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Death of a Spy Written by Donald Cotton Original Air Date: 30 October 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: INT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. DINING HALL 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! DEATH OF A SPY (Two guards grab STEVEN and VICKI.) VICKI: No! No! Written by DONALD COTTON (The others draw their swords and advance. They are stopped by a yell from PARIS...) PARIS: Guards! Sheath arms! (He turns with unnatural authority to CASSANDRA.) PARIS: And since when have you given orders to the military? I'm in command here! CASSANDRA: Of everything except your senses! PARIS: I am at present officer commanding all Trojan forces! CASSANDRA: Ha! PARIS: And I will not tolerate interference from a fortune-teller of notorious unreliability! (CASSANDRA is even more furious...) CASSANDRA: (Angrily.) How...dare...you! I am High Priestess of Troy! PARIS: (Shouts.) All right then, get back to your temple before you give us all galloping religious mania! (To PRIAM.) Oh really, father, I can't tolerate another of her tedious tirades at the moment. CASSANDRA: (Outraged.) Father, do you hear him? PRIAM: (Amused.) Yes, it's quite refreshing. It seems there's a man lurking behind that flaccid facade after all. (PARIS whispers an aside to the King.) PARIS: Really, father, I do wish you'd refrain from patronising me in front of the prisoner. PRIAM: The prisoner! Oh, that's it - one pathetic prisoner and he thinks he's Hercules! The success has gone to your head. PARIS: Just before you start sneering at this prisoner, perhaps you should know that his name is Diomede. And if you look in the Greek army lists, you'll see he's quite a catch. (STEVEN decides to stir things up a little and puts on a voice of admiration.) STEVEN: Which none but you could have caught, O Lion of Troy. (There is a stunned silence, followed by murmurs of shock and disbelief, which CASSANDRA expresses out loud.) CASSANDRA: What was that? (PARIS laughs chuckles at her reaction in an 'I told you so' manner.) PARIS: Well there you are, you see! (Laughs, then to STEVEN.) Right, go on, go on! Tell them, Diomede! STEVEN: We fought. I lost. I am not ashamed. There is none in all our ranks who could stand against the wrath of Paris when he seeks revenge. PARIS: Ah, very good...very good, yes. (He remembers there are others present.) PARIS: There you are, you see - I'm treated with more respect by the enemy than I am by my own family! PRIAM: Ah... CASSANDRA: They don't know you as well as we do. PARIS: Perhaps better! And perhaps the time has come for you to start revising your opinions, sister. CASSANDRA: You forget one thing - your prisoner and that girl have clearly met before. (VICKI goes up to PRIAM.) VICKI: Why won't you let me explain that? It's really all quite simple... (PRIAM interrupts in a very cold manner...) PRIAM: Yes, I'm sure it is. But Paris claimed Diomede here as a Greek prisoner. And Cassandra claims that you are a Greek spy. CASSANDRA: And a sorceress! PRIAM: Yes, quite. After all, you do claim to know the future. VICKI: Yes, but don't you see, that... PRIAM: (Interrupts.) Hush, my child! This w*r with the Greeks has been going on for ten long years! And frankly, we're very bored with being penned up here. Now if you are what you really say you are, as a pledge of good faith to us, you must either give me information that will lead to our speedy victory... VICKI: Or? PRIAM: ...or use your supernatural powers...to turn the tide of battle in our favour. (VICKI is shocked.) VICKI: But... suppose I don't? Suppose the Greeks win? CASSANDRA: (Harshly.) You will be b*rned! As a sorceress, a false prophet, and a spy! PRIAM: Well, as one of them, anyway. (Warmly.) But I have every confidence in you, Cressida. And I will give you one whole day to decide which to do. STEVEN: One day? PRIAM: Yes. STEVEN: But... PRIAM: Till tomorrow evening, to be precise. (To PARIS.) Now if you have no objection, I think they ought to be taken away. PARIS: Oh yes, yes. I...I think that's all... (The guards are already retaking hold of their prisoners and moving them towards the door.) PARIS: ...very fair. VICKI: Where are they taking us? PRIAM: To the dungeons. Oh, don't worry, you'll find them quite comfortable. I often spend an hour down too there myself when I've got tired of things up here. STEVEN: How long do you intend to keep us there? CASSANDRA: (Spits.) Till you rot! PRIAM: Oh, well really, Cassandra - though that may be true in your case, Diomede. But I trust Cressida will join us before tomorrow evening. (He looks expectantly at PARIS.) PARIS: Oh yes, yes right. (He clears his throat dramatically.) PARIS: Guards! Take them away! (The guards leave with VICKI and STEVEN.) 2: INT. GREEK CAMP. TENT (The DOCTOR sits at a makeshift desk, with a pile of parchment papers as ODYSSEUS enters.) ODYSSEUS: Well, Doctor - you have one day left. What progress are you making? (The DOCTOR laughs in a self-satisfied fashion.) DOCTOR: Considerable! Here... (He hands some bits of parchment to ODYSSEUS.) DOCTOR: Now, you just take that for a moment. ODYSSEUS: Mmm? DOCTOR: Now, pay attention please. (He takes a blank piece of parchment and, with the air of a magician, folds it into the shape of a paper aeroplane. ODYSSEUS watches and is distinctly unimpressed.) ODYSSEUS: What is it? (The DOCTOR chuckles proudly.) DOCTOR: Well, what does it look like? A flying machine! ODYSSEUS: Looks like a parchment dart to me! My boy makes these to annoy his tutors. DOCTOR: Excellent! Since you're so familiar...with this project, then it's so much easier for me...to talk to you. Come along, come along! ODYSSEUS: Huh! (The DOCTOR leads ODYSSEUS to the desk, where they both sit down.) DOCTOR: Now, of course you realise that, erm, we can build a much larger one, capable of carrying a man. Hmm? ODYSSEUS: Mmm, I suppose so. What good would that be? DOCTOR: Oh think, my dear Odysseus - a whole fleet of them! Carrying a company of soldiers over the walls and into Troy. Mmm? ODYSSEUS: Mmm, how would, er, we get them into the air? DOCTOR: Catapults! ODYSSEUS: Catapults? (Laughs.) That sounds like a vulgar oath to me! I must try it on Agamemnon. Catapults! (He laughs out loud.) DOCTOR: Nonsense! The catapult is, er, well, you could make one for yourself out of strips of ox hide. And secure both ends, and then stretch it out like a bow-string, hm? ODYSSEUS: I see. (He clearly doesn't.) DOCTOR: Then you, er, pour water over it, let it dry in the sun, and what happens then, mm? ODYSSEUS: It begins to smell! DOCTOR: Never mind that. It shrinks! Now, allow me to demonstrate. (He chuckles. Whilst they have been talking, the DOCTOR has set-up string and pins from which he has fashioned a miniature catapult. He places the paper dart into this.) DOCTOR: You place the flying machine thus, as you would an arrow in a bow, and... (He releases the plane, which flies across the tent.) DOCTOR: ...let it go. ODYSSEUS: What happens? DOCTOR: The machine flies in the air with a soldier clinging to its back! ODYSSEUS: Yes, well here's one soldier who's doing nothing of the sort! DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Agamemnon, then. ODYSSEUS: (Laughs.) That might be quite an idea. DOCTOR: Thank you, I thought you'd like it. ODYSSEUS: (Seriously.) Agamemnon wouldn't do it, though. DOCTOR: Oh? Why not? ODYSSEUS: He'd object most strongly. We'll have to think of someone else. DOCTOR: Well, anyone could do it, for that matter, I mean even a child could operate it. ODYSSEUS: I'm very glad to hear you say that, Doctor, because I intend to build this flying machine. DOCTOR: (Pleased.) Excellent, excellent! ODYSSEUS: And you shall have the honour of being the first man to fly! (The smile disappears very quickly from the DOCTOR'S face.) 3: INT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. DUNGEONS (STEVEN and VICKI are being held in adjacent cells in the Trojan palace dungeon. A small grating in STEVEN'S cell lets light in from street level, and a communication grating connects the two cells. Each is fronted by a locked barred door. VICKI'S cell is fairly comfortable but STEVEN'S contains gruesome instruments of t*rture. The two stand at the grating arguing with each other, their voices echoing in the gloom.) VICKI: If you hadn't called me Vicki, we wouldn't be here now. STEVEN: You called me by my name first! VICKI: Only because I was surprised to see you - I can't think why you disguised yourself as a Greek, anyway! STEVEN: I disguised myself so that I could rescue you! VICKI: You succeeded beautifully. (Sarcastically.) Thanks, "Diomede". STEVEN: Oh look, be fair! How was I to know that you'd manage to get round King Priam? VICKI: You might have guessed. I know how to take care of myself! (STEVEN groans in disagreement.) VICKI: Why couldn't you have disguised yourself as a Trojan? It would have been far more sensible. STEVEN: Because I haven't got a Trojan uniform. If you're so clever at looking after yourself, you'd better start thinking of a way to get out of here - and fast! VICKI: What do you mean - fast? STEVEN: Yesterday, the Doctor was given two days to capture Troy, and if I know him, he'll probably succeed. VICKI: Well that's all right then, we shall be rescued. STEVEN: Rescued? You'll be lucky! Look, may I point out that in the one day that the Doctor now has left, you have to think of a way of saving the city and defeating the Greeks! VICKI: Oh...I hadn't thought of it like that. STEVEN: Oh, well, you'd better start. Because I don't think Cassandra's going to wait... until the city falls before she gets rid of you! VICKI: (Defensively.) Paris wouldn't let her do that, neither would Troilus. STEVEN: Troilus? VICKI: Paris's younger brother. He likes me - I like him. STEVEN: I don't think that's going to matter much when the city starts to burn. Now, come on, start thinking! It's you against the Doctor now. VICKI: Oh, Steven, what can we do to stop him? Do you know what he was planning? STEVEN: Oh, I've no idea. I suggested the wooden horse, he...he said that was something Homer made up. (He is distracted by the noise of a small stone clattering across the floor of his cell from the window.) VICKI: What was that? STEVEN: Some fool throwing stones at us. Probably stirred up by Cassandra. (He goes to the window and looks.) VICKI: Except for her, they were all quite friendly to me... (STEVEN sees a familiar face looking through the window from the square outside.) STEVEN: Vicki! It's the Cyclops! (VICKI has only heard of the original, mythical Cyclops, and is astonished to hear of its supposed presence in the middle of a bustling city.) VICKI: What! STEVEN: The servant of Odysseus! Look, Cyclops... can you understand me? (CYCLOPS grunts and gestures in the affirmative.) 4: EXT. TROJAN STREET (STEVEN'S face appears at floor level on the street.) STEVEN: Tell them...tell them that I've found our other friend. 5: INT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. DUNGEONS STEVEN: Yes? That they mustn't att*ck Troy... (CYCLOPS gestures to the buildings around him.) STEVEN: That's it, the city...they mustn't att*ck Troy until the day after tomorrow... uh-huh... otherwise we'll both be k*lled... (He gestures to VICKI.) STEVEN: This girl and I. You understand? (CYCLOPS nods and grunts a laughing noise.) VICKI: Glad he thinks that's funny. STEVEN: Tell...tell the old man... (He is interrupted by a voice from behind...) TROILUS: Cressida, what's going on? VICKI: Oh, Troilus! (TROILUS, the youngest son of PRIAM, is in his late teens, dressed as a warrior but looking too young for the military garb. He has walked into VICKI'S cell with a tray of food. STEVEN hisses at CYCLOPS to go.) TROILUS: What are you doing? VICKI: Ah, nothing, just watching Ste, er, Diomede examining those things in there. (TROILUS looks through at STEVEN'S cell and sees him at the window.) TROILUS: What are you doing up there? STEVEN: Just admiring the view. It's a very handsome square out here. TROILUS: Perhaps, but you're supposed to sit in your cell and be quiet. (STEVEN gets down and sits as instructed.) TROILUS: (To VICKI) You weren't talking to him, were you? You're not supposed to. VICKI: No, I was...just watching. TROILUS: I brought you some food. VICKI: Oh, thank you! I though I'd been forgotten. (He hands her the tray.) VICKI: You can, erm, tell me what's going on while I eat. (TROILUS looks down sadly.) TROILUS: I'm not allowed to talk to you. VICKI: Why not? TROILUS: I'm on duty. VICKI: Can't you even... TROILUS: I'm sorry, Cressida, but I must obey orders. (VICKI sits down sullenly and starts eating.) VICKI: Mm, this is very good. Would you like some? (TROILUS hesitates.) VICKI: Go on...try some. (The young Trojan clearly wants to, but is still hesitant.) TROILUS: Well actually I...I have already eaten. (STEVEN watches hungrily through the partition as VICKI tucks in.) 6: INT. GREEK CAMP. TENT (ODYSSEUS sits impatiently while the DOCTOR paces up and down.) ODYSSEUS: Will you keep still? DOCTOR: I'm thinking. ODYSSEUS: Well think sitting down! Now you said your plans were ready. I've got half a company of men standing by to make this machine of yours. DOCTOR: Dismiss them then. ODYSSEUS: (thr*at.) What? You have very little time left, Doctor! DOCTOR: Oh, I'm quite well aware of that, but er, I'm afraid this machine isn't going to work. ODYSSEUS: You mean you're too frightened to fly it yourself. DOCTOR: No, no, no, it isn't that, not at all! I've made a mistake in my calculations. ODYSSEUS: A mistake? DOCTOR: Mm. Yes, yes, I'm afraid we must face up to it, Odysseus, er, man was never meant to fly. ODYSSEUS: Wasn't he now? Well that seems to me a great shame. Now if your machine won't work, Doctor, I propose to fly you without it. DOCTOR: Oh? What do you mean? ODYSSEUS: Simply this - that my catapult is ready, and it seems a great pity to waste it. Now you have failed me, therefore you are expendable - I propose to f*re you over the walls of Troy! (The DOCTOR realises it is time for desperate measures.) DOCTOR: Ah, but I have another idea, (Laughs.) ...and a much better one! ODYSSEUS: It had better be. Well? DOCTOR: Have you ever thought of a...a horse, hmm? (There is a pause. ODYSSEUS stares at the DOCTOR.) ODYSSEUS: Is that supposed to be funny? DOCTOR: It should be a huge horse, about forty foot high. ODYSSEUS: What good would that be? DOCTOR: We build it hollow and we fill it with soldiers, and leave it on the sandy plain for the Trojans to capture it, hmm? (ODYSSEUS begins to follow the idea. He grows enthusiastic.) ODYSSEUS: And...and it's just possible that the Trojans will come out and take the horse back into their city! DOCTOR: And the Greeks pretend to sail away, mm? ODYSSEUS: Ah, yes, that's quite an idea, Doctor! (They both laugh with pleasure.) 7: INT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. DUNGEONS (TROILUS sits in the cell with VICKI, who continues her meal.) TROILUS: No, of course not - it was just that Cassandra went on so about your being a witch! VICKI: And you thought I might put a spell on you? TROILUS: Well no, of course not - I'd like to see you try it...you're not a witch, are you? VICKI: Of course not. Do I look like one? TROILUS: Well, no, but...then I've never met one. (VICKI laughs.) TROILUS: Look here, I shouldn't be talking to you like this. And what are you laughing at? VICKI: Well you're not in the w*r, are you? You're far too young! TROILUS: I'm seventeen next birthday! VICKI: Well, that's hardly any older than me! You shouldn't be k*lling people at your age. (TROILUS moves closer and speaks in a confidential manner.) TROILUS: Well...between you and me, I...I don't honestly enjoy k*lling at all. But I love adventure. (VICKI speaks wistfully, looking into his eyes.) VICKI: Yes, I know what you mean. 8: INT. AGAMEMNON'S TENT (AGAMEMNON and MENELAUS are in the formers' tent as ODYSSEUS visits with the DOCTOR to explain their plan.) AGAMEMNON: Well, what is this idea of yours? DOCTOR: Well, it's all perfectly simple! (He starts unravelling a roll of parchment.) ODYSSEUS: Nonsense! Show them the plans, Doctor. It's quite revolutionary! (The DOCTOR spreads the parchment out on a table.) ODYSSEUS: There, what do you make of that? (AGAMEMNON and MENELAUS look at the DOCTOR'S diagrams of the Wooden Horse. MENELAUS is the first to comment.) MENELAUS: Er, well it's, erm, a horse... (ODYSSEUS stares at him.) MENELAUS: Isn't it? ODYSSEUS: (Patiently.) Well done, Menelaus. But what sort of horse, that's the point. MENELAUS: Ah. Er, well... (He looks at the plan again.) MENELAUS: A big horse. ODYSSEUS: Exactly! A very big horse. AGAMEMNON: (Angrily.) Is this some sort of joke? ODYSSEUS: (Shouts.) The horse is at least forty foot high! MENELAUS: Oh, but horses don't grow as big as that - do they? I mean, even the Great Horse of Asia that the Trojans worship... ODYSSEUS: Now you're beginning to get to the point. Horses don't grow that high. MENELAUS: No. ODYSSEUS: The Great Horse of Asia does not exist, therefore we are going to build one for the Trojans as a sort of present. (AGAMEMNON begins to follows the plan.) AGAMEMNON: Mm hmm, go on. DOCTOR: We build it of wood, and we build it hollow. Then we fill it with a picked team of soldiers. MENELAUS: Well...then what do we do? DOCTOR: You take to the ships and sail away... MENELAUS: Oh! DOCTOR: ...to make the Trojans think you've all gone. MENELAUS: Excellent! Now, that is a good idea! (ODYSSEUS laughs.) DOCTOR: You all come back again, of course, hm! MENELAUS: (Disappointed.) Why is there always a catch in it? DOCTOR: None of this must happen before nightfall, hmm? ODYSSEUS: Now Achilles will take his Myrmidons and hide out upon the plain. AGAMEMNON: I thought you said the best warriors'd be in the horse? ODYSSEUS: So they will be. I shall be there with my Ithacans. AGAMEMNON: Eh? ODYSSEUS: My Ithacans, and the Doctor, of course. DOCTOR: That wasn't part of the plan! ODYSSEUS: It is now - I've just thought of it. I'm standing no more nonsense from you, Doctor. DOCTOR: That will not be necessary! I shall only get in the way! ODYSSEUS: You'd better not do that. (To AGAMEMNON and MENELAUS.) Now the rest is up to the Trojans. They see that we have gone. They see their Great Horse upon the plain, which has descended from heaven to drive us away. DOCTOR: Then they drag the horse into the city. AGAMEMNON: (Sceptically.) Mmm, are you sure? Suppose they set f*re to it? DOCTOR: Oh, well, that is a calculated risk, but somehow I don't believe they'll want to destroy one of their own gods. (He chuckles to himself.) MENELAUS: Yes, but once they have the horse inside, won't they close the gates? ODYSSEUS: Of course they will! But during the night, we shall leave the horse, open up the gates to let you all in again. What more do you want? MENELAUS: A drink! (He reaches for the pitcher of wine as the DOCTOR chuckles.) 9: INT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. DUNGEONS VICKI: There, I've finished. That was lovely. (TROILUS takes the plate from her and gets up shyly.) TROILUS: Then, er, I...I'd better go, I've...I've stayed here far too long as it is already. VICKI: Oh but, er, aren't you going to take some food to Diomede? TROILUS: Why? VICKI: Well, perhaps he's hungry too. TROILUS: But he's a Greek. He deserves to be hungry. VICKI: Well, perhaps so, but, eh...you can't let him starve! TROILUS: He won't starve! The guards will throw him a scrap or two later on. VICKI: (Slightly angry.) Well, that's a very nice attitude, I must say! (TROILUS is getting jealous.) TROILUS: Look here, is this Diomede a particular friend of yours or something? VICKI: A very good friend, yes! TROILUS: Well I don't see how you can be friends with a Greek! VICKI: Oh, look, Troilus, when you...come from the future you make friends with a lot of people, and he's one of them. TROILUS: I see. But he's not in any way special? VICKI: No! Why do you keep on? TROILUS: Well, because that's what I was...I mean, that's what the others were worried about. (VICKI easily sees his true meaning, and chooses her words carefully.) VICKI: Oh...er, yes, well, all right, er, you can tell them to...stop worrying...and let us out. (They both laugh gently.) TROILUS: Yes, yes I will. But I don't suppose anyone will take any notice. VICKI: (Gently.) Well, do your best anyway. TROILUS: Naturally! I'll let you know what happens. (He leaves the cell, rebolts the door, then turns back to look at VICKI through the bars.) TROILUS: Perhaps I can come back later on - if there's any news, that is. VICKI: Well, you know where to find me, don't you? I mean I don't expect I shall be going out or anything. (They both laugh.) TROILUS: I suppose not. Well...goodbye for the present then...Cressida. VICKI: Goodbye, Troilus. (She watches sadly as he goes. STEVEN appears at the grating from his cell, a broad grin on his face.) STEVEN: You ought to be ashamed of yourself! VICKI: I don't see why! At least I've done something towards getting us out of here, which is more than you have. STEVEN: And what chance have I had? VICKI: Anyway, I though he was rather nice. STEVEN: Oh, you made that painfully obvious! And I think you might at least have had the decency to have saved me some food! (VICKI produces some food from a pocket and hands it to him.) STEVEN: Oh! Thanks. VICKI: The guards are sending you some scraps later, Troilus said so. (STEVEN starts to eat.) STEVEN: Hmm! Troilus! VICKI: You know, Steven, I think I could get to be...quite happy here in time. STEVEN: I hate to remind you, but time is the one thing we just haven't got. VICKI: But you said you'd sent a message to the Doctor! STEVEN: Yeah, well I think I have. It's hard to tell with the Cyclops. In any case, your new boyfriend came in before I'd finished telling him everything. VICKI: Well, let's hope he did understand. STEVEN: Yeah. And let's hope he got out of Troy safely. Otherwise we're in trouble. 10: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (Outside the city, seagulls can be heard in the sky overhead as PARIS and his guards see CYCLOPS making his way back to the Greek camp. One guard aims a spear.) PARIS: Halt! Halt or I sh**t! (CYCLOPS stops and looks at them as PARIS puts a bow into his arrow.) PARIS: Identify yourself. (CYCLOPS is silent but gestures wildly.) PARIS: Speak! (Slowly.) Who...are...you? (One of the soldiers throws his spear and the little man falls d*ad to the ground. PARIS turns on the guard.) PARIS: Oh confound you, why did you have to do that? The poor little fellow probably never meant any harm! (They look down at the body.) PARIS: Well, now we shall never know who he was. 11: EXT. GREEK CAMP (NIGHT) (Night has fallen as the DOCTOR and ODYSSEUS stand outside the tent staring up at the gigantic shape of the now complete Wooden Horse.) ODYSSEUS: Well, Doctor, that's a warhorse and a half for you. That's something like a secret w*apon. Better than half a dozen of your crack-brained flying machines. (The DOCTOR looks from the Horse to his parchment design.) DOCTOR: Yes, I...I only wish I shared your confidence. (He gives a short rueful laugh.) ODYSSEUS: Well, what's the matter with you? DOCTOR: Hmm. ODYSSEUS: Have you no faith in your own invention? DOCTOR: No, no, Odysseus, it isn't that, but I just didn't like the look of those fetlocks. They...no safety margin at all. ODYSSEUS: Well, they haven't got to last forever - after all, we're not building one of the wonders of the world, are we? As long as that horse gets us into Troy, it can collapse into a mare's nest for all I care! (He laughs.) DOCTOR: Er, suppose it collapses whilst we're all in it, hmm? ODYSSEUS: Then we shall all look very foolish indeed. DOCTOR: Yes, and I've no wish to be made a laughing stock! ODYSSEUS: Not another word, Doctor! To coin a phrase, you are coming for a ride! (He laughs but the DOCTOR is not so amused.) 12: INT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. DUNGEONS (NIGHT) (In the cells, STEVEN paces impatiently but then hears the noise of his cell door being opened. It is a guard with, as promised , a pile of scraps for him to eat. STEVEN waits as the guard drops the scraps and then turns his back on him as he goes back to the door. STEVEN jumps the guard and rushes for the door but there are several other guards there, spears raised. The fallen guard gets to his feet and strikes STEVEN down . He then leaves the cell, slamming the door shut behind him.) VICKI: I told you strong-arm tactics wouldn't work. (STEVEN groans as he recovers.) 13: INT. WOODEN HORSE (NIGHT) (The horse has now been moved out onto the darkened plain. The DOCTOR, ODYSSEUS and a number of soldiers sit in the belly of the horse, in almost pitch darkness. The DOCTOR sits by a knothole in the side of the horse and peers through it. Something catches his eye on the horizon, and he calls, as a horse is heard neighing in the distance.) DOCTOR: Odysseus! Come here, quickly! (ODYSSEUS has been dozing.) ODYSSEUS: What is it now, Doctor? Upon my soul, you're making me as nervous as a Bacchante at her first orgy. Why don't you try and get some sleep? DOCTOR: I've never felt less like sleep in my life! I thought I, er, saw some movement down there. ODYSSEUS: I hope you did. That's the whole point of the operation, is it not? Pretty lot of fools we'd look if we...come here and nobody takes a damned bit of notice of us. DOCTOR: I think I ought to warn you that I've given second thoughts to the whole of this scheme, and...I think it better we turn round and go back before it's too late. (He gives a short laugh and makes for the hatch but ODYSSEUS blocks his progress.) DOCTOR: Get out of my way ODYSSEUS: Now look, Doctor, will you be still? (The DOCTOR sighs, then sullenly sits down. ODYSSEUS looks out through the knothole.) ODYSSEUS: I suggest, Doctor, that if you cannot sleep...you start counting Trojans. Here they come, now. 14: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (NIGHT) (A column of Trojans advances cautiously, by torchlight, towards the horse. They look up at it in amazement.) 15: INT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. DUNGEONS (The next morning. VICKI and STEVEN are still asleep when TROILUS races into VICKI'S cell. He looks and sounds breathless and excited.) TROILUS: Cressida! Cressida, wake up! You must come quickly! (VICKI half wakes up.) VICKI: What's the matter? TROILUS: The Greeks have gone! VICKI: What do you mean? TROILUS: Well the whole fleet has sailed, and now there's not one to be seen - they've all gone home! The w*r's over! (VICKI yawns...) VICKI: Are you...are you...sure that... (...and then fully wakes up.) VICKI: Are you sure they've all really gone? TROILUS: Well Paris has gone out now to make sure, but what else can it mean? Well, come and see for yourself! (He pulls her towards the open cell door.) VICKI: Are you releasing me? TROILUS: Well, naturally! Father's terribly pleased with you! VICKI: Oh, it was nothing to do with me! TROILUS: Well, he thinks it was, and that's the main thing. He saying that you've brought us luck as he always said you would. Cassandra's furious about it; she hates you more than ever now. VICKI: Oh dear. TROILUS: Oh, that doesn't matter, she's completely discredited. If even the end of the w*r can't cheer her up, she's not worth bothering about. (VICKI gives a short but uncertain laugh.) TROILUS: Well come on, father wants to thank you himself! VICKI: Yes... (She catches sight of STEVEN, who has by now woken up, as she goes.) VICKI: Oh, um, what about Diomede? TROILUS: Who? VICKI: Diomede! TROILUS: Yes, what about Diomede? (He looks through the grille at STEVEN.) TROILUS: Do you think you can fight the whole of Troy on your own? STEVEN: I don't want to fight anybody. TROILUS: Well that's just as well. You're the last of the Greeks now. Your friends have all sailed home without you. (He steps away from the grille.) TROILUS: (To VICKI.) Well come on! (VICKI looks apologetically at STEVEN, then runs off after TROILUS.) 16: INT. WOODEN HORSE (ODYSSEUS looks over the group assembled in the horse. For once, he speaks quietly...) ODYSSEUS: Absolute silence, everyone. DOCTOR: Yes, but I... I... ODYSSEUS: That includes you, Doctor! (The DOCTOR groans.) DOCTOR: Hmph! (The creaking of ropes and wooden joints is heard, and the horse lurches forwards. ODYSSEUS laughs quietly.) ODYSSEUS: Well, this time...Troy will be destroyed! (From within, they feel the horse being moved bumpily along.) 17: INT. CHAMBER OF KING PRIAM'S PALACE (VICKI and TROILUS enter a room in PRIAM'S chambers in the palace. PRIAM and CASSANDRA are already there. The latter stares in a hostile fashion at VICKI.) PRIAM: Come on in, Cressida! Come in, both of you! Has Troilus told you the news? VICKI: Yes, it's marvellous, isn't it? I'm so pleased. PRIAM: Pleased? I should just say you are. You did it! VICKI: I... PRIAM: Oh, yes you did - I don't know how, but that's your own business, I suppose. Now why on earth couldn't you tell us this was going to happen? You would have saved yourself all those hours in the cells, and us a great deal of worry. CASSANDRA: She didn't tell you because it's some form of treachery. Don't trust her, father! PRIAM: Oh, stuff and nonsense! Oh, go and feed the sacred serpents or something. If you can't be pleasant at a time like this, Cassandra, I don't want to see y... (He breaks off as PARIS enters.) PRIAM: Oh, Paris! Have the Greeks really gone? PARIS: (Amazed.) Every last one of them, or so it seems! PRIAM: There you are, Cassandra, I told you so. (CASSANDRA'S stormy countenance doesn't change.) PRIAM: Oh, do for goodness sake, smile! PARIS: But...more important, I think I've just found the Great Horse of Asia! PRIAM: You've done what? PARIS: Something uncommonly like it, anyway. PRIAM: What on earth are you talking about? PARIS: The Great Horse of Asia! Standing all by itself in the middle of the plain, about forty foot high and made of wood! (PRIAM walks over to the balcony.) 18: EXT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. BALCONY (PARIS joins his father, and looks over the city towards the plain. CASSANDRA follows.) PRIAM: Whereabouts in the middle of the plain? PARIS: Near the Grecian line. Look! You can just see it from here. 19: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (In the distance is the figure of the Wooden Horse.) PRIAM: (OOV.) Great heavens! I do believe you're right! It is the Great Horse of Asia! CASSANDRA: (OOV.) It's an omen. An omen of disaster. 20: EXT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. BALCONY (TROILUS and VICKI have come onto the balcony to look. VICKI stares, aghast, and mutters under her breath.) VICKI: It is the Trojan Horse! But I thought... (She was not quiet enough.) TROILUS: What was that? (CASSANDRA rounds on her.) CASSANDRA: Yes, ask her! Go on, ask her! She knows what it is! It's our doom! It's the death of Troy, brought upon us by that cursed witch! PARIS: Now understand me, Cassandra - I will not have one word said against that horse! TROILUS: And neither will I against Cressida! CASSANDRA: Will you not? (She looks out over the plain.) CASSANDRA: Then woe to the House of Priam. Woe to the Trojans! PARIS: I'm afraid you're a bit late to say 'whoa' to the horse! I've just given instructions to have it brought into the city. 21: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (The horse moves slowly forward to the city. At its feet, the excited, but doomed crowd can be heard.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x08 - Death of a Spy"}
foreverdreaming
Horse of Destruction Written by Donald Cotton Original Air Date: 6 November 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: EXT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. BALCONY CASSANDRA: Then woe to the House of Priam. Woe to the Trojans! PARIS: I'm afraid you're a bit late to say 'whoa' to the horse! I've just given instructions to have it brought into the city. 2: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (The horse moves slowly forward to the city. At its feet, the excited, but doomed crowd can be heard.) 3: INT. CHAMBER OF KING PRIAM'S PALACE (All except VICKI have come back from the balcony and back into the chamber. She is nowhere to be seen but her absence is not immediately noticed.) CASSANDRA: Of all the idiocy! To have it brought into the city! PARIS: (Despairing.) Why? Th...that horse is in the image of one of our gods! CASSANDRA: It's a trick. My dreams have always been right and they foretell disaster. (PARIS laughs in a sneering fashion.) PARIS: Now were they right about that little temple? That has brought us nothing but good luck. CASSANDRA: Good luck you call it. The whole family besotted by that sorceress! PRIAM: Oh, I do wish you'd stop calling Cressida that. And I would call it luck to have the entire Greek army removed from our shores. Peace, at last! Though the arrival of the horse is a little puzzling. PARIS: Well, Cressida probably arranged it and the very sight of it just...just frightened the Greeks away. (TROILUS looks round at this reminder.) TROILUS: (Puzzled.) Where is Cressida? (The others also glance round the room.) PARIS: Oh, she's probably down in the square watching them bring in the horse. TROILUS: Oh, then I'd better go and look for her. I don't like her to go wandering round the city on her own. PRIAM: No, bring her back up here again she'll get a betterful view. (As TROILUS leaves and PRIAM and PARIS go back up to the balcony, CASSANDRA moves to the back of the room where KATARINA, a handmaiden, is standing and whispers to her.) CASSANDRA: Katarina! Go and look for the sorceress. I don't trust my lovesick brother. KATARINA: But great priestess, the auguries said that... CASSANDRA: (Hisses.) Do you dare to question me?! (KATARINA hangs her head in fear.) KATARINA: No. CASSANDRA: Very well then, go and watch for that girl. (KATARINA leaves the throne room worriedly as CASSANDRA goes back onto the balcony.) 4: INT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. DUNGEONS (VICKI is descending into the gloom. STEVEN sees her approaching through the bars.) STEVEN: What's going on up there? (VICKI unbolts the door.) VICKI: They're just bringing the horse into the city. Follow me. (STEVEN leaves the cell and follows her as instructed.) 5: INT. WOODEN HORSE (The Horse is still banging from side to side with a very uncomfortable DOCTOR within...) DOCTOR: Oh, I'm still very worried about those fetlocks! ODYSSEUS: Be happy that's all you have to worry about. Ah! Of all the undignified ways of entering a city this takes the flying phoenix. DOCTOR: If only you would have allowed me another day to fit shock absorbers. ! (The DOCTOR is almost knocked from his feet by the movement of the horse as it suddenly stops.) ODYSSEUS: Zeus be praised! We've arrived. DOCTOR: (Relieved.) Oh! Well now, what is it you propose to do, hmm? ODYSSEUS: We wait Doctor, without movement. (The DOCTOR makes a noise as he does move.) ODYSSEUS: (Whispers loudly.) In absolute silence! 6: EXT. TROY. MAIN SQUARE (The towering Horse stands in the main square. A chattering crowd can be heard below it.) 7: EXT. KING PRIAM'S PALACE. BALCONY (PARIS is rather pleased with himself as he, the King and CASSANDRA look down on it from the balcony.) PARIS: There, father, the horse is safely installed. And you may notice my sister that nothing, er, "disastrous" has occurred. CASSANDRA: Wait and see. There's time yet and mark my words that horse will be the doom of Troy. PRIAM: It's a little more rough-hewn than I had expected. Well, since it's here, we'd better take a closer look. 8: EXT. MAIN SQUARE OF TROY (STEVEN and VICKI are moving behind pillars to avoid the inhabitants of the city who themselves are heading in the direction of the Horse. The two companions reach the edge of the square and look up at the towering structure. STEVEN is impressed.) STEVEN: That's some horse. VICKI: If you can call it that. STEVEN: The Doctor said... (He cuts off as a group of Trojan citizens begin laughing close by. STEVEN realises he is still dressed as a Greek and pulls VICKI away back from the crowd and into better cover.) VICKI: It'd be pretty silly if they caught you again. STEVEN: Hmm, and you! VICKI: What do you mean? STEVEN: Well, if they find us together they'll know you let me out. (VICKI indicates the Horse.) VICKI: They think I invoked that thing. I'm all right. STEVEN: Yes, only so long as they think it's a gift from the gods. They'll know very differently once the Doctor and company come out of it. VICKI: Do you think he's in it? STEVEN: Well, it's likely, isn't it? I mean he'll be worried about getting back to the TARDIS. VICKI: He must be able to see he's got nothing to worry about. That thing is so rickety it must be full of people. STEVEN: Oh right, you'd do better in the time they had? Now, I wonder why he didn't delay like we asked? VICKI: He must have a plan of escape - to rescue us. Cyclops must have told him where we were. STEVEN: If Cyclops got through. VICKI: Look! (VICKI suddenly notices KATARINA moving through the crowd as if searching for something or someone.) VICKI: That is one of Cassandra's girls. STEVEN: (Whispers.) What? VICKI: That girl, I've seen her with Cassandra. She's a handmaiden at the Temple or something. STEVEN: Then she must be looking for you. Look, you go back. I'll find somewhere to hide around here. VICKI: Look they trust me, I'd... STEVEN: (Interrupting.) Better go! In any case, Troilus will die of jealousy if he knows you're with me. VICKI: And what is that supposed to mean? STEVEN: (Laughs.) Oh come off it, Vicki. The way you two were carrying on back there in the... VICKI: (Interrupts angrily.) Troilus has been very kind to me and I'm very fond of him and if all you can do is make remarks like that... STEVEN: (Laughs.) I'm sorry, I'm sorry! (He sees that VICKI is upset and adopts a more gentle manner.) STEVEN: No really, I am sorry. Okay, but look, if you really are that fond of him, you'd better tell him to get out of the city. VICKI: Why? (She looks again towards the horse and the realisation of what is to come dawns on her.) VICKI: You mean when they come out of that thing they...Steven! STEVEN: It's possible isn't it? Tell him to get out of Troy, just to be on the safe side. (The TARDIS sits small near the looming and ominous Horse.) 9: INT. CHAMBER OF KING PRIAM'S PALACE (TROILUS comes running into the chamber where PARIS, PRIAM and CASSANDRA are gathered. The noise of the crowd reaches them from outside.) TROILUS: Diomede! He's gone. PARIS: Gone? TROILUS: His cell's empty. The guards were locked in by a trick so they say. CASSANDRA: That Cressida! Troy's doom is nigh! TROILUS: But how could it be? She's one girl! CASSANDRA: (Spits.) A girl you call her, you love sick fool! But I know she's a witch and must be burnt, along with that horse out there. (CASSANDRA suddenly sees VICKI entering the room.) CASSANDRA: See! There she stands. (TROILUS and PARIS both start shouting at once.) TROILUS: ... ! PARIS: Now did you ever see someone so unlike a witch? PRIAM: (Interrupts.) Now, now quiet all of you. (To VICKI, gently.) Come here my child, where have you been? We've been worried about you. VICKI: I've just been out. PRIAM: Yes, but where? TROILUS: Look you didn't free Diomede did you? VICKI: Diomede? PRIAM: Yes - your friend, the Greek prisoner, he has escaped. Did you set him free? PARIS: Oh, that's nonsense. I mean how could she have? CASSANDRA: By sorcery. VICKI: I am not a sorceress - really I'm not. PRIAM: Yes, I...I'll believe you my child, but you must forgive us if we are naturally suspicious. This has been a long and difficult w*r and peace will take a little bit of getting used to. CASSANDRA: My handmaiden Katarina will stay with her. PRIAM: Very well. Come my children, our people have gone to the square of ot...oratory. We must go and join them there and I must speak. And we must also make plans for the celebration. (To VICKI.) Thank you, my dear, see you later. VICKI: Thank you, thank you for being so kind to me. PRIAM: My dear child, this city owes its salvation to you. (PRIAM and the others depart leaving VICKI alone with KATARINA. VICKI is anguished.) VICKI: Oh no, let it not happen. KATARINA: Did you want something? VICKI: No, thank you. 10: INT. WOODEN HORSE (Inside the Horse, the DOCTOR is agitated while ODYSSEUS stares into space.) DOCTOR: How you can sit there so peacefully defeats me, hmm! Have you no feelings, mm? No emotions hmm? ODYSSEUS: I was thinking, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm! ODYSSEUS: That with any luck, either Agamemnon or Achilles will not come through. DOCTOR: You mean they'll desert us, hmm? ODYSSEUS: No... DOCTOR: Hmph! ODYSSEUS: ...die. Just a hope. One less finger in the pie, a greater share of the booty for me. DOCTOR: That is a most immoral way of looking at life, hmm! ODYSSEUS: Nonsense! It's the reason that I've been here for ten long years fighting all the time. DOCTOR: Yes, well, I must get out of here at once. ODYSSEUS: You can't. DOCTOR: (Sarcastically.) Ahh! I've only got to pull that lever... (The DOCTOR taps a wooden lever.) DOCTOR: ...and I can get back down into the square. ODYSSEUS: (Laughs.) Yes, yes. But as I happen to be sitting on the rope, you'll fall forty feet and break your neck. DOCTOR: (Shouts.) I will not be party to your schemes! (Quieter.) You forced me to invent this contraption. ODYSSEUS: I'm very glad I did, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm? ODYSSEUS: Up to now, it's been very satisfactory. DOCTOR: You had no right to bring me here at all. I'm utterly useless to you. (ODYSSEUS laughs heartily, and sarcastically the DOCTOR joins in.) DOCTOR: You must let me out of here! You're selfish, greedy, corrupt, cheap, horrible. Your one thought is for yourself and what you can get out of it. (ODYSSEUS places a sword at the DOCTOR'S throat. The DOCTOR starts.) ODYSSEUS: Be quiet, old man. DOCTOR: I will not be quiet! You may stay here if you wish to have your insignificant win. Your victory or whatever you call it, but you must let me out of here. ODYSSEUS: One more word out of you and I shall k*ll you! You would be my first victim in Troy. (The DOCTOR steps away from the hatch and ODYSSEUS lowers his sword.) ODYSSEUS: That's better. About now our ships should be returning...as you planned. (The DOCTOR snorts in a derisory manner.) 11: INT. CHAMBER IN KING PRIAM'S PALACE (KATARINA is asleep in a chair. VICKI comes down the steps from the balcony as TROILUS enters the chamber.) TROILUS: Cressida. VICKI: Oh! Oh, I'm so glad you've come. TROILUS: I had to see you. VICKI: Troilus, dear Troilus, will you do something for me? TROILUS: Anything. VICKI: Leave the city. TROILUS: Why? VICKI: It's Diomede. TROILUS: Diomede? VICKI: I'm sure he's out on the plain. You've got to go and look for him and find him. If you bring him back you'll prove yourself the warrior you really are, he'll be your prisoner then as well as Paris'. TROILUS: But he may have been rescued by the Greeks by now. VICKI: No no no, Paris said they'd all gone away and that was before he even escaped. TROILUS: (Suspiciously.) Why this concern for Diomede? Is he? Do you? I mean...are you in love with him? VICKI: No, he's just a friend. TROILUS: Then if he's your friend, why do you want him captured? To be a prisoner of w*r's considered very bad form. VICKI: But... Oh, why won't you see? Go out and search for him on the plain! TROILUS: Cressida, I said I'd do anything for you and a Trojan stands by his word, but please, why do you want me to leave the city and go and search for a highly skilled Greek warrior? VICKI: He isn't armed. I wouldn't send you out there if I thought anything could happen to you. I just want you to...I just want you to catch your own prisoner. TROILUS: Did you mean that? About not wanting me hurt? VICKI: Of course I did, I wouldn't ask you to do it otherwise. TROILUS: Oh, Cressida. VICKI: You haven't got time, you've got to go now. (VICKI'S tears well in her eyes.) TROILUS: Don't worry, everything's going to be all right. (They embrace and TROILUS leaves. VICKI remains tearful) 12: EXT. MAIN SQUARE OF TROY (NIGHT) (It is night and the city is quiet. A sentry walks past the Horse. After he has gone, a rope descends from the immense wooden horse, and the Greek soldiers drop to the ground. Eventually the DOCTOR comes uncomfortably down the rope followed by ODYSSEUS.) ODYSSEUS: ... ! Come! (As the Greeks move along, they silently k*ll a sentry.) DOCTOR: Ahh! ODYSSEUS: This plan of yours, Doctor...is going to be a great success. Stay close to me. (ODYSSEUS motions his men and the DOCTOR to move out across the square.) 13: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (NIGHT) (Outside the walls of Troy, TROILUS is searching frantically.) TROILUS: Diomede! (ACHILLES, who has been watching from behind some rocks, comes into view of the young Trojan.) TROILUS: Diomede where are you! ACHILLES: What ails you, petty Princeling? Lost some plaything? The one you call for is long d*ad. TROILUS: You're a Greek! I thought you'd sailed away. Who are you? ACHILLES: You should not ask. My name is Achilles. TROILUS: My brother's m*rder! ACHILLES: So Prince Troilus, is it? Well, I k*lled your brother fairly. Fought him man to man. Alas I cannot do the same for you. This would be the m*rder of a boy! TROILUS: Has Cressida played me false? Very well, I'll fight my brother's m*rder for I only live to k*ll Diomede! ACHILLES: Who is already d*ad. So follow him, Trojan! (They draw swords and fight ferociously, as they wheel round and round. ACHILLES is surprised by TROILUS' ability and strength for his slender frame but the Trojan is determined to avenge the death of his brother. ACHILLES trips and falls and TROLIUS moves in with his sword and s*ab at the Greek. ACHILLES cries out in pain.) TROILUS: So died my brother. (He pushes his sword in again.) TROILUS: The wheel has spun full circle. (He goes to complete the task but ACHILLES, although wounded, manages to strike at TROILUS before he dies. TROLIUS staggers away from the body.) TROILUS: Diomede, I live to call down wrath for love of Cressida. 14: EXT. MAIN SQUARE OF TROY (NIGHT) (A single Greek soldier pushes open the immense main gates of Troy. As he does so, the Greeks outside pour into the city with a cry.) 15: INT. CHAMBER IN KING PRIAM'S PALACE (In the palace, PRIAM is pacing nervously as he hears the destruction of his city outside. CASSANDRA waits angrily by the window. A terrified female scream reaches them.) PRIAM: What noise was that? (PARIS can be heard outside the room in a fight. He enters the chamber, bleeding and exhausted.) PARIS: Father! PRIAM: What are you doing? PARIS: It's the Greeks! They were inside the horse and our gates are open to the enemy. CASSANDRA: And none of you would listen to me! (ODYSSEUS enters steeped in triumph, he is enjoying himself. He laughs heartily as his soldiers follow him in. PRIAM, CASSANDRA and PARIS turn to run.) ODYSSEUS: Flee hornets in their nest! (Laughs.) k*ll them! (His soldiers run after the King and PARIS as CASSANDRA is thrown into ODYSSEUS' arms and he grabs her laughing.) 16: EXT. TROY (The city is now on f*re...) 17: EXT. MAIN SQUARE OF TROY (The DOCTOR has managed to give the Greeks the slip and has made his way to the TARDIS. VICKI sees him and runs towards him, KATARINA following.) VICKI: Doctor! (She runs into his arms.) VICKI: Oh, Doctor! DOCTOR: Oh, my dear child! (He laughs.) Oh, how lovely to see you! Where have you been all this time, hmm? And where's Steven? (VICKI points across the square.) VICKI: (Frantically.) Doctor he's over there, but I've got to talk to you. DOCTOR: Oh now one thing at a time child. Where's the young man? (VICKI calls over to the waiting handmaiden.) VICKI: Katarina? DOCTOR: Hmm? (The Trojan handmaiden steps forward.) VICKI: Katarina, this is the Doctor. Now go and find the man you call Diomede. He's hiding amongst those pillars over there. KATARINA: You're from the other place? DOCTOR: But who is this child? Now pull yourself together, we've got to go, hmm? VICKI: Katarina, go and find Diomede - he will be there. Bring him to...my temple, quickly. DOCTOR: We must all go and find him, come along! VICKI: No, Doctor, into the TARDIS. Quickly. (She desperately pushes the DOCTOR towards the door of the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: Yes, but my dear child, the boy, the boy... VICKI: Open the door and listen to me please! DOCTOR: Yes, yes, but be patient. VICKI: Steven is safe, Katarina will bring him... (The DOCTOR talks over VICKI as he unlocks the TARDIS door.) DOCTOR: Yes I know, patience, patience... VICKI: Come on, I've got to talk to you! (She pushes him into the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: Oh! 18: EXT. ANOTHER PART OF THE MAIN SQUARE (STEVEN'S hiding place is not safe at all - his Greek soldier's robes have caught the attention of a Trojan warrior and they are fighting. Steven is wounded in the shoulder but another Greek enters the fray and the two move off fighting. STEVEN has fallen to the floor which is where he is found by KATARINA.) KATARINA: Diomede, Cressida has sent me. STEVEN: Who are you? (He is badly wounded and has very little strength left. KATARINA helps him up.) KATARINA: I've come to take you to your temple. Oh, come, quickly. STEVEN: I can't. KATARINA: Lean on me. (She holds the weakened STEVEN and leads him away.) 19: EXT. MAIN SQUARE OF TROY (Across the square, the door to the TARDIS opens and VICKI steps sadly out. She walks off. A moment later, the DOCTOR emerges and watches her go.) 20: INT. CHAMBER IN KING PRIAM'S PALACE. (PRIAM and PARIS lie d*ad. ODYSSEUS has CASSANDRA by the shoulders and is shaking her violently as she resists.) ODYSSEUS: Stop struggling woman! You are reserved for Agamemnon and he's welcome to you! CASSANDRA: Tricksters! You Greeks will never learn to fight honestly! ODYSSEUS: But we win! CASSANDRA: Not for long. The day will come when you will perish as you made us do! ODYSSEUS: Take her away. (He throws her to his soldiers.) ODYSSEUS: The high-born are reserved for Agamemnon! I can't wait to see him enjoy a talk with this one. CASSANDRA: (Spits.) Ten long years we fought you, Odysseus! And ten long years it'll be before you see your home again! ODYSSEUS: To Agamemnon with her! CASSANDRA: Oh! ODYSSEUS: To his ship. A personal present from me. (CASSANDRA is dragged struggling away.) CASSANDRA: Keep your hands off me! Keep your...hands off me! Oh! 21: EXT. MAIN SQUARE OF TROY (The DOCTOR helps KATARINA to get STEVEN to the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: Now then, you sure it's just the shoulder, hmm? (KATARINA nods.) DOCTOR: Right well, steady, steady, hold tight, hold on. (The DOCTOR steadies STEVEN with KATARINA as he tries to get his key out.) DOCTOR: Yes, Careful, just a minute, careful, careful with him. (He opens the door.) DOCTOR: Oh dear, dear, this business. There we are. Now, come on bring him in...bring him in there. (He points at to the open door of the TARDIS. KATARINA helps the almost unconscious time traveller into the TARDIS. The DOCTOR calls to them from outside.) DOCTOR: Gently, carefully, that's it, that's it, put him on the couch. (As the DOCTOR is about to enter the TARDIS, ODYSSEUS rushes in with his troops with swords drawn. He turns away from the open door.) ODYSSEUS: Stand still old man - or you die! I claim your machine as part of my share! DOCTOR: Share of what? ODYSSEUS: The spoils of w*r! DOCTOR: Now you stand back. I've gone far enough with you, my Lord Odysseus. You go adventuring on your own. Be off with you! (He laughs and rushes into the TARDIS. ODYSSEUS yells to his soldiers.) ODYSSEUS: Seize it! Come on, move! Quickly...a cart! (The TARDIS begins to dematerialise.) ODYSSEUS: (In a rage.) Doctor! (As ODYSSEUS and the soldiers watch in awe, the ship fades away.) ODYSSEUS: Zeus! (Laughs.) I wonder...were you really Zeus, after all? 22: EXT. PLAIN OF TROY (TROILUS is bereft as he watches his beloved city burn in the night.) TROILUS: Cressida! Cressida! Could you have betrayed us? (He almost screams in pain...) TROILUS: Cressida! (He sinks to his knees as someone stands next to him. He looks up and sees VICKI.) VICKI: I came to find you. TROILUS: Cressida what are you doing here. Where's Diomede? VICKI: He's gone...with...another friend that you never met. TROILUS: (Bitterly.) Back to Greece. VICKI: No to...where I come from. You see he wasn't really a Greek, he... (She notices his wounds.) VICKI: Oh, Troilus, you're hurt! TROILUS: Just a bit. (He tries to hide his wound.) VICKI: No, let me look. TROILUS: No, I'll be all right. Look, Cressida, I don't understand? VICKI: I... (She is stuck for an explanation.) VICKI: I don't suppose you ever will. That doesn't matter...so long as you trust me. TROILUS: Trust you! After all... VICKI: (Passionately.) I didn't betray you - that's why I stayed behind, I wanted you to know that I didn't. The main thing is...I belong here now with you - If you'll have me. TROILUS: Cressida... (He looks towards the remains of Troy.) TROILUS: Look what's happened. (VICKI follows his gaze.) VICKI: There's only us now. TROILUS: What do you mean? VICKI: I'll explain someday. I'm sorry. TROILUS: But...but there's nowhere to go. VICKI: We'll find somewhere. TROILUS: Oh, Cressida... (They embrace and kiss. TROILUS suddenly notices some figures moving in the distance.) TROILUS: Cressida, look! (VICKI tries to pull him down out of sight.) VICKI: Be careful, they may be Greeks! TROILUS: It's my cousin! VICKI: Cousin? TROILUS: Yes, Aeneas. Oh, if only he'd come sooner! VICKI: That's it. TROILUS: What? VICKI: He'll help us. TROILUS: (Confused.) But there's...there's nothing left. VICKI: (Smiles.) Yes there is - there's us. We can start again with your cousin's help we can...we can build another Troy! 23: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Inside the TARDIS, STEVEN'S condition is worsening as he lies on the divan. The DOCTOR mops his brow while KATARINA stands helplessly by. STEVEN has some kind of infection, he is delirious and tosses and turns. The DOCTOR tuts.) DOCTOR: That's not good, that's not good at all. Hmm! Get help. KATARINA: What help is there in limbo? DOCTOR: What's that, my dear? STEVEN: Vicki... DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no, keep calm, keep calm. STEVEN: Is she all right? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, she's all right, yes, yes. (STEVEN, in something of a fever, points at KATARINA.) STEVEN: What's she doing over there? DOCTOR: No, no, no that's not Vicki, that's not Vicki, now keep calm. STEVEN: Not Vicki? DOCTOR: Be quiet! (STEVEN starts to struggle.) STEVEN: Where is she? The Trojans'll k*ll her. You came too soon! DOCTOR: She's all right, she's all right. She wanted to stay. STEVEN: The Greeks...the Greeks...the Trojans... (STEVEN tries to rise from the couch, DOCTOR places a hand on his chest and pushes him back down.) DOCTOR: Keep still. STEVEN: Ahh...Vicki. DOCTOR: She's all right. I know she is. She's gone to find Troilus and she'll be quite all right. This is just what she wanted. Now calm down. Yes, quiet, quiet. STEVEN: (Whispers.) Vicki...Vicki... (He grows quieter.) DOCTOR: Oh... (Sighs.) You'll have to look after that young man. I think he has calmed down. (KATARINA smiles.) KATARINA: Strange god, you bring me peace. DOCTOR: No, I...I don't know what Vicki has advised you, but... KATARINA: Oh, the Priestess Cressida told me all would be well, and I knew it was to come. DOCTOR: What was to come my dear? KATARINA: That I was to die. DOCTOR: (Shocked.) My dear child you're not d*ad! That's nonsense. Hmm? (KATARINA looks round the console room.) KATARINA: This is not Troy. This is not even the world. This is the Journey through the Beyond. DOCTOR: Well, as you wish... KATARINA: Thank you. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, as you wish my child. Now I want you to keep an eye on that young man will you. Hmm? KATARINA: Yes, great god. DOCTOR: His name is Steven. Oh...and remember Katarina, you must call me Doctor. KATARINA: Oh, as you wish, Doc... DOCTOR: I'm not a Doc. I am not a god. Oh, my dear Vicki, I hope you'll be all right, hmm? (His voice is overcome with emotion.) DOCTOR: I shall miss you child. Oh, hmm! (He suddenly remembers their present acute situation.) DOCTOR: (Worried.) Oh yes, now those drugs, those drugs, what am I going to do? I must stop somewhere. But how? I've got to, yes! I must! I must! (The DOCTOR steps over to the console.) 24: EXT. TROY (In the remains of Troy, the Wooden Horse stands aloft...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x09 - Horse of Destruction"}
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The Nightmare Begins Written by Terry Nation Original Air Date: 13 November, 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (STEVEN, still in his Trojan tabard, lies on the divan, semi-conscious.) THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS (The DOCTOR'S hands move over the controls of the TARDIS.) Written by TERRY NATION (KATARINA watches over STEVEN.) KATARINA: He has a strange sickness. Can you not help him? (The DOCTOR joins her.) DOCTOR: I'm doing the very best I can, my child. (He laughs gently and looks over STEVEN.) DOCTOR: Oh dear, dear, dear, this is such a worry. This poison seems to be spreading throughout the whole of his system. Yes, we need a special drug. I shall have to land somewhere. (The hum of the TARDIS suddenly diminishes.) DOCTOR: Hmm. (KATARINA looks round in alarm.) KATARINA: What is that? DOCTOR: Oh, we're slowing down, my dear. We're going to land in a moment. KATARINA: Can we have reached the place of perfection so soon? DOCTOR: Er, well, I rather doubt it. At least, that is, er, we shall be stopping at a lot of places before that. Now, I... I... I want you to look after Steven, if you will. And see that you keep that wound clean, please, hmm? (Again he laughs gently.) DOCTOR: (Warmly.) That's a good girl. (He leaves her and goes back to the console.) 2: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE (Deep in the Kembel jungle are two Space Security agents, KERT GANTRY and BRET VYON. Both are in rough shape with dishevelled clothing, especially GANTRY, who lies on the ground with a shattered leg in a crude splint. Around them are the sounds of the wildlife of the jungle and both men jump at the sound of a particularly loud roar. VYON speaks into a radio transmitter, his voice getting increasingly more desperate.) BRET VYON: (Into radio.) Five Zero Alpha to Charlo Charlo Egan, Five Zero Alpha to Charlo Charlo Egan, come in! (He pauses to see if there is any answer. There is nothing but static. He tries again.) BRET VYON: (Into radio.) Charlo Charlo Egan, this is Five Zero Alpha, can you read me? Come in! (BRET VYON pauses again listening for a reply. Hearing just the static, he goes over to KERT GANTRY with a look of despair.) BRET VYON: Nothing! When we get back to Earth, I'll have every fool in CCE court-martialled! KERT GANTRY: (Worried.) If we get back to Earth. If Central Communications has gone d*ad on us, we haven't a hope! BRET VYON: Well, we're not d*ad yet. KERT GANTRY: Don't fool yourself. They're out there looking for us right now. They'll find us and then... BRET VYON: (Interrupting.) All right, all right, they may well find us! But we've got to get through to Earth first or the whole solar system is finished! KERT GANTRY: I know, I know. Try them again. (BRET goes back to the radio.) BRET VYON: (Into radio.) Five Zero Alpha to Charlo Charlo Egan, come in! Five Zero Alpha to Charlo Charlo Egan, come in! 3: INT. EARTH. CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS ROOM (Millions of miles across space, back on Earth at Central Communications, a light flashes on an operations board in the communications room but remains overlooked. A long semi-circular flat console, covered with instruments faces a large monitor screen which dominates one of the walls. To the left of it is a star-map with various grid-references and points marked out. This is the hub of radio communications for the galaxy. It is manned by six Technix who are completely bald humans, dressed in simple tunics, who carry out the main functions of Central Communications. Two people enter the room. A slightly bored younger man, ROALD, who is dressed in a similar tunic to the Technix but with a shoulder sash which has the words on it "GALACTIC SECURITY, COMMUNICATIONS" and a conscientious woman in her thirties called LIZAN.) ROALD: So it's checkmate, isn't it? I want to see the Venus-Mars game - you want to see your hero, Mavic Chen. (LIZAN smiles at ROALD'S attempt to provoke her.) LIZAN: I just happen to admire him, that's all. Well, I'm going to do some work now, even if you aren't. (LIZAN takes an observation chart and moves away to begin work.) ROALD: I, er... I'll tell you what. If we tune into Channel four-oh-three, we'll get the news. That should cover both our requirements. Agreed? LIZAN: Ah, but we may only get a report of what Mavic Chen said, not actually see him. ROALD: That's hardly likely! The Guardian of the Solar System is going away on holiday. He will, no doubt, say a few well-chosen words. Every well-chosen word will no doubt be transmitted. LIZAN: And what about the routine calls? ROALD: Oh, you worry too much. The next one's Five Zero Alpha. (LIZAN looks down her list.) LIZAN: Five Zero Alpha? ROALD: It's not for another twenty minutes. Well, what about four-oh-three? (LIZAN turns to one of the Technix.) LIZAN: Bring up four-oh-three, please. (The Technix does as instructed.) LIZAN: (To ROALD.) Five Zero Alpha? Is that the patrol out looking for Marc Cory? ROALD: Yes, the... er... agent who disappeared near the planet Kembel. Probably crashed, so they think. (An image appears on the large screen next to the star chart. ROALD turns to one of the Technix.) ROALD: Hey, bring up the sound! It's Mavic Chen on holiday. (Their attention turns to the interview on the screen. MAVIC CHEN is a distinguished-looking, white-haired and bearded Asiatic. He has a great presence and speaks in a calm but powerful voice. He is being interviewed by an awed younger man.) MAVIC CHEN: (On screen.) ...Yes, the mineral agreement with the fourth galaxy proved a little more... complicated than was at first expected. INTERVIEWER: (On screen.) And as that has been concluded so successfully, I'm sure no one will begrudge you a little time off. Er, where are you going to on this trip? MAVIC CHEN: (On screen, smiles.) That I am keeping a secret. I hope to be able to get away from all interviewers. (The INTERVIEWER laughs.) MAVIC CHEN: (On screen.) I'm just going to climb aboard my Spar and drift... about the solar system. (LIZAN smiles.) LIZAN: Drifting round the solar system - that's the life if you can get it! (As she speaks, the interview continues...) INTERVIEWER: (On screen.) Have you ever travelled beyond our solar system? MAVIC CHEN: (On screen.) No, not really. (ROALD responds to LIZAN'S wishful thinking...) ROALD: Well, become a galactic politician and who knows? Maybe one day you will. As far as I'm concerned, give me terra firma any day. (LIZAN tuts.) LIZAN: You are in a rut, my friend. Now, if I had the latest Flip T-4... ROALD: (Interrupting.) Ah, it's a trifle brash, isn't it? There are other space vessels, you know? LIZAN: You mean the Spar 7-40. ROALD: (Admiringly.) Yes, if I had to travel around ultra space, I'd think the 7-40. Elegance, plus ultimate technology. LIZAN: It hasn't got the speed. ROALD: Speed isn't everything. (Both return to watching the screen.) INTERVIEWER: (On screen.) Is there anything you would like to say to the citizens before you depart? (CHEN turns to face the camera.) MAVIC CHEN: (On screen.) Yes. It is my earnest hope that the solar system may continue along this path of peace, this path that was laid by the signing of the non-aggression pact of 3975. And now, in this year of 4000, we can feel justly proud of that pact. May the past twenty-five years prove that they are the dawn of an everlasting peace... (ROALD, having heard the speech before, quietly laughs.) MAVIC CHEN: (On screen.) ...which will spread throughout the universe. (On the wall map, the light to signify BRET VYON'S message starts to flash again. However it remains unnoticed by anyone in the room as they concentrate on the large screen and MAVIC CHEN'S continuing speech.) MAVIC CHEN: (On screen.) Let us go forward together, secure in the knowledge that the life ahead is built on the cornerstone of richer understanding, not only of the past or of the present, but also of the future. (ROALD, bored, is actually able to mouth CHEN'S remarks as the Guardian intones them.) MAVIC CHEN: (On screen.) And may it be this cornerstone, so firmly laid deep, be built upon in brotherhood and bring peace, progress and prosperity to each and every one of us. INTERVIEWER: (On screen.) Thank you sir. I'm sure that all throughout our system echo your thoughts. (ROALD and LIZAN turn away from the screen as the broadcast ends.) LIZAN: Even you must agree he's an impressive man. ROALD: Yes, it's nice to hear his speech again. LIZAN: Cynic! (She catches the flash on the wall map from the corner of her eye.) LIZAN: Was that a flash? ROALD: Where? (He dons a headphone, flicks some switches and listens.) ROALD: Well, there's nothing coming through. LIZAN: I thought I saw one. ROALD: You're imagining things. LIZAN: Okay, so I'm imagining things. 4: EXT. KEMBLE. JUNGLE (KERT GANTRY and BRET VYON are on the move through the jungle with their radio and are looking nervously into the dark undergrowth.) KERT GANTRY: They are out there, I know it, and they're getting closer! BRET VYON: Look, you're imagining things. Now shut up! KERT GANTRY: Do you think I'm a fool? There's something out there and it's close! BRET VYON: Look, I tell you... KERT GANTRY: (Interrupting.) Just listen! (The men stop and listen intently. After a second, they hear the snap of a twig.) KERT GANTRY: There! BRET VYON: Shh! KERT GANTRY: You heard it? BRET VYON: Yes. Come on, we've got to get out of here. (BRET moves to KERT to help him up.) KERT GANTRY: I stay. BRET VYON: What? But you know we can't fight them! Our w*apon are useless against... those things. Now we must move out. (KERT snaps and indicates his wounded leg.) KERT GANTRY: How can I keep on the move with this? Have you got any more bright ideas? All that will happen is I'll h*t one of those spiked plants. I nearly fell on one before. BRET VYON: Look, we won't go fast, just keep moving. I'll make sure we avoid the Varga plants. KERT GANTRY: If I fall and h*t one, you know what happens then! BRET VYON: Don't be a fool! KERT GANTRY: That could be what happened to Cory. He tripped, pricked himself on a thorn and... then he turned into one! BRET VYON: You're letting your imagination run riot again. Besides, we haven't seen any Varga that look like him. KERT GANTRY: Oh, joke away, but you know I'm right. There's been no trace of Marc Cory anywhere. BRET VYON: Perhaps they took him prisoner. KERT GANTRY: You know they don't take prisoners. BRET VYON: All the more reason for you to come with me. Now come on! (BRET moves to help KERT to his feet...) BRET VYON: Come on. (...but the wounded man raises his blaster r*fle and aims it at BRET.) KERT GANTRY: This is no time for phony heroics. I'll just slow you down, and then we'll both get it. Now without me you've got a chance. It's not a good one, but it's a chance. Just stay alive and get that message through! BRET VYON: (Firmly.) I'm not going without you - is that clear? (GANTRY raises his g*n on VYON.) KERT GANTRY: (Passionately.) Get out! Get out of here or I'll k*ll you now! (GANTRY aims the g*n. A shocked BRET realises that he is serious and reluctantly turns to go. He picks up the transmitter and prepares to walk off into the jungle.) KERT GANTRY: Bret...? (BRET looks back.) KERT GANTRY: Good... luck. (VYON nods and then leaves GANTRY, who has his blaster still up in defence. The wounded man looks all around him, before staggering forward through the thick jungle.) KERT GANTRY: All right, I'm ready for you now! (There is silence apart from the animal sounds in the jungle. GANTRY carries on limping through the trees.) KERT GANTRY: Where the devil are you? (He hears sounds of movement nearby.) KERT GANTRY: Come on! (As GANTRY looks around frantically, he hears a rustling sound in front of him. He peers carefully into the foliage but sees nothing. He moves on into a clearing and sinks to his knees in horror as he sees a DALEK in front of him. He presses the trigger on his blaster but the DALEK fires first and GANTRY falls back d*ad with a scream. A second DALEK glides forward and they look down at the scorched body.) FIRST DALEK: One man remains. Find and destroy him! SECOND DALEK: I obey. (They glide away.) 5: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE CLEARING (Elsewhere, VYON makes his way quickly through the jungle. He dodges some Varga plants but in doing so, he trips and drops the precious radio transmitter. He picks up the shattered instrument and looks over his last means of salvation, now gone. Suddenly, his despair is replaced by alarm as he hears a strange raucous noise. He dives for cover and watches as the TARDIS materialises in the jungle. Coming out of cover, he approaches the newly arrived object and starts to look over it. With an electronic hum, the door opens and BRET dives back into cover. The DOCTOR emerges, followed by KATARINA. They look over their surroundings as BRET listens.) DOCTOR: Hmm! KATARINA: (In wonder.) Strange place... Can you find help here? DOCTOR: I don't know my dear, but I must try. Now I want you to stay here and look after Steven. I shall be as quick as I can, hmm? KATARINA: I'll do as you ask. DOCTOR: Splendid. Now you know which switch to pull to close the doors, don't you? So I want you to do that straight away. I have my key to let myself in. (KATARINA looks puzzled at this.) KATARINA: Key? DOCTOR: Hmm. (The DOCTOR shows her the TARDIS key.) DOCTOR: Yes, this child - key. This opens the door from the outside, hmm? (BRET is especially interested in this statement...) DOCTOR: Now go in please and shut the door. (KATARINA does so and the doors hum shut again.) DOCTOR: Hmm, charming! (He sets off into the jungle. After he has gone, BRET steps out of hiding and examines the TARDIS again, especially interested in the door. He makes a decision and hurries after the DOCTOR.) 7: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE CLEARING (Exploring the thick jungle, the DOCTOR spots lights ahead. Looking through the trees, he catches sight of a city in the distance. It stands at the base of some ridged mountains and has a large circular landing area in front of it from which are several smaller round parking areas on which stand a collection of different sized and shaped spacecraft.) DOCTOR: Ah! A city... or perhaps a town, hmm. (As the DOCTOR mutters to himself, BRET starts to approach him from behind, his blaster raised.) DOCTOR: I wonder where we are, hmm? Hmm! All I have to do is get through that jungle and perhaps then I can get some help. I must say it's a strange place to put a city, hmm. (The DOCTOR feels the end of a blaster against his back.) BRET VYON: Keep absolutely still. DOCTOR: What is it you want? BRET VYON: The key. DOCTOR: What key? BRET VYON: (Menacingly.) Give me that key or I'll k*ll you. 8: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (STEVEN has come round but is still very weak and somewhat delirious. He still lies on the couch, his breathing being heavy and laboured.) KATARINA: The Doctor will return very soon. He will get help. STEVEN: Wh... where are we? KATARINA: On our way through the underworld. STEVEN: What? Look, I... don't understand. Vicki? Troy? (He feels the pain of his wound again.) STEVEN: Ohh, you... you helped me when that Trojan... KATARINA: Deep calm. You must rest. STEVEN: Did the Doctor bring you on board? KATARINA: Yes. We all make the journey together. STEVEN: Who are you? KATARINA: Katarina. I served as handmaid for the High Priestess Cassandra. But you must rest. The Doctor will bring help. Don't ask any more questions. STEVEN: I... I... I want... (STEVEN passes out again. The TARDIS doors open and BRET VYON enters. KATARINA looks at him in surprise.) KATARINA: Did the Doctor send you? (BRET, amazed at the interior of the ship, hesitates, then...) BRET VYON: That's right - the old man sent me. KATARINA: Have you brought help? (BRET looks round the control room.) BRET VYON: This is fantastic! (He recovers his composure and turns to KATARINA.) BRET VYON: Erm... you, what's your name? KATARINA: Katarina. Did the Doctor send you to cure the sickness? BRET VYON: Yes, but we must shut the doors first. The... old man said you knew the switch. (KATARINA walks over to the console.) KATARINA: Here. (She activates a control and the doors close. BRET looks round the room.) BRET VYON: What sort of craft is this? I've seen most, but nothing like this. From the outside it looks so small. How do you work this thing? KATARINA: Only the Doctor works his temple. BRET VYON: His what? (BRET starts to look over the console and begins to flip some of the switches. KATARINA indicates the unconscious STEVEN.) KATARINA: You must help Steven! BRET VYON: Yes, yes, of course I'll help Steven, but we must get back to Earth first. I explained this to the old man, the, er... Doctor. (BRET unknowingly switches on the scanner.) KATARINA: We can't go back to Earth, we've left it. BRET VYON: That means we can get back. (STEVEN comes round again and watches BRET suspiciously but is too weak to do anything. On the scanner, he sees the DOCTOR approaching the TARDIS.) BRET VYON: Katarina, are you sure you don't know how to work this? KATARINA: How could I know? It belongs to the Doctor. BRET VYON: The old man said this was no ordinary ship... and he was right. 9: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE CLEARING (The DOCTOR has returned to the clearing and stands outside his craft.) DOCTOR: So, you'd use physical v*olence, would you? (Laughs.) You don't know what you've let yourself in for. (Laughs.) (The DOCTOR walks up to the TARDIS and spots something.) DOCTOR: Ah, so you've left the key in the door! Well, well! (Laughs.) That's the first big mistake, isn't it? Yes, very foolish... very foolish indeed, young man. Well now, if it's brain, or brawn rather, versus brain, heh, heh, I've got you beaten from the start, young man! (Laughs.) 10: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Inside the TARDIS, BRET VYON still stands over the controls of the ship. Suddenly a spanner crashes down on his head and, with a cry, he falls to the floor. STEVEN has managed to raise himself off his divan and att*ck the agent.) KATARINA: (Shocked) Steven! (STEVEN himself falls to the floor, his energy spent on the att*ck. KATARINA rushes to him.) 11: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE CLEARING (At the door of the TARDIS, the DOCTOR hears an electronic rumbling noise and looks upwards through the jungle trees at a spaceship flying over.) DOCTOR: Ha, I wonder if that spaceship has any... anything to do with that violent young man - or any connection with that city below. Yes, there are one or two questions I must have answered. (He laughs and enters the TARDIS.) 12: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. RECEPTION AREA (In an open walled reception area at the edge of the city in the jungle a familiar figure waits - the dark-cased DALEK SUPREME. Another DALEK glides through an entrance door and up to its commander.) DALEK: Control reports space vessel 1-11 in landing circuit. DALEK SUPREME: Is all prepared? DALEK: Everything is ready. 13: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (In the TARDIS, BRET comes round. His head hurts and he realises that he is sat in a chair. The DOCTOR looks over at him and chuckles.) DOCTOR: I don't think you'll be able to get out of there in a hurry, my friend? (Laughs.) (BRET struggles to move to finds that he is stuck fast - even though there are no obvious bindings.) BRET VYON: What is it? DOCTOR: Oh, it's a little invention of mine - I call it the magnetic chair. It has a force field strong enough to restrain a herd of elephants, so I wouldn't waste your energy trying to escape, hmm? You will stay there until I direct otherwise. (He laughs again and turns to KATARINA who still tends to STEVEN who is again unconscious and back on the divan.) DOCTOR: How is he my dear? KATARINA: He's asleep. DOCTOR: Yes. Oh, by the way, I found a city... and just as I was about to ascertain it's locale, that young ruffian set about me. KATARINA: Can you get help for Steven? DOCTOR: Oo yes, I hope so, er, er, just a minute, er, er... (He takes KATARINA aside so that they cannot be overheard by BRET. The DOCTOR indicates him.) DOCTOR: That, erm... that young man, did he say anything? Hmm? KATARINA: (Whispers.) No. DOCTOR: Hmm, that's strange, hmm. Yes, I shall have to cross-examine him when I get back. But don't worry. He's quite safe... he... our guest... is quite unable to move until I press that little switch at the back. KATARINA: Oh. DOCTOR: So you're quite safe. (He turns laughing to a glaring BRET.) DOCTOR: Whilst he's there, he's quite harmless. (To BRET.) Oh, and, er, quite comfortable I hope? (The DOCTOR laughs quietly at a simmering BRET and heads for the doors.) 14: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE CLEARING (The DOCTOR has left the TARDIS and walks through the thick foliage. He avoids a Varga plant and comes across a humanoid skeleton in the trees which is covered in what remains of uniformed clothing.) DOCTOR: Hmm! (He looks over the body.) DOCTOR: Male. I wonder... is this the solar system, hmm? (Several feet away, he sees Marc Cory's recording device on the jungle floor.) DOCTOR: That's very strange. (He picks the device up.) DOCTOR: Hah, hmm! That's strange indeed. Well, hmm! (He carries on his way.) 15: EXT. KEMBLE. DALEK CITY (The same spaceship he saw earlier eases to a landing on a pad on the outskirts of the city. It resembles a flying saucer with upward sticking fins that spin on the ship's edge as it flies. There is a large collection of other diverse ships already parked there.) 16: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. RECEPTION AREA (A messenger glides up to the DALEK SUPREME.) DALEK: Space vessel 111 - touch-down completed. DALEK SUPREME: Excellent. I will await our guest here. (The DOCTOR has made his way to the edge of the city and looks round the corner of the outer wall into the reception area. He quickly steps back into cover.) DOCTOR: (Horrified.) Daleks! 17: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (BRET VYON, still immobilised in the chair, looks towards STEVEN, who is still unconscious and being tended by KATARINA who wipes his brow.) BRET VYON: What's the matter with him? (KATARINA, now knowing him to be an enemy, ignores him.) BRET VYON: I said, what's the matter with him? KATARINA: He's sick. The Doctor says he's poisoned in the blood. BRET VYON: There are some tablets in the pouch of my belt. Give him two. KATARINA: But you're an enemy. (KATARINA approaches him.) KATARINA: The Doctor's gone to get help. BRET VYON: He won't find any on this planet, believe me. So why not try the tablets? I hate to see anyone die through stupidity. KATARINA: I do not understand you. BRET VYON: For heaven's sake, girl! Take the tablets and give them to him! (KATARINA hesitates, then...) KATARINA: All right. BRET VYON: Now you're showing some sense. (KATARINA points at the pouch of BRET'S belt.) KATARINA: Here? BRET VYON: Yes. (KATARINA hesitates.) BRET VYON: It's all right, I won't harm you. This chair of the Doctor's seems to be everything he claimed. (KATARINA reaches into his pouch and takes out a small tube.) BRET VYON: All right, the tablets are in that tube. (KATARINA finds the tube, opens it, and looks at the tablets inside in puzzlement.) KATARINA: Are these tablets? BRET VYON: (Exasperated.) What do they look like? Take two and put them in his mouth. They dissolve quickly and take effect almost immediately. (He watches as she hesitantly carries out his instructions. STEVEN breathes and moans as he swallows the tablets.) BRET VYON: Praise be that you're not nursing me! It's all right. He'll be all right now. You can leave him alone. KATARINA: If you're wrong, the Doctor will be angry. I've disobeyed him. BRET VYON: If Steven, or whatever his name is, recovers, you'll be forgiven. And if the Doctor gets back here soon... (He looks up at the scanner.) BRET VYON: (In a shocked whisper.) No! (On the scanner, a DALEK enters the clearing outside the TARDIS...) 18: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. RECEPTION AREA (The DOCTOR is still hidden behind a pillar in the reception area, watching the DALEKS.) DALEK: Our new ally approaches! (The occupant of the spaceship walks towards the DALEKS.) DALEK SUPREME: We welcome you as we welcome all allies of the Daleks! (The newcomer steps forward. It is MAVIC CHEN.) MAVIC CHEN: I am honoured to be here. And to be part of your plan to conquer Earth and all the planets in the solar system! (The DALEKS lead him into the city as the DOCTOR scurries away urgently.) 19: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE CLEARING (The DOCTOR stumbles quickly through the trees. As he approaches the TARDIS, he stops to catch his breath. He sees movement through the trees and hides. He watches from the undergrowth as three DALEKS emerge from around the TARDIS. The DOCTOR looks on in horror as they surround the ship.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x10 - The Nightmare Begins"}
foreverdreaming
Day of Armageddon Written by Terry Nation Original Air Date: 20 November, 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE CLEARING (As the DOCTOR approaches the TARDIS, he stops to catch his breath. He sees movement through the trees and hides. He watches from the undergrowth as three DALEKS emerge from around the TARDIS. The DOCTOR looks on in horror as they surround the ship. He ducks further back into hiding...) DAY OF ARMAGEDDON (...as the DALEKS look over the TARDIS.) Written by TERRY NATION FIRST DALEK: Inform base security that a further intruder craft has been located. SECOND DALEK: I obey. FIRST DALEK: Security patrols five and seven will converge on this area. Priority alert. inv*de to be located and destroyed! (The FIRST DALEK glides away. In the bushes, a worried DOCTOR also backs away from the scene and heads off into the trees. Back at the TARDIS, the FIRST DALEK glides back.) FIRST DALEK: A message from the Dalek Supreme - Operation Inferno to be put into execution at once. SECOND DALEK: Inform all units. Evacuate patrols to safety areas. Confirm with units in position. On confirmation, start abbreviated countdown for Operation Inferno. (The DOCTOR continues to observe...) 2: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONFERENCE ROOM (MAVIC CHEN sits alone in a large conference room. A shallow ramp descends into the room and at the bottom of this ramp spread out on either side two quarter-circle tables. CHEN is at one of these tables, writing on one of a numbers of papers in front of him. A menacing humanoid creature, dressed in a black cloak, appears at the top of the ramp. Its face is covered by a black hood with two slanting gashes for eyeholes. The creature starts to walk down the ramp. CHEN looks up and sees it approaching. The creature speaks with an arrogant, slightly high-pitched lilt to its voice which echoes in the cavernous chamber.) ZEPHON: Mavic Chen, Guardian of the Solar System? MAVIC CHEN: Yes? ZEPHON: I am Zephon, Master of the Fifth Galaxy. MAVIC CHEN: Of course. I had hoped to meet you once before - at the Intergalactic Conference of Andromeda. ZEPHON: I did not attend, and now you know the reason. The Daleks held a separate council at the same time. None of us of the outer galaxies went to yours. MAVIC CHEN: Erm... except Trantis. ZEPHON: We agreed to send a delegate. In order that the conference should not become suspicious. (CHEN gestures to the papers in front of him.) MAVIC CHEN: I have been reading the reports on the previous meetings here. The Daleks have evolved a most interesting plan. ZEPHON: We of the outer galaxies have contributed to it also. MAVIC CHEN: (Smiles.) Oh, of course. But you must admit the Daleks have a... a genius for w*r. ZEPHON: That is so. However, one thing surprises me: that you, Guardian of the Solar System, have agreed to become one of us. MAVIC CHEN: Why the surprise? As you say, I am Guardian of the Solar System. But that is nothing more than a part, however influential, of one galaxy. Would you be satisfied with just a part of a galaxy? ZEPHON: The solar system is exceptional. In its power lies influences far outside its own sphere. Surely by joining with the forces determined to destroy that power, you mark yourself out as a supreme traitor? MAVIC CHEN: Traitor? (He laughs.) An archaic word for so advanced a... "man" as yourself. Considering that the planet Fisar and the Emodyment Gris have both, at different times, tried to depose you, do you still maintain that you're the mouthpiece for your own galaxy? ZEPHON: I do... now that I am all-powerful with my position. MAVIC CHEN: True. But then you do not understand the conflicting powers within our solar system. Now let us go and take some air. This is hardly the time and the place for so serious a discussion. ZEPHON: But first we must... MAVIC CHEN: (Interrupts.) Some air! (They walk out of the room.) 3: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. RECEPTION AREA (A DALEK glides into the reception area where the DALEK SUPREME waits.) DALEK SUPREME: Report. DALEK: Guardian of the Solar System - Chen - must be watched. His ambitions exceed his usefulness. DALEK SUPREME: When he has served his purpose, he, like the others, will be eliminated! No power in this universe can stop the Daleks! 4: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE (STEVEN wakes up in the jungle. KATARINA watches him as he begins to recover. He is no longer wearing his Grecian tunic but instead sports a corduroy jacket and trousers. He is still short of breath.) STEVEN: Where's the Doctor? KATARINA: He will be here soon. STEVEN: I don't understand... where are we... I can't think straight. KATARINA: You must rest. The tablets I gave you have made you better. But you must still rest. STEVEN: Tablets? Now what's going on here? What are we doing out here in the jungle? KATARINA: We had to leave the temple - the TARDIS. The evil ones came. STEVEN: Evil ones? KATARINA: He called them the... Daleks? STEVEN: (Shocked.) Daleks! (He drifts back into unconsciousness. KATARINA continues to watch over him but she is alerted by a sound in the trees. Some bushes part and the DOCTOR emerges.) DOCTOR: Katarina! (He walks over to her.) KATARINA: (Delighted.) My lord! DOCTOR: Doctor! Doctor! What are you both doing here? KATARINA: The evil ones searched for us but Bret helped us. He said they were evil! DOCTOR: Yes, well whoever this Bret is, he's quite right! The Daleks are evil things. KATARINA: Bret is the man you put in your magic chair. DOCTOR: What? That young ruffian, mmm? KATARINA: But he helped us! DOCTOR: And you released him? KATARINA: Was I not right to do so? (The DOCTOR grunts.) KATARINA: When the evil ones came, he said we had to flee from your temple. DOCTOR: Oh, my TARDIS, child, my TARDIS. Yes, you... you were right. I mean, he wasn't to know that you were quite safe away from the Daleks in there. (He looks down at STEVEN who is awake again.) DOCTOR: How is this young man? STEVEN: I'll be all right in a minute or two. Thanks Doc. DOCTOR: Good, good, good. KATARINA: Bret says the time is four thousand... DOCTOR: Mmm? KATARINA: And he came here and only just got away from the evil ones. He gave Steven some white tablets, and he's almost well again. DOCTOR: Ah, I see, I see. (Laughs.) Yes, and I clamped him in that chair. (Laughs.) And he's the very fellow with the anti-toxin. (To STEVEN.) Well, young man, you'd better pull yourself together. We've got some work to do. (He helps STEVEN up.) 5: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE CLEARING (BRET watches from a place of concealment, near to the TARDIS as a patrol of three DALEKS line up in the jungle. A fourth DALEK glides up to them and gives an order.) FIRST DALEK: Operate pyro-flames! DALEKS: We obey! (The DALEKS all have torches in place of their usual arms. Fierce flames emit from these and they start moving through the jungle, setting light to trees and undergrowth as they go. A horrified BRET moves away from the scene of devastation.) 6: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE (Nearby, the DOCTOR is helping a still weakened STEVEN to walk.) DOCTOR: Aren't you feeling better, hmm? STEVEN: Look, Doctor, I think I can manage on my own now. DOCTOR: Carefully, carefully. Now, just rest for a minute. Take a few deep breaths, hmm? Don't try to run before you can walk, hmm? Though you may have to. (BRET VYON suddenly appears from the jungle.) DOCTOR: Oh, it's Bret, isn't it? Yes, thank you. Tell me, what's happening, hmm? BRET VYON: It's the Daleks, they're using flame g*n. I think they're gonna burn down the jungle! DOCTOR: Oh, good gracious me! We must try and get back to the TARDIS. We're in grave danger here. STEVEN: Doctor, don't you see it's a trap? That's exactly what they want us to do! DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, possibly, possibly. STEVEN: We can't act without thinking. DOCTOR: (Angrily.) I never do and never shall! STEVEN: But you're all set to go straight back to the TARDIS. KATARINA: You said we should never have left it. DOCTOR: Yes, you're quite right my dear. It's the safest place. STEVEN: Oh yes? If the Daleks are waiting outside for us, it will be su1c1de. DOCTOR: Oh, not necessarily, not necess... STEVEN: Who's going to play the scapegoat? KATARINA: Supposing Steven were right? DOCTOR: Well, in this instance, child, he might be, but I know the Daleks! STEVEN: So do I, Doctor! And look, I think we should stay here until we know exactly what they're going to do! DOCTOR: Yes and they could track us down at any time. STEVEN: We'd hear them! DOCTOR: No... STEVEN: I mean, the... the Mechanoids... DOCTOR: (Interrupts.) Oh, they were robots... STEVEN: So what? DOCTOR: These are Daleks! Now you listen to me, young man, I am in charge of this situation. (As their voices get louder, BRET comes over to them.) BRET VYON: Quiet! Will you shut up! (He points his blaster at the DOCTOR.) BRET VYON: At least that's stopped you arguing? DOCTOR: Well, upon my soul! BRET VYON: Now look here, I don't care what happens to you, but I've got to warn Earth! DOCTOR: Yes, and you will have to do far more than that! If the Daleks are doing something drastic, then we have to stop the Daleks! Now, will you shut up - sir, hmm? (BRET glares at the old man...) 7: EXT. KEMBEL. ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE (The DALEKS continue to move through the jungle, burning everything in their path as they go with their flame-throwers. Thick black smoke fills the air. ) 8: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE (BRET and the DOCTOR are still arguing...) BRET VYON: One, we learn the Dalek plans... DOCTOR: We know, young man... BRET VYON: (Insistent.) ...and two, get the information back to Earth. DOCTOR: Now just listen, listen, listen! Think back for the moment. Just think back! If the Daleks are going to att*ck Earth, as you seem to fear, then you must tell Earth to look back in the history of the year 2157, and that the Daleks are going to att*ck again. History will show how to deal with them. BRET VYON: Who cares about history? DOCTOR: Now listen... STEVEN: I can smell smoke! (The DOCTOR and BRET stop arguing and they look round.) STEVEN: Yes, look! (STEVEN points at more burning trees.) DOCTOR: Yes, you're quite right, young man, they're going to trap us, hmm. KATARINA: (Scared.) Doctor, it's like the wall of f*re. DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no! Not quite, not quite my dear. We're going to get out of here! Come on, this way! (VYON realises with surprise which direction the DOCTOR is moving towards.) BRET VYON: That's the way to the Dalek city! DOCTOR: But of course! That's the last place they will expect us to go. Come along! (The DOCTOR and his party move off again, followed by a surprised BRET as the crackling of the f*re echoes around them.) DOCTOR: Come along! 9: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. RECEPTION AREA (MAVIC CHEN and ZEPHON stand in the reception area, watching the blazing jungle.) MAVIC CHEN: The magnificent power of the flame. Primitive, but efficient. ZEPHON: You too would have used ultrasonics? (CHEN considers...) MAVIC CHEN: Mmm, if I had nothing better. Well, the meeting must start soon. ZEPHON: You appear so keen to be a model delegate one might think you are afraid of the Daleks. MAVIC CHEN: A dangerous statement. Remember where you are. ZEPHON: Ha! The solar system is so far behind that it believes the Daleks need to eavesdrop? MAVIC CHEN: Of course not. ZEPHON: The Daleks needed me. Without my help, they would never have got the co-operation of the masters of Celation and Beaus. We are on equal terms. MAVIC CHEN: Really? Three galaxies for the price of one. ZEPHON: I do not understand you? MAVIC CHEN: Perhaps I'm one of those who knows my place. Are you coming in to take your seat? ZEPHON: They will not start the meeting without me. I feel like waiting... here. (MAVIC CHEN bows and departs, leaving ZEPHON arrogantly alone.) 10: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONFERENCE ROOM (In the conference room, the other delegates are gathering. The DALEK SUPREME is in position on its raised dais at one end of the room. Another DALEK glides down the ramp and reports to its superior.) DALEK: Zephon... DALEK SUPREME: It was expected. His usefulness is over. 11: EXT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY (The DOCTOR, STEVEN, KATARINA and BRET VYON arrive at the edge of the jungle and the outer wall of the DALEK city. Next to it is the landing pad for the spaceships of the delegates. BRET points in astonishment to them.) BRET VYON: Look at that! STEVEN: Oh, just look at those ships. Beautiful, aren't they? (But VYON is concerned at one ship in particular. His face is puzzled.) BRET VYON: That one in the middle - that's from Earth. That's Mavic Chen's! DOCTOR: You know that spaceship? BRET VYON: Yes, I do. It belongs to the Guardian of the Solar System! DOCTOR: Oh, then you'll know how to fly it, hmm? BRET VYON: Yes, of course I do, but... DOCTOR: (Interrupts.) Well, that's the one to go for, isn't it? (He chuckles.) BRET VYON: I can't believe it. It doesn't make sense! STEVEN: If you know how to use it, what's the worry? BRET VYON: Look, he's the Guardian - don't you understand? STEVEN: So what? We don't want him, just his ship. BRET VYON: He's the ultimate head of the solar system! Now what's he doing here with the Daleks? STEVEN: Well, that's what we want to find out! DOCTOR: Would you both be quiet, please? We've got to take that spaceship if we're going to warn Earth! Look out. (The DOCTOR leads the way as they move along the wall to the reception area.) 12: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. RECEPTION AREA (When he reaches this point, he peers round the corner but then ducks back out of sight and signals to the others to stay back. ZEPHON is still stood in the reception area, watching the distant fires. He moves closer to the corner where the DOCTOR'S party are in hiding. BRET moves towards the DOCTOR, signalling to him to keep back and let him pass. The DOCTOR does so. When ZEPHON is near enough, BRET jumps forward and knocks the alien unconscious with the butt of his g*n. ZEPHON falls to the ground with a groaning, gurgling sound. The travellers pull him back out of sight.) 13: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONFERENCE ROOM (The DALEK SUPREME looks over the galactic delegates at their allotted places in the conference room. He sees the gap in their ranks.) DALEK SUPREME: Where is the master of Zephon? MAVIC CHEN: He will be here... eventually. (The DALEK SUPREME turns and speaks to two waiting DALEKS.) DALEK SUPREME: Search for him! (As the DALEKS glide off, CHEN smiles...) 14: EXT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY (STEVEN and BRET have tied up ZEPHON with vines and creepers from the jungle. STEVEN has caught a glimpse of ZEPHON'S true visage under the hood of the cloak.) STEVEN: What is it? I've never seen anything like this, it's hideous! DOCTOR: Well, obvious or not my boy, it's quite obvious he's one of the representatives, hmm? (Laughs.) BRET VYON: Good job we managed to find these vines - now we can get to the ship. DOCTOR: No, no - not yet, not yet! Not until we find out exactly what the Daleks are planning. And this may be our only chance! BRET VYON: I don't understand? DOCTOR: I am going to that conference STEVEN: Doctor, that's crazy! DOCTOR: Oh... STEVEN: You can't go to their conference! DOCTOR: Why not? (He points at the prone ZEPHON.) DOCTOR: If I wear his cloak, why not? STEVEN: Should they find you, they'll k*ll you! DOCTOR: Oh, nonsense! You three can take over the spaceship, and I can join you later. KATARINA: Are you sure you will be safe? DOCTOR: Oh yes, now don't worry, my child, don't worry! (He takes BRET to one side.) DOCTOR: Er... (He pulls the recording device that he found in the jungle from his pocket.) DOCTOR: I, er, I found this, and I don't know whether it's relevant or not, but hold onto it safely. BRET VYON: Where did you find it? DOCTOR: Oh, in the jungle. Now I want you... I want you to give me enough time to get to that meeting and find out exactly what's going on. And then I will head back to Chen's spaceship. BRET VYON: How long will that take? DOCTOR: Well, I must leave that to your own judgment. If, of course, you hear any kind of uproar, then you'll have to get into the spaceship and go off without me. BRET VYON: Doctor, we can't leave you... DOCTOR: (Interrupts.) Oh, nonsense, nonsense! Earth must be warned about the Daleks - and about Chen. BRET VYON: (Admiringly.) You're a very brave man. DOCTOR: Rubbish, rubbish, my boy! I'm only doing what has to be done. Now come on and help me on to this cloak. Be quick about it! Come along! (He and BRET move towards ZEPHON.) 15: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CORRIDOR (A DALEK glides along a corridor. It meets another DALEK along the way.) FIRST DALEK: Has the representative Zephon passed this way? SECOND DALEK: He, and the Earth creature, went to the reception area. FIRST DALEK: Has he returned? SECOND DALEK: Only the creature from Earth returned this way. FIRST DALEK: Zephon must still be there. Come with me. He has to be found! (The two DALEKS turn and glide away.) 16: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. RECEPTION AREA (They glide out into the reception area and immediately come across the DOCTOR, now wearing ZEPHON'S large cloak. The DALEKS are fooled by his disguise.) FIRST DALEK: Representative Zephon, the meeting is about to begin. You will follow me. (The FIRST DALEK turns and glides back into the city. Saying nothing, the DOCTOR follows the DALEK and the SECOND DALEK brings up the rear. As they go out of sight, STEVEN, BRET and KATARINA emerge from hiding from round the corner.) BRET VYON: The old man certainly has got nerve. KATARINA: The strange ones will not hurt him? STEVEN: I hope not. Anyway, he's doing his part, we must do ours. Let's get that ship. (They move off towards the Spar. They pass the prone figure of ZEPHON who regains consciousness for a moment. He starts to move and then lies still again.) 17: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONFERENCE ROOM (The disguised DOCTOR is escorted in by the DALEKS. The other delegates are all in position around the semi-circular raised platform. One of them, TRANTIS, a small hunched figure, speaks in a nasal pitch...) TRANTIS: (Sarcastically.) The master of the Fifth Galaxy has seen fit to join us? DALEK SUPREME: Take your place. (The DOCTOR moves hesitantly over towards the other delegates.) MAVIC CHEN: You seem lost, representative Zephon. Here's your place, next to me. (The DOCTOR goes and stands at the place indicated, keeping his face out of sight.) DALEK SUPREME: This seventh meeting is now in session. Representatives, I have important news. The time destructor is now completed. It only requires the core to be fitted. (The delegates bang the tables in enthusiastic salute. MAVIC CHEN leaves his place and moves to stand next to the DALEK SUPREME.) DALEK SUPREME: Mavic Chen, Guardian of the Solar System, will address the meeting. MAVIC CHEN: As your most recent ally, and the newest member to stand in this great universal council, I am delighted to be able to make so significant a contribution to our conquest of the universe. I now present you with the core of the time destructor. (He holds up a small box.) MAVIC CHEN: A full emm of Taranium, the rarest mineral in the universe. It's taken fifty Earth years to acquire even this amount. (The outspoken TRANTIS speaks up...) TRANTIS: If it has taken so long for the solar system to acquire it, why was not one of us of the outer galaxies asked to provide it? MAVIC CHEN: As the Daleks know, Taranium can only be found on one of the d*ad planets of the solar system. Without this, the time destructor is useless! All the plans made here could not succeed. I, Mavic Chen, give you the core of the time destructor! (He places the box in front of the DALEK SUPREME.) 18: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. RECEPTION AREA (ZEPHON regains full consciousness. He struggles against his bonds of vines and creepers. He spots an emergency alarm on the wall and tries to get to his feet to reach the alarm but only succeeds in falling back against the wall.) 19: INT. SPAR SHIP (Inside MAVIC CHEN'S Spar ship, two Technix are inside playing a game with a futuristic pack of playing cards. The inside of the craft is a large circular control room, with computer banks and controls around the walls. BRET VYON, STEVEN and KATARINA enter through the airlock. VYON holds his blaster up.) BRET VYON: I'm taking over this spaceship. Over there. (He motions with his blaster, and the Technix obey. VYON turns to STEVEN.) BRET VYON: Tie them up. 20: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. RECEPTION AREA (ZEPHON edges nearer the alarm...) 21: INT. SPAR SHIP (BRET and STEVEN re-enter the ship having placed the bound Technix outside.) KATARINA: The men will not be found? STEVEN: No, not unless the Daleks patrol the landing area. BRET VYON: That's the one place they won't be patrolling. STEVEN: Let's hope not, otherwise it's the end of the Doctor! KATARINA: He must come, he must come! 22: EXT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY (ZEPHON makes it to the alarm button and manages to press it. An alarm starts to blare out...) 23: INT. SPAR SHIP (...and reaches the Spar. The three fugitives look up in horror.) 24: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONFERENCE ROOM (Inside the conference room, the start of the alarm causes panic...) FIRST DALEK: Locate intruders! Locate intruders! MAVIC CHEN: What's happening? SECOND DALEK: Seal ... THIRD DALEK: Check alarm's location. (The delegates look around in confusion. While everyone's attention is distracted, the DOCTOR runs to the central podium, grabs the Taranium core and runs towards the exit ramp. At the top of it, ZEPHON appears, showing his true visage as a creature with seaweed-like tendrils for a face. A horrified DOCTOR turns and runs towards another exit.) ZEPHON: That's him! Stop him! Stop the creature! Stop the creature! 25: INT. SPAR SHIP (BRET VYON reacts with alarm to the sound of the sirens and the increasing activity from the city.) BRET VYON: We've got to go! STEVEN: We mustn't leave him! (KATARINA mutters to the Trojan Horse-god. The sound of the ship's engines start to rise...) KATARINA: Great One, don't leave us! Don't let the strange beings catch him! BRET VYON: He's been caught! We've got to leave! STEVEN: No! He said we had to... (VYON tries to operate the controls for take-off. STEVEN pulls him away.) BRET VYON: No! (He turns and knocks STEVEN to the floor, then resumes preparations for take-off.) KATARINA: Stop! You can't leave him! He can't reach the place of perfection! BRET VYON: He won't! We're going without him! (BRET activates more controls and the ship starts to power up further...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x11 - Day of Armageddon"}
foreverdreaming
Devil's Planet Written by Terry Nation Original Air Date: 27 November, 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: INT. SPAR SHIP (KATARINA mutters to the Trojan Horse-god. The sound of the ship's engines start to rise...) KATARINA: Great One, don't leave us! Don't let the strange beings catch him! BRET VYON: He's been caught! We've got to leave! STEVEN: No! He said we had to... (VYON tries to operate the controls for take-off. STEVEN pulls him away.) BRET VYON: No! (He turns and knocks STEVEN to the floor, then resumes preparations for take-off.) KATARINA: Stop! You can't leave him! He can't reach the place of perfection! BRET VYON: He won't! We're going without him! (BRET activates more controls and the ship starts to power up further.) BRET VYON: We're going into countdown! (BRET looks at a countdown indicator on the control panel which nears zero...) DEVIL'S PLANET Written by TERRY NATION (Suddenly STEVEN points to a light winking on the hatch panel.) STEVEN: What's that light? BRET VYON: It's the outer door! It's not fully shut. Quick, or we'll all be sucked out! (STEVEN rushes to the airlock and is pressing the switches to close the door when he sees someone outside. He yells back at BRET.) STEVEN: Hold countdown! It's the Doctor! (BRET holds the countdown sequence as STEVEN and KATARINA help the breathless DOCTOR up through the airlock and into the ship.) DOCTOR: Get us off, Bret! Get us off! Get us off! BRET VYON: Right. (He starts to resume the held countdown.) DOCTOR: Take off, man! BRET VYON: Stand by, everyone! Take off! (The airlock door closes. They all desperately grab hold of anything close as the ship rises swiftly into the air, leaving the planet of Kembel far below. The breathless DOCTOR eyes VYON with austere reproof.) DOCTOR: Oh! Oh! This is rather a violent acceleration, young man! Hmm! 2: SPACE (The SPAR sh**t into space...) 3: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The DALEK SUPREME enters the DALEK control room. Normal scanners and consoles line the room which is dominated by a central piece of machinery. The DALEK SUPREME hovers in anger as the DALEKS report the readings off the consoles.) FIRST DALEK: Altitude: five sections. Speed: Three thousand. SECOND DALEK: Vessel attained gravitational escape velocity. DALEK SUPREME: Cut in a*t*matic trackers. SECOND DALEK: All is ready for their space extinction. DALEK SUPREME: Do not destroy! That vessel must not be destroyed! SECOND DALEK: Trackers operating. DALEK SUPREME: Prepare neutronic randomiser. (The FIRST DALEK, at its console, obeys...) FIRST DALEK: Stand by randomiser. DALEK SUPREME: The intruders must be caught alive! 4: INT. SPAR SHIP (Things have calmed down somewhat on the stolen SPAR ship.) DOCTOR: Well done, Bret, well done. You got us off very well. (He laughs to himself.) BRET VYON: Thanks. I thought you weren't going to make it. DOCTOR: Of course I was. You're far too pessimistic. Now, where's that little box of mine, hmm? (STEVEN picks up the box holding up the Taranium Core.) STEVEN: This one? DOCTOR: Yes. (The DOCTOR takes the box.) DOCTOR: Ah, splendid, splendid. The Daleks' plans are utterly useless without this. STEVEN: Why? What did you find out at the Council meeting? DOCTOR: They've allied themselves with the rulers of the outer galaxies... to take over the Universe! BRET VYON: (Shocked.) Universe? DOCTOR: Yes, their first objective being Earth and then... the solar system. STEVEN: Then we've got to warn Earth and fast! BRET VYON: But what about Mavic Chen? DOCTOR: Oh, he's one of them, my friend. By sacrificing the Solar System, he hopes to gain more power. BRET VYON: That's impossible! DOCTOR: Oh, no it isn't, no it isn't. Therefore we must get back to Earth before him. KATARINA: (Timidly.) But how can we return to Earth? We've already left it. DOCTOR: Yes, I know, my dear, but this is not Earth... as we... think of it. It's something very different. (VYON is more puzzled than ever by KATARINA and speaks quietly to STEVEN.) BRET VYON: What's the matter with this girl? I mean, where's she from? STEVEN: (Casually.) Oh, it's quite all right - she helped us in Troy. She doesn't really understand. BRET VYON: (Puzzled.) Troy? STEVEN: (Smiles.) Yes. (He rejoins his companions.) STEVEN: Well, come on, Doctor, what's so special about that box? DOCTOR: Well, as I said before, my boy, the Daleks' plans are utterly useless without this. STEVEN: (Pleased.) Then we've won! (STEVEN picks up the box and is about to open it when the DOCTOR stops him.) DOCTOR: No, no, no, no! Don't open it, please. STEVEN: Why not? DOCTOR: It'll burn your eyes - you'll go totally blind! That is a full emm of Taranium! BRET VYON: (Shocked.) What? (He steps forward.) DOCTOR: Taranium. BRET VYON: That can only be found on the planet Uranus. A full measure would take years to mine! DOCTOR: Fifty years, to be surprice... to be precise. And Mavic Chen has given this to the Daleks to complete one of the most evil w*apon ever devised - their Time Destructor! 5: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (ZEPHON stands before the DALEK SUPREME. MAVIC CHEN is also present, as are several other DALEKS.) DALEK SUPREME: Representative Zephon! You deny that your negligence caused the loss of the Taranium Core? ZEPHON: (Arrogantly.) Had the Daleks made full security arrangements, the inv*de would not have reached this city. MAVIC CHEN: Had the master of the Fifth Galaxy been less arrogant, he would have gone with me to the meeting. Instead he preferred to keep us all waiting. ZEPHON: I believe the intruders came from the Solar System. MAVIC CHEN: Did you see them? ZEPHON: No. MAVIC CHEN: Did they speak and tell you so? ZEPHON: No. MAVIC CHEN: Then your accusation is preposterous. ZEPHON: How was it the intruders knew that the Taranium was here and that it was to be handed over, if they did not come from the Solar System? None of the others knew what it was that representative Mavic Chen was bringing here! (All eyes are now on MAVIC CHEN.) DALEK SUPREME: Have you nothing to say? MAVIC CHEN: Oh, this is absurd. Why should I arrange that fifty years be spent secretly mining to acquire this mineral - only to have it stolen? ZEPHON: The quest for power. Perhaps you wanted to use the Core for yourself! MAVIC CHEN: How? Only the Daleks know how to assemble the Time Destructor. I only provided the vital ingredient - the core. ZEPHON: (To the DALEK SUPREME.) I did not know about the Core. How could I? DALEK SUPREME: You knew about the intruders. ZEPHON: We all did. You were going to deal with them, or so you said. DALEK SUPREME: (Angrily.) Silence! It is agreed that you are guilty of negligence. (MAVIC CHEN moves and stands behind the DALEK SUPREME in a show of support.) ZEPHON: If I go, the Masters of Celation and Beaus go with me! DALEK SUPREME: (Warningly.) You thr*at our unity? ZEPHON: I have nothing to say. (He turns for the door.) ZEPHON: I will leave now. (ZEPHON starts to walk from the room, but he is stopped by DALEKS closing in from each side of the doorway. ZEPHON trembles violently as he looks round for an escape route.) DALEK SUPREME: Execute! (Caught in the crossfire at close range, ZEPHON crumples to the floor. The DALEK SUPREME turns and glides to one of its subordinates at a console.) DALEK SUPREME: Where is the ship? DALEK: Course seven-oh-seven. It is approaching the influence of the planet Desperus. DALEK SUPREME: Prepare pursuit ships. Stand by randomiser. 6: INT. SPAR SHIP (Having found special guards for their eyes, the DOCTOR, STEVEN, KATARINA and BRET VYON are looking at the Taranium. A brilliant white flare shimmers around the mineral inside the open container causing them all obvious discomfort.) STEVEN: That is Taranium? DOCTOR: Yes, the rarest mineral in the universe. STEVEN: Funny, It makes your eyes feel strange even with these on. (STEVEN indicates their eye-guards.) STEVEN: It's like looking into the sun for too long. (The DOCTOR closes the container. They all remove their glasses and rub their eyes.) DOCTOR: Oh, don't complain, young man. You're a very privileged person. Do you realise that very few people have seen this in this universe, hmm? STEVEN: All right, Doctor. But now that we've got it, what are we going to do with it? DOCTOR: Well, for the moment, nothing. STEVEN: Well, that doesn't make sense. I mean, you said yourself that the Daleks have the most dangerous w*apon ever devised. DOCTOR: We have the Taranium, so for the moment we do nothing. And by doing nothing, we do everything. Do I make myself clear? (He laughs.) STEVEN: Come off it, Doctor. What's all that supposed to mean? DOCTOR: Oh, my dear young man, you ask so many questions. (He laughs and looks at KATARINA who is stood across the room looking over one of the consoles.) DOCTOR: Look at Katarina over there. She doesn't ask questions - she just looks and learns. Now, why don't you try the same thing, hmm? (The DOCTOR takes a moment to look over the control room of the SPAR.) DOCTOR: You know, I find all this extremely fascinating. Hmm! It's a little primitive, of course, but it's still very fascinating, hmm! (STEVEN tries to bring him back to the point.) STEVEN: Look, Doctor, I'm sorry, but can't we do anything? DOCTOR: Yes. (He turns to BRET at the main console.) DOCTOR: Bret, can you find me something to play a magnetic tape, hmm? BRET VYON: Yes, Doctor. Here. (He points to part of the console.) DOCTOR: Well, my dear fellow, that's magnificent. Huh, it's all so convenient, isn't it? (Laughs.) Now play that tape I gave you, before I went to the Daleks' conference. STEVEN: What tape's that? (VYON produces the capsule from his uniform pocket.) DOCTOR: Oh, I found a small tape beside a skeleton, and it, er, might be able to tell us something. (He notices KATARINA who is still looking over the control room.) DOCTOR: Er, Katarina, come over here, my child. (She does so.) DOCTOR: Now, have a look at another wonder. (KATARINA looks about her.) KATARINA: Everything is so strange. This isn't like your TARDIS. DOCTOR: No, my dear, no. STEVEN: Yes, but Doctor, surely, I mean, the Daleks aren't going to leave a tape around with their plans on it? DOCTOR: No, no, no! Bret here was searching for someone and the skeleton I found was humanoid. Well, whoever it was may have learned something that we haven't. BRET VYON: (Exclaiming.) Marc Cory! You found him? Well, Kert and I searched that jungle but we could find no trace. DOCTOR: Oh, and did you search that bearing twice, hmm? BRET VYON: How do you mean? DOCTOR: Well, it so happens that that kind of jungle is apt to lead you back to the same place more than once. BRET VYON: Yes, but we were methodical, or as methodical as the Daleks would... DOCTOR: (Interrupts, irritated.) Oh yes, no doubt you were, and I suppose I was lucky! Now play the tape. Come along, come along, stop all this talking! (YVON looks annoyed but activates the tape as instructed. It begins to play and Marc Cory's long-dead voice comes from the speaker.) MARC CORY: (On tape.) This is Marc Cory, Special Security Agent, reporting from the planet Kembel. STEVEN: You've cracked it! MARC CORY: (On tape.) The Daleks are planning the complete destruction of our galaxy. Together with powers of the outer galaxies, a w*r force is being assembled and... (The tape and the voice break off.) STEVEN: That's all? BRET VYON: Poor Marc. He never got through. DOCTOR: But we must! The Daleks will stop at anything... to prevent us. 7: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The DALEK SUPREME and a DALEK are watching the instruments that are tracking the SPAR.) DALEK: Ship now at closest point to planet Desperus. DALEK SUPREME: Operate Randomiser! 8: INT. SPAR SHIP (On board the ship, the escapees are discussing what they should do next. A strange buzzing noise starts up, but nobody on board notices it.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, you must find someone you can trust. Someone in a high enough position that may be able to help. BRET VYON: Well, Karlton is the man in charge of all Space Security. But he's very close to Chen. STEVEN: Yes, well, this chap Karlton, he may be part of the plan with the Daleks. BRET VYON: It's possible... DOCTOR: Yes... (Suddenly the buzzing sound increases and the ship lurches to one side. All its occupants are thrown off their balance and clutch onto the console for safety.) KATARINA: Oh, Doctor, what's happened? (The DOCTOR looks up at the scanner.) DOCTOR: I think we're changing course. (BRET VYON wrestles with the controls.) BRET VYON: The steering boosters won't f*re! I can't get her round. STEVEN: Switch to manual control! BRET VYON: I can't... we're picking up speed! (The DOCTOR continues to peer at the monitor screen.) DOCTOR: You know, I believe we're approaching the... gravitational point of that planet. (He points at the screen. VYON casts a glance at the rapidly narrowing gap between them and a planet showing on the scanner.) BRET VYON: Desperus! DOCTOR: Mmm! (BRET attempts to once more master the controls.) DOCTOR: Has it any kind of atmosphere, hmm? BRET VYON: Yes, but we can't get off there, we'll never be able to get off again. STEVEN: Why not? What's wrong with it? BRET VYON: Desperus is the penal planet of the Solar System. DOCTOR: Well, if it's one of your prison planets, surely there are guards and warders there to help us? BRET VYON: They're aren't any. The only craft which stop there are prison ships, bringing other criminals. If we crash there, we'll be left there to rot the rest of our lives away. DOCTOR: You must try to land softly somewhere. BRET VYON: I can't! This vessel is out of my control! (They all look at the planet on the scanner that is growing larger and larger.) 9: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The DALEK SUPREME glides up to several DALEKS manning controls.) FIRST DALEK: Space vessel's instruments now randomised. (Another DALEK reports.) SECOND DALEK: On course for planet Desperus. Impact in point six. THIRD DALEK: Remote control standing by. DALEK SUPREME: Cut in remote control. FIRST DALEK: Now under Dalek control. DALEK SUPREME: Reduce descent velocity. Vessel must make soft landing. FIRST DALEK: I obey. DALEK SUPREME: Pursuit ships to stand by. (MAVIC CHEN has been watching. He approaches the DALEK SUPREME.) MAVIC CHEN: A highly effective operation. May I congratulate you? DALEK SUPREME: Dalek technology is the most advanced in the Universe. MAVIC CHEN: (Slyly.) You... still haven't recovered the Taranium. DALEK SUPREME: We shall. (The DALEK SUPREMES' eye-stalk swings to look straight at MAVIC CHEN.) DALEK SUPREME: It is strange that the intruders took your space vessel. Perhaps they were indeed creatures from Earth? MAVIC CHEN: My SPAR was the last to arrive here, so consequently was in the best position to leave quickly. But to set your mind at rest, I will return to Earth now, and if I find that the intruders do come from there, they will be dealt with - quickly and without arousing any suspicion. DALEK SUPREME: Very well. A vessel similar to your own craft will be put at your disposal. MAVIC CHEN: I will return here as soon as all final preparations for the take-over are completed. DALEK SUPREME: All will be in readiness. (The DALEK SUPREME turns back to the monitors.) MAVIC CHEN: Good. We don't want any more mistakes. (CHEN stalks from the room, with an arrogant smile on his face.) 10: INT. SPAR SHIP (BRET VYON and STEVEN look over the controls in puzzlement.) STEVEN: We've slowed right down. BRET VYON: We're going to be able to make a soft landing. I don't understand it. DOCTOR: (Worried.) Yeah, and I'm afraid I do - only too well. STEVEN: The Daleks? (The DOCTOR nods.) STEVEN: Oh, yes. Some sort of remote control, I suppose. We'd all better prepare for landing. DOCTOR: You're quite right, my boy, quite right. BRET VYON: Well, if it's the Daleks, it can only mean one thing. DOCTOR: Yes, it means they're coming after us again. 11: INT. DESPERUS. CAVE (NIGHT) (In a cold dank cave, three men stand looking over a crude table which has a long thin Kn*fe dug into it. KIRKSEN, whose long, light, tangled hair and beard cover his face, is the youngest. GARGE is a burly man with dark hair and a beard. BORS, also bearded, is the eldest of the three. KIRKSEN makes a grab at the Kn*fe but GARGE smashes his hand away and tries to go for it himself but BORS is quickest and grabs the w*apon.) BORS: It's mine again! (He nods at two decrepit women in the corner of the cave.) BORS: And they stay where they are. GARGE: With the soft life you lead, I'll be able to b*at you one day. BORS: Out on guard! GARGE: Why is it always me? BORS: I am the leader. I have the Kn*fe. Do you want to argue about it? (GARGE looks at BORS in a surly manner and then leaves the cave. BORS settles down to sleep.) 12: EXT. DESPERUS (NIGHT) (GARGE walks out of the cave. He starts his guard duty as, above him, he hears the screams of creatures flying in the air.) 13: INT. DESPERUS. CAVE (NIGHT) (Later on, all is quiet. BORS is asleep near his women and some other prisoners but KIRKSEN is not. He notes that BORS is asleep and makes his way quietly across the cave to where the "leader" lies. He reaches for the Kn*fe but BORS wakes in an instant and grabs the young man roughly on his wrist, the Kn*fe in his other hand.) BORS: And you can build up the f*re. (KIRKSEN starts to gasp in panic. He is obviously slightly deranged.) BORS: Kirksen! Like the Kn*fe, would you? Then you'd be leader. You could tell Garge what to do, like I do. You could tell me what to do! KIRKSEN: I'll get it next time! BORS: Who knows, perhaps you will. Now, get out and get the fuel. (KIRKSEN points at the women as the sound of the landing SPAR starts to be heard.) KIRKSEN: Why don't you send one of them? BORS: (Screams.) Get it! (KIRKSEN looks upwards at the sound of the ship and then looks enquiringly at BORS.) BORS: I can hear it. Now get out! Do you want one of the new lot to come here and take over our place? (GARGE has come through the entrance.) GARGE: It's no prison ship! BORS: What? GARGE: It's strange. I haven't seen one like it before. BORS: Where's it landing? GARGE: The swamp by the look of things. KIRKSEN: It's a strange ship. We can k*ll the crew and take over. BORS: Possibly. KIRKSEN: We can use it to get away! BORS: (Sharply.) It may be a crash landing! KIRKSEN: You can k*ll the crew with your Kn*fe! (KIRKSEN starts to laugh in an insane fashion.) BORS: Shut up! We'd better get over there right away. Others will have seen it too! Now, on your way! (BORS gives GARGE a shove towards the cave entrance and they move out into the darkness, carrying lighted torches.) KIRKSEN: Well, what about me? If you're leaving this filthy planet, so am I. (KIRKSEN also grabs a torch and follows them out.) 14: EXT. DESPERUS (NIGHT) (The convicts make their way out of the cave. Above them, the creatures still cry in the darkness.) 15: INT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT) (KATARINA stands in the airlock doorway, gazing at the dark landscape outside while BRET and STEVEN try to make repairs to the ship.) DOCTOR: (To VYON.) Now, you sure you've got spare parts for this, hmm? BRET VYON: Certain - it's safety regulations. DOCTOR: Hmm! Ah, that's the worst of these... out-of-date and primitive spaceships - one little bump and they all fall to bits. BRET VYON: (Annoyed.) Doctor, what are you talking about? This is a SPAR - the most technically perfect craft in the history of space travel. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, quite so. That's why we are stranded on this pimple of a planet, whilst you footle with that fuse box, mm? STEVEN: Oh, come on, Doctor, the TARDIS isn't exactly perfect, is it? I mean, you can't even control where we're going. DOCTOR: Now, you listen to me, young man. Don't you start to criticise my TARDIS! And as for space travel, you're still wet behind the ears. Oh do get on with it, both of you! (He storms off to join KATARINA, snorting as he goes. BRET turns to STEVEN.) BRET VYON: What's the matter with Grandpa? STEVEN: (Smiling.) Oh, it's nothing. We all have our own obsessions, don't we? Now come on. (They crouch down at an inspection panel.) STEVEN: Look, do you think we're going to have enough drive-force to lift off here and get us back to Earth? BRET VYON: We've got to. Now, as the Doctor said, let's get on with it. 16: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT) (Just outside the airlock door, KATARINA shivers with cold. The DOCTOR steps out and admonishes her.) DOCTOR: What are you doing out here, child? I thought I told you to keep these doors closed. (KATARINA points out into the night.) KATARINA: There are lights out there. DOCTOR: Mmm? (The distant light of three torches move through the darkness.) DOCTOR: Good gracious, so there are. Two - no - three. Yes, we must get on with the repairs to the ship and get away from here. (He laughs sardonically.) DOCTOR: Yes, those men will be vicious out there. We're liable to come under att*ck. (The DOCTOR surveys the area lit by the glow from the airlock.) DOCTOR: Mmm, what's that marshy ground? That's very interesting. (He laughs.) Very interesting... interesting! (They both re-enter the ship.) 17: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (A DALEK turns to the DALEK SUPREME.) FIRST DALEK: The exact location of the ship has been calculated. DALEK SUPREME: Inform the pursuit fleet. FIRST DALEK: I obey. (It turns to the communicator, but at that moment a DALEK voice comes over the speaker.) SECOND DALEK: (OOV: Over communicator.) Pursuit Fleet Commander calling control. We will land on Desperus at one hundred. DALEK SUPREME: (Into communicator.) When the Taranium is recovered, the fugitives are to be eliminated. Is that understood? SECOND DALEK: (OOV: Over communicator.) I obey. 18: EXT. DESPERUS. SWAMP (NIGHT) (BORS, KIRKSEN and GARGE soon arrive near the crash site through some trees. Reaching the soft edges of the swamp which separates them from the SPAR, they halt. They look round to see if they are alone.) KIRKSEN: We were here first. Let's go and get it! (He tries to force his way past. BORS grabs KIRKSEN'S hair.) BORS: Keep quiet! This part of the swamp is tricky. We must put out the torches. KIRKSEN: Well, what about the screamers? BORS: (Hissing.) Shut up - put out that light! (He and GARGE throw their torches into the water. KIRKSEN reluctantly does the same.) BORS: They're only bats. KIRKSEN: (Panicking.) Bats? Bats with those wings and that beak? BORS: Oh, now follow us or go back to the cave. (BORS and GARGE move gingerly along firmer ground and out of sight. KIRKSEN remains where he is, but suddenly, the Screamers att*ck. KIRKSEN shrieks and waving his arms over his head to ward off the Screamers as the clawed creatures swoop down. KIRKSEN runs off into the night.) 19: INT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT) (KATARINA, in the airlock, calls out nervously to the DOCTOR, who is still outside.) KATARINA: Doctor! Doctor! (In the body of the control room, BRET VYON and STEVEN hold a complex piece of circuitry.) STEVEN: Look, hold that reading steady. I think I can get this fixed. BRET VYON: Good. (At the doorway...) KATARINA: Come on, Doctor. (The DOCTOR starts to clamber back into the ship, helped by KATARINA.) DOCTOR: Thank you, my dear. (Somewhat out of breath, the DOCTOR crosses to a drum of cable and then calls across to BRET.) DOCTOR: Where is your catic power, or rather, outlet? BRET VYON: What? DOCTOR: Catic outlet, hmm? BRET VYON: It's there. (VYON points to a panel on the bulkhead.) DOCTOR: Where? BRET VYON: Under there. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, thank you, thank you. (BRET returns to his work with STEVEN, as the DOCTOR goes to the panel and calls to KATARINA.) DOCTOR: Come here, my dear. (KATARINA crosses to one side of the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: No, round this way, child. (The DOCTOR unravels a large coil of covered wire, which has one end fixed to a plug. He points to a switch.) DOCTOR: Now, you see that switch? (KATARINA nods.) DOCTOR: I'll tell you when to pull it. KATARINA: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Oh, don't ask questions, my dear girl, otherwise you'll become like the other two! Just do as you're told, mm? (He laughs gently as she crosses to the control panel and waits. The DOCTOR carefully unrolls the coil and makes for the door.) 20: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT) DOCTOR: Now then, ah... (He throws the loose end out of the door and into the swamp. He laughs.) DOCTOR: That should repel any boarders! (He laughs in triumph and goes back into the SPAR.) 22: EXT. DESPERUS. SWAMP (NIGHT) (BORS and GARGE make their way to the edge of the swamp.) BORS: It's there. We're nearly there. GARGE: How many do you think are on board? BORS: How should I know? Difficult to say with a ship of that size. GARGE: At least we've got surprise on our side. (GARGE glances back over his shoulder - the swamp is still and quiet.) GARGE: Pity we've lost Kirksen. BORS: Hmm! Fool's probably gone back to the cave, frightened by the screamers. Better just the two of us. (GARGE points at the bit of land in front of the ramp of the SPAR.) GARGE: Through the swamp now. BORS: Yes, but go carefully. (They move off.) 23: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR and KATARINA stand in the airlock door. Suddenly, KATARINA points into the darkness.) KATARINA: There, Doctor, something moved! DOCTOR: Yes, I think you're right my dear. Now, you go in and stand by that switch. Wait until I give you an order, hmm? (KATARINA goes inside and the DOCTOR watches the swamp...) 24: EXT. DESPERUS. SWAMP (NIGHT) (...where BORS and GARGE creep up to the SPAR.) 25: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR waits and then...) DOCTOR: Now! 26: INT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT) (As KATARINA pulls the switch...) 27: EXT. DESPERUS. SWAMP (NIGHT) (...the water becomes electrified and BORS and GARGE scream in agony in a flash of light as the current runs through them. They fall unconscious.) 28: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT) (STEVEN and BRET join the DOCTOR in the doorway, alerted by the noise. KATARINA is with them.) STEVEN: What's going on? BRET VYON: What do you think you're playing at? DOCTOR: (With a superior air.) Oh, you two go back in there and get on with your repairs. Katarina and I are trying to repel any type of boarders. (VYON observes the cable.) BRET VYON: But catic power isn't strong enough to k*ll anyone. DOCTOR: But, of course not. But it will knock them unconscious. Now, just you remember, young man, I have no desire to k*ll anyone! Now go in there and get on with those repairs. I want to leave this place quickly. Hurry up please! Hmm! Wasting my time! (STEVEN and VYON turn on their heels and march off back to work. The DOCTOR turns to KATARINA.) DOCTOR: Well, I think that should do the trick, my dear. Come along, let's get this cable back. (Together, they start to pull the cable back into the ship.) DOCTOR: There... we are. (They then walk back into the SPAR.) 29: INT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT) KATARINA: You show me so many strange mysteries. With you I know I'm safe. DOCTOR: I hope so, my dear, I hope so. (A tremendous roar of rockets sounds over Desperus. The DOCTOR darts back to the door.) 30: EXT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT) (He looks up into the night which is lit up by a spacecraft roaring overhead. He darts back inside.) 31: INT. SPAR SHIP (NIGHT) DOCTOR: The Dalek Spaceship! It's going to land! Hurry up! STEVEN: We're being as quick as we can! DOCTOR: Go on! Get off, get off, get off, get off! (STEVEN shuts the last panel with a bang.) STEVEN: That's it, Bret! BRET VYON: All right? All right, Doctor. (The DOCTOR closes the inner airlock door. VYON starts flicking switches on the console.) BRET VYON: Right, stand by everyone. As this take-off is now manual, it may not be quite so smooth. (A light still flashes on his panel.) BRET VYON: Doctor, did you close the outer door? (The DOCTOR moves towards the airlock.) DOCTOR: Oh I'm so sorry, I'm not used to this kind of craft. BRET VYON: It's all right, it doesn't matter. (BRET pulls a lever and the light on the console stops flashing. Power builds up in the SPAR, as the craft slowly takes off. The DOCTOR is watching the scanner.) DOCTOR: (Joyfully.) Look! Look! The Daleks' ship's made a bad landing. That's gives us the time we need. STEVEN: (Also joyfully.) We've made it! BRET VYON: Next stop - Earth. DOCTOR: Oh, I'm so glad to hear that, young man! Now, you've got some thinking to do. (To KATARINA.) Katarina, check up on that door and see that it's secure. (KATARINA goes up to the door.) DOCTOR: Do you realise... (Suddenly, KATARINA screams as KIRKSEN bursts through the internal door. He seizes her with one hand - in his other hand he is brandishing BORS' Kn*fe...)
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The Traitors Written by Terry Nation Original Air Date: 4 December, 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1. INT. SPAR SHIP (Power builds up in the SPAR as the craft slowly takes off. The group stands around the central console watching as BRET manipulates the controls.) THE TRAITORS (But none of them notice the desperate figure of KIRKSEN watching from the airlock.) Written by TERRY NATION BRET VYON: Next stop Earth. DOCTOR: Oh, oh, I'm glad to hear that, Bret. Now, you've got some serious thinking to do. (To KATARINA.) Katarina, check up on that door and see that it's secure. (KATARINA goes up to the door.) DOCTOR: Remember, Chen will have allies on Earth, and... (KATARINA screams as KIRKSEN bursts through the internal door. He seizes her with one hand, and pulls her round in front of him like a shield. In his other hand he has BORS' Kn*fe. KATARINA screams in terror and STEVEN leaps to his feet. He stops short as KIRKSEN wrenches KATARINA'S head so that her neck is arched back, the knife-edge pressed against her skin. The girl starts frantically crying out.) KIRKSEN: (Shouts.) Keep back! DOCTOR: (Shouts.) Who are you? What do you want? Release that girl! KIRKSEN: (Shouts.) Never mind that! Who's in charge of this thing? (They hesitate to reply.) KIRKSEN: (Shouts.) Answer me! BRET VYON: I am. KIRKSEN: Where are you heading? BRET VYON: Earth. KIRKSEN: Change course. (BRET VYON hesitates.) KIRKSEN: (Shouts.) Change it! BRET VYON: Where to? KIRKSEN: Not Earth. Go to the planet Kembel. DOCTOR: (Outraged.) Kembel! KIRKSEN: Shut up and do as I say! (He pulls KATARINA'S head back and she cries out louder in pain.) BRET VYON: Kembel's deserted now. It's as bad as Desperus. KIRKSEN: Nowhere's as bad as Desperus! STEVEN: The Daleks are on Kembel! KIRKSEN: So? DOCTOR: The Daleks are no help! We're going back to Earth. (The unhinged man reacts in horror to this statement.) KIRKSEN: Then I shall be sent back to the Devil's planet! No, whoever the Daleks are, they'll help me. STEVEN: You don't know about the Daleks... KIRKSEN: (Interrupts, shouting.) Just do as I say! To Kembel! (Yells.) Kembel! 2: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (Meanwhile, the DALEK SUPREME hears a report from the DALEKS that he sent to chase the SPAR, who have now crash-landed on Desperus.) FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Over communicator.) Only slight damage was sustained. We are ready to continue pursuit of Earth vessel. (The DALEK SUPREME turns to the Communications DALEK.) DALEK SUPREME: What is course of Earth vessel? (The DALEK checks the instrument panel.) SECOND DALEK: Back on course - seven, oh, seven - heading for Earth. DALEK SUPREME: Contact Mavic Chen through secret communication red. He must recapture the Taranium and exterminate creatures who took it. SECOND DALEK: I obey. (The DALEK SUPREME speaks, via the communicator, to the Pursuit ship himself.) DALEK SUPREME: (Into communicator.) Pursuit vessel, return to base. FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Over communicator.) We obey. (The DALEK SUPREME turns to another DALEK, who is monitoring its controls.) DALEK SUPREME: Destroy pursuit ship. They have failed in their mission. (The THIRD DALEK moves to carry out the order.) DALEK SUPREME: We will not tolerate mistakes! 3: INT. SPAR SHIP (The hostage situation in the SPAR is unchanged. BRET VYON and STEVEN stand at the control panel with their backs to KIRKSEN and his hostage. They are making no effort to change any controls but making it look as if they are. KATARINA is still crying out in panic.) DOCTOR: (To KIRKSEN.) We're changing course. Now, release that girl. KIRKSEN: Do you think I'm a fool? (STEVEN steps away from the console. He and BRET have not changed a single control. ) STEVEN: The course is changed. We're heading for Kembel. KIRKSEN: It doesn't feel as if we've changed. BRET VYON: Well, look up at the screen and you'll see. (KIRKSEN looks up to where BRET is pointing. As he does so, STEVEN takes his chance and rushes the convict but he pulls KATARINA back and the two of them fall into the airlock. KIRKSEN pulls a lever and the double doors close in front of them although they can both be seen through the glass panels. STEVEN rushes back to the control console.) STEVEN: Well, open the door from the control panel - I'll rush him! DOCTOR: The girl will be d*ad before the door's half open! (To BRET.) Can we talk to him in there? BRET VYON: Yes, I'll channel the talk-back. DOCTOR: Let's try a little bluff. (BRET operates the control for the intercom and the room is filled with KATARINA'S cries as she continues to struggle in KIRKSEN'S arms. The DOCTOR addresses them.) DOCTOR: Now, then! Listen to me, whoever you are. Bring that girl in here, or we will press a button and you will go outside the door - into space. KIRKSEN: Then the girl dies too! If you open the outside door, I'll press the inner release and then we'll all be d*ad! (He tightens his hold on KATARINA again and her cries become still more shrill.) BRET VYON: We can't get through to him - he's crazy. DOCTOR: We've got to get Katarina out of there! (BRET cuts off the audio link to the airlock. STEVEN watches the convict pulling KATARINA through the glass panel.) STEVEN: Stop that! (He rushes over to VYON.) STEVEN: Turn the talk-back on again! BRET VYON: There's no point. STEVEN: Turn it on again, before he really hurts her! BRET VYON: Look, he can't k*ll her or he hasn't a hostage. (Furiously, STEVEN pushes past BRET and turns the switch himself. He then rushes over to the airlock and shouts through it.) STEVEN: You... animal! (KIRKSEN pulls KATARINA'S arm further up her back and she screams out again in great pain.) KIRKSEN: Now that's just for starters. Do as I say! (The DOCTOR turns to VYON with a disgusted look on his face.) DOCTOR: (Shouts.) Change course! (KIRKSEN looks out of the airlock and sees the stars beginning to change.) KIRKSEN: Now, that's more like it! DOCTOR: Take him back to Kembel. Take him back to Kembel! Let the Daleks deal with him. STEVEN: Yes, and us. DOCTOR: Oh, don't worry, dear boy, We'll find a way out. (KIRKSEN is getting fed up with KATARINA'S fighting.) KIRKSEN: Stop that or you're d*ad! (VYON doesn't like the situation.) BRET VYON: I can't sacrifice everything for the sake of that one girl! STEVEN: Listen, without us you wouldn't have got off Kembel at all, and nothing'd be worth bothering about! BRET VYON: All right, so we all go back together. But without me, I doubt if you'd have got this far either. STEVEN: Yes, all right, but I won't let you hurt Katarina. We'll head back for Kembel. As the Doctor says, on the way we may find a way to get her out of there. (KIRKSEN hears this.) KIRKSEN: You won't. (KATARINA wrenches her hand free and reaches for the airlock switches. KIRKSEN, seeing this, tries to get hold of her hand. Outside, STEVEN and VYON watch this desperate struggle, and see which control KATARINA is reaching for.) STEVEN: Not that one! Katarina! (It is too late. They hear an electronic burble as the outer doors open.) STEVEN: (Screams.) Katarina! (VYON'S hand flashes to the controls and the outer door closes again, as STEVEN tries to open the inner door. All three men are in total shock and there is a stunned silence.) STEVEN: (Softly.) She pressed the wrong button, Doctor. DOCTOR: She may have wanted to, dear boy. She wanted to save our lives. BRET VYON: (Awkwardly.) It must have been... quick. (The DOCTOR stares out into space.) DOCTOR: I hope she's reached her Place of Perfection. (STEVEN stares at the airlock.) STEVEN: Yes, but not that way. DOCTOR: (Sadly.) She didn't understand. She couldn't understand. She wanted to save our lives. And perhaps the lives of all the other beings of the Solar System. I hope she's found her Perfection. (He stares into space again.) DOCTOR: Oh, how I shall always remember her... as one of the Daughters of the Gods. Yes, as one of the Daughters of the Gods! 4: EXT. SPACE (The lifeless bodies of KATARINA and KIRKSEN float away into space. The young Trojan Handmaiden, many centuries and many miles from her birth, seems calm in death...) 5: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (TRANTIS, one of the delegates, impatient with not hearing any news, marches into the Control room and right up to the DALEK SUPREME.) TRANTIS: (Mocking.) Dalek Supreme, You have failed to get back the Core of the Time Destructor. (The eye-stalk of the DALEK SUPREME swiftly turns and stares at TRANTIS.) DALEK SUPREME: We shall get it back. TRANTIS: You show too much trust in Mavic Chen. DALEK SUPREME: Mavic Chen is hungry for power. We have offered him more power than he has ever thought of. He will return to us the Taranium Core. TRANTIS: Supposing he fails? DALEK SUPREME: He will not. He has been given instructions. TRANTIS: What instructions? DALEK SUPREME: (Angrily.) It is not necessary for you to know. TRANTIS: As representative of the largest of the outer galaxies, I have the right to know! DALEK SUPREME: Representative Trantis, the Daleks will not fail and neither will any of its allies. (TRANTIS retreats, step by step, as the DALEK SUPREME moves towards him.) DALEK SUPREME: If anything tries to stop us we will destroy it. (TRANTIS now looks uneasy as the DALEK SUPREME'S voice rises...) DALEK SUPREME: Nothing will be allowed to stand in the way of our plan to conquer the Universe! 6: INT. SPAR SHIP (Some time later, the DOCTOR is looking at the scanner.) DOCTOR: Hmm, judging by the position of those planets, we shall land quite soon. (He gives a quiet laugh.) BRET VYON: Yes, and that's the problem. It won't be easy. DOCTOR: Oh, haven't we sufficient power drive to land safely, hmm? BRET VYON: Yes, but we can't land at the main landing area - remember, this is Chen's space vessel! DOCTOR: Yes, you've got a point there. Where can we land, hmm? (VYON points out a grid pattern on a computer screen, one finger tapping a particular mark.) BRET VYON: An Experimental Plant - a little way out from Central City. I have a friend there who I think will help us. 7: INT. EARTH. GUARDIAN'S OFFICE (In his sparse, functional but futuristic office, MAVIC CHEN'S curved desk separates him from his Security Chief, KARLTON. He resembles one of the Technix in that he is perfectly bald and he has a pronounced limp. LIZAN is also standing in front of MAVIC CHEN'S desk with a sheaf of papers, while MAVIC CHEN himself looks at a monitor. On the monitor revolves a three-dimensional identity projection of BRET VYON. ) MAVIC CHEN: So that's our traitor. LIZAN: Yes - Bret Vyon. Bred on Mars, Colony Sixteen. Joined Space Security Service, 3990. Gained First Rank, 3995. Gained Second Rank, 3998. MAVIC CHEN: (Pleased.) You have a good memory. LIZAN: Thank you, Guardian. (CHEN nods at the monitor.) MAVIC CHEN: And he looks like that? LIZAN: Exactly like that. How could he look otherwise? Guardian, have you no faith in computerised data? MAVIC CHEN: Every faith. But this information is vital. The man is dangerous and must be caught. I would hate there to be any mistake... LIZAN: (Soothing.) A mistake is impossible. Our computer network contains precise chemical details of every man, woman, and child within our Solar System. MAVIC CHEN: There are forty billion people in the Solar System. Doesn't that provide some scope for error? LIZAN: (Positive.) There is no scope for error. (MAVIC CHEN thinks about it for a little while and then leans forward to address the two agents.) MAVIC CHEN: Very well, have it sent out to all stations. Now, what about Gantry, the other traitor? LIZAN: We're working on his Identity Projection now. It should be ready shortly. KARLTON: Since Vyon is in command, I gave priority to his Projection. MAVIC CHEN: Excellent! (CHEN walks across his office.) MAVIC CHEN: Excellent! Vyon and Gantry were the two who never reported in from the planet Kembel, am I right? LIZAN: Yes, Guardian. MAVIC CHEN: Then they are the two who took over my Spar. It's possible they may be in association with some other creatures. But we don't know... where from. KARLTON: (Silkily.) When you catch Vyon and Gantry, you catch them, too. (MAVIC CHEN turns and gazes at LIZAN.) MAVIC CHEN: You've done well. I want all Space Security agents called back to Earth. If the traitors are not caught at the landing zone, then Central City must be cordoned off until they are found. (LIZAN turns to leave but MAVIC CHEN calls her back.) MAVIC CHEN: And Lizan! They will be k*lled on sight. Give out the instruction. LIZAN: Yes, Guardian. (LIZAN leaves the office. MAVIC CHEN and KARLTON look at each other in satisfaction.) MAVIC CHEN: I think that takes care of that. You know, Karlton, some of your agents are getting too good. We don't want to, er, spoil things for ourselves at this stage. KARLTON: They won't. I've already insisted that all future operations shall be cleared with me before they're g*n. (MAVIC CHEN stares at KARLTON with a stern face.) MAVIC CHEN: If you'd done that in the first place, we wouldn't be in this spot. KARLTON: (Defensively.) Cory's mission was one that he kept to himself. It was done without official sanction of any kind. MAVIC CHEN: And you could hardly have stopped the others, after his distress signal. (Sardonically.) You must do better than that. I would hate to have to lose you. KARLTON: You know you can trust me! (MAVIC CHEN looks away and a faint smile appears over KARLTON'S face.) 8: INT. SPAR SHIP (BRET VYON looks worriedly over the controls.) BRET VYON: Look, the drive force is very weak. DOCTOR: But can we land? BRET VYON: Yes, but I don't know what'll happen. The pull is too hard. STEVEN: We can't crash now! BRET VYON: I'm afraid I may not be able to help it. STEVEN: Yes, well remember, Bret, we've got some valuable cargo on board. DOCTOR: Mmm. BRET VYON: What, the Taranium? STEVEN: (Smiling.) And the Doctor. (The DOCTOR, behind them, has heard STEVEN'S last words.) DOCTOR: Yes, I heard that! Now, don't concern yourselves over me. I can look after myself. The most important factor is this Taranium. (BRET checks over the instruments.) BRET VYON: That's it. Stand by! (They clutch onto the console and the ship powers down as they touch down at the Experimental Station.) 9: INT. EARTH. GUARDIAN'S OFFICE (MAVIC CHEN paces the room in impatience.) MAVIC CHEN: Only because of the Taranium am I on the council! KARLTON: (Calmly.) It will be returned. MAVIC CHEN: (Hissing.) It's got to be! (He walks across the room.) MAVIC CHEN: I want that position, right beside the Daleks. I'll govern the Universe! KARLTON: Surely Trantis will be first after the Daleks? (MAVIC CHEN stops pacing and shouts dismissively.) MAVIC CHEN: Trantis! Trantis! They don't like him. Agreed that his is the largest galaxy, but he's already demanding too much say in what goes on. They'll want him out of the way... and I have a plan which may help them to achieve just that! (His face takes on a contemplative look.) MAVIC CHEN: Then it'll be me, Mavic Chen, who'll be next in line! KARLTON: (Softly.) And I will be there, behind you. MAVIC CHEN: Of course! KARLTON: Of course. (Something about KARLTON'S tone brings MAVIC CHEN'S attention to the present crisis.) MAVIC CHEN: (Sharply.) Is your Special Force dealing with Bret Vyon? KARLTON: Not completely. I thought it wiser to use some of the ordinary Security men. MAVIC CHEN: Hmm, very good. We'll need your men next time. Who's in command? (KARLTON gives MAVIC CHEN a significant look.) KARLTON: Kingdom. (MAVIC CHEN'S face changes to one of absolute delight.) MAVIC CHEN: Kingdom! Ruthless, hard, efficient! And, er, does exactly as ordered. KARLTON: Quite. (A buzzer arouses them. KARLTON picks up a communications device on the desk. He presses it to his ear and listens for a moment.) KARLTON: (Into communicator.) Ah ha! (He listens.) I see. (Listens.) Carry out Emergency Plan D. (He places the communicator back.) KARLTON: The traitors have arrived. MAVIC CHEN: Good. KARLTON: But not at the landing area. (MAVIC CHEN'S pleased expression vanishes.) MAVIC CHEN: What? KARLTON: They have crash-landed at the Experimental Station. 10: EXT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CORRIDOR (The three fugitives are in the complex of the Experimental Station. BRET cautiously opens a door in the wall of a bland corridor and looks into the darkness beyond.) BRET VYON: No one here. We'll have to wait. Come on! (They go into the room and close the door behind them. Just after they have gone, a Technic turns the corner and walks past the door.) 11: INT. EARTH. GUARDIAN'S OFFICE (MAVIC CHEN waits alone for the next development, writing on some papers at his desk. Soon, KARLTON appears in the room and stands next to the doorway.) KARLTON: Kingdom is here. MAVIC CHEN: Good. (He calls out in a hearty voice...) MAVIC CHEN: Come in, Kingdom, come in! (A young, beautiful, long-haired woman enters the room. She stands to attention in front of MAVIC CHEN. Her SSS uniform fits her like a glove and the long, well-polished boots add to the trim figure. His face shows no trace of warmth or emotion.) MAVIC CHEN: You know what's happened? (SARA'S voice is clear and as cold as ice.) SARA KINGDOM: Yes. MAVIC CHEN: Do you know how many there are? SARA KINGDOM: Three - Bret Vyon and two strangers. They look as though they could come from Earth, but are oddly dressed. None of them can leave the plant. MAVIC CHEN: Good. SARA KINGDOM: They're in the main block. I'm going to capture them myself. (She turns to leave.) MAVIC CHEN: Before you do that...! (CHEN gets up and walks round to her.) MAVIC CHEN: There is something you have to know. 12: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. OFFICE (The DOCTOR, BRET VYON and STEVEN wait in the empty office. It is futuristic and slightly luxurious in style. STEVEN is growing impatient.) STEVEN: Look, where on earth is this Daxtar? BRET VYON: He shouldn't be long. DOCTOR: Well, I think we're wasting valuable time sitting around here waiting for this man, Baxtar or Daxtor or what... whatever he calls himself, hmm! BRET VYON: Doctor, Daxtar's in a position to help us. DOCTOR: Oh, but surely everyone must know that Chen's spaceship has crash-landed only a short distance away from here. There must be hundreds of people looking for us! Ho! BRET VYON: Doctor, there are very few people allowed near this place, it's a restricted area. Look, don't you understand that Chen will probably have returned to Earth by this time. He'd have realised that I was on man on the planet Kembel. I expect we're wanted men by this time. DOCTOR: But this is an experimental plant! There's no scientists, no staff, nobody! We might just as well have landed ourselves on an empty planet. What on Earth is happening? (He gives a short laugh.) BRET VYON: Doctor, I don't know any more than you do. DOCTOR: Has it occurred to you, by any chance, that we might have deliberately walked into an ambush? Mmm? Hmm! STEVEN: What's the point in standing here just waiting to be caught? BRET VYON: (Exasperated.) Because Daxtar is the only man who will believe our story. DAXTAR: What story? (The three turn to see a middle-aged man stood in the doorway.) 13: INT. EARTH. GUARDIAN'S OFFICE (MAVIC CHEN finishes giving his instructions to SARA KINGDOM.) MAVIC CHEN: So you will understand that it's absolutely essential that this emm of Taranium is returned to me. SARA KINGDOM: Of course. Every precaution for its safety will be taken. MAVIC CHEN: Good. See to it. (SARA turns and marches from the room. KIRKSEN watches her go and turns back to CHEN.) KARLTON: She actually believed you. MAVIC CHEN: Of course. KARLTON: I thought for a moment you were really going to tell her about the Daleks. MAVIC CHEN: Oh come! We need that Taranium back, but we can't allow any more people to know the plan. KARLTON: I was watching her all the time. She never doubted anything, even momentarily. MAVIC CHEN: A good security agent. A heroic w*r cry to apparent peaceful ends is one of the greatest w*apon a politician has. 14: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. OFFICE (DAXTAR has been briefed over the situation.) DAXTAR: (Incredulously.) Mavic Chen? The Daleks? I can't believe it! BRET VYON: The Doctor saw it. DOCTOR: Quite true. And then he gave a rather pompous speech of self-satisfaction and handed over the core of the Time Destructor to the Daleks. STEVEN: Yes, they intend to capture or destroy the Solar System - and Chen is helping them. DAXTAR: But why? DOCTOR: A lust for more power than he already has - universal power! DAXTAR: It's incredible! STEVEN: Oh don't worry about its incredibility! We've got to do something to stop it. DOCTOR: Yes, quite so. (To BRET.) So, whatever plans you have, it's essential that Steven and I return to the planet Kembel. I want to recover something of unique value. DAXTAR: (Worried.) You didn't leave the Taranium there? STEVEN: No, no, the Doctor has it. DAXTAR: Good. That gives us a little time. (The DOCTOR starts to look worried.) BRET VYON: Very little. We've got to move fast. DAXTAR: Of course. We must get down to the security buildings at once. The planets must all be alerted. A combined task force must be sent off to Kembel immediately. (DAXTAR is about to open the door.) DOCTOR: (Shouts.) No! (VYON turns and stares in annoyed astonishment at the DOCTOR, who stands erect, looking straight at DAXTAR.) BRET VYON: What do you mean, Doctor? What are you playing at? DOCTOR: I suggest you ask Daxtar what he is playing at. DAXTAR: (Bewildered.) I don't understand. Look, this situation must be dealt with at once! DOCTOR: What price is Mavic Chen paying you for your treachery, hmm? BRET VYON: Treachery? I've know this man all my life. He's no traitor. DOCTOR: Long acquaintance is no guarantee for honesty. Ask him! (His voice rising.) Ask him how he came to know that the core of their Time Destructor was Taranium, hmm! (VYON stares at DAXTAR who looks indignant.) DAXTAR: (Shouts.) Don't be so ridiculous! One of you mentioned it when you were telling me. Why you, yourself, mentioned it when you said how Chen handed the stuff over. DOCTOR: (Shouts.) I did not, sir! How long have you been in this conspiracy? DAXTAR: (Shouts.) What conspiracy? DAXTAR: (Shouts.) You're making a stupid mistake! DOCTOR: (Shouts.) There is you, and Chen, and how many of the others? Or what others are involved? (A desperate DAXTAR turns to VYON for help.) DAXTAR: Look, Bret. You've known me for many years. You know I wouldn't be mixed up in anything like this? BRET VYON: (Coldly.) How did you know about the Taranium? (DAXTAR points at the DOCTOR.) DAXTAR: (Shouts.) He told me! For heaven's sake, you must have heard him. (He looks at STEVEN.) DAXTAR: You too! BRET VYON: Traitor! (He pulls his g*n out. DAXTAR freezes with horror and then VYON fires. The blast catches DAXTAR and, with a scream, he falls. STEVEN and the DOCTOR look on, appalled.) DOCTOR: (Fuming.) You brainless idiot! How many times have I told you about taking lives? (VYON looks at him as he returns his g*n to the holster, unmoved.) DOCTOR: We have other ways and means of dealing with evil doers. BRET VYON: (Unmoved.) He deserved worse. DOCTOR: (Shouts.) Possibly! But now we shall never know whom we can trust! 15: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The Communications DALEK turns from the console and approaches the DALEK SUPREME. TRANTIS stands nearby and two other DALEKS are at their consoles.) DALEK: A signal from the planet Earth. DALEK SUPREME: Report. DALEK: Mavic Chen has almost recaptured the Taranium Core and will be returning with it to land here in two Earth days. DALEK SUPREME: Have the fugitives been exterminated? DALEK: The report did not say. But it is believed that they come from the tenth galaxy under the leadership of Trantis. (TRANTIS, hearing this, is furious and walks across the room to confront them.) TRANTIS: That is not true. It is a plot by Mavic Chen to discredit me! He is jealous of my power in the outer galaxies. DALEK SUPREME: We shall see. (To the DALEK.) Has the report been confirmed? DALEK: No. It was a suspicion by the Earth people. TRANTIS: It is Chen! He is trying to undermine the balance of the Galactic Council. DALEK SUPREME: When Mavic Chen returns we shall discover the truth. By then, those who stole the Taranium will have been identified and exterminated! 16: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. OFFICE (VYON has picked up DAXTAR'S body and hidden it in a corner. He returns to the DOCTOR and STEVEN.) BRET VYON: I'm going to get into the security building and send out the warning myself. DOCTOR: And how do you propose to do that? STEVEN: Yes, we're probably being searched for now by other "friends" of Chen. I mean, Daxtar clearly knew about the disappearance of the Taranium. DOCTOR: Yes. Possibly, we filled in the story long before he gave himself away. BRET VYON: I could try and bluff my way out. (The DOCTOR looks at BRET dismissively.) BRET VYON: Well, it's worth a try! (There is silence from the DOCTOR.) BRET VYON: Well, you haven't thought of a better idea. DOCTOR: Yes, possible. If you hadn't k*lled Daxtar, of course, there wouldn't be any need to. STEVEN: Of course there would. We wouldn't have been able to believe anything he said. DOCTOR: Well, there's not much point in standing here discussing it any longer. We shall have to try out your scheme, though I very much doubt of any sort of success that it might have. (They turn to leave but before they leave, the door slides open and SARA KINGDOM walks in.) BRET VYON: Sara! SARA KINGDOM: (Icily calm.) Bret. BRET VYON: You're just the person we need. SARA KINGDOM: I doubt that. (She pulls out her g*n and covers each of the three men.) SARA KINGDOM: Which of you has the Taranium? (VYON takes a step forward, and SARA covers him.) BRET VYON: (Shouts.) Run for it! (STEVEN pushes SARA and he and the DOCTOR manage to run out of the room. However, BRET VYON isn't so lucky and he manages to get himself covered again with the g*n.) SARA KINGDOM: (Icily.) Give me the Taranium! BRET VYON: (Pleading.) Sara! Please listen... SARA KINGDOM: (Firmly.) Give me the Taranium! BRET VYON: (Shocked.) You too? (He reaches for his g*n but SARA fires and hits VYON who collapses on the floor. SARA crosses to the body and searches him for the core. She moves to the door and into the corridor.) 17: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CORRIDOR SARA KINGDOM: (Shouts.) Borkar! Borkar, where are you? (BORKAR, another security guard, comes running in from the other end of the corridor.) BORKAR: Yes? SARA KINGDOM: The two fugitives have escaped. All exits to the main block are to be guarded. (BORKAR points his g*n at the body of BRET VYON who lies out of sight in the office.) BORKAR: That's Bret Vyon! SARA KINGDOM: Yes, he's d*ad. The others must be k*lled as well. They will be sh*t on sight... (BORKAR runs off to obey the order. SARA calls after him.) SARA KINGDOM: But aim for the head!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x13 - The Traitors"}
foreverdreaming
Counterplot Written by Terry Nation Original Air Date: 11 December, 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CORRIDOR (SARA KINGDOM comes out of the office.) SARA KINGDOM: (Shouts.) Borkar! Borkar, where are you? (BORKAR, another security guard, comes running in from the other end of the corridor.) BORKAR: Yes? SARA KINGDOM: The two fugitives have escaped. All exits to the main block are to be guarded. (BORKAR points his g*n at the body of Bret Vyon who lies out of sight in the office.) BORKAR: That's Bret Vyon! SARA KINGDOM: Yes, he's d*ad. The others must be k*lled as well. They will be sh*t on sight... (BORKAR runs off to obey the order. SARA calls after him.) SARA KINGDOM: But aim for the head! (She runs off.) COUNTER PLOT 2: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. ANOTHER CORRIDOR Written by TERRY NATION (The DOCTOR and STEVEN run down the corridor and stop by a closed door marked with a large 'J'.) DOCTOR: Where's Bret? STEVEN: He's right behind us, I think. He's probably dealing with that girl. DOCTOR: Oh, most irritating man! (The DOCTOR presses a switch next to the door which then slides open.) DOCTOR: Come along in here, quickly. 3: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CHAMBER (They enter a brightly-lit room through a curved archway. Unusual angled screen-like panels stand on the edge of the room forming a square.) STEVEN: Strange room. DOCTOR: Now I wonder what that is? (The DOCTOR points to a small satellite-like device in the middle of the room. Mice can be seen in the perspex centre part of the device. The creatures are on an upper level of the device. In the lower level, there are various pieces of machinery. It emits a regular pulsing sound, almost like a signal. They walk over to examine it.) STEVEN: Yeah, there are mice inside. Funny sort of cage for mice. DOCTOR: Yes, it, er, could be some kind of...transmitter, mm? (STEVEN glances at the door.) STEVEN: Hope Bret finds us. DOCTOR: Well, I suggest you stay at that door and if you hear any noise outside it's bound to be him. STEVEN: Yes, if he's moving fast enough. (STEVEN moves to the edge of the room listening for noise while the DOCTOR takes a closer look at the device and mutters to himself...) DOCTOR: Yes, mice, yes. Perhaps it is some kind of experiment? 4: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CONTROL ROOM (In a room where the walls are covered in control panels are two scientists – the dark haired FROYN and the older, white haired, slightly doddering RHYNMAL. They wear dark patterned sleeveless tunics embossed with an abstract pattern over lighter tops. They are performing final checks before their experiment on the wall panel instruments and on control consoles in the middle of the room. FROYN, sat at a central console, speaks to his older companion.) FROYN: Are they ready yet? RHYNMAL: Pressure count seems to have risen again. FROYN: We'll have to go ahead anyway. All Continuum readings are perfect. RHYNMAL: No, wait, just for a moment. (BORKAR and a Technic enter the room through a sliding door. They quickly look round.) BORKAR: Have you seen two strangers? FROYN: Get out! BORKAR: We're looking for two men who headed in this direction. FROYN: I don't care who you're looking for. We're in the middle of a highly complicated experiment - now get out of here! RHYNMAL: We're all right now. All readings registering normal. FROYN: Good. (To the security men.) Once again, will you get out of here? (The two security men leave, sliding shut the panelled door behind them. FROYN goes back to his console.) FROYN: Starting dissemination countdown in ten seconds...from...now. (He presses a switch.) 5: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CHAMBER (STEVEN walks back into the room from the doorway.) STEVEN: I think I heard someone. 6: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CORRIDOR (SARA KINGDOM is quietly sliding up to the door of the chamber with a g*n in her hand. She opens and enters the door. The Technic rounds the corner a second later and sees her enter the room and then hears her imperious voice call out.) SARA KINGDOM: (OOV: Inside the room.) You will stay right where you are, both of you. (The Technic runs off to get help.) 7: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CHAMBER (SARA keeps the DOCTOR and STEVEN covered with her g*n.) SARA KINGDOM: I'll give you five seconds to hand over that Taranium. DOCTOR: Let me speak, please... SARA KINGDOM: The Taranium! (Suddenly the room is filled with a brilliant light and a loud piercing electronic noise. SARA'S face is filled with pain. The DOCTOR and STEVEN have the same reaction. The glare in the room increases along with the build-up of the noise.) 8: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CORRIDOR (The noise carries through the plant. The Technic has fetched BORKAR and they both rush up to the closed door. BORKAR starts to bang on the door.) BORKAR: ... Open up! 9: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CONTROL ROOM (Both FROYN and RHYNMAL are checking readings from their instruments.) FROYN: Time molecule absorption. Planet-side power falling. (They both activate some controls. FROYN crosses over to where RHYNMAL is sat looking over some read-outs.) RHYNMAL: Projections alpha zero, zero, zeta. Instruments register perfect dissemination. FROYN: Good. (He crosses to another wall panel.) FROYN: Cut in computer control. (RHYNMAL does so and the noise stops.) RHYNMAL: (Smiles.) Perfect. Absolutely perfect! FROYN: Just as I hoped. (The smile disappears off RHYNMAL'S face as he sees something on the console.) RHYNMAL: Hey! Someone's opened the door! FROYN: Hey? (He dashes to the panel and looks at the indicator.) FROYN: Quick! (They run out of the room.) 10: INT. EARTH EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CORRIDOR (FROYN and RHYNMAL run down the corridor and enter the room.) 11: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CHAMBER (FROYN and RHYNMAL find the two puzzled but frantic security men there. There is no sign of the DOCTOR, STEVEN, SARA KINGDOM or the object with the mice inside.) FROYN: (Angrily.) Just what do you think you're doing? BORKAR: What's going on in this room? FROYN: We have been carrying out a molecular dissemination. And if you Space Security people would stop interfering we'd be able to get along a lot faster! (RHYNMAL, pleased at the result of the experiment, finishes looking over the room and runs up to his companion.) RHYNMAL: Looks as though it was perfect. BORKAR: You don't understand! FROYN: Have you touched anything in this room? BORKAR: No! But there were three people in here - where are they? 12: EXT. VORTEX (The bodies of STEVEN and SARA moving about in a space-like vortex. The satellite device containing the mice spins round as the faces of STEVEN and SARA at first show no expression and are then filled by great pain as they move faster and faster away from Earth.) 13: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CHAMBER RHYNMAL: There can't have been. There were only my mice. I know - I set them here myself. BORKAR: You've got to get them back. FROYN: Get them back? But we can't. BORKAR: What do you mean, you can't? You must! FROYN: You don't seem to understand. Anyone or anything that was in this room at the time of the experiment...is now being transmitted through space. RHYNMAL: Yes, my friend. They're many light years from Earth by now. Moving towards a strange planet, in a strange galaxy - the nature of which we can only guess at... 14: VORTEX (The journey concludes in a spiral of light...) 15: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE (The planet Mira is similar to Kembel with its thick jungle and wildlife. The ground is covered by a small blanket of fog and pools of some strange liquid bubble in certain areas. The landscape is lonely and filled with foliage.) 16: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The DALEK SUPREME enters the room to hear the reports from one of its aides that glides up to it.) DALEK SUPREME: Has any message been received from Earth? DALEK: No. DALEK SUPREME: Contact Mavic Chen and ask for a report. He should be bringing the Taranium Core by this time. DALEK: I obey. 17: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CONTROL ROOM (RHYNMAL and FROYN are activating controls under the eye of KARLTON who has now arrived at the experimental plant. FROYN is nervous of the new security man.) KARLTON: How long will it take till you know if your "experiment" is successful. FROYN: We don't know. Once the instruments re-form on the planet Mira, they should start transmitting immediately. KARLTON: Would it not have been wiser to choose a nearer planet than Mira? FROYN: The whole point was the distance. We already know that certain small objects can be sent by cellular fragmentation over some short distances. KARLTON: And will these people arrive safely? FROYN: We don't know. We've never tried to transpose people in this way before. KARLTON: Why didn't you stop when Space Security came in. FROYN: The experiment had already started. We couldn't stop. KARLTON: (Coldly.) You're a fool! (FROYN skulks away. KARLTON turns to BORKAR.) KARLTON: Why didn't you make them stop? BORKAR: There wasn't time. And we didn't know where these people were. (KARLTON turns back to FROYN.) KARLTON: Inform me as soon as you know that your mechanism has reached Mira. FROYN: Of course. (KARLTON storms out with BORKAR following. FROYN goes back into the centre of the room to find RHYNMAL working on the control panel.) FROYN: Is there no sign of anything yet? RHYNMAL: No, no...ah! (A bleeping sound is heard.) RHYNMAL: I think something's coming through. FROYN: Hey...yes! 18: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE (The Satellite rests within the jungle of Mira. It is slightly damaged with one piece of it broken but the mice are in there alive and seemingly well, but there is no sign of anyone else.) 19: INT. EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CHAMBER (KARLTON limps into the room softly.) KARLTON: The instruments reassembled successfully, and the mice were alive. (MAVIC CHEN has arrived at the station and stands in the middle of the chamber with his hands on his drawn face. Recent events are starting to take their toll on him. He takes his hands away from his face at the news that KARLTON brings but his unhappy demeanour does not change.) MAVIC CHEN: You know that might mean nothing. You realise the Daleks might just...assemble a force and conquer us! And there'd be nothing we can do. KARLTON: We still have the power. MAVIC CHEN: Where? They are expecting me now to arrive with the Taranium. KARLTON: (Silkily.) Calm down. Mira is not far from Kembel is it? MAVIC CHEN: It's nearer Kembel then Earth is. But what help is that? KARLTON: (Softly.) Tell the Daleks that you trapped the fugitives in the Cellular Projector and sent them to Mira on purpose. MAVIC CHEN: You're mad! KARLTON: Am I? It was a safety measure. Unwelcome attention was being paid to the fugitives so you sent them to Mira on purpose. (MAVIC CHEN sees the logic in this.) MAVIC CHEN: Ah, we could attribute it to a too efficient security system. It'll show conclusively that we're completely allied to the Daleks. They would trust us the more. KARLTON: Exactly. MAVIC CHEN: Wait. How do we know that the Taranium wasn't destroyed on the way? KARLTON: We don't. MAVIC CHEN: But the... KARLTON: (Interrupts.) No buts! The only reason that you as Guardian of the Solar System were admitted to the Universal Council were because of our superior knowledge of mineralogy. Without us they cannot get Taranium. (CHEN saunters to the back of the room, his confidence restored.) MAVIC CHEN: Without me their plan cannot completely work. Without me, they are but nothing! (He shouts and throws open his arms.) MAVIC CHEN: Nothing! When I am next to the Daleks, only they stand between me and the highest position in the universe. Then will be the time for me to take complete control. (He sees that KARLTON is watching him.) MAVIC CHEN: You are a fortunate man, Karlton. You will have a high place in galactic history. (He walks out with his usual arrogance. KARLTON watches him go.) KARLTON: (Quietly.) The highest...next to you. 20: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE (On Mira, the DOCTOR opens his eyes and focuses on where he is. He checks all over his body for any bruises and suchlike before standing up. He next checks his hand as if he isn't sure what has happened to him and next checks in his pocket for the Taranium Core. Luckily it is still in there and he brings it out to have a look at it. He thinks on what has just happened.) DOCTOR: The mice couldn't have done that! (He moves on.) 21: EXT. MIRA. ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE (Nearby, SARA KINGDOM lies unconscious on the ground. There is a low growling noise and some strands of her hair rise into the air by themselves. They lower and her right arm rises in the same way. Near to her is STEVEN. He comes round, stands up, and after seeing SARA, he crosses over to her and takes the blaster from her. He attempts to wake her up but fails.) 22: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE (The DOCTOR has found the device, still bleeping away, and is examining it.) DOCTOR: Extraordinary, most extraordinary. (He goes behind some jungle and hears some noises. He tries calling out.) DOCTOR: Steven? Steven, my boy, where are you? 23: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE (Nearby, one of the inhabitants of Mira walks through the jungle. However, the being is invisible and the only clue to its presence are footprints which resemble paw-prints more than anything else and which appear on the ground, one by one...) 24: EXT. MIRA. ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE (STEVEN is holding the blaster while looking at SARA'S body.) STEVEN: (Calls.) Doctor! (The DOCTOR appears from the jungle.) STEVEN: (Relieved.) Doctor! DOCTOR: All right, all right, all right. STEVEN: What's going on? Where are we? What on Earth's happened? DOCTOR: Calm down, calm down! I don't know where we are. We're safe and sound - that's the main thing. (He sees SARA on the ground.) DOCTOR: Oh, I suppose she had to come along, eh? STEVEN: Yes, but what's happened? All I know is, when she was about to sh**t us, there...there was this fantastic noise! DOCTOR: Yes, I'm very glad that you took that g*n away from her. (SARA groans.) DOCTOR: Is she all right? STEVEN: She hasn't come round yet. (SARA is opening her eyes as the two men crouch down over her.) DOCTOR: Pull yourself together, Madam. I want to ask you some few questions. SARA KINGDOM: (Groggily.) What? DOCTOR: (To STEVEN.) Take a good look round, dear boy. And find a place to hide. STEVEN: Right. DOCTOR: We've a lot to sort out. (SARA sits up and sees who is with her while STEVEN moves away.) SARA KINGDOM: (Spits.) You! The traitors! I must... DOCTOR: (Interrupts.) Quiet! Do as you're told! Get on your feet. (He helps SARA to her feet.) DOCTOR: You're lucky to be alive. Now you come with me, and don't try any tricks. Come along. (He takes SARA'S arm under his and leads her away.) 25: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The DALEK SUPREME glides up to one of its subordinates at a console. Two other DALEKS hover nearby at their consoles.) DALEK: The pursuit ship reports that they have landed on the planet Mira. DALEK SUPREME: Have they located the fugitives? DALEK: The detectors register strong readings. DALEK SUPREME: When the fugitives are captured, report at once. DALEK: I obey. (The DALEK SUPREME glides away.) 26: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE (SARA KINGDOM has now recovered and is annoyed at being disarmed. STEVEN holds his g*n up to her as they stand outside a small cave. The DOCTOR stands in the entrance to the cave.) STEVEN: Feeling better? SARA KINGDOM: (Snaps.) I'll feel a lot better when we get out of this place. DOCTOR: Getting away from this place sets quite a problem. SARA KINGDOM: Where are we? DOCTOR: At the moment, I haven't the faintest idea. (He walks into the cave. Annoyed, SARA runs after him.) 27: INT. MIRA. CAVE SARA KINGDOM: Oh! But how did we get here? DOCTOR: (Thinking.) Cellular...dissemination. SARA KINGDOM: Cellular what? DOCTOR: To put it...in lay language, cellular...dissemination means our bodies were broken up by some process or other, sh*t through into the fourth dimension and at a given point reassembled again on this planet. STEVEN: That's fantastic. SARA KINGDOM: (Sneering.) Impossible. DOCTOR: Fantastic it may be, my boy, but impossible - no, because precisely that is what has happened. STEVEN: Yes, but Doctor what about that, er, transmitter thing? You know the one with the mice in it. DOCTOR: Yes, that followed along too and I believe it's sending messages back to Earth. Now that would mean that Mavic Chen will know precisely where we are. Therefore, the Daleks will att*ck once again. 28: EXT. MIRA. ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE (Two of the DALEKS from the pursuit ship have found the device. One of the DALEKS has a perceptor device in place of its usual arm attachment and is scanning the jungle.) FIRST DALEK: Detector indicates being at close range. (The SECOND DALEK looks over the device.) SECOND DALEK: An alien device. There are small white creatures inside. They may be hostile. FIRST DALEK: It is sending out signals. SECOND DALEK: It may belong to the fugitives and register our presence here. FIRST DALEK: Destroy it. (They move away and then blast it. The mice die and the machine stops bleeping.) FIRST DALEK: Detector still registers being is very close. (They turn and have a look around.) SECOND DALEK: I can see nothing. FIRST DALEK: There is a being near us. f*re at any movement. (The leaves near the DALEKS start to move, and obeying orders, the DALEKS' f*re. There is a roar and the leaves stop moving.) SECOND DALEK: The beings appear to be invisible. We must continue the search for the fugitives. Keep constant detector readings. Open f*re when it registers close proximity. FIRST DALEK: I obey. (They move on.) 29: EARTH. EXPERIMENTAL STATION. CONTROL ROOM (With the destruction of the device, FROYN is not getting any more signals from Mira and is being watched by an impatient KARLTON.) FROYN: I can't understand it. We were getting such powerful signals, now we're getting absolutely nothing. KARLTON: A technical fault? FROYN: Well it couldn't be, just like that. RHYNMAL: Those criminals must have damaged it. FROYN: Why didn't they do it when they first arrived? KARLTON: Perhaps they have only just found it. You are certain that there are no natural beings on Mira? FROYN: Not to our knowledge. Our probes have never shown any. RHYNMAL: That's why we sent the mice. I was hoping that they might perhaps... (Sadly.) Oh dear, perhaps we should send some more mice? KARLTON: No. Send nothing further to Mira. Inform me as soon as you regain any form of contact. In the meantime send no further matter to that planet. 30: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE (The DOCTOR, alone, moves through the jungle when he hears a noise. He moves slowly forward, when suddenly the leaves near him start to move. The DOCTOR att*cks whatever is there with a stick he has found. With a roar the creature backs off.) DOCTOR: I might have known it - Visians! The planet Mira! 31: EXT. MIRA. CAVE (STEVEN and SARA are arguing...) STEVEN: But he was the one person who could have warned Earth! SARA KINGDOM: So you say. STEVEN: You k*lled Bret! You just sh*t him down! SARA KINGDOM: He was a traitor. (She speaks as if quoting from a procedure.) SARA KINGDOM: Between the three of you, you had stolen the Taranium, the most valuable mineral in the universe. It was needed desperately to spread the peace which was advanced in the solar system, to reach the whole galaxy. STEVEN: What was the Taranium going to do? SARA KINGDOM: How should I know? I had my orders. STEVEN: (Disgusted.) Oh, your orders! And even though it meant k*lling one of your own people, you obeyed them blindly, without question! SARA KINGDOM: One does not question the orders of the Guardian. STEVEN: Oh, you didn't even stop to think how it came to happen. That a space security agent, one of your own people, was a traitor? SARA KINGDOM: No! STEVEN: You didn't give Bret a chance, did you? You couldn't question Chen and you wouldn't question Bret. SARA KINGDOM: Look, what do you want me to say? That I believe your fantastic story? STEVEN: It's true. SARA KINGDOM: (Tearfully.) It mustn't be. (The DOCTOR appears behind them.) DOCTOR: I'm afraid it is, my dear. STEVEN: (Sarcastically.) But Bret had to be k*lled. SARA KINGDOM: (Snaps.) Shut up! Bret Vyon was my brother. (Upset, she runs out of the cave. STEVEN starts to follow her but the DOCTOR stops him.) DOCTOR: Leave her, my boy. There's nothing we can do. She finally believes us. (With a cry, SARA runs back.) SARA KINGDOM: Something...touched me! (STEVEN takes the blaster and starts to move forward.) STEVEN: It's all right. DOCTOR: Steven! (STEVEN comes back.) DOCTOR: Listen to me, both of you. This is the planet Mira. And the only beings on here are the Visians. We can't see them but they're very vicious. We must try to get away from here as soon as possible. SARA KINGDOM: But how? DOCTOR: I don't know yet. (STEVEN goes outside the cave.) 32: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE (He stands just outside the entrance. The others join him and they see a large bunch of leaves moving and smoke rising from the ground.) STEVEN: Is that them? DOCTOR: Yes, and it appears we're trapped! 33: INT. EARTH. GUARDIANS' OFFICE (KARLTON is back with MAVIC CHEN at his office. The Guardian has been writing a document and holds an ornate pen in his hand.) KARLTON: I am certain that the Daleks have already reached Mira. MAVIC CHEN: That means I must return to Kembel at once. KARLTON: Of course. Everything is arranged. MAVIC CHEN: Good. (He drops the pen that he was using.) MAVIC CHEN: It looks as though the Daleks have believed my story. I must be there before the Taranium's bought back. KARLTON: If it is? MAVIC CHEN: Wait till you hear from me, then take your party to Venus. Whatever happens we shall outwit the Daleks! We should be able to destroy Kembel, with help from the rest of the solar system. KARLTON: But that will only mean mastery of this galaxy. (MAVIC CHEN raises his eyes heavenwards.) MAVIC CHEN: But a start, Karlton, a start. 34: INT. MIRA. CAVE (The travellers have retreated inside the cave. STEVEN still holds the blaster. The DOCTOR has his stick and SARA holds a large rock.) DOCTOR: I don't think they've quite fathomed us out. STEVEN: Well, when we b*at our way through, we've got to stick together. DOCTOR: And you remember my boy, aim high. These Visians are eight feet tall. 35: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE (The Visians start to move forward but blasts from a DALEK kills them.) 36: INT. MIRA. CAVE STEVEN: Daleks! SARA KINGDOM: You're right Doctor, they've come. 37: INT. MIRA. JUNGLE (The DALEK glides forward and covers the travellers who are now outside the cave.) DALEK: You are surrounded. You will come with us. DOCTOR: I'm afraid, my friends, the Daleks have won.
