really, you should have waited till we gave you the go-ahead! FORESTER: Well that’s all very well, but it doesn’t help me does it? Surely we can work something out? (Forester moves closer and lowers his voice conspiratorially.) FORESTER: There’s a fortune to be made out of this... FARROW: I don’t think I want to go on with this conversation. Really I...shouldn’t be seeing you at all, except that I did promise to you over the phone that I’d explain the facts to you in person. FORESTER: What happens now? FARROW: Well officially my holiday commenced yesterday. I’ve a small boat down in the Harbour and I’m going to make a tour of the rivers of France. But before I go today I shall telephone my ministry and then post them my report. FORESTER: Couldn’t you leave it until you have got back from your holiday, give me a little grace? FARROW: Oh, you know I couldn’t do that! FORESTER: Do you know why I am a success Mr Farrow? Because I’ve never allowed the word “can’t” to exist, there’s always a way, always! FARROW: Not this time. This isn’t business, this is science, the formulae is unacceptable and I can’t and I do mean can’t Mr Forester, allow DN6 to go into production! Now I’ll make that phone call. FORESTER: Just a moment! (Farrow turns just as Forester produces a squat black p*stol from inside his jacket.) 24, EXT: SOUTHERN PATHWAY (The Doctor Barbara and Susan walk along the path. Above them they hear a thrumming sound as if a small motorbike-engine powered helicopter is coming into land. All of a sudden a gargantuan bee drops out of the sky and lands in a heap by the side of the path. Susan screams, startled by the creature’s sudden arrival.) SUSAN: Barbara! BARBARA: Don’t move! (The Doctor holds up a hand motioning them to come no closer.) DOCTOR: Do not move. (Very slowly the Doctor approaches the huge creature, but it remains immobile where it fell.) SUSAN: Oh don’t touch it! DOCTOR: I think It’s d*ad. BARBARA: But it could still sting! DOCTOR: Mm. Hah-ha! What an awe-inspiring sight! Now what chance would human-beings have I really wonder, in a world of creatures like this bee, mm? SUSAN: None at all! DOCTOR: Little closer look... (The Doctor leans to take a closer look, with his pince-nez.) SUSAN: Well I haven’t taken my eyes off it Grandfather, it hasn’t even trembled. It seems you’re right, it is d*ad. DOCTOR: The same distinctive aroma! BARBARA: Yes, I’ve noticed it on all the other d*ad things. SUSAN: Well that must be what’s k*lling them then. DOCTOR: I wonder what would want to k*ll off nature like this? SUSAN: Well what worries me is all the different things it’s k*lling. Things that fly in the air, things that move on the ground, things that move under the ground. So indiscriminate. BARBARA: Doctor? DOCTOR: Mm? BARBARA: Whatever it is that’s k*lling these things... Could it k*ll us too? DOCTOR: Well, we must presume that it can. So no eating or drinking until we’ve done our very best to find Ian mm? (A roaring boom momentarily splits through the heady silence.) SUSAN: That’s not thunder surely?! DOCTOR: It sounded more like an ancient cannon! 25, EXT: PATIO (Farrow lies on the ground, his shocked face slumped indifferently into a neat flowerbed, a dark puddle beneath him slowly spreading out across the spick patio. Next to the chair his briefcase, matches and tobacco lie untouched.) 26, EXT: WESTERN PATIO (Ian squeezes himself out of the partially open matchbox and moves over to investigate the body.) 27, EXT: SOUTHERN PATHWAY DOCTOR: Oh, we’re progressing nicely. BARBARA: I’ve seen a lot more of those d*ad ants, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, it’s rather widespread I’m afraid. BARBARA: Oh dear, I wonder what would have happened to us if any of those creatures had still been alive? DOCTOR: Hah-ha, yes. I wonder, I wonder. 28, EXT: FLOWER BED (Ian moves over to Farrow’s face, and takes out a white handkerchief. He holds the handkerchief up to the mans mouth, but it doesn’t move. He walks a few steps along to examine the man’s eyes in a little greater detail, then returns the way he came.) 29, EXT: PATIO (The cat has finished lounging in the sun, and bounds across the patio in search of a little kitty light entertainment.) 30, EXT: NORTHERN PATIO DOCTOR: And you say you saw that man? IAN: Yes, he’s over there. (He points North-West towards the flower bed.) BARBARA: Oh, not any further please, I’m exhausted, it’s taken us ages to get here! DOCTOR: What’s that smell..? Cordite...g*n mm? IAN: Yes...that would explain the expl*si*n, and also the man. It’s not far, come on I’ll show you. (They head off across the patio towards the body.) 31, EXT: PATIO (Kitty notices something interesting across the patio.) 32, EXT: FLOWER BED (The TARDIS crew arrive at the face of Farrow.) 33, EXT: PATIO (Kitty gazes idly on from the shadows in a little more close up now.) 34, EXT: FLOWER BED (The Doctor sits down on a pebble, with his back to the lawn, while the others stand around in front of Farrow’s face.) IAN: He’s been sh*t d*ad. BARBARA: Are you sure he is d*ad? IAN: Oh yes. BARBARA: Nothing but death all around us! SUSAN: Yes, what’s happening here? DOCTOR: You weren’t with us Chesterton, but every insect we came across was d*ad. IAN: Yes, Susan and I saw a great many huge d*ad ants. SUSAN: Everything else was the same, Ian. DOCTOR: Yes, and we don’t know what it is that k*lled them. But that man, he’s been sh*t. m*rder! BARBARA: But who’d k*ll insects in a perfectly ordinary garden? I mean pests one can understand, but surely it’s wrong to k*ll bees and worms and things isn’t it? DOCTOR: Quite so. Both are vital to the growth of things. However, we must leave this little mystery and get back to the ship. As I said my dear, it’s fortunate for all of us us that everything is d*ad... (Susan turns to leave and stiffens, transfixed.) SUSAN: Grandfather! (They all look up, and straight into the face of a cat the size of a house.) (Cut to the eyes of a cat staring calmly down as if attempting to work out whether it is breakfast, or lunch time...)
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foreverdreaming
Original Air Date: 7 November, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1, EXT: FLOWER BED BARBARA: But who’d k*ll insects in a perfectly ordinary garden? I mean pests one can understand, but surely it’s wrong to k*ll bees and worms and things isn’t it? DOCTOR: Quite so. Both are vital to the growth of things. However, we must leave this little mystery and get back to the ship. As I said my dear, it’s fortunate for all of us that everything is d*ad... (Susan turns to leave and stiffens, transfixed.) SUSAN: Grandfather! (They all look up, and straight into the face of a cat the size of a house.) IAN: Don’t move, any of you. DOCTOR: And whatever you do, don’t look into the cat’s eyes. Close your own if you want to. IAN: Doctor, I think the cat’s losing interest. DOCTOR: Don’t relax! One swipe of it’s paw would smash us to pieces! 2, EXT: PATIO (The cat slowly turns and walks off past the Farrow’s feet towards the cottage.) 3, EXT: FLOWER BED DOCTOR: Well we can’t get back to the ship just yet, and you know how fast cats can move. And another thing, we could be mistaken for mice and I don’t fancy being part of the cat’s diet! BARBARA: Oh it gets more horrifying every moment! SUSAN: Look, couldn’t we make contact with the people here somehow? DOCTOR: No, I’m afraid not. SUSAN: Well why not, they might be able to help us. DOCTOR: It’s out of the question my dear, how could we possibly communicate with them? IAN: Imagine a record played at the wrong speed, Susan. We’d sound like a little squeak to them, and they’d sound like a low growl to us. BARBARA: Anyway, even if we could communicate, what would they do to us? We’re freaks. They’d put us in a glass case and examine us through a microscope! SUSAN: Oh that’s a thought isn’t it. DOCTOR: And I would add another and more important factor. The people that live in this house are m*rder, or one of them is. Therefore, we can’t expect sympathy and understanding from an insane or a criminal mind! IAN: Yes, what about that d*ad man? BARBARA: Oughtn’t we to do something about it? DOCTOR: Well what can we do my dear? I mean, surely this is the question. Normally I wouldn’t hesitate, but the destruction of the life-force is frightful, but there it is! I mean, what can we do as we are? IAN: Well, I can’t see any sign of that cat, however much safety that gives us. DOCTOR: Well, shall we proceed? (from a distance away a steady clump-clump-clump begins approaches the garden where the TARDIS crew are standing and a shadow falls over the entire area.) IAN: I can see a huge leg coming, run! DOCTOR: This...this way! (The Doctor runs towards the safety of the grass knocking Barbara flying.) BARBARA: Oh! (Ian moves to help Barbara up, and Susan runs back to them.) IAN: Oh, Barbara! Go-on Susan, SUSAN: But I can help you Ian! IAN: Go-on! (Susan runs back to the grass and vanishes inside.) BARBARA: Sorry! IAN: It’s alright, this way, quickly! (Ian leads Barbara rush South across the patio.) SUSAN: Grandfather, Grandfather, they’re almost stepped on! DOCTOR: Oh they’re alright, they’re alright. It’s a pity they didn’t come this way though. SUSAN: Well shall we go over to them? DOCTOR: No, no, it’s dangerous! Let’s go over to that pipe there! (He indicates to a nearby drain-pipe.) 4, EXT: PATIO (Farrow’s old brown leather briefcase lies on the patio where he put it down.) 5, EXT: WESTERN PATIO (Ian looks about for cover on the patio, but everywhere is exposed apart from one place.) IAN: Barbara, quick in the briefcase, it’s our only chance! (Ian and Barbara rush towards the battered briefcase and slip into a gap in the side.) 6, EXT PATIO (A rat-faced man with greasy thinning hair dressed in a crusty, stained lab coat examines the corpse.) SMITHERS: Are you sure he’s d*ad? FORESTER: Of course I’m sure! You know he had a g*n? SMITHERS: He didn’t seem the sort of man who’d need one. FORESTER: He’d pulled it out of his pocket and told me he was stealing the formula! I struggled with him, the g*n must have been turned to his body, it went off! (Smithers rolls the body over and gives it a cursory examination, and looks up.) SMITHERS: I wouldn’t try telling that story to the police if I were you. FORESTER: Oh, why not? (Forester’s tone gains a little more ice than normal for a moment.) SMITHERS: Oh don’t be a fool, he‘s been sh*t through the heart from some feet away! Even I can see that, and I’m no expert! (He motions to Farrow’s blood-stained shirt.) SMITHERS: No powder burns around the b*llet hole. FORESTER: You’re very detached about it. SMITHERS: Well what did you expect, hysterics? I’ve seen more death than you can imagine, people dying of starvation all over the world. What do you think I started on research for? What puzzles me is how cool you are. FORESTER: I don’t feel guilty if that’s what you mean. (Forester casually sits down in the chair.) FORESTER: I’m too busy working out what the implications are. (Smithers stands up, wipes his hand on his jacket and gazes into the distance past Forester in a derisory manner.) SMITHERS: Destroying the last years work that’s what it means. And if that seems callous, well alright, it is! Farrow was pushed onto me and he was a nuisance and a fool. Always checking every minor detail... (He gains a fanatical glint in his eye.) I worked fifteen, sometimes sixteen hours a day every day on this experiment... FORESTER: (In a bored tone.) Yes I know... SMITHERS: (He looks around arrogantly.) You don’t know anything! All you care about is how much money you can make! (He moves over to the chair and gestures.) SMITHERS: Why did you have to k*ll him?!! Couldn’t you have given him money, bought him off? Oh, what’s the use... (He turns away again.) FORESTER: Look, Smithers, I know what you’ve put into the experiment, but this doesn’t mean the end of everything. SMITHERS: Of course it does. You’ve ruined everything, it’s all finished, wasted. FORESTER: Not necessarily... (He gets up and moves beside Smithers, lowering his tone.) FORESTER: Farrow was going on holiday, he has a boat. He was going to cross to France by himself in it. It’s anchored about ten miles away. SMITHERS: Yes, I know. FORESTER: If the police were to find an overturned boat and a body out at sea somewhere... SMITHERS: (He looks at Forester in horror.) But..! FORESTER: Don’t worry, you can leave it all to me. I’ll tow an outboard with me and come back in that. SMITHERS: Well I... That’s your business. (He looks away nonchalantly.) I don’t want to know about it. (Forester moves to the side of Smithers so that he’s parallel with his ear, without looking directly at him, in a menacing manner.) FORESTER: You say all I want out of the experiment is money, but you want something too, don’t you? You want to see it finished, be known as the inventor of it. If the truth came out about Farrow, you can say goodbye to all that. (Smithers regards Forester regaining his righteous indignation.) SMITHERS: The experiment must go through, it’s too important! Nothing else matters, not if we can save people from dying of starvation! That’s what I care about Forester! FORESTER: Alright we’ll move the body. As far as you’re concerned Farrow left here to go to his boat. I’ll put his briefcase in the lab first. (He picks up the briefcase and walks towards the door of the house.) 7, INT: LABORATORY (The door opens and Forester enters, places down the briefcase and leaves again.) 8, INT: TABLETOP (Ian and Barbara emerge from the fold of the briefcase, rubbing their aching limbs.) IAN: Come on Barbara, get out of here before it moves again. BARBARA: Oh...that was worse than the big dipper. IAN: It was. You know we were lucky this case was full. Course, it had to happen to us, of all the places to pick, hah, we had to choose one that was movable! BARBARA: Have you any idea where we are? (Ian shakes his head and looks up and around.) IAN: That’s a ceiling up there. That means we’re indoors and the Doctor and Susan are outside. You’ve hurt your ankle? BARBARA: Oh It’s alright, I didn’t h*t it badly. Oh, I also banged my knee against a large piece of metal. IAN: Yeah, well there were a lot of things flying around in there, we were very lucky. BARBARA: Yes, but you know what the metal was... IAN: What? BARBARA: It sounds ridiculous, it was a paperclip. (She laughs.) IAN: Hah. Yes, well, the only thing to do is to keep in the open. If we must hide, hide behind things. BARBARA: Do you think we could find some water? I wouldn’t mind bathing my ankle for a bit. IAN: Yes, alright. I’ll..I’ll go and have a look over here. (Ian heads off across the table.) 9, EXT: PATIO FORESTER: Let’s move the body. (They move over to the corpse.) FORESTER: Where can we put him? SMITHERS: In a store room. (Forester rolls over the body and both he and Smithers take an arm each and drag it away past a drain.) 10 EXT: DRAINPIPE (Below the pipe is a sunken grille leading down into the drain. The Doctor pokes his head cautiously above the border and looks up, he is joined by the head of Susan.) DOCTOR: They’ve gone (Susan pokes her head up.) SUSAN: Its better when they’re a long way away, isn’t it? (The Doctor stands and Susan pulls herself up and sits on the border.) DOCTOR: Are you sure you saw one of them pick up the briefcase and go into that building behind us? SUSAN: Well I definitely saw him pick up the briefcase. Well when he walked past us it was just like a mountain just a blur, you know. But he must have gone inside the house! (The Doctor walks across one of the bars towards the pipe, but slips a little.) DOCTOR: Ooh, ah.. (Susan rushes over and helps steady him.) SUSAN: Careful Grandfather, well don’t fall down there will you? DOCTOR: Oh-hah-Ooh POO! FAWF! An awful smell of chemical in there! SUSAN: Oh yes. DOCTOR: Foof! Oh, hm. SUSAN: It’s not just an ordinary drainpipe is it? DOCTOR: Now, I wonder if that pipe extends into the room where that briefcase went. SUSAN: Are you thinking of climbing up the inside of it? DOCTOR: Yes, yes of course my dear, there’s no other way. If you go in there you’ll see it’s all corroded so there’s plenty of hand and foot holds. And that chemical smell means that it’s germ free. SUSAN: Oh, but it’s too far for you grandfather! DOCTOR: Well If it is, then I shall have to give up, and I’m not going to give up before I’ve tried. And remember you must think of the other two, they must be constantly reminding themselves they’re only one in five! SUSAN: Mm DOCTOR: There’s only the two of us to help them! SUSAN: Alright, but you let me go first. DOCTOR: Yes-yes yes go-on... (Susan leads the way into the open drainpipe.) 11, INT: TABLETOP IAN: Nothing much that way, except what I took to be a gas tap. No water though Barbara, sorry. BARBARA: Oh it’s alright, seems to be better now. I’ll have a shocking bruise on my knee though. IAN: Oh, I wish I could do something to help you. BARBARA: Do you think we ought to try in this direction? IAN: Yeah BARBARA: Wait a minute IAN: Well it’s the only one we haven’t explored, unless we go further afield. BARBARA: Now let’s see... (Barbara gets up from where she is sitting on the rim of the briefcase with a little help from Ian.) IAN: Alright? BARBARA: Yes that’s fine. IAN: Sure? BARBARA: Right. Let’s try that way. IAN: Uh-huh (Ian leads the way across the table.) 12, INT: DRAINPIPE (Susan is climbing up the inside of the pipe, the Doctor can be heard from some point below her. Both of them sound exhausted from the climb, the Doctor rather more than Susan.) SUSAN: Are you alright down there Grandfather? DOCTOR VO: Yes... I’m alright my dear, I can manage very well. SUSAN: Good. Oh it’s just as well this pipe’s corroded isn’t it, there are plenty of footholds. DOCTOR VO: Good. Well, onwards and upwards my dear, eh? SUSAN: Yeah... 13, INT: TABLETOP IAN: Look at those enormous test-tubes! (They move on across the table past a towering wooden rack of test-tubes.) BARBARA: Ian look at this! (Barbara points to a mountainous dish of seeds.) IAN: Mm, yeah. BARBARA: What do you suppose it is, corn, wheat? IAN: Wheat. (He sighs, looks around, turning his back to Barbara who goes a little nearer to the dish.) IAN: Still haven’t thought of a way of getting out of this place... (Barbara picks up an enormous seed, and examines it closely.) BARBARA: Oh yes, you’re right it is wheat. (She puts it back.) BARBARA: Ooh, it’s all covered in some sticky stuff, like toffee. (She rubs her hands trying to get it off.) IAN: Hey Barbara, look at this... BARBARA: Give me your handkerchief will you? IAN: Do you see what this is? A book of litmus papers, hah! How often have I held a piece of litmus paper in my fingers..? Oh well, it’s a handy seat. (He sits down on the litmus papers.) BARBARA: Yeah IAN: You realise what this place is? BARBARA: Ooh it’s some sort of a laboratory. IAN: Yes, I think it must explain those d*ad insects and things. They must be doing some experiments. Course it makes it all the more dangerous for us. BARBARA: Why do you say that? IAN: Well, whatever k*lled those insects could easily k*ll us. BARBARA: The Doctor said something like that, I... I’d forgotten. IAN: Well don’t touch anything, eh? (He moves over to...) BARBARA: But...but...Ian... IAN: I mean, look at the way these seeds are coated. They’re obviously samples. (Ian strides up and down beside the dish.) IAN: Yes, I think they must be inventing a new insecticide and they’ve sprayed these seeds with it. BARBARA: Oh surely I... I mean, couldn’t it be just preserving oil? IAN: I doubt it, anyway, you keep away from it. Got a very distinctive smell, that’s one good thing. BARBARA: I think we should find the others and get back to the ship IAN: Yes I know. I’ve been racking my brains, we’re so high up here. Have you got any ideas? BARBARA: No I haven’t I... I wish I had. (She looks away sadly.) IAN: Hey Barbara, we can get back you know. BARBARA: Yes. IAN: All we’ve got to do is find a ball of string and get down to ground level! BARBARA: String would be too thick for us. What we really need is a reel of cotton. A reel of cotton... (Barbara falls to her knees on the verge of tears.) BARBARA: It’s all so ridiculous Ian! IAN: Barbara we must concentrate on getting back, just forget how absurd things are, concentrate on getting back, do you understand? BARBARA: Yes alright. IAN: Hey, that briefcase. Barbara, if we could find enough of those paperclips we could string them together and some sort of a ladder! BARBARA: Yes, that’s an idea. IAN: Let’s do it, eh? Come on, don’t let’s give up. BARBARA: I’m not giving up. IAN: Good, because the next problem is how to open the flap of the briefcase. I don’t fancy struggling around there in the dark. BARBARA: Well, yes... We might find something in the briefcase which would tell us more about that stuff... That insecticide or whatever it is. IAN: Well maybe but, hah, the other things are much more important. (Ian heads back along the table towards the briefcase. Barbara looks after him slightly panicked and scrubs desperately at her hand with Ian’s handkerchief.) 14, INT: DRAINPIPE (The Doctor stops for a moment, clearly exhausted, puffing like a steam engine.) SUSAN VO: Are you sure you’re alright Grandfather? DOCTOR: Uh...yeah...I’m alright...I’m coming my child...I’m fiiine... (He gets his breath back for a moment, then noisily resumes his upward climb.) 15, INT: TABLETOP (Barbara stands at the foot of the briefcase.) BARBARA: Can you get the flap open? IAN VO: I’m just going to try. BARBARA: Can I help? IAN VO: No I’ alright, just give me a moment to think this out... (High above the tabletop Ian sits on the hinged buckle of the briefcase considering the round sliding catch he is facing. He gets up and wrestles with the catch for a moment, but to no avail.) IAN: Well it doesn’t push downwards, that’s sure. (Barbara looks up at Ian from table level.) BARBARA: Try left to right then (Up on the flap Ian moves around.) IAN: Great minds think alike. (He pushes the round catch from the side with all his might but it doesn’t move. Back at table level Barbara is still looking up, behind her an exoskeletal limb covered in wiry hairs reaches out. The limb belongs to a twitching black housefly that has landed on a cork behind Barbara.) IAN VO: No, it doesn’t move that way either. I’ll have to try it from the other side. (On the flap Ian has moved around the catch and is pulling it right to left. The catch slides down, and the spring loaded buckle flips upwards.) IAN VO: Oh... (He smiles.) Ah, done it... I’VE DONE IT BARBARA! (At Table level Barbara is looking directly at the mammoth fly as it twitches. Silently she falls backwards in a d*ad faint. Ian runs towards Barbara’s prone form and examines her, he looks up and recoils as he hears a mighty flapping as the fly takes off. He hears a booming roar from across the room, pulls Barbara up across his shoulders in a fireman’s lift, and moves across the table as fast as he can.) 16, INT: LABORATORY (Smithers and Forester come into the lab, Smithers rubs his grimy hands on a cloth.) SMITHERS: You don’t have to watch everything I do. FORESTER: I like to know what’s going on. SMITHERS: There’s blood on the flagstones, you don’t seem to have noticed that! FORESTER: I shan’t forget this Smithers. SMITHERS: Oh yes you will, you’ll forget all about it. k*lling Farrow, and whatever you do with the body. You’ll rub it right out of your mind! FORESTER: Well of course. SMITHERS: And don’t think that I’m doing this for you! (His eyes glaze over.) But if there’s one chance in a million of the experiment going through, of making it work, then I must do it, I must! FORESTER: That’s sensible. Practical. SMITHERS: Practical... It’s very practical, making me an accessory! FORESTER: Making? SMITHERS: Yes making! You knew perfectly well how I felt about DN6! How much I’d put into it, what it meant to me... You knew I'd help you! That’s why you took me out and showed me Farrow’s body, wasn’t it? You’d do anything to get what you want wouldn’t you? FORESTER: Wouldn’t you? Aren’t you? 17, INT: SINK (The Doctor and Susan have reached the sink. Behind them the vast bulk of the plug, with its metal links leading all the way up the side. The Doctor for all his bluster appears to have collapsed, delirious with exhaustion on the edge of a stainless-steel plug-hole, Susan kneels over him.) SUSAN: Grandfather...Grandfather? DOCTOR: Uh... SUSAN: Grandfather we made it! (She tries to fan him with her hand.) DOCTOR: Uh uh-uh... SUSAN: Grandfather we made it, we got to the top! DOCTOR: Uh uh-uh. Oh just leave me for a minute, I’ll, I’ll be alright in a little while. (Susan helps him to sit up.) DOCTOR: Oh..uh..oh, that..er..oh, very nearly overpowered me! Uhh..Shhhuuh SUSAN: Grandfather, I think I head some people talking just now. DOCTOR: Uhhh. SUSAN: I heard a sort of low growling sound, you know, like Ian said, you know. DOCTOR: Ahhyehh. Well well, come to think of it our voices sound rather odd, it’s this, this sink of course. It’s all working like a, like an echo chamber! SUSAN: I think we should try and find them, don’t you? DOCTOR: Yehhh. SUSAN: Do you think there’s a chance of them being here somewhere? DOCTOR: I dunno child, I don’t know... 18, INT: TABLETOP (Barbara sits up suddenly.) IAN: Now take it easy BARBARA: Ian! IAN: You alright? (Barbara nods.) IAN: You gave me the fright of my life when I saw you lying there. BARBARA: Did you see it? IAN: The fly you mean? Yes I did. It flew off, got frightened when those men came into the room. BARBARA: I just turned around and there it was, it’s whole body was quivering. IAN: Well don’t worry about it now, it’s all over. It’s d*ad. BARBARA: I thought you said it flew away? IAN: Well it did, but it landed on those seeds, it died instantly. BARBARA: Are you sure? IAN: Well of course I’m sure! BARBARA: I want to have a look! IAN: What? Why? BARBARA: It’s alright, I’m alright now. (They move over to the dish of seeds which is now garnished with the d*ad fly.) IAN: You can see the insecticide glistening on it’s legs. Pretty lethal stuff – that fly must have died the moment it landed! BARBARA: Oh stop it, stop it! IAN: Barbara! BARBARA: Ian I... SUSAN VO: I-AN! BAR-BARA! CAN YOU HEAR ME??!! IAN: Susan! BARBARA: Susan, where are you? SUSAN VO: CAN YOU HEAR ME, I’M DOWN HERE! BARBARA: It’s coming from over there! IAN: Yeah. What was it you wanted to say to me? BARBARA: Oh never mind, that’s not important right now. Listen if Susan’s found a way in that means we can all get out! IAN: I know! SUSAN VO: I-AN BAR-BARA! BARBARA: Why is her voice so loud? IAN: I dunno, it’s coming from over here... 19, INT: SINK DOCTOR: You mustn’t expect to hear their voices in reply my dear. This sink acts as a sound box, it’s increasing the volume of your voice. SUSAN: Well how far can we expect our voices to go? DOCTOR: I don’t know, I don’t know Susan. SUSAN: Well if we shout very loud will the people here hear us? DOCTOR: No, no, Susan, no. Our voices are far too high, it’s a different frequency altogether, my child! Dogs might be able to, well perhaps... But..well, try it again. SUSAN: I-AN! BAR-BARA! 20, INT: SINKTOP/SINK IAN: There they are, can you see them Barbara? (Barbara nods.) IAN: Doctor, Susan we’re up here! (Down in the sink the Doctor and Susan look up to see Ian and Barbara peering down at them from the sinktop.) SUSAN: Hello up there! DOCTOR: What uncanny good luck! SUSAN: Oh ha-ha Grandfather, we’ve found them! DOCTOR: Yes, I know my dear, I know! (Back at the top.) BARBARA: Did they really climb up that sink pipe? IAN: Yeah, they must have done. I wonder if we can get down it? SUSAN VO: Climb down the plug-chain, toots! IAN: Here, it’s about thirty feet or thereabouts, do you think you can make it? BARBARA: Yes, I’ll make it somehow, it’ll be worth it to see them two again. IAN: Alright, let me go first. (In the sink the Doctor and Susan watch their progress.) DOCTOR: Good, he’s started. Now the sooner we get out of here the better. SUSAN: Can we climb back down the pipe again Grandfather? It was difficult enough getting up. DOCTOR: Oh well, it’s a sure way back to the garden, I do know that. SUSAN: Oh Barbara’s started, look! (At the top Ian and Barbara are slowly making their way down the chain.) IAN: Oh, how’re you doing? BARBARA: Oh, I’m alright, there’s plenty to hold on to. 21, EXT: PATIO (Smithers is scrubbing at the patch of blood on the ground with a cloth, he gets up, and Forester drops a pile of earth on the stain and works it in with his foot.) FORESTER: Alright, lets go and get this muck off our hands. SMITHERS: There’s a sink in the lab. (They walk towards the lab.) 22, INT: SINK/SINKTOP (A low growling noise is heard getting closer.) DOCTOR: Listen, there’s someone in the room. There was some... Someone’s come back into that room! (At the sinktop.) IAN: Go on up, move! Look out, someone’s here! Quick! (Barbara and Ian begin to climb back up the plug chain. In the sink...) DOCTOR: Quick, down the sink again! SUSAN: Oh quick Grandfather! DOCTOR: Come along! (They make their way towards the plug-hole again.) 23, INT: LABORATORY (Smithers and Forester enter the lab. Smithers pulls up his sleeves without using his blood stained hands.) 24, INT: SINKTOP/SINK (Ian and Barbara clear the top of the plug chain. Back in the sink Susan disappears down into the plug-hole.) 25, INT: LABORATORY SMITHERS: Look at this! (Smithers jabs a scalpel into the fly that landed on the seeds.) SMITHERS: That fly died instantly, the moment it landed on the seed. FORESTER: Which you sprayed with DN6 SMITHERS: But this is wonderful! Think what will happen with locusts! DN6 will wipe them out! FORESTER: You don’t have to keep on persuading me, I’ve seen the report of every test you’ve made. SMITHERS: But I... I can’t see how Farrow thought he’d get away with lying about the effects of DN6! FORESTER: He had us over a barrel, he’d written his report. Now don’t keep on about it. Alright he was a fool, he thought he could get away with it. SMITHERS: You say he’d written a report? FORESTER: Yes, it’s in his briefcase. It’ll have to go to his head of department – but with a some slight amendments... SMITHERS: Well, I don’t want to know about that, I don’t want to listen! (Smithers puts the plug in the sink and fills it up.) 25, INT: TABLETOP (Ian ventures out of the briefcase where he and Barbara have found themselves again, Barbara joins him. Ian squints into the distance.) IAN: Barbara, he’s standing at the sink. I can see him standing at the sink. He’s turned the tap on! 26, INT: DRAINPIPE (The Doctor and Susan huddle together in beneath the plug as they hear water flood the sink above them.)
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foreverdreaming
Original Air Date: 14 November, 1964 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1, INT: TABLETOP (Ian ventures out of the briefcase where he and Barbara have found themselves again, Barbara joins him. Ian squints into the distance.) IAN: Barbara, he’s standing at the sink. I can see him standing at the sink. He’s turned the tap on! 2, INT: DRAINPIPE (The Doctor and Susan huddle together in beneath the plug as they hear water flood the sink above them.) DOCTOR: Quickly Susan, into the overflow pipe! (The Doctor and Susan rush over to the small crevice to the side of the pipe.) 3, INT: LABORATORY (Smithers fills the sink half full and washes his hands. He then pulls out the plug and walks off. With a gurgling sound the water spirals away into the drain.) 4, INT: DRAINPIPE (Susan and the Doctor press themselves against the far wall in the safety of the overflow pipe as a torrent of water gushes downwards. After the water has gone Susan breathes a sigh of relief.) DOCTOR: They’ve put the plug back in again. SUSAN: Oh at least we’re safe here. DOCTOR: Yeah. If they fill that sink with any more water... SUSAN: Yes of course! It’ll come in here, down the overflow pipe! DOCTOR: Exactly! 5, INT: TABLETOP/SINKTOP/SINK (Ian and Barbara huddle behind the dish of seeds. They hear a long drawn out series of low thuds.) IAN: I’m getting used to these sounds. I think that last one must have been the door closing. BARBARA: Are you sure they have gone? IAN: I’m not sure of anything Barbara. BARBARA: Ian, the Doctor and Susan, they must have been drowned. IAN: We don’t know. We must go and find out. (Ian moves across over to the sinktop, skips over the edge of the sink and climbs down the plug-chain. Barbara moves to follow him. She struggles a little at the top, Ian keeps climbing down.) IAN VO: Stay up there if you want to. BARBARA: No I’m coming with you. IAN VO: Alright. BARBARA: Hey, you go on. (Ian reaches sink level and looks up. Satisfying himself that Barbara is alright, he moves to the plughole and peers down. Seeing nothing he walks around and peers down again. Barbara lands and moves over to where Ian is kneeling peering into the gaping maw of the plughole.) BARBARA: Anything? IAN: No. Too dark to see. I’m afraid there’s not much hope Barbara. (They get up and Barbara walks across the sink a little dazed.) BARBARA: What do we do? I mean, that’s it, what can we do? (A familiar voice interrupts the morbid silence.) SUSAN: Knew they’d be alright Grandfather! BARBARA: Susan! IAN: I don’t believe it! DOCTOR: There we are you see, my friends. You can’t get rid of us as easily as all that, eh! (Susan laughs as she, Barbara and Ian helps Doctor up and they reunite themselves.) 6, INT: STUDY (Smithers is sitting in an armchair smoking a cigarette and Forester is sitting at a desk. Forester holds up a sheaf of papers.) FORESTER: Yeah...there we are. The report is ready. SMITHERS: Alright. Well what are you doing now? FORESTER: The report itself isn’t final enough, Farrow would have telephoned it in to his department. SMITHERS: But you can’t do that! You’ll give yourself away! They’ll know it isn’t him speaking! FORESTER: You leave this side of it to me. (Forester hushes Smithers with a wave of his hand.) 7, INT: POST OFFICE (The interior of the Post office is a muddle, quite plainly spilling into the living space of the house. On the rear wall is a set of half filled pigeon holes, and a stack of crates and various rolls of paper. Through the door is the back of the post office counter. To the front of the room there is a relatively clear desk accommodating an assortment of paper and rubber stamps and chair upon which a policeman’s jacket is draped. Beside a large piece of telephone-exchange equipment in the corner a woman of autumnal years sits reading a paper. As the machine buzzes repeatedly, she lays aside her paper and plugs a receiver into the exchange.) HILDA: Stranger operator here. Hello? Yes. London, yes... Whitehall. W-H-I. Yeah. 8, INT: STUDY FORESTER: ...Eight-seven. Thank you. SMITHERS: How do you know who to speak to? FORESTER: I’ve been dealing with these people for years. 9, INT: POST OFFICE HILDA: Three-eight-seven? Yes, hold on, I’ve a call for you. Go ahead please. (In the background a rather portly “Dixon of Dock-Green” type shambles through the back of the post office counter, and enters the exchange room, adjusting at the sleeves of his neat white shirt.) 10, INT: STUDY FORESTER: Hello is Mr Whitmore there please? Arnold Farrow speaking. Yes. Oh hello, how are you? Good, I’ll hold on. (He covers the receiver with his hand.) FORESTER: The secretary asked me how I was. Told you it would be alright! 11, INT: POST OFFICE (Hilda is sitting at the exchange idly listening in to the call.) HILDA: Doesn’t sound like Mr Farrow at all! (The man takes the Policeman’s jacket from the chair and pulls it on.) 12, INT: STUDY FORESTER: The tests are very satisfactory, I’m sending in my report. Hah-ha, yes it is a bad line isn’t it? Well... I would say that DN6 as they call it is about a sixty percent improvement on normal insecticide. Yes, I know I’m not usually so enthusiastic, but this is really extraordinary! Mm, crossing over to France tonight. And I’ll send in the report, will you send in the authorisation? Good, I’ll tell Forester. Yes, goodbye. SMITHERS: Well? FORESTER: Perfect. As soon as they get the r-report, we’ll get the go ahead. 13, INT: TABLETOP (A little way along the table Ian comes across a huge writing pad covered in scribbles.) IAN: Certainly wasn’t here before. SUSAN: Half drawing and half writing. Ian it’s a formula! IAN: Yes, I believe you’re right Susan! BARBARA: Do you think it’s the formula to the insecticide, Doctor? DOCTOR: Perhaps. BARBARA: Well if it is it can tell us what we’re fighting against, we might even find a cure. DOCTOR: A cure?! What’s the good of that? BARBARA: I dunno... IAN: Well neither do I, if we’re going to do anything at all we must stop it! SUSAN: Yes, Ian’s right, Barbara. You only need a cure if someone’s infected, what we’ve got to do it to stop it being produced. BARBARA: Yes alright! DOCTOR: Well I think we should take a closer look at this oversized document, the more we know about the enemy, the better. IAN: Well those things up there are definitely molecular structures. DOCTOR: Yes you’re quite right, my boy. I only wish I could see it more with a whole... BARBARA: Well couldn’t we, ah, lever it up in some way, stand back and have a look at it? DOCTOR: Mm-mm. SUSAN: Yes, it would be like a huge advertising poster wouldn’t it? IAN: I’m afraid it’s far too heavy, we’d never lift it. DOCTOR: Let me have the notebook, child. No, we shall have to make a map of this. Now Chesterton, you start marking off a section with your feet, will you? IAN: Yeah. DOCTOR: And Susan and Barbara, I want you to call out to me what you see written beneath you. (Fades to black, then fades in again with the Doctor examining his notebook curiously.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes. This is the insecticide quite clearly. A bit rough of course, but it tells us the story. (The Doctor hands the book to Ian who examines it.) IAN: Yeah. I’m not very well up in this Doctor, but, er, isn’t that phosphoric acid? (The Doctor points to the book.) DOCTOR: Now this indicates the amount of organic esters... IAN: Yeah, and this is mineral nitrates... DOCTOR: Mm-hm. IAN: And... Ah, that’s about as far as I go I’m afraid. DOCTOR: My dear boy this formula’s quite clear look, with one vital difference. The inventor has made the insecticide everlasting! SUSAN: That means it would seep into the soil. IAN: Get into the drinking water. BARBARA: Er, what about human beings? DOCTOR: Well given sufficient quantity of course it’s capable of k*lling human beings. BARBARA: Yes, if-if they drink and eat infected food and water. DOCTOR: Yes, or even coming in contact with it. IAN: Penetrating the skin to get into the bloodstream. BARBARA: Oh then why do we go on just sitting..! DOCTOR: Now, now, now, my dear. Gently, gently. BARBARA: I’m sorry. SUSAN: Barbara, are you alright? BARBARA: Yes, I-I feel a bit giddy. I-I think I must be hungry. DOCTOR: Now there’s another point to consider my dear boy, eating - we can’t! Even if we do find food here. IAN: Yes, well, the less we talk about food the more I’ll like it. DOCTOR: We can go back to the sink of course, the water in the tap is quite safe. IAN: Well, there’s no need for all of us to go. I’ll go and fetch some. DOCTOR: Ah, but I want to go into that direction. You see, there’s something over there that might be the solution to all this business. IAN: Oh what’s that? DOCTOR: A telephone, my dear, mm? IAN: Ah. Come on then, let’s go. (Fades to black.) 14, INT: TABLETOP (We fade in to the TARDIS crew standing before an ordinary black bakelite telephone that could happily house one or two families inside it. To one side is a gaping hole where a cloth wire is fed into the body of the phone, and to the side, bunches and bunches of extension is piled up beside the phone in a spongy staircase.) IAN: Mm, it’s climbable. SUSAN: Yes. The thing is my boy, how heavy is that receiver mm? IAN: Ehh. SUSAN: Grandfather, DOCTOR: Mm? (Barbara and Susan walk over carrying a cork between them.) SUSAN: I think I’ve got just the thing, look. We can push this underneath the receiver. DOCTOR: Mm. BARBARA: Yes, there are..there are, there are lots more over there. (Barbara wobbles on her feet.) IAN: Hey, are you alright? BARBARA: Yes, I’m fine. I told you, I haven’t eaten for ages, I-I think that’s what it must be. Don’t make a fuss! IAN: Well Susan, ah, you and I will do the climbing, eh? SUSAN: Yes alright. IAN: Ah, Doctor? DOCTOR: Ah? IAN: Pass this up to Susan, and she can then pass it on up to me. DOCTOR: Very well. IAN: Right, I’ll get started. (Ian and Susan climb up the mounds of cloth telephone wire by the side of the phone.) SUSAN: Can you manage alright? IAN: Yes, I can make it. DOCTOR: Oh, er, oh Barbara, would you mind bringing another one of these, please? (He hefts a cork on his own, and with a very great effort he heaves it up to Susan who struggles it up to Ian.) DOCTOR: Ah, thanks my dear. You look very tired. BARBARA: Yes I am a bit. DOCTOR: Well we can manage. You just sit down and rest for a while, mm? (Ian stands high up on the telephone plate opposite the receiver, and places the first cork down and dusts his hands.) IAN: Right you’d better all come up now. SUSAN VO: COMING! Grandfather! Barbara! (The Doctor and Susan appear up on the plate.) DOCTOR: Do you think er, we three could manage eh? IAN: Why? DOCTOR: Well, I don’t think Barbara’s quite up to it. IAN: Oh alright, well we can try. BARBARA: It’s alright, I’m here. IAN: Ah good. Now listen Susan, we’re going to try and lift this end. SUSAN: Mm-hm. IAN: Now you, when we get it lifted up, push this cork underneath. SUSAN: Alright. IAN: Alright. SUSAN: Yes. IAN: Now, you ready? DOCTOR: Yes yes yes yes. IAN: Barbara? BARBARA: Yes IAN: Right, now, lift! (They all heave at the telephone receiver, but it doesn’t budge. They heave again and it wobbles.) 15, INT: LABORATORY (The left end of the telephone moves slightly.) 16, INT: TABLETOP BARBARA: Ah... DOCTOR: Oh! IAN: Quickly! (Just as they are about to drop the receiver again, Susan slips a cork under it. They all breathe again in succession.) IAN: Ah! SUSAN: Ah! DOCTOR: Ah! SUSAN: Oh goodness! IAN: Right, DOCTOR: Uh! BARBARA: Whew! IAN: We’ll try the other end now. Now we... (Ian moves to the opposite end and lifts the cork up.) IAN: Uh.. There, there we are! Same thing Susan. (Susan holds the cork in place.) SUSAN: Uh, thank you, thank... IAN: Ready now? Lift! 17, INT: LABORATORY (The right end of the telephone moves this time.) 18, INT: TABLETOP SUSAN: Uh..Right..oh! IAN: Oh! SUSAN: Uh! Oh. We did it! (Susan and the others rest for a while, all exhausted by the effort of lifting the receiver a little way.) 19, INT: POST OFFICE (The telephone exchange begins to buzz again, Bert is trying to read a paper, but not having much success.) BERT: Hilda! Come and answer this thing, it’s driving me mad! (Hilda glances at the equipment as she enters.) HILDA: It’s the old farmhouse again. (She sits down and struggles the headset on, then plugs herself in.) HILDA: Hello? Ah... What number do you want? 20, INT: TABLETOP (Still on the plate, the three yell into the mouthpiece of the receiver as loud as they can and Barbara listens into the earpiece.) DOCTOR/IAN/SUSAN: CAN YOU HEAR US?!! HILDA: WOORRRRLLLLLL...WHHA..WORRLLLWHAAA...? (They stop for a moment, but Barbara doesn’t really understand.) DOCTOR/IAN/SUSAN: PUT US THROUGH TO POLICE!! IAN: Any luck? BARBARA: No... No nothing at all. (Barbara pants heavily and falls to the floor of the receiver-plate.) IAN: We can’t have failed after having tried so hard! DOCTOR: Yes I’m afraid that we have, and it’s my fault. I thought it was worth trying! (He shakes his head sadly.) IAN: Well we must try again! DOCTOR: Ahh.. (He waves a dissuading hand.) SUSAN: Oh Ian, I don’t think It’ll do any good. IAN: Well we must try, we must try! I’ll go and tell Barbara. (The Doctor Nods silently and Ian walks across the phone. Barbara is sitting down looking at her green stained hands trying to work off the insecticide with Ian’s handkerchief, but not succeeding. She looks about to burst into tears when Ian turns up.) IAN: Hey! You’ve been overdoing things. BARBARA: Yes... Yes, I-I think I have. IAN: I’ll go and get you some water it’ll freshen you up, eh? BARBARA: Thank you (He moves to take the handkerchief, but Barbara snatches it away.) BARBARA: What are you doing? IAN: I want your handkerchief. I was going to... BARBARA: No! IAN: What’s the matter? BARBARA: You can’t have it, you mustn’t touch it! IAN: Barbara! (The Doctor and Susan join them.) BARBARA: No-one must touch... (She keels over in a d*ad faint.) SUSAN: Barbara! (Very carefully the Doctor pulls out a pencil and picks up the handkerchief with it, he gives it a sniff and so does Ian.) DOCTOR: There, it’s the same aroma! Insecticide. You didn’t eat or drink anything? IAN: Well no, certainly not! (The Doctor takes hold of one of Barbara’s wrists and examines her hand.) DOCTOR: Shes got insecticide on her hands, she touched it. IAN: Well she never told me, I never saw her do this! I... She did borrow my handkerchief. DOCTOR: Where were you then? IAN: By that pile of seeds. DOCTOR: Yes you sh, you see, she’s got it on her hands! And she rubbed it off on your handkerchief! SUSAN: Oh... Why didn’t she tell us?! IAN: You can help her can’t you Doctor? SUSAN: Grandfather we can do something can’t we? (Barbara’s eyes flick open.) BARBARA: What happened? D-did I..? IAN: You fainted, that’s all. BARBARA: The insecticide... Is that why I feel like this? DOCTOR: Yes. You got some of it on your hands and you didn’t us tell anything about it! It was very wrong of you wasn’t it? (Barbara sits up.) BARBARA: Am I... Am I? DOCTOR: No-no-no, no this little att*ck...experience is only temporary. SUSAN: Oh take it easy Barbara, (The Doctor moves aside as Susan helps Barbara over to one side .) DOCTOR: Look out. SUSAN: Come on Barbara take it easy IAN: Well what can we do for her? DOCTOR: Well it’s urgent that we get her back to normal size, but, ah, at the moment her protective cells are too small to cope with the molecules of poison in her bloodstream. But if we can, that dosage of insecticide will be seventy times less dangerous, practically nothing at all! IAN: Are you sure? DOCTOR: Yes I’m quite sure. But we must get her back to the ship. IAN: What are we waiting for? (He moves over to Barbara.) IAN: How are you feeling? BARBARA: Ooh..a bit ropey. Ooh, could do with a glass of water. IAN: We’re going to take you back to the ship. BARBARA: Alright, just give me a minute. IAN: Come on Barbara, we’ve got a long way to go. (He turns to the Doctor.) IAN: You can get us back to normal size? DOCTOR: Oho, yes! of course I can dear boy, yes, course I can... (Ian wanders off again. The Doctor sucks in his cheeks and looks concerned.) DOCTOR: I hope. 21, INT: STUDY (Forester picks up the receiver of the telephone, and taps the plate a few times, puffing on a cigarette.) FORESTER: What the devil’s wrong with this phone?! (He puts the receiver down, and jams a cigarette into his mouth, deep in thought.) 22, INT: TABLETOP IAN: Barbara, you’re ill. You’ve got to let us take you back to the ship. You could die! (He turns to the Doctor.) IAN: Doctor make her see some sense! DOCTOR: There’s nothing I can say dear boy. Barbara’s quite right. IAN: Susan? (Susan turns and hugs Barbara.) BARBARA: Ian we must find a way to stop this, we must! 23, INT: STUDY (Forester slams the phone down onto the plate.) FORESTER: Any other phones around here? SMITHERS: Uh? Oh, yes, there’s one in the lab next to the sink. FORESTER: Maybe that’s where the trouble is. Perhaps the phone’s off the hook or something? SMITHERS: Yes, I’ll..I’ll go and see. (He moves off.) SMITHERS: I want to have a look at Farrow’s notes. FORESTER: Why? (Smithers leaves apparently not hearing him. He reaches into his pocket and withdraws his g*n, flipping open the chamber, and then closing it again.) 24, INT: TABLETOP DOCTOR: Yeah, that’s it, we’ll cause trouble! Start a f*re, my boy! IAN: Yes... Can we start a big enough one to do any real damage? DOCTOR: Well we can try anyway. Hah-ha, there’s nothing like a good f*re eh? Ha-ha-ha... Mm, hm-hm. (He looks amused.) IAN: What do you think Barbara BARBARA: I think it’s a good idea. If we could manage to start a f*re it would certainly attract people here. SUSAN: Yes! They’d might find that man’s body! 25, EXT: PATIO (Smithers and Forester walk from the door of the house to the door of the laboratory, and Smithers unlocks the door.) 26, INT: TABLETOP (Ian Looks up and sees a gas tap.) IAN: Gas! That’s it! SUSAN: What’s it? IAN: If we could only turn it on. SUSAN: Well then what? IAN: I’ll soon show you. (They hear a low rumbling sound and the all freeze like startled rabbits.) SUSAN: W-look out! IAN: Quick, behind this water tap! (They all scurry behind the tap.) 27, INT: LABORATORY (Smithers and Forester enter the lab.) 28, INT: TABLETOP (The TARDIS crew slide behind a tap with their backs firmly pressed against the metal.) 29, INT: LABORATORY (Forester heads straight for the phone. He takes out the corks and examines one.) FORESTER: Who put these under the phone? (Smithers sniff his fingers.) SMITHERS: DN6..it’s DN6! (He wipes his hands on a cloth.) FORESTER: Come on, I want an explanation! Why did you put these under the phone to stop me using it?! (The phone begins to ring.) SMITHERS: Oh that’s not important now! FORESTER: Of course it’s important! SMITHERS: Will you LISTEN to me?! (Forester picks up the phone.) 30, INT: POST OFFICE HILDA: O-oh you’ve replaced your receiver have you Mr Smithers? FORESTER: This isn’t Mr Smithers. The extension was left off, I’m sorry. HILDA: Is that Mr Farrow? 31, INT: LABORATORY FORESTER: Farrow? No. HILDA: Oh the other gentleman, I see. Only I’ve a call for Mr Farrow. FORESTER: Oh, er..just a minute. 32, INT: POST OFFICE BERT: Do you think that you ought to be doing this Hilda? HILDA: Shh, listen. 33, INT: LABORATORY (Forester places a handkerchief over the receiver.) FORESTER: Farrow here. Who is this? 34, INT: POST OFFICE (Hilda cover the microphone with her hand.) HILDA: D’you see, it’s the same man! BERT: Get him to talk a bit more. 35, INT: LABORATORY HILDA: Mr Farrow, I’ve got a London call for you. Will you accept the charges? 36, INT: POST OFFICE FORESTER: London? Oh, er... Yes, er, alright. HILDA: Hold on please. BERT: Mm, yes, they do sound alike, I must say that. Perhaps I had better go up there.. HILDA: H-hello, er, Mr Farrow. 37, INT: LABORATORY HILDA: I’m sorry, London has broken the connection, perhaps they’ll call again? FORESTER: Oh, er very well. Thank you. (He replaces his receiver.) 38, INT: POST OFFICE HILDA: Bert, it’s the same man, no doubt about it! BERT: Well, we’ll soon find out. (He puts on his Policeman’s helmet and walks out.) 39, INT: LABORATORY (Forester mops his face with his handkerchief, and goes out of the lab.) 40, EXT: GARDEN (Smithers is tending to the plants in the garden, he looks up a little worried at something he’s seen.) 41, INT: TABLETOP (The Doctor and Susan are tugging at the lever of a gas tap.) SUSAN: Ooh I, er, think it’s moving a bit... DOCTOR: Now come on, all together! (Barbara joins in.) DOCTOR: Wai.. It’s coming. 42, INT: TABLETOP (Ian is wrestling with a match trying to turn it over so that it faces the right way for striking. Susan runs over and joins him.) SUSAN: Ian! IAN: Huh? SUSAN: The tap’s ready to turn on now. IAN: Good. Now, Susan, I’ve wedged the matchbox against a knothole. What we’re going to do is run at the side. SUSAN: Mm. Oh, like using a battering ram! IAN: Yes, that’s the idea. (He smiles.) SUSAN: Yes. IAN: Come on, get a hold of this. SUSAN: Right. (She grabs the end of the enormous match.) 43, INT: TABLETOP DOCTOR: Yes, I.. I think that’s got it in about the right angle in this gas jet, mm. BARBARA: Yes. DOCTOR: Hm? BARBARA: Well all we’ll succeed in doing is just melting this tin. DOCTOR: No no no no, I’ve had a good look at this. This is pressurised, it’s a spray kind. Our problem will be..will be, er, to get away, to get away far enough to, er...when it explodes. BARBARA: Explodes? DOCTOR: Oh yes, it’s going to explode. And when it does it’ll go off..well, to us, a-a thousand pound b*mb! 44, EXT: GARDEN SMITHERS: It’s k*lled everything. Everything! (Behind his crouched form, a pair of neatly suited legs appears from the cottage.) FORESTER: Smithers! (Smithers turns.) 45, INT: TABLETOP (The Doctor is watching Ian and Susan trying to light their match. They take a run up and strike the box from the side, but they barely scrape it and the match remains unlit.) DOCTOR: No no no, dear boy, try hitting the box at a sharper angle, more force, more pith! IAN: Doctor, have you ever tried to lift one of these things? SUSAN: Come on Ian, lets try again. (Ian and Susan take a run up with the match. SUSAN VO: Charge! (As the Doctor and Barbara look on from the gas tap there is an almighty crackle and their faces are lit up.) BARBARA: They did it! DOCTOR: Yes! Come on, let’s light the gas tap...turn it on! (He and Barbara both tug the lever.) IAN: Turn it down a bit, you don’t want us b*rned alive! Uh, Doctor, Barbara, get behind that tap. Get behind...that’s it. Take it easy now, breathe. (He and Susan walk the match slowly towards the tap...) 46, INT: LABORATORY (The lit end of the match edges closer to the leaking tap. Suddenly a gout of flame spews from the nozzle onto the can.) 47, EXT: GARDEN FORESTER: And then he told me he couldn’t authorise DN6! I had too much money sunk into it. I had to k*ll him. Once I’d started I had to see it through, all the way! (He produces his stubby w*apon from the confines of his jacket and waves it menacingly at Smithers.) 48, INT: TABLETOP (The Doctor is watching the flame.) DOCTOR: Quickly! (The other three run past him towards cover, he pauses a moment face alit like an evil leprechaun.) DOCTOR: Won’t be long now! (He chuckles to himself rubbing his hands together, then hurries after the other three.) 49, INT: LABORATORY (Under the vicious onslaught of the flame from the gas-tap, the paint on the outside of the can, already blackened, begins to blister.) 50, INT: TABLETOP IAN: Take as much cover as you can, when that thing explodes there’ll be metal flying all over the place. SUSAN: It’ll be just like that air-raid Grandfather, do you remember? DOCTOR: Yes, very well. And what infernal machines those zeppelins were hm! 51, INT: LABORATORY SMITHERS: Forester, think what you’re doing! DN6 is more deadly than radiation! Doesn’t that mean anything to you? FORESTER: Get the briefcase! (Smithers moves to obey, but smelling burning paint, the scientist immediately looks to see what is happening and notices the can, which is beginning to bulge and warp. Forester moves closer to the can just as it explodes with a loud pop, ripping the metal canister asunder and spaying molten metal and boiling DN6 into Forester’s face. The businessman falls to the ground in agony. His own g*n levels at him, Smithers has obviously ducked the expl*si*n and recovered it, but before he gets the chance to do anything he feels a long arm on his hand. Bert the Policeman has just arrived on the scene, and relieves an ashamed looking Smithers of the p*stol.) 52, INT: TABLETOP DOCTOR: It’s worked, it’s worked! Come on, all of you, back to the ship! Susan, you take, er, Barbara. Quickly, quickly. (The Doctor stoops and picks up one of the seeds in his long cloak.) IAN: But Doctor, what are you doing, that thing’s covered in poison! DOCTOR: Yes I know it is, I know all about it. IAN: Well what do you want it for? DOCTOR: You’d be surprised. (He chuckles mischievously to himself.) Go on, lead on. (They all exit due sinkwards.) 53, INT: LABORATORY (Bert pulls Forester to his feet and glances at him. His face is burnt, scalded, lacerated, his eyes are seared shut, but he’s still moving.) BERT: Mm, he’ll live. Now I have some questions that need answering, now turn that gas off, you’ll k*ll the lot of us! (Smithers silently goes to the gas tap and turns it off. He picks up a fragment of the insecticide can from the tabletop and looks at it in bewilderment.) 54, INT: TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: We’ve got to repeat exactly wha..the things that happened to us when we landed. IAN: Is there anything I can do? DOCTOR: Yes, that seed over there by the chair. Take it over to the table so that we can all see it. And wrap that round it when you do it. (He points to his cloak. Ian takes the seed from beside where Barbara is sitting unconscious in a chair, and places it on a table on the other side of the room. The Doctor operates the controls.) 55, EXT: MAIN CLEARING (Silently the TARDIS fades away.) 56, INT: TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM IAN: Doctor! DOCTOR: Er! IAN: Doctor I... DOCTOR: Shh-sh. I think it’s working. Splendid, I think it’s working, my boy! IAN: Doctor, look at that seed! (They both look at the seed in the Doctors cloak as it begins to shrink until it is virtually non-existent.) DOCTOR: Yes yes, we’ve done it! Yes, ha-ha ha-ha, we’ve done it, yes! IAN: Doctor, it’s incredible, that seed, it’s completely vanished! DOCTOR: No no my dear boy, no. Hah-ha! (He moves over to the cloak and holds the seed up between his finger and thumb like a magician.) DOCTOR: Look, can you see, it hasn’t vanished at all! (A little way away Barbara is sitting on an old mahogany chair where she collapsed after the journey back. For the first time she begins to stir, and she opens her eyes seeming to wake up from a deep sleep.) SUSAN: Barbara? BARBARA: Mm..mm, I’m so thirsty. (Susan offers her a glass of water she had previously dialed up.) SUSAN: There you are, drink that. (Barbara falls upon the water and drains the glass in a moment.) BARBARA: Oh, I’d no idea water could taste so good. (Susan laughs, and the Doctor joins her side.) DOCTOR: Well well, here we are then, the patient is beginning to look her usual self again, mm? Hah-ha! (Ian looks the most relieved of them all.) IAN: Thank you Doctor. DOCTOR: Not at all my dear boy, always at your service. BARBARA: Doctor what happened in the laboratory, I don’t remember much after the expl*si*n. DOCTOR: Well I’m happy to say our plan worked, and we didn’t have to f*re the laboratory. But we did attract attention. Do you know that a policeman came into the room just as I was about to climb down that pipe? BARBARA: Oh good! Now what about us, can you get us back to normal? DOCTOR: Yes, there’s your answer my dear. (He produces the seed.) SUSAN: Grandfather, is that the seed you brought in with you? DOCTOR: The same seed! SUSAN: Hah-ha! BARBARA: Then we are back to normal! DOCTOR: Completely my dear! (They all make relieved noises.) DOCTOR: Now before I check up and see where we are, I suggest you all go and have a good scrub mm? SUSAN: Oh please! DOCTOR: Go-on, off you go! (Ian, Barbara and Susan all sidle off like children who have just come in from playing in the sandpit. The Doctor moves to the console and examines it then he gazes up at the monitor, but all it shows is murky static.) DOCTOR: Oh dear-dear-dear-dear-dear, now isn’t that irritating mm?! I had to repair that wretched thing and now look at it, I can’t see a thing! (The dematerialisation noise echoes through the console room.) DOCTOR: Wait I... I think we’re beginning to materialise, perhaps I shall know now where we are, mm? Hm-hm... (The Doctor looks at the screen as it flickers away to itself.)
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foreverdreaming
Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 21 November, 1964 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: EXT. RIVERSIDE (At the top of a flight of steps, a man slowly steps into view. He is dressed in shabby, ill-fitting clothes, the shirt of which has a unusual series of broken jagged white symbols emblazoned on it. Strangest of all, he wears a strange metallic helmet on his head which covers his cranium and is attached to a metallic collar which surrounds his neck. Behind him on a brick wall is a poster that reads “EMERGENCY REGULATIONS. IT IS FORBIDDEN TO DUMP BODIES INTO THE RIVER”. The wall is part of a support of a bridge over the river. The man stops momentarily, gives out a cry and tears the collar part of his helmet away. With a glazed expression, he walks down the steps towards the river’s edge. He does not stop here but continues to walk into the water, falls face down onto its surface...and floats away. At the top of the steps, in front of the poster, the TARDIS silently materialises.) 2: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The scanner screen continues to show the hazy indistinct image. The DOCTOR walks up to the console, coughing, tutting and muttering in exasperation. He dusts his handkerchief over the controls and flicks a switch several times without success.) DOCTOR: Mmm! It’s not clear, it’s not clear at all! (His three companions enter the room. SUSAN chattering away to IAN, her words lost over the sound of the DOCTOR’S continued mutterings.) DOCTOR: What has gone wrong? IAN: (Looking at the scanner.) Well Doctor, where are we now then? BARBARA: Somewhere nice and quiet, I hope. SUSAN: (To the DOCTOR.) Oh yes! Let’s have a holiday! DOCTOR: Take a look for yourselves. (SUSAN turns her head and joins the teachers in looking at the scanner.) BARBARA: Well, I can’t see anything. IAN: Well, neither can I. (SUSAN starts to look at the read outs on the console.) DOCTOR: Well, it looks like moving water to me. It might be a river...somewhere. I don’t know, hmm! What’s the reading Susan, hmm? (He walks round the console and stands by his Granddaughter.) SUSAN: Radiation nil, Oxygen normal, pressure normal. Grandfather, it’s an earth reading. (IAN and BARBARA smile at each other and stand next to each other.) DOCTOR: Well I...I don’t want to boast but we might be somewhere in London, hmm? IAN: (Laughing.) Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s go and have a look! BARBARA: (To SUSAN.) Come on, open the doors. (She does so and all four walk outside.) 3: EXT. RIVERSIDE (The four walk out of the ship. IAN and BARBARA walk towards the top of the steps and look out over the river towards a warehouse on the opposite bank. The DOCTOR stands to one side with his arm round SUSAN. All is silent.) IAN: Barbara, we made it! We’re here! DOCTOR: Well, there we are, back home, your planet. (He laughs with satisfaction.) IAN: You brought us a long way round, Doctor. DOCTOR: (He laughs again.) More by good luck than judgement, hmm? (He laughs again as he goes to examine the dereliction of their immediate surroundings.) DOCTOR: Oh, what a horrible mess. BARBARA: Are we down by the docks? IAN: (Cupping his hands and shouting.) Heeellllooooo! (The silence continues...) IAN: Pretty deserted. Probably Sunday. (SUSAN runs towards to one side of the landing area.) DOCTOR: It’s uncanny. I wonder which era we’ve landed in? IAN: What was that Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, I, I was just wondering about the time factor, my boy. IAN: Oh, a year or two either way doesn’t make much difference to us, you know. DOCTOR: Well, I hope for both your sakes it’s nearer your time than nearer mine. We might have landed in the early 1900’s or the, twenty-fifth century. BARBARA: Well, it’s still London, anyway. IAN: Yes! (He spots SUSAN starting to climb part of the wall.) IAN: Hey! What are you doing? SUSAN: Oh, I’m just having a look. You can’t see much down there, can you? DOCTOR: (Almost to himself.) Yes, that’s the word I was looking for - decay. Hmm. Most odd, most odd. BARBARA: Doctor, what’s worrying you? DOCTOR: Well you take this bridge now. It isn’t an easy task is it? Look at all this neglect all over the place. Been abandoned, all of it. IAN: There’s always a mess with construction work, Doctor. DOCTOR: Ah, perhaps, perhaps. BARBARA: Oh, come on Doctor, stop spoiling everything. DOCTOR: (Holding her by the arms.) Oh, my dear, I...believe you me, I wouldn’t spoil your homecoming for all the world. SUSAN: (Near the top of the wall.) I still can’t see much. There’s not a sign of any people any...ahh! (She loses her footing and falls badly to the ground.) IAN: (Reprovingly.) Susan! (BARBARA then the DOCTOR go over to attend to the stricken girl.) BARBARA: Oh, I think she’s just shaken. DOCTOR: (Angrily.) Yes, she’s always dashing about, aren’t you? You’re far too curious. IAN: Oh, lucky it wasn’t any worse. (There is a sudden grinding noise. IAN points above them.) IAN: Look out! The whole things coming down! (He joins the DOCTOR and BARBARA in carrying SUSAN out of the ways of the falling metal. They turn and see through the dust that a huge latticed metal girder has landed in front of the TARDIS - completely blocking the door.) DOCTOR: The ship, Chesterton, the ship! (The DOCTOR and IAN walk towards the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: Don’t go too near, my boy, it isn’t safe. IAN: The whole bridge has collapsed! DOCTOR: Yes, well it’s all crumbling. (IAN examines the girder.) IAN: We’re going to need help to shift this. DOCTOR: Yes, it’s going to be very difficult. But remember, we’re in London. IAN: Oh, what’s that got to do with it? DOCTOR: Well, the, the, the people, they’ll all be curious. They’ll want to know why we’re trying to break into a police box. Hmm? IAN: Yes. If they don’t ask what a police box is doing under a bridge in the first place. DOCTOR: Yes, exactly. IAN: You know, it’s primarily...this girder. What I need is an acetylene torch. DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Oh, my dear boy, you can’t just whisk up men and material out of the thin air, now can you? Hmm? IAN: (Looking across the river.) There’s a warehouse over there, Doctor. I might be able to find a crowbar or something. DOCTOR: (Laughing at IAN.) You know, my dear boy, I never fail to be impressed by your optimism. You can’t move that by sheer brute force. You were right - you need a cutting flame. IAN: (Quietly.) I know one thing for sure, Doctor. We’d better make sure we can get back into the ship before we start looking around. Just in case there’s trouble. DOCTOR: (Nods with approval.) It’s intelligent, hmm. That’s good. (He walks away in thought.) DOCTOR: But you know, young man, I have a feeling, well call it inst...intuition if you like, I don’t believe we’re anywhere near your time, the 1960’s. IAN: (Following him.) Er, I hope it is only an intuition, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, well ask yourself. Here we are standing by the Thames and, er, we’ve been here quite a while, how long, what, ooh, quarter of an hour, twenty minutes? Hmm? IAN: Easily. But what about it? DOCTOR: Well, what have we heard? Hmm? Nothing, precisely nothing. No sound of birdsong. No voices. No sound of shipping. Not even the chimes of old Big Ben. Hmm! It’s uncanny, hmm? Uncanny. (The sound of SUSAN and BARBARA’S talking reaches him. He walks over to them.) BARBARA: No bones broken anyway. SUSAN: Oh, thank goodness. (SUSAN leans on BARBARA as she cannot stand on her hurt ankle.) SUSAN: I’m sorry about what happened, Grandfather. DOCTOR: Oh, so you’re sitting up and taking notice again are you? Hmm? SUSAN: Don’t be angry with me. There was no real harm done, was there? I just twisted my ankle... DOCTOR: (Sarcastically.) No! No harm done, child. No harm done, no. Do you realise we can’t get into the ship and what’s all this rubble then? (He gestures at the TARDIS.) Look at it! Hmm? SUSAN: I didn’t pull the bridge down on purpose. (IAN laughs at the DOCTOR’S exasperation.) IAN: The Doctor and I are going to have a look in that warehouse over there. BARBARA: Well, can’t we all go? IAN: Well, how’s your ankle, Susan? SUSAN: I’ll try it. (SUSAN tries to hobble but falls to the ground in pain.) SUSAN: Not very good, is it? (BARBARA kneels down and takes SUSAN’S shoe off to examine her ankle.) SUSAN: It’s awfully swollen. IAN: Well, that settles it then. You need to stay here. DOCTOR: We shall be as quick as we can. (To SUSAN.) And you bathe that ankle. What you need is a jolly good smacked bottom!! (To IAN.) Come on. (He stalks off as BARBARA and SUSAN look at him in surprise at his inability to see that SUSAN is no longer a young girl. IAN ruffles her hair in a friendly fashion and follows the old man.) BARBARA: Oh Susan, it is swollen. SUSAN: Yes BARBARA: Can you twiddle your toes? (She manages to do so.) SUSAN: At least that’s alright. BARBARA: You wait here then. I’ll go and wet my handkerchief in the river. (She walks off.) SUSAN: (Calling after her.) I’m sorry Barbara. (SUSAN hits her leg in frustration and nervously looks around her silent surroundings.) 4: EXT. WAREHOUSE (The area around the warehouse is as deserted as the riverside. The only sound is that of a chain hanging from a wharf crane as it creaks in the wind.. The DOCTOR and IAN climb onto the first steps of a staircase leading into the warehouse.) DOCTOR: Let’s take a swift look. (IAN nods. They start to walk up the steps. A loose plank rests on one of the steps. The DOCTOR steps onto it.) IAN: Careful Doctor. DOCTOR: (Turning to IAN.) I’m not a half-wit. (They continue up the staircase and enter the warehouse.) 5: INT. WAREHOUSE (The inside of the warehouse is as derelict as elsewhere. It’s crumbling interior is filled with abandoned boxes and other items. The DOCTOR and IAN starts to clamber round them.) IAN: (Calling out.) Hello there! 6: EXT. RIVERSIDE (BARBARA climbs back up from the river carrying the wet handkerchief and sees the “EMERGENCY REGULATIONS” poster. She hesitates and reads it in puzzlement. She walks round the TARDIS and the collapsed girder to where SUSAN waits on the ground. She kneels down beside her.) BARBARA: You know, we’re not in our time in London, Susan. SUSAN: Why do you say that? BARBARA: (Wrapping the handkerchief round SUSAN’S ankle.) Well, I know London. It isn’t like this. The river’s too quiet and...there’s no sound of traffic. There’s a strange poster on the wall back there. Just doesn’t make sense. SUSAN: Well, off we go again! (She sees the look of disappointment on BARBARA’S face.) SUSAN: I’m sorry Barbara. Is it selfish to want us all to stay together? BARBARA: (Laughs gently.) No, of course not. We ought to be able to hear something. I mean it’s ridiculous. SUSAN: Thing’s have to stay as they are, don’t they? Can’t change. BARBARA: I suppose so. Anyway, maybe they’ve done away with noise altogether. How’s your ankle feeling? SUSAN: Oh, its throbbing crazy. BARBARA: Mmm. Don’t think this is wet enough. Hold on a minute. (She walks away with the handkerchief back towards the water.) 7: INT. WAREHOUSE (IAN and the DOCTOR have explored further into the warehouse climbing down a narrow wooden staircase. IAN heads towards another doorway but the DOCTOR calls him towards a different direction.) DOCTOR: Chesterton? IAN: Mmm? DOCTOR: Come here. (As IAN follows him, a young man, DAVID CAMPBELL watches them go.) 8: INT. ANOTHER ROOM IN THE WAREHOUSE (The DOCTOR pushes the door open and enters the room followed by IAN. Empty pallets, boxes and packing cases litter the dusty room. The DOCTOR coughs and waves his handkerchief in front of his face.) IAN: Empty. DOCTOR: What a musty smell. This place hasn’t been used in years. (Coughs.) (He walks further into the room and starts to examine its contents as IAN looks through a nearby window.) IAN: Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? (He beckons him over.) IAN: Lost two chimneys... DOCTOR: Mmm? 9: EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION (The familiar shape of the power station is disfigured by the fact that two of its chimneys are nothing but ruined stumps. Next to the station is the round shape of a nuclear power plant.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) What’s that monstrosity out there, mm? IAN: (OOV.) It’s Battersea power station. 10: INT. ANOTHER ROOM IN THE WAREHOUSE IAN: What’s happened to those two chimneys? DOCTOR: Hmm. What’s happened to London, dear boy, is more to the point. (He laughs gently and steps away from the window.) IAN: Must have gone over to nuclear power. (The DOCTOR crosses over to a desk and pulls open a drawer from which he takes an object. He reaches into his waistcoat pocket, pulls out his glasses and puts them on. IAN looks around him. The DOCTOR examines the object.) DOCTOR: Ah, here, look. (Laughs.) IAN: Mmm? DOCTOR: Ah then, at least we know the century, dear boy, look. (The object is a “page a day” calendar, the top page of which reads...) IAN: 2164! 11: EXT. RIVERSIDE (BARBARA thoroughly douses the handkerchief in the water. She looks up in shock. The d*ad body of the man with the strange helmet is floating in the water near to her. She walks back in shock to the ship. There is no sign of SUSAN.) BARBARA: Susan!? (There is the sudden sound of g*n.) BARBARA: Susan!? (A roughly dressed and dirty man drops down from the top of the wall.) BARBARA: Who are you? INSURGENT: (Panicked.) Do you want to get k*lled? BARBARA: Where’s Susan? What have you done with her? INSURGENT: Do you mean the girl? Tyler’s got her. Well come on. We’ve got to get out of here. Quick! Follow me! (He runs off. BARBARA glances towards the warehouse over the river, hesitates, then runs after the man.) BARBARA: Wait! 12: INT. ANOTHER ROOM IN THE WAREHOUSE (The sound of g*n reaches the warehouse but is not noticed by the DOCTOR as he continues to examine the contents.) DOCTOR: (Muttering.) All this jumble here... (He moves two small boxes off the top of a larger cardboard box. This falls over and a body falls out - wearing a similar helmet to the one who threw himself into the river. The two men rush to examine him.) IAN: What...he’s d*ad. DOCTOR: Hmm? IAN: (Pointing at the helmet.) What on earth is this? DOCTOR: Well it’s some sort of adornment but...what for? IAN: I don’t know. Do you think it could be some sort of medical aid, Doctor? You know, if he fractured his skull, something to knit the bones together? DOCTOR: No, I...think there’s something more to it than that. (Examining the helmet.) You know, I think that this is an extra ear. Ideal for picking up high frequency radio waves. IAN: You mean these people have invented some form of personal communication? DOCTOR: (Holding up his monocle.) Yes, something like that. Hmm. (IAN spots something lying next to the man.) IAN: Well, what’s this? (He picks the object up. It is a vicious looking, multi-tasseled whip.) IAN: A whip? Why? DOCTOR: Well, whatever it is, I wouldn’t like to meet one of these fellows, you know. Hmm? (They suddenly hear a creaking noise in the other room. They stand up and the body falls over slightly. A Kn*fe is sticking out of its torso.) DOCTOR: Been m*rder. (The creaking noise sounds is heard again. IAN rushes through the door.) 13: INT. ANOTHER PART OF THE WAREHOUSE (This part of the warehouse is even more decrepit. Narrow passageways are cluttered with junk and fallen supports, some of which block IAN’S way. He kicks another door open.) 14: INT. ANOTHER PART OF THE WAREHOUSE (They find themselves in another derelict room.) IAN: A storeroom. That noise came from up here. 15: INT. WAREHOUSE (They find themselves back in the room with the narrow wooden staircase. IAN goes back to the door he was going to try earlier. It is locked. He stands back, takes a run at the door...) 16: EXT. WAREHOUSE (...and falls into empty space as the fallen door crashes down a metal staircase and IAN grabs hold of some metal supports, dangling high above the ground. The DOCTOR leans out of the doorway and pulls him in.) DOCTOR: Ah, dear boy! Come on! (IAN clambers to safety. The DOCTOR gasps for breath and mutters about the fright he gave him.) IAN: Ah, no one can get through that way! DOCTOR: Ah, except you! Ah, I think we’d better pause in this search and get back to the others. IAN: Alright. You lead on. 17: INT. WAREHOUSE (As the DOCTOR and IAN walk back through the warehouse, DAVID CAMPBELL moves aside some of cylindrical containers and picks up the fallen whip. He watches the two men go.) 18: EXT. DERELICT LAND (BARBARA chases the INSURGENT through the derelict riverside of London. In front of them, SUSAN is carried in the arms of another man - CARL TYLER. BARBARA runs past decaying buildings and under the shells of long collapsed roofs. She steps into the open but a warning hand held up from round the corner of a brick building waves her to go back into hiding. She does so. The INSURGENT, feeling it is now safe, runs into the open and makes for a hanger like building. BARBARA follows him at a short distance. She looks into the hanger and sees the INSURGENT run out of the other side. Again, she follows. TYLER carries SUSAN down some steps. Some way behind, BARBARA gingerly climbs a metal staircase, looking round her all the time. Running along, she finds her way blocked by a latticed gate. She tugs unsuccessfully at it. A hand grabs her arm...) 19: EXT. WAREHOUSE (A jet like sound carries through the air as IAN and the DOCTOR stand outside the warehouse. They look round them and, to their shock and surprise see...) 20: EXT. LONDON (...a flying saucer gliding above the London skyline.) 21: INT. PASSAGEWAY (CARL TYLER carries SUSAN through a narrow subway like passage. BARBARA follows. As she glances behind her, she walks into a small metal drum lying on the ground.) SUSAN: Careful Barbara! 22: EXT. LONDON (The saucer descends to the ground.) 23: INT. UNDERGROUND STEPS (CARL TYLER carries SUSAN down some steps. BARBARA is immediately behind them.) CARL TYLER: (To BARBARA.) Quickly now! SUSAN: What about Grandfather and my other friend? CARL TYLER: We’ll do the best we can. SUSAN: (Struggling in his arms.) That’s not what you said just now! BARBARA: You promised you’d find a way... CARL TYLER: There isn’t time to argue. We’ll collect your friends later. Now come on. 24: EXT. RIVERSIDE (IAN and the DOCTOR have arrived back at the TARDIS landing site and look around for their companions.) IAN: Barbara! Susan! (To the DOCTOR.) Why? Why do they do it? (IAN hits a metal drum in frustration and sits down in front of the girder.) DOCTOR: Oh well, it might have been something to do with that g*n we heard across the river. IAN: Yes, I suppose they might have hidden somewhere. DOCTOR: Well, lets wait and see, hmm? (He sits down next to IAN.) IAN: That body. You know, I want to get away from here. DOCTOR: Yes, but, aren’t you even a bit curious, after all, it’s your city, you know. Do you no want, don’t you want to know what’s happened to it, hmm? IAN: No. (He gets up, obviously upset, and walks a short distance away.) IAN: (Quietly.) No, I don’t want to know. (Frustrated.) Oh, where the devil are those two? 25: INT. OUTSIDE THE SHELTER (BARBARA, SUSAN and CARL TYLER walk down some steps into an underground room. There is a large poster of an elephant on the wall with a sticker emblazoned across it which reads “VETOED”. BARBARA is running ahead.) CARL TYLER: (To BARBARA.) Hold on! BARBARA: (Stopping.) Is this it? CARL TYLER: Yes. Now get back. (TYLER places SUSAN on the ground and presses the trunk of the elephant on the poster. On the wall next to it, a beam retracts into the wall revealing a narrow hole-like entrance.) DAVID CAMPBELL: (OOV.) Tyler? CARL TYLER: Yes. (DAVID CAMPBELL clambers out of the hole.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Dortmun’s on the rampage about... (He spots BARBARA as she steps forward. He holds up a Kn*fe.) DAVID CAMPBELL: ...And who have we got here? CARL TYLER: I found a couple of them down by the river, open targets. BARBARA: Well, we didn’t know. (DAVID puts the Kn*fe away.) CARL TYLER: I suppose you didn’t but you know now. DAVID CAMPBELL: (To BARBARA.) Can you cook? BARBARA: Yes...I can get by. DAVID CAMPBELL: Good. We need some cooks. BARBARA: Listen... CARL TYLER: Alright, let’s get down. DAVID CAMPBELL: (To TYLER.) I had a struggle with one of the robomen. CARL TYLER: Well? DAVID CAMPBELL: Well he was waiting for me. That means we’ll have to change the storehouse. CARL TYLER: Alright. Tell Dortmun. Have you just come from there? DAVID CAMPBELL: Yes. CARL TYLER: These have got a couple of friends down there they want us to bring back. DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, I didn’t see anyone there except that I was nearly caught by a couple of... (Stops, then to SUSAN.) They didn’t go into the old warehouse did they? That’s opposite the old power station. SUSAN: Yes, I think they did. DAVID CAMPBELL: Yeah, and I thought they were enemies. (A man, wearing glasses, in a wheelchair suddenly pushes himself into view behind BARBARA.) DORTMUN: Tyler, where have you been? What the devil have you been doing? CARL TYLER: They’ve landed a saucer at the heliport. DORTMUN: Saucer? CARL TYLER: Yes. DORTMUN: Ah! This time we’ll be ready for them. CARL TYLER: You shouldn’t be up here. DORTMUN: I’m as active as anybody else. CARL TYLER: Alright, Dortmun, I know. DORTMUN: (Looking at the two women.) Two more pairs of hands, hmm? Good! We need... DAVID CAMPBELL: (Interrupting and pointing at BARBARA.) She say’s she can cook! DORTMUN: Oh, can you? DAVID CAMPBELL: (To SUSAN.) And what do you do? SUSAN: I eat! DAVID CAMPBELL: (Passes his hand over his hair in despair.) Look, I’ll try and find the two friends and I’ll bring them back here. DORTMUN: David! SUSAN: Thank you. DORTMUN: David! Where are you going? DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, there’s two more of them down by the warehouse. DORTMUN: Men, are they? DAVID CAMPBELL: Yes. DORTMUN: Ah, good, now don’t be too long away. I’m going through the att*ck plans with Tyler as soon as possible. I want you to be there. DAVID CAMPBELL: Right. SUSAN: What att*ck plans? DORTMUN: Why are you sitting down? SUSAN: I...I’ve hurt my ankle. What att*ck plans? DORTMUN: (Ignoring the question.) Come along Tyler. Get these people below. That’s a way. I’ll stay here...on watch. (CARL TYLER picks up SUSAN and carries her through the doorway that DORTMUN came through. The man himself presses the elephants’ trunk to close the beam door, wheels his chair to a position where he can observe the steps and pulls out a Kn*fe to defend himself with.) 26: EXT. RIVERSIDE (The DOCTOR sits in front of the girder as IAN slowly paces the ground. He stops and looks at the river.) IAN: High tide. DOCTOR: Hmm? IAN: High tide. DOCTOR: Evening. How filthy that water is, hmm? (IAN walks round the between the TARDIS and the wall. He sees the poster.) IAN: Doctor! Doctor, come and have a look at this! DOCTOR: (Joining him.) Hmm? What? IAN: Look. (The DOCTOR reads the poster.) DOCTOR: Huh! Stupid! (Laughs.) IAN: Well, read it! Read it! (He grabs his arm and makes him look at the poster again.) DOCTOR: Well, I repeat, it’s stupid. Stupid place to put a poster. Right under a bridge where nobody can read it or see it. IAN: I don’t know. If you have a body to get rid of, I should think it’s a very good place to come to. DOCTOR: A d*ad human body in the river? I should say that’s near m*rder isn’t it, hmm? IAN: “Bring out your d*ad.” DOCTOR: Hmm? Plague? (The DOCTOR considers the idea.) 27: EXT. BUILDING WINDOW (DAVID CAMPBELL looks out of a window overlooking the TARDIS landing site and sees the two men.) DAVID CAMPBELL: There they are. That must be them. (He glances round.) Argh! (He slaps his hand to his forehead in frustration.) 28: EXT. WHARFSIDE (Below the window, two ROBOMEN, wearing their control helmets, walk in unison along the wharfside. They stop at the same time and simultaneously swing round, looking around them. They then carry on, again walking in unison.) 29: EXT. RIVERSIDE DOCTOR: That’s got me worried. Very worried. IAN: You know Doctor, I reckon that flying saucer disappeared (Points.)...somewhere over the other side of the river. In the direction of Sloan Square. Somewhere over there, anyway. DOCTOR: Yes, now never mind about that flying saucer, my boy, that suggestion of yours about the plague: supposing one of them’s been in that water? They’re bound to be contaminated with some sort of bacteria, hmm? IAN: They’re not likely to drink that, are they? DOCTOR: No, the smell of it’s enough. Anyway, let us go further afield, come along, come along. (They walk round the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: Now I suggest that you go up that way, then I go... (Three ROBOMEN, whips in hand, stand in their path. They run to one side. Another ROBOMAN appears at the top of a flight of steps. The DOCTOR and IAN walk backwards. DAVID CAMPBELL stands on the other side of the TARDIS, in front of the poster, muttering quiet encouragement’s to the two trapped men.) IAN: We could try running. DOCTOR: ... down there... (Points at the river.) hmm? IAN: Do you mean swim? DOCTOR: Hmm, what else? IAN: Well hang on, we haven’t tried talking yet. (The fourth ROBOMAN joins its companions.) IAN: What do you want? (Two of the ROBOMEN slowly raise their whips and drawl out an order.) ROBOMEN: Stoooppp! IAN: No good, listen, when I give the word, turn and dive in the water. DOCTOR: Hmm. (Behind them, a familiar dome shape starts to appear from the water. An eye-stalk on the dome swings round as more of the object appears. A sucker arm rises out of the water as the creature moves nearer the waters edge.) IAN: Now! (They turn to the water but stop in their tracks as they see...a DALEK gliding out from the waters of the river Thames...)
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foreverdreaming
Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 28 November, 1964 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: EXT. RIVERSIDE IAN: ...Dive in the water. DOCTOR: Hmm. (Behind them, a familiar dome shape starts to appear from the water. An eye-stalk on the dome swings round as more of the object appears. A sucker arm rises out of the water as the creature moves nearer the waters edge.) IAN: Now! (They turn to the water but stop in their tracks as they see...a DALEK gliding out from the waters of the river Thames. The DOCTOR and IAN stare in shocked silence at this unexpected turn of events. The DALEK glances at them as it approaches, the addresses the ROBOMEN.) DALEK: Why have the human beings been allowed to get so near the river? IAN: Doctor, that voice! ROBOMAN: No explanation. DALEK: Where is the robo-patrol for this section? ROBOMAN: Not known. DALEK: You will take his place until he is found. The human beings are to be taken to landing area one. (Two of the ROBOMEN walk forward and stand behind the DOCTOR and IAN.) IAN: Daleks on Earth! Doctor, how did this happen? DOCTOR: Leave this to me, dear boy. (To the DALEK.) I think you’d better let us go. DALEK: We do not release prisoners. We are the masters of the Earth. DOCTOR: Not for long. DALEK: Obey us or die! DOCTOR: Die? And just who are you to condemn us to death? Hmm? (To IAN.) I think we’d better pit our wits against them and defeat them! DALEK: Stop! I can hear you. I have heard many similar words...from leaders of your different races. All of them were destroyed. I warn you: resistance is useless. DOCTOR: Resistance is useless? Surely you don’t expect all the people to welcome you with open arms. DALEK: (Its voice rising in anger.) We have already conquered Earth! DOCTOR: Conquered the Earth! You poor pathetic creatures. Don’t you realise, before you attempt to conquer the Earth, you will have to destroy all living matter! DALEK: (Furious: to the ROBOMEN.) Take them! Take them! (The ROBOMEN pinion the arms of the DOCTOR and IAN behind their backs and push them away. Behind them, the DALEK gives out an angry chant.) DALEK: We are the masters of Earth. We are the masters of Earth. We are the masters of Earth! 2: INT. REBEL HIDEOUT. MAIN ROOM (In their underground bunker, the rebels are gathered in the main room. Round a central table and elsewhere in the room, all should be busy at various tasks, cleaning w*apon etc, but at this moment in time all listen rapt to the voice of a DALEK coming from a makeshift radio. DORTMUN sits at the head of the table. BARBARA and SUSAN sit on bench on one side of the room. TYLER sits on the other side of the room.) DALEK: (OOV: on radio.) Survivors of London: The Daleks are the masters of Earth. Surrender now and you will live. Those wishing to surrender must stand in the middle of the street and obey orders received. Message ends. DORTMUN: Obey motorised dustbins! We’ll see. (There is laughter in the room.) DORTMUN: Tyler, I want a word with you. (DORTMUN wheels himself out of the room. TYLER goes to follow but stops when he catches sight of BARBARA and SUSAN.) CARL TYLER: Jenny? (A young blond haired, hard-faced girl steps forward.) CARL TYLER: see if you can find them some food will you? And look after her ankle. JENNY: Alright. CARL TYLER: (To BARBARA and SUSAN.) You’ll keep you eyes open for David Campbell. He’ll be back soon with news of your friends. (He walks out of the room.) JENNY: (To BAKER, the radio operator.) Any messages from any other survivors? BAKER: No, the Africa group has faded out completely. (She turns to the two women.) JENNY: Who’s the one with the bad foot? SUSAN: Me. JENNY: Well, lets have a look then. (JENNY takes SUSAN’S shoe off and examines her ankle, twisting it from side to side with little gentleness or compassion.) SUSAN: Ow! JENNY: Hmm, the’re no bones broken. Why didn’t you, er, put a wet bandage on it? BARBARA: Oh, we’ve only just arrived. JENNY: I see. Well, I’ll see to this. (To BARBARA.) You get the food. (BARBARA hesitates.) JENNY: Well what’re you waiting for? BARBARA: Well, where do I get the food? JENNY: (Pointing across the room.) Oh, over there and while you’re at it, sign both your names down for a work detail. BARBARA: Well, Susan can’t work until her ankle’s better. JENNY: She can do something with her hands sitting at a table, can’t she? (BARBARA raises her eyes to SUSAN and goes to do as instructed.) 3: INT. REBEL HIDEOUT. DORTMUN’S OFFICE (DORTMUN is pointing to a map on a table.) DORTMUN: But look, look! There! We must att*ck them, Tyler. CARL TYLER: That sounds fine, but how? We can find fifteen, perhaps twenty men. DORTMUN: Ample. CARL TYLER: Oh, what are you talking about, “ample”? A handful of unarmed men against Daleks? DORTMUN: Sometimes, I wonder about you, Tyler. CARL TYLER: This isn’t the twentieth century, Dortmun, when thousands of men with bayonets charged machine g*n. DORTMUN: Don’t lecture me! CARL TYLER: Then don’t ask the impossible! You’ve not been out there for ages. It’s almost su1c1de. DORTMUN: Oh, yes alright, I know, I’m in this wheelchair, so I can’t go myself. CARL TYLER: I didn’t mean that. You know I didn’t mean that. (DORTMUN pushes his chair back slightly, reaches into a box and takes out a silver grenade like device. He places it on a stand on the table.) CARL TYLER: The new b*mb? DORTMUN: Yes. It’s finished. CARL TYLER: You haven’t had it tested, I suppose? DORTMUN: Tested? Don’t be a fool. It doesn’t need testing. It’s all there in my formula. It’s perfect. I tell you this b*mb will destroy the Daleks. I know. It will work! 4: INT. REBEL HIDEOUT. MAIN ROOM (DAVID CAMPBELL climbs through a hatch into the room. He passes a box through to a colleague.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Apples. There are apples there for everyone. Jenny, you should be pulling . (As the rebels take the apples out of the box, DAVID crosses to DORTMUN’S office.) 5: INT. REBEL HIDEOUT. DORTMUN’S OFFICE DORTMUN: You’ve been down here so long that you’re beginning to think like worms! CARL TYLER: We must have some chance of success. (DAVID CAMPBELL walks in.) DAVID CAMPBELL: I’m reporting in. DORTMUN: Good. Tyler and I have been having a preliminary chat about the next att*ck. We’ll be out soon. DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, I brought a box of apples, incidentally, that department stores got plenty of stuff in it. DORTMUN: Oh, right. CARL TYLER: What about the two men? DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, when I got down to the embankment, I saw them being taken away, but I couldn’t do anything. DORTMUN: Oh, that’s bad, that’s very bad. We could have done with those two men. DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, I’ll tell the two women. CARL TYLER: Where were the men taken? Any idea? DAVID CAMPBELL: From the direction they went, I think the Daleks have taken them to the saucer they’ve landed at the heliport, Chelsea. 6: EXT. CHELSEA HELIPORT (The DALEK saucer almost fills the Chelsea heliport. Several DALEKS stand around the heliport on patrol. The ramp on the saucer descends. The DOCTOR and IAN are almost thrown into the area by the two ROBOMEN. They stand and stare at the DALEKS.) IAN: Doctor, I don’t understand this at all, we saw the Daleks destroyed on Skaro, we were there! DOCTOR: My dear boy, what happened in Skaro was a million years ahead of us in the future. What we’re seeing now is about the middle history of the Daleks. IAN: I see. Well, they certainly look different, don’t they? (From the other side of the heliport, two men, THOMSON and an older man, CRADDOCK, are escorted in by two ROBOMEN.) DOCTOR: Look, they’ve taken some more prisoners. What is so different about the Daleks? Oh, I see! You mean the discs on their backs. IAN: Yes, perhaps that accounts for their increased mobility. Do you remember on Skaro, they could only move on metal. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, quite so, but remember, this is an invasion force. Therefore, they have to adapt themselves to the planet. (A DALEK interrogates the ROBOMEN who have brought in THOMSON and CRADDOCK.) DALEK: Where are the other two from your patrol? ROBOMAN: (Pushing CRADDOCK forward.) This man k*lled them both. DALEK: For this, you will be punished. Continue your patrol. The prisoners will fall in line. (The ROBOMEN walk off. A DALEK pushes the two men towards the DOCTOR and IAN.) CRADDOCK: (Looking at the saucer.) They’ve got us d*ad once we get inside there. THOMSON: They’re not getting me. I’m going to try something. Are you with me? CRADDOCK: Don’t be a fool man, you haven’t got a chance. THOMSON: They’re not getting me back in that filthy mine. DALEK: The prisoners will remain silent. ROBOMAN: Forward! (The four prisoners walk slowly towards the ramp. As they reach it, THOMSON jumps to one side. A DALEK immediately glides forward. As THOMSON steps back, CRADDOCK tries to grab him but THOMSON struggles free. He slowly steps across the heliport realising his error, but DALEKS glide forward, surrounding him. CRADDOCK tries to run forward to help him but IAN holds him back.) IAN: Don’t be a fool! You can’t help him now! THOMSON: Help me! (One DALEK, its livery darker in colour to its companions, gives out the death sentence.) DALEK LEADER: k*ll him! (They all f*re and THOMSON falls to the ground in agony.) DALEK LEADER: (To the three remaining prisoners.) Any further resistance will be dealt with in the same way. FIRST DALEK: The prisoners will proceed into the ship. (They do as instructed.) 7: INT. REBEL HIDEOUT. MAIN ROOM (SUSAN holds a r*fle whilst DAVID CAMPBELL cleans it.) DAVID CAMPBELL: No Susan, I don’t think we should tell Barbara. SUSAN: But David, I think we should. DAVID CAMPBELL: Now listen Susan, we’re going to make an att*ck on that saucer. So we put off telling her until afterwards. SUSAN: You mean if the att*cks successful, we find Ian and my grandfather anyway? DAVID CAMPBELL: Yes, and if it isn’t, then they’ve just disappeared. SUSAN: (Quietly.) Alright. (DAVID walks away with the r*fle. JENNY walks up to him with two ROBOMAN helmets.) JENNY: You wanted to see these? DAVID CAMPBELL: Oh, yes. JENNY: Well here you are then, take them, I’ve got better things to do. DAVID CAMPBELL: Oh, you’re a model of charm and patience, aren’t you? (He takes them from her.) JENNY: Well, I don’t believe in wasting time. And I don’t believe in sentiment either. (BARBARA steps forward with the apples.) BARBARA: Help me to give these out, Jenny. JENNY: Oh, just put it down there. (BARBARA throws an apple to SUSAN.) BARBARA: Dessert. SUSAN: Thank you. (She passes an apple to DAVID.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Thank you, Barbara. (BARBARA picks up one if the ROBOMAN helmets from the table where DAVID has placed them.) BARBARA: Oh, what are these things? SUSAN: Oh, they’re the Daleks inventions. They’re called Robomen. DAVID CAMPBELL: No, Susan. I told you. You’ve got it wrong. We took these from d*ad human beings. JENNY: (From the other side of the table.) There aren’t that many Daleks on Earth. They needed helpers. So they operated on some of their prisoners and turned them into robots. BARBARA: I see. DAVID CAMPBELL: The transfer, as the Daleks call the operation, controls the human brain. Well, at least for a time. SUSAN: Well, what happens then? BARBARA: Do they revert and become human again? JENNY: No, they die. DAVID CAMPBELL: I’ve seen the Robo’s when they break down. They go insane. They smash their heads against walls. They throw themselves off buildings or into the river. BARBARA: The river? Oo, that’s what it was. Oh Daleks! Everything they touch turns into a horrible sort of nightmare. SUSAN: Are they still doing these transfer operations, David? JENNY: Oh yes, they keep up their numbers of Robomen. They got my brother last year. That’s another reason why they land their saucers at the heliport. (DAVID gives JENNY a warning look but she continues.) JENNY: That’s where the Daleks take the prisoners and operate on them. Once they’ve got you on board a saucer, there isn’t a hope. (SUSAN looks distraught.) 8: INT. DALEK SAUCER. MAIN AREA (Still guarded by the ROBOMEN, the DOCTOR looks round their surroundings using his monocle.) DOCTOR: Yes, the work of a genius, dear boy. IAN: Yes, pretty impressive. And absolutely escape proof. CRADDOCK: True. DOCTOR: Only on the surface, my friends. ROBOMAN: Move! (Under escort, the three walk across the main room, past control consoles manned by DALEKS, to the cell area.) DALEK: Halt. You will move one-by-one slowly into the prison cell. ROBOMAN: Walk! (IAN and CRADDOCK walk towards the cell. The DOCTOR tries sneaking to one side but is spotted.) DALEK: You! Reverse and move. (The DOCTOR does as instructed. Once inside the cell, a door descends from the ceiling locking them in. On the other side of the saucer, an image of the prisoners inside the cell appears on one of the control consoles observed by the DALEKS. The camera follows and focuses on the DOCTOR.) DALEK LEADER: Is that the one? FIRST DALEK: Yes. He spoke of resistance. SECOND DALEK: His words betrayed greater intelligence than normal in human beings. DALEK LEADER: Give them the test. 9: INT. DALEK SAUCER. CELL (CRADDOCK sits on the floor.) DOCTOR: I had a good look into that corridor. Did you notice the television eyes round about? Hmm? IAN: Yes, I did. There aren’t any in here. DOCTOR: No. IAN: I’ll tell you what I did see, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm? IAN: What I took to be a loading bay door. Of course, it...could be guarded outside. CRADDOCK: It will be. (IAN sits by CRADDOCK.) DOCTOR: Yes, nevertheless it has possibilities. CRADDOCK: What for? You can’t get the door open. There’s no escape, I tell you. DOCTOR: My young friend, don’t be so pessimistic. What is your name by the way? Hmm? CRADDOCK: Craddock, Jack Craddock. DOCTOR: Well, Mr. Jack Craddock, don’t be such a defeatist. Our job’s to try and get out of here and quickly! CRADDOCK: Ah, you’re just fooling yourselves. You don’t know the Daleks. Once they’ve got you inside a saucer, you’re finished. IAN: Craddock, tell us: how did it happen, the invasion of Earth, everything? CRADDOCK: You been on a moon station or something? DOCTOR: (Quickly.) Er, ah, yes, quite so. IAN: Yes. CRADDOCK: Well, the meteorites came first. The Earth was b*mb with them about...ten years ago. “Cosmic storm” the scientists called it! Well, the meteorites stopped, everything settled down, and then...people began to die of this new kind of plague. DOCTOR: Yes, that explains your poster, dear boy. Germ b*mb, hmm? CRADDOCK: Yeah, the Daleks were up in the sky just waiting for Earth to get weaker. Whole continents of people were wiped out. Asia, Africa, South America. They used to say the Earth had a smell of death about it. IAN: Why Craddock? What were the doctor’s and the scientists doing about it? CRADDOCK: Ah, well, they came up with some new kind of drug, but it was too late then. IAN: Why? 10: INT. REBEL HIDEOUT. MAIN ROOM (SUSAN is being told the same story by DAVID CAMPBELL as he and BARBARA sort out bandages.) SUSAN: What happened next? DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, the plague had spilt the world into tiny little communities. Too far apart to combine and fight and too small individually to stand any chance against invasion. BARBARA: Divide and conquer? DAVID CAMPBELL: Mmm. About six months after the meteorite fall, that’s when the saucers landed. 11: EXT. CHELSEA HELIPORT (As DAVID continues to relate the story, the heliport is seen. The ramp descends from the saucer and the main doors open. Four DALEKS glide out and two ROBOMEN carry away the body of THOMSON.) DAVID CAMPBELL: (OOV.) Cities were razed to the ground. Others were simply occupied. Anyone who resisted was destroyed. Some people were captured and were turned into Robomen, the slaves of the Daleks. They caught other human beings and many of them were shipped to the vast mining areas. No one escapes. The Robomen see to that. (Two more ROBOMEN enter the heliport with three more prisoners. Two male and one young blond girl. The young girl is singled out by a DALEK and a ROBOMAN viscously clubs her to the ground.) CRADDOCK: (OOV.) They were our own people, made to work against us! And the Daleks knew that, knew how they humiliated and degraded us. They are the masters of Earth. 12: INT. DALEK SAUCER. CELL IAN: But why, Craddock? That’s the one thing you haven’t told us. What is it that the Daleks want on Earth? CRADDOCK: I don't know. Something under the ground. They’ve turned the whole of Bedfordshire into a gigantic mine area. IAN: Why? Well, what are they digging for? CRADDOCK: I dunno. DOCTOR: Well, suppose we forget all this blab about Bedfordshire. Have either of you seen this? Hmm? (He moves to the metal rod which holds the cell door in place.) 13: INT. DALEK SAUCER. MAIN AREA FIRST DALEK: All radio wave bands are open. (The DALEK leader approaches the console and speaks.) DALEK LEADER: Rebels of London. This is our last offer. Our final warning. Leave your hiding places. Show yourselves in the open streets. You will be fed and watered. Work is needed from you but the Daleks offer you life. 14: INT. REBEL HIDEOUT. MAIN ROOM (The assembled rebels listen to the broadcast.) DALEK LEADER: (OOV: over radio.) Rebel against us and the Daleks will destroy London completely. You will all die: the males, the females, the descendants. (One young bursts into tears and is comforted by another woman.) DALEK LEADER: (OOV.) Rebels of London. Come out of your hiding places DALEKS: (OOV.) The Daleks offer you life! DORTMUN: Come out of our hiding places! We’ll come out of our hiding place. With this! (He holds up one of the b*mb.) DAVID CAMPBELL: What is it Dortmun? DORTMUN: This b*mb will shatter the casing of the Daleks. DAVID CAMPBELL: Then you’ve done it! DORTMUN: We don’t need to run or hide anymore. We’ll make them run. (The people in the room all start talking excitedly at once. DORTMUN waves them into silence.) DORTMUN: Listen carefully. They’ve issued an ultimatum. We’ll give our answer - tonight. Tyler and I have both agreed that the best place for an att*ck will be the heliport where they land the flying saucers. JENNY: A frontal att*ck? DORTMUN: Yes. CARL TYLER: (Agreeing but looking unconvinced.) A frontal att*ck. DORTMUN: Of course. We have the superior w*apon, now. One success will give our people hope again. (He struggles to his feet.) One victory will set this country, the whole of Europe, alight! That’s all we need! One victory! (A cheer goes up from almost all the rebels - except for JENNY who approaches DORTMUN.) JENNY: And the heliport - how do we get within throwing range? CARL TYLER: The heliport’s fringed with buildings. We’re covered right up to the perimeter. BAKER: The Daleks will f*re at us long before we can use the b*mb. DORTMUN: It will be a surprise att*ck. BAKER: As soon as the first b*mb is thrown, the surprise is over and we shall be pinned in the buildings, remember? CARL TYLER: Alright Baker, we know we will have to get closer. BARBARA: (Thoughtfully.) I know... DORTMUN: Who’s that? Well? BARBARA: We could get right into the middle of the Daleks without them suspecting anything if we use this. (She holds up one of the ROBOMEN helmets.) CARL TYLER: How? BARBARA: Some of your men could disguise themselves as Robomen. They could...pretend to be...escorting a batch of prisoners to the saucer or something. (She passes the helmet to TYLER.) CARL TYLER: It’ll work! DORTMUN: Yes! It’ll work. We’ll att*ck the saucer in one hour from now. (SUSAN hugs BARBARA. The rebels cheer.) 15: INT. DALEK SAUCER. CELL (IAN examines a strange Perspex box on the floor as the DOCTOR spots an object in CRADDOCK’S hand.) DOCTOR: What is that you’ve got there? Hmm? CRADDOCK: A magnifying glass. I just picked it up. IAN: Hey Doctor, come and look at this. DOCTOR: Hmm? (The DOCTOR hands the glass back to CRADDOCK as he bends down to examine the box. Completely transparent, a small metal bar rests in the middle of the box. Above it are a series of seven Perspex rods which hang down over the bar. They reduce in length across the row of seven.) IAN: Look, well what do you make of this? CRADDOCK: (Sat on the floor again behind them.) I wouldn’t touch it. DOCTOR: Hmm. Let me have that bar up there for a moment, will you? (IAN reaches up to the door where there is an identical metal bar to the one in the box. He passes it to the DOCTOR.) IAN: Is it glass or something? DOCTOR: Er, I should say it was more advanced than that. Well now, lets try a little experiment, hmm? IAN: Alright. (The DOCTOR holds the bar over the one in the box, which twitches slightly.) IAN: Hey! DOCTOR: Hmm? You see, it responds, magnetized. CRADDOCK: A profound discovery, mister! Doesn’t help us. (The DOCTOR and IAN turn momentarily to glance at their cynical companion. The DOCTOR’S face shows that he is obviously frustrated with CRADDOCK’S attitude.) IAN: Why did the Daleks put it there in the first place? DOCTOR: Now, that’s a very good question, dear boy. Suppose you were a Dalek and you found yourself locked up in this room. How would you get out? Hmm? CRADDOCK: Push the door up? DOCTOR: My dear young man, the Daleks have...only feelers, no hands. They use their brains, not brute force. IAN: You mean this is some sort of a key? DOCTOR: Now that’s the very word, a key, a key in a crystal box. You open the box, take out the key and use it. That is precisely what the Dalek would do. IAN: Yes, but what are we going to do, Doctor? (The DOCTOR places a hand on IAN’S shoulder and looks directly up at the ceiling.) DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Look at that little light up there. Hmm? IAN: Yes, I see...(Looks down.)...and the box is transparent. DOCTOR: Quite... (The DOCTOR gets on his feet and reaches for the magnifying glass that CRADDOCK still holds.) DOCTOR: Let me have that little thing, will you? CRADDOCK: What this? DOCTOR: Yes, that! (He takes it.) Thank you. (He holds the glass between the ceiling light and the back of his hand to test the image produced.) DOCTOR: Now, we have to...we have to make sure that we...h*t the correct refractive, otherwise we shall get showered with crystal glass. CRADDOCK: (Getting up.) Ah, refractive rubbish! The Daleks don’t leave things like this about for you to help yourselves! DOCTOR: My dear boy, if they had to deal with a man of your talents, they need hardly fear, need they? Now do sit down and rest, please. (CRADDOCK walks away looking bored but does not sit down.) DOCTOR: Oh dear, now where were we? Ah, yes, of course, yes, yes, yes. Now, X equals gamma, now er, that means roughly two and a half percent, so that should give us a curve of round about eighty degrees! Oh, by the way, did you take three-dimensional graph geometry at your school? Hmm? IAN: No, Doctor. Only Boyles law. DOCTOR: What a pity, what a pity! So we shall have to boil this down now, shan’t we? (He laughs.) Well, now then, lets see, we’ll start third from the left and then I’ll follow it from the right and straight over. Right, now put that bar there. (IAN holds the bar to one side of the box where there is a hole for the companion bar within to exit from.) IAN: Right. DOCTOR: And watch your eyes because, you know, it might be nasty. Are we ready? (CRADDOCK sits back on the floor but can’t help watching the DOCTOR’S actions with contempt. The old man holds the magnifying glass between the light and the Perspex box, running the light over the Perspex rods.) CRADDOCK: (Laughs.) And the great big Pumkin tu... (The bar in the box suddenly sh**t out. IAN takes hold of it.) CRADDOCK: Hey! Look at that! DOCTOR: (Passing CRADDOCK the glass.) Hold that and shut up, will you? Pay attention. (To IAN.) Let me have a bar please. IAN: (Passing him a bar.) You know, Doctor, some times you astound me. DOCTOR: Only sometimes, dear boy? Oh, what’s happened to your memory? Don’t you remember, we know that the Daleks can use static electricity? IAN: Of course! CRADDOCK: Hey, how do you know so much about them? The Daleks, I mean? IAN: Oh, we, er, met them once before. DOCTOR: Yes, and we happened to outwit them too. Now please go away will you? (The DOCTOR gently pushes CRADDOCK to one side and approaches the door, held shut by a long metal rod.) DOCTOR: Oh, dear, dear, dear, dear, now all we have to do is to slide this bar back here... CRADDOCK: All? DOCTOR: ...And the se...and the self same bar slides back into place here, through electricity. IAN: And, it’s held in place by magnetic force? DOCTOR: Precisely, (To CRADDOCK.) now I want you to give him a hand in a minute. (To IAN.) Just turn that pole under there, will you? Hmm. There, you see? (The DOCTOR and IAN hold the two metal bars between the metal rod. There is a strong force of magnetism.) IAN: I see what you mean! Like poles repel, eh? DOCTOR: Yes! Precisely! Now we’ve created a force field! Right now, turn the pole round. (IAN turns his metal bar round to try and force the rod back. The magnetic force is increased considerably.) DOCTOR: (To CRADDOCK.) Now come on, give him a hand, quickly! Come on, come on! (They hold the two bars in place with difficulty and the metal rod sh**t to one side. The cell door slides upwards.) IAN: You’re a genius! DOCTOR: Yes, and there are very few of us left! Now, lets get out. Be crafty! 16: INT. DALEK SAUCER. MAIN AREA (They exit the cell and are immediately surrounded by two DALEKS and two ROBOMEN.) DALEK: You have passed the test we set you - take him! (The two ROBOMEN grab the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Let go of me, take you hands off me! IAN: Where are you taking him? (IAN struggles to free the DOCTOR.) DALEK: He will be robotised. (IAN and CRADDOCK are thrust back in the cell. The door slides shut again and the DOCTOR is led away.) 17: EXT. CHELSEA HELIPORT (NIGHT) (Night has fallen over the heliport. Searchlights pass over the area as the ever vigilant DALEKS and ROBOMEN patrol. The ramp descends and a DALEK glides out. Arriving in a ruined building on the edge of the heliport, BARBARA, SUSAN and DAVID CAMPBELL rise up out of hiding from behind a window sill.) DAVID CAMPBELL: There they are. (They see the DALEKS and ROBOMEN. One of the latter picks up the body of the young d*ad blond girl who was clubbed to the ground earlier on.) SUSAN: Now, what do we do? DAVID CAMPBELL: As soon as Tyler’s att*ck group arrives, we start throwing these. (He passes some b*mb to them.) 18: INT. DALEK SAUCER. ROBOTISATION AREA (The DOCTOR is held fast by two ROBOMEN.) FIRST DALEK: The prisoner will move to the table. (They drag him to the operating table.) SECOND DALEK: Take off his coat. (The ROBOMEN take the DOCTOR’S coat off.) SECOND DALEK: Anesthetise him. DOCTOR: Oh no...no, no, please, what are you doing? (The ROBOMEN place the struggling DOCTOR underneath a large device which hangs above the table.) DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, let me go now, please, let me go, argh! 19: EXT. CHELSEA HELIPORT (The rebels, disguised as bogus Robomen and prisoners walk into the heliport and approach the saucer. DAVID, BARBARA and SUSAN observe them from their hiding place.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Stand by! (A DALEK approaches the rebel group.) FIRST DALEK: Take the prisoners into the ship. (They move forward a few steps.) FIRST DALEK: Wait, in which sector were these prisoners taken? BAKER: (Disguised as a Roboman.) Sector four. FIRST DALEK: No patrol has been ordered in sector four. DAVID CAMPBELL: Now! (The three throw their b*mb. The DALEKS look round in confusion for their attackers.) SECOND DALEK: att*ck warning! att*ck warning! att*ck warning! FIRST DALEK: Get the prisoners inside. (The rebel group enter the ship.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Get down! (The three duck out of site as the DALEK f*re power hits the building. The wall beneath the sill blisters and burns.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Alright, lets go. (The three run off. A moment later another attacking rebel makes for the window but is sh*t down. The heliport is now full of DALEKS and ROBOMEN.) DALEK: Section five, move forward. Seal off the area. 20: INT. DALEK SAUCER. MAIN AREA (The rebels are in the main area. TYLER gets his g*n out as the disguised Robomen take off their helmets.) CARL TYLER: Now, spread out. Try and free the prisoners before you use those b*mb. 21: INT. DALEK SAUCER. ROBOTISATION AREA (Screened off from the main area, the operation continues.) FIRST DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) We are under att*ck! Report to main ramp. General alert! report to main ramp! (The ROBOMAN steps forward to obey the order but the DALEK LEADER stops him.) DALEK LEADER: Disregard. Commence the operation. (A piston type device in the machinery above the DOCTOR moves up and down as the transfer begins...)
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Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 5 December, 1964 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. DALEK SAUCER. MAIN AREA CARL TYLER: Try and free the prisoners before you use those b*mb. 2: INT. DALEK SAUCER. ROBOTISATION AREA (Screened off from the main area, the operation continues.) FIRST DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) We are under att*ck! Report to main ramp. General alert! report to main ramp! (The ROBOMAN steps forward to obey the order but the DALEK LEADER stops him.) DALEK LEADER: Disregard. Commence the operation. (A piston type device in the machinery above the DOCTOR moves up and down as the transfer begins...) 3: INT. REBEL HIDEOUT. MAIN ROOM (DORTMUN plays pocket chess whilst awaiting news of the att*ck. Others of the rebel group also wait. Two women hugging each other in comfort as they wait for news.) 4: INT. DALEK SAUCER. ROBOTISATION AREA (The machinery continues to operate as the transfer continues. The ROBOMAN still stands guard. BAKER, still disguised as a robomen walks in. The real ROBOMAN approaches him, sees the helmet and collar and turns his back, apparently satisfied. BAKER takes off his helmet and grabs the ROBOMAN round the throat. The ROBOMAN throws him over his shoulder, but before he can takes any further action, CARL TYLER runs in and knifes the ROBOMAN in the back. He falls to the ground with a cry. CARL TYLER: Get that man off there. (BAKER gets off the floor and runs to the DOCTOR.) BAKER: He’s unconscious. CARL TYLER: (Keeping watch.) Well bring him round, hurry! DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) All Robomen reserve into action. Destroy inv*de. BAKER: We must get out of here! CARL TYLER: Carry him. 5: INT. DALEK SAUCER. MAIN AREA (Back in the main area, TYLER leads a group of rebels opening the cells and freeing the prisoners contained within.) CARL TYLER: Come on, get out! (The men do not need any second bidding. From an overhead landing, a rebel drops one of the b*mb and there is a small expl*si*n. TYLER fires his g*n twice at the lights and the room is plunged into darkness.) CARL TYLER: Alright now, lets go, use the b*mb! 6: EXT. STREET NEAR HELIPORT (Having escaped from the derelict building, DAVID CAMPBELL, BARBARA and SUSAN hide in a small recess of a nearby street.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Jenny! Jenny! Over here! (JENNY runs up and joins them. She is wearing a dark balaclava.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Jenny, look! Take them back. I’m going to try and get Tyler out of there. JENNY: Not on your own. DAVID CAMPBELL: Take them back! (He runs off.) JENNY: Well come on! You know who’s in there! SUSAN: Shut up, Jenny! JENNY: Your two friends! BARBARA: (To SUSAN.) You knew this? SUSAN: Yes, I was going... (BARBARA starts to run, SUSAN grabs her.) SUSAN: Barbara, where are you going? BARBARA: I’m going to help Tyler get them out. SUSAN: Barbara, what are you going to do? BARBARA: I don’t know, let go of me! (BARBARA struggles free and runs off.) JENNY: Come on, Susan, this way, come on! (JENNY pulls her off in another direction.) 7: EXT. CHELSEA HELIPORT (CARL TYLER and the escaping rebels and prisoners pour down the ramp of the saucer. They start throwing b*mb as they make their escape. The DALEKS are waiting for them. At the very back of the group, BAKER supports a virtually unconscious DOCTOR as he helps him down the ramp and out of the ship. Two rebels are in the act of overturning a DALEK when the BLACK DALEK glides forward and exterminates them. TYLER and DAVID run round the edge of the ship dodging the f*ring DALEKS. CARL TYLER: Get down! (A second later, IAN also runs round the ship and crouches down as he looks through the smoke of the battle. He sees BARBARA about to throw one of the b*mb.) IAN: Barbara! (BARBARA smiles in delight but IAN senses the danger all around them.) IAN: Get back, get back! (BARBARA throws her b*mb and retreats. IAN sees that he is trapped between the saucer and the edge of the heliport. As the BLACK DALEK glides near, IAN has no option but to dodge back into the saucer, just before an armed ROBOMAN walks down the ramp. The fleeing rebels also dodge the m*rder f*re of the DALEKS.) CARL TYLER: Pull out, let’s go! (The rebels run off. The DALEKS and the armed ROBOMAN mill about in front of the saucer.) FIRST DALEK: They are retreating! Take prisoners where possible. BLACK DALEK: No - k*ll! SECOND DALEK: All exits to the square are blocked. 8: EXT. STREET NEAR CITY PLAGUE CEMETERY 7 (TYLER climbs down a hatchway in the street. He sees another rebel running nearby.) CARL TYLER: You, over here! (TYLER climbs down. The rebel makes to follow but is not as quick to get down the hatch. He is exterminated.) 9: INT. DALEK SAUCER. ROBOTISATION AREA (The DALEKS are back on board the saucer.) BLACK DALEK: Has the att*ck been defeated? FIRST DALEK: Yes, most of the rebels were k*lled or wounded. (Below them in the ramp housing, IAN lies down uncomfortably, listening to this conversation.) BLACK DALEK: (OOV.) Find every survivor. Destroy every one. Destroy them! Destroy every one of them! Destroy! 10: INT. REBEL HIDEOUT. MAIN ROOM (BARBARA lies on the table, grimy and exhausted. JENNY approaches her with a mug of water. Nearby, a sobbing woman is helped out of the room. DORTMUN sits nearby silent and impassive. TYLER climbs in through the hatch. BARBARA is desperate for news of her friends but TYLER’S face shows exhaustion and defeat. He also bears a shoulder wound.) BARBARA: Tyler...? JENNY: (Holding her back.) No. not now. BARBARA: Tyler? JENNY: No, no, no. (He helps himself to a jug-full of water. DORTMUN wheels his chair round expectantly.) CARL TYLER: Your b*mb were useless, Dortmun. DORTMUN: How many men were k*lled? CARL TYLER: We hadn’t a chance. DORTMUN: How many? CARL TYLER: I don’t know. I think all of them. BARBARA: The Doctor and Ian - they were in that saucer. CARL TYLER: Yes, well there was an oldish man there. I nearly got him out. BARBARA: Nearly? (TYLER pours some of the water onto a cloth to bathe his shoulder wound.) CARL TYLER: We got separated. We’ll have to get out of London. DORTMUN: What for? The Daleks will never look for us down here. CARL TYLER: They’ll look everywhere now. They’ll search every inch. They’ll destroy every inch. We’ve made an att*ck on one of their machines. (With contempt.) Your show of force! DORTMUN: I must stay here and work on the b*mb. It only needs work, Tyler. CARL TYLER: It’s a waste of time. DORTMUN: It’s the only answer. CARL TYLER: Who’s going to use it for you? Me? One man? These two? Use your intelligence. JENNY: Tyler’s right. London’s going to be much too hot for us. BARBARA: But we can’t leave now. What if Susan comes back looking for us? JENNY: We have a code system letting people know where headquarters are moving. BARBARA: But Susan doesn’t know the code! DORTMUN: Tyler, would you consider hanging on here for a short while longer. Just a few days. CARL TYLER: (Grabbing a bag of supplies.) No, Dortmun, it’s no use. I only came back here to warn you. I’m going to see if I can find any more survivors from that raid, then I’m going north. BARBARA: I’m coming with you. CARL TYLER: No, I want to move about on my own. BARBARA: But you can’t travel as you are, look, your shoulder’s still bleeding. CARL TYLER: I’ll be alright. Good luck. (He climbs out through the hatch. BARBARA shouts through the hatch after him.) BARBARA: Well, look, if you see any of my friends... (But he goes without stopping.) JENNY: It’s no use. He won’t come with us. We’ll have to go without him. (JENNY starts packing.) DORTMUN: There is the other place. People will be gathering there. There’ll be supplies, instruments. I shall be able to work on my b*mb. JENNY: Don’t build on it. DORTMUN: Yes, we’ll go to the museum. I’ll get my things together. It’ll mean going over one of the bridges and across London. BARBARA: I know. We’ll go with you. DORTMUN: Yes. (He wheels himself away to pack his own supplies.) JENNY: We’ll have much more chance on our own. BARBARA: Well he wouldn’t have had any without us. You needn’t stay if you don’t want to. (On the other side of the room, DORTMUN overhears this.) JENNY: Well Dortmun may be right. People may start collecting at the Civic Transport Museum. DORTMUN: Well, we’d better get going. It’ll just be getting light. BARBARA: Do you think...we will find my friends there? DORTMUN: Yes, yes, it’s a possibility. (He wheels himself out followed by JENNY. Behind them, BARBARA looks worried.) 11: INT. DALEK SAUCER. ROBOTISATION AREA BLACK DALEK: Supreme command have given orders for London to be destroyed by f*re b*mb. FIRST DALEK: Do you intend to stay here in the city? BLACK DALEK: No, order the saucer to take me to the mine workings in central England. 12: EXT. CHELSEA HELIPORT (The bodies of d*ad rebels litter the heliport.) 13: INT. DALEK SAUCER. MAIN AREA (A DALEK supervises lift-off from a control console.) DALEK: Five, four, three, two, one, lift off. 14: EXT. LONDON (Again, the saucer glides above the London skyline.) 15: INT. DALEK SAUCER. ROBOTISATION AREA (With the saucer in flight, IAN pushes back the floor hatch of his hiding place and climbs out. As he does so, A ROBOMAN enters holding a prisoner. IAN dashes over and recognises the ROBOMAN’S features.) IAN: Craddock! (CRADDOCK drops the prisoner to the floor and turns to IAN.) CRADDOCK: You are to be robotised. (He grabs IAN but the teacher easily throws him to the floor. He tries to rise but IAN, and the prisoner struggle to tear the collar and helmet away as CRADDOCK chants remorselessly...) CRADDOCK: Robotised...robotised...robotised...robotised, ugh! (CRADDOCK staggers round the section and blunders into the transfer machinery. There is a crackle, an expl*si*n and CRADDOCK falls d*ad to the floor. IAN quickly examines him and sits on the transfer table. The prisoner, a small middle aged man called LARRY MADISON joins him.) IAN: Thanks. LARRY MADISON: Thank you. I was hiding in the store room when he found me. I’d smuggled myself aboard. IAN: You did what? LARRY MADISON: The saucer’s going to the in workings in Bedfordshire and my brother’s there. I’m going to find him. IAN: You don’t exactly choose the easiest or the safest way to travel do you? LARRY MADISON: It’s the quickest. Where have you been hiding? IAN: The ramp housing, under there. What are we going to do with him? LARRY MADISON: (Looking round.) Well, most of these large rooms have what they call disposal chutes. IAN: (Pointing.) That? LARRY MADISON: Yeah. Come on, I’ll give you a hand. IAN: Better get his feet first. LARRY MADISON: Right. (They turn CRADDOCK’S body round...) LARRY MADISON: Right, lift. (...lift him and push him through a hatch and down the chute.) DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) Blank on seventy two, blank on seventy two, Report zero-five-five. Roboman ... . (Hearing the announcement, IAN and LARRY quickly uncover the hatch again and dive below.) 16: EXT. STREET NEAR CITY PLAGUE CEMETERY 7 (DAVID CAMPBELL and SUSAN run desperately to the plague cemetery. A rebel “VETOED” sign hangs on a nearby wall. They do not take TYLER’S route of previous but jump quickly down into a hiding place below a small terrace that DAVID points out to her.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Look, down here, careful, get down! (A DALEK is fast in pursuit. It glides onto the terrace but DAVID and SUSAN are concealed behind a ruined wall and some undergrowth. The DALEK looks round for a moment, then glides away. DAVID motions SUSAN to remain silent, then checks.) DAVID CAMPBELL: They’ve gone. We’ll give them a few minutes to get well clear and then we’ll move on. SUSAN: Where to? DAVID CAMPBELL: I don’t know. Now what we must do is we must try and find some other survivors. SUSAN: David, David, do you think... (They suddenly hear footsteps nearby and the voice of a DALEK chanting relentlessly as a rebel shouts back defiance.) DALEK: (OOV.) Stop! stop! stop! stop! stop! stop! MAN: (OOV.) Why? Why? You k*lled my wife and my brothers, now you want to k*ll me, argh, get away from me! No, no, no...argh! (SUSAN sobs in DAVID’S arms as they hear the DALEK f*ring and the death screams of the man.) SUSAN: If only we could go to the ship and get away from here. DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, I couldn’t go anyway. SUSAN: Oh, David, David! Perhaps you could! I...I..could ask Grandfather and I’m sure he’d let you come. Oh, we could go to place where they’d never even heard of Daleks. DAVID CAMPBELL: And what happens if there’s something unpleasant in the new place? SUSAN: We move on somewhere. DAVID CAMPBELL: No Susan, that’s not for me. SUSAN: Why not? DAVID CAMPBELL: Look, things aren’t made better by running away. SUSAN: Well its su1c1de to stay here. DAVID CAMPBELL: This is my planet! I just can’t run off and see what it’s like in Venus! (He turns away.) SUSAN: I never felt that there was any time or place that I belonged to. I’ve never had any real identity. (He turns back to her.) DAVID CAMPBELL: One day you will. There will come a time when you are forced to stop travelling and you’ll arrive some where... (SUSAN looks at him, but before she can reply, they hear a noise.) DAVID CAMPBELL: (Whispers.) Back over there! (They rush back to their hiding place.) SUSAN: Daleks? DAVID CAMPBELL: I don’t know. It could be the Robomen. SUSAN: It’s coming closer. DAVID CAMPBELL: They’re coming down here. (He takes a Kn*fe out.) SUSAN: David, no! DAVID CAMPBELL: Ssh, ssh, ssh, Now get in there and stay there. (DAVID slowly climbs back on to the terrace looking round himself carefully. He is approached from behind by BAKER, still carrying the DOCTOR.) BAKER: David! DAVID CAMPBELL: Baker! BAKER: I saw you heading this way so I followed you. DAVID CAMPBELL: Are you alright? BAKER: Yes. It’s him I’m worried about. DAVID CAMPBELL: Well look, we’re down here. Now give me a hand. (To the DOCTOR.) Let me put your arm round here. (DAVID helps BAKER carry the DOCTOR down from off the terrace. SUSAN rushes forward and sees the old man.) SUSAN: Grandfather! DAVID CAMPBELL: Take ... SUSAN: Well, what is it? Is...is he alright? DAVID CAMPBELL: OK, OK, OK, OK SUSAN: He’s not too badly hurt is he? BAKER: The Daleks drugged him. DOCTOR: (Weakly.) Ah...Susan! BAKER: It’s beginning to wear off. DAVID CAMPBELL: (To SUSAN.) Put that can under. (They sit the semi-conscious DOCTOR on the can.) DAVID CAMPBELL: What about the others? BAKER: Four or five got away, four or five got away, the rest d*ad or prisoners. DAVID CAMPBELL: Well what are you going to do next? Do want to stay here with us? BAKER: Well a large group won’t stand a chance. I thought I’d try on my own. I’ll make for the Cornish coast. It’s deserted down there. Not much for the Daleks. DAVID CAMPBELL: It’s a good idea. SUSAN: We must stay in London. BAKER: Well, I must be on my way. DAVID CAMPBELL: (Reaching into his knapsack.) Oh, Baker here, take this hip flask, its full. BAKER: No, its alright. DAVID CAMPBELL: Go on man, take it. There’s tons of food in London. You’ll need all you can get where you’re going. BAKER: Alright then. Thanks. Good luck to you all. (To the DOCTOR and SUSAN.) I hope you find your friends. SUSAN: Be careful. Thank you. DOCTOR: (Weakly.) Goodbye...goodbye my friend, goodbye. DAVID CAMPBELL: (To the DOCTOR.) Save it. (BAKER walks along the terrace and immediately a DALEK turns the corner. He is trapped. Another DALEK glides forward. BAKER raises his arms in surrender and makes to walk off with them, but...) DALEK: f*re! (They blast him at point blank range.) 17: EXT. ALBERT EMBANKMENT (BARBARA and JENNY wheel DORTMUN along the south side of the Albert embankment towards Westminster Bridge. When they reach the steps leading up to the bridge, DORTMUN struggles out of his chair on a stick. As they start to climb the steps, they see a patrol of DALEKS crossing the bridge and duck down out of sight. After the patrol has gone they continue. Another DALEK glides along the embankment following in their footsteps. It reaches the steps and scans the area, but the fugitives have gone...) 18: EXT. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE (BARBARA and JENNY push DORTMUN across the bridge as fast as they can.) 19: EXT. WHITEHALL (They have managed to cross the bridge safely and are now travelling northwards up a deserted Whitehall. Reaching the entrance to Horse Guards Parade, they hide behind the statue of Charles, Duke of Cambridge, itself emblazoned with the jagged white DALEK symbol worn by the ROBOMEN. JENNY looks ahead to check their route through Trafalgar Square.) 20: EXT. TRAFALGAR SQUARE (Several DALEKS patrol the square. The statue of General Napier is similarly emblazoned with the DALEK symbol. The three fugitives run past the National Gallery.) 21: EXT. KENSINGTON GORE (After running relentlessly through the deserted streets, they reach Knightsbridge but stop when they see another patrol of DALEKS round the base of the Albert memorial. The DALEKS scan all around them but fail to see the fugitives making their way carefully round the base of the Royal Albert Hall which is again adorned with the DALEK symbol. The three make their escape into Kensington Gore Gardens...) 22: INT. CIVIC TRANSPORT MUSEUM (“VETOED” signs hang on the various vehicle exhibits in the museum. BARBARA is boiling some water on a small camp stove as DORTMUN works on his b*mb.) BARBARA: How’s it coming? DORTMUN: It’s finished. The problem you see, was the metal that the Daleks use in their outer casing. We don’t know very much about it. We call it Dalekenium. BARBARA: Well, maybe that’s what they’re mining for up in Bedfordshire. DORTMUN: Oh, no, no, no, no, the Daleks must have found Dalekenium before they came to Earth. BARBARA: What are they mining for then? DORTMUN: I don’t know. But it’s...it must be something that’s only found deep, very deep in our planet. (JENNY walks in.) JENNY: Not a sign of anybody. The Daleks have been here...and some of us. BARBARA: How do you know? JENNY: (Pointing to a “VETOED” sign.) Well look at these signs. (Pointing to one on a bicycle.) This means that some of our people have moved off to the south coast. And I don’t blame them. The place is swarming with Daleks. DORTMUN: Do you think another force has landed in London? JENNY: Yes, I do. We were very lucky...to get through the streets. DORTMUN: Yes. JENNY: We haven’t got a chance in London the way things are building up. BARBARA: (Pouring the boiling water into some mugs.) Oh, what can we do? Where can we go? Anyway, what’s the point in running away all the time? JENNY: (Sharply.) I’m not running. I’m surviving. That’s all. DORTMUN: We’ll survive alright. I’ve got the new formula. BARBARA: (Passing JENNY her mug.) Oh, I wish the Doctor were here. DORTMUN: So do I. BARBARA: But you don’t know him. DORTMUN: He’s a man of science, you said. BARBARA: (Passing DORTMUN his drink and sitting by him.) Hmm, he is, he’s a very brilliant one. There’s no sugar I’m afraid. DORTMUN: Well, I should like to...show the results of my experiments to another scientist. Where do you think he is? BARBARA: Well, I’ve been trying to put myself in his place. I’m almost certain he’d head for that mine. JENNY: If he’s alive. BARBARA: (Firmly.) Well, of course he’s alive. JENNY: Why? What’s so special about the Doctor? He doesn’t wear some sort of...invisible shield, does he? DORTMUN: Jenny, go outside and keep watch. (JENNY goes.) DORTMUN: She’s not callous really, you know. People have to fight, to fight the Daleks in their own way. Barbara, I should like you to find your friend, the Doctor and...give him my notes. BARBARA: But, I thought you said you’d finished the b*mb.? DORTMUN: I have. BARBARA: Well then, why can’t you give it to him yourself? DORTMUN: Well, I can, I can. Well, I’d like you to take care of them for me if you will. Well, I’m not exactly mobile in this thing, am I? BARBARA: (Warmly.) I’m not leaving you. DORTMUN: Very well, let’s make for the mine in Bedford. BARBARA: We’ll all be safer once we get away from the city. DORTMUN: Well, just round up Jenny and we can make a start. (BARBARA walks off. DORTMUN watches her go, collects his stick and his box of b*mb, leaves his notes on a table and wheels himself off, looking round carefully...a few minutes later BARBARA and JENNY return in a hurry.) JENNY: Daleks are all over the place! Where is he? BARBARA: Dortmun! JENNY: Keep your voice down! BARBARA: He couldn’t have gone outside. JENNY: Oh he wouldn’t be so stupid! BARBARA: (Finding the notes.) He left his notes. Jenny, he going to try it out for himself. (They start to run outside but hear DORTMUN’S defiant voice.) DORTMUN: (OOV.) Daleks! 23: EXT. CIVIC TRANSPORT MUSEUM (Outside, a patrol of DALEKS cautiously glide nearer the crippled man. DORTMUN stands unsteadily in his chair and raises a b*mb. The DALEKS f*re as he throws the b*mb. He falls down d*ad. The b*mb explodes but, as before, has no effect.) 24: INT. CIVIC TRANSPORT MUSEUM (JENNY is appalled and stricken at the death of her friend.) BARBARA: Come on, we must get away from them. Jenny! Jenny! come on! (BARBARA pulls her into hiding behind a milk float exhibit. A moment later, the DALEKS enter. One glides up to a headless wax dummy exhibit next to the float and attempts to interrogate it.) DALEK: Who are you? (It places it’s sucker arm on the dummy and examines it.) DALEK: Sub-cultural. 25: EXT. CITY PLAGUE CEMETERY 7 (SUSAN helps the DOCTOR to walk unsteadily.) SUSAN: Take it easy. DOCTOR: Yeah...it’s a time I should have my stick. SUSAN: Oh yes, I’ll have to try and find you one. DOCTOR: Mm. (She sits him back down on the can.) SUSAN: There you are. DOCTOR: Ah, I think that’s quite enough to start with. Ah, you know, I never realised that walking was so difficult. So exhaustive. SUSAN: How’s the numbness? Is it wearing off? DOCTOR: Yes, I think it is. SUSAN: Oh good. DOCTOR: In quite a while, I might be able to travel. SUSAN: Oh, that’s good. David says we should head for the north. There’s a resistance group up there and he says we should join up with them. DOCTOR: (Sharply.) I don’t care what that young man says. I make the decisions here, my dear, and I think we should make our way back to the TARDIS. SUSAN: Oh, what’s the good of that, Grandfather? We need someone to help us pass all that rubble. Besides, London’s crawling with Daleks. We must get away. DOCTOR: Do you question my authority, child? Hmm? SUSAN: Hmm...no, Grandfather, it..it’s not that at all, it’s just... DOCTOR: You seem to place more reliance on that young wor..that young man’s word than mine, don’t you? SUSAN: Grandfather, it’s not that. It...it...it’s simply that he lives in this time. He understands the situation. (DAVID CAMPBELL arrives back.) DAVID CAMPBELL: I’ve been down as far as the river but they’ve got patrols on every bridge. SUSAN: So, what’s our next move? DAVID CAMPBELL: Oh, I don’t know. What would you suggest, sir? DOCTOR: Ah, hmm? Me? DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, you’re the senior member of the party, sir. I would be grateful for your help. (SUSAN stands to one side, with her back to her two companions on hearing this.) DOCTOR: Yes, well, er, yes, yes, of course, young man, yes, well, I, er, I suggest that as soon as I’m able to walk again, we should travel north. Hmm? (Laughs.) (A flabbergasted SUSAN’S mouth drops open.) DOCTOR: And then we might be able to join up with the resistance party. Mark you, it’s only a suggestion, I...I really should er, leave it to you, you know. Think it out for yourself. SUSAN: (With a rueful smile.) It’s a very good idea, Grandfather. DOCTOR: Hmm? What? SUSAN: (Giving him a hug.) I said it’s a very good idea. DOCTOR: Yes, I think its a very good idea. 26: INT. DALEK SAUCER. ROBOTISATION AREA (IAN and LARRY MADISON are still hiding in the ramp housing. As they speak, the noise of the flight reduces, indicating they are landing.) LARRY MADISON: My brother Phil was working at the mine and he said if we can find out what the Daleks are up to, we might be able to b*at them. IAN: Makes sense doesn’t it. LARRY MADISON: Yes, Phil’s theory is that er, the Daleks want the magnetic core of Earth. IAN: What? LARRY MADISON: Well, that’s his idea, anyway. 27: EXT. DALEK SAUCER (The BLACK DALEK and one of its subordinates stand at the top of the raised ramp.) BLACK DALEK: Lower ramp... 28: INT. DALEK SAUCER. ROBOTISATION AREA BLACK DALEK: (OOV.) ...and disembark. IAN: The floors still. LARRY MADISON: Yes, we’ve landed. (They hear a whirring noise.) IAN: What’s that? LARRY MADISON: They’re lowering the ramp. 29: EXT. DALEK SAUCER (The ramp lowers and the BLACK DALEK glides out followed by five DALEKS, then a group of ROBOMEN and prisoners.) 30: INT. DALEK SAUCER. ROBOTISATION AREA LARRY MADISON: All clear. This is it. Ian. (They push the hatch back and climb out.) IAN: Alright. How do we get out of this place? LARRY MADISON: The disposal chute. Once we get out of the outer door, make for the nearest cover, it’s our only chance. IAN: Alright, I say, what is out there? LARRY MADISON: Your guess is a good as mine. I’ll go first. (He slides out.) 31: EXT. CITY PLAGUE CEMETERY 7 (Two ROBOMEN approach the plague cemetery carrying a large box between them. The front of the box has three clock-like dials on it.) DOCTOR: I think we should get on our way. SUSAN: Grandfather, I think we should stay a bit longer, don’t you, because, well, David looked just now and there were loads of Daleks. (The sound of expl*si*n can be heard in the background.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, maybe Susan’s right. Perhaps we should wait just five minutes more? DOCTOR: Huh... (The ROBOMEN, unseen by the three fugitives, place the box down nearby and then walk off. The three are oblivious to the box and the ticking sound coming from within. It is a b*mb...)