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x14 - Counter Plot"}
foreverdreaming
Coronas of the Sun Written by Dennis Spooner (Based on an idea by Terry Nation) Original Air Date: 18 December, 1965 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE (The DALEK glides forward and covers the travellers who are now outside the cave.) DALEK: You are surrounded. You will come with us. DOCTOR: I'm afraid, my friends, the Daleks have won. (Two DALEKS look up at the travellers.) CORONAS OF THE SUN 2: EXT. MIRA. ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE (Nearby, the bushes are moved aside as the planets' invisible inhabitants move through the undergrowth.) Written by DENNIS SPOONER From an idea by TERRY NATION 3: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE (The DOCTOR leads STEVEN and SARA KINGDOM out to stand before the squad of DALEKS. The patrol DALEK advances.) FIRST DALEK: You will hand over the Taranium Core. DOCTOR: If I do, what guarantee is there that you won't f*re your g*n afterwards, mm? FIRST DALEK: There is no guarantee. (Another DALEK, with a metal device replacing the usual sucker-hand, reports.) SECOND DALEK: Seismic detector shows that the object he is carrying is the Taranium! FIRST DALEK: You will surrender it! SARA KINGDOM: He will not! (She is menaced by the DALEKS' g*n.) FIRST DALEK: Silence! You will not speak! DOCTOR: You dare not f*re, because of this Taranium! To end this stalemate, may I suggest... FIRST DALEK: (Interrupts.) There will be no more discussion! The Core is to be handed over. (The patrol leader looks at the rest of the DALEKS.) FIRST DALEK: Re-form line! Prepare to exterminate them! (As the DALEKS start to line up, a roaring cacophony erupts behind the group.) FIRST DALEK: What is that noise? SECOND DALEK: The invisible creatures are attacking in force! (As this report is given, the DOCTOR gives a yell of command to his two companions. The DALEKS start to spin about trying to locate the Visians.) FIRST DALEK: Patrol alert! Patrol Alert! SECOND DALEK: Annihilate them! Annihilate them! (All the DALEKS f*re their blasters, and the Visians briefly become visible as some of them die in the DALEKS' rays. Meanwhile, the DOCTOR, SARA and STEVEN sidle along the rocky outcrop, climb the tumbled rocks and elude both sets of alien creatures.) DOCTOR: There's a good boy! Keep going! (The DOCTOR, STEVEN and SARA humans disappear from view. The battle is short, the Visians being no match for the DALEKS who form a tight circle as they f*re. All suddenly falls silent.) THIRD DALEK: The invisible creatures have been exterminated. FIRST DALEK: Search for the fugitives! They must not escape. DALEKS: We obey! (They move off.) 4: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The DALEK SUPREME enters as one of the control-room DALEKS turns from its communications panel.) DALEK: Communication received from the planet Mira. DALEK SUPREME: Are the fugitives still evading capture? DALEK: Yes, there has been no further contact. Reinforcements can be dispatched. DALEK SUPREME: Our force already there is sufficient for the task. Contact them and order that the Taranium is to be recovered. Failure will not be tolerated! 5: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE. OUTSIDE DALEK PURSUIT SHIP (The DALEK ship rests in a jungle clearing. Several large exhaust ports lie on the side of the ship and there is a ramp which leads to the ground enclosed by several struts. A DALEK stands on guard. Looking through the leaves at the ship, the DOCTOR and STEVEN complete the final stages of a plan.) DOCTOR: There's only one guard. (To STEVEN.) Now you know what to do? STEVEN: (Whispers.) Yes. (The DOCTOR moves away from the group, allowing SARA to move next to STEVEN.) SARA KINGDOM: (Whispers.) It'll never work! STEVEN: (Whispers.) It will! It's got to! SARA KINGDOM: (Whispers.) The other Daleks will be back here before he can get started. STEVEN: (Whispers.) Why should they? They're out looking for us. They won't expect us to come back here. SARA KINGDOM: (Whispers.) Look, they're not complete fools! They know we've got to get off Mira - that their ship is our only chance. STEVEN: (Whispers.) Don't worry. Like most of the Doctor's plans, this one's simple, it won't take long. (SARA looks towards the ship and sees that there is no sign of the DOCTOR.) SARA KINGDOM: (Whispers.) Well, why doesn't he get started then? STEVEN: (Whispers.) Give him time. He's got to get round there. Look, you must learn to trust him. He's had dealings with the Daleks before. SARA KINGDOM: (Whispers.) I have no choice. Let's hope you're right. STEVEN: (Whispers.) He should be in position by now. Come on. (Both STEVEN and SARA start to move forward in their stage of their plan. The DALEK guard has moved near the pursuit ship, protecting the ramp. The sentry sweeps the immediate area with its eyepiece, which stops to focus on the DOCTOR, walking towards the ship.) FOURTH DALEK: Remain where you are. DOCTOR: (Obligingly.) I certainly will. I've come to give myself up. (The DALEK slowly advances to face the DOCTOR, some way from the ramp.) FOURTH DALEK: Do you have the Taranium? DOCTOR: I have. I realise, of course, that I am no match for the Daleks, so if I hand it over, will you help me and my friends to get away from this planet? FOURTH DALEK: Where are the others? DOCTOR: Oh, they will come when I call them, mm? (Behind the DALEK, STEVEN and SARA steal forward. To distract the DALEK from moving round to see them, the DOCTOR takes out the Taranium Core and displays it to the DALEK.) DOCTOR: The Taranium. Shall I give it to you or would you prefer me to hand it to you in your ship, hmm? FOURTH DALEK: You will wait there until the Patrol returns. The others are to join you. If you try to escape, you... (STEVEN gets nearer.) DOCTOR: Escape! Oh, my tin friend, never! You mustn't forget that I came here and surrendered of my own free will. (This allows STEVEN to get close enough, undetected, to slam a handful of mud onto the DALEK'S eyestalk. The DOCTOR, STEVEN and SARA all dive up the ramp into the DALEK ship. Blinded, the DALEK swings from side to side and starts f*ring randomly.) FOURTH DALEK: Ahh! DOCTOR: ... ! FOURTH DALEK: Ahh! Help! Help! Loss of vision! Loss of vision! I'm under att*ck! I'm under att*ck! Patrol alert! Patrol alert! (It is in danger of exterminating its leader, when the full DALEK patrol arrives at the pursuit ship's site.) FIRST DALEK: Cease f*ring before we sustain damage! Report! FOURTH DALEK: The fugitives boarded the Pursuit ship! 6: INT. DALEK PURSUIT SHIP. CONTROL ROOM (SARA KINGDOM is anxiously looking round the vessel. One console stands against the wall on the left-hand side of the room and there is another in the middle of the floor towards the right of the room. Outside, the DALEKS shout orders to each other as STEVEN looks out of the doorway and down the ramp. The DOCTOR goes to one console.) FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Outside the ship.) Alert all patrols! SARA KINGDOM: Can you work it, Doctor? FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Outside the ship.) Alert all patrols! DOCTOR: Oh, one moment, my dear. I'm...quite accustomed to this...Dalek technique. FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Outside the ship.) Surround pursuit ship! (The DOCTOR points SARA to a control.) DOCTOR: Close the hatches, please. FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Outside the ship.) Surround pursuit ship! (SARA operates the door control but nothing happens.) SARA KINGDOM: The doors are not closing. DALEKS: (OOV: Outside the ship.) We obey. (She studies the strange instruments.) SARA KINGDOM: Vacuum-lock reading...two point two four. FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Outside the ship.) When f*ring, take maximum precautions against damaging ... DOCTOR: Oh, the power build-up is far too slow. Feed in that extra energy. (SARA does so and looks again at the figures.) SARA KINGDOM: Three point eight two, rising. FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Outside the ship.) Avoid f*ring in area of ... DOCTOR: Yes, it should activate at five, zero, zero. (STEVEN, who is guarding the ramp, shouts back at his companions.) STEVEN: They're lining up to att*ck! DALEKS: (OOV: Outside the ship.) We obey! SARA KINGDOM: Four point three two, still rising. FIRST DALEK: (OOV: Outside the ship.) Take up att*ck formation 'Z'! DOCTOR: Splendid! 7: EXT. MIRA. JUNGLE. OUTSIDE DALEK PURSUIT SHIP SECOND DALEK: Prepare to board the ship! FIRST DALEK: Exterminate them! Exterminate them! (They glide up the ramp...) 8: INT. DALEK PURSUIT SHIP. CONTROL ROOM (...but the doors close - right in front of the leading DALEK. STEVEN breathes a sigh of relief as the DOCTOR and SARA continue to operate controls.) STEVEN: That was close! It was too close! DOCTOR: Yes... (To SARA.) Auto-gyro...gyro-dynamo. SARA KINGDOM: Coding nine, two. Red, blue, blue. (The sound of a power build-up fills the room.) DOCTOR: Discharge. (SARA flicks some switches.) SARA KINGDOM: Coding one, zero, zero. All blue readings, take off... DOCTOR: Splendid! SARA KINGDOM: ...now! DOCTOR: Hold tight! (The power build-up reaches a crescendo as they all grip onto consoles for the ship's lift-off...) 9: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (MAVIC CHEN has returned to Kembel. He walks into the control room but his reception by the DALEK SUPREME is not warm.) DALEK SUPREME: Mavic Chen, you have failed in your task. MAVIC CHEN: Failed! Is this my greeting? I agree that my mission was to return to Earth and recover the Taranium. This I have not done. DALEK SUPREME: Failure will not be tolerated! MAVIC CHEN: But I did notify you of the fugitives' whereabouts. The planet Mira. There the vital Core can be taken from them, without suspicion. Their presence on Earth was a constant danger! At anytime they could have contacted forces unsympathetic to our plans. DALEK SUPREME: You make your incompetence sound like an achievement. (CHEN stalks round the room.) MAVIC CHEN: (Furiously.) Incompetence now, is it? You forget that the original blunder was not of my doing. I journeyed to and from Earth to correct a failing your security force should have dealt with. The Core was stolen from here. My actions have brought about a situation which will allow you to recover the missing Taranium easily and simply. If that is a failure, then I have failed. (MAVIC CHEN out-stares the DALEK SUPREME as he explains his logic. The DALEK SUPREME swings towards a group of DALEKS as news of the DOCTOR'S escape starts to come through.) DALEK SUPREME: Report. DALEK: The fugitives have stolen our Pursuit ship and have left the planet Mira. (The DALEK SUPREME'S voice rises a couple of tones.) DALEK SUPREME: Stolen! Left the planet Mira! Is their course being computed? DALEK: It is. DALEK SUPREME: What news of our forces? DALEK: They are stranded on the planet and under constant att*ck from the invisible creatures that inhabit it. DALEK SUPREME: Dispatch a rescue ship to their aid. They will be dealt with on their return. Meanwhile, I will personally supervise recovery of the Core. DALEK: I obey. (This humiliation of the DALEKS spurs MAVIC CHEN onto the offensive...) MAVIC CHEN: And you had the audacity to accuse me, Mavic Chen, of incompetence! DALEK SUPREME: It is... MAVIC CHEN: (Interrupts.) A Dalek ship stolen... DALEK SUPREME: It is not... MAVIC CHEN: (Interrupts.) Really! DALEK SUPREME: (Angrily.) It is not an emergency! MAVIC CHEN: No. More like a catastrophe! DALEK SUPREME: (Even angrier.) They may believe that they have successfully escaped from us, but we, the Daleks, are still in command! 10: INT. DALEK PURSUIT SHIP. CONTROL ROOM (With the buzzing noise of the ship in a*t*matic flight, STEVEN moves from the main control room...) 11: INT. DALEK PURSUIT SHIP. LABORATORY AREA (...to a cramped laboratory area where the DOCTOR is wearing an eye-shade as he looks over the Taranium Core. SARA is with him as he makes notes on a pad.) STEVEN: Will it work, Doctor? DOCTOR: No, of course it won't, dear boy. That's the whole point. STEVEN: I mean your plan. DOCTOR: No, we shall have to make a copy. A copy so exact that we can deceive the Daleks. They'll still want this Taranium back, you know. They won't rest until they get it. STEVEN: Yes, but suppose... SARA KINGDOM: (Interrupts, coldly.) There isn't time to suppose. I'm sure the Doctor can copy it well enough. DOCTOR: Yes, thank you, thank you, my dear, thank you. I'll have a good try, and I think that'll give us sufficient breathing space. (The buzzing sound of the ship suddenly changes and starts to fluctuate.) DOCTOR: What's that? (They all rush to the control room.) 12: INT. DALEK PURSUIT SHIP. CONTROL ROOM (SARA rushes to the console and reads the instruments.) SARA KINGDOM: We're changing course! We're moving away on a selected route! (The DOCTOR examines the controls.) DOCTOR: (Shocked.) Good gracious, we're on the course for the planet Kembel. You know, I'm very much afraid that we're...under the Dalek influence. (STEVEN notes a unit on the console.) STEVEN: Yes, it's obviously this that's causing the damage. (He rips the unit out.) STEVEN: Ah, that settles that. SARA KINGDOM: Well, isn't that a rather a drastic way of dealing with things? STEVEN: Look, Sara, the technology of my age may be hundreds of years behind yours and the Doctor's, but there are still some things I can handle. DOCTOR: Yes, of course there is, dear boy. Of course there is! (Laughs, then to SARA.) Come along, young lady, let's get on with our mineral whilst we still have the time, hmm. (He leads her back to the laboratory area.) 13: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The Communications DALEK turns from its readings.) DALEK: Pursuit ship has broken free of our control. DALEK SUPREME: Activate Magnetise Beam. (A bleeping noise starts up in the room as the DALEK operates a control.) DALEK: Magnetise Beam activated. (Overhearing this, CHEN steps forward.) MAVIC CHEN: I sincerely hope there's not been any further bungling? DALEK SUPREME: We have temporarily lost control, but once the Magnetise Beam reaches them it will pull them to Kembel, where they will be exterminated! MAVIC CHEN: After we have the Core of the Time Destructor...in our possession, I trust. DALEK SUPREME: Of course! Of course! (The DALEK SUPREME moves off swiftly, leaving MAVIC CHEN smiling.) 14: SPACE (The stolen Pursuit ship moves swiftly through space.) 15: INT. DALEK PURSUIT SHIP. LABORATORY (Watched by SARA, the DOCTOR places a copy of the Core next to the original. There is, however, a problem - the copy doesn't glow like the real Core.) DOCTOR: Yes, I think so. Yes, yes, there - that's a good copy, although I say it myself, hmm? SARA KINGDOM: Yes, but there's still the problem of charging it. The Daleks will know immediately that it isn't the real Taranium. DOCTOR: I appreciate that, young lady, but this is the right balance and the right weight, mm? (STEVEN enters from the control room.) STEVEN: We're still on our own course. The Daleks haven't attempted to divert us yet. DOCTOR: Oh good, good, good. Well, you keep watching, there's a good fellow. (STEVEN spots the two Cores.) STEVEN: Hey! (He picks up one of them.) DOCTOR: (Smiling.) No, I should try that one. (Slightly embarrassed at his mistake, STEVEN puts the glowing original down and picks up the copy.) STEVEN: This is excellent. DOCTOR: (Smiling.) Hmm, hmm. Isn't it? STEVEN: How do you propose to activate it? (The DOCTOR looks at SARA.) DOCTOR: Oh, we're working on that. Yes, er, we're working on that. STEVEN: Well, you know, we...we could use the Gravity-force from the ship's power centre. (He points to a control bank.) STEVEN: Well, I mean, there's an outlet, here. SARA KINGDOM: (Laughing scornfully.) What? STEVEN: (Belligerently.) What's wrong with that? DOCTOR: Too primitive, my boy. Too primitive and far too dangerous. (The DOCTOR walks off to the control room as a smiling SARA turns to STEVEN.) SARA KINGDOM: Gravity-force as a source of energy was abandoned centuries ago. STEVEN: We were still using it! SARA KINGDOM: Oh yes, and the Romans used treadmills. (SARA saunters off after the DOCTOR, leaving STEVEN glowering after them both.) STEVEN: (To himself.) I still think G-force would do the trick. 16: INT. DALEK PURSUIT SHIP. CONTROL ROOM (Meanwhile, over at the controls, SARA reads the dials again.) SARA KINGDOM: We're changing course again. (The DOCTOR hurries over to join her and examines the instruments.) DOCTOR: Back to the...planet Kembel, what? hmm! Oh, you know, it appears that we're, er...affected by magnetisation. We're been held in a...very strong beam, hmm hmm! SARA KINGDOM: That will take us right back to the Daleks. DOCTOR: Well, let's try and break it, child, come along! (They start work.) 17: INT. DALEK PURSUIT SHIP. LABORATORY (In the laboratory area, STEVEN looks over the false Core which he has wired up to the power outlet.) STEVEN: (To himself.) Now we'll see about those treadmills! (He flicks a switch. A loud buzz sounds and a brilliant flash leaps from the outlet, engulfing STEVEN. With a scream of agony, he collapses unconscious on the floor. Hearing this, the DOCTOR and SARA rush over to him from the control room.) SARA KINGDOM: Steven! DOCTOR: My dear boy! What is it? What's happened? (The DOCTOR listens for STEVEN'S heartbeat.) DOCTOR: He's still breathing. (SARA points to the pulsating G-Force outlet and she realises what STEVEN has done.) SARA KINGDOM: (Angrily.) The fool! DOCTOR: What? Hmm? SARA KINGDOM: He's tried his...his experiment, with G-force and reliance power! (The DOCTOR looks over the young astronaut.) DOCTOR: Oh, he's still alive, and lucky at that, hmm? (SARA carefully begins to open the fake Core cylinder. A bright glow radiates from it.) SARA KINGDOM: But it worked! Look, Doctor. It's just like real Taranium! DOCTOR: Oh, isn't that wonderful? That's wonderful. Steven's theory has proved successful. (Laughs.) What about the poor boy? Hmm? (The DOCTOR and SARA look at the unconscious man.) 18: INT. KEMBEL. DALEK CITY. CONTROL ROOM (The DALEKS in the control room relay reports from their instrument panels.) FIRST DALEK: Dalek pursuit ship has entered the atmosphere. SECOND DALEK: Reducing speed. Ten degrees of light... eight... six... (CHEN watches these developments with the DALEK SUPREME.) MAVIC CHEN: It appears that you have at last succeeded in getting the Taranium back. DALEK SUPREME: Of course. And we shall deal with these fugitives as with all those who oppose us. MAVIC CHEN: No! DALEK SUPREME: Do you challenge us? MAVIC CHEN: Of course not. But might it not be advisable for me to return them to Earth...for trial? DALEK SUPREME: Why? MAVIC CHEN: They will be tried...and found guilty as traitors to the Solar System. After all, the woman is from Earth. DALEK SUPREME: The Daleks will deal with them. There is no need for the delay in their extermination. MAVIC CHEN: Some people on Earth know that our traitors were transposed to Mira. If they disappear for good, those people will be curious and ask what happened to them? It's possible that they might find out...that the Daleks...ex*cuted them. Then your plans could be hindered. DALEK SUPREME: It is essential that you do not allow your Earth people to become curious. MAVIC CHEN: Human curiosity is something I can have no control over. DALEK SUPREME: You must forestall their questions until it is too late. MAVIC CHEN: Too late? DALEK SUPREME: Yes! We will have conquered the Solar System before our presence here is discovered. MAVIC CHEN: It is possible. DALEK SUPREME: Once we have the Taranium, there is nothing to stop us! MAVIC CHEN: Very well. I leave their fate to you. DALEK SUPREME: The Dalek reception force should now be in position at the specified landing point. MAVIC CHEN: Yes, they should. And I think it's about time we left to join them. Don't you? (The two leave.) 19: INT. DALEK PURSUIT SHIP. CONTROL ROOM (SARA KINGDOM watches the Pursuit ship's instruments as it prepares for landing.) SARA KINGDOM: Height and speed reducing. DOCTOR: Yes, we should be landing in about five minutes. SARA KINGDOM: I'll see how Steven is. DOCTOR: Hmm. (She goes to the laboratory area, followed by the DOCTOR.) 20: INT. DALEK PURSUIT SHIP. LABORATORY (STEVEN is now propped up in a corner, his eyes wide open but unseeing, his whole being now shielded within the field generated by reliance power and G-Force.) SARA KINGDOM: I think the effect's wearing off. DOCTOR: No, my dear. He's adapting to it. (To STEVEN.) Can you talk, my boy, mm? (There is no answer from the young man.) DOCTOR: No. He's...he's still under the influence of that force field. (To STEVEN again.) Nothing further will happen to you. Now don't worry, mm? (He leads SARA away.) DOCTOR: Yes, nothing further's going to happen to him but I must confess I...I have no cure for that condition, hmm. SARA KINGDOM: He's enclosed in a force-field. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I'm afraid so. Hmm. Sara, bring me that fake Taranium, hmm? (SARA does so.) DOCTOR: Hmm. Yes, yes, yes. (He walks over and shows the Core to STEVEN.) DOCTOR: Now, listen to me, Steven. Try and understand. This is very important, so you must trust me. You do understand? (STEVEN tries to move his head.) DOCTOR: Just try and indicate. (STEVEN manages to blink his eyes.) 21: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE. LANDING AREA (A group of DALEKS including the DALEK SUPREME and MAVIC CHEN is standing in a glade in the jungle.) DALEK SUPREME: Pursuit ship is landing at precise point calculated. MAVIC CHEN: Well, it appears that everything's going according to plan. (The noise of the Pursuit ship's drive starts to fill the air.) DALEK SUPREME: The Taranium will be recovered. MAVIC CHEN: I hope you're right. DALEK SUPREME: This time, there will no error. (The whine of the descent grows louder.) 22: INT. DALEK PURSUIT SHIP. CONTROL ROOM (Inside the ship, the DOCTOR and SARA brace themselves as the ship hits the ground. STEVEN stands immobile, holding the fake Core in his hand. The ship falls silent. The DOCTOR and SARA are tense.) DOCTOR: Well, we're here. Hmm hmm. Now we've got to face the Daleks. Open the doors, please. (SARA throws the switches. The door to the outside opens.) DOCTOR: Steven will lead the way. (The DOCTOR goes over to the silent man.) DOCTOR: This way, Steven. (STEVEN slowly moves towards the door.) SARA KINGDOM: But it won't... it can't work! DOCTOR: (Softly.) It's our only chance, my dear. And remember, I will do all the talking, hmm? (SARA nods and they follow STEVEN out of the ship.) 23: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE. LANDING AREA (STEVEN moves forward down the ramp. MAVIC CHEN sees what is in STEVEN'S outstretched hand.) MAVIC CHEN: The Taranium! I would suggest that you give that to me, young man. DOCTOR: No. (CHEN watches as the DOCTOR and SARA move out of the ship, standing behind STEVEN.) DOCTOR: And remember, you cannot f*re because of the Taranium. You'd have another fifty years work, hmm? MAVIC CHEN: Possibly, but you are still in no position to bargain. DOCTOR: I will hand over the Taranium outside my ship, the TARDIS. (CHEN turns to the DALEK SUPREME.) MAVIC CHEN: You heard the condition. DALEK SUPREME: (Enraged.) It is not acceptable! (CHEN turns back to the DOCTOR, smiling.) MAVIC CHEN: You heard what the Dalek Supreme said. DOCTOR: (Adamantly.) Outside my ship, the TARDIS, or nowhere! (Almost enjoying himself, CHEN turns back to the DALEK SUPREME.) MAVIC CHEN: He seems determined. Does it really matter? DALEK SUPREME: Very well. In front of his ship. DOCTOR: Thank you! Steven? (As STEVEN leads the DOCTOR and SARA down the ramp and into the jungle, CHEN sees SARA.) MAVIC CHEN: Kingdom? SARA KINGDOM: Traitor! (CHEN is taken aback and then follows the three travellers into the jungle with the DALEKS.) 24: EXT. KEMBEL. JUNGLE CLEARING (By the TARDIS, the DOCTOR gives SARA the key to the ship.) DOCTOR: Sara, open the door please. (SARA does so and steps just inside the police box and watches the DOCTOR as he faces CHEN and the DALEK SUPREME.) DOCTOR: The young man will give you the Taranium when the girl and I are safely inside my ship, the TARDIS. DALEK SUPREME: Very well. MAVIC CHEN: Making sure of your escape, eh, Doctor? DOCTOR: (To STEVEN.) Remember to do exactly as I say, Steven. I will give you further instructions from inside my TARDIS. (STEVEN nods to indicate his understanding. The DOCTOR steps inside the ship and his disembodied - and slightly DALEK-like - tones, come from inside the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: (OOV: Inside the TARDIS.) Steven, hand the box over to Chen. Then come inside the TARDIS. (Stiffly, STEVEN walks towards MAVIC CHEN, extending his hand with the cylinder. Eagerly, MAVIC CHEN seizes the fake Core then, quickly shielding his eyes, opens it and peers inside. The fierce glow that comes from the interior satisfies the Guardian.) MAVIC CHEN: (Triumphantly.) This is it! The Core of the Time Destructor! (The DALEK SUPREME swings towards his troops.) DALEK SUPREME: Exterminate him! (All the DALEKS f*re at STEVEN. To MAVIC CHEN'S and the DALEK SUPREME'S amazement, STEVEN continues to walk stiffly into the TARDIS, which immediately starts to dematerialise from Kembel..) DALEK SUPREME: (In amazement.) The ray g*n did not take effect! DALEK: All were operated at full power. DALEK SUPREME: No human being can withstand their f*re. (CHEN is impatient and triumphant as he holds the core...) MAVIC CHEN: What happened is unimportant! We have the Taranium! The invasion can go ahead! (Shouts.) The universe will be ours! 25: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The central column is moving up and down. SARA checks on STEVEN as he sits in a chair.) SARA KINGDOM: Are you sure you're all right? (STEVEN shakes his dazed head.) STEVEN: Yes, more or less. DOCTOR: The Dalek g*n must have destroyed that force field completely. It's a good thing they didn't f*re a second time. STEVEN: (Laughs gently.) I don't really know what happened. SARA KINGDOM: You were enclosed in a field of gravity force and reliance power. DOCTOR: You had a shield round, you know, similar to the one that protects the TARDIS. Oh, that reminds me. Where is that genuine Taranium, hmm? SARA KINGDOM: Oh, over here. (SARA goes to fetch it.) STEVEN: Well, it's a pity I blanked out. I mean, if we knew the ratio readings, we could use the same force again, to protect us from the Daleks. DOCTOR: (Crossly.) Certainly not! What you did was very dangerous and extremely stupid. STEVEN: Oh, come off it. It worked. DOCTOR: (Furious.) One more 'experiment' like that, and you really will be d*ad. STEVEN: Oh, nonsense... DOCTOR: (Nearly shouting.) Now, now, now, you listen to me, young man. I warned you it was dangerous before you tried it. You might have k*lled yourself...and blown up the spaceship. Then where would we all be, mm? STEVEN: Well, I know where I'd be, I don't know about you. DOCTOR: Now, now, now, now, don't be cheeky! STEVEN: (Interrupts.) Look, if it haven't been for me, how would you have charged the Taranium, and carried out the handover? I think we should experiment further. DOCTOR: I don't care what you think, we're not going to repeat it. Why do you think science turned down your discovery, hmm? (Shouts.) Because it isn't safe! So perhaps in future you'll pay attention to what I say and remember that I happen to be the leader of this 'expedition' and I don't want to keep on repeating myself. STEVEN: (Pleading.) But Doctor... DOCTOR: Never mind the buts! If you don't like it, you can get off! Mmm? Hmm! STEVEN: All right, Doctor, I promise that I won't experiment with it any further. DOCTOR: (Calming down.) I hope not. (SARA, meanwhile, has been watching the unfamiliar time column which is slowly coming to rest.) SARA KINGDOM: Something's gone wrong. DOCTOR: What's the matter, hm? SARA KINGDOM: It's stopped going up and down. STEVEN: Oh, that means that we've landed. (The DOCTOR presses the scanner switch but the picture is blank.) DOCTOR: Oh! (Tuts.) That scanner's not working. SARA KINGDOM: Can you mend it? DOCTOR: Yes, I shall have to repair it, of course, yes, yes, but that means... STEVEN: Let's get... DOCTOR: ...checking up on the whole circuit. STEVEN: Let's get on with it. (He puts his hand on the door control lever.) DOCTOR: Dah, dah, dah, dah! Don't you dare touch that. STEVEN: Why not? DOCTOR: Well, just look at those dials, look! (He points at the dials on the console.) DOCTOR: Look here, Sara. (SARA joins them.) DOCTOR: Do you see those dials? Now, do you know what that means? If either of you went outside, it would be extremely dangerous. The whole atmosphere is entirely poisonous!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x15 - Coronas of the Sun"}
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The Feast of Steven Written by Terry Nation Original Air Date: December, 1965 6:35pm - 7:00pm 1: EXT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM SARA: Something's gone wrong. DOCTOR: What's the matter, my dear, hmm? SARA: It's stopped going up and down. STEVEN: That's alright. It means we've landed. (The DOCTOR presses the scanner switch but the picture is blank.) DOCTOR: (Tuts.) Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear! Yes, that scanner's not working. (Laughs.) SARA: Can you mend it? DOCTOR: Yes, can repair it, of course, but it means checking the whole circuit. STEVEN: Right, let's get started. (He puts his hand on the door control lever.) DOCTOR: Dah, dah, dah, dah! Don't you dare touch anything! STEVEN: Why not? DOCTOR: Well, just look at those dials, my dear boy. (He points at the dials on the console.) DOCTOR: Sara? (SARA joins them.) DOCTOR: Look at those dials? Now, you know what that means? If either of you went outside, it would be extremely dangerous. The whole atmosphere is poisonous! 2: EXT. STATION YARD (NIGHT) (A SERGEANT comes out of the back door of a Police Station and stretches himself in the cold brick-lined yard. Snow lies on the ground.) THE FEAST OF STEVEN (His attention is suddenly caught...) STATION SERGEANT: What in the name of...? (...when he sees the shape of a new Police Box located just inside the gates to the yard.) Written by TERRY NATION STATION SERGEANT: Who put that there? (The SERGEANT speaks in a Liverpudlian accent. Two POLICEMEN, in their car, are singing simultaneously as they pull up into the yard.) POLICEMEN: (Singing.) "When a poor man came in sight, gathering winter fu-el!" (Then they laugh together. They are also Liverpudlians. The FIRST POLICEMAN is more portly than his colleague.) FIRST POLICEMAN: Here, I reckon we'd charm the birds of the trees! SECOND POLICEMAN: I'd settle for some from the coffee bars. FIRST POLICEMAN: Here, what about 'While Shepherds Watch'? Do you think they'd appreciate that? SECOND POLICEMAN: Hey, no, here's the Sergeant. Come on. FIRST POLICEMAN: Oh... (The POLICEMEN get out of their car and greet the STATION SERGEANT.) SECOND POLICEMAN: Hello, Sergeant, what you doing out here? STATION SERGEANT: Here, come and have a look at this. (He leads the two POLICEMEN towards the new box.) SECOND POLICEMAN: Well! Where did that come from? STATION SERGEANT: You tell me. FIRST POLICEMAN: (Cheerily.) Oh, perhaps somebody sent it to the Inspector as a Christmas box! (The SERGEANT is not amused by this flippancy.) STATION SERGEANT: And perhaps you'll both just stay out here and watch it? SECOND POLICEMAN: Why? Do you think it's gonna to fly away? STATION SERGEANT: Just you stay there and keep an eye on it - right? (The SERGEANT goes back inside the station, leaving two disgruntled officers behind...) 3: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR is preparing to leave the TARDIS, much to STEVEN'S annoyance...) STEVEN: And just why, if it isn't safe for us, is it safe for you? DOCTOR: Will neither of you understand? SARA: For heaven's sake, let's go and fix the scanner! DOCTOR: No! Where you come from, in both places, the air is pure. Outside there is the worst kind of pollution I've met in years! STEVEN: Right then, you shouldn't go out there either. DOCTOR: Oh, my dear boy, I'm used to all sorts of atmospheres. It won't affect me. I shall have to go out and do the repairing myself. SARA: But suppose something happens to you? DOCTOR: Then, and only then, can you come out. But you must be very, very careful because... STEVEN: (Interrupts.) And just how are we supposed to know that something has happened to you? DOCTOR: My dear young man, just give me a few minutes and, if all is well, I shall be back inside again to tell you. (He chuckles.) STEVEN: And if not, we come out and find you? I seem to have been through all this before! DOCTOR: (Annoyed.) Now, look here, my boy - you will do as you're told! (STEVEN sighs and gives up.) DOCTOR: Now, you just open the doors...and remember to close them after I've gone. STEVEN: (Sarcastically.) Yes, sir! (The DOCTOR walks towards the doors.) 4: EXT. STATION YARD (NIGHT) (In the street outside, a group of children can be heard singing the Christmas carol "The First Noel". The DOCTOR pokes his head out of the TARDIS door and sees the POLICEMEN looking bored with their new duty. The FIRST POLICEMAN turns, sees him and automatically politely intones...) FIRST POLICEMAN: Good evening. DOCTOR: Good evening. (The FIRST POLICEMAN, startled, suddenly realises that the DOCTOR came from inside the box.) FIRST POLICEMAN: Hey, you! (The DOCTOR ducks back into the TARDIS and closes the door.) FIRST POLICEMAN: Uh?! (The SECOND POLICEMAN runs over to his friend a short distance away.) SECOND POLICEMAN: What's up? FIRST POLICEMAN: See that? SECOND POLICEMAN: See what? (The FIRST POLICEMAN, somewhat flustered, points at the TARDIS door.) FIRST POLICEMAN: That then! SECOND POLICEMAN: What when? FIRST POLICEMAN: That door! SECOND POLICEMAN: That door? FIRST POLICEMAN: It opened! SECOND POLICEMAN: Did it? FIRST POLICEMAN: There's a bloke in there. SECOND POLICEMAN: (Unconvinced.) Oh, aye. FIRST POLICEMAN: That bloke with a...with...with long white hair. I just saw him! SECOND POLICEMAN: Did ya? FIRST POLICEMAN: Aye. (The SECOND POLICEMAN goes up to the door and tries to open it.) SECOND POLICEMAN: It's locked. FIRST POLICEMAN: But, I've just saw him! SECOND POLICEMAN: (Unconvinced.) Oh, aye! 5: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR is explaining to SARA what he saw...) DOCTOR: No - police. P...O...L...I...C...E. SARA: Oh, I see. We've landed on your own planet. DOCTOR: Oh, nonsense child. We're back on Earth. SARA: (Puzzled.) But...that's what's written outside the TARDIS? (The DOCTOR laughs in amusement.) SARA: "Po-lice" DOCTOR: Never mind, never mind! I shall have to go outside and try and distract them. Meanwhile, you can stay here for a while, then come out and do the scanner. STEVEN: Yes, but, you said the air out there was so bad, that if we came out... DOCTOR: (Interrupts.) Never mind what I said, my dear boy - do as you're told. Now open the doors and remember to open them and shut them after I've gone! (As the DOCTOR heads for the doors again, STEVEN tries to keep his temper...) STEVEN: Yes, sir! 6: EXT. STATION YARD (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR peers out of the TARDIS, and as he exits, the two POLICEMEN grab him from either side of the TARDIS, behind which they had just been hiding.) DOCTOR: Hmm! SECOND POLICEMAN: It wouldn't be Father Christmas would it? FIRST POLICEMAN: All right, lad, it's a fair cop. DOCTOR: Hmm. 7: INT. POLICE STATION. FRONT DESK (NIGHT) (Inside the station, the STATION SERGEANT is back on duty at the front desk. Christmas decorations adorn the hall. The sound of a typewriter comes from the back office. A little middle-aged MAN dressed in a mackintosh is on the other side of the heavy counter and the SERGEANT deals with him...) STATION SERGEANT: Alright, what can I do for you? (The little MAN speaks in a nasal tone and a Lancashire accent.) MAN IN MACKINTOSH: I've got a complaint. STATION SERGEANT: Well, the doctor's just round the corner. MAN IN MACKINTOSH: No, no, no, no! I...I mean, I want to make a complaint. STATION SERGEANT: Oh, I see. (His pen poises over the pad on the counter.) STATION SERGEANT: Well, let's have your name then. (The little MAN leans forward and speaks in a dramatic and conspiratorial tone.) MAN IN MACKINTOSH: They keep moving me 'ouse. (The STATION SERGEANT looks up from his pad.) STATION SERGEANT: Moving your what? MAN IN MACKINTOSH: House! STATION SERGEANT: "They" keep moving your house? MAN IN MACKINTOSH: Yeah, me greenhouse. (Dramatically.) It's the revels. STATION SERGEANT: The revels? (The SECOND POLICEMEN walks in with the DOCTOR.) SECOND POLICEMAN: Anyone in C.I.D.? STATION SERGEANT: Aye, it's straight through. SECOND POLICEMAN: Good. (To the DOCTOR.) Come on. (He is about to lead the DOCTOR through but the old man stops and peers closely at the MAN IN MACKINTOSH.) DOCTOR: Haven't I seen your face before somewhere, hmm? MAN IN MACKINTOSH: Where? DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Yes, of course, I remember now, yes - the market place at Jaffa. (He laughs to himself. The POLICEMAN and the SERGEANT look at each other. The POLICEMAN leads the DOCTOR away.) MAN IN MACKINTOSH: (Puzzled.) Jaffa? (He turns back to the equally puzzled SERGEANT.) MAN IN MACKINTOSH: The young chap said I should come to see you it. STATION SERGEANT: Do what? MAN IN MACKINTOSH: About me greenhouse. (Dramatically.) It's the revels! 8: EXT. STATION YARD (NIGHT) (STEVEN peeks his head out of the TARDIS to see what is outside. He is about to head towards the police station when the FIRST POLICEMAN comes into view and himself stands between the TARDIS and the doorway to the station. STEVEN quickly ducks down behind the police car.) 9: INT. POLICE STATION. DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR'S OFFICE (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR is in the DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR'S office where the SECOND POLICEMAN has led him to be questioned. He stands to one side while the DOCTOR sits before the balding DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR who taps his pen on the table rhythmically in an effort to intimidate the suspect. The DOCTOR merely coughs.) DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: I've heard of a housing shortage, but I never knew it was so bad you'd have to spend Christmas in a Police Box. DOCTOR: (Surprised.) Oh, Christmas! Oh, is it? Of course, yes, yes, yes, yes! That accounts for the holly in the hall. (Laughs.) DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: You mean you didn't know? DOCTOR: Well, of course I didn't know! I travel about too much. DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: And why is that? DOCTOR: Well, a quest of knowledge, dear boy. I mean, you have a saying in this country, have you not, er... "travel broadens the mind"? DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: You mean you're not English? DOCTOR: No, good gracious no! DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: Scottish? DOCTOR: No. (Laughs.) DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: Are you Welsh, then? DOCTOR: Oh, you'll have to think in a far bigger way than that! Your ideas are too narrow, too small, too crippled! (Laughs.) DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: All right, all right. What are you then? DOCTOR: Well, I suppose you might say that I am a citizen of the universe...and a gentleman, to boot! SECOND POLICEMAN: He's having us on a bit, in't he, sir? DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: (With great patience, to the DOCTOR.) Now, look lad... 10: EXT. STATION YARD (NIGHT) (The FIRST POLICEMAN at last moves on and STEVEN is able to come out of hiding from behind the car. Unsure what to do, he looks in the police car and sees a spare tunic on the back seat. He looks round to make sure that he is not observed and opens the car door...) 11: INT. POLICE STATION. FRONT DESK (NIGHT) (At the front desk, the little MAN is still continuing with his story to the SERGEANT.) MAN IN MACKINTOSH: And now they've been and gone and moved it again. STATION SERGEANT: Oh, where to this time? MAN IN MACKINTOSH: I don't know. That's why I came to see you. The young chap I said... STATION SERGEANT: You're sure it's not out there along beside the...? (Suddenly, he catches sight of STEVEN as he enters the police station in his "borrowed" uniform.) STATION SERGEANT: Oh, here, just a minute. (STEVEN nervously approaches the counter.) STEVEN: Er, e...excuse me? STATION SERGEANT: Ah, you must be the new bloke from 'G' Division, come to help us out? STEVEN: I...I beg your pardon? STATION SERGEANT: I say you must be the new bloke from 'G' Division? STEVEN: Must I? Oh! Oh, yes. (STEVEN suddenly adopts a Liverpudlian accent.) STEVEN: Yes, that's right. Erm, yeah, I've, er, I've come about the old man. STATION SERGEANT: Old man? What old man? STEVEN: Well, he was brought in here a minute ago. STATION SERGEANT: Oh, he's with C.I.D. You'd better wait till they're finished with him. STEVEN: Ah, yeah, but I've got to get to him. STATION SERGEANT: Well, you'll have to wait, lad. He'll be out here again soon. Now wait over there. (He points to a bench which STEVEN sits on. The worried little MAN steps back up to the counter.) MAN IN MACKINTOSH: Now, what about my greenhouse? STATION SERGEANT: Oh, yes. Now where was this you said? MAN IN MACKINTOSH: Well, for a start, it's not in me garden... 12: INT. POLICE STATION. DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR'S OFFICE (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR'S interrogation continues...) DOCTOR: I don't think you really understand. That object in the yard out there isn't really a police box. DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: (Sarcastically.) No, no, of course it's not. It's the New Brighton ferry. DOCTOR: It is a machine for investigating Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. (Laughs.) (The INSPECTOR looks at the SECOND POLICEMAN and they step away from the DOCTOR and quietly converse...) SECOND POLICEMAN: He's a nutter. DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: He's straight from a funny-farm, if you ask me. (But the DOCTOR overhears them...) DOCTOR: Do I take it that you gentlemen are imputing that I am ment*lly deranged, mm? Mmm? Hmm! (After seeing this display of pique, the SECOND POLICEMAN whispers to the senior officer...) SECOND POLICEMAN: I told you - he's a nutter. DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: Is he the only bloke in the box? SECOND POLICEMAN: Well, how should I know? DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: Well didn't you check? There might be a whole army of the...them in there, living like gypsies in one of Her Majesty's police telephone boxes! SECOND POLICEMAN: And just how many people would you expect to come out of one box? 13: EXT. STATION YARD (NIGHT) (At that moment, SARA chooses to leave the TARDIS and looks around.) SARA: Where have they got to? (She looks up at the lamp on top of the police box wherein is contained the scanner eye. Suddenly, the FIRST POLICEMAN walks up to the strangely dressed young woman.) FIRST POLICEMAN: Hello, Hello. What are you doing hanging around here on Christmas Day? (The secret agent from the future is unperturbed by the POLICEMAN.) SARA: Nothing. FIRST POLICEMAN: Surprised to see a police box here, I suppose? (The sound of children singing "Good King Wenceslas" is heard from the street.) SARA: Oh, you think it's yours? FIRST POLICEMAN: Well, not mine exactly, but let's say it belongs to us, eh? Er, so why don't you leave it where it is and just move along, eh? SARA: I've got to fix it. FIRST POLICEMAN: Fix what? SARA: The scanner eye. FIRST POLICEMAN: The scanner eye? SARA: Yes. FIRST POLICEMAN: Oh, you do? SARA: Yes. FIRST POLICEMAN: Oh, well, we usually get the jokers around here at Christmas time, but we have to be lenient. So, er, just move along, eh? SARA: I can't. FIRST POLICEMAN: Oh yes, you can, young lady. That's enough of joking. I'm sure you're going to enjoy yourself at that party you're going to so why not go down there now? SARA: I'm not going to a party. (The POLICEMAN casts another look at SARA'S uniform.) FIRST POLICEMAN: Well, wherever you are going dressed up in them fancy clothes, you leave now and there won't be no trouble. SARA: I've got to stay here. FIRST POLICEMAN: Now you take my advice, young lady, and leave now. Otherwise, I might have to run you in for loitering or somethin' like that. I wouldn't like to have to do that. We've had a bit of, er, trouble like that already tonight. You see, er, we don't like people hanging around. But at Christmas time we have to be lenient, and we don't want to make it too difficult for you. SARA: But... (Tuts.) Oh, very well. (She heads for the exit from the yard. The POLICEMAN calls after her somewhat awkwardly.) FIRST POLICEMAN: Have a...have a...have a swinging time! (The Christmas carol singing in the background ends as the FIRST POLICEMAN watches SARA walk away.) FIRST POLICEMAN: Funny girl... (He goes inside the station and SARA comes back.) SARA: The idiots! They've obviously got themselves into some kind of trouble. 14: INT. POLICE STATION. FRONT DESK (NIGHT) (Still in his uniform, STEVEN nervously paces the front hall. The SERGEANT has at last got rid of the MAN IN MACKINTOSH and is writing on his pad. He looks up annoyed at STEVEN'S pacing.) STATION SERGEANT: Why won't you sit down, lad? You're making the place look untidy. (At that moment, the DOCTOR is escorted out of the DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR'S office into the front area. STEVEN rushes over to him.) STEVEN: (Quietly to the DOCTOR.) It's all right? DOCTOR: Of course, of course. And what are you doing here, hmm? (The DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR looks at STEVEN.) DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: Who are you? Do you know this man? (The DOCTOR coughs, possibly signaling STEVEN) STEVEN: Yes. Er... (He hastily adopts the Liverpudlian accent again...) STEVEN: I mean - aye. STATION SERGEANT: He's just the extra bloke from 'G' Division, sir. STEVEN: Er, yeah, it's...it's alright, er, I'll look after him. DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: Well, if you know him, perhaps you can tell us what he's doing in a police box? STEVEN: (Feigning surprise.) A what?! DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: That police box across the yard - he claims to live in it. STEVEN: Oh, no. (He speaks to the DOCTOR as if he is senile and needs reassurance...) STEVEN: Just a minute. It'll be all right, just a minute. (STEVEN crosses over to the DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR and speaks to him quietly aside.) STEVEN: No, er, it's alright. Er, you see he's a funny feller, but I know how to handle him. We're used to him down in 'G' Division. DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR: Very well. Well, get him out of here, and see that he steers clear of that police box. STEVEN: Right. I'll do that...sir. (He turns back to the DOCTOR.) STEVEN: Right, er, come on there, old man. DOCTOR: (Coughs.) I... (Coughs.) ...much of the old man, either. What's all this funny accent? STEVEN: Everybody else is doing it. SECOND POLICEMAN: I'll come with you and make sure you can manage. (Everyone starts to talk as the DOCTOR and STEVEN walk to the station door with the SECOND POLICEMAN.) STEVEN: It's alright, ... ! DOCTOR: ... ! SECOND POLICEMAN: I know ... ! (STEVEN makes a show of man-handling the DOCTOR who both protests and giggles as the desk phone rings.) 15: EXT. STATION YARD (NIGHT) (As they come out of the station, the SECOND POLICEMAN spots SARA as she finishes fixing the scanner eye.) SECOND POLICEMAN: Hey you! Hey you, what' you playing at? (STEVEN and the DOCTOR come out of the station talking at the same time...) STEVEN: Go into the TARDIS - now hurry! DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Oh. (As the DOCTOR rushes into the TARDIS and slams the door shut, the SECOND POLICEMAN grabs SARA not having noticed that the other "prisoner" has escaped.) SECOND POLICEMAN: (To STEVEN.) I don't know what it is about that police box, but first of all, the old bloke comes out of it - now I catch this lass climbing about on it. STEVEN: It's all right, miss... SARA: (Forcefully.) Please let me go! STEVEN: It's all right. I know her too. SECOND POLICEMAN: Aye, you seem to know all the q*eer people. Well, who is she? STEVEN: Well, she's a...she's a friend of the old man's. SECOND POLICEMAN: Ah... SARA: Let me go! (She elbows the SECOND POLICEMAN in the stomach and he falls to the ground.) SARA: Come on, Steven. (SARA and STEVEN run into the TARDIS and quickly get inside, slamming the doors behind them. The TARDIS dematerializes as the SECOND POLICEMAN recovers. His portly colleague comes back into the yard and sees him on the ground.) FIRST POLICEMAN: Hello, hello? What's up with you? (He suddenly notices the empty space in the yard as the SECOND POLICEMAN groans.) FIRST POLICEMAN: Here...here, it's gone! SECOND POLICEMAN: (Still groggy.) What? FIRST POLICEMAN: That telephone box - it's gone. (Puzzled.) Weren't it meant for us? 16: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (With the TARDIS in flight once more, STEVEN points out his new police tunic...) STEVEN: I found this jacket, so they thought I was one of their group. (To SARA.) And when you appeared on the scene they were completely mystified. DOCTOR: (To STEVEN.) Well, even I, dear boy, must admit that I enjoyed myself. (To SARA.) Did you fix the scanner, mm? SARA: I did - and no help from either of you. DOCTOR: Oh! STEVEN: At least it's working. DOCTOR: Have you checked it? SARA: Of course not. After that man grabbed me I didn't have a chance. DOCTOR: Never mind, never mind. Is the Taranium safe? STEVEN: Yes, over there. (He points across the room at the small metal canister as the DOCTOR clears his throat.) SARA: Oh, I'd forgotten about the Daleks. DOCTOR: Now, that's one thing you mustn't do, my dear. Remember they have the same type of machines and they can follow us. STEVEN: Yes, but they won't have found out about the switch yet. DOCTOR: No, I sincerely hope not. SARA: Well, while we have the Taranium their plan cannot work. DOCTOR: I don't think the Daleks will att*ck the Sos...the Solar System until they've checked their Time Destructor. STEVEN: Then what can we do? DOCTOR: Well, I think we might, perhaps, be able to destroy the Taranium before they catch us up. (SARA sees that the central column has stopped moving.) SARA: I think we've stopped again. DOCTOR: Yes, we might, er, we might still be on Earth. Wait a minute. (The DOCTOR checks the TARDIS console.) DOCTOR: Oh, no, the atmosphere has...improved considerably. Yes, let's have a look at the scanner. It might tell us something. (The DOCTOR flips the switch revealing on the scanner screen only dark shapes. Suddenly, a scream pierces the calm...) DOCTOR: The door! 17: INT. BARN (A woman with blond ringlets in a pale frilly dress and with her hands tied is being dragged through an old logging and saw mill barn towards a bench-top circular saw by a moustached man who wears a bowler hat. The woman, BLOSSOM LEFAVRE screams as the moustached man, DARCY TRANTON taunts her. Piano music fills the air.) BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: (Screaming) Oh, No! No! No! DARCY TRANTON: This saw will take care of you, and then my secret will be safe forever. Ha, ha, ha, ha! BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: (Screaming) Oh! No! Help me! Somebody help me, please! Oh! DARCY TRANTON: Your cries cannot be heard! The saw-mill is miles from anywhere! (TRANTON shouts more thr*at and laughs as STEVEN and SARA rush into the room.) BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: (Screaming) No! STEVEN: (To the moustached man) What are you doing? (STEVEN runs over and punches TRANTON in the eye and SARA starts to loosen the woman's ropes.) BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: Oh! Somebody! Oh! Stop! (Suddenly...) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (Shouts.) Cut! BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: Oh, no, no, no, no! (The music stops and STEINBERGER P. GREEN gets out of his director's chair and walks onto the set of the saw mill within the silent-film studio. He stands before the spotlights and turns to the assembled stagehands as STEVEN and SARA look on in shock.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Stop! Stop! Who let those bums in here? (BLOSSOM LEFAVRE'S screams of terror turn to screams of rage and despair as she shrieks out in a New Jersey accent...) BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: (Shrieks.) Steinberger! They've ruined my scene! Oh! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (Shouts.) It's that guy – DeMille! BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: (Shouts.) What are you gonna do about it?! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (Shouts.) He's trying to sabotage me! (As LEFAVRE cries like a spoilt child, the portly moustached STEINBERGER P. GREEN points at STEVEN and SARA and yells...) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (Shouts.) Get those bums outta here! (The studio is full of noise as the actress continues to cry and the film crew closes in on STEVEN and SARA from the set. To escape the mayhem, STEVEN punches at some of the men closing in on them and SARA uses her combat skills on the others before they can be detained. The two rush off leaving chaos behind them. Mascara tears pouring down her face, LEFAVRE continues her tantrum but STEINBERGER P. GREEN has been utterly amazed by the fighting skills of the two escaping people and his attitude towards them is transformed.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (To STEVEN and SARA) What are you doing?! Come back here! (He turns to the people on the set.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Did you see those two? BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: (Crying.) Steinberger, get back ... my scene! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Wait! BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: (Crying.) What are you gonna do?! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: I want them back here! BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: (Crying.) Oh, Steinberger, what are you going to do about it?! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Pipe down now! There's no camera running now! Save it for the later take. (Somewhat brushed off, LEFAVRE continues to cry as DARCY TRANTON walks forward holding his injured eye.) DARCY TRANTON: Steinberger, look at my eye! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (To his assistant.) Hey you! DARCY TRANTON: Look what they've done to my eye! (GREEN'S assistant comes over.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (Shouts.) I want those two back here. DARCY TRANTON: Am I, or am I not, the star of this picture? STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (Shouts.) He's great! Bigger than Fairbanks! (The assistant doesn't move as TRANTON continues to whine.) DARCY TRANTON: Look what they've done to my eye. STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (To the assistant.) Well, don't just stand there... DARCY TRANTON: Look at my eye! Look at my eye! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (Shouts.) ...go get them! (The assistant runs off.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Oh! 18: CAPTION (The screen is filled with a full-screen caption, written in the style of old fashioned silent films. Accompanied by piano cliffhanger-esque music, it reads...) 19: INT. STUDIO. PASSAGE (STEVEN has got lost from SARA. He runs down a passage in the studio building and into the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Where's Sara? STEVEN: Oh, I must've lost her. Where are we? (The DOCTOR spots a door in the passage marked "Wardrobe".) DOCTOR: In here - quick! STEVEN: Oh, oh. (A man who looks like Charlie Chaplin walks past them as STEVEN and the DOCTOR duck into the studio wardrobe room to hide.) 20: CAPTION (Accompanied by Middle Eastern sounding piano music, it reads...) 21: INT. SHEIK'S TENT SET (An ARAB SHEIK addresses a scantily clad female, the VAMP lounging on a chaise.) ARAB SHEIK: (In an English accent.) ...and then I will come to you on my camel, and sweep you away across the desert! (The director of this film, INGMAR KNOPF suddenly shouts out in a Scandinavian accent...) INGMAR KNOPF: No! No! Terrible! (KNOPF strides forward to remonstrate with the actor as the CAMERAMAN turns to the crew...) CAMERAMAN: Okay, Harry. Cut down at twenty-three... (His other words are drowned out as KNOPF continues the stage instructions...) INGMAR KNOPF: You've got to give it more feeling. She's not a sack of potatoes. VAMP: (In a Germanic accent.) No. He is de sack of potatoes. Vere did you find him - on a rubbish dump? ARAB SHEIK: I resent that! (As the crew starts to shout instructions and responses at each other, STEINBERGER P. GREEN rushes onto the set with some of his men and up to KNOPF.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Iggy! Iggy! Did you see them? INGMAR KNOPF: Who? Who? STEINBERGER P. GREEN: A guy and a gal. (Enthusiastically.) They just b*at the living daylights out of my camera crew. It was great! INGMAR KNOPF: (Imperiously.) Perhaps you like your film interrupted, but I do not. Please do not interrupt me when I am creating. (The American CAMERAMAN walks forward.) CAMERAMAN: Ah, Mr. Ke-noff? Mr. Ke-noff? (He pronounces the name "Ke-noff". The director bristles with anger and corrects him, pronouncing the name "Ke-nerve"...) INGMAR KNOPF: Knopf! Ingmar Knopf! CAMERAMAN: Mr. Knopf. Ah, Professor Webster is here, sir. INGMAR KNOPF: Ah, good! Send him to me at once. I need him in this next scene. CAMERAMAN: Yes sir. INGMAR KNOPF: Very good. (He walks off to fetch the new arrival. There is much more busy conversation noise in the studio as GREEN continues to wax lyrical about his new "finds" to KNOPF...) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: You should have seen him! He was great! Bigger than Fairbanks! I've got to find a name for him! Something suave! INGMAR KNOPF: Please, look, please do whatever you like, but leave me alone! Get off my set! I'm trying to make a film! (He tries to hustle GREEN away but he only starts to argue with his own men. KNOPF starts to mutter instructions to an assistant but suddenly catches SARA sneaking around the back of the set and shouts out to his arguing crew...) INGMAR KNOPF: Who is this girl? If she's one of the harem, why is she wearing that peculiar clothing? STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (To his men.) I don't know. You stupid... INGMAR KNOPF: Tell her to get them off! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (To his men.) Oh, shut up! INGMAR KNOPF: ... ! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (To his men.) Alright, alright. (Some of the crew advance on SARA who backs off...) 22: CAPTION (Accompanied by dramatic piano music, it reads...) 23: INT. STUDIO PASSAGE (The DOCTOR and STEVEN emerge from the wardrobe room and back into the passage.) DOCTOR: No, I must find Sara. STEVEN: You think she's still in this place? DOCTOR: I'll try up there first - you wait here. (The DOCTOR walks off looking for SARA. A moment later, the ASSISTANT DIRECTOR walks up to STEVEN and spots his police uniform.) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Oh, there you are! Everybody's waiting. (He starts to pull at STEVEN.) STEVEN: No. Not... ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Now don't argue! Come on! (He places a truncheon into STEVEN'S hand.) STEVEN: No. You...You're making a terrible mistake. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: We're looking and there you are. (He carries on pulling STEVEN down the passageway.) STEVEN: I'm... I'm not who... (Shouts.) Doctor! No. No, please. This is quite ridiculous. I...I have nothing to do with your film... (He manages to pull away from the DIRECTOR and runs off down the passageway. Two actors dressed as Keystone Kops pursue him and drag him back by the feet and shoulders...) STEVEN: (Shouts.) Put...put me down! Put me down!! I have never ... ! (They take him down the passageway. After a moment, the sound of a rickety old car and its horn starts up as the car moves off. Another moment later and the passageway reverberates to the sound of an almighty crash. Soon, a battered and dusty STEVEN runs away from the set and makes his escape. He is followed a moment later by the ASSISTANT DIRECTOR...) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Now where's he got to? We need him to do that scene again. 24: CAPTION (Accompanied by Middle Eastern-styled piano music, it reads...) 25: INT. SHEIK'S TENT SET (The dreadful ARAB SHEIK actor is rehearsing his line, constantly changing his stressing of the words...) ARAB SHEIK: "And then I will come to you..." "And then I will come to you." "And then I will come to you...on my camel and I will sweep you away across the desert!" INGMAR KNOPF: All right. All right. (More crew members start talking on the set.) INGMAR KNOPF: (To the ARAB SHEIK) Professor Webster isn't here yet, so please don't exhaust your capabilities. ARAB SHEIK: (Indignantly.) Now look here, Mister Ke-noff! INGMAR KNOPF: (Correcting his pronunciation) Knopf. Ingmar Knopf. ARAB SHEIK: Ke-nerve! You can't talk to me like that. I am an actor! VAMP: What! He is not an actor. You are a cheap pig! ARAB SHEIK: Get lost, Fraulein! (The studio starts to prepare for the sh*t.) STAGEHAND: (OOV.) Hey did you find your sword? STAGEHAND: (OOV.) No, I didn't, Mike... STAGEHAND: (OOV.) I... STAGEHAND: (OOV.) All right. All right. STAGEHAND: (OOV.) Saw it a little... STAGEHAND: (OOV.) ...saw it just down here. (The DOCTOR suddenly walks into the studio. His elderly appearance immediately causes KNOPF to mistake his identity...) INGMAR KNOPF: Professor Webster! Where have you been all this time? DOCTOR: Hmm? INGMAR KNOPF: We've been waiting for you. As our expert on Arabian customs we need your help. DOCTOR: Certainly, certainly! My help! Oh, I shall be delighted! Yes! (He declaims a line of Arabic.) INGMAR KNOPF: How very good, Professor! DOCTOR: Doctor, please! INGMAR KNOPF: Oh, Doctor! (He shows the DOCTOR round the set as the crew shouts more instructions behind them...) CAMERAMAN: (OOV.) Scene twenty-three - we'll fix it up for you. INGMAR KNOPF: This is...an...a rich Sheik's tent. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, and who's this? (The DOCTOR points to the scantily-clad VAMP.) INGMAR KNOPF: She's an Arabian princess. DOCTOR: Nonsense! You put some more clothes on, child. Go along. (Leaving an aghast VAMP behind, he walks towards a prop wooden chest.) DOCTOR: And what's all this? (He raps on the chest. It opens and SARA climbs out.) INGMAR KNOPF: (To SARA) What are you doing in there? Please, get out! You are in the next scene. A harem scene, please! DOCTOR: (To SARA as he grabs her.) Come on - to the wardrobe! (They run off.) INGMAR KNOPF: (To the DOCTOR) But Dr. Webster! Where are you going? 26: CAPTION (Accompanied by dramatic piano music, it reads...) 27: INT. STUDIO PASSAGE (STEVEN comes back out of the wardrobe room having divested himself of his police tunic. Suddenly, he meets the DOCTOR and an icily annoyed SARA as they head along the passage.) STEVEN: Sara, where have you been? SARA: I don't know. But a strange man kept telling me to take my clothes off! DOCTOR: Now, come along. We must go back to the TARDIS. This is a madhouse. It's all full of Arabs! Come along. 28: CAPTION (Accompanied by mellow piano music, it reads...) 29: INT. BARN SET (On the set near where the TARDIS landed, there is still a lot of commotion. The crew who were earlier att*cked shout among themselves whilst BLOSSOM LEFAVRE cries to GREEN as he tries to console her, needing her to complete the scene...) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Sure, baby, sure. I know it was a bit of a shock. BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: You're tryna get ridda me! You don't want me as your star any more! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Of course I do, baby. You're great! (He turns from comforting her to yell at one of his assistants – Charlie.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Okay, Charlie, what about those props?! (He turns back to a sobbing BLOSSOM LEFAVRE and turns the oily charm back on...) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: I told you I don't want those kids for your kind of a picture. BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: But, you said you were going to make him bigger than Fairbanks. I suppose you're going to make her bigger than Pickford! (GREEN shouts at Charlie once more...) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: No, Charlie. I mean props! (BLOSSOM LEFAVRE starts to cry at being ignored and GREEN turns back to her.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: No, honey, no. She's not that kind of a girl. You're the one I'm gonna make great. (Pleading.) Now look, you're gonna...you're gonna take one more take, huh. Please? BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: Oh, all right. But this'll be the last time. STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Sure, sure. (He turns to his crew.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (Shouts.) Quiet everybody. Set up for a take! (Someone blows a whistle in the background.) FIRST STAGEHAND: (OOV.) Set up for a take! SECOND STAGEHAND: (OOV.) Set up for a take! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Makeup! STAGEHAND: (OOV.) Makeup! (Suddenly, GREEN hears and then sees the DOCTOR, STEVEN and SARA trying to return to the back of the barn set.) SARA: __! STEVEN: I've already told you ... ! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Stop! Stop those two! (Seeing that they are still wanted, SARA and STEVEN run off as GREEN and the stagehands follow them.) STAGEHAND: Hey, you two! Come back here! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Stop those two! (LEFAVRE is once more outraged at being ignored.) BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: No! No, no, no, no! Oh! (She gives up protesting and joins in the pursuit.) 30: CAPTION (Accompanied by piano chase music, and the sounds of the chase, it reads...) 31: INT. BACK OF THE BARN SET (Various studio people chase SARA and STEVEN through the Hollywood studio. The whole scene is a slapstick chase to cries of "Stop those two" and "Stop 'em!" that includes Keystone cops, a cowboy, a saloon bar girl, and even Charlie Chaplin.) STEVEN: Come on, Sara! STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Stop those two! (The DOCTOR has made it back to the TARDIS at the back of the set where he finds a dejected man in checked suit, striped tie and bowler hat sat on the threshold. They watch as STEVEN and SARA run past.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Stop those two! STAGEHAND: Stop those two! (The DOCTOR shouts after STEVEN and SARA.) DOCTOR: Come back, you two! CLOWN: Typical. When you're new around here, they chase you. But after a while - you're off. DOCTOR: What's that? CLOWN: All the time they want something new. New jokes? There aren't any. DOCTOR: Aren't there? Well, that's a joke in itself! (The CLOWN laughs at the DOCTOR'S remarks.) 32: INT. SHEIK'S TENT SET (STEVEN and SARA and their pursuers run through the Sheik's tent set, again interrupting the filming.) INGMAR KNOPF: What are you doing? Get them out of here! And will you please tell that girl to get changed? CAMERAMAN: Yeah, yeah, Mr. Knopf. (There are more shouts from the stagehands as the chase continues...) 33: CAPTION (Accompanied by the continued piano chase music, it reads...) 34: INT. BACK OF THE BARN SET (Over the hubbub of the noise of the chase, the DOCTOR and the CLOWN continue to talk.) CLOWN: Custard pies have been done by Chaplin, so I'm not allowed to. DOCTOR: Hmm, quite, quite. Now would you mind moving...? (He tries to get past the soulful little man and into the TARDIS.) CLOWN: Buckets of water, done by Chaplin. Banana skins... CLOWN & DOCTOR: (Together.) ...all done by Chaplin! DOCTOR: Hmm! Hmm! 35: INT. SHEIK'S TENT SET (The next sh*t is being set up on the Sheik's tent set with the two actors.) CAMERAMAN: Now we start in close, yeah, see? And then we'll dolly back down along there. (KNOPF runs up.) INGMAR KNOPF: Hey, where's Webster? CAMERAMAN: Wh...wh...what? INGMAR KNOPF: Webster. (Suddenly an out-of-breath GREEN runs back in.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Which way did they go? INGMAR KNOPF: What are you up to? Please, where's Webster? (The whistles of the Keystone cops are heard in the background as the conversation continues.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: They came through here! Where did they go? INGMAR KNOPF: Two fools rushed over there somewhere. (He points off in the direction STEVEN and SARA took.) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: Great! INGMAR KNOPF: Where's Webster? (He runs off after his quarry.) CAMERAMAN: Where's Webster?! 36: INT. BACK OF THE BARN SET CLOWN: They won't even let me do the wallpaper and paste routine. You know why? DOCTOR: Done by Chaplin? CLOWN: Yeah. DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Now, would you excuse me? (He tries once more to make it into the TARDIS but the CLOWN is on a roll...) CLOWN: I'll tell you something - that little Englishman has done everything. I think I'll give it up and take to singing. DOCTOR: Yes. CLOWN: But, who'd use a singer with a name like Bing Crosby? DOCTOR: Custard pies! Bing Crosby! Ha! (STEVEN and SARA run up to them with GREEN and the others close behind.) STEVEN: Doctor! (The DOCTOR, STEVEN and SARA dash into the TARDIS and dematerialise as everyone pursuing them from the Hollywood studio, including KNOPF, rushes back onto the old mill set talking and yelling. They all stop talking and look at the emptying space in stunned silence. The unusual quiet is broken as BLOSSOM LEFAVRE, oblivious to anything but her own needs, runs up to GREEN.) BLOSSOM LEFAVRE: Steinberger, just when are we gonna do my scene, huh? (There is lots of talking and confusion on the set as GREEN finds his voice...) STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (Shouts.) What great trick! They just disappeared! INGMAR KNOPF: (Shouts.) Where are we gonna find Professor Webster? Where's Webster? STEINBERGER P. GREEN: (Shouts.) I wanna use it! ... ! How's it done?! (The film-crew and stagehands yell about the disappearance of the TARDIS crew as KNOPF, having seen the DOCTOR disappear into the vanished box, shouts too...) INGMAR KNOPF: (Shouts.) Come back! Come back, Webster! Come back! (A little man in thick pebble glasses taps KNOPF on the shoulder.) PROF. WEBSTER: Excuse me. INGMAR KNOPF: What do you want? Can't you see I'm busy? PROF. WEBSTER: I'm Professor Webster. (All the crewmembers on the whole set go quiet.) INGMAR KNOPF: Who - you? PROF. WEBSTER: Yes, Professor Webster. INGMAR KNOPF: (Shouts.) Darling! (He hugs the astonished little man.) 37: CAPTION (Accompanied by soulful piano music, it reads...) 38: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Within the TARDIS, STEVEN and SARA recover from their strange ordeal.) SARA: Whatever was that place? STEVEN: (Breathless.) Oh, I've no idea. I'm glad we got away. SARA: What were they doing? STEVEN: Your guess is as good as mine. Let's hope we never land there again. SARA: Oh. (The DOCTOR walks in bearing a tray with champagne and three glasses.) DOCTOR: Here we are. STEVEN: What's this? DOCTOR: Well, we so rarely get a chance to celebrate, but this time...we must. (STEVEN and SARA take a glass.) SARA: Celebrate? DOCTOR: Yes. It's Christmas. (The DOCTOR takes his own glass.) STEVEN: Is it? DOCTOR: Don't you remember? The police station – Christmas? STEVEN: So it was, yes. DOCTOR: Here's a toast - a Happy Christmas to all of us. (He takes a sip.) SARA: Oh. STEVEN: Same to you, Doctor, Sara. (The DOCTOR turns away.) DOCTOR: Incidentally... (STEVEN and SARA clink their glasses.) STEVEN AND SARA: Hey! DOCTOR: ...a happy Christmas to all of you at home! (The DOCTOR turns back to his companions and they drink their champagne.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x16 - The Feast of Steven"}
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Volcano Written by Dennis Spooner (Based on an idea by Terry Nation) Original Air Date: 1 January, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1. DALEK BASE, THE PLANET KEMBEL DALEK 1: Inform the Dalek Supreme that the Time Destructor is ready for testing. DALEK 2: Are all circuits operational? DALEK 1: Yes, the Taranium core has been fitted. 2. DALEK CONTROL ROOM - KEMBEL (Three members of the Dalek Alliance, Mavic Chen, Celation and Trantis, are discussing recent events.) CELATION: (To Chen.) Having had your contribution to this great w*apon stolen, it must be a relief to you now that the Daleks have managed to recover it. MAVIC CHEN: Without my help, it is unlikely that they'd have got it back. TRANTIS: At least that absurd story that it was my people from Trantis who stole the Taranium has been discredited. CELATION: Yes; they were from Earth, I believe. MAVIC CHEN: Only two of them: and they are under the influence of some creature from another galaxy. TRANTIS: He looked like an Earth creature. MAVIC CHEN: That's only a disguise. The Daleks know of him. He is some kind of time and space traveller. CELATION: Then he is nothing to do with me. We have not yet conquered the dimension of time. MAVIC CHEN: I hear your experiments in that field are progressing, Trantis. TRANTIS: We have not yet succeeded. Only the Daleks know how to break the time barrier. CELATION: And this other creature, from wherever he comes? MAVIC CHEN: Oh he's of no importance now. After all, we're here to witness the testing of the Time Destructor, are we not? (On the other side of the room, the Dalek Supreme receives a report.) DALEK SUPREME: All is ready? DALEK: It is. DALEK SUPREME: Program it for testing. DALEK: All that is needed is a subject. DALEK SUPREME: The subject has been selected. (The Dalek Supreme's eye-stick swivels and focuses on Trantis.) 3. INSIDE THE TARDIS (One of the TARDIS instruments is registering. The Doctor, Steven and Sara are studying it.) SARA: What do you mean, you don't know? THE DOCTOR: My dear, this machine can only tell us we're being followed. Not who by. STEVEN: It must be the Daleks. THE DOCTOR: Yes, a hasty conclusion, but possibly right. Although I don't understand how they could have tested that Taranium so quickly. SARA: We must get back to the planet Kembel. THE DOCTOR: Oh, nonsense, my dear. SARA: We must. We've got to destroy the Daleks' invasion fleet. 4. THE TESTING ROOM - THE DALEK BASE ON KEMBEL (Trantis has been secured in position for the test of the Time Destructor. Mavic Chen and Celation are discussing him.) CELATION: I wonder why they chose him. MAVIC CHEN: It was his own choice really. CELATION: What do you mean? MAVIC CHEN: He was so eager to make a contribution to the Time Destructor that they've let him make one. His life. DALEK SUPREME: Prepare to activate the Time Destructor. DALEK: Are the other two creatures to be present at the destruction?` DALEK SUPREME: Yes, their greed for power is so great that they can be trusted. Activate the machine. DALEK: I obey. (The Dalek activates the Time Destructor. The device immediately begins to pulse with light. Trantis cowers away in fear.) MAVIC CHEN: So, that's what's supposed to happen. A kind of abject insanity. CELATION: I do not know, though I always thought Trantis was a little unstable anyway. (The machine continues to operate but appears to have no effect on Trantis. The delegates watch with concern.) MAVIC CHEN: Nothing's happening to him. CELATION: The Time Destructor does not work. MAVIC CHEN: But that's impossible. It must work. It must. DALEK SUPREME: The destructor is having no effect. DALEK: The mechanism is functioning perfectly. (The Dalek checks the controls of the machine.) DALEK: The fault is in the Taranium. (The Dalek Supreme moves to Mavic Chen.) DALEK SUPREME: The Taranium core has failed. MAVIC CHEN: It can't be true; there must be some mistake. DALEK SUPREME: The Daleks do not make mistakes. You have lied to us, you have not given us the Taranium. MAVIC CHEN: Why should I lie? I can only benefit from my alliance with you. I brought you Taranium, the real Taranium. DALEK SUPREME: The core is worthless. MAVIC CHEN: No, no it can't be. It came from Uranus, I know it did. DALEK SUPREME: We fitted the core you gave us. It has failed to activate the Time Destructor, therefore it is not Taranium. MAVIC CHEN: It was the old man, that time-traveller. CELATION: What? MAVIC CHEN: He must have changed it. CELATION: But it was you who said that what he gave you was the Taranium core. MAVIC CHEN: I know, but I didn't check. How could I? The old man fooled us. The Daleks should have checked before they fitted it - before they let the old man go. DALEK SUPREME: Report to Skaro. They must send a time machine to us immediately. DALEK: I obey. DALEK SUPREME: You will both wait here. CELATION: But this is nothing to do with me. I was invited as an observer. DALEK SUPREME: Very well, you can return to your section. You, Mavic Chen, will wait here for the arrival of the time machine. MAVIC CHEN: Yes. DALEK: What about the subject? DALEK SUPREME: The subject? (Pauses to think.) Exterminate him. (Trantis is exterminated.) 5. INSIDE THE TARDIS (Steven is studying the time curve indicator.) STEVEN: It's still following us. THE DOCTOR: Yes, yes. SARA: When are we going to land? THE DOCTOR: Pretty soon, my dear, pretty soon. SARA: And I thought you knew what you were doing. THE DOCTOR: I know full well what I'm doing, child, now don't get so excited. STEVEN: They're getting closer, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Hmm, yes, I see. Yes, I must do something drastic. (The Doctor moves to the controls and operates a switch.) SARA: What are you doing? THE DOCTOR: Landing, my dear. That's what you wanted, wasn't it? 6. LORDS CRICKET GROUND (In the radio commentary box, two commentators, Trevor and Scott, are watching England play a test match against Australia.) TREVOR: Well, the English batsmen are really fighting against the clock now, Scott. SCOTT: My word, yes. Seventy eight runs in forty five minutes to win. TREVOR: It really has been an exciting game, hasn't it, Scott? SCOTT: Very exciting. TREVOR: Well, let's have a look at the scoreboard, shall we? (The TARDIS materialises on the outfield.) TREVOR: Now, you'll see... Goodness me, take a look at that, Scott. SCOTT: Take a look at what, Trev? TREVOR: There's a Police Telephone Box on the pitch. SCOTT: My word, yes. TREVOR: Well this really is extraordinary. You don't remember anything like this happening before, do you, Scott? SCOTT: No. (Pauses to think.) No. TREVOR: (Looks behind him to where a researcher is hastily poring over cricketing manuals.) Well, anyway, Ross is looking through the record books and if there has been anything like it before, I'm sure he'll find it for us. SCOTT: You know, Trev, this puts a new light on the game. TREVOR: What light's that, Scott? SCOTT: Well, I know your ground staff are excellent, but even assuming they get rid of it in say, ten minutes, England will still have to get their seventy eight runs in... thirty-five minutes. TREVOR: Yes; yes well I think we can safely say this has been a very bad break for England. SCOTT: A very bad break. Especially as the weather's been holding off so well. TREVOR: Yes it has, hasn't it. Been holding off remarkably well. Well, let's have another look at the scoreboard shall we, although not very much has been happening these last few... SCOTT: It's making a funny noise. TREVOR: What's that, Scott? SCOTT: A funny noise coming from the Police Box. (The TARDIS dematerialises.) SCOTT: It's gone again, Trev. TREVOR: Yes, so it has. Well that wasn't too bad was it, Scott? SCOTT: Two and a half minutes, I make it, Trev. TREVOR: Yes, well there's the position. England wanting seventy eight runs in forty two and a half minutes to win. 7. INSIDE THE TARDIS THE DOCTOR: Yes, it's definitely some sporting occasion. SARA: Oh, I hardly think so, Doctor. STEVEN: Was it on Earth, do you think? THE DOCTOR: Oh, possibly, my dear fellow, possibly. (Steven looks at the time curve indicator.) STEVEN: Yes, well, wherever it was, there's still someone on our tail. Hey, look at this. (All three study the time curve indicator.) THE DOCTOR: Yes, my plan hasn't worked. It's following us closely. 8. DALEK CONTROL ROOM, KEMBEL (A Dalek time machine materialises and a Dalek emerges from it.) DALEK: Your order has been carried out. The time machine is ready to commence operations. DALEK SUPREME: Excellent. Organise a task force for the pursuit of the time-travellers. DALEK: I obey. DALEK SUPREME: Ascertain their position on the space-time scope. DALEK: I obey. (The Dalek Supreme turns to address Mavic Chen.) DALEK SUPREME: Mavic Chen, you will accompany the task force. You will ensure that the Taranium core is returned to Kembel. MAVIC CHEN: Of course, I shall do everything in my power. DALEK SUPREME: If you fail, or if we find that you have deceived us, you will suffer the same fate as the time-travellers - annihilation! 9. THE PLANET TIGUS (The TARDIS materialises on the volcanic planet of Tigus. All around, volcanoes are erupting.) 10. INSIDE THE TARDIS (The Doctor, Steven and Sara are looking at the picture on the scanner.) SARA: Where are we, Doctor - do you know? STEVEN: It doesn't look very pleasant, does it? THE DOCTOR: No, we must take off quite soon. (The time curve indicator stops registering.) SARA: It's stopped. STEVEN: What does that mean, Doctor? Have we shaken it off? THE DOCTOR: No, my boy, we haven't shaken them off. Whoever it was following us has landed, they've landed out there. (On the surface of Tigus, a large rock materialises near the TARDIS and a familiar figure emerges: the Meddling Monk - laughing to himself.) 11. ON THE SURFACE OF TIGUS, NOT FAR FROM THE TARDIS STEVEN: You know, Doctor, it would help if we knew what we were looking for. SARA: I still say it was madness to come out here. We should have taken off again - or tried to get back to Kembel. THE DOCTOR: My dear young girl, what good would it be to run away. The sooner we find who's pursuing us the better. (Steven absent-mindedly kicks a rock - then wishes he hadn't!) STEVEN: Hey - hey, this is hot. THE DOCTOR: Yes, well I can well imagine that. This is a new planet, my boy - it's cooling down, cooling down. (As Steven and Sara move away, the Doctor ponders the situation.) THE DOCTOR: Fascinating, yes extremely fascinating. I wonder; I wonder who would take the time and trouble to follow us, hmmmm? Yes, I think there is an explanation, but unlikely. Possible, very possible. (The Monk, meanwhile, has found the TARDIS and sets to work on the lock, with his bag of tools. The Doctor stands on a rock and calls out.) THE DOCTOR: Hello there. Hello. Don't you think we should meet and talk it over, hmm? STEVEN: Doctor, who are we waiting for? THE DOCTOR: Oh, you'll see, my boy, you'll see. STEVEN: Oh come on, tell us, otherwise you'll say you were right whoever we meet. THE DOCTOR: You lack one quality of all the others my boy, and that is patience. SARA: (Pointing.) Doctor, look! (Standing over them is the Monk, a rock raised above his head, ready to be thrown.) THE DOCTOR: Ah, tch, tch, tch; my dear Monk. Don't be so ridiculous. Put that down at once. MONK: Well, hello Doctor. Keeping well? THE DOCTOR: Oh, no complaints, no. And you? MONK: Oh, so so, you know, just so so. SARA: (To Steven.) Who is it? MONK: (To Steven.) Delighted to see you again, young man. STEVEN: Thanks. I wish I could say the same for you. THE DOCTOR: I suppose congratulations for your escape are quite in order. MONK: Oh thank you. Most kind of you Doctor. Yes, it took a bit of time, but I finally managed to by-pass the dimensional controller. THE DOCTOR: Yes, a very... a very interesting solution. Yes, I'm sure. Though I think it would make for rather an uncomfortable ride. However, I don't suppose it affected you very much, being an amateur. MONK: Yes, it was rather uncomfortable. But then, we can't have everything, can we. And as for being an amateur, we shall see. Anyway, it was better than 1066. THE DOCTOR: Yes, I suppose so. SARA: What's he talking about, 1066? STEVEN: It's alright. We've met the Monk once before. I'll explain later. THE DOCTOR: And you returned here for one obvious reason, did you not? MONK: I'm afraid so, Doctor. Revenge is a strange thing, isn't it? THE DOCTOR: Yes, yes, quite, quite. Tell me, any plans? MONK: Ho, ho. And all carried out as well. Doctor, you remember you left me in 1066? Now I've marooned you on the planet Tigus, look. (The Monk bursts out laughing, and the others join in.) MONK: Oh, it's funny this. Forgive me laughing, Doctor, but I don't seem to be able to control it. Well, goodbye, Doctor. Perhaps I'll come back one day and rescue you. STEVEN: Hey, wait a minute. THE DOCTOR: Don't waste your breath, young man. The most important thing is, is to find out what he's done to the TARDIS. 12. OUTSIDE THE TARDIS (The Doctor finds he is unable to open the TARDIS door.) THE DOCTOR: He probably used some kind of ray. SARA: What does that mean? THE DOCTOR: That means we cannot get back into the TARDIS, child. (Nearby, out of sight, the Monk is watching and chuckling to himself. Steven is attempting to pick the lock.) THE DOCTOR: Oh, you will achieve nothing, dear boy, nothing. SARA: Yes, perhaps. But it's better than just accepting everything. THE DOCTOR: Yes, like I am, I suppose? STEVEN: Well, you haven't been taking much interest, have you, Doctor? THE DOCTOR: Oh, and why not, dear boy? Why not? Because I am using my brain, I'm trying to solve this problem. Now just stand back, and cover your eyes, please. (The Doctor removes the large ring from his finger.) STEVEN: What does that do? THE DOCTOR: Perhaps nothing, perhaps everything. Will you do as you're told at once, cover your eyes - please. (The Doctor holds the ring near the lock and reflects the sunlight onto the lock. The ring becomes hot and he drops it with a gasp. Sara pushes the door, which remains shut.) SARA: It hasn't worked. THE DOCTOR: Wait a moment, child. (The Doctor unlocks the door with his key.) THE DOCTOR: Now try. (Sara pushes the door open.) STEVEN: You're a genius, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Yes - I know, my boy, I know. (The TARDIS dematerialises.) MONK: Oh, no, no. Don't think I'm going to leave it at this. You haven't heard the last of me, Doctor. You haven't heard the last of me! 13. INSIDE THE TARDIS STEVEN: If you ask me, we haven't heard the last of that monk. THE DOCTOR: Quite so, dear boy. He'll be on our trail again as fast as he can get going. SARA: Yes, but next time we'll be expecting him. THE DOCTOR: Exactly, my dear, exactly. Now, Steven, there's something I want you to do. Go to that indicator and let me know the instant the Monk's TARDIS registers. STEVEN: Yes, all right, but first you tell us something. How did you break that lock? THE DOCTOR: Oh, that's all very simple, dear boy. You see, the sun in that particular galaxy has very unusual powers. I merely reflected its powers through that ring. SARA: Is there something special about it? THE DOCTOR: Yes, it has certain properties. The combined forces of that sun together with the stone in that ring was sufficient enough to correct the Monk's interference. STEVEN: Yes, but what properties has it? THE DOCTOR: Now, I don't want to discuss this any more. About turn, and do as you're told. Go along. 14. DALEK CONTROL ROOM, KEMBEL (A Dalek reports to the Dalek Supreme.) DALEK: The task force is now aboard. DALEK SUPREME: Commence countdown. (An audible countdown is heard.) Ninety-nine, ninety-eight, ninety-seven, ninety-six... (Nearby, a Dalek is monitoring the path of the TARDIS.) DALEK: The enemy ship is preparing to land. DALEK SUPREME: Compute their bearing and advise task force. Task force will use the homing beam. DALEK: Enemy ship located. Space-time bearing; planet Earth, London, 1966. 15. INSIDE THE TARDIS (The TARDIS has materialised in Trafalgar Square, London, on January 1 1966, just after midnight. All around, people are celebrating the New Year. The Doctor, Steven and Sara are watching the revelry on the scanner.) STEVEN: Well, you won't be able to carry out your repairs here, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: No. SARA: It's some sort of celebration, isn't it? THE DOCTOR: I don't quite know. You just listen, my dear. Listen. (They listen to the bells pealing.) 16. DALEK CONTROL ROOM, KEMBEL (The countdown continues.) Twenty-two, twenty-one, twenty, nineteen, eighteen... 17. INSIDE THE TARDIS THE DOCTOR: It's Earth. I've seen that place before. SARA: What do you think they're celebrating? THE DOCTOR: Well, as far as I can remember, I've seen them behave in a fashion like that on a former occasion. STEVEN: What was that? THE DOCTOR: The Relief of Mafeking. 18. DALEK CONTROL ROOM, KEMBEL (The Countdown reaches its climax.) Four, three, two, one, zero. (The Dalek time machine dematerialises.) DALEK SUPREME: Report to Skaro. Our time machine is now in pursuit. Nothing can match Dalek technology. The universe shall be ours. Conquest is assured. (The cry of "Conquest" rings out from all Daleks.)
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Golden Death Written by Dennis Spooner (Based on an idea by Terry Nation) Original Air Date: 8 January, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1. DALEK CONTROL ROOM, KEMBEL DALEK 1: Four, three, two, one, zero! (The time machine fades from the Control Room.) DALEK 1: Report to Skaro. Our time machine is now in pursuit. Nothing can match Dalek technology. The universe shall be ours. Conquest is assured. DALEKS: CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! 2. DESERT (In the distance is a pyramid. The TARDIS materialises.) 3. DALEK TIME-MACHINE (Some DALEKS are running the machine, while the RED DALEK is in charge. Over in a corner, MAVIC CHEN is standing.) RED DALEK: Mavic Chen, the recovery of the Taranium Core is your responsibility. MAVIC CHEN: I welcome it. Guile and cunning will succeed where force would fail. RED DALEK: Once the Taranium core is in your possession, we shall eliminate the humans. MAVIC CHEN: Of course. (He turns to the scanner which is showing the desert landscape.) MAVIC CHEN: And I assume that that is where they've landed? RED DALEK: You are correct, and we shall arrive shortly - in four Earth minutes. MAVIC CHEN: They must have equipment in their ship. Equipment that would inform them of our pursuit. DALEK 1: The time traveller is making no attempt to take off. MAVIC CHEN: That's very strange. Why should they choose to wait... and face us? 4. DESERT (The TARDIS is near the pyramid. STEVEN and the DOCTOR have left the ship. The DOCTOR is worried about the damage the MONK has caused to the lock, and has got a toolbox out and is working on the lock.) STEVEN: How long is it going to take you to mend the lock, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, it's hard to say, my boy. But I think that it's going to be a little more difficult than I thought. STEVEN: Oh yes, and the other time machine is still registering. DOCTOR: Yes, but I don't think so for much longer. It's about time, you know, that that wretched Monk landed, and I think he will quite soon. (STEVEN looks at the pyramid.) STEVEN: Well, it's quite impressive isn't it? DOCTOR: Well... the pyramids are the seventh wonder of this ancient world. I should say the word "impressive" is rather an understatement. STEVEN: Yes, you could be right. (They both look at it for a moment.) STEVEN: Well, they've finished it, you think? There doesn't seem to be anyone around. DOCTOR: (Working at the lock.) Would you mind passing me the diatrab, dear boy, please. (STEVEN isn't sure which one to choose, so for a moment he thinks which one to take. He chooses one and passes it over.) DOCTOR: I said the diatrab. (He tries again.) DOCTOR: I SAID THE DIATRAB! (The DOCTOR gets it himself.) DOCTOR: Hmph! STEVEN: There's not much cover, is there? If the Monk's TARDIS lands this side of the pyramid, we should see it easily, however it disguises itself. (He sees a small ramp of earth on the side of the pyramid.) STEVEN: I think I'll take a look from up there. It'll give me a better view. (With no answer from the DOCTOR, STEVEN shakes him head in amusement, and then heads off towards the ramp.) DOCTOR: Yes, I think perhaps it would be a good idea if you keep your eye on the Monk. So, if you climb higher... (He looks up and sees that he is alone.) DOCTOR: Talking to myself, hmph... 5. DALEK TIME MACHINE DALEK 1: Stand by for materialisation. DALEK 2: Continuum s*ab reading four, three, two, one... zero! DALEK 1: Materialising... NOW! (The whispering, humming noise is heard as the Time Machine lands.) 6. DESERT STEVEN: (Calling.) DOCTOR! DOCTOR! I can see it. I saw it land! DOCTOR! (He runs back, as SARA comes out of the TARDIS.) STEVEN: Doctor... DOCTOR: Tut, Tut, Tut. Calm down. Calm down. What's all the fuss? Is that you bawling your head off? STEVEN: (Out of breath.) Yes. I saw it land. Over there! (He points.) SARA: Doctor, whatever was following us has stopped registering on the time curve indicator. STEVEN: It's over there, Sara - about a quarter of a mile away. DOCTOR: Now, that's very good... very good. Now, please excuse me. (He turns back to the lock.) STEVEN: Well, oughtn't we to take the initiative and go and meet the Monk? DOCTOR: Oh, my dear young man, I have no intention of leaving the TARDIS unlocked. And another thing you should know - you realise I've have to strip the whole of this mechanism down before I could put it right. STEVEN: How long are you going to be? DOCTOR: (Snaps.) Oh, I don't know. Anyway, I dare say that I can catch you up somewhere. But be careful. You know, that Monk can be very harmful if he wants to... STEVEN: Don't worry Doctor, we'll watch him. (They move away, leaving the DOCTOR to work on the lock, not knowing that an Egyptian, TUTHMOS, is watching him.) 7. KHEPREN'S WORKSHOP (KHEPREN is the designer of the new type of tomb which is in the pyramid, and is having breakfast with HYKSOS, the swarthy captain of the local guards, when TUTHMOS comes running in.) TUTHMOS: Master! Strangers... at the tomb! (HYKSOS and KHEPREN leave their food and follow the sl*ve.) HYKSOS: Come! 8. ANOTHER PART OF THE DESERT (SARA and STEVEN have arrived at the part of the Desert with the time-machine, which simply sits in the sands. It is a featureless box.) STEVEN: Well, it didn't work this time, did it? SARA: What hasn't? STEVEN: The Monk's TARDIS. It usually blends in with its surroundings, like the Doctor's should. SARA: Maybe the Monk didn't bother this time. STEVEN: Yes, maybe - but I thought it was a*t*matic. Anyway, let's take a look. (They start to move forward, but stop when the door to the machine opens and MAVIC CHEN steps out, followed by a DALEK.) STEVEN: Daleks! SARA: I knew we should have tried to get back to Kembel. STEVEN: It's a bit late for that now. We've got to warn the Doctor. Come on. (They turn around, but are grabbed by some guards! The guards under the command of HYKSOS have been watching the whole thing, and waited to grab both STEVEN and SARA. It happens so fast that SARA doesn't get the chance to use her judo skills. They are both knocked senseless.) HYKSOS: Take them away! The rest of you follow me! (The guards move forward, while four drag STEVEN and SARA away. HYKSOS sees MAVIC CHEN and the DALEKS.) HYKSOS: More of them. Seize them! (Some guards run forward. Seeing a dozen or more Egyptian warriors racing towards him, MAVIC CHEN dodges for the cover of a limestone rock. The guards stop in front of the DALEKS, not knowing what to do.) HYKSOS: Seize them, you cowards! RED DALEK: Exterminate the creatures. (The DALEKS start opening f*re on the soldiers, some of whom die horribly. The rest run for their lives.) RED DALEK: Pursue and exterminate. 9. PYRAMID (Some of the DALEKS move forward, obeying the order. A chase then ensues around the Pyramid as the soldiers are trying to get away. Some aren't so lucky, and we hear the Daleks f*ring and the soldiers dying. Hyksos escapes.) HYKSOS: ... A slaughter! I must fetch reinforcements. 10. DALEK TIME MACHINE LANDING SITE DALEK 1: Did we sustain damage? DALEK 2: No. It was only inhabitants of this time and planet. DALEK 3: Unimportant. DALEK 2: Exterminate them on sight. 11. TARDIS LANDING SITE (The DOCTOR has finished the repairs, and has returned the toolbox to the TARDIS and picked up his stick. He carefully looks at the lock with a measure of pride at his work.) DOCTOR: (Laughing to himself.) Well, that's finished. Now I must go. I wonder where those other two are. (Calling.) Sara! Steven! (He tuts at the non-appearance of the companions, and walks on.) 12. PYRAMID (The DOCTOR is walking about, having a look at the pyramid. He wanders through different parts of the Pyramid and we see that, even though the Pyramid is nearly complete, there are still bricks and large slabs still to be built. He is impressed with what he sees, and is marvelling at the size when a strange but familiar sound reaches his ears - a sound which heralds the arrival of a huge building block. It is the Monk's TARDIS. The Doctor laughs to himself. The Monk steps out, still wearing his robe and habit, and, after seeing the sun and the strong sunlight, blinks and goes back inside, and pops out a few seconds later with a pair of mirrored sunglasses! The Monk moves off, looking for the Doctor's TARDIS. The Doctor moves forward into the open, and is looking at the Monk's TARDIS when he remembers the other ship.) DOCTOR: Who was it landed here before, then? (There was only one answer.) DOCTOR: The Daleks! 13. KHEPHREN'S WORKSHOP (STEVEN's and SARA's bodies are bought into the house. The guards dump them on the ground. They both start to come to. TUTHMOS, KHEPHREN and HYKSOS are here too. TUTHMOS and KHEPHREN raise an eye at HYKSOS.) HYKSOS: (To TUTHMOS and KHEPHREN.) Plunderers! m*rder! KHEPHREN: What of the others? HYKSOS: I will journey to the next encampment. We'll need an army to do battle with their fire-throwing machines. KHEPHREN: Yes. And I will take my slaves to the Tomb. The treasures that Pharaoh has sent for his journey to the afterlife will be placed inside. There they will be easier to guard. (STEVEN has recovered consciousness but is feigning unconsciousness. He is watching everything and is testing his bonds.) HYKSOS: I will return when the sun is above us. (He leaves with KHEPREN. STEVEN, seeing that there is no point in further pretending he was unconscious, sits up.) STEVEN: How long are you going to keep us here? (SARA sat up as well.) SARA: Yes. GUARD: Until your friends have been brought to join you. Then you will answer for your crimes. STEVEN: We haven't got anything to answer for. We're not interested in your treasures. GUARD: Not even the old man? STEVEN: Not even the old man. GUARD: Then why did he examine so carefully that large blue box? STEVEN: Well, probably because the large blue box was his. GUARD: (Triumphantly.) Now I know you lie! Everything the slaves hauled here across the desert belongs to Pharaoh! (He leaves. STEVEN feels SARA tugging at his bonds.) STEVEN: What are you doing? SARA: While you were talking, I managed to find a piece of broken pottery. With a bit of time, I think I can get though these bonds. STEVEN: Great. Keep sawing! 14. PYRAMID (The MONK marches happily through the sand, half wishing he had remembered to bring a bucket and spade. He has no idea at all that the DOCTOR is following him with a big grin on his face. He moves forward, and passes a being. He has a plan. If you look innocent, nine times out of ten you will be left alone. He places his hands piously together and keeps his head low while he moves past the being.) MONK: Good morning, my son. (Unfortunately the being is a DALEK, who trains his g*n on him.) MONK: A DALEK! (The DALEK is ready to f*re, when...) MAVIC CHEN: Wait! (He pushes the g*n aside.) MAVIC CHEN: Don't f*re! DALEK: Dalek exterminations will not be questioned! MAVIC CHEN: This could help us recover the Taranium core. DALEK: Explain. MAVIC CHEN: In a moment. (He turns to the MONK.) MAVIC CHEN: So, you have heard of the Daleks. MONK: Yes, yes. By reputation. MAVIC CHEN: Then you are certainly not of this time. MONK: No. Oh no. Certainly not. No. Just a passing time-traveller, anxious to be on his way. So, if you'll excuse me, I'd... (He starts to move away.) DALEK: (g*n back up.) HALT! MAVIC CHEN: Three time machines in one infinitesimal speck of space and time! Of course, a coincidence is possible - but hardly likely. You would agree? MONK: (Trying to keep an eye on the Dalek.) Oh yes, I would agree. MAVIC CHEN: Then why have you arrived here? MONK: (Twiddling his fingers with nervous movement.) Three... three time-machines. Yes, well... the odd one out belongs to a certain Doctor... DALEK: The enemy ship! MONK: Yes, that's right. The enemy. I have an old score to settle with him. But I'm sure yours is the prior claim. MAVIC CHEN: (politely.) He is a friend of yours? MONK: (With an expression of horror on his face.) Friend? No, no. An enemy! An enemy to end all enemies! (He raises his voice to be sure that the DALEK behind him can hear him.) MONK: I came here to inflict a terrible vengeance on him! I mean, we are all on the same side here, aren't we? (It is clear that MAVIC CHEN is toying with the MONK - and it is also clear that the MONK is desperate to get away with his life.) MAVIC CHEN: But he knows you? MONK: Well... in a manner of speaking, yes... and again, in another manner of speaking, no. MAVIC CHEN: Could you gain his confidence? MONK: Certainly. Certainly. If you wanted me to. No question about it! No doubt at all. MAVIC CHEN: (Smoothly.) Then you may have a slight chance of saving your life. The Doctor and his friends have in their possession a full emm of Taranium. MONK: A full emm of Taranium. MAVIC CHEN: It belongs to the Daleks. You will recover this and return it to us within one Earth hour. MONK: Oh I will. I promise! MAVIC CHEN: I need hardly remind you that the Daleks will reward failure on your part with elimination. MONK: (Nodding) Elimination. Thank you. Elimination! Oh, you'll get it back. Have no fear. MAVIC CHEN: Then you better leave at once, and waste no more of your valuable time. (The MONK nods, and starts to retreat. CHEN raises an eyebrow and points in the direction of the DOCTOR's TARDIS. The MONK gives a watery smile and strikes himself rather theatrically on the head and then moves off in the right direction.) 15. DESERT (The MONK moves about with some kind of TARDIS locator, looking for the DOCTOR's TARDIS. The machine bleeps at him, and he looks down and follows its directions.) 16. MONK'S TARDIS LANDING SITE (The DOCTOR moves over to the MONK's TARDIS, and is able to open the doors since the MONK didn't lock them properly.) DOCTOR: (To himself.) Good Heavens! You're given an opportunity you didn't before. (With a small laugh, he moves inside. With a hum, the MONK's TARDIS starts to change shape to the following: a tall Ionic column; a stagecoach; a small tree; an igloo; a small one-man rocket-ship; a Camel; and then finally a tall blue British police telephone box - a copy of the DOCTOR's! The DOCTOR comes out, holding up some kind of circuit or unit, and still laughing, he walks away.) 17. KHEPREN'S WORKSHOP STEVEN: How's it going? SARA: I think that's done it. Yes. (STEVEN shakes the rope off him and then unties SARA.) STEVEN: Now for those guards. (He hides behind the door where two guards are waiting outside.) SARA: (Calls.) Come on! (The guards with another come into the house and start fighting with them. The guards start to fight back but, with the aid of SARA's judo, STEVEN is able to knock them unconscious.) SARA: Not bad! Remind me to teach you a few tricks sometime. STEVEN: Remind me not to pick a fight with you. Come on. (They leave the hut.) 18. TOMB (Nearby, KHEPHREN has got his slaves to bring the TARDIS into the tomb, and then leaves, going for some more of Pharaoh's treasures.) 19. OUTSIDE THE TOMB (The MONK follows the locator, which seems to be leading him straight towards the opening in the pyramid.) 20. TOMB INTERIOR (The tomb is filled with treasures and a sarcophagus where the Pharaoh's body is going to be laid to rest. In the corner by the wall lies the TARDIS. Putting the locator away in one of his pocket, the MONK moves forward and tries to open it, not knowing that the DOCTOR is right behind him.) DOCTOR: You're wasting your time. You won't get in. (The MONK spins about and tries to smile.) MONK: Doctor, you've been following me! DOCTOR: For a time, yes. For a time. I've been glad to. You know, I don't think that I would have found my TARDIS without the help of that energy counter. MONK: No. Come in very handy, hasn't it. DOCTOR: Hmm. MONK: You know, Doctor, if your machine would blend in with its surroundings, people wouldn't be able to find it. And then we wouldn't have all this trouble. DOCTOR: Yes. Like your machine, I suppose, hmm? MONK: Exactly, Doctor. Like mine. I could teach you a thing or two, you know. DOCTOR: Well, you know, my way has its advantages. The Egyptians thought that it was a very good idea, otherwise they wouldn't have brought it in here. As for your machine, well, it's probably disguised as a... what... a sort of... a block of stone? Hmm... Hm...? (The MONK's face is a picture. Complete and utter shock. Then he composes himself.) MONK: Now, Doctor, it's a pity that we're having this feud, you know. By the way, you didn't track me on your time curve indicator this time, did you? (He laughs.) DOCTOR: Not your machine, no. I didn't realise it at the time. MONK: I jumped across the track. DOCTOR: Really? MONK: It's simple really, you know, Doctor. It's up to you, of course. If you'd like to come inside, I'll show you how it was done. DOCTOR: (Smiling.) And then you would be able to see the Taranium too. MONK: Yes, yes. (He realises that the DOCTOR must have heard his conversation with MAVIC CHEN.) MONK: Do you know, I knew there was something I had to tell you. I've come here to warn you about the Daleks. DOCTOR: Warn me? MONK: Yes. I played them along their own game, of course, for quite a time, but they don't like you, you know. They don't like you at all. DOCTOR: Why didn't you? MONK: What? DOCTOR: Warn me. MONK: Oh... well... you were talking at the time. I didn't want to interrupt. (The DOCTOR raises his eyes to the roof at this thin ploy.) DOCTOR: You know, I think, before I go, I shall put you safely out of the way. (He moves forward toward the MONK, raising his walking stick menacingly.) MONK: Come now, Doctor. Surely you don't think that I was going to help the Daleks? DOCTOR: (Laughing.) I did. MONK: (Backing away.) Now Doctor, look, let's talk this over like civilised time-travellers. It's the Taranium core they want, not you. Why don't you give it to them. Then we can be all on our way. DOCTOR: (Still laughing) If you believe that, my friend, you will believe anything! (The MONK is now wedged in the corner, with nowhere left to retreat to. The DOCTOR's laughter is still going on.) MONK: Doctor, don't do anything you might regret. Doctor? DOCTOR! 21. DALEK TIME MACHINE (Inside, the RED DALEK moves to the main communications panel where there is another Dalek.) RED DALEK: Give your report. DALEK: The time-traveller has not made contact. RED DALEK: He has betrayed us. Prepare a task force to att*ck. All the humans will be exterminated. DALEK: I obey. (The Dalek turns back to the control panel.) 22. TARDIS LANDING SITE (STEVEN and SARA have arrived where the TARDIS used to be. All that is there is the skid marks of where the Egyptians have dragged it.) SARA: The TARDIS! It's gone! STEVEN: Well, the Egyptians must have taken it into the tomb already. Come on! 23. TOMB, OUTSIDE (STEVEN tries calling out.) STEVEN: Doctor! Doctor! (They move inside the tomb.) 24. TOMB, INTERIOR (It's exactly the same, but the MONK and the DOCTOR are not in sight.) STEVEN: Doctor! Doctor! (He turns to SARA.) STEVEN: No Doctor. (SARA spots the TARDIS.) SARA: Unless he's inside. (They try to open the TARDIS door, but it is still locked.) STEVEN: Doctor! DOCTOR! (SARA sees something behind them. She calls to STEVEN.) SARA: Steven. Steven! Look! (He turns around. The lid of the coffin is being slowly lifted from within by a bandaged hand...)
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Escape Switch Written by Dennis Spooner (Based on an idea by Terry Nation) Original Air Date: 15 January, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1. TOMB (The tomb is big - filled with the Pharaoh's treasure and also his coffin. By the coffin is the TARDIS.) STEVEN: (OOV.) Doctor? DOCTOR? (STEVEN and SARA come into view.) STEVEN: Doctor? DOCTOR? (Turning to SARA.) No Doctor. (SARA sees the TARDIS.) SARA: Perhaps he's inside. (They rush over and start hammering on the TARDIS doors.) STEVEN: DOCTOR! (STEVEN turns and shouts through his cupped hands:) STEVEN: DOCTOR! (SARA has turned her back on the TARDIS and notices something.) SARA: Steven! Look! (STEVEN turns and looks. A bandaged hand has opened the lid of the coffin and is moving about. The coffin lid fully opens and a near fully bandaged person rises. He spots SARA and STEVEN and starts trying to talk, but the bandages muffle the sound.) STEVEN: He is trying to say something. (SARA and STEVEN move over to the MUMMY and start to unravel the bandages. When all of the bandages have been removed from the face, they see that it is the MONK.) MONK: Well, thank goodness for that! 2. DALEK TIME SHIP (MAVIC CHEN and two DALEKS are waiting inside the ship for the MONK to bring them the Taranium Core from the DOCTOR.) RED DALEK: The plan has failed. MAVIC CHEN: We can't be certain. Although the time travelling Monk has not yet contracted us, we don't know what difficulties he had to face. RED DALEK: The Earth hour allowed has expired. MAVIC CHEN: In the present situation we can't afford to measure time exactly. RED DALEK: The time traveller has deceived us! MAVIC CHEN: I don't think so. He DARE not! Will the Daleks never learn that all things do not work to a pattern - that flexibility can also lead to conquest? RED DALEK: Silence! All Daleks will disembark! All forms of life will be treated as hostile! DALEKS: We obey! (The DALEK moves to MAVIC CHEN.) RED DALEK: You, Chen, will come with us. MAVIC CHEN: But recovery of the Taranium Core was made my responsibility. RED DALEK: Orders will not be questioned! MAVIC CHEN: If you insist on this approach, I fail to see how I will be able to answer for the consequences! (With that, CHEN hits the DALEK eyepiece, causing the DALEK to be disoriented for a brief moment. Then CHEN and the DALEKS leave their time ship.) 3. TOMB (By now, the MONK has been totally freed from his bandages and is telling STEVEN and SARA what he has been up to.) STEVEN: So it was the Doctor who did this? MONK: Yes. Unbelievable isn't it. Absolutely unbelievable. I admit that I succumbed to temptation... SARA: What did the Doctor say? MONK: Well, he didn't say anything really. Nothing. There I was, trying to warn him of the Daleks, and suddenly, there I am in the sarcophagus! SARA: Well, I'm sure he'll apologise when he hears your story. MONK: Well, I am... I am not one to bear a grudge. We all know what the Doctor's like. No, I think that it was just one of those things. STEVEN: Where did he go? MONK: I'm afraid I don't know. Unfortunately, immediately after this brutal att*ck, the next thing I remembered is... SARA: He's probably gone looking for us. STEVEN: Well then, what do we do? Go out again and take a chance on missing him? Or just stay here? SARA: If he meets the Daleks, he will need our help. MONK: Stay here. Definitely. (The MONK hasn't realised that STEVEN and SARA aren't listening to him.) MONK: I've got a terrible headache. STEVEN: What happens if we meet them? SARA: We'll just have to take that chance. MONK: No doubt the Doctor has got some... some drug or other. STEVEN: All right. But I won't even pretend that I like the idea. MONK: Well, if you give me the key to the TARDIS, I can go and get something out... (SARA finally gives her attention to the MONK.) SARA: What about him? STEVEN: He can come with us. That way, we can keep an eye on him. SARA: Come on then. MONK: Oh dear. (SARA and STEVEN start to leave the tomb, but STEVEN realises that the MONK isn't following them.) STEVEN: What are you waiting for? MONK: Well, are you going to let me into the TARDIS or not? STEVEN: I couldn't, even if I wanted to. The Doctor's the only one with a key. MONK: (Disappointed.) Oh. (His face falls, and STEVEN misunderstands this as worry for the DOCTOR.) STEVEN: Don't worry, we'll find him. MONK: (Quietly.) That's what I'm worried about. 4. BASE OF THE PYRAMID (We hear STEVEN calling, and also we see MAVIC CHEN and the DALEKS moving about. MAVIC CHEN and DALEKS can hear Steven's shouting...) STEVEN: (OOV.) DOCTOR! DOCTOR! 5. ANOTHER CORNER AT THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID (STEVEN, SARA and the MONK move into view.) STEVEN: (Yelling.) DOCTOR! Where are you? (The MONK, not wanting to find the DOCTOR, tries to call out for the DOCTOR through his hands, but makes it so that most of the shout is caught in his hands.) MONK: (Muffled.) DOCTOR! DOCTOR! (Then normally.) There you are, you see. You're wasting your time. (SARA tries now.) SARA: DOCTOR! (Still no reply.) SARA: It's hopeless. STEVEN: I know it is, but what else can we do? (The MONK, seeing that STEVEN and SARA are busy talking, tries to slip around the corner, but runs straight into two DALEKS.) MONK: (Trying to cover himself.) Ah... there you are. I'm been looking for you. (SARA, surprised at the distance of the MONK's voice, turns and tries to see what has happened to him.) SARA: What was that? (Suddenly a DALEK appears.) DALEK: You will join the other human. Move! (With no choice, SARA and STEVEN cross the corner to join the MONK.) RED DALEK: Prepare to exterminate them! MONK: Exterminated? When I've fulfilled my part of the bargain? (With these words, MAVIC CHEN rushes forward and seizes the MONK.) MAVIC CHEN: GIVE ME THE TARANIUM CORE! MONK: I... I haven't actually got the Core, but... I've brought you hostages! STEVEN: (In total disgust.) Hostages! MAVIC CHEN: Hostages? (He thinks for a moment.) MAVIC CHEN: Yes, that could work - the Doctor's loyalty to his friends is beyond question. RED DALEK: No more discussion. MAVIC CHEN: In exchange for their lives, the Doctor would hand us the Core of the Time Destructor. RED DALEK: (To STEVEN.) Is that true? (STEVEN says nothing and stares ahead.) MAVIC CHEN: Their silence confirms that it. They know that it is true. RED DALEK: Take them back to the Time Machine. DALEK: I obey. (The DALEK moves STEVEN and SARA off. The MONK says behind.) MONK: Well, now that little problem's settled, I'd better be... RED DALEK: You will return with us! MONK: Return with you? That was what I was going to say. (With more reluctance than STEVEN and SARA, he moves off with MAVIC CHEN and the RED DALEK.) 6. WORK SHANTY (KHEPHREN is waiting by the Work Shanty. Suddenly TUTHMOS appeared. He is lightly stunned and has a big bruise on his neck.) TUTHMOS: Master. (Rushing over to KHEPHREN.) TUTHMOS: Prisoners... escaped... KHEPHREN: (In shock.) Escaped? (Thinks.) We left the tomb unsealed. TUTHMOS: We must take the men and go after... KHEPHREN: No! The w*r machines will destroy us all. Hyksos said he would return when the sun is above us. See. (Points up.) We do not have long to wait. 7. SKY (We see the sun.) 8. DALEK TIME SHIP (The glare from the sun fades so that it becomes a light bouncing off a DALEK as we move into the Time Ship. SARA, STEVEN, and the MONK are bundled into a corner, guarded by a single DALEK. The RED DALEK and some other DALEKS are over by the communications part of the time ship, and MAVIC CHEN is standing in another part of the ship doing what he does best - planning.) COMM. DALEK: The voice audio has been adjusted. RED DALEK: What is its present range? COMM. DALEK: Seven earth miles. RED DALEK: Mavic Chen can issue the ultimatum. Bring Chen to the voice audio. DALEK: I obey. (The DALEK moves off, obeying the order. The MONK tries talking to STEVEN and SARA.) MONK: Well now, there seems to be some activity going on... (STEVEN and SARA stare at him coldly.) MONK: What's the matter? Was it something I said? STEVEN: (With barely contained anger and disgust.) Don't you think that you've done enough? MONK: Yes, yes - I suppose that saving your life... SARA: (Amazed.) What? MONK: Well, we're all here, aren't we? Yes, it was very quick thinking on my part. Very quick. STEVEN: (Amazed too.) I don't believe it! MONK: Just a minute... you don't actually think I meant what I said to the Daleks? (He acts like he is in total shock.) MONK: My dear fellow, it was a desperate gamble, risking my own life to save yours. STEVEN: We can trust him as much as we can trust the Daleks. MONK: You mean, my performance was that good? I knew I had to fool the Daleks, but I thought you would see right through it. SARA: (Dubiously.) He could be telling the truth, Steven. MONK: Only could be? You don't think I'd take the side with those creatures against you, do you? You do! This baffles me... It destroys my faith in human nature. STEVEN: (Nastily.) Well, you can have your faith destroyed. (A door opens and MAVIC CHEN moves into view. He moves across the room towards the communications section.) RED DALEK: Speak the ultimatum into the voice audio. (MAVIC CHEN moves over to the microphone.) MAVIC CHEN: (Into microphone.) Doctor? Doctor, you should be able to hear me now, wherever you are. (He stops and checks that the machinery is working.) RED DALEK: Continue. Voice audio is functioning. (In their corner, the prisoners watch.) SARA: (Thinks.) Some sort of loudspeaker system. STEVEN: Maybe it would be better if the Doctor couldn't hear it. 9. OUTSIDE (We see the whole of the area, including the pyramid in the background. Next we move in and we see the DOCTOR walking about, wearing his hat and his walking stick. His face is grim as he listens to MAVIC CHEN's message.) MAVIC CHEN: (OOV.) Doctor, listen carefully to what I have to say. It is useless to try to fight us any more. Your two young friends are held prisoner by the Daleks. You know why we have pursued you through time and space. We want the Taranium that you stole. You are to proceed to the Dalek time-machine, south of the Great Pyramid, and receive your instructions. The vital Core will be returned to us. Failure will mean the death of your friends. 10. WORK SHANTY (TUTHMOS and KHEPHREN are amazed that a large voice is speaking all about them.) TUTHMOS: Master, It is the voice of the gods. KHEPHREN: No, Tuthmos. The gods would speak words that we would understood. TUTHMOS: Who else but the gods could speak in a voice like thunder? KHEPHREN: (Grim.) The same mortals who would build w*r machines that throw f*re. When Hyksos returns, you will see the end of your gods! 11. DALEK TIME SHIP (The DALEKS start to leave the ship. As MAVIC CHEN prepares to leave, he turns to the prisoners...) MAVIC CHEN: For your sake, I hope that the Doctor does not keep us waiting long. (He leaves.) SARA: We might try to warn the Doctor. MONK: Warn him? Whatever for? SARA: (Ignoring the MONK.) If one of us could get to that microphone... STEVEN: No, Sara, it wouldn't stop him coming here. In fact, it would probably make him more determined. (Suddenly they hear the DOCTOR's voice outside.) DOCTOR: All right, I'm here. Tell me what you want me to do. 12. OUTSIDE THE DALEK TIME SHIP (The DOCTOR is outside the SHIP calling out. He is leaning on his walking stick and seems to have no apparent fear.) DOCTOR: (Half angry and half business-like.) I'm here. Can you hear me? (MAVIC CHEN fully leaves the ship with the DALEKS.) MAVIC CHEN: Yes Doctor. We heard you. DOCTOR: Where are they? MAVIC CHEN: Now, come, Doctor... DOCTOR: (More annoyed.) WHERE ARE THEY? MAVIC CHEN: (To RED DALEK.) It seems that the Doctor requires proof of what we say. RED DALEK: Put the prisoners on view. (The DALEKS move SARA, STEVEN and the MONK on view in front of the DOCTOR.) MAVIC CHEN: We want the Taranium Core back, Doctor, and there is nothing you can do to stop us now. MONK: (Waves to the DOCTOR.) Hello Doctor... DALEK: Silence. (The MONK clams up.) DOCTOR: Very well. I will hand over the Taranium Core. MAVIC CHEN: Oh... very wise! DOCTOR: But on MY terms. MAVIC CHEN: (Shouts.) You are in no position to make demands, Doctor. A Dalek escort will accompany... DOCTOR: No escort! And on my terms! RED DALEK: We could exterminate you now. DOCTOR: Yes, indeed, indeed you could, but then you'd never get back the Taranium Core, hmm, would you? MAVIC CHEN: What are your terms, Doctor? DOCTOR: You will release your prisoners. I also include that Monk fellow too, although I don't know why I should bother with him. Bring all three to the place of rendezvous and handed them over at the same time. MAVIC CHEN: Why can't you come here? DOCTOR: (In disgust.) You should know the answer to that as well as I do. (He shakes his stick at MAVIC CHEN and the DALEKS.) DOCTOR: None of you can be trusted. You (Pointing to MAVIC CHEN.) and one Dalek - by the west angle of the Great Pyramid. RED DALEK: We accept. Take the prisoners inside. (The prisoners are prodded back inside the ship.) MAVIC CHEN: I should go now, Doctor, before the Daleks change their minds. (The DOCTOR returns this with his most withering glance.) DOCTOR: Hmph! (Then he marches off.) MAVIC CHEN: I'm surprised that that you met his terms so readily. RED DALEK: One Dalek is capable of exterminating all! 13. WORK SHANTY (HYKSOS and some men arrive. KHEPHREN and TUTHMOS are very happy to see them.) HYKSOS: Khephren! KHEPHREN: Have you enough men? HYKSOS: Yes. They are already moving into position and waiting for my command. Have the w*r machines been seen? KHEPHREN: No. But we have heard them speak in a mighty roar! HYKSOS: (In anger and grim.) My men will destroy them! COME! (They all move forward, ready to att*ck.) 14. DALEK TIME SHIP RED DALEK: It is time for the rendezvous. (MAVIC CHEN nods, and indicates to the prisoners that they should follow him.) MAVIC CHEN: (To prisoners.) You heard what the Dalek said. (Before moving off, STEVEN grabs the MONK's arm.) STEVEN: If you try any more of your funny business, I'll exterminate you myself. MONK: (Acting injured innocence.) Funny business? Me? (They leave.) 15. OUTSIDE THE DALEK TIME SHIP (HYKSOS has a man watching the time ship who signals that the DALEKS are moving. HYKSOS gives some last minute advise to his troops.) HYKSOS: Be on your guard! The w*r machines will k*ll and destroy without warning. Follow me! 16. WEST ANGLE OF THE PYRAMID (The RED DALEK, DALEKS, MAVIC CHEN, and the prisoners arrive at the meeting point.) RED DALEK: Halt. This is the location. Mavic Chen, you will receive the Taranium. MAVIC CHEN: Yes, of course. RED DALEK: (To prisoners.) There will no movement from you until the handover is completed. MONK: (Softly.) It's not being done on your terms. Why don't you shut up? (The DOCTOR's voice comes over to them.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) Stay where you are. You will move when I tell you. (The DOCTOR moves into view.) DOCTOR: Mavic Chen! Walk towards me. (MAVIC CHEN starts to move forward to the DOCTOR but he sees the RED DALEK trying to follow.) DOCTOR: Dalek, halt! (The RED DALEK stops.) DOCTOR: Mavic Chen! You have disregard my conditions. I said one Dalek. MAVIC CHEN: But I am not their master! DOCTOR: Before we go any further, you will now release your hostages! Then, and only then, will I hand you the Taranium Core. STEVEN: Don't trust them, Doctor! (The RED DALEK turns to the prisoners.) RED DALEK: You are released! DOCTOR: (Waving his stick at them.) Away, all of you. (The prisoners dash off towards the stones.) DOCTOR: Mavic Chen, join me at the back here. (MAVIC CHEN moves forward and meets the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: I am now about to hand over the Taranium Core to Mavic Chen. (To MAVIC CHEN.) Follow me. (MAVIC CHEN moves forward for a moment towards the DOCTOR, but then turns as the DOCTOR is halfway through handing over the core. At this point, HYKSOS yells to his troops to att*ck. Using this opportunity, MAVIC CHEN tugs hard at the Core and pulls it from the DOCTOR's grasp. MAVIC CHEN then dives for cover.) RED DALEK: (To DALEKS.) att*ck formation. att*ck formation. (The soldiers turn, and as they att*ck the DALEKS, most of them are k*lled by the DALEK g*n. As the k*lling go on, the RED DALEK manages to k*ll a guard but it becomes trapped as some of the remaining soldiers start to build stones about it, blocking it in.) RED DALEK: Help! Help! (Meanwhile, the MONK is separated from STEVEN and SARA, and dashes off while STEVEN dives in and grabs the DOCTOR, pulling him and SARA towards the tomb.) 17. TOMB (The DOCTOR, STEVEN and SARA rest inside the tomb.) STEVEN: (Happy.) You did it, Doctor. We got away again. DOCTOR: (Grim.) I'm afraid not, young man. SARA: Why not, Doctor? What went wrong? DOCTOR: I had to hand the real Taranium Core over to Mavic Chen. I know I should try to get in, but it would have been hopeless. There is so much chaos going on... and now it is too late. SARA: That means that the Daleks have won! There's nothing to stop them now. DOCTOR: Except this... (He holds up the circuit that he stole from the Monk's TARDIS.) SARA: (In wonder.) What's that? DOCTOR: That is the directional unit from the Monk's TARDIS. STEVEN: Directional... Then with this we can get back to Kembel! DOCTOR: Perhaps. Perhaps. SARA: But that's marvelous, Doctor! DOCTOR: Yes, I suppose it is. But that isn't all... STEVEN: (Interrupts.) No, I'm sure it isn't Doctor. But this is hardly the time or place to tell us about it. I mean, the Daleks will be here soon. DOCTOR: I think not, dear boy. I had to take precautionary measures in case my plan didn't work. Now, while I was collecting that unit, I changed the Monk's TARDIS into a police telephone box. SARA: (Giggles.) Like yours? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, exactly like mine. Of course, the Daleks will be on our track. But I think - should my plan succeed - they would find the Monk. (SARA giggles more.) STEVEN: By the way, what happened to him? He was with us. DOCTOR: I don't care if he is in Timbuktu. (The DOCTOR turns and opens the TARDIS doors, and they all enter the craft.) 18. MONK'S TARDIS (The MONK has escaped and has made it back to his TARDIS.) MONK: Ha ha. I got away from that Steven and Sara. (He continues laughing until he sees that his TARDIS is in the form of a police telephone box.) MONK: Oh. (He moves about banging it.) MONK: No. The Doctor - he transformed my TARDIS. DALEK: (OOV.) There is one of the time travellers. Stop his escape. (As the DALEKS come into view, the MONK dashes inside his TARDIS.) PATROL LEADER DALEK: Exterminate him! Exterminate him! Whole company, f*re! (Too late, the DALEKS f*re, just as the MONK's TARDIS takes off. As the TARDIS fades from view, MAVIC CHEN appears and starts to move towards the DALEK group.) PATROL LEADER DALEK: They have escaped! We shall pursue them through eternity. The Taranium core must be recovered! MAVIC CHEN: This patrol is obviously out of touch with events. PATROL LEADER DALEK: What do you mean? (MAVIC CHEN is clearly showing off to the DALEKS.) MAVIC CHEN: All this hysteria is unnecessary. The operation is a complete success. I have the Taranium here! (He brings it out for the DALEKS to see.) PATROL LEADER DALEK: You have done well. Patrol, return to the time-machine. We must leave for Kembel at once. (They move away.) 19. DOCTOR'S TARDIS INTERIOR (SARA and STEVEN are standing while the DOCTOR is busy wiring the MONK's circuit in his own systems.) STEVEN: Yes, well, I hope that the Daleks don't catch the Monk. SARA: After all he has done? STEVEN: Yes, after all that. DOCTOR: Well, I shouldn't worry any more, my dear boy. There's no doubt about it. He's well away by now. STEVEN: Do you think he will be going for revenge again? DOCTOR: Perhaps. Perhaps. Yes, perhaps one day. But at the moment, I should say he has quite enough for us for a while. Having taken his directional unit, it's going to take him quite a time to make the necessary repairs to his ship. SARA: What about our repairs? Will the unit work? DOCTOR: Well, I am not certain. It's a Mark IV, remember. There are two possibilities: one - it will work... STEVEN: Go on, Doc... DOCTOR: Number two - the increased energy rate will certainly destroy the centre column. SARA: (Hopefully.) But we do have a chance? DOCTOR: Yes, my dear. A chance. A slim one. 20. DALEK TIME SHIP (MAVIC CHEN is standing, holding the Core. The PATROL LEADER DALEK is currently in charge.) DALEK: Course for Kembel has now been computed. PATROL DALEK: Has all preparations for take-off being made? DALEK: They have. PATROL DALEK: Prepare to dematerialise... NOW! (He moves forward, touching the controls.) 21. PLANET OF ICE (We see a snowstorm, and then a close view of an iceberg which wasn't there a moment ago. It's the MONK's TARDIS. The door opens and he steps out. His mouth opens at the sight.) MONK: A planet of ice. I didn't set course for this. Unl... The Doctor again... The Doctor... (He dashes back inside his craft, and a brief moment later comes out again - very angry.) MONK: He's stolen my directional unit. Now I will have to wander through time and space as lost as he is! (He shouts up to the sky.) MONK: I'll get you for this, Doctor! I'll get you one day! (He dashes back inside and closes his door.) 22. TARDIS INTERIOR DOCTOR: There we are. That's finished. It's a pity we haven't got a more reliable way of testing it. SARA: Well, come on. I thought you said that it was finished. DOCTOR: Yes my dear, I've finished, but... STEVEN: Oh come on, Doctor. We haven't got time for buts! This is our only hope! DOCTOR: You realize, my boy, we're taking a terrible chance. STEVEN: Then you can save your breath. We've got to try it! (The DOCTOR gasps his lapels and turns away.) DOCTOR: Very well. Pull the main switch! (STEVEN halts for a moment, and then pulls the lever. The sound of take-off can be heard, but then a massive expl*si*n flings them to the floor...)
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The Abandoned Planet Written by Dennis Spooner (Based on an idea by Terry Nation) Original Air Date: 22 January, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR has just wired in the MONK's directorial circuit, which hopefully will take them back to the planet Kembel.) SARA: I thought that you said that it was finished. DOCTOR: Yes, my dear, I've finished, but... STEVEN: Oh come on, Doctor. We haven't got time for buts. This is our only hope! DOCTOR: You realise, my boy, we're taking a terrible chance. STEVEN: You can save your breath. We've got to try it! (The DOCTOR thinks about it for a moment.) DOCTOR: Very well. Pull the main switch! (STEVEN reaches across and pulls the switch on the console. In the background the usual dematerialisation sound is heard, but a second later an expl*si*n rocks the room, throwing all of them to the floor...) 2. DALEKS' CONTROL ROOM, KEMBEL (With its strange humming and whistling noise, the DALEKS' Time Machine materialises in a corner. The Time Machine's doors open, and the Daleks that have survived the trip and MAVIC CHEN step out of the machine to be greeted by the ADMINISTRATOR-DALEK. MAVIC CHEN is carrying the Taranium Core.) MAVIC CHEN: The mission has been completed successfully. With guile and cunning, I have been able to repossess the Taranium. (The ADMINISTRATOR-DALEK totally ignores this and speaks to the PATROL LEADER.) ADMINISTRATOR-DALEK: Are you certain it is the real core? (MAVIC CHEN assumes, typically, that the ADMINISTRATOR-DALEK is talking to him, since he believes that he is the most important being in the room.) MAVIC CHEN: Of course. I had it examined before we arrived here. It is ready to be fitted to the Time Destructor. I hope that the Daleks will not suffer any more setbacks which could upset the plans for our conquest of the universe. ADMINISTRATOR-DALEK: The final conference of the remaining members of the Galactic Council awaits you. MAVIC CHEN: (Arrogantly.) I shall go and address them... presently. (He walks out of the room with the total arrogance of someone who doesn't even know what arrogance means.) PATROL LEADER: (To the ADMINISTRATOR-DALEK.) The task force has disembarked. ADMINISTRATOR-DALEK: Excellent. Is the core fitted to the Time Destructor? PATROL LEADER: That is being done. Do we now deal with Mavic Chen? ADMINISTRATOR-DALEK: No. His arrogance and greed have a further use for us. Alert the council to attend their final conference. 3. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR, STEVEN and SARA have picked themselves up, but they are still a little bit shaken by the expl*si*n.) DOCTOR: Well, fortunately there's no damage done to the control panel itself. STEVEN: But the directional unit? DOCTOR: Oh, that's useless, dear boy. Useless. Take a look for yourself. (The unit is a charred wreck.) SARA: What happened? DOCTOR: Well, the unit required a much higher energy rate then we process. SARA: Then why did it burn out and not the TARDIS controls? DOCTOR: A built-in safety measure, my dear. You see, the excess energy must have forced itself back into the directional unit, and that means that our plans to return to Kembel have failed. STEVEN: That means that the Daleks can inv*de the universe and conquer it. DOCTOR: Yes, and there's nothing that we can do about it. SARA: (Frantic.) There must be something we can do, Doctor. You must try to think of some way. DOCTOR: Well, our only chance, my dear, is to try and capture the Monk's Time Machine, or that of the Daleks. STEVEN: Yes, well let's get going! DOCTOR: Have patience, dear boy. It's highly probable that they've all left by now. And I should think there's one or two of those Egyptians around. Let's take a look on the scanner. (The DOCTOR touches the scanner switch and the screen flares into life. The picture it shows is one of a jungle, and not the tomb that the crew is expecting.) SARA: But that's not ancient Egypt. STEVEN: It's... It's more like Kembel! DOCTOR: Yes. It's vaguely familiar. It might be Kembel. Do you know, that means that that directional unit must have b*rned itself out after we'd dematerialised! (To STEVEN.) I wonder if you'd bring that, um... that impulse compass. STEVEN: Hmm... yeah, sure. (STEVEN goes and gets it.) DOCTOR: (To SARA.) Well, now, young lady, perhaps you'll have more faith in me in the future, hmm? I thought something would work out. SARA: (Shocked and a little angry.) But it was you who said we'd failed! DOCTOR: Oh, nonsense, nonsense. SARA: Well, it wasn't me! DOCTOR: Of course it was... (STEVEN comes back into the room and sees what is happening, and steps in before it becomes a fight.) STEVEN: Oh come on, Doctor, you'll have to forgive her. After all, she hasn't known you very long. DOCTOR: Yes, well, perhaps, perhaps. Anyway, now that we are here, we had better make a plan. STEVEN: How far do you think that we are from the Dalek city? DOCTOR: I've no idea. Though I think that we might be able to make it on foot. Perhaps I'd better go out and take some bearings. Open the door, dear boy. STEVEN: Yes. (As STEVEN opens the main doors, the DOCTOR puts on his cloak and goes outside.) SARA: (Almost furious.) That man! He was as much in the dark as we were, and now he has the gall to... STEVEN: Very good, you're getting to know him quite well. SARA: Before this is over... STEVEN: Ah, ah, ah, save it for the Daleks. (And they both leave the room.) 4. GALACTIC COUNCIL ROOM (Much has changed since the council first met. All that is left of the Council now are GEARON, MALPHA, SENTREAL, BEAUS & CELATION, and they are not happy about the way that they have been treated and the preferential treatment of MAVIC CHEN by the DALEKS.) CELATION: There has been too much time wasted through the folly of the representative from Earth. Surely, it is only right that on his return he be removed from this council. BEAUS: But without him, there will be no Taranium! CELATION: The Daleks have assured us that they will recapture the core of the Time Destructor. BEAUS: Then we do not need Mavic Chen? CELATION: Exactly! He no longer merits a place on this Galactic Council. I call for a censure motion. (The Council bangs on the table, stating their agreement, but none of them has noticed that the BLACK DALEK has entered the room.) BLACK DALEK: SILENCE! (The Council, in shock, stops banging.) BLACK DALEK: The final conference is now in session. Mavic Chen, representative from the Solar System, will address the meeting. (MAVIC CHEN marches into the room like he owns the place. The other members look at him with barely hidden dislike.) MAVIC CHEN: Fellow delegates, even as you sit here, the great w*r force, assembled under the Daleks, is awaiting the final order to set out and conquer the universe! BEAUS: Why is Mavic Chen speaking for the Dalek Supreme? (MAVIC CHEN, enmeshed in his tirade, totally ignores the question.) MAVIC CHEN: The final checks are being made. And in a very short time, that final order will be given! CELATION: Why is it that Mavic Chen is in possession of information denied to the rest of this Council? (Again MAVIC CHEN ignores the outburst.) MAVIC CHEN: Although we are all equal partners with the Daleks on this great conquest... some of us are more equal than others. (BEAUS bangs his fist on the table, barely able to hold in his anger.) BEAUS: The representative speaks out of turn! MAVIC CHEN: No! My contribution, of the emm of Taranium, is greater than all of yours put together. You have been dwarfed, dwarfed! (This is met by total outrage from the other representatives, and the table rocks with the banging that it is getting.) CELATION: This violates the agreement by which this council was assembled. BEAUS: Arrest him! Arrest him! Arrest him! (There is uproar amongst the delegates.) MAVIC CHEN: You are nothing! Do you hear me? Nothing! CELATION: Your ambition condemns you, Mavic Chen. DELEGATES: Death! Death! (Total uproar, and then MAVIC CHEN draws out his blaster and fires at BEAUS. BEAUS screams, and dies and falls to the floor. This makes all of the other Delegates quiet down, and no one notices the BLACK DALEK leaving the room.) MAVIC CHEN: (Smiling.) Before this conference began, the Dalek Supreme and I spoke together. This Council now is under my power. I will give the orders. You will obey them! (Total shock from the other delegates.) 5. JUNGLE (STEVEN and SARA are moving slowly forward through the jungle. The Jungle is filled with strange noises and STEVEN is ever watchful for the Varga plants. The DOCTOR is nowhere in sight.) STEVEN: You all right? SARA: Yes, though this jungle is hardly the place I'd choose for a gentle stroll. STEVEN: Just be careful of the Vargas. SARA: Vargas? I haven't seen any Varga plants. STEVEN: They've all over the... (He notices that there are no Varga plants in sight - a change since his last visit when the planet was populated with hundreds of Varga plants.) STEVEN: Come to think about it, neither have I. I thought the Daleks scattered them all over Kembel. SARA: Steven! You sure we're on Kembel? STEVEN: 'Course I am. The Doctor was certain when he took these rea... (He notices that the DOCTOR isn't with them.) STEVEN: Where is he? 6. GALACTIC COUNCIL ROOM (The delegates are still arguing about MAVIC CHEN's speech.) CELATION: We have all served the common cause! All of us! MAVIC CHEN: Indeed we have. But I, Mavic Chen, was solely responsible for the recovery of the Core of the Time Destructor. Because of this, I... (He points to himself with total arrogance.) MAVIC CHEN: ...naturally precede anyone here. For without my power, the Daleks cannot succeed. You do appreciate the point! (MALPHA has noticed that the BLACK DALEK is missing.) CELATION: There remains one question. Where is our co-ruler - the Dalek Supreme? (MAVIC CHEN is throw off a little by this.) MAVIC CHEN: He... He was... Oh. (They look about the room and the BLACK DALEK is not there.) MAVIC CHEN: It is clear that he knows that I can run this council without his aid. Now, gentlemen, we come to the main discussion before this meeting. The apportioning of the government of the universe after the conquest. All of you will be allowed to oversee your own galaxies. BUT... all of you will be responsible to the Dalek Supreme... and me! (Some DALEKS enter the room with their g*n pointed at each of the Delegates, including MAVIC CHEN.) DALEK: This meeting is over! MAVIC CHEN: But it's isn't... DALEK: There will be no more discussion. All representatives will come with us. 7. JUNGLE (STEVEN and SARA are looking for the City and are trying to use the compass. There is still no sign of the DOCTOR.) STEVEN: Where can he have got to? SARA: Anywhere you like out there. (She points to the jungle.) STEVEN: This is serious. Perhaps the Daleks have caught him. SARA: Then now they'll be looking for us. Look, Steven, with or without the Doctor we've got to get to the Dalek city and put that place out of action. STEVEN: Yes but, Sara, what about the Doctor? He can't just have vanished into thin air. We've got to find him. SARA: No. Not yet. Mavic Chen will have returned with the Taranium. That means the Daleks' plans will be ready to go ahead and we've got to stop them! STEVEN: I understand that! We can't just leave the Doctor wandering around lost in this jungle. SARA: If I know anything about him, he's already reached the city. If we go there, we can stop the Daleks and find the Doctor. STEVEN: Yes, all right. (They move on.) 8. MORE JUNGLE (STEVEN is looking at the compass.) STEVEN: The stronger signal's on bearing 242. According to the Doctor, the Dalek city is over there. (They move on again.) 9. ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE SARA: Where to now? STEVEN: I'll take another reading... SARA: What exactly is... (STEVEN hushes her, and moves the compass about trying to get a reading.) STEVEN: So far, so good. We're on the right track. The source of power is still 242. SARA: Would you mind telling me how that thing works? STEVEN: What now? SARA: Yes now. STEVEN: Look, Sara, this is no time for a lesson on the power impulse compass. SARA: Supposing something happens to you? STEVEN: What are you talking about? SARA: I'd have to go ahead and reach the city alone. Don't you think you ought to show me how it works in case of accidents? STEVEN: (Slightly put out.) Oh, you are so cheerful, aren't you. 10. DALEKS' CONTROL ROOM (The room is filled with Daleks working and the BLACK DALEK.) DALEK 1: The Galactic Representatives have been detained, as you instructed. BLACK DALEK: They will be destroyed at the same time as the headquarters, at the start of the conquest of the planet Earth. Commence invasion countdown! 11. LANDING PAD (STEVEN and SARA have reached the landing pad where the Representatives' spaceships are parked.) STEVEN: There it is - the take-off area. SARA: Yes. Are those the Daleks' ships? STEVEN: No. Those belong to the other representatives. SARA: Where's the Daleks' landing area? STEVEN: There too, possibly. But those representative ships will have to take off first to collect their forces for the invasion. SARA: (Starting forward.) Right, let's get going. STEVEN: (Holding on to her.) Just a minute! SARA: Why? We've got to defeat the Daleks. STEVEN: We've got to try to defeat the Daleks. If you and I just charge in there, what chance do you think we've got against the greatest w*r force ever assembled. SARA: (A little annoyed.) Oh, for heaven's sake, we'll go carefully. Look, Steven, just because the Doctor isn't here, don't think that you're the only one who can outwit the Daleks. STEVEN: Look, I don't think that. But, as you said, in any case, we'll probably find he's here already SARA: Come on! 12. A CORRIDOR IN THE DALEK CITY (STEVEN and SARA move forward slowly and carefully, ready to jump for cover in case a Dalek makes an appearance, but there is no sign of them.) STEVEN: I don't get it. It's uncanny. I mean, where have the Daleks got to? SARA: It's like a city of the d*ad. STEVEN: Let's see if there's any sign of life down here. (They move forward - not a Dalek in sight.) STEVEN: We should have been challenged by now! SARA: Hmm, we haven't come very far yet. STEVEN: What's that got to do with it? SARA: They're probably making final preparations for the invasion. STEVEN: Yes, well, they still need guards out here. SARA: Maybe they're not frightened. STEVEN: They always take some precautions. SARA: Alright, you think of an explanation. STEVEN: Well look, suppose... suppose the Doctor did come here and they have caught him... SARA: Then now they'll be looking for us. STEVEN: No, possibly not. Not if he said he was alone. SARA: Huh! They wouldn't believe him! STEVEN: Why not? We weren't anywhere around. SARA: Steven, this could all be a trick. If they have caught the Doctor, then they could be waiting for us. STEVEN: No. If they've caught the Doctor, they won't worry about us. We've got to find him. 13. DALEKS' CONTROL ROOM (STEVEN and SARA move into the Control Room, which surprises both of them by being completely empty - not a Dalek in sight.) STEVEN: This place is empty too. SARA: Then it must be a trap. STEVEN: Why? SARA: Well, it looks like a control room. The Daleks wouldn't leave a place like this unguarded. STEVEN: Yes, that's true. That means they must have the Doctor, if they can be this sure of themselves. (He sees the Daleks' Time Machine.) STEVEN: Hey, isn't this their time machine? SARA: Now we can get back to Earth and warn them. STEVEN: Yes, except that neither of us knows how to work it. We could bluff them. SARA: How? STEVEN: If we could lock ourselves inside their Time Machine until they let the Doctor come to us. Well, he could work it. SARA: It's worth a try. (She turns to the controls.) SARA: Now we've got to contact the Daleks. (She touches some controls.) SARA: Steven! Here's the Daleks' loudspeaker system. (She speaks into the microphone on the control panel.) SARA: This is Sara Kingdom of Space Security. Send the Doctor to the control room. STEVEN: I'd better try to get into that Time Machine. (Suddenly, MAVIC CHEN's voice speaks from the loudspeaker.) MAVIC CHEN: (OOV.) Hello, Kingdom, Where are you? SARA: That's Chen! STEVEN: He must still be working with them! (To the microphone.) Mavic Chen, can you hear me? 14. A CELL (The Daleks have moved the Representatives to a small cell. The voices of STEVEN and SARA can be heard. All of the other Representatives now don't trust MAVIC CHEN an inch after the speech in the Council Chamber.) STEVEN: (OOV.) Let us speak to the Doctor. CELATION: (To MAVIC CHEN.) Is this more treachery? Who are these people? MAVIC CHEN: They are the people who stole the Taranium! CELATION: Why have they come back? MAVIC CHEN: (Screaming.) I DON'T KNOW! YOU MUST LET ME SPEAK TO THEM! CELATION: NO! Already you have betrayed us. This could be another trick. STEVEN: (OOV.) Mavic Chen! Let me speak to the Doctor. 15. DALEK CONTROL ROOM SARA: Don't waste time. They'll be on their way to us by now. STEVEN: Yes, but if they don't bring the Doctor, the plan's useless. CELATION: (OOV.) Listen to me. SARA: (Into microphone.) Who's that? CELATION: Through the treachery of Chen we have been imprisoned. SARA: (Into microphone.) Who are you? CELATION: (OOV.) We are the Galactic Council. Will you release us? STEVEN: (Into the microphone.) Where are you? CELATION: (OOV.) In a detention cell. STEVEN: (Shouting into the microphone.) YES, BUT WHERE? CELATION: (OOV.) We do not know! (STEVEN starts to move towards the door.) STEVEN: We've got to find them! SARA: No, wait! This could be all part of the trick. STEVEN: No, I don't think so. Look, if there were any Daleks around, they'd be here by now. They must have gone. Maybe the Doctor's with the Council! Come on! (Both of them rush out.) 16. CELL CELATION: Mavic Chen, if this is a further trick, we shall destroy you before they could destroy us. MAVIC CHEN: (Frantic.) It's not a trick! ANOTHER DELEGATE: Then why have they come back! MAVIC CHEN: If you'd only think! Is there no sense in the outer galaxies? It is clear that they have lost their leader - the one they call the Doctor. The girl has bought the young man here to look for him, but really she has come back out of loyalty to me - to ensure my safety as the Guardian as the Solar System. 17. ANOTHER CORRIDOR (STEVEN and SARA are running.) SARA: Now where? STEVEN: How should I know. Just look at this place - it's fantastic. SARA: Come along. No time for sightseeing. Let's try down here. (They go on.) 18. CELL MAVIC CHEN: The efficiency of our security system is one of the main reasons for our natural supremacy. (The others looks like they don't know and don't care.) CELATION: What about the Daleks? MAVIC CHEN: Once we are out of here, we can destroy the Daleks. Between us, we muster a greater force than they do. We can form our own galactic council. DELEGATE: Listen! 19. CORRIDORS (We see STEVEN and SARA running down them.) 20. CELL, EXTERIOR (They pull up outside the cell and open the shutters. Inside, the Representatives look up at the new arrivals.) STEVEN: That's them. MAVIC CHEN: Kingdom! You've done well. Now let us out of here. STEVEN: No. MAVIC CHEN: What do you mean, no? STEVEN: Where is the Doctor? CELATION: If he is your leader, he is not with us. STEVEN: (Shouting.) Where is he? MAVIC CHEN: I don't know. Now let us out! STEVEN: So that you can rejoin the Daleks? Not likely. CELATION: Absurd! The Daleks have betrayed us! DELEGATE: Betrayed! CELATION: Why should we rejoin them? SARA: If we let them out, there's just a chance that some of them could mobilise a force to defeat the Daleks. DELEGATE: Of course we will! (STEVEN looks undecided.) CELATION: You must! The Daleks must be destroyed, or our galaxies are in danger! SARA: We have no choice. (STEVEN thinks about this.) STEVEN: Very well. (He turns to the prisoners.) STEVEN: But the Daleks have already left Kembel. It's probable that their invasion plans are already going ahead and the universe can be taken by surprise, because of your greed! MAVIC CHEN: Must you moralise... (But STEVEN cuts him off.) STEVEN: Your only chance is to go back to your own people and warn them. DELEGATE: Our people will k*ll us! CELATION: Not if we save them. We must destroy the Daleks. OTHERS: Destroy! (MAVIC CHEN doesn't say this.) MALPHA: We agree to go and defend our galaxies and to organise a search for the Dalek invasion force. (SARA is convinced.) SARA: Let them out, Steven. (STEVEN thinks about this long and hard.) STEVEN: Yes, all right. (He unlocks the door and all of the prisoners exit. With his usual style, MAVIC CHEN turns to SARA.) MAVIC CHEN: You are a sensible woman, Kingdom. I will see that you are justly rewarded. (SARA stares at him with a look of pure hatred.) 21. JUNGLE (The ships of the now-freed prisoners are powering up. On the outskirts of the city, STEVEN and SARA are watching. MALPHA's ship leaps straight into the sky.) SARA: There they go. STEVEN: Yes, let's hope they'll be in time. Look, there's the ship of Celation and Beaus. (The other three take off, leaving the Spar still on the ground.) SARA: Chen's ship is still there. STEVEN: Yes, he must be nearly the last one to take off. (A powering-up, humming noise can be heard.) SARA: What about the others? STEVEN: Those must belong to the d*ad representatives. SARA: Chen's taking his time to get off. STEVEN: There he goes. (A small jet of flame sh**t from the afterburners of the Spar.) STEVEN: No! SARA: Something's gone wrong. (The Spar explodes into millions of tiny pieces What's left of it collapses back onto itself. The fact that the city was constructed of metal prevents it from catching f*re.) STEVEN: He's had it. SARA: Now he won't be able to get back to Earth and warn them. STEVEN: Let's hope that the others can mobilise fast enough. There must be something we can do. SARA: Yes - find the Doctor. (They move forward.) 22. JUNGLE (They are moving forward when a noise reaches them from further down the track.) STEVEN: Shh! SARA: What? STEVEN: Listen SARA: The Doctor? STEVEN: No! (They hide behind one of the relatively safe tree-like growths. After a moment, the vegetation parts and into sight comes a Dalek. It pauses for a moment and then moves off down the path that the travellers have been taking.) SARA: They're still here. STEVEN: We must follow it! Quickly! (They run forwards after it.) 23. SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN (They follow the Dalek and watch it enter a cave at the entrance of the mountain.) STEVEN: It went down there - right into the heart of the mountain. SARA: Underground. Why didn't we think of that before. STEVEN: Sara, it's possible the invasion hasn't started yet. Maybe the rest of the force are down there. SARA: Or part of them. There must be hundreds of places like that. STEVEN: Yes, but that Dalek must know that the representatives got away. SARA: They might even know that we're on Kembel. STEVEN: The representatives gone and the Doctor disappeared - we're gonna have to put them out of action ourselves. SARA: Can we? STEVEN: We've got to. Earth will still be inv*de. (A familiar voice rings out behind them.) MAVIC CHEN: Certainly. Thanks to you. (He stands covering them with a blaster, looking very alive and very smug.) SARA: Chen! But you're d*ad! MAVIC CHEN: Not yet, my innocent one, though I'm delighted my pyrotechnic display impressed you. No, I am alive and soon shall be master of the universe! Perhaps, Kingdom, you'd like to lead the way. (He gestures at the tunnel with his blaster.) SARA: Down there? MAVIC CHEN: Of course. I'm certain the Daleks will be delighted to see you. (Faced with no alternative, SARA leads the way into the tunnel. STEVEN and MAVIC CHEN following behind her.)
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The Destruction of Time Written by Dennis Spooner (Based on an idea by Terry Nation) Original Air Date: 29 January, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1. BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN (MAVIC CHEN is covering SARA and STEVEN with a blaster.) MAVIC CHEN: No, I am alive and soon will be master of the universe! Perhaps, Kingdom, you'd like to lead the way. (He waves his blaster towards the cave that the Dalek entered.) SARA: Down there? MAVIC CHEN: Of course. I'm certain the Daleks will be delighted to see you. (Faced with no alternative, STEVEN and SARA make their way towards the cave, with MAVIC CHEN behind them.) 2. A METAL CORRIDOR (A door opens and STEVEN, SARA and MAVIC CHEN enter. The cave has lead them to a metal corridor.) STEVEN: Don't you understand? By bringing us down here, you're doing exactly what the Daleks want. MAVIC CHEN: (Puffed up.) Of course. SARA: He's mad! MAVIC CHEN: Take care, Kingdom. I could easily forgo the pleasure of giving you to the Daleks. I could k*ll you myself. STEVEN: Why did you come back? This couldn't have been planned. You weren't to know that we'd come back and set you free. MAVIC CHEN: I'm not a fool. I guessed your plan. SARA: Our only plan is to destroy the Daleks. MAVIC CHEN: You were able to fool the others, but you can't fool me. Where is the old man, the one you call the Doctor? SARA: We were looking for him. MAVIC CHEN: (Half-believing tone.) Yes, of course. And that's why you came here. (Then snaps.) Now do stop this masquerade! See, I know he is trying to usurp my position with the Daleks. STEVEN: That is absurd! The Doctor's always fought the Daleks. Why don't you believe us? We don't know where he is. MAVIC CHEN: Yet I find you at the entrance to the Daleks' secret headquarters. I know the Doctor's here, and that he's trying to take my place. But I'll soon change that. STEVEN: Why can't you understand the Daleks do not make allies? SARA: Save your breath, Steven. You'll never convince him. I tell you, he's mad! MAVIC CHEN: The Daleks need me. (He states this as if it is a fact.) MAVIC CHEN: And now I'll be able to show them the Doctor will betray them. Lead on! (They carry on.) 3. MAIN DALEK CONTROL ROOM (This is much bigger than the city control room. It is obvious that this is the main headquarters for the invasion force. All around, Daleks are running about making final checks - all under the eye stick of the DALEK SUPREME. By him is the Time Destructor, with the core fitted.) DALEK 1: as*ault division of five thousand Daleks awaits orders. DALEK SUPREME: The Time Destructor will be placed in the lead ship. (A second Dalek turns from the communication console.) DALEK 2: Prisoners have been taken at entrance five. DALEK SUPREME: Prisoners? DALEK 2: Dalek guard reports that the group consists of Mavic Chen and two of the time travellers. DALEK SUPREME: Have them bought here to main central control. DALEK 2: I obey. 4. ANOTHER METAL CORRIDOR (By now, a DALEK GUARD has arrived and is covering all three of the humans. MAVIC CHEN naturally assumes that the guard is there to help him - not seeing that the guard is covering him as well.) MAVIC CHEN: (To guard.) Your assistance, although welcome, is entirely unnecessary. I demand to take them to the Dalek Supreme alone. GUARD: Central control has been advised. MAVIC CHEN: Well advise them again. Until you realise that these people are my prisoners, I shall refuse to hand them over. GUARD: I will verify my orders. MAVIC CHEN: Good. SARA: There is still no proof that the Doctor is here. MAVIC CHEN: Whatever else is thought about you, one cannot help but admire the way you both continue with your absurd bluff. GUARD: Representative Chen, new orders have been received. You are to escort the prisoners to the Dalek Supreme. MAVIC CHEN: Excellent! (To STEVEN & SARA.) After you. (They move on. The guard stays and another Dalek appears from another tunnel.) DALEK: (With a grimness in his voice.) But we are still to assist him. 5. MAIN DALEK CONTROL ROOM DALEK 2: The prisoners have arrived. DALEK SUPREME: Bring them in. DALEK 2: I obey. (The door opens...) DALEK 2: (To the Daleks outside.) Bring in the prisoners. (...and the two Daleks with the humans arrive with the prisoners. Both SARA and STEVEN look about with amazement at the size of the control room. MAVIC CHEN, on the other hand, with his usual way, marches into the room like he owns the place.) MAVIC CHEN: (Declaring.) Once again, I - Mavic Chen - Guardian of the Solar System - have helped the Daleks with their conquest plan. (The DALEK SUPREME doesn't even look at him.) DALEK SUPREME: (Coldly.) Our alliance has ended. MAVIC CHEN: (Shocked.) What! But I have helped you time and time again with your absurd incompetence! I - Mavic Chen - will decide when the Alliance is at an end. (He moves forward.) MAVIC CHEN: You, Dalek Supreme, tell them they're to take their orders from me. (Not a noise is heard, as all eyes - human and Dalek - are on Mavic Chen.) MAVIC CHEN: I assume that this silence means that the orders have been passed. Good. (To a DALEK.) You! Bring me the invasion reports. (The Dalek doesn't move.) MAVIC CHEN: It is essential that I know what stage the countdown has reached. Now, move! (Again the Dalek doesn't move. All eyes are still on Mavic Chen.) MAVIC CHEN: You did not pass on my order. Why? (Not a sound.) MAVIC CHEN: Failure to obey the orders of your ruler brings only one reward. (He opens f*re with his blaster at the Dalek and the beam bounces off it. With horror he sees that he doesn't have the power to destroy them at all. He tries throwing the g*n at the Dalek. It also just bounces off.) DALEK SUPREME: Take him away and exterminate him, but do not f*re in here - you will damage us and some of the controls. MAVIC CHEN: (Shouting madly.) You cannot turn against me! I - Mavic Chen - first ruler of the universe - am immortal! (Still screaming, he turns and runs from the room.) DALEK SUPREME: Pursue and exterminate in safe area - repeat - in safe area. (Meanwhile, while the Daleks are all following MAVIC CHEN, the DOCTOR taps STEVEN on the shoulder.) STEVEN: Doctor, how on earth...? DOCTOR: Don't say anything. Just do what I tell you. Take that. (He passes something over to STEVEN.) STEVEN: What? The key to the TARDIS? DOCTOR: Yes. Now, when I tell you, I want you to take Sara back to the TARDIS... You still have that power impulse compass? STEVEN: Yes. DOCTOR: Good. Now follow bearing 627 to the TARDIS. SARA: (A little loud.) But what about you, Doctor. DOCTOR: Shhh... There is no use in all of us taking risks. You must do as I say. STEVEN: Yes, but how did you get here? DOCTOR: I followed a Dalek here, of course. Now, let me get on. (He moves to the Time Destructor.) DOCTOR: I am going to activate the Time Destructor. 6. ANOTHER CORRIDOR (MAVIC CHEN gets himself hemmed in by Daleks.) MAVIC CHEN: You will pay for your crimes against your ruler. (the Daleks blast him and at last the so-called ruler of the universe dies screaming.) MAVIC CHEN: You cannot k*ll me! (But they do.) 7. MAIN DALEK CONTROL ROOM STEVEN: Be quick! I'm sure they're coming back. DOCTOR: Aha, that's it! Hmm, Hmm. (A ticking noise can be heard from the Time Destructor. The door opens to admit the Daleks, who see the Doctor with the Time Destructor.) DALEK 1: Move back, all of you. DOCTOR: I am afraid you're too late. The Time Destructor is activated. DALEK SUPREME: (To the other Daleks.) Do not f*re! DOCTOR: No, you cannot f*re, can you? You dare not. If you were to, yes, you could k*ll us, but you will totally destroy your equipment. I think it is checkmate. Hmm. Send one of your Daleks over here. Remember, the Time Destructor is working... working slowly, but if you disobey me, I can accelerate it. DALEK SUPREME: Do what he says. (A Dalek moves forward with its g*n stick lowered.) DOCTOR: (To the Dalek.) Turn about. (The Dalek does so.) DOCTOR: (To STEVEN and SARA.) You two behind it. (Both STEVEN and SARA get behind the Dalek.) DOCTOR: Steven, take my stick and clamp it down on his g*n. (STEVEN does so.) DOCTOR: (To the Dalek.) Forward! (The DALEK moves forward with STEVEN and SARA hiding behind it. The DOCTOR follows with the Time Destructor. They reach the door.) DOCTOR: (To STEVEN and SARA.) Now, both of you, back to the TARDIS. STEVEN: What about you, Doctor? DOCTOR: Do as I say, quickly! STEVEN: (Grabbing SARA.) Go on! 8. A CORRIDOR (STEVEN and SARA are running, when SARA stops.) SARA: Wait! Steven, we can't just leave him. STEVEN: The Doctor knows what he's doing. At least, I think he does. SARA: All we're doing is running to save our own lives. If anything goes wrong and the Daleks recapture the Time Destructor, we'll have failed for ever. STEVEN: I know what you're saying. Now, I'd go back too, if I thought it would help. Whatever he's doing, he's doing because he thinks it's the best way. Now, come on! (They both carry on.) 9. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE MAIN CONTROL ROOM (The Doctor takes off his cloak and drops it on the floor, and pushes the Dalek back into the room. He then closes the door and runs as fast as possible.) DALEK SUPREME: (OOV.) Pursue and recapture. Pursue and recapture. Activate alarm! Activate alarm! DALEK: (OOV.) Door control jammed - contact broken. (It's because the door has been caught on the cloak. The Daleks are trying to open a door which its own senses state is already open, hence nothing happens.) DALEK SUPREME: (OOV.) Correct fault immediately, then pursue and recapture. 10. ANOTHER CORRIDOR (Running, the DOCTOR comes across SARA, who has somehow lost STEVEN.) DOCTOR: What are you doing here? SARA: I came to help you. DOCTOR: You must remember, my child, this machine is working. It's working slowly because its range is rather small at the moment, but it is working. Now, if you start to feel strange, you must let me know at once. SARA: Yes, all right, but what about them? DOCTOR: First, back to the TARDIS. Steven's not with you? SARA: No. I came back that way. DOCTOR: Hurry, my child, hurry! (They run on.) 11. JUNGLE (STEVEN is moving, but he notices that SARA isn't with him. The effect of the Time Destructor can be heard as a roaring wind.) STEVEN: Sara! Sara! 12. ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE SARA: Hurry, Doctor! DOCTOR: My dear, are you beginning to feel strange? Hmm. (SARA begins to speak, but finds it difficult to say the words.) SARA: The wind... Listen... Can't you hear it? I've never heard that on Kembel before. DOCTOR: Yes, well, perhaps it's this Time Destructor having an effect on the elements, hmm. SARA: Then destroy it! DOCTOR: No, no! That's impossible my dear. There's one thing I do know about this machine - it will continue until the Taranium has finally burnt itself out. Our only chance is to get back to the TARDIS. Then I can neutralise it. SARA: Hurry. 13. DALEK CONTROL ROOM DALEK 1: Secondary door circuit completed. DALEK SUPREME: Operate! (The Daleks try the door control and the door opens, and a Dalek pushes the cloak aside.) DALEK 2: Obstacle clearing. DALEK SUPREME: Pursue and exterminate! (The Daleks race out of the room.) 14. JUNGLE (The DOCTOR and SARA are still running. However, the effects of the Time Destructor are causing the Doctor to run more slowly and Sara's hair has grown white with age. The wind has stepped up to gale force.) DOCTOR: It's not far now, Sara! (SARA now looks almost an old woman.) SARA: Keep going! The Daleks must be after us by now! DOCTOR: The Time Destructor... (The rest of the words are roared out by the gale.) SARA: You think I don't know? 15. JUNGLE OUTSIDE MOUNTAIN (Meanwhile the Daleks have reached the outside and are starting the chase across the jungle. The jungle is falling under the effects of the Destructor as each plant and tree dies of old age.) 16. JUNGLE NEAR THE TARDIS (The DOCTOR and SARA are almost walking now. Both have aged horribly - SARA is now a old woman who is just barely able to run, and the DOCTOR looks much older than his already advanced years.) 17. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (STEVEN has entered the TARDIS and is looking at the scanner screen for sign of his friends. Seeing no sign of them, he bangs his fist on the console in exasperation.) STEVEN: Nothing. 18. JUNGLE (Still gliding forwards at a set speed, the Daleks are moving through the jungle at a faster rate than the Doctor and Sara.) 19. JUNGLE OUTSIDE TARDIS (The wind is at hurricane force, and both the DOCTOR and SARA are now just barely able to walk. Luck is with them as they arrive in the area where the TARDIS is parked, just a few feet away. However, both are moving so slowly - and for SARA it is too far, and she is getting too old to move, let alone walk.) SARA: (Weakly.) Doctor... (SARA struggles to make it. The DOCTOR too, for all of his years, is moving too slowly. The Time Destructor has aged him terribly and he can barely move.) 20. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (STEVEN is overjoyed to see them, but then sees the effects of the Time Destructor.) STEVEN: DOCTOR! SARA! (Seeing that they need help, he opens the TARDIS doors.) 21. JUNGLE OUTSIDE TARDIS STEVEN: Dust! It's all crumbling into dust. (The DOCTOR has a few feet to go when he collapses - the Time Destructor still pulsing away. SARA, now too old to even stand, collapses on the jungle floor. She tries to move forward one final time, collapses, and then dies of old age. Within a few seconds, SARA becomes a skeleton. A few seconds later, she is gone.) STEVEN: Sara! (But Sara is gone, and the effect starts on him. He moves forward at a walk, fighting the wind, until he reaches the Doctor. By the time that he does, STEVEN's hair has grown grey.) STEVEN: Come on, Doctor. DOCTOR: (In a very old voice.) No, don't touch me. STEVEN: I must help you. DOCTOR: Get back to the ship! (He cries with the effects. STEVEN tries some of the controls on the Time Destructor and causes it to stop beeping. While it seems to be doing something, STEVEN rushes over and grabs the Doctor, and both of them struggle into the TARDIS.) 22. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: (Weakly.) Close the door. (When the DOCTOR and STEVEN get inside and the effect wears off, they return to their old selves and ages. STEVEN closes the door.) DOCTOR: Thank you, my friend. Thank you, Steven. By chance, you reversed the Time Destructor. Instead of Time rushing forward, it's now racing back. (He looks about the room for the other companion.) DOCTOR: Sara? You realise she came to look for me, to see if I was all right? Hmm. STEVEN: I was forcing my way through the jungle. I didn't even see her go. (On the scanner, the Daleks arrive in the clearing.) DOCTOR: The Daleks! 23. JUNGLE OUTSIDE TARDIS (The DALEKS arrive into the clearing - the Time Destructor still working and beeping. The Daleks see this and try f*ring at it. Their blasts have no effect, and the effect of the Time Destructor causes them to lose control and crash into each other, and somehow start to come apart. For a second, the creatures' insides are shown, but these, too, start to change as time runs back. At the end, they start to become something humanoid, but then they too are gone. The Time Destructor is beeping alone as the jungle, which a few moments ago was dying but is now re-growing back into seeds.) 24. JUNGLE OUTSIDE TARDIS (A little while later, the jungle is gone - nothing but dust everywhere. The only thing on the planet is the TARDIS and what's left of the Time Destructor. STEVEN and the DOCTOR step out onto the planet.) DOCTOR: Oh, dust. Nothing but dust! (He coughs.) (STEVEN finds the remains of the Time Destructor and picks it up.) STEVEN: (Softly.) The Time Destructor - what's left of it. DOCTOR: Mavic Chen's Taranium Core has finally burnt itself out. (STEVEN throws it on the ground.) STEVEN: I wish Sara could have seen the end. DOCTOR: Yes, my boy, so do I. You know, Steven, the one thing that Sara lived for was to see the total destruction of the Daleks. Well, now it's all over. Without her help, this could never have been achieved, hmm. (He starts to chuckle to himself.) STEVEN: What is it? (The DOCTOR points to a burn on the ground. This is where one of the Daleks was.) DOCTOR: Millions of years of progress reversed back - that's all that remains of a Dalek. (He continues chuckling to himself.) STEVEN: (Weightily.) Lets go, Doctor. I've seen enough of this place. DOCTOR: (A little happy.) Well, my boy we finally rid this planet of Daleks! (STEVEN is upset that the DOCTOR is celebrating their victory.) STEVEN: (In a slightly crying and slightly angry tone.) Brett! Katarina! Sara! (The Doctor thinks while Steven goes back on board the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: What a waste. What a terrible waste. (Without another word, he turns and boards the TARDIS, and with its usual sound, the TARDIS leaves Kembel.)
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The m*ssacre (of St. Bartholomew's Eve) EPISODE 1 - w*r OF GOD by John Lucarotti first broadcast - 5 February, 1966 1: EXT. COURTYARD OFF CITY STREET (The TARDIS materialises in a courtyard that has a wooden gate leading off to a city street. The DOCTOR and STEVEN exit the ship in their usual attire. They come out of the yard and look around their surroundings. The sound of people and a horse and cart can be heard in the distance.) DOCTOR: Hmm, highly satisfactory. STEVEN: If anyone opens that gate they'll find the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Oh nonsense, my boy. It's perfectly safe in there. Yes. France, most certainly. (He laughs.) STEVEN: Well how do you know that? DOCTOR: Hmm! (The DOCTOR points to a sign that reads "RUE DE BETHISY".) STEVEN: (To himself.) Very good! Date? (To the DOCTOR.) Any idea of the date, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, by the look of those houses I would say medieval. Although I suppose it might be as late as the seventeenth century. I... STEVEN: (Interrupting.) Look out! (A man dressed in clothes of the sixteenth century, comes into sight wandering purposefully towards one of the houses. The DOCTOR and STEVEN hide behind some bushes and observe. The man knocks on a door that is soon opened by a SERVANT.) MAN: Nicholas Muss is expecting me. SERVANT: Oh yes, of course. (He is admitted by the SERVANT. The DOCTOR and STEVEN come out of hiding.) DOCTOR: (Laughs.) You see that? We've landed in the middle of the sixteenth century. Hmm! Yes, and that was the very time. STEVEN: What are you talking about? DOCTOR: Yes. That strange brotherhood of apothecaries...way ahead of their time. Now, what was the name of that man that lived in Paris? Err...Pes?...Pret?... Preslin! Preslin. That's the man. Yes! The most advanced man of them all! I must try to get to see him. (Suddenly the door of the house opens and the first man who knocked previously exits with another man. They start to walk down the street. Again, the DOCTOR and STEVEN jump into hiding behind the bushes and listen to their conversation.) MAN: You are much too cautious, Nicholas. The Catholics know of only one way to settle our differences. NICHOLAS: Times are difficult enough for us, without you provoking further quarrels. MAN: I?! Oh come, be fair! Paris hates our kind. It will do anything it can to provoke us. NICHOLAS: You must control your temper, Gaston. It is imperative that we keep the peace at this time. (They walk off. The DOCTOR and STEVEN again come out of the bushes.) STEVEN: We're in Paris. DOCTOR: Quite so, dear boy. Well now, don't let us dawdle. We must go in and change. STEVEN: Have you got the right clothes? DOCTOR: You'd be surprised what I've got in my wardrobe and I want to turn over a few old papers. Come along, there's no time to lose. Come along. Come along, come along! 2: INT. TAVERN (NICHOLAS, GASTON and several other men are drinking at a nearby tavern.) GASTON: Now, now, is everybody's mug filled? ALL: Yes. GASTON: Then drink to Henri of Navarre, our Protestant prince. ALL: Henri of Navarre! (They drink the toast. Nearby, another man SIMON Duvall, calls out to them.) SIMON: And to his bride, our Catholic princess. (Hearing this, GASTON chokes purposely on his drink. He ignores the man who made the second toast and shouts to the LANDLORD.) GASTON: Landlord! LANDLORD: Yes, sir? GASTON: Have you got no decent wine? Where are the g*n? Or even the German wines? LANDLORD: Sir, we have the best Bordeaux on the market. GASTON: (With contempt.) A thin Catholic brew! (There is laughter but not from NICHOLAS who feels that GASTON is provoking the situation.) NICHOLAS: Gaston, no! SIMON: For a freethinking German, monsieur Muss, you have some sense. Vicomte, you have insulted her Highness the Princess. GASTON: Simon Duvall, what a surprise. No doubt you visit this tavern because the air is clearer of rigid Catholic dogma? (There is laughter from GASTON'S companions but again NICHOLAS does not join in.) SIMON: You have not answered me. GASTON: Answered you? I wasn't aware you had asked me a question. SIMON: The insult to Princess Marguerite. NICHOLAS: It was an accident. He choked. SIMON: Well then. Drink again. To her. (There is a pause.) NICHOLAS: Yes. (To GASTON.) We both will. To the Princess. (They all drink but GASTON proceeds to spit his out. There is laughter again from his companions as SIMON, furious, turns away to have a quiet word with the LANDLORD.) SIMON: Most of them are in the service of the Admiral de Coligny? LANDLORD: I have to serve them, sir. I hate these Huguenots as much as the next man but I have to live. SIMON: Certainly you must serve them, but watch and listen. Report to me anything you hear or see. LANDLORD: Certainly, anything, sir. Here in Paris we know what is right. Though for people like myself... with a living to earn. SIMON: Of course. (He hands him a coin.) But watch your business. (He makes for the door but GASTON calls out to him.) GASTON: Duvall, leaving so soon? Can't you stomach the wine here? SIMON: I have business elsewhere. After all, my dear Vicomte, a tavern is a place where a gentleman may refresh himself, while simpler people amuse him with their badinage. (Swords are drawn but SIMON sees that he is outnumbered. He replaces his sword and makes for the door. GASTON and his companions laugh. SIMON leaves the tavern passing the DOCTOR and STEVEN as they enter. STEVEN is dressed in much more appropriate clothing for the age with a cloak, ruffled collar, hat and sword. Aside from a hat, cloak and cane, the DOCTOR'S attire is not much different.) DOCTOR: It won't be of the least interest to you, dear boy. Landlord! Wine! (They sit at one of the benches.) STEVEN: What? I'm not going to sit in the TARDIS whilst you gallivant around Paris. DOCTOR: I shall do nothing of the sort. I'm going to visit Preslin. He lives on the other side of Paris, somewhere near Port St. Martin I believe. (The LANDLORD puts a jug of wine and two small cups on the table.) DOCTOR: Thank you. (To STEVEN.) I just want to sit down and have a talk with him about his work. Are you interested in germinology, hmm? STEVEN: I don't know. What is it? DOCTOR: Well, well, there you are, you see and you know nothing about this period do you? You'd only be found out for the man that you are. STEVEN: Look, I'll be careful! I'm perfectly capable of looking after myself. I'd just walk around Paris and see the sights. DOCTOR: Well, in that case I shan't visit Preslin. STEVEN: Oh don't be silly! You can't wait to talk to him. Go on! You go. I'll be all right. DOCTOR: Well... STEVEN: You'll never forgive yourself if you don't. DOCTOR: Well you promise me you won't get into trouble? STEVEN: Yes, of course. DOCTOR: Well try not to talk to anyone. And come back here this evening and we'll go off to the TARDIS together. STEVEN: Yes, all right. Now, you go and find your monsieur Preslin. DOCTOR: Quite, quite, You'll need that. (He throws STEVEN a gold coin.) STEVEN: Thanks... DOCTOR: And don't cut yourself with that sword. (The DOCTOR starts to leave and bumps into a man on the way out.) DOCTOR: Oh, I do beg your pardon. (The DOCTOR is followed by the man as he leaves. STEVEN spots this and gets up to follow.) LANDLORD: (To STEVEN.) Here, you! It is customary, sir, to pay for the wine consumed. STEVEN: Oh, oh yes, of course. Here take this. (STEVEN hands over the gold coin.) LANDLORD: The wine is two Sous. I cannot change this. STEVEN: Well that's all I have. LANDLORD: I cannot change gold. NICHOLAS: Can I help you? You're a stranger here. STEVEN: Yes. This man won't change my money. LANDLORD: I ask for two Sous and he gives me an Ecu. I cannot change such a coin. NICHOLAS: Here. (NICHOLAS pays the LANDLORD.) LANDLORD: Thank you, sir. (He starts to walk off with both the Sous and the Ecu.) NICHOLAS: (To the LANDLORD.) Is that Parisian hospitality? LANDLORD: What do you mean, sir? NICHOLAS: The gentleman's Ecu. LANDLORD: A thousand apologies. I wasn't thinking. (He gives STEVEN his Ecu back and walks off.) STEVEN: Oh. Thank you. I'm afraid I don't understand your money. NICHOLAS: Not at all. (NICHOLAS starts to walk off.) STEVEN: Excuse me. NICHOLAS: Yes? STEVEN: Can you tell me the way to the Port St. Martin? NICHOLAS: Certainly, but as a stranger to Paris I think you'll have difficulty finding it. STEVEN: I shall try. You see I must find a man called Preslin. NICHOLAS: I'm sorry. I don't know the name. Is anything wrong? STEVEN: Well, I don't know. You see the friend who was with me has gone there. When he left here it looked as though he was followed. NICHOLAS: The old man? STEVEN: Yes, you see he's gone to find an apothecary there. NICHOLAS: Is he sick? STEVEN: Oh no! No, no, he's a scientist. He's gone to talk to him about his idea. NICHOLAS: A dangerous thing to do in days like these. STEVEN: Oh, perhaps it doesn't matter. He'll be able to take care of himself. He usually does. NICHOLAS: In that case you needn't worry... STEVEN: (Uncertain.) No NICHOLAS: (Seeing this.) I don't think you're sure. Look, come and drink some wine with us and later I'll take you to the Port St. Martin. STEVEN: Thank you, but er, well, I don't want to intrude... NICHOLAS: Nonsense, come and join us. Later, we'll make sure your friend is safe. STEVEN: (Thinks then...) Thank you. I'm afraid I've never been in Paris before. NICHOLAS: Allow us to be your guides. (He escorts STEVEN over to where GASTON and the others sit.) 3: INT. PRESLIN'S RESIDENCE (Inside PRESLIN'S shop, an OLD MAN is gathering supplies, placing them in a large bag. He seems nervous and in a hurry. There is a knock at a door. The OLD MAN looks up in alarm but makes no move to answer the knock. There is a second knock and then the unlocked door is opened and the DOCTOR enters.) OLD MAN: What do you want? (The DOCTOR closes the door to and walks into the shop.) DOCTOR: I am looking for Charles Preslin. OLD MAN: He doesn't live here. DOCTOR: Oh, but this is his shop? OLD MAN: It was. He's gone. DOCTOR: Where? OLD MAN: He's left Paris. DOCTOR: Oh dear, dear, dear. Now isn't that a pity. And I did so want to talk to him about his work. OLD MAN: Make more trouble for him? DOCTOR: Trouble? Not at all! I'm a scientist too. I merely wish to discuss his work with him. OLD MAN: He was merely a mixer of herbs and ointments. DOCTOR: Perhaps to you, but he was a man who searched deeply in nature. I didn't think he was a faint heart. OLD MAN: No, but cautious. DOCTOR: I see. Yes. He also discovered, er, small creatures, which if attacking humanity could cause a very serious illness. OLD MAN: You're not French? DOCTOR: No. OLD MAN: Yet you know of Preslin? DOCTOR: Yes, in science news travels. Yes. And there's a man in Germany who's working on optics, trying to make a machine, which will enable Preslin to see these small creatures. He calls them germs. OLD MAN: (Excited.) Is it so! Are they really doing this? DOCTOR: Yes. So now, doesn't this encourage you to continue with your theories, monsieur Preslin? PRESLIN: (Pauses then answers with resignation.) Yes, I am Charles Preslin. Forgive me, but in these days one has to be careful. DOCTOR: Yes of course, my dear fellow. But I'm extremely curious about your work, Monsieur Preslin. 4: INT. TAVERN (STEVEN has been introduced by NICHOLAS to GASTON who has treated him with suspicion and with a lot of questions.) NICHOLAS: Don't mind Gaston, he's like this with any stranger. In fact, he'd cross-question his own shadow. GASTON: Don't mock me, Nicholas. I'm in France to protect my master, Henri of Navarre. Just as you are to protect de Coligny. NICHOLAS: You're too suspicious. Steven's been travelling abroad. He knows nothing about what's been happening here. Do you? STEVEN: I really do know very little. GASTON: Yes, but if you come from England you must be for the Huguenot? He is what you call a...a Protestant! STEVEN: Oh, yes. GASTON: (To NICHOLAS.) There you see it's just that I'm interested in our friend. (To STEVEN.) Now tell us where you've been travelling. STEVEN: (Nervous.) Well, I've been...I've been in Egypt! NICHOLAS: (Amazed.) In Egypt! STEVEN: Yes...look, er, I've taken up far too much of your time. Perhaps you'd be good enough to tell me the way to the Port St. Martin? NICHOLAS: I'll come with you, and show you the city. STEVEN: Ah, thank you, but really I should try to find my friend. GASTON: Wise man. Nicholas here only knows the most boring places. (They all laugh.) NICHOLAS: At least let me point out the start of your journey. STEVEN: Yes, thank you. (He leads him towards the door.) 5: EXT. STREET (Elsewhere in the city, a young serving GIRL bursts from a fine house. A CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD follows.) CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD: Guards! (The GIRL is obviously terrified and runs, pursued by the CAPTAIN and a guard intent on retrieving her. Tearing through the crowded streets, she cannot shake off her pursuers.) 6: EXT. STREET OUTSIDE TAVERN (NICHOLAS and STEVEN are outside the tavern. NICHOLAS has given STEVEN directions to Port St. Martin.) NICHOLAS: When you get there, ask again. Anyone will tell you. STEVEN: I think I can find it now. Thank you, Nicholas. NICHOLAS: A pleasure. (The GIRLS' path through the streets brings her directly to the tavern door just as the guards are about to catch up with her. STEVEN reaches out immediately to the frightened GIRL and she sees the kindness in his eyes. She ducks behind him into the tavern and slams the door shut. CAPTAIN: Let us pass! (The guards, STEVEN and NICHOLAS walk into the tavern.) 7: INT. TAVERN (GASTON and his companions look up as the guards enter. The GIRL is not in sight.) GASTON: And what do you want? CAPTAIN: The girl who came in here. GASTON: My Lord Cardinal's guard aren't you? What does he want with a wench? CAPTAIN: She is a servant. She ran away. I have orders to bring her back. GASTON: She doesn't appear to care for the Cardinal's service. I suggest you let her go. CAPTAIN: She has chosen for the staff of the house of the Abbot of Amboise. GASTON: Clearly she likes that no more. CAPTAIN: Let me pass! (Swords are drawn but the CAPTAIN and the one guard are outnumbered.) CAPTAIN: My Lord Abbot shall hear of this when he arrives. GASTON: Yes, I'm sure he will. Tell him to take this story to our Cardinal in Rome. No doubt he'll like it also. (The guards leave to the sound of laughter from GASTON and his companions.) GASTON: There now. I thought he might be roused. What a pity! NICHOLAS: (In admonition.) Gaston! (GASTON spots STEVEN across the tavern.) GASTON: Hey, come Mister Englishman. Join us again. Clearly not safe for you to walk alone. STEVEN: What about the girl? Where is she? GASTON: She's just a servant. A chance to bait a Catholic. Forget her! Come! Come! Come! 8: INT. PRESLIN'S RESIDENCE DOCTOR: But who is this Abbot, hmm? PRESLIN: The Abbot of Amboise. He hates us all. DOCTOR: Yes, I suppose just now all churchmen are rather suspicious of your work. But surely you can carry on without his knowledge, hmm? PRESLIN: You don't know the man! The Abbot of Amboise is the Cardinal of Lorraine's right hand. With the Cardinal in Rome the Abbot has decided to come to Paris. We shall be hunted down. That man is far more dangerous than the Cardinal. DOCTOR: I suppose there's no point in, er, going to see him? PRESLIN: None, unless you want to be thrown into prison for heresy! DOCTOR: Hmm, I wonder. 9: INT. TAVERN STEVEN: The girl was clearly frightened out of her wits. We should find her. GASTON: Nonsense. She's probably gone back to her own people. STEVEN: But don't you want to know why she was so frightened? GASTON: No. NICHOLAS: Many things frighten people in Paris these days. (GASTON spots the GIRL across the tavern.) GASTON: Hey, hey, hey, you! Girl, come here. (He snaps his fingers at her. The GIRL cautiously walks over.) GASTON: Come on! Now then, my friend here, whom you ran into, wants to know why you're frightened? (The GIRL doesn't answer. GASTON slams the table in impatience.) GASTON: Come on, girl! NICHOLAS: For goodness sake, you're frightening her even more! GASTON: It's all right. Just tell us what it is you fear. GIRL: Nothing, sir. STEVEN: Yes, but you were running away. Why? (The GIRL again doesn't answer. GASTON turns to one of his companions.) GASTON: Louis, call back the guards. GIRL: No! GASTON: Then answer us! Why were you frightened? GIRL: It is something I overheard, sir. GASTON: What? GIRL: Well, you see, I come from Vase. And when they said 'it might happen again'... GASTON: (Interrupting.) What's that? GIRL: They said it would happen again, and my father died there! GASTON: Vase! NICHOLAS: Calm down, Gaston. (Gently to the GIRL.) What did you hear? GIRL: I was just passing the room and I heard them mention Vase. GASTON: What did they say? GIRL: Something about it, er, about it happening before the week was past. GASTON: Who spoke? GIRL: The Captain who followed me inside and another man. NICHOLAS: Now tell us exactly what you heard. GIRL: Just, just the word that made me stop, sir. My father died at Vase and... GASTON: (Interrupting.) Yes, yes, I know, but go on! STEVEN: What are you all talking about? NICHOLAS: Ten years ago at Vase, a small town some miles south of Paris, a hundred Huguenots were slaughtered by the Catholics. STEVEN: Why? GASTON: Because they were Huguenots. NICHOLAS: Listen, girl. What do they call you? ANNE: Anne. NICHOLAS: Anne, think back. Remember every single word the Captain and the other man said. ANNE: But I've told you. GASTON: Then tell us again. 10: INT. CARDINAL'S RESIDENCE (The CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD is reporting on his failure to recapture ANNE to SIMON and ROGER Colbert who is the man who followed the DOCTOR from the tavern.) SIMON: Fool! To allow the meddlesome Vicomte De Leran to stop you! CAPTAIN: There were too many of them. They'd have k*lled us before we even found the girl. ROGER: The girl is just a servant. She couldn't have understood us. SIMON: If she should remember what you said and should repeat it she could put our friend on his guard. ROGER: We didn't speak of him. SIMON: Then what did you say to frighten the girl? CAPTAIN: Nothing. SIMON: Servants don't run away from a house in fear for nothing. CAPTAIN: I think we mentioned Vase and the celebrations here in Paris but nothing that anyone could've made head or tail of. SIMON: She made something of it! (He thinks.) Vase? That might have been it. That word alone is enough to put every Huguenot in Paris on his guard. ROGER: I will go and look for her. SIMON: You will not. You will wait here and report this to the Abbot. It was your mistake. I'm sure he will want to congratulate you himself. ROGER: But... (SIMON looks at him meaningfully. ROGER backs down.) ROGER: Very well. SIMON: (To the CAPTAIN.) And you, find out if she has any relations in Paris. If she has seek them out. And find if she's fled there. That girl must be found! 11: INT. TAVERN (GASTON and NICHOLAS are questioning ANNE inside the tavern with STEVEN.) GASTON: She can't help us any more. You can go. NICHOLAS: No, wait! If the Catholics find her they can easily discover what she's told us. We must keep her out of sight. GASTON: And just what do you propose to do with her? NICHOLAS: She can work in the Admiral's kitchen. They won't find her there. (To ANNE.) Go to the house of the Admiral de Coligny. Tell them that Nicholas Muss sent you. ANNE: Where's that, sir? GASTON: (Slamming his drink down on the table.) Oh, no one is more ignorant than the common people of Paris. The Admiral of France lives on the corner of Rue de Bethisy and the Rue de Labrasec. ANNE: Thank you sir. (She leaves the tavern.) STEVEN: But what do they mean these things she overheard? GASTON: A thr*at to Navarre. I must warn him. I'll see you later. (He too, leaves.) NICHOLAS: I'm afraid you have arrived in Paris at a most unfortunate time. STEVEN: I wish I understood what was going on. NICHOLAS: My English friend, it's really quite simple. Henri of Navarre is a Huguenot, a Protestant prince. Yesterday he married Marguerite of France, a Catholic. The marriage was arranged by the Queen Mother in the hope that it would heal the religious wound that is tearing France in two. But in the light of what that girl overheard, it looks as if the Catholics of France are plotting against Navarre's life. Do you understand? STEVEN: Yes. Yes, I think I do. NICHOLAS: Now, I must leave you. I must see the Admiral at once. Forgive me that I cannot show you Paris. STEVEN: Oh I shall be all right. Besides, my friend should be returning soon. NICHOLAS: Pleasant journey. Goodbye. STEVEN: Goodbye. (He leaves STEVEN.) 12: INT. PRESLIN'S RESIDENCE (Later that evening, PRESLIN receives another visitor - a small boy...) PRESLIN: You showed the old man the way? (The boy nods.) Good, I only hope he succeeds. You were not seen? I should hope not? (The boy shakes his head.) PRESLIN: You've done well. (He shows the boy out, then, to himself...) PRESLIN: Good luck, old man. Good luck. 13: INT. TAVERN (STEVEN paces the tavern, restless and worried about the DOCTOR. SIMON walks through the door and goes up to the LANDLORD.) SIMON: Where's the girl? LANDLORD: The girl? SIMON: The girl who came in here this morning. What happened to her? LANDLORD: I don't know, I was down in the cellar and when I came up there she was being questioned by the Huguenots. SIMON: Vicomte De Leran? Nicholas Muss? LANDLORD: Yes. And another man. SIMON: Who? LANDLORD: He's still here, over there... (He points STEVEN out.) SIMON: Who is he? LANDLORD: I don't know. A stranger. English, I think. SIMON: Go on. LANDLORD: The Vicomte left hurriedly once they'd finished with the girl. SIMON: And where is she now? LANDLORD: Sir, it's difficult to hear everything. I must watch over the whole tavern. SIMON: Haven't I paid you enough? LANDLORD: Oh come, sir! SIMON: What happened to the girl? (He gives him another coin.) LANDLORD: She...I remember. She was sent to the house of Admiral de Coligny. SIMON: I see. Thank you, my friend. (SIMON approaches Steven.) SIMON: Good evening. A stranger to this city? STEVEN: (Curtly.) Yes. SIMON: I thought you must be. Most wise people are at home by this time. It's almost time for the curfew. STEVEN: The curfew? SIMON: Yes, an unfortunate necessity which even the marriage of protestant Henri to our great King's sister hasn't been able to rectify. STEVEN: Look, I'm sorry, but I don't understand. I'm on my way back to England. I really know very little of what's been going on here. SIMON: I trust you've found yourself somewhere comfortable to stay while you're here. Apartments are hard to find at this time, Paris being so full for the celebrations. STEVEN: I shall be all right. I'm leaving tonight, I'm just waiting for a friend. SIMON: I hope he comes soon otherwise he won't be able to leave. STEVEN: I expect we'll be all right. Thanks. SIMON: Good. (SIMON returns to the LANDLORD.) SIMON: He's waiting for a friend. Watch and see who it is. (The door opens and NICHOLAS walks in. SIMON hides from view.) STEVEN: Nicholas! NICHOLAS: Steven, you're still here. Where's your friend? STEVEN: Don't know. He said he'd meet here tonight. He hasn't arrived yet. NICHOLAS: But it's time for the curfew. Where will you stay if he doesn't come? STEVEN: I don't know. I'm sure he will come. (A bell begins to ring outside.) NICHOLAS: There's the curfew now. You must come with me. You can always come back here in the morning. Landlord! LANDLORD: Yes, sir? NICHOLAS: If an old man arrives asking for the Englishman tell him he's lodging with the Admiral de Coligny, and will return here in the morning. LANDLORD: Certainly, sir. STEVEN: Look, this is very kind of you but I'm sure he will come. NICHOLAS: Not now, he must be delayed somewhere. There's nothing we can do tonight. STEVEN: I suppose you're right. He's probably got sidetracked. He often does. All right. Thank you. I will accept your offer. NICHOLAS: Then come. (They leave. SIMON comes out of hiding.) SIMON: English? I wonder what they're up to? (To the LANDLORD.) I shall want a full report in the morning on all that happens. 14: INT. CARDINAL'S RESIDENCE (ROGER Colbert is reporting to his master, the ABBOT OF AMBOISE. The unseen man is clearly perturbed, not speaking and ROGER is very nervous in his presence as he admits his error.) ROGER: And that is what happened. If it hadn't been for the Vicomte De Leran the Captain would almost certainly have caught her. It was pure mischance. (The ABBOT starts to rhythmically slam his walking stick down on the floor.) ROGER: (Even more nervous.) I'm sure she couldn't have made any sense of what we said. Simon Duvall has gone to the inn where she escaped and the Captain has gone to find an aunt of hers. I'm certain it's only a matter of time. In fact one of them may be bringing her...back...here now. (SIMON rushes in.) SIMON: Forgive me, Father Abbot, but the missing girl is at the house of Admiral de Coligny. (The ABBOT OF AMBOISE looks up.) ABBOT OF AMBOISE: Fetch her tomorrow! Bring her to me. (The ABBOT OF AMBOISE is the DOCTOR!.)
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The m*ssacre (of St. Bartholomew's Eve) EPISODE 2 - THE SEA BEGGAR by John Lucarotti first broadcast - 12 February, 1966 1: INT. DE COLIGNY'S RESIDENCE (It is the next morning. GASTON has joined NICHOLAS at the ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY'S house.) GASTON: (Exasperated.) I tell you, Nicholas, he refuses to take any precautions. Our noble lord, Henri of Navarre, will not believe that the Catholics are plotting to k*ll him! NICHOLAS: That so surprising? He is married to the King's sister! He must put on a show of trust in the Cath... GASTON: (Interrupting.) Trust in them! You know how far we can do that! You told him what that girl overheard? NICHOLAS: Yes! GASTON: What did he say? NICHOLAS: He refuses to pay any attention to a servant girl's story. GASTON: But we must convince them! Nicholas, you are the man's secretary. Now speak to de Coligny again, now tell him... NICHOLAS: (Interrupting.) I've done what I can! No... I must wait until we find out something more... or for the Catholics to make a move... GASTON: Their move is likely to be a Kn*fe in Navarre's back. (GASTON paces then suddenly thinks of something...) GASTON: What happened to that Englishman, Steven? NICHOLAS: He's gone back to the tavern to find his friend. 2: EXT. TAVERN (STEVEN pounds on the tavern door. There is no answer. STEVEN goes to question an old man passing by.) STEVEN: Excuse me, I wonder if... (The door to the tavern is suddenly opened. STEVEN goes inside...) 3: INT. TAVERN STEVEN: Landlord, has anyone asked for me? LANDLORD: What, sir? Oh, it's you, monsieur. STEVEN: The friend I was waiting for last night... LANDLORD: Not today. STEVEN: Didn't he return last night and leave a message? LANDLORD: I haven't seen your friend since you left with him at the curfew last night! STEVEN: Not that friend, I'm looking for the old man, the was...the one who was here with me yesterday morning. Well, he should have met me here last night. Look, he was wearing a large travelling cloak and carrying a silver-topped cane. LANDLORD: No one has been here. We're closed. STEVEN: Not last night or this morning? LANDLORD: No! I've got work to do! If you need help go and ask it from your Huguenot friends! 4: INT. DE COLIGNY'S RESIDENCE NICHOLAS: For goodness sake, Gaston. It's quite likely we drew the wrong conclusions. GASTON: Look, the girl overheard the men talking about Vase, and it would happen again before the week was out! NICHOLAS: No she didn't! She heard them mention the name Vase. And then, just before she ran away, she heard them say it would happen before the week was out. GASTON: Well what's the difference? NICHOLAS: It's quite likely the name Vase had nothing to do with the m*ssacre there. And the it was referring to something else entirely. GASTON: Look, Nicholas, you can't... (There is a knock at the door and the SERVANT shows in STEVEN.) STEVEN: Nicholas, I'm sorry to have to bother you again... NICHOLAS: Don't worry. (To the SERVANT.) Antoine, bring another glass. SERVANT: Yes, monsieur. NICHOLAS: You, er, didn't find your friend? STEVEN: Well, no, I even went to the TARD... the place where we were to leave from. There wasn't any sign of him. GASTON: Well if he's fallen foul of the Catholics who roam about the streets, heaven help him. NICHOLAS: Many of our followers are just as bad. GASTON: Nonsense! NICHOLAS: Pay no attention to Gaston. Now what can I do to help you? STEVEN: Well, my friend went to the Port St. Martin as you know. I must try to find him there, but I'm afraid I can't remember your directions. NICHOLAS: I'll come with you. STEVEN: Thanks. (They are about to leave but GASTON has been looking out of the window and he calls them back.) GASTON: Before you go, I think you have a visitor! NICHOLAS: Who? GASTON: Roger Colbert! Recently appointed temporal secretary to the Abbot of Amboise during his stay in Paris. I'll wager he's come to fetch the girl. (Very amused, he laughs. A second later, the door is opened and ROGER is shown in.) GASTON: An unexpected visit, monsieur Colbert! (ROGER ignores him and walks over to NICHOLAS.) ROGER: Nicholas Muss? NICHOLAS: Yes? ROGER: Forgive me for calling on you like this but I believe that yesterday you were put to some inconvenience by a servant from the household of the Abbot of Amboise. NICHOLAS: Inconvenience? ROGER: I understand she overheard someone say something and was frightened by it. She ran away and I hear that you kindly gave her refuge in the Admiral's kitchens. GASTON: And what could the Abbot say that would frighten a servant so? ROGER: The Abbot was not then in residence. She heard someone speak of Vase and I believe that she was there when that unfortunate business took place. She was frightened, I suspect, by her own memory, rather than by anything she heard. GASTON: And do they discuss the slaughter at Vase so glibly? ROGER: People can talk of the town without referring to that. (ANNE enters the room with some wine. GASTON quickly shoos her out.) ROGER: Surely, that is the very girl! GASTON: That girl? ROGER: Yes, her name is Anne Chaplet. Allow me take her with me. GASTON: Oh, no, no, no, no, no! You must be mistaken, that girl is called, erm, Genevieve. And she's been working here ever since the Admiral came to Paris. ROGER: (Unconvinced.) I see. Forgive me for troubling you. (ROGER leaves as GASTON laughs.) STEVEN: That is the same man who followed my friend from the tavern. NICHOLAS: You're sure? STEVEN: Positive. NICHOLAS: But what could the Abbot of Amboise want with your friend? GASTON: (Looking out of the window again.) Well, well, well, the Abbot has come himself, and all for the sake of a servant. (STEVEN and NICHOLAS join GASTON at the window. ROGER is outside reporting to the ABBOT. He turns round and STEVEN is amazed to see that it is the DOCTOR.) STEVEN: (Shocked.) But...but that's the Doctor! That's the Doctor talking to Roger Colbert! I must go to him. Thank you for all your help. (He goes to leave the room and join the DOCTOR. GASTON calls him back.) GASTON: One moment! STEVEN: Yes? GASTON: You say that man is your friend? STEVEN: Yes! GASTON: And how long have you been working for the Abbot of Amboise? STEVEN: (Amazed.) What? NICHOLAS: (Quietly furious.) The man talking to Colbert is the Abbot of Amboise. In what capacity do you serve him? STEVEN: What are you talking about? Well that man's the Doc... (He looks out of the window again, but the street outside is now empty.) STEVEN: He's gone...at least... it looked like the Doctor! GASTON: (Angry.) If you're certain, the certainty is that I don't like Catholic spies! STEVEN: I'm no spy. Listen to me. I thought that man was the Doctor. If you say it was the Abbot of Amboise, then I must be mistaken. NICHOLAS: (Somewhat sarcastically.) Perhaps... STEVEN: Look Nicholas! I can prove that the Doctor looks like the Abbot. Show me the way to the Port St. Martin, we'll go to the shop of Preslin the apothecary, you'll meet the Doctor! GASTON: (To NICHOLAS.) And walk straight into a Catholic trap! STEVEN: (Angry.) It's no trap! Nicholas, if I were a spy would I be such a fool as to betray myself like this? (GASTON starts to shout but NICHOLAS quickly interrupts him.) NICHOLAS: I think he may be telling the truth. I'll come with you. GASTON: Yeh, so will I. NICHOLAS: No, stay here. If I don't come back, go to the Admiral. GASTON: Look, you're mad, listen... NICHOLAS: We have to find out! (To STEVEN.) Come, monsieur and for your sake, I hope we find your friend. (They walk out.) 5: INT. LOUVRE (SIMON Duvall is reporting on the situation to TAVANNES, the Marshal of France.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: You say the Abbot went to the house himself? SIMON: Yes, Marshal, he felt it was imperative to get the girl back. MARSHAL TAVANNES: The Abbot's a fool. The girl's not important. She must have told the Huguenots all that she knows. All that she overheard. If they'd made anything of it they'd have acted by now. All he's done is to arouse further suspicion. SIMON: He's an astute man in some ways. After all, without him, we wouldn't have got the help of monsieur Bondot. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Bondot has yet to prove himself. Other assassins might do as well. SIMON: His Eminence the Cardinal trusts the Abbot. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Yes, I'm not sure that I do. There's something odd about all this. Watch him closely, Simon, make a note of everything he says or does, and report it to me. SIMON: Yes, Marshal. There is another matter. Nicholas Muss is playing host to a young Englishman. MARSHAL TAVANNES: At de Coligny's house? Who is he? SIMON: I don't know. MARSHAL TAVANNES: (Thinks.) Mmm. Perhaps our fine Admiral is making secret overtures to the English? SIMON: It seems that he's a stranger to France. MARSHAL TAVANNES: All the more reason why Elizabeth of England should send him. Find out more about this Englishman. Go now, and stay close to the Abbot... (ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY enters the room, unnoticed.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: ...and, Simon, tell him I shall bring word later concerning the 'Sea Beggar'. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: Interested in the Dutch at last, Marshal Tavannes? MARSHAL TAVANNES: Ah, Admiral De Coligny! I didn't hear you come in. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: I hope you are looking into the plight of the unfortunate Dutch... (SIMON leaves the room.) ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: ...the 'sea beggars' as you call them. Their fight with Spain is a just one. MARSHAL TAVANNES: So you frequently tell us in council. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: Your only quarrel with the Dutch is that they're Protestant and not Catholic. MARSHAL TAVANNES: That could also be the reason why you support them. But rest assured, Admiral, we are examining their claim for France's aid. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: That is something I suppose. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Tell me, have you any news from that other ally of yours, England? ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: No. Why should I? MARSHAL TAVANNES: Strange. I'd heard that you have an Englishman staying with you. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: There was a lost stranger who lodged at my house last night. I believe he was English. MARSHAL TAVANNES: And he brought you no word? ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: You are an extraordinary man, Tavannes. You see shadows where there is no sun. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Perhaps. Forgive me. I have an audience with the Queen Mother. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: Don't let me detain you. (MARSHAL TAVANNES leaves.) 6: EXT. STREET IN PORT ST. MARTIN (NICHOLAS and STEVEN are searching for PRESLIN'S shop without success so far.) NICHOLAS: We've been up and down every street in the Port St. Martin. STEVEN: Preslin's shop must be around here somewhere. (He sees the shop.) Look! (He rushes over to the door, bumping into an OLD LADY in the process.) STEVEN: Sorry! OLD LADY: Rushing about, knocking folk down, you young gentlemen... (STEVEN starts pounding on the door.) NICHOLAS: Sorry, my friend's looking for someone. OLD LADY: Well that's no reason to go pushing me over. (To STEVEN.) And you can stop making all that noise. You're disturbing the whole neighbourhood. Nobody lives there. STEVEN: What?! NICHOLAS: Monsieur Preslin doesn't use his shop? OLD LADY: Does it look like it? Nothing lives there except the rats. STEVEN: Where is Preslin now? NICHOLAS: How long since he's lived here? OLD LADY: Oh, a long time. Two years about. He was arrested for heresy. STEVEN: What do you mean?...You mean he's in prison? OLD LADY: Burnt I expect. And if he isn't, he should be. (She walks away.) NICHOLAS: Your story is thinner than before. You say the Doctor is...is with Preslin, who by all accounts is d*ad. STEVEN: She only said he might be. NICHOLAS: And what about the Doctor? STEVEN: I don't know. NICHOLAS: (With menace.) I think I do. Your friend is the Abbot of Amboise. STEVEN: No. (Almost to himself.) At least, I don't see how it can be... unless? NICHOLAS: What? STEVEN: It is just possible that the Doctor is pretending to be the Abbot. NICHOLAS: For what reason? STEVEN: Wait until I find him. NICHOLAS: So that you can get further instructions? STEVEN: Nicholas! Please believe me! I know nothing about Vase or the Catholics or half of what you talk about. If the Doctor is pretending to be the Abbot then it's for a very good reason. Please let me go to him. Shall I find out there is a plot of some kind I'll come back and tell you. NICHOLAS: No. You will come back with me now. There are others who shall decide before I do. (With no other choice, STEVEN goes with him. However, he waits for his chance, then trips NICHOLAS and pushes him into a passerby. He escapes, racing away through the streets.) 7: INT. ABBOT'S RESIDENCE SIMON: Where is the Abbot? He knew I might bring word. I've been waiting here for over half an hour. ROGER: He may be with Monivere. SIMON: Will you never learn? Call the assassin Bondot. If the 'Sea Beggar' should find out Monivere is in Paris he'd be put on his guard at once. Why do you think we've chosen code names so very carefully? ROGER: I'm sorry. SIMON: You've already been responsible for one mistake. There must be no more. ROGER: I parted with the Abbot at De Coligny's house. He did not tell me where he was going. SIMON: Oh, very well. Tell me what you know about the Abbot. ROGER: He's been specially appointed by the Cardinal. SIMON: I don't mean that. How long have you known him? ROGER: I only met him yesterday. But he's worked for His Eminence the Cardinal of Lorraine for many years and has done him many services. SIMON: You saw him for the first time yesterday? ROGER: No. I met him for the first time. I saw him once at an encyclical meeting held by the Cardinal. SIMON: And that was the only time you'd seen him? ROGER: Yes. SIMON: Tell me, when you saw Nicholas Muss this morning, who else was there? ROGER: The Vicomte De Leran, and the girl is certainly there, because I saw her. SIMON: She's of no importance now. No one else was with them? ROGER: A third man but I didn't know him. SIMON: Was he English? ROGER: I don't know. He didn't speak. SIMON: I want you to find out about him. If he is English, find out who he is and what his business is in France. 8: INT. DE COLIGNY'S RESIDENCE (GASTON is questioning ANNE.) ANNE: Like I said, monsieur, I never seen him before in my life. I just ran into him when the Abbot's guards were after me and I thought he was one of them. GASTON: Why? ANNE: Well, because I was frightened and when he held out his arms, as if to stop me, and I thought he was one of them, but he isn't. GASTON: How do you know? ANNE: Because he's kind, monsieur, and gentle. (NICHOLAS enters.) GASTON: (Exuberant.) Nicholas, you're back! How was the Port St. Martin? NICHOLAS: Ah, Gaston, now listen... GASTON: Now there's a welcome. I've got good news. Henri of Navarre has decided to increase his guard. NICHOLAS: And I have bad news. Steven's escaped. He must've been sent here by the Catholics. ANNE: That's not true! GASTON: (Amused.) What's that? ANNE: Forgive me, monsieur, but... well I'm sure he's a stranger here. He knows nothing about anything or... or what's going on in Paris. Why, he don't even know about the royal wedding. GASTON: (Quietly.) Get out of here. ANNE: But, monsieur... GASTON: (Wearily.) Get out! (ANNE leaves.) GASTON: You're too kind to these nothings. Now, tell me what's been happening. NICHOLAS: (Embarrassed.) He didn't find the man who was supposed to look like the Abbot. (Trying to justify himself.) I was bringing Steven back here when he got away. GASTON: How? NICHOLAS: We were on our way back when... he suddenly tricked me and pushed me into a passer-by. I was taken by surprise. I went after him but it was hopeless. GASTON: I knew I should have come with you. Still, we know where to find him. NICHOLAS: Yes...with the Abbot of Amboise. 9: EXT. ABBOT'S RESIDENCE (By early evening, STEVEN has made his way to the ABBOT'S house. Lurking in the shadows, he approaches the house. Two guards pass by and STEVEN hides. After they have gone, STEVEN spots a light behind an opened window. He climbs up to the window and looks in.) 10: INT. ABBOT'S RESIDENCE (STEVEN sees MARSHAL TAVANNES and SIMON talking. They are with ROGER.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: So my Lord abbot is not here and you don't know where he is to be found? SIMON: I'm afraid not, Marshal. MARSHAL TAVANNES: After my instructions to you earlier today I would have hoped that I could put more faith in you. SIMON: I'm sorry but we did look everywhere. MARSHAL TAVANNES: There's a draught in here. Close those shutters. (ROGER closes the shutters. STEVEN ducks back to avoid detection, but can still hear the conversation.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: Between you, you will find the Abbot and you will give him this message for me. Say the decision has been made. SIMON: You mean... MARSHAL TAVANNES: You interrupt me, Simon. Tell him the 'Sea Beggar' dies tomorrow. SIMON: Tomorrow? Where? MARSHAL TAVANNES: He will attend an early council meeting at the Louvre. On his return, Bondot will be waiting for him. (He takes a drink from a cup he is holding.) SIMON: Do you wish that the Abbot instructs Bondot? MARSHAL TAVANNES: No. Bondot already has his orders. You may tell the Abbot that also - when you find him. (With some contempt.) Is that clear? SIMON: Yes, Marshal. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Good. (TAVANNES leaves the room. SIMON is both aghast and relieved.) SIMON: So, the royal command has been given. ROGER: What do you mean? SIMON: That order didn't come from Marshal Tavannes. It came from the Queen Mother. 11: EXT. ABBOT'S RESIDENCE (STEVEN jumps down from the window and runs off.) 12: INT. DE COLIGNY'S RESIDENCE (STEVEN has made his way from the ABBOT'S residence. He is shown in by the SERVANT.) SERVANT: He won't be long, monsieur. If you'll wait in here. STEVEN: Thanks. (He leaves the room. STEVEN looks around the room. His is glancing at some papers on NICHOLAS'S desk when GASTON enters the room.) GASTON: Nicholas, there's... (Sees STEVEN.) What are you doing? STEVEN: Where is Nicholas? I have some important news. GASTON: I'm sure you have. And I've got some for you too. (Shouts.) Get out of here! STEVEN: Look, you don't understand... GASTON: (Angry.) What papers are you looking for, spy! Some more information for your Abbot? STEVEN: (Shouts.) Listen to me! GASTON: (Angry.) I'd rather listen to a pack of screaming devils! STEVEN: Gaston, there is a... (GASTON withdraws his sword. STEVEN pulls out his own sword to defend himself and parries GASTON'S lunge. GASTON continues to advance and manages to disarm STEVEN with ease.) GASTON: (Quietly, with contempt.) Get out of here. STEVEN: Gaston... GASTON: (Shouts.) Get out! (NICHOLAS enters as STEVEN leaves the room. He has heard the commotion.) NICHOLAS: Gaston, what are you doing? GASTON: Oh, you're having a very bad effect on me, my friend. I just spared that wretch's life. NICHOLAS: What are you talking about? GASTON: That... Englishman! NICHOLAS: Steven? GASTON: Yes, I caught him here! NICHOLAS: What did he say? GASTON: Say? Nothing. NICHOLAS: Why did he come back? GASTON: He was spying! I caught him going through your papers. NICHOLAS: He must have had a message otherwise he'd never have come back. GASTON: (Shouts.) I tell you he was going through your papers! NICHOLAS: Where did he go? GASTON: How should I know? Probably back to that animal from Amboise. NICHOLAS: Steven said he'd come back here if he found out something important. Did he say anything? GASTON: Nothing! Well don't tell me that you still trust him! NICHOLAS: (With some contempt.) For pity's sake go back to the Louvre. Go back and protect your Lord of Navarre. It's almost time for the curfew. (GASTON stalks out.) 13: EXT. STREET (STEVEN is alone on the darkening streets, not sure of what to do or where to go. After a while, he realises he is being followed as the Tocsin bell starts to ring out for curfew. Stopping in the shadows, he reaches out and manages to capture his pursuer. It is ANNE who screams as STEVEN surprises her.) STEVEN: Anne! What are you doing following? ANNE: I'm sorry, monsieur, I didn't mean any harm. STEVEN: What are you doing here? The curfew's ringing. Go back to the house. ANNE: No. I can't go back there now. They'll... they'll know where to find me. I want to come with you. STEVEN: But you can't, I mean, why? ANNE: You were kind to me. You were the first one that ever was. Please, don't send me back there. STEVEN: I can't take you with me. I've nowhere to go myself. ANNE: Well, I know Paris, I'll help you find somewhere. STEVEN: Well I... (Thinks.) Yes. Anne, do you know who the 'Sea Beggar' is? ANNE: What? STEVEN: Who is the 'Sea Beggar'? ANNE: I don't know, monsieur. Why? STEVEN: He's going to be k*lled tomorrow. All right then, if you insist on coming with me do you know where we can spend the night? ANNE: We can't go to my aunt's. They'll be looking for me there. There must be lots of places in Paris where no one would think of finding me. STEVEN: Yes of course, Preslin's shop. Do you know how to get to the Port St. Martin? ANNE: Of course. STEVEN: Take me there. I've only been there once. I don't think I can find it on my own. ANNE: I'll show you. 14: INT. DE COLIGNY'S RESIDENCE (DE COLIGNY enters his house and finds NICHOLAS working at his desk.) NICHOLAS: Admiral! ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: You're working late. NICHOLAS: I thought you were asleep. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: Nonsense. I've been with the King. NICHOLAS: You wish to give me some notes? ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: No, not tonight. I think I've persuaded him. NICHOLAS: You've got the King to agree to w*r with Spain? ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: It's possible. If he doesn't change his mind by the morning...we are to join the Dutch. You know, Nicholas, after I'd explained the situation to him, he turned to me and he said "If we do ally ourselves with the Dutch, you, De Coligny, will go down in history as the 'Sea Beggar'." The Sea Beggar! It's a title I'd be proud of!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x23 - The Sea Beggar"}
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The m*ssacre (of St. Bartholomew's Eve) EPISODE 3 - PRIEST OF DEATH by John Lucarotti first broadcast - 19 February, 1966 1: INT. PRESLIN'S SHOP (The next morning, STEVEN is woken by the noise of ANNE looking for something to eat.) STEVEN: Oh, it's only you. What's the time? ANNE: Oh, I'm sorry, monsieur. I didn't mean to wake you, I, I... STEVEN: (Impatiently.) Never mind. What time is it? ANNE: It's dawn, monsieur. The Tocsin's rung. Curfew's over. STEVEN: And the 'Sea Beggar' dies today. ANNE: Are we gonna leave Paris now? STEVEN: No. (ANNE looks disappointed.) STEVEN: (Gently.) No, I'm sorry, Anne, but I must go back to the Abbot's house. ANNE: (Shouts.) No! Monsieur, no! STEVEN: I must! Now, my friend should be there by now. He may know who the 'Sea Beggar' is. ANNE: If you go back there, they'll arrest you. STEVEN: No they won't, the Doctor should be able to stop them. ANNE: They'll recognise you before you can find him. The Captain of the Guard and Monsieur Colbert. STEVEN: Hmm. Perhaps if I disguise... see if we can find some other clothes. (They rummage through the chest of clothes. He pulls out a dirty cloak.) STEVEN: Ah, yes. Well, this should do. ANNE: Ugh, but it's so dirty, monsieur. STEVEN: Yes, well, never mind. Now, if I can find that hat... (ANNE finds his hat.) ANNE: Monsieur? STEVEN: Good girl. (ANNE laughs as STEVEN tries on his disguise.) STEVEN: Yes, well I don't think the Captain'll recognise me in this. 2: INT. THE LOUVRE (An early morning council session is taking place at the Louvre. In attendance on King CHARLES IX are ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY, MARSHAL TAVANNES, a third Councillor called TELIGNY and several other Councillors. The Queen Mother, CATHERINE DE MEDICI watches proceedings.) ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: If we ally ourselves to the Dutch in their conflict with Spain, the common cause will unify the country, and prevent further civil strife. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Oh, surely the marriage between Henri of Navarre and His Majesty's sister has already put an end to the disturbances? ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: For how long? As I have pointed out, frequently, in this chamber, it would take but one small incident and the whole of Paris could be in uproar. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Incidents occur daily, and still the city does not rise. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: If we allied ourselves with the Dutch even those incidents would not take place. CHARLES IX: My Admiral has a good point there. Pray accept it, Marshal, and let us finish with this tedious business. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Your Majesty, France cannot afford this w*r. CHARLES IX: So we are told frequently by our mother. (He looks at the silent CATHERINE.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: The recent conflict inside the country has brought us almost to ruin. There is no money to pay for the forces that would be needed to wage w*r with Spain. TELIGNY: But is it not so that under the treaty signed at Loire, the English will come to our assistance? CHARLES IX: Not you as well, my little Councillor? The Admiral and the Marshal quarrel well enough without assistance. TELIGNY: I apologise, sire. I had hoped to end the deadlock between them. CHARLES IX: It was good to hear a different voice. So, Elizabeth of England has agreed to help us? MARSHAL TAVANNES: Does anyone here trust her? She breaks more promises than she keeps. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: She has no love for Spain. MARSHAL TAVANNES: She has yet to come out into the open and say so. However, if Your Majesty is so eager to fight this w*r, perhaps we could raise the money by leasing the Alpine hunting grounds to Italy? CHARLES IX: Do you mock me, Marshal? MARSHAL TAVANNES: Of course not, sire, but the w*r will have to be paid for. Some sacrifices will have to be made. CHARLES IX: We will give away nothing of our land. TELIGNY: Besides, the bears there are French. They may not like to be sold. CHARLES IX: Ha, true! (He laughs.) Next winter you will accompany us on our hunt. TELIGNY: (Bows.) Your majesty! ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: There is enough money in France to finance the w*r. CHARLES IX: Enough of this w*r. I am bored with Spain. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: But I beg to advise, Your Majesty... CHARLES IX: (Shouts.) No, Admiral, please! Talk of it some other time. w*r is so tedious. Move to matters closer to us. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: If the King refuses to make w*r, may it please God that another w*r will not be forced on him, which it would not be easy to renounce. 3: INT. PRESLIN'S SHOP (STEVEN is ready to leave the shop in his disguise but ANNE refuses to stay behind alone.) ANNE: No, monsieur. I won't stay here alone. STEVEN: Then you must come with me! ANNE: But they'll arrest me at the Abbot's house! STEVEN: They won't. Now look, I'm almost certain that my friend is pretending to be the Abbot. Now he'll make sure that no harm comes to you. ANNE: But, monsieur... STEVEN: Now you must trust me. I'll take care of you. ANNE: You've been very kind to me, monsieur, but... well, I'm...I'm afraid to go back to that house. STEVEN: Look, I'll be with you. Besides, you won't stay here, so where will you go? ANNE: (Thinks for a minute, then,.) Well...all right, I'll come with you. STEVEN: Look, if anything happens on the way to the Abbot, if I'm recognised, then we'll have to run. Now you must come back here, do you understand? ANNE: Well supposing they catch me? STEVEN: No they won't. I'll be the one they chase. Now if you come back here I'll know where to find you, and I can join you as soon as possible. ANNE: (Thinks again, then.) All right. STEVEN: Good girl. Come on. (They leave.) 4: INT. THE LOUVRE (The Council session continues...) ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: How much longer are the Huguenots to suffer these frequent violations of their rights? MARSHAL TAVANNES: The treaty drawn up by the Queen Mother to conclude the religious difficulties of the country was generous in the extreme to the free thinkers. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: Words were spoken. Signatures were exchanged. But they did not prevent many acts against the Huguenots. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Do you question the promises of the Queen Mother, Admiral? ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: It is easy to promise. MARSHAL TAVANNES: You speak treason! CHARLES IX: (Stands up suddenly and shouts.) Enough! Why is it not possible for our councillors to talk without quarrelling? ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: Sire, it is imperative that the religious differences of the country be fully discussed! CHARLES IX: Admiral, grant me but a few days more in which to amuse myself and then I promise you, as King, that I shall make you happy and all those of your religion. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: Kings are recognised only by the power they wield. The Queen Mother seems to claim this power. Take care, Your Majesty, that it does not prove detrimental to yourself, and to France. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Your Majesty! CHARLES IX: Tavannes, no more. Marshal! (MARSHAL TAVANNES obeys CHARLES' one word order. A furious CATHERINE DE MEDICI storms out of the chamber.) CHARLES IX: This meeting is over. Since my noble mother has seen fit to depart, let us do likewise. We need to get on with the Feast of St. Bartholomew, so until the day after tomorrow, let us enjoy ourselves. (He walks out of the chamber. TELIGNY turns to the DE COLIGNY.) TELIGNY: Was that wise? To insult the Queen will only make her work harder against you. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: It is time her power was challenged. TELIGNY: The King still fears his mother. Surely this may damage all for which you've worked so hard? ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: Let us hope not. (CHARLES comes back into the chamber.) CHARLES IX: Ha ha! Admiral, come with us. We are going to play tennis. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: Your Majesty, I must beg to be excused. I have work which must be done. CHARLES IX: Oh, my dear Admiral, we are pleased with you! Since now our mother will not speak to us for the rest of today, you will come with us. I have a new racquet I want you to see. Come! 5: INT. ABBOT'S RESIDENCE. WAITING ROOM (A PRIEST escorts STEVEN and ANNE into the room.) PRIEST: You will have to wait in here. The Abbot cannot be disturbed. STEVEN: Yes, but I must speak to him. It's most important. PRIEST: You do not understand, young man. The Abbot is saying his office. STEVEN: His what? PRIEST: His office. We cannot disturb him while he is at prayer. STEVEN: Well how long's he going to be? PRIEST: You must curb your impatience, young man. If you will tell me what your business is, then perhaps I can help you. STEVEN: Erm... I, I have a message for the Abbot, concerning a man who is to die today. PRIEST: If it is a case for the last sacraments, then there is no need to trouble the Abbot. I, myself, will come with you. STEVEN: Well, no. I mean, I mean, it's very kind of you but... PRIEST: Is there something more? STEVEN: Well, yes. And I can only discuss it with the Abbot. (At that moment, the "ABBOT OF AMBOISE" enters the room and spots STEVEN and ANNE.) ABBOT OF AMBOISE: What is this? PRIEST: My Lord Abbot. STEVEN: Doctor! ABBOT OF AMBOISE: Silence! Who is this man? And why does he disturb my peace? PRIEST: It appears he comes from a dying man. ABBOT OF AMBOISE: (To STEVEN.) Well? STEVEN: (Unsure of how to act in front of the "ABBOT".) Um, I, I... I've brought back the servant who ran away. ANNE: (Shocked at STEVENS'S betrayal of her.) Monsieur! ABBOT OF AMBOISE: You have done well, my son. (To the PRIEST.) Father, you may leave us. I will settle this matter. PRIEST: Very well, my Lord Abbot. (The PRIEST leaves the room.) STEVEN: (To ANNE.) I felt you would be safer here, as Bondot waits for the 'Sea Beggar'. (At that moment, MARSHAL TAVANNES enters.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: (To the "ABBOT".) Father Abbot, a word with you. ABBOT OF AMBOISE: The young man has returned the girl to us, Marshal. MARSHAL TAVANNES: What girl? ABBOT OF AMBOISE: The one who lodged with the 'Sea Beggar'. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Oh, she is of no importance. I must speak with you alone. ABBOT OF AMBOISE: Very well. (To STEVEN.) Take the girl and wait outside. I'll tend you later. (STEVEN and ANNE leave the room...) 6: INT. ABBOT'S RESIDENCE. HALLWAY (...but can still hear the conversation between the "ABBOT" and TAVANNES.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: (OOV.) Is Bondot prepared? ABBOT OF AMBOISE: (OOV.) Of course, I never fail. Neither will my servants. MARSHAL TAVANNES: (OOV.) If Bondot... ANNE: (To STEVEN.) Listen! ABBOT OF AMBOISE: (OOV.) Bondot has been prepared for the last few hours. STEVEN: (To ANNE.) Quick, we've got to tell Nicholas. (They quickly leave.) 7: INT. ABBOT'S RESIDENCE. WAITING ROOM ABBOT OF AMBOISE: Is the 'Sea Beggar' on his way home? MARSHAL TAVANNES: I don't know. The King delayed him after the council. He had seen fit to insult the Queen Mother and His Majesty was naturally pleased with him. ABBOT OF AMBOISE: De Coligny will allow no one to take him away from his work. I think we can take it he is on his way by now. (ROGER enters quickly.) ROGER: The girl, the servant who ran... ABBOT OF AMBOISE: (Angry.) Colbert! How dare you interrupt us! ROGER: But she is with the Englishman from the Admiral's house. I've just seen them! MARSHAL TAVANNES: (Shocked.) What? ROGER: The Englishman with the girl. He's the one who was with the Huguenots. MARSHAL TAVANNES: (To the "ABBOT".) Who did he say he was? ABBOT OF AMBOISE: I never asked him. MARSHAL TAVANNES: (To ROGER.) Fetch him back! ROGER: I've sent the guards after them. He was taking her out the side door. MARSHAL TAVANNES: (Snaps.) My Lord Abbot, what mistake have you perpetrated now? ABBOT OF AMBOISE: He could not hear what was being said. I sent him out of the room. In any case, it is too late for him to warn the Admiral. MARSHAL TAVANNES: For your sake it had better be. 8: INT. DE COLIGNY'S RESIDENCE (NICHOLAS sits brooding in his room. He hears a noise from outside and rushes to the hallway...) 9: INT. DE COLIGNY'S RESIDENCE. HALLWAY (...where STEVEN is struggling to gain access. The SERVANT tries to hold him back.) STEVEN: Will you get out of my way! SERVANT: But monsieur, I cannot allow... NICHOLAS: (Interrupting.) Steven? STEVEN: Nicholas! Quickly, it's the Admiral! SERVANT: (To STEVEN.) Monsieur... NICHOLAS: (To the SERVANT.) Be quiet! (To STEVEN.) What's wrong? STEVEN: The plot! NICHOLAS: The Catholics? STEVEN: Yes! It's the Admiral they're going to k*ll! NICHOLAS: de Coligny?! STEVEN: Today! Now! NICHOLAS: But how? STEVEN: I don't know, but you've got to warn him. NICHOLAS: He's at the Louvre. There's a council meeting. STEVEN: No, it's over. They're going to k*ll him on the way back. NICHOLAS: Where? STEVEN: (Unsure how to pronounce.) The Rue... St... St. Germaine? NICHOLAS: The Rue des Fosse St. Germaine? STEVEN: Yes! NICHOLAS: Stay here! (He rushes out.) 10: EXT. RUE DES FOSSE ST. GERMAINE (In an attic room overlooking the Rue des Fosse St. Germaine, Bondot sets up his g*n overlooking the street below. Soon, ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY makes his way on foot from the Louvre to his house along the street. He walks with a group of other courtiers but remains silent, reading a paper. Passing along the street, Bondot aims the g*n at him from the attic window. The ADMIRAL'S paper is blown out of his hand and he stoops to pick it up as the sh*t is fired. The ADMIRAL falls. NICHOLAS rushes up to him.) NICHOLAS: Admiral! Admiral! ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: See how honest men are treated in France? The sh*t came from that window. (He points.) TELIGNY: Search the house! We must get him to a surgeon. (NICHOLAS and TELIGNY help the DE COLIGNY to his feet but the ADMIRAL is proud and shrugs off their help. He walks away, very unsure of his balance and step.) 11: INT. ABBOT'S RESIDENCE MARSHAL TAVANNES: (Nervous.) We should have heard by now. ABBOT OF AMBOISE: (Calm.) The King may have delayed him further. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Due to your stupidity, the Englishman has had a chance to warn him. ABBOT OF AMBOISE: I said he did not hear anything. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Then why did he run off? ABBOT OF AMBOISE: (Thinks, then.) I don't know. MARSHAL TAVANNES: If this should go wrong, you are to blame, and you will be the one to answer for it. ABBOT OF AMBOISE: The Cardinal... MARSHAL TAVANNES: (Interrupts.) Is in Rome and cannot help you now. ABBOT OF AMBOISE: If de Coligny is delayed by the King, then the news of his death will be delayed also. Bondot is an excellent marksman. You know that. There is only one thing for us to do, that is to wait. Meantime, I will retire to my room. (He turns to leave.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: You will not. You will wait here, with me. (He does as he his bid and returns to his chair. ROGER rushes in.) ROGER: Father Abbot! (ROGER sees the MARSHAL.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: Well? ROGER: The attempt has failed. ABBOT OF AMBOISE: I see. Was Bondot caught? ROGER: He rode away. The Admiral was only wounded, not k*lled. MARSHAL TAVANNES: So, the 'Sea Beggar' lives. (To the "ABBOT".) You have failed! (To ROGER.) Call the guards! (ROGER leaves to fetch the guards.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: It is strange, Father Abbot, that since you came everything which had been so carefully planned has gone wrong. (ROGER returns with two guards.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: This man is a traitor to the Queen. k*ll him! (The guards hesitate.) You heard my order, k*ll him! (The guards close in on the "ABBOT".) 12: INT. THE LOUVRE (TELIGNY has requested an audience with the king but it is the Queen Mother who stands before him.) CATHERINE DE MEDICI: Monsieur De Teligny, I am waiting. TELIGNY: I... I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but the news I have must be given first to the King. (The King enters.) CHARLES IX: Well, what's the matter? Why must I always be interrupted? And I was winning. TELIGNY: Your pardon, sire, but I bring news of the greatest importance. CHARLES IX: Well what is it? TELIGNY: Admiral de Coligny has been severely wounded. Someone tried to sh**t him. CHARLES IX: (Screams.) Will I never have any peace?! TELIGNY: Your Majesty, the Admiral is badly hurt. CHARLES IX: What happened? TELIGNY: The assassins were waiting in the Rue des Fosse St. Germaine. As we came down the street they fired at him. CHARLES IX: Were they caught? TELIGNY: No, sire. We searched the house and found the w*apon, the men had gone. CHARLES IX: Well they must be found. An inquiry. Call the council! The Admiral's assassins must be caught and punished! (Screams.) Call the council! (TELIGNY and CATHERINE leave.) CHARLES IX: Oh, my Admiral! My little father! I will see you avenged. 13: INT. DE COLIGNY'S RESIDENCE (DE COLIGNY, bleeding badly, lies in the main room of his residence. NICHOLAS, STEVEN and the SERVANT watch over him.) ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: (Weakly.) Take me to my own room. Help me up. NICHOLAS: No, Admiral, wait for the surgeon. He'll be here soon. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: Why did they do it? SERVANT: (To NICHOLAS.) Monsieur, are you sure we shouldn't take him to his own room? NICHOLAS: No, he's lost so much blood. Go and wait for the surgeon... bring him straight in! SERVANT: Yes, monsieur. (He leaves the room.) STEVEN: Nicholas, I'm sorry. I tried to tell Gaston, he wouldn't listen to me. NICHOLAS: I know, he told me. STEVEN: I knew that the 'Sea Beggar' was going to be k*lled. Until this morning I didn't know who that was. NICHOLAS: I could've told you. How did you find out? STEVEN: Well, when I ran away from you yesterday, I went to the Abbot's house. The Doctor wasn't there, but I overheard some men talking about the 'Sea Beggar'. NICHOLAS: Who were they? STEVEN: I don't know. But, well one of them was the same man who came to see the Abbot this morning. NICHOLAS: So the Abbot is behind this. STEVEN: No! The Abbot is the Doctor. Now that I've seen him I'm certain of it. He's just pretending to be the Abbot, that's all. NICHOLAS: Now listen, Steven... (TELIGNY enters and interrupts the conversation.) TELIGNY: How is he? NICHOLAS: He's very weak. TELIGNY: The King has called for an inquiry but it won't do any good. NICHOLAS: What do you mean? TELIGNY: As I left the Louvre I heard that some of our men have taken the law into their own hands. NICHOLAS: How? TELIGNY: The Abbot of Amboise was m*rder just outside his own house. STEVEN: (Shocked.) What? TELIGNY: The Abbot is d*ad and they're blaming it on the Huguenots. STEVEN: But he wasn't the Abbot! (STEVEN races from the room.) TELIGNY: The King has summoned the council. I must return to the Louvre. (He looks down at the ADMIRAL.) Take care of him, Nicholas. NICHOLAS: Yes. 11: INT. THE LOUVRE (The days second Council session is underway...) CHARLES IX: ...and, Marshal, since you claim to know nothing of this attempted assassination, I have a special charge for you. You will be responsible for the Admiral's safety. Empty the street of Catholics, station your men around his house, and mark me well, if anything further happens to him, you pay with your head. TELIGNY: We do not need the Marshal's protection, sire. To drive Catholics from their homes will only make them hate us even more. MARSHAL TAVANNES: (Sardonically.) Is that possible? (To the King.) Your concern for your friends does you credit, sire. CHARLES IX: (Shouts.) I gave you an order! See it is done! TELIGNY: But, sire... CHARLES IX: (Angry.) Not another word! From either side. I've had enough of your bickering. Leave me. All of you! (They leave the room as an angry CATHERINE enters.) CATHERINE DE MEDICI: You summoned the council? CHARLES IX: I gave orders I was to be left alone. CATHERINE DE MEDICI: Without my knowledge or consent? CHARLES IX: I asked to be left alone, mother. CATHERINE DE MEDICI: The thr*at over your friend, the Admiral? You are the King. CHARLES IX: (Slams his fist down on the table.) Yes, I am the King! And to be obeyed! Now keep out of my sight unless you care to end your days in a convent. CATHERINE DE MEDICI: I would wish you have the courage, my son. CHARLES IX: I have but to give the order. CATHERINE DE MEDICI: Summon your guards, have me arrested. But you had better have a good reason for the council...and for the people. CHARLES IX: The attempted assassination of my Admiral, by you and Tavannes. Do you deny it, Madame? CATHERINE DE MEDICI: No. CHARLES IX: Have a care. I mean what I say. I shall send Tavannes to the block! CATHERINE DE MEDICI: You would execute the Marshal of France for doing his duty? CHARLES IX: Duty? He's an assassin! CATHERINE DE MEDICI: He tried to rid you of a dangerous enemy. CHARLES IX: de Coligny is my friend. You, Madame, are my enemy. CATHERINE DE MEDICI: (She laughs.) If ever I were to be... (Snaps.) may God help you. (She passes him a list of names.) Look at these before you decide who are your enemies. You think the Huguenots would stop at k*lling me? They want your blood too. CHARLES IX: So you keep telling me every day of my life. Why? I protect them. They're all my subjects. What have they to gain? CATHERINE DE MEDICI: Until now, nothing. CHARLES IX: And now? CATHERINE DE MEDICI: We have a Protestant prince in Paris - Henri of Navarre. You think they give a fig for your protection (Her voice rises in anger.) now that one of their own is within grasp of the throne? (The King looks thoughtful at this...) 12: EXT. OUTSIDE THE ABBOT'S RESIDENCE (A crowd has gathered, gossiping, by the "ABBOT'S" body, which lies in the street. Several people in particular are stirring up feeling, met with cries of approval from the crowd.) FIRST MAN: The Huguenots must have done it! WOMAN: The free thinkers! FIRST MAN: They shouldn't be allowed to come here! They've done it! WOMAN: It's a wicked thing! FIRST MAN: The Huguenots will stop at nothing! They even k*ll our priest! SECOND MAN: Nothing is sacred to the Huguenots! FIRST MAN: Something will have to be done. The Huguenots must be banned from entering towns! (Shouts louder.) They will k*ll these poor defenceless priests elsewhere! Now lock them up and k*ll them!! (Away from the main group, ROGER observes the crowd with the CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD.) ROGER: You're certain that no one saw the body brought here? CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD: Just look at them. They all believe the Huguenots k*lled him. (STEVEN arrives at the scene and falls down beside the corpse.) STEVEN: (Distraught.) What happened? What have they done? WOMAN: The Huguenots m*rder him! STEVEN: (Shouts.) No! FIRST MAN: They did. We saw them! WOMAN: There were fifteen of them! FIRST MAN: Just struck him down! But he'll be revenged! (There are more cries of approval. ROGER sees STEVEN and shouts to the guards.) ROGER: Hold that man! He's responsible! CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD: After him! Go on! Get him! (STEVEN runs, the guards in close pursuit. The crowd's anger rises to fever pitch...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x24 - Priest of Death"}
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The m*ssacre (of St. Bartholomew's Eve) EPISODE 4 - BELL OF DOOM by John Lucarotti first broadcast - 26 February, 1966 1: INT. PRESLIN'S SHOP (ANNE has spent the night alone in PRESLIN'S shop. STEVEN pounds on the door startling her until she hears his voice.) STEVEN: Anne! Anne, are you there? Anne! (ANNE answers the door and lets an exhausted STEVEN in.) ANNE: Oh, monsieur! I'd given you up for lost when you didn't come back last night and I thought the guards must have caught you. STEVEN: (Breathless.) Yes, they nearly did. I managed to shake them off. I'm sorry, the curfew rang before I could get back last night. The guards were still looking for me this morning. That's why I've been so long. (He takes his sword off.) ANNE: Did you see Monsieur Muss and give him your message? STEVEN: Oh, yes. The warning was too late. (He puts his sword down.) ANNE: What will you do now? Go back to your friend? The Doctor. STEVEN: (Despondent.) I can't Anne. He's d*ad. ANNE: (Shocked.) Monsieur! STEVEN: I saw his body lying in the street by the Abbot's house. Before I could do anything Roger Colbert saw me and sent the guards after me again. Heaven knows what I'll do now. (He thinks for a second.) ANNE: Return to England? STEVEN: I can't. I've got to find the key to the TARDIS. ANNE: What Monsieur? STEVEN: The Doctor has a special key. Without it I can't leave. ANNE: Well do you know where it is? STEVEN: No. If the Doctor had it with him then I'm lost. I...I didn't had time to look for it. My only hope is that it's still with his own clothes. ANNE: Could it be at the Abbot's house? STEVEN: Oh, no. No. He'd have had to change before he went there. The only other place I think he's been to is...is the shop. ANNE: Oh, but we've already searched here, monsieur, looking for clothes for you. STEVEN: Anne, we must do it again! Please help me. Open every cupboard, every box. I must find that key. ANNE: Right, monsieur. (They start to search.) 2: INT. THE LOUVRE (SIMON is reporting to MARSHAL TAVANNES.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: It may hinder the inquiry into the attempted assassination of de Coligny. SIMON: Surely the King is insisting that de Coligny is avenged? MARSHAL TAVANNES: He is. But by blaming the death of the Abbot on the Huguenots we may be able to cover our tracks. SIMON: Will the King pay any attention to the Abbot's death? MARSHAL TAVANNES: I don't know. Fortunately the Admiral himself is helping us. He doesn't want the inquiry yet so that may give us a little time. SIMON: Therefore the Englishman must be caught. MARSHAL TAVANNES: And k*lled. He must not be allowed to get back to the Abbot's house. SIMON: The men are searching Paris for him. MARSHAL TAVANNES: He must be found tonight. Tomorrow is St. Bartholomew's Day and it will be all too easy for him to evade us in the revelry. (A messenger knocks at the door and enters, giving a written message to TAVANNES. He reads it.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: The Queen Mother. She commands me to go to her. No doubt she has thought of some further scheme to protect her good name. (He goes to the door.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: Wait for me here, Simon. I may have more instructions for you when I get back. (He leaves. SIMON picks up the message and reads it.) 3: INT. PRESLIN'S SHOP (STEVEN and ANNE have almost ransacked the shop in their search for the DOCTOR'S clothes. Items of clothing litter the floor. ANNE comes from another part of the shop after her search.) STEVEN: Well? ANNE: Nothing, monsieur. There's no sign of your friend's clothes anywhere. STEVEN: They must be here. ANNE: All I've found was this. (ANNE shows STEVEN the DOCTOR'S stick.) STEVEN: But... but this is his stick! ANNE: Your friend's? STEVEN: Yes. Well his clothes must be here somewhere! Where did you find it? ANNE: In the back, monsieur. But there are no clothes there. STEVEN: Are you sure? ANNE: Yes. I've searched everywhere! STEVEN: Then why the stick? He...he couldn't have pretended to be the Abbot dressed as he was. So he must have changed somewhere. But where? ANNE: Perhaps he went away somewhere with the apothecary who used to live here? STEVEN: With Preslin? No he couldn't. ANNE: Why not? STEVEN: Because Preslin is either d*ad or in prison. DOCTOR: He is not. (They turn round. The DOCTOR has entered the shop!.) STEVEN: (Shocked.) Doctor! 4: INT. DE COLIGNY'S RESIDENCE (GASTON has come to visit a still weak DE COLIGNY.) GASTON: The Catholics will not rest until you are d*ad! ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: (Weakly.) You are too impetuous, Vicomte. TELIGNY: The King is determined to prevent a further attempt. Why else do you think he's put so heavy a guard on this house? GASTON: A Catholic guard under a Catholic commander! The Admiral could hardly be in the care of a greater enemy. TELIGNY: He is under the protection of the King. GASTON: And the Queen Mother. NICHOLAS: Gaston, you are tiring the Admiral. Doing yourself an injustice. You had better return to the Louvre. GASTON: No! (He goes over to DE COLIGNY.) GASTON: If I were to leave Paris it would be better for you and for us. NICHOLAS: The surgeons said the Admiral must not be moved. GASTON: Then may God protect you. (GASTON leaves the house.) ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: (Weakly.) I hope Henri of Navarre realises how dangerous it is to have such a hothead in his service. TELIGNY: He must be wrong. The commander wouldn't dare to disobey the King after what has happened. NICHOLAS: Let us hope so. Is there anything you need, Admiral? ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: (Quietly.) Stay with me. NICHOLAS: Of course. TELIGNY: We must be grateful that the wounds are not poisoned. So that there is no fear of you dying. ADMIRAL DE COLIGNY: I do fear death. I only hope that we have nothing to fear from my staying alive. 5: INT. PRESLIN'S SHOP (STEVEN has told the DOCTOR of the recent events.) DOCTOR: Oh, my dear boy, had you stayed at the tavern all this mix-up could have been avoided. STEVEN: (Angry.) I did stay in the tavern, you didn't turn up! DOCTOR: Yes, well, I was unavoidably delayed. Never mind that now. Come along, we must go. Come along. ANNE: You can't now, monsieur. The curfew's rung. DOCTOR: What? Oh that wretched curfew is the start of so much trouble. ANNE: It'd be easy to leave Paris in the morning, monsieur. Tomorrow is St. Bartholomew's Day and everyone will be celebrating. STEVEN: Huh! With all the trouble that's going on I can't see what they've got to celebrate. DOCTOR: I told you not to get involved. STEVEN: Look, I tried not to but the Abbot did look like you. If I hadn't found out about Admiral de Coligny being the 'Sea Beggar' then... DOCTOR: (Interrupts.) What's that? STEVEN: I tried to tell you before. Admiral de Coligny is one of the Huguenot leaders. The Catholics tried to sh**t him. DOCTOR: (To ANNE.) Did you say tomorrow was St. Bartholomew's Day, child? ANNE: Yes, monsieur. DOCTOR: What year is this, my boy? STEVEN: I don't know. What difference does it make? DOCTOR: What date is it, child? ANNE: Date monsieur? August the twenty-third. As I said, tomorrow's... DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, I know that. The year, the year... hmm? ANNE: (Smiles.) 1572, monsieur. But surely you know that? (The DOCTOR, worried at this information, thinks, then...) DOCTOR: Go home, Anne. You must leave here at once. ANNE: No, I've got nowhere to go! DOCTOR: Where were you working? ANNE: At the Abbot's house. DOCTOR: You go back there. ANNE: (Shouts.) I can't! They'll k*ll me! DOCTOR: You must leave this shop, child. STEVEN: Doctor, what's happening? DOCTOR: Oh please don't interfere. (To ANNE.) Now, my dear, there must be somewhere you can stay in Paris? ANNE: No, there's only my aunt's place, and they'll k*ll me there. DOCTOR: Oh, nonsense. Tonight, you will be quite safe. Now you go carefully through the streets, hmm? ANNE: Well, what about the curfew? DOCTOR: Well you've been out in the curfew before haven't you? ANNE: Yes, but the guards... DOCTOR: Then you know how to avoid the patrols. You go back to your aunt; you'll be quite safe. And you take my advice and stay indoors tomorrow. Now do you understand? It's too dangerous for you to stay here. Now off you go, child. Come along, off, off, off! STEVEN: But, Doctor, I don't think it's... DOCTOR: Ah, shh, shh, shh! ANNE: Goodbye then, Steven. Safe journey. STEVEN: Doctor, I don't think she should go. DOCTOR: Now out you go, my child. Off you go. (ANNE leaves.) STEVEN: Bye. (To the DOCTOR.) Look, are you sure she'll be all right? The guards are waiting for her. DOCTOR: My dear Steven, the Catholics will have other things on their minds tonight. She will be quite safe. Now then, you and I must leave Paris at once. Come! STEVEN: Look, Doctor, what is going on? DOCTOR: There is no time for me to explain. Come along, boy. Come along! 6. THE LOUVRE (The Queen Mother enters the study of TAVANNES where he is writing a paper. He does not look up.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: Simon? CATHERINE DE MEDICI: The Queen Mother. (TAVANNES gets quickly to his feet.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: Madame, I apologise, I thought... CATHERINE DE MEDICI: Never mind. I have it here - the order signed by the King. Our plans for tomorrow can go ahead. (She passes him a document which he quickly reads.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: Thank God! CATHERINE DE MEDICI: God had very little to do with it. (TAVANNES in turn passes her the paper he has been writing.) CATHERINE DE MEDICI: What's this? MARSHAL TAVANNES: The list, madam. When those Huguenots are k*lled we need have no further fear of a Protestant France. CATHERINE DE MEDICI: We have no need of lists, Marshall. The good people of Paris know their enemies. They will take care of them. MARSHAL TAVANNES: (Shocked.) The good people...? Madam, if you rouse the mob the innocent will perish with the guilty. CATHERINE DE MEDICI: Innocent? Heresy can have no innocence. France will breath a pure air after tomorrow. MARSHAL TAVANNES: And,... Navarre, madam? Your son-in-law? Is he to be slaughtered with the others? CATHERINE DE MEDICI: Tomorrow Henri of Navarre will pay for his pretensions to the Crown. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Madam, we must not k*ll Navarre. CATHERINE DE MEDICI: Must not? MARSHAL TAVANNES: Protestant Europe will merely shed a pious tear over the death of a few thousand Huguenots. The death of a prince will launch a Holy w*r. CATHERINE DE MEDICI: (After a thoughtful pause.) If one Huguenot life escapes me tomorrow, we may both regret this act of mercy. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Not mercy, madam. Policy. CATHERINE DE MEDICI: (Considers.) Very well, Marshall. Then you must get him out of Paris. After tomorrow, even I will not save him. MARSHAL TAVANNES: I will see to it, madam. CATHERINE DE MEDICI: And, Marshall - close the gates of the city now. (The Queen Mother leaves the room. SIMON enters.) SIMON: Well, my lord? MARSHAL TAVANNES: The order has been given. You may begin. SIMON: My men are ready. Where is the list? MARSHAL TAVANNES: There is no list. SIMON: But I thought... MARSHAL TAVANNES: We are to unleash the wolves of Paris. None are to be spared. SIMON: (Pleased.) Even better, my lord. MARSHAL TAVANNES: Is it? I wonder...Simon, when you have passed on the order I have a special charge for you. SIMON: My lord? MARSHAL TAVANNES: Henri of Navarre. SIMON: I am to have the honour? MARSHAL TAVANNES: Yes. But not of k*lling him. You will escort him out of Paris. SIMON: (Cries out.) But, my lord... MARSHAL TAVANNES: Did you not hear me? You will be responsible for his safety. You will have to leave tomorrow's work to others. Now get out. (SIMON leaves.) MARSHAL TAVANNES: At dawn tomorrow, this city will weep tears of blood. 7: EXT. THE STREET OUTSIDE OF DE COLGINY'S RESIDENCE (Two soldiers are on guard.) FIRST GUARD: Oh well, it's nearly dawn. SECOND GUARD: How many more nights have we got to watch over this Huguenot's house? FIRST GUARD: Till the King decrees otherwise. SECOND GUARD: But why does it have to be us? (Out of sight of the GUARDS, the DOCTOR and STEVEN can see that their way is blocked.) DOCTOR: We shall have to get past them to get back to the TARDIS. STEVEN: Can we make a run for it? DOCTOR: Oh no, no, no. It's far too dangerous. STEVEN: What do we do? DOCTOR: For the moment we just wait. (The GUARDS continue their conversation.) FIRST GUARD: Won't be sorry to see the night over. SECOND GUARD: Hello, what's this? (Some more soldiers are marching towards them.) FIRST GUARD: More orders I expect. OFFICER: You're relieved. Go back to your quarters. FIRST GUARD: Relieved, sir? It's not due for an hour or more. OFFICER: Don't argue. Go quickly! (The two GUARDS depart. The others take their place.) STEVEN: Look, Doctor, soon it'll be light. DOCTOR: I know, I know. Just keep quiet. (The curfew bell begins to sound.) DOCTOR: There's the Tocsin! The curfew's been lifted. (He and STEVEN skirt round the soldiers and dash through the concealing gate and into the TARDIS. the soldiers begin battering at the door of DE COLIGNY'S house.) OFFICER: Open up! In the King's name! Open this door! (The TARDIS dematerialises. The sound can now be heard of the Paris mob rampaging through the streets slaughtering Huguenots. The m*ssacre has g*n...) 8: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Within the TARDIS, STEVEN broods on what has happened, then...) STEVEN: Surely there was something we could have done? DOCTOR: No, nothing. Nothing. In any case, I cannot change the course of history, you know that. The m*ssacre continued for several days in Paris, then...then spread itself to other parts of France. Oh the senseless waste. What a terrible page of the past. STEVEN: Did they all die? DOCTOR: Yes. Most of them. About ten thousand in Paris alone. STEVEN: The Admiral? DOCTOR: Yes. STEVEN: Nicholas? DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Probably. STEVEN: (Angry.) You had to leave Anne Chaplet, there to die! DOCTOR: Anne Chaplet? STEVEN: (Shouts.) The girl! The girl who was with me! If you'd brought her with us she needn't have died. But no, you had to leave her there to be slaughtered. DOCTOR: Well, it is possible of course she didn't die, then I was right to leave her. STEVEN: (Shouts.) Possible! Look, how possible! That girl was already hunted by the Catholic guards. If they k*lled ten thousand how did they spare her? No, you don't know, do you? You can't say for certain that you weren't responsible for that girl's death. DOCTOR: I was not responsible. STEVEN: Oh no! You just sent her back to her aunt's house where the guards were waiting to catch her. I tell you this much, Doctor, wherever this machine of yours lands next I'm getting off. If your... 'researches' have so little regard for human life then I want no part of it. (The ship travels on in uneasy silence for a few moments more, then starts to materialise. The DOCTOR checks the controls. On the scanner appears an image of woodland.) DOCTOR: We've landed. (He activates some more controls.) DOCTOR: Your mind is made up? (STEVEN opens the TARDIS doors and turns to leave.) STEVEN: Goodbye. DOCTOR: My dear Steven, history sometimes gives us a terrible shock. That is because we don't quite fully understand. Why should we? After all, we're all too small to realise its final pattern. Therefore, don't try and judge it from where you stand. I was right to do as I did. Yes, that I firmly believe. (STEVEN walks out of the TARDIS without a word. The DOCTOR is totally alone.) DOCTOR: Even after all this time he cannot understand. I dare not change the course of history. Well, at least I taught him to take some precautions. He did remember to look at the scanner before he opened the doors. Now... they're all gone. All gone. None of them...could understand. Not even...my little Susan...or Vicki ...and yes ... Barbara and Chatterton... Chesterton! They were all too impatient to get back to their own time. And now... Steven. Perhaps I should go home, back to my own planet. But I can't. (Upset.) I can't. 9: EXT. WIMBLEDON COMMON (Outside, a young GIRL, looking very anxious, runs down the lane beside the TARDIS. She passes a woman bystander, sees the police box and bursts inside.) 10: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (Breathlessly, she stares around her. The DOCTOR spots her.) DOCTOR: Who are you? GIRL: Where's the telephone? DOCTOR: What did you say? GIRL: The telephone, I've got to ring up! DOCTOR: Oh, pull yourself together, child. I... I think you've made a mistake. GIRL: Who are you? Are you the police? DOCTOR: Oh good gracious of course not, hmm. GIRL: Well, this is a police box. It says so outside. DOCTOR: Yes, yes. I, I know. But it isn't, if you know what I mean. Now run along and find another police box. In any case, child, what do you want to do with the police? GIRL: There's been an accident. A little boy's been hurt and I've got to 'phone the police. DOCTOR: Oh well, I'm afraid I can't help you. No, you must run along and 'phone the police somewhere else. And the same time 'phone for an ambulance. GIRL: Wait a minute, if this isn't a police box, what is it? And who are you? DOCTOR: Well, my dear, er, I'm a doctor of science, and this machine is for travelling through time and relative dimensions in space. Now you... GIRL: Come again? DOCTOR: Oh never mind, my dear. Never mind, run along. (He laughs.) GIRL: There's something odd going on. DOCTOR: (Exasperated.) Oh please, child... (The DOCTOR is interrupted by STEVEN charging back into the TARDIS.) STEVEN: Doctor, quick! You've got to take off. DOCTOR: Oh, so you've come back, my boy! STEVEN: Yes, yes, I've come back. We can't go into that now. There are two policemen coming over the common towards the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Policemen? Coming here? Good gracious me! They'll want to use the telephone or, or something like it. (The DOCTOR closes the TARDIS doors and dematerialises the ship.) STEVEN: Oh, that was close. DOCTOR: Well, tell me, young man, what made you change your mind? (STEVEN ignores the DOCTOR as he suddenly notices the GIRL.) STEVEN: How did you get in here? GIRL: On me feet, the same as you did. STEVEN: Look, do you realise what's happening? We've taken off! We could land anywhere! GIRL: Are we really travelling? Where to? STEVEN: We're travelling in time and space. We're not on Earth any more. We could land anywhere in any age. GIRL: (Laughing.) Tell us another one! STEVEN: Doctor, how could you? DOCTOR: What else could I do, dear boy? You don't want a couple of policemen aboard the TARDIS do you? You know you're the most inconsistent young man? Just now you were telling me off for not having that Chaplet girl aboard! STEVEN: Ah, that was different! (STEVEN returns his attention to the GIRL.) STEVEN: This is no joyride you know. You may never get home again! GIRL: I don't care! STEVEN: What about your parents? GIRL: I haven't got any. I live with my great aunt. And she won't care if she never sees me again. DOCTOR: Oh, now, there you see! All this fuss about nothing! Hmm, hmm, hmm! Don't you think she looks rather like my grandchild Susan? STEVEN: You forget, I've never met your granddaughter. DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no. No, of course not! No. Yes, but she does you know. What is your name, child? DODO: Dodo. DOCTOR: What? DODO: It's Dorothea really. Dorothea Chaplet. STEVEN: (Shocked.) Chaplet?! Yes, but you're not French are you? DODO: Don't be daft! Me granddad was though. STEVEN: Doctor, it's not possible is it? Chaplet? Anne's great great... DOCTOR: Yes, yes, it is possible, my boy. Very possible. Welcome aboard the TARDIS, Miss Dorothea Chaplet. DODO: Dodo! DOCTOR: Ah, my dear! My dear! (The DOCTOR laughs.)