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foreverdreaming
Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 12 December, 1964 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: EXT. CITY PLAGUE CEMETERY 7 (The ROBOMEN, unseen by the three fugitives, place the box down nearby and then walk off. The three are oblivious to the box and the ticking sound coming from within. It is a b*mb. The DOCTOR hears the ticking and holds up a hand for silence.) DOCTOR: Shh!! (They all look round, trying to ascertain the source of the sound. SUSAN spots the b*mb and leaps to her feet.) SUSAN: David, over there! (Points.) Look! (DAVID stands and steps towards the b*mb and then turns back to his companions.) DAVID CAMPBELL: It’s one of their b*mb, the robomen must have put it there. DOCTOR: (Standing up.) I... (He groans and falls to the ground as DAVID steps onto the terrace where the b*mb continues to tick away.) SUSAN: Grandfather! David, he’s passed out. (DAVID briefly turns back to her but is torn by his need to help SUSAN and the problem of the b*mb.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Argh! It must be the effect of those drugs. (DAVID looks round the b*mb and kneels down to look closer at it. SUSAN joins him.) SUSAN: He’s out of sight. David, what about this b*mb, can you dismantle it? I only know about atomic devices. DAVID CAMPBELL: I don’t know. I’ll have to try. SUSAN: (Looking at the central of the three clock like devices.) Well, what’s this red mark here? DAVID CAMPBELL: It’s an ignition point, I think. SUSAN: So, when the needle touches the red part... DAVID CAMPBELL: That’ll be it. I’ll have to take a chance. I’m going to try and prise the front off this thing. (DAVID sticks his Kn*fe into the panel on which the clock like devices stands. He pushes but his Kn*fe does no good and slips out of his hands. SUSAN panics.) SUSAN: David! Come on, let’s run for it! Quick! DAVID CAMPBELL: ... Dortmun’s b*mb’s, the acid, it’ll burn its way through the casing. (DAVID reaches into his knapsack for one of the b*mb.) SUSAN: Well, it’s our last chance, look at the needle. DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, get well back, Susan, go on back. (SUSAN stands to one side. DAVID opens one of the b*mb as the ticking reaches a louder and final phase. He pours the acid over the large b*mb which hisses as the casing is eaten away. There is a small expl*si*n and smoke pours out of the top of the casing.) SUSAN: It’s burning through. (DAVID picks up a metal spike lying nearby and pokes the casing in with several jabs. He throws the spike away and grasps the main dial which he then extracts from the casing. As he holds it in his hands, the ticking reaches its end...but there is no expl*si*n. SUSAN runs to him as they both sigh with relief.) SUSAN: Oh! You did it! DAVID CAMPBELL: Huh...well, what do we do now? That’s the point. We’ll have to leave the old man here for a while. SUSAN: (Standing up in anger.) Leave him! DAVID CAMPBELL: Well we must! He can’t travel can he? What we’ll do is this: we’ll tell him to hide and then you and I’ll find a way out. What we’ll do is go through the sewers, (He looks round.) there’s got to be a manhole cover around here somewhere. SUSAN: I don’t like the idea of leaving him. DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, we’ll come back for him. Look, the Daleks think this area’s in flames. So he’ll be safe for an hour. SUSAN: David, we can’t! DAVID CAMPBELL: It’s the only way. 2: INT. CIVIC TRANSPORT MUSEUM (BARBARA is using a foot-pump to pump up the tyres on a dustvan. JENNY walks up to her.) JENNY: Alright, I’ll take a turn. (Tired, BARBARA steps off the pump and JENNY takes her place.) BARBARA: How’s the engine look? JENNY: Well, there’s oil in it and the fuel’s coming through. The troubles going to be when we try to start it. The noise will bring every Dalek for miles. BARBARA: Well, that’s a risk we’ll have to take. JENNY: (Sharply.) Yes, I know that. BARBARA: I suppose they use this in parades and exhibitions. JENNY: Yes, most of the machines at the museum are operational. BARBARA: It’s a pity all the motor cars are on the other floors. (JENNY steps off the pump and looks up at the van.) JENNY: You realise we won’t get far in this? BARBARA: Probably. JENNY: No probably about it. Do you know the route to Bedfordshire? BARBARA: Yes, I used to... JENNY: “Used to”? What does that mean? BARBARA: It means I used to live...well, we’re...(Unsure how to answer.) we’re not very sure how much damage the Daleks have done. JENNY: (Smiling.) You wait ‘til you’ve seen what they’ve done to Bedfordshire. (As she walks away, BARBARA looks pensive.) 3: EXT. MINEWORKINGS (A DALEK glides past a huge earth moving machine which is partly overgrown with vegetation. As it moves off, IAN and LARRY MADISON come out of hiding from behind the machine and look round their surroundings. Drilling sounds fill the air.) IAN: I don’t know how you’re going to find your brother here, Larry. LARRY MADISON: I gonna have a darn good try. IAN: If you do find him, what’re you going to for him? LARRY MADISON: Get him away and...he’s obsessed with whatever the Daleks are doing. Look! (LARRY points. A DALEK glides near to a railway. It stops and watches as a wagon is pulled along by a large crowd of exhausted emaciated men and women dressed in rags. ROBOMEN stand in the wagon shouting at the slaves and cracking whips.) ROBOMAN: Forward! (The wagon is pulled towards a mine opening.) ROBOMAN: Forward! (The slaves continue to pull the wagon past two more DALEKS.) ROBOMAN: Forward! (The slaves struggle on...) ROBOMAN: Forward! (The wagon is pulled through the mine entrance. IAN points upwards and LARRY sees several mine buckets pulled along a mid-air pulley system across the area of the huge quarry-like mine workings.) 4: INT. MINE (Drills continue to pound at the rock face as underground machinery swings into motion.) 5: EXT. MINEWORKINGS (As IAN and LARRY continue to observe, an announcement echoes through the air.) DALEK: (OOV.) Recall meter section 001. Parade for robotisation selection at hut 30. End. IAN: We’d better get back under cover. LARRY MADISON: They seem to have moved... (As they turn to go, they are stopped by the arrival of WELLS, a middle-aged balding man dressed in overalls. He talks in a Somerset accent.) WELLS: Oy! Who are you two? Aren’t you on work detail? Escaped have you? I suppose you know the robomen are on the other side of this machine? ROBOMAN: (OOV.) Wait! (Before the ROBOMAN steps into view, WELLS picks up two pickaxes.) WELLS: (Quietly.) Take these. Leave the talking to me. ROBOMAN: What...are...these...two...men...doing...here? WELLS: I took ‘em off work detail to help me pick up these tools. ROBOMAN: Which...work...detail? WELLS: Uh, I dunno, over that way somewhere... (WELLS points beyond IAN and LARRY. With glazed eyes, the ROBOMAN looks briefly in that direction then turns back. It walks towards IAN and LARRY, looks over them, then turns to WELLS.) WELLS: I’ll take ‘em back with me. ROBOMAN: Nooo...they...must...come...for...selection. (The ROBOMAN turns to go, then realises that IAN and LARRY are not following him.) ROBOMAN: Why...do...you...wait? (He points at the pickaxes.) Pick...up...the...implements...and walk...ahead of...me. (IAN picks up one of the pickaxes and walks past the ROBOMAN who continues to stare at LARRY.) ROBOMAN: (To LARRY.) You...too!! (LARRY does the same as IAN. The ROBOMAN picks up a club off the ground and walks back to WELLS.) ROBOMAN: You! (He viscously clubs WELLS to the ground.) ROBOMAN: In...future, refer...all...decisions...to your...masters. WELLS: Oh, my head... (IAN and LARRY run back to help WELLS.) ROBOMAN: What...are you...doing? IAN: We can’t leave him here. ROBOMAN: Do not...resist...orders. IAN: Get new orders. ROBOMAN: Ahh... (Unable to deal with this insurrection, the ROBOMAN’S mouth hangs open as sounds emanate from his helmet.) IAN: Come on Larry, let’s take him in here. (IAN and LARRY pick up WELLS and opening the door, carry him into the earth mover. Behind them, a light on the side of his helmet flashing, the ROBOMAN continues to receive new orders.) 6: INT. EARTHMOVER (IAN and LARRY look anxiously at a fast recovering WELLS.) WELLS: I’m alright, it was the only thing I could think of. IAN: Good man! Get down here. Right? (LARRY and WELLS crouch down on the floor as IAN picks up a trunction-like stick and stands to one side of the door.) 7: EXT. MINEWORKINGS (Its instructions complete, the ROBOMAN hoists its r*fle and walks into the earth moving machine.) 8: INT. EARTHMOVER (He stands over LARRY and WELLS as IAN walks up behind him and coshes him to the ground.) IAN: I think that’s taken care of him for a while. WELLS: (Picking up the r*fle.) I’ll take care of this. You’ll have to get out of here. The Daleks always seem to know when one of the robomen’s att*cked. IAN: Yes, probably breaks the radio connection. WELLS: Your best bet is to mingle in with the working party somehow. IAN: What about you? WELLS: Huh, I come ‘ere to meet Ashton. IAN: Ashton? WELLS: The black marketeer. Nobody knows how he gets into the camp or out again, but he does and smuggles in food as well. IAN: Ahh, does he? LARRY MADISON: Look, we don’t want to hang about here, Ian. (WELLS walks over to the door.) WELLS: Wait ‘til I’m clear then make a break for it. We’ll meet again after dark. IAN: That’s a good idea. Listen, I’d like to meet this man Ashton. He can probably help me out of the camp. I need to get back to London. WELLS: London? LARRY MADISON: He’s got friends there. WELLS: I suppose you know they destroyed it? (WELLS runs out leaving a shocked IAN behind.) 9: INT. CIVIC TRANSPORT MUSEUM (BARBARA and JENNY are preparing for their journey.) JENNY: No Daleks about that I can see. They must have thought Dortmun was on his own. BARBARA: I remembered to get his notes. (BARBARA puts the notes into a knapsack that she is packing.) JENNY: Why did he do it? BARBARA: Oh, many reasons. Mainly because he wouldn’t give in. JENNY: Oh, what’s the point of that? He just threw his life away. It was...so senseless. BARBARA: (Coldly.) Depends on how you look at it. JENNY: You’ve got this romantic idea about resistance. There is nothing heroic about dying. There’s no point in throwing lives away just to prove a principle. BARBARA: (Sharply.) If Dortmun hadn’t “thrown his life away” we would all be d*ad. He knew exactly what he was doing. He sacrificed himself so that you and I would have a chance. Come on, we’re ready to go. (BARBARA climbs up into the dustvan and clambers across to the drivers seat. She starts the van up.) BARBARA: Open the doors. (JENNY runs out to comply.) 10: EXT. CIVIC TRANSPORT MUSEUM (Outside, JENNY pauses to look at DORTMUN’S body, then opens the wide doors of the museum. BARBARA drives the van out, JENNY clambers aboard and the van drives off.) 11: INT. SEWERS (SUSAN and DAVID CAMPBELL are clambering through the darkened, dripping sewers. SUSAN turns her nose up at the smell.) SUSAN: Smells like an old goat farm. (DAVID helps her over a ledge.) SUSAN: Thank you. Eergh! DAVID CAMPBELL: I think we’d better rest here. SUSAN: What a good idea. (SUSAN sits down on another smaller ledge.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, we’re not likely to be found down here. SUSAN: Aren’t we? (She picks up something off the floor and passes it to DAVID.) SUSAN: Look at this, David. It’s an old cartridge. Can’t be the Daleks, can it? They don’t use g*n. David, could the robomen get down here? DAVID CAMPBELL: No, I don’t think so. SUSAN: Well, it must be friends then. DAVID CAMPBELL: Not necessarily. Not all human beings are automatically allies. There are people who k*ll for a few scraps of food. SUSAN: Survival at all costs... DAVID CAMPBELL: Yes. (DAVID examines the magazine of a p*stol he is carrying.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Four b*ll*ts. Oh, of course, it’s no use against the Daleks, but it will stop anyone else. SUSAN: No spares? DAVID CAMPBELL: No. I found this g*n and it was all that was in it. (SUSAN suddenly sees something over DAVID’S shoulder and cries out.) SUSAN: David! (A figure is holding a g*n on them.) 12: EXT. LONDON STREETS (The dustvan is making good progress through London, however...) JENNY: Do you think that Dalek saw us back there? BARBARA: It must have heard the noise. JENNY: Then we’re in for trouble. BARBARA: Yes, they’re sure to radio ahead. We may have to ditch this at any moment. (The cart passes a sign which is adorned with the jagged DALEK symbol. As it travels along, BARBARA and JENNY see a DALEK roadblock in the distance.) BARBARA: Jenny, there’s a whole bunch of them ahead of us! JENNY: Shall we jump for it? BARBARA: No! I’m going through. (The four DALEKS blast their g*n but BARBARA maintains her speed. The van crashes straight into one of the DALEKS, tearing it in half. The van travels on.) JENNY: (Joyfully.) We went straight through them! Straight through them! BARBARA: Yes, it wasn’t too bad was it? You know, I rather enjoyed that. We won’t be able to stay in this much longer though. They’ll be after us with a vengeance now. 13: INT. DALEK SAUCER. CONTROL ROOM (A radio message is received by two DALEKS in the control room.) FIRST DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) Rebels travelling in motorised vehicle. Have att*cked and passed Dalek outer London cordon. SECOND DALEK: This is saucer alpha major. Am forty five miles south of mining area. FIRST DALEK: (OOV.) Intercept rebels and destroy. SECOND DALEK: Position of rebel vehicle? Give position. 14: EXT. DALEK SAUCER (The DALEK saucer is in full flight...) 15: DALEK SIGNAL (Pulsing shapes fill a screen...) FIRST DALEK: South east eight over three seven six. nought nought nine point eight. 16: EXT. LONDON STREETS (The drone of the saucer is heard over the sound of the engine of the dustvan.) BARBARA: Jenny, what’s that noise? (JENNY looks out of the window.) JENNY: There’s a saucer overhead. (BARBARA slams on the pedals and pulls on the handbrake.) BARBARA: Jump for it. (They jump out of the van. The DALEK saucer descends and a second later the van is rent by a huge expl*si*n. The saucer rises back into the sky...) 17: INT. SEWER (SUSAN and DAVID’S would-be attacker is CARL TYLER. They have an excited reunion.) SUSAN: We were jolly lucky ... DAVID CAMPBELL: Glad we ran into you down there, Tyler. SUSAN: Hey David, now that Tyler’s here we can go and get Grandfather can’t we? DAVID CAMPBELL: That’s a good idea. CARL TYLER: The Doctor...where is he? DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, we had to leave him by the old plague cemetery. We’re trying to find a way out of this area. CARL TYLER: You don’t know how lucky you were. At first I took you for scavengers. I’ve met a couple down here already, but this (Holding up his g*n.) kept them off. SUSAN: You’ve sh*t at one, didn’t you, I’ve just found this. CARL TYLER: I wasn’t sh**ting at a man. These sewers are full of alligators. SUSAN: (Frightened.) Alligators? In the sewers of London? CARL TYLER: A lot of animals escaped from sewers during the plague. Most were k*lled but reptiles thrive down here. DAVID CAMPBELL: Well then, I...think the quicker we get going the better, eh? SUSAN: What’s worse? The alligators down here or the Daleks up there. DAVID CAMPBELL: Tyler, will you give us a hand to collect the old man? CARL TYLER: I’ll take you. You’re going to wrong way anyway. Now, you take the back, behind Susan, that way we’ve got g*n front and rear. DAVID CAMPBELL: Right Tyler. SUSAN: Oh Tyler, Barbara and Ian, do you know where they are? CARL TYLER: (Uninterested, without looking at SUSAN.) I’m sorry no. I’ll go ahead now. You stay here until I call. (He walks off. SUSAN turns to DAVID.) SUSAN: Why was he so abrupt? DAVID CAMPBELL: Tyler? He’s afraid to make friends. He’s known too much k*lling. SUSAN: Well, I hope I’m never like that. Pretending not to care. DAVID CAMPBELL: Ahh, one day this’ll be all over. It’ll mean a new start. SUSAN: (Taken with the idea.) A new start? Rebuilding a planet from the very beginning. It’s a wonderful idea! DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, you could always help. SUSAN: (Thoughtfully.) Yes... CARL TYLER: (OOV: further down the sewer.) All clear here...follow on now! DAVID CAMPBELL: Go on Susan, I’ll keep right behind you. (They move off to join TYLER.) 18: EXT. SUBURBAN STREET (In front of a row of houses, BARBARA and JENNY stop next to a post box.. BARBARA looks round carefully.) BARBARA: It’s alright Jenny, it’s clear. JENNY: Any idea where we are? BARBARA: Oh, somewhere between Edgware and Stanmore I should think. JENNY: Oh, we’re on the road to St. Albans. Barbara, suppose we don’t find your friends at the mine? BARBARA: (After a thoughtful pause.) I’ll think about that when we get there. Look, you don’t have to stay with me if you don’t want to. I can get there on my own. JENNY: (With more warmth than usual.) Well, we might as well stay together. BARBARA: (Smiles.) Alright, come on then. (They continue their journey.) 19: EXT. MINEWORKINGS (NIGHT) (In the darkness, a ROBOMAN patrols near to the earth mover. Next to the machine is an alien black glutinous creature with no discernable features save for strange thin arms ending in claws. It gives out a heartbeat type noise. IAN and LARRY run up next to the machine, passing the creature in the dark.) IAN: I tell you, I heard something. Sort of sliding noise. LARRY MADISON: Which direction? IAN: I don’t know. I thought it was round here. (IAN edges round the machine but the creature quickly moves out of sight.) LARRY MADISON: What was it? (IAN doesn’t answer but runs inside the earth mover to their former hiding place.) 20: INT. EARTHMOVER (NIGHT) (Inside they find a dark haired man, ASHTON - the black marketeer - holding a p*stol at them.) ASHTON: (Sharply.) Right. You can just turn around and go out again. LARRY MADISON: What...? With that thing out there? ASHTON: It didn’t see you come in. It needn’t see you go out. IAN: Are you Ashton? ASHTON: How do you know? LARRY MADISON: Er, Wells told us. We’ve come here looking especially for you. ASHTON: Ha! People tell all kinds of lies when they’re starving. (IAN’S reply is drowned out by the strange two-toned cry and roar of the creature outside. Then he says...) IAN: I want to go to London. ASHTON: Hah, why die there? IAN: I don’t intend to die anywhere. ASHTON: Can you pay? IAN: Pay? What are you talking about? ASHTON: Are you one of these “brotherhood of man” kind of people? IAN: You come in here...is there any reason why you shouldn’t take me out? ASHTON: I can take you out - at the right price. IAN: And what’s that? ASHTON: Gold, precious metal, jewels. IAN: I don’t have anything like that. ASHTON: Then, I hope you manage to avoid the Slyther...as you leave. IAN: I’m not leaving. ASHTON: Oh no? (The door opens and WELLS comes in before ASHTON can use his p*stol.) WELLS: Ashton! (WELLS shuts the door behind him and holds up a diamond necklace which ASHTON takes off him with the end of the p*stol.) WELLS: That’s for the food. These two are friends of mine. ASHTON: I see you managed to bring the character references just in time. Well chaps, I suppose we ought to have something to eat. (He crouches on the floor and starts sifting through a small pile of cans. WELLS stops him.) WELLS: This bundles mine. It’s to be shared out amongst a lot of people and you aren’t included. ASHTON: (Laughs.) I’ve got my own. (He stands up and walks away.) IAN: (To WELLS.) You know all the best people, don’t you? WELLS: He’s our only source of proper food. LARRY MADISON: What was that thing we saw out there? (Outside the creature gives another roar.) WELLS: It’s called a Slyther. IAN: Slyther? What’s that? ASHTON: Where do you come from, mate? Fairyland? WELLS: The Black Dalek, he’s the commandant of the camp, regards it as a sort of pet. IAN: You mean it’s on some sort of a guard duty, eh? WELLS: Yes, well, in a way. Mainly it roams the mine area at night in search of food. LARRY MADISON: What sort of food? ASHTON: People. (ASHTON takes a drink from a flask as the SLYTHER gives out another unearthly roar.) 21: INT. SEWER (NIGHT) (SUSAN reaches a junction in the sewer. She looks through a grill and shouts upwards.) SUSAN: Tyler! DAVID CAMPBELL: (OOV: further back in the sewer.) Can’t have got so far ahead. (DAVID climbs through and joins SUSAN.) SUSAN: Perhaps our voices aren’t carrying. These walls could affect the sound, I suppose. DAVID CAMPBELL: Hey, there’s a ladder there. SUSAN: Yes. DAVID CAMPBELL: Let’s try up there. SUSAN: Yes, alright. (SUSAN climbs up the short ladder.) SUSAN: There’s a tunnel through here. DAVID CAMPBELL: Careful Susan. SUSAN: I’m alright. (SUSAN climbs up into the thin tunnel which she crawls through on her hands and knees. She comes to the edge of a ledge.) SUSAN: Tyler! (SUSAN gasps as she looks over the ledge to the water below. There is another ladder leading down from a hatch above the ledge to the water.) SUSAN: Tyler? Are you down there? (There is no answer. SUSAN climbs onto the ladder and starts to climb down. Suddenly the ladder falls away from the wall leaving her hanging in mid-air.) SUSAN: (Screaming.) David, Oh! (She looks below her as she struggles to hang on.) SUSAN: David! (Beneath her, an Alligator swims towards her. SUSAN tries desperately to get a foothold. The hatch opens above her and TYLER sh**t the reptile as DAVID crawls through the tunnel and grabs the ladder, pulling it back towards the ledge. TYLER climbs down the ladder as DAVID grabs SUSAN and pulls her back up onto the ledge.).) DAVID CAMPBELL: Are you alright? SUSAN: Yes...swinging! DAVID CAMPBELL: Ha, you’d probably have given him indigestion anyway! SUSAN: Thank you! CARL TYLER: Alright now, come on. I’ve found the Doctor. He’s waiting for us up here. SUSAN: Yes... (TYLER climbs back up through the hatch.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Now, take your time. SUSAN: Grandfathers stick. DAVID CAMPBELL: I’ll bring it. Take your time. 22: INT. EARTHMOVER (NIGHT) (ASHTON is examining the necklace using a jewellers eye-glass. The SLYTHER continues to roar outside. IAN, LARRY and WELLS enjoy a meal straight out the cans.) ASHTON: You know, Wells, you’re a fool. For all this stuff, I’d have gladly taken you outside. There are plenty of small towns and villages that the Daleks have cleared of people and left intact. Food galore. WELLS: I’ll get out in my own good time. ASHTON: Well, suit yourself. You people never learn, do you? (LARRY takes a ring off his finger and passes it to WELLS.) LARRY MADISON: Er, that’s for the two of us, thanks Wells. WELLS: Right, I’ll take it if you don’t mind. It’ll help pay for the next lot from Ashton. (There is another roar, louder than before and the heartbeat sound is heard again. The four men stop what they are doing and look around them. ASHTON grabs his p*stol. The heartbeat sound grows faint and the men relax. Suddenly the SLYTHER’S arm bursts through the back wall of the machine and the creature itself enters. ASHTON fires at it but the b*ll*ts prove useless and the SLYTHER grabs the g*n as it hovers over ASHTON.) WELLS: Get out! 23: EXT. MINEWORKINGS (NIGHT) (As ASHTON cries out, the three men run out of the earthmover.) 24: EXT. EDGE OF THE MINESHAFT (NIGHT) (IAN and LARRY runs through the darkness and the bushes to the edge of the mine shaft.) LARRY MADISON: This way’s no good! It’s a sheer drop! IAN: We’ll have to go back. (They turn back but the SLYTHER has pursued them.) LARRY MADISON: The Slyther, Ian! It’s coming straight for us! (Claw outstretched, the SLYTHER moves towards the two men.)
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Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 19 December, 1964 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: EXT. EDGE OF THE MINESHAFT (NIGHT) LARRY MADISON: It’s a sheer drop! IAN: We’ll have to go back. (They turn back but the SLYTHER has pursued them.) LARRY MADISON: The Slyther, Ian! It’s coming straight for us! (Claw outstretched, the SLYTHER moves towards the two men. They back further towards the edge of the shaft and IAN sees that LARRY is about to fall.) IAN: (Reaching out to grab him.) Larry! (LARRY misses IAN’S grab and falls over.) LARRY MADISON: Ian! (He grabs the edge of a mining bucket that hangs over the shaft. IAN jumps onto the bucket and then into it as the SLYTHER gets closer. IAN reaches over to pull LARRY in.) IAN: Hold on Larry! (IAN pulls him into he bucket.) IAN: All right? LARRY MADISON: Thanks. IAN: Still coming. I hope it can’t jump. LARRY MADISON: It’s gonna try! (The SLYTHER jumps onto the edge of the bucket. IAN grabs a rock from the floor of the bucket and clubs the creature until it loses it grip and falls down the shaft.) LARRY MADISON: Let’s get out of here. IAN: No...no...hang on a minute. Somebody might have heard us. 2: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM (The door of the control room slides upward and the BLACK DALEK glides into the room and up to one of its subordinates.) BLACK DALEK: There is no work party in shaft nine. Why? FIRST DALEK: The section is completed. The labour force is being assembled for clearing operations. BLACK DALEK: Work must proceed to schedule. There must be no delays. FIRST DALEK: All will be ready. The waste bucket in shaft nine is being lowered now. 3: EXT. EDGE OF THE MINESHAFT (NIGHT) IAN: I think it’s all clear now. LARRY MADISON: Might as well take a chance. We can’t stay here all night. (The mine bucket shakes into life...) LARRY MADISON: What’s happening? IAN: We’re going down! (The bucket starts to descend.) 4: INT. SEWER (The DOCTOR descends a ladder into another sewer. DAVID and SUSAN follow. The DOCTOR coughs into his handkerchief at the smell.) DOCTOR: Oh, dear, oh, well I must say - this is a nice state of affairs. We’ve barely covered a mile and here we are hiding down the sewers again. DAVID CAMPBELL: We’re better to hide down here Doctor, than be caught by those Robomen. (TYLER sh**t down the ladder after the other three.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Tyler, did they see us? CARL TYLER: Well, they were coming this way but they don’t seem to know what they were going to do. SUSAN: How many? CARL TYLER: Two. Listen, I couldn’t get the cover on, we’d better get under shelter. Doctor, Susan. (The DOCTOR and SUSAN join him.) DOCTOR: You do realise, of course, we shall have to let them both come down before we decide to defend ourselves. CARL TYLER: Well, we can take them one at a time. DOCTOR: Oh yes, just one. The other’s bound to return and bring back reinforcements. CARL TYLER: If we stick together long enough, I’ll learn to do what you say the first time. (The DOCTOR and SUSAN retreat to one side of the sewer out of sight. TYLER and DAVID stand near the ladder. Two ROBOMEN look over the hatch edge and into the sewer. DAVID prepares his p*stol. TYLER does the same as the ROBOMEN descend the ladder. TYLER fires at the first one to reach the bottom but the p*stol fails to work. He throws it to the ground and rushes the ROBOMAN. As they struggle, the second ROBOMAN reaches the bottom of the ladder. DAVID rushes to take aim with his p*stol but he is near to TYLER and his adversary.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Move Tyler, move! (The ROBOMAN fighting with TYLER knocks DAVID’S arm as fires, therefore missing his aim. The four men are now in a hand to hand struggle. SUSAN sees DAVID’S attacker getting the upper hand and rushes to help as DAVID is knocked dazed to the floor.) SUSAN: No! No, ah! (The DOCTOR hits TYLER’S attacker twice with his walking stick, leaving TYLER to deliver the final blows. DAVID recovers and sees SUSAN struggling.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Susan! (He joins in but the ROBOMAN pushes them both to the ground. The ROBOMAN starts to climb the ladder to get reinforcements. TYLER grabs DAVID’S g*n and sh**t him d*ad.) DOCTOR: Ah, well, is everybody alright? Hmm? CARL TYLER: Yes. DAVID CAMPBELL: Yes, Doctor. (TYLER aims the p*stol at the other unconscious ROBOMAN. The DOCTOR holds him back with his walking stick.) DOCTOR: No Tyler, no. I never take life. Only when my own is immediately thr*at. Now then, let us make our way to this mine and then we shall know how to deal with these Daleks. Leave this creature to his own devices and salvation. Come along. (To TYLER.) You lead the way, my boy. Come along. (They walk off.) 5: EXT. WOODS (NIGHT) (Clouds fill the night sky and lightning flashes.) 6: INT. HUT (In a meanly furnished hut in the woods, two thin emaciated WOMEN, one old, one young huddle in their rags. The sound of BARBARA’S voice is heard outside.) BARBARA: ... Jenny. 7: EXT. HUT BARBARA: Hey, with this storm coming, we ‘ll be much better off inside. 8: INT. HUT (The two WOMEN hear the voices. They jump up in fear grabbing kitchen implements as flimsy w*apon.) OLD WOMAN: Who’s there? Who is it? (The door bursts open revealing BARBARA and JENNY. The YOUNG WOMAN screams.) OLD WOMAN: What do you want? BARBARA: We...we were...we’re looking for shelter. OLD WOMAN: Just the two of you? Tired are you? BARBARA: Yes...yes, we are. JENNY: Barbara, I think we should be moving on. YOUNG WOMAN: Dogs’ll catch you. JENNY: Dogs? YOUNG WOMAN: In the forest. BARBARA: Dogs? OLD WOMAN: Savage beasts. After the plague, they formed a pack. Where are you making for? BARBARA: The mine. (The OLD WOMAN looks at her companion.) BARBARA: We have friends there. We’re trying to find them. YOUNG WOMAN: Nobody gets away from there - you’ll be caught yourselves. OLD WOMAN: Oh, you’re lucky to have got this far. The patrols pass ‘ere. JENNY: Then how is it you’re still free. They must know you’re here? OLD WOMAN: Oh, they know alright - yes, they know. But we can’t harm them. Besides, we make clothes for the sl*ve workers. (The YOUNG WOMAN holds up some near rags to BARBARA who shrinks back.) OLD WOMAN: We’re more use to them doing that than we would be in the mine. (BARBARA and JENNY step into the hut.) BARBARA: Er, how do you manage? F...for food, I mean? OLD WOMAN: Oh, they give us some in return for the clothes. We’re hungry most of the time though. (JENNY closing the door behind her. BARBARA gets some tins out of her knapsack and passes them to the WOMEN.) BARBARA: We have some food here. You’re welcome to that. OLD WOMAN: (With warmth.) Thank you, thank you. (To the YOUNG WOMAN.) Get the table ready, child. (The OLD WOMAN grabs BARBARA’S knapsack off her and starts rifling through the contents. BARBARA quickly snatches DORTMUN’S notes.) OLD WOMAN: Oh, have you got any more in here, oh yeah. (The OLD WOMAN takes another tin out, grabs a large Kn*fe and s*ab a hole in the tin. She smells the contents and smiles at the two newcomers.) OLD WOMAN: In return you can sleep here for the night. You can make your bed out of this cloth. (She takes BARBARA and JENNY into a corner of the hut.) OLD WOMAN: Come on, child. Come on. You’ll be nice and comfortable there. (The OLD WOMAN leaves BARBARA and JENNY to make their bed. She goes to the YOUNG WOMAN, gives her a pile of the clothes and whispers instructions to her. The YOUNG WOMAN goes over to the door and opens it, attracting BARBARA and JENNY’S attention.) YOUNG WOMAN: I have to go out to deliver these clothes. OLD WOMAN: Your meal will be ready when you get back, child. JENNY: Go out? In this weather? OLD WOMAN: Oh, they’re waiting for her. BARBARA: What about those dogs you talked about? OLD WOMAN: Oh, she’ll follow the patrols. YOUNG WOMAN: I’ll follow the patrols. (She scurries out.) OLD WOMAN: She’ll come to no harm. She’s done it often enough. 9: EXT. HUT (The YOUNG WOMAN shivers outside in the storm as she listens to the faint voice of the OLD WOMAN talking to BARBARA and JENNY.) 10: INT. HUT OLD WOMAN: ... help me with the food. 11: INT. MINE SHAFT (The bucket carrying LARRY and IAN is still descending into the depths of the mine.) LARRY MADISON: Still no sign of the bottom. IAN: No. How long do you think we’ve been going down now? LARRY MADISON: Must be nearly twenty minutes. It’s getting warmer, isn’t it? IAN: Yes. Pressures increasing too. My ears are popping. LARRY MADISON: I’d rather be d*ad than work down here. IAN: Ha! Not a choice I’d like to face. (The rate of decline decreases.) LARRY MADISON: It’s stopping. We must be near the bottom. Yes - look! Lights! IAN: Let’s get out of here, Larry. Before this bucket tips up. LARRY MADISON: It’s a bit of a drop, Ian. IAN: Well, about twelve feet, that’s all. Come on. (IAN stands on the edge and jumps.) 12: INT. MINE GALLERY (He lands next to some wicker baskets. He looks up at LARRY. The bucket starts to slide along a side gallery. LARRY grabs a pit prop and falls...badly.) IAN: Larry, you all right? LARRY MADISON: It’s my kneecap - I caught it on the truck as I fell. IAN: Put your weight on me. Stand up. LARRY MADISON: (LARRY tries.) It’s no good. IAN: Well, if you can’t move, we’d better get under cover. It’s too light here. We go over there. Now, put your weight on me. That’s it. Slowly. (With LARRY’S arm round IAN, the two stumble down the gallery.) 13: INT. HUT (The three women are sat down to a makeshift meal.) OLD WOMAN: ...London once. It seems years ago now. You know, is it still the same? JENNY: They’ve destroyed most of it. OLD WOMAN: Destroyed? Well I never. Oh, when I went it was beautiful. There was the moving pavements and the shops and the, the astronaut fair I went to and it was near Chelsea heliport. (The door opens. The YOUNG WOMAN steps in, pauses, then runs into the OLD WOMAN’S arms. A DALEK glides into the doorway.) YOUNG WOMAN: Oh! DALEK: You will follow me - both of you. (JENNY makes a run for the WOMEN but BARBARA holds her back.) DALEK: Do not try to escape or you will be exterminated. Move. (BARBARA looks at the WOMEN, then her and JENNY do as instructed and leave the hut. The OLD WOMAN shuts the door after them. The YOUNG WOMAN opens a sack she has brought in.) YOUNG WOMAN: Bread...oranges...and sugar. OLD WOMAN: Oh, good, good. I knew they’d give us food if we told them. (She goes over and parts the curtain, looking outside.) OLD WOMAN: Oh, well. She’d been captured anyway. 14: INT. MINE GALLERY (IAN examines LARRY’S knee.) IAN: How’s it feeling? LARRY MADISON: Better. I don’t think I’ll be able to walk. IAN: Don’t worry. We’ll stay here for a while. (IAN looks round their surroundings.) IAN: You know, Larry, this mine doesn’t make sense to me. Where’s all the modern machinery? LARRY MADISON: The Daleks brought machinery from all over the world. All they seem to be shifting is rocks. IAN: Yes. I suppose they could be processing it somewhere. LARRY MADISON: Who knows what the Daleks are up to? I told you what my brother Phil said: All they want is the magnetic core of Earth. IAN: Yeah, but why...find it in such an old fashioned way? LARRY MADISON: It’s probably a clearance area. Perhaps we haven’t found the main shaft yet. IAN: You may be right at that. Larry, would you be all right...if I went to have a look? LARRY MADISON: Yeah, sure. IAN: Good man. (IAN starts to walk away but hears movement. He dives back to LARRY who is hidden from view behind the wicker baskets. Two ROBOMAN leads a group of coughing, ill slaves into the gallery. Among them is WELLS. He moves a basket and sees IAN and LARRY.) WELLS: (Under his breath.) You’ll have to move. We’re clearing this whole section. LARRY MADISON: (To IAN.) Move? Where to? IAN: Well, lets join them. (IAN helps LARRY up and they join the last of the slaves.) IAN: Take the basket Larry. (They start to walk away but a ROBOMAN spots them. The slaves and WELLS stop to watch at the back of the gallery.) ROBOMAN: Halt! LARRY MADISON: Phil! It’s my brother. Ian, it’s my brother! ROBOMAN: Too...many...in working party. Dalek...supreme...control...recheck. Who are you? LARRY MADISON: Phil... (LARRY tries to step forward away from IAN and falls to the ground in pain as his knee gives way.) LARRY MADISON: Argh! Phil...it’s Larry, your brother Larry. Think Phil! Remember me! ROBOMAN: You...are both...runaways. LARRY MADISON: Angela...Your wife, Angela! I’ll take you to her. ROBOMAN: You...must both...be punished. (IAN helps LARRY up as the ROBOMAN takes his r*fle from off his shoulder.) IAN: It’s no good, Larry. LARRY MADISON: No, no! No Ian! IAN: Come on! LARRY MADISON: Ian, get me ... run while you’ve got the chance! (LARRY struggles free and grabs the ROBOMAN as he fires at point blank range. LARRY strangles his brother as they both fall to the ground.) LARRY MADISON: Run Ian...run Ian. (The ROBOMAN chokes.) LARRY MADISON: Run Ian...run... ROBOMAN: (As he dies, recognising his brother at last.) Larry... (The two men die almost instantaneously. An alarm suddenly starts up.) DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) Emergency! Emergency! Priority shaft nine. Close all exits! Emergency! (As the DALEK speaks, WELLS and the sl*ve workers runs forward almost in a panic and WELLS shouts out instructions over the sound of the DALEK announcement.) WELLS: Right, get these bodies clear. Get ‘em down the shaft - shaft seven, shaft eight! (He takes the ROBOMAN’S r*fle.) WELLS: I’ll take care of that. Somebody tell that what’s happened - what’s happened ... Run, quick as you like. Get those bodies out of here. Hurry! (The slaves carry the two bodies quickly away. IAN is left momentarily alone but quickly runs down one of the side galleries.) 15: EXT. CLIFFTOP (SUSAN rummages in a knapsack, takes out some condiments and adds them to a pan of food cooking over an improvised campfire. Behind her, DAVID sneaks up with a fish he has caught in his hand. As SUSAN reaches back into the rucksack, DAVID thrusts the fish over her shoulder.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Some fresh fish! You want some fresh fish?! I’ve got some! SUSAN: David! You idiot! You idiot! DAVID CAMPBELL: Oh no, its not...not for me! I didn’t want it! Not me! SUSAN: ... Drop it! (The two fall to the ground laughing, SUSAN managing to push the fish into DAVID’S face. They fall silent for a moment, DAVID holding SUSAN’S hand.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Your grandfather stood up to the journey fantastically well. SUSAN: (After a pause.) He’s a pretty fantastic sort of man. (The two lean towards each other a kiss. Suddenly they hear the DOCTOR approaching with TYLER. They quickly jump apart. DOCTOR: Ah! Smells familiar round here. I ... SUSAN: Just in time for food. DOCTOR: Ah! Yes, my dear DAVID CAMPBELL: Ah, we were just, well, er, I was just, er... DOCTOR: Quite, quite. I can see something’s cooking! CARL TYLER: Er, what is that? DAVID CAMPBELL: That’s rabbit. SUSAN: It’s pretty primitive. It’s the best I could do though. DOCTOR: Most useful. (The all sit or lie down round the camp f*re. TYLER grabs the pan.) DAVID CAMPBELL: It’s hot! (TYLER takes a piece of meat out of the pan with a smile on his face.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Hey, you’ve got a big piece there. Doctor, would you like some? Smells delicious. (He holds the pan up to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Susan’s a very good cook. DAVID CAMPBELL: Yes. (Putting the pan on the ground.) Tell me, Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? DAVID CAMPBELL: Now that you’ve seen the Dalek base, what do you think? DOCTOR: Well it’s quite obvious to me its the centre...of their operations. SUSAN & DAVID: The centre! DOCTOR: Yes, quite. You know, you surprise me, Tyler. Why didn’t you concentrate your efforts here? CARL TYLER: We’ve been fighting the Daleks everywhere. Well, the fact that they started mining operations didn’t seem all that important. DAVID CAMPBELL: Yeah, well we assumed that they were...just digging for minerals, you know, something like... DOCTOR: No, I, I think perhaps it might be the answer to the question as to why the Daleks are here. DAVID CAMPBELL: But why Doctor? Surely they’ve inv*de us? DOCTOR: Oh no. It goes much deeper than that. You see, man to them, is just a work machine. An insignificant...specimen that is not...worth invading. Absolutely useless. It doesn’t matter to them whether you live or die. CARL TYLER: Yeah, that’s true enough. DAVID CAMPBELL: Well, what are they digging for? DOCTOR: Well, at the moment my boy, I’m not quite sure, but let us say something that this...planet contains. Something that no planet has. CARL TYLER: And you think that if it was something on the surface, they’d have just collected it and gone? DOCTOR: Yes, quite, quite. Instead, there they are - burrowing like moles down and through the crust of the Earth. CARL TYLER: But isn’t that impossible? I mean an eruption, a huge earthquake. No one could survive. DOCTOR: Not unless they know how to control the flow of living energy. Mmm? DAVID CAMPBELL: Is that what it is? They dare to tamper - with the forces of creation! DOCTOR: Yes - they dare! And we have got to dare to stop them! (SUSAN sits up.) SUSAN: Grandfather? DOCTOR: Hmm? (She takes a piece of meat out of the pan.) SUSAN: It’s getting cold - look. 16: INT. MINE GALLERY (IAN keeps on running as a fugitive through the mine.) ROBOMAN: (OOV.) Keep...moving! (IAN hides out of the way as two ROBOMEN head a group of slaves along the gallery. Another following up behind.) ROBOMAN: Move! (IAN watches them go past, then catches sight of another group of slaves, among them is...) IAN: Barbara! (Another group of slaves are guarded by a ROBOMAN and a watching DALEK.) ROBOMAN: Fill...these...buckets...hurry! (JENNY and BARBARA pull along wicker baskets full of rocks to empty them into a skip. JENNY is exhausted and doesn’t have the strength. The basket falls over and JENNY falls to the ground. BARBARA runs forward to help her.) JENNY: We’re beaten Barbara! We’ll never get out of here! Never! BARBARA: Don’t be silly, Jenny. That’s no way to talk. Look, we wanted to get to the mine and we’re here. JENNY: Yes but what can we do? BARBARA: You can help me fill this basket again. (JENNY does so.) BARBARA: We could try and find their main control room. I’m sure that’s what the Doctor would do. JENNY: And then what will happen? BARBARA: Oh, I don’t know, Jenny, I don’t know, but look, we can try! If we get there and fail, well...all they’ll do is send us back here. (They empty the wicker bucket into the skip. The DALEK gives WELLS an instruction.) DOCTOR: You - take more buckets to the clearing sections. WELLS: Right. (The slaves, BARBARA and JENNY among them, start to stack the wicker baskets for WELLS. He takes them away and, turning the corner, is grabbed by IAN.) IAN: Wells! WELLS: Ian, I told you to get out of here! IAN: That’s easier said than done. Wells, that tall girl in the blue sweater, I know her. Tell her I’m here. WELLS: Right. I’ll try but I’ve got to get rid if these first. IAN: Yes, all right. (Further back in the gallery, BARBARA and JENNY carry on emptying baskets along with other slaves.) JENNY: Anyway, they’ll never let us near the control room. BARBARA: Dortmun’s notes! JENNY: What? BARBARA: Jenny, I’ve still got Dortmun’s notes! JENNY: A lot of good they are... BARBARA: No, no, you don’t understand, oh, I haven’t got time to explain. Jenny, come with me... JENNY: Oh Barbara, do you know what you’re doing? (They runs towards the watching DALEK. The slaves stop and watch.) DALEK: Get back to work. BARBARA: (Nervously.) I have some important information. Rebels are planning a revolution against the Daleks. DALEK: There will be no revolution - the Daleks are masters of Earth! BARBARA: But you don’t understand...this is no ordinary uprising. They have scientists, men of learning working with them. DALEK: You are lying. It is a trick. BARBARA: No, I...I have proof of what I say. DALEK: Proof? Let me see, (BARBARA holds up the notes in front of the DALEKS’ eye stalk.) DALEK: Details of the acid b*mb used in the unprovoked att*ck on the London saucer landing area. BARBARA: There’s more. I know places where they’re hiding. DALEK: Very well. Speak! BARBARA: Well, it...it would be better if I...I spoke to someone in charge. DALEK: That is impossible. Tell me your story. BARBARA: But it’s very complex and detailed. I...you would have to act immediately on what I told you. I must speak to someone in authority. (The DALEK raises its eye stalk almost vertically as it communicates with its kind. After a moment, the stalk lowers.) DALEK: The Black Dalek will see you, but if you are lying, you will be k*lled. Follow me. (It glides away. BARBARA and JENNY follow. One of the ROBOMEN addresses the remaining slaves.) ROBOMAN: Continue...your...work. (Just round the corner, WELLS, having disposed of his baskets, runs back to IAN.) WELLS: Right, step into line and follow me. IAN: Too late - the Daleks have just taken her. WELLS: Pity. Oh well, there’s an empty gallery just behind us there. Lose yourself there. IAN: Right. 17: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM (The door slides upward and the BLACK DALEK glides into the control room.) BLACK DALEK: Give me your report. FIRST DALEK: The main drill has penetrated the core strata. We are within four miles of the Earth’s outer core. (On the wall is a diagram of the mine - a cross section of the crater showing the galleries and the fissure going downwards at a slight angle. At the top of this fissure, stand two buildings - The capsule control and underneath it, a sub station.) BLACK DALEK: (Looking at the diagram.) When will the final breakthrough occur? FIRST DALEK: The sl*ve parties are clearing the top of the fissure now. BLACK DALEK: What remains to be done? FIRST DALEK: (Looking towards a control panel.) Only to put into position the penetration expl*sive. The charge is in the fissure capsule now. When positioned, the charge will strike the fissure in the Earth’s crust here. BLACK DALEK: The fissure will expand. The molten core be released! FIRST DALEK: (Over the sound of other DALEKS talking.) We will then control the flow until all the gravitational and magnetic forces in the Earth’s core are eliminated. BLACK DALEK: Excellent. I will now announce to the Dalek Earth force, completion of Project Degravitate into ... (The BLACK DALEK glides forward.) SECOND DALEK: Attention! 18: INT. CAPSULE CONTROL (IAN has found his way to the capsule control on the map. The capsule stands in two vertical sections in the middle of the room on a rail. IAN spots a DALEK nearby and hides in one of the halves of the capsule.) SECOND DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) Attention all units. Stand by for an announcement by the Supreme Controller. (The DALEK is joined by another as they listen to the announcement.) BLACK DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) This is the Supreme Controller. Our mission to Earth is nearly completed. We were sent here to remove the core of this planet. 19: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM BLACK DALEK: Once the core is removed, we can replace it with a power system...that will enable us to pilot the planet anywhere in the universe. 20: INT. CAPSULE CONTROL (IAN reacts in shock at this announcement.) BLACK DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) All that remains is to put into position the penetration expl*sive. Daleks controlling device will now report. (One of the DALEKS near IAN and the capsule reports.) THIRD DALEK: We are ready. BLACK DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) Arm the device. THIRD DALEK: Device now armed. (One half of the capsule runs along the rail towards its companion - locking together and trapping IAN inside.) BLACK DALEK: Set capsule in motion. THIRD DALEK: Hatch over control to closed position. Motor running. FOURTH DALEK: Capsule moving. (With a beeping signal, the newly joined capsule runs along the rail and out of the room.) 21: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM BLACK DALEK: As soon as the capsule is in position over the fissure, release it... 22: EXT. CLIFFSIDE (The capsule comes out of the capsule control and onto a platform on the cliffside.) 23: INT. CAPSULE (Inside the capsule, IAN is frantically try to adjust its workings...) 24: EXT. CLIFFSIDE (The capsule halts over a transparent tube running down the cliffside and into the fissure...ready to begin its journey...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x08 - The Waking Ally"}
foreverdreaming
Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 26 December, 1964 6:00pm - 6:25pm 1: INT. CAPSULE CONTROL (With a beeping signal, the newly joined capsule runs along the rail and out of the room.) 2: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM BLACK DALEK: As soon as the capsule is in position over the fissure, release it... 3: EXT. CLIFFSIDE (The capsule comes out of the capsule control and onto a platform on the cliffside.) 4: INT. CAPSULE (Inside the capsule, IAN is frantically try to adjust its workings...) 5: EXT. CLIFFSIDE (The capsule halts over a transparent tube running down the cliffside and into the fissure ready to begin its journey...) 6: INT. CAPSULE (IAN joins several of the wires within the capsule together in a desperate act of sabotage.) 7: EXT. CLIFFSIDE (The capsule starts to slide down the fissure tube, past a watching DALEK outside the sub station below capsule control, and on its journey to the depths of the Earth.) 8: INT. CAPSULE (IAN pulls several wires out of their sockets. He notices that the capsule movement has stopped.) 9: EXT. CLIFFSIDE (Indeed, the capsule is stuck half way down the fissure tube.) 10: INT. CAPSULE (His escape not yet achieved, IAN continues to pulls wires out and join them together in an effort to fuse the controls.) 11: INT. CAPSULE CONTROL (Several ROBOMEN pull a rope connected to the capsule to raise it back to the control area. They chant in unison...) ROBOMEN: Pull...pull...pu! 12: EXT. CLIFFSIDE (In response, the capsule starts edging back up the tube.) 13: INT. CAPSULE (IAN’S efforts finally succeed. A trapdoor opens at his feet.) 14: EXT. CLIFFSIDE (The capsule nears the top of the fissure tube.) 15: INT. CAPSULE CONTROL (The ROBOMEN continue their task...) ROBOMEN: Pull...pull...pull...! 16: EXT. CLIFFSIDE (The capsule reaches the sub station.) 17: INT. CAPSULE (IAN has managed to use a piece of cable inside the capsule as a makeshift rope hanging down through the trapdoor. He tests its strength and starts to descend out of the bottom of the capsule...) 18: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM (A report reaches control. The BLACK DALEK glides to and fro in frustration.) DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) Capsule now arrived at sub station. BLACK DALEK: Ascertain extent of breakdown and then... DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) Man has been seen leaving capsule! BLACK DALEK: Exterminate him! Exterminate him! Exterminate him! 19: INT. CAPSULE CONTROL (IAN hangs out of the capsule. He starts to climb down the cable. A DALEK appears.) DALEK: Stay where you are! (It fires at the cable. It burns through and snaps in two.) 20: EXT. CLIFFSIDE (IAN plummets down the fissure tube...) 21: INT. BASE OF FISSURE TUBE (...and reaches the base of the tube at a small round safe-type door in the rock. He is knocked unconscious.) 22: INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CONTROL ROOM (BARBARA and JENNY are with their escort DALEK outside the control room.) JENNY: We must be getting near their control room, Barbara. What do you want me to do? FIRST DALEK: Move. (They walk forward.) BARBARA: Try to find the main control panel. Do as much damage as you can. I’ll try and keep them occupied. (They reach the door to the control room.) FIRST DALEK: Silence. You will only speak when you are ordered to do so. 23: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM (The BLACK DALEK receives another report.) SECOND DALEK: Dalek reports human fallen down b*mb shaft. Capsule is being repaired. (The door opens. BARBARA and JENNY are pushed into the room by their escort DALEK.) FIRST DALEK: Wait here. BLACK DALEK: (To the other DALEKS.) Every error must be corrected! The penetration expl*sive must strike the fissure correctly if we are to extract the molten core. Have all work tasks been completed? THIRD DALEK: They have. BLACK DALEK: Then arrange for the extermination of all human beings. (Two DALEKS in the background hear this order...) DALEK: k*ll, k*ll, k*ll, k*ll, k*ll! DALEK: The final solution! Clear up this planet! BLACK DALEK: Alter the command frequencies to aural control to all robomen. They are to herd humans down to the lower galleries. THIRD DALEK: Immediately. Testing aural control. Testing aural control. 24: INT. CORRIDOR (Outside, the light flashes on the side of a ROBOMAN’S helmet as this test instruction is received.) DALEK: (OOV.) Testing aural control. Testing aural control. 25: INT. DALEK CONTROL CENTRE BARBARA: Did you see that Jenny? That’s the way they control the Robomen! THIRD DALEK: Herd all humans to galleries to nine, ten and fifteen. JENNY: Perhaps we could put it out of action? BARBARA: We could do better than that, we could give it new orders. Tell them to turn on the Daleks. JENNY: Yes! That’s a great idea. (The BLACK DALEK glides up to BARBARA, JENNY and their escort.) FIRST DALEK: These are the prisoners that reported the imminent revolt. BLACK DALEK: (Turning to the two women.) Speak! BARBARA: (Nervously opening DORTMUN’S notes.) Er, this b*mb is the one with which... BLACK DALEK: We are not interested in the b*mb. Give your information! (JENNY looks nervously at BARBARA who hesitates then begins her improvised story, pacing the control room as she does so.) BARBARA: Right. This revolt...is timed to start almost immediately. As in the case of the Indian mutiny, which I am sure... BLACK DALEK: (Interrupting.) Indian mutiny! We are the masters of India! BARBARA: I was talking about Red Indians - in disguise! The plan will run parallel with the Boston Tea Party. Er, naturally, you already have information about this... BLACK DALEK: Wait! (To another DALEK.) Why have I not been informed of this? SECOND DALEK: There has been no information. BARBARA: Good! That means the first part of the plan is a success. Now, I warn you, General Lee and the four...er, the fifth cavalry are already forming up to att*ck from the north side of the crater. The second wave, Hannibal’s forces, will of course come in from the Southern Alps. The third wave... (This is enough for the BLACK DALEK. It swings round to its subordinates.) BLACK DALEK: Attention! Attention! Mobilise defence forces! (At the same time, BARBARA rushes for the ROBOMAN control panel.) BARBARA: Robomen - this order cannot be countermanded! BLACK DALEK: Take them! They are lying! Take them! Take them! Take them! (Several DALEKS talk simultaneously as BARBARA and JENNY are held by two DALEKS and pushed across the control room.) THIRD DALEK: I will arrange for their extermination. BLACK DALEK: No - secure them. They will be k*lled in the expl*si*n. The countdown must proceed to schedule. (BARBARA and JENNY are secured by magnetic collars against a metal pillar.) BARBARA: Sorry Jenny. JENNY: What for? It was a marvellous attempt and it nearly worked too. BARBARA: Yes, it didn’t and we won’t get a second try. Well look! That must be the b*mb shaft. (BARBARA looks towards the diagram of the crater on the wall.) 26: EXT. CRATER EDGE (The DOCTOR and CARL TYLER crawl along the ground to the edge of the crater. TYLER carries his p*stol whilst the DOCTOR holds a pair of binoculars.) CARL TYLER: Huh - have you ever seen anything like that mine, Doctor? DOCTOR: I certainly have not. Ah, good! There seems to be a way down there. CARL TYLER: I still say its madness. DOCTOR: Yes, well lets have a closer look. (The DOCTOR looks through the binoculars. DAVID and SUSAN are near to them, chatting quietly when the DOCTOR signals to the young man. He crawls over to him.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Yes Doctor? DOCTOR: How many b*mb have you got left? DAVID CAMPBELL: Er, I’ve got three, I think. DOCTOR: Yes, well that should be enough. (He passes the binoculars to DAVID and points.) Now you see that mast over there? Mmm? DAVID CAMPBELL: (Looking through the binoculars.) Yes. DOCTOR: And the cable behind it? DAVID CAMPBELL: Yes. DOCTOR: Well, I want you and Susan to walk around the lip of the crater and sever it. (Stutters.) Use the b*mb. Detonate wi, wi, with your revolver, right? DAVID CAMPBELL: Right, Doctor. DOCTOR: Off you go and don’t stop to pick daises on the way! (They leave.) DOCTOR: I don’t think they’ll run into any trouble. CARL TYLER: And what about us? DOCTOR: That’ll be harder to guarantee. Come along. Get down. (The two cautiously clamber over the edge of the crater.) 27: INT. BASE OF FISSURE TUBE (IAN comes to, rubbing his head. He pushes open the safe-type door to bare metallic room in which are stacked several pieces of round timber poles. He quickly closes the door as two ROBOMEN enter with a sl*ve who carries another pole. They push the man to the ground. IAN hears this on the other side of the door.) 28: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM (The BLACK DALEK circles the room impatiently. It is soon joined by its subordinates.) BLACK DALEK: As soon as the repairs to the capsule are complete, the expl*sive device will be released into the bowels of this planet. JENNY: Sounds as if they’re almost ready. BLACK DALEK: Attention all Daleks. Our saucers are hovering above the mine area. Notice to board saucers will be given shortly. 29: INT. CORRIDOR (The DOCTOR and TYLER have made it into the base and the DOCTOR is making “adjustments” to a control.) DOCTOR: Now, I’ve neutralised the warning system. (He passes a tool back to TYLER and waves a hand in front of a door sensor. The door opens.) DOCTOR: Shall we go in? CARL TYLER: I’ll say one thing, Doc - Life’s never dull with you around. DOCTOR: Thank you, but don’t call me “Doc”! I prefer “Doctor”! Do you mind? (They walk through the door.) 30: INT. BASE OF FISSURE TUBE (IAN cautiously pushes open the door again. He crawls through and picks up several of the poles, pushing them through the door and therefore blocking the fissure tube. His task completed, he walks out of the room.) 31: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM DALEK: The work on the capsule is complete. The device is ready. BLACK DALEK: Good. We shall have one hour to leave when the device is fired. Am f*ring now. (It presses a control...) 32: EXT. CLIFFSIDE (...and the capsule again begins its journey, past the sub station and down the tube.) 33: INT. BASE OF FISSURE TUBE (At IAN’S timber block, its journey ends abruptly...) 34: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM BLACK DALEK: The expl*sive device is on its way to the centre of the Earth. We shall go the edge of the mine workings and be picked up by the saucers. 35: INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CONTROL ROOM (Approaching the control room, TYLER and the DOCTOR duck into hiding as the DALEKS stream out of the control room. After they have gone, the two men step out of hiding.) CARL TYLER: That was a close one. DOCTOR: Apparently things are on the move. (Laughs.) (They walk into the control room.) 36: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM (BARBARA and JENNY are still held by the magnetic collars.) BARBARA: Well, they didn’t bother to k*ll us. I suppose the expl*si*n will take care of that. JENNY: It’s no good, Barbara. I can’t move mine! BARBARA: Listen! I think the Daleks are coming back! (But it is the DOCTOR and TYLER who run into the room.) DOCTOR: My dear Barbara! BARBARA: Doctor! DOCTOR: (Pointing to a control near the door.) The magnet! The magnet! Quickly! (TYLER adjusts the control enabling the DOCTOR to free BARBARA.) DOCTOR: Is Chesterton with you? (BARBARA shakes her head as the DOCTOR pulls the collar off the wall.) DOCTOR: Never mind...we must begin our action before the Daleks get back. BARBARA: I don’t think they will be coming back. They activated one of their b*mb. They intend to blow a hole through the centre of the Earth. DOCTOR: But why? JENNY: (Having freed herself.) They’re trying to...pilot the Earth right out of its orbit. The b*mb’s due to go off in half an hours time. DOCTOR: (Excited.) Well, we must prevent this, Barbara. If they succeed, it will the mean that the, er, und, upset the entire constellation. We’ve got to pres, er, prevent it! BARBARA: But how? DOCTOR: By keeping the Daleks here. (To TYLER.) Keep your eyes skinned on the door. Now, I wonder, I, can I do anything with this scanner? (The DOCTOR adjusts a control on one of the scanner consoles. A picture appears of SUSAN and DAVID near the mast.) BARBARA: There’s Susan! DOCTOR: Oh yes! Susan and David. Now, they’re trying to fracture the outer cable ring. JENNY: Well what will that do? DOCTOR: Well, if it’s possible, you see, we might be able to immola, immobilise the Daleks. DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) Scanner frequencies have been changed in Central control. The prisoners must have escaped! Deal with them. DOCTOR: That radio circuit. It’s still working! BARBARA: (To the scanner.) Hurry, Susan, hurry! DOCTOR: There’s nothing we can do, my dear. Just watch and wait. We can’t contact them from here. 37: INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CONTROL ROOM (A DALEK approaches the control room. Through its eye-piece it can see TYLER on look-out.) DALEK: Two zero reporting. 38: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM CARL TYLER: Dalek coming! (BARBARA and JENNY rush to the door.) 39: INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CONTROL ROOM DALEK: Will exterminate them at zero range. 40: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM CARL TYLER: It’s nearly here. (TYLER, BARBARA and JENNY press themselves against the wall. The DOCTOR stands his ground facing the oncoming DALEK. Across the room, the scanner shows DAVID f*ring at the b*mb - there is an expl*si*n. The DALEK carries on approaching the DOCTOR who is now in its eyesight - however...) DALEK: Thermostat reading too high! CARL TYLER: It’s not working! Doctor, it’s not working! DALEK: Heat increase intolerable! Heat increase complete! Power loss compleeeettteee! (Smoke pours out of the DALEK as it cries out in pain. Then it is silent.) CARL TYLER: You took a chance. DOCTOR: A chance? Yes. BARBARA: Can you stop the b*mb, Doctor? DOCTOR: Not now, Barbara. We don’t know how long this little trick of ours will hold the Daleks. We may have to find something else. BARBARA: Well, look. DOCTOR: Hmm? BARBARA: (Pointing at the ROBOMEN control panel.) That...that thing over there controls the Robomen. We discovered that earlier. Er, maybe we could give it new orders? DOCTOR: Yes! That’s brilliant, my dear! Good! Carry on! (BARBARA crouches down by the microphone and imitates a DALEK voice.) BARBARA: Robomen, this is your last order. Obey it and no other. (An impatient DOCTOR joins in.) DOCTOR: Turn on the Daleks, turn on the Daleks, k*ll the Daleks, do you hear?! 41: INT. CORRIDOR (The result is instantaneous. ROBOMEN and slaves join forces in attacking the DALEKS. One is held aloft by the rampaging and jubilant crowd.) 42: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM (Through the door into the corridor, WELLS leads a crowd of humans as they pour through the DALEK control centre. He points out the still DALEK in the control room. Two ROBOMEN burst in and att*ck it. TYLER rushes out to stop the crowd entering. IAN manages to push through. His cry to BARBARA is lost over the sound of the mob but she and the DOCTOR rush forward for a happy reunion.) DOCTOR: My dear boy, where did you spring from? IAN: Well, I was trying to get out of the mine and suddenly the Robomen turned on the Daleks! You know the rest. DOCTOR: Well, the people are fighting back at last! 43: EXT. MINE (The slaves pour out of the mine entrance, attacking each DALEK in their path. They carry on running away from the centre of the DALEK operations...) 44: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM (IAN is pointing out on the map where he blocked the fissure shaft to the DOCTOR, BARBARA, TYLER and JENNY.) IAN: That must be where I jammed it. So that’s musts be where it will explode. BARBARA: But look, it’s going to go off in ten minutes time. DOCTOR: I don’t think their device will succeed in that position. But still, it will be a gigantic expl*si*n. CARL TYLER: Then we ought to get as many people out of this area as we possibly can. (He leads the rush out of the control room...) 45: INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CONTROL ROOM JENNY: We’ll be safe outside the valley. DOCTOR: (Leading them away.) And we must all meet back on the cliff - up where we were before. Now hurry up, all of you! (They run off.) 46: INT. COUNTDOWN (The countdown in the control room continues as the trapped capsule bleeps away...) 47: EXT. CLIFFTOP (The escapees, including WELLS, congregate at the clifftop.) DOCTOR: any second. Keep right down all of you! (They all h*t crouch down as there is a gigantic expl*si*n. Dust flies into the air and lava pours out of the ground. Covered in dust and coughing, the group look on the sight before them.) DOCTOR: The saucers...were caught in the upward thrust of that expl*si*n. JENNY: Do you think any Daleks escaped? DOCTOR: In that, my dear? Impossible. Ahh...! (TYLER stands. The DOCTOR joins him.) DOCTOR: There’s something new for you, Tyler. Ehh? A Volcanic eruption in England. CARL TYLER: It’s unbelievable. DOCTOR: Yes...it’s unbelievable. (Coughs.) JENNY: (Almost in shock.) It’s over! 48: EXT. RIVERSIDE (Back in London, WELLS and another man complete the removal of the debris from around the TARDIS as the DOCTOR and TYLER talk nearby.) CARL TYLER: Well, at least the b*mb didn’t destroy everything. DOCTOR: Hmm! CARL TYLER: Pity Dortmun couldn’t be here. Dortmun and people like him. DOCTOR: Yes, and it’s to them that you must dedicate your next task - the rebuilding of the Earth...and I’m sure you’re going to make a great success of it. CARL TYLER: You sound as if you’re leaving? (The DOCTOR smiles and pats him on the shoulder...as the sound of the chimes of Big Ben echo through the air...) CARL TYLER: Listen! (The two men do so for a moment.) DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Just the beginning...just the beginning. (SUSAN is sat lost in thought nearby. The DOCTOR joins her.) DOCTOR: All alone, eh, Susan, Hmm? SUSAN: I was thinking. DOCTOR: Ahh! Yes, I afraid we’ve...had so little time for that sort of thing lately. SUSAN: It will be nice if we... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) Er, eh, eh, well, I’m sorry, Susan (Laughs.) SUSAN: It wasn’t important, it...what were you going to s... (SUSAN starts to rise but grimaces in pain and sits back down again.) DOCTOR: Er, oh my dear Susan, you’re hurt. SUSAN: Oh, it’s not me, it’s this shoe of mine, look. (Taking it off and passing it to the DOCTOR..) It’s worn right out. DOCTOR: Oh, dear, dear, dear. SUSAN: It must have been that journey back from the mine. DOCTOR: Dear, dear, dear, I shall have to mend this. Shan’t I now? SUSAN: Oh, don’t worry, Grandfather. DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no, no, no worry, my child, no. When I’ve finished with this, it will look as good as new. SUSAN: Really, it’s not worth it. I’ve got dozens of other pairs. DOCTOR: Yes...Mmm. SUSAN: I...I’d better clear up my cupboard - it’s in a dreadful muddle. DOCTOR: (Affectionately.) Yes, you little monkey! You know, since you’ve been away from that school, you seem to have got yourself thoroughly disorganised, haven’t you? Hmm? Hmm. (Hugging her.) Yes, you need taking in hand. Well, er, I, I er, think I must check up on the ship, er...if you don’t mind, er... (He seems embarrassed to go on. He walks away.) SUSAN: Won’t be long... (The DOCTOR goes up to the TARDIS. DAVID is stood a few feet away. SUSAN slowly walks up to him. The DOCTOR watches this, then enters the ship. IAN and BARBARA have been talking to TYLER nearby. IAN, oblivious to what is going on, walks up to DAVID.) IAN: What are your plans, David? (BARBARA joins them.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Me? Oh, I’ll join a group that work the land. More than anything, I want to see things grow again. I want to be a part of it. IAN: It’s a nice idea. Do you come from the country? DAVID CAMPBELL: Yes. My family have always been associated with the land. (BARBARA taps IAN on the shoulder and points at the TARDIS. IAN doesn’t take the hint.) IAN: Oh, er, where do they live? DAVID CAMPBELL: Well they, they live a long way from here. (BARBARA drags IAN away. TYLER walks up to DAVID and SUSAN.) CARL TYLER: Well can’t stand here talking all day. See me before you go, David. DAVID CAMPBELL: I will Tyler. I will. (TYLER smiles at SUSAN and walks off.) SUSAN: Goodbye, Tyler. (He doesn’t answer.) SUSAN: (Quietly.) Bye. (SUSAN walks a few feet away and starts to fiddle with her TARDIS key. DAVID joins her but they are both overcome with embarrassment.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Susan? SUSAN: Yes, David? DAVID CAMPBELL: Please stay, please stay here with me. SUSAN: I can’t stay, David. I don’t belong to this time. DAVID CAMPBELL: But I love you, Susan. (Holding her shoulders.) And I want you to marry me. SUSAN: You...you see, David, I...Grandfather’s old now. He...he needs me. (DAVID turns his back on SUSAN.) SUSAN: (Upset.) Oh, don’t make me choose between you and him, please! DAVID CAMPBELL: But you told me! You said that you’d never known the security of living in one place and one time. Look, you said it was something you always longed for. Well, I’m giving you that, Susan. I’m giving you a place, a time, an identity. (SUSAN pauses, the runs a few feet from him, crying.) SUSAN: No David! (DAVID follows her and stands quietly as SUSAN finishes crying.) SUSAN: I’ve lost my shoe... (She rushes to him.) Oh David, I do love you! I do, I do, I do! 49: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR stands pondering quietly as IAN and BARBARA watch. The old man crosses to the console and closes the doors.) 50: EXT. RIVERSIDE (The doors of the TARDIS slam shut. SUSAN rushes to the ship.) SUSAN: Grandfather! 51: SCANNER IMAGE (SUSAN appears on the scanner. DAVID is stood a few feet behind her.) 52: EXT. RIVERSIDE DOCTOR: (OOV: over tannoy.) Listen, Susan, please. I’ve double-locked the doors. You can’t get in. Now move back, child, where I can see you. 53: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: During all the years, I’ve been taking care of you, you in return have been taking care of me. SUSAN: (On scanner - taking her TARDIS key from around her neck.) Grandfather, I belong with you! DOCTOR: Not any longer, Susan. You’re still my grandchild and always will be. But now, you’re a woman too. 54: EXT. RIVERSIDE DOCTOR: (OOV: on scanner.) I want you to belong somewhere, to have roots of your own. With David, you’ll be able to find those roots. Live normally like any woman should do. 55: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: Believe me, my dear, your future lies with David. And not with a silly old buffer like me. One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. (Reaching for the controls.) Goodbye, Susan, goodbye, my dear. (With a pained look on his face, he activates the controls...) 56: EXT. RIVERSIDE (The TARDIS dematerialises. SUSAN, still holding her TARDIS key, walks into the now empty space and presses the air. She looks at the ground and then into the sky. DAVID joins her and holds out his hand.) DAVID CAMPBELL: Susan?...Susan? (SUSAN takes his hand.) DAVID CAMPBELL: He knew...he knew you could never leave him. (SUSAN looks closely at her key, then drops it on the ground, then walks off hesitantly with DAVID. Behind her, the key lies forgotten on the ground - the key to all time and space...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x09 - Flashpoint"}
foreverdreaming
Written by DAVID WHITAKER Original Air Date: 2 January, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. CAVE (The TARDIS materialises in a darkened cave.) 2: EXT. SPACESHIP (A Spaceship lies at the bottom of a mountainside in a desolate valley. It is long and sleek, like a rocket. It displays the serial number “201” and a Union Jack adorns one of the tail fins. The spaceship has broken in two upon landing and one half of it is at a slight angle to the other. It is obvious that it will never fly again. The only sign of movement is a radar dish spinning round on top of the ship.) 3: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (The dish is picking up a signal that is being relayed to a communications console inside the ship. A young GIRL runs into the ship from outside. She has medium length hair and wears a short black dress with a zigzag collar design. She runs over to the bleeping console. She picks up a microphone but thinks better of it and runs through a door next to the console, shouting as she goes...) GIRL: Bennett! 4: INT. SPACESHIP. CORRIDOR (She runs down a corridor, that is in the section of the ship that is broken in two, and runs up to a door.) GIRL: Bennett! The rescue ship’s landed! Bennett, let me in! (She knocks loudly on the door.) BENNETT: (OOV.) Come in. 5: INT. SPACESHIP. BENNETT’S CABIN (BENNETT, a bearded, crippled man in his thirties, lies on the bed. The GIRL runs up to him, excited with her news.) GIRL: (Happily.) Bennett. The rescue ships landed! It’s arrived. We’re being taken back! Isn’t it marvellous? BENNETT: (Dismissively.) Can’t be the ship. GIRL: Its quite clear on the detector - listen! (The bleeping sound from the communications console reaches them in the cabin.) BENNETT: (Looks evasive.) Must be a fault, must be. Did you talk to them by radio? GIRL: No. I was going to but I ... I thought I’d tell you first. (Disappointed.) I thought you’d be pleased Bennett. BENNETT: The rescue ships not due for another three days. It can’t even find Dido unless we guide it down. You know that. GIRL: But its showing on the screen! Come and look. I’ll help you. BENNETT: Did you hear it land. GIRL: N ... no ... no, I didn’t but it ... BENNETT: The rescue ship can’t land silently. GIRL: It must have done. It’s just got here early that’s all. It is here. It’s as plain as anything on the screen. BENNETT: What’s its location? GIRL: I don’t know. Somewhere on the mountain. BENNETT: Look, Vicki. I know how badly you want to get off this planet. We both want to get away but its no good building up our hopes. Go and radio the rescue ship. You’ll find your mistake ... (VICKI’S look of hope fades. She nods and turns to leave.) BENNETT: And Vicki, watch out for Koquillion. (VICKI suddenly looks scared.) VICKI: I ... I haven’t seen him today. BENNETT: He’ll be around somewhere. And remember he knows nothing about the rescue ship. VICKI: (Nodding and nervous.) I ... I know. BENNETT: So be careful. If he finds out, he’ll k*ll both of us. (She leaves. BENNETT turns over on his bed.) 5: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (VICKI returns to the main quarters and sits down at the communications console. She picks up a microphone, switches the radio on and tunes in.) VICKI: Planet Dido to rescue ship. Planet Dido to rescue ship. Come in please. Over. (The voice of the SPACE CAPTAIN comes through along with a great deal of static.) SPACE CAPTAIN: (OOV.) Rescue ship to planet Dido. Receiving you on strength two. Over. VICKI: (Excited.) Is it true? Have you ... (She calms her voice.) Have you landed? Over. SPACE CAPTAIN: (OOV.) Landed? We’re still sixty-nine flying hours away. We’re proceeding on a normal course. We shall ... VICKI: (Interrupting.) But you ... you can’t be. I mean ... SPACE CAPTAIN: (OOV.) Now don’t worry. We’ll be there. Try to hold on just a bit longer. We’ll contact you for directions in seventeen hours from now. Repeat, seventeen hours. Breaking contact now. VICKI: No! SPACE CAPTAIN: (OOV.) Over and out. VICKI: No! (She tries frantically to re-establish contact.) VICKI: Dido to rescue! Dido to rescue! (She gives up the attempt and puzzles over the SPACE CAPTAIN’S statement.) VICKI: Sixty-nine hours away? (She looks at the radar contact, still bleeping and quite visible on the screen ... ) VICKI: Who’s landed on the mountain? 6: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR lies asleep in his chair as the TARDIS completes its materialisation. BARBARA runs into the room with IAN. They go over to the console.) BARBARA: ...and you know how the ship has a ... a faint sort of trembling while we’re moving? Well, I suddenly realised that it had stopped. IAN: I believe you’re right ... Barbara. I think we have landed. But the Doctor’s never slept through a landing before. (They go over to the old man and both gently shake him.) BARBARA: Doctor! Doctor! IAN: Doctor! BARBARA: Wake up! DOCTOR: Hmm? What’s the matter? What is it? What is it? Oh good gracious me! Don’t tell me I went off to sleep! (He rubs his eyes.) IAN: Yes you did! DOCTOR: Oh! IAN: And at a very critical time. Ah well! I suppose it did you a world of good. DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Deep in the arms of Morphius, eh my boy! (Laughs again.) Well, I feel a bit sticky. I must go and have a wash. BARBARA: Oh, but Doctor, the trembling’s stopped. (He tenderly pats her face.) DOCTOR: Oh, my dear! I’m so glad you’re feeling better! (IAN laughs quietly as he holds up the DOCTOR’S coat for him to put on.) BARBARA: No not me - the ship! DOCTOR: Oh, the...oh my ... I’m so sorry! IAN: (Helping him put his coat on.) Doctor, we appear to have landed while you were asleep. DOCTOR: What? Oh, I say! I must never allow this sort of thing again now. Must we? No! Well all we have to do is to turn the power off. (He goes to the console, presses a switch and the ship falls silent.) BARBARA: Then we have landed. DOCTOR: Yes ... er, (To IAN who is in the way.) excuse me, (To BARBARA.) materialised, I think, is the better word. Well now, lets have a look and see what’s doing. (He walks round the console checking read-outs.) DOCTOR: Yes, the airs very good. The temperature. Yes, wh ... wh ... wherever we are, I think its nice and fine. (Yawns.) Oh, pardon me! Forgive me! I’m so sorry. Yes. Well, I must say, this looks most promising. Now, lets have a little look shall we? (He switches on the scanner. It shows the cave outside.) IAN: Very dark. Can’t really make out anything at all. It looks very rocky whatever it is. DOCTOR: Yes. It does somewhat. Might be a cave, or ... even perhaps underground. BARBARA: You mean we could be trapped down here? DOCTOR: Oh. It doesn’t necessarily mean anything my dear Barbara. We can of course, always travel through ... solid matter ... in flight ... and all, again, we can, we can take off again quite easily, no I do think we ought to step outside and have a look. I will too. Susan, er j ... (He suddenly remembers his loss. IAN and BARBARA look at each other with concern as a look of sorrow passes over the DOCTOR’S face. BARBARA steps forward and speaks gently to him.) BARBARA: Doctor, why don’t you show me how to open the doors? DOCTOR: Hmm, y ... y ... yes, yes, yes, my dear of course, yes, er how silly of me, yes, er, number four switch. (He points to a control that BARBARA activates. The doors glide open with their normal electronic hum. BARBARA smiles.) DOCTOR: Very good! Very good! But you won’t of course try to do that during transit will you? (He laughs. BARBARA raises her eyes to heaven. The three then walk outside.) 7: INT. CAVE (The flashing light on top of the TARDIS illuminates their surroundings.) IAN: It is a cave. You were right Doctor. (BARBARA sniffs the air with a look of distaste on her face.) BARBARA: Strange funny smell. Doesn’t smell like anything on Earth. DOCTOR: No, it doesn’t my dear, no no, but I ... I do know that smell. IAN: Recognise it? DOCTOR: Yes, yes. More or less. Hmm. Hmm. (He turns back to the ship.) Oh, er, have a look round, I should, but don’t go too far away. Remember we haven’t had much luck with these caves during our travels. BARBARA: Well what are you going to do? DOCTOR: Oh, I think I’m going to have a nap! (Laughing, he goes back inside the TARDIS.) IAN: A nap! Huh, well that’s a new one isn’t it? He’s usually the first one to be up and dashing off for a look. BARBARA: Oh maybe we’re going to see a new side to the Doctor. IAN: Yeh, well he isn’t getting any younger is he? You know, it’s the first time he’s been to sleep during a landing. Barbara, I’ve got an idea he’s getting a bit (IAN makes a senile old man movement. BARBARA laughs. The door of the TARDIS suddenly opens and the DOCTOR pokes his head out.) DOCTOR: Remember I can hear what you’re saying. (He points to a rock.) Pick up that stone for me would you? IAN: (Embarrassed.) Er, th ... this one Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes! IAN: Er, certainly. (He picks up the rock and passes it to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: (Smiling.) Thank you. (He goes back inside the ship. A look of relief that the DOCTOR didn’t make an issue of his joke passes over IAN’S face.) BARBARA: All the old associations are still in the ship. You can’t expect him to say goodbye to Susan and then forget about her the next minute. IAN: No, I suppose not. I wonder what she’s doing now? BARBARA: If I know any ... anything about David, she’s learning to milk cows! IAN: Yes, he’s a nice chap David. BARBARA: Mmm. Come on. (She starts to head off but IAN points in another direction.) IAN: There may be a way over here, you know. BARBARA: Yes but I think the sun is coming through that way. IAN: Ah, so it is. (They walk out of the cave in BARBARA’S preferred direction and walk down a passage. Behind them a figure walks from the other side of the cave towards the TARDIS. Dressed in a long cloak, its hands seem to be claws and thorny spikes. It head is also covered in spikes and its eyes are on the end of two stalks. It carries a strangely shaped bejewelled club. It walks up to the TARDIS and stares down the passage that IAN and BARBARA have just taken.) 8: EXT. LEDGE (IAN and BARBARA exit the other end of the passage and find themselves on a ledge on a mountainside. IAN stares over the ledge.) IAN: Barbara! Look. (They see the crashed spaceship down in the valley below.) BARBARA: It’s a spaceship! IAN: Yes ... broken in two. (IAN suddenly spots the union jack on the tail fin.) IAN: Can you see on the side! A flag! It’s from home! BARBARA: Yes! You know it must have crashed. IAN: Yes, although you see those buildings? It might have been destroyed at the same time as they were on the ground. BARBARA: There’s no movement. No sign of life at all. IAN: No, no there isn’t, is there? Well, there must be people or ... things on this planet. BARBARA: Ian. IAN: Hmm? BARBARA: Are you going to tell the Doctor about this? IAN: Well yes, why not? BARBARA: Well, knowing the Doctor, he’ll want to go down there and investigate. IAN: Well, for once, I’d agree with him Barbara. If there any of those crew members left we should get in touch with them. (BARBARA looks behind her.) BARBARA: (Scared.) Ian! (He turns round and sees the spiked CREATURE stood on the ledge behind them. The CREATURE speaks in a slightly high pitched but nevertheless menacing voice.) CREATURE: You are strangers here? (IAN and BARBARA say nothing but just fearfully stare at the CREATURE’S strange and exotic appearance.) CREATURE: Answer my question. Do you come from Earth? BARBARA: Er, yes. Yes, we do. CREATURE: Where is your rocket ship? IAN: (Nodding towards the passageway.) You’ve just come out of the cave. You must have seen it? CREATURE: You landed here ... in that box? BARBARA: Well I know it sounds fantastic but ... we have no reason to lie to you. IAN: Well, obviously you’ve had a good look around. Did you see any sign of another ship having landed? CREATURE: Are there any other crewmembers? IAN: Yes, there is o ... (BARBARA motions for him to be silent. He stops but realises that he’s said too much not to go on.) IAN: One more ... he’s back in the ship. CREATURE: I would like to meet him. Go and fetch him. I will take you all to the city. (IAN walks back towards the passage.) IAN: Coming, Barbara? BARBARA: Yes. (IAN walks into the passage but fails to spot that the CREATURE has stood in front of BARBARA to prevent her following. It raises it’s club to scare her then lowers it.) CREATURE: Why are you frightened? (BARBARA walks backward towards the ledge, the CREATURE following.) BARBARA: Keep away. CREATURE: I am your friend. You can trust me! BARBARA: Can I? (The CREATURE pushes her back towards the ledge. Suddenly, it pushes her over and with a scream, BARBARA falls over the ledge to the valley, down below.) 9: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Even with his glasses on, the DOCTOR also needs a magnifying glass to examine the rock from the cave.) DOCTOR: Hmm, hmm yes ... yes, yes. Oh ... (He then examines his notes, tuts to himself, takes his glasses off and puts them in his pocket.) DOCTOR: My writing gets worse and worse! Dear dear dear dear dear. Well, undoubtedly, we’ve landed on the planet Dido. Hmm. How remarkable. Well, I must say. I’ll be rather nice to meet these friendly people again after all these years. (Laughs.) Fancy landing back here again. Hmm! I wonder if I were to tell Ian that it was deliberate, whether he’d believe me or not? (Laughs, then.) Oh no, of course, I was asleep! Oh (He laughs again.) Pity! Pity! Pity! (Laughs.) 10: EXT. LEDGE (On the ledge the CREATURE looks over the edge, then steps back and adjusts some settings on his club, pointing it at the passageway. There is a slightly high pitched electronic sound and then there is an expl*si*n in the passageway. Rocks come tumbling down ... ) 11: INT. CAVE (IAN is runs towards the rockfall but is pushed backwards by the force of the expl*si*n. The noise brings the DOCTOR out of the TARDIS, coughing and spluttering in the dust.) DOCTOR: (Coughs.) Chesterton! Chesterton! Where are you, my dear boy? Oh, I can’t, Oh, I can’t see anything! (He runs back inside the TARDIS.) 12: EXT. BOTTOM OF THE CLIFF (BARBARA lies unconscious at the bottom of the cliff with the branch of a tree lying on top of her. A shadow falls over her as someone finds her.) 13: INT. CAVE (The DOCTOR comes out of the TARDIS carrying a large torch.) DOCTOR: Chesterton! (IAN groans. The DOCTOR hears this and runs towards the sound. He finds IAN slightly stunned sat against the wall of the cave.) DOCTOR: My dear fellow! Are you alright? IAN: (Weak and breathless.) Barbara ... DOCTOR: What? Where is she? IAN: Barbara ... I thought she was with me. I ... I heard her scream ... DOCTOR: Steady, steady, steady ... IAN: I went back and ... an expl*si*n. DOCTOR: Come on, come on, get your breath back. (He helps him to stand upright.) DOCTOR: Now, now then, you alright? IAN: Yeah ... DOCTOR: well, lets try and look for her shall we? IAN: Yes ... yes ... this way ... DOCTOR: Be careful now, be careful. (His arm round IAN, They hobble towards the passage) DOCTOR: Oh, good gracious, the whole roof’s fallen in! IAN: This blocks the cave! Barbara! (They start to try and unblock the passage.) DOCTOR: Oh I hope we shan’t get another fall. I don’t think the TARDIS is likely to ... (IAN gives up trying to shift the rockfall.) IAN: No use ... Doctor! ... this wasn’t an accident. DOCTOR: (Shining the torch in IAN’S face.) Wh..wh..what are you talking about, my boy? IAN: Oh it was a ... thing, repulsive thing with a ... hideous face. DOCTOR: With hands and feet like claws? IAN: Yes, that's it? How do you know? DOCTOR: Well this is the planet Dido. I’ve been here before, I know them very well. IAN: What? DOCTOR: They’re very friendly people. IAN: (Incredulous.) Friendly? DOCTOR: Yes! IAN: Oh, it certainly wasn’t friendly to us! Must have kept Barbara, that (Suddenly remembers.) ... that scream! Barbara! (He turns back to start pulling at the rockfall. The DOCTOR pulls him back.) DOCTOR: Oh don’t for heavens sake start scratching there. Try and find another way out. This thing, was it armed? IAN: No, no, it wasn’t. Wait a minute, it was carrying ... some sort of jewelled club ... about so long. DOCTOR: With a big head, resembling a spanner? IAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Yes. IAN: I don’t know why you bother to ask. DOCTOR: Yes, that may account for this. IAN: What? DOCTOR: When I was here last time, if I remember rightly, they’d just perfected this thing. It’s a ray, used in construction work. IAN: Ahh ... DOCTOR: Now look here, what about Barbara, are you alright? Are you capable? IAN: Yes I’m not too bad. DOCTOR: Come along! Don’t just sit there my dear boy, stand up, stand up (Laughs.) Come along, that’s it, mind your head, it’s only dust, (He dusts IAN down.) DOCTOR: No bones broken? Eh? IAN: Thank you Doctor, the most thorough going medical I’ve ever had! DOCTOR: Yes, it’s a pity I didn’t get that degree, isn’t it! (They laugh. The DOCTOR hands the torch back to IAN.) DOCTOR: ‘scuse me. (They come out of the passage into the main part of the cave.) IAN: You say these people were friendly? DOCTOR: Really. Very friendly people. IAN: If that’s a sample, I’ll take the Daleks anytime. DOCTOR: (Dabbing his forehead with his handkerchief.) Now look here, you take yourself off there (Points.) and try and find Barbara. IAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Come along and be careful. IAN: Yeh, we need to be careful. These people are dangerous.. (He walks off leaving the DOCTOR quietly pondering.) DOCTOR: But why ... why ... what could have happened to changed them? I wonder? 14: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (VICKI is rearranging some blankets on a bunk. She hears a noise outside the closed door of the ship and jumps back. She grabs some rocks off a console and sits with them quickly at a table. The door opens and the CREATURE walks in.) CREATURE: You have been outside. Stand up! (VICKI does as instructed.) CREATURE: What were you doing? VICKI: (Nervous.) I ... walking. CREATURE: In future, you will go no further than fifty yards from this ship. (VICKI closes her eyes in fear.) You understand? (She nods. The CREATURE comes nearer.) CREATURE: You were dragging something. A sack? VICKI: Ohh ... just some stones, I ... I, I collect them. They’re very beautiful. (She holds them up. The CREATURE knocks them out of her hand and walks towards the door that leads to BENNETT’S cabin.) CREATURE: I’m going to talk to Bennett. Remember you both owe your lives to me. VICKI: I ... I heard a sound (The CREATURE turns back to face her.) ... from the mountain ... a, an expl*si*n. CREATURE: A space machine has arrived. VICKI: People? CREATURE: A warlike people! They wanted to pillage the ship! I could not save them from my people, as I do Bennett and yourself. They’re walled up in a cave. If they’re not d*ad already, they will die of hunger and thirst. VICKI: (Shouts.) I bet you never gave them a chance, you could have ... (The CREATURE holds up its club. VICKI gasps and squirms as she realises she has gone too far ... ) VICKI: I’m sorry! CREATURE: Remember, I am the only one who can save you from my people. You should be grateful! I am your only protection! (The CREATURE walks off towards BENNETTS’ quarters closing the connecting door behind it. VICKI goes to listen at the door.) 15: INT. SPACESHIP. CORRIDOR (The CREATURE goes up to the door of BENNETT’S cabin and tries to open it.) BENNETT: (OOV.) You can’t come in. KOQUILLION: It is Koquillion! Open the door. (The door opens and it walks in.) 16: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (VICKI hears this and goes back to the bunk. She pulls the blankets back, to reveal BARBARA.) VICKI: Koquillion has just seen me helping you here. I knew he would. I knew. He knows everything. Everything! BARBARA: Well, tell me ... VICKI: Shhh! He’ll hear you! BARBARA: (Whispers.) Oh, alright! VICKI: Please stay there. He might come back. You don’t know him like I do. BARBARA: Yes, but listen, what’s your name? VICKI: Vicki. BARBARA: That short for Victoria? VICKI: No, just Vicki. V,I,C,K,I. BARBARA: I’m Barbara, look, tell me more about this Kokillion. VICKI: He just keeps us here, Bennett and me. There’s a rescue ship on the way. He doesn’t know about that. But he’ll find out. I know he will. BARBARA: But why does he keep you here? VICKI: They ... they k*lled all the crew. We ... when we landed we, we made contact here. Everyone on board was inven, invited to a grand sort of meeting. I couldn’t go, I was ill, a fever or something. I stayed here that night. I remember waking up, a thunderstorm I thought, but is was an expl*si*n. Bennett ... Bennett ... dragged himself back. I was ill for days, I didn’t know about it ‘til later. I came around and ... found Bennett. He can’t walk. We just wait and then Koquillion. (She collapses into sobs on BARBARA’S shoulder.) BARBARA: Well, if his people k*lled all your crew, why did, doesn’t he k*ll you. VICKI: We don’t know. My father was taking me ... my father ... (She starts crying again at the memory, and as BARBARA watches sympathetically, wipes away her tears.) VICKI: Your ship, is your ship still here? BARBARA: Yes. VICKI: (She starts and turns to BARBARA.) I’ve just remembered. He told me tha ... didn’t you hear him? Th ... they k*lled all your crew too. (BARBARA considers this appalling news.) 17: INT. PASSAGEWAY (IAN and the DOCTOR walk along a narrow, mist filled, ledge. IAN is carrying the torch.) IAN: Ahh, I wonder how much further Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, I can’t understand it. I just can’t understand it. v*olence is totally alien to people on this planet. IAN: Oh, people change, Doctor. New leader, different set of circumsta ... DOCTOR: No no no, my dear Chesterton, no. All the more reason for people on this planet to hate death and destruction. My dear boy, when I was here before, the, what, the total population amounted to, a handle of people, merely a hundred. IAN: Is that all? DOCTOR: Yes, exactly, all the more reason for holding onto life. Oh peace, friendship, happiness. This means everything to the people here. IAN: Yes, yes, I see what you mean. Well, you ready to carry on? DOCTOR: (Waving his handkerchief.) Me? Carry on? My dear fellow, it was you that stopped! (Laughs.) 18: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (VICKI is tending to a wound on BARBARA’S arm.) VICKI: Sorry Barbara, I forgot all about your cuts and bruises. BARBARA: Oh it could be worse. It’s the arm mainly. I must have strained it catching hold of that tree to break my fall. VICKI: There. How’s that? BARBARA: That feels much better. (VICKI walks away as BARBARA rolls her sleeve back down.) VICKI: Wonder if Koquillion ‘s gone? BARBARA: what are the other people like? VICKI: Mmm? Oh, he’s the only one we see. They live quite near here I believe but, well, I don’t know. (She opens a locker and brings out an advanced sort of g*n.) VICKI: This fires a flare. BARBARA: Is that for the rescue ship? VICKI: Yes, I always keep it ready. There’s room to land round here you know. BARBARA: It’ll all be ending for you soon then? VICKI: (Quietly.) Yes. BARBARA: Well, you don’t sound very sure? VICKI: (She looks towards BENNETT’S cabin.) There’s always Koquillion. He could stop us. He could keep me here ...forever (She turns back to BARBARA who has a sorrowful look on her face.) VICKI: What are you looking like that for? BARBARA: Like what? VICKI: You’re sorry for me aren’t you? I’m perfectly alright, you know. I don’t care if nobody ever comes, I’m fine. I’m perfectly alright. (She puts the g*n back in the locker. She suddenly hears a noise from the corridor. In a panic, she hustles BARBARA back to the bunk and re-covers her with the blankets.) VICKI: Quick! (She finishes covering her and dashes to sit at the table. The door opens. It is BENNETT, holding onto the door for support.) VICKI: (With relief.) Ah, Bennett! BENNETT: He’s gone. I tried to get things out of me but I didn’t tell him. VICKI: No. BENNETT: I didn’t tell him about the rescue ship. VICKI: No. BENNETT: He told me about the people on the mountain. He’s k*lled them. We’ve got to stick together Vicki. He’s k*lled them! VICKI: (Shakes her head and smiles.) No he hasn’t Bennett! Not all of them anyway. (She steps over to the bunk and pulls the blankets back. BARBARA sits up. BENNETT stares at her.) 19: INT. LEDGE IN PASSAGEWAY (The DOCTOR and IAN continue their passage through the mountain.) IAN: The ledge is narrowing out now Doctor DOCTOR: What’s that, my boy, What? What’s that? (The DOCTOR slips. IAN grabs him.) IAN: Oh, oh, careful! DOCTOR: (Nervous laugh.) Oh thank you, thank you, thank you! I say, look, have you noticed the ledge? It’s narrowing out! IAN: (Ruefully.) Yes, Doctor! DOCTOR: Wait, wait! IAN: Huh? DOCTOR: Point the torch, shine it down there. (He grabs IAN’S hand and points the torch down over the ledge.) DOCTOR: You see that? It’s quite a chasm. IAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Hmm! IAN: Certainly is. Not very much to hold onto here either. Just have to keep ourselves ... pressed against the rockface. DOCTOR: M ... my dear boy, if I pressed myself any harder against this thing I would be doing myself an injury! (They hear a roaring noise from below. IAN shines the torch directly into the DOCTOR’S face.) IAN: What was that? DOCTOR: Well, it’s not me, is it! Shine the torch down there! (IAN shines the torch back down into the chasm. A reptilian creature, its face similar to KOQUILLION’S lies below.) DOCTOR: What ... IAN: What’s that nightmare? DOCTOR: Isn’t it sufficient that it ... it’s down there and we’re up here? Hmm? IAN: Yes ... it’s got eyes! I saw them, Green! (The DOCTOR laughs gently) IAN: Hmm, used to daylight. Must have come in from the outside. DOCTOR: Oh. Very good, yes. Very intelligent reasoning. So good ... I might have said the same thing myself! IAN: Gotta get out of here. What we need are some good handholds. Oh, here we are, all provided. (IAN has found three mask like carvings in the wall. Again, they resemble KOQUILLION’S face but each has a large curved ring handle sticking out of them.) IAN: Right Doctor, somebody’s been this way before. DOCTOR: Well now, be careful. IAN: Yes I will, just hold onto that. (He passes the DOCTOR the torch.) IAN: Try this. It’s alright. (IAN grabs hold of the first ring and swings himself over.) IAN: Yeh? Give me the torch. (He takes the torch from the DOCTOR.) IAN: Swing yourself over. (The old man does so.) Alright? OK? DOCTOR: Yes. (IAN grabs the third face handle.) IAN: Watch this one. It’s loose. Oh! (The handle comes away from the face with some cords attached to it leading back into the rock.) IAN: ... hurry up, I’ve pulled it out! (IAN stumbles but regains his balance on the ledge in front of a much larger face carving.) DOCTOR: What? IAN: Oh I’m over. Can you manage? DOCTOR: (Examining the pulled out handle.) Chesterton. Its oil, it’s got oil on it! IAN: What’s that noise? DOCTOR: Come back here! They’ve trapped you into pulling this thing out. IAN: What’s that noise Doctor? I ... (A series of sharp spikes extend from either side of the face carving overreaching the extent of the ledge - with IAN trapped between them.) DOCTOR: Don’t go any further! IAN: What ... I can’t go either way! (The DOCTOR examines the ring mechanism. IAN shines the torch over the ledge towards the reptile roaring below. He turns round. From the centre of the face carving, a further series of sharp spikes start to slowly extend towards him.) IAN: Doctor, They’re pushing me towards the edge! (The reptile below roars, awaiting its victim ... )
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foreverdreaming
Written by DAVID WHITAKER Original Air Date: 9 January, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. LEDGE IN PASSAGEWAY IAN: Doctor? I ... (A series of sharp spikes extend from either side of the face carving overreaching the extent of the ledge - with IAN trapped between them.) DOCTOR: Don’t go any further! IAN: What ... I can’t go either way! (The DOCTOR examines the ring mechanism. IAN shines the torch over the ledge towards the reptile roaring below. He turns round. From the centre of the face carving, a further series of sharp spikes start to slowly extend towards him.) IAN: Doctor, They’re pushing me towards the edge! (The reptile below roars, awaiting its victim. IAN touches one of the blades but quickly pulls his hand back in pain.) IAN: Doctor, they’re razor sharp! DOCTOR: Take your coat off my boy and throw it over the blades. IAN: Hold the...torch for me please. (He passes the torch to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: (Taking it.) Right. IAN: Ha! DOCTOR: Now swing yourself round. (IAN places his coat over the end of the blades.) IAN: Give me a hand. DOCTOR: Come on, come on, come on. (IAN swings round the edge of the outermost blades as the watching reptile roars below.) IAN: Thanks. (Looking at the trap.) I thought I’d had it. What do you think this is for? DOCTOR: I’ve no idea. I’ve never seen it before in my life. (IAN retrieves his coat and puts it back on. He looks at the third face carving with the dislodged ring pull.) IAN: I suppose this operates the knives. DOCTOR: Yes, quite so. (He passes the torch back to IAN.) Then we’ve got to get this thing back in its place. (The reptile roars again. IAN shines the torch down onto it as the DOCTOR examines the trap mechanism.) IAN: The executioner sounds disappointed. DOCTOR: Yes, never mind about all that. Come on, give me a hand. Barbara’s still outside, she might be in great danger. (IAN shines the torch on the third face carving.) 2: EXT. SPACESHIP (Mists drift round the wrecked spaceship.) 3: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (BENNETT lies on the bunk as BARBARA listens to his breathing.) VICKI: Is he... is he d*ad? BARBARA: No, it must have been the strain of walking out here made him collapse. (To Bennett.) How do you feel? VICKI: This is Barbara, Bennett. (They prop him up and VICKI passes him a bowl of water, which he sips.) BENNETT: Koquillion told me of your arrival. He’s k*lled your friends. BARBARA: I don’t think so. I’m sure they’re alright. BENNETT: Koquillion doesn’t make mistakes. BARBARA: Well, he did about me. You know the next time he visits us, we might be able to surprise him. (BENNETT looks at BARBARA in shock.) BARBARA: He doesn’t know I’m here does he? So we could set a trap and overpower him! BENNETT: No...no.. VICKI: It’s a marvellous idea isn’t it Bennett? BENNETT: (Sharply.) No! BARBARA: Well surely it’s worth a try? You wouldn’t be any worse off than you are now. BENNETT: The Mir rescue ship is due to arrive. Well, hasn’t Vicki told you that? We have to sit still, do as he says. Maybe we’ll have a chance of escaping back to earth. VICKI: We could still go. BENNETT: You’re just a child, you don’t know what you’re talking about. We get rid of Koquillion, we gain nothing. If the plan fails, he kills us. VICKI: (Sadly.) Bennett’s right Barbara. BENNETT: Of course I’m right. Just because I lie on that bed all day doesn’t...doesn’t mean I’ve lost the use of my brain! (He sits up.) Help me to my room, please? (He puts his arm round BARBARA and she and VICKI help him out of the room.) 4: INT. SPACESHIP. CORRIDOR BENNETT: You will do as Koquillion says, won’t you? Now you do understand the consequences? (BARBARA nods.) Thank you. BARBARA: I’ll help you to your bed. BENNETT: I’m alright (Shouts.) I said I’m alright! I can manage. (He stumbles into his cabin and shuts the door in a puzzled BARBARA’S face.) VICKI: I’d better go and collect the water, it...gets...dark early on Dido. Will you lay the table, Barbara? BARBARA: (Staring at BENNETT’S cabin.) Er...yes, yes, alright. VICKI: I’ll show you where the things are. (They walk back into the living quarters.) 5: INT. LEDGE IN PASSAGEWAY (The DOCTOR puts the ring back into its place in the face carving.) DOCTOR: I think that’s got it back. Watch! (With a quite rumbling noise, the blades slowly retract.) IAN: Yes! You’ve done it, Doctor! Ah, there they go. Well, lets hope there aren’t any more surprises like that waiting for us, come on. (IAN walks off. The DOCTOR stops to examine the large face carving where the blades have now fully retracted.) IAN: Well come on, Doctor. (The DOCTOR follows IAN.) 6: EXT. OUTSIDE SPACESHIP (Another of the reptiles lies in the mouth of a cave. Vicki walks along with two water canisters.) 7: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (BARBARA lays the table. She opens the locker and briefly examines the flare g*n. She puts it back and takes out a small tin that she puts on the table.) 8: EXT. OUTSIDE SPACESHIP (The reptile still waits in the cave mouth.) 9: INT. PASSAGEWAY IAN: Daylight Doctor! We must be nearly there! DOCTOR: Yes, I think you’re right (Laughs.) (They walk forward but the DOCTOR spots a doorway in the cave wall.) DOCTOR: Chesterton! IAN: Look out Doctor, don’t go too near the edge! DOCTOR: Tight, look, there’s a door IAN: What? DOCTOR: Now that must lead somewhere. IAN: Yes, it is. DOCTOR: Yes, but they’ll be no time to get a...to open that, come on, lets go the obvious way. IAN: Alright. (They carry on.) DOCTOR: Go on, go on! IAN: Now mind this edge. DOCTOR: Just so long as nobody starts...creeping up behind us. (The DOCTOR glances behind him at the door.) 10: EXT. OUTSIDE SPACESHIP (VICKI, canisters in hand, stops near the cavemouth and the reptile watches her.) 11: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (BARBARA wanders round the room. She stops by a window and sees the reptile in the cave mouth shuffling towards VICKI. She runs to the locker, grabs the flare g*n and runs out of the ship ... ) 12: EXT. OUTSIDE SPACESHIP ( ... where she raises the g*n and points it at the creature.) BARBARA: Vicki! (VICKI jumps up and sees the reptile. She shouts at BARBARA.) VICKI: No! No don’t! No! (BARBARA fires at the reptile. The g*n flashes and the flare hits the animal. It writhes in agony and cries out in pain as it dies.) 13: INT. PASSAGEWAY (The sound reaches the DOCTOR and IAN.) DOCTOR: What was that? IAN: Horrible! DOCTOR: What is it? IAN: Come on. (He pushes the old man forward.) 14: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (BARBARA and VICKI run into the spaceship. VICKI is furious.) VICKI: You k*lled Sandy, why? What made you? BARBARA: He was almost on top of you! VICKI: How could you do it? Sandy only wanted some food. BARBARA: But he was going to att*ck you! VICKI: Sandy only ever eat plants. I trained him to come here for food. BARBARA: Well...I didn’t know that did I...I, I mean how could I? VICKI: I shouted, you wouldn’t listen. BARBARA: Look, all I could see was its jaws. Anyway it suddenly started screeching I thought... VICKI: (Distraught.) You k*lled him! (VICKI sits at the table and sobs.) You k*lled him! (The door of the ship suddenly opens and the DOCTOR and IAN clamber in.) DOCTOR: Barbara! BARBARA: Doctor! DOCTOR: My dear Barbara! IAN: Barbara! BARBARA: Oh Doctor, you’re alright! (They hug each other.) DOCTOR: Oh, I’ve never felt better in my life! (He suddenly spots VICKI sat at the table. The three of them look at her.) 15: INT. PASSAGEWAY (KOQUILLION walks through the door that the DOCTOR spotted earlier. He sees the footprints of the DOCTOR and IAN in the sand and starts to follow them.) 16: EXT. LEDGE (KOQUILLION stands on the ledge looking down onto the spaceship.) 17: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (The DOCTOR sits at the table near VICKI. IAN and BARBARA are sat next to him. VICKI is wiping her face with a handkerchief.) DOCTOR: That’s better, that’s better. Now blow your nose and wipe your face. That’s it. I don’t like saying it my dear but you do look a bit of a mess you know! (Laughs.) IAN: Yes, cheer up, Vicki! And don’t forget, if old Kokilikin comes round, I’ve always got this! (He holds up the flare g*n.) VICKI: Oh, you mustn’t, Ian. I keep telling you why we did what he said, you’ll spoil it, you’ll spoil everything! DOCTOR: Now, now, now. It’s going to be alright. We’re not going to jeopardise your safety! Or your rescue! Now, first of all, I’d like to have a talk with this Mr. Bennett of yours. VICKI: Oh I keep, DOCTOR: Will you take...take me to him? VICKI: I keep telling you, the rescue ship's on its way. It’s going to take us back to Earth. Can’t you understand? DOCTOR: Yes... BARBARA: Look Vicki, I know you’ve been here a long time but you're underestimating what Koquillion can do. VICKI: (Standing up suddenly.) Yes! You’re right! I’ve been here a long time. I know what it’s like here! You’ve only just come and you’re trying to ruin things! It was alright before, it was! The rescue ship's coming and...nobody asked you to come here, nobody! (She walks away and stands with her back to them.) DOCTOR: Now Vicki... VICKI: Go away! (The DOCTOR signals to IAN and BARBARA that he wants them to leave. They get up and walk out of the ship, leaving the DOCTOR alone to talk to VICKI.) DOCTOR: Vicki, my dear...? (She turns and tearfully looks at him. He beckons her over and points to the chair next to him.) DOCTOR: (Whispers gently.) Sit down. (She sits. He leans over to her.) DOCTOR: You don’t mean that do you? Well? Do you? Mmm? (She shakes her head and he laughs.) Good, good! Now, I’ve listened to all you’ve said and I’ve thoroughly understood. We’re here to help you. This is all we’re going to try to do. You know, we’re not going to ruin things for you. VICKI: (Calmer and quieter.) Bennett says that when we get back we’ve got to tell them on Earth what they did to us here. He thinks this planet should be wiped out... DOCTOR: Yes, I... VICKI: He says Koquillion shouldn’t be made to get away with what he’s done to us. DOCTOR: I think I agree with Bennett - at least about er, Koquillion, but don’t you think there’s just a chance, just er, a little chance that my ideas might prove the better ones? Hmm? Good, good! Now, I’ll go and have a talk with Mr. Bennett and I promise you, I’ll listen to everything he says. Hmm? VICKI: I’ll take you to him. DOCTOR: Splendid! (She stands, walks over to the door leading to BENNETT’S cabin, takes the DOCTOR’S hand and opens the door.) 18: INT. SPACESHIP. CORRIDOR (She takes him to the door of the cabin, the DOCTOR looking round at his surroundings as they go.) DOCTOR: Ah, well now, I don’t think you need to wait my dear. You go back with Ian and Barbara. Hmm? VICKI: (Disdainfully.) Barbara... DOCTOR: Oh, now now now, You mustn’t be like that! You’re not giving her much of a chance are you? She’s nice you know! You’ll like her! VICKI: She k*lled Sandy. DOCTOR: Yes, well, so might I have done! VICKI: No! DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: Well, you haven’t got the sort of face that...kills things DOCTOR: (Laughs.) And Barbara has I suppose? Eh? You know she was frightened, frightened for your safety. She thought you were going to be hurt. Good gracious me, you mustn’t behave like that! Now, look here, er, erm, I think the best thing for you to do is to pop along back there, don’t you, hmm? Eh? You must believe what Barbara did, try and understand my dear, and why she did it! Just for me, eh? (VICKI smiles and walks back to the living quarters. The DOCTOR knocks on BENNETT’S door.) DOCTOR: Mr. Bennett! BENNETT: (OOV.) You can’t come in. (The DOCTOR pushes the door but only manages to open it a little.) DOCTOR: I want to talk to you! (The DOCTOR picks up a girder type piece of metal from the floor and starts banging it against the cabin door.) DOCTOR: Oh...ah dear... 19: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (VICKI ignores the banging noise and starts to clear away the table. The outer door opens and IAN and BARBARA enter the ship. VICKI just glances at them.) IAN: The Doctor gone to see Mr. Bennett? VICKI: Yes, I took him. IAN: Good, good. (VICKI walks past BARBARA, puts some metal containers away and then turns back quietly to her.) VICKI: Barbara? BARBARA: Yes? VICKI: I’m sorry. Really I am. BARBARA: (Smiles.) I’m sorry too...about Sandy. (She helps her clear things away.) VICKI: Well, you didn’t know. I’m afraid I’ve got rather used to being on my own. IAN: We know how you feel Vicki. We felt the same way ourselves at first. VICKI: At first? I don’t understand. You’re from Earth too aren’t you? BARBARA: Yes, but it goes a bit deeper than that. VICKI: How do you mean? BARBARA: Well, erm, what was the year when you left Earth? VICKI: (Puzzled.) 2493, of course. My mother had just died and Daddy wanted to get away so he took a job on the planet Astra. IAN: You were on your way there and you crashed here? VICKI: Yes...but why did you ask me the year? What year did you leave? IAN: Well, you see Vicki, Our space ship, er, well isn’t like this one. It...it travels through time. BARBARA: We left in 1963. VICKI: (Amazed.) 1963! But that means you’re about...five hundred and fifty years old! (BARBARA looks momentarily horrified at this thought and IAN bursts into laughter at her reaction.) BARBARA: Why, yes, I suppose I am...yes, it’s a way of looking at it, but I’ll try not to look at it too often! (She elbows IAN in the ribs as he walks over to her still laughing.) VICKI: They didn’t have time machines in 1963, they didn’t know anything then! IAN: Oh, we weren’t entirely ignorant, young lady! Even the Doctor thought it was worth paying us a visit. That’s how we got mixed up with him in the first place. BARBARA: The Doctors from a different age, a different planet altogether. VICKI: I don’t believe you at all, you’re joking with me! (IAN and BARBARA laugh) VICKI: The Doctor, a time traveller!? IAN AND BARBARA: Yes! (They all laugh together.) 20: INT. SPACESHIP. CORRIDOR (The DOCTOR continues to batter at the door until it bursts open and...) 21: INT. SPACESHIP. BENNETT’S CABIN (...he staggers into an empty cabin. He throws the girder onto the bed and looks around him. He spots a cupboard.) DOCTOR: (Laughs gently.) What have we here? (He opens the cupboard and finds a various pieces of electronic equipment.) DOCTOR: Tape recordings for what? (He switches the machine on and BENNETT’S voice echoes through the cabin.) BENNETT: (OOV.) You can’t come in. (The DOCTOR switches the tape off and activates another control. He hears the conversation from the bugged living quarters.) VICKI: (OOV.) Oh yes I like the Doctor... 22: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS VICKI: ...its funny but as soon as he walked in, I...I felt that...you could trust him, but why does he wear those funny clothes?! And that long white hair! (BARBARA smiles at IAN who laughs quietly.) BARBARA: Vicki, I’ve told you the Doctor comes from another time. 23: INT. SPACESHIP. BENNETT’S CABIN VICKI: (OOV.) Oh, don’t start that again! (IAN can be heard laughing. The DOCTOR smiles and switches the machine off.) DOCTOR: Hmm! Silly child! Silly child! (He closes the cupboard.) DOCTOR: Intercom systems, tape recordings, now, I wonder what else? Hmm? (He walks over to a control panel on the other side of the cabin next to the bed. At random, he pulls a lever down. A trapdoor in the floor in the middle of the cabin bangs open. The DOCTOR walks over, kneels down and looks through the trapdoor.) DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Yes, I see, an easy way to get out of a locked room! 24: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS IAN: They’re taking a long time aren’t they? (He walks over to the door leading to the cabin. VICKI follows.) VICKI: I don’t think we should disturb them. IAN: Well, they can always tell me to go away. (Followed by the two women, he goes through the door...) 25: INT. SPACESHIP. CORRIDOR (...and down the corridor to BENNETT’S cabin. He knocks on the door.) IAN: Doctor? Mr. Bennett? Can I come in? Doctor? (He knocks again.) Doctor? (He knocks once more then pushes the door open.) 26: INT. SPACESHIP. BENNETT’S CABIN (He enters an empty cabin.) IAN: They’ve gone! (BARBARA and VICKI run in. The trapdoor in the floor is now closed.) 27: INT. PASSAGEWAY (The DOCTOR is again in the passageway that he traversed earlier with IAN. He reaches the door set in the rock and walks through it.) 28: INT. HALL OF JUDGEMENT (He finds himself at the top of a flight of steps that is at one end of a long and atmospheric chamber. Incense burns from the top of several pillars that form an avenue from the steps to the other end of the hall. The DOCTOR walks down the steps and between the columns. He reaches an ornate table and chairs and, beyond them, an altar type affair with candlesticks and other regalia placed on it. He throws open a chest and finds ornate robes within. He takes one out and examines it.) 29: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (The three re-enter the living quarters.) BARBARA: But where could they have gone to? VICKI: Perhaps Koquillion came. IAN: No, we would have heard him, anyway, the Doctor would surely have warned us. BARBARA: He wouldn’t go off without telling us. What do you think we ought to do? VICKI: I think we should stay here. IAN: No. Go back to the TARDIS. In the end, the Doctor’ll make for that. Come on. Quickly. (They leave the ship.) 30: INT. HALL OF JUDGEMENT (The DOCTOR sits quietly in one of the chairs with his back to the hall. He hears a noise behind him.) DOCTOR: Come in, come in, won’t you? I’ve been waiting to talk to you. (KOQUILLION enters the chamber, walks down the stairs and through the columns. The DOCTOR stands up but still keeps his back to the approaching creature. When KOQUILLION is stood behind him, the old man speaks.) DOCTOR: This used to be the peoples’ hall of judgement. (He turns and faces KOQUILLION.) DOCTOR: Fitting in the present circumstances don’t you think? Hmm? Mr. Bennett, May I remind you that masks and robes such as you are wearing are only used on absolutely ceremonial occasions, hmm? (“KOQUILLION” takes off one of his spiked hands, revealing a human hand. This mask is then taken off and BENNETT’S bearded features glare malevolently at the DOCTOR.) BENNETT: Are you finished? DOCTOR: Yes, I had hoped that you would continue. This elaborate plan...must have been conceived for some reason, what? Hmm? (BENNETT walks towards the DOCTOR who starts to back away round the table. BENNETT follows.) BENNETT: To save my life. I k*lled a crewmember on the spaceship to Astra. I was arrested. The ship crashed. My crime hadn’t been radioed to Earth. I knew if I could get rid of the other crewmembers... DOCTOR: ...get rid of the other crewmembers and blame...their deaths on the Dido people, hmm? (Laughs.) BENNETT: When we crash landed, the inhabitants invited us all to a grand meeting. It was simple. I just arranged an expl*sive, using the ships armaments. The whole thing went up. All the inhabitants, the crew, the whole race. DOCTOR: You destroyed a whole planet to save your own skin. You’re insane! (BENNETT places his bejewelled club-like w*apon on the table.) BENNETT: The girl didn’t know I’d been arrested. When we get back to Earth, she’d support my story. I dressed up as Koquillion to show her how terrible the people here were. DOCTOR: If that happened, your guilt would have been hidden forever, hmm? BENNETT: If it happened? (He laughs as the DOCTOR quietly reaches for the club.) Nothings changed. There’s only three more people for Koquillion to k*ll, that’s all. (The DOCTOR raises the club. BENNETT sees this and grabs at it. In the struggle, it is activated and there is an expl*si*n on the other side of the hall. Part of the roof crashes down. The club is also broken in two in the fight between the two men. The DOCTOR grabs a sword off the altar. BENNETT raises one of the chairs and the DOCTOR lunges at it with the sword. Both w*apon and “shield” are cast aside. The DOCTOR rushes at the altar for another w*apon but BENNETT grabs him and starts strangling him. BENNETT suddenly stops in shock. Two men, clothed in white suits, boots and small cloaks stand on the other side of the altar. They are native Didonians.) BENNETT: No! I thought I’d k*lled all of you! (The two Didonians walk round either side of the altar towards the criminal. He backs away across the hall, looking in vain for any w*apon. He thrusts a chair in the path of one of the two oncomers but he merely steps aside it. BENNETT runs up the steps as the Didonians approach and out of the door but oversteps the narrow ledge outside. With a scream, he falls to his death. The two Didonians turn back to the collapsed DOCTOR. The last thing he sees before losing consciousness is their two expressionless faces looking down at him...) 31: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR comes to in his chair in the console room.) BARBARA: He’s coming round. (He looks around him as the two teachers bend over him.) DOCTOR: Oh, Barbara, Ian. We’re back in the ship, eh? IAN: Yes, I...took the liberty of borrowing your key. BARBARA: Doctor, we found you outside. DOCTOR: Yes, that’s ... they left me outside. IAN: They? Who? DOCTOR: Oh, er, two strange, er, er, yes, Bennett’s d*ad. Bennett was Koquillion, you know. IAN: What? Bennett, Koquillion? DOCTOR: Yes. IAN: What, well, why, why, Doctor? BARBARA: No, no, no, no, not now Ian, He’s in no condition to answer questions. DOCTOR: The girl, Vicki, now, did you, did you bring her? BARBARA: Yes. DOCTOR: Where? (He stands up with the teacher’s help.) BARBARA: She’s waiting outside. DOCTOR: Oh, I must get some fresh air. Yes, I...I want to have a talk with that child. IAN: You alright? DOCTOR: Yes, now don’t fuss especially, I’m...I’m quite alright my boy, I’m quite alright. (He pats IAN’S hand and walks out of the TARDIS.) BARBARA: Ian, what about Vicki? I wish we could take her with us. Hmm? (IAN looks at her in surprise.) Well, we can’t leave her here, can we? 32: INT. CAVE (In the cave outside the TARDIS, the DOCTOR has explained all to a saddened VICKI.) DOCTOR: Er, that’s about...what happened, and that’s all. VICKI: Then...Bennett m*rder my father? (The DOCTOR nods. VICKI turns sadly away.) VICKI: Then I’ve got nobody. DOCTOR: My dear, my dear, (He places his hands on her shoulders.) why don’t you come with us? Hmm? VICKI: In...in that old box? DOCTOR: (Laughs.) We can travel anywhere and everywhere in “that old box” as you call it! Regardless of space and time. VICKI: Then it is a time machine? DOCTOR: And if you like adventure, my dear, I can promise you an abundance of it! Apart from all that, well you’ll...you’ll be amongst friends. Hmm? Well? Now, suppose I leave you here for a moment to think about it. Hmm? (He pats her chin and laughs gently. He walks back into the TARDIS leaving a pensive VICKI in the cave.) 33: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM BARBARA: Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes? BARBARA: We were talking about Vicki and we were wondering whether... IAN: Yes, do you think er, Vicki, er... DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, I can see that we’ve all reached the same decision. Now, I suggest we try and get the answer from the child, hmm? (He turns to the open doors.) Vicki! Vicki, my dear! Come in. (VICKI enters the ship but stands, open mouthed, on the threshold.) VICKI: Well, its huge!!... (She walks into the room.) and...well...the outside is just...well.. BARBARA: Vicki, are you going to come with us? VICKI: (Shyly.) Oh I, I’d like to...yes, if you’ll have me. (The DOCTOR laughs, crosses to the console and closes the doors. He starts to activate the controls as IAN, BARBARA and their new companion watch.) 34: INT. SPACESHIP. LIVING QUARTERS (In the living quarters of the crashed ship, the radio bursts into life. Again the sound is filled with static.) SPACE CAPTAIN: (OOV.) Rescue ship to Dido. Rescue ship to Dido. Come in please. (The SPACE CAPTAIN tries again as the two Didonians enter the ship and look around.) SPACE CAPTAIN: (OOV.) This is rescue ship calling Dido. Rescue ship calling Dido. Come in please. Dido, can you hear me? This is rescue ship calling... (The two Didonians lunge at the radio ship and pull its components apart.) 35. INT. CAVE (The TARDIS dematerialises...) 36: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR checks the controls as IAN questions him.) IAN: So there were survivors on Dido? Bennett didn’t k*ll them all? DOCTOR: They have their planet back to themselves again. And somehow, I don’t think they will allow that rescue ship to land. (Laughs.) Well... IAN: Hmm. That isn’t why you brought Vicki along with us, is it Doctor? DOCTOR: No, Chesterton, no, it wasn’t the reason. We shall be materialising quite soon. Perhaps we shall be able to get a rest this time. (Laughs.) 37: EXT. HILLSIDE (The TARDIS materialises on a wooded cliffside. Against the sound of birdsong, it immediately begins to rock precariously on its base.) 38: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR switches off controls whilst IAN is the first to notice that not all is quite right with the TARDIS’s new landing site.) DOCTOR: There we are! Safely down. IAN: What’s that movement, Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? IAN: Well, surely you can feel it? DOCTOR: What movement? (BARBARA and VICKI rush to the console, as the rocking movement grows greater.) BARBARA: Doctor! What’s happening? DOCTOR: Oh! IAN: Take off again Doctor! DOCTOR: Hold on! VICKI: We’re falling! (The room suddenly lurches to one side.) DOCTOR: Hold on, Hold on, Hold on! (The companions are all thrown to one side and onto the floor.) 39: EXT. HILLSIDE (The TARDIS falls off the cliffside and down into the valley.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x11 - Desperate Measures"}
foreverdreaming
Written by DENNIS SPOONER Original Air Date: 16 January, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: EXT. HILLSIDE (The TARDIS materialises on a wooded cliffside. Against the sound of birdsong, it immediately begins to rock precariously on its base.) 2: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR switches off controls whilst IAN is the first to notice that not all is quite right with the TARDIS’s new landing site.) DOCTOR: There we are! Safely down. IAN: What’s that movement, Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? IAN: Well, surely you can feel it? DOCTOR: What movement? (BARBARA and VICKI rush to the console, as the rocking movement grows greater.) BARBARA: Doctor! What’s happening? DOCTOR: Oh! IAN: Take off again Doctor! DOCTOR: Hold on! VICKI: We’re falling! (The room suddenly lurches to one side.) DOCTOR: Hold on, Hold on, Hold on! (The companions are all thrown to one side and onto the floor.) 3: EXT. HILLSIDE (The TARDIS falls off the cliffside and down into the valley.) 4: EXT. VALLEY (The TARDIS lies at an angle at the bottom of the hill. Plants have grown over it...as if it has been there for some time.) 5: INT. VILLA (IAN lies with his eyes closed...but suddenly puts a bunch of grapes to his mouth. He is lying on a Roman couch dressed in a toga. Nearby the DOCTOR, also dressed in a toga, stops watering a pot plant to glance at the teacher.) DOCTOR: (Laughs.) So, you’re awake at last, young man? (IAN looks across at him but remains lying down.) IAN: No need to say it like that Doctor. I thought the whole idea of us coming here was that we should all have a nice rest. (He sits up.) DOCTOR: My dear boy, there’s a great deal of difference between resting and...being sort of, bone idle! (Laughs.) (IAN gets up and walks over to the DOCTOR as he recommences his plant watering.) IAN: Well, have a grape. DOCTOR: No, thank you. I’ve had my breakfast. IAN: Where are Barbara and Vicki. They gone down to the village? (The DOCTOR seems to ignore his question.) IAN: Don’t you think that plants had enough water, Doctor? DOCTOR: The answer dear boy is pipes. IAN: (Puzzled.) Pipes? DOCTOR: Pipes, Chesterton, Pipes! IAN: Oh! DOCTOR: You see, the Romans, unfortunately, didn’t know how to transport water satisfactorily. That’s why they built their aqueducts. Now, if they’d experimented with pipes! IAN: Oh! I see what you’re getting at, yes. DOCTOR: Good, good, yes, yes, they have! (He starts to walk away.) IAN: I beg your pardon? DOCTOR: (Turning back.) Oh, my dear young man, why do you let your mind wander so? You asked me just now if Barbara and Vicki had gone down to the village. I gave you a plain and simple answer: Yes - they have! (IAN smiles ruefully.) 6: EXT. ROAD (VICKI runs excitedly up a road, stopping to pick flowers. She looks back at BARBARA who follows behind at a much slower pace. Both wear long Roman dresses.) VICKI: Come on, Barbara. BARBARA: Oh, Vicki. There’s no need to be in such a hurry. The village isn’t going to run away. Oh, its so hot. VICKI: It’s just that I want to get there before the market closes. BARBARA: Alright, we’ll get there. But not so fast! (BARBARA sits down to rest on a rock.) VICKI: Oh, come on! Honestly, you’re getting as bad as Ian. BARBARA: Oh, what’s that supposed to mean? VICKI: Well...the way you spoke I thought we were going to have...adventures and see things. We’ve been here nearly a month and all everyone wants to do is sit around and rest. (She pulls BARBARA off her seat.) BARBARA: Oh, Vicki! Look, the adventures come without us looking for them. And you’re finding out what it was like to live in Roman times. VICKI: Oh, yes, in one little village miles away from Rome. (In the bushes nearby, a man called ASCARIS sharpens a sword. He hears the women’s voices and rushes to the edge of the bushes to see.) VICKI: (OOV.) How much longer do you think the Doctor will stay here, Barbara? BARBARA: (OOV.) Oh, I’ve no idea. You can never tell with the Doctor. You just have to wait and see. VICKI: (OOV.) What are you going to buy at the market? (ASCARIS, seeing that they are no thr*at, melts back into the foliage.) 7: EXT. VILLAGE MARKET PLACE (A bustling Roman market. A few feet away from the stalls, several people have gathered to listen to a Lyre player, MAXIMUS PETTULIAN, who somewhat resembles the DOCTOR. Two men however, pay no attention to his tunes but look eagerly at the people around them as they walk between the stalls. These are SEVCHERIA and DIDIUS his smaller, bearded companion. They are sl*ve traders.) DIDIUS: This is too small a place, Sevcheria. I can’t see us finding what we want here. SEVCHERIA: It’s our last chance before Rome. DIDIUS: Why? We pass through much bigger towns. SEVCHERIA: Yes, and with legal representation. If we raid them, the repercussions will put us out of business. DIDIUS: Then lets go back. SEVCHERIA: Didius! The, slaves we’ve already brought from Gaul are in no condition for further travel and the quality as such, we shall have to take far below the market price as it is. (He suddenly spots BARBARA and VICKI who are looking round the market stalls and points them out to DIDIUS.) DIDIUS: The two women, yes, very suitable, I agree. I doubt even the possibility. SEVCHERIA: It will do no harm to make enquiries, Didius. (DIDIUS steps forward to enquire but SEVCHERIA holds him back to observe. At one stall, VICKI, the flowers still in her hands, examines a roll of silken cloth.) VICKI: This will make a nice dress, don’t you think so, Barbara? BARBARA: Mmm. Are you any good at dressmaking? VICKI: No, but I thought you might be! BARBARA: Oh, I see! Well, what sort of style would you like? VICKI: I don’t know. What were the fashions like when you left London? BARBARA: London? Never heard of it. VICKI: But you told me that’s where you came from! BARBARA: Ahh! You mean Londinium. “When in Rome...!” (A woman STALL HOLDER interrupts.) STALL HOLDER: Can I help you? VICKI: (Laughing.) Yes, how much is this, please? STALL HOLDER: Well now, what would you consider to be a fair price? Bearing in mind it’s the only length of its kind and the finest quality available. VICKI: Yes, I know but how much are you asking? STALL HOLDER: Well, its very difficult to put a price on something like this. It’s very hard to come by. BARBARA: (Interrupting.) Yes, I’m sure it is. We’ll think about it and come back later. (She walks away pulling VICKI after her.) STALL HOLDER: (Calling after them.) Hey, one moment, please! VICKI: Barbara, please? Can’t we buy it? BARBARA: You should have learned by now that the price is much fairer when you’re not so eager to buy. VICKI: What? Can we go back and buy it now? (She starts to run back but BARBARA pulls her away.) BARBARA: No! Not just yet! (The two women walk away. SEVCHERIA and DIDIUS, seeing that the two women have gone, go up to the STALL HOLDER.) SEVCHERIA: Good day to you. A fine selection. STALL HOLDER: None finer this side of Rome. SEVCHERIA: No thank you. My friend and I are not interested in buying cloth today. We are buying information. (SEVCHERIA shows her some coins. Much to his disgust, the eager DIDIUS jumps straight in with his question.) DIDIUS: The two who were just here...do you know them? STALL HOLDER: (To SEVCHERIA.) By sight, not the name. DIDIUS: But they do live here? STALL HOLDER: Yes... (SEVCHERIA gives her the coins.) STALL HOLDER: They moved into a Villa just north of the town about a month ago. The owner, Flavius Guiscard is away campaigning in Gaul. We reckon they’re friends of his looking after the house. SEVCHERIA: How many of them are there? (The STALL HOLDER holds out her hand. SEVCHERIA gives her some more coins.) STALL HOLDER: Four. There are two men with them. DIDIUS: Young? (The STALL HOLDER again holds out her hand. SEVCHERIA puts another coin in it.) STALL HOLDER: One of them is. They sell the produce of the gardens to the townsfolk here. Very cheaply too, they must be fools. SEVCHERIA: But you’ve no idea where they come from? STALL HOLDER: None...at least not until today... (She holds out her hand and receives another coin.) STALL HOLDER: One of the women mentioned a town, Londinium, I think she said. (SEVCHERIA nods.) Do you know it? (DIDIUS coughs as some other people approach the stall.) SEVCHERIA: (To the STALL HOLDER.) Thank you. You have been most helpful. (SEVCHERIA and DIDIUS step aside.) DIDIUS: The town they spoke of is in a place called Britannia. They are... SEVCHERIA: (Interrupting.) ..are Britons. DIDIUS: Yes! SEVCHERIA: Perfect! (The walk away. They pass MAXIMUS PETTULIAN who finishes playing. The people gathered round him applaud as he nods in greeting to them, picks up his Lyre and walks away.) 8: EXT. ROAD (On the road, ASCARIS watches unwitting passers-by...and waits. Shortly, MAXIMUS PETTULIAN walks by. ASCARIS grabs him from behind and drags him into the bushes. His work is over in seconds. He re-sheathes his sword and walks away leaving the d*ad body of the Lyre player behind him.) 9: INT. VILLA (The TARDIS crew has finished a sumptuous meal.) DOCTOR: Mmm! Oh! Wonderful feast, my dear! I don’t know when I’ve enjoyed a meal more! Oh! What was it? BARBARA: Well, the main course was breast of peacock. (The DOCTOR chuckles in appreciation.) IAN: Delicious! BARBARA: With an orange and juniper sauce. DOCTOR: Oh, exquisite! BARBARA: Garnished with Larks tongues and baked Pomegranates... DOCTOR: Oh fabulous, my dear, absolutely fabulous! What was it we had before, the sort of, “Hors d’oeuvres”, so to speak? VICKI: That isn’t its name - French isn’t invented yet. DOCTOR: Cha cha cha child! Barbara, what was it? Hmm? BARBARA: Ant’s eggs in herbiscous honey. DOCTOR: Oh, absolutely st...what did you say? IAN: Ant’s eggs, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, that’s what I thought she said - Ant’s eggs! What do you think I am - a Goldfish! Hmm? (They all laugh.) IAN: Oh, Doctor, there’s one thing I wanted to ask you. DOCTOR: Well, go ahead my boy. IAN: Now, er, what about the TARDIS? DOCTOR: Well, what about it? Hmm? IAN: Well, don’t you think we ought to go and have a look at it? DOCTOR: Oh, so you want to move on, do you? IAN: Move on? Certainly not! I’d like to stay here as long as possible. DOCTOR: Good, that’s settled, settled, fine. BARBARA: All the same, Doctor ... DOCTOR: Hmm? BARBARA: I know what Ian means. It’s been three or four weeks since we left the TARDIS. IAN: Yes, its not even the right way up. DOCTOR: (Impatient.) How many times do I have to tell you that the TARDIS is quite safe where it is? It can take off from any angle. I’ve never known such a pair of worriers! (He stands up.) Really! Good Heavens, I can’t wait to get away for a couple of days from you. You keep on and on and on and on and on, Oh! Good gracious me! Really! (He walks out of the room muttering to himself.) IAN: Going away? (To BARBARA.) Do you know anything about this? BARBARA: No. Not a thing. IAN: Vicki? VICKI: No, he hasn’t said anything to me. Can’t say I blame him though. BARBARA: Blame him for what? VICKI: Well, its alright living here but, its boring! No wonder he gets irritable. IAN: Huh! That’s got nothing to do with living here, believe me! (He walks over to the doorway through which the DOCTOR has just stepped.) IAN: Doctor! You there? (The DOCTOR walks out of another doorway with a bag in his hand. He steps up to the dining table and starts to fill the bag with food.) DOCTOR: Well, I think these should last me two or three days, hmm? IAN: You never told us you were going away? (BARBARA walks away, clearing the items off the table.) DOCTOR: Oh, Well I don’t know that I was under any obligation to report my movements to you, Chesterfield. (BARBARA steps back at hearing this error.) BARBARA: Chesterton DOCTOR: (To IAN.) Oh, Barbara’s calling you! (IAN looks at BARBARA in puzzlement as she walks out of the room but then realises the DOCTOR’S error. VICKI quietly laughs.) VICKI: Where are you going Doctor? DOCTOR: To Rome, my child. VICKI: (Excited.) Oh can I come with you? I won’t be any trouble, I promise. Can I? DOCTOR: Well, I, er... VICKI: Please? DOCTOR: Mmm. Very well then, very well, (VICKI cries out in delight as BARBARA returns.) IAN: Well, er, perhaps we’d all better come with you to Rome. DOCTOR: But my dear chap, you...you just turned down my invitation. IAN: I did? DOCTOR: Yes, you said how glad you would be to stay here as long as possible. BARBARA: Oh no, Doctor. That was before we knew your plans. Don’t you think it would be safer if Ian and I... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) What is this, what is this now? I know what you’re insinuating. Yes, that I’m not capable of taking care of myself, eh? Huh! Safer indeed! Afraid to let me out of your sight, are you? Want to be my nursemaids? Well now, let me tell me something: I won’t stand for it. Indeed, I will not stand for it. You want to go to Rome? Go! Go yourselves! VICKI: Doctor, if you feel that... DOCTOR: Yes, of course, my dear, come along, let’s set about our packing shall we? Come on, then. (They walk out of the room.) Yes, you know, this is going to be your first exploration. You know, I think you’ll like Rome. Rome is fascinating, most interesting. I remember once when I was there and I spoke to... BARBARA: (Sitting down.) Well, I certainly said the wrong thing. IAN: Oh, don’t worry, Barbara. Anything you’d said would have been wrong. BARBARA: I suppose we’re lucky really: to have kept him inactive as long as we have. IAN: True, true. Still, he can say what he likes. He’s enjoyed this rest as much as any of us. (IAN adjusts his toga and sees that BARBARA is staring at him.) IAN: What’s the matter? My slip showing? BARBARA: No. I was just thinking what a splendid looking Roman you make. IAN: Oh! (Laughs.) Well er, yes, if I wasn’t so modest, I’d agree with you! BARBARA: It’s a pity there’s just one thing out of place. IAN: Oh, where? BARBARA: (Walking towards him.) That hair. IAN: Hmm? BARBARA: It just doesn’t go with those clothes. IAN: Oh, yes, I know that but I... BARBARA: (Takes his hand and pulls him towards a couch.) Come and sit down. IAN: Eh? BARBARA: Come and sit down! IAN: Oh! (She picks up an ornate comb.) IAN: Now, just a minute, Barbara! BARBARA: It won’t hurt, I got it in the market specially. IAN: Yes, well, which market? (He jumps back and falls to the floor.) Oh! BARBARA: Oh, don’t be such a baby. Come here. (She starts combing out his 1963 side parting and adjusts his hair into a forward Roman style.) IAN: How long do you think the Doctor will be away? BARBARA: No idea. Why? IAN: Well, the owner of this house could come back before he does. I... (He draws his breath in sharply as the teeth of the comb pull at his hair.) That hurts, you know! BARBARA: Sorry. Well, if he does come back, we can always go back to the TARDIS. (She finishes combing.) There. How’s that? IAN: Feels awful. BARBARA: Well, why don't you go and look in the spring? (IAN gets up off the floor and goes over to a small fountain in the middle of the room where he examines his reflection in the water.) IAN: Hey! Hey, that’s not too bad! BARBARA: Well, it’s all part of the service. I take in washing too! IAN: (Laughs.) Not bad at all. (IAN coughs for attention, raises an arm dramatically, walks round the room and declaims from Act 3, Scene 2 of “Julius Caesar”) IAN: “Friends, Romans, Countrymen! Lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him!” BARBARA: (To herself.) Oh boy, that was a mistake. 10: EXT. ROADSIDE (NIGHT) DIDIUS: I’ve finished feeding them, Sevcheria. SEVCHERIA: Good. They need all the fattening they can get. (SEVCHERIA looks over at a nearby cart to which are chained several slaves eating a meal. One of them, a young girl, cries next to an older woman.) SEVCHERIA: Not many in the consignment is there? DIDIUS: They’re a poor looking bunch. SEVCHERIA: Ah well, if we’re to get the four from the villa, we’d better get moving, Didius. (They walk into a nearby tent.) 11: INT. TENT (They pick up some swords from a table.) SEVCHERIA: As soon as we get back, we’ll break camp. We shall be away from here tonight. DIDIUS: Before any local enquiries arise, is that the idea? SEVCHERIA: (Laughs.) We’ll make a sl*ve trader of you yet, Didius! Come on, lets get them. 12: INT. VILLA (BARBARA relaxes on a couch as IAN lies on the floor at her feet. They both hold goblets.) BARBARA: You know Ian, I could get used to this sort of life. IAN: Mmm. I already have. (IAN drinks his goblet dry.) IAN: Oh...what about another drink? BARBARA: Oh, yes, I’d love one. (They each go to pass their goblets to each other. IAN is the one to give in and takes BARBARA’S goblet off her.) BARBARA: Thank you. (IAN pours some more drinks from a jug.) IAN: No ice, I’m afraid. BARBARA: There’s some in the fridge. IAN: Ah. (He starts to walk out of the room but stops when he realises he has been taken in. BARBARA, who has been watching him, bursts into laughter.) IAN: Very funny, very funny! BARBARA: (Laughing.) You went! (He passes BARBARA her goblet, sits and raises his drink.) IAN: Well here’s to the first fridge! BARBARA: Cheers! IAN: (Drinks, then...) Ahh...Oh..Tempera, Oh Morese! (The smile disappears from his face as he suddenly hears a sound.) IAN: Did you hear something, Barbara? BARBARA: No. Like what? IAN: (Getting up and listening.) There’s someone out there. BARBARA: (Joining him.) No, you must be imagining things. IAN: No, no, I’m not. Who’s there? (He walks across the room to a doorway and calls out again.) IAN: What do you want? (DIDIUS enters by another door, his sword raised.) IAN: Who are you? BARBARA: (Swivels round as SEVCHERIA approaches her from the other side with his sword.) Ian!? SEVCHERIA: Where are the others? BARBARA: (Nervous.) They’re not here, they’ve gone away. IAN: We can explain, if you put up your swords. SEVCHERIA: Did you hear that, Didius, they can explain. (DIDIUS laughs. IAN grabs him and throws him into the fountain.) IAN: Run Barbara! (SEVCHERIA runs at IAN and starts to struggle with him. BARBARA rushes forward, picks up a vase and smashes it down - but onto IAN’S head in error! He collapses to the ground.) BARBARA: Oh, Ian! Ian! (SEVCHERIA hoists BARBARA over his shoulder.) SEVCHERIA: Lets get them back to the camp. BARBARA: Ian, wake up! (She screams as SEVCHERIA carries her from the room. DIDIUS holds his sword up to a semi-conscious IAN.) 13: EXT. ROAD (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR and VICKI walk down a road on their way to Rome and approach a statue.) DOCTOR: Well, what have we here? VICKI: Just another dreary old statue. DOCTOR: Oh, it might be somebody famous, my child. (He looks for an inscription but notes something in the bushes.) DOCTOR: What’s this...wait there dear. (The DOCTOR walks into the shrubbery and, despite his instruction to the contrary, VICKI follows. They find the body of MAXIMUS PETTULIAN.) VICKI: Oh, the poor man! DOCTOR: Yes, he’s d*ad, and it doesn’t look a natural death to me. VICKI: It’s a lonely stretch of road. Maybe he was set upon by robbers? They did happen in this time, didn’t they? DOCTOR: They did, my dear, yes, but that isn’t the answer here. (He picks up the Lyre.) They’ve left his belongings too. VICKI: Maybe they didn’t have time. DOCTOR: Oh they had plenty of time to drag him off the road. (VICKI looks closer at PETTULIAN.) VICKI: Doctor! I’ve seen him before. He was playing in the square when Barbara and I went to the market. DOCTOR: Yes, well, there is nothing we can do for him now, my dear, no, nothing at a... (He suddenly sees a CENTURION on the other side of the road probing the bushes with his sword.) DOCTOR: (To VICKI.) Stay here! VICKI: Yeah! (The DOCTOR approaches the CENTURION, still holding the Lyre.) DOCTOR: Good evening. Are you looking for somebody, something, er? CENTURION: Why, yes, I am. DOCTOR: Er, tell me, er do you always wave that sword about like that? CENTURION: Well what do you mean? DOCTOR: Well, you can easily k*ll someone. Swords are dangerous, you know. (The CENTURION sheathes his sword.) DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Yes, thank you, that’s better. Now tell me, er, whom or what, er, you, er, were you looking for? CENTURION: Is that your Lyre? DOCTOR: W...why? Have you lost one? CENTURION: No, no, only if it is yours... DOCTOR: And what if it is? Hmm? CENTURION: Why, it’s you I’m looking for. DOCTOR: Oh... (Nervous.) oh, I see, yes... CENTURION: You must be Maximus Pettulian from Corinth whose skill as a musician is talked of even in Rome. DOCTOR: Really? (Laughs.) Most interesting. CENTURION: We expected you in Assessium yesterday. When you failed to arrive, I sent my men out to search for you. I count it my good fortune that I’ve personally found you unharmed. DOCTOR: If I am the man you’re looking for, tell me why should I be harmed? Hmm? CENTURION: All roads to Rome are dangerous for travellers. When you sent word that you intended to make your way on foot, playing your Lyre for the people, it caused great concern at court. DOCTOR: (Immediately interested.) At court? CENTURION: (As VICKI steps forward.) Caesar Nero’s court. The Emperor of all Rome is very concerned for your safe arrival. He looks forward to discussing your music with you. DOCTOR: The Emperor! Nero eh! Ah ha! Yes, of course, I, er, I have heard that he that he plucks a string or two! Yes...es. Oh, the child, she travels with me. She keeps her eye on all the Lyres!! (VICKI smiles aside.) CENTURION: And if you're ready, we’ll travel to Assessium and then my men will escort you the rest of the way. DOCTOR: Very well, we’ll just attend to our...er...imperimetre. (They walk a few feet away.) VICKI: (Whispers.) Doctor, I know this... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) At court, I must be very important! VICKI: Listen, I know he’s mistaken you for that man but we can’t go with him! DOCTOR: But why not, my child? I’m sure he knows more about this business than he admits. And we shall never get a better chance of meeting Nero. VICKI: But Doctor, you don’t even know your own name! DOCTOR: Oh, of course I do, my dear. It...it...it...it’s... (He struggles to answer.) CENTURION: (Calling out.) Maximus Pettulian? If you’re ready? DOCTOR: Oh, yes, yes, quite, quite, er, my child, yes. (The DOCTOR and VICKI walk off down the road. The CENTURION watches with a slight shake of the head and an expression that is anything but friendly.) 14: INT. TENT (A sl*ve BUYER is negotiating with SEVCHERIA and DIDIUS in their tent.) sl*ve BUYER: Quite a stroke of luck meeting your train here, it’ll save me a trip into Rome. SEVCHERIA: Always assuming we can reach a satisfactory agreement. sl*ve BUYER: I’ll give you a fair price. We need the replacements urgently. SEVCHERIA: Three you say? sl*ve BUYER: Yes... sl*ve BUYER: How much for the British woman? DIDIUS: More than you can afford, friend. sl*ve BUYER: The woman goes with us to Rome. You can follow and bid if you like. sl*ve BUYER: (Laughs.) No harm in asking I say! Alright, three men. (He holds up a bag of coins.) Seven hundred. SEVCHERIA: Each? (The sl*ve BUYER laughs again.) 15: EXT. ROADSIDE (The sound of the laughter reaches IAN as he tries to undo the chains that bind him and BARBARA to the wheel of the cart. The sound of the financial negotiations can be heard from the tent.) IAN: Arrr, no good, we’ll have to try something else. BARBARA: Yes. IAN: They say we’re going to move tonight, Barbara. We’ll escape then. BARBARA: (Unconvinced.) Will we? IAN: Barbara, I know it looks bad, but... BARBARA: (Interrupting.) Bad? Have you any idea how the Roman’s treated their slaves? Or how many of them escaped? Besides, time is against us. IAN: The Doctor! BARBARA: I haven’t been able to think about anything else. When he and Vicki get back from Rome... IAN: Well, they’ll wait for us. (Almost to himself.) They must wait for us. BARBARA: Yes, they’ll wait for us. But for how long? (IAN tries to undo the chains again. DIDIUS sees his struggles, checks the chains, then hits him across the face.) 16: INT. TENT (An agreement has been reached. The sl*ve BUYER gives SEVCHERIA his bag of coins as DIDIUS rejoins them.) sl*ve BUYER: A thousand it is and I have the choice. SEVCHERIA: Thank you. You’ve done yourself a good nights work. sl*ve BUYER: You’re robbing me and you know it. (They both laugh) SEVCHERIA: Come on, let’s inspect the goods. (They walk out of the tent...) 17: EXT. ROADSIDE (...and over to the prisoners. The sl*ve BUYER quickly looks BARBARA over, then examines two men next to her.) sl*ve BUYER: I’ll have these two... (And then looks at IAN.) and that one. SEVCHERIA: Didius? (DIDIUS undoes IAN’S chain and thrusts him at the sl*ve BUYER.) SEVCHERIA: Don’t forget, you can bid for the woman in Rome if you like. IAN: (Quietly to BARBARA.) Rome - I’ll look for you in Rome. (BARBARA nods.) sl*ve BUYER: (Laughs to SEVCHERIA.) Rome? I shan’t be going anywhere near Rome. Come on then, march! (He pushes them away as BARBARA calls out in desperation.) BARBARA: Ian! Ian! Ian! 18: INT. VILLA AT ASSESSIUM (The CENTURION paces the room angrily. The mute assassin, ASCARIS, enters the room. The CENTURION grabs him.) CENTURION: You fool! I went to where the body should have been and there he was alive. (ASCARIS, frightened, attempts to answer but only guttural sounds come out.) CENTURION: Nero pays well when better musicians than he are put out of the way and you failed, you fool! (He throws ASCARIS to the floor.) CENTURION: But you’re lucky this time. I brought him back here so you have another chance to earn your fee. (ASCARIS gets to his feet.) Take it. Maximus Pettulian is in the room above. Fail me again and you’ll lose more than your tongue! (ASCARIS makes more guttural sounds and runs away.) 19: INT. VILLA AT ASSESSIUM. OUTSIDE THE DOCTOR’S ROOM (ASCARIS approaches a curtained doorway. The DOCTOR can be heard inside, strumming on the Lyre.) DOCTOR: (OOV: Laughing.) I’m sure even Nero can play better than that! (ASCARIS pulls out a sword, looks round and starts to pull aside the curtain...)
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Written by DENNIS SPOONER Original Air Date: 23 January, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. VILLA AT ASSESSIUM. OUTSIDE THE DOCTOR’S ROOM (ASCARIS approaches a curtained doorway. The DOCTOR can be heard inside, strumming on the Lyre.) DOCTOR: (OOV: Laughing.) I’m sure even Nero can play better than that! (ASCARIS pulls out a sword, looks round and starts to pull aside the curtain...) 2: INT. VILLA AT ASSESSIUM. DOCTOR’S ROOM (The DOCTOR sits alone with his back to the doorway as ASCARIS enters.) DOCTOR: The answer is of course, is not to be caught playing it! (He laughs again, stands and turns as ASCARIS lunges at him. The DOCTOR parries the lunge with the Lyre.) DOCTOR: Ohhh! So you want to fight do you? (Laughing, he throws ASCARIS and the Lyre onto the bed. He then grabs a pot plant and smashes down on the assassin’s head.) DOCTOR: Come on, my friend. Eh, what’s the matter with you? (The DOCTOR then throws the bedclothes over ASCARIS as he struggles to stand. Totally caught up in the blankets, the DOCTOR tosses him over the other side of the bed. ASCARIS gets to his feet, grabs his sword and again lunges at the DOCTOR who grabs an amphora of wine from a stand and throws the contents in the man’s face. As ASCARIS falls back, the DOCTOR smashes the amphora over his head. The DOCTOR laughs as ASCARIS again lunges at him but easily avoids the sword thrust. He tries again but the DOCTOR grabs his arm and throws him over his shoulder as VICKI runs into the room.) VICKI: Doctor, what’s happening? (This time it’s VICKI who grabs a bowl to bring it down on ASCARIS’S head. The assassin however, has had enough and throws himself out of the window to avoid further damage to his cranium.) DOCTOR: Young lady, why did you have to come in and interrupt? Just as I’d got him all softened up and ready for the old one two! VICKI: You’re alright then? DOCTOR: Alright? Of course, I’m alright, my child. You know, I am so constantly outwitting the opposition, I tend to forget the delights and satisfaction of the arts...the gentle art of fisticuffs! VICKI: I realise you’re a man of many talents, Doctor, but I didn’t know fighting was one of them. DOCTOR: My dear, I am one of the best! Do you know it was I that used to teach the Mountain Mauler of Montana! VICKI: The what? DOCTOR: Do you remember, have you never heard? (VICKI laughs.) DOCTOR: No, of course, no, no, of course, you haven’t, have you? No. Well, never mind, I think after all that wonderful exercise, I shall be able to get a very pleasant nights sleep. Right, off you go. Goodnight! VICKI: (She stops laughing.) But Doctor, surely we’re not going to stay here? DOCTOR: Why not? (She points to the window.) What him? Oh, my dear child, I don’t think he’ll come back again. Oh, no. I think I can promise you that. (He remakes his bed.) VICKI: Oh, Doctor, I was coming to tell you another thing. You know the Centurion who brought us here? DOCTOR: Hmm. VICKI: He seems to have gone too. DOCTOR: Well, I’m not surprised. It was he who obviously hired the man to k*ll me. Or rather to k*ll this fellow, Maximus, emm...what is it? Er.. VICKI: Pettulian. DOCTOR: Er what? VICKI: Pettulian. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, of course, yes. I must remember that name. Yes, goodnight. VICKI: But Doctor, if he wanted you d*ad, why didn’t he take care of it himself? DOCTOR: Because this way he couldn’t be charged with crime. VICKI: Yes, but if you were going to be k*lled anyway, I can’t see that it... DOCTOR: (Interrupts.) My dear, it was an accepter, accepted thing in this age to hire an assassin. Prefembly, preferably someone dumb, and then he couldn’t denounce you. VICKI: Ah, so he must have been looking in the bushes for the body when we first... DOCTOR: (Interrupts.) Just as I suspected at the time. Now, goodnight! (VICKI walks towards the door.) DOCTOR: And remember, we make an early start tomorrow. (She turns back.) VICKI: You don’t mean to say we’re going on? DOCTOR: Oh, goodness me, goodness me child, how you do talk! Yes, we are. VICKI: But they might try and k*ll you again. DOCTOR: Well, of course he might. But who am I to worry about such little things like that? Mmm? Now then, there’s one thing you’ve got to learn about me. When I say we go to Rome, then we go to Rome! Goodnight! (He shows her out of the door with a smile.) 3: EXT. ROME (ROMA: The warren of streets that make up the capital of the known world burn under the hot Italian sun.) 4: INT. ROME. CELLS (SEVCHERIA puts his prisoners into rows of cages. BARBARA supports a coughing, sick WOMAN sl*ve.) SEVCHERIA: (To some slaves as he locks them in a cage.) Wait here. (SEVCHERIA leads BARBARA and the WOMAN sl*ve to another cage.) BARBARA: (To the WOMAN sl*ve.) Look, there’s no more walking. You can rest now. WOMAN sl*ve: Thank you, you’re kind. You’re very ki.. (Coughs.) kind. (SEVCHERIA thrusts the two of them into the cage. He grabs BARBARA’S wrist.) SEVCHERIA: I’ll have to see about getting you some new clothes. BARBARA: (Struggling.) You needn’t bother! SEVCHERIA: Ah, it’s not for your sake. I want you looking special at the sl*ve auction. (He releases her and closes the cage. BARBARA bends down to help the coughing and retching WOMAN sl*ve.) WOMAN sl*ve: Have we arrived? Is this Rome? (Coughs.) BARBARA: Yes, this is Rome. How are you feeling? Are you more comfortable now? WOMAN sl*ve: Much better. It’s just this cough. It was a long march. Thirty-four days it took us. Thirty-four days... (Coughs.) (BARBARA stands and looks out of a barred window.) WOMAN sl*ve: You said your friend would meet you here. BARBARA: Did I? WOMAN sl*ve: On the road. You told me all about him. BARBARA: Yes, er, Ian. WOMAN sl*ve: Strange name. I’ve never heard of it before. I hopes he finds you. (Coughs.) (BARBARA smiles and nods, then she looks out of the window.) BARBARA: ...If I ever see him again. 5: EXT. SEA (A Roman galley travels through the water.) 6: INT. GALLEY (Rows of Galley slaves pull on the oars to the accompaniment of the b*at of a drum and the cries of a GALLEY MASTER. IAN is amongst the slaves.) GALLEY MASTER: In out, in out, in out, in out, in out, in out, in out, in out, in rest. (The slaves rest, exhausted. The GALLEY MASTER walks amongst them, a rope-end in his hand.) GALLEY MASTER: That’s right. Make the best of it. There’s supposed to be bad weather coming up. (He walks away. IAN speaks to the man he is chained next to - DELOS.) IAN: Five days, Delos. Five whole days. DELOS: Days, they soon melt into weeks, then months, then years. IAN: (Horrified at this thought.) Gotta get away from here. DELOS: Land, Ian. IAN: What? DELOS: Ian, it’s land. (They look out of the oar hole.) DELOS: It’s a long way. IAN: I’m not a great swimmer Delos, but, I’ll take any risks, believe me. DELOS: If the plan works. IAN: Ah, there’s only one way to find out, isn’t there? (He looks behind him at the GALLEY MASTER then nods at DELOS who cries out and slumps forward.) IAN: Galley master! Galley master! He’s d*ad. d*ad! GALLEY MASTER: (Coming forward.) Move away, let me see. (As he bends over DELOS, IAN makes a grab for his arm. The GALLEY MASTER pushes him back.) GALLEY MASTER: You’ll have to do better than that. DELOS: You alright, Ian? GALLEY MASTER: Right! Prepare your oars. Ready? Row! (The slaves start pulling on their oars.) GALLEY MASTER: In out, in out, in out, in out, in out, in out, 7: INT. ROME. CELLS (BARBARA is attempting to force a bowl of food on the still coughing WOMAN sl*ve.) BARBARA: But you must try and eat something. WOMAN sl*ve: There’s not enough for two. Besides, I bain’t hungry. BARBARA: Come on, look, don’t be silly. WOMAN sl*ve: Thank ‘e. (BARBARA looks round. A well dressed, bald headed MAN is outside the cage watching her intently. She deliberately looks away.) MAN: What’s your name young woman? (She ignores him.) MAN: Where do you come from? (Still no answer.) Young woman, I want to help you. (BARBARA turns and looks at him when she hears this.) MAN: Of course, you have to trust me. (She gets up and walks over to the bars.) BARBARA: Would I...would I get out of here? MAN: Oh yes. BARBARA: And be free to go where I choose. MAN: No, I’m afraid not, you see, I should have to buy you. (BARBARA walks away in disgust.) Now please, let me explain. BARBARA: I’m not interested. MAN: But you will be when you hear my proposal. BARBARA: Oh, go away! I don’t have to listen to you. (SEVCHERIA enters and walks up to the MAN.) SEVCHERIA: Greetings, Tavius. TAVIUS: That young woman, how much? SEVCHERIA: I’m sorry Tavius, no private sales. She’s to be sold by auction. TAVIUS: I’ll give you a fair price. SEVCHERIA: Oh, I believe you would. But the answer’s still no. TAVIUS: You think you’ll get a higher figure than I can pay you? SEVCHERIA: We shall see at the auction then, won’t we Tavius? (He pats his back. TAVIUS walks away. SEVCHERIA unlocks the door and passes BARBARA a new dress.) SEVCHERIA: Here. BARBARA: There’s only one. (She looks at the WOMAN sl*ve on the floor.) What about her? SEVCHERIA: She won’t be wanting any new clothes. BARBARA: Why not? Where’s she going? SEVCHERIA: She wouldn’t fetch any price at all at the auctions. She’s to be taken to the circus... (He steps outside the cage and relocks the door.) SEVCHERIA: ...and thrown in the arena. (BARBARA, with a look of horror on her face, turns and looks down at the pensive features of the doomed WOMAN sl*ve.) 8: EXT. SEA (The Galley is caught up in a furious storm.) 9: INT. GALLEY (The Galley slaves struggles to row against the storm. The GALLEY MASTER beats the drum.) GALLEY MASTER: In, out. If anyone breaks time, they’ll be thrown overboard. DELOS: (His initial shouts are lost over the noise of the storm.) ...much more of this, Ian! GALLEY MASTER: In, out, row harder, row harder, do you hear! In, out! (DELOS takes his hands off the oar.) IAN: Keep rowing, Delos! DELOS: I can’t! IAN: Put your hands over the oars, he’ll k*ll you! GALLEY MASTER: In, out, in, out, in, out! 10: EXT. SEA (Lightning flashes and waves crash onto the nearby shore.) 11: INT. GALLEY (The GALLEY MASTER, looking upwards out of the hold, is covered with a deluge of water.) GALLEY MASTER: Keep rowing, keep rowing, do you hear! In, out, in, out, in, out! (IAN and DELOS shout at each other over the noise of the storm. Another deluge of water douses the slaves. The Galley suddenly lurches to one side, throwing the GALLEY MASTER off his feet and in amongst the slaves. They immediately att*ck him. Suddenly a beam crashes down as the ship starts to fall to pieces.) 12: EXT. SEA (Outside, the flashing lightening and crashing waves are as severe as ever.) 13: EXT. ROME. MARKET PLACE (The DOCTOR and VICKI have arrived at Rome and explore the market. VICKI carries the Lyre.) VICKI: Isn’t it wonderful, Doctor! Can we explore? DOCTOR: Oh, I don’t see why not, my child. For a while, anyway. Then we must present our credentials so to speak, before night falls. VICKI: You’re not planning to visit Nero? DOCTOR: Now now now now, don’t tell me what I’m not going to do. I’ve been invited. I can’t disappoint Nero. (There is suddenly a roar from a group of men stood nearby.) VICKI: What’s going on over there, Doctor? (On a raised platform, several frightened looking women are being thrown in front of the crowd. The sl*ve auction is about to begin.) VICKI: What is it? DOCTOR: Oh, er, nothing to interest you, my dear. We’re going to Rome, come along, don’t let us delay. (He leads her away. The second they have gone, BARBARA is the last to be thrust onto the platform, again to a roar of approval from the assembled crowd of men. SEVCHERIA follows her onto the stage and addresses his “customers”.) SEVCHERIA: I am delighted, Gentlemen, to see how much you have appreciated today’s merchandise. (The crowd roar again.) SEVCHERIA: Let us prove how much so when you begin the bids. (Another roar.) SEVCHERIA: Very well, Gentlemen. (He pulls BARBARA forward.) How many Sesterchia am I bid for this fine female example of the beautiful, hard working, Britannic race? 1 MAN IN MARKET: Five Hundred! SEVCHERIA: Come, come sir! We all enjoy a good joke, but today we are interested in serious offers only. (A MAN grabs at BARBARA’S leg. She kicks him back. The crowd roar and laugh. BARBARA struggles in SEVCHERIA’S arms.) SEVCHERIA: Take note gentlemen, of the fiery spirit. Think about your bids and double it. 2 MAN IN MARKET: Two thousand Sesterchia! SEVCHERIA: Yes? 1 MAN IN MARKET: Two thousand, five hundred! SEVCHERIA: Nearly a good offer gentleman, but come, you can do better than that! TAVIUS: Ten thousand. (To comments of “What?” and “Who said that?”, the crowd turns round and looks at TAVIUS who walks forward. SEVCHERIA bends down to speak to him.) SEVCHERIA: Ten thousand? (TAVIUS smiles. SEVCHERIA stands and turns to BARBARA.) SEVCHERIA: You go to Tavius after all, my dear. (BARBARA looks down grimly at the smiling TAVIUS.) 14: EXT. BEACH (The storm has now finished and the sea is now calmer. IAN lies face down on a beach. He comes round and sees that he is still chained. He hears a noise, turns over and sees DELOS stood over him, a rock in his hand.) IAN: Oh, Delos DELOS: Now you’ve come to, we’d better get these off. I’ve found a couple of rocks. You’ve er, you’ve been unconscious a long time, Ian. I was beginning to worry. IAN: What happened? I...I remember the storm. DELOS: Oh, the ship was smashed to pieces and you were struck by some falling timber. IAN: Oh, that’s what it was, eh? DELOS: Do you remember when you grabbed the Galley Master? IAN: Yes...yes, I remember that. DELOS: Well, well, I got the key from him and I managed to free us. Except for our wrists. Afterwards I managed to get to here. The ship went down. IAN: You saved my life, Delos. DELOS: Yes, well, lets...lets get on with these, shall we? (IAN places his chain on the ground for DELOS to h*t.) DELOS: Ready? IAN: Ready? (DELOS smashes the manacle on IAN’S right hand as he grimaces. After a couple of knocks, DELOS manages to wrench the manacle off.) DELOS: There we are. IAN: Ah, thanks. DELOS: Just one more. I’ve, er, I’ve managed to look around. We must be somewhere near Rome. IAN: Yes, we can’t be far away. The boat was heading south. Perhaps we were going there. DELOS: Perhaps, You ready? IAN: Yes. (After three strikes, the second manacle is off. They stand.) IAN: Oh! DELOS: There we are. You, er...you feel alright? To travel I mean. We must get away from here. IAN: Yes, yes I feel alright. DELOS: Oh good. I...I think it’s better if we stick together. Now if we head north we can... IAN: (Interrupting.) Sorry, Delos. I’m going to Rome. DELOS: Rome, but Ian, you’re mad! IAN: You don’t have to come. I have a friend who was taken there. I have to find her. DELOS: Rome? 15: INT. NERO’S PALACE. CHAMBER (TAVIUS has brought BARBARA to NERO’S palace and is telling her why he was so interested in buying her.) TAVIUS: So you see, young woman, that’s the whole story. I saw you with that poor woman sl*ve, and it was then that I realised by the way that you were looking after her, that...I should have to help you. BARBARA: Why I only did what...most people would have done. (She sits.) TAVIUS: Now, now. No, I think not. Most people under such circumstances would have looked after themselves. No, you’re kind and considerate. (He puts a hand on her.) BARBARA: (Slightly repulsed.) Thank you. TAVIUS: Unfortunately, I’m not able to give you your freedom. You’ll still be a sl*ve, but at least, here in Nero’s house, as a...a servant of Poppea, life will be more pleasant than it could have been. BARBARA: (BARBARA smiles slightly.) I’m grateful for what you’ve done. But I must tell you that I have no intention of staying here. TAVIUS: Escape, you mean? Well, of course, I can’t stop you but, er, I think you should consider it very carefully. If you should escape and you’re recaptured, it would mean your death. BARBARA: (After a thoughtful pause.) Yes, I know. TAVIUS: I only select and buy the slaves. Fortunately, I’m not answerable for them. (A COURT MESSENGER enters the room.) TAVIUS: Yes? COURT MESSENGER: Maximus Pettulian from Corinth has arrived, sire, and with a small girl. He requests an audience with Caesar Nero. TAVIUS: (Looks thoughtful at this news.) Pettulian? Very well, ask him to come in. COURT MESSENGER: (Bows.) Sire. TAVIUS: Er no, wait. On second thoughts, perhaps it would be better if I came out to see him. COURT MESSENGER: (Bows again.) As you will. (He leaves.) TAVIUS: (To BARBARA.) You’ll excuse me. (He holds up a necklace to the face of a very nervous BARBARA.) TAVIUS: I’ll, er, instruct you in your duties later. (He leaves. BARBARA examines the necklace.) 16: INT. NERO’S PALACE. RECEPTION CHAMBER (The DOCTOR and VICKI wait in a hall of columns.) DOCTOR: I shouldn’t think there’s a soul in this place that knows me, my dear, so there’s no cause for you to worry. VICKI: I’ll try not to, Doctor. (TAVIUS enters quietly behind them.) DOCTOR: Oh, it isn’t a matter of trying my dear... (TAVIUS hisses to get the DOCTOR’S attention.) DOCTOR: ...if I say, and don’t make that funny noise. VICKI: (Looking at TAVIUS over the DOCTOR’S shoulder.) But... DOCTOR: Hmm? What is it? TAVIUS: Maximus Pettulian! VICKI: (To the DOCTOR.) That’s you! (The DOCTOR turns and walks over to TAVIUS who looks around him furtively.) DOCTOR: Oh, ha ha, yes yes yes. TAVIUS: I am Tavius. There was trouble, but I settled it. (TAVIUS checks round again to see if they are being overheard.) DOCTOR: What’s happened? TAVIUS: He’s in the apoditarium. DOCTOR: The apodi-what? TAVIUS: The apoditarium. DOCTOR: Oh really, well done, well done, yes! (The DOCTOR looks round at VICKI in puzzlement. The COURT MESSENGER enters the room and bangs a staff on the floor.) COURT MESSENGER: Caesar Nero, Emperor of all Rome! VICKI: (Excited.) Nero! I’m going to see Nero! (The DOCTOR shushes her. To a fanfare, and followed by a retinue, NERO enters the room. Ornately robed, corpulent, with a laurel wreath, he carries a joint of meat and belches out loud.) DOCTOR: (To VICKI as he bows.) Royal felicitations! VICKI: Oh, strentiatum! NERO: Someone spoke. Did I give permission to speak Tavius, did I give permission? DOCTOR: Caesar Nero, I... NERO: Now he’s at it! How am I supposed to compose with all this noise going on? TAVIUS: (Introducing the DOCTOR.) Maximus Pettulian. NERO: Maximu...bu...he’s Maximus Pettulian? TAVIUS: Yes... NERO: The Lyre player from Corinth? DOCTOR: (Bows.) In person. NERO: Play. DOCTOR: Hmm? NERO: (With menace.) Play. (The DOCTOR laughs nervously. VICKI looks scared. The DOCTOR takes the Lyre off her.) DOCTOR: With such a great...musician as yourself present, I would take the inspiration from your example sire. (Flattered, NERO takes the Lyre off the DOCTOR and snaps his fingers.) NERO: Oh...a stool. (The COURT MESSENGER places a stool next to the Emperor. He places one foot on it and strums three notes. He looks at the DOCTOR’S Lyre in disgust.) NERO: Oh, this is an inferior instrument, I cannot. (He thrusts the DOCTOR’S Lyre back to him.) Bring the imperial Lyre. DOCTOR: Beautiful, beautiful! Did you not hear that, my child? That instant composition? VICKI: Oh, yes, erm...Maximus. Could you play it? DOCTOR: Me? Well, er, I’ll try, that is, er, with Caesar’s permission. (NERO waves his approval. The DOCTOR strums the same three notes.) DOCTOR: That is the best I can do, I’m afraid. VICKI: Oh, no, it wasn’t as good. NERO: Oh, of course it wasn’t. (NERO plays a short tune on the imperial Lyre, smiles and passes it to the DOCTOR.) NERO: Try this one. DOCTOR: (Taking it from him.) That your excellency would be an impossibisil, impossibility. After such exquisite playing...I cannot presume...it would be...out of the question. May I suggest that this instrument goes to your temple? (NERO claps his hands in delight and points a sl*ve to the Lyre.) DOCTOR: (Passing the Lyre over.) To the temple. NERO: And the imperial footstool. Have your, er, eaten, Maximus? (He puts the leg of meat in the DOCTOR’S hand.) DOCTOR: (Unsure what to say at this gift.) Er.. NERO: Tigilinus. (TIGILINUS, a nervous sl*ve, steps forward. NERO wipes his hands on TIGILINUS’S toga.) NERO: We will talk and play together later, Maximus. When you have eaten...and practiced. (NERO and his retinue walk out of the room as the DOCTOR bows.) DOCTOR: (To VICKI.) Well, I must say, I got out of that one rather well, hmm? VICKI: Well, what happens when he asks you to play next time? DOCTOR: Yes. (Suddenly realises what she has said and looks worried.) Hmm? 17: EXT. ROME. STREET (NIGHT) (A very bedraggled IAN and DELOS have arrived in Rome. They keep to the shadows.) DELOS: Well, here were are Ian, Rome. Now what? IAN: To tell you the truth, Delos, I hadn’t really thought. DELOS: Well, I suggest you start. We don’t exactly look like respectable citizens of the capital. IAN: No. Well, first of all lets...er...find somewhere to clean up, eh, and I suppose Barbara must have been sold. We’ll make a start there. DELOS: It’ll be hopeless. I must, there must... IAN: You don’t have to come, Delos. DELOS: I know, I know, but, well lucks been with us so far. Who’s to say it won’t hold? IAN: Good man, come on! (They run straight into two soldiers who hold swords at their throats.) 18: INT. NERO’S PALACE. APODITARIUM (The DOCTOR and VICKI have found the room that TAVIUS spoke of. Its walls are curtained.) VICKI: Well, this seems to be the...apoditarium. I wonder what Tavius meant? DOCTOR: Oh, how should I know, my child? I can’t for the life of me understand why I agreed to come here. VICKI: ‘Cos you’re as curious as I am. DOCTOR: Me, curious? Huh! Nonsense. Someone made a mistake. He thought he was talking...with somebody else, I shouldn’t wonder. VICKI: Well, we might as well have a look round now we’re here. DOCTOR: What? VICKI: Or would you rather we forgot? DOCTOR: No, no, no, no. We may as well look around as you say. Hmm! (The DOCTOR pulls one of the curtains aside. A d*ad body lies within.) DOCTOR: Strange, very strange! (VICKI runs over and joins him.) VICKI: Oh, Doctor, that’s the Centurion who found us and brought us to the house. DOCTOR: I’m quite aware of that, my child, but what does it all mean? What does it all mean? Hmm? 19: INT. ROME. CELLS (IAN and DELOS are thrown into a cage. SEVCHERIA looks through the bars at them.) SEVCHERIA: I don’t know what all the fuss is about. Your lucky the soldiers brought you to me. IAN: Lucky? That’s hardly the word I’d use. SEVCHERIA: Well, you know as well as I do, escaped slaves are put to death automatically. This way at least you’ll have a chance of fighting for your freedom. IAN: A chance? How? SEVCHERIA: By putting on a good show in the arena. And hoping Nero’s in a benevolent mood. (He and the soldiers walk away. IAN turns to DELOS.) IAN: The arena? DELOS: Well, it sounds as if we’re going to be trained as gladiators? IAN: Yes, but to fight what? (They hear a roaring sound from outside the barred window.) IAN: Listen! (IAN rushes to the window. The WOMAN sl*ve who BARBARA helped earlier watches them from the cage next to theirs. Outside the window, IAN sees several cages containing pacing, ravenous Lions. IAN looks at DELOS and walks away from the window with a grim look on his face.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x13 - All Roads Lead to Rome"}
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Written by DENNIS SPOONER Original Air Date: 30 January, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. ROME. CELLS IAN: The arena? DELOS: Well, it sounds as if we’re going to be trained as gladiators? IAN: Yes, but to fight what? (They hear a roaring sound from outside the barred window.) IAN: Listen! (IAN rushes to the window. The WOMAN sl*ve who BARBARA helped earlier watches them from the cage next to theirs. Outside the window, IAN sees several cages containing pacing, ravenous Lions. IAN looks at DELOS and walks away from the window with a grim look on his face.) 2: INT. PALACE CORRIDOR (NERO walks down one of the many corridors of the place, strumming his lyre. TIGILINUS accompanies him, noting down the “composition” as they go. Another sl*ve follows. NERO looks at what has been written, takes the quill pen out of TIGILINUS’S hand, scribbles out what he has written and finally thrusts the lyre over TIGILINUS’S head and storms off. The two slaves hurry after NERO.) 3: INT. ANOTHER PALACE CORRIDOR (Elsewhere, VICKI walks along another corridor. At a junction, she meets the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Oh, good morning, my dear. Did you sleep well? VICKI: Yes, thanks. Did you? DOCTOR: Oh, so, so. I must confess, I’ve been giving a great deal of thought to that business of yesterday and, er ... (TAVIUS appears round a pillar and hisses at the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Oh, there’s our hissing friend again! (He leaves VICKI alone and follows TAVIUS round a corner.) DOCTOR: Well? Well? TAVIUS: I haven’t got long. So listen carefully. I’ve managed to get rid of that body and I don’t... (Someone passes nearby. TAVIUS pauses until they have passed on.) TAVIUS: ...I don’t think anyone suspects. But if you delay your action, it will be safer. DOCTOR: Which part of my action would you like me to put into effect first? Hmm? TAVIUS: Why, I leave that to you. DOCTOR: You, er, know my plans, er, of course? TAVIUS: Of, course, of course, yes! But I don’t know the exact details. I must go. I’ll try and see you later. DOCTOR: Hmm. (TAVIUS goes. The DOCTOR hisses at him as he goes! He rejoins VICKI.) DOCTOR: There’s some sort of conspiracy going on, my child, and I’ve decided for my own sake I must get to the bottom of it. The more I...the sooner I do it, the better. VICKI: All right. See you later. (She starts to walk off.) DOCTOR: Yes, hmm, what? Where are you going? VICKI: Oh, nowhere special. Just exploring. DOCTOR: Very well, but don’t leave the palace. It’s big enough to get lost in anyway. And remember, we’re only here as observers. We must not interfere with the course of progress. Or try to accelerate...man’s achievement’s or progress. VICKI: (With some reluctance.) Oh, I’ll do what you say, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm. VICKI: But it does seem a bit of a waste. Bye! (She walks off.) DOCTOR: Bye, yes. Well, I suppose the quickest way is to the top! Hmm. I must have a word with Nero. (He leaves in the other direction.) 4: INT. PALACE. POPPAEA’S BEDCHAMBER (The Empress POPPAEA sits at her table as TIGILINUS follows a thoughtful NERO round the room, attempting in vain to place a laurel wreath on his head.) NERO: We must give him some sort of incentive. POPPAEA: Darling, you are the Emperor. I should think your command would be good enough. NERO: It should be, shouldn’t it. POPPAEA: (Holding up two broaches.) Dearest, which one do you think I should wear? NERO: (Without any thought.) Oh, that one. (He resumes his pacing.) POPPAEA: Oh, really? I would have preferred the other but if you insist. NERO: It’s quite a problem, Poppaea. POPPAEA: Yes, both broaches are very attractive. NERO: No, I was referring to my problem. Naturally, I feel...I appreciate the feelings of my fellow artistes. (He reclines on the bed.) NERO: When Maximus Pettulion plays for the court of Rome, he must have the centre of the stage. He will receive the same rapt and hushed attention that I do when I put on a recital. (TIGILINUS nears with the wreath. Without noticing him, NERO gets back up and resumes pacing.) NERO: Well, nearly the same rapt attention as when I play! POPPAEA: Why not hold a banquet this evening? Maximus can provide the entertainment. NERO: Wonderful idea - a banquet in his honour! But I’d already thought of it as a matter of fact! POPPAEA: You’d better inform him of the arrangements. (There is a knock outside the curtained door. NERO turns to answer and sees that TIGILINUS has climbed on the bed in one last effort to get above NERO and place the wreath.) NERO: Come in...Tigilinus, get off my bed! (NERO snatches the wreath off him and places it on his head. TAVIUS enters.) NERO: Yes, Tavius? TAVIUS: Caesar Nero, we have an audience with the Empress. NERO: We? (TAVIUS parts the curtain and BARBARA enters. NERO’S delighted eyes light up and he walks over to examine her with a roguish smile at TAVIUS. POPPAEA notices this and walks over.) POPPAEA: Dearest! You were on your way to see Maximus! NERO: (Jumping at the sound of her voice.) Oh! Yeah! Oh! Get out of the way, Tavius! (NERO stumbles through the curtain I an effort to get out.) POPPAEA: Yes, what is it, Tavius? TAVIUS: I have a new attendant for your staff, Madam. (POPPAEA waves him away. He bows and leaves. POPPAEA in her turn examines BARBARA.) POPPAEA: My husband, Caesar Nero, seemed quite taken with you. BARBARA: Oh? Did he Madam? POPPAEA: (With menace.) I like being Empress - and I intend to remain so. BARBARA: Yes, Madam. Of course. POPPAEA: Good. As long as you “understand” the position. Now for your first task you can clear away my things. BARBARA: Yes, Madam. POPPAEA: I shall be in the outer room if you require me. (POPPAEA leaves by another curtained doorway. BARBARA starts to do as she is instructed, then she sees a tray with a goblet. She picks it up and walks over to the doorway through which POPPAEA has just left.) BARBARA: I’ll just clear these things away, Madam. (With a smile, BARBARA starts to leave the room.) 5: INT. PALACE CORRIDOR (She hears a playful shout...) NERO: Yoohoo! (BARBARA looks round herself in puzzlement. NERO is watching her from around a nearby pillar. As BARBARA passes he steps out behind her making her gasp.) NERO: I’ve been waiting for you! I’m coming after you! (BARBARA starts to run down the corridor - her paramour in hot pursuit. TIGILINUS appears and grabs NERO’S toga for attention.) NERO: Tiginlus! Go away! Leave me alone! (He carries on his pursuit.) NERO: (Playfully.) You shan’t get away from me! (BARBARA hurriedly places her tray on a nearby stand and runs off. NERO close behind, runs into VICKI. Assuming a more regal poise, he walks backwards...into the stand knocking himself and the stand over! VICKI stifles her laugh and backs hurriedly out of the way. NERO collects himself together and runs off. VICKI, still laughing with her hand over mouth, has backed into a doorway...) 6: INT. PALACE. WORKSHOP (...which is the workshop of...) LOCUSTA: What do you want, child? (VICKI turns round in shock and sees a stern, dark haired, imperious woman.) 7: INT. PALACE. CORRIDOR (BARBARA cautiously steps into the corridor and immediately runs off as NERO catches sight of her and gives chase. The DOCTOR, without seeing BARBARA steps into NERO’S path.) DOCTOR: Oh, Nero, I’d like a word with you! (NERO is totally out of breath, he attempts to speak, breathes deeper, then...) NERO: Which way did she go? DOCTOR: I beg your pardon? NERO: Anyway, I...I..I wanted to have a word with you, Maximus. (He looks down the corridor.) But it can wait, Maximus! It can wait! (He runs off to search for BARBARA again. The DOCTOR watches his progress, then walks off. NERO continues to search. He takes one passage, which BARBARA also finds herself taking. She screams when she sees that she has been spotted and turns hurriedly back. NERO follows, laughing with delight. The DOCTOR appears from around a corner...again, without seeing BARBARA.) DOCTOR: (Laughing.) Extraordinary fellow! What an extraordinary fellow! 8: INT. PALACE. WORKSHOP (LOCUSTA grinds “ingredients” in a bowl whilst VICKI looks over her workshop.) LOCUSTA: So you’ve arrived with the great Maximus Pettulion, have you? The court just cannot wait to hear him play, my dear. VICKI: (To herself.) They may have to. (To LOCUSTA.) What are you doing now, Locusta? LOCUSTA: Preparing a very special poison, my child. I can guarantee its effect on the victim. VICKI: And whose that? The victim, I mean? LOCUSTA: I’ve no idea, Vicki, nobody’s ordered it yet. But, they will, they will. VICKI: I must say, you’ve got a very...unusual sort of a job. LOCUSTA: (With pride.) It has its responsibilities - official poisoner to the court of Caesar Nero. Yes - very responsible. VICKI: It must be dangerous too. LOCUSTA: Great Jupiter! No, I never drink any of my potions! VICKI: No! But, I mean, if you poison somebody, don’t they take their revenge? LOCUSTA: Always. That’s why I’m kept so busy! VICKI: But, I mean you... LOCUSTA: Oh, I see - you mean revenge against me? Oh no, no! I mean, it’s nothing to do with me personally, is it? VICKI: Oh, I suppose not, if you say so. (Somewhat amazed.) But, the citizens of Rome, don’t they object? LOCUSTA: To me? No! It’s an accepted thing, isn’t it? Almost a tradition, in fact - that the family of Caesar want to m*rder each other. After all, everybody would like to be Caesar of Rome, wouldn’t they? (She pours a potion into a small vase-like glass. Before VICKI’S wide-eyes gaze, it starts to fizz and bubble.) LOCUSTA: I wonder who’ll have the honour of being given this? 9: INT. PALACE. CORRIDOR (BARBARA looks carefully around her, gives a sigh of relief and walks off. NERO is a small distance away, watching from around a corner. He sees the direction she has taken.) NERO: (To himself with delight.) Cornered at last! (He treads carefully up the corridor. The faithful TIGILINUS follows, holding his Emperors cloak. NERO senses this and turns round in a temper.) NERO: Tigilinus, if you don’t leave me alone, you will be sent to feed the lions! Now go away! (TIGILINUS, wide-eyed with fear, runs off. NERO, alone at last, follows BARBARA.) 10: INT. PALACE. POPPAEA’S BEDCHAMBER (BARBARA has returned to her duties, tidying POPPAEA’S room. NERO pokes his head through the curtain. He enters and, unseen, creeps up on BARBARA. He grabs her by the arms. She jumps with a cry.) NERO: Got you! Now young woman, surely you wouldn’t refuse me - Claudius Nero - a teeny weeny kiss? BARBARA: (Backing off round the room.) Er, shouldn’t you think about what your wife would say? NERO: Poppaea? Oh she wouldn’t hear of such a thing. I... (BARBARA takes a chance and runs off.) 11: INT. PALACE. CORRIDOR (The DOCTOR walks down a corridor. He sees a set of doors, opens them and enters.) 12: INT. PALACE. POPPAEA’S BEDCHAMBER (NERO, laughing, is chasing BARBARA round and round the Empress’s bed. BARBARA giving out cries of desperation, tries to escape. NERO makes a grab - at the curtains behind which stands the DOCTOR. However, BARBARA has rushed through to the other room and, again, they fail to see each other.) NERO: Maximus! Go away! 13: INT. PALACE. CORRIDOR (The DOCTOR closes the door behind him. BARBARA’S cries and NERO’S laughs can be heard beyond the door. POPPAEA walks up behind the DOCTOR. He turns and sees her...) DOCTOR: Oh, I’m so sorry Madam. I...I wanted a word with Nero. But, er, I’ll come back later. He seems to be rather busy. (The DOCTOR hurriedly walks off. POPPAEA listens momentarily at the door and then enters her room.) 14: INT. PALACE. POPPAEA’S BEDCHAMBER (NERO is still in pursuit. As BARBARA runs round the bed, NERO jumps on it and grabs her as she passes. POPPAEA enters the room and sees this.) NERO: Got you! Oh! Ha ha! (NERO sees his wife watching and roughly thrusts BARBARA off the bed. He tries to appear nonchalant.) NERO: Poppaea, darling. Ha ha! Hello! POPPAEA: Enjoying yourself, dearest? NERO: Hmm? (NERO turns over and “notices” BARBARA on the floor.) NERO: Oh, I’m so sorry. I...I didn’t know we...you were there. Did you want something? BARBARA: (Vehemently.) No! (NERO waves his hand and mouths “Go away!” to her. She needs no further invitation and rushes off under a furious POPPAEA’S gaze. NERO lies back on the bed.) NERO: I’ve got the most terrible headache, darling. I simply had to lie down. POPPAEA: Oh? NERO: Extraordinary thing. That strange young woman has been chasing me round all morning! 15: INT. ROME. CELLS (Accompanied by two soldiers, SEVCHERIA passes food to the WOMAN sl*ve, re-locks the cell, and then walks away. IAN and DELOS already have been given their food. 16: INT. ROME. GLADIATORIAL SCHOOL (SEVCHERIA walks out of the cell area to where two men practice their sword fight. They pause when they see him but he signals for them to continue.) 17: INT. ROME. CELLS (IAN puts his food down and goes to the cell bar.) DELOS: Don’t you want this? IAN: No, no thank you. DELOS: You sure, Ian? (In the next cell, the WOMAN sl*ve, hears IAN’S name for the first time.) WOMAN sl*ve: Ian? Is your name “Ian”? IAN: (Without interest.) Yes, it is. WOMAN sl*ve: You were planning to meet a woman here? (IAN reacts.) Her name were “Barbara”. IAN: (Rushing to the bars.) Barbara! Well, where is she now? WOMAN sl*ve: Oh, I’m sorry. I dunno. IAN: But you just said her name. You must know where she is. WOMAN sl*ve: She were here with me but they took her away - to the auction. They never come back. I suppose she were sold. (IAN walks off into a corner. DELOS watches his friends’ shock.) IAN: (To himself.) Sold! 18: INT. PALACE BATHS (The DOCTOR and NERO relax in the baths. Both doze, with NERO snoring. A sl*ve walks in with a jug of warm water - but it is too warm. The nearly boiling water steams off his feet as he rises, screaming. His cries awaken the DOCTOR.) NERO: Idiot! Fool! I’ll teach you to boil me alive! Guards! Guards! You maniac! Guards! (Two guards enter and grab the sl*ve. NERO takes a sword from one of them.) NERO: Come here! Oh! Wait ‘til I get hold of you! I’ll teach you! (The DOCTOR, feigning indignation, stands between NERO and the pinioned sl*ve.) NERO: Get out of my way, Maximus! Did you see what he did? DOCTOR: Of course I did, yes, of course I did. (He turns to the guards.) Take him away and banish him. (The guards lead the sl*ve away.) NERO: And don’t let him ever appear again here - ever! Ever! DOCTOR: (Turning to the sobbing NERO.) I congratulate you, Nero, the way you handled that stupid fellow! Why, dear, it was most impressive! NERO: (Sitting back down.) Oh, I’m glad you noticed! DOCTOR: Oh, yes. It was enormous control! NERO: You understand, of course, I only took the sword to frighten him? DOCTOR: Yes, I noticed that of course - immediately! Yes. (Laughs.) NERO: I was going to do something, you know. DOCTOR: You did that that perhaps we could have a little talk in here. Hmm? (Getting up and passing the DOCTOR the sword.) NERO: Oh, of course I did, yes, indeed, yes. Er... DOCTOR: Hmm? NERO: Did I say what about? DOCTOR: Not a word but I did want to ask you something now. (The DOCTOR turns, the sword accidentally getting too near to NERO for comfort.) NERO: Eh? (He moves the sword away.) DOCTOR: Er... NERO: Oh, wh...wh...what? DOCTOR: Er, yes, on my arrival, I was rather under the impression that there was some sort of intrigue going on here. Hmm? NERO: Well, nobody said anything to me! Nobody said a word and I am always informed of intrigues. Who was it? DOCTOR: Oh it’s just a feeling, just a feeling, you know. After all, I mean, a musician with your skill, well surely you’ve experienced troubled vibrations? NERO: (Quietly puzzled.) Troubled vibrations? DOCTOR: Hmm? NERO: (Trying to sound convincing.) Oh, well, of course! Yes! DOCTOR: Yes, I’d rather thought you’d had it! Hmm? NERO: Oh I have had it! (The DOCTOR holds the sword a bit too near for comfort again. NERO pushes it away once more.) NERO: Yes! No, I...I thought maybe it was just because I was, er, feeling hungry, you know. DOCTOR: Ah.... NERO: Ah, that was it! (The pointing sword is again moved.) There is a banquet tonight and you are invited. DOCTOR: Oh, how charming of you! Thank you. I’m delighted, delighted! NERO: It’ll be a splendid audience for your first concert! (He walks away chuckling...) DOCTOR: (To himself.) Yes, yes, I rather thought it might be! 19: INT. PALACE. WORKSHOP (VICKI is hidden underneath the workbench as LOCUSTA talks to a visitor...) POPPAEA: You understand what you must do, Locusta? LOCUSTA: Yes Madam - get the attendant to serve these drinks to Caesar Nero - when he’s with your new sl*ve. POPPAEA: Correct. And she is to have the special one. Come with me, I’ll point her out to you. That’ll put paid to any ambitions she has to be Empress. (POPPAEA puts down the ornate goblet she has been holding and walks through the curtained door that LOCUSTA has held open for her. VICKI gets up but LOCUSTA waves her back into hiding. After they have gone, VICKI gets back up and contemplates the goblets with a thoughtful look on her face...) 20: INT. PALACE BANQUETING HALL (BARBARA is one of several slaves putting ornate dishes of food on the table. POPPAEA stands to one side of the room and points her out to LOCUSTA. She in turn walks over to TIGILINUS and, whispering to him, points BARBARA out.) 21: INT. PALACE CORRIDOR (NERO and the DOCTOR, dressed after their bath, walk along one of the corridors.) NERO: The preparations for the banquet are under way, Maximus. You will have to play as you have never played before. (POPPAEA appears.) DOCTOR: Too true! Too true so I ... NERO: Ah, Poppaea, my darling. POPPAEA: Dearest, I do wish you could find time to look in the banqueting hall. NERO: Oh? POPPAEA: I...I think the arrangements are suitable but you have much more artistic appreciation for that sort of thing. NERO: Of course I have! I’ll see to it at once. (To the DOCTOR.) Excuse me. (He walks off to the banqueting hall.) DOCTOR: Pardon me, Madam. I must go about my business. (The DOCTOR leaves a smiling POPPAEA behind. He soon encounters VICKI.) VICKI: Hello Doctor. Solved your problem? DOCTOR: Hmm? No I haven’t child, no. I raised the question with our illustrious Caesar but I’m afraid that was a mistake. (Laughs.) VICKI: That’s rare for you isn’t it?! DOCTOR: Never mind about that. Have you explored the, er, court? Hmm? VICKI: Yes, its marvellous! DOCTOR: Hmm. VICKI: Oh, and guess what? DOCTOR: What? Haven’t any idea. VICKI: There’s going to be a feast tonight. DOCTOR: Oh, so I heard, my dear! Yes, so I heard - and there’s going to be rather an unusual entertainer! (Laughs.) VICKI: Who? DOCTOR: Me! (He laughs again as VICKI looks shocked.) 22: INT. PALACE BANQUETING HALL (BARBARA is placing more dishes. With a look of worry, she sees NERO approaching...) NERO: Oh there you are. Now, close you eyes and Nero will give you a big surprise! BARBARA: (Unsure what he means by this.) Pardon? NERO: Close your eyes! Caesar orders it! (BARBARA, looking wary, does so. He puts a gold bracelet over her left arm.) NERO: There! (Despite herself, BARBARA cannot help smiling at the beauty of this gift.) NERO: Well, aren’t you going to thank me for the present? (He closes his eyes and purses his lips. BARBARA is saved by the appearance of TIGILINUS appears in front of them with a tray on which rest the two goblets from LOCUSTA’S workshop. NERO opens his eyes.) NERO: Go away! (BARBARA decides to take advantage of this interruption and picks up the goblets, passing one to NERO.) BARBARA: Er, I would like to drink to your health, Caesar Nero. NERO: Oh, would you? Oh well, very well. (He waves TIGILINUS back. NERO takes his goblet. BARBARA, needing courage, drinks back her goblet with one swig...) 23: INT. PALACE CORRIDOR DOCTOR: So, you’ve had a busy day, Vicki? Hmm? VICKI: Yes, it was. Oh, something else I forgot to tell you. I think I’ve poisoned Nero! DOCTOR: Really? (Shocked.) What?! VICKI: Well I...I didn’t actually do it. But his wife was going to m*rder some poor sl*ve or other and I didn’t see why that should happen, so I thought... (The DOCTOR clamps her mouth shut.) DOCTOR: For heavens sake, child! Keep quiet! What did you do? VICKI: Well, I..I swapped the drinks round. DOCTOR: And I told you not to interfere with history! Come along, quickly, quickly child! (They run off...) 24: INT. PALACE BANQUETING HALL (BARBARA is, of course, unaffected by her drink. NERO has yet to taste his.) NERO: You must wait upon me personally at the banquet tonight, my dear. I... (BARBARA looks over his shoulder. He turns round to see a furious POPPAEA turn and walk away. BARBARA uses this diversion to escape.) BARBARA: You must excuse me. (She rushes out of the room by one entrance. The DOCTOR and VICKI immediately enter by another.). DOCTOR: Caesar Nero! Don’t drink! NERO: Why not? DOCTOR: I have every reason to believe that drink is poisoned! (NERO looks astounded. The DOCTOR laughs in relief.) DOCTOR: Yes, thank heavens I got you in time. NERO: My dear Maximus...you’ve probably saved my life! If only I could lay my hands on whoever was responsible. (VICKI looks away.) DOCTOR: Quite so! Quite so! And now, if you’ll excuse us, er, I have to practice, a great deal of practice before tonight’s recital. (He quickly takes VICKI away. NERO sniffs the drink, then smiles...) NERO: Tigilinus? (He crooks a finger to summon the sl*ve. TIGILINUS comes over and is passed the goblet. He pauses in puzzlement. NERO waves him to drink. He does so and, with a fleeting look of suprise, falls d*ad to the ground. NERO is similarly surprised.) NERO: He was right! (He shrugs his shoulders and walks away.) 25: INT. ROME. CELLS (IAN is pacing his cell.) DELOS: I wish you’d sit down. IAN: There must be something we can do, Delos. DELOS: We can. Wait! IAN: When we get out of here, I’m going to comb all the sl*ve markets, question everybody. Someone must remember her. DELOS: Ian, you’ve got to worry about yourself. Otherwise, it’s the arena and then... (He gives the thumbs down sign...) 26: INT. PALACE. CHAMBER (BARBARA traces her finger over a map of Rome that she has found, following the road out of the city. She gives a sigh.) 27: INT. PALACE. WORKSHOP (POPPAEA smashes one of LOCUSTA’S bowls to pieces, then approaches the cowering poisoner.) POPPAEA: You stupid fool! There’s no answer to failure! LOCUSTA: But I would have sworn... POPPAEA: I feel tired of your feeble excuses. Guards! Guards! (Two guards enter. POPPAEA throws the woman at them.) POPPAEA: Take her! (LOCUSTA screams as they hold her. POPPAEA: You can save your screams for the arena, now take her away. Get her out! (LOCUSTA, still screaming is dragged away. POPPAEA, her rage unappeased, throws another bowl across the room.) 28: INT. PALACE BANQUETING HALL (The banquet is in full swing. A large number of guests eat with gusto, NERO himself gorging on grapes and an enormous goblet of wine. The DOCTOR and VICKI sit at one end of the table. The DOCTOR prods VICKI.) DOCTOR: If he goes on eating, there won’t be enough! (They look over at NERO who waves back at them with his grapes! TAVIUS pours the DOCTOR some wine.) TAVIUS: More wine, Maximus? (TAVIUS lowers his voice.) TAVIUS: Everything’s set for tomorrow. Be ready. (He walks off.) DOCTOR: Of course, of course. But I must ask you if... (But TAVIUS has gone.) VICKI: What does he mean, Doct...Maximus? DOCTOR: I’ve no idea what he’s talking about, child. VICKI: (Smiling.) Well then, how are you going to get out of the concert this evening? DOCTOR: Oh, I’m not! VICKI: You can’t play the lyre, Doctor! DOCTOR: Can’t I, child? (Laughs.) Can’t I?! VICKI: You can’t possibly do. (As VICKI continues to talk to the DOCTOR, at the centre of the table, NERO is looking anxiously around. POPPAEA notices this.) POPPAEA: She isn’t here, dearest. NERO: Mmm? Who? POPPAEA: The new girl. I’m keeping her very busy. NERO: Ah...new girl? Oh, her! Oh, my dear, she was miles from my thoughts. I was looking to see if everybody had finished. (He stands.) Silence! There will now be a further feast...of music. I give you...the great Corinthian lyre player...Maximus Pettulion! (The diners applaud. The DOCTOR stands, takes up his lyre and crosses to the centre of the room.) DOCTOR: Thank you! You are all so kind. With, er, Caesar’s permission? (NERO majestically waves his assent.) DOCTOR: I would like to play my new composition in honour of this occasion. (This brings further applause. The DOCTOR walks over to NERO.) DOCTOR: The music is so soft, so delicate that only those with keen perceptive hearing, will be able to distinguish this melodious charm of music. (The Emperor takes this in with rapt attention and his face signifies that he fully understands what the DOCTOR means. The crowd applaud as the DOCTOR bows, steps back and places his foot on a stool put down by a sl*ve. He plucks at the strings...but no sound comes out! He waves to NERO who waves back. He carries on with his “composition”. His audience, not wishing to feel left out, whisper to each other in delight. TAVIUS, POPPAEA, all join in the deception. But it is NERO who takes the main part in the farce, by moving his fingers in time to the music. Then he starts to notice the delight that the crowd are taking in the performance and a dark frown appears on his face. He leans across to POPPAEA and hisses at her to get ther attention.) NERO: He’s all right but he’s not all that good! (TAVIUS sneezes. The DOCTOR stops momentarily which causes some of the audience to applaud. The DOCTOR continues to “play” then finishes with a flourish of his hand. The diners burst into ecstatic applause accompanied by cheers and cries of “Bravo”. NERO, furious, storms out. The DOCTOR re-takes his place at the table.) VICKI: Doctor, it was wonderful! Wonderful! DOCTOR: It’s the old fairy story child - “The Emperor’s new clothes”! Yes, I gave it as an idea to Hans Anderson! (They laugh.) 29: INT. PALACE CORRIDOR (NERO, accompanied by two soldiers, is still in a dark rage as the sound of laughter from the banqueting chamber reaches him.) NERO: How dare he! How dare he make a fool of me! He must know that I am the greatest talent in the world. No one gets applause like that except me! I’ll teach him a lesson. (He pauses, smile and laughs to himself.) It’s a wonderful idea. Hardly surprising - I have a creative mind! I’ll put it into operation at once. Guards! (He enters the bedchamber.) 30: INT. POPPAEA’S BEDCHAMBER (BARBARA is within. He takes off his cloak ad puts on another.) NERO: Tell my wife, tell Poppaea that I have gone to the gladiatorial school. No, better than that! You come with me! BARBARA: But I...I.. NERO: No! No arguments! I won’t have any arguments! Tell me, have you ever seen a fight? BARBARA: Er, no I haven’t. NERO: Then I will arrange one while we’re there. I feel like seeing someone hurt myself tonight. Come! Quickly! (He drags her away, followed by the soldiers.) 31: INT. ROME. CELLS (SEVCHERIA passes IAN a helmet.) IAN: What’s this for? SEVCHERIA: Caesar Nero wants you to put on a fight for him. IAN: Fight? Against what? SEVCHERIA: Each other. (IAN and DELOS look at one another.) IAN: And if we refuse? SEVCHERIA: He’ll have you k*lled. This way at least, one of you has a chance. (He locks the cell door.) A good winner sometimes earns his freedom. (He walks away. With reluctance, IAN and DELOS help each other into their armour.) DELOS: I’m going to fight you, Ian. IAN: Are you, Delos? DELOS: You’re my friend. Remember that. But as he says, at least this way, one of us has a chance. IAN: By k*lling the other. DELOS: I promise you one thing. If I win, I’ll make it quick for you. (They shake hands.) 32: INT. GLADIATORIAL SCHOOL (NERO sits down on a raised platform overlooking the schools small arena. BARBARA sits next to him.) NERO: The real reason for this visit, Sevcheria, is for you to arrange an appearance for Maximus Pettulion in the arena. SEVCHERIA: The lyre player? NERO: Yes, he’s at the court. I wish to arrange for him to appear in the circus for the people of Rome. SEVCHERIA: Oh, they’ll appreciate that, Caesar Nero. NERO: Yes, they’ll appreciate it even more, when you set the lions on him in the middle of his wretched performance. (BARBARA starts...) SEVCHERIA: The lions? NERO: That’s what I said - the lions! He humiliated me - that’s what he did. He humiliated me! SEVCHERIA: Maximus Pettulion? NERO: They all applauded as though it was me. (IAN and DELOS enter.) BARBARA: Ian! (IAN hears her voice. They look at each other in shock. SEVCHERIA carries over two swords to them.) SEVCHERIA: Here. (They take possession of the swords and then slowly walk to their places.) NERO: Well, commence the fight! (DELOS att*cks IAN but he manages to parry all the blows. IAN hits out several times with his net but DELOS manages to block this with his shield. NERO laughs in delight. After several more sword blows. IAN manages to pull the sword out of DELOS’ hand with his net. IAN does not take advantage of DELOS’ loss.) NERO: Why didn’t he k*ll him? The fool! Why didn’t he k*ll him? (DELOS picks up his sword again and further blows with sword and net are made. IAN makes a lunge at DELOS but stumbles and falls to his knees. DELOS holds his sword over IAN’S neck. NERO holds his thumb down.) NERO: Cut off his head! (DELOS raises his sword in the air. BARBARA rises and cries out in horror...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x14 - Conspiracy"}
foreverdreaming
Written by DENNIS SPOONER Original Air Date: 6 Febuary, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. GLADIATORIAL SCHOOL (IAN makes a lunge at DELOS but stumbles and falls to his knees. DELOS holds his sword over IAN’S neck. NERO holds his thumb down.) NERO: Cut off his head! (DELOS raises his sword in the air.) NERO: k*ll him! (BARBARA cries out.) NERO: k*ll him! (DELOS hesitates, then makes a run for NERO instead. The Emperor and BARBARA make a run to the back of the platform.) NERO: Guards! Guards! IAN: Look out Delos! (DELOS kicks one of the approaching guards to the ground and uses his shield to throw sand from the floor in the second one’s face. IAN runs forward and covers him with his net. DELOS mounts the stage but before he can strike a blow at NERO, a third guard runs on the platform. They fight whilst IAN takes on SEVCHERIA and another guard. NERO laughs whilst BARBARA’S face shows panic.) NERO: That’s better my dear, now they really are fighting for their lives! (DELOS overcomes his opponent with a sword thrust. He falls at NERO’S feet.) NERO: Get up you coward and fight! Get up! Your Caesar commands it! (NERO kicks at the d*ad guard who rolls off the platform. The way out, off to one side of the platform is now free.) DELOS: Ian! We can get out this way! (IAN jumps onto the stage.) IAN: Come on, Barbara! (But NERO holds her back as SEVCHERIA and a guard run for the platform. DELOS holds them back.) BARBARA: I can’t, Ian! I can’t! NERO: k*ll them! k*ll them! BARBARA: Run quickly! SEVCHERIA: After them! IAN: I’ll come back for you somehow! (IAN and DELOS dive out of the door.) SEVCHERIA: After them! (The guards and SEVCHERIA jump onto the platform.) NERO: You’ll never catch them now. (SEVCHERIA turns to the remaining guards.) SEVCHERIA: Back to your posts. NERO: (To BARBARA.) I’ll teach you to turn against me. (He throws BARBARA at SEVCHERIA and a guard who hold her.) SEVCHERIA: We could have caught them, Caesar Nero. NERO: Oh, you’d never have stood a chance in the street outside. (He looks at BARBARA.) But, I’ll see them d*ad. I’ll see them d*ad. SEVCHERIA: You think they’ll come back Caesar Nero? NERO: For her...and when they do, you’ll recognise them. Take my guards and bring them to me. SEVCHERIA: I understand, Caesar Nero. NERO: If you succeed, you will be rewarded. (SEVCHERIA grins.) If you fail, you die. (The grin vanishes. NERO crosses to BARBARA.) So you are a friend of the gladiators, are you? (To the guard.) Give me your sword. (The guard does as instructed. He holds BARBARA who cries out as NERO approaches with the sword...but it is the guard himself who NERO kills.) NERO: He didn’t fight hard enough. (BARBARA’S eyes close in fear and horror...) 2: INT. PALACE CHAMBER (POPPAEA stands by the open window, looking perturbed. TAVIUS enters the room.) TAVIUS: You sent for me, madam? POPPAEA: Tavius, yes. Come here. (He approaches.) POPPAEA: The new sl*ve you bought for me... TAVIUS: Yes, madam. POPPAEA: I find her unsatisfactory. Get rid of her. TAVIUS: Of course, as soon as I can find a replacement. POPPAEA: Immediately. If she’s not out of the palace today, I’ll take my own measures. And they’ll be successful this time. TAVIUS: But the Caesar Nero... (POPPAEA slaps him across the face.) POPPAEA: How dare you speak to me like that! My orders are to be carried out. Otherwise your own life will be in danger. (POPPAEA storms away. A steely look appears in TAVIUS’S eyes.) 3: INT. PALACE CORRIDOR (BARBARA cautiously walks down one of the long Palace corridors. TAVIUS comes out of the chamber.) BARBARA: Tavius...I’ve been looking for you everywhere. TAVIUS: Oh? BARBARA: Is there anyone inside? TAVIUS: No. BARBARA: Well, I think it would be safer if we talked in there. (They go back inside the chamber. BARBARA checking the corridor behind her before closing the door.) 4: INT. PALACE CHAMBER BARBARA: Tavius, I’m desperate. You’re the only one I can turn to. I can’t move anywhere in the palace. The guards watch me all the time. TAVIUS: Now please, slowly. I don’t understand. BARBARA: Well, you remember when you first brought me here? TAVIUS: Yes BARBARA: I told you that I didn’t intend to stay. TAVIUS: Yes BARBARA: Well, that time has come. I was planning to leave, a...a friend of mine, Ian, is coming to collect me. TAVIUS: Go on. BARBARA: Well, Nero’s found out about it...and he intends to use me to trap Ian. TAVIUS: I see. When’s your friend coming? BARBARA: I think it’s tonight. TAVIUS: Good. Now don’t worry. I’ll think of something, I promise you. Everything will be all right. BARBARA: What can I say? I can’t repay you. TAVIUS: I need no reward. Besides, I have my own reason for helping you. Poppaea instructed me to dismiss you. I shall say I did. BARBARA: Thank you, Tavius. You’ve given me new hope. (She walks over to the window, then turns...) BARBARA: Oh, do you know Maximus Pettulion? TAVIUS: Yes...yes, I do. Why? BARBARA: Nero is planning an appearance for him in the arena. It seem... (She sees something out of the window and stops...) 5: EXT. PALACE GROUNDS (SEVCHERIA is posting guards outside the Palace walls.) SEVCHERIA: Two up...march! (Two of the guards stands inside an archway as instructed whilst the remainder follow SEVCHERIA on...) SEVCHERIA: One up...march! (A few yards on, another stands on patrol...) SEVCHERIA: Two up...march! (...with two more a few yards on. The Palace is enclosed by a ring of steel.) 6: INT. PALACE CHAMBER TAVIUS: Maximus Pettulion? To appear in the arena? BARBARA: (Still looking out of the window.) Tavius! They’re posting the guard - it must be to trap Ian! 7: EXT. ROMAN STREET (IAN and DELOS stand under the archway of a building as people pass by.) DELOS: If we’ve got to waste time until tonight, I suggest we get undercover. IAN: It’s sometimes safer to hide in the open, Delos. DELOS: We won’t get near the palace - you know that. ... shout. They’ll be waiting. IAN: Perhaps...but I’ve got a friend who specialises in trouble. He dives in and usually finds a way. I think I’ll take a leaf out of his book for once. Come on! (They run off.) 8: INT. PALACE CHAMBER (The DOCTOR, wearing his spectacles, examines the map of Rome that BARBARA was looking at previously.) DOCTOR: You know what this is, child, don’t you? Hmm? VICKI: (Bored.) Plans? DOCTOR: Yes. Caesar Nero made it. The rebuilding of Rome. Let me see, where are we now? 64AD, July. Yes, of course! He sets f*re to Rome! (Laughs.) VICKI: I know about that, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, he must...I expect his plan will be ready at any time now. Hmm. (Laughs.) (TAVIUS hisses behind him.) TAVIUS: Maximus! DOCTOR: Must you hiss my name from all corners? Hmm? TAVIUS: I’m sorry, but I have news. DOCTOR: Yes? TAVIUS: Nero has arranged for you to play in the arena. DOCTOR: Oh! Has he now? Well, I must have misjudged the fellow! Ho, ho! Hmm, Hmm! TAVIUS: And as you play...the lions will be released! DOCTOR: (Unperturbed.) Oh, that will be charming! TAVIUS: Well, obviously you must leave here...before this “concert”. DOCTOR: Oh, obviously, hmm. TAVIUS: So if you still intend to carry on with your plan, today’s your last chance to k*ll Nero. DOCTOR: Yes, yes. (Suddenly realises what TAVIUS has said.) k*ll Nero? I beg your pardon? TAVIUS: Maximus, when you first sent word from Corinth of your intention to m*rder the Caesar Nero, I informed your allies in the court. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, you did, did you? Yes. TAVIUS: Then, when the...the, er, assassins left here to waylay you on your journey, Naturally, I thought that was the end. DOCTOR: Yes, but I arrived here, hmm? TAVIUS: Yes Maximus, you arrived here. DOCTOR: Hmm. And the Centurion who was k*lled by my, er, allies, was the man that knew all about my plans and Nero didn’t? (Laughs.) TAVIUS: Yes, yes, we all know that but my main concern now, Maximus, is that you should act on what I say. DOCTOR: I shall certainly act on what you say - immediately! Hmm? TAVIUS: (Starting to leave.) Oh, good, good! And the lions will go hungry after all, eh? DOCTOR: Yes! (Laughs.) (TAVIUS leaves.) DOCTOR: Hmm. Well, that’s settled that little bit of intrigue. (Laughs.) I’m a would-be m*rder, am I? (Laughs.) Well, we must be going, child. I want to leave here as soon as it’s dark. VICKI: Oh, but Doctor... DOCTOR: Now, now, now, there’ll be no arguments. You will do as I say. Hmm? (NERO enters the room and holds his hands up in greeting.) NERO: Maximus, my dear friend! DOCTOR: Oh, my dear Caesar Nero! (The DOCTOR stands with the map behind him, holding his glasses behind his back.) NERO: I have a surprise for you! DOCTOR: Yes!? NERO: Guess what it is! DOCTOR: Well now, let me think, ahh, you want me play in the arena! Hmm (Laughs.) NERO: (The smile disappears from his face.) You guessed... DOCTOR: Well, it’s no problem at all, after all, you want to do you very best for your fellow artists, well, why not the arena? Hmm? NERO: (Putting on a good face.) Y...yes, yes, of course, that is exactly right. DOCTOR: Yes, but I promise you, I shall try to make it a...”roaring” success! NERO: (The smile disappears again.) You’ll have to play something special, you know? DOCTOR: Oh, yes, of course, of course, yes. Something serious, yes. Something they can “really get their teeth into”! Hmm? NERO: (Almost crying.) You can’t know, you can’t! I’ve told no one! DOCTOR: Caesar Nero, I’ve always wanted to put on a good show, to give a great performance. (Behind the DOCTOR, the hot sun shines through the window and directly through the his glasses...onto the plan of Rome!.) DOCTOR: After all, who knows? If I “go down well”, I might even make it...my farewell performance. (Laughs.) You see, I’ve always wanted to be considered as an artist of “some taste”! (A black spot appears on the plan as it starts to burn.) DOCTOR: Generally regarded as, er, well...er, “palatable”, hmm? But I must be boring you, oh I must! (A flame appears...) DOCTOR: Surely you have...so many other important things to attend to without standing here, “chewing over” the facts with me? (He smells the air.) Good gracious, there’s something burning! (The DOCTOR turns, revealing the burning papers. NERO dives forward in a fury.) NERO: My plans! My drawings for New Rome! You fool! You idiot! (VICKI attempts to swat the flames with the curtains whilst the DOCTOR looks distinctly uneasy.) NERO: A lifetime’s work! I’ll have you both k*lled over and over again! Guards! Guards! (Guards rush in and stand to attention.) NERO: Fool! Idiot! Traitor! Pig! I’ll stick you both in the arena, on an island with water all round, a...and in the water there will be Alligators and the water level will be raised and the Alligators will get you! Fool! Traitor...! (He stops suddenly as he looks at the burning plan in his hand, a look of delight on his face...) NERO: Brilliant! You ... are ... a ... genius! A genius! (Laughs.) I will make you rich! Rich! (Laughs.) So the senate wouldn’t pass my plans, eh? Wouldn’t let me build my New Rome? But, if the old one is burnt, if it goes up in flames, they will have no choice! Rome will be rebuilt to my design! Brilliant! Brilliant! (Holding a burning plan like a torch, he runs from the room.) DOCTOR: (To the guards holding himself and VICKI.) Well, there you are, release us. You heard what Nero said: “Brilliant, brilliant!” (Laughs nervously.) Let us go, will you? Otherwise you’ll be getting some of that Alligator treatment. Hmm hmm. (The guards let go of them.) Go on, on your way. About your business. Go along. Hmm hmm! (The guards leave the room.) DOCTOR: We’d better be going, child and I want to leave here as soon as it’s dark. VICKI: I didn’t think that was going to work. DOCTOR: Wasn’t going to work? What next? I never had any doubt in my mind, my dear. 9: INT. PALACE CORRIDOR (Still laughing and holding the burning plan, NERO runs along one of the corridors. POPPAEA rushes out from one side.) NERO: Fantastic! Brilliant! (Laughs.) It’s a fantastic idea, Poppaea. POPPAEA: (Looking nervously at the burning parchment.) Well, if it’s your idea, dearest, it must be. NERO: Well, nearly all mine, dear. You know how I’ve always longed to rebuild Rome, name it after myself. POPPAEA: Yes, I know. NERO: At last, here’s a chance of making it all come true. Burn the old one, and the cynics will have to pass my plans. It is a good idea, isn’t it? POPPAEA: (Not sounding convinced.) Yes, very. NERO: Did you want me? POPPAEA: Only to find out why the Palace has been surrounded by guards. NERO: (Thinking.) Guards? Oh, yes, of course, yes. That new sl*ve of yours, that girl, she and some of her friends are coming here tonight. They’ll be captured and k*lled. I must, er, get someone to start the fires. Tonight! No time like the present. (He runs off, leaving a smiling a triumphant POPPAEA behind.) 10: EXT. PALACE GROUNDS (NIGHT) (It is evening. SEVCHERIA patrols the grounds. Guards salute him as he passes. He stops to address one.) SEVCHERIA: Stand up straight, soldier. (He passes more of the densely posted guards, then stops to stare into the night. From a nearby balcony, BARBARA also watches and waits.) 11: INT. PALACE RECEPTION CHAMBER (NIGHT) (NERO sits on a throne with TAVIUS and guards in attendance.) NERO: What’s keeping them? The guards should have returned hours ago with my, er, torchbearers. TAVIUS: (To one of the guards.) You - go and see if they’re outside. (The guard leaves.) 12: EXT. PALACE GROUNDS (NIGHT) (IAN and DELOS are making their way through the Palace grounds. They dive behind some bushes as they hear the murmur of voices.) DELOS: Ian, guards! IAN: There must be someway of getting in here. Quick! Delos, get into line. (IAN and DELOS run and join a long line of men walking into the Palace - NERO’S “torchbearers”. Keeping their faces averted, they walk straight past SEVCHERIA.) 13: INT. PALACE RECEPTION CHAMBER (NIGHT) (The group of men assemble before NERO’S throne.) TAVIUS: Hurry, hurry, come. (NERO stands, takes a bowl from a guard and tips it over. The ground is littered with gold pieces. The crowd are stunned.) NERO: Well, pick them up then. (The crowd need no second bidding. With a cry, they dive to the ground, IAN and DELOS among them but they are more concerned with watching their surroundings.) DELOS: ... Ian? IAN: I don’t know. I tell you one thing, if I get the chance, I’m going to find Barbara. NERO: That’s enough. Silence! (The crowd fall silent and rise to their feet. As NERO speaks, TAVIUS looks over the crowd. He sees IAN and DELOS watching around themselves carefully.) NERO: That was just a sample. There will be more for you, if you carry out the task that I have for you. I want you men to start fires in the hutments next to the circus. The f*re will spread quickly. By tonight, all Rome will be ablaze. k*ll anyone who tries to stop you. You are acting on orders from Caesar Nero, Emperor of all Rome! (TAVIUS walks over to IAN and DELOS whilst this order is being given.) TAVIUS: You are Ian? IAN: Yes. TAVIUS: Come with me. (DELOS nods to IAN who walks away with TAVIUS. NERO re-takes his throne.) NERO: (Almost to himself.) Then, the rebuilding will commence. A new city will arise from the flames...Neropolis, Nerocaesum or, huh, just plain Nero! 14: EXT. PALACE GROUNDS (NIGHT) (A guard stands behind SEVCHERIA as he ponders...) SEVCHERIA: Yes...they may have got in with the crowd. If they did, they won’t get out. 15: INT. PALACE CORRIDOR (NIGHT) (TAVIUS takes IAN down a corridor.) IAN: But how did you know I’d get in that way? TAVIUS: I didn’t. I just put myself in your place and that seemed the logical entrance. Come with me. (TAVIUS parts a curtain and they enter a room.) 16: INT. PALACE. ROOM (NIGHT) (BARBARA is within.) IAN: Barbara! BARBARA: Ian! Oh! (They hug. TAVIUS opens a chest and takes out a cloak that he puts round BARBARA.) TAVIUS: Put this on. BARBARA: Will we get out of here? IAN: There’s a chance, Barbara. Just a chance. (They go back into the corridor.) 17: EXT. PALACE GROUNDS (NIGHT) (A noise is heard by SEVCHERIA. He turns to a guard.) SEVCHERIA: See what that is. (The guard walks off to some bushes, where...) DOCTOR: This way child...and try and be quiet. The place is swarming with guards. (They come round the bushes and in front of the guard.) DOCTOR: Oh, er, it’s only us! (The guards salutes and walks off. VICKI sighs with relief. The guard returns to SEVCHERIA and nods at him. SEVCHERIA sheathes his sword.) 18: INT. PALACE RECEPTION CHAMBER (NIGHT) (The assembled crowd light excitedly light torches as NERO watches. Unseen, IAN and BARBARA run back in and join DELOS. NERO stands.) NERO: Silence! Leave now and start the fires. (The crowd cheer and run off to commence their task, among them IAN, BARBARA and DELOS.) 19: EXT. PALACE. OUTSIDE THE RECEPTION CHAMBER (NIGHT) (IAN, BARBARA and DELOS are last out of the chamber. SEVCHERIA approaches. DELOS thrust his torch into his face. He falls with a cry. The three fugitives back up against a curtain.) IAN: Well done, Delos! DELOS: The Emperors’ instructions! Well, now that you’ve found Barbara, where are you making for? IAN: We go north. BARBARA: Assessium. DELOS: Well, I’ll travel some of the way with you. And there’s home for me. They won’t catch me a second time. I promise you that. IAN: (Points.) Come. (They run off. Two guards come across the prone form of SEVCHERIA.) 20: INT. PALACE CHAMBER (NIGHT) (TAVIUS looks out of the window, into the darkness.) TAVIUS: Good luck, my child, good luck. (In his hand he holds a small wooden cross...) 21: EXT. BUSHES (NIGHT) (A small distance from Rome, the DOCTOR and VICKI push their way through bushes.) VICKI: Think the road’s just up ahead. DOCTOR: Good, good. I expect Ian and Barbara’ll be wondering when we’re going to get back. (Laughs.) VICKI: Doctor! DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: Look! (Beyond a hillside, the night sky is lit up by the glow of flames.) DOCTOR: Oh, ha ha! The great f*re of Rome, my dear. Hmm? VICKI: My first real sight of history! DOCTOR: Yes, a most memorable occasion. (Laughs.) (They sit down.) VICKI: Isn’t it strange...to think that people will read about that in books for thousands and thousands of years and here am I sitting here actually watching it. DOCTOR: Hmm...hmm, hmm. VICKI: It’s a pity they got it all wrong. DOCTOR: Hmm? Got it all wrong? What do you mean child? Hmm? VICKI: Well, they didn’t mention you. DOCTOR: Ah, of course not. Why should they? Hmm? VICKI: Well, it was you who gave Nero the idea, wasn’t it? DOCTOR: I?...Gave him? (Laughs.) VICKI: Honestly, Doctor! And after that long talk you gave me about not meddling with history, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. DOCTOR: It’s got nothing to do with me! VICKI: You burnt his drawings! DOCTOR: Oh, yes, an accident! VICKI: Well, maybe it was but if you hadn’t... DOCTOR: Well, he could have...he could have, he would have been told someone else, you can’t possibly accuse me of...of...of...f, (Points.) for that! Hmm? VICKI: (Standing.) All right, you have it your way, I’ll have it mine. (She walks off. The DOCTOR also stands.) DOCTOR: Now look here, young lady, lets settle this. Insinuating that all this is...my fault. Hmm? My fault! (The DOCTOR laughs as the flames beyond the hill get fiercer.) 22: ROME AND THE PALACE (NIGHT) (NERO also laughs, but more maniacally as the city burns around him. He plays his Lyre as the conflagration continues...) 23: INT. VILLA (A Cock crows to mark the dawn as IAN and BARBARA enter the villa. It is unchanged since they left.) IAN: Nobody about. BARBARA: Bit early, they might not be up yet. IAN: If the master was back, the servants would be. Surely Vicki or the Doctor would have cleared up this mess. (He spots the broken vase on the floor that BARBARA accidentally h*t him with when they were last in the villa.) IAN: Ha! Ah...so that’s what they h*t me on the head with? BARBARA: (Guiltily.) Yes. (Takes off her cloak.) Surely the Doctor wouldn’t have gone back to the TARDIS without us? IAN: No, I don’t think so. All in all, I think we’ve...got back before them. BARBARA: Yeah. Oh, I’m so hungry. IAN: Yes, er, so am I. Erm, Barbara, there must be a bit of that, er, cold peacock of yours left in the fridge. BARBARA: Hey, you’re right! IAN: Er, why don’t you have a look? (She walks off a few paces, then stops...She turns back and starts throwing cushions at him.) BARBARA: Oh, very funny! Instead of sitting there making stupid jokes, why don’t you get yourself cleaned up? As a matter of fact, you can start with this. (Points to the vase.) IAN: Oh, Barbara! BARBARA: Well you broke it. IAN: I did? BARBARA: Yes, well, I know I picked it up to help but you got your head in the way. IAN: (Pauses, then...) You h*t me on the head with that! BARBARA: Well, yes...you see, erm, well, in the struggle, you... (He starts to chase her round the room.) IAN: So, I’ve got you to blame for being thrown into jail, eh? Made to...row in a galley! Fight like a Roman... BARBARA: Oh, what are you doing? IAN: I’ll show you what I’m going to do! (He grabs her to thrust her head into the fountain.) BARBARA: Ahh! No! No! All right...I’ll clear it up. IAN: Ah...better. (He lets her go and lies on the couch as BARBARA starts to clear up the vase. IAN sighs and quotes Latin ...) IAN: Oh tempera, oh mores. (They smile.) 24: INT. VILLA. (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR and VICKI have arrived back. IAN and BARBARA, cleaned up and in fresh Roman clothes are asleep on the couches. It looks as though they have never left the villa.) DOCTOR: Well, well, well, well! IAN: Oh, oh, Doctor! BARBARA: Vicki, you’re back! (IAN and BARBARA stretch themselves awake.) DOCTOR: Oh, what zest, what youthful exuberance! Try not to look at them, child, their outburst of energy could make you go dizzy! VICKI: Barbara, we went to Rome. We met Nero! They all thought the Doctor was a musician and they gave a concert and all these people were... BARBARA: (Struggling up.) Vicki, Vicki, listen, listen... DOCTOR: My dear Barbara. The young lady doesn’t want to listen to people who have been idling away their days. BARBARA: (Indignant.) I haven’t been idling! DOCTOR: Well, now you’ve had a nice long holiday, I’m sure you can’t wait to get back to the TARDIS, hmm? IAN: If you let us get a word in edgeways, we’d... DOCTOR: It’ll have to keep. Have a grape! (He pops a grape in IAN’S open mouth as VICKI laughs.) DOCTOR: Come along, my dear. (He leads VICKI out, the both of them laughing.) IAN: Well, how do you like that? BARBARA: Oh well... IAN: Hmm! BARBARA: Even if we had told them, I don’t think they’d have believed us. IAN: No. Said we were dreaming. BARBARA: Oh, it isn’t fair, Ian, is it? IAN: No it is not! Though, got a funny side to it, hasn’t it? (He laughs. BARBARA joins in.) BARBARA: Yes! DOCTOR: (OOV.) Come along, lazy bones! (They both sigh and get up to follow. IAN picks up a goblet and an metal jug of wine.) IAN: Roman souvenir! (They leave.) 25: EXT. VALLEY (The TARDIS, still lying at an angle, dematerialises...) 26: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The travellers are still in their Roman clothes. The DOCTOR circles the console as VICKI excitedly tells BARBARA and IAN of their adventures.) VICKI: ...And you see, after that, he got and he started pretending to play the Lyre and the point was, he wasn’t really playing it at all. BARBARA: But no one would admit they couldn’t hear him. VICKI: Exactly! He fooled everybody! (They laugh.) IAN: He usually does, Vicki. You’ll see. BARBARA: Oh, well. Much as I like these clothes, I really think we ought to change into something a little more practical. VICKI: Yes, you’re right. Where will we go next? Has the Doctor told you yet? BARBARA: Oh no. He never does that. VICKI: You mean it’s a surprise? IAN: Er, yes, erm, to everybody! VICKI: But the Doctor can work the ship can’t he? BARBARA: (Sounding unconvincing.) Er...yes. IAN: (Also unconvincing.) Oh, sort of... VICKI: Go on, he must know what he’s doing. He’s been at those controls for hours. I don’t believe you! Come on, Barbara. (The two women walk into the inner section of the ship, laughing. Still holding his goblet and jug of wine, IAN crosses to a worried looking DOCTOR. A strange noise fills the air...) IAN: Anything wrong, Doctor? DOCTOR: Uh? Oh, Chesterton! Yes, you know, I wouldn’t had thought it possible but somehow we’ve materialised for a split second of time...and been imprisoned in some kind of force. I simply can’t break its hold. Somewhere, somehow, the...we’re being slowly dragged down. Hmm (Laughs nervously.) IAN: Dragged down? DOCTOR: Hmm ... IAN: To what? (The DOCTOR looks straight at IAN. He has no answer...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x15 - Inferno"}
foreverdreaming
Written by BILL STRUTTON Original Air Date: 13 February, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: I wouldn’t had thought it possible but somehow we’ve materialised for a split second of time...and been imprisoned in some kind of force. I simply can’t break its hold. Somewhere, somehow, the...we’re being slowly dragged down. Hmm (Laughs nervously.) IAN: Dragged down? DOCTOR: Hmm ... IAN: To what? (The DOCTOR looks straight at IAN. He has no answer...) 2: EXT. VORTIS (The planet is bleak and desolate. Crags and craters sparsely populate the surface. A large number of moons hang in the cloudless, dark, star-filled sky. Webs hang between the crags and a strange mist is permanently in the soundless air. With a roar of its engines the TARDIS materialises...) 3: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (This is the un-welcoming sight that appears on the TARDIS scanner. The DOCTOR, changed out of his toga and back into his normal clothes, stands before the screen. With his finger tips together and a stern look on his face, he contemplates the TARDIS’S latest landing place.) DOCTOR: All responses...negative. Air thin and static. Hmm! (The DOCTOR turns back to the console as BARBARA, also changed, comes out of the living area. She carries one of the Roman goblets in her hand which she is drinking out of. She too looks up at the scanner.) BARBARA: Crags and pools... (She walks over to a corner of the console room where an alcove contains several pieces of instrumentation. IAN sits before it as he finishes changing by putting on a pair of shoes.) BARBARA: Oh, it’s like a cemetery, it’s so quiet. IAN: Yeah, no vegetation and I haven’t seen anything move yet. (He digs her with his elbow.) We’re on the moon! (VICKI, now back in her original dress from Dido, comes out of the living area.) DOCTOR: (To himself.) Hu hu! What is holding us here? What force, hmm? VICKI: That looks a bit grim. Where are we? DOCTOR: Hmm? (The DOCTOR continues to make “Hmm”ing noises to himself as he contemplates the console. He seems utterly perplexed by their predicament.) IAN: Doctor, can’t there just be something wrong with the TARDIS? DOCTOR: Wrong? My boy, we’ve been dragged off our course. The question is, is it some natural phenomena or...is it intelligent, deliberate, or...for a purpose, hmm? BARBARA: Oh, you’ll find the answer, Doctor. You always do. DOCTOR: Er, what? Hmm? BARBARA: You’ll find the answer. DOCTOR: Oh yes, my dear, yes, I...I...I’m confident that I can counteract it with more power. Yes, now let me see, er. (As the DOCTOR returns to his instruments, VICKI’S face contracts in pain...) 4: EXT. VORTIS (Outside the TARDIS, an unusual and alien creature scurries into view. Although the height of a man, it resembles nothing less than a huge black ant. It gives out a high pitched warbling chirrup which brings another of its kind from around one of the crags. They chirrup to each other.) 5: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR activates several controls...) DOCTOR: Good! Good, the power response is satisfactory. (VICKI’S face is still contorted...) VICKI: Can you hear it? Listen! DOCTOR: Er, hmm? VICKI: What is it? DOCTOR: (Dismissing her complaints.) Oh! VICKI: Ian, Barbara, what is it? IAN: What can you hear, Vicki? VICKI: (Putting her hands to her head.) A sort of...humming. Oh! Can’t you hear it? DOCTOR: Hmm? (VICKI staggers in pain. BARBARA rushes to her assistance.) IAN: Do you hear anything, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, she’s probably heard an extra-sonic sound. You know, the...thing that young people and young animals hear. (Laughs.) Excuse me, you’re in the way. (IAN steps out of the way so that the DOCTOR can circle the console.) VICKI: (With relief.) Oh, it’s stopped. Barbara, it’s stopped! BARBARA: Are you all right now? VICKI: Yes, yes thanks. (BARBARA crosses to the DOCTOR.) BARBARA: Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? BARBARA: Doctor, we must get out of here. DOCTOR: Oh yes, I quite agree. I quite agree. The power build up is strong enough. Yes, quite satisfactory. Well now the motor’s ... (The DOCTOR checks another control.) DOCTOR: Yeah... (Laughs.) 6: EXT. VORTIS (One of the ant creatures scurries over to where another alien creature waits between two crags. This one resembles a large grub. It moves forward on its myriad number of legs...) 7: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR mutters and laughs to himself as he attempts to free the TARDIS from the force that is holding it. IAN and BARBARA look at each other.) 8: EXT. VORTIS (The TARDIS fades out of and into view but it cannot break free of the force. One of the ants chirrups to the grub creature. It shuffles between the two ants. Their arms twitch as they continue to chirrup. A web starts to appear in front of the TARDIS.) 9: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The column on the console falls and the hum of the TARDIS instruments die down. The four travellers stare at the d*ad instruments. Suddenly the chirruping of the creatures is heard inside the ship. As BARBARA’S hands fly to her ears, the whole room lurches to one side and the four companions are thrown to one side. As IAN catches hold of the DOCTOR, BARBARA crouches down by the console and stares up in terror at the scanner. The ship steadies down.) IAN: What’s happening, Doctor, what’s happening? DOCTOR: We seem to be caught! Trapped somehow. Is it...some strange phenomena? (He indicates the console.) There’s no power in the ship - it’s useless! BARBARA: (Now stood up.) Ian, Doctor, look! (The scanner image is also steady. It displays several of the crags. They all look up at it.) BARBARA: I saw a flash - behind one of those crags. IAN: Where? BARBARA: Out there - I saw it! I saw it! IAN: Well, it’s not there now. BARBARA: (Angrily.) Well I can see it’s not there n... DOCTOR: All right, all right, don’t ..t..snap at each other, my dear. BARBARA: I’m sorry. DOCTOR: You probably saw some cosmic ray which is causing the interference. BARBARA: Well, I was almost...Vicki? (BARBARA sees that the young girl is still on the floor and slightly stunned. BARBARA goes over to her.) VICKI: The noise - it’s stopped? BARBARA: Yes. It’s all gone now. Come on, I think you’d better lie down for a while. (She helps her up and over to the living quarters.) DOCTOR: So disturbing all this interference. IAN: Well, Doctor? DOCTOR: I can’t understand it. Well, there’s nothing for it, my boy, but we shall, er, it’s a matter of, er, exploration. We shall have to go and find the trouble of this, er, interference and then learn how to counteract it. IAN: Oh... DOCTOR: Hmm. IAN: No need for the other two to come. I’ll go and tell them. DOCTOR: Quite so. (IAN walks over to the living quarters and meets BARBARA coming out.) IAN: Oh, how is she? BARBARA: Oh, she’s better. (IAN goes into the living quarters.) BARBARA: Oh, Doctor? DOCTOR: Uh? BARBARA: Do you have such a thing as a sedative? DOCTOR: Of course, my dear. It’s in the first aid box. You know where it is - there, it’s facing you. (The DOCTOR points to a box which is among many pieces on a table in the alcove.) BARBARA: Oh, yes. (BARBARA goes over to the alcove and starts rummaging round the items on the table.) BARBARA: Oh, Doctor! What a mess. Honestly, one of these days, I’m going to have a jolly good spring clean around here. (IAN comes back out of the living quarters as BARBARA picks up a small tube-like container.) IAN: She’s asleep already. Oh, er, Barbara. The Doctor and I are going outside to have a look around. (BARBARA is about to say something but IAN won’t let her.) IAN: Now, don’t worry. I won’t let him out of my sight. DOCTOR: (Coming back into console room.) Nearly done, my boy? Hmm. IAN: Yes, er, we’re ready. (To BARBARA.) We’ll be all right. BARBARA: Be careful - both of you. (BARBARA takes the container into the living quarters. The DOCTOR has changed into a hooded white jacket. He holds up another for IAN.) DOCTOR: (To BARBARA.) Yes, yes, yes, of course, of course. (To IAN.) Now, I want you to wear this ADJ. IAN: This what? DOCTOR: It’s an Atmospheric Density Jacket, to be precise. IAN: Oh... (The DOCTOR helps IAN on with the jacket.) IAN: I see. Is the atmosphere a bit thin? DOCTOR: Yes, I’m afraid it’s rather sub-normal. IAN: Hmm. Hello? DOCTOR: Mmm? IAN: What’s this extraordinary thing? (IAN is looking at two metallic tubes which come out of the front of the jacket and face up towards the face of the wearer.) DOCTOR: Oh, these are what they technically call, er, respiratory compensator. IAN: Oh, I see. A sort of, er, advanced oxygen mask, eh? DOCTOR: Exactly, exactly. IAN: Well, come on then Doctor. (He walks towards the doors but suddenly stops...) IAN: Ahh! How do we open the doors? We have no power. DOCTOR: Er...ah... (The DOCTOR tries the door control but, of course, there is no response.) DOCTOR: Ah, dear, dear, dear, dear, dear! Hmm. It’s one thing after another... IAN: (Smiling.) Hmm? DOCTOR: Yes, well, I, er, I, er... (The DOCTOR glances at the large ring on his finger. He seems embarrassed.) DOCTOR: I didn’t want to, er... IAN: Hey? (The DOCTOR takes the ring off.) DOCTOR: Er, this is, er, not merely a decorative object. (Laughs.) (He walks over to the alcove in the corner.) DOCTOR: Come along, come along. (A puzzled IAN follows. The DOCTOR flicks a switch on one machine and another switch on a second machine from which a photo-electric cell lights up. The DOCTOR waves the ring, now back on his finger, several times in front of the cell. As the DOCTOR chuckles, the doors swing open silently. The DOCTOR, still laughing at his “victory” over IAN’S pessimism, puts on a white Astrakhan hat and scuttles out of the ship. IAN with a glimpse at the photo-electric cell follows. The doors swing closed behind them.) 10: INT. TARDIS. GIRL’S BEDROOM (VICKI lies on one of the beds which slide down out of the wall. BARBARA enters with the tablets and container from the first aid box and a small metal goblet of water.) BARBARA: Vicki, here, take these. You’ll feel much better. VICKI: (Taking the tablets.) What is it? BARBARA: Oh, it’s just something to make you sleep. VICKI: May I see the container. (BARBARA passes her this as well as the goblet. She sits on the other bed.) BARBARA: Any aches or pains. VICKI: No I didn’t hurt myself. My ears still sting a bit, but that’s all. (VICKI reads the label on the container.) BARBARA: Well, have you decided yet whether to take the prescribed dose? VICKI: It looks a bit medieval. BARBARA: What do you mean? VICKI: Well, you wouldn’t like it if I wanted to stick leaches all over you, would you? And I mean, it boils down to the same thing. They might have taken these in your time, but that doesn’t mean... BARBARA: Now, wait a minute. You can’t blame my generation for everything and those pills belong to the Doctor. VICKI: Well, he must have picked them up on his travels then because I’ve never seen “As-per-in” before! BARBARA: Oh, so you studied medicine at school, did you? VICKI: Yes, of course I did. Didn’t you teach it? BARBARA: No. We worked upwards from the three R’s. VICKI: Hmm? BARBARA: Reading, writing, ‘rithmatic. VICKI: Oh, it was a nursery school! BARBARA: (Snaps.) It was not! VICKI: Oh...I wish I’d gone to your school. We had to take a certificate of education in medicine, physics, chemistry... BARBARA: Now, wait a minute, how old were you? VICKI: Well, I was ten when I took those... BARBARA: Ten! Ha, what did you do in your time - live in the classroom? VICKI: Live in the what? BARBARA: Classroom... (VICKI is unsure what she means.) lecture hall. (VICKI is still no clearer. BARBARA gives up with that line of questioning.) BARBARA: How long did you study? VICKI: Almost an hour a week! We had these machines, you see, and we... (BARBARA decides to give up on the conversation.) BARBARA: All right, Vicki. Now look, you don’t there’s anything wrong with those pills, do you? VICKI: No. BARBARA: Well, why don’t you just pander to my...old-fashioned medieval superstitions and take them for me? VICKI: Well... BARBARA: After all, it would save me having to put make-up on and a mask and dance round a f*re in order to get rid of the evil spirits! VICKI: (Laughing.) All right! BARBARA: Good! (VICKI swallows the tablets with a grimace. She notices that BARBARA is admiring the gold bracelet that adorns her arm.) VICKI: That’s nice, Barbara. I haven’t seen you wear it before. BARBARA: Mmm, the bracelet? No, I haven’t had it for very long. VICKI: Was it a present? BARBARA: Mmm. VICKI: From Ian? BARBARA: No. VICKI: (Lying back.) Oh... BARBARA: From Nero as a matter of fact. VICKI: Oh. (She sits up in shock.) VICKI: From Nero? But it couldn’t have been, we... BARBARA: I haven’t had a chance to tell you before but Ian and I went to Rome also. VICKI: What...I...I... BARBARA: I’ll tell you all about it when you wake up. (BARBARA pushes her back down on the bed. VICKI looks at her with a suspicious smile on her face.).) VICKI: I’m not sure whether you’re making it up or not. I’ll ask Ian. He’ll tell me. BARBARA: Well you do that. (Walking out.) He’ll be back soon. (VICKI sits up again.) VICKI: Back?! (Worried, to herself.) He’s gone outside... 11: EXT. VORTIS (Several yards from the TARDIS, IAN looks their surroundings whilst the DOCTOR examines a rock formation with his monocle. The strange mist hangs as a distortion in the air. In the thin atmosphere of the planet, their voices have a slight echo.) DOCTOR: Well, well, well, that is remarkable! Hmm! (Laughs.) Gracious, er, during all my travels, I don’t think I’ve ever come across this. Magical? Isn’t it extraordinary. I say, are you there, my...Chesterton? Chesterton, what are you doing, dear boy? Fiddling and gaping over there. Come over here and learn something. Look here, do you see what this is? Mica, hmm? IAN: Yes, one of the silicates. DOCTOR: Capable of, er, withstanding great heat, hmm. IAN: Quite. DOCTOR: Have you got something sharp I can have for a moment, hmm? IAN: Er...oh! Try my pen. (IAN takes a gold pen that it hanging inside his collar. It’s immediately snatched from his hand and flies off at great speed...) IAN: What on earth? DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Oh, that’s very clever! Very clever! You know, you’ve never done that before! That’s a remarkable conjuring trick! IAN: That was no conjuring trick, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm? IAN: That was my pen, it...vanished into thin air. DOCTOR: Oh, my dear man... IAN: (Cries out.) Vanished! (IAN’S cries is immediately repeated by a series of echoes which vary in pitch and repeat and repeat...) IAN: (Echoes.) Vanished...Vanished...Vanished...Vanished!!! (The DOCTOR and IAN are amazed by this display of acoustics.) IAN: (Shouting at the echoes.) Yes, my gold pen! (The shout is repeated and mingled with the earlier cry.) IAN: (Echoes.) Pen...Vanished...My gold pen...Vanished...!!! DOCTOR: (Intrigued.) Gold! (He laughs to himself.) IAN: What is it Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? (Cries out with his arms outstretched.) Echoes, dear boy! (The DOCTOR’S cry is now repeated.) DOCTOR: (Echoes.) Echoes...echoes...!!! (The echoes die down.) IAN: I don’t mean that. I mean this place. I have a feeling... DOCTOR: Hmm? What sort of feeling? IAN: I have a feeling we’re being watched. Haven’t you? DOCTOR: No. (He looks round.) No, no, no, no, I...can’t see any spooks or anything, er, I don’t think so, no. Not particularly, no. I must say that if I lived here and I heard you roaring your head off, I’d probably come down and take a look at you! (He laughs.) IAN: Then take my pen...? DOCTOR: (Thoughtful.) Yes, what if the power’s that’s got hold of the TARDIS has taken your pen, of course! Ha ha! Now then, there’s something for us to solve. Come along, come along, come along. (He scuttles off. IAN watches him for a second, then follows. Suddenly, he stops. He whirls round and looks behind him, towards the TARDIS. He sees nothing but the cold surface of the planet. Then runs off after the DOCTOR.) 12: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (As she promised earlier, BARBARA is cleaning up the items in the alcove in the console room. She glances up at the scanner, then walks towards it. It shows the DOCTOR walking across the planet, followed by IAN struggling to catch up. As she watches, her left arm, the one adorned by her gold bracelet, rises up into the air by itself - then pulls her suddenly towards the doors. She staggers and then regains her balance. BARBARA clutches her arm, then hugs herself, partially in panic, partially in reassurance. Extremely un-nerved, she walks through the door to the living area.) 13: INT. TARDIS. GIRL’S BEDROOM (VICKI is asleep. BARBARA enters and sits on the end of the second bed. She looks worried at her recent experience and briefly examines her arm. VICKI stirs.) VICKI: Barbara? BARBARA: Oh! Sorry, did I wake you? VICKI: No... (Stretching.) the others back yet? (BARBARA gets up and tries to sound natural.) BARBARA: Er, no, not yet. VICKI: Is something wrong? (BARBARA sits next to VICKI.) BARBARA: No...why? VICKI: Don’t know. You seem nervous. BARBARA: (Smiling.) Oh, there’s...there’s something about this place. VICKI: I know. I wished we’d materialised in some really luxurious place, you know. Lot’s of lovely things to buy and...eat and...wear. (As VICKI is speaking, BARBARA’S arm starts to stretch out again. With a look of pain and determination, she pulls it back.) VICKI: Is your arm hurting? BARBARA: No! Vicki, I...I know this sounds silly, but...it doesn’t feel as though it belongs to me. A little while ago it moved without my intending it to. (VICKI laughs.) BARBARA: Well...it’s those things we...don’t understand that...frighten us. I’m sure there’s a perfectly simple explanation, it’s...I’m just letting my ima... (Suddenly getting emotional, BARBARA gets up and leaves the room. VICKI worriedly watches her go.) 14: EXT. VORTIS (The DOCTOR and IAN are still exploring the planet. As they circle round a small crag, the DOCTOR points something out and chuckles. IAN looks in a different direction and suddenly stops d*ad.) IAN: Doctor! DOCTOR: Hmm? IAN: Look! (IAN points to a huge sculpted crag on top of which is a statue. The mists and the height of this edifice mean that the definition of the statue cannot be properly seen but it vaguely resembles a winged figure.) IAN: That was built. DOCTOR: Yes, but when? It’s old, so old. (Chuckles.) Look at the state it’s in. (Still chuckling they walk towards it until they stand at it’s very base. They are dwarfed by the object.) DOCTOR: Hmm! It’s a pity we didn’t bring a ladder with us. We might be able to see what’s on the top. IAN: Well, it isn’t Nelson. DOCTOR: No. No, pity. (They step back.) DOCTOR: Er, well, it’s something that has nothing to do with holding the ship here, dear boy. Hmm. IAN: Curious though. DOCTOR: Yes, it’s curious, yes, yes, yes, but we must find something more tangible, hmm? Come along, come along. IAN: Oh, Doctor. Look. (IAN has spotted a small pool at the base of a crag. He walks towards it.) IAN: Oh, it must be water. Any form of life would need that, eh? (IAN kneels down and leans his hands towards the liquid.) DOCTOR: Wait! wait! IAN: Huh? What’s the matter? (The DOCTOR joins him.) DOCTOR: You’re a little premature. Hmm. Let’s have your tie. IAN: Well, I haven’t got one. DOCTOR: I know you’re not wearing one, dear boy, but the one round your middle, hmm? (IAN starts to undo the tie which holds his trousers up.) IAN: I hope my pants stay up! DOCTOR: Yes, well that’s your affair, not mine! (IAN passes the tie to the DOCTOR.) IAN: There you are. DOCTOR: Thank you. Now then... IAN: Huh? DOCTOR: Yes...let’s see. (The DOCTOR dips the tie into the pool.) IAN: Now just a minute! (The base of the tie begins to smoke.) IAN: Wha... DOCTOR: Eh, there you are, look! See that! Erh...There you are, you see. Ha ha! (They stand. The base of the tie is charred where the acid has eaten it away.) IAN: Yes, I do see - you’ve ruined it! That was my Coal Hill School tie! You’ve just...just... DOCTOR: Saved your life! You were about to have a wash in there, weren’t you? Or probably drink some of it? Ha! We very nearly had the remnants of a Coal Hill School teacher in there instead of his wretched old, ragged old tie! (Laughing, the DOCTOR passes the tie to IAN.) IAN: Never mind about that, what is it? DOCTOR: Er, lets see now, now, what have we got? Hmm? Echoes...interference...gold. And now, acid, yes, similar properties to formic acid. Hmm! Yes, it’s strange, isn’t it? It’s very strange. (He walks off. IAN starts to follow but stops to throw the tie into the pool. As he does so, a rock falls into the pool from the crag above. IAN does not spot the ant-creature on top of the crag that quickly dips out of site.) IAN: Doctor! (IAN runs back towards the pool and points at the liquid.) IAN: There! DOCTOR: What is the... IAN: There’s something in there! I saw a light, it...it broke the surface. DOCTOR: Light? Is it reflection from a planet? IAN: No, no! It was in there. I saw something in there, I tell you! DOCTOR: Now, my young man. If this is your idea of revenge for that tie then I ta...I think it a pretty poor effort, eh? IAN: Doctor, this is not revenge, I... DOCTOR: Now listen, we came here to find out the source of interference. Now I suggest we keep our minds on this subject. You’re rambling on! Come along, that’s it. (They step away, the DOCTOR muttering to himself. Suddenly, the high-pitched warbling of the ants is heard again. The DOCTOR and IAN look around them.) IAN: What is it, Doctor? 15: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (BARBARA can also hear the sound. She holds her hands against her ears with a look of pain on her face...) 16: INT. TARDIS. GIRL’S BEDROOM (The sound, increasing in pitch and speed, also reaches the bedroom. VICKI stirs in her sleep.) 17: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Still holding her hands to her head, BARBARA looks on in shock as the TARDIS doors swing open. A table in the alcove seems to jump by itself which causes BARBARA to jump back and scream. The entire console swivels round on its base. BARBARA runs towards it as it stops moving, then feels her arm rising into the air again. The sound reaches a crescendo. BARBARA cries out as her arm takes on a life of its own. As the sound continues, BARBARA’S struggles cease and her face clears and becomes blank. Possessed, she walks through the doors which close behind her.) 18: EXT. VORTIS (The DOCTOR and IAN discuss the continuing sounds as they briskly walk across the surface of the planet.) IAN: You mean, the noises are messages? DOCTOR: It probably comes from some sentient thing, or a machine operated by it. We must find the source of this interference. Now come on. (They continue on...) 19: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The console is spinning round again...) 20: INT. TARDIS. GIRL’S BEDROOM (The sounds die down. VICKI stirs out of her sleep.) VICKI: (Sleepily.) Barbara? (She gets off the bed.) VICKI: Barbara? 21: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI enters the console room.) VICKI: Barbara? (VICKI suddenly sees that the doors of the TARDIS are open again. She runs towards them.) VICKI: (Panicking.) Barbara! Where are you? (She shouts through the open door.) VICKI: Barbara! Barbara! 22: EXT. VORTIS (VICKI’S cries carry across the planet as echoes.) VICKI: (Echoes.) Barbara..bara..bara...Barbara...bara IAN: That’s Vicki! Something’s wrong back at the ship! DOCTOR: They’ve probably left the doors open, come on! (They run towards a gap between two crags. The DOCTOR suddenly signals to IAN to come back.) DOCTOR: Look out! IAN: Doctor!! (A web rises from the ground and traps IAN within its tendrils. He cries out in pain as the strands sting him.) IAN: Don’t come near, Doctor! Go back to the ship! Go back to the ship! 23: EXT. VORTIS (BARBARA, her arm still outstretched and her face showing that she is still possessed walks across the planet. The chirruping sounds still echo through the thin air. Ahead of BARBARA is a bubbling and smoking pool of acid. She walks to the very edge...) 24: EXT. VORTIS (IAN is still struggling as the DOCTOR tries to free him.) DOCTOR: Stand still! IAN: Ah! It stings!! And hurts!! DOCTOR: I’ll go back to the ship and try and find something. Can you wait? IAN: Yes, all right! (The DOCTOR runs off with a cry of anguish.) 25: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI goes to pick a box up off the floor. It sh**t to one side as the entire ship lurches off its base. It lurches again to the other side. VICKI makes a grab at the console and starts pulling at the controls. As the image on the scanner also swings from side to side, the dematerialisation noise of the ship also fills the room. With a cry, VICKI tries more of the controls...) 26: EXT. VORTIS (The DOCTOR reaches the point where he knew the TARDIS to be. He stops d*ad in his tracks and looks around himself in disbelief.) DOCTOR: (Stunned.) My ship...my TARDIS...
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x16 - The Web Planet"}
foreverdreaming
Written by BILL STRUTTON Original Air Date: 20 February, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: EXT. VORTIS (The DOCTOR reaches the point where he knew the TARDIS to be. He stops d*ad in his tracks and looks around himself in disbelief.) DOCTOR: (Stunned.) My ship...my TARDIS... 2: EXT. VORTIS (BARBARA gets nearer and nearer to the pool of acid. A small distance away, one of the giant ants waves one of its arms and makes its chirruping noise. As if on command, BARBARA stops, turns to the right, walks a few steps past the pool, turns left, skirts the pool, left again and onwards...) 3: EXT. VORTIS (IAN lies face down on the sandy surface, unconscious. There is no sign of the stinging web. As the DOCTOR approaches, his shouts can be heard.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) Chesterton!...Chesterton! (The DOCTOR comes into view. He looks down at IAN, then reaches towards him. He suddenly pulls back and looks round for the web. Seeing that it has definitely gone, he again reaches for IAN. As he touches him, IAN starts and cries out with pain.) IAN: Ahh! Don’t touch me! DOCTOR: Are you all right, boy? IAN: (Sitting up.) Ahh...ahh.. (IAN starts to brush off himself some thin transparent tendrils that cover his head and shoulders. He suddenly grabs his face.) IAN: Oh, my face...my face. (He takes his hands away and looks towards the DOCTOR.) IAN: What’s the matter with it? DOCTOR: It’s a little blistered. IAN: Ahh! Oh, it’s feels as is...I fell into a...bed of stinging nettles. DOCTOR: What’s happened to that weed, hmm? IAN: Huh, I don't know. It...it went. DOCTOR: Went where? IAN: Well, it just went...(Points.) there...the ground. Oh, what an accursed place this is. DOCTOR: Yes, accursed place, so barren. IAN: Oh... (IAN stands up and holds onto a crag for support. He brushes the reminder of the tendrils off himself.) DOCTOR: I wonder, yes, accursed. Hmm. IAN: Come on, Doctor. Let’s get back to the TARDIS. Get some...something for my face. (IAN puts his hands to his stinging face again.) DOCTOR: Oh, unfortunately, I can’t help you at the moment, dear boy. IAN: What? DOCTOR: And I...I have a shock for you...the ship’s gone, vanished. (IAN looks at him in disbelief.) 4: EXT.VORTIS (BARBARA walks on, her arm still outstretched and her face blank. As she passes on, another strange creature jumps into view. Although vaguely humanoid, again it resembles an insect - this time a butterfly. It has two antennae sprouting from the top of it’s head, two composite eyes are on its light and dark marked face and its body is covered with light and dark stripes like a wasp. Two large wings adorn its back. With graceful movements, it follows BARBARA.) 5: EXT.VORTIS (IAN sits on the ground, holding his still stinging face. The DOCTOR, utterly helpless, storms at his surroundings...) DOCTOR: There must be an answer to it, dear boy. (Shouts to the sky.) There must be answer! (Calmer.) They can’t even get in the ship, let alone operate it. Ha ha! The interior of my ship...is inviolable. (The DOCTOR suddenly leans against a crag, clutching his chest and trying to get his breath. IAN sits up and notices.) IAN: What’s the matter? DOCTOR: My chest. Ahh...ah. (IAN gets up and stumbles over to him.) IAN: Can’t you breath? DOCTOR: Oh it’s... (IAN touches one of the small funnel like devices on the DOCTOR’S coat.) IAN: Something wrong with these? DOCTOR: Yes, it’s these ADJ...J coats. Ha, no use after about an hour, they’re useless. IAN: Well, can we live without them? DOCTOR: Just about. IAN: Well lets take them off shall we? Get used to the atmosphere. Hey? All right? DOCTOR: Huh, yes, ah. (They take their jackets off. IAN breathes in the thin air as he does so.) IAN: Ah, heh, you can certainly tell the difference, can’t you? DOCTOR: (Nodding.) Hmm. IAN: (Taking deep breaths.) Ohh, Ahh, breathe slowly. Deeply, like a diver. (They both breathe deeply to get used to the air.) IAN: Oh, it...it’s possible. DOCTOR: Hmm. IAN: Eh...? (The DOCTOR suddenly points to the ground a few feet away.) IAN: Hmm? DOCTOR: Look at those ridges, what are those ridges in the sand there? Have a look. (Still getting used to the air, the two men stumble over to the tracks.) IAN: (Realising.) The TARDIS. DOCTOR: I had a TARDIS! Hmm! IAN: It’s been dragged away. Dragged away! 6: EXT. VORTIS (Some distance away, the TARDIS is indeed being dragged across the surface - but by no visible force. Instead, it seems to shunt by itself across the sandy ground. One of the ant creatures waves its arm to direct the ship. The air is filled with the chirruping noise of the ants.) 7: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI tries to keep her balance as the ship moves along. One violent movement throws her against the console. She watches on the scanner as the landscape passes by. Then to her horror, one of the ant creatures looms into view...) 8: EXT. VORTIS (The butterfly creature catches up with BARBARA. She is totally oblivious to its presence. Turning her gently round, it guides her into a nearby cave...) 9: INT. CAVE (...where two more the butterfly creatures wait. BARBARA is led by the first into the centre of the cave and sat down on a rock. One of the other creatures uses a crystalline spear to move BARBARA’S hair as they examine her. Compelled by the force again, BARBARA stands and starts to walk out of the cave but the second creature stops her and carefully pulls the gold bracelet off her wrist and throws it into a pool of acid where it quickly dissolves. BARBARA awakens and looks in puzzlement at her empty arm.) BARBARA: My bracelet, I...I wa... (She looks up and sees the three creatures.) BARBARA: (Nervously.) Who are you? What do you want? (She makes a rush for the entrance to the cave. Two of the creatures quickly block her path. One of them speaks. It has a gentle feminine voice...) VRESTIN: Stop her! Stay where you are. 10: EXT. VORTIS (The DOCTOR and IAN walk round a crag, following their trail. They carry the ADJ’s in their hands.) IAN: Oh, those tracks have disappeared. (IAN throws his jacket away whilst the DOCTOR climbs a small rise.) DOCTOR: The ground seems firmer here. (IAN looks round, trying to find the now missing trail. The DOCTOR also dumps his jacket.) IAN: No sign of it. DOCTOR: Oh, all...all so strange, so unnatural. I’ve never experienced anything in my life before...like this. But we must continue with our search. IAN: Yeah. DOCTOR: (Pointing.) Take a look over there. (IAN walks off to look where the DOCTOR points. The DOCTOR looks round himself and sees something new in the sandy ground.) DOCTOR: Well, that’s odd. Those are not track-marks. Those are more like claw-marks, yes, huh! Chesterton! (A small distance away, IAN literally puts his foot into a small hollow object on the ground. It too resembles an insect.) IAN: Doctor... DOCTOR: (Walking up to him.) I think we’re on the right track, my boy. IAN: Never mind about that. (He takes his foot out of the object.) IAN: Look at this. (They crouch down to examine their latest find.) DOCTOR: Good gracious! It’s hollow. IAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Yes, well preserved. Yes, a vertebrate creature, yes, highly developed, hmm! IAN: It’s still got it’s skin, it’s more like a chrysalis. DOCTOR: Hmm. Menoptra! Yes, does that word mean anything to you, hmm? IAN: No, nothing. You mean you’ve been here before? DOCTOR: No, no, my boy. No, but it’s this rock formation and now this creature, this object, it...suggests the planet Vortis. IAN: Vortis? DOCTOR: Hmm. IAN: What galaxy is that in? DOCTOR: The Isop galaxy. Yes...many light ear...many light...years...from Earth. And yet the Vortis hasn’t the moon’s and here, there...there are several, look, you see? (They stand and look into the dark sky at the many planets.) DOCTOR: You can see for yourself. Hmm? IAN: Yes, can’t a planet attract satellites to itself, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, yes, yes, yes, but it would need a...galactic expl*si*n, you know, some kind of new force. Whether this Vortis planet has that or not, I...I can’t be sure. Anyway, lets, er, come on, over here. (They carry on their exploration.) 11: EXT. CARSENOME ENTRANCE (The shifting TARDIS approaches the opening to its destination. The organic entrance is covered with twitching, growing tendrils.) 12: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI looks at the approaching edifice on the scanner.) VICKI: Please help me! 13: EXT. CARSENOME ENTRANCE (The TARDIS moves through the entrance.) 14: INT. CAVE (BARBARA is telling her story to the silent, listening butterfly creatures.) BARBARA: After we’d landed, two of our party went to explore. The last thing I remember was...being in the ship...the doors opening, and then...well then, you came. (The creatures look at one another. Suddenly one of them raises its crystalline spear and speaks in a male-yet slightly high-pitched voice.) HRHOONDA: k*ll her! VRESTIN: (Gently restraining its companion.) No. HRHOONDA: A stranger must not be trusted. HROSTAR: (To BARBARA, in a hesitant, male voice.) You chose here when you chose to land on Vortis? BARBARA: (Snapping.) I keep telling you, we didn’t choose! Our ship was forced here. VRESTIN: The Zarbi will treat them as enemies. If we refuse to help them, they will not survive. HRHOONDA: Her future is no concern of ours. Hrostar, she was under the force of the Zarbi. Why did you break it? BARBARA: Look, all we want to do is get away from here. These Zarbi that you seem frightened of - maybe we could help you? HROSTAR: Have you...any...w*apon? BARBARA: No, but we... VRESTIN: (Interrupting, to HROSTAR.) Watch her. (HROSTAR, his arms twitching, points to the centre of the cave. BARBARA moves to the place indicated and sits down. HROSTAR follows and watches whilst VRESTIN and HRHOONDA confer on the other side of the cave.) HRHOONDA: If we let her go, she may tell the Zarbi where they can find us. VRESTIN: No. (BARBARA starts to pull a spar of rock that lies on the ground across to herself with her feet.) HRHOONDA: Even if she does not wish to betray us, they will extort it from her. VRESTIN: There are few of us and many of the Zarbi. She offers help. HRHOONDA: She is not to be trusted. I say k*ll her! VRESTIN: Hrostar! (BARBARA’S guard moves to act on the summons and join his companions.) VRESTIN: The Menoptra do not act without... (VRESTIN’S statement is drowned out by HROSTAR’S cry as BARBARA pushes him over with the spar and runs out of the cave.) HRHOONDA: Stop her! Stop her! (HRHOONDA throws his crystalline spear after BARBARA’S fleeing figure...) 15: EXT. VORTIS (BARBARA runs out of the cave. She trips with a cry. She hears the chirruping of the ants - the ZARBI - and gets up and continues her escape.) 16: EXT. VORTIS (The DOCTOR and IAN continue their trek across the planet. IAN points to the sky.) IAN: Strange lights in the sky... DOCTOR: Hmm. Pulsating. (They climb a small rise.) IAN: Do you think they could be...natural like the aurora borealis? (The lights pulse in the star filled sky.) DOCTOR: No, look down there, my boy, hmm? (They are stood on a ledge looking down onto a strange organic complex that seems to have grown over the surface.) IAN: So that’s where they’ve taken the ship to. DOCTOR: Apparently so. We’ve got to get down there. I wish we had more knowledge of what we were up against. (They climb down the rise.) DOCTOR: Ah, this...this wilderness, huh! Ah... (IAN suddenly stops d*ad in his tracks with eyes wide open.) IAN: Doctor! DOCTOR: Ahh? Hmm? (Four of the ZARBI and two of the grub-like creatures emerge from behind nearby rocks and surround them. The ZARBI chirrup and twitch their arms as if trying to direct the two men. The ZARBI that is behind IAN approaches him and nudges him with its mandibles. IAN jumps in alarm. The creatures close in on him.) DOCTOR: The best thing is to stand still. IAN: Do you think we could talk to them? Make them understand? DOCTOR: Apart from rubbing our back legs together like some sort of grasshopper? I doubt if we could get on speaking terms with them. (The ZARBI again start to push IAN. He reacts..) DOCTOR: Stand still! Obey! These creatures on this planet are completely unknown to me. Now stand still and obey. (The ZARBI start to herd the two men forward.) DOCTOR: Remember those claw marks! IAN: Yes. (The two men are pushed away...) 17: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The TARDIS movement seems to have stopped. VICKI tests her balance on the now still floor. She looks at the scanner but it is blank. VICKI jumps back as the doors swing open silently. A humming noise can be heard from outside the ship.) VICKI: (Cautiously stepping forward.) Ian? Doctor? Is there anybody there? (Summoning courage, she steps outside.) 18: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The tendril-covered walls of the room outside seem to have been grown rather than built. The chirruping sound of the ZARBI can be heard over the humming sound. VICKI slowly steps forward. As soon as she is a distance from the ship, two ZARBI come out of hiding and cut her off from the TARDIS. She screams and backs against a wall covering her eyes from the sight of the giant ants...) 19: EXT. CARSENOME ENTRANCE (Accompanied by their captors, the DOCTOR and IAN arrive at the Carsenome. They stop to look at the walls of the entrance which are a mixture of tendrils and expanding globules of matter.) IAN: Doctor, look at this. It’s growing. DOCTOR: Organic matter, reproducing itself. Hmm hmm. IAN: Fantastic. DOCTOR: Yes, I wonder...I wonder how long it’s taken to...grow that size, eh? A hundred or two hundred years, eh? IAN: Doctor, if your assumption was correct and this is Vortis, what do you know of it’s history? DOCTOR: History! Doesn’t mean anything when you travel through space and time. (He laughs.) (The ZARBI push them forward.) DOCTOR: All right, all right! Don’t push, don’t push! 20: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (VICKI is now somewhat braver and glares defiantly at the ZARBI. One of them steps away and up to the TARDIS doors...) 21: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (It hesitates on the threshold, then tries to enter the ship. Suddenly, the chirruping noise become faster and high pitched as if it is in pain. It quickly backs out...) 22: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The ZARBI turns round and round in distress. As it comes to a halt, a alarm sounds through the room although it seems to emanate from one of the tendril walls. The DOCTOR and IAN walk into the room. The first thing they spot is the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: My ship! The doors are open! (IAN has seen VICKI and rushes over to her past the ZARBI guarding her.) IAN: Vicki! VICKI: (Hugging him.) Oh, Ian! Ian! IAN: It’s all right, Vicki, Don’t worry. Where’s Barbara? VICKI: I don’t know. I...I was asleep. She must have left the ship. (The DOCTOR is angrily examining the outside of the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: What’s the meaning of this, child, hmm? Who tried to get in here? VICKI: I don’t know! I don’t know! (The DOCTOR furiously turns on the ZARBI.) DOCTOR: What do you creatures want? Erh? Hmm? (They quickly surround him.) 23: EXT. VORTIS (At a loss as to what to do, BARBARA drops rocks into one of the pools of acid. Walking away from the pool, she finds herself surrounded by two chirruping ZARBI who push her to the ground.) BARBARA: No! Ahh! 24: INT. CAVE (Inside the cave, the three Menoptra argue in their quiet graceful way over the use of their communications device.) HRHOONDA: Vrestin, use that and we shall all be destroyed. The Zarbi are all around us. If you break communicator silence, they will know where they may find us. VRESTIN: If we do not contact our forces, they face destruction. We must warn them of the power of the Animus. (VRESTIN’S alien pronunciation makes this latter word come out as “Animoose”.) HROSTAR: And...of the strength...of the larvae g*n. VRESTIN: The Zarbi are matched together against us. (HRHOONDA walks to the cave entrance and guards it with his crystalline spear. VRESTIN and HROSTAR activate the communicator. This device looks crystalline in manufacture. It hums into life.) VRESTIN: Pilot party to Menoptra invasion force. (VRESTIN re-tunes the set by moving several of its spars. The sound of static is all that is heard.) VRESTIN: Pilot party to Menoptra invasion force. This is Vrestin. Urgent report. Urgent report. (There is more static.) HROSTAR: They...are in reach...of the enemy locators. They will not break...communicator silence. VRESTIN: They will. They can echo their signals to us on satellite Taron. (VRESTIN re-tunes the communicator.) VRESTIN: Menoptra spearhead - acknowledge reception. (The sound of static continues.) HROSTAR: Vrestin, it’s no use. The cave...is cutting off...our signal. VRESTIN: Yes. We must try again - from outside the cave. HROSTAR: If they catch us...we must break the transmitter. HRHOONDA: (From the cave entrance.) Vrestin! Hrostar! The Zarbi! 25: EXT. VORTIS (Outside the cave, BARBARA again possessed, walks ahead of the two ZARBI towards the Menoptra hiding place.) 26: INT. CAVE (One of the ZARBI enters first. HRHOONDA hits it with his crystal spear but it is of little use.) HROSTAR: Vrestin! Smash the crystal! Smash the crystal, Vrestin! (HROSTAR helps HRHOONDA whilst VRESTIN sabotages the communicator. With a rising noise like a jet engine, one of the larvae grubs fires a sh*t from its snout, there is a flash and HRHOONDA falls to the floor with a cry.) HROSTAR: Vrestin, run! Get away! Get away! (VRESTIN runs through a second entrance to the cave at the back. BARBARA stands in the first entrance. A gold wishbone shaped necklace hangs off her shoulders. Her face is blank. As the ZARBI examine the smashed communicator, HROSTAR pulls the necklace from her shoulders and manages to drop it on the floor before it gains possession of him. BARBARA rubs her eyes as she wakes...) HROSTAR: We...are safe...for the present. BARBARA: How did I get back here? HROSTAR: You...were...morphotised. Look! (HROSTAR points to the dropped necklace.) BARBARA: I don’t understand. HROSTAR: The Zarbi...can control everyone - even us, the Menoptra - when they use that metal. (BARBARA kneels down to examine the necklace.) BARBARA: Gold! (She reaches out to it.) HROSTAR: Don’t touch! BARBARA: I see. So it was the bracelet. What will they do to us? HROSTAR: We...are to be taken...to the Crater of Needles. BARBARA: And then? HROSTAR: They...will put us to work. Once there...you might well wish...that...you had not been spared. (The venom grub pushes HROSTAR away from BARBARA. The two ZARBI push him to the ground as the grub aims its snout w*apon it his wings. BARBARA, horrified, looks away as she realises what is going to happen...) 27: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The DOCTOR uses hand signals to try and communicate with the ZARBI. They chirrup away as he points between the TARDIS, himself, his companions and the ZARBI themselves. They make no other response.) IAN: No, the Doctor’s not getting through to them. (One of the tendril covered walls bursts into life with light and sound. The ZARBI rush over to it.) IAN: That sounds like an alarm. (The ZARBI turn back and push the DOCTOR into the centre of the room. A transparent tendril-covered tube descends from the ceiling and over the DOCTOR’S head. He stands still as a voice, feminine and full of menace, echoes out of the tube...) ANIMUS VOICE: Why do you come now?