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THE STEEL SKY Written by PAUL ERICKSON & LESLEY SCOTT Original Air Date: 5 March, 1966 05:15pm-05:40pm 1: INT. ARK. JUNGLE (In a thick jungle, Birds sing in the trees as a Lizard basks on a rock. A Toucan swoops down and disturbs its repose. A few feet away, a creature of a different kind stands and watches. Humanoid in stance, it is covered with a scaly reptilian skin. Its legs are short, its head is covered with a thatch of fair hair and when it turns, it can be seen to only have one eye that swivels round in its socket as it surveys the landscape. The creature walks off into the trees. Thick mists hang in the air and a snake slides down the branches of one tree. With the usual roaring sound of its engines, the TARDIS materialises among the foliage. DODO steps out almost immediately, dressed in a strange semblance of a crusader knights’ outfit. Looking round eagerly, she suddenly sneezes. STEVEN steps out of the TARDIS with a scowl and spots the girl. He follows her.) STEVEN: Just where do you think you’re going? DODO: (Cheekily.) Out. STEVEN: Out? DODO: Yes, I thought I’d get some fresh air. Somebody opened the door and... STEVEN: (Interrupting.) But nobody said you could go out. DODO: (Walking away.) Do they have to then? STEVEN: Well, of course they... (He steps after her but she is going further into the trees.) STEVEN: Look, Dodo, you don’t know what you might have found out here. No gravity, poisoned atmosphere, all sorts of things. Look, stop prancing around over there! What happens if you get lost? DODO: (Shouting back.) I catch a bus back! STEVEN: A bus? (He runs after her.) STEVEN: Look, what are you talking about? I mean, just where do you think you are? DODO: Ah! Bet you thought you’d caught me, didn’t you? Bet you thought I didn’t know. Well, I do. (She walks off again.) STEVEN: You do? DODO: (Walking off.) ‘Course I do! STEVEN: (Looking round.) What, this place? I mean...you recognise it? Wha...what with all these strange animals and flowers and things? (DODO is looking up at a Toucan in the trees. STEVEN catches up with her.) STEVEN: Well, you can’t have been here before. DODO: Yes I have. It’s just outside London. I came here once with the school. It’s called Whipsnade. (She steps away once more. STEVEN is incredulous.) STEVEN: “Just outside London”? Look, wait a minute! (He catches up once again.) I mean...ha...it can’t be! DODO: Yes it is. (Points.) I bet if you go down that path there, you’ll come to the American Bison and the Tea Bar. STEVEN: (Pauses, then.) Look...we...we don’t even know that we’re on Earth! DODO: (Amused.) Earth? Earth? Well, it couldn’t be anywhere else now, could it? Hey, look Steven, that proves it. That’s a Chameleon. (The Chameleon sits on a nearby branch.) STEVEN: What this? DODO: Mm hmm. (DODO points to another nearby lizard.) DODO: And here’s a Monitor. (She points now to an insect clinging to a leaf.) DODO: Look, that’s a Locust. There, what did I tell you? STEVEN: Look, how do you know all this? DODO: I learnt it at school. There’s nothing you can tell me about nature, simply nothing. (There is a strange cry of an animal from nearby. DODO wheels round in alarm and turns to STEVEN.) STEVEN: Having second thoughts? DODO: No! I just don’t remember Whipsnade being so rowdy, that’s all. (She walks off again and past the TARDIS as the DOCTOR steps out.) DOCTOR: Improbable as it may seem, dear boy, I think the child, er, Dorethea... DODO: (Interrupting.) Dodo! DOCTOR: ...er, oh yes, of course, my dear...Dodo is right. STEVEN: What, do you mean...it is Earth? DOCTOR: Well, I can’t tell you just yet. All I can say is that it’s more likely to be Earth than anywhere else and it’s very strange indeed. You know, I’ve been taking a look at my instruments in there...and it’s really very strange. Hmm! (Laughs.) (The two walk back into the TARDIS. The scaly arm of the humanoid lizard parts one of the bushes, the better to see the travellers...) 2: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (In a brightly lit control deck, a trial is in progress. A large monitor screen dominates the deck. Behind it, and to either side can be seen a huge curved roof. Directly beneath the screen is a raised dais - the COMMANDER’S - at which the man himself sits behind a desk. He is elderly but dressed in a robe that ends above the knee and is made up of draped strips of material and an ornate collar. Other humans watch and participate in the trial. Although the other humans are of both sexes and a range of ages - even children - they are also dressed in the robes and wear sandals on their feet. Also here are more of the humanoid lizards, all identical in look except that the head of hair that each has are of different shades. One of them sits at a machine at the foot of the COMMANDERS desk, out of which comes a piece of paper with “VERDICT...20 - 0 = GUILTY” printed upon it. The lizard passes it up to the COMMANDER. He reads it and holds up his arm in signal to the of the lizards, who then leads forward a young man - the accused.) COMMANDER: Prisoner - you’ve been found guilty of extreme carelessness in carrying out your duties. By leaving open a wide valve in the heat exchange unit, you could have caused an expl*si*n that would have been fatal...not only to the human race, but also to our friends, the Monoids. (The COMMANDER bows his head to one of the lizards, who bows back.) COMMANDER: As your commander, galactic law gives me wide powers in such cases. The safety of our people must be preserved at all costs. In these grave circumstances, the lightest sentence I can pass is one of miniaturisation. (The young man bows his head.) COMMANDER: Prepare the Minifier. Sentence will be carried out immediately. The prisoner will be retained at micro-cell size, to be re-constituted in its, approximately seven hundred years time, when it can no longer be a danger to us. (A young woman, MELLIUM, steps forward and looks sadly at the young man. The COMMANDER turns and smiles at a somber looking man who is stood next to a MONOID.) COMMANDER: Does the prosecution accept this sentence? (The man ZENTOS, turns to the MONOID and uses sign language to communicate with it. The MONOID nods its head in agreement.) ZENTOS: (To the COMMANDER.) We do. COMMANDER: Has the defence anything further to say on the prisoners behalf? (The defence representative, MANYAK, bows and walks over to the young man. MELLIUM rushes up to the COMMANDER, pleading.) MELLIUM: Father, anyone can make mistakes. He’s not likely to do it again. COMMANDER: My child, we are the Guardians of the human race. You know our responsibilities cannot be taken lightly. (He speaks with horror in his voice.) Under galactic law, the only alternative punishment...would be...expulsion. MANYAK: Sir, the prisoner accepts the verdict...and thanks you for your clemency in not imposing a harsher sentence. COMMANDER: Very well - proceed. (MELLIUM leaves her father and walks over to the young man.) MELLIUM: (Sadly.) Goodbye. (The young man is escorted by two MONOIDS into a booth. He crouches on the floor as a MONOID presses a switch and, as a buzzing sound increases in pitch, the young man shrinks smaller and smaller to the point where he cannot be seen with a naked eye. One of the guardian humans enters the booth and lifts a small tray - containing the miniaturised convict - off the floor. He walks away with it. The prosecution MONOID signs to ZENTOS who then turns to the COMMANDER.) ZENTOS: My learned friend wishes to thank you, sir, on behalf of the Monoids, for the care you take of us all. (The COMMANDER smiles with delight. MELLIUM turns away sadly as ZENTOS watches her intently.) 3: INT. ARK. JUNGLE (The DOCTOR and STEVEN have joined DODO back in the jungle.) DODO: (Points.) Look Doctor! (An Elephant walks out of the trees towards them.) DODO: Hey, look at him then! (The travellers approach the Elephant, patting it. As DODO feeds it, the DOCTOR and STEVEN step away.) STEVEN: Well? DOCTOR: Well, it’s just as I said: it’s all very very strange. That is an Indian Elephant. (Laughs.) STEVEN: Yes, I know. What difference does that make? What does it prove? DOCTOR: Well, that’s what I’m trying to find out, dear boy. DODO: (Stepping forward.) Flowers from America, Birds from Africa, a Snake from Brazil and now an Elephant from India. DOCTOR: Exactly, my dear. STEVEN: A jungle incorporating things from all over the world. DOCTOR: (Thoughtfully.) Yes, you’re quite right, my boy. (He parts some branches.) Yes, and top of everything else, it’s a jungle without a sky. (Through the branches, the travellers see that above them is not a blue sky, but a curved metal roof - the same roof that was seen from the control deck.) DODO: Hey, look at that then! STEVEN: No sky? DOCTOR: No sun, no clouds, merely a metal roof radiating some kind of light. STEVEN: It’s extraordinary. (The DOCTOR jumps gently on the spot.) DOCTOR: Yes, and, plus something else... DODO: What’s that? DOCTOR: (He stoops and pats the ground.) The earth, this...this ground we’re standing on. It appears to be trembling, mm, mm. (His two young companions join him.) DODO: It is more Elephants coming? STEVEN: An earthquake building up? DOCTOR: No, it’s...it’s too regular for that. No, it’s more...it’s more of a mechanical vibration, hmm, yes. STEVEN: Look... DOCTOR: (Getting up.) Extraordinary! STEVEN: In what circumstances do you get all these things together? I mean, animals a...and vegetable life from different continents? DODO: With a metal roof and all this shaking? DOCTOR: There’s only one thing that strikes me: this could be some kind of indoor nature park. STEVEN: Yes, but on this scale? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, improbable dear boy, but possible, definitely possible. DODO: But are we on Earth or...or... DOCTOR: Mmm? (DODO cannot finish her sentence as she sneezes again.) DOCTOR: Oh, bless you my dear. DODO: Oh, thanks. DOCTOR: You, er, have a handkerchief, I hope? DODO: ‘Course I have. DOCTOR: Well then, use it, my child! We must do something about that cold of yours. That reminds me, why...why are you dressed in these stupid clothes, hmm? Have you been fruitling about in my wardrobe? Is that what it is? What do you think you’re playing at, crusades? DODO: I’m not playing at anything. Is it all right to wear, or do I have to ask permission for that as well? DOCTOR: Yes, you do my dear. Now you take care of them. ‘Cos you never know when we might use them. Now I suggest we take a last look round and, er, we’ll get you off to bed. DODO: Arw, you’re not going to send me home, are you? DOCTOR: Home? (Laughs.) What an idea, hmm? I couldn’t send you home even if I wanted to. (He walks off.) DODO: (To STEVEN.) Oh, that’s all right then. I think I’m beginning to enjoy this space travel or whatever it is. (She walks off. STEVEN smiles and walks off, not seeing the MONOID that has been watching them. It watches them go, then moves off.) 4: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (The MONOID walks onto the control deck. A transporter trolley driven by another MONOID passes it and children play nearby as it goes up to ZENTOS and signals to him. After a short signed conversation, ZENTOS goes over to where the COMMANDER is examining a large plan with MELLIUM.) ZENTOS: Commander? COMMANDER: Yes, Zentos? ZENTOS: A strange report from the jungle. The Monoids acquaint us of intruders. COMMANDER: Intruders? But how can that be? How could they have entered it? ZENTOS: I’ve no idea. I’ll try and trace them. (ZENTOS walks over to a control desk in the middle of the room which is covered with controls and small monitors.) MELLIUM: (To the COMMANDER.) But surely it’s impossible for anyone to be in the jungle that we don’t know about? Well where will they have come from? COMMANDER: I don’t know. Perhaps when we see them. (An image of the jungle appears on the large screen. All the Guardians and MONOIDS turn and look up at it. The monitor camera passes across the trees and then stops as it catches sight of the DOCTOR and STEVEN.) ZENTOS: Here they are. COMMANDER: They look like human beings. But they can’t be. We accounted for everyone. ZENTOS: Shall we not arrest them and bring them here and question them? MELLIUM: Father look! (The TARDIS is now shown on the screen.) MELLIUM: It seems to be their spaceship. It is an unusual design. (The COMMANDER takes ZENTOS to one side.) COMMANDER: Are we sure this is nothing to do with the Monoids? ZENTOS: Quite sure. It was they who reported it. COMMANDER: Good, then you’re right - they must be questioned. (ZENTOS starts to walk away.) COMMANDER: (Smiling.) But Zentos...not arrested - invited. (ZENTOS walks away as MELLIUM and the occupants of the control deck continue to watch the screen.) 5: INT. ARK. JUNGLE DODO: Doctor, Steven, get a look at these fab pictures! (The DOCTOR and STEVEN walk over to her.) DOCTOR: Ah...fab, mm! My dear child, if you’re going to be with us for any length of time, you’ll have to do something about that English of yours. DODO: What’s wrong with it? DOCTOR: Well, it’s terrible child! Oh, it’s most irritating! Hmm! (The DOCTOR moves over to a rock that DODO has found and looks at the pictures painted upon it.) DOCTOR: Oh, look at that now. Isn’t that extraordinary? Ah, very interesting. It looks like a Zebra with two heads. STEVEN: Yes, well that could be the imagination of the artist. DOCTOR: Hmm, perhaps...and perhaps not. What then, mm? Hmm! Yes, we’ve already estab...er...established this place as illogical. Why shouldn’t there be animals with two heads, hmm? STEVEN: No reason at all, except that the more we see of it, the less like Earth it becomes. (An alarm suddenly blares across the jungle.) DODO: What’s that? Do you think somebody’s seen us. STEVEN: There’s only one way to find out. DOCTOR: Yes! (STEVEN runs a short way to find out the cause of the alarm...but stops in his tracks as he sees two MONOIDS examining the TARDIS. He runs back to his companions.) STEVEN: You were right. It is an alarm. They’ve found the TARDIS. I can’t say I like the look of them. DODO: What’s that? (The alarm stops.) STEVEN: They’re coming this way, searching for us. DODO: There’s a kind of cave there. STEVEN: Go on, you go ahead. DOCTOR: Yes, yes. (DODO moves off.) DOCTOR: What do they look like, dear boy? STEVEN: Terrifying! Is this is Earth, it’s no longer inhabited by human beings. DOCTOR: Shh! You’ll frighten the child! Come on! 6: INT. ARK. CAVE (The DOCTOR and STEVEN join DODO in the small cave. The DOCTOR signals to DODO to be quiet.) DODO: (Loud whisper.) What are they? Some ... DOCTOR: Now don’t worry child, you’re quite safe with us. DODO: Yeah, but supposing they have two hea...? (She cannot complete the sentence as she feels another sneeze coming on. STEVEN rushes over as covers her mouth as the MONOIDS are heard outside the cave. After a tense moment, the travellers hear them moving off.) STEVEN: (Quietly, to DODO.) Bless you. Remind me never to take you out again when you’ve got a cold. for us. DOCTOR: Now, let’s try and get back to the TARDIS. Take care, this might be dangerous. (They start to move out. DODO sneezes.) STEVEN: (Harshly.) Keep quiet! (DODO turns her back on STEVEN as if upset.) STEVEN: What’s the matter? Are you crying? DODO: No, me nose is running! DOCTOR: Just do as he says child! This may be very difficult. (They move out of the cave.) 7: INT. ARK. JUNGLE (STEVEN leads the way. He suddenly stops.) STEVEN: Doctor! (The DOCTOR joins him.) DOCTOR: Why yes, of course! Yes, ha ha! I know where I am now, yes indeed! (Laughs.) (Through the trees, on the horizon and below the metal roof, can be seen a series of buildings - the control deck and the inhabitation of the Guardians and the Monoids.) STEVEN: It looks like some sort of city, factory? DOCTOR: No, no dear boy, all this is a spaceship, hmm! STEVEN: (Incredulous.) A spaceship? DOCTOR: Yes, exactly! (Laughs.) DODO: (Nervously.) Hey Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? DODO: If this is a spaceship...what are they? (She points to the immediate jungle...from where MONOIDS rise out of various places of hiding. They are surrounded.) 8: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (A report prints out of the machine next to the COMMANDER’S desk as the travellers explain their origins.) COMMANDER: You travel in that black box? STEVEN: Yes. COMMANDER: (Intrigued.) Well, how are you able to make your spaceship enter ours? STEVEN: It isn’t just a spaceship. It can travel anywhere in time or space. ZENTOS: (Suspiciously.) Why have you chosen to come here? STEVEN: Well, we didn’t. It has a mind of its own. COMMANDER: (Laughs.) I don’t understand. Experiments to pass through the fourth dimension were undertaken in the twenty-seventh segment of time. They were unsuccessful. How can anything so crude... STEVEN: Look, I told you before - the Doctor’s the one who will tell you anything you want to know. (The COMMANDER signals an instruction to a MONOID as STEVEN watches.) STEVEN: May I ask a question also? ZENTOS: (Grabbing STEVEN’S arm.) No! COMMANDER: Why not? We’re all friends here. (After a second, ZENTOS lets go of STEVEN.) STEVEN: Look, is this really a spaceship? This city and all that surrounds it? COMMANDER: Yes indeed! (The COMMANDER walks over to the control desk and points out the whereabouts of the control deck on an illuminated plan of the ark.) COMMANDER: Here we are. STEVEN: That’s the biggest we’ve ever seen. Look, who are you...and these creatures that serve you? COMMANDER: Like you, we come from the Earth. (The COMMANDER looks over to where a MONOID is signing to ZENTOS.) COMMANDER: The origin of the Monoids is obscure. They came to Earth many years ago, apparently from their own planet which was dying. They offered us their invaluable services...for being allowed to come on this joint voyage. STEVEN: And where you are going? COMMANDER: Er, to Refusis II. The Earth also is dying. We have left it for the last time. STEVEN: The last time? COMMANDER: Yes, in a short time it will burn and be swallowed in the pull of the Sun. (MANYAK operates a control and an image of the Earth appears on one of the monitor screens built into the instrumentation deck.) STEVEN: Then we must have journeyed forward...millions of years! ZENTOS: (Stepping forward.) You yourself, I take it, are human? STEVEN: Why yes, of course. COMMANDER: Why do you doubt him? ZENTOS: They could be Refusians sent here to intercept us, to sabotage our mission. STEVEN: Refusians, from the planet you’re headed for? COMMANDER: Explain. (Guardians step forward. ZENTOS raises his voice to stoke the crowd.) ZENTOS: We only know them as intelligence’s that inhabit that planet. They might have a way of assuming human bodies, of using them to pass, to mingle amongst us! (The DOCTOR and DODO step through the crowd.) DOCTOR: (Smiling.) Oh, rubbish, rubbish! With all our imperfections, I can assure you sir, if you were to cut my skin, I would bleed, the same as you would. STEVEN: He’s right. (DODO sneezes.) DOCTOR: There you see, complete with chills. ZENTOS: Chills? DOCTOR: A virus fever which used to be quite common to the human being. (The COMMANDER laughs.) COMMANDER: And cured so long ago, we’ve forgotten what it was like! Fascinating! Ah ha! It’s like history coming to life. Tell me Doctor, if you cannot direct your spacecraft, your journeys must take you to some strange places. (Whilst the COMMANDER has been saying this, ZENTOS signals to a MONOID who signals back and walks off. MELLIUM, having witnessed this, walks up to ZENTOS.) MELLIUM: What were you telling him? ZENTOS: I wish to know more of the travellers spacecraft. MELLIUM: You do not trust the travellers? ZENTOS: I know nothing of them. Your father trusts them. MELLIUM: He knows no more than you. He simply has faith. ZENTOS: So have I...in my own eyes and ears, and machines tell fewer lies than men. (The two rejoin the COMMANDER and the time travellers as they finish their conversation.) DOCTOR: ...including the Daleks. COMMANDER: Nero, the Trojan wars, the Daleks! (To MELLIUM.) But all that happened in the first segment of time. DOCTOR: Segment? Er, to use your phrase sir, what “segment” are we in now? COMMANDER: The fifty-seventh. DOCTOR: Good gracious! We must have jumped at least...ten million years, hmm! STEVEN: When do you expect your journey to end? COMMANDER: Not for a long time. Neither I, nor my daughter Mellium, nor Zentos, will ever see the planet. That pleasure is reserved for our children’s children, many years hence. STEVEN: How long from now? COMMANDER: Using your measurement of time, er, seven hundred years. DOCTOR: Seven hundred years, but why travel that far? Surely... COMMANDER: (Interrupting.) Only Refusis has the same conditions that we had on Earth. Atmosphere, water, the right temperature. STEVEN: Has anyone ever been there? COMMANDER: No, our knowledge is based purely on audio-space research. STEVEN: Hmm, no wonder you had to bring everything. At least two of each, you suppose. DODO: Like the ark? COMMANDER: the ark? DODO: Yeah, Noah’s ark. You know, two-by-two. (She tuts as the COMMANDER still looks incomprehensible.) The flood! COMMANDER: I’m afraid I don’t know. (The DOCTOR laughs.) COMMANDER: But we do have the Earth’s full population - human and animal. DOCTOR: Yes but where sir? I can only see but a few people, hmm? COMMANDER: We are the Guardians. (The COMMANDER steps up to his control desk and switches on a monitor.) COMMANDER: The rest have been reduced to micro-cell...size. (An image appears of a room containing computer units and cabinets containing drawer upon drawer of shrunken humans.) 9: INT. ARK. STORAGE CHAMBER (A MONOID works in the room as the COMMANDER describes its function.) COMMANDER: (OOV.) They are stored in trays and will re-emerge normally when we land. Each cabinet contains a million people. Oh yes! (He gives a short laugh.) There are many things aboard our ship which would interest a traveller. 10: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (He turns to his daughter.) COMMANDER: Mellium, why don’t you show the young people the statue? MELLIUM: Would you like to see it? DODO: It depends, what... STEVEN: (Quickly.) Yes, of course we would. Come on Dodo. MELLIUM: This way. (She leads them to one side of the control deck leaving the DOCTOR with the COMMANDER.) COMMANDER: While I am sure that you would be more interested in the technicalities of our control deck. DOCTOR: Oh yes, indeed! (The COMMANDER takes the DOCTOR over to the control desk and its instrument panels.) COMMANDER: Then I’ll leave you with our chief controller, Manyak. He will explain everything. DOCTOR: Thank you. (The COMMANDER steps away as a slight noise echoes through the room. ZENTOS watches suspiciously.) DOCTOR: Now tell me, that, er, noise we heard just now, was that a flight adjustment? MANYAK: No sir, refuelling ... (On the other side of the control deck, MELLIUM shows STEVEN and DODO a giant pair of carved feet which stand on a huge plinth. In front of it is a transporter, driven by a MONOID, carrying building materials.) MELLIUM: Here it is - h*m* Sapiens. Started on Earth, due to be completed just before the landing on Refusis. STEVEN: What? Seven hundred years to sculpt one statue? MELLIUM: Yes, we’re constructing it by hand using the ancient methods. It’s for our children and our children’s children, so that they can watch it grow gradually as time goes by. (DODO has climbed some scaffolding blocks and is touching the feet.) DODO: What is it made of? You can’t scratch it, can you? STEVEN: (Rushing forward.) Dodo! (To MELLIUM.) You’ll have to watch her, she’ll have the whole thing down. (He pulls DODO to the ground with a look.) MELLIUM: It’s a substance called Gragarium rock. It’ll last for ever. (MELLIUM climbs to the plinth and takes from a guardian the plan that she and her father were looking at earlier. She passes it down to STEVEN.) MELLIUM: Here’s the finished design. (STEVEN opens up the plan. It shows a front and side view of the finished statue. A human holding the ark in his right hand.) DODO: Hey, that’s gear! (An alarm echoes across the control deck.) DODO: What’s that? All that carry on? (A loading bay door, near to the statue, opens. A transporter is driven through it and onto the deck. A MONOID lies still on the back of the transporter. Other MONOIDS follow. ZENTOS sees what it is carrying and walks over to the COMMANDER who is holding his hand to his head, as if in pain.) ZENTOS: Commander, the strange disease, the fever is spreading among the Monoids! COMMANDER: I can hardly hear you Zentos. It’s so hot. What’s happened to the temperature? (He stumbles to the floor next to the control desk.) ZENTOS: Commander? (The DOCTOR starts to look over the sick MONOID. ZENTOS starts to get frantic.) ZENTOS: The Commander too - he has the strange fever! The fever brought by the strangers! MELLIUM: What is it? What’s wrong? ZENTOS: Stay away from them Mellium - and from your father. (She ignores him and rushes over to the old man.) MELLIUM: But what is it? COMMANDER: (Weakly.) I don’t know. I’m not sure, but Zentos is right. Stay away. (The DOCTOR walks round to the COMMANDER.) ZENTOS: Don’t touch him! DOCTOR: We may be able to help. DODO: (Reassuringly, to MELLIUM.) It’s nothing to worry about. His temperatures a bit high, that’s all. It’s just a fever. It can only be a cold. (The DOCTOR looks perturbed. He takes STEVEN to one side, not seeing that ZENTOS is listening intently.) DOCTOR: Do you realise what this means, dear boy? STEVEN: What’s all the fuss about? The man’s caught Dodo’s cold, that’s all. DOCTOR: All? All? These people, this generation, have never experienced the common cold - for the simple reason it was wiped out many generations ago before they were born. They have no resistance to it. STEVEN: What’ll happen? DOCTOR: I don’t quite know, I don’t know. But it might be fatal and we shall be to blame. Yes, it’s all our fault and I should have foreseen it! (ZENTOS has had enough. He rushes over to the other Guardians and starts shouting...) ZENTOS: Do you hear that? Did I not try and warn the Commander? I told you these people were evil. DODO: But it wasn’t my fault. How was I supposed to know? MANYAK: (Over at the transporter.) The sick Monoid - he’s d*ad! (The time travellers rush over to see.) ZENTOS: Seize them! (The travellers are grabbed. ZENTOS rushes up to the COMMANDER’S dais and addresses the crowd.) ZENTOS: (Shouts.) All of you listen! The success of all we stand for, everything aboard this spaceship is suddenly endangered by the strange fever, a fever brought by these strangers in our midst! DOCTOR: But I... ZENTOS: (Shouts.) I invoke the special galactic law against them. Hold them, take them into custody and later, they will be made to suffer for the crime that they have committed! STEVEN: Look, listen to us! ZENTOS: Take them away! (The travellers are dragged away. ZENTOS steps down and goes over to where MELLIUM is tending to her near-unconscious father.) MELLIUM: What about my father? ZENTOS: (Quietly.) He may well die - but then again, so might all of us. In which case, it was pointless leaving. (He turns and looks at the giant monitor screen on which is shown the Earth as it travels on to its doom...)
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THE PLAGUE Written by PAUL ERICKSON & LESLEY SCOTT Original Air Date: 12 March, 1966 05:15pm-05:40pm 1: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK ZENTOS: (Shouts.) I invoke the special galactic law against them. Hold them! Take them into custody and later they will be made to answer for the crime that they have committed! STEVEN: Look, listen to us... ZENTOS: Take them away! (The travellers are dragged away. ZENTOS steps down and goes over to where MELLIUM is tending to her near-unconscious father. Other Guardians surround them.) MELLIUM: What about my father? ZENTOS: He may well die, but then again, so might all of us. (The other Guardians react with shock to this statement.) ZENTOS: In which case, it was pointless leaving. (He turns and looks at the giant monitor screen on which is shown the Earth as it travels on to its doom...) 2: INT. ARK. TRAVELLER’S ROOM (The travellers have been placed in a basically furnished room. The DOCTOR is looking through a small window in the locked door. STEVEN rests on a padded bench whilst DODO sits at a table.) STEVEN: What do you think they’ll do to us Doctor? DOCTOR: (Turns.) Well, I’m not sure, dear boy. We shall just have to wait and see. DODO: (Upset.) It’s all my fault. If I’d known it was going to be like this, I’d never have come. DOCTOR: Well you did come, my dear, so it’s too late to be worry about that - and stop sniffling! DODO: I’m not sniffling - it’s me nose running again! Anyway, I’m feeling better now but I don’t suppose anyone cares. DOCTOR: But of course they care, my dear. Now don’t worry. It’s not your fault at all. If it’s anybody’s, it’s mine. STEVEN: Look, do you think this has happened before? That we’ve carried an infection from one age to another, or even one planet to another? DOCTOR: Oh, I don’t want to think it...about it, too...dear boy, it’s too horrifying. Though I must say that we’re usually very healthy. (DODO coughs and sneezes behind him.) STEVEN: It’ll spread through the whole ship, become an epidemic. DOCTOR: Well that depends on the strength of the virus infection. DODO: (Crying.) If it’s half as bad as my cold was, it will. DOCTOR: Oh, do blow your nose child! It’s running all over the place. DODO: No, it isn’t. I’m crying this time! (The DOCTOR is momentarily at a loss. Then he puts his arm and across the young girls shoulder and pats her gently.) DOCTOR: Well look, my dear, do try and rest, you know you may be feeling better but your far from cured, hmm? (He crosses to the door.) DOCTOR: Oh, if only those wretched Guardians would let us out of here. I’d be able to help, mm? Hmm! 3: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (MANYAK signs to a MONOID as ZENTOS looks at monitor screens on the control desk.) ZENTOS: Look. (MANYAK signals to the MONOID to go, then he turns and joins ZENTOS in looking at a small monitor.) ZENTOS: That’s another victim. It’s not showing any signs of abating. (The monitor shows a MONOID on the transporter collapsing at the base of the statue. Two Guardians rush to assist. ZENTOS adjusts a control and the image changes.) ZENTOS: And look! (The image now shows the jungle outside the TARDIS. A MONOID collapses against the ship...) 4: INT. ARK. JUNGLE (...and then falls on the jungle floor. It gives out agonised cries in its death throes, then lies still.) 5: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK ZENTOS: That’s another victim...another death, and more human Guardians have also been taken ill. Thank heaven none of them has died yet. MANYAK: What will happen if one does? ZENTOS: It’ll be disaster. Each man has his allotted task. No one had reckoned on this eventuality. MANYAK: There must be something we can do about it. ZENTOS: Our micro-virologists are trying to find the answer. One of them is with the Commander now. (They look across the control deck to a closed room, outside of which are two MONOIDS on guard.) 6: INT. ARK. COMMANDER’S ROOM (The COMMANDER lies delirious on his bed. MELLIUM tends him watched by RHOS, a micro-virologist and a MONOID. All three wear perspex mouth masks to protect them from the germs. RHOS takes MELLIUM to one side. They takes their masks off to speak.) MELLIUM: Is there nothing you can do? RHOS: Unfortunately, the data covering this type of fever was lost long ago. In the primal wars of the tenth segment. COMMANDER: (Weakly.) Mellium... (She puts her mask back on and crosses to her father.) MELLIUM: Yes father? COMMANDER: (Weakly.) I seem to be drifting back and forth...unconsciousness...to moments of sudden clarity. MELLIUM: Perhaps it’s better that you shouldn’t talk. COMMANDER: No...must, I must... Promise me, Mellium, should anything happen to me... MELLIUM: Oh, you mustn’t talk this way! COMMANDER: Should anything happen, do all in you power, along with the others...to make sure the voyage continues. MELLIUM: Of course, father. COMMANDER: What... MELLIUM: But soon, you’ll get well. COMMANDER: What happens to me is not so important. Or you for that matter, or any one of us...but the voyage and the eventual landing of our descendants on the planet Refusis - that is! That’s the only thing that’s important. Remember that. MELLIUM: Yes father. (A slow drumbeat sounds starts up. RHOS and MELLIUM look round.) 7: INT. ARK. TRAVELLER’S ROOM (DODO, also hearing the sound, raises her head. She crosses over to the door where the DOCTOR watches.) DODO: What is it? DOCTOR: I don’t know. DODO: It sounds like savages. 8: INT. ARK. CORRIDOR (Four MONOIDS carry one of their kind wrapped in a burial shroud.) 9: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (They enter the control deck where Guardians watch in respectful silence. ZENTOS stands on the COMMANDER’S dais.) ZENTOS: Proceed with the preparations for ejection. Commit the body to space burial. (MANYAK signals to the MONOIDS who take the body over to a transporter. Once the body has been placed on it, a MONDOID drives away. A door marked “LAUNCHING BAY” shuts behind it.) MANYAK: It is over. (He switches on a monitor on the instrument panel. The screen shows a door sliding open on the curved exterior of the Ark, then the body is ejected and spins off into space. ZENTOS addresses the crowd from the dais.) ZENTOS: Guardians, Monoids, before it is too late, before we are stricken by the fever ourselves, we must make the strangers answer for the terrible crime they have committed. (The crowd agrees loudly, out of which can be heard the voice of one female GUARDIAN.) 2 GUARDIAN: Yes, they must be tried and punished. ZENTOS: A hearing will commence at once. As Deputy Commander, I will preside. Baccu has undertaken to put the charges. (ZENTOS points at BACCU. The crowd mutters in approval.) 1 GUARDIAN: ... best man for ... ZENTOS: Will anyone speak for the prisoners? (The Guardians look uncomfortably at each other. Seeing this, MANYAK steps forward.) MANYAK: I will. (MELLIUM joins him.) MELLIUM: And I. (ZENTOS stares at her.) MELLIUM: My father would wish it. 10: INT. ARK. COMMANDER’S ROOM (A masked MONOID adjusts a wall monitor in the COMMANDER’S room in order that he can watch proceedings.) MELLIUM: (OOV: On monitor.) His only desire was that justice should be done and a sensible solution to this crisis be found. COMMANDER: Yes...yes...! 11: INT. ARK. TRAVELLER’S ROOM (A similar wall monitor in the time travellers room shows an image of ZENTOS addressing the Guardians on the control deck. He reads a document.) ZENTOS: (OOV: On monitor.) The law that has been broken is the following... DODO: Look Doctor, they’ve switched the television on. ZENTOS: (OOV: On monitor.) In that the spaceship represents the only means by which Earth life may be extended and perpetuated, the Guardian for the time being in charge of the ship, shall have absolute power to punish or restrain any life-form that endangers... 12: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK ZENTOS: ...the success of its mission, by expulsion from the ship, miniaturisation or such lesser penalty as he shall deem fit. 13: INT. ARK. TRAVELLER’S ROOM DODO: Some sort of trial? (The DOCTOR considers.) ZENTOS: (OOV: On monitor.) I call on Baccu to detail the charge. DOCTOR: Yes, my dear, and we are the accused, hmm! (MELLIUM appears on the monitor.) MELLIUM: (OOV: On monitor.) Doctor, Manyak and I believe your story. We’ve offered to speak in your defence but at least one of you must give evidence. DOCTOR: Of course. STEVEN: I must go. DOCTOR: What? (STEVEN stands but he is breathing heavily.) STEVEN: Doctor, I must. I’m getting stifled in here. I must go and do something, even if it’s only to show them how stupid they are wasting time with trials and speeches. After all, the only important thing now is to let you organise finding a cure. DOCTOR: Very well then, if only they’ll listen. MELLIUM: (OOV: On monitor.) They’ll probably ask you to speak next, Doctor. DOCTOR: My dear, I only want to help! (The image vanishes. The door to the room opens and a MONOID enters. It gestures and STEVEN leaves the room. The DOCTOR and DODO turn back to the monitor on which the control deck is now shown, full of waiting Guardians.) 14: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (The hearing has g*n. BACCU approaches STEVEN who is held within a barred cage which is again covered with a plastic covering against the fever. ZENTOS presides from the COMMANDER’S dais.) BACCU: My contention is that it was no accident that this disaster has happened. I say that you came here intentionally - to spread the disease... STEVEN: But that’s utter nonsense. I mean how can you possibly... BACCU: ...and that you are agents of the planet towards which this spaceship is proceeding. That you came here to destroy us. STEVEN: Why? We’re human beings like you are. Well, why should we? ZENTOS: (Shouts.) There is the crux of the matter. Do you expect us to believe that nonsense, that you manage in that ridiculous machine called the TARDIS, have managed to travel through time? Guardians, Monoids, these beings, whatever they are, place a heavy strain on our credulity. STEVEN: Well that’s not very difficult! If your medical records are anything to go by, this segment of time, far from being one of the most advanced in knowledge, is one of the worst! ZENTOS: (Standing in anger.) We can cope with all things known to the fifty-seventh segment of Earth life, but not with strange diseases brought by you - as agents of the intelligences that inhabit Refusis! STEVEN: Are you still on about that? I’ve told you before; we know nothing of that planet! ZENTOS: My instincts, every fibre of my being, tells me differently. STEVEN: And that, unfortunately, tells me only one thing. ZENTOS: What’s that? (STEVEN is now sweating heavily.) STEVEN: That the nature of man, even in this day and age, hasn’t altered at all. You still fear...the unknown, like everyone else before you. 15: INT. ARK. COMMANDER’S ROOM (The proceedings are being watched in the COMMANDER’S room. The old man himself still lies weakly on his bed.) COMMANDER: That’s true! True! ZENTOS: (OOV: On monitor.) That won’t stop me from coping with it. 16: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK STEVEN: How? By destroying us? By ejecting us into space? ZENTOS: If that is the voted finding of this hearing - yes! MANYAK: Steven, prove to us your good faith. Would your friend, the Doctor, have any knowledge how to deal with this fever? STEVEN: Yes, he probably would if you’d let him out of that cell so that he had a chance to experiment. ZENTOS: Yes, of course he would! He would love that...and by such means spread the fever even further and faster. Perhaps even k*ll one of the Guardians. (He turns to the Guardians.) ZENTOS: Are we to be fooled by such tricks? (The angry Guardians shout “No!”.) ZENTOS: Are we to be taken in by such nonsense? (They shout “No!” again.) ZENTOS: Do these creatures have the outward appearance of human beings? (The Guardians are now extremely angry.) 2 GUARDIAN: They are enemies - they should be punished! 1 GUARDIAN: That’s right! Let them be taken to the ejector chamber! They must be thrown ... (STEVEN is now h*t hard by the fever.) 17: INT. ARK. TRAVELLER’S ROOM DODO: Doctor, look at Steven. Is he all right? DOCTOR: (Worried.) I hope so, my dear, I hope so. DODO: Do you think he may have caught the fever? DOCTOR: Well, I’m afraid he may have. It appears that this virus is more virulent than I suspected. 18: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (MANYAK steps forward and tries to shout over the raging Guardians.) MANYAK: Guardians listen! (His words have no effect. He walks over and stands beneath the COMMANDER’S dais.) MANYAK: Guardians, listen to me. This is a court of law! (ZENTOS stands up and shouts.) ZENTOS: Let him speak! (The Guardians fall silent.) ZENTOS: This is a fair hearing. MANYAK: My view for reason in this matter is simple and direct. The Doctor and his companions have not denied that they brought the fever among us. They said it was an accident, and I believe them. 1 GUARDIAN: But that’s nonsense...! MANYAK: For the simple reason that if they were in fact agents of the Refusians, they could have a...achieved their objective in a much simpler way. One in which they would not have exposed themselves to this danger. 2 GUARDIAN: But they’re Refusians! 1 GUARDIAN: That’s no argument! MANYAK: Then I have another; the fever is here. We have no answer for it and it might well be that they are the only ones who can cure it. ZENTOS: Our micro-virologists may still find an answer. MANYAK: Perhaps...but if we were to agree that the Doctor and his friends could, what is the value in expelling them from the spaceship? 19: INT. ARK. COMMANDER’S ROOM COMMANDER: (Still watching the monitor.) None at all. If Manyak and my daughter can see that, why can’t they? 20: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (As the Guardians start to discuss the verdict amongst themselves, BACCU runs forward and joins ZENTOS on the COMMANDER’S dais. He turns to the crowd.) BACCU: Guardians, listen to me! I’ve just had news of another disaster; one of our kind, one of the Guardians has died from the fever. (The crowd is shocked.) 21: INT. ARK. TRAVELLER’S ROOM (The DOCTOR’S face shows the trouble that they now find themselves in.) 22: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK ZENTOS: Do you want to hear more? Never mind the arguments of the defender because now they are nothing - now that one of our own kind had died. So Guardians, what is your answer to the charge? Do you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty? (They all shout “Guilty!” except for MANYAK and MELLIUM who give the opposite verdict but their cries are drowned out.) ZENTOS: Is it your vote that we exact the full penalty of the special galactic law? (The cries are mostly “Yes” with the defendants shouting “No”. ZENTOS jumps to his feet.) ZENTOS: So be it! They shall be taken from this place and expelled from the ship...and the privilege of execution, in that they were the first to be struck by the fever, will be granted to the Monoids. MELLIUM: But the verdict is wrong! MANYAK: Yes, but it is the voted verdict. There is nothing we can do about it. (Several MONOID’S approach the cage as STEVEN collapses against the bars of the cage.) 23: INT. ARK. TRAVELLER’S ROOM DODO: Doctor, something is wrong with Steven! 24: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (STEVEN falls to the floor of the cage...) 25: INT. ARK. TRAVELLER’S ROOM (Two masked Guardians help STEVEN to the bench in the room. They are about to leave when...) DOCTOR: Stop! I demand fair play! This young man is as ill as anyone of your own people. How do you expect him to plead in his own defence, hmm? (ZENTOS’ voice calls out from the wall monitor. The DOCTOR spins round to look at his image.) ZENTOS: (OOV: On monitor.) The verdict of the court was passed that you are guilty. 26: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK ZENTOS: You and your party have been condemned by an overwhelming majority and your sentence is ejection into space. (The DOCTOR similarly appears on ZENTOS’ monitor.) DOCTOR: (OOV: On monitor.) Are you aware that you might be committing your entire community to a slow extinction? Trust me! Allow me, help me to find a new cure for this fever of yours. ZENTOS: The verdict has been given. (He switches the monitor off. He starts to walk off the dais but sees MANYAK and BACCU waiting for him.) ZENTOS: Well? MANYAK: You are right, of course. BACCU: Of course, there’s no question. MANYAK: But can we not afford to take a chance? After all, the old man was the first to diagnose the illness. For that reason alone, he may be able to find a cure. ZENTOS: No. Sentence will be carried out. Baccu, assemble the Monoids, they may proceed. BACCU: Very well. (BACCU steps down and signals to a group of MONOIDS. They start to make their way off the control deck when the voice of the COMMANDER echoes around the chamber.) COMMANDER: (OOV.) Wait! This has gone far enough. 27: INT. ARK. COMMANDER’S ROOM (MELLIUM and RHOS support the COMMANDER as he sits up from his sick bed and uses his last vestiges of energy to re-assert his authority. MELLIUM holds up a microphone.) COMMANDER: Zentos, this is your Commander speaking. I order you to release the travellers immediately. They will be given every facility for research. They may be our only hope. See to it. 28: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (ZENTOS switches on a communicator on the COMMANDER’S dais.) ZENTOS: But the hearing decided differently, Commander. These people are dangerous! 29: INT. ARK. COMMANDER’S ROOM COMMANDER: Don't argue with me Zentos! Those are my instructions. In case you are right, I wish the Doctor to use his young friend as a guinea pig. If he succeeds in curing him, then I will set aside the verdict of the court. Now - proceed. (Exhausted, the old man lies back.) MELLIUM: Thank you father. 30: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (Defeated, ZENTOS flicks off the switch.) ZENTOS: Very well. If he has not decided wisely, we will not live to know it. (ZENTOS nods to confirm the order and strides off angrily.) 31: INT. ARK. TRAVELLER’S ROOM (The DOCTOR has been watching these undertakings on the monitor. He turns to two masked Guardians.) DOCTOR: (Energetically.) At last we’re near a solution! We must waste no more time. Now you two, get the boy up to the table. (They lift an unconscious STEVEN off the couch and carry him across to the table. As the DOCTOR starts to write in a notepad, the door opens and MELLIUM runs in, taking off her mask.) MELLIUM: Is there anything we can do to help, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, cover him, we must keep him warm at once. MELLIUM: Warm? But he’s already sweating with the fever in the same way that my father is? DOCTOR: My dear young lady, please do as you’re told! Now, where is that other young woman I want? DODO: (Stepping forward.) Here I am Doctor. (The DOCTOR rips a sheet out of his notepad and passes it to DODO.) DOCTOR: Oh good, now look here - go to the TARDIS and bring these things back for me will you? (MELLIUM has taken the coverings off the wall couch.) MELLIUM: Will these do? DOCTOR: Yes, certainly, fine, fine. (She takes them over to STEVEN.) DODO: (To the DOCTOR.) How will I know where to find them? DOCTOR: Well open your eyes, my dear child, otherwise you’ll...you won’t be any use to me will you? DODO: Okay. (She turns to leave.) DOCTOR: (Laughs, then.) What did you say? DODO: I said “Okay”. DOCTOR: Yes, I thought you did. Now once this crisis is over, I...I’m going to teach you to speak English. (BACCU and RHOS are also in the room.) BACCU: I shall go with her. DOCTOR: Right, off you go. (They leave.) RHOS: Doctor, our virologists are willing to give you all the help you need. Can you describe the virus responsible? DOCTOR: Yes, I... MELLIUM: (Interrupting.) I’ve wrapped Steven warmly. Is there anything else I can do? DOCTOR: Yes, now I want you to find all the sick people in this spaceship and give them the same treatment. MELLIUM: You mean keep them warm? DOCTOR: Exactly, my child, yes. MELLIUM: Very well. DOCTOR: Oh, and my child? MELLIUM: Doctor? DOCTOR: That also includes your father. (She leaves the room. The DOCTOR turns to BACCU.) DOCTOR: Now, this germ...this germ is... 32: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (ZENTOS watches silently as DODO, BACCU and four MONOIDS return laden from their trip to the TARDIS. Nearby, RHOS and MANYAK talk.) RHOS: The vaccine was used as long ago as the twentieth century and then was lost in the time of the primal wars. BACCU: Is that what he’s trying to find now? The old vaccine? RHOS: Yes, he says it’s, er, a natural compound derived from animal membranes. We only need to take single specimens and then we can release the animals again, but it means that a large scale hunt has to be organised out there in the jungle. BACCU: Well, leave that to me. I’ll collect a party of Guardians and Monoids. Tell us what animals you need. RHOS: Well, we need two... 33: INT. ARK. JUNGLE (The hunt takes place. One MONOID sees to a near-unconscious Elephant whilst another deals with a lizard, collecting the specimens in test tubes.) 34: INT. ARK. TRAVELLER’S ROOM (The DOCTOR works on the specimens, assisted by a masked MONOID.) DOCTOR: Yes, I know I’m a bit of a quack, but...the combination of these two membrane fluids, a little at a time, should do the trick. (The MONOID passes the DOCTOR a test tube before he need ask for it.) DOCTOR: Ah, thank you, thank you. You know, you’re far more knowledgeable than most people realise, aren’t you? (Laughs.) (The DOCTOR adds to the contents and then takes the test tube over to STEVEN, who is being nursed by DODO.) DOCTOR: Now, my dear Dodo, how is he? DODO: He’s conscious Doctor, but only just. Are you going to try it now? DOCTOR: Well, I don’t see why not, yes now, where is that sterilised postule? (He turns. The MONOID is already there with a tray on which rests the postule. The DOCTOR starts to prepare the drug for STEVEN.) DOCTOR: Oh, thank you, thank you, yes, you know I don’t know what I would do without you. (Laughs.) DODO: Do you really think it will work? DOCTOR: Well, I don’t see why not, my dear, providing I’ve...mixed these properly. Now... DODO: And what if you haven’t? DOCTOR: Oh, don’t let’s...don’t let that cross our minds, for heavens sake. (The DOCTOR places a patch over STEVEN’S arm.) DOCTOR: Now then, here we are. DODO: Don’t you have to squirt it into his arm? DOCTOR: What with a hypodermic needle? Good gracious, no. That went out a long time ago. (STEVEN stirs faintly.) DOCTOR: There we are. Now all we have to do is to wait and watch. (To the MONOID.) Come along. DODO: Where are you going? DOCTOR: I’m going to treat the others precisely the same way as I’ve treated Steven. DODO: Isn’t that a bit dodgy? I mean, he was supposed to be the Guinea pig, wasn’t he? DOCTOR: Well it’s going to be much dodgier my child, as you say, if I just sat and did nothing. (Laughs.) Come along. (The DOCTOR and the MONOID leave as DODO returns to STEVEN.) 35: INT. ARK. COMMANDER’S ROOM (Watched by MELLIUM and RHOS, the DOCTOR treats the COMMANDER in the same way. The old man’s breathing is very feverish.) DOCTOR: There now - just relax...and rest. MELLIUM: Is there anything further I can do? DOCTOR: No, it’s just a matter of time, my dear. (To the MONOID.) Come along. 36: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (The DOCTOR and his MONOID assistant walk out of the COMMANDER’S room and past a waiting ZENTOS. BACCU walks up to ZENTOS.) MANYAK: How long must we wait? BACCU: They weren’t sure. Apparently once the injection has been given, there’s no way to hurry the response of the patient. MANYAK: Zentos is waiting like a vulture. But just in case the treatment doesn’t work... (They turn and look at him.) 37: INT. ARK. TRAVELLER’S ROOM (STEVEN is feverish. Whilst DODO watches, the DOCTOR consults a large book.) DOCTOR: Yes, I, er, I think I’ve given him the right treatment, hmm. (Laughs.) DODO: Doctor, it’s along time now since you gave him that stuff and the fever only seems to be getting worse. DOCTOR: Hmm? Well, it’s about an hour, my dear. (He puts the book down and walks over to the table.) DOCTOR: Seems to be reacting quite normally, yes, he’s fighting it. (Laughs.) (STEVEN gives out a gasp of breath and his head falls back. The DOCTOR feels his brow.) DODO: Has something gone wrong? DOCTOR: The fever’s down...and the temperatures dropped, hmm! DODO: You mean? DOCTOR: I mean he’s going to be all right, my dear. (Laughs.) (DODO runs excitedly out of the room...) 38: INT. ARK. CORRIDOR (...and along a corridor...) 39: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (...arriving at the control deck. She runs past a group of Guardians up to MANYAK and BACCU.) DODO: It’s all right! Steven’s much better - everything’s going to be all right! (The Guardians give a cry of relief and start to chat amongst themselves. DODO runs to the COMMANDER’S room, past ZENTOS.) MANYAK: (To BACCU.) I told you it would be. (The DOCTOR walks onto the command deck and up to ZENTOS.) DOCTOR: You have nothing further to worry about, sir. The sick have been tended to and the others immunised against further att*ck. ZENTOS: (Smiling.) Thank you Doctor. So you were right after all. (DODO and MELLIUM run back.) DODO: Doctor, the Commander’s fever’s gone down so he’s going to be all right. DOCTOR: Oh! Splendid, splendid! (The Guardians again start to excitedly talk, but they are interrupted by BACCU who points up at the large monitor screen.) BACCU: Look! The scan of Earth! (The chamber falls silent as they all look at the image on the screen. The planet Earth, smoke pouring out of it, falls through space to its final doom...) ZENTOS: The last moment has come... 40: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (LATER) (Later, the TARDIS crew say their goodbyes to the COMMANDER and the Guardians at the base of the unfinished statue.) DOCTOR: Now, you can c...continue with the building of your statue and when it’s finished, I’m sure it’s going to look very beautiful. MELLIUM: Yes, our descendants will know its meaning when they put the finishing touches to it. STEVEN: In seven hundred years time. MELLIUM: Yes, in seven hundred years time. DOCTOR: Well, we must be off. Goodbye sir. COMMANDER: Goodbye. (They shake hands.) DOCTOR: (To MELLIUM.) Goodbye, my dear. MELLIUM: Goodbye Doctor. DODO: (To the COMMANDER.) Goodbye COMMANDER: Goodbye (As DODO and STEVEN continue to say their goodbyes, the DOCTOR walks past a waiting transporter and up to ZENTOS.) ZENTOS: Doctor, for the fact that I mistrust you...misjudged you, I’m sorry. DOCTOR: Remember your journey is very important, young man, therefore you must travel with understanding as well as hope. Goodbye Zentos. ZENTOS: Goodbye Doctor. (They shake hands. The DOCTOR climbs aboard the transporter where STEVEN and DODO wait for him. The MONOID drives it off and the travellers wave to the Guardians as they go.) 41: INT. ARK. JUNGLE (The transporter travels through the jungle and comes to rest outside the TARDIS. The three travellers get off and enter the ship, DODO waving to the MONOID as they go. The door shuts and the TARDIS dematerialises. The MONOID reverses the transporter away.) 42: INT. ARK. JUNGLE (The TARDIS re-materialises - back in the same jungle. The DOCTOR walks out of the ship as DODO calls to him from within.) DODO: (OOV: Inside the TARDIS.) Can we go out now? DOCTOR: You really must let me go first child. (He steps into their familiar surroundings.) DOCTOR: Oh... (STEVEN steps out, followed by DODO.) DOCTOR: Well, that’s strange. Something must have gone wrong. It appears we’ve landed back in the same place. STEVEN: How? DOCTOR: (Indicating the jungle.) Take a look at this, my boy. Isn’t that extraordinary? Well now, that’s inexplicable. 43: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (DODO runs onto a quiet control deck, followed by STEVEN.) DODO: Mellium! Baccu! They can’t be far away, can they? STEVEN: I don’t know. It depends on how long ago it was. DODO: What? STEVEN: Look, there’s nobody here, is there? (The DOCTOR catches up.) DODO: We’ve only been gone a few seconds. Mellium! Baccu! (She runs off, but almost instantly calls out in alarm.) DODO: Doctor, Steven, look! DOCTOR: What is it, my dear, what have you found, hmm? (They join DODO who is gazing up at the statue.) DODO: The statue! They’ve finished the statue! (The completed stone structure looms over them. But where the plan showed a human head there is now the head of a MONOID.)
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foreverdreaming
THE RETURN Written by PAUL ERICKSON & LESLEY SCOTT Original Air Date: 19 March, 1966 05:15pm-05:40pm 1: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK DODO: Doctor, Steven, look! DOCTOR: What is it, my dear, what have you found? (They join DODO who is gazing up at the statue.) DODO: The statue! They've finished the statue! (The completed stones structure looms over them. But where the plan showed a human head there is now the head of a MONOID.) DODO: What's happened? The head, it wasn't meant to be like that. STEVEN: No. It was meant to be a human being and now it's a Monoid. Wonder why? (They move towards the control desk. Leaves are scattered all over the floor as foliage has started to grow on the control deck.) DOCTOR: Well I'm not sure, dear boy. However, the statue is finished. That means, er, seven hundred years must've passed since we ... last stood here. Hmm? DODO: Is that why the place looks so grotty? STEVEN: Must be. DODO: But we've only been gone a few seconds! DOCTOR: Yes, I know my dear, it's pretty hard for you to understand. STEVEN: Yes, well the Guardians said it would take seven hundred years for this spaceship to reach the Planet Refusis II. If that navigation chart’s anything to go by I'd say that they're almost there. (The DOCTOR studies the controls.) DOCTOR: Yes, I think you're right. STEVEN: Then where are the guardians? Well at least the descendants of those we knew before, surely they should be here, guiding the ship? DOCTOR: I don't think that will be necessary, dear boy, it appears they've introduced some form of a*t*matic guiding device. STEVEN: Yes but you'd think one of them would be standing by to make sure nothing goes wrong. DOCTOR: Yes, well now, let's have a look at the scanner and see if that may help. (He comes up with an image on one of the small screens on the panel.) DOCTOR: Ah! (The image now appears on the large monitor behind the command chair.) STEVEN: Well that's the room with the Earth's population stored in microform. (The image changes to show a man holding a glass of liquid.) DODO: It's one of the Guardians! (The Guardian places the drink on a table next to an unseen figure in a high-backed chair. A reptilian hand waves him away.) STEVEN: That looks like a Monoid! DODO: Yes, but the Guardian's working as a kind of servant. DOCTOR: Yes, he's not the only one that's doing that. (The image changes again to show a large room. Several Guardians are carrying out chores with food and dishes.) STEVEN: Looks like some kind of kitchen. DODO: Yes and they're sort of slaves, aren't they? 2: INT. ARK. KITCHEN (One of the workers drops a pot on the floor. He bends over to pick it up but another hand appears clutching a long w*apon. A cloud of smoke fires at him and he clutches his arm in pain.) 3: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK DODO: What was that? STEVEN: Looked like some kind of g*n. DODO: But the arm? DOCTOR: (Gravely.) Yes, it appears the Monoids have become overlords. STEVEN: (Alarmed.) Doctor, look! (Three MONOIDS and two Guardians have entered. The MONOIDS wear collars with numbers on and carry the same sort of g*n as seen on the monitor image. The MONOID at the front, numbered “2”, puts his hand to a small grill at the front of his collar and speaks in a harsh, warbling voice.) MONOID TWO: Who are you? STEVEN: Things have obviously changed. DODO: They can speak, they couldn't before. MONOID TWO: I asked, who are you? Where did you come from? DOCTOR: We are visitors to this, er, spaceship. We were here many centuries ago. Er, we come as friends. MONOID TWO: Friends to whom? DOCTOR: To all who ... travel in this spaceship. MONOID TWO: You mean of the humanoids, like yourself. DOCTOR: Well, er, yes. But when we were here some time ago we also were friends of your forebears. They were called Monoids. Things were very different then. (One of the Guardians, YENDOM, whispers to another.) YENDOM: These strangers, they... (A MONOID grabs at him and he is silent.) MONOID TWO: (To the DOCTOR.) You speak of the distant past. Following the recent revolution we are now the masters. (The time travellers look at each other.) DOCTOR: I see, and the human beings? MONOID TWO: They work for us. Is that not true, Yendom? (YENDOM bows.) YENDOM: Yes. MONOID TWO: We conquered and you obeyed. And these strangers, they will also obey. Now you will come with us. STEVEN: Where? MONOID TWO: To our leader (MONOID TWO points the w*apon at the TARDIS crew, forcing them to leave.) 4: INT. ARK. MONOIDS' CHAMBER (A seated MONOID, wearing the number ONE, places down an empty glass where it is picked up by its human servant. The door slides open and MONOID TWO enters.) MONOID TWO: Here are the strangers, One. (The DOCTOR stands in the doorway.) MONOID ONE: Wait. Look. (A screen in the wall shows the events of seven hundred years earlier ...) 5: INT. ARK. JUNGLE (A MONOID drives the DOCTOR, STEVEN and DODO through the Ark's jungle, back to the TARDIS. The travellers get off the transporter and enter the ship, DODO waving to the MONOID.) 6: INT. ARK. MONOIDS' CHAMBER (Having watched this image, MONOID ONE waves them all into the room.) MONOID ONE: It seems that when you were here before the Guardians of that day didn’t believe that you could travel through time as well as space. Why have you come back? STEVEN: The TARDIS made the decision. MONOID ONE: (Incredulous.) Are you telling me that you can't control your own machine? DODO: (Indignant.) What's it got to do with you? DOCTOR: Shh, child. MONOID ONE: According to the history scan you brought a strange fever that k*lled many of our ancestors. DODO: But we also helped to find a cure, didn't we? I mean the Doctor did. MONOID ONE: He thought he did. DOCTOR: And what do you mean by that, hmm? MONOID ONE: You controlled the immediate impact of the fever but a mutation of it developed later on that sapped the will of the humans. DODO: You mean that it was our fault that you took over because of the fever? MONOID ONE: In part. STEVEN: There were other reasons? MONOID ONE: The main reason was the Guardians themselves. They were a simple people. (A Guardian acting as a servant, MAHARIS, looks round furtively at this remark.) MONOID ONE: They actually encouraged the research from which we developed our voice boxes and heat prods. They were totally unprepared for the conflict when it came. DODO: What happened to them? MONOID ONE: Many were k*lled. (DODO looks at the DOCTOR.) MONOID ONE: The rest are prisoners. A fact that you will shortly see for yourselves! Two, take them away to the security kitchen and then call a grand council. (MONOID TWO bows and then points to the door with the g*n.) MONOID TWO: This way. (As the TARDIS crew leave the DOCTOR glares at MONOID ONE but MONOID TWO raises the g*n and he leaves. MAHARIS offers MONOID ONE a fruit bowl.) MONOID ONE: I trust their return won’t give you any ideas, Maharis? MAHARIS: (Nervously.) No. I am content to obey. (But when MONOID ONE is looking away MAHARIS gives him a look of hatred.) 7: INT. ARK. KITCHEN (While the work proceeds two Guardians, a man named DASSUK and a woman called VENUSSA talk in the corner. DASSUK is the Guardian who was fired at earlier in the kitchen as seen on the control deck monitor.) DASSUK: Who told you? VENUSSA: One of the subject Guardians whispered it as he passed by the door, just now. DASSUK: Strangers? What sort of strangers? VENUSSA: Human beings! DASSUK: Well I'm afraid the Monoids will make very short work of them. VENUSSA: Well no, they've been taken prisoner. DASSUK: Well that proves it's only a rumour. Just like all the other rumours we've been hearing. Look Venussa, you know how far the Ark has travelled and the Earth itself no longer exists, so where could these so-called humans come from? VENUSSA: From Earth, but as it was millions of years ago. Well they travel through time. DASSUK: That's impossible. I think you've been a prisoner a little too long. VENUSSA: Oh, but it could be true, Dassuk. Oh, don't you remember the story? Hundreds of years ago a doctor and a young couple came and then went away again. Well they were the first people to call this ship the Ark! (He places a hand on her shoulder.) DASSUK: That's just a legend. And legends won't help us regain control of the Ark. (There is a commotion near the door and the two of them hurriedly return to their work. The door opens and MONOID TWO leads the TARDIS crew in.) MONOID TWO: Alright Doctor, this way, and bring your friends with you. VENUSSA: (To DASSUK.) Doctor? MONOID TWO: You will stay in this place and help with the task of preparing our food. You will sleep like the others of your kind. Above all else, you must always be obedient prisoners. (The MONOID departs. VENUSSA rushes up to them.) VENUSSA: Doctor? Did he say Doctor? Have you been here before? STEVEN: (Impatiently.) Yes, we have. (DASSUK follows.) DASSUK: But... But that's incredible! How in space could you do it? DOCTOR: If I were to tell you, young man, you wouldn't believe me. STEVEN: No, besides we've got far more important things to talk about. We've got to find a way to get out of this place. 8: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (A crowd of MONOIDS are watching a star chart on the screen. ONE and TWO are at the back, talking.) MONOID ONE: In a short while, Refusis will be ours. We will land there, we will create a Monoid world. (Another MONOID walks up to them. Its collar denotes it as MONOID THREE.) MONOID THREE: But One, what about the Guardians? MONOID ONE: I have a simple plan that will destroy them. When we start our life on that planet it will be with no reference of any kind to the time when we were secondary beings! MONOID TWO: That's as it should be. MONOID ONE: But at this moment we cannot be sure of what Refusis is really like or what kind of creatures the Refusians are. MONOID TWO: That's true. MONOID ONE: So I am sending a forward landing party ahead of us. MONOID THREE: But in that case the Refusians will be forewarned. MONOID ONE: I have thought of that. Listen. (They huddle together.) 9: INT. ARK. KITCHEN (The TARDIS crew, VENUSSA and DASSUK are talking while preparing the food. DASSUK puts some powder into a pot of water and almost immediately the water turns into boiled potatoes.) DODO: I named this ship “The Ark”. They'd never heard the name 'til I used it. DASSUK: (Sceptically.) And you brought a strange new fever and then the Doctor cured it. VENUSSA: Of course. Take no notice of him, Doctor, he was born a cynic. DOCTOR: He'll probably die one unless we do something quickly about this situation. STEVEN: Listen, are there many other Guardians like yourselves held prisoner? DASSUK: Oh, not many. The Monoids only keep us alive because they enjoy being waited on. DODO: Why don't you just jump on them? They're pretty slow moving creatures, Monoids. DASSUK: You forget they're armed and we're not. And those heat prods can be pretty lethal. STEVEN: Right, but we could take the chance and seize one. Challenge them at their own game! DASSUK: Nah, they're too careful. They never put them down. DOCTOR: Yes, we shall have to be pretty urgent too, time is running out. 10: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (The room is now empty. MONOID ONE is instructing TWO.) MONOID ONE: While the others are preparing the launcher, go and get the Doctor and the girl. MONOID TWO: (Bows.) Yes, One. 11: INT. ARK. KITCHEN DODO: Do you think you can do it? DASSUK: We must try. Otherwise... DODO: What? DASSUK: There'll be no future for us, and our forefathers might just as well've stayed on the Earth and died with it. (A Guardian who is listening at the door moves back and waves.) VENUSSA: They're coming back. (The DOCTOR, DODO and VENUSSA stand behind the table while STEVEN and DASSUK hide by the door. MONOID TWO enters and looks at the Guardians suspiciously. It turns round, sees STEVEN and DASSUK and raises its g*n.) MONOID TWO: What is this? Why aren't you working? (VENUSSA knocks over a pot and it whirls around to see what the noise was.) STEVEN: (Shouts.) Now! (STEVEN and DASSUK att*ck the MONOID from behind. They have almost overcome it when MONOID THREE enters. It covers them with its g*n.) MONOID THREE: Back! (Another Guardian approaches THREE but is k*lled. On seeing this, STEVEN and DASSUK give up. MONOID TWO retreats to the safety of the doorway.) MONOID TWO: Get back. You are reckless and stupid. Now you have gained only one thing, the death of another of your kind. Doctor! You and the girl will come with me. (The TARDIS crew reluctantly move towards the door. As they are passing through MONOID TWO stops STEVEN.) MONOID TWO: You stay here. STEVEN: Why? Where are you taking them? MONOID TWO: They will make the first landing on the Planet Refusis. You will be held as a security for their conduct. (The MONOIDS leave and a grim silence descends upon the room as the guardians tend to their d*ad companion.) 12: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (Watched by MONOID THREE a party of MONOIDS emerge from the Launching Bay. THREE moves over to MONOID ONE in the control area.) MONOID THREE: The Launcher is ready, One. The Doctor, the girl, the Guardian and Two are aboard. MONOID ONE: Good. Then let's hope that they succeed in their mission. (ONE presses a button.) 13. EXT. ARK (A hatch in the side of the Ark slides open and the Launcher begins to emerge.) 14: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (A humming noise begins.) 15: EXT. SPACE (The Launcher, a cylindrical object, drifts towards Refusis II.) 16: INT. LAUNCHER (The DOCTOR, DODO, YENDOM and MONOID TWO are seated on padded seats around the tiny pod.) 17: EXT. SPACE (The Launcher approaches Refusis II.) 18: INT. LAUNCHER (The humming stops, indicating that they have landed. Part of the wall folds into a doorway.) MONOID TWO: Out. (They slowly get to their feet and step out.) 19. EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE (They have landed in a clearing in a luxuriant jungle. Mountains can be seen in the distance.) DODO: (Looking round.) So this is Refusis? Where's the red carpet, then? MONOID TWO: Perhaps the Refusians are hidden somewhere. If so, then we must find them. Move carefully and don't forget that I am still armed. (YENDOM heads off in one direction and the others follow. A fern nearby seems to twitch by itself ...) 20: INT. LAUNCHER ( ... as do several just outside the door of the launcher. Then, the seat next to the controls sags as if someone were sitting there. One of the levers moves, apparently of its’ own accord. The door closes. A deep voice is heard within the launcher ...) VOICE: Hmm! (The lever moves the other way and the door opens again. By the open door, a fern moves again.) 21: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE (The Launcher party are exploring the clearing.) MONOID TWO: Still no sign of life. Perhaps the audio/space research that told is of the Refusians was wrong. DOCTOR: (To MONOID TWO.) Let us return to the Launcher and send a message back to the Ark. Tell them they can make their landings quite safely. I'm sure they'll be extremely delighted to hear it. (DODO picks up the conversation as the DOCTOR wanders off.) DODO: Yes, I bet it'll take some time to get the whole of the population down here, so the sooner you get started the better, I should think. MONOID TWO: (In an amused tone.) Don't worry. It may not take as long as you think. DODO: (Suspiciously.) What do you mean? Are you up to something? (MONOID TWO glances at YENDOM who is listening in.) MONOID TWO: Er... Nnoo. (DODO continues to interrogate.) DODO: No? But you gave yourself away, didn't you? I've got a feeling that when the time comes you're not going to bring the Guardians down here at all, is that it? YENDOM: But...they promised! DODO: I don't care, I'm right, aren't I? (The DOCTOR returns.) DOCTOR: We were all wrong. This place is inhabited. Come, see for yourselves. (He leads them to a gap in the bushes.) DODO: It's a sort of a castle! (At the bottom of the valley are three buildings. The middle one is round, the others are square. Each has a spire.) MONOID TWO: Why didn't the Refusians see the Launcher arrive or make any moves to stop us? DOCTOR: Shall we find out? MONOID TWO: Proceed. (They make their way down. They are unaware that behind them a branch moves seemingly by itself...) 22: INT. REFUSIS II. CASTLE (The DOCTOR peers through the main door and cautiously enters. The others follow. The walls are lined with decorations and drapes, the floor is painted and there are doors leading off to several other rooms.) MONOID TWO: It's deserted. (A crash comes from a door in the corner.) DOCTOR: Strange. Strange indeed. (MONOID TWO opens the door and peers in.) MONOID TWO: There is no one in there. DOCTOR: How can you be so sure? MONOID TWO: They must be hiding somewhere. They are just frightened creatures. DODO: I don't like it. This place is d*ad weird. YENDOM: What do you mean? DODO: Oh, it's just a feeling I've got. MONOID TWO: I would like to see the faces of these Refusians. DODO: Not sure I would, if they're anything like you, I've seen enough... MONOID TWO: What the...? DODO: (Innocently.) Oh, nothing. MONOID TWO: I will challenge them like this! (It picks up a vase on a table.) DODO: Oh no! (It hurls it to the floor. It picks up some flowers and throws them about as well.) MONOID TWO: They must be in this place somewhere when they hear what I'm doing. (It picks up another vase.) DOCTOR: (Angrily.) Put that thing down! That is no way to establish friendship! MONOID TWO: The sooner they learn to respect us, the better. (Suddenly a loud voice booms around the room.) REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Your friend is right! Put it down. (They all look round in shock.) MONOID TWO: Where did that come from? YENDOM: (Pointing to a door.) I think from out there. DODO: (Pointing to the empty room.) No, it came from the direction of that room. MONOID TWO: (Looking around.) Where are you? Show yourself or I will smash this... REFUSIAN: (OOV.) I warned you! Put that down. DOCTOR: I think it comes from within this room. MONOID TWO: Nonsense. If the Refusian seeks to challenge me, I will accept it! REFUSIAN: (OOV.) You have been warned! (MONOID TWO'S arm twists back as if being forced and it puts the vase back on the table.) REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Thank you. (The flowers rise off the floor and appear to rearrange themselves into the vase.) REFUSIAN: As your friend said, I'm here in the room with you. DOCTOR: (To TWO, laughing.) You won't need that now. (He pushes the g*n down.) 23: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (MONOIDS ONE, THREE and FOUR are gathered at the base of the statue.) MONOID ONE: They must've landed by now. We should be getting a report from Two. MONOID THREE: Yes, One. (MONOID THREE waves FOUR away.) MONOID THREE: What was the plan you had for destroying the Guardians and this spaceship? MONOID ONE: A short while after we leave they will disappear in a cloud of fragmented pieces! MONOID THREE: You mean a b*mb of some kind? MONOID ONE: A fission device. I had it made secretly and it is ready to be detonated at any time. MONOID THREE: But where is it? (MONOID ONE points to the top of the MONOID-headed statue. They then turn and walk away.) MONOID THREE: Excellent, One. MONOID ONE: The last place they would think of looking ... 24: INT. ARK. MONOIDS' CHAMBER (MAHARIS is spying on the two MONOIDS with the monitor screen.) MONOID ONE: (On monitor.) ... that is if they even suspect its presence before it goes off. MONOID THREE: (On monitor.) Why should they? Then that will be the end of all human existence! (He switches off the monitor. Looking terrified, he moves off.) 25: INT. ARK. KITCHEN (VENUSSA and STEVEN are using the powder to create the potatoes. MAHARIS enters. The other guardians back away from him hurriedly.) MAHARIS: I... bring you news. STEVEN: (To VENUSSA.) Why does everyone back away from him? VENUSSA: Because he's one of the subject Guardians. What you'd call a collaborator. DASSUK: (To MAHARIS.) And what does your news amount to? How much can we trust you? MAHARIS: But you must! It's important! VENUSSA: (dismissively.) Go back to your masters. MAHARIS: What I have to say concerns us all. STEVEN: Perhaps we should listen. VENUSSA: No! He speaks with the voice of the Monoids. MAHARIS: No longer! They intend to betray us all, even those of us who've worked for them. STEVEN: How? MAHARIS: They plan to leave us behind when they land on Refusis. VENUSSA: Would you've expected anything else? MAHARIS: But there's more! When they go, they'll leave a device behind that will destroy the Ark and everything in it! STEVEN: (Doubtfully.) Are you sure of this? MAHARIS: Yes! I overheard One telling another Monoid. STEVEN: Do you know where the device is? MAHARIS: No. I only heard them talking, I ... I couldn't see where One pointed. DASSUK: Then somehow we shall have to find out. (They look gravely at each other.) 26: INT. REFUSIS II. CASTLE (The DOCTOR is seated at the table conversing with the invisible REFUSIAN. DODO is standing by the door, looking out.) DOCTOR: And that was their aim, to land there and recreate life on this planet. REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Yes. We've known for some time of the journey of the vessel you call the Ark and we welcomed it. That is why we built places like this. DOCTOR: I see. Just to make us comfortable. I didn't think you needed places like this for yourselves. REFUSIAN: (OOV: Laughs.) No. Once we had a shape and form, something like you. Then there was a galaxy accident. A giant solar flare. Now, we no longer have a being that you can see or recognise. DOCTOR: But, er, can you see each other? REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Not even that. Oh, we can sense one other but that is all. That is why it would've been good for Refusis to be inhabited again by life and the signs of life, provided that the beings that come to take our place our peaceful. (To DODO.) Child, you are worried. DODO: I think I can hear them coming back. (The DOCTOR rises from his chair.) 27: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE (MONOID TWO and YENDOM move through the jungle. They pause in the clearing.) MONOID TWO: We must return to the Launcher. We must warn One and the others so that we can prepare to deal with these unseen creatures. YENDOM: We, meaning only the Monoids. When you spoke of it before you meant that only you and only your kind would make the landings, didn't you? MONOID TWO: Yendom, I do not have to account to you. YENDOM: I, I'll not let you contact them! MONOID TWO: Yendom, stay where you are! (YENDOM reaches out for the heat prod but TWO is ready and they struggle. TWO manages to throw YENDOM to the ground. YENDOM screams as the g*n is fired. TWO moves off towards the Launcher.) 28: INT. REFUSIS II. CASTLE (The DOCTOR and DODO have heard the scream. They look at each other and leave the castle.) 29: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE (They find YENDOM'S body.) DODO: What about the Monoid? Do you think he's gone back to the Launcher? REFUSIAN: We'll soon see. 30: INT. LAUNCHER (MONOID TWO is by now trying to contact the Ark.) MONOID TWO: Refusis to the spaceship Ark. 31: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (MONOID TWO'S image appears on the screen. ONE answers.) MONOID ONE: Yes Two, give us your report. Are the landings possible? 32: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE. LAUNCHER LANDING SITE (TWO can be seen within the launcher...) MONOID TWO: The planet offers everything we need, but I must warn you. Listen to this carefully. ( ... but outside, several of the plants near to the Launcher begin to rustle, getting faster and closer.) MONOID TWO: When we first arrived, we exited... (Suddenly the Launcher explodes with TWO still inside it.) 33: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (The monitor goes blank.) MONOID ONE: Two! Are you there? Two! Answer me! 34: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE. LAUNCHER LANDING SITE (The DOCTOR and DODO Stand over the smouldering remains of the Launcher.) DODO: What will we do now? DOCTOR: Nothing, my dear. We shall just have to wait until the next party lands. DODO: (Panicked.) But what if they don't come? What if they decide to find another planet? DOCTOR: Well, in that case we shall just have to stay here.
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THE b*mb Written by PAUL ERICKSON & LESLEY SCOTT Original Air Date: 26 March, 1966 05:15pm-05:50pm 1: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK MONOID ONE: Two! Are you there? Two! Answer me! 2. EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE. LAUNCHER LANDING SITE (The DOCTOR and DODO stand over the smouldering remains of the Launcher.) DODO: Doctor, what’ll we do now? DOCTOR: Nothing, my dear. We shall just have to wait until the next party lands. DODO: But what if they don’t come? What if they decide to find another planet? DOCTOR: Well, in that case we shall just have to stay here, mm? 3: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK MONOID THREE: What has happened? Why does Two no longer give us his report? MONOID ONE: I don’t know. It could be a simple break in communications - or that he was att*cked! MONOID THREE: But his report of conditions on the planet Refusis started favourably. MONOID ONE: Yes... MONOID THREE: Then what do we do, One? (MONOID ONE walks across the control deck, considering their next action. He stops on one side of the chamber and turns to address his people.) MONOID ONE: We will proceed with our plans. We will prepare ourselves for the main landings! (MONOID TWO turns to the other MONOIDS.) MONOID THREE: One has spoken. Get the launchers ready and prepare the Monoid population trays for the journey. (MONOID TWO walks off. One of the MONOIDS, numbered “4” turns to one of its compatriots, numbered “6”.) MONOID FOUR: The leader has said that we must go but supposing he is wrong? We still don’t know what Refusis is like. (Across the room...) MONOID ONE: (Pointing into the heavens.) At last, a new planet of our own - where we can establish our own way of life. (MONOID THREE has been watching MONOID FOUR.) MONOID THREE: Yes One, but a word of warning... MONOID ONE: (Turning round.) What’s that? MONOID THREE: Four is beginning to question the wisdom of your leadership. MONOID ONE: (Laughs.) Don’t worry. (He glances over to FOUR.) At the slightest sign of opposition, we can easily get rid of him. As easily as we will this spaceship, once we have left it. Remember, the final answer which is locked in the head of that statue. (He looks up to the statue.) 4: INT. REFUSIS II. CASTLE (The DOCTOR and DODO have returned to the castle and they face a chair in which the invisible REFUSIAN is sat.) REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Doctor, we are, as you know, concerned about the arrival of the Ark and what it will mean to this planet. (The DOCTOR sits down at the other side of the table.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I can quite understand that. That is why you destroyed the Launcher, hmm? REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Here, we’ve always known peace - never w*r or conflict. DODO: You’re not the only ones like that. The Guardians - you know the humans who travel in the spaceship - they have...used to have your ideas too. DOCTOR: Yes, that’s true my dear but, er, you mustn’t think they were perfect. On no! Sometimes they were extremely intolerant and selfish. REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Is that why they were conquered by the Monoids? DOCTOR: Exactly! DODO: (To the MONOID.) Yes, I know...but there are some of them left who wouldn’t mind rising up against the Monoids and trying to do better. REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Then we will allow them time to make their attempt. We will wait for the passing of one day before we think in terms of employing defensive measures. DOCTOR: Yes, one day, thank you. DODO: Now, it’s up to Steven and the others. DOCTOR: Quite so, my dear, quite so. 5: INT. ARK. KITCHEN (STEVEN stares through the small window in the door of the kitchen as VENUSSA and DASSUK watch.) STEVEN: The Monoids are up to something. They’re rushing about all over the place. VENUSSA: (To DASSUK.) Do you think they’re preparing to leave the Ark? DASSUK: Probably. STEVEN: Look, isn’t there a way to get out of this kitchen? VENUSSA: None, the walls are thick and the doors only open from the outside. STEVEN: Well, who opens it? DASSUK: Well they do. Sometimes one of the subject Guardians, Maharis for instance. STEVEN: Then we must get him to help us. VENUSSA: He won’t - he’s too frightened. STEVEN: All right. (Thinks.) We’ll have to use his help without his knowing it. (DASSUK and VENUSSA look at each other.) 6: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (MAHARIS carries a tray of food onto the control deck. MONOID ONE signals to him from the command chair and MAHARIS takes the tray over. MONOID THREE walks over to the Launching bay at the side of the control deck where Guardians are loading silver boxes into a Launcher. Each box contains several trays of miniaturised MONOIDS.) MONOID THREE: Be careful. Remember - each tray contains a thousand Monoids, thoughtfully preserved as micro-cells by your ancestors. They must reach their new life on Refusis safely. (THREE walks over to the command chair where ONE is finishing his meal.) MONOID THREE: Everything is proceeding according to plan, One. We must have... (ONE holds up a hand for silence and turns to the watching MAHARIS.) MONOID ONE: Thank you, Maharis. That is all. MAHARIS: Yes One. (MAHARIS takes the tray and leaves.) MONOID ONE: Stupid trusting creature. He and all the other subject Guardians are still under the illusion that they will be coming with us to Refusis. MONOID THREE: They are a blind people. They deserve their fate. MONOID ONE: Yes. What were you going to say? MONOID THREE: I was reporting that the preparation of the Launchers is proceeding satisfactorily. MONOID ONE: Good! Then we shall leave shortly. 7: INT. ARK. KITCHEN (STEVEN and VENUSSA carefully cover a form with blankets in the corner of the kitchen. They walk over to the middle of the room and wait nervously. After a moment, the door glides open and MAHARIS enters with the finished tray. As he walks towards the central table DASSUK makes for the door from a corner of the kitchen. MAHARIS puts the tray down and turns to leave. DASSUK jumps back out of view.) VENUSSA: Maharis, what’s the news from outside? MAHARIS: (Slightly panicking.) The Monoids are preparing to leave. (STEVEN takes him over to one side of the room. VENUSSA signals to DASSUK to make a run for it through the open door.) STEVEN: And you still think they’ll take you? MAHARIS: Why not? We can serve them on Refusis as well as here. (He suddenly looks round.) MAHARIS: Just a moment - where’s Dassuk? VENUSSA: Asleep. (VENUSSA points to the form that they have covered. MAHARIS looks at STEVEN and VENUSSA nervously, then leaves the room. 8: INT. ARK. CORRIDOR (Once outside the kitchen, he waves at the door and it closes. DASSUK watches from round a corner, then once MAHARIS has left, he is about to run back to the door when two armed MONOIDS shuffle round the corner. He jumps back into hiding, watched by STEVEN through the window. The MONOIDS move on, then DASSUK waves at the door to open. STEVEN, VENUSSA and the other Guardians pour out.) DASSUK: Hurry! I don’t think he saw me ‘though we haven’t much time. VENUSSA: What first? STEVEN: Well, we agreed - first we’ve got to find that b*mb that the Monoids left behind. 9: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (MONOID FOUR continues to conspire with his cohorts...) MONOID FOUR: The moment we land - then we decide whether One is to stay our leader. If Refusis is dangerous, we must return to the Ark before it is destroyed. (They move off past the control panel where TWO is reporting to ONE.) MONOID THREE: There is still no contact from Two on Refusis, One. MONOID ONE: Never mind that. We will now go there ourselves. Give the signal. (ONE moves off as THREE activates the signal. It is heard by the escapees as they enter the control deck.) STEVEN: What’s that? VENUSSA: The main landing’s order. STEVEN: So they’re not going to wait any longer. (They rush off. In the Launching bay, a door closes on a Launcher, inside which sit MONOID’S ONE and THREE.) 10: INT. LAUNCHER MONOID THREE: What about the b*mb? MONOID ONE: It is set. It is timed to explode in twelve hours from now. (THREE activates some of the controls.) 11: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (STEVEN and VENUSSA run up to the door of Launching Bay 7 but it has closed. They run back to the control desk. A monitor shows three Launchers emerging out of the Ark and heading towards Refusis II. MAHARIS runs up to where STEVEN, DASSUK, VENUSSA and other Guardians are watching the image.) MAHARIS: (Panicking.) Steven was right! The Monoids have all gone! Every one of them! DASSUK: (To STEVEN.) What now? STEVEN: Just find that b*mb. (The two men and the other Guardians leave to start the search.) STEVEN: (To VENUSSA.) We’ve got to find a way of getting back to Refusis. (He starts to look over the control desk.) 12: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE. LAUNCHER LANDING SITE (The Launchers descend to the planet’s surface. The door to one of them opens and MONDOIDS ONE and THREE step out and look round.) MONOID ONE: Good. Everything seems to be quiet - and from this moment on, this planet is ours! MONOID THREE: Look. (THREE points to the debris of the destroyed Launcher. They walk over to it as MONOID FOUR and Six step out of the just-landed Launcher.) MONOID THREE: There is the reason why Two failed to complete his message to us. MONOID ONE: A reason and a warning. We must find who destroyed that launcher, and then - destroy them! (ONE and THREE step off into the jungle, not seeing the DOCTOR and DODO concealed in the bushes, watching and listening.) MONOID FOUR: One made a mistake in bringing us here. We will have to wait for our chance, then challenge him and return to the Ark. There is still time before it is destroyed by that b*mb that has been left behind. (The DOCTOR hears this remark.) MONOID FOUR: Come, we must not let One and the others get out of our sight. (FOUR and Six follow their compatriots into the Jungle.) DOCTOR: (To DODO.) Now. (They emerge from hiding and run into the Launcher.) 13: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (STEVEN and VENUSSA look at an illuminated map of the Ark on the control desk.) STEVEN: They could be anywhere, the corridors, in the jungle over there, in the cultivated lands... VENUSSA: We’ll find it, we must! (A buzzer starts sounding on the control desk.) STEVEN: What’s that? VENUSSA: It’s one of the launchers trying to make contact. (She presses a control.) VENUSSA: We’re in contact. Who is that? DOCTOR: (OOV: Over communicator.) This is Refusis...contacting spaceship Ark. STEVEN: It’s the Doctor. Hello Doctor, this is Steven. 14: INT. LAUNCHER DOCTOR: Oh, thank heaven, Steven my boy, you’re safe, now listen; The Ark is about to blow up! 15: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK STEVEN: We know that. Do you know where the b*mb is? (The DOCTOR’S image is on the large monitor screen. Several Guardians walk into the listen...) DOCTOR: No I do not, but I’m going to find out from the Monoids. In the meantime, I’ll send back some of the launchers to the Ark. Now, continue with the search! (The screen goes blank. STEVEN turns to the Guardians.) STEVEN: All right, you heard what he said. Let’s get started. (They all rush off.) 16: INT. ARK. LAUNCHER DODO: But Doctor, how are you going to talk to the Monoids...and how are you going to send the launchers back to the Ark? REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Yes Doctor, how? (The REFUSIAN is sat next to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Oh, I’m glad you heard that. You know, er, these launchers are simple to operate and I would like to suggest, my friend, that you fly them back to the Ark. REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Me?! DOCTOR: Yes, the Monoids won’t know who’s taking them - and as for me talking to them, or speaking to them, as you say, well, the problem’s quite simple. 17: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE. LAUNCHER LANDING SITE (Two MONOIDS, THREE and Sixty-three approach the Launcher.) 18: INT. LAUNCHER REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Very well. We will do as you suggest. DOCTOR: Thank you. (The DOCTOR gestures to DODO and they step out of the Launcher...) 19: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE. LAUNCHER LANDING SITE (...to where the two MONOIDS wait for them. The DOCTOR is not perturbed.) DOCTOR: Dah! So we meet again! Welcome to Refusis. (Laughs.) (Sixty-three raises his g*n, only to have it pushed down by THREE.) MONOID THREE: Don’t k*ll them. One will want to question them. You will come with us. DOCTOR: Delighted, delighted! (The DOCTOR and DODO follow THREE. Sixty-three turns round and sees the seemingly empty Launcher rising into the air.) MONOID THREE: Who is it that travels in that launcher? We have seen no one since we have been here. DOCTOR: (Smiling.) Well to tell the truth, er, neither have we, hmm, hmm! 20: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (STEVEN walks up to MAHARIS who is stood at the base of the statue and points up at the edifice.) STEVEN: Have you checked this? MAHARIS: What’s the use? There’s nothing there. STEVEN: Look, there’s no point standing around moping just because the Monoids promise you something and then failed you. You’ve got to do something to save yourself. MAHARIS: (Shouts.) I believed in them! (DASSUK runs up.) DASSUK: Steven! Come quickly! STEVEN: Why? What’s happened? DASSUK: One of the launchers has returned from Refusis. (STEVEN joins the other Guardians who cluster round the Launcher in its bay.) VENUSSA: Look! 21: INT. LAUNCHER (STEVEN peers inside the Launcher.) STEVEN: At what? It’s empty. VENUSSA: I know. It was empty when we opened the door. (The REFUSIAN laughs. STEVEN and the Guardians look at each other in surprise.) 22: INT. REFUSIS II. CASTLE (The DOCTOR and DODO have been brought before MONOID ONE.) MONOID ONE: Doctor, where are the Refusians? DOCTOR: I don’t know - I haven’t seen one! (He smiles at DODO.) MONOID ONE: (Angrily.) You step out of the launcher, a moment later it was flown away. It must have been manned by someone. I must find the answer. MONOID THREE: Do you think they will talk, One? MONOID ONE: If they don’t - they will die! (FOUR walks through the castle door at this moment.) MONOID FOUR: Perhaps - but it would seem that we will die as well. MONOID ONE: Do you seek to challenge me, Four? MONOID FOUR: You have led us to this planet and placed us all in danger. MONOID ONE: If that is the way you feel, then return to the Ark. MONOID FOUR: We will - only there we have to face the danger that you created... (MONOID ONE starts to laugh.) MONOID FOUR: ...the fission device. MONOID ONE: Leaving you with but one problem - that of getting rid of it. But since it is inside the statue... (The DOCTOR and DODO look at each other.) MONOID ONE: ...and the statue itself is so heavy, I think that you will find the problem of disposal is not so easy. (FOUR walks back to the entrance door, turns and addresses the MONOIDS.) MONOID FOUR: Those of you that wish to stay in this world of the unknown, will side with One. But those who care for the future of the Monoids must come with me. (FOUR walks out followed by three companions.) MONOID THREE: Will you let them go? MONOID ONE: No. (He gets up and grabs a g*n from a MONOID.) MONOID ONE: We’ll destroy them in the open... (To the DOCTOR and DODO.) ...and we will deal with you and the Refusians later. (ONE gestures to a MONOID numbered “45” to guard the c*ptive, then leaves with the other MONOIDS.) DOCTOR: (To the departing MONOID ONE.) Thank you, it’s very kind of you! 23: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (STEVEN addresses the Guardians.) STEVEN: Well, I think we should...split up. Some of us should go back to Refusis to help the Doctor and Dodo whilst the rest stay here and try to deal with that b*mb. DASSUK: Yes, that’s a good idea. MAHARIS: (Shouts.) Is it? Why should any of us stay and risk being blown up? STEVEN: (Grabbing his arm.) Because the Earth’s population trays, everything else that represents Earth life, all these things have to be taken to Refusis later. VENUSSA: Steven’s right. That’s why our forefathers started this voyage through space in the first place - seven hundred years ago. MAHARIS: But we’re alive - why should any of us die for an idea that they thought of? VENUSSA: You’ve served too long with the Monoids, Maharis. You no longer belong to us. (To STEVEN.) Let him go with the landing party. STEVEN: Yes, all right. Dassuk, you take the launcher. (STEVEN pushes MAHARIS off.) STEVEN: Go with him, Maharis... (To two other Guardians.) ...and you too. Contact the Doctor as soon as you can. I’ll stay here. DASSUK: All right. What about you, Venussa? VENUSSA: I’ll stay too. DASSUK: Right. (DASSUK heads off.) STEVEN: You could have gone with them. VENUSSA: They don’t need me. You don’t know the Ark. You will need me to help you find the b*mb. STEVEN: (Smiles.) Let’s try behind that central scan. (VENUSSA smiles and follows him...away from the statue.) 24: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE. LAUNCHER LANDING SITE (MONOID FOUR’S group makes their way cautiously through the jungle. MONOID ONE, rises up out of hiding, holding a g*n.) MONOID ONE: Stay where you are. (MONOID ONE’S group also rise out of various places of concealment.) MONOID FOUR: What is the meaning of this? We are going back to the Ark. MONOID ONE: That is now against my orders. MONOID FOUR: Your orders? You have given too many and delivered them unwisely. Now they mean nothing to us. (With his followers, he makes his way towards a launcher.) MONOID ONE: You have had my last warning. Do as I say. (The group carries on, a sh*t fires out and Six falls to the ground. FOUR spins round, fires and Seventy-seven is the next to fall. Other sh*ts f*re out and both groups retreat to the either side of the clearing, taking up positions behind rocks and trees. Nearby, another Launcher lands.) 25: INT. LAUNCHER (MAHARIS operates the control to open the door.) DASSUK: Maharis? Where are you going? MAHARIS: Out. (DASSUK tries to hold him back.) DASSUK: Better make sure everything’s all right first. (MAHARIS pushes his hand away and, first looking carefully through the doorway, leaves the Launcher.) 26: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE. LAUNCHER LANDING SITE (He treads forward carefully. Suddenly he sees ONE and THREE creeping forward to confront their opponents. MAHARIS runs forward with a smile on his face.) MAHARIS: Master! (ONE fires instantly and MAHARIS falls d*ad to the ground with a scream. FOUR sees this and sends his ‘troops’ forward.) MONOID FOUR: Over there. (A member of ONE’S side rises from hiding. FOUR fires and the MONOID falls to the ground.) 27: INT. LAUNCHER (This is witnessed by the Guardians in the Launcher. DASSUK turns to the other two.) DASSUK: Come on, while the Monoids are fighting. (They all run out of the Launcher.) 28: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE. LAUNCHER LANDING SITE (They run through the trees...) 29: INT. REFUSIS II. CASTLE (They soon reach the castle where the DOCTOR and DODO are still guarded by Forty-five. DASSUK thinks quickly when he sees the MONOID.) DASSUK: Er, master, One needs your help down there. (DASSUK watches nervously while the MONOID falls for the ploy and leaves the castle. Once he is gone, DASSUK rushes over to the two c*ptive.) DASSUK: Were you safe? DODO: ‘Course we are! DOCTOR: What is more important - is the Ark still all right? DASSUK: So far, but they haven’t found the b*mb yet. DOCTOR: We have found the b*mb. We must warn them immediately. Come along. DODO: But what about the Monoids? DASSUK: The way they were fighting, there won’t be many of them left. DOCTOR: Splendid! Come along. (They run out.) 30: EXT. REFUSIS II. JUNGLE. LAUNCHER LANDING SITE (A wounded MONOID struggles on the ground. Another sh*t fires and he cries out and dies. The ground nearby is littered with d*ad MONOIDS. FOUR is still alive but seems stunned by the m*ssacre. The DOCTOR and his party comes through the trees and see FOUR but the MONOID simply throws his w*apon to the ground. The DOCTOR takes advantage of this.) DOCTOR: To the Launcher! (They run into the Launcher.) 31: INT. LAUNCHER DOCTOR: (To DASSUK.) Now, you fly us back to the Ark, meanwhile, I’ll contact Steven. (They both reach for their respective controls.) 32: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (The message quickly reaches the Ark and STEVEN and VENUSSA stare, perplexed, at the statue.) STEVEN: It’s up there, in the head of that thing. VENUSSA: The statue? But how are we going to move it? It...it’s so heavy. STEVEN: Well, you must have some lifting gear. We only need to get it into one of the launching bays. VENUSSA: We’ve nothing that can handle anything like that. (The REFUSIAN’S booming voice echoes across the control deck.) REFUSIAN: (OOV.) I think I can help you. Clear this main deck. (The Guardians, puzzled, do as he says.) VENUSSA: It’s moving! STEVEN: Yes, well let’s hope the movement doesn’t set it off! (The huge statue rises slowly into the air, seemingly by itself.) STEVEN: He’s moving it as if it meant nothing at all! VENUSSA: Now it’s in the launching bay. We can do the rest. (STEVEN and VENUSSA rush over to the control desk.) REFUSIAN: (OOV.) It is ready for f*ring. (On one of the monitor’s appears the image of the statue as it falls out of the launching bay door and then explodes in the safe emptiness of space.) 33: INT. ARK. CONTROL DECK (LATER) (The DOCTOR, DODO and DASSUK have returned to the Ark and all gather on the control deck.) DODO: Do you think you’ll be able to get everything down onto Refusis now? DASSUK: We’ll manage... (He looks into the air.) ...especially if the Refusians help us. REFUSIAN: (OOV.) We’ll do everything we can to assist you in settling on our planet. DASSUK: Thank you. REFUSIAN: (OOV.) But one thing you must do... VENUSSA: What’s that? REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Make peace with the Monoids. (They all look to where a group of MONOID’S, led by FOUR, stand under guard.) DOCTOR: He’s right. A long time ago, your ancestors accepted responsibility for the welfare of these Monoids. They were treated like slaves. So no wonder when they got the chance, they repaid you in kind. REFUSIAN: (OOV.) Unless you learn to live together, there is no future for you on Refusis. DASSUK: We understand. DOCTOR: Yes, you must travel with understanding as well as hope. You know, I once said that to one of your ancestors, a long time ago. (Laughs.) However, we must be going. Goodbye. (They all say “Goodbye” to each other and, in an echo of an event that took place several centuries earlier, the three travellers climb aboard a transporter and are waved away.) VENUSSA: (To DASSUK.) Do you think we’ll ever see them again? DASSUK: (Sitting at the control desk.) Perhaps, but if we don’t our children will, or our children’s children. VENUSSA: If we were to tell them the story, do you think they’d believe us, or would they just dismiss it as a legend? DASSUK: (Thinks, then...) We’ll make them believe it. (On a monitor, the TARDIS dematerialises...) 34: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM STEVEN: We're landing now Doctor. DOCTOR: Good. That means the gravitational bearing must have rectified itself. (DODO enters from the living quarters.) DODO: Hey, look at this! (DODO models her trendy new outfit, a sleeveless mini dress. The upper portion is light-colored with a dark, misshaped circle in the center. The bottom portion is dark-colored with light, misshaped circles all around. On her head she wears a Dylan cap.) DODO: Ain't it fab? (STEVEN walks over to her and examines her clothes with approval.) STEVEN: Yes... hmm, very nice. (The DOCTOR sneezes and as he does so he slowly fades away unnoticed by STEVEN and DODO.) STEVEN: Bless you. DODO: Oh Doctor, don't say you're catching a cold now. (Now STEVEN and DODO turn toward the DOCTOR and discover that he's disappeared.) STEVEN: Doctor? Well, where are you? (The DOCTOR briefly fades in and out of sight but then completely disappears.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) What do you mean, dear boy? I'm still here, hmm? STEVEN: Huh? (STEVEN and DODO walk toward the spot where they last saw the DOCTOR standing.) DODO: Doctor, you've vanished! DOCTOR: (OOV.) What? Oh nonsense child! Nonsense! Hmm! DODO: (Looking at STEVEN.) You have! Do you think this is something to do with the Refusians? STEVEN: Why... it must be! DOCTOR: (OOV.) You're wrong! (The DOCTOR begins walking around the control room. DODO and STEVEN turn and follow his voice.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) This is something far more serious. We're in grave danger. This is some form of att*ck!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x29 - The b*mb"}
foreverdreaming
by BRIAN HAYLES and GERRY DAVIS first broadcast - 2 April 1966 running time - 24mins 40secs 1. INSIDE THE TARDIS (STEVEN and the DOCTOR are inside the TARDIS control room.) STEVEN: We're landing now Doctor. DOCTOR: Good. That means the gravitational bearing must have rectified itself. (DODO enters from one of the other rooms.) DODO: Hey, look at this! (DODO models her groovy new outfit, a sleeveless mini dress. The upper portion is light-colored with a dark, misshaped circle in the center. The bottom portion is dark-colored with light, misshaped circles all around. On her head she wears a cap with a visor. She looks like she just came from Carnaby Street. Meanwhile, the DOCTOR switches off the TARDIS.) DODO: Ain't it fab? (STEVEN walks over to her and examines her clothes with approval.) STEVEN: Yes... hmm, very nice. (The DOCTOR sneezes and as he does so he slowly fades away. STEVEN and DODO don't notice right away because they are facing each other.) STEVEN: Bless you. DODO: Oh Doctor, don't say you're catching a cold now. (Now STEVEN and DODO turn toward the DOCTOR and discover that he's disappeared.) STEVEN: Doctor? Well, where are you? (The DOCTOR briefly fades in and out of sight but then completely disappears.) DOCTOR: What do you mean, dear boy? I'm still here, hmm? STEVEN: Huh? (STEVEN and DODO walk toward the spot where they last saw the DOCTOR standing.) DODO: Doctor, you've vanished! DOCTOR: What? Oh nonsense child! Nonsense! Hmm! DODO: (Looking at STEVEN.) You have! Do you think this is something to do with the Refusians? STEVEN: Why... it must be! DOCTOR: You're wrong! (The DOCTOR begins walking around the control room. DODO and STEVEN turn and follow his voice.) DOCTOR: This is something far more serious. We're in grave danger. This is some form of att*ck! (DODO and STEVEN look anxiously at each other.) STEVEN: But we're still in the TARDIS! (The DOCTOR continues walking around the room, his voice floating around the TARDIS. DODO and STEVEN continue to follow it.) DOCTOR: That may be, my boy, but wherever it is, it has great power and can penetrate our safety barrier. (The TARDIS' scanner is not on, thus the DOCTOR and his companions cannot see outside. They have materialized inside a room.) 2. OUTSIDE THE TARDIS - THE OCTAGONAL ROOM (The TARDIS is standing in the middle of an octagonal room, similar to the TARDIS itself. From each angle, lines stretch to the centre of the room. The police box is situated at the exact point where the lines intersect. The room they are in is white and radiates a soft, incandescent glow. There is a plain, wooden bench facing one of the walls, and against the wall immediately behind the TARDIS is a plain, wooden cupboard. No one is in the room.) 3. INSIDE THE TARDIS (Unknown to STEVEN and DODO, the DOCTOR has again changed his position. They think that they are still standing beside him.) DOCTOR: Don't just stand there, dear boy, turn on the scanner! (STEVEN and DODO jump and turn around. The DOCTOR is now behind them.) DODO: But Doctor! DOCTOR: Don't ask questions, child. There isn't time. Turn on the scanner! (STEVEN runs to the TARDIS' console, flips on the scanner, and looks up at it. The screen is blank.) STEVEN: It isn't working. DOCTOR: Yes, it is. When it isn't working, the screen is not as clear as that. This is part of the same trick! DODO: (To the DOCTOR, worriedly.) But what are we to do? Let's take off at once! DOCTOR: (Moving across the room.) That might be worse, my dear. Besides, I'm not only invisible, I'm intangible, which means that I can't pull the switches. (STEVEN moves around the TARDIS searching in vain for the DOCTOR's new location.) STEVEN: Well, I'll do it if you tell me what to do. DOCTOR: No! Whatever it is, we shall have to face up to it. Open the doors. STEVEN: (Shaking his head.) But Doctor! DOCTOR: (Emphatically.) Open the doors! (STEVEN returns to the TARDIS' console and opens the doors. The DOCTOR leaves.) DODO: We should go! STEVEN: Can't! DODO: Hey, if the Doctor's intangible, why did he need to open the doors? He could have just walked through them. (STEVEN stands by the doors and looks out.) STEVEN: (He says over his shoulder.) Habit, I suppose. (facing DODO.) C'mon, we should follow. DODO: (Shaking her head.) You won't get me out there. (STEVEN steps just outside of the TARDIS.) 4. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (THE TOYMAKER is in his ornate 18 century-styled study examining his spectacular kingdom. The roof of his study consists of outer space with stars and galaxies twinkling. The walls stretch up toward the blackness until they are indistinguishable from space and merge with it. The walls are filled with dozens of toys of all types, i.e., mechanical toys, electronic toys, dolls, bears, puppets, masks, etc. All around the room are antique tables. Each of them have a doll's house or a marionette theatre. Some tables have different kinds of games such as pinball machines and chess. Others have centuries-old board games. THE TOYMAKER is lounging in a black Chinese chair behind a lacquered Chinese desk inlaid with mother-of-pearl and scenes of Chinese life. Further around the room there is a collection of mechanical clocks. Some have figurines that come out and strike the hour with huge gongs. Others have figures of Father Time with his scythe that come out on the hour. Even cuckoo clocks and grandfather clocks are here. THE TOYMAKER's antique desk has a series of futuristic switches and buttons glowing softly with a carefully coded system of multi-coloured lights. In front of the desk stands a triangular table with the letters A, B, and C inlaid in each corner. On two sides of the table there are two chairs. THE TOYMAKER rises. He is a tall, imposing figure, dressed as a Chinese Mandarin with a circular black hat embossed with heavy gold thread, a large silver red and blue collar, and a heavy, stiffly- embroidered black robe encrusted with rubies, emeralds, diamonds, and pearls set against a background of coiled Chinese dragons. He looks around the room and then walks over to the first doll's house, a large Victorian one with Victorian furnishings. He considers the Victorian dressed dolls there but passes them by. Next, he goes to the first of the toy theatres. There is a circus inside featuring two clowns.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (To the clown dolls.) You'll serve my purpose admirably. You're very good at games. Clowns always are. You can show Steven and Dodo some of your tricks into the bargain. (He removes the clowns. One is a girl doll dressed in a harlequin, one-piece costume. She is smiling. The other doll is a male with a very sad face. He wears a white baggy suit with ruffles and a cone-shaped clown hat. THE TOYMAKER puts them on the floor and raises his left hand. The large sapphire ring on his left hand begins to flash as he points his hand toward the clowns. The dolls start to grow until they are life-size. Each gives THE TOYMAKER a comic bow.) 5. INSIDE THE TARDIS (DODO remains behind in the TARDIS while STEVEN steps just outside to look around.) DODO: (To STEVEN.) If you want to go, then you go, but I'm sure that the Doctor... (Happily.) Doctor! (The DOCTOR has reappeared.) DOCTOR: Hmm? What is it? 6. OUTSIDE THE TARDIS - THE OCTAGONAL ROOM (DODO steps outside of the TARDIS.) DODO: (Happily.) There you are! STEVEN: (With relief.) We can see you! Everything's alright! (The DOCTOR looks down at his hands.) DOCTOR: (Happily.) Oh, you can see me?! STEVEN & DODO: Yes! DOCTOR: Well, splendid! Hee! Hee! Splendid! DODO: Oh, let's go now. It must have just been the Refusian influence after all. STEVEN: (Carefully examining his surroundings.) What's this extraordinary place? DOCTOR: (Shaking his head.) Well, I'm not quite sure, dear boy, but it's, ah, it's somewhat familiar...hmm? DODO: It looks d*ad boring to me. C'mon! (DODO turns toward the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: No, wait, child, wait! DODO: Why? DOCTOR: Well, I don't think it was the Refusian's influence that made me become intangible - no! It think it was something here. And I don't like the feel of the place anymore than you do. But, uh, we have to face up to it. You know, I think I was meant to come here. (STEVEN's eyes are now fixed on one of the walls. He sees himself in a past experience.) STEVEN: (With great surprise.) Hey! Look! That's me! DODO: What is? STEVEN: Here - on the screen! DODO: What screen? (Only STEVEN is able to see the screen.) STEVEN: (Excitedly.) Here! That's me on the planet Kemble. DODO: There's nothing there! DOCTOR: But I believe I now know where we are. STEVEN: It's changed again! There I am in Paris! DOCTOR: (Emphatically.) Now turn around this instant! Turn away from it, dear boy! We're now in the world of The Ce... Ce... Ce... Celestial Toymaker! And that screen is hypnotic. It's trying to dominate your mind. STEVEN: (Confused.) But Doctor... DOCTOR: There is nothing there. You understand me? There is nothing there at all. You must believe me. STEVEN: What was it? What happened? DODO: What's the matter, Doctor? I couldn't see anything on the screen. DOCTOR: Come here, child. Now whatever you do, you must not allow yourself to be trapped into looking at it. DODO: Who's the Celestial Toymaker? DOCTOR: He's a powerful evil. He manipulates people and makes them into his playthings. Whatever you do, neither of you must look at that screen. It's a trap. (With evil laughter, the CELESTIAL TOYMAKER materialises before them.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: What a spoil-sport you are, Doctor. They like my memory window. DOCTOR: You! I might have guessed! CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Of course! I've been waiting for you a long time. (The CELESTIAL TOYMAKER smiles a wry smile.) DODO: Where's the TARDIS? (The TARDIS has disappeared. The CELESTIAL TOYMAKER is standing in its place.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Innocently.) Don't worry, my dear. Just watch... over there. (He points over to the wall. DODO sees her younger self dressed in her British school uniform. She is home in her living room. A man approaches her, shaking his head. DODO is overcome with emotion.) DODO: It's me the day my mother died! DOCTOR: Turn away from it this instant! STEVEN: (Simultaneously whispering to DODO.) ... (STEVEN, seeing that DODO is unable to tear herself away from the screen, turns her around. The images on the wall disappear. DODO buries her face in STEVEN's shoulder.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: What a shame! I thought my little invention would amuse you. DOCTOR: You and your inventions, huh! Now, both of you, be very careful. This place is a hidden menace. Nothing is just for fun. STEVEN: (To the DOCTOR.) What's the idea? DOCTOR: He's trying to get us into his power - that's why we've got to fight him. (DODO looks up and pushes away from STEVEN.) DODO: (With fear.) But can't we just go? I hate this place. DOCTOR: My dear, but how? Hmm? That is the question. Hmm? DODO: In the TARDIS, of course, as always. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: There are many of them. Take your choice. (The CELESTIAL TOYMAKER slowly stretches out his arm. The DOCTOR, STEVEN, and DODO watch as the ring on his finger begins to pulsate and circles of light begin moving toward the wall. The wall changes colour and vibrates. Slowly the light resolves into a picture of an endless conveyor of police boxes.) STEVEN: (Shaking his head.) But... there are hundreds of them! CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Yes, hundreds. Come, Doctor. DOCTOR: No! (STEVEN and DODO tear their eyes away from the wall and look back. The DOCTOR and the CELESTIAL TOYMAKER disappear. Now STEVEN and DODO are alone in THE TOYMAKER's room. Having lost both the TARDIS and the DOCTOR, they are filled with dread.) STEVEN: Doctor! DODO: Have you gone invisible again? (There is silence.) STEVEN: (Shaking his head.) No, he's gone. That man's taken him away! DODO: I don't like it! We should never have stayed. STEVEN: Yes, it's too late now. DODO: Who was that man? STEVEN: (Shaking his head.) I don't know. But we've got to find the Doctor. (STEVEN looks around the room to see if any of the walls are illuminated again with images, but none of them are. He then points to the cupboard, and he and DODO move toward it. Just as STEVEN is about to open it, the door flings open and a clown's head appears around the corner - the male clown. Further down appears the female clown. They step out of the cupboard and look around, miming wonderment and anxiety.) STEVEN: What on Earth????? (The clowns immediately stop and put their fingers to their mouths.) DODO: Shhh! Shhh! Steven! STEVEN: But why have I got to be quiet? Huh? Huh? (The male clown extends his hand toward STEVEN. DODO, irritated at STEVEN's tough-guy attitude, moves away from him. The female clown puts her finger to her lips and brings a hand from behind her back revealing a large balloon and a hat pin. All this is unseen by STEVEN who is looking suspiciously at the male clown's outstretched hand. Finally STEVEN accepts the hand of the clown. As he shakes it, the clown backs away leaving his hand in STEVEN's. It comes away and reveals a stretched three or four foot long false arm. STEVEN throws it down it disgust. At the same time, the female clown pops the balloon behind him. The male clown gives STEVEN a slight push, and he jumps back nervously, falling over the female clown. STEVEN's facial expression proves to be too much for DODO. DODO laughs hysterically. The two clowns mime convulsive laughter.) STEVEN: (With disgust.) Very funny! Don't see what you've got to laugh about. DODO: If you could only see your face with that hand! (The male clown taps DODO on the shoulder holding a large bunch of flowers. He raises them to his nose and mimes smelling the fresh scent of flowers. He makes an elaborate bow and slowly presents the bouquet to her. DODO's eyes widen.) DODO: For me? (The male clown nods his head "yes" and honks his horn once. DODO then looks over at his companion who also nods "yes" and gives her a curtsey.) DODO: Oh thanks! No one's ever given me flowers before. (DODO stretches out her hand to accept the flowers. As she grasps the stalks, a strong jet of water springs out into her face and hair, saturating her. DODO steps back and drops the flowers. STEVEN roars with laughter.) STEVEN: If you could just see your face! (DODO retrieves a handkerchief from her pocket and wipes her face. The two clowns, meanwhile, mimic silent laughter.) DODO: I'm not sure that I like these clowns! STEVEN: (Still laughing.) Look, can either of you talk? (The male clown honks his horn again.) STEVEN: (To the female clown.) Well, how 'bout you? FEMALE CLOWN: (In a squeaky voice.) Yes, I can talk. How are you? STEVEN: (Still laughing.) I'm fine. But what do you want with us? (The CELESTIAL TOYMAKER is suddenly directly behind STEVEN and DODO. They are taken aback by his voice.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: They're here to entertain you. Play a game with you. STEVEN: (Dryly.) Well, thank you very much. We've been entertained. We don't want to play your games. Now where have you taken the Doctor? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Innocently.) Taken the Doctor? Nowhere, my dear chap. The Doctor and I are going to play a little game together. (The CELESTIAL TOYMAKER turns to one of the walls and suddenly a robot appears. Once again he raises his hand, and the robot moves toward them. It has arms and legs, is black in colour, featureless, and has flashing lights for eyes. In place of a chest unit is a large monitor screen.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: You can watch the results on that board. But you must win all your games before he does. STEVEN: Look, we're not interested in your games. We want to go back to the TARDIS. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: That's impossible. STEVEN: (Stunned.) Impossible?? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Well... not quite impossible, but you'll have to win a few games first. After each game, if you win, you will find a TARDIS, which may or may not be the real one. STEVEN: What do you mean "the real one"? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: As you - as you have seen, I have many copies. DODO: So we have to win a game before we can get to the TARDIS? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Right! Several games, in fact. STEVEN: And if we lose? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Smiling with arms folded.) Then you both stay here... as my guests. (DODO and STEVEN step aside to talk.) DODO: We better play his silly game, Steven. STEVEN: (Angrily.) I don't see why we should humour him. He's obviously around the bend! DODO: That's just it! If we don't do as he says, we may never get out of here. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Well? (DODO and STEVEN walk back toward THE TOYMAKER.) STEVEN: Alright! We'll play your little games. But if we win, we get the TARDIS back, okay? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Agreed. STEVEN: And if we lose? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: You'll never see the TARDIS again! STEVEN: Wait! (The CELESTIAL TOYMAKER slowly vanishes.) DODO: (Grasping STEVEN's arm.) You never asked him about the Doctor. STEVEN: Oh, he's probably got his game to play. I'm glad we're not playing that one. (Meanwhile, the two clowns were busy setting up a series of obstacles around the room. It is only now that STEVEN and DODO notice. The room resembles a cross between a gymnasium and an army training obstacle course. There are two ropes slung over a number of sharp pointed iron spikes. A series of stepping stones are placed on something that looks like a carpet. A long, thin plank is mounted over two sets of step ladders. A long, caterpillar-like tub snakes across the room and ends at a square marked "Home". The floor itself seems to have taken on the aspect of a large playing board.) DODO: What are we playing? FEMALE CLOWN: Blind Man's Bluff! 7. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (The DOCTOR examines the collection of hi-tech toys that are suspended from the end of the room. All are deadly w*apon of destruction. There is a model of an advanced m*ssile complete with a deadly warhead. It is made to scale with exact measurements. Next to it is a long gleaming black hull of a nuclear submarine. Above it is a supersonic b*mb with a thin, elegant, dart shape. Both men are standing.) DOCTOR: You will kindly cease this practical joking, and let us go at once, hmm? (The CELESTIAL TOYMAKER walks over to his desk, sits down, leans back, and places his fingertips together.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Wryly.) Patience, Doctor, patience. You've only just got here. Relax. It's so nice to see you again. (The DOCTOR walks over to the desk.) DOCTOR: (Humorously.) And now you have, so let us go. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: You're so innocent, Doctor. The last time you were here, I hoped you'd stay long enough for a game, but you had hardly time to turn around. DOCTOR: And very wise I was, too, hmmm? You and your games are quite notorious. You draw people here like a spider does to flies. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: How absurd! It amuses me to give amusements. DOCTOR: And should they lose the game they play, you condemn them to become your toy forever, hmm? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: That is one of my rules, certainly. But if they win, they're perfectly free to go. DOCTOR: And if I refuse? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Then you lose by default. Is that what you choose? DOCTOR: No, I do not. I should never have left the TARDIS. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: You're so insatiably curious. That's why I insured that the scanner would be blank. I knew that would bring you out. DOCTOR: Another one of your conjuring tricks, hmm? Hmm! Hmm! What game is it you want me to play? (The CELESTIAL TOYMAKER smiles. He rises up and gestures the DOCTOR toward the table on which stood the trilogic game. He waves his hand and the three piles resolve into one big pyramid. Each segment of the pyramid from top to bottom is numbered.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: This! DOCTOR: The trilogic game? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: The trilogic game. A game for the mind, Doctor, the developed mind. Difficult for the practiced mind. Dangerous for the mind that has become old, lazy, or weak. DOCTOR: You infer that my mind is getting weak and old? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: We shall see. Perhaps it is merely lazy. DOCTOR: (Insulted.) How dare you! CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: So you still think that you can pit your mind against mine? DOCTOR: Of course I can! CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Good. I hope that the time you have spent dabbling in your researches 'round the universe hasn't dulled you. I need you. DOCTOR: You need me? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Yes. I'm bored. I love to play games, but there's no one to play against. The beings who call here have no minds and so they become my toys, hmm! But you will become my perpetual opponent. We shall play endless games together - your brain against mine. DOCTOR: As you said, if I win the game, uh, I can go. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: So you can, Doctor, so you can. But I think you will lose. Can you remember how to play? DOCTOR: I am only allowed to move one piece at a time. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: That is right. And you must rearrange them in the same order that they are now on point C. DOCTOR: And, uh, I am not permitted to put a larger piece on a small piece? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Moving about the room.) Correct. And you have 1,023 moves to do it in. That is the exact amount. If you make one mistake, you lose. And to help you count, there! (The CELESTIAL TOYMAKER crosses back to his desk and pushes a lever on it. At the far side of the table is a tally recorder with two lines of figures.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: When the two rows of numbers match, the game is over. DOCTOR: (Chuckling.) Hmm! Hmm! I see. Can I begin? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Don't be so impatient, Doctor. There! (The CELESTIAL TOYMAKER touches another button on his desk and waves his hand at a large ornate mirror hanging along with the other objects behind his desk. The mirror turns cloudy and then gradually clears into a picture of STEVEN and DODO with the clowns in the other room.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: We mustn't forget them. DOCTOR: (Worriedly.) You are not asking them to play this game? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Good heavens, no! They are on the competitive quest. DOCTOR: Competitive? And, eh, who are the others? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Pointing to the screen.) Two clown friends of mine. They are the home team. They will play against your friends and win the quest. DOCTOR: Quest? What quest? (The CELESTIAL TOYMAKER waves his hand at the screen again before answering. Again the picture blurred but quickly cleared to display the TARDIS.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: The hunt for the TARDIS! Win the games, and you get it back! 8. INSIDE THE TOY ROOM (STEVEN and DODO are with the two clowns preparing to play THE TOYMAKER's first game.) DODO: (To STEVEN, while both look over the obstacle course in the toy room.) It's rather like a Snakes and Ladders set I used to have. STEVEN: Look's crazy to me! DODO: Oh, go on, have a go. It looks fun. (The female clown overhears DODO and STEVEN's conversation and beckons DODO toward a glass booth standing in a corner of the room.) STEVEN: What? Me on that?? Not on your life! DODO: But this is the game we have to play, right? FEMALE CLOWN: (Nodding.) This is your game. STEVEN: (Indignantly.) Right, then you play it. FEMALE CLOWN: Oh no! You must play it. It's all quite simple. You start there. (She points toward the starting area.) FEMALE CLOWN: Blindfold! STEVEN: (Shocked.) You must be joking! Kids' game! DODO: (Angrily.) Steven! (To the clown.) Go on. FEMALE CLOWN: You have to cross these obstacles without falling down. And if you get home without falling down, you win the game. STEVEN: (Pointing to the male clown.) And what's... oh' What's-His-Name there going to be doing all this time? FEMALE CLOWN: His name is Joey. I'm Clara. He will play it, too, of course. STEVEN: And if he loses? (CLARA does not respond.) STEVEN: No answer that time. And what happens if we both manage it? CLARA: Then we play it again. Until someone loses. STEVEN: (With disgust.) Oh it's a great future the Toymaker's got mapped out for us. (To JOEY.) Alright, chum, you want to show me how it's done? (JOEY nods his head, beeps a little horn carried on his waist, and rings a little bell.) STEVEN: That means "Yes", I suppose. (JOEY honks his horn loudly. CLARA ties a blindfold over JOEY's eyes.) CLARA: (To DODO and STEVEN.) You must come with me. (CLARA takes DODO and STEVEN into the glass booth and shuts the door.) CLARA: This is where we control them. One buzz for right turn, two for left, three to stop, four to start. (CLARA presses the buzzer four times. JOEY begins taking on the obstacle course. He does very well as CLARA sounds the buzzer to guide his every step.) 9. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (The DOCTOR is watching DODO and STEVEN intently on the monitor. He quickly walks over to THE TOYMAKER's desk and presses the intercom button. THE TOYMAKER is not in the room.) DOCTOR: Dodo! Steven! This is the Doctor. The game you're going to play is not so innocent as it looks. Be on your guard! (The DOCTOR is seen and heard through the robot's monitor.) DOCTOR: If you lose this game, we shall be here forever! So watch out for... (THE TOYMAKER suddenly materialises by the desk.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: That was unwise of you, Doctor. DOCTOR: I must warn them. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Attend to your own game. (To the game pieces in a high-pitched voice.) Go for a move - 152! (The pieces on the trilogic board move by themselves. The counter number rises from 110 to 152.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Keep playing, Doctor. And to stop you interfering, I shall have to dematerialize you again. (He snaps his fingers.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: There! (The DOCTOR becomes invisible once again.) DOCTOR: You are overreaching yourself, Toymaker. How can I play this game? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Wryly.) Let's see. Suppose we leave you one hand. (THE TOYMAKER makes the DOCTOR's hand with his fancy ring materialise.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: There. I suggest you resume the game. (The DOCTOR resumes playing the game.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: I thought you'd see it my way, Doctor. 10. INSIDE THE TOY ROOM (JOEY reaches the end of the tube, and as he crawls out, he feels the end of the square marked "Home" and stands up. He raises his hand, whips off his blindfold, and clasps his hands in the air in a gesture of victory.) CLARA: (Happily.) We won! We won! STEVEN: Just a minute. I haven't had a go yet. DODO: But the Doctor warned us... STEVEN: It's alright, I can manage it. (Carefully looking over the course.) Rope, five stones, steps, plank, tube. Now I can do it if you can guide me. After all, he can do it. And you remember the directions? DODO: Right, one buzz; left, two buzzes; four to start; and three to stop. (She illustrates her words by giving a demonstration with the buttons as she talks. STEVEN exits the booth and walks out onto the floor. CLARA follows him and ties the blindfold around his eyes.) CLARA: (To STEVEN.) Can you see? STEVEN: Not a thing. (STEVEN feels around for the end of the rope and grasps it.) STEVEN: Right. I'm ready. (CLARA goes back to the booth and closes the door.) CLARA: Ready now. (CLARA turns to DODO who presses the buzzer four times to begin. STEVEN grasps the rope, tests it with both arms, and prepares to swing. DODO, to her horror, observes JOEY pretending to make sure that the first stepping stone was safe. He moves it about one foot to the right.) DODO: Look what he's doing! Cheat! You cheat! Steven, look out! CLARA: He can't hear you! (She starts to laugh. DODO runs to the door of the booth and tries to open it. It won't open.) CLARA: The door's self-locking! (DODO looks around desperately and runs back to the control panel where she buzzes three times. Out on the floor, STEVEN, just about to swing across, almost overbalances as he hears the buzzes.) STEVEN: Dodo, be careful! You nearly made me fall that time. (STEVEN cannot hear a response from DODO. He grasps the rope again and launches off to swing across the sharp spikes. Lowering his feet on the other side where he expects to find the stone, he finds nothing. He swings back again. He lowers his feet to safety at the starting point and lets out a sigh of frustration.) STEVEN: (Angrily.) What have you done now, you clown, you? (For an answer, JOEY honks. Now DODO buzzes once.) STEVEN: One right. One right? (STEVEN grasps the rope, flexes his muscles, pulls himself up, and swings again in a large arc right across the waiting pinnacle of steel below. This time STEVEN swings more to the right. After extending a leg, he finds the edge of the stepping-stone. He lands on it a bit unsteadily.) STEVEN: Whew!! That was close. (JOEY honks again.) STEVEN: Yes, you'll honk when I get this blindfold off. Now I moved another. I moved the first to the right and then to the left. (STEVEN now stretches his leg out again, feeling for the next stepping-stone. Once again JOEY, nonchalantly, kicks another stepping-stone out of the way. STEVEN thinks the stone is to the left. DODO assists him by sounding the buzzer three times.) STEVEN: Now what now?? (Now DODO buzzes just once.) STEVEN: To the right? (JOEY honks again.) STEVEN: You wait! (STEVEN extends his foot but can't find the stone. He tries again, almost overbalancing himself. DODO sounds the buzzer twice. Finally he finds the step. DODO, once again, sounds the buzzer once. STEVEN repeats a step to the right DODO again sounds the buzzer once. He feels for the steps leading up the plank, finds them, and sits down on the lower step, wiping his brow.) DODO: (Furiously.) I don't see how he has a chance of winning if you cheat all the time. CLARA: (Innocently.) Cheat? Oh no. It's just a few variations. They make it more fun. (She laughs. STEVEN reaches the top of the steps, and stretching forth a leg cautiously, feels for the plank. He tests it carefully feeling it give under his weight. Then bringing his other foot up starts to edge along it toward the other end. As he inches forward leaving the safety of the first set of steps, he begins to regain his old confidence. He steps out a bit more vigorously. Then DODO sounds the buzzer once. STEVEN sways to and fro, desperately fighting for his balance. Gradually he rights himself.) STEVEN: What was that? (JOEY honks again.) STEVEN: (Angrily.) You again! I warn you! (JOEY honks once more. STEVEN sways again, nearly falling off the plank. He swings his arms to and fro to keep his balance.) STEVEN: (With frustration.) Games with clowns! (STEVEN reaches the end of the ladder, and DODO, watching through the glass booth, sees JOEY comically mime his anxiety not to get squished in case STEVEN falls off the ladder. STEVEN jumps onto the top step, turns around, and walks quickly down to the bottom. DODO signals to STEVEN sounding the buzzer three times and then twice. STEVEN then makes his way for the tube.) DODO: (Angrily.) How is he supposed to squeeze through that tube? CLARA: Joey did. DODO: But suppose he gets stuck half way - what then? (CLARA just laughs. STEVEN tries to get his broad shoulders into the tube. After several attempts he decides to go back though on his back. Then JOEY seizes one end of the tube and drags it around into a large U so that STEVEN comes out at the same place where he began.) DODO: Look what he's done! It's not fair! (CLARA laughs hysterically. DODO sounds the buzzer three times.) CLARA: (Still laughing.) He goes back to the start! DODO: And you think that's fair??!! (DODO seizes CLARA by the front of her costume and shakes her. CLARA immediately becomes limp just as a rag doll.) DODO: (Furiously.) Let me out of here!! OPEN THE DOOR!!! (CLARA still laughs hysterically.) CLARA: I can't! DODO: (With tears in her voice.) Oh, you're just like a doll! A rag doll! (CLARA is beside herself with laughter.) DODO: I don't think this funny at all! (Meanwhile, STEVEN pulls himself out of the other end of the tube. He straightens up and feels for the home square as he had seen JOEY do. Instead, his hands encounter the step ladder.) STEVEN: Oh no! Look I warned you! (STEVEN tears off his blindfold and examines the tube. It has been bent almost entirely back along its length like a horseshoe. STEVEN realizes that he's been wasting his time and effort. He is positively livid. He turns to JOEY, who begins backing away. At the same moment, CLARA bursts from the booth followed by DODO.) CLARA: (Still laughing.) We won! (JOEY begins jumping up and down and making every possible noise with all his bells and horns.) DODO: Oh Steven! Steven completed the course! CLARA: We won! We won! Now you'll never find the TARDIS! STEVEN: (Lividly.) Well, it's a draw! Now let's do it again - this time with him in the booth! CLARA: (Holding up JOEY's hand.) The winnah! (DODO looks around the room. She sees JOEY's discarded blindfold from the home square and picks it up. It is transparent.) DODO: Steven, look at this! You can see right through it. It's not a real blindfold at all! (There is d*ad silence. The clowns back away, looking crestfallen. STEVEN holds up his blindfold and compares it to JOEY's. He then turns to him.) STEVEN: No wonder you were able to run 'round the course so easily. And now we'll try it again! Only this time with a real blindfold. (JOEY backs away, definitely not in a joking mood anymore. The Toy room itself begins to get darker. JOEY turns away.) STEVEN: Not so fast! (To DODO.) Here - put that on him. (DODO puts the blindfold on JOEY. CLARA watches silently.) STEVEN: (To CLARA.) You better go in the booth to guide him. (CLARA goes into the glass booth and shuts the door.) STEVEN: (With satisfaction.) Right! Now we'll play The Toymaker's little game fairly! C'mon Dodo, start him off. (DODO leads JOEY to the starting point. DODO waves to CLARA in the booth so she sounds the buzzer four times for JOEY to begin.) DODO: (Clutching STEVEN's arm.) Steven I'm frightened. (CLARA sounds the buzzer twice.) DODO: You notice he's not funny anymore. (JOEY swings across and lands on the first stepping stone. Step-by-step he makes his way across the stones to the foot of the step ladder. CLARA guides JOEY around using the buzzer. She sounds the buzzer once and then again. JOEY climbs to the top of the steps and sets his foot, a bit uncertainly, on the first plank. Now he shuffles like an old man. Suddenly the plank sways violently. JOEY holds up his hands in terror as if he were going to fall.) DODO: (With fear.) Steven you better stop him. He'll fall. STEVEN: We can't stop him. It's him or us. (Yelling to JOEY.) Go on! You can't stop now! (JOEY steadies himself and commences moving across the plank. His steps get slower and slower. Suddenly, JOEY sways on the plank and then crashes to the floor. At the same moment, the buzzer in the booth starts buzzing continuously. STEVEN and DODO look at the booth and see that CLARA has fallen forward, slumped over the control button. Abruptly the lights dim and go out. At the far end of the room, one of the walls lights up and there appears a police box. They move across the room with caution. They examine the it only to discover that it is a fake.) DODO: (With disbelief.) It can't be empty! STEVEN: (With disgust.) It is. (Brief pause.) Look. (Just the square outline of an empty police telephone box is inside.) DODO: What's that? (DODO bends down and picks up a piece of paper from the floor and reads it.) DODO: "Four legs, no feet, of arms no lack, it carries no burden on its back. Six deadly sisters, seven for choice, call the servants without voice." What does it mean? STEVEN: A riddle. Look, here's a way out. (The back of the police box swings open.) DODO: Perhaps this is to tell us where the TARDIS is. STEVEN: (Shrugging.) Or perhaps it's just another game. Anyway, we've got to find out. (STEVEN goes through the opening. DODO remains behind and looks back at the two clowns. All she sees are two small twisted clown figures, now the size of dolls. Shocked, she turns and runs quickly after STEVEN.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x30 - The Celestial Toyroom"}
foreverdreaming
by BRIAN HAYLES and GERRY DAVIS first broadcast - 9 April 1966 running time - 24mins 45secs 1. INSIDE THE TOYROOM (STEVEN and DODO have defeated CLARA and JOEY. At the far end of the toyroom, one of the walls lights up and a police box appears. They cautiously move across the room and examine it only to discover that it is not the real TARDIS.) DODO: (With disbelief.) It can't be empty! STEVEN: It is. Look. (Just the square outline of an empty police telephone box is inside.) DODO: What's that? (DODO bends down and picks up a piece of paper from the floor and reads it.) DODO: "Four legs, no feet, of arms no lack, it carries no burden on its back. Six deadly sisters, seven for choice, call the servants without voice." What does it mean? STEVEN: A riddle. Look, here's a way out. (The back of the police box swings open.) DODO: Perhaps this is to tell us where the TARDIS is. STEVEN: (Shrugging.) Or perhaps it's just another game. Anyway, we've got to find out. (STEVEN goes through the opening. DODO remains behind and looks back at the two clowns. All she sees are two, small, twisted clown figures, now the size of dolls. Shocked, she turns and runs quickly after STEVEN.) DODO: This is the next game? STEVEN: No. We'll find the next game behind this door. (STEVEN waves his hand at her, motioning to a large door at the back of the police box.) DODO: How can you be sure? STEVEN: (Nodding.) Look. (STEVEN points to the center of the door where there is a panel showing the DOCTOR's tally recorder. The top line reads 1,023 and the bottom reads 415.) DODO: The Doctor's move recorder for his game. STEVEN: Yes, I know. This door is here to delay us. (The door is covered with many bolts and locks. STEVEN and DODO undo them.) STEVEN: I think we're meant to try to get it open. The Toymaker is hoping that we'll waste time. (They finish unbolting the locks.) STEVEN: Whew! That should do it. (STEVEN pushes the door.) STEVEN: It won't open. DODO: But it must. (DODO throws her body against the door, but it does not give.) DODO: (Impatiently.) What's wrong with it? I know, let's pull instead. (Each one grabs hold of a bolt and pulls. The door slowly creaks open. A bit of bright light falls across their faces, and they move towards it in amazement. They enter a large medieval throne room. The walls are decorated with elaborate tapestries, the floors are thickly carpeted, and four throne-like chairs are before them. Each is different but all have intricate carvings. All have a red cushion, and each chair is numbered one to four.) 2. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (With only his hand visible, the DOCTOR continues the game.) DOCTOR: (Chuckling with satisfaction.) I haven't made a mistake yet. TOYMAKER: (Materializing before him.) Let's hope not, Doctor. I would hate you to end up in my dolls' house. (He looks over to one of the Victorian doll's house.) TOYMAKER: I reserve that fate for your two friends. DOCTOR: (Confidently.) They'll win, too. TOYMAKER: No, they will lose one game, and then like the clowns, they'll become my toys, and we shall be able to amuse ourselves through all eternity. DOCTOR: What do you mean? TOYMAKER: You remember the agreement? They must find your TARDIS before you finish your game. If they don't, then you will have to stay here, and you'll be in my power forever. Look. They've already reached their next test. DOCTOR: That game? I might have known. (talking into the monitor.) Steven! Dodo! Take care. It's chair number-- (THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER cuts off the interconnecting sound. He is very angry.) TOYMAKER: You fool! Now I have been forced to make you dumb as well as intangible. You cannot speak until you have reached the second-to-last move of the trilogic game. Now then, let them play their games whilst you play yours. (To the game pieces in a high-pitched voice.) Go for move 444. (To the DOCTOR.) And no more clever tricks, if you please. (The DOCTOR's hand moves toward the game board.) TOYMAKER: Your friends managed to outwit my clowns. I shall have to find more worthy opponents for them. (He picks up a deck of cards and spreads them out on his desk.) TOYMAKER: There! I think perhaps the Heart family. They have great experience in a great variety of games. (The TOYMAKER disappears.) 3. THE FIRST THRONE ROOM (STEVEN and DODO are roaming around the room, examining everything in it.) STEVEN: The Doctor was trying to warn us. (As STEVEN speaks, the TOYMAKER materializes before them.) TOYMAKER: (Sharply and curtly.) I'm seriously annoyed with your friend. Once again, he tried to talk to you, so I've had to deprive him of his voice. Let it be a warning to you. Play the games according to the rules I set, or give up now. STEVEN: The rules you set??!! Your own players break them. They cheat! DODO: How can we believe anything you say? Everything here is so strange. STEVEN: We can't even be certain that that was the Doctor's voice we heard before. It could be you leading us toward another trap. TOYMAKER: (Smiling.) I'm glad to see you're at last treating me with respect. DODO: Only as long as you have the Doctor. After that, we'll see-- (The TOYMAKER disappears.) STEVEN: Forget it, Dodo, he's gone. (Looking around.) What odd looking chairs. Perhaps these are what the Doctor was trying to warn us about. (As STEVEN and DODO stare at the spot where the TOYMAKER stood, two people enter. They are two full-sized King and Queen of Hearts, like playing cards. The QUEEN is tall and haughty looking. The KING is short and heavy-set and has a slightly bewildered yet friendly expression.) QUEEN: (To the KING, as she enters the room.) Is this the room? (The KING does not respond.) QUEEN: Is this the room, I said. KING: (Looking around, muttering.) I think so, my dear, uh hmm. QUEEN: (With obvious distaste.) And I suppose these are the people we have to play against. KING: Hmm? (Glancing around and then shuffling over to DODO and STEVEN.) Oh! Oh! Peasants, my dear, hmm. QUEEN: Peasants! STEVEN: (Very insulted.) Just a minute. Who do you think you're calling a peasant? DODO: (Taking his arm.) Steven, don't you see who they are? STEVEN: Well, yes, they do look familiar. DODO: (Cheerfully.) They're playing cards! We shall play our next game with a couple of playing cards! STEVEN: (Glumly.) The Toymaker's warped sense of humor, I suppose. (The KING and the QUEEN, meanwhile, are looking over the chairs.) QUEEN: None of these look in the least like your throne. KING: (Returning from his own little dream world.) Hmmm? No, no, no, they don't, do we my dear. Although the Toymaker did say we'd find them in here, didn't he, hmm? STEVEN: What was that riddle again? DODO: Ah "...four legs, no feet, of arms no lack, it carries no burden on its back." STEVEN: (Excitedly.) That must be these chairs! DODO: But what about the rest of it? "Six deadly sisters, seven for choice, call the servants without voice." STEVEN: Hmmm...well, that can't be the chairs. There are only three of them. (The QUEEN taps the KING on the shoulder with her fan.) QUEEN: You're not paying the least attention again. KING: (In his own little dream world.) Hmmm? QUEEN: I warned you, if we don't find that throne, he'll keep us here. We shall remain playing cards for the rest of eternity. KING: (Awakening from this dream world.) Ah! Very good point, my dear. Yes, yes, we must find the throne. (The KING goes closer to the chairs and pulls out a monocle. He polishes it and proceeds to examine them.) DODO: What do you make of them? They seem almost like real people. STEVEN: Uh... ignore them. They're sent here to distract us. Let's take a look through here. (STEVEN and DODO exit, making their way through a passage.) QUEEN: Where's that Knave? Cyril! Cyril! Tormenting the Joker again I'll be--. (The door to the throne room opens and an odd looking pair enter. One is tall and slender--the Joker. He is sad looking with stooped shoulders and wears a joker's hat as well as bells. He looks just like the Joker from a deck of cards. The other is a fat, red-cheeked boy with innocent-looking eyes. He is dressed as the Jack of Hearts. He carries a short sword.) JOKER: (Moaning and groaning to the KING and the QUEEN.) Did you have to give him that sword? QUEEN: (Waving her fan impatiently.) Quiet, Fool. (To CYRIL, the JACK OF HEARTS.) Cyril, what are you doing? (The JACK OF HEARTS is prodding the JOKER with his sword.) CYRIL: Nothing. Just playing with the Fool. I'm hungry. (CYRIL sheaths his sword.) KING: (Looking at CYRIL.) Ho, ho! The boy's always hungry. JOKER: (Softly.) He's a pig. QUEEN: (Angrily.) What did you say? JOKER: I said, "Give him a fig." (Nervously.) I... I thought there was a throne to find. QUEEN: So there is. (Looking around the room.) Where have those peasants gone? KING: Hmm? Oh, uh, through that door, my dear. QUEEN: (Impatiently.) Why didn't you tell me? KING: Well, you never asked, me dear. QUEEN: We must follow them at once. KING: Oh... QUEEN: (Snapping.) Fool, you stay here and look after these chairs. KING: Oh, but, uh, now that the Fool is here, don't you think we could have a joke or two? QUEEN: (Impatiently.) No! Come on. KING: Oh, well, then, a riddle then? Hmmm? Or a merry quip? QUEEN: (Impatiently.) Are you coming? KING: (Clears his throat.) Oh, ahem, yes, my dear... hmm... hmm... hmm... (The KING and the QUEEN exit the first throne room while the JOKER and CYRIL remain behind.) 4. THE SECOND THRONE ROOM (STEVEN and DODO are in the second throne room. This one is panelled in dark, weathered oak. On the two main facing walls there are four cupboards each shaped like the TARDIS. In the center of the room there are three thrones. These are less elaborate than the others and are minus the cushions. They are numbered "five," "six," and "seven.".) STEVEN: Dodo! Four in here, three in there. It must be the chairs. What it "Six deadly sisters, seven for choice." I suppose that means six of them are dangerous. DODO: And only one is the right one. STEVEN: We'll have to find out which one by elimination. But how? How dangerous are they? (STEVEN walks over to the first of the chairs and begins to lower himself into the seat.) DODO: (Screaming.) No Steven! Don't! (STEVEN stands up and comes toward her.) STEVEN: Why? What's wrong? DODO: Don't risk it. None of the Toymakers' toys are just jokes. Six of these chairs will destroy us. STEVEN: It's a charming thought, but you're probably right. But Dodo, have you noticed all these cupboards? They're all exactly the same shape as the TARDIS. DODO: (Shuddering.) Yes, but they could be as dangerous as the chairs. (STEVEN thinks for a moment and then nods his head.) STEVEN: No, I don't think so. There are only four, and there weren't any in the other room. (STEVEN crosses over to the cupboard nearest the door, opens it, and the steps back in amazement. DODO walks over to check and then lets out a scream. Inside are two life-size dolls, dressed as ballerinas. They have large painted eyes, tutus, and ballet shoes.) STEVEN: Alright, they're only dolls. (STEVEN walks over to the another cupboard and opens the door. Inside are two more life-size dolls. DODO opens a third cupboard and discovers two more ballerinas and one male ballet dancer.) DODO: I've got it! We'll use the dolls to sit in the chairs. If we've got enough that is. That's four here, and these three make up the seven. (DODO reaches into the cupboard to pull out the male doll.) STEVEN: Don't touch them! (DODO stops.) DODO: Why? What's wrong? STEVEN: Well, they may be dangerous, too. DODO: But the riddle said "six deadly sisters," and some of these are men dolls. STEVEN: What was the last line again? DODO: Ah... "call the servants without voice." You can't call someone without speaking. STEVEN: But they haven't got voices. We have. (To the dolls.) Dolls - come out! (DODO stands behind STEVEN waiting to see if the dolls come to life. Nothing happens.) STEVEN: Look, they must be the servants. Maybe it's, um, poetic term, the call bit. Huh, nothing's happened yet. Well, if we can get them all out before the king and queen get here, we can test the chairs. (STEVEN reaches inside the first cupboard and begins pulling out the dolls and dumping them on the floor. Meanwhile, DODO is standing in front of the fourth cupboard, staring at it.) DODO: Wait. With seven dolls in three cupboards, what's the other one for? STEVEN: Perhaps that might be the real TARDIS. (By now STEVEN has finished removing the the dolls from the first and second cupboard. He goes over to the fourth cupboard and tries to open it. It won't budge.) DODO: It won't open. (The KING and the QUEEN enter the room unnoticed.) STEVEN: Of course - the Doctor's got the key. C'mon - look! (STEVEN notes the robot displaying the DOCTOR's tally.) STEVEN: The Doctor's more than half way through his game already. We've got to find out what we've got to do here first. Quick! Before the others arrive. QUEEN: (To the KING.) Ahh... the peasants again. (To DODO and STEVEN.) Caught you in the act. What are you up to? KING: (Looking at the dolls.) Oh, uh, they seem to be playing with dolls, my dear. QUEEN: (Angrily.) I can see that. The point is, what are they doing with them? (All the while, DODO has been studying the faces of the "Heart" family.) DODO: (To STEVEN.) They seem very real. (To the "Heart" family.) We're going to use the dolls to test the chairs. QUEEN: (Raising her eyebrows.) To test them? DODO: Yes. Six of them are dangerous and only one is safe. (Giggling.) You know, I feel very foolish talking to a playing card. QUEEN: (Outraged.) A playing card? DODO: Well aren't you? STEVEN: Dodo, its useless talking to them. They're just products of the Toymaker's imagination. QUEEN: (Looking extremely indignant.) We're as real as you are. Henry... KING: (Mutters something.) Oh, uh, yes, m'dear? QUEEN: Come here. KING: Yes, m'dear. QUEEN: Let this wretched child feel your arm. KING: (Confused.) Feel my arm?! (The QUEEN impatiently grabs DODO's arm and puts it onto the KING's.) QUEEN: There, child. Isn't that an arm? Not much of one, I grant you, but nevertheless, a real arm. DODO: (Excitedly.) It is! Steven, these are real people. Feel his arm! STEVEN: No, I'll take your word for it. (To the KING and QUEEN.) Look, if you're real people, what are you doing here? And why are you wearing those ridiculous clothes? KING: (Nodding wearily.) Ah yes, well, it would take a little too long to explain, my boy. The fact is that we are victims of the Toymaker, the same as you are. (Mutters.) For instance, if I were to sit in this chair... (The KING begins to sit.) QUEEN: (Screaming.) Henry - no! We don't know! KING: Oh! Oh, no, no, no, we don't, do we, hmm? QUEEN: (Emphatically.) We must use the dolls. We'll each choose a doll in turn, and then we'll take it in turn to test the chairs, that way we'll find the answer even quicker. DODO: (Taken aback.) We found the dolls. They're ours. And we're supposed to be playing against you. QUEEN: But that doesn't seem right. There are four dolls and four of us. We must be meant to have one each. That's only fair. KING: And then we can test the dolls sitting in the chair before doing so ourselves, hmm? DODO: (Confused.) What do you mean one each? What about... STEVEN: It's alright Dodo. DODO: Yes, but what about... (DODO points to the other cupboard containing the three dolls.) STEVEN: It'll be alright. (Under his breath.) Now never mind and keep quiet. (To the KING and QUEEN.) Alright, go ahead. Choose your dolls. DODO: But I don't understand. What about the others? KING: Oh, no no no, don't fuss yourself, m'dear. The point of the game is to see who picks the chair which isn't dangerous, and whoever does that is the winner. If it's you, you'll get your TARDIS back, and if it is us, we get our liberty. STEVEN: Now, he's right Dodo. Now go on, choose your doll, and keep quiet. We'll try our luck in the other room. DODO: Oh, very well. (STEVEN and DODO each pick up a doll and head for the first throne room.) KING: Oh, are you going, m'dear? STEVEN: We'll see you later. QUEEN: I thought we were all supposed to play this game together? STEVEN: Well as there are seven chairs, I thought that Dodo and I might try our luck in the other room. And that way we'll all have an equal chance. KING: Ah yes, yes, yes, certainly m'boy, yes, anything you like. Well (Mutters.), good luck. (STEVEN, still carrying his doll, moves closer to the passageway.) STEVEN: Come on, Dodo. DODO: Alright, I'm coming. They're so big! (They exit.) KING: (Chuckles.) Charming couple, aren't they, hmm? QUEEN: (Frowning with annoyance.) It isn't very charming to be told you're not real. We were not amused. Well, which chair do you suggest? KING: (Muttering.) Yes, well (Mutters.), none of them look like the throne, do they m'dear, hmm? QUEEN: Well, then you must pick one at random. KING: Ah, yes of course, random, yes (Chuckling.), ah now... (Closing his eyes and muttering.) Eenie meenie minie moe, catch a n*gg*r by the toe... (Chuckles.) Ah! (The KING is just about to put his hand on the chair.) QUEEN: No, Henry! Put the doll in it. KING: (Lifting the doll.) Ooh, the doll, yes, of course, the doll. (Muttering.) Yes, my dear, you're...of course, of course, pick up the doll. Ah, here we are then. Now then, we'll take the doll and then-- ooof! I say it's rather...rather heavy my dear. Nearly as heavy as I am, I've...no doubt that, uh, this will...be perfectly good test for the... (The KING puts the ballerina doll into the chair. As soon as the doll sits on it, two clamps come out of the chair - one across the legs the other across the chest, fastening the doll firmly. The chair then begins to vibrate violently.) QUEEN: (Looking on in horror.) Henry! (The doll's head falls off.) 5. THE FIRST THRONE ROOM (DODO and STEVEN enter the first throne room, dragging their huge ballerina dolls. They don't notice the JOKER and CYRIL napping on the floor until STEVEN trips over them.) STEVEN: Oh, no... not more playing cards! (The JOKER moves away from STEVEN. Meanwhile DODO can't help smiling at the shocked expression of the JOKER.) DODO: They look rather sweet, don't they? A Jack and the Joker. (STEVEN picks up his doll, which he dropped when he tripped, and drags it closer to the thrones. He motions for DODO to join him. When she is near him, STEVEN quietly speaks to her.) STEVEN: Leave them alone, and concentrate. You nearly gave the game away in the other room. They think that there are only four dolls. Now if everyone chooses the wrong chair with those dolls, we're going to need the extra ones to find the right chair. DODO: Is that fair? They seem quite nice and friendly. STEVEN: Can't you understand, we've got to win every game, otherwise we'll never see the TARDIS again. This isn't a children's party. DODO: (Innocently.) Well, I'm sure if you explained that then the King and Queen would help us. STEVEN: (With great frustration.) Oh, Dodo they belong to the Toymaker, remember that. He wants to keep us here - at any rate the Doctor. DODO: Why? STEVEN: I don't know, and it doesn't matter. But we've got to find the TARDIS before the Doctor finishes the game he's playing. (Pause.) Right. (Pause.) Throw your doll into a chair. DODO: Throw it? STEVEN: Yes. Six of these chairs are deadly, remember that. I don't want to see either of us caught out by one of those. Now throw it. DODO: Very well. (The doll is thrown into the chair marked "three." There is a flash, and STEVEN and DODO step back. Thick black smoke begins pouring from the doll.) DODO: What happened? (STEVEN tries beating off the smoke. As it clears, they see that the doll is charred and blackened and sprawled grotesquely across the seat.) STEVEN: It was... some sort of electrocution! That could've been us! DODO: (Nodding grimly.) Yes... I see what you mean about this not being a children's party. (Upon hearing "party," CYRIL shakes himself awake and sits up.) CYRIL: A party? Is it tea time, already? Mmmm... I smell crumpets toasting! (CYRIL looks over at the charred doll and wrinkles his nose.) CYRIL: What's that? (CYRIL stands up, looks over at STEVEN and DODO, and nervously backs away from the doll in the chair.) DODO: Oh, oh, don't be scared of us. (DODO moves toward him, but CYRIL turns away and bolts out of the room, heading for the second throne room. STEVEN, meanwhile, raises the other doll.) STEVEN: Alright. Stand by. I'm going to try chair number one. (STEVEN flings the doll into the chair marked "one." There is a slow whirring noise. A blade protruding from the back of the chair slices the doll neatly in half. Both pieces fall to the floor.) DODO: Horrible! The Toymaker must be mad! Do you really think he means to k*ll us? STEVEN: What do you think? DODO: Well, what do we do now? STEVEN: Well, we've got to get the other dolls! We've got to get out of this place! DODO: We can't go in there! STEVEN: Why? DODO: Or they'll know about the three extra dolls, then! 6. THE SECOND THRONE ROOM (Inside the second throne room the headless doll still shakes violently in the chair marked "seven" as the KING and QUEEN look on.) QUEEN: Henry! Turn the thing off! KING: I don't think I can get near enough m'dear. (Suddenly the chair stops shaking, and the doll is released, falling onto the floor in bits and pieces. CYRIL enters the room from behind them.) CYRIL: I wish you'd stop this silly game! KING: (Smiling and pointing to the chair marked "four".) Father's a very nice chair here for you, my boy. (CYRIL is appalled and stands by his mother's side, clutching her dress.) CYRIL: (Whining.) Mother! Did you hear what he said? QUEEN: (Indignantly.) Henry! KING: (Chuckling.) Well, just a harmless little joke, m'dear, hmm hmm. Yes, well, I suppose we'd better try the doll in it, don't you think? Ahh... (Muttering and struggling with the doll.) now then... upsie dazie... we shall try the... this, uh, chair now. (The KING picks up the remaining doll and flings it onto the chair marked "four." The KING, the QUEEN, and CYRIL watch as the doll slowly fades away.) KING: Oh dear! It's - it's disappeared! QUEEN: I can see that! Well, that leaves us with chairs number five and six. What do you propose we do now? KING: (Thinking for a moment.) Well, I suppose we'd better see how that young couple are getting on in their room, hmm? QUEEN: Well, they can't have succeeded. We'd have had a visit from the Toymaker if they had. KING: (Muttering.) Ah! Yeah... oh, we need two more dolls, hmm hmm hmm. (The KING looks regretfully at CYRIL. Meanwhile, CYRIL has forgotten what his father said before and now proceeds to eat a banana that he had in his pocket.) KING: (Muttering again.) Uh, yes, a pity, hmm. I know, the Fool! QUEEN: (Disdainfully.) Oh really Henry! How you can think of entertainment at a time like this - ? (Catching on to HENRY's meaning.) Oh yes, of course. I see... the Fool! KING: (Nodding.) Precisely, my dear. (The KING laughs. He offers his arm to his wife, and they turn to leave for the first throne room. CYRIL stops eating his banana, glances back fearfully at the chairs and the dolls, and hurries off after them. CYRIL: (Screaming.) Mother! Mother! 7. THE FIRST THRONE ROOM (STEVEN and DODO are still in the first throne room. STEVEN is lying partly under chair "two." He puts a tentative hand up toward it. DODO watches this in horror.) STEVEN: No, it's no use. I can't tell a thing just by looking at it. We'll have to get those other dolls. DODO: The King and Queen are coming. STEVEN: (Nodding.) Good! I'll tell you what I'll do... I'll try to distract them. You step into the other room and test the chairs. If they're both deadly, then this must be the right one. (The KING and QUEEN enter.) KING: Ahh! Still one chair left to try, I see. (The KING chuckles.) QUEEN: Why don't you try it, girl? DODO: (Sticking out her tongue.) Why don't you? (The QUEEN, insulted, turns her back on DODO.) STEVEN: Haven't you had any luck either? No more dolls. Rather looks like a stalemate, doesn't it? KING: Ah! Not quite, my boy. (The KING chuckles.) KING: Oh no, I still have one card to play, hmm hmm... uh, if, you'll, uh, excuse the expression, hmm hmm. (The KING looks down at the sleeping JOKER and stirs him awake with his foot. The JOKER slowly awakens and rises to his feet.) JOKER: Oh, what goes up the chimney down, and can't come down the chimney up? KING: (Muttering.) Down the chimney... oh no, no, no, my dear fellow, no, no not work! We want your advice, don't we my dear? QUEEN: (Shocked.) Advice??!! From a Fool??!! KING: We still have to pick a throne, my dear, hmm hmm. QUEEN: (With understanding.) Ahhh... KING: Ah, now then, my dear fellow, for instance, um, what do you think of this chair? (The KING leads the JOKER to the chair marked "two." Finally realizing what the KING has in mind, STEVEN runs ahead of them and blocks their way to the throne.) STEVEN: No you don't! Not this one! (The JOKER is still oblivious as to what is going on. He looks at the KING and STEVEN with confusion. Suddenly, DODO runs into the room.) DODO: Steven, the cupboard with the other three dolls - it's locked. I can't open it. STEVEN: But you must. It was open before. QUEEN: (Outraged.) Three more dolls? KING: (Waving his index finger in the air.) And you kept them from us? QUEEN: Cheat! KING: Dear! Dear! STEVEN: (Pointing to the JOKER.) Oh-o, you can talk after what you were about to do to this poor fellow? JOKER: (Still unaware of the KING's plan.) Poor fel - oh... what's that?! KING: (Muttering.) Oh, eh, nothing, my dear chap! Uh, now, ah, come with us. We can't leave you in such company. QUEEN: ... in back. KING: Come on my dear fellow... QUEEN: Come Cyril! (The KING and QUEEN exit the first throne room. CYRIL sticks his tongue out at STEVEN and DODO and then follows his parents. The JOKER hesitates, lost in some train of thought, but then follows them. Now STEVEN turns to DODO.) STEVEN: (Sighs angrily.) Now you've done it... handed them the game, right on a platter! If this isn't the real chair, we've lost the game. DODO: (Folding her arms obstinately.) I don't see that. STEVEN: Look... they've got two more chairs to test. They get the Joker to sit on one; if this isn't the right chair, then the other one must be. (STEVEN gives DODO a look of disgust and turns away folding his arms. DODO is almost in tears. She turns toward the chairs and makes a decision. She begins to lower herself onto chair "two.".) 8. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (The TOYMAKER is leaning back watching the hand of the DOCTOR play the trilogic game. The tally register has recorded 690 moves by the DOCTOR.) TOYMAKER: You've been moving along very satisfactorily. It's especially commendable considering that young Dodo has chosen to sit in the wrong chair - the freezing chair. (The DOCTOR's hand pauses and remains stiffly in the air.) 9. THE FIRST THRONE ROOM (STEVEN, horrified, discovers DODO sitting on chair "two.") STEVEN: Dodo - you fool! (STEVEN rushes to DODO's side, but discovers that an invisible barrier of some sort is set around the throne.) DODO: (Teeth chattering.) Steven, I feel cold... all the way through. STEVEN: (Emphatically.) Stand up! DODO: Help me. I'm freezing. I... can't... move. STEVEN: Stand up. DODO: (Shaking her head.) I... can't! STEVEN: Look! Try! You must. You must try. DODO: I... think I'm... turning to... ice, Steven. STEVEN: Fight the cold! Fight it, Dodo. You've got to get out of that chair. Now fight it! DODO: It's... no... use. STEVEN: (With desperation.) Look, you must try. We've got to concentrate - together. DODO: We... can't. STEVEN: We must - now! (STEVEN extends his hand to DODO. This time the barrier parts as their combined wills dissipate it. STEVEN grips DODO's hand. Immediately he feels an intense cold penetrating his hand and arm. DODO begins breathing heavily. Both of them exert every ounce of will and determination. Finally, with a great rush, DODO comes off the chair and tumbles on top of STEVEN.) DODO: (Teeth still chattering.) Ah! Oooh! Oh, thank you. You did it. STEVEN: (Gasping for breath and rubbing his hands together.) Oh, we did it together. DODO: Oh no, I couldn't do a thing. I couldn't move. STEVEN: Thank goodness you're safe. The Doctor would never have forgiven me if anything had happened to you. DODO: (Rubbing the circulation back into her body.) But Steven, we've lost. 10. THE SECOND THRONE ROOM (The KING and QUEEN are standing by chairs "five" and "six" with the JOKER. Behind them CYRIL squats on the ground eating another banana. The KING turns to the JOKER.) KING: Well, there's a much better choice in here. Now give us your honest opinion: which is the better chair? JOKER: (Looking suspiciously at the KING and QUEEN.) Well, sir, I... I think, ah... perhaps that one. (He points to chair "six.") KING: (Looking at the chair through his monocle.) Number six? Good! Good! Well, it is not possible really to test a chair by just looking at it, hmmm? QUEEN: (Impatiently.) Now come on, Fool, we haven't got all day! JOKER: (Muttering to himself.) Oh, poor fellow. Poor fellow. (The KING begins to laugh.) JOKER: What's he laughing at? QUEEN: He wasn't laughing, were you? KING: Hmm? (The KING starts laughing harder than before.) JOKER: (Wearily.) And they call me a fool. KING: Well, look, ahem, sit down my dear fellow. (The KING chuckles some more.) JOKER: (Moving away from the chairs.) Oh, not on your life, sire. A joke's a joke. I'm giving notice. You can try out your chairs for yourself. (The JOKER raises his jester's wand at them and leaves. The KING and QUEEN are stunned. Then they turn to CYRIL and the KING raises his hand. CYRIL scrambles to his feet and follows the JOKER.) KING: Humph! Your son, I think, ahem, my dear, hmm. QUEEN: Well, what do you propose we do now? KING: Well there is nothing else for it. You'll have to try out the chair. QUEEN: (Astonished.) I??!! KING: (Muttering.) Well, one of us will have to, ahem. I know - we'll draw matches, hmm? (He brings out a box of matches and opens it.) QUEEN: (Shaking her head.) No! I don't trust your matches. We will toss for it. (The QUEEN pulls out a coin and does so.) QUEEN: Heads! Ah! KING: (Chuckling.) You forget, my dear. I know that coin has got two heads, hmm, hmm. QUEEN: (Putting her coin away.) Then... KING: Then... we will both sit in it. QUEEN: And if we go, we go together? (Finally! The first real display of love between them.) KING: My love. (The KING takes the QUEEN on his arm. They walk over to chair "six" and slowly sit down.) KING: Nothing happened. QUEEN: It's alright. KING: We worried for nothing. (Suddenly, the chair collapses, entangling and imprisoning them in the wreckage just as STEVEN and DODO enter the room.) DODO: (Looking the KING and QUEEN over.) Oh the poor things! We must help them. STEVEN: No, not now! (He points to chair "five.") DODO: You mean... STEVEN: That must be the one. (STEVEN walks over to it and without hesitating, sits down. The room darkens and a light comes on from the fourth cupboard that wouldn't open earlier. It now slides out as they watch until finally it stands almost clear of the wall - an unmistakable police box!.) DODO: (Excitedly.) We've won! There's the TARDIS! As soon as the Doctor wins his game, we can go! We're safe! (DODO runs up to the TARDIS and opens the door.) DODO: (With great disappointment.) Oh no! It can't be! It's got to be the real one. Look! It's happened again. (STEVEN joins her and observes that the box is, indeed, just a police box.) STEVEN: It's another of those that the Toymaker's made. Nothing! Absolutely nothing! Well, what now? DODO: You know, we never really solved that last riddle - call the servants without voice. STEVEN: (Nodding with disappointment.) No. Let's try again. You never know. (STEVEN steps outside of the call box and begins to call out to the dolls.) STEVEN: Dolls, dolls, wherever you are - come out! (The telephone in the police box rings. DODO stares at the cupboard with the remaining three dolls. Nothing appears to have happened. STEVEN turns and picks up the telephone receiver and puts it to his ear. It's the TOYMAKER.) TOYMAKER: You're doing better than I thought. But don't rest on your laurels. The Doctor is succeeding even faster than you. Time and luck are running out. Here is the next clue: "Hunt the key to fit the door that leads out on the dancing floor; then escape the rhythmic b*at, or you'll forever tap your feet." (There is a clicking sound over the telephone. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER hung up the phone.) STEVEN: But... DODO: He's gone. (STEVEN hangs up the phone. As he does so, the entire back wall of the police box opens and reveals a dark passageway.) DODO: Steven, look. (STEVEN and DODO look back at the chairs where the KING and QUEEN became entangled. Lying on the seat of the mangled throne are two playing cards - the King and Queen of Hearts.) STEVEN: I said that's all they were. Never mind that now. The next game - come. (STEVEN enters the dark passage, but DODO remains behind for just a moment.) DODO: (Shouting.) Dolls, dolls, wherever you are, come out! (Nothing happens so DODO exits. As soon as she leaves, the lights in the throne room come on and the last of the cupboard doors opens. The dolls inside begin moving, slowly and jerkily, out of their cupboard and make their way across the floor to the police box.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x31 - The Hall of Dolls"}
foreverdreaming
by BRIAN HAYLES and GERRY DAVIS first broadcast - 16 April 1966 running time - 24mins 10secs 1. THE SECOND THRONE ROOM (STEVEN and DODO succeeded in finding the safe throne. Now the second throne room darkens and a light comes on from the cupboard that wouldn't open earlier. It slides out as they watch until finally it stands almost clear of the wall - an unmistakable police box! To STEVEN and DODO's dismay, it is not the real TARDIS. DODO tries to solve the last riddle - call the servants without voice - by calling out to the dolls. Nothing seems to happen. Next, the telephone inside the police box rings, and STEVEN answers it. It's THE TOYMAKER.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: You're doing better than I thought. But don't rest on your laurels. The Doctor is succeeding even faster than you. Time and luck are running out. Here is the next clue: hunt the key to fit the door that leads out on the dancing floor; then escape the rhythmic b*at, or you'll forever tap your feet. (There is a clicking sound over the telephone. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER hung up the phone.) STEVEN: But... DODO: He's gone. (STEVEN hangs up the phone. As he does so, the entire back wall of the police box opens and reveals a dark passageway.) DODO: Steven, look. (STEVEN and DODO look back at the chairs where the KING and QUEEN became entangled. Lying on the seat of the mangled throne are two playing cards -- the King and Queen of Hearts.) STEVEN: I said that's all they were. Never mind that now. The next game -- come. (STEVEN enters the dark passage, but DODO remains behind for just a moment.) DODO: (Shouting.) Dolls, dolls, wherever you are, come out! (Nothing happens so DODO exits. As soon as she leaves, the lights in the throne room come on and the last of the cupboard doors opens. The dolls inside begin moving, slowly and jerkily, out of their cupboards and make their way across the floor to the police box.) 2. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (THE TOYMAKER stands facing the silent, invisible DOCTOR.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: I congratulate you, Doctor, on your choice of friends. A very astute couple. Neither of my teams have been able to b*at them yet. I think they have earned a little amusement. (THE TOYMAKER turns to one of the doll houses.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Now, what have we here to amuse them? Ah... (He looks around.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Sergeant Rugg and Mrs. Wiggs. These then are who Steven will find behind the door. 3. THE PASSAGEWAY (STEVEN and DODO are now at the end of the long, darkened passageway that leads from the second throne room. STEVEN throws his weight against the large door that stands at the end of the passageway. The door is Victorian in style, made of heavy mahogany. He is unable to open it.) STEVEN: Useless! No sign of a door handle, latch, or lock. We're stuck here. DODO: (From behind him.) Steven - the servants, they're following us! STEVEN: Huh? (STEVEN turns around and sees the dolls coming toward them. The dolls walk with a slow, stiff gait.) DODO: (Fearfully.) The servants without voice - they've come! They scare me. (DODO presses against STEVEN.) STEVEN: They're only dolls. DODO: (Fearfully.) We called them. Perhaps we can make them go back to their cupboard. (To the dolls) Dolls go back! Go back to your cupboard! (The dolls continue to walk toward them.) STEVEN: I'll stop them. (STEVEN moves forward and squares his shoulders ready to take some kind of action. DODO grasps his arm.) DODO: Steven be careful. You don't know what they might do. After all, we helped destroy the other four dolls. STEVEN: Perhaps we can edge past them. (As if the three dolls could overhear him, they spread out and stop, completely blocking the passageway.) DODO: (Anxiously.) We can't get past them now! STEVEN: At least they've stopped. I'm going to try. You follow me. DODO: Look! STEVEN: ... (STEVEN moves back, shoulders hunched, ready to tackle the dolls. As he moves back, the mahogany door opens, and he backs into it without noticing. DODO grabs STEVEN's arm, throwing him slightly off balance. She enters the room, a kitchen.) 4. MRS. WIGGS' KITCHEN (STEVEN follows DODO into the kitchen. It is fashioned just like the Victorian doll house in THE TOYMAKER's study. It has a large china cabinet with Victorian Willow-patterned cups and plates. There is also a large table with mixing bowls, a rolling pin, and a pastry board. On one side of the room, there is a long sink with a wooden draining board. On the other side there's a large coal-burning range with many simmering saucepans.) STEVEN: Be careful, Dodo, it might be a trap. SGT RUGG: A trap? In here? In Mrs. Wiggs' kitchen? Hey, you want to watch your language, young fellow, me lad. (Standing by the long table is a red-faced, middle-aged, man with a moustache. He is a wee bit overweight and dressed in a red uniform from the era of the Napoleonic Wars.) MRS. WIGGS: Heyah, what do you want in my kitchen? (STEVEN and DODO turn again and find a plump, middle-aged woman wearing a mop cap. Her face is red from standing over too many hot stoves. She speaks with a Cockney accent.) DODO: (Stepping forward.) Um, we're looking for the next game. Perhaps you could help us. The clue goes: "Hunt the key to fit the door, that leads out on the dancing floor; then escape the rhythmic b*at, or you'll forever tap your feet." MRS. WIGGS: Well, the only dancing floor which I know of is through there. (MRS. WIGGS points off to the other end of the kitchen where there is an old oak door with a large lock and keyhole.) DODO: Thank you. (DODO begins walking across the room toward the oak door while STEVEN remains behind, looking around the kitchen. SERGEANT RUGG stands, drawing himself up to his full height.) SGT RUGG: Alright, young fellow me lad, no loitering! Pick your feet up then! Hup two three four, hup two three four... STEVEN: (Contemptuously.) Why don't you go back in your box? SGT RUGG: What's that? Why, you young whipper snapper, I'll eh... (SGT RUGG raises his hand and twists one end of his long moustache.) STEVEN: You'll what? SGT RUGG: (Backing away.) Well, I'll eh...ahem, well, you need a good hiding, m'lad! STEVEN: (Chuckling.) And who's going to give it to me? (MRS. WIGGS steps forward.) MRS. WIGGS: And no fisticuffs in my nice clean kitchen, Sergeant, if you please. SGT RUGG: (Chuckling.) It's a good thing you spoke just then, Cook. (Chuckling some more.) No tellin' what I mighten' a done to him if you hadn't stopped me. MRS. WIGGS: (Looking fondly at SGT RUGG.) Oh, you're a terrible man when you're riled, Sergeant. SGT RUGG: (Twirling his moustache again.) Well, army trainin', Cook. (Chuckling.) Six years with the Iron Duke. (DODO, meanwhile, has been trying the door handle on the oak door without success. She turns back.) DODO: We've got to get in there. That's what the clue says. The TARDIS must be on the dance floor. (STEVEN walks over to the oak door and kicks it.) STEVEN: (With disgust.) How the Toymaker expects us to play his crazy games when he locks all the doors, I don't know. SGT RUGG: (To MRS. WIGGS with his voice lowered, chuckling.) I'd like to have 'im in my mob. Just give me a month - I'll make a man of 'im. (Chuckling some more.) (The SERGEANT chuckles.) STEVEN: (thr*at.) What was that? SGT RUGG: Errr... ah... well, uh, not that he needs makin' a man of, but, uh, sharpen him up a bit like. STEVEN: (Moving closer to the SERGEANT.) Look! I warn you... (DODO comes over to STEVEN and takes his arm. She smiles and laughs at him.) DODO: Honestly, Steven! If they're not real, how can you lose your temper with them? (STEVEN looks puzzled and scratches his head.) DODO: You can't have it both ways, you know. STEVEN: (Deeply frustrated.) Oh, alright! I'll ignore them - they're just sent here to get my goat. But where do we go from here? We're stuck. (The SERGEANT comes over to DODO and looks her over.) SGT RUGG: (Chuckling.) Eh, the Iron Duke wouldn't have been stuck over a little thing like that. (STEVEN grits his teeth and turns to DODO.) STEVEN: Alright, I'm ignoring him. (DODO turns to the SERGEANT and smiles at him.) DODO: What would the Iron Duke have done? SGT RUGG: (Smiling.) Well, 'e'd have had another look at the riddle, I expect. DODO: The riddle? "...then escape the rhythmic b*at, or you'll forever tap your feet." MRS. WIGGS: No, not that bit, duck. The first bit. DODO: "Hunt the key to fit the door," that - Steven! That's it! STEVEN: Then the game is - SGT RUGG: Hunt The Thimble! DODO: Only it's a key. (Looking at the oak door.) And a rather large one at that. STEVEN: The only problem is, where do we start looking? 5. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (THE DOCTOR and THE TOYMAKER are still together.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: You've stopped playing, Doctor. You know that isn't allowed. (THE DOCTOR does not move.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (To the game pieces, in a high-pitched voice.) Go for move 770! (The pieces move by themselves.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (To THE DOCTOR.) Now play on. (THE DOCTOR isn't budging.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (To THE DOCTOR.) You're still not playing fast enough. (To the games pieces, in a high-pitched voice.) Go for move 813! (The pieces move by themselves.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Your friends have reached their third game: Hunt the Key! 6. MRS WIGGS' KITCHEN (DODO and STEVEN are still in MRS. WIGGS' kitchen. They glance around the room. DODO walks over to the range and sees something she missed earlier. In a large chair, to the right of the range, is a sleeping boy, dressed in a chef's hat and grubby white coat and pants. He looks exactly like CYRIL except that his clothing is different.) DODO: Haven't we seen him before? STEVEN: I don't know. DODO: Wasn't he the Jack of Hearts? (STEVEN is looking for the key, going through different pots and pans.) STEVEN: Quite possibly. But does it matter? I mean all the Toymaker's creations look alike to me. We have to find the TARDIS before the Doctor reaches move 1,023. (STEVEN looks over the door to where the robot is now standing. The screen reads 813.) STEVEN: So I haven't got long to find that key. (STEVEN turns to the range and lifts up one of the saucepans. The lid is so hot that he drops it.) STEVEN: (In a low voice yet with great surprise.) It's hot! MRS. WIGGS: So wha'd ya expect? You come away from me pots and pans! DODO: Look, we've got to find the key to that door. MRS. WIGGS: Well, he won't find it there. DODO: How do you know? SGT RUGG: (Stepping forward.) Because Mrs. Wiggs always knows what's best, that's why. (STEVEN goes over to the sleeping boy and lifts him up to see if the key is underneath him. It isn't. Next, DODO looks around the kitchen again and tries another tactic. She turns to the SERGEANT and smiles her most beguiling smile at him.) DODO: You'll help us find the key, won't you? SGT RUGG: (Clearing his throat and twirling his moustache.) Ah... ahem... well... ah... I don' know, em... DODO: (Pouring it on thick!.) You look so marvellous in that uniform. You must be very brave. SGT RUGG: (Clears his throat.) Um... ahem... well, eh, I try to do my duty, girl, hmm, hmm! DODO: Then you'll help us... for my sake. (DODO puts her hand on the SERGEANT's chest and opens her eyes very wide. The SERGEANT, in turn, gazes back at her.) SGT RUGG: (Muttering.) Well, uh, alright, but for you, mind, not for him. (He points to STEVEN.) DODO: (Eagerly.) Where do you suggest we start looking? SGT RUGG: (Muttering.) Ah, well, uh, let's see now, ahhh... what about this old dresser, here, 'ay? (SGT RUGG goes over the to china cabinet. MRS. WIGGS, meanwhile, is busy at the table making pastry and keeping an eye on the exchange between DODO and SERGEANT RUGG with growing disfavour.) MRS. WIGGS: (Jealously.) Here! You watch what you're doing with my dresser! (DODO pays her no mind. The SERGEANT opens a drawer and begins rummaging around the knives and forks inside. Then he opens another drawer and begins throwing tablecloths and cloth napkins out on the floor. STEVEN, meanwhile, takes a chair and puts it by the cuckoo clock. He examines the clock just as the birdie comes out. It nearly hits him on the nose, and he falls off the chair.) MRS. WIGGS: (Outraged.) What do you think this is? A bloomin' fair ground? (SERGEANT RUGG empties out another drawer of linen.) MRS. WIGGS: (With disgust and jealousy.) Oh! Here! You put them things back in the drawer! SGT RUGG: (Standing at attention.) It's alright, Mrs. Wiggs. I'm just helping the young lady. (To DODO.) Here, um, what's your name, me girl? DODO: (With a big smile.) Dodo. SGT RUGG: Dodo. Oh, what a lovely name, Dodo. Heh! Heh! Oh, I like that. Heh! Heh! MRS. WIGGS: (Angrily.) Well, you go and like it somewhere else! And take your friends with ya! SGT RUGG: Aw, come Mrs. Wiggs... the girl's been and gone and lost her key. MRS. WIGGS: Well, she won't find it here! STEVEN: (Shrugging his shoulders.) Take no notice of them, Dodo! They've been sent here by the Toymaker to put us off! This time, we're getting warm! (STEVEN begins crawling under the table to see if the key is there. MRS. WIGGS looks back and forth at STEVEN and DODO, getting angrier by the minute. Neither of them pay her any attention so MRS. WIGGS goes back to her pastry board and prepares a pie for the oven. Now DODO walks over to a cupboard on the china cabinet and looks inside. She sees all the pretty china. She begins searching among the pieces for the key. By the table MRS. WIGGS screams, draws back, and looks under the table. STEVEN comes crawling out from under it.) MRS. WIGGS: (Screaming.) Ahhh! That's me foot! You come out from under there! STEVEN: (Breathlessly.) It isn't under the table! MRS. WIGGS: (Sarcastically.) Are you quite finished? STEVEN: Dodo, take a look behind that thing. I'll take a look over here. (DODO looks among the china plates up on the top shelves of the china cabinet. She drags over a chair for a closer look.) SGT RUGG: Hey, now wait a minute, girl! You don't want to get up there. You'll fall and break your leg. Eh, let me look for you. DODO: That's very kind of you. SGT RUGG: Oh, not at all, ma'am. Happy to be of - oop - service, hmm. (THE SERGEANT wavers and nearly falls. MRS. WIGGS glares up at him.) MRS. WIGGS: (Horrified.) SGT Rugg! What do you think you're doing all back there? SGT RUGG: (Reassuringly.) Now don't you worry Mrs. Wiggs, I'll be alright. (He sways alarmingly and grabs the shelf for balance.) MRS. WIGGS: I'm not worried about YOU... it's my best china! (As she speaks, the SERGEANT pulls a plate out to look behind it. The plate falls to the floor and breaks.) MRS. WIGGS: Oohh! Oh! Me best plate! SGT RUGG: (Muttering.) A little accident, Mrs. Wiggs. MRS. WIGGS: (With hands on hips and a glaring look.) Accident??!! That was no accident! You dropped that plate - deliberate like! SGT RUGG: (Solemnly.) I hope you're not calling me a liar, Mrs. Wiggs - oop! (Another plate crashes to the floor.) MRS. WIGGS: (Ironically.) Ooohhh! Another accident, I suppose! (The SERGEANT changes hands and several more plates fall. DODO looks nervously back and forth from the SERGEANT to MRS. WIGGS.) DODO: Oh! (SERGEANT RUGG mutters in frustration.) DODO: Oh, perhaps you better come down, Sergeant SGT RUGG: Oh don't you worry, miss. It's perfectly alright. (The SERGEANT laughs. Three more of MRS. WIGGS' lovely china plates fall. The sleeping boy begins to stir. MRS. WIGGS cries out in horror.) MRS. WIGGS: (Screaming.) Ooohhh! Sergeant Rugg! You come down here this instant!! SGT RUGG: Soldiers don't take orders from civilians, Cook. Now you just pipe down! MRS. WIGGS: (Hysterically.) Pipe down??!! You great oaf! You couldn't fight a pussycat! SGT RUGG: (Deeply insulted.) You didn't ought to have of said that, Cook. (The SERGEANT breaks more of her china plates - on purpose! One of the plates hits the boy on the head. Awaking with a start, he dives under the table.) MRS. WIGGS: (Furiously.) Ooohhh!!! Ooohhh!!! Oohh Sergeant Rugg! (SERGEANT RUGG growls.) MRS. WIGGS: Just you wait till they... (The SERGEANT and MRS. WIGGS begin to argue. SGT RUGG: Well, I'm not going to have you talking to me that way! MRS. WIGGS: ... if you think I'm going to ... (Argument continues.). (DODO is deeply distressed by what is happening and tries to calm them down.) DODO: (Shouting so as to be heard.) Oh, please!! Please!! Stop!! This is all my fault! STEVEN: (Also shouting.) Dodo, ignore them! ... to prevent us from finding the key! They don't really exist, remember? It's not real. (The arguing abruptly stops.) MRS. WIGGS: (In a soft yet angry voice.) What did he say? (Another piece of china breaks.) DODO: Are you sure about that? (MRS. WIGGS and SERGEANT RUGG resume arguing. By now they've thrown everything they could possibly throw at one another, including some of the pastries that MRS. WIGGS was preparing earlier.) STEVEN: (Exasperated.) Oh, come on. We've got to find that key! That is supposing there is one. We've looked everywhere, haven't we? DODO: (Sadly.) But I'm afraid it's all my fault! STEVEN: Nonsense! This is another distraction laid on by The Toymaker to stop us finding the key! DODO: Oh, eh! You said it was just a distraction, and - STEVEN: Now ... , but we've looked everywhere. Do you suppose there really is a key? (The SERGEANT and MRS. WIGGS are still yelling and screaming at each other all the while DODO and STEVEN are talking.) MRS. WIGGS: (To SGT RUGG.) Oh, you!! Don't you talk to me like that! (She throws buns at him.) MRS. WIGGS: Take that... and that... and that... and that... and that! DODO: Oh, look! You've thrown just about all the buns there are to throw. Couldn't you just call a truce? MRS. WIGGS: (Breathlessly.) A truce? After he broken me best china? (She picks up a bag of flour and throws it at the SERGEANT. It explodes on him, coating him with white powder.) DODO: Well, I'm sure he'll apologize! SGT RUGG: (Surprised.) Apologize?? (He shakes his head and brushes off the flour.) MRS. WIGGS: Ooohhh! DODO: Oh, well, you did break her plates, you know. (She assists the SERGEANT with the removal of the flour.) SGT RUGG: Soldiers never apologize. It's a rule. DODO: But a gentleman would always apologize to a lady. MRS. WIGGS: Oh! Soldiers! A gentleman! DODO: (Pouring it on thick!.) Sergeant Rugg is. I'm sure of that. (The SERGEANT mutters something, stiffens again, and then bows to MRS. WIGGS.) SGT RUGG: (Reluctantly.) I apologize. DODO: There. Now will you accept his apology? MRS. WIGGS: Oh, alright then. But he'll have to pay for my china! SGT RUGG: (His face reddening.) Pay for the chi - now then. You see why soldiers never apologize? Heh! Heh! Give the old trout an inch - MRS. WIGGS: (Screaming.) Old trout, is it??!! Just you wait for that, Sergeant Rugg! Old trout! (She picks up a broom beside the stove and goes after the SERGEANT. He backs away around the table.) SGT RUGG: Now then, careful with that broom, Mrs. Wiggs. Careful. (Bedlam ensues. MRS. WIGGS sweeps the broom at the SERGEANT's legs. As he jumps back, the boy under the table gets h*t on the head. He cries out in pain. Crawling out from under the kitchen table with the jar of raisins in his hand, the boy makes for the far wall heading for the safety of the walk-in pantry. STEVEN observes all of this.) STEVEN: (To the boy.) Now just where do you think you're going? BOY: N-n-n-n-n-n-nowhere! STEVEN: (Suspiciously.) C'mon! I think that you know where that key is, don't you? So we're getting somewhere at last, are we? (The boy extends the jar of raisins to STEVEN who takes them. He feels around for the key but to no avail. He dumps the raisins onto the floor, but still no key. In the mean time, the boy has made his way to the pantry and shut the door. STEVEN cries out to him.) STEVEN: Hey you! Come back here! (STEVEN tries to open the door, but it's locked. Meanwhile, MRS. WIGGS has the SERGEANT cornered and is hitting him with the broom. DODO tries to stop her.) DODO: I'm sure you'll hurt him with that broom! (The SERGEANT moves around to the other side of the table and picks up the pie MRS. WIGGS was preparing earlier.) SGT RUGG: Well, if she does, then this pie'll get hurt as well. MRS. WIGGS: (Hysterically.) What??? Not that pie!!! Not that pie!!! Put it down!!! SGT RUGG: (Muttering.) Oh! Well then, you put that broom down, then. (MRS. WIGGS dashes around the table, sweeping the broom at the SERGEANT's legs. He jumps up on one of the kitchen chairs with the pie high above his head.) STEVEN: What's she so worried about this pie for? Look at the rest of the mess! DODO: Steven! That's one place we haven't looked! STEVEN: Where? DODO: In the pie! STEVEN: (Eagerly.) I see what you mean! (Bedlam ensues again. STEVEN picks up a second broom and goes to the other side of the table. He swipes the SERGEANT from the other side. The pie flies out of his hands and onto the floor. DODO rips into the pie and pulls out a large Victorian key. She waves it around so STEVEN can see it.) MRS. WIGGS: (With desperation in her voice.) Give it to me! Give it to me! Give it to me! DODO: Steven I've got it! (STEVEN runs over to DODO and grabs it from her. Next, he runs over to the old door and opens it.) STEVEN: Come on, Dodo, be quick! DODO: (To MRS. WIGGS and SGT RUGG.) Goodbye! Sorry about your kitchen! (DODO is right behind STEVEN. As she passes through the doorway, she slams the door behind them. MRS. WIGGS and SERGEANT RUGG just stand there staring. In STEVEN and DODO's place, THE TOYMAKER appears. He is NOT happy.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Angrily.) Wretched pair! I give you a chance of life, and this is what you do with it. Look at the kitchen! (The SERGEANT steps to attention and salutes THE TOYMAKER.) SGT RUGG: (Gallantly.) My fault, sir, not hers. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (With disgust.) Such gallantry from a mere doll. Now listen to me, the pair of you. Clean yourselves up, and get out onto that dance floor. At the far end you will find a TARDIS. Steven and Dodo must be prevented from getting to it at all costs! Do you understand? If you fail me... I will break you in pieces... like this. (THE TOYMAKER lifts the remaining unbroken china plate off the china cabinet and smashes it. The SERGEANT and MRS. WIGGS are frightened. They nod to THE TOYMAKER and begin brushing their clothes, preparing for the dance.) 7. THE BALLROOM (STEVEN and DODO have now entered the ballroom. It is decorated in an old- fashioned style. A huge chandelier slowly turns, flashing multi-color lights. The dance floor has beautifully polished parquet floors. The music consists of waltzes, quick steps, and fox trots. There are three ballerina dolls dancing on the dance floor, one of which is a male. DODO and STEVEN watch them. When the dolls finish, they return to a stiff mannequin-like position. STEVEN sees a police box on the other side of the room.) STEVEN: The TARDIS! (He proceeds to step onto the dance floor.) DODO: Steven, be careful. This could be as dangerous as those chairs. STEVEN: But there's no other way of getting to it. DODO: It can't be as simple as that can it? There must be a catch somewhere. "Then escape the rhythmic b*at, or you'll forever tap your feet." What does it mean? (STEVEN stretches his hand over the dance floor. A waltz starts playing. He then pulls his hand back. The music stops. Next, DODO tries. The same thing happens.) DODO: How strange. I can do it, too. STEVEN: (Shaking his head anxiously.) Yes, The Doctor's game won't wait for us, though. We've got to take the chance! (Just as he speaks, through the door come SERGEANT RUGG and MRS. WIGGS. Their clothes are now beautifully clean and pressed. They walk proudly into the room.) DODO: Hello! Aw, you made it up. SGT RUGG: Well, Mrs. Wiggs' got much too warm an heart to queep - keep - a quarrel going, miss. MRS. WIGGS: (Speaking like a young girl in love.) Oh, Sergeant's going to take me to the ball. DODO: The ball? SGT RUGG: (Chuckling.) Yeah, right here, girl, hmm, hmm. No lack of partners, as you can see. Oh they never get tired of dancing, them dolls, heh, heh! (STEVEN, meanwhile, has been walking around the edge of the dance floor. The only way to get to the police box is to cross it.) STEVEN: Well, it seems alright. We're going to make a dash for it. (He steps onto the dance floor. The music begins immediately. STEVEN suddenly finds himself dancing - against his will.) DODO: (Laughing.) Steven, I think we've no time for a dance. STEVEN: (Terrified.) I can't help myself! (STEVEN tries to get toward the edge of the dance floor, but every time he gets near, some invisible force moves him away.) DODO: (Anxiously.) Steven, this is what the riddle meant! (DODO points behind STEVEN and as he turns around, he sees the three dolls move toward him.) 8. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER and THE DOCTOR are observing the scene in the ballroom. The tally recorder now reads 876. THE DOCTOR's hand is still visible, moving the game pieces from one place to another.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Slyly.) You're doing very well, Doctor. Let's hope you haven't made a mistake. Still, we'll find that out when you reach your 1,023 move. (THE TOYMAKER moves his hand toward the screen.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: I see that Steven has taken time off from the quest to go dancing. (THE DOCTOR's hand stops as if he were watching the screen.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Oh, keep on playing, Doctor. 9. THE BALLROOM (STEVEN is forced to dance on the dance floor while DODO looks on in horror. The dolls keep moving toward STEVEN. Finally, one of the ballerinas approaches STEVEN, grabs him around the waist, and holds his hand. She dances with him.) DODO: Get away from it, you must! The riddle warned us it would be forever! STEVEN: (Shaking his head and sweating.) I can't! It's pulling me in a grip like steel! Get away from the floor, Dodo. Go back! DODO: (Anxiously.) But then we can't reach the TARDIS! STEVEN: I'll try to dance nearer to it! (As he spoke, the ballerina guided STEVEN's feet easily - farther away from the police box.) SGT RUGG: (Looking over at STEVEN and the doll.) Not a bad dancer for a civilian. MRS. WIGGS: (To DODO.) Make a lovely partner for you, ducks. DODO: Can't you dance down to it Steven? STEVEN: I can't lead! I'm just being carried 'round and 'round! DODO: Then I'm going to try and reach it! (She starts for the dance floor.) STEVEN: (Yelling in disbelief.) But what are you doing?! Go back! (DODO finds herself dancing on the ballroom floor and unable to stop. The male ballerina dances opposite her.) DODO: I can't! (Now the music changes to something more intense. The doll lets go of STEVEN and begins dancing alone in front of him. STEVEN, too, finds himself tossing and turning to the b*at of the music. Meanwhile, MRS. WIGGS and SERGEANT RUGG observe them from the side-lines.) SGT RUGG: Now that we're dancing, what was it the Toymaker wanted us to do? MRS. WIGGS: (Pointing toward the police box.) Reach that big cupboard up there before them. SGT RUGG: Ah, well, what about that doll there, then. MRS. WIGGS: Aw, that's the game, duck. You dance with them, while I run for the cupboard up there. SGT RUGG: Oh, beggin' your pardon, Mrs. W. - this is men's work. You dance, and I'll run. Well, to be quite frank with you, Mrs. W., soldiers don't dance. Well, officers, perhaps. But sergeants, no. Here, why don't you try the floor? (A bit reluctantly MRS. WIGGS steps onto the dance floor. As she does, the dolls change partners. STEVEN's doll goes to dance with DODO, DODO's doll dances with MRS. WIGGS, and the third ballerina now dances with STEVEN. The music becomes even more intense and even a bit louder.) STEVEN: Dodo, keep close to me! DODO: Why? STEVEN: (Shaking his head.) Don't ask questions! MRS. WIGGS: Hurry up, Sergeant, I can't keep it up for long. SGT RUGG: Just on my way, Mrs. W.! (The SERGEANT seems reluctant to step on the dance floor. He braces himself and then goes. He finds that his feet, too, are being swept away by the music. The b*at of the music changes. Again the dolls change partners. One of the ballerina dances with the SERGEANT. The male ballerina dances with DODO, STEVEN's doll goes to MRS. WIGGS. STEVEN finds himself unattached to a partner.) STEVEN: Dodo, come here! Help! (DODO tries to get away, but she cannot.) MRS. WIGGS: I'm surprised at you, Sergeant Rugg. Put that hussy down and get to the cupboard! SGT RUGG: I can't! STEVEN: He's going, Dodo! We must get nearer the TARDIS. (STEVEN manages to steer himself fairly close to the police box.) DODO: I'm bound to come to ... somehow! (With great effort DODO and her ballerina partner dance closer to the police box.) STEVEN: Well, we'll be ready for them! We're almost there! Concentrate now! (Again with great effort, STEVEN and DODO manage to dance their way close enough to the police box so that STEVEN can grab a hold of the door. He pulls it open, and as DODO and her partner come dancing past, STEVEN grabs DODO by the arm, freeing her from her partner, and the two dash inside the police box and shut the door behind them. STEVEN and DODO take a moment to catch their breath and, thus, do not realize immediately that this police box is not the real TARDIS.) STEVEN & DODO: Here we are! STEVEN: (Now observing his surroundings.) ... , it's another fake. I wonder how many of these things he made? DODO: Far too many. I'm beginning to wonder if we'll ever see the real one again. We might be shut in here forever. STEVEN: Nah, of course we'll find it. Go on, don't lose heart now. We've been through too much! (Looking around) How on earth do we get out of this thing? DODO: (Chucking.) I wonder if we'll ever see the sergeant and the cook again? They were rather funny, you know. STEVEN: (Shaking his head in disbelief.) Look, you still believe in these creations of the Toymaker, don't you? You can't see that they're just phantoms - things created in his mind. DODO: (Annoyed.) If that's so, why do they lose to us? And always through doing something silly and human? STEVEN: (Shaking his head.) Oh, I don't know. Maybe they get out of his control. DODO: Well, that's just what I meant. STEVEN: What are you talking about? DODO: Look, he can bring them to life, but they have wills and minds of their own. I'll never be able to look at a doll or a playing card again with an easy mind. They really do have a secret life of their own. STEVEN: (Looking at DODO as if she's lost her mind.) Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! We've got to get you out of here and quick! DODO: (With a bit of annoyance.) Why? What do you mean? STEVEN: This place is beginning to get you. DODO: Oh, rubbish! Just because you can't see... STEVEN: (Cutting DODO off.) We've got to find the next clue. Now who needs a telephone here? There must be in here somewhere. DODO: Still, can't help wondering what happened to them. 10. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (THE TOYMAKER and THE DOCTOR observe the ballroom from the study. The SERGEANT and MRS. WIGGS, now dancing together, were getting smaller and smaller in size - doll size. THE TOYMAKER waves his arm angrily, and the screen goes blank. THE DOCTOR, though invisible, is laughing.) THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (To THE DOCTOR.) You forget that I can see you even if no one else can. But you laugh too soon. The game is not yet over... either for you or for your two clever friends. They still have a game or two to play yet. But they must not win the next game. (THE TOYMAKER quickly moves toward a doll house and surveys a row of dolls. There were the clowns, the playing cards, and the SERGEANT and the cook.) THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (angrily) Clowns! (He throws them to the floor.) THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Nursery characters! (He throws them to the floor.) THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Playing cards! (These, too, he tosses to the floor.) THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: I was foolish to trust you to play my games for me. You're all too human, too kind. I must find a more deadly character. (THE TOYMAKER turns to a chest and opens it. He removes another doll from the doll house. It was a fat, English schoolboy in a school uniform.) THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Ahhh! The most deadly character of them all, because he looks so innocent... a fat, jolly school boy. I wonder what your friends will make of him, Doctor? (He now looks over to the tally recorder. The register moves from 899 to 900.) THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: And I see you only have 123 moves to go! 11. INSIDE THE FAKE TARDIS (STEVEN and DODO are still inside the fake TARDIS located in the ballroom. While the two are looking around, DODO discovers something written upon one of the box's walls. There is a large arrow pointing up to the roof of the box and next to it the words "Start Here" are written.) DODO: Hey, wonder what that is? STEVEN: This could be the next riddle - or the next warning. Not again! (STEVEN reaches up and begins examining the wall on which the arrow is painted. Farther up, there is a piece of paper at the tip of the arrow. He reaches up and takes it.) DODO: Well, there's the way out. (As soon as STEVEN removes the paper from the wall, the wall slowly descends until it is flat upon the ground and reveals a passageway - dark at the entrance but with a distant glimmer of light at the end.) STEVEN: Let's read this first. (He opens the paper and begins reading.) STEVEN: "Lady Luck will show the way, win the game or here you'll stay." DODO: Well, that's shorter than the others were. STEVEN: Doesn't mean it's going to be any easier. C'mon. (They leave the police box and enter the passageway.) 12. A PASSAGEWAY (STEVEN leads the way.) DODO: I can't see! (As they walk toward the end, the light becomes brighter and brighter. It almost blinds them.) STEVEN: Don't do anything till we know exactly what's happening. (DODO screams. She and STEVEN stop and see CYRIL standing before them. Now he is dressed as a schoolboy. He also wears gloves and the fool's hat. As they stare at him, CYRIL removes the fool's hat and puts on the kitchen boy's chef's hat. Next, he replaces that with a school cap.) CYRIL: (Chuckling.) Hello, remember me? I'm Cyril, known to my friends as Billy. Had you that time! Scare ya? DODO: (Indignantly.) Yes, it did. STEVEN: We've seen you before, haven't we? CYRIL: (Chuckling.) Heh, yeah, that's right. You're Dodo, aren't you? And you're Steven? (CYRIL extends his hand to STEVEN. STEVEN accepts the handshake and gets a shock. CYRIL has a good laugh at his expense.) STEVEN: ... a shock! CYRIL: (Laughing.) You should see your face! STEVEN: You'll feel my hand in a minute! What have you got there? CYRIL: Be careful! (STEVEN grabs CYRIL's arm and rolls up his sleeve. Two wires and a small battery are strapped to his wrist.) CYRIL: I'll show you. Look. (CYRIL removes his gloves and shows STEVEN the rubber-backed electrode that gave him the shock.) STEVEN: Take the thing off! CYRIL: (Disappointedly.) All right, there! (CYRIL removes the entire apparatus.) STEVEN: (Annoyed.) Any more of these schoolboy jokes on you? CYRIL: I don't know why you're carrying on like this. I'm just trying to be friendly. STEVEN: (Sarcastically.) Well, it's charming way to make friends. DODO: (Sympathetically.) I'm sure he didn't mean any harm. CYRIL: (Nodding his head eagerly.) Of course not. Here, have some sweets. (CYRIL pulls out a bag of candy from his pocket and offers it to DODO.) DODO: (Shaking her head.) Oh, no thanks. CYRIL: Oh, go on, do. STEVEN: (Nudging DODO.) Dodo, go on, take them. We'll be here all day. CYRIL: If I eat anymore, I'll be sick, I expect. (DODO takes some of the candy and puts it into her pocket.) CYRIL: (To STEVEN) You know, you're one of my heroes. I... when I grow up, I, I want to be just like you. STEVEN: When you grow up? CYRIL: Yes. STEVEN: Well, you look pretty grown up to me already. (DODO, meanwhile, looks at the tally screen. THE DOCTOR's game will soon be ending.) DODO: Steven - look! The Doctor's reached move 902. STEVEN: We'll have to hurry. (To CYRIL) So, where's the next game we have to play? CYRIL: (Laughing.) Yaroooh! It's right over here. You won't find it so easy this time, you know... 'cause you see, you'll be playing against me! (CYRIL's round face with big, blue eyes displays a devilish expression that makes STEVEN and DODO draw back from him.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x32 - The Dancing Floor"}
foreverdreaming
by BRIAN HAYLES and GERRY DAVIS first broadcast - 23 April 1966 running time - 23mins 57secs 1. A PASSAGEWAY (STEVEN and DODO are with CYRIL is who now dressed as a schoolboy. He is about to lead them to the next game.) DODO: Steven - look. The Doctor's reached move 902. (DODO and STEVEN observe the tally.) STEVEN: Well, we'll have to hurry. C'mon, where's the next game we have to play? CYRIL: (Laughing.) Yaroooh! It's right over here. You won't find it so easy this time, you know... 'cause you see, you'll be playing against me! (CYRIL's round face with big, blue eyes displays a devilish expression that makes STEVEN and DODO draw back from him. They get over this, however, and follow CYRIL down the passageway. It gets brighter and brighter as they walk. Finally the come to a room saturated with light - the ceiling, walls, and floor are all lit up.) 2. THE GAME ROOM CYRIL: Well, here we are. Here's the next game - TARDIS Hopscotch. (All over the floor in a twisted, snake-like fashion is a series of triangles lit up in different colors. They are numbered one to 14. Triangle 14 is the biggest, and it has the word "HOME" flashing on the top. At the other side of the room there is a triangle marked "START".) STEVEN: What are we supposed to do with it? (Cyril opens his hand to reveal dice. He offers one each to STEVEN and DODO.) CYRIL: Well, it's very simple, really. Y'see, each player takes one of these dice, and throws them onto the triangle, and the number that you've thrown will appear up at the end there, on the dice indicator. (CYRIL points to a large pole with red, white and blue stripes at the back of the room. Also at the back of the room is a police box.) CYRIL: That's to make absolutely certain that no one can cheat. And you move forward the number that you've thrown. The first one to reach triangle 14's the winner. Easy, isn't it? STEVEN: (Suspiciously.) It's too easy. What's the catch? CYRIL: No catch. First one home's the winner. STEVEN: (Shaking his head.) Then that gives us a two-to-one chance over you. CYRIL: Why, so it does! Well, there you are. You just jump from triangle to triangle. The first one home wins. STEVEN: Why do we have to jump? CYRIL: Well, you can walk if you like, but I shouldn't, if I were you. STEVEN: (Chuckling.) W-why not? CYRIL: (Smiling.) Well you see, all the area between the triangles is electric... and you'll be k*lled. 3. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (THE DOCTOR continues the game while THE TOYMAKER looks on.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (To THE DOCTOR, gloating.) I don't think your friends will do so well now, Doctor. Cyril hates to lose, so he makes sure that he never does. (THE DOCTOR's hand hesitates. The tally indicator reads 905.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Oh, don't stop playing, Doctor - you're so near the end. Soon you'll discover whether or not you got the sequence right. (THE DOCTOR does the next move.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: I think you need help. (To the game pieces in a high-pitched voice.) Go for a move - 930! (The game pieces, once again, move by themselves. The tally indicator moves up to 930.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: At this rate, you'll finish your game long before Steven and Dodo find the TARDIS. (Gloating.) It will be fun having you here! And your friends will make charming dolls. It may interest you to know that their chairs are ready and waiting for them in the doll house. (THE TOYMAKER points to a doll's house. In it are two tiny chairs, one labeled "STEVEN" and the other "DODO.") 4. THE GAME ROOM (The group are getting ready to play.) CYRIL: Now, you all know what we have to do? STEVEN & DODO: Yes. CYRIL: Ah, ladies first, if you don't mind. (CYRIL bows to DODO. She throws her die on to the floor.) DODO: Three. STEVEN: Careful, Dodo. (DODO moves around the board a bit unsteadily, counting.) DODO: One... two... three. CYRIL: (To STEVEN.) Ah, and you're next. STEVEN: (Sarcastically.) You're just too good to be true, aren't you? (CYRIL just gives STEVEN another smile. STEVEN throws his die.) STEVEN: Four. (STEVEN moves around the board, counting.) STEVEN: One... two... three... four. (STEVEN lands on number five. A buzzer sounds. On the indicator in the back of the room the message reads "GO TO 7".) STEVEN: It says go on to number seven. Do I? CYRIL: (With big disappointment.) Yes, go on. (STEVEN moves again, counting.) STEVEN: One... two... CYRIL: Oh, by - by the way, I - I should have told you. I - if you land on a triangle that is already occupied, the first player has to go back to the starting post. STEVEN: (Sarcastic chuckle.) Now I see why you let us go first. Alright, go on, don't keep us in suspense. CYRIL: But it's all part of the game, ol' chap. (CYRIL rolls his die.) CYRIL: Ah, two. (CYRIL moves around, counting.) CYRIL: One... two. (Now he is on number three.) DODO: Right, my turn. I think I'm going to enjoy this game. (DODO rolls her die.) DODO: Three. (Very disappointed.) Oh, I'm sorry Steven. Do I have to send you back to the start? STEVEN: Look, surely we can't send each other back. We're supposed to be playing together. CYRIL: (Annoyed.) If you don't abide by the rules, you can't possibly win the game! DODO: He's right, Steven. We must play fair. After all, we are two to one. STEVEN: (Ungraciously.) Ummm! (With disgust.) Alright. (STEVEN starts hopping back to the starting point.) STEVEN: (To DODO with suspicion.) Watch him. (When STEVEN reaches the starting point there is a loud beep. The indicator in the back of the room lights up with the words "MISS A TURN.") STEVEN: (Dismayed.) What's that mean? CYRIL: (Laughing.) He's pretending he doesn't understand the rules! What a sense of humor! (Nastily.) Ya go back a turn! My turn now, I think. (He rolls the die.) CYRIL: Ah! A three. (CYRIL moves around, counting.) CYRIL: One... two... three! I'm two right behind you! 5. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (THE DOCTOR continues the trilogic game with THE TOYMAKER standing by.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (To THE DOCTOR, smiling.) Only 72 moves to go. Cyril seems to have the game well in hand. Your friends are tiring, Doctor. I don't think they're going to get your TARDIS back. (THE DOCTOR makes the next move.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: As you are certainly going to lose, I feel I should be kinder to you. You're no longer under the ban of silence. (He snaps his fingers.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Softly.) There! I have given you back your voice. (THE DOCTOR says nothing but continues the game. The tally recorder reads 960.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Now you're sulking! Or have you forgotten how to speak? THE DOCTOR: (Angrily.) Throughout this game you have spent a great deal of trouble in trying to break my concentration! Hmm! And it's very unlikely that you will succeed now! (THE TOYMAKER says nothing.) 6. THE GAME ROOM (CYRIL was the last to go. While he is busy moving around the triangles, DODO turns her attention to the back of the room to check on THE DOCTOR's progress - the robot is there with the score. Afterward, she turns around and looks CYRIL's way. She screams, almost falling off her triangle. Someone in a hideous mask is staring at her.) DODO: Aaaaaaahhhhhh! (CRYIL removes the mask to reveal his face.) CYRIL: It's only me, Cyril. STEVEN: Look, I told you before about these idiotic jokes. She nearly fell off! (STEVEN jumps over to join them.) CYRIL: It's all part of the game, old chap. Now you can go back to the start for cheating! DODO: That's not fair, is it? CYRIL: Certainly! He moved out of his triangle, and it wasn't his turn. And I've landed on your triangle, so you can both go back to the start! STEVEN: (Totally frustrated.) Oh! I've had enough of this. He makes up the rules as he goes along. C'mon, Dodo. I'm going to the finish line. I want to see if that's the real TARDIS or not. (STEVEN begins hopping on the triangles, heading for "HOME". As he does so, THE TOYMAKER suddenly appears before him.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (To STEVEN.) Don't you like my little game? (STEVEN is briefly startled.) STEVEN: No, I don't! CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: What a pity to give up now, having overcome so many obstacles. DODO: (Shaking her head.) We're not giving up! CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Are you sure? STEVEN: I just want to get to the end of this! (STEVEN tries to get past THE TOYMAKER, but he can't. An invisible wall blocks him.) STEVEN: It's no good - some sort of invisible barrier. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Precisely. A barrier that yields only to those who play the game according to the rules! So perhaps you'll go back to the platform where you started. (THE TOYMAKER gives STEVEN a cool smile and then vanishes.) STEVEN: C'mon, Dodo. (They both head back to the beginning. As STEVEN lands on "HOME," something hits him on the neck. He nearly falls. He turns around as CYRIL puts away a sling-shot.) CYRIL: (Crying out happily.) Yeeahhh! One up for me. My turn now, I think. (He shakes the die.) CYRIL: Ah! A two. (He moves along and counts.) CYRIL: One... two. STEVEN: (To DODO.) I'm going to see if there's any invisible barrier around his backside! DODO: Better not. Who's turn is it? STEVEN: Mine. (He rolls the die.) STEVEN: Ah! That's better - six. (STEVEN moves about, counting.) STEVEN: One... (STEVEN nearly loses his balance when landing on "TWO.".) STEVEN: Three... four... five... six. (To CYRIL.) Do I get a second turn for a six? CYRIL: Eh? Certainly not! STEVEN: (Dryly.) No, I thought not somehow. 7. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (THE DOCTOR continues the trilogic game as THE TOYMAKER watches on.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (To THE DOCTOR.) I think they'll abide by the rules now, Doctor. Don't you agree? (THE DOCTOR is silent.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: There was no point in giving you back your power of speech if you're going to just sit there silent and solemn. THE DOCTOR: (Dryly.) And you seem to say quite enough for both of us. In any case, I'm busy. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Your friends are not doing very well. THE DOCTOR: I think your friend Cyril won't do so well when Steven catches up with him, hmm? (THE DOCTOR chuckles.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Poor Steven! Little does he know. You're playing too slowly, Doctor. (To the game pieces in a high-pitched voice.) Go for move 1,000! (The game pieces move themselves.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Only 23 moves to go. And look! (He looks up to the screen monitoring the game.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Your friend Steven has had to miss a turn. 8. THE GAME ROOM (STEVEN lands on a triangle near the center of the game when he gets a "MISS A TURN". CYRIL is near the finish.) STEVEN: Oh, no! Not another "MISS A TURN"! CYRIL: (Laughing.) You can't possibly win now! Why don't you both give up? STEVEN: (Ignoring CYRIL.) It's up to you now, Dodo. C'mon, give it a good shake. (DODO rolls the die.) DODO: Six! (While DODO and STEVEN are concentrating on her move, CYRIL spreads powder around the triangle in which he is standing. He cautiously steps on the powder and his foot slides forward. He smiles to himself. DODO counts as she moves.) DODO: One... two... three... four... five... six! Now I only need four to get home. (Seeing that DODO is catching up to him, CYRIL is visibly disappointed. His eyes look hard and cold.) CYRIL: (Bragging.) And I only need three. And it's my turn now, too bad, isn't it, hmm? (He rolls the die.) CYRIL: (With big disappointment.) Ohhh... two. (He counts as he moves.) CYRIL: One... two. (The triangle he lands on buzzes and reads "GO TO 9". CYRIL turns to the others. They're watching the tally counter. CYRIL bends down trying to block the message with his body while he ties his shoe lace. DODO catches him out of the corner of her eye.) DODO: Steven, look! He has to go back to nine! STEVEN: C'mon! Look who's trying to cheat now? CYRIL: Give a chap a chance to grab his shoelace, will you. (CYRIL moves back very carefully so that he does not slip on the powder.) CYRIL: One... two... three... four. STEVEN: That's better. Now c'mon, Dodo! You must throw a four. (DODO shakes the die. CYRIL cuts in with a cry of agony. DODO turns to him and sees him lying on the triangle with one foot hanging over the edge. As he brings it up, DODO observes that he stocking is blood-soaked.) DODO: Steven, do you think he's really hurt? (CYRIL pulls off his shoe. His entire sock is soaked with blood.) STEVEN: (Exasperated.) It's another trick! Roll the dice! DODO: Look! He's bleeding! He's hurt! We simply can't just leave him! STEVEN: (Totally frustrated.) PLAY! DODO: NO! I'm going to help him! (She jumps over to CYRIL's square.) STEVEN: Dodo! DODO: (To CYRIL as she looks at his foot.) Oh, look! You'd better take your sock off. (As she pulls his sock off, she discovers that her hands are now covered with red ink, not blood.) DODO: (Surprised.) Hey! That's red ink! CYRIL: Of course it is! You're a silly little fool, you are! Now you can go back to the start for losing - letting - for getting out of your triangle - and miss a turn. That means it's my turn now! DODO: (Outraged.) Well, of all the spiteful things! (CYRIL jumps to his bare feet and rolls the die.) CYRIL: Teach you to think that you could b*at me at a game! A five! (Rejoicing.) Hooray! I've won! Yahhh! Hoorah for me! Yahoo - (In agony.) Aaaahhhh! (CYRIL jumps the triangles toward the home base but forgets about the slippery trap he's prepared for STEVEN and DODO. He now falls into it. He tries to keep his balance but fails. He sh**t the edge of the slippery triangle and lands with a crash on the electrified floor. He screams, smoke rises, and then there is silence. CYRIL's charred body lies on the floor.) DODO: What happened? STEVEN: Well, I don't know. Poor old Cyril. (STEVEN jumps over to CYRIL's slippery triangle and manages to keep his balance. He examines the powder carefully.) STEVEN: Hey, this triangle is covered in slippery powder! He must have put this here himself and forgotten all about it. If he fell in his own trap, it serves him right. C'mon Dodo. The game's over. DODO: (Shaking her head.) No, we've got to play the game to the end. You heard what the Toymaker said. I'm sure I can throw that four. (She shakes the die and closes her eyes in concentration.) STEVEN: Alright! Well hurry! Look at that tally! (Now the tally reads 1,014.) STEVEN: The Doctor's almost finished his game! (DODO rolls the die and gets a "4".) DODO: (Squealing with delight.) Four! We won Steven! (DODO slips on the powder but keeps her footing.) DODO: Aahh! STEVEN: (Exasperated.) Oh, no! I told you about the powder. Now take it easy. We mustn't lose now. Now go on. I'll follow you over. (The two jump over the triangles and reach home base. They go to the police box. DODO puts her hand on the door and tries to open it, but it's locked.) DODO: Perhaps it's just another fake. 9. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER'S PRIVATE STUDY (By now THE DOCTOR's almost completed his game - he's now reached 1,022. He is completely visible now as well since the others have, indeed, found the real TARDIS.) THE DOCTOR: (To THE TOYMAKER while tapping his lapel.) Well, I was right. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Make the last move, Doctor. (THE DOCTOR walks over to a control panel and switches on the screen.) THE DOCTOR: No! Not yet. Ehh, ehh, excuse me. Yes, I see Steven and Dodo have found the TARDIS. Wonderful trick! And, uh, your little trick is broken. I am now visible! CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: You are, indeed, Doctor. Well done. The three of you have won your little game. THE DOCTOR: I am glad you take it so calmly. Well, now, if you will excuse me, I will go and see if the TARDIS is alright. (THE DOCTOR gets up, walks over to the wall, part of which slides away, and passes through. He enters the game room where STEVEN and DODO are.) 10. THE GAME ROOM (DODO and STEVEN have their backs to THE DOCTOR as they continue examining the police box.) DODO: Just suppose it isn't the real one! STEVEN: But it must be! If it wasn't, something would have happened by now. And listen! (The police box hums.) DODO: What? STEVEN: It's humming. Only the real TARDIS does that. DODO: Are you sure the Toymaker couldn't have made one of his a humming one? STEVEN: Why didn't he make the others do it? THE DOCTOR: Well done, my boy! (Startled, STEVEN and DODO abruptly turn around.) STEVEN: Doctor! THE DOCTOR: Yes, I'm back with you. (STEVEN sighs with relief.) THE DOCTOR: Well done! I'm very glad to hear that you're bringing logic into your guesses. (STEVEN laughs.) DODO: Oh you're safe! You've won your game! (DODO hugs him.) THE DOCTOR: Yes, my dear, and I think it was high time that we were off. STEVEN: And I can't wait to leave this place. I don't want to play another game - ever! THE DOCTOR: Well, I don't think that's, ah, going to be likely, dear boy, hmm. (Instantly, THE TOYMAKER appears before them via the tally screen.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: I hope that I do not interrupt the council of w*r. THE DOCTOR: Oh, my dear friend, don't waste our time on trivial formalities. You have been defeated so now leave us alone! DODO: You know you must lose in the end. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Only I can win. If I lose, the Doctor and I go down together. (THE TOYMAKER and THE DOCTOR speak at once. THE DOCTOR wins out.) THE DOCTOR: Now don't start red herrings, you charlatan! CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Go on, young people. Go on! Ask your elderly friend if he can win completely. (There is a brief pause.) STEVEN: (In a low voice.) Is it true Doctor? Are we bound to fail? THE DOCTOR: (Shaking his head.) No, my dear boy. He's just tricking us into despair. Take no notice of him. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Tell them the truth, Doctor. Hide nothing. DODO: You must tell us. We ought to know. THE DOCTOR: Well, I am compelled to tell the truth. It is possible that, ah, the Toymaker can drag us down in defeat with him, unless... STEVEN: Unless what?? THE DOCTOR: Well, it's all very simple. It's a matter of the battle of our brains. DODO: Well, do we have a chance to escape? THE DOCTOR: Yes, we still have a chance, but we must proceed with cunning, hmm? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Smiling.) An impossible chance. STEVEN: (To THE TOYMAKER, furiously.) As long as we defeat you, that's all I care! You can't b*at us now. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: We shall see. THE DOCTOR: Well said, my boy, well said! CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Well said?? He doesn't even know what he is saying! (With disgust.) These adolescent expressions of loyalty. Before you make puerile promises, remember the past, your little adventures. Remember my power! STEVEN: (Angrily.) Your power?? We won through, didn't we? (Now THE TOYMAKER appears directly in front of them.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Perhaps... but would you dare to play those little games again? STEVEN: Not until I've laid hands on you! (STEVEN moves forward to att*ck THE TOYMAKER. THE TOYMAKER remains perfectly still, but he uses his power to send STEVEN crashing to the floor.) THE DOCTOR: Oh, it's no use, Steven. Leave him. (THE DOCTOR helps him up.) DODO: Are you alright? STEVEN: I... I couldn't touch him. THE DOCTOR: He's using his mind to turn your strength against yourself. (Waving his hand.) Now, go back into the TARDIS. I will deal with him. (STEVEN and DODO exit and go into the TARDIS.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Doctor, I offer you power. Power to corrupt, to destroy! Think of the exhilaration of that power! Serve me and live! THE DOCTOR: Never! Never, my friend! (THE DOCTOR laughs.) THE DOCTOR: You have been defeated! (THE DOCTOR turns around and enters the TARDIS. THE TOYMAKER smiles and then laughs to himself. He waves his hand and the trilogic game and two chairs appear. He casually sits down at the trilogic game, now next to the TARDIS, and rearranges his beautiful Mandarin gown.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: We will see, old man. The game is not yet over. We shall see. (There is a brief pause and then THE DOCTOR emerges from the TARDIS.) THE DOCTOR: (Furiously.) What have you done? Stop meddling with my ship! CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: It isn't what I have done, but what you have not done. You must finish the game. You cannot leave here until you have. THE DOCTOR: (Crossing to the trilogic game and looking down at it.) Your infantile behavior is beyond a joke. (THE DOCTOR raises his hand to pick up the last piece but stops. He now realizes something that he hadn't before.) THE DOCTOR: No! Of course, I mustn't. You very nearly caught me then, hmm? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Make your last move, Doctor. Make your move. THE DOCTOR: But if I do, this place vanishes, hmm? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Nodding.) And then you have won completely! THE DOCTOR: And if this place vanishes, then the TARDIS, and the rest of us, will vanish also, hmm? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (With a self-satisfied smile.) Correct. That is the price of success. Make your last move, Doctor. Make your LAST move! 11. INSIDE THE TARDIS (STEVEN and DODO are anxiously awaiting THE DOCTOR.) STEVEN: (Shaking his head.) What can be keeping him? DODO: Something the Toymaker has done to the TARDIS. The Doctor has to persuade the Toymaker to let us go. STEVEN: (Annoyed.) But we won his games. We have the right to go! The Toymaker said that! DODO: Now I'm here, I don't mind. I know I'm safe. STEVEN: I think I'm going to take... Oh, here he is! (THE DOCTOR enters the TARDIS. He looks worried and tired.) THE DOCTOR: Close the doors, my boy. (STEVEN closes the door.) STEVEN: So what's happened? (THE DOCTOR goes to the console and begins manipulating some controls and presses a button. Nothing happens.) THE DOCTOR: (Shaking his head.) It's no use! STEVEN: What's he done? THE DOCTOR: If we destroy the Toymaker, we destroy this world. STEVEN: Well, is that bad? DODO: Surely, that's a good thing. This is really a very sad place. THE DOCTOR: I don't think neither of you understand. As the games are over, and won by us, everything outside the TARDIS disappears. And if we are there... we disappear also. DODO: But we have won, and it hasn't happened yet. THE DOCTOR: But it will, my dear, the moment I go out there and make the final move of the trilogic game. STEVEN: (Pacing up and down.) Why doesn't he just let us go? He can't want to be destroyed. THE DOCTOR: (Shaking his head.) Well, he won't be. DODO: But if everything disappears, why not him? THE DOCTOR: If the Toymaker loses the game, his world will vanish, but he has the power to build a new one. DODO: How? THE DOCTOR: The Toymaker is immortal. He's lasted for thousands of years. Very occasionally, of course, he loses a game, and then he has to pay the price. STEVEN: And that price is the loss of his world? THE DOCTOR: (Nodding.) Yes, but, ah, he himself is not destroyed. He goes on forever. STEVEN: So we can't leave. THE DOCTOR: There must be a way. (THE DOCTOR turns back to the control panel and turns on the scanner. They see THE TOYMAKER sitting patiently by the trilogic board. Then he rises and walks over to the TARDIS. He touches it in an admiring way. He tries the door but finds it locked. He smiles. This enrages THE DOCTOR. He speaks to THE TOYMAKER through the microphone inside the ship.) THE DOCTOR: Will you leave my ship alone? Do you hear me? Will you leave my ship alone?? CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Playfully.) Let me have it, Doctor. It will be such an amusing toy. THE DOCTOR: Let me have the trilogic game in here. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Chuckling.) Of course not. Be reasonable, Doctor. If I allow you to make the last move in there, then you can preset your controls and dematerialize at the same moment that my world vanishes. Then you will escape. THE DOCTOR: It will make no difference to you. You can build a new world. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Of course. And I look forward to that. I'm bored with this one. But I'm a bad loser, Doctor. I always destroy the destroyer! THE DOCTOR: (Emphatically.) I will not come out and make that final move! CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Yelling.) Then you must stay there forever! STEVEN: Doctor, let me go out and make that move for you. THE DOCTOR: Oh, nonsense, dear boy, you don't want to disappear. STEVEN: Well, at least you and Dodo would get away. THE DOCTOR: (Moved.) Yes, well, that's very noble and kind of you, but I absolutely forbid it! You've done quite enough in getting the TARDIS back. STEVEN: Alright! But something's got to be done. We can't just stand here and talk our way out of this. THE DOCTOR: (Eyes flashing.) We can! That's just it! That's just what we can do! (To THE TOYMAKER.) Listen to me. I will make that final move. CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: (Smiling triumphantly.) How sensible of you, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Go back to the trilogic game. Are you ready? (THE TOYMAKER smiles, shrugs his shoulders, and walks over to one of the chairs and sits down.) CELESTIAL TOYMAKER: Whenever you are, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: (To THE TOYMAKER.) Very well. (To his group, in a soft voice.) Preset for dematerialization. (Shouting to the game pieces.) Go to move 1,023! (The game pieces do not move by themselves. THE TOYMAKER laughs. THE DOCTOR tries again, this time raising the pitch of his voice.) THE DOCTOR: Go for move 1,023! (THE TOYMAKER is now taken completely surprise. The game pieces begin moving by themselves.) THE DOCTOR: (To STEVEN.) Fast! The switch! (STEVEN hits the master switch. The TARDIS begins to dematerialize. Meanwhile, THE TOYMAKER tries to stop the game pieces from settling into place but fails. THE TOYMAKER's game room then falls apart - debris flies all over. THE TOYMAKER's world then explodes.) DODO: (Joyfully.) You did it! You did it! We won! STEVEN: (Happily.) Doctor, but how was it done? THE DOCTOR: (Still laughing.) My dear boy, it was your very idea! Your very idea! Don't you see? When the Toymaker wanted to move the pieces, he had to cu - to command them in a certain tone of voice to make them move at all. DODO: But you had to do it twice. THE DOCTOR: Yes, but in the first place, you see, I couldn't, because I used my own voice. DODO: I don't see. STEVEN: I do! The Toymaker wasn't playing! THE DOCTOR: Exactly, dear boy, exactly! Therefore, I had to imitate the Toymaker's voice to make them obey me, and they did. DODO: We'll never see him again, will we Doctor? THE DOCTOR: Oh, my dear, don't talk too soon. The mind is indestructible. So is the Toymaker. STEVEN: What? You mean he can never be destroyed? DODO: But you defeated him! THE DOCTOR: Yes, just at this moment. But there will be other meetings in another time. DODO: Then your battle with him will never end. THE DOCTOR: Yes, you're quite right, my dear. But anyway, let us cheer up. After all we did win the game! (THE DOCTOR laughs.) DODO: Hey, let's celebrate with these. (DODO pulls out the candy that CYRIL had given to her earlier.) THE DOCTOR: With what? DODO: Here, these. THE DOCTOR: What are they? DODO: They're Cyril's sweets. He gave them to me just before the race game. STEVEN: Oh, throw them away, Dodo. I only told you to take them so that we wouldn't waste anymore time. DODO: Oh, alright. (She's about to throw them away, but...) THE DOCTOR: (Signaling to DODO to keep the candy.) It's really interesting. The last present from the Toymaker. (He chuckles.) I wonder... (THE DOCTOR puts a piece in his mouth and then quickly cries out in pain.) DODO: (Panicked.) Doctor? What's wrong?