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x17 - The Zarbi"}
foreverdreaming
Written by BILL STRUTTON Original Air Date: 27 February, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The ZARBI push the DOCTOR into the centre of the room. A transparent tendril-covered tube descends from the ceiling and over the DOCTOR’S head. He stands still as a voice, feminine and full of menace, echoes out of the tube...) ANIMUS VOICE: Why do you come now? (Several feet away, IAN and VICKI watch this strange contact take place...) VICKI: The Doctor’s speaking to someone. Why can’t we hear what he’s saying? (IAN shakes his head. The DOCTOR continues his conversation with this new entity.) DOCTOR: Who are you? We come in peace. ANIMUS VOICE: Peace? Is that why you att*ck? Where is your main force? DOCTOR: We are alone. We have strayed from our astral plane. ANIMUS VOICE: When will your invasion fleet arrive? What is its w*apon? DOCTOR: We are peaceful travellers from Earth. ANIMUS VOICE: You lie! You are the Menoptra. Our detectors show you are massing in space to att*ck. Speak! DOCTOR: I know nothing of these Menoptra. ANIMUS VOICE: We shall show you the fate which awaits all your ships, all your people. DOCTOR: Please listen to me... (The tube rises back into the ceiling.) DOCTOR: I have not finished my explanation ... (The ZARBI push the DOCTOR back to stand with IAN and VICKI. A larvae g*n stands guard over them.) DOCTOR: Stand still! (On the other side of the room, a tendril rises from the wall and aims at the TARDIS.) IAN: Look at that, Doctor. (The tendril, a light at its end, fires a sh*t at the ship. There is an expl*si*n on the wall and the ZARBI and the larvae g*n rush round in a panic through the smoke filled room.) VICKI: Look at them! Look at them! IAN: What’s happened? DOCTOR: (Pointing at the TARDIS.) It’s unbelievable! Unbelievable! (To VICKI.) What did you do in the ship, child? What controls did you touch? VICKI: Well, I...I got thrown against the control panel and I just pressed any switches I could see. It...it suddenly became alive! I couldn’t help it. DOCTOR: You have performed a miracle, my dear. You have re-aligned the fluid link - the power is back! IAN: If only Barbara were here, we could go. (The DOCTOR motions for IAN to be silent. He then walks into the centre of the room in triumph and speaks out to their captor.) DOCTOR: Trying to destroy my ship? You will achieve nothing - nothing! I have great secrets in my ship. We could help you. 2: EXT. VORTIS (VESTRIN, fleeing from the ZARBI arrives at a cliff edge overlooking the Carsenome. The chirruping of the ZARBI is heard and the Menoptra flaps its wings and rises quickly into the air. Two ZARBI run on to the cliff edge but their quarry has eluded them.) 3: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The communications tube has again descended and the DOCTOR is once again in verbal conflict with their unseen enemy.) ANIMUS VOICE: If your ship is proof against our w*apon, remember you are not. Tell us the secret of its armour. DOCTOR: Impossible. I cannot tell you why my ship withstood the f*re of that g*n unless you tell me the principle it’s built on. ANIMUS VOICE: You demand my secrets? Yield yours. (VICKI and IAN watch these proceedings...) VICKI: What do you think the Doctor is saying? IAN: I don’t know. I hope he’s asking where Barbara is. (The battle of wills continues...) ANIMUS VOICE: The great secrets you speak of in your ship must be used against the inv*de. In return, I offer you your freedom. DOCTOR: Where is the fourth member of our party? Mmm? Well? ANIMUS VOICE: She has been taken to the Crater of Needles beyond my great web. Will your secrets look into the stars? DOCTOR: I don’t know what you mean, but I have an astral map, if that answers your question. ANIMUS VOICE: Will it show where the Menoptra are massing, where they will land? DOCTOR: I see. So it’s the Menoptra that are invading your planet, hmm? ANIMUS VOICE: Somewhere in space, beyond the range of our locators, they are grouping. They scatter false trails to mislead us. Their numbers are great. I am aware...only of movement. DOCTOR: And you are not aware of their position? ANIMUS VOICE: This... you must do. DOCTOR: I shall need assistance. ANIMUS VOICE: Bring your astral map out of your ship. DOCTOR: I shall need help even to do that. (The tube rises back into the ceiling. ZARBI scuttle round obeying commands from their controller. The DOCTOR walks over to IAN and VICKI.) DOCTOR: Now it is their turn to receive instructions. IAN: Well, tell us Doctor, what happened? DOCTOR: Let us go back into the TARDIS. (The three walk toward the ship, but before they can go many paces, one ZARBI holds VICKI, last in line, back from her companions.) VICKI: I think they must want to keep me here as a hostage. You go in. I’ll be all right. (Unhappily, the two men go towards the TARDIS.) 4: EXT. CARSENOME ENTRANCE (A ZARBI returns from the search for VESTRIN and enters the Carsenome. Behind the giant ant, VESTRIN comes into view. The Menoptra has found the entrance to the lair of the ZARBI.) 5: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (VICKI bravely stands her ground watched over by her ZARBI guard.) 6: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (IAN, his face still blistered, sits down in the alcove and gets his breath back in the oxygen rich atmosphere of the TARDIS.) IAN: Hah...well, that’s easier. No message from Barbara. Nothing. DOCTOR: (Getting his breath.) I’m just beginning to relax, my boy. IAN: Yes, you think that kid’ll be all right out there? DOCTOR: Er, yes, I think so. (He looks at IAN’S blisters.) Yes, I must do something about this face of yours. (The DOCTOR goes over to a cupboard.) IAN: Those...beasties are keeping their distance this time. (The DOCTOR returns with a small bottle.) DOCTOR: Yes, it seems they’ve learned their lesson. Here, dab some of that on your face. (Points.) There’s some cotton wool there. IAN: Thanks. (IAN takes some cotton wool off the unit that BARBARA was tidying earlier. He dabs the ointment on his face.) IAN: What do you think they are, Doctor? Those things out there? (The DOCTOR is opening a small packet of pills. He takes one.) DOCTOR: Well, to use the term of...Earth, I suppose we should call them - insects. IAN: Ants? DOCTOR: Hmm, hmm. IAN: (Perturbed.) I’ve seen a colony of ants eat their way right through a house. That size, they could eat their way through a mountain. Why are they that big? DOCTOR: Size is only relative. In this rarified atmosphere, it appears that evolution has...chosen that particular form of life on this planet. IAN: Ants. DOCTOR: Yes... IAN: So relentless, indestructible. What are we going to do? Have you got any ideas? DOCTOR: Well, it’s this voice. It’s this, this, this, this, this Queen of the ants, you might say. If I can only trick her...into neutralising this section of this area...I want you to try and track down Barbara, hmm? IAN: Well, all right. Did you find out where she was? DOCTOR: Well, it has something to do with this...Crater of Needles. IAN: Crater of Needles? Where’s that? DOCTOR: The only clue I can give you, dear boy, it’s behind a great web. IAN: (Sighing.) That’s not much help, is it? DOCTOR: No, it isn’t. Come on, give me a hand. (The DOCTOR crosses to the wall and starts pulling at a large machine. On a stand with casters, it has six panels at chest level, each of which depicts a section of space. Beneath these panels are controls. The DOCTOR stops and passes IAN the tube of pills.) DOCTOR: Oh, and by the way, I want you to take a couple of these. They’ll be very good for your breathing in this rarified atmosphere. IAN: Oh, what about Barbara and Vicki? DOCTOR: You leave Vicki to me, but when you o finally catch up with Barbara, see that she takes some. She’s probably had the same experience with breathing as we have. IAN: Mmm. Hold on a minute... (IAN reaches down to un-plug a cable that connects machine to a wall socket.) DOCTOR: No no no no, don’t unplug it. You must never do that. You must never break the time and relative dimension link. Come on. (They wheel the astral map outside.) 7: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The ZARBI scuttle forward to examine the machine with interest. The DOCTOR waves them away. IAN crosses to VICKI.) IAN: Don’t worry, Vicki. The Doctor’s got something up his sleeve. (The DOCTOR makes a pretence of trying to activate the map.) DOCTOR: Argh, it’s useless, it’s useless! Er, wait. Come along, put me through, will you? (The DOCTOR crosses to the centre of the room and waves at the ceiling.) DOCTOR: Come along, drop this...hairdryer, or whatever it is! (The tube descends over the DOCTOR’S head.) ANIMUS VOICE: You have the information? DOCTOR: No, good gracious me, no. Some kind of force of yours has jammed my instruments and whilst it continues, I cannot use them. ANIMUS VOICE: I cannot suspend my functions for your experiments. DOCTOR: (Snaps.) Very well, very well, take this thing away. I’m afraid we can’t help you to locate your inv*de. (There is a pause whilst the ANIMUS considers, then...) ANIMUS VOICE: I will withhold certain forces near your instruments. If you take advantage of this, you will die. (The tube rises. As the DOCTOR crosses back to IAN and VICKI, the ZARBI sink to the ground and are still.) DOCTOR: Well, it appears, my boy, they’ve obliged. They’ve neutralised and completely immobilised this section. IAN: There’s one way to make sure, Doctor. (IAN waves his hands in front of one of the ZARBI. It does not react. He makes for the exit from the room. Suddenly, the ZARBI rises...) VICKI: Ian! (IAN stops and watches as the creature turns and sinks back down.) IAN: You’ve done it! DOCTOR: It’s time you left. IAN: Yes. VICKI: Where are you going? IAN: I’m gonna find Barbara. Now, you look after the Doctor. I’ll be back. (He runs off. VICKI looks after him with concern on her face.) DOCTOR: Now, come along, cheer up, cheer up, my child. It’s all right. (He reaches into his pocket.) Yes, here, have a piece of chocolate. There you are. VICKI: I don’t feel like that now. DOCTOR: Oh, come, come, come, come. You don’t have to worry about him. He’s very good at this sort of thing. (The DOCTOR turns away.) Yes, he’ll be back, he’ll be back. (However, his face betrays his true feelings of concern...) 8: INT. CARSENOME. CORRIDOR (IAN runs down the tendril covered organic walls of the Carsenome. Trying to find a way out of this maze, he dives into hiding as two ZARBI scuttle by.) 9: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (VICKI watches as the DOCTOR activates the controls of the astral map.) VICKI: What are you doing, Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? Oh, I’m trying to discover...a little more about this invasion fleet, my child. The more we know, the safer it will be for us. (The DOCTOR re-tunes more controls. Suddenly, a voice is heard above the sound of static.) FIRST MENOPTRA VOICE: Advance units, rendezvous. VICKI: Is that the Menoptra speaking? DOCTOR: I’ve just turned up this booster, wait a minute. FIRST MENOPTRA VOICE: Menop pathfinder to leader one. Range to Vortis - One-four-O. DOCTOR: Just, just turn up the recorder. (VICKI does as requested.) SECOND MENOPTRA VOICE: Leader to spearhead - lock course on bearing two-six-five. Speed - point O-one. We’ve jettisoned craft at altitude five above Crater of Needles. Individual descent to Sayo plateau, north of the crater. (The sound dies down...) DOCTOR: Did you understand any of that, hmm? VICKI: Crater of Needles! DOCTOR: Yes. VICKI: Or something. DOCTOR: That’s where they’ve taken Barbara! 10: INT. CARSENOME. CORRIDOR (IAN is still trying to find a way out of the Carsenome. As he turns a corner, he finds that he is behind a ZARBI that is on guard. IAN tries to sneak past it but it hears him and turns and knocks him down. IAN kicks back at it, jumps up and, after a struggle, pushes it to the ground. IAN dives down another passage but it is a d*ad end and a door swings to. An alarm blares out...) 11: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The alarm also sounds in the control room as one of the walls bursts into life with flashing lights. The ZARBI jump up and scuttle round.) DOCTOR: It sounds as though we’re under att*ck, my dear. VICKI: It’s Ian! I know it is! They’ve caught him! 12: INT. CARSENOME. CORRIDOR (As IAN runs back the way he came, another wall swings down, trapping him inside. More ZARBI arrive, together with a larvae g*n, joining their toppled and twitching companion.) 13: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The DOCTOR and VICKI watch the commotion in the control room. One ZARBI rears up at them , then sh**t away.) 14: INT. CARSENOME. CORRIDOR (IAN looks for a way out of his prison. The ZARBI direct a larvae g*n towards the wall. It fires at the wall but IAN ducks back and the sh*t blasts open not only the first wall but also the wall opposite - freeing IAN. He takes the opportunity and runs. The ZARBI and the larvae g*n follow...) 15: EXT. CARSENOME ENTRANCE (VESTRIN sh**t out of the sky and lands near IAN who, not surprisingly, runs off as fast he can. The ZARBI and their larvae g*n run past in another direction...) 16: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (VICKI has been subdued by one of the gold wishbone-shaped necklaces. She stands motionless and subdued, guarded by a ZARBI, as the DOCTOR communicates once again with the ANIMUS under the tendril tube...) ANIMUS VOICE: You have tried to escape - why? DOCTOR: I am still here. ANIMUS VOICE: Where is the third? DOCTOR: Why question me? Surely you can see our movements? ANIMUS VOICE: You will no longer be trusted. DOCTOR: Were we ever? Hmm? ANIMUS VOICE: I can k*ll you all. DOCTOR: Yes, you can, but to what end? The information I have will die with me. ANIMUS VOICE: Information? Of the Menoptra invasion? Speak! DOCTOR: I am still collating the various readings of my instruments. ANIMUS VOICE: You lie! It is another of your tricks. DOCTOR: That is for you to decide. Am I really lying...or do I possess this information? Hmm? (The tube rises. The DOCTOR walks over to VICKI and signals to the ZARBI to take the necklace off her shoulders.) DOCTOR: Away! (The ZARBI does so. VICKI awakens and the DOCTOR grabs her.) VICKI: Oh! Oh, Doctor! That thing made me...go to sleep. DOCTOR: Yes, I know my dear, I know. I think I’ve, erm, earned...us a little breathing space. VICKI: What did you tell them? (A ZARBI comes close.) DOCTOR: Nothing, nothing! VICKI: Are you going to tell them about the Menoptra? DOCTOR: Just about as much as I ever want to, we’ll see. Come, let’s, er...let’s look busy. I...I want you to look into the ship and bring me back a little red box and in it is a recording compound. You’ll find it on the left near the first aid kit. Go at once and come back immediately. 17: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI enters the console room. In the alcove, she picks up the box described by the DOCTOR and goes back outside.) 18: INT. CARSENOME. CONSOLE ROOM (She brings the box to the DOCTOR who is at the astral map.) VICKI: Is this it, Doctor? DOCTOR: (Tuts.) Oh, I said a white box, child! VICKI: You... DOCTOR: You never think! This is one of my specimens, look. (The DOCTOR takes a small glass case out of the box. In it is a preserved spider.) VICKI: Eeuuhh! DOCTOR: Now, take it back. (VICKI takes the box back to the ship. The lid of the box is open revealing the specimen case inside it. A ZARBI comes up to investigate, sees the spider and jumps back in alarm. VICKI approaches the quivering creature with the glass case.) VICKI: Doctor, look! It’s frightened. I’m sure it is. It’s frightened! (The DOCTOR comes forward to investigate this new development.) 19: EXT. VORTIS (IAN has made more friendly contact with VESTRIN and they now rest on a cliff edge observing the Carsenome below. IAN turns and lies down with a groan. VRESTIN speaks to him but has trouble pronouncing his name.) MENOPTRA VESTRIN: Heron? Do you still intend to go to the Crater of Needles? IAN: Yes, I do. MENOPTRA VESTRIN: Many of my friends are enslaved there. They tear off our wings so that we may not escape. IAN: What do you expect when you inv*de a planet? MENOPTRA VESTRIN: inv*de a planet? Vortis is ours. We, the Menoptra, are re-claiming it. (IAN sits up at this...) IAN: Vortis is your planet? MENOPTRA VESTRIN: Of course. (They are interrupted by the chirruping sound of a ZARBI. They see it below going back into the Carsenome.) MENOPTRA VESTRIN: They are returning to the Carsenome. They do not search for long. IAN: Those things inv*de your planet? MENOPTRA VESTRIN: You do not know our story? IAN: No, I don’t. Tell me. MENOPTRA VESTRIN: The Zarbi are not an intelligent species. But they were essential to the life pattern here. We lived at peace with them, until they were made militant by the dark power. IAN: Dark power? What’s that? MENOPTRA VESTRIN: The Animus. At that time, the Carsenome appeared. It grew like a fungus. We had no w*apon. We had not had the need. And by the time we sensed the danger, the Zarbi were too strong. IAN: So you left the planet? MENOPTRA VESTRIN: We had no choice. IAN: Where did you go? MENOPTRA VESTRIN: (Pointing at the sky.) At that time, these strange moons appeared. One of them became our home, those of us who could reach it. IAN: Can you live up there? MENOPTRA VESTRIN: It is a dim, half-world and our wings grow weaker. We must return to Vortis, for when the Carsenome encircles the planet, it will be too late. IAN: So now you’re ready to att*ck? MENOPTRA VESTRIN: No. We are not ready, but we must try. IAN: I see. And what’s your part in all this? MENOPTRA VESTRIN: Three of us were sent here to prepare the way for the invasion force. Now, I am alone. I do not know... IAN: What happened to the other two? (VRESTIN makes a noise that sounds like a cry.) IAN: They were k*lled? MENOPTRA VESTRIN: One is d*ad. The other was taken to the Cra... IAN: (Interrupting.) Crater of Needles. MENOPTRA VESTRIN: Friend Harbara? IAN: Yes, like friend Barbara. Vrestin, we’ve both lost friends, come with me to the Crater. You know the country. We can collect your friend and mine. MENOPTRA VESTRIN: There are many of my friends in the Crater of Needles. IAN: All the more reason to go. MENOPTRA VESTRIN: (Pausing to consider.) Yes Heron. We will do as you say. IAN: Good. Come on then. (They leave...) 20: EXT. VORTIS (VESTRIN leads IAN to a plain of rocks...) MENOPTRA VESTRIN: That is the way to the Crater of Needles. IAN: How far? MENOPTRA VESTRIN: You cannot fly? (IAN shakes his head.) It will take two hours. (Nearby ZARBI rise from behind rocks.) IAN: Vrestin, quick! This way! (IAN leads VRESTIN along a ledge against a cliff face. More ZARBI and a larvae g*n approach. IAN sees a cleft in the rock.) IAN: Vrestin! Quick! In here! (IAN pushes VRESTIN in first. As he is about to follow, VRESTIN calls out from within the cleft...) MENOPTRA VESTRIN: Get back! The ground’s giving way! IAN: Here! Take hold of my hand! MENOPTRA VESTRIN: Let go! You’ll be pulled down with me! (IAN takes no heed of this advice and is pulled into the cleft as the roof collapses. The ZARBI and their g*n arrive at the cleft but there is no sign of the two escapees...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x18 - Escape to Danger"}
foreverdreaming
Written by BILL STRUTTON Original Air Date: 6 March, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: EXT. VORTIS (IAN is pulled into the cleft as the roof collapses ...) 2: INT. CHAMBER (IAN and VESTRIN lie at the base of the chasm that they have fallen into. Their landing place is a rock chamber whose walls are covered with primitive decorations. IAN coughs in the dust.) VRESTIN: It seemed as if we fell a long, long way. IAN: Yeah, (He shakes his head.) oh, ah ... (He sees the wall decorations.) IAN: Oh look. Where are we? (Before they can move, they find themselves surrounded by several small beings who carry sharp crystalline spears...) 3: EXT. CRATER OF NEEDLES (The Crater of Needles is, as its name implies, a huge depression in the surface of Vortis. Its floor is covered with tall thin rock formations. Around the base of these needles grows a dark vegetation, rather like seaweed, that is being collected by wingless Menoptra slaves under the guard of the ZARBI and their larvae g*n. BARBARA, struggling in the thin atmosphere, is here with HROSTAR. Exhausted, she sits down.) HROSTAR: You are breathing too fast, Harbara? BARBARA: (Rubbing her eyes.) Oh, my eyes are so sore. Everything seems to...to flare when I look at it. HROSTAR: It is...the atmosphere of this planet. Rest, I will watch for Zarbi. (BARBARA gets her breath, then looks at HROSTAR with concern and sympathy.) BARBARA: Are your wings healed? HROSTAR: (With sadness.) I...shall never fly again. BARBARA: No... (HROSTAR, upset, turns away. BARBARA tries to change the subject.) BARBARA: Er, why...why do they make us do... (A ZARBI scuttles up and interrupts her question. She and HROSTAR quickly return to work. The ZARBI moves away.) BARBARA: Why do they make us heap this vegetation into the acid streams? HROSTAR: It is...the raw material for the Carsenome, where the Zarbi live. Fed into these pools, it is drawn to the centre, through underground streams and as...we pour it in, the Carsenome grows...and reaches out across Vortis. BARBARA: Well, what lies at the centre? HROSTAR: None of us...have ever seen it...and lived. But we call it the Animus. (The ZARBI guard returns and starts harrying HROSTAR. He and BARBARA walk off to continue their work.) BARBARA: Do you understand them? HROSTAR: No. They...are just cattle. They do not have...any speech nor motive of their own. Just controlled sentries. (They watch as a ZARBI pushes another of the Menoptra slaves to the ground.) HROSTAR: We came here...to liberate them. It was disaster. Vrestin, the others. We arrived...in advance of the spearhead, our w*apon proved useless. They were taken by the Zarbi who were everywhere. The three of us...you met...in the cave, got away with the communicator...but we could not contact our spearhead. BARBARA: Well, when is it due to arrive? (HROSTAR stops and picks up more vegetation.) HROSTAR: Soon. BARBARA: And how will you overcome the Animus? HROSTAR: With...a new invention...of our scientists. It has not been tested but we have placed our faith in the...Isop-tope. (BARBARA picks up some vegetation as a ZARBI comes up and starts pushing her along.) 4: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (A ZARBI scuttles along a passage and into the control room, carrying one of the Menoptra g*n in its mouth. It walks past the DOCTOR who is busy examining their surroundings. VICKI impatiently walks up to him.) VICKI: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: Why don’t we use the spider now as a w*apon to get out of here? DOCTOR: Because I think we might find it more valuable later on, child, when Ian and Barbara have returned. Hmm! VICKI: Do you think it’ll be safe where we put it? DOCTOR: Oh, a hundred percent! A hundred percent! Mmm! (The DOCTOR examines the wall of the Carsenome which lights up when the ANIMUS wants to relay instructions. As he does so, A ZARBI approaches them with one of the gold wishbone necklaces in its mouth. It bears down on VICKI.) VICKI: Oh no! DOCTOR: Use the spider, child! (One of the larvae g*n stops VICKI in her tracks and the ZARBI manages to place the necklace over her shoulders. He eyes cloud over as her face becomes blank. The tube descends from the ceiling and the DOCTOR is placed under it.) ANIMUS VOICE: You delay. Now the child will die. Thus you will learn total obedience. DOCTOR: If the child dies, there’ll be no reason left for me to obey. I have located your enemy. My calculations are complete. ANIMUS VOICE: You lie! DOCTOR: The Menoptra are massing on the planet Pictos. ANIMUS VOICE: Pictos!? DOCTOR: It appears they’re heading straight for Vortis. If you waste time in idle vengeance, in face of such an invasion, you will all be annihilated. ANIMUS VOICE: Where will the Menoptra land? DOCTOR: If I am given peace of mind for a while, I can find that out. That is if it’s not too late. ANIMUS VOICE: Go. DOCTOR: Not before the child is released. ANIMUS VOICE: (Pauses.) Go now... DOCTOR: First, the child? Hmm? (The tubes rises. A ZARBI scuttles over to the light wall then turns and nudges the larvae g*n away from VICKI. Finally it takes the necklace off her shoulders. The DOCTOR jumps forward and catches her before she falls to the floor.) VICKI: Oh, Doctor, it makes you feel so dizzy. DOCTOR: (Hugging her.) Yes, I know, my dear, I know. VICKI: Peculiar... DOCTOR: I know. It’ll be all right in a minute. Mmm? VICKI: Did...did you tell that thing where the Menoptra are going to land? DOCTOR: Just about enough for our survival. If I tell them everything, our usefulness will be ended. Now we’ve got to get out of here and I want to find a place to hide this recorder. I don’t propose to make them a present...of the place of att*ck! (The DOCTOR moves aside one of the star panels on the astral map and takes out the small recorder. The communications wall bursts into life as an alarm sounds. The ZARBI scuttle around.) VICKI: Another panic on by the looks of it. DOCTOR: Yes, there’s no doubt, they’ve alerted their invasion forces. They’ve acted very quickly on the little information that I gave them. Now while they’re busy, I want you to nip back into the ship, find my walking stick and bring it straight back here, hurry! (VICKI runs off...) 5: EXT. CRATER OF NEEDLES (The alarm also sounds in the Crater. Two larvae g*n rise into readiness. A ZARBI pushes BARBARA to the floor and she falls with a scream. Nearby an elderly Menoptra sl*ve, PRAPILLUS listens to the alarm with HROSTAR.) PRAPILLUS: Some kind of alarm. HROSTAR: I hope they haven’t found the... (HROSTAR says no more as he and the others are herded by the ZARBI into a small cage like hut, seemingly made out of jagged spars of rock.) 6: INT. CHAMBER (IAN and VRESTIN are being tormented by their captors. They resemble caterpillars which are the height of a man but with composite eyes and withered arms.) IAN: We were chased! We fell! VRESTIN: They are too simple to understand, Heron. (One of the creatures, speaking with a staccato feminine voice points at IAN, then at a small font-type object which contains a liquid.) NEMINI: Hands! In there! (IAN is pushed forward several times until his hands fall into the pool of liquid. He yells out in pain as the liquid binds his hands together. VRESTIN is now thrust forward the same routine is carried out. VESTRIN’S alien cry of pain is high-pitched.) VRESTIN: Primitives! What is it you want from us? NEMINI: Hetra! (The other creatures are bowing to the wall decorations. One of them turns and hops down on its stunted legs to IAN and VESTRIN. It speaks with a deep guttural voice with drawn out speech patterns.) HETRA: We know...that from the roof...comes hate! The liquiiiid...death! Creeeeping destroyer of...we Opetra. Yet you stand upright. We will consult the...chasm of light and if you come from...above, you will die! 7: EXT. CRATER OF NEEDLES (BARBARA, HROSTAR, PRAPPILUS and a young feminine Menoptra called HLYNIA are in the cage in the crater. HLYNIA hands out food as PRAPILLUS and HROSTAR look through the spars to the guarding ZARBI and larvae g*n outside.) PRAPILLUS: Hrostar, is it the invasion? HROSTAR: The spearhead? Yes! I think so! PRAPILLUS: Then tell us what we must do? HROSTAR: Nothing yet. HLYNIA: Do nothing? But we’ve waited for generations for this moment. HROSTAR: And it will come...but...a false move and all is lost. Success depended on surprise. (HROSTAR suddenly realises something.) HROSTAR: If this is an alert...how did they know? (He thinks and then turns to BARBARA with a hiss.) HROSTAR: Your Earth friends? This man of science you tell me of? Could he be helping them? BARBARA: (Sounding uncertain.) No, erm, no. I’m sure he wouldn’t. HROSTAR: How then...do they know? BARBARA: Know what? HROSTAR: Our spearhead plan to land on the Sayo Plateau, just above the crater here, to the north. BARBARA: Well, that doesn’t mean to say that the Doctor told them. The Zarbi must be alerted everywhere, not just here. HROSTAR: With the Zarbi w*apon, they will be massacred. BARBARA: Are your forces armed? HROSTAR: With useless w*apon. (HROSTAR turns round in a panic.) HROSTAR: Our plan was for an att*ck on the Animus. We would have landed in secret, overcome the Zarbi and destroyed the force that rules them...by sheer force of numbers. BARBARA: A su1c1de army. HROSTAR: It would have been su1c1de to stay where we were. The invasion had to come now. We did not choose the time...it...is...now and failure...will mean failure for all time. PRAPILLUS: Hrostar, the spearhead must be warned. HROSTAR: But how? We smashed...the signalling...equipment. BARBARA: Look, we must get to the top of the plateau, intercept them and warn them. PRAPILLUS: Yes, we must. HROSTAR: There...is a larvae g*n...pointed straight at this door. PRAPILLUS: We know. HLYNIA: I saw thirty or more Zarbi leaving the Crater by the great web. I do not think there will be many more left to guard us. BARBARA: Look, we must try. It only needs one of us to get through. HROSTAR: If only...we could destroy...the larvae g*n. PRAPILLUS: I may do that. HROSTAR: You? How? PRAPILLUS: I know the Zarbi. (PRAPILLUS goes to the back of their cage and knows a spar out in order to escape...) 8: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (Using his walking stick, fetched by VICKI from the TARDIS, the DOCTOR hooks the wishbone necklace. VICKI, standing by ready, runs towards the ZARBI guard with the preserved spider. The creature jumps back. VICKI whistles to the DOCTOR and he pulls the necklace across the floor to the base of the astral map.) VICKI: Good! You’ve got it. (They kneel down to examine it.) DOCTOR: Now the question is how to make it safe, hmm? VICKI: It’s gold, isn’t it? DOCTOR: Yes, there’s no mistaking it, my dear. Gold and something more than gold. Gold is the symbol of power on this planet. Which brings me to an incident with Ian and his pen. VICKI: Ian and his pen? DOCTOR: Yes, it flew out of his hand, just as he was about to give it to me, a gold pen. Now, we have got to find something to re-align...this power. VICKI: What? DOCTOR: Yes, that is the que... (A thought strikes him.) question, isn’t it? 9: EXT. CRATER OF NEEDLES (Through the spars of their cage, BARBARA and HROSTAR observe the ZARBI and the g*n. BARBARA rushes to the back of the cage where HLYNIA keeps watch.) BARBARA: Any sign of him? (HLYNIA shakes her head. Outside the cage, the ZARBI moves away from the larvae g*n and moves a short distance across the Crater. PRAPILLUS is hiding behind one of the needle crags near where the ZARBI is headed. The old Menoptra slips silently away.) HROSTAR: It’s left the larvae g*n. It’s our chance to destroy it. BARBARA: Destroy it? Well, can’t we use it ourselves? HLYNIA: Only the Zarbi can control and f*re them. HROSTAR: Get ready. (PRAPILLUS returns to hide behind the crag and throws a rock. The ZARBI spins round at the sound.) HROSTAR: Now! (The run from the cage and PRAPILLUS joins HROSTAR in attacking the ZARBI whilst BARBARA and HLYNIA see to the larvae g*n. The two Menoptra manages to overturn the ZARBI. HROSTAR then runs over to take the leaderless larvae g*n from BARBARA and HLYNIA. He picks it up and crushes it against the wall of the Crater. With a squelching noise, the creature dies. BARBARA is sickened by the sound.) PRAPILLUS: Is the g*n d*ad? HROSTAR: Yes. HLYNIA: I can lead us to the plateau. BARBARA: Well come on then, quickly. (They all run off out of the Crater...) 10: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The necklace has been placed over, and connected to the astral map. VICKI observes the lash-up.) VICKI: Have you finished now, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, I think so, my dear. Well, now we know the TARDIS is the opponing, opposing force, the question is, which is the stronger? Hmm? VICKI: What’ll happen if you’re wrong? DOCTOR: What will happen? Well, the astral map will be ruined, of course, but, er, I’m afraid we have no choice. Now just stand back a bit, my dear. (VICKI does so. The DOCTOR adjusts several controls and then flicks a switch. There is a small expl*si*n.) VICKI: Doctor! (The DOCTOR laughs and is about to take the necklace off the astral map when a ZARBI scuttles forward. It pushes the DOCTOR towards the descending tube whilst VICKI struggles with the ZARBI to prevent it getting at the astral map and seeing the necklace.) VICKI: It was nothing! Just a...fuse on one of our instruments! You...! (The DOCTOR communicates with the ANIMUS...) ANIMUS VOICE: The time to complete your findings. Report. DOCTOR: It is still incomplete. ANIMUS VOICE: Excuses! DOCTOR: No doubt your “creatures” told you about the expl*si*n. (He takes the recorder out of his pocket.) DOCTOR: This is what caused...the delay. You must wait. ANIMUS VOICE: What is it you hold? DOCTOR: Oh, nothing, nothing. Merely a piece of damaged equipment that happened... (To the DOCTOR’S horror, the recorder bursts into life...) MENOPTRA VOICE: ...Force on bearing two-six-five. Speed point O-one. Mean jettison craft at altitude five above Crater of Needles. Individual descent to Sayo Plateau, north of the Crater... (The recording stops...) ANIMUS VOICE: You were in possession of the information all the time! You will be dealt with when the invasion has been repelled. (The tube rises from a silent DOCTOR. The ZARBI has managed to take the necklace from the astral map and put it onto VICKI’S shoulders. It edges her to the back of the room. She stands possessed next to the DOCTOR who has another necklace placed on him by a second ZARBI. He too is possessed...) 11: EXT. VORTIS (HLYNIA and HROSTAR arrive on a ledge at the base of a cliff.) HLYNIA: The plateau is just above us. HROSTAR: We...will...remain here until the spearhead arrives. (He turns and helps BARBARA onto the ledge.) BARBARA: Well, at least we got here in time. HROSTAR: You stay on guard here, Hlynia. (They are about to move off when they hear the unmistakable sound of a ZARBI chirruping. They stop d*ad in their tracks. PRAPILLUS arrives on the ledge.) PRAPILLUS: The Zarbi...are moving in! Surrounding the plateau! HLYNIA: We must wait for the spearhead! (HROSTAR turns on BARBARA.) HROSTAR: Then this Doctor must have betrayed us! 12: INT. CHAMBER (The Optera hop back into the chamber where IAN and VRESTIN remain c*ptive and give them their verdict.) HETRA: Every creature...who inv*de our domain...comes only to prey on us. You are guilty. NEMINI: Throw them...in the...f*re...k*ll them! (IAN is thrust forward.) IAN: Will you k*ll your own kind? HETRA: This stranger. You are...both...from...that wilderness above ground...where the light blinds the air, chokes, where only destroyer races live...and from where none of us who has gone forth has ever returned! You come foraging into our world...only for new victims. Take them! (IAN is forced to his knees. VESTRIN runs forward.) VRESTIN: Listen! This wilderness you speak of, belongs to you. We are coming in our legions to destroy the dark power and its Zarbi slaves. HETRA: (Recognising the name.) The...Zarbi... VRESTIN: They seized this planet long ago, enslaved your forebears and mine who remained. They are spreading the poisonous web of the Animus to every corner of Vortis. NEMINI: (To HETRA.) As long...as we k*ll intruders...we are safe. IAN: Don’t you understand? You are Menoptra, like this. HETRA: (Aghast.) The...Men...op...tra! NEMINI: You speak...of our Gods! (The Optera turn and bow to the wall decorations.) VRESTIN: Your Gods?! The Menoptra are your kinsmen. Your wings withered on your bodies while you crawled blindly underground, like slugs. You were born to the greatest freedom of all creatures - to peace, beauty and light! HETRA: It is death...for us...up there. VRESTIN: This is not your element. IAN: If you throw us into the f*re, you destroy your own future. NEMINI: Prove...what you say. VRESTIN: I am Vrestin - a leader of the Menoptra. We come to destroy the dark power who rules this planet. IAN: We need your help. (VRESTIN’S wings open in a magnificent display. The Optera, awed, bow down to their “god”.) 13: EXT. SAYO PLATEAU (The Sayo Plateau is a high triangular edifice, overlooking the surface of Vortis. BARBARA and the Menoptra cautiously make their way among the mist-enshrouded rocks.) BARBARA: They’re not here yet. PRAPILLUS: I feel the Zarbi are watching. HROSTAR: Quietly! (A flapping sound disturbs the silence. Out of the sky, several Menoptra fly down and land on the Plateau. They carry g*n in their hands. HROSTAR addresses one of them...) HROSTAR: Spearhead? HILIO: Codeword? HROSTAR: Electron. HILIO: Where is your pilot party? HROSTAR: Destroyed. Your force...get it off the Plateau. HILIO: Why? HROSTAR: Our w*apon...are useless. The Zarbi have a rendezvous. Disperse the spearhead. They will be massacred! (The haughty captain looks round. More Menoptra fly down out of the dark sky.) HILIO: It is too late. We are already committed...to att*ck. (BARBARA hears a noise behind her and turns round.) BARBARA: Look! (Several ZARBI are on top of the Plateau. Their arms twitch and they chirrup instructions to the larvae g*n. As one Menoptra after another lands, the deadly w*apon f*re and f*re, hitting the descending creatures. Several Menoptra land safely and f*re their w*apon at the ZARBI but as the pilot party previously found out, they prove useless. The larvae g*n f*re again and the Menoptra are blasted to the ground. One of them twitches on the floor, taking a long time to die. One Menoptra att*cks a ZARBI with a rock but this proves as ineffective as its abandoned g*n. Another larvae g*n fires and its victim falls with a cry. BARBARA and the wingless Menoptra flee from the m*ssacre, followed by ZARBI.) BARBARA: They’re still following us. HROSTAR: We’ll try the Crater’s edge. BARBARA: Well come on, hurry! (They run off. HILIO gives out an order but he has lost his arrogant tone. His cry is now plaintive...) HILIO: Spearhead - retreat! (The surviving warriors need no further bidding. They fly off the Plateau as the larvae g*n f*re after them. BARBARA and PRAPILLUS flee. BARBARA stops, turns and watches as HROSTAR jumps off a rock and clubs a ZARBI to the ground. HILIO lands near HLYNIA.) HILIO: We are surrounded. HLYNIA: No - follow me. (But her friends do find themselves surrounded as HROSTAR catches up with BARBARA and PRAPILLUS. Their backs are to a rockface as a ZARBI rears up before them and others join it ready to deal with the fugitives...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x19 - Crater of Needles"}
foreverdreaming
Written by BILL STRUTTON Original Air Date: 13 March, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: EXT. SAYO PLATEAU (HROSTAR catches up with BARBARA and PRAPILLUS as they find themselves surrounded. Their backs are to a rockface as a ZARBI rears up before them and others join it ready to deal with the fugitives. BARBARA and the two Menoptra run to one side and momentarily away from their pursuers. They find themselves against another rockface.) HROSTAR: Zarbi! BARBARA: We’re surrounded. Come on! (She starts to run off but a ZARBI is in front of her. Stepping backwards, she trips and falls against the rockface, which suddenly falls back to reveal a hidden doorway in the rock. HROSTAR and PRAPILLUS help BARBARA to her feet and they run through the newly found entrance. Just as the ZARBI and their larvae g*n arrive, the door slides shut again. The larvae g*n fires, but it has no effect...) 2: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The DOCTOR and VICKI stand motionless, the gold necklaces still adorning them. The ZARBI’S attention is on the light wall and VICKI opens one eye, then the other making sure that they are not observed. She takes off her own necklace and uses it to knock the one off the DOCTOR’S shoulders. She hurriedly places her own dysfunctional and converted necklace back over her shoulders. The DOCTOR falls back slightly as he comes round...) DOCTOR: Ohh! VICKI: Shh! (VICKI holds him up. The old man steadies himself, then stares at her necklace.) DOCTOR: My dear, you’re still wearing it. VICKI: Shh! (Whispers.) It’s all right. I took a chance and put it on. You’ve done it! It doesn’t work anymore. (They both check that they are still unobserved.) DOCTOR: Oh yes, we must capitalise on your action. Now we know the...necklace no longer works on us, perhaps the force-field has...been reversed. I wonder? If that is so, I can control that necklace... (He holds up his hand.) with this power of my ring! VICKI: What power does it hold? DOCTOR: No, look, look! (The DOCTOR has spotted activity amongst the two ZARBI at the light wall. He and VICKI freeze into immobility. One of the ZARBI comes over to them and briefly examines them. It does not spot that the DOCTOR no longer wears his necklace. It scurries off out of the room, watched carefully by the two c*ptive. The DOCTOR takes the converted necklace off VICKI and places it over his own shoulders...) DOCTOR: Now, this is what I want you to do, child. When you... (The DOCTOR continues whispering instructions to her, whilst across the room, a ZARBI stands immobile.) DOCTOR: Understand? (They freeze back into place. VICKI suddenly staggers forward, play-acting...) VICKI: Oh, what’s happened? Where am I? (The ZARBI comes forward and sees the other necklace on the floor at VICKI’S feet. As it bends down to pick it up, the DOCTOR grabs the converted necklace from his own shoulders and forces it over the thorax of the ZARBI. The creature stiffens. The DOCTOR then walks round the creature holding up his ring like a talisman. The ZARBI follows him round.) DOCTOR: Splendid! Splendid! VICKI: (Running forward.) Doctor, you’ve done it! How marvellous! What next? DOCTOR: Well, I think we shall get our friend to take us out of here. Go outside - keep your eyes open! (VICKI runs to the door to the control room and checks the corridor outside.) VICKI: All clear. (The DOCTOR signals to the creature to turn round and follow them out.) 3: INT. CARSENOME. CORRIDOR (One ZARBI scuttles along a corridor without seeing the escapees and their escort. They stop at a junction and check round.) VICKI: I thought we’d have seen more of these creatures, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, it appears they have gone to the Plateau. Hmm. VICKI: Well, there’s one good thing. At least that spearhead’ll make it easier for us to get out here. DOCTOR: Now, don’t count your chickens, child! There’s quite a lot ahead of us, now...go on, cautiously. (VICKI does so, the DOCTOR signals to their ZARBI to continue following them.) 4: INT. TEMPLE OF LIGHT (BARBARA, in awe, staggers round the chamber in which they have found themselves. Richly decorated with winged murals and statue-like depictions of the Menoptra, the ceiling rises into a tower which BARBARA looks up towards.) BARBARA: It’s beautiful, Prapillus! Oh, it’s absolutely beautiful! PRAPILLUS: It must be a Temple of Light. The ancient song-spinners of our race sang of their beauty. But I thought they could never be found again. BARBARA: There are others? PRAPILLUS: So the legends say. Sewn into the craters and plateaus of Vortis, been slowly un-woven by the silence of time and their entrances long forgotten by our species. But our Gods have not forgotten us, Harbara, this was indeed deliverance. (HROSTAR runs forward from the entrance.) HROSTAR: There is no sound...the Zarbi have gone. If one of us must explore... BARBARA: No, not yet! They will leave guards. (A voice suddenly cries out. HILIO stands on the other side of the temple with HLYNIA.) HILIO: All is not lost! PRAPILLUS: What are you? HILIO: Spearhead Leader Hilio. HROSTAR: Codewords? HILIO: Electron. HLYNIA: (Running forward.) Prapillus, I brought him. PRAPILLUS: (Delighted to see her.) Hlynia! How? HLYNIA: There was a tunnel on the lower ledge where you left me. What...what happened on the Plateau? HROSTAR: (Sadly.) The spearhead...has failed... HILIO: (Arrogantly.) No! The spearhead must succeed. (He steps forward and past BARBARA, ignoring her...) HILIO: Which is the way back to the Plateau? I will recall my force. PRAPILLUS: No Hilio... BARBARA: (Interrupting.) What force? From what I saw of the battle, your “spearhead” was completely wiped out. HILIO: (With contempt.) Who is this creature? PRAPILLUS: Our ally. (HILIO waves his arms at BARBARA and hisses...) HILIO: I do not trust her. BARBARA: (Sharply.) You have no choice! (HILIO storms off. HLYNIA is upset at this breakdown in relations...) HLYNIA: H...H...H...Hrostar, Prapillius, what shall we do? HILIO: Is it true? Are they all d*ad? PRAPILLUS: d*ad, or prisoners by now. HILIO: (In despair.) Then our main force cannot know where to land. They too will be massacred. The Menoptra...will be no more. (PRAPILLUS paces round the temple, his arms waving in the classic Menoptra style as he quietly assesses the situation.) PRAPILLUS: Hilio, the Menoptra have no wisdom for w*r. Before the Animus came, the flower forest covered the planet in a cocoon of peace. Our ancestors carved Temples like this for resting places of our d*ad, but that was all the work we did. There were no other plans to make. (He looks upwards...) Light was our God and we existed in light, flying above thought. (He walks over to HILIO.) Our banishment has taught us of enemies and w*apon and my captivity has taught me “strategy”. They tore my wings from me and I felt, as you feel, that all was lost. But if our Gods favour our survival, we must learn their lesson and use our brains and not our wings. This “Earth woman” - we must trust, for she can show us how to exist without wings, to survive and flourish. (He turns back to BARBARA.) What should we do? (BARBARA, momentarily stuck for an answer, gathers her thoughts.) BARBARA: Well, erm, er, what would have happened if the spearhead had been successful? HROSTAR: Had...had we met...with no resistance, we were to proceed to the centre of the web and destroy the Animus. BARBARA: How? HILIO: With this. (HILIO steps forward with a small round metallic object.) HILIO: Our wise men designed it for use against the intelligence. PRAPILLUS: A living cell destructor? HILIO: Yes. The web, and the living thing behind it, grows and spreads its evil around Vortis. This destructor, would have reversed the process, made the cells grow inwards and die. HLYNIA: The electron g*n failed to work against the Zarbi - would this have failed to? BARBARA: Oh, there’s only one way to find out... PRAPILLUS: att*ck the Animus? (BARBARA nods.) Can we reach it? HILIO: It cannot work now. We are two few. BARBARA: (Snaps.) The only alternative is to stay here. Perhaps for years. HROSTAR: Both ways...may mean our death. But hope...lies in...(Hisses.) action. PRAPILLUS: Then it’s decided. (He takes the Cell Destructor from HILIO’S hands and holds it in the air...) PRAPILLUS: We att*ck.! (The Menoptra hiss with determination...) 5: INT. CHAMBER (Far below the surface of Vortis, IAN and VRESTIN exercise their newly freed hands...) VRESTIN: The Optera have promised to help. Heron, can we trust them? IAN: We have no choice. VRESTIN: They have strength down here. Their fears of the surface may grow too strong. IAN: It’s better than being thrown into the f*re. (HETRA bounds forward and bows down to VRESTIN.) HETRA: These tunnels breeaattthheee hate! And in the centre...grows the root of eevviillll - Poidarac! IAN: Root? VRESTIN: (Explaining.) The Animus. IAN: Take us there. (HETRA jumps round to face NEMINI.) HETRA: Nemini...will...lead. NEMINI: (Jumping forward to face IAN and VRESTIN.) Keep close...to me. (NEMINI turns and bounds across the chamber.) HETRA: (To IAN and VRESTIN.) Come! (IAN and VRESTIN follow HETRA and NEMINI as they, and two other Optera, move out of the chamber and down a tunnel.) 6: EXT. VORTIS. CARSENOME ENTRANCE (The DOCTOR and VICKI come out of the CARSENOME with their c*ptive ZARBI. VICKI gets her first proper sight of the surface of Vortis.) VICKI: Hey! (Behind them, the walls of the Carsenome give out a gurgling sound as the tendrils expand.) DOCTOR: Oh! (He tuts.) Most unpleasant! Oh well my dear, so far, so good, hmm? VICKI: Doctor, how are we gonna find the Menoptra? They could be anywhere on this planet. DOCTOR: Yes, the Zarbi’s left here to go to the spearhead. (He looks round.) It’s just about... (He points to the ground.) Yes with luck we can follow their tracks. Ha ha! VICKI: Oh, yes, look! DOCTOR: Let’s get moving. (They walk off, momentarily forgetting their ZARBI which stands immobile. The DOCTOR steps back.) DOCTOR: You may not believe it, but you nearly ended up as lost property! Hmm? (The walls of the Carsenome gurgle again...) DOCTOR: And the same to you! (The DOCTOR walks off, this time the ZARBI follows...) 7: EXT. VORTIS (The DOCTOR, VICKI and their ZARBI trudge across the surface of Vortis. The DOCTOR finds the journey difficult and wipes his brow with his handkerchief.) DOCTOR: Oh, must have a rest child. Ah! (He leans against a crag and waves his face. VICKI sits down on the ground.) VICKI: You know, Doctor... DOCTOR: Mmm? VICKI: (Stroking the ZARBI.) I’m getting quite fond of Zombo. DOCTOR: What? VICKI: Zombo, it’s his name. I gave it to him. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, I see, I see. Mm. VICKI: He’s quite cute, isn’t he, when he’s like this. DOCTOR: Well, I haven’t noticed it..it..it before, my dear, but since you mention it...it, no I don’t think so! VICKI: I’ve told you before not to judge by appearances. (The DOCTOR laughs.) DOCTOR: Oh, I’ll buy you a collar for him at the next stop! (VICKI gets up. They start off.) DOCTOR: But just you remember, child - if we lose him, there’s about two hundred or more ahead of us, just like that. Now, come along, come along. (He whistles to the ZARBI to follow.) 8: INT. TUNNEL (The underground expedition reaches a place in the tunnel that is barred by stalagmites and stalactites. HETRA and the other Optera step forward.) HETRA: Break the teeth...of stone. (The Optera break their way through with their crystalline spears. They clear the debris and continue onwards. IAN and VRESTIN follow. IAN coughing in the smoky atmosphere.) IAN: Oh, the air’s terrible. VRESTIN: Yes, they are more used to it than we are, Heron. (Ahead, the Optera see that their way is still blocked.) NEMINI: The tunnel...breathes...vapour. HETRA: Not here... (He grunts and looks round.) ...there! (The Optera move in a different direction. NEMINI gestures at the wall they reach.) NEMINI: The wall...is not friendly. We must break it! (IAN comes up.) IAN: What’s wrong? HETRA: A silent wall. We must make...m...mouths in it with our w*apon. Then it speak more light. Dig Nemini. IAN: Will it stand it? NEMINI: Ha! We try. VRESTIN: (OOV.) Heron! IAN: Coming! (IAN runs back and finds that VRESTIN is partially trapped by a small rock fall. IAN holds the ceiling up with his shoulders whilst he helps VRESTIN through. When he follows, the entire ceiling gives way behind them.) IAN: Now we have to go on. HETRA: Nemini, make mouth of light. VRESTIN: Heron, I cannot breathe... IAN: I know, (Coughs.) the fall... VRESTIN: Breathe... IAN: (He helps VRESTIN to stand.) ...let in more gas. VRESTIN: (Weakly.) Breathe... IAN: (To HETRA.) Dig! HETRA: Dig? IAN: Dig! (NEMINI continues to do just that...) 9: INT. TEMPLE OF LIGHT (A plan of the Carsenome and its position has been drawn on the floor of the Temple of Light. BARBARA kneels on the floor and explains her plan.) BARBARA: The best idea is still that we...create a mock att*ck here in the south in order to draw off the Zarbi. Then whilst this is happening, one of us tries to get in the centre from the north. HILIO: (Arrogantly.) It will fail. Even if it drew most of the Zarbi, it would require just one larvae g*n to stop the real att*ck. BARBARA: Then what is your idea? HILIO: I could fly over the Carsenome and try and cut my way in from above. PRAPILLUS: No, the Carsenome is strong and vigorous. It would heal itself before you could cut your way through. BARBARA: Then we’re left with the mock att*ck. (To HILIO.) It isn’t perfect, I know, but it’s all we have. HILIO: Very well, I will go in alone from the north. HROSTAR: No, I will go. (They hiss at each other and raise their arms as if to fight. HLYNIA runs from the doorway.) HLYNIA: Quiet! There’s someone outside! BARBARA: Locks the doors! HROSTAR: Too late! HILIO: Hide! PRAPILLUS: If it’s Zarbi, the doors will not open. (But it is a ZARBI that comes through the doors. HILIO runs forward to b*at the creature.) DOCTOR: No! (The DOCTOR has followed his c*ptive ZARBI through the doors.) DOCTOR: Do not att*ck him. He’s quite harmless. BARBARA: Doctor! DOCTOR: My dear Barbara. (He glances round the room as VICKI joins him.) DOCTOR: Where is Chesterton, hmm? 10: INT. TUNNEL (The smoky gas is clearing. VRESTIN still supported by IAN, lets out a gasp and a sigh.) IAN: Better? It’s clearing. (NEMINI turns to them.) NEMINI: The vapour seeps at our feet. Move...slowly. (HETRA, who has been digging at the rockface, turns...) HETRA: Nemini! Huh! (...and indicates that she should take his place. He jumps over to IAN and VRESTIN.) HETRA: Soon the mouth will...appear. The walls are...thin. (NEMINI lets out a cry as acid starts to pour through a crack she has created in the rock face.) NEMINI: The liquid hate! From above! IAN: The acid pools! Get away! (He moves forward to help her, but HETRA and another Optera push him and VRESTIN back with several grunts.) HETRA: She must block the mouth or we will die! (NEMINI forces her body into the crevice and screams out in agony as the acid starts to eat into her. IAN watches stunned...) HETRA: It is danger...that is always with us. (HETRA and the other OPTERA let IAN and VRESTIN go. Whilst the latter watch, the Optera jump across to the body of their companion, bow and grunt...) HETRA: Poidarac ... (HETRA examines that NEMINI’S sacrifice has worked, then turns to the other Optera.) HETRA: It is well, Try down... (He jumps round.) there. (The other Optera goes down the passage indicated by HETRA to recommence digging. HETRA follows. VRESTIN pauses at NEMINI’S body then also follows. IAN stands silently looking down at NEMINI. The sound of digging can be heard.) VRESTIN: (OOV: from down the passage.) Heron? They have broken the wall. (IAN takes one last look at NEMINI, and then moves to join them... 11: INT. TEMPLE OF LIGHT (BARBARA has been bringing the DOCTOR up to date with events.) DOCTOR: A most detailed report. Hmm. Yes, it’s, er, interesting... BARBARA: Will it... DOCTOR: Interesting. BARBARA: Will it work, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, I don’t see why not, my dear. (To the Menoptra.) What is in the centre of the web? Hmm? Do you know? HILIO: No. PRAPILLUS: No one knows. An alien from the darkness of space but the shape inside the cocoon... BARBARA: But if it, erm, if it arrived here from another planet, surely some one must have seen it? PRAPILLUS: Our legends of it only begin when it was already thinking itself into the crannies of Vortis and the minds of the Zarbi, spreading its web. DOCTOR: (Almost to himself.) Where does it draw its power from, hmm? PRAPILLUS: Is there is...power in the magnetic pole of the planet. That is where the web has its centre. DOCTOR: Yes, the magnetic pole, I see, I see. You mean it draws and uses...the power from the planet Vortis. PRAPILLUS: (Excited.) Yes Doctor! Their theory would...would explain the new moons that have appeared in the sky. They too are drawn here by this power. DOCTOR: Yes, I wonder why I didn’t realise that before? The same force drew and holds the TARDIS here. Yes, of course, ha, ha, ha, it’s remarkable, most interesting! (The DOCTOR and PRAPILLUS laugh...) BARBARA: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? BARBARA: Do you intend to go ahead with the plan? DOCTOR: The plan? The plan - yes, my dear, yes. Yes, but with a slight difference. HROSTAR: How different, hmm? DOCTOR: Yes, I think we’ll...go ahead with the mock att*ck as planned, (To BARBARA.) that will be your responsibility, my dear, a time we shall agree to... BARBARA: Yes, Doctor. DOCTOR: (Pointing to the Cell Destructor held by HILIO.) And this...that, I shall take along with me. The girl and I will return to the Zarbi headquarters... (HILIO arrogantly holds the Isop-tope away from the DOCTOR.) HILIO: Our wise men have put all their skill into this one Isop-tope. I cannot yield it to a stranger. HROSTAR: Wait! Can you...take the Isop-tope past the Zarbi guards...in safe...ty? DOCTOR: Of course! I don’t see why not? (BARBARA whispers to PRAPILLUS for encouragement.) BARBARA: Prapillus! PRAPILLUS: Hilio, he is the first friend of the Menoptra ever to leave the Carsenome. We must trust...the Doctor. DOCTOR: Thank you. (The DOCTOR bows. With some reluctance, and some great elaboration, HILIO hands the Isop-tope to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Thank you. I have great admiration for your wise men...and their judgement. (To BARBARA.) Now, my dear, is everything quite clear? Hmm? BARBARA: Yes, Doctor. You will to headquarters. Once you’re safely there, we start the att*ck to draw out the Zarbi while you make for the centre. DOCTOR: Precisely, (To VICKI.) come child. VICKI: (Scared.) Doctor, have we got to...? DOCTOR: Oh, now, now, now, cheer up, cheer up. I don’t particularly want to go back there myself. Mmm? VICKI: It’s all right. I suppose we do have the best chance. Anyway, the TARDIS is still there. PRAPILLUS: Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, what is it? What do you want? (To VICKI.) Excuse me... (Leaving VICKI with HYLNIA, he crosses to where PRAPILLUS is with the possessed ZARBI.) DOCTOR: Well, what do you want? PRAPILLUS: I wondered if we could borrow this creature? I think he would be very useful in our att*ck. DOCTOR: (Haughtily.) Oh, you think so, do you? PRAPILLUS: I have made a study of the Zarbi. I think I could make use of him. DOCTOR: You do? Hmm. Better than I? Mmm? PRAPILLUS: Please, I have no wish to offend, but you don’t know the Zarbi as I do. DOCTOR: Er, to control him, you will have to use...my ring. (He holds it up.) That...is of untold value. Mmm? PRAPILLUS: (Shouting.) But what of the value of our Isop-tope? BARBARA: (Stepping forward.) Is, er, anything wrong? DOCTOR: (Hastily.) No! No, my dear, no! PRAPILLUS: A small matter. DOCTOR: (To BARBARA.) Our friend here has suggested that...the creature goes along with your party, hmm? PRAPILLUS: And I was thanking the Doctor for his faith in our Isop-tope! BARBARA: That’s a very good idea, Doctor. DOCTOR: (Surprised.) Mmm? (Seeing he has little choice, the DOCTOR takes off his ring and hands it with bad grace to PRAPILLUS.) DOCTOR: Here, take it! PRAPILLUS: May I know its secret? DOCTOR: (Snaps.) You may not! Use it, and return it. PRAPILLUS: Forgive me... DOCTOR: On your life - return it. Hmm? (PRAPILLUS bows his agreement.) 12: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (Within the Carsenome, the ZARBI are motionless...) 13: EXT. CARSENOME ENTRANCE (The DOCTOR and VICKI make their way back across Vortis to the Carsenome. As they near the entrance, they stop with some trepidation. The DOCTOR passes the Isop-tope to VICKI.) DOCTOR: I think you’d better take this, my child. It’ll probably be...less conspicuous with you. Come on. (They walk into the Carsenome.) 14: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The ZARBI suddenly jump up as the wall light bursts into life. They stand around the entrance to the room as the DOCTOR and VICKI enter. They find themselves surrounded by the ZARBI and their larvae g*n. VICKI holds the Isop-tope.) VICKI: Oh, Doctor! DOCTOR: Give it me child! Give it to me! 15: INT. TUNNEL SHAFT (The underground party reaches the base of a shaft. HETRA speaks to VRESTIN.) HETRA: Poidarac is up above...now. VRESTIN: Heron? What should we do? (IAN steps underneath the shaft and looks upwards.) IAN: We go up. 16: EXT. CARSENOME ENTRANCE (The other Menoptra party reaches the Carsenome with their ZARBI “ally”.) PRAPILLUS: Harbara, ready for you to give the word. (BARBARA steps forward and looks towards the Carsenome.) BARBARA: We’ll wait. Make sure the Doctor has got to the control section. 17: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (The DOCTOR, and then VICKI, are thrown to the floor and surrounded. He holds VICKI close. On a nearby wall, a g*n tendril rises up and spits a ray at them with a hissing noise. VICKI screams. She and the DOCTOR are enclosed in a thick mass of web...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x20 - Invasion"}
foreverdreaming
Written by BILL STRUTTON Original Air Date: 20 March, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (On a nearby wall, a g*n tendril rises up and spits a ray at the DOCTOR and VICKI with a hissing noise. VICKI screams. She and the DOCTOR are enclosed in a thick mass of web...) 2: EXT. CARSENOME ENTRANCE (The Menoptra raiding party and BARBARA rise from their places of concealment behind some rocks. Their possessed ZARBI stands in the open...) 3: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (VICKI falls to one side and on the floor. The DOCTOR seems cold and stunned by the att*ck but they are otherwise unharmed. As the communications tendril tube descends from the ceiling, VICKI crawls towards the astral map. The tube falls over the head of a nervous looking DOCTOR and the sibilant voice of the ANIMUS addresses him...) ANIMUS VOICE: You attempted escape? DOCTOR: (Still shivering.) We have been on a slight...explortation. ANIMUS VOICE: You have been brought back...to me. DOCTOR: Brought back? We came...of our own free will. We are not to be subjected like the Zarbi’s, or terrorised like the Menoptra! We are... ANIMUS VOICE: (Interrupting.) You are of no further use except for the way you think. I need your intelligence. You will be brought to the centre, to mmeee...! (The DOCTOR feels his face as the tube rises back into the ceiling. VICKI is under guard near the astral map as the DOCTOR struggles to his feet.) VICKI: What do they want now? DOCTOR: Oh, we...we shall be taken to the...centre, child. Try, oh! Try not to be afraid. Oh! Ahh! (He takes her hand...) 4: EXT. CARSENOME ENTRANCE (BARBARA has been on a slight reconnoiter and now returns to her companions.) BARBARA: The Doctor will have reached the control section by now. Prapillus, we should send in the Zarbi. (PRAPILLUS hisses and raises the DOCTOR’S ring. In front of them, the ZARBI rises to obey...) 5: INT. CARSENOME. CORRIDOR (The DOCTOR and VICKI are being forced down a tendril covered corridor by two ZARBI. They are still covered with remnants of web.) DOCTOR: Ah, you never let me have the web destructor back again, child. We may not get another chance. VICKI: (Quietly.) Doctor, I haven’t got it. DOCTOR: Oh yes, I gave it to you, come along, my child, come along, come along. VICKI: It’s just that I haven’t got it now. DOCTOR: Well where is it now, er? VICKI: It’s in the astral map, I... DOCTOR: Ahh...? VICKI: I hid it there. DOCTOR: Oh! Ah, ah! (Stunned by this loss, they are forced on...) 6: EXT. CARSENOME ENTRANCE. (The raiding party stands on rocks outside the Carsenome entrance.) PRAPILLUS: Zarbi coming. Are we ready? (PRAPILLUS signals to their ZARBI as another comes out of the Carsenome. The two ZARBI go into battle, pushing against each other.) HROSTAR: Prapillus, it will throw the necklace off. PRAPILLUS: Harbara, now! (BARBARA runs past the uncontrolled ZARBI, pushing it round as she does so. It faces her then runs towards her. HROSTAR and HILIO jump onto the rock where BARBARA was stood and call out to the creature, taunting it.) HROSTAR: Zaaarrrrr-bi! Hich-hich-hich-hich! HILIO: Zaaaarrrr-bi! Hich-hich! (The ZARBI does not know how to react to this treatment and scuttles back and forth.) HROSTAR: Zaaaarrr-bi! Hich-hich! (The ZARBI seems to gain courage and makes a run for HROSTAR and HILIO. PRAPILLUS signals to HYLNIA and she runs in from another side, similarly taunting it but in a long drawn out squeal.) HYLNIA: Zarbeeee-eeee-eeee-eeee-eeee! (She backs into the Carsenome. The creature follows and she comes out alone a few seconds later.) HYLNIA: It will return with reinforcements. BARBARA: Well, that was the idea, wasn’t it? PRAPILLUS: We must move into the corridors to make it more difficult for the Zarbi. They won’t scatter us so easily. HROSTAR: (Arrogantly.) I will take the first larvae g*n. (This annoys the boastful HILIO and he and HROSTAR exchange hisses. Then the entire party, including the possessed ZARBI enters the Carsenome.) 7: INT. CARSENOME. CORRDIOR (Two ZARBI and a larvae g*n scuttle along a corridor, ready to deal with the intruders.) 8: INT. TUNNEL (The underground party has reached a wall from which roots seem to be growing out of it. IAN suddenly gives a cry of alarm as a liquid pours out of a crevice in the rock.) IAN: Look out! It’s acid again. (VRESTIN examines the liquid.) VRESTIN: No Heron. It is water. (IAN steps forward to check and finds that VRESTIN is right.) IAN: Water? OPTERA HETRA: Huh. Poidarac sucks goodness from our worrrllld! VRESTIN: Water. It sank below the surface when the Animus choked the soil. IAN: Well it’s still there, Vrestin. All you have to do is bring it to the surface. You can grow your plants again. (IAN looks upwards through the roots.) OPTERA HETRA: If we go up...we meet the blinding heart of...Poidarac. I...have...fear. Optera! (He turns to his fellow Optera.) Stay! VRESTIN: Listen, Optera. Poidarac is evil. The Menoptra are stronger than evil. The world above is good. (HETRA replies with guttural grunts, then he and his two companions confer whilst IAN turns to VRESTIN.) IAN: Vrestin, this is a root. We can’t lose our way. Why not leave them here? VRESTIN: No. They are descendants of my race. They can live in light. Come. (VRESTIN calls the Optera back but only HETRA does so.) OPTERA HETRA: They stay. I go. If there is safety...I return for them. We go. (IAN starts to climb the roots...) 9: INT. CARSENOME. ENTRANCE (Just within the Carsenome, BARBARA and PRAPILLUS wait in an entrance alcove while the other three and their ZARBI are further within.) PRAPILLUS: Hrostar? HROSTAR: Yes, I’m ready. BARBARA: (To PRAPILLUS.) What are they doing? PRAPILLUS: The Zarbi will have larvae g*n. HILIO: This is the only way we can stop them. HYLNIA: If it works. (BARBARA edges forward out of the alcove.) PRAPILLUS: Get back, Harbara! (She does so as a ZARBI and a larvae g*n appear at the end of the corridor - but wait, as if sensing danger. HROSTAR takes the wishbone necklace off their ZARBI and waits in concealment as the larvae g*n edges forward. When it is near enough, HROSTAR runs forward, attempting to put the necklace on the g*n. The creature manages to throw him off the first time. He tries again and manages to get the necklace over the creatures proboscis but not before it manages to sh**t him. The two ZARBI, now defenceless, scuttle off into the Carsenome as HROSTAR falls d*ad on top of the larvae g*n, crushing it in the process. The others run forward. HYLNIA gives out small crying sounds...) HYLNIA: Oh! Hrostar is d*ad! PRAPILLUS: Then we must succeed so that Hrostar may lie at rest in the Temple’s of Light. (HYLNIA lets out another cry.) PRAPILLUS: Do not cry, Hlynia, there is work to do. Come. (He leads her further into the Carsenome as BARBARA watches HILIO detach the necklace from the d*ad larvae g*n. He stands up with it.) HILIO: The next g*n...is mine. (He walks forward, signalling to BARBARA.) Follow. (They leave their d*ad companion behind...) 10: INT. CARSENOME. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CHAMBER OF THE ANIMUS (The DOCTOR and VICKI are led down a corridor to what appears to be a d*ad end. After a pause, tendril-covered doors part...) 11: INT. CARSENOME. CHAMBER OF THE ANIMUS (...and they are pushed by the ZARBI into the chamber. The whole room, its wall’s and floor are covered with tendrils that emanate from a spider-like creature which occupies the centre of the chamber. Underneath it is a blinding light which flares as the DOCTOR and VICKI fall to the floor. They attempt to get up.) VICKI: Oh, can you see it, Doctor? Can you see it? DOCTOR: Oh, oh! This blinding light! It’s too bright for my eyes! (He falls back to the ground.) ANIMUS VOICE: What Vortis is, I am. What you are, I will become. (VICKI attempts to help the blinded DOCTOR.) VICKI: Ah, Doctor! DOCTOR: Argh! VICKI: Doctor! (She jumps towards the ANIMUS.) VICKI: Oh, leave us alone, you parasite! ANIMUS VOICE: Parasite? A power, absorbing territory, riches, energy. Come child! Come to me! (VICKI finds the light too bright and struggles to stay on her feet.) VICKI: You filthy, great...spider! You won’t get us because...we won’t move! ANIMUS VOICE: Do not fight against it. Approach, approach, both of you... VICKI: I mustn’t move, I mustn’t move, oh! (But she finds herself drawn closer...) 12: INT. ROOTS (IAN, VRESTIN and HETRA are still climbing the root tower. Above them is a strong light.) IAN: Ah, there seems to be no end to it. (A portion of root comes away in IAN’S hands and falls towards HETRA and VRESTIN below him.) IAN: Ah, look out! (The falling root almost knocks VRESTIN off. He put his hand and grabs VRESTIN.) IAN: All right? (VRESTIN gives out a sigh of agreement.) OPTERA HETRA: The blinding...dark...is close...now. VRESTIN: Heron, let us rest. IAN: No! (They continue upwards.) 13: INT. CARSENOME. CORRIDOR (BARBARA runs down a corridor and glances inside the Carsenome control room.) 14: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM (Inside is the TARDIS and next to it, a ZARBI.) 15: INT. CARSENOME. CORRIDOR (BARBARA hides against one side of the door with PRAPILLUS on the other. She calls behind her.) BARBARA: Zarbi! HILIO: (Rushing forward.) How many? BARBARA: I only saw one. HILIO: With larvae g*n? BARBARA: No, I think he was alone. PRAPILLUS: Do not let him give the alarm, Hilio. (HILIO runs into the control room with the necklace in his hands.) 16: INT. CARSENSOME. CONTROL ROOM (HILIO rushes the ZARBI but it easily re-buffs him and in the altercation, the necklace is dropped on the floor. HLYNIA tries next but she is similarly pushed back before she can grab the necklace. It is the old Menoptra PRAPILLUS who manages to grab the necklace and force it over the neck of the ZARBI. The creature falls quiet as they look round their surroundings.) PRAPILLUS: This seems to be the Zarbi nest. How does the Animus control it? HILIO: Look, there! (The light wall has burst into life...) 17: INT. CHAMBER OF THE ANIMUS (The DOCTOR lies at the feet of the ANIMUS. Its tendrils are wrapped round his arms and legs. VICKI is similarly trapped but she is still on her feet, however she is now tiring and she falls wearily to the ground.) VICKI: I can’t...I can’t...struggle any more...Doctor, help me! Ahh! (She falls next to the old man.) DOCTOR: (Almost unconscious.) Mmm... VICKI: There’s no one, no chance...and it’s all my fault! DOCTOR: Mmm, mmm. ANIMUS VOICE: What I take from you, will enable me to reach beyond this galaxy, into the solar system. To pluck from Earth, its myriad techniques and take from Man his mastery of space! 18: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM BARBARA: Look out! (Several tendrils rise from the wall and attempt to spit webs at the intruders. All four battle against the w*apon, trying to stop them pointing at each other. One does manage to wound HLYNIA.) PRAPILLUS: No Hlynia, argh, Hlynia! 19: INT. CARSENOME. CHAMBER OF THE ANIMUS (An alarm sounds. This seems to rouse the DOCTOR. The ANIMUS sounds as if it is in pain...) ANIMUS VOICE: Zarbi centre wounded! Aliens in control...! (The DOCTOR’S head falls back down.) 20: INT. CARSENOME. CONTROL ROOM PRAPILLUS: This sector seems to be paralysed. (BARBARA spots a familiar object. She crosses to it as HILIO helps HLYNIA who has sustained a wounded shoulder.) BARBARA: And look! This is the Doctor’s astral map. PRAPILLUS: Does it work? BARBARA: Yes, I think so. PRAPILLUS: Can we speak to the invasion force with it? BARBARA: Yes, if I..if I can just find the right frequency. (She looks over the machine.) BARBARA: Where would you want it set? PRAPILLUS: To the planet Pictos. (He points to one of the star charts.) There. (BARBARA manipulates one of the controls on top of the machine.) BARBARA: Now, try that. PRAPILLUS: Vortis to main force. Vortis to main force. Warning, repeat, warning, Electron g*n useless against the Zarbi. Isop Plateau heavily ambushed. Wait for instructions. Reply. (There is silence.) HILIO: Either it hasn’t heard, or it doesn’t trust us. BARBARA: Or I didn’t set it right. (She manipulates further controls...) BARBARA: I don’t know, there’s something wrong. This thing ought to li... (She knocks aside one of the star charts and stops when she sees what is within.) BARBARA: Prapillus look! It’s the Isop-tope! (She takes it out.) The Doctor - he must have been captured. HILIO: (Taking hold of the Isop-tope.) Then we must take it to the centre ourselves. BARBARA: But why would... HILIO: There’s no time to lose. (He and HLYNIA rush off. PRAPILLUS re-assures a concerned BARBARA.) PRAPILLUS: Hilio will take care of the Doctor. BARBARA: Hilio... (BARBARA runs off after HILIO. PRAPILLUS soon follows...) PRAPILLUS: Hurry! 21: INT. BENEATH THE ANIMUS CHAMBER (The underground party have finished their climb and now are crawling through a thin cavity beneath the ANIMUS. Roots still surround them. IAN turns on his back and presses the organic ceiling above him. He finds what appears to be a thinner section and tries forcing it but without success. He crawls back to HETRA.) IAN: Give me this. (HETRA grunts as IAN takes the Optera’s crystalline spear and crawls back to where he tried forcing the ceiling. This time, he s*ab at it with the spear.) IAN: Argh, it’s like trying to cut your way through treacle. OPTERA HETRA: Huh, the blind mouth...of Poidarac...will not let us through. VRESTIN: Heron! Try! (IAN continues to s*ab at the ceiling...) 22: INT. CARSENOME. CORRIDOR (The Menoptra party rush towards the centre.) HILIO: Remember - the Destructor must be aimed at the dark side of the Animus. (PRAPILLUS looks round a corner.) PRAPILLUS: Zarbi! HYLNIA: Oh! PRAPILLUS: There’s no turning back. We must rush them. It only needs one of us to get through with the Destructor. HILIO: Now! (They run round the corner into the two ZARBI.) PRAPILLUS: Zarrr-bi! (HILIO and PRAPILLUS make it through the cordon.) HILIO: Harbara! (To distract the ZARBI, HILIO throws the Isop-tope to BARBARA. HLYNIA uses the moment to rush through.) HYLNIA: Harbara! Harbara! Harbara! (BARBARA throws the Isop-tope to her and rushes through the ZARBI.) 23: INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CHAMBER OF THE ANIMUS BARBARA: They’re not following us. PRAPILLUS: Perhaps we were expected? (HILIO looks at the tendril doors.) HILIO: This...must be the centre. (To HYLNIA.) Give me the Isop-tope. (She hands it to him. The doors open...) 24: INT. CHAMBER OF THE ANIMUS (...and they rush in. The light of the ANIMUS flares, causing them all to cry out in pain.) PRAPILLUS: Light! (BARBARA falls to the ground. The Menoptra are paralysed by the light.) ANIMUS VOICE: Ahh, all of you! (HLYNIA is pulled towards the ANIMUS by the force of the light.) HYLNIA: Light! Light! Light! PRAPILLUS: No Hlynia, not this light! It is evil. HILIO: Harbara! The Destructor! Take it! (VICKI and the DOCTOR still lie at the foot of the ANIMUS, caught in its tendrils. VICKI hears HILIO’S cry and struggles to sit up.) VICKI: Barbara... (Cries.) Oh, Barbara! (VICKI cries. BARBARA tries to stand as she holds the Isop-tope. She gathers her wits...) BARBARA: The dark side...I must aim it at the dark side... ANIMUS VOICE: Approach...approach, Earth people. Your struggles are futile. (BARBARA stands and aims the Isop-tope and activates it. There is no reaction.) BARBARA: It...it doesn’t work! It doesn’t work! ANIMUS VOICE: Escape is impossible...impossible. (On the other side of the chamber, the underground party manages to break through and IAN’S head appears as he clambers upwards.) BARBARA: Ian! (The light flares out again and IAN is blinded too. A slight heartbeat sound is heard in the chamber.) ANIMUS VOICE: You are expected too. (BARBARA tries activating the Isop-tope again.) ANIMUS VOICE: You have not the power... (BARBARA falls at the feet of the ANIMUS and points the Isop-tope upwards. The creatures’ voice suddenly takes on a more frantic tone.) ANIMUS VOICE: ...Power!! Master them! (The light under the ANIMUS starts to break up and the creature itself starts to collapse. Smoke pours out of it.) ANIMUS VOICE: Master ttthhheeemmmm! (The ANIMUS’S final words are lost as it dies. It’s body lies still on top of the light source. All the intruders in the room start to recover from the effects of the light. VICKI struggles to sit up.) VICKI: (In disbelief.) It’s d*ad! It’s d*ad! (The DOCTOR starts to come round as VICKI is overcome with relief.) 25: EXT: VORTIS (Some time later, the Carsenome has almost fully dissolved into the dust of Vortis now that its controlling source is d*ad. Vestiges of the tendril walls still remain to die out and near one of them a now docile ZARBI starts to dig in the sandy soil watched by PRAPILLUS. Liquid pours out of the ground. The ZARBI signals to others of its kind with its arms and they come forward to drink it. HILIO’S attention is attracted by this and with HYLNIA he comes forward to investigate. He hisses at the ZARBI to make them move. .) HILIO: Hlynia, (He points.) Water. (HYLNIA bends down and puts a hand in the water. She shakes it off.) HILIO: Drink, Hlynia. (HYLNIA does so, then stands up and calls VICKI over.) HYLNIA: Vicki! Vicki! Vicki! Vicki! VICKI: (Stepping foward.) What is it? HYLNIA: Wa-ter! (HYLNIA puts VICKI’S hands in the liquid.) VICKI: It is! Oh, why does it appear now? HILIO: Before the Animus, water flowed freely on Vortis. Now the evil is gone, our streams run pure again. Our vegetation will flourish. VICKI: Barbara! (A few feet away, BARBARA is playing with one of the now harmless larvae g*n.) VICKI: Barbara, come and look, water. (BARBARA goes and investigates this sign of the planets’ renewal. A small distance away, VRESTIN is with HETRA and two more of the Optera. They stand with their hands over their eyes, afraid of the light.) VRESTIN: Be strong. (They take their hands away, but with guttural starts, quickly clamp them back again.) VRESTIN: Be strong. The light is very good! (The Optera steel themselves and take their hands away again. This time, they find that they are able to adapt to the light. HETRA gathers confidence and turns to VRESTIN.) OPTERA HETRA: We fly...like you. VRESTIN: No, but your children may fly. OPTERA HETRA: Yerh, we see! (HETRA jumps up, wildly flapping his arms. He falls to the ground and VRESTIN runs to help him.) VRESTIN: Be patient. OPTERA HETRA: Without flight, how will the gods of light be kind to my people? VRESTIN: Vortis is strong by thought. We will work together. (PRAPILLUS walks past them and up to the DOCTOR.) PRAPILLUS: If I had not lived ‘til this time, I would have counted my life entirely wasted. Doctor, we owe you a great deal. DOCTOR: There’s only one, anything you owe me, my friend. PRAPILLUS: And what is that? DOCTOR: That is my ring, hmm? PRAPILLUS: Your ring? Ah... (PRAPILLUS laughs and takes off the ring passing it to the DOCTOR.) PRAPILLUS: Your ring! On my life! DOCTOR: Thank you, thank you! (IAN wanders over to where the OPTERA are jumping around, getting used to life on the surface. IAN laughs.) IAN: Well, they seem to be enjoying themselves up here. VRESTIN: The light is good. (HETRA jumps up to him.) OPTERA HETRA: Light is good, huh! (IAN laughs again.) VRESTIN: Heron, will you come back to Vortis? IAN: Oh, I doubt it, Vrestin. But, er, knowing the Doctor, you can never be sure. (PRAPILLUS rushes up to VRESTIN.) PRAPILLUS: Vrestin, have you mended the communicator? (They walk off to discuss the matter. With a final laugh at the Optera, IAN walks over to the DOCTOR. He is stood outside the TARDIS. They have been stood all this while in the remains of the Carsenome control room.) DOCTOR: Well, my boy? We’ve managed to come out of this not unscathed, hmm? IAN: (Looking hard at the DOCTOR.) Yes, all except my old school tie! DOCTOR: Hmm... Yes, it’s quite a problem, isn’t it? Hmm. (Teasing IAN.) It’s something to do with...coal, wasn’t it? Hmm? IAN: Coal Hill School! An old Coal Hill School tie! Black with thin emerald green stripes on it. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, quite so. (Laughs.) Quite so, come on... (He walks into the TARDIS. IAN goes to follow.) IAN: Barbara, Vicki. (He enters the ship. The two girls follow and watched by their allies and former enemies, the TARDIS dematerialises. HYLNIA runs forward followed by the others.) HYLNIA: (In wonder.) It...it disappeared! PRAPILLUS: Their deeds shall be sung in the Temples of Light! (He looks into the sky.) Pictos shall remind us of a time as it circles Vortis. Every time it points to the Needle of the Kings, (He points to a star constellation.) as it does now, then we shall weave songs to praise the gods of light and thank them, that they sent the Earth people to save us from the Animus. Now the Zarbi larvae feed the soil, the flower forests shall grow again across Vortis. But we must not allow the forest to conceal another lurking Animus. (To VRESTIN.) Welcome the main force. (VRESTIN walks forward and activates the crystalline communicator.) VRESTIN: Vortis to main force, Vortis to main force... (VRESTIN twists the communicator again and a voice comes through.) MENOPTRA VOICE: Main force to Vortis, main force to Vortis. Vrestin, where shall we land? (The communicator is twisted again.) VRESTIN: The dark power is d*ad. Fly in Menoptra to the delta of lights. We are wait-ing... (The communicator is switched off and the Menoptra stand with their arms raised in welcome to their people...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x21 - The Centre"}
foreverdreaming
Written by DAVID WHITAKER first broadcast - 27 March 1965 1. EXTERIOR OF A SMALL WOOD OUTSIDE OF JAFFA (Two knights in hunting gear, with daggers and swords, walk through the wood, looking about cautiously. After they have passed, a Saracen steps out from a nearby bush, bow in hand. He slips an arrow into place, and bending the bow, takes aim at the retreating knights. Another Saracen, El Akir, steps out of the bushes and holds the bowman's arm. El Akir is in his late 30s and is a man of great power.) EL AKIR: No! Not yet! One of them may be the King. Follow them and listen. (The soldier nods, replaces his arrow, and moves off after the two knights. El Akir follows him.) 2. EXTERIOR OF ANOTHER PART OF THE WOOD (A hawk rests on the outstretched arm of King Richard. He is in his early 30s and has red hair. He slips a small leather bag over the hunting bird's head.) RICHARD: We are the only day and night for you, hunter. (Two knights, Reynier de Marun and William de Tornebu, are with Richard. De Tornebu is kneeling on the ground, attempting to mend the clasp on a bejeweled gold belt. De Marun is standing against a tree looking at the King.) DE MARUN: I wish that I were a hawk, Sire, and Saladin my prey. RICHARD: (Laughing.) Hmm. Now there's a subject for our troubadours and actors. Speak to the Chamberlain about it, I beg you, de Marun. DE MARUN: I will, my lord. I will have the players call the entertainment "The Defeat of Saladin, the Sparrow of the East". RICHARD: (Laughing.) Hmm, hmm. Well, it will help us to pass these weary waiting nights at Jaffa. (He glances down at de Tournebu who is still trying to close the clasp of the belt.) RICHARD: Here's a man devoted to his work. DE TORNEBU: A beautiful thing, Sire, but it has a stubborn streak. The clasp is faulty and needs hot spears to make it pliable. RICHARD: Perhaps I should ride with craftsmen and leave my knights at home. (As the knights laugh at the King's remark, William des Preaux, another knight, breaks through the bushes into the clearing, sword in hand.) DES PREAUX: Your Majesty... RICHARD: (Emphatically.) No, des Preaux, I will not fight today. DE MARUN: Or do you mean to slay us all? DE TORNEBU: And eat us for his dinner, from the look of him. DES PREAUX: Sire, I've heard sounds in these woods. DE MARUN: I have heard nothing... DE TORNEBU: What sort of sounds? RICHARD: Let the man speak! DES PREAUX: I fear this wood, Sire! You're too far from Jaffa and the Saracens too near. RICHARD: Have you seen any? DES PREAUX: No. But I sense them about us! This wood might have been designed for ambush. (The King strokes the back of his hawk.) RICHARD: What, des Preaux? Would you see danger in your own shadow? DE TORNEBU: I have put the brothers de L'Etabe with the horses, Sire. And all is ready for the return to Jaffa. (Aware of the King's cold stare, de Tornebu shifts uncomfortably and continues cautiously.) DE TORNEBU: If your Majesty desires to go. RICHARD: We will stay here until, William the Wary, you recover your composure. And, I hope, your sense of humor. (All laugh except for de Tornebu.) 3. EXTERIOR OF THICK BUSHES (El Akir and a Saracen soldier watch the King and his three knights from the bushes.) 4. EXTERIOR OF ANOTHER PART OF THE WOOD (Ian spreads the bushes aside and looks around. Barbara is just behind him and further back The Doctor and Vicki are emerging from the TARDIS.) IAN: I'll just take a look around. (Barbara follows Ian through the bushes.) THE DOCTOR: Yes, yes. 5. EXTERIOR OF A CLEARING IN THE WOODS (Ian moves into a clearing followed by Barbara. A Saracen appears brandishing a sword and advances on Ian as Barbara backs away.) IAN: Barbara. (A fight between the knights and the Saracens is heard in the background. Suddenly The Doctor appears from the bushes behind the Saracen.) THE DOCTOR: Good afternoon! (The Saracen spins around, and Ian seizes the opportunity to move in on him. A hand goes over Barbara's mouth, and she is pulled back, unnoticed by the others, into the bushes. Ian struggles with the Saracen bringing him to the ground, but it is The Doctor who delivers the decisive blow, bringing a shield down over the Saracen's head.) THE DOCTOR: (To Ian.) What is all this? Who is it? How did he att*ck you? Why did he att*ck you? IAN: I tell you, I didn't stop to ask him. (Vicki emerges.) VICKI: What's going on? Where are we? THE DOCTOR: Ssh! (The sounds of nearby battle pierce the silence of the wood.) IAN: Sounds to me as if he's got some friends. THE DOCTOR: Hmm, come on. Come along. (The Doctor leans over the unconscious Saracen, intending to drag him into the bushes.) VICKI: But who is he? THE DOCTOR: Come away child... Out of one trouble into another! (Ian looks around and with alarm realizes that Barbara is missing.) IAN: Barbara. Barbara! Barbara! 6. EXTERIOR OF A BUSH IAN: (OOV.) Barbara! (With a gag over her mouth, Barbara is face down, her hands being tied behind her back by a Saracen.) 7. EXTERIOR OF A CLEARING IN THE WOODS (The King and his party move through the bushes on retreat from the Saracens.) IAN: (Whispering to The Doctor and Vicki.) Someone's coming. Hide. (Hearing the battle approach, The Doctor and Vicki withdraw into the cover of the bushes, while Ian presses himself behind a tree. The King, with a slight head wound, is helped by de Marun and des Preaux. De Tornebu walks with his sword ready. De Marun suddenly falls to the ground, d*ad. De Tornebu falls, too, an arrow stuck in his shoulder. He lands near The Doctor and Vicki. Next, the King falls just as Ian pulls him down into the bushes while the Saracens enter the clearing. Des Preaux, alone, faces the Saracens.) DES PREAUX: Saracens! I am the king! I am Malek Ric! EL AKIR: So! You have no friends to protect you now, Malek Ric. DES PREAUX: Am I to die as well? If so, dispatch me and have done with it. EL AKIR: A king at liberty may give commands. A captured one obeys them. (To his men.) Take him! (The men drag him away. El Akir turns to the Saracen who remains.) EL AKIR: Find the others and k*ll them. (El Akir leaves. The King, still lying beside Ian, groans in pain as he comes to. The Saracen hears this, draws his sword, and approaches. Seeing the sword dropped on the ground by de Marun, Ian jumps for it and scrambles to his feet. The King rises and looks after Ian. The Saracen and Ian fight as Vicki and The Doctor look on. The Doctor moves forward but is confronted by a second Saracen. De Tornebu crawls out of the bushes, pulling the arrow from his shoulder. Ian continues to fight the Saracen and ends up knocking him out. The Doctor, however, is in dire straights; the second Saracen is about to cut him down. De Tornebu picks up his sword by the hilt and throws it like a spear into the Saracen's back. The Saracen falls d*ad. Vicki runs out from the bushes.) THE DOCTOR: (Breathlessly to Ian.) It's alright, old chap, I have my friend here to thank for my life. All right, dear boy? IAN: (Breathlessly.) Yes, I'm alright. THE DOCTOR: That Saracen very nearly did for me. (A thought occurs to him.) THE DOCTOR: Of course. Did you hear what that man called... called him? The Saracens. Malek Ric! Yes! That was the name the Saracens had for King Richard. Coeur de Lion. Malek Ric. VICKI: So we're in the Holy Land? (De Tornebu tries to rise and speak.) VICKI: He's trying to say something. Wha... THE DOCTOR: I think he's got a very bad wound here. DE TORNEBU: He was not the King. VICKI: Not the King? DE TORNEBU: The belt... THE DOCTOR: Hmm? DE TORNEBU: Get the belt. VICKI: (Picking it up.) This belt? THE DOCTOR: This belt! Wait a minute. Of course, yes. I remember. This belongs to his royal master, King Richard. He'll certainly be glad to get this back again. We shall be able to get into his favor. And we need some assistance to help find Barbara. IAN: We can't wait that long, Doctor. I'm going to look for her now. THE DOCTOR: Be careful. 8. EXTERIOR OF ANOTHER PART OF THE WOOD (Barbara, bound and gagged, is being carried through the wood by two Saracens who are amused at her struggles. El Akir follows, keeping a watchful eye over his shoulder. The King also moves off through the wood.) IAN: (OOV.) Barbara! Barbara! 9. EXTERIOR OF THE TARDIS, BUSHES, AND CLEARING (The Doctor locks the TARDIS door. He is now wearing his cloak and is carrying another over his arm. He moves to where Vicki is caring for the unconscious de Tornebu.) THE DOCTOR: How is he, my dear? Did he take the drug I gave you? VICKI: Yes, but I'm afraid he's unconscious again. THE DOCTOR: Yes. Well, he should be better when we get him back to his own people, hmm. (Ian enters.) VICKI: Where have you been? THE DOCTOR: Are you alright? VICKI: You've been gone over an hour. IAN: (Sighing.) There's no sign of Barbara anywhere. THE DOCTOR: Well, as I said before, we must try and get some help from King Richard. (Pointing to belt.) This certainly belongs to him. IAN: (Sighing.) I suppose you're right. Well, how are we going to set about it? THE DOCTOR: Well, at the moment we can do nothing further until I find some clothes for all of us to wear, hmm. Yes. Now, I think Vicki and I should go down into that city and see what we can find. (Giving the cloak to Vicki.) Now, here child, put on this cloak, and it'll help to act as a disguise. IAN: While you're gone, I'll gather some branches and make a stretcher for him. THE DOCTOR: It's a good idea, but be careful. In the meantime, keep your eye on that. (He hands Ian the belt.) IAN: Oh, yeah. THE DOCTOR: Come along, child. (They go, leaving Ian holding the King's belt.) 10. INTERIOR OF SALADIN'S HEADQUARTERS AT RAMLAH (Barbara is lying face down on a rug. William des Preaux is with her. There is a stool and a table nearby with a pitcher of water and some goblets. A Saracen stands guard at the door. Des Preaux gives a coin to a servant in exchange for a cloak. He then takes it and covers Barbara. She immediately opens her eyes and begins to sit up. People and animals are heard from an open window.) DES PREAUX: I will do you no harm. BARBARA: Oh. Oh, thank heaven they've taken that gag away. Umm, I'm so thirsty. (Des Preaux pours her a drink of water.) DES PREAUX: I do not know who you are. Or how you came to be in the wood outside Jaffa. (He looks at Barbara, who thinks it is better to keep quiet for the moment.) DES PREAUX: Your clothing is strange. It has caused some talk. BARBARA: Thank you for the cloak. (She adjusts the cloak around her and then takes the water that des Preaux gives her.) BARBARA: Oh, that's better. Where are we? DES PREAUX: I am told we are at Ramlah. BARBARA: Ramlah? DES PREAUX: The great Sultan's encampment. BARBARA: Oh, I see. Well, what are we doing here? DES PREAUX: As for you, I can make no guess. But I am King Richard, Couer de Lion, leader of the mighty host, scourge of the infidel. BARBARA: But I thought Richard had red hair. DES PREAUX: Had? Still has if the ruse has worked. BARBARA: Oh, then y... DES PREAUX: I am Sir William des Preaux, captured and mistaken for my King. Some smiles will turn to long faces soon, I have no doubt. BARBARA: Yes, I heard the sound of fighting in the wood. DES PREAUX: We were sadly outnumbered and... and taken by surprise. BARBARA: What happened, uh, to the others? In the wood? DES PREAUX: I do not know. Maybe I shall never know. (Suddenly smiling.) But I have a hopeful heart and, which is better, a lucky King. And you, who will not say her name... BARBARA: Oh, Barbara. DES PREAUX: Barbara. I would like to know how one so gentle puts herself among the sword and arrows. And your garments are a fashion in themselves. (Barbara rises, moving forward as she pleads with des Preaux.) BARBARA: Take me back to that wood, Sir William, and I'll answer all your questions. DES PREAUX: You ask for the impossible very lightly. BARBARA: Well, is it so impossible? DES PREAUX: Today it is. But what am I to say of you to the heathen? How can I explain you to them? BARBARA: Well, to them you're King Richard. So who would travel with Richard? DES PREAUX: The Queen would not, but the Princess... Yes, you shall be Joanna, my sister, and help me in my lies. BARBARA: (Laughing.) Very well. I seem to have gained a brother and a title. DES PREAUX: And what is more, a friend. BARBARA: I'm grateful for that. (Des Preaux looks through the archway and sees El Akir walking toward the room.) DES PREAUX: Ssh. Remember, you are Joanna. (El Akir enters.) EL AKIR: ... Salah ed-Din has commanded that all prisoners be treated with compassion. Would you say I have complied with his wishes? DES PREAUX: The Sultan of Egypt and Syria would no doubt be pleased. But this lady, my sister... EL AKIR: Sister? DES PREAUX: Aye. Joanna... (Barbara curtsies to El Akir.) DES PREAUX: Princess of England and closest to me in affection. (Barbara curtsies again. She then looks at des Preaux and sits down.) My sister has been ill-treated, handled roughly by your men. Is this the compassion Saladin speaks of? EL AKIR: Enough of your babbling. The woman is all of one piece. DES PREAUX: (Filled with absolute rage.) Woman! Hold your tongue, Saracen! (The guard restrains des Preaux.) EL AKIR: We shall call her a prisoner, then. Does that sound better? You have no rights, no privileges, nothing except the benevolence of our leader. That you are the King's sister bodes well for me. I can serve both the Sultan and the Malek el Adil. DES PREAUX: (Angrily.) Saphadin? EL AKIR: As you call the Sultan's brother, yes. He will be pleased to see the woman he has so long admired. (To the guard.) Let him go. He is a lion without claws. (El Akir exits.) BARBARA: Someone is going to have a very red face before long. DES PREAUX: And an angry temper. 11. EXTERIOR OF A STREET IN JAFFA (Ben Daheer stands outside his shop, located in an extremely busy area with people and animals all about. His shop is between two stalls that flank his archway entrance. Bundles of cloth and satin are laid out.) BEN: Silk. Satin. Fine robes! Rich silks. Satins from Basrah! Fine robes! Silk. Satin! The finest robes in Jaffa! Silk. Satin. Fine robes! Rich silk. Fine satin! The finest robes in Jaf... (The Doctor comes up and examines the fabric. Vicki remains in the background.) BEN: My lord. You are from Pisa, my lord? THE DOCTOR: No. BEN: Genoa, then? THE DOCTOR: I know of the place well. BEN: (Laughing.) Ah, you are very cautious, you traders from Venice. THE DOCTOR: I am not a Venetian. Neither am I a trader. BEN: Oh, your pardon, my lord. The richness of your cloak is hidden by the darkness. THE DOCTOR: You have some very fine materials here. BEN: (Proudly.) The finest of the coast, my lord! THE DOCTOR: (Laughing.) Ooh! That's what they all say. BEN: Please, step into my humble shop. (The Doctor and Ben go into the shop.) THE DOCTOR: Truly remarkable, all the colors of the rainbow. Ha, ha! Yes, it's truly... Where did you say these wonderful materials came from? BEN: Basrah, my lord. THE DOCTOR: Basrah? Ah! (Ben sees another man, Thatcher, who is carrying a bundle of clothes.) BEN: (Irritated.) Forgive me, my lord. (Ben Daheer turns his attention to Thatcher.) THE DOCTOR: (Looking at the cloths.) Most interesting, yes. BEN: Why can't you be more careful when you come here? Why can't you wait until the place is empty? (They open Thatcher's bundle; Ben begins to sort through the clothes.) THATCHER: They're all good. Fine things. I want more than you paid last time. BEN: Such clothes as these are difficult for me to sell. THATCHER: (Impatiently.) Just give me my money! BEN: I am afraid that I may sell them to the person you took them from. THATCHER: A good price, that's all I ask. (The Doctor overhears their conversation.) THE DOCTOR: (To himself, laughing.) Having been stolen once, they can be stolen again, or perhaps borrowed, shall we say, hmm! (Laughs.) (The Doctor hides under one of the stalls as Ben pulls out a little leather bag and counts some coins into Thatcher's hands.) THATCHER: Here, that's not enough. It was dangerous work getting them things. If I were caught, do you know what would happen? Do you know the King's punishment for thieves? I'd be shorn like a prizefighter and boiling pitch poured on me head. And, as for you... (The Doctor's hand appears on the table and removes one of the garments.) BEN: You did get out of the palace without being seen? THATCHER: Of course I did. Remember, I can go elsewhere next time. BEN: And get less? (The Doctor's hand reappears, removing another item of clothing.) THATCHER: I couldn't get any less than what you give me! Blimey! It was hard work going around the palace, I couldn't have done anything. I spend all my time trying to get this money. You do nothing. BEN: As you paid nothing for them in the first place, you have done very well. (Disgusted, Thatcher leaves, counting his money. Ben turns back to address The Doctor.) BEN: My lord? My lord? I was sure that he would buy from me. I could have sworn that he hadn't left. (The Doctor ties a cord to the leg of one of the stalls. He crawls back and pulls the cord. As the stall collapses Ben rushes over. Taking advantage of his diversion, The Doctor throws the bundle of clothes to Vicki, who is outside the doorway.) BEN: (Wailing.) Oh, my beautiful clothes! Oh, they're ruined! All covered in mud! My silks and satins! Embroidery from India! Oh, I am beset by devils! Oh! (Vicki makes her getaway. The Doctor rejoins Ben.) THE DOCTOR: Oh, my poor friend, what a misfortune. You've had an accident. BEN: Oh, am I not the most miserable of men. THE DOCTOR: Oh, yes you are. But, I'm afraid I... I must leave you with your misfortune. But I shall return. Yes, I will return, and you shan't be the loser by this time, eh? BEN: Oh please do. Please do, my lord. THE DOCTOR: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. BEN: For what, my lord? THE DOCTOR: Oh, for being here. For being here when you were most needed. Yes, yes. Goodbye. BEN: Goodbye, my lord. THE DOCTOR: Goodbye. And long live the Sultan. BEN: Yes! (The Doctor walks away, well satisfied.) 12. INTERIOR OF SALADIN'S RECEPTION CHAMBER (Saphadin, Saladin's brother, is seated on a magnificent chair with draperies behind it. A guard stands in a corner. El Akir stands proudly before him. Once again, crowds from the street are heard throughout.) SAPHADIN: Speak, El Akir. EL AKIR: My lord, I bring good fortune, not only for your ears, but for he who rules all of us as well. SAPHADIN: My brother hears you as I do. EL AKIR: I would see his face when I tell my story. SAPHADIN: Be content that your voice is heard. If what you have to say pleases my brother, then you will see him. (Saladin is sitting on a chair similar to Saphadin's, directly behind his brother. He can hear everything without being seen.) EL AKIR: Know then that I, El Akir, have the instrument to vanquish the inv*de from across the seas. SAPHADIN: Indeed? (El Akir claps his hands and the guard brings in des Preaux.) EL AKIR: I have taken two prisoners. One of them, the King of the English, Malek Ric. SAPHADIN: (Amazed.) Malek Ric?! If you are speaking the truth... (Saladin holds his hands in prayer and presses the hands to his lips, his thumbs resting on his chin. El Akir claps his hands and the guard immediately closes the window. The room is silent.) EL AKIR: The Lion is in our cage. SAPHADIN: Good fortune indeed, El Akir. EL AKIR: The other, a priceless stone I bring to lay before you, as your heart desires. The sister of the Malek Ric. Here for your command. (El Akir, positively glowing in triumph, claps his hands once more. Barbara is led into the room. El Akir bows. Saphadin takes one step toward Barbara and peers at her closely. He controls his anger carefully.) SAPHADIN: Princess Joanna. EL AKIR: No less. SAPHADIN: (Viciously.) Less then less! (El Akir is taken aback, alarmed at Saphadin's venom.) SALADIN: Who is this creature? This rowdy jackal that yaps at my feet with tales of fortune and success! EL AKIR: My lord... (Saphadin cuts him off.) SAPHADIN: (Yelling.) Ah! You vile worm, do you think I do not know the face and the form of the Princess? You take me for a fool? (El Akir turns to des Preaux and Barbara.) EL AKIR: You tricked me! (Saladin appears from behind the drapes.) SALADIN: Be silent. This is not King Richard. EL AKIR: Not... SALADIN: A blacker head of red-gold hair I never saw. (Looking at Barbara.) You have the better bargain, brother. She may not be the Princess, but her beauty lights the room. EL AKIR: My lord, I swear... SALADIN: I do not wish to hear you. (He looks at des Preaux.) SALADIN: But I will listen to you. DES PREAUX: I am William des Preaux and to aid my King's escape, I shouted out his name and took his identity. This lady, your Highness, has no part in this matter but in aiding my pretence. And I beg you to look upon her kindly, whatever fate you have for me. SALADIN: I salute your chivalry. (Saladin turns his attention to Barbara.) All is now clear to me except the lady's presence. EL AKIR: Great Sultan, this woman can be made to entertain you. I can have her dance on hot coals, run a gauntlet of sharp tipped swords... DES PREAUX: No! EL AKIR: ...die for your pleasure. SALADIN: (To Barbara.) What do you say to that? BARBARA: It sounds like the punishment for a fool. SALADIN: It does. And who here is the most foolish? (Pause.) El Akir, I can devise my own pleasures. Go with Sir William. Let me hear you have treated him like a brother. Let him have all the liberty except liberty itself. (He waves a hand. A reluctant des Preaux follows El Akir away, escorted by the guard.) SALADIN: Are you afraid of me? BARBARA: No. SALADIN: You're not of these lands, yet you seem to be a stranger to Sir William. BARBARA: I'm a traveller. I came with three friends. We arrived in the wood. SALADIN: You rode into the wood? BARBARA: No. SAPHADIN: (Surprised.) You walked into it? BARBARA: Not that either. SALADIN: You arrived? BARBARA: Yes... in a box. SAPHADIN: (With disbelief.) In a box? Ah, you were carried into the wood? BARBARA: Yes. (Sounds from outside are now heard again within the palace.) SALADIN: Please talk. It helps me to consider what I have to do with you. BARBARA: Well I could say that I'm from another world, a world ruled by insects. And before that we were in Rome at the time of Nero. Before that were in England, far, far into the future... SALADIN: Now I understand, you and your friends, you are players, entertainers. SAPHADIN: With little value in an exchange of prisoners with the English King, brother. This is a trivial affair. I do not know why you waste your time. (Saphadin leaves.) SALADIN: I cannot dispense life and death lightly. If Sir William is to be returned, he must make good report of our mercy. Perhaps that is the factor in your favor. BARBARA: I don't believe you're as calculating as that. SALADIN: Then learn more of me. You must serve my purpose or you have no purpose. Grace my table tonight in more suitable clothes. If your clothes beguile me, you shall stay and entertain. BARBARA: Like Scheherazade. SALADIN: Over whose head hung sentence of death. 13. INTERIOR OF A CHAMBER IN KING RICHARD'S PALACE AT JAFFA (A servant is pressing leaves against the cut on the King's head. He is in a dark mood. He pushes his servant away and gets up.) RICHARD: Right! Enough! (His servant drops the bowl of leaves.) RICHARD: This is the Devil's own embrocation. Continue. (The Doctor, Ian, and Vicki are gathered around de Tornebu. A guard stands by in a corner.) DE TORNEBU: And so these kindly people, whose faces were like hidden in a mist until a moment passed, saved my life and brought me here. RICHARD: Good friends, indeed. We thank you. The brothers de L'Etable are d*ad. de Marun d*ad. Sir Richard des Preaux taken. What have I left but one wounded friend and a sore head? THE DOCTOR: One small thing remains yours, Sire. (The Doctor produces the gold belt. The King goes over to him and takes it.) RICHARD: Once again, I am in your debt. But I'd give this for de Marun and the others. (He throws the belt on his recently vacated chair and moves away.) RICHARD: My friends cut down about my ears or stolen. My armies roust about the streets and clutter up the streets of Jaffa with the garbage of their vices. And now I learn my brother John thirsts after power, drinking great draughts of it, though it's not his to take. He's planning to usurp my crown, and trade with my enemy, Philip of France. Trade! A tragedy of fortunes, and I am too much beset by them. A curse on this! A thousand curses! IAN: (Whispering.) We must ask him. THE DOCTOR: (Whispering.) I'm not sure this is the time. VICKI: (Whispering.) No, he doesn't seem in the best of moods, does he? IAN: (Whispering.) We can't wait for his moods. THE DOCTOR: (Whispering.) Ah, tut, tut, tut, tut! Gently, my boy, gently. (Ian moves over to the King.) IAN: Your Majesty. There were four of us in that wood. One of our companions was a lady... RICHARD: Oh, do not bother me with such things now. IAN: I am asking you to send me with an escort to Saladin's headquarters. RICHARD: And what do you do when you are there? IAN: Arrange for the release of our friends. RICHARD: As my emissary to Saladin? IAN: Yes. RICHARD: What, flatter him? Bring him presents in return? THE DOCTOR: It would be of little use, a player King and a young woman, Sire. RICHARD: No. IAN: I can bring them both back. RICHARD: No. IAN: Why not? RICHARD: (Shouting.) Are you deaf? We do not trade with Saladin today. Not today, nor tomorrow, nor any day henceforth. THE DOCTOR: Our young friend is a woman, Sire. Have pity. Let us help her. VICKI: (Meekly.) Please, your Majesty. (The King is now fuming.) RICHARD: Understand this! This woman can rot in one of Saladin's prisons until her hair turns white before I'll trade with the man that k*lled my friends!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x22 - The Lion"}
foreverdreaming
Written by DAVID WHITAKER first broadcast - 3 April 1965 1. INTERIOR OF A CHAMBER IN KING RICHARD'S PALACE AT JAFFA (The room is fair sized and dreary looking with heavy drapes behind the King's throne. A candelabra off to the side illuminates the room slightly. The Doctor, Vicki, Ian, de Tornebu, and a guard are before The King.) DE TORNEBU: My lord, although we left a little of our pride back in the wood, there is some capital to be gained from the affair. Beside the v*olence and the tragedy, it has a humour. RICHARD: (Turning to The Doctor with disbelief.) Humour? Is he delirious? THE DOCTOR: (Chuckling.) I think I know what he means, Sire. Here Saladin, mighty ruler and commander of huge armies, believes he's captured you, hmm! VICKI: (Optimistically.) You could turn this into a good story against Saladin. DE TORNEBU: Look on the brighter side, my lord. A troop of men to capture one of your knights? Why he-he'd need an army by itself and more to take your horse, or every man he has or more to take you prisoner. THE DOCTOR: You could spread this tale by word of mouth and all the world would know that Saladin fears you, hmm? VICKI: (Happily.) Sire, if you send to him and asked if he'd finished playing his game and could you have your knight back, it would make him look such a fool. (The King smiles.) RICHARD: There is a jest here. Albeit a grim one with our friends d*ad. But Saladin must be just as much out of temper over this affair as we are. THE DOCTOR: Your messenger might offer to exchange a hundred prisoners for the knight he holds. RICHARD: We think we value Sir William highly. We do, but it would not be good to let Saladin know. THE DOCTOR: He might think you undervalue his men - one hundred men to one of yours. (Laughing.) Me thinks a fair bargain, Sire. RICHARD: (Chuckling.) By my father's name, you have wit, old man. (To the guard.) Guard... call the Chamberlain! (The guard bows and quickly exits.) RICHARD: We recognise the service you have rendered us and will be pleased to see you in our court. THE DOCTOR: We are your servants, Sire. RICHARD: As to the sending of a messenger... Joanna! (The King's sister enters. She is of medium height and fair haired.) JOANNA: Brother, are you wounded? RICHARD: Even my pride has been mended, sister. See these good people: courage, loyalty, and wit are gathered here. (Joanna looks over the small group. They all bow except for de Tornebu who tries to rise but cannot.) DE TORNEBU: Forgive me, my lady. JOANNA: This man should be in his bed. RICHARD: Yes. (Angrily.) Chamberlain! Where are you? CHAMBERLAIN: Coming, Sire! Coming! (The Chamberlain along with Thatcher, his assistant, enter. He is a handsome man with well-kept white hair, similar to The Doctor's. He also has a long, white moustache.) RICHARD: Take this knight and see that he is well looked after and find places for these others. They have our patronage. CHAMBERLAIN: Thatcher, guard, lend a hand! (The Chamberlain, Ian, and Thatcher help de Tornebu to his feet. Vicki picks up his sword.) VICKI: Be careful. Mind his shoulder. IAN: We should carry him! (They lift him up.) VICKI: Shall I help? IAN: No, I think we can manage. (The Doctor observes Joanna staring at Vicki.) JOANNA: This is a young man? THE DOCTOR: His voice has not yet broken, your Highness. JOANNA: What is your name? VICKI: Uh... uh, Victor. JOANNA: Do you sing songs? Or play an instrument? VICKI: No, nobody ever showed me. JOANNA: We must do something about your clothes, at least. (The Chamberlain looks at the clothes Vicki wears and frowns.) THE DOCTOR: (bowing.) Your Highness... (To Vicki.) Come, Victor! Let us tend upon the others. (They carry de Tornebu to the entrance. A servant enters to assist, and with the aid of the Chamberlain and Thatcher, they lead de Tornebu from the room.) CHAMBERLAIN: (To Ian.) Thank you young man. You may leave him to us. 2. OUTSIDE OF THE CHAMBER IAN: Giving him back his belt didn't help us very much. THE DOCTOR: I certainly didn't like the way the Chamberlain examined Vicki's clothes. And come to think of it, they were originally stolen from here. VICKI: Ssh! (The King watches them from a short distance.) 3. INTERIOR OF A CHAMBER IN KING RICHARD'S PALACE AT JAFFA (The King observes The Doctor, Ian, and Vicki through the archway. The Doctor and Ian bow and exit.) JOANNA: Strange people. RICHARD: Good friends. (The King examines a jewel hanging around Joanna's neck.) And what is this? I have not seen this jewel before. JOANNA: A gift from the man you fight. RICHARD: Saladin? JOANNA: His brother, Saphadin. Oh, I have given no cause for his attention. RICHARD: Saladin sends me presents of fruit and snow when I am sick and now his brother decorates you with his jewels. Yet with our armies do we both lock in deadly combat, watering the land with a rain of blood, and the noise of thunder is drowned in the shouts of dying men. JOANNA: Your heart calls for England, Richard. RICHARD: Aye, it does. JOANNA: Is there no kind of peace with Saladin? RICHARD: All wise men look for peace. The terms of peace make wise men look fools. I would have Ascalon, but Saladin fears that if he gives me that town then I will inv*de Egypt, and nothing I can say can make him change his mind. How this jewel radiates the light. (The King, thinking, plays with the jewel around his sister's neck. He looks into her eyes and smiles.) RICHARD: So... Saphadin desires my sister. JOANNA: But surely you and Saladin have some common meeting ground, Richard. RICHARD: (Deep in thought, his voice trailing.) Joanna...? Saphadin...? (The King looks back at Joanna as the light catches the jewel.) 4. INTERIOR OF AN ANTEROOM TO SALADIN'S CHAMBER AT RAMLAH (El Akir is talking to Sheyrah, a serving woman of Saladin's court. He holds a ring out to her as a bribe.) EL AKIR: Now take this and tell me where the woman is. SHEYRAH: No. EL AKIR: Then bring her to me. SHEYRAH: No! EL AKIR: Then deserve my displeasure! SHEYRAH: My lord is greater than you! (El Akir grips her hand.) EL AKIR: Where is she?? (Luigi Ferrigo, a Genoese merchant, enters. Sheyrah pulls her hand away and exits. Luigi is a devious, greedy man, about 40 years old, thin, and ugly.) LUIGI: She was a fool not to take the ring. (He moves over and taking it from El Akir holds it up and examines it.) LUIGI: But perhaps you were asking too much for it. (El Akir takes it back.) LUIGI: Now I have something to ask of... someone. If only I knew their price. EL AKIR: I'm not bought by you, merchant. LUIGI: You are an Emir, El Akir. What possessions of mine could possibly match those you already own? But I am travelled from Tyre to speak with Saladin at Ramlah, a weary journey, and neither he nor his brother will receive me. EL AKIR: It's nothing to me. I am leaving Ramlah! LUIGI: Do you return to your palace at Lydda? EL AKIR: Yes. LUIGI: Then what keeps you here? (El Akir turns way, silent and angry.) LUIGI: We both have reasons for being here, El Akir. Can we not help each other? EL AKIR: And what is your reason, merchant? LUIGI: Conrad of Tyre has sent an emissary here to make a treaty with your overlord. I come on his heels. Where there is a treaty there is a chance of profit. What lies unwanted on my ships at Tyre will find a home in Saladin. And from him I can buy and stock my ships again. EL AKIR: And what is my part in this, merchant? LUIGI: Arrange an audience with Saladin or his brother. But how will I repay such a favour? EL AKIR: There is a woman here, an English woman. She made me look a fool. I shall take her to my palace at Lydda and then we shall see who the fool is... (Angrily.) or the master! LUIGI: A simple matter. Arrange my audience then wait by the s*ab. I'll bring the woman to you. 5. INTERIOR OF A ROOM IN SALADIN'S PALACE AT RAMLAH (The room has two sets of curtains, one leading outside and the other leading to another room within the Palace. Barbara examines her face in a hand mirror. Sheyrah stands behind her, adjusting some of Barbara's luxurious costume.) SHEYRAH: Your lord will be dazzled with your beauty, my lady. BARBARA: (Unsure that she wants him to be.) Thank you, Sheyrah. SHEYRAH: Lady, I... (Sheyrah hovers in the background as though she wants to speak. Barbara senses this and turns to look at her.) BARBARA: What is it? SHEYRAH: (Avoiding what's really on her mind.) Uh, the whispers are about that you will tell a never-ending story... BARBARA: Oh, yes... (To herself.) how did I get myself involved in this? SHEYRAH: Be at peace, my lady. You only tremble at the honour of appearing before the great Sultan. (Barbara smiles at Sheyrah and turns back to continue adorning herself. Then Sheyrah moves closer and whispers.) SHEYRAH: I must tell you something, my lady. You have made an enemy... you must beware... BARBARA: An enemy? SHEYRAH: El Akir is planning... I know not what, but he's an evil man. BARBARA: Wh - how do you know this? SHEYRAH: (With dread in her voice.) Already he has tried to buy my loyalty with precious stones. You must be cautious. Escape if you can. (Sheyrah looks around fearfully, thinking she's said too much.) BARBARA: El Akir? But... but surely Saladin... SHEYRAH: I cannot say more, my lady. BARBARA: (Reassuringly.) Sheyrah... SHEYRAH: Please, my lady!! I will fetch your shoes. BARBARA: Escape? But how? (Sheyrah, meanwhile, has already exited through one of the curtains. Barbara turns over in her mind what Sheyrah has spoken to her but then contemplates the more immediate problems ahead.) BARBARA: (Sighing.) A never-ending story. (More sighing.) Oh... what am I going to do? Stories... stories... Shakespeare! Yes! Romeo and Juliet! Hans Christian Andersen... Liliput... Gulliver's Tra-- (A hand suddenly appears and parts the beaded curtain at the entrance. Barbara looks up, startled. Luigi appears, with a finger to his lips. In his other hand he holds his gloves. He peers around the room. Barbara rises.) LUIGI: (Whispering.) I am Luigi Ferrigo... merchant from Genoa. I have got a horse for you at the s*ab. BARBARA: Did Sir William send you? (Luigi signals silence and speed.) SHEYRAH: (OOV.) Which shoes shall I bring, my lady? LUIGI: (Whispering.) Sir William? Yes, yes, he sent me. Now please hurry! (Luigi, putting down his gloves, removes his cloak and puts it around Barbara's shoulders. By accident he leaves behind one glove. Silently he leads Barbara through the beaded curtain. A moment later Sheyrah returns with a pair of shoes and looks around, mystified at the now empty room.) SHEYRAH: My la-? (She moves toward the doorway.) SHEYRAH: My lady? (She walks to the table and puts down the shoes. As she does so, she spots the glove and looks at it thoughtfully as she picks it up.) 6. INTERIOR SECTION OF s*ab (A horse is snorting and stamping. An upright beam and a portion of a wooden partition are visible. The floor is covered with straw. El Akir is present, standing half in shadow. He hears a sound and draws back out of sight. Luigi steers Barbara into the s*ab.) BARBARA: But where is he? LUIGI: We are almost there! Now please hurry! (They wait around a bit.) LUIGI: The man should be here. (El Akir appears behind Barbara, wearing an evil grin.) EL AKIR: He is. (Barbara tries to scream, but he El Akir muffles her. He puts a hand over her mouth and holds her arms with his other hand.) EL AKIR: (To Luigi, while struggling with Barbara.) Your way is open to the Sultan's brother. (Luigi leaves; El Akir pulls Barbara into the shadows.) 7. INTERIOR OF A ROBING ROOM IN KING RICHARD'S PALACE (The room is small with one bench and some stools. Clothes hang over bars and in scattered piles. Ian is nearly finished dressing as a knight. The Doctor adjusts his rich tunic while Vicki looks on.) IAN: (Struggling with his clothes.) Oh, I think this whole thing is ridiculous! THE DOCTOR: (Chuckling.) You do, do you? Then I suggest we get along with it. IAN: (Still struggling.) But what have I got to put this lot on? THE DOCTOR: How should I know, dear fellow? If the King wants you to surely that's good enough, hmm? VICKI: Anyway, what are you complaining about? For all you know, it might give you a better chance to find Barbara. (Meanwhile, Ian finishes getting ready.) THE DOCTOR: Never mind the mights, my dear. Just concentrate on what you're doing. Here we are now. I think just the... just the sword and, uh, you're ready. IAN: Ready for what?? THE DOCTOR: Oh, the King will tell you that. D'you know, my boy, I have an idea that King Richard still wants to send you to see Saladin after all, hmm? 8. INTERIOR OF A CHAMBER IN KING RICHARD'S PALACE (The King, eating, dictates a letter to a priest. A servant waits off to the side.) RICHARD: (With mouth full.) And not only this kingdom, its towns and fortresses shall be yours, but also the Frankish kingdom. Our sister, the Princess Joanna, whose beauty is already spoken of wherever men of judgement and discernment are, is a fit match for one who not only enjoys so grand... uh no, not grand, uh... eminent... so eminent a brother as the Sultan Saladin but who also possesses an element of his own. Prince Saphadin, we beg you to prefer this match and thus make us your brother. (To the priest.) Now, let me see. (The King looks over the letter and then signs his name to it. Next, pressing his signet ring into hot sealing wax, he seals it and hands the letter to a waiting servant.) RICHARD: Hmm, see it's delivered immediately. (The servant bows and exits, and so does the priest. As they leave, The Doctor, Ian, and Vicki enter.) RICHARD: Ahh, sirrah... some business with you. Come closer. THE DOCTOR: Your royal commands have been carried out, your majesty. (The King sits down on his throne and picks up his gold belt, weighing it in his hands.) RICHARD: Hmmm. (To Ian.) Take this gold belt to the Sultan Saladin. Beg him to release Sir William des Preaux and your companion. VICKI: (Happily.) Ian... how marvellous! THE DOCTOR: You are very gracious, Sire. RICHARD: Do you wonder why I listen to your appeal? THE DOCTOR: It is a king's prerogative to make yesterday's deafness today's keen hearing. RICHARD: No, more than that - although we do not doubt that we are surrounded by loyal men, yet we fear that w*r is uppermost in their minds. Between ourselves we plan a match between Joanna and Saphadin to bring peace. This is why we choose to send you rather than those who are closer to us. Bring back Sir William and your companion. But bring us hope as well. (Angrily.) This blood-letting must stop! IAN: May I leave at once, Sir? RICHARD: Is it love of peace or is it love of your companion that prompts this enthusiasm? Well, whatever the reason, may it speed you back to us. I have one duty to perform before you leave. (The King looks at Vicki who's holding the sword.) RICHARD: Give me the sword, boy. (Vicki approaches the King.) RICHARD: You are without rank or title and while we do not doubt your courage, our emissary shall speak from a proper position of authority. (The King draws the sword.) RICHARD: What is your name? IAN: Ian Chesterton. RICHARD: Kneel. IAN: But I... THE DOCTOR: (Eagerly.) Kneel, kneel, my boy. Kneel, kneel, come along, come along... (Ian kneels. The King taps the sword on each of Ian's shoulders.) RICHARD: In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, we dub you SIR Ian, Knight of Jaffa. Arise Sir Ian and be valiant. (The King holds out his hand and Ian kisses it.) IAN: Your majesty. 9. INTERIOR OF A ROBING ROOM IN KING RICHARD'S PALACE (The robing room, like the King's throne room, is dark and dreary. It has no wooden or metal door, just heavy drapes covering the doorway. The Chamberlain is present and also Ben Daheer, the clothing merchant from whom The Doctor took the clothes.) CHAMBERLAIN: ...with long white hair? BEN: Yes, my lord, yes. CHAMBERLAIN: A dark cloak, which nearly brushes the ground? BEN: The same, and if he has the articles you mentioned, then he stole them from me. CHAMBERLAIN: Then we shall wait here for his return and face him with his infamy. 10. INTERIOR OF A CHAMBER IN SALADIN'S PALACE (A window is open, and the sounds of people and animals from outside can be heard. Saphadin is seated on his throne facing into the room. Luigi Ferrigo stands in front of him. Behind Saphadin, in a throne facing the opposite direction, sits Saladin hidden by drapes. He hears everything they say.) LUIGI: Perfumes, materials from Baghdad, ivory, gold, spices - all these, Prince Saphadin, are now but a trickle because of this w*r. SAPHADIN: My brother has not yet made any treaty with Conrad of Tyre. LUIGI: I am a merchant and hope I do no wrong in anticipating events, my lord. SAPHADIN: You are seeking a concession? LUIGI: I am, yes Sire. I am well-known for my proper dealings. SAPHADIN: Yes, your reputation has flown ahead of you. Where there are transactions to be made, there will one find Master Ferrigo. LUIGI: It is my calling, Prince Saphadin. SAPHADIN: Well, help me judge another matter and I may understand your mind a little better. (Saladin comes out from behind the drapes.) SALADIN: I will hear this. SAPHADIN: Yes, brother. (Luigi bows. Saladin nods. Saphadin claps his hands.) SALADIN: This is a domestic matter only, but since it concerns a person nearer your way of thinking than ours, we welcome your advice. (Luigi bows again. Sir William des Preaux enters with Sheyrah.) SAPHADIN: A prisoner has escaped. LUIGI: Indeed? SALADIN: A woman, one I hoped might perhaps divert this court. I had reason to believe she was a teller of stories. SAPHADIN: (To Sheyrah.) Speak! SHEYRAH: (Frightened and tearful.) Do not blame me! (She flings herself down in front of them.) SALADIN: Tell me what happened. SHEYRAH: I do not know. I went to fetch her shoes, and when I returned she was gone. That's all I know! SALADIN: And you, Sir William, know nothing of this affair? DES PREAUX: Nothing, lord Saladin. I would not encourage a lady to venture out alone. SALADIN: I believe you. Nor do I believe the woman would go by herself. SAPHADIN: What is your opinion, merchant? LUIGI: (Nervously.) Uh, this woman, uh, had an accomplice perhaps, a companion who helped her, acted as her guide. DES PREAUX: She was abducted, that is the only explanation. SALADIN: Yes! LUIGI: (Still nervously.) I see, of course. That is an explanation. SAPHADIN: What else have you to say, woman? SHEYRAH: You mean... what I found? SAPHADIN: Yes. SHEYRAH: On the table I found a glove. SALADIN: A man's glove? SHEYRAH: Yes, my lord! SALADIN: This glove? SHEYRAH: Yes lord! (Saladin produces the glove and looks directly at Luigi.) SALADIN: It... has a companion, Sir William. (Des Preaux lunges toward Luigi and pulls the other glove from his belt.) DES PREAUX: (In absolute rage.) Where is she? What have you done with her? (He grabs Luigi, frightening him. Luigi looks to the others for help.) LUIGI: (Struggling.) I - I - I - I took her... to El Akir... 11. A CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE ROBING ROOM IN KING RICHARD'S PALACE (The Doctor, Vicki, and Ian walk down a corridor.) THE DOCTOR: I hope you will find Barbara safe and well, dear boy - err, heh, Sir Ian. VICKI: Good luck, Ian. Be as quick as you can. IAN: I will Vicki. THE DOCTOR: Godspeed! And remember: be valiant! (The Doctor shakes Ian's hand. Ian smiles at Vicki and exits. The Doctor and Vicki watch him go.) THE DOCTOR: I almost wish I'd been knighted, too. (The two start laughing.) VICKI: That'll be the day! (The Doctor laughs more.) VICKI: Come on, let's go and tidy Ian's things. (The Doctor opens the curtains of the robing room and enters, followed by Vicki.) 12. INTERIOR OF A ROBING ROOM IN KING RICHARD'S PALACE (The Chamberlain is waiting for The Doctor and Vicki. As soon as they enter, he steps across the door way and blocks it. The Doctor turns to face him and then notices that Ben Daheer is also present, standing in a corner.) CHAMBERLAIN: Ah! I have been waiting to speak with you. THE DOCTOR: Oh? Pray, what about? BEN: Thief! VICKI: (Much insulted.) I beg your pardon! THE DOCTOR: What's this? BEN: (To The Doctor and Vicki, "pouring it on thick".) Visitor of sorrows, depriver of my children, robber of my goods! THE DOCTOR: Who is this? (To Vicki.) Do you know? VICKI: No... ooh, his face is a bit familiar... CHAMBERLAIN: You stole some clothing! THE DOCTOR: Really? CHAMBERLAIN: (Holding up Ian's hunting outfit.) Do you see this riding habit? It was taken from this very room. Now it is back here again. THE DOCTOR: (Chuckling.) And a pretty poor garment, too, hmm, hmm! CHAMBERLAIN: (Holding up more clothing.) This... and this... stolen from me. BEN: And stolen from me! THE DOCTOR: Yes, now there really is a point there, isn't there? If I stole from you, my lord Chamberlain, how could I steal from him? BEN: You did! You did steal from me! THE DOCTOR: Then how could I steal from him, eh? You blockhead! CHAMBERLAIN: Oh please! Please! Now I had the clothes first. THE DOCTOR: Oh, how nice for you. BEN: And I had them second. VICKI: Did you buy them? BEN: Yes. VICKI: From us? BEN: No. THE DOCTOR: Then whoever it was stole them from you must have sold them to you. Now, don't you agree, hmm? CHAMBERLAIN: Er... yes. (Thatcher enters carrying fruit.) THATCHER: My lord Chamberlain, a ship is in the harbour disgorging fruit from Acre. (Ben Daheer turns and points to Thatcher.) BEN: That's the man! I bought them from him! (The Doctor turns to the Chamberlain.) THE DOCTOR: He must have stolen them from you. CHAMBERLAIN: Thatcher! You villain! (Thatcher drops the fruit and runs out of the room. The Chamberlain attempts to run after him, but The Doctor stops him.) THE DOCTOR: Now just a minute! Oh, my dear Chamberlain - so undignified. The merchant bought the clothes in good faith and paid for them in good money. Now please return his money. (The Chamberlain reluctantly gets his purse.) CHAMBERLAIN: But - but I must catch the thief! THE DOCTOR: Now, now, now! You mustn't let an honest man suffer! Pay him! CHAMBERLAIN: Doh! (He gives his purse to Ben and runs out after Thatcher.) CHAMBERLAIN: (OOV.) Thatcher! Thatcher! BEN: (Positively thrilled, to The Doctor.) Joy to you, my lord! Giver of life to my father, provider! THE DOCTOR: Yes, off you go! Off you go! (The Doctor, laughing, ushers Ben from the room. He turns to Vicki.) THE DOCTOR: Well, we seem to have got out of that problem alright, hmm? (They both share a good laugh.) 13. EXTERIOR OF THE DOORS OF EL AKIR'S PALACE (The exterior has a white stucco archway with heavy doors. Two sentries stand at attention as El Akir approaches. Horses sound in the background.) EL AKIR: The woman tied to the horse - bring her! (He enters the palace. One of the sentries drags Barbara in, her wrists bound.) FIRST SENTRY: Another one for El Akir's cage. SECOND SENTRY: I swear it to be the finest collection in Islam. (Barbara pushes the sentry by her side into the other and both fall down. She runs away, and they get up and go after her.) 14. INTERIOR OF AN ANTEROOM IN SALADIN'S PALACE (Ian and Sir William des Preaux are together. Ian is very agitated.) IAN: Kidnapped?? DES PREAUX: Yes, Sir Ian. I fear so. Your rescue has come too late. IAN: Well, who's taken her?? DES PREAUX: This Genoese merchant! He explained it away by saying that Barbara had conceived a passion for El Akir. Saladin and his brother accept the story, but I do not! IAN: Well of course not! It's a lie. DES PREAUX: They could be as friendly as a hawk and a sparrow. IAN: Where can I find El Akir? DES PREAUX: He has returned to Lydda since falling out with Saladin. IAN: Is Lydda very far away? DES PREAUX: No, but it's El Akir's territory, where he has his men. IAN: I'm going after her. DES PREAUX: El Akir has an evil reputation. 'Tis my belief he captured your companion as revenge, and in his eyes she would make a fine addition to his harem. 15. A NARROW PASSAGEWAY OUTDOORS (Here there are many archways. Barbara runs up a passageway and hides in the shadow of one. Without warning a hand appears from behind her and covers her mouth.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x23 - The Knight of Jaffa"}
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Written by DAVID WHITAKER first broadcast - 10 April 1965 1. A NARROW PASSAGEWAY IN LYDDA (Here there are many archways. Barbara runs up a passageway and hides in the shadow of one. Without warning a hand appears from behind her and covers her mouth. She looks round at the man holding her, Haroun, who signals to be quiet. She nods as two warriors walk past. Haroun takes them both out from behind.) HAROUN: Two heads without the brains of one. BARBARA: Thank you for helping me. Who are you? HAROUN: I'm Haroun ed-Din. BARBARA: I'm Barbara. HAROUN: We have a common enemy in El Akir, it makes for uncommon friendship. Come with me. BARBARA: Where? HAROUN: To a place of safety, come. (They walk off down the passageway.) 2. INTERIOR OF A ROBING ROOM IN KING RICHARD'S PALACE (The Doctor is trying on some new clothes, supervised by Vicki and Ben Daheer.) VICKI: Oh, you look marvellous. BEN: Hmm, marvellous indeed my lord. The birds will envy you and the multi-coloured fish from the deeps are put to shame! THE DOCTOR: Alright, alright, don't get so carried away my friend. It's a fine cloak, you've done a very good job. BEN: My lord is most gracious. THE DOCTOR: Now the next question is what could you do for my boy, hmm? I want something of finer quality. BEN: Like yours my lord, then I can provide all the quality you need. (He gestures around Vicki.) Jewelled tunics with fur collars, ruby-studded belts, quilted sleeves, laced lather boots... THE DOCTOR: Quite so, quite so, thank you, thank you, now run away and have a good think about it and let me know in the morning what you've decided. BEN: I will, my lord. And when the sun rises I shall be here to transform the boy into a veritable strutting peacock! (He makes as if to leave but turns round at the door.) BEN: And then perhaps my lord will recommend the name of Ben Daheer to the King? (He walks out.) VICKI: Who's your friend? 3. OUTSIDE THE ROBING ROOM (On his way out, Ben bows to Joanna who walks in to the robing room.) 4. INTERIOR OF A ROBING ROOM (Joanna appears in the doorway as the Doctor and Vicki are talking.) VICKI: Anyway, why have I got to go on pretending to be a boy? Why can't I be a girl again? (She turns and sees Joanna. The Doctor carries on oblivious.) THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry my dear but you known how we're placed here. It's... it's a... (Vicki taps him on the shoulder.) THE DOCTOR: Hmm? JOANNA: (Coldly.) Why have you deceived us? THE DOCTOR: Oh, forgive me your highness. Ah, this is my young ward. Having found ourselves in a hostile country I decided to use this disguise. JOANNA: But we are not hostile. The open country, yes. Within reach of the merciless Saracen, yes. But here in Jaffa? VICKI: Please, don't be angry with him, he... he only did what he thought was best for me. JOANNA: (Smiling.) A pretty advocate. Well, I won't be a partner to this deception, but while you are here you shall be in my company and be given my protection. THE DOCTOR: We are indeed grateful your highness. JOANNA: I saw the chamberlain in the corridor, bring him to me. (Vicki goes into the corridor. Joanna turns to the Doctor.) JOANNA: You say you are grateful. I cannot command what I ask of you now nor will I, but I am in some quandary. THE DOCTOR: Can I help you, ah, madam? JOANNA: I am my brother's favourite, yet now I find I am excluded from his confidence. I sense he's made a plan of which I am a part. THE DOCTOR: Ah, may I ask, why of all people here, you've come to me, hmm? JOANNA: There's something new in you, yet something older than the sky itself. I sense that I can trust you. THE DOCTOR: Hmm, hmm, hmm. If there is a plan my lady, I will find out what it is and keep close in touch, hmm. JOANNA: Then I am satisfied. (Vicki returns with the chamberlain.) JOANNA: Ah, good chamberlain. CHAMBERLAIN: Your highness. JOANNA: Bid your servant go about the town and find nimble hands who will dress this child. Good weaving, well-spun cloth. The dresses shall be of silks and satins and brocaded stock. CHAMBERLAIN: (Incredulously.) Dresses? Dre.. Ah, silks? Satins? Heh, heh. For the boy? (He bursts into laughter which quickly subsides at the icy glare Joanna gives him.) CHAMBERLAIN: I, I thought there was some amusement your highness? JOANNA: Did you, chamberlain? (She walks out of the room. The Doctor laughs.) CHAMBERLAIN: (To the Doctor.) Ah, I don't understand! VICKI: It's perfectly simple. I'm a girl. CHAMBERLAIN: A girl? Dressed as a boy? Is nothing understandable these days? The dresses, silks, satins -- where's the money to come from? THE DOCTOR: The household purse, hmm? (The chamberlain nods and leaves, embarrassed. The Doctor laughs.) VICKI: Thank goodness for that, I didn't really see myself as a veritable strutting peacock. THE DOCTOR: Well, my dear, in one way I don't think things have turned out to badly after all, hmm. VICKI: (Suspiciously.) How do you mean 'in one way?' THE DOCTOR: You would be much safer under Joanna's wing, hmm. (The Doctor sits down on a bench in the corner of the room.) VICKI: (Anxiously.) I'll still see you won't I? THE DOCTOR: Of course, my child! VICKI: I mean Barbara's gone off, and then Ian. THE DOCTOR: Only temporarily. VICKI: You wouldn't go off and leave me, would you? THE DOCTOR: What a question! VICKI: I mean, your ship's the only home I've got now and I couldn't bear it if... THE DOCTOR: Ah, now, now, now. What is all this, eh, hmm? VICKI: Well when you said a good thing in one way I thought, well I thought you meant that I was some sort of problem or something. THE DOCTOR: Ah, surely you know me better than that, child? No, my reservation was that I might get entangled in court intrigue and that's going to be very, very dangerous, hmm? Very dangerous indeed, hmm? (Vicki smiles.) 5. HAROUN'S HOUSE AT LYDDA (Haroun and Barbara cautiously enter the house.) HAROUN: Safiya? Safiya? (Safiya, Haroun's daughter comes out through a doorway and hugs Haroun.) SAFIYA: Oh, father! I have been so frightened. HAROUN: (To Barbara.) My poor house is yours Barbara. This is my daughter, Safiya. She tarries you with your closest cousin child. (To Safiya.) Well now see to some food. (Safiya goes off to the kitchen area. Haroun peers through the window.) HAROUN: There are soldiers of El Akir with the searches in the street. You must wait here until a quieter time. BARBARA: I don't want to endanger you. HAROUN: I am in constant danger. I have sworn to k*ll the Emir. BARBARA: El Akir? HAROUN: Yes. That vile and evil man. (Sadly.) Last year my house was a fine and happy place. A gentle wife, a son who honoured and obeyed me, and two daughters who adorned whatever place they visited. Then El Akir came to Lydda and imposed his will. He desired my eldest daughter, Maimuna, but I refused him. BARBARA: So he took her? HAROUN: Yes. Well, when Safiya and I were away he came and b*rned my house. My wife and son were put to the sword. BARBARA: Then why do you stay in Lydda? HAROUN: I live for one thing alone, the death of El Akir. Now I will go out and see if the way is clear for your escape. (He heads towards the door but Barbara stops him.) BARBARA: No, please. I just feel that I'm making things worse for you. HAROUN: Rest here, I shall not be long. If danger thr*at, Safiya will hide you. But, if the soldiers persist in their search, and you think that they will find you, take this and use it. (He hands her a Kn*fe.) BARBARA: (In shock.) k*ll her? HAROUN: Yes and afterwards yourself. BARBARA: (Horrified.) No! HAROUN: (Firmly.) You must. BARBARA: No! Life is better than this! HAROUN: You do not know El Akir. BARBARA: I couldn't do it. I... HAROUN: You would not let them take Safiya? BARBARA: No, of course I wouldn't. HAROUN: Then I'll leave the Kn*fe. (Haroun goes out to the street. After a while Safiya returns. Barbara hides the Kn*fe.) SAFIYA: Where has my father gone? BARBARA: Oh, he... he... he went outside to see if the soldiers had gone. SAFIYA: More likely to ask more questions of our neighbours. BARBARA: Questions? I don't understand. SAFIYA: My mother, my brother and my sister Maimuna disappeared last year. My father searches everywhere for them. We live in hope they will return one day. BARBARA: Then you don't know... (Barbara catches herself.) ... where they are? SAFIYA: No. It is a strange mystery. They've gone away and we must simply wait for their return. It is the will of Allah. You will eat? (spotting the Kn*fe.) My father's Kn*fe! BARBARA: Oh yes, ah, he... he just left it behind. SAFIYA: How strange. He never goes without it. 6. A NARROW PASSAGEWAY IN LYDDA (Haroun cautiously backs down the passageway as the voices become louder.) WARRIOR'S VOICE: ...We should carry on searching, El Akir says we must find the... (A Saracen warrior appears from behind him. They struggle briefly but the warrior is easily able to overcome Haroun. A second warrior approaches.) SECOND WARRIOR: Who've you got there? FIRST WARRIOR: I do not know my lord. He was going to slay me. SECOND WARRIOR: I seem to know that face. FIRST WARRIOR: You cannot my lord. He's a poor man of the town, he lives in the northern quarter. SECOND WARRIOR: Have you searched there? FIRST WARRIOR: A little, my lord. A den of thieves and beggars. Not wise to venture into such a place of squalor. SECOND WARRIOR: The runaway can find a host of allies in the northern quarter, each individual as desperate as herself. Take what men you need and find her! (The first warrior runs off.) 7. INTERIOR OF A CHAMBER IN KING RICHARD'S PALACE (King Richard is seated on the throne at the end of the room. Around him are the Doctor, the Earl of Leicester and various other nobles.) RICHARD: And when Sir Ian is returned we trust that he will bring your lady and Sir William des Preaux in addition to the answers to the several letters we have written. LEICESTER: Tell me your plan sire. A new demand of Saladin? A battle plan? A victory like Arsophe? RICHARD: Not this time, no my lord of Leicester, no we've had another thought. To give our sister's hand in marriage to Saphadin, brother of the Sultan, and so make an end to this w*r. THE DOCTOR: I am indeed glad sir, to know that you are thinking in terms of peace. LEICESTER: (Outraged.) The princess to marry Saphadin! My lord, I beg you to explain. RICHARD: We do not feel obliged to explain anything to anyone, my lord of Leicester. We think our words were plain enough. THE DOCTOR: It is a good scheme, sire, if the princess agrees. RICHARD: (Quietly.) Joanna knows nothing of this matter. THE DOCTOR: Will she agree? RICHARD: (Firmly.) You should rather ask how can she refuse? To stem the blood, bind up the wounds and give a host of men lives and futures? Oh, now there's a marriage contract to put sacrifice to shame and make a saint of any woman. LEICESTER: Sire, with all the strength at my command I urge you, sire, to abandon this pretence of peace! THE DOCTOR: (Angrily.) Pretence, sir? Here's the opportunity to save the lives of many men and you do nought but turn it down! Without any kind of thought. What do you think you are doing? LEICESTER: I speak as a soldier. Why are we here in this foreign land if not to fight? The Devil's horde, Saracen and Turk, posses Jerusalem and we will not wrest it from them with harried words. THE DOCTOR: With swords, I suppose? LEICESTER: Aye, with swords and lances, or the axe. THE DOCTOR: You stupid butcher! Can you think of nothing else but k*lling, hmm? LEICESTER: You're a man for talk, I can see that. You like a table and a ring of men. A parley here, arrangements there, but when you men of eloquence have stunned each other with your words, we, we the soldiers have to face it out. On some half-started morning while you speakers lie abed, armies settle everything, giving sweat sinewed bodies ironed life itself. THE DOCTOR: I admire bravery and loyalty, sir. You have both of these. But, unfortunately you haven't any brain at all. I hate fools! LEICESTER: A fool can match a coward any day. (Leicester pulls out his sword and faces the Doctor.) RICHARD: Enough of this! (To Leicester.) You dare to flourish arms before your King? (Leicester reluctantly sheaths his sword.) RICHARD: Know this my lord of Leicester, we will not be advised, we have decided on a pact with Saladin. If that fails, then a trial of arms. But we have set our mind and heart upon this marriage and it shall go forward! 8. INTERIOR OF A CHAMBER IN SALADIN'S PALACE AT RAMLAH (Saladin and Saphadin sit at a table facing each other. Saphadin is reading Richard's letter. He looks towards Saladin who is smiling.) SAPHADIN: Why do you smile, brother? Is it a trap? SALADIN: No. The English King writes sincerely. It is so guileless it can only be genuine. SAPHADIN: Think seriously about it. Alliance with Joanna would give me title to much land. Power over far off countries, a glittering empire, brother! SALADIN: I did not know you were so ambitious. (Saphadin rises and walks forward.) SAPHADIN: I... I would be the name, yours would be the voice. SALADIN: Ah. SAPHADIN: Of course! SALADIN: Of course. (On Saphadin's look.) Do not look so troubled. I will humour you and let this proposition go ahead. But listen to me well. Strategy is worth a hundred lances. Think brother, how does this proposed marriage help us to win our future battles? SAPHADIN: (Disappointedly.) You do not mean to think of this alliance seriously. (Saladin moves to join his brother.) SALADIN: If you can marry with this sister of the English King then do so and I will help you to it. Go, write a letter. Say the idea pleases both of us. SAPHADIN: But yet you doubt it! SALADIN: Have England, France and all the rest come here to cheer a man and woman and a love match? No, this is a last appeal for peace from a weary man. So you write your letter and I'll alert the armies. Then on either day, the day of blissful union or the day of awful battle, we will be prepared. SAPHADIN: You are wise. I was wrong to doubt you. SALADIN: Hold one hand out in friendship but keep the other on your sword. SAPHADIN: The knight, Sir Ian of Jaffa, who brought a plea for the release of Sir William... SALADIN: Sir William I cannot return, not yet. But write that he is well cared for. As for the other, Sir Ian, he begged to be allowed to search for the lady Barbara. The brave deserve their favours. Go brother, write your letter. This sincerity deserves our honest dealings. But caution, yes caution, insists that my armies are ready. 9. HAROUN'S HOUSE (A woman screams outside.) WARRIOR: (OOV, in background.) Watch your tongue woman, or we'll... (Barbara peers out of the window. She turns to Safiya.) BARBARA: They're getting nearer. Where's your hiding place? (The harassment of the woman continues outside. Safiya leads Barbara over to a hidden cupboard in the corner of the house. She goes out and retrieves Haroun's Kn*fe from the table where Barbara left it.) SAFIYA: In case we have to defend ourselves. (Barbara gulps and nods. The voices out in the street get louder.) WARRIOR: (OOV, in background.) I'll get the others. ANOTHER WARRIOR: (OOV, in background.) Down here! (Shortly, two Saracen warriors enter . The first, the one who encountered Haroun, looks around.) WOMAN: (OOV, in background.) No! Get away! WARRIOR: (OOV, in background.) In the name of El Akir, open the door! ANOTHER WARRIOR: (OOV, in background.) Open up! Open up or we'll burn this place down! WOMAN: (OOV, in background.) Who are you? FIRST WARRIOR: Nothing in here, (Gestures towards the kitchen.) look out there. (The other goes into the kitchen, carelessly knocking some plates over and stuffing his face with some of the food on the table. He returns to the main room.) FIRST WARRIOR: Anything? THIRD WARRIOR: No. (They make to leave when the first warrior notices an empty cup on the table.) FIRST WARRIOR: (Sighs.) Wait! (Picking it up.) Still warm. No other window. Only one door. Look on the rooftop. (The third warrior obeys.) SAFIYA: They'll find us. Poor father! (Barbara stares at the Kn*fe. The third warrior returns.) FIRST WARRIOR: Nothing? THIRD WARRIOR: No, nothing. FIRST WARRIOR: (Sighs.) Someone must be here, somewhere. Search every corner. (The third warrior moves off again.) FIRST WARRIOR: No, wait! I've a better plan. Bring a torch. We'll smoke the secret out, or watch a burning funeral! (In the cupboard...) BARBARA: Here, cover yourself with this blanket and stay huddled in the corner. SAFIYA: Why? BARBARA: Never mind, just do as you're told. Take this. (Barbara hands Safiya the Kn*fe and slips out into the open. The third warrior has gone and the first is looking in the other direction. In the background and out of view, a woman screams and a warrior laughs.) WARRIOR: (OOV, in background.) Try down here. WOMAN: (OOV, in background.) Let me go, you dogs! You pig! (Silently Barbara makes for the door while trying to stay out of view of the warriors.) WARRIOR: (OOV, in background.) Come on, let's try over in that house. ANOTHER WARRIOR: (OOV, in background.) Down here. WARRIOR: (OOV, in background.) Get the others. WOMAN: (OOV, in background.) Get away! WARRIOR: (OOV, in background.) In the name of El Akir, open the door! ANOTHER WARRIOR (OOV, in background.) ... down here. . (A warrior begins to turn, forcing Barbara back towards the kitchen. Suddenly the third warrior emerges from the doorway holding a torch.) THIRD WARRIOR: Aha! (The two warriors hold Barbara.) FIRST WARRIOR: Now, where did you come from? BARBARA: I... I was hiding in the shadows. FIRST WARRIOR: Who hid you in this place? BARBARA: No one. (Angrily.) Oh, what does it matter, you've found me. That's what you wanted, wasn't it? FIRST WARRIOR: When you're on your knees before my master, your defiance will change to screams for pity! (They pull her out onto the street, watched by a terrified Safiya.) 10. DESERT (Ian is sleeping peacefully in the desert. Suddenly a Turkish bandit appears by his side. The bandit slowly reaches across and removes Ian's sword. More confident, he reaches out for Ian's money pouch. Ian sees him and grabs his wrist forcing him onto his back. The bandit tries to reach Ian's face with the sword but Ian appears to be gaining the upper hand. However, somebody creeps up behind Ian and hits him on the head with a club. The bandit relaxes.) BANDIT: Thank you, my brother. 11. INTERIOR OF A CHAMBER IN KING RICHARD'S PALACE (The Doctor escorts Vicki, in her new clothes, to Joanna and the Earl of Leicester. Joanna smiles.) JOANNA: Sweet child. You look so innocent I have nothing but love for you. VICKI: You've been very kind to me. THE DOCTOR: We are both very grateful to you, your highness. JOANNA: You shall stay by my side and be my close companion. Your name is not Victor now? VICKI: No, it's Vicki really. JOANNA: Oh, I do not know it. Is it a Venetian name? Well, it doesn't matter. The eye should have contentment where it rests. Do you not agree my lord of Leicester? Is she not beautiful? LEICESTER: (Dryly.) Indeed madam. A fair rose of England in this foreign land. (Joanna leads the Doctor and Vicki aside. Leicester looks at them with undisguised interest.) JOANNA: Do you have news for me? THE DOCTOR: I am afraid not, your highness. JOANNA: But you were with my brother. Did he tell you nothing of his plans? THE DOCTOR: He said he wished to speak to you himself. JOANNA: (Coldly.) I thought I had your friendship. THE DOCTOR: You have, your highness, but the King spoke to me in confidence. I must not steal his thunder, hmm? (Joanna turns to Leicester and they begin talking.) THE DOCTOR: (To Vicki.) I thought something like this would happen, child. VICKI: Can't you tell her? THE DOCTOR: That she's going to get married? Of course not! VICKI: But, can't you drop her a hint or something? She's furious! We can't afford to make an enemy of her. THE DOCTOR: I have no desire to upset the King. (Flustered.) Dear, dear, dear, all this intrigue. I knew it! All this trouble! (Whispers.) Here comes the King. (King Richard walks into the room. Joanna faces him.) JOANNA: I will speak with my brother! RICHARD: Oh? JOANNA: (Angrily.) What's this I hear? I can't believe it's true. Marriage to that heathenish man, that infidel? RICHARD: (Sighs.) We will give you reasons for it. JOANNA: This unconsulted partner has no wish to marry! I am no sack of flour to be given in exchange! RICHARD: It is expedient, the decision has been made. JOANNA: Not by me and never would be! RICHARD: Joanna, please consider. This w*r is full of weary, wounded men. This marriage wants a little thought by you, then you'll see the right of it. JOANNA: And how would you have me go to Saphadin? Bathed in oriental perfume, I suppose? Supient, tender and affectionate, soft-eyed and trembling, eager with a thousand words of compliment and love? Well I like a different way to meet the man I am to wed! RICHARD: Well if it's a meeting you want... JOANNA: I do not want! I will not have it! (She turns and storms out of the chamber.) RICHARD: Joanna! 12. OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER RICHARD: Joanna! (He pursues her with the chamberlain and several other people nervously following him. He turns to them.) RICHARD: And get out. Get out! (They leave.) RICHARD: (To Joanna.) Joanna, I beg you to accept. JOANNA: No! RICHARD: I entreat you, Joanna! JOANNA: No! RICHARD: Very well. I am the King. We command you! JOANNA: You cannot command this of me. RICHARD: (Incredulously.) Cannot? JOANNA: No. There is a higher authority than yours to which I answer. RICHARD: I am the King. Where is there any man who has greater power over his subjects? JOANNA: In Rome. His holiness, the Pope will not allow this marriage of mine to that infidel! (She turns and heads back into the chamber.) RICHARD: (Taken aback.) But... Joanna! (He follows.) 13. INTERIOR OF A CHAMBER RICHARD: You defy me with the Pope! JOANNA: No, you defy the world with your politics! The reason you and all your armies are here is the reason on my side. You are here to fight these dogs, defeat them. Marry me to them and you make a pact with the Devil. Force me to it and I'll turn the world we know into your enemy! (Richard raises his arm to strike Joanna but stops himself just in time. Joanna walks calmly away. Richard looks around and turns to the Doctor and Vicki.) RICHARD: (Quietly.) Who gave away my plan? THE DOCTOR: Your majesty, if you believe that I... RICHARD: (Coldly.) You are not welcome in our sight. 14. INTERIOR OF A CORRIDOR IN EL AKIR'S PALACE (El Akir sits as his two guards bring in Barbara, and his eyes light up upon seeing her.) BARBARA: Let go of me! (She kneels on the floor half defiant, half afraid.) EL AKIR: (With an evil smile.) The only pleasure left for you is death. And death is very far away.
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x24 - The Wheel of Fortune"}
foreverdreaming
Written by DAVID WHITAKER first broadcast - 17 April 1965 1. INTERIOR OF A CORRIDOR IN EL AKIR'S PALACE (El Akir sits as his two guards bring in Barbara, and his eyes light up upon seeing her. She stands there half defiant, half afraid.) EL AKIR: (With an evil smile.) The only pleasure left for you... is death. And death is very far away. (El Akir removes a leather purse filled with gold coins from his belt and weighs it in his hand.) EL AKIR: Such a prize as you is worth rewarding these men for your recapture. Would you not agree? (He empties the coins from the bag into the palm of his hands.) EL AKIR: I have spent time and trouble on you... (Angrily.) now you cost me gold as well. BARBARA: I'm not afraid of you. EL AKIR: (While counting the gold.) No? Yet, you run away. Is that not fear? BARBARA: Fear has nothing to do with contempt. Or disgust. (El Akir stops counting and stares coldly at Barbara.) EL AKIR: You are not here to like or dislike me. Such liberties are over for you. Look at these coins... mere pieces of metal. (Barbara looks around, faking boredom.) EL AKIR: No interest? You should have. These coins are going to change your laughter into tears... your joy to misery! (Without warning, Barbara knocks El Akir's hand, and the coins go flying. The two guards dive to pick them up. Barbara shoves El Akir who, in turn, falls backward. She runs back along the corridor.) EL AKIR: Leave that! After her, you fools! (One guard goes to help El Akir up, but he pushes him away. The guard then turns and sees the other guard stuffing gold in his belt pouch.) FIRST GUARD: The gold is mine! (El Akir struggles to his feet.) EL AKIR: Dogs! Do you hear me, alert the palace! (El Akir's guards look at him fearfully.) 2. INTERIOR OF THE SERAGLIO (The two guards burst open the barred gates and enter the room. Inside there are a group of women wearing yashmaks and various exotic costumes who are terrified at this intrusion. Maimuna, alone and unafraid, stands in front of the group.) MAIMUNA: What do you want in here? Are you both drunk? Or mad? (El Akir appears at the doors and enters the room.) EL AKIR: I'll have your hands and feet for this! (El Akir grabs both of his guards by their collars, flings them around, and shoves them out the door.) EL AKIR: (Softly.) No man steps into this room but me. Now you find her, or your death will be slow. (El Akir crosses to Maimuna and pulls her yashmak down.) EL AKIR: A prisoner has escaped. MAIMUNA: No one has stepped in here, my lord. No man would dare... except your guards just now. EL AKIR: The prisoner is a woman, and I want her found! MAIMUNA: We have seen no one. EL AKIR: Look... (Pulling out a ring.) a ruby ring... for anyone who should see her... and report it to me. (El Akir exits. When the doors close, the group of women separate, revealing Barbara, crouched down on her knees, hidden by them all. Maimuna helps her up.) MAIMUNA: Hafsa, run to the doors and let your ears warn us. (One of the girls, Hafsa, runs to the doors.) MAIMUNA: We will hide you here. We all hate him. BARBARA: Thank you. MAIMUNA: You will be safe. No one here will betray you. (Fatima, another of the girls, has other ideas.) 3. EXTERIOR OF A STRETCH OF SAND (The scorching sun beats down upon Ian, now shirtless, and spread-eagled out on the sand. His hands and feet are tied to small stakes driven into the ground. Next to Ian is Ibrahim, an ugly looking Arabian man, wearing raggy clothing and grinning with broken teeth. Next to Ibrahim is a small pot with a stick in it. The wind blows constantly.) IBRAHIM: (Laughing and teasing.) You want a little drink of water? IAN: (In a parched whisper.) Take me to Lydda. I will give you money. IBRAHIM: (In bad English.) I will fetch you money. You will tell me where I can find it. IAN: I won't tell you anything until you undo these ropes! IBRAHIM: It is a predicament. You are a rich lord, I can see from the things you wear. (Ian sighs and rolls his eyes.) IBRAHIM: But you will not share your wealth with poor, poor Ibrahim. IAN: I am not rich--I keep telling you! Take me to Lydda and you will be rewarded. (IBRAHAIM shakes his head and laughs.) IBRAHIM: I am cursed with the affliction of disbelief. But I have another little scheme! (He picks up the pot.) IBRAHIM: A little pot of honey. Made from pounded dates... (Licking his fingers.) and very, very sweet. There, my lord. A little bit on your wrists... and a little bit on your chest. (As he is speaks, he smoothes Ian with the honey.) IBRAHIM: Now over there is a hungry home, full of ants that go wild for date honey. We must be generous to them. Lay a little trail across the sand, like this... (Ibrahim sings as he spoons out the honey and pours it from Ian's wrist on to the sand.) IBRAHIM: (With absolute joy.) And I will sit in the shade of the trees and dream of all the treasures I will get when the ants discover you. (With laughter.) If you crane your neck around, my lord, you will soon see what you take to be a black line along the honey. (Laughing and very excited.) Why, you will be able to see it getting closer and closer! Weeooh, weeooh! My little ones! Such ecstasy! (Ian turns his head and stares at the honey trail.) 4. INTERIOR OF A ROOM IN RICHARD'S PALACE (Vicki stands in front of the Earl of Leicester who is seated. The King stands apart, his back to them.) VICKI: (Shouting angrily.) It is not true and you know it isn't! LEICESTER: But what is true is that you came here in disguise--first a boy and now you are a girl! VICKI: (Yelling.) He was just trying to protect me! LEICESTER: Protect you from the lord, the King? VICKI: (Fed up.) Oooooh! Where is the Princess? She knew all about this! (The Doctor enters and storms over to Leicester. He is unaware of the King's presence.) THE DOCTOR: What is the meaning of this? VICKI: He's had me brought here-- LEICESTER: I wish to question her. THE DOCTOR: You call yourself a nobleman, sir? Yet it appears you enjoy bullying young girls, hmm? (He puts his arm around Vicki's shoulders.) THE DOCTOR: We're not the guilty ones here, and... (Leicester looks uneasily at the King's back.) THE DOCTOR: ...don't look away when I'm talking to you. (Shouting.) You, sir, hmm! LEICESTER: I have the right to civility from you. What are you, knave or commoner? Or are you perhaps a traitor? VICKI: (Yelling.) You! It was you who told the Princess! LEICESTER: (In disgust.) Ah! I'll have no more of this! RICHARD: No more will we. (The King turns around and approaches.) THE DOCTOR: Your Majesty. I didn't realize you were there, Sire. RICHARD: Good Leicester, this question time has reached its full conclusion. Go to your men, find out their quarrels and complaints, and mend them with the best words at your command. LEICESTER: They understand a fight, my lord. RICHARD: Then warn them one approaches. LEICESTER: (Happily.) Sire, I will. I'll turn them from a rabble into victors once again, and we shall set a noise of sharpening and polishing till the ground fare trembles with sound of axe and sword against the whetstone, and the sun shall find a glittering home in every visor. RICHARD: (Bored.) Yes, do it. (Leicester bows and exits.) RICHARD: (To The Doctor and Vicki.) We know now that it was not you who told our sister. It's no use, Joanna is right. We cannot fight Rome as well. In any other land I could command the end and force my purpose. Not here... not with Saphadin and Joanna. No. (Disgusted.) Once again we shall have to fight. THE DOCTOR: May I ask you something, Sire? If you knew it was the Earl of Leicester that gave your marriage plans away to your sister, why didn't you accuse him... have it out with him then and there? VICKI: (Angrily.) You just let it go without saying a word. It wasn't fair. (Softly and humbly as she realizes whom she is addressing.) I'm sorry, your Majesty. RICHARD: We accept the impeachment. We are unjust to you, to serve the greater good. You see, my Lord of Leicester is a hardy fighter... and a fight is near us now. When we meet the Saracen again, we shall need him at our elbow. But do not be discouraged. You have our favor. THE DOCTOR: But I have made an enemy of him, Sire. RICHARD: Yes, I fear you have. Therefore, it would be best to be gone from here until the enmity is forgotten. THE DOCTOR: I think I agree, Sire. VICKI: Must we go? I don't want to. (The King smiles.) RICHARD: (Emphatically.) Good! And we do not wish to see you leave. But you must. Go to Acre. Rest there. Wait until we call again upon your wisdom and your counsel. THE DOCTOR: We shall leave at once, Sire. RICHARD: Meantime, I'll wrestle with the problem of this w*r. THE DOCTOR: There is something important, Sire. If you are able to defeat Saladin in this battle, can you hold the city, hmmm? RICHARD: (Intensely.) Win the battle, lose the w*r. The greatest fear we have. We've come so close. I must see Jerusalem. I must. THE DOCTOR: You will, Sire. RICHARD: You think so? THE DOCTOR: I am certain, Sire. And when you look upon the city itself, you will be able to find the answer to the problem of this w*r. May we now take our leave, Sire? (The King nods, his mind elsewhere. The Doctor and Vicki leave him. Once out of earshot, Vicki and The Doctor converse.) VICKI: (Whispering.) Are we going back to the ship? THE DOCTOR: (Whispering.) As fast as our legs can carry us, my dear. VICKI: Doctor, will he really see Jerusalem? THE DOCTOR: Only from afar. He won't be able to capture it. Even now his armies are marching on a campaign that he can never win. VICKI: That's terrible. THE DOCTOR: Hmm! VICKI: Can't we tell him? THE DOCTOR: I'm afraid not, my dear. No. History must take its course. (The Doctor and Vicki exit. The King remains on his throne, looking thoughtful and pessimistic.) RICHARD: Help me, Holy Sepulchre. (In desperation.) Help me! 5. EXTERIOR OF A STRETCH OF SAND (Ian is still tied up.) IBRAHIM: You see, my master? The line of black is getting nearer and nearer. Date honey is a great delicacy for our little friends. And I will return to the shade and leave you to your little friends. You have only to call! (Smiling, he moves away. Ian, dripping with sweat, tugs anxiously on the cords biding his wrists, to no avail. He soon tires out. The ants on the honey march closer toward him.) 6. INTERIOR OF THE SERAGLIO (Maimuna's face is buried in her hands, weeping. Barbara's arm is around her shoulders.) BARBARA: Don't be upset, please. MAIMUNA: My tears are tears of joy. All this time I believed that my father and sister were d*ad. El Akir had swore that they were. BARBARA: He has a lot to answer for. MAIMUNA: Now I know why he told me they were d*ad. By keeping me here, he brought shame upon my family and, at first, I tried to k*ll myself to spare my father's honor. But when I believed him d*ad, I did not even have the will to die. BARBARA: Listen, Maimuna, your father loves you. All he thinks about is getting you away from this place. MAIMUNA: Is that really true? BARBARA: Yes. He told me so. MAIMUNA: I thought... he had despised me. BARBARA: He hates El Akir. He wants to k*ll him and take you home. MAIMUNA: There is no escape from this place. (She sees the look of dread on Barbara's face.) MAIMUNA: But we will hide you. El Akir is a stupid animal. He will not think to search for you here. (Barbara smiles gratefully. Fatima watches nearby, waiting for her chance.) 7. INTERIOR OF A ROOM IN THE KING'S PALACE (The Earl of Leicester is talking to a soldier.) LEICESTER: You observed them leave the palace? SOLDIER: Aye, just now my lord. LEICESTER: Take men and follow them discreetly. The old man tried to poison the King's mind. He may be in the pay of the infidel Saladin. He may be worse. Some devil in a human form, the girl a witch. SOLDIER: (With fear.) A witch, my lord? LEICESTER: Take courage, man. No black art withstands a well-placed sword. 8. EXTERIOR OF A STRETCH OF LAND (Ibrahim, carrying a long dagger, returns to Ian's side. Birds flying overhead are heard.) IBRAHIM: (Laughing.) You see, my lord. They know when death is approaching. (more laughing.) Already there's the advanced guard has reached its little objective. (The ants are very near Ian's hand. He talks with a dry whisper.) IAN: Alright... I'll tell you... IBRAHIM: First! First! First! IAN: I have gold... IBRAHIM: (All excited.) Where? Speak up! Speak up! IAN: My boot! IBRAHIM: Boot! (Ian appears to faint. Ibrahim gazes down at Ian's feet. He bends down and cuts the rope around Ian's right foot. He pulls off his boot and puts his hand inside it searching for money. Not finding any, he turns the boot upside down and bangs it on the floor, throwing it aside. He returns to Ian.) IBRAHIM: (Laughing.) You are lying. There is nothing there! IAN: The other boot! (Ibrahim quickly turns to Ian's left foot and cuts the cord--just as Ian wanted. Ian raises his right foot and pushes Ibrahim hard in the back. His captor falls, losing his grip on the dagger. With the strength of his whole body, Ian pulls at the pegs holding his hands. They give way just as Ibrahim rushes toward him. Both men fall to the ground and roll in the sand. Ibrahim tries to reach for his dagger, but Ian pushes him, rises to his own feet, and grabs his captor around the neck, twisting his arm behind his back. Ibrahim whimpers in fear.) IAN: (Angrily.) Now... where is Lydda? How far is it because you're going to take me there! IBRAHIM: (Absolutely terrified.) Not far... walking distance. I live there myself... I-I'll show you, I'll take you. Do not k*ll me, lord... walking distance... IAN: (Angrily.) Walking?! Where's my horse? IBRAHIM: My brother took it. A miserable thief. (He begins to cry.) 9. INTERIOR OF THE SERAGLIO MAIMUNA: Have you heard anything? HAFSA: No. They must be somewhere else in the palace. (Hafsa approaches.) MAIMUNA: Have a rest, now Hafsa. Let one of the others listen. (Hafsa nods and walks over to the group of women.) BARBARA: The corridor outside... where does it lead? MAIMUNA: To the balcony. It overlooks the garden. BARBARA: How far up from the ground? MAIMUNA: There is a tree, but... BARBARA: Can you reach it from the balcony? MAIMUNA: There are guards below. (Barbara nods thoughtfully. Fatima replaces Hafsa at the doors.) BARBARA: How far are the entrance gates from the tree? MAIMUNA: Not far. But there is no escape that way. The guards watch it constantly. I'll show you from the window. (While no one is watching, Fatima slips through the gates.) 10. EXTERIOR OF THE GATES TO EL AKIR'S PALACE (The gates are opened a bit, and a guard stands outside. In the bushes nearby, Haroun moves about, peering through. He draws his Kn*fe.) 11. INTERIOR OF A CORRIDOR IN EL AKIR'S PALACE (El Akir walks around impatiently. The second guard stands by nervously.) EL AKIR: (Angrily.) She cannot get out! Go and look again! (El Akir observes Fatima walking down the corridor.) EL AKIR: You? Who gave you permission? FATIMA: My lord... EL AKIR: What is this insolence? FATIMA: You said a ruby ring, my lord... (He stares at her.) EL AKIR: Where is she? 12. EXTERIOR OF THE GATES TO EL AKIR'S PALACE (Ian bends over the d*ad body of a guard as Ibrahim stands at his side.) IAN: He's d*ad. (Ian removes the guard's cloak and puts it round his own neck and then picks up the guard's sword.) IBRAHIM: Errr... Why do you steal his sword? IAN: I'm going inside. El Akir has a friend of mine. I've got to find her. IBRAHIM: El Akir will k*ll you. He's a very, very bad man. (Ian glares at Ibrahim.) IAN: He's not the only one around here. But why do you say he's a bad man? IBRAHIM: He has made the rich people so poor so there is no one left to steal from. If you rid the world of him, you will be remembered as a saviour. I shall not betray you. IAN: Oh, well in that case, perhaps you can do something for me. IBRAHIM: (Eagerly.) Anything, my lord, anything, anything. IAN: Yes, on second thoughts, it might be a little difficult for you. I wonder, do you think you could manage to, uh, steal some horses for me? IBRAHIM: (Laughing.) Now you are truly, truly my brother. While you keep El Akir occupied, I will steal the horses from his s*ab. IAN: Good. IBRAHIM: You can always trust Ibrahim. (Ian goes to the doors and looks though. Ibrahim exits wearing a large grin on his face.) 13. INTERIOR OF THE SERAGLIO MAIMUNA: Fatima has betrayed us. You must get away. You will die if you stay here! (Barbara moves to the gates. El Akir bursts through. He glares at Maimuna, who slowly moves backwards.) EL AKIR: (Angrily.) You hid her from me! BARBARA: Leave her alone! EL AKIR: Now I shall show you how I deal with those who do not obey me! (He raises his sword at helpless Maimuna. Haroun, Kn*fe in hand, appears directly behind him. He s*ab El Akir in the back. He groans and his eyes immediately go blank and his sword slips from his hand. He falls to his knees and forward, revealing the Kn*fe. Haroun enters and bends over him.) MAIMUNA: (Crying.) Father... oh, father. (She rushes to him.) MAIMUNA: I believed you were d*ad. HAROUN: There is great joy in my heart at seeing you. But come now. Your sister Sophia awaits you. BARBARA: Is Sophia alright? HAROUN: Yes. She told me of your sacrifice. I came here to give my life for you, my lady. BARBARA: How did you get in here? (Fatima enters, sees the body, and screams. She rushes to the doors to warn the guards. Ian suddenly appears and drags her back into the room. The other women lead Fatima away.) IAN: Barbara! HAROUN: Get back - the guard! (Ian is just about to move across to her when he hears the sound of running feet outside. He draws to one side of the door. They open and the second guard runs in. He runs past, waving his sword at Haroun. The first guard now enters. Ian pulls him round by the shoulder and knocks him out. The second guard reaches Haroun and raises his sword to strike. Haroun throws himself at the guard and Ian rushes over to help Haroun overpower him. Haroun and Ian tie him up.) HAROUN: (Shouting.) Quickly! Make haste... we must not stay here! IAN: Barbara, quickly! (They rush out. Ian ushers Barbara out of the door. Fatima breaks away and tries to follow. The gates close and she backs against them. The group of women slowly closes in on her. She holds out the ruby ring to them, fearfully. Hafsa knocks it out of Fatima's hand.) FATIMA: (Terrified and crying.) No! No! No! No-- 14. EXTERIOR OF THE GATES TO EL AKIR'S PALACE (Ian pours gold coins into Ibrahim's out-stretched palm.) IBRAHIM: (Laughing.) You see? I was right, my lord. You did have gold. IAN: I acquired it! IBRAHIM: (Laughing.) Like I acquired the horses. IAN: Yes... IBRAHIM: (In bad English.) Now you are my truly, truly brother. (Barbara hurries past with Haroun.) BARBARA: Ian, we must get back to the ship! (Ibrahim, Ian, Barbara, and Haroun speak at the same time so it's difficult to make out what each one is saying.) IAN: Yes, alright. Farewell, Ibrahim. Don't go acquiring too many things. HAROUN: Yes. Go now. BARBARA: Goodbye Maimuna. Goodbye Haroun. HAROUN: Ride well, my brother. May Allah go with you. (They exit.) IBRAHIM: Really! Such talent! He has such an honest face. We could have made a fortune! HAROUN: We must not stand here dreaming, you half-wit! The soldiers will be around us! IBRAHIM: (Laughing.) This half-wit has stolen all their horses! HAROUN: (Walking away.) They can still use their legs, can't they? (Ibrahim's smile vanishes.) 15. EXTERIOR OF A CLEARING IN THE FOREST OUTSIDE OF JAFFA (NIGHT) (One of the King's soldiers stands on guard by some bushes. A second soldier stands in the shadows. Crickets and other night life are heard in the background. Several feet away, The Doctor peeks through some bushes observing the soldiers and then sinks back beside Vicki and whispers to her.) THE DOCTOR: They're between us and the ship. VICKI: These the soldiers who followed us? THE DOCTOR: Yes, they are. I wonder what they're up to, hmm? VICKI: Can we go round? THE DOCTOR: No, there's too many of them. Perhaps we can t...try... (He rises up and peeks through the bushes again.) THE DOCTOR: No, we can't do that. VICKI: Why not? What's happening? THE DOCTOR: Now I know why we've been followed, hmm. (The Earl of Leicester enters.) LEICESTER: Your messenger arrived. So they are traitors and making toward Saladin's encampment. SOLDIER: So it seemed to me, my lord. LEICESTER: Armed, as they are, with secrets, they are dangerous enemies. Do you have the wood encircled? SOLDIER: Yes. They can't get away. LEICESTER: The shadows are the only friends they have. We'll find them at daybreak. THE DOCTOR: It's that meddling fool, Leicester. We've got to try and slip through them, but remember: not a sound ... not a sound. (The Doctor sneaks along with Vicki close behind him. Carefully, The Doctor approaches a thinning in the bushes where he can easily push through. He motions for Vicki, parting the bushes for her.) THE DOCTOR: In you go. (Vicki goes through. The Doctor is just about to follow when a shout is a heard. He stops, afraid to give Vicki away. One of the King's soldiers runs over and grabs The Doctor, dragging him back to the center of the clearing.) THE DOCTOR: (Most angrily.) Take your hands off me, sir!! What are you doing?? Unhand me!! How dare you!!?? 16. EXTERIOR OUTSIDE THE TARDIS (Barbara places her arm around Vicki's shoulder and puts a finger to her lips signaling silence. The Doctor is still yelling at his captors.) VICKI: They've caught him... they've caught him. BARBARA: Vicki, it's alright. We'll get him away. VICKI: (Anxiously.) But how? What can we do? 17. EXTERIOR OF A CLEARING IN THE FOREST OUTSIDE OF JAFFA (The Doctor is trapped from behind as The Earl of Leicester approaches.) LEICESTER: So, I thought you'd show yourself. THE DOCTOR: What is the meaning of this, sir? The King gave me leave to go. LEICESTER: To Saladin? IAN: (OOV.) You are right, my lord. (Ian enters the clearing.) IAN: His treachery is well-paid by Saladin. He is a Saracen spy. LEICESTER: The truth at last! But I do not know you, sir. IAN: I am Sir Ian, my lord, Knight of Jaffa. I know this villain's treachery... and hearing that you were looking for him, I followed you. LEICESTER: To watch his execution? IAN: No, my lord. To administer it. LEICESTER: It is a paltry matter to be rid of him, but I would do it. IAN: It is no paltry matter to me, my lord. Some friends of mind were ambushed here... de Marun, de Tornebu. He's to blame. My lord, I beg of you, let me finish him. LEICESTER: Yours is the greater claim. Dispatch him then, and quickly. THE DOCTOR: (Acting nervously.) Heh-heh, gentlemen, since I am to depart so punctiliously, I would ask you to grant me one last wish. LEICESTER: (Bored.) Granted. THE DOCTOR: Thank you. I would like to look once more upon... the city of Jaffa and then you may do what you will with me. LEICESTER: (Bored.) Granted. THE DOCTOR: (humbly.) Thank you, my lord. IAN: (Nodding.) My lord. 18. EXTERIOR OUTSIDE OF THE TARDIS (The Doctor rushes to the TARDIS where Barbara and Vicki await, gets out his key, and fumbles at the door. Ian also runs up.) IAN: (Whispering.) Doctor, hurry! THE DOCTOR: (Excitedly.) What about that performance?? BARBARA: Doctor, open the door! (He opens the door and he, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki pile in, laughing and talking all at once.) 19. EXTERIOR OF A CLEARING IN THE FOREST OUTSIDE JAFFA MAN-AT-ARMS: Sssh! Do you hear a voice? LEICESTER: A voice? MAN-AT-ARMS: A woman's voice. LEICESTER: (Alarmed.) Have we been tricked? (He turns and crashes through the bushes, followed by the soldiers. They gaze at the TARDIS in amazement. It slowly disappears. The soldiers fall to their knees and make the sign of the cross.) LEICESTER: We will not speak of this. Let this story die here in this wood or we'll be branded idiots... or liars. Poor Sir Ian, brave fellow. Spirited away by fiends. What dreadful anguish and despair he must be suffering now. 20. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS CONTROL ROOM (Ian, seated in a chair, laughs hysterically.) IAN: ...Any more cracks about knighthood, and I'll carry out that execution! THE DOCTOR: Well, my dear boy, I must say I think you've earned a good knight's sleep! (All of them laugh a bit harder. Ian rises out of the chair.) THE DOCTOR: Now, I suppose, the TARDIS will materialize when it's ready. (Barbara and Vicki stand on opposite sides of The Doctor.) BARBARA: (Teasing.) Yes, and uh, where it likes. THE DOCTOR: (Annoyed.) Oh my dear young woman, why don't you go have a cup of... tea or something. (Vicki laughs at their bantering. Suddenly the TARDIS lighting fails except for the column control. The light from it reflects on everyone's face.) IAN: What's happening? THE DOCTOR: I don't know. Hmm!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x25 - The Warlords"}
foreverdreaming
Written by GLYN JONES Original Air Date: 24 April, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The travellers, motionless figures, are illuminated by the still bright column ... ) 2: EXT. XEROS (The planet is dry and arid. In front of some hills stand several space rockets of differing shape and design. Next to them is a squat, two-tiered building with geometrically shaped patterns on the outside and an elaborate radar device on the roof. There is one large entrance to the building. With a roar of its engines, the TARDIS materialises nearby.) 3: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Inside the ship, the four travellers are still immobile, but one strange change has occurred. Instead of their clothes from the time of the crusades, they are now attired in their normal wear. They slowly come to and start to move, VICKI half-falling over the console. The DOCTOR passes a hand over his brow.) DOCTOR: Ah! Ahh! Oh, lights! (He activates a switch and the room is bathed in its normal bright light. IAN and BARBARA are the first to notice that their clothes have changed.) DOCTOR: Mmm. Oh, that’s better. Ah, good! Well now, we seem to have materialised much quicker than I thought. (He laughs.) IAN: Doctor, we’ve got our clothes on! DOCTOR: Well, I should hope so, dear boy. I should hope so! BARBARA: No Doctor, our ordinary, everyday clothes. (He looks at his “normal” Edwardian attire.) DOCTOR: Well, upon my soul, yes! Yes! Now isn’t that extraordinary? Ha ha! Yes, we were wearing those, er, cloaks and things, weren’t we? Well, I must say, it’s going to save us a lot of bother changing! Ye-es! Now, lets see where we are, shall we? (Neither IAN nor BARBARA are satisfied with the DOCTOR’S attitude.) IAN: Doctor! You can’t dismiss it like that! We were standing here in thirteenth century clothes. We can’t suddenly... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) My dear boy, it’s over and done with. Now lets forget it! See where we are, come along, pay attention. VICKI: But Doctor, where are the clothes we were wearing? DOCTOR: I expect child, they’re hanging up where they’re...s...supposed to be. I, er, if you’re that much concerned, go and have a look! VICKI: All right. I will. DOCTOR: And on your way back, bring me glass of water please, I’m very parched. VICKI: OK (She walks out to the living area.) DOCTOR: Oh, dear, dear, dear. Now where were we? All this fussation about a change of clothes. You know, its so simple: it’s time and relativity, my dear boy! Time and relativity! That’s where the answer lies! IAN: (Keeping his temper.) I dare say it does Doctor, but we’d be a lot happier if you would explain it to us. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I know. Well, at the moment there isn’t, er, time. Now, just pay attention, will you? (Looking up at the scanner.) What’s this? VICKI: (OOV: From the living area.) Doctor! Our crusading clothes are here. DOCTOR: Good, good! (To IAN and BARBARA.) There you are, you see? Ye-he-he-es! You see? (Their faces show that neither of them do see...) 4: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (VICKI finishes checking in the cupboard which contains their crusader clothes. She walks through a door and up to the food machine. She presses the button marked “water.” The machine beeps and she takes a glass of water from out of the machine. Suddenly, she drops the glass which smashes on the floor. Before she can react, the broken pieces of glass rise from the floor, reassemble in mid-air and the water enters the re-formed glass before it rises into the startled girls hand. She stares at the glass in shock.) 5: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: Well, the scanners functioning. Looks like desert to me, hmm? BARBARA: Oh look! Spaceships! (On the scanner, the multitude of spacecraft appears.) BARBARA: Well, it’s so quiet, it could be a graveyard. IAN: Well, more like a launching pad to me. DOCTOR: Mmm...Hmm! IAN: Maybe it’s a dumping ground. DOCTOR: No, I don’t think so, my boy, no. No, er, all those things up there come from a different period. BARBARA: Well there isn’t any sign of life. DOCTOR: Mmm... BARBARA: Look! There’s a building. What do you make of that, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, I’m afraid I can’t give you any answers here, my dear. IAN: You mean you want to go and have a closer look, eh? DOCTOR: Yes, I don’t see why not? IAN: Mmm.. DOCTOR: After all, the readings say it’s quite safe. Mmm. BARBARA: Safe? Huh, well the readings don’t always tell us everything, you know! (The DOCTOR laughs. VICKI walks back in with the glass of water. The DOCTOR takes it and drinks.) DOCTOR: Oh, thank you, my dear. Thank you, hmm. (He turns to VICKI with a smile.) DOCTOR: So you dropped a glass, did you? Mmm? VICKI: (Still shocked.) Yes, Doctor. DOCTOR: Well don’t look so concerned, child. It’s quite easily replaced, hmm? VICKI: Doctor, it doesn’t have to be. It all...came together again and...jumped up into my hand! (The DOCTOR looks at her but doesn’t react.) VICKI: Well, if you don’t believe me, you can go and look. There hasn’t been time to clear it up yet. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, yes, yes, we believe you child, yes. We believe you! (The DOCTOR’S tone implies otherwise. VICKI turns to IAN and BARBARA.) VICKI: Honestly, that’s exactly what happened! BARBARA: You dropped a glass, and...it came together again in your hands? VICKI: With the water in it! (The DOCTOR, still looking at the scanner, laughs.) DOCTOR: Well, look! Look! You see where we’ve landed? On a museum. Mmm? IAN: A museum? DOCTOR: Mmm? BARBARA: A space museum, yes! DOCTOR: Precisely. If you take a closer look at those objects, you’ll see that some of them are more advanced in design. It’s quite a natural progression. IAN: Oh, well, someone must be in charge of them. DOCTOR: Yes, we shall find that out. (Holding up the glass.) And I’m sure you will agree with me, there are several things we would like an answer to. So I suggest we go outside and...take a look for ourselves. Hmm? (He opens the doors. IAN, looking troubled, leads the others out.) 6: EXT. XEROS (Outside the TARDIS, they look round their uninspiring surroundings.) IAN: Dust everywhere. (The DOCTOR exits the TARDIS.) IAN: Well, maybe you were right about the graveyard. DOCTOR: Hmm! (He turns back and locks the door of the TARDIS.) VICKI: Hey Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? VICKI: Come here and have a look at this. (VICKI points down at some small rocks.) DOCTOR: Well, isn’t that extraordinary? I’ve never seen erosion in such an advanced stage. Hmm! The whole planet appears to be completely d*ad. IAN: d*ad? DOCTOR: Non-existent, extinct. IAN: Oh? I’ve always associated extinction with extreme cold. You know, something like the...dark side of the moon. DOCTOR: Mmm. IAN: (To BARBARA.) Haven’t you? BARBARA: Yes. DOCTOR: Well, I must say, the atmosphere’s quite pleasant. Mmm? IAN: Yeah. BARBARA: Well, maybe it’ll get colder as it gets dark. DOCTOR: Yes, I think we shall just have to go in search for the answers and...as there’s always the element of danger in the unknown, I suggest we keep closer together. Is that clear? Hmm? IAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Vicki? VICKI: (Suddenly paying attention.) Oh, er, yes, Doctor! DOCTOR: Good, good, now I’ll...I’ll take the lead and...lets try and find those buildings we saw on the scanner. (The DOCTOR starts to walk away. IAN glances down at their feet and pulls him back.) IAN: Doctor! DOCTOR: Oh, what is it now, dear boy? Hmm? IAN: We’re walking on dust. Several inches thick, I’d say. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, so it appears, hmm. IAN: Then why aren’t we leaving any footprints? (Indeed, the ground seems untouched. The DOCTOR looks troubled.) DOCTOR: Yes, that’s curious, isn’t it? Yeah...very curious, hmm! 7: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (IAN and BARBARA are the first of the travellers who reach the main double doors of the museum.) BARBARA: What an extraordinary building! IAN: Yes. This looks like the only door. BARBARA: Ahh, no windows either. (The DOCTOR and VICKI join them.) DOCTOR: Well, we certainly haven’t met anyone yet, hmm? VICKI: Maybe there isn’t anybody. DOCTOR: How are we going to get in there? hmm? IAN: Well, I don’t know. There doesn’t seem to be any way of opening the door. BARBARA: Have you noticed something? I mean something very peculiar... IAN: Well, everything’s peculiar. DOCTOR: My dear Barbara, if you’ve seen something or somebody, there’s no sense in talking in riddles, is there? BARBARA: No Doctor, not seen. Its the silence. When we stop talking, there isn’t a sound - listen. (They do stop talking and, as BARBARA says, no sound can be heard.) BARBARA: It’s the sort of...silence you can almost hear. IAN: Mmm. More and more like a graveyard. DOCTOR: Oh, that’s quite enough. Now stop it. You'll have us all imagining things. There must be an explanation of this little... (The double doors part open revealing a long bright passage along which two beings can be seen approaching the entrance at a steady pace.) IAN: There’s someone coming! DOCTOR: Hide quickly! VICKI: Where? DOCTOR: Up against the wall. Quick! (The four travellers rush to stand up against the wall next to the doors. The two beings can be seen to be powerfully built males, dressed in white uniforms with identical hair which reaches down in a point on the forehead. They carry on at their slow, deliberate pace towards the doors. The dust of the planet starts to affect VICKI and she builds up to a sneeze that BARBARA stops. As the two beings move out of the museum, VICKI lets out a loud sneeze. To the travellers amazement, the two beings do not react but carry on walking away.) VICKI: I’m sorry! It just came out. BARBARA: It’s all right, Vicki. They didn’t hear it. IAN: They were only a few feet away! BARBARA: I know! DOCTOR: It’s extremely doubtful that they were both deaf! However, the fact is, they didn’t hear. Now, let’s see what’s in here. (They enter through the open doors.) 8: INT. MUSEUM. ENTRANCE PASSAGE (The walls of the museum are all the same bland light tone, interrupted by the odd sliding door. Small scattered display cases contain pieces of machinery and other exhibits.) BARBARA: Well, there aren’t any windows. DOCTOR: No, I think there’s probably something in the atmosphere that, er, has a very slow destructive property, er, hence the lack of windows, Mmm? BARBARA: Yes, but I don’t understand where the light comes from? DOCTOR: Oh, I think that might just be some floreps...fl, florescent substance in the, er, walls. Yes, well, I think you two must admit that, er, my assumption as to where we were, has been proved correct. Mmm? IAN: Yes, we might almost be in a museum at home. VICKI: Except that there are no little men following you about telling you not touch things! DOCTOR: Well you just pretend there are, young lady and keep your hands to yourself! Hmm? BARBARA: Well, everything seems quite normal. DOCTOR: Well why not? Why shouldn’t it be? It’s quite natural. After all, you have objects of...historical interest on Earth, so...why not a museum in space, hmm? I always thought I’d find one someday. IAN: Those two men we saw must have been guards. Who started all this, do you think, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, I suppose the answers here somewhere. That’s what we’ve got to find out. Let’s go and have a look in that other room, hmm? 9: INT. MUSEUM. EXHIBIT ROOM (They walk into a room to the left of the entrance passage. The DOCTOR looks to their right and jumps back.) DOCTOR: Chesterton! (IAN and BARBARA react with shock.) IAN: Can’t be!? (In front of them is a Dalek! Perfectly still, the creature is on display, complete with a plaque which states “DALEK - PLANET SKARO”. Interested, VICKI reaches out to it.) VICKI: So that’s what a Dalek looks like. DOCTOR: Er, don’t touch, child. BARBARA: What do you know about them, Vicki? VICKI: Only what I’ve read in history books; that they inv*de Earth about...three hundred years ago, was it? IAN: We were there, Vicki. That was one of the periods we visited. DOCTOR: I don’t mind admitting, my boy, that that thing gave me a start! Coming face to face to it again! (They laugh.) VICKI: It’s not a bit the way I imagined it. Oh, I mean, the books describe them all right but...well, this one looks quite friendly! (The DOCTOR and IAN laugh at her innocence.) BARBARA: Friendly! IAN: You wouldn’t say that, young lady, if ever we meet them again. (The DOCTOR gives him a look and walks back into the entrance passage.) IAN: Which to say the least is very unlikely. I hope! (The DOCTOR rushes back in.) DOCTOR: Back - get behind the case! IAN: What? DOCTOR: Quick! Quick! Quick! Don’t touch it! (The four hide behind a large machinery exhibit next to the Dalek. Two more beings enter the room, however these are much younger - hardly more than teenagers. Dressed in black, they are fair-haired and have eyebrows much higher on their forehead than usual. They cautiously check their surroundings and talk to each other, but no sound can be heard. After a minute they walk back into the entrance passage. The travellers rise from their hiding place. IAN checks round the corner.) IAN: All right. They’ve gone. VICKI: They were talking! DOCTOR: Undoubtedly. BARBARA: Yet we...we didn’t hear a word they said! IAN: No. Perhaps they have some other means of communication. You know, on a very high frequency, or... (The others look as if they don’t agree.) IAN: No? Not very good? BARBARA: What do you think, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, I don’t know. Chesterton might have had the answer in what he just said but, er, I doubt it, I doubt it. Come on! Come on! 10: INT. MUSEUM. ENTRANCE PASSAGE (They walk back into the entrance passage. VICKI walks off to look at an exhibit while BARBARA joins the DOCTOR in looking over a second.) IAN: Well, they didn’t seem hostile. That’s something to be thankful for. BARBARA: Oh, I don’t know. Even the Daleks are friendly to some. IAN: Ho ho! Vicki, yes! BARBARA: Anyway, even if they are friendly, I doubt if we’ll get much conversation out of them, unless one of you can lip-read. (On the other side of the passage, VICKI casts a sly look at her companion’s backs, then reaches out to touch an exhibit - instead, her hand passes straight through it!.) VICKI: (Alarmed.) Doctor! Doctor! DOCTOR: (Coming over.) Cha, cha, cha, cha, child! Don’t make so much noise! What’s the matter? VICKI: I...I touched that thing and... DOCTOR: I thought I told you not to touch. When are you going to learn to obey me? How you... BARBARA: All right, Doctor. You can save the scolding ‘til later. Look, can’t you see that Vicki’s upset? DOCTOR: Upset? Upset? Whatever for? Why are you upset child? What’s the matter? Hmm? VICKI: I touched that thing and my hand went right through it! (IAN tries to touch it - with no success.) VICKI: See? There isn’t anything there, is there? DOCTOR: Incredible! VICKI: Well, there is something there, isn’t there? I mean, we can all see it, can’t we? BARBARA: Yes, of course we can, Vicki. DOCTOR: That’s strange. Strange indeed. You know, there must be a logical explanation for this somewhere? You know, I think it’s just a matter of putting two and two together to make three. You know there is... IAN: Look! (The two black-dressed youths stand at the end of the passage with a third of their kind, talking silently amongst themselves.) VICKI: Oh, quick, let’s hide! BARBARA: Well, where can we hide? Doctor, what shall we do? DOCTOR: Nothing! Absolutely nothing! Stand exactly where we are! (The three walk - and silently talk - up the passage towards the four time travellers. One of the youths even turns round and looks over to where the travellers are stood, but again they do not react to their presence. They walk off.) IAN: What do you make of that? DOCTOR: Well, I’ve never known anything in my...in my life. In all my years of time travelling, I... VICKI: That one...looked straight at me. DOCTOR: Utterly unbelievable! VICKI: And he was talking. His...his lips were moving. DOCTOR: Yes, so strange. And yet we have no communication with them. Hmm! BARBARA: Well, obviously they couldn’t see us. I mean, we’re...we’re strangers, our clothes are different. If they had seen us, they would have...made some sign, however slight. IAN: Right, we’re invisible! That settles it! DOCTOR: Does it, my boy? Mmm? Does it? Either that or we’re not really here. Mmm? 11: INT. MUSEUM. EXHIBIT ROOM (Later, IAN and VICKI walk wearily into another exhibit room.) IAN: Ahh! It’s the biggest museum I’ve ever been in. We must have walked for miles. VICKI: And all the rooms are exactly the same - just cases and cabinets. I’m beginning to think the Doctor’s wrong. IAN: Oh? (The DOCTOR and BARBARA follow them into the room.) VICKI: Well, how can we find the answer in here? DOCTOR: I have no idea, my child, but until I say otherwise, we continue the search. Now, let us see what’s in here, hmm? BARBARA: Oh, same as all the others, I suppose. (They walk through the room and into another...) 12: INT. MUSEUM. EXHIBIT ROOM (BARBARA gasps as she enters this room and all four travellers stand amazed. In front of them is the TARDIS! The DOCTOR walks up to it.) DOCTOR: Good gracious me! Hmm! IAN: Well, how did that get in here? BARBARA: Well what does it matter? Look, now that we’ve found the TARDIS, come on, let’s get out of here. IAN: Yes, I agree, it’s a stroke of luck. Let’s leave at once. VICKI: I’ve had enough of this place, Doctor. DOCTOR: Oh! You’ve all decided, have you? Mmm? (The DOCTOR steps towards...and right through the ship. He stands and waves his arms into, what is for him, thin air. He steps back to his companions.) DOCTOR: Yes, I’m afraid it’s going to be a little more difficult than that! The mists are beginning to clear slightly. I’m just beginning to see reason. Where are we? Hmm? Where are we? Hmm? BARBARA: Well, here, surely? DOCTOR: Are we? We must have arrived here in the TARDIS sometime. Are we here, hmm? Look! (He looks across the room. His companions follow his gaze. To their horror, they see four upright glass cases against the far wall and in them are the four time travellers, stood upright, expressionless and perfectly still...like statues.) BARBARA: That’s us! That’s not...models or pictures. That’s us! DOCTOR: Yes, exhibits in a space museum. IAN: Can you explain it, Doctor? VICKI: (Stepping forward and thinking aloud.) Time...like space...although a dimension in itself...also has dimensions of its own. DOCTOR: So you know about it, child? Hmm. We must have a little chat some time, hmm? VICKI: Yes, you see, we really are in those cases, but we’re also standing here...looking at ourselves...from this dimension. BARBARA: Well, it’s horrible! Those faces, our faces, just staring... IAN: Well, at least it explains what’s been happening to us. DOCTOR: Yes, it does, my boy. And if we’re not there, we can’t leave footprints, break glasses, or touch things, hmm? IAN: And nobody can see us. I see. DOCTOR: Oh yes they can, oh yes! They can see us. Where we really are - there! BARBARA: Is there...is there anyway of getting out of this, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, my dear, I suppose we got into it, er, there must be. You know, I don’t mind admitting, I’ve always found it extremely difficult to solve the fourth dimension. And here we are - face to face with the fourth dimension. You know, I think the TARDIS jumped a time track...and ended up here - in this fourth dimension. Hmm! It’s extraordinary! (He walks a few paces away and thinks.) DOCTOR: It’s inexplicable. No, wait a minute, wait a minute...I think you’re all going to be delighted! I’m going to come up with the answer...and it’s so simple! Yes! So simple! BARBARA: How simple? DOCTOR: All we have to do is to wait here...until we arrive! BARBARA: (Puzzled.) I beg your pardon? DOCTOR: You see, my dear, before they actually put us in those glass cases, we must have arrived here sometime in the TARDIS. These people saw us and thought we were worthy people to be put in their space museum. Then... BARBARA: I see! I think... DOCTOR: But nothing has happened to us yet. What we are doing now is taking a glimpse into the future - or what might be or could be the future. All that leads up to it, is still yet to come. VICKI: Doctor, look. Why don’t we go and find the TARDIS, the real one I mean and get into it and get out of here, now! DOCTOR: And end up, one day, my dear, like that? (He points to the cases.) No, we must not. We’ve got to stop it happening. IAN: Doctor...when will we arrive? DOCTOR: I don't know, my boy, I...can’t be certain. You see, I’m...quite unable to measure the...time dimension that the TARDIS jumped. But you’ll notice we’re all wearing the same clothes. Hmm? So it...could be in a few moments, or...a few seconds. BARBARA: Well, how will we know when we have? Arrived, I mean. DOCTOR: The cases will disappear and we shall all become visible. IAN: And from that moment we’ll be in great danger. DOCTOR: Precisely. So you see we must succeed in stopping them making exhibits of us! Otherwise, well, there it is - that’s how we’re all going to end up. (He points to the four sinister cases again.) BARBARA: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? BARBARA: Something strange is happening! I can feel it! 13: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Within the ship, the four travellers stand motionless around the console, dressed in their crusader clothes...) 14: EXT. XEROS (The TARDIS stands on the dusty soil of Xeros...) 15: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The travellers are still immobile but now they are dressed in their normal clothes...) 16: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (The glass of water smashes on the floor. It does not reassemble...) 17: EXT. XEROS (The two powerful beings dressed in white approach the ship. Seeing it, they try the door. One of them turns round and points to the ground. The travellers footprints appear in the dust.) 18: INT. MUSEUM. EXHIBIT ROOM (The four glass cases slowly fade away. The travellers, previously immobile again, come round. BARBARA is the first to spot the change in the room...) BARBARA: (Panicked and upset.) They’ve gone! DOCTOR: Yes, my dear...and we’ve arrived!
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foreverdreaming
Written by GLYN JONES Original Air Date: 1 May, 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: INT. MUSEUM. EXHIBIT ROOM (The travellers, previously immobile again, come round. BARBARA is the first to spot the change in the room...) BARBARA: (Panicked and upset.) They’ve gone! DOCTOR: Yes, my dear...and we’ve arrived! 2: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE (The interior of the Governor’s office is sparse and functional. On one side of the room is a series of tables with machinery and exhibits on top. The Governor’s desk is circular and rests on a small dais. The Governor himself, LOBOS, sits at the desk. He resembles the rest of the white powerful beings - Moroks. Another of his kind walks into the room with a large device that he places on a nearby desk. He then turns to LOBOS.) MOROK TECHNICIAN: Best I could do sir. She’ll be good for another hundred years or so. LOBOS: What was wrong with it? MOROK TECHNICIAN: Well, the clasps had broken, rotted. LOBOS: (Wearily.) Like everything on this planet, including us. (He gets up.) Well, I’ve got two more mimmians before I can go home. Yes, I say it often enough, but it’s still two thousand Xeron days...and it sounds more in days. (He looks over the device.) Yeah, I know, I volunteered, you were ordered. If the truth were known, I was just as bored on Morok. (He returns to the desk.) Still it was home, and youth never appreciates what it has. Oh, I don’t know what I’m going to do now. Still...let’s get on with it, shall we? ... these reports. I don’t know. (The door has opened and a MOROK MESSENGER quickly enters the room. He salutes by placing his arm across his chest.) LOBOS: (Testily, not looking up.) I’m the governor of this planet. You’re supposed to show some respect and knock. MOROK MESSENGER: I’m sorry sir. The matter’s urgent. LOBOS: Nothing's so urgent you can’t knock on my door. MOROK MESSENGER: A ship has landed. LOBOS: (Interested.) From home? There was no advance notification. MOROK MESSENGER: Not from the planet Morok - alien. LOBOS: (Smiling.) Alien? Well, this will indeed be a red letter day for the Xeros calendar. Have the crew been detained? MOROK MESSENGER: No sir. They’ve left the ship. We’ve found footprints but no trace of them. We were unable to enter the craft but it appears to be uninhabited at the moment. (LOBOS activates a communications control on his desk.) LOBOS: Commander ‘B’ Division? We have uninvited visitors. (To the MOROK MESSENGER.) How many? MOROK MESSENGER: Unknown, but at least three. LOBOS: (Back into the communicator.) Three or more. Organise a search then detain them for questioning. (He switches the device off.) LOBOS: Visitors? Well, we won’t be the only ones looking for them... MOROK TECHNICIAN: The rebels? LOBOS: Rebels? This local rabble? They’re children. MOROK TECHNICIAN: Hmm, the “children” as you call them are growing up. LOBOS: When they pose a danger, we will destroy them. Until then, the problem will keep. Nevertheless, they‘ll try and contact our visitors for help. I must remember to notify the commanders to keep watch. As for the aliens who have just landed, we may even be able to add to the museum. 3: INT. XERON HIDEOUT (In a store room, one of the youthful beings dressed in black walks down some steps from where he has been keeping watch through a doorway and walks up to another. These are Xerons and these two are the ones that failed to see the travellers in the room that contained the Dalek exhibit.) SITA: Tor is late. It’s not like him. DAKO: I know. He did contact the group in the next sector? SITA: Yes, but the Moroks are out checking. If they found him missing, they could have pulled him in for questioning. Oh no, he’s just been detained, stop worrying about it. DAKO: Stop worrying? Look, we’re just waiting to be rounded up. SITA: I suppose Tor knows what he’s doing. DAKO: Huh, does he? I’m beginning to wonder. I know the Moroks have ray g*n and we’re unarmed but our only chance is to strike! (A third of the Xerons, TOR, walks down the steps behind them, unseen by DAKO.) DAKO: Well, the longer we leave it the greater the risk. TOR: (Startling DAKO.) But we’ll only get one opportunity Dako, and when we att*ck we’ve got to win. SITA: Tor, you’re late. TOR: I know, something happened; the Moroks have discovered a spaceship. SITA: A spaceship? Landed here? DAKO: Where from? TOR: Well, nobody knows yet. They’d already left it before the ship was found. SITA: It doesn’t make much difference, they’ll contact the Moroks anyway. TOR: No, I don’t think they will. They’ve had time to do that and they haven’t. Lobos is organising a search. SITA: A search? TOR: Mmm. DAKO: Tor, I don’t understand. Look, everybody knows what this planet’s used for - a museum. Well, if they came here knowing that, and they must have done, it can only be to see the Moroks. TOR: Huh! The universe is huge. There must be millions of planets that have never heard of the Moroks. SITA: They could have landed here by accident. TOR: Well, either way, it’s our chance. Well, don’t you see? They’ll have w*apon - w*apon we can use. SITA: If they agree to help us. TOR: They will Sita, when they hear our story. DAKO: But the Moroks are searching. You’ve already said that. They’ll find them first. TOR: No, I don’t think they’ll want to be discovered when they find out about this place. SITA: If they hide, they’ll hide from us too. TOR: (Sighs.) I know, but we’ve got to try. Come on! (The three run up the steps and out of the room.) 4: INT. MUSEUM. EXHIBIT ROOM (IAN, BARBARA and VICKI lift a large glass case off its plinth. A futuristic g*n is the exhibit underneath that they are trying to reach.) BARBARA: (Finding the glass heavy.) Ah, oh! IAN: Can you hold it? BARBARA: Yes. VICKI: Hurry up, it’s heavy! Oh! (IAN takes the g*n out.) IAN: All right. (They lower the case back down.) IAN: Good. (IAN examines the g*n.) IAN: Hey, I wonder if it works, hey? (He pretends to use the g*n making a staccato f*ring noise like a child. The DOCTOR steps forward.) DOCTOR: Chesterton, this is no time to be playing Cowboys and Indians. IAN: Doctor, I might have sh*t a hole right in the middle of you! DOCTOR: Is that so? We have a very serious problem on our hands, and what are you doing with this anyway? Put it back in there! Hmm! IAN: No, Doctor. This might come in very useful. We might be able to bluff our way out of here with this. BARBARA: If we want to get out of here... IAN: Mmm? VICKI: Oh, we can’t stay here, Barbara, can we? BARBARA: We must do whatever is necessary to keep us out of those cases. VICKI: I don’t see that staying here would stop it. BARBARA: We must break the chain of events that led up to it - and going out of here might be just what we’re not supposed to do. DOCTOR: Yes, I think Barbara’s quite right, my dear. If we walk out of here, it could change the future. Perhaps if we wait until we’re taken out, that might change the future. The point is, what are we going to do? Which is it to be? VICKI: But Doctor, if we find the TARDIS and leave here, then we won’t have to worry about being turned into dummies at all. IAN: That’s a good point, Doctor... DOCTOR: It isn’t a good point at all, my dear boy. The fact is the future - our future, whether we leave here in the TARDIS or not. Hmm! IAN: (Thoughtful.) Yes...I see...it’s a difficult problem, isn’t it? DOCTOR: Yes, it is. VICKI: There’s no answer. But, Doctor, we’ve got to decide on something... DOCTOR: Decide, my dear? Spinning a coin would be...just as appropriate. (The DOCTOR walks a few steps away to a pylon type structure. He stands within it.) DOCTOR: Who would...want to put us on show or display? I wonder, hmm? (He sits down and ponders. A few feet away, the others watch.) BARBARA: The Doctor’s curious - that means we stay. VICKI: You’ve lost a button. IAN: Hmm? Oh, so I have. DOCTOR: (Overhearing.) Lost a button? Hmm, that’s interesting. Yes, that’s very interesting. Hmm. IAN: (Stepping over.) Doctor, why do you always show the greatest interest in the least important things, eh? DOCTOR: The least important things sometimes, my dear boy, lead to the greatest discoveries. Like steam, for instance, coming out of a kettle. Yes! I was with him at the time. Er, let’s see now, er, yes what was that fellows name? Erm, erm , erm... BARBARA: James Watt. DOCTOR: Mmm? Yes, you know, losing a button could change the future. Mmm. It’s a pity, my dear boy, you didn’t discover it was missing in the cases when we were standing there st, er, staring at each other. IAN: Doctor, I’d just come face to face with myself! I wasn’t counting the buttons on my jacket! DOCTOR: Yes, I quite understand that. (Getting up.) Well, I think we should leave the museum, try and find the TARDIS and make sure that it doesn’t end up in here. Are you all agreeable. BARBARA: Mmm. VICKI: Yes! IAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Come along then, come along! (He leads them out of the room.) 5: INT. MUSEUM. CORRIDOR (They step into a corridor.) DOCTOR: All right, my boy. You lead the way. IAN: Yes. (IAN, still holding the g*n, steps forward but, unsure, suddenly stops and turns back.) IAN: Well which way? Have you any, er, particular fancy? DOCTOR: The way we came in, of course! IAN: And which way was that? DOCTOR: Your memory is like a sieve, dear boy! We turned right and then left. VICKI: No, no, we turned right when we came in. IAN: No, we turned left when we came in. BARBARA: Well actually, all the doors and corridors are exactly alike. DOCTOR: I beg to differ, You see, you must turn right before you turn left. IAN: Doctor, it depends which way you’re facing before you start turning at all! DOCTOR: (Pointing.) We were facing from there, down here, therefore... IAN: Doctor, why don’t you admit it - you are just as lost as the rest of us? DOCTOR: Yes, I suppose I...must confess, I am. IAN: Ahh! DOCTOR: Anyway, I suggest we take Vicki’s advice. We can always re-trace our steps. (He point to a door behind them.) So, we go this way and turn right, hmm? Right. (VICKI now leads the way.) 6: INT. MUSEUM. CORRIDOR BARBARA: Well, I don’t remember this. VICKI: I do. IAN: Oh-oh! You’re just saying that because we followed your advice! VICKI: Oh no, I’m not! (Points.) I remember that thing being over there. DOCTOR: Yes, I think Vicki’s quite correct. Yes, I have a distinct impression, we’ve all been here before. (He thinks.) Hmm, yea...er, yes, of course! Yes, yes, yes, yes, I know where we are now. (Laughs.) IAN: You do? Well, which way do we go? DOCTOR: (Unsure.) Er, er, ergh, ergh... VICKI: (Prompting him.) Straight ahead... DOCTOR: Straight...straight ahead, dear boy! Straight ahead! Yes, turn right. (He laughs.) (He walks between the two teachers and follows VICKI. IAN and BARBARA laugh knowingly to each other and follow.) 7: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE (The communicator on LOBOS’S desk buzzes. He switches it on.) LOBOS: Yes? MOROK COMMANDER: (OOV: over tannoy.) Er, commander ‘K’ division; alien spaceship in hand sir. LOBOS: What news of the aliens...repeat, what news of the aliens? MOROK COMMANDER: (OOV: over tannoy.) Footsteps were found near the museum. The search is proceeding. LOBOS: Good. Find them. 8: INT. MUSEUM. CORRIDOR (The travellers continue their journey back to the entrance way.) BARBARA: It’s like a maze. IAN: Well, if we keep going, we must eventually come to an entrance. DOCTOR: No more talking please. I think we’re nearly there. (Behind them, the three Xerons step out of a side passageway and watch them as they walk off.) DOCTOR: And remember, we can be seen by now. (Behind them...) SITA: That must be them. DAKO: And they’re armed! TOR: Quick! Back here! (He pushes them back into the side passage.) TOR: I’ll see which way they go. Then we’ll try and cut them off. DAKO: They had a ray g*n. I saw it. TOR: Well, that’s no reason to sound downhearted. We were hoping they would. DAKO: Well, that’s all very well but how do we know they’re friendly? They might sh**t us on sight. TOR: Well, we’ll have to try and make contact before we show ourselves. SITA: How. TOR: Well, we’ll catch either the old man or the girl. W...we...we can explain and...and. then, let then let them introduce us to the others. SITA: Mmm, it’s a good idea. (TOR peeps round the corner.) TOR: Look quick, they’ve gone to the right - let’s get them! (They run off.) 9: INT. MUSEUM. CORRIDOR (The DOCTOR is first to walk down another corridor. He stops to examine an exhibit with his monocle. IAN cautiously leads BARBARA and VICKI.) IAN: All clear. (BARBARA follows IAN. VICKI sees that the DOCTOR is absorbed in the exhibit.) VICKI: Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? Yes, yes, all right child. (VICKI walks off. The DOCTOR continues to examine the exhibit for a minute. He chuckles and starts to walk away. Behind him, a door slides open and he is quickly pulled through. The door slides shut again.) 10: INT. MUSEUM. ROOM (DAKO kneels down and examines the DOCTOR who lies apparently unconscious on the floor.) DAKO: You’ve k*lled him, Sita! SITA: I couldn’t have! I hardly touched him! He must have fainted. (Unseen, the DOCTOR opens his eyes.) TOR: Shut up, both of you. There’s no time for arguments. (The DOCTOR shuts his eyes quickly. TOR kneels down and looks at him, then stands up again.) TOR: Stay here and watch him, Dako, in case he recovers. DAKO: Me? Where are you going? TOR: To try and find something to bring him around. Well, don’t worry - we won’t be long. Come on Sita. (They open the door and leave the room, sliding the door shut behind them.) 11: INT. MUSEUM. CORRIDOR (The DOCTOR’S absence has been noticed...) BARBARA: Well, he was following us. IAN: I know that, but where did he stop? (Neither of the two women answer.) IAN: Well, surely one or other of you saw or heard something? BARBARA: Oh, come on Ian! You weren’t that far in front! IAN: Barbara, I am not blaming you! BARBARA: (Snapping.) Well, then stop getting irritable! IAN: I am not irritable! I...oh, I’m sorry. Of course I’m irritable. I just wish he’d stay with us for once, that’s all. BARBARA: Well, he was looking in one of the cases. I suppose we could have left him behind. VICKI: I bet he’s been captured. IAN: (Dismissively.) Captured! BARBARA: By whom? VICKI: I don’t know...those people we saw, I suppose. BARBARA: (Sharply.) Oh, Vicki! You’re just letting your imagination run away with you. IAN: There were four of us in those cases, not one. BARBARA: Well, what do we do now? Which is the way into those cases? Staying here, going back or still trying to find our way out? IAN: Oh, Barbara, asking a lot of questions is not going to change our future. BARBARA: (Angrily.) Well, if we don’t find a few answers, we won’t have a future! IAN: All right! All right! I agree - we’ve got to do something. I say we go on. BARBARA: All right. VICKI: (Tired of the arguments.) Oh, good! That way I think. (She walks between the two teachers and back down the corridor. They follow.) 12: INT. MUSEUM. ROOM (TOR and SITA arrive back at the room, TOR carrying a large glass. They slide open the door only to see DAKO lying bound and gagged on the floor. They rush to release him.) TOR: Well, what happened, Dako? DAKO: I don’t know. I turned my back for a second, the next thing I... TOR: Well, was it the old man? DAKO: I don’t know! SITA: Did he go outside? DAKO: I keep telling you - I didn’t see anything. Huh! One minute was silence and the next minute a whirlwind h*t me. TOR: Well, he must have gone to join the others. SITA: We’ll have to see if we can find him. Don’t forget they’re still armed. TOR: Oh, we’ll have to take our chances this time. Otherwise the Moroks will get them first. Come on. (They rush out, sliding the door shut behind them. In the room, to one side, is the Dalek exhibit. A familiar voice comes from within the casing imitating a Dalek voice...) DOCTOR: (OOV: within the casing.) I fooled them all! I am the master! (The arm extends back and forth as the lid sh**t open and the DOCTOR emerges laughing...) 13: INT. MUSEUM. CORRIDOR (Two MOROK GUARDS patrol the museum, searching for the time travellers. They pass the sliding door to the room where the DOCTOR is hiding. As they walk on, the door slides back and the old man emerges, still laughing at his victory. He does not see the MOROKS until it is too late. They point their g*n at him.) 14: INT. MUSEUM. EXHIBIT ROOM (IAN, BARBARA and VICKI have arrived back at the room which contains the pylon type structure.) BARBARA: It’s no good Ian, I...I can’t go on. (She sees the pylon.) Well, we passed this thing ages ago. We’re just going round and round in circles. VICKI: How long have we been in here? IAN: Oh, it doesn’t matter how long. There’s only one thing that’s certain. We’re getting nearer and nearer to those cases. (A thought strikes him.) The Minotaur! (He rushes at BARBARA and pulls her cardigan off her.) IAN: The Minotaur! BARBARA: Ian, what are you doing? IAN: Well, don’t you two remember your mythology? When Theseus went into the labyrinth, he took with him a ball of thread so that he could use it to retrace his steps. BARBARA: Yes, but Ian, we haven’t just arrived. We’ve been here for hours. IAN: That doesn’t matter. From now on we won’t go round and round in circles. Here Vicki - hold it. Come on. (VICKI grabs the other end of the cardigan and they start pulling.) BARBARA: Well, you might ask! I mean, that’s a good cardigan! IAN: Oh, er, sorry, well, er, may we? BARBARA: Yes...yes, I suppose so! VICKI: We’ll leave a trail of thread, you see? But Ian! Ian! IAN: Mmm? VICKI: If anyone sees it, they’ll be able to follow it and catch us. IAN: Oh, we’ll get caught anyway if we don’t get out of here soon. Don’t worry about that. Let’s get this... VICKI: I suppose so. (Unable to pull the threads apart, IAN tries with his teeth, then gives up.) IAN: How do you undo this? BARBARA: Oh, give it to me! Do you have a penknife? IAN: Oh, penknife? (He gets one out of his jacket pocket.) Yes, there we are. (BARBARA takes it and starts cutting at the cardigan to free a thread.) IAN: Ah yes... 14: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. CELL (The DOCTOR has been placed in a darkened cell. He examines the walls trying to find a way out. Giving up, he sits in a semi-circular perspex chair which is in the middle of the room bathed in a pool of light. The chair has several electronic controls built into the arms. The DOCTOR is pondering his situation and, without him noticing, two arms extend from the chair and hold him inside it. The DOCTOR tries to stand up and now notices that he is trapped.) 15: INT. MUSEUM. EXHIBIT ROOM (The Xerons have found the thread from the cardigan which extends from the pylon.) SITA: What’s this? TOR: They’re leaving a trail. SITA: Why? TOR: Well, they must have missed the old man. Yes - this was put here for him to follow them! DAKO: No, I don’t think so. They’d have come back and looked for him. TOR: Well, whatever the reason, it’s a trail. Now trails are meant to be followed - this way. (They pursue the trail.) 16: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. CELL (The wall facing the DOCTOR slides back. LOBOS sits facing him at a desk which has various controls on it.) LOBOS: Welcome to Xeros - a planet in the Morok empire. What is your name? (The DOCTOR doesn’t answer.) LOBOS: Very well. Mine is Lobos. I am the governor of this planet. DOCTOR: “Curator of a museum” is a better title, hmm? LOBOS: (Smiling.) Ah, so now you choose to speak, good. Yes, Xeros is a museum. A lasting memorial to the achievements of the Morok civilisation. DOCTOR: Really? Well, from my observation it, er, seems to, er, arouse, er, very little interest. LOBOS: People tire of their heritage. Three hundred mimmians ago, sightseers filled this planet, marvelling at what they saw. Today, the occasional spaceship from Morok calls. DOCTOR: Perhaps if you reduced the price of admission! Hmm? (He laughs.) LOBOS: You have a sense of humour too! Unfortunately, that is not the reason. Our civilisation rests on its laurels. Galactic conquests are a thing of the past. Life, it is now said, is purely a thing to enjoy. DOCTOR: “Decline and fall of the Roman empire” - oh yes, it’s happened before, yes. In many galaxies far beyond your reach. LOBOS: Why do you come here? DOCTOR: Exploration. LOBOS: Ah! Then you are a scientist like myself? It makes a change to have someone intelligent and enquiring to talk to. DOCTOR: I’m charmed! LOBOS: Where have you come from? DOCTOR: Why? LOBOS: You don’t want to answer? Very well, I’ll try another. Where are your companions? (The DOCTOR laughs quietly. LOBOS flicks a switch on his desk.) LOBOS: We can get all the information we require without the need to resort to brute force. Of course, your co-operation would have made things easier, but it isn’t essential. (Sternly.) I will repeat the question; Where are your companions? (The DOCTOR laughs again. LOBOS looks at a small monitor on his desk and then activates a communications device.) LOBOS: Commander ‘B’ division? MOROK COMMANDER: (OOV: over tannoy.) ‘B’ Division commander here sir. LOBOS: Proceed immediately to corridor 417. Detain three humans - one man, one woman and a young girl. MOROK COMMANDER: (OOV: over tannoy.) Message received and understood. It will be dealt with immediately. (The smile has disappeared from the DOCTOR’S face. LOBOS turns the monitor round so that the DOCTOR can see it. On the screen is a still image of IAN, BARBARA and VICKI in one of the corridors of the museum.) LOBOS: A simple matter of thought selection. By asking a question, I plant an image in your mind. No matter what you say, as long as you’re seated in that chair, I will see your mental pictures reflected. You see, it is quite useless for you to lie to me. Now shall we return to the questioning? How did you get here? (LOBOS stares in amazement at the image that now appears on the scanner - a Victorian penny-farthing bicycle! The DOCTOR laughs again...) 17: INT. MUSEUM. CORRIDOR (IAN unravels the thread as they make their way through the museum again, but the thread has now run out.) IAN: The end, I’m afraid. BARBARA: It didn’t work, did it? IAN: Oh, I don’t know. We...we didn’t go round and round in circles, we didn’t back-track. VICKI: If only they had exit signs like they do in ordinary museums. BARBARA: Well, I suppose we’ll be stuck here until... (She stops, unwilling to finish her sentence. IAN lays a comforting hand on her shoulder, then walks a little further off.) BARBARA: Well, may be the Doctor’s wrong and you can’t change the future. VICKI: Oh, don’t say that, Barbara. I can’t bear to think of such an awful thing happening. BARBARA: Well, I can’t bear to think of it either, but we can’t... (IAN comes back.) IAN: It didn’t work, eh? You come with me! (The follow him into the next room.) 18: INT. MUSEUM. ENTRANCE PASSAGE (They have succeeded in finding the museum entrance. IAN slides the entrance doors apart and they look outside. The sound of a crowd can be heard outside.) VICKI: The TARDIS! They’ve got the TARDIS! 19: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. CELL (The interrogation is not proceeding as LOBOS would wish it to...) DOCTOR: Well? No more questions? Hmm? LOBOS: (Angrily.) Where have you come from?! DOCTOR: If you take a look into your screen, perhaps you will find that out, hmm? (A moving image of seals on a rock in the sea appears. LOBOS is stunned. The DOCTOR smiles...) LOBOS: What are these creatures? DOCTOR: Just some old friends of mine! (A still image of a seal now appears.) DOCTOR: Hmm! LOBOS: But these are amphibious creatures! You are not an amphibian! DOCTOR: Oh! I’m not, am I?! Hmm? (A new image appears - the DOCTOR striking a pose dressed in a Victorian bathing costume and straw boater! The communications device buzzes. LOBOS, scowling, answers it.) LOBOS: Yes? MOROK COMMANDER: (OOV: over tannoy.) Commander ‘B’ division - no fugitive aliens in corridor 417. LOBOS: You fools! You let them escape! All available divisions - priority search. These aliens must be found at once - maximum security! DOCTOR: Don’t blame your men. I think my friends most probably left the area long before you put questions to me. I imagined them still there, of course, because that was the last place I saw them. So you see, your little toy...isn’t...infallible, is it? Hmm? LOBOS: (Angrily.) So you see fit to joke with me, eh? Well, let us give you something to joke about, shall we? You are of no further use to me and would make a perfect specimen for our museums. (A new image appears on the monitor - that of the DOCTOR in the display case. LOBOS sees this.) LOBOS: Yes Doctor, I see you take my meaning. (He presses a control.) Guards. (Two MOROK GUARDS step into the cell.) LOBOS: Take him to the preparation room. (The GUARDS activate a control in the chair, the arms withdraw and they lift a nervous looking DOCTOR to his feet...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x27 - The Dimensions of Time"}
foreverdreaming
Written by GLYN JONES Original Air Date: 8 May, 1965 6:00pm - 6:25pm 1: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. CELL (A new image appears on the monitor - that of the DOCTOR in the display case. LOBOS sees this.) LOBOS: Yes Doctor, I see you take my meaning. (He presses a control.) Guards. (Two MOROK GUARDS step into the cell.) LOBOS: Take him to the preparation room. (The GUARDS activate a control in the chair, the arms withdraw and they lift a nervous looking DOCTOR to his feet.) 2: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (The TARDIS stands just outside the museum with two MOROKS on guard. Four XERONS approach the ship with interest. One of them gets too close and a GUARD steps in front of him.) MOROK GUARD: (Condescendingly, as if to a child.) Leave it alone. (The XERONS step back a little but continue to be fascinated by the new object.) 3: INT. MUSEUM. ENTRANCE PASSAGE (IAN, BARBARA and VICKI observe this through a narrow gap in the museum’s doors.) IAN: (Whispers.) It didn’t take them long to find it. BARBARA: (Whispers.) Well, I hope they didn’t do any damage. IAN: (Whispers.) Well, there’s nothing they can do. Unless they get inside. VICKI: (Whispers.) Are they bringing it in here? (IAN looks through the gap.) IAN: (Whispers.) No, it doesn’t look like it. Take a look for yourself Vicki. (VICKI takes his place.) IAN: (Whispers.) Ahh, well, what do we do now? Find the Doctor, I suppose. I’m afraid I’m no great expert when it comes to changing the future. VICKI: (Turning back and whispering.) I think one of us should keep watch on the TARDIS. If we want to leave in here in a hurry we don’t want to waste time looking for it. BARBARA: (Whispers.) Well, we know where it’s going Vicki, we’ve already seen it. VICKI: (Whispers.) Well if it gets there, we needn’t bother. We won’t have changed what’s going to happen in the future. IAN: (Whispers.) Oh, this whole thing is becoming a nightmare. BARBARA: (Whispers.) It’s been a nightmare ever since we saw those cases! But all we do is stand around saying “this whole thing is a nightmare”. Why don’t we do something? IAN: (Whispers.) Choice is only possible when you know all the facts. Don’t you realise we know nothing about this place... BARBARA: (Whispers.) Shh! Listen! (They rush back to the gap in the doors and look outside.) 4: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (A burly MOROK COMMANDER appears on the scene and shouts at the XERONS.) MOROK COMMANDER: Keep clear! Now move! Move! (Watching to make sure the XERONS have gone, the MOROK COMMANDER turns to the GUARDS who have saluted his arrival. He gestures to the TARDIS.) MOROK COMMANDER: Is there no way in? MOROK GUARD: No Commander. MOROK COMMANDER: (Cynically.) That’s all I need. You know what Lobos will say about that, soldier. He will blame me. Everything that goes wrong on this wretched planet is my fault! Think yourselves lucky that you have me...between you and our illustrious Governor. A scapegoat - and for what? For this...rank and a meagre pittance of extra pay. (He hits the side of the TARDIS in frustration.) MOROK COMMANDER: Oh, what’s the use? (LOBOS walks up. The MOROKS salute him. LOBOS examines the outside of the TARDIS.) LOBOS: A strange looking craft. It must be very cramped and uncomfortable for four travellers inside at one time. MOROK COMMANDER: Yes. (LOBOS tries the door.) LOBOS: This door is locked. MOROK COMMANDER: We could not gain entry sir. LOBOS: (Sarcastically.) Didn’t they leave you the key? (Angrily.) Force it open, you fool! (The MOROK COMMANDER turns on two other MOROK GUARDS who have arrived with LOBOS.) MOROK COMMANDER: Why was not the cutting equipment bought to me? I asked you bring it several times, didn’t I, soldier? (The MOROK GUARD tries to speak but is interrupted.) MOROK COMMANDER: Now don’t you give me any of your feeble excuses. I will...deal with you later. Get it! (The GUARD salutes and hurries off.) MOROK COMMANDER: Incompetent fools... (The COMMANDER turns back to LOBOS.) MOROK COMMANDER: Have any of the aliens been caught, sir? LOBOS: One has... 5: INT. MUSEUM. ENTRANCE PASSAGE (The time travellers are still listening into the conversation.) LOBOS: (OOV: Outside doors.) Three are still at large. IAN: (Whispers.) Did you hear that? BARBARA: (Whispers.) Yes. Shh! 6: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE MOROK COMMANDER: They could be in a thousand places. LOBOS: Then I expect a thousand places to be searched! When this is over, discipline will be tightened. The army here’s gone soft. I’m supposed to have at my command trained soldiers - not a feeble bunch of half witted amateurs. 7: INT. MUSEUM. ENTRANCE PASSAGE (There is a moment of silence, then...) BARBARA: (Whispers.) He’s stopped talking. VICKI: (Whispers.) Maybe they’ve gone. IAN: (Whispers.) No. (Behind them in the corridor, a half-asleep MOROK GUARD rounds a corner and sees the three fugitives. He takes his g*n out of his holster and approaches them.) MOROK GUARD: Stay as you are! (The three jump in shock and turn from the doors.) MOROK GUARD: (To VICKI.) You! You with the g*n - bring it to me! (IAN instinctively holds VICKI’S arm but lets it go when he sees that they have no choice.) MOROK GUARD: Now careful. (VICKI steps forward and the GUARD takes the exhibit g*n from her with his free hand. BARBARA and IAN make a start for the entrance doors.) MOROK GUARD: Don’t move! (They stop. VICKI steps back to join them. IAN moves towards the GUARD.) BARBARA: Don’t! He’ll f*re that thing. (IAN turns back to her and they talk quietly.) IAN: Well? Wouldn’t that change the shape of things to come? BARBARA: Well it would for you - you’d be d*ad. IAN: They can’t k*ll us! We’re going to end up in those cases. BARBARA: Not necessarily. Oh, you can change the future so that we don’t end up in those cases, but if we’re all d*ad, what’s the point? IAN: But that means we can’t fight against anybody. We don’t know what we’re doing! VICKI: We’ve just lost the Doctor. Has that already changed the future? BARBARA: We don’t know Vicki. Maybe that’s the way it happened. We’ve no reason to suppose that we all ended up in the cases at exactly the same time. VICKI: So we could be doing exactly what we’re supposed to do?! IAN: I’ve had enough of this. Now listen, we’re going to deal with him, and then we’re going after the Doctor, whether we’re supposed to or not. MOROK GUARD: That’s enough talking! Come on - move out, slowly. BARBARA: (Whispers.) Be careful! IAN: (Whispers.) Don’t worry! I’m going to try something. MOROK GUARD: I said move out. IAN: (Stepping slowly forward.) Yes, we heard you the first time, but we don’t feel like moving, do we? VICKI: (Stepping forward.) No, definitely not! BARBARA: (Pulling her back.) Ian, don’t go too far! (IAN starts approaching the GUARD who slowly steps backwards.) IAN: Now what were you orders? To capture us? To bring us in? MOROK GUARD: Yes, get back! Back! IAN: There was nothing about k*lling us, was there? Well? Was there? Well, answer me? MOROK GUARD: No...no...no, there wasn’t. IAN: Well, think what your superiors are going to say. They’re going to ask “did you bring in the aliens?”, “No” you’re going to reply “I went out and sh*t them all”. (IAN turns to look at BARBARA and VICKI but suddenly whirls round grabbing the GUARD and his g*n.) IAN: Now run! Both of you! (BARBARA and VICKI run for the doors and start to try pulling them apart.) VICKI: Ian! Come on! 8: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (LOBOS, the MOROK COMMANDER and the GUARDS outside hear the commotion and also rush for the doors. A shout from VICKI can be heard from the other side of the doors.) LOBOS: Open those doors! Open them! 9: INT. MUSEUM. ENTRANCE PASSAGE (The MOROKS open the doors and rush in. VICKI has joined IAN in struggling with the GUARD.) IAN: Vicki! (VICKI and BARBARA rush in different directions into the museum.) LOBOS: Get after those women! MOROK COMMANDER: Guards! With me! (The COMMANDER and some of the GUARDS begin the pursuit. One of the GUARDS has joined his companion in trying to subdue IAN. LOBOS walks up to them.) LOBOS: Take him to my office. Wait for me there. (He walks off to join the other MOROKS.) LOBOS: Guards! Guards! (The other two GUARDS drag a struggling IAN outside...) 10: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (...where he manages to throw them to the ground. He quickly steps on one GUARD'S hand before he can grab his fallen g*n and follows it up with a solid punch after the GUARD has struggled to his feet. The second GUARD att*cks IAN but is quickly thrown off. The first GUARD att*cks him again. The second one picks up his g*n and is about to club IAN with it. However, IAN swings the first GUARD round and he receives the blow instead. IAN then knees the second GUARD and chops him on the neck. He runs off leaving his two unconscious attackers on the ground.) 11: INT. MUSEUM. STOREROOM (BARBARA runs into a darkened storeroom. She look through the sliding door into the corridor.) BARBARA: Vicki! (Getting no answer, she walks into the storeroom and stops with a shock when she sees a figure in front of her. But it is only a disused display mannequin. She hears running footsteps in the corridor and runs back to the door which she slides shut.) MOROK COMMANDER: (OOV: in corridor.) One of them came this way! (BARBARA rushes and hides behind a couple of large boxes. The door opens and a MOROK GUARD enters the room. He checks the room but fails to see BARBARA as she edges further round the boxes. The GUARD finishes the search and goes to the MOROK COMMANDER who stands just outside the doorway.) MOROK GUARD: No sir. MOROK COMMANDER: Come, come. (The GUARD leaves, sliding the door shut behind him. BARBARA comes out of hiding and after a second tries the door - it is firmly locked.) 12: INT. MUSEUM. CORRIDOR (An exhausted VICKI stops in a corridor to rest. She backs against another of the sliding doors and she checks down the corridor. She is grabbed from behind and pulled into the room.) 13: INT. MUSEUM. ROOM (It is the Xerons. She struggles with TOR and SITA as DAKO shuts the door.) VICKI: Let me go! Let go of me! TOR: Look, you’ve got to trust us! VICKI: (Stopping her struggle.) Why should I?! TOR: We hate the Moroks. We want to see them d*ad! Well, you can see we’re nothing like them. (VICKI looks at the youths and sees the difference between them and their pursuers.) VICKI: Who are you? TOR: Well, we’ll explain everything later. First of all, we must find your companions. VICKI: (Realising.) It was you who took the Doctor - like you took me. The old man who was with us... TOR: Well, yes but... (VICKI makes a run for the door. SITA pulls her back.) TOR: We did but he fooled us. Then the Moroks caught him. Oh, we didn’t hand him over to them if that’s what you’re thinking. Now where are the others? (VICKI pauses, then...) VICKI: I think they caught Ian. TOR: The man? What of the woman? VICKI: Oh, we ran so quickly, we went in opposite directions. I couldn’t turn back when I realised because the guards were already behind me. TOR: She must be making for the storerooms. We’ll have to wait at the headquarters. Dako? DAKO: Yes? TOR: Go and see if you can find her and bring her there. (To VICKI.) What’s her name? VICKI: Barbara. TOR: Go quickly! (DAKO rushes out.) 14: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (LOBOS and the MOROK COMMANDER walk out of the museum and find the still groggy GUARDS who fought with IAN are now on their feet.) LOBOS: You fools! You let them escape! FIRST MOROK GUARD: Yes sir. LOBOS: Well there are other ways of getting them out. Withdraw our men from this building. Have all exits guarded and have this rest search this area for the one these fools allowed to escape. FIRST MOROK GUARD: Sir. LOBOS: (To the SECOND MOROK GUARD.) You remain here. (LOBOS and the COMMANDER stride off away from the museum. The FIRST GUARD picks up his g*n and goes into the museum to carry out the Governor’s order. IAN emerges from behind the TARDIS. He sees the SECOND GUARD on duty. He picks up a small rock and throws it over the ship. The GUARD hears the noise.) SECOND MOROK GUARD: Who’s there? (He takes out his g*n and starts to edge round the other side of the ship from IAN. As he does so, IAN jumps on him, grabbing his arm and smashing it against the side of the TARDIS. He grapples him to the ground and manages to grab the GUARDS g*n, pointing it at him.) SECOND MOROK GUARD: (Scared.) Ah...ah...don’t k*ll me! Don’t...! IAN: That depends on you. I want the answers to some questions. SECOND MOROK GUARD: Uh, if I can help you, I will! I promise! IAN: I’ve a friend of mine - an old man. He’s been captured. Now what’s happened to him? SECOND MOROK GUARD: I don’t know! I don’t know! IAN: Is he d*ad? SECOND MOROK GUARD: No! No! IAN: Where is he? MOROK GUARD: They...they took him to the preparation room, but...it’s nothing to do with me! I’m just a simple soldier! IAN: What happens there? (The GUARD is silent.) IAN: I said what happens there? SECOND MOROK GUARD: He’ll be got ready for the museum. But you can’t help him. Once the process starts... IAN: (Interrupting.) What process? SECOND MOROK GUARD: Well, it’s...it’s a kind of embalmment. IAN: How long’s it take? SECOND MOROK GUARD: Well, several hours, but... IAN: Take me there. SECOND MOROK GUARD: Well, you’ll be k*lled. IAN: (Pushing him.) Take me! SECOND MOROK GUARD: (Getting up.) We...we...we’ll both be k*lled! (They set off, IAN pushing the GUARD forward at g*n.) 15: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE (LOBOS and the MOROK COMMANDER enter the Governor’s office. LOBOS sits at his desk and reads a piece of paper that he sees on the desk.) LOBOS: A directive from Morok. They think we made a mistake in allowing the Xeron youth to live. They are almost men and dangerous. These aliens - they’ve made fools of us! (He switches on the communicator.) LOBOS: ... 6-2? The ventilation is standard. MOROK GUARD: (OOV: over tannoy.) Yes sir. LOBOS: Good, it won’t take the guards long to withdraw. In one hour the air is to be re...re, replaced with g...Zaphra gas, is that clear? MOROK GUARD: (OOV: over tannoy.) Perfectly. LOBOS: Then see that my order is carried out! (He switches off the communicator.) MOROK COMMANDER: Zaphra gas...? LOBOS: It is very effective. If the two women do not leave the building and surrender to the guards, the gas will eventually paralyse them. 16: INT. MUSEUM. STOREROOM (BARBARA is trying to lever open the door with a piece of wood. It doesn’t work and she gives up.) 17: INT. MUSEUM. STOREROOM (LATER) (Some time has passed and BARBARA is asleep against the boxes. She hears a noise and wakes up. The door slides open and a Xeron enters the room. He walks past BARBARA as she hides behind the boxes again. She gets to her feet and walks up behind him, raising the stick to strike him down.) DAKO: Barbara? Are you in here? (BARBARA stops in surprise as she hears her name mentioned.) BARBARA: Who are you? How do you know my name? 18: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (The doors of the museum open and TOR cautiously emerges.) TOR: There’s no guard here, hurry! (VICKI and SITA emerge.) VICKI: Can’t we wait for Barbara? TOR: Oh no, it’s too dangerous. Dako will find her and bring her to the hideout. SITA: (Looking round.) Now, quickly! (They hurry off.) 19: INT. MUSEUM. STOREROOM (A suspicious BARBARA still holds the stick over her head in self-defence.) DAKO: Tor and Sita have taken Vicki to our headquarters. You must believe me - we are your friends. BARBARA: (Harshly.) Why should you be? DAKO: We’re Xerons. This is our planet. BARBARA: And the others - the ones in uniform? DAKO: Moroks - they changed our planet into a museum. A record of their wars. But soon we shall rise against them and drive them from Xeros! BARBARA: Moroks? Well, where do they come from? DAKO: Their planet is three light years away. They inv*de us without warning. Xeros was a place of peace...and knowledge and the wisdom of our elders made us free from want. BARBARA: (Amazed.) Well why didn’t you fight back? DAKO: Their w*apon were far superior to ours. We had planned for peace and they for w*r. Now I want you to come with me. BARBARA: Well...can you get us out of here? DAKO: There are many guards but I’ll find a way, come on! (Zaphra gas starts to pour through the sliding door.) BARBARA: Look! DAKO: They’ve set the museum on f*re! (They try to run trough the doors but the gas drives them back, coughing.) BARBARA: That isn’t smoke - it’s gas! Put something over your mouth! (She pulls a handkerchief out and places it over her mouth. She grabs DAKO’S arm and pulls him into the corridor.) 20: INT. XERON HIDEOUT (VICKI has been having a meal with TOR and DAKO, sat at a table in their hideout...) VICKI: So then what happened - after the Moroks had captured the planet? TOR: They destroyed everything, even our people. Only the children were spared - to work. VICKI: How horrible. TOR: We are a sl*ve race. When we grow older we are taken to other planets. Sita, Dako and myself were due to go. Well that is why we hide here and plan. SITA: But although we have sworn to drive the Moroks from...from Xeros, it will not be easy. The life they impose on us makes organisation difficult. VICKI: But there don’t seem to be many Moroks. Surely you must outnumber them? TOR: It is unpleasant to admit but our opposition is weak and unarmed. Well, a very small army can easily keep control. VICKI: But you’re supposed to be planning a revolution?! (SITA gets up in anger at VICKI’S harsh comments and storms off to the other side of the room. TOR changes the subject.) TOR: Why did you and your friends comes to Xeros? VICKI: We... (She struggles for an answer and gives up.) VICKI: It was an accident. TOR: Of course, no one would come to Xeros from choice. The Moroks reputation is universal. SITA: It’s late. I’m sure Dako and your friend, Barbara, have been captured. TOR: Well, they’ll need time to dodge the guards. SITA: All this time. We’d be fooling ourselves to believe otherwise. VICKI: Well you can’t just accept it! We’ve got to help them! Well, sitting here planning and dreaming of a revolution isn’t going to win your planet back.. SITA: (Angrily.) We do all we can... VICKI: By making a nuisance of yourselves, that’s all it is. TOR: But what can we do without w*apon? VICKI: Nothing - we must get some! SITA: Ha! Now who’s dreaming? VICKI: The Moroks are armed. SITA: So we take them from the Moroks? VICKI: Why not? That is revolution! TOR: Oh Vicki, we have tried. Occasionally we have overpowered a guard and taken his ray g*n. But what can one g*n do against even a small army? SITA: And when we do that they take hostages until the g*n is returned. VICKI: Where are the g*n kept? TOR: Well, at the armoury. VICKI: If you had g*n, lots of them, could you organise your friends? Distribute the arms and really wage a w*r? TOR: Of course! That is where we are strong - in our planning. SITA: But the armoury is out of our reach. VICKI: Don’t you know where it is? TOR: Oh, we know, but its key is something that we could never obtain. VICKI: Oh, I don’t understand. TOR: The armaments are kept behind locked doors - an impregnable safe. VICKI: What kind of lock does it have? TOR: An electronic brain - programmed to ask questions. The answers given open the door. But they only open to the truth. VICKI: A sort of lie detector. If I could see it, maybe I could...well, I’d just like to see it anyway. TOR: We can take you... SITA: But why are you so interested in this, Vicki? Why do you want this revolution so much? VICKI: I’ve as many reasons as you. (Thoughtfully.) Perhaps more, for wanting to see the future changed. Perhaps I’ll explain later but I think we should go now. (She leads the Xerons away.) 21: EXT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS (IAN and the MOROK GUARD reach the Morok headquarters, whose external walls are the same as the museum's.) IAN: What’s wrong? SECOND MOROK GUARD: This is the building. IAN: Well take me in. SECOND MOROK GUARD: It would be better to wait. It...it’s a busy time of day. Later on there won’t be so many guards on duty. You’ll stand a better chance. IAN: There’s someone coming. (He edges around a pillar, still pointing a g*n at the GUARD.) IAN: Now find out what happened to the others, and remember, I’m here. (IAN slides out of sight. The MOROK COMMANDER approaches. The GUARD salutes him.) MOROK COMMANDER: Soldier! What are you doing here soldier? Why have you left your post? SECOND MOROK GUARD: (Nervously.) The governor sent for me - I am to report to him. MOROK COMMANDER: You didn’t leave it unguarded, did you? SECOND MOROK GUARD: The replacement hadn’t arrived... (The MOROK COMMANDER gives an exclamation of anger.) SECOND MOROK GUARD: But the Governor’s orders! He said immediately! MOROK COMMANDER: Then why are you waiting? I will attend to your replacement. SECOND MOROK GUARD: Sir? MOROK COMMANDER: What is it now soldier? SECOND MOROK GUARD: Have the...aliens been recaptured? MOROK COMMANDER: Not yet. But the Zaphra gas will soon drive them from their hiding place. (He walks off as the GUARD salutes. IAN comes out of hiding.) IAN: You did well. We’ll take your advice and wait a while (Points.) Over there. (They walk off.) 22: INT. ARMOURY (In the armoury, a MOROK GUARD checks a computer bank which stands against a wall. Another smaller computer bank rests in the middle of the floor. The GUARD sits down for a minute, but then gets up as he hears a noise. TOR and SITA rush in from behind. TOR grabs him whilst SITA knocks him out with a punch. VICKI enters.) TOR: Well, this is the armoury Vicki. (VICKI goes over to the closed door to the arms store. On the walls next to it are two sets of photo-electric cells facing each other.) VICKI: These must be the light beams. SITA: Yes. (VICKI looks at the computer bank in the middle of the room.) SITA: Can you do anything? Do you know how it works? VICKI: It must work to a standard pattern. (To SITA.) Break the light beam. TOR: Well, the questions will start! VICKI: (Brightly.) Yes, I know! (SITA walks in front of the photo-electric cells. The computer bank whirrs into life.) COMPUTER VOICE: Do you understand that all questions are to be fully answered? SITA: Yes. COMPUTER VOICE: What is your rank? SITA: I have no rank. TOR: You see Vicki? Not only does the reply have to be true, it has to be the correct answer as well. VICKI: Yes. Sita, break the light beam again but this time don’t answer - just let the questions run right through. (SITA walks back. VICKI listens intently to the COMPUTER VOICE.) COMPUTER VOICE: Do you understand that all questions are to be fully answered? (Whirrs.) What is your rank? (Whirrs.) What is your name? (Whirrs.) Do you have the Governors permission to approach? (Whirrs.) Have you a requisition signed by the Governor? (Whirrs.) What is its reference number? TOR: Withdrawal requisition numbers are fed in from headquarters - it has to tally with the number given - there’s no chance Vicki! COMPUTER VOICE: Which unit are you attached to? VICKI: Isn’t there? I wouldn’t give in a easily as that. COMPUTER VOICE: For what purpose are the arms needed? (VICKI points to some tape spools on the side of the computer.) VICKI: Look, now this is where the questions...are recorded. COMPUTER VOICE: Has the guard on duty examined your identification papers? VICKI: Help me get the front off. COMPUTER VOICE: What is the current password? (SITA watches as TOR and VICKI pull a perspex cover off another side of the computer. Behind it are bright lights and workings...) 23: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE (LOBOS’S thoughts are preoccupied. He moves to his desk and presses the communicator.) LOBOS: Are the aliens still in the building? MOROK GUARD: (OOV: over tannoy.) Yes sir. We have seen no movement. LOBOS: Very well. Keep the men alerted - they’ll soon be coming out. (He switches the communicator off.) 24: INT. MUSEUM. ENTRANCE PASSAGE (BARBARA and DAKO struggle, coughing, through the gas-filled corridor.) BARBARA: We’re almost there, Dako! (Behind her, DAKO collapses on the floor. BARBARA rushes to help him.) BARBARA: Dako, come on! Come on! (The gas soon overcomes her and she too collapses.) 25: INT. ARMOURY (TOR and SITA watch as VICKI manipulates the workings of the computer.) TOR: Have you done it? VICKI: I’m not sure. I...think so. TOR: Well the door hasn’t opened. VICKI: You’ve got to answer the questions yet. TOR: Well then you’ve failed! The lock reacts only to the truth. (VICKI closes the perspex cover.) VICKI: And it still does Tor. You’ll see. (VICKI steps in front of the light beam. The computer whirrs, then...) COMPUTER VOICE: What is your name? VICKI: Vicki. COMPUTER VOICE: For what purpose are the arms needed? VICKI: (Smiling.) Revolution! (Behind her, the door to the arms store slides open. SITA rushes in and starts going through the drawers of w*apon as TOR runs to congratulate VICKI.) TOR: Oh, well done Vicki! VICKI: I fixed it so that I only had to answer the truth. I didn’t have to give the correct reply. (SITA runs out with some small arms which he passes to TOR.) SITA: There’s everything we need here and more! We’ll be able to arm everybody! TOR: Oh good! Get as many as you can carry and give them to Sham for distribution. I’ll give mine to the ... and bring them back here for more. VICKI: (To herself.) I wonder if this will keep us out of the cases? 26: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE (LOBOS is writing at his desk as there is a knock on his door.) LOBOS: Come in. (The MOROK GUARD enters with IAN. He points to the GUARD to stand behind LOBOS as he stands before him, quickly putting the g*n behind his back before the Governor looks up.) LOBOS: Well - at last. (He gets up and walks over to IAN.) LOBOS: You aliens have caused me enough trouble. I shall see that you pay for it. (He walks back to his desk and turns round to see that IAN is now holding the g*n up to him.) LOBOS: You’ll be a fool if you k*ll me. You will achieve nothing. IAN: Possibly, but it might be enjoyable. (IAN walks over to him as LOBOS sits at his desk.) LOBOS: What do you want? IAN: Take me to the Doctor. The old man you captured. LOBOS: And I refuse? IAN: I don’t think you’ll be that stupid. LOBOS: You’ll k*ll me anyway... IAN: You’re wasting time. LOBOS: Am I? It is too late for you to help him. He has already passed into the second stage of preparation. IAN: And what does that mean? LOBOS: He is beyond your help. IAN: Come on! Take me to him! Move! (LOBOS gets up and he and the GUARD walk over to the over side of the office.) IAN: Hurry. LOBOS: Hurrying won’t help your friend, the Doctor. (They arrive at a sliding door.) IAN: Is he in there? LOBOS: Yes. IAN: (To the GUARD.) Open the door. (LOBOS nods to the GUARD who does as instructed.) IAN: Now get in, both of you. 27: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. PREPARATION ROOM (LOBOS and the GUARD enter the room which is filled with a whirring noise. IAN follows but stops, his eyes wide open in horror at what he sees within the room...) IAN: (Shocked.) Doctor!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x28 - The Search"}
foreverdreaming
Written by GLYN JONES Original Air Date: 15 May, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE IAN: Is he in here? LOBOS: Yes. IAN: (To the GUARD.) Open the door. (LOBOS nods to the GUARD who does as instructed.) IAN: Now get in. Both of you. 2: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. PREPARATION ROOM (LOBOS and the GUARD enter the room which is filled with a whirring noise. IAN follows but stops, his eyes wide open in horror at what he sees within the room...) IAN: Doctor! (The DOCTOR is against a propped upright within a machine but he is as still as a waxwork...) IAN: (Keeping the g*n on LOBOS and the GUARD.) What have you done to him? LOBOS: I don’t think you would appreciate the technical difficulties. IAN: Just tell me what you’ve done. LOBOS: He has completed the second stage of preparation. He’s as good as d*ad. IAN: (Menacingly.) If you want to save yourself, you’d better bring him back to life. LOBOS: Impossible. IAN: But your only hope is to try. LOBOS: No one has ever attempted to reverse the process. IAN: There’s a first time for everything, now get moving! (LOBOS moves towards the centre of the room where there is a machine whose workings are contained under a large dome of glass. IAN sees that LOBOS has his own g*n and quickly snatches it from him. He now points two g*n at LOBOS and the GUARD.) IAN: And remember...I shall be watching you very carefully, so don’t try any tricks. LOBOS: There are no tricks in science, only facts. (LOBOS starts to activates controls on the machine.) IAN: How long is this going to take? LOBOS: How can I say? This has never been done before. Perhaps he never will recover. 3: INT. XERON HIDEOUT (SITA distributes the w*apon to the other XERONS whilst VICKI and TOR watch on.) SITA: That’s nearly the lot. TOR: Right, move along. Hurry up. VICKI: (Worriedly.) Tor? TOR: Just a minute, Vicki. (TOR addresses the XERONS.) TOR: Right, now you know the main objective - the Morok barracks. Most of our force is already on the way there. But we must surprise them. If they mobilise, we shall fail. SITA: (To the last XERON in line.) Come on, take a ray g*n. (He does so and the XERONS start to file out.) VICKI: Tor, will everybody be going to the barracks. TOR: Mmm, we need every man and woman we can muster Vicki, why? VICKI: Well if it’s all the same to you, I’m going back to the museum. TOR: The museum?! VICKI: Barbara may still be there. I’ve got to find her Tor...and my other friends. TOR: Look, after we’ve finished here, you can get... VICKI: (Interrupting.) Now! It may be too late then. TOR: I won’t let you go! VICKI: I won’t let you stop me! TOR: But if you’re captured? VICKI: The Moroks don’t know of the revolt. I’m not likely to tell them. TOR: Well you won’t have to! (He points to the g*n VICKI is holding.) The g*n will give us away. They’ll check the armoury. (In answer, VICKI passes the g*n to TOR.) VICKI: I’m still going. Look Tor, I’ve got to find them and tell them what’s going on. There’s no knowing what they’ll do otherwise. If I am captured...oh, I’ll just have to hope that you’re successful and you find me in time. I know it sounds silly but...whatever I do may be wrong. I...I’ve got to find them. (She starts to walk out.) TOR: Vicki! VICKI: (Turning back.) Yes? TOR: Wait a moment. (He turns to SITA.) Sita? Go with Vicki to the museum. I’ll join you later. SITA: Yes, but...! TOR: (Interrupting.) Don’t argue Sita! (He passes the g*n back to VICKI.) Do what she tells you. VICKI: Come on, Sita. (She happily leads him out of the room.) 4: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (The MOROK GUARD who was given the task of getting the cutting equipment walks up to the TARDIS. He examines the lock then signals his compatriots over. Two more GUARDS arrive with the cutting equipment. They set it up and switch it on.) MOROK COMMANDER: (OOV.) Soldier! (They jump to attention as the MOROK COMMANDER walks up.) MOROK COMMANDER: Leave that. Where is the relief guard for this entrance? MOROK GUARD: There was no one here when we arrived, sir. MOROK COMMANDER: You, take over the watch. MOROK GUARD: Sir! (He turns to the other two GUARDS.) MOROK COMMANDER: You two come with me. I’ll get to the bottom of this. (The MOROK COMMANDER stalks off towards the Morok headquarters followed by the two GUARDS. When they have gone, the GUARD who remains goes and stands on duty outside the doors to the museum. The hissing of the Zaphra gas can be heard from within.) 5: INT. MUSEUM. ENTRANCE PASSAGE (BARBARA comes round in the smoky passage and starts coughing. She struggles to her feet and starts to shake DAKO.) BARBARA: Dako! Dako! Come on! (She helps him to his feet and places her handkerchief over his mouth. Taking his arm across her shoulders, they continue on.) 6: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. PREPARATION ROOM (Still under IAN’S g*n, LOBOS continues to activate the machinery.) IAN: Well, what’s happening? LOBOS: His temperature is returning to normal. IAN: Good. (IAN looks at the DOCTOR, obviously impatient...) IAN: Look, can’t you speed things up a bit? LOBOS: After a temperature of several hundred degrees below freezing, it is a complicated process. You will have to be patient. (There is a sudden loud electronic noise, reducing in scale and volume. The whirring sound stops.) LOBOS: Body temperature has now been reached. (IAN puts his hand on the DOCTOR’S forehead.) LOBOS: Well? IAN: Yes, he’s getting warmer. LOBOS: Good. We shan’t have long to wait. (As if in response, the DOCTOR’S mouth opens and he lets out a faint cry.) DOCTOR: Ahh! (IAN goes to open the door to the machine that the DOCTOR is stood in. LOBOS steps forward. IAN raises the g*n.) IAN: Get back! (LOBOS steps to the GUARD.) DOCTOR: Ohh! Ahh! (The DOCTOR staggers forward.) DOCTOR: Ohh! Support me, dear boy! (IAN, still trying to point the g*n at LOBOS, helps the DOCTOR as requested.) DOCTOR: Support me over there and sit me down. (IAN helps the DOCTOR over to a nearby bench.) DOCTOR: Ahh! Ahh! Ah! (The DOCTOR sits down, holding his leg in pain. IAN stands next to him, watching LOBOS and the GUARD carefully.) IAN: How are you feeling? DOCTOR: I shall be all right in a minute. It’s a bad att*ck of rheumatism. Yes, it always happens to me when I’m cold. IAN: You’ve been cold all right, Doctor, I can tell you that. DOCTOR: Yes, unfortunately, I...I’m not used to being subjected to such low temperatures. LOBOS: (Quietly, to the GUARD.) When I give you the word, you rush him. IAN: No, well, we’d better bring the circulation back. (IAN starts to massage the DOCTOR’S arm.) LOBOS: (To the reluctant GUARD.) That’s an order! DOCTOR: It’s all right, dear boy, it’s not...it’s not the circulation freeze. IAN: Eh? DOCTOR: Yes, don’t fuss. Now don’t do that. LOBOS: (To the GUARD.) Now! (The GUARD rushes forward but IAN quickly raises the g*n. The panic-stricken GUARD looks at LOBOS, then steps back in surrender.) DOCTOR: My dear Governor, my dear Lobos, I don’t think your soldiers have really got their heart in their job, have they? Mmm? (Laughs.) Thank you for getting me out of this little predicament. (He stands up, leaning on IAN’S arm.) DOCTOR: Although, I...would have been better pleased had you done it more voluntary. IAN: Yes, his conscience did need reminding. DOCTOR: Yes. Mmm! I know, I know! Mmm. IAN: What do you mean you know? Surely you were... DOCTOR: d*ad? Not at all, my boy. Not at all! I was merely, let me say, er...frozen stiff. Mmm? IAN: You mean you knew everything that was happening? DOCTOR: Exactly! My brain was working with the speed of a mechanical computer. I was asking myself questions and the answers were arriving with remarkable alacrity, yes! Yes! I must confess, I didn’t enjoy the refrigeration, hence this att*ck of rheumatism. But thanks to you, my dear boy, I am now de-iced and I think I’m quite capable of facing up to the climate once more. LOBOS: I wouldn’t be too sure of that, Doctor. Of course, I have no proof, but your brain could very easily have been affected. DOCTOR: (Offended.) The best thing for you, Governor Lobos, is to put you in there! Mmm? Then you will have all the proof you needed! (Laughs.) (LOBOS looks concerned at the suggestion.) DOCTOR: But you think yourself lucky. My conscience won’t allow me to do that. Mmm! It’s a pity, isn’t it? Mmm? It’s a pity! Mmm mm! 7: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE (The MOROK COMMANDER and the two GUARDS enter the Governor’s office and immediately overhear the DOCTOR and IAN.) IAN: (OOV.) Well Doctor, I think the...next thing to do is find Barbara and Vicki, eh? (The MOROK COMMANDER signals to the GUARDS to stop.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) I’m not so sure of that, my dear boy. Where did you say you’d left them? (The COMMANDER, unseen, slowly starts to edge towards the open door to the preparation room.) IAN: (OOV.) In the museum. DOCTOR: (OOV.) And the TARDIS? IAN: (OOV.) Well, that was outside the museum building. (The GUARDS have followed the COMMANDER. The backs of the DOCTOR and IAN can be seen through the open door.) DOCTOR: Mmm. I see, I see. 8: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. PREPARATION ROOM DOCTOR: Er... IAN: What’s the problem? Surely we’ve changed the future by now? DOCTOR: Yes, and I’m not sure of that either Chesterton. Have we? Have we? Mmm? Or are we...doing...what we’re allegedly intended to do? Hmm? Now, what do you think? Hmm? IAN: Well, I...got you out of that thing, I... DOCTOR: Yes, that’s true 9: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE (The MOROKS raise their g*n and start to walk towards the preparation room.) DOCTOR: That’s true, but I’m sure the Governor here would be delighted if we were both put back in there. 10: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. PREPARATION ROOM DOCTOR: Am I correct, sir? Hmm? (Laughs.) (LOBOS looks on as one of the GUARDS clubs IAN to the ground. The DOCTOR turns round and the MOROK COMMANDER points his g*n at him.) LOBOS: (Smiling.) Yes, Doctor. You are quite correct. And it would appear that I shall have my wish. 11: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (The GUARD outside the museum hears a noise within. He listens for a second at the door, but hearing nothing further, walks away.) 12: INT. MUSEUM. ENTRANCE PASSAGEWAY (BARBARA and DAKO struggle on. DAKO has to stop, unable to get his breath. He leans on an exhibit.) BARBARA: There’s only a few more feet, Dako. DAKO: Th... (Coughs.) They’ll be guards out there, Barbara. (Coughs.) Waiting for us. BARBARA: (Taking his arm over her shoulder again.) You’ll stand a better chance outside. DAKO: (Coughs.) A chance of what? (They carry on.) 13: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (The GUARD outside the museum has returned to the doors. Looking through the gap, he suddenly grins and steps back, getting his g*n ready...) 14: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE (The GUARD who was captured by IAN stands to attention before LOBOS as an investigation into recent events takes place.) MOROK COMMANDER: I met this soldier on his way here, asked him what he was doing. He said reporting to you on your orders. MOROK GUARD: I was a prisoner of one of the aliens, sir. He had a g*n. LOBOS: (Sharply.) Which he took from you. MOROK GUARD: Yes sir. MOROK COMMANDER: I posted a relief guard and then came here to see what was happening. LOBOS: You did well Commander. Have this man placed under close arrest. (The communications unit buzzes.) LOBOS: Yes? MOROK GUARD: (OOV: over tannoy.) Relief guard, exit 4-1-7. The aliens are just about to leave the museum. LOBOS: Good! Detain them there. I’ll send extra men. MOROK GUARD: (OOV: over tannoy.) Yes sir. (He switches off the unit.) LOBOS: Well, it would appear that this li...little diversion will soon be over, Commander. (He tries another switch on the unit. There is no response.) LOBOS: Strange, no reply from the barracks. Well, it seems that a faulty connection has given our friend here another chance. (To the GUARD.) Go with the Commander. (To the COMMANDER.) When you’ve got them, bring the aliens to me. MOROK COMMANDER: Yes sir. (They salute and leave the room. LOBOS walks over to the preparation room and slides open the door.) 15: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. PREPARATION ROOM (Here, the DOCTOR and IAN are sat down under the watchful gaze of two MOROK GUARDS. IAN holds the back of his head.) LOBOS: I’ve just a word about your friends. You’ll all be together again soon. Perhaps for centuries? 16: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (The GUARD watches as the doors of the museum open and BARBARA and DAKO dash out of the gas filled interior into the open air.) MOROK GUARD: Halt! Halt! (They stand still.) MOROK GUARD: Stay as you are. Over to the wall. Over! (The GUARD pushes DAKO and BARBARA across to the wall.) DAKO: Sorry Barbara. BARBARA: It’s all right. Wasn’t your fault. MOROK GUARD: No talking! Hands on your heads. Up! Up! (They put their hands up.) SITA: (OOV.) Soldier! (The soldier spins round as SITA, with VICKI besides him, blasts him with his g*n. BARBARA rushes forward to VICKI.) BARBARA: Vicki! VICKI: Barbara! Are you all right. You look terrible! BARBARA: No, I’m fine. (SITA and DAKO are also having a joyful reunion.) DAKO: Sita! Where did you come from - and g*n? SITA: Yes, the revolutions finally started. We broke into the armoury. Tor is leading an att*ck on the Morok barracks. DAKO: Well, why aren’t you there? SITA: We came for you. (Meanwhile...) VICKI: Is Ian still inside? BARBARA: Well, I don’t see how he could be. I think he must have been captured by the guards. VICKI: Taken to wherever the Doctor is, I suppose. Oh, Barbara, we’ve got to find them. We’ve got a chance now. BARBARA: Why? What’s happened? VICKI: Everything...everything’s going to be all right. I know it is. When the revolution succeeds, Tor and the Xerons are going to destroy this museum and all the exhibits. Well, we can’t be put in a museum that doesn’t exist any more, can we? (SITA walks over.) SITA: Dako and myself are going to try and see if we can find Tor. Are you coming? VICKI: No, I don’t think so, are we Barbara? BARBARA: Well, we must find out where Ian and the Doctor were taken. And if that means just wandering around the exhibition aimlessly, well we may as well go with them - Tor. VICKI: Where will they be taken? SITA: Mmm, the Governor’s office, I expect. First of all anyway. VICKI: We don’t want to go there, do we? (They laugh.) MOROK COMMANDER: (Behind them.) Possibly not, but that’s where you are going. (The GUARD who is with the COMMANDER sh**t SITA and then clubs DAKO to the ground. VICKI crouches down by SITA.) VICKI: Sita! (The COMMANDER walks over to her and takes the g*n out of her hand. She stands up besides BARBARA.) MOROK COMMANDER: (Quietly.) Where did you get this? (VICKI doesn’t answer. He walks over and points his g*n at her.) MOROK COMMANDER: I asked you a question. VICKI: I...I can’t remember. MOROK COMMANDER: Soldier. Have their been any guerilla actions against us? MOROK GUARD: Oh, none recently. MOROK COMMANDER: Have any arms fallen into Xeron hands? MOROK GUARD: No sir, not that I know of. MOROK COMMANDER: It seems as though our illustrious Governor is going to have more than his usual batch of questions to ask. Move. (They move off towards the MOROK HEADQUARTERS leaving SITA and DAKO on the ground besides the first MOROK GUARD.) 17: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE (The g*n that the MOROK COMMANDER took from VICKI lies on the desk before LOBOS. He tries the communications unit again.) MOROK COMMANDER: No answer. LOBOS: No. First the barracks, now the armoury. Well, the soldier will report as soon as he gets there. MOROK COMMANDER: Yes, you don’t think... LOBOS: (Shouts.) I don’t think anything, Commander! (He gets up.) All I know is that this g*n came from the w*apon store. MOROK COMMANDER: Mmm. What, er, is going to happen to them? LOBOS: In due course, they will go into the museum, as planned. 18: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. PREPARATION ROOM (BARBARA and VICKI are now also imprisoned in here with IAN and the DOCTOR. IAN is trying to force open the locked door.) DOCTOR: Chesterton! Chesterton! Save your strength. It’s going to take much more than that to get us out of this situation. Hmm! IAN: Well, Exhibits! In a forgotten museum, eh? Is that how we’re all going to end up? (He turns to the machine under the glass dome and starts to sabotage it.) IAN: Not with this apparatus... (IAN wrenches off a box from the front of the machine. He throws it on the floor and starts to stamp on it. The DOCTOR laughs quietly.) DOCTOR: Well, my boy, you’d hardly call me a pessimist, but, er, I think it’s most unlikely that th...that is the only contraption of its kind. Mmm? BARBARA: Well, you can’t blame Ian for letting off steam, Doctor. Oh, I wish I’d had thought nit...thought of it. I’d have smashed the whole thing too. DOCTOR: Yes, I think I would have done the same thing. VICKI: But we must have changed the future! We just must have done! BARBARA: Must we Vicki? Or were all the things that happened planned out for us? DOCTOR: (Thoughtful.) Mmm. BARBARA: Four separate journeys. Four choices, that led all the time, closer to here. Maybe it could have changed things if I hadn’t left that museum? DOCTOR: Yes, and perhaps I shouldn’t have got myself captured, Mmm? (Laughs.) IAN: Well, if your all joining in, I suppose I...oh, what’s the use? VICKI: (Optimistic.) It hasn’t happened yet, you know. DOCTOR: Yes, Vicki’s quite right! Quite right! Mmm! IAN: It’s only a matter of time, isn’t it, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, it’s not necessarily, my boy. BARBARA: But Doctor, what can we do now... DOCTOR: My dear Barbara, you must try and remember, the short time we’ve been on this planet, we’ve met people, spoken to them and who knows, we might have even influenced them. VICKI: That’s what I was trying to say. DOCTOR: Yes, I know you were child, yes! (Laughs.) Yes, I knew you were! Mmm! IAN: You mean we don’t necessarily have to change our own future? It could be changed for us? DOCTOR: Quite so, yes, quite so, my boy. VICKI: Like the revolution! 19: EXT. MUSEUM HEADQUARTERS (As VICKI speaks, the revolution is indeed taking place. Two MOROK GUARDS make a run for the museum entrance.) MOROK GUARD: To headquarters, quickly! Look out! (They are chased by TOR and four XERONS. Two sh*ts ring out and the two MOROK GUARDS fall next to DAKO and SITA. TOR rushes up to examine his comrades and is att*cked by a third MOROK GUARD. He pushes him off with an elbow jab and sh**t him down. As TOR again sees to DAKO and SITA, a fourth MOROK GUARD runs into the museum. TOR gestures to two of the XERONS who follow him in.) 20: INT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE PASSAGE (The MOROK turns to make a stand but the XERONS quickly sh**t him down.) 21: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (DAKO starts to come round, TOR shakes him awake.) TOR: Dako, Dako! It’s Tor! DAKO: (Groggily.) Tor, the barracks...did you...destroy it? TOR: The Moroks are on the run. And Vicki...do you know what’s happened? DAKO: (Trying to remember.) She found her friends...then the Moroks came. TOR: They took them?! DAKO: Yes... TOR: (Desperate.) Well, where to Dako? Where did they take them?! DAKO: I’m not sure...the Governor’s office, I think. TOR: (To a XERON.) Stay with him. The rest of you, come with me. (TOR and the other XERONS rush off.) 22: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE (LOBOS and the MOROK COMMANDER are in the Governor’s office. The communications buzzer sounds...) LOBOS: Yes, armoury? MOROK GUARD: (OOV: over tannoy.) Yes sir? LOBOS: Well, what’s happening? MOROK GUARD: (OOV: over tannoy.) We’ve been att*cked - the w*apon have gone. LOBOS: What?! Stay there - I’ll send extra men. MOROK GUARD: (OOV: over tannoy.) No, the barracks have been wiped out, the Xerons have got them... (The MOROK GUARD suddenly gives out a cry of pain and the communicator cuts out. LOBOS desperately tries to re-connect.) LOBOS: Hello? Hello? This is Governor Lobos! (LOBOS gives up and, picking up a small case, starts to pack his papers.) LOBOS: We’ll still get away. I’ve got a ship standing by at the launching port. (The MOROK COMMANDER briefly checks in the corridor.) MOROK COMMANDER: What about the aliens? LOBOS: All this trouble started when they arrived. k*ll them! (They make their way over to the preparation room. The COMMANDER pulls open the sliding door and they enter.) 23: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. PREPARATION ROOM (The four travellers jump to their feet as the two MOROKS walk in, their g*n raised. Behind them TOR and the XERONS can be seen through the open door running into the Governor’s office.) 24: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE TOR: Lobos! (The XERON’S aim and f*re...) 25: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. PREPARATION ROOM (The travellers duck down as the two MOROKS fall to the ground. VICKI rushes out.) 26: INT. MOROK HEADQUARTERS. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE VICKI: Tor! TOR: Vicki! VICKI: Oh, marvellous! Oh, thank you! (She turns round. The others have followed her out and, freed from their future as exhibits, stand there smiling.) DOCTOR: (Laughs.) The future doesn’t look too bad after all, does it? Mmm? (He laughs again.) 27: EXT. MUSEUM ENTRANCE (TOR supervises the XERONS as they carry the exhibits out of the museum. VICKI watches. Two XERONS carry out a large piece of machinery. TOR points in one direction.) TOR: Take that straight through. VICKI: (Whispering.) Where’s that going? Where’s that going? TOR: (Quietly.) Well, that’s just going anywhere. VICKI: Oh... (He points in another direction to another XERON. Another exits and he points him in the direction taken by the first two.) TOR: (Sighs.) All this ... (The last XERON walks past IAN and BARBARA who are stood outside the TARDIS watching the proceedings.) BARBARA: Well, it didn’t take them long to dismantle the museum, did it? IAN: No! Well, it must be quite a feeling getting your own planet back. (The DOCTOR comes out of the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: Well, there you both are, hmm? (He holds up a small valve-like piece of apparatus and hands it over to IAN.) DOCTOR: That’s it! That’s the little thing that’s been giving us all this dimensional trouble. Hmm! IAN: Just that? DOCTOR: (Laughs.) You know, it’s a funny thing how it happened - it got stuck. I don’t know whether you’ve gone into a room and switched on the light and had to wait a second or two before the thing lit itself up, hmm? BARBARA: Yes, I have. I think most people have. DOCTOR: Well, this is the same kind of problem, you see. We, er, landed on a separate time track, wandered around a bit, and until this little thing clicked itself into place, we hadn’t...actually arrived, Hmm! (Laughs.) IAN: Oh, well, thanks very much for explaining it. DOCTOR: Not at all, my dear boy, anytime, anytime! Hmm! (BARBARA and IAN smile.) IAN: Yes, er, (Coughs.) well, er, do you want it back? DOCTOR: Er, yes, er, please, yes. Er, I wondered if you’d mind taking it in for me? Inside the ship, thank you. (To BARBARA.) I just want to fetch Vicki. BARBARA: Yes. (BARBARA follows IAN into the TARDIS as the DOCTOR walks over to TOR and VICKI.) DOCTOR: There, now, er... VICKI: But, Tor, surely it doesn’t all have to be destroyed. Can’t you use any of it? TOR: Oh, we only want on Xeros what belongs to Xeros, Vicki. The rest will be broken up. DOCTOR: Yes, I think I can quite understand your sentiments, young man. But you know, you mustn’t, er, lose sight of...science altogether. You might need it. TOR: Oh, yes Doctor. (IAN and BARBARA come out of the TARDIS.) IAN: Doctor, what is that extraordinary thing you’ve got in the TARDIS? DOCTOR: Ah, that my boy, yes. Well, that I got from the space museum. (He laughs.) IAN: Ah. DOCTOR: This young man here, Tor, very kindly gave it to me as a souvenir. IAN: A souvenir? Ha! Couldn’t you get something a little smaller? (The smile disappears off the DOCTOR’S face. He steps forward, his voice rising in anger.) DOCTOR: My dear Chesterton, I don’t think I have to ask your permission for what I take in my ship, and another thing, I will not have... BARBARA: (Interrupting hastily.) Oh no, Doctor, of course you don’t. But, er, what is it? It looks terribly interesting. DOCTOR: (Mollified.) Yes, well, er, as a matter of fact, my dear, it’s what they call a “Time and Space Visualiser.” (Laughs gently.) You know, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it in the space museum. Hmm! But I have an idea I can get it working again. IAN: Yes Doctor, but what exactly does it do? DOCTOR: You will see, you will see! All in good time! Hmm hmm! (He turns to VICKI.) Now then, have you said your good-byes? TOR: Yes, er, thank you Doctor. Your party made our revolution a success. DOCTOR: Splendid, splendid. Well now, I think we must get moving, er, goodbye young man. TOR: Goodbye Doctor. DOCTOR: Goodbye Tor. Come along, my child, come along. (He walks off towards the TARDIS.) TOR: Goodbye Vicki. VICKI: Goodbye Tor. (VICKI goes to the TARDIS, turning in the doorway to wave goodbye. TOR waves back. The TARDIS dematerialises...) 28: SPACE (In a distant galaxy...on a crater filled planet...) 29: INT. CONTROL ROOM (The travellers departure has been observed. A DALEK glides up to a control panel and observes the readings. It turns to a communicator.) FIRST DALEK: Our greatest enemies have left the planet Xeros. They are once again in time and space. SECOND DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) They cannot escape! Our time machine will soon follow them. They will be exterminated! Exterminated! Exterminated!
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THE EXECUTIONERS Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 22 May, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. CONTROL ROOM (A DALEK glides up to a control panel and observes the readings. It turns to a communicator.) FIRST DALEK: Our greatest enemies have left the planet Xeros. They are once again in time and space. SECOND DALEK: (OOV: over tannoy.) They cannot escape! Our time machine will soon follow them. They will be exterminated! Exterminated! Exterminated! 2: VORTEX (The TARDIS flies through the space and time vortex...) 3: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR fiddles with a huge machine on one side of the console room. Upright and circular in shape, it has a screen in its centre that is surrounded by a multitude of dials and switches. VICKI stands nearby, whistling horribly out of tune.) DOCTOR: Don’t whistle, dear, please? Hmm? VICKI: Well, have you nearly finished Doctor? (The DOCTOR gesticulates and answers with a component from the machine clenched between his teeth, making the reply completely undecipherable. VICKI smiles. She holds another component - a vaguely rectangular metal plate. After a second she starts tunelessly whistling again.) DOCTOR: (Angrily, again with his mouth full.) Stop whistling! Hmm! VICKI: (Slamming the plate down.) Well, can I do anything to help?! DOCTOR: (Still with his mouth full.) ... buzz off now, hmm! (VICKI storms out of the room, but stops to slam the metal plate down, again distracting the DOCTOR.) 4: INT. TARDIS. LIVING AREA (IAN is reading a book called “ Monsters from outer space.” VICKI stands behind him.) VICKI: What are you reading? IAN: Hmm? (He shows her the cover.) Oh. VICKI: Is it good? IAN: Yes. A bit far-fetched. (VICKI tries to read the book, leaning on his shoulder. IAN shrugs her off.) VICKI: Oh! All right! (She storms off again and turns to an open door.) 5: INT. TARDIS. GIRL’S BEDROOM (BARBARA is within, sewing a length of material on the floor.) VICKI: (Indignantly.) I am redundant around here! BARBARA: Oh, nonsense. Come and sit down and talk to me. VICKI: (Still indignant.) I am a useless person! (She sits on the edge of the bed but it tips forward throwing her to the floor and knocking a cup and saucer and its contents over the material.) BARBARA: (Angrily.) Oh, Vicki! VICKI: (Upset.) Oh, what was it? BARBARA: (Calmer.) Oh...it...was a...dress for you. (A loud whining noise can be heard.) 6: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (It comes from the machine that the DOCTOR is fiddling with. He hammers away behind it, reaching round to the front to twist a lever. The noise brings IAN into the room.) IAN: (Shouts.) What’s the matter? What’s the trouble? (The DOCTOR comes round from the back of the machine.) DOCTOR: (Shouts.) Out of the way! Out of the way! IAN: (Shouts.) What’s the matter? (BARBARA runs in, her fingers in her ears.) BARBARA: (Shouts.) Doctor! Turn it off! (The DOCTOR twists a dial and pulls the lever again. The whine dies away.) DOCTOR: Ahh! BARBARA: Oh, that’s better. IAN: Are you trying to deafen us all or something? DOCTOR: Deafen you? No, no, dear boy. It was an unfortunate juxtaposition of the sonic rectifier...with the linial amplifier. IAN: Oh! Of course, I should have know! (The DOCTOR takes a tool from his workbench and goes back out of sight behind the machine.) BARBARA: Doctor, what is this machine? DOCTOR: I’ve already told you, my dear. It’s a Time and Space Visualiser. BARBARA: Yes, but apart from making that dreadful noise, what does it do? DOCTOR: It converts neutrons of light energy into electrical impulses. IAN: Oh, wonderful! I’ve always wanted one! (VICKI has entered the room.) DOCTOR: Do I detect a hint of sarcasm, hmm? Dear boy, hmm? IAN: I’m sorry Doctor, but you rattle off explanations that would have baffled Einstein and you expect Barbara and I to know what you’re talking about. DOCTOR: Very well then, I’ll quote you ... : “Mass is absorbed by light, therefore light has mass and energy” hmm? VICKI: “The energy radiated by a light neutron is equal to the energy of the mass it absorbed.” DOCTOR: Splendid child, splendid. VICKI: (To BARBARA.) It’s quite simple. It just means that anything that ever happens, anywhere in the universe, is recorded in light neutrons. DOCTOR: I couldn’t have put it better myself, child. (Laughs.) VICKI: Doctor, you know when I left Earth? Scientists were trying to invent a machine that would convert the energy from light neutrons into electrical impulses. (To BARBARA.) That meant that you could just tune in and see any event in history. BARBARA: Do you mean...a sort of...”Time television”? VICKI: Yes, like that! DOCTOR: Yes, that’s exactly what this is. BARBARA & VICKI: No! (VICKI runs to the front of the machine.) VICKI: Doctor, you’re kidding! Why didn’t you tell me? I could have fixed it for you instead of you fiddling about like that! DOCTOR: Because I have already fixed it, my dear. (The DOCTOR walks over to where IAN is sat, absorbed in his book again.) DOCTOR: Oh, my dear Chesterton, do you mind if I distract you from your cowboys and indians, hmm? IAN: Oh, all right. DOCTOR: Now, I want to give a little demonstration. IAN: Mmm. DOCTOR: Will you, er, think of an event in history? Hmm? IAN: (Thinks, then nods.) All right, I’ve thought of one. DOCTOR: Well, first the place. IAN: Oh, Earth, that’s easy. DOCTOR: Now, the geographical location - date and time. IAN: Nineteenth of November, 1863. The place - Pennsylvania, USA. DOCTOR: Good! Don’t go away. (The DOCTOR goes over to a number of drawers and, after searching takes out of one several metal plates, similar to the one VICKI had before. He slots this into the front of the machine. The whining sound starts again.) VICKI: (In pain.) Ooh! (The DOCTOR adjusts the lever again. The sound dies down.) DOCTOR: Hmm! (He adjusts further controls...) DOCTOR: Watch. (...and a flickering image appears on the screen - a bearded man in 19 century dress. IAN runs forward excitedly as the man’s words are heard and the picture clears.) ABRAHAM LINCOLN: (On visualiser.) ...conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. BARBARA: Lincoln! Abraham Lincoln. IAN: Yes, that’s what I asked for - the Gettysburg address! ABRAHAM LINCOLN: (On visualiser.) ...civil w*r, testing whether that nation, or any nation... 7: VISUALISER IMAGE ABRAHAM LINCOLN: ...so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great b*ttlefield of that w*r. We’ve come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who gave their lives that that nation might live. (The image starts to flicker.) That is altogether fitting and proper that we should do so. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate... 8: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM ABRAHAM LINCOLN: (On visualiser.) ...we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. (The image grows worse, then the sounds disappears, followed by the image itself.) BARBARA: Doctor, can I have a go? VICKI: Can I? Can I? Please? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, yes, now, all in good time, my dear, all in good time! (The DOCTOR takes the plate out.) DOCTOR: Now, Barbara? BARBARA: Yes? Now listen... (They rush over to the drawers as IAN joins VICKI.) IAN: Vicki, did you ever see anything like it in your life? VICKI: No! IAN: Well, that was Abraham Lincoln! (BARBARA rushes back with another plate.) BARBARA: Quiet, you lot! VICKI: (To IAN.) I know it was! IAN: Well, where are we? VICKI: What is it! DOCTOR: Put it in there. In the slot. (BARBARA does so. The whining sound starts again.) DOCTOR: Hmm, now. (The DOCTOR manipulates more controls and finally resorts to hitting the machine. The interference clears and the image appears of a lady speaking to a man. They are dressed in clothes of the late 16 century.) QUEEN ELIZABETH I: (On visualiser.) We are well aware of what... IAN: It’s Queen Elizabeth the first! DOCTOR: Shh! VICKI: Who's that man? BARBARA: Oh, wait and see. 9: VISUALISER IMAGE (The man, FRANCIS BACON, bows to the Queen and walks away to where another man waits beyond a curtain.) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: (Nervously.) Is the Queen angry, sire? It was only a jest. FRANCIS BACON: She has graciously granted you an audience. (With BACON following, SHAKESPEARE walks up to ELIZABETH in her stone chamber and goes down on bended knee to kiss her hand.) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Oh, oh your majesty! (He stands.) QUEEN ELIZABETH I: (Haughtily.) Master Shakespeare, you aware of the concern your character of Falstaff has cur, caused to Sir John Oldcastle? FRANCIS BACON: It was so obviously he! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Ah, yes. Ah, well, erm, I can explain your majesty. QUEEN ELIZABETH I: (Snaps.) You admit it then?! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Er...er...yes, your majesty. QUEEN ELIZABETH I: (Smiles.) Good! Give it no more thought. We found it very amusing! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: (Relieved.) Oh! QUEEN ELIZABETH I: Tell me, have any plans to write a further play on him? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Ah, no. QUEEN ELIZABETH I: Oh. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Ah, no, I haven’t, your majesty. 10: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The travellers continue to watch...) QUEEN ELIZABETH I: (On visualiser.) That’s a pity. But it does not matter. We have idea which may be of service. You shall write a play of Falstaff in love! 11: VISUALISER IMAGE QUEEN ELIZABETH I: (Laughs.) Does that not...f*re your imagination! (FRANCIS BACON looks less convinced.) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: (Falsely.) Oh, ah, oh, a happy idea, your majesty...yes... QUEEN ELIZABETH I: (Happily.) Away with you, Will. To your pen. (SHAKESPEARE bows and walks out. BACON stops him before he leaves.) FRANCIS BACON: I also have an idea that you may wish to use: the history of Hamlet, prince of Denmark. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: I’m afraid not, sire. FRANCIS BACON: Oh, do you know the story then? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Er, I assure you, my lord, it would not be quite in...my style. FRANCIS BACON: (Coldly.) Very well then. (SHAKESPEARE walks off.) FRANCIS BACON: Scribbler! (But he does not see SHAKESPEARE stop in his tracks as a thought strikes him. The Visualiser picture starts to break up at this point.) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet, prince of Denmark? 12: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The picture disappears totally.) IAN: Well Barbara, did you find out what you wanted to know? (In the background, VICKI takes out BARBARA’S metal plate and runs off to fetch her own.) BARBARA: Oh I didn’t really want to know anything. I just wanted to see Elizabeth’s court. Er, did you see the way Shakespeare looked when he thought of Hamlet? IAN: Yes, I did! I... (VICKI runs back with her plate. The machine starts whining again.) IAN: Well, where are we now? VICKI: (Helping to adjust the controls.) Shh... (An announcement that sounds familiar to IAN and BARBARA emanates from the Visualiser.) CONTINUITY ANNOUNCER: This is BBC1. (The DOCTOR pushes VICKI back and adjusts the controls himself.) CONTINUITY ANNOUNCER: The next programme is due to start in just under one minute. BARBARA: Vicki! What year have you got on there? VICKI: 1965. (The DOCTOR further adjusts the controls. The image of a TELEVISION ANNOUNCER appears.) DOCTOR: Come along, come! IAN: You’ve got a television... VICKI: Shh! IAN: ...show, it... VICKI: (Whispers.) I want to watch it! PROGRAMME HOST: Here singing their latest number one h*t...it’s the fabulous...wait for it... (A tune starts...) PROGRAMME HOST: It’s the fabulous...Beatles!! (IAN and BARBARA are amazed...) VICKI: Yes!! (The image of the “fab four” appears, in negative...) 13: VISUALISER IMAGE (The negative image, produced by the television trickery of the 1960’s, dissolves to a positive image.) BEATLES: "I think I’m gonna be sad, I think it’s today, yeah! The girl that’s driving me mad, Is going away... She’s gotta ticket to ri-ide, She’s gotta ticket to ri-i-ide," (The image starts to break up...) 14: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (IAN dances and sings to the song...) BEATLES: "She’s gotta ticket to ride, But she don’t care! My baby don't care...!” (The image gets worse. As the DOCTOR beats time with his screwdriver, BARBARA attempts to adjust the lever but only cuts out the image altogether...) VICKI: Oh! IAN: Oh, Barbara! DOCTOR: Now you’ve squashed my favourite Beatles! (VICKI and IAN laugh.) IAN: But Vicki, I had no idea you knew about the Beatles?! VICKI: Of course I know about them. I’ve been to their Memorial Theatre in Liverpool. (IAN and BARBARA look at each other...) BARBARA: We...well, what do you think of them, Vicki? VICKI: Well, they’re marvellous, but...I didn’t know they played classical music! BARBARA: (Amazed.) Classical music?! IAN: (Coughs.) Get with it, Barbara! Get with it! Styles change, styles change! (A beeping sound is suddenly heard.) DOCTOR: (To VICKI.) I think you’d better turn it off, my dear. Yes, we’re about to materialise. (The DOCTOR, IAN and BARBARA rush off towards the console. VICKI adjusts controls and runs to join them...but behind her, the Visualiser screen continues to flicker.) 15: EXT. ARIDIUS (The TARDIS materialises in a dry, sandy desert.) 16: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR checks the console...) DOCTOR: Well, everything appears to be all right, yes. The oxygen’s high...and the gravity...is a little greater than Earth, hmm! (He pulls a lever and the doors open. The travellers walk out.) 17: EXT. ARIDIUS BARBARA: Ooh, it’s hot! DOCTOR: Well, it’s no small wonder. Look up there, my dear, hmm! Look! (He points upwards to where two hot suns are fast moving down to the horizon.) DOCTOR: Two suns moving very quickly, hmm? I expect the days and nights are very short here, hmm? VICKI: Are we going to explore now then? BARBARA: I shouldn’t think there is anything to explore. Just miles and miles of sand. (On the horizon are blackened craggy outcrops, almost like statues.) BARBARA: Those strange things...? (One of the crags almost looks like the shape of a man, baked solid by the heat.) VICKI: You never know - over that sand-dune there might be a...a city or a...a space-station or anything. DOCTOR: (Laughing, to BARBARA.) The child’s just like me, you know? Always wants to know what’s on t’other side of the hill! VICKI: I’m gonna find out too! (She sh**t off.) BARBARA: (Following her.) Vicki, come back! IAN: (To the DOCTOR.) I’d better follow her. (He starts to run off.) DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, Chesterton, here, here. IAN: What? (The DOCTOR takes a small device out of his pocket.) DOCTOR: Look here, you’d better take this TARDIS magnet with you. Watch that little green light in there. IAN: Yeah... DOCTOR: Don’t drop it, otherwise you’ll get lost. BARBARA: (OOV.) Ian! IAN: All right, I’m coming! (To the DOCTOR.) We won’t go any further than the ridge. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes. (BARBARA comes back, pointing.) BARBARA: Look at her! IAN: Don’t worry. I’ll look after her. VICKI: (OOV.) Come on! IAN: All right, Christopher Columbus! Hang on! (IAN sets off whilst BARBARA stays with the DOCTOR.) 18: EXT. ARIDIUS (VICKI continues up the sandy ridge, followed a little way behind by IAN. Their voices get fainter as they get further away.) VICKI: Come on! (She slips slightly.) Oops! IAN: Yes, over there! (VICKI sees one of the strange craggy shapes.) VICKI: Look at this thing. IAN: Oh, what is it? It looks like a man, doesn’t it? VICKI: Yes - but of frozen seaweed! IAN: Huh! VICKI: Funny shape... IAN: Funny smell! (They reach the top of the ridge and run off into the distance.) 19: EXT. ARIDIUS (VICKI reaches the top of a rocky outcrop. She trips against something.) VICKI: Oh! (VICKI examines the base of her shoe, then a liquid that in on the sand and rock she is stood on.) VICKI: Ian! Ian! (IAN appears, examining the TARDIS magnet.) VICKI: Come and look at this. IAN: Hey! You know this gadget of the Doctor’s? It...it really works. VICKI: Never mind that - look at this. IAN: What? What is it? VICKI: (Smelling the liquid on her hands.) I don’t know IAN: Pooh! What an awful smell. Well, at least it’s not a pool of acid! VICKI: (Laughing.) That makes a change! (Pointing.) Look, there’s lots...more of it. IAN: Yeah. VICKI: It’s a trail. IAN: Probably blood! VICKI: (Laughs.) Oh yes, it’s bound to be! Come on, let’s see where it leads. IAN: All right. (Looking at the magnet.) Really is ingenious this. (As they walk off, an Octopus-type tentacle rises out of the sand...) 20: EXT. ARIDIUS (Outside the TARDIS, the DOCTOR and BARBARA lie relaxing in the sun. The DOCTOR wafting his Panama hat, hums a tune to himself, very badly. A whining sound starts to rise in pitch. BARBARA sits up as she hears the sound.) BARBARA: What’s that awful noise? DOCTOR: I beg your pardon - “awful noise”? That’s no way to talk about my singing! BARBARA: No Doctor, not that awful noise! DOCTOR: Hmm?! BARBARA: The other one, listen to it! DOCTOR: Mmm? Oh, yes...yes, it sounds like the, er, the Visualiser. I think it’s still on. Yes, would you mind going in and switching it off for me dear? BARBARA: OK. I’ve had enough sun anyway. DOCTOR: Yes, thank you! (BARBARA gets up and goes off to the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: Oh, humph! Awful noise indeed, huh! I can charm the nightingales out of the trees! 21: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (BARBARA walks up to the Visualiser and tries various switches. She then moves to level and a familiar voice issues from the machine.) FIRST DALEK: (OOV.) The supreme Dalek is ready to receive your report! (BARBARA steps back slowly as an image appears on the Visualiser of several DALEKS in a control room. One, the SUPREME DALEK, has a darker casing than the others.) SECOND DALEK: The report is ready. BARBARA: Doctor! Doctor, come quickly! DOCTOR: (OOV.) Yes, all right, my dear, all right, all right. What is it now? Gracious me, can’t I even relax for five... (The DOCTOR walks in and sees the image.) DOCTOR: The Daleks! 22: VISUALISER IMAGE SUPREME DALEK: Give your report. SECOND DALEK: Our time machine has been completed. SUPREME DALEK: The operation will proceed at once. The movement scanners have located the enemy time machine - TARDIS. (The DALEKS glide frantically round the control room screeching out in turn.) DALEKS: TARDIS! TARDIS! TARDIS! TARDIS! TARDIS! 23: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DALEKS continue to screech as BARBARA turns to the DOCTOR.) BARBARA: Doctor, he said the TARDIS - and look on their screen, that’s us! DOCTOR: What is more important, he referred to the TARDIS as the enemy time machine. 24: VISUALISER SUPREME DALEK: At present it lies in the Segaro desert of the planet Aridius. FIRST DALEK: We await command. SUPREME DALEK: The Doctor and the three humans delayed our conquest of Earth. FIRST DALEK: Daleks cannot be defeated! THIRD DALEK: To defy Daleks is death! FIRST DALEK: They will pay for their crime! SUPREME DALEK: Annihilate! (Again, the DALEKS screech in turn.) DALEKS: Annihilate! Annihilate! Annihilate! Annihilate! Annihilate! SUPREME DALEK: The assassination group will embark at once in our time machine. They pursue the humans through all eternity. They must be destroyed! Exterminate them! (Several DALEKS start to glide into their time machine. Cylindrical in shape, the doorway is in a wedge “cut” into the machine. Like the TARDIS, it would appear to be bigger on the inside than the outside as the number of DALEKS that enter would appear to be too normal for its outside dimensions.) SUPREME DALEK: Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! (When all of the taskforce has entered, the machine dematerialises with an electronic noise that reduces in pitch and echoes itself.) 25: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR switches the Visualiser off.) DOCTOR: My machine can only pick up the things that happened in the past. BARBARA: Then they’re on their way here! DOCTOR: Or worse, already here. You heard their orders - we are to be exterminated! BARBARA: But Doctor, can’t we get away from them? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, yes, but Ian and the child, come on, we have such little time. (They run out.) 26: EXT. ARIDIUS (VICKI and IAN run down a ridge in the distance. VICKI is in the lead.) VICKI: Oh, come on, keep going! IAN: What do you think I am? One of these ... ? VICKI: Yes. IAN: Huh... VICKI: (Exhausted.) Oh! Ah! IAN: Yes. Well, no space city, Vicki. VICKI: ... , I suppose ... 27: EXT. ARIDIUS (VICKI and IAN arrive on another rocky ridge. A tired VICKI falls to the ground.) VICKI: Ah, Oh! Oh, the trail just ends. IAN: Well, we’re a long way from the TARDIS now, Vicki. VICKI: Yeah. IAN: Ah, we ought to get back really, you know. VICKI: Yeah... IAN: They’ll be missing us. VICKI: (Holding up her hands to the sky.) If you look at the sun through your fingers, you have twenty instead of ten. IAN: Hmm? Yes. Oh, I could do with a drink. VICKI: Oh yes. Ah. (IAN sits down.) VICKI: We should get back, you know. IAN: Yeah, soon be dark, you know. Look at those suns. Just like the Doctor said - they move fast. Hard this ground, isn’t it? VICKI: Yeah. IAN: Like glass. VICKI: Come on, Ian. Let’s go. IAN: Yeah, all right. (IAN starts to get up, but sees something in the sand.) IAN: Hello? What’s this? (He uncovers an object as the sky behind them starts to get darker.) IAN: A ring! Ha! A ring in the sand! (He goes to pull the ring.) VICKI: (Panics.) No! No! The ring in the field! (VICKI starts to laugh in embarrassment.) IAN: What are you talking about? What’s the matter? VICKI: Well, you see, when I was very young... IAN: Yes? VICKI: Near where I lived there was a field, and in this field there was a ring, just like that, sticking out of the ground. IAN: Yes? VICKI: You see, the point was, on the other side of the hedge, there was a castle, an enormous thing, with a drawbridge. IAN: Hmm..? VICKI: And... IAN: Well, go on! Ha! VICKI: We had this thing, that if we pulled that ring... IAN: Yes...? VICKI: The drawbridge would come down and something awful would come out! IAN: Vicki! Look around you. Can you see a castle anywhere? VICKI: No, but for heavens sake, something’s gonna happen if we pull that thing. IAN: Well, shall I pull it or shan’t I? (By now, it is almost dark.) VICKI: Yes, all right, go on. IAN: I think I’ll move it now. (He grunts as he pulls at the ring but it does not budge.) VICKI: Try turning it. (He does so.) IAN: No, won’t turn. Hold on. (He pulls the entire ring out and falls backwards. He sits up and they look round to see what effect they have had. There seems to be none.) IAN: Ah, Excalibur! (They laugh.) Come on, no castles, no drawbridges. (They stand and start to walk away.) Back we go. (Behind them, with a creaking noise, a trapdoor opens in the floor of the rock. VICKI squeals with alarm, then laughs at her panic. They rush back to the open door. VICKI jumps up on impulse and starts to climb through the trapdoor.) IAN: Vicki, just check it, eh? (She feels below her with her feet.) VICKI: Steps! 28: EXT. ARIDIUS (NIGHT) (BARBARA stands atop another ridge and shouts.) BARBARA: Vicki! Ian! Nothing! (She climbs down to where a shivering DOCTOR holds his Panama hat to his head.) DOCTOR: This wretched wind has wiped out all their tracks, huh! It’s getting so cold here. BARBARA: Yeah, come on Doctor, let’s go back to the TARD... (She is about to go in one direction, but...) DOCTOR: (Looking in another direction.) Ah, this way, dear. BARBARA: No, no, no, it’s that way. I remember. DOCTOR: I have the directional instincts of a homing Pigeon! Now come along, follow me, hmm! 29: INT. TRAPDOOR ENTRANCE (IAN clambers down to join VICKI through the trapdoor. They are within a darkened stone chamber.) IAN: (Calls.) Hello! (The echo of his voice calls back...) IAN: (Echo.) Hello! (IAN starts to move further on but finds there is nothing beneath his feet in the direction he takes. He jumps back.) VICKI: Oh! Oh, Ian, stay over here by this wall. (They move on. Behind them, the tentacled arm pushes the trapdoor closed. IAN and VICKI turn round to see an Octopoid creature behind them in the passageway. It roars...) 30: EXT. ARIDIUS (NIGHT) (A raging sandstorm has now blown up above ground. The DOCTOR and BARBARA battle against the high winds as they struggle through the darkness. BARBARA tries to speak to the muffled up DOCTOR. He points to indicate that they go on. However, she spots something and points in another direction.) DOCTOR: (His words almost lost.) Oh, there it is! ... (They struggle on a few more paces but are soon overcome by the elements and collapse on the ground.) 31: EXT. ARIDIUS (NEXT MORNING.) (Day quickly follows night. There is no sign of the DOCTOR and BARBARA. Suddenly a patch of sand moves and the DOCTOR and BARBARA sit up from where he has been completely covered by the last night’s storm.) DOCTOR: Ah! BARBARA: (Looking round.) It’s changed! DOCTOR: Ah, Oh... BARBARA: The whole landscapes changed! DOCTOR: Ah... BARBARA: (Panics.) The TARDIS has gone, there’s no sign of it! DOCTOR: Ah, it’s probably got buried in that sandstorm. BARBARA: But where? All these stretches of sand look exactly alike. DOCTOR: Yes, well, wait a minute, wait a minute. Ah, I’ve got an idea. Let’s have a look at the TARDIS magnet. (He reaches into his pocket.) Oh, I’m sorry, I’ve just remembered. I gave it to Ian. Ha, well...come on, come on, we can’t waste time, let’s get going. (He starts to struggle up.) That sun’ll be up in a minute and we’ve no food. and there’s no water, no shade... (Suddenly.) Get down! Get down! (He pushes BARBARA back down.) BARBARA: Oh! What’s the matter? (Some distance away, another patch of ground is also disturbed. With straining, groaning noises, a buried DALEK rises up out of the sand and looks about its surroundings...)