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The g*n A Holiday for the Doctor By Donald Cotton Original Air Date: 30 April, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: EXT. “OK CORRAL” (A dusty street in a town in the Wild West. Wooden buildings line the street and at one end is a fenced-off area with a sign over the entrance reading “TOMBSTONE - O.K. CORRAL”.) BALLAD: So fill up your glasses, And join in the song... A HOLIDAY FOR THE DOCTOR BALLAD: The Law’s right behind you, And it won’t take long. So come, you coyotes... Written by DONALD COTTON BALLAD: And howl at the moon, Till there’s blood upon the sawdust, In “The Last Chance” Saloon. (Three cowboys - the CLANTON brothers - gallop down the street and stop at the Corral. The youngest of them - BILLY - pulls out his g*n and impetuously fires four sh*ts at the sign. The oldest of the trio - IKA - yells at him...) IKE CLANTON: Now why for did you do a fool thing like that?! Save your b*ll*ts for Holliday, boy. BILLY CLANTON: I ain’t scared of Holliday! (They move their horses over to the fence of the stockade.) PHINEAS CLANTON: Hear that, Ike? Brother Billy ain’t scared. (IKE is off his horse and tying it up. BILLY and the third brother - PHINEAS - also climb down and start to tie up their steeds next to IKE’S.) IKE CLANTON: Nobody says you was scared, boy. Our brother Reuben, now he wasn’t scared of him, but that didn’t stop Holliday fillin’ him full of holes! PHINEAS CLANTON: Where do we all meet up with Seth? IKE CLANTON: “The Last Chance” Saloon. BILLY CLANTON: What for do we need Seth Harper? PHINEAS CLANTON: Oh! Pa’s paying him, and Pa wants us to work along with him. IKE CLANTON: Come on! (They finish tying up their horses and stride on into town.) BALLAD: On your way then you Cowboys, The time will be soon, When there's blood upon the sawdust In the Last Chance Saloon! (All around is a small collection of primitive 19 century wooden dwellings built around the dusty road of Main Street. Not far away from where the Clantons left their horses, in a section of s*ab Marked "LIVERY AND FEED STORE" a curious strangled screeching of twisting dimensions echoes around.) 2, INT: FEED STORE (All around the rough timber barn sit ropes and wheels, barrels and sacks of grain. The dirt floor is lined with straw and all around is the balmy smell of warm pine and earth. Somewhere a horse whinnies. The door to a tall blue Police Box standing in a corner opens and an old man walks out holding a handkerchief to his mouth as if he were in pain. He walks over to the door and peers out, then sits down on a small barrel. A young man in a jaunty multicoloured striped top is the next out, followed by a small dark-haired girl in a short dress and top decorated with circles. Upon her head is a groovy puffed-up sixties-style cloth cap.) STEVEN: Oh what's the matter Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, I've got the most ghastly toothache, it's paralysing pain! Hunh! STEVEN: Ah, it serves you right for eating that sweet! DOCTOR: Uhhh! STEVEN: Well aren't there any painkillers on the TARDIS? DOCTOR: Uhhh! DODO: If there's anything I can get you? DOCTOR: Oh my dear thank you, no I shall have to have it out. We've got to find a dentist. STEVEN: Hmph, well where are we? DOCTOR: Oh...ooh! STEVEN: Ah it must be in the past sometime. DOCTOR: Yes, you're very observant dear boy, but where, mm? STEVEN: How would I know? DODO: I know. STEVEN: Oh where? DOCTOR: Well use your eyes dear boy! Good heavens! STEVEN: Oh! (He moves to the door of the barn and looks out, he notices a sign right away describing the town as "TOMBSTONE O.K. CORRAL".) STEVEN: Tombstone! The O.K... Well that sounds like... DODO: The wild-West! (Dodo takes Steven by the arms and dances around with him delightedly.) STEVEN: Well it can't be can it? DOCTOR: Oh why not? Hmph-hmph, fat chance I've got of finding a dentist in the middle West part of... DODO: Hehe... Ye-hoo! DOCTOR: Oh please, must you?! STEVEN: Look, I've always wanted to be a Cowboy; See what life was like in the wild-West! (He runs into the TARDIS to find some suitable clothes.) DODO: Hey, they had Cowgirls too didn't they? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yeah... DODO: Yeeah-hoo! (Dodo follows Steven into the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: What about MY TOOTH?! Mm-Hm-hmph! 3, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON (A mean looking man leans, g*n in hand against the bar knocking back sh*ts of sippin' liquor. To one side Charlie the barman bottle in hand mops the tables, before returning behind the bar.) BALLAD: It's your last chance of cussing At a g*n's doom, It's your last chance of nothin' At the Last Chance Saloon! (Seth Harper looks over from the bar as three figures stride through the saloon doors.) HARPER: You took your sweet time gettin' here Clanton. Well, Doc Holliday got here before noon! IKE: Rode out as soon as ever I got your wire, anyways Holliday'll keep for a drink or three I'd say. BILLY: Sure enough Will! Barman! A bottle and three more Glasses. (He thumps the bar.) BILLY: Fast! IKE: Er, you boys know this guy? PHINEAS: Yeah, snake-eyes Harper. HARPER: I don't like being called snake-eyes, last fellow called me that got himself an extra hole in the head! IKE: Sure Seth, sure. we're friends ain't we? Ain't we in this together? HARPER: Well I'm in it. You're all together on the outside lookin' in. PHINEAS: Now that ain't so! We're backing you! You make your play and we g*n 'im down - easy as skinnin' summer fries! (They all laugh.) BILLY: Yeah, that's it! Haha! (Over at the bar Charlie looks worried.) 4, INT: FEED STORE (Steven waltzes out of the TARDIS door looking like an idiot in a silky white g*n's outfit and hat, he gets a little way and then trips over his spurs and almost ends up flat on his face. Dodo follows him in a white blouse and a sheepskin skirt and waistcoat. On her head is an unmatching black hat.) DODO: How do we look? DOCTOR: Oh good gracious! It's absolutely absurd! DODO: Oh! DOCTOR: Why you have to dress yourselves up like Tom-Micks I can't imagine! You're asking for trouble. Why can't you wear inconspicuous clothes like I do, mm? DODO: Oh what about me? don't you like it? (The Doctor looks at Dodo.) DOCTOR: Oh that hat is certainly wrong with it. DODO: Oh it's not supposed to be... That's for you! (She takes off her hat and places it upon the Doctor's head.) DOCTOR: Oh... For me my dear child? Oh, that's very thoughtful of you, thank you. Yes, at least it'll keep the rain off, mm-mm. Oh yes it's most suitable... (His hand sh**t to the side of his mouth and he dabs it tenderly with his handkerchief again.) DOCTOR: Oooh! (Steven whispers to Dodo.) STEVEN: Buffalo Bill to the line. (Dodo laughs.) DOCTOR: What was that? (Steven begins to talk in an absurdly false "Dill-the-pill goes cowboy" accent.) STEVEN: Nothin' pardner! (He walks over to the Doctor.) STEVEN: I was just a-practising mah quick-draw! (Steven attempts to take out his g*n in a hurry, but ends up dropping it on the floor causing Dodo to laugh again. Steven retrieves and holsters his g*n.) DOCTOR: Oh! Oh do be careful dear boy! And remember that belongs to my favourite collection! STEVEN: Naah see here stranger, I reckon you don't know who I is! Deadeye Steve. (He pulls out the g*n and the Doctor moans again.) STEVEN: The fastest, meanest g*n in the West! (He tries to spin the toy g*n, but gets it caught in his fingers. Dodo gazes adoringly.) DODO: I think you're smashing! (There is the sound of a sh*t and the g*n flies out of Steven's hand causing the Doctor to jump up in annoyance.) DOCTOR: Oh what on Earth are you..?! (He sees a large, gruff-looking man with a large curled handlebar moustache wearing a wide brimmed hat standing in the doorway of the barn. Upon his chest is a gold star and in his hand is a very real g*n.) DOCTOR: And who might you be sir, mm?! WYATT: You wanna find out, try movin' fast! Now get over! (He motions with the g*n and the party moves together.) DOCTOR: I-I don't know who you are or what right you have... WYATT: Marshall of Tombstone's my right and Wyatt Earp's my name. (Dodo looks like she is about to either ask for an autograph or faint.) DODO: Oh Wyatt Earp! WYATT: Oh, something wrong ma'am?! DODO: Oh no, it's just that... Well I always wanted to meet you and here we are face to face! (Wyatt regards her curiously.) WYATT: Well, the Lord sure do move in mysterious ways ma'am. Now maybe you'll all just come along to Sheriff's office?! STEVEN: Hah-ha what on Earth for? WYATT: So as that you can identify yourself in decent law abiding manner! STEVEN: Aha no, you see I'm er... I'm not really a g*n, I was just... WYATT: Haha! You did kinda make that look obvious didn't ya, boy?! That's why I'm doin' you a favour taking you on in. STEVEN: Why? WYATT: Kinda, the Clantons're in town. And boy, that's mighty unhealthy for a stranger that calls himself the fastest g*n in town! DOCTOR: Huh! WYATT: Now pick up yer...pea sh**t and let's get movin'! (Steven picks up his g*n and they all walk out of the barn.) 5, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON (Billy is slouching with his back to the bar with, behind which a large sign bears the legend: "NO sh**ting IN THE SALOON". Ike, Phineas and Seth are playing cards at a table. The glamorous "big-nose" Kate Fisher walks through the door and swishes past Billy drawing his attention.) IKE: It just ain't possible, against the four of us? He won't know what h*t 'im. Eh Billy? Billy! BILLY: Yeah, yeah it'd be a real shame, I'd like for him to know. I'd like him to know us for Reuben's brothers HARPER: Look, you don't know Holliday. You want him ta come lookin' for us, And you ain't even seen 'im? You're crazy! PHINEAS: Well where's he at now? HARPER: Well how should I know where he's at? I-I just know he pulled in here this mornin'. PHINEAS: Well let's get this straight, you mean you don't know where Holliday... You-you you n-never met Holliday either? HARPER: Look, I don't have to meet 'im, I've seen pictures I've had him described to me! Dapper little fellow with a black buck's back coat...gambler's fancy vest. BILLY: So fine, so we'll know him when we find him! (He drunkenly knocks back another drink.) BILLY: So how do we find 'im? HARPER: Er, we don't have to find him. Ain't you heard o' Holliday's gamblin' n'drinkin'? Now where's the one place in town he's liable to get both? IKE: Right here! Hehehe! HARPER: Yeah. So we just sit here and wait for him 'n that's all we gotta do! (Kate finishes her drink and slams the glass down on the counter, she has heard enough.) KATE: Hey Charlie! I'll be right back. CHARLIE: Why, you goin'? KATE: I just thought me of an errand I forgot. CHARLIE: Well y-y-you better be right back, if you aim to keep on workin' here! (Kate give Charlie a sidelong look.) KATE: Why of course Charlie! (She turns, hoists her skirts and heads out of the saloon doors.) 6, EXT: MAIN STREET (Kate walks away from the bar, and gets distracted for a moment by a poster of Johnny Ringo on a shop with the word "REWARD" stencilled in large friendly letters. She turns from the poster and walks down the street again passing two men who turn to look at her as she walks away.) BALLAD: With rings on their fingers And bells on their toes The girls come to Tombstone In their high silk-hoes. They'll dance on the tables Or sing you a tune, For whatever's in your wallet At the Last Chance Saloon! 7, INT: DENTIST'S SHOP (Some hired hands are unpacking items from a cart and moving them into a vacant shop. Two of them move a large adjustable dentist's chair and walk across the floor of the shop with it. "Doc" Holliday, a gangly little man with a thin face and a grey moustache rushes over to them.) HOLLIDAY: Now you move that real easy, real easy. That's my operatin' chair. You treat her like she was your Monday bride! (He walks out to the street to talk to Kate.) HOLLIDAY: Why Miss Kate, how are ya? KATE: Doc Holliday I gotta talk to you! HOLLIDAY: Mm? KATE: I thought you'd told me that you'd given up g*n like you'd promised? HOLLIDAY: Why so I have Kate; and so I'd been meaning to. I got myself a dentist's shop regular and permanent here on Main Street and I am movin' in! Hehehe! (He walks back into his shop.) KATE: Well you better just move right out again! (He moves off to check his equipment not really listening to Kate's tirade, but making all the right noises.) HOLLIDAY: ...Ehah. KATE: 'Cause four men are waitin' for you at the Last Chance this very moment. HOLLIDAY: Yeah... KATE: I'm plum worn out worryin' about you, Doc! All I want is to live peaceful. HOLLIDAY: Hey...so do I Kate. Who are these men anyway? KATE: Well there's a guy called Seth Harper. HOLLIDAY: Ah yeh... (He walks out into the street to supervise more unpacking and Kate follows.) KATE: Then there's, there's three brothers by the name of, er, Clanton. (Holliday freezes, then walks moodily back into the shop again.) HOLLIDAY: Clanton?! ...Ya k*ll a guy out of sheer professional ethics, and then you've got three of his brothers chasin' after you to leave at once. That makes me real angry! KATE: You're through with being angry Doc, all you're gonna do is get outta town! HOLLIDAY: Oh that don't appeal Kate, that don't come at all natural! KATE: But Doc, it ain't safe for ya here in Tombstone! HOLLIDAY: The day I can't walk down Main Street o' any city in the West on account it ain't safe then I'll be d*ad! I'll be d*ad! (He leaves and Kate walks out into the street after him.) KATE: Doc...Doc Holliday! 8, EXT: MAIN STREET (Holliday stops walking away and turns to face Kate.) HOLLIDAY: Kate Fisher, are you gonna be my lady wife? KATE: Of course I am Doc! HOLLIDAY: Hahaha! MASTERSON: Holliday! (A stocky man with a dark downturned moustache faces Holliday suspiciously with his hands on his hips.) HOLLIDAY: Why good afternoon Mr Masterson! Good afternoon Sheriff, hahaha! I reckon you must be come ta meet the stage crew. MASTERSON: Never mind what I'm doing Holliday. Just you stay out of trouble that's all, I won't be givin' you no second warnin'! HOLLIDAY: Why it's like I was sayin' to ya Sheriff, I aim to be a respectable citizen now! And you know I always run a clean game! MASTERSON: Here on in, you ain't runnin' no game at all. Stay out of saloons Holliday and stay away from the poker table. HOLLIDAY: Then I bid you good afternoon Sheriff; and I hope I shall be having the pleasure of attending you shortly in my dental saloon! Are you accompanying me Miss, er, Kathleen? (Masterson watches them go, idly rubbing his lower mandible in thought. From across the way Earp, the Doctor, Steven and Dodo walk across a wooden veranda and step down to the dirt road of Main Street as somewhere in the distance a bell rings.) MASTERSON: So you finally got back then! WYATT: Howdy Bat, everythin' quiet in town? MASTERSON: Everythin' 'cept that rattlesnake friend of yours Holliday blew in this mornin'. Who're your friends Wyatt? (Earp looks at the travellers.) WYATT: Well I, er-er... DOCTOR: Oh ah-ah...quite, quite so. Allow me sir to introduce er, Miss Dodo Dupont wizard of the ivory keys, and ah Steven Regret, tenor. And lastly sir, your humble servant Doctor... Calligari. Mm..hmph-hm! MASTERSON: Doctor who? DOCTOR: Yes er, quite right. I've just been satisfying the Sheriff here that we are a humble troupe of travelling players. Unfortunately sir, at the moment between engagements. MASTERSON: Well if I was you I'd keep a-travellin'. There ain't no theatre in Tombstone. DOCTOR: Oh, is that so? Oh well, that's no matter, no. You see my prime purpose for visiting your city sir, was to avail myself the services of a dentist. WYATT: A dentist? DOCTOR: Yeah...hah. WYATT: Well then, Doc Holliday's yer man! (He glances at Masterson.) WYATT: Where is the Doc back? MASTERSON: Opened hisself a surgery right along the Street. (He points.) MASTERSON: Walk thatta way, friend. You can't miss it. DOCTOR: Oh I'm vastly obliged to you Sheriff! Hehe! Come, fellow thespians! (The Doctor ushers Steven and Dodo away and turns back to Earp for a moment.) DOCTOR: No doubt I shall be very glad to see you, meet you later on Mr-Mr Werp. Ehn. (Earp turns and he and Masterson exchange concerned glances.) WYATT: I'll bet with the Clantons and Holliday in town you'n me's headed for a load of trouble boy! MASTERSON: I reckon so! (They turn and walk up the street.) BALLAD: On your way then you lawmen, The time will be soon, When there's blood upon the sawdust In the Last Chance Saloon! 9, EXT: MAIN STREET (Later.) (The Doctor, Steven and Dodo walk along a wooden veranda and down into the street.) STEVEN: Look I don't know why you wanted to say it in the first place! Steven Regret? I mean, what kind of a name is that for a singer anyway?! DOCTOR: Oh my dear young man, can't you sing a little, Hm? STEVEN: Oh yes a little, but why say it at all? DOCTOR: Well I had to find some sort of suitable cover; after all, you can't walk into the middle of a Western town and say that you've come from outer space! Good gracious me...we'd all be arrested on a vagrancy charge! STEVEN: And what about our little wizard of the keys? DOCTOR: Oh! STEVEN: Miss Dupont, can you play? DODO: I'll have a bash! STEVEN: Hah. DOCTOR: There will be no necessity to "have a bash", because tomorrow morning we're going to leave Tomb-Tombstone; and we should be back in the TARDIS, in for lunch! (He looks up and sees a large wooden tooth suspended from a metal bracket bolted to the side of Holliday's dentist shop.) DOCTOR: You know, I don't think that that is a very subtle form of advertising, d'you? Hm-hm! (The Doctor stops and touches then side of his face hopefully.) DOCTOR: ...Yes, come to think of it my dear...you know; I think my...er, my toothache's better! Yes, I do think it's going to be alright! Heh! (He tries to leave, but Steven blocks his escape.) STEVEN: Come on Doctor... DOCTOR: Mm? STEVEN: Straight into the surgery! DOCTOR: Oh! STEVEN: I'll go to the hotel and book the rooms. DODO: Please Doctor, you'll feel so much better afterwards! DOCTOR: Oh, I only wish I shared your confidence my dear! However, I suppose I'll er...I'll meet you both back in the hotel lounge. (He presses his jaw.) DOCTOR: Oh! There it goes again! (Dodo laughs as the Doctor departs, and she joins Steven.) STEVEN: The hotel lounge? Where does he think we are? (Dodo laughs again.) STEVEN: What's so funny? DODO: I was just thinking, I hope he's not expecting an injection! (Arm in arm they stroll off towards the Last Chance Saloon giggling to themselves.) 10, INT: DENTIST'S SHOP (The Doctor walks through the door and looks around the empty shop. He passes the chair and moves over to the side and examines the equipment. Walking past that, he moves to a door behind which the low sound of conversation can be heard. The Doctor gently pushes one the door and walks in. On a table is a half empty bottle and two glasses, and on Holliday is Kate engaged in a passionate embrace.) HOLLIDAY: Mmmmm. KATE: I Gotta get me that... (He kisses her repeatedly.) HOLLIDAY: Tulip! (As the Doctor makes his presence known, Kate jumps off the Doc and he jumps up glaring coldly, his g*n in his hand as if by magic.) DOCTOR: I er-er, forgive me sir, I er, I should have knocked! Hm-hm-hm! (Holliday doesn't take his eyes of the Doctor and doesn't lower his g*n.) HOLLIDAY: What's your business? (The Doctor stands very still, his hat in his hand and blusters.) DOCTOR: Yes well...er the fact is that I er, I er have a... Toothache. (Holliday and Kate look at each other for a second of stern silence then collapse in a fit of giggles.) KATE: Ha-ha! well glory be! HOLLIDAY: He-he. What d'ya know?! KATE: D'you know you're our very first customer? Ha-ha! HOLLIDAY: Yeah! (The Doctor smells the alcohol on Holliday's breath and looks at Kate dubiously.) DOCTOR: Oh, I see, we- Tch...ah, well under the circumstances I think perhaps... Er yes, excuse me... (The Doctor swiftly exits the back room and walks across the shop, Holliday pursues him.) HOLLIDAY: Er, now-now-now-now-now, stranger! Just you sit right down in that chair! KATE: Right along here, honey! (Kate grabs the Doctor and thrusts him into Holliday's adjustable chair. Holliday stands over the Doctor like as if he were a Spanish inquisitor.) DOCTOR: Yeah well, as a matter of fact my dear sir..! HOLLIDAY: Yeah, as a matter of fact it don't do to delay dental treatment! (Holliday steps on a pedal and the chair descends.) HOLLIDAY: Down you go, that's the philosophy of toothache! Now you go in the back room Kate. KATE: Oh! Can't I watch? HOLLIDAY: Now you know you can't stand the sight of blood! (She looks disappointed.) KATE: Oh okay. But I'll be thinkin' of ya! (She grabs the Doctor's cheek affectionately.) DOCTOR: AAARRGH! wh-tch-tch-oh! HOLLIDAY: She's a kind of a sensitive girl. Well now, what seems to be your trouble sir? DOCTOR: Well, I think it's at the back here somewhere. HOLLIDAY: Yeah, let me look. (The Doctor opens his mouth.) HOLLIDAY: Oh yeah, I see. Well now, if you'll just hold real still, I'll erm... (He takes a grubby pair of pliers from his coat pocket and advances.) DOCTOR: Oh-er, just a minute please, ehm-ehm, haven't you any, er, anaesthetic mm? Hmph-hmph! HOLLIDAY: What? DOCTOR: Well er, something to sort of...dull the pain, man! (He hold up his g*n.) HOLLIDAY: Well I could give you a rap on the cranium with this, er, six millimetre... (He holds up his g*n.) DOCTOR: Good gracious, certainly not! (He proffers a bottle.) HOLLIDAY: You're welcome to a slug o' rattlesnake oil! DOCTOR: Oh my dear man, I never touch the alcohol! HOLLIDAY: Haha! Well I do. (He raises the bottle and takes a few gulps.) DOCTOR: Well I must say, this is most unprofessional! I do hope you know what you're doing! HOLLIDAY: I never tolerated any complaints yet, in my whole life. Now then... You just Open wide! (The Doctor reluctantly opens his mouth with a pained expression on his face and Holliday moves the pliers forward...) BALLAD: It's your last chance of boozing, Where there's no-one to mind. It's your last chance of losing And the first place you'll find. 11, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON CHARLIE: Sorry it's kinda quiet in here tonight gentlemen. We er, do reckon to have a singer only she's just stepped out a while down the... BILLY: Maybe it's too quiet for you barman? Like us to liven it up a little for ya? How about a little fancy sh**t', ha? CHARLIE: Nah I don't want any trouble! (Billy tosses his g*n from one hand to the other.) BILLY: No trouble at all, friend. (He spins his g*n around his finger and aims at a bottle, behind the bar sh**ting it into fragments.) IKE: You gone clean out of your mind, boy?! (A few customers hastily leave.) IKE: That ain't no way to behave! Siddown! (The saloon doors open and Steven and Dodo enter.) IKE: Oh, we got company. (As Steven walks in the saloon door swings back and hits him.) PHINEAS: Well lookie here, if it isn't Calamity Jane and Sam Bass! (They all laugh as Steven and Dodo quietly approach, and lean against it the bar. Steven thumps a small loud bell on the counter and he and Dodo nonchalantly looks away. Charlie slowly pokes his head above the bar.) CHARLIE: What'll it be, stranger? (Steven and Dodo spin around in fright, and see Charlie standing there as if he had just teleported in. Steven uses his phony accent again, as if it were a local language.) STEVEN: Ah... Oh nothing to drink thanks. We er, we just want to book three rooms. CHARLIE: Three? For the two of ye? STEVEN: A-a..oh, no, we got a friend joinin' us later. CHARLIE: Oh, well I'll have to ask you to sign the book here. STEVEN: Sure. CHARLIE: Just your names and occupations. (He reads what they have written.) CHARLIE: Say, are you really a piano player lady? (Dodo joins in with Steven for a spot of bad accent impersonation.) DODO: You're darn tootin' I am! CHARLIE: And a singer too, well I'll be... STEVEN: Why, what's the matter? CHARLIE: Well nothin' in the wide world, friend, I might just be able to offer you a job is all. I-I-I got no pianist on account he was sh*t last week; and I do have a singer, but she's always out someplace...understand? (He winks repeatedly, but only ends up making it look like a mosquito has flown into his eye.) DODO: I...think so. STEVEN: Yeah, well i-it's very kind of you, but we gotta leave town in the mornin'. (He holds out an expectant hand.) CHARLIE: Ah well, er, let me know if you change your mind. Er, first floor. Three, six and seven. (Steven takes the keys.) STEVEN: Why thanks. Come on Dodo. (Steven leads Dodo away past the tables.) DODO: Ah, but Steven... STEVEN: It's no good Dodo! The Doctor would never forgive me if anything happened to you. HARPER: You all hear what I heard? (Dodo and Steven pause on the steps.) DODO: Ah well... Hey, what about his key? STEVEN: Oh that's a point' yes. Leave it downstairs for him, okay? (Dodo goes back and give Charlie the Doctor's key.) DODO: Give this to our friend the Doctor with my compliments. CHARLIE: Sure ma'am. (Dodo leaves.) IKE: So Holliday ain't travelling alone this time. BILLY: Gimme that book! (He grabs the book and reads.) CHARLIE: Now see here! BILLY: Steven Regret. Now any of you boys ever see a singer carry six g*n afore? PHINEAS: So Holliday has got hisself a partner! IKE: Harper! Are you sure Holliday doesn' know we're lookin' for him? HARPER: Oh how could he, I ain't spread it about! IKE: I dunno, but when he comes to collect his key I'll sure have me an itchy feelin' in mah back thinkin' of his friend Regret comin' down those stairs behind me. Phin, go up and fetch him down! PHINEAS: What'll I say? IKE: Anything, only keep it friendly. PHINEAS: You're the boss! IKE: An' Harper, You take a walk down main street an see if you can find Holliday. I'm gettin' tired of just sittin' here waitin'! 12, INT: DENTIST'S SHOP (Holliday holds up the Doctor's tooth.) HOLLIDAY: My-my, what a fine piece of ivory! You know, I think I'll give that to Kate for a souvenir! DOCTOR: I don't care what you do with it my good man, only get it out of my sight! Hunh! HOLLIDAY: Yeah. DOCTOR: What do I owe you, hmm? HOLLIDAY: Oh you don't owe me nothing Mister, you're my first customer you have this one on the house! (Holliday walks into the back to give the tooth to Kate. The Doctor moans softly to himself holding the handkerchief to his mouth.) DOCTOR: Oh! Good thing I didn't have to have my tonsils out! Oh! 13, EXT: MAIN STREET BALLAD: ...When there's blood upon the sawdust At the Last Chance Saloon! (Seth Harper walks over to the window of the dentist shop and peers in, then enters.) 14, INT: DENTIST'S SHOP (Seth looks around and sees the person he remembers having described to him.) HARPER: Doc! (The Doctor turns.) DOCTOR: Oh yes-yes, what? What is it? HARPER: Holliday? DOCTOR: Holiday? Yes, I suppose so. Yes, you call it that. Mm hm-hm-hm! HARPER: My name's Harper, Seth Harper. (In the back room Holliday listens to the conversation.) DOCTOR: Oh, well I'm very glad to know you Mr Harper! Yes, I suppose you've brought a message from my friends... HARPER: Well, kinda a message, Doc. The boys are waitin' for you at the saloon. They'd sure like to buy you a drink! DOCTOR: Oh well, that's er very sociable of them. But ah, unfortunately I don't touch alcohol. Hmph! HARPER: That's not what I heard Doc! But, ah...we'll play it your way. Look, we'll give you five minutes, and if you aren't there we're gonna come looking for ya! Okay? (He leaves the shop. Kate tries to walk through to the main shop, but Holliday stops her from interfering.) KATE: Now Doc! HOLLIDAY: Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah! (Holliday takes off his g*n belt, laughs to himself and walks through into the shop, Kate follows him.) DOCTOR: Oh that's a very charming man that, er, Mr Harper. Did you hear what he said? HOLLIDAY: Yeah, that's just fair Western hospitality ya know. But if you'll forgive my saying so, you ain't dressed right for a party! DOCTOR: Oh my dear man, I fail to see that my clothes have... HOLLIDAY: Ah now, it ain't exactly your clothes... DOCTOR: Well what is it then, hmm? HOLLIDAY: You ain't wearin' a g*n. DOCTOR: Well I should hope not! I certainly disapprove of v*olence! HOLLIDAY: Ha! Now you can borrow mine! DOCTOR: No-no-no-no-no, I...no! HOLLIDAY: Now come along, here you just stand up. Now you put the holster on him. (Kate obliges.) HOLLIDAY: Now my g*n here has my name printed on it from way down Alabama, my-where my father was a Colonel in the army. So you can return that to me when you leave Tombstone which no doubt you will! Now there you are sir! (Laughing at himself Holliday hands the Doctor a g*n. He looks in speechless astonishment at the g*n which he is unsteadily holding.) DOCTOR: W...ah! (The Doctor bends down the examine the g*n that has just been fastened around his waist and waves the w*apon towards Kate. She moves it aside, he keeps moving until the g*n is pointing at Holliday. Holliday takes the g*n and slips it into the holster at the Doctor's side.) HOLLIDAY: You put that in the holster. ...Fetch the gentleman's hat, Kate! KATE: Here we are! (She plants the Doctor’s hat onto his head.) HOLLIDAY: There now, ain't he smart? Ain't 'e though! KATE: Swell, cute! (She pinches the Doctor's cheek again.) HOLLIDAY: Let's just come along to your party, you come along to your party. (The Doctor looks slightly flustered.) DOCTOR: Thank you, thank you. I don't know how I shall ever repay you. HOLLIDAY: You'll find a way to repay me. Goodbye... And good luck! DOCTOR: What? HOLLIDAY: Goodbye and good luck. DOCTOR: Oh. yes indeed, yes thank you. And the same to you and many of them. Goodbye for the moment. Oh! (The Doctor walks out of the doors of the dentist shop.) HOLLIDAY: It sure seems a pity he bothered to have that tooth out! 15, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON (Seth walks back into the saloon and walks over to Ike and Billy.) HARPER: Okay Clanton I found Holliday. He'll be here in about five minutes. IKE: Great! PHINEAS: Now then Mr Regret, you and the little lady step right down to the piano and give us a song! (He walks down the steps with Steven and Dodo, when they get down the are surrounded by Seth and the Clantons all with drawn p*stol.) STEVEN: Ah...yeah well ah, the thing is we're ah, kinda a little bit out of practice! Y'know...it's... PHINEAS: Ha-haha! BILLY: So here's your chance to warm up a little! DODO: Hey, couldn't we rehearse on our own first? STEVEN: Yeah! IKE: How about that, they wanna be on their own! You'll sing here, now and fast! STEVEN: Oh well why? IKE: On account of we're all music lovers! (The Clantons aim their g*n squarely in the direction of Steven and Dodo and Ike cocks his g*n. Something falls to the ground with a clatter and Steven and Dodo simultaneously scream in fright.) 16, EXT: MAIN STREET BALLAD: When there's blood upon the sawdust In the Last Chance Saloon! (The Doctor walks down the street holding his handkerchief to the side of his face. He stops and examines the g*n which Holliday gave him.) 17, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON (Billy creeps behind Steven and slips the toy g*n out of his holsters with no small amusement.) BILLY: You don't need g*n to sing Mr Regret, I'll hold 'em for you! (Steven wheels round.) STEVEN: Hey, now come on will ya! (Phineas motions with his g*n.) PHINEAS: Shuddup! And sing, friend! (Steven turns to Dodo.) STEVEN: You wait 'til I see the Doctor, he got us into this! IKE: What's the trouble? (Dodo scrabbles on the piano for music.) STEVEN: Nothin', we just choosin' a song! DODO: Oh here's one. (He whispers to Dodo.) STEVEN: Let's hope that the piano knows it! DODO: The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon. STEVEN: Play maestro! IKE: Hold it! (He turns to the others.) IKE: Boys, watch the door, and when Holliday comes through it, blast 'im! (Billy and Phineas rush either side of the door, and Harper just looks on. Ike motions to Steven with his g*n.) IKE: Okay! (Dodo begins to tinkle on the old honky-tonk like a diva.) STEVEN: With rings on their fingers And bells on their toes The girls come to Tombstone In their high silk-hoes. They'll dance on the tables Or give you a tune, For whatever's in your wallet At the Last Chance Saloon! (Harper sees him slow down, and levels a g*n at him. As Steven finishes he looks up and jumps at the sight of the g*n pointed at his face. Taking it as a hint he begins to sing the next verse.) 18, EXT: MAIN STREET (Outside Steven's singing can be heard by the Doctor who walks steadily towards the Saloon.) STEVEN OOV: It's your last chance of givin', It's your last chance of rye, It's your last chance at livin' And your last chance to die! 19, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON (With g*n pointed at them, both Steven and Dodo are powerless to prevent the Doctor from walking straight into a trap laid for Doc Holliday.) STEVEN: It's your last chance of boozing, Where there's no-one to mind. It's your last chance of losing And the first place you'll find...
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The g*n Don't sh**t the Pianist By Donald Cotton Original Air Date: 7 May, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1, INT: DENTIST'S SHOP HOLLIDAY: Well Katie, my girl... Five minutes should see the end of the man they think is Doc Holliday. And then I can start trading again under another name, what name would you fancy Kate? ...Kate? (He walks into the back of the shop and returns in moments carrying a note reading aloud with a weary sigh.) HOLLIDAY: "Gone back to the Last Chance Saloon." Why must women meddle?! 2, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON STEVEN: With rings on their fingers and bells on their toes... (He breaks off for a moment, but the music continues. He addresses Phineas who is still waving his g*n at him.) STEVEN: Look, fellas please, come on please... PHINEAS: Come on, sing! Sing up...sing up! (The g*n crowd around Steven with their w*apon raised.) STEVEN: I've sung this song four times! PHINEAS: Well then sing it again! BILLY: I said sing it! STEVEN: Look, couldn't we try a different song? PHINEAS: Once more then! (As Phineas laughs to himself Steven sh**t him a look and then turns back to the piano and continues with the song.) STEVEN: The same one... (He begins to sing once more.) STEVEN: ...It's the Last Chance Saloon It's your last chance of givin', it's your last chance of rye... (A figure walks past the window.) STEVEN: It's your last chance of livin', and the last chance to... (Kate rushes into the bar seemingly annoyed and blatantly carrying a w*apon.) KATE: Now what's going on here? Okay now boys, you put them g*n away! (The g*n stand their ground for the moment and watch as Kate storms over to the bar to a terrified looking Charlie.) KATE: Now Charlie, got yerself a new singer maybe? CHARLIE: Why..why no Kate, it's just that these gentleman... KATE: Now Charlie, am I singin' here or ain't I? CHARLIE: Wh-surely are Kate. KATE: Well then, get that guy away from my piana' before we need a new barkeep real sudden! (She waves her p*stol more out of anger than thr*at. Charlie gestures to Steven.) CHARLIE: Wh-you heard what she said, I-I reckon you'd better... STEVEN: Now now... Come on now. Get upstairs and lock your door, come on. DODO: Oh, but I was enjoying playing! KATE: Now now! Go-on off you kid, now vamoose! DODO: Oh well if that's the way you feel... Are you coming Steven? STEVEN: Yes. (As Steven moves towards the table to collect his toy g*n, the men move forward, but Kate is there first with her g*n pointed at Steven's stomach and Phineas snatches the g*n, and shakes his head still giggling.) PHINEAS: Uh-uh! KATE: Now hold on! Stay right there Mister! This time you play piana'! STEVEN: Me? But... KATE: Yeah, let's take it from the top again - double tempo! (With characteristic dunderheadedness Dodo seems to misunderstand what five itchy triggers means.) DODO: Well thank you and goodnight! STEVEN: Dodo! DODO: Well it's quite alright Steven, don't mind me! Just have a good time with your new friends! KATE: Well now, perhaps we can get a little action around here? (There is a chorus of yeahs from the bored g*n.) KATE: Okay Mr, make with the piana'! (Seth Harper parrots the words to the others in amusement.) HARPER: Make with the piana'..! (As Steven plays she dances around to the cheers of the men, all except Ike who just watches.) KATE: So fill up yer glasses and join in the song, the law's right behind you and it won't take long. (She flicks off Ike's hat with her g*n, and he stoops to pick it up as she moves to the others.) KATE: So come you coyotes and howl at the moon, until there's blood upon the sawdust at the Last Chance Saloon! (Billy moves a chair towards the bar and helps her up and she dances on the bartop and continues to sing as they clap.) KATE: You've a girl at Kansas swingin', it's your last chance to hide; It's your last chance at singin' 'til your long last ride. It's your last chance of cussing at your hard-earned doom, it's your last chance of nothing it's the Last Chance Saloon! (Harper and Billy help her down between them and they all clap and cheer, but Ike just peers from the brim of his hat where he is standing.) IKE: Not bad, not bad. (Just then the Doctor walks in clapping too.) DOCTOR: Well played Steven, my boy, well played! Yes, and you too my dear, excellent. I'd really no idea... (Steven gets up.) STEVEN: Oh, thank you Doctor. (Then he sees Ike's g*n in his face.) STEVEN: ...Neither had I. (He sits down again. Seth Harper walks up to the Doctor and looks him up and down.) HARPER: Well, if it ain't the great Doc! DOCTOR: Oh you flatter me my young man. Yes, Reasonably accomplished I might say, er, but not great. Hm-hm! HARPER: You can say that again. DOCTOR: Oh really? Why? ...Oh, yes of course! We met a little while ago down at the dentist. Yes, and you so very kindly invited me to join you and your friends for a drink! HARPER: And a little talk now... DOCTOR: Yes, quite so, quite so. Well I'm afraid I don't touch alcohol, but a little glass of erm, milk and I shall be delighted. Erm, Won't you, er, introduce me? HARPER: Yeah yeah, give me a pleasure. Doc, I would like you to meet the Clanton brothers. (The Doctor Smiles.) DOCTOR: The Clanton brothers! (His genial smile slips down several gears as he realises who they are.) DOCTOR: Oh dear...I mean ehm...how d'you do, mm? IKE: Recognise the name, Doc? DOCTOR: Oher... Yes I do indeed, yes. Er...Steven, er...don't you think we were going, mm? IKE: Er not just yet Doc, we haven't had our little talk about brother Reuben. Er, the late brother Reuben. DOCTOR: Oh yes I know. Yes, sometimes after a bereavement it's very difficult to find exactly the right kind of words... IKE: The right words? HARPER: Easy! You see, Doc, the boys don't want, er...they don't want words. They want action. DOCTOR: Oh indeed. Yesyesyes well... If you take my advice, er...I would leave it in the hands of the right people, euh... IKE: And the right people happen be your friend Wyatt Earp? DOCTOR: Er, he's not my friend, no. I would er, rather call him casual travelling acquaintance. (Hidden in the shadows up on the open stairway the real Doc Holliday watches the conversation intently, one hand moving swiftly inside his jacket.) PHINEAS: Well that ain't the way I heard it. HARPER: Nor me. IKE: Nor me. We heard that you 'n him were closer than fleas on a porcupine! BILLY: Wyatt Earp'n Doc Holliday, the bottle-puncher lawman and the good-for-nothing drunken gambler! IKE: Steady boy. Let Seth handle this. (He moves to pay Charlie.) DOCTOR: Wait a moment I think I can begin to see your mistake! HARPER: It's your mistake that we're interested in, Doc! DOCTOR: But, hahaha...but I am not the Doc. The man you're looking for is the local dentist, yes! He has a little shop here, along the street. HARPER: It seems to me that's where I found you. DOCTOR: Yes well I can explain that you see er... HARPER: And ah, your g*n's got his brand on it. DOCTOR: Ah, er...well yes, as a matter of fact he lent it to me because... IKE: Because what, Doc? DOCTOR: Eh? well er, just until I leave the town as it were... (Harper smiles.) HARPER: You ain't leavin' Doc. PHINEAS/IKE: Live, that is! DOCTOR: Eh...excuse me gentlemen, gentlemen, you must have made a horrible mistake! Ah, Steven my boy... PHINEAS: One word out of your friend Regret here and he gets his! KATE: Ah for Pete's sake Doc, tell 'em you're Holliday! You can take on all four of 'em any time! DOCTOR: Yes I'm sorry gentleman, but this is Holliday's young girlfriend, and she's only lying to protect him! (He pulls out Holliday's p*stol and waves it in the air.) DOCTOR: Now as I've already told you about this g*n! (There is a sound of a sh*t and Harper cries out and hobbles away into a corner rubbing his fingers, the w*apon he was drawing sh*t from his hand. Kate waves her g*n dangerously at the others before they have time to draw their g*n and they raise their hands.) KATE: Okay don't try it fellas! Nice sh**ting Doc, but ya should have got him between the eyes! DOCTOR: Between the who? KATE: Between the eyes! DOCTOR: Oh my dear young lady, I-I-I-I..! KATE: k*ll the next one that moves! (She rushes to his side.) DOCTOR: Yes-yes, quite so, quite so. Very good idea, excellent. Well, you heard - Steven get their g*n! (Steven does so, and places them all onto a central table as the Doctor "hms" to himself in satisfaction. Up on the stairway Holliday replaces the small p*stol into his inner pocket just before he is joined on the stairs by a whispering voice.) DODO: I thought I heard a sh*t. (He pulls out his g*n again.) HOLLIDAY: Quiet! Now you just get right back to your room missy. (The Doctor surveys his prisoners.) DOCTOR: How do we proceed? KATE: Line 'em up against the piana'. DOCTOR: Yes, excellent idea. Well gentlemen you will move in an orderly fashion - you too! Hm hm-hm hm! (Muttering amongst themselves they obey Steven strides from the group, but accidentally fires his g*n into the ceiling causing crumbs of plaster to fall onto Ike.) STEVEN: Hey! (Ike glares at the Doctor.) IKE: You won't get away with this Holliday! DOCTOR: I keep telling you I'm not Holliday! Well, what do we do now? KATE: Well Doc, I reckon that's up to you now. (She wanders off twirling her g*n back and forth.) HARPER: You shoulda k*lled me when you had the chance Doc, cause you're gonna pay for this! DOCTOR: Indeed, indeed! And may I point out that I still have the chance, sir? HARPER: Well I don't have no g*n! DOCTOR: Exactly! That's the whole point isn't it, mm? PHINEAS: Am I hearin' right? BILLY: If you ain't the lowest, meanest sidewinder... (At that moment Wyatt and Masterson stroll into the Saloon, Wyatt raises a reverent hand.) WYATT: Well, hah, howdy sinners! 'Appen you's all holding a prayer meeting? Why, I'd be proud to join you. DOCTOR: My dear Marshall, I'm so glad to see you. You know, I was trying to explain to them... MASTERSON: Looks like you was explaining, hand over yer g*n! (He pulls the g*n from the Doctor's hand and shoves him back towards the bar.) DOCTOR: Well, er..! MASTERSON: Wyatt and I do that kind of explaining around here. Just easy down everybody - you too Kate. (He takes her g*n too.) WYATT: Now who did what? (There is a universal cry of "Holliday did it!" as if they are all no more than schoolchildren.) HARPER: We was just having ourselves a friendly discussion. IKE: Yeah, before we could say a word he had us lined up here like a row of..! PHINEAS: Yeah, he'd of sh*t us all down in c-c-cold blood! STEVEN: D-don't you listen to 'em Marshall, I saw the whole thing! (Wyatt leads Steven away to the side.) WYATT: Oh sure sure, boy. Sure, it must of been quite a sight. (A thought suddenly occurs to him and he turns and lays a hand on the Doctor's shoulder.) WYATT: Hahaha, now Doc... MASTERSON: Now wait a minute Wyatt, this guy ain't... Have you gone mad? Doc Holliday's... WYATT: Oh be quiet Bat. I reckon I can figure clear enough what must have happened. (He turns to the Doctor.) WYATT: I'm gonna have to take you in. You're under arrest, pop. DOCTOR: Under arrest? And don't you call me pop! You know very well who I am sir! WYATT: I surely do old friend. DOCTOR: I want to see my solicitor! WYATT: A what? Huh, a night in the Jailhouse is just about what you need. DOCTOR: Oh very well, but I promise you, you will regret this sir! MASTERSON: All I hope is that you know what you're doin'. (He leads the Doctor away.) WYATT: Oh I reckon I do. Well, goodnight sinners. I'm sorry your stay in our fair, law abidin' city has been so, er, rudely disturbed. (He leaves and they all rush to the table to pick up their g*n.) PHINEAS: Well if that don't b*at all! IKE: That figures. He couldn't take us in until he'd got the Doc outta trouble like always! BILLY: Yeah... (He notices Steven still sitting at the bar.) BILLY: Hey, what about him? (Steven points to himself nervously and mouths "Me?".) IKE: Yeah, what about him? (They all stride up to Steven and surround him.) 3, INT: DODO'S ROOM (Dodo is at on her bed and Holliday is slouched on the end toying with his w*apon.) DODO: How long are you proposing to keep me here? (Holliday yawns.) HOLLIDAY: Hardly no time at all, ma'am. Just relax. (There is a knock at the door and Holliday jumps up and raises his g*n as the door opens.) HOLLIDAY: Oh... Oh Kate. KATE: So that's where you're hidin' Doc Holliday! (Dodo reacts as if she'd been stung, jumping up.) DODO: Doc Holliday?! KATE: What's she doin here? (She glances at Dodo.) HOLLIDAY: Ah, she saw me f*re the g*n. KATE: Yeah I guessed that was you, that's why I come a lookin'. You shoulda k*lled the little rat! HOLLIDAY: Ah, that thought did occur to me, but I reckoned that in the ensuing fracas you might get hurt as well as the old guy. KATE: Sure. Real soft-hearted ain't ya? DODO: Look which old guy are you talking about? KATE: Oh, a real nice old guy, lady. He came in to get a tooth fixed. DODO: That must have been the Doctor! What happened to him? HOLLIDAY: Wyatt Earp's arrested him. DODO: Arrested? HOLLIDAY: Now why would Wyatt do a thing like that? KATE: Because Wyatt let them go on thinkin' the old guy was you, that's why! HOLLIDAY: Oh yeah. DODO: I must go to the Doctor, you've got to let me out of here! (She rushes for the door, but Holliday prevents her from leaving.) HOLLIDAY: If he's in the hands of Wyatt Earp he could-not be safer. Now then ladies, why don't all let's settle down to a nice game of chance? Hah? (He pulls out a grubby deck of cards an laughs nefariously.) 4, INT: JAILHOUSE (The local Jailhouse is a simple building with decorated windows filled with nineteenth century furniture, oil lamps and stationary. A large cluttered table sits in the middle of the floor, and against a wall is a bureau and a handful of chairs. On the walls are various "wanted" posters. To one side is a section closed off with thick bars of iron, ceiling to floor through which Masterson is talking to the Doctor.) MASTERSON: Now, how come you got a hold of Holliday's g*n? DOCTOR: I have already told you my dear Sheriff, he lent it to me. MASTERSON: And why would Holliday do a fool thing like that? WYATT: Because he knew the Clantons was a-vying for him! DOCTOR: Yes, a most unscrupulous man. WYATT: Yeah, I think I'll go and find him. DOCTOR: Ah, but I insist on coming with you! WYATT: Now you'll stay right where you are. Why, you've got four of the meanest characters in the territory believing you're Doc Holliday! Hah! (The Doctor pulls a face, furious at being incarcerated, but unable to find any argument that will enable him to be set free. Wyatt moves off, then stops for a moment and turns back.) WYATT: You take one step outside of this Jail, friend and you're a deead man! (Both Wyatt and Masterson leave. Reluctantly the Doctor walks over to the seat and sits down.) BALLAD: You've a good chance of dyin', It's your last chance to hide. There won't be no flyin' 'Til your last, long ride. 5, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON STEVEN: Now I don't care what Wyatt Earp said, that man's not Doc Holliday. HARPER: Well he sure enough sh**t like Doc Holliday! STEVEN: He-he never fired that sh*t, they've got no right to arrest him. He..he's done nothing wrong! BILLY: Are you planning to get him out of Jail? (They all collapse into paroxysms of laughter at this.) STEVEN: Wh-wha-what's so funny? I gotta get him out! PHINEAS: All you gotta do is g*n down Earp and Bat Masterson. Are you all set to try that? (They all laugh again.) STEVEN: Oh of course not, but... Well, I know if I can get him out of jail I can prove who he really is. IKE: Now wouldn't that be somethin'? Boys, what d'ya say we give Mr Regret here a hand? (There is more laughter.) HARPER: Yeah! 6, INT: DODO'S ROOM (Holiday, Kate and Dodo are playing cards on the bed.) BALLAD: There's gamblers from Denver, There's g*n from the South, And many a Cowboy With a dry-dry mouth. There's a ragtime piana' And a small back room, For-to sleep off your troubles In the Last Chance Saloon! KATE: Okay Doc, so you cleaned me out again. (He chuckles jovially and coughs drily.) HOLLIDAY: I'm thirsty. Kate ah...take a look down in the bar to see if we've still got company. KATE: Now Doc... HOLLIDAY: TAKE a LOOK I say! (Kate throws down her cards and flounces out of the room, Holliday turns to Dodo.) HOLLIDAY: I'm sorry to speak sharp Missy, but... I'm gettin' to feel almost as caged up here as you are. KATE: They're still there, still drinkin'. HOLLIDAY: Oh well I think maybe I'll take a little walk. KATE: Oh now Doc, you promised there'd be no more trouble! HOLLIDAY: Now you wouldn't want me to die of thirst would you? KATE: Oh well now, if that's all that's troublin' you...you left a bottle back in your office. Why don't ya just crawl back there and get it? (He chuckles and strokes her hair.) HOLLIDAY: Now that's all a man needs - a real gentle understandin' woman! I'll be back just as soon as you've finished breaking up my character. (He leaves the room closing the door behind him and Kate turns back to Dodo.) KATE: Ain't it wonderful honey? What a man'll do for what he truly believes in? (Dodo smiles at her.) 7, INT: DENTIST'S SHOP (Holliday is fumbling about for his whiskey in the semi darkness, with an oil lamp which is turned down so low he can hardly see.) HOLLIDAY: Now where in thunder did I put that bottle? WYATT: Right behind you Doc, right behind you. (Holliday turns to see Wyatt covering him with his p*stol and raises his hands.) HOLLIDAY: Now that ain't friendly Wyatt, that ain't friendly at all. WYATT: Well maybe not. I can't say as how I feel er, particular well disposed towards you right now. (Holliday chuckles to himself as Wyatt searches his inner pockets and discovers his w*apon.) HOLLIDAY: You're gettin' clumsy. (He addresses Wyatt.) HOLLIDAY: Do you mind if I turn this lamp up to see that you haven't got a entire posse? (He turns up the lamp.) HOLLIDAY: Eh... Well now, what do you want? WYATT: Only thing I want from you Doc is to get outta town. HOLLIDAY: Now where did I put that whiskey? (He moves across the room and continues his search.) HOLLIDAY: Why the hell should I get outta town? I ain't done nothing again' the law. WYATT: Not yet, you ain't. But when the Clantons finally wise-up, why, there's gonna be sh**t', Doc. And, er, I can't keep that old guy locked up in jail forever you know. (He runs a hand over Holliday's beloved chair.) HOLLIDAY: Er, that's my dentist's chair, that's dangerous Wyatt. ...How long can you keep him then? WYATT: Well, I'll release him as soon as I've told 'em the truth about you - tomorrow morning. Now you can ride out tonight and er, get yerself a head-start. (He sits down in the chair and smiles, as if he knows what Holliday is about to say before he says it.) HOLLIDAY: But I've only just h*t town! I only just set up this business! WYATT: Well it'll still be here when you get back. I mean, don't worry. It's just 'til this thing blows over. HOLLIDAY: Would you mind tellin' me what this is all about? WYATT: Yeah... Old "Pa" Clanton and his boys are running the biggest rustling operation this territory's ever seen. Pretty soon they'll be takin' over the whole of Tombstone unless somebody's gonna stop 'em. HOLLIDAY: Well, why don't you stop 'em then? WYATT: Well Bat'n can't handle it alone. We'll stop 'em soon as my brothers get here. HOLLIDAY: Oh, it looks like you could use an extra hand... WYATT: Well, ah, later maybe. But in the meantime Doc, just ride out. (Holliday finally locates the bottle and scrutinises it carefully.) HOLLIDAY: Wyatt! Have you been drinking my whiskey? (Wyatt gives Holliday back his g*n and takes the bottle.) WYATT: Ride out Doc! (He exits the shop leaving a sad looking Holliday alone.) HOLLIDAY: Else you'll be g*n' for me come sun-up... 8, LAST CHANCE SALOON: (The Clantons are busily plotting the downfall of the Doctor and Steven seems to be assisting.) IKE: So this is the way we'll play it, Regret. You take this g*n up to the Jailhouse and slip it through the cell window to Holliday. (Billy mimes a g*n in his hand.) BILLY: And he says: "Open the door or I'll sh**t!" STEVEN: Uh-huh. And where do you guys come in? IKE: Well we wait outside the Jailhouse in case anything goes wrong. HARPER: Yeah. PHINEAS: Yeah, sos we can prevent a misc-c-c... (Billy slaps him on the back.) PHINEAS: Miscarriage of justice! BILLY: To... Welcome him back to society. STEVEN: Oh! Not to g*n him down? (There is a volley of slightly over-enthusiastic protestations against the truth of Steven's statement from all.) IKE: Why would we do a thing like that? You say he ain't Holliday - okay, he's got nothin' to fear! What do ya say? STEVEN: Hoh, it sounds like a pretty foolproof idea! HARPER: Well it sure is because you know come mornin' they're gonna ship him outta there. IKE: Yeah, to the County jail. STEVEN: And-and what happens after I-I give him this? PHINEAS: You c-come back here, and then we take over. HARPER: We take over IKE: Yeah. STEVEN: Yeah, I got the picture. Okay, I'll see ya in twenty minutes. IKE: Okay, right. (Steven leaves and Harper leads the laughter.) HARPER: There's one born every minute! IKE: Hold it boys... I don't think he believed us. Phin', you follow him and make sure that him and his friend Holiday don't try to escape. PHINEAS: O..k-kay. IKE: And Billy, you get the rope. BILLY: Yeah. (Phineas and Billy depart and Ike and Harper stand in silence, their plans seemingly about to come to fruition one way or another.) 9, INT: DODO'S ROOM (Dodo is preparing Kate's hair in front of a looking glass.) BALLAD: With rings on their fingers And bells on their toes, The girls come to Tombstone In their high silk-hoes. DODO: You really going to marry him? KATE: Surely am. Though over how many d*ad bodies I don't rightly know. DODO: But he's an outlaw! KATE: Ah honey, I've known them all in my time. Jesse James, Billy the kid, Johnny Ringo...hmph. (She seems to drift into a moments reverie at her own mention of the last name.) KATE: ...And I'm tellin' you, the Doc's the best of the bunch. He's a real gentleman. Just been a mite unlucky, is all. DODO: In what way? KATE: Oh...was on the the run most of the time, leastways until he met up with Wyatt Earp. Since then he's usually managed to keep the right side of the law. That's why for the first time I guess he's gonna settle down. (The door opens and an unhappy-looking Holliday walks in.) HOLLIDAY: Kate, seems you and I have to leave town before mornin', so go get packed. KATE: Oh but Doc, why? HOLLIDAY: Wyatt Earp is g*n' for me, and you know that in my whole life I never k*lled a friend. (He puffs his chest out proudly at this statement as if it is something to be especially proud of.) KATE: Ah, you're a real gentleman. HOLLIDAY: Go get packed. KATE: Didn't I tell ya, honey? 10, INT: JAILHOUSE BALLAD: You've a good chance of dying, It's your last chance to hide; There won't be no flyin' 'Til your last, long ride. (The Doctor Surveys a wanted poster with his pince-nez. It offers a reward of $1000, has a picture of Johnny Ringo with the words "WANTED d*ad OR ALIVE IN DODGE CITY" emblazoned on the front, and "WANTED FOR THE m*rder OF RATTLESNAKE SMITH". There is a sound of knocking and as the Doctor looks up, pince-nez fall off his nose to be caught by the dark ribbon they are tied to.) STEVEN: Doctor! DOCTOR: Mmm? STEVEN: Doctor! DOCTOR: Oh Steven, my boy! (He climbs up on the seat and looks out of the window.) DOCTOR: Good gracious I've been so worried about you! How's Dodo? STEVEN: She's fine. She's locked in her hotel room quite safe. Look, I've brought you this. DOCTOR: What on Earth for? STEVEN: Use it to bluff your way out. The Clanton g*ng still think you're Doc Holliday, we'll be waiting for you. We must get back to the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Yes, but my dear boy... STEVEN: Look, there's not time to argue Doctor, we've only got ten minutes! Now good luck. (Steven rushes off.) DOCTOR: Yes, but Steven Oh, confound the boy! Oh dear me, it's... Hmph! Ten minutes. (He steps down and begins to twirl the g*n around his finger as he thinks, Wyatt Earp watching in mild amusement. Suddenly the Doctor reaches a decision.) DOCTOR: Hm-hm hm-hm. Mr Werp..? (He jumps as he see that he has been watched the whole time.) DOCTOR: Oh, er, Mr Werp. (He breaks off for a moment.) DOCTOR: I say, can you do that? (He twirls the g*n again in amusement.) WYATT: Nope. And I wouldn't try it if I were you. DOCTOR: I have no intention of trying anything, only people do keep giving me g*n and I wish they wouldn't! I wonder er, would you mind looking after it for me? Hm-hm mm. (Wyatt smiles and bows his head in mock-geniality as he accepts the g*n through the bars.) WYATT: My pleasure. And er, who gave it to you? DOCTOR: Oh er, that young friend of mine, you know... um...Steven. A rather impetuous lad. He said to meet him outside in ten minutes time. WYATT: Oh did he? Well I must go and have a word with him. DOCTOR: Oh yes I wish you would. Oh, and would you kindly explain to him that I'm quite happy where I am for the moment, mm? (Wyatt leaves the Jail.) 11, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON (Ike is on the stairway rabble-rousing like a professional, yelling like a mad priest delivering a hellfire sermon to a rapt audience. The other members of the g*ng have their g*n drawn and Billy is holding a length of rope.) IKE: And I say Holliday's the meanest name that's ever polluted the fair name of the West! (There is a ripple of yeahs from the crowd.) IKE: And while he's around there's gonna be nothing but trouble an' bloodshed! (There are more enthusiastic yeahs.) IKE: And the law... The law says maybe he'll do a spell in jail, well are we going to let Wyatt Earp get away with that?! (There is a cacophony of nos.) IKE: Then I say we go over to the Jailhouse, get him out and string him up from the nearest tree! (The crowd shout in the affirmative again and all stream out of the doors of the Saloon. Phineas fights his way in and approaches Ike with Steven at g*n, they have to shout to be heard over the sound of the rabble.) IKE: Did he do what we said then? PHINEAS: Yeah, Mr Regret didn't seem too k-k-keen on seein' us again. Caught him goin' away from the Saloon. IKE: That was mighty unwise of you Mister. Okay boys, rope him! (Phineas and Billy tie Steven up.) STEVEN: Come on now, what's the idea? IKE: Our idea is friend, that if Holliday don't bust out of Jail we got us a hostage. He's gotta get out to stop you swingin' in his place! Come on! Let's go! (They lead Steven out of the bar and Harper watches swigging from a bottle and laughing.) 12, INT: DODO'S ROOM KATE: Okay Doc, I'm ready. Let's get going. DODO: What about me? HOLLIDAY: Don't you worry honey, I'll be returning you to your friends in you...at the Jailhouse before we leave. KATE: Hey Doc, take a look out here. HOLLIDAY: Yeah? (They all look and see down into Main Street to see a lynch mob. A roped Steven is being carried along on horseback by the fanatical throng of citizens.) DODO: They've got Steven! (Doc Holliday remains unmoved until he spots something else being swept along by the crowd. His face livid with in anger, he pulls out his g*n.) HOLLIDAY: They got my operating chair! Wait here! (He runs for the door and vanishes.) KATE: Hey Doc, come back here! 13, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON (Harper is still swigging from his bottle in the bar when Kate's shouting and a wiry man running down the stairs attracts his attention.) KATE OOV: Doc, you can't do nothin' now! DOC! (Harper throws down his bottle and rushes over to the stairs where Holliday is standing, bag in hand.) HARPER: Just hold on there friend! Are you Doc Holliday? HOLLIDAY: That is my name. (Harper goes for his g*n, but the Doc is already holding his g*n behind his bag. Harper is sent crashing into the bar by a single sh*t, sliding to the ground. Kate screams from the stairs and rushes over.) KATE: Now you've done it! (He doffs his hat to the corpse.) HOLLIDAY: And aim to continue. (Charlie looks upset at the scene he has just witnessed, and is just as nervous as ever.) CHARLIE: If you're Doc Holliday, I wouldn't go out there. The whole town's out to lynch you! HOLLIDAY: Yeah, I reckon he's right. Erm...we'd better get outta town. You saddle a couple of horses Kate? Er, no... Make it three. DODO: Three? HOLLIDAY: You'll have to come with us Missy. DODO: But what about my friends? HOLLIDAY: Hah-ha, they're safe with Wyatt. I can't take on the whole town on my own! DODO: But you promised to take me back to them. HOLLIDAY: Our only hope is to get outta here alive, now will you get on! (He pushes her roughly out of the door.) DODO: Ow! 14, INT: JAILHOUSE (Outside is a noise of a large incensed crowd.) MASTERSON: Better come over here Wyatt. (He turns to the Doctor.) MASTERSON: When was you gonna break outta Jail? DOCTOR: About now, Marshall! (For the first time we see the lock of the Jailhouse bars, as with a flourish the Doctor reaches through and turns a key that has been left in the lock all the time. He joins Wyatt and Masterson.) WYATT: Well lookie here, somebody's fixin' up a reception for ya! DOCTOR: What? Good gracious! And Steven's with them! (Through the open doorway they can see the rabble in the street led by Ike, and in the centre a dejected looking Steven.) PHINEAS: String 'im up! (Ike shouts into the Jailhouse, past Masterson who is keeping a g*n levelled at the doorway in case anyone tries to rush in.) IKE: Holliday is still in there! WYATT: Get out of the Street Clanton, Holliday's my prisoner! IKE: Well that's too bad, 'cause if he's ain't out of there in two minutes his friend Regret is gonna swing in his place! (The crowd roars in approval. Masterson and Wyatt look at each other and the Doctor watches in horror.) BALLAD: You've a good chance of swingin', It's your last chance to hide; It's your last chance at singin' 'Til your last long ride...
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x35 - Don't sh**t the Pianist"}
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The g*n Johnny Ringo By Donald Cotton Original Air Date: 14 May, 1966 5:55pm - 6:20pm 1, INT: JAILHOUSE (Outside is a noise of a large incensed crowd.) MASTERSON: Better come over here Wyatt. (He turns to the Doctor.) MASTERSON: When was you gonna break outta Jail? DOCTOR: About now, Marshall! (We see the lock of the Jailhouse bars, as with a flourish the Doctor reaches through and turns a key that has been left in the lock all the time. He joins Wyatt and Masterson.) WYATT: Well lookie here, somebody's fixin' up a reception for ya! DOCTOR: What? Good gracious! And Steven's with them! (Through the open doorway they can see the rabble in the street led by Ike, and in the centre a dejected looking Steven.) PHINEAS: String 'im up! (Ike shouts into the Jailhouse, past Masterson who is keeping a g*n levelled at the doorway in case anyone tries to rush in.) IKE: Holliday is still in there! WYATT: Get out of the Street Clanton, Holliday's my prisoner! IKE: Well that's too bad, 'cause if he's ain't out of there in two minutes his friend Regret is gonna swing in his place! (The crowd roars in approval. Masterson and Wyatt look at each other and the Doctor watches in horror.) DOCTOR: I really think I must go out there. WYATT: Appreciate yer feelings Doc, but I can't let ya. DOCTOR: But I might be able to convince them that I'm not Doc Holliday! I can't just sit here and allow them to hang Steven! WYATT: Keep 'em talkin' Bat. I'm gonna try and work round behind 'em. MASTERSON: Right. DOCTOR: Er, but what can I do? (Wyatt unceremoniously moves the Doctor away from the door.) WYATT: You can stay out o'sight! Lay 'im out Bat if he tries anythin'. DOCTOR: Oh this is insufferable! (The Doctor tries to get out again, but Bat pushes him back again.) MASTERSON: Hey, you heard what Wyatt said! Now just shut up and be quiet! DOCTOR: Very well, under protest! Hmph! 2, EXT: MAIN STREET (Wyatt makes his way down the street keeping to the shadows and crouching behind carts.) IKE: Time's about up Holliday, you comin' out? 3, INT: JAILHOUSE MASTERSON: You're asking for it Clanton! DOCTOR: Oh dear-dear what on Earth is that Mr Werp doing? He's leaving things too late! MASTERSON: Never been known to do that Mister. DOCTOR: He's no right to take chances with Steven's life! M-may-may...those men mean what they say! MASTERSON: If they didn't do you think Wyatt'd be risking his neck out there? DOCTOR: He's not risking his neck, now I really must go out there. (He tries to leave again and is pushed back again.) MASTERSON: Yeah, well I know how you feel friend, but if you don' quit hoppin' about like a jackrabbit I'm gonna have to lay you out so cold you'll freeze! DOCTOR: Oh, phoo! 4, EXT: MAIN STREET (There is a thud and Wyatt is suddenly standing where Phineas was having just knocked him out, the noose is swinging and Steven is free. The Clantons raise their hands at the sight of his g*n, the only one of them who had their own drawn is lying on the ground.) BILLY: You're wearing a badge Marshall, iff'n you weren't... MASTERSON: Yeah... 5, INT: JAILHOUSE (Bat is still covering the doorway with his g*n.) MASTERSON: ...'N if you didn't happen to be caught in the crossfire Billy. IKE: You 'ave all gotta get outta there sometime, And when you do... MASTERSON: Go on home! Necktie party's over! (There is a disappointed moan from the crowd, but the mood to riot carefully generated by Ike is fast seeping away.) 6, EXT: MAIN STREET WYATT: Go on, get off the Street all of ya! (The crowd begins to mills away with vociferous disappointment. Wyatt gestures at the Clantons with his g*n.) WYATT: Alls have to do is talk big and look foolish Clanton, now get off the street. BILLY: Not without Phin'. WYATT: He ain't available right now. BILLY: Meanin'? WYATT: He's under arrest. BILLY: You've got no right Marshall! WYATT: Attempted hangin'? I'd say I'd every right. (Charlie comes running up.) CHARLIE: Mr Clanton! Mr Clanton! (Wyatt looks at Charlie with weary exhaustion.) WYATT: Stay outta this Charlie! CHARLIE: Mr Clanton, that ain't Doc Holliday that's being held in there! It's like the old guy kept tryin' to tell ya! WYATT: I said stay outta this Charlie! CHARLIE: I'm sorry Mr Earp, but I figure it'd save you all a deal a trouble. IKE: What makes you think it ain't him? CHARLIE: Well on account of Doc Holliday just bein' in the bar! BILLY: Wha... (He sniffs.) BILLY: You're drunk! (Wyatt whispers to Steven.) WYATT: Boy, that's all we needed... CHARLIE: Iff'n I'm drunk your friend Seth Harper's still alive... Which he ain't. IKE: What's that you say? CHARLIE: Holliday sh*t 'im clean as a whistle. Fastest thing I ever saw. (Billy grabs Charlie by the collar.) BILLY: Iff'n you're lyin' Charlie so help me God... CHARLIE: Why should I lie Mr Clanton? I just want to stop you boys gettin' up against the law. (Billy throws Charlie aside and advances on Wyatt, despite the g*n in his face.) BILLY: You knew that old guy in there weren't Holliday! IKE: This just about does it Earp! WYATT: Try callin' me Marshall and rememberin' it too! IKE: Well Marshall, you got an answer? WYATT: I don't need to answer to you, I'll answer to the committee if need be. Now get back to the ranch while you can still ride! (Billy makes to move towards Wyatt, but Ike holds him back.) BILLY: I don't take no orders from you! IKE: Leave it Billy. Earp won't be givin' any orders once Pa gets through with him. He'll lose that star so fast it'll burn a hole in his coat! Come on Billy! BILLY: We'll be seein' ya, Earp. (They moves off and Wyatt doffs his hat at them.) WYATT: My pleasure. Boy, you maybe don't realise just how close that was? (He holds up a reverent hand.) WYATT: Well, for what we did not receive may the good lord make us truly thankful. STEVEN: Amen. WYATT: And now, shall we take this sinner to the abode of the unrighteous? MASTERSON: Amen. (They pick up the Phineas from where he lies in the dust before the provisions store between them they carry him over to the jailhouse.) BALLAD: So pick him up gentle And carry him slow, He's gone kind of mental Under Earp's heavy blow. 7, INT: JAILHOUSE (Phineas lies unconscious in a cell.) WYATT: Well I reckon he'll live but he ain't gonna enjoy it for a while. DOCTOR: Was it necessary for Mr Werp to h*t him so hard? STEVEN: Now then Doctor, it wasn't your neck in the noose just now. I for one am very grateful Mr Wer...Earp. (Wyatt looks up from his desk.) WYATT: Oh, hah, my pleasure boy. DOCTOR: We shan't be here to see the outcome. Tomorrow we're leaving. Ah, ha-ha, goodbye Mr Werp. (The Doctor leaves.) WYATT: Oh ah, goodbye Doc. Can't say I'm sorry. 8, INT: LAST-CHANCE SALOON (Pa Clanton, a small, figure with a trilby and a moustache enters the saloon with Ike and Billy.) PA: Get me Johnny Ringo, get 'im quick! BILLY: But Pa, Ringo rides alone, you know that. he mightn't wanna join up with us. PA: What was I paying Harper? IKE: A hundred dollars. PA: Well offer Ringo five hundred. IKE: Oh come on Pa, nobody's worth that! PA: Not worth it? If I had the sons who could do the job without gettin' all fouled up I wouldn't have to pay 'im, but as of now I need a top g*n. IKE: Listen Pa, when the citizens hear what we've got on Earp, they... (Pa knocks back a sh*t of sipping liquor.) PA: The citizens committee, pack of feeble minded old women. Think they're gonna run him out office and g*n on what you tell 'em? Come on! (Pa and Ike knock back two drinks side by side and then leave.) BILLY: We'll get Holliday, Pa, all we need is time! PA: All you need is guts boy! (He pokes Billy with a finger and turns to Ike.) PA: And all I need is Johnny Ringo, so find out where he's at and get 'im on at up at the ranch! (They leave the saloon.) 9, EXT: MAIN STREET (Pa, Ike and Billy exit the Last Chance and walk away discussing their plans.) IKE: Okay Pa. BILLY: Pa. (As soon as they are gone the Doctor and Steven step out of the shadows and walk through the saloon doors.) DOCTOR: Yes, Dodo. Well my boy... 10, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON DOCTOR: Presumably she spent the evening in her room. Hm-hm! (Charlie rushes up to the Doctor and Steven.) CHARLIE: Oh... Pardon me, but er, are you alludin' to your friend, ah...Miss Dodo Dupont? DOCTOR: Of course, of course. CHARLIE: Well I'm sorry folks but, er, she ain't in her room no more. DOCTOR: Why, whatever for, mm? CHARLIE: Well, on account she checked out a while back. STEVEN: Checked out, but... CHARLIE: She lid out after the killin' with Doc Holliday; was with him when he sh*t Seth Harper. Right where you're standin'. (Steven and the Doctor look uneasily at the ground.) STEVEN: What, she was with Holliday? CHARLIE: Surely was. Him, her'n Kate lid out together, friendly as you please. STEVEN: Yeah, but... Look, surely she left a message or something? CHARLIE: Now Mister, iff'n you're involved in a killin' you don't leave no messages, you git. STEVEN: Well we've gotta find her...fast! CHARLIE: Well friend, you wanna find her, you find Doc Holliday. DOCTOR: Now don't be ridiculous; Doc Holliday's a great friend of mine. He gave me a g*n, he extracted my tooth. Good gracious me what more do you want?! Come along boy. Come along, come along! (The Doctor and Steven exit the saloon.) STEVEN: Tch! Doctor, he's a g*n..! (Charlie looks upwards.) CHARLIE: His next extraction's gonna be a b*llet. 11, EXT: BEHIND WAGON HOTEL (Holliday has kept his promise to Wyatt, but only just; having arrived in Richmond, a town a mere mile and a quarter South-West of Tombstone. Doc Holliday and Kate have tied up the horses and they are walking with Dodo towards a building. The back of the Wagon Hotel advertises "ROOMS" in large, friendly letters.) BALLAD: It's your last chance of boozing Where there's no-one to mind, It's your last chance of losing And the first place you find. HOLLIDAY: I reckon this'll do us for the night, Kate. There's a bar right across the street 'n a gamblin' saloon real close... KATE: Doc, we're ain't enough out of Tombstone. We could have ridden thirty, forty miles b'morn'. HOLLIDAY: There ain't no sense in riding too far when we may have to go back again real soon. Come on Kate. KATE: Ah, but Doc... HOLLIDAY: Come on with you! (They ascend a set of wooden external steps, and enter the hotel.) 12, INT: WAGON HOTEL (They enter a plushly decorated lamplit suite. Within, an aspidistra in a vase sits on a wooden plinth; fine old Victorian floral-papered walls are hung with pictures and two doors face each other beside a net-curtained window leading to the warm night outside.) KATE: Back to Tombstone! You wanna get yourself k*lled, is that it? HOLLIDAY: I ain't arguing with ya. Look all I want is to get myself a drink. Look, I told Wyatt I'd stay close. (Holliday walks into the lefthand room a throws his hat and bag onto a large brass bed.) KATE: Yeah, and Wyatt just got through drivin' ya out, remember? HOLLIDAY: Hey, he'll be wantin' me back again soon as the real trouble starts. KATE: Real trouble?! Now look Kate, there's only him and Masterson ta handle things if old man Clanton decides to throw anything against 'em and I gotta get back. (Dodo watches from her room.) DODO: I've got to get back too remember! HOLLIDAY: Sure, I promised the little lady that I'd see her back he-home with her friends. Now Kate, you know that a gentleman has to take account of these things. Right now I'm going to rustle up some food for us all. (Holliday leaves the suite loudly closing the door behind him.) KATE: Hah, him and his promises! DODO: Nice to find someone who keeps their word. KATE: It's all he ever kept in his life honey. Lost everythin' else he ever had. (Dodo squeaks as five sh*ts ring out, but Kate just looks annoyed.) KATE: Not again! (Holliday comes back with a tray of food and drink.) HOLLIDAY: It's alright ladies, it's alright. I just ran into an old friend and he er...he kinda lost his appetite. 13, EXT: MAIN STREET (A shadowy figure approaches the Last Chance Saloon.) BALLAD: It's your last chance of earning Your g*n fee; The pay is in Dollars, But the b*ll*ts are free. It's your last chance of cussing At a g*n doom; It's your last chance of nothin' It's the Last Chance Saloon! (The figure breaks his sh**t, checks the b*ll*ts and snaps it shut again before stepping through the saloon doors.) 14, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON (The saloon is in darkness, lit by a single paraffin lamp on the bar keeping a number of empty decanters company. The man walks in and stops.) CHARLIE: Sorry stranger, the bar is closed. RINGO: Is that so? (The man turns up the lamp to light his cigar, illuminating his face.) RINGO: You can just open it up again. CHARLIE: Now see here... (He gawps.) CHARLIE: Ringo...Johnny Ringo. RINGO: Shut up! Gimme a drink. CHARLIE: Yes sir Mr Ringo. What'll it be sir? RINGO: Double straight. (Charlie promptly pours him a glass of whiskey.) RINGO: Hey, how come you know my name? CHARLIE: I guess everybody... I mean, I sure enough heard about you. RINGO: What have you heard? CHARLIE: Well... (Ringo knocks back the drink and slams the glass down on the bar.) CHARLIE: Nothin' sir, nothin' at all. RINGO: So what's your name? CHARLIE: Charlie sir. RINGO: Charlie eh? So you've heard nothing about me? CHARLIE: No, no I ain't. RINGO: Ain't very flattering is it? CHARLIE: I guess not...I mean...well what I was meaning was... RINGO: Yeah go on, go on Charlie... CHARLIE: I heard somethin' about you this evenin' as a matter o' fact. A couple o' boys was askin' after you. RINGO: Who? CHARLIE: Two of the Clantons. Ike and uh...Billy it was. RINGO: And what was they askin'? CHARLIE: Well they said to try and git word to you as their Pa would pay you five hundred if you'd throw in wi' them agin' Wyatt Earp. RINGO: I've got business of my own to settle first. Personal business with Doc Holliday. CHARLIE: Why now Mr Ringo, excuse me and it-it ain't strictly none of my business, but I reckon that'll suit them just fine. Cause they're a-laying for Holliday too! RINGO: Is that so? Then here's something else you can tell 'em; Holliday is mine! I trailed him clear away from Fort Griffin, understand? CHARLIE: Yeah, sure Mr Ringo. (Charlie pours another drink, but his hand is shaking so much that he slops most of it over the counter. Ringo snatches the bottle.) RINGO: Oh give it here! I'll do the pouring. You sure got the shakes real bad. (Ringo pours himself another drink.) CHARLIE: It's er, it's on the house sir. RINGO: I never figured different. (Ringo knocks back his drink.) CHARLIE: I can't wait to see Wyatt Earp's face when he hears you're going against him. (Ringo stiffens.) RINGO: Plannin' on tellin' him? (Charlie looks even more scared than before.) CHARLIE: Why no Mr Ringo. I-I was only sayin'... RINGO: Charlie, Charlie, Charlie... You say too much, uh? (He laughs and walks a little away from the bar and towards the staircase.) CHARLIE: I-I-I I won't say nothin' to nobody! (Ringo stops at the staircase.) RINGO: Now ain't that just the truth. Hey Charlie? (Ringo pulls out his w*apon and sh**t. Charlie slumps d*ad over his beloved bar, the bottle in his hand gushing fluid all over the floor. Ringo smiles and blows the smoke from his barrel.) RINGO: Goodnight Charlie. (He walks up the stairs.) BALLAD: So it's curtains for Charlie, That barman of fame. He met Johnny Ringo And he knew Johnny's name; He knew Johnny's name And he spoke it out loud. Now Charlie the barman Has gotten a shroud. 15, INT: WAGON HOTEL (Holliday is enjoying a good chuckle when Dodo rushes into the room.) DODO: You ready to leave? HOLLIDAY: I'm ready to jump like a mountain hare, you come bursting in here like that Missy. DODO: You did say that you were taking me back to my friends today. (Holliday looks at her with lazy boredom.) HOLLIDAY: Yeah, today... Or the day after... DODO: You promised! HOLLIDAY: I promised to take you back safe home and I will do so in my own good time! (Dodo picks up the Doc's g*n which he's left on the bedside table and points it at him in an attempt to be menacing.) DODO: We're leaving now. (The Doc almost falls over with laughter at the sight.) HOLLIDAY: What're you attempting to do with that there offensive w*apon? DODO: sh**t you if I have to. (She cocks the g*n and the Doc stops laughing.) HOLLIDAY: Now how'd you reckon to get back to Tombstone without me? DODO: I shall try not to k*ll you. I shall aim for your arm. HOLLIDAY: That's real thoughtful just at the moment you're aiming right between my eyes. DODO: Oh I'm sorry... (She moves the g*n a little.) DODO: Is that better? (The Doc nods a little.) HOLLIDAY: It's an improvement. DODO: Right, now take me back to Tombstone. HOLLIDAY: Ah, seems like I ain't got no alternative. DODO: No Doctor Holliday, I don't believe you have. HOLLIDAY: Then I promise on my oath as a gentleman of Georgia that I will take you back to Tombstone by nightfall. DODO: Oh thank goodness for that. (The Doc grabs the g*n and lifts it out of Dodo's hand and she appears to wobble on her feet a little.) DODO: Would you mind getting me a glass of water? I feel rather faint. KATE: Now what in Hades goes on here? HOLLIDAY: Ah, the young lady and I have to go right back to Tombstone right away. KATE: Oh, and what about me? HOLLIDAY: You stay right here and I'll come right back and get you. KATE: Now see here Doc Holliday you ain't plannin' on runnin' out..! HOLLIDAY: Now Kate, for the first time in my life I have just been taken, beaten to the draw. DODO: Oh I honestly didn't want to have to sh**t you. HOLLIDAY: And I didn't want to have to sh**t you neither. (With a flick of his fingers he reveals his tiny g*n in his hand. Kate catches Dodo as she falls backwards in a d*ad faint.) 16, INT: LAST CHANCE SALOON BALLAD: He knew Johnny's name And he spoke it out loud. Now Charlie the barman Has gotten a shroud. (Charlie is still slumped over the bar when the Doctor and Steven come down the stairs.) DOCTOR: Well as soon as we've had breakfast my boy, I must check up with Mr Werp and ask him if he knows where they've all gone. STEVEN: Mm, right. (Steven rings the bell on the bar, and leans against the bar. Feeling something soft on his shoulder he turns and sees a hand attached to the corpse of Charlie on the bar.) STEVEN: Doctor, look! RINGO: High livin' and hard liquor. It don't pay. (Ringo gets up from where he's sitting.) STEVEN: Yeah, but he's been sh*t! RINGO: Is that so? (He smiles dangerously at Steven then turns and tosses a coin onto Charlie's corpse.) RINGO: Here's something towards your funeral, friend. DOCTOR: Er...er yes, er excuse me sir, but I think under the circumstances you'd better remain here until Mr Werp arrives. Hm-hm. RINGO: Are you aimin' ah, to make me? DOCTOR: Ah no, no. RINGO: The only man in the territory low enough to k*ll an unarmed barman is Doc Holliday. STEVEN: Hey wait a minute y... (Steven grabs Ringo by the arm, then lets go as he gets a steely look.) STEVEN: You know Holliday? RINGO: And what's that to you? DOCTOR: Well we must find him. RINGO: Why is that? DOCTOR: You see, a young lady of our acquaintance is with him. RINGO: And what are you going to do when you find 'im? STEVEN: I...w-well we'll take her away from 'im and bring her back here of course. (Ringo smiles.) RINGO: Plannin' on g*n' him down, eh? DOCTOR: Ooh certainly not sir, certainly not! I mean, hah, we're just going to er, well, er-er... Reason with him. Hm-hm! (Ringo laughs.) RINGO: Now that I'd really like to see! (Ringo paces towards the saloon doors then stops. Beside the bar the Doctor whispers to Steven.) DOCTOR: Do you know who that is? STEVEN: Who? DOCTOR: That's Johnny Ringo! STEVEN: What that? DOCTOR: Yes! RINGO: Say, boy. (Steven walks over to Ringo.) STEVEN: Uh...yeah? RINGO: See'n as you'n me's got common cause gettin' Doc Holliday, supposin' I was to let you ride with me? STEVEN: Well, you-you know where he is? RINGO: Reckon I do. DOCTOR: Well, ha-ha, we'd be...mighty grateful. Hm-hm! RINGO: I'm sure you would...Pop! (Ringo shoves the Doctor out of his way and jabs Steven with a finger.) RINGO: There's just one thing. If you get between me and him boy, don't go looking for me to hold my f*re. I'd blast you down as soon as spit at ya! (Steven wipes something from his cheek.) STEVEN: Thanks. DOCTOR: Disgusting habit! 17, INT: JAILHOUSE WYATT: So brother Morgan can't make it uh? (The young Warren Earp is slouching over the table.) WARREN: T'ain't for me to tell ya; got himself mixed up in a range w*r, Albany way. MASTERSON: Any word from Virgil? WARREN: No. WYATT: Could be anywhere between here and Montana. WARREN: One way and another seems lucky you've got me around, and Morgan's been teachin' me how ta handle a g*n. WYATT: Oh... Not at your age my lad, and not against these dirty Clantons. (Phineas, his head swathed in bandages, pushes his face against the bars.) PHINEAS: How long're you all figurin' on k-k k-k k-keepin' me here? MASTERSON: Just as long as it takes 'til the Judge hits town. PHINEAS: Well when the Judge hears about you protectin' Doc Holliday just you see what happens! (The Doctor walks in.) DOCTOR: Did I er, did I hear the name Doc Holliday mentioned? PHINEAS: Ya sure did! DOCTOR: Yes, well I've got news of him. WYATT: Well I thought you'd left town. DOCTOR: Oh, Dodo you see... I mean, er, Miss Dupont has gone off with him. And er young Steven is following up and I've got to wait. WYATT: You mean Regret has gone after Holliday alone? DOCTOR: No-no my dear Marshall, no. She's gone with a young man by the name of Ringo. WYATT: Ringo?! MASTERSON: Ringo! (He thumps the g*n he is cleaning onto the desk.) DOCTOR: Yes-yes...you er, you've got a photograph of him here, look. (He hands Wyatt a wanted poster and he throws it aside in exasperation.) WYATT: That's all we needed! Boy the hosts of Midian are sure on the prowl tonight! DOCTOR: Why, is he a friend of the Clanton's? MASTERSON: Ringo is a friend of nobody. Professional g*n, sells hisself to the highest bidder. WYATT: Yeah, and I reckon I know who that'll be. PHINEAS: Better let me outta here while there's still time Earp! WYATT: Ohh shut up! DOCTOR: One more thing. I have to report a m*rder. (Wyatt looks weary.) WYATT: Yeah..? DOCTOR: Yes, the barman at the Last Chance. I believe his name is Charlie isn't it? WYATT: Charlie? (He jumps up.) MASTERSON: Who in thunder'd wanna k*ll Charlie? WYATT: Hoh, that Ringo sure works fast! (He puts his arm around Warren in a brotherly way.) WYATT: Well, what of it lad? Guess I'm gonna left...have to leave you in charge after all, hah? (He strides to the door.) WYATT: C'mon Bat, lets get out to that Last Chance Saloon. DOCTOR: Are you going to be alright? (Warren smiles at the Doctor as he leaves and is still smiling when he glances at Phineas. Phineas grins back toothily and chuckles to himself.) 18, EXT: MAIN STREET (RICHMOND) (Ringo and Steven stand in the street of Richmond, Steven looks around nervously as Ringo puffs on his cigar with an air of nonchalance. Somewhere in the distance a piano is playing the ballad.) STEVEN: Look, uh... What makes you think we're gonna find him in this town? RINGO: On account it's the only one since Tombstone. Doc'll be thirsty. STEVEN: Well uh, how're we gonna find 'im? (Ringo walks towards the veranda of a wooden building and points across the street.) RINGO: Well I'll take this side, you take the other. STEVEN: Yeah. RINGO: Try at the saloon, ha? STEVEN: Hey wait! H-how'm I gonna know 'im? (Ringo laughs.) RINGO: You'll know 'im boy, you'll know 'im. STEVEN: Yeah right, I'll er, see you back here. RINGO: Yep. (Ringo walks a little way, then straightens up as he sees a figure in the distance.) BALLAD: Johnny Ringo has found her; Johnny Ringo's found Kate. The g*n's got her, Now what is her fate? Johnny Ringo has seen her, She's coming his way; Johnny Ringo and Katie Were lovers, they say. RINGO: Good evening Kate. Well ain't you glad to see me! KATE: Johnny! RINGO: Well ain't you? KATE: Well uh...just kinda surprised that's all. RINGO: Yeah, I'll bet. I heard you was gonna be hitched to Doc Holliday so I just came to congratulate you. You and the bridegroom both. KATE: Oh, he ain't no bridegroom a mine Johnny. RINGO: That ain't what I heard. KATE: Oh but it's true! He er...ran out on me soon as we left Tombstone. RINGO: Now why would he do a fool thing like that, pretty girl like you, hah? KATE: Oh I er... I guess he found him a prettier one, Johnny. RINGO: Regret's girl? KATE: Yeah. RINGO: So where's he takin' her? KATE: They was headed for New Mexico. RINGO: New Mexico... KATE: Now Johnny, would I lie to you? RINGO: Hmph! Well I guess he'll just have to wait 'til I finish this job here in Tombstone. KATE: What job? RINGO: You'll find out when we get there. KATE: When we get there? RINGO: Kate, I've followed you for nigh on two years figurin' out what I should do to you when I caught up. Holliday was gonna be first, but 'ccording to you he's in New Mexico, but you're right here. You're coming back to me Kate. KATE: Oh well, thank ya kindly Johnny, but just supposin' I don't wish ta come back?! RINGO: You'd better that's all; I could mebbe change my mind... (He pulls out his g*n.) KATE: Oh, now...now... RINGO: Don't push your luck Kate, just go and get your things. While I tell Regret that there's been a change of plan. Git! (Kate walks away with her head held high.) 19, INT: JAILHOUSE (Phineas watches Warren where he is sitting at the table from behind the bars.) PHINEAS: K-kinda young for responsibility ain't you boy? (Warren answers without moving or even looking.) WARREN: Talkin' to me? PHINEAS: Can't think who else. WARREN: You're wastin' your time Clanton, save it for the Judge. PHINEAS: So you're Wyatt Earp's k-k-kid brother? How come he's lettin' you do all the work around here? Now I got brothers; only they wouldn't leave me to face things all on my lonesome, no sir. WARREN: Seems to me Clanton that's exactly what they are doin'. PHINEAS: I wouldn't say so boy, take a look behind you. WARREN: I got no time to play games Clanton why don't you just shut up. PHINEAS: Ok-k-kay, but i-iff'n I was you I'd take a look behind me just the same. (The door is suddenly thrown open and Billy and Ike rush in, w*apon raised.) BILLY: Don't try it friend. IKE: Where's the head man around here? PHINEAS: Why, this is him Ike! Don't you recognise one of the fightin' Earps when you see one? IKE: Ah, they get greener every year. PHINEAS: D-don't k-kid around Ike. Masters-s'll be back soon, get me outta here! BILLY: Where're the keys Earp? WARREN: Over...over on the desk. BILLY: Go get 'em, and fast. (Warren moves to the table and picks up the large ring of goes for the g*n, gets sh*t.) BILLY: Yeehoo! PHINEAS: Now that fixed it! They'll all be back here, get me outta here! IKE: Get the keys Billy, make it fast. Come on let's go, let's go. (They all rush out leaving the body of Warren on the floor.) BILLY: That's just what I was needing, pcham! BALLAD: It's curtains for Warren, They g*n the kid down; And them bad, cruel outlaws Are heading for town. So the Earps and the Clantons Are aimin' to meet, At the OK Corral Near Calamity Street.
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The g*n The OK Corral By Donald Cotton Original Air Date: 21 May, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1, INT: LAST-CHANCE SALOON (The Doctor, Wyatt and Masterson are standing at the bar. A shroud has been respectfully draped over the still-slumped body of the barman.) DOCTOR: How do you know that the k*ller was Ringo? MASTERSON: On account of it must have been him or you. I don't figure you k*lled Charlie the barman. Of course iff'n you wanna convince me different..? DOCTOR: Certainly not my dear Sheriff! WYATT: Now on the other hand, perhaps although the Clantons know he's not Doc Holliday, they did see him sh**t a g*n out of Seth Harper's hand. DOCTOR: That was nothing to do with me. WYATT: Oh but they think it was, and boy you had 'em lined up against that piana' like skittles in an alley! Why, you're gonna be a useful man to have around when the sh**t' starts. DOCTOR: I certainly hope that I should not be here, when Steven and Dodo get back I... WYATT: Oh you're gonna be here alright, Doctor. (Wyatt removes a gold star from his chest and pins it into the Doctor's lapel.) WYATT: Because ah, I'm deputising ya right now! DOCTOR: Well this is utterly absurd! Nothing will ever induce me to raise a g*n in anger. WYATT: Well maybe you won't have to. But I mean with just Bat an' me an' Warren against the Clantons - you could sure shorten the odds some. (A lean man with a dark moustache strides through the saloon doors.) VIRGIL: And I'll help shorten them some more! WYATT: Well hallelujah, this is my brother Virgil! VIRGIL: You got a drink for a for a thirsty man? WYATT: Well I'd just about given up on you. VIRGIL: Hiya Bat. MASTERSON: How'd you do there. (Virgil peeks under Charlie's shroud, and sees his corpse still draped over the bar he died on.) WYATT: Oh, ah I'm afraid that the bar's closed Virgil. VIRGIL: Say how'd that happen? WYATT: Oh, got himself sh*t, hah. (Virgil glances at the Doctor, and the star on his chest.) WYATT: You don't know pop do ya? VIRGIL: Howdy. DOCTOR: Howdy. Er, would you mind not calling me pop? (Wyatt and Virgil walk out together.) WYATT: Well, let's get on back to the office. Come on Bat! (Masterson wanders after them.) WYATT: Er, Warren's over there waiting for us but Morgan can't make it. I'll tell you about it on the way over. (The Doctor watches them leave.) DOCTOR: Hm! Hmm... (Forgetting for a moment he slouches against the bar, but stiffens as he accidental touches the shroud-wrapped cadaver.) 2, INT: CLANTON RANCH (The inside of Clanton Ranch looks like a cross between some kind of a fortress and a luxury 19 century villa. Rough walls accommodate paintings and furniture as well as enough g*n and r*fles to equip a small army. Pa Clanton sits at a long wide table, cleaning his r*fle, something which is never far from his hand - even when eating. Ringo slouches against a wall smoking a cigar and Kate and Steven are sat together at the back of the room to one side of a crackling stone fireplace. Suddenly the door to the room is flung open and the three Clanton brothers rush into the room.) IKE: Bill, now we got 'im. BILLY: We got 'im Pa, we got 'im! (Pa glances up casually.) PA: Seen ya coming. Took you long enough. BILLY: And we got us an Earp! RINGO: You done what? IKE: So you finally got here now the work's been done! RINGO: Ain't talkin' to you Ike, talking to Billy! Maybe get around to you later. BILLY: Like I said, we sh*t down one of the Earp brothers. RINGO: You sh*t Wyatt Earp? PHINEAS: No his k-k k-k... (Billy and Ike each give Phineas a slap on the back.) BILLY: Kid... IKE: ...Brother... PHINEAS: ...Warren... BILLY: ...Earp! (The Clantons stand grinning as if they were impersonating the three stooges.) PA: Well glory be! Now you really have declared w*r! (He strikes the floor in disgust with the butt of a r*fle.) 3, INT: JAILHOUSE (Wyatt and Virgil are cradling the semi-conscious form of Warren between them as Masterson looks on. Virgil raises an enamel cup to the boy's mouth.) BALLAD: It's curtains for Warren, They've g*n the kid down. And them bad, cruel outlaws Are heading for town. On your way then you cowboys, The time will be soon; When there's blood on the sawdust In the Last-Chance Saloon! WARREN: There was two of 'em Wyatt. WYATT: Who, who was it boy? WARREN: Clantons I guess. Comin' real fast...shouldn't've let Phin' rile me...I turned my back a minute... WYATT: Aw no-one's a-blamin' you son. Rest easy. WARREN: Don't let Morgan know they got my g*n... (He falls back, unconscious.) VIRGIL: He's gone Wyatt. WYATT: Get him on over to the bench there. VIRGIL: Wyatt it's no use. WYATT: Do like I said! (Wyatt gets to his feet and stares as Masterson and Virgil move Warren to the bench.) MASTERSON: I'll get a warrant for 'em, Wyatt. I'll get 'em you know that. WYATT: You'll get 'em? Virgil... VIRGIL: Yes Wyatt? WYATT: Ride on out to the Clantons and tell 'em we'll be waitin' for 'em come sun up. MASTERSON: Now listen Wyatt, there's a right an' a wrong way of doing this. WYATT: Stay out of this Bat. MASTERSON: This ain't legal Wyatt. Iff'n you uphold the law you don't go startin' a private feud! WYATT: You gonna try'n to stop me? MASTERSON: No Wyatt, but I can't go along with ya. The law says that... WYATT: The law? The law can't bring my kid brother back. Virgil and me's gonna step outside of the law. VIRGIL: I reckon so, and I'll tell 'em. Where'll I say? WYATT: Tell 'em the OK Corral. (Wyatt Earp fills up his sh**t with b*ll*ts.) BALLAD: So the Earps and the Clantons Are aimin' to meet, At the OK Corral Near Calamity Street. It's the OK Corral Boys of g*n fame, Where the Earps and the Clantons, They played out the game. They played out the game And we nevermore shall, Hear a story the like Of the OK Corral! 4, INT: CLANTON RANCH (At the table, the Clantons are sloppily scrumming down upon tin plates of gluey bean-gumbo and rough hunks of bread.) PHINEAS: Pass the c-c-c-coffee! (Ike passes the can of steaming coffee to Phineas and reaches over for a plate of bread. In one swift movement Pa Clanton brings the butt of his r*fle down upon Ike's hand with all his might at the lack of dining etiquette, sending the plate of bread flying.) IKE: Ow! Pa! (Beside the fireplace Steven perches on a stool and Kate gently moves herself back and forth in a rocking chair.) STEVEN: Look I'm going to try to slip away get word to Holliday. KATE: Oh! If the Doc knew I was here he'd blast my head off, thanks! STEVEN: I'm sure he'd understand you were only trying to get Ringo of his trail. KATE: Ain't the way the Doc'd see it. 'Sides, you'd get sh*t in the back before you gone ten yards. STEVEN: Oh I dunno why they want to keep me here, I'm no use to them. KATE: On account Ringo don't want Wyatt Earp to know he's here 'til he's good and ready. (There is the sound of approaching hoofbeats and everyone jumps up from the table grabbing their g*n. They all move to the windows to see who it is.) PA: Now cut it out! We got trouble enough seein' Wyatt Earp already. (He gets to his feet and raises his r*fle.) PHINEAS: Oh it ain't Wyatt. IKE: Ain't no-one I seen before. RINGO: I've seen 'im, old acquaintance of mine - Marshall of Dodge City. Name of Virgil Earp. VIRGIL OOV: CLANTON! PA: I hear ya. VIRGIL OOV: Got as message for ya. PA: Well come on up! Ringo you'd better get up on them stairs. We don't wanna show our ace before we're ready to deal. RINGO: Okay. If you want me you'd better shout real loud. (He moves off to conceal himself.) PA: Line up on the door boys. (The Clantons each stand side by side behind the table, ready to draw their g*n at a moments notice. Virgil enters the room.) PA: Long way from Dodge City ain't ya Marshall? VIRGIL: Reckon you know why I'm here. Your boys k*lled my kid brother, Clanton. PA: Well now there's two sides to every... VIRGIL: Ain't here to argue. Just to say that Wyatt'n me'll meet 'em at the OK Corral at sun up. IKE: And have a posse waitin'? You're crazy. VIRGIL: Masterson's got no part in this, neither has the law. Just a little private business to settle between our two families. PHINEAS: And supposin' ah, we don't go? VIRGIL: Then we'll come a-lookin'. (He regards Steven.) VIRGIL: Your friend there, whose side's he on? STEVEN: Oh ah-ah, I'm with you and Wyatt. VIRGIL: D'you wanna to ride out with me? STEVEN: Well yeah, I'd like to! (Pa points his g*n at Steven's head.) STEVEN: Somehow I don't think it's gonna be possible. PA: Regret stays here. Now get! IKE: And tell Earp we'll be there. VIRGIL: I'll tell him. Sleep easy. (Virgil leaves.) PHINEAS: Ha-ha! Well, it sure looks like a bad year for Earps. (The other two brothers laugh.) PA: Ya hear that Ringo? RINGO: I heard. IKE: Well It looks like we got 'em - two to four. RINGO: You mean I got 'em two to one. PHINEAS: How'd you figure that out? We'd be there too! RINGO: Sure you'd be there waitin' for 'em. Kinda like cheese in a mousetrap. BILLY: Now look! RINGO: Ah shut up Billy! You ain't got a hope in hell agin them two, only you ain't old enough to know it. IKE: Oh? What do we do?! RINGO: Let me earn my money why don't you? I'll take 'em from behind while you face 'em. BILLY: Never figured you for a sh**t Ringo! RINGO: I never figured you for any kind of a sh**t Billy, which is why we'll do it my way, okay? Real careful... 5, INT: JAILHOUSE (Wyatt is sitting at the table staring blankly into the chamber of his broken revolver.) DOCTOR: Now Mr Werp, what part am I supposed to be playing in this feud between you and the Clantons? I thought that you gave me this to uphold the law, not... MASTERSON: He's right Wyatt. You can't ask him. DOCTOR: My main concern is for the safety of Steven and Dodo, now can't I ask you to change your mind? MASTERSON: It ain't no use old timer, he won't listen to me, he won't listen to nobody. (He pushes the Doctor to one side moments before the door opens.) DOCTOR: Oh! (Wyatt looks up.) WYATT: You seen 'em? VIRGIL: I seen 'em. WYATT: Gonna be there? VIRGIL: Oh they'll be there. Only thing is... WYATT: Well? VIRGIL: Fella up there with 'em ah, name of Steven Regret. DOCTOR: Steven? What in the world? VIRGIL: Claimed he weren't no pal of theirs, but... WYATT: Well Doc? DOCTOR: Well if he's there it's not a matter of choice. He's still searching for Dodo with Ringo. VIRGIL: Well I didn't see Johnny Ringo, but I sure enough saw his horse. And Kate, ain't she his girlfriend? Well she's there too. (There is a sound of hoofbeats across the street.) WYATT: So Ringo's with the Clantons, huh? Well, looks lie you an' me's gonna have a busy morning eh Virgil? DOCTOR: This is sheer madness Mr Sheriff, you can't take on the Clantons and Ringo! (A familiar scrawny figure stands in the doorway.) HOLLIDAY: They won't have to. (He chuckles.) WYATT: Doc! Thought I told you to get outta town! HOLLIDAY: Well now Wyatt so you did, but the fact is I was brung here at g*n by a woman! VIRGIL: You expectin' us to believe that? HOLLIDAY: The lady is here, the one and only Miss Dodo Dupont! (Dodo dances through the doorway waving a g*n above her head as if it were a pair of maracas. Holliday plucks the g*n from her grasp before she does someone a mischief.) HOLLIDAY: Hahah...er, thank you. DODO: Doctor! Thank goodness you're safe! DOCTOR: Oh my dear, I'm not in the slightest bit of danger - it was you that we were worried about. Hm-hm! HOLLIDAY: Well now where do we meet these Clantons? VIRGIL: We? Now see here Wyatt, I don't take kindly to fighting alongside an outlaw, friend of yours or no! HOLLIDAY: Suit yourself Virgil. I'll just wish you good luck and go off to find my Kate. VIRGIL: Oh, you'll find her at the Clantons. HOLLIDAY: What's that you say? WYATT: Yeah, with Johnny Ringo! HOLLIDAY: Johnny Ringo?! VIRGIL: Ah, I saw them myself, while or two back. (Holliday gets so angry his untidy moustache quivers.) HOLLIDAY: I'll be fightin' beside you two tomorrow mornin' whether you like it or not! DOCTOR: But this is ridiculous gentleman! Can you not oh..uphold the law without using firearms mm? WYATT: Well old friend...now I've got Doc Holliday back; why, you can hand in your badge any time you want to, pop. DOCTOR: Oh good heavens, what a relief. Here you are Bat, there's your badge. (He passes Masterson his gold star.) DOCTOR: And there is your wretched w*apon! Hm-hm! (He pushes the g*n back into Wyatt's hand.) HOLLIDAY: Wyatt, how you proposin' to handle this little Clanton matter? WYATT: Well, just walk right up there and face 'em. HOLLIDAY: You reckon old Pa Clanton will play it that simple? VIRGIL: Well they'll reckon they're four to two... HOLLIDAY: One of them four is Johnny Ringo. I ain't lining up for no squail dance. I'm gonna play this my way. WYATT: So what's your way? DOCTOR: Yes, what is your way, Doctor Holliday, mm? (Holliday gazes around at the curious faces and laughs mischievously to himself.) 6, INT: LAST-CHANCE SALOON (The Doctor and Dodo are sitting in the bar drinking glasses of milk.) DODO: Isn't it time you went to bed Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh how can I possibly sleep my dear, knowing that Steven is mixed up with all this? DODO: I'm quite sure that Steven can take care of himself! DOCTOR: Yes, but I'm not just worrying about Steven my dear! What about this man Mr Werp? Supposing he gets k*lled mm, who is going to uphold law and order in this territory? Yeah...they couldn't let er...Masterson handle the affair I don't know. With a posse of deputies and at the end of it. Let the Clantons get a fair trial. MASTERSON: Proud to hear you say so Doctor. Iff'n you feel that way there's something you can do. I've tried all I know to talk Wyatt out of this an' he won't listen. I'm asking you to go talk to the Clantons. Seems like that's our only chance. DOCTOR: Me? But my dear Sheriff, I should have thought you were the one to convince... MASTERSON: No-no, they know me for a friend of Wyatt's. But iff'n you go to 'em with your badge, say you'll guarantee them a fair trial it might just persuade 'em. Me, I'd rather face trial than Wyatt, Virgil and Holliday together. DOCTOR: Yes I see... DODO: And you might be able to help Steven. DOCTOR: Yes, quite so my dear, that thought had passed through my head, yes. Well Mr Sheriff if need my assistance I certainly will go along and talk to them. MASTERSON: Good. (Pins the badge on the Doctor again.) MASTERSON: Now, only about two hours to sun-up. You'd better get started right now. 7, INT: CLANTON RANCH (Pa enters the house again.) PA: Boys're on their way. STEVEN: On their way to m*rder? PA: That's a big word boy. It fits though. STEVEN: This was meant to be a fair fight. PA: Think I wanna see my own sons k*lled? STEVEN: They may as well be if they win this way. Masterson'll see they hang for it. PA: When the sh**t's over we'll have this town in the palm of our hand - including Masterson. STEVEN: There's still Morgan Earp. PA: Oh if he's still alive we'll deal with him too. Can't build an empire boy, without getting a mite unscrupulous. (Knocks.) PA: Come on in. DOCTOR: Mr Clanton I presume? STEVEN: Doctor! DOCTOR: No er not Doctor at the moment dear boy, I am er...Deputy-Sheriff of Tombstone. PA: Well ain't that somethin'! My cattle been a-roamin' again? DOCTOR: I've come along to ask you to call off your boys from embarking on this ridiculous duel. PA: Yeah, seems like they was the ones got challenged. DOCTOR: And if you'll do this I'm sure that Masterson will see that they get a fair trial. PA: Oh that's real handsome. Only it don't fit in with my plans. DOCTOR: I see. You would prefer them to be sh*t down in the Street? PA: Well they can take their chances. STEVEN: Hoh they aren't taking any chances Doctor. Johnny Ringo's going be behind the Earps. PA: One more yap outta you Regret you're d*ad, boy! (The Doctor holds up a stern finger.) DOCTOR: Ah tch-tch-tch-tch-tch! If you are alluding to the presence of Mr Ringo, I can assure you sir that that also has been anticipated. They're quite ready for them. PA: Okay, supposing they are? There's still only two of them against four. DOCTOR: You have been sadly misinformed! Doctor Holliday is there also. PA: What?! Kate, you said Holliday was in New Mexico! KATE: I blush with shame Mr Clanton, indeed I do. That was a dang blasted lie. He's right there in Tombstone with the Earps. PA: Doc Holliday and the Earps? Again' my boys... 8, EXT: MAIN STREET (Ringo and the Clantons ride into town and tie up their horses.) BALLAD: So the cards, they are drawn An' the chips, they are down, Them outlaws and lawmen Are headin' for town. So the Earps an the Clantons Are aimin' to meet, At the OK Corral Near Calamity Street. PHINEAS: We're early! RINGO: D'you wanna be late...for your own funeral? BILLY: Now you cut that out Ringo! IKE: Take it easy kid! RINGO: Just remember what I told you. BILLY: Yeah I remember. We're the bait in the trap. RINGO: That's right. Now don't forget, start f*ring before they get into range, and go on f*ring so as they don't get a chance to look behind 'em. Because that's where I'll be - okay? Be seeing you. (He moves off.) BALLAD: So them bad, cruel outlaws Are meeting up soon; And they've done their last drinkin' At the Last-Chance Saloon. 9, INT: JAILHOUSE WYATT: Well, best be going. MASTERSON: Wyatt, are you sure I can't stop ya? WYATT: Nope. MASTERSON: Okay. So, good luck. WYATT: Ready Doc? HOLLIDAY: Oh, ready as I will be. Why these here get-togethers have to be held at sun-up I never will know. It'ain't civilised! WYATT: Now just where're you gonna make your play from, Doc? HOLLIDAY: Well it's like I say Wyatt. I'll be strollin' along real easy behind you on the shady side of the Street. Hah, okay? WYATT: Okay. (Wyatt and Virgil leave, Holliday doffs his hat at Masterson and follows.) 10, EXT: MAIN STREET (The Earps stride slowly and solemnly down the street towards the Clantons.) BALLAD: It's the OK Corral Boys of g*n fame, Where the Earps and the Clantons, They played out their game. IKE: Here they come boys! Now! (The Clantons begin f*ring at the Earps, but they are too far to h*t them.) IKE: Scatter! (They all dive for cover, still f*ring. Phineas crawls under a cart, Billy crawls to the side of the cart and Ike makes a break for the side of a house.) WYATT: Take the side. (The Earps each f*re a single sh*t in unison, and breaking their deliberate march, Virgil dives to his right and the cover of a building, Wyatt crouches low and heads in the opposite direction as the Clanton b*ll*ts continue to fly. Over on the verandah Holliday creeps up, but Ringo is behind him. Before he has the chance to g*n Holliday down, Dodo leaps out.) DODO: Doc, look out! (Holliday spins around and faces Ringo, g*n in hand, but the vicious outlaw grabs Dodo and holds her in front of him as a shield. Holliday instinctively drops behind a pile of sacks. Ringo laughs at him.) RINGO: Well if it ain't Doc Holliday. Who invited you Doc? HOLLIDAY: You did Ringo. It seemed kinda seemly to show up. (He raises his hat.) RINGO: Throw down your g*n, or the girl gets it. (He jabs the revolver into Dodo's ribs. Sighing, Holliday tosses his g*n out into the street. Ringo smiles, then moves out with Dodo to pick it up, keeping his g*n aimed at Holliday. Suddenly Dodo twists out of his grip and runs for the verandah, causing Ringo to fall over. Holliday takes his chance and slipping his g*n out of his pocket and fires a single sh*t. Ringo stiffens in pain.) HOLLIDAY: I'm sorry Johnny. (Holliday walks up to, and kneels over his writhing form.) HOLLIDAY: I thought you'd do better than that Mr Ringo. RINGO: I will, hah - next time! (Ringo goes slack.) HOLLIDAY: Ah now Missy you sure do perplex me, go-on now you get the hell outta here! DODO: Oh now Doc I was only trying to help! HOLLIDAY: You try to help me any more you'll be the death of me, go-on! (Dodo rushes back inside and Holliday strolls over to the verandah Wyatt is exchanging f*re from.) HOLLIDAY: Ringo was here. WYATT: And? HOLLIDAY: He is no more. (Over by Billy.) BILLY: Phin'! I'm gonna get Doc Holliday! (Billy crawls out from his place beside the cart and scrambles over to the edge of where the Doc is f*ring wildly. The Doc stands and within two sh*ts Billy is down. Holliday calmly walks over to Billy who is struggling to raise his g*n and stares him in the face. As Billy feels the final sh*t his own w*apon discharges harmlessly into the dirt road. Phineas crawls around a cart, but he only manages to get off a single sh*t before Virgil gets him. Grabbing onto the cart he pulls himself up, but is now in full range of Virgil and Wyatt. He slides to the ground in a volley of b*ll*ts from each of the brothers. Ike climbs a set of steps and fires at Holliday, but is surprised to hear nothing but a tiny metallic click. There is a moment's pause as Wyatt and Virgil join Holliday. Under their combined efforts Ike's body is lifeless before it has fallen from the top of the steps. Wearily two Marshalls and an outlaw survey the scene as a gentle breeze starts up in the silent street.) BALLAD: They paid their sins And they lost on the draw, For the Earps they was faster And they was the law. So beware all you cowboys Who's yearning to sin, If the Earps is the lawmen You ain't gonna win! 11, INT: FEED STORE DOCTOR: Why on Earth would you want to leave Tombstone I can't imagine! All the Clantons are d*ad, Ringo is d*ad. HOLLIDAY: Matters anent. STEVEN: Yes, but surely Wyatt Earp... HOLLIDAY: Wyatt Earp is no longer a lawman. Besides he k*lled two Clantons. DODO: Even so, he'd never let a friend down. (Holliday grins.) HOLLIDAY: Neither would Masterson. KATE: Show 'em Doc. (He unrolls a tight new scroll of parchment to reveal a wanted poster with a very familiar face on it. The offer is $2,000 list of crimes reads: m*rder, treason and other acts against the peace of the US.) HOLLIDAY: Ain't nothin' Masterson would do to oblige a friend. KATE: Ain't it always the same? HOLLIDAY: Always the same. (The Doctor glances from the parchment to Doc Holliday.) DOCTOR: It's a very good likeness. HOLLIDAY: Hahaha! It's yours. (The Doctor accepts the poster.) DOCTOR: Thank you. HOLLIDAY: Goodbye to you all. (He places an arm around Kate's shoulder and strolls away.) HOLLIDAY: Come along Kate. DOCTOR: Aah what a terrible, terrible injustice. You know I'm tempted to... DODO: Listen! (They hear the honky-tonk in the Last Chance Saloon begin to play as someone begins to sing the Ballad.) BALLAD: So fill up your glasses And join in the song, The law's right behind you And it won't take long. So come you coyotes And howl at the moon 'Til there's blood upon the sawdust At the Last-Chance Saloon. (Dodo begins to swing in time to the music.) DOCTOR: Ah my dear Dodo, my dear Dodo! You know you're fast becoming a prey to every cliche-ridden convention in the American West. And it's high time we left. Now come along STEVEN: Thank goodness for that! DOCTOR: Come along now! DODO: Oh but Doctor! DOCTOR: I don't want to discuss it any further. In you go, come along! (He gently bops Dodo twice on the behind with the poster and bundles Steven through the TARDIS door after her.) DOCTOR: Hah! (Dropping the unwanted wanted poster to the ground he enters the TARDIS himself as in the distance the singer can still be faintly heard continuing the ballad...) BALLAD: You've a good chance of swingin' It's your last chance to hide, It's your last chance of singin 'Til your long, last ride... 12, INT: TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (Having newly arrived at their next location the TARDIS crew stare at the scanner screen. The Doctor has lost his hat and Sheriff's star, but has acquired a small black bag slung across his shoulder; Steven and Dodo are dressed in drab normal clothes for the first time in their adventures together. As the image pans around a dry arid landscape they see scrubby grass and shrubbery contrasting against a vivid red watercolour sky.) DOCTOR: Yes I think I can say that I know just exactly where we are. (He smiles knowingly.) DODO: Past, present or future? DOCTOR: In the future, very much in the future. We've now reached the distant horizon of an age...an age of peace and prosperity. Now I'm going to be off! (The Doctor leaves the TARDIS and Steven and Dodo follow. Unseen on the scanner is the form of a wizened old man as he stares curiously out. He is unkempt, has a straggly white beard and is dressed in a simple outfit of tattered rags...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x37 - The OK Corral"}
foreverdreaming
EPISODE 1 Written by Ian Stuart Black Original Air Date: 28 May, 1966 5:35pm - 6:00pm SCENE 1 - TARDIS INTERIOR (This scene appears at the conclusion of The g*n episode 4. The Doctor, Steven and Dodo are standing next to the console, and staring up at the TARDIS scanner. The TARDIS appears to have landed in a rough, hilly landscape strewn with rocks and shrubs. The Doctor picks up a monitoring instrument and places the strap over his shoulder.) DOCTOR: We've now reached the distant horizon of an age - an age of peace and prosperity. Now I'm going to be off. (The Doctor opens the TARDIS doors. As he exits, he is unaware of the primitive man watching him nearby. The man is dressed in animal skins, and carrying a large club...) SCENE 2 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (The Doctor follows a narrow path through layers of thick vegetation. At one point, he stops and takes a reading from his instrument. Chuckling to himself, the Doctor moves on.) SCENE 3 - TARDIS EXTERIOR (Steven is pacing restlessly next to the TARDIS. Dodo stands nearby. Steven impatiently glances at his watch.) STEVEN: He said five minutes. DODO: The Doctor has no idea of time. For someone who's travelled about in time as much as he has, that's rather funny. (Dodo giggles..) STEVEN: This is nothing to laugh at, Dodo. DODO: Don't take it so seriously. If you're so worried about him, you shouldn't have let him go. STEVEN: All right - you try telling the Doctor what to do. DODO: Then you should have gone with him. STEVEN: You heard what he said. DODO: You don't have to do everything he tells you. You're a grown man. Or are you? (Dodo glares at Steven, who returns her glare with equal venom. But realising the Doctor's propensity to find trouble, Steven walks a short distance away from the TARDIS to try and spot the Doctor.) SCENE 4 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (The Doctor checks the reading on his instrument. Once again, he is satisfied with the result.) DOCTOR: Hmmm, yes. It's just as I thought! Yes... yes, well I think my young friends are in for quite a surprise! (As the Doctor walks off, he is still unaware of the primitive man watching him from the bushes. The man is joined by a second 'savage'.) SCENE 5 - TARDIS EXTERIOR (Steven peers into the bushes, trying to find the Doctor.) STEVEN: Doctor! Doctor! (Steven moves further into the shrubs.) SCENE 6 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (The Doctor hears Steven calling his name. He turns around in annoyance.) DOCTOR: Oh dear me, what is that now? (The Doctor turns in the direction of Steven's voice.) DOCTOR: Well, I shan't be long anyway! (The two primitives continue to crawl their way through the bushes, keeping a careful eye on the stranger.) STEVEN: (Calling out.) Doctor! (The Doctor turns around, startled, believing he has detected movement in the nearby shrubs.) SCENE 7 - TARDIS EXTERIOR (Dodo is standing on a large boulder trying to find where Steven has gone. Steven's voice can be heard yelling from the scrubland.) STEVEN: Doctor! Doctor! (Calling back to Dodo.) He doesn't answer yet, Dodo. I think I'd better go and look for him. DODO: (Returning Steven's call.) All right. STEVEN: I won't go far. (Dodo gives a sudden gasp as she hears the sounds of trickling stones. She quickly turns around and looks up the side of the ravine. There is no one there. With a deep sigh she sits down on the boulder, and waits for Steven's return. As soon as Dodo turns around, a man begins to peer from over the ravine. He carefully makes his way down towards Dodo, trying to avoid any distracting noises. However, Dodo hears the sounds of his descent. She turns around and screams. The man quickly climbs back up the ravine and disappears.) STEVEN: (From the bushes.) Dodo! (Steven reappears from the bushes, and rejoins Dodo.) STEVEN: What's happened? DODO: (Pointing up the ravine.) Up there. STEVEN: (Looking up.) There's nothing there. DODO: I saw a man in animal skins, and with an axe. STEVEN: (Uncertain.) You sure? Well, the Doctor said... DODO: (Angrily.) I don't care what he said! I saw him! He was like a savage from the Stone Age. STEVEN: Then the Doctor was wrong. We're not in the future at all. We must be back at the beginning of man. SCENE 8 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (The Doctor takes yet another reading from his instrument. He chuckles.) DOCTOR: That ridiculous young man! He thought I'd made a mistake! (Smiling to himself, the Doctor turns around and walks back towards the TARDIS. The two savages realise that the Doctor is walking towards their hiding place in the bushes. The younger savage speaks first.) TOR: He is coming. What's he carrying? CHAL: It is not a light g*n. TOR: He is one of the leaders? CHAL: He is not one of our people. TOR: He is coming near. We must run. CHAL: Stay. We k*ll this man. (At that moment, the Doctor speaks having heard the sounds of movement through the undergrowth.) DOCTOR: Hello there, I say. Come out from underneath there. Now don't be alarmed. Come along, now. Hmmm. Can you hear me? Hmm? Oh, I say, do come out from underneath there, will you? Hmm? (Suddenly, the Doctor turns around as he hears another noise. Two soldiers, dressed in appropriate uniform, have appeared. They are both armed with futuristic w*apon.) DOCTOR: Oh good gracious me! You know, I thought for one moment you were hiding behind those bushes. EDAL: We have come to welcome you. EXORSE: It is a great honour to have you visit our planet. DOCTOR: Oh yes, I see. Well, I am expected. Do you know who I am? EDAL: Not your name, of course. But our space observers have their own name for you. DOCTOR: Oh, and what might that be? EXORSE: You are known to us as the Traveller from Beyond Time. DOCTOR: I see, and how would you expect me here and now? EXORSE: The Elders of our city have been plotting the course of your space-time ship for many light years. They estimated your arrival some time ago. DOCTOR: I see. Well that's very clever of them. (Captain Edal notices the instrument the Doctor is carrying. He peers at it suspiciously.) EDAL: What is this? We understood from our Elders that you did not carry w*apon. DOCTOR: Oh yes, they're quite right, yes I never do. No, this is my R.V. you see - my Reacting Vibrator. I'm able to do my calculations from this. As I told my young friends... EDAL: You are not alone? DOCTOR: Good gracious, no. Did you expect me to be? EDAL: We have no information about your companions. DOCTOR: (Smiling.) Oh! They're very pleasant, yes they're both very pleasant. Apart from their juvenile exuberances, I'm sure you'll like them. (The Doctor peers back into the bushes.) DOCTOR: They must be at the back here somewhere. I think they're rather worried because I'm a bit late joining them... EDAL: We had no instructions about them. The Elders must be informed. You must come with us. (The Doctor does not approve of Edal's tone of voice.) DOCTOR: Must? EXORSE: Captain Edal wishes to take you to the Elders of our City. They are waiting to welcome you. DOCTOR: Oh yes of course, yes, yes, yes, I shall come with you. In the meantime, young man, (Indicating Exorse.) I wonder if you'd mind trying to find my young people for me. Steven and Dodo. Tell them the Doctor sent you. (Exorse turns to Captain Edal for his approval.) EDAL: Go for them Exorse. Bring them to the city. (Edal turns back to the Doctor, and indicates a path through the jungle.) EDAL: This way. SCENE 9 - TARDIS EXTERIOR (Steven and Dodo are becoming increasingly concerned at the Doctor's absence.) STEVEN: I'll have to go and look for him, Dodo. Something must have happened to him. DODO: I'll come with you. (Peering into the bushes.) Steven! STEVEN: What is it? DODO: There is something up there! STEVEN: Look - you're imagining things. Come on. (Just as Steven is about to move off, there is a 'thud' sound from behind them. Dodo screams. Both Steven and Dodo turn around sharply, but there is no one in sight.) DODO: (Nervously.) I told you. (Steven notices an object lying on the ground nearby. He picks it up, and examines it carefully.) STEVEN: A spear... It's sharp as a Kn*fe. You were right Dodo, there is someone up there. DODO: What are we to do now? STEVEN: Back to the TARDIS. Quick. (Suddenly, spears begin to thud all round Steven and Dodo. They wildly sprint back towards the TARDIS. The spears continue to fall around them.) DODO: They're getting nearer! (At that moment, a spear falls right behind the fleeing Steven and Dodo. As they brace themselves for an impacting spear, there is a yell from nearby. This immediately halts the spear-throwing. Steven and Dodo stare around the silent landscape. As they search around the ravine, Exorse suddenly appears from the scrub. Dodo gives a slight scream.) EXORSE: Welcome to the Traveller's companions. You are Dodo and Steven? STEVEN: How do you know? Who are you? EXORSE: The Traveller told me I would find you here. STEVEN: The Traveller? You mean the Doctor? Is he all right? EXORSE: Perfectly. He has gone to meet the elders of our city. DODO: But the savages! EXORSE: I think you will find that some of us are fairly civilised. DODO: Then this isn't the Iron Age? EXORSE: By no means. STEVEN: The Doctor was right. EXORSE: Please come with me to the City. Our Elders wait to honour your Doctor. They will be very happy also to welcome his friends. SCENE 10 - THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER (The Doctor, led by Captain Edal, is brought into the City's Council Chamber. He is brought before a raised platform. Sitting on the platform are the four elders of the City. The leader of the elders, Jano, looks inquiringly at the Doctor. Surrounding the platform, are numerous other attendants and citizens. Amongst them is a young, intelligent-looking couple, Avon and Flower.) JANO: (To the Doctor.) You are welcome. Welcome indeed. Though we know you only as a record in our charts of space and time, yet you seem to us like an old friend. DOCTOR: Well that's very kind of you to make me feel so welcome. JANO: We are honoured by your visit. The whole city looks upon you with admiration. Let me introduce myself. I am Jano, leader of the council of elders. These are my councillors. (Jano indicates a chart on the nearby wall.) JANO: We have all known about you for a long time. Look. We have charted your voyages from galaxy to galaxy and from age to age. But we never thought that we would meet you face-to-face. This is a great moment in our history. (The Doctor is chuffed.) JANO: To mark our admiration, we would be pleased if you would accept the office of one of our high elders. DOCTOR: Well, my dear sir, that's very good of you. Yes, very good of you indeed. Yes, I don't remember being so highly honoured before like this anywhere I've been. (Flower approaches the Doctor carrying a large ornate robe. An attendant also moves forward. Flower and the attendant assist the Doctor into the robes.) JANO: We recognise in you the greatest specialist in time-space exploration. You have taken this branch of learning far beyond our elementary calculations. DOCTOR: Oh come come, my dear sir. I know that you've been very responsible for vast scientific research. And at the same time, I always knew a race existed of great intelligence in this segment of the universe. JANO: Thank you, Doctor. We'd like to think that we have created here something of lasting value. DOCTOR: You have. You have indeed, you have. And if I may so say, thank you dearly for making me appear so grand. (The Doctor looks approvingly at his new outfit. At that moment, Exorse enters the room with Steven and Dodo.) EXORSE: The Doctor's two friends, sir - Steven and Dodo. JANO: You are very welcome. DOCTOR: Ah, there you are, both of you. Well, I don't think I was so far wrong, my boy. (The Doctor indicates his robes.) DOCTOR: What do I look like, my dear? DODO: You're really with it now, Doctor. DOCTOR: With what, my dear? STEVEN: What is this place? JANO: Did the Doctor not tell you? DODO: Not exactly. STEVEN: He said it was an age of peace and prosperity. DOCTOR: Yes, and I was right. They are very highly developed civilised minds. JANO: But our calculations were incomplete. We did not realise that the Doctor would have anyone with him. Nevertheless, although our honours are for him, our gifts are for you. (One of the attendants presents Dodo with a small pocket mirror. The mirror is an intricately carved item, surrounded by a number of jewels. Steven is presented with an elegant dagger.) DODO: Oh, thank you. It's beautiful. STEVEN: (Indicating the dagger.) Look at that Doctor. (Dodo examines the mirror excitedly.) DODO: These are real diamonds! JANO: Perhaps Steven and Dodo would like to make themselves at home. DOCTOR: Oh yes, thank you. JANO: Our young people will show them round. DOCTOR: An excellent idea, sir. Well, my boy, now perhaps you'll believe me next time I tell you I know precisely where I am! (The Doctor chuckles as Flower and Avon lead Steven and Dodo from the room) JANO: (Indicating a chair.) Now Doctor... we have many questions to ask you. (The Doctor sits down.) SCENE 11 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Captain Edal and Exorse move through the scrubland, scanning the surrounding environment. Captain Edal is particularly agitated.) EDAL: We're only the city guard, of course. They don't ask our opinion, do they? EXORSE: What's the matter, Captain? EDAL: I don't trust them. I never did trust strangers. Why should we treat this old Doctor as one of ourselves? EXORSE: The Elders think highly of him. EDAL: (Scornfully.) The Elders! All right, we've wasted enough time this morning. Get back on patrol. Take the Crater Section. (The two soldiers walk off in different directions. They are watched by Chal and Tor, the same two savages who were watching the Doctor. This time there is a third savage present - a young girl, Nanina.) CHAL: (Looking disgustingly at the soldiers.) They have g*n hunting. TOR: We must warn our people. CHAL: Nanina, go back to the caves. Tell the families to hide. NANINA: But what of you, Chal? CHAL: We will be safe, we will warn the others. Nanina... take care in the craters. (Nanina moves off through the undergrowth. Chal and Tor worriedly watch her go.) SCENE 12 - THE CITY STREETS (Avon and Flower are showing Steven and Dodo the many wondrous sights of the city.) FLOWER: We have built into the city a life-giving sun of our own. Isn't that right Avon? AVON: It is man's intellect which decides the heat and cold of our city. FLOWER: Yes. After all, the elders do know what's best for us... although it would be rather nice to know what real things are like sometimes. AVON: Real what? FLOWER: You know. Real wind, real rain, real sunshine. AVON: Don't be ridiculous. They have given us all this. (Avon waves his hand expansively around the vast city.) DODO: It's beautiful. AVON: Our artists have every opportunity to develop their talents. Here, everyone has a chance to do what is best for him to do. STEVEN: It's certainly a wonderful job. But how do you manage it? What's the secret? FLOWER: Secret? What makes you think we have a secret? STEVEN: Other civilisations have failed to make this advance. FLOWER: Well, that doesn't mean... AVON: Be quiet Flower. Our scientists have made one simple discovery. And due to this, they have found the way to give us all greater energy, greater intellect and greater talent. STEVEN: One simple discovery? DODO: What was it? AVON: (Hesitant.) This is something best discussed by the Elders and your Doctor. SCENE 13 - THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER (The Doctor is sitting with Jano and the elders.) DOCTOR: Well, gentlemen, I can't just sit here in all these grand clothes without asking a few questions. After all, there's my reputation to think about. JANO: What do you mean Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, if I accept your gifts, I must endorse your life. But I can't do that without knowing something about you. JANO: But surely, you know a great deal about us. DOCTOR: Yes, I know very well that you are far advanced than most planets. But, how you achieve this, I know not. And let's face it gentlemen, you are much advanced. Now, I would like to know how. SCENE 14 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Nanina is cautiously moving through the ravine, when she hears the sounds of approaching footsteps. She turns around, and notices Exorse patrolling a short distance away. She immediately dives to the ground, and takes cover behind a bush. Nervously, she watches as Exorse moves away. Nanina shivers in horror. Chal and Tor are watching from above the ravine.) TOR: I cannot see her. She must have got away. CHAL: She has not crossed the ravine yet. She is still hiding. TOR: Can you see the hunter? CHAL: He is going into the ravine! (Exorse has detected a presence near to him. He stands and listens. Nearby, Nanina is crawling through the bushes, but she is unaware that she is moving closer to Exorse...) CHAL: He is over there. And Nanina? TOR: She is there too! CHAL: (Shouting.) Nanina! (Nanina tries to flee from Exorse.) TOR: (Shouting.) Nanina! Not that way! (Exorse has spotted Nanina. He points his g*n towards Nanina, and fires. Nanina gives a small shriek. A shaft of light emerges from the w*apon and completely surrounds Nanina. Nanina immediately becomes motionless. Keeping Nanina in the shaft of light, Exorse directs her towards the city. Nanina has no choice but to obey Exorse's orders.) TOR: He has taken her. SCENE 15 - THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER (The Doctor continues to discuss with Jano the 'secret' behind the civilisation's success.) JANO: Life preys on other forms of life, as you know Doctor. Wild beasts live on other animals. Mankind must have food, water, and oxygen. DOCTOR: Yes, it's quite obvious to the meanest intellect that, well, how can I say, that you have found a much more... much more effective source of energy. JANO: That is true Doctor. We have learned how to transfer the energy of life directly to ourselves. We can tap it at its source. It is as though we were able to recharge ourselves with life's vital force. SCENE 16 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Exorse continues to lead Nanina through the scrubland by directing the shaft of light over her. Nanina remains helplessly caught in the beam's power. Chal and Tor are watching nearby.) CHAL: Nanina! (Chal rushes forward in front of Exorse.) CHAL: Leave her. Leave the girl. Take me in her place. (Exorse shows no interest.) SCENE 17 - THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER (Jano is explaining to the Doctor the reason behind their success. He points to a small model in front of him.) JANO: The energy of life which we accumulate we store in vats such as these. Then, when the Elders decide that some member of the community needs new force, we can transfer that energy directly. DOCTOR: To a member of your community? JANO: Exactly. We can give ourselves new power. DOCTOR: Yes, of course, you'll need a very high form of life to make this source effective. JANO: That is true Doctor. We absorb only a very special form of animal vitality. SCENE 18 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Exorse continues to direct Nanina with his light g*n. The pair approach the city...) SCENE 19 - THE CITY STREETS (The tour of the city continues. Flower and Avon direct Steven and Dodo through a street covered with numerous sculptures. Dodo is starting to lag behind. She notices a window at the end of a small passageway. But as she moves towards the window, Avon spots her.) FLOWER: Don't think we're always serious. We play games. We dance. We go hunting. Our life is very happy. We do everything we want - go everywhere we want. AVON: (To Dodo.) Do not go that way! DODO: I thought you said we could go anywhere. AVON: It leads to the world beyond the city. DODO: (Surprised.) Don't you ever go outside? FLOWER: We're not allowed to. AVON: There is no need. FLOWER: Yes, that's right. Everything we want, we have here in the city. STEVEN: What about the men we met outside? FLOWER: They are the guards. DODO: What, to keep back the savages? AVON: The savages? DODO: The men in animal skins. AVON: You saw them? DODO: They threw spears at us! AVON: Yes, well, the guards are to keep these people away. That is why we seldom go beyond the city. FLOWER: (Showing dislike.) Let's forget such a dismal topic. Come on, I'll show you the stadium. There's going to be a celebration there tonight. Especially for you. (Flower smiles as she moves off through the streets. Steven and Avon walk closely behind. But Dodo is still intrigued by the window at the end of the passageway. She walks down the passageway and stares through the window. She watches Exorse walking past, holding Nanina in the power of the light g*n.) AVON: Dodo! DODO: I'm coming. (Dodo reluctantly hurries back and joins the group. She approaches Steven and whispers to him, so Avon and Flower cannot hear.) DODO: Every time I want to see something, they stop me. STEVEN: Dodo, you're a guest here. Try to behave like one. DODO: I hate conducted tours. STEVEN: What were you goggling at anyway? DODO: (Lowering her voice.) I saw one of the guards go past. He had a prisoner. STEVEN: You must be off your head! You wouldn't have a prisoner in a place like this. DODO: He had one of the savages with him. A girl. She seemed to be moving along in a light that shone from those g*n they carry. STEVEN: (Disbelievingly.) Oh Dodo, really! DODO: Oh no, it's true! It was like a torch, as he moved, she went ahead. FLOWER: (Calling back.) Come along, we're just wondering which way to take you now. DODO: Why are they so cautious about what they show us? STEVEN: You imagine things... (Flower notices Steven and Dodo whispering like a pair of conspirators.) FLOWER: (Suspiciously.) What are you whispering about? STEVEN: We're just coming. DODO: (Quietly, to Steven.) We're not going to find out much about this place from these two, are we? STEVEN: (Wearily.) Come on! SCENE 20 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Exorse, with Nanina under his control, approaches a side-door to the City. As Exorse moves towards the door to open it, the shaft of light moves away from Nanina. Nanina, momentarily released from the paralysing power of the w*apon, collapses wearily against the city wall.) NANINA: Please, let me go. (Exorse completely ignores her. He twists a dial next to the door, causing a bell to ring inside.) SCENE 21 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (Inside a room filled with masses of complex machinery, two uniformed figures wheel in an operating table. Lying on the table is Wylda, a savage in a semi-conscious state. Senta, the chief scientist, supervises the operation. At one end of the room is a door leading to Senta's laboratory. At that moment, a bell rings from outside.) SENTA: That must be Exorse. He is already behind his deadline. What's happening to security this morning? (The two assistants assist Wylda to his feet. Wylda continues to moan in agony.) SENTA: (Peering anxiously at Wylda.) He seems very depleted. What's his vitality reading? (Senta examines a small dial attached to the operating table.) SENTA: Seventeen point four. They took that very low. Can't they follow instructions in there, (Pointing towards laboratory.) or have I got to supervise every transfer of energy myself? (Senta bustles around the room, glancing at various monitoring devices.) SENTA: Now, let's see. His recuperative chart is high. He'll recover. (The 'doorbell' rings a second time.) SENTA: Those confounded guards - they're all the same. They keep you waiting, throw the whole routine out of gear, and then they expect you to be ready for them the moment they arrive. (To assistant, indicating Wylda.) All right, take him away. Release him. Help him along corridor K-O-4, emergency exit. Go ahead. (Senta presses a button, causing a door to open. Wylda, with the help of one of the assistants, shuffles through the door. Senta then operates another control, causing a second door to glide open. Exorse enters with Nanina under his control.) SENTA: Prepare this one - A47, (Pointing to Nanina.) We're behind schedule. We must transfer immediately. I am filing a complaint, Exorse. You're late. Surely she didn't give you much trouble? EXORSE: Of course not. I was delayed by the strangers. SENTA: (Immediately intrigued.) You've seen them? EXORSE: Captain Edal and I were the first to find them. We brought them back. That was why I was late. SENTA: You've actually seen them? What are they like? EXORSE: Very like us, in some ways. SENTA: But in some ways, they're different? EXORSE: Yes... but I can't quite say what it is. I must be going. (Senta presses the control lever again, re-opening the door. Exorse leaves.) SENTA: (To one of the attendants.) Is A47 ready yet? (Senta examines the table, as the attendant nods.) SENTA: Yes, that seems all right. Tell them, (Indicating the laboratory.) to be quite sure not to take A47 below vitality reading 24. (The assistants prepare for the transfer, while Senta examines the dazed figure of Nanina.) SENTA: Is she all right? Let's see... SCENE 22 - THE CITY (Dodo continues to lag behind in the tour of the city. Steven, meanwhile is very impressed by what Flower and Avon are showing him.) STEVEN: This city really is fantastic. Fountains. Music. Everything. AVON: Yes, we're very proud of it. STEVEN: Why is it only within the confines of the city itself that you have such ideal conditions? What about beyond? FLOWER: Well... AVON: (Sharply.) We told you before! We have everything here that we need. SCENE 23 - CITY LABORATORY (Senta is performing the final checks on Nanina. He turns to the attendants, satisfied of Nanina's condition.) NANINA: Please, please... SENTA: All right. Take her away. NANINA: Oh no! No! No... please! (The two assistants wheel the table into the laboratory, completely oblivious of Nanina's protests.) SCENE 24 - THE CITY (As the tour continues, Dodo notices Exorse leaving a nearby room. With her curiosity aroused, Dodo decides to investigate further.) SCENE 25 - THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER JANO: Doctor, do you realise that with our knowledge, we can make the brave man braver, the wise man wiser, the strong man stronger. We can make the beautiful girl more beautiful still. You will see the advantages of that in the perfection of our race. SCENE 26 - THE CITY STREETS (Steven stares in awe as Avon and Flower describe a various aspect of their city. Flower turns around to call for Dodo.) FLOWER: Come and see this, Dodo. STEVEN: Yes, come on, Dodo, I'm sure you'll find... (Steven stops talking when he realises Dodo has disappeared.) STEVEN: Oh no! Now where's she gone? What's happened? FLOWER: (Calling out.) Dodo? STEVEN: Dodo! Dodo, where are you? SCENE 27 - THE PASSAGEWAY (Dodo makes her way down a dark corridor, covered with metallic panels. Ahead of her, the corridor divides into two. Dodo moves towards the junction in the passageway. There is the faint sound of someone moving towards her. As she moves closer to the junction, there are the sounds of heavy breathing. The breathing becomes louder... Dodo hesitates, but decides to look around the corner of the junction. Directly in front of her is a dazed savage. It is Wylda. His eyes are wide open in shock. Holding out his arms thr*at, he approaches Dodo. Dodo screams...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x38 - The Savages - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
EPISODE 2 Written by Ian Stuart Black Original Air Date: 4 June, 1966 5:35pm - 6:00pm SCENE 1 - THE PASSAGEWAY (Dodo stands motionless with fear as Wylda, with outstretched hands and vacant eyes, staggers towards her. But as Wylda reaches Dodo, he appears totally unaware of her. Continuing in a zombie-like state, Wylda stumbles past Dodo, and moves on towards the end of the corridor. Dodo continues to remain still, as if any movement on her part may cause Wylda to notice her.) (Dodo watches in puzzlement as Wylda approaches the end of the corridor - an apparent d*ad end. But just as Wylda reaches the far wall, he passes through a beam of light. This causes the door at the end of the corridor to glide open. Further beyond the door is the outside world. Wylda struggles towards the now open door. But the effort required is too great for his weakened body. As Dodo watches, Wylda collapses on to the floor. Wylda makes a feeble effort to rise, but it is to no avail. Groaning in pain, Wylda falls back to the floor.) (Dodo eventually decides that Wylda, in his current depleted state, can cause her no possible harm. Dodo walks towards Wylda, and crouches down next to him. For the first time, Wylda becomes aware of Dodo's presence. His mouth opens, but no words come out. With all her strength, Dodo half-lifts Wylda from the floor, and drags him through the exit. As soon as they are outdoors, Wylda collapses free of Dodo's grip, and falls back to the ground. Chal and Tor, almost as if they frequently wait in this area, appear from out of the shrubs to assist Wylda to his feet. Seething with rage, Tor takes a step towards Dodo... but is halted when Wylda catches his arm. Wylda gives a very slight shake of the head.) (At that moment, the door starts to glide closed. Dodo suddenly becomes aware that she will be trapped outside the city if she does not move quickly. She rushes back into the corridor, leaving the two savages with Wylda.) SCENE 2 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (Senta is directing the latest transfer of energy. Nanina is wheeled into the laboratory on the operating trolley.) NANINA: (Crying.) Please no... don't, please don't... no... no. SENTA: Make the connections. (One of the assistants operates a control. A panel slides down over Nanina, leaving her totally trapped inside a glass cubicle. Nanina continues to cry and plead, even as the cubicle fills with gas...) SENTA: Vapourisation. 1 ASSISTANT: (Checking a control.) Vapourisation... off. 2 ASSISTANT: Vapourisation on. 3 ASSISTANT: (Confirming the order.) Vapourisation on. (Senta anxiously watches the monitoring equipment.) SENTA: (To the 1 Assistant.) Prepare for transfer. 1 ASSISTANT: Standing by. (The assistants count off the energy readings as the transference rate increases.) ASSISTANTS: Twenty-three point zero eight... twenty-four zero nine... twenty-five one point zero four... twenty-six one point zero six... twenty-seven... SCENE 3 - THE CITY STREETS STEVEN: Dodo! Dodo, where are you? (Steven is rushing through the city streets in an attempt to find Dodo. Avon and Flower follow behind.) STEVEN: What could have happened to her? AVON: I cannot think. Perhaps she's playing a joke. STEVEN: What do you mean? FLOWER: She may be hiding - just a game. STEVEN: Not even Dodo would be as stupid as that. Something must have happened to her... (Calling out again.) Dodo! Dodo! SCENE 4 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (The transference continues...) ASSISTANTS: ...three point five zero... thirty-one three point five zero. (The bubbling in the vats increases in intensity...) SCENE 5 - THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER (The Doctor and Jano continue their discussion.) JANO: So you see Doctor, with this new stimulus, intellectual workers find themselves able to accomplish more. Artists are able to create works of brilliance and beauty. Everything... (At that moment, Steven's voice can be heard, calling for the Doctor. He rushes into the Council Chamber.) STEVEN: Doctor! Doctor! DOCTOR: My dear Steven, you must not come bursting into the room like this. Well? STEVEN: Well, its Dodo. She's gone. DOCTOR: Gone? What do you mean, gone? STEVEN: She's completely vanished. (Jano turns to Avon and Flower, who have just entered the room.) JANO: What are we to understand by this Avon? AVON: It's true. FLOWER: Dodo was with us, and she vanished into thin air. DOCTOR: (Unconcerned.) Well, I really don't know what all this fuss is about. I'm sure the child won't come to any harm while's she here. JANO: No. She cannot leave the city. DOCTOR: If I know that young lady, she's well enough to look after herself. (He beckons to Steven to leave the room.) DOCTOR: Now, come along, please let's finish the conversation. STEVEN: (Believing the Doctor is dismissing the subject too lightly.) Doctor! DOCTOR: Tch, tch, tch. SCENE 6 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (As the vats in the laboratory bubble with activity, Dodo cautiously creeps into the control room. The sounds of the machinery have attracted her attention.) SENTA: (From the laboratory.) Subject is very weak. Prepare to switch. I'll give the signal. (The 2 Assistant, who is still in the control room, obeys Senta's instruction. At that moment, Dodo notices Nanina trapped inside the cubicle. She moves closer for a better view. The 2 Assistant looks up momentarily from his work, and spots Dodo creeping through the room. Without saying anything to his comrades, the 2 Assistant moves quietly behind Dodo.) SENTA: (From the laboratory.) Slowly, slowly. Vitality reading? 1 ASSISTANT: (From the laboratory.) Twenty-six. SENTA: (From the laboratory.) Careful now. (As Dodo moves closer to the cubicle, she is suddenly startled when the 2 Assistant grabs her, and holds his hand over her mouth. The sounds of the struggle attract the attention of the 3 Assistant.) 2 ASSISTANT: In the control room with her. Quick! (She breaks free momentarily from the 2 Assistant.) DODO: What do you think you're doing. Leave me alone! 3 ASSISTANT: Who is she? 2 ASSISTANT: She must be from outside. I'll check the list. 3 ASSISTANT: Why is she wearing such strange clothes? (She tries again to free herself from the Assistant's grip.) DODO: You keep your hands to yourself! (While the 3 Assistant maintains a firm hold on Dodo, the 2 Assistant scans a nearby list.) 2 ASSISTANT: We have no record of her. The only female in here is the one who is in there now. 3 ASSISTANT: She must be from outside. Is she for transference? 2 ASSISTANT: She must be. What else? We had better make preparations. (The 2 Assistant indicates one of the empty trolleys standing nearby. Dodo gets a bad feeling when she sees the straps on the trolley...) DODO: No... no... NO! SCENE 7 - THE CITY STREETS (The search for Dodo continues through the city streets. Edal has joined up with Steven, Avon, and Flower.) AVON: We came along here, you see. Then we stopped and looked out of this window. FLOWER: The window? EDAL: It's too small. She couldn't get out of that. You should have watched her. You'll be held responsible. FLOWER: We thought she was following... we didn't know she could vanish. (Captain Edal looks down the corridor with the small window at the end.) EDAL: She passed here? AVON: Yes, but she couldn't go through it. EDAL: Why not? (Captain Edal presses a control lever, causing a door in the corridor to glide open. Steven is immediately intrigued.) STEVEN: What is this? FLOWER: Oh, it's nothing - we never use it. Pay no attention. EDAL: The guards use it. FLOWER: Oh, we never go there... none of the young people do. Dodo would never go down there. STEVEN: You don't know her. She'd go anywhere. EDAL: If she's gone down there, then I wouldn't give much for her chances. STEVEN: What do you mean...? (Edal turns to Avon and Flower, with a stern expression on his face.) EDAL: And I wouldn't give much for yours either. FLOWER: (Upset.) But she wouldn't go that way! It's not allowed. STEVEN: (Sarcastically.) Well, if it isn't allowed, Dodo would be the first in the queue. I'm going to take a look. (Steven makes a move towards the newly created entrance.) EDAL: (Sharply.) Stay where you are! SCENE 8 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (In the laboratory, Senta is examining the monitoring equipment when the 2 Assistant appears from the control room.) 2 ASSISTANT: Something very strange has happened, Senta. We have one of the outsiders, but she does not submit. She is fighting. SENTA: What! 2 ASSISTANT: In the control room. SENTA: Take over. (With the 2 Assistant, Senta rushes back towards the control room. Dodo has broken free of the 3 Assistant, and is trying to maintain the furthest distance possible from him. She manoeuvres her way between tables and trolleys.) DODO: I don't know what you do in here - but whatever it is, I don't like it! (The 3 Assistant makes a sudden lunge, but Dodo scrambles over a table.) DODO: No you don't! (Dodo notices a small scalpel-like instrument on a nearby table. She snatches it from the table, and holds it thr*at towards the complex machinery.) DODO: I don't know who on Earth you think I am, but you'd better keep back. This equipment must cost a packet. (At that moment, Senta and the 2 Assistant enter the control room.) DODO: (Screaming.) Keep back, or I'll smash the lot! SENTA: (To his assistants.) Don't move! She could k*ll everyone. SCENE 9 - THE CITY STREETS (Before Steven can move into the darkened corridor, Captain Edal grabs hold of his arm, and drags him back.) EDAL: You're not allowed in there. STEVEN: It's the only place she can be. EDAL: I will go and see. (Edal steps through the opening into the darkened corridor, leaving an impatient Steven with Avon and Flower.) SCENE 10 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (The vats in the laboratory continue to bubble wildly. The 1 Assistant, who has remained in the laboratory, notices the unusually high reaction rate of the vats. He rushes towards the control room, shouting in alarm.) 1 ASSISTANT: Senta! Senta! SENTA: (To Dodo.) Who are you? DODO: I'm with the Doctor. We are guests here. If this is how you treat your guests... SENTA: You are one of the people from beyond time? 2 ASSISTANT: How is it possible? DODO: Yes I am! SENTA: But why are you here? (The 1 Assistant rushes into the control room, shouting at Senta.) 1 ASSISTANT: Senta! It's almost too late. (Momentarily forgetting Dodo, Senta rushes back into the laboratory, closely followed by the 1 Assistant. Once in the laboratory, he runs over to Nanina's trolley, and takes in the situation at a glance. He then commences a frenetic adjustment of controls. Eventually, the bubbling in the vats subsides. While this has been occurring, Dodo has entered the laboratory, and is staring around in amazement.) SENTA: Break the connection! (At that moment, Edal appears, and notices Dodo.) EDAL: What are you doing here? DODO: I just came through that door up there. (Pointing to the entrance.) SENTA: I shall report the whole matter. Who is in charge of the party? EDAL: What has she seen? SENTA: It's hard to say. EDAL: The Elders have already been told. SENTA: Well, get her out of here! EDAL: I already have my orders. (To Dodo.) Come along. This way. (Dodo reluctantly follows Edal from the room, but she gives the glass cubicle one last glance.) DODO: All these instruments, that big glass thing, and those huge bottles. What do they do here? EDAL: Come along. Your friends are waiting for you. (Edal conducts Dodo from the laboratory and down the corridor.) SENTA: (Indicating the cubicle.) Get her out. (The assistants hurriedly open the glass panel, and wheel the trolley from the laboratory.) 1 ASSISTANT: Is it too late? (Senta examines the controls on the trolley where Nanina lies.) SENTA: Not quite. We've been lucky. Make a record of this for her files. It must be some considerable time before we extract any more life energy from this particular subject. SCENE 11 - THE CITY STREETS (Led by Captain Edal, Dodo is brought back into the city streets, and reunited with Steven, Avon and Flower.) STEVEN: Where the dickens did you get to? DODO: Oh, don't you start now! STEVEN: Why? What happened? DODO: You have no idea. I was att*cked by some sort of mad doctor. FLOWER: Oh Dodo! What a ridiculous story. DODO: What goes on down there anyway? Is it a sort of hospital? AVON: (Hurriedly.) Yes, yes... that's right. It's a hospital. FLOWER: Perhaps they thought you were a patient. DODO: I wouldn't like to be a patient in their hands. EDAL: You must have a reason for saying that. I'd like to know what it is. What did you see? DODO: It wasn't anything I saw exactly... just a feeling about the place. It was all so sterile and inhuman. STEVEN: (Sighing.) She imagines things. FLOWER: I can see that! I know just the place to cheer you up, Dodo. EDAL: (To Steven and Dodo.) You will have to report to the Elders. I will take you there. (Edal turns to Avon and Flower.) EDAL: You two will undoubtedly be called to answer for your negligence. DODO: Oh, I hope I haven't landed you in any trouble. FLOWER: Oh no, we'll be all right. AVON: Of course we will be! Perhaps we'll see you both later. STEVEN: Yes. I hope so. EDAL: (To Avon and Flower.) Stay here. A guard will collect you. AVON: Must Flower be taken before the Elders? It was my fault. I should have kept a better watch on Dodo. EDAL: You should be thinking of your own defence. (Edal walks off with Steven and Dodo, leaving a worried Avon and Flower behind.) FLOWER: Oh, Avon, what will happen to us. Will they take us... (Indicating the corridor.) AVON: Do not worry Flower - that is only for the savages. FLOWER: Are you sure? AVON: Are you sure you will be all right? FLOWER: But the guard's coming for us. AVON: Do not be afraid. After all, this is a free state, isn't it, and we are all equals here. FLOWER: But... AVON: They cannot harm us. (Further down the corridor, Edal is leading Steven and Dodo to the Council Chamber.) STEVEN: (To Dodo.) You all right? DODO: I am now. STEVEN: I told you not to go off by yourself. DODO: Don't worry. It won't happen again. SCENE 12 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (The assistants unstrap Nanina from the operating trolley. As was the case with Wylda, Nanina is in a semi-conscious, dazed state.) SENTA: (To Nanina.) You are to go. You understand? You are to go. (Nanina shakes her head, trying to clear her mind. With a frightened glance at Senta, she attempts to move off, but collapses onto the floor.) SENTA: (To an assistant.) Help her to release exit number four. (The assistants help Nanina to her feet, and lead the way.) SCENE 13 - THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER (The Doctor, Jano and the Elders are still discussing scientific advances in the Council Chamber.) DOCTOR: A very interesting discussion gentlemen. Yes, I must... (Edal enters the room, followed by Dodo and Steven.) DOCTOR: (Peering sternly at Dodo.) Oh, so there you are, my dear. You know you had that young man in quite a state. DODO: Doctor, I must speak to you. I want to tell you what happened... DOCTOR: Not for the moment, my dear. STEVEN: I think you ought to listen. DOCTOR: Do you my boy? Well, I'm afraid I can't just now. I've had a very interesting discussion with these gentlemen. (Turning to Jano.) You know, I have some documents that I think that you might be interested to see. Records of my investigations into time travel. You might find them rather surprising. JANO: You intend to return to the TARDIS, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, just for the moment. But I won't be long. STEVEN: I'll come with you. DOCTOR: Oh splendid, my boy. Thank you. I need someone to help me carry a few things. JANO: I'll send one of my guards with you. DOCTOR: No, no, thank you, but that won't be necessary. Thank you, indeed. (To Dodo.) Well, come along, my dear. We don't want to lose you again, do we? (The three time travellers quickly leave the Council Chamber. Jano, with a suspicious expression on his face, watches them go.) JANO: (To Edal.) How serious is it? EDAL: What she saw meant nothing to the girl. JANO: But does she suspect anything? EDAL: It's hard to say... what about the Doctor? JANO: He is a very sophisticated man, Captain. It is impossible to know what he thinks. EDAL: It might be wise to keep an eye on him. JANO: It might be very wise. Follow them! SCENE 14 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (The Doctor is striding through the scrubland, followed by Steven and Dodo.) DOCTOR: Ah, now. Wait a minute... Let me see. Where are we? DODO: Doctor, why wouldn't you let me tell you what happened? DOCTOR: Because I didn't want those gentlemen to overhear what you were saying, child. STEVEN: Who? Jano and the Elders? DOCTOR: Precisely. STEVEN: What, don't you trust them? DOCTOR: Not altogether. STEVEN: What have you discovered? DOCTOR: Nothing really. But I sense that things aren't altogether right here. Now I think we go this way. Come along! STEVEN: Hey, wait a minute! DOCTOR: What? STEVEN: What's that? (Steven points at an indistinct figure lying in one of the shrubs.) DODO: One of the savages! DOCTOR: Really? But he's not moving. Yes, yes. Let's take a look. (The three time travellers cautiously move closer to the figure. As the time travellers move closer, the savage becomes aware of their presence. He tries to get off the ground, but his body is in a badly depleted state. He falls back to the ground.) DODO: Why, that's him. The man in the corridor. The one I helped. But there were two others. (Dodo rushes forward and kneels next to the savage on the ground. It is Wylda. Steven and the Doctor crouch down next to Dodo, and examine the prostrate figure.) DOCTOR: Was he in this condition when you met him before? DODO: Yes. DOCTOR: Did he come out of that lab... laboratory? DODO: Yes, I think so. What's the matter with him Doctor? Do you know? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I think I do. It's just as I feared. DODO: Feared? DOCTOR: Yes. Their wonderful civilisation is based on this. They have discovered a way of extracting life's force from human beings, and absorbing it into themselves. Leaving the victim as you see, almost d*ad. DODO: What can we do to help him? (The Doctor removes the TARDIS key from his pockets, and hands it to Steven.) DOCTOR: Here's the key to the TARDIS, my boy. Now I want you to go to the emergency cabinet, and you will see a container with capsules marked D403. Bring it back here as soon as you can. I think we might be able to do something for him. STEVEN: Right. DOCTOR: Meanwhile, take that, I don't want it anymore. (The Doctor unstraps the RV instrument from his shoulder, and hands it to Steven. As Steven and Dodo rush off through the scrubland, the Doctor makes a closer examination of Wylda. Wylda moans.) DOCTOR: Now you just rest there, there's a good fellow. We'll have you as right as rain in five minutes. Now I just want you to breathe in and out gently... one... two... one... EDAL: Do you require assistance, Doctor? (The Doctor is started by the sudden appearance of Edal.) DOCTOR: What do you know of this? EDAL: He's one of the savages. I shouldn't let him worry you. He's probably shamming. He should be back on the reserve. Come on you lazy animal. Get up. Move! Get back to your sector. (He kicks Wylda.) DOCTOR: What are you doing, fellow? Leave the man alone. He'll probably die. EDAL: I don't think there's much chance of that, Doctor. Come on you. Move! (Wylda tries to crawl to his feet, as Edal kicks him a second time.) DOCTOR: I insist that you leave him alone! EDAL: I don't think you understand, Doctor. DOCTOR: I think I understand only too well. EDAL: You do? And you still waste time on this creature? DOCTOR: This human being! EDAL: Why the concern Doctor? They're only savages. DOCTOR: (Angrily.) They are men - human beings, like you and me. Although it appears at the moment that you're behaving in a rather sub-human fashion. EDAL: They have not developed like we have - they are savages! (Edal prepares to give Wylda another kick.) DOCTOR: I forbid you to touch him! EDAL: You are obstructing me, Doctor. DOCTOR: I am looking after this wretched fellow. EDAL: You will come with me. DOCTOR: I have already told you, I'm busy. I am going to take care of this poor man. EDAL: I have warned you! You will do as I order you! DOCTOR: Hmmm? EDAL: Or you'll know the alternative. You will come with me back to the city. SCENE 15 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Steven and Dodo) (Dodo and Steven rush back from the TARDIS. Steven is carrying a small metal container. As they approach the area where they left the Doctor, they stare around in surprise.) DODO: Where were they? STEVEN: (Spotting a landmark.) Over there. (Wylda is still lying on the ground, but the Doctor has disappeared.) DODO: Where's the Doctor? STEVEN: (Calling.) Doctor! Doctor! DODO: (Indicating Wylda.) Now what do we do? STEVEN: Give him the capsules. DODO: What about the Doctor? STEVEN: Oh, you know what he's like! He'll be back. He's just roamed off somewhere... (Dodo kneels down next to Wylda, and retrieves a handful of capsules from the metal container. Wylda appears hesitant to take them.) DODO: (Smiling encouragement.) Here, take this. (Wylda eventually opens his mouth slightly, allowing Dodo to place a capsule in his mouth. The pain in his face begins to reduce almost immediately.) SCENE 16 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Savages) (A short distance from Steven and Dodo, a group of savages, led by Chal, are moving through the scrubland.) SCENE 17 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Steven and Dodo) DODO: Shall I give him another one? STEVEN: Yes - the first one seems to have done him good. (Dodo feeds a second capsule into Wylda's mouth. Once again, Wylda's body strengthens ever so slightly. Dodo stands up, and immediately catches sight of the advancing savages. She grips Steven's arm in fear.) DODO: Steven, the savages! And they've got spears! SCENE 18 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Savages) (The savages have momentarily halted in the scrubland. Chal and Tor discuss their offensive options.) TOR: I'll aim for the man - you k*ll the girl. CHAL: No. We must not k*ll them. TOR: They have no light g*n, they cannot harm us. It will be revenge! CHAL: Revenge is no good! And what would the guards do to our people? TOR: But we must save Wylda. CHAL: Not by k*lling. TOR: If we wait too long, he will die! CHAL: (Bitterly.) He will not die. They will not let him die. They take their strength from the living. We must wait and be patient. It might be a trap. SCENE 19 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Steven and Dodo) (Dodo and Steven stare around the silent landscape with concern.) DODO: We must get away. STEVEN: To the city? DODO: No, I don't want to go back there. STEVEN: All right. Where to then? DODO: Well, couldn't we get to the TARDIS? STEVEN: Might be too late. Besides, we can't go, they might have got the Doctor. (The sounds of movement appear. The noises gradually become louder...) DODO: They're coming nearer. STEVEN: All right. Don't let them see you're afraid. DODO: I'll try... (Dodo turns sharply, as a group of savages spring from the shrubs nearby. Tor holds his spear thr*at.) TOR: k*ll them. (Tor prepares to lunge at Dodo with the spear, when Wylda cries out in agony.) WYLDA: Wait, do not k*ll. (Wylda's outburst takes everyone by surprise. The savages look down at Wylda, momentarily forgetting Steven and Dodo.) CHAL: Wylda speaks. WYLDA: Do not k*ll them - they're friends. (The savages look hesitantly at Steven and Dodo. Chal notices the metal container on the ground, and turns to Steven.) CHAL: Friends... what did you give him? STEVEN: We gave him medicine. CHAL: Why? STEVEN: Because he's sick. CHAL: We left him to recover. He is not sick. STEVEN: But look at him! CHAL: You think he is sick? STEVEN: Yes! CHAL: You are from the city? DODO: No we're not. CHAL: You must come from the city. STEVEN: No, we come from another place. TOR: We have seen you. You were in the city. STEVEN: We were taken there! CHAL: You have friends in the city? (Tor steps thr*at towards Steven and Dodo, but once again, Wylda saves Dodo.) WYLDA: She helped me... and the old man spoke against it. STEVEN: The Doctor? Where is he? WYLDA: They have taken him. STEVEN: Taken him! DODO: Where to? WYLDA: To the city. DODO: They've taken him prisoner! Steven, what are we going to do? STEVEN: Who took him? WYLDA: The guard... STEVEN: One of the guards? Why would they want to do a thing like that? WYLDA: The old man was angry. He tried to protect me from their captain. SCENE 20 - THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER (The Doctor has been brought back into the Council Chamber by Captain Edal. Jano is perplexed by the Doctor's strange behaviour.) JANO: We do not understand you, Doctor. You who have accepted our honours gladly. How can you condemn this great artistic and scientific civilisation because of a few wretched barbarians? DOCTOR: So your rewards are only to the people that agree with you, eh? JANO: No of course not. But if you are going to oppose us... DOCTOR: Oppose you? Indeed I'm going to oppose you, just in the same way that I opposed the Daleks or any other menace to common humanity. JANO: I am sorry you take this attitude, Doctor. It is most unscientific. You are standing in the way of human progress. DOCTOR: (Scathingly.) Human progress, Sir! How dare you call your treatment of these people progress? JANO: They are hardly people, Doctor. They are not like us. DOCTOR: I fail to see the difference. JANO: Do you not realise that all progress is based on exploitation? DOCTOR: Exploitation indeed! This, Sir, is protracted m*rder! JANO: We have achieved a very great deal merely by the sacrifice of a few savages. DOCTOR: The sacrifice of even one soul is far too great! You must put an end to this inhuman practice. JANO: (Shaking his head sadly.) You leave me no choice. Take him away, Captain. And tell Senta that we have an emergency. I shall be sending him the special instructions. SCENE 21 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Steven and Dodo) (Steven and Dodo attempt to think of a plan to rescue the Doctor.) STEVEN: We must do something to help. CHAL: There is nothing we can do. STEVEN: The people in the city are just men. You can fight them. CHAL: They are too strong. DODO: We are not going to let them do anything to the Doctor. CHAL: They have the light g*n. TOR: They will use the Doctor like the rest of us. DODO: What do you mean? CHAL: They will take him to the room where the great vats are. STEVEN: What will happen to him there? CHAL: He will become like us. STEVEN: We'll see about that. CHAL: They'll do the same to you if you... SCENE 22 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (The Doctor is brought into the control room by Edal.) EDAL: Senta, this is the Doctor. The traveller from beyond time. DOCTOR: So this is the place where you carry out your foul experiments, hmm? SENTA: This is my laboratory. I'm honoured to meet you, Doctor. DOCTOR: Thank you. What's this? SENTA: (To Edal.) Why have you brought the Doctor down here today? I have no time for visitors. We have a very full schedule, as you're well aware, Captain Edal. EDAL: You will suspend all other work and prepare for an emergency transference. SENTA: But that's out of the question. EDAL: The order comes directly from Jano. SENTA: (To the Doctor.) You are interested in our work? DOCTOR: Oh yes, yes, interested, yes. Although, I disapprove of your activities. SENTA: I shall be honoured to show you my laboratory... when I have the time. (Turning back to Edal.) Well, where is the savage for transference? DOCTOR: No, gentlemen. No, gentlemen. I don't wish to bear witness. EDAL: It's quite all right, Doctor. You will not be asked to witness this experiment. DOCTOR: I should hope not, my boy. EDAL: Instead, you will have the pleasure of participating in it. (There is a moment of stunned silence.) DOCTOR: What did you say? SENTA: (Just as surprised as the Doctor.) Do you realise what you are saying? We cannot transfer such a high form of life. It's never been done. JANO: (Entering the room.) This time it will be done. It will be an interesting experiment for you. SENTA: But, he's a fellow scientist. He's one... JANO: (Sharply.) You have your orders. See that they are carried out. DOCTOR: I think you have forgotten one thing, gentlemen. JANO: I don't think so Doctor... DOCTOR: (Furiously.) My feelings in this matter. I will not submit to your nauseating experiments! I am going out that door, so don't try to stop me! EDAL: (Blocking the Doctor's exit.) Go back Doctor. DOCTOR: Let me pass. (Edal fires. The Doctor is immediately trapped in the power of the light g*n.) SENTA: You two, strap him to the trolley! (The assistants immediately grab hold of the Doctor, and lead him to an operating trolley.) JANO: Report to me as soon as the transference is completed. (Jano leaves, as Senta bustles around the control room to prepare for the transference. The lab assistants strap the Doctor on to one of the operating trolleys. Senta adjusts some controls on the trolley.) SENTA: Take the readings. Open a special file in the computers. We've never done a transference like this before. We'll use channel double A, double one. 1 ASSISTANT: We are ready Senta. SENTA: Very well. Stand by. All correct. Make the connection. (As Senta operates further controls, the assistants wheel the Doctor into the glass cubicle.) SENTA: High input vats? 1 ASSISTANT: (Confirming the order.) High input vats. In contact. SENTA: Vapourisation. 2 ASSISTANT: (Relaying instruction to 1 Assistant.) Vapourisation on. 1 ASSISTANT: (In the laboratory.) Vapourisation on. (The cubicle begins to fill with the dense gas.) SENTA: Prepare for transfer. 1 ASSISTANT: Standing by. SENTA: Now remember. We've never done anything like this before. Watch everything very carefully. Let me know there's anything unusual. 1 ASSISTANT: I will Senta. SENTA: Transfer... ON! (The machinery begins to hum, and the vats begin to bubble - but only very slightly.) SENTA: Call me the readings? 1 ASSISTANT: (From the laboratory.) Point zero one, point zero two, point zero three, point zero six. SENTA: Keep it steady. 1 ASSISTANT: Point zero eight. It's impossible. He'll never stand it! SENTA: It should be working by now. 1 ASSISTANT: Point one zero. SENTA: Come on, come on! It must work! 1 ASSISTANT: Point three zero. 2 ASSISTANT: Vitality dropping fast. SENTA: It's no use. We must stop the experiment. 1 ASSISTANT: No, Senta. Look, it's working! (The vats begin to bubble noisily.) SENTA: Energy reaction? 2 ASSISTANT: Seventeen... constant... SENTA: It is working. 2 ASSISTANT: Seventeen... rising... SENTA: Take it up a couple of points. (The assistants obey - the control room is filled with the sounds of the assistants relaying readings back to Senta.) SENTA: It's amazing. He must have tremendous strength! Vapourisation is perfect. Everything is working. It's going to be a classic transference! This is our greatest success. 1 ASSISTANT: One point five zero... 2 ASSISTANT: (Reading the vitality reading.) Twenty-six. 1 ASSISTANT: Two point zero. (The readings continue, as the vats continue to bubble noisily. Senta looks down into the glass cubicle - the Doctor is motionless...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x39 - The Savages - part 2"}
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EPISODE 3 Written by Ian Stuart Black Original Air Date: 11 June, 1966 5:35pm - 6:00pm SCENE 1 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (The Doctor is undergoing the transference process. The assistants continue to shout out the readings, as Senta supervises the operation. Senta calls out for confirmation of a reading.) 1 ASSISTANT: Negative. SENTA: Vitality is dropping - watch it carefully. Adjust cutout at 25 - don't reduce any lower or he may not recover. (The assistants bustle around the control room and laboratory, checking various monitoring devices. Amidst the activity, Jano enters.) JANO: Senta! Your message was passed on to me. You are to be congratulated. SENTA: It's a perfect transfer. JANO: Remarkable. How is the Doctor? SENTA: Reduced nervous tension of course, but in good condition. Given time, he will recover, and like the others, we'll be able to use him again. JANO: You realise what this means, Senta. If we are able to achieve this transfer successfully, we will be able to do the same with the other time travellers. SENTA: The young man and the girl? JANO: (Nodding.) As it is, they are a danger to us. But as a source of energy, they could be of great value. (Calling out.) Captain Edal. Send out patrols. The two young people who arrived with the Doctor must be brought in. SCENE 2 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Chal's people have led Steven and Dodo through the scrubland and into a small valley. One of the savages lies dazed on the ground nearby, having just undergone the transference process. Steven approaches the savage to help.) CHAL: Leave him. We have brought you here only for your safety. STEVEN: What have you done for the Doctor? CHAL: We can do nothing for him. STEVEN: If you don't fight them, you'll always suffer. CHAL: Obviously you have never faced the light g*n. STEVEN: What is this place? Why have we come here? CHAL: To hide. That is where we live. (Chal points to the side of the valley. Amongst the rocks, there are numerous openings leading to caves.) DODO: Caves! You live there? CHAL: Yes. STEVEN: Like animals! CHAL: Like animals. It is the one place the guards will not follow. Even they hesitate to go into the darkness of those passages. TOR: (Rushing up to Chal.) There is news Chal. The patrols have been sent out. They are searching for the strangers. DODO: How do you know they are looking for us? TOR: They have not touched any of our people - and they are still hunting. STEVEN: Did you hear anything about the Doctor? TOR: He will have been used. DODO: You mean, they put him in that glass cell? Steven, what are we going to do? STEVEN: Don't worry, Dodo, we'll find him. CHAL: I must warn you, when you do find him, he will not be as you remember - they leave us afterwards only a hollow shell of ourselves. SCENE 3 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (The assistants wheel the Doctor from the glass cubicle. As Senta examines the readings, Jano walks over.) JANO: What is his vitality? SENTA: It's down to twenty-five. We were very careful. JANO: And the energy count? SENTA: That's high. As a source of energy, his power is remarkably high. JANO: And he will recover? SENTA: Of course, but it will take time. JANO: Very well. And now I wish you to prepare for an in-transference. SENTA: So soon? JANO: The sooner the better. SENTA: You have nominated a number of people to receive part of his life force? JANO: No, there will be only one person. SENTA: That is most unusual. JANO: This is a most unusual experiment, Senta. It would not be right to jeopardise the safety of any other members of the city. I will take full responsibility. SENTA: You're going to take the in-transference yourself? JANO: Yes. SENTA: But Jano, is that wise? Anything might happen. We have never seen the results of such an in-transference before. JANO: It is for that reason that I will take the risk. I shall be ready when you need me. (Jano briskly leaves the control room.) SCENE 4 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (While on patrol in the scrubland, Edal and Exorse meet.) EDAL: Keep to your own division, Exorse. You're too far over. This is section K4. You should be beyond the scrubland. Go and see if they've tried to reach the Valley of Caves. EXORSE: Very good, Captain. SCENE 5 - THE SAVAGES' CAVE (While Chal is talking to Steven and Dodo, one of the savages crosses to Chal and whispers something in his ear.) STEVEN: What is it? CHAL: A patrol is coming this way. TOR: I have warned you - they are looking for you. DODO: Will they come here? CHAL: Possibly. STEVEN: Where can we go? TOR: There is no place where you are safe. CHAL: Be silent! You will be safe in the caves. TOR: No Chal! You cannot take them into the caves. The guards would follow and then our last refuge would be gone. CHAL: They have helped us. We must help them. TOR: (Furiously.) No! They are not our people. They must not be allowed in the caves. CHAL: I am the leader. And I say they may go. TOR: Very well. Our destruction will be on your hands. CHAL: You will remain here. (To Steven and Dodo.) Come with me, quickly. (Led by Chal, Steven and Dodo walk through one of the entrances in the valley wall. As they enter the cave inside, Nanina shivers with fright when she sees the strangers.) CHAL: Nanina... do not worry. They are friends. WYLDA: They helped me. DODO: (Looking around in wonder.) It's beautiful - like a little temple. CHAL: (Waving his arm around the cave.) This is where we live. It is the one spot on this island which we can call our own. STEVEN: But, who's made all this? CHAL: Our people have done it. STEVEN: It's superb! CHAL: (Indicating the murals on the wall.) Our ancestors were great artists. As time passes, we are less able to do such things. Most of our talents have been taken from us. Only our faith remains. And that they will never take. TOR: (Calling from outside the cave.) Look out. The patrol is coming. (Outside the cave, Exorse has just stepped into the base of the valley. Noticing Tor nearby, Exorse yells out to him.) EXORSE: Stay where you are. Where are they? (Tor attempts to run away, but Exorse fires his light g*n. Tor is trapped within the paralysing field of the light g*n.) EXORSE: Next time, I will take you away. I asked you, where are the strangers? (Tor slowly turns his head towards the cave. Exorse immediately understands the signal.) EXORSE: Up there, are they? Right! (Exorse rushes towards the caves, but stops when he reaches the cave mouth.) NANINA: (Whispering to Chal.) What is happening? CHAL: He is coming this way. NANINA: Go back - I will watch. EXORSE: (Speaking into the cave.) You have the two strangers. Tell them to come here. NANINA: There are no strangers. STEVEN: Let me see what's going on. NANINA: Stay down there! (But Steven ignores Nanina's protests, and strides to the front of the cave. He joins Nanina.) STEVEN: (Crouching out of sight.) How many guards? NANINA: There's only one, but he has a g*n. DODO: What's he doing now? NANINA: It's no use. He's coming here. (Exorse slowly moves towards the cave entrance. He holds his light g*n nervously in front of him, ready to act at the sign of any trouble.) STEVEN: (Whispering to Chal.) Isn't there any other way out of this place? CHAL: There are the passages but they don't lead anywhere. DODO: You mean we're trapped? CHAL: No, no, they will give us a chance. There are many passages and he may not know which one to follow. Come with me. (Chal leads Steven and Dodo towards the back of the cave. At that moment, Exorse reaches the cave entrance, and peers inside.) EXORSE: This is an order. Bring out the strangers. I know they are there. (Chal quickly hurries Steven and Dodo into one of the many corridors leading off from the main cavern.) STEVEN: What will happen to him? CHAL: They can do no worse than they have done before. DODO: We don't want to bring any more suffering on your people. EXORSE: (Calling out.) Very well, I will come and get them myself. CHAL: (Beckoning Steven and Dodo down the passage.) Quickly! This way. (At that moment, Exorse walks into the cave, and takes in the surroundings quickly. Noticing Nanina, he strides over to her.) EXORSE: The strangers, girl, where are they? Tell me or you will suffer. NANINA: I will tell you nothing. EXORSE: After I find them, I shall teach you to obey. (Exorse turns to Wylda.) EXORSE: Where are they? (Wylda remains silent.) EXORSE: Very well. (Exorse moves towards the back of the cave, when he notices another savage lurking nearby. He points the light g*n thr*at at the savage.) EXORSE: I shall take you back in their place. NANINA: Don't talk! SAVAGE: (Alarmed.) They have gone into the face of the rock! (Exorse turns around, and scans the back of the cavern. He notices that there are a number of passageways, all leading into the gloomy interior of the mountain. He turns back to the savage, and raises his light g*n.) EXORSE: Which opening? Which opening? Get back! (The savage hurriedly points to one of the passages.) NANINA: (Bitterly.) You have betrayed them. SAVAGE: But he would have taken me! (Exorse cautiously moves into the passageway. Further on down the passageway, Chal is leading Steven and Dodo.) DODO: Where does this lead to? CHAL: Only further into the rocks. DODO: There's no way out? CHAL: No. DODO: Listen! (Back along the passage, Exorse is moving slowly through the darkness. He stops momentarily, trying to detect the sounds of movement ahead.) STEVEN: (Listening carefully.) I don't hear anything. CHAL: I'm not sure. Come on. (Chal, Steven and Dodo continue through the darkness. Further behind, Exorse has detected the slight sounds of movement. He smiles.) DODO: Isn't there any place to hide? CHAL: I'm afraid the echo... STEVEN: But she's right though. We don't stand a chance if all the passages are as narrow as this. CHAL: I can promise nothing, but he may not follow. STEVEN: How much more of this passage is there? CHAL: Very little. But it is our only chance. EXORSE: (Shouting into the darkness.) I know you are there, strangers. There is no escape for you. It will be better for you if you turn back now. DODO: It's no good Steven. EXORSE: Do you hear me? STEVEN: (Pointing ahead.) What's that? CHAL: It is the last bend - after that, there is nothing. STEVEN: Go on. SCENE 6 - ENTRANCE TO CAVE (Back at the cave mouth, Tor appears, having recovered from the effects of the light g*n. He walks over to Wylda and Nanina.) TOR: Where are they now? WYLDA: They've gone into the rock. TOR: And the guard? NANINA: He's followed. (Pointing to the guilty savage.) He showed him the way. TOR: Chal should not have brought the strangers here. They will punish all of us! NANINA: But the strangers helped us. TOR: What good is that if they make the leaders angry? SCENE 7 - THE SAVAGES' CAVE (Exorse makes his way through the cave, becoming bolder with every step. He holds his light g*n carefully in front of him.) EXORSE: Come back, strangers. There is no escape. STEVEN: (Shouting back.) Then come and get us. CHAL: (Horrified.) He knows we are here. STEVEN: If I can get him angry, he might do something rash. (He turns and shouts down the passageway.) STEVEN: Come on, soldier boy, what are you frightened of? You've got the g*n. CHAL: He will destroy us all! STEVEN: How will he do that? CHAL: With the g*n. STEVEN: Tell me, how will he use it? CHAL: What does it matter! STEVEN: Hurry up, I've got to know! Tell me! How does it work? CHAL: They shine the liquid light beam on us, and we cannot move. STEVEN: Does the beam reflect? CHAL: How do you mean? STEVEN: If the light from the g*n reflects, does it still work? CHAL: Yes, yes, I have seen it from the water of the lake. STEVEN: Quick Dodo, give me that mirror. Now come on, get on the floor, both of you. CHAL: It's no use! (Dodo hands the mirror to Steven, as she and Chal lie on the ground. Exorse stands a few metres from the slight bend in the passageway ahead.) EXORSE: You are foolish to think you can defy me. Have the people of the caves not told you you cannot resist us? STEVEN: (Shouting back.) We're going to change all that, soldier boy. Come on, what are you frightened of? EXORSE: The travellers from beyond time are indeed foolish people. (But Steven's taunts have had the desired effect. Exorse, abandoning all attempts at stealth, moves around the bend of his passageway, and fires his light g*n. Dodo lifts her head up to look.) STEVEN: Keep down! CHAL: Don't let it shine on you. Don't let it touch your eyes. STEVEN: Quiet! DODO: It's coming closer. (The light beam ricochets off the rocky wall, illuminating the path ahead. Keeping his finger on the light g*n's "trigger", Exorse moves further around the bend, illuminating the passage ahead of him.) EXORSE: Now do you understand strangers? We are masters. CHAL: We must go. We must obey. STEVEN: Hold him Dodo. (Chal tries to get up, but Dodo holds him down.) STEVEN: This might just work. (Chal makes an effort to escape, but Dodo holds him down.) CHAL: It is useless, stranger. STEVEN: Well done Dodo. Now for it. EXORSE: I will give you no more orders. You will step into the light. (The light beam slowly approaches Chal, Steven and Dodo, who are standing at the end of the passageway. Steven holds out Dodo's mirror to one side. The light beam is only a few centimetres away. Steven stretches his arm, and eventually catches the light beam. The ray is reflected back down the passage. As Exorse appears in front of Chal, Steven and Dodo, the light beam strikes him directly in the face. Exorse is rendered immobile, and drops his g*n to the floor. Steven quickly scrambles towards Exorse, snatching the g*n from the floor. Steven presses the button and directs a beam of light straight into Exorse's face. As expected, Exorse is powerless to move.) STEVEN: (Keeping the g*n directed on Exorse.) Right, now turn. Come on, move! CHAL: (In awe.) He has taken the guard prisoner. It is impossible! SCENE 8 - THE CAVE ENTRANCE (The remainder of the savages are waiting in the cave entrance. Any minute now, they expect Exorse to return...) NANINA: They're coming back. TOR: We should not have angered him. What will happen to us? He has taken them prisoners. (As expected, Exorse reappears in the cave entrance. But the savages are stunned into silence when they realise that Exorse is under the power of the light g*n. Steven appears soon after, brandishing the light g*n. Once Exorse is in the middle of the cavern, Steven switches off the light g*n. Exorse collapses to the floor.) NANINA: It's the guard! (Tor is speechless with amazement.) TOR: He has the g*n. NANINA: We're safe. STEVEN: Right, tie him up. Make him a prisoner. TOR: You can destroy the people of the city. (Turning to the other savages.) They can destroy our enemies. The strangers must be gods. SCENE 9 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (The Doctor is lying unconscious on the operating trolley.) 1 ASSISTANT: Are we to release him into the outer world as with the others? SENTA: He is not one of the savages. He couldn't look after himself. No, he will be kept here. The elders intended to give him the guest apartments. He must be taken there. Assist him. (The assistants help the Doctor to his feet.) SENTA: Treat him with great care. He is most valuable to us. 1 ASSISTANT: I understand, Senta. (Senta walks into the laboratory to find an impatient Jano.) JANO: You are ready? SENTA: Yes - I've sent my assistants away. JANO: You are right. It is most important that we keep this in-transference secret until we know the results. I don't wish to alarm anyone. SENTA: Shall we begin? (Senta leads Jano to a chair set in a recess. It is lined with monitoring equipment. Jano sits on the chair, well aware of the procedure.) JANO: I am ready. (Senta operates a control, causing a glass panel to slide down in front of Jano. Senta picks up a microphone, and directs his message to Jano.) SENTA: All will go well. I shall switch on when you give me the signal. (Jano nods. Senta bustles around the laboratory, switching on a number of control devices. The two energy vats start to bubble with activity. Simultaneously, Jano's cubicle is filled with gas.) SCENE 10 - THE CAVE ENTRANCE (The savages have gathered around Exorse.) TOR: (Laughing at Exorse.) We shall k*ll him while we have the chance. STEVEN: He's more use to us alive. TOR: They have k*lled many of our people. It would be justice. NANINA: Leave him. TOR: Why do you pity him Nanina? This is the guard that took you. Think what they do even now to the old man. STEVEN: And if we're quick, we may still be able to help the Doctor. TOR: It is too late - there is nothing we can... CHAL: Be silent! What do you wish us to do? STEVEN: Show us how to get into the city. CHAL: There is a way, but it is dangerous. It is always guarded. STEVEN: (Holding up the g*n.) I can handle the guards with this. Just show me how to get in. NANINA: And once you're in? STEVEN: Dodo and I can find the Doctor. CHAL: Do you know where he is? DODO: He was supposed to go to the guest apartment. NANINA: It will not be possible. STEVEN: We must try. CHAL: Very well, I will show you - but we must hurry. (Chal leads Steven and Dodo from the cave mouth.) STEVEN: (Turning back to the remainder of the savages.) Guard your prisoner - make sure he doesn't get away. NANINA: Good luck go with you. (As Chal, Steven and Dodo walk off, Tor immediately realises this is the perfect opportunity for revenge.) TOR: (Indicating Exorse.) The safest way to deal with him is to k*ll him now. (Tor swings his club, but Nanina rushes forward and catches his hand. Although Exorse is still struck by the club, most of the strength has been taken out of the blow.) NANINA: You heard what Chal said! I shall call him back! (Tor tosses away his club in anger and moves to the back of the cave.) NANINA: (To Exorse.) Has he hurt you? EXORSE: Not much. NANINA: Let me see. (Looking at his arm.) I shall make sure it is clean. EXORSE: You're the girl I brought into the laboratory. NANINA: Yes. EXORSE: Why did you stop him? NANINA: It would do no good to k*ll you. EXORSE: What is your name? NANINA: Nanina. EXORSE: I shall remember. SCENE 11 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Chal has brought Steven and Dodo to the edge of the city.) CHAL: (Pointing through the scrub.) The entrance is there. It opens into a passage which leads to the laboratory. STEVEN: Can you be sure? CHAL: Yes. It is the way we leave when they have taken our strength away. (At that moment, a guard strolls into view. He casually sits down, and removes some food from his pocket. He begins to eat.) DODO: Down! STEVEN: It's not as though he's not expecting trouble... CHAL: Our people have been oppressed for so long the guards have grown careless. STEVEN: Alright, we'll make use of that. How close in do I have to go before this becomes effective? CHAL: Just a little further. STEVEN: (Moving forward.) Right. You two stay here. (The guard has detected the sounds of movement, but is unconcerned.) GUARD: Hello there? Is that you Exorse? (Steven suddenly jumps into view, brandishing the light g*n. The guard scrambles for his own w*apon, but is unable to react quickly enough. Steven fires, causing the guard to freeze in mid-action.) STEVEN: Dodo, Chal! (Dodo and Chal rush over.) STEVEN: Get his g*n. CHAL: Switch off your light. (Steven immediately switches off the light g*n.) DODO: (Looking at the guard.) He's flat out. CHAL: The light must have h*t his eyes. It is as if he was struck by a club. He will be like this for a long time. STEVEN: How do we open the door? CHAL: It's simple. (Chal operates a control, causing the door to glide open.) STEVEN: Right, Chal, take this fellow up into the bushes - we don't want anyone to find him here. Then wait for us. CHAL: What will you do? STEVEN: Dodo and I are going inside. SCENE 12 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (Senta is monitoring the computer read-outs attached to Jano's cubicle. He speaks into the microphone again.) SENTA: In-transference completed. Pressure restored. Are you all right Jano? Jano?! (Senta presses another button, causing the glass panel to slide away. Jano steps into view.) SENTA: Jano? (Jano is holding his thumbs in the front of his jacket, in a manner uncannily like the Doctor. Jano peers at Senta sharply, while standing more upright. His whole personality has changed...) SENTA: Are you all right Jano? For a moment I was afraid that... JANO: (Grouchily.) What? What's all the fuss about? Hmm? I'm quite all right. The trouble with you people on this planet is that you don't... SENTA: What do you mean Jano? You belong to this planet. You're one of us. JANO: One of... (Shaking his head.) ...yes, yes of course. I'm afraid I'm not quite myself. SENTA: I understand. You must rest Jano. I shall give instructions that you are not to be disturbed. JANO: Hmm! An excellent idea. After an experience like that, one takes time to become adjusted. I suppose my two young friends... SENTA: Avon and Flower? JANO: Good gracious no, no, no. Steven and Dodo, the child with the ridiculous name. SENTA: The strangers? JANO: (Sharply.) Oh! Strangers to you, perhaps, but I have known them both... (Shaking his head again.) ...yes, yes of course, the strangers. SENTA: I will leave you, Jano. (Senta walks off, leaving Jano alone in the laboratory. Jano stares around his surroundings as if this was his first visit here. After a quick glance at his own clothing, his eyes slowly scan through the room.) JANO: Hmm! So I'm in this dreadful place, am I? Well, I'll soon do something about their equipment. (Picking up a large bar, Jano prepares to smash one of the instruments. He brings the bar back over his shoulder... and then stops, dropping the bar on the floor.) JANO: What's happened to me? What's happened to me? SCENE 13 - EMERGENCY CORRIDOR U-3 (Steven and Dodo move cautiously along the corridor.) DODO: Steven, there's something wrong. It shouldn't be so easy to get in. STEVEN: Chal and his people will be too terrified to break in. DODO: Surely they should have some security? STEVEN: Maybe they thought one guard was enough. SCENE 14 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (In the control room, Captain Edal is looking at a scanner. It shows Steven and Dodo cautiously walking down the corridor. Senta appears from the laboratory and joins Edal.) EDAL: They're not going to give us much trouble. A little bit further and they'll have no chance to get back. SENTA: It looks as though they're stopping. SCENE 15 - EMERGENCY CORRIDOR U-3 (Dodo grabs hold of Steven's arm, bringing Steven to a halt.) DODO: Steven, there's something strange. I don't want to go on. STEVEN: It's our only chance. We've got to find the Doctor. DODO: Listen! SCENE 16 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (Edal turns away from the scanner and reaches for a microphone.) EDAL: We'll just have to coax them in a little. (Speaking into the microphone.) Hello, guest apartment control. Captain Edal speaking. Conduct time traveller number one to the end of emergency corridor U-3. You are to leave the Doctor there by himself. Take him there immediately - this is urgent. SCENE 17 - EMERGENCY CORRIDOR U-3 (Dodo and Steven continue to stand still. They peer nervously down the corridor.) DODO: This is the corridor I was in before. There's a T-junction just ahead. STEVEN: Can we get into the laboratory that way? DODO: Yes. STEVEN: Come on. DODO: Alright. SCENE 18 - SENTA'S LABORATORY GUARD: (From speaker.) Time traveller number one in position. EDAL: Good. Release him. And stay out of sight until I give the signal. SCENE 19 - EMERGENCY CORRIDOR U-3 (Steven and Dodo slowly walk towards the junction in the corridor.) DODO: Here's the T-junction all right. (Stopping in alarm.) There's someone there! STEVEN: (Peering into the semi-darkness.) You're right. Stand by. (Dodo prevents Steven from acting when there is a familiar groan from ahead.) STEVEN AND DODO: Doctor! DODO: Oh it's wonderful to see you. (Dodo and Steven rush forward. The Doctor is leaning against the wall, mouth wide open in exhaustion. He does not seem to notice Steven and Dodo's presence...) STEVEN: Are you all right? How did you get here? DODO: Why doesn't he answer? STEVEN: Are you all right Doctor? (The Doctor merely groans.) STEVEN: Come on - we're going to get you out of this place. DODO: He's not moving Steven - give him a hand. STEVEN: Come on. (The Doctor groans again. At that moment, there is a grinding sound from back down the corridor.) STEVEN: What was that? DODO: The door! (The door at the end of the corridor begins to close. Steven dashes forward and catches hold of it. Using all his strength, he attempts to keep the door open.) STEVEN: (Gasping.) Dodo, quickly! (Dodo rushes over and assists Steven. Their combined strength manages to keep the door open. But during all this, the Doctor has remained in his zombie-like state.) STEVEN: Doctor... come on now, you can get through! (The Doctor makes no effort to move.) DODO: Steven, I can't hold on much longer. STEVEN: Doctor! Doctor! (The pressure of the door is too much for Steven and Dodo to handle. They fall back to the floor in exhaustion, as the door slides into place.) DODO: (To the Doctor.) What have they done to you? SCENE 20 - SENTA'S LABORATORY EDAL: (Speaking into microphone.) Guards to Emergency Corridor U-3. Use destructive vapours as protection against the light g*n. Move up behind! SCENE 21 - EMERGENCY CORRIDOR U-3 (At that moment, a thick white smoke starts to fill the corridor. It first appears from the other end of the corridor, but slowly approaches Steven and Dodo.) DODO: Look! STEVEN: (Peering into the smoke.) There's someone behind us! (Steven fires the light g*n, but the beam fails to penetrate the dense gas.) DODO: That's no good, Steven. We've got to get out. (They both turn their attention back to the door, but the cloud of smoke is rolling ever nearer.) DODO: Oh quickly Steven! He's getting nearer. (Dodo begins to cough as the fumes catch her throat. Through the cloud, two masked guards appear. Frantically, Steven hammers on the closed door that blocks their exit.) DODO: Can't see anything. STEVEN: We've got to go through it Dodo. (They both cough. Steven and Dodo try to open the door.) DODO: I can't... STEVEN: Come on Dodo. DODO: I can't... (The door refuses to move. Despite all these events, the Doctor has not moved. The cloud swirls around him...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x40 - The Savages - part 3"}
foreverdreaming
EPISODE 4 Written by Ian Stuart Black Original Air Date: 18 June, 1966 5:35pm - 6:00pm SCENE 1 - EMERGENCY CORRIDOR U-3 (The thick smoke continues to swirl through the corridor. Steven frantically hammers on the door, but it still refuses to open. Dodo coughs and splutters as she struggles for breath in the toxic atmosphere. The Doctor, however, remains motionless, unaware of the struggles of his companions.) STEVEN: It's no good, Dodo. I'm sorry. DODO: Help me, Steven, this stuff is choking me. (A figure appears from the smoke - it is Edal.) EDAL: Throw the light g*n into the vapour. STEVEN: (Noticing Dodo about to throw down her w*apon.) No, don't Dodo. DODO: Steven, I can't breathe! Do as he says. (Dodo reluctantly throws her light g*n towards Edal, but Steven continues to hold his w*apon.) STEVEN: You fool! EDAL: The other light g*n. Throw it immediately. DODO: Steven, give him the g*n. SCENE 2 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (Jano is watching the events in the corridor on a scanner.) JANO: No, don't my boy. Don't give it to them. SCENE 3 - EMERGENCY CORRIDOR U-3 (As Steven prepares to throw down his w*apon, the door behind them grinds open.) DODO: Steven! The doors are opening. STEVEN: Quick Dodo! Get the Doctor out! DODO: What about you? STEVEN: Do as I say. Don't worry about me. DODO: (Assisting the Doctor towards the door.) Come on Doctor. STEVEN: Come on. (Shouting towards Edal.) Right, now you get back! (Steven fires a warning sh*t at Edal. As soon as the sh*t passes, Senta rushes up and joins Edal.) SENTA: What happened? Did they escape? EDAL: Who opened the doors? (At that moment, the door begins to glide closed. Steven rushes down the corridor, and out through the door, just before the door shuts completely. The guards make an effort to reach the door before it closes, but are too late.) SENTA: Someone has helped the strangers to escape. Give the alarm. SCENE 4 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (Jano is still watching the scanner when Edal bursts into the control room. Edal peers suspiciously at Jano.) EDAL: You! You opened the doors? JANO: Don't be ridiculous young man. Why would I do that? You seem to forget that I am in charge here. Why would I do anything to help our enemies? EDAL: Well no, but if you didn't do it... JANO: If! Kindly remember to whom you are speaking. I am... (Jano pauses and rubs his head. He slowly turns back to Edal.) JANO: (Quietly.) Get back to your work, Captain. EDAL: What about the strangers? You want us to go after them? JANO: The strangers? Oh yes. Yes, instruct B Patrol to make ready. EDAL: I'll take charge of them myself. JANO: No captain, you will not. I will lead the patrol. SCENE 5 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (The Doctor's Group) (Dodo and Steven struggle through the thick scrub - the Doctor's inability to move quickly is hampering their progress.) DODO: (Struggling for breath.) Doctor, please! You must try to go on. Oh please try. Is there any sign? STEVEN: No, not yet, but they're bound to be following. DODO: Come on Doctor. Come on. STEVEN: It's no good. DODO: Doesn't he care what happens? STEVEN: He doesn't even know. (Dodo screams as someone rushes towards them from the shrubs.) DODO: Look out! STEVEN: It's all right. It's Chal. CHAL: How did you get him away? I did not think it was possible. DODO: (Indicating the Doctor.) Look at the state he's in. CHAL: Yes, I've seen many of our people like that. That is how they leave us. STEVEN: Will he recover? CHAL: Yes, but it takes time. STEVEN: Where can we hide him, Chal? CHAL: No place is safe, but it's best to take him to the caves. STEVEN: (Hearing the sounds of movement.) Quickly, they're right behind us. Chal, you and Dodo, get the Doctor to the caves. I'll try and hold them back. DODO: But what can you do? STEVEN: (Impatiently.) I can delay them for a little while. Now, go on! You're going to need all the time you can get. DODO: Good luck, Steven. (Chal and Dodo move off with the Doctor. Steven crouches down behind a rock and makes a few adjustments to his light g*n.) SCENE 6 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Jano's Group) (Jano, Edal and four guards are moving cautiously through the scrub. They arrive in a clearing that divides into two separate paths.) JANO: (Pointing.) That way. (The group continue their way along the indicated path.) JANO: The strangers may have done one of two things, Captain. They may have tried to get back to their spaceship, or they may have gone on to the Valley of Caves. I suggest we split up. Take two men and see if the strangers have tried to reach their machine. I will go on to the Valley. EDAL: (Turning to the guards.) You two, guard the strangers' space machine. (The two guards immediately obey - rushing off through the scrub towards the TARDIS.) JANO: You are not going with them? EDAL: I will come with you, Jano. I think you may need my help. JANO: (Hesitantly.) Very well. (In the shrubs, Steven aims his g*n towards the approaching figures of Jano, Edal and the remaining two guards. Edal suddenly runs forward and grabs Jano, throwing him to the ground.) EDAL: Look out! JANO: How dare... (At that moment, Steven fires, and hits one of the guards.) EDAL: The strangers! (The guard is knocked senseless by the blow, dropping his light g*n in the process. Jano quickly drags the guard into cover.) EDAL: Just one of them - he's over there behind those rocks. We'll have to split up and work round the side of him. You (Pointing to the guard.) take that side, I'll take this. Jano, you can watch him from here. JANO: Right. (Edal moves off in one direction and beckons the remaining the guard to move off in the other direction. Jano is left alone with the stunned guard. Steven hears the sounds of movement to his left. He ducks just as a beam of light passes over his head. Almost simultaneously, a second beam is fired from Steven's right-hand side. Steven is forced to lie flat on the ground. He starts to crawl back into the dense undergrowth.) SCENE 7 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (The Doctor's Group) (Dodo and Chal are dragging the Doctor through the scrub.) DODO: Will Steven be all right? CHAL: Who can tell? He is a brave man. DODO: Are we nearly there? CHAL: It's not far to the Valley of the Caves. DODO: If only the Doctor would move faster. CHAL: You must understand - he's not himself. It's... as though he were asleep still. Help him - do not be angry with him. DODO: I'm sorry. SCENE 8 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Jano's Group) GUARD: What happened? EDAL: He's not here. He's playing for time. The longer he can delay us, the more chance they've got of getting the Doctor to the caves. (A beam of light suddenly hits the rock next to Edal.) GUARD: Look out, Edal! (They dive for cover on the ground.) EDAL: Come on! SCENE 9 - THE VALLEY OF CAVES - EXTERIOR (Dodo and Chal lead the Doctor into the Valley of Caves. Chal expects to meet one of his people on guard duty - but nobody is there.) DODO: Chal, we've done it! There's your cave. CHAL: What are my people doing? There is no guard. SCENE 10 - THE VALLEY OF CAVES - INTERIOR (Inside the cave, Exorse has been tied up, and forced to lie on the floor. He grimaces in pain. Nanina gives him a drink.) NANINA: Drink this. EXORSE: Thank you. NANINA: Let me see your head. EXORSE: I'm all right. TOR: It's a pity I didn't k*ll him when I had the chance. People of his kind must be destroyed if there is to be any hope for the rest of us. NANINA: We will not save ourselves that way, Tor. TOR: (Turning to the others in the cave.) You hear her? Nanina protects our enemies? This is a dangerous man. What do we do - let him go so he may att*ck us again? Or do we get rid of our enemies to help ourselves? (There is a murmur of assent from the other savages.) NANINA: Chal is our leader - he and the strangers have given us orders that this man is not to be hurt. TOR: I never trust the strangers, and Chal is not here. NANINA: All right Tor, (Grabbing a spear.) I am here! TOR: You would fight for this man, Nanina? How can an enemy mean so much? CHAL: (Calling from outside.) Tor, where are you? NANINA: (Immediately forgetting the argument with Tor.) It's Chal! CHAL: (Calling.) Where's the guard? (Dodo and Chal help the Doctor towards the caves. Tor and the other savages watch their approach from the cave mouth.) CHAL: (Indicating the Doctor.) Help him. NANINA: Where is the other stranger? CHAL: He will come. SCENE 11 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (Jano's Group) (Steven, avoiding any attempt at stealth, rushes through the scrub towards the Valley of Caves. A blast from the light g*n passes over his head. Steven dives for cover, rolls around, and fires an erratic sh*t back at his pursuers. He stumbles on through the undergrowth. A short distance away, Jano has spotted Steven moving through the shrubs. Jano aims his g*n, prepares to f*re... but lowers his g*n after a moment's hesitation. Edal rushes up to Jano.) EDAL: How did he get away? JANO: You must ask your guards. EDAL: We will be too late. They will be in the valley by now. SCENE 12 - THE VALLEY OF CAVES - EXTERIOR (Dodo assists the Doctor towards the cave, just as the sounds of movement appear from behind.) DODO: There's someone coming! It's Steven... STEVEN: (Sprinting into the valley.) Get him inside, quick! They're right behind me. (A few seconds later, Edal, Jano and the guard appear at the opening of the valley.) EDAL: (Indicating with his g*n.) There they are. f*re! (As Edal and the guard open f*re, Steven fires in return. One of Steven's sh*ts hits the guard in the chest. Crying in pain, the guard falls to the ground.) STEVEN: (To Dodo, indicating the Doctor.) Get him into the back of the cave, quick, and give him some of those capsules. DODO: Which capsules? STEVEN: Those that we gave to the savage DODO: Yes, I forgot. (Dodo removes the jar of capsules from her pocket, and inserts one into the Doctor's mouth. Meanwhile, Jano, Edal and the stunned guard have taken cover behind a large rock. At the cave mouth, Steven peers into the vegetation, trying to find Edal's hiding place.) STEVEN: Somebody's moving. (Detecting movement, Steven aims his g*n into the shrubs.) CHAL: It's their leader - Jano. (Steven lines up the sights on Jano. The savages urge Steven to f*re.) TOR: Quickly f*re now? sh**t! (But just as Steven is about to f*re, a hand grabs hold of his arm. The Doctor has suddenly appeared at Steven's side.) DOCTOR: Not at Jano. STEVEN: Doctor, what are you doing? DOCTOR: You must not harm Jano. TOR: But he is their leader! DOCTOR: Please carry out my instructions, and do not harm Jano. (There is a moment's silence as Steven considers what to do. He turns back towards the cave mouth, and stares outside.) TOR: It is too late now. CHAL: Yes. Take him down (Indicating the Doctor.) (The Doctor is assisted into the cave by Dodo. Steven gives his light g*n to a savage.) STEVEN: Here, take this... Go on, take it! Don't use it unless you have to. DODO: Are you all right Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, I think so, my dear. I must have fallen into some kind of a coma. It was as though... as though all my powers had been sapped. CHAL: You have let their leader escape! DOCTOR: (Staring around.) Where am I? Where am I? Hmm? STEVEN: These are the cave dwellings where Chal and his people live. DODO: We've got to get back to the TARDIS. DOCTOR: No. No, my dear, no, no. We can't leave yet. No, we've got a lot of work to do. STEVEN: Work? DOCTOR: Yes, yes. I don't intend to leave these people in this oppressed state. STEVEN: Well, you're never going to convince the elders that Chal and his people should be treated like human beings. DOCTOR: Yes, you're probably right, my boy. I shan't even try. CHAL: What are you going to do? DOCTOR: I am going to destroy the power that they hold over you. STEVEN: Destroy the laboratory? DOCTOR: Yes, precisely! STEVEN: But how are we going to get in? They'll be waiting for us this time. DOCTOR: All we need is one friend from the other side. NANINA: But that is not possible. DOCTOR: (Smiling.) I think we have him already, my dear. SCENE 13 - THE VALLEY OF CAVES - EXTERIOR (Jano's Group) (Jano, Edal and the guard remain hidden behind the rock. Jano stares up into the sky.) JANO: It is getting dark. I want you to return to the city. EDAL: (Surprised.) Leave you here alone? JANO: Yes. I shall be all right. EDAL: I can't do that - I refuse to. JANO: I am still your leader, Edal, and this is an order. Tell Senta and the elders that I shall return with the strangers as prisoners. EDAL: I obey - under protest. (Edal and the guard walk away.) SCENE 14 - THE VALLEY OF CAVES - INTERIOR STEVEN: (Peering out from the cave mouth.) They've gone. DOCTOR: All of them? STEVEN: It's hard to tell - it's too dark. DOCTOR: Yes, I think you will find they've left one behind. STEVEN: I'll stay on guard. DOCTOR: (Smiling to himself.) Yes, there is no need to, my boy. CHAL: You speak in riddles. You say they have left one behind, but we do not need a guard? DOCTOR: That is correct. We'll wait until it's dark. Then I think we shall have a visitor. SCENE 15 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (Edal has returned to the city, and is talking with Senta in the control room. They are both concerned by Jano's peculiar behaviour.) SENTA: But you shouldn't have left him there, Edal. EDAL: I was forced to. He's acting very strangely. He's not at all himself. SENTA: Are you sure? EDAL: Jano has changed. SENTA: That's a dangerous accusation! (Two of the elders stroll into the room.) SENTA: Dare you repeat it in front of them? EDAL: (To Elders.) I was ordered to return here by Jano, Elders. I believe we are about to be betrayed. SCENE 16 - THE VALLEY OF CAVES - INTERIOR (The Doctor, Steven and Dodo wait in silence in the main cave. The savages sit patiently nearby.) DODO: (Hearing noises from outside.) There's someone coming. (Steven immediately prepares his light g*n for f*ring.) DOCTOR: There's no need for that, my boy. STEVEN: Doctor... DOCTOR: Ssshh! JANO: (Outside the cave.) Don't be alarmed. Is the Doctor there? CHAL: It is Jano! DOCTOR: Yes, I am here, Jano. We were expecting you. (Jano slowly enters the cave, and looks around his surroundings. Some of the savages cringe back in fear, while others (like Tor) tighten the grip on their clubs.) DOCTOR: (Noticing the reaction.) Tell your people they are quite safe, Chal. Jano comes as a friend. CHAL: Do not be afraid. We must trust this man. JANO: How do you know that I come as a friend? DOCTOR: Oh, my dear Jano, it wasn't difficult. I knew you were to undergo the in-transference yourself. JANO: You knew that? DOCTOR: Yes, an unknown experiment. And you're not the type of man to allow others to take risks. JANO: You are right, Doctor. And now, tell me, what has happened to me? DOCTOR: Really, it's all very simple. You wanted my intellect - you got it, and along with it, you received a little conscience. Hmm? STEVEN: Conscience? DOCTOR: Yes, yes. You see, Jano is now saddled with the sense of right and wrong, which makes him an expl*sive element in a civilisation such as his. STEVEN: Is this true? JANO: It must be. All I know is that since the experiment I have not been sure of myself. I have grown aware of the evil that we have done and I am determined to end it. CHAL: You are going to help us? JANO: Yes. TOR: Your friends would never agree. JANO: I know. I will not try to persuade them. DOCTOR: Jano has another plan. JANO: How did you know, Doctor? DOCTOR: (Smiling.) I think it's like mine. (During this conversation, Exorse has been working at his bonds. Suddenly, his hands slip free from the bonds. Exorse immediately jumps up and sprints out into the darkness.) CHAL: Hold him! (Steven fires a sh*t with the light g*n, but Exorse has escaped.) STEVEN: He's gone. TOR: If he gets back, that will be the end of your fine plan. DOCTOR: We must take that chance. (At that moment, Nanina rushes off to find Exorse.) TOR: Nanina! (Exorse is running through the shrubs when he hears the sounds of footsteps behind him. He stops in a small clearing, and picks up a heavy piece of wood. He raises his club as the sounds of movement become closer. Nanina suddenly bursts into the small clearing.) EXORSE: Why did you follow? NANINA: If you betray Jano, what will become of us? EXORSE: It is Jano who is the traitor. NANINA: What have you learnt, Exorse? That we are people like yourself. What chance will we ever have if you speak... EXORSE: You think I can keep silent about what I've heard? NANINA: You owe me your life, Exorse. I have a right to ask you. If you are against us now, you condemn us forever. (Exorse stares at Nanina thoughtfully for a few seconds. Without another word, he turns around, throws the piece of wood back to the ground, and heads back for the city. Nanina watches him disappear into the darkness.) SCENE 17 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (The remaining elders have gathered in the control room. Edal stands nearby. Senta is speaking to the Elders.) SENTA: I promised Jano that I would tell no one about the in-transference. But now I must. It appears that Jano has absorbed dangerous ideas from the Doctor. (Turning to Edal.) What can we do? EDAL: We can no longer trust Jano. He is not fit to lead us. I will take command. Declare an emergency. We must be ready for Jano. SCENE 18 - THE VALLEY OF CAVES - INTERIOR (In the cave, Jano is preparing everyone for the trip back to the city.) JANO: Everyone must do as I command. You too Doctor. No one will turn back. And now we must move. SCENE 19 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (While Edal and Senta are talking with the Elders, Exorse wearily strides into the room.) EDAL: You were a prisoner in the cave? EXORSE: That is correct. EDAL: Jano - I left him alone. He had some plan. EXORSE: (Hesitantly.) I did not see him. SENTA: According to Captain Edal, Jano is no longer to be trusted. He has gone over to the savages. SCENE 20 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (A short distance from the city, a party of prisoners is being led through the undergrowth. At the rear of the group is Jano, who is holding the beam of the light g*n over a number of prisoners. They include the Doctor, Steven, Dodo, Chal, Tor and Nanina.) JANO: (Shouting.) Come on, get a move on there. Come on, get along. Come on. SCENE 21 - SENTA'S LABORATORY (Edal, who is questioning Exorse, is growing increasingly suspicious by the young guard's responses.) EDAL: Are you sure, Exorse, you have nothing further to report? EXORSE: (More confidently.) Nothing Captain. EDAL: (Coldly.) Strange. Very strange. We'll see what the interrogators can get out of you. EXORSE: Only the leader has the right to send citizens to the interr... SENTA: Captain Edal has called an emergency. He has taken over the leadership in the absence of Jano. JANO: In the absence of Jano? (Jano strides confidently into the control room, much to the surprise of Senta and Edal.) SENTA: We did not expect you back here! JANO: Why not? Did I not say that I would be back with prisoners. (Turning towards the door.) Bring in the strangers. SENTA: (To Edal.) So you were wrong, Edal. (To Jano.) Captain Edal informed us that you had gone over to the enemy, Jano. He has tried to take your place. JANO: Put the Captain under arrest. Both of you. (The guards immediately rush forward and seize Captain Edal.) EDAL: I demand to be heard! JANO: You will be heard - at the right time and place. Take him away! (Struggling in the grip of the guards, Edal is escorted from the control room. Senta and the remaining Elders look at Jano sceptically, while Exorse stands nearby.) SENTA: We apologise Jano. We thought that something had happened to you during the in-transference. JANO: Seal off the doors. SENTA: Are we to prepare these savages for transference? JANO: (More firmly.) Seal off the doors. (Jano rushes forward and pulls the lever himself. The laboratory doors begin to close.) SENTA: What's happening? I insist upon knowing! JANO: You will find what I'm going to say very difficult to understand. All the elders of our city are here, and so is the source of our supremacy on this planet. No man easily gives up the means which give him power. SENTA: I don't understand Jano. JANO: That is what I am asking you to do. I want you to destroy all this. SENTA: What? The laboratory? The generators? JANO: All the machinery which we have used to destroy our fellows. SENTA: They are not our fellows, Jano. They are the savages. They are not capable of development like us. JANO: How do you know? SENTA: All history proves it. The savages are good only to provide us with energy. The laboratory must not be destroyed. JANO: These people whom you call savages are our equals. What we have done to them is wrong. If you will not destroy all this, then I must. (Jano picks up a heavy rod and raises it over his head.) SENTA: What are you doing? Stop him! (Senta rushes forward and presses the emergency control lever. An alarm begins to sound. But this does not prevent Jano from delivering a hefty blow to a piece of machinery.) JANO: This is our only chance to start life afresh on this planet. Help me! SENTA: (Calling to Exorse.) Well don't just stand there! Use your g*n. (Exorse lines up Jano with his light g*n, but hesitates when Nanina appears in front of him.) NANINA: Help, Exorse. It's the only way to help us all. (Exorse slowly lowers his g*n, and watches as the destruction continues throughout the laboratory. All the 'prisoners' pick up anything they can find, and assist in the destruction of the laboratory. The place degenerates into utter chaos, with people yelling and screaming to one another. After a number of blows, the large energy vats suddenly shatter, causing a large mass of liquid fluid to flow throughout the room. This fluid flows through the twisted metal, smashed equipment, and broken glass of the laboratory.) DOCTOR: (Triumphantly to Dodo.) You know, my dear, there's something very satisfying about destroying something that's evil. Don't you think? DODO: Yes! (As Dodo assists the Doctor towards the centre of the control room, Chal and Jano are talking.) JANO: This is only the beginning, Chal. After this destruction, our people must build a world that they can both live in. CHAL: And both sides must learn to trust each other. JANO: We may need a new leader. Someone who can unite us. EDAL: (Over the intercom.) Make sure the strangers don't escape. It is they who have done this to us! k*ll the Doctor on sight. These are my orders!! (The doors are smashed down - a number of guards, led by Captain Edal, swarm into the room.) EDAL: (Screaming.) Get Jano! (The guards rush forwards towards Jano, but Jano makes no effort to run away. Steven rushes up to Jano's side, holding the light g*n in front of him.) STEVEN: Stay where you are! What can you do now? The place is destroyed - your power's gone. EDAL: You! I should have k*lled you a long time ago. (To the Doctor.) It is you, Doctor, you have done this to us. JANO: Edal, you have no more authority here. EDAL: You, you are a traitor. I do not take orders from traitors! STEVEN: Drop it! (Edal raises his light g*n, and points it at Jano. Steven quickly snatches the light g*n from Exorse, and fires a sh*t at Edal. Edal collapses to the floor.) JANO: Doctor, we already owe you much. (To Steven.) And now I owe you my life. DOCTOR: Jano, since you have destroyed the power you held over Chal and his people, you realise now, of course, that you've got to learn to live together. JANO: Yes. But the fear and hatred of the past will only die slowly. We need someone like yourself as a mediator until we have become one people. DOCTOR: I see. But in my case, I am afraid that is utterly impossible. JANO: The man we need must inspire trust. His judgements must come from his heart even more than his head. (The Doctor smiles knowingly, as Chal and Jano turn to Steven.) CHAL: Here is the leader we want, Jano. JANO: This is what I thought. STEVEN: (Struggling for words.) Just a minute. I couldn't... DOCTOR: A great honour, dear boy. STEVEN: But I can't walk out on you and Dodo! DOCTOR: Just think of the challenge to be able to set up the people on this planet for a new life. You're quite ready for this task. STEVEN: You think I can do it? DOCTOR: Yes, I do. And you're the only man who can, my boy. STEVEN: (To Chal.) And the offer comes from both sides? CHAL: You would give us new hope. Our people will become great again - we will learn to live as equals - without bitterness. STEVEN: What about Tor? TOR: I should accept your decisions. (There is a moment's silence as Steven considers the momentous decision.) STEVEN: Very well. I will stay. CHAL: Thank you... and thank you! You have justified our faith. DODO: (Rushing forward to Steven.) Oh Steven! STEVEN: (Giving Dodo a hug.) I shall miss you both, Dodo. JANO: Doctor, for many light years, we looked forward to your arrival on this planet. We always knew of your wisdom, but we never dreamed of the miracle that it would bring us. DOCTOR: Thank you Jano. And if ever you need the benefit of my wisdom again, I trust and hope you will allow me to express myself with my own free will, rather than place me in an oven, and try and cook it out of me. Hmmm? (The Doctor chuckles as Jano nods.) JANO: (To Chal.) Come, Chal, we must summon our people. There is much work to be done. (To Steven.) We shall await you in our Council Chamber. (Jano and Chal leave the room, along with the rest of their united people. The Doctor, Steven and Dodo are left alone in the remains of the laboratory.) DOCTOR: Well, I must say, young man, I'm very proud of you! STEVEN: Doctor, I don't know if... DOCTOR: I know, I know my boy. Well, go on, you mustn't keep them waiting. STEVEN: Goodbye Doctor. DOCTOR: (Shaking Steven's hand.) Goodbye Steven, and good luck. (Steven turns and hurries away. But at the door, he hesitates and sadly turns back to the Doctor and Dodo. He gives a small wave, and disappears.) DODO: Doctor, do you think we'll ever see him again? DOCTOR: (Comforting Dodo.) Well, who knows my dear. In this strange complex of time and space, anything can happen. Come along little one, we must go. (Arm-in-arm, the Doctor and Dodo stroll out of the devastated laboratory.) DOCTOR: We mustn't look back. SCENE 22 - THE RAVINE (In the ravine, the TARDIS groans into life with the familiar sound of dematerialisation. Slowly, it fades from view...)
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The w*r Machines Episode One By Ian Stuart-Black Original Air Date: 25 June, 1966 5:35pm - 6:00pm Blue Peter, June 20 1966 (Within a brightly lit BBC television studio sparsely decorated with a stand-alone shelving unit containing a selection of toys, a semi-circular padded bench and a backdrop with the image of a large blue ship, sits the Blue Peter presenter Christopher Trace, the faithful Petra the dog ever by his side.) TRACE: Well I wonder if you recognise this building? Yes it's the Post Office Tower in London. I expect you remember when I took the Blue Peter cameras up to have a look at it when it was being built. (Pictures of the Post-Office Tower flash across the screen.) TRACE: Now it's been built in fact, to beam television and radio waves in and out of London; and up on the top is an observation platform which gives you a-a really splendid view over the rooftops of London. Well the Post-Office Tower has been brought into the latest Doctor Who adventure. When the TARDIS touches down in the present time, Doctor Who discovers that the tower contains a very special computer called WOTAN. WOTAN is designed to solve the most complicated problems, and develops control over human beings. In a warehouse near Covent Garden the famous fruit and vegetable market in London, the...a series of scientists have been set up to make mobile computers, or w*r Machines which are going to destroy the world. This is what it looks like when the first w*r Machine walks through the streets of London. (A pulsing signal reverberates all around as the tall shape of the newly constructed Post-Office Tower comes into view. Down on the street below the large square box of a w*r Machine marked with the number 9 approaches a red London telephone booth revolves it's w*apon to bear, and fires a steady stream of gas at it. The same w*r Machine in a different sh*t trundles down the street f*ring it's gaseous w*apon wildly. At the end of the street it crashes into a pile of metal dustbins knocking them flying with a clatter.) TRACE: Well it's absolutely fantastic isn't it? I certainly wouldn't like to just come around the corner of a building and walk into one of those! Dearie me no! (The same electronic pulsing noise as was on the film begins to echo around the studio, and Christopher Trace looks decidedly concerned.) TRACE: Wha? What's this strange noise? (He looks over into the corner of the studio and sees a w*r Machine trundling across the studio floor.) TRACE: Goodness me, it's absolutely enormous! Look at the size of it! Quite fantastic! Well I think I'll chance, and go and have a look closer to it. (The number 9 w*r Machine towers above the presenter. It is square, boxy and has perspex sides containing rotating old-fashioned computer spools and a series of blinking lights. On top it has a mini-dish which also rotates. The face of the machine resembles an iron riveted pillbox with four lights set into the front, a long horizontal slit, and a glowing camera eye in the centre darting back and forth encapsulated within a protective perspex bubble. To the left and right two flexible imbedded w*apon move up and down, below are two tucked away arms shaped like huge metal lump hammers which can raise up and bash down. The entire affair trundles along on a manoeuvrable wheel set into it's base studded with flapping rubber tracks. Christopher Trace examines the machine and points out it's many features.) TRACE: Now these are the great arms that do all the smashing. Look at that for size, look at it! You can see the power in that - it'd smash through anything! And then down here I think, must be the..sort of..caterpillar track - that's to help it get over rough territory. (The wheel in the base moves round and round but the machine stays still. He points to the camera eye of the machine.) TRACE: Then up above it here, looks like a ray g*n. See there, 'cause it's it moving around - or is it an eye perhaps, so it can see? No, I think it's a ray g*n there. And now I heard some g*n f*ring, didn't I... (He approaches the g*n and they issue a violent jet of gas causing him to jump back clutching at his chest in genuine shock.) TRACE: Hmmph! Hahaha. Goodness me! (He is joined on set by fellow presenter Valerie Singleton who has been watching with demure amusement.) SINGLETON: Mmm, terrifying isn't it? TRACE: It is a bit frightening isn't it? Yeah. SINGLETON: What's the thing on top for? TRACE: Well I, I'm not absolutely certain, but I should think that that's some radar scanner or radio sending back all the information that the, the machine is getting about us now. You see, down here this is probably the computer actually working, down on the side - see it going round? SINGLETON: Well I just hope he doesn't, er, send back any messages to WOTAN about us! TRACE: Well I should think that if he is going to do, he's going to do it pretty soon! PRODUCER OOV: (Whispering.) Right, go! (The w*r Machine jerks into life and trundles forward across the studio floor, mallets raised, straight through a offensive pile of deadly, small cardboard boxes and away to terrorise the BBC floor staff. The presenters look on in awe across it's mighty trail of destruction.) TRACE: Well that is absolutely fantastic, isn't it? Just look at the strength of it! I shouldn't think anything would stand up would you? It'd just go boom straight through it! SINGLETON: I should think that Doctor Who's in for quite a lot of trouble in his next adventure. TRACE: Ah, he certainly is. Well I'm certainly going to look in on Saturday and see how he gets on! (The studio fades to black. A BBC logo fades in with a spinning 60s style globe.) BBC 1 ANNOUNCER: This is BBC 1. 1, EXT LONDON SKYLINE (From up in the Post-Office Tower high above the rooftops of 1966 London there is a view far and wide across the city and a harsh sound of a screaming wind... All the way down and across from the tower sits the little suburban area known as Fitzroy Square. Suddenly there is a faint approaching whine as if some form of an aircraft were descending from the sky. The familiar sound of the tortured trumpeting engines of the TARDIS mingles with the screeching of the wind sending a flock of birds scattering into the sky.) 2, EXT: FITZROY SQUARE (Against a railing in Fitzroy Square a large blue Police box materialises out of thin air, unseen as a van passes by. The door of the box opens and an old man with flowing white hair tucked under a black woolly hat disembarks. He is clad in a thick black cloak, checked trousers and an old black frock coat. Following him is a petite young girl who looks around delightedly.) DODO: Hey! (The Doctor takes her head in his hands in a benign Grandfatherly way and beams at her. Across the way a Policeman strides up the street. The Doctor closes the door, takes a white "OUT OF ORDER" sign from his inside pocket and hangs it on the front of the box, wagging a mischievous finger.) DODO: Hey! (The Policeman gets closer.) DOCTOR: Well I suppose you know where you are my dear, mm-hmm? DODO: London. Home! DODO: It's marvellous to be back, it seems ages since I left. DOCTOR: Oh ah, when you've seen the ages that I have you won't use that term quite so freely! Anyway I don't think it's been all that long. (Dodo looks at the sign.) DODO: Hey, what's that for? DOCTOR: Ah well, the problem is; coming back to the twentieth century my dear, the TARDIS, I'm afraid, is often mistaken for the real Police-Box! (The Policeman approaches the Police box, examines the notice, then walks off.) DODO: I see what you mean. DOCTOR: Yes, and fortunately he can't get in! (Dodo seems amused.) DODO: If only he could! Scotland Yard whipped off into time and space! (She laughs. The Doctor is looking up at the Post-Office Tower.) DOCTOR: So that's it! DODO: What? Oh the tower. It's finished! DOCTOR: Isn't that interesting, very interesting. DODO: It's great isn't it. Stephen would have liked it here. DOCTOR: You know there's something alien about that tower, I can sense it! (Dodo sniffs at the air and wrinkles her nose at the pungent aroma.) DODO: Smells okay to me, good old London smoke! DOCTOR: I-I-I-I can, I can feel I-er-er I-er-er it's got something, a sort of powerful is... Look at my skin! Look at that! I've got that pricking sensange..that sensation again, the same..just as I had when I saw the Thalics..those Daleks were near! DODO: Daleks, who are they? DOCTOR: Oh, er yes of course you er, you didn't meet them did you, child? No, and I pray that you never will! I really must investigate it! (The Doctor sets off down a side road at a pace. Dodo skips over to keep up, and walks with him. Leaning towards the sky before them looms the huge, glass and steel, half-chewed Cadet sweet-cigarette of the GPO Tower.) 3, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY (All around the city people below are going on with their lives like tiny little ants. Professor Brett, comes away from the window and surveys the curved, glazed room of his top-floor laboratory. The room is packed full of computer banks and components all interconnected. To one side, half a dozen spools of tape constantly churn and chitter adding to the steady electronic background hum. Rows of lights and switches control all the major functions of the machine, and reams of printout spew from a slot. In the centre of the mass of machinery is a main panel marked with a distinctive stylised W. It consists of two square grilles, a handful of switches, a printer slot and a glowing flexible camera "eye" within a protective perspex bubble.) BRETT: Things are running alright? (Polly Lopez, a tall blonde b*mb of a secretary nods, and returns to her seat on the other side of the room.) BRETT: Good! (Major Green leads the Doctor and Dodo from the lift, through the doors into the laboratory.) GREEN: It is a splendid view certainly, I think you'll enjoy it. DODO: Doctor look at it! Isn't it terrific! GREEN: Ah Professor Brett! BRETT: Ah, Doctor! I understand from Major Green that you're a specialist in computer development? DOCTOR: Well..hardly a specialist sir, but I dabble, yes, I dabble. (He examines the computer banks.) DOCTOR: Oh, so that's what it is! BRETT: I beg your pardon? DOCTOR: Yes, you know I had a very strong sense of energy outside this building, ah, a sort of magnetic pull if you like. Heh. It was most unusual er, so I presume that's what it must have been! (Brett laughs.) BRETT: It is indeed Doctor. It's my life's work, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm, most ingenious. BRETT: I think I can go so far as to say that it's the only one of it's kind in existence, it's at least ten years ahead of it's time. DOCTOR: Is that so mm? DODO: What makes it so special? BRETT: Well miss er..? DOCTOR: Oh, ah-ah, my secretary er-er, Dodo Chaplet. BRETT: Well Miss Chaplet, I'll explain. This is perhaps not the biggest computer in the world, but it's certainly the most advanced. It can handle scientific problems well outside the range of any other computer in existence. We are about to link this up with computers all over the world as a central intelligence. (He spins a nearby globe of the world.) BRETT: A sort of problem solver. DODO: I don't understand. (Brett beams.) BRETT: Hah, well perhaps it'll be clearer tonight. DOCTOR: Oh, er, tonight sir? BRETT: Yes, of course. Press conference. I thought your visit..? (He offers the Doctor a newspaper to scan.) DOCTOR: Oh yes-yes-yes-yes of course my dear fellow, yes, eh Dodo? DODO: Oh, all that's very exciting. (Her smile slips down a notch.) BRETT: Exciting, hmph. Look, this is my secretary, Polly. DODO: Hello Polly. POLLY: How do you do. BRETT: Now Polly's pretty smart, a cracking typist, right? (Polly pulls a face.) BRETT: Ha-ha, also rather a cheeky one at times. Well now this machine, which I call WOTAN. DOCTOR: You call what? BRETT: "Vo-tan." Spelt W-O-T-A-N. Will Operating Thought ANalogue. DOCTOR: Oh... Yes-yes, quite. BRETT: Yes, well now, WOTAN can not only think faster than Polly or myself, it can also type faster. DODO: True? POLLY: I afraid so! And it never makes mistakes, wretched thing! DOCTOR: Are you, er, seriously telling me sir, that er, you have invented a machine that can think? BRETT: Yes. DOCTOR: And never makes mistakes? BRETT: Never. DOCTOR: Hmph! Hmph! (He walks over to the main WOTAN machine and flips a knob, then gestures to a grille.) DOCTOR: I take it, er, that I speak into here. BRETT: Yes, that's right. DOCTOR: Er, what is the, er, square route of 14722? (The machine buzzes and clicks, and then a piece of printout pushes it's way out of a slot in the top. The Doctor tears off the sheet.) BRETT: Correct? DOCTOR: One moment please... (He takes out a pair of pince-nez and examines the printout.) DOCTOR: 131.993. Yes, that's near enough...yes it's truly remarkable! Hahaha. Hm-hm! (Brett laughs.) DODO: May I try it now? BRETT: Certainly, go ahead. DODO: Now let's see you funny looking contraption... Here's one you'll never get... What does the word TARDIS mean? (The computer bank whirrs furiously and the spools of tape turn around and around as WOTAN considers the problem.) DODO: Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, what did it say my dear? DODO: Got it right - Time And Relative Dimensions In Space! DOCTOR: Good heavens! Let me see. Well now, how would it know that? BRETT: WOTAN knows a lot I don't know. There's something else I can tell you Miss Chaplet... What's up here? (Dodo seems transfixed by the noise of the computer, Brett touches her on the shoulder and she turns to face them.) DOCTOR: Dodo! DODO: Pardon? DOCTOR: What's the matter my dear, are you alright? DODO: Oh yes! Ah, just a buzzing in me ears. DOCTOR: Oh. Just, er, sit down a moment. Hmm. (He goes back to examining the computer without a second thought.) DOCTOR: Now tell me sir, now tell me. What er, part does this play? BRETT: Oh, that's the usual memory bank. DOCTOR: I see! And here of course is the programme regimentator? BRETT: Yes, but in this case, a slightly different one. DOCTOR: Yes, I-I wonder... (Brett has noticed the Doctor's lack of concern for Dodo, so cuts short his discourse to see if she is alright.) BRETT: Are you feeling better now? DODO: Oh, fine, thank you. BRETT: Good! Polly'll look after you. (He walks off to investigate what the Doctor is doing to his beloved computer.) POLLY: Is this your first time in London? DODO: Oh no! It feels like it though. I'm so out of touch! What I'd really like is to go to the hottest night-spot in town. POLLY: Oh well that's easy, the Inferno... 4, INT: INFERNO CLUB (Dodo follows Polly down the steps of a dingy whitewashed basement bar decorated with candelabras and cheap replica African masks. In a corner a battered record player pumps out a swinging jazzy tune. All around, various neat young boys in neat suits, ties and tidy hairstyles are seated at tables; or jiggling about mildly on the dance floor with girls in far out 60's style dresses, whilst drinking fizzy Vimto from small plastic beakers. Polly waves to someone in the crowd, and says "Hi!", then moves over to the bar. (In actuality a long grubby table, one end boasting a disappointingly small selection of pop bottles, a few cups and some straws).) KITTY: Hello Polly, love. Oh, am I glad to see you! POLLY: Dodo, this is Kitty; Kitty - Dodo. DODO: Hello. KITTY: Hi Dodo. (She smiles at Dodo and then turns to Polly.) KITTY: Polly you're just the person I need! Will you help me? POLLY: Oh here we go again! Not that I mind helping people. Well, what is it then? KITTY: When you were here last week, do you remember a sailor at the end of the bar? POLLY: Not especially, why? KITTY: He's been here ever since. Poor lad, he just sits there at the end of the bar. Look out, here he comes now. (Ben Jackson sticks out like a sore thumb as he walks through the bopping kids in suits wearing his navy and white sailors outfit. Perched on his head is small white hat bearing the name "HMS Teaser". He solemnly sits at the end of the bar and mopes to himself by a stack of cola bottles and a pile of swizzle-sticks.) KITTY: Ha! See? He's no great advertisement for the most "with it" place in town is he? Couldn't you cheer him up just a little? (Polly mulls it over.) POLLY: Alright Kitty leave it to us. Stand by Dodo, this looks like a rescue mission - the Navy's in trouble! Excuse me. (Dodo laughs as Polly pushes through the crowd to where Ben is, sitting next to him.) POLLY: Well hello, we met the other night - remember? BEN: Oh yeah... I think I do. (He looks miserable as ever.) POLLY: You think you do? Oh I must have made a big impression! BEN: Oh no, it's not that... POLLY: Well what is it then? It must be something pretty big, not to have noticed me. BEN: Ah, I'm sorry. POLLY: Aaah, he says he's sorry! BEN: Look, there's no law against sittin' here is there?! POLLY: Well there should be when you've got that look on your face! Look, I'll show you. (She goes behind the bar, leans on her elbows opposite Ben and juts her bottom lip out as if she were doing an impression of a miserable trout. Ben appears to brighten for a moment.) BEN: Oh. Is it as bad that then? DODO: Worse! POLLY: So spill the beans sailor, give us the fax, what's your problems? BEN: Ah, you wouldn't understand. You'd think I'm some kind of a nut. POLLY: Well try us. BEN: Well it's my ship see, it's gone off to the West Indies and I've got a shore posting. In barracks for six months! POLLY: And you miss the swaying palms, the white beaches, the blue sea... BEN: Very funny! If you've finished cheering me up... POLLY: Come on Dodo, let's leave him. I can't stand people with no sense of humour. (As Polly walks past she is cornered by a grinning goon named Flash in an appallingly tasteless pinstripe jacket. She tries to escape but is unable to.) FLASH: Why don't you try me? I've got a great sense of humour, anything for a giggle. POLLY: Please take your arm away. FLASH: Oh come on darlin', I know your type. You'd have a better time with me than with ol' shorty there. BEN: Wos' that?! FLASH: Oh geeet lost! BEN: Look let her go! FLASH: Look, go and play with your toy boats half-pint! (Ben has had enough, it's all very well the oik annoying Polly, but the repeated cracks about his size are going just one step too far. Ben gets up, rushes forward and pins Flashes arm behind his back.) BEN: I said let go of her! (Ben releases Flash who aims a punch at Ben's face which he swiftly blocks, then he knees him in the groin. Flash falls to the floor, but swiftly gets up again, crouching down facing Ben with his fists raised.) BEN: Just you try it mate, I'll chop you in little bits! (Flash launches himself at Ben who puts him down again. He gets up again and prepares a final as*ault when Kitty homes sternly into view.) KITTY: What's all this?! BEN: Nothin'. One of you customers wants to go home. (Flash looks from Ben to Kitty, then decides that discretion is the better part of valour and slinks off.) BEN: You wanna be careful who you encourage! POLLY: Why you conceited little..! DODO: Oh now Polly, he was just trying to help. Thank you er..? BEN: Ben. Ben Jackson. (Ben shakes hands with Dodo.) 4, EXT: SCIENTIFIC CLUB DOORWAY (A taxi pulls up by the side of the road, and the Doctor disembarks, his cloak swirling behind him. He pays the driver then walks up the steps of a grand house and jabs the doorbell. While he is waiting he examines the plaque on the door. It reads: "THE ROYAL SCIENTIFIC CLUB".) 5, INT: ROYAL SCIENTIFIC CLUB (Inside, the grandly decorated clubroom is packed full of people from the scientific community and reporters letting off flashbulbs. At the far end of the room is a grand table, behind which sit the three main speakers representing the corporation that designed and built WOTAN. Behind them is a chart which has the names WOODWERA, CAPE KENNEDY, PARLIAMENT, ELDO, TELSTAR, WHITE HOUSE, EFTA, and RN, all linked at the centre by WOTAN in a weird kind of interconnected network. Pushed up against the main table is a smaller table, upon which is a scale model of WOTAN for everyone to look at and photograph. Sir Charles Summer, the civil servant responsible for the WOTAN project, and the skilled electrical engineer Professor Krimpton are amongst those hosting the press conference. Although Brett is noticeably absent. Summer stands and addresses the crowd.) SUMMER: Gentleman, ladies, may I have your attention please? Well, you're heard the backroom boys, now it's about time you my turn. C-Day, that is Computer Day, will be next Monday, July 16, that is in four days time. Now on that date all the computer systems in this country, and subsequently in the whole world will come under the control of this central computer which we call WOTAN. As you've heard this will have both peaceful and military implications. I need hardly tell you that this is a great step forward for Britain, and indeed I may say, for the whole world. Now, have you got any questions? (A gum-chewing man with a notepad raises his hand.) STONE: Uh, Roy Stone, the New York Sketch. SUMMER: f*re away. STONE: Sir, doesn't this put a great deal of power into the hands of whoever operates WOTAN? SUMMER: No-one operates WOTAN. WOTAN operates itself. NEWSPAPERMAN: Pshaw! SUMMER: The computer is merely a brain which thinks logically without any political or private ends; it is pure thought. It makes calculations, it supplies only the truth. It has no imaginative powers. NEWSPAPERMAN: Is there no way of fixing it so it can give the wrong answers? SUMMER: There would be no point. Now don't forget that a computer like WOTAN is not a human being. NEWSPAPERMAN: Oh, but surely... SUMMER: It has no reason to suppress the truth, it has no emotions. It is our soul. STONE: Hah, it seems to me, by the way you're talking that this machine can think for itself like a human being! SUMMER: It can. (There is a mutter of disbelief amongst the journalists.) SUMMER: Only much more accurately. STONE: Wha..but sir, I mean, isn't this kinda risky? Y'know? I mean, suppose it decides it can do without people, what then? (There is a ripple of laughter. In a corner the Doctor's expression is deadly serious as he watches the proceedings with growing alarm.) SUMMER: I hardly think it'll come to that. I think that Professor Brett and his team will have the machine well under control. (He turns and whispers to Professor Krimpton.) SUMMER: Where the devil is Brett? KRIMPTON: He should have met me here an hour ago. SUMMER: Well give him a buzz, there's a good fellow. KRIMPTON: Yes, alright. (Krimpton scurries off and Summer turns back to the crowd.) SUMMER: Now gentlemen I must apologise for the absence of Professor Brett. I'm sure he'll be along in a moment or two if you will just bear with us. It is, after all, his show. (The Doctor walks over to the model of WOTAN and scrutinises it carefully with his pince-nez.) 6, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY (Professor Brett is speaking into an old bakelite telephone.) BRETT: ...I have to go I now I am already very late for an important meeting. Goodnight! (Brett moves to leave, then stops, and walks back to the console and presses a button to page Major Green. Green walks into the room.) GREEN: You wanted something Professor? BRETT: Have you been here all day Major? GREEN: Yes of course. BRETT: Are you sure that this building's properly screened? GREEN: If you have any complaints..! BRETT: I have. There's someone in this part of the building. GREEN: I'm sorry sir, not at all possible. We have the complete security check on this section of the tower day and night. BRETT: Are you sure? GREEN: Positive. BRETT: It's funny... I've had a feeling all day of someone there; someone listening to me, watching me. (Brett swiftly moves to the door and opens it looking out, seeing no-one there he slowly closes it again looking rather sheepish.) GREEN: Ah, there is only the two of us in this part of the tower, sir. BRETT: I suppose you must be right. I'm sorry Major, I must be getting tired. GREEN: Ah that's alright. Oh, will you be working late tonight professor? BRETT: No-no good heavens, I must be off I'm late. Thank you Major. GREEN: Goodnight sir. (Green walks out of the door. Brett follows, but pauses for a moment with a look of confusion. He walks over to the main computer bank and glances about. The computer is still happily humming away to itself. Seeing nothing wrong, Brett shakes his head and moves to depart. For a split second he freezes, it is as if some force had momentarily taken control of his body. Shaking his head at the absurdity of it, he turns to go.) BRETT: This is ridiculous, I must be imagining things. (Before he can, a slightly different kind of a signal begins to transmit from the glowing eye on the centre of the computer array.) BRETT: It's quite ridiculous! (Waves of irresistible hypnotic force crash inexorably outwards like ripples on a pond, causing Brett to clutch at his head in silent agony as his personality becomes subsumed by the mighty machine-intellect of WOTAN. He stiffens up, all trace of the usual curt, yet benign personality completely wiped from his head. Emotionlessly he turns to face WOTAN.) BRETT: What do you want? (The computer chitters to itself.) 7, INT: INFERNO CLUB (Kitty is polishing the bar with a grimy old rag as Ben and Dodo walk over from the dance floor. Dodo looks decidedly ill, but is putting a brave face on it. Ben whispers something to Dodo.) DODO: ...I don't think so, I can't. BEN: Okay. DODO: I'm so exhausted! BEN: Yeah. KITTY: Oh, hello there, bright and breezy now are we? BEN: Yeah. (He reaches over and pats Kitty on the cheek.) KITTY: Steady sailor. Watch it! BEN: Same again girls? DODO: Oh no. POLLY: Thank you. (Ben gathers Dodo and Polly's glasses and moves off to hunt for more Ribena anyway.) KITTY: Polly you're a wonder! How do you do it? POLLY: Oh it's just a knack you know, anytime you want a bit of brightness in your life, come to Pol! Mind you, he's a special case. KITTY: You can have a job here anytime you like! POLLY: I've already got a very good one, thanks. (Polly turns to talk to Dodo and notices that she is holding her head as if she were in discomfort.) POLLY: What's the matter Dodo? DODO: I dunno... I've had some sort of a headache ever since I left your office. (Ben arrives and deposits two full glasses.) BEN: Headache? DODO: Some sort of...high pitched hum. Oh, it's gone again now. I'm alright, really. BEN: Oh good. Do you fink I could 'ave another dance? (Polly looks at him with feigned annoyance, as she would to a rescued puppy who has got a little too used to her attention.) POLLY: Oh here we go! (She walks off to the dancefloor with Ben leaving Dodo sitting at the bar on her own with her thoughts.) 8, INT: ROYAL SCIENTIFIC CLUB SUMMER: Well gentlemen and ladies, if there are no more questions? (There is a silence.) SUMMER: I really am very sorry about the absence of Professor Brett. I'm sure that it must have been something very important that prevented him from coming... Ah, Professor Brett! (He spots Brett coming through the door. Brett approaches the main table, walking stiffly as if he were a little overstarched. When addressing the assembled journalists and scientists, he speaks abruptly and without a trace of emotion; not even turning to face them.) BRETT: Gentlemen, I am sorry I was not able to attend, it was unavoidable. SUMMER: Well now that you're here perhaps you'll talk to the gentlemen... BRETT: I want to speak to Professor Krimpton. SUMMER: I beg your pardon?! They've been waiting... BRETT: It's urgent. Professor Krimpton. (Krimpton, Brett and Sir Charles confer by the end of the table. The Doctor watches the exchange from the other side of the table with interest.) KRIMPTON: See me now? BRETT: Immediately if you don't mind. SUMMER: Are you alright Brett? BRETT: Quite alright thank you. SUMMER: Well, it is the computer then? (Brett stiffens a little more than usual.) BRETT: No. (Stone approaches the trio.) STONE: Ah, Professor Brett. I'm Roy Stone the New York Sketch, sir... BRETT: No comment. This way Professor Krimpton. STONE: But I have... I have unanswered questions, I... (Stone looks astonished as Brett leads Krimpton roughly through the crowd by the arm, as the room descends into a loud mass of excited chatter. He tries to follow Brett, but is unable to get through the mass of people.) STONE: Now, can you confirm that..? SUMMER: Now I'm very sorry gentlemen, but that seems to be it. I would like to thank of you all for your time... (But no-one is listening to Sir Charles anymore, as they all scramble to get out and quiz Brett. Stone turns and tries to speak, but his voice is lost in the sound of chatter.) STONE: Sir Charles? (Summer shrugs resignedly. The Doctor has been left in the room with Sir Charles and the last few stragglers from the group. Sir Charles takes his coat from Kennedy, his uniformed driver, and puts it on.) SUMMER: Thank you. (He spots the Doctor in thought by the table, and wanders over.) SUMMER: Ah, oh... Excuse me, are you the doctor that Professor Brett telephoned me about? DOCTOR: Yes I am, Sir Charles. SUMMER: Ah, well I'm glad that you could come along. I wonder what on Earth's got into him this evening? His manner was very odd. DOCTOR: Yes... Very odd, very odd indeed. Perhaps he was overworking? Er, who was that little man, Krimpton? SUMMER: Oh electronics fellow, one of our top men, er... Come to think of it - electronics! Perhaps there is something wrong with WOTAN and he didn't want to let it out? That would explain it wouldn't it? Look, I'm terribly sorry but would you excuse me, I think I'd better go and check. (He turns to his driver again.) SUMMER: Kennedy? Will you look after the Doctor for me? (The Doctor still seems to be lost in thought.) DOCTOR: I wonder, mm. I wonder, Hmmph... 9, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY (Green is on doing the late-night rounds of the tower. He exits the lift and checks the doors to the lab, but to his surprise the electronic doors are not locked. Opening the door, he ventures curiously inside for a moment, then turns to leave again. As he does so the glowing eye on the main computer bank swivels around and stares at him. Green pauses for a moment, wandering the room and not really understanding why. Suddenly he doubles up in pain as his mind is violently as*ault. He tries to fight back as the pulsing hypnotic signal bursts and ripples all around him, but eventually it wins. He stiffens up, turns and emotionlessly addresses the computer.) GREEN: I understand. (The computer chitters and chunders to itself. Green moves over to Brett's telephone and steadily dials a number.) 10, INT: INFERNO CLUB (Inside the Inferno, a black phone identical to the one in the Professor's laboratory begins to ring. Kitty picks it up and presses her ear to the receiver in an attempt to hear what is being said.) KITTY: Hello, Inferno. What? Who? Speak up! Oh right, yes I'll get her. (She puts down the receiver.) KITTY: Dodo, it's for you! DODO: Hello? Yes, who is it? 11, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY (In the laboratory, Major Green puts down the receiver and walks over to the WOTAN. He pulls the wire from the back of the phone and plugs it into a socket on the face of the computer, then flips a switch. Dodo's voice begins to pipe through WOTAN's speakers as she has been interfaced directly with the machine.) DODO OOV: Hello, who is this? Hello?! (WOTAN's lights blink and flash on it's many consoles as it feeds the rippling waves of control signal down the telephone to Dodo.) 12, INT: INFERNO CLUB (Dodo's face contorts in pain as her synapses are suffused with the searing pain of the control signal, blasting it's way through her mind and sweeping it clean. She straightens up stiffly.) DODO: Yes. Yes, I understand. (She replaces the receiver and walks off like a robot.) 13, INT: GPO TOWER CORRIDOR (Brett has managed to drag Krimpton off to the Post-Office Tower. They walk down the corridor and Brett summons a lift.) KRIMPTON: Brett! I must say it's rather odd to break up a meeting like that and drag me off at this time of night! BRETT: I had no choice Krimpton. KRIMPTON: No choice? Now what do you mean? BRETT: You will soon understand. KRIMPTON: Now look here Brett! I-I'll stay a few minutes, I think it's a bit much. BRETT: Nothing is too much. KRIMPTON: What are you talking about? What's the matter with you this evening - has the computer broken down? BRETT: On the contrary, it's we who have broken down! We have failed. 14, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY (The lift doors open and they disembark.) KRIMPTON: We have failed? BRETT: We've reached a standstill. We cannot develop the Earth any further. Further progress is impossible. KRIMPTON: What do you mean impossible? BRETT: That is the conclusion reached by WOTAN. KRIMPTON: Are you joking? This machine is hardly in a position to... BRETT: I'm not joking. WOTAN has decided that the world cannot progress further with mankind running it. KRIMPTON: Oh really, and what does WOTAN propose to do about it, take over from us? BRETT: From now on, we are to serve. KRIMPTON: And if we choose not to, mankind will be eliminated? BRETT: If it is necessary. KRIMPTON: You've been working too hard old chap. You've gone completely off your rocker! BRETT: You cannot escape. KRIMPTON: Oh dear. (He turns to leave and runs straight into Major Green who has appeared in the doorway.) KRIMPTON: Oh Major, thank heavens you're here. He's round the bend. He's gone mad! GREEN: He is not mad Professor Krimpton. (Krimpton tries to get out, but Green blocks his way.) KRIMPTON: Let me out of here! GREEN: You must wait. KRIMPTON: I refuse to be kept! I refuse to! GREEN: Don't touch that! KRIMPTON: You can't leave me here, I'll get..I'll... (He runs for the phone and picks up the receiver. WOTAN begins to broadcast it's rippling corruption wave. Krimpton's hand opens and he drops the receiver.) KRIMPTON: No... it's not possible! (He turns and tries to shield himself from the alien force of the computer's will, but to no avail.) KRIMPTON: No, I don't believe it! I-I won't work for you! (Krimpton pulls off his glasses under the strain of the as*ault.) KRIMPTON: I'm human! There's nothing more important than human life. Machines cannot govern man! I will not... (WOTAN steps up the power and chitters to itself. Krimpton places his hands to his head in silent agony as his mind is swallowed like a droplet in an ocean. He stands up straight and turns to face the main computer bank.) KRIMPTON: What do you want? 15, INT: INFERNO CLUB (Ben Polly and Kitty are standing by the bar.) BEN: Where's your friend then, can't see her anywhere. POLLY: I don't know, surely she wouldn't have left without a word to us? BEN: I shouldn't think so, she seemed a nice bird - friendly. Not stuck-up like you, Duchess. POLLY: Look, don't call me Duchess. I'm worried about Dodo. I'm-I'm supposed to be looking after her, you know, she-showing her around. BEN: You? That's a laugh! (Kitty looks over to the entrance steps where the Doctor is descending.) KITTY: Well, it is our night for surprises! What does he want in here? POLLY: Oh, it's the Doctor. KITTY: You know him? POLLY: He's Dodo's boss. KITTY: He looks like that disc-jockey! (She laughs.) BEN: Hehe, yeah. DOCTOR: Ahh, I thought I'd find you both here. Oh, I hope Dodo and yourself have enjoyed yourselves. KITTY: Have one on the house Doctor! It isn't every day we get the over-twenties in this place. (The Doctor grins wickedly. Kitty runs a provocative finger along The Doctor's cloak.) KITTY: Oh I dig your fab gear! (The Doctor looks down at his clothes.) DOCTOR: Fab gear. Hm-hm! Who is your friend? POLLY: He's not exactly a friend, I've just met him. His name is Ben; Ben - the Doctor. BEN: Hello sir. (They shake hands.) DOCTOR: Yes, delighted my boy. I don't see Dodo about. POLLY: I'm afraid she's gone. DOCTOR: Eh? Gone, gone where, child? POLLY: Well that's it, she came past the phone about half an hour ago, and we haven't seen her since. (The Doctor frowns, deep in thought again.) 16, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY BRETT: There is one special human brain that WOTAN needs. The task of leading this brain here to serve WOTAN will be an extremely delicate matter. It has been arranged. GREEN: Someone is coming? BRETT: The fourth member called here to receive orders. (Brett opens the doors to his laboratory, and Dodo walks in.) BRETT: The Doctor's secretary. (Dodo turns to WOTAN.) DODO: What are my instructions? (All along the panels lights blink on and off, and tape spools whiz around as the computer chitters and chatters to itself. In the centre it's bright eye darts back and forth surveying it's first four human servants. There is a low rumbling from the speakers set into the top of WOTAN's face. The rumbles merge and twist as if the computer were trying to experimentally mould and mash vowels together like warm plasticine. A icy voice, devoid of all trace of human emotion begins to boom from WOTAN's speakers as it issues it's first vocal command.) WOTAN: DDDOCTORR WHOO ISS RREQUIREDD. BRING HIM HERE! (Dodo turns to leave...)
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The w*r Machines Episode Two By Ian Stuart-Black Original Air Date: 2 July, 1966 6:55pm - 7:20pm 1, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY (All along the panels lights blink on and off, and tape spools whiz around as the computer chitters and chatters to itself. In the centre it's bright eye darts back and forth surveying it's first four human servants. There is a low rumbling from the speakers set into the top of WOTAN's face. The rumbles merge and twist as if the computer were trying to experimentally mould and mash vowels together like warm plasticine. An icy voice devoid of all emotion begins to issue from WOTAN's speakers as he issues his first vocal command.) WOTAN: DDDOCTORR WHOO ISS RREQUIREDD. BRING HIM HERE! (Dodo turns and walks out of the doors to the laboratory and Brett closes them after her.) BRETT: Here are your orders. Time is short, progress is impossible unless WOTAN takes control within the next few days. Then WOTAN shall decide on the future of the human race! Who shall live to serve the machines, and who shall be eliminated! (A piece of paper chunders out of the printer slot.) BRETT: Krimpton, you take that. KRIMPTON: London is the first capital to be taken over. Then Washington and Moscow. War-Machines must be built immediately! BRETT: Further instructions from WOTAN. We shall require skilled labour; a labour corps will come into operation immediately! Contact will be made by these people by telephone. When they are on the line switch them through to thought control. This is the way each person is to be enlisted. GREEN: When we have the people where are we to construct the machines? BRETT: At central points in London. You Major Green will select suitable places. I shall supervise the initial stages - suspicion must not be aroused! GREEN: I shall attend to this immediately. (Green leaves.) BRETT: You Krimpton will work upon a suitable electronic programme for the new mobile computers. They must be able to move freely and contain their own power. All computer systems throughout the world must be integrated in WOTAN. KRIMPTON: I shall begin this at once. BRETT: No! Top priority is to enlist Doctor Who - he has advanced knowledge which WOTAN needs. Doctor Who must be enlisted into our services tonight! (They turn to the coldly pulsing eye of the machine as it's soft vocal units issue a repeat statement.) WOTAN: DDDOCTORR WHOO ISS RREQUIREDD. 2, INT: INFERNO CLUB (The Doctor is still standing in the empty Inferno club. Nearby Kitty is clearing away the glasses.) KITTY: Look love, I really am sorry about your friend not turning up, but I've got to lock up now. You can hang a note on the door if you like? (Behind the Doctor Ben and Polly get up from where they are sitting.) DOCTOR: Yes, a good idea. Thank you, that's very kind. POLLY: I think we ought to go to the Police. KITTY: I'd rather not have them round here if you don't mind. Well we have got a license to think of! POLLY: Well we must do something! I'm gonna start phoning the hospitals. What's her surname? DOCTOR: Oh, Chaplet, Dodo Chaplet. POLLY: I wonder which the nearest will be? (She looks through a phone book.) BEN: What are you phoning the hospitals for? POLLY: Well she might have had an accident! BEN: Oh, a regular little ray of sunshine ain't ya?! POLLY: Well look, it's better than just sitting around here on our backsides doing nothing! (The Doctor is fidgeting nervously, and suddenly a figure appears at the top of the steps.) DODO: Hello Doctor! So you found us alright! DOCTOR: Oh my dear child! BEN: Dodo! Where've you been then?! POLLY: What happened to you? (Dodo descends the steps.) DODO: I've just been around the corner. POLLY: But you've been hours! DOCTOR: Yes, we've be extremely worried about you! DODO: I er...had a call from some old friends - I just popped along to see them. Was I really that long? DOCTOR: Indeed you were! You didn't tell me about your friends - and how did they know that you might be here? DODO: Oh it's a long story. I'm sorry if you were worried. DOCTOR: Well I sincerely hope so! ...And by the way my child, Sir Charles Summer and his family have asked us to pay a visit; so if you'll excuse us, I-I think we'll be off. (They all ascend the steps.) BEN: Yeah, well I think that I'd better get some kip too. DOCTOR: Yes, I suppose isn't too late to get a cab is it? POLLY: Mmm? No, we'll get one outside. 3, EXT: INFERNO CLUB (They exit the door next to a large vertical "INFERNO" sign.) DOCTOR: Oh yes-yes-yes I suppose so. POLLY: Goodnight Kitty! KITTY: Goodnight Doctor. DOCTOR: Er, yes goodnight young lady, goodnight. BEN: 'Ere, look wait 'ere Doctor, I'll go an' get you a taxi. (Polly Finishes talking to Kitty who walks off, and she runs after Ben.) POLLY: Wait for me Ben, I know where we'll find one! (Dodo scowls after Ben and Polly.) DODO: They shouldn't have done that. DOCTOR: Well that's very helpful of him I thought! DODO: Oh yes, you're quite right. Of course it was. (The Doctor looks curiously at Dodo, lacing his fingers in thought. Across the road, in the shadow of a red telephone booth two large waxen faced g*ons in white lab coats observe the Doctor and Dodo impassively from their hiding place. One silently pulls our a glass bottle of chloroform and a folded white handkerchief. Glancing over, Dodo sees this and makes her move.) DODO: You know Doctor, those two have gone off in the wrong direction. The taxis are all down there. DOCTOR: Well deh, are you sure my dear? DODO: I've just seen three go past! GOON: They're coming. (The g*ons melt away into deeper cover.) DODO: Come along Doctor, we can pick up Polly when we find her. (Dodo takes the Doctor's arm in a vice-like grip and begins to lead him across the road.) DOCTOR: Oh very well my dear... BEN: Doctor! (There is a sound of an engine and a black cab draws up next to the Doctor and he looks delighted.) DOCTOR: Oh, er, ha-ha! BEN: We had to do one for another, Doctor. (The cab door opens to a straggle-haired old f*g in a leather cap and musty overcoat. He hoists a sack on to his back, exits and begins to shamble off.) DRIVER: Oi! TRAMP: Ta-ta then. DRIVER: Not so fast! What about my fare? (The Tramp stops and turns.) TRAMP: I was about to pay you my man. Have you got change of a quid? (The Driver looks at the pound note in exasperation.) DRIVER: Oh no, not another one! No I haven't got the change mate. TRAMP: Then I'll just pop over to the all night cafe and get some. (He makes to move off but the driver grabs him by the scruff of the neck.) DRIVER: You're staying right here, mate! DOCTOR: Oh come along my man, we're in a hurry. Come along! DRIVER: Not until he pays! We all know him round here. POLLY: I think I've got change. Here you are. TRAMP: Er..thank you Miss. (Polly changes the pound note for a handful of coins, and the tramp pays the driver.) TRAMP: There you are my man, half a crown on the top. DRIVER: Thanks, now be off with ya! (The Tramp walks off and the driver turns to his new fares.) DRIVER: Right, where to guv'ner? DOCTOR: Eh, Oh er yes-yeah. Here. Now look, give him that my dear. (Polly turns to the Doctor who is already inside the cab and takes a small slip of paper. While she is busy the driver gives her booty a sly glance, she turns back and hands him the address.) POLLY: Here-y'are. DOCTOR: Mm. Hah! Come along, come along Dodo. Alright...off you go, off you go, off you go! BEN: I'll see you all then! POLLY: Where do you have to get to Ben? BEN: Oh, just to a services club just around the corner. It's alright I'll walk. POLLY: Right! Listen, if you meet me at the reception of the Post-Office Tower tomorrow I'll stand you lunch! BEN: Yeah, yeah alright. But I'm no Deb's delight you know! POLLY: I can see that! BEN: Yeah well... Goodnight Doctor, goodnight Dodo! See ya tomorrow Polly! DOCTOR: Goodbye young man, goodbye. DODO: Bye! DOCTOR: Drive on. (The taxi pulls away in a romantic cloud of lingering diesel fumes.) POLLY: Seeya tomorrow! BEN: Goodbye! (Looking slightly giddy from either the thought Polly or the taste of the taxi's exhaust, Ben crosses the road and approaches the tramp.) BEN: 'Ere, have you got a bed for the night, mate? TRAMP: Well perhaps not what you'd call a bed, after a bit of a meal... (He holds out his hand expectantly, but Ben remembers how he paid for the taxi.) BEN: Ah, sorry mate. TRAMP: Ahh..I'm going to doss down in the old warehouse over there. BEN: Okay, goodnight. TRAMP: It's bloomin' paradise after what I've been used to for the last six months! BEN: Yeah. (Ben walks up the road, and the tramp turns and walks down past the phone box. Inside the goon is speaking into a telephone.) GOON: She didn't bring the Doctor. Yes, she tried to but they went off in a taxi. I understand. We will do as you say. (He replaces the receiver and exits the booth, walking around the corner to and entering a warehouse by the side door.) 4, INT: WAREHOUSE (The goon walks through the warehouse. The interior is rough and dirty as if Brett and his people had just moved in and hadn't had time to clear up. To the sides the walls are lined with old junk and from the ceiling numerous chains on runners swing to and fro. In the centre a group of white-coated scientists busy themselves unpacking crates under the watchful supervision of Professor Brett. He hands the Goon a sheaf of papers.) BRETT: This is your blueprint. It is to be followed in every detail - the outer sections are to be constructed at once! (One of the technicians pulls on an oiled chain and a section of flooring raises towards the roof attached to a block and tackle. Beneath is a deep pit, the remnants of some ancient production line now long forgotten.) 5, EXT: COVENT GARDEN (The tramp, he stoops to pick something up, then tosses it away again. Hobbling around the corner, he opens the door to the warehouse and enters.) 6, INT: WAREHOUSE (The technicians grab and unpack more boxes all stamped with "ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS" and the usual W for WOTAN symbol. Brett turns to a technician and hands over a set of notes.) BRETT: The electronic section must be assembled in this order! (The tramp stands in a small entrance area having come through the external door, he now faces the internal door. He scrutinises it for a moment.) TRAMP: They've painted out the number! What's been going on around here? (He walks through the door. Another, larger door opens and the tramp peeks into the warehouse. He is surprised to find it a hive of activity with little electric carts buzzing backwards and forwards and men walking about unpacking crates and boxes. The tramp closes the door without entering. Brett descends a set of steps into the sunken pit in the warehouse and picks up a large microphone.) BRETT: The welding of the casing must begin now! (A group of masked technicians with blowtorches sets to the task. The tramp opens the door into the main factory and finally decides to enter. He creeps in and hides behind a sectioned off area of equipment behind a chainlink partition.) BRETT: Hurry, time is short! This machine must be completed and armed by tomorrow morning ready to be programmed by WOTAN! (A proximity alert in the half completed brain of the first w*r Machine begins to burble and flash agitatedly in a corner. Brett raises the microphone again.) BRETT: Cease work and stand by; there is a warning! (He moves to a console at checks.) BRETT: Close the doors, there is a stranger amongst us! (A nearby printer chunders out a set of instructions.) BRETT: He is in North section of the warehouse bearing two seven zero degrees, behind cover. He is a danger to us - he must be destroyed! (A number of scientists ascend into the upper part of the warehouse. Distinctly disliking the "destroyed" part, the tramp decides to scamper off, but electric cart-man draws up blocking his escape. As he is encircled by a group of stony-faced technicians he smiles innocently.) TRAMP: Now look; If you're the law, ha-ha, you got nothin' on me. I'm clean - just come out! (looking around the group, the man begins to get spooked at their lack of any kind of recognisable body language or conversation.) BRETT: Well alright, live and let live. I'll find another place to doss. (He touches his cap.) BRETT: Night all! (The tramp runs through the circle of technicians and makes for the doors.) BRETT OOV: Cover the door! He must not escape! (The technicians catch the tramp again.) TRAMP: Now what kind of a welcome's this for a bloke what's just come out the 'ospital?! (The tramp coughs pitifully and looks at the technicians.) TRAMP: I won't say nothing Bowss! (His eyes widen as he looks down into the pit. The electronic components of the half built machine surrounded by an assembly of silent, white coated technicians.) TRAMP: Here what is this, a nut house? Here, you keep away from me! (He throws his sack at the technicians and runs off with the technicians giving chase, but his luck has finally run out. As the technicians converge on his scrawny form he gives a long last scream for his life, then is silenced. Brett smiles in satisfaction and raises the microphone again.) BRETT: Resume work immediately. Construction must be completed by tomorrow morning! (Beside Brett the boxy riveted metal of the external shell of the War-Machine number 9 is finally revealed, bristling with modern w*apon and lights.) 7, INT: SUMMER'S OFFICE (Sir Charles Summer's Whitehall office is large and grand with ornate turquoise and cream plastered walls resembling decorative piped icing. Mahogany shelves groaning under the weight of antiquarian books and valuable looking ornaments are everywhere. As the morning sunlight streams through the window, the Doctor sits in a comfortable chair reading a broad copy of the Times with a pair of spectacles perched on the end of his nose. His eye catches an article entitled "d*ad MAN FOUND IN GARDEN" which has a picture of the tramp.) DOCTOR: Good gracious! SUMMER: What is it Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, just take a look at this Sir Charles, hmph! (He hands Sir Charles the newspaper.) SUMMER: Mm, tramp found d*ad in Covent Garden. DOCTOR: Yes! Three o'clock. That must have been after we left him! SUMMER: Do you know the fellow Doctor? DOCTOR: No... We met last night; or rather, early this morning. We used his taxi which he left in Covent Garden. SUMMER: Mmm the Police aren't sure if it was a street accident. (The Doctor begins to pace the room restlessly.) DOCTOR: Weoh, yes, it is possible of course. Hah-ha! SUMMER: Well what else? DOCTOR: Oh I don't know sir Charles, I dunno... SUMMER: Well if you'd just stop worrying about the indefinable, you might be able to give me a little advice on a very real problem! DOCTOR: Oh, e-yes? What's this then? (The Doctor walks over to Sir Charles and examines the letters.) SUMMER: Letters of resignation from s-scientists, both of them in my faculty! DOCTOR: Oh yes I see, yes. There's no reason given at all is there? SUMMER: No, that's the strange thing. Now these are two of the best men in England and I haven't been able to get in touch with them. No-one appears to have seen them since last night, now isn't it an extraordinary thing that two such well known men can vanish so suddenly! DOCTOR: Yes, I wonder Sir Charles, do you suppose er-er... No I don't suppose you would. SUMMER: Coffee? DOCTOR: Er no-no, no thank you. POLLY: Good morning Sir Charles, Doctor. DOCTOR: Huh morning, morning. POLLY: I'm sorry I'm late. SUMMER: Late? Late, what for? POLLY: Well for work. If you'll just show me where your secretary does work, I'll take over. SUMMER: Hah, I'm afraid I don't quite understand. POLLY: But Major Green told me to come straight round at once as Professor Brett didn't want me this morning, and your secretary was ill! SUMMER: Yes, well my secretary is away today, but how on Earth Brett knew... Still, I-being as you're here I'd be very grateful of your help. The office is through there I'll be there in a moment. POLLY: Right, thank you very much. How's Dodo this morning Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh er... (Dodo enters behind the Doctor and he turns to look, then goes back to reading his paper. Sir Charles pours coffee into a cup, which he accidentally drops with a loud clatter.) SUMMER: Owoh! DOCTOR: There she is child. Perhaps you'd better ask her yourself? POLLY: Hallo Dodo, how are you feeling? DODO: Quite well thank you. Hadn't you better start work? POLLY: Pardon me for asking! (She exits.) DODO: Hello Doctor. Hope I haven't kept you waiting for me today? DOCTOR: Eryeah...no child, no. Er, you're right on time! Well I'm sorry Sir Charles, I can't help you with your problem; but, er, I'm afraid I'm rather out of touch. SUMMER: Yes well it's not going to be easy, men of that quality are very hard to find - especially men with their knowledge of computers. DOCTOR: Mmm. DODO: Computers? Well surely the person who can tell you all about computers is Professor Brett! We can call round and see him now. DOCTOR: Oh but my dear, I thought you were going to show me round London this morning, mm? DODO: Oh don't worry about that, your business sounds important. DOCTOR: Oh that's very nice of you. Yes, very understanding hm-hm. DODO: Right, I'm ready. (The Doctor turns to leave, then stops.) DOCTOR: Ah, I think perhaps I'd better phone his office first, mm? DODO: Yes, that might be best. DOCTOR: Er, do you mind if I use the phone... SUMMER: Oh, by all means. DOCTOR: ...Ch-Charles? SUMMER: By all. DOCTOR: Thank you, hah. (He picks up the phone.) DOCTOR: Er-er, yes-yes I um, I want to speak to Professor Brett. Yes, he's 'ees at the General Post-Office tower. That's right, yes! 8, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY DIRECTOR OOV: Hiss! (In the Lab Brett and Krimpton stand before the computer. The Phone rings and Brett picks it up.) BRETT: Yess. (He removes the receiver from his ear.) BRETT: It'ss the Doctor! (Krimpton smiles in satisfaction.) KRIMPTON: Ah. I'll switch him through. Direct to WOTAN. (Krimpton walks over to WOTAN and plugs in the telephone jack. He twiddles a knob, flips a switch and once again WOTAN's glowing central eye begins to pulse with wave after wave of awful hypno-power.) 9, INT: SUMMER'S OFFICE (The Doctor reacts as if the telephone had suddenly bitten him on the ear.) DOCTOR: Ah-aaargh! (He convulses on his feet as desperately he tries to extricate the telephone from his head but it seems to be firmly superglued into place. Finally he manages to drop it to the floor and remains half stooped in shock. Dodo and Sir Charles rush over, the latter imagining he has just had some sort of a seizure.) DODO: Are you alright?! DOCTOR: Gnnnfff... SUMMER: Let's get him back into this chair. I'll get Brett's secretary to phone for an a... (They manage to sit him down.) DOCTOR: Oh nonono! SUMMER: Well a little brandy then... DOCTOR: Oh zeer meh! Water! SUMMER: Alright I'll get some water. (Dodo leans close to the Doctor and talks to him in hushed conspiratorial tones.) DODO: Don't be alarmed Doctor this is the method of establishing contact. Time is very short, construction of the machines has already g*n - you are needed! DOCTOR: What happened? DODO: It's alright Doctor, you are now one of us! My function was to bring you in contact, now I shall serve as an assistant. DOCTOR: Oh what are you talking about child?! DODO: Listen Doctor, construction is taking place at strategic points in London. DOCTOR: What were you saying my dear? DODO: But you took the call, you made the telephone call... You made the contact didn't you? DOCTOR: Yes..yes, I... I think I remember, I er..I was, I was speaking to Professor Brett and all of a sudden there seemed to be, ah..an expl*si*n. It-it very nearly knocked me off my feet, ah. It was as if, as if... (She moves closer.) DODO: What Doctor? (The Doctor leaps out of his chair and screams pounding his temples.) DOCTOR: It was..eh..as if something ENORMOUS and TERRIFIC was trying to absorb me! (He composes himself with his hands upon his lapels.) DOCTOR: Yesyesyes I, ohit's..it's, ah..ridiculous child isn't it? Yesyesyesyes, there's something heretically wrong with that telephone, yes. It's just like an electric shock. Oh yeh... (Dodo looks miserable.) DODO: Then you received no instruction. DOCTOR: From whom my dear? DODO: From... (Polly walks over and hands the Doctor a glass of water.) POLLY: Here you are Doctor, drink this. DOCTOR: Ah yes-yes, thank you. POLLY: What happened? DOCTOR: I..yesse... (The Doctor gulps down his water.) DOCTOR: That's it! Either that telephone is dangerously out of order, or... SUMMER: Or what?! (Dodo moves towards the door.) DOCTOR: Stay where you are my dear! (Dodo freezes and remains as still as a statue.) POLLY: What is the matter? DOCTOR: There's a new and... Deadly danger facing us! Yes, and it's coming from Professor Brett's office! POLLY: From my office? I don't understand. DOCTOR: None of us do. ...Yet! (He moves over to Dodo.) DOCTOR: Come here, my dear. (She obeys him as she has been programmed to, turning and walking towards him.) DOCTOR: Look at me. (She complies.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, it's just as I thought - she's been hypnotised. Sit in that chair, my dear. (Dodo sits in the chair and the Doctor switches on a nearby desk lamp and shines it's bright light directly into Dodo's face for no apparent reason.) DOCTOR: Now I want you to repeat after me. My name is Dodo Chaplet! DODO: My name is Dodo Chaplet. DOCTOR: I resist all attempts to change me into somebody else! DODO: I resist all attempts to change me into somebody else. DOCTOR: Now I'm going to start counting, and When I've counted up to five you will be fast asleep. And when you wake again you will forget all about this distressing incident. Now I'm going to start counting. Just look at that ring on my hand. (As he counts, the Doctor holds up his ring and moves it back and forth in front of his face like the swinging pendulum of a clock.) DOCTOR: One... Two... Three... Four... Five. (Dodo's eyes close.) DOCTOR: Yes, I think she'll sleep for about forty-eight hours - and when she wakes I want absolute peace and quiet for her. D'you understand? POLLY: Are you sure she's alright? DOCTOR: Oh yes, she's alright. POLLY: 'Scuse me. (She moves past the Doctor and out the door.) SUMMER: She can go down to my house in the country. My wife will look after her. DOCTOR: Yes, it's a very fine thing. Yes, and take care of her won't you! SUMMER: Indeed I will. Polly, would... Oh where has that girl gone to?! DOCTOR: I don't know. She said something about strategic points in London. SUMMER: Strategic points? DOCTOR: Well, I wonder, mm? (He stoops down to face Dodo, asleep in her chair.) DOCTOR: ...Where?! 10, EXT: AIRPORT (A jumbo-jet comes in to land. In a building marked "CUSTOMS TRANSIT SHED" several technicians unload stacks of crates from the backs of trucks, each marked with a distinctive W.) 11, EXT: BATTERSEA POWER-STATION (Battersea Power-Station busily churns out mountains of rich white smoke.) 12, INT: WAREHOUSE (The door to the warehouse in Covent Garden raises open, and the technicians unload stacks of boxes from the back of a van.) 13, EXT: COVENT GARDEN (From above the vast area across the roofs of Covent Garden can be seen.) 14, INT: WAREHOUSE (The technicians are still unpacking boxes as another group lead War-Machine number 9 up a ramp and onto the higher lever of the warehouse. They tug chains and lower the cover safely over the pit again. They then attach chains to the War-machine and drag it across the floor, it buzzes softly to itself all the time. Major Green walks into the warehouse and approaches the War-Machine. The War-Machine's front lights blink on, and it's central eye flashes on and swivels up to examine it's surroundings.) GREEN: Destructive w*apon to be fitted and tested! (He raises the microphone.) GREEN: Prepare for demonstration of effectiveness. (Technicians examine the two large g*n which are mounted either side of the War-Machine. Green addresses the goon who failed to deliver the Doctor.) GREEN: You there! (Goon turns from the boxes he has been piling up stops and turns.) GREEN: Stay where you are, stand still! Bearing fifty two. Distance check thirty feet, elevation five feet. Impact: fatal - take aim! (The War-Machine adjusts itself according to Major Green's instructions. Green turns to the technicians.) GREEN: Ready to proceed, observe results. (He takes the microphone again.) GREEN: About to f*re... f*re! (The War-Machine sprays a stream of gas at the technician who slumps limply to the ground.) GREEN: Test satisfactory, effective at thirty feet. 15, EXT: POST-OFFICE TOWER (The exterior of the General Post-Office Tower.) 16, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY (Back in the Lab the computer's patience has finally expired.) WOTAN: WHERRE ISS DOCCTORR WHOO? BRETT: There is no word yet from the person known as Dodo. KRIMPTON: Perhaps she has failed in her task? WOTAN: OOTHERR MEAANSS MUSST BEE EMPLLOYEDD. DOCCTORR WHOO ISS REEQUIREDD. BRETT: There is someone outside. KRIMPTON: We must be ready to destroy. (Polly walks in through the door to the lab.) POLLY: There you are Professor! (The Professor approaches Polly, and she gazes at him curiously.) POLLY: Are you alright? (Polly begins to look frightened and backs away.) 17, INT: SUMMER'S OFFICE (The Doctor is sitting in with his head in his hands.) BEN: Excuse me sir? (The Doctor jumps in his chair.) DOCTOR: Yeaah? Oh, Ben. How did you know I was here? BEN: Well I was supposed to meet Polly for lunch see, but they told me at the tower that she'd come here. DOCTOR: Didn't she keep that appointment? BEN: No Doctor. DOCTOR: Oh dear me, it's just as I feared. BEN: Well is there something wrong? Well where's Dodo? DOCTOR: Ahh, she's a little under the weather and she's gone into the country for a few days. BEN: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. DOCTOR: Oh she'll be quite alright, yes really. I'm rather worried about Polly, she appears to be missing, that child. BEN: Oh, probably gone all snooty on us. DOCTOR: No, I think it's far more serious than that! That tramp in the paper, did you see it? BEN: Oh of course! I thought I recognised him, he was in the taxi! Ah, but how does this connect wi' Polly? DOCTOR: Well I'm not so sure that it does, my boy; That's why I want to solicit your help in this matter. I think, er, I don't think you'll arouse so much suspicion as the Police might. BEN: Well just tell me what to do. DOCTOR: Well, I want you to investigate in and around that neighbourhood where we were last night in that club. BEN: Oh yeah, that tramp had a sort of home round there. Well, I'll go right now. DOCTOR: Yes, and ah, be careful my boy, this might be dangerous! BEN: I'll watch it Doctor. 18, EXT: COVENT GARDEN (Ben walks through Covent Garden market past fruit and vegetable merchants wheeling their wares around. He walks past the exterior of the Inferno club and towards the warehouse. Someone wheels a several sacks of spuds along on a trolley. Looking around, Ben spots an open door and hears a faint voice coming from within, when the coast is clear he moves inside.) GREEN OOV: Destruction and target test, stand by! 19, INT: WAREHOUSE (Ben creeps inside without making a sound, and stealthily moves closer. He sees Major Green with a microphone and the War-Machine obediently humming to itself.) GREEN: Stand by for test on arm action. Testing... (The War-Machine raises up one of it's mallet-like arms as two technicians bring over a solid looking table. The automaton brings its arm crashing down upon the table which splits in two.) GREEN: Test satisfactory. Stand by for sight test! Commence testing... (The War-Machine wheels around, it's glowing eye swivelling about taking in it's surroundings. In his hiding place Ben ducks down as the searchlight of the War-Machine's field of vision sweeps over his face.) GREEN: Sight to be improved! Thirty yards maximum insufficient! (Ben's head raises from the hiding place again.) GREEN: Movement test! Commence testing. (The War-Machine turns about, its lights continuing to blink repeatedly on and off, then trundles across the warehouse floor crashing into a stack of boxes and palettes. It raises its mallet and smashes them to smithereens, then moves around and trundles straight through a high stack of crates knocking them aside as if they were mere orange boxes. The machine begins to burble to itself as if it had just found a sixpence, revolving and aiming it's g*n. Slowly it advances. Caught in the harsh glare of the light from the War-Machine's eye, Ben scrambles backwards; but his fate is sealed as any escape route he might have taken is blocked by an impenetrable wall of boxes, each marked with a familiar W...) <a href="bb3.html">Episode Three</a>
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "03x43 - The w*r Machines - part 2"}
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The w*r Machines Episode Three By Ian Stuart-Black Original Air Date: 9 July, 1966 5:35pm - 6:00pm 1, INT: WAREHOUSE (The technicians stop tinkering with the War-Machine and stand away. It wheels around, its glowing "eye" swivelling about taking in its surroundings. (And changing number from 9 to 3 at odd intervals, despite appearing to be the same machine.) Its lights continuing to blink repeatedly on and off, then trundles across the warehouse floor crashing into a stack of boxes and palettes. It raises its mallet and smashes them to smithereens, then turns and trundles off straight through a high stack of crates knocking them aside as if they were mere orange boxes. The machine begins to burble to itself as if it had just found a sixpence, and it revolves and aims its g*n. Slowly it advances. Caught in the harsh glare of the light from the War-Machine's "eye", Ben scrambles backwards; but his fate is sealed as any escape route he might have taken is blocked by an impenetrable wall of boxes each marked with a familiar W. The War-Machine stops and Major Green walks over and examines a readout on its side. Taking his opportunity, Ben rushes towards the door and struggles with the lock desperately trying to get it open.) GREEN: This is a warning! Danger! There is a stranger! He must be found and eliminated at once! Stop your work and start searching immediately! He must be found. 2, INT: ANTE-ROOM (Ben manages to open the doors and squeeze through, but runs straight into Polly.) BEN: Polly what are you doin’ here? POLLY: I came to look for you. BEN: What, did the Doctor tell you where I was? POLLY: Yes. (She swiftly walks through the door Ben has just come through.) BEN: Look, be careful! Don't go in there! (She turns.) POLLY: Why? BEN: Well it's incredible! I must get back to the Doctor and report to him. POLLY: What is incredible, what have you seen in there? BEN: I can't tell ya now Duchess... (She turns again, but he stops her again.) BEN: Look keep back Polly, I'm tellin’ ya, come on! POLLY: Why? BEN: Because the people in there have gone mad! Well they seem as though they've been hypnotised or brainwashed! POLLY: What else did you see? BEN: There was a mechanical monster! And it moved...it just k*lled someone! Come on we must get out of here! (Polly just stands and stares.) BEN: Look Polly COME ON! 3, INT: WAREHOUSE (The radar atop the w*r machine turns as it continues to burble its alert. Technicians rush about the warehouse knocking aside barrels and boxes sweeping methodically through every conceivable hiding place.) GREEN: The stranger is beyond that door, bearing two-hundred and fifteen degrees. He must be taken at once! He is a thr*at to the security of the War-Machines! On no account must he escape! 4, INT: ANTE-ROOM BEN: POLLY MOVE! (She just stands there.) 5, INT: WAREHOUSE GREEN: Lock all the outside doors he must not leave the building! 6, INT: ANTE-ROOM (Polly walks stiffly over to the door.) BEN: That's it girl, now lets get out of it. (Polly closes and firmly locks the exterior door with a large padlock.) BEN: Have you gone mad?! What are you doing? Look for Pete's sake Polly open it! POLLY: I have my instructions. BEN: Polly what's happened to you? POLLY: You are not to escape. BEN: Look I've gotta get out of here! Come on, get out of the way! (Ben tries to get to the door but Polly wrestles with him.) BEN: Look Polly I've gotta get away. POLLY: You are not to escape! BEN: ...Mustgetaway! (Polly manages to disentangle from Ben and falls against a crate.) POLLY: HELP! (Several Technicians rush into the room, grab Ben and drag him into the main warehouse.) BEN: Aiigh! Polly you dunno what you're doing! Go and get the Doctor before it's too late! 7, INT: WAREHOUSE (Major Green stands with War-Machine number 3.) GREEN: Bring him here. The machine will deal with him. (Still struggling, Ben is brought before Green.) BEN: Polly GO NOW! GO AND GET THE DOCTOR POLLY! GREEN: Bring him! The stranger has been spying! (The technicians holding Ben come to a halt. He looks fearfully forwards and sees Green who is accompanied by his pet War-Machine.) BEN: POLLY! 8, INT: ANTE-ROOM (Polly walks through into the main warehouse.) 9, SUMMER'S OFFICE (The Doctor looks at his fob watch in concern.) DOCTOR: Oh deardeardeardeardear, hmph! (He tuts.) SUMMER: Well take my advice Doctor, it's no good upsetting yourself. DOCTOR: Oh yes that boy, that boy should be back here ages ago! SUMMER: Well you know what young people are. He's probably been distracted by something. DOCTOR: Well he seemed quite a responsible young lad. I suppose if he hasn't phoned it's because he hasn't been, er...well he has not been able to. SUMMER: Well what d'you suppose stopped him? (He looks at his watch.) SUMMER: Oh I must say, we've given him four hours. DOCTOR: Hmph! SUMMER: Perhaps it is time that I asked the... Police to investigate? DOCTOR: Ah, no Sir Charles I don't think we should allow the Police to intervene at the moment. Otherwise we might drive this thr*at further underground or wherever it is. (Sir Charles tuts.) SUMMER: Ah, precisely. Whatever it is. Oh damn it man, you've got no evidence. We simply cannot let rumour upset the big switch-on. DOCTOR: Well unless I'm very much mistaken we're going to have a lot more than rumour to contend with. Oh dear me, where is that boy? Hmph! 10, INT: WAREHOUSE (The Major is standing triumphantly before a miserable Ben who is being held either side by two g*ons. Behind Green, the bulk of the machine burbles to itself.) GREEN: You tried to warn human authority of our work in this building. You are an enemy of mechanised evolution! Nothing must be allowed to prevent the machines taking over. They are the next stage in the growth of life force of Earth. All obstacles will be swept aside - including you! BEN: Are you all mad?! It'll be your turn next! GREEN: We are needed by WOTAN. WOTAN will decide our fate. BEN: You are mad! All of ya! (Polly steps forward.) BEN: Look, Polly can't you see what's happened to you? (Green regards Polly casually.) GREEN: What does the girl want? POLLY: I trapped him - I did not let him escape. GREEN: That is true. POLLY: WOTAN requires all the labour we can find. It is too soon to destroy this stranger. Let him work and destroy him later. GREEN: How do you know what WOTAN wants? POLLY: I have just come from Professor Brett. These are his orders and the orders of WOTAN. GREEN: Very well, let him live – he will work for us. We must all work! Go back to your work. (As Green strides away the technicians move off to their jobs again. The War-Machine glides away after Green like a faithful puppy. Ben wanders over to Polly, but she remains still as if pondering what she had just done.) BEN: Strewth! That was a close one, thanks girl. Well, you really played them along - you even had me fooled! POLLY: You have been spared. Now you must work hard for the success of this great new cause. BEN: Eh? What cause? (Polly regards him coldly.) POLLY: The victory of the War-Machines! 11, EXT: POST-OFFICE TOWER (The exterior of the General Post-Office Tower.) 12, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY (Brett and Krimpton move to communicate, but neither faces the other as if such things as non verbal communication are a waste of time. They f*re off rounds of conversation at each other in efficient machine-like blasts of information exchange.) BRETT: All War-Machines will be ready to att*ck by noon tomorrow. KRIMPTON: Machines have been programmed to destroy any form of human life that opposes them. The order to att*ck must come from WOTAN alone. BRETT: None are fully completed yet. The Covent Garden Machine is now on it’s final tests. KRIMPTON: The programming of these Machines is near completion. BRETT: All machines must be disciplined - they must att*ck simultaneously. KRIMPTON: Object of att*ck: to take over strategic centres and assume control of all human authority! 13, INT: WAREHOUSE (w*r Machine 3 glides across the room and Green approaches a group of technicians.) GREEN: Faster! All human-beings who break down will be eliminated! (He notices a slow worker, with a swift karate-chop to the neck the unfortunate man slumps to the floor.) GREEN: There is no time for rest. You must follow the example of the machines! (The War-Machine nudges the corpse with it’s base, and it the rolls the body over and over until it comes to rest in a dark corner out of the way of the workers. In another section of the warehouse Ben and Polly are loading boxes. Polly looks the worse off of the two, and as she places her box down she stumbles against the boxes, almost falling over.) BEN: Are you okay, ducks? POLLY: Why do you speak? BEN: Well look at you, you’re nearly on the ground! POLLY: I’m very well. I am happy to work for the success of the Machines. (She wobbles on her feet again, and Ben catches her.) BEN: Look, come off it love, you can hardly stand up! POLLY: That is not important... BEN: Oh yeah, sure. (She strains to lift another box.) POLLY: Must not stop... All work must be complete by tomorrow noon. BEN: Well why by noon? POLLY: The att*ck is to begin. BEN: att*ck? POLLY: The takeover of London by the War-Machines. BEN: Oh that... And you’re looking forward to it, eh? POLLY: Of course. (Ben looks across the warehouse.) BEN: Yeah, we’re all so keen they’ve even taken the guard off the door. POLLY: Naturally, none of us wish to leave. We all wish to stay for the moment of victory. BEN: Oh yeah, victory, that’s right. And we’ll all be here won’t we? (In another part of the warehouse technicians are labouring.) POLLY: Yes... GREEN OOV: All expl*sives to be collected here. (The technicians pass boxes of equipment containing a*tillery and r*fles across and stack them neatly. Ben watches Green from behind a stack of boxes, then ducks away as a technician walks past. He looks around from hiding and sees Polly staring at him vaguely as if trying to remember something. Reaching a decision, she ignores Ben’s escape attempts, and returns to her box stacking. Taking a last look at Polly, Ben seizes his chance to hurry away to the exit again. Green stands in the centre of the floor like a bizarre kind of suited overseer.) GREEN: All expl*sives to be examined and primed ready for use by noon tomorrow. Work! Work! The success of the War-Machines depends upon us! (Ben throws caution to the wind runs across the back of the warehouse, he is unseen this time.) 14, INT: ANTE-ROOM (Ben moves to the door, but finds that it is bolted and padlocked. Frantically he looks around for some means of getting the door open. He locates a crowbar at the back of the room. After a great deal of effort he eventually manages to prise the lock off the door, and throws it wide open. With relief he gasps out into the cold night air beyond the doorway.) 15, INT: SUMMER'S OFFICE (The Doctor is seated at a table tapping impatiently. Coming to a decision, he gets up and moves towards the door. Summer makes an attempt to pursue him.) DOCTOR: Well, I shan’t wait any longer. I must take a look for myself. SUMMER: But Doctor! DOCTOR: After what happened to Dodo, my dear sir, we should never have let those youngsters out of our sight! (The doorbell rings.) DOCTOR: That might be Ben now! Hmph! SUMMER: I’ll see. (Summer goes to open the door.) DOCTOR: Ah come in my...here... (A bedraggled looking Ben tumbles through the doorway.) DOCTOR: Good heavens! Whatever... (Summer helps Ben in and helps him to sit him down in a chair.) DOCTOR: My dear boy! What’s happened to you, lad, Mm? SUMMER: Are you alright? (Ben gasps for breath.) BEN: Yeah, I’m...I’m alright. DOCTOR: Now take your time, take your time... Now where’s Polly? BEN: She’s still there Doctor - they’ve got her! She’s-she’s one of them now! DOCTOR: What do you mean they’ve got her, where is she? BEN: She’s in warehouse... DOCTOR: Where? BEN: A warehouse in Covent Garden, and there’s a machine, a k*ller machine! And if we don’t stop it it’ll k*ll ‘alf London! (Summer looks at the Doctor with a startled expression. The Doctor straightens up and glares regally into space with his nose in the air as if he were showing his concern as a Roman Emperor might.) 16, INT: WAREHOUSE (Green writes on a clipboard, the ever-faithful machine humming softly in the corner, never more than a few metres from the Major. As Polly walks zombie-like across the path of the machine, she hears the emotionless tones of Green.) GREEN: Where is he? You are responsible for the stranger, where is he? (Polly turns and walks towards Green.) GREEN: Do you know what has happened to him? Answer! POLLY: He escaped. GREEN: How do you know? POLLY: I saw him. GREEN: You saw him and you did not give the alarm? POLLY: No. GREEN: Why not? (She opens her mouth to answer, but no words come, after a pause she speaks.) POLLY: I...don’t know. GREEN: You are working for the machines, you are an instrument only. You have no friends, no will of your own! (Polly looks confused again.) POLLY: Friends... He was my friend... (Green walks over to the machine in the background, then wheels around to look at Polly who is still rooted to the spot awaiting further instructions.) GREEN: She has betrayed the WOTAN; she therefore must be sent back to WOTAN to be punished. 17, INT: SUMMER'S OFFICE SUMMER: Don’t tell me that you believe this fantastic story, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, I’m afraid I do. SUMMER: What, that this machine made by man; that it’s somehow come to life? DOCTOR: Yes, I had suspected something of that sort. SUMMER: Oh come on, the boy’s been suffering some sort of delusion! DOCTOR: Oh my dear Sir-Charles! How could you know that, mm? SUMMER: Because it’s impossible! Here, in the heart of London? BEN: Look, I’m tellin’ you, it ‘as ‘appened! Don’t let’s waste any more time arguing! DOCTOR: We are not wasting time my dear boy! We need Sir-Charles’ authority, his help! Without this we can do nothing! (Ben rushes up to Summer.) BEN: Look, Sir-Charles, every minute we waste is dangerous! They look as if they’re preparing an arsenal to blow up L-London! SUMMER: Well if this is so, why weren’t the Police informed? (Ben is going from panic to anger.) BEN: Well I’m tellin’ you NOW, ain’t I?! I nearly got done didn’t I, what more d’ya want?! YOU inform them, if you don’t it’ll be on yer own ‘ead! (Sir-Charles gazes coolly at Ben.) SUMMER: I don’t like your tone young man! DOCTOR: I am quite prepared to accept the truth of this boy’s statement. SUMMER: Alright if you consider it’s necessary I’ll have a word with the Commissioner of Police. DOCTOR: No Sir-Charles, I think the police might find it too big for them to handle at the moment. SUMMER: Well that is for them to decide. (He turns to Ben.) SUMMER: How many of them were there? BEN: About twenty. DOCTOR: And you say that they were...obeying this machine? BEN: Yeah, they said something about “All Machines must be ready by noon tomorrow”. Then they att*ck! SUMMER: Ah, well we shall see... It should be a fairly simple matter to surround the building and arrest twenty people. BEN: And who’ll do that the coppers? SUMMER: That is what the Police are for. BEN: But that machine will make mincemeat of them in twenty-seconds flat! SUMMER: Then presumably they’ll send for the army and that’ll put a stop to this “machine” of yours! DOCTOR: I’m afraid we’ve got all our priorities mixed up. They might be able to destroy this machine, but in all probability there are others waiting to att*ck us! BEN: Well I’m sure there are! DOCTOR: Exactly, and we don’t know their location! And I doubt very much if we can find them all by tomorrow noon! No, I think we should strike at what I believe to be the centre of this menace. WOTAN! SUMMER: Oh now I hardly think that’ll be necessary, there is no evidence to link Professor Brett with this machine of yours! BEN: No link up?! What about Polly?! SUMMER: I’ve had quite enough from you, young man! I shall handle this affair in my own way. (Summer marches off, and Ben moves to follow him but the Doctor holds him back.) BEN: Well what’s he gonna do? DOCTOR: Well I fear we’ve riled him my boy! You see the official mind can only take in so much at a time. Ha-ha! However, we must keep our weather eyes open. Come along! (They exit the office.) 18, INT: SUMMER'S PRIVATE ROOM (Sir-Charles is talking on the telephone in another part of the Whitehall building.) SUMMER: Hello? Hello-hello...operator? I seem to have been cut off. Ah, is that you Minister? No? Well for heavens sake, call him out of the conference man, this is an emergency! What’s that? No, I’m not telling you again. ...Ah, ah, is that you Minister? Yes, yes this is very serious indeed. Some kind of k*ller machine I’m told. Yes, like a t*nk...it has about twenty men with it. Yes, I should say this would call for firearms – just as well to be prepared. ...What? What you think you might call the army? Well, just as you say, of course. No...no. Well, I’ve given your man all the details. It’s in the Covent Garden area. Fine, right well I’m off down there right away. Goodbye Minister. (He replaces the receiver.) 19, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET (A siren sounds and several soldiers run down a road. An army truck carrying the solders drives down the road. Somewhere a large red sign bearing the legend “ALERT” blinks on and off. The truck comes to a halt and the back opens down.) SOLDIER: Right, on the double! (The soldiers disgorge from the truck and run along the road as another truck draws up and does the same. The soldiers stop for a moment behind cover, checking the area. After a moment they move forward and set up positions at all exits to the warehouse area. A metal sign by the side reads “DANGER KEEP OUT MILITARY MANOEUVRE W*D.” Two soldiers approach Sir-Charles who is carrying a pair of binoculars.) SERGEANT: These are the bearings Sir. They intersect here. CAPTAIN: Yes this is the building isn’t it, Sir Charles? SUMMER: Yes that’s it. CAPTAIN: Thank you Sergeant. SERGEANT: Sir! CAPTAIN: We’ve been taking bearings, there’s a good deal of radio and electrical activity there. Have you any idea what’s causing it? SUMMER: Well I’ve been given to understand that there is a large amount of expl*sive in there and a new kind of War-Machine. Though how much truth there is in that I dunno. CAPTAIN: And the people inside? SUMMER: We don’t know how they’ll react yet. CAPTAIN: Well they won’t get far. We’ve got a couple of platoons covering the back of the building, and my lads watching both ends of this road watching the front. SUMMER: Yes... Well, I think we’d better have a look inside, perhaps send some of your men in? CAPTAIN: That’s all arranged. There’s a patrol standing by. Say the word and they’ll go in and have a look around. SUMMER: This, er... Might be a little more dangerous than we think. CAPTAIN: Don’t worry Sir-Charles, my lads can handle it. SUMMER: Alright then, when you’re ready go ahead. CAPTAIN: Alright sergeant, stage one. (The Sergeant speaks into a large field telephone.) SERGEANT: Calling Orange Patrol, calling Orange Patrol. Your objective number one: reconnoitre and report. Go ahead, over. 20, EXT: WAREHOUSE DOOR (A Corporal crouching by the door talks into a chunky green walkie-talkie.) CORPORAL: Orange Patrol calling. There’s no sign of anyone. There’s a door here. Do we go in, over? 21, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET SERGEANT: Do they go in sir? CAPTAIN: Give me that. (He snatches the field telephone.) CAPTAIN: Hello Orange Patrol? Search entire building, take your time and be prepared for anything. 22, EXT: WAREHOUSE DOOR CORPORAL: Proceeding into the rest of the warehouse - out. (He switches off the walkie-talkie, snaps down the aerial and hands it to a subordinate.) CORPORAL: Take that, follow me and keep down. Let’s go... (Led by the Corporal, the soldiers pour in, three remaining on guard outside.) 23, INT: WAREHOUSE (Major Green stands with a pair of slim metal headphones on desperately trying to tune a piece of equipment by twiddling a knob, but all he seems to get is tinny white-noise.) GREEN: Something’s happening, we’re getting interference... There is a new source of electrical energy close at hand! (By the internal doors the Corporal and his men creep inside and take positions out of sight. But the War-Machine has seen them as it glides across flashing and bleeping wildly.) GREEN: Warning-warning-warning! There are intruders, warning! (The Corporal looks over in shock as he sees the Machine.) GREEN: att*ck! Destroy the intruders, they must not escape! Cover all the exits! f*re! (The War-Machine sh**t a jet into the gathered soldiers who retreat in a cloud of gas.) SOLDIER: Look out, people! (The Machine pursues them through yet another pile of orange boxes. The soldiers regroup and aim at the machine.) CORPORAL: f*re! (They try to sh**t the Machine, but they are unable to. The soldiers thump desperately at their g*n, but they have effectively jammed solid. The Machine fires again, and the soldiers runs off through the doors, the Machine following.) GREEN: No-one must escape! (The technicians leap out and engage the soldiers in hand to hand combat. Just as the soldiers seem to be gaining the upper hand, the Machine draws up and blasts one of them d*ad in a spume of gas. The others try to f*re again, but the w*apon are still jammed.) SOLDIER: Come on lads, let’s get out of here! (They run for the exit the Machine pursuing and blasting after them.) 24, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET SERGEANT: Hello Orange Patrol, hello Orange Patrol. Corporal, can you hear me, over? (He turns to the Captain.) SERGEANT: I can’t raise them, sir. 25, INT: WAREHOUSE (Inside the warehouse the battle between the technicians and the soldiers is still raging amidst a smoky atmosphere. (Curiously, Green doesn’t seem to have joined in the fighting.) Every so often the burbling War-Machine swivels, the panel of lights winking on it’s side as it mercilessly uses it’s lump-hammer arms to club men to the ground. It sprays jet after into the fighting humans indiscriminately, but either the power must be failing or it must be too far away as they continue to fight...) 26, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET (The Doctor walks over to Sir-Charles and the army men, his long cloak swirling.) DOCTOR: What is happening Sir-Charles? (Summer lowers his binoculars.) SUMMER: Ah, we don’t know yet. (Summer raises the binoculars again.) DOCTOR: And what is in there? CAPTAIN: It’s one of our patrols. 27, INT: WAREHOUSE (The Soldiers limp off helping their injured comrades out.) GREEN OOV: They must not escape! (The soldiers turn and flee out of the warehouse doors one after the other in quick succession.) CORPORAL: Look out! (Still in his corner by the apparatus, Green barks at the Machine.) GREEN: They must be destroyed! (The last of the soldiers gets through the doors, and they run down the road. The War-Machine continues to pursue them, it’s re-enforced metal body smashing through the doors like balsa-wood. The soldiers continue to fall back and take up positions further back as the machine glides out.) 28, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET (A petrified Corporal runs over to the Captain.) CAPTAIN: What’s the matter Corporal? CORPORAL: It’s no use sir, they wiped us out! CAPTAIN: Who did? What are you talking about? CORPORAL: The Machine, sir! CAPTAIN: What Machine? CORPORAL: It’s over there! (They look into the distance.) 29, EXT: COVENT GARDEN (The War-Machine trundles down the road. The soldiers from their positions try to f*re again, but they g*n are still jammed. The Machine’s way is blocked by a cart piled with boxes, and with a jet of gas the cart explodes into flames and stands burning and the Machine moves further out. It’s “eye” scans around as it increases it’s pace forward, moving through clouds of gas and burning tarmac f*ring it’s w*apon wildly.) 30, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET SUMMER: Captain, tell your men to hold their f*re. CAPTAIN: CEASE f*re! SUMMER: Lend me your loudhailer. Now listen to me, you are completely surrounded! Stop the machine and come out! If you try any tricks we shall open f*re again! 31, EXT: COVENT GARDEN SERGEANT OOV: Alright chaps, around this side. Seek and confine the enemy - in your own time... f*re! (As the machine advances the soldiers try to sh**t it, but fail again. The immense metal bulk knocks over a cart, spilling New-Zealand apples all over the road. The War-Machine continues forward squashing the unfortunate fruit flat as it carves a path down the road. Two soldiers throw a grenade each at the machine and fall back, but there is no expl*si*n. One of the soldiers tries to f*re a large machine g*n at the approaching monstrosity, but it refuses to work like everything else.) CORPORAL: It’s coming here sir! SERGEANT: f*re! f*re, man! (The Sergeant rushes to take the machine g*n, but has no more success.) SERGEANT: It’s no use sir, it’s jammed! All the g*n are jammed! It must be that thing! CAPTAIN: I don’t think it can be stopped, sir. We’ll have to evacuate this place and quick. SUMMER: But we can’t leave now! We can’t let that thing loose over London! CAPTAIN: It’s no good sir, the w*apon are jamming. SERGEANT: Look out sir! (The machine rolls forward with one of it’s mallets outstretched and maliciously knocks a pile of boxes over.) CAPTAIN: Right, everybody back under cover! (All the people scurry away apart from the Doctor who rigidly stands his ground, hands on his lapels as the machine slowly advances. The Doctor steps forward a few paces until his face is lit up by the glow from the Machine-creature’s “eye”...)
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The w*r Machines Episode Four By Ian Stuart-Black Original Air Date: 16 July, 1966 5:15pm - 5:40pm 1, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET (w*r Machine number 3 rolls forward with one of it’s mallets outstretched and maliciously knocks a pile of boxes over. All the people scurry away apart from the Doctor who rigidly stands his ground, hands clasped together as the machine slowly advances. The Doctor steps forward a few paces.) SERGEANT: No joy Sir. Even the grenades won't go up. Never faced anything like this before. CAPTAIN: I've got some wombat m*ssile coming up, if they're in time. (The Ben and Sir Charles watch as the Machine draws closer to the Doctor.) BEN: DOCTOR GET BACK IT'LL k*ll YOU! QUICK THIS WAY! SUMMER: Hurry man! Don't be a fool. (Ben rushes to the he Doctor's side.) BEN: COME ON Doctor! (The Doctor doesn't turn or move in the slightest, he just keeps staring at the machine.) DOCTOR: Go away my boy. (Ben scurries back a little. The Machine passes the Doctor swivels around in front of the soldiers as if uncertain what to do next. The Doctor holds up his hands in a placating gesture as it approaches him again Raising its right mallet. The Machine lowers its arm and comes to a halt, lights blinking furiously on its side.) 2, INT: PUB (In a packed pub people gather to watch a small television as a announcer broadcasts the news.) ANNOUNCER: Here is a further bulletin on the London emergency. It is announced, a few minutes ago that the machine which is now being described as the War-Machine has successfully been put out of action. The city of London has responded with characteristic calm to the emergency. 3, INT: STUDIO ANNOUNCER: As yet there seems to be no explanation for this sudden att*ck. An emergency cabinet meeting was held at number ten Downing Street this morning, and service chiefs were called in. The Ministry of Defence have just made the following announcement: Further att*cks on London can be expected in the next twenty-four hours. 4, INT: PUB ANNOUNCER: The army are standing by at key centres. People are warned to stay in doors and keep calm. (The people in the pub begin to chat excitedly amongst themselves over their drinks.) 5, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET (The Doctor gazes lovingly up at his new toy.) DOCTOR: It's remarkable, truly remarkable! SUMMER: Uh, Doctor. Doctor, the Minister. DOCTOR: Oh, how do you do sir! MINISTER: Oh well now... You any idea what er, caused the collapse, gentlemen? DOCTOR: Oh yes, this is all very simple. This is a computer and this computer hasn't been completely programmed. MINISTER: Can you make that a little clearer Doctor? SUMMER: There, you see, computers depend upon programming. That is the information that is fed into it. DOCTOR: Exactly, and my guess is this was put into action before it was ready, sir. SUMMER: Because it had to be. Because we launched our att*ck. You see Mr Minister, if we had not send our army units in, the maniac behind this business would have been able to finish the job; and I doubt if very many of us would have been left alive. DOCTOR: Well, I hope that we're just as lucky next time, hm-hm! (He busies himself with the machine once more.) DOCTOR: Let me have that screwdriver young man... MINISTER: Next time? We must locate and destroy any further machines before there is a next time! 6, INT: WAREHOUSE (A technician speaks into the microphone of a radio rig.) TECHNICIAN: Hello Central-Control, hello Central-Control, this is sector two calling. We have completed the first stage, request permission to switch on. BRETT OOV: Permission granted, switch on to be carried out. Stand by for testing - there must be no mistakes this time. The disaster of Covent Garden will not be tolerated again! Proceed! (The technician moves from the rig to number 9 machine and begins to tinker with it. It hums to itself and it's lights blink on.) 7, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET (The Doctor is busily working on number 3 machine as Ben walks over looking agitated.) BEN: I've searched the warehouse an' all round here, but there's no sign of Polly. DOCTOR: Oh don't worry my boy, she'll be back. Hm-hm! BEN: Yeah, but she was in there, what can have happened to her? As far as I can make out they've got everyone else. DOCTOR: My dear young man I haven't the time to discuss Polly at the moment! If I'm going to analyse this mechanism I've got a great deal to do, now... Oh dear and I'm so hot. Wait a minute, let me take this cloak off... (He removes his cloak and as he shoves it at Ben something small falls out of the pocket with a metally jangle.) DOCTOR: Now hold onto that and don't drag it on the floor, there's a good boy! (Ben stoops to pick up the object just as the Minister rushes over; but deciding not to disturb him, Ben moves off making a mental note to give the small brass key back to the Doctor later.) MINISTER: Have you discovered something Doctor? DOCTOR: Well er, yes... I think I've managed to decode the um, programme mechanism; and if I'm right, I think there are eleven others in London - perhaps in an area of twenty to thirty miles. And this has it's own timing device, this computer. And I think if my calculations are right I conclude that they were intended to att*ck at twelve o'clock today! MINISTER: Twelve o'clock with another eleven machines like this? Good heavens Doctor, what are we going to do? 8, INT: WAREHOUSE (Brett is testing number 9 machine in the warehouse via a camera link and speaker.) BRETT OOV: Stop. Turn plus eight seven degrees! Be prepared to att*ck when given the order. There must be no mistakes! Stand by for reaction test. Testing... On command go towards exit. Move forward. Continue until ordered. (The machine moves forward, but its path is blocked by a table of radio equipment. Raising a mallet and smashes part of the equipment to fragments and moves back a moment as the technician wanders over, scribbling notes on a clipboard. With a sudden, vicious jet of gas the machine blasts the technician out of its path and into the next life. It advances once again as ordered. The table doesn't stand a chance.) 9, EXT: POST-OFFICE TOWER (The exterior of the General Post-Office Tower.) 10, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY (Professor Brett flicks switches on the face of WOTAN.) BRETT: We've been cut off. The machine has destroyed the transceiver. KRIMPTON: Programming is at fault. It must be corrected immediately. 11, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET (The Doctor is still fiddling with the Machine when the Captain turns up.) CAPTAIN: We've rounded up everyone in the warehouse, Sir Charles. SUMMER: Much trouble? CAPTAIN: None at all sir. They seem like people who've been brainwashed. I've brought one of them along sir, I thought you might like to question him. SUMMER: Yes, well I think perhaps you'd better bring him over. CAPTAIN: Bring him here Sergeant. SERGEANT: Sir. (The Sergeant leads the familiar figure of Major Green through.) SUMMER: Ah Minister, if you don't mind I think I'll ask this fellow a few questions... (The Doctor overhears the discussion with interest, and stops work to investigate.) DOCTOR: Ah-ah-ah, just a moment Sir Charles, please. Major Green? CAPTAIN: Do you know him Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, of course. (He turns back to Green.) DOCTOR: Do you remember me Major Green, mm? GREEN: Oh...no. I don't. I'm afraid I don't remember anything. Where am I, what is this place? SUMMER: You don't remember anything? GREEN: No. SUMMER: Do you remember this machine? (Green notices the War-Machine for the first time.) GREEN: Good heavens, what on Earth is this thing? DOCTOR: Yes, I er...I think you'll have to have him removed gentlemen he may need er, medical attention. SUMMER: Alright Sergeant. (The Sergeant glances at the Captain gestures in agreement.) SERGEANT: Sir. CAPTAIN: Alright you two men go with him. (The Sergenat moves towards Green.) SERGEANT: If you'd like to come this way sir. (Green and the soldiers depart.) DOCTOR: Yes... SUMMER: Look Doctor, how d'you know he's telling the truth? DOCTOR: Oh of course he is; he remembers nothing since he was taken over by Brett's computer system. MINISTER: You seem very positive about that Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, I am. SUMMER: Well if Brett's at the root of this business, then the sooner we get to the GPO tower the better! DOCTOR: Eh...what do you intend to do there, sir? SUMMER: Well get hold of Brett and get him out of it! DOCTOR: That is very dangerous Sir Charles. And if I may say so, your strong arm methods have already got us into plenty of trouble! SUMMER: I strongly re..! MINISTER: What... Do you suggest Doctor? 12, EXT: STREET (In a telephone box a nervous man talks into a receiver.) MAN: Quick give me the Police! This is an emergency! Hello? Hello, listen, one of those machines it's on the street now! I tell you it is I've seen it myself! (Outside, machine 9 trundles down the street.) MAN: It's out there now... It's seen me! (The rogue War-Machine approaches the telephone box, aims it's g*n and sprays a jet of gas at it. It then revolves and moves back up the street, accidentally bashing into a car on the way past causing it to sway. Inside the vehicle the radio has been left on.) RADIO ANNOUNCER: The following statement has just been issued. 13, INT: HOUSE (A man and a woman listen to a posh radio set built into their wall.) ANNOUNCER: ...A second War-Machine has been reported in London. People are warned to remain in their homes and to keep off the streets. 14, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET (The Doctor, Ben are listening to the radio announcement too.) ANNOUNCER: ...Under no circumstances should they attempt to att*ck or impede these machines. Phone your local Police station if you have anything to report. All radio programmes will be interrupted as further bulletins are issued. BEN: They must've built these things all round London. If they've got Polly, Doctor; they could've transferred her to 'elp at any one of their pro..! DOCTOR: My dear boy, if we worry about per..one person we shall never solve anything, now shall we? Hm-hm-hm-hm! (He moves off and Ben whispers to the Sergeant.) BEN: Looks such a kind old bloke too, doesn't 'ee? SERGEANT: 'Ee's got other things to think about mate. BEN: Yeah I know...but this bird saved my life, see. 15, EXT: STREET (The War-Machine happily judders along the street like a rebel without a cause, having finally found a few people to menace. A respectable man and woman run away as fast as they can, the machine hot on their heels spraying spumes of gas, but never quite catching them. Along the street the wheel of an abandoned bicycle spins, it's owner long since departed. The Machine loses it's quarry, so decides to commit a little vandalism instead, bashing into a couple of metal bins and knocking them flying.) 16, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET (Summer is talking to someone on the telephone.) SUMMER: Where? Battersea, I see. Well have you had any reports in yet? Good heavens it's appalling! Well you stay and get the phone and I'll be back to you. (Sir Charles replaces the receiver and joins the Doctor and the Minister.) SUMMER: The second machine is approaching the Battersea power station and it's creating absolute havoc! Well we've tried the army, what else is there? MINISTER: Yeah, haven't you anything you can suggest Doctor; this is urgent! DOCTOR: Somehow we've got to get a hold of that machine! MINISTER: Get hold of it? DOCTOR: Yes, and I think our only one chance is to paralyse the nervous system of that mechanism! Yes, and if I remember rightly it will be electro-magnetically controlled... Yes, in other words gentlemen we've got to capture it! Hm-hm! 17, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY (Polly enters the lab, closing the doors behind her.) BRETT: Why are you here? POLLY: I have come to submit myself to WOTAN's judgement. I allowed a prisoner to escape. KRIMPTON: For the moment your help is needed here. Fetch me the plan of subsidiary computer bank W-4. (Polly silently moves to obey her instructions.) 18, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET (The Sergeant is on the phone this time, he whispers to Summer.) SERGEANT: More reports of destruction sir. SUMMER: Oh, Doctor! You must hurry Doctor! DOCTOR: I shall need equipment Sir Charles. Sufficient equipment to set up a powerful magnetic field and it must operate effectively within say...twenty feet. SUMMER: Well won't that be dangerous? DOCTOR: Well I'm afraid that we have no choice gentlemen. SUMMER: And supposing that fails? MINISTER: Then we shall turn to other means, gentlemen. SUMMER: Right! Well where is it you want this equipment? DOCTOR: Well now, where was it reported last? SERGEANT: Approaching West London, sir. This is the area here. (He indicates on a map.) SUMMER: Wha.. Good heavens, we shall never locate it in time to trap it! (The Doctor examines the map, pencil in hand.) DOCTOR: Now just a moment Sir Charles, now look. If you close that road there...this and this. Then we can funnel it into here...and there, gentlemen - we can spring our trap! Hm-hm! 19, EXT: STREET (A police car drives down a road with a loudhailer on top broadcasting: "You are advised to remain off the streets, this is for your own safety. please close your windows and doors and stay inside. You are advised to remain off the streets, this is for your own safety. please close your windows and doors and stay inside. You are advised to remain off..." A short distance away army personnel are setting up equipment to the Doctor's design. This consists of several striped metal posts connected with long coils of wire in a cul-de-sac like formation. A gleaming Rolls Royce draws up by a sign that reads "Cornwall Gardens SW7". The Doctor and Summer disembark and move over to a small tent-like roadside hut.) 20, INT: HUT (Inside the hut is a table with various pieces of scientific apparatus. Ben joins the Doctor and Summer.) SUMMER: Well it all sounds very ingenious, but I'm afraid I don't understand it. DOCTOR: Oh well allow me to illustrate Sir Charles. Now to set up a magnetic field I want a four-square box formed by four cables. (He draws a box on a pad with his pencil.) SUMMER: But the machine will never cross the first cable! DOCTOR: Well exactly! Therefore, we must prepare these three first. (He draws three sides of a square and slides a handy matchbox in through the opening.) DOCTOR: ...And when the machine has approached and appeared in that position we connect the forth cable and switch on! SUMMER: But how do you connect the forth cable? DOCTOR: I shall connect the forth cable myself. SUMMER: Ah, that's impossible. With the War-Machine inside? You'll be k*lled! DOCTOR: That is a risk we have to take. BEN: You're a bit past that lark aren't ya Doctor? DOCTOR: I beg your pardon young man?! BEN: Well I reckon that's a job for me sir. 21, EXT: STREET (The Captain and the Minister are watching over proceedings from a safe distance. As the Sergeant passes the Captain calls him over.) CAPTAIN: How's it going Sergeant? SERGEANT: They're on the last cable now sir. CAPTAIN: Oh good. Then take up your positions and let me know when the machine's coming. SERGEANT: Yes sir. (Ben and a three soldiers rush to the side of the trap and Ben takes hold of the cable. They silently watch the street for signs of activity. The Sergeant spots the War-Machine in the distance rushes over to the Captain.) SERGEANT: Let's go now sir. (The Doctor and Summer stand a safe distance away in the other direction, behind a set of iron railings.) DOCTOR: I shall allow it to come within twenty feet, so don't be alarmed my friend. (The machine gets closer and closer and sprays the air with it's gas jets as it approaches. Ben crouches, poised to spring and connect the cable and the Doctor calls over to him.) DOCTOR: Now wait for it! Until he's in the area! Wait, wait! (The machine draws a little closer, slowing down at the mouth of the trap as it if suspects something.) SUMMER: Surely now Doctor, surely? DOCTOR: Not yet, not yet! (Overcoming it's caution, the machine rolls into the wire pen.) DOCTOR: NOW! SUMMER: Come on man, quickly! (Ben sprints the distance of the open side as the machine attempts to wheel around to get a w*apon lock on him, but it is too slow. Ben snaps the cable into place. SUMMER: He's done it! (The Doctor turns to the army officer at the power switch.) DOCTOR: NOW! (The War-Machine seems to lose all track of where it is. It wheels around and around as if trying to make a vain attempt to clear the confusion in its central processing units. After a few seconds it comes to a halt, burbling to itself. The Minister looks astonished.) MINISTER: It worked! (The Doctor gazes at the machine suspiciously.) SUMMER: Good man! DOCTOR: I want you to remain up here Sir Charles until I give the signal. SUMMER: Right. (The Doctor slowly approaches the machine, and it spins around and tracks his movements every step of the way. He steps into the electro-magnetic enclosure and walks right up to the monster staring up into it's metal face. It raises one of its huge mallets at the Doctor who just smiles.) DOCTOR: Ah, temper-temper! Hm-hm! (As the Doctor walks around and examines the machine it lowers the mallet again. A short tinker later and the whining of the machine ceases.) DOCTOR: Switch off Sir Charles! (Sir Charles waves at the officer who lifts the switch shutting off the electromagnetic field, then approaches the Doctor and the machine.) SUMMER: What did you do? DOCTOR: Well to coin a phrase Sir Charles, I neutralised it. Quite a harmless looking fellow don't you think? DOCTOR: We must find a way to get it down to Covent Garden. SUMMER: Yes. DOCTOR: Hmph! 22, INT: NEWSPAPER OFFICE (A reporter speaking into a telephone as around him people themselves with the pressing issues of the day.) REPORTER: Hello-hello New York? Johnny, hi! Listen, the second so-called War-Machine in five hours has just been captured and made safe. Now I gather the question is: how many more of these machines are there? And is this new thr*at to world peace only confined to London? 23, EXT: COVENT GARDEN MARKET (The Doctor is tinkering with his new toy while the two civil servants quietly fret in the background.) MINISTER: Time's getting short Sir Charles. How long d'ya think the Doctor will be? SUMMER: I don't even know what he's doing. MINISTER: Does he still say they'll att*ck at noon? SUMMER: Yes he does. MINISTER: Well then I'm afraid that something... DOCTOR: Well I think that's about all gentlemen. MINISTER: What have you done Doctor? DOCTOR: I've er, made an important readjustment to aid and change the er, purpose of this machine. MINISTER: Oh, it sounds as though you've changed its character Doctor. DOCTOR: Well you could say that of course, yes. I hope it would carry out a special programme that I've fed into it. SUMMER: But will it be successful in stopping these other machines? DOCTOR: Well my dear Sir Charles, we can soon find that out can't we? SUMMER: Ah. DOCTOR: Would you mind just standing back for a moment? Hm-hm. (He strides over to Ben and the machine.) DOCTOR: Now my dear Ben, just carry out what I've asked you to do. (Ben nips around the back of the machine and flips a switch. The pulsing note of the active machine starts up and it revolves and begins to trundle away much to the concern of the two civil servants.) DOCTOR: It's quite safe gentlemen. BEN: Well how are you going to use it Doctor? DOCTOR: Well it all started at that Tower. BEN: What, the Post Office Tower? DOCTOR: Yes, in Brett's Office. And I think that it will probably end there. BEN: Yeah, what about Polly? I think that she must have gone back there. DOCTOR: Well now, I'm afraid we can't check up on that now my boy. My machine has to face WOTAN before noon! BEN: Right! Well just give me until then. (Ben rushes away.) DOCTOR: Nonono you can't, you won't be able..! Oh you foolish boy! 24, EXT: TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD (The War-Machine trundles down the middle of the empty road at full speed towards the General Post-Office Tower.) 25, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY KRIMPTON: All serviceable machines are now standing by. BRETT: They must be ready to att*ck at exactly eleven minutes. KRIMPTON: Instructions to all War-Machines. Stand by for att*ck. WOTAN: THEE ORRDERR TO AATTACCK WILLL COMEE FROMM WOOTANN! 26, EXT: STREET (The War-Machine now has the Post Office Tower in it's sights as it speeds down a side road, lights blinking merrily.) 27, INT: CAR MINISTER: How will it work Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, it will be like the crossing of two electrical currents. My machine has to face up to Brett's computer WOTAN. SUMMER: And what will happen then? DOCTOR: Well, those people that were under some form of hypnosis will return to their normal selves. 28, EXT: STREET (The mechanical David to WOTAN's galvanised Goliath enters the foyer of the Post Office Tower, its tape reels spinning.) 29, EXT: POST-OFFICE TOWER (The exterior of the General Post-Office Tower gleams in the mid-day sun.) 30, INT: BRETT'S LABORATORY (Ben has sneaked into the tower and is cautiously looking around. Spying a set of doors he throws them open and skids to a halt inside the room.) BEN: Polly look out! (The surprised faces of Brett Polly and Krimpton meet his gaze.) BRETT: What are you doing? BEN: Quick Polly, get outta here! POLLY: No, I must work for WOTAN! BEN: WOTAN's power is finished! BRETT: That is not true. You must not make contact. BEN: Come on Polly! (Ben tries to rush past Brett and grab Polly, but the Professor holds him back casually.) KRIMPTON: Brett! POLLY: No my place is with WOTAN! (Brett releases Ben and moves to where Krimpton is standing monitoring the instruments on WOTAN.) BRETT: What is it? KRIMPTON: A danger's approaching! (Ben grabs Polly and begins to drag her out of the room.) BEN: Look you know I 'ate this, but it's for your own good! (Krimpton rechecks his instruments.) KRIMPTON: Uh! The danger's here! POLLY: Oh no I mustn't! BEN: Quickly Polly, down the stairs. (A moment after Ben has manhandled Polly out of the Laboratory machine number nine rolls in straight from the lift.) WOTAN: YOUU WILLL REETIRRE. (Krimpton and Brett stare at the machine which gives a quick gaseous blast as it enters the room. Brett rushes to the side of a computer panel.) KRIMPTON: Emergency control, quick Brett! (Brett moves to a panel, then jumps aside as the machine blasts it. He points at the machine and Krimpton rushes forwards and climbing the front of the machine, grabbing the left mallet and struggling to reach the controls on the side. The machine throws him across the room, into the computer panel and blasts him. WOTAN shines it's hypno-ray at the machine, but it has no effect.) WOTAN: WAAIIT...WAAIIT...STOPP...I CANN ORRDERR YOUU...WAIIT! (There is a series of blinding flashes as creature turns upon it's creator blasting at the computer causing it to explode. As the gas and smoke from melting WOTAN parts clears, the hypno-soundwaves are heard again, then fade into silence. Brett clutches at his head and cries out, his connection severed.) BRETT: What? (He looks around his laboratory to see blacked pieces of WOTAN all around, still steaming. Of the central face of WOTAN and the machine there is no recognisable trace. He notices his late colleague on the floor.) BRETT: Krimpton... DOCTOR: There's nothing you can do for the poor fellow. (The Doctor, Sir Charles and the Minister are standing in the doorway.) SUMMER: Good heavens! But what about all the other War-Machines Doctor? DOCTOR: All immobilised, all waiting for orders Sir Charles - orders that will never come! (Summer casts a glance around the room and his gaze falls upon the body.) SUMMER: Krimpton... BRETT: Sir Charles. SUMMER: Ah, Brett. Are you alright? BRETT: I think so. What's been happening here? SUMMER: Yes well I think you'd better ask... (He looks around, but the Doctor is missing.) SUMMER: Oh where the devil's he gone?! (The scene fades to black.) DIRECTOR: Cut. 31, EXT: FITZROY SQUARE (The Doctor paces up and down impatiently in front of the TARDIS, still with it's "OUT OF ORDER" sign pinned to the from. He pulls out, and examines a gold fob-watch. Finally reaching a decision he turns, but as he is about to unlock the TARDIS door he sees two figures running towards him.) DOCTOR: There you are my child, it's nice to see you so well again. And you my boy! Away from that wretched tower! (He smiles at the two figures. Polly, who is now wearing a striped top, dark jacket and trousers, her long hair tucked under a trendy cloth cap; and Ben, dressed in his full sailor's uniform once more complete with sack and HMS TEAZER Hat.) POLLY: Never felt better Doctor, Sir Charles has been looking for you everywhere, we've got a message from him about Dodo. DOCTOR: Oh yes, I've been waiting around here for her. Where is she? I very nearly left without her! BEN: Left? DOCTOR: Yes er-er...to the airport, yes. She is well I hope? POLLY: She says she's feeling much better and she'd like to stay here in London and sends you her love. DOCTOR: Her love? Humph, there's gratitude for you! Take her all the way round the world, through space and time, and then... BEN: Come again Doctor? DOCTOR: Er, what? I-er...nothing my dear boy, nothing. Now I-I think you both want to get away don't you? (He shakes their hands.) DOCTOR: Thank you Polly very much. Thank you Ben. POLLY: Goodbye! DOCTOR: Goodbye, run along. Enjoy yourselves! Yes, hm-hm! (Ben and Polly walk away and the Doctor unlocks the TARDIS with his spare key.) BEN: Well the miserable old-! (Polly is too concerned with what the Doctor is doing to listen to Ben.) POLLY: Ssh, watch him. I'm sure there's something strange about that Police box. Look he's got a key for it... He's going inside! BEN: Key, that reminds me! I forgot to give 'im this one back. (Ben pulls out the key that fell out of the Doctor's cloak pocket. Polly takes the it from him.) POLLY: Come on, we'll do it now. BEN: Yeah, but I've got to get back to barracks. POLLY: Oh come on! (They run back to the TARDIS and Polly knocks on the front with the palm of her hand.) POLLY: Doctor! ...What on Earth is he doing in there? (For a moment a very wicked thought seems to occur to the young sailor.) BEN: Ah look it's locked, come on let's forget it... POLLY: Hey, Ben. (She shows him the key.) BEN: Look, I've only got a couple of minutes. POLLY: Come on! (Polly unlocks the door and enters, followed by Ben, the door closing behind him. A tortured trumpeting starts up as all the molecules that make up the outer shell of the TARDIS decide they don't exist in 1966 anymore. A man and a woman walk around the corner of Fitzroy square, looking right and then left listening for the receding sound of a decidedly strange kind of machinery...)
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The Smugglers Episode 1 Written by Brian Hayles Original Air Date: 10 September, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1. FITZROY SQUARE, LONDON, 1966 (A reprise is shown of the end of The w*r Machines Episode 4 in which the TARDIS dematerialises from Fitzroy Square, London in 1966. The series theme music ends.) 2. VORTEX (An image of the vortex is shown. The serial title appears on the screen over the image of the vortex.) THE SMUGGLERS (The serial title fades out. The writer credit appears.) by BRIAN HAYLES (The writer credit fades out. The episode title appears.) EPISODE 1 (The episode title fades out. The view falls back to show that the image of the vortex is being displayed on the TARDIS scanner.) 3. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR is at the TARDIS console. Just before the DOCTOR activates the control to close the main doors, BEN and POLLY, the two people that helped him during the w*r machines crisis, enter into the console room. The DOCTOR is too occupied to notice BEN and POLLY. The console column starts to rise and fall as the TARDIS dematerialises. BEN and POLLY look about them at the impossibly large room.) POLLY: Good heavens! BEN: Blimey! Where did all this come from? Well, it was a police box, wasn't it? (The DOCTOR hears the intruders and turns around to face them.) POLLY: Ah... DOCTOR: What are you both doing in here?! (BEN holds up the spare key the DOCTOR had dropped outside of the TARDIS.) POLLY: Ah... You dropped your key. (The DOCTOR grabs the key from BEN.) DOCTOR: How dare you follow me into the TARDIS! BEN: The what? DOCTOR: The TARDIS, sir! This is a vessel for travelling through time and space! Why did you follow me?! POLLY: I... I'm... I'm terribly sorry if... if we've annoyed you, Doctor. It was my fault, I'm afraid. (BEN starts to examine the console.) BEN: Well, what's all this then... (The DOCTOR shoos him away.) DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) And stand back from those controls. Those controls are used for dematerialising. BEN: Dematerialising? What does that mean? DOCTOR: You and this young lady are experiencing it. You are now travelling through time and space. BEN: (Laughs.) Yeah, well, ah, make sure that I get back by teatime, Doctor. I've got to get back to me ship by tonight. DOCTOR: Young man, it's going to be a long time before you see your ship again. BEN: Ay? POLLY: Why? When are we going to land? DOCTOR: I don't know. That's the cause of half my troubles through my journeys. I never know. POLLY: Why not? DOCTOR: I have no control over where I land. Neither can I choose the period in which I land in. Oh, now... (The DOCTOR points to the scanner.) DOCTOR: ...you see that scanner? That is what I call a scanner, up there! We get a very good view from the outside. (The TARDIS starts to materialise. The scanner displays an image of the interior of a cave by the sea.) DOCTOR: Ah, yes. I think we're landed in some sort of caves. BEN: Yeah, well thanks for the home movies, Doctor, now if you'd just open these doors. DOCTOR: Wait, wait, wait, young man, we don't know where we are. We don't know if it's safe or what period we're in. BEN: Well, I'll take a little bet with you, ay? London, 1966, Fitzroy Square. (The DOCTOR checks the readings.) DOCTOR: Yes, I think it's quite normal. Yes, the temperature's all right. Well, I think you can leave, but watch your step. (The DOCTOR activates the control to open the main doors.) POLLY: (Sighs.) What a relief! You had me nervous for a minute, Doctor. Come on Ben. (BEN and POLLY walk through the main doors leaving the DOCTOR on his own.) DOCTOR: Oh dear, all this distraction. And I really thought I was going to be alone again. Hmm. (Sighs.) (The DOCTOR grabs his coat and checks the readings one final time. The DOCTOR leaves the TARDIS.) 4. CAVE (The outer doors of the TARDIS open. BEN and POLLY step out onto the beach, hardly believing their eyes.) BEN: Crikey! Look! (BEN points out the view to POLLY.) POLLY: Ben, I'm scared. What's happened to us? BEN: I don't know. Maybe he's some kind of hypnotist. Pinch me! (POLLY pinches BEN.) POLLY: Ow! Not that hard. (BEN turns back to the TARDIS to see the DOCTOR locking the door.) BEN: Hey, wait a minute. (The DOCTOR joins BEN and POLLY.) BEN: What did you do that for? DOCTOR: I never leave it unlocked, my boy. POLLY: Doctor, you must take us back. DOCTOR: I'm not going to take you back to London in the TARDIS. BEN: Well, you refuse, ay? DOCTOR: My dear young man... (BEN turns and begins to walk down the beach.) BEN: Oh, come on Polly, we'll find our own way back. (POLLY starts to follow BEN.) DOCTOR: Heh, heh. (Says to himself.) Well, I suppose I shall have to chase after them. Quite incapable of looking after themselves. Hmm. (The DOCTOR follows BEN and POLLY.) 5. CLIFF (The DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY manage to climb a cliff by following a path. Once at the top of the cliff they begin walking inland.) BEN: Look at this! POLLY: I don't believe it. Hey, isn't it exciting! (POLLY starts jumping up and down and running about.) BEN: Well, it might be if I wasn't so pushed for time. Come on! POLLY: But it's a super place. Whee! (Behind BEN and POLLY the DOCTOR is looking keenly about.) DOCTOR: Yes, I wonder. Ha, yes, I wonder. BEN: Crumbs! POLLY: Ben, it's smashing! BEN: It'd be a lot nicer with a few houses and a bus stop. Got any idea where we are? POLLY: Looks like Cornwall to me. BEN: Cornwall?! Are you sure? POLLY: (Using an old-pirate-like accent.) Looks like it, me handsome. BEN: Oh, I don't know what this is about. All I know is, I've got to get back to barracks. Come on, it'll take hours from here. POLLY: All right! (POLLY notices the DOCTOR following behind.) POLLY: Are you coming with us, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh yes, yes! (To Himself.) You may know where you are, my dears, but not when! Oh, I can foresee oodles of trouble! (BEN and POLLY continue walking with determination.) DOCTOR: (Grunts and then says.) Oh dear, I suppose I'd better follow them. See that they don't get into any harm. Hmm, hmm. 6. CHURCH, EXTERIOR (BEN and POLLY continue walking. A church comes into view.) BEN: Here, look! It's a church! POLLY: So we are in our own time, after all. BEN: Yeah. You didn't really believe all that nonsense about past and future, did you? DOCTOR: We can't be too sure, my boy. BEN: Sure?! There are millions of churches like that! DOCTOR: Oh, good gracious, most of them have been standing there for centuries. BEN: Yeah, well so have we here. Come on, I've got a train to catch. (BEN starts to walk off again.) POLLY: Sorry Doctor, but we'd better find a station. We can talk on the train. DOCTOR: Oh, talk on the train, child. Hmm. (The DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY arrive at the church. POLLY tries to read a worn gravestone.) POLLY: No use, I can't read it. BEN: You'd think there'd be a few houses or something. I bet it's miles to a bus. (The DOCTOR examines the outside of the church.) DOCTOR: Well, there doesn't seem to appear any Victorian restoration. I think it could be any time after the 16 century. BEN: Only it's not. It's good old Nineteen Sixty-six. DOCTOR: Well I don't think so, somehow... (The DOCTOR is cut off as the main doors of the church open. An old man, the CHURCHWARDEN, points a blunderbuss at the DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY.) CHURCHWARDEN: Hold fast, I say! POLLY: (Screams.) Oh, please. Would you put that g*n away?! CHURCHWARDEN: Hold thy tongue, lad! (The CHURCHWARDEN takes note of the DOCTOR.) CHURCHWARDEN: You seem to be a gentleman, but why on foot with these lads as company? DOCTOR: Well, we stopped aside, sir, on our journey to walk along the cliffs and unfortunately we got lost. CHURCHWARDEN: Thou art foreign? DOCTOR: No, no. We don't come from this part of the country, hmm. CHURCHWARDEN: And there's no more of ye than this? DOCTOR: No, just the three of us. You see, we are travellers looking for shelter. CHURCHWARDEN: And you came by road and not from the sea? DOCTOR: No, sir. Not by sea. (The CHURCHWARDEN puts the g*n away.) CHURCHWARDEN: Very well. I... I cannot give thee shelter but I can give thee sustenance and direction. DOCTOR: Thank you. CHURCHWARDEN: Come. 7. CHURCH, INTERIOR (The DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY enter the church and are directed to a place to sit by the CHURCHWARDEN. The CHURCHWARDEN turns away to get some drinks.) BEN: Well, he's a right one. What gear's he got on? DOCTOR: Yes, I'm afraid you're going to lose your bet, young man. That gentleman comes from the Seventeenth Century, hmm. BEN: Seventeenth century?! (The CHURCHWARDEN returns carrying a tray which holds a water jug, a bottle of brandy and cups.) CHURCHWARDEN: There's the brandy. POLLY: Oh, I... I'll just have a little water, thank you. (The CHURCHWARDEN pours some water and gives it to POLLY. He offers the brandy to the DOCTOR and BEN.) DOCTOR: No, we don't touch it. I wonder if you could direct us to the nearest inn. We seek shelter. CHURCHWARDEN: In time. In good time. I don't know thee, do I? DOCTOR: No, I don't think we've met before, no. Heh, hmm. CHURCHWARDEN: Aye, 'tis true. And you've seen no others on the road?! No ships upon the sea? BEN: Nah. Didn't see a blind thing. Expecting someone are ya? CHURCHWARDEN: Speak when thee spoke to, Sir! BEN: Well, I was only... (The DOCTOR waves his arms at BEN.) DOCTOR: Ah, Ben, Ben, Ben. (To CHURCHWARDEN.) No, sir. We met nobody and saw nothing. Ah... you... ah... expecting some friends, hmm? CHURCHWARDEN: Avery's boys are no friends of mine. Never said that. DOCTOR: (Whispers.) Avery? (The CHURCHWARDEN takes notice of the DOCTOR's expression.) CHURCHWARDEN: You know not that name? (The DOCTOR shakes his head.) CHURCHWARDEN: Ho, ho, ho. Then you're the happier for it. DOCTOR: And you are expecting this Avery, hmm? CHURCHWARDEN: Him? (Laughs.) Why, he's been buried these long years past. Ah, but his spirit rides. Aye, in the dark souls of those who follow in his wake. BEN: Was he a sailor? CHURCHWARDEN: Who mentioned sailor?! What would I know about the sea?! I but tend this church. POLLY: Are you a priest then? CHURCHWARDEN: A priest? The word of God touched me too late, boy. I'm the Churchwarden here. Name of Joseph Longfoot - Christian. DOCTOR: You appear to be afraid, sir. Can we help, hmm? CHURCHWARDEN: Ye help? (Laughs.) Against Pike's hook? No, thee cannot help. POLLY: Pike's hook, what's that? CHURCHWARDEN: The blackest name I know boy. So never say it to me face again! (The DOCTOR notices that the CHURCHWARDEN is holding his hand, apparently in some pain.) DOCTOR: Oh your hand, sir. Are you in pain? CHURCHWARDEN: Nah. 'Tis naught. The fingers but bend. It'll mend. DOCTOR: Dislocated. Hmm, hmm. (The DOCTOR grabs the CHURCHWARDEN's hand and jerks on the dislocated finger. The finger snaps back into place. The CHURCHWARDEN is amazed that he can move all of his fingers again.) CHURCHWARDEN: (Laughs.) Cured! Ha, ha. Oh your blessed hand is ..... (The CHURCHWARDEN shakes the DOCTOR's hand.) DOCTOR: Oh 'tis naught, 'tis naught, my dear chap. Have another drink. We must be on our way. Goodbye. CHURCHWARDEN: Ah, ah... No, no, don't leave me yet. BEN: Well we must go, we must get back to the... (BEN spots the DOCTOR's warning look.) BEN: ... to the beach! CHURCHWARDEN: To the beach? There is no beach. The tide will be in. BEN: The tide! DOCTOR: Ah, yes, of course, I remember now. Yes, yes, yes. We have to wait until the tide recedes. Heh, heh. POLLY: Come on, let's hurry. (The DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY start to walk towards the door.) DOCTOR: (To the CHURCHWARDEN.) Ah, we could, of course, stay, ah, if you wish. CHURCHWARDEN: No, this is no place for gentleman and lads. Go thy way. (As the door opens, a thunderstorm can be heard in the distance.) CHURCHWARDEN: Go quickly while ye may. BEN: (Whispering to POLLY.) We must be in the 17 Century. 8. CHURCH, EXTERIOR (The DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY step outside. The DOCTOR turns to speak to the CHURCHWARDEN.) DOCTOR: Well, thank you for your diligence, sir and, ah, the kindness of your... CHURCHWARDEN: Thou... thou art a real gentleman. Go thy way quickly. DOCTOR: Thank you. Thank you. (The DOCTOR turns to leave.) CHURCHWARDEN: Hey! A moment, sir. (The DOCTOR turns to face the CHURCHWARDEN.) CHURCHWARDEN: Eh, while at the inn, take care I say. Guard thy tongue. Think only of thy comfort and thy needs. DOCTOR: We only need shelter for the night. CHURCHWARDEN: Eh, heed my words. Be watchful. DOCTOR: Thank you. Goodbye. CHURCHWARDEN: Goodbye. (The DOCTOR turns to leave again.) CHURCHWARDEN: Hey! One more word, sir. (The DOCTOR turns again to face the CHURCHWARDEN.) CHURCHWARDEN: If you should come this way again and find me gone, remember these words. This is Deadman's secret key: Smallwood, Ringwood, Gurney. DOCTOR: Eh, but what to, ah... What's the purpose, sir? CHURCHWARDEN: It's a secret worth remembering... DOCTOR: Yes... CHURCHWARDEN: ...for this kindness... DOCTOR: ...thank you. Thank you indeed... (The DOCTOR points to the CHURCHWARDEN's hand.) DOCTOR: ...and I think that's going to be all right now. Yes. Ye... heh, heh ...s. Goodbye, sir. Goodbye. (To POLLY and BEN.) Come along. POLLY: Goodbye. Thank you. CHURCHWARDEN: God bless. (The DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY walk off into the night. None of them see the bald seaman watching from behind cover. The seaman watches the DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY walk away, then pulls out a Kn*fe and walks into the church.) 9. INN, EXTERIOR (KEWPER the innkeeper, a burly unshaven man in his early 30s, comes out of the back door of his inn. KEWPER looks up at the grey and thr*at sky.) KEWPER: (Calls.) Tom! (TOM, a ragged teenage s*ab emerges from the nearby s*ab.) TOM: Aye, Master? (KEWPER beckons him closer.) KEWPER: There's business afoot - a message for the Churchwarden tonight. TOM: But I... I... KEWPER: Go do as you're bid, boy! TOM: Aye. KEWPER: Tell him... tell him that Kewper has had word from friends. TOM: Down the coast? KEWPER: A delivery can be expected soon. I'll tell him further when I've made arrangements. TOM: I'll tell him. Can I take the mare? KEWPER: Aye, and go on now before the storm breaks. (KEWPER walks back into his inn. TOM goes into to the s*ab and emerges riding a mare. TOM gallops away.) 10. INN, INTERIOR (KEWPER enters the inn from the back. Around the inside of the inn's stone walls are booths, a bar at the far end with bottles and barrels, and a fireplace with a f*re. While KEWPER is cleaning glasses at the bar, the DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY enter the inn, soaked by the thunderstorm raging outside.) DOCTOR: (Grunts.) Hmm, hmm, ho, ho, ho, ho. Uh! Are you, ah... You're the landlord, I presume, hmm? KEWPER: Aye, Jacob Kewper. And I've no rooms. We're full. DOCTOR: Oh, we only want rooms for the night, my friend, hmm, hmm. KEWPER: Strangers are not welcome in these parts. Nor are they always what they seem. POLLY: That's more or less what the Churchwarden said. DOCTOR: Yes. KEWPER: Say that? DOCTOR: The Churchwarden said that you could probably put us up for the night, ah, but it appears that he was wrong. KEWPER: If he said that, you'll know his name. DOCTOR: Longfoot, sir, Joseph Longfoot. Now, surely that name means something to you? KEWPER: A friend of his is welcome, sir, but not so strange travellers. Your pardon, sir. DOCTOR: Granted, granted. Now rooms, a meal, something hot for us. Surely that's possible? KEWPER: It is, sir, and you'll be wanting dry clothes for the morning too ay? DOCTOR: Ah, yes, yes indeed, yes. For the lads. And I think I shall be able to dry myself out with that lovely f*re. KEWPER: It'll be done, sir. (KEWPER hurries away. The DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY move to the fireplace.) BEN: Well, my lad? DOCTOR: (In background.) Thank you. BEN: (Laughs.) POLLY: Ha ha, very funny. I do wish everyone would stop calling me lad. It does make me feel very odd. DOCTOR: Yes, should I think it better at the moment, my dear. What would they say to a maiden in trousers, hmm? BEN: (Laughing.) Huh! Probably die laughing. POLLY: You would think it funny. You and your bell-bottom sense of humour. BEN: Oh, listen our little dolly-rocker Duchess, then! DOCTOR: Eh, ch, ch, ch, watch your tongue, dear boy. (KEWPER comes over and gives dry clothes to POLLY and BEN.) KEWPER: I... I hope these will serve, man. POLLY: Oh, thank you very much. Thank you. (To BEN.) Come on, help me sort these out. BEN: Look, Doctor, what I want to know is how are you going to get us out of here? DOCTOR: Oh, we shall return to the TARDIS, my boy, when the tide recedes and let's hope that we, ah, materialize in Nineteen Sixty-six. POLLY: You don't sound very certain, Doctor. DOCTOR: No, I'm afraid I'm not, my dear. More likely we shall probably land in the far distant future. BEN: Oh great! The way things are going there probably won't be a navy when I get back. DOCTOR: Hmm... Oh... POLLY: Look Ben, for the moment we're in the seventeenth century - somehow. We'll just have to like it and lump it. (POLLY passes BEN his share of the clothes.) POLLY: Here you are. BEN: Oh, OK. (BEN looks around.) BEN: Well, it's a nice old pub anyway isn't it. Yeah, and I'll bet the beer's better than they serve nowadays. DOCTOR: Yes, I think they're somewhat suspicious of us, hmm, hmm. POLLY: They certainly don't seem to like strangers, do they? BEN: Yeah, I wonder why? DOCTOR: Well, I wouldn't worry too much about that, my dear, because I don't think we're going to be here long enough to find that out! 11. CHURCH, INTERIOR (In the church, the CHURCHWARDEN is drunk and staggering up a darkened flight of steps. The CHURCHWARDEN is carrying a lantern and singing a little song.) CHURCHWARDEN: Oh, rob great ships on every sea! Heh. Oh pill-head crews without mercy! (Laughs.) (The CHURCHWARDEN turns a corner and runs right into CHERUB, the evil-looking bald man who was watching outside earlier.) CHURCHWARDEN: Master Cherub! CHERUB: It's nice to see an old shipmate again, eh, Joe? We had good times aboard The Albatross when you was mate, ay? CHURCHWARDEN: Them days is gone and past. CHERUB: Ah, but not forgotten, not by your old friends, Joe. CHURCHWARDEN: I'm no friend of yours. I'm Churchwarden here. A Christian man! CHERUB: (Laughing.) You always had the leaning towards the Good Book. Holy Joe Longfoot, mate of the Black Albatross! CHURCHWARDEN: No more I'm not! CHERUB: We miss you matey. But most of all does the Captain. CHURCHWARDEN: The Captain... Captain Pike?! CHERUB: You owes him something matey. He wants what's his. CHURCHWARDEN: I got naught what his. CHERUB: If you ain't got it, you knows it's whereabouts. Avery's gold! CHURCHWARDEN: No Christian man'd touch it. CHERUB: We ain't all like you, Holy Joe, we ain't all afraid of the curse that's on it - and it's ours by right! CHURCHWARDEN: 'Tis no man's right! CHERUB: We'll decide that when we get the loot. CHURCHWARDEN: Ha! You'll never find it. (CHERUB pulls out his Kn*fe.) CHERUB: Won't we Joe, my old matey? Ain't you gonna to tell me, ay? CHURCHWARDEN: You can't thr*at me. I got friends here - powerful friends. CHERUB: They need to be to better Pike. CHURCHWARDEN: Well, don't you think they couldn't! CHERUB: Where's your friends now, eh? Gone? The old man and his two lads, what does he know, ay?! CHURCHWARDEN: Know? Know nothing, I directed him on his way. CHERUB: Where to? Where to, say I?! (CHERUB puts the Kn*fe to the CHURCHWARDEN's throat.) CHURCHWARDEN: To the inn, for shelter. CHERUB: Who was he? What's he to you, ay? CHURCHWARDEN: A passing traveller, on his way. CHERUB: No matey, I saw you a-whispering something in his ear. What was you saying to him, ay? CHURCHWARDEN: Nothing. CHERUB: Joe, you wouldn't be trying to sell what you know to some strangers, ay? CHURCHWARDEN: You can rot in hell! (The CHURCHWARDEN makes a sudden move for his blunderbuss, hung on a nearby hook. CHERUB throws his Kn*fe. The Kn*fe strikes the CHURCHWARDEN between the shoulder blades. The CHURCHWARDEN cries out and then falls.) CHERUB: You're a fool, Joe Longfoot. But before you goes to join your mates, tell me what I want to know. Speak up! CHURCHWARDEN: Avery's curse on you - you black villain. CHERUB: Speak, damn your eyes! (The CHURCHWARDEN dies.) CHERUB: It wouldn't be like you to go to Davy Jones' silent, matey. So I reckon we best get on to that old fella and get our hooks into him. (CHERUB leaves.) 12. INN (The DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY have just finished a meal.) BEN: Now, that's better! POLLY: Hmm. Rain stopped. BEN: Here, I've seen a few shady customers in my time, but this crowd beats the lot. POLLY: They're fantastic, aren't they? (BEN turns to speak to a party of customers.) BEN: Evening! (The party stares at BEN and POLLY.) CUSTOMER: Evening. (The party of customers turns their back on BEN and POLLY.) BEN: Cheerful lot Doctor, aren't they? DOCTOR: I think we would do well to remember the Churchwarden's words. BEN: What? Old rough neck? DOCTOR: To keep our thoughts only on ourselves. POLLY: I wonder why though? Do you suppose they're up... (The main door opens and a rain-soaked TOM enters the room and runs up to KEWPER.) TOM: Sir! Sir! Quickly! Help! (There is muttering in the background. KEWPER drags TOM over into the corner.) KEWPER: What's the trouble, lad? TOM: The Churchwarden, master Kewper. KEWPER: Well, what of him, drunk was he, as usual? TOM: No sir, he was d*ad. KEWPER: d*ad? How? TOM: Knifed in the back. He was smiling. KEWPER: Was he now? TOM: And the door was burst wide open. No sign of no one though. KEWPER: No one else of our lads have been down there this night. TOM: The strangers were though. KEWPER: Aye, and who else would want to k*ll Joseph Longfoot, ay? TOM: None as I know of round here. He'd no money, no enemies, neither. KEWPER: Word's got to be passed on. You'd best tell your tale to the Squire. Ask him to come here as Magistrate. TOM: Bring him here, sir? KEWPER: As fast as the horse can go. Away with you now. (TOM rushes out the back door. The DOCTOR and BEN have been listening. POLLY, however, is dozing by the f*re.) POLLY: (Yawning.) Oh, sorry. (Suddenly the main door opens again. This time a group of seamen enter the room. CHERUB, their leader, spots the DOCTOR and walks toward him.) CHERUB: I want you, old fella. DOCTOR: I beg your pardon, sir? CHERUB: Don't you come the gent with me, matey. We're going to have words together, you and me. (CHERUB grabs the DOCTOR's arm intending to pull him to his feet.) BEN: Get your dirty hands off him, mate. (CHERUB releases the DOCTOR. CHERUB pulls a Kn*fe on BEN.) CHERUB: Do what, lad? BEN: I said lay off. What's he done to you? DOCTOR: I don't think I've set eyes on you before in my life, man. CHERUB: No, but we have a mutual acquaintance though. DOCTOR: And what do you mean? CHERUB: Joseph Longfoot. BEN: Well, the Churchwarden. DOCTOR: Yes, he merely tried to help us. Eh, barely an acquaintance. CHERUB: Was, you mean. (CHERUB mimes a throat-cutting gesture.) CHERUB: You see, him and me, we had a little bit of a tizzie like, mate. (Spits and chuckles.) POLLY: (Whispers.) d*ad. CHERUB: The trouble was, he forgot to give me an urgent message before he passed over. But he spoke to you didn't he, ay? DOCTOR: And how do you know all this, sir?! CHERUB: 'Cause I was keepin' look-out, that's why. BEN: Well, you're wrong, see. CHERUB: Well, what I want is what he told him, so speak up, old fella! POLLY: L... Leave the Doctor alone. (A seaman grabs POLLY and covers her mouth.) POLLY: Oh! Oh! CHERUB: Oh, Doctor ay? Well, sawbones, speak up, or do I have to make you? (BEN jumps CHERUB but is clubbed over the head by a seaman. BEN falls unconscious to the floor.) DOCTOR: Don't harm them! (CHERUB pulls the DOCTOR to his feet.) CHERUB: Well! Come quietly then. DOCTOR: And where are you taking me? CHERUB: (Laughing.) You wait and see, sawbones. (To a seaman.) Daniel! (The DOCTOR is prodded towards the door. POLLY is thrown to the floor.) 13. INN, EXTERIOR (The DOCTOR is carried out, placed in the back of a cart, and covered with hay. Two seamen take up the reins and the cart exits at high speed.) 14. INN, INTERIOR (POLLY listens as CHERUB talks to the other seamen.) CHERUB: Go on before to the beach, ya scum! (The seamen leave with the DOCTOR. POLLY checks on BEN's condition.) CHERUB: (In background.) And go quickly! POLLY: Help, somebody! Help! (KEWPER comes over to POLLY with some of his customers.) POLLY: Help me! Please, help me! The Doctor, they've taken him! KEWPER: Who has? Who's taken him? POLLY: Those men! They were terrible and they've hurt Ben! You must help me! KEWPER: Why, is he bad then, this lad? POLLY: He's bleeding! KEWPER: Huh? (KEWPER examines BEN.) KEWPER: He's not d*ad though. Here, take his feet, lad. (BEN is carried over to a chair. POLLY looks after him. KEWPER and some of his customers talk quietly together. Then KEWPER returns to POLLY.) KEWPER: Don't you worry, lad. Squire'll be here soon. POLLY: The Squire?! What can he do? I want to get the Doctor back safely. KEWPER: The Squire's the law in these parts, cub. And guard your tongue when talking to your elders. POLLY: (Sobbing) But you don't understand. They were thr*at to k*ll the Doctor. (KEWPER turns and walks out of the inn.) 15. CLIFF (The DOCTOR is forced into a small boat and is rowed out to sea. Through the driving rain, a sailing ship can be seen anchored in the bay.) 16. INN, EXTERIOR (KEWPER stands waiting on the doorstep of the inn. The SQUIRE rides up on his fine black horse, followed by TOM on his mare. TOM takes the SQUIRE's reins and leads both of the horses into the s*ab.) SQUIRE: What's this I hear Jacob, ay? KEWPER: Trouble, Squire. Strangers. SQUIRE: Oh, let's deal with it then! (The SQUIRE and KEWPER enter the inn.) 17. INN, INTERIOR (POLLY kneels by BEN, desperately trying to revive him. KEWPER and the SQUIRE enter via the main door.) POLLY: Ben... SQUIRE: (To KEWPER.) Now then... So these are your strangers, eh? KEWPER: Aye, Squire, and this one's wounded. (KEWPER points to BEN. The SQUIRE looks at the wound. TOM enters via the back door.) SQUIRE: Hmm? Oh, aye. He'll need binding. Tom. TOM: Sir? SQUIRE: Fetch cloth and water - and a drop of brandy. KEWPER: (Under his breath.) Oh... I don't... SQUIRE: Kewper! KEWPER: Oh aye, Squire. Go Tom. (TOM leaves.) POLLY: Will he be all right? SQUIRE: Aye, boy, he will. Now, tell me, where's your Master? POLLY: He's been kidnapped. You've got to save him. SQUIRE: Kidnapped? And who are the ruffians who did this, ay? POLLY: Well, there were four of them... SQUIRE: (Interrupting.) Before you tell me this tale, tell me about yourself. POLLY: Me?! But the Doctor's the... SQUIRE: Doctor? Oh, aye him. Well, let's not b*at about the bush. I want to know who the three of you are and where you've come from? POLLY: But the Doctor will be k*lled if you don't do... KEWPER: Speak when the Squire tells you. SQUIRE: (To POLLY.) If you want help, I want the truth. Sit a minute. Well? (The Squire leaves the bar with KEWPER. TOM arrives with a bowl of water and some clean rags. KEWPER returns and gives POLLY a mug of brandy.) 18. SHIP (The DOCTOR, CHERUB and the seamen climb on board the sailing ship.) CHERUB: Come, my beauty, I'll take you to the Captain. You'll find he likes a little conversation with a fine gentleman like yourself. (Laughs.) (Two seamen grab the DOCTOR's arms and prod him towards the cabin door.) 19. INN, INTERIOR (POLLY gives BEN some brandy. BEN begins to come around.) BEN: Oh, blimey, my head! Well, what happened? Well, where's the Doctor? POLLY: (Whispering.) Ben, he's been taken and we're in trouble. BEN: Eh? How? (POLLY points to the SQUIRE.) POLLY: The big man over there, he's the Squire. And he insists on knowing who we are and where we're from? BEN: Oh, you haven't told him? POLLY: Well, of course not, but he won't help us if we don't speak. (The SQUIRE walks over to BEN and POLLY.) SQUIRE: (To BEN.) So, you've come to, have you? I've told your young friend here, I want information. He's refused to give it to me. I demand to be told the truth. BEN: You'll get it when you got the Doctor back. KEWPER: You speak civil to the Squire. BEN: Well, why don't you all do something!? Don't just stand there. SQUIRE: Be silent, sir! I hold you both to be knaves and rogues and of highly suspicious intent. And as Magistrate of this Borough, I'm hereby arresting both of you. BEN: Arresting us? What for? SQUIRE: For the m*rder of the Churchwarden. And for this villainous deed you'll be imprisoned until the next Assizes, and there punished accordingly. 20. PIKE's CABIN (Outside the cabin, CHERUB knocks on the door.) PIKE: (Out of view.) Enter! (The DOCTOR, CHERUB and two seamen enter the ship's cabin. The cabin is lavishly furnished and decorated. There are silk hangings and, in one corner, a cushioned day-bed. In the center of the room is a carved oak table littered with bottles, goblets and the remains of a meal. Behind the table is PIKE, a massive black-bearded man, luxuriously dressed in the clothes of a fine gentleman. PIKE is holding a glass of wine in his left hand while his other hand is hidden beneath the table.) PIKE: Cherub! What in hell's name have you dragged in here now? DOCTOR: I demand... PIKE: (Interrupting.) Silence! CHERUB: Holy Joe's d*ad, Captain. d*ad before he tell his secret. PIKE: What's that ye say? CHERUB: But before he died he spoke with this old sawbones here. PIKE: Ah! CHERUB: The sawbones won't talk. Not to me. PIKE: (To the DOCTOR.) Well, by thunder, ye'll talk to me! Or my name's not Samuel Pike! (PIKE whips his right arm from beneath the table and slams it down on the table revealing a gleaming steel hook in place of a hand.) (The series' theme music begins. White credits scroll up over the ending scene. The scene fades to a black background as the white credits continue to scroll up.) (After the designer credit rolls up and off the black screen, the producer credit fades in.) (The producer credit fades out. The director credit and BBC logo fade in.) (The BBC logo fades out to the black background. The series theme music ends.)