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THE DEATH OF TIME Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 29 May, 1965 5:45pm - 6:10pm 1: EXT. ARIDIUS (With a straining, groaning sound, a buried DALEK rises up out of the sand and looks about its surroundings.) DOCTOR: Keep your head down. They haven’t seen us yet. BARBARA: (Pointing.) Doctor, look! There’s more of them. (BARBARA points to her right.) 2: EXT. ARIDIUS (A FIRST DALEK glides up to another that waits on a small ridge.) SECOND DALEK: The enemy time machine is in this area. FIRST DALEK: We can locate the position with our seismic detectors. SECOND DALEK: Find and destroy it. The remainder will search for the humans. FIRST DALEK: Are they to be taken alive? SECOND DALEK: No. They are to be exterminated. FIRST DALEK: Good! SECOND DALEK: Destroyed. FIRST DALEK: Exterminated! SECOND DALEK: ... Let the search begin. 3: EXT. ARIDIUS DOCTOR: Stay down. One of them’s coming this way! (The DOCTOR and BARBARA duck down behind the ridge of sand that they are lying on. A DALEK glides past without seeing them. Once past, the DOCTOR and BARBARA sit up again.) DOCTOR: We must find the TARDIS before they do, hmm? Hmm? BARBARA: Yes, and we must warn Ian and Vicki. They don’t even know the Daleks are here. DOCTOR: Yes, ye... (Realising what she has said.) Warn them? But how? We haven’t seen them for hours. Anyway, it’s no good hanging about here. Come on, let’s get moving, come... (They struggle to their feet. But before they can move on, they are stopped in their tracks by the sight of two alien beings who stand before them. Basically humanoid in shape, they are partially covered in scales and have amphibious-like fins on their head and down their back.) 4: INT. TRAPDOOR ENTRANCE (VICKI screams at the creature that has just shut the trap door. IAN: Don’t just stand there and scream you little fool! Run! (As they run off, a tentacle waves in the air.) 5: INT. TUNNEL (IAN runs down a tunnel but another of the octopoid creatures blocks his way. VICKI runs up.) VICKI: Oh, don’t just standing there gaping, you nit! Come on, back! (IAN runs a few yards, then throws a rock at the creature. He and VICKI run off.) 6: EXT. ARIDIUS (A DALEK glides down a sand dune. It comes across a THIRD DALEK which has a detector type instrument in place of the usual sucker arm.) THIRD DALEK: Wait. Tracks of the humans. FOURTH DALEK: Follow them. (A low bleeping noise starts to emit from the THIRD DALEK’S detector.) THIRD DALEK: Wait. Perceptor indicates someone is near. It draws closer. FOURTH DALEK: Destroy on sight. (Another of the amphibious creatures wanders into view over a ridge. The FOURTH DALEK fires and the creature falls back with a scream.) THIRD DALEK: An Aridian. One of the species that inhabits this planet. Unimportant. Continue the search. (The FOURTH DALEK glides away.) 7: EXT. ARIDIUS (The DOCTOR and BARBARA have made the acquaintance of the two Aridians. One of them, MALSAN stands with BARBARA on a ridge as he explains the history of their planet.) MALSAN: This desert, was once a vast ocean. We, the Aridians, lived in a city beneath the sea, but for a thousand years, those twin suns that burn, have moved closer and closer. (Next to them, the DOCTOR sits, wafting himself with his Panama hat as the other Aridian, RYNIAN, who is sat next to him, continues with the story...) RYNIAN: Then...then the sea’s dried up and all the creatures that lived within their waters perished. MALSAN: All but...the Mire Beasts. BARBARA: Mire Beasts? What are they? MALSAN: They lived in the slime, at the bottom of the ocean. When the waters were gone, they inv*de our cities. RYNIAN: There were too many of them. We tried to destroy them! They multiplied too quickly for us. We were driven back as the Mire Beasts took over more and more of our beautiful city. DOCTOR: These Mire Beasts - what do they feed on, mmm? MALSAN: They are...flesh eaters. DOCTOR: You mean they att*ck humans? MALSAN: Of course. DOCTOR: Oh, good gracious! (BARBARA, who has joined the DOCTOR, is horrified at this news...) BARBARA: Doctor! Look, two of our friends went out into the desert. Will you help us find them? RYNIAN: When did you see them last? BARBARA: Last night. MALSAN: The Mire Beasts hunt at night. RYNIAN: Do you think they are near or far? DOCTOR: Oh, I don’t think they can travel far in this sand. MALSAN: Then they might have gone through the Taltarian air-lock, into the tunnels. RYNIAN: Then it is too late! BARBARA: How do you mean “it’s too late”? RYNIAN: It is to be exploded. DOCTOR: Exploded? RYNIAN: Yes, the air-lock. You see, we Aridians have learned the only way to destroy the Mire Beast is to entomb them in the sections of the city they have occupied. MALSAN: The Taltarian air-lock will be detonated at high suns. BARBARA: Well then we must stop it! RYNIAN: No, we would not reach the air-lock in time. (BARBARA, unconvinced, jumps up and tries to get past MALSAN.) DOCTOR: (Trying to calm her.) Now, hush, hush, hush. BARBARA: (Struggling with MALSAN.) Look where...? (MALSAN lets go of BARBARA but blocks her path. RYNIAN has hold of her now.) BARBARA: Look, where is this place? (RYNIAN lets go of her and joins MALSAN.) RYNIAN: If we move faster than the suns? (MALSAN looks into the sky and considers.) MALSAN: We will try. (To the DOCTOR and BARBARA.) Follow! (They all run off.) 8: EXT. ARIDIUS (The two suns burn brightly onto the sandy wastes. Another Aridian looks into the sky. Next to him is a plunger-type device.) PRONDYN: It’s high sun. (He adjusts the machine and grasps the handle.) 9: INT. TUNNEL (VICKI steps forward through the tunnel. Suddenly a tentacle grasps her round the neck.) VICKI: Ian! IAN: (Coming into view.) Vicki! (He grabs the startled girl and tries to pull the tentacle of the MIRE BEAST away from her.) 10: EXT. ARIDIUS (PRONDYN activates the expl*sives. The sand dunes blast apart...) 11: INT. TUNNEL (The roof of the tunnel falls down on top of the MIRE BEAST and the struggling humans.) 12: EXT. ARIDIUS (A small distance away, the DOCTOR and BARBARA cover their faces from the effects of the expl*si*n.) 13: INT. TUNNEL (IAN lies face down on the tunnel floor. VICKI sits over him as the dust settles and the arm of the MIRE BEAST falls to the ground as it dies. VICKI tries to rouse IAN.) VICKI: Ian! Ian! Oh! (She turns him over.) VICKI: Oh, Ian! (She takes her handkerchief out of her pocket and dabs his face.) VICKI: I’ll get help, I’ll...I’ll find the Doctor and get help! (She runs off past the d*ad MIRE BEAST.) 14: EXT. ARIDIUS. CITY ENTRANCE (The two Aridians and the two time travellers come up to a large hole in the ground.) MALSAN: We have arrived. This is the gate to our city. DOCTOR: (Looking round.) I’m afraid I can’t see any signs of a city, hmm! (Laughs.) (RYNIAN starts to clear way some sand next to the hole.) MALSAN: This...this old air-lock, we used it when our city was beneath the sea. DOCTOR: Huh! MALSAN: It will take us to a part of our home that is still free from Mire Beasts. DOCTOR: I see. Well, we’re very grateful for your hospitality but I must you the Daleks are right on top of us. And I don’t want either you or your people involved in any of this dangerous business. If they knew...you’d given us shelter, they’ll show no mercy. MALSAN: No matter. First, you need food and rest. Then we will help you search for your time machine. DOCTOR: Ah, splendid, splendid! MALSAN: (To RYNIAN.) Open the lock. (RYNIAN pulls up a lever and a trapdoor opens downwards with a creaking noise. The DOCTOR steps forward and looks through the trapdoor.) RYNIAN: Please enter. There is no danger. (The DOCTOR starts to climb through the trapdoor. He signals to a saddened looking BARBARA who stands some feet away gazing over the sandy wastes.) DOCTOR: Barbara! Barbara, my dear! Come along, come along! 15: EXT. ARDIUS (The DALEKS perceptor instrument bleeps away...) THIRD DALEK: The seismic detector is registering a contact. FIRST DALEK: The enemy time machine is beneath the sand at this point. THIRD DALEK: Then it was buried by last night’s storm. FIRST DALEK: It must be uncovered before we can destroy it. THIRD DALEK: Yes. FIRST DALEK: We will take some Aridians prisoner. THIRD DALEK: Yes. FIRST DALEK: And use them to dig the ship free. THIRD DALEK: Yes. (The FIRST DALEK turns to go. The THIRD DALEK doesn’t move and the FIRST DALEK turns back.) FIRST DALEK: Well, see to it! THIRD DALEK: I obey! (It glides away.) 16: INT. CHAMBER (The DOCTOR and BARBARA sit on some steps in a darkened stone chamber in the Aridian city. The DOCTOR is happily tucking into a plate full of food. BARBARA has a plate of her own but simply stares at her food.) DOCTOR: Mmm. I think this is..is...is absolutely delicious. Mmm. It’s a most unusual flavour, isn’t it? BARBARA: (Angrily.) Doctor, how can you sit there eating when Ian... DOCTOR: Oh, my dear, you think I’m being callous do you? BARBARA: Yes I do! DOCTOR: Then I think it’s pure supposition that they’ve been caught by those Mire Beasts. After all, we weren’t, mm? You haven’t much faith in Ian’s infallible self-preservation, have you? Mmm? BARBARA: (Quietly.) I’m sorry. This place gives me the creeps. DOCTOR: Oh rubbish, my dear, rubbish! (The DOCTOR looks round the rest of the chamber which is decorated with arches, pillars and has several flights of steps.) DOCTOR: I think it’s fascinating, ye-es! You could almost call it...”beautiful”. You know I think you’re tired. Close your eyes and try and get some rest. Go on, go on! We must conserve our strength if we’re going to get back to the TARDIS. (BARBARA nods and falls asleep against the wall behind her.) DOCTOR: (To himself.) Yes...if ever we can get back to the TARDIS. Hmm! (The DOCTOR looks round as MALSAN and two other Aridians enter the chamber and descend one of the flights of stairs.) DOCTOR: Ah, Malsan! Hmm! MALSAN: You enjoyed your meal? DOCTOR: Oh, indeed, yes! Indeed, yes. Yes, it was a most unusual taste. You know, I’ve been taking stock of this place, having a jolly good look round here. Tell me, why is this, er, opening walled up, hmm? (The DOCTOR points to the wall against which BARBARA is asleep. The wall she leans against has obviously been walled up recently and means that this flight of steps goes nowhere.) MALSAN: It led to a part of our city that’s been inv*de by Mire Beasts. DOCTOR: (Thinking.) Yeah... MALSAN: It is the same all over. We have to block off tunnels to stop their advance. DOCTOR: Hmm! MALSAN: (Embarrassed.) Do please sit down. I have...some news for you. (The DOCTOR looks as if he knows what is to come. He does as he is asked. The other two Aridians stand respectively at the top and bottom of the flight of steps - as if they are on guard.) DOCTOR: Now, what is it? MALSAN: The leader of the Daleks has communicated with us. They have issued an ultimatum. DOCTOR: Yes, I suspected something of that kind might happen. What is it, hmm? MALSAN: We hand you over to them, or they will destroy what remains of our city. DOCTOR: They mean what they say. They don’t make idle thr*at. Have you replied, hmm? MALSAN: Not yet. The elders are still discussing it. We have a half-sun in which to give them our answer. DOCTOR: Hmm, you haven’t much choice, have you? Well I don’t propose to inflict our troubles on you sir, so I think we’ll leave and take our chances, mm? (He gets up.) MALSAN: No, no, no! The Daleks have said that we must hand you over, not...set you free to try and escape. DOCTOR: You mean? MALSAN: You must be our prisoners, until such time as our arrangements with the Daleks have been completed, then...if the elders agree, you will be given into their custody. (The DOCTOR receives this news quietly...) 17: INT. TRAPDOOR ENTRANCE (VICKI has reached the steps which leads up to another trapdoor. She climbs them.) 18: EXT. ARIDIUS (She emerges into the bright sunlight and sees, a matter of feet away, two Aridians clearing the last of the sand away from the TARDIS. They are supervised by two DALEKS.) FIRST DALEK: The digging is completed. Are the prisoners to go free? SECOND DALEK: No. They are worthless inferior creatures. THIRD DALEK: They have no value to us. Destroy them. (The two ARIDIANS try to flee in a panic but the DALEKS spin round and blast them. With a cry, they fall to the ground, d*ad.) SECOND DALEK: Destroy the enemy time machine. Use full power. f*re! (The TARDIS light around the TARDIS flares as the DALEKS f*re. There is no other effect.) SECOND DALEK: Again - f*re! (Again, the DALEK g*n have no effect.) SECOND DALEK: It is undamaged. FIRST DALEK: It must be constructed of a material that can resist our neutralisers. THIRD DALEK: Failure. SECOND DALEK: Remain on guard until the prisoners have been handed over and exterminated. FIRST & THIRD DALEK: We obey. (The SECOND DALEK glides away.) 19: INT. TRAPDOOR ENTRANCE (VICKI climbs back down the steps and goes back into the Aridian city.) 20: INT. CHAMBER (BARBARA is still asleep, watched over by an Aridian. The DOCTOR walks up to her and touches her on the shoulder. She awakes.) BARBARA: Oh... DOCTOR: Feeling better, hmm? BARBARA: Yes. What’s happened? DOCTOR: Well, it’s not too good, I’m afraid. Ah, this looks like bad news coming now. BARBARA: Bad news? What bad news? (RYNIAN walks down one of the flights of steps and up to MALSAN.) RYNIAN: The elders have made their reply to the Daleks. (MALSAN looks perturbed, but collects himself.) MALSAN: They must be told. (RYNIAN nods his agreement. MALSAN walks over to where the DOCTOR and BARBARA sit on the steps leading to the walled-up exit.) DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Well? MALSAN: Have you eaten? DOCTOR: What is the news, hmm? MALSAN: You are to be handed over at last suns. The Daleks have promised that when the execution is over they will Aridius unharmed. BARBARA: (Shocked.) You’re...you’re going to hand us over to the Daleks? MALSAN: (Unhappily.) We have no choice. The elders have so decreed. Please...? (MALSAN and the other Aridian bow their heads and walk away.) DOCTOR: They have no choice. BARBARA: Yes...but...just to be handed over like that? DOCTOR: Two hours. Their suns are due to set in two hours. (Behind them unseen, dust falls as something starts to push the wall from the other side...) 21: INT. TUNNEL (IAN slowly comes round. He feels his head and looks around.) IAN: (Weakly.) Vicki... (He sits up.) IAN: (Shouts.) Vicki? Vicki? (He gets up and walks down the tunnel.) 22: INT. TUNNEL (Elsewhere, VICKI cautiously runs down a tunnel. Suddenly she is grabbed from behind by an Aridian. She yells as she is carried away.) PRONDYN: You must come with me. 23: INT. CHAMBER (More dust falls from the wall. This time, BARBARA notices it.) BARBARA: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? BARBARA: Where does this walled up section lead? DOCTOR: Oh, it’s another part of the city, I believe. The part that was inv*de. (At that moment, VICKI is carried in. She gives her abductor a hard kick in the chin that sends him to the floor with a cry.) BARBARA: Vicki! (VICKI tries to run out but there are other Aridians on guard. She runs down some steps to the DOCTOR and BARBARA.) BARBARA: Vicki, where’s Ian?! VICKI: Doctor! DOCTOR: Is Ian...is Chesterton all right, mm? VICKI: He...he got a bad knock on the head. I made him as comfortable as possible and came to get help. BARBARA: It might have been better if you’d stayed where you were. VICKI: No it wouldn’t - because on my way here, I found an exit out of one of the tunnels, and just outside it - the TARDIS! DOCTOR: (Happily.) Ah, well, well, well now! That puts a different complexion on the matter. Tell me, my dear, this tunnel - would you know how to find it again? Mmm? VICKI: I’m very sure of it. A big iron door, just beyond that opening, over there. (VICKI points to the entrance through which she was just brought in.) BARBARA: Oh Doctor, maybe things will be all right after all? DOCTOR: Yes, now I c... (He stops as he sees RYNIAN and another Aridian walk in and go up to MALSAN. They nod their heads in confirmation. MALSAN slowly walks up to the time travellers.) MALSAN: It is time. I am to take you to the main airlock. (There is a creaking noise behind them. One brick of the walled-up entrance has been dislodged and the tentacled arm of a MIRE BEAST appears through it. At the same time, BARBARA retreats from the Aridians and backs up against the self-same weakened wall which collapses around her. She screams. Chaos erupts as the MIRE BEAST starts to break through and the DOCTOR, VICKI and the Aridians go to assist. After a struggle, which involves much shouting, the time travellers and all but one of the Aridians break free and retreat. The invading MIRE BEAST quickly starts to smother the remaining Aridian. BARBARA tries to free him but the DOCTOR, seeing that the situation is hopeless, turns back and pulls her away. He forcibly throws her up the stairs. They run off as the MIRE BEAST devours its victim.) 24: INT. TRAPDOOR ENTRANCE (NIGHT) (IAN clambers up the same stairs that VICKI found earlier.) 25: EXT. ARIDIUS (NIGHT) (Up above, another night has quickly fallen. IAN pokes his head above the level of the trapdoor. He sees the two vigilant DALEKS outside the TARDIS.) 26: INT. TRAPDOOR ENTRANCE (NIGHT) (IAN cautiously climbs back down the steps. He stops for a second to consider and plan, then moves on.) 27: INT. TUNNEL (NIGHT) (The time travellers have escaped from the Aridians and the DOCTOR and BARBARA follow VICKI as she guides them down a tunnel. The DOCTOR is out of breath.) VICKI: Down here. BARBARA: Are you sure this is the right way? VICKI: ‘Course I am - come on! 28: EXT. ARIDIUS (NIGHT) (The SECOND DALEK glides up to the two DALEKS guarding the TARDIS.) SECOND DALEK: The prisoners have escaped from the Aridians. FIRST DALEK: Are we to proceed with the destruction of the underground city? SECOND DALEK: The Aridians have one hour to re-capture the humans. If they fail, we act. FIRST DALEK: I understand. THIRD DALEK: The humans may try to reach their machine. SECOND DALEK: Remain on guard. FIRST DALEK: I obey. (The THIRD DALEK follows the SECOND DALEK and they glide away.) 29: INT. TRAPDOOR ENTRANCE (NIGHT) (IAN is collecting branches. He hears movement from a tunnel leading off from the trapdoor entrance and retreats. VICKI comes into view leading the DOCTOR and BARBARA.) VICKI: Come on. (BARBARA runs forward and spots him. They have an excited reunion.) BARBARA: Ian! IAN: Barbara! DOCTOR: Chesterton, come here! VICKI: Are you all right? What’s happened to your ... ? BARBARA: ... all over your face. IAN: It looks worse than it is. Look... DOCTOR: My dear boy...! IAN: The TARDIS... DOCTOR: Mmm? IAN: It’s only twenty yards away but there’s a Dalek guarding it. BARBARA: Well, we must get past it. IAN: Now listen, I’ve got a very good idea. (To BARBARA and VICKI.) You two go first. BARBARA: Yes... IAN: You get out of here and there’s a ridge of sand on the left. Now you take cover. You get in a good position where you can nip in. BARBARA: Nip in what? IAN: The TARDIS! BARBARA: Yes, yes, course. IAN: Off you go. BARBARA: (To VICKI.) Come on. IAN: Oh, Barbara, could, I, er, have your cardigan? (BARBARA hesitates.) IAN: Quickly, quickly! BARBARA: Oh, not again! IAN: It’s for the Dalek, not for me! BARBARA: (Passing it to IAN.) Here. VICKI: I hope it suits it! IAN: Off you go. (The DOCTOR goes to follow.) DOCTOR: Come along. IAN: (Stopping him.) Oh, Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? IAN: Er, your coat please? DOCTOR: My dear boy, we’re trying to b*at the Daleks. Not start a jumble sale! Mmm? IAN: All will be revealed in due time Doctor. Your coat please. DOCTOR: (Tuts.) Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear. (The DOCTOR takes off his coat.) 30: EXT. ARIDIUS (NIGHT) (BARBARA and VICKI settle down behind the ridge.) VICKI: (Whispers.) What are they gonna do, Barbara? BARBARA: (Whispers.) I don’t know. Trying to get the Dalek away from the TARDIS, I should think. 31: INT. TRAPDOOR ENTRANCE (NIGHT) (From beneath, the DOCTOR and IAN start laying the twigs and branches across one corner of the trapdoor.) DOCTOR: What’s the point of all this, dear boy, mm? Mmm? IAN: Doctor, with any luck, with your coat, and Barbara’s cardigan, we’re gonna make a trap. (He throws BARBARA’S cardigan over the branches.) IAN: We’re gonna lure the Dalek... DOCTOR: Mmm? IAN: ...over this trap, and with any luck, he’ll...it’ll fall down here. (He throws the DOCTOR’S jacket over.) DOCTOR: That’s a good scheme. Yes, that’s a good idea. (His head goes a bit too high over the edge of the trapdoor.) IAN: Keep down! DOCTOR: Mmm. 32: EXT. ARIDUS (NIGHT) VICKI: (Whispers.) But how? BARBARA: (Whispers.) I dunno - but wait and see. 33: INT. TRAPDOOR ENTRANCE (NIGHT) (The jacket and cardigan have been carefully laid over the branches.) IAN: Right. (The two men start to throw sand over the clothes to hide them.) DOCTOR: Well, I hope it works. (They finish their task. IAN checks over the edge.) IAN: All right, Doctor. Now, I’m going first. Then you follow, you keep on that side... DOCTOR: Ahh. IAN: You keep plenty of cover in. DOCTOR: All right, careful. (The two men carefully clamber over either side of the trapdoor.) 34: EXT. ARIDIUS (NIGHT) (IAN stands up and waves his arms.) IAN: Oo-ooh! Dalek! (The DALEK turns.) IAN: Over here, friend! (The DALEK fires. IAN ducks down and the sh*t misses. The DOCTOR rises on the other side of the trapdoor.) DOCTOR: Yoo-hoo, Auntie! (The DALEK fires and again the sh*t misses. VICKI pops her head up to join in.) VICKI: Oy! (BARBARA pulls her back down. IAN stands again.) IAN: Over here! (Another sh*t misses...) DOCTOR: Hey! (...and another. The DALEK glides forward, into the trap and straight into the hole. IAN runs forward.) IAN: Try and get out of that hole, friend. (The others join him.) BARBARA: Well, that got rid of that one. IAN: Yeah! (The DOCTOR laughs.) VICKI: (Points.) Look! IAN: Quick! Into the TARDIS! DOCTOR: Go on! (The four run into the TARDIS and close the door. The other DALEKS have returned. They f*re on the ship as it dematerialises.) FOURTH DALEK: Cease f*ring. They have escaped. THIRD DALEK: Final termination is inevitable. FOURTH DALEK: Eradicate! THIRD DALEK: Obliterate! FOURTH DALEK: Annihilate! SECOND DALEK: We will embark in our time machine at once. The Dalek supreme has ordered they are to be pursued through all eternity. Pursued and exterminated!
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FLIGHT THROUGH ETERNITY Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 5 June, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: EXT. ARIDIUS (NIGHT) (The DALEKS f*re on the ship as it dematerialises.) FOURTH DALEK: Cease f*ring. They have escaped. THIRD DALEK: Final termination is inevitable. FOURTH DALEK: Eradicate! THIRD DALEK: Obliterate! FOURTH DALEK: Annihilate! SECOND DALEK: We will embark in our time machine at once. The Dalek supreme has ordered they are to be pursued through all eternity! 2: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI runs up to BARBARA and dances round with her excitedly.) VICKI: We did it! We did it! (They laugh. The DOCTOR crosses over to the console from the fault locator wall.) DOCTOR: Yes young lady, a very good thing we did. We might not you know. BARBARA: Oh, come on, Doctor. You weren’t exactly bursting with confidence when the Aridians held us prisoner. DOCTOR: A momentary qualm, a momentary qualm. Nothing more, nothing more. (IAN walks up with a cloth to his still sore head.) IAN: Yes, I had a qualm or two myself. DOCTOR: (Sitting down.) Yes, quite so, oh.. IAN: Hey, I wonder how those Mire Beasts are enjoying that Dalek, eh? Bit gritty. DOCTOR: Oh, I don’t know, I should think a little, er, Pate de Dalek a la Mire Beast might be rather palatable! (IAN laughs.) VICKI: Oh Doctor! DOCTOR: Well, we can always drop you off to find out, hmm? IAN: Thank you very much! VICKI: We’ve just escaped from those things. We don’t want to be sent back there. DOCTOR: Ah and I don’t think we shall run into them again. And I think you must agree that we gave them a very good hiding. (A beeping sound suddenly emanates from the console. The DOCTOR doesn’t seem to notice.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, I... IAN: Er, what’s this, Doctor? (The DOCTOR jumps across to the console. The others follow. The DOCTOR looks at a small device with a flashing light on it.) DOCTOR: That’s my “Time Path Detector”. It’s been in the ship ever since I constructed it. But do you know, I don’t remember it registering before? BARBARA: What does it show? DOCTOR: Well, it surveys the time path we’re travelling on. The fact that it’s registering can only mean one thing... IAN: Yes, go on! DOCTOR: It’s another time machine, travelling on the same route, hmm! 3: VORTEX (The TARDIS continues its journey through time and space, closely followed by the DALEK ship.) 4: INT. DALEK TIME MACHINE. MAIN CHAMBER (The interior of the DALEK time machine is brightly lit. Control consoles are against the walls with concentric patterns spinning above them. In the centre of the room is a tall perspex control pillar with instrumentation contained within. On one side of the room is a lift coming down from an upper section which leads onto a ramp running down to ground level. As one DALEK descends down the lift, another glides down the ramp to where other DALEKS are already assembled. One DALEK looks over the control pillar.) FIRST DALEK: Enemy time machine position now constant. SECOND DALEK: Lock tracking device. (The FIRST DALEK activates a control.) FIRST DALEK: Tracking device locked. THIRD DALEK: Report extent of time curve. SECOND DALEK: Seven-seven-three. Daledian scale; nine-one-five degrees. (The THIRD DALEK glides over to another DALEK.) SECOND DALEK: Compute time lag by earth scale. FOURTH DALEK: (Thinks, then.) Er, one, er, forty, er, computer reading; one-five earth minutes reducing. THIRD DALEK: We are close behind them. FIRST DALEK: Success! Success! SECOND DALEK: Exterminate! FIRST DALEK: Success! SECOND DALEK: Final victory inevitable! THIRD DALEK: Order executioner to prepare to disembark. SECOND DALEK: I obey. 5: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI brings BARBARA a food packet from the food machine. BARBARA has changed out of her dress and now wears her black trousers and polo neck jumper.) BARBARA: What flavour is it? VICKI: Guava. (The DOCTOR is at the console.) DOCTOR: Ah, it’s useless, useless, hmm! (IAN walks up to BARBARA and sees that she has changed.) IAN: Hello, hello? Got our battle dress on again? BARBARA: The Doctor doesn’t seem to be having much luck. IAN: No. Well, if we can’t escape from them, we’ll have to stay and fight ‘em. VICKI: But we’re in front. We could keep moving. BARBARA: Yes, but for how long, Vicki? VICKI: Let’s ask the Doctor. He should know by now what he’s going to do. (They cross over to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Ah, I’m afraid it’s no good. I’m quite unable to elude them, hmm! IAN: Doctor, what are we going to do? When we land? Just wait for the Daleks to catch us up? DOCTOR: It takes twelve minutes for our computers to re-orientate and gather power. Now that twelve minutes is vital to us. We must hold onto it. Give me time to be able to do something whereby... IAN: Why don’t we just go faster, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, well, please, just leave it to me, dear boy, just leave it to me, will you? VICKI: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: (Pointing to one of the control instruments.) The time rotor - Doctor, it’s slowing down! DOCTOR: Yes, yes - hmm? Oh, that means we can land in two minutes. BARBARA: But where, Doctor, where? (They all look up to the scanner.) 6: EXT. NEW YORK CITY (The Statue of Liberty guards the entrance to New York harbour. Ships glide through the water in front of Manhattan island and, dwarfing all its neighbours, the Empire State Building reaches towards the sky.) 7: EXT. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. OBSERVATION FLOOR (A group of tourists are gathered on the observation floor near the top of the building, taking photographs and enjoying the view. A uniformed guide, in a strong New Jersey accent, continues his tour. Among the tourists is a tall dark haired young man wearing a Stetson.) GUIDE: Er, (Coughs.) Here, on top of the, er, Empire State Building, you’re on the, er, hundredth and, er, second storey above the ground level. At a height of one, er, one thousand, four hundred and, er, seventy, er, three feet. This is the, er, tallest building, the tallest structure in the entire world. Now you note, when you come up in the elevator, it took you seven minutes. Well this way down, you wanna get down in a hurry, it would take you thirty seconds. (The tourists laugh.) GUIDE: Well, of course, we, er, don’t, er, recommend that. Now as we, er, gaze out across the panorama... (Some do just that, peering through a protective mesh fence to the distant cars below.) GUIDE: Aa-as we gaze out across the, er, imposing panorama of our proud city, you will notice many other notable buildings. Among them the, er, Chrysler Tower, that’s one thousand and forty six feet high, er, and the Jannen, er, Jannen Tower, that’s, er, six hundred and eighty feet high and already it’s thr*at with obsolescence. (The young man in the Stetson, MORTON DILL, speaks up.) MORTON DILL: Without what? GUIDE: Up, er, , the, er, mighty Hudson river and now if you’ll come with me to the, er, north aspect of the building, I will point out many more items of interest. (MORTIN DILL tries to catch the attention of a young woman but fails. As the other tourists follow the guide away, DILL looks over the view again through a platform telescope. Behind him, the TARDIS materialises. DILL steps away from the telescope, grinning.) MORTON DILL: We sure don’t have anything like that in Alabama! No sir, ha! (He turns round and makes as if to follow the other tourists but stops, puzzled, when he sees the TARDIS.) MORTON DILL: I could have sworn that thing wasn’t there just now? Well, I guess that’s New York for ya! Ha! (He stops grinning as BARBARA steps out of the TARDIS. He raises his hat to her.) MORTON DILL: Morning. BARBARA: You’re from Earth... MORTON DILL: No, no Ma’m. No, I...I’m from Alabama. BARBARA: Er, what time is it? (DILL puts out a pocket watch.) MORTON DILL: Three after twelve, Ma’m. BARBARA: I really meant “what year is it”? MORTON DILL: What, you mean you have different years here?! BARBARA: Well...what year is it in Alabama? MORTON DILL: (Puzzled.) 1966 Ma’m. (Then annoyed and slightly hurt.) S...say, you wouldn’t be trying to have a bit of fun with me now, would you? BARBARA: (Hastily.) No...no. (She walks over to the edge of the building to see the view. VICKI steps out of the ship. DILL sees her and jumps, but remembers his manners and raises his hat to her.) VICKI: Afternoon. MORTON DILL: Mornin’ (As she walks past.) 1966! VICKI: Oh... Erm...thank you! MORTON DILL: Pleased to oblige you, Miss! (VICKI joins BARBARA and they look over the view to the cars below.) VICKI: I recognise this place. It’s Ancient New York. MORTON DILL: (Overhearing.) Ancient! (The two women look at him. He nods an embarrassed apology and steps back.) VICKI: (Quietly, to BARBARA.) There were pictures of it in our history books. It was destroyed in the Dalek invasion. (The DOCTOR and IAN step out of the TARDIS.) MORTON DILL: Wait...how many more of you are there in that thing? DOCTOR: Oh, just the four of us, young man. (Laughs.) MORTON DILL: Must be a kind of tight squeeze? DOCTOR: Hmm! (DILL steps closer to examine the TARDIS as the DOCTOR and IAN join the women.) MORTON DILL: Can’t all have come out of there. (IAN looks over their new landing place.) IAN: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? IAN: This is no place to meet the Daleks. A lot of innocent people could get hurt. DOCTOR: Yes, quite so, quite so, dear boy. Well, er, the computers will be ready in a few moments. I...suggest that, er, we re-embark. IAN: Yeah. DOCTOR: Er, Vicki, Barbara, come along. (They all walk back towards the ship. DILL is there.) MORTON DILL: Hey, er, you goin’ back in? BARBARA: Yes, that’s right. MORTON DILL: Oh now, come on, wait a minute! Ah...I just bet you folks are from Hollywood! You’re making some kind of motion picture. Now that’s it, ain’t it? DOCTOR: (Snapping.) No, it ain’t! I...I..., come along... MORTON DILL: Tell me, you’re secret will be safe! Yes sir! Real safe. DOCTOR: Secret? MORTON DILL: Sure, I’ve seen this trick before - great long police cars comin’ outa tiny little wooden sheds! Ha! I saw you come outa there with ma own eyes! You just ain’t gonna make it back it again! (The travellers laugh.) VICKI: Goodbye. BARBARA: Goodbye! IAN: Goodbye! (All but the DOCTOR enter the ship. He stops in obvious impatience as DILL addresses him again.) MORTON DILL: Hot diggety! Ah knew ah was right! Y...you, you should be wearing Police uniforms, you all is...you all is in a chase. DOCTOR: Chase? Yes, as a matter of fact, young man, that’s exactly what this is. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must be getting along, it’s the, er, chase, you know? (The DOCTOR enters the TARDIS and closes the door.) MORTON DILL: Sure thing Mister! Ah understand. Just wait ‘til I tell the folks back home I met some real live movie pe...(He knocks on the TARDIS door.) Do you know Cheyanne Bodie? Look, just wait a minute, I...I want to get this thing on celluloid. (He rushes over and grabs a cine camera. As he struggles to use the platform telescope as a tripod, the TARDIS dematerialises. By the time DILL looks round, the ship has gone. He steps forward amazed.) MORTON DILL: That’s real clever, how they done that. Sure if it don’t b*at all! (He steps back to the platform telescope. Behind him, the DALEK time machine materialises.) MORTON DILL: Sure is clever that... (He turns and sees the DALEK ship.) MORTON DILL: God darn it - if they ain’t gone an’ done it again! (He bursts into laughter as a DALEK glides out of the ship towards him.) MORTON DILL: Howdy Mister! Say, you sure are an ugly looking friend! (He walks round the DALEK which silently turns its head right round watching him.) MORTON DILL: Wait...what’s the name of this film, Mister? My, my my, boy, you come all over in blue spots. (He grabs the DALEK g*n.) What’s this thing here? (The creature pushes the young man back towards the platform telescope.) MORTON DILL: Now, just, now now! There ain't no need to get sore. The other movie people was right friendly. DALEK: Movie pe... (The DALEK realises that DILL is referring to the time travellers.) DALEK: Where are they? (DILL bursts into laughter as he hears the DALEKS voice. He steps up to the creature and speaks in imitation of the DALEKS’ voice into its sucker arm.) MORTON DILL: They-just-left! (He laughs again.) They was in some kind of beat-up old blue wooden box. It just kinda like vanished! (The DALEK turns and glides towards the time machine.) MORTON DILL: I say, I thought they’d have been chasing you. Just hold it there, Mister. I want to get a picture of this. (He runs back to get his camera. The DALEK machine dematerialises, again unseen by DILL. He turns round with his camera.) MORTON DILL: Sure is the greatest... (He sees that the ship has vanished. He laughs.) MORTON DILL: Well, dang me! If they ain’t gone an’ done it again! This is...the greatest thing. It’s gotta be around here somewhere? (DILL holds his hands up and feels the air.) MORTON DILL: Just can’t vanish into thin air. I know you’re there somewhere boy! (DILL starts to stamp on the floor, trying to find a trapdoor. The tourists return with their GUIDE.) GUIDE: (Talking to a tourist.) As I enjoy ... gives me a chance ... you know, I get around, er... (The GUIDE stops as he sees what DILL is doing.) MORTON DILL: There’s gotta be a trick to it somehow! Yes sir! I bet this here is hollow! That’s what it is... (He gets on his hands and knees and starts feeling the floor. The GUIDE sidles up a large fat tourist.) GUIDE: He’s a nutter. Keep an eye on him, er, see that he, er, don’t jump, er, over the building. Er, I’ll get a cop. Watch ‘im, eh? (The GUIDE runs off.) MORTON DILL: (Muttering.) Just coming back ... (DILL stops as he sees the large fat man looming over him...) 8: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR sits in a chair. VICKI watches the time path detector.) DOCTOR: Yes, I wonder, hmm? VICKI: They’re still on our track. DOCTOR: Catching us up, are they? Will you get my screwdriver, child? The large one. The one that I was fiddling with on the Visualiser. VICKI: OK. (VICKI walks off as IAN and BARBARA carry a large box device into the room.) BARBARA: Ahh! DOCTOR: Ah. BARBARA: Oh, this thing’s heavy. DOCTOR: Yes, thank you, thank you. (Laughs.) IAN: Is this going to work, Doctor? DOCTOR: (Examining the device.) Maybe. I’m not sure. But if they’re going to catch us up, we’ve got to find something to fight back with, hmm? BARBARA: Oh, Doctor, why don’t we just stay where we are? DOCTOR: That’s out of the question, my dear. The vacuum in space, we should all be d*ad in no time. VICKI: (Passing the DOCTOR his screwdriver.) Here you are. DOCTOR: Ah, thank you, thank you. VICKI: What’s this all about? DOCTOR: Well, the idea is, my dear, is to find something that...we can fight back with. BARBARA: (At the console.) Doctor, we’re landing! DOCTOR: Hmm? But I’m not ready, I’m not ready! (He rushes to the console.) We can’t meet them now! Oh, gracious! No, wait a minute. We shall have to land and then...take off as quickly as we can again. 9: EXT. SEA (A tall-masted sailing ship glides through the water...) 10: EXT. SHIP DECK (Two officers stand on the deck. The Captain, BENJAMIN BRIGGS, consults a map whilst ALBERT C RICHARDSON looks through a telescope.) ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: Land about six miles off to the south-south-west, sir. CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: Aye, that’ll be the island of Santa Maria. One of the Azores group. We’re making poor time, Mr. Richardson. (He looks into the sky.) And now it be calmed, after the storm. ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: I’ll mark a reading on the deck log, sir. (RICHARDSON starts chalking on a board.) CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: I’m going below if you should want me. Sarah says our child has sickness. ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: Oh, I’m sorry to hear about that, sir. (RICHARDSON finishes chalking on the log-board and walks away. The TARDIS materialises. BARBARA steps out, followed by IAN.) BARBARA: It is a ship, Ian! It’s a sailing ship at sea. IAN: Barbara, don’t go wandering off, please. BARBARA: (Walking away.) I just want to have a look. (Delighted.) I...I love sailing ships! IAN: There’s no point in being seen. BARBARA: No, well, erm, I’ll just have a look over the ships rail. IAN: No, no, the Doctor’s at the controls, we’re... (BARBARA steps over to the rail and looks out to sea, breathing in the fresh air. Behind her, ALBERT C RICHARDSON steps out of from a doorway. He jumps forward and grabs one, then the other of her wrists.) ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: Got you! BARBARA: Oh, let go of me! Let go of... ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: No, you don’t, my beauty! Captain Richardson’s got a way of dealing with stowaways. BARBARA: I am not a stowaway and you’re hurting my hands! ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: Just you keep still. Where’ve you been hiding since we set sail, eh? BARBARA: I haven’t been hiding! I have just come on board! ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: Oh... (Laughs.) I suppose you’re some sort of a mermaid that’s lost at sea, eh? (VICKI steps out of the ship and sees what is happening. She grabs a nearby cosh.) ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: You swam out from Santa Maria now, just to give us poor lonely sailormen a little bit of feminine company, eh? (Laughs.) 11: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR is checking the console. IAN sits in the chair.) DOCTOR: Well, everything appears to be in order, my boy, mm? IAN: Oh, we haven’t done very well so far, Doctor, have we? Let’s face it. First of all, we land on top of a skyscraper... (The DOCTOR laughs.) IAN: Now we land on a crummy old ship. What we need is space. DOCTOR: Mmm, indeed, indeed, well, we’re ready to move on. Now, would you, er, tell the ladies that I, er, want to get away, please. IAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Thank you. (IAN gets up.) IAN: Barbara’s got a case of “call of the sea”. DOCTOR: Ah, I’m sorry about that. 12: EXT. SHIP DECK (VICKI has managed to crawl onto the upper deck, above the struggling BARBARA and RICHARDSON.) BARBARA: You’re hurting my hand! Look, even if I told you the truth, you wouldn’t believe me. ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: I believe what I see. Now, come along! You’re going before the Captain! (VICKI reaches over and coshes RICHARDSON. He falls with a cry.) BARBARA: Well done, thanks Vicki! VICKI: That’s all right, anytime! BARBARA: Hey, there’s somebody coming! Hide! (VICKI waits with the cosh. It is IAN who walks up to BARBARA.) BARBARA: Oh... (VICKI reaches down and coshes him.) VICKI: Got him! I got him! BARBARA: Yes... VICKI: (Seeing who her victim is.) Oh! (BARBARA struggles to hold IAN up as VICKI runs down from the upper deck.) BARBARA: Vicki! Vicki, quickly! (VICKI joins BARBARA as they try to hold up the near unconscious IAN.) VICKI: Ah! Oh, Ian! I’m terribly sorry! Did I hurt you? BARBARA: Oh, that’s a silly question! (IAN almost falls to the floor.) BARBARA: Oh! Come on, let’s get him into the ship. VICKI: Oh, Ian! I didn’t mean it! Oh, Ian! (They carry him away. RICHARDSON comes round. Holding his head, he staggers to his feet. He watches in amazement as the TARDIS dematerialises. He climbs the steps to the upper deck.) ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: Captain Briggs! Captain! Captain Briggs! CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: (Coming forward.) Yes Mr. Richardson? ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: (Barely coherent.) Captain, there was a thing. ... on the lower deck. CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: What are you talking about? ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: A stowaway sir. She got away from me. CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: A stowaway, eh? A girl? ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: Aye sir. CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: Mr. Bosun! (BRIGGS walks past the ship’s wheel and shouts down to the BOSUN who appears on the lower deck.) CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: Rise all hands amidships, we’ve a stowaway! BOSUN: Aye aye sir! (The BOSUN blows a whistle. BRIGGS walks back to RICHARDSON.) CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: How’d she get away? ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: I got a h*t over the head. CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: By her? ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: No sir, it couldn’t have been - because I was holding her arms. (Alarmed.) Do you think it was the...the white Barbary terror? CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: That’s ungodly superstition, Mr. Richardson! (BRIGGS sees that the BOSUN is on the lower deck with the assembled crew.) CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: We’ve more than one stowaway aboard Mr. Bosun. BOSUN: Aye sir. The storm must have bought them out of their hiding place. CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: Aye lad. I want ‘em found. Each watch can take a section of the ship and search it thoroughly. ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: (Stepping down to the lower deck.) I’ll, er, I’ll take the forward hold sir, er, Mr. Bosun, take, er, Starkey and Willoughby, search the aft. BOSUN: Starkey and Willoughby! (The two sailors follow him as he steps up to the upper deck.) CAPT. BENJAMIN BRIGGS: And Bosun? I’ll thank you not to disturb my wife and child. BOSUN: Aye aye sir. (He turns to the other sailors on the lower deck.) The rest of you men search the hold. Keep your hands off the cargo. (The sailors step away to do as instructed.) 13: INT. DALEK TIME MACHINE. MAIN CHAMBER SECOND DALEK: We shall soon be arriving. Order the search party to stand by. THIRD DALEK: They are ready. 14: EXT. SEA (The ship continues its journey.) 15: INT. DALEK TIME MACHINE. MAIN CHAMBER (An image of the ship appears in the middle of one of the spinning concentric patterns.) FOURTH DALEK: Is that where the humans have landed? SECOND DALEK: Yes. Join the search party and prepare to disembark. We are materialising...now. (The image of the ship is replaced by electronic pulsating patterns. These disappear as the dematerialisation sound dies down and the concentric pattern stops spinning.) 16: EXT. SHIP DECK (The search has ended and the sailors are nonplussed.) BOSUN: There’s nobody here, Willoughby. WILLOUGHBY: We’ll try below. (A look of horror appears on the BOSUN’S face. BOSUN: The white terror! The white terror of Barbary! (The BOSUN sinks to the ground in fear as a DALEK approaches him and WILLOUGHBY.) DALEK: Where are the time travellers? WILLOUGHBY: Run lads! ‘Tis the white terror! (WILLOUGHBY runs in fear and is joined by other sailors. They are in a similar panic as other DALEKS glide across the deck.) WILLOUGHBY: Run, run! (There are various cries of “Abandon ship!” and “Run for your lives!” as the sailors see more of the DALEKS. They run to the rail and start to jump in the water. There is a further cry of “The white terror - the white terror of Barbary.” A woman clutching a baby appears at the rail and she too jumps. WILLOUGHBY looks at the water in horror as RICHARDSON appears on deck and tries to restore order.) ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: You fools! Get back to your posts! (WILLOUGHBY turns but loses his balance and he too falls into the water. RICHARDSON runs round the deck and catches his first sight of a DALEK. He throws a cosh at it and falls back as the DALEK approaches.) ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: Get away! DALEK: Wait! ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: Get away! DALEK: Do not move! Answer my question! (BRIGGS appears on deck and tries to calm RICHARDSON down.) ALBERT C. RICHARDSON: Come on, sir, come on! It’s the Barbary terror! Come on! (He frees himself from BRIGGS and crosses himself.) You’re not going to take my soul! (He too jumps into the water. The CAPTAIN shouts after him, takes off his jacket and also jumps. Two DALEKS on the lower deck look up to the FIRST DALEK on the upper deck.) FIRST DALEK: Is the earth time machine here? FOURTH DALEK: It has not yet been discovered. FIRST DALEK: Join in the search. SECOND DALEK: You search up there. (The DALEKS glide off as a CABIN STEWARD comes out of a cabin. He looks back in the cabin to where he has just laid the table for a meal - that will never be eaten. He walks out on to the deck and stops in horror at the sight of the FIRST DALEK on the upper deck.) CABIN STEWARD: No...no! FIRST DALEK: Wait! CABIN STEWARD: (In terror.) No...no...no, no! (The CABIN STEWARD runs towards the deck rail.) CABIN STEWARD: Please, no, please! (He pulls himself up by the rigging, then jumps into the water.) CABIN STEWARD: No, no, argh! (One of the DALEKS follows but goes too far and it too falls overboard. Two DALEKS report...) DALEKS: There is no one on the vessel. FIRST DALEK: Come. We must continue our pursuit course. (It glides away.) 17: EXT. SHIP (The ship continues its journey through a misty ocean.) 18: INT. SHIP DECK (The deck is totally abandoned. The log-board still shows the last message chalked onto it by RICHARDSON. All seems normal except for the total lack of people. The wheel housing shows the ships’ name - “MARY CELESTE”.) 19: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (BARBARA is dabbing the back of IAN’S head.) BARBARA: Is that better? IAN: Oh! Thanks! Oh... (He sits up.) BARBARA: Well, you must admit it was funny. IAN: Really? I haven’t seen the joke yet, I must say. (He stands up.) IAN: One thing I did see by the way; the name of that ship we were on. BARBARA: Was what that? IAN: The “Mary Celeste”. BARBARA: “Mary Celeste”? (IAN nods to a guilty VICKI.) IAN: Vicki? Any change, Doctor? DOCTOR: I altered the curve we were travelling on. For one moment, I dared hoped we’d lost them. They must have detected the change and followed. They’re close on our track. IAN: But surely we’ve got our twelve-minute lead still? DOCTOR: (Somberly.) I’m afraid not. It’s down to eight. It will be reduced even further after our next landing. We must face the facts; the Daleks are closing in on us. 20: VORTEX (The TARDIS journeys through vortex. Closer behind is the DALEK time machine.)
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JOURNEY INTO TERROR Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 12 June, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM IAN: Surely we’ve got our twelve minute lead still? DOCTOR: (Somberly.) I’m afraid not. It’s down to eight. It will be reduced even further after our next landing. We must face the facts; the Daleks are closing in on us. 2: VORTEX (The TARDIS journeys through vortex. Closer behind is the DALEK time machine.) 3: INT. HOUSE. DOWNSTAIRS HALL (An eerie house. The f*re in the main hall has two large closed eyes and a nose built into the stone above the mouth of the fireplace itself. The effect created is of an open mouthed hideous Gargoyle like creature. The sound of thunder crashes through the room. Next to the fireplace, near to a cobweb-covered candelabra, the TARDIS materialises. BARBARA steps out followed by IAN, VICKI and the DOCTOR. The main staircase of the house faces them. The ornate banisters begin and end with statues of figures holding up bowls on their heads from which emanates a strange mist.) BARBARA: I’m not wild about this place. IAN: I don’t know...ideal place to fight Daleks, you know...good stout walls... (He walks over to the foot of the staircase.) an upper storey, stairs...Daleks don’t like stairs. (IAN steps on the first stair that creaks underneath his foot. Suddenly the lights flicker and a bat flies out of the darkness and swoops towards the travellers as the thunder crashes again. BARBARA screams. The DOCTOR’S words of reassurance are drowned out by the thunder.) VICKI: (Covering her head.) Probably vampires, if you ask me. IAN: Oh, charming! DOCTOR: Oh, rubbish my child. Vampire bats are only to be found in South America. VICKI: Maybe that’s where we are? DOCTOR: No, I don’t think so. Judging by the, er, architecture, I should say, er, Central Europe. VICKI: Well, I’m with Barbara. I don’t like it here, I think we should go. DOCTOR: Yes, in the normal, er...progress of time, m...my dear, I would say, er, ye...I would agree with you, but, erm, unfortunately we’ve got to face the Daleks and I think it’s essential we take a look around. Let’s try upstairs, hmm? (The DOCTOR steps on the first stair. Again it creaks, the lights flicker and the sound of more bats are heard.) BARBARA: (Frightened.) Well, you got if you want to, but I’m staying near the TARDIS. VICKI: Me too. DOCTOR: Oh, very well, stay where you are. We shan’t be long. (He starts to climb the stairs. He turns as he sees that IAN isn’t following. IAN takes the hint and repeats the reassurance to the girls.) IAN: Shan’t be long. (He follows the DOCTOR and the two nervous women are left below, clutching each other.) BARBARA: Well Vicki, there’s...there’s really nothing to be scared of. (Stepping away.) This is...just an old house, it...we mustn’t let our imaginations run away with us. (There is another crack of thunder. BARBARA rushes back to VICKI.) VICKI: No, you’re quite right. We...we mustn’t behave like children. BARBARA: No, we mustn’t, now...come on, let’s, erm, let’s help the Doctor and look around down here. Erm, how about the fireplace? (As the thunder crashes again, they walk over to the fireplace. Suddenly the two stone eyelids rise open and two evil eyes light up. The women jump and nervously step away behind the TARDIS. They spot an old wooden chest.) VICKI: Look at that. (They step over to it.) VICKI: What do you suppose is inside it? (BARBARA is about to open it when they hear an evil laugh echo through the room. They open the chest. It is empty.) VICKI: (Relieved.) Oh! (The two women laugh. BARBARA shuts the chest. Suddenly a skeleton drops down between them. They scream...) 4: INT. HOUSE. LANDING (The DOCTOR and IAN walk along a tapestry-covered landing. There is a crack of thunder. IAN stops, having heard the women scream.) IAN: What was that? DOCTOR: Oh, it’s just thunder, dear boy. IAN: No, no, no, the noise before that. DOCTOR: Oh, rubbish, there was no noise before that! Come along, come along. (Laughs.) (The DOCTOR walks off. IAN pauses...and the ghost of a GREY LADY walks through him. IAN sees nothing but shivers as the apparition passes through. He looks around, then walks on to the end of the landing. Next to a suit of armour is a doorway through which the DOCTOR is looking. Beyond are some steps leading down to a room which is full of scientific equipment and a table, the contents of which are covered with a large cloth.) IAN: What have you found now? DOCTOR: Well, it looks...it looks like a laboratory to me. Look at all that equipment down there, hmm? IAN: Doctor, I think we’d better check on Barbara and Vicki. DOCTOR: Oh nonsense, we’ve only just left them, dear boy, hmm? Now, I must see what’s on that table. (The DOCTOR walks down the steps.) IAN: Must you? I’d really rather not know. DOCTOR: You don’t mean that, do you? Where’s your spirit of adventure, mm? (Laughs.) IAN: It died a slow and painful death when those bats came out of the rafters. DOCTOR: Very well then, stay where you are! Mmm? Stay where you are! (Laughs.) 5: INT. HOUSE. LABORATORY (The DOCTOR walks down the stone steps into the laboratory. Despite his misgivings, IAN follows. As they reach the base of the steps, the cloth falls back as a bandaged-covered figure rises from the table - it is FRANKENSTEIN’S monster! The DOCTOR starts to run back up the steps. IAN stands mesmerised as the monster starts to throw back the cloth and rise.) DOCTOR: I say, I think we’d better check where Vicki and Barbara is! (The monster stands. IAN needs no second bidding and hastily follows the DOCTOR. Once the two men have gone, FRANKENSTEIN’S monster falls back to the table and lies down.) VICKI: (OOV.) What’s that in aid of? 6: INT. HOUSE. DOWNSTAIRS HALL (VICKI and BARBARA are waiting at the base of the stairs.) VICKI: And what’s that in aid of? (BARBARA nervously quotes from John Donne’s “Devotions upon emergent occasions”.) BARBARA: “And therefore never send to know, for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee”! (BARBARA looks round.) BARBARA: I feel as though my hair’s turned white! VICKI: It has as a matter of fact. BARBARA: What! VICKI: (Smiling, walking over to BARBARA.) It’s all right though. It quite suits you. BARBARA: Oh Vicki! (Behind them, a familiar form in a cloak walks out of a doorway. It speaks, in a strange disembodied voice - as though it were a recording.) COUNT DRACULA: Good evening. (The women gasp and spin round.) VICKI: (Nervously.) Good...evening! BARBARA: (Also nervous.) Who are you? (The figure doesn’t speak for a moment. Then it raises a hand in a robotic fashion and speaks - again in a disembodied style, its lips not fully synchronised with its speech.) COUNT DRACULA: I am Count Dracula! BARBARA: (Amazed and horrified.) But...you can’t be, I mean, not...not really! (In answer, DRACULA just walks away through the hidden doorway.) VICKI: He’s gone. Thank goodness for that anyway. BARBARA: Vicki...do...do you think there’s something strange going on around here? VICKI: (Sarcastically.) Oh no! BARBARA: T...What...Why did he go away so quickly? (BARBARA goes over to the hidden and now closed doorway. She tries to find it again.) BARBARA: Well, I can’t seem to open it from this side. Vicki, do you supp... (BARBARA turns round. VICKI is nowhere to be seen.) BARBARA: Vicki? Vicki, where are you? (BARBARA backs along the wall. Suddenly, she sees the GREY LADY above her on the landing. She gives out a banshee type cry. BARBARA looks up in terror and back into an alcove - which turns on a pivot, taking BARBARA with it. She screams as she disappears.) 7: INT. HOUSE. CORRIDOR (The DOCTOR and IAN stumble along a darkened corridor, the DOCTOR finding the way with his pen torch. The two men stumble into each other.) IAN: Oh! (The DOCTOR jumps and spins round to him, then sees who it is.) IAN: Oh, there’s one thing about this place, Doctor; it certainly stimulates the phagocytes. DOCTOR: Hmm. Hmm? IAN: The phago...? (He shakes his head.) You know, it’s...it’s uncanny, strange and weird, but... DOCTOR: Mmm. IAN: ...it is familiar! DOCTOR: Yes, that’s the word, dear boy, familiar! You know when I was coming down those stairs, I knew that thing was going to move, hmm? I knew it! (Laughs.) IAN: Oh, did you? I didn’t notice you standing around to check your premonition. DOCTOR: I never stay where I’m not wanted. Come along. (They walk on...) 8: INT. INT. HOUSE. LANDING (...and onto the landing.) DOCTOR: Huh! Pre-conditioned - that’s it! Pre-conditioned! IAN: What are you talking about? DOCTOR: This house is exactly what you would expect in a nightmare! Yes, we’re in a world of dreams; creaking doors, thunder and lightning, monsters and all the things that go bumpety bumpety in the night! Hmm? IAN: With one vital difference, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm? IAN: This house is real. It exists. DOCTOR: Yes...yes, it exists - in the dark recesses of the human minds. Millions of people secretly believing! Think of the immense power of all these people, combined together, makes this place become a reality, hmm? (Laughs.) 9: INT. HOUSE. DOWNSTAIRS HALL (They step to the top of the stairs.) IAN: Then we’re safe! DOCTOR: Safe? What on earth do you mean, dear boy? IAN: But the Daleks can’t touch us here? Not in the human mind? DOCTOR: You know I believe you’re right. Yes! The Daleks can never land here! Ha ha! (They start to run down the stairs. As they reach the bottom step...) IAN: Woah! (...they tread carefully. Again the step creaks, setting off the noise of the bats. They pause listening, then IAN notices the obvious.) IAN: The girls have gone. (The DOCTOR steps over to the TARDIS, opens the door and shouts inside.) DOCTOR: Vicki! (He shuts the door and shouts round.) Barb... (He crosses to IAN.) DOCTOR: Perhaps they followed us upstairs, hmm? (They walk back up the stairs. Behind them in the hall, the DALEK time machine materialises.) 10: INT. DALEK TIME MACHINE. MAIN CHAMBER (An image of the downstairs hall of the house appears in the middle of one of the spinning concentric patterns.) FIRST DALEK: The enemy time machine is here. We have caught them. SECOND DALEK: Which planet are we on. FIRST DALEK: Earth. They only changed their geographical and time location. THIRD DALEK: This time they will not elude us. Already the search force is disembarking. 11: INT. HOUSE. DOWNSTAIRS HALL (Two DALEKS glide out of the time machine.) FOURTH DALEK: Search. I shall remain here in case they return. 12: INT. HOUSE. LANDING IAN: Where are those girls, Doctor? Well we would have seen them if they were upstairs. (He looks and points towards the stairs leading to the laboratory.) IAN: Hadn’t we better take another look down there? DOCTOR: Had we? IAN: Afraid so. DOCTOR: (Nervously.) Well, er, after you, dear boy! Mmm. IAN: No, after you! (The DOCTOR starts down.) IAN: Wait for me. (He follows.) 13: INT. HOUSE. LABORATORY DOCTOR: Shh! Someone’s coming. IAN: Well, take cover! (They run down the stairs. IAN stops as he sees a DALEK in a small passage leading off the laboratory.) DALEK: Where are the time travellers? IAN: The time travellers? They’re... (IAN quickly pulls down a portcullis that divides the passage from the laboratory. The DALEK starts to push and rattle the portcullis. The two men start to leave the laboratory but suddenly the form of FRANKENSTEIN’S monster sits up on the table.) DALEK: Do not move! (The monster gets off the table.) DOCTOR: The TARDIS! Quick! (The two men run out of the room.) DALEK: Do not move! I am a Dalek! (The monster walks towards the DALEK. It fires on the creature who staggers back but regains its balance and carries on towards the DALEK.) DALEK: We are invincible! (The monster raises the portcullis and starts the att*ck the DALEK.) DALEK: Stop! Stop! Ahh! Ahh! 14: INT. HOUSE. DOWNSTAIRS HALL (The DOCTOR and IAN rush down the main staircase. VICKI runs forward.) VICKI: Oh, there you are! IAN: Vicki... DOCTOR: Well where have you both been, eh? VICKI: We climbed through a secret tunnel straight down... IAN: (Interrupting.) There’s no time to tell us now. The Daleks are here. BARBARA: Daleks! IAN: Yes. VICKI: Look out! (On the other side of the hallway is a DALEK.) FOURTH DALEK: Halt! You will be exterminated! (Behind it, the form of COUNT DRACULA again steps out of the hidden doorway and speaks again in a disembodied voice.) COUNT DRACULA: Good evening! (The DALEK turns round to look at it.) IAN: Quick! Into the TARDIS while we’ve still got a chance! (The DOCTOR, IAN and BARBARA rush for the TARDIS. VICKI stops to shout out a warning to COUNT DRACULA.) VICKI: Look out, he’ll k*ll you! You’ll be k*lled! (The DALEK fires at DRACULA. The figure is bathed in the rays but fails to fall.) COUNT DRACULA: I...am...Count...Dracula. (It turns to leave. VICKI makes a run for the TARDIS but is quickly surrounded by more DALEKS. The TARDIS starts to dematerialise.) FOURTH DALEK: Eradicate her! (The form of FRANKENSTEIN’S monster steps out of a doorway. A DALEK turns to face it. The TARDIS fades away. FRANKENSTEIN’S monster starts to pick up a DALEK.) FOURTH DALEK: Obliterate. (COUNT DRACULA walks forward again.) COUNT DRACULA: I...am...Count...Dracula. (The FOURTH DALEK spins round. Realising that it has failed to exterminate the creature, it starts to back away. DRACULA walks forward in a robotic fashion and starts to repeat...) COUNT DRACULA: Don’t go. Don’t go. Don’t go. (FRANKENSTEIN’S monster lifts the DALEK above his head into the air...) COUNT DRACULA: Don’t go. Don’t go. (...and dashes it to the ground.) COUNT DRACULA: Don’t go. (The GREY LADY appears on the landing and again gives out her wail.) COUNT DRACULA: Don’t go. Don’t go. (Another DALEK fires on the GREY LADY as FRANKENSTEIN’S monster starts to pound at its victim.) COUNT DRACULA: Don’t go. (The GREY LADY is as unaffected as her companions by the DALEK f*re power. She laughs. VICKI takes advantage of the confusion to dash into the DALEK time machine.) FIFTH DALEK: Embark at once! FOURTH DALEK: At once! FIFTH DALEK: Yes! Embark! FOURTH DALEK: Embark! At once! DALEKS: Embark! Embark! Embark! Embark! (The DALEKS cautiously glide past FRANKENSTEIN’S monster as it finishes off its victim and into their time machine.) 15: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The time path detector continues to bleep.) IAN: This game of hide and seek through time is wearing a little thin now. DOCTOR: Game? (Laughs.) IAN: What an extraordinary place, eh? More spooks in a square mile than the Tower of London. DOCTOR: Yeah... IAN: You know that theory of yours... DOCTOR: Theory, my dear boy? Fact - I am convinced that that house was neither tame...time nor space. We were lodged for a period...in an area of human thought. IAN: And were the Daleks lodging too? DOCTOR: Oh, I don’t want to enter into it... IAN: Oh, no, no, no! DOCTOR: (To himself.) A discussion with him! Oh! IAN: Have it your own way. I think there’s a much simpler explanation. 16: INT. HOUSE. DOWNSTAIRS HALL (On one side of the hall, hidden by a wall, stands a ticket booth. A sign proclaims “FESTIVAL of GHANA 1996” but another sign across the window of the booth states “CANCELLED BY PEKING”. The base of the booth advertises this particular attraction - “FRANKENSTEIN’S HOUSE OF HORRORS” - PRICE $10”.) 17: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR continues to make further adjustments to his machine. IAN walks over.) IAN: Well, how’s this box of tricks coming along, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, necessarily crude, dear boy. I haven’t time to perf...to perfect anything. IAN: Oh, when’s it going to be operational, eh? DOCTOR: You know just as much about that as I do. IAN: Oh Doctor, we can’t go on like this, can we? We’ve given them the slip once or twice but sooner or later we’re going to have to settle with them. DOCTOR: Oh, I quite agree with you. Running away won’t solve our problem. But as soon as we’ve reached the final decision, to stand and fight, they’ll be no turning back. It’ll either be them...or us. Hmm? (BARBARA walks in with four drinks.) BARBARA: Here we are. DOCTOR: Oh, my dear, very welcome. IAN: (Almost dropping his.) Woah, thanks. DOCTOR: Thank you. BARBARA: (Looking round.) Where’s Vicki? DOCTOR: (Worried.) But I thought she was with you? 18: INT. DALEK TIME MACHINE. MAIN CHAMBER FIRST DALEK: We are locked in pursuit course. SECOND DALEK: Calculate destination of enemy time machine. (The DALEK looks at a series of three changing numbers below a scanner screen.) FIRST DALEK: Report. THIRD DALEK: The enemy is approaching the planet Mechanus. SECOND DALEK: Contact Skaro. Report our destination to the Dalek Supreme. FIRST DALEK: I obey. (The FIRST DALEK glides away. The SECOND and THIRD DALEKS glide towards a doorway leading to a second chamber. A FOURTH DALEK waits by the doorway.) SECOND DALEK: Is the reproducer repaired? FOURTH DALEK: We await your orders. THIRD DALEK: Manufacture will commence at once. 19: INT. DALEK TIME MACHINE. SECOND CHAMBER (The DALEKS glide into a chamber, one wall of which is dominated by a large upright cylindrical machine.) SECOND DALEK: Which if the four humans is to be re-produced? FOURTH DALEK: Their leader - the one they call “Doctor”. Is the re-producer programmed? THIRD DALEK: All is in readiness. Photo images and relevant data are in the computer. The humanoid will be completed by the time we arrive at our destination. FOURTH DALEK: Excellent. Commence operations, then assemble at cell renovator chamber. SECOND DALEK: We obey! THIRD DALEK: Of course. (They glide out of the room. One glides suddenly back and watches as the two halves of the cylindrical machine slide open, revealing a glass doorway within. It glides out again...and VICKI comes out of hiding from an alcove. She looks through the glass doorway but all is opaque. She walks over to a nearby wall of machinery which seems to be a transmitter. She switches it on and it crackles into life.) VICKI: TARDIS, hello. TARDIS? Come in please. Over. (Static is heard.) VICKI: Hello, TARDIS. Doctor? Somebody, please help me. Get me out of this. TARDIS! TARDIS! (There is no response. She walks back over to the glass doorway. A still figure can now be seen within the smoky interior - it seems to be the DOCTOR!.) 20: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The travellers pace the console room , worried by the realisation that they have left VICKI behind.) DOCTOR: It’s my fault. All my own stupid fault. I shouldn’t have moved the TARDIS. I have should have checked up first to make sure that everybody was inside. I shall never forgive myself! IAN: Oh, no Doctor, don’t blame yourself. We’re all equally to blame. I was convinced she was on-board. BARBARA: Isn’t there anything we can do? Is there no way of going back for Vicki. DOCTOR: (Angrily.) You don’t think I’d be standing here doing nothing do you, if there were, hmm? We’re helpless...and you of all people should know that the TARDIS can’t land in the same time and place twice! IAN: Doctor, shut up! (Quietly.) We’ve never stayed long enough in any one place to repair the time mechanism of the TARDIS. If we did, is there a chance of going back for Vicki? DOCTOR: Yes, of course, it’s possible but it might take months, even years. BARBARA: But Doctor, if we all worked together, if...if Ian and I helped you, surely it’s worth a try? DOCTOR: Yes, my dear, I know it’s worth a try but you don’t think the Daleks are going to sit back and allow us to tinker do you? They’re right on our tracks. Their one aim is to destroy. IAN: (Thinks, then, to himself...) The Dalek time machine! Of course! (To the DOCTOR.) Doctor, I’ve got it. We can’t go back for Vicki in the TARDIS, but we can in the Daleks own time machine. DOCTOR: Do you mean...capture their machine? IAN: Why not? BARBARA: Well, that would take some doing. IAN: It’s the only chance we’ve got, otherwise we’ll never see Vicki again. DOCTOR: If we can only pull it off. BARBARA: Doctor, we have nothing to lose...and now we have even more reason to stop and fight. IAN: What do you say, Doctor? DOCTOR: I say yes, yes, yes! Our next landing will be our battle ground and we shall fight. We shall fight to the death! 21: INT. DALEK TIME MACHINE. SECOND CHAMBER (VICKI is trying the transmitter again...) VICKI: TARDIS? Somebody hear me. TARDIS! TARDIS! 22: INT. DALEK TIME MACHINE. MAIN CHAMBER FIRST DALEK: Report position of enemy machine. SECOND DALEK: It’s movement through time is ending. THIRD DALEK: It is approaching the planet Mechanus. FIRST DALEK: How long before we reach them? FOURTH DALEK: Er, er, in earth time, er, four minutes. FIRST DALEK: There is much to do. (The DALEKS glide into the second chamber.) 23: INT. DALEK TIME MACHINE. SECOND CHAMBER FIRST DALEK: Is the humanoid robot complete? THIRD DALEK: The computer is feeding its memory cells with data. SECOND DALEK: Physical characteristics are completed. Energy cells fully charged. FOURTH DALEK: Micro-units containing personality and vocal mannerisms are charged. FIRST DALEK: Prepare to activate. (A DALEK turns to a console.) FIRST DALEK: Activate the robot. (Within the machine the ROBOT DOCTOR, complete with walking stick, moves and pushes open the door. VICKI watches in horror.) 24: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (The destination of the pursued and their pursuers is dark with a thick growth of trees and a misty wet ground.) 25: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The travellers see this image on the scanner.) IAN: Ah, looks swampy. DOCTOR: Yes, all to the good, my boy. This sort of terrain is going to make it very difficult for the Daleks. (Laughs.) IAN: Yes. Well, we won’t have long to explore, Doctor, before the Daleks arrive so lets get moving. (IAN picks up the DOCTOR’S machine.) DOCTOR: Yes, you are perfectly correct, perfectly correct. However, it doesn’t matter about the appearances. It’s quite safe to go outside. IAN: Good. (The DOCTOR opens the doors and joins the two teachers in looking through the open doorway to the outside.) BARBARA: Just look at that vegetation. IAN: Yes. Just as though it were alive. DOCTOR: Alive! Yes! 26: INT. DALEK TIME MACHINE. SECOND CHAMBER FIRST DALEK: Success! Paramount success! It is impossible to distinguish from the original. (A DALEK glides forward.) FOURTH DALEK: We have landed on the planet Mechanus. FIRST DALEK: Operate ramp control. Activate robot power source. (After a pause, the ROBOT DOCTOR jauntily steps out of the machine and stands in front of its creators.) FIRST DALEK: Your orders are understood? You will infiltrate and k*ll. DALEKS: Infiltrate and k*ll! (The ROBOT speaks, its voice and inflexions a perfect match of the DOCTOR’S.) ROBOT DOCTOR: Understand? Of course I understand, my dear fellow. (It gives a wave of its arm.) Don’t fuss so! I am to infiltrate and k*ll, infiltrate and k*ll!
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THE DEATH OF DOCTOR WHO Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 19 June, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. DALEK TIME MACHINE. SECOND CHAMBER FIRST DALEK: Your orders are understood? You will infiltrate and k*ll. DALEKS: Infiltrate and k*ll! (The ROBOT speaks, its voice and inflexions a perfect match of the DOCTOR’S.) ROBOT DOCTOR: Understand? Of course I understand, my dear fellow. (It gives a wave of its arm.) Don’t fuss so! I am to infiltrate and k*ll, infiltrate and k*ll! 2: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE. TARDIS LANDING SITE (NIGHT) (A large mushroom shaped creature twitches in the jungle of Mechanus. The sounds of swamp gas bubbling can be heard. The DOCTOR, IAN - holding the DOCTOR’S machine - and BARBARA come across several of the mushroom creatures as they explore outside the TARDIS.) BARBARA: What is it, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, I’m not sure, young lady. Is it a plant or...some kind of fungus? IAN: (Stepping forward.) Huh! A living fungoid, Doctor. DOCTOR: (Holding IAN back with his stick.) Yes, I think this is the moment when discretion is the better part of valour. Let’s get back into the ship. (They turn round. A fungoid now stands between them and the ship.) DOCTOR: How did that get there? BARBARA: They’re moving. They’re closing in on us! (IAN hits one of the creatures on the cup as the DOCTOR hits another with his stick. IAN quickly withdraws his hand.) IAN: It stings! (Suddenly, they are all bathed in bright spotlights. The fungoids twitch and shiver in alarm.) DOCTOR: Well, our friends here obviously don’t like the light, hmm? BARBARA: Well, thank goodness for that. DOCTOR: Hmm hmm! IAN: No, but who switched the lights on? Who put them there in the first place? BARBARA: What does it matter so long as they stay on? DOCTOR: Well, it does suggest that there are other creatures on this planet, yes. Creatures of intelligence. (IAN has walked a small distance away.) IAN: Hey, come over here! (The DOCTOR and BARBARA join him. IAN points through the trees.) IAN: Look DOCTOR: Mmm? IAN: Look, you see? The lights, they...they form a sort of, er... DOCTOR: Yes! IAN: ...corridor. DOCTOR: Yes, its...its a kind of pattern. Yes, you’re quite right, my boy, a corridor. IAN: Doctor! This could be an ideal place to fight those Daleks. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, well let’s follow it. This way. (They set off through the trees.) 3: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE. DALEK LANDING SITE (NIGHT) (Two DALEKS have come out of their time machine.) FIRST DALEK: This is the planet Mechanus. All forms of life are to be treated as hostile. SECOND DALEK: Understood. Pass the order: all forms of life to be destroyed on contact. FIRST DALEK: I obey. (The SECOND DALEK glides back to the time machine as another DALEK exits.) SECOND DALEK: Is the humanoid robot standing by? THIRD DALEK: It awaits your orders. (The ROBOT DOCTOR walks out of the machine.) SECOND DALEK: Our enemies are moving through the jungle. You are to join them. ROBOT DOCTOR: (Airily.) Infiltrate, separate and k*ll. Yes, yes. I understand. Well, the sooner I get started, the sooner I shall accomplish my mission, hmm? (With a wave of its walking stick, the ROBOT DOCTOR strolls away through the trees.) SECOND DALEK: We shall follow it as escort. Advise all units. (The DALEKS glide off. After they have gone, VICKI steps cautiously out of the DALEK time machine.) 4: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (The other travellers are still following the corridor of light through the trees.) BARBARA: (To IAN.) Just a minute. (IAN stops as BARBARA takes off her shoe to shake something out of it. The DOCTOR has carried on.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) Come along, come along. IAN: All right? BARBARA: Yep, fine. (They follow on after the DOCTOR, not seeing the ROBOT DOCTOR that steps out of the trees behind them. The ROBOT follows.) 5: EXT. MECHANUS. ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE (NIGHT) (VICKI, making her own way through the jungle, ducks into hiding as a DALEK glides past. VICKI steps out of hiding and walks straight into a fungoid. VICKI falls under the creatures’ fronds as it tries to cover her. She manages to struggle to her feet and run off.) 6: EXT. MECHANUS. ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE (NIGHT) (The others reach a cave. They look warily through the entrance...) 7: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (NIGHT) DOCTOR: Oh, we seem to have come to the end of our corridor of lights, hmm? IAN: Yes. Let me go first. (IAN steps into the cave. The others cautiously follow.) DOCTOR: Any Daleks? IAN: No, nothing. It’s empty. DOCTOR: Hmm, let’s take a closer look, hmm? (They step into the main body of the cave.) IAN: Strange place. Now why would anyone construct a complicated system of lights...to lead directly to a cave like this? DOCTOR: Well, I’m not quite sure, dear boy, but...there must be a reason for it, yes, like everything else in the universe, there is a reason for it. (The DOCTOR sees a metallic probe sticking out of the rock wall but is distracted as IAN puts the machine down with a thump.) DOCTOR: Oh, do be careful what you’re doing with that, hmm? BARBARA: Hey, over here. IAN: Huh? BARBARA: Look what I’ve found. (BARBARA is holding a long metallic and perspex stick with a handle and controls at one end. IAN takes it from her and examines it.) IAN: Well, what do you make of that, Doctor? DOCTOR: (Taking it from IAN.) Well, I should imagine it’s some kind of w*apon. Just hold that a minute, hmm? IAN: Hey? (He passes IAN his walking stick. Taking the w*apon, he walks to the mouth of the cave. IAN and BARBARA follow closely behind - too closely for the DOCTOR’S liking.) DOCTOR: Ah, cha, cha, cha, not so close! (The DOCTOR braces himself and fires. There is no sound. He checks the w*apon and sees that a bright light shines from the end.) DOCTOR: Well! That’s ingenious, isn’t it, hmm? (IAN and BARBARA come over.) BARBARA: Ah, it’s designed to scare off those fungoid things we saw in the swamp. DOCTOR: Very good, my dear, very good, hmm? BARBARA: (Taking the stick w*apon.) Well Doctor, with this... (Points at the DOCTOR’S machine.) ...and that we are ready for the Daleks, come on. (She walks over to the cave mouth and gets in position, holding the stick w*apon up. IAN picks up the DOCTOR’S machine and excitedly joins her as the two of them talk at once.) IAN: She’s right, you know. BARBARA: ... party, we can pick ‘em off one by one. (She starts to pretend to f*re the g*n. IAN laughs.) DOCTOR: (Calming them down.) Just, just, just, shh, shh, shh... (They stop and turn to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Just a moment now, may I speak? There’s something I haven’t told you, dear boy. We cannot use this machine in an en...enclosed area, otherwise we shall all go up in smoke. BARBARA: But Doctor, the...the Daleks will find this flare path and we’ll be trapped here. DOCTOR: That may be... IAN: (Interrupting.) Let’s put the lights out. DOCTOR: Now you’re talking common sense. Yes, lets find the cable, shall we? (They start to search the cave.) 8: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE. TARDIS LANDING SITE (NIGHT) (A tired VICKI stumbles through the jungle and comes across the TARDIS. She runs forward excitedly, not seeing that the fungoids have surrounded the ship. VICKI starts hammering on the TARDIS door as a fungoid shuffles closer...) VICKI: Doctor? Doctor, it’s me, let me in! It’s me! (The fungoid attempts to smother her but she manages to run off. Another fungoid is further through the trees but she manages to reach the safety of the light path - without knowing what it is. She calms down as she realises that the creatures are not following her and she starts to follow the path of light through the trees.) 9: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (NIGHT) (The search ends...) BARBARA: Over here! I’ve found it. (The DOCTOR and IAN rush over.) IAN: Good. Where? Ah... (The light source would seem to be under a rock.) DOCTOR: Ah, that’s quite safe, well insulated. IAN: Yeah. (IAN uses the light stick to try and prise it open.) IAN: Ho, it’s tough. (He continues his efforts...) 10: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (VICKI stumbles through the trees. She comes across another fungoid - just as the lights go out. VICKI screams.) 11: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (NIGHT) IAN: There’s someone out there! BARBARA: (Happily.) That noise! That noise, it was...it was... IAN: Come on, Doctor! (IAN starts to run out of the cave.) BARBARA: Doctor, that noise! It was... DOCTOR: (Leaving the cave.) Watch the machine! Watch the machine! 12: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (IAN and the DOCTOR run through the jungle towards where the scream came from. After they have gone past, the ROBOT DOCTOR rises from hiding and makes its way towards the cave.) 13: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE. DALEK LANDING SITE (NIGHT) (Two DALEKS are in the jungle, next to another fungoid. The SECOND DALEK is fitted with a perceptor instrument.) FIRST DALEK: The light source has vanished. SECOND DALEK: Patrols will continue to advance eastward. Perceptors register much movement in that area. (The DALEKS start to move forward. The fungoid attempts to smother the FIRST DALEK.) FIRST DALEK: Alert! Alert! Alert! (The SECOND DALEK fires, k*lling the fungoid.) SECOND DALEK: The patrol will continue. FIRST DALEK: Have I sustained damage. SECOND DALEK: No. The patrol will continue. (They move off.) 14: EXT. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (IAN and the DOCTOR come across VICKI. She is lying in a faint with a fungoid hovering over her.) IAN: Vicki! (IAN uses the light stick to keep the fungoid away. The DOCTOR bends down to examine VICKI.) IAN: She must have smuggled herself aboard the Daleks time machine. (Somberly.) So they’ve arrived. 15: EXT. MECHANUS. CAVE ENTRANCE (NIGHT) (The ROBOT DOCTOR arrives at the cave. He checks round to make sure that he is alone, then enters the cave.) 16: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (NIGHT) (BARBARA runs forward as the ROBOT DOCTOR enters.) BARBARA: Doctor! You were quick. ROBOT DOCTOR: (Somberly.) Oh, Was I? BARBARA: Who was it? ROBOT DOCTOR: Oh, nobody, I, er... BARBARA: What is it? Where’s Ian? ROBOT DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Barbara, my dear, Chesterton is d*ad. (BARBARA is stunned...) BARBARA: d*ad? ROBOT DOCTOR: The creatures...caught him. I could do nothing. (He strokes her chin. BARBARA takes his hand in shock.) BARBARA: Are you sure...are you certain that he’s not just hurt? ROBOT DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Come with me. Perhaps you can help. Come along, come along. Hurry. (He walks out of the cave. BARBARA hesitates then runs after him.) 17: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR and IAN make their way back to the cave, IAN carrying VICKI.) IAN: About another twenty yards, Doctor, I think. DOCTOR: Do you know Chesterton, they have an extraordinary range of movement, extraordinary. IAN: Yes. All I’m interested in right now is getting into that cave. We’ll be safe. 18: INT. CAVE (NIGHT) (They enter the cave.) IAN: Barbara? Barbara? We’ve found her (IAN places the still unconscious VICKI down on the cave floor.) IAN: Barbara? Where is she? DOCTOR: Take a look outside, my boy. I’ll look after Vicki. (IAN steps out of the cave.) IAN: (OOV.) Barbara? Barbara? (The DOCTOR bends down over VICKI as she starts to come round.) DOCTOR: Oh, come along child, you’re all right, come along. Come along, my dear. Come along, hmm, hmm? (VICKI comes to, sees the DOCTOR and pushes him away. She jumps up and backs against the cave wall in alarm.) DOCTOR: My dear girl! What on earth is wrong with you? VICKI: (Scared.) No, no, no! (IAN rushes back in.) IAN: Doctor! She’s nowhere to be... (He stops as he sees the look of fear on VICKI’S face.) IAN: Vicki, what is it? VICKI: Ian! (VICKI looks confused and crosses to IAN.) VICKI: I thought that...when I...I...oh, it must be the Doctor or you wouldn’t be with him. IAN: What are you saying, Vicki? VICKI: (To the DOCTOR.) Oh...I’m sorry I behaved like that, but...when I first woke up, I...I thought you must be the robot. DOCTOR: Robot? My dear, you...you have haven’t got a temperature, have you? IAN: You come and sit down, Vicki. VICKI: (Shouts.) There is a robot! (To the DOCTOR.) The Daleks made it - exactly like you. DOCTOR: A robot exactly like me? VICKI: Every detail. I heard them giving it orders. They made it to infiltrate our group. They told it to “infiltrate and k*ll”. DOCTOR: So that’s it! This is very serious Chesterton. Barbara would never have left here unless...unless you or I told her to go, hmm? IAN: (Realising.) They’ve got her...Barbara... (He runs out of the cave.) IAN: (Shouts.) Barbara! DOCTOR: (To VICKI.) You all right, child? (She nods.) IAN: (OOV.) Barbara! DOCTOR: Come along! (The DOCTOR and VICKI follow IAN.) 19: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (BARBARA and the ROBOT DOCTOR reach a clearing but the ROBOT DOCTOR stops and hangs back.) BARBARA: Is this where you left him? ROBOT DOCTOR: No. BARBARA: Oh, come on Doctor! We must find him. You do dawdle so. IAN: (OOV: Calling through the trees.) Barbara! Barbara! BARBARA: (Delighted.) Ian! He’s all right Doctor! (She runs up to the ROBOT DOCTOR.) BARBARA: He’s all right! (The ROBOT DOCTOR swings his walking stick to bring it crashing down on BARBARA’S head. She screams and jumps back. The blow misses. She falls to the ground. The ROBOT DOCTOR stands over her with the stick which she desperately grabs hold of.) BARBARA: (Screams.) Argh! Ian! Argh! (IAN appears out of the jungle and grabs the ROBOT DOCTOR. The ROBOT elbows him sharply and runs off as IAN falls to the ground next to an upset and confused BARBARA.) BARBARA: (Almost tearful.) What’s the matter with him? Why did he try to k*ll me? IAN: It isn’t the Doctor. It’s a robot. BARBARA: A robot? IAN: Yes. A robot the Daleks made. Come on Barbara, let’s...let’s find the others. (They painfully get to their feet and set off.) 20: EXT. MECHANUS. ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE (NIGHT) VICKI: I can’t...see any sign of Ian. I think he must have gone further than we thought. (She turns and sees, coming towards her, IAN helping BARBARA.) VICKI: Barbara! IAN: OK, Vicki. VICKI: Where’s the Doctor? (From either side of the clearing, both the DOCTOR and the ROBOT DOCTOR appear. The three companions look from one to other of the two figures in confusion.) ROBOT DOCTOR: Don’t just stand there Chesterton, that’s the robot. DOCTOR: Robot? Robot? Me? You’re the imposter! He is the imposter! ROBOT DOCTOR: Then prove it, my dear fellow, prove it. Then we shall all believe you. DOCTOR: I don’t have to. ROBOT DOCTOR: You mean you can’t! DOCTOR: Why you...! (The DOCTOR raises his stick and approaches the ROBOT. Seeing this, IAN and BARBARA make up their mind that the ROBOT is the real DOCTOR. IAN approaches the real DOCTOR as the ROBOT runs to one side of the clearing with BARBARA and VICKI.) IAN: Put that stick down! DOCTOR: Get out of my way. IAN: And if I won’t? DOCTOR: I shall give you the same treatment. (The DOCTOR raises his stick. IAN tackles him and the two start to struggle. The fight is watched by the two women and the ROBOT.) ROBOT DOCTOR: Watch him Chesterton! Watch him! (IAN grapples the DOCTOR to the ground.) IAN: You still you insist you’re the real Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, what does it matter what I say now, hmm? ROBOT DOCTOR: Chesterton, now’s your chance! Destroy it! Destroy it with a rock! (IAN thrusts the DOCTOR away and, as suggested, grabs a rock. The ROBOT turns to VICKI and says...). ROBOT DOCTOR: Susan, don’t look this way, it’ll be nasty. (VICKI looks confused but BARBARA realises the mistake that has been made. She rushes to IAN.) BARBARA: Ian, don’t! That’s the Doctor! IAN: What? VICKI: (Running from the ROBOT.) This is the robot! This is the robot! (The ROBOT runs at IAN and pushes him to the ground.) IAN: Argh! (The ROBOT makes a run for it but the DOCTOR trips it up. The ROBOT rises to its feet and the two identical figures begin a duel with their walking sticks. Their sticks in the air, the ROBOT manages to push the DOCTOR to one side of the clearing. The DOCTOR suddenly shouts out in an imitation of a DALEK voice...) DOCTOR: Stop! Do not k*ll! (The ROBOT, confused, pauses. The DOCTOR uses this advantage to reach within the ROBOT’S chest and pull out some of its circuitry. The ROBOT freezes. With his stick, the DOCTOR gently pushes it over to the ground. The DOCTOR looks down on it.) DOCTOR: Hmm, I must get a Doctor! (He walks off.) 21: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE. TARDIS LANDING SITE (NIGHT) (The DALEKS come across the TARDIS. A fungoid stands next to it.) FIRST DALEK: The enemy time machine. With this in our control, they cannot escape. What is that noise? (The noise comes from the fungoid as it approaches and smothers the DALEK.) SECOND DALEK: Hostile plant life! Destroy! Destroy! FIRST DALEK: (Muffled: under the fungoid.) You destroy! (The SECOND DALEK fires and the fungoid is destroyed. A THIRD DALEK glides forward.) THIRD DALEK: There is no trace of the humans. SECOND DALEK: Or the robot? THIRD DALEK: No. Contact has been lost. FIRST DALEK: We will organise a full scale search of the jungle at daybreak. (The DALEKS nod their eye-pieces in agreement.) 22: EXT. MECHANUS. CAVE ENTRANCE (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR is sat outside the cave on guard. IAN comes out and sits next to him.) IAN: Oh, thing’s don’t look too good, do they Doctor? DOCTOR: No, they’re not very encouraging, dear boy. IAN: Oh, we’ve got one consolation - we’re all together again. DOCTOR: Yes, but I don’t mind admitting, I...feel rather exhausted after all that experience. IAN: Well, why don’t you go down and have a rest? DOCTOR: Hmm? IAN: Go on. I’ll stay out here. DOCTOR: Yes, I don’t suppose we can do much in this light. IAN: No. You know it’s been dark ever since we landed on this planet. DOCTOR: Yes well, we’ll give it a few hours. It might get lighter. IAN: Mmm. DOCTOR: I think I’ll take your advice. But I shan’t sleep. (He goes into the cave.) 23: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (NIGHT) (BARBARA and VICKI are already here, fast asleep. The DOCTOR lies next to them and quickly dozes off.) 24: EXT. MECHANUS. CAVE ENTRANCE (NIGHT) (Outside the cave, IAN finds it difficult to stay awake as he continues to keep guard.) 25: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (NIGHT) (As the three sleep inside the cave, a probe with a camera on the end descends from the ceiling and monitors the three sleepers. After a moment, it withdraws.) 26: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (The next morning, daylight streams through the cave entrance. The DOCTOR wakes up and struggles to his feet.) 27: EXT. MECHANUS. CAVE ENTRANCE (Outside the cave, IAN is fast asleep. The DOCTOR comes out...but stops in his tracks as he looks up into the sky. He shakes IAN.) DOCTOR: Chesterton! IAN: Mmm? DOCTOR: Get up, get up, get up! IAN: (Getting to his feet.) What’s the matter? DOCTOR: Look here! IAN: Mmm? (The DOCTOR points with his walking stick. Above them, built on graceful stilts that reach out of the distant jungle is a magnificent city. The buildings themselves are a series of landings on curving columns. One walkway reaches from the city to the cliff-side above them.) 28: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (BARBARA and VICKI are stirring. The DOCTOR pokes his head through the entrance.) DOCTOR: I say, you two in there! Come along, wake up, wake up! Come out here quickly! (The two women follow him out of the cave.) 29: EXT. MECHANUS. CAVE ENTRANCE (The DOCTOR laughs and points out the sight to them. They stop in their tracks at the sight above them.) VICKI: Wow, beautiful! IAN: (In wonder.) Yes... DOCTOR: Mmm. IAN: To think that was up there all last night and we never knew. DOCTOR: Quite so. And that is where we’ve got to get to, hmm? IAN: Yes, you bet. DOCTOR: (To BARBARA.) Have you got that thingummybob? BARBARA: I’ll get it. (She runs into the cave.) DOCTOR: Well, come along, come along, let’s go. Come on. (They are about to set off, when...) VICKI: Look! (Three DALEKS are in the jungle coming towards them.) IAN: Daleks - coming straight for us! BARBARA: Over there - there’s two more of them! (And indeed, two more DALEKS stand to one side.) BARBARA: Come on Vicki, quick! (The travellers retreat quickly back into the cave.) 30: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (The DOCTOR keeps watch through the entrance as the other three back against the wall.) IAN: What do we do now? DOCTOR: Well, we must clear this cave as soon as possible, otherwise we can’t work that device. IAN: How? VICKI: That cliff above, can we climb out that way? IAN: No, it’s impossible. Its sheer, they’d pick us off like flies. VICKI: It’s the only way, what do we do? IAN: I’ve got it! The Doctor will have to go out there as the robot. He could put them off the scent. BARBARA: Are you mad? IAN: Why? BARBARA: The Daleks must know that the robot’s d*ad - they controlled it. (Unseen, the DOCTOR slips out of the cave.) IAN: Why? You can’t be sure of that. VICKI: Anyway, it might confuse them just long enough to enable us to get away... BARBARA: Look, it would be sheer su1c1de! IAN: Yeah, perhaps you’re right Barbara. Well, Doctor, wha... (He turns and sees that the old man has gone.) IAN: (Running to the entrance.) Doctor! BARBARA: Doctor! 31: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE. TARDIS LANDING SITE (The SECOND DALEK with the perceptor instrument glides back to some of its companions.) SECOND DALEK: They are trapped in the rock face. FIRST DALEK: att*ck formation! att*ck formation! att*ck formation! att*ck formation! att*ck! (Three DALEKS glide round until they are facing the direction of the cave.) SECOND DALEK: Section four will enter the cave. Do not deviate. THIRD DALEK: We obey. (The FIRST and THIRD DALEKS glide off. The SECOND DALEK glides up to two more DALEKS.) SECOND DALEK: Section two will circle the cave. Take a position amongst the boulders and cut off any attempt to escape. FOURTH DALEK: We obey. (The SECOND DALEK glides back to two more DALEKS.) SECOND DALEK: We will take no prisoners. Eliminate on sight. DALEKS: We obey. (They start to glide off through the jungle.) SECOND DALEK: Move to position. On my command, advance and att*ck. FIFTH DALEK: Align and advance! SIXTH DALEK: Advance and att*ck! DALEKS: att*ck and destroy! Destroy and rejoice! 32: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (IAN, BARBARA and VICKI wait in the cave, listening to the exchange outside.) FIRST DALEK: (OOV.) Halt! You will be exterminated! DOCTOR: (OOV.) I have infiltrated and k*lled. We may now return to Skaro. FIRST DALEK: (OOV.) You lie! You are not the robot! (There is the sound of a DALEK g*n f*ring. The DOCTOR dives into the cave, helped by IAN.) IAN: Doctor! BARBARA: Doctor, that was a foolish thing to do! DOCTOR: They kna...they know now, who’se who. (To BARBARA.) Give me that machine. All of you, get against the wall. (BARBARA hands him the machine and she, IAN and VICKI run to the far wall as instructed.) DOCTOR: I’m going to see what I can do with this. (The DOCTOR places the machine down in the centre of the cave. As he does so, a section of the back wall slams down. Beyond it is a small but brightly lit chamber and within it stands a robot. As tall as a man, it’s overall shape is round and is made of geodesic design in that is made of triangular panels. The robot has three flashing lights on one panel and a number of small pieces of instrumentation on the very top of its casing, rather like an aerial. The robot speaks in a heavily fractured electronic voice.) MECHANOID: Eight hundred...thirty...Mechanoid...English...input...enter. (Two arms come out of the centre of the robot, almost in a gesture of welcome. The voices of the DALEKS are heard outside the cave...) DALEKS: (OOV.) Advance. Advance and att*ck! att*ck and destroy! Destroy and rejoice! IAN: You heard what the gentleman said - let’s go! (As the DALEK chant continues, the DOCTOR grabs his machine and the time travellers walk towards the chamber...)