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The Smugglers Episode 2 Written by Brian Hayles Original Air Date: 17 September, 1966 5:55pm - 6:20pm 1. CAPTAIN PIKE'S CABIN (The series theme music ends. The serial title appears on the screen over the image of Captain PIKE's metal spike which replaces his lost left hand.) THE SMUGGLERS (The serial title fades out. The writer credit appears.) by BRIAN HAYLES (The writer credit fades out. The episode title appears.) EPISODE 2 (The episode title fades out. The scene changes to a full view of the cabin.) PIKE: Well, by thunder you'll talk to me or my name's not Samuel Pike. DOCTOR: I can tell you nothing, sir. CHERUB: They talked, Captain. I saw 'em. Holy Joe whispered in his ear secret-like. DOCTOR: I do not know this Holy Joe that you keep referring to. PIKE: Holy Joe Longfoot, an old shipmate of ours. Blast his eyes. CHERUB: The Churchwarden to you, Sawbones. DOCTOR: He was a member of your crew? PIKE: Him and me and Cherub was all mates together, serving under Avery. DOCTOR: Avery!? (The DOCTOR becomes lost in thought, trying to recall the name.) CHERUB: Aye, Captain Avery. The sharpest skipper to ever sail out of Bristol port. PIKE: Aye, and one of the blackest. Morgan was a woman aside 'a him. DOCTOR: Of course, of course! Avery the pirate! Heh, heh! I should have known. Hmm, hmm. CHERUB: Don't come the innocent with us, Sawbones. You know what Joe was hiding. PIKE: He took plunder that was rightfully ours, and we mean to get it back, and you may lay to that. CHERUB: He died before he talked to me, but he told you something. PIKE: You're going to tell us, ain't ya. Eh?... (Angrily.) Eh? CHERUB: Ohh, let me make him talk, Captain. (PIKE laughs, then sits down and tries a softer approach.) PIKE: Old man, are ye truly a Sawbones? DOCTOR: I would prefer you to use the correct term, sir. I am a doctor. PIKE: Well, Doctor, ye had best start using your cleverness. So talk, before I let Cherub have ye. CHERUB: Let me show him first, Captain, eh? Let me give him a taste of Thomas Tickler. (CHERUB shows his Kn*fe thr*at to the DOCTOR.) PIKE: He'd be a credit to your trade, would Cherub, Doctor. A... touch like an angel's wing he has with that blade. CHERUB: Sharp as a whistle, it is. Ever seen a head with no ears, Sawbones, eh? Or what them Mexican Indians can do to a bloke's eyelids, eh? DOCTOR: You vicious fellow! Get him off my back! CHERUB: Don't you talk to me like that. Oh, Captain, give me the word. Just give me one minute. I'll have the words spilling out of him like blubber from a whale. PIKE: Well, Doctor? Will ye loosen your tongue...or lose it altogether? 2. JAIL CELL (BEN and POLLY are locked in a small cell with a cot in it and straw heaped in a corner. The door has a small window with bars in it.) BEN: (Sighs.) Awww, of all the bloomin' fixes to be in. POLLY: I don't know. I find it pretty exciting. BEN: Oh, you would. But I don't go a b*mb on this, and I can't very well report back to a Seventeenth Century navy. POLLY: Ah, you've got no imagination, that's your trouble. It's great! BEN: Ohh, great. Stuck in jail for m*rder. (BEN sits down on the cot next to POLLY) BEN: Oh, honest. Who'd have our luck? (Sighs.) POLLY: The point is, how on earth are we gonna get out of here? There must be some way. BEN: Well, there better be. I'm not gonna swing for that old nut case at the church. POLLY: (Gasps.) Ben! BEN: What? POLLY: Look in the corner! It's a rat! BEN: Oh, shut up screaming. (He teases her while she moans and complains.) You big baby. Be quiet. POLLY: Oh nooo. I can't bear them. Oh, please do something about it. Oh no. I hate... (During the commotion TOM, the innkeeper's servant, appears in the window of the door.) TOM: What you screaming for? BEN: Oh, nothing, We're just happy, mate, that's all. POLLY: What's your name? Didn't we see you at the inn? TOM: Name's Tom. I've been put in charge of you prisoners. I've got the keys. (Suddenly accusatory.) But I'm not to speak with you m*rder. BEN: But we didn't k*ll him. TOM: Only a stranger'd k*ll the Churchwarden. You're strangers. BEN: But we're not the only ones. What about the geezers who kidnapped the Doctor? TOM: (Suspiciously.) No one else has seen them. POLLY: But they were there. How else do you suppose the Doctor would disappear? (Tom appears to think about it for a moment, then dismisses the idea and leaves the window.) BEN: Aww, the daft nit. What'd he think it was, magic? POLLY: Ben, that's it! BEN: Aye? What is? POLLY: In the Seventeenth Century they were terribly superstitious. They still believed in witches. BEN: So what you gonna do, fly out of here on a broomstick? POLLY: No, but I think I've got a plan. Now wait, look. If we get this st... Oh no, the rat's in the corner! You get me some straw, will you please? (BEN laughs then gathers straw from the corner and hands it to POLLY, who begins fashioning a doll with it.) 3. EXTERIOR OF THE INN (KEWPER the innkeeper leaves his inn and locks the door behind him. He then makes his way to the harbor, where he gets into a rowboat and begins rowing out to sea.) 4. PIKE'S CABIN (PIKE and the DOCTOR continue their conversation while CHERUB watches the DOCTOR suspiciously.) DOCTOR: If I am to reveal something of what I know, then I demand consideration, sir. CHERUB: Don't listen to him, Captain. There's trickery afoot. DOCTOR: (Frustrated.) Oh, I find your friend rather a bore, but you...I think a gentleman. So let us talk like gentlemen. Hmm, hmm? CHERUB: Captain? PIKE: What makes you think I like gentlemen, eh? DOCTOR: Well, it's quite obvious to the perceptive eye, sir. Your dress, your manner, your tastes. (Laughing.) Yes, you're the type of man that has raised himself to an exalted position...unaided. Hmm, hmm. PIKE: Aye, with this to help me. (Showing his spike hand.) DOCTOR: Ohh, quite so, quite so. But you I...are neither a barbarian, or a savage. I can see that. CHERUB: (Laughing.) Oh, quite right! He... (CHERUB stops when he sees PIKE's glare.) PIKE: Cherub, you've got a funny sense of humor. CHERUB: Uh...aye Captain. PIKE: Well, Doctor, you talk sweet. But don't toy with me or you'll rue it. DOCTOR: My dear sir, I'm sure you can quickly see through any flattery of mine. PIKE: Aye, indeed I could. DOCTOR: So let us talk like men of the world. Be elegant, and with dignity... PIKE: Talk away? DOCTOR: Eh, he, heh. May I sit down? CHERUB: Beware his tongue, Captain. PIKE: Make way for the Doctor, ye swab. (CHERUB steps aside and gestures to a chair for the DOCTOR to sit in.) DOCTOR: (Condescendingly.) Thank you, my man. (Cherub again produces his Kn*fe and moves to harm the DOCTOR, but PIKE uses his spike to pull CHERUB away from the DOCTOR and down to his own face-level.) PIKE: Cherub, I'm entertaining a guest, and you ain't being very polite. CHERUB: But he's a snake, Captain. PIKE: One more word out of you and I'll slit your gizzard, right?... (To the Doctor.) Now, let us talk together like gentlemen. Eh, Doctor? DOCTOR: (To PIKE's offer of food.) Thank you, no. That would indeed be pleasant. PIKE: Wine, Cherub, to help the Doctor talk more freely. DOCTOR: Ahh, one thing more before, eh, we go on any further. PIKE: Aye? DOCTOR: Eh, now that we understand each other, I think it would only be fair that if I impart the information you require, I should receive some... small reward. Hmm? PIKE: Aye. You'll get your reward, never fear. (With a wink to CHERUB.) DOCTOR: In fact, a share? PIKE: A share? DOCTOR: Yes, indeed, yes. After all my dear Captain...thank you (To CHERUB, who is serving the wine.)...there is quite enough to go round, is there not? PIKE: For them that deserves it. Aye, well... DOCTOR: Well, here's to a better acquaintance. (Drinking.) Mmm. Oh, yes indeed. Yes, a very fine old Madeira. Yes. Indicative of, of your general taste, sir, if I may say so. PIKE: Aye... ye may say so... (Angrily.) Now tell us what we want to know! (The door bursts open without knocking, and JAMAICA, a tall Caribbean sailor with an accent enters.) PIKE: What? JAMAICA: Captain! Boat to leeward. PIKE: Coming up on the sly, is she? JAMAICA: Gi' us a shout, all friendly. CHERUB: We got no friends hereabouts. PIKE: Aye. (He considers.) Cherub, ask them to kindly step aboard a while. CHERUB: What then, Captain? PIKE: If it's a...revenue man, you can have him. (They laugh.) (CHERUB leaves to see to the approaching boat.) PIKE: And just in case they're friends of yours, Doctor...Jamaica? JAMAICA: Captain? PIKE: Take my guest to the galley. Give him food and wine. He's precious. JAMAICA: Aye, Captain. (The DOCTOR looks uncomfortable as PIKE and JAMAICA close in on either side of him.) 5. JAIL CELL (POLLY now holds her completed doll of straw on the end of a string like a small noose.) BEN: Okay? POLLY: Here goes. BEN: Right! (BEN begins to knock on the door while POLLY sits down and sways as if in a trance.) BEN: Tom! Thomas me ol' mate. Tom! Come quick! Tom! Quick! TOM: Ohh, what's your noise for now? BEN: Tom...can you see Poll... ah, Paul there? TOM: Aye? BEN: Well quick Tom, open the door. Come in and help me. (Polly begins to moan like a ghost.) BEN: Quick, Tom, open the door! (Tom opens the door and enters the cell.) TOM: What's that? What's he doing? BEN: You see Paul, Tom. Well he's the gibbet. TOM: Eh? BEN: He's been took over, Tom...by the spirit of his master. TOM: No...Such things ain't to be seen by human souls. BEN: His master, Tom, the bloke what was kidnapped...he's a warlock. TOM: A warlock! Heaven save us! BEN: Well, not us, Tom...YOU! TOM: Me? BEN: Yeah, the Doctor's a wizard, no less, Tom. And us two are his apprentices. TOM: Y...you got the power. BEN: We have, Tom, from our master. Now, you see the gibbet? You see that fellow what's swinging here? TOM: That's a doll. Just a straw doll. BEN: Ah, sure mate. But it's more than that...cause it's got a soul. Someone else's soul! TOM: (Scared.) No. BEN: It's our master, Tom! He's captured the soul of someone he holds responsible for us being here, and he's gonna do him in! TOM: Well it ain't me. I ain't but lookin after ye. BEN: But there's one hair from your head inside that doll, Tom. TOM: No! BEN: Can you feel yourself swinging? TOM: Oooh. It ain't my fault! It were the Squire that ordered it... BEN: It's too late, Tom! It's you there swinging! And in a minute that doll's gonna fall. And when it does... TOM: Oh, sir, save me! Save me! I swear it weren't my doing! BEN: Is that the truth, Tom? TOM: Oh, sir, it is. It is. Save me! Save me! BEN: Tom, there is a way. TOM: Tell me, sir. I...I'd do anything. BEN: The spell can only work if we're held prisoners. Now, if we were free... TOM: But...but sir, I gave my word to master Kewper... (Sensing TOM's hesitation, POLLY starts to moan again and lowers the doll some.) BEN: Quick, Tom, before your doll falls. Your time's up this minute! Quick! TOM: Oh sir, I'll do it! I'll do it! Wait a minute! Somehow I'll free you! Oh sir...Have pity! Have mercy! (While he talks, TOM fishes the keys from his pocket.) BEN: Well done, Tom. (TOM unlocks the door.) BEN: We'll put a good word in for you, mate. TOM: Sir, am I safe now? POLLY: Take this, Tom. (POLLY hands TOM the doll.) While you hold it my master will know you and nothing will happen... BEN: Come on, Polly! (To TOM.) See you sometime, old son. Hey, and remember... from now on you're one of us. (Turns to leave with Polly.) Come on, this way. 6. OUTSIDE THE JAIL (Out of breath, POLLY and BEN run from the jail and stop to get their bearings.) POLLY: Ben, where on earth do we go from here? BEN: Well not the inn, that's for sure. POLLY: I haven't got the faintest idea where the Doctor is. BEN: I know! We'll try the old church! POLLY: Yes, that should be safe enough. BEN: We might pick up some kind of clue there. POLLY: And maybe find out who really k*lled the Churchwarden. BEN: Yeah. Come on, down here. (They head off towards the church.) 7. THE DECK OF THE BLACK ALBATROSS (CHERUB is keeping a g*n trained on KEWPER as he climbs aboard.) CHERUB: And just who's this we have the pleasure of welcoming aboard, eh? KEWPER: Jacob Kewper's the name. Innkeeper come to talk business. CHERUB: Ohh. And how would you know of our business, eh matey? KEWPER: It's more in the manner of putting business in your way. CHERUB: And what would an innkeeper want with honest sailors? KEWPER: Ahh no, master. That would be your skipper's ear... if he'll but listen, eh? (KEWPER slips a gold coin into CHERUB's hand.) CHERUB: Sounds like he might be interested. KEWPER: It'll be worth his while. CHERUB: Come below, matey. But belay any tricks, eh, Master Kewper? 8. PIKE'S CABIN (PIKE sits alone drinking wine. There is a knock on the door.) PIKE: Enter. (The door opens and CHERUB and KEWPER come in.) CHERUB: A visitor, Captain, who says he'd talk of business. PIKE: Business? KEWPER: Aye, business to interest a merchant like yourself, sir, to our mutual benefit. PIKE: Aye? KEWPER: Brandy...silks perhaps? Or should I call it...merchandise? CHERUB: Sounds dishonest, Captain. PIKE: Aye, it does, by Morgan's beard. KEWPER: The only man who would call such business dishonest would be a revenue man! (PIKE spits out the wine he was drinking.) PIKE: Master innkeeper, I keep a law-abiding ship here. And a clean one! KEWPER: There is nobody who doubts that, Captain. PIKE: And I'll have the ears of any man who thinks he'll land me before a judge. KEWPER: Oh, Heaven preserve us. PIKE: But I'm willing to do business with any swab I can trust and who trusts me. KEWPER: (In a conspiratorial tone.) Trust! Aye, if there's... smuggling to be done. PIKE: So that's your business. I'd know more of this before I drop anchor here, so talk up, man. KEWPER: And I'll not give details until we shake hands on it. But, I tell you, we are well supported. PIKE: I'd not prejudice my good name. KEWPER: Would you throw in your lot with the Squire, and the Churchwarden, eh? (With a well-rehearsed glance, PIKE signals to CHERUB who moves behind KEWPER.) PIKE: Maybe...but not with scum like you! (CHERUB seizes KEWPER's arms.) KEWPER: What trick's this?! PIKE: The choicest apple, top of the barrel, Innkeeper? I've a mind to have word with this Squire of yours. KEWPER: I speaks for him! (Grunts as he struggles against CHERUB's hold.) You'll do no business without me! PIKE: Better for you if he does, matey. Else there'll be another corpse put ashore with Joe Longfoot, eh Cherub? CHERUB: Indeed, Captain. KEWPER: (Surprised.) Longfoot? The Churchwarden! You k*lled him! What for? PIKE: Because he crossed me, that's why. And nobody who crosses Pike lives to tell the tale. KEWPER: (Shocked almost speechless.) You're Captain Pike? PIKE: (Laughs, and then opens the door and calls through it.) Jamaica! (To CHERUB.) There's more to this than we reckoned, eh Cherub? CHERUB: Indeed there is, Captain. (JAMAICA appears in the doorway.) JAMAICA: Captain? PIKE: Fetch the Doctor, Jamaica. JAMAICA: Yes, sir! (He leaves immediately.) KEWPER: Why should you come here? PIKE: Your tongue is nigh as long as your ears, Innkeep. Careful we don't cut them both short for ya. (To CHERUB.) We're going ashore, Cherub. CHERUB: Ahh, what about the old Sawbones, Captain? PIKE: When we come back. Then in time... (JAMAICA returns ushering in the DOCTOR.) PIKE: (To KEWPER.) You and the Sawbones... both guests of mine till I return. Treat them well and kindly, Jamaica. But if there's any funny business, why...use this on them. (Gives JAMAICA a cat-'o-nine-tails whip.) JAMAICA: Sure, Captain. (Chuckles.) 9. THE CHURCH CRYPT (BEN and POLLY descend the steps in to the dark crypt in the basement of the church.) BEN: Well, there's not much down here. POLLY: There's nothing up in the vestry, and we searched that thoroughly enough. BEN: You know, the old boy must have been bumped off pretty soon after we left. POLLY: Ben, perhaps the m*rder was hiding down here all the time! BEN: Yeah, could be. POLLY: (Nervously.) Hoooh. (They continue to search.) BEN: Maybe he kept his money box down here, or something? POLLY: What? Oh, yes. He did look like a bit of a Scrooge, didn't he? BEN: Well, he was d*ad scared of something, I know that. POLLY: Yeah, almost as though he was even expecting something to happen! BEN: Hmm. (They search into different areas of the crypt, POLLY moving out of view.) BEN: Hey Polly! POLLY: (OOV.) What? Where are you? (POLLY runs back into view and up to BEN.) BEN: Listen, maybe the m*rder will come back to the scene of the crime! POLLY: Oh no! (She then realizes he's just trying to frighten her, and BEN begins to laugh.) POLLY: Oh shut up, Ben. You are a fool. BEN: Yeah, maybe you're right, Duchess. Early days for Sherlock Holmes, I suppose. POLLY: Yeah, well I'm not playing what's-his-name...Watson to you. (Anxious again.) Ooh, dear, I wish we knew where the Doctor was. BEN: Yeah, and the TARDIS too. In fact if I know him, I bet he's back in it all comfy. POLLY: Do you think so? Well then we've jolly well got to find the TARDIS too. BEN: Yeah, that's not such a bad idea. The beach wasn't far from here. Come on. (They head for the door, but before they can get out a man, wearing a cloak that conceals his identity, enters the crypt. They hide behind a pillar before he can see them. They lie in wait until he is passing the pillar, and then BEN gives him a chop to the neck. The man falls unconscious.) POLLY: Ben, do you think that's the m*rder? BEN: I'm not stopping to find out. Tie him up first and ask questions after, love. POLLY: If this is the m*rder then we're in the clear. And then if we tell the Squire, now he'll help us find the Doctor! BEN: Oh, I'm not so sure. He was a bit thick-headed, that Squire. Too much like a petty officer for my liking. POLLY: Yeah, but we'll never find the Doctor without help. And only he can work the TARDIS. BEN: Yeah, I see what you mean. I don't fancy getting stuck with this lot for good. POLLY: Listen, you stay here and guard him, and I'll go to the Squire and tell him we caught him, shall I? BEN: Well, hadn't I better go? POLLY: No, I'll go. I don't like it down here. BEN: OK. Oh, look, Polly. Don't tell him about that, eh!. POLLY: No alright. I don't suppose I'll be long. BEN: But Polly, take care, love. (POLLY leaves and BEN sets to work tying up the man.) 10. THE DECK OF THE BLACK ALBATROSS (PIKE emerges from below deck dressed in his finest clothes.) PIKE: Well, what think ye, Cherub? Do I look presentable? CHERUB: As a picture, Captain, but for that. (CHERUB indicates PIKE's spike, and they both laugh.) PIKE: Yes, my little pike will hardly be welcome at the manor, eh? (PIKE removes his spike and hands it to a sailor.) PIKE: Here lad, take care of that till I get back. CHERUB: Ready there below! (They prepare to go ashore.) 11. THE CHURCH CRYPT (BEN stands guard over the man in the cloak, who now sits bound to a chair. The man has just regained consciousness.) BEN: All right mate. Let's hear what you've got to say for yourself. BLAKE: Untie me at once, you rogue! Do you not know who I am? BEN: You tell me. BLAKE: I am Josiah Blake, the King's revenue officer. BEN: Oh yeah? Prove it. BLAKE: (Indignantly.) My word should be enough. BEN: Well not for me it's not, mate. BLAKE: (Exasperated.) Untie me this instant! BEN: I'm sorry, old son, but I'm not taking any risks. You may be what you say, but then again you may not. BLAKE: And who are you, sir? Pray, tell me that. Huh? BEN: Well, I'm just a sailor. Only I got nabbed for the m*rder of the Churchwarden which I did not do. So as you turn up on the scene of the crime I reckon you're a good suspect. BLAKE: I am here in the pursuance of my duty. BEN: Oh? And what's that? BLAKE: I'm after the smugglers, and I think I've found the route that they've been using. BEN: Eh? BLAKE: That passageway. (BLAKE indicates an archway behind BEN where a secret door lies.) BEN: Oh, sure, I suppose the Churchwarden's one of them. BLAKE: Hmmm. (Indicating "yes".) BEN: Pull the other one, mate. It rings. BLAKE: What say you? BEN: Oh, forget it. BLAKE: But this is so, I tell you, in truth! The Churchwarden was suspected. (BEN leans in close to BLAKE.) BEN: Honest? BLAKE: I was hoping to confront the villain with the evidence of that passageway, but now that he's d*ad... BEN: Ahh, you're stumped. You ain't got no proof. BLAKE: No, proof aplenty. That tunnel leads through a series of caves down to the beach. BEN: Down to the beach?! BLAKE: Aye. BEN: You've just brought me good news, mate! (BEN runs to the archway and is about to leave.) BLAKE: Hey! Where are you going? BEN: Well, just for a look. Won't be long. BLAKE: Hey, come back here! Stop in the King's name! 12. THE SQUIRE'S HOUSE - A HALLWAY (CHERUB and PIKE wait for the Squire in the main hallway of his house. While they wait they admire the SQUIRE's opulent decor, each in his own way...) PIKE: There's style, Cherub. Style! CHERUB: Hmm, this would fetch a pretty penny. (CHERUB greedily eyes the SQUIRE's possessions, obviously intending to pocket a few things.) PIKE: Belay that, ye dolt. We are honest men, remember? Now, here is our plan: We'll find out all we need to know about these little villains... CHERUB: (Chuckling.) Smugglers, heh! PIKE: ...and we'll take their store, find Avery's treasure, and this into the bargain. (PIKE indicates the SQUIRE's possessions. Then Birch, a servant comes and escorts them to the study where the SQUIRE waits.) 13. THE SQUIRE'S HOUSE - THE STUDY SQUIRE: Ah, good morning gentlemen. Ha, ha, ha. Good morning to you. Will you take wine with me? PIKE: Nay, nay, sir Squire. We are come on a matter of business. SQUIRE: Business? So early in the day? (Laughs.) What can be so urgent so early? PIKE: We were sent by a friend. SQUIRE: Friend? CHERUB: Jacob Kewper. SQUIRE: Kewper, eh? Then you must be... PIKE: Merchants, sir. Honest merchants. (They all laugh.) SQUIRE: By my favorite mare, that's witty! Business indeed! PIKE: The very word friend Kewper used himself, sir. CHERUB: Aye. SQUIRE: Aye. Where is the fellow. Should he not be handling this affair? CHERUB: Aye, that he is, sir. He's back at the ship accounting our various merchandise. PIKE: Aye, such silks, such brandy and tobacco. Aye, Squire, indeed. SQUIRE: Oh, this is worthy of a toast, gentlemen. I insist you drink with me. (SQUIRE pours drinks for all of them and passes them out.) SQUIRE: Brandy, eh? Silks and tobacco. Well, here's to a fine cargo and a gallant captain. PIKE: Here's to a good landfall and no tales told. CHERUB: And so say I. (They drink, CHERUB taking all of his at once and letting out a satisfied gasp afterwards. The SQUIRE starts to refill his glass.) PIKE: Forgive him, sir Squire. An honest fellow, but unused to the ways of gentlefolk. SQUIRE: Oh, no consequence, no consequence. Ah, ah, ah, pray, have you breakfasted? PIKE: Aye, but I would remind you, sir, we still have business in hand. SQUIRE: Ahh, yeah, indeed. Now, (Ahem.) what would Kewper have me do? PIKE: Sir, he thought you might spare the time of day to explain such, eh, petty matters as must trouble us poor sailors. CHERUB: Aye, where to land, where to leave the goods, and things. SQUIRE: Oh, as for delivery, 'tis at the church... on the clifftop. (CHERUB tries to suppress his laugh.) SQUIRE: Likely, eh? PIKE: Most suitable. But, ah, who will receive our goods, sir? SQUIRE: Ahhh, t'was to have been the Churchwarden, bur he's been most foully m*rder by renegades. CHERUB: Shame, such a holy-minded man! PIKE: But where are we to put our boat, sir? SQUIRE: Ah, now I think it best if we be all pre... (POLLY enters being held by Birch, the servant, and is struggling against his grip.) SQUIRE: What?! Great Heavens! This is one of the very renegades who slew poor Longfoot! How did you escape? Well done, Birch. POLLY: Well done, nothing. I came here of my own free will, Squire. SQUIRE: Ehh, you may go, Birch. POLLY: I came here to tell you that we found... (She sees CHERUB.) You! you're the one that kidnapped the Doctor! 14. PIKE'S CABIN (The DOCTOR and KEWPER sit under the guard of JAMAICA. They speak in low voices.) DOCTOR: Tell me about my friends. KEWPER: Aye, it's bad news, sir. DOCTOR: Why, is there trouble? KEWPER: Aye, they are taken for trial for the m*rder of the Churchwarden, which was done by Cherub, sir. DOCTOR: Oh, good gracious! We must escape from here and try and help them. KEWPER: Aye, not only for the sake of your friends, sir, but for the sake of the whole village yonder. DOCTOR: But I don't understand you. KEWPER: Pike is the bloodiest pirate now alive, sir. No one has ever seen that deadly hook and lived. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, I quite agree. A somewhat violent man. Hmm. KEWPER: Why did he take you, sir? DOCTOR: Oh, because he thought that I held the secret of the treasure belonging to the deceased pirate, Avery. KEWPER: Avery's gold!? Buried ashore!? DOCTOR: Oh, yes, he's determined to get it. Yes, yes, apparently... the Churchwarden knew something about it. KEWPER: Then Pike'll have it, sir, or raze the village to the ground in the finding of it. DOCTOR: But the officers of the law? KEWPER: D'oh, they'd be no match for Pike's men, sir. Once he's laid his plans, we and the village are lost. We...we must get back word to them, sir. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I think I agree. Yes, eh, eh, well, bear with me, sir. I, ah, I have a plan. (The DOCTOR speaks louder to KEWPER so that JAMAICA will hear.) DOCTOR: Ehh, tell me, sir. Ah, you, ah, play cards? Hmm? Hmm, hmm. 15. THE SQUIRE'S STUDY SQUIRE: I don't believe one word of this trumped-up story. Not a jot! CHERUB: Such a sweet young face and yet so wicked. PIKE: It smacks of a trap, eh, Mister Cherub? CHERUB: Indeed it does, Captain. Very dangerous. POLLY: But we are innocent and he took the Doctor. PIKE: I have none sick aboard. Wherefore should I need a sawbones? POLLY: I don't know but you took him. And I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't have a hand in the k*lling of the Churchwarden too! SQUIRE: Cease these vile untruths, boy! These gentlemen are goodly merchants. I vouch for them. You are a stranger here, as is your companion, and therefore not to be trusted. POLLY: But we haven't done anything! SQUIRE: A man is d*ad, boy. POLLY: We left him alive. SQUIRE: (Pauses, surprised.) Oh. Then you did speak with him! (Chuckles.) There's a damning fact, indeed! PIKE: Out of the mouths of babes, eh? CHERUB: Such acts of v*olence in one so young! PIKE: Aye, young people are not what they were once, not in our time, eh Mister Cherub? CHERUB: Indeed not, Cap'n. Very wicked. SQUIRE: Now, who this poor fellow is you captured I know not. PIKE: Might he not be, ahh, one of our mutual friends, Squire? SQUIRE: Heh? PIKE: A revenue officer. SQUIRE: Ohh! Aye, indeed, it could be so. CHERUB: Then perhaps we should fall in with this young rouge's pot o' purpose. PIKE: Yes, recapture this villain's accomplice and let our man free. CHERUB: That were best. POLLY: Squire, you're being a fool. These men are villains! PIKE: Ohh, come, come, lad. Do we look so black-hearted? CHERUB: Time's short if we're to prepare. SQUIRE: Aye, we'll ride this very minute, and take our prize with us. PIKE: Squire, do you not think this lad should be restrained a little, just in case of misfortune? SQUIRE: Aye, I do. A happy thought, Captain. PIKE: Here is cord. (PIKE produces a convenient rope from his pocket and begins to tie POLLY's hands behind her back.) CHERUB: And here is silence. (CHERUB uses a scarf to gag POLLY.) 16. THE CHURCH CRYPT (BEN returns from the tunnel to BLAKE, who still sits tied to the chair.) BEN: What a turn-up for the books! You don't know what kind of good turn you done me, mate. BLAKE: I do not share your joyous feelings, boy. Untie me, I say! BEN: The passageway leads right down to the beach alright, to the very spot we've been looking for. BLAKE: Hey boy, you one of these smuggling rogues after all? BEN: No, of course not. But it leads right down to where the TARDIS is. BLAKE: The TARDIS? What's that, a ship? BEN: Well, sort of, but you wouldn't understand. Any way, it's there all ready for us to get away. If only I could tell the others, we could all escape! BLAKE: Eh? Escape!? BEN: Yes, escape! (BEN heads up the stairs to the door to the vestry, about to leave the bound BLAKE behind again. Before he can leave, he is stopped by the arrival of PIKE, the SQUIRE, CHERUB and POLLY, who is still bound as well.) CHERUB: Stand fast, I say there. BEN: Polly...and you! (The SQUIRE holds out a p*stol and points it at BEN.) SQUIRE: Recaptured again, eh boy? We'll have no more tricks this time. (The series theme music begins. White credits scroll up over the ending scene. The scene fades to a black background as the white credits continue to scroll up.) (After the designer credit rolls up and off the black screen, the producer credit fades in.) (The producer credit fades out. The director credit and BBC logo fade in.) (The BBC logo fades out to the black background. The series theme music ends.)
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The Smugglers Episode 3 Written by Brian Hayles Original Air Date: 24 September, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1. THE CHURCH CRYPT (The series theme music ends. The serial title appears on the screen over the image of SQUIRE'S hand, which is holding a p*stol pointed at BEN.) THE SMUGGLERS (The serial title fades out. The writer credit appears.) by BRIAN HAYLES (The writer credit fades out. The episode title appears.) EPISODE 3 (The episode title fades out. The scene changes to a full view of the crypt.) (As BEN was about to leave the bound BLAKE behind in the crypt to go look for POLLY and the DOCTOR, he is stopped by the arrival of the SQUIRE, PIKE, CHERUB and POLLY, who is still bound as well. The SQUIRE holds out a p*stol pointed at BEN.) SQUIRE: Recaptured again, eh lad? We'll have no tricks this time. BEN: He's the bloke that kidnapped the Doctor. PIKE: Wrong, lad. Don't deface the character of my dear friend. BEN: Look, Squire, why can't you believe this... SQUIRE: Hold your tongue! You're vagabonds, both of you, not to be trusted. Bind them, eh? CHERUB: Ah. (begins to tie up BEN and POLLY together to one of the crypt's pillars) BEN: What about this one? He's a right villain. SQUIRE: Hmm? These gentlemen are honest merchants. BLAKE: (Calling from below in the crypt.) Squire! Squire! (The SQUIRE walks down the stairs and looks for the source of the voice.) BLAKE: Here! SQUIRE: Blake! (Shocked.) What the blazes are you doing here? BLAKE: I'd be obliged if you'd release me, sir, before asking questions of me. SQUIRE: (Flustered.) Aye, certainly, but, ah, I have no Kn*fe. One moment. (The SQUIRE goes back up the stairs to PIKE and CHERUB.) SQUIRE: This Blake is a revenue man. There's trouble afoot. CHERUB: Should I...? (CHERUB is pulling out his Kn*fe.) PIKE: Nay, Mister Cherub, hold fast. (To SQUIRE.) What does he know? SQUIRE: Nothing. PIKE: Well, use him! Let him take these prisoners, as is his duty. SQUIRE: Aye, and then we're free of them. BLAKE: (Calling from below.) Squire, won't you release me, sir? PIKE: Cut him free, Mister Cherub. SQUIRE: Aye, release him. (To BEN.) You've laid hands upon one of the king's revenue men, Josiah Blake. BEN: But we thought he was the m*rder. SQUIRE: Be silent, sir! (To Blake.) These pretty young vagabonds have m*rder my Churchwarden. BLAKE: Joe Longfoot? SQUIRE: None other. They must be therefore taken to prison, and as magistrate I place this duty upon you. BLAKE: I am a revenue man, sir, not your sheriff. SQUIRE: Nevertheless, you will do as I say. BLAKE: I am on orders from the king, sir, for the apprehension of smugglers. CHERUB: Could they not be smugglers too? SQUIRE: Aye, indeed. What say you? BLAKE: Aye, they could be. BEN: Look, we haven't done a thing. We didn't k*ll anyone. We haven't smuggled anything. Look, sir, you can take our word for it. CHERUB: Their tongues waggle o'er much for my ears. SQUIRE: Aye, agreed. BLAKE: Very well, I will take them with me. Thank you for saving me from these rogues. They will get the treatment they deserve. SQUIRE: Take my p*stol. They're wily knaves. BLAKE: Oh, thank you, Squire. Alright. (Blake begins ushering BEN and POLLY out of the crypt.) Good day to you, Squire. (Back to POLLY and BEN.) Alright, move, villains! (BLAKE, POLLY and BEN leave.) 2. PIKE'S CABIN (The DOCTOR and KEWPER sit at the table, guarded over by JAMAICA.) DOCTOR: Now, sir, I hope this works. You may pick up any five cards. KEWPER: (Counting under his breath.) Aye...one...two...three...four... five. (KEWPER picks up the cards and hands them to the DOCTOR while JAMAICA looks on curiously.) DOCTOR: Do you, ah, wish me to tell you? KEWPER: Aye! I have no fear of what lies therein. DOCTOR: Ah, such brave words, my friend, brave words. But these cards hold the secret to your life or death. JAMAICA: I can tell you that without cards. Death! DOCTOR: Do not mock that which you do not understand. KEWPER: Oh, come, old man. Tell me what the future holds. Read the cards. DOCTOR: Very well, my friend, very well. Be it on your own head. (The DOCTOR begins looking over the cards very dramatically, and JAMAICA leans over his shoulder to get a better view.) DOCTOR: Oh, beware. Stand back! Or you will affect the cards. JAMAICA: Ah. DOCTOR: Hmm. Yes, yes, yes, that's very strange, hmm, hmm. And very disturbing. KEWPER: What do these cards mean? DOCTOR: Well, I'm afraid they're rather unpleasant. Yes, the first one, ah, represents yourself, ah, innkeeper. (The Doctor holds up a card, apparently a Jack.) KEWPER: I am no knave, sir! DOCTOR: Well, the cards have it so, sir. Huh, huh. (JAMAICA chuckles, his interest growing.) DOCTOR: And the second is master Cherub. JAMAICA: See a dagger? That's Cherub right enough. DOCTOR: The third is the king. The blackest villain of them all. KEWPER: Next, the ace? DOCTOR: Yes, and that is death itself. JAMAICA: The Captain. KEWPER: What, Pike? Ah, and this one, the jack of diamonds, what is he? DOCTOR: Well, I'm afraid I have no idea about that, sir, but, ah, I can assure you he will triumph in the end. Hmm, hmm, hmm. (JAMAICA gasps in amazement.) KEWPER: Ah, 'tis all madness. DOCTOR: Well, you may call it what you wish. I know it's only cards, but eh, sometimes they tell the truth. JAMAICA: About any man, like me? DOCTOR: Oh, yes indeed. Yes, yes! Aren't you afraid? JAMAICA: Me? Jamaica ain't afraid. DOCTOR: Very well then, my friend, shuffle for yourself and let's see them reveal your own fate. Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm. (While JAMAICA leans in close and concentrates on shuffling the cards, KEWPER strikes him over the head and knocks him unconscious.) DOCTOR: Well done, innkeeper. Now a rope! Tie him up. (The Doctor chuckles while they tie up JAMAICA.) KEWPER: A... a guileful trick, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, perhaps, perhaps, yes. KEWPER: It was a trick, was it not? DOCTOR: No time for idle speculation. We have to get away from this boat as soon as we can. KEWPER: 'Twill not be easy without being seen. DOCTOR: Yes, our only chance. KEWPER: Then we must try. DOCTOR: Yes, and we've got to hurry if I'm to help my friends. KEWPER: But first we must seek the aid of the Squire. DOCTOR: Yes, because he has them prisoner, hmm. KEWPER: But he is the magistrate. He was but doing his duty. Once is he... he is informed, he will let them free. No doubt of that. DOCTOR: Yes, I think you're quite right, yes. It's better to have the law on our side, isn't it? KEWPER: In these dark days honesty surely pays. DOCTOR: Yes, well, ah, I hope your fortune turns out alright, my friend. Hmm, hmm... 3. DECK OF THE BLACK ALBATROSS (The DOCTOR and KEWPER emerge from below deck and creep carefully to KEWPER's boat.) 4. EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH (PIKE, CHERUB and the SQUIRE stand by the entrance to the church.) SQUIRE: (Laughing.) I feel well free of these vagabonds. PIKE: Such guile and wisdom, eh Mister Cherub? A master of men, no less. CHERUB: Indeed, sir, a kid glove upon an iron hand. PIKE: I wish it were always so easy to, eh, guide the officers of the revenue. (They laugh.) But I have not the quickness of wit of ye, Squire. CHERUB: Such subtle ways gladden my soul. SQUIRE: Indeed, if one has the brains, 'tis pity they be not used, eh? PIKE: Rid of both law and villainy. Indeed sir Squire, I find myself trusting ye more and more. (While they talk they move until they stand around a tomb.) CHERUB: With you to lead us, sir, all fears are dispelled. How can we fail? SQUIRE: Indeed, we cannot. But I would surprise you more. PIKE: How is that, sir Squire? SQUIRE: Why, like this. (The SQUIRE presses a decoration on the grave which conceals a secret switch, and the top of it slides open revealing a store of smuggled goods.) SQUIRE: The grave holds it's secrets, eh? PIKE: But few as worldly as this, eh? SQUIRE: Silks, tobacco and brandy, Captain. (Laughs.) This is our immediate cache, you understand. PIKE: Aye? Then where are we to place our merchandise? SQUIRE: Why, upon the beach where you'll be met. CHERUB: Whyfore not here? SQUIRE: This is our domain, the sea is yours. Our routes and methods must remain our own. But have no fear, (Laughs.) this will be emptied before tomorrow's tide. 5. OUTSIDE THE SQUIRE'S HALL PIKE: Tomorrow night, then, sir, at the time arranged. SQUIRE: Yes, a small beacon will be lit upon the shore at two past twelve. There you'll be met. PIKE: What if there is any danger? SQUIRE: A second f*re will be lit close by. PIKE: Why then, we are suited. Except for payment. SQUIRE: Oh, that's soon settled. Not here, not now. Over wine and food, what say you? (PIKE and the SQUIRE walk off together. Cherub is watching them from his hiding place in a nearby bush.) 6. THE s*ab AT THE INN (BLAKE leads the still bound POLLY and BEN into the s*ab. He takes off BEN's gag, and BEN grunts with relief. To their amazement, BLAKE then begins to untie BEN.) BEN: Ay. POLLY: What are you doing? BLAKE: Well is it not obvious? BEN: Well yeah, but why release us, mate? BLAKE: I know... BEN: Whose side are you on? BLAKE: I know you not, but of your tale and the Squire's, I would rather trust your word than his. POLLY: Well, thank goodness somebody believes us. Ah, can you untie me then? BLAKE: Aye. BEN: Yeah, I was getting worried. BLAKE: I have not said I hold you in complete trust. BEN: Oh no, I know, because we're strangers. Anyway, mate, as long as you're against the Squire and those other two layabouts, we're with you. POLLY: But why don't you trust the Squire? BLAKE: Word of mouth has it that the Squire rules the smuggling ring, but as yet I have no proof. BEN: What, can we help? BLAKE: No, no. This calls for armed men. POLLY: Armed men? Are you expecting something to happen? BLAKE: Did you not observe the two men who were with the Squire? Seamen, both. BEN: Sailors? POLLY: Bringing goods for smuggling! BLAKE: Aye, more than likely. And soon. This night or tomorrow, they will land their goods. BEN: And then you'll be there and nab them! BLAKE: Only if I can get men in time. Otherwise I can do nothing. POLLY: But if these two sailors were smugglers, what would they want with the Doctor? BEN: Who knows? He's got a funny way of landing himself right in it all the time. BLAKE: This friend of yours, the one you call the Doctor, is he a... a learned man? BEN: Oh, not half. BLAKE: Ah, more's the pity. A soldier or a mercenary at this point would be mighty advantageous. POLLY: The Doctor may not be a soldier, but he's jolly crafty at getting himself out of trouble. At least he was when we were in London. BEN: Yeah. DOCTOR: (Entering and surprising them all.) Yes, and why not here, my dear? BEN and POLLY: Doctor! POLLY: What happened to you? Where did they take you? How did you escape? DOCTOR: Oh, my dear child, my dear child, control yourself. Let it suffice that I did escape in the company of Kewper. You remember, the innkeeper? BEN: But he's in with the Squire. DOCTOR: Yes, that's right. Yes, yeh, eh... (The DOCTOR is distracted as KEWPER enters, and he goes to talk with him.) BLAKE: Kewper is thought to be deeply involved, and he knows me. (BLAKE steps back into the shadows as the DOCTOR brings KEWPER into the conversation.) KEWPER: We came to rescue you lads. We know who k*lled the Churchwarden. POLLY: Who did, then? KEWPER: Well, the villain they call Cherub. (BLAKE comes back into view.) BLAKE: The villain who is now involved in more villainy with your Squire. KEWPER: Ay, Mister Blake! POLLY: It's true. And what's more, Mister Blake knows that Ben and I are innocent and it's you and Squire that are... BEN: No, Polly! (KEWPER draws a p*stol.) KEWPER: It's a trap you set for me, is it? Did I but know that you were a revenue spy... BLAKE: No, master Kewper. KEWPER: Stand from me, I say. Aye, Doctor, but that you saved me from death I'd slay you now. But the next time we meet, look not for pity then. (KEWPER leaves.) 7. OUTSIDE THE s*ab (KEWPER mounts a horse and begins to ride off. BLAKE comes out of the s*ab after him.) KEWPER: Take that! BLAKE: Stop in the name of the law! (KEWPER fires a sh*t over his shoulder at BLAKE, who is forced to duck for cover. KEWPER rides away unhindered.) 8. PIKE'S CABIN JAMAICA: Captain, they tricked me into it. I swear it was no fault of mine. PIKE: Aargh, ye black-souled scum! Escaped! JAMAICA: But, Captain. PIKE: I'll tear your liver out and feed it to the sharks, ye sea slime. (PIKE throws JAMAICA to the ground.) JAMAICA: It was the old man, Captain. He cast a spell on me, I swear it. PIKE: I'll cast a spell on ye, me pretty death's-head. A spell that'll run from ear to ear. Escaped! JAMAICA: 'Twas the black arts, Captain. PIKE: Aaghr. JAMAICA: Spare me, Captain. Spare me. PIKE: I'll keelhaul ye from here to Port Royal. Where did they make for? JAMAICA: I know, Captain. I know. PIKE: Then speak, boy, while ye still have breath. JAMAICA: I heard them speak, Captain. They said about going to see the Squire. PIKE: Ah, that buffoon, what good'll he be to them? JAMAICA: They said that he was the law. PIKE: Aye, had he a will he'd call the militia, but I doubt he'll do that. JAMAICA: Captain, do you think he would lay a trap? PIKE: It follows, Jamaica. JAMAICA: So we have to surprise them, Captain. PIKE: Ye speak straight, Jamaica. They expect us tomorrow night at two of the clock. JAMAICA: Then, we must go tonight at one. PIKE: Jamaica, you'd have made a fine skipper but you're short on guile. Any dark of the night they'll expect us. We'll spike 'em. We'll land by day. Some will go direct to the church and loot the smugglers horde. Me and Cherub will seek Avery's gold. JAMAICA: Aye, Captain, plunder the inn, the village, and the Squire's fine hall. PIKE: Aye, 'twill be a merry night, but not for ye. (PIKE takes out his Kn*fe and turns on JAMAICA.) JAMAICA: Captain. Captain. I beg thee. No! No! No! Ahh! (JAMAICA cries out as he is s*ab.) PIKE: Fare ye well Jamaica. (Pike uses a handkerchief to wipe the blood from his Kn*fe blade an and drops it on Jamaica's body.) 9.THE DECK OF THE ALBATROSS PIKE: Cherub! Cherub! Where in blazes of Hell are you? Cherub! (To a sailor.) Where's Cherub? Speak, boy. SAILOR: Not aboard, Captain. Not aboard. PIKE: Not aboard? Where in Satan's name is he? 10. THE INN (The DOCTOR, BEN, POLLY and BLAKE are exchanging details of the situation.) DOCTOR: Pike intends to sack the old church, and at the same time search for Avery's treasure. BLAKE: Indeed? Strange secrets, these. But when? DOCTOR: Well, I can't be exact, sir, but pretty soon. I should say tonight or tomorrow night. BLAKE: Ah, then help is desperately needed if these pirates are to be thwarted. DOCTOR: Yes, especially if, as Kewper thinks, that, eh, the village will be pillaged and burnt too. BEN: Ay, what for? BLAKE: 'Tis Pike's way. Death is second nature to him. DOCTOR: Yes, at least the smugglers will have prior knowledge of Pike's plan now that Kewper has escaped. BLAKE: If they're at each other's throats, this should give me the time I need to get men and arms. DOCTOR: Yes, be off with you, sir. BLAKE: Aye. (BLAKE walks to the door and calls through it.) BLAKE: s*ab boy! Here, I say! POLLY: Perhaps they'll just fight it out between them. BLAKE: No, no, when their blood is up nothing will stand before them. (Tom enters.) BLAKE: s*ab boy, get me my horse, quickly. Quickly, I say! Pray God I'll be back soon enough. (BLAKE leaves.) 11. OUTSIDE THE INN (BLAKE mounts his horse and rides away.) 12. INSIDE THE INN BEN: Well, we can leave this place anytime we like. POLLY: We can't get down to the cave until next low tide. DOCTOR: Oh, my child, explain yourself. BEN: Well, Doctor, in the crypt at the old church there's this secret passage. DOCTOR: Oh yes, you mean that place where the revenue man came out of? BEN: Yeah, but you don't know where it leads to -- smack down to where the TARDIS is! So all we've got to do is get back to the old church, go down the passage, and we're away, mates. POLLY: Oh, thank goodness for that. DOCTOR: Eh. BEN: What's the trouble, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, I'm afraid, my boy, we can't leave at the moment. POLLY: What? But why not? DOCTOR: Yes, well I know it's really difficult for both you to understand, but I'm under moral obligation. BEN: Well, about what? We've got no ties here. DOCTOR: Well, it's this village. I feel that I might be responsible for it's destruction. And therefore I must at least try and avoid this danger until Blake comes back. BEN: Yeah, but you heard what Blake said. We wouldn't stand a chance against Pike's mob. They're a right bunch of yobbos. POLLY: We wouldn't stand a chance. DOCTOR: Ah, wouldn't we, my dear? Hmm, hmm, hmm. BEN: Well, what does that mean? DOCTOR: Well, you seem to forget, young man, that I've already met Pike, and I know something that he doesn't -- the clue to the treasure. Hmm, hmm, hmm. POLLY: So, the poor old churchwarden did tell you something. BEN: Oh, what are you up to now? DOCTOR: Well, I think if we are able to find that treasure first, we might be able to bargain. BEN: Well, I don't fancy... I can't see him standing around chatting. DOCTOR: Yes, and it's going to give us enough time for Blake to come back here, and the same time to save the people in this village. Hmm, hmm. POLLY: It would be awful to do otherwise. BEN: Oh, a right couple of nut cases you two are. Oh, well alright, I'll try anything once. DOCTOR: Well said, my boy. Now let's get down to the church and hope that our luck still holds out. Come on, come on. (They all go to leave.) BEN: Hey Tom. Thanks again, mate. POLLY: Bye, Tom. (They leave.) 13. OUTSIDE THE INN (TOM watches as the DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY leave. While he does, CHERUB sneaks up behind TOM and then grabs him, holding a Kn*fe to his neck.) CHERUB: They've gone, haven't they, Tom. Be a good lad and tell me where, eh? 14. SQUIRE'S HALL KEWPER: I tell you it is Pike. SQUIRE: I've been tricked, and by him. KEWPER: At least you've lived to tell the tale. SQUIRE: To think that I've delivered our plans into his evil hands. What are we to do? KEWPER: We must play them at their own game, only more skillful, as with a fox. SQUIRE: I...I do not relish crossing swords with Pike's hook. KEWPER: If we but stick to clear thought we will not sink. And even better, we may profit. SQUIRE: How profit? KEWPER: His real reason in coming here was but to spy out the land. His greater interest lies in treasure. SQUIRE: Treasure? KEWPER: Avery's gold, or part of it. SQUIRE: Here? In these parts? KEWPER: Longfoot, the Churchwarden, was at one time one of this notorious band. They tracked him to his lair, knowing him to have the gold or secret access to it. They now firmly believe that it is hidden below the church. SQUIRE: Avery's gold? KEWPER: A dream to conjure with. SQUIRE: Indeed, and hidden within our grasp, eh? But don't men say this gold is tainted? KEWPER: Any villainy would be worthwhile for this end. So we must act. SQUIRE: But how? And without bloodshed? KEWPER: Well, by guile, I say. They will come soon, so we must come the sooner. SQUIRE: Aye, forestall the villains and leave them nothing, eh? KEWPER: Aye, but later this night they will be upon us without a doubt. Now, a trap must be laid. SQUIRE: Aye, we have the time. KEWPER: Once we have the treasure, we are made men. But they are to be crushed, or we are d*ad men. SQUIRE: But I have told him of the shore and the tomb wherein our store is hid. KEWPER: Then we know the path that they must follow this night. So twenty hidden muskets and they are done for. SQUIRE: Aye, and here's a triumph for law and order. (They laugh.) KEWPER: Ah, indeed. But first to the church and Avery's gold. SQUIRE: Aye, away. Come man. Birch, I say! (They leave.) 15. OUTSIDE THE SQUIRE'S s*ab (The SQUIRE and KEWPER are preparing to ride off.) SQUIRE: Have we no clue, no knowledge of any burial place? KEWPER: No one I know save the strange doctor knows Longfoot's secret. SQUIRE: Hmm, then we must search even harder. KEWPER: We ride alone? SQUIRE: To be sure, to be sure. (They mount their horses.) SQUIRE: No, we will admit no other soul into this but ourselves. Avery's gold snatched clean from 'em. KEWPER: I would see their faces at the empty chests. But sooner I would see them d*ad. SQUIRE: (Spurring on his horse.) Now come on, hyup, , hyup. (They ride away.) 16. A COUNTRY ROAD SOMEWHERE (BLAKE is riding furiously on his way to get help.) 17. THE CHURCHYARD POLLY: Well, here we are. Now where do we start looking? BEN: What did the Churchwarden tell you, Doctor. DOCTOR: Oh, for heavens' sake boy, some kind of code and I'm trying to work it out. Hmm, hmm. BEN: I'm sorry. POLLY: Let him get on with it. He'll tell us when he's got it. BEN: Weird lot of tombstones, aren't they? POLLY: They're rather super, aren't they. Hey, let's try and find the oldest. BEN: Yeah, OK. (They look.) Hey Duchess, have a butchers at this one. Fifteen Ninety-two! POLLY: That's not old, soppy. Don't forget we're not in the twentieth century. This is sixteen hundred and something. BEN: Oh yeah, I forgot. (They look some more.) Hey this one's a laugh. 'Henry Hawksworth, he did die, of drinking too much small beer when he was dry.' (They laugh.) POLLY: Some of these old names are fantastic. Hey, listen to this: 'Lucinda Maltree' (They laugh.) DOCTOR: What did you say, dear? POLLY: Lucinda Maltree. DOCTOR: Eh, no, no , before. Eh, eh, these names. Eh, yes, yes, that's it! POLLY: What is? DOCTOR: Yes, of course. d*ad man's secret. BEN: What? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, of course. That's the answer to the puzzle. Heh, yes. All these d*ad people. Hmm. BEN: What, here in the graveyard? DOCTOR: No. No, not here. POLLY: Hey, in the crypt! DOCTOR: Yes, my dear. Exactly! Good heavens, what an impossi... eh, well, you are inspired. Come on, quickly. (They rush into the church.) 18. THE CHURCH CRYPT BEN: What the heck are we looking for, Doctor? POLLY: What was the secret the Churchwarden told you, Doctor? DOCTOR: Ah, it was... ah, it was some kind of rhyme. Now let me see. Eh, eh, 'd*ad man's secret key. Ringwood, Smallbeer and Gurney.' Hmm. Hmm, hmm, hmm. BEN: 'd*ad man's secret.' Well, that means names on tombstones. But how does that help? DOCTOR: Well, we must find these names, mustn't we. Yes, that'll be the first step. Hmm, hmm. BEN: Well look, don't you want to see the secret passage? DOCTOR: Oh yes of course, dear boy, well, where is it? Where is it? Hmm? BEN: Up here. DOCTOR: Ah. Hmm. (BEN shows the DOCTOR where the door is hidden, and slides it open.) DOCTOR: Yes. Oh, that's very clever. Yes. Very clever indeed, yes. Heh, heh. Now just shut it up again, will you. Then we can get on. Hmm, hmm. BEN: OK, you're the governor. (BEN slides the door shut again, and he and the DOCTOR move back towards the graves where POLLY is already searching.) POLLY: Ringwood! I found Ringwood. DOCTOR: Oh, good my dear. Well, continue with the search. And then the sooner we'll have better... you know, the sooner we find the secret. BEN: Hey, Polly. Gurney! That's two of 'em. POLLY: Only one more to go. BEN: Come on, Smallbeer. Let's have ya. DOCTOR: Ah. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Yes! 19. OUTSIDE THE CHURCH SQUIRE: Below the church, aye, in the crypt. KEWPER: Open? But this is strange indeed. SQUIRE: Are we forestalled? KEWPER: We will see. But we best proceed with caution. SQUIRE: Aye, they'd be few in number, I'd say. KEWPER: Aye, no guards, no horses. SQUIRE: Pike would be more watchful. KEWPER: And Blake would be better equipped. SQUIRE: Could it be this pestiferous Doctor? KEWPER: If it is, then providence is on our side. SQUIRE: Hmm? KEWPER: For he holds the secret of the treasure, of that I'm sure. SQUIRE: Then let us find him out. KEWPER: We will. (They go into the church.) 20. THE CRYPT DOCTOR: Well now, we've found our three names. Hmm, hmm. BEN: Well I'm blowed If I can see how it helps. POLLY: Nor me. DOCTOR: Yes, of course, yes. It would help if we found four names. BEN: What, another d*ad man's name? DOCTOR: Yes, exactly. Yes, exactly. POLLY: What are you talking about yet, Doctor? Tell us. DOCTOR: Well, my dear, I... KEWPER: (Entering with his p*stol drawn.) Aye, Doctor, tell 'em. DOCTOR: And what are you doing here, sir? KEWPER: The same as you, my friend. Seeking Avery's treasure. SQUIRE: Aye, he may not have m*rder the Churchwarden, but this does indeed show you're more than innocent travelers. DOCTOR: And what name might yours be? SQUIRE: Edwards, sir, Squire Edwards, local magistrate. KEWPER: Oh, let's not waste time on formal greetings. The secret, old man. DOCTOR: For what purpose? SQUIRE: To forestall Pike, and... BEN: And line your own pockets. Yeah, fine magistrate you are. KEWPER: Hold your tongue, cur. Riches are for them that takes 'em. DOCTOR: I hope you don't expect me to help you. KEWPER: You'll talk, Doctor, or these young sprigs will die for it. (KEWPER thr*at BEN and POLLY.) DOCTOR: Here, now. Be careful sir. SQUIRE: Nay, nay, Kewper, surely not. KEWPER: Oh, be not lilly-livered now. This gold is not for weaklings. SQUIRE: I will not k*ll in cold blood. KEWPER: He knows the secret. He must be made to talk. SQUIRE: Not by this unholy thr*at. Let them be bound and we'll make our search ourselves. KEWPER: What, and waste precious time? This is madness. The thr*at alone and he will talk. SQUIRE: Not even that will I stomach, sir. Better behave like gentlemen. KEWPER: Gentlemen? Was this gold got by gentlemen? Is it now to be got by kindness? SQUIRE: I will have my way, sir! KEWPER: Don't truss up thy temper, I say. (While they argue, Cherub enters stealthily with a Kn*fe and p*stol drawn.) SQUIRE: Rogue, I could have thee hanged if I wo... KEWPER: thr*at you me with the rope? Then you shall stand with me on the gallows. SQUIRE: You grow overbold. KEWPER: The rope will make more mark on your fine skin! (CHERUB throws his Kn*fe into KEWPER's back, and then sh**t the SQUIRE. POLLY screams with her hands over her mouth.) (The series theme music begins. White credits scroll up over the ending scene. The scene fades to a black background as the white credits continue to scroll up.) (After the designer credit rolls up and off the black screen, the producer credit fades in.) (The producer credit fades out. The director credit and BBC logo fade in.) (The BBC logo fades out to the black background. The series theme music ends.)
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The Smugglers Episode 4 Written by Brian Hayles Original Air Date: 1 October, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1. THE CHURCH CRYPT (The series theme music ends. The serial title appears on the screen over the image of CHERUB's Kn*fe sticking out of the d*ad body of KEWPER.) THE SMUGGLERS (The serial title fades out. The writer credit appears.) by BRIAN HAYLES (The writer credit fades out. The episode title appears.) EPISODE 4 (The episode title fades out. The scene widens to a full view of the crypt. CHERUB is descending the stairs with his p*stol drawn, and he has just thrown his Kn*fe into KEWPER's back. CHERUB takes aim at the SQUIRE, and sh**t him in the shoulder. The SQUIRE collapses.) POLLY: (Screams.) Ben, do something. BEN: You maniac! CHERUB: Is there any more that fancies a free trip to Davey Jones, eh? (CHERUB retrieves his Kn*fe and wipes the blood off onto KEWPER's body.) DOCTOR: By s*ab a man in the back, sir? You had us all at your mercy. There was no need for you to k*ll Kewper. CHERUB: I fancy better odds than five against one, Sawbones. DOCTOR: What is it you want of us? CHERUB: Why, the secret, of course. Where Avery's gold lies. DOCTOR: And suppose we refuse to tell you? CHERUB: Do you fancy these lads of yours meeting their maker so young, eh Sawbones? (POLLY has gone over to tend to the SQUIRE.) DOCTOR: I'm not going to barter with you, sir. Where is your captain? CHERUB: Oh, you fancy you'll twist him round to your way, would you? DOCTOR: He would at least listen. CHERUB: Not here, matey. There's only one skipper here - me. BEN: You're alone, then? CHERUB: That's right, matey. But I'm no fool, so... (CHERUB flashes his Kn*fe towards BEN.) CHERUB: ...one false move and I'll split you in two. DOCTOR: Leave this to me, Ben my boy. CHERUB: That's right. Let the old fellow do the talking cause he knows the answers. POLLY: But what about the Squire? He's badly wounded. He needs help. CHERUB: Let him rot, the blockhead. POLLY: But he needs water. DOCTOR: Have some mercy. CHERUB: Mercy. (Chuckles.) Why not? What's a moment's kindness? Here, give him this pannikin. Come. (CHERUB beckons POLLY, but when she comes to fetch the flask he grabs her and holds the p*stol to her head.) CHERUB: That's better. Now Sawbones, talk or the young lad dies. 2. A ROAD IN THE COUNTRYSIDE (BLAKE continues to ride his horse hard on his way to get reinforcements. Suddenly he is thrown from his horse.) 3. THE CRYPT DOCTOR: (To BEN.) We must play for time, now. Trust me. BEN: All right, you're the gov'nor. CHERUB: Enough jabbering, Sawbones. Where's it hid? DOCTOR: Well, I must admit the Churchwarden did tell me something, but to be quite honest with you, I am baffled. CHERUB: What's the puzzle? DOCTOR: The d*ad man's secret key, eh, Ringwood, Smallbeer and Gurney. Were these names of villages around here? CHERUB: (Laughing.) No, no. I know those names. Old Jack Ringwood. He had a wooden leg. He was the finest master g*n that never served his king. DOCTOR: And Gurney, what was he? CHERUB: Old Zeb, the ship's chandler. A fellow that sewed many a merchant into a sail cloth nightgown. POLLY: What? CHERUB: A sailor's shroud to you, boy. And Daniel Smallbeer, there was a man. Fight along the side of him and he was like a k*ller whale. DOCTOR: Good men, I take it? CHERUB: All four of them, aye. POLLY: Four? CHERUB: Four. Tim Desmond, he were Avery's galley boy. Now what else did he tell ye? DOCTOR: Eh, nothing I'm afraid. Eh heh, nothing. CHERUB: Nothing? Did you say nothing? (CHERUB tightens his grip on POLLY.) DOCTOR: Now don't be hasty, please. I said I needed your help. Now this is how... CHERUB: And that's all he told ye? Four names? Four names to Avery's gold? SQUIRE: Avery's curse, what of that, eh? (The SQUIRE, lying wounded, has propped himself up on a column.) CHERUB: Avery's curse you can have that for the sharks. SQUIRE: It's a curse men fear. Remember Avery's end? Did he not die a pauper? CHERUB: Aye, rotten with rum and madness in his tongue. SQUIRE: They say he bargained for his life: his soul in return for the souls of those who come after, seeking and finding the cursed treasure. CHERUB: And if you so believed it, why did you seek the gold, eh sir Squire? SQUIRE: Because I was a fool and ill led. Answer enough lies there, surely. (SQUIRE indicates KEWPER d*ad on the ground.) CHERUB: Enough of this. Old man, you know more and I will hear it said. Tell me now what the riddle means or in one minute's time... (CHERUB thr*at POLLY with the p*stol.) 4. THE BEACH (PIKE and his band of pirates land on the beach and drag their boats ashore. They prepare to head up to the church.) GAPTOOTH: Quietly, my beauties. Quietly. PIKE: Spaniard, find Cherub for me, wherever he is. (SPANIARD moves off and the rest continue their way up the shore towards the church.) 5. THE CHURCH YARD (PIKE enters the deserted churchyard, and then summons the others with a fake bird call when he sees the coast is clear. They move silently to the tomb, and PIKE presses the release switch. The tomb slides open and the pirates push the lid off to see the stores within.) PIKE: Belay that. Gaptooth, there's your loot. GAPTOOTH: It's all ours, captain. Is it to be carried back straight away? PIKE: Nay. Unload the tomb. Set the goods upon the shore. We go at my signal. GAPTOOTH: It'll be dry work, Captain. PIKE: Broach a cask, then. GAPTOOTH: Aye aye, sir. PIKE: When it be finished. GAPTOOTH: Uh, aye aye, sir. Uh, Captain, inside... is there more loot there? PIKE: Did I say there was? (PIKE brings his hook up angrily to GAPTOOTH's throat.) GAPTOOTH: No, no! PIKE: Do as ye bid, ye dog, or I'll leave ye in the coffin as a souvenir. GAPTOOTH: Aye aye, captain. Get to it, lads. (GAPTOOTH and the others begin working while PIKE moves towards the church entrance.) PIKE: Cherub. Fie! Where's Cherub? 6. ANOTHER COUNTRY ROAD (BLAKE and the militia make their way back to the church.) BLAKE: Hurry along you men. SOLDIER: Idle dogs. On, men. 7. THE CRYPT CHERUB: Your time's up Sawbones, so speak. PIKE: What would you have him say, Cherub boy. CHERUB: Oh, you're here at last, Captain. I've got him for ye. PIKE: For me, you say? CHERUB: Of course, Captain. PIKE: Cherub, you deserted the ship. CHERUB: Nay, Captain. I knew there was some trickery afoot. Didn't I say so, time and again? PIKE: I never did trust that tongue of yours, Cherub. It was a might too like the archangel's. CHERUB: But I found the Sawbones, didn't I? PIKE: Aye, and you'd have found the gold too, eh? CHERUB: But I was making him talk, Captain. See? (CHERUB pulls POLLY closer to demonstrate his methods.) CHERUB: He spoke of holy Joe's riddles. He was going to spill the whole cargo. I wasn't going to let no one do you down, Captain. PIKE: No, Cherub? CHERUB: Well, he'd have nabbed it all for himself, see? He'd have done for us both. PIKE: Would he now? Do for Pike, would he? So that's the game, eh Sawbones? BEN: Look, the Doctor wouldn't cheat no one. (When PIKE turns away, CHERUB turns his p*stol on him. With a quick move, PIKE knocks the g*n from CHERUB's hand. Polly screams. CHERUB releases POLLY and draws his own sword.) PIKE: By the black Albatross, ye met your doom now, my Cherub. CHERUB: Not from such a black pig as ye. (They begin fiercely clashing swords.) PIKE: I'll quarter ye, ye rat faced smiler. Only watch the hook, boy, for when it whistles then it is the end of ye. (They continue fighting.) POLLY: Doctor, it's just like the Squire said. Avery's curse. 8. THE CHURCH YARD (The pirates have stopped their work and have began opening casks of rum.) GAPTOOTH: Come on now, you bilge breath. Get on with it. SPANIARD: Ah stow it, Gaptooth. (They all groan.) GAPTOOTH: And you, Spaniard, do as you're bid. (There is laughter as they poke fun at GAPTOOTH.) GAPTOOTH: If Pike finds you idling here you'll lose your ears as well as your tongue. (More laughter, and then GAPTOOTH thr*at one of the others.) PIRATE: Cut him, Will. GAPTOOTH: Stop. Beware of Pike. Now you've earned your... your jot and you shall have it. But you Spaniard, and you David - to the beach with you. (SPANIARD and DAVID leave while the rest get back to work.) GAPTOOTH: Here. 9. THE CRYPT (PIKE and CHERUB continue fighting, while The DOCTOR, POLLY and BEN look on.) BEN: Right, now's our chance. Down the tunnel. DOCTOR: Yes, get Polly back to the TARDIS, and I will follow immediately Blake returns with the men. POLLY: But I can't leave you here alone. DOCTOR: There is no other way, child. Without either of you they can't hold a hostage for me to force my hand. BEN: Yeah, that's true. But, suppose they start on you? DOCTOR: Ah, I've done it before, my dear boy. We must play for time. (CHERUB grabs KEWPER's p*stol from beside his body, and fires it at PIKE. However, this time he misses. BEN: Right. Come on. Back to the TARDIS. (They all move towards the passage.) DOCTOR: Quickly. Quickly. I somehow don't think that master Cherub will be the winner. (BEN opens the passage door.) BEN: Right, I'll give you fifteen minutes. If you're not back by then I'm coming for you. (The DOCTOR grunts and waves them on.) 10. INSIDE THE PASSAGEWAY (BEN and POLLY head down the tunnel towards the waiting TARDIS.) 11. THE CRYPT (CHERUB has lost his sword during the fight, and now tries throwing his Kn*fe at PIKE. But again, he misses. PIKE sees his opportunity now that CHERUB is unarmed, and he s*ab CHERUB in the chest with his hook.) PIKE: Well my Cherub, you'll not need prayers in this company, eh? (CHERUB falls and PIKE gloats over his body.) PIKE: Back to your Hell hole, Cherub. (PIKE now rounds on the DOCTOR.) PIKE: Now old man, the time has come. DOCTOR: I think we agreed on that point previously. PIKE: The secret. DOCTOR: My dear captain, I had every intention of telling you. PIKE: And that's why ye fled me ship? DOCTOR: I had no choice. My friends are in danger. PIKE: Aye, those two lads. Where are they stowed away, Sawbones? Is there another passage out of this crypt? SQUIRE: Tell him nothing. PIKE: Still alive, eh, gentleman Squire? SQUIRE: Aye, I'll live to see you hanged. PIKE: Think ye so? (PIKE moves to finish the SQUIRE off.) DOCTOR: Stop! I made a bargain with you, sir - gave you my word. Don't you want me to keep it? PIKE: Aye. That sounds like the foolishness of an honest man. Speak on. DOCTOR: I wish to keep my side of the bargain, but I want to change the terms of my plan. Eh, that is, if I may. 12. THE BEACH (SPANIARD and DAVID come down to the beach. They put down their load and decide to pass their time waiting by exploring a cave along the beach wall. There they stumble upon the TARDIS, and decide they should stand guard over it should anyone come to claim it.) 13. THE CRYPT (PIKE and the DOCTOR continue their negotiations.) PIKE: Strange terms indeed. DOCTOR: I prefer to call them humane terms. PIKE: And ye want none of the gold? DOCTOR: I would rather not touch it. PIKE: Ha. Heard of Avery's curse, eh? DOCTOR: I have given you all my reasons. I want no part of the gold. Though perhaps I can deliver it to you immediately. PIKE: If I keep my lads out of the village? DOCTOR: There is no need for innocent people to suffer. SQUIRE: Well said, Doctor. Well said. PIKE: I like my lads to be happy, Sawbones. That way they work well. SQUIRE: You'd have Avery's gold and our stores, would you villain? Will nothing satisfy you? PIKE: Oh, we have an uneasy conscience, have we Squire? Ye lily-livered rogue! Ye dare to call to call me villain? SQUIRE: Oh, I've been a rogue. I frankly admit it. The generosity of this stranger has shamed me. But, I never spilled blood in my villainy. I beg you as a fellow rogue, if you must. Spare my poor villagers. PIKE: When the fever is in the lads' bones, nothing but blood will slake it. DOCTOR: Senseless destruction. PIKE: 'Tis by way of being a pastime with us gentlemen of fortune. Why should I stop them? SQUIRE: So, you admit it to be difficult, eh? You'd rather let them run mad than test their obedience, eh Captain? PIKE: No man defies me and lives to speak of it. SQUIRE: No, but you'll not give that one order, eh? A highly disciplined crew, in truth. PIKE: They'll do as I bid or die of it. SQUIRE: Would they? PIKE: Aye, they would. DOCTOR: Prove it. PIKE: Aye, I will. When I have the gold. DOCTOR: I suppose we must trust you? PIKE: Aye, ye must. And take heed of Cherub yonder, eh Sawbones? DOCTOR: Have no fear, Captain. I am not likely to try and cheat you just as he did. PIKE: Out with it, then. Show me the gold. 14. CLIFF TOP APPROACHING THE BEACH (BLAKE and the militia march closer to the church.) 15. FURTHER INSIDE THE PASSAGEWAY (POLLY and BEN continue to make their way towards the TARDIS.) BEN: Come on, Duchess. We're nearly there. POLLY: Oh, good. (Polly stumbles.) POLLY: Ah, ooh! BEN: You OK? POLLY: Oh, yes. (POLLY rubs her sore ankle.) POLLY: How much further is it? BEN: I told you, we're nearly there. It's only about another hundred yards. POLLY: Well, look. You go back and get the Doctor then. BEN: But, will you be all right? POLLY: Yes, I'll be fine. Look, hurry. I'll see you back at the TARDIS. BEN: OK then. (BEN begins to move back the way he came, then stops and turns back to POLLY.) BEN: Polly. POLLY: Yes? BEN: Put the kettle on. POLLY: Hmm. (BEN leaves and POLLY slowly begins making her way down to the TARDIS.) 16. THE BEACH (BLAKE and the militia arrive on the beach below the church. He divides his forces into two parties. One, lead by a sergeant of the militia, have instructions to go up the path to the church.) BLAKE: All right sergeant, off you go. The rest of you come with me. (BLAKE leads the rest of the troops along the beach to approach the church up through the tunnel.) 17. THE CRYPT (The DOCTOR and PIKE continue their talk about the gold's whereabouts, with the DOCTOR trying to prolong the discussion as much as he can.) DOCTOR: Now, let me see. The Churchwarden set me a riddle which involved four names:... (The DOCTOR points to graves as he calls the names.) DOCTOR: ...Ringwood, Smallbeer, Gurney and Deadman, which should be on that wall, sir. PIKE: The four names of Avery's crew in the old days. DOCTOR: Ha, yes, it's there... just there. PIKE: How come those names here? They died on the seven seas, all of them. DOCTOR: The original names were changed by the Churchwarden. PIKE: Aye. Like a marker, eh? DOCTOR: Yes, that is correct. And unless I am very much mistaken, sir, this flagstone is at the intersection of those fateful names. (PIKE inspects the stone.) PIKE: Aye, and 'tis loose. Stand aside. DOCTOR: Indeed, I think that is what you seek. (PIKE furiously tries to lift the stone with his hook. Once the stone is moved he looks into the darkness there.) PIKE: What's this? I see nothing. DOCTOR: Well, how deep is it? (PIKE thrusts his arm into the gap.) PIKE: Still nothing, blast your eyes. Nay... Nay... What's this? (Laughing, Pike pulls his arm out of the hole, and dangling from his hook are strings of pearls.) PIKE: What now? Ha! What price your damned Avery now? What now, Squire? (While he continues to gloat, the sounds of shouting and g*n can be heard outside.) PIKE: What's that? If that is a trap, Sawbones, I swear you'll lie beneath that slab yourself. (PIKE moves to the crypt entrance and calls above.) PIKE: Ahoy there. What's afoot! What in Hell's name? Gaptooth, answer! 18. THE CHURCHYARD (The militia have surrounded the pirates. sh*ts are fired and swords are clashed, and though they fight hard it is clear the pirates are outclassed. The militia reload their muskets and, with a great cry, charge forward to storm the church.) 19. BEACH NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE TUNNEL (POLLY comes out onto the beach and screams as she is grabbed by SPANIARD and DAVID. She manages to escape their grip and runs back up the tunnel. They follow her.) 20. THE PASSAGEWAY (SPANIARD overtakes POLLY, and DAVID moves further up the tunnel to investigate.) POLLY: Ben! (Hearing the noise, BEN returns and finds DAVID deeper in the tunnel. They struggle and BEN manages to overpower DAVID. BEN the goes to find POLLY, and he and SPANIARD meet up and begin fighting.) 21. THE BEACH NEAR THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE (BLAKE leads his band up to the tunnel entrance.) BLAKE: Come on. (Cautiously, they move in.) BLAKE: All right, come on. Now quietly. 22. THE TUNNEL (SPANIARD is winning his fight with BEN. He manages the throw BEN to the ground and is about to deal the k*lling blow. Suddenly BLAKE enters and fires his p*stol, hitting SPANIARD.) POLLY: Mister Blake, thank heavens. BLAKE: Now stand aside, boy. Our work lies above. Keep close ... commands. BEN: Hang on, Blake. I'm with you. Polly, go on back to the TARDIS and wait for us there. OK? POLLY: All right. (POLLY watches as they move up the passageway to the church crypt.) 23. THE CRYPT (PIKE is trying to grab the treasure while urging his men to fight on.) PIKE: Fight, ye black-hearted sons of traitors. There's gold for ye all if we can but board the Albatross. (The pirates are one by one being felled by the militia. The DOCTOR moves through the chaos towards the tunnel entrance. BLAKE and BEN emerge from within.) BLAKE: Pray, stand aside, good old man. In the king's name! (Following his cry, the militia who came up through the tunnel with BLAKE join the att*ck. PIKE spots the DOCTOR through the melee.) PIKE: Sawbones, ye Neptune's curse. Ye've laid a trap and for that you'll die by the pike. (PIKE begins making his way towards the DOCTOR, but has a hard time wading through the fighting.) BEN: Come on, Doctor, now let's get out of here. DOCTOR: No, I must try and help the Squire. (They push though the battle to the SQUIRE.) DOCTOR: Oh, thank heavens you're still alive, sir. (To BEN.) Let's try and get him out of here. (Together BEN and the DOCTOR lift the SQUIRE and begin moving him towards the exit. Meanwhile BLAKE is trying to reach PIKE, but can't get to him for all the fighting. He calls out over the turmoil.) BLAKE: Captain Pike, surrender I say. PIKE: And give over this treasure? Never! (PIKE has worked his way closer to the DOCTOR, who is being slowed down by the injured SQUIRE.) PIKE: Sawbones, I'm coming for ye. See if your magic will help you now. (PIKE finally manages to find an opening in the fray and lunges forward to where the DOCTOR is. He raises his hook to strike the DOCTOR down.) PIKE: Here's an end to ye, Sawbones, damn your eyes. (The SQUIRE holds PIKE's arm back just long enough for BLAKE to sh**t him. PIKE collapses and slowly dies. The DOCTOR and BEN use the distraction to quietly slip away down the tunnel.) BLAKE: Thank you Squire. The day is ours. SQUIRE: Yes, quite so, quite so. I think we've managed very well, you and I. BLAKE: But where's the old man? I would offer my gratitude to him. (BLAKE looks to the passageway and knows they are gone.) BLAKE: Godspeed, old man. 24. THE BEACH BY THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE (BEN and the DOCTOR emerge onto the beach, where POLLY is waiting near the TARDIS.) POLLY: Thank heavens you're both safe. Doctor, are you all right? DOCTOR: Oh, a little exhausted, my dear. Otherwise I'm all right. Come along, let's get off. (The DOCTOR unlocks the door and they all board the TARDIS.) 25. THE TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (BEN and POLLY stand around the console talking while the DOCTOR sets the controls to dematerialize.) BEN: Yeah, I thought the Doctor nearly had it when old Pike got going. POLLY: What happened? How did you all escape? BEN: Well, Blake's mob b*at them. POLLY: So they're all d*ad then, the ones who wanted the treasure. DOCTOR: Yes, superstition is a strange thing, my dear, but sometimes it tells the truth. 26. THE BEACH (The TARDIS fades away leaving the empty beach behind.) 27. THE TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM POLLY: Where will we go to now, Doctor. Will we go forward or back in time? DOCTOR: I have no idea. I have no control over such matters. BEN: Well, it better be 1966 or I'm in d*ad trouble, Doctor. Well, anyway, wherever it is, it can't be as bad as going back to them days. DOCTOR: My dear boy, it could be a great deal worse. (The DOCTOR chuckles, while BEN and POLLY begin shivering.) POLLY: What's happened, Doctor. I'm freezing! BEN: Yeah, it's getting right parky in here. DOCTOR: Just look up at that scanner. (They all turn and face forward, where the scanner apparently is.) DOCTOR: We have arrived at the coldest place in the world. (The image of them looking on in amazement holds while...) (...the closing music and credits fade in.) NEXT WEEK THE TENTH PLANET (The title fades out and the screen fades to black. The actor credits begin to scroll up.) (After the designer credit rolls up and off the black screen, the producer credit fades in.) (The producer credit fades out. The director credit and BBC logo fade in.) (The BBC logo fades out to the black background. The series theme music ends.)
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BY KITT PEDLER first broadcast - 8 October 1966 1. ROCKET LAUNCHING BAY (A rocket blasts off into space.) 2. TRACKING ROOM (The tracking room is large. At one end there is a radar screen on a wall and some monitors. In the middle of the room there is lots of equipment, including a radio with a microphone and a telephone. At the other end there is a small observations room which has a monitor in it and a communications device on a wall. A stairway leads into the middle of the tracking room from a landing. Various people are in the room. General Cutler is at the radio and Doctor Barclay is nearby. Dyson is at a console in front of the radar screen. A technician keys in information into some equipment. On the radar screen a blip appears at the bottom, representing the rocket that has just been launched. The rocket is called Zeus 4 and has two astronauts aboard, Dan "Bluey" Schultz, an Australian, and Glyn Williams, a Bermudan.) MAN: (Over radio.) Handing Zeus 4 to Polar base. Will you take control now, please? CUTLER: We have Zeus 4, thank you Geneva. (General Cutler is American, middle aged and not someone you would want to get on the wrong side of. Unfortunately most people do.) DYSON: Snowcap to Zeus 4. Over to local control channel J for Jimmy. GLYN: (Over radio.) Over to J for Jimmy now. CUTLER: (To Zeus 4.) Good morning gentlemen. You lucky devils! Have a nice trip. BLUEY: (Over radio.) Why not come up and join us? CUTLER: Ha ha! The penguins might miss me! (Glyn and Bluey laugh.) CUTLER: Take over, will you Barclay? (Cutler moves away and Barclay sits by the microphone.) BARCLAY: Dyson, give Texas tracking the next orbital pattern will you? DYSON: Right, will do. BARCLAY: (To Zeus 4.) Snowcap to Zeus 4. Morning Blue, morning Glyn. How do you read me? BLUEY: Loud and clear Snowcap, loud and clear. Hey, we have a great view of your weather. How is it your end? BARCLAY: There's a blizzard and an 8-force wind. Repeat your velocity for ground check please. 3. ZEUS 4 INTERIOR (The rockets' interior is full of controls. There are two seats which Glyn and Bluey are sitting in. To either side of the seats is a porthole. Above the seats is a sort of pull down telescope that both astronauts can look through.) BLUEY: Well, let's see. We have 18,250 at er, 0132. GLYN: Williams coming in. Cosmic mor... management now complete. Are you ready to receive data? BARCLAY: (Over radio.) Go ahead. GLYN: OK Bluey, let him have it. (Bluey operates some switches.) GLYN: Are you receiving it? BARCLAY: Yes, A1 OK. 4. POLAR LANDSCAPE (Mountains are all around. Everything is covered in snow.) 5. GUARD ROOM (The guard room is quite small. It has several bunks in it for the guards and there is a periscope in the middle of the room. On one bunk an Italian, Tito, is singing while reading a magazine. On the wall by him are pictures of women in bikinis. Several other guards are there, including an American Sergeant who is looking through the periscope, slowly turning it round to scan the surface above.) SERGEANT: Man, it's bl*wing like crazy out there. All I can see is snow, snow and more snow. 6. POLAR LANDSCAPE (The periscope turns slowly round. A thick blizzard is bl*wing. Suddenly the TARDIS materialises, just after the periscope passes its position.) 7. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: Quite an arctic storm bl*wing out there. Hmm! Come along Polly, my child, with my cloak. (Polly enters, dressed in a fur coat and hat.) POLLY: Hey Doctor, you've got the most fantastic wardrobe! DOCTOR: Yes, well I'm glad you approve my child. POLLY: These are gorgeous. Where do you shop, Carnaby street?! Ha ha! BEN: Who do you think you are, Nanook of the North or something?! DOCTOR: Oh now, now, now. Tcha, tcha, tcha. Stop being so flippant. We don't know what we are in for outside there. Now come along, come along, come along. POLLY: Here you are, Doctor. (Polly passes the Doctor his cloak and hat. He puts them on.) POLLY: Are you sure you're going to be warm enough? DOCTOR: Oh, like toast my dear. Now, did you find everything you want? POLLY: Yes thanks! DOCTOR: All right, well let's go outside and investigate. Go along. (The Doctor pulls the switch to open the doors.) 8. POLAR LANDSCAPE (Polly and Ben emerge from the TARDIS. They struggle to move in the blizzard.) POLLY: The Doctor was right about this being the coldest place on earth. I'm freezing already. BEN: Yeah. POLLY: Hey, what's this? (Polly walks towards an aerial.) BEN: Well watch it Polly! POLLY: It's some kind of an aerial. There must be something buried underneath there. Hey, look over there, there's something moving. (Polly and Ben walk towards the periscope. The Doctor emerges from the TARDIS and locks the doors. Polly inspects the periscope.) BEN: Don't touch it Polly! It looks like some kind of periscope. POLLY: Is there some kind of a submarine or something down there? 9. GUARD ROOM (The Sergeant moves the periscope round and sees Polly, Ben and the Doctor.) SERGEANT: Hey Tito, will you come over here? TITO: Oh, what is it? SERGEANT: Come over here quick! I can see people! TITO: Sure, sure, lots of people! SERGEANT: And there's a woman! TITO: A woman... A WOMAN! Hey! (Tito puts his magazine down and jumps off the bunk. He looks through the periscope.) TITO: Hey, hey! Mama Mia bellissima! (Polly can be seen in the periscope's sights. The Sergeant takes over at the periscope. He turns it and sees the TARDIS.) SERGEANT: Looks... looks like some kind of a hut. Quick, take those small arms, get upstairs and get... bring them down. Get moving! (Three guards move off.) 10. POLAR LANDSCAPE (The guards emerge from a trapdoor hidden beneath the snow. They are now dressed in fur cloaks and are carrying g*n. Ben and Polly turn round and see them.) BEN: I think we'd better go with 'em. (The Doctor, Polly and Ben are forced down the trapdoor at g*n point. The guards follow.) 11. GUARD ROOM (The Doctor, Ben and Polly make their way down some stairs followed by the guards.) SERGEANT: Move it, come on, hurry it up, come on, let's go, let's go, come on pops, will you move it, will you move it pops, let's go, come on! DOCTOR: Please stop that. Please, please stop that. SERGEANT: Just a moment pops. Now who are you, and what are you doing here? POLLY: Oh, we just landed outside. (Polly, Ben and the Doctor brush the snow off their clothes.) SERGEANT: What in? POLLY: Well it's a sort of spaceship actually. TITO: Ha ha! Some spaceship, box! SERGEANT: You can knock off the jokes. BEN: She's not joking. SERGEANT: Look buddy, I want the truth, and quick. DOCTOR: Can you tell us precisely where we are please? SERGEANT: You're at the South Pole base of international space command, and frankly pops... DOCTOR: Doctor. SERGEANT: ...Doctor, your story's gonna have to be awful good. POLLY: So you mean we are on Earth? BEN: Well you heard, the South Pole. SERGEANT: Oh boy. Tito, get the CO. TITO: He's a-not going to like it. SERGEANT: (Shouting.) Get him! DOCTOR: Why don't you speak up, I'm deaf! (Polly laughs and the Doctor looks questioningly at Ben.) DOCTOR: (Whispering.) Who's the CO? BEN: The Commanding Officer, the boss. (Tito picks up a phone.) TITO: Hallo... Sir? Er, Private Tito, duty guard here. Could you give a message to the General please? BEN: General? SERGEANT: General Cutler, the CO. TITO: Sir? I know, but this is an emergency! What's that? The General's not there? (Cutler enters.) TITO: Well canna you tell me where he is then? CUTLER: Right here, Private. (Tito puts the phone down and stands to attention.) CUTLER: What is it Sergeant? SERGEANT: Ah, well sir... (Cutler sees the Doctor, Ben and Polly.) CUTLER: Who are these people? SERGEANT: Well sir, they just appeared outside. CUTLER: What? SERGEANT: Yes sir, as I said they just appeared, from a hut. CUTLER: A hut?! SERGEANT: Yes sir. Never been there before. TITO: That's a right General. That's just the way it happened. (Cutler walks past the Doctor, Polly and Ben, surveying each of them as he goes past.) CUTLER: Well? Who are you? BEN: Able seaman Ben Jackson sir, Royal Navy. CUTLER: Then why aren't you with your ship? BEN: That's a bit difficult to explain sir. CUTLER: Yeah, I'll bet my sweet life it is. DOCTOR: We don't intend you any harm General, I can assure you of that. CUTLER: You can assure me of what you like but whether I'll believe you or not is another question. DOCTOR: Huh, huh! CUTLER: I haven't got time to deal with these now, but when I do you'd better have a good explanation. DOCTOR: I don't like your tone, sir. CUTLER: And I don't like your face, nor your hair! DOCTOR: Hmm! CUTLER: Sergeant, bring him into Tracking and put him under guard in the observation room. I'll deal with them as soon as I have time. SERGEANT: Yes sir! (Cutler leaves the room.) 12. TRACKING ROOM (Cutler enters, closely followed by the Doctor, Ben and Polly who are being escorted by Tito.) TITO: OK, come on, move, ivante, ivante, svarro. TECHNICIAN: (upon seeing Polly.) Wahey! Ha ha ha! CUTLER: All right, all right. Don't sit there like a lot of frustrated penguins. Get on with it. POLLY: Hey, this is smashing. It looks just like that rocket place in America. BEN: Yeah, but I wonder why there are so few people. I mean it's not like what you see on the telly, is it? SERGEANT: I don't know what you see on your TV, son, but this is General Cutler's outfit. Come on, you'd better take a seat. (Ben and Polly sit down.) SERGEANT: He don't like a lot of personnel, cuts down to the bare minimum and works them right into the ground. We only spend a couple of months on this station anyway. We can't stand more than that. BEN: Ha ha ha! POLLY: I see. Hey, perhaps we can catch a lift back to England. BEN: Oh, I can't see the squire there giving us a free lift to anywhere. (The Doctor appears by Ben.) DOCTOR: Well I don't want to depress you both but I'm afraid we're not quite where you think we are. BEN: What do you mean? POLLY: What? DOCTOR: Well, just take a peek at that. Huh huh! Hmm! (A calendar on the wall shows December 1986.) POLLY: 1986! Oh no, and I thought we'd be able to get home. BEN: Yeah, we're still at sea. Here, but that'll explain the few people. Them computers must do all the work now. Here, I wonder if they got to the moon yet. SERGEANT: Sure, don't you listen to the news? BEN: You mean you have sent people to the moon? SERGEANT: Yeah, an expedition just returned. POLLY: Well what's this flight then? SERGEANT: Oh, this is just a normal atmosphere testing probe. DOCTOR: Yes, I see, a rocket testing site. Hum hum! SERGEANT: (Looking towards the radar screen at the other end of the room.) Hey, what's that? (Various technicians, including Barclay, are by the radar screen.) BARCLAY: (To Zeus 4.) An error? Where? GLYN: (Over radio.) Looks bad. We're now over south isle of New Zealand and reading a height of 1100 miles. BARCLAY: 1100? But that's impossible! Dyson, check what it should be, will you? DYSON: It should be 980. BARCLAY: No, it can't be, let me try. DYSON: Let me do it. (Dyson operates some controls as Barclay and Cutler look on.) BARCLAY: No, you're right. 980 miles... they're out of position by more than a hundred miles! DYSON: Mmm, looks like it. BARCLAY: (To Zeus 4.) Snowcap to Zeus 4. Can you read me? GLYN: (Over radio.) Zeus 4 to Snowcap. Strength 8, over. BARCLAY: Take visual checks on Mars to establish position. Report back. GLYN: Will do, out. 13. ZEUS 4 INTERIOR GLYN: Did you get that Dan? BLUEY: Yeah. GLYN: OK, go ahead. Should be about 4-2-0. (Bluey lowers down some sort of telescope. He looks out of it.) BLUEY: No, it's 4-3-2. GLYN: It can't be. Try again. BLUEY: I am. GLYN: Come on, shake it up, we'll be back in sunrise in a bit. BLUEY: Cut it out Glyn. GLYN: (To Snowcap.) Did you read conversation? BARCLAY: (Over radio.) Yes. We're getting a Mars fix too. We'll call back. BLUEY: Hey, Glyn? GLYN: Yeah? BLUEY: Well er, take it easy but, er... GLYN: Come on, what is it? BLUEY: It wasn't Mars I had. GLYN: Ha ha ha ha ha! Well that explains it, doesn't it. Come on now Dan, try again. BLUEY: No, listen Glyn, there's something else out there. GLYN: What do you mean? BLUEY: There's another planet out there! GLYN: Ano... another planet? BLUEY: Yeah. (Glyn is now concerned so he looks through the telescope.) GLYN: Yeah, you're right. There is something. I can't see properly but it reads as if it was in orbit between Mars and Venus. BLUEY: Yeah, that's it. Funny how I can't put me finger on it but it looks kinda familiar. GLYN: Yeah. (Bluey looks out of a porthole and sees it is dawn.) BLUEY: Came the dawn. GLYN: Yeah. Well I guess we've had any, huh, Earth observations for a bit. (To Snowcap.) Hello Snowcap. Hello Snowcap. We're now in dawn over San Francisco. Can you get the subject from where you are? BARCLAY: (Over radio.) Snowcap to Zeus 4. You are very faint. Put up your power output please. GLYN: It is up. BARCLAY: Reading you strength 3. Come in please. GLYN: Repeat, can you get the subject on your retina scope? BARCLAY: Can do. GLYN: Hey... hey Dan. That's odd. BLUEY: Yeah? GLYN: Fuel cells are showing a power loss! 14. TRACKING ROOM (Cutler, Dyson, Barclay and a technician are looking at the radar screen. At the other end of the room the Doctor has finished writing something down.) DOCTOR: Here we are. Well now, excuse me my dear... (Polly moves out of his way.) DOCTOR: ...er, take this to your General please. (The Doctor shows the Sergeant a folded piece of paper.) SERGEANT: Me? Are you crazy? DOCTOR: Very well then, take me to the General. I think perhaps I can help him. SERGEANT: Oh I... I don't know. DOCTOR: Now look here Sergeant, this is urgent, I insist. (The Sergeant rushes over to Cutler. The Doctor follows.) SERGEANT: General, sir. CUTLER: Yes, what is it? SERGEANT: The old boy would like to have a word with you. Claims it's urgent. CUTLER: OK, bring him over. But make it fast. DOCTOR: I think I know what you are going to see. CUTLER: How can you possibly? BARCLAY: What?! CUTLER: Oh, get him back over there. (The General indicates for the Sergeant to escort the Doctor to the other side of the tracking room.) DOCTOR: (To Barclay.) I've written down here what he will see. (The Doctor passes Barclay the folded scrap of paper. The Sergeant grabs his arms.) DOCTOR: Take your hands off me please! DYSON: Barclay! It's not very clear but it's a planet all right. (On a monitor there is an image of an oddly familiar looking planet.) CUTLER: How could it be? Planets don't just appear. BARCLAY: It must be on a weak orbit. DYSON: It's approaching quite fast. Barclay, couldn't it be... BARCLAY: I know what you're thinking. Zeus 4 is out of orbit and a new planet has appeared. Therefore the new planet is influencing Zeus 4. Right? DYSON: That's about it. BARCLAY: We must get them down! CUTLER: An emergency splash zone? BARCLAY: (Rushing off.) Yes. (To Zeus 4.) Snowcap calling Zeus 4, come in please. Zeus 4 come in please. Do you read me? GLYN: (Over radio.) Yes, we read you loud and clear. BARCLAY: You are strength 2 only. Come in please, speak up. GLYN: Fuel cells are showing a power loss. BARCLAY: Power loss? How much? GLYN: Main t*nk are down approximately... 15. ZEUS 4 INTERIOR GLYN: ...twenty percent. BARCLAY: (Over radio.) We are going to bring you down. GLYN: Roger. We need co-ordinates to correct orbit. BARCLAY: Stand by. BLUEY: What the heck's going on Glyn? GLYN: I don't know. Let's get down there and find out. BLUEY: Yeah. BARCLAY: (Over radio.) Snowcap to Zeus 4, corrected co-ordinates are 0-0-4-8-2-0-8-2-3. GLYN: Right. We're now correct, out. Ready to do an altitude thrust er, Bluey? BLUEY: Ready. GLYN: OK... go. (Bluey pulls a lever and both men move forward with the motion of the ship.) GLYN: Again. (Bluey pulls the lever again and both men move forward.) BLUEY: Look, look! (The ship is rolling in space.) BLUEY: We're tumbling! GLYN: No! U... use the manual controls! (Bluey tries to pull the controls but can't. He doesn't seem to have enough strength.) BLUEY: I can't, I've... (The rocket continues to tumble. Glyn helps Bluey pull the control.) GLYN: Come on. Come on. (Glyn and Bluey strain to pull the control. Eventually it moves back.) GLYN: What the heck's going on? I feel absolutely clamped down. BLUEY: It's like something's sucked out all the power out of my body. 16. TRACKING ROOM (Everyone is busy working out figures and computations. People are muttering in the background.) CUTLER: (Into microphone.) Zeus 4 will splash down at 14:45 your time. DYSON: (To a technician.) Thank you, keep checking. CUTLER: Yes? Yes, all helicopters to area 6 immediately. DYSON: Hello, Rome computer base. Final descent path please. Compute and report. BARCLAY: (To Zeus 4.) Snowcap to Zeus 4. Your flight path is now correcting. BLUEY: (Over radio.) Power loss is increasing and something's happened to our limbs. We're both finding great difficulty in moving. BARCLAY: Well you've you've been up there a fair time. It's probably just space fatigue. BLUEY: No, it's quite different. We had to operate the manual controls together. Neither of us could have done it alone. BARCLAY: Well, I, er... we have your descent path now. 17. ZEUS 4 INTERIOR GLYN: You'll have to bring us in this time round. We can't hang on any longer. BARCLAY: (Over radio.) You must! We can't bring you in this time, you'll sh**t. BLUEY: We'll never make it, Glyn. GLYN: No... yes we will Bluey. Come on now. We we...we'll check the re-entry controls. Ready? BLUEY: Yeah. GLYN: Retros 1 and 3. BLUEY: OK. GLYN: Main chute cover. BLUEY: Yeah. GLYN: Field sheet bolts. BLUEY: Right. GLYN: Hey... hey Bluey, what do you make our position? BLUEY: (Looking out of the porthole.) We're swinging out again! GLYN: Emergency! Emergency! We've lost flight path again, give correction please, urgent! 18. TRACKING ROOM BARCLAY: Will do, stand by. (Barclay removes his glasses.) BARCLAY: It must be the planet. Its gravity is affecting the capsule. DYSON: What shall we do about it? BARCLAY: Well first of all we must give Zeus 4 a new correction path. Will you do that? DYSON: Right away. BARCLAY: You try and get a better fix on that so-called planet and see what it is. TECHNICIAN: Right sir. (Barclay walks over towards the Doctor, Ben and Polly. They are in the observations room.) CUTLER: It's better now. BARCLAY: You say you know what this planet is. Well what is it? DOCTOR: Well I'm not quite sure sir. Let me have another look into this instrument. (The Doctor indicates a monitor screen.) DYSON: (To Zeus 4.) Zeus 4, Zeus 4, can you hear, over? BARCLAY: (Into a communications device.) Feed the retina scope into the observations room's monitor. (General Cutler enters as the Doctor is studying the monitor.) CUTLER: Look Dr Barclay, let's just get those boys down. DOCTOR: Er, er, General, General, yes, it's just as I thought. Come and have a look at these land masses. (On the monitor a planet is rotating. Barclay and Cutler look at it.) CUTLER: Land masses? I don't see... I see what you mean. DOCTOR: Now, doesn't that remind you of anything, hmm? CUTLER: Remind? No, I don't think so. BEN: Yeah, it looks familiar somehow. POLLY: Yeah. Hey Ben, look, that bit looks just like... Malaysia! BEN: Oh, give over. No, hang on, isn't that... well it looks like South America but it can't be though! BARCLAY: Yes, there is a similarity. CUTLER: Nonsense, how could there be? BARCLAY: This is unbelievable. That's surely Africa? POLLY: Yes, certainly and that is Malaysia! CUTLER: Ridiculous. There must be some reflection off Earth. BARCLAY: No it can't be, there's nothing to reflect on! DOCTOR: And now my dear Dr Barclay I suggest you look at that piece of paper I gave you. BARCLAY: Paper? Oh yes... (Barclay reads what's on the paper.) BARCLAY: You knew! DOCTOR: Certainly. CUTLER: Knew what? BARCLAY: He has correctly written down what we have just seen and he did it before we saw it. CUTLER: Oh, it's a... simple confidence trick, that's all. BARCLAY: No, I know when he gave me the paper. Now, you clearly know something more about the situation. Can you be more explicit? DOCTOR: Yes sir, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can. You see, millions of years ago there was a twin planet to Earth and... CUTLER: Oh, for heaven's sake! (Cutler leaves the observations room. Outside Dyson is talking to Zeus 4 through the radio.) DYSON: Roger, Zeus 4. We will give you more information. Over and out. CUTLER: Get me Geneva on the radio link. (Barclay walks over and sits down.) BARCLAY: I do think we ought to take the old boy as well. CUTLER: We'll see what Wigner has to say about this. (In the observations room the Sergeant is watching the Doctor, Polly and Ben.) POLLY: You're looking terribly worried Doctor. DOCTOR: Am I my dear? Yes, I'm afraid I am rather worried. BEN: What is it Doctor? What's up? DOCTOR: Well you see Ben, I know what this planet is and what it means to Earth. BEN: And what does it mean to Earth? DOCTOR: Well, that pretty soon we shall be having visitors. BEN: Visitors? What, here? Well who do you think's bringing 'em, Father Christmas on his sledge?! DOCTOR: Oh quiet boy, quiet! (Cutler is on a phone to International Space Control, Geneva.) CUTLER: ISC Geneva... Put me through to the general secretary. Immediately. Yes, that's right. DOCTOR: Er, may I ask who that was? SERGEANT: You're late serge, I was due for my break five minutes ago. (A guard walks in and takes over the Sergeant's place.) SERGEANT: Doctor, you don't know nothing about what's going on. That's the secretary general of International Space Command, Mr Wigner. 19. ISC, GENEVA (Several people from different countries are going about their business. In the centre of the room is a desk and Wigner is seated there. Behind him is a world map. Wigner is on the phone to Cutler.) WIGNER: This is very hard to believe General. Are you quite sure? CUTLER: (Over phone.) Yes sir, there's no doubt at all. WIGNER: Very well. Just a moment please. (To staff.) Get onto Mount Polomar. Ask them to provide us with a picture as soon as possible. (A man walks off.) WIGNER: Contact Jodrell bank and ask them to get an exact fix on this. We must have data, and quickly. (The other man walks off. Wigner continues his conversation with Cutler.) WIGNER: Let me know the moment you have any more information General. 20. TRACKING ROOM CUTLER: I'll do that sir but there's one more thing. WIGNER: (Over phone.) Yes? CUTLER: We have three intruders. 21. ISC, GENEVA WIGNER: Intruders? At the pole? Where did they come from? 22. TRACKING ROOM CUTLER: Well I haven't interrogated yet sir but, er, one of them seems to know a good deal about this new planet. 23. ISC, GENEVA WIGNER: How can he possibly know? CUTLER: I don't know but I'm going to find out. WIGNER: Do that. Relay at once any further information. 24. TRACKING ROOM CUTLER: I'll do that sir. (Cutler puts the phone down and walks over to the observation room.) CUTLER: Now, suppose you tell me how you really came here. DOCTOR: Yes, well I'm afraid all that's going to be rather difficult. CUTLER: Now just a minute. You turn up out of nowhere, a routine space sh*t goes wrong, a new planet appears and you tell us you know all about it. That puts you slap bang in the hot seat, right? DOCTOR: Hot seat? POLLY: But we've got nothing to do with it. CUTLER: That you're going to have to prove. DOCTOR: Well, I think if you allowed us to return where we came from, huh, huh! I... CUTLER: You're not going anywhere. (Cutler goes over to the communications device on the wall.) CUTLER: Sergeant? SERGEANT: (Over device.) Yes sir? CUTLER: Have you searched that hut yet? SERGEANT: No sir. CUTLER: Well why not?! Look, I don't want any excuses, get out there and do it immediately. (Cutler walks back over to the Doctor.) CUTLER: Now, perhaps we'll get to the bottom of this. 25. GUARD ROOM (The Sergeant puts the phone down.) SERGEANT: Come on Tito, we have to go break into a hut. (Tito is back on his bunk reading. Two other guards are also there.) TITO: What, that thing out there? SERGEANT: Yeah, that's right. Come on, hurry up and get dressed up. TITO: Oh, mama. 26. POLAR LANDSCAPE (A spaceship lands on the surface. It is round and flat, the bottom half is white and the middle black, with a white top part that spins. As it lands it makes a humming noise which gradually stops. Several lights flash on it. Nearby the trapdoor opens and the Sergeant and Tito, now dressed in fur coats and hats, go over to the TARDIS. The Sergeant fails to enter the 'hut'.) SERGEANT: It's no good Tito, we'll need a welding torch to get inside this thing. Get back inside and bring me out one. You'll need some help, OK? TITO: OK. (Tito goes back down the trapdoor, leaving the Sergeant on his own.) SERGEANT: Hurry up will ya, before I freeze to death! (A group of Cybermen walk towards the Sergeant. The Sergeant turns round from his efforts to open the TARDIS and sees them in the distance.) SERGEANT: What the heck? Huh, Tito! Is that you Tito? (The Cybermen get closer and the Sergeant begins to make out more of them through the thick blizzard.) SERGEANT: What's going on here? Who is that? (Suddenly he can clearly make out the three Cybermen. They have a sort of cowl over their face, if indeed it isn't their face, and a concertina-like device in front of their chests. On top of their heads is a light. More disturbingly, they are metal - great silver giants walking forwards in unison with each other through the thick snow with no difficulty at all.) SERGEANT: Who the heck are you?! (Panicking, the Sergeant draws his p*stol and fires two sh*ts at the lead Cyberman. Trembling, he realises he has done no damage at all. The lead Cyberman hits him on the neck.) 27. GUARD ROOM (Tito has got the other two guards to get kitted out in fur coats. He has a blowtorch.) TITO: OK Joe, that should do it. OK, let's go. 28. POLAR SURFACE (The three guards emerge and Tito walks over to the Sergeant. Strangely, the Cybermen have disappeared.) TITO: Hey, this is where it is guys. (Tito looks at the Sergeant.) TITO: Hey sir, what's going on? (The 'Sergeant' turns around and removes his hood. He is clearly not the Sergeant and is in fact a Cyberman. The other two Cybermen emerge from behind the TARDIS. The Cybermen k*ll the three guards and kneel down to inspect them. The Cybermen's hands are human.)
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BY KIT PEDLER first broadcast - 15 October 1966 1. POLAR LANDSCAPE (A Cyberman is inspecting the body of a d*ad guard. The Cyberman's hands are human.) 2. TRACKING ROOM (Cutler is talking to the Doctor and Ben in the observations room. Polly and a Guard are watching.) CUTLER: That's the most fantastic story I've ever heard. DOCTOR: I can only repeat, sir, what I have already told you. You will get visitors from that other planet. CUTLER: Nonsense. (Cutler walks into the tracking room. Barclay is looking at a clipboard and various technicians are milling about.) CUTLER: What's the position on the capsule, Dr Barclay? BARCLAY: Full instructions have been issued, General. (Cutler walks over to the radar screen.) CUTLER: What's the range? TECHNICIAN: 1250 miles, sir. CUTLER: How much off course? TECHNICIAN: About 230 miles. (The Technician indicates a blip on the radar screen.) CUTLER: I don't like it. (Cutler walks over to a nearby monitor and takes a radio from underneath it. He speaks into it.) CUTLER: Hello, Zeus 4. Cutler, Snowcap here. Now look gentlemen, everything's under control, there's nothing to worry about. We're going to get you down here soon as God makes a little effort. (On the monitor screens Glyn and Bluey can be seen.) GLYN: (Over radio.) OK. CUTLER: We'll be seeing ya. (Cutler puts the radio back and moves away. He sees Barclay drinking something.) CUTLER: All right, Dr Barclay, this isn't a convalescent home. BARCLAY: Right. DYSON: Are you all right. BARCLAY: Yes. Ready? DYSON: Ready. 3. POLAR LANDSCAPE (The three Cybermen put on the guards' fur cloaks and move towards the trapdoor. Some of the d*ad guards can be made out through the thick blizzard, their bodies just protruding through the snow.) 4. ISC, GENEVA (Wigner is sitting behind his desk. A Technician is at a control desk and two international aides are by him.) WIGNER: Get me Polar base. TECHNICIAN: We are having trouble there, sir. WIGNER: Keep trying. TECHNICIAN: Yes sir. (Wigner looks behind himself for a moment and then switches on a television on his desk. A reporter with an American accent appears on the screen.) REPORTER: ...and since it was first discovered at the South Pole rocket base... 5. INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION NEWS STUDIO (A reporter is sitting behind a desk. A plaque behind him and in front of him both say "International Television News". A large microphone sits nearby.) REPORTER: ...reports have been coming in from observatories the world over confirming its' existence. (The reporter is passed a sheet of paper, which he reads from.) REPORTER: And here, straight from Mount Polomar observatory, is the first picture of our new neighbour in space. (A picture of the new planet appears.) REPORTER: Some observers have reported that it's land masses resemble those of Earth, but this is being hotly disputed in top astronomical circles and no general agreement has yet been reached. (The picture of the planet disappears, to be replaced by the reporter.) REPORTER: Jodrell bank, England, says the planet is approaching Earth but there is absolutely no cause for alarm. It won't come near enough to collide... 6. ISC, GENEVA (The report is still playing on Wigner's television.) REPORTER: ...so I repeat, there is no danger. (Wigner turns the television off.) WIGNER: Let's hope they are right. What about Polar base? Are you through? TECHNICIAN: No sir, we can't get them. WIGNER: What's happened? TECHNICIAN: There's some interference, sir. WIGNER: What sort? TECHNICIAN: Well, that's the trouble sir, we don't know. It's enormously powerful, it seems to be... coming from the base. WIGNER: We must get in touch with them. 7. TRACKING ROOM (Barclay is sitting by the microphone. He speaks into it.) BARCLAY: May I have your attention everybody. (Everyone listens to him.) BARCLAY: This is very important so please listen carefully. Final orbit commencing from base reference one is four minutes, ten seconds from... now. Now, we've got a very difficult job on our hands and I want everybody to be on their toes all the time. If the capsule power falls too low I shall take over re-entry from here, and for that I want the entire team behind me. Now, base reference one commencing... (Pulling a switch.) now. (In the observation area, The Doctor, Ben and Polly have been listening to Barclay.) DOCTOR: Yes, they must bring them down! BEN: But why, Doctor? DOCTOR: Because they can't last another orbit. (The Doctor walks into the tracking room. As he does he sees three Cybermen dressed in the guards cloaks on the landing. He taps General Cutler urgently on the shoulder.) DOCTOR: It's imperative that I talk to you, General. CUTLER: Get away, old man. Can't you see... (The Doctor turns to Barclay.) DOCTOR: (Shouting.) You, will you pay attention? Will you?! (Cutler sees the three Cybermen and mistakes them for the soldiers.) CUTLER: Get this man back into the observations room. Sergeant, that was an order! (Cutler walks over to the `Sergeant'.) CUTLER: Take that man back to the obs... (The Cyberman takes off his cloak and turns to Cutler. Polly screams. Cutler turns and sees the other two Cybermen.) CUTLER: Back to your places. (Suddenly, the Sergeant who had been guarding the Doctor, Ben and Polly rushes towards the Cyberman with his g*n raised. The Cyberman at the top of the landing aims it's g*n unit at him and fires. It glows and emits a strange noise. Smoke emerges from the guard's body, which falls lifelessly to the ground.) POLLY: Oh no... (Polly tries to go over to the d*ad man. Ben and the Doctor stop her.) BEN: Come back Polly, they'll blow your head off! DOCTOR: Ah! CUTLER: Now look, I don't know who you are or what you are but we've got two men in space, if we don't act now we won't get them back alive. (The Cyberman opens it's mouth to speak, and keeps it wide open as it talks.) CYBERMAN 1: They will not return. (The Cyberman's voice is strange and mechanical. The emphasis and pronunciation is wrong. Everyone says "Not return?" in disbelief.) CUTLER: Why not? CYBERMAN 1: It is unimportant now. CUTLER: But... We must get them back! When... (Cutler tries to hold the Cyberman's arm but it knocks him away.) CYBERMAN 1: There is really no point. They could never reach Earth now. POLLY: But don't you care? CYBERMAN 1: Care? No, why should I care? POLLY: Because they're people and they're going to die! CYBERMAN 1: I do not understand you. There are people dying all over your world yet you do not care about them. (Polly rushes over to the Cyberman.) POLLY: Yes, but we could avoid their deaths... CYBERMAN 1: You will be wondering what has happened. Your astronomers will have just discovered a new planet. Is that not so? BARCLAY: Yes, that's right. CYBERMAN 1: That is where we come from. It is called Mondas. BEN: Mondas? BARCLAY: Mondas? But isn't that one of the ancient names of Earth? CYBERMAN 1: Yes. Aeons ago our planets were twins then we drifted away from you on a journey to the edge of space. Now we have returned. BEN: You were right, Doctor. BARCLAY: But who or what are you? CYBERMAN 1: We are called Cybermen. BARCLAY: Cybermen? CYBERMAN 1: Yes, Cybermen. We were exactly like you once but our cybernetic scientists realised that our race was getting weak. BARCLAY: Weak, how? CYBERMAN 1: Our life span was getting shorter so our scientists and doctors devised spare parts for our bodies until we could be almost completely replaced. POLLY: But... that means you're not like us. You're robots! CYBERMAN 1: Our brains are just like yours except that certain weaknesses have been removed. BARCLAY: Weaknesses? What weaknesses? CYBERMAN 1: You call them emotions, do you not? POLLY: But... that's terrible! You... you mean you wouldn't care about someone in pain? CYBERMAN 1: There would be no need. We do not feel pain. POLLY: But we do. (Suddenly Cutler moves towards the communications desk and presses a button.) BARCLAY: General! CUTLER: Ha, that'll fix ya! Europe will know there's an emergency here now. CYBERMAN 1: That was really most unfortunate. You should not have done that. 8. ISC, GENEVA (As ever, Wigner, the technician and his two international aides are here. Wigner stands up and begins walking around.) WIGNER: Well, it seems to me there is a pattern. Number 1, a new planet appears. Number 2, the Earth is losing it's energy. Number 3, as the planet gets nearer the energy loss gets worse. We see my mind connects the two. Exactly how I don't know, but a... TECHNICIAN: Sir! WIGNER: Yes, what is it? TECHNICIAN: Emergency signal from the Pole, sir. WIGNER: What did they say? TECHNICIAN: Well, nothing sir. It went off again. WIGNER: Heavy static, emergency signal. Get them on the emergency microlink. 9. TRACKING ROOM (Cyberman 1 is looking at Cutler, who is by the communications desk. Polly and Dyson are nearby.) CYBERMAN 1: Switch off the radio and tell Europe that nothing further has happened and that all is well here. CUTLER: I'll do no such thing. CYBERMAN 1: That is an order. CUTLER: Go take a jump! CYBERMAN 1: (To Cyberman 2.) Trigger pack. (Cyberman 2 walks over to Cutler and moves it's hands towards its' chest unit. Suddenly it puts its' hands against Cutler's head and he collapses. He is lifted by two Cybermen onto a bunk in front of the landing.) CYBERMAN 1: Stay where you are. POLLY: You've k*lled him! CYBERMAN 1: I have not k*lled him. He will recover. Now, someone must answer your commander in Europe. He is waiting. BARCLAY: I refuse. (Barclay sits down at the communications console.) CYBERMAN 1: You. (It points at Dyson.) DYSON: Yes? CYBERMAN 1: Which are the communication controls? DYSON: O... over here. (Dyson indicates the monitor links to Zeus 4.) BARCLAY: Dyson! (Cyberman 1 walks over to the controls and the men by them.) CYBERMAN 1: Stand aside. BARCLAY: What are you going to do? (Barclay stands up.) CYBERMAN 1: You will see. BARCLAY: If you destroy those we shall be unable to keep contact with the capsule. CYBERMAN 1: Your commander is still waiting for your report. DYSON: For God's sake Barclay, do as he asks. Do you want the place destroyed? BARCLAY: All right. (Barclay sits down and activates the link to ISC Geneva.) BARCLAY: Come in Geneva. WIGNER: (Over radio.) Snowcap. What's going on? We received an emergency from you on the radio link. BARCLAY: I-i-i-it was a fault. We're, we are looking at it now. I'm sorry about the false alarm. WIGNER: (Over radio.) Where is the static coming from? We can hardly hear you, even on these bands. BARCLAY: It it it, well, I-I-I, er think it must have been the reactor. We had the moderator on, er, for a time this afternoon and er, well, well that's probably it. WIGNER: (Over radio.) I see. Contact us if you have any further reports on this new planet. BARCLAY: Yes sir. (Barclay cuts the link off.) DYSON: Well done, Barclay. Now the space capsule will have another chance. (Barclay walks over to Cyberman 1, who is by the Zeus 4 monitor links.) BARCLAY: Now you must let us try and get in touch with our astronauts. CYBERMAN 1: I told you it is impossible for them to get back now. The force on them is too strong. BARCLAY: But you must let us try, please. CYBERMAN 1: It is a foregone conclusion. You are wasting time. However, if you wish to contact them I have no objection. (Barclay rushes back over to the communications desk.) CYBERMAN 1: He and his colleagues may use their equipment. Any attempt at deceit however, k*ll them at once. Remove the soldier. I will carry on detail. BARCLAY: (To Zeus 4.) Snowcap to Zeus 4, come in please. Zeus 4, come in please. (Cybermen 2 and 3 pick up the soldier. Ben watches, while the Doctor comforts Polly.) GLYN: (Over radio.) We have you, over. (By the d*ad guard is his fallen g*n.) BARCLAY: (To Zeus 4.) Prepare to check orbital density. GLYN: (Over radio.) Ready. BARCLAY: As it was. (Barclay continues to talk to Zeus 4. Ben sees the g*n.) BEN: Right Doctor, while they take him out we'll make a break for it. DOCTOR: Eh? BEN: Then we can get back to the TARDIS! DOCTOR: Well how can we do that, boy? BEN: Well, we can make a break for it. Down that corridor, the trapdoor and then bolt it from behind. DOCTOR: Nonsense, nonsense, they'll burn it down in a flash! BEN: We can do with that for a start! (Ben picks up the g*n.) DOCTOR: No, Ben! POLLY: If they see you... Ben, for goodness sake! (Cyberman 1 appears on the landing and aims its g*n unit at Ben.) CYBERMAN 1: Stop! Come here. (Ben walks slowly towards the Cyberman. The other two Cybermen appear behind him and push him forward. Cyberman 1 walks down and gives Cyberman 2 his g*n unit. Cyberman 2 points it at Ben.) CYBERMAN 1: You do not seem to take us seriously. (The Cyberman takes the g*n off of Ben and bends it completely. It then drops the now useless g*n.) BEN: Blimey! BARCLAY: Heavens! CYBERMAN 1: Take him out and look after him. (Cyberman 3 escorts Ben out through the door at the top of the landing and into the corridor.) CYBERMAN 1: It is quite useless to resist us. We are stronger and more efficient than your Earth people. We must be obeyed. 10. PROJECTION ROOM (Ben is shoved into the room by the Cyberman. It closes the door and stays on guard outside. Ben tries to open the door but he can't.) BEN: Uh! Locked... uh! Oh, now where they put me? (Ben looks around. There is a projector opposite door, and several shelves against the walls with film cans on them.) BEN: Oh great. A projection room! 11. ZEUS 4 INTERIOR BARCLAY: (Over radio.) You begin exactly 60 seconds from now. Are you ready to go? (Bluey looks at Glyn, who nods conformation that he is ready.) BLUEY: Yeah, ready. BARCLAY: (Over radio.) Our readings here show that you need forward correction of 7 degrees. GLYN: Yes, that checks. We'll correct with altitude control. OK Bluey, go ahead. (Bluey uses the altitude control. Both men move as Zeus 4 adjusts its position.) BLUEY: Hello, Snowcap. We've reoriented capsule. Altitude now correct. BARCLAY: (Over radio.) Retro rockets to go in 20 seconds. After I give you the time check you'll come in on your own. Right? GLYN: Will do. (Bluey holds onto a lever, ready to move it.) BARCLAY: (Over radio.) Ready... 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, f*re! (Bluey fires the retro rockets.) GLYN: OK Bluey, check velocity, I... I'll do ground check. (Bluey does a velocity check and turns to Glyn, alarmed.) BLUEY: We're not down to re-entry velocity. GLYN: What? BLUEY: We're still at 14.5, we should be down to 11.2. GLYN: We'll have to use the retros again. (Shouting.) Quick man, quick! (Bluey fires the retros again.) BLUEY: Fuel's gone! GLYN: Hello Snowcap. Hello Snowcap, fuel's gone! Can't go back in! Any ideas?! (Bluey puts on his helmet.) 12. TRACKING ROOM (Dyson rushes over to the radar screen and looks at it.) DYSON: Look at the radar now... they are accelerating! POLLY: Can't you do anything to help them? BARCLAY: No, the retro fuel's gone. DOCTOR: Terrible, terrible. (Everyone is looking on distraught at the pictures on the monitors as Glyn puts on his helmet, except the two Cybermen who are watching impassively.) RADAR TECHNICIAN: Emergency red and await instructions. I repeat, emergency red... DYSON: Their course is changing now, they're spinning out. The acceleration is enormous! (On the radar the blip representing Zeus 4 is moving rapidly away from the Earth.) 13. ZEUS 4 INTERIOR (Smoke is bellowing out of everything. Glyn struggles to fasten his helmet on securely.) 14. TRACKING ROOM DYSON: They're beyond escape velocity now. They can't possibly re-enter. (Suddenly the monitors flash white and then go black. All the base crew look away, clearly upset. Polly watches, puzzled.) POLLY: What happened? DOCTOR: I'm afraid the spaceship exploded, my dear. POLLY: You mean they're d*ad? CYBERMAN 1: Now perhaps you can see that your planet is in great and imminent danger. In order to save you we shall require information to be transmitted to Mondas. (The Cyberman produces a small microphone and it holds it in front of everyone.) DOCTOR: Save us? POLLY: What about those poor men? CYBERMAN 1: Perhaps you will co-operate. Mondas drew the ship away. It was unavoidable. DYSON: Why? What is happening? CYBERMAN: I will require your name. (The Cyberman walks towards Dyson and holds the microphone towards him.) DYSON: Tell us! CYBERMAN 1: The energy of Mondas is nearly exhausted and now we turn to it's twin and will gather energy from Earth. BARCLAY: But... but! DOCTOR: Gather energy?! CYBERMAN 1: Age, name and occupation. BARCLAY: But for how long? DYSON: My name is John Dyson, supervising engineer. CYBERMAN 1: Until it is all gone. Age. DYSON: But that means that the Earth will... will die! CYBERMAN 1: Yes. Everything on Earth will stop. Age please. BARCLAY: But you can't calmly stand there and tell us we're all going to die! CYBERMAN 1: You are not going to die. (The Cyberman turns the microphone towards Barclay.) DOCTOR: And how are you going to stop this energy drain from Mondas? CYBERMAN 1: Name and occupation please. We cannot. It is beyond our powers. DOCTOR: How are we going to survive?! CYBERMAN 1: Speak please. By coming with us. Age. BARCLAY: With you? CYBERMAN 1: Yes. We are going to take you all back to Mondas. Your age please. DOCTOR: His age is unimportant here!! You cannot for one moment... BARCLAY: That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life! 15. PROJECTION ROOM (Ben tests a screwdriver against a tabletop. It is useless.) BEN: Oh, I can just imagine trying to tackle one of them geezers with a screwdriver. (Ben drops the screwdriver and sighs. He walks over to the projector and looks at it.) BEN: Hey, wait a minute! If I was to turn this on the door... (Ben pushes the projector round so that it faces the door.) BEN: ... it might blind him! Yeah. (Ben walks over to the light switch and puts the lights off. He then goes back over to the projector and turns it on. An old western appears. He aims the image towards the top of the doorframe.) BEN: Hah! I saw that film 20 years ago. (Ben walks back over to the door and starts banging against it.) BEN: Oy, come in here mate, you're wanted! Oy, come in here! (The Cyberman opens the door and is blinded by the light from the projector. Ben snatches it's g*n unit off while it attempts to cover its' eyes.) CYBERMAN 3: Blemmy ehny ah fu! Uh! (Ben dashes over to the other side of the room, by the projector. The Cyberman moves out of the light.) BEN: Now then, Fred! CYBERMAN 3: Ahh! (The Cyberman can now see and advances towards Ben, smashing some boxes as it goes.) CYBERMAN 3: Do not resist. Give me that w*apon. (The Cyberman is only six feet away from Ben.) BEN: No, I'm sorry mate, I'm giving the orders here. Now look, get back. (The Cyberman is a few feet away from Ben now.) BEN: (Shouting.) Look, I'm telling you, get back!! (The Cyberman is about to att*ck Ben. Ben is forced to f*re the g*n unit. The Cyberman dies.) BEN: You didn't give me no alternative! 16. TRACKING ROOM BARCLAY: There's no scientific certainty that this is a dying planet! DYSON: Perhaps we would prefer to take our chances here. CYBERMAN 1: You must come and live with us. POLLY: But we cannot live with you, you're... you're different, you've got no feelings. (The Cyberman turns to face Polly.) CYBERMAN 1: Feelings? I do not understand that word. DOCTOR: Emotions. Love, pride, hate, fear. Have you no emotions, sir? CYBERMAN 1: Come to Mondas and you will have no need of emotions. You will become like us. POLLY: Like you? CYBERMAN 1: We have freedom from disease, protection against heat and cold, true mastery. Do you prefer to die in misery? (Cutler suddenly wakes up. He looks around.) POLLY: But look, surely I... it's possible for us not to lose Earth's energy? CYBERMAN 1: It is inevitable. POLLY: Then you don't mind if we all die. CYBERMAN 1: Why should we mind? (Cyberman 2 turns away from Cutler.) DOCTOR: Why? Why?! (The Doctor stands up. Polly walks over to Cyberman 1.) POLLY: Because millions and millions of people are going to suffer and die horribly! CYBERMAN 1: We shall not be affected. POLLY: Don't you think of anything except yourselves?! CYBERMAN 1: We are equipped to survive. We are only interested in survival. Anything else is of no importance. Your deaths will not affect us. (Ben has appeared unseen at the top of the landing. Cutler sees him and signals for Ben to pass him the g*n unit. Ben does so.) POLLY: But I can't make you understand, you're condemning us all to die, have you no heart? CYBERMAN 1: No, that is one of the weaknesses that we have removed. (Cutler stands up and fires the g*n unit at Cyberman 2. The Cyberman collapses d*ad to the ground. Cutler rushes over to Cyberman 1 and kills it also.) CUTLER: All right, get me Geneva, quick! (Everyone rushes back to their posts.) CUTLER: Come on, let's have some action. Get rid of these... things! (Cutler points at the d*ad Cybermen.) DOCTOR: I don't think you should have done that, General. We may have learned a very great deal. CUTLER: Yeah, we may have lost a very great deal, our lives! (Cutler walks over to the communications desk and picks up the phone.) CUTLER: Put me through to the general secretary. (Cutler turns towards Barclay, who is sitting next to him.) CUTLER: Is Zeus 4 down yet? BARCLAY: I'm afraid we lost them, General. (Cutler is appalled.) 17. ISC, GENEVA (Wigner is sitting at his desk, talking to Cutler on the phone. His two international aides are standing by him, listening to the conversation.) WIGNER: We followed Zeus 4's last orbit from here. A terrible tragedy. CUTLER: (Over phone.) Yes sir, but I'm afraid that's not the hassle, it's... we've had more visitors. WIGNER: Visitors? CUTLER: (Over phone.) Yes sir. They're part man, part robot. They come from this new planet, er, Mondas. Three of them broke into the base here and overpowered us. WIGNER: What's happened to them now? CUTLER: (Over phone.) Well, we overwhelmed them sir, but, er, there'll be more on their way! WIGNER: Hold on Cutler. Military bases all round the world must be put on immediate alert. Cutler, could you deal with another att*ck, with your limited resources? CUTLER: (Over phone.) Yes, we can handle them. WIGNER: Good. Now Cutler, we've got a special task for you. We sent up a single astronaut to help Schultz and Williams down. 18. TRACKING ROOM CUTLER: When did you send them up? WIGNER: (Over phone.) They were sent from Woomera at 14:59 hours. CUTLER: Yes. You want me to take over the tracking? WIGNER: (Over phone.) Yes. Establish contact immediately. But... one other thing. This is a dangerous mission. We needed for a brave man, so we asked for volunteers. CUTLER: So? WIGNER: (Over phone.) Your son volunteered. (Cutler is shocked and looks at the phone in disbelief.) WIGNER: Cutler? Are you there? CUTLER: Yes sir, yes I'm here. You've... sent my son to his death, you realise that I hope. WIGNER: (Over phone.) We'll bring him down. CUTLER: What about the loss of power? 19. ISC, GENEVA WIGNER: His spacecraft has double the reserves of Zeus 4. 20. TRACKING ROOM CUTLER: He's gonna need it. WIGNER: (Over phone.) Good luck, General. 21. ISC, GENEVA WIGNER: If Cutler is right, then we are probably going to fight the first interplanetary w*r. 22. VARIOUS RADAR STATIONS WORLDWIDE (Radar dishes move into position. A technician's hands can be seen operating controls.) 23. TRACKING ROOM (General Cutler is briefing everybody.) CUTLER: All right, that's the, the information, gentlemen. Now get cracking, and establish contact with it. (Everyone rushes off to their posts and murmurs "Right, sir!".) BARCLAY: But surely, sir... CUTLER: No buts. Get the information from computer, and let me know when you've got it. BARCLAY: Right sir. (Cutler picks up the phone.) CUTLER: Security? Major, I want the er, guard doubled on the main entrance. Use section 1. Yes, and section 2 to the flight exit and tracks. Section 3 to the fuel t*nk, check them over, and double the guard on them. What's that? (Shouting.) I don't care what sort of a rest they're on! Get them out there, and do it quick! (Cutler cuts off the connection.) CUTLER: I'll get some action here yet. (Cutler re-establishes a connection.) CUTLER: m*ssile control? Program all Cobra m*ssile for launch imminent. Stand in readiness and await instructions. (Cutler puts the phone down. Nearby, Ben, Polly and The Doctor have been listening to him.) POLLY: What a ghastly man. BEN: Yeah, I wouldn't want him on the bridge. (Cutler walks over to them.) CUTLER: We'll soon have this place sealed up like a bottle. DOCTOR: I think you rather underestimate the Cybermen, General. CUTLER: Oh, that's what you reckon is it, old man? Well, you're entitled to your opinions so long as you keep them to yourself! (Cutler turns towards Ben.) CUTLER: You did well boy, to k*ll that soldier. BEN: I had no choice. CUTLER: Oh, don't apologise. He's d*ad, isn't he? (Cutler storms off.) POLLY: He seems to be enjoying all this. CUTLER: What's that? What's that you said? POLLY: I said you seem to be enjoying all this. CUTLER: Look missy, I've got a personal stake in this emergency. That's my son, up in that capsule. And you know what happened to the last one. POLLY: I... I'm sorry. (Suddenly the radar technician calls across to Cutler from the radar screen.) TECHNICIAN: Sir! CUTLER: Yes? TECHNICIAN: General Cutler, sir! CUTLER: Yes, what is it? TECHNICIAN: Strong signal on the early warning, unidentified. CUTLER: Well, identify it, man! (Barclay stands up and takes his glasses off.) TECHNICIAN: Yes sir, it's er, er... There are hundreds of them, sir! (On the radar screen hundreds of small blips have appeared. They are moving quickly.) CUTLER: Hundreds of what? TECHNICIAN: Spaceships sir. In formation!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x06 - The Tenth Planet - part 2"}
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BY KIT PEDLER AND GERRY DAVIES first broadcast - 22 October 1966 1. TRACKING ROOM TECHNICIAN: Yes sir, it's er, er... There are hundreds of them, sir! (On the radar screen hundreds of small blips have appeared. They are moving quickly.) CUTLER: Hundreds of what, man? TECHNICIAN: Spaceships sir. In formation! CUTLER: Spaceships. That means only one thing, more Cybermen. Dyson, see if you can get hold of Zeus 5, I want to speak to my son. DYSON: Trying now, sir. (Cutler walks towards the communications equipment. Nearby, the Doctor suddenly starts moaning and collapses. Ben, Polly, Barclay and a technician gently lower him to the ground.) BEN: What's the matter, Doctor? POLLY: Doctor, what's the matter? BEN: What's happened to him? POLLY: Ben, do something quickly. BEN: Yeah, he needs medical help and quick. (Ben rushes over to General Cutler.) BEN: General! CUTLER: Yes, what is it? BEN: It's the Doctor, he's passed out, he's ill! CUTLER: Look, I've got enough on my plate without worrying about him. Get him down to one of the cabins and look after him. You, give him a hand. TECHNICIAN: (OOV.) Yes, sir. DYSON: Coming through now, sir. CUTLER: Good. DYSON: Snowcap to Zeus 5, Snowcap to Zeus 5, how do you read me? (Terry Cutler, General Cutler's son, speaks over the radio to them.) TERRY: (Over radio.) Zeus 5 to Snowcap, reading you loud and clear, over. (General Cutler takes the microphone off of Dyson.) CUTLER: Give me that. (To Terry.) Hello, son. Zeus 5, are you experiencing any power loss? TERRY: Hey, that voice sounds familiar. (Terry can be seen on one of the monitors.) CUTLER: Repeat, any power loss? TERRY: You sound very het up down there. Yeah, there's some loss of power when I'm in orbit on the same side of this new planet but, er, it picks up again on the far side. I guess I'm shielded there. Er, what happened to Williams and Schultz? CUTLER: Well, um, you won't be meeting up and docking with them now, there's been a little trouble. Er, what we have to do is get you down now. 2. CABIN (Ben and Polly are sitting by the Doctor on a bunk bed. The Doctor is lying unconscious on the bottom bunk.) BEN: Oh, a fine time he picks for a kip. (Ben stands up and begins to walk away.) BEN: Come on Polly, we must get back to the control room. POLLY: We can't leave him. BEN: He seems all right, his pulse and breathing are normal. POLLY: I don't understand it. He just seems to be worn out. BEN: Well look, there's nothing we can do till the quack gets here anyway, come on. POLLY: (Resignedly.) All right. 3. TRACKING ROOM (General Cutler is continuing his conversation with Terry. Ben and Polly are now back in the room.) CUTLER: (Into microphone.) Yes well, let me know if there's any change. Now look son, we're getting readings on our screens down here of a large formation of spaceships. Have you seen anything up there? TERRY: Sounds kinda spooky. No, I've nothing to report so far. CUTLER: They're on your orbit about... 30 miles below you. (Terry looks out of his porthole.) TERRY: No, I can't see anything, but er, it's pretty dark down there. CUTLER: Keep your eyes open and report any sightings immediately, OK? TERRY: Check, sir. CUTLER: Now take care son. We'll get you down as soon as we can. Out. (Cutler puts the microphone down and wanders over to the monitors.) DYSON: What do we do now? CUTLER: I hope I'm right. Now listen men, the situation as I see it is this: we've got three major problems on our hands. One, my son has been sent up on a foolhardy mission and we've got to get him down. Two, another visit from these creatures is almost a certainty. Three, the Earth is being drained of it's energy by this so-called planet Mondas whatever it's called. DYSON: Well there's nothing we can do about any of them. CUTLER: That's where you're wrong, Mr Dyson, we can do something. We can destroy Mondas. BARCLAY: But that's impossible! CUTLER: Impossible is not in my vocabulary, Dr Barclay. BARCLAY: And just how do you propose to do it? CUTLER: By using the b*mb. BARCLAY: (Disgusted.) You can't do that! CUTLER: I can and I will. DYSON: What about the radiation effects on Earth? CUTLER: That's a risk we'll have to take. (Cutler moves across to the communications desk.) BARCLAY: But to use this b*mb you'll have to get authority from Geneva. CUTLER: I'll get authority fella, right now. Get me Geneva. (He passes the phone to Barclay.) BEN: What is a b*mb? CUTLER: What is it? It's a doomsday w*apon mister, and rightly primed it could split that planet in half. There are two or three at strategic positions round the globe; we have one of them and the means of delivering it to Mondas. (Barclay passes Cutler the phone.) BARCLAY: Secretary Wigner, sir. CUTLER: (Into phone.) Secretary? 4. ISC, GENEVA (Wigner is sitting at his desk. His two aides and technician are nearby, as ever.) WIGNER: Yes, General? CUTLER: (Over phone.) The expected att*ck sir, they've been sighted in force. WIGNER: Yes I know, we've just got reports, they are coming in from all over the world. And to make matters worse, the energy drain is increasing rapidly. (To technician.) [SOMETHING NOT IN ENGLISH - GREEK?] TECHNICIAN: [SOMETHING IN REPLY, ALSO NOT ENGLISH] (The technician walks away.) WIGNER: Cutler, you must hold on as best you can. 5. TRACKING ROOM CUTLER: Yes sir. Request permission sir to take defensive action against this planet. WIGNER: (Over phone.) What action? CUTLER: The b*mb, sir. Mounted in the warhead of the detonator rocket and fired at Mondas it could destroy it. 6. ISC, GENEVA WIGNER: We can't take the risk. It might have disastrous effects, both on Earth and the atmosphere. We would have to consult our top scientists. 7. TRACKING ROOM CUTLER: But there isn't time for consultation. Er, this is an emergency! WIGNER: (Over phone.) We must know exactly what we are doing. CUTLER: But there isn't time, we'll have to take a chance! 8. ISC, GENEVA WIGNER: No general, you must take no precipitous action. This is quite out of the question. 9. TRACKING ROOM CUTLER: Yes sir. But you do give me authority to take any action necessary against the Cybermen? WIGNER: (Over phone.) Yes of course, you must do all you can. CUTLER: Yes sir. Thank you sir. (Cutler puts the phone down.) CUTLER: Right gentlemen, prepare to start the countdown. BARCLAY: But surely you haven't got the authority to use that b*mb?! CUTLER: Secretary Wigner has given me authority to take any steps necessary to stop the Cybermen. BEN: Yeah, but I bet that didn't include using the b*mb! CUTLER: (Shouting.) That is my order! BEN: (To Barclay.) Look, tell him he can't use this b*mb, Barclay, we'll all go up with it! CUTLER: Now look you. Ever since you came into this base you and that old man have poked your noses into things that don't concern you. Well, you have just done it for the last time. You, take them out of here and lock them up with the Doctor. (Cutler marches off and a guard comes over to Ben and Polly.) POLLY: But just a minute, are you sure there's only one way of dealing with the Cybermen? CUTLER: As they are about to att*ck us, yes, I am sure. BEN: But there is another way, to wait! BARCLAY: I don't follow. BEN: Look, the Doctor said that it's not only Earth that's in danger but that Mondas itself is in far greater danger. Otherwise, why have they bothered coming here? CUTLER: And just how did he figure that out? It's draining energy from the Earth, isn't it? BEN: Yes, but he said eventually it would absorb too much energy and burn itself out. Well, shrivel up to nothing. So all we've got to do is wait! (Ben hits a fist onto the desk in frustration.) CUTLER: Wait? Sure, wait until these Cybermen friends of yours get here and take over this planet. Oh no, mister, we're not going to wait. We're just going to accelerate the process a little. We're going to make it disappear just a little bit sooner, that's all. BARCLAY: But don't you see, general? A nuclear expl*si*n on Mondas would deliver a terrific blast of radiation, enough to destroy all the life on the side of the earth facing it. It might even turn into a sun, a sort of supernova, and it would certainly destroy the space capsule. CUTLER: That's a risk we'll have to take. So far as the capsule's concerned, Dr Barclay, you are going to program that b*mb so that it hits Mondas at a time when my son's orbit has taken him to the far side of the Earth! BARCLAY: But there are no guarantees of success. CUTLER: I'm not arguing, Dr. RADAR TECHNICIAN: They're coming in closer, sir. (Cutler walks over to the radar screen. Polly walks over to Ben and starts quietly talking to him.) POLLY: I'm coming with you. BEN: No love, you stay here. POLLY: But what about the Doctor? BEN: Look, I'll look after him. You heard what Barclay said, I think he's scared, so work on him, get him on our side. POLLY: All right. (The guard drags Ben out of the room. Cutler walks over to Barclay.) CUTLER: All right, Barclay, the b*mb. Well? BARCLAY: You'll have to be present at the fusing, General. Dyson is not allowed to do it without you. CUTLER: OK Dyson, let's get on with it. (Dyson stands up.) POLLY: Can I stay and help? CUTLER: What do you think you could do? POLLY: Well, I could make some coffee or something. CUTLER: Oh all right, I suppose we could do with some. Now, don't lose contact with my son and keep track of those Cybermen. Let me know the moment an att*ck is imminent. TECHNICIAN: Yes sir. (Cutler leaves the room. As he does, Barclay takes his glasses off and starts fiddling with his hair with worry. Polly looks on, concerned.) 10. CABIN (The Doctor is lying on the bed facing the wall. Ben is trying to rouse him.) BEN: Doctor! Doctor! Oh, what's the use? (Ben begins pacing the small room.) BEN: There must be a way out of here somewhere. (Ben goes to the door and pushes a penknife into the lock. The door doesn't budge.) BEN: Oh, they didn't make locks like that in 1966. (Suddenly, Ben notices a large grill on the wall over the top of the bunk bed.) BEN: Hey, wait a minute! (Ben climbs onto the top bunk.) BEN: I wonder where this leads to? 11. FUSING ROOM (The fusing room is full of equipment. Several of the walls have banks of computers and instruments on them. In the middle of the room is a small platform. Part of the b*mb is on it, waiting to be fused. It is connected to various things overhead by lots of wires. The thick door is marked with a radiation symbol. There is a permanent clicking noise. Cutler and two technicians are in the room, all wearing protective clothing. Dyson enters, also wearing a protective suit.) CUTLER: Right, we'll fuse it now. DYSON: Yes sir. (Dyson walks onto the platform and inspects everything.) CUTLER: Well, come on Barclay. What are we waiting for? DYSON: Last minute checks, sir. CUTLER: This little baby's gonna solve all our problems. DYSON: Yes, sir. CUTLER: Well at least you agree with me, Dyson. DYSON: If we get this away, do you think we stand any chance, sir? CUTLER: What do you mean, there's no alternative? DYSON: The old man could be right, it might be better to wait. CUTLER: Wait nothing. History is littered with guys who waited, and where did it get them? Nowhere. DYSON: There are the radiation effects. I mean, nothing is known, the results of this b*mb could be quite fantastic. CUTLER: Haha! You've never talked so much since you came to the base, Dyson. What's the matter, you scared? DYSON: No, not exactly. CUTLER: Come on man, admit it. I am. I'm scared for that son of mine. That's why we've got to get this thing away. (He gestures to the b*mb.) CUTLER: Otherwise we'll never get him down. Well come on you fellas, time's short, let's get moving. DYSON: We can start now. TECHNICIAN: Sir. DYSON: Ready? Right. Seven, two, four, six, eight, eight, two... 12. TRACKING ROOM (Barclay is watching the R/T Technician attempt to contact Zeus 5. All he can hear is static.) R/T TECHNICIAN: Hell. Still can't raise that Terry Cutler, sir. BARCLAY: Well keep trying man, keep trying. R/T TECHNICIAN: Snowcap to Zeus 5, Snowcap to Zeus 5, come in please. (The static continues.) BARCLAY: Let me know the instant you hear from him. R/T TECHNICIAN: Yes sir. (Barclay walks away. The R/T Technician continues to talk in the background. Polly is preparing coffee.) POLLY: How do you like your coffee? BARCLAY: Oh, as it comes. POLLY: Are you trying to get in touch with General Cutler's son? BARCLAY: (Snapping.) Look, you just keep your mind on making coffee, will you. (Barclay takes a cup of coffee from Polly.) BARCLAY: I'm sorry, that was rude. You must be scared stiff with all this happening. POLLY: I am rather. BARCLAY: Well, try not to worry about it. (Barclay sips some coffee.) POLLY: If Mondas turns into a sun and pours out deadly radiation, how much will it affect us? BARCLAY: I don't know, it may not affect us at all. POLLY: That's not what you said just now. BARCLAY: I know, but I'm not at all certain what would happen. POLLY: But what could happen? BARCLAY: Well, the radiation could affect us, and that means a certain loss of life. And the vegetation would, well suffer badly for many years. POLLY: And you're prepared to just let this happen? BARCLAY: Well what can I do, Cutler holds all the cards. R/T TECHNICIAN: 13 minutes to countdown, Dr Barclay. BARCLAY: Right. POLLY: Can't we wait, fight off the Cybermen until Mondas is destroyed? It would probably mean the end of Cutler's son, but that's one life against millions. BARCLAY: Yes, but what can I do? If I don't follow the general's orders he's bound to, well, carry on on his own without me. You know, he's a very ruthless man. POLLY: Can't we pretend to follow his orders, but in fact make sure the rocket doesn't go off? (Barclay looks hopeful. Suddenly, Cutler enters the room and Barclay and Polly spin round nervously.) CUTLER: Anything to report? RADAR TECHNICIAN: Yes sir, the signal on the screen is still there, 1500 miles north north-east. (Cutler strides across the room to the radar.) RADAR TECHNICIAN: It's been stationary for the last ten minutes. CUTLER: Let me know the moment it starts to move. RADAR TECHNICIAN: Yes sir. CUTLER: Any word from my son? BARCLAY: We can't seem to raise him, sir. CUTLER: What?! RADAR TECHNICIAN: The signal sir, it's moving. Coming in fast, course 0-1-5. CUTLER: Where's it heading? RADAR TECHNICIAN: Straight for here, sir. BARCLAY: Cybermen? CUTLER: Must be. BARCLAY: Anti m*ssile battery? CUTLER: No. No, I've got a better idea. We'll let them land and then ambush them with their own w*apon. (Cutler walks over to the R/T Technician and taps him on the shoulder.) CUTLER: Put the whole base on red alert. R/T TECHNICIAN: Very good, sir. (The R/T Technician flicks a switch and speaks into a microphone. Everyone can hear the announcement.) R/T TECHNICIAN: Now hear this. All base to red alert, repeat, all base to red alert. (The R/T Technician continues the announcement and Cutler picks up the phone.) CUTLER: (Into phone.) Security... Major, put section one under snow camouflage and issue them with the captured Cybermen w*apon. Report to me on R/T when complete. (Cutler puts the phone down and turns to Barclay.) CUTLER: How long to countdown? BARCLAY: Ten minutes. CUTLER: They'll be here by then. We'll have to hold them off, then proceed with the normal launching. (Cutler picks up the phone and talks into it.) CUTLER: Yes? DYSON: (Over phone.) b*mb's in position, sir, will you check it now? CUTLER: Right. (Cutler puts the phone down.) CUTLER: We've just got time before the battle commences. (Cutler leaves the room and Polly dashes over to Barclay.) POLLY: (Whispering.) Quick, now's our chance. BARCLAY: For what? POLLY: To go and see Ben, we need the others to help. Hurry, before it's too late. (Polly dashes away.) 13. CABIN (Ben is trying to open the grill. He jumps as Polly dashes in.) POLLY: Ben? BEN: Strewth, you gave me a turn then, duchess. (Ben jumps to the ground.) POLLY: How is he? BEN: Oh, he's just the same. (Barclay enters.) BEN: The quack's been to see him, he says he'll be all right, though. POLLY: Dr Barclay's going to help us. BEN: Oh, good. Now look, is there anything we can do to stop this rocket? BARCLAY: Well, it can be immobilised quite simply if we can get into the rocket silo. BEN: Well, can't you? BARCLAY: No, it's under constant guard. If I or anyone else tried to tamper with the controls we'd be discovered immediately. BEN: Well, is there any other way in? BARCLAY: No... Wait a minute! BEN: Well? BARCLAY: There is one way. I designed this part of the base. That ventilator shaft leads straight into the rocket silo. But I doubt if I could get into it, it would be a tight squeeze. BEN: But I might! Though if it leads into the rocket silo, would I need a radiation suit? BARCLAY: No, that part is screened. But there's a guard outside and an engineer checking instruments inside. POLLY: Well couldn't we distract him, get him outside? BARCLAY: Perhaps. Now look, this is what you would have to do. (Barclay goes over to the table and starts drawing a diagram on some paper. Ben and Polly join him.) BEN: Yeah. BARCLAY: Along the side of the rocket... BEN: Yeah. BARCLAY: Just level with the walkway, there is a panel marked Plug Servo Leads. You'll need a screwdriver. BEN: Oh, well I've got this Kn*fe. (Ben puts the Kn*fe on the table.) BARCLAY: Oh, that will do. Now, unscrew the panel and inside you will see four small plugs. Take out any one of them and snip off a pin and put it back. BEN: What'll that do? BARCLAY: Well, the fuel pump pressure will fall to zero at blast off. BEN: You mean the engines won't work? But I mean, won't they discover it? BARCLAY: Not in six months! It's not the sort of fault they look for. (Suddenly a siren starts up.) BARCLAY: The Cybermen. Now look, this is what you have to do. (Barclay draws a picture of the shaft.) BARCLAY: You come out of the ventilation shaft, down a ladder at the side... 14. POLAR LANDSCAPE (Another Cybership lands. Nearby, the section one guards are covered over by snow, with just the Cyber g*n visible. About 10 Cybermen march towards the base. The guards f*re the g*n and one by one the Cybermen collapse.) 15. VENTILATION SHAFT (Ben crawls along the shaft. He reaches an intersection and consults Barclay's map. There is a breeze bl*wing at him. He goes straight on.) 16. ROCKET SILO (Ben reaches the grill. Inside the room are various banks of equipment. There is also an engineer in the room. Ben watches him perform some checks. Another engineer walks in and beckons the other one to follow him. He does.) 17. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE ROCKET SILO (Barclay is holding a clipboard and begins talking to the two engineers.) 18. ROCKET SILO (Ben gets his Kn*fe out and begins unscrewing the grill.) 19. CABIN (Polly is sitting down, watching the Doctor, concerned.) POLLY: I wish you'd wake up. (Polly stands up. She hears someone coming and quickly gets onto the top bunk and covers herself with the blanket. She sneezes. A guard enters and checks that the Doctor and `Ben' are still there. He leaves and Polly emerges from the blanket. She looks up at the grill, concerned.) 20. ROCKET SILO (Ben pushes the grill open. It falls noisily against the wall. He swings onto the ladder and climbs into the room. He looks at his instructions and crosses over to the console marked Servo Plug Leads.) 21. POLAR LANDSCAPE (The three guards emerge and collect all the d*ad Cybermen's w*apon.) 22. TRACKING ROOM (Cutler is watching the guards on a monitor.) CUTLER: Well that's accounted for that lot. (The Radar Technician turns the monitor off.) CUTLER: Tell them to bring the captured w*apon down to the guard room. RADAR TECHNICIAN: Sir. CUTLER: Barclay... (Cutler turns round to talk to Barclay and notices he is gone.) CUTLER: Where's Barclay? DYSON: I don't know sir, he wasn't here when I got back. CUTLER: Know where he went? DYSON: Maybe to the rocket silo. CUTLER: (Suspiciously.) Right. (Cutler leaves the room, quickly. Dyson taps the R/T Technician on the shoulder.) DYSON: Mr Burns, check my figures on the second stage boosting. R/T TECHNICIAN: Sir. 23. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE ROCKET SILO (Barclay is still talking to the engineers. Cutler arrives.) CUTLER: What are you doing here, Dr Barclay? BARCLAY: General, I... I, I, I, was just checking these... with Haynes. (Cutler shoves Barclay out of the way and enters the rocket silo.) 24. ROCKET SILO (Ben is leaning inside the control panel. He doesn't hear Cutler enter. Cutler strides over to him and pulls him out by the neck. Cutler then pushes Ben off the walkway. A guard enters.) BEN: Aaarghh! CUTLER: All right. Get him down to the tracking room. (He points down at Ben. The guard walks away and Barclay and the engineer enter.) CUTLER: (To engineer.) You, check that rocket, see if he's done anything. BARCLAY: I can explain this, general. CUTLER: Yes, I'm sure. Right now you're coming with me, I need you. We'll talk about this after that rocket's gone. (Cutler and Barclay dash out of the room.) 25. TRACKING ROOM (Everyone is in the room at their posts. Ben is sitting on a chair, half concussed. Polly is looking after him. Cutler is lecturing them.) CUTLER: Now, listen, I am warning you. If that rocket doesn't take off for Mondas, if my son's life is in jeopardy because of him... I'll take the law into my own hands. That goes for you too, Dr Barclay. You'd just better make a good job on that launch. OK, start the countdown. BARCLAY: Preliminary checks are not complete, general. (Cutler walks over to the R/T Technician, annoyed.) CUTLER: See if you can get through to my son again. R/T TECHNICIAN: Snowcap to Zeus 5, Snowcap to Zeus 5, come in please. TERRY: (Over monitor.) Zeus 5 to Snowcap, reading you loud and clear, over. CUTLER: Give it to me. (Cutler snatches the radio.) CUTLER: (To Terry.) Son... Son, have you seen any sign of those spacecraft yet? TERRY: No, I haven't seen a thing, there's ah, just me up here at the moment, ah, all on my lonesome. CUTLER: Ah, well watch it. They move mighty fast. TERRY: Well, when are you going to bring me down? CUTLER: Well we... can't do it just yet, you'll have to hold on. We have to deal with Mondas first. TERRY: Hey, wait a minute. The capsule's getting a little slow on the controls. CUTLER: What about your power? TERRY: Ah, it ah, loses and then picks up again. CUTLER: Yes, that's Mondas affecting it. Don't worry son, we'll get you down just as soon as we're able. TERRY: Well that can't be too soon for me. CUTLER: Good luck, son. Out. TERRY: Luck. I'm gonna need it. (General Cutler is very worried. Barclay is sitting at the communications desk. He speaks into the microphone and makes an announcement.) BARCLAY: All systems ready to proceed with countdown, Barclay speaking. Check in please. Silo control. POLLY: Ben. Ben, please wake up. TECHNICIAN: (Over radio.) Check. BARCLAY: Gantry team. TECHNICIAN: (Over radio.) A1 OK. BARCLAY: f*re control. TECHNICIAN: (Over radio.) Check. BARCLAY: Fuel control. (Cutler goes over to one of the desks.) TECHNICIAN: (Over radio.) Lovely, check. BARCLAY: Search monitors. TECHNICIAN: (Over radio.) OK. BARCLAY: b*mb fuse team. TECHNICIAN: (Over radio.) Completed, check. BARCLAY: Booster guidance. TECHNICIAN: (Over radio.) Check. BARCLAY: We are starting at T-minus two minutes starting from... now! (01:59 counts down.) POLLY: Ben, are you all right? BEN: Oh, ohh! Who's that? POLLY: Shh, keep your voice down. BEN: Oh, what happened? POLLY: I'll tell you later. BARCLAY: Radar sectors check. T-minus 1-50 and counting. (1-49 counts down.) TECHNICIAN: (Over radio.) Check. POLLY: Did you manage it? BEN: Ah, my head, it's splitting! POLLY: Did you, Ben? Try and remember. BEN: I can't think. BARCLAY: T-minus 1-40 and counting. Clear silo. Booster giros... on. TECHNICIAN: (Over radio.) Final clear... we have a fault on range computer. Check circuits. BARCLAY: Stop the countdown! POLLY: Does that mean they've found the fault? BEN: I don't know! CUTLER: What's the matter with those range computers? BARCLAY: Only a minor fault, general. Holding at T-minus 01-35. CUTLER: It had better be minor, Dr Barclay. TECHNICIAN: (Over radio.) All clear. BARCLAY: Proceed with countdown. Starting from... now. POLLY: It's going to f*re after all you've done! (Polly is distraught.) BARCLAY: T-minus 01-25. Raise the m*ssile. 26. POLAR SURFACE (The m*ssile rises from a hole in the ground.) 27. TRACKING ROOM BARCLAY: T-minus 1-05. Everyone out of silo area. Land lines away. 28. POLAR SURFACE (The man lines retract from the m*ssile.) 29. TRACKING ROOM BARCLAY: T-minus 50 seconds. Switch f*ring circuits to auto action. TECHNICIAN: (Over radio.) Will do. BARCLAY: Countdown timing to a*t*matic. POLLY: We'll know if you succeeded in just a few seconds. TECHNICIAN: (Over tannoy.) T-minus 40 seconds. (Everyone is apprehensive.) TECHNICIAN: (Over tannoy.) T-minus 30 seconds. (The whirr of the rocket engine reaches the room.) TECHNICIAN: (Over tannoy.) T-minus 20 seconds. (The whirr reaches a crescendo. Everyone is waiting nervously.) TECHNICIAN: (Over tannoy.) T-minus 10 seconds. (The numbers count down.) TECHNICIAN: (Over tannoy.) 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 30. b*mb m*ssile LAUNCH (The rocket's engines f*re into life and the rocket slowly moves up...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x07 - The Tenth Planet - part 3"}
foreverdreaming
BY KIT PEDLER AND GERRY DAVIS first broadcast - 29 October 1966 1. TRACKING ROOM (Ben lies on the ground, nursing a bruise on his head from General Cutler's blow. Polly, kneeling next to Ben, tries nursing his wound. Cutler is preoccupied with the launch of the rocket at Mondas. Dyson and Barclay look on anxiously.) POLLY: ...succeeded in just a few seconds. COUNTDOWN VOICE: T minus 20 seconds... T minus 15 seconds... T minus 10 seconds, 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Blast off! (The computer monitor's screen is temporarily obscured by the rocket's afterburn. Suddenly, the afterburn clears and the rocket is revealed not to have taken off.) POLLY: Ben, you made it! The rocket hasn't gone off, it didn't work! Now we've all got a chance of life! (The General is enraged. He turns to Ben and Polly.) GENERAL CUTLER: Your Cybermen friends may have a chance of life, but not you, sailor! (He looks at the unconscious Doctor.) GENERAL CUTLER: Nor that old man. Now go get him up here. POLLY: But he's ill! GENERAL CUTLER: He's gonna get worse. Get him up! (As he speaks, the Doctor recovers and speaks weakly to Cutler.) DOCTOR: No need... I'm here. BEN: Doctor, you alright? DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes... (To General Cutler.) Your plan is foiled, sir. You cannot f*re the rocket! GENERAL CUTLER: You just arrived in time... get over there. DOCTOR: I must protest! GENERAL CUTLER: Move! (Cutler turns around and sternly addresses Dyson.) GENERAL CUTLER: Dyson, get through to Zeus 5! (With the General's attention drawn elsewhere, Polly moves over to the Doctor.) POLLY: What's happened to you, Doctor? DOCTOR: I'm not sure, my dear. Comes from an outside influence. Unless this old body of mine is wearing a bit thin. POLLY: What do you mean "wearing a bit thin"? DOCTOR: Oh, don't worry child, don't worry, don't worry... Oh, let's have a look, dear boy, eh?... (The Doctor rises to his feet. He, Ben and Polly move over behind General Cutler, who is pointing a p*stol at Barclay's head. Barclay sits watching him calmly.) GENERAL CUTLER: Barclay... that rocket was sabotaged with your help. Now you're gonna get it off the ground again. I'm gonna give you one more chance or you're gonna get k*lled with them. BARCLAY: I can't f*re this rocket, and neither can you. GENERAL CUTLER: How long will it take you to refuel? BARCLAY: Long enough! GENERAL CUTLER: Alright, if that's the way you want to play it... get up. Get up! Get over there! (He motions Barclay over to the wall, with the Tardis crew.) DYSON: I'm getting a signal, sir. From Lieutenant Cutler, sir. (Lt. Terry Cutler appears on Dyson's monitor. The General moves over to listen to his son.) TERRY CUTLER: I'm tumbling badly and there's little control left in the capsule - I must speak fast! GENERAL CUTLER: Yes, go ahead, son! TERRY CUTLER: This new planet, there's something strange happening. GENERAL CUTLER: What do you mean? TERRY CUTLER: Well it seems to brighten up like a sun and then darken again. (The Doctor has been listening, and adds to Terry Cutler's remarks.) DOCTOR: It cannot absorb much more energy! (Nearby, a radar technician notices blips on his radar.) RADAR TECHNICIAN: Sir, Cyberman spaceships on approach path. GENERAL CUTLER: Shut up, will you? Go ahead, son. (The General is growing increasingly agitated. Lt. Cutler's signal is becoming weaker by the second.) TERRY CUTLER: Hey... controls gone again... energy loss severe... It's like... it's like being on a switchback... I ca... I can't seem to... (The image on the screen cuts out, and there is a disturbing silence as the static fades away.) GENERAL CUTLER: Get that signal back! DYSON: It's gone... could be a power failure. (The General starts to show even more signs of panic and strain.) GENERAL CUTLER: Come on, man! Come on, Dyson, get that signal! RADAR TECHNICIAN: Sir, Cyberman ship on descent now! DYSON: Radio ... Hopeless. BARCLAY: The enemy will landing at any moment. DOCTOR: General! (For the first time, General Cutler seems to lose control. His face is sweating and his shoulders are slumped forward.) GENERAL CUTLER: The enemy! The enemy! I'll tell you who the enemy is. You are the enemy! (He turns to face the Doctor.) RADAR TECHNICIAN: The Cybermen sir, they must have landed! GENERAL CUTLER: You... you... you... you k*lled my son. RADAR TECHNICIAN: But sir, they've landed! (General Cutler is oblivious to the warnings. He rounds upon Barclay, the Doctor, Ben and Polly with his p*stol drawn. All the technicians in the room scatter for cover. Cutler points his g*n at the four.) GENERAL CUTLER: My son! The only person I gave a care about in this whole world, and you k*lled him. So now I'm going to k*ll you... and I'll start on you, Doctor! (The crack of r*fle sh*ts is heard from outside the room, followed by the whine of w*apon. Polly begins to scream. The whine of the w*apon is heard again. General Cutler spins around to see a Cyberman standing in the doorway! He sh**t a b*llet into the Cyberman's front armour, only to see it ricochet harmlessly. The w*apon whines again, and this time is followed by silence. There is a horrified look on the General's face, and smoke begins to pour out from his collar. He slumps to the ground, d*ad. The Cyberman casually walks into the room, followed by two others. The men in the room stand frozen like statues. The Doctor steps forward; immediately the lead Cyberman swings around to face him, w*apon levelled.) KRANG: Silence. Anyone who moves will be k*lled instantly. (The Doctor turns and points to Barclay, Ben and Polly.) DOCTOR: We owe you our lives. That man was going to have us sh*t. (He points to the body of General Cutler. Krang, the new Cyberleader, ignores the Doctor and gestures to the guards with his w*apon. Without hesitation, the guards obey, tossing down their g*n and raising their hands. Krang points at the Doctor and his friends.) KRANG: Go with the others down there. (The Doctor, Ben, Polly and Barclay join the guards and base technicians.) BEN: There's gratitude for yer! We save their grotty planet Mondas for what? (Krang turns around and looks at the Doctor and Ben.) KRANG: Saved Mondas? We do not believe you. We have seen a rocket m*ssile aimed at Mondas. DOCTOR: That is so. We prevented it being fired at you. We helped you. Therefore, I suggest you help us. BEN: It's no use talking to these geezers. (Krang raises his hand for silence.) KRANG: And what do you ask in return for this? DOCTOR: Your planet is finished. It will disintegrate. We know why you came here. So why not stay and live with us in peace, hmm? KRANG: We will confer. Keep your places. Anyone who moves will be k*lled instantly. (Krang walks over to the other two Cybermen in the room to discuss the proposal.) BARCLAY: Can we trust them? BEN: No, of course we can't. DOCTOR: We have no chance. We must play for time. Be quiet! (The Doctor advances towards Krang.) DOCTOR: Well sir, what have you decided? KRANG: We cannot talk while that m*ssile is aimed at Mondas. It must be disarmed first. DOCTOR: A moment, please. (He turns to Barclay.) DOCTOR: Are you able to disarm this rocket? BARCLAY: Well, yes - but... DOCTOR: It will give us the time we need! BEN: The time for Mondas to burn itself out, you mean? DOCTOR: Yes, now quiet! (To Krang.) We accept your terms. The warhead will be removed from the rocket. KRANG: It must be removed to below ground level. BARCLAY: Well, there's the Radiation Room. It's the deepest in the base. KRANG: That will do. And to make sure you do this, we will take two hostages. (He points to Polly.) KRANG: That girl will go to the spacecraft. (He then turns to the Doctor.) KRANG: You will stay here with us. (To Ben, Dyson and Barclay.) You three must go to the rocket. DOCTOR: You must do as they say. (Ben approaches the Cybermen.) BEN: Look, if you want a hostage, what about me? KRANG: You are needed to help with the warhead. BEN: Now look here, you're not taking Polly! DOCTOR: Let me handle this, my boy! BEN: But Doctor... DOCTOR: All of you - go with Barclay. BARCLAY: But Doctor, I do think that... DOCTOR: Go. I think it is wiser. BARCLAY: Very well. Come on Dyson. (The Doctor walks towards the Cybermen and addresses Krang.) DOCTOR: You give me your word that this young girl will be returned to me when that b*mb is safely stored away? KRANG: Yes. DOCTOR: Very well, child, off you go. And don't forget your coat, I don't want you to get cold! (One of the Cybermen leaves the Tracking Room with Polly.) 2. INTERIOR, CYBERMAN SHIP (Inside the Cybership, Polly's captor places her in a chair-like cage. The barred front of the cage is closed, trapping her.) POLLY: Ow! What are you going to do with me now? What kind of chair is that? It's horrible! Look, keep back! Keep away from me! (Without replying, the Cyberman moves closer. He presses a button on his chest unit; a flash of light sh**t from his helmet, and Polly falls unconscious. As she sleeps, the ship begins to warm up. She is being kept alive... for now.) 3. TRACKING ROOM (A video message is coming through from International Space Command Headquarters in Geneva.) SECRETARY: (On monitor screen.) Geneva calling South Polar base. Geneva to South Pole. (The Doctor looks at Krang.) DOCTOR: Didn't you hear? (The message continues to echo throughout the Tracking Room.) SECRETARY: Geneva calling South Polar base. Geneva to South Pole. Geneva to South Pole. Geneva to South Pole. (The two Cybermen order the Doctor to answer the call.) DOCTOR: Hello Geneva, Geneva... SECRETARY: Secretary Wigner to speak with General Cutler. (The Doctor looks a bit awkward.) DOCTOR: I'm afraid the General isn't here at the moment... and I... I've been put in charge temporarily. WIGNER: Who is that speaking? DOCTOR: I have no time to discuss it now, sir. WIGNER: Tell General Cutler there have been mass landings of Cybermen in many parts of the world. Who are you? (As Wigner speaks, the Geneva base is stormed by Cybermen. After a moment's silence, a harsh, metallic Cyberman voice is heard over the monitor from Geneva.) GERN: (To Wigner.) I am now Controller of the Earth. Resist us and you die. (Gern turns and talks into the monitor link.) GERN: You must proceed with your second objective. (Krang orders the Doctor to move, and sits down in Barclay's chair. He leans forward to speak into the microphone.) KRANG: We are proceeding according to plan. GERN: (On monitor.) Report to me as soon as you are ready. We must have time to evacuate. (Krang addresses the Cybermen in the South Pole base via the microphone.) KRANG: Unit Delta plus calling. Unit Delta plus calling. Unit Delta plus calling. (The Doctor rises and approaches Krang at the controls.) DOCTOR: I do not understand your friend, sir. Evacuate? Surely you're not going to return to Mondas now? KRANG: We will not discuss our plans with you. DOCTOR: (Angrily.) What is your second objective? It's quite obvious, isn't it? The destruction of the Earth! (He grabs the microphone and speaks into it.) DOCTOR: Ben! Barclay! Do not help them. They're going to use the b*mb to destroy the Earth! 4. RADIATION ROOM (Ben, Barclay, Dyson and Haines, a technician, are all clothed in protective radiation suits. They hear the Doctor's warning, and watch events in the Tracking Room on a monitor link by the door.) BEN: Did you all hear that? BARCLAY: Of course, it all makes sense now! We've allowed ourselves to be fooled by them! DYSON: We've just set them up nicely. Cutler was right, wasn't he? We should have used the b*mb on them. BARCLAY: No, that might quite easily have led to something far worse. DYSON: Worse? We're just about to be blown to bits along with the entire population of the Earth, and you talk about something worse? BEN: Give over, mate! What he means is, while there's life there's still hope. DYSON: Seems to me we've just signed our own death warrants. (A Cyberman is on guard outside the room. Krang can be heard over the monitor giving orders to the Cyberman.) KRANG: (On monitor.) Check progress on the b*mb. BEN: Quick! All look busy! Bring in number two line! (They pretend to be working as the Cyberman walks past the door.) BEN: 'Alf a mo'. The Doctor told us to play for time, right? And I've got an idea. DYSON: Marvellous. BEN: Well, might at least hear it! I don't hear any bright suggestions coming from you two guys! BARCLAY: Go on. BEN: Well, any idea how strong these Cybermen are? BARCLAY: A rough idea. BEN: Yeah, well they could lift a man like he was... well, like he was a wrench, right? DYSON: Yes, well? BEN: Well they're also pretty advanced geezers, way ahead of us. DYSON: What has this got to do with it? BEN: Well, that just it. With all this, why should they need us? Well, they could shift that b*mb in half the time! So why get us to do it? Also, you'll notice they remain outside this door, looking at us all the time through the door. Well why? DYSON: This is just a waste of time. BARCLAY: Now wait a minute, I think I see what he's driving at. They use us because they daren't handle it themselves. BEN: Yeah, but the point is, why? Well you're the scientists. BARCLAY: Don't you see, Dyson? It could that they're afraid of radioactivity. BEN: Let's get this one inside and see what it does to him. Now look... all lie down on the floor... play d*ad. DYSON: This is ridiculous... games. BARCLAY: Well may be, but it's worth giving it a try. Come on, lie down. (Barclay, Dyson and Haines lie on the floor, as Ben stands by the door and shouts to the Cyberman guard.) BEN: Help! Help! Come in here, mate, there's something up! Help! (Ben feigns collapse as the Cyberman peers carefully through the small door portal. It then opens the door and slowly walks into the room. After only a few steps the Cyberman stops d*ad and drops its w*apon. Ben shoves the large metallic body out of the room and locks the door.) BEN: You see? DYSON: What did you do that for? We could have escaped! BEN: To where? We're okay right where we are. BARCLAY: And they can't set off this b*mb while we defend this room! BEN: Right! So all we've go to do is sit tight until Mondas breaks up like the Doctor said! Well, we've got them! But they've still got the Doctor and Polly. 5. TRACKING ROOM (After witnessing the events in the radiation room over the monitor link, the Doctor turns to Krang.) DOCTOR: Well gentlemen, stalemate I think, don't you agree? Well now, what about a little talk, hmm? KRANG: You forget we can do what we like with all of you and the girl. DOCTOR: Oh, quite so, but I'm afraid that won't help save your planet. (Krang turns to the monitor and addresses the Radiation Room.) KRANG: Listen to me. This close proximity of our two planets means that one has to be eliminated for the safety of the other. The one to be destroyed will be Earth. We cannot allow Mondas to burn up. 6. RADIATION ROOM KRANG: (On monitor.) If you help, we will take you all back to Mondas with us. There you will be safe. BEN: Yeah? For how long? DYSON: It could be our only chance. BEN: The answer is no! We'll just sit tight here until Mondas breaks up. Now then, you'd better release the Doctor and Polly and send them down here. You're gonna need our help when Mondas is gone! 7. TRACKING ROOM (Krang listens to Ben, and watches Mondas's condition on another monitor screen.) KRANG: Mondas will not burn up. (He turns to another Cyberman.) KRANG: Take the old man out to the spacecraft. DOCTOR: You will regret this. (Krang addresses the c*ptive in the Radiation Room.) KRANG: Now we give you three minutes to start fusing the warhead. If you fail, you will never see your friends again. (The second Cyberman grabs hold of his w*apon and escorts the Doctor out of the Tracking Room.) 8. RADIATION ROOM (As Krang finishes his ultimatum, Ben turns from the monitor screen to face the others.) BEN: ...really done it. What do we do now? DYSON: This is hopeless... we must do as they say! BARCLAY: Well, it could be a bluff. BEN: Yeah, how do we find out? BARCLAY: We must stick to our plan and sit tight. There are millions of lives at stake. BEN: Yeah, but there must be something we can do! (Ben turns to the monitor screen and smashes it.) DYSON: What did you do that for? Now we can't communicate with them. BEN: No, and they can't spy on us either. Now this is what I think we should do. 9. CYBERMAN SHIP (On board the Cybermen's craft, the Doctor and Polly are imprisoned together; the Doctor is in another chair-cage next to Polly. Both have their hands bound.) POLLY: Doctor... Doctor? (The Doctor barely has enough energy to raise his head to reply.) DOCTOR: Hmm... What is it, child? POLLY: Engines! They're not going to take off, are they? (The Doctor listens to the low, throbbing background vibration.) DOCTOR: No, no. Wait! The vibrations. Perhaps it's coming from Mondas! POLLY: What do you mean, Mondas? DOCTOR: This spacecraft receives its energy from Mondas. Perhaps it's absorbing too much. POLLY: Don't mean it's going to blow up, do you? DOCTOR: No, I don't know, child. It is an unknown power... POLLY: Doctor, I'm scared! 10. RADIATION ROOM (Ben is examining a large machine which holds a number of radiation rods.) BEN: What's it weigh then? DYSON: You're not thinking of carrying that thing around with you, are you? BEN: I'm not asking you. Can it be shifted, Dr Barclay? BARCLAY: No, it would be an impossible task to use it as you intend using it. BEN: Well, just what is there in this room that is radioactive and that a bloke could carry? DYSON: Nothing. You're wasting your time and ours. And our three minutes is nearly up, anyway. BEN: You think so. (He points to a panel in the wall of the room.) BEN: Is there anything behind here that is radioactive? BARCLAY: Well yes, of course. That's the base nuclear reactor. It supplies all the power. BEN: Well what's it like? Is there anything that could be moved by hand? BARCLAY: Well, if we extracted the reactor rods they could be carried for a short distance but it would be a very tricky operation. BEN: Well, it's our only hope. Come on! DYSON: Are you both quite mad? BEN: Look, Dyson, we're the sane ones. Do you really think those Cybermen intend to let us live? DYSON: They gave us their word. BEN: They just said anything they thought we'd listen to. They've got no feelings, remember? They told us that. So what's to stop them? Anyway, you might as well face it, mate - your number's up either way. So why not try, eh? We need your help anyway, okay? 11. TRACKING ROOM (Krang and Jarl, the second Cyberman, wait for the three minutes to pass. They watch impassively as the monitor screens are filled with the globe of the planet Mondas. The planet is violently alternating between light and dark.) JARL: Records, Krang. KRANG: Our planet is nearing saturation point. We must lose no time. Switch on the monitor. Their three minutes is up, we must hear their decision. (Jarl tries turning on the Radiation Room monitor, but it doesn't work.) KRANG: What has happened? 12. RADIATION ROOM (Ben and Haines are extracting the fuel rods from the reactor.) BARCLAY: Hold them away from yourselves. Gently does it, very gently. Stand by the emergency power switch. The lights will be fading any second now. DYSON: I suppose you realize there's only about an hour's supply of lighting and heating in the emergency batteries. Then we shall all freeze to death. BEN: If this don't work, mate, you needn't worry about the cold anymore. (He opens the reactor room door slightly and walks out into the corridor.) BEN: Okay, it's all clear. Quick! Dyson, you go up this end of the corridor. When you hear the Cybermen coming, come out behind them. Haines, you go round that corridor and do the same. Now look, I'll draw their f*re, so when you hear the sound of this g*n, start coming forward. (Looking at the rods.) Do you really think there's enough radiation in these two rods to trap them? BARCLAY: Just. BEN: Okay, come on. 13. CORRIDOR (Krang, Jarl and a third Cyberman are advancing to the radiation room. Ben watches them from around the corner.) KRANG: Do not use this gas unless you have to. We need them alive and conscious. (Ben retreats to the others in the Radiation Room.) 14. RADIATION ROOM BEN: They're coming. Quick! Behind the door. 15. CORRIDOR (The Cybermen come to the door to the Radiation Room. Jarl addresses the men inside.) KRANG: Your three minutes is up. What is your decision? (There is no reply.) KRANG: We shall be forced to k*ll you. We will give you one more chance to come out and give us the b*mb. BEN: (OOV, from inside the room.) Come in and get it! (Krang nods to the third Cyberman, who starts to pour gas into the reactor room through the crack in the door.) 16. RADIATION ROOM (As smoke pours into the room, Barclay starts to cough. Ben runs over to the far wall and levels the w*apon the Cyberman had dropped previously.) BEN: There's something else down by the door! (Barclay opens the door wide.) BEN: Now! (Without aiming, Ben fires his w*apon into the thick gas, where he can only just see the outline of the Cyberman holding the cylinder. The Cyberman drops the gas cylinder, raises his hands up in the air, and staggers back. Krang and Jarl pull the door shut to prevent any further sh*ts.) BARCLAY: I can't hold out much longer! BEN: Where's Dyson and the other bloke got to? 17. CORRIDOR KRANG: The humans are behind the door. Let the gas do its work. (As he speaks, Haines and Dyson approach from either end of the corridor. The radioactive rods they are holding cause the Cybermen to stagger and lose control. As the two men come closer, both Cybermen collapse and lie still. Ben calls out from inside the radiation room.) BEN: Quick, Dyson! Help get Barclay out of here! (The two men pull Barclay clear of the gas, and they head back to the Tracking Room.) 18. TRACKING ROOM (The room is a hive of activity, with technicians reclaiming control of the base.) DYSON: Back to your desks all of you. The emergency's not over yet. Philips, there are two reactor rods in the corridor. See that they're put back at once. BEN: Hey, they've still got the Doctor and Polly. BARCLAY: No, wait! If you try and tackle the spacecrafts on your own, you don't stand a chance. We don't know how many Cybermen there are left. BEN: Well? (He indicates a small piece of Cyber-machinery on the floor.) BARCLAY: Well, here's one of the things they use to contact each other. BEN: I don't know how it works. BARCLAY: Well then do anything, make a signal! Draw them here. DYSON: Is that wise? BEN: Well, if that spaceship takes off we'll never gonna see them again. DYSON: You may bring them all in on us! BEN: Well that's a risk we've got to take. (He begins to fiddle with the contraption, which starts making a buzzing sound.) BEN: That should do it. Any idea how long it'll take for them to get here? DYSON: You stand by with those g*n. BARCLAY: Now look, we must all get down by the other side of the room. BEN: Okay. BARCLAY: Opposite the door so we can face them. Use the g*n. (The lights go out.) BEN: What now? DYSON: The emergency battery's running out, I suppose. BARCLAY: We can't face them in the dark! DYSON: Now we shall freeze to death. BARCLAY: They must get those reactor rods back! (As the lights come back on...) BEN: Hang on, they're coming back. (Ben looks through the doorway and sees the Cybermen advancing.) BEN: Look! (Just outside the Tracking Room, Krang addresses the humans.) CYBERMAN: Resistance is useless. Drop your w*apon. (Just then, Ben looks up at the monitor screen showing the planet Mondas.) BEN: Just look at Mondas! I can't believe it! (Everyone turns to look at the screen. The planet is alternating from light to dark much faster now, and the planet starts to distort. As they watch, huge fissures and cracks appear in the surface. Streams of white-hot lava run from the cracks and spread over the face of the planet.) DYSON: Fantastic! It looks as if it's melting! BEN: It's falling to bits! BARCLAY: The end of Mondas. BEN: Hey, look! (In the excitement, the Cybermen in the room have almost been forgotten. Like their planet, the Cybermen are changing visibly. Their arms drop; the w*apon fall to the floor; each teeters slightly on his feet. They slowly collapse down on one knee, then the other. Finally they pitch forward on the floor, and are still. The corpses begin to disintegrate, leaving just the crumpled silver outer shells.) BEN: What's happened to them? BARCLAY: They've disintegrated! DYSON: They must have been entirely dependent on power from Mondas! (They turn back to the monitor. The planet is now a huge corona of gas surrounding the few remaining solid segments. As they watch, the distorted flare of gas that was once the Tenth Planet grows fainter and fainter as it spins away from the Earth. As Mondas disappears, the R/T system crackles back to life. The voice of Terry Cutler can be heard.) TERRY CUTLER: (OOV.) Zeus 5 to Snowcap, are you receiving me, over? BARCLAY: Quick Dyson, get that! (Dyson runs over to the communications system.) DYSON: Snowcap to Zeus 5, reading you loud and clear. (Terry Cutler's face appears on the monitor.) TERRY CUTLER: What happened? Where have you been? (Barclay moves over next to Dyson.) BARCLAY: (To Dyson.) Here, let me have that. (To Cutler.) Snowcap to Zeus 5, what is your fuel position? TERRY CUTLER: It's okay, everything's suddenly working normally. And what about getting me down? BARCLAY: We've been on emergency power. We'll handle your splashdown as soon as we get full power back. (To Dyson.) Start checking the base main units. DYSON: Yes, right. (Barclay uses the communications system to contact Geneva.) BARCLAY: Hello Geneva? Geneva? (Just then, Ben remembers his travelling companions.) BEN: Hey! The Doctor and Polly! BARCLAY: Snowcap here. (The monitor switches to a picture of the Geneva office. Wigner sits at the desk, with a secretary beside him.) WIGNER: Hello Snowcap, who is that, Barclay? BARCLAY: Yes, we've just getting full power back. The danger is apparently over. WIGNER: The Cyberman menace has ended all over the world! Let me have a full report as soon as you can. BARCLAY: Sir, will do. Did you hear that? He wants a full report. Where exactly shall we begin, do you think? (In the general excitement, Ben is not noticed as he leaves the room.) 19. CYBERMAN SHIP (Ben arrives in the containment room of the Cybership, where the Doctor and Polly are still imprisoned.) BEN: Doctor! (The Doctor is motionless.) POLLY: Ben! Oh please, Ben, help me... get me out of this thing! BEN: All right, don't panic, I'll have you out soon! (Ben opens the cages holding Polly and the Doctor. Polly immediately leaps up, but the Doctor still does not move.) POLLY: Ow! My hands were stuck and I couldn't get out!... Ben, I've been so scared! BEN: Take it easy love, take it easy. POLLY: And that Cyberman thing, it just fizzled into nothing, Ben, it was awful... (Ben looks over at the Doctor.) BEN: Now what's the matter with the Doctor? POLLY: I don't know. When the lights went out, he just seemed to faint. (Ben bends down in front of the Doctor and snaps his fingers.) BEN: Hey, come on Doctor, wakey wakey! It's all over now. (The Doctor shakes his head.) DOCTOR: What did you say, my boy? "It's all over." "It's all over." That's what you said. No... but it isn't all over. It's far from being all over. BEN: What are you taking about? (The Doctor has a glazed, distant look on his face.) DOCTOR: I must get back to the TARDIS immediately! POLLY: Alright, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes... I must go now. BEN: Aren't we going to go back to say good-bye or anything? DOCTOR: No! No, I must go at once. (Polly offers a helping hand, but the Doctor refuses it, brushing quickly past. Ben holds out his scarf.) BEN: Oh well, you better have this. We don't want you catching your death of cold. DOCTOR: Ah, yes! Thank you. It's good. Keep warm. (The Doctor leaves without waiting for his companions. Polly whispers to Ben.) POLLY: What's happened to him? BEN: Dunno. He seems to lost his sense of humour. POLLY: Well I can't wait to get out of here! (They walk through the Cyberman craft towards the exit. Ben looks at some fallen Cybermen as they go.) BEN: Good looking guys, ain't they? 20. EXTERIOR THE TARDIS (Outside, the Doctor battles through the snow, followed some distance behind by Ben and Polly. The Doctor stops in front of the TARDIS and opens the outer doors. He enters, and the doors shut just as Ben and Polly arrive.) POLLY: Wait for us! BEN: Open the door! POLLY: Hey, let us in! BEN: You can't leave us here, of all places! Open up! POLLY: Doctor! 21. INTERIOR THE TARDIS (In the control room, the Doctor is clearly weakening. He leans against the console and operates the door control; Ben and Polly burst in to see him stagger past the console and lean forward. The TARDIS controls are now working themselves; the door closes and the central column begins moving up and down. The Doctor's body is wracked by some huge inner turmoil; he struggles to stay on his feet, but the effort is too much for him. He collapses.) POLLY: Doctor! Quick, help him! BEN: No, leave him! (Ben points at the unconscious Doctor. The old man is lying on his back, totally still, his face expressionless. As they watch, a strange glow comes over the Doctor's face; the glow brightens to a brilliant white, then fades. And the face which is left behind is that of a total stranger...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x08 - The Tenth Planet - part 4"}
foreverdreaming
EPISODE 1 Written by DAVID WHITAKER Original Air Date: 6 November, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (A strange oscillating sound fills the TARDIS console room as the DOCTOR lies on the floor of the room. His features glow and blur and then change into those of a younger, dark-haired man. The glow subsides and the stranger lies unconscious and not moving.) (BEN and POLLY stand up over the figure and look down in astonishment. His clothes also seem to have changed and the neat small-checked trousers are replaced by a baggy pair of loud large-checked trousers ended off by a pair of pointed boots.) POLLY: (Amazed.) His face, his hair - look at it! (The oscillating sound dies away leaving the room in silence.) BEN: (Amazed.) He's breathing... (He looks around the previously darkened console room.) BEN: ...and the TARDIS seems to be normal. POLLY: Ben, what are we going to do? We can't just leave the Doctor there. (BEN indicates the figure on the floor, barely able to comprehend what has happened.) BEN: (Amazed.) What, him? The Doctor? POLLY: Well, that's who came through the doors - there was no one else outside. Ben, do you remember what he said in the tracking room? Something about "This old body of mine is wearing a bit thin." BEN: (Astounded.) So he gets himself a new one? POLLY: (Uncertain.) Well, yes. BEN: Oh, do me a favour! (The man on the floor is starting to breathe somewhat heavily.) POLLY: Ben, whatever happened, happened in here. BEN: But it's impossible! POLLY: Not so long ago we'd have been saying that about a lot of things. (The stranger on the floor moans and BEN and POLLY jump back.) POLLY: Oh, Ben! (The stranger is opening his eyes. He struggles to sit up, but immediately clasps his head as a searing pain inflicts him and a sound like a whine mixed with a drumbeat reverberates through his mind. His dark hair is uncombed and scruffy. The man, still wrapped in his cloak, looks at BEN and POLLY, but his vision is distorted from the effect of his transformation. Continuing to hold his throbbing head, the stranger begins to call out...) DOCTOR: Slower... (Louder.) Slower! (The sound starts to slow and then momentarily stops. It starts again but is getting slower and slower, almost as the man commanded.) DOCTOR: Concentrate on one thing...one thing! (The stranger peers in concentration at the TARDIS console. Gradually, the panel of knobs, dials and levers focus clearly in his eyes and the sound dies away. Relieved, the man takes his hands away and looks round him. He suddenly smiles a broad roguish grin.) DOCTOR: It's over. (He laughs deeply.) DOCTOR: It's over. (The man staggers to his feet, and grabs hold of the TARDIS console to steady himself. Underneath the cloak, his upper clothing has also changed. The waistcoat has disappeared and a pair of braces decorated with shamrocks and stars holds up his baggy trousers. In place of the neat long black tie is spotted bow tie, held in place with a safety pin. He glances over the TARDIS controls and circles the console. He operates a number of controls.) BEN: Doctor? (BEN and POLLY hear the familiar sound of dematerialisation. The man suddenly grabs hold of his face and starts to feel his features. He tries to move across to a wooden chest on the far side of the room, tripping over his cloak as he does so. He struggles to divest himself of it but finally succeeds. He moves on again towards the chest but trips slightly, the DOCTOR'S precious ring dropping off his finger as he does so.) DOCTOR: The muscles are still a bit tight. (The man staggers on as POLLY picks up the ring. She and BEN watch in confusion as the man pokes his head into the chest and begins to rummage through the contents.) BEN: What are we going to do? POLLY: It is the Doctor. I know it is...I think. BEN: It's not only his face that's changed - he doesn't even act like him. (The man continues to rummage, pulling out a large scruffy frock coat which he immediately puts on and then continues with his search of the chest.) BEN: (To POLLY.) Come on, it's time we sorted this out. (BEN walks over to confront the stranger.) BEN: Now look here! (The stranger thrusts a mirror from the chest into BEN'S hands.) DOCTOR: Hold that. (BEN takes the mirror.) DOCTOR: And tilt it. (As BEN obeys the man's order, the stranger stares deep into the mirror. At first he sees an image of his current face. But suddenly this changes into an image of the old DOCTOR. The man stares at the image in confusion. The image eventually turns back to that of his current self. Grunting in satisfaction, the DOCTOR again turns back to the chest, leaving BEN still holding the mirror.) BEN: Have you done with this? DOCTOR: Put it down, put it down. (BEN does so, his frustration and anger increasing.) BEN: Now, what's the game? DOCTOR: (Cries out.) Ah! (The little man pulls out an ornamental dagger from the chest. He examines the object thoughtfully.) DOCTOR: The crusades, from Saladin. (He once more turns back to the chest.) DOCTOR: (Gleefully.) The Doctor was a great collector, wasn't he! POLLY: But you're the Doctor! (The man pauses for a moment.) DOCTOR: Oh, I don't look like him. BEN: Who are we? DOCTOR: Don't you know? (The man places the dagger back in his pocket, and then brings out a dull-looking piece of metal from the chest. It is angled at one end with a square hole cut into it. A look of fear appears on his face.) DOCTOR: Extermination! (BEN and POLLY look at each in mutual puzzlement. The man replaces the metal back in his pocket and turns back to the chest.) DOCTOR: Ah! (He has discovered a magnifying glass. Peering through it, he studies his hands.) DOCTOR: Ah, very good. Nails need growing. (BEN takes the ring from POLLY and holds it up before the man.) BEN: Now look, the Doctor always wore this. So if you're him, it should fit now, shouldn't it? (BEN grabs the man's hand, and slips the ring on. However, it is far too big for the finger.) BEN: There - that settles it. DOCTOR: I'd like to see a butterfly fit into a chrysalis case after it's spread its wings. POLLY: Then you did change! DOCTOR: Life depends on change...and renewal. BEN: (Sarcastically.) Oh, so that's it - you've been renewed, have ya? DOCTOR: I've been renewed, have I? That's it, I've been renewed! (He paces round the room slightly.) DOCTOR: It's part of the TARDIS - without it, I couldn't survive. (He suddenly speaks harshly to POLLY.) DOCTOR: Come here! (POLLY looks nervous. The man lowers his tone and repeats the command...) DOCTOR: Come here. (POLLY steps warily closer to him.) DOCTOR: The Doctor kept a diary, didn't he? POLLY: Yes. DOCTOR: I thought so. Now, I wonder where? (He walks back to the chest.) DOCTOR: I wonder where? (BEN and POLLY watch him as he resumes his rummaging.) POLLY: He's a very different Doctor, Ben. BEN: Yeah, maybe. Just where do we stand, though? (Suddenly, an expression of joy appears on the DOCTOR'S face, as he pulls a tattered recorder from the storage box. He immediately blows a short tune on the recorder, while shuffling a few steps of a dance at the same time. At the conclusion of the tune, the DOCTOR deposits the recorder into a pocket of his voluminous coat and resumes the search of the storage chest. He pulls out another object - a book with "500 YEAR DIARY" embossed on the cover. He starts to flick through the pages.) POLLY: Doctor? Doctor, what's going to happen to us? DOCTOR: I think...I think we must have landed for sometime. I think it's time we went for a stroll. (The DOCTOR grabs a tall-peaked stove-piped hat from the chest, and places it on his head. With his eyes firmly placed on the diary's contents, the DOCTOR walks over to the console and flicks a switch. The TARDIS doors glide open. BEN and POLLY are alarmed.) POLLY: (Shouts.) But you don't know where we've landed! BEN: (Shouts.) No, you haven't checked the oxygen or the temperature or anything! (The DOCTOR doesn't look up from his diary but carries on reading.) DOCTOR: Oxygen density one-seven-two, radiation nil, temperature...eighty-six - strong suggestion of mercury deposits. Satisfied, Ben? Now, are you two coming or are you not? (He walks out.) POLLY: He does know us! He said "Ben", didn't you hear him? BEN: Yeah, I heard. But he might just have been copying you though, mightn't he? (They follow him.) 2: EXT. MERCURY SWAMP (A rough, mist-covered landscape. The ground is littered with curving rock formations and small bubbling pools of liquid. At regular intervals, a small spray of liquid is emitted from one of the pools, causing the rocks to be covered by a small silver filament. Oblivious to the surroundings, the DOCTOR strolls by one of the pools, his concentration completely on the diary. The DOCTOR strolls directly towards a small pool of hissing mercury, apparently unaware of the danger. Just as he is about to step into the pool, he steps in a different direction and circles the pool. Suddenly he stops and looks back, realises that he has averted the danger and laughs quietly. He looks down...) DOCTOR: Oh no! (He steps out of a second pool of water that he has walked into. Somewhat gruffly, he yells back...) DOCTOR: (Shouts.) Are you coming, you two? (He continues on his way but then stops and looks up. He notices a medium-sized rock blocking his path. Pulling a tape measure from one of his pockets, the DOCTOR measures the rock and then scribbles down some notes in his diary. He looks round, smiles and then backs up. Putting his hat into his pocket, he flexes his knees.) DOCTOR: Time I put you through some tests, I think! (The DOCTOR moves back a short distance, carefully studying the rock in front of him. Suddenly, he breaks into a run, and successfully leap-frogs the rock. Suddenly, a voice calls out...) EXAMINER: (OOV.) Hello? (The DOCTOR ducks into hiding behind the rock as a man in a dark tunic strolls into view.) EXAMINER: Hello? Is there anyone there? Hello? (Neither the new man nor the DOCTOR see a futuristic-looking p*stol being raised and pointed from nearby.) EXAMINER: Hello? Why don't they come? (The DOCTOR steps out of hiding and the man sees him. He walks up to him with his hand outstretched.) EXAMINER: Ah, so you've come at last. I'm from Earth. I'm the Examin... (Suddenly, a sh*t rings out. The EXAMINER collapses at the DOCTOR'S feet. The DOCTOR glances around his surroundings in startled surprise. He is about to rush behind the rock, when he looks back to the victim on the ground. Realising that the man could still be alive, the DOCTOR cautiously moves towards the body and kneels next to it. His worst suspicions are confirmed - the man is d*ad. The DOCTOR notices a badge attached to the d*ad man's uniform. He removes his predecessor's wire-rimmed spectacles from a pocket, and places them on. However, when the DOCTOR attempts to examine the badge, all he sees is a misty blur. Realising that his new incarnation has no need for spectacles, the DOCTOR removes the glasses, and places them back in his pocket. The DOCTOR then turns his attention back to the badge and reads the wording on it aloud...) DOCTOR: "Earth Examiner. Accord every access. Vulcan." (As the DOCTOR searches the EXAMINER'S body for further information, another figure begins to move in. The figure is wearing a shiny white suit with a close-fitting hood and large goggles, which completely obscures the stranger's appearance. The stranger raises the p*stol to the DOCTOR'S back. Suddenly, BEN'S voice shatters the silence.) BEN: (OOV.) Doctor?! Where are you? (The DOCTOR turns around as he hears BEN'S voice. The new figure quickly steps behind a nearby rock, but the DOCTOR has detected the movement. The DOCTOR turns towards the rock, but the figure has disappeared. Behind the rock, the stranger reverses his hold on the p*stol - he now intends to use it as a bludgeon.) 3: EXT. ANOTHER PART OF THE MERCURY SWAMP (BEN and POLLY have emerged from the TARDIS, and are closely examining one of the mercury pools.) BEN: Whoa, they're hot! POLLY: Hmm, do you think the air's like this everywhere? BEN: Nah - might be just round here. Don't want too many lung full of it, I know that. Here, when I was a kid, we used to live opposite a brewery. You could take a walk and get tipsy all in one go! (POLLY kneels next to the pool for a closer look.) POLLY: It's beautiful! BEN: No, don't touch it, Polly! POLLY: I wasn't going to. BEN: No, it's quicksilver - it gets through the pores. (BEN looks across the swamp.) BEN: Where is the Doctor, or whatever he is, got to? (As BEN looks around for the DOCTOR, a cloud of steam is suddenly emitted from the mercury geyser. It sprays all near to POLLY'S face. She coughs and splutters.) BEN: What's the matter? Hey, Polly! (As BEN kneels next to her, POLLY suddenly falls unconscious and collapses against him. BEN cries out.) BEN: (Shouts.) Hey, Doctor - wherever you are! Quick, there's something happened to Polly! 4: EXT. MERCURY SWAMP (The DOCTOR, still holding the EXAMINER'S badge, glances around his surroundings in alarm.) BEN: (OOV.) Quick, over this way! (The DOCTOR is about to stride towards BEN'S voice, but the figure suddenly emerges from behind the rock, and strikes the DOCTOR on the head with the p*stol. The DOCTOR is knocked unconscious. In the DOCTOR'S motionless hand, the figure carefully places a button. The stranger then proceeds to drag the EXAMINER'S body away.) 5: EXT. ANOTHER PART OF THE MERCURY SWAMP (Meanwhile, BEN is trying to lift POLLY to her feet. Suddenly, another cloud of toxic vapour is emitted from the mercury geyser.) BEN: (Shouts.) Doctor! (Like POLLY, BEN begins to cough and splutter. Slowly, BEN fades into unconsciousness. BEN'S last vision is of a another white-suited figure approaching.) 6: EXT. MERCURY SWAMP (A third, older, white-suited figure approaches the one who looks over the DOCTOR. As they are all dressed identically, it is impossible to say which was the DOCTOR'S attacker. Both have pushed their goggles off their eyes. The older man speaks.) BRAGEN: Ah, Quinn, there you are. What have you got there? (He sees the unconscious DOCTOR.) BRAGEN: My people have found two more of them by one of the pools. QUINN: This one's got a nasty bruise on the back of his head. Fallen over his feet and knocked himself out, I suppose. BRAGEN: I suppose so. QUINN: (Exasperated.) Why don't they use the kit we send them? BRAGEN: Yes, the other two have had a rather bad dose of fumes - the girl has anyway. QUINN: Girl? BRAGEN: Yes, but she'll recover. (Two more of the protection-suited figures approach, one helping a groggy BEN and the other carrying an unconscious POLLY in his arms.) QUINN: (To BRAGEN.) These comic-opera guards of yours do have some uses after all. BRAGEN: I pick them for their physical fitness. QUINN: (Cutting.) I thought it wasn't for their I.Q. Give me a hand with the Examiner, will you. BRAGEN: I wonder why Earth has chosen to send an Examiner to Vulcan? Just now, I mean? QUINN: I don't know. BRAGEN: A mystery, isn't it? He isn't due for another two years. (Meanwhile, BEN is slowly recovering from the effects of the fumes. QUINN walks over towards him.) QUINN: How do you feel? BEN: Oh... QUINN: We saw your rocket sh**t the landing area. BEN: Eh? QUINN: Don't worry - most of the ships from Earth do sh**t. I'm Quinn, Deputy Governor. BRAGEN: Bragen, Head of Security. QUINN: Let's get all back shall we? I'll take the girl. (QUINN takes POLLY from one of the guards. BRAGEN speaks to his men.) BRAGEN: Here, you two, help carry the Examiner. (He indicates the DOCTOR, and the guards start to pick him up as BRAGEN turns back to BEN.) BRAGEN: I suppose you Earth people can't wait to examine Lesterson's space capsule? BEN: Eh? (BEN'S puzzlement is replaced by surprise when the DOCTOR'S eyes suddenly open. The little man winks at him, and then closes his eyes again.) 7: INT. LABORATORY (LESTERSON, a dark-haired man with round spectacles, is sitting at a bench in his large laboratory, polishing a dull-shaded piece of metal. He wears a long white lab coat. A pair of double doors on the left-hand side form the entrance to the room. On the right-hand side of the rear wall is an alcove dominated by a large window. Through this can be seen gantried rooftops of buildings below the laboratory. Within the alcove are various bits of machinery and devices, some mounted on the alcove wall. A large alien-looking space capsule with a tipped nose-cone dominates the right-hand side of the laboratory. It looks sinister and utterly different from anything else in the room. JANLEY, LESTERSON'S young female assistant, walks into the room. Despite her youth, she is very confident in her attitude and wears a simple two-piece dark tunic with short sleeves.) JANLEY: Lesterson? LESTERSON: Look at this. (He holds up the metal but JANLEY ignores it.) JANLEY: (Worried.) They've just brought in an Examiner from Earth, and a couple of assistants. LESTERSON: An Examiner? What's he here for? JANLEY: I thought you'd know. LESTERSON: Ah, it's the capsule, it must be. (He looks over with some passion and covetness at the large object within the room.) LESTERSON: Well, they can't stop me working on it, I can tell you that. JANLEY: Could anyone? LESTERSON: The Governor's always been difficult about it. But surely they wouldn't send someone all the way from Earth just to...? JANLEY: (Interrupts.) Look, what about the meeting? LESTERSON: Meeting? JANLEY: Yes - I've arranged everything. Can we still use the old rocket room? LESTERSON: Yes, I suppose so. But I do wish you wouldn't get mixed up with these pressure groups, Janley. JANLEY: Well, somebody has to do something. The colony's running down and you know it. LESTERSON: Well, I am too busy. JANLEY: But if we ran things, you'd have better facilities, more money. I wish you'd take an interest. LESTERSON: Now look, I don't mind letting you have the use of one of my rooms now and again, Janley, but don't try to involve me. (He gets up and looks over the alien capsule.) LESTERSON: This is what I find important. Two hundred years in a mercury swamp... (He holds up the piece of metal in his hand. It looks very like the one that the DOCTOR found in the TARDIS chest.) LESTERSON: ...and this piece of metal that dropped from it. Look - a couple of minutes polishing and it's as good as new. JANLEY: (Unimpressed.) Wonderful. LESTERSON: Rain, damp, heat, mercury - nothing touches this metal. No corrosion, Janley - think of that. JANLEY: Well, I hope the Examiner lets you go on with your experiments. (She turns and heads for the door.) JANLEY: Frankly, I doubt it. (She pauses at the door.) JANLEY: I think the Governor's brought the Examiner here to stop you opening the capsule. (LESTERSON suddenly looks concerned.) JANLEY: You should join our group, Lesterson. You might need us one day. (JANLEY strides from the room. LESTERSON watches her leave, a worried expression on his face.) 8: INT. GUEST QUARTERS (The DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY have recovered from their ordeal and have been left to rest in a small room. It has a couch bed and two chairs. A round grilled window overlooks the arching rocks of the mercury swamp outside. The DOCTOR is sat cross-legged on the bed, frowning and bl*wing a tune absent-mindedly on his recorder. He wears the badge from the d*ad man on his coat lapel. BEN and POLLY, the latter playing with something in her hands, are sat on the two chairs. BEN is growing increasingly angry at the new DOCTOR'S attitude to their situation.) BEN: So the m*rder man was the real Examiner? (Nodding, the DOCTOR blows a series of three two-tone agreement notes on the recorder.) BEN: Well, didn't you see who did it? (The DOCTOR shakes his head, bl*wing a high-pitched shriek of a note for "No". POLLY holds out the button for all to see.) POLLY: The Doctor got this button though. (The DOCTOR resumes his tune.) BEN: Well, I think it's pretty dull around here. I don't know why we don't just go back to the TARDIS. (The DOCTOR again shakes his head, bl*wing a high-pitched note.) POLLY: Doctor, are you going to let them think you're the real Examiner? (The DOCTOR nods mischievously, bl*wing two more two-toned "Yes" notes on the recorder.) POLLY: Well, won't that be dangerous? (The DOCTOR pauses, and then blows a faster "Yes" sequence of notes. BEN has had enough and suddenly reaches forward, snatching the recorder from the DOCTOR'S hands.) BEN: (Shouts.) Look, why don't you stop bl*wing that thing and talk to us properly? POLLY: (Shouts.) Ben! BEN: (Shouts.) Now don't you start - it's bad enough with him! POLLY: Well, he hasn't done anything. BEN: No, that's just the trouble! He knows what happened back at the TARDIS, yet will he tell us? Will he come out and say? Will he admit to being the Doctor? (BEN blows an angry "No" note into the recorder in answer to his own question. At that moment, there is a knock on the door on the right-hand side of the room.) BEN: (Shouts.) Come in! (The door opens and a guard in a peaked cap and dark military-style uniform enters. He stands to attention and BRAGEN, out of his protection suit, and another man walk into the room followed by a second guard. BRAGEN and the new man both wear short-sleeved tunic uniforms with their name badges on. The second man's identifies him as "HENSELL". He also has a badge of office on his right breast. He is a small, portly, man with a short white beard. He is fussy and filled with his own self-importance. The starch BRAGEN stands next to him as he speaks to the travellers...) HENSELL: I am Hensell - the Governor. I trust you're all feeling much better? (The DOCTOR takes the button from POLLY and pockets it.) BEN: Huh, I've felt worse, Governor. (BEN is suddenly puzzled by the title.) BEN: The Governor? (HENSELL ignores the question...) HENSELL: If Earth had seen fit to warn us you were coming, we might, possibly, have been able to guide you down to the landing area. DOCTOR: If Earth didn't warn you we were coming, Governor, they must have had a very good reason. I wonder what it was? HENSELL: Now look here - I run this Colony. I'm entitled to know why you've come to Vulcan. What is your brief? DOCTOR: I am the Examiner. HENSELL: Why are you here? DOCTOR: To examine. And I intend to start my examination at once! (The DOCTOR suddenly moves forward and examines BRAGEN'S tunic. He ignores the look of puzzlement on everyone's face. HENSELL tries again.) HENSELL: Someone's leaked reports about these rebel groups - that's it, isn't it? DOCTOR: Your turn now, Governor. (The DOCTOR moves across to scrutinise the Governor's uniform.) BRAGEN: There is Lesterson's capsule. HENSELL: (Sharply.) Internal affairs are my business, Bragen. Please don't interfere! (But the DOCTOR is immediately interested in BRAGEN'S comment.) DOCTOR: Please go on. (HENSELL takes up the explanation while the DOCTOR continues to stare at BRAGEN...) HENSELL: The capsule. It was found in a mercury swamp. It must have been here for centuries. DOCTOR: Interesting - continue. HENSELL: For centuries before the Earth colony arrived. I felt it might be dangerous, it might contain bacteria. (The DOCTOR thinks and then returns to the bed.) DOCTOR: (Quietly.) I shall examine the capsule...later. You may leave us. (HENSELL, his authority rocked, hesitates...) HENSELL: I shall look forward to your report. Bragen, see that the Examiner and his party...get some proper clothes, will you? (HENSELL, BRAGEN and their two guards leave. The DOCTOR looks down at himself.) DOCTOR: (Indignantly.) We are wearing proper clothes! (He places the recorder to his lips, and starts playing again.) BEN: (To POLLY.) Oh, how did he get that thing back again? (To the DOCTOR.) That was a bit of a cheek, wasn't it? Er, seeing if the Governor was the guy that you got the button off? POLLY: Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? POLLY: When he was talking to you, you were staring at the other man? DOCTOR: Yes, very rude of me, wasn't it? Terrible manners. (The DOCTOR lowers his voice and BEN and POLLY move in to listen...) DOCTOR: To tell you the truth, I was studying his reactions - seeing if he agreed with the story. BEN: Did he? DOCTOR: Must have a look at that capsule. BEN: You know, you wanna watch you don't take this Examiner stuff a bit too far. DOCTOR: Our answers must come from that mercury swamp. BEN: 'Cos at least one bloke ain't gonna be fooled. DOCTOR: When Bragen found us, he definitely said space capsule. BEN: Look, you're not going to fool the guy that did the real Examiner in! (But the DOCTOR returns to his tune on the recorder. BEN sighs and gives up...) 9: INT. CORRIDOR (Later, in a corridor, BRAGEN is pinning up a notice on a board. Two guards attend him. QUINN strides up, clearly agitated. He also now wears a colony tunic, though of a lighter shade than BRAGEN'S) QUINN: Bragen! What's all this nonsense about having to have a pass to see the Examiner? BRAGEN: It's the Governor's idea. QUINN: Surely it doesn't apply to me? BRAGEN: It's not my order, Quinn. I expect the Governor wants to keep people away from him. QUINN: It sounded like one of your red-tape ideas. BRAGEN: It has nothing to do with me. (BRAGEN turns his back on QUINN and carries on with the notice board.) QUINN: (Angrily.) Right! (Frustrated, QUINN walks away, but almost collides with JANLEY as she hurries around a corner.) JANLEY: Oh! QUINN: Sorry, Janley. JANLEY: (Laughs.) My fault. QUINN: Are you all right? JANLEY: Yes. Lesterson's just cleared me out of his lab. (QUINN laughs.) JANLEY: Is the Examiner going to let him open the capsule? QUINN: I don't know. I'm on my way there now...if I can push past Bragen's army of layabouts. (JANLEY touches QUINN'S left sleeve...which is missing a button.) 10: INT. LABORATORY (NIGHT) (Night has fallen and in LESTERSON'S laboratory, the DOCTOR studies the strange capsule. The others watch on in anticipation. BEN and POLLY have changed into colony tunics. In the room with them are LESTERSON, HENSELL, QUINN and JANLEY, the latter now wearing a white lab coat. The DOCTOR crosses from the capsule to the bench and notices the piece of metal that LESTERSON was polishing. He picks it up, with a concerned expression on his face.) DOCTOR: Where did you get this? LESTERSON: It dropped from the capsule. DOCTOR: Dropped? LESTERSON: Yes, when it was being hauled into the laboratory. But, you can see! This metal could revolutionise space travel. That's why I'm insisting that we open it. Well, who knows what other marvels there may be inside? HENSELL: But Lesterson, I didn't think you could open it? LESTERSON: Well, I have a theory. I'm convinced that the opening mechanism on the other side is either here, or here. (While LESTERSON is occupied with HENSELL, the DOCTOR pulls out the piece of metal he was studying in the TARDIS. His concern increases as he compares it with LESTERSON'S piece. POLLY and BEN exchange puzzled looks as the DOCTOR mutters to himself...) DOCTOR: Extermination... (LESTERSON is still speaking to the colonists and indicates a closed doorway in the capsule...) LESTERSON: Now, my theory is that I can insert a laser ray in this ridge here. (The DOCTOR and his companions join them.) LESTERSON: The ray spreads, fuses the opening device and gets us in. (HENSELL turns to the DOCTOR.) HENSELL: Examiner, I shall have to make it your responsibility. DOCTOR: A laser? Why not? It shouldn't be too difficult. (The blow torch-like laser has already been set up in front of the capsule. LESTERSON switches on the torch, causing a small beam of light to shine onto the first spot indicated by LESTERSON. Nothing happens.) LESTERSON: Well, we'll try the other side. (LESTERSON shines the flame on the other side of the door. Suddenly, there is a click of machinery from within. The hatchway door slides open. Everyone rushes forward simultaneously to stare into the capsule. The DOCTOR and LESTERSON cautiously step through the entrance door, and into a small dark empty compartment.) 11: INT. CAPSULE ENTRANCE CHAMBER (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR immediately starts to study the right hand wall as the others crowd into the small space. A closed arch in the wall is obviously another doorway. Their words echo in the enclosed metallic room...) LESTERSON: Hmm, it's a bit...disappointing. DOCTOR: Not really. This is just an entry bay, isn't it? LESTERSON: Yes, I...I suppose so. HENSELL: Well, this doesn't get us very far does it? LESTERSON: Ah, getting into the rest of the capsule will take time, Governor. BEN: Well, can't you use that torch thing again? That must be an opening door. LESTERSON: (Hurriedly.) Well, I should have to measure it up and find out where the lock mechanism is. DOCTOR: And I think we'll leave if for tonight. LESTERSON: Leave it? HENSELL: Leave it for tonight? But what did we come here for? DOCTOR: (Tersely.) That is my decision, Governor. HENSELL: But, good heavens above, man! DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) Two hundred years, you say, this has been buried? (He starts to leave the capsule.) LESTERSON: Oh, at least. Now, there must be something in the inner compartment. 12: INT. LABORATORY (NIGHT) (LESTERSON follows the DOCTOR back into the laboratory. The others follow.) LESTERSON: We shall be able to find out where it came from originally. DOCTOR: It didn't come from this planet - Vulcan. LESTERSON: Oh no, no, no. The metal is quite alien. DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Alien, yes. Very alien. Goodnight. (The DOCTOR abruptly walks from the room.) BEN: What's he up to now? POLLY: Ben, we're not going to let him out of our sight. (BEN and POLLY follow the DOCTOR, leaving the colonists to contemplate the situation.) HENSELL: Well, Lesterson, you got your way. Was it worth sending for this Examiner? This idiotic Examiner? LESTERSON: (Puzzled.) I didn't send for him. I thought you did. QUINN: Why don't you let me talk to the Examiner, Hensell? I can find out what's he's here for. HENSELL: No, no, no, no, you keep away from him. We'll leave him to work with Lesterson here. We've all got enough to do without having to worry about some amateur critic from Earth interfering. QUINN: But with five minutes, I ..... HENSELL: (Interrupts.) You heard what I said, Quinn. You won't mind keeping the Examiner busy, Lesterson? I don't mind what you do with him so long as you keep his nose...out of our business. LESTERSON: Yes. All right. HENSELL: All right. Well, we shall talk about it tomorrow. (LESTERSON watches as the rest of the colonists file out of the room. Once alone, he turns back to his workbench. He suddenly realises the piece of metal that he was polishing has disappeared - the 'Examiner' must have taken it. A worried expression appears on LESTERSON'S face.) 13: INT. GUEST QUARTERS (NIGHT) (Later that night, in the sleeping quarters, BEN lies on the bed idly handling the DOCTOR'S recorder as POLLY looks through the door.) POLLY: Ben! BEN: What? POLLY: Shh! He's in the corridor. BEN: Who is? POLLY: The Doctor, you clod! Come on - quick! (BEN gets up and follows her out.) 14: INT. CORRIDOR (NIGHT) (They are in time to see the DOCTOR disappear around the end of the corridor.) POLLY: (Quietly.) He's going towards Lesterson's lab. BEN: (Quietly.) Of course - to the space capsule! POLLY: (Quietly.) Come on. 15: INT. LABORATORY (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR steps into the deserted laboratory and over to the capsule. As the DOCTOR reaches its entrance, he dips into his pockets and withdraws the two pieces of metal - the one shined by LESTERSON, the other from the TARDIS. He disappears into the capsule just as BEN and POLLY silently enter the laboratory.) 16: INT. CAPSULE ENTRANCE CHAMBER (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR creeps up to his discovery in the wall, unaware that BEN and POLLY are close behind him. He inserts the shiny piece of metal into the thin opening, and pushes the 'key' home. There is a hum as the inner door of the capsule slides open.) 17: INT. CAPSULE INNER CHAMBER (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR looks into the darkened interior through the arched doorway. Within, covered in dust and cobwebs are two Daleks! They are still and their arms and eyes for the most part droop downwards although the arm of the Dalek on the left sticks into the air. The DOCTOR doesn't turn round but quietly speaks to his two companions as they creep up behind him.) DOCTOR: Polly, Ben, come in and meet the Daleks. BEN: What? DOCTOR: The Daleks. (The DOCTOR begins to walk further into the inner chamber. The other two follow him. Suddenly, the air inside the capsule disturbed, the arm of the Dalek on the left drops downwards. POLLY gasps with fright and then sighs with relief.) POLLY: (To the DOCTOR.) You could have opened this before. DOCTOR: These two pieces of metal are identical. The Doctor got one of them from the Daleks himself. BEN: Why do you keep saying the Doctor if you mean you? (The DOCTOR ignores him and carries on looking over the DALEKS.) DOCTOR: I knew I should find them here - I knew it. BEN: Ah, they look harmless, not very lively. POLLY: What do you think? Two hundred years in a swamp and you wouldn't look very lively either. Nothing could live through that, could it? BEN: Live? DOCTOR: Nothing human, no. (POLLY suddenly points to the floor.) POLLY: Doctor, look! BEN: What's the matter? (The DOCTOR bends down to examine the floor. There is the shape of the base of a third Dalek on the floor.) DOCTOR: (Shocked.) Well, there were three Daleks in here! What's happened to the other one? (Behind the DOCTOR, BEN spots something moving in the corner. Paralysed with fear, he chokes...) BEN: Doctor! (POLLY gasps, as the DOCTOR turns to confront the horror - a gruesome claw-like appendage crawls from out of the shadows...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x09 - The Power of the Daleks - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
EPISODE 2 Written by DAVID WHITAKER Original Air Date: 12 November, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm SCENE 1 - CAPSULE INTERIOR BEN: Doctor, look! (Polly screams. The Doctor and Ben stare transfixed at the pulsating claw. Ben slowly moves towards the claw, but the Doctor quickly drags him back. The movement appears to alarm the claw - it scuttles back into the shadows.) DOCTOR: A light. A torch outside. BEN: Did you see it? DOCTOR: Quickly Ben, quickly! POLLY: What was it? (Ben rushes out into the laboratory to obey. Quickly glancing around him, Ben notices a strange-looking object on the laboratory bench. He walks over, and picks up a bulb attached to a long lead. Ben quickly tests the bulb by switching it on and off. Satisfied with its condition, he drags the lead into the capsule. Ben's actions have been monitored by Resno, one of the Vulcan colonists. The Doctor impatiently snatches the lighting device from Ben, and moves cautiously towards the shadows. Ben tiptoes after him, indicating to Polly to stay back.) POLLY: Can you answer me? BEN: It was a sort of disembodied hand. A sort of claw. It was horrible! (The Doctor shines the light onto the area where the claw appeared.) DOCTOR: No. No, there's nothing. (Moving back towards the doorway, Ben notices a perfect circle on the floor next to the two dormant Daleks - the rim of another Dalek.) BEN: You were right - there were three Daleks. POLLY: Do you know what it was? (The Doctor shines the light down onto the circular patch.) POLLY: If there were three, who moved it? BEN: Don't ask me. Lesterson? POLLY: But he hadn't opened the capsule. BEN: Now he said he hadn't opened it. Lets get our facts straight. DOCTOR: Aha, excellent! Good thinking, good thinking. (The Doctor suddenly rushes back out into Lesterson's laboratory. Ben and Polly quickly follow, to find the Doctor searching through Lesterson's scientific equipment.) BEN: What, does that mean you think he's been inside? DOCTOR: Perhaps he's been experimenting on the Daleks? Ah. POLLY: But... but they're things I... I mean they're d*ad. They must be! (The Doctor replaces a test tube and picks up the lighting device.) DOCTOR: This light is d*ad. Now the watch! BEN: Do you mean these things just need power? DOCTOR: Now, Lesterson's fanatic. The Governor's jealous of his own position. What does that suggest to you? (The Doctor answers himself.) Dunno. Hadn't thought about it. That all is not well with this colony. Add to that one Dalek! BEN: Oh, blimey, you don't half make mountains, don't you? One Dalek? DOCTOR: Yes! All that is needed to wipe out this entire colony. SCENE 2 - GUEST QUARTERS (Quinn cautiously walks into the visitors' rest room, trying to find the Doctor.) QUINN: Examiner? Examiner? (Quinn switches on the rest room light, and notices that the room is empty. Suddenly, the door opens, and Bragen strides in.) QUINN: Bragen, don't you ever knock before you enter a room? BRAGEN: I'm sorry if I disturbed you. I was expecting to find the Examiner here - not you Quinn. QUINN: Well, he's not here. You'll probably want to start snooping under the bed, so I'll leave you to it. BRAGEN: One moment. QUINN: Don't try your luck with me, Bragen. BRAGEN: On the contrary, I'm trying to avoid trouble. The Governor gave express instructions that you were not to contact the Examiner - I find you here. I'm sure you can offer some suitable explanation. QUINN: I can. But not to you. (Quinn starts to walk off. Bragen tries to halt him but Quinn pushes past.) BRAGEN: Before you go... Oh! QUINN: Don't ever try to block my way again. BRAGEN: Guard! (A security guard enters the room.) BRAGEN: The Examiner is missing. He must be found immediately. SCENE 3 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (The Doctor is still engrossed in his search amongst Lesterson's apparatus.) BEN: Of course, the real Doctor was always going on about the Daleks. POLLY: Real Doctor? DOCTOR: Real Doctor? Oh, you mean the real Doctor. BEN: Yeah, now I've seen that claw thing, well, wouldn't want to shake hands with it, let's put it that way. POLLY: Doctor, look, if they're that dangerous, what are you going to do about it? DOCTOR: Save my breath. Would Lesterson listen? Uh, uh. Lesterson listen. Lesterson listen, Lesterson listen. Exercises the tongue. Try it! Lesterson listen, Lesterson listen, Lesterson listen... BEN: Look, they think you're the Examiner, order them to destroy the Daleks! Well, chuck your weight about. POLLY: (In background.) Lesterson listen, Lesterson listen, Lesterson listen, Lesterson listen, Lesterson listen, Lesterson listen... POLLY AND DOCTOR: (In unison.) Lesterson listen, Lesterson listen, Lesterson listen... (The Doctor is interrupted when the man himself storms into the laboratory, accompanied by Resno.) LESTERSON: What do you think you're doing in here? DOCTOR: (In background.) Listen, listen... LESTERSON: Who gave you permission? (The Doctor rushes over, shoving the Examiner's badge into Lesterson's hand.) DOCTOR: Read this! Aloud! LESTERSON: Accord every access. DOCTOR: Exactly! It doesn't say 'except your laboratory' anywhere does it? Unless it's in micro-print. LESTERSON: I should have been asked first! DOCTOR: (Pointing at Ben.) What was the first thing you noticed when you looked inside that capsule? BEN: Well, th... th... the Daleks. DOCTOR: You were astounded? POLLY: Yes. DOCTOR: Amazed? BEN: Yes. DOCTOR: (Turning around to face Lesterson.) You didn't even give them a glance! Why? Because you'd been in there and seen them! Where is the third Dalek? LESTERSON: I don't know what you're talking about! DOCTOR: You opened up the capsule without permission. You found the inner contart... compartment containing three Daleks, you took one of them away and you hid it! LESTERSON: Hid it? What... what nonsense! (As the Doctor continues his search through Lesterson's laboratory, Bragen enters.) BRAGEN: May I ask what all this is about? POLLY: We opened an inner compartment in the capsule, and Lesterson had already been in there. LESTERSON: I don't deny that. BEN: And he's nicked a Dalek! BRAGEN: Dalek? LESTERSON: It's the name the Examiner has given to two metal creations that I've discovered inside the capsule. BEN: And they're dangerous. Evil. LESTERSON: Lumps of metal! Quite inactive. BEN: That's what you think, mate. If you'd seen... (The Doctor hurriedly blows his recorder. Ben glances over, and notices the Doctor giving him a disapproving shake of his head.) LESTERSON: I consider it's my duty as a scientist to... to examine and investigate these objects. Now please, all of you, keep out of my laboratory. Keep your hands off my experiments! DOCTOR: Those 'lumps of metal' - Daleks - I want them broken up, or melted down. Up, or down, I don't care which, but destroyed! LESTERSON: I refuse to allow it. DOCTOR: (Holding up his badge.) I'm an Earth Examiner - I demand it. LESTERSON: You're exceeding your authority. DOCTOR: Perhaps we should ask the Governor about that? I wish to see him immediately! BRAGEN: That might be difficult. DOCTOR: But not impossible. Ben, Polly. (The Doctor marches from the room, closely followed by Ben, Polly and Bragen. Resno wanders up to Lesterson, who is still fuming.) RESNO: Could he stop the experiments? LESTERSON: I don't know. It's none of your business. You go and get Janley and then come back here. We haven't... haven't got any time to waste. Now go on man, quickly, quickly! (Resno rushes off. As soon as he has left, Lesterson locks the door to the laboratory. He then walks over into the inner compartment of the capsule. Lesterson activates a hidden control near the door, causing another compartment to open. Standing behind, is the third Dalek. Although dormant; it is covered by masses of electronic circuitry.) LESTERSON: He won't stop me experimenting. There must be some way to bring you back to life - and I'm going to find it. SCENE 4 - GUEST QUARTERS BRAGEN: And of course you do have the right of any access. DOCTOR: Which is why I have a badge which says so. BRAGEN: Lesterson watches over his ideas like a mother hen. DOCTOR: If there was a b*mb under this floor timed to go off in five minutes, would you ask my permission before you ripped up the floorboards .. aha, fruit! (The Doctor suddenly leaps over to the bedside table and examines the basket of fruit placed there. The Doctor carefully examines each piece, then gives a piece to Polly.) POLLY: Thank you. BRAGEN: Examiner - It's up to you of course, but I'd advise a little discretion in your investigations. It's not a very good time, just now. (The Doctor hands a piece of fruit to Bragen.) BRAGEN: Thank you. With all these disturbances... POLLY: Disturbances? BRAGEN: Yes, minor acts of sabotage, rebel cliques, secret newspapers, nothing important you understand, but it keeps the Governor busy. I have no doubt he'll tell you about it himself when I arrange your meeting with him. BEN: When will that be? BRAGEN: Ah, he's going on a tour of the perimeter of the colony. I'll... I'll find out if he can see you before he goes. POLLY: Thank you. (With a final look at the Doctor (who is happily eating an apple), Bragen walks from the room.) BEN: You know, it's little things like this that make it difficult to believe that you're the Doctor. DOCTOR: Ahh. BEN: The other one, I mean. The proper one. Oh nuts, you know what I mean. DOCTOR: Nuts? Yes, certainly, here we are. Crackers? (The Doctor digs into the fruit bowl.) BEN: You, my old china, are an out and out phoney! DOCTOR: China, yes, I went there once I believe. Met Marco Polo! BEN: No, not China. China! China and plate, mate, friend. DOCTOR: Yes, Marco Polo a friend? I believe he was. (The Doctor returns to examining the fruit.) POLLY: Don't listen to him, Doctor. I know who you are. (The Doctor silently puts a finger to his lips and shakes his head.) DOCTOR: Shh! (Polly watches as the Doctor produces a small Kn*fe from one of pockets, and carefully slices into an apple. A few moments later, the Doctor pulls out a miniature listening device. He promptly drops it on the floor and smashes it with his boot.) POLLY: Ah, it's a... BEN: Well, well, a touch of the bugs. Microphones. POLLY: Someone's been listening to what we were saying! BEN: Yes, so that's why you were messing about and talking nonsense! DOCTOR: I never talk nonsense! POLLY: Hmm, hmm, hmm. DOCTOR: Well, hardly never. BEN: Well, they certainly believe in making us at home, don't they? DOCTOR: At first, I thought there might be more than one. (The Doctor squashes another piece of fruit, causing the others to laugh.) BEN: Here, I bet old Charlie Bragen did it! POLLY: Charlie? BEN: Well Fred wouldn't suit him would it? POLLY: If he did do it, do you think it was his own idea? I mean - he could have been under orders. BEN: You mean from the Governor? Ah, I don't know. What do you think, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, yes. Yes of course. Let's... let's consider this button for a moment. It's the only clue we've got to the m*rder of the Examiner. The real Examiner. POLLY: Hmm. And who asked for him to come? BEN: Hmm. Well, Lesterson's crackers about that capsule. He wouldn't want anyone nosing about. POLLY: Bragen said the Governor's been having trouble. BEN: Naw, rule him out. Governors are all the same, he wouldn't ask for help. If he sent the word it would look as if he couldn't do the job properly. POLLY: Yes. BEN: Oh, well, I vote we go back to the TARDIS, I've had enough of this dump. DOCTOR: Have you? What about the Daleks? BEN: Well, they're d*ad. POLLY: Well, what about that thing we saw in the capsule - that was alive all right. BEN: Well, can't explain that. DOCTOR: I can. And that's why we have to stay! SCENE 5 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (Later that night, Lesterson, Resno and Janley are assembled in the laboratory. They are all closely examining the third Dalek.) RESNO: (To Janley.) Ugly-looking brutes aren't they? Hey, what's he want to muck about with them for? Leave well alone, that's what I say. JANLEY: You're a fine one to be a research assistant. Leave well alone? There'll be no progress on this planet with people like you around. RESNO: We're doing all right as we are. Or we were until your lot came along stirring things up. You won't get away with it, you know. The Governor knows all about you rebels. He'll smash the lot of you when he's ready. JANLEY: Governor? RESNO: Yeah, the Governor! JANLEY: He couldn't smash... LESTERSON: Will you be quiet! Where do you both think you are? This is a scientific laboratory. Kindly keep your politics out of it. Come on, Resno. Man, get on with it. We haven't got all day. We've got to get this working before the Examiner stops us. He's got some phobia about these .. these Daleks? SCENE 6 - GUEST QUARTERS (The Doctor is sitting on his bed, staring into space.) DOCTOR: I know the misery they cause - the destruction. But there's something else more terrible - something I can only half remember. POLLY: Doctor, what was it? (Suddenly, there is a knock at the door. Bragen re-enters.) DOCTOR: Well? Where is the Governor? What did he say? BRAGEN: He sends his apologies Examiner. He can't see you tonight, but he hopes to see you first thing in the morning. BEN: Well, it might not wait that long, Char... ah, Bragen. BRAGEN: It will have to. DOCTOR: Excuse me. (The Doctor rises and walks to the door.) BEN: Where are you going? DOCTOR: To see the Governor, of course. BRAGEN: I'm afraid that's not possible. Once his door is closed, no-one, not even you, Examiner, is allowed into his room! (The Doctor halts, and stares at Bragen.) DOCTOR: Very well. BRAGEN: Thank you. Until the morning then. (Nodding curtly, Bragen leaves the room.) BEN: What happens now? DOCTOR: I shall radio Earth. Governor or not, Hensell will have to listen to them - I'll get Earth to back me. (The Doctor suddenly dives for the door and yanks it open. The Doctor then glances out the door.) DOCTOR: That's funny. I could have sworn. You stay here, I shan't be long. (In his haste, the Doctor realises he has yanked the door knob from its socket. Ben and Polly laugh at the Doctor's bemused expression.) SCENE 7 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (In the laboratory, Lesterson is standing next to a panel of dials and switches. A number of electric leads are connected from the Dalek to a bank of machinery. Janley stands nearby, with a notebook in hand. Resno is sitting next to another bank of electric meters. Lesterson flicks several switches - a low hum emanates from the surrounding machinery. Lights begin flashing, and needles begin moving on the bank of meters next to Resno. The three scientists stare expectantly at the lifeless Dalek.) LESTERSON: Connecting now. RESNO: All connections responding. LESTERSON: Nothing at all? RESNO: No. LESTERSON: Are you sure? RESNO: There's nothing wrong here. LESTERSON: Well, let's see. RESNO: Really. If you can't trust me to read a dial. LESTERSON: Be quiet. All right - we'll try again. This time we'll take it up to 3.24. Got that Janley? JANLEY: 3.24. (The humming sound rises. Slowly, the Dalek's sucker arm begins to move upwards.) RESNO: It's moving! (The eye-stick, very slowly, also starts to move upwards.) LESTERSON: Now, note this, Janley. Number one attachment with sucker stick responding. Number two attachment not moving. Number three attachment with lens responding. Watch these meters, Resno. RESNO: (Glancing over the meters.) Still responding. (Lesterson marches up to the Dalek and walks around it thoughtfully.) LESTERSON: Now, it's reasonable to assume that this the sucker stick acts like some kind of a hand. (The sucker stick extends towards Janley, who recoils and screams in surprise.) LESTERSON: It's all right - don't be alarmed. We've only introduced temporary power. We shall have to be able to open it up before we could find how it works permanently. (Lesterson crouches and examines the g*n.) JANLEY: It's a bit frightening. LESTERSON: Yes. Now, I cannot think what this short stubby arm is for. JANLEY: Could the lens attachment be an eye? LESTERSON: Yes, yes, yes, yes. Now it's quite possible that this, ah, Dalek... Now there must be some kind of directing influence. There may even be a simplified brain. Positronic, I shouldn't wonder. If only we could open it up! (Suddenly, the Dalek returns to its previous lifeless state. The eye and sucker stick droop to the floor.) LESTERSON: Now what? RESNO: Everything functioning here. LESTERSON: Yes. Well, perhaps the power is leaking away somewhere. We'll... we'll try again. (Lesterson turns a number of dials, which successfully restores the power. The Dalek eye-stick moves upwards again. It turns around and watches Resno. Resno quickly spins around he senses something watching him.) RESNO: Look at the eye-stick! (The eye-stick immediately returns to its dormant state.) RESNO: It's watching us! LESTERSON: Don't be absurd. RESNO: It was. I saw it! LESTERSON: You can't use the phrase 'watching us'. You'll have us believing that th... the thing has intelligence next. Now, get on with your work, man! SCENE 8 - COMMUNICATIONS ROOM (The Doctor cautiously walks into the Communications Room. The unconscious body of the radio mechanic lies slumped on the floor. Nearby, are a number of severed communications cables. The Doctor bends down to examine the mechanic, but is distracted by a noise nearby.) DOCTOR: I know you're there. (Quinn steps from the shadows, holding a large pair of pliers.) QUINN: Examiner, thank goodness, it's you. I've been trying to talk to you ever since you got here. (At that moment, Bragen and a guard enter.) BRAGEN: What's happening here? You again. QUINN: What do you want? DOCTOR: I found the operator unconscious. (The Doctor and Bragen look suspiciously at the pliers in Quinn's hand.) QUINN: So did I! I was just looking at him, when I heard someone move. It must have been you. (Referring to Doctor.) (Bragen snatches the pliers from Quinn's hand.) BRAGEN: And those? QUINN: I picked them up. What is all this? DOCTOR: The cables have been cut. QUINN: What? (As Quinn reaches out to examine the cables, the Doctor notices the button missing from his jacket.) QUINN: This is serious. It's not just our own communications. We're cut off from Earth as well. BRAGEN: The only people who'd want to do that are the rebels. QUINN: Those muscle boys of yours had any brains, they'd stop things like this. (The Doctor produces the button from his pocket, and hands it to Bragen.) DOCTOR: Bragen, I was att*cked just after I landed. This is a small souvenir I collected. (The Doctor indicates the tear on Quinn's sleeve.) BRAGEN: This button belongs to you, doesn't it? QUINN: Well, yes. BRAGEN: And you say you picked these up? I suggest that you were sabotaging the communications... QUINN: That's a lie! BRAGEN: ...having first att*cked one of the engineers. I'd detain the Governor on evidence like that. QUINN: I hope you're not thinking of detaining me, Bragen. BRAGEN: I've no option. I could hardly let you run around loose after this, could I? All right guards. QUINN: I warn you, Bragen! (Quinn stares aggressively at the approaching guard, but then relaxes.) QUINN: All right - you win this round, Bragen. We'll see what it looks like in front of the Governor. (Quinn is escorted from the room.) BRAGEN: The Governor will want an enquiry. May I ask what you were doing here? SCENE 9 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (In Lesterson's laboratory, a tripod has been set up in front of the Dalek. Resno is adjusting a film camera set up on the tripod.) LESTERSON: Right. I've redirected power. This time working up to 4.68. Eh... now Resno, you will have to dodge between the camera and your meters. RESNO: Ready. LESTERSON: Connecting, now. (The familiar humming sound fills the room. The Dalek twitches and its sucker arm and eye-stick rise up once again.) RESNO: All connections responding. LESTERSON: Excellent. JANLEY: It's working! LESTERSON: Excellent. Film it, film it now, Resno. And, note the readings, Janley. (Resno moves to the camera and adjusts it to focus on the Dalek. The Dalek's eye-stick spins around and trains on Resno. The rest of the Dalek's body moves around to face Resno. The g*n points towards Resno.) LESTERSON: It seems to be interested in you, Resno. (Resno freezes in horror, staring at the Dalek.) LESTERSON: What's the matter with you man? RESNO: I tell you it's intelligent. It's watching me, Lesterson. Weighing me up! I can sense it! LESTERSON: Don't be a fool. RESNO: (Backing away.) I don't like it I tell you. I don't know what these things can do. (Lesterson leads Resno back to the camera.) LESTERSON: No, and we never shall know, shall we, unless we take film of every reaction. Now get on with your work, man! (Resno resumes his work, but continues to eye the Dalek suspiciously. Suddenly, the Dalek g*n delivers its deadly ray. Resno cries out, and falls to floor. The camera crashes on top of him.) LESTERSON: Resno! (Lesterson immediately pounces on the cable leads, and disconnects them. The humming noise abruptly winds down into silence and the Dalek is returned to its dormant state. Janley rushes over to Resno, and examines him.) JANLEY: It's all right. He isn't d*ad. LESTERSON: What happened? JANLEY: Knocked out by the shock waves. LESTERSON: We must get him to the hospital. I'll go and get help. (Lesterson rushes off and Janley attends to Resno.) SCENE 10 - GUEST QUARTERS (The Doctor is looking over Vulcan from the window of the rest room. He is playing his recorder.) POLLY: But we've got to defend Quinn. BEN: Yeah, I know. He's innocent until he's proved guilty. But he is guilty. POLLY: He's the Deputy Governor! BEN: So what? I had a headmaster once who got nicked for not paying his bus fare! And then there's the motive, don't forget the motive. POLLY: Like what for instance? BEN: Well, he's the Deputy Governor, right? Maybe he wants to be Governor. POLLY: Oh, that's ridiculous! BEN: Well, the jacket button wasn't! And he was caught red-handed in the Communications Room with a pair of pliers, and don't tell me he was plucking his eye-brows either. POLLY: Look, there are some people you know are all right. You just know by looking at them. (Bragen strides into the room.) BRAGEN: Good morning. The enquiry is about to begin. I've been sent to escort you. SCENE 11 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (In Lesterson's laboratory, the Dalek has been covered by a dark coloured sheet. Lesterson glances at his watch.) LESTERSON: Hello Janley. JANLEY: Is it time? LESTERSON: Yes. Yes, I think so. I feel quite excited. JANLEY: So you should. It's a wonderful achievement. LESTERSON: Yes, yes. But the wonderful thing, Janley, is that we don't know the full scope of this experiment. Who knows where we may go from here. (Lesterson pulls the cover off the Dalek which is now minus the g*n.) LESTERSON: Who know what this Dalek may do? JANLEY: It's harmless now? LESTERSON: (Indicating the empty socket.) Yes, yes, yes. I... I've removed... Oh, Resno, have you been to see him today? JANLEY: Yes, yes. LESTERSON: And? JANLEY: He... he's had medical attention. He's going to be all right. LESTERSON: Oh, good. JANLEY: No one must find out about this accident. It might give the Examiner just the excuse they want, and he could stop the whole project. LESTERSON: Well, yes. Yes, yes, yes, you're right. JANLEY: Well. Ready? LESTERSON: Yes! Let's go and surprise them. SCENE 12 - GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (Quinn's enquiry is about to start. Everyone is assembled in Hensell's room.) HENSELL: (To the Doctor.) I am sorry I couldn't see you earlier, Examiner. Please sit down. (To Quinn.) Well, Quinn, I don't like this anymore than you do. What have you been up to? QUINN: Nothing. Absolutely nothing. HENSELL: Well, what about Bragen's report then? These are facts, Quinn. Now, what have you got to say about it? QUINN: Does the engineer say I h*t him? BRAGEN: How could he if he was h*t from behind? QUINN: Then its only circumstantial evidence. BRAGEN: The Examiner was also att*cked in the mercury swamp. We have a button from your jacket, found in the Examiner's hand. QUINN: I can't explain that. BRAGEN: I'm sure you can't! HENSELL: Examiner. (The Doctor, lost in his own thoughts, suddenly stands up.) HENSELL: You seem to be in two minds. BEN: (Quietly.) Yeah, and two bodies. HENSELL: You mentioned to Bragen that these machines of Lesterson's... What do you call them? DOCTOR: I call them what they are - Daleks. HENSELL: Ah, yes, yes, yes, Daleks. You say they could be a motive for destroying our communications. DOCTOR: I do. (Suddenly, Lesterson walks into the room. He has a smug expression on his face.) HENSELL: Lesterson, this is a special enquiry. Now please. LESTERSON: This won't wait. You won't be disappointed! HENSELL: You heard what I said Lesterson! LESTERSON: Governor, I've just completed a... an experiment which could revolutionise the whole colony. Bear with me. DOCTOR: Lesterson, what have you done? What have you done? LESTERSON: I'll show you. Janley, now! (Everybody sits riveted as the Dalek glides into the room. The Doctor moves back slightly and shakes his head in disbelieving despair. The Dalek swivels its eye-stick around its c*ptive audience and suddenly focuses directly on the Doctor. Both the Doctor and the Dalek edge away from each other. The Doctor collapses into a chair behind him, stiff with fright.) BEN: It recognised the Doctor. It recognised him. POLLY: What's the matter, Doctor? Are you all right? DOCTOR: The fools. The stupid fools. BEN: You're scared! What can it do? DOCTOR: Nothing yet. BEN: It knew who you were! It sounds crazy, but it did. DOCTOR: Knew who I was. BEN: The Dalek knows who you are. LESTERSON: (In background.) This creation is called, I understand, a Dalek. Now, look at it. I have merely given it electrical power. But it is capable of storing it. Moreover, it responds to orders. Turn around. (The Dalek obeys.) LESTERSON: Move that chair. (The Dalek obeys.) LESTERSON: Stop. You see? Well, just think what this could do for our... our mining program, our processing, packaging. Dozens of labour jobs, Governor. It may even supply the end to all this Colony's problems. DOCTOR: Yes, it will end the colony's problems, because it will end the colony! DALEK: I am your servant. (Everyone stares in shock at the Dalek.) LESTERSON: It... it spoke! Janley, did you hear it? It can actually talk! DOCTOR: It can do many things, Lesterson. But the thing it does most efficiently is exterminate human beings. It destroys them, without mercy, without conscience. It destroys them. Utterly. Completely. It destroys them. (The Doctor shouts to try to drown the chanting Dalek but the Dalek raises its voice to a crescendo.) DALEK: I am your servant. I am your servant. I am your servant. I am your servant. I am your servant.