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THE PLANET OF DECISION Written by TERRY NATION Original Air Date: 26 June, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE MECHONOID: ...Hundred...thirty...Mechonoid...English...input...enter. (Two arms come out of the centre of the robot, almost in a gesture of welcome. The voices of the DALEKS are heard outside the cave...) DALEKS: (OOV.) Advance. Advance and att*ck! att*ck and destroy! Destroy and rejoice! IAN: You heard what the gentleman said - let’s go! (As the DALEK chant continues, the DOCTOR grabs his machine and the time travellers walk towards and into the chamber...) 2: INT. MECHANUS. LIFT (They walk into the chamber. A door slams down behind them. The travellers have to stand around the very edge of the room as the robot nearly fills the chamber.) VICKI: We’re going up. BARBARA: Yeah, it’s a lift. (After a pause, the DOCTOR addresses the robot.) DOCTOR: Yes you...you got us out of a nasty situation there. I supposed you’d like to know who we are and why we’re here, mmm? (In answer, the instrumentation on top of the ROBOT falls back within the casing.) IAN: You’re not getting through to him, Doctor, you’re not getting through. BARBARA: Doctor, ask him where he’s taking us. DOCTOR: Mmm. IAN: He’s taking us up to the city, obviously. 3: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (The DALEKS sweep into the cave, f*ring as they go. They halt as they see that the cave is empty.) FIRST DALEK: They have escaped. SECOND DALEK: Not possible. Perceptor readings indicated they were here. FIRST DALEK: Subject walls to seismic detector tests. (The SECOND DALEK, who has the perceptor, glides up to the back wall. There is a bleeping sound.) FIRST DALEK: It is required that we penetrate this wall. Section four will return to the time craft for the electrode unit. DALEKS: We obey. 4: INT. MECHANUS. LIFT (The robot gives out a series of electronic noises. The instrumentation at the top of the casing rises back into place.) IAN: We must have arrived. (The door to the lift slides open...) 5: EXT. MECHANUS. RAMP TO CITY (...and the robot glides out, still making electronic noises. The travellers also step out.) MECHONOID: Stop. Follow...follow. VICKI: Look at it! DOCTOR: But’s fantastic! BARBARA: I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s huge! DOCTOR: Hmm! (On the long ramp that leads from the mountainside, the robot glides ahead.) 6: EXT. MECHANUS. CITY (Its destination is the magnificent stilted city that the travellers observed earlier.) 7: INT. MECHANUS. CITY. LANDING (Within the city, another of the robots waits. The first robot glides up to it and the two swap electronic beeps and signals. They wave their arms at each other as a sign that they have finished and the second robot glides away. The first one turns to the travellers.) MECHONOID: English...enter...enter...zero...stop. IAN: (Puzzled.) Enter, enter, zero, stop? What does he mean? (BARBARA indicates the doorway next to them.) BARBARA: It means, er, enter, enter, zero, stop. DOCTOR: Hmm! (VICKI imitates the robots’ voice.) VICKI: Tttthhhaaannnk yyyooouuu! DOCTOR: (Chiding.) Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha! BARBARA: Vicki! (VICKI laughs and the four enter the room.) 8: INT. MECHANUS. CITY. ROOM (The room they find themselves in is square with an observation window covered with vertical closed slats to one side. One the other side of the room is a simple bed. The centre of the room is dominated by an extraordinary wooden structure of staircases and platforms leading to the ceiling. It looks as if it has been thrown together and somewhat resembles a climbing frame. After they have walked in, a door slams shut behind them.) DOCTOR: Hmm! IAN: Mmm. BARBARA: What an extraordinary looking thing! IAN: Ha, looks like a monkey’s perch. (VICKI and BARBARA try the bed as the DOCTOR puts his machine on the floor.) VICKI: Oh, not bad, eh? BARBARA: ... DOCTOR: Yes, well I don’t like it. VICKI: Why not? It’s clean, it’s comfortable, the robot’s seem quite friendly. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, robot’s, but haven’t you noticed something very singular about this place? VICKI: Like what? DOCTOR: We’ve only seen robots. No animal life, human or otherwise, mm? IAN: That’s very true, Doctor. (A figure suddenly jumps down the stairs on the construction in the middle of the room.) IAN: Stay where you are! (The figure is a MAN. He is young, dark haired, heavily bearded and dressed in a uniform. He looks at the time travellers in wide-eyed amazement.) MAN: You real? (The travellers look at each other.) IAN: Who are you? (The MAN steps down to the floor.) MAN: (In wonder.) You are real! From Earth? IAN: Yes. Who are you? MAN: From Earth, that...couldn’t have happened! I...I worked out the odds - two thousand to one ag...hey! I supposed they realised I was on my way back wh...well, who won the wars? (He gets no answer.) STEVEN TAYLOR: Look, I’m Steven Taylor, flight red-fifty. DOCTOR: Well, we’ve learned something... (Laughs.) His name! Hmm! BARBARA: (Smiling.) Yes, Steven Taylor. (STEVEN is dumbstruck at hearing his name pronounced by another human being. He moves towards BARBARA but IAN, still not sure, stops him.) STEVEN TAYLOR: Say that again. BARBARA: (Unsure as to why.) Steven Taylor? STEVEN TAYLOR: (His voice trailing off.) Steven Taylor... (He looks round quickly and picks up a small toy Panda bear from the wooden construction. He throws it to BARBARA.) STEVEN TAYLOR: That’s my mascot - Hi-fi. BARBARA: Oh! (She speaks to the bear.) Hi Fi, I’m Barbara! (They all laugh.) VICKI: I’m Vicki. IAN: (To STEVEN, offering his hand.) Ian Chesterton. STEVEN TAYLOR: (They shake.) Ian Chesterton. IAN: This is the Doctor. DOCTOR: (They shake hands.) Well, I’m glad to know you, Steven Taylor. Mmm. (STEVEN has been somewhat stuck for words, but now he laughs and starts excitedly babbling.) STEVEN TAYLOR: Well...this is great! I...I mean it’s ridiculous. I’m lost for words, I...I thought if ever I met anyone again, I wouldn’t stop talking for a week! DOCTOR: Ye-es! Well, you haven’t! (They laugh.) DOCTOR: How long have you been here, mm? STEVEN TAYLOR: As far as I can make out, about two years. VICKI: Two years? Alone? STEVEN TAYLOR: Well yes...apart from those fungus things. DOCTOR: You mean there’s no other human beings here on this planet. STEVEN TAYLOR: No, nothing except the Mechonoids. BARBARA: Where do they come from, do you know? STEVEN TAYLOR: (Amazed.) You don’t know? But this is Mechanus. IAN: Sorry? STEVEN TAYLOR: Look, about fifty years ago, Earth decided to colonise this planet. Well, it landed a rocket full of robots programmed to clear landing sites, get everything ready to...for the first immigrants. VICKI: And they didn’t arrive? STEVEN TAYLOR: No. The Earth got involved in interplanetary wars an...I suppose this place was forgotten. IAN: Fifty years ago? But surely these robots’d be worn out by now. They’d have run down. DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, they’re programmed to do their own repairs. BARBARA: But if you’re waiting for people from Earth, well why not us? VICKI: Yes, we could be the immigrants. STEVEN TAYLOR: Look, you’ve got to know their code. I’ve been spending two years trying to break it. (He realises what he has said and, for a second, becomes emotional.) STEVEN TAYLOR: Ha, two years. I crashed you see, out there in the jungle and wandered around for days trying to avoid those fungus things...of course then the Mechonoids captured me. BARBARA: Captured? Do you mean...you’re a prisoner. STEVEN TAYLOR: (Incredulous.) Well, do you think I’d stay here otherwise? I’m just like you - we’re all prisoners! (The four travellers look at each other.) STEVEN TAYLOR: Help yourself to a piece of eternity. (He steps away. IAN runs after him.) IAN: Now just a minute! There are five of us now. Surely we can do something? We can fight our way, we can fight our way out of here. STEVEN TAYLOR: Look, at the first sign of v*olence towards them, the Mechonoids destroy. 9: INT. MECHANUS. CITY (Outside the cell, a MECHONOID robot opens the slatted observation window and looks through.) 10: INT. MECHANUS. CITY. ROOM (STEVEN walks over to the window.) STEVEN TAYLOR: Now what’s this? What are they playing at? (They see the MECHONOID watching them.) DOCTOR: Yes, I see. We’re being held here...as specimens. VICKI: What? Like something in a zoo? STEVEN TAYLOR: (Walking back.) Yes, Vicki. Exactly like a zoo. Only we’re the specimens that are on display. (To the MECHONOID.) Aren’t we, my fat little darlings?! 11: INT. MECHANUS. CAVE (The FIRST DALEK has been fitted with a new device in place of its usual arm. It resembles a small radar dish.) FIRST DALEK: Electrode unit ready. SECOND DALEK: Operate. (With a high pitched engine-type whine, the dish starts to revolve.) SECOND DALEK: Increase power...conveyor descending. (The FIRST DALEK glides into the newly arrived lift.) FIRST DALEK: By taking the humans, the Mechons have forced us to take action against them. We inv*de. THIRD DALEK: Skaro reports they have many powerful w*apon. We may sustain damage. FIRST DALEK: (Angrily.) The orders of the Dalek Supreme will be obeyed! The humans will be destroyed! The Mechons will not be permitted to stand in our way! We att*ck! We att*ck! (The other DALEKS glide into the lift.) DALEKS: att*ck! att*ck! att*ck! att*ck! att*ck! att*ck! att*ck! 12: INT. MECHANUS. CITY. LANDING (The MECHONOID continues to observe its “specimens”.) BARBARA: Oh, go away! Leave us alone, can’t you?! (The slatted observation window shuts.) MECHONOID: thr*at...stop. 13: INT. MECHANUS. CITY. ROOM STEVEN TAYLOR: There’s only one thing to do to keep yourself sane - that’s to make things. (He gestures to the wooden platform in the middle of the room.) I built this. BARBARA: Did you? STEVEN TAYLOR: All my own work. BARBARA: Where does it lead? STEVEN TAYLOR: Up to the roof. IAN: The roof! Well, why don't we get out that way? (IAN starts to climb the stairs.) STEVEN TAYLOR: Look, don’t think I haven’t thought about it myself, but that roof’s fifteen hu...hundred feet above ground level. BARBARA: Well, we’ve got to get out. STEVEN TAYLOR: Yes, that’s what I thought at first. You’ll soon find out you’re better off here than out there in the jungle. IAN: Oh, we don’t give up so easily. We’re going to get out of here...and the first thing we’re going to do is...I’m going to have a look up here. STEVEN TAYLOR: Yes, I’m with you, of course, but...what happen when we get down to the ground? DOCTOR: We make our way back to my spaceship. STEVEN TAYLOR: Your spaceship? Huh, is it serviceable? DOCTOR: I certainly hope so! STEVEN TAYLOR: But I thought...! You see, I assumed you’d crashed. (The DOCTOR laughs quietly.) IAN: You coming, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, I’m coming, dear boy, I’m coming. (The two start to ascend but the DOCTOR turns back.) DOCTOR: Oh, er, tell me, young man, what happens if these Mechonoids see up there? STEVEN TAYLOR: Well, there aren’t any. We’re allowed to go up anytime for light, exercise. There are no guards. DOCTOR: Good, good! STEVEN TAYLOR: Go on, I’ll show you. DOCTOR: Splendid. (STEVEN joins the two as they go up to the roof.) 14: EXT. MECHANUS. CITY. ROOF (The three come out of a building on the roof. The DOCTOR is out of breath by the climb. A breeze blows this high up in the sky and distant views of the landscape can be seen.) DOCTOR: Oh, ah, ah... STEVEN TAYLOR: You see, I told you, no guards. I’ll go and tell the girls. (STEVEN rushes back in.) DOCTOR: Yes, wait a minute, dear boy... (The DOCTOR sees that IAN has stepped back to the very edge of the roof.) DOCTOR: Chesterton! Well, be careful! (IAN almost loses his balance and just avoids plunging to the distant jungle which can be seen below. He regains his balance and walks back to the main part of the roof.) DOCTOR: Hmm! IAN: Yes, I see why the...Mechonoids don’t mind us coming up here. (IAN examines a drum round which is wrapped a long length of cable.) IAN: Doctor, what do you make of this? DOCTOR: Oh, it’s some...power aerial, I suppose...erh... IAN: Doctor, I’ve got it! DOCTOR: Hmm? IAN: We can get down to the ground with this! DOCTOR: Yes...yes, if we can break it. IAN: Well, there’s a junction box over here. (They walk over to one end of the cable that terminates at a series of electronic boxes on one side of the roof building.) DOCTOR: Yeah... IAN: A few good pulls, this will come away. Come on, let’s get the others. DOCTOR: Yes, come along, come along! (They run back inside.) 15: INT. MECHANUS. CITY. ROOM (They descend down the wooden platform.) BARBARA: Well? Any chance? IAN: Yes, but it’s going to be dangerous. STEVEN TAYLOR: What? Do you mean the cable? IAN: Yeah, do you think there’s enough? STEVEN TAYLOR: Maybe. I thought of trying it myself once. I couldn’t have managed it on my own. BARBARA: (Nervously.) Hey, wait a minute, where’s this leading us? IAN: Down to the ground. BARBARA: (Incredulous.) We climb down...fifteen hundred feet of cable! VICKI: (Scared.) I’m not very good on heights. DOCTOR: Yes, it sounds rather risky. BARBARA: Well, I agree! STEVEN TAYLOR: Look, the cable’s strong, it wouldn’t break. IAN: I think it’s the only chance we’ve got. BARBARA: Well, I don’t like it. VICKI: Look! (The slatted window opens...) 16: INT. MECHANUS. CITY. LANDING (...to reveal the DALEK with the perceptor approaching a MECHONOID.) SECOND DALEK: Where are the space travellers? MECHONOID: Zero. 17: INT. MECHANUS. CITY. ROOM VICKI: Daleks! IAN: Well, that settles it! DOCTOR: Go on, go on! (They all, except for the DOCTOR, start to ascend the platform.) IAN: On the roof, quick! DOCTOR: Go on! (The DOCTOR turns to his machine which he places in the middle of the floor and sets.) DOCTOR: Now, I think we’ll leave them something to remember us by, mmm? (He grabs his stick and follows the others up to the roof.) 18: INT. MECHANUS. CITY. LANDING (The SECOND DALEK confronts the MECHONOID.) SECOND DALEK: You will be annihilated! (It fires. The MECHONOID spins round as it is exterminated.) 19: INT. MECHANUS. CITY. ROOM (The DALEK and another then examine the recently vacated cell. One DALEK looks up at the platform.) FOURTH DALEK: Dispatch a section to the roof area. SECOND DALEK: I obey. (The SECOND DALEK glides towards the door. The other turns round...and buffets the DOCTOR’S machine. There is an expl*si*n and smoke. The DALEK spins round in its death throes.) FOURTH DALEK: Am exterminated! Am exterminated! Argh...argh...argh...arggghhhh! (The SECOND DALEK, in watching its companion fails to see another MECHONOID approaching. The robot opens its arms and grasps the DALEK.) SECOND DALEK: Totally immobilised. MECHONOID: Trapped...trapped. 20: EXT. MECHANUS. CITY. ROOF (The DOCTOR, IAN, BARBARA and STEVEN pull the cable out of the junction box whilst VICKI stands on the edge of the roof looking in terror at the jungle down below.) IAN: I think we’ve fused it. (They start to unwind from cable from around its drum.) DOCTOR: Never mind about that. Let’s get on with this. Come along! Quickly! Get that...come on! (BARBARA notices VICKI and walks over to her.) STEVEN TAYLOR: That’s all right. There’s plenty ... (VICKI almost faints but BARBARA grabs her in time.) BARBARA: Vicki, come and help us. STEVEN TAYLOR: We’re going to have to lower her. (IAN and the DOCTOR join BARBARA in trying to reassure VICKI as STEVEN continues to prepare the cable.) IAN: Vicki...Vicki, listen to me. We’ll tie the cable round you and lower you to the ground. VICKI: (Terrified.) No! IAN: You’ll be quite safe. VICKI: No! I can’t! (IAN goes back to assisting STEVEN as the DOCTOR pulls his handkerchief out. Behind them, smoke is starting to come out of the exit from the city.) DOCTOR: Vicki, my dear, I’m going to blindfold you... VICKI: No! No! DOCTOR: ...and you won’t be able to see a thing. You’ll be quite safe. Now come along. VICKI: I can’t, no! (BARBARA starts to put on the blindfold.) DOCTOR: Now come along child... VICKI: I can’t, no! DOCTOR: Pull your self together... (IAN and STEVEN have fashioned a noose out of the cable and approach VICKI to tie it round her.) VICKI: Don’t! No! DOCTOR: Vicki, come along, come along! VICKI: I... (IAN puts the cable round her.) IAN: Quick, lift up your arms... VICKI: No...! IAN: Now... (He hands her the length of the cable.) Now hold onto this, Vicki. VICKI: No...I can’t. IAN: There, that’s it. (BARBARA helps push her to the edge of the roof.) VICKI: Please! I can’t! IAN: It’s all right. VICKI: Please let... IAN: Right. (VICKI clings onto BARBARA.) BARBARA: I know you’ll be safe. All right? VICKI: No, please...let me... BARBARA: Look, let go. DOCTOR: Come along... VICKI: No...no...no! (BARBARA manages to free VICKI’S grip and makes her hold the cable.) BARBARA: Hold on to this. VICKI: No...no...! BARBARA: Okay. (They start to let her down. The DOCTOR notices the smoke.) DOCTOR: Good gracious! The place is on f*re! STEVEN TAYLOR: But Hi-fi! I’ve got to get the mascot! (He lets go of the cable and climbs back into the building.) DOCTOR: No, Steven! IAN: Steven, what are you doing?! (IAN also lets go of the cable. VICKI drops with a scream and BARBARA starts to be pulled over the edge.) IAN: Get hold of her! What are you doing! DOCTOR: Come back! (The two men manage to pull BARBARA back onto the roof.) 21: INT. MECHANUS. CITY. ROOM (In the smoke filled interior of his former cell, STEVEN looks frantically round for his mascot, managing to avoid a DALEK in the process.) 22: EXT. MECHANUS. CITY (A MECHONOID glides along to ramp to the city. Within the main confines of the city, several MECHONOIDS line up for battle...) MECHONOID: Follow...Mechonoid...att*ck...system. (A group of DALEKS await them...) FIRST DALEK: To defy Daleks is death! (More DALEKS glide through the city...) SECOND DALEK: We await commands! THIRD DALEK: The operation will proceed at once. (A MECHONOID stands in front of them.) MECHONOID: Defend...thr*at. FIRST DALEK: They must be destroyed. (More MECHONOIDS glide into sight.) MECHONOID: Escalate...output. (The DALEKS glide to forward to meet them.) FIRST DALEK: Exterminate them! Exterminate! MECHONOID: att*ck...here. FIRST DALEK: Annihilate! (A disc shaped w*apon extends from the main body of the MECHONOID.) MECHONOID: f*re. (A DALEK glides into position. The MECHONOID fires. Its w*apon is a flame thrower. The DALEK fires at the same time and the MECHONOID explodes. Another MECHONOID explodes under similar f*re. The DALEKS and MECHONOIDS join battle as smoke and flame fill the air. One DALEK is grasped in the MECHONOIDS arms. The flame from another MECHONOID causes a DALEK to explode. Confusion reigns as the battle hots up. More DALEK f*re causes another MECHONOID to explode but the two sides are evenly matched in an inferno of MECHONOID flames and DALEK f*re power. Soon the air is filled with massive expl*si*n as the battle reaches a crescendo...) 23: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE (The smoke and noise from the battle reach the jungle floor where BARBARA assists an overcome VICKI, the two of them having made it safely to the ground.) BARBARA: Vicki! (VICKI coughs again.) BARBARA: Vicki, are you all right? VICKI: Yes...yes thanks. How about the others? BARBARA: They’re fine. Now Vicki, remember the Doctor’s device? Well it worked! The city’s on f*re. Look, you can see! (The DOCTOR reaches the base of the cable which dangles next to one of the city’s stilted columns. He rushes over to the two women.) DOCTOR: Vicki, my child, are you all right, Mmm? VICKI: Yes, yes thanks. DOCTOR: Come along, let’s get back to the TARDIS. VICKI: Well, what about Steven? Where is he? BARBARA: Steven...went back to the city. (IAN is coming down the cable in the background.) VICKI: What for? DOCTOR: We don’t know, my child, and his chances of survival in this furnace are utterly... VICKI: ... (IAN reaches the end of the cable and rushes over to the others.) IAN: Quick! That cable’s on f*re! The whole buildings collapsing! (They start to run off, straight past a hovering fungoid.) VICKI: (Concerned over STEVEN.) No, we can’t! 24: EXT. MECHANUS. CITY (The city is a total inferno. Consumed by flames and rent by expl*si*n, the stilts collapse and the structure falls over in a huge ball of f*re...) 25: EXT. JUNGLE. DALEK LANDING SITE (The DOCTOR, BARBARA and VICKI wait nervously outside the DALEK time machine. VICKI goes to step forward but BARBARA holds her back. A DALEK type voice is heard from within.) IAN: (OOV: inside time machine and imitating a DALEK.) Halt! You will be exterminated! (The three step back. IAN walks out, holding his nose to achieve a nasal twang and his other arm out in imitation of a DALEK g*n.) IAN: Exterminated! BARBARA: Oh, Ian! (The two women laugh. IAN rushes over to the DOCTOR and shakes his hand excitedly.) IAN: (Exultant.) Doctor, it’s empty! You’ve done it again! You’ve beaten them! (VICKI and BARBARA shriek with delight.) DOCTOR: My dear boy, I could kiss you! BARBARA: Don’t waste it on him, kiss me instead! (BARBARA and the DOCTOR hug while IAN spins a laughing VICKI round.) DOCTOR: Oh ... delighted! (The DOCTOR gestures to the DALEK time machine.) DOCTOR: You know this must be an extremely advanced machine. IAN: (Laughs.) Yes. (They walk over to it.) DOCTOR: Wherever we went, it followed us with...such great precision and accuracy. You could travel anywhere in it. VICKI: It’s huge inside, you know. Just like the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Of course, my dear, I’ve forgotten - you’ve taken a trip in it. VICKI: Er, shall I show you round? (They laugh.) DOCTOR: My dear, I shall be delighted! IAN: After you! (The DOCTOR bows to IAN and follows VICKI into the machine. BARBARA is about to follow but stops on the threshold and turns to IAN.) BARBARA: Ian...do you realise...we could get home? IAN: (Quietly.) Home...yes. Do you want to? BARBARA: (Smiling and nods.) Yes...I...I never realised it before. IAN: Neither did I. We may never get another chance. BARBARA: Do you think we could work it? IAN: Well, would the Doctor take us? BARBARA: Let’s ask him. (They rush into the machine.) 26: EXT. MECHANUS. ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE (Carrying his beloved mascot, STEVEN TAYLOR stumbles through the jungle.) STEVEN TAYLOR: (Shouts.) Doctor! (A fungoid att*cks him but he manages to scramble away.) 27: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE. DALEK LANDING SITE (The peace of the jungle is interrupted by the furious tones of the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) I don’t want to know! . (He shouting is mingled in with similar yells from BARBARA as they all come out of the machine. VICKI hangs back watching the argument.) DOCTOR: I want none of this! BARBARA: ... common sense! DOCTOR: (Furious.) I’ve never heard such nonsense in my life! You will end up as a couple of burnt cinders, flying around in pa...in space. You idiots! You are absolute idiots! BARBARA: (Shouting.) We are not idiots! We want to go home! IAN: Yes home! I want to sit in a pub and drink a pint of beer again! I...I want to walk in a park and watch a cricket match. Above all, I want to...belong somewhere, do something, instead of this aimless drifting around in space. DOCTOR: Aimless?! I’ve tried for two years to get you both home! IAN: Well, you haven’t been very successful, have you? DOCTOR: How dare you, young man. (Louder still.) How dare you sir! (Quieter.) I didn’t even invite you into the ship in the first place. You both thrust yourselves upon me! BARBARA: (In exasperation.) Oh, Doctor, stop it! DOCTOR: Oh, for heavens sake, I’ve never heard such nonsense! BARBARA: (Quieter.) Look, I know we thrust ourselves upon you, but we’ve through a great deal together since then. And all we’ve been through will remain with us always. It’ll probably be the most exciting part of my life. Look Doctor, we’re different people...and now we have a chance to go home. We want to take that chance. Will you help us...work that machine? DOCTOR: No! No! I will not aid and abet su1c1de. IAN: Oh, he’s as stubborn as a mule! (The two teachers stalk off. VICKI comes up to the DOCTOR and touches his arm. He jumps.) DOCTOR: Mmm! VICKI: Doctor...Doctor, you’ve got to let them go if they want to. They want to be back in their own time. DOCTOR: (Snaps.) Don’t you want to go with them, child, mm? VICKI: What for? What would I want to be back in their time for? I want to be with you. (The DOCTOR laughs, somewhat bad-naturedly.) VICKI: Doctor, you’ve got to help them. DOCTOR: Don’t you realise, child, the enormous risks? VICKI: (Nods.) But it’s up to them. (The DOCTOR considers for a moment, then crosses to the teachers.) DOCTOR: Do you both realise the enormous risks? IAN: (Nods.) We do. We still want to go. BARBARA: Please, Doctor. (The DOCTOR accepts the situation.) DOCTOR: Very well, follow me. (He starts to lead them into the machine, but turns back with one last warning.) DOCTOR: But you must follow my instructions implicitly, understood? Implicitly! You will both have about a fifty-fifty chance. Follow me, come along. (They all enter the machine.) 28: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE. DALEK LANDING SITE (LATER) (Some time later, the DOCTOR and VICKI exit the machine and watch, sadly, as it disappears. Then the DOCTOR leads VICKI away.) 29: EXT. LONDON. STREET (IAN walks out of a door in a set of wooden gates which have “NO PARKING IN FRONT OF THIS GARAGE” painted on them. He looks across the road and sees the front of White City underground station across the road. A car is parked in front of the gates. He checks the tax disc in the window. It is has an expiry date of December 1965. He goes back to the door as BARBARA comes out.) IAN: Barbara! We made it! BARBARA: I don’t believe it! IAN: London 1965! BARBARA: Hey, we’re two years out. IAN: Oh, what’s two years amongst friends? We’re home! (He kisses her.) I’ll just go and press that button. (He goes back through the doors and the bleeping noise of a countdown can be heard. IAN runs out.) IAN: Run! (The two run across the street and shelter next to a building. The garage is rocked by a huge expl*si*n.) IAN: Well, that’s out paid to the Daleks time travelling for a while. BARBARA: It’ll give the Doctor a breather anyway. IAN: Yes. I wonder where he is right now? (BARBARA looks up to the sky.) BARBARA: Hey, Doctor, wherever you are... (The sound of many feet running up to the sight of the expl*si*n can be heard.) IAN: Shh! There’s someone coming. BARBARA: (Loud whisper.) Goodbye, Doctor! Thanks for the ride! IAN: (Similar loud whisper.) It was fun Doctor! Goodbye! (They run off...) 30: EXT. LONDON. IAN & BARBARA’S RETURN (IAN and BARBARA enjoy an exuberant return to London. In Trafalgar Square, they feed the pigeons and, like children, climb over Landseer’s lions at the base of Nelson’s column. BARBARA jumps for joy as they run along Albert Embankment but IAN’S impression of one of the faces of the Dolphin lamps that adorn the embankment is halted when he sees a sight which causes a look of horror to appear on his face - a Police Box! It is, however, the genuine article which they enjoy playing over. After another childish romp through a park, they end up in Regent Street where they catch a bus...) 31: INT. BUS (The two collapse exhausted, but happy, into their seats on the bus.) BARBARA: Ah...oh, I enjoyed that! IAN: Yes! So did I. BUS CONDUCTOR: (OOV: To another passenger.) Fare’s please. IAN: (Looking out of the window.) Oh, it’s great to be back. Nothing seems to have changed. BARBARA: Oh, you wait ‘til we get back to Coal Hill Sc... (She stops as a thought strikes her.) Hey! BUS CONDUCTOR: (OOV.) Any more fare’s please? BARBARA: How are we going to explain our absence? IAN: Yeah...that’s a point, isn’t it? We’ll have to think of something. It had better be good, eh? (The BUS CONDUCTOR reaches the two teachers.) BUS CONDUCTOR: Fare’s please. IAN: (Reaching into his pocket.) Oh, er, two “three’s” please. BUS CONDUCTOR: Two “three’s”? You must be joking. Where’ve you been? On the Moon? IAN: Er, no, but you’re getting warm! BARBARA: (To IAN.) Shh! (The BUS CONDUCTOR’S look of confusion causes the two teachers to burst into laughter...) 32: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Several centuries later, the DOCTOR and VICKI watch this scene on the Time and Space Visualiser. VICKI switches the machine off and hugs the DOCTOR.) VICKI: Doctor, they made it! They made it! (The old man hardly responds. VICKI, seeing the sadness in his face, steps back.) DOCTOR: (Quietly.) I shall miss them. Yes, I shall miss them. (He smiles.) Silly old fusspots. (He puts his arm round VICKI.) DOCTOR: Come along, my dear, it’s time we were off. (They walk off.) 33: EXT. MECHANUS. JUNGLE. TARDIS LANDING SITE (The TARDIS dematerialises...) 34: VORTEX (...and free of its pursuers, continues its journeys through time and space.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x35 - The Planet of Decision"}
foreverdreaming
Written by DENNIS SPOONER Original Air Date: 3 July 1965 6:55pm - 7:20pm 1: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI looks pensively over the DOCTOR’S clock. The DOCTOR himself quietly operates the controls. There is an awkward silence in the ship. VICKI sighs.) VICKI: I shall miss them, Doctor. DOCTOR: Who? VICKI: Ian and Barbara. (She crosses over to the DOCTOR who seems equally pensive.) DOCTOR: Yes, I shall miss them too. First Susan and now them. Hmm. (He taps her on the arm and starts to walk over to a chair.) DOCTOR: Come over here, my dear, I’d like to talk to you. VICKI: What about the control panel? DOCTOR: Oh, that’s all right, my dear. It’s already set. (The DOCTOR sits down on the chair. VICKI kneels down at his feet.) DOCTOR: Their decision certainly surprised me, although it shouldn’t, I know. But it was quite obvious they intended to take the first opportunity of going back home. VICKI: Well, they weren’t getting any younger, were they? DOCTOR: It’s lucky for you child, they’re not here to hear you say that! Good gracious me! You think they’re old? What do you think of me? Hmm? VICKI: You’re different, Doctor. Anyway we may land in their time one day and be able to talk over old times. DOCTOR: Well, perhaps Vicki, perhaps. VICKI: Anyway, it’s done now. DOCTOR: Hmm. (VICKI gets to her feet and walks a few feet away.) VICKI: I wonder where the TARDIS will take us next? DOCTOR: Yes, it’s done now, although I must admit I’m left with a small worry. VICKI: (Not listening.) You know, I wouldn’t mind New York. I didn’t get to see a lot of it, what with the Daleks and everything. DOCTOR: Hmm. VICKI: But what I saw from the top of the Empire State Building, I wouldn’t mind going back there. (The DOCTOR gets up and turns her round.) DOCTOR: My dear Vicki, I’m trying to talk to you. VICKI: Oh, sorry. DOCTOR: I just wanted to ask you, are you sure you didn’t want to go home too? Hmm? I didn’t give you very much time to consider now, did I? I should hate to think that you’re just staying for the sake of an old man. VICKI: (Tuts.) Oh, Doctor! I made my decision - I wanted to stay. DOCTOR: (He smiles and puts his arm round her.) Mmm. VICKI: Anyway, I wouldn’t have anything to go back to. DOCTOR: Yes, your father... (There is a sudden clattering noise from behind the closed doors to the living quarters...) VICKI: Did you hear that? DOCTOR: Yes, perhaps it’s something...fallen down, or...maybe we’ve changed course. Hmm? (VICKI nods, but then there is another quiet knock.) VICKI: (Whispers.) There’s someone in the living quarters! (The DOCTOR signals to her to be quiet. He walks over to one side of the still closed doors, waving to VICKI to stand behind him.) VICKI: Doctor, be careful! It’s obviously a Dalek! (The DOCTOR takes off his coat and holds it up to throw over whoever is in there. VICKI takes off a shoe ready to use it as a w*apon. He leans forward slightly and the doors swing open. VICKI gasps. A ragged bearded figure staggers out of the living quarters and falls to the ground...) VICKI: Steven! 2: EXT. BEACH (Waves crash onto a rocky shoreline. At the base of a cliff, on a beach, the TARDIS materialises. On the cliff-top stands a cowled figure - a MONK. He is a little man with a comical yet guileful face. He stares down at the top of the police box and its flashing light. He shows no immediate surprise - only a slight puzzled frown appears on his face. He bends down on one knee and scratches his chin...) MONK: I wonder? Oh, I wonder!? 3: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (STEVEN is sat in the chair drinking back a glass of water. Vastly refreshed, he sighs.) STEVEN: Thanks. (He passes the glass back to the DOCTOR.) Sorry about that, Doc. VICKI: We thought you were d*ad. STEVEN: Well, I nearly was. I just managed to climb down that cable before it b*rned out. Then I came after you. VICKI: You should have shouted. STEVEN: Should have! I never stopped! (He looks at his surroundings.) STEVEN: Say, this is quite a ship you’ve got here, Doc. Never seen anything like it. (He tries to stand but his leg gives way.) DOCTOR: Now listen to me young man, sit down. (He and VICKI help him back into the chair.) DOCTOR: Now, there are two things you can do. One, sit there until you get your breath back and, Two, don’t call me “Doc”! Now, do I make myself clear? STEVEN: Yes, yes, whatever you say, Doc... (Quickly correcting himself.) ...tor! DOCTOR: Apart from that young man, I’m quite willing to accept you at your face value. (He walks away. VICKI, holding STEVEN’S “Hi-fi” panda mascot, smiles after him, then turns back to STEVEN.) VICKI: You were lucky to find the TARDIS in all that jungle. STEVEN: (STEVEN takes “Hi-fi” off her and smiles at it.) Yeah, we were lucky. You know, I don’t seem to remember much about it. There was a door. I went through it. I must have flaked out. I remember registering that, well, it didn’t look like a ship. It was very small. Huh, I must have been delirious. VICKI: I don’t suppose you were. It is very small outside. It’s just in here it’s big. STEVEN: (Starting to laugh.) Oh, come off it! Ha ha! VICKI: (Smiling.) You don’t believe me, do you? STEVEN: (Sarcastically.) Oh, of course I do, Vicki! Every word! VICKI: This isn’t an ordinary ship, you know. This is a time machine. STEVEN: (Incredulous.) Time...! Look, this ship may have a way out design but time machines? That’s ridiculous. (VICKI crosses over to the DOCTOR who is back at the console.) VICKI: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: He says the TARDIS isn’t a time machine. DOCTOR: Oh, does he now? VICKI: Tell him. DOCTOR: Hmm. I don’t see why I should, my child. He’ll learn soon enough. (STEVEN walks over and joins them.) STEVEN: Look, Doctor, I’ve seen some spaceships in my time, admittedly nothing like this, but...well, (Pointing at a control.) what does this do? DOCTOR: That is the dematerialising control and that, (Pointing.) over yonder, is the horizontal hold. (Points several more times.) Up there is the scanner, those are the doors, that is a chair with a panda on it - sheer poetry, dear boy! Now please stop bothering me! (He pats STEVEN on the arm. STEVEN crosses to a laughing VICKI.) STEVEN: Look, you gave this ship a name just now, what was it? VICKI: TARDIS, T...A...R...D...I...S. (She counts the words off using her fingers.) It stands for “Time And...Relative Dimensions In Space”. STEVEN: (Thinks then...) IDBI. VICKI: What? IDBI? STEVEN: Hmm. (He also counts the words off his fingers.) I...D...B...I. VICKI: Yes? STEVEN: It means “I Don’t Believe It”! VICKI: You’ll see, you’ll see. (The DOCTOR clicks some final controls into place.) DOCTOR: Vicki? VICKI: Yes? DOCTOR: I’ve checked up on all the readings. Now I think our guest will need a wash and brush up. So I think the best thing for you to do is go and find him some clothes and a cloak. Bring mine as well. We’ll show him whether this is a time machine or not, hmm? (He laughs.) VICKI: Where are we? DOCTOR: Well, judging by the readings, my child, I think we’ve landed on the planet Earth. (The grin on STEVEN’S face disappears...) 4: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT (Outside a small Saxon hut, a fair-haired peasant woman, EDITH, lays some logs on a f*re and places a large pot on it. She is stirring the contents when she hears a noise in the surrounding woods. She stands up straight and looks carefully around her. A gaunt dark-haired bearded male peasant, ELDRED, walks through the trees and into the settlement.) ELDRED: Wulnoth with you? EDITH: Inside. (ELDRED walks over to the hut but before he can enter, a larger peasant man, WULNOTH, comes out. EDITH joins them.) ELDRED: Something’s landed on the beach. I saw it from the cliff. WULNOTH: What is it? ELDRED: A...large box, washed ashore by the tide, probably from a ship. I didn’t go down, I came for you. WULNOTH: What sort of box? ELDRED: I don’t know. It’s just very big. I’ve never seen anything like it before. (EDITH looks at WULNOTH who looks at the sky.) WULNOTH: The tide will be turning. We must hurry. (He picks up a large stick.) WULNOTH: You lead the way. (The two men run off. EDITH shouts after them...) EDITH: It’s a long way to the beach and back. What about your meal? 5: EXT. BEACH (Seagulls cry and hover over the beach. The DOCTOR, wearing a cloak, holds a Viking helmet in his hands. VICKI stands next to him also wearing a cloak.) DOCTOR: Where did you say you found this, Vicki? VICKI: (Pointing.) Just down there. I saw it as soon as I came out of the ship. (Behind them, STEVEN, clean-shaven and decked out in new clothes and a cloak, looks over the exterior of the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: Yes, it’s a bit rusted but, er, not as old as that. Tenth...Eleventh century? Hmm? (He looks round.) England! Hmm, hmm. (He crosses to STEVEN and passes him the helmet.) DOCTOR: Well, there you are, young man. What do you think of that now, eh, a Viking helmet. STEVEN: (Doubtfully.) Oh, maybe. DOCTOR: What do you mean “maybe”? What do you think it is - a space helmet for a cow?! STEVEN: Look, it could just as easily be...part of a costume, you know, a toy left here by a child. DOCTOR: Oh, rubbish, rubbish! STEVEN: No more so than your theory. Though your ship is, to say the least, a little unusual. DOCTOR: Oh, I see, so you’ve changed your idea’s now. STEVEN: If it is a time machine, I’m not saying it is, mind you, but if it is, shouldn’t you know where we are? You know, your control panel? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, but unfortunately, we have a slight technical hitch at the moment. Excuse me. (He walks away. VICKI looks after him and then explains to STEVEN.) VICKI: As a matter of fact, we never know where we’re going to land. STEVEN: Oh, so assuming I believe what you tell me, you can’t take me home. VICKI: Not by any direct route. (They cross over to the DOCTOR who stands on one side of a large rock, throwing pebbles.) VICKI: Let’s go exploring now, hmm? DOCTOR: Yes, perhaps we should find a village...whereby we can c...convince this young upstart of the true facts. STEVEN: Oh, great Doctor! I’m all for that. But there is one thing that bothers me... DOCTOR: Oh, yeh...what is it now? STEVEN: Well, how come you chose such an unusual design for your ship? A Police telephone box - is that right? (The DOCTOR pushes pebbles over the top of the rock. On the other side of it, the MONK crouches down listening to their conversation.) DOCTOR: The design is completely immaterial, young man. The TARDIS is required to land and blend in with its surroundings. (The MONK smiles slightly.) STEVEN: Blend in? DOCTOR: Yes, quite so. For instance, If we were to land in the middle of, er, the Indian mutiny, well, I’m sure the ship would take on the appearance of, er, a Howdah. (The MONK suddenly starts and looks puzzled at this...) STEVEN: How-what? DOCTOR: A Howdah! A carrier on the back of an Elephant. Hmm! STEVEN: Oh, I see! Oh, and, and if it landed on the pebbles... DOCTOR: On the what? STEVEN: If it landed on the beach against the cliffs, it’d take on the appearance of a large rock? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, yes, but you do keep on don’t you! Hmm! (He walks off again. STEVEN turns to VICKI.) STEVEN: Do you wonder why I don’t believe you? You know that large rock over there looks exactly like a Police telephone box. VICKI: (Indignant.) That is merely another technical hitch and the Doctor will repair it one day. (STEVEN smiles.) VICKI: Anyway, if we’re going to do any exploring, we should do it now ‘cos it’s going to get dark in a minute. (They walk back to the DOCTOR who is outside the TARDIS. The MONK, still crouched down behind the rock listens carefully.) DOCTOR: Now I suggest we take a walk along the beach and try and find a spot where the cliffs run down to sea level. STEVEN: Yeah, but that could be miles. It’d be much quicker to go up here. DOCTOR: Yes, so possibly it might, but I’m not a Mountain Goat and I prefer to it any day, and I hate climbing! (He starts to set off.) VICKI: We’ll go with you, Doctor... DOCTOR: No, you won’t, you’ll stay with the ship and wait ‘til I’ve got to the top then you can both climb up and join me. VICKI: But, Doctor, you might get... DOCTOR: I’m not going to argue, my child... STEVEN: Yes, but... (He walks off.) STEVEN: Oh, heck... VICKI: You might try being a bit more tactful in future... STEVEN: Don’t you start as well, come on, let’s go on... VICKI: No, I think we should stay here and wait for him like the Doctor said. STEVEN: Why? We’ve gotta go up there sooner or later. It might as well be sooner. (Points.) We can walk along the top and meet... (Looks over another part of the cliff.) Hey, that bit there looks climbable, come on. VICKI: I’m not... VICKI AND STEVEN: (Together.) ...very good on heights! STEVEN: Oh, come on, you’ll be all right. (The MONK cautiously rises from behind the rock, then runs over to hide behind the TARDIS. He looks round to check that the travellers really have gone, then steps out and examines the outside of the ship, seeing if he can find a way in. He listens at the door, nods and smiles. He pulls back the habit from his arm, as if about to check the time. But there is nothing on his wrist...he panics and looks round him...the waves continue to crash on the shoreline...) 6: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT (EVENING) (As the sky starts to get darker, a figure enters the settlement. It is the DOCTOR. He walks past the f*re and up to the door of the hut.) 7: INT. HUT (EVENING) (Entering through the cloth door, he picks up several objects from within the mean hut including a d*ad fox and a long bow which he tries for its strength. He hears the cries of animals outside and exits.) 8: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT (EVENING) (He looks round but fails to see an approaching figure who uses a forked stick to hold him by the neck to the walls of the hut...) 9: EXT. MONASTERY (EVENING) (With the cries of animals and birds echoing through the air, the MONK walks up to a collection of stone, wattled and thatched buildings...some of them in ruins - the monastery. He looks round himself and smiles. He extracts a key from his cloak and opens a small wooden door.) 10: INT. MONASTERY. ENTRANCE HALLWAY (EVENING) (Inside, the monastery is in ruins with slight overgrowth hanging off some of the walls. Still smiling, the little MONK locks the door using a large wooden bolt and then walks off into the interior...) 11: EXT. MONASTERY (EVENING) (A bright light suddenly...perhaps too suddenly...appears in one of the windows. The speed with which it appears and its luminance indicates something more powerful than candles. Almost at the same moment, the sonorous chanting of monks begins...) 12: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAYS (EVENING) (But inside the monastery, the narrow hallways and passageways seem deserted and derelict...) 13: EXT. CLIFFTOP. (EVENING) (The sea crashes onto the base of the cliffs. The beach is now covered by the water. WULNOTH and ELDRED crawl to the edge of the cliff and look over. The darkened clouds swirl above them.) ELDRED: Yes, it was on the beach, below us here! WULNOTH: Are you certain? ELDRED: Yes, positive. I remember the way the rocks look. WULNOTH: Pity, it might have been valuable. ELDRED: It would have been crushed against the rocks by now, whatever it was. (They look further over the edge but the waves are all there is...) 14: INT. HUT (EVENING) (EDITH pours a drink into a horned cup. She leaves the hut with it...) 15: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT (EVENING) (The faint chanting of the monks can be heard in the night air. EDITH crosses to the DOCTOR who is sat before the f*re. She passes him the horn.) DOCTOR: Oh, what’s this? EDITH: Mead. DOCTOR: Mead? Oh Mead! (Laughs.) Yes, of course, yes. Yes, how nice of you, yes. Delightful, thank you, thank you. Well, here’s to your very good, er, health. (He raises the horned cup in salute takes a drink.) DOCTOR: Oh, delightful. Mmm! Oh! (He takes another drink which he finds too strong.) Mmm! Oh yes! Delightful! (Laughs.) (EDITH, rubbing a piece of cloth, laughs gently as the DOCTOR pats his chest.) DOCTOR: Er, tell me, erm ,erm, is the, er, monastery near here? EDITH: No, it’s not far from here. (Points.) It’s just at the top of the hill. And when the winds in the right direction, you can hear the monks much clearer, as though they’re down in the village. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, quite understandable you know, er, sounds do play funny tricks at times. EDITH: (Embarrassed.) I, erm... DOCTOR: Mmm? EDITH: I hope you will forgive a woman’s harsh welcome? We do fear strangers but we’re very happy to welcome a traveller. Not that we see many in this wild place. I’m sure that when my husband returns, he’ll insist that you stay the night. And then you can rejoin your friends in the morning. DOCTOR: Well, that’s very kind, very kind indeed. And I do hope they won’t worry me, er, worry about me too much. You know, I, er, I hadn’t intended to walk quite so far. You, er, er, near the coast, Mmm? EDITH: Yes... DOCTOR: Mmm (Laughs.) EDITH: While there are fish in the sea, one need never starve. DOCTOR: Yes...yes! (Laughs and takes another sip.) EDITH: Course, there are bad things, too. DOCTOR: Oh, of course, of course, my dear, the, er, Vikings, for example? EDITH: Not that we’ve seen much of them, this year. Except for that one raid that was beaten off just north of here. DOCTOR: Yes, I had heard about that battle, yes, yes. The, the King, er, greatly improved the position, er, no end... EDITH: The King? Harold Godwinson? We’ll receive no help from him. (The DOCTOR thinks about this information concerning the identity of the time they have landed in.) DOCTOR: You know, er, it seems like yesterday that the, er, good King Edward...was laid to rest, er, er, er, when, when, when was it? EDITH: (Thinking back.) It was the beginning of the year... DOCTOR: Oh, of course! Yes, yes, yes, the beginning of the year, yes, yes, yes. How silly. (He holds up the horned cup.) Yes, that’s most refreshing. Hmm.. EDITH: Oh, I’ll get you more! DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Oh, thank you! Yes, thank you, my dear. (She goes back into the hut. The DOCTOR gets to his feet and talks to himself.) DOCTOR: Now, if Harold is King, and Edward was laid to rest at the beginning of the year, then it must be 1066! (Laughs.) Yes, ha, ha! Judging by the appearance of these leaves, late summer. Mmm! (EDITH comes back out of the hut behind him.) DOCTOR: And a balmy night, a balmy night! Hmm, hmm! (EDITH passes him another cup of wine.) DOCTOR: Oh, thank you, my dear. Thank you, thank you. (He is about to take a sip but stops to ask...) DOCTOR: Er, you know, it’s a bit stupid of me but, er, we are in Northumbria, hmm? EDITH: (Suspicious.) Yes, of course, we are. Why do you ask? DOCTOR: Oh, nothing, nothing, I...I...just that I wasn’t sure whether I’d crossed the border or not. Yes, it’s a bit, er, tedious of me, isn’t it, yes. (He pats her shoulder.) But you must have patience with an old man. EDITH: (Her suspicions disappear.) Oh, please, sit down and rest before the f*re. You must be tired after your journey. (She turns back to the hut.) EDITH: Ah, forgive me, I...I have things to do before Wulnoth returns. DOCTOR: I will, I will and thank you indeed. Thank you. (She re-enters the hut.) DOCTOR: Yes, it’s a great pity that Barbara isn’t here. Now if my memory of English history serves me right, we’re about to have a...Viking invasion and very soon. Now let me think, er, Harold came north to defeat Hardrada, the Norwegian King. Yes that was before he faced William the Conqueror at Hastings! Hmm hmm! It’s all very interesting! Yes, that’s very, very, very, very interesting. Hmm hmm! It’s going to put that young man in his place. (Laughs.) (He stands before the f*re. The chants of the monks still sounds across the night air. He frowns and then throws the remainder of the Mead away. He sits down before the f*re and prods the flames with a stick. Suddenly, the chants of the monks slow down...as if a mechanical recording needed winding up. The DOCTOR instantly rises to his feet and joins his hands together. The chants start to speed up again.) DOCTOR: (Harshly.) Woman! Woman! Where are you? Hmm? (EDITH runs out of the hut.) EDITH: Mmm? What? What is it? DOCTOR: The monastery. Where is it did you say? EDITH: Well, er, er, the top of the hill. Why? What’s the matter? DOCTOR: Er, er, the monks, er, er, have they been here long? EDITH: No, the monastery itself’s been deserted for years and years and then, several weeks ago, a few monks must have moved back in. DOCTOR: Er and you haven’t seen them? Er, er, no one in the village has? EDITH: One’s been seen but never spoken to. (She suddenly realises the importance of his question and again grows suspicious.) EDITH: (To herself.) How does he know that? DOCTOR: Oh, you’ve been very kind, er, a great help, yes! I’m sorry, but I...I must take your, my leave of you. EDITH: Are you going to the monastery? DOCTOR: I most certainly am! (Laughs.) (He waves and walks away...leaving a very suspicious woman behind him...) 16: EXT. FOREST (EVENING) (STEVEN walks quickly through the darkened forest, followed by a weary VICKI.) STEVEN: Look, are you coming? VICKI: Can’t we rest for a minute? STEVEN: We just did! VICKI: Oh! Well I’m tired. Oh! (She sits on the ground.) STEVEN: Oh well, we’ll wait a little while. But we’re lost. We can’t stay here all night. (Suddenly, there is the crack of a broken branch being stepped on. VICKI jumps up.) VICKI: Shh! STEVEN: What’s the matter? VICKI: I think somebody’s coming... (STEVEN turns quickly and looks through the bushes.) STEVEN: We...why are we hiding? We can ask him the way. VICKI: No! Because I think we should follow him until we find out whether it’s safe or not. STEVEN: Oh! (STEVEN, ignores her and goes to step forward. VICKI pulls him back.) VICKI: Supposing you do what I say for once? (They watch as a barefooted SAXON HUNTER, carrying a d*ad rabbit, steps into a clearing. He sees something on the leafy ground and stoops down to pick it up. He holds the object up to the light.) VICKI: He’s found something. STEVEN: What is it? VICKI: I can’t see. STEVEN: You dropped something? (STEVEN steps impetuously into the clearing.) STEVEN: Hey! You! (The SAXON HUNTER makes a run for it.) STEVEN: Hey! Come back! VICKI: Steven! (STEVEN pushes the man to the ground and pinions him down.) VICKI: Steven, I... (The SAXON HUNTER struggles...) VICKI: Leave him alone! Stop it! Stop it! Steven! (The man manages to push STEVEN over, punches him once, then runs past VICKI and into the night. VICKI follows a few paces then runs back to a dazed STEVEN.) VICKI: You all right, hmm? STEVEN: Yes, I think so. I got it. VICKI: What was it? (STEVEN holds up a wristwatch in front of an amazed VICKI.) STEVEN: You still say this is “tenth” century England? 17: EXT. NIGHT SKY (The clouds cover the moon as night falls...) 18: EXT. MONASTERY (NIGHT) (The light still shines brightly in the window as the DOCTOR approaches the door. The chants of the monks continue. The DOCTOR tries the door but it is locked tight.) DOCTOR: Hmm! Hmm. (The DOCTOR steps back...) 19: INT. MONASTERY. ENTRANCE HALLWAY (NIGHT) (A cowled hand pulls back the bolt...) 20: EXT. MONASTERY (NIGHT) (The door opens as the DOCTOR stares silently at it. He hesitates but then enters the building.) 21: INT. MONASTERY. ENTRANCE HALLWAY (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR moves round the edge of the door and onwards...) 22: EXT. MONASTERY (NIGHT) (The bright light in the window goes out...as quickly as it was lit.) 23: INT. MONASTERY. HALLWAYS (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR explores the deserted and decaying hallways. The chants continue.) 24: INT. MONASTERY. ALCOVE (NIGHT) (Eventually he comes to a small passage. He enters it and comes to a curtained off side-room. He pulls the curtain to one side. Inside is an early twentieth century gramophone playing the chants. He laughs to himself and takes the needle off the record. As he lets the curtain fall, a wooden portcullis falls across the end of the passage, trapping him inside. He runs to the portcullis, staring into the main hallway. The MONK, carrying a flaming torch, walks up to him from the other side of the barrier. He starts to laugh in the face of the imprisoned DOCTOR...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x36 - The Watcher"}
foreverdreaming
Written by DENNIS SPOONER Original Air Date: 10 July 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. MONASTERY. ALCOVE (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR laughs to himself and takes the needle off the record. As he lets the curtain fall, a wooden portcullis falls across the end of the passage, trapping him inside. He runs to the portcullis, staring into the main hallway. The MONK, carrying a flaming torch, walks up to him from the other side of the barrier. He starts to laugh in the face of the imprisoned DOCTOR...) 2: EXT. COUNTRYSIDE (It is the following day and the sun shines brightly across the stark Northumbrian countryside...) 3: INT. MONASTERY. KITCHEN (An electronic toaster sh**t up two burnt and hot pieces of toast which burn the MONK’S hands as he catches them. Also inside the otherwise bare stone chamber are other twentieth-century cooking implements. The MONK picks up a frying pan from a camp stove and spoons off fried eggs onto a plate. This rests on a tray along with a china cup and several other items for breakfast. He places the toast on the tray, picks it up giving the items an appreciative smell and leaves the kitchen.) 4: INT. MONASTERY. HALLWAYS (The MONK proceeds through the monastery hallways with the tray ...) 5: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE CELL ( ... until he comes to a locked cell door. He opens a small hatch in the door and checks inside. Smiling, he takes a key out of his pocket and unlocks the door. After one final look inside the cell, he opens it up and places the tray quietly on the floor just inside the door. He backs silently out and re-locks the door. He looks inside the cell again and chuckles to himself. He shouts heartily through the hatch.) MONK: Breakfast! Breakfast! (There is no response. He now speaks encouragingly...) MONK: Come along - early to bed, early to rise! (He chuckles and looks through the hatch again...) MONK: Come on, do you want the eggs to get cold? (The tea is thrown through the hatch, drenching the MONK.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) Go away! I’ll come out when I’m ready. (The furious MONK slams the hatch-door shut and storms away.) 6: EXT. FOREST (WULNOTH, ELDRED and another male villager treads stealthily through the trees. WULNOTH parts a branch and points out something ahead to ELDRED, then nods and pushes him off to circle through the trees. WULNOTH and the other man carry straight on. ELDRED is the first to reach a small glade where VICKI lies asleep on the ground with her cloak wrapped round her for warmth. She awakens and jumps up, looking to where ELDRED previously stood but he is no longer there. Nevertheless, the young girl senses someone around her. She is also alone...) VICKI: Steven? Steven? (A branch cracks nearby. She looks through the trees and a figure steps into the glade. It is STEVEN. VICKI sighs with relief.) VICKI: Oh, Steven! STEVEN: Morning. What are you looking so jittery about? VICKI: I thought I heard somebody...moving about in the bushes. STEVEN: That was me. I was looking for some food. VICKI: Did you find anything? STEVEN: That’s a matter of opinion. Want some breakfast? VICKI: Yes please. STEVEN: Well, you can either have some blackberries... (He opens a hand with a flourish...) STEVEN: Or...some blackberries. (He opens the other hand.) VICKI: (Laughing.) I don’t think it matters thanks. (Jumping on the spot.) Oh, I‘m freezing. STEVEN: (Eating the blackberries.) Mmm. We’d better get moving then. VICKI: Oh...what, back to the TARDIS? (WULNOTH is crouched behind a bush, listening...) STEVEN: Yes. If the Doctor’s not there, we’ll have to think again. VICKI: I wonder what time it is. (STEVEN holds out his arm showing the wristwatch.) STEVEN: Twenty past five. VICKI: I wonder if the Doctor did drop that... STEVEN: You said before he didn’t have a watch. VICKI: I said I didn’t think he had. STEVEN: Oh, why don’t you admit all this tenth century stuff’s just... (The sound of another branch breaking is heard. STEVEN carefully starts to tread through the trees.) VICKI: (Whispers.) There’s somebody there! (STEVEN signals for silence. He continues through the trees.) VICKI: Steven? Steven? (ELDRED silently comes from behind a bush and creeps upon the unsuspecting girl. He grabs her round the neck and holds a large Kn*fe at her.) VICKI: Argh! (STEVEN jumps round but is set upon by WULNOTH and the other man. VICKI is thrust towards them.) ELDRED: What shall we do with them? WULNOTH: Take ‘em to the village. 7: EXT. MONASTERY (The MONK comes out of the monastery’s main door, trying to look serene. He goes to check his wristwatch but remembers its loss. He quickly scuttles up a small rise outside the door and is starting to take something from around his neck when he sees something below and runs back down the rise. Jumping to the ground, he quickly takes a scroll out of his habit and sits reading. EDITH and a woman approach him through some bushes. The other woman carries a basket of provisions. They see the monk.) EDITH: Good morning, father. MONK: Ah...ah, good morning my children. (Getting up.) Good morning. Oh, so deep was I in my meditations, I failed to see you arrive. You must forgive me. EDITH: Oh, no. It is we who should ask forgiveness of you, disturbing you like this. MONK: No please, please. You’re always welcome here. (EDITH takes the basket from the other woman and passes it to the MONK.) EDITH: We, erm, we thought you might need some food. MONK: Ah, how very charitable of you, my dear. EDITH: Oh, I’m sorry father, it’s poor fare for the likes of you. MONK: (Looking under the cloth.) Yes, but...don’t distress yourself, my child. (He steps to one side, away from the women.) MONK: We must all be prepared to make sacrifices when they’re asked of us. Well, I er, I would like to stop and talk and pass the time of day with you, but...this morning, solitude and study are uppermost in my mind. (The two women have been talking quietly to each other.) EDITH: We understand, father. MONK: (Smiling to himself.) Thank you again, my child. Good morning. EDITH: Morning, father. (As they walk away, the MONK looks slyly round. When he is sure that he is alone, he climbs back up the rise and reaches round his neck - only to take a pair of binoculars from under his habit. He looks through them but does not see what he is searching for. He climbs back down.) 8: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE CELL (A constant banging noise comes from the inner side of the cell door.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) Open this door! Open this door, will you! Open it! 9: EXT. CLIFFTOP (The sea crashes onto the shoreline. The MONK looks over the edge and then sits on the clifftop in the brisk and cold wind. His face shows exasperation with his wait. He takes a box of snuff out of his pocket, taps it and then puts some on the back of his hand - only for the wind to blow it away before he can sniff it. He pulls his hood over his head and with his head held down, tries again. With his nose and eyes streaming, he lets the hood down and looks out to sea. He blinks in surprise and hurriedly raises his binoculars. Through them he sees the ominous sight of a Viking Longship, complete with Dragon ships head and striped sail. The MONKS face displays delight at the end of his long wait...) 10: EXT. VIKING LONGSHIP (The Longship nears the coast. The warrior at the helm points out the land to his companions...) 11: EXT. CLIFFTOP (The MONK lowers his glasses.) MONK: (Excitedly.) At last! At last! (He raises the glasses again...) 12: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT (VICKI and STEVEN are pushed towards WULNOTH’S hut. They sit outside the door. STEVEN rubs the back of his neck.) VICKI: Are you all right? STEVEN: I’ve felt better. I dare say I’ll get over it. (Looking round himself.) It’s pretty authentic Saxon isn’t it? VICKI: Don’t tell me you’ve actually started to believe us? STEVEN: I mean they’d hardly go to all this trouble for a fancy dress ball, now would they? (Whispers.) We’ve got to get out of here. (He stands up. Immediately the Saxon men stand menacingly before him with their staves. He sits back down.) VICKI: Looks as though they want us to stay. STEVEN: Yes, we must be more popular than we thought. (ELDRED and WULNOTH are discussing their prisoners.) ELDRED: Wulnoth, we can’t...just let them go! WULNOTH: Their clothes are strange. If they are travellers... ELDRED: (Interrupting.) Travellers? With no provisions or belongings? Travelled from where? WULNOTH: Well, we can ask them... (He gets up to go over to them. ELDRED grabs him by the arms.) ELDRED: Why listen to their lies?! (Watching, STEVEN shrugs to VICKI.) ELDRED: They’ve been put ashore somewhere along to the coast to spy for the Vikings. WULNOTH: You’ve got no proof of that! ELDRED: Nor do we have proof of what you say! WULNOTH: Maybe not, but I’m the Headman of the village... ELDRED: You maybe Headman now, but when the people hear how you treated their enemies, those two will be ... ! (He grabs his short dagger and makes for the two prisoners who jump to their feet. STEVEN holds up a short stick in defence. WULNOTH holds out his dagger at him.) WULNOTH: Eldred! (EDITH runs from the side.) EDITH: Eldred! (She stands between WULNOTH and ELDRED who face each other off. She hesitates then walks over to STEVEN and VICKI.) EDITH: Are you looking for an old man with long white hair? STEVEN: What...you’ve seen him? WULNOTH: (Approaching.) Of which old man do you speak, woman? EDITH: He came here late last night. He wore clothes like these people. STEVEN: (Interrupting.) Do you know where he is now? WULNOTH: Did you question him? EDITH: A little. He said he was a traveller. ELDRED: Then he lied. STEVEN: Oh, for goodness sake... ELDRED: Wulnoth! I do not trust them! STEVEN: Well, I’m not mad about you either! WULNOTH: I think these people are what they say they are, Eldred. Innocent travellers. ELDRED: I do not trust them. Sooner or later you will regret that you didn’t listen to me. VICKI: Are you going to stand here arguing all day? Either let us go, or...do whatever you’re going to do but make up your minds. (ELDRED stares at STEVEN. WULNOTH looks from one to the other, then...) WULNOTH: You can go. Edith, take the girl inside and get some food for their journey. (EDITH takes VICKI inside. STEVEN throws his stick down to the ground. ELDRED continues to stare angrily at him.) 13: INT. HUT (EDITH is packing some items into a rough bag...) VICKI: ...And the Doctor, the old man, what happened to him? EDITH: Oh, he was going to stay and then he suddenly decided to visit the monastery. VICKI: That’s quite near here, isn’t it? I heard the singing. EDITH: It’s not far. It’s just at the top of the hill (Pointing.)...behind the forest. I can take you. VICKI: Oh, erm, we...It’s all right, thanks. EDITH: Oh...here. (She passes the bag to the smiling girl. VICKI leaves the hut.) 14: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT VICKI: Steven? (She passes him the bag. STEVEN takes it, looks round at his former captors, then nods...) STEVEN: Thanks. (He starts to step away, but hesitates...) Thank you. VICKI: Thank you. EDITH: God be with you. WULNOTH: God be with you. (STEVEN hesitates again, he more relaxed features nod briefly.) STEVEN: God be with you. (They leave. WULNOTH and EDITH watch them, then he turns to the other men.) WULNOTH: Time we were working in the fields. (The men follow but ELDRED still looks angry...) 15: EXT. MONASTERY (The MONK arrives back at the monastery and enters.) 16: EXT. CLIFFTOP (Two grappling hooks land on top of the cliff and a terrifying figure climbs to the top. It is the VIKING LEADER who wears a helmet, topped by a metal eagle, which covers almost all of the top of his head with holes for the eyes. As he steps a few paces inland, two other Vikings climb up and follow. A blond haired warrior stands next to the VIKING LEADER with another dark haired man behind him. This latter man speaks.) ULF: Any sign of life? VIKING LEADER: No. (A third warrior has made the clifftop. The LEADER speaks to him.) VIKING LEADER: Tell the others to wait below. (The third man turns back. The LEADER gives an order to the blond haired man.) VIKING LEADER: Sven, you with Ulf and g*n go south. Radnor will take a similar group to the north. SVEN: I understand. VIKING LEADER: And remember, Sven, when you rejoin the force, we will want to know the lie of the land - where there is food and fresh water available and the strength of the villages. SVEN: And if we’re seen? VIKING LEADER: Then you’ll have no choice but to fight. But keep in your minds this is no ordinary raid. You are the eyes of the King! ULF: We’ll need provisions ourselves. SVEN: The first village we find will provide those. VIKING LEADER: Yes, but be careful. If your presence here can be kept secret, Harold Hardrada will have surprise on his side. Now, go. SVEN: g*n? (A tall long haired VIKING wearing an eye-patch follows SVEN and ULF. The VIKING LEADER speaks to another Viking.) VIKING LEADER: Send Ragra and the others up. Then we can rejoin the fleet. (The Viking steps away to carry out the order.) 17: EXT. MONASTERY (VICKI and STEVEN approach the monastery. STEVEN knocks on the door. VICKI looks around herself.) VICKI: It’s very beautiful here, isn’t it? STEVEN: It could use a gardener. (The door opens and the MONK comes out, a serene look on his face.) MONK: Good day, my children, good day. STEVEN: Good day. We’re looking for... MONK: (Interrupting.) Indeed, we’re all searching for something. Some like myself seek it in the peace and solitude that repose behind these monastery... STEVEN: (Interrupting back.) We are looking for a friend of ours. MONK: (Smiling.) Oh, you think I can help. VICKI: Well, he left word in the village that he was coming up here. MONK: Would that we could all realise our ambitions. Be they a lifelong wish or a stated intention of journeying for self... STEVEN: (Interrupting impatiently.) Look, are you trying to tell us that he didn’t come here? MONK: My son, no stranger has knocked on this door for many a day, welcome though they be. STEVEN: Are you sure you haven’t seen anyone...around the place? MONK: I’m afraid not. VICKI: What about the others? MONK: Others? VICKI: The other...monks? MONK: Ah, the other monks, yes. Well, I’m sure they would have mentioned it to me had they seen him. (VICKI and STEVEN do not answer.) MONK: However, if you’ll wait here, I shall go inside and inquire just to make sure. (He smiles at them both and walks inside, closing the door behind him.) VICKI: Looks as though the Doctor didn’t come up here. STEVEN: Didn’t he? (He walks away a few paces, thinking, then turns back.) STEVEN: You know I don’t believe a word of it. It’s just as if he expected us and if the Doctor didn’t come here, well where else could he go except back to the village? VICKI: I don’t know STEVEN: Well, I’m not convinced. I’ll tell you what, when he comes out again, I’m going to try something, so whatever happens, don’t say a word. Nothing! OK? VICKI: (Slightly uncertain.) OK. 18: INT. MONASTERY. ENTRANCE HALL (The MONK is trying to listen to their conversation on the other side of the door. Reassuming his serene face, he walks back outside.) 19: EXT. MONASTERY MONK: I apologise for keeping you waiting. STEVEN: It’s quite all right. MONK: I’m afraid the answer is not the one you’d wish to hear. VICKI: You haven’t seen him...? (VICKI realises that she has broken her promise to keep quiet.) MONK: I’m sorry STEVEN: Oh, well, er, perhaps you’d keep a lookout for him? MONK: Oh, I certainly will, yes. STEVEN: Are you sure you’ll remember his description? MONK: Description? I...let me see. (Thinks aloud.) Long white hair, er, black cloak and rather strange checked trousers... STEVEN: That’s it, you’ve got it, fine, thanks. MONK: Not at all. STEVEN: Thanks very much indeed. MONK: You’re very welcome, my son. I’m sorry I couldn’t have done more. Good-day. STEVEN: Good-day. (The MONK goes back inside the MONASTERY. VICKI walks away a few paces, then realises what has been said...) VICKI: We didn’t give him a description of the Doctor! STEVEN: I know we didn’t! That means he must have seen him, doesn’t it? He’s keeping him prisoner in there. I’ll stake my life on that, Vicki. VICKI: Well, he was pretty stupid to give himself away like that. STEVEN: It’s easily done. VICKI: Too easy. I don’t think we’ve been as clever as we think we have. STEVEN: Oh, now, what does that mean? VICKI: Well look, say he’s the one who’s tricked us. Say he gave himself away deliberately like that, in order to make us think we’d fooled him. STEVEN: Vicki, there’s only one way we can find out what’s going on in there. That’s to break in. VICKI: That’s exactly what he wants us to do. STEVEN: Well, possibly but we’ve no other choice. We’ll wait ‘til its dark. Come on. (They leave...) 20: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT (EVENING) (EDITH comes out of the hut with a troubled look on her face. She looks around carefully but fails to see anything in the gloom. She picks up a rough spear and walks forward. g*n THE GIANT drops out of a tree behind her and grabs her. As she cries out her drags her towards the hut where ULF and SVEN are already making for...) 21: EXT. MONASTERY (EVENING) (VICKI and STEVEN climb a small rise and look over the monastery.) STEVEN: I think the best idea is to go and try around the other side. (VICKI nods and they climb back down the rise.) 22: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT (EVENING) (The outside of the settlement has been pillaged. WULNOTH returns through the trees and sees the carnage.) WULNOTH: Edith! (He runs into the settlement and inside the hut.) 23: INT. HUT (EVENING) WULNOTH: (Upset.) Edith! (EDITH lies on the floor, staring upwards in shock. WULNOTH holds her. ELDRED has entered the hut behind him.) WULNOTH: Get what help you can from the village. ELDRED: (Quietly.) It was those travellers! I know it. I said you would regret not listening to me Wulnoth. But even I would not have felt them capable of th... WULNOTH: (In a strangled cry.) Get the men! (ELDRED runs off. WULNOTH buries his head...) 24: EXT. FOREST (EVENING) (g*n THE GIANT leads his two companions through the wood with their booty. They all check that they are not being followed. SVEN, swigging a drink, is in the rear.) 25: INT. HUT (EVENING) (WULNOTH wipes EDITH’S face with a wet cloth, helped by the woman who was with EDITH at the monastery earlier. EDITH moans quietly.) WULNOTH: Who did it? Who was it? EDITH: (Feebly.) Vikings... (ELDRED enters...) ELDRED: We’re ready. WULNOTH: (His anger rising.) Vikings! (ELDRED leaves. WULNOTH leaves EDITH to the care of the woman, takes a large sword and leaves the hut...) 26: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT (EVENING) (The men of the village are gathered outside. WULNOTH looks them over and then leads them off.) 27: EXT. FOREST (EVENING) (The branches of the trees and bushes are broken...) ELDRED: They’re leaving a good trail. WULNOTH: Then we’ll find them all the quicker. Come on. (They move on...) 28: EXT. ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST (EVENING) (The Vikings continue their path through the wood. ULF and SVEN are drunk on their stolen mead. g*n is the only sober one. He takes the mead off his companions and throws it to one side. As they continue their progress, ULF and SVEN hang on each other.) SVEN: (Drunkenly.) Ulf, you like the provisions we found! ULF: (Laughing.) Ah, yes! (The Saxons suddenly leap out of hiding, shouting as they do so. Whilst SVEN and ULF fight a Saxon, g*n crushes two men at once with his bare arms until WULNOTH sneaks up behind him and hits him with a sword blow in his back.. SVEN and ULF k*ll their attacker and turn to help the wounded g*n. He manages to strike a blow at ELDRED who falls to the ground tripping g*n as he does so. WULNOTH leaps forward with the k*lling blow. SVEN leaps to his assistance and finds himself fighting the weakened ELDRED. WULNOTH comes to blows with ULF.) WULNOTH: Saxons! Here! SVEN: (Leaping forward.) Leave him Ulf, g*n’s d*ad. Come on! (SVEN runs off and ULF quickly follows. WULNOTH runs back to ELDRED who pushes the d*ad g*n off him and then holds his wounded arm.) WULNOTH: How is it? ELDRED: It’s bleeding badly. (He attempts to stand.) I’ll go back to the village. WULNOTH: No, no, the monastery’s much nearer. Come on. (ELDRED tries to stand but he is weak.) WULNOTH: Put your arm round me. This way. (He supports ELDRED and they set off.) 29: EXT. MONASTERY (NIGHT) (The extremely bright light again shines from an upper window...) 30: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY (NIGHT) (The MONK walks through the ruined hallways and passageways, the usual sly smile on his face. He stops to stare briefly at an open window, then silently walks off. After he passes the window, STEVEN looks cautiously through. He signals to VICKI and helps her up and inside. They look round their dingy surroundings and both shrug.) VICKI AND STEVEN: Follow me! (They both walk off in opposite directions! STEVEN, a little vexed, is the one who turns back and follows his companion.) 31: INT. MONASTERY. ALCOVE (NIGHT) (The MONK parts the curtain and starts the gramophone with the record of the chanting monks. He smiles and pulls the curtain back into place. He checks the portcullis trap for his new visitors.) 32: EXT. MONASTERY (NIGHT) (WULNOTH supports a very weak ELDRED towards the monastery. ELDRED stumbles to the ground.) 33: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY (NIGHT) (STEVEN and VICKI continue their progress through the hallways. The MONK watches from behind a pillar. Before he can take any action, a knocking comes from the front door. He frowns and moves off towards the door.) 34: EXT. MONASTERY (NIGHT) (WULNOTH pounds at the door. ELDRED is by now extremely weak.) 35: INT. MONASTERY. ALCOVE (NIGHT) (VICKI and STEVEN reach the alcove. They part the curtain and stare in amazement at the gramophone. They leave the alcove unharmed. 36: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE CELL (NIGHT) (They reach the cell door. STEVEN opens the hatch and looks through.) STEVEN: It’s the Doctor. I think he’s asleep. VICKI: No! (STEVEN takes a penknife out of his pocket. VICKI checks behind her.) VICKI: Hurry! (STEVEN att*cks the lock...) 37: EXT. MONASTERY (NIGHT) (WULNOTH is now pounding the door with a stave. The door opens and the MONK comes out.) MONK: Yes, what is it? WULNOTH: I have a wounded man here, father. He needs help. (WULNOTH helps ELDRED inside.) MONK: By all means. Bring him in. (WULNOTH already has done so. The MONK scurries after them.) 38: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE CELL (NIGHT) (STEVEN succeeds in picking the lock. He and VICKI rush inside the cell...) 39: INT. MONASTERY. CELL. (NIGHT) (On the bed, the DOCTOR’S cloak covers his form.) VICKI: Doctor! Doctor, wake up. We’re here. Doctor? (She pulls the cloak back. Underneath is just a pile of furs...) VICKI: He’s...he’s gone. He’s gone!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x37 - The Meddling Monk"}
foreverdreaming
Written by DENNIS SPOONER Original Air Date: 17 July 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE CELL (NIGHT) (STEVEN succeeds in picking the lock. He and VICKI rush inside the cell...) 2: INT. MONASTERY. CELL (NIGHT) (On the bed, the DOCTOR’S cloak covers his form.) VICKI: Doctor, wake up, we’re here! Doctor? (She pulls the cloak back. Underneath is just a pile of furs...) VICKI: He’s gone! He’s gone! 3: INT. MONASTERY. CHAMBER (NIGHT) (WULNOTH supports ELDRED as the MONK leads them into a chamber where straw covers a shelf in an alcove.) MONK: Make him comfortable here, my son. I’ll return soon and tend his wounds. WULNOTH: Oh, thank you father. (The MONK watches nervously as WULNOTH settles ELDRED. Unseen by the two Saxons, he leaves the chamber.) 4: INT. MONASTERY. CELL (NIGHT) VICKI: Well, this is definitely his cloak. (STEVEN has been looking through the open cell door. He now shuts it closed.) STEVEN: Yes, he was in here all right, Vicki. What’s happened to him? VICKI: The door was locked wasn’t it? STEVEN: Of course it was. You saw me open it myself. The Monk thought he was in here too. VICKI: What? Because the clothes of the bed hadn’t been moved? STEVEN: Well, it makes sense doesn’t it? How did he get out? (He sits on the edge of the bed.) VICKI: There’s only one possible answer. STEVEN: What? VICKI: A secret passage. STEVEN: (Incredulously.) A secret p...? Oh no! VICKI: Listen, they always have them in castles and monasteries and things in case of siege or...f*re, or...something. We’ll, don’t just sit there. Help me look! (VICKI starts to examine the walls. STEVEN sighs and does the same. After some time...) VICKI: Hey, Steven! Come and look at this! Steven? A loose stone! (STEVEN joins her.) VICKI: What did I say? (He manages to pull a doorway open at the back of the cell.) STEVEN: Huh, who’s a clever girl then? (VICKI makes a face. They walk through the secret exit and STEVEN pulls the door to behind them.) 5: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE CELL (NIGHT) (The MONK walks smiling down a passageway. He reaches the cell. He opens the hatchway to look inside and the door, to his surprise, swings open under his touch...) 6: INT. MONASTERY. CELL (NIGHT) (He hesitates then, with a cry, jumps into the cell to tackle however he thinks lies concealed behind the cell door. Seeing no-one, he next tries looking under the bed. Then, growing increasingly frustrated, he pulls the furs off the bed. Utterly baffled, he leaves the cell.) 7: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE CELL (NIGHT) (Outside the cell, he checks the lock. He is pondering his problem when WULNOTH’S voice reaches him...) WULNOTH: (OOV.) Father? Father, where are you? (He coughs gently and assumes his serene air.) MONK: Coming, my son! Coming! (Looking puzzled again at the loss of his prisoner, he walks off.) 8: INT. TUNNEL (NIGHT) (STEVEN and VICKI make their way down the secret passage from the monastery. Water drips from the ceiling and tree roots fill the space around them.) VICKI: Ah...ah! How much longer does this thing go on? STEVEN: It must go on for quite a way, Vicki, if only to get clear of the monastery up there. VICKI: It’s damp. STEVEN: Yes, well, we’d better get out of here quickly. You know couldn’t find the Doctor at the end of this. VICKI: If I know the Doctor, it’s not going to be as simple as that. (They move on.) 9: INT. HUT (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR is back at EDITH and WULNOTH’s hut. EDITH is now fully conscious although she tends her bruised face with a cloth.) DOCTOR: Well, from what you’ve just said, you’ve saved me quite a journey. Hmm. EDITH: To meet your friends, you mean? DOCTOR: Yes, indeed so. I told them quite specifically to meet me outside the TAR...yes, the, er, pre-arranged, er, place, er. I was going along to tell them that I’d come to no harm whilst I was making investigations, as we might say. But, er, well now, now you tell me they came here and they’ve gone on to the monastery. Hmm? EDITH: Oh, I can’t think how you missed them. DOCTOR: Oh, it’s all perfectly simple. I left at the rear...entrance. That reminds me. I really think I ought to be wending my way. Mmm. It’s a good thing I saw the smoke rising from your f*re. (Laughs.) I’m becoming quite a regular visitor, I think. EDITH: (Melancholy.) You’ve been my only visitor tonight. DOCTOR: Hmm. EDITH: But, you don’t know. My husband and the men from the village have gone after the Vikings. (This causes the DOCTOR to stop and think.) DOCTOR: You’ve seen them, and er, their fleet? EDITH: Oh, no, no, not a fleet, this was just a small band of men. They must have come from one ship. DOCTOR: Er, I see, yes, I see. Hmm. (The DOCTOR walks outside the hut.) 10: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR ponders in the night as an owl hoots nearby. EDITH follows him out.) EDITH: You speak of a fleet as though you knew it existed? DOCTOR: What? What was that? I’ve already told you, my dear, that I’ve learned of varied plans from all the places that I’ve visited before. EDITH: Plans of a Viking invasion? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I’m afraid so. EDITH: So that’s why Harold got ... forming an army. Our men have travelled south already to join it. (Tuts.) Ah, I thought it was William of Normandy’s invasion across the channel, not a Viking invasion he feared. DOCTOR: (To himself.) Mmm. the Monk in this situation just can’t be a coincidence. EDITH: The Monk? Did you say the Monk? DOCTOR: (Turning to her.) Yes, I must face him. I, er, realise that I’ve got far short a time than I thought I had. Erm, I’m always leaving you in a hurry, I’m afraid, but the matter has some urgency. EDITH: Well, won’t you stay and have some...some, er, some venison? DOCTOR: Oh, no, thank you, thank you indeed. It’s very kind of you. I must go, yes, goodbye. Oh, and, er, don’t worry, don’t worry. The Vikings will land south of here, in the Humber. Ah, King Harold will defeat them. (Laughs.) (The DOCTOR walks a few paces away and talks to himself as EDITH watches.) DOCTOR: Yes, in a few weeks time, he loses the battle of Hastings to William the Conqueror. (Laughs.) Well, at least that’s what the history books said happened. Hmm. (He walks off into the night...) 11: EXT. FOREST (NIGHT) (STEVEN and VICKI emerge from the tunnel into the forest. VICKI sighs with relief, then looks round and calls out...) VICKI: Doctor! Doctor! (Getting no response, they walk on a few paces through the trees.) STEVEN: No, you were right, Vicki. The Doctor wouldn’t wait for us here. VICKI: He must have gone back to the TARDIS. STEVEN: Yes, probably. You know... (VICKI has walked off a few paces. STEVEN follows her.) STEVEN: You know there’s something very peculiar going on. Now I’ve got to accept something, so all right, I accept you’ve got a time machine... VICKI: Ha! Hooray! STEVEN: But a Watch, the gramophone, the Saxons, that doesn’t add up. It must be something to do with that Monk. You know, I think we should go back to the monastery. VICKI: Oh no. Because the Doctor will want to investigate just as much as you, probably more. Let’s find him and all three do it together, hmm? STEVEN: OK. Go on, you lead the way. (They carry on.) 12: INT. MONASTERY. CHAMBER (NIGHT) (The MONK sorts through a first aid box. Taking out a bottle he shakes some tablets out of it into his hand. WULNOTH stands nearby but he does not catch sight of the box.. Covering this with a small basket, the MONK carries a torch to WULNOTH for better light. He then sits next to ELDRED and puts the tablets in his semi-conscious patients mouth. MONK: Eldred? Swallow these. WULNOTH: (Pointing with his sword.) Er, what are those, father? MONK: (Muttering.) Oh it’s just some Penicillin... (Louder.) It’s a...it’s a sort of herb. (The MONK looks at the sword that WULNOTH is carrying.) MONK: Wulnoth, I wish you’d take that outside. This is a monastery. Can’t you see I’m trying to tend a sick man? WULNOTH: Oh, I’m sorry father. (WULNOTH walks out. The MONK watches him go, then tries to rouse ELDRED.) MONK: Eldred? Eldred? (Getting no response, he gently pats his face.) MONK: Eldred? Eldred? Listen - the Vikings you met, now if they were a scouting party, how soon would it be before the other ships arrived? ELDRED: (Weakly.) If they...if they were part of the main fleet, two...three days, father. MONK: Thank you, thank you. (The MONK walks away to a corner of the chamber, rubbing his hands and muttering to himself.) MONK: Two or three days...I’m on schedule. I’m on schedule! (WULNOTH has come back, without the sword and is examining ELDRED. Whilst the MONK ponders his plan, WULNOTH tries to move ELDRED but without success.) WULNOTH: He’ll have to stay here for a while, father. He’s very weak. MONK: (Speaking without thinking as his mind is on the Vikings.) Yes, of course, he’s weak. He’s lost a lot of blood. If I could have given him a blood transfusion, but... WULNOTH: Blood trans...fu...sion? (The MONK starts as he realises what he has said.) MONK: My son, all we can do now for Eldred is to wait and pray. WULNOTH: But father... MONK: Now listen to what I have to say now, my son. This is what I want to say: take your friend home and give thanks that within these sacred walls... WULNOTH: He’ll have to stay for a day or two, father. He’s very weak. MONK: Stay here? WULNOTH: Oh, don’t worry, father. My wife, Edith, will call regularly and attend to any additional work and...and I will come to if, if work permits. MONK: Now, look here, my son, I... WULNOTH: Yes, father? MONK: (Seeing he has no choice.) Oh nothing! Nothing, nothing, nothing... WULNOTH: Oh, er, goodbye and, er, thank you father. MONK: Goodbye my son. (WULNOTH leaves. The MONK glances at ELDRED and a look of concern appears on his face as he considers a possible disruption to his scheme.) 13: EXT. FOREST (NIGHT) (ULF and SVEN, now much more sober and more cautious, run through the forest. They constantly check all around them. They stop and rest.) ULF: As soon as its light, every Saxon for miles around will be looking for us. SVEN: We’ll stay here a while, then travel south. ULF: Why the south? SVEN: If we put enough distance between the Saxons and ourselves, we can still complete our task. ULF: Sven, we have failed! Leave it to Radnor. Let us think of our own safety. SVEN: We were landed here for a reason. ULF: What good can the two of us do now? If we meet up with the Saxons again, they will k*ll us easily. SVEN: And what would you have us do? ULF: We could hide. (SVEN grabs ULF and raises a rock.) SVEN: Coward! ULF: k*ll me! Go on, k*ll me! If you don’t, the Saxons will. And you’ll be d*ad too if you don’t listen to what I say. (SVEN lets go of ULF.) ULF: Nothing has changed. Our army will still land. Then think what will happen when we come before the King! We can meet up with him once he is inland. Say we were att*cked and held. (SVEN stands, kicks ULF over and walks off a small distance. ULF follows.) ULF: Don’t pretend that it is only me. I’m saying what we both think. Our army will still land, even if we’d all been k*lled back in the forest. SVEN: (With contempt.) I suppose you’ve already thought of a place to hide. ULF: Yes - the monastery. SVEN: (Angrily.) And ask for what - sanctuary? ULF: They can’t refuse us. SVEN: Even if they do, you’d rather do battle with a band of monks than with Saxons? ULF: They’ll hide us. Once inside, we can take hostages. (SVEN is calmer at this thought.) SVEN: If you thought as much of our task as you did of our own safety. ULF: And yours, Sven. And yours... 14: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALL (NIGHT) (In the main hall of the monastery, a roller-chart hangs on the wall. It is headed “PROGESS CHART” and lists eight items. Items 1 and 2 - “Arrival in Northumbria” and “Position atomic cannon” are already ticked off. The MONK adds a tick next to item 3 - “Sight Vikings”. Un-ticked are items 4 to 8 - “Light Beacon Fires”, “ Destroy Viking Fleet”, “Norman Landing”, “Battle of Hastings” and “ Meet King Harold”. MONK: Fight Vikings, ahh, we’re up to date, we’re up to date. Now then, light beacon fires? I can...get the villagers to help me with that. (The MONK pulls a cord and the chart rolls up.) MONK: Ho ho! Everything’s going on marvellously! (Laughs.) According to plan! (The MONK takes the chart off the wall and carries over to a flat stone sarcophagus. Other charts and maps cover the top of the sarcophagus.) MONK: Now, I’ll have to work this ridiculous thing into miles. (The MONK calculates positions on a map.) MONK: Four, certain measurements miles, kilometres, don’t know where we are. There... (There is a sudden knocking on the main door.) MONK: Oh, oh no more visitors. It’s getting...it’s getting so that you can’t call a monastery your own! (The knocking is repeated. In a temper, the MONK collects together all the charts and puts them under the top of the sarcophagus in whatever space is there. The knocking is heard again.) MONK: (Angrily.) All right! All right! I’m coming! (He puts another chart below the sarcophagus...) 15: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALLWAY (NIGHT) (The MONK arrives at the main door and unbolts it. He opens it...but there is no one there. He steps outside.) 16: EXT. MONASTERY (NIGHT) (Puzzled, he looks immediately around the immediate area outside the door. There is no sign of the visitor. He goes back inside.) 17: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALLWAY (NIGHT) (Once inside, he re-bolts the door. Immediately, there is a furious knock on the door. He un-locks it again and pulls it open. Still, there is no one outside.) 18: EXT. MONASTERY (NIGHT) (More cautiously, the MONK steps outside. A branch prods into the middle of his back and the DOCTOR steps out of hiding. Thinking the stick is a g*n, the MONK raises his hands. The DOCTOR nods to the monastery to indicate that they should go inside. They do so, the DOCTOR carefully holding the stick in order that the MONK doesn’t see it for what it is.) 19: INT. MONASTERY. ENTRANCE HALLWAY (NIGHT) (Once inside, the MONK makes a move to counter the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Da, ha! I have a Winshetser...73, right in the middle of your spinal cord! (Holding the branch with one hand, the DOCTOR uses the other to shut and lock the door. .) DOCTOR: Proceed! (They walk forward under an archway, the DOCTOR smiling all the time at his ‘captor’.) DOCTOR: Wait. MONK: I thought I’d seen the last of you, Doctor. DOCTOR: Oh, did you now? Well, as it happens, I happen to be a very curious fellow. Yes, very curious. Now then, I have some questions for you and I want them answered. Continue, hmm! (They walk on, the MONK smiling slyly.) 20: EXT. CLIFFTOP (DAWN) (As the sky gets lighter, VICKI and STEVEN emerge from the forest at the top of the cliff above where the TARDIS landed. VICKI kneels and looks over the edge. STEVEN joins her.) VICKI: It was somewhere about here. STEVEN: I can’t tell for the surf but I think this is an easy way down. VICKI: The tide, Steven, the tide’s come in! STEVEN: Yes, well, it usually does. VICKI: Yes, but...the TARDIS was down there! Oh no, the tide - nobody thought of that. STEVEN: Well, it’s a bit late to think of it now. VICKI: Yes, but what shall we do? STEVEN: Look, if the Doctor cam back here, he’d have moved it. He wouldn’t have left it on the beach. (VICKI looks at STEVEN who clearly doesn’t understand.) VICKI: The only way the Doctor could move the TARDIS...would be to dematerialise. STEVEN: So? VICKI: If the Doctor left here in the TARDIS, he couldn’t get back. (Distraught.) Oh, it can’t be that, it can’t be! (STEVEN thinks about what he has just been told about the DOCTOR’S control over the TARDIS, then...) STEVEN: Look, there’s no point in us sitting here. I think we should go back to the monastery. VICKI: The monastery. What’s the point of that now? STEVEN: Well, at least we’d be doing something practical. Whatever’s happened down there, it has happened. There’s no point in moping about it. VICKI: (Sharply.) I’m not moping! You don’t know what the TARDIS meant. (STEVEN pauses, then stands.) STEVEN: Come on... (Leaving VICKI at the cliff edge, STEVEN walks a small distance along the precipice. He suddenly comes along a bazooka g*n set up in the bushes at the cliff top.) STEVEN: What’s this? (He gets closer to examine the g*n.) STEVEN: Vicki, come and take a look at this. VICKI: (Sharply again.) What? STEVEN: Just come and look! (Reluctantly she gets up and joins STEVEN.) STEVEN: What do you make of that? VICKI: (Amazed.) It’s a...it’s a g*n - of sorts? STEVEN: Trained out to sea, hidden by the bushes. Look, in Saxon times, th...they used swords and bows and arrows, not things like this, didn’t they? VICKI: Yes, you’re right. STEVEN: The Monk, it must be. You still say there’s no point in going back to the monastery? Come on. (They turn back.) 21: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY (The DOCTOR and the MONK are traversing the corridors of the ruined monastery. The MONK’S arms still up in the air as the DOCTOR keeps the branch in his back.) DOCTOR: All right. That will do. You know, I believe we’ve come through this corridor twice already. It’s no use you playing for time, you know. I want some answers! (The MONK jumps round to grab the “r*fle” and sees that it is in fact a branch in the DOCTOR’S hands.) DOCTOR: Ah ha! Now, I wouldn’t do that if I were you. This may not be a g*n but I can still do you a considerable amount of harm. MONK: (Serenely.) Oh, a man of v*olence! I’m surprised at you... DOCTOR: Er, never mind about all that. What is it you’re doing here? Hmm? What are you up to? (There is a knock at the main door. The MONK makes to go and answer it but the DOCTOR stands in his way.) MONK: The door - I must go... DOCTOR: Er, just leave that, shall we? Hmm? MONK: But if I don’t go, they’ll get suspicious. DOCTOR: Then we’ll both go. I’ll open the door, then I can keep an eye on you. Hmm? MONK: You open the door? No Doctor, that’s not a very good idea. DOCTOR: Oh, isn’t it? Why not? MONK: Because you’re not wearing the right sort of clothes... DOCTOR: Oh... (The knocking is repeated.) DOCTOR: Yes, I see, I see. First, you want to open the door, then you want the chance to reverse the position with the help of whoever it is outside? Secondly, you want to get me into a monk’s habit so that whoever that is, would recognise me as an imposter. MONK: Dear me, dear me, what an untrusting nature you have, my son! DOCTOR: Yes, and you can drop the monks act! MONK: I’m only trying to help. Whoever it is, it’s probably as traveller knocking for shelter. Who else could it be? Doctor, I must remind you this is a monastery, a place of refuge, sanctuary. DOCTOR: Yes, very well, if you have another cloak with the same type of cowl? Proceed, hmm? MONK: Of course. DOCTOR: And remember, no more monkery! (The MONK walks off with his hands in the air again, the DOCTOR following.) 22: INT. MONASTERY. ENTRANCE HALLWAY (A SHORT TIME LATER) (The knocking continues as the MONK - his arms still raised - and the DOCTOR enter. The DOCTOR is now dressed in a monks habit and still holds the branch in the MONK’S back. As they near the front door, the DOCTOR holds him back.) DOCTOR: Wait there...and be quiet. MONK: Doctor? (The MONK looks the DOCTOR up and down.) MONK: It suits you! (The DOCTOR glances disdainfully at the MONK. He walks over to the door and pulls the bolt back. When he opens the door, SVEN immediately holds a sword to his throat.) DOCTOR: What is the meaning of this, sir! What... SVEN: Silence, you old fool! DOCTOR: Wha... (SVEN takes the branch out of the DOCTOR’S hands and passes it to ULF who enters behind him and locks the door.) 23: INT MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE CELL (At sword point, the DOCTOR walks through the monastery. They approach the cell where the DOCTOR was previously incarcerated. He turns to SVEN.) DOCTOR: This is no way to treat a man in my position! SVEN: (Grabbing him.) Quiet old man. (ULF looks through the door hatch.) ULF: This cell will do. Lock him in here. DOCTOR: Hmm! (SVEN pushes a defiant looking DOCTOR into the cell.) ULF: Oh, there’s no key. You guard him. I’ll give our terms to the rest of the monks. Hide us...or he dies. (As ULF walks off, SVEN pulls the door shut.) 24: INT. MONASTERY. CELL (The DOCTOR listens at the door, then sets to work...) 25: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALLWAY (Sword in hand, ULF enters the main hall, but there is no sign of anyone else. As he approaches the sarcophagus, the MONK stands up from behind it and cracks a piece of wood over ULF’S head. The Viking falls to the ground. Tutting the MONK unravels a piece of rope with which to tie him up.) 26: EXT. FOREST (VICKI and STEVEN look round the forest for the entrance to the tunnel.) VICKI: It all looks so different in daylight. (STEVEN looks behind them.) STEVEN: Ah ha! Here it is. VICKI: Oh, don’t tell me we have to crawl down that thing again. STEVEN: Well we can hardly go and knock on the front door now, can we? VICKI: I suppose not. STEVEN: Come on. (STEVEN holds the branches back whilst VICKI enters the tunnel.) 27: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE CELL (SVEN has fallen asleep outside the DOCTOR’S cell. A cock crow awakes him.) SVEN: Ulf? Ulf? (He staggers up. He pulls the hatch door on the cell open, looks through and hurriedly opens the cell up, stepping inside.) 28: INT. MONASTERY. CELL (The secret passage at the back of the cell is open. SVEN walks over to it and looks down the tunnel. Behind him, the DOCTOR, hidden behind the door, steps out of hiding, kicks SVEN and hits him over the head also with a plank of wood. Just like his companion, SVEN falls to the ground.) DOCTOR: (Laughs.) My dear man, you had me quite worried. I thought you were never coming in! (He leaves the cell.) 29: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT (The MONK approaches WULNOTH’S hut. Seeing that he cannot knock on the cloth entrance, he bangs his fist on the door support.) MONK: Wulnoth? Wulnoth, are you there? (In a panic, EDITH comes out.) EDITH: Oh, it’s you, father. MONK: I’m sorry to call so early my child, but, er, I must speak to your husband. EDITH: Yes. (Half-dressed, WULNOTH comes out of the hut.) WULNOTH: Is anything wrong with Eldred? MONK: No, no! No, Eldred is splendid. No, Wulnoth, I’ve come here to ask for your help and...and that of the men of the village. WULNOTH: Oh, we’ll help if we can, father. MONK: Oh, you can, Wulnoth, you most certainly can. I’d have come here a bit later but seeing as I’m going to be rather busy up at the monastery... WULNOTH: What is it that you want us to do? MONK: Prepare beacon fires on the cliff tops. (WULNOTH and EDITH look at each other.) WULNOTH: (Surprised.) Beacon fires? MONK: Oh, don’t worry, don’t worry Wulnoth. I’m expecting some building materials for reconstructing the monastery. They’re coming by sea and I promised I’d give the ship our exact location. WULNOTH: Well, when are you expecting the ship? It’ll take a little while to prepare a beacon. MONK: In a day or two, maybe three. Now Wulnoth, you will light the fires when I ask, won’t you, and keep them burning? (WULNOTH looks at EDITH then, with a hint of suspicion in his voice...) WULNOTH: If you say so, father. MONK: Splendid! Splendid! Now I must go back to the monastery. Eldred needs rather special care. Good day, my children. (He leaves. EDITH and WULNOTH are still suspicious.) EDITH: Good day WULNOTH: Good day, father. (He turns to his wife.) What did the old man say of the Vikings? EDITH: He spoke of a planned invasion - of many hundred ships... WULNOTH: (To himself.) Beacon fires...on the cliff tops...? 30: INT. MONASTERY. CELL (VICKI and STEVEN have come across the unconscious SVEN inside the cell.) VICKI: Viking? STEVEN: Well, however he is, he’s lost an argument with somebody. Anyway, we can’t bother about him. (He picks up SVEN’S sword.) Let’s go and have a look around. VICKI: What are we looking for anyway? STEVEN: Oh, we’ll know when we find it, won’t we? (They leave the cell.) 31: INT. MONASTERY. ENTRANCE HALLWAY (The MONK enters the monastery quietly singing to himself. He shuts the door, turns a corner and comes across a bound and gagged ULF. He kneels by him.) MONK: Oh, ha, ha, ha! You still here, are you? Good, all I’ve got to do now is take care of you, your friend and the Doctor. Oh, by the way, you’ll be please to know I’ve arranged the fires for your colleagues. Ha! (He suddenly feels a sword at this throat. He rises - it is the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: There you are, my dear fellow. I knew you’d come back! (Angrily.) Now which fires? What are they for? Hmm? 32: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALLWAY (VICKI and STEVEN enter the main hall.) STEVEN: Oh, it’s going to take us hours to search this place properly. (VICKI crouches on the ground next to the sarcophagus.) VICKI: Hey Steven! Look at this. I think it’s a cable! (STEVEN joins her.) STEVEN: It is. Well, that’s strange. (He follows the cable round to the sarcophagus.) STEVEN: What’s it doing coming out of here? (He walk to the back of the sarcophagus where they find...) VICKI: A door! STEVEN: Let me have look. (He pulls the doors fully open.) STEVEN: We can get inside. (They crouch down and walk inside the sarcophagus.) 33: INT. MONK’S TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (They push open the doors and stand up straight as they find themselves in a familiar looking gleaming control room.) VICKI: (Totally amazed.) It’s a TARDIS. The Monk’s got a TARDIS!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "02x38 - A Battle of Wits"}
foreverdreaming
Written by DENNIS SPOONER Original Air Date: 24 July 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALL (STEVEN pulls the doors fully open.) STEVEN: We can get inside. (They crouch down and walk inside the sarcophagus.) 2: INT. MONK’S TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (They push open the doors and stand up straight as they find themselves in a familiar looking gleaming control room.) VICKI: (Totally amazed.) It’s a TARDIS. The Monk’s got a TARDIS! (STEVEN and VICKI walk towards the console which is similar to the DOCTOR’S but on a raised dais. They examine the controls.) 3: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY (Sword still in his hand, the DOCTOR continues to interrogate the MONK.) DOCTOR: I repeat my question: Which fires and what are they for? MONK: All right then. They’re a signal for King Hardrada and the Viking fleet. DOCTOR: I see. MONK: They’ll think it’s a landing place. They’ll come in unsuspecting! And then... DOCTOR: Well? Out with it! MONK: I’m going to destroy them! (The DOCTOR looks aghast.) 4: INT. MONK’S TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI runs her hands across the controls. Some feet away, STEVEN has found something of interest...) STEVEN: Hey, Vicki. Come and take a look at this. He’s...he’s got a sort of fantastic private collection. (A small side room off the console room contains hundreds of pieces of art. Oil paintings hang off the walls, gilded statues clutter the floor area in between expensive antique furniture.) VICKI: He’s got something from every period and every place. (STEVEN spots something out of place in all these riches. He goes over to a box full of foot long futuristic rockets and kneeling down, picks one up.) STEVEN: Hey, come and take a look at this. (He picks one up. VICKI has found a small notebook and she carries it in her hands as she walks over and crouches next to STEVEN.) STEVEN: It’s like some kind of neutron b*mb, I think. VICKI: Pretty unpleasant looking things, whatever they are. (She reads the notebook.) STEVEN: Hey, do you know...these could be fired by that w*apon we saw on the clifftop. Huh, I wonder what he wants to do? Sink a ship? VICKI: He could sink a whole navy with that lot, I should think. STEVEN: Yes but the point is why would he want to? VICKI: Why has he done a lot of things? Listen to this... STEVEN: Why? What have you got there? VICKI: A logbook. A sort of diary. Listen: “Met Leonardo Da Vinci...” STEVEN: Who? VICKI: Da Vinci - listen! “Met Leonardo Da Vinci and discussed with him the principles of powered flight.” STEVEN: What? Da Vinci lived in the...middle ages... I know he tried to build a...flying machine, a sort of aeroplane... VICKI: I know and according to this it was the Monk who put him up to it. And listen to this: “Put two hundred pounds in a London bank in 1968. Nipped forward two hundred years and collected a fortune in compound interest”! 5: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY DOCTOR: So that’s it! You’re a time meddler! No wonder you wanted to get rid of me. And what are you trying to...get up to this time? Mmm? MONK: (Smiling.) I’m sure you’ll approve Doctor. DOCTOR: Are you quite mad? You know as well as I do the golden rule about space and time travelling - never, never interfere with the course of history. MONK: And who says so? Doctor, it’s more fun my way! I can make things happen ahead of their time! DOCTOR: Is that so? MONK: Yes indeed. For instance, do you really believe the ancient Britons could have built Stonehenge - without the aid of my anti-gravitational lift? DOCTOR: And what mischief are you up to now? Mmm? MONK: Mischief? No, no. A master plan! A master plan to end all master plans! DOCTOR: Oh, is that so? MONK: The whole course of history changed in one single swoop. DOCTOR: By wiping out the Viking fleet? MONK: Exactly, Doctor, exactly! Of course, obviously, I don’t have to remind you that the main reason William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings, was because King Harold had to march to Stamford Bridge and defeat the Vikings first. DOCTOR: So you plan to save him the journey? Hmm? MONK: That’s right. Precisely! A fresh army, no desertions. Why King Harold will kick William back to Normandy before knows what happened. It’s quite a plan, eh? DOCTOR: (Gleefully.) Doh, yes! It’s quite a plan! It’s quite a plan, yes! (The DOCTOR paces round a column as the MONK smiles at his new “ally”.) DOCTOR: I count myself a very fortunate person indeed, to be here, in the time - (Suddenly angry.) to prevent this disgusting exhibition! (The smile disappears off the MONK’S face.) MONK: You haven’t prevented it yet, Doctor. DOCTOR: Haven’t I? Where is this machine? MONK: I don’t allow anybody in there? DOCTOR: (Holding the sword at the MONK’S face.) Where is it? Hmm? (The MONK pushes the sword to one side.) MONK: This way, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm! (The MONK leads the DOCTOR away.) 6: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE CELL (Holding the back of his head, SVEN staggers out of the DOCTOR’S former cell.) SVEN: Ulf? Ulf, where are you? Ulf? (He storms off to find his companion. ELDRED appears from around a column and wide-eyed, watches him go.) ELDRED: Vikings! 7: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY (SVEN finds ULF still bound and gagged. He undoes the gag.) ULF: Where’ve you been? SVEN: (Untying ULF’S hands.) The Monk tricked me into a cell...then knocked me out. ULF: Can’t you even guard one old man? SVEN: You haven’t done better yourself. Come on. We should get back to the forest. ULF: No, we’ll stay here. SVEN: Here? ULF: Safer than being outside. Unless you prefer to meet the Saxons again. SVEN: They wouldn’t take us so easily this time. Nor would we be hampered by the mead. ULF: Maybe not. But I’ll choose the monks...and whatever treasure may be stored inside these walls. SVEN: (His eyes lighting up.) Treasure...! 8: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALL (Still at swordpoint, the MONK leads the DOCTOR into the main hall and towards the sarcophagus. The MONK looks uneasily at the sword.) MONK: Oh... (The DOCTOR laughs.) MONK: Well, here we are. that’s my time ship. DOCTOR: Oh, that’s it eh? This horrible block of stone. MONK: This horrible block of stone, as you call it, is a perfect Saxon sarcophagus. DOCTOR: A Saxon what? MONK: Sarcophagus. DOCTOR: Yes...quite so. MONK: And more in keeping with the period, I would say, than a modern police box? (Laughs.) What’s the matter, Doctor? Can’t you repair your camouflage unit? DOCTOR: Now, now, now, don’t try and bamboozle me. It so happens that your “machine” fits into this monastery, but it’s sheer luck. MONK: Luck? Luck? Oh no, there’s no luck about it. I couldn’t have picked a better place for my headquarters than this. A deserted monastery right on the coast, gullible peasants who believe everything I say to them. Ha ha! No Doctor! No, I planned to materialise my ship right on this very spot, disguised as a sarcophagus and here it is! DOCTOR: I see, and all this is part of your master plan? Hmm? MONK: Precisely! (The DOCTOR laughs.) MONK: There’s nothing h*t or miss about my machine. DOCTOR: Oh, isn’t there now? Well, let’s have a look at this great wonder, hmm? (They walk round the sarcophagus.) DOCTOR: Yes, well, tell me, er, how does one exactly get into this, er, sarcophagus, hmm? (The MONK laughs.) Hammer and chisel? (The MONK’S laughs stops.) MONK: This way Doctor. (He ducks down to enter the door, then rises up again...) MONK: Oh, er, mind your head. (He ducks back down.) 9: INT. MONASTERY. ENTRANCE HALLWAY (ELDRED quietly makes his way to the front door and pulls back the bolt. He opens the door and leaves.) 10: EXT. MONASTERY (Looking round and seeing that no one is near, ELDRED clutches his wounded shoulder and runs off.) 11: INT. MONK’S TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI and STEVEN have found the scroll with the MONK’S ticklist on it.) STEVEN: ...Destroy Viking fleet, Norman landing, Battle of Hastings - Meet King Harold? Well, it seems to tell the whole story. VICKI: Why Steven? Why is he planning to do it? What’s his reason? DOCTOR: Ah, that’s a very good point, my child, indeed, a very good point. I must ask him that myself! (The DOCTOR and the MONK have entered the TARDIS. VICKI runs over to the DOCTOR and joyfully hugs him.) VICKI: Doctor! You’re safe! DOCTOR: Safe? STEVEN: Oh, are we glad to see you, Doctor. DOCTOR: Safe? Oh, my dear! Of course I’m safe. Good gracious me! I see you found the machine. (He passes STEVEN the sword.) Keep your eye on that, young man. I thought I’d told you to wait outside the TARDIS. VICKI: Oh, er, we... STEVEN: Yes...well, we, er... DOCTOR: (Looking at the console.) You know, all this is very surprising. That’s a Mark 4! MONK: Yes, yes, indeed. VICKI: Is that later than yours, Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: (Suddenly remembering.) Oh!...I forgot all about it. DOCTOR: (Examining the console.) Oh...forgot? Forgot what, child? Hmm? VICKI: Doctor...Doctor... DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: We haven’t...got a time machine...any more. DOCTOR: Haven’t we now? Oh, I say! Well...well, I...I wonder what that’s supposed to mean, hmm? VICKI: Well, you know...you know we left it on the beach. DOCTOR: Yes, I remember very well, yes. It so happens that I was there at the time! My dear, I may appear a little half witted at times, but I... VICKI: (Trying to speak.) Doctor! DOCTOR: (Exasperated.) Oh! VICKI: The tide came in. DOCTOR: Oh is that all, my child? STEVEN: Well, isn’t that enough? DOCTOR: The water cannot affect the TARDIS. It won’t wash away. It’ll still be there when the tide goes down. Now stop fretting, my dear. (Turning to the MONK.) Well, I must confess, er, I do congratulate you. It’s a splendid machine. Although I do note there’s been quite a few changes? MONK: Oh, yes indeed, Doctor. In fact this one is fitted with the a*t*matic drift control. DOCTOR: Oh, I see, yes, of course. And, er, thereby you can suspend yourself in space with absolute safety. MONK: Precisely, Doctor. By the way, I tried to get into your police box but the door was locked. (Laughs.) What type’s yours, Doctor? DOCTOR: (Curtly.) Mind your own business. (The MONK chuckles.) STEVEN: Look, I take it you both come from the same place, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, I regret that we do but I would say that I am fifty years earlier. (Turning back to the MONK.) Now when are you going to answer my questions, hmm? MONK: Which questions? DOCTOR: The reason for this deliberate destruction. MONK: I...I want to improve things. DOCTOR: Improve things! Hmm! Improve things, yes, that’s good! Hmm hmm. Very good. (Snaps.) Improve what, for instance? MONK: (Almost to himself.) Well, for instance, Harold, King Harold - I know he’d be a good king. There wouldn’t be all those wars in Europe, those...those claims over France went on for years and years. With peace the people’d be able to better themselves. With a few hints and tips from me...they’d be able to have jet airliners by 1320! Shakespeare’d be able to put “Hamlet” on television... DOCTOR: He’d do what? MONK: The play “Hamlet” on television... DOCTOR: Oh, yes, quite so, yes, of course, I do know the medium! MONK: Yeah... STEVEN: We’re you going to k*ll the Vikings? MONK: Yes...yes, I...I was. You see, if I didn’t then King ... DOCTOR: What are we going to do with this fellow, hmm? What can we do with this man? He’s utterly irresponsible. Hmm! (He paces round the console.) He wants to destroy...the whole pattern of world history. Hmm. (Whilst VICKI and STEVEN concentrate on the DOCTOR’S words, the MONK makes a run for the door.) VICKI: Steven! Doctor! DOCTOR: Hmm? (They run after him out of the door.) DOCTOR: Oh, quick, quick! 12: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALL (The MONK runs from the sarcophagus and straight into the arms of SVEN and ULF.) MONK: Ah! Long live King Hardrada! (The DOCTOR, VICKI and STEVEN have come out of the MONK’S TARDIS. The little man points to them.) MONK: Those are your enemies, there! Quick! 13: EXT. SAXON SETTLEMENT (A large group of noisy villagers have gathered outside WULNOTH’S hut. Sword in hand, WULNOTH addresses them, trying to convince them that they are in danger. EDITH stands by his side.) WULNOTH: The old man...the old man who journeyed here spoke of a Viking invasion descending on us! (The villagers look astonished and turn to each other with mutters of “Viking Invasion?”.) WULNOTH: And the Monk asked us to light beacon fires on the clifftops. (The villagers all cry out. EDITH shouts over their clamour.) EDITH: The old man spoke the truth! He had no reason to lie. (There are more cries.) WULNOTH: Fires on the clifftops would guide the ships in to land. Viking ships! (The crowd cries out again.) EDITH: We know and respect the monastery as a place of worship. But what of the Viking spy who passes himself off as a monk? (The crowd cries out again. Suddenly, EDITH points.) EDITH: Look! (ELDRED staggers into the settlement. Various people say “Eldred!” in shock. The man himself is supported by WULNOTH and EDITH. HE is very weak.) ELDRED: The monastery... WULNOTH: What of it? What have you seen? ELDRED: Vikings... (The crowd repeat “Vikings? in surprise”.) ELDRED: The Vikings...hiding there... (The crowd cry out.) EDITH: Is that enough? Do you need more proof? (The crowd cry “No!”.) WULNOTH: Arm yourselves! We know how to treat the raiders! (The villagers run off to gather arms.) 14: INT. MONASTERY. PASSAGEWAY (SVEN and ULF are carrying the box of rockets through the monastery. The box is heavy and the two Vikings have to stop and rest.) MONK: Come along, come along, if we want to send signals to your ships, we mustn’t delay like this, you know. ULF: What are these things? MONK: They are, er, they’re charms, my son, to guide your ships to sheltered waters. (Laughs.) Come along. (The two Vikings look at each other, then pick the box back up and walk off with it.) MONK: I know you don’t understand but, believe me, your ships will know they’re there! (Laughs.). 15: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALL (His feet and hands bound, STEVEN hops down some steps at the back of the main hall and to the base of the sarcophagus where the DOCTOR and VICKI are sat - similarly bound. The DOCTOR seems to be asleep. STEVEN sits next to VICKI.) STEVEN: I can’t find a sharp enough stone anywhere. Those Vikings sure know how to tie knots. VICKI: It looks as though that Monk’s going to get away with it after all. STEVEN: Yes, but he can’t, can he? Well, I don’t know much about history but I do know that William the Conqueror did win the Battle of Hastings. VICKI: Up ‘til now he did. If the Monk changes it, I suppose...our memories will change as well. STEVEN: What about the history books? VICKI: Mmm, that’s all right. They’re not written yet. They’ll just write and print the new version. (STEVEN thinks about this.) STEVEN: But that means that...the exact minute...the exact second that he does it...every history book, every...well, the whole future of every year and time on Earth will change, just like that and nobody’ll know that it has? VICKI: I suppose that’s...what I’m trying to say. STEVEN: Well, there’s more to this time travelling than meets the eye. (He looks over at the DOCTOR.) STEVEN: What’s the matter with the Doctor? He’s not gone to sleep has he? (VICKI shuffles over to him.) VICKI: Doctor, are you awake? (The DOCTOR’S eyes open. He is instantly alert.) DOCTOR: Wide awake, my dear. As a matter of fact, I was just turning over in my mind what we’re going to do with this Monk fellow. He won’t listen, he’s determined to have his own way. He’s got to be stopped. He must be stopped! 16: EXT. FOREST (WULNOTH, EDITH, ELDRED and the other villagers stealthily make their way through the forest towards the monastery. They are armed with staves and spears. They disturb some birds in the trees and pause to see if it has alerted any of their enemies who may be in hiding. After a second, WULNOTH moves them on.) 17: INT MONASTERY. ENTRANCE HALL (The MONK with ULF and SVEN arrive in the entrance hall with the box of rockets.) MONK: Come along, come along, yes, yes, they are rather heavy, aren’t they, but they’re a sort of special charm, you understand? ULF: And where are we taking them? MONK: To the clifftop. Now come along. I won’t be stopped. Hurry - I’ll open the door for you. (He does so.) MONK: There. Come. (ULF and SVEN carry the box outside.) 18: EXT. MONASTERY (They are immediately att*cked by the Saxons. ULF and SVEN drop the box and run inside the monastery, pursued by the villagers.) 19: INT. MONASTERY. ENTRANCE HALL (The MONK hides, unseen, behind the door as the pursued and the pursuers run past, all shouting. He thinks they have all come through the door and is about to step out of hiding, but two more run in, making him dive for cover behind the door again. With a look of worry now that his plans are upset, he hitches up his habit runs outside the monastery.) 20: EXT. MONASTERY (He is not as safe as he hoped, as immediately behind him are the two Vikings followed by the roaring Saxons.) 21: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALL (EDITH has found the three travellers and she is untying their bonds.) DOCTOR: Oh...ah...yes, thank you. Thank you indeed. Oh, it’s a good thing for us that you decided to make a search, hmm? EDITH: Oh, without your help, we’d never have known the Monk was a Viking spy, would we? DOCTOR: Ah, yes, the Monk now - was he caught, hmm? EDITH: Now Wulnoth and the others will not let him escape nor the two Vikings that are with him. DOCTOR: Hmm, yes, yes, no doubt they’ll catch up with him and, er , the rest of them. But, er, that Monk you know, still worries me. I think he’s got some tricks left up his sleeve. EDITH: Hmm. Where are you going to now? DOCTOR: Oh, we shall continue with our travels. EDITH: Oh you must come back to the village with us before you go... DOCTOR: Yes... EDITH: ...so we can bid you farewell. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, certainly, certainly, but we have one or two things to do here at the monastery first. But, er, we don’t want to delay you, er, we’ll follow on? Hmm? (EDITH picks up her spear and leaves.) DOCTOR: Ahh, what a charming woman! Hmm, charming! Well, now you two, come along, we’ve got a lot to do. STEVEN: Well, such as what? VICKI: Shall we go back to the TARDIS? DOCTOR: You know we can’t do that, my child, not until we stop this time meddler. Have either of you got a pencil and paper on you? Hmm? VICKI: No. STEVEN: No, ‘fraid not. DOCTOR: Well now, be a good fellow and go into the machine and try and find one. STEVEN: (Stepping away.) Yes, OK Doc. DOCTOR: Hmm? STEVEN: (Stopping.) ...tor! (STEVEN steps behinds the sarcophagus.) VICKI: Who are you going to write to? DOCTOR: The Monk, of course, Hmm hmm! Who else? 22: EXT. FOREST (SVEN and ULF run into a clearing. They pause to gain their bearings, then run on. A second later, the MONK runs into the clearing. He sees the Vikings.) MONK: Here - this way. (They turn back.. The MONK points.) MONK: Behind that tree there, there’s an old well. We can hide there, quick! (The Vikings run off to hide in the suggested place. The MONK runs off in another direction. The Vikings come back.) SVEN: There’s no well there...! ULF: Where’s he gone? (The Villagers surround them and start s*ab them with their spears and staves...) 23: INT. MONK’S TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR is now out of his monks habit and back in his normal attire. He crouches underneath the console of the MONK’S TARDIS undoing a lead. He then gingerly pulls out a perspex electronic box. He puts his finger into the space in the console previously occupied by the box and receives a small shock.) DOCTOR: Ooh! (Shouts.) Mr Taylor! Where are you with that string, dear boy? (STEVEN and VICKI run up.) STEVEN: Here you are Doctor. I found some. DOCTOR: Good gracious me, come along. (VICKI crouches under the console with the DOCTOR who starts tying the string round the lead which connects the perspex box to the console.) VICKI: What’s that thing under there, Doctor? DOCTOR: (Snaps.) Now keep your nose out, my child, never mind. (VICKI just looks closer.) DOCTOR: (Snaps again.) Did you hear what I said? Keep your nose away. Do you want to get a shock? This is a very dangerous business. Now keep still, all of you. Tie this in a knot. (The DOCTOR does so. He then stands.) DOCTOR: Now, the vibrations...ticklish...get back, get back! (Letting the perspex box dangle carefully from the underneath of the console, he backs towards the doors with the long length of string connected to the box in his hand. VICKI and STEVEN are behind.) DOCTOR: Now you two, go outside. I’ll follow in a minute. VICKI: But Doctor, what exactly are you doing? DOCTOR: (Angry.) Oh, please don’t ask me questions! Go child! Outside! (VICKI runs out. STEVEN grins but doesn’t leave.) STEVEN: Well, what are you trying to do...? (He stops asking questions when he sees the look of thunder on the DOCTOR’S face. The old man points at the door and STEVEN leaves. The DOCTOR then backs out of the TARDIS, playing the string out behind him.) 24: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALL (VICKI and STEVEN wait by the sarcophagus.) VICKI: Is he coming out yet? (STEVEN crouches down and looks through the door.) STEVEN: Yes, yes, here he is. (The DOCTOR comes out.) DOCTOR: Now, back, elbow room, please! Now keep still. (VICKI and STEVEN stand back as the DOCTOR starts gently to pull on the string which leads into the sarcophagus.) DOCTOR: We’re not out of the wood yet. (As the string grows taught, the DOCTOR suddenly yanks on the string. He holds up the perspex box in triumph.) DOCTOR: Dah - there it is! Ha ha! I’ve done it, I’ve done it, I’ve done it! (Laughs.) STEVEN: Well, nothings happened, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hasn’t it? Hasn’t it, my dear boy? VICKI: Come on, aren’t you going to tell us? DOCTOR: Yes, sometime, my dear, sometime. (He passes STEVEN the perspex box.) DOCTOR: Here, put that in your pocket. Quickly. Ah...! (The DOCTOR has picked up an envelope which he places on top of the sarcophagus.) VICKI: Oh, is that the letter you wrote... DOCTOR: Yes... VICKI: ...to the Monk. (She reaches to it.) DOCTOR: Keep your hands off it, young lady. I don’t want you nosying into peoples personal and private corre...correspondence. Good gracious me! Well, I think we’ve finished here. Now, lets go. STEVEN: Back to the TARDIS? DOCTOR: Yes, certainly, back to the TARDIS. Yes, come along... (They leave. The envelope, with “To The Monk” inscribed on the front, lies on top of the sarcophagus awaiting its addressee.) 25: EXT. FOREST (The MONK struggles through the forest. He is dirty and grubby from his exertions.) 26: EXT. CLIFFTOP (Gulls fly and cry out over the coast as the time travellers arrive back at the clifftop overlooking the TARDIS’ landing place. They stand in the strong breeze.) DOCTOR: (Pointing.) There it is, my dear. There’s the TARDIS. Safe and sound - didn’t I tell you so? VICKI: Oh, am I glad to see that old police box again! DOCTOR: Oh, glad indeed. Well, we must start climbing down the cliff and get aboard as soon as we can. There’s going to be an invasion shortly. STEVEN: What? You mean any minute now the...the Viking fleet’s going to sail past here? DOCTOR: Yes, my boy, yes. And history will be... DOCTOR and VICKI: (Together.) ...allowed to take its natural course! (The DOCTOR tuts at VICKI’S mimicking of him.) STEVEN: You know, I’m beginning to like the idea of being a crew member on a time machine. VICKI: A crew member? You’ll be lucky! He’s the crew - we’re just the passengers. DOCTOR: Yes, and both very welcome ones, my dear. Come along, come along! Come on, come on! (The DOCTOR walks off followed by VICKI. STEVEN pauses to look over the cliff edge.) STEVEN: It’s a heck of a way down. (Shouting after the others.) Wish we had a pair of wings! 27: INT. MONASTERY. ENTRANCE HALL (The exhausted MONK arrives back at the monastery and shuts the door behind him. He pauses for breath.) MONK: Oh (Coughs.) Oh, I’m getting too old for this sort of thing! It’s ridiculous... (He walks into the monastery ...) 28: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALL ( ... and arrives at the main hall.) MONK: Yes, I was right. They’re gone. Well, I suppose I’d better be on my way again too. Oh. (Coughing he walks over to the sarcophagus where he finds the envelope. He opens it and takes the letter out. He smiles.) MONK: The Doctor! (Laughs.) (He looks slyly round, then he smiles as he reads the letter.) MONK: “My dear fellow”, (Laughs.) “I’m sure you excuse me but I didn’t want to say goodbye as you are obviously going to be very busy for some time.” He’s right there! “Just in case you still idea’s about your master plan, I’ve taken precautions to stop your time meddling” (Laughs.) How could he stop a Mark 4?! (He thinks and, for a second, a look of concern passes over his face. He looks quickly at the sarcophagus, then carries on reading the letter.) MONK: “Possibly one day in the future, when you’ve learnt your lesson, I shall return and release you.” Release me! Ha! Me! (Laughs.) Oh the old fool, Ha ha! Oh...I wonder what he meant by...”release” me? Well, ah...be going. (He ducks behind the sarcophagus to the door...) 29: INT. MONK’S TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The inside of his ship has been shrunk to a size far too small for the MONK to be able to enter. His face fills the doorway.) MONK: Oh!...Oh!...What’s he done? Ha - he’s taken my dimensional control! He’s ruined my time machine! I’m...I’m marooned! Marooned! In 1066! 30: INT. MONASTERY. MAIN HALL (The MONK stands.) MONK: Oh, Doctor! (He screams in a rage.) MONK: Doctor! Doctor!!! (Dashing the letter onto the floor, he sits desolate on some steps with his head in his hands...) 31: EXT. BEACH (The TARDIS dematerialises.) 32: SPACE (STEVEN, VICKI and the DOCTOR continue their travels...)
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foreverdreaming
Four Hundred Dawns Written by William Emms Original Air Date: 11 September, 1965 5:40pm - 6:05pm 1: EXT. PLANET (A landscape on a seemingly deserted planet. The smooth ground seems to be covered with an asphalt-like tarmac. Splits have occurred in this smooth surface, and from these, trees and plant life spring in abundant quantity. The level of the ground is broken by large rock formations, craggy, but apparently made of the same material as the ground. Vegetation also pushes its way out of gaps in these rocks. It is a peaceful and quiet scene.) FOUR HUNDRED DAWNS (The silence is broken as the TARDIS materializes.) Written by WILLIAM EMMS 2: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (STEVEN is seated and getting a haircut from VICKI. They watch the DOCTOR as he switches off the TARDIS controls with his usual evident satisfaction.) VICKI: Arrived, have we? (The DOCTOR switches off the final controls and the room falls silent.) DOCTOR: We have my dear. STEVEN: Good. Where? DOCTOR: Well, we shall know all about that when we have a look at the scanner, shan't we? (The DOCTOR switches on the scanner.) DOCTOR: Now, you can both take a look. STEVEN: Where are we, Doctor? Is it a planet you recognize? (STEVEN starts to rise.) VICKI: Keep still, you nuisance! STEVEN: (Shouting.) Well now, I want to see where we are! VICKI: (Shouting.) ... ! (The DOCTOR waves to them to be quiet and then adjusts some controls.) DOCTOR: Quiet, both of you, will you? Listen! (There is silence.) STEVEN: Listen? (Whispering.) Listen to what? I can't hear a thing? DOCTOR: Exactly, exactly. There isn't a sound out there. Not a sound! Just silence... 3: EXT. PLANET (The silence is overpowering, strange. No sounds of any animal life, plant life or even of a wind...) 4: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The silence in the room is soon replaced by the DOCTOR'S fussing of the dials and switching of the control panel. He looks over the readings.) DOCTOR: Well, the atmospheric pressure's quite normal; oxygen, temperature, radiation. It's all quite normal... I wonder. Hmm. I wonder if it's possible to have a planet so obviously conducive to life and yet without any? VICKI: Well, I've finished chopping this fellow. Can we go out and see? DOCTOR: Yes, I don't see why not my child. It appears absolutely deserted. As a matter of fact, I think we shall get some long-deserved... undisturbed peace for once. 5: EXT. PLANET (From behind a cluster of rocks, near the TARDIS, comes a chattering and jingling sound. Suddenly a robot, constructed of three collapsible domes, increasing in size and stacked one on top of the other, appears on the rocky slope above and stops. It gives out a strange series of bleeps, jitters and other sounds. The robot fidgets this way and that, then faces the police box. For a moment it chatters to itself.) 6: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (STEVEN examines his haircut in a mirror.) STEVEN: Well, it's not bad... it's a bit amateurish. VICKI: Oh, c'mon! STEVEN: You never know, there might be a lake or a river around, Doctor. Do you fancy a swim? DOCTOR: (Annoyed.) My dear young man, this isn't a joy ride! This is a scientific expedition! STEVEN: Oh come off it, Doctor! You can't be scientific all the time. Anyway, er, you look as if you could do with a good wash-down. (The DOCTOR mumbles to himself at this insult.) VICKI: (Smiling.) What, get him in cold water? you'll be lucky! DOCTOR: From past experience, we must always be on our guard. STEVEN: Yes, well I'm prepared to take the risk. 7: EXT. PLANET (The robot moves towards the TARDIS and bumps into it.) 8: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR and VICKI jump at the sound of the collision.) VICKI: (Softly.) What's that? (STEVEN walks back into the console room.) STEVEN: Well, are we all ready, then? (He is interrupted by a further bump from the outside.) DOCTOR: Shh, shh! 9: EXT. PLANET (The robot bumps into the TARDIS yet again, chitters and jingles, then slowly turns to the right, all the time keeping in contact with the outside of the ship. When it is in line with the side, it moves forward, constantly bumping the side, obviously feeling its way along. At the corner it stops, makes various little noises, then nudges its way around and proceeds along that side.) 10: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR, VICKI, and STEVEN are standing and listening. The sounds can clearly be heard within the ship.) STEVEN: (Whispering.) What's going on? VICKI: (Whispering.) Something is feeling it's way ‘round the ship. DOCTOR: (Softly.) Yes. Like something trying to discover by touch. Something blind. (VICKI moves around, facing the sound of the noise.) VICKI: (Softly.) It's just reaching this corner now. DOCTOR: (Softly.) Yes, it is blind. VICKI: (Softly.) Whatever it is? DOCTOR: (Softly.) As you say my dear, whatever it is. 11: EXT. PLANET (The robot bumbles its way around the last corner of the TARDIS. It stops, chitters to itself, then moves off a small distance.) 12: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (As the robot moves away, it comes into view on the scanner screen. The robot stops, a light starts flashing on top of it, and it starts to emit a high-pitched, whistling sound.) DOCTOR: Just look, now! Now look, there's something quite different, isn't it? Hmm, hmm! (The DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI continue to stare at the scanner.) STEVEN: (Apprehensively.) You know Doctor, it... it looks to me as if it's... sending some kind of message. What do you think? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, it... it... it might be that. It... ah... to its controller whoever it might be, hmm? STEVEN: Yes, or whatever it might be. DOCTOR: Yeah... (He realises what STEVEN has said.) DOCTOR: Hey? VICKI: (Happily.) Oh look! It's got a sort of... "chumbley" movement! STEVEN: (Surprised.) "Chumbley"? VICKI: Yes you know, all sort of... chumbley! (The DOCTOR laughs. They turn away from the scanner. The robot is now out of sight.) DOCTOR: It's gone now. Hmm. STEVEN: (Disappointedly.) Yeah, bang goes my swimming! VICKI: Oh, it doesn't take much to put you off. A sweet little thing like that? DOCTOR: You know, I must be wrong child. There is life out there, yes, a very intelligent... highly intelligent life... to build machines like that. VICKI: Chumbley! (The DOCTOR turns to the control panel and flicks some switches and levers.) DOCTOR: Well, Chumbley, if you like, my child. (He laughs quietly.) STEVEN: You know, Doctor, that thing might have been dangerous. DOCTOR: Mmm. VICKI: (Scoffing.) Ohh... STEVEN: What are we going to do about it? (The DOCTOR operates a control and the TARDIS doors swing open.) DOCTOR: I'm going to find out. Come along my child. And bring my stick. (The DOCTOR walks out of the ship. VICKI grabs his walking stick and she and STEVEN follow.) 14: EXT. PLANET (The group exits the TARDIS. the DOCTOR sniffs the air.) DOCTOR: Oh, it's delightful. (He takes his stick from VICKI.) DOCTOR: Yes, thank you. Just about the right amount of oxygen, hmm? (Laughs.) VICKI: Umm! I can smell flowers! DOCTOR: Oh indeed! How delightful. Well, there's one thing child - there's no Chumblies about! (The DOCTOR and VICKI laugh. The DOCTOR locks the TARDIS door.) STEVEN: Vicki! Look at this! (STEVEN points upward. VICKI shields her eyes with her hands and looks at the sky.) VICKI: Three suns!? STEVEN: Yes, I wonder which one we're revolving around? (As VICKI looks away, something in a clump of nearby bushes catches her eye.) VICKI: Oh look! There's those flowers that I could smell... hey, they're roses! (She moves to examine them.) VICKI: No they're not, not quite roses, but almost. (The DOCTOR moves away from the TARDIS, glances up at the suns, then looks around.) DOCTOR: This silence reminds me of the planet, er, Xeros. VICKI: You don't think we've jumped the time track again, do you? DOCTOR: No, no, my dear, not again, not again, but, uh... it's so quiet. STEVEN: Yeah, it's almost too quiet. (VICKI has spotted something and looks alarmed.) VICKI: (Fearfully.) Doctor! DOCTOR: Mmm? VICKI: (Fearfully.) A Chumbley! (The DOCTOR and STEVEN turn. From behind the TARDIS a CHUMBLEY appears, pointing a short, rod-like appendage at them from beneath its dome.) STEVEN: That one looks pretty vicious! Doctor! Is that a g*n? DOCTOR: Stand still! Otherwise we all might be k*lled. (The DOCTOR moves cautiously towards the CHUMBLEY and addresses it.) DOCTOR: We come in peace. We don't wish you any harm. (STEVEN edges slowly to the right as the DOCTOR speaks. The CHUMBLEY is silent.) VICKI: He can't speak. DOCTOR: No, but, uh, by the look of that thing sticking out in front, it's unmistakably like a speaker to me. (THE CHUMBLEY now makes whistling sounds.) VICKI: Trying to talk. DOCTOR: Hmm. (STEVEN slowly bends to pick up a piece of rock. As he does he makes a slight sound. Immediately the CHUMBLEY trains its g*n on him.) VICKI: Steven, look out! DOCTOR: You dumb fool! STEVEN: I was only trying to get something to protect us...! DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) Oh, indeed, yes! Very noble indeed! (The CHUMBLEY makes the same humming noise as it did when it circled the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: (Annoyed.) Now you've put the thing on its guard. (Intrigued.) Yes, it's interesting, it's fascinating. Did you notice that, er, it didn't do anything until you made a noise? STEVEN: Yes, it is blind. VICKI: But it can hear. DOCTOR: Oh yes, and very accurately! You know, I believe it can locate us by some form of... heat wave, as it were. (With its usual chirruping sounds, the CHUMBLEY moves toward them. It reaches the DOCTOR and nudges him. The DOCTOR steps back and it nudges him again. He backs some more. The CHUMBLEY then moves away and starts to move toward STEVEN and VICKI.) STEVEN: Do you get that feeling that it... wants us to go somewhere, Doctor? DOCTOR: Stand still. Don't let it move you. (The CHUMBLEY whistles again. They remain as they are despite the nudges of the CHUMBLEY. Then it pauses as it apparently receives a message. It chatters to itself, then points its g*n at some vegetation on one of the rocky slopes and fires. The vegetation plants bursts into flame. The DOCTOR, VICKI, and STEVEN react at this demonstration.) DOCTOR: As neat a treat as ever I saw! VICKI: What was it? DOCTOR: Well, it's some kind of light ray, very powerful and dangerous, I would say. I think we're... we'd better do what the thing wants us. (Laughs.) STEVEN: Yes, c'mon Vicki. (The three travellers turn in the direction the CHUMBLEY indicates, and they move off. The CHUMBLEY follows closely behind. As they move across the landscape, the CHUMBLEY moves from side to side, herding them along. A short way ahead a spur of rock overhangs the route that they are taking. Two women are in hiding on the spur. They are DRAHVINS. They have blonde hair and their faces are straight and set, showing no emotion. Three rows of dots appear to be their eyebrows. They wear high-necked uniforms. Each holds a futuristic-looking g*n. Both look toward the CHUMBLEY and the travellers as they approach. One of the DRAHVINS puts her g*n aside and holds up a thin sheet of metal mesh. The other also puts her g*n aside and grasps the other edge of the mesh sheet. As the DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI approach, the DRAHVINS ease themselves forward in readiness. Together the two DRAHVINS hurl the mesh down, and it lands on the CHUMBLEY. The CHUMBLEY'S domes instantly collapse down on top of each other. The DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI turn in surprise.) DOCTOR: (Stutters.) What the...? (The two DRAHVINS jump down from the spur and join the travellers.) VICKI: Who are they? STEVEN: I have no idea, but aren't they a lovely surprise? DRAHVINS ONE AND TWO: We are the Drahvins. STEVEN: And... (Chuckling.) ...very nice too. DOCTOR: (To STEVEN.) Ahh, tcha, tcha, tcha. (To the DRAHVINS.) What might the Drahvins be? DRAHVIN ONE: We are from the planet Drahva, in Galaxy Four. STEVEN: Yes, well you seem to have put a pretty effective stop to this thing. DRAHVIN ONE: As long as the metal mesh covers it, the control waves cannot reach it. VICKI: (Suspiciously.) What do you want? DRAHVIN TWO: We came to rescue you from the machines. STEVEN: Why? DRAHVIN TWO: Maaga will tell you. STEVEN: Maaga? DRAHVIN ONE: Our leader. DOCTOR: Why can't you tell us, hmm? DRAHVIN ONE: Our mission was to rescue you. We have done that. We have no other instructions except to take you to Maaga. DRAHVIN TWO: We do nothing until a leader speaks. DOCTOR: I see. DRAHVIN TWO: You will come now. VICKI: Doctor, I don't trust them. I don't think that we should go with them. DRAHVIN ONE: If you stay here, more machines will come. They will capture you and take you to the Rills. DOCTOR: The Rills... are these the people that control these things, hmm? DRAHVIN TWO: They are not people. DRAHVIN ONE: They are things. DRAHVIN TWO: They crawl. DRAHVIN ONE: They m*rder. VICKI: m*rder? DRAHVIN TWO: They have already k*lled one of us. DOCTOR: Oh, I should like to meet these Rills! STEVEN: And be k*lled, Doctor? DOCTOR: This is only what they say, and who are they, hmm, hmm? STEVEN: At least they stopped the Chumbley. Doesn't that prove something? DOCTOR: Eh, yes, all right, perhaps you better take us to this Maaga, this leader, whatever it is... VICKI: (Interrupting.) Doctor! More Chumblies! (They all turn. In the distance three CHUMBLIES are moving in a straight line toward them.) DRAHVIN ONE: The mesh! (The two DRAHVINS try to remove the mesh sheet from the CHUMBLEY, but it will not come off. The others watch.) DRAHVIN ONE: It's caught! DOCTOR: They're all magnetized so that you can't get the top off. VICKI: They're getting close! (The DOCTOR looks around and reacts.) DOCTOR: Goodness gracious! STEVEN: Look, it won't come off. Let's leave it. DRAHVIN TWO: We were instructed not to lose... STEVEN: Look, were you instructed to be k*lled as well? VICKI: For goodness sake! DRAHVIN ONE: We must go! VICKI: Come on! They're nearly here! DOCTOR: Come! Come! VICKI: You all right, Doctor? DOCTOR: Quickly! Quickly! (They rush off. A moment later the pursuing CHUMBLIES move in and circle the other CHUMBLEY trapped beneath the metal mesh. One CHUMBLEY moves in and reaches out to grasp the metal mesh with its mechanical arm. It pulls the mesh clear, releasing its trapped companion. They move off in the same direction that the DRAHVINS, the DOCTOR, and his companions have taken.) 14: EXT. PLANET (The fugitives run as fast as they can across the planets surface.) 15: EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (The DOCTOR, VICKI, STEVEN, and the two DRAHVINS approach the door of the spaceship. The craft is a flat, octagonal vessel supported by struts. All of them are out of breath from running and are clearly exhausted.) DOCTOR: (Breathless.) Oh! VICKI: Ah! DOCTOR: Oh, good gracious! VICKI: Are you all right? DOCTOR: Yes, I think so. Ahh, it's all this physical exercise at my age. (Laughs quietly.) (DRAHVIN ONE looks back nervously in the direction from which they have come.) DRAHVIN ONE: They're nearly here. Quickly! Inside! (DRAHVIN ONE leads and the others follow her into the spaceship.) 16: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP DRAHVIN ONE: Close external door. DRAHVIN THREE: Close external door. (The door that they have just come through slides shut, with a whine of power. The door has a large window in it. VICKI looks through it, as the DOCTOR and STEVEN study their surroundings. The airlock area leads directly into a large room, one wall of which is lined with machinery. There are tables, chairs and benches in the room. Several observation windows are in the walls. The DOCTOR is coughing and holds his handkerchief up to his mouth.) STEVEN: Well, it, ah, was a decent space ship once. DOCTOR: (Breathlessly.) Very backward now, isn't it? Yes, it's almost fossilized. (He laughs.) STEVEN: Oh I don't know, it's got one or two good features... (VICKI runs to her companions from where she has been looking through a window in the door.) VICKI: We've, uh, just b*at those Chumblies... they're still outside. DOCTOR: Are we safe here? DRAHVIN ONE: Yes. They cannot enter. DRAHVIN TWO: Silence! Maaga is coming! DOCTOR: Maaga! (Laughs.) We're back there again! (The DOCTOR, VICKI, and STEVEN all laugh together. MAAGA, the leader arrives. She looks identical to her subordinates but has a cold and chilly character about her. Her voice, although crisp and icy, has more emotion than the other DRAHVINS.) MAAGA: Report! DRAHVIN ONE: Mission accomplished! We have brought the prisoners. VICKI: Prisoners? MAAGA: And the metal mesh? DRAHVIN ONE: (Fearfully.) It stopped the machine. MAAGA: Good. DRAHVIN ONE: (Fearfully.) We... could not... get the mesh back MAAGA: What?! DRAHVIN ONE: (Fearfully.) It... became... affixed... to the... machine. STEVEN: She's got them pretty frightened, hasn't she, Doctor? DOCTOR: (To MAAGA.) Yes, dear madam, the young lady speaks the truth. The Chumblies are magnetized. (MAAGA glances at the DOCTOR, then back to the two DRAHVINS.) MAAGA: (To the two DRAHVINS.) I will deal with you both later. Sit. (DRAHVIN ONE and DRAHVIN TWO go to a bench and sit down after placing their g*n in a rack. MAAGA looks across at the DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI, and attempts to soften her voice.) MAAGA: (To the DOCTOR.) I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Won't you sit down? DOCTOR: Aahhh... yes, heh heh, thank you, I will, hmm. (He wipes the seat with his handkerchief before sitting down.) MAAGA: I had to hear the report first. DOCTOR: Oh naturally! MAAGA: It is necessary when you are at w*r. STEVEN: (Surprised.) At w*r? MAAGA: With the Rills and their machines. VICKI: The Chumblies! MAAGA: This is a fight to the death. For existence itself... (The DOCTOR nods to himself, thinking, but gives no other reaction.) DOCTOR: I see. MAAGA: ...in which one of us will be obliterated. DOCTOR: Oh? As bad as that? MAAGA: (With menace.) Yes, so bad that it is conceivable that you, too, will be obliterated. DOCTOR: Oh, come now! There is no need to exaggerate. MAAGA: It's no exaggeration! VICKI: (Suspiciously.) You want to k*ll us, don't you? You want to. MAAGA: When a planet disintegrates, nothing survives. (The DOCTOR is suddenly alert.) DOCTOR: (Scornfully.) Disintegrates... this planet, hmm? MAAGA: Yes, it's in its last moments of life. Soon it will explode. DOCTOR: When? MAAGA: In fourteen dawns' time. STEVEN: Look, how do you know? How can you be so certain? MAAGA: The Rills told us. That is why they're repairing their spaceship... so that they can escape. DOCTOR: Hmm... well that sounds reasonable enough to me. (Laughs.) MAAGA: We must capture that spaceship from them. STEVEN: What for? This is a spaceship as well, isn't it? MAAGA: Yes, but it cannot fly! The Rills shut us down! We cannot move! STEVEN: You... you don't belong here? MAAGA: No. Nor do the Rills. There is no life on this planet. We come from Drahva. Some four hundred dawns ago, we were investigating this particular section of the galaxy. We were looking for a planet such as this, capable of supporting life so that we might colonise it. There are too many of us on Drahva. STEVEN: All women? MAAGA: Women? STEVEN: Er... yes... Women! (He is stuck for a further explanation.) DOCTOR: Yes... er... feminine... female (The DOCTOR laughs in a slightly embarrassed way and gestures at MAAGA'S own form.) MAAGA: (Realising.) Oh! (Laughs.) We have a small number of men... as many as we need. The rest we k*ll. (The smile on the DOCTOR'S face slowly disappears.) MAAGA: They consume valuable food and fulfill no particular function. (MAAGA gestures disdainfully at the three DRAHVINS.) MAAGA: And these are not what you would call human! They are cultivated in test tubes. We have very good scientists. (She hits her chest.) MAAGA: I am a living being! They are products... and inferior products! Grown for a purpose and capable of nothing more. STEVEN: Grown for what purpose? MAAGA: To fight, to k*ll. (STEVEN and VICKI look at each other. VICKI is sickened.) DOCTOR: (Somewhat sarcastically.) Yours must be a very interesting civilization. (Laughs.) You att*cked the Rills? MAAGA: No. We were in space above this planet. When we saw a ship, such as we had never seen before. We did not know it, but it was a Rill ship. It fired on us, and we crashed. But before we did, we managed to f*re back so that they'd crash, too. On landing... they k*lled one of my soldiers. STEVEN: What are they like, these Rills? MAAGA: (Whispers.) Disgusting! DOCTOR: Well, (Laughs.) that's no description, no description at all. (Laughs.) MAAGA: That's all I'll say. DOCTOR: Yes, I... I think I'm beginning to understand. STEVEN: Well, so am I, Doctor. DOCTOR: (Thinking.) Yeah... STEVEN: This planet's about to explode, the Rills have managed to repair their ship in time so they can escape... you haven't, so you want their ship. MAAGA: (Coldly.) We have no desire to be here when this planet ceases to exist. (DRAHVIN THREE, on watch at an observation window, calls out.) DRAHVIN THREE: Machine approaching! 17: EXT. PLANET (A CHUMBLEY moves across the landscape, approaching the DRAHVINS' spaceship.) 18: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (MAAGA strides to an observation window and looks out.) MAAGA: To your stations! (Immediately the DRAHVINS take up positions by projections in the bulkhead, which are, in fact, g*n.) MAAGA: Switch off the outside radio! (One of the DRAHVINS operates a switch.) VICKI: What are they doing now? STEVEN: They're going to have another go at the Chumblies, by the look of things. DOCTOR: Switch off the outside radio? Why, I wonder, hmm? (MAAGA turns from the observation window to answer.) MAAGA: They send the machines to tell us lies. We do not wish to hear them. DOCTOR: Yes, er, madam! You may not but I'd like to, uh, hear it. (Laughs.) MAAGA: It's not good for my soldiers! (The DOCTOR goes over to the observation window and stands by MAAGA. By now THE CHUMBLEY is silent.) DOCTOR: Ahh, I see. It's stopped. MAAGA: Yes, now it is sending its message. f*re! (f*ring commences.) 19: EXT. PLANET (The CHUMBLEY is h*t by a burst of smoke and flame. It collapses its domes and is still for a moment, then it raises them again and extends an aerial. It chatters to itself, as if sending a message, and turns and moves off.) 20: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (The DOCTOR and MAAGA are looking out of the observation window and see what has happened.) DOCTOR: (Laughs.) You didn't do it very much damage, did you? (Laughs.) MAAGA: (Coldly.) My only intention was to scare it off. We've succeeded. (To her people.) To your places. (DRAHVIN ONE and DRAHVIN TWO immediately go back to the bench. DRAHVIN THREE exits the main chamber.) DOCTOR: And you haven't destroyed one Chumbley yet. MAAGA: (Quietly.) We will. DOCTOR: You know, I think you rather underestimate the Rills. Why should they tell you that this planet is going to die, hmm? MAAGA: They were trying to tempt us on board their spaceship so that they may k*ll us! STEVEN: You know, it seems to me as if they offered you help. MAAGA: That is what they maintain. VICKI: They might have been speaking the truth. They might have meant it. DOCTOR: On the other hand, it might have been a pack of lies. MAAGA: What do you mean? DOCTOR: Well this planet could last another billion years. MAAGA: Yes, that we have no way of proving. DOCTOR: I have... I'm a scientist! (MAAGA stares at the DOCTOR.) MAAGA: (Relieved.) Very well! I should be grateful if you would find out. DOCTOR: Oh, thank you, thank you! Well, I'm afraid we shall have to go back to my ship. (Laughs.) (The DOCTOR moves to the door and indicates for VICKI and STEVEN to join him.) MAAGA: Oh wait! You cannot all go. DOCTOR: Oh, but, ah, why? VICKI: Prisoners? Are we? MAAGA: Of course not. But if you should encounter the machines... STEVEN: What of it? MAAGA: I could not guarantee to rescue you again. DOCTOR: Oh, ho ho, you worry too much! (Laughs.) MAAGA: I shall feel easier if one of you remain behind. VICKI: I'll stay. DOCTOR: But my dear...! VICKI: (Firmly.) I'll stay! You'll need Steven anyway if you bump into the Chumblies again. (MAAGA signals for a DRAHVIN to open the outer door. As the DOCTOR and STEVEN leave, STEVEN turns to VICKI and gives her a reassuring smile.) DOCTOR: (Nervously.) Yes, well, very well, eh heh, young man, eh, you and I will go, (Laughs.) yes. (Laughs again.) DRAHVIN THREE: Door opening! (With its whirring sound, the door opens and the DOCTOR steps out.) STEVEN: We won't be long, Vicki. Promise we won't get lost. (VICKI nods and smiles bravely. STEVEN leaves and the door shuts.) 21: EXT. PLANET (The DOCTOR and STEVEN appear over the edge of a slope near the TARDIS. STEVEN sees danger ahead.) STEVEN: Chumblies! (They both crouch down and look ahead. A CHUMBLEY is by the TARDIS and is making obvious attempts to gain entry. After a little while it gives up and withdraws, to be replaced immediately by a second CHUMBLEY, who moves up to the ship.) STEVEN: Can they get in Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, they'd have to be... pretty well advanced to break my... force barrier, ha, ha...! Hmm? (There is a screaming of metal as the second CHUMBLEY brings some mechanized force to bear against the door. The DOCTOR and STEVEN continue to watch from their vantage point.) 22. INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (VICKI is on her own in the spaceship. She sits on a bench, tense and unhappy. She sighs, stands up, and is about to move to look out of the observation window when she hears something. She goes over to the bulkhead and presses her ear against it.) MAAGA: (OOV.) To lose the mesh with great incompetence. It was our only w*apon against the machines. If we lose to the Rills it will be because of you. You want that, do you? DRAHVINS: (OOV.) No... no... MAAGA: (OOV.) You want to be captured by those creeping, revolting, green monsters? You want their slimy claws to close about your necks? You fools! You fools! (The DRAHVINS moan with dread...) DRAHVINS: (OOV.) No... no... no... (VICKI shrinks away in horror.) 23: EXT. PLANET DOCTOR: I wonder what they're up to, eh? STEVEN: Trying something else by the look of it. DOCTOR: Yes... (A CHUMBLEY, in a last futile attempt, tries its light ray on the doors of the TARDIS. The CHUMBLEY gives up, transmits a message, and moves off.) DOCTOR: There! You see, my boy, look, not a scratch! Not a scratch! (Laughs.) STEVEN: Yes, well, are we going in or not, Doctor? DOCTOR: I certainly excelled myself with that force barrier. STEVEN: (Exasperated.) Yes, Doctor. DOCTOR: (Stutters.) Now wait a minute... (He takes a careful look around.) DOCTOR: I think they've all gone to bed! (Laughs.) (They walk over to the TARDIS and the DOCTOR starts to open the door.) DOCTOR: Well, it's a very good thing I've got you around, young man, to tell me what I'm supposed to be doing! STEVEN: (Humouring him.) Yes, you're so right, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm? Hmm! (They enter the TARDIS.) 24. INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR moves across to his astral map machine and presses buttons. He adjusts various dials with growing concern.) STEVEN: Well, Doctor, will this planet explode? (The DOCTOR nods, coming to a decision.) DOCTOR: The Rills were quite right. STEVEN: Then we've got to get off the planet! DOCTOR: Yes, if the Drahvins let us go. STEVEN: We've got to make that sure they do! DOCTOR: (Excitedly.) They need our help with the Rills! Why do you think they've held Vicki back? STEVEN: Okay, but we've got to get off here somehow! DOCTOR: It's imperative we leave at once! STEVEN: Why is that? The Drahvins did say fourteen dawns. DOCTOR: Two dawns! Tomorrow is the last day this planet will ever see.