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EPISODE 3 Written by DAVID WHITAKER Original Air Date: 19 November, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm SCENE 1 - GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (The colonists are staring at the Dalek with enthusiasm.) DALEK: I am your servant. I am your servant. I am your servant. I am your servant. HENSELL: So Lesterson, they're even capable of speech! LESTERSON: Yes. But then, why not? After all, they have a certain intelligence. HENSELL: Yes I know, but... LESTERSON: But is... is it... it is... an intelligence that we can control. HENSELL: So what you want is permission to continue your experiments? LESTERSON: Governor, think what it would mean if we were to set it to work in the mines. It could double our production overnight! BRAGEN: Consider the effects it could have on our whole economy. HENSELL: Yes, and the effect of that on Earth... Yes. Yes, they could be very grateful. DOCTOR: (Whispering to the Dalek.) I shall stop you. I will! (The Dalek glides slowly towards the Doctor, but halts when Hensell speaks.) HENSELL: All right Lesterson, permission granted. DOCTOR: Permission? Permission for what? LESTERSON: To continue my work, Examiner. DOCTOR: But... But didn't you all hear what I said? The Daleks must be destroyed! LESTERSON: Ho, ho. Never! DOCTOR: Very well. If not by my order - then by Earth's! Come Ben, Polly. (The Doctor turns towards the door, but Hensell holds up his hand.) HENSELL: Ah, Examiner. Just a moment. Tell me, why are you so against this project? DOCTOR: But I've told you! I realise I can't give you any proof, but you've no idea of the danger! LESTERSON: No. DOCTOR: Yes. Danger! I shall be contacting Earth just as soon as radio communications have been restored. (The Doctor strides towards the door, followed by Ben and Polly. He pauses as he passes the Dalek.) DOCTOR: You're my servant, are you? DALEK: I... I am. DOCTOR: Very well. Immobilise yourself. Go on. I order it! Immediately! (The Dalek renders itself immobile - its eye and sucker sticks droop lifelessly to the ground.) DOCTOR: Huh! (The Doctor strides from the room. Ben and Polly quickly follow. Slightly concerned at the Dalek's inactiveness, Lesterson approaches the metal creation. But as soon as the Doctor leaves, the Dalek resumes its normal posture.) JANLEY: Lesterson. LESTERSON: Why did you stop obeying? You were given an order. DALEK: He has gone. LESTERSON: Then you obey only... DALEK: His order was wrong. I cannot serve human beings if I am immobilised. You gave me power. Your orders are right. I serve you. HENSELL: Lesterson. Lesterson, it reasons. Just how limited is its intelligence? LESTERSON: Now, there is no cause for... for concern, Governor. Just you wait until you see the amount of work it can do! (To the Dalek.) And now, I'm really going to put you through your paces. Follow me, Dalek. DALEK: I obey. (The Dalek follows Lesterson from the laboratory.) SCENE 2 - CORRIDOR DOCTOR: (Talking to himself.) That's it! POLLY: We should have stayed with Quinn. BEN: Well, we couldn't have helped him Polly, even if we'd wanted to. The Governor's already reached his verdict. DOCTOR: (In background.) Wire. Scissors. Tape. POLLY: But he didn't m*rder the real Examiner. I'm sure he didn't. BEN: Oh, well. The way I see it this lot's too busy arguing amongst themselves to do much about anything. Anyway, first things first. The Daleks are the important thing! (The Doctor rushes forward to shake Ben's hand.) DOCTOR: Ah! Congratulations, Ben! BEN: What'd I do? What'd I do? DOCTOR: You just used your brains, that's what you did. The Daleks are the most important thing! (The Doctor suddenly races off, followed quickly by Ben.) POLLY: (Muttering to herself.) I still think Quinn's innocent. SCENE 3 - GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (Back in Hensell's office, the inquiry has resumed. Quinn is undergoing interrogation by Bragen.) QUINN: How can I be in league with the rebels? BRAGEN: The evidence confirms it. QUINN: It was I that warned of their dangers. BRAGEN: As part of your overall plan! QUINN: You wouldn't even take the matter seriously. BRAGEN: If I was wrong then, I have a chance to rectify it now! QUINN: If that's going to be your attitude, I suggest that we... HENSELL: Quinn! Let us conduct this inquiry in an orderly manner. Now, the Examiner was att*cked, there can be no question of that. BRAGEN: And the button grabbed by the Examiner was missing from your suit. HENSELL: Yes, if you've got anything to add to that, you'd better say it now. QUINN: I didn't att*ck the man. I had no reason to. I was the one that sent for him! HENSELL: You sent for him?! QUINN: It was necessary. Under the circumstances, I'd hardly be likely to sabotage the radio communications. HENSELL: But... but why Quinn? Why? QUINN: Because of the rebels! BRAGEN: The rebels! They're nothing more than one or two fanatics. QUINN: You know as well as I do that they... BRAGEN: Unless you're trying to create trouble here -- to undermine the Governor's position. HENSELL: Bragen, you'd better explain that. BRAGEN: If you're removed, who takes your place? The Deputy Governor, of course. And that's the real reason behind all this trouble, isn't it Quinn? HENSELL: Go on. BRAGEN: You att*ck the Examiner in the mercury swamp and blame it on the rebels. Then you sabotage the radio -- blame that on the rebels too. HENSELL: Get him out of my sight! QUINN: Hensell, before you listen to these preposterous allegations... (Leering triumphantly at Quinn, Bragen gestures to the guard to escort Quinn away. The guard immediately obeys. Hensell watches sadly as Quinn is marched away.) HENSELL: I chose Quinn myself. I trained him for the job. Why, in a few years time, he'd have had this seat! BRAGEN: Sometimes Governor, a few years is a long time to wait. (Hensell is about to dismiss Bragen, when he holds up his hand.) HENSELL: Oh, Bragen? BRAGEN: Governor? HENSELL: You will assume Quinn's duties. As of now, you are Deputy Governor. (Bragen nods, and strides from the room.) SCENE 4 - GUEST QUARTERS (In the rest room, the Doctor throws a chair against a small control unit, causing the outer casing of the unit to shatter.) DOCTOR: Ah! BEN: I hope you know what you're doing! DOCTOR: So do I! (Retrieving his magnifying glass from one of his pockets, the Doctor commences a careful examination of the unit's components.) DOCTOR: Excellent. excellent. BEN: But I thought we were after the Daleks, not this control unit you've nicked! DOCTOR: If only we could find a... Ah, yes! (Rushing to the bed, the Doctor hurriedly pulls off a number of cushions. Once he finds the bed-frame underneath, the Doctor rips off a metal bracket. He then returns to the control unit.) BEN: He's a right little delinquent, isn't he? POLLY: Doctor, what on Earth are you up to? (The Doctor pulls a metal bracket from the bed frame.) POLLY: Ooh! DOCTOR: Ah! Now we're really getting somewhere! BEN: Look Doctor, I don't want to appear dim, but how's this going to do the Daleks in? DOCTOR: They think that Lesterson's the driving force, but I don't. The Daleks are using him. POLLY: But how? DOCTOR: Problem. Smash the Daleks, and the people here will lock us up or k*ll us. Let the Daleks go, and we'll all be exterminated. BEN: We could just go back to the TARDIS. At least we'd be safe to think there. DOCTOR: (Attaching the metal bracket to the control unit.) Oh yes, that's coming on. BEN: (Sighing to Polly.) Oh, you talk to him, will you? POLLY: Doctor look, if you told us what you were up to, perhaps we could help you. DOCTOR: Mustn't underestimate any of them. Lesterson's a first class scientist, first class. He opened the capsule. He realised that the Daleks could be reactivated. BEN: Yeah, that could be the answer. Let's kidnap Lesterson, and hide him away for a bit. Well, it would stop him bringing the Daleks back to life, wouldn't it? (Polly raises her eyebrows at Ben's suggestion.) BEN: I thought it was pretty bright. (Meanwhile, the Doctor connects the metal bracket from the bed-frame to the control unit. He holds up the device for Ben and Polly to see.) DOCTOR: There we are. BEN: What is it? DOCTOR: What is it? It could be the answer to all our problems. SCENE 5 - CORRIDOR (The Doctor, Ben and Polly rush towards Lesterson's laboratory. On the way, they pass Quinn, being escorted by a guard.) QUINN: Ah Examiner, don't let them fool you about the rebels. They're strong. (The guard attempts to force Quinn to move on, but Quinn resists.) QUINN: (Shouting back.) Try and find out where they hold their meetings. POLLY: Leave him alone! QUINN: It's all right, Polly. (As Quinn is dragged away, Polly moves forward to help, but the Doctor restrains her.) DOCTOR: We'll help him Polly, but later. POLLY: Yes but... DOCTOR: Now, this is a case where a little injustice is better than wholesale slaughter. What we want is in Lesterson's laboratory. Come along. SCENE 6 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (In his laboratory, Lesterson is sitting in front of the Dalek with a stop watch in his hand. Janley stands nearby, holding a clip-board.) LESTERSON: Incredible! Well, let's move on to test fourteen. DALEK: I am ready. LESTERSON: When sodium acts on ethyl alcohol, what is the resulting derivative? DALEK: Sodium ethoxide. C2 H5 ONA. LESTERSON: Just five seconds, Janley! Just the time it took to speak the answer. JANLEY: (Checking her notes.) Right too. LESTERSON: But of course it's right! Look, can you imagine what kind of positronic brain this robot has, Janley? Think of the store of knowledge that it must carry. (To the Dalek.) Sulphuric acid. DALEK: H2 SO4. LESTERSON: Ah, you see? (With a huge smile on his face, the Doctor pokes his head through the doorway.) DOCTOR: May I come in? LESTERSON: What do you want? DOCTOR: Oh, ah, just to see how you're getting on. LESTERSON: If you think... DOCTOR: No, please! I'm... I'm not here to cause trouble. I... I'm just interested, that's all. LESTERSON: You've done nothing but meddle and interfere ever since you landed on Vulcan. DOCTOR: Well, I... I did give you permission to open up the capsule, now didn't I? Please, carry on. LESTERSON: And you won't try to stop me? DOCTOR: Stop you? No, of course not. We get off on the wrong foot, Lesterson, but... but I'm a reasonable man and... and I've been thinking, perhaps I was hasty. LESTERSON: Well, if you... if you... if you really want to call a truce. DOCTOR: A truce? My dear fellow, I... I'd like to be friends! LESTERSON: Yes. Yes. Very well, you may stay. DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. Thank you. (Whispers to Ben and Polly.) Perhaps you'd like to amuse yourselves for a little while. (The Doctor hurriedly waves at Ben and Polly to leave the room. Lesterson then approaches the Doctor, and commences a proud display of some of his notes. On a nearby desk, a communicator bleeps. Janley picks up the receiver.) JANLEY: Laboratory. Yes. (Janley listens closely to the voice on the other end. Glancing around, she notices that the two men are busy.) JANLEY: All right, I can come now. Right. (Janley picks up a bundle wrapped in a cloth. She heads towards the door, ensuring that the bundle is obscured from Lesterson's sight.) JANLEY: I just have to slip out for a few minutes, Lesterson, alright? LESTERSON: Ah, yes, yes. Um, very well then. Examiner, shall we test its knowledge of physics? DOCTOR: Oh, oh, splendid, splendid. Ah, huh, please, please, carry on. LESTERSON: Thank you. (To the Dalek.) D... what is the First Law of Thermodynamics? DALEK: When heat is transformed into any other kind of energy or vice versa, the total quantity of energy remains invariable. That is to say, the quantity of heat which disappears is equivalent to the quantity of other kind of energy produced... (As the Dalek recites the answer, the Doctor stealthily moves towards the power unit. He then removes the modified control unit from one of his pockets, and begins connecting it to the power unit. Sensing something is wrong, the Dalek glides towards the Doctor. Just as Lesterson glances up, the Doctor flicks a switch on his control unit. The laboratory is filled with a deafening screeching noise. The Dalek spins helplessly around the laboratory, with its eye and sucker sticks swivelling uncontrollably.) LESTERSON: (Rushing towards the power unit.) Fool! What do you think you're doing? DALEK: (In background.) Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... (Lesterson pushes the Doctor aside and flicks off the switch. He then hurls the Doctor's modified device to the floor.) DOCTOR: I'm saving your life! LESTERSON: Get out! Get out! (Lesterson examines the power unit as the Dalek recovers its composure.) DALEK: Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... I have, ah, sustained no damage. (The Dalek whirls towards the Doctor. It makes a 'clicking' noise as its empty g*n 'fires' upon the Doctor.) SCENE 7 - GOVERNOR'S TERRACE (Janley arrives at Hensell's terrace. Bragen is waiting for her.) JANLEY: It's all right to ... ? BRAGEN: (Nodding.) You were able to get away then? JANLEY: Yes. Lesterson's with the Examiner. And Hensell? BRAGEN: At a meeting of production managers. He left me in control. JANLEY: We could take over the colony now. BRAGEN: No. No it has to be absolutely right. I don't want to take over a colony full of rebels do I, Janley? JANLEY: Well, I don't know. You're making me help them. BRAGEN: Only to stir them up to create enough trouble to get rid of Hensell, and then... and then we crush them. The whole colony will be grateful, and I'll be Governor. (Janley unwraps the bundle to reveal the Dalek g*n.) BRAGEN: Is that the g*n you told me of? (Janley nods.) BRAGEN: Can you persuade the rebels this will help them? JANLEY: Yes, Valmar thinks he can work in a switch to turn it on and off. BRAGEN: How powerful is it? JANLEY: It k*lled Resno, Lesterson's assistant, and Lesterson believes that Resno's simply shaken up -- taking a few days off. BRAGEN: And the body? JANLEY: In the mercury swamp. Lesterson was the indirect cause of Resno's death. It's a good hold over him if he makes trouble. I'll give this to Valmar then? BRAGEN: Yes. JANLEY: When do we move? BRAGEN: I need another card in my hand. The Examiner bothers me. JANLEY: I thought Quinn was the danger. BRAGEN: Uh, not any more. The Examiner is no fool. No, there has to be something else. (Bragen smiles as he considers an idea.) SCENE 8 - CORRIDOR POLLY: Well? BEN: Well, he's not in the laboratory, Lesterson's by himself. POLLY: Hmm. He must have gone another way. Can I leave it you? I'm going to go back to the rest room. BEN: Well, but... POLLY: Well, somebody's got to clear it up. BEN: Okay. (As Ben walks off, Janley suddenly appears and approaches Polly.) JANLEY: Hello there. POLLY: Hello. Um, you're Lesterson's assistant aren't you? JANLEY: Yes. You're not looking for the Examiner are you? POLLY: Well, do you know where he is? JANLEY: Yes, he's waiting to get a message through from Earth. He's in the Communications Room. POLLY: Umm... (Polly looks around in confusion.) JANLEY: Oh, you'll find it easy enough. Look. Around, then to your right, in the next block. POLLY: Thanks very much. (Janley smiles as Polly walks off. As soon as Polly disappears from sight, Janley follows her.) SCENE 9 - COMMUNICATIONS ROOM (Opening the door of the Communications Room, Polly peers in uncertainly.) POLLY: Doctor? Anyone here? (Suddenly, a man appears behind Polly and clasps a hand over her mouth.) JANLEY: Well done Valmar. Hold her. Hold her. (Polly struggles furiously, in a vain attempt to shake free of the man's grasp. Janley appears, and breaks a small phial of liquid into a handkerchief. She then holds the handkerchief over Polly's face. Polly collapses unconscious to the floor.) JANLEY: There, that'll keep her quiet for a bit. VALMAR: I've no idea who she is. She was just snooping around. JANLEY: I sent her. We want her kept out of the way. Get a couple of your men to keep her in a safe place. (Janley unwraps the Dalek g*n and shows it to Valmar.) JANLEY: Now, this is what I told you about. VALMAR: Yes. The lethal power must come from here. JANLEY: Uh, huh. VALMAR: It should have quite a good range. JANLEY: Can you fix it? VALMAR: It's easy. This could win us the revolution. POLLY: Ahh... SCENE 10 - GUEST QUARTERS (Back in the rest room, the Doctor is stretched out on the bed, thoughtfully playing a tune on his recorder. Ben paces the room back and forward.) BEN: She said she was coming back here. She knew the way, and she wouldn't have wandered off. I know she wouldn't! Oh! (Ben is frustrated by the Doctor's lack of concern.) DOCTOR: Ben, if you were a Dalek what would be your next move? BEN: I'm talking about Polly. DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no, no. She's a clever girl, but she couldn't answer this. BEN: But she is missing! DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no. BEN: Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes! DOCTOR: No, no, no! She's looking around, there's a lot to see in the colony. She's interested. I like that. (Ben grabs hold of the Doctor's arm, and leads him to the door.) BEN: Come on. DOCTOR: Where are we going? BEN: To report it. If we make a fool of ourselves, I don't care! We report it! SCENE 11 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY LESTERSON: (To the Dalek.) Yes, yes, yes. I managed to stop that fool of an Examiner just in time. You know there are some people here who believe that you're an enemy. DALEK: I am your servant. (The Dalek indicates a piece of the laboratory equipment.) DALEK: What does this machine do? LESTERSON: You know, it's amazing. You have an almost human interest and curiosity. DALEK: A Dalek is bet... is not the same as a human. If I am to help, I must know everything. LESTERSON: Yes. Yes, of course. DALEK: What is this machine? LESTERSON: It computes meteorite storms as they approach our weather satellites. DALEK: How accurate is it? LESTERSON: About, ah, seventy percent. It helps to cut down on our satellite losses. DALEK: Daleks can build pu... computers with one hundred percent accuracy. LESTERSON: One hundred percent? DALEK: If you provide materials and our own power unit, a computer will be built. LESTERSON: A hundred percent. That would be an enormous saving for the... for the colony! DALEK: Then, you will get the materials? LESTERSON: I'll go and speak to the Governor at once. DALEK: I will be ready to dictate the blueprint when you return. LESTERSON: Huh, huh. Oh, that's marvellous! (Lesterson excitedly leaves the room. As soon as the Dalek is satisfied that it is alone, it moves towards the power unit, and adjusts a control with its sucker-arm. A vibrating noise begins to emanate from the capsule. The Dalek glides into the capsule.) SCENE 12 - CORRIDOR (Ben rushes through a corridor, in an attempt to find someone in authority. He turns back, and notices that the Doctor is lagging behind. The Doctor appears lost in thought, as he mutters a number of mathematical calculations to himself.) BEN: You agreed we'd go and see Bragen. DOCTOR: Hmm? (To himself.) Power. BEN: Come on then! DOCTOR: (To himself.) Now the energy intake for Daleks should be the cube... (The Doctor rips a piece of paper from a noticeboard, and absent-mindedly scribbles down a number of calculations.) DOCTOR: Now then... BEN: Well, now what are you at? (The Doctor continues to mutter to himself.) BEN: Talk to yourself. (Sighing heavily, the Doctor pins the paper back on the board.) DOCTOR: Oh, it's useless with incomplete data! (The Doctor suddenly notices someone approaching. He hurriedly shoves Ben out of sight.) DOCTOR: Lesterson! BEN: Eh? DOCTOR: He just went past. That means we can get into his laboratory again. BEN: But we're looking for... DOCTOR: Oh, come along, Ben. Come along. SCENE 13 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (Inside the laboratory, the Doctor notices a number of cables stretching from the power unit, and leading into the capsule.) BEN: There's somebody in there. (Moving slowly, the Doctor and Ben approach the capsule. A Dalek suddenly appears from within the capsule.) DALEK: What are you doing here? DOCTOR: Stand aside. Servants shouldn't question. DALEK: Entry is restricted. DOCTOR: Not for me it isn't. "Accord every access". I've got a badge. DALEK: That is an order. DOCTOR: A Dalek order. Short circuit the generator, Ben. (Ben moves towards the power unit.) DALEK: Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Stand back! DOCTOR: Don't be frightened of it Ben. It's not armed. I'm going to see what it was doing in there. (The Doctor dashes towards the capsule, but is halted when two more Daleks appear from the capsule. Both are armed with g*n.) DOCTOR: Ben, let's get out of here! BEN: Fool. Lesterson must have reactivated them. (The Doctor and Ben turn towards the door.) DOCTOR: Yes. When I say run, run like a rabbit. Run! (The Doctor and Ben sprint from the laboratory, as the two armed Daleks glide up to the first Dalek (still unarmed).) UNARMED DALEK: I have sent the human being for materials. NEW DALEK: And power? UNARMED DALEK: Yes. Power we can turn into static, then we will conquer. (The Daleks monotonously grate in unison.) DALEKS: We will conquer... We will conquer... We will conquer... SCENE 14 - GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (In Hensell's room, an inquest is taking place in regard to the reactivated Daleks.) DOCTOR: But if you didn't do it Lesterson, then the Dalek must have used your power supply and reactivated the others itself. LESTERSON: I was going to do that anyway. BEN: Are you off your head, mate? Those two are armed! LESTERSON: Then we turn off the electricity, disarm them, and then everything is safe again. DOCTOR: I've already explained to you. HENSELL: Stop these arguments, both of you. I've had enough. I've every confidence in Lesterson. He has carte blanche for the Daleks from now on. DOCTOR: But they must be destroyed! HENSELL: Bragen, I'm making a tour of the perimeter. I put you in direct charge here. See that Lesterson gets everything he wants, will you? (Hensell strides from the room, as Lesterson turns to Bragen.) LESTERSON: I shall need a permanent guard on my laboratory, Bragen. (Glaring at Lesterson, the Doctor stalks from the room, closely followed by Ben.) BRAGEN: Don't worry about the Examiner. I think I can keep him quiet. SCENE 15 - GUEST QUARTERS BEN: We've been forgetting about Polly. DOCTOR: Greed and ambition, that's all it is. Wait till they find out what their precious production figures have cost them! (There is a knock at the door, and Bragen strides in. The Doctor sits down on a chair, deliberately placing his back to Bragen. He pulls out his recorder.) BEN: Oh, I want to see you. BRAGEN: What about? BEN: Well it's Polly, she's missing. We can't find her anywhere. (The Doctor starts playing his recorder.) BRAGEN: I'll tell one of my men to make enquiries. It shouldn't take long to find her. BEN: Ah, thanks. BRAGEN: Examiner, some of my men have found a body in the mercury swamp. It was the body of a middle-aged man. DOCTOR: What is that to do with me? BRAGEN: You're the Examiner -- or maybe you're not. (The Doctor stops playing and turns to face Bragen.) DOCTOR: Just exactly what do you mean by that? BRAGEN: Who are you? Quinn's friends? Come to stir up rebellion? DOCTOR: There's only one possible way that you could know I'm not the Examiner. BEN: Yeah, by knowing what the real Examiner looked like! DOCTOR: Exactly, Ben. Exactly! Only two people knew of his arrival on this planet. Myself and his m*rder. BRAGEN: That's enough! BEN: Is it? Doctor, we've got to tell the Governor. BRAGEN: Do you think he'll believe you? I'll soon convince him that you m*rder the man yourself. You stole the Examiner's badge. DOCTOR: Then why don't you arrest us? Because there's a doubt isn't there? Because it might, it just might, go against you. BRAGEN: All right, all right, so neither of us wants to make a move. But you leave Lesterson alone - and the Daleks! (Bragen hurriedly leaves the room.) BEN: He'd make a right Father Christmas, wouldn't he? DOCTOR: Oh, I'd rather fight a hundred of his sort than just one Dalek. (Suddenly, an envelope is thrust under the door. Ben rushes forward and opens the door, but the corridor is empty. Ben picks up the letter and reads it.) BEN: Listen to this. "The girl is safe. She will remain so as long as you leave the Daleks alone". SCENE 16 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (In the laboratory, Lesterson is talking to the first Dalek. Two more Dalek g*n are lying on a nearby table.) LESTERSON: And did you disarm the other two? DALEK: Yes. We are your servants. We do not need g*n. LESTERSON: I'm very glad. I knew the Examiner was wrong about you. DALEK: Did you get our materials? LESTERSON: Yes. Everything you need you can have. DALEK: And a power plant? LESTERSON: Everything. (The other two Daleks emerge from the capsule, both disarmed.) DALEK: We will get our power. ALL DALEKS: We will get our power. We will get our power. We will get our power. We will... (Chanting relentlessly, the Daleks turn to Lesterson. A slight frown appears on Lesterson's face.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x11 - The Power of the Daleks - part 3"}
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EPISODE 4 Written by DAVID WHITAKER Original Air Date: 26 November, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm SCENE 1 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY DALEKS: We will get our power. We will get our power. We will get our power. We will get our power. We will get our power. We will get our power. (As the Daleks continue chanting, Lesterson moves forward, and turns the power supply dial from full to half. The Daleks are immediately 'drained' of half their power - their movements and speech become sluggish.) FIRST DALEK: Turn back the power supply. LESTERSON: I will, I will. But I want you to remember that I control you. FIRST DALEK: We are your servants. LESTERSON: I know. Remember it. I gave you each a special charge to bring you back to life. Any further power you need must come from this generator. And I control it. Is that clear? FIRST DALEK: We obey. (Lesterson turns the power supply dial back to full power. The Daleks are immediately restored to their former condition. Two of the Daleks swiftly glide into the capsule.) LESTERSON: Where are they going? DALEK: To await your orders, master. LESTERSON: Good. Have you completed the blueprints for the meteor storm computer? DALEK: It is ready. (The Dalek leads Lesterson to a workbench, where a number of thin metallic sheets lie on top. Lesterson eagerly examines the blue prints.) LESTERSON: Oh, it's marvellous! I'm glad we understand each other. DALEK: We understand the human mind. SCENE 2 - GOVERNOR'S TERRACE (In Hensell's terrace, Bragen now sits behind the Governor's desk. Now wearing a new Deputy-Governor's uniform, Bragen watches impatiently as Valmar works on a communications device attached to the table.) BRAGEN: Isn't that finished yet? VALMAR: Nearly. (Valmar picks up the receiver.) VALMAR: This is Valmar. Test call please. (Valmar replaces the receiver. A few seconds later, the communicator buzzes, and Valmar picks up the receiver again.) VALMAR: Terrace. So I can hear you clearly all right, good. Now try and get in connection now with the interior, and then the perimeter stations. (Valmar replaces the receiver, and turns back to Bragen.) VALMAR: Well, no troubles now. BRAGEN: About time. This work should have been completed long before this. VALMAR: Well, I did the best I could! BRAGEN: Well, it isn't good enough! VALMAR: Then get someone else, Bragen. BRAGEN: Be careful! I shall be watching you, Valmar, after this - now get out! (Valmar strides from the office, just as the Doctor and Ben burst in. Trailing them, is a flustered guard.) BRAGEN: What does this intrusion mean? GUARD: I'm sorry, Bragen. I tried to stop them. DOCTOR: Intrusion? It's no intrusion. We're just returning the various calls that you made. This guard tried to tell us you were busy. You're not a bit, are you? BRAGEN: All right - I'll see them. (As the guard leaves, the Doctor studies Bragen closely.) DOCTOR: Oh, what a nice new uniform. Very smart, very smart. I would like a hat like that. BRAGEN: Well, what do you want? BEN: (Waving a piece of paper.) Some joker has kidnapped Polly and sent us this note. DOCTOR: Yes. BEN: Well, we want to know what you're doing to find her. BRAGEN: Now that the communications are restored we can start a search. BEN: Yeah, I can just imagine what kind of job you'll make of that. Haven't you heard anything yet? BRAGEN: The planet is a large one. (At that moment, a Dalek glides into the room. Attached to its sucker stick, is a small tray. A glass sits on the tray.) DOCTOR: (To the Dalek.) So! They've given you the run of the colony, have they? DALEK: We obey. Do I bring liquid for your visitors? BRAGEN: (Taking the solitary glass.) No. They won't be staying much longer. (The Dalek glides from the room.) BEN: Look, Doctor, if he's not going to help us, we'll have to search for Polly ourselves. BRAGEN: Sound advice. Why don't you, Doctor? DOCTOR: Ah, ah, Examiner. (The Doctor and Ben hurriedly leave the room. As they walk down the corridor, the Doctor whispers to Ben.) DOCTOR: I wonder how much longer they'll be able to move around on these floors? BEN: Eh? DOCTOR: Floors. They're not metal. BEN: Doctor. (Meanwhile, Bragen prepares to return to his work, when the communications device buzzes. Bragen switches on the monitor to reveal Hensell.) HENSELL: Ah, there you are Bragen. Thank heavens the communications are working again. It's bad enough being stuck out here on the perimeter. Well? Your report man. Hurry up. I've got a very full schedule. BRAGEN: There is nothing to report, Governor. HENSELL: The Examiner? BRAGEN: I'm taking good care of him. HENSELL: Good, you know my orders. BRAGEN: Yes, sir. HENSELL: All right, well you can reach me here if you have to, that's all. BRAGEN: One moment, Governor. When will you be coming back? HENSELL: Oh, not for a day or two at least. You can manage, can't you? BRAGEN: Yes. Yes of course, Governor. (Hensell's image disappears from the scanner. Bragen suddenly realises that the Dalek has re-appeared in front of the desk.) BRAGEN: What do you want? DALEK: Have you finished your liquid? BRAGEN: No. No I haven't. (Bragen watches suspiciously as the Dalek glides away.) SCENE 3 - CORRIDOR (In a nearby corridor, Janley is pinning a piece of paper on to the noticeboard. Another colonist, Kebble, walks up to Janley. Nearby, the Doctor and Ben have heard the sounds of conversation.) JANLEY: You'd better check the agenda. KEBBLE: I'll do it now. (As Janley walks off, Kebble commences to scan the noticeboard. Nearby, the Doctor removes a magnet from his pocket, and whispers to Ben.) DOCTOR: Static you see. They need a constant supply of static from the floor, some sort of electrical field. BEN: Doctor. Why should he...? (Ben indicates to the Doctor to look around the corner. Kebble is walking away from the noticeboard. Further down the corridor, three Daleks are gliding past.) DOCTOR: It's madness! BEN: What is? DOCTOR: Letting them run around like this. BEN: Hey, wait a minute! Bragen had one acting as a servant, and we've just left him! DOCTOR: One Dalek in Bragen's office - three Daleks just gone down the corridors. That makes four! BEN: Where did the fourth one come from? DOCTOR: Well, Lesterson can't have been making them. Perhaps there were more in the capsule than we thought? BEN: We must go and see Lesterson. Yeah, and show him this note. Maybe he or Janley knows where Polly is. (Ben turns back to the noticeboard, looking for Kebble.) BEN: We frightened him off. I wonder what the fascination of this notice board is? DOCTOR: It looks like a perfectly ordinary noticeboard to me. BEN: Yeah, well come on, Doctor. We must find out who's got Polly. Doctor, come on! (The Doctor reluctantly strolls off after Ben. Glancing back one last time, the Doctor notices that another man is standing in front of the noticeboard. The man is busy writing down notes. Realising that the Doctor is watching him, the man hurriedly folds his papers, and places them in his pocket.) SCENE 4 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (Lesterson, with a piece of paper in his hand, approaches Janley.) LESTERSON: Janley? JANLEY: What is it? LESTERSON: The Daleks. They've given me another list of materials they need. JANLEY: (Taking the list.) Let me see. We've got all those things? LESTERSON: Yes, but why these quantities, Janley? Why? How can they have used up all the materials I gave them? What is it? D... why, it's only a matter of a few hours ago. JANLEY: They're building new things for us. LESTERSON: Yes, well I don't want them to do anything without consulting me. What is it they do inside there? JANLEY: You're worrying too much. LESTERSON: Look Janley, say what you like, but I'm beginning to believe that the Examiner is right about the Daleks. Their original thinking terrifies me. If we can control them, fine. But if not... JANLEY: Yes? LESTERSON: Then I shall have them destroyed. It's too dangerous. The Examiner knows something about them that we don't. I'm going to ask his advice. JANLEY: I wouldn't bring the Examiner into it if I were you. LESTERSON: And why not? JANLEY: You want him to find out about Resno? LESTERSON: Oh, a little accident. How is he? Is he better? JANLEY: He's d*ad. LESTERSON: What are you talking about? You told me he was... JANLEY: You're busy with the experiments on the Daleks. LESTERSON: But you should have told me. But... but the body -- it'll have to be reported. JANLEY: Don't worry, no one will find the body. LESTERSON: Oh Janley, you've done a terrible thing. JANLEY: The experiments on the Daleks were more important. LESTERSON: More important than human life? No. No, I won't accept that. JANLEY: You will. You must! Your carelessness was the cause of Resno's death. You m*rder him. It's only your word against mine. LESTERSON: I won't be blackmailed by you! JANLEY: All I want is for you to go on as you are. Scientific discovery can't stop d*ad, Lesterson. (At that moment, the Doctor and Ben stride into the laboratory.) LESTERSON: I told the guard that no-one was to be allowed in. DOCTOR: "Accord every access" remember? BEN: We're looking for Polly. LESTERSON: Well, she isn't here, and I haven't seen her. BEN: Well, she's been kidnapped. LESTERSON: Oh, it sounds a little unlikely. BEN: Oh it does, does it? Well, we've got this note which tells us so. LESTERSON: I'm very sorry, but I don't know anything about it. DOCTOR: Lesterson? LESTERSON: Yes? DOCTOR: You haven't been building Daleks, have you? LESTERSON: Building? No I wouldn't know how to begin. DOCTOR: And there were only three in the capsule? LESTERSON: Yes. DOCTOR: Well we've just seen four. One in the Governor's office and three in the corridor! LESTERSON: But that's not possible! DOCTOR: There's only one explanation. The Daleks are reproducing themselves! (Lesterson thoughtfully picks up the list of materials requested by the Daleks.) JANLEY: These things are machines. How could they reproduce? DOCTOR: Machines! What makes you think they're just machines. The Daleks are brilliant engineers. Nothing is beyond them given the right materials. LESTERSON: What? DOCTOR: I said nothing is beyond them given the right materials. LESTERSON: Oh... DOCTOR: Lesterson, what's the matter? LESTERSON: Oh... (Lesterson crushes the list of materials, and throws it on to the floor. He then sits down on a stool, covering his face with his hands. The Doctor slowly walks towards the dejected scientist.) JANLEY: Leave him alone. He's just been overworking, that's all. BEN: Well, he looks bad. JANLEY: Will you both go away. Guard! It's you - badgering him with questions. You've done nothing but hound him ever since you arrived on Vulcan. (Janley waves at the guard standing at the door.) JANLEY: Bragen's orders were that no one was to be admitted. GUARD: Yes, but I thought that the... the Examiner. JANLEY: He att*cked Lesterson. Get them out of here. Both of them. BEN: He did not att*ck Lesterson. JANLEY: Out, do you hear?! (The guard forces the Doctor and Ben to leave the room.) BEN: All right, all right. (Janley quickly crosses to the communicator, and lifts the receiver.) JANLEY: Janley here. Tell Valmar to come over to the lab right away. Good. (Janley turns back to Lesterson, who is still slumped on the stool. Grabbing hold of Lesterson's arm, Janley guides the scientist to a couch.) JANLEY: Now, it's all right. Come on. Rest here for a bit. There. You've been doing far too much. (Lesterson mumbles in agitation.) JANLEY: Ssssh. (Janley forces Lesterson to drink a glass of water, which she has secretly spiked with a sedative. As Lesterson fades into unconscious, Valmar enters the room.) JANLEY: I've sedated him. VALMAR: Well, what's the matter with him? JANLEY: Overwork, I suppose. He just suddenly broke up. Anyway, it'll give you a chance to lay in the new power cable the Daleks have asked for. VALMAR: You don't miss a trick, do you? (Janley walks across to the Dalek capsule.) JANLEY: (Speaking into the capsule.) We're going to lay in the new cables you wanted. (The door to the capsule glides open, and a Dalek appears.) DALEK: Good. VALMAR: You're sure this is okay, Janley? JANLEY: Of course. We help them. They help us. DALEK: Yes. We are your servants. JANLEY: Don't take too long about it, Valmar. Oh, you saw the notice, did you? VALMAR: I saw it. (Valmar walks into the capsule, holding the power cable in his hands.) SCENE 5 - CORRIDOR (Back in the corridor, the Doctor is examining the noticeboard.) BEN: Well, we're still no nearer finding Polly. What are we hanging about here for? DOCTOR: Ben, I've found a message in code. It's an anagram, you just take the capital letters, see, work it out yourself. BEN: Oh, I can't do crosswords. DOCTOR: Meeting tonight, 2000 hours. R O C K E T -- Rocket. R O O M - Room. P. Rocket Room P! (The Doctor turns back to Ben thoughtfully.) DOCTOR: It's the rebels way of calling a meeting. Only tonight we're going to be there - early. BEN: Yeah, maybe we're nearer finding Polly than I thought. SCENE 6 - ROCKET ROOM P (Later than night in Rocket Room P, the Doctor and Ben hide at the back of the room. They wait for the meeting to commence.) BEN: (Shifting uncomfortably.) Aw, I've got pins and needles now. DOCTOR: What's the time? BEN: Time we went home! DOCTOR: Yes. (Eventually, the rebels start filing into the room. The group includes Valmar (with a Dalek), and Janley (carrying a small case). Janley opens the case to reveal the Dalek g*n. Valmar connects the g*n to the Dalek. As the rebels gather around a table, a man enters the room, and stands in the shadows. The Doctor and Ben are unable to determine his identity.) JANLEY: Now, we're going to demonstrate something. You section leaders can pass on what you've seen. So far, we've been concerned with testing the strength of the Governor with a few acts of sabotage. But now, we're ready to take over. KEBBLE: (Peering at the Dalek.) What is that thing? I've seen them moving about, but all we've been told is that it's a machine Lesterson discovered. JANLEY: Valmar? VALMAR: (Displaying a small device.) Well, Lesterson removed the armaments of the Daleks he discovered. I've rearmed this one, but with a controlling device. We can regulate the f*re power and turn it off and on whenever we choose. JANLEY: Shall we have the demonstration now? (The man in the shadows nods.) BEN: That's the one we want. He must be the boss of this outfit. DOCTOR: Sssh! (The Doctor stares thoughtfully at the group of rebels. Without thinking, he retrieves his recorder, and places the tip in his mouth. Horrified, Ben quickly prevents the Doctor from bl*wing a tune. The Doctor casually places the recorder back in his pocket. Meanwhile, Janley has set up a metallic sheet on a small stand.) JANLEY: This screen is two inch thick tungsten steel. Right, Valmar. VALMAR: (To the Dalek.) f*re at the screen. (Valmar presses the control switch, while simultaneously tapping the Dalek on its dome. The sheet of metal is destroyed. All the rebels cringe back in alarm.) JANLEY: Quiet! You must keep quiet. We're too vulnerable here. KEBBLE: But, you can't control a thing like that. It'll turn on us! JANLEY: No it won't. KEBBLE: I wouldn't let any of my group go anywhere near it. VALMAR: I can control it. KEBBLE: Prove it. Ah, you daren't! I'm not talking about that thing f*ring at the wall or bits of metal or anything. I mean people. Have you tested whether it... you can stop it from k*lling people? Our people? VALMAR: Look, I can show you what I've done here. KEBBLE: Forget it. How do you know a Dalek can tell the difference between the Governor's people and our people? VALMAR: But I can tell the difference, you fool! And I control it. KEBBLE: We want something better than words. JANLEY: (Moving in front of the screen.) Test it on me. Will that satisfy you? KEBBLE: Well yes, but... BEN: She's out of her mind! (The Dalek swings its eye-stick towards Janley, as Valmar turns to the man in the shadows.) VALMAR: Is it all right? (The man hesitates a moment, before raising his arm in assent.) VALMAR: (To the Dalek.) Now, when I tell you to f*re... DALEK: I am your servant. (Once again, Valmar presses the control switch, while tapping the Dalek on the top of the dome. This time, nothing happens. The rebels move in towards Valmar, congratulating him.) JANLEY: Get back to your places. KEBBLE: Are you all right? JANLEY: Of course. I don't take needless risks VALMAR: Oh well done, Janley. JANLEY: You haven't disarmed the Dalek! Well go on take the g*n away. We don't want any accidents. Now, what about the girl? KEBBLE: We've got her safely locked up. Never fear. JANLEY: I think the best thing for us to do is... BEN: Hear that? Maybe they'll say were she is. (Ben moves forward for a better look, but his arm catches a loose box. The box crashes to the ground. Startled, the rebels all turn to the back of the room.) JANLEY: Who's there? BEN: (Whispering to the Doctor.) You stay there, I'll distract them. Find out where Polly is. (The Doctor attempts to restrain Ben, but the young sailor is already on his feet, and racing towards the door. Janley steps in front of Ben, as the Dalek swivels around, its g*n at the ready.) JANLEY: No! BEN: Help! Help! (Kebble quickly intercepts Ben, and strikes him unconscious. Ben collapses to the floor.) JANLEY: The guards will have heard that! Come on we've got to get out of here! Take him and lock him up! Quick! Out! (The rebels hurriedly file from the room. A few seconds later, the Doctor is left alone with the mysterious man, and the Dalek. Suddenly, the man steps from the shadows, and begins to speak.) BRAGEN: You might as well come out. We know you're there. DOCTOR: (Walking out from the hiding place.) Bragen! BRAGEN: Of course. Who else is fitted to be leader of the rebels? (The Dalek spins around, pointing its g*n towards the Doctor.) DOCTOR: No doubt you want to be leader of the Daleks too. BRAGEN: I am the leader of the Daleks. DOCTOR: (Noticing the Dalek moving closer.) Well see if you can stop this one from k*lling me. BRAGEN: (Also noticing the Dalek.) Stop! You heard me, that's an order. Turn away. Fetch the guard. DALEK: I obey. (The Dalek hesitates momentarily, before gliding from the room.) DOCTOR: You hope to have it both ways, Bragen. But how will you look in front of the Governor, when I explain your dual role to him? BRAGEN: The Governor will hardly listen to an impostor. DOCTOR: An impostor? How do you propose to prove that? BRAGEN: My guards are now going to produce the body of the real Examiner from the mercury swamp. DOCTOR: The one you m*rder. BRAGEN: The one you pretended to be. DOCTOR: m*rder's a far worse crime than impersonation. BRAGEN: Yes, but you can't prove I'm a m*rder, while I can prove that you're an impostor. (The Dalek re-enters the room, along with Janley and two guards.) BRAGEN: (To guards.) Take this man away. Detain him. (The guards escort the Doctor from the room.) JANLEY: A dangerous man. BRAGEN: Now the only one left is the Governor. JANLEY: Perhaps we should have dealt with the Examiner earlier. BRAGEN: I'll deal with him in time -- and Quinn. SCENE 7 - CELL BLOCK (Quinn is sitting quietly in his cell, when he detects the sounds of movement. Standing up, he notices the Doctor being locked up in an adjacent cell. The guard activates a small box, which emits a high-pitched whining noise. This causes the lock on the door to automatically seal.) QUINN: You're the last man I expected to see here. DOCTOR: (Peering at the lock.) Hmm. Work's by sound, does it? QUINN: I'm speaking to you, Examiner. DOCTOR: Oh, I'm sorry. QUINN: If you'd listened to me in the first place, you wouldn't be locked up here now. DOCTOR: Well your imprisonment hasn't been entirely wasted. It's brought your enemy out into... QUINN: Bragen? I've known that all along. DOCTOR: Yes. But, ah, did you know that he was the leader of the rebels? QUINN: Bragen? The leader? DOCTOR: Yes. It's quite a simple sort of lock, really. QUINN: Hensell's trouble is he thinks he can run this colony on his personality alone. (The Doctor sits on the bed, and removes a variety of items from his pockets.) DOCTOR: But even if he knew of the danger, could he do anything? The rebels are well organised. QUINN: The Governor's popular. He can count on the mine workers of the perimeter for support. DOCTOR: In that case we must get word to him. QUINN: If you'd done your job properly, Examiner, you wouldn't be here now, and I'd have been out too. DOCTOR: Ah yes. But then, I'm not the real Examiner. Ben, Polly and I -- We're... we're just travellers, that's all. I found the Examiner, d*ad. Bragen m*rder him. QUINN: Everything leads back friend Bragen. Just give me a chance get my hands on him. DOCTOR: We aren't going to have the chance, unless we can get out of here. QUINN: There's just a little matter of the cell doors. (Quinn moves forward and rattles the door.) SCENE 8 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (In the laboratory, Lesterson slowly awakes from his drugged state. He staggers to the workbench, and wets his handkerchief. As he pats his forehead with the handkerchief, he notices a Dalek gliding towards the capsule entrance. Another Dalek appears from within the capsule.) LESTERSON: Ah... Oh... SECOND DALEK: You sent for me? FIRST DALEK: Take up a position at the communications room. Watch and report. SECOND DALEK: I obey. LESTERSON: (Muttering to himself.) They're conspiring together! Oh, why didn't I realise? The Examiner was right. They are evil! (Lesterson cautiously moves into the capsule. He is forced to bend forward, as he makes his way through one of the cramped corridors. Noticing a light ahead of him, Lesterson follows the corridor around a bend.) LESTERSON: (Noticing more Daleks.) There are four. They can't be reproducing! (As Lesterson moves through a number of doorways, he hears the sounds of activity a short distance ahead. Eventually, Lesterson reaches the end of corridor. A small glass panel is positioned on the wall. Staring through the panel, Lesterson gasps at the contents of the large chamber before him. Dozens of Daleks are gliding through the room - many of them are operating instrument panels. At one end of the room, a conveyor belt is moving through an archway. A bottom half of a Dalek casing suddenly appears on the conveyor. Lesterson watches as the casing moves forward, and is enveloped by a jet of steam. A few seconds later, the casing is covered by a foaming liquid. Lesterson watches in horror as another Dalek scoops up a bubbling green mass from within a glass globe, and places the mass inside the Dalek casing. The top half of the Dalek is then placed over the casing. Lesterson shrinks back terrified, as this procedure is repeated over and over again.) FIRST DALEK: Dalek nine complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. NEW DALEKS: (Repeated independently by each new Dalek over top of the methodical count.) We are the new race of Daleks! FIRST DALEK: Dalek ten complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek eleven complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek twelve complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek thirteen complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek fourteen complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek fifteen complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek sixteen complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek seventeen complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek eighteen complete.
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x12 - The Power of the Daleks - part 4"}
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EPISODE 5 Written by DAVID WHITAKER Original Air Date: 3 December, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm SCENE 1 - CAPSULE INTERIOR (As Lesterson moves through a number of doorways, he hears the sounds of activity a short distance ahead. Eventually, Lesterson reaches the end of corridor. A small glass panel is positioned on the wall. Staring through the panel, Lesterson gasps at the contents of the large chamber before him. Dozens of Daleks are gliding through the room - many of them are operating instrument panels. At one end of the room, a conveyor belt is moving through an archway. A bottom half of a Dalek casing suddenly appears on the conveyor. Lesterson watches as the casing moves forward, and is enveloped by a jet of steam. A few seconds later, the casing is covered by a foaming liquid. Lesterson watches in horror as another Dalek scoops up a bubbling green mass from within a glass globe, and places the mass inside the Dalek casing. The top half of the Dalek is then placed over the casing. Lesterson shrinks back terrified, as this procedure is repeated over and over again.) FIRST DALEK: Dalek nine complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. NEW DALEKS: (Repeated independently by each new Dalek over top of the methodical count.) We are the new race of Daleks! FIRST DALEK: Dalek ten complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek eleven complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek twelve complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek thirteen complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek fourteen complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek fifteen complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek sixteen complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek seventeen complete. SECOND DALEK: Check. FIRST DALEK: Dalek eighteen complete. (Overcome with shock, Lesterson stumbles back through the low arched corridors of the capsule. Once back in his laboratory, he staggers over to a large cabinet, and shoves it in front of the capsule's entrance. Janley walks into the laboratory, and immediately notices the look of terror on Lesterson's face.) JANLEY: What's the matter? What is it? (Lesterson attempts to mumble an answer.) JANLEY: Are you ill? LESTERSON: They're in there -- making themselves! Duplicating! JANLEY: What? What are you talking about? (Lesterson indicates the generator panel.) LESTERSON: I started this, opening the capsule! (Suddenly, Lesterson moves around the laboratory at frenetic speed - pulling levers, turning dials, and flicking at switches. Janley rushes forward, and attempts to restrain the overwrought scientist.) JANLEY: Lesterson! LESTERSON: Don't try to stop me! (Gradually, the lights on the panel flicker and die - the vibrating hum whirrs into silence.) JANLEY: What happened? LESTERSON: They forget that I control them! I gave them life back again, and now I've taken it away! Finished! Stopped it! JANLEY: The Daleks... LESTERSON: Evil! Horrible! I know what I'm going to do! Laser torches! Melt them down! I'm going to melt the Daleks down to pools of metal! JANLEY: You won't Lesterson! LESTERSON: Ah, do you think I care what you can do?! Go on, tell everybody I was responsible for Resno's death! I don't care! I'm going to wipe out the Daleks! (Janley rushes from the laboratory.) LESTERSON: Yes, tell everybody all about me! I'm still going to... I'm going to... wipe out the Daleks! (Lesterson lifts the communications receiver.) LESTERSON: Get me the Examiner. Prison? Who put him there? But I've got to talk to him! I've got to, don't you understand?! (The receiver suddenly goes silent as the other party terminates the connection. As Lesterson wonders what to do, he is unaware that the cabinet blocking the capsule is moving slightly. Eventually, a gap appears, and one of the unarmed Daleks moves towards Lesterson. Lesterson spins around, detecting the sounds of movement.) LESTERSON: How did you get there?! I cut off the power! DALEK: We can store power. We will soon have our own. LESTERSON: Own power?! DALEK: Why was the capsule door closed? LESTERSON: Own power?! Ahh! (Lesterson suddenly sprints from the laboratory in a wild panic. Another unarmed Dalek emerges from the capsule.) FIRST DALEK: Seal off the capsule's secret entrance. SECOND DALEK: I obey. (The second Dalek glides back towards the capsule.) FIRST DALEK: Wait! (The second Dalek turns back to its superior.) FIRST DALEK: No more than three Daleks to be seen together at any one time. SECOND DALEK: I obey. FIRST DALEK: We are not ready yet to teach these human beings the law of the Daleks. SCENE 2 - CORRIDOR (Running blindly along a corridor, Lesterson stumbles into a guard.) LESTERSON: You can help me! FIRST GUARD: What's the matter? LESTERSON: Where... where's the Examiner?! I ... ?! FIRST GUARD: The Examiner's in prison. LESTERSON: Ah, yes. FIRST GUARD: What's the matter with you? LESTERSON: I forgot. FIRST GUARD: What are you running for? Hey! (Lesterson sprints back in the direction in which he came from. Sensing that something is wrong, the guard gives chase.) SCENE 3 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (Janley escorts a bound and gagged Polly into the laboratory. At the door, Kebble is keeping watch. A Dalek glides from the capsule, and approaches Janley.) JANLEY: Did Lesterson come back? DALEK: No. (Looking at Polly.) Why is this human restricted? JANLEY: She's against the Daleks. (Janley yanks the gag from Polly's mouth, while Kebble removes the cord from her wrists. Polly is then offered some water by Kebble.) JANLEY: Afraid, are you? Nothing's going to happen to you if you behave. POLLY: (Accepting the drink.) The Daleks? Of course I'm afraid - and so should you be. JANLEY: The Daleks are going to help us. POLLY: 'Us' being the rebels, I suppose. JANLEY: If you like. POLLY: And when you've won, the Daleks will just go back to being servants again? You're bigger fools than I thought. DALEK: We are your servants. POLLY: While it suits you. JANLEY: You'll see. KEBBLE: In! (Kebble forces Polly towards the capsule.) KEBBLE: you want me to stay with her? JANLEY: Yes. You may have to help Valmar. He'll be here in a minute to fix up the new Dalek cower... power cable. KEBBLE: Right. DALEK: When will the work be completed? (Kebble and Polly disappear into the capsule.) JANLEY: What is this cable you Daleks are laying, anyway? DALEK: Daleks operate on static electricity. JANLEY: Static! Is that possible? DALEK: To create static, the Daleks need a complete cable circuit. JANLEY: I see. You convert our electricity into your own power. DALEK: That is correct. When will the human being complete the work? JANLEY: He'll be here. It's easier now. There's no-one to interfere with our plans. SCENE 4 - CELL BLOCK (In the detention area, the Doctor is striking a number of high-pitched notes on a piece of glass. Quinn is becoming increasingly irritated.) QUINN: Do you have to do that? I'm afraid you'll find these locks are foolproof. DOCTOR: I wonder how they're converting the power? QUINN: Wha... What are you talking about? DOCTOR: The Daleks - they're powered by static electricity. It's like blood to them - a constant life-stream. QUINN: Static isn't workable! DOCTOR: It is to the Daleks. They've conquered static, just as they've conquered anti-magnetics. QUINN: I'm not going to listen to any more of this nonsense. DOCTOR: (Returning to the piece of glass.) I don't seem to be able to h*t the right note. (Looking around the cell, the Doctor notices a water jug and a drinking glass by his bed. Leaping to his feet joyfully, the Doctor rushes over to the jug, and fills the glass with water until the jug is empty. The Doctor then strikes the glass a number of times, nods to himself, and takes a sip of the water. He continues making 'pinging' noises with the glass. Quinn sighs, shaking his head.) DOCTOR: Do you have any more water? QUINN: I hope not. No. DOCTOR: Then I shall have to get some. (Lesterson suddenly enters the area, in heavy argument with a guard.) SECOND GUARD: You can't! LESTERSON: But it's important! It's desperately important! SECOND GUARD: Well, Bragen gave orders. LESTERSON: Just get out of my way! (Lesterson pushes the guard violently away.) LESTERSON: Ah! Examiner! The Daleks...! DOCTOR: Yes? (The second guard recovers, and grabs Lesterson. At the same time, the guard who was chasing Lesterson, also appears.) LESTERSON: They're duplicating! I've seen them! (The guards drag a resisting Lesterson from the room.) LESTERSON: They've got their own power now! I... I can't stop them! (A third guard enters the room, and notices the struggles of his colleagues.) THIRD GUARD: Take him to Bragen. (The two guards drag Lesterson from the room.) LESTERSON: Oh!... Oh!... Oh!... DOCTOR: I say. I say, do you think we might have a little more water? (The guard nods, and walks off.) QUINN: Is that all you can say? Lesterson fights his way down here to speak to you and all you can do is demand more water?! (The guard returns with the jug of water. Disgusted, Quinn throws himself on to the bed in his cell. The guard walks up to the door of the Doctor's cell. He retrieves the sound device, and holds it near to the lock.) THIRD GUARD: (Noticing the Doctor nearby.) Get away from the door. (The Doctor moves back from the door, and watches as the guard operates the sound mechanism. As the whining sound is emitted, the Doctor secretly produces his recorder, and quietly begins playing a number of notes. As soon as the guard leaves, the Doctor adds more water to the glass. He then wets his forefinger, and runs it around the rim of the glass. Not satisfied with the noise, the Doctor pours a little more water into the glass. This procedure is repeated a number of times.) QUINN: (Realising what the Doctor is attempting to accomplish.) Sorry about that outburst. I thought it might help the situation. (The Doctor holds up his hand for quiet. He then adds another drop of water to the glass. Quinn watches the door nervously as the Doctor strikes a number of notes.) QUINN: Nearly... Nearly... SCENE 5 - GOVERNOR'S TERRACE (On Hensell's terrace, a Dalek is laying a cable across the room. Bragen continues working at his desk, not interested in what the Dalek is doing. The two guards enter the room, with Lesterson under their control. Bragen looks up sharply.) BRAGEN: What's this? FIRST GUARD: He tried to break in and speak with the Examiner. LESTERSON: (Noticing the Dalek.) What is the Dalek doing?! BRAGEN: I thought you knew. Something to do with the emergency power supply. LESTERSON: Ah, no! It's... it's a trick! I didn't ask for it! BRAGEN: Lesterson, I've had reports. LESTERSON: (To the Dalek.) What are you doing?! DALEK: Laying the new emergency power supply as you ordered, master. LESTERSON: It... it... it's a lie! BRAGEN: I've had reports of your incomprehensible behaviour. LESTERSON: Yes. Yes, I... I can explain -- if you'll get rid of that! BRAGEN: (To the Dalek.) Finish now. DALEK: I am your servant. (The Dalek glides from the room.) LESTERSON: Where is the Governor?! BRAGEN: At the perimeter. Why? LESTERSON: Call him! Get him back here as quickly as possible! We're all in terrible danger! The Examiner was right! Right all the time! (At that moment, Janley enters the room.) LESTERSON: Don't listen to anything she has to say! JANLEY: Come along now. LESTERSON: She's in league with the Daleks! JANLEY: Now, now, now, now. Please, Lesterson. Let's just take things calmly, you're not well. LESTERSON: I'm perfectly well! JANLEY: Please Lesterson, please. Now, you ought to be in hospital. You promised me you'd report there. LESTERSON: I promised nothing of the kind! JANLEY: Don't you remember? Never mind. I understand. BRAGEN: Hmm. Pity. It's probably only temporary. LESTERSON: You're trying to say I'm mad! BRAGEN: No. No, not mad. JANLEY: (Simultaneously.) No. Of course not. No. LESTERSON: But, I tell you, I saw the Daleks! They were duplicating! I saw it! I swear to you! JANLEY: He suddenly started saying these things in the lab. I'm... I'm afraid, he's... LESTERSON: Oh, no! No! (Lesterson's frustration is clearly apparent. Bragen turns to the guards.) BRAGEN: Keep him under restraint. (The guards nod, and drag the protesting scientist from the room. Lesterson continues to cry out in anguish.) LESTERSON: Oh, will nobody listen to me?! SCENE 6 - CAPSULE INTERIOR (Inside the capsule, Polly and Valmar are sitting inside a tiny compartment. Polly watches as Valmar busily connects a number of cables into a square box. A Dalek is hovering nearby.) VALMAR: Pass me that small screwdriver. POLLY: I can't. My hands are tied. Anyway, I wouldn't help you, even if I could. VALMAR: OK. (Valmar shrugs, and rummages in the tool box himself. Kebble appears, and manages to squeeze his way into the compartment. Kebble is holding yet more cables. The Dalek glides from the room.) VALMAR: More? I can't handle them. KEBBLE: This is the lot. POLLY: Listen. The Dalek's gone now. KEBBLE: That doesn't mean you can start talking. VALMAR: Oh, leave her alone, Kebble. She isn't doing any harm. POLLY: You think you're very tough don't you, pushing a girl around. I'd like to see you come up against a real man. KEBBLE: Like who? POLLY: Like Ben, for instance. KEBBLE: Don't worry about him. We've got him safely stowed away. POLLY: You've got Ben? KEBBLE: He's sleeping off a slight fall. VALMAR: I told you to leave her alone. POLLY: Your name's Valmar, isn't it? VALMAR: That's it. POLLY: You want the Daleks to fight the Governor. But don't you see? They'll turn on you, too. KEBBLE: What? Three big pepper pots? VALMAR: One of them did k*ll Resno. You saw what the Dalek did to that sheet of metal. POLLY: And that's just the beginning. KEBBLE: Don't listen to her. She's giving you the Examiner's line. POLLY: He isn't the Examiner. We're just travellers. Landed here by accident. The Doctor -- that's the man you think is the Examiner -- found the real Examiner d*ad, and picked up his papers. (Kebble laughs.) VALMAR: This Doctor of yours. He knows something about the Daleks? POLLY: He tried to warn everyone. It's the only reason we stayed here. (Suddenly, the Dalek returns to the capsule.) DALEK: When will the work be completed? VALMAR: I don't know. I'll need a new junction box like this one. (The Dalek swivels around, and leaves the room again.) POLLY: You've all underestimated these Daleks. KEBBLE: Better brains than us, I suppose. POLLY: I only know what the Doctor has told me - he says they're capable of exterminating whole nations. VALMAR: Perhaps, but what would they want to k*ll us for - after we've taken over. We're friendly with the Daleks. POLLY: But, don't you see? Human beings can't be friends with Daleks. They don't have friends. VALMAR: I don't see why not. POLLY: It's a kind of hatred for anything unlike themselves. They think they're superior. VALMAR: The girl's got something. KEBBLE: You want to tell Janley? You're welcome! POLLY: Janley! She'll betray the lot of you, if she gets the chance. DALEK: (Reappearing again.) The other junction box is outside. VALMAR: Thank you. (Valmar resumes his work as Kebble smiles at Polly.) KEBBLE: Talk too much, don't you? Didn't you know he was soft on Janley? (Valmar looks up, and gives Kebble a piercing stare.) KEBBLE: All right, all right, I'm just putting her straight. VALMAR: More slack on the cables. SCENE 7 - CORRIDOR (A Dalek moves through a corridor of the colony. A thick cable is draped over its sucker-stick. The Dalek detects the sounds of voices ahead. It turns back, and moves out of sight as two humans appear.) HENSELL: What are all these cables lying about? FIRST GUARD: New emergency power supply. HENSELL: Who's idea was that? FIRST GUARD: What do you want to know for? HENSELL: What do I...?! Don't you know I'm the Governor? (The guard promptly stands to attention.) HENSELL: Where are you from? FIRST GUARD: The interior, sir. HENSELL: The interior? Why are you carrying a g*n? FIRST GUARD: I'm a Squad Leader in Bragen's guard, sir. HENSELL: Oh, I see. Bragen's guard, eh? All right, carry on. (Seething with rage, Hensell marches furiously towards his office.) SCENE 8 - CELL BLOCK (In the detention area, the Doctor continues to experiment with the glass.) GUARD: Cut that row out, you two! (The Doctor shrugs, and starts playing his recorder. The guard moves across to Quinn's cell, and opens the door. He then opens the door between the two cells.) GUARD: Stop that. (The Doctor casually picks up the glass of water and suddenly throws it in the guard's face.) GUARD: Oh! (As the guard staggers back in surprise, Quinn jumps to his feet, and knocks the guard out. The Doctor rushes into Quinn's cell, and confiscates the sound-box. Quinn quickly grabs the box from the Doctor and rushes outside. The Doctor hesitates, and then rushes back into his cell.) QUINN: Come on. DOCTOR: Wait a minute! (The Doctor returns with the jug of water.) DOCTOR: We don't want him trying it, although he seemed a bit tone deaf to me. (Quinn points the sound device towards the lock, and switches it on. The dazed guard is locked inside the cell.) SCENE 9 - GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (Hensell strides into his office, and notices Bragen casually sitting at the Governor's desk. Bragen fails to even glance up from his papers as Hensell approaches the desk.) HENSELL: Well, Bragen - these trips are becoming more and more demanding. BRAGEN: I didn't expect you, Governor. HENSELL: Ah, I had as much as I could stand. Well? What's been happening here? BRAGEN: One moment. (Bragen continues signing his papers.) HENSELL: I asked you a question, man. BRAGEN: I heard you. HENSELL: Look, your work can wait. You can hand over to me tomorrow. I want to hear about the Examiner. (After one more signature, Bragen finally sits back, and looks up at Hensell.) BRAGEN: The Examiner is at present in jail. HENSELL: In jail? That's rather dangerous isn't it? Who put him there? BRAGEN: I did. HENSELL: You did? In heaven's sake, why? BRAGEN: He's an impostor, Governor. Possibly a m*rder as well. We have just discovered the body of the real Examiner in the mercury swamp. HENSELL: I hope you're sure of your facts, Bragen. BRAGEN: Quite sure. HENSELL: This could have far-reaching consequences. BRAGEN: As far as I am concerned, there's nothing more to be said. So if there's nothing further... HENSELL: Nothing further! Who the devil do you think you're talking to? Stand up when you're speaking to me man! BRAGEN: I prefer to remain seated. HENSELL: Do you now?! We'll soon see about that. Guards! (Two guards enter, and stand to attention.) HENSELL: Take this man out of my office. (The guards fail to move.) HENSELL: Did you hear what I said? That's an order! BRAGEN: You forget, my dear Hensell. They're not your guards -- they're mine. HENSELL: I am the Governor! BRAGEN: No. Not now. I am. (Bragen smiles, and leans back in the chair.) HENSELL: Oh, I see. Your guards, eh? Yes, Quinn warned me about your guards, but we all took them too lightly, didn't we? But we'll soon change that. (Hensell turns to the door, however the guards are blocking his way.) HENSELL: You imbecile! How long do you think your handful of guards can hang out when the people hear that I am being kept a prisoner in my own capital?! BRAGEN: The people will do exactly as they are told, Hensell. (Bragen presses a button on the desk, and then stands up.) BRAGEN: It will, of course, be easier for them if you co-operate with us. (Bragen indicates to Hensell to sit down behind the desk. Bragen turns towards the door as a Dalek glides in.) BRAGEN: Wait there. Guards, dismissed. (As Hensell reclaims his seat, the guards leave the room.) HENSELL: So Bragen, you want my co-operation, do you? BRAGEN: It would save bloodshed. I might even let you keep the title of Governor. HENSELL: Might you now?! I'll tell you what you will do. You'll order your guards to disarm and place yourself under arrest immediately! BRAGEN: So you reject my offer? I thought it a generous one in the circumstances. HENSELL: What circumstances? BRAGEN: (Indicating the Dalek g*n.) Look at this. HENSELL: What is it? BRAGEN: The reason that the colony is now mine. (Bragen fixes the g*n back to the Dalek.) HENSELL: (Watching nervously.) Is it a w*apon of some kind? (Hensell suddenly stands up, gripped with fear.) BRAGEN: I'll arrange a demonstration for you. Do you still refuse my offer? HENSELL: I will not be intimidated. BRAGEN: Of course not. In character to the last, Hensell. k*ll him! (Hensell arches in agony as the Dalek delivers its deadly ray. Hensell slumps d*ad to the ground. Bragen immediately disconnects the g*n as the Dalek turns its eye-stick from the d*ad man to Bragen.) DALEK: Why do human beings k*ll human beings? BRAGEN: Get on with your work! DALEK: Yes, master. I obey. BRAGEN: Yes, obey me! From now on, I will have complete obedience from everyone! SCENE 10 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (The Doctor and Quinn sneak into Lesterson's laboratory. They hide behind a workbench as a Dalek glides into the room, followed by Valmar.) VALMAR: I'll have to check the cable circuit now. Otherwise, it's just as you asked for. DALEK: Very well. VALMAR: Why can't you carry on with the power you're drawing from the colony? Why go to all this trouble? DALEK: Until now, we have had to recharge from the colony supply. With static power, the Daleks will be twice as useful. JANLEY: (Rushing into the laboratory.) Valmar, quick! VALMAR: What's the matter? JANLEY: The Governor's back. VALMAR: What about the girl? JANLEY: Leave her. DALEK: I will follow you. VALMAR: What for? DALEK: I am your servant. JANLEY: Come on. (Janley, Valmar and the Dalek leave the room. The Doctor and Quinn emerge from their hiding place, and examine the newly-laid cables.) DOCTOR: An electrical circuit of their own supplying static electricity! I wonder how much longer we've got? (The Doctor follows the cables towards the capsule.) DOCTOR: I didn't realise they'd have a circuit of their own. SCENE 11 - CAPSULE INTERIOR (Inside the capsule, Polly and Kebble have heard the sounds of approaching voices. Polly suddenly recognises the Doctor. Kebble reaches for a metal vice, but Polly wraps her arms around his legs and screams.) POLLY: Doctor, look out! (Kebble shoves Polly away as the Doctor and Quinn peer into the capsule's entrance. Kebble suddenly leaps from the capsule, and att*cks Quinn. However, Quinn quickly gains the upper hand, and eventually renders Kebble unconscious. Polly rushes up to the Doctor.) POLLY: Are you all right? DOCTOR: Well done! Who was the man who went outside just now? POLLY: Valmar. He's been working for the Daleks. DOCTOR: (Nodding.) On their static power supply. POLLY: Doctor, they've got Ben. DOCTOR: Yes, I know. He ran away so that I could... Oh well, it's a long story, but don't worry. That boy can take care of himself! (The Doctor turns back towards the capsule, just as a Dalek emerges from the entrance, complete with g*n. The Doctor reaches towards Kebble's vice.) QUINN: Did you hear that? That won't help. DOCTOR: Get out! All of you! QUINN: What about you?! POLLY: But Doctor! Oh... DOCTOR: Go! (As Quinn and Polly leave the laboratory, the Dalek glides down the entrance hatch. The Doctor hesitates momentarily, and then races after Quinn and Polly. As the Doctor closes the laboratory door, he jams the vice through the door handle. A second Dalek emerges from the capsule.) SECOND DALEK: Have they escaped? FIRST DALEK: Yes, return to capsule and report. SECOND DALEK: I obey. (The first Dalek batters the door with it's sucker-stick, but the door refuses to budge. The Dalek moves back, and fires its ray at the door. The handle of the door (including the metal vice) buckle in the intense heat, and fall to the floor. The Dalek glides outside the laboratory.) SCENE 12 - CAPSULE INTERIOR (The Daleks are gathering inside their production plant.) FIRST DALEK: We are to wait here until the human beings fight among themselves. SECOND DALEK: Then we will strike. ALL DALEKS: And exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! SCENE 13 - GOVERNOR'S TERRACE (In Hensell's terrace, the Doctor, Quinn and Polly have discovered the Governor's body.) QUINN: The one man who could have saved us. DOCTOR: Don't worry, the people will follow you, too. QUINN: Maybe. But there wasn't any maybe about Hensell. He was old-fashioned. Single-minded, yes, but he's done a lot of wonderful work for this colony. Events turned out against him, that's all. But why? Why was he k*lled? BRAGEN: I can answer that. (The group around as Bragen and two guards stride into the room.) BRAGEN: He wanted to destroy the Daleks, so one of them k*lled him. Now, I'm declaring martial law. You will be returned to prison, and properly guarded this time. DOCTOR: Martial law! What good do you think that will do against the Daleks? BRAGEN: The Daleks will do as I tell them. DOCTOR: We shall see, shan't we. BRAGEN: Take them away. (The Doctor, Quinn and Polly are escorted from the room.) SCENE 14 - CAPSULE INTERIOR (The Daleks screech frenetically.) ALL DALEKS: Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! SECOND DALEK: Orders received. Exterminate all humans! FIRST DALEK: Exterminate all humans! SECOND DALEK: Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! ALL DALEKS: (In unison.) Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! (One by one, they glide from the capsule.)
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EPISODE SIX Written by DAVID WHITAKER Original Air Date: 10 December, 1966 5:50pm - 6:15pm SCENE 1 - CAPSULE INTERIOR (The Daleks are gathering inside their production plant.) SECOND DALEK: Orders received. Exterminate all humans! FIRST DALEK: Exterminate all humans! SECOND DALEK: Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! ALL DALEKS: (In unison.) Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy! (One by one, they glide from the capsule.) FIRST DALEK: Take up positions. Ready to exterminate all human beings. SECOND DALEK: Exterminate! DALEKS: (In unison.) Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! SCENE 2 - CORRIDOR (In one of the corridors of the colony, two guards are escorting the Doctor, Polly and Quinn back to the detention area. Suddenly, the Doctor halts as he sights a Dalek at the far end of the corridor.) FIRST GUARD: Move on! DOCTOR: The Dalek! POLLY: What about it? DOCTOR: Can't you see it's armed? FIRST GUARD: Keep moving! (The guard shoves the three prisoners further along the corridor. The Dalek, however, moves into the corridor, barring their passage.) DALEK: This area is restricted. QUINN: On whose authority? FIRST GUARD: Silence! (The Dalek scans the group. Its eye-stick remains on the Doctor a few seconds longer.) DALEK: Repeat. This area is restricted. (Another Dalek glides into the corridor.) SECOND DALEK: Obey or you shall be exterminated. QUINN: I thought they obeyed us? POLLY: What do we do now, Doctor? QUINN: (Quickly glancing up and down the corridor.) This way. (The Doctor, Polly, and Quinn rush back down the corridor. The guards hesitate a moment, before deciding to follow them. The two Daleks watch intently as the humans leave.) FIRST DALEK: They will be exterminated. SCENE 3 - GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (Bragen is sitting behind the Governor's desk, when an excited Janley bursts into the room.) JANLEY: We've won. The revolution's over. I'll pass the word to Valmar, Kebble and the rest. BRAGEN: Wait. The revolution is not quite over yet. JANLEY: What more can we do? Hensell's d*ad, you're the new Governor. The battle's over. BRAGEN: Not quite. You mentioned Kebble, Valmar and that rabble. Well now they must be dealt with. JANLEY: But those are our own men. BRAGEN: Huh, huh. Of course. JANLEY: I don't understand. BRAGEN: Do you think I can ever be secure in that chair while that rabble are still loose? They rebelled against Hensell yesterday. Tomorrow it'll be my turn. Well, let them rebel. Tell them the guards have taken control. Let them att*ck, and then we can crush them, utterly! JANLEY: You say "we". BRAGEN: Yes. We've come a long way together you and I. You going to back down now? (Just outside the room, Valmar has heard the sounds of conversation.) JANLEY: Couldn't you just arrest them? BRAGEN: Everyone must be k*lled. JANLEY: Must they all be slaughtered? BRAGEN: All of them. (Unseen by Janley, Bragen reaches into a drawer, and retrieves a g*n.) BRAGEN: Well, are you still with me? JANLEY: I suppose so. BRAGEN: Then do as I say. (Tossing the g*n on the desk.) I'm glad you agreed with me. (Janley stares at the g*n in shock. Outside the room, Valmar frowns, and rushes away.) SCENE 4 - CORRIDOR (The Doctor, Polly and Quinn continue walking along a corridor. One of the guards has now moved in front of the party, while the second guard remains at the rear. As the first guard walks through an intersection, an unarmed Dalek suddenly appears from the side-corridor. With the first guard effectively blocked, the Doctor realises this is the opportunity for escape.) DOCTOR: Now! (The Doctor closes his eyes, and waves his recorder towards Quinn. Quinn suddenly spins around, and knocks the rear guard to the floor. The Doctor slowly opens his eyes, and notices the guard lying unconscious on the floor. Meanwhile, the guard at the front has noticed the disturbance. He draws his p*stol to f*re, but the Doctor, Polly and Quinn have already disappeared back down the corridor.) SCENE 5 - GUEST QUARTERS (Brandishing a p*stol, Valmar forces Ben into the rest room.) BEN: What have you brought me in here for? VALMAR: (Peering out of the door.) Quiet! BEN: Whose side are you on anyway? VALMAR: I thought I was going to be on the winning side. BEN: What changed your mind? VALMAR: Bragen. The colony's become too small for him. He wants us out of the way now. BEN: Yeah, well it often happens that way, mate, when you follow blokes like him. VALMAR: Look, I'm going to try and get your friends here, if I can. So wait here. (Valmar rushes from the room.) SCENE 6 - GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (In the Governor's room, the communications device buzzes. Bragen switches on the monitor to reveal a guard.) GUARD: Station One reporting, Governor Bragen. BRAGEN: Yes. GUARD: The rebels are gathering. We've got them under observation. BRAGEN: Don't let them concentrate in large groups. h*t them before they organise. They'll be making their move any time now. GUARD: Right. (Bragen turns off the communications device. He then reaches for a microphone.) BRAGEN: People of Vulcan. This is your new Governor talking to you. I have to announce that Governor Hensell has been m*rder by the rebels. I have taken control temporarily, until order is restored. People living on the perimeter and in the interior can stay calm. We know who the m*rder are. SCENE 7 - GUEST QUARTERS BRAGEN: (From speaker.) I shall keep you informed of events as soon as I am able, so listen for the signal to watch your communication sets. That is all. (Ben is lying patiently on the bed, when the Doctor, Polly and Quinn burst into the room.) DOCTOR: Ah! There you are. POLLY: Ben! DOCTOR: I knew you'd be all right! BEN: Polly - you okay? POLLY: Oh, yes. BEN: Did Valmar find you, then? POLLY: Valmar? No. QUINN: What's this about Valmar? BEN: Well it seems Bragen's gone power-mad. He wants the rebels to revolt, then he can finish them off. DOCTOR: The Daleks won't care who they fight. They'll exterminate every human being on this planet. POLLY: Doctor, please let's go back to the TARDIS. DOCTOR: (Hurrying towards the door.) Quinn. Keep them both here. BEN: Well, wait a minute, Doctor! (Ben tries to follow the Doctor, but Quinn prevents him from leaving.) BEN: All right. All right. QUINN: Now what do you think he's up to? SCENE 8 - CORRIDOR (Nearby, a group of Daleks has just received its orders.) FIRST DALEK: Orders received. Daleks commence extermination. DALEKS: (In unison.) Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! SCENE 9 - CORRIDOR (g*n commences throughout the colony. Hurrying down a corridor, the Doctor rushes straight into Kebble and two armed guards.) KEBBLE: Just a minute, Examiner. GUARD: All right. Hold it! (Suddenly, a Dalek appears in the corridor.) DOCTOR: Down everyone! (The Doctor flings himself to the ground, waving to the others to follow his lead. The Dalek fires. One of the guards is h*t by the lethal ray. Crawling furiously along the ground, the Doctor yanks Kebble to the ground as the Dalek fires again. The other two guards are h*t. As they collapse to the floor, the Doctor and Kebble zigzag their way up the corridor.) SCENE 10 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (In the laboratory, Valmar is connecting a small wire to three Daleks when Janley rushes into the room. Valmar quickly holds up the nearest wire.) VALMAR: Don't come any nearer. JANLEY: What do you mean? VALMAR: I overheard your conversation with Bragen. But you can't stand up to the Daleks, so your plan will come to nothing. JANLEY: Not my plan - Bragen's. VALMAR: But that's the same thing. JANLEY: Not any more. VALMAR: You expect me to believe that? JANLEY: Look Val, he was going to k*ll me too. I came here to do exactly what you've done. Let Bragen see what the Daleks are like. He doesn't know how strong they are. (Three Daleks suddenly glide from the capsule.) JANLEY: He's got to be stopped. FIRST DALEK: You will lead us to the middle of your party of human beings. VALMAR: Yes. FIRST DALEK: We will fight for you. JANLEY: Believe me, Val, it's the only way to save all our lives. VALMAR: Did you know that the Daleks are duplicating? JANLEY: Yes. FIRST DALEK: But we are your friends. SECOND DALEK: We will serve you. FIRST DALEK: Take us to the centre of your group. VALMAR: Can we trust them? JANLEY: We must! The guards have orders to wipe us out. We must use the Daleks. Come on. (Janley sprints from the laboratory, followed by Valmar and the Daleks.) SCENE 11 - GUEST QUARTERS (The Doctor reappears, and immediately glances around the surroundings.) POLLY: Doctor! DOCTOR: The window. Does it open? BEN: I dunno. DOCTOR: It had better, or we're done for! Out you go. POLLY: Ah!... Ah!... What's happening? DOCTOR: The Daleks. They're teeming all over the corridors. We've got to get back to Lesterson's lab. (Ben and Quinn manage to force the window open. They assist Polly through the window first. Ben and Quinn hurriedly follow. Just as the Doctor is about to follow, Kebble bursts into the room, waving his arms frantically. Suddenly, there is the sound of Dalek f*re. Kebble's back arches in agony - he collapses d*ad to the floor. The Dalek appears in the room a moment later. The Doctor quickly scrambles through the window.) SCENE 12 - GOVERNOR'S TERRACE (Bragen is speaking into the microphone again.) BRAGEN: This is Governor Bragen speaking. A group of rebels is attempting to take over the colony. It is the duty of all loyal citizens to help the guards resist. Stay in your homes. Order will be restored. Listen to my bulletins. (A guard marches into the room as Bragen turns the scanner off.) GUARD: The rebels are using the Daleks against our people! BRAGEN: Well, get back and fight! Why do you come running to me? What do you think your g*n are for? GUARD: Well, the g*n don't work against them! BRAGEN: Get back and fight them! SCENE 13 - CORRIDOR (The rebels have constructed a barricade of boxes. They exchange g*n with a group of guards further down the corridor. Janley and Valmar suddenly appear, and join the rest of the rebels behind the barricade. Janley is holding onto the Dalek control device. The Dalek glides up a moment later.) JANLEY: (To the Dalek, indicating the guards.) There, and there! (The Dalek fires, and hits one of the guards.) JANLEY: Over there! (The Dalek fires again, but this time, hits the barricade.) JANLEY: No! No! Over there! They're our people! VALMAR: Cut the Dalek g*n off! JANLEY: No! Ah!... (Janley presses the control device frantically, but this has no effect in halting the Dalek f*re. The barricade is completely destroyed, and two rebels lie d*ad on the ground. Valmar snatches the device from Janley.) VALMAR: I told you to cut the g*n off! JANLEY: I did! VALMAR: You've k*lled our own people! (Valmar rips a wire from the control device. The Dalek moves back slightly.) VALMAR: We have to dismantle the g*n, that's all. JANLEY: Oh, look at it. DALEK: Your usefulness is over. (The Dalek raises its g*n, just as another guard rushes into the corridor. The guard raises his g*n, and fires at the Dalek. The Dalek spins around, and exterminates the guard.) JANLEY: Come on! (Janley quickly races from the corridor, but soon realises that Valmar is not following. She realises Valmar is staring at the guard's d*ad body.) JANLEY: Quick, Val. Come on! SCENE 14 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (The Doctor, Ben and Polly rush into the laboratory. Lesterson, who is hiding behind a workbench, waves them over.) POLLY: Doctor, it's stupid to hide in here! BEN: Well, do you fancy your chances outside in the corridor? No thanks. DOCTOR: The answer must be here somewhere. LESTERSON: Ssssh! POLLY: Ah!... (A Dalek emerges from the capsule, and glides out of the laboratory.) LESTERSON: You must be absolutely quiet. They know everything that's going on. Everything! They even know what you're thinking. (Ben and Polly exchange looks of puzzlement.) BEN: Where do they get their power from, Lesterson? LESTERSON: Ah, I tried to turn the power off. But they were miles ahead of me. Marvellous creatures. You have to admire them. BEN: But we've got to stop them! LESTERSON: Oh, it's too late for that. They're the new species, you see. Taking over from h*m* sapiens. Man's had his day. Finished now. (Lesterson holds his hand up for silence as the Dalek returns to the laboratory. Another Dalek appears from the capsule.) FIRST DALEK: The static circuit is nearly complete. SECOND DALEK: Soon we can abandon the power we are using. (From outside the laboratory, there is a terrifying scream.) FIRST DALEK: The humans are being exterminated. (The two Daleks glide back into the capsule.) BEN: Did you hear that? They're going to use their own power! DOCTOR: The cables they laid. The trick I tried before won't work anymore. LESTERSON: Oh, eh, if that's no good now, we're finished. All we can do is marvel at the creatures who are taking our place. (Lesterson smiles insanely as he peers over the workbench.) SCENE 15 - CORRIDOR (Janley rushes down a corridor, followed by an uncertain Valmar.) VALMAR: (Yelling to Janley.) No! JANLEY: Come on! (Valmar stops, realising that Janley in running into danger.) VALMAR: Don't be a fool - come on! (Quinn suddenly appears and joins Valmar. Janley continues running up the corridor. A Dalek glides from a side-corridor, and aims its g*n towards Janley. The Dalek fires and kills Janley.) SCENE 16 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (Janley's scream is heard in the laboratory. Polly shivers, causing Ben to place a comforting arm around her shoulder.) BEN: Take it easy, Polly. POLLY: Can't we do anything?! They're m*rder everybody, one by one! (Polly weeps uncontrollably, as Ben turns to Lesterson, glaring at the scientist.) BEN: You've done all this. Why did you give them power in the first place? (The Doctor places his hand on Ben's shoulder, and shakes his head slightly.) LESTERSON: Well, I could control it, you see. And then Janley got one of her men -- Valmar, I think it was, yes -- and he rigged up a secret cable. It's carrying power directly from the colony's supply. DOCTOR: Where? Where is it, Lesterson? LESTERSON: Valmar's the only one who can answer that. Or the Daleks of course. They know everything. Yes, you should ask the Daleks. BEN: Then we must find Valmar. DOCTOR: No! You stay here and look after Polly. (Shouting is heard from the corridor outside.) DOCTOR: I'll go. (The Doctor looks sympathetically at his companions, and then races outside.) SCENE 17 - CORRIDOR (Throughout the colony, men and women are being mercilessly exterminated by the Daleks.) SCENE 18 - CORRIDOR (Kneeling next to the body of Janley, Valmar sobs quietly. Quinn moves up, and crouches down behind Valmar.) QUINN: You'll have to leave her now, Valmar. VALMAR: She wasn't as bad as you think. (The Doctor suddenly appears at one end of the corridor.) DOCTOR: Valmar! Where is the Dalek power. (A guard suddenly staggers into the corridor, and collapses on to the floor.) QUINN: (To the Doctor and Valmar.) Get down, both of you! (Quinn drags Valmar to the floor, as the Doctor lies down motionless next to a wall. A few seconds later, a Dalek glides down the corridor, examining the 'bodies' for any signs of life. The Dalek hesitates a moment as it examines the Doctor's body, but glides away satisfied. As soon as the Dalek disappears, the Doctor, Quinn and Valmar stand up.) DOCTOR: Valmar! Where is the Dalek power supply? (Valmar stares blankly into space.) QUINN: We've got to stop them, Valmar. She's d*ad! There's nothing you can do for her! VALMAR: The main cable's inside the capsule. But there's nothing you can do. QUINN: There must be some way of cutting off the power. DOCTOR: What makes you think I want to do that? We need more time. I know. A diversion. Bragen's guards. We'll have to use them to keep the Daleks busy. You go to Bragen. (The Doctor and Quinn race off in opposite directions.) SCENE 19 - GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (Bragen is frantically flicking switches on the communications device.) BRAGEN: Section One? Where's your report? Are you there Section One? Section Two? Section Two? Why don't they answer? Can you hear me Section Two? Section Three? Oh, why don't they answer? I'm their Governor. Why don't they answer? (Bragen bashes the desk in frustration.) SCENE 20 - CORRIDOR (The colony is littered with d*ad bodies. The Daleks silently move through the corridors, searching the colony for any further signs of life. Throughout the colony, Bragen's voice is heard from the public address system.) BRAGEN: This is Bragen speaking. I'm speaking to the Daleks. Daleks, listen to me. I am the Governor. You must work for me. Do not trust the rebels. I will give you whatever you want. But immobilise your g*n. This is the Governor speaking. SCENE 21 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY BEN: He's nuts, trying to talk to the Daleks. (Ben notices a cupboard nearby.) BEN: Lesterson, what's in that cupboard? LESTERSON: Nothing. It's quite empty. BEN: Well, come on, Polly, we'll be safe in there, love. (Ben ushers Polly and Lesterson into the cupboard. Just as Ben climbs into the cupboard himself, a Dalek emerges from the capsule.) SCENE 22 - GOVERNOR'S TERRACE (Bragen continues speaking into the microphone.) BRAGEN: Do you hear me, Daleks?! You will obey my orders! QUINN: (Entering.) No use, Bragen. The Daleks have stopped obeying your orders. BRAGEN: Ah! Guards! QUINN: d*ad! The Daleks have k*lled them. You still have your guard units in the interior. How long will it take them to get here? BRAGEN: That depends. QUINN: Well, get them! BRAGEN: Well, they will be intercepted by the Daleks. QUINN: Exactly! It will draw them away from here and give the Doctor a chance to deal with them. BRAGEN: I refuse to allow my guards to be sacrificed. QUINN: In that case the Daleks will destroy everything on this colony. (Bragen hesitates, and reaches for the microphone.) BRAGEN: Guards. This is Bragen speaking. All units will report immediately to the capital. Be prepared to face the rebel Daleks. (Bragen switches off the microphone.) BRAGEN: There. Are you satisfied? QUINN: (Keeping his g*n on Bragen.) I hope it works. SCENE 23 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (The Doctor and Valmar creep into the laboratory. A concerned expression appears on the Doctor's face when he fails to notice Ben or Polly.) DOCTOR: Ben! Polly! (Ben and Polly emerge from the cupboard.) BEN: Doctor, did you hear what Bragen said? DOCTOR: Yes, I did. BEN: Well I only hope the Daleks do go for the guards. POLLY: A lot of the Daleks went out just now. DOCTOR: Good, because we're going inside. Come on Valmar... (Ben and Polly protest, but the Doctor is already scurrying into the capsule. The Doctor reappears a few seconds later, holding one the junction boxes.) DOCTOR: Ben, give us that spare cable over there. Polly, keep watch at the door. (The Doctor yanks a cable from the junction box, as Ben drags over another cable lying in the corner of the laboratory. The Doctor snatches the cable from Ben, looks at the tip uncertainly, and then plugs it into the junction box.) BEN: Well, you know what you're doing? DOCTOR: Of course I do! BEN: Well, why can't you just take all the plugs out and cut the power off? DOCTOR: Because I prefer to do it my way! POLLY: Look out! (The Doctor, Ben and Polly take cover behind the workbench as a Dalek glides into the laboratory. Another Dalek emerges from the capsule.) SECOND DALEK: Static power is being stored. We can dismantle the human electric system. FIRST DALEK: The law of the Daleks is in force. SECOND DALEK: Extermination of humans. (The First Dalek scans the laboratory, sensing something is wrong.) FIRST DALEK: Our cables have been moved. (The two Daleks notice the new cable threading its way to the workbench. They glide towards the workbench just as Lesterson emerges from the cupboard.) LESTERSON: And I could tell you who did it! FIRST DALEK: What were you doing in there? LESTERSON: I want to help you. FIRST DALEK: Why? (The Doctor waves at Ben and Polly to keep themselves hidden behind the bench. He then creeps over towards the main switch.) LESTERSON: (Impersonating a Dalek.) I am your servant. FIRST DALEK: We do not need humans now. LESTERSON: Ah, then, but you wouldn't k*ll me. I gave you life. FIRST DALEK: Yes, you gave us life. (Suddenly the Dalek fires, and Lesterson is struck by the deadly ray. Lesterson collapses to the ground. The Doctor watches in horror as the Daleks turn towards Ben and Polly. The Doctor rushes towards the generator, and plugs in the other end of the cable. Nothing happens. The Doctor frantically pulls at every switch he sees. Finally, there is a loud expl*si*n. Ben and Polly dive to the floor, as the Doctor presses one more switch. The Daleks suddenly spin around the laboratory uncontrollably, with their lights flashing erratically, and smoke belching from their casings.) SCENE 24 - CORRIDOR (Throughout the colony, Daleks explode, filling the corridors with a dense layer of smoke.) FIRST DALEK: Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... Ah!... SECOND DALEK: There are two... FIRST DALEK: Exterminate! Ah!... Ah!... Exterminate! SCENE 25 - GOVERNOR'S TERRACE (Quinn and Bragen stare at a Dalek in amazement, as smoke billows from its casing.) BRAGEN: What happened to it? QUINN: I don't know. BRAGEN: It seems that your friend, the Examiner, was successful after all. (Bragen suddenly leaps from behind the desk, and chops the g*n from Quinn's hand. Bragen quickly shoves Quinn to the ground, and picks up the g*n.) BRAGEN: Now I shall restore law and order on this planet. QUINN: Not your law, Bragen. That's finished for good. BRAGEN: (Raising the g*n.) You'll obey me, or... QUINN: Your day is over, Bragen. No one will obey you now. BRAGEN: I'm still the Governor, and you will... (As Bragen's finger tightens on the trigger, a sh*t rings out. Bragen grimaces in pain, as he is h*t in the shoulder. His g*n clatters to the floor. Both Quinn and Bragen turn towards the door, and notice Valmar standing in the doorway, with g*n raised.) BRAGEN: Valmar. (Bragen makes a move towards the g*n on the floor, but Valmar fires again. Bragen slumps to the floor.) VALMAR: He was a m*rder. (Valmar throws the g*n away in disgust.) VALMAR: Enough of g*n. QUINN: There's a lot of clearing up to be done. We will rebuild together. What is the extent of the damage? VALMAR: Oh, I don't know if its repairable. The whole electrical system. (Quinn and Valmar walk from the room.) SCENE 26 - LESTERSON'S LABORATORY (Ben and Polly kneel next to the Doctor's semi-conscious body. Quinn and Valmar stride into the room.) QUINN: Are you all right? BEN: Oh, he's OK. The clot knocked himself out. (The Doctor suddenly leaps to his feet, with a wild expression on his face. When he sees Ben and Polly, his mouth breaks into a broad grin.) QUINN: It's a miracle. How did you do it? DOCTOR: Eh? What happened? What did I do? What did I do? BEN: You destroyed the Daleks, that's what you did! POLLY: No need to be modest about it. (The Doctor looks around the laboratory in awe.) DOCTOR: Did I do that? POLLY: You know you did! VALMAR: You used the power from the colony's electric supply -- overfed it -- and blew up their temporary static circuit. Well didn't you? DOCTOR: (Rubbing his hands together gleefully.) Did I do all that? VALMAR: You may have stopped the Daleks, but have you any idea of the damage you've done to the colony? DOCTOR: Oh. There was a blow back, was there? VALMAR: A blow back? Our power supply has been destroyed! It'll be months before we can get things back to normal. QUINN: Valmar! DOCTOR: That is unfortunate. VALMAR: But did it have to be this way? DOCTOR: I did a lot of damage, did I? QUINN: Come on. (The Doctor turns to Ben and Polly, lowering his voice.) DOCTOR: I think we'd better get out of here before they send us the bill. (Chuckles.) (As Quinn and Valmar inspect the damage in the laboratory, the Doctor, Ben and Polly move towards the door.) SCENE 27 - TARDIS EXTERIOR (The Doctor and his companions stroll through the mercury swamp. The Doctor plays a tune on his recorder.) BEN: Well, I mean I didn't expect the brass bands to be playing, but I wouldn't have thought a 'thank you' would have hurt anybody. POLLY: But Ben, think of all those poor people - all k*lled. BEN: I know, but the Doctor saved the colony from being completely wiped out. POLLY: Hmmm. BEN: Yeah, and he was telling them all along, but would they listen? POLLY: Mind you, he wasn't very convincing when he was trying to explain it to Valmar and Quinn and everybody. BEN: No he wasn't, was he? POLLY: Doctor? You did know what you were doing, didn't you? (The Doctor pauses, and removes the recorder from his lips. He looks seriously at Ben and Polly, before grinning. He then gives his companions a wink before moving off again. A few moments later, the Doctor and his companions have arrived back at the TARDIS. A Dalek casing sits next to the TARDIS. The Doctor opens the TARDIS door, and gives the Dalek a concerned glance.) BEN: Oh, you needn't worry about them anymore, Doctor. Just a heap of old iron now. (Ben slaps the Dalek casing light-heartedly. He and Polly then stroll into the TARDIS. As the Doctor continues playing his recorder, the TARDIS dematerialises. Suddenly, the Dalek sucker-stick moves up, ever so slightly.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x14 - The Power of the Daleks - part 6"}
foreverdreaming
by ELWYN JONES and GERRY DAVIS first broadcast - 17 December 1966 running time - 24mins 38secs 1. EXT. A HILL (On Culloden Moor, the Scottish Highland clans, loyal to Prince Charles Edward, battle with the English and German regiments loyal to the English monarch, King George. Unable to endure the superior f*re power, the Highlanders have broken ranks and started to flee the b*ttlefield. JAMIE McCRIMMON, ALEXANDER McLAREN and his sister, KIRSTY, carry the injured Laird, COLIN McLAREN, across the moor. They are confronted on a hill top by a Redcoat. Alexander dodges a bayonet lunge from the Englishman and after a brief scuffle he gains the upper hand, s*ab the Redcoat in the stomach.) 2. EXT. A SMALL WOODED HOLLOW (The TARDIS materialises in the middle of a clump of brambles and ferns. BEN and POLLY emerge, followed by THE DOCTOR.) POLLY: It's so cool. (BEN parts the brambles.) BEN: Hey, Polly. POLLY: What? (Shivering) Ooh. BEN: Where does this remind you of? POLLY: Oh, it's cold and damp. BEN: No, where does it remind you of? (POLLY catches herself in some brambles.) POLLY: Ouch! Prickles! What? BEN: Where else could it be? We're home, Duchess! POLLY: Oh, you never give up hope, do you? We'll ask the Doctor. Hey, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Listen. (There is the sound of an expl*si*n in the distance.) BEN: It sounds like the cup final. (There is the piercing whistle of a projectile.) POLLY: Look out! (BEN and POLLY throw themselves to the ground as the projectile lands nearby.) THE DOCTOR: What are you doing down there? BEN: What was it? (BEN moves to have a closer look at the projectile.) BEN: It looks like an old-time cannon ball. Aah! It's hot. THE DOCTOR: Allow me. (He examines the cannon ball.) THE DOCTOR: Yes, a ten pounder. That does it! (THE DOCTOR begins to move off towards the TARDIS.) POLLY: But Doctor we can't leave, this looks like England. BEN: Yeah, I'm going to look over that hill. (BEN heads up hill.) POLLY: Doctor, you don't want us to think you're afraid, do you? THE DOCTOR: Why not? POLLY: Look we can't let Ben go up there on his own. We don't know what he's gonna find. Come on. (POLLY follows BEN up the hill. THE DOCTOR shrugs and heads off after them.) 3. INT. A COTTAGE (In a cottage nearby KIRSTY is tending her father, the wounded Laird, who is lying on a bed in the corner.) COLIN: Ahh, Kirsty. Ahh. KIRSTY: He badly needs a doctor. ALEXANDER: Aye, and food. COLIN: Water... water... water... water... JAMIE: There's a wee drop left yet. (COLIN gulps the water that JAMIE hands him.) COLIN: The battle. The battle! ALEXANDER: It's done! The clans are broken. sh*t to pieces by the English g*n. Never had the chance to get to within claymore's length of them. (COLIN slumps back on his bed.) COLIN: Ah, the slaughter. (JAMIE blows a note on the pipes.) ALEXANDER: Whist! Do you have to bring the redcoats upon us? JAMIE: Well they'll be here soon enough, have no fear. COLIN: The Prince? JAMIE: Do not fuss yourself. He was the first to leave the field. ALEXANDER: What's that you say about the Prince? COLIN: Ah stay, the pair of you. Why didn't you leave me to die on the field? ALEXANDER: You're the Laird himself. COLIN: The Laird of what? All the men of our clan are lying in the mud of the Culloden Moor. Oh, I should be with them. Oh Kirsty, my Kirsty. (He begins to sob.) ALEXANDER: We may not be long joining them. The English troops are butchering all their wounded and hanging all their prisoners. JAMIE: They cannot hang us all, can they? ALEXANDER: They'll never hang me, piper. You may be sure of that. (looking out of the cabin) Whist! KIRSTY: The English? ALEXANDER: There is but three of them. JAMIE: They're not soldiers. COLIN: Our people? ALEXANDER: Well, I'll find out. Jamie, at the rear. You g*ng that way. Wait my signal! 4. EXT. A HILL NEAR THE COTTAGE (THE DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY are walking down the brow of a hill. The sound of battle can be heard in the distance.) BEN: Hey, look! (BEN indicates a cannon up ahead of them.) BEN: This must be where that cannon ball came from. THE DOCTOR: It's unlikely. BEN: What do you mean it's unlikely? THE DOCTOR: It's been spiked. BEN: Been what? THE DOCTOR: Been spiked. (BEN looks down the barrel.) BEN: Well how did you know? (THE DOCTOR ignores his question, stepping forward to pick up a tam-o'-shanter.) THE DOCTOR: I would like a hat like this. (He puts it on, posing excitedly.) THE DOCTOR: How do I look? (POLLY takes the beret and inspects it.) POLLY: It's got words on it - "With Charles our brave and merciful Prince Royal, we'll greatly fall or nobly save our country." THE DOCTOR: Bah! Romantic piffle! (He pulls the hat from her hands and throws it to the ground. ALEXANDER steps up from behind THE DOCTOR and holds a claymore to his throat. JAMIE is there instantly, his dirk at BEN's chest.) ALEXANDER: You'll pick it up! JAMIE: Ah, careful, like. (THE DOCTOR cautiously bends down and picks up the beret. ALEXANDER takes it from him and points his claymore in the direction of the cottage.) ALEXANDER: This way with you. Quick! (They set off down the hill.) 5. INT. THE COTTAGE (KIRSTY attends to COLIN.) COLIN: We're gonna have to walk to the caves. KIRSTY: Father, you're in no fit state to travel. (ALEXANDER, JAMIE and their c*ptive enter the cottage.) ALEXANDER: Kirsty! Get away with you. COLIN: Who are they? ALEXANDER: I know not. They're no Scot. They threw down the Prince's cockade. POLLY: Cockade? BEN: What Prince? (THE DOCTOR smiles as he suspicions are confirmed.) THE DOCTOR: Prince Charles Edward. Bonnie Prince Charlie. ALEXANDER: You have the tongue. Aye, I thought so. English the three of them. Camp followers to the Duke of Cumberland. Come to steal from the d*ad. (JAMIE raises his dirk to THE DOCTOR's throat, but COLIN intervenes.) COLIN: Abide a moment! Do you wish to pray before you die? THE DOCTOR: Die! POLLY: Die for what? BEN: Well, you can't k*ll us in cold blood! JAMIE: Well, our bloods warm enough! Your English troopers gave no quarter to men, women and bairns. POLLY: Doctor, tell them who we are. KIRSTY: Doctor? (KIRSTY grabs ALEXANDER's arm in excitement at the prospect of a doctor, but he pushes her away.) ALEXANDER: Get away, will you woman! KIRSTY: We have need of a doctor. ALEXANDER: The Laird. COLIN: Get me a doctor. Get me a doctor. KIRSTY: Look, k*ll them after. Let them help the Laird first. ALEXANDER: We're not going to trust the Laird with these Sassenach, woman. KIRSTY: But if they can help him at all... ALEXANDER: Kirsty, get away, will you. THE DOCTOR: Just think of the women. (BEN notices a p*stol beside the Laird. Leaping forward, he grabs it and takes aim.) BEN: Right, back both of you! Or your Laird won't need a doctor. THE DOCTOR: Well done, Ben. And now gentlemen... ALEXANDER: I'm warning you! THE DOCTOR: Your swords, I think. Ben, cock the p*stol! KIRSTY: But why? (KIRSTY desperately appeals to the two Scots.) KIRSTY: Give them up! THE DOCTOR: Polly, take the swords. (Reluctantly the two Highlanders let POLLY remove their swords.) THE DOCTOR: That's the style. Now back against the wall, both of you. Go on! That's better. (He moves over to examine COLIN.) THE DOCTOR: Now, I'm going to have a look at the wound. Come along, come along. Let me see. Yes. We're going to need some clean water to bathe the wound. (He looks up from the wounded man at KIRSTY.) THE DOCTOR: Ah. KIRSTY: I'll not leave him. THE DOCTOR: We're not going to harm him. Polly! POLLY: Yes. THE DOCTOR: You go with her. POLLY: Oh, all right. (THE DOCTOR hands them a leather bucket.) THE DOCTOR: Off you go then. POLLY: Will you show me where the stream is? ALEXANDER: Here, Kirsty. Take the Laird's spyglass with you. And watch out for these Sassenach dragoons. (The two girls leave.) THE DOCTOR: You can put it away now, Ben. BEN: Put it away? But... THE DOCTOR: Will you both give us your word that you'll not molest us? We're only trying to save your Laird from bleeding to death. (ALEXANDER and JAMIE exchange looks.) ALEXANDER: Aye. JAMIE: You have our word. THE DOCTOR: Put it away, Ben. BEN: What, are you going to trust these blokes? THE DOCTOR: A Highlanders word is his bond! At least don't point it at me! (BEN shrugs and carelessly tosses the p*stol onto a table. It goes off.) BEN: It just went off! (ALEXANDER turns to him angrily.) ALEXANDER: You fool! JAMIE: You'll have every English soldier within miles! BEN: Well, what's wrong with that? THE DOCTOR: What's... You should have paid more attention to your history books, Ben. BEN: Eh? (JAMIE is looking out of a window.) JAMIE: Redcoats! There's about six of them. (ALEXANDER joins JAMIE at the window.) ALEXANDER: They'll slaughter us! 6. EXT. HILL NEAR THE COTTAGE (The English soldiers are at the top of a hill, gazing down the glen at the cottage. Their commanding officer, LIEUTENANT ALGERNON FFINCH, sits astride a white horse.) SOLDIER: Sir! A rebel's been sighted, sir. SERGEANT: Then there's only the cottage where the sh**ting seemed to come from. ALGERNON: Good. Only one? SERGEANT: Only one seen, sire. There could be more. ALGERNON: There better be. We haven't seen many, have we? SERGEANT: No. Well, the troopers were ahead of us, sir. ALGERNON: And done a good job. Now, I wish they'd left us some pickings. SERGEANT: Ah, perhaps when they got away they took their possessions with them. ALGERNON: Let's hope so. Take a man around the rear, Sergeant. We'll outflank them. SERGEANT: Sir! ALGERNON: Tell them to sh**t first and take no risks. Remember these rebels will be desperate by now. SERGEANT: Yes, sir! ALGERNON: Advance in battle order. 7. INT. THE COTTAGE (The Highlanders are considering their options.) JAMIE: We'll be caught like rats in a trap. Can we not run for it? ALEXANDER: And leave the Laird to their mercy? There is but one chance. It is but a very slim one. I will try and draw them away from this cottage. THE DOCTOR: Wait! Wait! (But it is too late, ALEXANDER has already left, sword at the ready.) 8. EXT. THE COTTAGE ALEXANDER: Creag an tuire! (ALEXANDER raises his sword and charges towards the English troops, but is quickly g*n down.) 9. INT. THE COTTAGE (The English troops, with the SERGEANT at the lead, burst into the cottage.) SERGEANT: Surrender in the King's name! BEN: Blimey, it's good to hear a London voice again. SERGEANT: Silence, you rebel dog! BEN: Rebel? What are you talking about? I'm no rebel! Me and the Doctor here, have just arrived. SERGEANT: Deserter, then. You'll hang just the same. (THE DOCTOR interjects, with a thick German accent.) THE DOCTOR: I'm glad you've come, Sergeant. I was waiting for an escort. SERGEANT: Who the devil... THE DOCTOR: Civil tongue, Sergeant! You are in charge of these men? ALGERNON: No! (The Lieutenant, ALGERNON FFINCH, enters asserting his authority.) ALGERNON: I am. THE DOCTOR: A gentleman, at last. Doctor von Wer, at your service. SERGEANT: Doctor who? THE DOCTOR: (Mutters under his breath.) That's what I said. ALGERNON: One of those confounded froggies that came over with the Pretender. BEN: We ain't French. Are we? THE DOCTOR: German, from Hanover. Where your good King George comes from. And I speak English a good deal better than he does. SERGEANT: Hear that, sir. Treason! Shall we hang them now? (The Lieutenant points to the bed.) ALGERNON: Wait a moment. Who is that? JAMIE: Colin McLaren, the Laird, and I'm his piper. SERGEANT: Ah, they're a poor lot, sir. We'll get no pickings here. Let's hang them and have done. BEN: Well a right shower you are! What have we done? Nothing! And what have you got against these two? They lost a battle, right? Well, doesn't that make them prisoners of w*r? ALGERNON: Rebels are not treated as prisoners of w*r. Right, Sergeant, prepare to hang them. SERGEANT: Sir! Take him out. (The soldiers grab THE DOCTOR.) THE DOCTOR: Didn't I tell you I was... (The SERGEANT turns to BEN.) SERGEANT: And you. BEN: But we haven't done anything! SERGEANT: And you. (JAMIE points to COLIN, the Laird.) JAMIE: But he can't walk! SERGEANT: Drag him! 10. EXT. A SUPPLY WAGON BEHIND BRITISH LINES (SOLICITOR GREY, sitting on the high seat of the wagon, peers through his spy glass at the battle. Lowering the spy glass he calls to his secretary, PERKINS, who is preparing lunch.) GREY: Perkins. Perkins! PERKINS: Yes, sir. GREY: Not a very inspiring battle, would you say, Perkins? PERKINS: Don't really know, sir. I've never seen one before. GREY: This one was over in a brief hour. Never have I seen such brave fellows so poorly led. And now, Cumberland's troops are butchering the wounded. It's such a waste of manpower. A little wine, Perkins? PERKINS: Oh yes, sir. (He begins to poor a glass of wine for GREY.) PERKINS: Quite ready for it, I am, sir. This sharp northern air, sir, gives one quite an appetite. (Two soldiers drag a wounded Highlander past. GREY sits down on an upturned crate, holding his wine up to examine it.) GREY: Ah, all these fine sturdy Highlanders. Used to hard work and little food. Think what a price they'd fetch in Jamaica or Barbados, Perkins. PERKINS: A pretty penny, no doubt, sir. No doubt at all. GREY: Indeed. And I'll have them, Perkins. I did not give up a thriving legal practise just for the honour of serving King George as his Commissioner of Prisons. (PERKINS hands GREY a plate of meat, cheese, onions and bread.) PERKINS: I thought there was more behind it, sir. GREY: With Mr. Trask and his ship at our service, we may expect to clear some measure of profit out of this rebellion, eh Perkins? PERKINS: Yes, sir. GREY: Depending, of course, on how many of the wretched rebels we can deliver from his Majesty's over zealous soldiers. (He takes a mouthful of wine, gags and spits it into PERKINS face.) GREY: The wine was corked. If you wish to remain in my service, you will have to be more careful. Won't you Perkins? PERKINS: Yes, sir. My apologies, sir. It won't happen again, sir. GREY: I think we best be about our business. Otherwise there'll be nothing but corpses left on the b*ttlefield. And corpses are of little use to us, eh Perkins? PERKINS: Yes, sir. Wagon, sir? GREY: No, I think not. I've had enough for one day. Come, Perkins, we'll walk. PERKINS: Yes, sir. (GREY begins to move off. PERKINS raises the wine to the light, unable to see anything wrong with it. He takes a swig from the bottle.) GREY: Perkins PERKINS: Yes, sir? GREY: Perkins! 11. EXT. NEAR THE COTTAGE (POLLY and KIRSTY are making their way back from a stream with some water.) KIRSTY: Down! (KIRSTY pushes POLLY to the ground.) POLLY: Oh, you've spilt the water! (They look at the activity outside the cottage.) POLLY: Who are those men? KIRSTY: Don't pretend you can't recognise English Redcoats when you see them. Even at this distance. POLLY: English? Well, that's all right then, we're safe. (She begins to get up.) KIRSTY: Do you want to get us both k*lled? Tortured? Look, they're going to hang our men. (POLLY looks through the spy glass.) POLLY: You're right. It's horrible. They've got to be stopped. KIRSTY: How? POLLY: Well, there must be something we can do! KIRSTY: We can but mourn. (KIRSTY begins to cry.) POLLY: Crying's no good. Have you still got breath to run. Come on. We're going to create a diversion. 12. EXT. THE COTTAGE (The Redcoats are busy preparing the ropes for the hanging. A stone falls just short of them.) ALGERNON: What was that? (The SERGEANT points up the hill.) SERGEANT: Look, sir, over there, on that hill. (POLLY and KIRSTY are on the hill.) ALGERNON: Looks like a wench. s*ab me, there's another one. SERGEANT: Yeah, puts me in mind of what Sergeant King of the Dragoons said, sir. ALGERNON: What? SERGEANT: Well, the Dragoons have got orders to stop every woman. Not that they need them, mind. ALGERNON: Get to the point, Sergeant. SERGEANT: Well, they've heard that the Prince is trying to escape disguised as a woman. Shall I go after them, sir? ALGERNON: No, I'll go. You two men, come with me. (ALGERNON walks off leaving an exasperated and frustrated SERGEANT.) SERGEANT: Yeah, but I... 13. EXT. THE HILL (POLLY looks down at ALGERNON FFINCH and the two Redcoats as they approach.) POLLY: This is our chance. The officer's coming after us. They can't hang them with the officer away. Let's go. KIRSTY: It'll do no good. POLLY: Besides which, you must know this place better than they do. KIRSTY: There's a high track. POLLY: And we're younger than they are. They'll never catch us. Come on. (KIRSTY picks up the water bottle.) KIRSTY: But, look... POLLY: Leave that. (The two women run off up the hill.) 14. EXT. THE COTTAGE (The SERGEANT looks at the Lieutenant and the two soldiers as they make their way up the hill. THE DOCTOR leans over and taunts him.) THE DOCTOR: What a great devotion to duty, your Lieutenant shows, Sergeant. SERGEANT: Devotion to duty. (He spits on the ground.) SERGEANT: Devotion to thirty thousand pound reward, that's all. THE DOCTOR: You think he will catch them? SERGEANT: That young whelp? Couldn't catch his own grandmother. (The troops start to laugh, but stop when the SERGEANT gives them a fierce glare.) THE DOCTOR: Disrespect to your superior officer, Sergeant? I could report you. SERGEANT: You could, but you won't. THE DOCTOR: Ah, but at a price, Sergeant. SERGEANT: You won't, cause you won't be here when he gets back. (He turns back to the soldiers.) SERGEANT: All right you scum, proceed with the hanging. BEN: Well, you can't hang us with the officer away. SERGEANT: Why do you think he went away? Got a delicate stomach, he has. Always leaves the dirty stuff to me. Right! Get them up! (The Soldiers move into position and begin to pull the ropes taut.) BEN: Yeah. SERGEANT: Take the strain! Stand by! (A drum rolls, as THE DOCTOR, BEN, JAMIE and COLIN stand on their tiptoes, ropes around their necks. Suddenly GREY strides around the corner of the cottage, followed by PERKINS.) GREY: Halt! SERGEANT: What do you want? GREY: One moment! SERGEANT: Who the devil are you? GREY: Perkins. PERKINS: Solicitor Grey, Lincolns Inn Fields. His Majesty's Commissioner for the disposal of rebel prisoners. (The SERGEANT takes the commission from PERKINS. He holds it upside down, obviously unable to read. GREY looks at BEN.) GREY: There's a fine sturdy young man. (He turns to the soldiers.) GREY: Take the nooses off them. Set that young man down. PERKINS: Sit him down. SERGEANT: I don't care who you are, you've got no charge over my men! GREY: Can you not read, Sergeant. I have charge over all rebel prisoners. PERKINS: Of course he has! Appointed by the Chief Justice of England. All prisoners. SERGEANT: Not these! (GREY turns to PERKINS.) GREY: Perkins. (PERKINS fumbles in his pocket.) GREY: The other pocket, I think. (PERKINS removes some silver coins from his other pocket, while GREY turns his attention back to the SERGEANT.) GREY: I admit your prior claim, Sergeant, but I think you are a reasonable man. (PERKINS counts out the coins.) GREY: Continue, Perkins. (PERKINS looks doubtful.) GREY: Continue, I said! Of course, I regret any inconvenience encountered by yourself and these fine fellows of yours. SERGEANT: All right, you heard what the Commissioner said. Nooses off. Get him down. (The Redcoats remove the noose from BEN's neck and release him.) BEN: Oh, thanks, sir. GREY: A trifle, I assure you. Strong ruffians like you, and this other young rebel here, are needed in his Majesty's service. THE DOCTOR: Ah, yes. (GREY looks at COLIN and THE DOCTOR.) GREY: You can dispatch this one, Sergeant, and this strange looking scoundrel. THE DOCTOR: Article Seventeen, Aliens Act, 1730. GREY: What? THE DOCTOR: You are gentlemen of the law? PERKINS: How dare you speak to Mr. Grey like that! GREY: I am a lawyer, yes. THE DOCTOR: Then you are doubtless familiar with Article Seventeen. You cannot hang a citizen of a foreign power, without first informing his ambassador. (PERKINS raises his tatty grey wig and scratches his scalp in puzzlement.) PERKINS: Article Seventeen, Aliens Act? (GREY turns to the SERGEANT.) GREY: Who is this extraordinary rogue? SERGEANT: He says he's a frog doctor, sir. THE DOCTOR: German. And I know more about the English law than you do, it seems. SERGEANT: I'm the only law what matters to you right now, matey. And if this gentleman don't want you, you hang. GREY: No, wait. You show a touching faith in his Majesty's justice, sir. A doctor, eh? We need doctors where you're going. Send him along with the other prisoners, to Inverness. JAMIE: The Laird goes too, or you can hang me with him. I'll not go with ye. COLIN: No, go Jamie, go. SERGEANT: We'll see about that! GREY: Sergeant! What do you think, Doctor, can this man be healed of his wound? THE DOCTOR: With proper care, yes! (GREY laughs.) GREY: Whether he'll get that where he is going is very doubtful. But I'll leave him in your care. Take him away, Sergeant. SERGEANT: Sir! You men escort these gentlemen and these prisoners to Inverness. I'll wait here for the Lieutenant. Come on out. Get him down. THE DOCTOR: What will happen to us? GREY: First you go to Inverness, and then perhaps a sea voyage. SERGEANT: Do you good, rogue. Come on. (The Redcoats lead the four prisoners off.) GREY: Just in time, Perkins. Just in time. 15. A CAVE (POLLY and KIRSTY are in front of a small cave mouth.) KIRSTY: This is the cave. They'll not find us here. (KIRSTY enters, followed by POLLY.) POLLY: You don't live here, do you? KIRSTY: Oh no. The family use it as a... as a hide out after a... a cattle raid. POLLY: A cattle raid? You mean you rob people? KIRSTY: No! We only take from those who steal from us. POLLY: Oh, it's dark. KIRSTY: Ah, there we are. POLLY: That's a funny kind of match. KIRSTY: What? POLLY: Match. Oh, it doesn't matter. (KIRSTY walks over to a small chest.) KIRSTY: Now, we keep a supply of food here. (She opens it and takes out a biscuit, distressed that this is all the food.) KIRSTY: Oh, there's only one wheat biscuit. (POLLY looks suspiciously at the unappetising biscuit.) POLLY: When was it left here? KIRSTY: Well about three months ago. (KIRSTY offers the biscuit to POLLY.) POLLY: Oh, it's a dog biscuit. KIRSTY: Biscuits are not baked for dogs. But please do begin. POLLY: Oh, um, no. No, you start. I don't want to lose all my fillings. (KIRSTY gives POLLY a puzzled look.) POLLY: Teeth. Doesn't matter. You start. I'm not hungry, really. (POLLY begins to pace the cave.) POLLY: Got to make a plan. We saw them being marched away. Now, where would they be taking them? KIRSTY: Inverness gaol. (KIRSTY breaks down in tears.) POLLY: Oh look, don't start crying again. If they've taken them to gaol, then we've got to get them out. Have you got any money? KIRSTY: But, what would we need money... POLLY: Well, for food, of course. That biscuit isn't going to last very long. And for bribing guards with. What have we got we can sell. (She removes her bracelet.) POLLY: This won't fetch much, but at least its a start. KIRSTY: Why should you help us? You're English! POLLY: They've got my friends too, remember? Yes, and I must get some proper clothes. KIRSTY: Aye, why do you wear the short skirts of a bairn? You're a grown woman. POLLY: Well, it would take too long to explain. (Suddenly she notices a ring on KIRSTY's finger.) POLLY: Hey, that ring, it's gold! (KIRSTY covers the ring with her other hand and turns away.) POLLY: Look, you've got to trust me. KIRSTY: It doesn't belong to me. It's my father's. POLLY: Well, let me just look at it. Come on, now. I just want to look at it, that's all. (KIRSTY turns around and reluctantly holds out her hand.) POLLY: It's beautiful. Mmm, we should get a lot for that. (KIRSTY snatches her hand back.) KIRSTY: We're not going to sell it! POLLY: Not even to save your father's life? KIRSTY: He wouldn't thank me. POLLY: Ah, you're hopeless. Why not, for goodness sake? KIRSTY: He entrusted it to me before the battle. He would k*ll me if he... if I ever parted with it. POLLY: I don't understand you people. (She holds out her hand.) POLLY: Come on, give it to me. KIRSTY: No. (KIRSTY scrambles away.) POLLY: Look, give it to me! It's... (KIRSTY grabs her Kn*fe and holds it up to POLLY.) POLLY: Please yourself! You're just a stupid peasant. I'm off to help my friends. You can stay here and guard your precious ring. (KIRSTY is suddenly anxious at the thought of POLLY leaving.) KIRSTY: Look, mind your step. It'll be dark soon. POLLY: Watch out for yourself. KIRSTY: You'll get lost. 16. EXT. THE MOOR (NIGHT) (Polly walks across the darkened moor in what she hopes is the direction of the cottage. Unnerved by the eerie sounds of the night, she considers back tracking to the cave. She begins to panic, sure that she is being stalked. Suddenly the ground gives way...) POLLY: Ahh! (...and she tumbles into a pit. Realising that she has fallen into an animal trap about ten feet deep, she attempts to scramble out. Looking up at the edge of the pit, she sees a hand clutching a dagger.) POLLY: Ahh!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x15 - The Highlanders - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
by ELWYN JONES and GERRY DAVIS first broadcast - 24 December 1966 running time - 23mins 41secs 1. THE MOOR (NIGHT) (POLLY walks across the darkened moor in what she hopes is the direction of the cottage. Unnerved by the eerie sounds of the night, she considers back tracking to the cave. She begins to panic, sure that she is being stalked. Suddenly the ground gives way...) POLLY: Ahh! (...and she tumbles into a pit. Realising that she has fallen into an animal trap about ten foot deep, she attempts to scramble out. Looking up at the edge of the pit she sees a hand clutching a dagger.) POLLY: Ahh! (POLLY screams.) POLLY: Don't. (Then the owner of the dagger appears. It's KIRSTY!) KIRSTY: It's yourself! POLLY: (Surprised and then cross.) Oh, you! Of course it's myself. Who did you think it was? KIRSTY: I thought a redcoat had fallen into the animal trap. POLLY: By the look on your face I'm glad it wasn't. Come on. Help me out of here. KIRSTY: Well, look, give me your hand then. (They grab hands, and KIRSTY begins to try to pull POLLY out.) POLLY: Wait a minute, I can't... KIRSTY: Well, come on. POLLY: Pull! KIRSTY: I'm pulling! (KIRSTY screams as POLLY's slightly heavier weight pulls her into the pit as well.) POLLY: Are you hurt? KIRSTY: Oh, no. Just a... a wee bruise or two and lots of dirt. Now we're both trapped. POLLY: No we're not! Even your dour Scots lassies must have played piggy-back. KIRSTY: What? I don't understand. POLLY: Well, you bend down and I climb on top of you and scramble up. Look, I'll show you. KIRSTY: What? POLLY: Bend down here a minute. All right. Why can't you... (KIRSTY bends and POLLY manages to climb onto her shoulders. KIRSTY tries to rise but finds it difficult with POLLY's weight on her back.) KIRSTY: Oh! POLLY: You okay? KIRSTY: Quick, will ye! You're no light weight. Oh, go on. Hurry! Come on. (POLLY, at the top, starts looking about for a handhold for pulling herself up. However when she looks about to see if it is safe, she sees a light bobbing down the nearby path. Soon the owners of the light appear - English soldiers.) POLLY: Shh! There's a light. Soldiers! (POLLY climbs down to rejoin KIRSTY.) KIRSTY: Redcoats? Oh, we're cornered. POLLY: No we're not. They'll soon pass. (Above them, a very weary Lieutenant ALGERNON FFINCH. He is leaning on a soldier while attending to one of his boot heels. The soldier that is supporting him stumbles and ALGERNON falls forward.) ALGERNON: (To the other soldiers.) Halt! (To his helper.) You dolt. (This causes ALGERNON to explode with fury to the rest of his soldiers.) ALGERNON: Couldn't catch a couple of wenches, could you? Call yourselves soldiers? The terror of the Highlands? You wouldn't frighten an one-armed dairy maid. (He sits down and then turns to his helper.) ALGERNON: Well, I've done enough walking for one day. Go and fetch my horse. If you're not back within one hour, three-hundred lashes apiece. Imbeciles! Give the lantern to me. I don't want to be left here in the dark. Right then. March! (The other soldiers march off, leaving ALGERNON on his own by a stone wall. Meanwhile, in the pit, POLLY and KIRSTY have heard every word.) KIRSTY: He's staying there! (She starts to cry.) POLLY: (Starting to get angry again.) Oh, not again! Didn't the women of your age do anything but cry? KIRSTY: What? POLLY: It doesn't matter. Listen, I've got an idea. Since our officer has so obligingly parked himself outside our pit, we'll lure him in to join us. KIRSTY: (Starting to cheer up.) Oh, glory! POLLY: We'll be able to deal with him. Now, this is what we are gonna do... (Soon, at the top of the pit.) KIRSTY: (OOV.) Help! ALGERNON: (Putting down his chicken leg and standing up.) What's that? (KIRSTY and POLLY make more "help" and owl noises to lure ALGERNON over - who then screams as he falls into pit. Immediately, KIRSTY pulls ALGERNON's g*n from his grasp. ALGERNON spots POLLY and then tries to move, but feels the cold feel of steel behind him.) KIRSTY: Move and I'll blow your brains out. POLLY: She will too, so you better keep still. (To KIRSTY.) I'm going to take the sash for his feet and you take the belt for his wrists. ALGERNON: Outrageous! Do you know that for as*ault a King's Officer you could... POLLY: I know. But you're not in charge now. (To KIRSTY.) The next thing is his pockets. KIRSTY: Och, no! POLLY: Look, he's probably got money and we need it. ALGERNON: You can't mean to rob me! KIRSTY: Look, you and your kind have robbed our glens! Look, he's got... (She finds the food in his pocket.) KIRSTY: ...he's got food. Chicken and bread. POLLY: Great! Now, my gallant officer... ALGERNON: I've done you no harm! KIRSTY: 'Tis no thanks to you that my father and Jamie weren't hanged. They're probably rotting in gaol in Inverness by now. 2. JAIL (BEN, JAMIE, the DOCTOR and COLIN are now in a room like a medieval dungeon. The walls ooze damp and are covered in green moss. Water is beginning to seep in through cracks in the rough stone walls. Illumination comes from a spluttering tar torch stuck in a bracket beside the door. Above them is a iron grille and through that the back of a SENTRY. JAMIE is by the LAIRD and as BEN looks on, the DOCTOR looks quite comfortable on a wooden bench.) BEN: Look after him, mate. He'll be all right. Okay, mate, okay. Take it easy, take it easy. Sit down. COLIN: We don't know yet. BEN: A right rat hole this is, isn't it? JAMIE: Oh, King George has worse than this, never fear. BEN: Yeah, well, I'm glad Polly's out of it. Why did we ever get mixed up in this, Doctor? DOCTOR: I'm glad we did. I'm just beginning to enjoy myself. (Clears his throat.) Down with King George! (There are cheers and laughter from the other prisoners.) SENTRY: Silence you Jacobite pigs. You don't want to feel this bayonet? JAMIE: Oh, enjoy yourselves. So you are for the Prince after all? DOCTOR: No, not really. I just like hearing the echo, that's all. Let's have a look at his wound, shall we? (The DOCTOR examines the wounds on the Laird, COLIN, by pulling COLIN's plaid aside to look at the shoulder wound.) JAMIE: Would you not be letting him now? DOCTOR: With care that'll heal. JAMIE: (Amazed at what the DOCTOR is doing.) Och, here's you saying you're a doctor, you've not even bled him yet. BEN: (To the DOCTOR.) What's he on about? DOCTOR: Bloodletting. BEN: Yeah, but that's stupid. JAMIE: It's the only way of curing the sick. BEN: k*lling him, more like. He's lost enough blood already. (To BEN's surprise, the DOCTOR brings out a small telescope from one of his pockets and looks through the telescope, through the grille, at the stars in the night sky.) DOCTOR: (After examining the stars.) Oh, !sis and Osiris, is it meet? Aquarius, Aries, Taurus... JAMIE: Oh, aye. BEN: (To the DOCTOR.) Now what are you mumbling about? JAMIE: Whist, man. DOCTOR: Gemini and Taurus. (To JAMIE.) When was the Laird born? JAMIE: In the fifth month. DOCTOR: That's what I thought. Now, blood letting must wait until Taurus is in the ascendant. So it is willed. BEN: You don't believe all that codswallop, do you? DOCTOR: Of course I do! So does he. He's never heard of germs. JAMIE: What was that word? DOCTOR: It's a secret word. (The DOCTOR winks at BEN, who catches on.) BEN: Yeah, germs, all around us. (JAMIE looks fearfully about the walls expecting to see germs climbing up the doors and about to att*ck them.) DOCTOR: Used by German doctors. JAMIE: Oh, Ger-man. Germs. DOCTOR: Yes. Have you got a handkerchief, Ben? BEN: Yeah, here. (He passes a small pocket handkerchief over to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Good. JAMIE: (Looking at the pocket handkerchief.) Och, that wee lassie's 'kerchief? Here, Doctor, use mine. (JAMIE reaches into his shirt and pulls out a bit of linen which he passes to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Thank you. Just a fresh dressing. (The DOCTOR puts the handkerchief in water.) DOCTOR: Hello, what's this? (Together BEN and the DOCTOR unwrap COLIN's plaid and pull out a large, square silk standard, heavily embroidered and ornate, with silken tassels. The DOCTOR holds it up and JAMIE's eyes nearly jump out of his head.) JAMIE: Prince Charlie's personal standard. BEN: Well what's he doing with it? JAMIE: Protecting it! Now put it back will ye. If a sentry saw it... DOCTOR: No wait! (The DOCTOR takes it, opens his coat, and wraps it around his body, then buttons his coat again. The floppy, disreputable frock coat the DOCTOR wears looks little different for the addition.) JAMIE: What are you doing? DOCTOR: What chance do you think he has of evading the gallows with this on him? JAMIE: Well... DOCTOR: Besides, it's really rather nice and warm. Let's have a tune to cheer us all up. (JAMIE reaches inside and pulls out a playing pipe. BEN groans.) BEN: Yeah, I didn't think we'd heard the last of that. (JAMIE starts to blow into the pipe and a lively tune starts up.) SENTRY: Silence! JAMIE: Whist, man! (JAMIE stops but the DOCTOR rounds on him.) DOCTOR: Well, you're a loyal Jacobite, aren't you? This is your tune. (To the other prisoners.) Come on everybody, join in. (Soon everybody is chanting along with the tune.) SENTRY: Silence, I say! I warned you rebels once! Now we'll see what a touch of the bayonet will do. (The prisoners drown out his shouts with their singing as the SENTRY turns and runs towards the staircase leading down to the cell. The DOCTOR immediately pulls the pipe from JAMIE's lips and the young Scot hides it away as the SENTRY unlocks the door and enters the cell.) SENTRY: (Pointing his g*n at the DOCTOR.) Now then! You! (The DOCTOR slips back into his "German" voice.) DOCTOR: Ah, thank heavens. Did you hear that tune? SENTRY: Heard a rebel dirge. DOCTOR: They were singing it to drive me m... out of my mind. As I'm a loyal subject to King George the Second! SENTRY: Now what's that got to do with me? DOCTOR: They know of a plot to m*rder your general, the Duke of Cumberland. JAMIE: What! (Angry mutterings from the rest of the prisoners.) BEN: Oh come off it, Doctor! JAMIE: I knew he was not one of us! DOCTOR: Take me to solicitor Grey. Perhaps we're in time to prevent it! SENTRY: Why didn't you speak about this before? DOCTOR: Well, it's only just discovered! That rogue is party to it! (The DOCTOR points at JAMIE, who, furious, flings himself forwards to throttle the DOCTOR, but the SENTRY intercepts him with a bayonet levelled at his chest. All this happens over shouts of protest. The DOCTOR gives BEN a quick wink to prove that it was a trick and then walks out of the door. The SENTRY backs out and slams the door behind him.) BEN: (Nodding approvingly at JAMIE.) Well done, mate. JAMIE: (Rounding on BEN.) What do you mean? Why don't you go and join your friend? BEN: Oh, calm down. Can't you see it was all a fiddle? JAMIE: Fiddle? BEN: Well, a trick. A ruse, to get out of here. JAMIE: I don't understand you. BEN: Oh, blimey, look. Outside he's got a chance to get away and rescue us. What chance do you think he's got paddling around in here? JAMIE: Aye, nevertheless, I'm still worried. BEN: Now don't you worry about him, mate. Worry about us. See that line? (He points up to a dark line which runs all the way around the circular cell.) BEN: Well that's where the water level comes up to, and tonight is not my bath night. 3. THE MOOR (NIGHT) (In the light from the lantern, POLLY is counting out ALGERNON's money.) POLLY: ...seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. Twenty guineas. (Looking up at KIRSTY.) How far do you think it will get us? KIRSTY: I've never seen so much money in all my days. ALGERNON: You'll both hang for this, you know? POLLY: You're very fond of hanging, aren't you Mr... Hey, what's your name? ALGERNON: I refuse to tell you. POLLY: Oh, we're very brave all of a sudden. Watch him, Kirsty. He must have some form of... Aha, yes. (POLLY searches ALGERNON, and beneath his waistcoat finds a large, crescent-shaped, identity disk, as worn by all English Soldiers. POLLY pulls it out and reads.) POLLY: Algernon Thomas Alfred Ffinch. Two 'f's! Lieutenant in the Honourable Colonel Atwood's r*fles. So, I bet the Colonel would be highly interested to hear how his Lieutenant 'F'-finch was captured by two girls. ALGERNON: (His eyes widen in fear.) You would not tell. POLLY: Oh, wouldn't we! Give me the Kn*fe, Kirsty. ALGERNON: What are you going to do? POLLY: Never fear, Algernon Thomas 'F'-finch, we're just after a small souvenir, that's all. (POLLY cuts off a bit of ALGERNON's real hair from beneath his wig.) POLLY: There we are, this piece of hair and this disk will be proof enough. In case the Colonel doesn't believe us. KIRSTY: (Watching all this with amazement.) But... but why do we need an ally in the enemy camp? POLLY: And I think we've found one. Right, Algernon? (ALGERNON realises what she means.) ALGERNON: It's sheer blackmail! POLLY: Right again. Come on, Kirsty, let's go before his officer soldiers get back. Bye bye, Algy dear. We'll be seeing you in Inverness. Come on, Kirsty. Up you go. All right? KIRSTY: Oh no. I... (KIRSTY rises on POLLY's shoulders and prepares to swing out.) 4. INN ("The Sea Eagle" is a large handsome timbered building, used mainly by English Soldiers. In a room at the back of the Inn are GREY, PERKINS and a middle-aged man with a deeply lined face with a scar running across the forehead. This is Captain TRASK, master of the brig "Annabelle".) TRASK: Well, lawyer, my old cattle boat's ready for its livestock. (PERKINS starts to laugh, but sharp looks from GREY and TRASK k*ll his laughter.) TRASK: Belay there! What in thunder are you laughing at? GREY: It will be no laughing matter for any of us if we are caught, I can assure you. That is why we must begin loading the prisoners tonight. TRASK: Tonight!? GREY: Before the judges are ready to try the rebels, we'll have them all safely on plantations. TRASK: Arh. A Highlander will do twice the work of one of your black slaves. PERKINS: At least twice. TRASK: (Glaring at PERKINS.) Who asked for your opinion? GREY: Silence, Captain! I will not have my clerk bullied. I have enough evidence on you to send you to the gallows ten times over. And don't you forget it! (There is a knock on the door.) GREY: Come in! Well? (The SENTRY from the prison pops his head around the door.) SENTRY: One of the prisoners, sir. He insists on seeing you. Says he has some important information about a plot against the Duke's life, sir. GREY: Why come to me? SENTRY: Says he won't speak to no one else but you, sir. GREY: Which prisoner is it? SENTRY: The German doctor, sir. GREY: Ah, interesting. Bring him in at once! SENTRY: Sir. (The SENTRY salutes, but makes no move to go.) GREY: Well man, what are you waiting... (Realising what the SENTRY is waiting for.) Perkins. (PERKINS pays the guard, who then leaves.) GREY: Now, gentlemen, I suggest you start loading the prisoners at once. Here is your warrant. (He passes a piece of paper tied by a ribbon to TRASK.) GREY: And to avoid comment, you better take them the back way. (The door opens again and the SENTRY enters again.) SENTRY: The prisoner, sir. (He shows the DOCTOR in.) GREY: Perkins. Trask. (TRASK and PERKINS nod, rise and leave, watched by the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Auf Wiederseh'n. TRASK: Arh. (GREY opens the leather case in front of him and brings out a small, silver-mounted flintlock p*stol. He looks at it for a minute and then puts it down on the table in front of him and then nods to the SENTRY.) GREY: You may go. SENTRY: Sir. (The SENTRY leaves.) GREY: Now, Doctor - your story. I hope it is an entertaining one. It has cost me a silver shilling. Very well then, what is the nature of this plot? (The DOCTOR speaks, still in his "German" voice.) DOCTOR: There is no plot. (For a minute, GREY looks surprised, then his face darkens.) GREY: Have a care, Doctor. You waste my time at your peril. DOCTOR: Would the chance to lay your hands on £15,000 be a waste of your time? GREY: (Laughs.) What would a vagabond like you know of such a sum, pray? (The DOCTOR glances around, then opens his coat and starts to unwrap the Prince's silk standard from around his waist. GREY snatches up the p*stol and levels it at him, but the DOCTOR continues to unwrap it and then holds up the standard.) DOCTOR: The personal standard of Prince Charles Edward. (GREY takes it from him and examines it.) GREY: Indeed. DOCTOR: Whoever was entrusted with this standard stood closest to the councils of the Prince, you would agree? GREY: Umm. DOCTOR: He would also know where the Prince was most likely to run to. GREY: Which prisoner carried this standard? DOCTOR: That must remain my secret for the time being. (GREY looks up sharply.) GREY: There are ways to force your tongue. DOCTOR: But why employ them, since we are both on the same side? The £30,000 reward for the capture of the Prince is surely enough to satisfy both of us. (GREY comes about and searches the DOCTOR's face.) GREY: Arh, you have some fresh information as to his whereabouts? (The DOCTOR leans forward.) DOCTOR: I am on the track of some, but I need a free hand. (As GREY leans forward to hear the DOCTOR's muttered confidence, the DOCTOR yanks the standard from the table over GREY's head, snatches up the p*stol and starts forward.) GREY: Ahh! DOCTOR: Don't cry out. I'm not very expert with these things and it just might go off in your face. Turn around and put your hands behind you. GREY: You'll pay for this! DOCTOR: Just keep very still. There, now turn around. (The DOCTOR turns GREY around and ties him up with the Prince's standard, and then takes the handkerchief out of his pocket as he pushes GREY back into his chair. As GREY starts to open his mouth again...) DOCTOR: Why, great heavens, man, your throat. GREY: What? DOCTOR: It's so swollen. Does it hurt you? GREY: No of course not. DOCTOR: Say "ahh". GREY: What? DOCTOR: "Ahh". GREY: Ahh. Oh! (GREY opens his mouth wide and the DOCTOR stuffs the handkerchief into it.) DOCTOR: I've never seen a silent lawyer before. (There is a knock at the door, and for a second the DOCTOR panics. Then he spots a large cupboard in the corner, which contains some cleaning gear. The DOCTOR yanks the door open.) DOCTOR: Would you mind just, ah, waiting in here? Another patient, you understand? (He pulls GREY into the cupboard and closes the door on the lawyer's outraged face. He latches the door, goes back to the table, and sits beside it.) DOCTOR: Enter. (The door open and PERKINS comes in. His face turns to astonishment when he sees who is behind the desk.) PERKINS: Oh, ah, pardon, I thought that... DOCTOR: You thought what? PERKINS: The, ah... the Solicitor? DOCTOR: Your master is a very sick man. He's gone to lie down. It lucky for him I was called in time. (As he speaks, the DOCTOR stands up and stares across at PERKINS, who shrinks back from the DOCTOR's intense gaze.) DOCTOR: Well, great heavens man, your eyes! (PERKINS nearly jumps out of his skin.) PERKINS: What? DOCTOR: Your eyes. Come over here, to the light. Your eyes, man. (The DOCTOR strides around the table, pushes PERKINS back over the table and, bringing out a magnifying glass from his capacious pockets, he begins to examine PERKINS' eyes.) DOCTOR: You suffer from headaches? PERKINS: No I don't. (The DOCTOR bangs Perkins' head on the table.) PERKINS: Ohh! DOCTOR: Oh dear. No headaches? PERKINS: Well, uh. Oh! DOCTOR: Oh dear. (Fiercely.) You call me a liar? PERKINS: Well, no, no, no, no. Me head does ache. DOCTOR: Of course it does, what did you expect? Your eyes. PERKINS: M... m... me eyes! W... w... what did you find? DOCTOR: Print blindness. You read too much. PERKINS: Well, t'is true, I'm a clerk. What must I do? DOCTOR: You must rest them, for at least an hour. PERKINS: But, I... DOCTOR: That is my prescription. Ignore it at your peril! Now, lie down on the table. That's right. And put this over your eyes and rest them for at least an hour. (PERKINS lies back on the table. The DOCTOR removes the little man's cravat and ties it around his eyes. The DOCTOR then starts to tiptoe back towards the door, leaving the clerk on the table. As he does so, a muffled thumping comes from the cupboard.) PERKINS: What's that knocking? DOCTOR: Knocking, it's not knocking, it's in your mind. In your eyes. Now rest your eyes, and the knocking will grow fainter, and fainter, and fainter. One hour, remember. PERKINS: One hour, Doctor. One hour. (The DOCTOR blows him a kiss and then leaves. The muffled knocking from the cupboard grows louder.) 5. THE MOORS (DAY) (ALGERNON, after having a rough night sleeping in the pit, hears voices from above.) SERGEANT: Sir. ALGERNON: Sergeant! SERGEANT: Where are you sir? I can't quite see you. ALGERNON: I'm down here, man! (ALGERNON looks up and sees the SERGEANT looking down on him. He is surrounding by two other soldiers, all laughing their heads off.) SERGEANT: Oh, there you are, sir. ALGERNON: What took you so long, you jackanapes? SERGEANT: Well, we made the best time we could in the dark, sir. It's hard to see our way, you see? ALGERNON: Well don't just stand there. Get me out of this infernal hole! SERGEANT: All right you two, I'll handle this. You go and stand guard by the Lieutenant's horse. ALGERNON: (Commanding voice.) Well, come on, man. Help me out! SERGEANT: (Looking down into the pit.) Well, it's, ah... it's very deep, sir. ALGERNON: (Getting annoyed.) Get me out at once or I'll order you five hundred lashes apiece! SERGEANT: Oh, don't misunderstand me, sir. I'm willing enough to try, but you see, ah... we're not used to pulling officers out of pits. ALGERNON: Confound it, man, what are you jabbering about? SERGEANT: Well, I mean to say, sir, you see, ah... Officers don't usually fall into pits. (ALGERNON finally sees what the SERGEANT means. He is asking for a bribe to get ALGERNON out.) ALGERNON: You'll regret this, Sergeant. SERGEANT: Ah, ah, this isn't me, sir. You see, it's the men I'm thinking about. I mean, they're not used to it, like. I mean, ah, they're going to be very slow, sir. And they're going to be very dry. ALGERNON: (Searching his pockets.) I see! Well, here's some money to drink with and I hope it chokes you! (Then he realises that POLLY and KIRSTY have taken all his money.) ALGERNON: s*ab me. (Trying to cover this up to the SERGEANT.) You'll, ah, get it when we return to Inverness. Well, for the last time, man, get me out of here. (The SERGEANT starts to scramble down over the edge of the pit.) 6. INN (TRASK enters the room where he earlier left GREY.) TRASK: We've started shipping them across. (He takes in the scene of PERKINS lying on the desk.) TRASK: What in thunder? PERKINS: I'm resting me eyes. TRASK: Damn your eyes. Where's your master? (The banging from the cupboard suddenly resumes, louder than ever.) PERKINS: The Doctor says he must rest too. TRASK: Rest? (He goes to the cupboard, opens it and looks down on GREY.) TRASK: Now what have we here then? A pretty sight you look, lawyer. And what might this be a cure for - St. Vitus's Dance? GREY: Oh, release me you fool. (Laughing, TRASK does so, and GREY marches over to the now shaking PERKINS.) GREY: You let him escape! PERKINS: Well, I didn't know. I... i... it's me head. GREY: (Foreboding.) One more such folly, t'will need no further cures. (TRASK examines GREY's rope and is astonished to see what it is.) TRASK: The Prince's standard! GREY: Aye, he used that to trick me with. He won't get far. Perkins, summon the watch! (To TRASK.) And you, get those prisoners aboard before the soldiers get here. TRASK: Arh. 7. INN, SCULLERY (PERKINS, relieved to have got off so lightly, scurries away down the corridor, looking for some SOLDIERS. As he runs past the scullery, he fails to spot the DOCTOR crouched under a table laden with dirty, greasy pewter and wooden platters. At the sink there is a large, red faced buxom woman (MOLLIE) working a pump handle and dipping the dishes in the cold stream. Suddenly a ROUGH VOICE comes down the corridor.) ROUGH VOICE: (OOV.) Mollie, where are ye? MOLLIE: All right, all right. ROUGH VOICE: (OOV.) Mollie! MOLLIE: Quist your noise, I'm coming. (Once MOLLIE is out of sight, the DOCTOR creeps out of hiding. Apart from the tubs, the DOCTOR spots a long clothes line by the main fireplace. To his disgust, the DOCTOR sees that all the clothes on it are female: large gowns, petticoats, aprons - some plain, some embroidered. The DOCTOR shrugs and turns to the door, but then turns back and, after looking around again, takes his coat off and starts taking some of the clothes off the line.) (Meanwhile, MOLLIE, carrying another batch of dirty clothes, comes down the corridor, and is surprised to see a woman leaving the scullery. She is wearing a mob cap which almost completely covers her face, a gown, an apron, and a large cloak thrown about her shoulder. The woman is obviously quite aged and hobbles along towards the washerwoman. MOLLIE passes her and then turns round and stares at the stranger.) ROUGH VOICE: (OOV.) There must be some grub around here somewhere. (MOLLIE shrugs and turns back to her work.) 8. JAIL (TRASK is walking along the upper level of the jail, looking down at the unfortunate prisoners beneath. Some soldiers are waking them up for TRASK's inspection.) TRASK: That's two of them, and room for one more. (Pointing to another.) Here! SENTRY: (Shoving the one TRASK has chosen.) Oi, you, come on. (He checks him, but finds he is d*ad.) SENTRY: He's done for. TRASK: The next one, you swarb. (He takes three more steps and then looks down into the next cell. BEN, JAMIE and COLIN are now standing on the top step. The water has already risen to their waists. TRASK points to them.) SENTRY: (Pointing to JAMIE.) You. You'll do. TRASK: Out with the others. SENTRY: Come on, all three of you. Outside! Move! (The SENTRY opens the door gingerly, sending the water swirling over two more steps. The three prisoners gratefully join him. They walk up the corridor, shivering and dripping. Beneath them, TRASK moves onto the next dungeon.) TRASK: Pipe down there, you swine. Pipe down there, you hear? (The three join the other chosen Highlanders.) SENTRY: Now look lively! 9. ROAD (They start to march down the road, heading for the cluster of tall masts that indicates the river. As they pass the Inn, which is next door to a warehouse, an old woman staggers out and collides with the group of prisoners. BEN nearly knocks her over.) BEN: Sorry. (The "Woman" (AKA The DOCTOR.) pulls himself up and after a quick look at BEN hobbles away.) TRASK: Watch your feet, you swarb. Out of the way you. (To the SENTRY.) Right, open up. (The SENTRY unlocks the door and TRASK and the other guards start to shove the prisoners in. Behind them, the DOCTOR watches.) SENTRY: Come on through. Get a move on, now. Get lively. (As they enter the warehouse, BEN finds himself next to JAMIE. In the warehouse some guards remove some barrels and open a door, through which BEN and JAMIE can see wooden steps leading downwards.) JAMIE: Where's your friend? BEN: Polly? I don't know. Safe, I hope. JAMIE: And Kirsty too, they're well out of it. But I mean the Doctor. BEN: I dunno. He'll be here though, don't worry. JAMIE: Yeah, in a wee moment it'll just be too late. (TRASK spots them talking.) TRASK: Silence, you two! Unless ye wants a taste of this! (He waves his g*n at them.) TRASK: Right, you're all going down there. Right, Pat, down he goes. (The Highlanders are marched down the steps.) 11. PASSAGEWAY (The Highlanders are grouped at the bottom of the steps.) SENTRY: (From above.) Right, Mr. Trask, that's the lot. (The trapdoor is closed but, there is light from above.) BEN: Well, where are you taking us? TRASK: You'll find out soon enough. (Soon the passageway leads to the river on which a medium-sized boat is floating up and down.) JAMIE: You've not a mind to drown us, have you? TRASK: Ha! Wouldn't pollute the firth with ye. Get in the boat. BEN: Quick, we can make a break for it and swim! JAMIE: I can't swim. BEN: Now you tell me. TRASK: (Bellowing at them.) In the boat! Right, off. (BEN and JAMIE are forced into the boat which is then rowed off.) 12. WAREHOUSE (The barrels are put back into position as a "woman" enters the warehouse.) SENTRY: All right, Fred. Come on, let's move. (The DOCTOR tries to get in the way of the SENTRY but he tries to push her out of the way. The DOCTOR takes on a "old woman" type of voice.) DOCTOR: But, officer... SENTRY: Go away will you. DOCTOR: (Holding up a bottle.) I've bought a wee drop of broth for Mr. Trask. SENTRY: Well, he's not here, miss. He's gone. He's not here. (The DOCTOR waves the bottle beneath the SENTRY's nose.) DOCTOR: Will you have it officer? It's a pity to waste a nice hot broth. SENTRY: Oh, all right, I'll have it. It's a cold night outside anyway. (The DOCTOR gives the SENTRY the bottle. Another guard comes over to see what's going on.) SENTRY: What are you looking at? There's not enough here for two. Go on, get back to your post! Go! Move! 13. SHIP (TRASK climbs about the ship and then turns and shouts down at the Highlanders in the boat.) TRASK: Belay there, you swabs! In case you're thinking of escaping, there's Jim Mews for ye. (All eyes are on a bound figure of a man. He is tied by his hands.) TRASK: He didn't find it an happy ship, so I'll find him another berth where he'll be happy! (BEN and JAMIE watch as the man is pushed over board. The man crashes into the water. JAMIE and BEN wait for him to surface but he doesn't. Time goes by, but he still doesn't surface.) TRASK: Once aboard the Anabelle, that's the only way you'll get off her. Straight downwards! Arh. (The bubbles of the man trying to breathe underwater slowly trickle to a stop.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x16 - The Highlanders - part 2"}
foreverdreaming
by ELWYN JONES and GERRY DAVIS first broadcast - 31 December 1966 running time - 22mins 54secs 1. SHIP (TRASK climbs about the ship and then turns and shouts down at the Highlanders in the boat. All eyes are on a bound figure of a man. He is tied by his hands. BEN and JAMIE watch as the man is pushed over board. The man crashes into the water. JAMIE and BEN wait for him to surface but he doesn't. Time goes by, but he still doesn't surface.) TRASK: Once aboard the Anabelle, that's the only way you'll get off her. Straight downwards! Arh. (The bubbles of the man trying to breathe underwater slowly trickle to a stop.) 2. HOLD (The hold has obviously been used for the sl*ve trade. There are benches, rusty shackles, and four small portholes, not large enough to get more than a hand and an arm through, along each side. There are already about thirty men in here, some trying to sleep. The hatch door at the top of the companionway opens and the latest contingent of prisoners are shoved into the overcrowded hold.) TRASK: Get in there! BEN: But there's no room. TRASK: Room enough for rebels. Get stored below. BEN: What have you got down here, stinking fish? TRASK: That's exactly what it is - stinking fish. JAMIE: Well, I'm not going. TRASK: Yes you are, you scurvy swarb. Another word out of you and I'll be down here with my cutlass. You'll learn who's master here. (They finally make space near one of the portholes, after some grumbling from the men who were first there.) BEN: Oh, you can hardly breathe. COLIN: At least we're alive. JAMIE: (To COLIN.) Are you feeling better, Sir? COLIN: Greatly recovered, thank you Jamie. My fever's going. JAMIE: Aye, it'll be no better for being cooped up in this hell hole. BEN: Yeah, for how long though? And where are they sending us? COLIN: (In the Scot's language.) Who kens? BEN: What? JAMIE: (Translates.) Who knows? BEN: Well, someone here might. (He turns to WILLY, the next man on their bench.) BEN: Hey mate, got any idea where they're sending us? (WILLY moves away as though stung.) WILLY: Beware. They're spies. BEN: What? WILLY: (Pointing at BEN.) This man's an Englishman. One more blow we can strike for Scotland. BEN: Oh, what are you talking about? WILLY: One more piece of vermin to be stamped out. BEN: What are you going to do? WILLY: Put the foot into him and tramp his English bones into the deck. (BEN backs away as other furious Highlanders gather around him.) WILLY: Back! Back! I discovered him. The first blow will be mine. (BEN is against the bulkhead. There is nowhere else to go. Suddenly a voice rings out.) COLIN: Will MacKay would never strike a friend of the Prince. WILLY: I know that voice. COLIN: You have been away so long you don't recognise me. (WILLY recognises the voice.) WILLY: Man it's yourself - Colin McLaren. COLIN: And Jamie, son of Donald McCrimmon, a piper, like his father and his father's father. JAMIE: With no pipes though, just my chanter. WILLY: Ah wee Jimmy. (Pointing to BEN.) But this Englishman - he is a friend to our Prince? COLIN: He is a friend of mine. They helped bring me here, weak but alive. WILLY: (To BEN.) Oh well, I crave your pardon. A friend of the McLaren's is a friend of mine. BEN: Well thanks, I'm glad to hear it. WILLY: (To JAMIE.) Then how came he here with you? JAMIE: Who, Ben? He's a deserting English sailor. So we take him back home. WILLY: A sailor. I'm a man of the sea myself. The master of this very vessel. BEN: If you're the skipper here, what's that Trask geezer doing on the bridge? WILLY: (Furious.) That shark was my mate. I was running arms from France past the blockade. Trask betrayed me! The Navy boarded the Annabelle and now he's sailing the ship for King George! BEN: Oh yeah? WILLY: (Whirling on him.) You doubt my word? BEN: Oh no, skipper, just the bit about working for King George. WILLY: What do you mean? BEN: Well, we're not exactly being treated like prisoners of w*r, now are we? Doesn't it occur to you that this Trask could be using this vessel without the knowledge of his King and Sovereign in order to work some big fiddle on his own account? WILLY: (Puzzled.) Fiddle? BEN: Look, mate, he is going to sell us like the stinking fish he thinks we are. sl*ve labour, that's what we're going to be, sl*ve labour! (There is a small chorus of dismay from the Highlanders.) 3. BARN (POLLY is waiting for KIRSTY to return. She is in a large barn on the outskirts of Inverness. There is a noise outside the barn and POLLY checks it out. A man is leading a small donkey laden down with pots and pans. POLLY moves back and tries to practise s*ab with KIRSTY's dirk. She isn't good at it and soon she drops it. Another noise makes POLLY turn around and KIRSTY enters the barn. She is carrying some clothes and a small sack.) POLLY: Kirsty, you gave me such a fright. KIRSTY: I'm not used to fetching and carrying, you know. We used to have our own servants. POLLY: That's obvious. Did you get everything? KIRSTY: Aye, the clothes for you, and trays and oranges. But, what we have to spend our money on oranges for? POLLY: You'll see. Hey, these are great. Last time we went back to the past I had to wear boy's clothes all the time. KIRSTY: What? (POLLY changes into clothes so that she looks like KIRSTY.) POLLY: Now then. How do I look? KIRSTY: Bonnie enough. POLLY: Okay, the next thing is the oranges. In the trays. KIRSTY: You're not gonna have us selling oranges, are ye? POLLY: What? I haven't got it wrong, have I? You do have orange sellers, don't you? I mean Nell Gwyn and all that? KIRSTY: (Puzzled.) Nell Gwyn? Well of course there are orange sellers in Scotland. But they're mostly coarse common girls. POLLY: The sort that hang around soldiers? KIRSTY: Yes! POLLY: Right, then we're going to be orange sellers. KIRSTY: What? POLLY: Well, look, how else can we find out where they've taken the Doctor and your father? KIRSTY: (A little worried.) But if they catch us... POLLY: We still have a friend. KIRSTY: Who? POLLY: Algernon 'F'-finch. Always assuming he's got out of that terrible pit. 4. INN (The main dining room of the "Sea Eagle" is almost full with a bustling crowd of soldiers and locals drinking and partying. The DOCTOR is among them, still disguised as an old woman, and is now trying to pass through the crowd. Everybody is amazed when ALGERNON enters the room and hops to one of the free seats.) ALGERNON: (To the soldiers.) Sit down. Sit down. (He spots the DOCTOR.) ALGERNON: Wench! Get me some wine. Come on. Hurry up woman. (The DOCTOR gives him a glass of wine.) ALGERNON: Blast. Be off with you. I'll pay later. That's better. (Yawns.) That's better. (The door swings open again and POLLY and KIRSTY, now dressed in their orange-sellers' outfits and holding their trays of oranges before them, walk into the room followed by the SERGEANT.) SERGEANT: All right you two, in here and see the officer. Go on. In you go. Get in there. (KIRSTY doesn't like being pushed.) KIRSTY: Put your hands off me or I'll scalp the hide off ye! POLLY: Kirsty, be quiet! (The DOCTOR looks up when he recognises the voice but keeps his head down to prevent his cover being blown.) KIRSTY: I'm not having a great ugly Englishman laying hands on me! Filthy. POLLY: Keep quiet, Kirsty, you'll give away the game. SERGEANT: Over here, both of you. (The SERGEANT is forcing the girls to go over to ALGERNON's table.) KIRSTY: Will you stop that! Stop it! SERGEANT: All right you scum, get back! Get out or you'll be flayed alive. Go on. KIRSTY: (Sarcastic.) Oh you're so brave, Sergeant. SERGEANT: Very funny. Over there. (They arrive at the table, but ALGERNON has now got his eyes closed and is trying to relax.) POLLY: Algy. Algernon. ALGERNON: (Still half asleep.) What? POLLY: Algernon. Wake up. Wake up, Algy. (ALGERNON opens his eyes slowly, but once as he focuses on them his eyes open wide in horror.) ALGERNON: Oh no! (The SERGEANT looks closer at them.) SERGEANT: These two look like the rebels we were searching for yesterday, Sir? POLLY: (Playfully to ALGERNON.) What a nasty man. Tell him we're not, Algy dear. ALGERNON: Oh, just a minute! KIRSTY: Aye, we're old friends. (Both KIRSTY and POLLY put their heads on ALGERNON's shoulders.) SERGEANT: (Looking at the scene in front of him.) I can see that. ALGERNON: Well, that's all, Sergeant. Be about your business. SERGEANT: Sir. (The SERGEANT turns to the rest of the rowdy mod of soldiers.) SERGEANT: All right you scum, out of it! The King doesn't pay you to lay around here all day. Go on out, all of ya. The last one out gets five hundred lashes. Now go on, b*at it! Out! (Soon the soldiers have gone, and the room is a lot quieter. The DOCTOR shifts from the bench he was sitting on over to the booth next to ALGERNON and the two girls, and leans forward to hear better.) ALGERNON: (Looking at POLLY and KIRSTY.) This is really too much! POLLY: (In a cooing voice.) Oh, Algy, we thought you'd be flattered. We turned to you for help immediately, didn't we Kirsty? KIRSTY: Just the sort of man two defenceless girls would turn to. ALGERNON: I'll have you thrown in prison! (POLLY looks up at the ceiling, quoting from the identity disc.) POLLY: Alfred Algernon Thomas... ALGERNON: Quiet. What more do you want from me? s*ab me, you've taken all my money. I haven't even the price of a glass of wine left on me. POLLY: I don't suppose the Doctor and the others have a glass of water to drink, never mind wine. Now, where are they? ALGERNON: How should I know? In prison, I expect, where they belong. KIRSTY: They're not, we've checked. Now where are they? ALGERNON: I don't know. I just round them up. You'll have to ask Solicitor Grey. He's in charge of prisoners, not me. POLLY: Where is he? ALGERNON: He's got a room somewhere near here. Can I go? Dash it, I haven't had a wink of sleep yet. POLLY: (Sarcastically.) Oh, you poor thing. Go on. But be careful. Not a word to anyone. (She gets up and allows ALGERNON to rise. POLLY and KIRSTY walk over to the door of GREY's room. However, just as they get there, PERKINS comes out from the door and, seeing him, the DOCTOR lowers his face again.) ALGERNON: Two wenches there to see the Solicitor. (PERKINS moves a little out of the door but bumps into the DOCTOR who is trying to keep his face down as he moves closer to listen.) PERKINS: Eh. Oh, I beg your pardon, Madame. Kindly sit down the aisle. DOCTOR: (In his "woman" voice.) Ohh. PERKINS: (To KIRSTY and POLLY.) Cedric Perkins, Solicitor's Clerk, ladies, at your service. What can I do for you? POLLY: Where is the Solicitor? PERKINS: (With dignity.) Seeing to his duties. Giving some rebel prisoners the choice between, ah, life and death. 5. HOLD (In the hold, GREY stands by the ladder leading down to the crowded hold, some parchments in his hand. Standing beside him, TRASK is playing with a long cat-o'-nine-tails whip - a collection of knotted strips of leather bound to a wooden handle.) TRASK: Silence there, you bilge rats! And quiet! Pipe down there. Quiet. The Solicitor hath news for ye. GREY: Rebels, your attention. A mark of clemency from his most gracious Majesty King George. (There are shouts from the prisoners.) TRASK: Get down! Get down! GREY: This clemency can be withdrawn, so hark ye. HIGHLANDER: We're harking to ye. (Everybody calms down.) GREY: It has pleased his Majesty to declare that, whereas there are a great many of his rebellious subjects in gaol, a speedy example must be made of them. COLIN: Ah, clemency. GREY: Therefore it is ordained that there will be those required as witnesses. JAMIE: (Shouts.) Traitors, you mean! GREY: Witnesses. Those not wanting to turn King's evidence will be hanged. (More shouts from the Highlanders and TRASK waves his whip.) TRASK: Pipe down! Pipe down, you dogs! GREY: Wait! There is... there is another alternative. Thank you, Mr. Trask. TRASK: Arh! GREY: Plantation workers are required to work in his Majesty's colonies in the West Indies. I have here seven year contracts. Sign your name to these... (Waving the contracts in the air.) ...and you will receive free transportation to your new homes. Well? Which of you lucky lads will be the first to sign? (He puts the contracts on a table. One of the Highlanders starts to walk towards the table. He is about to pick up the feather quill pen.) WILLY: Don't touch that pen! (To GREY.) I know fine what you offer, Mr Solicitor. I have seen these plantations in the Indies. Not one of your men that sign will live out your seven years. Better a quick and honourable death at the end of a rope, than a long slow one after months of... GREY: Who is this man? TRASK: Willy MacKay, former master of this vessel. I should have done for him long ago. (He pulls out a g*n but GREY pulls it down.) GREY: Later Trask, later. (GREY turns back to the rest of the Highlanders.) GREY: Listen to me, all of you. You've heard what MacKay here offers you - death with honour? What, lingering on the end of a halter? Followed, may I remind you, by quartering and the like courtesies extended to rebels. I offer you life, with a chance to work for your eventual liberty. WILLY: (Scoffs.) Liberty? (Some of the Highlanders elbow him back into the crowd.) GREY: Unless of course, Mr. MacKay, you would care to turn King's evidence. (Some dirty looks are thrown WILLY's way.) GREY: For the rest of you... for those who wish to sign, over here. For those who wish to hang, over there. Make your choice! HIGHLANDER: (To the others.) Come on. TRASK: Right, line up over here. That's it, stand in a line ye. Now pipe down, get those signatures on the contract. Pipe down there! (There is a moment's silence as the Highlanders look uncertainly at one another, then a hue and cry begins as most of them start to move to the left-hand side. Soon most of them are in the line for the trip, and only COLIN, JAMIE, WILLY and BEN are left in the "death" line.) GREY: (Glaring at the four.) Well, well, MacKay, only four for the gallows? BEN: Now hang on a minute... (JAMIE is shocked to see BEN go up to the signing table.) JAMIE: No Ben, you can't! COLIN: Oh, let him go. Let him go. BEN: I'm not a Scots, but can I sign? GREY: Why not? BEN: Can I read it first? GREY: Of course. (The next instant BEN seizes the three sheets of fine parchment and tears them to pieces.) TRASK: You scurvy swarb! (To the other Highlanders who start to cry with anger and happiness.) TRASK: Hold off there. (TRASK spins forward, swings the heavy handle of his whip, and knocks BEN unconscious onto the deck. WILLY and JAMIE move forward, but the sailors beside TRASK level their p*stol at their chests.) GREY: (To TRASK.) Clap him in irons. When I return with new contracts, we'll bind him and drop him from the highest yardarm. TRASK: Mr. Solicitor, mark this! (He passes GREY his whip.) GREY: (Shouting.) All of you! The next man who tries to oppose me will not be so fortunate. (To TRASK.) See to it! TRASK: (To a guard.) Right Parka, clap him in irons. Arh. (BEN is dragged from the hold as the other Highlanders cheer and argue.) 6. INN (PERKINS, meanwhile, is sitting with a flagon of sherry in front of him, obviously playing with the two girls. Meanwhile, on the next table, the DOCTOR is listening.) POLLY: (Attempting to stand up.) Mr. Grey doesn't seem to be coming. I think we'd better be off. (She starts to rise but PERKINS puts a hand on her sleeve.) PERKINS: Oh surely, ladies, you won't deprive an old fellow of your charming company. I assure you he won't be long. POLLY: Nevertheless I... I think... PERKINS: (His tone drops its usually oily smoothness and becomes firm.) I insist! POLLY: (Pushing his hand away.) No! PERKINS: Very well, I shall rouse the watch. They may be interested in two such genteel orange wenches. (POLLY stares at him and then sits down.) PERKINS: Hmm, hmm, hmm, that's better. Now, to pass the time what say you to a nice round of whist. (PERKINS gets out a pack of playing cards and doesn't notice an old "woman" approaching them.) DOCTOR: You need four for whist. PERKINS: (Not looking up.) Kindly remove yourself, madam. DOCTOR: There is nothing nicer than a nice game of whist. PERKINS: Madam, I told you! (He draws himself up to his not impressive height but stops and stares when the DOCTOR pulls out GREY's p*stol and points it at his heart.) DOCTOR: (In his normal voice.) I'm sure you'll oblige an old woman. PERKINS: The German Doctor! DOCTOR: Umm, perhaps you'd like to count the trumps. PERKINS: Well, I... ha, ha, ha. (PERKINS slowly subsides, feeling the pressure of the g*n against his ribs. KIRSTY cuts the cards and starts dealing. Across the room, the door is flung open and GREY enters in a furious temper. The DOCTOR sees him and lowers his head so that his face is obscured by his bonnet. Hiding the g*n with his shawl, he manages to keep the muzzle pointed at PERKINS's waistcoat.) DOCTOR: (Looking at PERKINS's cards.) Oh dear, clubs. Would you like to deal, Polly - orange wench. (GREY spots PERKINS and marches up to him.) GREY: Perkins, I want... (He spots what PERKINS is doing.) GREY: What the devil are you at, man? PERKINS: (Remembering the g*n held by the DOCTOR.) Well I, ah... well I, ah... just playing a... a round of cards, Mr. Grey. GREY: Indeed. Then you can just come up to my room. I want more contracts. (He turns away.) POLLY: Mr... Mr. Grey? GREY: (Turning to her.) Yes? (The DOCTOR leans across and touches POLLY on the arm, shaking his head.) POLLY: Oh, nothing. GREY: Come along, Perkins, make haste. PERKINS: I have to go. (He rises but the DOCTOR stops him.) DOCTOR: Not just yet. Remember you have seen nothing. PERKINS: What? DOCTOR: Your eyes. PERKINS: Eyes? DOCTOR: Yes. You wouldn't want another headache, now, would you? (He aims the handle of the g*n like a club at PERKINS head.) PERKINS: Oh, no, no, no. But, ah... DOCTOR: I'll tell you what we are going to do. We ladies are going to leave first, but you are going to sit here, quietly, comfortably, for another ten minutes... PERKINS: Yes. DOCTOR: ...before you leave, because I am going to watch you all the time. And if you move... PERKINS: Yes, I... I understand, sir. DOCTOR: Now, girls, let's leave this rough place. Ten minutes, remember? PERKINS: Ten minutes, Doctor. Ten minutes. 7. BARN (Once inside, KIRSTY and POLLY collapse. The DOCTOR enters more gingerly.) POLLY: Come on, it's quite safe. All right? (The DOCTOR looks about.) DOCTOR: Umm, very good, very good. POLLY: (Shivering.) That horrible little man's face. KIRSTY: It was a picture right enough. POLLY: Hey, why did he call you the German doctor, Doctor? (The DOCTOR aims the g*n for the far wall, cocks it, and starts to squeeze the trigger.) POLLY: Doctor, be careful! KIRSTY: You'll have the town upon us! (The DOCTOR squeezes the trigger and the g*n clicks.) DOCTOR: It's not loaded. They're dangerous things. (He puts the g*n back into his pocket. All three start to laugh and be happy at being free.) POLLY: You know those dresses really do suit you, Doctor. DOCTOR: Oh, you saucy girl. KIRSTY: You're the very image of my old granny McLaren. POLLY: You're wonderful Doctor. DOCTOR: I know. POLLY: You've even managed to cheer old Kirsty up. KIRSTY: Oh aye, I'd forgotten. (KIRSTY's mouth turns down again as she remembers her situation.) POLLY: Now what are we going to do? (The DOCTOR flings himself on the hay and closes his eyes.) DOCTOR: Do? What do you mean, do? POLLY: Doctor, don't go all sleepy on us, now. We've got to do something. DOCTOR: All right, go ahead. POLLY: If only we knew where the others were. DOCTOR: (Drowsily.) They're on the ship. POLLY: (Shocked/surprised.) What? DOCTOR: They're on the ship, the Annabelle. Master's name, Trask. Not a nice man, you wouldn't like him. POLLY: Doctor! Doctor! (POLLY comes across on her knees and digs him in the ribs to wake him.) POLLY: Look, if they're on the ship, then we've got to get them off it. Or... DOCTOR: Or what? POLLY: Or capture the ship. KIRSTY: What do you want to do that for? POLLY: Well, couldn't you sail to somewhere safe? I... I mean wasn't France your ally, or something? KIRSTY: (Shaking her head.) I won't leave Scotland. DOCTOR: It'd be safer. KIRSTY: Never. DOCTOR: Well it wouldn't be for very long. Just for seven... (He catches himself [The general amnesty and pardon for the Jacobites was made in 1753.]) DOCTOR: ...just for a few years, and then it'd be safe to come back. KIRSTY: But why should I leave my own country? DOCTOR: Oh, please yourself. But you and your father may get k*lled if you stay in the glens. (This stops KIRSTY and then, after thinking, speaks reluctantly.) KIRSTY: Are... are you sure there's no other way? POLLY: Look, the Doctor says it won't be for long. KIRSTY: What must we do? POLLY: We must make a plan. Doctor. Doctor! (The DOCTOR had closed his eyes again but POLLY digs him in the ribs again wakes him up.) DOCTOR: Hmm? POLLY: Have you got a plan for us? DOCTOR: No. (He closes his eyes.) POLLY: Oh, go on, I know you better than that, you must have a plan. DOCTOR: (Stretching.) Well, it's just a wee idea really. POLLY: Go on. DOCTOR: I've only just thought about it. It won't work, but it'd be a try. Anyone got any money? POLLY: Yes, seventeen guineas that we pinched from the English Lieutenant. DOCTOR: That's a fortune in these days. Now, we want w*apon - lots of them, and a rowing boat. KIRSTY: Well, I can get a rowing boat. DOCTOR: Good, and we can buy the w*apon. POLLY: Can we? DOCTOR: From the English soldiers. Well, they're bound to have heaps of w*apon as souvenirs. POLLY: Yes, but will they sell them to us? DOCTOR: You don't know the English soldier. He'd sell his Grandmother for tuppence half penny. KIRSTY: And... and then? DOCTOR: We smuggle them aboard the Annabelle. POLLY: That's great! And then what? DOCTOR: (Yawning.) Oh, I don't know, we'll think of something. I must get some sleep. POLLY: Doctor! Doctor! (But it is too late - the DOCTOR is fast asleep.) POLLY: Ohh! 8. SHIP (PERKINS is rowing GREY across to the ship in a small boat.) GREY: (Calls.) Mr. Trask! (There is no sign of him.) GREY: Oh, take it, where is the man? Mr. Trask! (A face appears above him on board the ship.) GREY: Ah, you. Go and fetch Mr. Trask. (The face disappears but this doesn't improve GREY's temper.) GREY: Mr. Trask! (Soon TRASK appears as GREY and PERKINS pull themselves on board.) TRASK: Aye. GREY: Is everything in readiness? TRASK: It is. GREY: I've had Perkins here copy out three contracts, just to make sure. And if anyone tries that trick again of tearing them up, sh**t him down immediately. TRASK: (Waving his g*n again.) Don't you worry about that. GREY: We need two of the contracts to be signed. TRASK: Every man jack of them will sign. If not with ink, then with blood. It is all the one to me. GREY: (Firmly.) No. You're not dealing with slaves, man. These Highlanders are men of high courage and resolution. Flog but one of them, they'll all stand together and refuse to sign a thing. You'll undo everything I've worked for. No, once they're safely sold in Barbados they can be whipped to death for all I care. Until then, use a light fist, or you'll answer to me. TRASK: And the London deserter, what about him? GREY: Proceed with the ducking. It'll serve as a useful encouragement to the rest. (To PERKINS.) Perkins, go below. Make the preparations. PERKINS: Yes, Sir. GREY: And, Perkins - bring the deserter on deck. PERKINS: Of course, Sir. 9. BARN (POLLY and KIRSTY are sitting, waiting for the DOCTOR. Both girls look tired and are yawning. In front of them are a broken sword, a pitchfork, and a couple of rusty kitchen knives.) POLLY: Haven't done very well, have we? KIRSTY: They wouldn't take me seriously. POLLY: Nor me. I do hope the Doctor's had better luck. (There is a soft knock on the door. POLLY comes to the door.) POLLY: Who's there? DOCTOR: (Hisses.) Me. (POLLY opens the door and the DOCTOR slips in. He trundles a small hand barrow covered with a piece of tarpaulin. They close the door behind them and turn round.) POLLY: Let's see, Doctor. What have you got? DOCTOR: No. Let's see yours first. POLLY: Oh look, don't tease us. Look. (The DOCTOR looks at their small amount.) DOCTOR: Oh. It's a start. (He then whips the tarpaulin off the barrow. It is loaded to the brim with swords, muskets, dirks, and p*stol. Both girls eyes nearly pop out of their sockets at the amount.) KIRSTY: You must have robbed the Duke's arsenal. DOCTOR: (Shrugs.) Yes, something like that. POLLY: (Hugging him.) You're fantastic. DOCTOR: I know. (KIRSTY leans over to pick up a heavily ornamented p*stol.) KIRSTY: Look, there's a bonnie one. (The DOCTOR's attention is focused on the ring on her finger.) DOCTOR: Just a minute. KIRSTY: What is it? DOCTOR: This ring. Now, let me see. POLLY: (Seeing what the DOCTOR is looking at.) Oh that. It's her father's. She won't let you touch it. DOCTOR: (Looking at the ring.) I'm not surprised. It's not her fathers. KIRSTY: (Flatly.) You lie! It is! DOCTOR: Then why has it the Stuarts' seal? KIRSTY: My father bade me not tell where he got it. DOCTOR: Until the right time. That time has now arrived. (KIRSTY thinks about it and then shrugs.) KIRSTY: The Prince gave it to my father off his own hand in heat of battle. My father saved the Prince's life. DOCTOR: Then it is right and proper that it should now save his life. Give it me. (KIRSTY hesitates but then passes it over.) DOCTOR: Thank you. I wonder. Bait. KIRSTY: What? DOCTOR: Bait for a very greedy man. 10. SHIP (BEN is standing on deck with his arms and legs bound. A sailor adjusts a rope around his waist. The rope is suspended from one of the booms, which protrude over the side of the ship.) TRASK: Right lads, take him up. (BEN is hauled six feet into the air and then swung out over the dark waters of the firth. TRASK looks over at Grey, who nods, and, at TRASK's signal, the sailors holding the rope release it. BEN plummets down with a splash into the dark, cold waters. The watching men wait for the signal from TRASK to bring the young sailor back to the surface. TRASK, his arm upraised, waits for GREY to give the signal. If that signal doesn't come soon, BEN will drown.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x17 - The Highlanders - part 3"}
foreverdreaming
by ELWYN JONES and GERRY DAVIS first broadcast - 7 January 1967 running time - 24mins 19secs 1. SHIP (BEN is dropped into the sea. After a few moments, TRASK signals for the rope to be hauled up. However, there is nothing on the other end.) GREY: He's not escaped? (BEN surfaces on the other side of the ship. He pauses for a moment before swimming off.) 2. QUAY (After a while he reaches the quay, and, paying no attention to the covered rowing boat, drags himself back onto dry land, only to be confronted by a patrolling Redcoat.) BEN: Oh no, not after all that. I give up. (The strangely silent soldier reaches for his moustache and silently peels half of it off to reveal a familiar face.) BEN: It's you, Doctor. DOCTOR: (In a gruff London accent.) Who else would be walking around the jetty at this time of night dressed like a soldier who'd been wounded in battle? BEN: Yeah, you've got a point there. But why? DOCTOR: (In his normal voice.) Why? Because I like it here. Besides, it keeps the other soldiers away. BEN: Oh, I'm cold and hungry. DOCTOR: I know just the place. Hold that. I'll just get these things aboard the boat. (He passes BEN a musket and shows him the stash of w*apon hidden in the rowing boat.) BEN: The boat? DOCTOR: Just a few wee gifties for our friends aboard the Annabelle. Come on. (He leads BEN away.) 3. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS (PERKINS puts the signed contracts in front of GREY.) PERKINS: There you are, sir, all signed and attested. It but wants your signature. GREY: Not before time. TRASK: (Offering GREY a glass of wine.) A little wine for your cold heart, lawyer? GREY: I never mix liquor with business. I would advise you to do the same. We sail on the morning tide, remember. TRASK: What happens it's too foggy to sail? What then? GREY: (Sternly.) You sail, fog or no fog. TRASK: And crash the old girl's timbers on Chanonry Point. (He spits and slams his t*nk on the table.) GREY: (Mocking.) I took you for a seaman. TRASK: (Boasts.) Why, that I am. I am! Ha, ha, ha. Trask will get your cargo of little booties to Barbados, never fear. That's what really counts, lawyer. Not those dried up bits of parchment of yours. GREY: Without these bits of parchment, we would all sail foul of the King's law. TRASK: Law? What does the law or anyone care for those Highland cattle we carry? GREY: Nothing. But to take these cattle safely to the sl*ve plantations, before their strength is sapped by his Majesty's prisons - that takes skill and preparation. TRASK: And what would happen to you, lawyer, if this trade was to be discovered to the Duke? GREY: That will never happen, Trask. There are but three of us privy to this secret. I can answer for myself and Perkins. Eh, Perkins? PERKINS: Oh, yes sir. Yes sir, indeed you may. GREY: As for you, Captain, you must answer for yourself. TRASK: (Slightly uneasy.) Ha, ha, ha. It was but in jest. You know me, Solicitor, I'm your man. GREY: Aye, and that is the way you will remain, Mr. Trask. 4. BARN (BEN is finishing off his meal and is talking to a delighted POLLY and KIRSTY. BEN is covered by a big blanket.) BEN: Ah, that's better. Never thought I'd live to see a meal like that again. POLLY: But listen Ben, how did you manage to get loose? Underwater, I mean? BEN: Well it's the old Houdini trick, duchess. You flex your muscles when they tie you up. Then, when you're ready, you relax them. Well that way you're half the size you were before. Get it? KIRSTY: No. POLLY: And that's all there is to it? BEN: Well almost all. POLLY: I bet. (The DOCTOR appears, now dressed in his own normal frock-coat outfit and hat.) POLLY: (To the DOCTOR.) Hey you've got your own clothes back. DOCTOR: (Perturbed.) Yes. Can you imagine, I found them thrown out on the rubbish dump, behind the inn. BEN: Amazing, isn't it? Well mine should be dry by now. (BEN turns away into one of the dens to get changed.) POLLY: I liked you better in your dress, Doctor. KIRSTY: Aye, you made a good granny. DOCTOR: Now then, do we all know what we have to do? Ben? (BEN appears in his now dry clothes.) BEN: Yeah, I take you out to the ship in the rowing boat, then double round the back smartish (Smiles.) while they're sorting you out, and then pass the w*apon through the porthole. POLLY: (Standing up, adamant.) While Kirsty and I just sit here and wait for you to get back - if you ever do. No fear! KIRSTY: We've done enough waiting. DOCTOR: But it may be dangerous. They may not swallow my story. BEN: Yeah, and they may see me in the boat, even with this on. (BEN shows off his dark clothing. He is also wearing a sort of sailing hat.) DOCTOR: (Approving.) I would like a hat like that. POLLY: Nevertheless, we're not going to let you two out of our sights, are we Kirsty? KIRSTY: (Nods.) Umm. POLLY: Well, you'll get into such terrible trouble without us. (The DOCTOR, smiling, gives up and another plan appears in his head.) DOCTOR: Very well, you shall come in the rowing boat. It might be a good idea at that. BEN: Well, what do you want me to do now? DOCTOR: I've got another idea for you Ben. 5. HOLD (On board the "Annabelle", WILLY and the other main Highlanders sit dejected on the board.) WILLY: (Despairing.) I can hardly believe it, they've played right into Solicitor Grey's hands. My own crew amongst them. COLIN: Can you blame them? It's a poor choice between the gallows and the plantations. A man will clutch at any straw to save his skin. JAMIE: And what will they do with us? COLIN: I fear they will make an example of us, once Trask gets away to sea. WILLY: He'll not let me live, that's for sure. Ah well, better a fast death than a lingering one under the overseers. I've no regrets. COLIN: (Sighing.) If I could see my Kirsty again I'd die content. 6. CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS (PERKINS is receiving instructions from GREY about collecting the gold from the sale of the prisoners.) GREY: Three thousand five hundred guineas. You will collect this amount in gold on delivery of the prisoners and render strict accounting to me. Is that clear? PERKINS: Yes, sir, Mr. Grey, sir. Quite clear, sir. You may trust me to the death, sir. GREY: Now I must return to shore. I shall expect to see you in London at the end of October. Meanwhile, keep a close eye on Trask. He's not... (Suddenly TRASK bursts into the room surprising GREY and PERKINS.) GUARD: (OOV.) Right lads, bring him down. (There is a general commotion, with characters talking over one another, as the DOCTOR enters, held by two soldiers.) TRASK: Us has got company, Mr. Solicitor. Caught him coming over the side, bold as a welsh pirate. DOCTOR: (Again adapting a "German" accent.) And of my own free will. I'm delighted to meet you again, Mr. Solicitor Grey. GREY: (Firmly.) You may not be so delighted when we part company this time, Doctor. DOCTOR: If you'd ask these fellows to let go of my arms, I have a small token for you. GREY: Indeed, I have not forgotten the last one. All right, let him go. (The guards let go of the DOCTOR.) TRASK: Let me have him. I'll soon change his tune. GREY: Silence! (To PERKINS, who is watching the whole thing.) Perkins, the door. PERKINS: (Wanting to stay.) Please? GREY: Well, go on. DOCTOR: (Starting to search his pockets.) Now then, let me see, where did I put it. No, it's not in there. I transferred it from there, into this pocket. Well it's not there now, perhaps it's in here. TRASK: Why, you! (TRASK, believing he is stalling, chokes him with his whip.) GREY: I would advise you to find this token quickly, before I leave you to the tender mercies of Mr. Trask. (He hands GREY the ring.) DOCTOR: Got it! Here we are. Look at the seal. GREY: (Examining the ring.) The Stuart arms. DOCTOR: Well, Mr. Grey? GREY: Where did you get this? DOCTOR: From the hand of Prince Charles himself. GREY: (Shocked.) Where, man, where? DOCTOR: In prison. GREY: I don't follow. DOCTOR: It's perfectly easy. Prince Charles disguised himself as a Highlander and was taken prisoner with the rest of the rebels. GREY: And where is he now? DOCTOR: I, ah, wonder what that information would be worth? Now let me see. TRASK: I'll burn it out of him. (TRASK moves forward but GREY holds him back.) GREY: No! How much do you think it to be worth, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, umm, shall we say, umm, ten thousand guineas? 7. HOLD (POLLY and KIRSTY steer themselves alongside the Annabelle. Securing the boat, KIRSTY leans up to a porthole.) KIRSTY: Father. Father. (COLIN is still half asleep.) COLIN: Hmm? KIRSTY: (Louder.) Father. COLIN: Aye, my child. KIRSTY: Father, listen to me. (COLIN thinks that he is dreaming about KIRSTY.) COLIN: I hear ye, Kirsty. KIRSTY: Father, it's me. It's Kirsty. I'm here. (COLIN wakes up.) COLIN: (Disappointed.) Aye. Ah, I must be dreaming. Kirsty. (He is surprised to hear KIRSTY's voice again.) KIRSTY: Whist, keep your voice down. COLIN: (Delighted.) Where are you? KIRSTY: I'm outside here, in a boat. (COLIN goes over to the porthole to talk to her.) COLIN: Well child, are you well? They haven't harmed you? KIRSTY: Father, I'm fine. And you? COLIN: Better. A world better for hearing your voice. But you cannot stay there. They'll find you! KIRSTY: Here then, take this. (KIRSTY and POLLY start to pass COLIN the w*apon.) COLIN: It's a miracle. I must be in a dream. KIRSTY: Father, there's no time to talk. We've got arms for all of you and a plan. Can you come closer? Right, now listen. (COLIN draws closer.) 8. CAPTAIN QUARTERS (GREY is agreeing to a price for the DOCTOR's information.) GREY: You drive a hard bargain, Doctor, but no matter. I agree. Now, where is he? DOCTOR: The very last place you would think of looking for him. GREY: Well? DOCTOR: Right here on this ship. TRASK: Let me have him! (TRASK grabs the DOCTOR's arm.) GREY: A dangerous jest! DOCTOR: Did you mark the young Highlander who was with me? The piper? GREY: Piper? DOCTOR: With the soft hands and face? GREY: No. DOCTOR: Did you notice his hair? Unmistakable, that was the Prince! GREY: You had better be very sure. DOCTOR: Would I come and place myself in your hands if I was not very sure? TRASK: We'll smell out the Pretender right now, by heaven. (GREY stands up.) GREY: (To TRASK.) Come along then, take him. (The guards grab the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Aren't you forgetting one thing? GREY: What? DOCTOR: I'm the only one who knows what he looks like. GREY: Bring him along then. Make haste. (TRASK drags the DOCTOR along.) 9. HOLD (The DOCTOR, TRASK, GREY, and two guards open the upper door to the hold, watched by one of the "sleeping" Highlanders.) WATCHING HIGHLANDER: (To others.) Go to sleep. (The visitors climb down and soon all five of them are in the hold.) TRASK: In here Doctor. GREY: Quiet. If they have any suspicion of whom we're looking and know him to be here... (Using a lamp, they search for the right face.) TRASK: Argh. Come on, Doctor. Him? Him? DOCTOR: No. TRASK: What about him? DOCTOR: No. Perhaps he is further over. GREY: (Warningly to the DOCTOR.) If you have made a mistake. (The group slowly moves towards the sleeping JAMIE.) DOCTOR: (Pointing at JAMIE.) I've found him. He's the little one, over there. JAMIE: Creag an tuire! (The Highlanders rise up, brandishing their w*apon. TRASK quickly draws his sword to protect himself. The fighting is savage.) 10. SHIP (The Highlanders soon force their way onto the main deck. There is lots of fighting and shouting. It is dark and fog is starting to roll in.) JAMIE: (Crying out as he dispatches a guard.) Creag an tuire! (WILLY finds himself facing TRASK.) WILLY: Now I shall relieve you of your command! TRASK: Not yet, Willy MacKay! (WILLY and TRASK start to fight, but are soon parted by some of the other battles.) TRASK: (Shouting to his loyal crew-members.) Right lads, to me! Throw these scurvy swarbs over the side! I'm still master here! (Behind him, BEN appears.) BEN: Not for long, mate. (TRASK whirls about to face BEN with fury and a little bit of astonishment.) TRASK: You! I'll make sure of you this time, lad. (There is more fighting and shouting as TRASK advances on BEN. JAMIE comes to BEN's aid. And after dispensing with TRASK's sword, JAMIE wrestles with the man and bundles him over the side. WILLY comes up to JAMIE ready to fight TRASK again.) WILLY: Where's Trask? JAMIE: In the firth. WILLY: (Slaps JAMIE on the shoulder.) Good lad. (He turns and shouts across the boat.) WILLY: Hold! Come back! Hold! All of ye. I want men. (Some Highlanders push some of the surviving crew towards WILLY.) WILLY: Get them over here. That's right, we sail for France on the next tide. I want willing hands. (The crew looks happy and nods.) WILLY: If you hadn't volunteered you'd have had a long cold swim for it. (The crew and everybody laughs.) WILLY: Right now, make ready. Off with ye, go on! Up to the top. Off with ye! (The DOCTOR appears leading some of the ill prisoners out into the night sky. One of these is COLIN. Meanwhile POLLY and KIRSTY climb on board.) DOCTOR: Ben, well... well done. Well done. Here Kirsty... here's your father. There we are. Polly... KIRSTY: Father! (KIRSTY hugs COLIN.) DOCTOR: (With an apologetic look at BEN.) Got lost in the fog. (POLLY hugs BEN very tight.) POLLY: Well done, well done. BEN: Oh, don't overdo it Pol. POLLY: But we've won! DOCTOR: Only for the moment. POLLY: What do you mean? BEN: Well, the real jobs only just beginning. Getting back to the TARDIS with only a rough idea of where it is and the whole English army out to stop us. POLLY: What are we going to do? BEN: Well, we're going to get ashore before they get under way. That's the first thing, right, Doctor? DOCTOR: Right. (WILLY is now standing on the "Bridge" part of the boat. The DOCTOR comes up to him.) WILLY: Stand by the capstan. DOCTOR: We have to go ashore now. WILLY: Oh, don't bother me now, man. (To a crew-member.) Stand by. (COLIN comes up to the DOCTOR to discuss what they are going to next.) COLIN: What about the prisoners? DOCTOR: We'll take Mr. Grey ashore as a hostage. COLIN: And the clerk? DOCTOR: Well I... (PERKINS hears his name and comes up to COLIN.) PERKINS: Now, may I have converse with you. COLIN: Yeah, man, yeah. PERKINS: (Grovelling.) Don't send me ashore with that man, sir. (He points to GREY.) PERKINS: Now, if you are going to France, then maybe you can do with a secretary. Especially one who is conversant with the French tongue. COLIN: Eh. Shifting with the wind, you rogue. Well, Doctor, what do you say? DOCTOR: Many of your people speak French? COLIN: Aye, but little. DOCTOR: Then take him with you. He'll stay loyal enough. PERKINS: (Overjoyed.) Oh, I will. I will, sir. DOCTOR: Till the wind shifts again! Laird, we must go. COLIN: Doctor, I... (The DOCTOR calls the guards holding GREY over.) DOCTOR: Bring the prisoner over! (GREY comes over.) PERKINS: Mr. Solicitor! (GREY looks down with his usual attitude to him.) GREY: Well, Perkins? (PERKINS spits on him.) PERKINS: I've been wanting to do that for a long time. You've no idea the pleasure that gave me. (GREY is furious.) GREY: Why you... PERKINS: To the last, sir. (PERKINS turns away and joins some sailors pulling the anchor up. The DOCTOR, POLLY, BEN and GREY are put into a boat.) 11. QUAY (Soon, huddled on the quay, BEN and POLLY stare across the foggy firth.) POLLY: I can't even see the ship. BEN: No, they said they'd send us a signal before they went. Hey look, there it is! (A light from a lantern waves from the boat as it disappears into the fog. The DOCTOR appears beside them carrying a bound GREY.) POLLY: Do you think they'll b*at the English blockade? DOCTOR: The fog will help them. More than it will help us. POLLY: We never even said goodbye to Jamie. BEN: No, he just disappeared. I wonder where he went to. (Suddenly a familiar figure appears from behind them. Everybody is shocked but happy.) JAMIE: Right here. BEN: Oh, Jamie! POLLY: Jamie. JAMIE: Aye, himself. BEN: Well, why didn't you go with the others? JAMIE: Well, let's say I fancied my chances here better. Besides, you'll need someone to guide you through the glens, won't you? BEN: How did you know? DOCTOR: Glad to have you with us, Jamie. POLLY: But won't you be in danger here though? JAMIE: Och, if they can survive here, then so can I. (BEN sees an approaching patrol.) BEN: Hey, watch it! Quick, through these doors. (He ushers them quickly into the closest building and the guards go by.) POLLY: (Whispering.) They're going away, it's all right. (GREY seizes his chance.) GREY: Help! (JAMIE grabs his dirk and points it at the solicitor.) JAMIE: One more move and you're a d*ad man. (The DOCTOR sees the guards starting to come back.) DOCTOR: They heard. POLLY: But what if they find us? DOCTOR: Shh. (As the soldiers enter, GREY tries to make muffled shouts. The DOCTOR and his friends manage to knock out the guards, but POLLY fails to stop GREY escaping as he slips out of POLLY's grasp and goes through an open window.) POLLY: Doctor! Ahh! JAMIE: (Looking at the unconscious guards.) I'm certainly glad I'm on your side. DOCTOR: (Noticing that GREY has gone.) Grey! POLLY: The window. (BEN tries to follow GREY but the DOCTOR holds him back.) DOCTOR: No. No, Ben. It's too late. BEN: But he was our hostage. They'll never let us get to the TARDIS now! DOCTOR: We'll find someone else, eh Polly? (POLLY smiles.) 12. INN (Outside the local inn, Lieutenant Ffinch takes in the night air while enjoying a relaxing smoke.) ALGERNON: What the...? (BEN and the DOCTOR surprise him from behind. BEN is holding a g*n to ALGERNON's chest.) BEN: We want your company, mate. DOCTOR: If you don't mind. (ALGERNON turns and sees JAMIE and POLLY.) POLLY: (Coos.) You won't refuse us, Algy dear. ALGERNON: Oh, this is really too much. POLLY: This way. (Suddenly a pompous-looking figure emerges from the tavern. The COLONEL turns to ALGERNON as he is walking off with the others.) COLONEL: Damn it, man. Where the devil do you think you're going? ALGERNON: Colonel! COLONEL: Well, have you forgotten it's your deal, Ffinch? ALGERNON: Yes, Sir, I know. But, ah, I was just... COLONEL: (Glaring at the DOCTOR and company.) Well, who are these vagabonds? ALGERNON: Well, Colonel they're... (The DOCTOR puts on his "German" accent again for the COLONEL.) DOCTOR: Doctor von Wer at your service. Remedies for the ague, the twitch, the colic, the warts and the gout. COLONEL: The gout? I haven't got the gout. DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no, no. I wouldn't waste your time with that, a fine healthy gentleman like yourself. No it's... it's this ring you see, sir. (The DOCTOR shows the COLONEL the Pretender's ring. The COLONEL's eyes widen at the sight of the ring.) ALGERNON: Perhaps we'd better get back to the game, sir. The night air. COLONEL: Oh, blast the night air! Let me see. The... the Pretender's ring! (To the DOCTOR.) Where did you get this, man? DOCTOR: Well, you go up there and to the left. No perhaps it's better to explain this way. To the right... COLONEL: Look what are you talking about? (The DOCTOR tries to point down the road.) DOCTOR: No. On second thought, perhaps the other way. Umm, we were taking the Lieutenant, you see sir? ALGERNON: The game, sir. (The COLONEL now has more important things on his mind.) COLONEL: Confound the game, this is the Prince's ring! Go with them. Take an attachment. (This doesn't fit in with the DOCTOR's plan.) DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, sir. COLONEL: What? DOCTOR: Oh, ah, that might frighten the blackguard, sir. We are enough to apprehend him. COLONEL: Then go on. Lieutenant you have your orders, what are you waiting for? ALGERNON: (Sighing.) Yes, sir. But, this wench... (Giving up.) Yes, sir. Very good, sir. COLONEL: And when you have them... DOCTOR: (Finishing the sentence.) ...we will bring him back to you, sir. Right? COLONEL: Right. 13. COTTAGE (POLLY, BEN, JAMIE, ALGERNON and the DOCTOR are standing outside the cottage. POLLY has been telling ALGERNON about what GREY has been up to.) JAMIE: You know where you are now? BEN: Yeah, I won't forget this place in a hurry. DOCTOR: Well, it's time we said goodbye, Lieutenant. And thank you. (POLLY turns to the DOCTOR.) POLLY: I've been telling him all about Mr. Grey's activities. BEN: Yeah, you want to nab him quick. (POLLY returns ALGERNON's identity disc.) POLLY: Oh Algy, here you are and thank you very much. ALGERNON: (Proud.) It was nothing. (Suddenly more people appear from the fog - the SERGEANT, along with GREY and some guards.) GREY: (Triumphant.) Ah, so you found these rebels, Lieutenant? Well done. ALGERNON: No! GREY: (To ALGERNON and SERGEANT in a commanding tone of voice.) You can escort them with me to Inverness. (To the DOCTOR.) You will not escape the gallows this time, Doctor. (To JAMIE.) Any of you. As for you, wench, I'll have you tied to the tail of a cart and whipped from one end of... (ALGERNON has heard enough.) ALGERNON: (Angry.) Silence! GREY: (Surprised.) What was that you said? ALGERNON: I've heard the whole story of your schemes from this young lady here. GREY: (Glaring at POLLY.) You take the word of this... DOCTOR: (Adapting his "German" voice again.) What wicked times we live in, Lieutenant. A prison commissioner using his office to smuggle rebels out of the country. GREY: You're wasting your breath, Doctor. It was all perfectly legal. The rebels signed the contracts for transportation of their own free will. DOCTOR: Contracts? I don't believe I saw any contracts. Did you Ben? BEN: No, I wouldn't know what they were. DOCTOR: Or you Jamie? JAMIE: Me? No. GREY: A lie, Lieutenant. The contracts were signed, I have them right here in my... in my... (He searches his pockets but can't find them. The DOCTOR tuts.) DOCTOR: So sad. Once a promising legal talent. ALGERNON: (Furious.) There is only one end for sl*ve traders, Solicitor. I'm placing you under arrest. (POLLY smiles.) GREY: (Furious too.) I warn you, Lieutenant... ALGERNON: (In a commanding voice.) I've had enough of your warnings, sir. Gag him Sergeant. Take him to prison under escort. SERGEANT: Sir! (The SERGEANT produces a handkerchief as two guards grab GREY.) GREY: No wait! This is some sort of trick, you fool. If the Colonel hears of this you'll be lucky to end up as a band master. ALGERNON: Take him away, Sergeant. SERGEANT: (To GREY.) Come on, you traitorous dog. GREY: Fool. (GREY continues to protest as he is dragged away.) SERGEANT: You men follow me. (Soon ALGERNON is left with the DOCTOR's party.) ALGERNON: Well goodbye, Doctor. DOCTOR: Goodbye. BEN: Goodbye. (ALGERNON turns to leave.) POLLY: Wait. Algy, why did you do it? ALGERNON: A chance to put paid to a villain, ma'am. POLLY: It wasn't just that, was it? ALGERNON: Not quite, ma'am. (It is clear that ALGERNON has had enough of GREY.) POLLY: Thank you, Algy. (She gives him a kiss.) POLLY: Goodbye. ALGERNON: Well, I wouldn't linger here if I were you. These moors, you know, they're still scouring them for rebels. DOCTOR: Goodbye. ALGERNON: Goodbye. BEN: Ta-ta. (ALGERNON walks off.) JAMIE: One thing I don't understand - where those contracts went? DOCTOR: I've no idea. (The DOCTOR nonchalantly pulls them out of his pocket. He stares at them innocently.) DOCTOR: Well, how did they get there? BEN: (Laughing.) You old fraud. Come on. We must go. POLLY: What about Jamie? We can't leave him here. DOCTOR: True. His ship's sailed. POLLY: (To JAMIE.) What will you do? JAMIE: Oh, I'll be all right. They won't catch me. (Musket sh*ts can be heard in the distance.) BEN: Did you hear that! They'll catch us all if we don't move fast. POLLY: Doctor, can we take him with us? DOCTOR: If he teaches me to play the bagpipes. JAMIE: If you want, Doctor. BEN: That's all we need. Come on. POLLY: Come on, Jamie. JAMIE: (Puzzled.) But where are we going? POLLY: You'll see. 14. CLEARING (The DOCTOR, BEN, POLLY and JAMIE crew arrive back at the clearing. The DOCTOR unlocks the TARDIS and enters. JAMIE holds back for a moment, but after a reassuring look from POLLY enters the strange blue Police Box. POLLY and BEN enter behind him and the doors close behind them. The light on top of the police box begins to flash. The TARDIS dematerialises, carrying one more passenger than when it arrived.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x18 - The Highlanders - part 4"}
foreverdreaming
by GEOFFREY ORME first broadcast 14 January 1967 1. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (JAMIE looks around him. The central column rises and falls.) JAMIE: What's this? DOCTOR: You'll find out. (The DOCTOR operates the controls.) JAMIE: Ah, I don't think I want to. BEN: It's a machine, my old haggis, it's taken you away from Scotland forever. JAMIE: Where to? BEN: Ah, well, that as the Doctor would say, that is in the lap of the gods. You never know. JAMIE: Ah, you'd not be leading me on now, would you? It's a fact, you don't know where we're going? POLLY: Quite true, and what's more we don't even know what year it will be either. JAMIE: Och, now, I don't believe it. DOCTOR: Nae man can tether time nor tide - Robert Burns. JAMIE: Hey? Who's Robert Burns? DOCTOR: Oh, I should have remembered. POLLY: What? DOCTOR: Well to Jamie, its 1746. Robert Burns wasn't born until 1759. BEN: It's all complicated, isn't it? JAMIE: What's happening now? DOCTOR: We're just beginning to land. Hold tight, everyone. JAMIE: Land? POLLY: Don't be scared, Jamie, it's alright, really. BEN: I get a sort of q*eer feeling. See, we never know what we're going to find, do we? DOCTOR: Ah that's the fun. Stand by, here we go. POLLY: Please let it be Chelsea 1966. BEN: Hope it's the Daleks, I don't think. DOCTOR: Prehistoric monsters... JAMIE: What have I come upon? (The Tardis lands.) JAMIE: That wasn't too bad. Lets go outside, Doctor. BEN: Yeah, Come on, Jamie, you and me first. You never know, you know. JAMIE: What? BEN: We don't know what could be waiting for us out there, do we? Come on, Doctor, open up. DOCTOR: Yes, I don't see why not. It looks alright to me. (The doors open.) DOCTOR: Wait! (The others stop in their tracks.) DOCTOR: ...For me. Ha ha ha 2. BEACH POLLY: This time I'll guess where we are. DOCTOR: Alright then, where are we? POLLY: Cornwall. BEN: Ah, you said that last time. POLLY: And I was right. JAMIE: The Isles, maybe. BEN: Don't you know? DOCTOR: Haven't a clue. (POLLY laughs.) DOCTOR: Not the isles of Britain, anyway. POLLY: How can you tell? DOCTOR: This rock, it's volcanic. Not very old either. BEN: How old? DOCTOR: Oooo, Miocene. BEN & POLLY: What? DOCTOR: Only about 25 million years old. Look. (He points to the island's summit.) BEN: Hey, that's an extinct volcano, isn't it? DOCTOR: Possibly, possibly. JAMIE: Not going for a wee look round? POLLY: Yes, lets. Come on. (She slips.) POLLY: Oooo, give us a hand. BEN: Here. (BEN, POLLY and JAMIE begin their ascent.) 3. MOUNTAINSIDE (BEN, POLLY and JAMIE climb toward the top of the volcano.) BEN: I don't reckon we're going to see much when we get there. POLLY: Ben? BEN: What now? POLLY: I'm beginning to see things. BEN: Where? POLLY: Down there, look. I'm sure I saw something moving. BEN: Ah, you're round the twist. POLLY: Ben, there it is again. BEN: You see anything? JAMIE: Nothing. POLLY: Ben, I think we ought to go back. BEN: No, not me, I'm having a dekko down here. JAMIE: Yeah, me too. POLLY: Wait for me! (They descend into the volcano's crater.) 4. CRATER POLLY: Oh, can't we stop and have a breather? JAMIE: Ben and I'll go on, you stay here. POLLY: Oh, No. BEN: We shan't be long, love, back before you know it. POLLY: Alright. Whew. 5. DEEPER INSIDE THE CRATER (BEN and JAMIE descend.) POLLY: (OOV.) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! BEN: Hey, that's Polly. (They turn back.) 6. MOUNTAINSIDE, CAVE ENTRANCE BEN: Polly? Polly? JAMIE: She must have gone inside. BEN: Hang on, I'll get the torch. 7. CAVE BEN: Polly? 8. THE BEACH (The DOCTOR looks at a shard of pottery.) DOCTOR: Mediterranean. Ooo, no, tidal sea. Funny, hasn't been fired long. 9. CAVE BEN: Polly? Polly, where are you? JAMIE: Polly? BEN: What's that? (Suddenly, BEN and JAMIE are caught and shoved into a cage.) POLLY: Ben, Jamie, is it you? BEN: Who do you think it is? JAMIE: Are you alright, Polly? POLLY: Yeah. BEN: When you're finished get us out of this contraption. POLLY: I can't. They tied me up. BEN: Owww... JAMIE: Who are they? POLLY: I don't know, I didn't see them. (Unseen hands throw the DOCTOR into the cage also.) BEN: That's all we needed. JAMIE: So they caught you too. (The cage they are in, an elevator, descends. The air whistles past them.) BEN: That's draughty on me eyes. JAMIE: Aye, me too. POLLY: Where are we going? DOCTOR: That, we shall find out very soon. POLLY: Wherever it is it's an awful long way down. Ow. DOCTOR: Yes, we must be below sea level already. JAMIE: It's difficult to breathe. BEN: What is it, Doctor? POLLY: This cage. I don't feel very well. DOCTOR: Here we are. Yes, well don't be frightened anybody. If we pass out it's compressed nitrogen. It's called caissons disease. BEN: Polly, try and get us out of here. POLLY: I'll try. (She succeeds in untying herself and releasing BEN and JAMIE. The travellers all black out. After a while BEN recovers first. The elevator has come to rest.) DOCTOR: Oh. BEN: What's this? Polly? Jamie? JAMIE: Oooh. BEN: Come on man, rise and shine. JAMIE: You disturb the d*ad. BEN: Oh you're not d*ad, you just got a touch of the submariners', that's all. JAMIE: What are they? BEN: Take too long to explain now. (He looks around.) BEN: This must be some sort of compression chamber. DOCTOR: Troglodytes. BEN: What? DOCTOR: Ancient tribes from North Africa who lived in caves. Possibly, possibly. Where's my diary? BEN: Cavemen? Jamie, you better watch it. With that kilt someone might mistake you for a bird. JAMIE: What? POLLY: (Recovering.) Oooh. DOCTOR: Yes, it's difficult to put a precise date on these people. POLLY: I don't think so. DOCTOR: Alright then, when? POLLY: Oh, I'd say about, um, 1970. DOCTOR: Can you prove it? BEN: Yeah, go on, prove it. JAMIE: How d'you know, Polly? BEN: Ah, she's been studying her crystal ball. POLLY: Abracadabra. (She produces a vase.) DOCTOR: Oh, how interesting, yes. Hmm. It's Aztec, fake of course. BEN: (Reading.) Mexico Olympiad. POLLY: When we first left Earth it hadn't happened yet. BEN: No, that's right, it wasn't due 'til 1968. POLLY: Right, so now its any time later than that. JAMIE: Later? Oh I wish I understood. (They notice a some men watching them. They are armed. One is obviously the leader.) BEN: Polly, you speak foreign, go and talk to him, ask him where we are. POLLY: Parlez-vous francais? Sprechen Sie deutsch? Habla si espanol? LEADER: Bazumi tampost postu! JAMIE: Au Gaelic akye? BEN: What's that? JAMIE: Gaelic. (The man gestures.) DOCTOR: Yes well, that means move in any language. I think we better comply. Women and children last. Polly? 10. DINING HALL (The leader of the guards ushers the DOCTOR and his friends in. Food is laid out on the table. The DOCTOR tucks in.) DOCTOR: Oh oo. I'm so sorry. Thank you. This is good. This is very good. Mmmm. It's delicious. This is excellent. Sit down, sit down. This is ambrosia. BEN: What's got into him? POLLY: I don't know, I've never seen him go for food like this before. It's usually ham. JAMIE: Better hurry, or he'll scoff the lot. BEN: What is it? DOCTOR: Plankton. JAMIE: Plankton? What's that? DOCTOR: Well it's small plants and animals from the sea. POLLY: Animals? BEN: Yeah, little spidery ones. POLLY: Ooo, I don't think I'm very hungry, thank you. DOCTOR: You better get used to it. I don't expect there's much else to be had around here. (Some men enter the dining hall. Their leader, a priest is dressed in ceremonial robes.) DOCTOR: Visitors! Good day to you. LOLEM: We've been expecting you. POLLY: He speaks English. BEN: What does he mean, he's been expecting us? We didn't know we were coming ourselves. LOLEM: The living goddess Amdo sees and hears all. DOCTOR: And she had a message about us? For you? LOLEM: Yes. She told us you would fall from the sky, in time for our festival of the vernal equinox. DOCTOR: And just what part are we to play in this festival of the vernal equinox? LOLEM: A very important part, I regret to say. Guards. (The guards grab the DOCTOR and his friends.) DOCTOR: No wait, I have something important to say. LOLEM: Be quick and say it, then. DOCTOR: I won't speak under thr*at! LOLEM: You have five minutes in which to make your point. After that you will join your companions, and then we will proceed. POLLY: Doctor? LOLEM: Go, girl. DOCTOR: What will happen to them? LOLEM: They will come to no harm... yet. DOCTOR: You'll have to go, Polly. (The guards take POLLY, BEN and JAMIE away.) LOLEM: Now, stranger, say what you have to, and do not waste time, there is very little of it left for any of you. DOCTOR: What I have to say concerns a certain Professor Zaroff. LOLEM: What do you know of Zaroff? DOCTOR: A great deal. He's here, isn't he? LOLEM: How did you know? DOCTOR: The food! It couldn't be anyone else but Zaroff. He led the field in producing cheap food from the sea. His progress is astonishing. LOLEM: You are a friend of Zaroff's? (The DOCTOR writes a short note.) DOCTOR: Just send him this message, and you'll see. LOLEM: I will take no message to Zaroff. DOCTOR: You're making a big mistake! LOLEM: Yes, what is it, Ara? ARA: I've come to clear the table. LOLEM: Yes, yes, we've wasted enough time. DOCTOR: Ara, take this message to Professor Zaroff. ARA: But I.. 11. THE TEMPLE OF AMDO (In the centre is a pool where several sharks circle. A chant can be heard, rising in pitch. ) POLLY: I'm scared, what are they going to do to us? JAMIE: I don't see the Doctor here, he's escaped, mebee. BEN: Ah, some chance of that. JAMIE: Oh, he's a canny one, yon Doctor. Dinna fuss yourself, Polly. LOLEM: Quiet! You profane the sacred temple with your idle chatter. 12. OUTSIDE ZAROFF'S LAB ARA: I must speak with Professor Zaroff. (The guard shakes his head.) ARA: Well, Damon then. 13. TEMPLE JAMIE: Ben, should we run for it? BEN: No, wait 'til we hear from the Doctor. (They are tied and moved toward the pool.) JAMIE: Put me down. POLLY: Ben? The Doctor isn't coming. (The DOCTOR arrives...) BEN: Don't worry, Pol, just got here, there's still some hope. (...but he too is a prisoner.) BEN: Oh no. 14. OUTSIDE ZAROFF'S LAB DAMON: Well, girl, what do you want? Why are you not at your work? ARA: I have a note for Professor Zaroff. It's very important. DAMON: Professor Zaroff? Let me see. Oh, come, girl. 15. TEMPLE LOLEM: Life is a stream of water that drains away even as time does, and cannot be reclaimed. Accept, oh mighty and powerful Amdo, these, your sacrifices. POLLY: No! Doctor! (The four are lifted by ropes and swung out above the shark pool.) DOCTOR: Hold on! Hold on for your lives. 16. ZAROFF'S LAB (DAMON gives the DOCTOR'S note to PROFESSOR ZAROFF) DAMON: Here is the note. 17. TEMPLE POLLY: aaaaaaaa! DOCTOR: Don't move, don't even breathe. POLLY: aaaaaaaaa! (PROFESSOR ZAROFF enters. He has some of his own guards with him.) ZAROFF: Stop the ceremony! LOLEM: You dare to interfere with the hour of sacrifice? ZAROFF: I will not interfere with your sacrifices. But I must first speak with that man. Release him! (The guards comply and the DOCTOR is released.) ZAROFF: Now, zis information you haff, what is it? DOCTOR: First, release my friends. ZAROFF: I do not care about your friends. Your information, quick! DOCTOR: But I do. Professor Zaroff, if anything happens to them, you'll never know the secret I was going to tell you. ZAROFF: (To guard.) You! Alright, release them. Take them to the labour controller. He will know what to do with them. Well, Doctor? DOCTOR: Uh, let me say how glad I am to see that the reports of your death twenty years previously are a little premature. ZAROFF: Hahahaha. The whole world believed I had been kidnapped. DOCTOR: The East blamed the West, the West; the East. ZAROFF: Oh I wish I could haff been there. DOCTOR: Now, here you are, the greatest scientific genius since Leonardo, under the sea! You must have a fantastic story to tell? ZAROFF: Perhaps I tell you someday, if you will live long enough to hear. Now this vital secret, what is it? I must know. DOCTOR: (Pauses.) I haven't got one. ZAROFF: How dare you! DOCTOR: But I'm sure a great man like you wouldn't want a modern scientific brain like mine to be sacrificed to a heathen idol? ZAROFF: You know I could have you torn to bits by my guards, yes? DOCTOR: Yes. ZAROFF: I could feed you to my pet octopus, yes? DOCTOR: Yes. ZAROFF: Well you haff sense of humour. I too, haff sense of humour. I need men like you. Hahahahahaha. You come with me, yes? Hahahahaha. DOCTOR: I come with you. (The DOCTOR laughs too.) 18. WORK CENTRE (BEN, JAMIE and POLLY are brought before the OVERSEER.) OVERSEER: Your lives have been spared. See that they contribute useful service to the community. BEN: Whatever you say, mate. OVERSEER: What did you say? BEN: Oh nothing, nothing. OVERSEER: You men look strong. You'll be sent to the mines. Take them away. BEN: What? JAMIE: What does he mean, mines? BEN: Now wait a minute. Now what are you going to do with her? POLLY: Yes, what? OVERSEER: I shall decide that later. (BEN and JAMIE are taken away.) JAMIE: Don't lose heart, Polly. OVERSEER: Don't be afraid, girl. Life is very beautiful under the sea. Come on. 19. OBSERVATION GALLERY OVERSEER: Seventy percent of the world's surface is under the oceans. You are looking at our food producing areas. Without it, we couldn't survive. POLLY: (Impressed.) Fantastic. What are those? OVERSEER: Those are our farmers. POLLY: I think it's splendid. All those people working under the sea to feed the others. But listen, how do they breathe? OVERSEER: We give them plastic gills. Look. (He shows POLLY a set.) OVERSEER: That surprises you, doesn't it? POLLY: Breathtaking. Sorry that wasn't meant to be a pun. OVERSEER: No not at all. No, I'm glad you're taking it like this. Some people get most upset when they find they are to have the operation. POLLY: Operation? OVERSEER: Well, of course. We couldn't send you out there without it. You'd drown. POLLY: You're not turning me into a fish! 20. ZAROFF'S LAB (Ancient ruins are seen through the viewing window.) DOCTOR: Just give me a clue, Professor. ZAROFF: West of Gibraltar, south of the Azores. The Atlantic ridge, what does that suggest to you? DOCTOR: Ancient temples under the sea. But that's not possible! That's only a legend. ZAROFF: Go on, go on, Doctor. DOCTOR: We're in the ancient kingdom of Atlantis! ZAROFF: Yes, yes, and this is not the perfect place to complete my work? DOCTOR: But how did you get them to accept you? Surely science is in opposition to ancient temple ritual and idol worship? ZAROFF: I gave them a sugar-coated pill. I haff promised to lift Atlantis out of the sea. (ARA enters.) ZAROFF: Yes, what is it? Pardon me, Doctor. ARA: Doctor? DOCTOR: What is it? ARA: It's the girl. They're going to carry out the fish operation on her. DOCTOR: Fish operation? Well well. Ara, do you know where the main fuses are? ARA: Fuses? DOCTOR: Oh never mind. Go back to Polly, and if the chance comes, get her away from there! Will you do that for me? ARA: Yes. ZAROFF: (OOV.) Doctor! 21. OPERATING ROOM POLLY: Keep away! DAMON: Bring her here. Don't be difficult, girl, it's quite painless. (To assistant) Light. POLLY: No! no! DAMON: We're ready now. POLLY: No no no no no no! DAMON: One tiny jab, and you'll know no more about it until it's all over.