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x01 - Four Hundred Dawns"}
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Trap of Steel Written by William Emms Original Air Date: 18 September, 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM STEVEN: Okay, but we've got to get off here somehow! DOCTOR: It's imperative we leave at once! STEVEN: Why is that that? The Drahvins did say fourteen dawns. DOCTOR: Two dawns! Tomorrow is the last day this planet will ever see! 2: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (VICKI is alone. She goes over to the observation window...) TRAP OF STEEL (...and looks out.) Written by WILLIAM EMMS 3: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM STEVEN: We've gotta get back - get Vicki away from the Drahvins! (STEVEN crosses over to the DOCTOR.) STEVEN: The doors, Doctor! Can we see the scanner? (The DOCTOR operates the scanner. A CHUMBLEY is moving towards the TARDIS, carrying a black phial-shaped object about eighteen inches in length supported on two wires.) 4. EXT. PLANET (The CHUMBLEY gets near to the TARDIS.) STEVEN: (OOV.) What's that it's got? DOCTOR: (OOV.) I wish I knew. (The CHUMBLEY moves right in, bumping into the side of the police box, then drops the phial. The CHUMBLEY chatters, turns about, and moves off. As it does so, two wires can be seen in its grip, running back to the phial. The CHUMBLEY moves away to a safe distance, turns to face the TARDIS and halts, holding the ends of the wires a few inches apart.) STEVEN: (OOV.) Perhaps it's just going to stand guard there. DOCTOR: (OOV.) No. No! It's...it's...it's waiting for something. STEVEN: (OOV.) But what? DOCTOR: (OOV.) I can't quite see. Hmm. 5: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM STEVEN: Doctor, I...I think it's holding a couple of wires. DOCTOR: Yeah... STEVEN: (Shouts.) Look! (There is a loud expl*si*n. The TARDIS shakes and then is still again. STEVEN gets up and shakes his head to clear it.) STEVEN: (Breathlessly.) Doctor? Doctor, where are you? (The DOCTOR sits up from behind the console. STEVEN goes over and helps him to his feet. The DOCTOR and STEVEN take a few steps. Then there is another expl*si*n. Both cry out. They both try again to catch their breaths.) STEVEN: (Breathlessly.) Doctor... (He helps him to his feet again.) DOCTOR: (Panting.) Oh, thank you, my boy. Oh! Oh! I think Guy Fawkes must have been resurrected! STEVEN: Oh, please, Doctor! DOCTOR: Oh... STEVEN: You all right? DOCTOR: Yes, well... Are you all right dear boy, hmm? STEVEN: (Breathlessly.) Yes, fine, thanks. DOCTOR: Oh... STEVEN: Do you think it's done any damage? DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. It'd take more than that to get in here. (They suddenly hear the sound of the CHUMBLEY - bumping and sliding and humming and whistling.) DOCTOR: Oh! STEVEN: It's all right, Doctor. I think it's just come to investigate. DOCTOR: (Annoyed.) Yes, well, it's going to be disappointed, isn't it? (STEVEN and the DOCTOR look at the scanner. The DOCTOR motions towards the screen on which the CHUMBLEY is seen to depart.) DOCTOR: Look! You see! There they go! (Gleefully.) Look, away into the distance. Empty-handed! (Laughs.) STEVEN: Yes, they've given up. DOCTOR: Yes! Yes, unless they...they come back with a piece more trouble, I wonder. Come on, we must go. (He opens the doors.) DOCTOR: So...so little time. STEVEN: Two dawns, hmm? DOCTOR: (Whispers.) Two dawns. Come on! Come on! (They leave the TARDIS.) 6: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (VICKI is still at the window looking outside. MAAGA is in the living quarters sat at a table with a plate of food.) MAAGA: Are you sure you won't eat? VICKI: (Surly.) No, thank you. (MAAGA starts to eat the food.) MAAGA: (With her mouth full.) It's very good. (VICKI comes over and looks in disgust at what MAAGA is eating.) VICKI: It looks like leaves to me. MAAGA: It is leaves. VICKI: Leaves? Is that what you eat? MAAGA: (With her mouth full.) Of course! VICKI: Eurgh! MAAGA: Everything that lives must eat. (VICKI walks back to the window.) VICKI: (Worried.) They've been gone ages. It must be at least two hours. MAAGA: They'll be back soon. VICKI: Not if a Chumbley gets them first. MAAGA: They won't allow themselves to be caught. They're much too worried about you. VICKI: That's why you've kept me here, isn't it? (MAAGA does not respond. VICKI goes over to her.) VICKI: Isn't it? MAAGA: You're safe here. VICKI: (With a sarcastic laugh.) Safe! MAAGA: Exactly. VICKI: Look! Can't I go and look for them? MAAGA: If they're not back soon, we will go and look for them. VICKI: Well, let me go now! MAAGA: No, I can't let you do that...because you might all escape in your spaceship. And we need your help. VICKI: Whether we want to give it or not. (MAAGA gives VICKI an unpleasant smile.) MAAGA: Oh, I'm sure that all of you want to help us. (She continues eating.) 7: EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (STEVEN approaches the spaceship.) STEVEN: Well, we've made it Doctor. You know, this is a pretty strange kind of spaceship. (The DOCTOR walks up behind him.) DOCTOR: Are you talking to yourself, dear boy, hmm? STEVEN: I was just saying that it's a strange kind of spaceship. DOCTOR: Yes... STEVEN: Old-fashioned. DOCTOR: Yes, I don't think much of it. It's not very well advanced, is it? In fact, as you say, it's old-fashioned. (Laughs.) Yes! I don't think these Drahvins are very intelligent, do you? (The DOCTOR begins searching through his pockets.) STEVEN: Yeah, but it's the metal, I mean, Doctor, you know. Well, it's inferior! DOCTOR: Hmm. (The DOCTOR takes a screwdriver out of his pocket and starts to scratch the hull with it.) DOCTOR: Yes, well, it's tough, but, er, it's not impregnable. No, it's very common metal really. Yes, it's, er, nothing unusual, nothing unusual. Well, I suggest that we go in instead of standing around here admiring the scenery. Come along. (The DOCTOR heads for the entrance door.) STEVEN: (Surprised.) Well, what are you talking about Doctor?! It's you who stopped to fiddle around on ... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) But, you brought up the subject! Now don't argue, please! (STEVEN groans in despair.) DOCTOR: Don't argue! (Stutters.) I've never heard such rubbish! Huh! (The DOCTOR goes to the door and raps sharply on it with his stick.) 8: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (Hearing the knocking on the door, MAAGA operates the control to open it while VICKI waits expectantly.) MAAGA: Your friends. Safe, you see? VICKI: No thanks to you, though, is it? (The DOCTOR and STEVEN enter. VICKI runs toward to them.) STEVEN: All right Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, yes! VICKI: (Relieved.) Oh, Doctor, you're all right! DOCTOR: Yes, my child, I'm all right. VICKI: You were away so long! (The DOCTOR and STEVEN speak at once. STEVEN wins out.) STEVEN: Yes. Well, we'd have been a lot quicker if it hadn't been for the Doc... (STEVEN sees the look that the DOCTOR is giving him.) STEVEN: We got held up by a Chumbley. DOCTOR: It tried to blow us up inside the TARDIS. (He then laughs.) MAAGA: (Sharply.) It didn't succeed? DOCTOR: (Angrily.) Well of course they didn't! My ship's not made of tin like this old trash! (The DOCTOR laughs.) DOCTOR: Good gracious me! Seems if I cough too loud, maybe the whole thing would fall to pieces! (Laughs.) MAAGA: It served its purpose. DOCTOR: Yes, whatever that might be, hmm. (Laughs.) (MAAGA operates a control and the door shuts.) DOCTOR: Is that necessary? MAAGA: We have to protect ourselves against the machines. DOCTOR: Hmm. MAAGA: (Urgently.) Did you find out about this planet? DOCTOR: Yes. MAAGA: Will it explode? DOCTOR: I'm afraid so. MAAGA: When? DOCTOR: Exactly when the Rills said it would - in fourteen dawns time. (STEVEN is about to speak but then decides against it.) MAAGA: (Softly.) Fourteen dawns. VICKI: Well, we should go, shouldn't we? We should... (VICKI stops speaking. The DOCTOR sits down at the table.) MAAGA: Doctor... DOCTOR: Mmm. MAAGA: Will you help us? DOCTOR: Er, to do what, exactly? MAAGA: To capture the Rill spaceship so that we can escape? (The DOCTOR starts laughing, but then speaks with annoyance.) DOCTOR: And how do I do that, hmm? What happens then, hmm? MAAGA: What do you mean? DOCTOR: Well, I mean, er, what happens to the Rills, hmm? MAAGA: Well, they remain on this planet! VICKI: (Horrified.) To be blown up? MAAGA: (Intensely.) They are m*rder! STEVEN: Why couldn't you take them up with you? MAAGA: (Softly.) Because they're evil! You only have to see them to know. Evil! DOCTOR: We only have your word for that. In any case, I can't help you. MAAGA: (With desperation.) Why not? DOCTOR: (Loudly.) In the first place, madam, I never k*ll anything! Neither do my friends. (He walks away from her.) MAAGA: Well, either the Rills die or we do! DOCTOR: Or, as the young man suggests, why don't you both go off together, mm? MAAGA: Impossible! (The DOCTOR laughs to himself.) STEVEN: Come on, what's so impossible about it? Have you ever tried being friendly? DOCTOR: Yes, a very good question, dear boy. VICKI: It seems to me you want to be enemies. MAAGA: The situation was forced upon us. STEVEN: Or maybe they k*lled your soldier by mistake. MAAGA: (Angrily.) There's no mistake about it! STEVEN: Well, you seem pretty sure for someone who was half unconscious after the crash! MAAGA: You, too, doubt my word. VICKI: We'd be pretty stupid not to. DOCTOR: Yes, all these objections sum up mine. It's none of our business. It's impossible. I'm afraid we can't help you. And it does appear to me that, ah, none of you have tried to help yourselves. STEVEN: Too busy fighting... MAAGA: You will not change your mind? DOCTOR: No. MAAGA: This is your last chance. DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Very likely! (MAAGA pulls a hand w*apon from her belt and points it at the DOCTOR.) MAAGA: You may not realize it, but at first I point this at your hand and then I pull the trigger and... (From the first moment when MAAGA drew the g*n, STEVEN has been judging his distance. Suddenly, he leaps and grabs the g*n with both hands, forcing it upwards. They sway to and fro while VICKI and the DOCTOR watch in consternation. At one point their struggle knocks them against the table and sends it and the plate of “food” crashing away.) 9: EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (Outside, the three DRAHVINS return from patrol. They enter the ship.) 10: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (As they observe what is happening, they raise their g*n.) VICKI: Steven! (STEVEN sees the g*n and gives up the struggle.) DOCTOR: A very good attempt, my boy. Never mind. MAAGA: You'll help us now? DOCTOR: Yes, er, I don't seem to have much chance. MAAGA: You have none whatsoever! The Rills are repairing their spaceship. They have fourteen dawns in which to complete it. (STEVEN and the DOCTOR glance at each other, a gesture which MAAGA notices. There is a brief silence.) MAAGA: It is fourteen, isn't it? DOCTOR: Oh, er, yes, quite. MAAGA: You sure? DOCTOR: Yes, quite sure! MAAGA: (Softly.) Suddenly, I don't believe you! DOCTOR: Oh, but, ah, why should I lie, hmm? MAAGA: I really don't know, but to trick us or something. (Harshly.) When is this planet due to explode? DOCTOR: (Emphatically.) Fourteen dawns time! MAAGA: Very well. We shall k*ll the girl! (MAAGA nods her head and two of the DRAHVINS seize VICKI. The third points her g*n at her. The DOCTOR reluctantly concedes.) DOCTOR: Two dawns. (MAAGA is clearly stunned.) MAAGA: (Softly.) As soon as that? Well, you'll have to work quickly. The Rill spaceship is that way. (MAAGA points into the distance.) MAAGA: You will capture it for us! DOCTOR: It may not be ready yet. STEVEN: If it were, they'd have taken off by now. MAAGA: I'm sure that the Doctor can cope with that. DOCTOR: Oh, you have great faith in me, haven't you, mm? MAAGA: Yes, I have... (The DOCTOR laughs.) MAAGA: ...because I shall keep one of you here. I shall keep the girl! STEVEN: Oh no, you won't. You'll keep me! MAAGA: I said I shall keep... STEVEN: (Angrily.) Do you want our help or don't you? DOCTOR: (Angrily.) You will do as the young man suggests, hmm?! MAAGA: (With bad grace.) Very well, we'll keep him. DOCTOR: Come along Vicki - we have very little time. (VICKI follows the DOCTOR who stops at the airlock door.) DOCTOR: (To MAAGA.) Madam, do I begin by walking through this, hmm? (MAAGA presses the control and the door of the spaceship opens. The DOCTOR and VICKI look back at STEVEN and then leave.) STEVEN: Do you honestly believe that they can capture the Rills' spaceship all by themselves? MAAGA: Either they succeed... or we all die together. 11: EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (VICKI and the DOCTOR are outside the DRAHVIN spaceship. The DOCTOR gazes up at the sky, deep in thought.) VICKI: Doctor, come on. What are you standing there for? DOCTOR: Oh, (Stutters.) I was just ruminating about the night and day. I was wondering when it was going to get dark, then I just realized that there's three suns on this planet. Hmm, hmm. VICKI: What, you don't think they have night here at all? DOCTOR: Oh yes, they must, my dear, they must, otherwise this, ah, Maaga woman wouldn't be talking about dawns. Hmm, hmm. Probably lasts about two hours, mm. VICKI: Two hours? (He chuckles and then looks closely at the scratch on the spaceship hull that he made earlier.) DOCTOR: You remember when we were captured by those, er, Chumblies, hmm? VICKI: (Slightly laughing.) Yes, I do! DOCTOR: That ray g*n - why did they use it on the ship? I mean, if the Rills are such enemies of the, er, Drahvins, why don't they just wipe them out, hmm? VICKI: Maybe their rays can't cut through metal or... DOCTOR: Oh, don't you believe that, my dear. Don't you believe that for one minute! Heh, heh! No! That... er, that ray g*n could go through this like a piece of paper. VICKI: Oh, they don't even seem to have tried. DOCTOR: Mmm? No, it's all very odd, isn't it? (Laughs.) Yes, it's very odd. VICKI: Come on, Doctor, you said we haven't much time. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, of course, nearly one dawn. Yes, we must start that journey. Are you nervous? (VICKI shudders as she recalls the DRAHVIN'S description of the RILLS.) VICKI: Well, they sounded a bit nasty, didn't they? DOCTOR: Hmm, huh! (The DOCTOR and VICKI begin their journey.) 12: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (DRAHVINS ONE and TWO are eating at the table. STEVEN goes over to DRAHVIN TWO and touches her g*n. Then he goes over to DRAHVIN ONE and takes her g*n. To his surprise he realizes that both are non-functional. He then returns it.) STEVEN: Yes, well, it still won't work, but at least it looks prettier now. Can I have some food? (DRAHVIN ONE offers him two small tablets.) STEVEN: Is this all there is? DRAHVIN ONE: That is our food. STEVEN: Ugh. Does Maaga eat this? DRAHVIN ONE: No. She is our leader. STEVEN: Well, then I'll have some of what she eats. DRAHVIN ONE: You cannot. It is food for our leaders only. STEVEN: Well, that hardly seems fair, does it? DRAHVIN ONE: Fair? STEVEN: Yeah, I mean that, you know, she should have special food, and you have to eat this? DRAHVIN ONE: It is food. STEVEN: Does..., er, does Maaga have other special things? DRAHVIN ONE: She is our leader and has leader's things. STEVEN: What leader's things? DRAHVIN ONE: Her g*n. STEVEN: Her g*n? DRAHVIN ONE: Her food. A leader's g*n can destroy anything. STEVEN: What, even the Chumblies? DRAHVIN ONE: Even the machines! STEVEN: Well, then, you know, surely it would be better if... er, if you all had these g*n. Well then you wouldn't have to fear the machines. DRAHVIN ONE: There is only one g*n. Maaga has that g*n - as she is leader. STEVEN: You could take it with you when you went on patrol. DRAHVIN ONE: (Enlightened.) Yes. STEVEN: Doesn't it seem right that you should? DRAHVIN ONE: Only if Maaga says so! STEVEN: Yes, but I mean if you took it, and you...you went out and you destroyed the machine, Maaga would be pleased. (DRAHVIN ONE does not react. STEVEN speaks slower to make the DRAHVIN clone understand.) STEVEN: Maaga would be pleased if you destroyed the machine. DRAHVIN ONE: (Enlightened.) Yes! STEVEN: Well, then you should take it. DRAHVIN ONE: (Enlightened.) Yes... STEVEN: Well, I'll tell you what. You give me your g*n, whilst you go and fetch Maaga's, and then we can both fight the machines together. DRAHVIN ONE: (Enlightened.) Yes... (Suddenly...) MAAGA: You're trying to be too clever! (MAAGA has entered the room unnoticed.) MAAGA: (To DRAHVIN ONE.) You have done badly. You will be punished. This is a prisoner. You must not talk to him! DRAHVIN ONE: He was talking! MAAGA: He was trying to trick you like the machine. DRAHVIN ONE: I... have done wrong. I did not understand. MAAGA: Go to your quarters. (DRAHVIN ONE leaves and DRAHVIN THREE enters to take her place. MAAGA turns coldly on STEVEN.) MAAGA: You must keep out of our way. STEVEN: I don't particularly want to be here at all. MAAGA: You don't have to be. STEVEN: Oh? MAAGA: You could easily escape from this planet. STEVEN: (Laughs.) Oh, could I? MAAGA: In your own ship. STEVEN: Oh, taking you with me, of course. MAAGA: Well, you wouldn't expect us to stay behind? STEVEN: No, I suppose not. MAAGA: All you have to do is to take us off this planet and you are free! STEVEN: Just like that? MAAGA: It's a fair offer. STEVEN: Oh yes. Yes. But, even assuming I believed you - that on the way you didn't decide that I was eating too much food - there is a snag. MAAGA: What's that? STEVEN: (Smiles.) I can't operate it. (MAAGA scoffs.) MAAGA: I couldn't if I tried. Only the Doctor could do that. It's his ship. Why don't you try making an offer to him? Or is it that you think he might be just a little bit too clever for you. I'm the gullible one, is that it? I'm not much help, am I? MAAGA: I could make you help us. STEVEN: No, you couldn't. I mean, even I can't do the impossible. (Softly sarcastic.) So sorry. MAAGA: (Angrily.) Get over there and stay there! (MAAGA points to a padded area in the corner of the room.) STEVEN: That's an order, is it? MAAGA: (Quietly.) Yes, it is. (With a last contemptuous stare at MAAGA, STEVEN moves off into the corner. First he sits, then lies down after taking another look at the DRAHVINS who are sitting at the table where MAAGA joins them. There is silence. Then DRAHVIN THREE nervously asks a question.) DRAHVIN THREE: Maaga! MAAGA: What is it? DRAHVIN THREE: Why do we not k*ll him now? MAAGA: (Softly.) I will let you k*ll him when I am good and ready. (STEVEN, of course, overhears this.) 13: EXT. PLANET (The DOCTOR and VICKI have reached a ridge from where, lying down, they observe several CHUMBLIES patrolling back and forth.) VICKI: Doctor, we'll never get past those sentries. DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Fascinating things to watch, eh? (Laughs.) I wonder what the principal of the operation is? I suppose it's quite simple once you know, hmm? VICKI: Doctor! DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: How are we going to get past them? DOCTOR: Ah, yes, yes, that's quite a problem, my child, isn't it, hmm? VICKI: You're telling me it is! DOCTOR: Well, now don't lose patience, you see! Now look, in this case, first we must observe, note, collate, and then conclude. After that, perhaps we can act, hmm! VICKI: Yeah. Well, with the time we've got you'll have to do all that in about ten minutes flat! DOCTOR: Shh, shh, shh! Quiet, quiet! (They duck out of sight as another CHUMBLEY glides close by. As it moves past, VICKI gets an idea. Another CHUMBLEY comes close. She picks up a rock and suddenly throws it down behind it. It does not react and continues on its course. She claps her hands clean but the DOCTOR is aghast...) DOCTOR: What the... what the... what do... what are you doing? VICKI: That's the answer, Doctor, I thought that if I... DOCTOR: My dear child! You'll get us k*lled! VICKI: Didn't you see? They only pick up sounds in front of them. If we keep immediately behind them, we... they won't know we're there. DOCTOR: Yes, yes yes, you may appear to be right, but it's dangerous, and it's... it's very risky! VICKI: That was no risk. DOCTOR: Hmm! (She counts on her fingers...) VICKI: I noted, observed, collated, concluded... and then I threw the rock! DOCTOR: Oh yes, yes, yes, quite so, yes, yes. You about finished? VICKI: Yes. DOCTOR: Now, this time I'll ta... I'll give you the benefit of the doubt! But, well now... now, I suppose we've got to make a run for it! (The DOCTOR struggles to get up.) DOCTOR: Ahh! VICKI: Are you sure you can manage? DOCTOR: Oh, I think I can drag my aged libs... limbs in some sort of resemblance of a run! Go on! (VICKI laughs as she and the DOCTOR run across the landscape, dodging any CHUMBLIES and are careful to remain behind the robots at all times.) 14: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (The three clone DRAHVINS stand before MAAGA, each one rigidly holding her g*n in front of her. MAAGA is before them. STEVEN is still pretending to be asleep in the background.) MAAGA: Power units! (The DRAHVINS clap their hands to the power units of their g*n.) MAAGA: Off. (They click them off.) MAAGA: g*n. (Their right hands return to the g*n.) MAAGA: Down. (The g*n come down in unison on the table, the DRAHVINS still rigidly holding them.) MAAGA: Power units. (Their hands move to the power units.) MAAGA: Readings. (Each DRAHVIN looks at the small dial on their g*n's power unit.) MAAGA: One? DRAHVIN ONE: Three-nine-seven! MAAGA: Two? DRAHVIN TWO: Three-nine-four! MAAGA: Three? DRAHVIN THREE: (Nervously.) Three-eight-six... MAAGA: (Icily.) Get it charged, Three. (DRAHVIN THREE gets up and goes to the wall...) MAAGA: All g*n must be perfect. If any one is found defective... (THREE plugs her g*n into a connection and presses a switch. There is a whine of power.) MAAGA: ...the owner will be severely punished! Because soon, now, we will use them. I, Maaga, will see to it. Soon, now, we will break into the Rills' spaceship. (The DRAHVINS look at each other and nod meaningfully.) MAAGA: And the Rills, they will all be wiped out! (STEVEN tilts his head slightly and looks at the DRAHVINS.) 15: EXT. PLANET (The DOCTOR and VICKI move in and crouch down out of sight.) VICKI: (Breathlessly.) So far, so good! DOCTOR: Look... (He points.) DOCTOR: That looks like the home of the Rills. (VICKI looks in the direction the DOCTOR is pointing, towards a large building of triangle-shaped wall panels. This stands beside a vast black sphere. A small distance away from this is what appears to be a drill rig.) VICKI: That must be their space ship over there. DOCTOR: Yes, and what's... what's that other thing? VICKI: It looks like a...a drill rig. DOCTOR: Yes, it does, doesn't it? What could they be drilling for, hmm? VICKI: Oil? Gas? DOCTOR: Yeah. Well, there's only one way to find out. Go on! (They get up and more toward it.) 16: EXT. THE RILL CENTRE (The two come near to the centre. Panels of frosted glass on a complicated series of triangular scaffolds hang down. Near a narrow entrance, affixed to the wall, is a piece of machinery of some kind. A CHUMBLEY emerges from a triangular entrance and comes to rest. Then it swings around and goes back in again. The DOCTOR and VICKI creep forward and the DOCTOR examines the construction.) VICKI: What on earth will we do if another one of those things comes out? DOCTOR: We'd be in trouble! Do you know, this is a nice piece of building! Hmm. VICKI: It looks very temporary to me. DOCTOR: It's most impressive! Yes! Heh, heh. Most impressive! (The DOCTOR moves on and notices the machinery.) DOCTOR: What's this, I wonder? Huh? (He examines it and draws a conclusion.) DOCTOR: You know, I think these Rills are far more advanced than I thought they were, hmm? (VICKI looks at the machinery.) VICKI: Yes, it looks like some kind of... air purifier. DOCTOR: Yes, or some kind of machinery for... converting air into something else. (Laughs.) Yes, it's most interesting. (VICKI is peering in to the passage. The DOCTOR moves to join her.) DOCTOR: Can you see anything? 17: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. PASSAGEWAY (The passageway looks empty.) VICKI: No. DOCTOR: I'll lead the way. (They walk inside. Off to one side is a narrow low curved passageway.) DOCTOR: (Laughs.) You know, this looks as though it's been built for the Chumblies. VICKI: A Chumbley-shaped corridor! (The DOCTOR laughs. VICKI grows serious...) VICKI: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? (VICKI looks at the larger passageway that they stand in.) VICKI: If this one is for the Rills...? DOCTOR: Hmm. Hmm! (The DOCTOR and VICKI look around.) DOCTOR: Can you smell anything? (VICKI sniffs and pauses.) VICKI: Very faint though, isn't it. DOCTOR: Hmm. What is it? VICKI: I don't know, but I... I feel as though I ought to. DOCTOR: Yes, so should I, mm. Come on! Hmm. (The DOCTOR and VICKI walk down the corridor.) 18: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. ANOTHER PASSAGEWAY (The DOCTOR and VICKI come into view. They are now deeper inside the Rill center. The DOCTOR pauses to examine the wall, running his hand over it.) DOCTOR: Well, I must say, it's a... astonishing shape and design. Hmm, hmm. Marvellous work! Marvellous! (VICKI continues on. She stops and turns back to the DOCTOR.) VICKI: That smell is getting stronger, you know. DOCTOR: It's what? Mmm? VICKI: Shh! (They both freeze. They hear an approaching CHUMBLEY. They hide as several more appear. One of them extends a sensor almost as though it detects the presence of the DOCTOR and VICKI. Finally, they all move off and the DOCTOR and VICKI come out of hiding.) VICKI: Oh, Doctor! I thought they'd heard us. DOCTOR: (Laughs.) What are they doing? Listening or smelling? (They both laugh.) DOCTOR: Come on. Come on. (The two continue...) 19: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER (The DOCTOR and VICKI enter a large space and look about them. Here and there, neatly stacked are various constructional pieces; items of equipment and repair. There are several exits. One wall is black. It is the side of the RILLS' spaceship. The DOCTOR sees the black wall. The sound of machinery is heard humming in the background.) DOCTOR: A spaceship! (He walks over to it and examines it.) DOCTOR: (Impressed.) And you can't scratch the metal! Hmm, hmm. Isn't that astounding? Yes, it's far superior, far superior! Wonderful stuff for a spaceship. Hmm, hmm. VICKI: Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? VICKI: I know what that smell is now. DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: Ammonia. 20: EXT. THE RILL CENTRE (At the entrance to the Rill centre, a CHUMBLEY moves into the passageway. It meets another one of its kind and they bump and avoid each other before making the same way along the corridor.) 21: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER (The DOCTOR and VICKI are still examining the chamber.) VICKI: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: What do you think this thing is here? DOCTOR: Well, I should say this is, ah, some sort of repair shop, hmm. (The DOCTOR points at one device.) DOCTOR: Yes, and that's a... what, a Chumbley attachment? VICKI: Yeah. (The DOCTOR and VICKI both chuckle.) DOCTOR: Yes, a revelation, a revelation! Hmm! Ah. (VICKI then notices a deactivated CHUMBLEY, its domes collapsed together, making it look smaller than the others.) VICKI: (Whispering.) Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: (Whispering.) Do you think it's a baby one? (The DOCTOR looks over the small CHUMBLEY. He taps it, it makes a dull sound, and then a small electronic sound, rising and lowering in pitch issues from it.) DOCTOR: Not awake just yet. (They both laugh.) DOCTOR: Well, hmm, hmm. Ah... (He chuckles again but the good mood is shattered as VICKI lets out an ear piercing scream. A pair of hideous round alien eyes are starting at them...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x02 - Trap of Steel"}
foreverdreaming
Air Lock Written by William Emms Original Air Date: 25 September, 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER DOCTOR: I don't think he's quite awake yet! (VICKI laughs but the good mood is shattered as she lets out an ear piercing scream. From behind a frosted glass partition in the black spaceship wall, a pair of hideous round alien eyes are starting out at them...) 2: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. PASSAGEWAY (A CHUMBLEY moves along the passageway.) AIRLOCK (It reaches the end of the passageway and turns the corner into another.) Written by WILLIAM EMMS 3: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER (The DOCTOR and VICKI turn as they hear the sound of the CHUMBLEY approaching.) DOCTOR: There's a Chumbley coming! Quickly! (They both rush toward one of the passageways and pull to a halt as they see it is the one that the CHUMBLEY is moving down.) VICKI: Oh, Doctor! DOCTOR: Hurry! Quick! (They turn and flee down another passageway. The CHUMBLEY enters the central chamber. It pauses and then goes down the passageway taken by the DOCTOR and VICKI.) 4: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. PASSAGEWAY (The DOCTOR and VICKI hurry along, the sound of pursuing CHUMBLIES not far behind them.) DOCTOR: Come on! VICKI: (Breathlessly.) Come on, Doctor! (The DOCTOR sees the exit to the outside.) DOCTOR: (Breathlessly.) This way out. Come on! We'll make it! (They reach the entrance. The DOCTOR is a little way ahead of VICKI, who turns to look behind her.) 5: EXT. THE RILL CENTRE (The DOCTOR emerges and turns back to VICKI. As she is about to exit, a heavy iron grill slams down in front of her. She grips the bars frantically and looks out.) DOCTOR: Oh! Ah! VICKI: Oh! Doctor! (The DOCTOR runs over and examines the bars.) DOCTOR: (Breathlessly) I can't move it! It's immovable! Wait, wait, wait! I have an idea. (The DOCTOR looks around and sees the mechanism on the wall he examined before.) DOCTOR: I might be able to sabotage them. Now be patient. (He moves across to the mechanism and takes out a screwdriver from his pocket. VICKI waits, grasping the bars while looking behind her, expecting the CHUMBLEY at any minute. The DOCTOR quickly examines the air-converter unit.) DOCTOR: We know what this machine's for. This is to convert air into ammonia gas. VICKI: (With desperation) Doctor, hurry up! DOCTOR: Yes, now, have patience child. (He starts to take it apart.) DOCTOR: When I've finished with...this machine, I'm sure they will release you. VICKI: Never mind about that, release these bars! DOCTOR: No! No! That's the last thing we do. This is the thing that gives them the gas to breathe with. VICKI: You don't know that for certain! DOCTOR: My dear child, the Rills can't go outside. It's a foregone conclusion. (VICKI turns once more and looks down the passageway.) 6: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. PASSAGEWAY (Two CHUMBLIES moves along the passageway and reach VICKI. The DOCTOR appears on the other side of the bars and looks in. The CHUMBLIES make signs just as the one they first met did.) VICKI: (Fearfully.) Doctor! They...I think they...want me to go with them. DOCTOR: Well, I think you... you'd better do what they want, hmm? VICKI: (Nervously.) But Doctor, that thing in there - that thing looking out of the window, what... DOCTOR: Yes, that was one of the Rills, I suppose. VICKI: (Softly.) Doctor, I'm so scared. DOCTOR: Now, look, you go with them, quickly, but don't cause any trouble. It'll give me time to see if I can help you. I think perhaps I can do something with that machine, but I must have time! Hmm? Yes? VICKI: All right. Be quick. DOCTOR: All right, don't worry. Goodbye! (VICKI eyes the CHUMBLEY and moves toward it. The CHUMBLEY backs away. VICKI moves down the passageway followed by the CHUMBLEY. Another CHUMBLEY moves to meet her, and they nudge her toward the central chamber.) 7: EXT. THE RILL CENTRE (Having watched her go, the DOCTOR moves away from the bars and resumes work on the air-converter with his screwdriver.) DOCTOR: Dah! 8: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (STEVEN is still in the padded corner. He is lying down, apparently asleep.) DRAHVIN TWO: Maaga, shall we go? MAAGA: Where? DRAHVIN TWO: To patrol. MAAGA: I see no need. DRAHVIN TWO: To see what the other two are doing. MAAGA: No. DRAHVIN TWO: But, Maaga... MAAGA: Can you hear me? DRAHVIN TWO: We always go out on patrol at this time. MAAGA: Yes, but not now. (The three DRAHVINS look uneasily at one another.) MAAGA: Soldier Drahvins, you can't understand anything that's different, can you? You are made unintelligent, and you remain that way for the rest of your lives. (MAAGA turns away and sighs, talking almost to herself.) MAAGA: I told them soldiers were no good for space work. All they can do is k*ll. But they wouldn't listen. If you are to conquer space, they said, you will need soldiers. So here I am confronted with danger. I'm the only one able to think! (She turns back to the others.) MAAGA: Very well. I am your...commanding officer. I am your controller, am I not? DRAHVIN TWO: Yes, Maaga. MAAGA: And you obey my orders? DRAHVIN TWO: Yes, Maaga. MAAGA: Why? DRAHVIN TWO: Because you are our leader. MAAGA: And? DRAHVIN TWO: You think. MAAGA: And you don't know what that means. (The DRAHVINS are silent.) MAAGA: But because I think, I order that there will be no patrol now. We have a prisoner. In order to save him, the other two must help us. (She looks towards STEVEN.) DRAHVIN ONE: I do not understand why they would want to help a friend. MAAGA: I know you don't. DRAHVIN ONE: We would not. We would leave him here. MAAGA: Yes... (Laughs.) ...we would. But I have heard of creatures like these. They help one another. DRAHVIN THREE: Why, Maaga? MAAGA: I don't know. I have heard, that on occasions, they even die for one another. (The DRAHVINS look confused.) DRAHVIN THREE: Die? For their friends? MAAGA: There are many strange things in the universe. DRAHVIN TWO: I do not understand. MAAGA: (Harshly.) I know you don't. But, despite that, you will obey orders! (The three DRAHVINS bow their heads submissively. After a pause, MAAGA speaks softly, almost to herself.) MAAGA: It may be that we shall k*ll neither the Rills nor these Earth creatures. Not with our own hands, that is. It may be better for us to escape in the Rills' spaceship and leave them here. (Softly excited.) And then...when we are out in space, we can look back. We will see a vast, white, exploding planet...and know that they have died with it! DRAHVIN ONE: But we will not see them die. MAAGA: (Softly.) You will not! But I, at least, have enough intelligence to imagine it. The fear...the horror...the shuddering of a planet in its last moments of life! And then they die. (Sighs.) But that is for later. (She turns back to the DRAHVINS and issues instructions to them each, in turn.) MAAGA: Attention! (To DRAHVIN TWO.) You will rest. (To DRAHVIN THREE.) You will guard the prisoner. (To DRAHVIN ONE.) You will go out and look for the Earth creatures. Open the door. (DRAHVIN THREE moves round the table, picking up her g*n as she does so. She crosses to a chair near STEVEN and sits down, the g*n across her lap. DRAHVIN TWO goes into the inner room whilst ONE goes outside. MAAGA goes over and looks down at STEVEN.) DRAHVIN ONE: He sleeps. MAAGA: But you will not! He must not move! (MAAGA goes into the inner room. As she does so, STEVEN opens his eyes slightly and squints up at DRAHVIN THREE, who is staring straight ahead.) 9: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER (A CHUMBLEY backs in followed by VICKI. She searches about her and looks nervously at the place where she saw the watching eyes. The shutter on the door is closed. Another CHUMBLEY comes out of the passageway. The two CHUMBLIES chatter to themselves for a moment, then, from the CHUMBLEY facing VICKI, comes a high-pitched sound. VICKI stares at it blankly. It stops, twitters at her once or twice more, then falls silent. The CHUMBLEY behind VICKI nudges her. She puts up with this for a few moments then angrily reacts.) VICKI: Oh, stop doing that! What do you want, anyway? (At once, a series of varying sounds comes from the CHUMBLEY, which resolve into a repeat of VICKI'S question speeded up, then repeated but slower, over and over again...) RILL VOICE: What do you want anyway? What do you want anyway? What do you want anyway? What do you want anyway? (Finally, the statement comes out of the CHUMBLEY at a normal rate in a deep sonorous male voice.) RILL VOICE: What do you want anyway? (Then from the CHUMBLEY, as though it has now deciphered VICKI'S words, comes intelligible speech.) RILL VOICE: We are sorry to separate you from your friend, but it was necessary. (VICKI is surprised. She jumps as the shutter in front of the glass slides open. The eyes can be seen looking through at her and they are attached to a tusked creature which is wreathed in smoke. VICKI looks from the window to the CHUMBLEY.) VICKI: (Fearfully.) Who are you? RILL VOICE: Who are you? VICKI: (Fearfully.) We're, er...we're time travellers. From the planet Earth. RILL VOICE: (Suspiciously.) I see. You were sent here by the Drahvins? VICKI: Yes. RILL VOICE: (thr*at.) To do us harm? VICKI: (Fearfully.) No! No, you see...the Drahvins are...keeping a friend of ours...prisoner. So, we had to do as they said. RILL VOICE: What was that? VICKI: (Reluctantly.) To capture your spaceship. RILL VOICE: Why do they want to capture it? We have offered to take them with us. VICKI: They didn't tell us that! RILL VOICE: No. They would not. They would rather k*ll. They hate us. VICKI: Well, you did k*ll one of them. RILL VOICE: (Shouts.) We k*ll no one! VICKI: But they... (VICKI suddenly gathers her courage.) VICKI: Look, who is talking? Is it...is it this Chumbley, or is it... (She looks toward the open shutter.) VICKI: ...someone else? RILL VOICE: You call the machines Chumblies? VICKI: Yes. RILL VOICE: The Chumblies have a speaker in them. They are transmitting our thoughts. VICKI: Your... your thoughts? RILL VOICE: We do not speak like you. We have no vocal chords. We communicate in thought. VICKI: Who are you? RILL VOICE: We are the Rills. VICKI: Why can't I see you? RILL VOICE: It is better that you do not. Not all the dominant species in the universe look like humans. Our appearance might shock you as it shocked the Drahvins. 10: EXT. THE RILL CENTRE (The DOCTOR has now removed some of the top plates from the air converter and is peering in. He is hard at work with his screwdriver.) DOCTOR: Hmm! 11: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER VICKI: (Firmly.) The Drahvins said that you att*cked them. RILL VOICE: That is short of the truth. We were investigating outer space when we encountered a strange ship. Rills do not att*ck or k*ll without good reason, so we stopped our ship. Their ship also stopped. We hung in space facing each other. We could have turned and gone away, but we were afraid that we would be att*cked. VICKI: Yes, what happened? RILL VOICE: For four dawns we hung there. Then we decided to turn. As we were doing so the Drahvins fired. Immediately we did the same, and both ships crashed. When we escaped from our ship we discovered that we could not breathe the atmosphere here, but we had a small supply of our own, and set out to help the Drahvins. (As the RILL speaks through the CHUMBLEY, what happened appears as a flashback through the RILL'S eyes.) 12: EXT. PLANET (FLASHBACK) (Glimpses of other RILLS can be seen, but none clearly, as they are at the edge of vision. As the RILL looks around, a Drahvin is seen, lying face down on the ground.) RILL VOICE: (OOV.) The first one we found was badly injured. (The RILL moves in on the wounded Drahvin.) RILL VOICE: (OOV.) We started to help the soldier. (The RILL looks up - a cold-faced MAAGA is approaching.) RILL VOICE: (OOV.) Then Maaga, their leader, appeared. She started to sh**t at us, so we left. (MAAGA fires at the RILLS who start to back off.) RILL VOICE: (OOV.) We could have fought back. Our w*apon are superior to theirs. But, we do not k*ll! The Drahvins do! (MAAGA aims her g*n at the injured Drahvin and fires.) RILL VOICE: (OOV.) When we looked back, we saw Maaga k*ll the injured soldier. 13: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER VICKI: But all the Drahvins believe that you did that! RILL VOICE: We know. That is why they keep attacking us. VICKI: Would you really have taken those people off with you? RILL VOICE: Why not? What do we gain if they die? (VICKI looks at the Rill through the open shutters.) RILL VOICE: We will help you rescue your friend. (VICKI does not respond.) RILL VOICE: Something is worrying you? VICKI: Yes, I...I wish I could see the whole of you. RILL VOICE: It is better that you don't. Besides, we cannot come out. In order to live we must have ammoniac gas. So we live in here in a compartment where it is filtered in. VICKI: (Horrified.) You mean you can't breathe oxygen at all? RILL VOICE: No. Our home planet... (VICKI tries to leave, but the CHUMBLEY blocks her path.) RILL VOICE: What is it? VICKI: (Desperately.) You must let me out quickly, or you'll all be k*lled! RILL VOICE: (Horrified.) k*lled? By whom? VICKI: By the Doctor - he's trying to wreck your machine for making ammoniac gas! (The CHUMBLEY moves out of the way and VICKI dashes off.) 14: EXT. THE RILL CENTRE (The DOCTOR is still working at the air-converter mechanism. It is now partially dismantled.) 15: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (STEVEN is still pretending to be asleep, but is squinting at the DRAHVIN that is guarding him, who is herself nodding off to sleep. Slowly, STEVEN eases himself up into a sitting position. He eases his legs down to the floor. There is a creak. The DRAHVIN reacts slightly but continues to doze. STEVEN slowly reaches toward the DRAHVIN'S g*n. With one movement he snatches the g*n, clasps a hand over the DRAHVIN'S mouth, and keeps moving forward so that the DRAHVIN and the chair she is sitting on topple over backwards. Holding the g*n, STEVEN prepares to cover the DRAHVIN, but he realizes that the fall has knocked her unconscious. He listens. All is silent. He moves toward the lever that opens the door. There is a humming sound and the door begins to slide open. At the same time, MAAGA enters the main room, g*n in hand.) MAAGA: He's trying to escape! (STEVEN leaps toward the outer door, but it is closed. He turns back to see MAAGA, by now joined by the other DRAHVINS, approaching. He points his g*n at them.) STEVEN: Stop! (They halt. MAAGA comes forward.) MAAGA: Don't sh**t. You can't escape. Give up and we will not harm you. STEVEN: Oh, I'd be a fool to believe that, wouldn't I? 16: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP. AIRLOCK (He glances to the side and sees two buttons on the wall. While still pointing his g*n at the DRAHVINS, he presses one button and the inner door slides shut, sealing him off from the DRAHVINS. He presses the other button, and the outer door opens. He exits.) 17: EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (STEVEN emerges and looks warily about. He is about to move off when he sees a CHUMBLEY approaching. He stares at it, g*n at the ready, then looks back at the spaceship. He makes his decision and heads back into the airlock.) 18: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP. AIRLOCK (He presses the button to close the outer door, and as it closes behind him, the CHUMBLEY moves in and waits. He turns toward the inner door and, through the porthole in the door, is startled to see MAAGA standing there, a cruel smile on her face.) 19: EXT. THE RILL CENTRE (The DOCTOR is reaching into the machine. With a grunt of pleasure he brings out a small metal plate and drops it on the ground. Then he peers in again. Afterwards, he picks up the screwdriver and poises it over the machine. He soon starts to cough at the smell of ammoniac gas.) VICKI: (OOV: Inside the Rill centre.) Doctor! No! (The DOCTOR turns in surprise and sees a desperate VICKI running down the passageway towards him.) VICKI: Don't do it, Doctor! Doctor! DOCTOR: (Coughing.) Oh! Child! (The DOCTOR, coughing, moves away from the machine. VICKI and the CHUMBLEY walk out of the passageway as the bars slide up out of sight.) VICKI: (Breathlessly.) Oh! Oh! I was going to be too late. DOCTOR: Are you sure you're all right, child, hmm? Hmm? Hmm. VICKI: Yes. DOCTOR: Hmm. hmm. VICKI: And the Rills won't harm us. They want to help. RILL VOICE: We were told your friend is in danger. (The DOCTOR starts back, surprised by the fact that the CHUMBLEY can talk.) DOCTOR: Er... (Stutters.) ...is that a Rill talking? VICKI: Yes. DOCTOR: Hmm! VICKI: Well, answer him. DOCTOR: (Shouting.) Oh yes, you were told correctly! VICKI: (Smiles.) Doctor, they're not deaf! DOCTOR: Oh, I...I...oh, I'm sorry. I beg your pardon. I...I thought you couldn't hear. RILL VOICE: We are not deaf, you know. DOCTOR: (Embarrassed.) Ah. RILL VOICE: Perhaps you will both come inside. DOCTOR: Ah, yes. It does occurs to me that, er, if we do that we, er, might be trapped, hmm? VICKI: Doctor, if the Rills wanted to harm us, the Chumbley could sh**t us now. DOCTOR: Ah, yes. Indeed. Of course, child. Yes, that's quite true, quite true. Yes. Well, lead the way! Ah...er, lead the way. (Laughs.) As it happens, I'd like to take a look round. (They walk into the passageway.) 20: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. PASSAGEWAY (Another CHUMBLEY passes them moving out of the centre.) DOCTOR: Er, what's this? What's this fellow doing, hmm? RILL VOICE: Going to repair the damage you have done. DOCTOR: (Embarrassed.) Ah, yes. Quite so. (He laughs nervously to himself, looks apologetic, and grimaces at VICKI. They move down the passageway.) DOCTOR: Tell me, what do these Rills look like, hmm? VICKI: They won't show themselves, Doctor. DOCTOR: Oh? Why ever not? (The CHUMBLEY halts and turns.) DOCTOR: Hmm? RILL VOICE: Because our appearance would not be pleasant to you. DOCTOR: Oh, what nonsense! We're not children, you know? RILL VOICE: It is best you do not see us. (The CHUMBLEY turns and moves off.) DOCTOR: Oh, very well. Carry on, carry on. (To VICKI.) Oh, what utter rubbish, isn't it? (Laughs.) (They move off after the CHUMBLEY.) 21: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER (The CHUMBLEY enters and halts, followed by the DOCTOR and VICKI. The DOCTOR looks around.) DOCTOR: Oh, yes. This... uh, this drill rigging here. Eh, tell me, what is it you're drilling for, hmm? RILL VOICE: Power. We must have power for launching our spaceship. The suns are too weak to supply this power, therefore, by drilling we may find some in the ground. DOCTOR: Very well, if you take my advice, you'll get a move on. There's very little time left. RILL VOICE: You know about the expl*si*n of this planet? DOCTOR: Oh, yes! We know more than you. Your timing is wrong. The disintegration of this planet is not fourteen dawns away. It is now less than two dawns. RILL VOICE: (Agitated.) Two dawns! DOCTOR: Two dawns. RILL VOICE: Then we have no chance of survival! VICKI: But you've repaired your ship. RILL VOICE: Yes, but the only power we find is a gas, and that is of no use to us. We have no means of converting it into the sun-ray power we need. DOCTOR: I think I might be able to supply you with the power you need. Yes, I think I'll help you, since you're so willing to help us. RILL VOICE: We would be deeply grateful. DOCTOR: Hmm! VICKI: You keep saying we. How many of you are there? RILL VOICE: Four. VICKI: That doesn't seem many for manning a spaceship. RILL VOICE: We were twelve. Eight of us died in the crash. DOCTOR: First I will need some metal-cored cable. RILL VOICE: We have some. DOCTOR: Splendid. Splendid. I think I can put into effect the transference of power from my ship to this. Now, first of all, I must...I must have a conversion. Now is that possible? RILL VOICE: We shall do all that you say, you are our only... (The CHUMBLEY stops talking and starts chittering. There is the sound of machinery, as though from a control panel in the RILLS' chamber.) RILL VOICE: Ah. VICKI: What's that? DOCTOR: What's the matter, hmm? RILL VOICE: We have just received a message from a machine. VICKI: A Chumbley? RILL VOICE: It is by the Drahvin spaceship. It reports that a being, not Drahvin, came out of it. VICKI: (To the DOCTOR.) Steven. RILL VOICE: It detected that he was a friend of yours, but before contact could be made, he went back in again. VICKI: He still thinks the Chumblies are dangerous, you see. (To the DOCTOR.) Doctor, let me go and tell him... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) That won't be necessary, my dear. He's quite capable enough of looking after himself. (To the CHUMBLEY.) Now, the cable, please, the cable! 22: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (MAAGA and the DRAHVIN'S watch STEVEN through a window in the airlock door. MAAGA speaks to him through an intercom.) MAAGA: Do you hear me, Earthman? (STEVEN looks at her.) STEVEN: (Over intercom.) Yes, I hear you. MAAGA: Throw down your g*n, and we will set you free. 23: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP. AIRLOCK (Defiantly STEVEN looks at his g*n and grips it tighter.) MAAGA: (Over intercom.) Very well, but if you try to come through here, you may k*ll one of us, but we will surely k*ll you. (STEVEN turns and looks through the outer door.) MAAGA: (Over intercom.) Yes, outside a Rills' machine waits to k*ll also. STEVEN: All right. Then I'll stay here. I may be trapped but you can't harm me. MAAGA: (Over intercom.) You are in the airlock. On the wall there are some dials. They are pressure gauges. (STEVEN looks toward them.) STEVEN: So? 24: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP MAAGA: We can empty the oxygen out of that section, and you will suffocate. 25: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP. AIRLOCK (Alarmed, STEVEN looks around and moves to touch the button that opens the outer door.) MAAGA: (Over intercom.) If you touch that, the door will open completely, leaving you at the mercy of the machine. 26: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (DRAHVIN TWO and DRAHVIN THREE are at a control.) DRAHVIN TWO: (To MAAGA.) Ready? MAAGA: Pressure? DRAHVIN TWO: Normal. MAAGA: Temperature? DRAHVIN TWO: Normal. MAAGA: Good. Empty the airlock! (The DRAHVINS operate the control and the sound of escaping gas is heard.) 27: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP. AIRLOCK (STEVEN looks at one of the dials. The needle is flickering and drops very slightly.) MAAGA: (Over intercom.) Yes, Earthman. The air is already leaving the airlock. You have three choices. STEVEN: Three? MAAGA: (Over intercom.) Stay there and die, go outside and be k*lled by the machine, or surrender! (STEVEN looks around desperately. The needle on the dial drops further.) 28: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER (VICKI is helping the DOCTOR to coil up some cable. The CHUMBLIES are there and the RILL watches from the other side of the shuttered door.) DOCTOR: Yes, good. Good. Yes, I think that's enough. That should be all right. Now then, let me have your arm. That's splendid. Now, follow me to the ship. RILL VOICE: Our thanks. (There are more noises from one of the CHUMBLIES.) VICKI: What does that mean? RILL VOICE: The Chumbley has reported that your friend is still in the ship. But he is making noises it cannot understand. It says they sound like...cries of distress! VICKI: Doctor! DOCTOR: I must go at once! (He turns to leave.) RILL VOICE: (Shouts.) You cannot help him alone! We will send two more Chumbley machines with you. DOCTOR: But what can they do? RILL VOICE: (Shouts.) Cut open the ship, if necessary! VICKI: Doctor, come on! DOCTOR: Hmm? RILL VOICE: Go! Quickly! The Chumbley reports that the sounds are weakening! DOCTOR: You stay here, child! VICKI: No, I'm coming with you! DOCTOR: All right! Come, then, come! Come along! (He points to one of the CHUMBLIES.) DOCTOR: And you - stay here until you receive a message! Come on! Quickly! Quickly! (The DOCTOR and VICKI follow the other CHUMBLIES into the passageway.) 29: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. PASSAGEWAY (The CHUMBLIES, the DOCTOR, and VICKI rush along the corridor.) DOCTOR: Quick! 30: EXT. THE RILL CENTRE (The CHUMBLIES exit the centre, followed by the DOCTOR and VICKI. Together they hurry off in the direction of the DRAHVIN spaceship.) 31: EXT. PLANET (They approach the DRAHVIN'S spaceship. Without warning, DRAHVIN ONE appears. She aims her g*n at them.) DRAHVIN ONE: Halt or I f*re! Do not move! DOCTOR: What is wrong? DRAHVIN ONE: Where are you going? DOCTOR: Back to your spaceship, of course. (DRAHVIN ONE indicates the accompanying CHUMBLIES.) DRAHVIN ONE: The machines are our enemies. Why do you bring them too? DOCTOR: We're going to help you and Maaga and the rest of them to get to the Rill spaceship. We wish to save lives, not to destroy them. DRAHVIN ONE: Maaga does not trust you! I do not trust you! VICKI: Listen, we have captured these machines. They do anything we tell them now. Watch. (To the CHUMBLIES.) Come forward. (The CHUMBLIES roll towards her watched by DRAHVIN ONE.) VICKI: Stop. (They halt.) VICKI: Go back. (They retreat.) VICKI: Stop. (The CHUMBLIES do as VICKI commands.) VICKI: You see? (Unconvinced, DRAHVIN ONE turns and fires at one of the CHUMBLIES. A horrified VICKI struggles with her and manages to get the g*n.) DOCTOR: Down, madam! DRAHVIN ONE: Oh! DOCTOR: Listen to me! DRAHVIN ONE: k*ll me now! I have failed my duty! DOCTOR: Nonsense! Now, let us stop this thought of k*lling anyone. Now, madam, back to your spaceship. Back please. (VICKI points with the g*n.) VICKI: Go on! Hurry! (They move off.) 32: EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (Outside the DRAHIN ship, the waiting CHUMBLEY sends a message back to the Rill centre.) 33: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP. AIRLOCK (STEVEN is now much the worse for wear. His mouth is wide open and gasping for air.) MAAGA: (Over intercom.) Why do you not give up, Earthman? (STEVEN gets up and staggers to the wall, activating the switch to open the outer door.) STEVEN: (Gasping.) I'd rather face the Chumblies than you any day. (MAAGA laughs.) MAAGA: (Over intercom.) That will not work now. The pressure has locked the door. (STEVEN tries desperately to activate the switch.) MAAGA: (Over intercom.) You must surrender, or die! (The dial is now very low. It drops further. STEVEN collapses to the floor.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x03 - Air Lock"}
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The Exploding Planet Written by William Emms Original Air Date: 2 October, 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP. AIRLOCK (STEVEN is now much the worse for wear. His mouth is wide open and gasping for air.) MAAGA: (Over intercom.) Why do you not give up, Earthman? STEVEN: (Gasping.) I'd rather face the Chumblies than you any day. (STEVEN gets up and staggers to the wall, activating the switch to open the outer door. MAAGA laughs.) MAAGA: (Over intercom.) That will not work now. The pressure has locked the door. (STEVEN tries desperately to activate the switch.) MAAGA: (Over intercom.) You must surrender, or die! (The dial is now very low. It drops further. STEVEN starts to slide down against the wall.) (STEVEN gasps for breath.) 2: EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (The DOCTOR, VICKI and the CHUMBLIES moves toward the spaceship. One of the machines carries a spherical b*mb object.) 3: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (The DRAHVINS continue to watch STEVEN in the airlock.) DRAHVIN TWO: He cannot live much longer, Maaga. Soon he will die. MAAGA: We do not wish him d*ad. DRAHVIN TWO: But he is our enemy! MAAGA: Also our hostage. (DRAHVIN THREE runs from the observation window.) DRAHVIN THREE: Machine with b*mb approaching! MAAGA: Quick! Take cover! (As she speaks, a projectile crashes through the porthole and lands on the floor and immediately begins to discharge a thick cloud of ammonia.) 4: EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (STEVEN appears at the window, near collapse.) RILL VOICE: Stand clear! (VICKI and the DOCTOR stand back. A CHUMBLEY fires its g*n at the door. The door flies open, there is a hissing of air, and STEVEN tumbles out.) RILL VOICE: All right, it's safe now. (The DOCTOR and VICKI rush over to STEVEN who lies on the ground, gasping for breath.) VICKI: Steven! DOCTOR: Come along, my boy! (They start to help the young man up.) VICKI: Steven! DOCTOR: Up on your feet! VICKI: Oh... DOCTOR: Quickly! Come on, come on, come on! Ah. (STEVEN is virtually held up by the two but is still struggling to get his breath back.) DOCTOR: Oh, put your head down. Now breathe deeply! VICKI: They nearly k*lled him in there. DOCTOR: Come along! VICKI: Come on, let's get away from there in case they come out. (They start to help STEVEN away from the ship.) DOCTOR: Steady. Take it easy. You're with friends. VICKI: Are you all right? DOCTOR: Yes, and thanks to the Chumblies - they did the trick. I don't know what those Drahvins were going to think. Ah. (To STEVEN.) Come on. Keep breathing. Keep breathing. In and out. In and out. Come along! (STEVEN continues to gasp for air.) 5: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (The DRAHVINS are standing before a furious MAAGA. All are coughing from the effects of the gas.) MAAGA: g*n ready. (The DRAHVINS bring up their g*n.) MAAGA: Door. (DRAHVIN TWO runs over and presses the button.) MAAGA: After them, and k*ll! (They head for the opening door.) 6: EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (The DOCTOR and his group are still relatively near to the ship and STEVEN is sat on the ground, still trying to get his breathing back to normal.) DOCTOR: Be all right in a minute. (The DRAHVINS surge out of the airlock.) RILL VOICE: Stop! (The DRAHVINS come to a halt as they see the CHUMBLIES ray-run pointing at them.) RILL VOICE: If you move at all, we shall f*re! Do not mistake our intention. You will not interfere! (The DRAHVINS remain still.) RILL VOICE: Doctor, please lead your party away. DOCTOR: I certainly will. (To STEVEN.) Can you walk? STEVEN: (Whispers.) Yes, my legs are... DOCTOR: Come on, my boy, on your feet. Come along! (STEVEN clambers to his feet and the DOCTOR points in one direction.) DOCTOR: That way! That way! Come on! (With VICKI helping STEVEN, they move off with a CHUMBLEY escorting them.) DOCTOR: (To STEVEN.) Keep breathing hard, in and out. (One of the other CHUMBLIES stands guard over MAAGA and the three DRAHVINS.) RILL VOICE: Maaga, you will take your soldiers back into the ship, and you will stay there. Until now we have spared you, although you have att*cked us time and time again. But we will always defend our friends. MAAGA: (Scornfully.) Friends! RILL VOICE: We will prevent any attempt on your part to leave the ship. I am resolute! Now go back into your spaceship. MAAGA: You have polluted the air with your b*mb! RILL VOICE: It will have cleared by now. The ammonia b*mb was only a warning. Go inside. (MAAGA turns, realizing that for now, she is powerless.) MAAGA: (Softly.) Come. (The DRAHVINS re-enter their spaceship. The CHUMBLEY stands watch outside.) 7: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (Inside the ship, the inner airlock door is closed. MAAGA crosses to a porthole and looks out.) MAAGA: It's still there. DRAHVIN TWO: We cannot escape. MAAGA: Quiet! DRAHVIN ONE: But Maaga, we... MAAGA: We cannot escape yet! But we will. No Drahvin is defeated until d*ad. Is that so? DRAHVINS: (In unison.) Yes, Maaga. MAAGA: We are still alive. It depends how long that machine will be. (To DRAHVIN ONE.) You failed in your mission of patrol. DRAHVIN ONE: (Fearfully.) I was outnumbered. MAAGA: You will be dealt with. Failure is never tolerated. (To DRAHVIN THREE.) You - does the forward hatch still work? DRAHVIN THREE: Yes, Maaga. MAAGA: Silently? DRAHVIN THREE: Yes, Maaga. MAAGA: It is now dim light. Soon it will be night. The last night...this planet will ever know. We must capture the Rill spaceship before then. When I give the order, you will steal silently through the forward hatch. You will then creep round behind the Rills' machine. Understood? DRAHVIN THREE: Yes, Maaga. MAAGA: And you will destroy it. 8: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER (The DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI enter the chamber. The DOCTOR immediately moves across to where the cable is with a CHUMBLEY. STEVEN smells the air.) STEVEN: Ugh! VICKI: It's that ammoniac gas we were telling you about. STEVEN: I'd rather they breathed it than me. (VICKI leaves STEVEN and moves across to the DOCTOR.) VICKI: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: There can't be a lot of time left now, is there? DOCTOR: About six hours, child. (To the CHUMBLEY.) Have you finished that conversion? RILL VOICE: Yes, we have. But it will take some time to transfer the power of your ship to ours. DOCTOR: Oh, nonsense, nonsense! RILL VOICE: We are concerned for your safety. VICKI: And we're concerned for yours. DOCTOR: Oh, indeed, that's very noble of you all. It's a matter of urgency. Come along. Let's have the cable in please at once. RILL VOICE: Very well. DOCTOR: Quickly! Quickly! (The cable is dragged along by the CHUMBLEY.) DOCTOR: Quickly, child. Here. Yes, that'll do. Splendid! STEVEN: What is going on, Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? STEVEN: What are you trying to do? DOCTOR: I'm going to transfer some power from my ship into the interior of the Rill ship here. STEVEN: Oh, I see. DOCTOR: Now if you suspect there's any trouble whilst I'm working, I want you to contact me at once, understood? STEVEN: Do you want me to stay here? DOCTOR: Yes, I want you to stay here with the leader of the Rills and try and have some rest. Get some! (STEVEN silently protests.) DOCTOR: So, contain yourself. (STEVEN gives in.) DOCTOR: Now then. Right! Off you go. VICKI: Can I come with you, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, child, if you wish. Come along! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! VICKI: See you later, Steven. DOCTOR: Come along! (The DOCTOR and VICKI leave with a cable-carrying CHUMBLEY. STEVEN walks around the chamber.) RILL VOICE: You have not gone with your friends. (STEVEN looks at the CHUMBLEY from where the RILL VOICE came from. His manner shows that he is still suspicious of these new life forms.) STEVEN: (Curtly.) No. (STEVEN walks round the chamber examining its detail. There is a long and awkward silence.) RILL VOICE: You are interested in our place? STEVEN: Yes, quite. (He looks round a moment longer, then...) STEVEN: So the Doctor trusts you? RILL VOICE: Why shouldn't he? STEVEN: No reason. I suppose you gave the right "ethical" reasons for him, so naturally he does trust you. RILL VOICE: We rescued you from the Drahvins, but you still don't trust us? STEVEN: Oh, you could be the same as them - using us for your own salvation. RILL VOICE: The Doctor offered to help us. We needed his help. STEVEN: (Laughs.) So did the Drahvins. RILL VOICE: What are you getting at? STEVEN: Nothing. (He paces...) RILL VOICE: Yes, you are. (...and stops.) STEVEN: All right. You said it would take hours to charge this ship properly. RILL VOICE: The Doctor said he could do it in time. STEVEN: Yes, but supposing, just this once, you're right, and he's wrong. Would you take us with you, or would you allow us to leave in our own ship? RILL VOICE: In your own ship, if possible. STEVEN: (In disbelief.) Come off it! I mean, if you don't get this charged in time, you aren't going to let us go just like that. RILL VOICE: We are strange beings to you. You've never met anything like us. You come from Earth - a planet we don't know - but clearly it is a planet which still knows conflict. STEVEN: Uh huh? So? RILL VOICE: If we are right and the power-charge is going to take too long a time, then the Doctor, the girl, and you must leave. We believe in self-preservation. STEVEN: (Sarcastically.) Huh yeah, I'm sure... RILL VOICE: But if there is a choice, the Doctor must go. He travels further than we can. And everything he has shown he stands for, is what we believe in - so it is better that he goes. (STEVEN considers these words. His tone is then apologetic.) STEVEN: Oh, I'm sorry. You can't blame me, though, for being suspicious. In that case, there's something you ought to know. Whilst I was in the Drahvin ship, they said they intended to leave this planet in yours. RILL VOICE: We are prepared to take them with us. STEVEN: Ha, that's not what they mean. They take your ship, you stay here! RILL VOICE: We must hope they do not succeed. STEVEN: Yes, well, there's so little time left. They're going to be desperate. I'll tell you what - why not let me fix the cable for you at this end? RILL VOICE: Thank you! The machine will help you. It will be quicker. (STEVEN starts to walk off.) STEVEN: It's got to be! (STEVEN takes the cable and starts to commence work.) 9: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (DRAHVIN THREE is opening a hatch in one of the walls. MAAGA stands nearby.) DRAHVIN THREE: I'm ready, Maaga. MAAGA: Then go. (She puts a heavy iron bar into DRAHVIN THREE'S hands.) MAAGA: And do not fail! DRAHVIN THREE: I shall not. (She exits through the hatch.) 10: EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (DRAHVIN THREE emerges and drops silently to the ground. She pauses, grasps the bar firmly, looks about, then moves off. The hatch door is closed again from within. At the other side of the ship, the CHUMBLEY stands guard, unaware of what has just occurred.) 11: EXT. PLANET (The DOCTOR and VICKI approach the TARDIS, followed by the CHUMBLEY, the cable snaking out behind him. The DOCTOR moves to the door of the police box and searches for his key. VICKI looks around.) VICKI: It's getting darker, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm? Oh, it's nothing to worry about, my dear. I think the evenings last here for about...four hours. (The DOCTOR finds his key and opens the door. VICKI looks out across the planet's surface.) VICKI: Strange... DOCTOR: Hmm? VICKI: To think that at dawn all this will explode into nothing. DOCTOR: No, not just... nothing, child. Hydrogen gas that...springs itself out like molten silver against the other stars in the same galaxy. Hmm. (Laughs.) Yes, well, let's have the cable, please. (The cable is passed to him and he enters the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: (OOV: Inside the TARDIS.) Oh...good. 12: INT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (DRAHVIN ONE and DRAHVIN TWO are seated at the table. MAAGA stares out through a porthole.) MAAGA: She's out of sight. DRAHVIN ONE: She will die...willingly. MAAGA: (Coldly.) She will not die until she has destroyed the machine. DRAHVIN TWO: Will we escape, Maaga? MAAGA: Yes, when we have destroyed the machine we will escape! (As she speaks, the ship rocks violently.) DRAHVIN TWO: Oh! What is happening? (MAAGA starts to show fear and desperation as the temporary quake subsides.) MAAGA: It's first warning of the expl*si*n. We have only five hours left. She must act quickly! 13. EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (Undetected, DRAHVIN THREE creeps towards the CHUMBLEY. She comes up behind it and, raising the bar high over her head, brings it crashing down with m*rder force. The machine gives out a note of alarm which dies down.) 14: EXT. PLANET (NIGHT) (Night has fallen. The cable leads from the open door of the TARDIS out across the landscape. A CHUMBLEY stands on guard.) 15: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER (NIGHT) (The cable runs from the passageway into the chamber. The DOCTOR and VICKI have arrived back.) STEVEN: Well, it's all fixed up here, Doctor. Any snags at the TARDIS? DOCTOR: Everything under control, my dear boy. STEVEN: Oh good. Good. DOCTOR: (To the CHUMBLEY.) Switch on your motors, please. RILL VOICE: Start control! Full intake! Cable guard stand by! (An electronic humming fills the air.) VICKI: Is that the power being transferred? DOCTOR: Yes, it is, my dear. VICKI: How long will it take? DOCTOR: Oh, three to four hours, I think. STEVEN: Oh, but this planet's due to explode in less than five hours. DOCTOR: (Annoyed.) I fully appreciate that fact, young man. (The DOCTOR is cut short by an alarm sound from one of the CHUMBLIES.) VICKI: There's that alarm again. STEVEN: Oh, what's happened now? (A CHUMBLEY moves toward them. The DOCTOR turns round.) RILL VOICE: Quiet please! Emergency message coming through! The Drahvins have escaped and destroyed the Chumbley outside their spaceship! VICKI: Oh, no! DOCTOR: And the Chumbley outside my TARDIS? RILL VOICE: In the position he has taken up he is in no danger. Continue, Doctor. DOCTOR: Thank you, thank you. RILL VOICE: There will be no more incidents. STEVEN: Oh, they won't go after the TARDIS anyway, Doctor. (STEVEN looks at their surroundings.) STEVEN: It's this ship they want - and us. 16: EXT. DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (NIGHT) (MAAGA, DRAHVIN ONE, and DRAHVIN TWO climb through the hatch. MAAGA looks round, peering into the night. DRAHVIN THREE moves to join her.) MAAGA: You have done well. DRAHVIN THREE: Thank you, Maaga. MAAGA: I will see that you are mentioned. Did you see any other machines? DRAHVIN THREE: The only one there I destroyed. MAAGA: Good. DRAHVIN THREE: It will not move again. MAAGA: We are going to att*ck the Rill spaceship. You will follow close behind me. Understood? DRAHVINS: (In unison.) Yes, Maaga. MAAGA: When we get nearer, I will give you further orders. Come. (They move off across the planet, holding their g*n at the ready.) 17: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER (NIGHT) (STEVEN is very agitated and looking round in concern.) DOCTOR: Oh, do stop worrying, dear boy, and stand still. RILL VOICE: Stand still. (The DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI stand still as the CHUMBLIES stream this way and that.) STEVEN: Look, Doctor, I know exactly what they intend to do. And as soon as they see this cable, they're going destroy it! RILL VOICE: Do not worry. I am prepared for that. DOCTOR: Splendid! Splendid! Is the power still coming through? RILL VOICE: It is. STEVEN: (Impatiently.) And how long's it going to take? RILL VOICE: Another two hours, at least. STEVEN: (Impatiently.) Oh... DOCTOR: That should be enough. VICKI: Just. STEVEN: Look, isn't it possible to charge any faster? DOCTOR: Utterly impossible, dear boy. There's great danger of the panel bl*wing. STEVEN: Yes, well, we're going to be lucky to get back to the TARDIS in time. DOCTOR: Mmm? STEVEN: Well the Drahvins are still out to get us. RILL VOICE: Do not worry. We will ensure that you return safely to your ship. (VICKI tilts her head as she hears the sound of g*n outside. She moves toward the exit.) VICKI: Look! It's ... STEVEN: Well, they don't waste time, do they? (The hissing of g*n grows louder, then drops a little. Suddenly DRAHVIN THREE enters the chamber and points her g*n at STEVEN and VICKI, who are standing apart from the DOCTOR who is by the door to the RILLS' chamber.) DRAHVIN THREE: Stand still! (VICKI and STEVEN stand frozen with fear. The DOCTOR goes to move toward them, but before he can move, the RILLS' door opens and the CHUMBLEY pushes him through. DRAHVIN THREE still has VICKI and STEVEN in her sight.) DRAHVIN THREE: You have escaped once - you will not do so again. STEVEN: And be k*lled? DRAHVIN THREE: Death does not frighten me. I die a warrior Drahvin. (She starts to pull the trigger. As she does so, a CHUMBLEY chitters in from one of the passageways and as it does so, it fires. DRAHVIN THREE stiffens, as though paralyzed for a moment, then crumples to the floor.) VICKI: Oh, Steven. STEVEN: What have you done? RILL VOICE: Do not worry, she is completely paralyzed. I told you there would be no further incidents. (VICKI suddenly realizes that the DOCTOR is not with them.) VICKI: (Concerned.) Doctor? Where's the Doctor? (STEVEN sees him through the partition to the RILLS' chamber.) STEVEN: Oh, there he is. DOCTOR: Hello, I'm in here. Come in. Come in. RILL VOICE: You may enter. But be prepared for a shock. (VICKI looks at STEVEN.) VICKI: Do you think we ought to go in? DOCTOR: Come along. Come along. Come along. (STEVEN and VICKI move toward the door, followed by the CHUMBLEY.) 18: EXT. PLANET (NIGHT) (MAAGA, DRAHVIN ONE, and DRAHVIN TWO are on a ridge, resting. MAAGA looks around. DRAHVIN TWO is keeping watch.) MAAGA: We've driven them off. DRAHVIN ONE: But we have not destroyed one. MAAGA: Don't worry, we will. (DRAHVIN TWO suddenly points.) DRAHVIN TWO: More machines! MAAGA: Again! (Several CHUMBLIES move across the landscape. MAAGA and the DRAHVINS f*re uselessly at them.) 19: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. INNER CHAMBER (NIGHT) (Behind a glass partition are the four RILLS. They are enveloped in a dense, smoky gas and resemble hideous warthog-like creatures. The DOCTOR turns as VICKI and STEVEN enter the chamber.) RILL VOICE: Now you know what we look like. DOCTOR: I do. And I, for one, am glad of it. RILL VOICE: We apologize for the glass partition, but you will understand we must keep our atmosphere in here. DOCTOR: Yes, of course, of course. RILL VOICE: Our appearance shocks you? DOCTOR: Not now. I must admit, it did at first. STEVEN: Well, I don't see why the Drahvins should hate you. VICKI: I know. I mean, after all, we must look...just as strange to you. RILL VOICE: To the Drahvins, we are ugly, so they become frightened. DOCTOR: You are different from us, of course, but at least you are intelligent. STEVEN: Yes, what di...difference does it make what your form is? DOCTOR: Importance lies in the character and to what use you put this intelligence. We respect you as we respect all life. (Without warning, VICKI stumbles. STEVEN catches her.) STEVEN: Doctor! DOCTOR: What's the matter, my child? Hmm? VICKI: I suddenly feel terribly ill. STEVEN: It's the ammoniac gas escaping. DOCTOR: Oh dear, dear, dear, yes, I... RILL VOICE: You had better return to the other chamber. Our atmosphere is not good for you. DOCTOR: Ah, yes, thank you. (He gestures to STEVEN to help VICKI outside.) DOCTOR: (To STEVEN.) Young man. Young man. VICKI: (Sadly.) I suppose we won't meet again. RILL VOICE: It is improbable. VICKI: Goodbye. RILL VOICE: Goodbye. (They leave the inner chamber.) 20: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER (NIGHT) STEVEN: How much longer, Doctor? DOCTOR: One hour. STEVEN: And how long till the expl*si*n? DOCTOR: One hour...and a half. STEVEN: Hmm. (STEVEN considers this.) STEVEN: Let's hope no more Drahvins get in here. 21: EXT. PLANET (NIGHT) (MAAGA, DRAHVIN ONE, and DRAHVIN TWO take cover on top of the ridge. The CHUMBLIES f*re on them, and they f*re back but to no avail. MAAGA throws her g*n to the ground in frustration and despair.) MAAGA: Oh, it's no good! Our g*n can't harm them! DRAHVIN ONE: Then we must use bars, as Three did! (She looks around, then points.) MAAGA: No, we will go that way. Head for the spaceship part of the building. We must concentrate on that. Come. (The DRAHVINS nod and set off. MAAGA retrieves her g*n and in desperation fires again at the CHUMBLIES.) 22: INT. THE RILL CENTRE. CENTRAL CHAMBER (NIGHT) STEVEN: It can't take much longer! DOCTOR: Oh, patience, dear boy, patience! VICKI: Dawn will be here in half an hour now. STEVEN: Yes, and when dawn comes this planet explodes like a b*mb! DOCTOR: Oh, really, you two! Huh, huh. (Suddenly there is a high-pitched sound that echoes twice across the chamber.) VICKI: What's that? What is it? DOCTOR: Ah! That is a signal that the spaceship is now fully charged, unless I'm very much mistaken. STEVEN: Well and about time, too. RILL VOICE: You are right, Doctor. We are ready to disconnect. (A CHUMBLEY glides forward to carry out this task.) DOCTOR: Oh, good, good. Now, er, you have sufficient power? RILL VOICE: Enough to get us well out into space, where we can recharge from a sun. DOCTOR: Splendid. Splendid. Then I don't think there's any more for us to do. We will go. (A CHUMBLEY glides forward.) RILL VOICE: A Chumbley will escort you back to your ship. DOCTOR: And yourself? RILL VOICE: We will wait until you are safely there. DOCTOR: Oh, we shall be quite all right. It is you that needs to be out of range, not us. The moment I start my motors, we shall be out of range in time. We need...we don't need space. VICKI: Go now, please. RILL VOICE: Very well. In a moment we shall leave here and enter the ship. From that time we will not be able to talk with you. The Chumbley with you will escort you back to your ship. He will protect you and obey your commands. Once you have gone he will destroy himself. VICKI: (Horrified.) No! RILL VOICE: It will be painless. Merely putting itself out of action. DOCTOR: Yes, I think I understand, and thank you very much. RILL VOICE: It is easy to help others when they are so willing to help you. Though we are beings of separate planets, you from the solar system and we from another space, our ways of thought, at times, do not seem all that different. It has been an honour to know you and serve you. VICKI: Good luck. RILL VOICE: Thank you. We shall give you time to get clear before we take off. Now we are going. Goodbye. We wish you well! (An engine noise starts, and the chamber trembles.) DOCTOR: (Excitedly.) They've started the motors! STEVEN: Yes, and we've got less than half an hour, Doctor. DOCTOR: (Excitedly.) Yes, you're quite right. Quickly! Quickly! Come! Come! (They rush from the chamber.) 23: EXT. THE RILL CENTRE (DAWN) (Dirty and disheveled, MAAGA, DRAHVIN ONE, and DRAHVIN TWO arrive at the RILL centre. The area is deserted.) DRAHVIN ONE: Where are the machines? DRAHVIN TWO: There are none! MAAGA: Listen! (There is a humming sound which gradually increases to a roar.) MAAGA: (Horrified.) They're escaping! (The area is bathed in light as the RILL ship surges upwards.) 24: EXT. THE RILL CENTRE (Nearby the DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI are looking up into the sky, also bathed in the flickering light, and deafened by the roaring of the spaceship's engines.) STEVEN: There they go! DOCTOR: Isn't it amazing? What a wonderful sight! Oh! (The DOCTOR appears lost in thought. VICKI, mindful of how little time is left, urges the DOCTOR on.) VICKI: Doctor! DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, of course. (They turn away as the roaring gradually fades away. MAAGA and the DRAHVINS see the DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI.) MAAGA: (Frantically.) The Earth people! We can catch them! 25: EXT. PLANET (The DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI hasten across the landscape. A CHUMBLEY chitters about them. Suddenly the CHUMBLEY stops, turns around, and fires as the DRAHVINS att*ck. There is a bright flash and the DRAHVINS fling themselves to the ground.) 26: EXT. PLANET (STEVEN and VICKI run towards the TARDIS, clearly out of breath. VICKI is limping.) STEVEN: Come on, Doc! (The DOCTOR runs up, panting for breath. The CHUMBLEY is just behind him. He pushes open the door and they go in, avoiding the cable that leads away from the ship. STEVEN comes out again with the end of the cable and throws it to the ground.) STEVEN: Here they come! (The door closes again. The DRAHVINS rush towards the ship, their g*n blazing. It is getting lighter now. The TARDIS gradually dematerializes. MAAGA and the DRAHVINS stagger back, horrified. The planet starts to shake, more violently than ever. MAAGA and the DRAHVINS look around, fear etched on their faces. As the planet begins to break up, the noise is deafening...) 27: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR is busy manipulating the controls of the ship. STEVEN and VICKI are looking very relieved at their escape.) STEVEN: Can we see the disintegration on the scanner, Doctor? DOCTOR: No, I'm afraid not, dear boy. We've dematerialized from that galaxy... (VICKI still looks up at the scanner and then groans. The DOCTOR watches her and moves to join her.) VICKI: Oh! DOCTOR: ...a long time ago. VICKI: Oh! DOCTOR: What's the matter, child, hmm? VICKI: I've hurt my ankle. (The DOCTOR looks over her ankle.) DOCTOR: Oh...yes, I'm afraid we shall...yes, we'll have to put a cold compress on that. Oh dear, dear, dear! You know, I wish we could stop somewhere for a while and take stock of ourselves, instead of being surrounded by dangers all the time. (The DOCTOR smiles and turns to STEVEN.) DOCTOR: Just put that, uh, switch forward, would you? Thank you. (STEVEN does so. The DOCTOR turns back to VICKI who is looking up at the scanner. Its image changes from one of many stars to one particular planet.) VICKI: Look at that planet. I wonder what's going on there? DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, I wonder, hmm. 28: EXT. JUNGLE (On the planet, in the midst of a dense jungle lies a man - GARVEY. Dressed in a military style tunic and covered in dirt and grime, he appears to be unconscious. The air is filled with the sounds of the animal life and, suddenly, there is one cry louder and closer than the rest. This rouses GARVEY into consciousness. He opens his eyes and sits up, looking round in terror. Then he cries out, as if in pain, and presses his hands to his temples. His face creases up in agony but then clears. He then smiles and rises to his feet, unholstering a g*n from his belt.) GARVEY: I remember now. I must...I must k*ll. I must k*ll. I must k*ll...
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x04 - The Exploding Planet"}
foreverdreaming
Mission to the Unknown Written by Terry Nation Original Air Date: 9 October 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: EXT. JUNGLE (In the midst of a dense jungle lies a man - JEFF GARVEY, dressed in a military-style tunic and covered in dirt and grime. He appears to be unconscious. The air is filled with the sounds of animal life, and suddenly there is one cry louder and closer than the rest. This rouses GARVEY into consciousness. He opens his eyes and sits up, looking round in terror. Then he cries out, as if in pain, and presses his hands to his temples. His face creases up in agony but then clears. He then smiles and rises to his feet, un-holstering a g*n from his belt.) JEFF GARVEY: I...I remember now. I must...I must k*ll...I must k*ll...I must k*ll. (He sets off into the dense undergrowth, one thought clear in his mind.) 2: EXT. SCOUT SHIP (In another part of the jungle, a scout ship sits in the middle of a clearing which its rockets made in landing. Four tail fins sink into the ground. Each one is emblazoned with the words "UN - DEEP SPACE FORCE GROUP 1" and the Union Jack. Beside the ship are two of its crew members. MARC CORY, also dressed in a military-style uniform, looks anxiously at GORDON LOWERY whose head and shoulders are inside a large hole in the side of the ship, apparently effecting repairs.) GORDON LOWERY: Why you ever wanted to land on a planet like this in the first place, I'll never know. This is getting on my nerves. (One particularly loud squeal emanates from the jungle. The two men look towards the sound.) MARC CORY: I hate to think what kind of an animal makes a noise like that. GORDON LOWERY: Yeah, they're getting closer. MARC CORY: Yes, all the more reason to...stop talking and get on with the job. (LOWERY takes offence at this remark and looks hard at CORY.) GORDON LOWERY: Just you listen to me, Cory. I know my orders were to let you have full reign, and you've certainly taken advantage of that. But as Captain of this expedition, my first responsibility is to get this ship off the ground. So just...cut the chat. Some other time, hmm? Bring that wrench. (MARC CORY removes a tool from the toolbox and follows LOWERY who returns to his repair work.) MARC CORY: How's it going? GORDON LOWERY: Ah, it's slow. Flare-back melted the retaining bolts - it's just solid lumps of Tarnium. (He manages to pull away part of the damage equipment.) GORDON LOWERY: Ah, got some of it free. MARC CORY: I want to have a look round. GORDON LOWERY: Listen, if we don't sh**t off soon, we won't make it to the rendezvous with the freighter, you know? If we're not in the pick-up orbit, they won't wait. MARC CORY: You'll make it, Lowery. Here you are. (CORY hands the wrench to LOWERY.) GORDON LOWERY: I'm doing the best I can. I didn't want to touch down on this lousy planet in the first place, remember? MARC CORY: Let's not start that again. Just get on with the job would you? (CORY looks round into the jungle.) MARC CORY: Where the devil's Garvey? He should be back by now. GORDON LOWERY: No idea. Pass that screwdriver, will you? (CORY rummages in the tool box as LOWERY disappears back into the hole in the side of the ship. Meanwhile, JEFF GARVEY is watching them from behind nearby foliage. While CORY is momentarily distracted, GARVEY slips unnoticed from behind the jungle cover, so that only the ship itself is between him and his prey. His mind continues to focus on the one goal, which he speaks out loud like an oath.) JEFF GARVEY: k*ll! k*ll! (He edges forward. On the other side of the ship, LOWERY has removed one of the damaged components.) GORDON LOWERY: Ahh. Managed to get some of it free. Look at it - useless! Get me a spare, will you? (CORY starts to dig through the toolbox again.) GORDON LOWERY: No, in the ship. (MARC CORY heads back inside the craft. In the meantime, JEFF GARVEY takes the opportunity to get closer to his prey, a p*stol raised. The unsuspecting GORDON LOWERY continues his repairs, unaware of the danger. He calls out to CORY in the ship.) GORDON LOWERY: Ah, it's no good, Cory. You needn't bother with a spare. I'm just not gonna be able to fix it. (GARVEY appears round the side of the ship and aims at LOWERY. Just as he starts to squeeze the trigger, a blaster is heard, and LOWERY spins around quickly enough to see GARVEY ringed in blaster f*re before falling face down - d*ad. Behind him, CORY stands in the ship's hatchway, p*stol drawn.) GORDON LOWERY: Jeff! Jeff! (He jumps to JEFF GARVEY'S side, turning him over.) GORDON LOWERY: You've k*lled him. You've k*lled Jeff! MARC CORY: It was him or you. GORDON LOWERY: You didn't give him a chance. You sh*t him down like an animal. You just sh*t him down! (He jumps at CORY, hands outstretched to choke him. However, he finds himself lying breathless next to GARVEY, as a result of the punch to the stomach. CORY moves to examine GARVEY, and removes something from below his ear, which he shows to LOWERY.) MARC CORY: A Varga thorn. GORDON LOWERY: Wha? V...varga? (LOWERY reaches out to touch it.) MARC CORY: Careful! Don't prick yourself with it...or you'll end up the way Garvey is. I'd have to k*ll you. GORDON LOWERY: What do you mean? MARC CORY: Let's get back into the ship. GORDON LOWERY: What about his personal effects - for his family? MARC CORY: All right. But hurry up. (LOWERY starts to collect GARVEY'S belongings and then the two men enter the rocket ship. Once they are inside, the fingers on one of GARVEY'S hands starts to twitch. Long white hairs are growing out of it and amongst the hair are spines.) 3: INT. SCOUT SHIP (The interior of the ship is very cramped. Most of the space is taken up by three acceleration couch-like seats and the flight instruments. MARC CORY and GORDON LOWERY stand by the control panels, as CORY tries to explain his actions.) MARC CORY: I didn't intend to tell you anything, but since we're stuck on this planet and Garvey is d*ad, there are some facts that you're entitled to know. GORDON LOWERY: Yeah - Jeff Garvey's d*ad. I mean, we flew together for the last ten years, and now he's d*ad, and you k*lled him. You'd better explain that fact and make it good. MARC CORY: Sit down and take a look at this. (LOWERY sits. CORY removes a small document from a pocket and gives it to him. LOWERY reads it to himself, then looks up at CORY.) GORDON LOWERY: Huh! I might have known - "Space Security Service - Licensed to k*ll". MARC CORY: That's right. GORDON LOWERY: Well count me out. (He removes another document from the same pocket.) MARC CORY: This other document gives me the authority to enlist the aid of any persons - civil or military. You were just enlisted. (He also hands it to LOWERY who looks over it.) MARC CORY: From now on, Lowery, you can take your orders from me. GORDON LOWERY: Yeah, all right, all right. But I don't fully understand - better fill in a few details. MARC CORY: All right. (CORY sits down on one of the couches.) MARC CORY: I suppose you've heard of the Daleks? GORDON LOWERY: (Thinks.) The Daleks inv*de Earth a thousand years ago. MARC CORY: That's right. Well, they haven't been active in our galaxy for some time now, but that doesn't mean they've exactly been sitting around. In the last five hundred years, they've gained control of over seventy planets in Ninth Galactic System and forty more in the Constellation of Miros. GORDON LOWERY: Don't see why that should concern us. I mean, they're both millions of light years away from our galaxy. MARC CORY: Mmm...that's what we all thought. But about a week ago, we had a report from the captain of a space freighter. His navigator spotted a...a space ship of a type never before used in our system. He saw it only for a second but he gave us a good description. GORDON LOWERY: So? MARC CORY: What he described...was a Dalek spaceship. (LOWERY looks shocked.) 4: EXT. SCOUT SHIP (Outside the ship, JEFF GARVEY'S lower body twitches with life. His feet and legs are covered with thick white hair and spines. As he struggles to his "feet", his upper body is also covered with a mass of white hair, his human identity almost lost.) 5: INT. SCOUT SHIP (CORY is using the radio, desperately attempting to make contact with their intended rendezvous target.) MARC CORY: (Into radio.) Freighter XM2, freighter XM2 - come in please, come in please! (All that is coming out of the radio is static.) GORDON LOWERY: Can you make it work? MARC CORY: It's got to work! GORDON LOWERY: It may have been damaged in the crash. MARC CORY: We must keep on trying! GORDON LOWERY: Have you tested the link pulses? MARC CORY: (Snaps.) I know what I'm doing. GORDON LOWERY: All right, all right, so the link pulses work. There could be something else wrong with it. What about the vergometer? Have you tested that? Without that you'd never break through the atmosphere. MARC CORY: How can I possibly test that? We've just got to take our chance that it hasn't been damaged. (CORY turns back to the radio.) MARC CORY: (Into radio.) Freighter XM2. Freighter XM2, come in please! Come in please! (CORY waits and listens for a response. Static remains the only response. CORY switches off the set and sighs.) MARC CORY: It's useless. Are you sure we can't repair this ship? GORDON LOWERY: Oh, not a chance. . So you think that the Daleks have established some sort of a base here, is that it? MARC CORY: It could be. This is the most hostile planet in the universe. People from other civilisations avoid it. I suddenly had a hunch...that this might make an ideal place for any secret preparations that the Daleks wanted to make. That's why we brought this ship down here. GORDON LOWERY: Did you tell anybody else about this hunch of yours? MARC CORY: No one - not even your commander. GORDON LOWERY: (Smiles.) Huh! MARC CORY: I just asked for a couple of men and a small rocket. I didn't even tell him what for. GORDON LOWERY: Then why are you telling me? (CORY holds up the thorn again.) MARC CORY: Because of this - a thorn from a Varga plant. A thing...part animal, part vegetable, looks like a cactus. The poison att*cks the brain. Rational thought is replaced by an overwhelming desire to k*ll. Eventually the poison seeps through the system and the victim is gradually transformed...into a Varga. GORDON LOWERY: Well, what's that gotta do with the Daleks? MARC CORY: The only place in the universe where Vargas grow naturally is on the Daleks' own planet, Skaro. If the Vargas are here, the Daleks are too. 6: INT. DALEK CONTROL ROOM (And sure enough, the DALEKS are present on Kemble. In a control room, several DALEKS attend to various controls. All eye stalks turn towards the doorway as the darker cased DALEK SUPREME enters.) DALEK SUPREME: I will receive your reports. (It looks towards a DALEK.) DALEK SUPREME: First - space monitor control. (A DALEK moves forward.) FIRST DALEK: Space monitor control. The emissaries from the seven planets will arrive as arranged. DALEK SUPREME: Then the conference will begin at first sun. (It looks towards a SECOND DALEK.) DALEK SUPREME: Security report? (The SECOND DALEK moves forward.) SECOND DALEK: Security control. Position of alien space craft located. Our patrol will reach it shortly. DALEK SUPREME: The ship and its occupants must be totally destroyed. Destroyed! Destroyed! SECOND DALEK: It will be done. 7: EXT. SCOUT SHIP (NIGHT) (Night has fallen. The jungle noises seem louder now, and MARC CORY appears more anxious to finish his mission and get off the planet. Noticing movement in nearby bushes, he darts into the undergrowth, where he can make out three lumbering shapes in the darkness - Vargas. He darts back to the rocket where GORDON LOWERY breaks off from working on a small object which resembles a miniature launching pad with a smaller rocket attached. ) GORDON LOWERY: Is anything out there? MARC CORY: Vargas - they're closing in. GORDON LOWERY: (Startled.) Do you mean to say they can move? MARC CORY: Very slowly - look. (He points into the night and LOWERY looks in the indicated direction.) MARC CORY: They use ther...their roots to drag themselves along. How long are you gonna be with this...this rescue beacon? (LOWERY holds up a small mechanism.) GORDON LOWERY: Well this is the recording part. Let's hope it wasn't damaged in the crash. MARC CORY: We'll soon find out. Can you fix this capsule up? GORDON LOWERY: Well that's easy enough, but this is the recording mechanism for the message. If we sent the rocket into space without this, not only would we not be rescued, but if you put it up early, no one would even know we were here. MARC CORY: (Impatiently.) Hurry up and attach it then. GORDON LOWERY: All right, all right! I'm as keen to get out of here as you are. (He re-starts work on the rescue beacon.) GORDON LOWERY: Give me those pliers will you? MARC CORY: Ah... (CORY hands him the pliers.) GORDON LOWERY: Nearly finished. MARC CORY: Good. I don't know how long we've got. Now the Daleks must know we're here. They'll be coming for us soon. GORDON LOWERY: Well I still think you're jumping to conclusions, you know. I mean, just 'cos these...what are they...Varga things grow here, it's no proof that the Daleks are here too. MARC CORY: Take my word for it, they're here all right. GORDON LOWERY: Yes, but couldn't these Varga things grow here naturally? I mean...it's possible, isn't it? MARC CORY: No, they were developed in Dalek laboratories. They grow them to give themselves protection. GORDON LOWERY: Well if they're synthetic, that means they... MARC CORY: (Angrily shouts.) Look, stop asking questions and get on with the work! (LOWERY is shocked into silence. He grows sullen.) GORDON LOWERY: All right... (CORY stares into the night again.) 8: EXT. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (Three DALEKS are on patrol in pursuit of the scout ship crew. One of the DALEKS has one of the compass-like perceptor devices in place of the usual sucker. The patrol halts.) FIRST DALEK: Perceptor readings indicated alien space craft. We will close on it from two directions. DALEKS: We obey. (The patrol splits up and moves off.) 9: EXT. SCOUT SHIP (NIGHT) (LOWERY works feverishly, while CORY stands on watch, frustrated at his inability to assist. LOWERY looks up momentarily and sees that the Vargas are creeping closer.) GORDON LOWERY: Those things are getting too close for comfort. I'll fix 'em. (LOWERY stops work and brandishes a blaster to take aim but...) MARC CORY: It's no good, Lowery. They'll only grow again as fast as you can sh**t them. GORDON LOWERY: At least I'll have had a try at 'em. MARC CORY: Get back to the beacon. (LOWERY sees the determination in CORY'S manner and does as instructed.) MARC CORY: You sure it'll work? GORDON LOWERY: Well it should work - it's standard safety equipment on all rocket ships. MARC CORY: What does it do exactly? (He holds up the recorder.) GORDON LOWERY: Well, you record the message, SOS, on this, just like an ordinary tape recorder. (He hands CORY the recorder.) GORDON LOWERY: The rocket launcher sh**t it high into orbit, once it's in orbit it transmits the message - simple. MARC CORY: From what we know about the Daleks, we've got to be picked up. GORDON LOWERY: Well it's tuned into a special frequency - and there are listening posts all over the galaxy. Our people should get the message. MARC CORY: And all we have to do...is to stay alive until they get here. (LOWERY turns back to the launcher. A ship rumbles overhead, its landing lights casting shadows across the jungle. MARC CORY and GORDON LOWERY look up at it.) GORDON LOWERY: That's the biggest rocket ship I've ever seen. It's like nothing we've got. MARC CORY: It's from an outer galaxy. GORDON LOWERY: Yeah, but what's it doing in a God-forsaken planet like this? MARC CORY: I don't know. But I'll tell you this - there's something very big going on here, and if the Daleks are involved, you can bet your life our whole galaxy is in danger! 10: EXT. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (One of the DALEK patrols has also spotted the arriving ship.) FIRST DALEK: The ship from the planet Gearon... SECOND DALEK: ...and the beginning of the Great Alliance. (They resume their advance.) 11: EXT. SCOUT SHIP (NIGHT) (GORDON LOWERY finishes his repairs and puts down his tools with a sigh of relief.) GORDON LOWERY: That should just about do it. Give me the capsule will you. I'll record the message. (He sees that MARC CORY'S attention is on the surrounding jungle.) GORDON LOWERY: What is it? MARC CORY: There's something out there moving. GORDON LOWERY: Vargas? MARC CORY: No. Moving too quickly. Come on, we've gotta...gotta get away. (He turns away and prepares to leave.) GORDON LOWERY: What about the distress signal? MARC CORY: Take it with us, launch it as soon as we get a chance. GORDON LOWERY: All right. Which way? MARC CORY: Over here. (LOWERY picks up the capsule launcher and CORY indicates a direction, making sure to point out the deadly thorns of the nearby Varga plants.) MARC CORY: They won't be the only ones, so watch out. (CORY and LOWERY move off into the jungle, carefully avoiding the Varga plants. Just before they disappear into the undergrowth, the DALEK patrol arrives in the clearing.) GORDON LOWERY: Cory! MARC CORY: Get down and don't make a sound! (They duck under nearby bushes and observe the three DALEKS. One of them looks inside the ship and then faces its companions.) SECOND DALEK: The ship is empty. The crew has gone. FIRST DALEK: We will search for them. Destroy the ship. f*re! (CORY and LOWERY watch helplessly as the ship disintegrates under the DALEKS' f*re.) GORDON LOWERY: It's just falling apart! MARC CORY: Come on! (CORY heads off into the jungle and LOWERY follows.) 12: EXT. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (As CORY strides ahead, LOWERY pushes aside a clump of bushes and then recoils his hand in alarm. He has been pricked by a Varga thorn. He looks at it for a moment and then realises what has happened. He removes it from his palm and tries to suck the poison out. He hears a movement and removes his hand from his mouth. CORY comes back.) MARC CORY: Come on man! Come on! They'll be looking for us now! (LOWERY hesitates and then follows.) 13: EXT. SCOUT SHIP (NIGHT) (The three DALEKS are standing by the twisted wreck of the scout ship.) FIRST DALEK: Report destruction of alien ship to control. SECOND DALEK: I obey. FIRST DALEK: Advise that we will now seek out the crew. Alert all patrols. DALEKS: We obey. 14: INT. DALEK CITY. CONFERENCE ROOM (NIGHT) (In a large darkened conference room are the representatives of the seven galaxies. Trantis is hunched with dark hair and a face from which hang short tendrils. Gearon has a featureless, egg-shaped head and wears a visor. Strangest of all is Sentreal, who is all black, apart from two burning, bright eyes in his cylindrical head. His body looks as though it consists of several open cones stacked on top of each other. Beaus and Warrien both wear protective suits and helmets. Beaus' face and visor are dark and his helmet has an antenna on top. Warrien appears to have a human face beneath his cowled helmet. MALPHA is tall and well built. His face looks like a patchwork, with a network of dark veins on pale skin. The seventh species is, of course, the DALEKS. The representatives are grouped in the centre of the room around a large circular table, on top of which is a representation of the solar system. The centre of this is a large, bright light representing the Sun. Around it, on the surface of the table, are concentric rings representing the orbits of the planets - the planets themselves each being represented by a light.) DALEK SUPREME: With the arrival of our ally, Malpha, we are enough. The meeting can now begin. (MALPHA interrupts in a deep guttural voice.) MALPHA: No it can't. DALEK SUPREME: What is wrong? MALPHA: There is a hostile presence among us. DALEK SUPREME: What do you mean? MALPHA: On arrival here, I am told that there are hostile influences from the solar system among us. (There are general sounds of displeasure from the alien delegates.) DALEK SUPREME: Not among us. MALPHA: Then here - on the planet Kembel. DALEK SUPREME: Some beings have landed from the planet Earth - hostile beings from the centre of the solar system. But do not worry, their spaceship has been destroyed. MALPHA: What about the beings? DALEK SUPREME: They cannot escape. At this moment they are being hunted down. They will be destroyed. MALPHA: Are you sure? DALEK SUPREME: They cannot get away. MALPHA: Suppose they send a message through this universe? DALEK SUPREME: They will not have time. If they do not die by our Varga plants, my patrols will k*ll them! (The DALEK SUPREME'S voice rises...) DALEK SUPREME: They will be exterminated! Exterminated! 15: EXT. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (CORY and LOWERY are still making their way through the jungle. CORY does not notice the look of worry on LOWERY'S face.) MARC CORY: This way. 16: INT. DALEK CITY. CONFERENCE ROOM (NIGHT) (The conference reaches its conclusion...) ALIEN ONE: Agreed. ALIEN TWO: Agreed. DALEK SUPREME: All are agreed. It is done. The seven great powers of the outer galaxies are one. (The aliens make various shouts of triumph, speaking over one another.) ALIEN THREE: Our galactic domination... ALIEN FOUR: Victory... ALIEN FIVE: We are the mightiest in the universe! (The noise subsides.) MALPHA: This is indeed an historic moment in the history of the universe! We six from the outer galaxies, joining with the power from the solar system - the Daleks! The seven of us represent the greatest w*r force ever assembled! Conquest is assured! (MALPHA steps from behind his lectern and moves to the map of the solar system. As he announces each planet, he points to the light representing that planet.) MALPHA: Mars! Venus! Jupiter! The moon colonies! DALEK SUPREME: They will all fall before our might. But the first of them will be...Earth! (The DALEK SUPREME'S arm comes to rest on the representation of the Earth.) 17: EXT. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (LOWERY is resting on a small rock. He tries to suck the poison from his palm. Then he notices the back of his hand. He sees that both it and his forearm are covered with white Varga spines. He starts to sob with pain and fear, and shakes all over. He hears CORY returning from a short recce and hastily covers his arm. CORY immediately starts to work on the distress beacon and is too busy to notice his colleague's odd behaviour.) MARC CORY: We've got to get this capsule off - and fast. There's a city down there - a Dalek city. I got quite close. Close enough to hear an announcement through the loudspeaker system. GORDON LOWERY: And what did they...? MARC CORY: Our whole galaxy is to be inv*de and destroyed! (Unseen behind him, LOWERY is finally succumbing to the poison of the Varga thorn.) GORDON LOWERY: k*ll... MARC CORY: What? GORDON LOWERY: You must k*ll... (LOWERY raises his blaster and CORY turns and realises what has happened.) MARC CORY: (Shocked.) The Varga! GORDON LOWERY: That's right. I'll soon...soon I shall be one of them...k*ll...k*ll! (CORY is quicker to pull out his own g*n and sh**t LOWERY who collapses "d*ad" with a groan. Realising that it is only a matter of time before the DALEKS find him, CORY picks up the recording unit from the beacon, switches it on and starts to speak into it. The machine whirrs as is records his speech.) MARC CORY: (Into recorder.) This is Marc Cory, Special Security Service, reporting from the planet Kembel. The Daleks are planning the complete destruction of our galaxy. Together with the powers of the outer galaxies, a w*r force is being assembled... 18: EXT. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (Nearby, the three DALEKS, one of them still checking its perceptor instrument, close in on CORY'S position.) FIRST DALEK: Seismic detector is registering. SECOND DALEK: The crew from the rocket ship must be in this direction. FIRST DALEK: Are they to be taken for questioning? SECOND DALEK: No. They are to be exterminated. Destroy them on sight. Destroy and exterminate! DALEKS: We obey. (They glide on.) 19: EXT. JUNGLE (NIGHT) (MARC CORY continues his message, getting more and more terrified of the impending DALEK arrival.) MARC CORY: (Into recorder.) If our galaxy is to be saved, whoever receives this message must relay this information to Earth immediately. It...it is vital that...defence mechanisms are put into operation at once! Message ends. (Just as CORY finishes the recording and turns to place it in the rocket, the DALEKS enter the clearing.) FIRST DALEK: f*re. (Before he can reach the rocket, CORY is h*t by a barrage of DALEK f*re. He collapses, lifeless to the ground. The DALEKS look over him.) FIRST DALEK: He is d*ad. SECOND DALEK: Our plans for the galactic conquest are safe. Whatever information he discovered has died with him. Return to the city. DALEKS: We obey. (The DALEKS glide away. By MARC CORY'S lifeless hand, the message recorder remains unnoticed...) 20: INT. DALEK CITY. CONFERENCE ROOM (NIGHT) (MALPHA address the conference...) MALPHA: Now all is ready. We at this table pledge our allegiance to the Dalek cause. Our armies will reduce the galaxies to ashes, their people to dust and Earth we will conquer first. Victory! Victory! (His cry is echoed by his allies...) DALEK SUPREME & ALIENS: Victory! Victory! Victory! (The DALEKS start to file out of the chamber to start their plans...)
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foreverdreaming
Temple of Secrets Written by Donald Cotton Original Air Date: 16 October 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: EXT. PLAIN (A dry, dusty and sunlit plain; a warrior dressed in ancient armour runs in from the distance. He is called out to by another warrior...) HECTOR: Achilles! (This warrior is the larger of the two and wears studded leather armour and wields a huge sword; his helmet is in the shape of a plumed horse's head. He draws his sword. The other man, ACHILLES, is less strong but fleet of foot, and goads his pursuer...) ACHILLES: Over here, s*ab keeper! Barbarian horse worshipper! HECTOR: (Sneering.) Out of breath so soon, my light-foot princeling? Your friend Patrocolus fled me further, and made better sport! ACHILLES: (Angrily.) m*rder! Patrocolus was a boy. HECTOR: A boy? Well he died like a dog, whimpering after his master Achilles! Ha! Let me send you to him where he waits in Hades. Let me throw the dog a bone or two! (ACHILLES is goaded and they have a clash of swords but HECTOR is easily able to parry his opponent's thrust and the Greek jumps back.) HECTOR: What? So anxious to be gone? I would not keep you for the world! ACHILLES: Your bones would be the meatier, Trojan - though meat a trifle rough at that. Well all's one - they will whiten well enough in the sun! (Enraged, ACHILLES att*cks again but the Greek realises that the muscle-bound ape in front of him has a small advantage in a straight fight. He turns and runs out of reach again. HECTOR calls after him as he tries to keep up.) HECTOR: Run, Achilles! Run! Run a little more, before you die! (The two running figures are tiny specks in the vast plain.) 2: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Inside the TARDIS, the DOCTOR, STEVEN and VICKI observes the "fight" on the scanner.) VICKI: What sort of people are they, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, I'm not sure, my child. You'll notice they're wearing Grecian costumes. VICKI: They don't seem to have noticed us. (The continuing insults of the two warriors are heard in the control room from the scanner as its occupants speak...) STEVEN: That's hardly surprising in the circumstances. Why do you suppose they fight? (The scanner shows the fight resuming, as HECTOR and ACHILLES continue hurling insults at each other.) DOCTOR: I haven't the remotest idea, my boy. No doubt their reasons will be entirely adequate. Yes, I think I...perhaps I'd better go and ask them where we are. VICKI: Doctor, be careful! They look terribly fierce. DOCTOR: Oh, what nonsense! If you take notice of them, I think they're doing more talking than they are fighting. I think I'd better go and ask them where we are. VICKI: Doctor, you can't! You know if you go out there by yourself you'll g... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) Now you stay here, my dear, and look after that ankle. STEVEN: Wouldn't it be better if I went? DOCTOR: Not at all, young man. You stay here and keep an eye on Vicki. Besides, I don't think your present humour is fitting for the occasion. You know, I don't think they'd appreciate your kind of sarcasm. (He laughs as STEVEN shows indignation...) 3: EXT. PLAIN (Outside the partially concealed TARDIS, the two warriors have not noticed the strange object. The weak ACHILLES is exhausted.) ACHILLES: The gods of my people, Hector, are not lightly mocked. They are terrible! And Troy itself is doomed to fall at their bidding...even as you are. You cannot stand against them. HECTOR: (Mocking.) You pretend that old Father Zeus will descend to Earth and take Troy for you. I guarantee to trim his beard for him if he dare attempt it! (At this moment, an ominous roll of thunder is heard in the clear, cloudless sky.) ACHILLES: Beware - the voice of Zeus, Hector! Beware the anger of Olympus! HECTOR: Who am I to fear the thunder, you superstitious, dark-dodging decadent! (He calls up to the skies...) HECTOR: Hear me, Zeus! Accept from me the promised light of your cringing servant Achilles! Or else, I challenge you - descend to Earth and save him! (HECTOR lunges at ACHILLES but, by a curious quirk of timing, another thunderclap reverberates through the plain. This time, the warriors' attention is attracted to the TARDIS when the DOCTOR walks out of the ship. The fighters are dumbstruck as HECTOR falls to his knees in amazement.) HECTOR: Zeus! Forgive me. (ACHILLES is first to react; while HECTOR stares aghast at the new arrival, the Greek seizes the initiative and runs him through with his sword. HECTOR takes this turn of events as a certain sign of the DOCTOR'S identity as he slumps to the ground.) DOCTOR: Stop! You must not kick a man when he is down... (The DOCTOR realises the full extent of HECTOR'S sorry state.) DOCTOR: You have k*lled this poor fellow! (ACHILLES kneels before the DOCTOR.) ACHILLES: Oh, but in your name. DOCTOR: In my name, indeed! Get up! Get up, I tell you! (The DOCTOR looks at HECTOR'S body.) DOCTOR: This is terrible. ACHILLES: If Zeus bids me to rise... (He stands up.) DOCTOR: What is this? What is it you take me for? ACHILLES: The father of the gods and ruler of the world. DOCTOR: What! Do you really? And who might you be, may I ask? ACHILLES: Achilles. Mightiest of warriors, greatest in battle, humblest of your servants. DOCTOR: Well, if I may say so, you're not very humble, are you, eh? Yes, I...I think I know you, yes. And this, er, this friend of yours must be, er... ACHILLES: Hector. Prince of Troy. Sent to Hades for blasphemy against the gods of Greece. DOCTOR: Blasphemy? I'm sure he didn't mean it. ACHILLES: He thr*at to trim your beard should you descend to Earth! DOCTOR: Oh, did he now? Well, if you notice, I have no beard! ACHILLES: If you had appeared to me in your true form, I would have been truly blinded by your radiance. It is well known that when you come amongst us you adopt many different forms. DOCTOR: (Flattered.) Oh, do I? (Laughs.) ACHILLES: To Europa, you appeared as a bull. To Leda, as a swan. To me... in the guise of an old beggar. (The smile disappears from the DOCTOR'S face.) DOCTOR: I beg your pardon! I do nothing of the kind! ACHILLES: (Quickly.) Oh, but still your glory shines through! DOCTOR: (Mollified.) Oh, indeed. Indeed so, yes, so I should hope. Yes, well thank you, I'm glad to meet you. Now, if you will excuse me, I must get back to my temple. Attend to his funeral. (The DOCTOR turns towards the TARDIS, but ACHILLES, showing uncharacteristic bravery, leaps to block his way.) ACHILLES: Oh stop! You must not go! DOCTOR: Do you realise whom you are addressing? (ACHILLES kneels.) ACHILLES: Forgive me, father Zeus, I... I spoke hastily. DOCTOR: Then do not hinder me, or I will strike you with a thunderbolt! ACHILLES: I must brave even the wrath of Zeus, and implore you to remain. DOCTOR: Well, I don't see why I should. I have many other commitments, you must understand... ACHILLES: And one of them lies here. In the camp of Agamemnon, our general. (The DOCTOR is not impressed and still tries to leave.) ACHILLES: Oh, hear me out, I pray! For ten long years now we have laid siege to Troy, and still they defy us. Come! (He leads a reluctant DOCTOR a short distance away in the direction of the city.) 4: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (STEVEN and VICKI watch on the scanner as they go.) STEVEN: And where's he off to now? It's a fine time to go looking at the view! VICKI: After all, that's why he went out there, to find out where we are. Anyway, that man looks quite friendly now. He's probably showing him the way to the nearest town. STEVEN: Hmm, I wonder... (He looks at his clothing.) STEVEN: I think I'd better try and find some more suitable clothes. (He moves towards the TARDIS inner section.) 5: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (The high and imposing walls of the city of Troy sit in the distance. ACHILLES points to it.) ACHILLES: (Sadly.) There they sit, secure behind their walls, whilst we rot in their summers and starve in their crack-bone winters. (As he talks, a rough-looking thick-bearded character, looking every inch the perfect pirate, appears from the opposite direction. He is ODYSSEUS, king of Ithaca, and he is accompanied by a group of bandit-like soldiers. ACHILLES looks a touch displeased at their arrival. The newcomer greets them with a booming voice.) ODYSSEUS: What's this, Achilles? So far from camp, all unprotected from a prisoner? ACHILLES: Odysseus, this is no prisoner. DOCTOR: Certainly not. ODYSSEUS: Not yet a prisoner? You should have called for assistance, lad. We would not like to lose you. Come, let us escort you homewards! Night might fall and find thee from thy tent! DOCTOR: (To ACHILLES.) I wouldn't stand for that if I were you! ODYSSEUS: Are, but then, old fellow, you are not the Lord Achilles. He is not the one to look for trouble, are you, boy? ACHILLES: Have a care, pirate! Are there no Trojan throats to slit, that you dare tempt my sword? ODYSSEUS: Throats enough, I grant you. Some half score Trojans will not whistle easy tonight - but what of you? (ACHILLES replies in a casual tone.) ACHILLES: Oh, but a trifle. I met Prince Hector. Here he lies. (He points to the nearby body.) ODYSSEUS: Zeus! ACHILLES: ...Was instrumental. ODYSSEUS: No doubt, no doubt. But what a year is this for plague; even the strongest might fall! Prince Hector, huh, that he should come to this. You met him here, you say, as he lay dying? ACHILLES: I met him, Odysseus, in single combat. DOCTOR: Oh yes, it's true! ODYSSEUS: And raced him round the walls till down he fell exhausted! A famous victory! ACHILLES: I met him face to face, I say! Battled with him for an hour or more, until my greater strength overcame him. (The DOCTOR laughs.) ODYSSEUS: Bravo. But tell me, Lightfoot, what of Zeus? You say he intervened, and then...? (ACHILLES points dramatically at the DOCTOR.) ACHILLES: Why, there he stands! And listens to your mockery. DOCTOR: Oh yes, I find it most interesting. (ACHILLES doesn't get the reaction he was hoping for - ODYSSEUS laughs uproariously.) ODYSSEUS: What! This old man, this threadbare grey pate? Oh come, Achilles! ACHILLES: (To the DOCTOR.) Oh, forgive him, father Zeus! He is but a rough and simple sailor. ODYSSEUS: Aye, very rough, but scarce as simple as you seem to think. (He looks at the TARDIS.) ODYSSEUS: What have we here? (He goes and looks at the strange contraption.) 6: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI watches with worry as ODYSSEUS'S leering face dominates the scanner screen.) VICKI: Steven, he's coming in! (STEVEN returns to the Control Room, dressed in suitably Greek cape.) STEVEN: No, the Doctor will stop him. I must go out and help. (He makes for the doors.) VICKI: No, don't!... Just a minute... (She hands him a spanner.) VICKI: Here. Take this, and wait behind the door, hm? 7: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (ODYSSEUS mocks the DOCTOR, the TARDIS, and anything else in sight.) ODYSSEUS: The temple of Zeus, you say? (He laughs.) A trifle modest, is it not, for so powerful a god! DOCTOR: This is my travelling temple. Being small, it's convenient. (ODYSSEUS laughs again and makes for the door, which is still ajar. ACHILLES blocks his way.) ACHILLES: You shall not enter. DOCTOR: Certainly not! In any case, I must be off. ACHILLES: Oh, then will you not stay with us? DOCTOR: No, I, er... ODYSSEUS: What! You will to the Grecian camp. If indeed you be Zeus, we have need of your assistance. (He turns to the Greeks, who are more convinced by ACHILLES' story and are staying a safe distance away.) ODYSSEUS: Now do not cower there, lads! Zeus is on our side, so Agamemnon keeps insisting. Bear him up, and let us carry him in triumph to the camp! DOCTOR: I am quite capable of walking! ACHILLES: Odysseus, I claim the honour to escort him. Let him walk to camp with me. ODYSSEUS: You shall have honour enough. And maybe we shall have a little of the truth. (To the DOCTOR, insincerely.) Father Zeus, we await you! We crave the pleasure of your company at supper, and perhaps a tale or two of Aphrodite, eh? DOCTOR: I refuse to enter into any kind of vulgar bawdry. ODYSSEUS: Then you shall tell us why...we find you lurking near our lines. That should prove equally entertaining. Take him, lads! The two of you there, take up this carrion! (Two of the Greeks grab hold of HECTOR'S body as the rest make for the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Have a care, do not touch me! (The Greeks ignore him and grab him, hoisting him on their shoulders. ODYSSEUS laughs again.) ACHILLES: You will pay for this, Odysseus. ODYSSEUS: Ha, will I? We shall see. This much must we do for the Lord Achilles, lest none believe his story! (He sets off laughing with the Greeks, who bear the DOCTOR between them. ACHILLES stares after them.) ACHILLES: You will not laugh so loud, I think, when Agamemnon hears of this. 8: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (STEVEN and VICKI watch the DOCTOR and his new companions disappear from view.) STEVEN: I am going after him. I'm sure he's been taken prisoner. VICKI: Oh, come on, the big man was laughing! STEVEN: It didn't look as though the Doctor made a joke. VICKI: Anyway, we don't even know where we are. STEVEN: Well, the Doctor said they were Greeks - we're probably in Greece. VICKI: Oh, but that would be wonderful, wouldn't it? We might meet the heroes, we might... STEVEN: Those men who carried off the Doctor wouldn't be heroes, or anything like them. That's why I've got to go and get him. VICKI: Well I'm coming with you. STEVEN: And how far do you think you can get on that ankle? VICKI: It's not so bad now, I... I'll manage! STEVEN: No, you stay here. Rest your ankle, watch the scanners, you'll be perfectly safe - when you see the Doctor and me coming, open the doors - but not otherwise! VICKI: But Steven... STEVEN: No! VICKI: We mustn't... STEVEN: (Interrupting.) I haven't got time to argue. I want to get to the Doctor before they cut his head off. Now stay here. (He exits the TARDIS, leaving VICKI in a huff. She mutters to herself as he leaves...) VICKI: (Aggrieved.) Goodbye! (Worried.) I hope you find the Doctor, that's all. 9: INT. AGAMEMNON'S TENT (NIGHT) (Night has fallen. In a richly draped tent in the Greek encampment, sits AGAMEMNON, King of Mycenae. He is currently sitting in front of a feast of cold meats, eating like a pig. Beside him is his brother, the Spartan king MENELAUS, who drinks from a pitcher of wine - not his first of the evening. A number of soldiers and two young slaves are in attendance and a lyre plays in the background.) AGAMEMNON: Now, you drink too much, Menelaus. I've told you about it before. Why can't you learn to behave like a king instead of a... dropsical old camp follower? Have a little dignity. Try to remember that you're my brother, can't you? (MENELAUS replies in a slurred voice.) MENELAUS: One of the reasons I drink, Agamemnon, is to forget that I am your brother. Another is this ridiculous Trojan expedition - we've been here for ten years! I want to go home. Besides, I'm not getting any younger. AGAMEMNON: You won't get any older if you talk to me like that, brother or no brother. What's the matter with you, man? Don't you want to get Helen back? Don't you... don't you want to see your wife again? MENELAUS: Quite frankly, no. If you must know, I was heartily glad to see the back of her. AGAMEMNON: You mustn't talk like that in front of these. (He indicates the slaves as MENELAUS chuckles.) MENELAUS: It wasn't the first time she's allowed herself to be... abducted. I can't keep on going off to the ends of the Earth to get her back, it...it makes me a laughing stock. AGAMEMNON: Now you knew perfectly well what she was like before you married her. Besides, this is a question of honour to get her back. Family honour, don't you understand? MENELAUS: Not...not to mention the trade routes through the Bosphorus, of course. AGAMEMNON: What have they got to do with it? MENELAUS: It isn't enough for you that you control the Achean League, is it? Now you want to take over Asia Minor as well, only King Priam of Troy stands in your way. AGAMEMNON: May I remind you that these ambitions would have been served just as well if you had k*lled Paris in single combat, as you were expected to? MENELAUS: Yes, but... AGAMEMNON: And don't interrupt. Priam would have been quite prepared to let this contest settle the issue between us. MENELAUS: Yes, but you... AGAMEMNON: Don't blame me because you've landed us into a full scale w*r! MENELAUS: Yes, but I did challenge Paris, if you remember, ten years ago! Fellow wouldn't accept. AGAMEMNON: Huh! He's just about as cowardly as you are. (MENELAUS tries to speak firmly to his brother, though his drunken slurring spoils the effect.) MENELAUS: For the last time, I am not a coward. AGAMEMNON: Well in that case, why don't you challenge someone else? MENELAUS: Anyone... AGAMEMNON: Challenge Hector. MENELAUS: Hector...? (MENELAUS starts worrying that his brother just might be serious.) MENELAUS: Hector?! Are you mad? Why, that would be su1c1de! AGAMEMNON: Well you don't know until you've tried it, do you? (He begins to laugh.) AGAMEMNON: You know, I think that's a very good idea of yours! MENELAUS: Oh. So you want to see me k*lled, is that it? Is nothing sacred to you? AGAMEMNON: A brother's honour. (MENELAUS scoffs.) AGAMEMNON: I hold that more sacred than anything else. That's why I shall issue the challenge in the morning, on your behalf. MENELAUS: I...on my behalf? (He breaks off as ACHILLES runs into the tent, and saluting, drops his b*mb.) ACHILLES: My king - Hector is d*ad! (The reaction is not as ACHILLES had hoped; AGAMEMNON is furious but MENELAUS looks relieved.) AGAMEMNON: What! How did this happen? ACHILLES: This very day. I slew him after an hour or more of single combat. AGAMEMNON: Oh, you did. Oh dear. There's another good idea wasted. ACHILLES: (Disappointed.) What do you mean, wasted? Here have I been, fight... AGAMEMNON: (Interrupting.) Ah, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! It's only that Menelaus was just about to challenge him. (MENELAUS chokes on a particularly large mouthful of wine. ACHILLES looks hurt.) AGAMEMNON: Now don't think I'm not pleased with what you've done. I am! Sit down. Tell us all about it. ACHILLES: But I have other, more important news. And there isn't much time. AGAMEMNON: What, more important than the death of Hector? ACHILLES: At the height of my battle with Hector, there came a sudden lightning flash. And Zeus appeared before me. MENELAUS: Zeus? Oh... (He suddenly realises what ACHILLES has said...) MENELAUS: Eh?! AGAMEMNON: It's all right, he's been listening to too much propaganda, haven't you, Achilles? (Chuckles) You mustn't take so much notice of that. ACHILLES: Look, I tell you it's true! He appeared to me from nowhere in the...in the shape of a little old man. AGAMEMNON: Oh! Where is he now, this little old Zeus? ACHILLES: He was about to accompany me here when Odysseus and his men arrived. They took him prisoner. (AGAMEMNON leaps to his feet with hitherto unsuspected agility.) AGAMEMNON: They what! ACHILLES: Odysseus mocked him. Then they seized him and are bringing him to camp. I ran ahead to warn you. AGAMEMNON: You did well. Perdition take Odysseus! You can't be too careful in matters like this. He may in fact be Zeus. (He shouts to a nearby guard.) AGAMEMNON: Guard! Go find the Lord Odysseus. Command his presence here. (The guard leaves.) 10: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (NIGHT) (Back on the plain, a Trojan approaches the TARDIS in the darkness. He places a plaque beside the police box and hurries away. On the plaque is a crudely painted horse...) 11: INT. AGAMEMNON'S TENT (NIGHT) (ODYSSEUS comes storming into AGAMEMNON'S tent.) ODYSSEUS: Who dares command Odysseus? Well, Agamemnon, is it you? Well, we will not quarrel when we have a guest of such importance. Here's this old man - claims to be our father Zeus, ha! (The DOCTOR is shoved headlong into the tent. He raises his hand and ACHILLES kneels whilst MENELAUS ducks beneath the table.) DOCTOR: You may rise. I am most displeased. Who is in command here? AGAMEMNON: I have that honour. DOCTOR: As I have always understood; yet this mountebank Odysseus seems to be a law unto himself. He makes fun of his guests, and laughs at Zeus! AGAMEMNON: He will be reprimanded - if you are indeed who you say you are. DOCTOR: If I am not a god, how do you account for my supernatural knowledge, hm? AGAMEMNON: Knowledge? Of what? DOCTOR: I could tell you one or two things that might surprise you. AGAMEMNON: Ah, name one. DOCTOR: Your wife, for instance, is unfaithful to you. AGAMEMNON: What! (ODYSSEUS roars with laughter.) ODYSSEUS: Everyone knows that! MENELAUS: I...I've never heard it. ODYSSEUS: Everyone, that is, except you and him, of course! AGAMEMNON: (Angrily.) Silence! I will not have my wife's name banded about like that. Besides, we have no way of checking on your slanderous assertions, divinely inspired or no. What do you advise? DOCTOR: (Shouts.) Then treat me with honour and return me to my temple, before I really become angry! (ACHILLES hastily steps forward.) ACHILLES: I tell you, Agamemnon, he has come to help us. AGAMEMNON: What? DOCTOR: If I were an enemy, what could one man do nolne...alone and unarmed do against the glory that is Greece, hm? AGAMEMNON: Glory that is Greece? A neat phrase. ODYSSEUS: The man is a spy. Deal with him and be brief, or I shall undertake it for you. ACHILLES: After I am d*ad, Odysseus, and only then. ODYSSEUS: If you so insist, I shall be most happy to oblige, Lightfoot! (He laughs.) AGAMEMNON: Silence! This is time for thought, not swordplay. ODYSSEUS: Well, since my thoughts are of such little account, allow me to withdraw! (The sailor storms out of the tent.) ACHILLES: (To the DOCTOR.) Forgive him, father Zeus. The man is a boor. If you command me, I will deal with him... DOCTOR: No, no, Achilles, leave him! Why try to k*ll him now when you are in sight of victory? (Laughs.) AGAMEMNON: Huh? Do you prophesy as much as that? DOCTOR: I could almost guarantee it. MENELAUS: Almost? Oh, not another ten years! DOCTOR: But first I would like to know, am I to be treated as a god - or as an enemy? If you k*ll me now, it will probably cost you the w*r. (AGAMEMNON considers...) AGAMEMNON: Yes, that is so. On the other hand, if we don't k*ll you and you are a spy, the same thing might happen. I propose to place you under arrest. DOCTOR: Arrest? But I must return to my TAR... er, my temple! AGAMEMNON: A reverent arrest. You must not be offended. We shall enjoy the benefit of your experience and your advice, and in return you will enjoy our hospitality. DOCTOR: (Resigned.) Very well. AGAMEMNON: Excellent! Do sit down and have a ham bone. (The DOCTOR sits at the table and is passed the proffered dish...) 12: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (NIGHT) (STEVEN silently picks his way across the plain towards the Greek encampment. He ducks out of sight as a number of sentries walk past, then he goes on, skirting past the dozing sentries. He is watched from the shadows by a tan-skinned man with a patch over one eye - CYCLOPS who sees STEVEN approach the camp.) 13: EXT. GREEK CAMP (NIGHT) (ODYSSEUS approaches the outside of AGAMEMNON'S tent. Outside it is a Greek soldier on guard.) ODYSSEUS: Get thee to thy rest. (The guard leaves. As soon as he has gone, CYCLOPS emerges from the shadows and goes up to a pleased ODYSSEUS.) ODYSSEUS: Ah, my little Cyclops. What news, hmm? (CYCLOPS gestures in sign language; ODYSSEUS clearly understands him.) ODYSSEUS: The stranger? (CYCLOPS corrects ODYSSEUS' understanding...) ODYSSEUS: Ah, the other stranger. Another stranger! (CYCLOPS signs again...) ODYSSEUS: Ah, from the temple? Oh, temple! (He laughs as CYCLOPS continues with his "message".) ODYSSEUS: (Alarmed.) In the camp! You think he is my enemy, eh? You have done well. Now, my little chatterbox, go back to the temple, see what happens, hm? (He suddenly notices STEVEN moving through the darkened camp a short distance away.) ODYSSEUS: Get you gone! (CYCLOPS goes and ODYSSEUS ducks into hiding. STEVEN approaches the tent and is about to peer in when ODYSSEUS comes out of the shadows behind him.) ODYSSEUS: (Quietly.) What have we here? (STEVEN spins round.) ODYSSEUS: Another god, perhaps? STEVEN: No, I'm just a traveller. I lost my way and saw the light. ODYSSEUS: At least the god Apollo - to walk invisible past sentries. STEVEN: Sentries? I saw no sentries. ODYSSEUS: Oh? Then perhaps they are sleeping with a Kn*fe between their ribs. (He puts the point of his sword against STEVEN'S throat.) ODYSSEUS: Shall we go seek them together? (STEVEN backs off.) STEVEN: Put away your sword, I'm a friend! ODYSSEUS: Mm, but a friend of whom? STEVEN: What do you mean? (ODYSSEUS points at the tent.) ODYSSEUS: That... that god who feasts yonder, that Trojan spy? STEVEN: I don't know him. ODYSSEUS: (Harshly.) Do you not? We shall see! Move! (He pushes STEVEN forward into AGAMEMNON'S tent.) 14: INT. AGAMEMNON'S TENT (NIGHT) (AGAMEMNON, MENELAUS, ACHILLES and the DOCTOR are just finishing dinner when STEVEN is sent hurtling into the tent, closely, though more slowly, followed by ODYSSEUS.) AGAMEMNON: Huh? Who is this? ODYSSEUS: My prisoner, the god Apollo. Achilles, will you not worship him? He is a Trojan spy, but of such undoubted divinity he must be spared. AGAMEMNON: (To STEVEN.) Are you a Trojan? STEVEN: Huh? No, of course not! I'm just a traveller... of a sort. (AGAMEMNON turns to the DOCTOR.) AGAMEMNON: Do you know this man? DOCTOR: Only for what he seems to be. ODYSSEUS: An acquaintance from Olympus, come to meet his father. STEVEN: My father? I've never seen him before in my life! AGAMEMNON: That's enough! Take him away, Odysseus. Why should I be troubled with such petty prisoners? Cut out his tongue for insolence, and make an end! (STEVEN looks alarmed.) ODYSSEUS: (To AGAMEMNON.) Softly now! (He turns to the DOCTOR.) ODYSSEUS: All-seeing Zeus, you see into our very hearts and know their secrets? DOCTOR: Quite so. ODYSSEUS: Then is this man a spy? DOCTOR: I do not know, and I do not care. ODYSSEUS: Shall he then be put to death? DOCTOR: I think it would be much safer on the whole. (STEVEN looks confused, then worried, as ODYSSEUS draws his sword to carry out the execution.) DOCTOR: Stop! Have you lost your senses? ODYSSEUS: Now we have it! On second thoughts, you think we should release him to return to Troy. DOCTOR: Do not mock me, my Lord Odysseus! Would you stain the tent of Agamemnon's...with a Trojan's blood? I claim this man as a sacrifice to Olympus! Bring him to my temple in the plain, at sunrise in the morning, and I will show you a miracle. ODYSSEUS: (Mocking.) A miracle! Oh, that would be most satisfactory. MENELAUS: Convincing proof, I would say. AGAMEMNON: What sort of miracle would... DOCTOR: I will strike him with a bolt from heaven! ODYSSEUS: Very spectacular, ha! (There is s sudden commotion outside, and two guards enter, bearing the struggling form of CYCLOPS between them.) AGAMEMNON: Ah, what's this? Who's this? ODYSSEUS: Release him. AGAMEMNON: All right, Odysseus, who is this man? ODYSSEUS: My Cyclops, my little servant. So... (CYCLOPS gestures to ODYSSEUS.) AGAMEMNON: Well, can't he speak? ODYSSEUS: Alas no more. For once he spoke too loud for comfort, and stammered on a Kn*fe. But he speaks to me. (To CYCLOPS.) Get you gone and wait for me. (The guards step back and CYCLOPS leaves. ODYSSEUS turns to the DOCTOR.) ODYSSEUS: Thunder at the temple tomorrow, did you say? DOCTOR: Yes, I did. ODYSSEUS: Our weather is so unpredictable. If there is no thunder on the plain, I have a sword will serve for two as well as one. Your "temple", as you call it, has disappeared! (The DOCTOR momentarily loses his mask of authority.) DOCTOR: Disappeared? ODYSSEUS: Vanished... (He laughs.) ...into thin air! (The DOCTOR'S mask of authority slips and STEVEN looks at him in alarm...) 15: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (NIGHT) (Indeed, where the TARDIS once stood, only the Trojan plaque of the horse now lies on the ground...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x06 - Temple of Secrets"}
foreverdreaming
Small Prophet, Quick Return Written by Donald Cotton Original Air Date: 23 October 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (It is the next morning. Where the TARDIS once stood, there are now only footprints in the sand.) (The DOCTOR, AGAMEMNON, ODYSSEUS and CYCLOPS arrive at the spot. They all look round. Behind them STEVEN is held by several soldiers. CYCLOPS hands the Trojan plaque to ODYSSEUS who glances over it.) ODYSSEUS: Well, father Zeus, where is this temple of yours? DOCTOR: Well, it should be about here somewhere, hmm! It's rather hard to understand, these sandy plains are so much alike, hmm! (AGAMEMNON looks at the various tracks.) AGAMEMNON: Well, something has been here. ODYSSEUS: And someone, too. (He points.) ODYSSEUS: For see, some several tracks lead up to Troy. Lord Agamemnon, admit your fault - these men are spies! AGAMEMNON: So it would begin to seem. Bring on the prisoner. (STEVEN is shoved forward by a pair of soldiers.) AGAMEMNON: Well, father Zeus, you have but one chance left to prove yourself. (He indicates STEVEN.) AGAMEMNON: k*ll this Trojan spy. ODYSSEUS: Yes, fling a thunderbolt or some such, do. Do rise to the occasion! DOCTOR: This sacrifice can only be performed within the temple. ODYSSEUS: Which temple is in Troy, therefore would we release you? Just so. (The DOCTOR sighs.) ODYSSEUS: I for one have had enough! (The DOCTOR realises the game is up.) DOCTOR: Do not labour this point! I am not Zeus, and this young man is a friend of mine. Neither of us are Trojans, sir. AGAMEMNON: I care not who you are. Seize him! (The soldiers do so and start to bind their hands.) AGAMEMNON: It is enough that you have trifled with my credulity and made me look a fool in front of all my captains. (To the soldiers.) Now, finish the business and be brief! And do not bring their bodies back. Let them rot here, so that they can be an example to their fellows. (The General storms off, leaving the DOCTOR and STEVEN in the hands of ODYSSEUS and the soldiers. STEVEN speaks quietly to the DOCTOR.) STEVEN: Are you quite sure Vicki couldn't have dematerialised the TARDIS? DOCTOR: Of course she couldn't - I told you last night! (They break off as ODYSSEUS approaches them.) ODYSSEUS: First of all, mannikins - who are you? DOCTOR: I think you, er, had better tell him. STEVEN: Yes, well this may take some time! ODYSSEUS: I will be patient. But this time, if you value your lives, do not lie to me! (He laughs.) 2: EXT. TROY. MAIN SQUARE (A crowd has gathered in the busy main square of the city. The palace stands on one side of the square, while a flight of steps on the other side leads up to the imposing temple building. A number of Trojan soldiers are finishing depositing the TARDIS, fresh from its journey from the plain, in the middle of the square. The leader of the group steps forward and addresses a band of soldiers - he is PARIS, second son of King PRIAM of Troy, a slightly effeminate young man.) PARIS: Sound the trumpets! (A group of trumpeters bellow out a chorus.) PARIS: Dismiss! (The soldiers leave. The ear-splitting noise stops. An old man comes hurrying out of the palace - King PRIAM; he clearly does not appreciate such loud noises at this early hour holding his hands over his ears...) PRIAM: Silence! Great Horse of Asia, is none of us to rest? Who's there? (PARIS steps forward from the throng and speaks confidently.) PARIS: Paris, father, returned from patrol. PRIAM: Well, what news? Have you avenged your brother Hector? Have you...have you k*lled Achilles? PARIS: I...sought Achilles, father, even to the Grecian lines, but he skulked within his tent. (Chuckles.) He feared to face me. PRIAM: Well go back and wait until he gets his courage up! Upon my soul, what sort of brother are you? Furthermore, what sort of son? What... (The king's diatribe is cut off as he catches sight of the TARDIS sitting in the square.) PRIAM: What is that you have got there? PARIS: (Proudly.) Ah. A prize, father, captured from the Greeks. (PRIAM approaches the TARDIS.) PRIAM: Hmm, captured, you say? I wager they were glad to see the back of it! What is it? PARIS: What is it? Well, it's er, it's, sort of, erm...a shrine, or so it seems. (PRIAM tries to open the door.) 3: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (His face looms large on the scanner. Watching, VICKI reacts with fear and nervousness.) 4: EXT. TROY. MAIN SQUARE (PRIAM finishes his examination of the TARDIS and turns to PARIS.) PRIAM: And what, may I ask, do you propose to do with this seeming shrine? PARIS: Well I had rather thought of, er, putting it in the temple. (A regal-looking young woman has been listening to the conversation from the temple steps; she now decides to join in. She yells with a shrill, but poisonous, voice.) CASSANDRA: Ha! You're not putting that in my temple! (She moves to join PRIAM and PARIS.) PRIAM: I should think not indeed, bringing back blessed shrines. Go back and bring Achilles' body, if you want to do something useful! Get back to the w*r! CASSANDRA: And take that thing with you. (She points at the TARDIS. PARIS is indignant.) PARIS: Oh, really! If you...if you knew the weight of this, this, this... thing... (He speaks quietly to PRIAM as the woman - CASSANDRA - comes down the temple steps to join them.) PARIS: Father, if Cassandra doesn't want it, can't we just leave it where it is for the moment? PRIAM: In the middle of the square? PARIS: Yes - I mean, it could be a sort of, er, a sort of a monument. CASSANDRA: A monument to what? PARIS: (Proudly.) Well, to my initiative, for instance. After all, it is the first sizeable trophy we've captured since the w*r started. Probably turn out to be very useful. CASSANDRA: What sort of use would you suggest? PARIS: (Scoffs.) What sort of use! Well... (He thinks.) PARIS: Don't quite know, actually. But I mean, once we've examined it thoroughly, it'll probably prove to have all sorts of uses. CASSANDRA: I'm quite sure - uses to the Greeks! PARIS: What do you mean? CASSANDRA: Why do you imagine that they allowed you to capture it? PARIS: (Scoffs.) Allowed me? Allowed me? Now you look here, Cassandra... CASSANDRA: Where did you find it? PARIS: Where'd I find it? Where d'you think - out there in the middle of the plain! CASSANDRA: Unguarded, I suppose? PARIS: Yes, of course! I...I mean, yes, it was...well... CASSANDRA: Just as I thought. Can't you see that you were meant to bring it into Troy? PARIS: No, I can't see, quite frankly! PRIAM: I think I'm beginning to see. PARIS: What are you two getting at? CASSANDRA: You've broken my dreams. The auguries were bad this morning; I woke full of foreboding. PARIS: (Mutters, to PRIAM.) Never knew her when she didn't! PRIAM: Paris, your sister is High Priestess. Let her speak. PARIS: All right, Cassandra, now what was this dream about? CASSANDRA: (With dignity.) Thank you. I dreamed that out on the plain the Greeks had left a gift, and although what it was remained unclear, we brought it into Troy. Then at night, from out its belly, soldiers came and fell upon us as we slept. (PARIS looks distinctly unimpressed.) PARIS: Yes, well I hardly think we need trouble to interpret that one! Oh really, Cassan... (Laughs.) H...h...have you looked at this "thing", as you call it? I mean, just how many soldiers do you think you can get inside that? A whole regiment, perhaps? I mean, you'd be very lucky to get even two medium-sized soldiers out of that thing. CASSANDRA: Fool! One soldier could unbar the gate and so admit an army! It's exactly the sort of scheme Odysseus would think of. PRIAM: Why don't we open the thing and see? PARIS: Yes, well that is rather the point. You see, there... is a door, but, erm, it doesn't seem to open. CASSANDRA: Just as I said - it's locked from the inside. PRIAM: Oh, it is, is it? Stand aside. (King PRIAM grabs PARIS' sword and strides up to the TARDIS. He tries hacking open the door but his blows make absolutely no impact on the TARDIS.) PARIS: (Sighs.) Well, there you are, father. Perhaps you'll believe me next time, I suppose. (He turns jovially to his sister.) PARIS: Oh, Cassandra, perhaps you'd like to care to have a try? CASSANDRA: The thing need not be opened. Bring branches, f*re and sacrificial oil. We'll make of it an offering to the gods of Troy! (She smiles.) And if there be some within, so much the greater gift! 5: INT. TARDIS. LIVING QUARTERS (VICKI, who has been watching and listening to the conversation on the scanner, is desperately searching through the TARDIS wardrobe for something suitable to wear for the age. She sighs with impatience as the clothes she comes across are obviously wrong.) 6: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (STEVEN and the DOCTOR are standing under guard, their hands still securely tied behind their backs. The soldiers look on as they tell their story to a disbelieving ODYSSEUS.) STEVEN: So really, you see, we arrived in your time entirely by accident. It's just another miscalculation by the Doctor. DOCTOR: Well, I would hardly call it a miscalculation, my boy. STEVEN: Well then, what would you call it? DOCTOR: Well, I think with all eternity to choose from, I did rather well to get us back to Earth! (Chuckles.) STEVEN: Oh, I'm very glad you're pleased with yourself. I suppose I should be grateful for standing here...trussed like a chicken, ready to have me throat cut! ODYSSEUS: No-one mentioned cutting throats. DOCTOR: No, they didn't. (He laughs gently.) ODYSSEUS: (Laughs.) I had...I had something more lingering in mind. (The DOCTOR'S smile disappears.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I dare say. I suppose some kind of, er, ritual death, I presume? ODYSSEUS: Sit down. (He pauses expectantly; STEVEN and the DOCTOR stay standing. ODYSSEUS bellows...) ODYSSEUS: Sit down! (They do, rather quickly, on a rock.) ODYSSEUS: (Angrily.) In my life I have travelled far, and met many deplorable people. (He bends menacingly over a nervous DOCTOR.) ODYSSEUS: But not one of them has had the credulity...strained as I have strained today by your...effrontery, Doctor! Your story is probably true, otherwise you would never have dared to tell it. Stand up! (He laughs as they do so without hesitating.) ODYSSEUS: I propose to release you. (STEVEN turns to the DOCTOR.) STEVEN: We might have expect... (He realises what he's just heard.) STEVEN: (Smiles.) That's very nice of you! DOCTOR: Yes, indeed. ODYSSEUS: No, no it isn't. Released, but upon certain conditions. DOCTOR: And what are those conditions, may I ask, hmm? ODYSSEUS: That you use your supernatural knowledge to devise a scheme whereby we capture Troy. I will give you two days. Two days to think of something really ingenious. DOCTOR: Two days! That isn't very long, is it, hmm? ODYSSEUS: It should be ample if you are as clever as you say you are. STEVEN: What happens if we fail? ODYSSEUS: If...I fail, then I shall have been foolish. And I would hate to seem foolish having believed your story. Indeed I should be very, very angry! (His voice rising, ODYSSEUS whirls his sword, as if preparing to sever STEVEN'S neck from his shoulders, then brings it down in a savage arc, neatly cutting the travellers' bonds.) 7: EXT. MAIN SQUARE OF TROY (The TARDIS is now surrounded by a pile of branches. A priestess pours oil over them and guards stand by with burning torches. PRIAM, PARIS and CASSANDRA look on.) PRIAM: That should make quite a blaze. PARIS: Yes - just one moment. Erm, before we actually light the f*re, shouldn't we see if such a gift would be acceptable to the gods? I mean, if it does contain treachery, might it not mean the most awful incident? PRIAM: Oh, point I suppose. Have a word with them, Cassandra. CASSANDRA: I assure you it's quite unnecessary. PARIS: (Whispers.) Yes, but it's better to be on the safe side, don't you think? (CASSANDRA raises her head and hands to the heavens and speaks dramatically.) CASSANDRA: Oh hear me, horses of the heavens, who gallop with our destiny! If you would accept this gift, let us see a sign! Show us your will, I pray you, for we are merely mortal and need your guidance! (To cries and gasps of general astonishment, the doors of the TARDIS open, and VICKI chooses the perfect moment to make an appearance. She is dressed in an elegant ancient-style gown, and smiles disarmingly as she emerges from the TARDIS.) PARIS: Well! This is no horse of heaven. PRIAM: And this is no soldier either. CASSANDRA: Who are you? VICKI: I'm nobody of any importance. I'm just someone from...the future. PARIS: The future? CASSANDRA: How do you so? You're no Trojan goddess. Are you some puny pagan goddess of the Greeks? VICKI: Of course not, I'm as human as you are! CASSANDRA: Then how comes it that you claim to know the future? PARIS: Oh really, Cassandra, you're always going on and on about it yourself! CASSANDRA: I'm a priestess, skilled in augury. PARIS: Yes, I know, all those dreary flights of birds and entrails and all that kind of thing - well I mean, perhaps she's read the same ones! I shouldn't imagine you have a monopoly. (CASSANDRA tries to ignore him, and turns back to VICKI.) CASSANDRA: Are you a priestess? VICKI: (Nervously.) Not that I know of. I mean, I never took any exams or anything. CASSANDRA: (Hisses fiercely.) Then how dare you practice prophecy! VICKI: Well, I haven't done yet, have I? (CASSANDRA had forgotten this minor detail, and takes a moment to think of some other objection to bring up.) CASSANDRA: She's some drab of Agamemnon's, sent to spread dissention. VICKI: (Shouts indignantly.) I'm nothing of the sort! PARIS: Of course you're not. I can tell. VICKI: I've never even met Agamemnon. PRIAM: I wish to question her. Come here, child. (VICKI hesitantly walks over to the old king, who puts a fatherly hand on her shoulder.) PRIAM: That's better. Now - are you a Greek? VICKI: No, I...I am from the future. So you see, I don't have to prophesy, because as far as I'm concerned, the future...has already happened! PRIAM: I don't quite follow. CASSANDRA: Of course you don't - she's trying to confuse you! k*ll the girl before she addles all our wits. She's a sorceress, she must die. PARIS: Oh, don't be absurd! You're not to touch her. PRIAM: I wish you'd both keep quiet just for a moment. (He turns to reassure VICKI.) PRIAM: Now don't be frightened, child - you shall die when I say so, and not a moment before. VICKI: That's very comforting! (He turns to his two children.) PRIAM: Now, you see? Neither of you has the least idea how to handle children. All you need is a little kindness and understanding. (To VICKI.) Now first of all, what is your name? VICKI: Vicki. PRIAM: Vicki? That's a very outlandish name. CASSANDRA: It's a heathen sort of name, if you ask me. PRIAM: Nobody did ask you, Cassandra. (To VICKI.) Well, I really don't think we can call you Vicki. We shall have to think another one for you, shan't we? Let me see, how about, er, er...Cressida! Would you think that would be all right? VICKI: It's a...very pretty name. PRIAM: Very well, then, Cressida it shall be. Now you claim, Cressida, to come from the future? VICKI: Yes! PRIAM: So you know everything that's going to happen. VICKI: Well, I... PRIAM: Look, Cressida. Come into the palace. I expect you could do with something to eat. VICKI: Oh thank you, that would be very nice! PARIS: (Warmly.) Ah, that's a very good idea, I've not eaten since the... PRIAM: You get back to the w*r! If you've not k*lled Achilles by nightfall, I shall be seriously displeased. PARIS: But look, father, why couldn't Troilus go? I mean, it's much more his sort of thing. PRIAM: Hector is... Don't argue, Paris! Get back to the w*r! PARIS: (Sulkily.) Right. (He turns awkwardly to VICKI.) PARIS: Well, er, bye, Cressida. We shall, er... meet again this evening... all being well. VICKI: Goodbye, Paris. Thank you very much for trying to help me. (PARIS suddenly regains his confidence.) PARIS: Oh, not at all, it was a great... (He sees a warning glance from PRIAM.) PARIS: ...pleasure. (PARIS troops off.) PRIAM: Come, Cressida. You and I have a great deal to say to each other. I have a feeling you are going to bring us luck. CASSANDRA: She will bring nothing but doom, death and disaster! PRIAM: Don't pay any attention to Cassandra, she takes the gloomiest view. I suspect it's a kind of insurance, so that if things do go wrong she can always say "I told you so." Come along. (He leads VICKI towards the palace. As they go, CASSANDRA mutters under her breath.) CASSANDRA: Hear me, gods of Troy. Strike with your lightning this usurper. Or show me a sign that she is false, and then I'll strike her down myself! 8: INT. GREEK CAMP. TENT (The DOCTOR and STEVEN have been taken back to the Greek camp and, inside a tent, they sit around a table, discussing plans for the capture of the city.) STEVEN: Why not the wooden horse? DOCTOR: Oh! My dear boy, I couldn't possibly suggest that. The whole story is obviously absurd. Probably invented by Homer as some good dramatic device. No, I think it'd be completely impractical. STEVEN: Yes, well if you say so, Doctor, but in that case hurry up and think of something else. The only way we can rescue Vicki is to get into Troy. We've only got two days left! DOCTOR: Oh, patience, my... (He is interrupted as ODYSSEUS strides in.) ODYSSEUS: Rather less now. Haven't you thought of anything yet? DOCTOR: Yes, well I have thought up of some conditions of my own. ODYSSEUS: Oh, really - I don't see how you're going to enforce them, but what are they? DOCTOR: Well, it's all very simple, er, that is, if you want me to help you sack the city, you must, er, promise me that Vicki will be spared. ODYSSEUS: Vicki? Who's she? STEVEN: Oh, you know, I told you about her. Look, if they have taken the time machine into Troy, then she'll still be inside it. ODYSSEUS: I hope she is, for sh...her sake! Because if she left it, she's past worrying about now. DOCTOR: Well, we're not quite sure of that, are we? ODYSSEUS: Perhaps not, but I don't know what you expect me to do about it. When we enter Troy, I can't stop every woman and ask her if she's a friend of yours! It wouldn't be practical. (A MESSENGER bursts into the tent.) MESSENGER: Lord Odysseus? ODYSSEUS: (Annoyed.) Yes, what is it? MESSENGER: Prince Paris has called again for my Lord Achilles. ODYSSEUS: Well? MESSENGER: Our Lord Agamemnon asked that you go in his stead. ODYSSEUS: To fight that fool? MESSENGER: Yes. ODYSSEUS: That puny princeling cannot fight - a waste of time! Go tell our Lord Agamemnon...if he wants someone to fight Achilles' battles, to go himself. Now get out! (The terrified MESSENGER leaves, rapidly.) STEVEN: Is Paris such a bad fighter? ODYSSEUS: (Laughs.) The weakling cannot stomach k*lling! (STEVEN has an idea...) STEVEN: Let me go to Troy. Now - before you att*ck. ODYSSEUS: What's that? STEVEN: To get Vicki. After all, I'm no use here. I'm sure the Doctor can manage very well without me. DOCTOR: My dear boy, are you quite sure? Mmm? STEVEN: Look, it's perfectly simple. I allow Paris to take me prisoner! ODYSSEUS: (Laughs.) You really are most anxious to die. They will take you for a spy, as we did. STEVEN: Not if I were wearing a uniform. I'd be a prisoner of w*r. ODYSSEUS: Oh, I don't know what they're doing with their prisoners of w*r at the moment. It rather depends on how they're feeling at the time, I imagine. They're a very unpredictable lot, these Trojans! STEVEN: Well I'm prepared to take the risk if you're prepared to let me go. ODYSSEUS: (Impressed.) Really, that's very courageous of you. STEVEN: Then you'll help me? ODYSSEUS: I don't see why not, because as you said, you're of little particular use here. STEVEN: What about a uniform? ODYSSEUS: Ah, let me see...Ah! Last week, my friend Diomede died from his wounds in this camp. Now, you're about his size. You'll find his things in the next tent. STEVEN: Thank you, Odysseus. ODYSSEUS: Ah, you really are a very brave man indeed. I should have been most distressed to have had to put you to death myself! STEVEN: A very consoling thought. (ODYSSEUS laughs.) STEVEN: I'll see you both before I go. (He leaves the tent.) ODYSSEUS: Now then, Doctor, to work! I hope you're not going to disappoint me. DOCTOR: I sincerely hope not. Have you, er, thought of tunnelling, hmm? ODYSSEUS: It's been done. What we want is something revolutionary. DOCTOR: Ah yes, dear me, dear me. Well tell me, er, have you thought about...flying machines, hmm? (He gives a short laugh.) ODYSSEUS: No, I can't say I have... 9: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (PARIS parades on the plain outside the city, calling ACHILLES' name.) PARIS: Achilles! (He shushes himself and "shouts" more quietly, as if afraid he may actually be heard.) PARIS: Achilles! Come out and fight, you jackal! Paris, prince of Troy, brother of Hector, seeks revenge. Do you not dare to face me? (He is taken aback as STEVEN, dressed in full Greek armour, appears behind him.) STEVEN: I dare to face you, Paris! Turn and draw your sword! (PARIS looks at STEVEN, then laughs in relief.) PARIS: Ah...ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! No, you're not Achilles...are you? STEVEN: I am Diomede, friend of Odysseus. PARIS: (Reasonably.) Oh, Diomede - I do not want your blood! Oh ho, it's Achilles I seek. STEVEN: And must my Lord Achilles be roused to undertake your death, adulterer? (PARIS won't be drawn by this insult.) PARIS: Yes. Well, I'm prepared to overlook that for the moment. I assure you I have no quarrel with you. STEVEN: I'm Greek - you're Trojan. Is not that quarrel enough? (PARIS whispers conspiratorially.) PARIS: Yes, well personally, I think this whole business has been carried just a little bit too far. I mean, that...Helen thing was just a misunderstanding. STEVEN: Which I now propose to resolve. Draw your sword. (Reluctantly, PARIS does so, slowly.) PARIS: Right - well, you'll be sorry for this, I promise you! (They clash swords. Despite PARIS'S reticence, he is not unskilled with the sword, and the untrained STEVEN is no match for his heavy blows. STEVEN holds the Trojan off for a little while, trading blow for blow, then pretends to stumble under a particularly heavy swipe. He drops to the ground on one knee, and PARIS raises his sword to deal the death blow.) PARIS: Now die, Greek - and tell them in Hades that Paris sent you thither! STEVEN: I yield! (PARIS stops and blinks.) PARIS: I beg your pardon? STEVEN: I yield. I...I'm your prisoner. PARIS: Well I say, this sort of thing is just not done! I mean, surely you'd rather die than be taken prisoner? STEVEN: Well yes, but...but only in a general sort of way, you see. You see, when I first challenged you, little did I know that you were indeed the Lion of Troy! (PARIS is momentarily speechless at this.) PARIS: Yes, I... STEVEN: I should have listened to my friends. PARIS: Why, what do they say? STEVEN: Why, that they would rather face Prince Hector and Troilus together than the mighty Paris! That you are unconquerable! PARIS: Really? (Laughs.) They don't say that in Troy. STEVEN: Oh, I could tell them a tale or two of your valour that...that would make even King Priam blanch to hear. PARIS: I say! Could you really? STEVEN: Yes, and will! Why, I hope my Lord Achilles does not meet you. Even now he searches the plain for you, and what indeed would happen to our cause if he were vanquished? (PARIS takes the hint.) PARIS: Well, I don't really see how I can oblige him if I have a prisoner. I mean, there will come a day of reckoning, of course, but, ah...well, for the moment - Pick up your sword! (STEVEN does so.) PARIS: Now, I suppose I shall, er, have to drive you like a Grecian cur into the city, won't I? Er, excuse me a moment... (He turns and bellows in the direction of the Greek camp.) PARIS: Farewell, Achilles! For today, Paris of Troy has other business! (He turns back to STEVEN.) PARIS: Come, dog! (STEVEN points out PARIS'S sword, which is lying on the ground at his feet.) PARIS: Oh yes. (He picks it up and escorts STEVEN back to Troy. After they have gone, CYCLOPS comes out of hiding, having witnessed the incident...) 10: INT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. DINING HALL (VICKI and PRIAM are finishing dinner in the sumptuous palace dining hall. She drinks out of a goblet and puts it down with a sigh of pleasure.) VICKI: Oh thank you, that was delicious. PRIAM: You're sure you wouldn't like a little more breast of peacock? VICKI: Oh no, thank you, I couldn't eat another mouthful! How on earth do you manage to live like this when you're under siege? PRIAM: My nephew Aeneas brings us a little something from time to time. He's in command of our mobile force. Spends most of his time harrying the Greek supply routes with his cavalry. VICKI: I didn't know cavalry was invented yet? PRIAM: (Laughs.) Oh, bless my soul, yes. We are basically horsemen. Our ancestors came from central Asia, found this strategic position and chose to fortify it. We only need now to b*at the Greeks a few score more horses. VICKI: You seem very fond of horses. PRIAM: Fond of them - I should think we are. We worship them. A Trojan would do anything for a horse. (VICKI pauses, then speaks in a quiet, serious voice.) VICKI: Funny you should say that. PRIAM: Funny, why? What do you mean? VICKI: Well... it's nothing, it's just a story I heard a long time ago. PRIAM: A story about this w*r? VICKI: Well yes...but it's nothing. I'm sure it's just a...a legend? PRIAM: What sort of a legend? Cressida - I'm relying on you to tell us everything you remember. The smallest thing may be of importance. VICKI: Yes... (VICKI quickly changes the subject.) VICKI: Prince Troilus, who was here just now, is he your youngest son? PRIAM: Ah, ah, er, Troilus, er...oh, oh, yes, he's about the same age as you, I suppose. But why do you ask? I though we were supposed to be talking about... (VICKI interrupts again, ensuring that the subject remains unchanged.) VICKI: He's, er...very good-looking, isn't he? PRIAM: Is he? Oh, I...I never noticed myself. I don't particularly notice good looks. Ha, only gets you into trouble. Look at Paris - handsome as the devil, but a complete coward. VICKI: I thought he was rather nice! PRIAM: Yes, women generally do - that's what got us all into this trouble. Though of course, you've not met Helen yet, have you? VICKI: No, I - I'm looking forward to that. PRIAM: Yes, well, she's - oh well, never mind. If only he'd met a nice, sensible girl like you - I always say it's character that counts, not good looks. (VICKI is somewhat put out.) VICKI: Thank you! Kindly! PRIAM: Oh no, I didn't mean - good heavens, no! I wish you wouldn't keep changing the subject, Cressida! Funny you should say that about Tro...Troilus. I thought he was rather taken with you. (VICKI is slightly abashed.) VICKI: Did you really think so? PRIAM: Well of course I did...I thought we were supposed to be talking about the w*r. Now don't keep changing the subject! You were saying something about a legend? VICKI: Was I? Yes...well you see... (Just at this moment, PARIS comes barging in, strutting like a peacock.) PARIS: Father, I've captured a Greek! (Like ACHILLES before him, PARIS is to be disappointed by the reaction.) PRIAM: Paris, when will you learn to stop bursting in here when I'm busy? (PARIS is taken aback.) PARIS: Oh, well, I...I just thought you might like to question him, that's all. (CASSANDRA enters the hall but shows little interest in the conversation.) PRIAM: Well, I may do so in due course, but... PARIS: (Interrupts eagerly.) Oh good. He's just outside... PRIAM: Oh, you've not brought him here, into the palace? PARIS: Oh, don't worry. He's thoroughly calm. PRIAM: That's not the point! PARIS: Yes, well now he is here, couldn't I just bring him in? PRIAM: (Giving in.) Oh, I suppose so. PARIS: Good! (He rushes to the door.) PRIAM: I'm sorry, Cressida, this is utterly unforgivable. (PARIS clears his throat and calls out through the door.) PARIS: Here, Diomede! (He steps back as STEVEN enters.) PARIS: Come on, step lively now! (VICKI realises who the c*ptive is, and squeals in surprise.) VICKI: Steven! What on earth are you... (STEVEN hisses to her.) STEVEN: Shh, Vicki! (VICKI shuts up, but the damage has been done.) PRIAM: What was that he called her? (CASSANDRA seizes on the slip-up and strides up to them.) CASSANDRA: You heard, didn't you? That was the name she called herself when we found her. And she recognised him too. Since he's a Greek, what more proof do you need that she's a spy? Guards! (Several guards enter. CASSANDRA points imperiously to VICKI and STEVEN.) CASSANDRA: k*ll her! k*ll both of them! (VICKI runs to STEVEN'S arms as the guards close in on them, swords drawn.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x07 - Small Prophet, Quick Return"}
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