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x19 - The Underwater Menace - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
by GEOFFREY ORME first broadcast - 21 January 1967 1. OPERATING ROOM (DAMON prepares a syringe while POLLY gasps and whimpers, struggling lightly on the operating table, held down by ASSISTANT 2. DAMON turns to POLLY.) DAMON: One tiny jab, and you'll know nothing more about it until it's all over. (POLLY’s frightened breathing grows more rapid, barely holding back from screaming.) 2. ZAROFF'S LAB (Two scientists are working at a table full of petri dishes, bottled solutions, and mechanisms. The DOCTOR is examining a panel of levers, buttons, and wires. One scientist gets up and goes off screen. The DOCTOR wanders to the empty station to examine the remaining scientist’s work.) ZAROFF: And so you see my friend it is all so simple. When Atlantis was submerged, at the time of the flood, some life continued in air pockets in the mountain's caves, thanks to the natural air shaft provided by the extinct volcano. (As he speaks, the DOCTOR leans down for a better look at the scientist’s petri dishes, and slowly reaches for a pair of wire cutters on the table. He slips them into his sleeve and hides his hands behind his back as he backs toward the panel he was inspecting earlier.) ZAROFF: You, ah, like my laboratory, yes? You find all this very impressive, No? DOCTOR: No, not a bit, not a bit. ZAROFF: What do you mean? DOCTOR: I expected nothing less from the great Professor Zaroff. (As the DOCTOR speaks, he cuts some wires behind his back, hampering power to the Operating Room.) 3. OPERATING ROOM (POLLY continues to whimper, horrified, as the lights dim and brighten.) DAMON: The lights are playing up again. Go and see what's wrong. (ASSISTANT 1 hands POLLY’s arm and the syringe to DAMON and walks around the table. POLLY cringes as the cold metal touches her arm.) DAMON: No wait. I'd better go myself. Zaroff might listen to me. Look after the girl. (DAMON walks around the table and hands the syringe back to ASSISTANT 1, then moves off screen. ASSISTANT 1 suddenly aggressively goes for POLLY’s neck instead of her arm, causing her to cry out.) 4. ZAROFF'S LAB ZAROFF: Yes, we have come a long way in our research, and luckily the riches of Atlantis have provided ample means. (He goes over to the fish t*nk.) ZAROFF: Ah! So you are hungry today? Did I forget to feed you? He is beautiful, no? (ZAROFF begins to pour food into the t*nk as DAMON enters.) DAMON: Zaroff! ZAROFF: Not now, Damon, can't you see I am talking with my friend here. (gesturing toward the fish) DAMON: This won't wait. If I am to operate on the girl, I must have light! ZAROFF: One operation, one girl, you are making an unnecessary fuss. DAMON: I know what's going on. You're using so much voltage on the project that all civil use is curtailed. ZAROFF: Ridiculous. I will show you. (ZAROFF moves away. No one follows. ZAROFF points to DAMON.) ZAROFF: You follow me. Open the panel. (The DOCTOR and DAMON follow him to a large fuse box.) ZAROFF: Ridiculous. There's nothing wrong with the civil supply, there's never anything wrong. Look. The supply to your clinic is always adequate and cannot be affected by demands elsewhere. DAMON: Zaroff... ZAROFF: The fault must lie at your own intake. DAMON: It's easy to make excuses. ZAROFF: Excuses! Who taught you, Damon? Everything you know, I taught you. Yes, I made you so I can break you. (As he speaks, the DOCTOR quietly slips by them and approaches the fuse box. He cuts a wire and, being noticed, holds up the wire-cutters and touches his mouth like a young schoolboy feigning innocence.) 5. OPERATING ROOM (The lights are out. POLLY is breathing heavily, but calming down.) ASSISTANT 1: Zaroff won't listen to him. You'd better go and get some light from somewhere. You'll find some in the old quarters. (ASSISTANT 2 leaves.) ASSISTANT 1: Don't worry prisoner, we won't keep you waiting long. (ARA enters.) ASSISTANT 1: Ah, you, girl, come here. Keep watch on the prisoner while I search for fuses. (to POLLY) And don't try any tricks, understand? Or it will be worse for you. POLLY: I understand. (ASSISTANT 1 leaves.) ARA: Girl? POLLY: What? ARA: Don't speak, just follow me. (ARA walks away as POLLY sits up.) POLLY: I can't see anything! ARA: Hold my hand. I'm used to the dark. Hurry before they get back! (POLLY reaches for her hand and finds it. They rush off. The operation table is empty.) 6. ZAROFF'S LAB DOCTOR: (holding the wire cutters and the cut wire) I can't think of how I came to be so clumsy. I must have bumped into it. DAMON: You're not clumsy, Doctor, you did it on purpose. But you won't save the girl. (DAMON rushes off. The DOCTOR turns to leave, but ZAROFF stops him.) ZAROFF: Oh no Doctor, you are staying here with me. DOCTOR: As your prisoner? ZAROFF: Let us say as my guest. 7. TUNNEL (ARA appears with a torch.) ARA: It's all clear, come on. (POLLY stumbles in and holds her stomach, breathless.) POLLY: Ooo. Whew. I feel as though I've run a hundred miles. What now? ARA: I know where to hide you. Come on. (ARA leads the way.) 8. ZAROFF'S LAB (The DOCTOR is pointing after DAMON, apparently having asked about him.) ZAROFF: Damon? Ah. A certain Atlantean, a primitive. Clever, but no vision. DOCTOR: Professor, you have offered these people a very big sugar-coated pill to make them accept you, yes? ZAROFF: I turn their dreams and prophecies to my own means. DOCTOR: The dreams of a people living on a drowned continent must be... ZAROFF: To lift Atlantis from the ocean. Make it dry land again. DOCTOR: Exactly! But- now, how are you going to do it? Even a genius like you? ZAROFF: Look. (He leads the DOCTOR to a model.) ZAROFF: Atlantis underwater. DOCTOR: A very large mass to lift. ZAROFF: If I can't lift it then I must lower the water level. You see the valve there? DOCTOR: Oh yes, may I? ZAROFF: Please. (The DOCTOR turns the valve. The water drains away.) ZAROFF: Simple, isn't it? DOCTOR: Yes, but you haven't got a drain big enough to take an ocean. ZAROFF: Then I will make one. DOCTOR: (scratching his hair) Forgive me, I'm a little lost. The crust of the Earth is more than a hundred miles thick. (holding his hands above each other, demonstrating its thickness) Below that is believed to be a white-hot molten core. Now where is your ocean going to go? ZAROFF: That is my secret. DOCTOR: Oh, now you're making fun of me, Professor. ZAROFF: No, no. DOCTOR: Even supposing you could drill to the depth of a hundred miles- ZAROFF: There is a place where a fissure reduces the distance to less than fifteen miles. DOCTOR: It's still an enormous obstacle. ZAROFF: But not insurmountable! We have been working on it for many years. DOCTOR: Even if- ZAROFF: Excuse me, I have been interrupted. (ZAROFF approaches his fish with a look of joy and pours its food into the t*nk.) DOCTOR: But Professor? ZAROFF: Yes? (The DOCTOR approaches.) DOCTOR: Even supposing you succeeded, you know what will happen, don't you? ZAROFF: You tell me, Doctor. DOCTOR: Well, the water will be converted into superheated steam, the pressure will grow, and crack the crust of the Earth. Destroy all life, maybe even blow the planet apart. ZAROFF: (watching his fish) Yes. And I shall have redeemed my promise to lift Atlantis from the sea. Lift it to the sky! It will be magnificent. DOCTOR: Yes. (claps) Bang! ZAROFF: (energetically) Bang! Bang, bang! That's all. (The DOCTOR realizes he’s talking to a mad scientist, his smile of faked agreement changing subtly to one of fear and pity.) DOCTOR: Yes. Just one small question. (casually) Why do you want to blow up the world? ZAROFF: Why? You, a scientist, ask me why? (staring into nothing) The achievement, my dear Doctor. The destruction of the world. The scientists' dream of supreme power! 9. MINE (An OVERSEER with a clipboard speaks to a miner standing beside a large rock. An irritating ringing is prevalent.) OVERSEER: Only four loads today? You'll have to increase output or you'll be joining our fish friends. Alright, get on with it. (As the OVERSEER looks through his clipboard, he is joined by a GUARD.) GUARD: I've another two for you. (BEN and JAMIE are brought in. The ringing increases in volume and a buzzing element is added as the pitch warps down, then back up.) OVERSEER: Alright, this way, follow me. (The OVERSEER leads BEN and JAMIE through the mine as the strange sound continues to fluctuate. The OVERSEER finds two miners, SEAN and JACKO, sitting by a minecart.) OVERSEER: What's this? SEAN: Huh? OVERSEER: Slacking? (SEAN and JACKO quickly stand. SEAN holds a hand to his ear.) SEAN: Oh I'm sorry I can't hear a word you're saying. Splitting with the noise. OVERSEER: What have you got there? JACKO: Who, me? (JACKO quickly passes an object to SEAN behind his back.) OVERSEER: Guard! Search that man. (JACKO raises his arms as the GUARD pats him down.) GUARD: Nothing here. OVERSEER: Search the other. (SEAN pauses before stepping in and raising his arms. The GUARD pats him down, but SEAN pretends to be ticklish and backs away, giggling.) GUARD: Nothing on this one either. OVERSEER: Alright, this time you're lucky. These two have just joined us. Teach them to be useful. (The GUARD and the OVERSEER leave. The four men watch them go.) JACKO: (to SEAN) That was close. Where is it? (JAMIE reaches into his tartan and pulls out a compass, which he passes to SEAN. SEAN tosses it in his hand happily.) BEN: What's the secret about a compass? SEAN: It's as important as eyes down here. Thanks chum. If they had found that on us we'd have been for the high jump, I tell you. JAMIE: Why d'ye pass it on to me though? Suppose they'd caught me with it? SEAN: Ha ha. Well they didn't, did they? BEN: Are you planning something, then? JACKO: That's our business. JAMIE: What's the matter with you? Are we not all in the same boat? JACKO: That's right, Jock, and we don't want no one to rock it. (JAMIE passes his pickaxe to his other hand and licks his lip as he approaches JACKO, ready for a fight.) JAMIE: The name happens to be Jamie and I’ll just thank you to- SEAN: Now now now now, take no notice, he's a bit like that, you see. BEN: (points) Hey, watch it, there's a guard looking this way. SEAN: Oh, make out we're working. (SEAN grabs the pickaxe from JAMIE and leads the group away.) 10. ZAROFF'S LAB (ZAROFF is looking at a clipboard with a scientist, while the DOCTOR studies test tubes in the background.) ZAROFF: Your calculations cannot be correct. Let me see. (DAMON rushes in.) DAMON: Professor? ZAROFF: Not now, Damon. (to the scientist) Come with me. (They walk off screen.) DOCTOR: Ah, Mr. Damon, you're back. Did your operation go well? DAMON: The girl escaped. DOCTOR: (smiling broadly) Oh dear. How very frustrating for you. DAMON: We'll get her back. DOCTOR: Oh yes, yes of course you will. (The DOCTOR walks around him and puts the test tubes away.) DOCTOR: Very important to you, isn't it? I mean you er... you want all the human labour you can get, don't you? (As the DOCTOR speaks, he pulls out his handkerchief and picks up a bottle of solution. He removes the cork with the handkerchief and smells it before putting it down.) DAMON: Yes. But it's cheap and plentiful. (The DOCTOR stops what he’s doing to look at DAMON, disapproving of the concept. He continues to drip some solution onto his handkerchief and smells it again before stuffing it back in his pocket.) DAMON: We pick up survivors from shipwrecks who would otherwise be corpses and convert them to fish people. DOCTOR: (holding a test tube) Amazing. The Professor leads the field in scientific discoveries. (clears throat as he shows DAMON the test tube) What a fantasting conception. To control the world from a test tube. (Patrick paused a moment after saying fantasting, I think he knew he messed it up and decided not to correct himself. :) ) DAMON: That's right. DOCTOR: Well two can play at that game, have you ever seen this? (The DOCTOR pours the solution into another solution, causing the release of a large amount of gas. DAMON coughs and gasps as another scientist tries to help him with the smoke and the DOCTOR uses the distraction to escape.) DAMON: (coughing) Stop him! Stop him! Don't let him get away! 11. TEMPLE OF AMDO ARA: You understand, you must hide and wait until I can fetch you. Don't be worried. POLLY: Yes, but... ARA: Don't make a sound. POLLY: No, alright. (ARA rushes off. POLLY looks nervously at the giant mask, the face of AMDO, taking up much of the far wall. She skirts a post and climbs up the large stone steps to the idol. She spins as she hears something and quickly jumps down to hide behind a wall.) 12. MINE (BEN fingers his plate of slimy white plankton. He and JAMIE crouch beside SEAN and JACKO. The obnoxious ringing is mercifully absent.) BEN: Don't you ever get sick of this seafood? JACKO: You learn to live with it. SEAN: Just watch it though, they haven't found any way of keeping it fresh. In a few hours it's putrid. JAMIE: Tell me, why do you need a compass? SEAN: Well, there's no point in making a break without one, is there? JACKO: Why don't you shout it out to the guards? BEN: Look mate, do yourself a favour and stop treating us as if we're one of them. (They look back and watch a group of guards pass by.) BEN: Look, Jamie and I don't intend to stop here, either. SEAN: See, I told you. Now come on boys, will you cheer up? JACKO: Alright, alright. BEN: How do you intend going about it? JAMIE: Aye, how? There's guards all over. BEN: Well come on, give. (JACKO nods to SEAN.) SEAN: Right. Well while I was mining a shaft, um, I came along the, ah, entrance to a little underground tunnel like this, you see? BEN: Yup. JAMIE: Where does it lead, though? SEAN: Well we haven't been able to explore it, we'll jast have to take the chance. Now if we go, there'll be no turning back. You understand? JACKO: We make it or we don't. SEAN: Are you with us, then? BEN: Yeah, count me in. JAMIE: Aye, when do we go? JACKO: When the chance comes. SEAN: And we jump fast, do y'hear me? (A beep signals the arrival of the OVERSEER. The four men quickly stand up. The OVERSEER approaches SEAN and JACKO.) OVERSEER: They need extra labour up at the project. You two join the lineup for selection. (The infernal ringing starts up again as lunch break is over and work continues. The OVERSEER moves past BEN and JAMIE. SEAN and JACKO make to follow him, but BEN stops them.) BEN: Right, now's our chance, we're off. SEAN: By Christopher you're right. If we disappear now they'll think we've gone to the project work g*ng. (claps JACKO’s shoulder) OK, Jacko? JACKO: Oh it'll give us a start anyway. BEN: Right now look, you go first Jacko, that'll show Jamie and me where the entrance is, then you go Sean- JAMIE: And then you, then me. (A whistle sounds.) JAMIE: Scatter. (The group scatters. The miners, including JAMIE, form a lineup. BEN signals to him. The OVERSEER comes down the line, choosing workers.) OVERSEER: Right, you... you... you... JAMIE: How about me, sir? (JACKO uses the distraction to slip into the tunnel, unnoticed.) OVERSEER: You're too new. Get out of my way. (The OVERSEER shoves JAMIE, who goes to stand at the corner by the tunnel.) OVERSEER: You... you... (BEN steps in.) BEN: I volunteer sir. (SEAN slips into the tunnel with the OVERSEER’s focus on BEN.) OVERSEER: Too new. BEN: Oh, but sir I- OVERSEER: Go and join your friend. (The OVERSEER pushes him toward JAMIE. JAMIE leans obstructively against the wall, allowing BEN to slip into the tunnel behind him.) OVERSEER: You... (The OVERSEER points at the last miner in the lineup and decides against it. He goes back down the line, but bumps into JAMIE, still leaning beside the tunnel.) OVERSEER: I thought I told you to get out of my way. JAMIE: (bending down, grabbing a lamp) Aye, sir, I'm just going, sir. (JAMIE rejoins the miners as the OVERSEER leaves.) JAMIE: (to miners) Thanks, boys. (JAMIE rushes into the tunnel. The miners, realizing what’s up, collect around the tunnel and begin talking, further aiding the four escapees.) 13. TUNNEL (BEN and SEAN crouch in a claustrophobic tunnel, with JACKO off screen.) BEN: Come on now, we haven't got all day. SEAN: Take a long time isn't he? JACKO: Is that you? (JAMIE comes down the tunnel with the lamp, bent double.) JAMIE: Aye. BEN: Come on, hurry up. SEAN: And bring the light. (They all squeeze down the tunnel.) JAMIE: Alright? BEN: (aside, to JACKO) Look, suppose this don't lead anyplace, and we want to come back? JACKO: (cheerily) Oh you won't mate. They'll k*ll runaway workers on sight. 14. PASSAGE OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE (The DOCTOR is running down a passage and passes a random cupboard.) GUARD [OC]: We better try the small chamber. (The DOCTOR quickly opens the cupboard, slips inside, and closes it. A guard in a tight, shiny black uniform, almost like a wet suit, passes through. The DOCTOR comes out of the cupboard with a guard’s outfit and begins to quickly put it on, watching out for more guards.) 15. ROOM OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE (A guard approaches another guard.) GUARD: Nothing here. Compression chamber next. (The two guards walk toward a doorway. ARA comes through, carrying a basket. She keeps her head down and tries to walk fast, but the guard grabs her arm.) GUARD: Seen any strangers, girl? ARA: No sir, nobody. (The guard lets her go and they continue through the doorway. ARA continues on, just to find herself face to face with another guard with an unkempt uniform.) DOCTOR: (hisses) Ara? (ARA runs. The DOCTOR quickly takes off his head covering, revealing his unmistakable hair, as he chases her.) DOCTOR: No wait, Ara! Its me. ARA: Oh, it's you. DOCTOR: Where's Polly? ARA: Safe. I'm taking her some food and clothes. DOCTOR: Good girl. Well done, Ara. Where can I find your Chief of State? ARA: In the council chamber, why? DOCTOR: I want to talk to him. Can you take me to him? ARA: Yes, but he'll hand you over. DOCTOR: I'll have to take that risk. DAMON [OC]: I'll be outside. (The DOCTOR and ARA quickly hide behind two posts. The DOCTOR pulls his head covering back on as DAMON and RAMO, the priest, enter.) DAMON: Keep your eyes skinned for escaped prisoners. RAMO: Well where are the others now? DAMON: The two young men are at the mines. The girl is still at large. So is the Doctor. But we'll find them. They cannot get away. RAMO: Now what does Zaroff think of it all? DAMON: Oh he's furious, of course. Could upset his plans. RAMO: He should not have interfered with the temple sacrifice. DAMON: You've always hated him, haven't you? RAMO: He's a destroyer. He appeals to all that is base in our people. He should never have come to Atlantis. DAMON: But without him, Atlantis will never rise again from the sea. (The DOCTOR slips over to ARA’s post and takes off his guard hat.) DOCTOR: (whispers) Can you to get Damon away? I want to talk to the priest alone. ARA: I'll try. (ARA approaches DAMON and RAMO.) ARA: If you please? Master? DAMON: (annoyed at the interruption) Yes, yes? (He keeps talking to RAMO.) ARA: I believe I have seen the girl you are looking for. (DAMON stops in the middle of a sentence and turns to her.) DAMON: Where? ARA: Down by the market. DAMON: Show me. (DAMON pushes her in front of him as they leave. RAMO walks through the room slowly, deep in thought, until he is beside the DOCTOR’s hiding spot.) DOCTOR: Can I have a word with you, Ramo? RAMO: Doctor! Dam...! DOCTOR: We're both on the same side, Ramo. You distrust Zaroff out of instinct, I distrust him because I know the truth. RAMO: Why should I trust you? DOCTOR: That's a very good question. I wish I could think of a good answer. RAMO: (pauses) Alright, tell me what you know. (Suddenly there is a guard behind them. The DOCTOR senses his presence.) DOCTOR: (whispers) Can we talk here? RAMO: I know a place where we shan't be interrupted. (RAMO walks away and the DOCTOR puts on his guard hat and follows.) 16. A FORK IN THE TUNNEL (The tunnel is high enough for them all to stand upright, with plenty of space on all sides.) BEN: Which way now? Thisaway, or thataway? (JAMIE shines the light down one, then the other.) JACKO: Oh one is as good as the other. JAMIE: Well let's try fifty paces up each tunnel, then turn back. BEN: Yeah. JAMIE: Jacko? I suppose I'll go with you. We'll take the high road. JACKO: Oh, let's go then. (JAMIE and JACKO move off.) BEN: Which leaves us with... BEN & SEAN: ...the low road. (BEN and SEAN take the other path.) 17. TEMPLE (POLLY moves away from her hiding spot, watching smoke rise from a flame in the center of the room.) RAMO [OC]: Come this way. (POLLY runs and finds a new hiding spot off camera, probably outside the room. RAMO and the DOCTOR enter. The DOCTOR has removed his unfashionable guard outfit.) RAMO: We shall not be interrupted here. (RAMO pauses to bow to the idol across the room before turning to the DOCTOR.) RAMO: Now, tell me what you found out about Zaroff. DOCTOR: He says that he's going to raise Atlantis, yes? That's not quite true, he intends to destroy Atlantis. RAMO: A difficult task. DOCTOR: It's easier than raising it. RAMO: How will he destroy us? DOCTOR: (gesturing drilling and draining) He intends to drill a hole through the earth's crust, and drain away the ocean, yes? RAMO: Yes. DOCTOR: Have you any idea what will happen if he does that? (RAMO is clueless.) DOCTOR: I'll show you. (The DOCTOR goes to the table full of ceremonial jars and something like a bunsen burner. He reaches for a jar, then realizes it may be considered sacred.) DOCTOR: Oh. May I? (RAMO nods. The DOCTOR, foreshadowing 10’s enjoyment of making a mess, excitedly grabs a clay jar and pulls off the lid.) DOCTOR: This pot is the earth. This is the ocean. (a pitcher of water) The ocean drains into the earth. (The DOCTOR pours the water into the jar and replaces the lid.) DOCTOR: Now- but the centre of the earth is hot, far hotter than this f*re. (He places the clay pot on the bunsen burner.) DOCTOR: So what happens? RAMO: But this is child's play. What has this to do with Zaroff's project? DOCTOR: But this pot is Zaroff's project. Watch. (The DOCTOR moves away and pulls RAMO back.) DOCTOR: Now the pot begins to boil, but the steam can't get out, and so... I think we better stand a little further back... get down! (They duck behind a post. The steam pressure blows the pot apart. The DOCTOR wipes his hands on his coat and stands, looking at the broken pieces on the ground. RAMO goes around the post to stand in front of him.) RAMO: This is what will happen? (The DOCTOR bends down and picks up some shards.) DOCTOR: Zaroff intends to raise Atlantis... but in little pieces. RAMO: You swear this is true? DOCTOR: Well I thought I might mention it, of course if you don't mind being blown up... RAMO: Can you stop him? DOCTOR: Could I? I am not the ruler of Atlantis. RAMO: If I took you to our ruler Thous, could you convince him? DOCTOR: I might. RAMO: Wait here. (RAMO leaves. The DOCTOR drops the shards and blows a tune on his recorder as he waits.) 18. TUNNEL BEN & SEAN: Thirty eight, thirty nine, forty. BEN: Well what beats me is why Atlantis hasn't been discovered before. SEAN: Oh, maybe it has, but nobody got back home to tell the tale. BEN: Oo yeah, could be. Hey! (They hear someone else in the tunnel and hide on either side of the opening. JACKO appears with a torch. SEAN grabs him.) JACKO: Hey! It's me. SEAN: (chuckles) I'm sorry, can't be too careful these days. BEN: Yeah but where's Jamie? He went with you. JACKO: He's gone on, I came back to collect you and Sean. BEN: Now what do we do, we're not even at the end of this one yet. SEAN: I think the best thing to do, is you go back to Jamie and I'll go on and meet you in ten minutes. (SEAN walks past BEN and JACKO.) BEN: Oh yeah, but where? SEAN: Where, at the, uh... at the fork. Okay? BEN: Right. (SEAN goes on while BEN and JACKO turn back.) 19. TEMPLE (RAMO returns carrying a priest's robe.) RAMO: Put this on, could you? (The DOCTOR’s face lights up like a Whovian being given the chance to wear 4’s authentic scarf.) DOCTOR: Could I? (He quickly puts on the robe.) RAMO: With these robes, no one will challenge you. (The DOCTOR laughs his deep, almost menacing chuckle as he puts on the hat. The hat is like RAMO’s, with the coral tendrils spreading outward, but with a spiral shell in the middle instead of a flat shell. He stands with poise, his hands folded in front.) DOCTOR: How do I look? RAMO: What? DOCTOR: (disappointed) Never mind. (He wraps the robe around his front and walks away. RAMO follows.) 20. TUNNEL BEN [OC]: JAMIE! JAMIE [OC]: (faintly) I'm here. (BEN and JACKO emerge from a tunnel onto a ledge along a straight cliff. BEN cups his hands around his mouth to call out.) BEN: JAMIE! JAMIE: Down here! (JAMIE has fallen off the ledge and lies on a pile of rocks. BEN and JACKO scramble to the edge.) BEN: Okay, mate. We're with you. Are you hurt? JAMIE: No, but watch it, the rock's slippery. BEN: Don't worry about us, just cling on. JACKO: How far down is he? BEN: About ten feet, I'd say. JACKO: What's that in metres? (BEN tosses a rock over the side to test the distance of the drop.) BEN: Why don't you get further along there. (They crawl further along the ledge as it grows narrower. BEN makes sure he has a good hold on a rock and reaches as far down as he can.) BEN: Can you reach it? (JAMIE’s hand reaches up and grips a protrusion in the wall. He reaches higher and they clasp fingers. They grunt as JAMIE’s fingers slip and he catches the wall.) BEN: Try again. (JAMIE manages to grab BEN’s wrist.) BEN: Right, now the other hand. (JAMIE swings his arm and grabs BEN’s wrist with his other hand, both men grunting. JAMIE is pulled slowly up. BEN almost falls.) BEN: Argh, Jacko! (JACKO jumps in and helps BEN back up and takes one of JAMIE’s hands.) JAMIE: I think I got a foothold now. (JAMIE is high enough to reach one arm over the ledge. JACKO pulls him by his hand and elbow. JAMIE manages to get his other arm over the side and BEN grabs his shoulder. They slowly pull him up, until JAMIE finds a foothold and jumps onto the ledge. They all collapse with exhaustion, breathing hard.) 21. TEMPLE (POLLY returns to the temple and approaches the mask of the goddess AMDO. She grunts with her hands on her hips.) POLLY: You needn't think I'm afraid of you, you stupid thing. (A hidden door beside the idol clicks open and POLLY hides behind the same wall as before. BEN whispers to the others as he emerges from the door.) BEN: Come on, quietly. (He stands up and looks around in dismay. JAMIE emerges next.) BEN: Blimey, look where we are. JAMIE: Back at the temple! (SEAN emerges next.) SEAN: Somebody down there. (They stand closer together, defensively, and look down.) POLLY: Boo. BEN: (laughs) It's Polly! Alright. JAMIE: Polly! (BEN and JAMIE run down to greet her as JACKO emerges.) JACKO: You know her? BEN: Yeah of course I do, she's one of our lot. POLLY: But what happened to you? BEN: Well we found a tunnel in the mines that led into this idol. JAMIE: So here we are. (BEN notices POLLY's Atlantean dress.) BEN: What's this rigout in aid of? POLLY: They were going to turn me into a fish. BEN: (laughing) Into a fish? POLLY: It's not funny! JAMIE: (pointing) We have friends with us. SEAN: I'm Sean, this is Jacko. JAMIE: (points at Polly) Have you seen the Doctor? POLLY: Not since he went off with Professor Zaroff. Why, haven't you? BEN: No, but I'd love to know what he's up to. 22. THOUS' CHAMBER DOCTOR: Ramo, this ruler of yours, is he- RAMO: His name is Thous. He believes Zaroff to be the deliverer of Atlantis. (The doors open and THOUS enters, two guards in front and two behind. The two in front step aside for THOUS to approach his throne. The DOCTOR moves to his place beside RAMO.) THOUS: Good evening, Brothers of the Temple. (THOUS, RAMO, and the DOCTOR bow ceremoniously.) THOUS: Please be seated. (The DOCTOR and RAMO wait for THOUS to sit on his throne, which isn’t much more than a stool, before sitting themselves. THOUS does not face them, as they sit to his side.) THOUS: What is this important business you want to tell me about? RAMO: Most excellent Thous, this is a matter of life and death. Under no other circumstances would I have brought a stranger to you in temple garb. (THOUS looks at the DOCTOR as he removes his priest hat.) THOUS: A stranger? Who are you? DOCTOR: A man of science. THOUS: Science? Ah, I see, one of Professor Zaroff's colleagues. Perhaps we should ask him to join us. (The DOCTOR quickly stands up and steps toward him.) DOCTOR: Oh no, no I- I er, (clears throat) I wouldn't do that if I were you, in fact um, I er, I wanted to speak to you alone, Excellency. (THOUS waves RAMO away. RAMO gets up and steps away.) THOUS: Well, speak. DOCTOR: Excellency, the Professor is a wonderful man. THOUS: Wonderful. DOCTOR: A worker of miracles. THOUS: Indeed, you speak the truth. DOCTOR: But, have you noticed his eyes lately? THOUS: No. DOCTOR: When he talks of his project, have you noticed his eyes, they light up like this! (raising his voice and giving him a fierce stare) THOUS: What does this mean? DOCTOR: The Professor is as mad as a hatter. (The DOCTOR turns and steps away.) THOUS: Mad? Zaroff? DOCTOR: Completely. (The DOCTOR faces THOUS. He knocks his own head with his knuckles and cups his hand behind his ear, as if listening.) DOCTOR: No answer. Sad. THOUS: I do not understand. RAMO: We... (approaches) we believe Zaroff to be working toward the destruction of Atlantis, not it's resurrection. THOUS: (angrily) I have heard such words from you before, Ramo. RAMO: This man has proved it to me. Zaroff's plan will split the world in two, this is not the action of a sane man. THOUS: But your own priests proclaimed him to be the prophet who would raise us above the sea. RAMO: Lolem, he is old and superstitious. THOUS: (rising angrily) And your superior, Ramo, remember that! (RAMO turns away in reluctant submission.) DOCTOR: So you will not listen to us? THOUS: I did not say that. I have heard your arguments. DOCTOR: We've only just g*n. THOUS: I've heard enough. (waves hand) Now leave me, and I will consider what you have said. (THOUS looks ceremoniously at nothing. RAMO and the DOCTOR slowly walk away.) RAMO: I know you will choose well for all our sakes. (THOUS raises his hand again, ordering them to leave. The DOCTOR and RAMO bow slightly while THOUS takes a seat.) 23. TEMPLE (POLLY, sitting on a stone, looks up in delight when ARA runs in and puts down the basket.) ARA: Oh, I'm sorry I'm so long, here's some food. BEN: Ah, food. (BEN takes some and hands it to JAMIE. POLLY rummages through the contents.) POLLY: And clothes. Super. Thanks, Ara. (She gasps with delight as she pulls out a hat just like ARA’s.) POLLY: Look at this! Why are you doing all this for us? (She tries on the hat.) ARA: You were kind to me, and I hate Zaroff. (POLLY continues to study the hat.) JAMIE: You hate Zaroff? ARA: We are not all his slaves. He will find out one day. (POLLY pulls out a dress and examines it.) SEAN: Let's hope we find out soon. Do you want all that food for yourself, Ben? BEN: Oh, sorry. (He hands some to SEAN.) BEN: Look, Ara, have you seen anything of the Doctor? ARA: Yes, I'll take you to him later. (They all look toward a sound.) BEN: What's that? ARA: Oo, quickly, we must hide. They're coming. JAMIE: Back where we came from, Ben. (They all jump up and rush up to the tunnel beside the idol, except SEAN.) BEN: Right, the safest place in the whole of Atlantis. (SEAN gently takes ARA’s arms as she sinks to her knees.) SEAN: There's no need to be afraid, girl. (He follows the others.) POLLY: Aren't you coming with us, Ara? (She stands.) ARA: No, I must stay here, I'll be missed. (JAMIE reaches impatiently toward SEAN and POLLY.) JAMIE: Are you two gonna remain here all night, come on! (SEAN and POLLY squeeze through the doorway as ARA leaves.) 24. THOUS' CHAMBER (The DOCTOR and RAMO stand before THOUS.) THOUS: I have given much thought to your words, and I have come to a decision. (THOUS stands and points to something behind them.) THOUS: There, is your answer. (The DOCTOR and RAMO turn to see ZAROFF stride into the room.) THOUS: Do with them what you will! (ZAROFF stands menacingly over the DOCTOR and RAMO.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x20 - The Underwater Menace - part 2"}
foreverdreaming
by GEOFFREY ORME first broadcast - 28 January 1967 1. THOUS' CHAMBER (Guards stand to the side as ZAROFF enters and stands menacingly over the DOCTOR and RAMO.) THOUS [OC]: There is your answer. Do with them what you will! (The guards close the doors.) ZAROFF: So you're just a little man after all, Doctor, like all the rest. You disappoint me. DOCTOR: (walking around beside ZAROFF) You disappoint me, Professor. I didn't think a man of science needed the backing of thugs. ZAROFF: Have a care, Doctor! Your life is in the balance. DOCTOR: Well you mean you haven't told your own people what's in store for them? Are you afraid, Zaroff? (ZAROFF stands in front of the DOCTOR, looking down at him thr*at.) ZAROFF: I have made a mistake. If I had not interfered with the temple sacrifice, the sharks would have torn you apart! But it's not too late. I'll return you to Lolem and tell him I need you no longer. (pointing angrily) And he can have that stupid priest as makeweight. DOCTOR: No! You've no quarrel with Ramo. I persuaded him to help me. I'm the one to blame. RAMO: That is not true. I have always distrusted you, Zaroff. ZAROFF: Take them away! RAMO: (growling) The curse of Amdo be on you! (A guard grabs RAMO and takes him to the doors and the Doctor follows. They stop and turn as ZAROFF speaks.) ZAROFF: Goodbye, Doctor. Have a pleasant journey. DOCTOR: Let's not say goodbye, Professor. We'll be seeing each other again. ZAROFF: (with a look of triumph) Not in this world, Doctor. (The DOCTOR and RAMO are led away. THOUS walks past ZAROFF to his seat and the professor follows him.) ZAROFF: As always there is nothing to worry about. THOUS: And there is no truth in this man's arguments? ZAROFF: (shaking with conviction) The man is a fool! Have I not sworn to you that Atlantis shall rise again from the sea? Haven't I? Haven't I? (THOUS is staring at ZAROFF's eyes, making him uncomfortable.) ZAROFF: W- what are you staring at? (THOUS turns his head away slightly, still staring at ZAROFF’s eyes.) THOUS: Nothing. Nothing at all. (ZAROFF is confused, but his eyes still twinkle with madness.) 2. TEMPLE (The executioner stands in ceremonial robes, helmet, gloves, and a black mask, holding a sword aloft. Six priests enter, holding fish masks to their faces, and line up along either side of the entrance, chanting menacingly. Two bare-chested children enter with the same fish masks and take their places beside the execution block. LOLEM follows the children, stands in front of the block, and bows to the face of AMDO. Two more priests escort in the DOCTOR and RAMO, both stripped of their priestly robes, leaving RAMO bare-chested. The DOCTOR looks nervously at RAMO.) DOCTOR: What happens now? RAMO: First the supplication, and then... (He looks at the executioner.) LOLEM: (raising his arms dramatically over his head) Accept, oh powerful and mighty Amdo, these, your sacrifices. (He bows again and turns to the victims, who are forced to their knees, bent over the execution block.) DOCTOR: I'm sorry I got you into this, Ramo. RAMO: We all have to die sometime, Doctor. If it is the will of Amdo, it is inevitable. (The priests shove the DOCTOR and RAMO’s heads down and step back. The executioner approaches and raises his sword. A ghoulish cry echoes through the temple, coming from the idol itself. LOLEM and all the priests look at the idol in fear.) VOICE: This is the voice of Amdo. Hear me. Bow down your heads that Amdo may accept your sacrifice. Bow. Let no human eyes witness this awful moment. (Terrified, LOLEM and his followers bow their heads. The DOCTOR is the only one left showing his face, which is one of confusion. He lifts his hand to his mouth, thinking.) DOCTOR: I know that voice! (He looks in surprise as BEN emerges from the door beside the tunnel and beckons emphatically.) DOCTOR: (whispering and pulling RAMO up) Ramo. Don't be afraid. Get up and follow me. Come on. (The DOCTOR pulls RAMO past the priests, toward the idol. RAMO follows, but keeps his head down. The DOCTOR pulls RAMO behind a short wall as LOLEM begins to look up.) VOICE: He who looks on the living face of Amdo shall die. (LOLEM quickly bows to the ground again. The DOCTOR and RAMO quickly climb the steps and disappear into the door beside the idol. The ghastly screech rings out again. LOLEM rises, followed by the rest of the priests. He turns to face them, ecstatic.) LOLEM: A miracle! A great and powerful miracle! Amdo has eaten up her victims! 3. CHAMBER BEHIND THE IDOL (The priests just outside have taken up the chant again, making it difficult to hear anything. The DOCTOR stands with BEN and POLLY, dabbing his face with his handkerchief, while RAMO descends the steps, distraught.) RAMO: Unbelievable. All these years and I never guessed Amdo's secret. DOCTOR: Oh, I thought I recognised the voice. How on Earth did you manage it? POLLY: (holding a cable with a speech grill on the end) This is linked to the back of Amdo's mouth. It's a bit old but it works. DOCTOR: It was the sweetest sound I've ever heard in my life. POLLY: Thanks, Doctor. BEN: Keep your voices down now, or they'll hear us. POLLY: No they won't, I put the grill back in. RAMO: So Amdo was made to trick her worshipers. (The DOCTOR comes down to RAMO and touches his shoulder reassuringly on his way to JAMIE.) DOCTOR: Ben, how did you find this place? BEN [OC]: Oh we found it by chance. A tunnel in the mines leads straight here. DOCTOR: (spreading his hands happily) Jamie! (He claps JAMIE’s arms.) JAMIE: Doctor! (pointing) That's Sean, that's Jacko. 4. THOUS' CHAMBER (THOUS is on his throne and ZAROFF sits diagonal to him, arms crossed.) ZAROFF: So I tell you, it's complete. Everything will be ready in two days from now. (THOUS stands and walks away, deep in thought. ZAROFF follows him.) THOUS: To think that after so long, the great day is at hand. We shall surprise the whole of mankind. ZAROFF: Yes. A very great surprise. (chuckling) Perhaps the greatest ever. THOUS: I shall order special prayers today. ZAROFF: Why not? It will keep the people happy. LOLEM [OC]: Let me in! (THOUS and ZAROFF turn to the doors as they open. LOLEM walks in, enraptured, and stands between THOUS and ZAROFF.) THOUS: What is the meaning of this, exalted Lolem? LOLEM: A miracle, mighty Thous, before our very eyes! ZAROFF: Tell us. LOLEM: Mighty Amdo, goddess of land and sea, has accepted the sacrifice of the priest, and the little Doctor. ZAROFF: (laughing) Indeed. What a miracle. LOLEM: They vanished into air before they could be beheaded. ZAROFF: No! Disappeared, you say? How? LOLEM: They were in our midst and we bowed our heads in prayer, when we looked again they'd gone. (ZAROFF grabs him. LOLEM’s eyes widen at ZAROFF’s anger.) ZAROFF: You lie, Priest. You allowed them to escape, no? (LOLEM looks at THOUS for help.) THOUS: You discredit the mystic power of Amdo? (ZAROFF shoves LOLEM, who falls on the throne.) ZAROFF: I believe what I've seen with my own eyes. (THOUS crouches beside the priest. ZAROFF saunters to his other side.) THOUS: The truth, Lolem? LOLEM: I tell you, the voice of Amdo spoke to us. ZAROFF: Ha! LOLEM: (turning to ZAROFF) The little Doctor no longer lives. THOUS: You are certain? LOLEM: By the spirit of Amdo. By the all-beating heart of living Atlantis! THOUS: Perhaps he is right. It is a miracle. You may go. (THOUS helps LOLEM up and LOLEM goes toward the door.) ZAROFF: Yes, go. (shaking his finger at LOLEM furiously) And pray to Amdo that you are right! (LOLEM stops and steps toward him angrily.) LOLEM: May the wrath of Amdo engulf you! ZAROFF: I'll take my chance. (waving his arm) Get out! (LOLEM exits and the guards close the doors. THOUS goes to his throne and sits. ZAROFF stands beside him. THOUS looks up at him.) THOUS: Is it wise to sow seeds of doubt by discrediting a miracle just now? ZAROFF: Yes. If the Doctor is at large, he can be an even bigger danger. We must search the whole of Atlantis for him. THOUS: But Lolem said- ZAROFF: Maybe Lolem can raise Atlantis again from the sea with his prayers? (THOUS looks down.) THOUS: Give your orders, Zaroff. (nodding) It shall be as you wish. ZAROFF: Now you are talking sense again. 5. BEHIND THE IDOL (POLLY sits while JAMIE and BEN lean behind her.) POLLY: The point is, where do we go from here? BEN: Yeah, where? JAMIE: Aye, tell us, Doctor. DOCTOR: Our course is plain. We must att*ck Zaroff. He has gone mad. He's bent on destroying the whole world. We've only a short while in which to stop him. SEAN: Well just tell us what to do. DOCTOR: (crossing his arms) Food. (The DOCTOR clears his throat, believing that one word to be all necessary explanation. Or perhaps he hasn’t figured out the explanation himself.) SEAN: You're hungry, Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? SEAN: Hungry? DOCTOR: (short pause before understanding) Oh no, I mean Zaroff and his people cannot exist without food. RAMO: But there's always plenty of food for everyone. The sea is all around us. The supplies are unlimited. DOCTOR: Yes, but who provides it? RAMO: The fish people do. DOCTOR: (stands) The fish people! Exactly. But why? Because they are slaves. But slaves, like worms, can be made to turn. POLLY: Right. (pointing) So if you organize the fish people to cut off the supplies… (shrugs) But that's no good, then they'll just go and live off their stocks. DOCTOR: Tell them, Ramo. RAMO: We have no stocks of food. DOCTOR: Exactly. Zaroff has not yet found the answer to his great problem. All his seafood goes bad in a few hours, and has to be thrown away. RAMO: That's true. DOCTOR: And so... BEN: (stands) I get it, we get the fish people to go on strike. (The DOCTOR crosses his arms.) JACKO: Oh, you are dreaming, man. SEAN: Now hold on a minute, we could try right enough. POLLY: (stands) Yes, but what would that do for us? DOCTOR: (incredulously) What would it do for us? (grunts, backing off) I don't know, really, but . . . (nodding optimistically) it's a start. (to SEAN) Do you think you can do it? SEAN: Well, we'll have a go, Doctor, but it'll take a great gift of the gab to win over the fish people, you know? DOCTOR: (smiling) But you are Irish. SEAN: Ha ha ha! (to JACKO) Well, come on laughing boy. (to the DOCTOR) Tell me, how can we contact you? (The DOCTOR bites his finger, thinking, before making a decision.) DOCTOR: We make this place our headquarters. SEAN: Right. DOCTOR: If nobody's here just leave a message. POLLY: Good luck. JACKO: Oh, we'll need it. (He leaves with SEAN.) BEN: What are we going to do? DOCTOR: Kidnap Professor Zaroff. 6. MARKET (Lots of people mulling about and talking. A child buys a large shell and repeatedly taps his friend, trying to get his attention. ARA and POLLY, now dressed like ARA, walk through the crowd searching for something. A blind man wearing sunglasses, a cape, and a bandana over his hair sits by the fountain and shakes a tambourine with a strip of bells on his hand, trying to sell a tray of little instruments. He puts the tambourine down and picks up a recorder, and we realize who he is. He toots a few notes to get POLLY and ARA’s attention. POLLY picks up a necklace and examines it to look inconspicuous. The DOCTOR picks up the tambourine again.) DOCTOR: Look alright? POLLY: Super. Look what I've got on. (He barely looks.) DOCTOR: Looks splendid. POLLY: Better than you do. Couldn't you find a better disguise than that? (She puts the necklace back.) DOCTOR: What's wrong with it? ARA: You look like a sailor. DOCTOR: That's what I'm supposed to be. (A maid passes between them with a basket. POLLY comes beside the DOCTOR and takes a drink from the fountain while the DOCTOR continues to play with his instruments, staying in character. POLLY chokes and spits the water out.) POLLY: Ugh. Salt water. DOCTOR: What did you expect, this is Atlantis. (He clears his throat and leans in.) DOCTOR: Now you know what to do? POLLY: I think so. (The DOCTOR notices something off screen.) DOCTOR: Wait a minute. Oh no something's gone wrong! Where's Zaroff? POLLY: Looking for us! (POLLY and ARA quickly move away from the DOCTOR. Ara stands in front of POLLY as guards appear, but ZAROFF is not with them. The guards move away and POLLY and ARA wander through the crowd, looking for a place to hide. ARA sees something.) ARA: This way. (They head into a carpet stall.) ARA: Nola, we need your help. NOLA: Guards? POLLY: They're looking for me. NOLA: Lie down. (POLLY lies on a pile of carpets and ARA and NOLA cover her with another carpet. ARA sits on the pile with her legs over POLLY. A GUARD looks in.) GUARD: Seen any strangers about, old woman? NOLA: Everyone's a stranger these days. (to ARA) Why don't they stay away and leave us in peace? (The guards come in.) GUARD: What have you got here? (His partner prods the carpet with his trident. NOLA grabs the w*apon before he can strike again.) NOLA: How shall I sell my carpets if you stick holes in them? (The guards laugh and take their trident back before walking away.) NOLA: It’s clear. (ARA uncovers POLLY.) ARA: Are you alright? (POLLY stands and wipes her hands while NOLA puts the carpet away.) POLLY: Yes, thank you very much Nola. NOLA: Don't waste time, girl, get away while you're safe. (ARA and POLLY rush off. Children are playing in the fountain. The DOCTOR comes back to his spot by the fountain, shaking his tambourine. JAMIE and BEN approach, wearing guard uniforms.) JAMIE: Zaroff's on his way, close behind us. (A guard appears. BEN slaps the DOCTOR’s shoulder and speaks gruffly.) BEN: Oi! Did you see anyone come through the market place? (The DOCTOR stands as the guard approaches.) DOCTOR: A man? BEN: Yes. DOCTOR: About five foot nine? BEN: That's right. (The DOCTOR tries to remain inconspicuous as he continues to turn his face away from the guard, who walks past them.) DOCTOR: Black coat, baggy trousers and a bow tie? BEN: (trying not to laugh) Exactly. (The DOCTOR relaxes.) DOCTOR: No. As a matter of fact I haven't. BEN: Hah, the old fool. (JAMIE takes the DOCTOR’s arm.) JAMIE: He's gone. We'd better get in position. BEN: Right. (BEN and JAMIE run off.) DOCTOR: (hisses) Polly! (POLLY and ARA run toward him. POLLY seems to give him something, possibly the blowpipe he uses later, then she and the DOCTOR rush off in opposite directions while ARA takes the DOCTOR’s place at the fountain. ZAROFF approaches with guards. He grabs ARA and pulls her to her feet.) ZAROFF: Where's that man who has been a moment ago? ARA: What man, sir? ZAROFF: Answer me, girl. ARA: I don't know! ZAROFF: Guard! Search over there. (The guard obeys.) BEN: Sir! (ZAROFF turns to BEN and JAMIE.) ZAROFF: You two come with me. (They salute and follow him as he walks away. The DOCTOR jumps through the crowd and waves his arm. He’s lost his bandanna, vibing 12 with his slick shades.) DOCTOR: Zaroff! (He dashes off.) ZAROFF: There he is! There he is! Stop that man! (The DOCTOR comes running back the way he came.) DOCTOR: Zaroff! (BEN and JAMIE chase after him and catch him. They struggle and the DOCTOR fights them off.) DOCTOR: Get off me! He escapes and runs through the crowd. He taunts ZAROFF again, removing his cape as he runs into the tunnels. ZAROFF, BEN, and JAMIE follow him.) 7. TUNNEL (POLLY sits by the wall, pretending to be busy, while the DOCTOR races past. ZAROFF comes around the corner.) ZAROFF: That man - which way did he go? (POLLY points, keeping her head down. As ZAROFF, BEN, and JAMIE chase the DOCTOR, POLLY gets up and joins the chase.) 8. TEMPLE (RAMO is waiting. He catches the DOCTOR as the Time Lord rushes into him. The DOCTOR has sadly lost his sunglasses.) RAMO: Is all well? DOCTOR: (breathless) Splendid. He's close behind me. I hope I haven't set too hot a pace for him. (points, smiling) No. Here he comes. (The DOCTOR and RAMO run up to the idol of AMDO, the DOCTOR fully appreciating his new ability to run. RAMO kneels before AMDO, pretending to pray, while the DOCTOR hides around a corner. ZAROFF rushes in, followed closely by BEN and JAMIE.) ZAROFF: He must be here somewhere. Search the temple. BEN: Yeah. (They begin searching. ZAROFF approaches RAMO and touches his shoulder to get his attention.) ZAROFF: Who has entered here, priest? (RAMO stands and ZAROFF recognizes him, then grabs his arms.) ZAROFF: Ah! The renegade priest himself. Guards! Take him! (He throws RAMO to BEN and JAMIE, who grunt as RAMO struggles. ZAROFF finds the DOCTOR.) ZAROFF: Ah, Doctor, at last I- (As he approaches, the DOCTOR uses a blowpipe to blow a gas in his face. ZAROFF growls, covering his eyes as he staggers back. BEN and JAMIE grab him.) BEN: Right, to the back with him. (ZAROFF struggles, growling, as they drag him away.) ZAROFF: Let go of me! (The DOCTOR smiles and runs after them, but POLLY chases him and stops him.) POLLY: Doctor! Now that you've got him, what are you going to do with him? DOCTOR: You'll see. Come on. (The DOCTOR takes her hand and leads her up the the steps after BEN, JAMIE, and ZAROFF.) 9. BEACH (SEAN and JACKO stand on a ledge overlooking the water, where fish people relax on the surface or on some rocks protruding from the water. The fish people speak in trills and twittering.) JACKO: Go on, tell them. SEAN: Tell them what? I tell them nothing. They're not people like us, they're just a bunch of sardines. You heard me. Cold-blooded fishes. (One of them lowers her head sadly, and another swims over to comfort her.) SEAN: You haven't got a drop of good red blood in your body. (The fish people point and burble angrily to SEAN's taunting.) SEAN: A flatfish from Galway would have more guts in them than that bunch. (One throws a rock, then all the others join in, flinging rocks and shells at SEAN. SEAN laughs, enjoying it much more than he should.) SEAN: You wouldn't hurt a little child. (laughs) JACKO: What would they do? SEAN: I'll tell them. (He raises his hands in submission, also to protect himself from the rocks hurled at him.) SEAN: Alright, alright, alright! (A little edge comes through his playful voice, growing frustrated of having rocks thrown at him.) SEAN: Oh calm down and listen. (points) Listen will you? (SEAN's audience of fish people stop and listen. SEAN crouches.) SEAN: Look. You supply all the food for Atlantis, right? It can't be stored, right? It goes rotten in a couple of hours. That's why Zaroff has you working like slaves night and day, right? (The fish people nod in agreement.) SEAN: Well has it never occurred to your little fish brains to stop that supply of food? Feed yourselves, but starve Atlantis, eh? What do you think will happen then? Well now is your chance. Will you do it? (The fish people blurb in agreement.) SEAN: Or will you stay fish slaves for the rest of your lives? You're men, aren't you? (shaking his fist) Well start the blockade right now! (The fish people twitter to each other and with a splash they head off into the depths. SEAN stands.) JACKO: Reckon they'll do it? (SEAN tosses a rock and catches it.) SEAN: Who knows? We can only hope for the best. 10. UNDERWATER (A fish person swims toward some workers and communicates. A worker floats to join the first. They confer. The messenger floats away. A fish person communicates with another group of workers. They stop their work, one fanning themself and the other going to sleep. The message continues to spread.) 11. THE CHAMBER BEHIND AMDO (BEN stands over ZAROFF.) ZAROFF: I haff underrated you, Doctor. I hardly imagined you would haff the nerve to kidnap Zaroff himself. (ZAROFF laughs like the madman he is.) BEN: What's so funny? (POLLY and JAMIE stand beside BEN, JAMIE with his arms crossed.) JAMIE: Aye, what? POLLY: I don't see what you've got to laugh at. ZAROFF: Dear lady, if you wish to stop my plans, you are all too late. RAMO [OC]: Too late? ZAROFF: The process has started. My nuclear reactor is activated, and when the desired figure is reached, fission will take place, and none of all this will matter for any of us. (The DOCTOR stands aside.) DOCTOR: He's only bluffing. Nothing will start without him. ZAROFF: Ah, Doctor, how do you know that? DOCTOR: The great Zaroff would have to be there to set off the expl*si*n. Miss your big moment? I think not. ZAROFF: You cannot hold me. My guards will- RAMO [OC]: Will never find you, not inside the temple you have defiled, Zaroff. ZAROFF: (stands, shaking with fury) You are fools! Idiots! I may k*ll the lot of you if I… (ZAROFF suddenly stops and grimaces in pain.) ZAROFF: If... POLLY: Doctor? (ZAROFF slumps to his knees with a groan, clenching his fingers. The DOCTOR runs to him and helps him onto his back as he continues to groan.) JAMIE: It's a ruse. POLLY: What's the matter with him? DOCTOR: Some sort of att*ck. BEN: That stopped him. Course he won't be able to go ahead now, will he? DOCTOR: I don't know. We better make sure. (The DOCTOR stands.) JAMIE: What would you do? DOCTOR: Get inside that laboratory. JAMIE: Then I'm coming with you. BEN: Yeah, me too. DOCTOR: Well, somebody's got to stay here to look after Zaroff. POLLY: I... I'll stay. JAMIE: You can't bide here by yourself. RAMO: I'll stay with her. DOCTOR: Very well. Come on. (The DOCTOR beckons to BEN and JAMIE, who rush after him.) BEN: Right. POLLY: Take care! BEN: Yeah. (ZAROFF is unresponsive.) 12. TEMPLE (The DOCTOR, JAMIE, and BEN slip out of the door beside AMDO. The priest’s chanting can be heard on the other side of the wall.) BEN: Not another service! DOCTOR: This could take some time. JAMIE: Could we not just slip out? DOCTOR: I'm not sure. Better duck down here. (They go to hide behind a low wall.) 13. THE CHAMBER BEHIND AMDO (ZAROFF is slumped in a chair, his face blank, breathing heavily. The chanting can be heard.) POLLY [OC]: Doesn't seem possible, does it? RAMO [OC]: What? POLLY: Well look at him. Doesn't look very menacing now, does he? RAMO: There is still evil in this man, it hangs over him like a shroud. (approaches) You will pay dearly for your crimes, Zaroff. ZAROFF: (weakly) I know. I know. (gasping) But before I die, priest, you must help me to pray to your god for atonement. RAMO: Why should I help you? ZAROFF: Have pity on me. At least help me stand at your side so I may feel the aura of your goodness. POLLY: I think you should, he does look very ill. RAMO: It's more than you deserve, Zaroff. But for the blessing of Amdo I will grant you this last request. (RAMO grabs ZAROFF around his chest and ZAROFF wraps his arm over RAMO’s back. ZAROFF leans heavily on RAMO as he stands. ZAROFF suddenly comes to life and chokes RAMO. POLLY backs away in horror. RAMO throws ZAROFF off, who stumbles to the wall. RAMO grabs a spear and holds ZAROFF at bay, thr*at him, but unwilling to k*ll. RAMO lunges at ZAROFF, who dodges, grabs the spear, and uses it to choke RAMO. ZAROFF struggles with RAMO. He grabs a spear from the corner of the chamber.) ZAROFF: And now meddling priest, this is the end of you. (ZAROFF throws RAMO down and raises the spear to strike. POLLY jumps in with a gasp and grabs the end of the spear.) POLLY: Don't! (They struggle with the spear.) POLLY: Stop it! (ZAROFF swings the spear, knocking POLLY against a large jar. She falls. ZAROFF raises the spear.) ZAROFF: Die! (He throws it down. It sticks in something off screen, the handle shivering in front of the camera. POLLY screams. ZAROFF grabs her and pulls her to her feet while she gasps and whimpers in horror.) ZAROFF: You will come with me. (He pushes her in front of him.) 14. TEMPLE (Priests with their fish masks continue to chant, but it grows fainter as they slowly depart. The DOCTOR, JAMIE, and BEN rise from behind their hiding spot with fish masks covering their faces. BEN, then the DOCTOR, then JAMIE remove their masks. The DOCTOR runs off.) BEN: Blimey, who’d have thought it’d take that long. JAMIE: Let’s get started. (They follow the DOCTOR.) BEN: Yeah, quick. (The DOCTOR stops them.) DOCTOR: Just a minute, I've had a thought. JAMIE: What? DOCTOR: Jamie, you'd better watch Zaroff. JAMIE: Why? DOCTOR: Well we need a guide, and only Ramo knows all the passages. (JAMIE turns and walks away.) JAMIE: Oh, if you say so, Doctor. (He stops, seeing RAMO stagger from the door beside the idol, holding his stomach.) JAMIE: Doctor, Look! (RAMO chokes, his voice trembling in pain.) RAMO: Zaroff... ah... DOCTOR: Come on. Come on. (JAMIE helps him down the stairs and passes him to BEN and the DOCTOR, then rushes to the tunnel. The DOCTOR and BEN half-carry RAMO and help him lie down on the floor. He seems to have lost all energy. The DOCTOR takes a close look.) BEN: Is he..? DOCTOR: (sadly) Yes. BEN: (shaking his arms angrily) Zaroff was having us on! (JAMIE runs back in.) JAMIE: Polly's gone! (The DOCTOR and BEN stand.) DOCTOR: Zaroff's taken her as a hostage. BEN: Well let's go! (BEN runs off furiously, but the DOCTOR catches his arm.) DOCTOR: No! Ben! (BEN stops and looks at the DOCTOR, trusting him, but desperate.) DOCTOR: Jamie, you go after Polly, only watch out, Zaroff's a desperate man. JAMIE: Right. (JAMIE rushes into the tunnel. The DOCTOR takes BEN’s shoulder and pulls him in.) DOCTOR: Ben, you and I have other fish to fry. Come on. (They run off, leaving RAMO’s d*ad body on the floor.) 15. TUNNEL (ZAROFF has a sword and leads POLLY by a rope tied around her wrists.) POLLY: Oooh, wait. (stops) I can't go on any more! ZAROFF: You will go on if I have to drag you. Wait. Did you hear anything? POLLY: N- no, nothing. (ZAROFF looks back and forth and sees nothing.) ZAROFF: Come on. POLLY: Noooo! (He yanks her to his side.) ZAROFF: You want the same treatment as the priest? POLLY: No. ZAROFF: Come. (He continues.) JAMIE [OC]: Polly? (POLLY quickly yanks the rope out of ZAROFF’s grasp and runs to the sound of JAMIE’s voice. ZAROFF chases her.) ZAROFF: Wait! Come back here! Come back, I warn you! 16. TUNNEL (JAMIE and POLLY run around a large boulder. JAMIE begins to work at the knot. ZAROFF finds them.) ZAROFF: Ah! (He swings the sword at JAMIE, who dodges and runs around the boulder. ZAROFF is waiting for him and swings as he comes back around. JAMIE ducks, and immediately jumps as ZAROFF swings at his legs. JAMIE lunges aside from a downward stroke. POLLY swings a rock down on ZAROFF’s head. It does nothing. ZAROFF rounds on her, allowing JAMIE to wrap him in a bear hug. ZAROFF throws him to the ground and raises the sword. SEAN and JACKO appear at the last minute and thr*at ZAROFF with a torch as POLLY helps JAMIE up. ZAROFF grabs POLLY as he backs away. ZAROFF throws her and JAMIE catches her. ZAROFF runs away, laughing. JAMIE: He's away! POLLY: Jamie, quickly, we've got to go and warn the Doctor. JAMIE: Aye, the Doctor's going to find a heap of trouble if Zaroff gets back there first. JACKO: How do we find the laboratory? POLLY: Ara, she's the only one we know who knows the way, (pointing at SEAN and JACKO) now you go back to the temple and we'll go and find her. 17. THOUS' CHAMBERS (DAMON stands before THOUS.) DAMON: Slaves are in revolt. They've cut off all food supplies. THOUS: I cannot understand it. Why do they act like this when the hour of triumph is at hand? DAMON: They're just slaves, what can you expect? (THOUS walks past him, then turns back to him.) THOUS: Where is Zaroff? He should be here to attend to this. DAMON: Disappeared. THOUS: Disappeared? He can't have. Go and look for him. DAMON: There is no time, Excellency. You must take control now. THOUS: So be it. (looks away dramatically) I cannot let my people starve. Bring them before me that I may hear their demands. DAMON: Yes, great Thous, I will tell them. (DAMON bows and leaves.) THOUS: All-wise, all-seeing Amdo, help me now. (THOUS’s eyes widen in surprise when ZAROFF enters, unannounced.) THOUS: Zaroff! Where have you been? We've been looking for you. The workers are in revolt. ZAROFF: My guards will restore order. THOUS: (walking to his throne) They are simple people. I'm sure they will- (ZAROFF joins him.) ZAROFF: Those who resist will be k*lled. THOUS: k*lled? ZAROFF: I have no time to waste. THOUS: Zaroff! You are subject to me in all matters. I will not have my people- ZAROFF: Your people? Your people? They are MY people now! I hold their whole world in my power! THOUS: The Doctor was right about you. I order your project stopped at this moment. (ZAROFF holds back a smile.) THOUS: Guards! (THOUS and the Atlantean guards approach each other.) THOUS: Take Zaroff to the temple and hold him there. (ZAROFF motions to his guards dressed in black. The Atlantean guards with their robes and tridents and ZAROFF’s guards with their sleek black suits and g*n stand off to either side of the throne, where ZAROFF stands.) ZAROFF: You're a fool! You're a fool! I'll send you to your beloved goddess Amdo to discuss the future of the universe with her. THOUS: I demand that you- ZAROFF: (laughing) You demand? You demand? Well since your- since your beloved goddess has developed such an enchanting appetite for people, it is only fitting that the great Thous should offer himself. No. No! I shall offer him. (ZAROFF flips his cape aside, revealing a p*stol in his hand. A sh*t rings out. THOUS falls to the floor. ZAROFF gestures with the g*n.) ZAROFF: k*ll those two men. (Two more sh*ts ring out. ZAROFF’s eyes light with mad ecstasy.) ZAROFF: (shaking with conviction) NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN STOP ME NOW!!!!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x21 - The Underwater Menace - part 3"}
foreverdreaming
by GEOFFREY ORME first broadcast - 4 February 1967 1. THOUS' CHAMBER (THOUS, ruler of Atlantis, lies on the floor. He has just been sh*t by Zaroff.) ZAROFF: k*ll these two men. (ZAROFF's guards obey.) ZAROFF: NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN SHTOP ME NOW!!!! 2. THOUS' CHAMBER, LATER BEN: Doctor, look at this! Someone's been having a right punch-up in here. (The DOCTOR and BEN go to help.) BEN: It's the guv'nor. DOCTOR: It's Thous! BEN: Is he alright? DOCTOR: I don't know. Doesn't seem to have h*t anything vital. BEN: Doesn't look too good, though. DOCTOR: Neither would you with a b*llet in you. BEN: If we don't stop Zaroff soon, we'll all be for the chop! DOCTOR: I know. Come on, we must get him to safety. BEN: Well then what? DOCTOR: To the generating station. 3. CHAMBER BEHIND AMDO JACKO: Are you sure the Doctor said we are to meet here? ARA: He must come back soon. SEAN: Well if he's not back in five minutes we move on. Okay? JACKO: Oh, where to, if the whole world is going to blow up in a couple of hours? SEAN: Ha ha. You're a great comfort to have around, did anyone ever tell you that? ARA: Look out. (Footsteps.) DOCTOR: Anyone at home? ARA: Oh, Doctor! (She sees THOUS.) ARA: Oo, what's wrong? BEN: He's wounded, but don't worry Ara, he'll be alright. DOCTOR: Where's Polly and Jamie? ARA: They've gone to Zaroff's laboratory. DOCTOR: Why? ARA: To look for you. I showed them which way to go and then they told me to come back here and wait. DOCTOR: We'll have to find them. Now, listen everyone. I have a plan. SEAN: Good. DOCTOR: It might even work. SEAN: Well? DOCTOR: Our one hope of stopping Zaroff is to flood all this lower part of Atlantis. BEN: But that means in here. DOCTOR: Yes. The temple, and Zaroff's laboratory. SEAN: Yes, but will the water stop there? DOCTOR: Don't know. We'll have to take that chance. JACKO: Yeah, but the people here... DOCTOR: They'll have to be warned and moved to a higher level. That's your job and Sean's. SEAN: And you? DOCTOR: Ben and I will try and get into the generating station. We'll turn up the power on the reactor, break down the sea walls and flood the laboratory. There's only one thing that's worrying me. SEAN: What's that? DOCTOR: Can we all swim? 4. ZAROFF'S LAB VOICE: s*ab station Z-2 calling, s*ab station Z-2 calling. Routine check. TECHNICIAN: Control receiving. VOICE: s*ab normal, nothing to report. TECHNICIAN: Thank you, station Z-2, report again at zero minus five. VOICE: Will do. TECHNICIAN: That's in another ten minutes. VOICE: Priority, priority. Reactor station Z-3 calling. Reactor station Z-3 calling. ZAROFF: Zaroff here. VOICE: Reading maximum. Gauges four, five and six steady. Gauge three fluctuating and unpredictable. ZAROFF: Bring in the reserve. VOICE: The reserve? But if that fails... ZAROFF: That is an order! Report back if the fault continues. VOICE: Yes, Professor. ZAROFF: Nothing can go wrong now. Nothing MUST go wrong. VOICE: Emergency, power network control. ZAROFF: Zaroff here, what's the problem? VOICE: Station eleven is no longer operating, the workers have deserted. ZAROFF: Deserted? What's the matter with them? Where are they? VOICE: They're off looking for food. ZAROFF: Why? VOICE: The food supplies have not arrived, and there's a rumor that we're facing starvation. They've all panicked. ZAROFF: And no reserves? VOICE: That's right. ZAROFF: Get them back at once. Send the guards after them. VOICE: I've had to bring the guards into the plant to prevent a complete breakdown. ZAROFF: Well do the best you can. I get more men to you within the hour. (He turns the communicator off.) ZAROFF: Blast! Blast! Blast! 5. TUNNEL DOCTOR: Come on. BEN: A guard! How are we gonna get past him? DOCTOR: We'll walk past him. BEN: What, in those trousers? DOCTOR: Well you think I look a bit conspicuous, do you? BEN: A bit, yeah. DOCTOR: Maybe you're right. I know! You're a guard, and I'm a prisoner, right? BEN: Right! DOCTOR: Just don't make a mess of it, there's a good chap. (They advance toward the guard.) GUARD: Halt! BEN: Prisoner and escort for Professor Zaroff. GUARD: Password? BEN: Eh? GUARD: Password? BEN: Yeah, well look it's alright for you giving me the old chat, mate, but I know nothing about passwords. I've been out chasing this burke all day. GUARD: Professor Zaroff's not here anyway. BEN: Well I know that. My orders was to bring him here and wait. GUARD: That's all very well. How do I know he's a wanted man? BEN: Well, blimey, look at him. He ain't normal, is he? GUARD: Yes, I see what you mean. (He opens the door.) GUARD: Alright. DOCTOR: You don't know the password either! GUARD: It's Oscar. Get him out of here! BEN: (Pushing the Doctor.) Alright, get out! Thanks, mate. 6. OUTSIDE THE POWER STATION DOCTOR: Very well done, Ben, well done. I'm not quite sure about that not being normal bit, but very well done. I couldn't have done better myself. BEN: Thanks. (Their path is blocked by another guard.) GUARD: Halt. Give the password. BEN: Oscar. GUARD: Ah, its Oscar. DOCTOR: Come on, now, we've got little time. 7. GENERATING STATION BEN: What now? DOCTOR: Cut those cables. (BEN does so. The generating machinery start making strange noises.) BEN: You know what you're doing? DOCTOR: Oh what a question. Of course I don't! There's no rule against trying, is there? There. Now, Zaroff's laboratory. He should be feeling the effects of this little lot any time now. 8. TUNNEL JAMIE: There's a gap through here. POLLY: Oo, Jamie, I think we're lost. Are you sure this is the way Ara told us to come? JAMIE: Aye. All the tunnels look alike, though. POLLY: Listen. We must be somewhere below Zaroff's power source. JAMIE: Aye, it's like the beating of the Devil's heart. POLLY: You're not far wrong. We better keep going. The laboratory can't be far away. JAMIE: Aye, but which way? 9. ZAROFF'S LAB ZAROFF: That reading must be wrong, you idiot. I check it myself. No that's not possible. Come here. Look at that reading. That's all we need now, radiation leak. Where the Devil is it coming from? 10. TUNNEL, A LEDGE JAMIE: Ah, I told you, don't look down. POLLY: But Jamie, look. The wall down there, it's glowing. JAMIE: What is it? POLLY: It could be radiation. JAMIE: Well what's that? POLLY: Radiation? Well it's... well it's too difficult to explain. The walls are beginning to crumble, it's all that vibration. JAMIE: Let's see, the sea's on the other side of that wall. Now if that gives way... There must be way up to higher ground. (They hear the sound of water flooding in. Desperately, they begin climbing.) POLLY: ...get... breath. JAMIE: Lucky it's uphill. Take more time for the water to reach us. POLLY: What's that? JAMIE: It's given way. The sea's breaking through. 11. CAVE SEAN: Huh? Will you listen to that. JACKO: What is it? SEAN: How would I know, but it certainly isn't closing time at Betty Murphy's pub. It can be only one thing. It's the Doctor, of course. He's started to flood Atlantis. The sea's breaking in. THOUS: To raise Atlantis from the sea was only the dream of a madman after all. ARA: Rest. Don't speak. JACKO: Aye, rest. SEAN: And you best forget about all that now and look to the future. That is, if we're going to have any future. (The sound of the water flooding in grows louder.) SEAN: Well, personally speaking, not being a terribly good swimmer myself, I think I'll just start to make a move. JACKO: Ah we've got a visitor. (DAMON enters.) SEAN: Damon, you got my warning. DAMON: My operating room. A life's work, washed away. THOUS: (Weakly.) Damon... DAMON: Thous. THOUS: We can start again, Damon. SEAN: Look, if we don't hurry and get onto high ground above water level, we're going to be turned into fish food. DAMON: Yes, you're right. Quite so. I'll help. We've got a long way to go yet. SEAN: Come on, Jacko, up. (They help the injured THOUS to his feet.) SEAN: Gently now. That's it. 12. TUNNEL POLLY: Oh, no! It's a d*ad end. JAMIE: Aye... POLLY: Jamie, we must go back, we've got to warn the others. There must be another turning. JAMIE: No, I kept an eye open for one on the way up. Besides, would you listen to that water. POLLY: We've got to get out of here somehow. JAMIE: You see that? (His torch flickers.) JAMIE: There's a draught. Right, that's what we'll follow. I'll go first, and you stay close behind me. (They head off, ever upward.) 13. CAVE, HIGHER UP (DAMON examines THOUS.) DAMON: Artificial respiration. Your wound? THOUS: A little better. How is my poor country? DAMON: The water has already flooded the lower parts of the city. THOUS: The great enemy, which we held at bay for so many centuries, the ever-lasting nightmare, is here at last... DAMON: Rescue parties are being organized. All passages have been blocked, except the main shaft. We're keeping that open till the last to give the stragglers a chance. THOUS: What of Lolem the priest? DAMON: Well, last seen he was going towards the temple to seek aid from Amdo. THOUS: He is lost, then. SEAN: We may still find them. Are you alright there? DAMON: You look after yourself. SEAN: Oh, hey Jacko? Any luck? JACKO: What do you expect? They must have all been drowned. SEAN: Ah well. Probably a better death than the one that's in store for us when Zaroff lets off his expl*si*n. 14. ZAROFF'S LAB ZAROFF: No one, I repeat, no one will leave his place. Everything goes according to schedule, except that the time of the big detonation has been advanced. The whole project will be activated from this control point. That is all until zero minus five. (The DOCTOR enters.) ZAROFF: Ah, we was expect you. DOCTOR: Good day to you, I hope I'm not too late. ZAROFF: There is a man who has been trying to sabotage all our plans. Make sure he doesn't leave us now. (ZAROFF's guards seize the DOCTOR and BEN.) DOCTOR: Oooo, how very nice of you, but I'm afraid I've interrupted something important, haven't I? Oh, yes, I can see that I have. You were on the point of exploding your firecracker, weren't you? ZAROFF: Hahahaha. DOCTOR: I hope you've let these gentlemen into your big secret. ZAROFF: They share everything with me. DOCTOR: Naturally. They can't help themselves, can they? They must be devoted to you, to allow you to blow them all to pieces! TECHNICIAN: What's he talking about, Professor? DOCTOR: Ooo, have I dropped a brick? Oh I seem to have shaken something. Zaroff, I think you ought to know the sea has broken through and is about to overwhelm us here. ZAROFF: Don't listen to him. The man lies. DOCTOR: Then perhaps the distant roaring that we can hear is just the goddess Amdo with the indigestion? TECHNICIANS: He's right. Come on! (The technicians and guards flee.) ZAROFF: Don't be alarmed. Don't be fooled. Ah. They're cowards, traitors. But it doesn't matter. DOCTOR: Time is running out, Zaroff. Hadn't you better call it a day? ZAROFF: You cannot b*at me, Doctor. (ZAROFF operates a control. A transparent screen descends between ZAROFF's console and the rest of the lab.) ZAROFF: Ahahaha. You see, I haff anticipated every situation. There was always a possibility that someone would try to keep me from my ultimate moment of triumph. Now no one can get through this, and all the controls are on this side. Now all I must do is press the plunger when the needle of that dial is over the thousand mark. Simple, no? I tell you, so that you may share the last, great experiment of Zaroff! Hahahaha. BEN: He's off his rocker. DOCTOR: I know. We've got to get him out of there. Come up here, I've got an idea. ZAROFF: Don't go away, Doctor, you will DIE just the same. You might as well shtay and watch me. 15. TUNNEL JAMIE: Hold the candle. Oh, would you be careful? POLLY: Sorry, I didn't do it on purpose. JAMIE: Right. POLLY: Any luck? JAMIE: Aye, there's a wee hole down there. I can't see where it leads to though. But if you're willing to take a chance? POLLY: Do we have a choice? (They enter. Water floods behind them.) POLLY: Only just in time. JAMIE: Aye, we're not out of the woods yet. 16. ZAROFF'S LAB BEN: Doctor, I've got to go, the water's nearly here. ZAROFF: I see you haff your deserters, too, Doctor. That leaves just you and me. DOCTOR: Off you go Ben. BEN: Goodbye. ZAROFF: Young fool. I will press the plunger long before the water gets here. The result will be the same. DOCTOR: I know. But it's much more exciting in the dark! (The laboratory lights go off.) ZAROFF: Hahahahaha. Doctor, you are a comedian. (The lights come back on.) ZAROFF: You see, keep very still, Doctor, we haff an emergency system here. You haff solved nothing. Now unfortunately I haff to tie you up. Turn around. (LOLEM emerges from his place of concealment behind ZAROFF's equipment. He is brandishing a sacrificial Kn*fe.) ZAROFF: No! No! You cannot do this to me. (ZAROFF sees his p*stol on the other side of the screen. He raises the screen and dives for the w*apon. LOLEM advances on ZAROFF, who fires at the priest.) ZAROFF: No. No. No. (The DOCTOR races to the control panel. He operates switches at random, and runs from the laboratory.) 17. TUNNEL BEN: Doctor, hurry. Now what's the matter? DOCTOR: Ben, I've been thinking. I can't leave Zaroff to drown down there. I'm going back for him. BEN: But why on Earth? We've got to get out of here quick or we'll be cut off! DOCTOR: But we can't leave him there. BEN: Look, you're coming with me. 18. ANOTHER TUNNEL POLLY: Oh, it's no use, Jamie, I'll never make it. JAMIE: Course you can. One wee slope, we're away. POLLY: And another and another and another. It's no use, I won't, Jamie... JAMIE: Come on. POLLY: No, no, I can't, Jamie, I can't I can't I can't. JAMIE: Polly! Polly! Come on. I'll help you. 19. TUNNEL (Water floods in behind the DOCTOR and BEN.) DOCTOR: Zaroff. He's cut off. BEN: Zaroff? Who cares about him? That means the others must be, too. Well are they? DOCTOR: Well how do I know? All we can do is to go on going up. Come on. 20. ZAROFF'S LAB (The sea floods into the lab. ZAROFF is unable to escape.) 21. TUNNEL DOCTOR: Nearly there. Course, if you will lie down and sleep. BEN: Who said anything about lying down? 22. SURFACE JAMIE: Come on. Fresh air. POLLY: Oh. We made it. Ben and the Doctor? JAMIE: Think he wouldn't have had much of a chance back there. They may have. (Other survivors are emerging from tunnels and caves, and are scattered along the foreshore.) 23. SURFACE, ELSEWHERE THOUS: Any sign of the Doctor? ARA: No. He must have died saving us. THOUS: We'll raise a stone to him in the temple. DAMON: No. No more temples. It was temples and priests and superstition that made us follow Zaroff in the first place. When the water's found it's own level, the temple will be buried forever. We shall never return to it. But we will have enough left to build a new Atlantis, without gods, and without fish people. THOUS: Yes... That shall be his memorial. 24. TUNNEL BEN: Doctor, what about Polly? (They continue their climb in silence.) 25. SURFACE, TUNNEL ENTRANCE (POLLY hears a sound from the gloom.) POLLY: It can be anyone. JAMIE: Wait. DOCTOR: Boo! JAMIE: You? DOCTOR: Me? JAMIE: We thought you were d*ad. DOCTOR: What? Polly, good to see. Come on, you two. (They head for the Tardis.) 26. SURFACE (SEAN and JACKO have also made their way outside.) SEAN: Oh, no I can't believe it. JACKO: What? SEAN: A flamin' English police box. (The box disappears before their eyes.) 27. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: Right. Off we go go into the wide blue yonder, as someone was once heard to remark. POLLY: Hoo-ray. BEN: Yeah, I'm not sorry to be out of that place. Poo, Jamie you don't half stink of fish! JAMIE: Oh, you want to take a wee sniff of yourself, Benjamin. He's not exactly a bonnie bunch of heather. (BEN laughs.) DOCTOR: You sound very happy, Jamie. JAMIE: Oh aye, Doctor, I am now. You know I never thought I'd say this, but well it's great. POLLY: What is? JAMIE: All this. I'll never know what makes it go, mind you, but, well at least I feel safe in here. It's only the wee things outside that are, well, alarming. DOCTOR: You've got a point there. BEN: Yeah, you can say that again. JAMIE: It's a fact, though, Doctor? You can't exactly control the Tardis? DOCTOR: Control it? Course I can control it. JAMIE: No no what I meant was, can you not exactly make it go where you mean it to? DOCTOR: If I wanted to. It's just that I've never wanted to. BEN: Oh, yeah, I bet. POLLY: Ooow. DOCTOR: Right! Just for that, I'll show you. Now, where shall we go? I know, let's go to Mars. (The DOCTOR operates a control. The Tardis lurches violently.) POLLY: Aaah! Doctor, what's happening? BEN: Can't you do something? DOCTOR: Do something? I seem to have done something. It's all your fault, wanting me to tamper with the steering. I'm very sorry, everybody, but I'm afraid the Tardis is out of control! POLLY: Aaaaaaaaaaa!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x22 - The Underwater Menace - part 4"}
foreverdreaming
by GERRY DAVIS (Uncredited) and KIT PEDLER first broadcast - 11 February, 1967 running time - 24mins 18secs 1. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (Continuing on from THE UNDERWATER MENACE - Intending to go to Mars, the Doctor has tried to set the co-ordinates but the TARDIS, in usual style, is out of control and everybody (DOCTOR, BEN, POLLY, & JAMIE) is being thrown about the room as the DOCTOR wrestles with the controls.) BEN: Doctor, do something! DOCTOR: I'm trying to! (More cries are heard as the Doctor wrestled with the controls and soon everything returns to "normal" as the lights come back on and the floor stops shaking.) DOCTOR: Everything back under control again. (BEN, meanwhile, has been watching the scanner.) BEN: Here, we're landing! Look! (On the scanner, a small planetoid can be seen rushing towards them at a great rate of speed.) BEN: Coming at a fair rate! JAMIE: (Standing up and rubbing his head.) Oh, thank the lord for that. You know, Doctor, I'll never ask you to do that again. DOCTOR: (Staring at JAMIE.) There wasn't any call for that. POLLY: (Staring at the Scanner.) Anyway, Doctor, you... you've done it. It's Mars! It must be. You've landed the TARDIS exactly where you said you would. 2. LUNAR SURFACE (With its usual wheezing/groaning sound the TARDIS fades into existence on a cold rocky surface. Wherever the TARDIS has landed, it certainly isn't Mars.) 3. TARDIS CONTROL ROOM BEN: Hey, wait a mo! This doesn't look like Mars to me. POLLY: How do you know? You never seen it. BEN: No, Duchess, but I have seen pictures of the moon surface and that's what this looks like. JAMIE: That's the moon? POLLY: Doctor, is it the moon? (Shamefaced, the DOCTOR only nods.) BEN: (Laughing.) Oh well, you weren't too far out, were you? Only two hundred million miles! DOCTOR: (Deadly serious.) All right, let's move on - while we can. (He starts to turn back to the controls.) BEN: What? POLLY: Now wait a minute! You don't expect to land us on the moon and let us fly off just like that, do you? BEN: Yeah, at least let us have a look around! JAMIE: That picture canna be the moon? The moon's way up in the sky. (BEN and POLLY start towards the main doors.) DOCTOR: Where do you think you're going? BEN: You're not going to tell us there is no shore leave. POLLY: Oh please Doctor. The TARDIS isn't out of control or anything is it? (This puts the Doctor on the defensive.) DOCTOR: Oh no, no, no. Just a bumpy landing. BEN: (Half laughing.) Yeah? DOCTOR: (Making a decision.) Well, if you must go ashore... only half an hour. BEN: Right. POLLY: Super. (They both make for the doors again.) DOCTOR: You can't go ashore like that! You need space suits, there's no atmosphere out there. Come on, there's some in the chest. (The DOCTOR and POLLY opens the chest and starts to take out four space suits, meanwhile BEN and JAMIE look at the scanner.) JAMIE: Maybe we'll meet the old man in the moon. BEN: (Laughing.) You won't meet anybody mate if you don't get some gear on. JAMIE: What? Oh aye. 4. LUNAR SURFACE (The landscape is briefly illuminated by a series of pulses from a strange spacecraft, hidden from the TARDIS by an overhanging crater. Some time later, all four of them leave the TARDIS and look around.) DOCTOR: Come on now, lets go over here. (He starts to move away.) POLLY: Hey, look at this. DOCTOR: It`s deserted. JAMIE: Yeah, I don't think I like it. (They carry on walking. Suddenly POLLY, who was in the lead, stops...) POLLY: Look, over there. (POLLY sees the flash of a landing spaceship, however by the time the others get to her, it has long gone.) JAMIE: I'll don't see anything. BEN: What did you see? POLLY: Some sort of great glow in the sky. BEN: Probably your eyes getting used to the lunar light. Hey, Doctor? DOCTOR: Possibly. (They carry on walking and then POLLY again stops and looks down at her heavy footwear.) POLLY: Hey, what do we need this great clogs for? DOCTOR: Try a little jump. POLLY: All right. (POLLY jumps but she jumps about 10 feet, higher than a normal person can jump. She rolls over as she lands. BEN and JAMIE laugh, both jumping too but colliding in mid-air.) DOCTOR: (Concerned.) Careful! One tear in that space suit and you'll suffocate. POLLY: (To BEN.) You never told me that you took ballet lessons, Ben. (Everybody laughs at this. POLLY does another jump, higher than BEN's.) POLLY: (To JAMIE.) Come on, it's easy. BEN: Look out, here I come. (JAMIE, with his jump jumps too far and flies off over a ridge.) POLLY: Where's he gone? BEN: Over there. (The three plod over the ridge to find JAMIE and...) POLLY: (Staring.) What on Earth? Look! (...see some kind of Moonbase. A large dome seems to dominate the centre of the base but there are lots of small buildings nearby. JAMIE is lying unconscious at the base of the dome.) BEN: Blimey! What is it? POLLY: Doctor, what is it? DOCTOR: I don't know. POLLY: (Seeing JAMIE.) Hey, I can see Jamie, there he is. (It's clear that JAMIE has crashed into a plastic dome near to one of the buildings.) BEN: Hey, there's somebody coming out. (Two men emerge from a nearby door wearing space suits and carry JAMIE inside.) DOCTOR: (Starting down.) Come on, let's go. (The others climb down and bang on the door, which is closed. Suddenly the door slides open and they enter. Behind them the door closes.) 5. CONTROL ROOM (Inside the dome, men are busy in a weather control room. It has lots of control banks and personnel. Dominating the room is some kind of telescope but it doesn't look like one. There are three main control personnel, HOBSON, a English man and the controller, BENOIT, a Frenchman and his assistant and Number Two and NILS, a Dutchman, and communicator and Number Three. All three of them look worried and under some kind of strain. Nearby is the power room where the power for the "telescope" (The Gravitron) is stored and created. Suddenly an alarm sounds as one of the personnel in the room, all wearing caps, collapses and HOBSON, BENOIT and some of the others rush in to see what the problem is. Black veins snake up from his neck to his face.) BENOIT: What on Earth is it? (It's seems that the man was poisoned due to some kind of plague.) HOBSON: I don't know. Get him along to the Medical unit. BENOIT: But Doctor Evans has gone down with it as well. HOBSON: Yes, I know that but the relief doctor from Earth should be here on the next shuttle. Roger. BENOIT: Yes, of course. (Turning to another man.) Bob, give me a hand, will you? BOB: Yes, right. (BOB and BENOIT pick up the man, careful not to let the black veined skin touch them, and move out of the room.) HOBSON: And... (Pointing to another man.) Jules, you take over. (JULES looks a little worried at being given a large and important task.) HOBSON: Come on, he won't bite you. (JULES takes over the position.) HOBSON: (Thinking.) There must be some source to this infection. (To NILS.) We better get the lads in here and tell them what's happening. Get them on the blower will you, Nils. NILS: Okay Nobby. (He turns and speaks into a microphone.) NILS: Nils, speaking. We, er... We got a bit of a flap on up here... 6. JUST OFF THE CONTROL ROOM (While the DOCTOR and the others are entering the room, without their helmets but still in their spacesuits, NILS' voice can be heard over the loudspeaker.) NILS: (OOV.) Mr. Hobson wants a word with you all... (The man himself walks in and stops and the sight of the three new arrivals (JAMIE has been taken off somewhere).) HOBSON: Hello. Where did you lot spring from? Don't tell me the shuttle rocket arrived already? DOCTOR: No, it hasn't. (One of the two men that carried JAMIE inside the base turns to HOBSON. His name is SAM.) SAM: There was another one with them, sir. Bob taken him along to the Medical unit. He's all right. He's just knocked himself out or something. HOBSON: (Sighing.) Oh no, if we haven't got enough troubles already. They've been through the sterile room? SAM: Yes, Nobby. DOCTOR: We don't want to cause you any trouble. Just let us collect our young friend and we'll be off. (POLLY starts to move towards the door. HOBSON grabs her on the arm.) HOBSON: Hey, not so fast. POLLY: Please let me go and see Jamie. BENOIT: I will take you there Mademoiselle. If you come with me. HOBSON: (Makes a choice.) All right, young lady. You can carry on. BENOIT: (Showing POLLY the way.) This way. (They both leave.) HOBSON: But I just like to have a word with you two. (Looking at the DOCTOR's manner of dress and hair-style.) HOBSON: You can do with a extra bactical check by the look of it. DOCTOR: (Slightly annoyed.) Bactical check? HOBSON: That's what I said. BEN: Well, thanks. DOCTOR: I'll let you know that our TARDIS is as sterile... (He stops as he sees that HOBSON is fishing for information.) HOBSON: TARDIS? DOCTOR: Our space craft. NILS: (Coming across.) They're all here, sir. Any time you're ready. HOBSON: Right. (To the DOCTOR.) Well, we'll learn about your spacecraft a little later. Meanwhile, you better come along with me and meet my team and listen to what I have to say. DOCTOR: Thank you very much. (They all move forward into the control room which is now packed with people.) HOBSON: Well, you know what this place is? DOCTOR: Well, it looks like some sort of weather control centre. (He notices the Gravitron.) DOCTOR: Ah, yes. And that's the thing with which you control the weather. That's the culprit then. BEN: Hey? DOCTOR: Hmmm. That's what gave us a bumpy landing. Some sort of gravity device. HOBSON: (Incredulous.) Some sort of Gravity device?! You are from Earth aren't you? DOCTOR: (Shifty.) Yes. HOBSON: Well, where have you been for the past 20 years. Every school kid knows about the Gravitron in there. DOCTOR: (Seeing.) Ah, yes. It must be about the year 2050, Ben. HOBSON: We've got a proper Rip Van Winkle here. (Some men laugh.) HOBSON: It's 2070, in case you like to know. DOCTOR: (Beaming at BEN.) There you are - I was only twenty years out. HOBSON: (Turning to the crew.) Well, before we all forget what century we're in, I'd better tell you why I have called you here. DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) Won't you introduce us first. I am a Doctor. HOBSON: The Doctor? You're arrived just in time. We need your help. DOCTOR: Do you? HOBSON: I'll see you in a moment. (He turns back.) HOBSON: Now, this virus... DOCTOR: I may be able to help you if you introduce us. (HOBSON gives up.) HOBSON: Right, Doctor. You'd better meet them all. We're all scientists you see. No room for idle hands, I see to that. Roger Benoit, beside you here, is my assistant. He takes over as Chief Scientist if anything happens to me. (BENOIT nods a greeting.) HOBSON: He's a physicist like us and Joe Bentsburg. Nils, our mad Dane, is an astronomer and mathematician as is Charlie here. Ralph, Jules and Frances are geologists. When they are not acting as cooks, looks-outs, general... you know... handyman. DOCTOR: And this is where you control the Earth's weather. HOBSON: Hm-Hmm. DOCTOR: I see. BENOIT: The gravitron controls the tides, the tides controls the weather. (He shows a console.) BENOIT: And from this console we can plot it all on that map. (He points to the map of the world on the wall.) BENOIT: Simple, eh? BEN: Yeah, very simple. (Closer to the DOCTOR.) BEN: Wish we had this back in 1966. DOCTOR: (Smiling.) Why? Was it a bad year... (Another alarm sounds and a man in the Gravitron room begins to wave his hands to the others before he collapses.) HOBSON: It's Jim. Quick Francois, take over. (Jim is carefully pulled away from his controls and Francois takes his place. The Gravitron starts to move downwards and this is quickly spotted.) BENOIT: Cursor Five over the Pacific is starting to move. BEN: What does that mean? DOCTOR: Some form of change in the weather. HOBSON: We're soon hear from Earth what it means. NILS: (From communicator.) Here it comes! (A voice comes from the communicator.) VOICE: (OOV.) International Space Control Earth calling Weather Control Moon - come in please. NILS: (Into microphone.) Moonport - standing by. BEN: It's never done that before, Doctor. (HOBSON is now by the communicator.) HOBSON: Hobson here. VOICE: (OOV.) What's happening up there? The hurricane you were guiding is now 45 degrees off course. It's thr*at Hawaii. HOBSON: One of my men were taken ill. We're operational again now. VOICE: (OOV.) The controller would like to know the cause of the illness. HOBSON: Yes, so would we. We now have three men down with this mysterious virus in the past few hours - including the Doctor. VOICE: (OOV.) One moment please. Stand by for further instructions. (HOBSON turns to the other crewmen.) HOBSON: Just hang on for a few moments lads. We better hear what the great Mr. Rinberg has to say. NILS: Nobby? HOBSON: Yes. NILS: There it is again. I'll play it back to you. (We hear HOBSON again but this time there is some kind of high-pitched whine behind it.) TAPE: "Yes, so would we. We now have three men down with this mysterious virus in the past few hours - including the Doctor." VOICE: (Tape OOV.) "One moment please. Stand by for further instructions." NILS: Here the big noise ratio on that re-run. We're being monitored again. HOBSON: Monitored? NILS: Someone, not too far away from the base, is listening to every word we say. 7. SPACE SHIP, INTERIOR (Inside the spaceship every word is heard. Even though, we can't see anybody, we know that somebody or thing is here. Listening. We can hear the voice from Earth and Hobson over the ship's radio.) VOICE: (OOV.) "Moonbase, Moonbase, come in Moonbase." HOBSON: (OOV.) Still standing by. HOBSON: (OOV.) Well? VOICE: (OOV.) Your instruction's to send blood samples back to Earth for investigation. HOBSON: (OOV.) Well, when can we do that? The next shuttle rocket's not for another month. VOICE: (OOV.) Then they must be put on that rocket. In the meantime the Moonbase is to put into quarantine. 8. CONTROL ROOM HOBSON: Quarantine!! What if these men aren't fit enough to get back to work. I shall need replacements. VOICE: (OOV.) If you radio information about this virus, we can do our best to identify it and suggest treatment. (HOBSON is not happy about this state of affairs.) HOBSON: I demand to speak to Rinberg. 9. SPACE SHIP, INTERIOR (Again every word can be heard.) VOICE: (OOV.) The controller is busy - sorry. Over and out. 10. CONTROL ROOM NILS: That whole conversion was monitored by someone or something. HOBSON: Oh, never mind about that now. That Rinberg fellow won't talk to you. How can we trace down this mystery illness with the Doctor himself down with it. DOCTOR: (To BEN.) We better get out of these things and see how Jamie is. (To HOBSON.) Perhaps I can be of help in the sick bay. HOBSON: Anything you can do... Bob! (Another crewman comes over.) BOB: Yes, Mr Hobson? HOBSON: Show them to the Medical unit will you? BOB: Yes, of course. (To the DOCTOR and BEN.) If you will come this way. DOCTOR: Yes. Thank you. (All three leave the room as HOBSON turns back to the rest of the crewmen.) HOBSON: Well, you all heard the position. We don't know what this inflection is and how it got into the base but I want you all to take extra precautions while this emergency is on. We may be short-handed for quite a while. 11. SICKBAY (This room is half-full with beds which are full of people and instruments. JAMIE is currently lying on one of the beds and BEN and the DOCTOR are now back in their normal clothes and are looking at some readings. POLLY is here and has, by now, some understanding of some of the units about her.) POLLY: (Attaching a circular unit to JAMIE's chest.) Is this how its goes, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, that's right. Then, this unit automatically controls the pulse, the temperature and the breathing. POLLY: A sort of electronic Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes. Almost got stripe trousers. BEN: It even give you medicines too. DOCTOR: Yes. It will do very nearly everything. POLLY: Can't be nice to him. How do you think he is, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, he's not too bad. He's a bit concussed and feverish but he'll be all right with rest. (JAMIE starts to groan.) JAMIE: (Softly.) The Piper! The McCrimmon Piper! Don't let him get me! (He struggles to sit up but he collapses back to his bed.) DOCTOR: Piper? POLLY: Some legend of his clan. As far, as I can make out - this piper appears to a McCrimmon just before he dies. DOCTOR: Has this phantom piper appeared to Jamie yet? POLLY: You don't believe it, do you? DOCTOR: No, but he does. It's important to him. POLLY: He keeps asking us to keep the piper away from him. DOCTOR: Good. We can see if we can do just that. (He walks away thinking.) BEN: Well, carry on Nurse. POLLY: (Hotly.) Well, at least I try to help. There's a ward full of sick men and no doctor. Somebody got to do something. (One of the men on the beds starts to groan. All three go over to him.) POLLY: I wonder who this is? DOCTOR: (Cautiously.) Don't get too near. Have a look on his chart. POLLY: That's a good idea. (She takes a look.) BEN: It's Dr. Evans. DOCTOR: Oh, yes. The station doctor. He was the first one to get it. POLLY: He looks one of the worst. DOCTOR: (Thinking hard.) There's something about this epidemic that I... I just don't understand. It's not like a real disease at all! It's almost like... BEN: Not real! What more do you want? DOCTOR: I don't know. But there are certain signs and symptoms which don't add up. (He makes a decision.) DOCTOR: Ben, I want you to go to the control room and keep an eye on things. BEN: How? DOCTOR: Give a hand, do anything but keep your eyes and ears open. BEN: Right. (He leaves the room.) DOCTOR: There's something very wrong indeed. 12. CONTROL ROOM (The Control room is in darkness, aside from the glow from the world map. Everybody is very busy. BENOIT comes into the room and notices that HOBSON is still there and is looking very tired.) BENOIT: Still up, Nobby. Why not take a rest. Go and get some sleep. HOBSON: How can I rest with that thing up the spout. (Pointing to the Gravitron.) You know the score as well as I do. Five units off centre and we lift half London into space! Five more and the Atlantic water level goes up three feet! Rinberg don't understand the pressure we're under. (He spots BEN who has just come into the room.) HOBSON: Hey you! What do you thinking you are doing?! Skulking here? BEN: Just wondering if I can help, sir. HOBSON: Well, how can you help? BENOIT: We can do with an extra pair of hands - he can help me. HOBSON: Well, keep him away from me, that's all. All right, I'll go and lie down. Call me if anything happens. BENOIT: Yes, of course. (HOBSON turns to leave but he remembers something and turns back.) HOBSON: Oh, by the way, there were two more of those momentary drops in air pressure while I was on. I have put them in the log. BENOIT: Right. (HOBSON leaves. BENOIT turns to BEN.) BENOIT: Well, there are some coffee cups to clear away if you want to be helpful. And... oh and Ralph, no. 14, needs a hand down in the food store. Can you find your way there? BEN: I'll find it. BENOIT: Good boy. (He turns and walks to a control bank while BEN turns to leave the room.) 13. FOOD STORE (The big stores room is a huge system of racks, each shelf lined with plastic sacks. Ralph, a well built dark skinned man, is disposing of a broken sack. He is amazed to see that it has some holes in it. He slings it into a large bin marked "WASTE CONTAINER UNIT".) RALPH: Anyone would think we got rats up here. (He hears some noise (a tin being knocked over) and there is a tall shadow.) RALPH: Who's that?! (Total silence but Ralph gets the feeling that he isn't alone.) RALPH: WHO IS THAT?! (BEN enters from the doorway.) BEN: Only me, mate. RALPH: Oh, for heaven's sake. Don't go sneaking about like that! BEN: Blimey! You lot aren't half edgy. RALPH: You would be too, mate, if you have been up here long enough. (He notices BEN's look at the broken sacks.) RALPH: Say, are you responsible for the broken bags here. BEN: Come off it, I only just arrived, haven't I? RALPH: Okay. See and you can find that lamp. Round the back, most likely. BEN: Okay. (He walks off into the gathering darkness of the big room.) RALPH: (Talking to himself.) Let's see. Still need some more... Milk and Sugar. (Suddenly he gets that feeling that he wasn't alone again. He turns towards a rack but from behind it comes a silver, three-fingered gloved hand. The new arrival is just off-shot and seen only by the end of its hideous silver claw. The hand touches his head and RALPH cries out in pain. The figure catches him and carries him off.) BEN: (Calling out.) Ralph! (Silence.) BEN: Where are you? (More silence.) BEN: Scarpered. Funny bloke. (BEN leaves, puzzled.) 14. SICKBAY (POLLY is asleep in a chair but starts as the Doctor enters.) POLLY: What is that? (The DOCTOR appears by her.) DOCTOR: Shhhh, it's all right Polly. It's only me. We don't want to wake everybody up do we? (POLLY rubs her forehead as she checks the patient - a sure sign of being tired.) DOCTOR: You look if you can do with some sleep yourself. POLLY: I'm all right. (She notices that the DOCTOR is carrying something.) POLLY: What have you got there? DOCTOR: Oh, I been doing a little investigation. (He shows POLLY what he is carrying: a strip of silver metallic material.) POLLY: A piece of silver paper. What is it? DOCTOR: I don't know. (The lights in the room become lower.) POLLY: What's happened?! DOCTOR: Oh, it's nothing. It probably just a changeover in the time cycle. POLLY: What do you mean? DOCTOR: Oh, you see - it's rather interesting really - you see on the moon, they have a fortnight of days and a fortnight of nights. POLLY: Well? DOCTOR: Well, it's oblivious isn't it? They have to make their own day and night artificially up there - or it would upset their own biological time clock. POLLY: Their what? DOCTOR: They won't know if they were coming or going. Get it? POLLY: (Not completely.) Yes. DOCTOR: Clever girl. QED. That's why it's dark up here. POLLY: (Seeing.) Oh, I see. Yes, of course. How stupid of me. DOCTOR: Of course along the control centre it's probably broad daylight. (POLLY has a slight grin on her face and the DOCTOR spots this.) DOCTOR: Polly, you wouldn't be making fun of me would you? POLLY: (Laughing.) No. (Dr. Evans screams out loud and both of them rush back to his bed. He is tossing restlessly, his face covered in swear.) POLLY: Dr. Evans. (EVANS, who is very weak, speaks in almost a whisper.) EVANS: The hand. No, don't touch me. No. The silver hand. (He cries out again and then goes limp.) POLLY: Doctor, is he... DOCTOR: (Feeling EVAN's forehead and wrist.) Yes, I'm afraid he is. (The DOCTOR draws EVAN's blanket over his face to hide it from sight. He then draws POLLY aside who is slightly crying over the unexplained death.) POLLY: What are we gone to do? DOCTOR: What does he means by the silver hand. I better report this to Mr. Hobson. (With a reassuring hand on POLLY's shoulder. The DOCTOR leaves the bay.) 15. CONTROL ROOM (HOBSON is back on shift and BEN is telling him about RALPH's disappearance.) HOBSON: Can't find him! Ralph!? BEN: Well, I was helping him load some stores and he just disappeared. HOBSON: What! In this place. Well, there are only nineteen of us. (The DOCTOR arriving hears this.) DOCTOR: Have you tried his quarters? BEN: Yes. HOBSON: Why didn't you report this to me? BEN: Well, I just telling you now, aren't I? (HOBSON notices the DOCTOR.) HOBSON: What is it now? DOCTOR: Terribly sorry. It's Dr. Evans. HOBSON: Well? DOCTOR: I'm afraid he's d*ad. HOBSON: (Staring.) d*ad? No. BENOIT: This must be reported at once. HOBSON: Yes, yes... No! No, we haven't got enough data yet. You know what they're like down there. I'll come to the sick bay with you. Come on. 16. SICKBAY (POLLY is trying to give JAMIE a class of water.) POLLY: Here. (JAMIE takes too much of a gulp.) POLLY: Gently, Jamie. (JAMIE takes a couple of more sips. He suddenly point to behind POLLY at a large shadow before passing out.) POLLY: Jamie! (She puts the glass down and turns about slowly. It was almost too late but she sees a shadow and screams. The shadow seemed to be carrying something. The shadows leaves and the door closes behind it just as the DOCTOR and HOBSON enter with some others. POLLY runs into the DOCTOR's arms.) HOBSON: What's the matter? POLLY: (Pointing.) Something just went out of that door! HOBSON: Nils! John! (Both men immediately go towards the other doorway.) DOCTOR: What was it? (NILS and JOHN returns.) NILS: Nothing. Nothing there. (HOBSON looks at POLLY with a look that states "You been working too hard.") HOBSON: Your nerves are getting the better of you. Where's Evan's body? POLLY: (Pointing at the cot.) Over there. (They all walk over to the cot in question.) HOBSON: All right, let's get it over with. (The blanket is pulled back but the body is not there. In it's place is a pile of pillows shaped into the form of a man.) HOBSON: (Angry.) Is this somebody's idea of a particularly bad joke? DOCTOR: (Anxious.) This is no joke, believe me! (BENOIT comes rushing in.) BENOIT: Mr. Hobson, Mr. Hobson, you are wanted! Another man's collapsed at the controls and the Gravitron has been thrown off alignment again. HOBSON: Come on! (He turns back to the Doctor's party.) HOBSON: And you better find that Doctor's body or out you all go - quarantine or no quarantine. POLLY: (Near to tears.) I don't understand what could have happened. I must have dozed off or something but one thing I am sure of - something went out of that door just as you came in. DOCTOR: That body can't just have vanished. Polly, I am going to leave you alone... (POLLY looks worried.) DOCTOR: ...just for a minute. POLLY: All right. (JAMIE stirs as the DOCTOR leaves.) JAMIE: Water. Water. POLLY: (Walking to JAMIE's cot.) I'll go and get you some. (She picks up a cup and makes for the exit.) JAMIE: Water! (POLLY leaves the sickbay leaving JAMIE turning restlessly in his cot. Suddenly, we hear another door open and somebody comes into the room. JAMIE rises from his cot to take a good look at what has been stalking the men of the moonbase... It's silver. Strange black tubes run from some kind of chest unit in the centre of the body. It's face has two holes that might have been eyes and a square slit for what could have been it's mouth. Two pieces of metal connect it's ears to some kind of device in it's forehead. They have changed in the past 84 years since mankind has last seen them, but they are certainly back, for the thing that is facing JAMIE is astonishing enough and in no doubt - A CYBERMAN!) JAMIE: It's you! The phantom piper! (The CYBERMAN moves forward as it looks like it is going to scoop JAMIE up and it extends its arms ready to stun him...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x23 - The Moonbase - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
by KIT PEDLAR first broadcast - 18 February 1967 running time - 24mins 40secs 1. SICK BAY (JAMIE lies half unconscious on a bed. Suddenly he sits up. There is a CYBERMAN in front of him.) JAMIE: It's you. The phantom piper! No! No, I'll not go with ya. (The CYBERMAN leans over him.) JAMIE: Do you hear me piper? No, leave me. (The CYBERMAN moves away.) JAMIE: Leave me, I'll not go with ya. Do you hear me? Leave me. No, I'll not go with ya. (The CYBERMAN goes over to another bed.) JAMIE: I'll fight ya every inch of the way. (The PATIENT on the other bed stirs.) JAMIE: I'll not go with ya. No. (JAMIE continues to mumble as the CYBERMAN begins to pick up the PATIENT.) PATIENT: No! Aah! Aah! Ahh! (The PATIENT tries to struggle but it is useless. The CYBERMAN slings him over his shoulder and starts to leave the sick bay.) JAMIE: Leave me piper. No, leave me, I'll not go. (JAMIE continues to mumble deliriously as POLLY enters with some water through the doors opposite the CYBERMAN. POLLY starts to go to JAMIE but she notices the CYBERMAN carrying the PATIENT. The CYBERMAN leaves through the doors opposite her.) POLLY: (Screaming.) Aaaahhh! (The doors close and POLLY drops the water container. HOBSON, the DOCTOR, BEN and two base crew, SAM and JULES, rush in.) DOCTOR: Polly! HOBSON: What's going on? DOCTOR: Polly, what's happened? (POLLY rushes over to the DOCTOR.) POLLY: Oh, Doctor! Doctor, it was horrible. A great creature like a... like a Cyberman. (POLLY begins to sob.) DOCTOR: It's all right. Don't be frightened. Whatever it was, it's all gone now. POLLY: Yes, but Doctor, the the Cyberman was carrying one of the patients out! DOCTOR: Cyberman? HOBSON: Cyberman? What are you talking about? POLLY: I'm sure it was. I'm sure it was! (JAMIE suddenly sits up.) DOCTOR: Are you sure? JAMIE: I'll not go with you! BEN: Alright mate, you're safe now. Take it easy. POLLY: Yes it did, I promise you. (HOBSON is standing by the bed where the patient was.) HOBSON: She's right. There's yet another one gone. (The DOCTOR, POLLY and BEN go to the missing PATIENT's bed.) HOBSON: Sam, Jules, you've got to find these men. They can't just disappear in a place this size. Search every square inch, don't come back until you've found them. Now move. (SAM and JULES leave. HOBSON goes over to POLLY.) HOBSON: Now, supposing you tell me your story. What did you see? POLLY: Well, I went out to get Jamie some water and... and when I came back I saw this giant man or or or creature or something just going out of the door carrying one of the patients like a doll. I think it was a Cyberman. HOBSON: Forget the Cyberman part. Then what? POLLY: Well, then nothing. The the door shut and then you came in. (HOBSON moves over to the DOCTOR.) HOBSON: What do you know about all this? DOCTOR: Nothing. Absolutely nothing. HOBSON: We'll see about that in a minute. (HOBSON swings round to face POLLY.) HOBSON: This thing you saw, what was it like? POLLY: It was enormous and silver and it had holes in it's head for eyes, like a robot! HOBSON: A robot? BEN: But the Cybermen were all k*lled when Mondas blew up, weren't they? HOBSON: Stop this Cyberman nonsense. There were Cybermen, every child knows that, but they were all destroyed ages ago. DOCTOR: So we all thought. HOBSON: That's enough! Now let's have a little calm thinking. For the past two weeks a completely unknown disease has appeared in the base. People drop in their tracks, they develop this black pattern on their skin. Then some of the patients disappear, right? (HOBSON swings round to face the DOCTOR, BEN and POLLY.) HOBSON: Well, they can't leave the base without wearing space suits, there are no space suits missing, so where are they? DOCTOR: I must say it does sound a little odd. HOBSON: More than a little. Well I do know one thing. A new disease starts, people disappear and then you turn up. (POLLY and BEN walk towards HOBSON.) POLLY: And you think we did it. BEN: Oh, come off it, we haven't done a thing! HOBSON: That's as maybe. I don't know who you are, what you are or where you come from... (Pauses.) ...but you can get off the moon now. BEN: Yeah, well that suits me fine. The sooner the better! (BEN goes over to the door.) DOCTOR: No Ben, we can't go yet. BEN: Well why not? They don't want us here. DOCTOR: Because there is something evil here and we must stay. HOBSON: Evil? Don't be daft! DOCTOR: Evil is what I meant. There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things. Things which act against everything that we believe in. They must be fought. This disease, for instance. It isn't really a disease at all but I can help you with it. You'll see. I'll find the cause for you. HOBSON: Will you indeed? DOCTOR: Yes, certainly. Just need to examine a few things, that's all. Should be simple. HOBSON: Well, I'm not sure. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give you just one Earth day cycle to find the cause. BEN: Earth what? HOBSON: Twenty four hours. BEN: But that's no time at all! HOBSON: It's all the time you're going to get. Then you get off the moon, complete with this bloke here. (HOBSON indicates JAMIE.) POLLY: But you can't move him, he's very ill! DOCTOR: We accept. Now, tell me, (Clearing throat.) hmm, you have pathological equipment here, yes? HOBSON: Yes, Evans was working on an extensive research project. It's all in here. (HOBSON indicates a small round area in the middle of the sick bay.) DOCTOR: Yes, I'll have a look in here. (Clearing throat.) hum. (They enter the research area.) HOBSON: It's quite a small unit. We're not equipped to deal with a full scale epidemic, you understand. Do you think you can manage? DOCTOR: (Examining all the equipment.) Yes, I think I can. HOBSON: Right. Well, I'll leave you to it. But don't forget, twenty four hours. (HOBSON leaves the sick bay. The DOCTOR carries a tray of medical equipment over to one of the patients.) BEN: What are you going to do Doctor? DOCTOR: I'm going to start with this one. (Clearing throat.) Hmm. POLLY: Listen, are you really a medical doctor? (The DOCTOR is taking a skin sample from the patient.) DOCTOR: Yes, I... I think I was once... Polly, I think I took a degree once in Glasgow, 1888 I think. Lister. (He passes POLLY a container with cotton wool inside.) DOCTOR: Hold that Polly, will you? (The DOCTOR takes a swab of cotton wool and rubs it on the patient's wrist, where he took the skin sample. The patient's hand convulses.) POLLY: Uuuhh! (POLLY holds her hands to her face.) POLLY: Uh! Uuh! DOCTOR: It's all right. He's quite unconscious. (Clearing throat.) Hmm. (The DOCTOR carries the tray back to the research area. BEN and POLLY follow.) BEN: Well look, what can we do to help? DOCTOR: I shall need to examine everything. Clothes, boots, food, towels, soap, everything. Will you get them for me please? POLLY: Have you any idea what it might be? DOCTOR: No. Not an idea. But we'll find it out. 2. CONTROL ROOM (One of the base personnel leaves the gravitron control room. He wearily puts away his protective cap and leaves the control room.) HOBSON: I don't understand it. I'm sure there's a lack of coordination somewhere. BENOIT: Yes, but where? HOBSON: On the indicators, look! (On the indicator screen a carefully plotted point moves.) HOBSON: Should be steady as a rock. BENOIT: The fault must be in the gravitron. HOBSON: Nils, here. NILS: Yes Hobby? (NILS joins HOBSON.) HOBSON: I'm going to run a test. Move the probe and we'll see if the indicators move the right distance on the map. (NILS sits down.) HOBSON: OK? NILS: Right. HOBSON: Benoit, keep an eye on the probe itself, will you? BENOIT: OK. (BENOIT turns to BOB.) BENOIT: All yours, Bob. BOB: Right. (They manipulate some controls. BENOIT walks over to the gravitron probe.) HOBSON: Deflect probe five degrees - now. (As NILS operates the control the gravitron probe moves.) HOBSON: Way off! Five degrees should put him over Iceland. Move the probe back again. (NILS does so.) HOBSON: Right. (BENOIT walks over to them.) BENOIT: The probe seemed to deflect alright. HOBSON: The fault must be here. This could be a major disaster if we can't s*ab the Earth's field! NILS: If we lose that hurricane Mr Hobson all hell will break loose on the Earth! I've a wife and family. HOBSON: Yeah, you're not the only one. Roget, check the predentiometers. BENOIT: Right. (BENOIT walks over to the gravitron control area and puts on a cap before entering.) HOBSON: Nils, check the... check the gravitation units. Check it out for everyone one time. (BENOIT goes over to the controls in the gravitron control area.) NILS: Field s*ab at 48, Mr Hobson. HOBSON: Prepare to move probe. Check co-ordinates. We've got to hold that hurricane in the Pacific. Stand by - now. 3. LUNAR SURFACE (We see the gravitron probe raise itself.) 4. CONTROL AREA (BENOIT leaves the gravitron control room and goes over to HOBSON.) BENOIT: Twenty degree tilt. Complete. HOBSON: Field's not correcting. We'll have to increase the reactor power. BENOIT: You can't do that! The torus will burn out! HOBSON: It's all we can do. (The communication centre comes into life.) SPACE CONTROL: (Over radio.) International space control. RADIO OPERATOR: Earth calling. (HOBSON walks over to the communications centre.) SPACE CONTROL: Earth calling Moon weather control. Stand by. Stand by for the controller. RADIO OPERATOR: This is moonbase. Come in please. SPACE CONTROL: We wish to speak to Mr Hobson. HOBSON: Hobson speaking. SPACE CONTROL: Stand by for the controller. HOBSON: Right. He's actually going to speak to us this time. RINBERG: (Over radio.) Controller Rinberg speaking. (HOBSON clears his throat.) RINBERG: Is that you Hobson? HOBSON: Yes, Rinberg. RINBERG: The directional field is showing a progressive error. Reports have come in of wide-spread pressure fluctuations in Atlantic zone 6. You must get the gravitron back into balance. HOBSON: We're trying to compensate by re-aligning the probe. We have an error in the servos. RINBERG: Well there's no sign of any improvement here. We've just had a report from Miami, Florida. Thirty minutes ago they were enjoying clear skies and a heat wave. Now hurricane Lucy is right overhead. BENOIT: There is only one thing to do. HOBSON: What's that? BENOIT: Shut it down. HOBSON: What, switch the gravitron off?! BENOIT: Yes, it's the only chance. HOBSON: We can't do that, man. The collapse of the gravity would devastate half the globe. There'd be storms, whirlwinds, hurricanes... RINBERG: I overheard your conversation. It's quite out of the question. You're not to shut down the gravitron under any circumstances. And that's an order. I er... (Coughs.) I think perhaps you don't appreciate how serious the situation already is. HOBSON: I bet he gets a knighthood! RINBERG: We spent years in a general assembly negotiating methods of agreement between farmers and landowners and so on. (We see the anxious faces of all the base's crew and the furious face of HOBSON.) RINBERG: Now the weather's out of control they're after our blood. I must say I can't blame them. You've got to get that thing under control. Quickly. Now please get on with it. SPACE CONTROL: Earth control over and out. HOBSON: Well, you're all in the picture. We've got trouble, bad trouble, we haven't got much time. We're going to run through every circuit, every field pattern, every damn nut and bolt on Charlie boy in there... (HOBSON indicates the gravitron control room.) HOBSON: ...until he's running sweet and smooth. A full class A test, in fact. Now you all know what to do so let's get on with it. SEVERAL CREW: Ok chief. (They all move away except BENOIT and NILS.) HOBSON: Right, we'll start on the main tape program. BENOIT: Right. (BENOIT and NILS enter a small room off of the control room. HOBSON follows with a clip board.) NILS: It's running now. HOBSON: Right, give it the analogue value on module 6, will you? BENOIT: Will do. They look alright. AF-10 milligons. BF-15 milligons, CF-26. That fits, doesn't it? HOBSON: Yes, they're in normal levels. (He passes BENOIT the clipboard.) HOBSON: Roget, finish checking here, will you? The answer may be in the control panel. BENOIT: Ok. (HOBSON leaves and the DOCTOR enters carrying some tongs and a tray.) BENOIT: I'll sing out the binary conversion values, you check them on read out, ok? NILS: Right. BENOIT: Right. (The DOCTOR takes a sample of loose material from BENOIT's T-shirt. He places it on the tray.) BENOIT: Channel one. (NILS looks at some tape protruding from the machine.) NILS: Yo (NILS checks the figures against the tape.) BENOIT: Eight. NILS: Right. BENOIT: One. NILS: Mm-hm. (The DOCTOR starts to cut a square of material out of BENOIT's trousers.) BENOIT: Three. NILS: Yau. BENOIT: Four. NILS: Yau. BENOIT: Six. NILS: Right. BENOIT: Eight. NILS: Right. BENOIT: Twelve. NILS: Yau. BENOIT: Right? NILS: Right. All spot on. BENOIT: Right. (Suddenly BENOIT notices the DOCTOR who is just finishing cutting the material off of BENOIT's trousers.) BENOIT: Eh là, qu'est-ce que vous fabriquez, imbécile d'idiot! (The DOCTOR removes the material and places it on the tray.) BENOIT: Vous n'avez rien d'autre à faire? Vous croyez que nous sommes en train de nous amuser? (The DOCTOR rises and smiles.) BENOIT: (To NILS) Oh, come on. (To the DOCTOR.) Get out of the way! DOCTOR: Enchanté monsieur. (BENOIT and NILS enter the control area. The DOCTOR follows.) BENOIT: Now, where were we? Ah yes, the fluid servo pressures. I reckon this is probably where the fault is. NILS: Er, do you want them all or just the main t*nk readings? BENOIT: Just the main will do. NILS: Right. (NILS examines a console.) NILS: Header one-45 pounds. BENOIT: Yes. NILS: Header two-47 BENOIT: Yes. NILS: Three-42. (The DOCTOR starts untying NILS' boot.) BENOIT: Yes. NILS: Sin values equivalent. BENOIT: They all fit. Nothing there. NILS: It must be the potentiometer nut, then. BENOIT: Looks like it. Take us some time to do that. We'll need the digital volt meter. (Someone walks over to NILS and the DOCTOR.) NILS: Right, I'll get it. (As NILS steps away the DOCTOR is left with the boot in his hand. The DOCTOR stands up, only to come face to face with HOBSON.) HOBSON: What the blazes are you doing?! DOCTOR: I'm, er, just collecting specimins. HOBSON: Specimens? Oh yes, yes. Well get on with it! 5. SICK BAY (BEN is examining a bottle labelled "INTERFERON". He takes it over to POLLY.) BEN: We're nearly out of this interferon stuff. POLLY: Oh, well you'd better go and ask Mr Hobson where the rest is. BEN: Yeah, right. (BEN takes the bottle and leaves. POLLY walks over to JAMIE. JAMIE is tossing and moaning.) JAMIE: Uuhuuh! Uuhuh! POLLY: Sshh. It's all right Jamie, you're going to get better but you must lie still. JAMIE: Uuhuh, what is this place? Is it the home of the piper? POLLY: No, we're on the moon. You know, the moon, up in the sky. JAMIE: Oh no, I can't be alive. I I've just seen the piper. (Suddenly JAMIE sits up and looks past POLLY.) JAMIE: Aahah! (POLLY turns to see what JAMIE is looking at and comes face to face with a CYBERMAN.) POLLY: Uuh! (POLLY backs away.) POLLY: Uh! Uh! Uuh! (The CYBERMAN raises its arms. Some sort of flash comes out of it's fingertips. POLLY convulses and collapses onto the floor. The CYBERMAN then turns and advances on JAMIE.) JAMIE: The piper! I I knew! (The CYBERMAN fires another flash and JAMIE falls unconscious. It advances on JAMIE, but after looking at JAMIE's face the CYBERMAN turns away. The CYBERMAN goes over to another bed and effortlessly picks up the patient. The CYBERMAN leaves with the PATIENT in its arms. The DOCTOR enters with his tray and sees POLLY lying on the ground. He hurriedly puts down the tray and rushes over to her.) DOCTOR: Polly! What's happened? Polly! (POLLY does not respond.) 6. CONTROL ROOM (HOBSON is supervising the tests. He walks over to BENOIT, who is by the gravitron probe.) HOBSON: Anything out on the probe's servos? BENOIT: The aero detectors show a slight discrepancy. Normal limits, though. HOBSON: What about the overall feedback valve? We haven't checked that. BENOIT: Well, that's an idea. (BENOIT walks away from the probe.) HOBSON: You know, I don't think it's likely to be a mechanical fault. (JOE, one of the base personnel, rushes over.) JOE: Mr Hobson, an air pressure drop again. HOBSON: Same as before? JOE: Yes, just the same. Lasts about five seconds. HOBSON: Something odd. It's not the pumps, I'm sure of that. Has anyone asked permission to leave the base? JOE: No, as far as I know the compression chamber's empty. HOBSON: If I find anybody's been fooling about in there without permission, I'll tear their hides off! 7. STORE ROOM (We see a pile of food in bags against one wall. Suddenly, a CYBERMAN pushes the pile down and emerges from a hole hidden behind them. He walks into the store room and starts to pile the food bags back against the wall to conceal the hole.) 8. CONTROL ROOM JOE: Pressure's up again now sir. HOBSON: Thank heaven for that. I'm going to check over the control loop monitor. BENOIT: Control loop monitor. Huh! I think you're wasting your time. HOBSON: Nothing's a waste of time till we trace this fault, and don't you forget it! You saw what's happening on Earth, we can't afford to miss anything, now get on with it! (HOBSON begins to walk away.) SAM: I think I've found something! HOBSON: What is it? SAM: One of the probe control antennae. (HOBSON walks over.) BENOIT: Well? What's the matter with it? SAM: Well, according to these readings there are at least two pieces of it missing. It's just not coordinating. HOBSON: Missing? BENOIT: Meteorites? HOBSON: Could be. There could be a simpler explanation. Roget, when did these people arrive here? BENOIT: The end of period 11 this present lunar day. HOBSON: And when did the gravitron start playing up? BENOIT: About the beginning of period 12. HOBSON: Sam, when was the last time we had anyone outside? SAM: During period 13. Two men went outside to realign one of the solar mirrors. HOBSON: That's it! BENOIT: I'm not quite with you. HOBSON: Well it's simple. Strangers arrive period 11, the gravitron goes up the spout period 12. BENOIT: I understand! But that means... HOBSON: Come on! It's time we put that Doctor and his friend in cold storage. (HOBSON, BENOIT and SAM start to leave. HOBSON stops in mid stride.) HOBSON: Just a second. Get two men outside to look at the antennae, will you Sam? SAM: Ok. (Sam walks over to JOE, who is sitting at a console.) SAM: Right, Joe nip along to the mess deck, tell Jules and Franz I want them here pretty sharpish. JOE: Right. (JOE starts to leave but he stops when he sees BEN enter.) HOBSON: Well, now what is it? BEN: Another patient's gone sir. HOBSON: What?! Come on! (HOBSON, BEN, JOE and BENOIT all rush out of the room.) 9. COMPRESSION CHAMBER (The door opens and JULES and FRANZ enter. They are wearing space suits. They check each other's pipes are securely in and pat each other on the shoulder to communicate this fact. They walk through another door and start to climb two ladders. They reach the top and one of them presses a button. Two doors open that lead out onto the moon's surface and they walk through them.) 10. RESEARCH AREA IN SICK BAY (The DOCTOR is examining slides in a microscope. He stands up.) DOCTOR: (Tutting.) Ttt. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. POLLY: Isn't there any clue at all? DOCTOR: No. It's a complete blank. All the tests are negative. (He leaves the research area.) DOCTOR: As far as I can see this whole ridiculous place is completely sterile! (He picks up some stuff on one of the empty beds and examines it.) POLLY: We'll have to go and tell Mr Hobson, I suppose. DOCTOR: He's not going to like it very much. (The DOCTOR picks up NILS' boot.) DOCTOR: I simply don't understand it. POLLY: Doctor, erm, it it wouldn't... I mean it couldn't possibly have anything to do with Lister, could it? DOCTOR: Lister? POLLY: Well, I mean, you did say that you took your degree in Glasgow in 1888. It does seem an awful long time from now, 2070 or whatever it is. DOCTOR: Polly, are you suggesting that I'm not competent to carry out these tests? POLLY: Oh no. No, no no, no I was just wondering if there was anything that Joseph Lister didn't know in 1888 that might possibly help you now. DOCTOR: Sshh! Somebody's coming. (The DOCTOR walks towards the door.) DOCTOR: It's Mr Hobson! Out for blood. Ours! (Coughs.) Hmm, look busy. Quick! (The DOCTOR rushes into the research area just as HOBSON, BEN, TED and BENOIT walk into the sick bay.) HOBSON: That's as might be but that's the third person to disappear in the past few hours. It's completely illogical. Single beds, no way to get out... DOCTOR: Do you mind?! (He stands up from the microscope which he was "examining".) HOBSON: What? DOCTOR: Would you mind standing away from the door and allowing it to close? The slides, the dust! HOBSON: Benoit. (He indicates the doors and BENOIT closes them. HOBSON walks over to the DOCTOR.) HOBSON: It must be you people. We've got some straight talking to do, you and I! DOCTOR: Polly. (The DOCTOR looks as if he's found something on the slide.) POLLY: Yes? DOCTOR: Another boot. POLLY: Right. (POLLY goes to get another boot from the bed.) HOBSON: Do you hear me?! DOCTOR: Mmm? (He looks at HOBSON.) DOCTOR: This is extraordinary! (POLLY walks over and passes the DOCTOR a boot.) POLLY: Here we go. DOCTOR: Here. (Polly places the boot on the table by the microscope. HOBSON walks over into the research area. The DOCTOR removes a lens from the microscope.) HOBSON: Now look here... DOCTOR: Excuse me please. (The DOCTOR goes to get a different lens for the microscope. He then fits it onto the microscope.) DOCTOR: We are trying to help you, you know. HOBSON: Help? Is that what you call it?! You can all get off the moon now! POLLY: Now, wait a minute, you said... HOBSON: I don't care what I said! DOCTOR: Aahh! HOBSON: Found something? (HOBSON is intrigued.) DOCTOR: I think perhaps I have. HOBSON: Really? (HOBSON leans closer to the microscope.) DOCTOR: Yes I... I may be onto something but - I must have some room! (Coughs.) Hhh. How can I work under these conditions? Now out, please! (The DOCTOR pushes HOBSON out of the research area.) DOCTOR: Come along, outside. I'm trying to work in here! Ben, see that they stay outside. (BEN, TED, HOBSON and BENOIT leave.) POLLY: Doctor, did you mean that? DOCTOR: What? POLLY: You've found something! DOCTOR: Oh Polly, I only wish I had. (POLLY shrugs.) DOCTOR: Why not make some coffee to keep them all happy while I think of something? POLLY: All right. (POLLY leaves.) 11. LUNAR SURFACE (JULES and FRANZ walk over to the antennae. They begin examining it. Suddenly they turn around. Two CYBERMEN are standing there. The CYBERMEN raise their arms and strike the two men. JULES and FRANZ collapse to the ground.) 12. HALLWAY OUTSIDE SICK BAY (HOBSON, SAM and BENOIT and another crew member, TED, are waiting outside. The DOCTOR emerges from the sick bay.) HOBSON: Here, Doctor. (He beckons the DOCTOR over.) HOBSON: You've completed your examination? DOCTOR: Yes, just about. HOBSON: Turned the base upside-down, poked into everything? DOCTOR: Yes, clothes, boots, food... HOBSON: And you've found? DOCTOR: Absolutely nothing. HOBSON: Just as I thought. DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. HOBSON: So what I told you still stands. (POLLY enters with a tray of coffee.) DOCTOR: Ah, coffee! Splendid. Thank you Polly, er, I think we could all do with a cup. (POLLY places the tray on the floor.) HOBSON: Benoit, you'd better go outside and see how Jules and Franz are getting on. BENOIT: Right. (BENOIT leaves.) 13. LUNAR SURFACE (There are two empty space suits lying by the antennae.) 14. HALL OUTSIDE SICK BAY POLLY: Coffee? HOBSON: Well Doctor... POLLY: Sugar? HOBSON: Oh er, er, thank you. (POLLY passes HOBSON a container of sugar.) POLLY: It's very hot. Doctor, what about you? DOCTOR: Thank you Polly. (JOHN is drinking some coffee.) HOBSON: Well Doctor, as I was saying, you've had your chance and you've come up with absolutely nothing. Now I want... (JOHN sways, then screams and collapses onto the floor.) DOCTOR: Now, don't touch him! Let me look. (As the DOCTOR looks a black pattern appears on JOHN's skin.) HOBSON: Here, Charlie and you - what's your name, Ben, give us a hand to get him into the medical unit. DOCTOR: Try not to touch his skin. (JOHN is carried into the sick bay. HOBSON, POLLY and the DOCTOR sit down. HOBSON picks up his coffee and the DOCTOR realises something. The DOCTOR looks at the sugar.) DOCTOR: Don't drink that! (The DOCTOR knocks HOBSON's coffee out of his hands.) HOBSON: What? DOCTOR: It's the sugar! Don't you see? That's why the disease doesn't affect everyone. It's the sugar, not everyone takes it! (HOBSON goes to pick up the sugar.) DOCTOR: No, don't touch it! (The DOCTOR produces the tongs from his pocket and picks up the container with them. He enters the sick bay and rushes over to the microscope. He puts some sugar onto a slide.) HOBSON: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Just be patient. (He examines the slide under the microscope and we see some sort of organism is on the slide.) DOCTOR: Just as I thought. A large, neurotropic virus. HOBSON: What, like the space plague? DOCTOR: No. It's a large, infective agent that only att*cks the nerves. That's why the patients have got these lines on their faces and their hands. It follows the course of the nerves under the skin. HOBSON: That's all very well, but how did it get in here? DOCTOR: Oh, it is the Cybermen. I believe they have deliberately infected the base. HOBSON: My men have searched every square inch of the base. There's no space to hide a cat, let alone a Cyberman! Anyhow, how did they get in? (The DOCTOR realises something.) DOCTOR: One moment. HOBSON: What is it? (The DOCTOR, HOBSON, BEN and POLLY walk over to a bed.) DOCTOR: You say you searched all the base? HOBSON: Yes. What of it? DOCTOR: Every nook and cranny? HOBSON: Yes. DOCTOR: No chance of anyone hiding anywhere? HOBSON: None whatever. DOCTOR: Did your men search in here? HOBSON: Well... DOCTOR: Did they? HOBSON: Well, (Sighs.) there are always people in here so they thought that... DOCTOR: (Whispering urgently.) Did they search in here? HOBSON: No! POLLY: But there's nowhere in here they could hide. (Everyone follows the DOCTOR over to a bed. The DOCTOR inspects all the beds in turn until he comes to one particular bed. He sees the boots of a Cyberman sticking out.) POLLY: Oh no! (The DOCTOR indicates for everyone to back away.) POLLY: No! No! Oh no! (The CYBERMAN gets out of the bed. The whole bed shakes with his strength, as even this simple movement shows. He withdraws his g*n from it's holster and advances towards the DOCTOR and co...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x24 - The Moonbase - part 2"}
foreverdreaming
by GERRY DAVIS (Uncredited) and KIT PEDLER first broadcast - 25 February, 1967 running time - 25mins 15secs 1. SICKBAY (The CYBERMAN stands and pulls out its w*apon and points it at the DOCTOR and the others. It notices that one of the crew is trying to leave the room unnoticed.) CYBER 1: Stand back, stand back from that door. HOBSON: You're right! It is them! (BOB, one of the Moonbase crew, tries to rush the Cyberman.) HOBSON: Quick! Get out of it! DOCTOR: (Screaming.) No! (A second of the giants appears through the door and fires it`s w*apon. BOB falls to the ground, smoke ebbing from his horribly charred body. HOBSON goes over and checks the body.) CYBER 1: Remain still. HOBSON: You devils! You k*lled him! An unarmed man! CYBER 1: Get up. (While HOBSON does so and moves back to the others, The first Cyberman communicates with the second.) CYBER 1: See that they remain there. CYBER 2: Yes. (The first Cyberman now tries to communicate with another via a transmitter, operating a control on his chest unit.) CYBER 1: Operational System Two now complete. Operational System Two now complete. 2. MOON'S SURFACE (We see a Cyberman's spacecraft which has landed on the lunar surface not far from the base.) 3. CYBERMEN'S SPACECRAFT, INTERIOR (We see the face of another Cyberman who is looking into a small screen in which a lot of little lights can be seen.) CYBER 1: (Over communicator.) Ready to start Operational System Three CYBER 3: Understood. Operational System Three will now begin. 4. SICKBAY (The first Cyberman turns back to the group and moves closer to the DOCTOR and looks down on him.) CYBER 1: You are known to us. DOCTOR: (Looking a little scared.) And you to me. CYBER 1: Silence. (The Cyberman turns back to the whole group.) CYBER 1: Who is in command? HOBSON: I am. CYBER 1: (To HOBSON.) You will be needed. HOBSON: (With anger.) What have you done with my men? CYBER 1: They will return. HOBSON: (Surprised.) They're not d*ad?! CYBER 1: No. They are not d*ad. They are altered. BEN: Altered? What have you done to them? CYBER 1: They are now controlled. (HOBSON takes a step forward.) HOBSON: If you do anything to my... CYBER 1: You will do nothing. (Meanwhile the other Cyberman examines the other patients. He comes to JAMIE.) CYBER 2: This one has not received Neurotrope. Stand back! (It levels it's g*n but POLLY moved forward into it`s path.) POLLY: Please leave him alone. He's head is hurt. He had an accident. CYBER 2: His head? Then he would be of no value. (He turns to the first Cyberman.) CYBER 2: The others are ready for conversion. (The first Cyberman turns to HOBSON again.) CYBER 1: You will now take us to the control centre. HOBSON: I'll be damned... (The first Cyberman moves forwards thr*at with his w*apon and HOBSON, seeing it, keeps quiet and seeing that he has got no choice leads the way.) HOBSON: Through here. (The whole group starts to move towards the door but at the last minute, the Cybermen change their minds, and turn to BEN and POLLY, who are the last two people in the room...) CYBER 1: You will remain here. If you leave you will be converted like the others. (BEN and POLLY see that they are staying behind to assist the patients who are still in their cots and all bar BEN and POLLY are pushed through the door and the door closes behind them.) BEN: I don't like that word - "converted." 5. CYBERMAN'S SPACECRAFT, INTERIOR (The three missing men, fitted with metal skull caps, are tested for control. The caps are spring clips running from forehead to occipital.) CYBER 3: Raise your left arm. (Like a zombie one of the missing men raises his left arm.) CYBER 3: Raise your right arm. (Same again but with the opposite arm. Another Cyberman enters into view.) CYBER 4: Control is excellent. (He points to one of the men.) CYBER 4: Transfer that one to the capsule. (The chosen man stands. Some Cybermen wheel a steel cylinder forwards, the shape and size of a man. CYBER 4 picks up the human and lowers him into the capsule.) 6. CONTROL ROOM (In the control room, BENOIT is trying to contact the men fixing the antenna...) BENOIT: It's about time that we heard from those two outside. Let's have a word with them. (Joe operates some switches on his console.) NILS: (At the communicator.) All yours, Roger. BENOIT: (Into the communicator.) Survey party, come in please. (Static comes from the communicator.) BENOIT: Survey party, come in please. (More static...) 7. LUNAR SURFACE (We see two empty spacesuits floating in the lunar gravity and hear the beeping of the Survey party's communicator but there is nobody around to answer it.) 8. CONTROL ROOM BENOIT: Survey party, come in, we are not receiving you, over. (More static comes from the speaker. BENOIT turns in puzzlement to NILS.) BENOIT: Can we see the control antenna from here? NILS: No, Roger. It's just around that first block just outside the main port. BENOIT: So, we have to send somebody outside so get ready... (HOBSON starts to come through the doors, BENOIT turns to him...) BENOIT: We have to... HOBSON: Get back! Get back! These things are lethal! (NILS, BENOIT and the other crew are amazed to see the first Cyberman come into the room, followed by the rest of the party and then the second Cyberman bringing up the rear.) CYBER 1: (To everybody.) None will move. (BENOIT moves a little bit.) CYBER 1: You will remain still. If you move you will be k*lled. BENOIT: (Amazed.) What are they?! How did they get in!? CYBER 1: Silence! We are Cybermen! You will listen. BENOIT: (Still amazed.) But you were all k*lled! CYBER 1: We are going to take over the Gravitron and use it to destroy the surface of the Earth by changing the weather. HOBSON: (Shocked.) But that will k*ll everybody on the Earth. CYBER 1: Yes. HOBSON: You're supposed to be so advanced. Here you are, taking your revenge like children. CYBER 1: Revenge? What is that? HOBSON: A feeling people have... CYBER 1: Feelings? Yes, we know of this weakness of yours. We are fortunate. We do not posses feelings. BENOIT: Then why are you here? CYBER 1: To eliminate all dangers. HOBSON: (Half anger/half shock.) But you k*ll every single thing on the Earth! CYBER 1: Yes. All dangers will be eliminated. BENOIT: Have you no mercy? CYBER 1: It is unnecessary. (He turns to his companion.) CYBER 1: Keep watch on them. (While the second Cyberman keeps guard on the crew, the first Cyberman goes over to another corner of the room. He unfolds an aerial from his chest unit. Nearby NILS and BENOIT, who have moved to be with the others, try to move forward but HOBSON stops them.) HOBSON: Don't rush them! CYBER 1: (Into communicator.) Operational System Four. Operation System Four. Operational System Four complete. Entry to base now completed. (This pips the controller's interest.) HOBSON: Entry? How did you get in? CYBER 1: It was very simple. Only stupid Earth brains like yours would have been fooled. HOBSON: Go on. CYBER 1: Since we couldn't approach direct, we came up under the surface and cut our way in through your store room, contaminating your food supply on the way. A simple hole that's all. HOBSON: A hole! That explains those sudden air pressure drops we been having. CYBER 1: (With what might have been sarcasm.) Clever! Clever! Clever! (Clearly a sudden computer error resulting in a moment of emotion filtering into the machine`s computer brain, before it`s central computer realises that "Clever Clever" is not a very tough Cyberman thing to say.) 9. SICKBAY (In the sickbay, BEN sits gloomily while POLLY picks her nails. JAMIE awakes. He tries to get out of bed and this causes POLLY to rush over to him.) POLLY: Hey, what do you think you're doing? (She feels his forehead.) POLLY: You seem to be better. JAMIE: (Trying to get up again.) Aye, I feel myself again. POLLY: (Pushes him back.) Lie back there! JAMIE: But I'm better! (Some thing causes him to rub his head - perhaps getting up too quickly.) JAMIE: Oh, my head. BEN: Well, take it easy, mate. POLLY: At least, you know it is not your McCrimmon piper. JAMIE: It had me worried though, I admit that. BEN: Yeah, those Cybermen have got us all worried mate. We see them in action before. POLLY: (Thinking.) They must have some weakness. BEN: They have, don't you remember. They can't stand radiation. POLLY: But where do we find that here? BEN: (Thinking too.) There's the Gravitron power pack but that's thermonuclear. None can get near it once its going. POLLY: Why not? BEN: Because Duchess, the temperature inside is about four million degrees, that's all. (JAMIE tries to help.) JAMIE: Well, in my day, they used to sprinkle witches with holy water. BEN: (Laughing.) Fat lot of use that would be on them. POLLY: (Thinking hard.) Sprinkle... Holy Water... Ben! BEN: Yeah? POLLY: What are the Cybermen covered in? BEN: As far as I know, their suit is a metal of some sort. POLLY: (Groans and then.) What about that thing on their chests? You know the part that replaced their heart and lungs. BEN: Some kind of plastic I think. POLLY: (An idea comes to her.) I thought so. You see, it's simple. Nail vanish remover dissolves nail vanish. Nail vanish is a plastic so we do what Jamie says, we sprinkle them, see?! BEN: No, clear as mud if you ask me. POLLY: (Turning to the bench.) Anyway, I am going to try an experiment. BEN: Yes, Professor. 10. CONTROL ROOM (A hush falls over the room as the door to the corridor opens and some men and another Cyberman enters the room. The Cyberman is holding (and operating) a small control box. Each of the men is one that was taken from the hospital and is covered with the marks of the nerve virus. To the crew's amazement, one of the men turns on to be...) HOBSON: Dr. Evans! I thought that they were all d*ad! BENOIT: Better if they were by the look of it. (The controlled men stand by the first Cyberman who turns to the normal crew who, having not moved, are still by their normal working stations.) CYBER 1: You will leave your places. Go over there. (He points to where the DOCTOR, HOBSON and co. are standing. Some move but one doesn't move. The Cyberman speaks to him with a slight bit of menace in his voice.) CYBER 1: You will move. Tell the operators in the power unit to come out. (The crewman looks torn.) CYBER 1: Now. (HOBSON moves to the windows of the power unit and talks through a microphone.) HOBSON: All right, you can all see what is happening. Come on out, leave the machine and don't try anything. (The normal crew leaves the power unit room and each of the controlled men takes over a key control point in the room. The Cybermen are taking no chances this time.) CYBER 1: They will now take over the Gravitron power unit. CYBER 2: Yes. (The controlled men starts to move controls causing the Gravitron to power up.) BENOIT: (Into shock.) But you can't send them in their without protected helmets. CYBER 1: Why? BENOIT: The machine produces very intense sonic fields. Without the helmets, those men will be insane in a few hours! CYBER 1: How many hours? BENOIT: Twelve possibly. CYBER 1: Then there is no problem. BENOIT: Why? CYBER 1: Our purpose will be achieved before that. BENOIT: But what about the men? CYBER 1: They will be disposed of. (The DOCTOR, HOBSON and co. give each other shocked looks. The controlled men continue to change the Gravitron co-ordinates and the light on the map of the Earth on the wall begins to wander all over the Earth. The DOCTOR looks at the control box held by the Cyberman, which is humming.) 11. SICKBAY (POLLY has got lots of bottles covering the bench while JAMIE and BEN stand back seeing that POLLY is concentrating. She test droplets of plastic into various liquids.) POLLY: Ben? BEN: Yep? POLLY: What is nail vanish remover? BEN: Sort of finish, sort of acetone isn't it? POLLY: Acetone, of course! (She checks her collection of bottles and finds the one she was looking for.) POLLY: Great, we have some of that. (She pours some of it into a glass.) POLLY: Now, keep your fingers crossed. (She puts some bit of plastic into the glass and it dissolves.) POLLY: It's works! BEN: But I still don't know what you are on about. POLLY: If we can sprinkle some of that on their chest units, it might help to soften them. BEN: (Realising.) I get it! It will clobber their controls or something. POLLY: Yes, that's it. BEN: Yeah, but how do we know that acetone will dissolve their sort of plastic? POLLY: Hmmm, haven't thought of that. BEN: (Thinking.) Just a moment though, if we make up a mixture. POLLY: Of all the solvents. BEN: What have we got?! POLLY: (Looking through the bottles.) Belezine, Ether, Alcohol. BEN: We brew up a right little cocktail. POLLY: Yes. (They start to pour it into the bottle but then POLLY stops.) POLLY: Wait a minute, how are we going to throw it at them? BEN: Well, in bottles I suppose. (He thinks.) Just a tick though, I got a better idea. 12. CONTROL ROOM CYBER 1: Prepare to align the field rectors. (The party of normal crew including the DOCTOR are powerless. We hear power building up into the Gravitron as RALPH alters the controls and the cursors on the main map move.) CYBER 1: Main power into projected radius now. (More controls are thrown.) CYBER 1: Service pumps to full pressure. (Nearby, the DOCTOR and HOBSON draw closer.) HOBSON: Why have they gone to so such trouble? DOCTOR: What do you mean? HOBSON: Why didn't they operate the control themselves? (The DOCTOR has an idea. He takes out his recorder and blows a high-pitched note from it. The controlled men stops working the controls and stand dazed.) CYBER 1: What is happening? CYBER 2: There is loss of control. (The DOCTOR stops playing the note and the controlled men turn back to their tasks.) DOCTOR: (Thinking to himself.) Thought so, sonic control. That should be easy. (A puzzled look comes over his face.) DOCTOR: (Thinking to himself.) Funny. (Out loud.) Funny. (Thinking to himself.) To go to all that trouble to make the men do the work. Why? (Out loud.) Do it themselves, easy. (Thinking to himself.) They're using the men as tools. Why? (Out loud.) Don't know. (Thinking to himself.) Yes, I do though. (Out loud.) There must be something in here they don't like. (Thinking to himself.) Pressure? (Out loud.) No, no. (Thinking to himself.) Electricity? (Out loud.) No. (Thinking to himself.) Radiation? (Out loud.) Maybe. (Thinking to himself.) Grav... Gravity! Now there's a thought. Gravity. (Out loud.) Oh yes, Gravity. (Nearby...) CYBER 1: Start probe generators. Realign the probe. (The Gravitron probe starts to move upwards, under the power room direction until it is in a vertical position.) CYBER 1: Probe field to full power. Now. HOBSON: (Speaking louder.) They devastate the whole Earth when that field takes hold. BENOIT: We got to do something. (A voice echoes into the room from the communicator.) VOICE: (OOV.) Earth Control calling Moonbase. Come in please. CYBER 1: (To the c*ptive.) Remain still. VOICE: (OOV.) Hello Moonbase, come in please. CYBER 1: You will all be silent. VOICE: (OOV.) Moonbase, come in please. Hello? Hello? Reading on five centimetre band. Come in. Your last routine signal was not received, over. (Silence.) VOICE: We are not receiving you, over. If you hear us and cannot transmit, f*re sodium rocket. We will see the flare. CYBER 1: (To HOBSON.) What does that mean? HOBSON: It is a distress rocket. It injects sodium into space and the sunlight turns the sodium into a solar flare. CYBER 1: What will your Earth do if they do not see the flare? HOBSON: Well, they'll think... (He thinks that a lie would be preferable.) HOBSON: ...we're all d*ad, they'll do nothing. VOICE: (OOV.) Standing by to observe flare. Standing by... (The first Cyberman switches off the communicator.) HOBSON: If they don't get our next transmission, they'll send up a relief rocket. 13. SICKBAY (BEN is holding a f*re extinguisher and explaining it to JAMIE.) BEN: So, get it. This bottle holds the stuff that puts the f*re out and this cylinder pushes gas into the bottle so that the stuff comes out here. Now, all we got to do is to undo it... (He unscrews the lid. The smell of the f*re extinguisher causes both men to wrinkle their noses.) BEN: Poar! Empty it and fill it with Polly cocktail. (POLLY comes over with a big container of the liquid.) POLLY: I got it all ready here. BEN: Good. What did you put in it? POLLY: Let's think... Belezine, Ether, Alcohol, Acetone and Profane. BEN: Blimey, one of them should do it. (Holding up the extinguisher.) BEN: Now, we need another one of these. JAMIE: Right I'll get it. BEN: No, you stay where you are Jamie. POLLY: Jamie, you`re not well enough. JAMIE: It's take more than a wee crack on the head to keep a McCrimmon down. BEN: Look mate, we don't want you cracking up on us. I'm sure Polly's very impressed... JAMIE: Look I said, I'm feeling better. Now, would you like me to prove it to you? (BEN rose to the challenge.) BEN: Any time, mate. (POLLY decides to be peace-maker.) POLLY: Now, come on. Haven't we got enough trouble without you two fighting. JAMIE: I go. BEN: Come on then. (They all start toward the door.) BEN: Not you, Polly. This is men's work. 14. CONTROL ROOM (HOBSON starts to worry about the state of the controlled men as one of them collapses.) HOBSON: You'll k*ll them! CYBER 2: (Raising his w*apon.) If you will not remain silent you will be put under brain control. (The Cyberman with the control box alters it`s settings and the collapsed human rises to his feet, like a puppet on a string...) 15. CORRIDOR, NEAR THE CONTROL ROOM (BEN and JAMIE moves towards the door of the control room and Ben jumps a little when he sees POLLY coming up behind him.) BEN: Polly! I thought that I told you to stay behind. POLLY: (Determined.) I'm coming with you. JAMIE: Maybe not, now go back. POLLY: I'm coming with you and that's that! You still need someone... (She waves a f*re extinguisher in the air.) JAMIE: I don't want... (BEN, fearing the Cybermen might hear them, steps in.) BEN: Look! There's no time for that now. If you're coming, come on. (They hover outside the door as BEN turns about for the team's final instructions.) BEN: Now look, we only have one chance at this. When I open the door, drop down as low as you can, aim this things... (Holding up the cylinder.) ...at their chests and squirt like mad. Right? JAMIE: Right. (BEN peers through a small window in the door.) BEN: Get ready. 16. CONTROL ROOM (The first Cyberman hears Ben, Jamie, and Polly outside the door.) CYBER 1: Someone is there. (The DOCTOR seeing that BEN, POLLY and JAMIE have a plan decides to move some of the sonic controls which are behind him as a distraction. A shrill tone rings out and all the controlled men jerk about before freezing. The Cyberman with the control box struggles to maintain control over them, but without success.) CYBER 2: The beam is jammed! (He aims his w*apon at the DOCTOR just as...) (They burst into the room squirting the liquid at the Cybermen.) BEN: (Shouting.) Quick, get their chest things! (The Cybermen's chest units begin to dissolve. The Cybermen try to aim their w*apon on them but fail as almost as one they fall and struggle as if they were dying. Their limbs collapse, their chest units dissolve in a fury of foam and melted plastic.) DOCTOR: (Rushing into the power room.) Quick, get these things off their heads! (The caps are removed from the controlled men, who stand frozen in their last positions of motion. The normal crew dash back to their places.) HOBSON: Come on! Quick, there isn't a moment to lose. We got to get the Gravitron down to base level. POLLY: What about those poor men? HOBSON: Shift them off to the medical unit, as quick as you can. 17. CYBERMEN'S SPACE SHIP, INTERIOR CYBER 3: (Into communicator.) We are not receiving you. We are not receiving you. CYBER 4: They must have failed. CYBER 3: Yes. We must inv*de now. Prepare the w*apon. CYBER 4: Yes. 18. CONTROL ROOM (Everybody is busy and the controlled men have been moved to the sickbay.) BENOIT: Before all this, we lost contact with those two men outside. HOBSON: Well, send somebody else out. BENOIT: Can't spare anyone. I'll go myself. HOBSON: Field strength is s*ab, isn't it? BENOIT: Yes. Yes, it's all right. (He moves towards the door.) HOBSON: Keep in RT contract and be quick. (He moves over the NILS who is back manning the communicator.) HOBSON: Nils? NILS: Yep? HOBSON: Hook your controls into Joe's channel and keep an eye on Roger when he's outside. NILS: Right. (He leaves the room.) 19. LUNAR SURFACE (BENOIT pulls his spacesuit on and his helmet down. There is a hiss of oxygen escaping as the airlock glides open. BENOIT shimmies up a ladder to the Moons surface, where he catches sight of the broken antennae. He finds the two empty spacesuits. But something moves, just out of view...) BENOIT: (Into communicator.) Hello Base, Hello Base. I've found them. Hmm, At least, I found their suits. They got them, I'm afraid. 20. CONTROL ROOM (HOBSON is by the communicator.) HOBSON: Well, there's nothing we can do about that now. You better come inside as quick as you can. BENOIT: (OOV.) I will. (NILS, who has been watching out the window, comes rushing over to HOBSON.) NILS: Sir, sir! There's one of those things outside. He's after Roger Benoit. HOBSON: (Into communicator.) You hear that, Roger? 21. LUNAR SURFACE (BENOIT looks around nervously. Another crewman is with him.) BENOIT: (Into communicator.) Yes, I did but he must be mistaken. There's none to be seen around here. (Then, suddenly, a Cyberman appears and makes a grab for BENOIT. BENOIT cries out and jumps back out of the Cyberman's reach.) BENOIT: (Backing away back towards the dome as the Cyberman approaches.) No! No! (The other crewman, having one of the Polly-cocktail cylinders, tries to f*re it at the Cyberman but nothing comes out. To the other crewman:.) BENOIT: Did you see that? Those things don't work in the vacuum! 22. CONTROL ROOM (Everybody is watching the chase.) POLLY: Why can't you squirt it at them, like you did just now? BEN: Because duchess, it would evaporate in the vacuum before it hits them. There, now come on. (They both rush out of the room.) 23. LUNAR SURFACE (The Cyberman chases the two spacemen back across the surface.) 24. AIRLOCK (We see POLLY helping BEN into another suit.) 25. LUNAR SURFACE (The spacemen get nearer to the door.) 26. AIRLOCK (BEN, now fully in a suit, and POLLY outside in the corridor, opens the airlock door. BENOIT and the crewman has made it to the door with the chasing Cyberman right behind them. BEN throws a bottle of liquid at the Cyberman which hits it square in the chest unit. It collapses and dies.) BEN: Come on, quick. (All three get back into the airlock and the door closes and locks behind them. Outside we see another couple of Cybermen arriving at the airlock.) 27. CONTROL ROOM NILS: (Excited.) They're in! That fellow Ben got one of them. JAMIE: That was Ben? (HOBSON decides to make an announcement.) HOBSON: Now listen everybody. I don't know how many more of these Cybermen there are, but our point of view we are under siege. I'll reckon they will be back in a bit... (He turns to a crewman who has taken over at the communicator.) HOBSON: Now communications. Charlie, keep trying to get through to Earth. Right? CHARLIE: Right, will do. HOBSON: (To everybody else.) The rest of you, lower the armoured doors at all exits. (To POLLY.) Make up as much of that gubbins that you got, we may need it. (POLLY rushes out of the room to be greeted by BEN and BENOIT coming back in.) DOCTOR & JAMIE: Well done, Ben! HOBSON: (Into communicator.) Ground radar? SAM: (OOV.) Ground radar speaking. HOBSON: Have you got a fix on their ship yet? SAM: Yes, Mr Hobson, we are getting a strong pulse from five four degrees North about three kilometres. HOBSON: (Checking a chart.) That makes it over the rim. DOCTOR: (Coming over.) Mr Hobson, how far can the probe be lowered down? HOBSON: About thirty degrees. DOCTOR: That's no good. HOBSON: What do you mean? DOCTOR: Can any other part be lowered? HOBSON: (Thinking.) Well, the main coil lenses can be shifted about without too much trouble but too much trouble... (NILS comes rushing over.) NILS: (Pointing.) There's something outside there! HOBSON: What is it? NILS: It's a long way off. HOBSON: I'll come. (The DOCTOR and HOBSON moves forward to the window...) 28. OBSERVATION WINDOW (DOCTOR, JAMIE, BEN, POLLY, HOBSON, NILS and BENOIT are looking outside the window.) POLLY: (Rubbing herself.) Oh, it's freezing. Do you think we should have our suits on? BEN: Oh no, it's all right love. Get a gorgeous suntan. HOBSON: Can't see anything. NILS: Just to the left of the launching area. Around a bit to your left. HOBSON: (Peering.) Still can't see anything. BENOIT: (Pointing.) No, it's there, look! Reflections from the sun! (We see a flash of silver.) HOBSON: You're right. There is something. (He rushes over to a telescope and peers through it. He scans through the area looking for any movement. Everybody is in silence as they wait... And suddenly, HOBSON sees them! They seem to be carrying some huge unknown apparatus.) HOBSON: It's them! Everybody back inside! Quick! (They all rush back inside the protected dome as we see lots of Cybermen. It's clear that they are intending to succeed - one way or another...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x25 - The Moonbase - part 3"}
foreverdreaming
by KIT PEDLAR first broadcast - 4March 1967 running time - 23mins 28secs 1. LUNAR SURFACE (A group of CYBERMEN are marching towards the base. The lead CYBERMAN beckons them on.) 2. CONTROL ROOM (HOBSON walks over to the telescope by the gravitron probe. The DOCTOR follows.) DOCTOR: They can't just march in here can they? HOBSON: Not now we've discovered how they got in. DOCTOR: Oh yes. They tunnelled into the store room. (JAMIE rushes over.) JAMIE: Doctor, Mr Hobson, come quickly. HOBSON: What is it? (HOBSON and the DOCTOR follow Jamie to the communications console. It starts to receive a message.) CYBERMAN: (Over radio) Moonbase. Moonbase. NILS: They've got our wavelength. We hear you. CYBERMAN: You are surrounded. All resistance is useless. You must open the entry port. HOBSON: Let me. (HOBSON walks over to the microphone.) HOBSON: You're wasting your time. We've discovered your passageway and blocked it. You cannot enter now. CYBERMAN: Resistance is usele... (HOBSON turns the radio off.) POLLY: Can they get in? HOBSON: I don't know and I'm not stopping to find out. Get me Earth as quick as you can. NILS: Right. (NILS activates the radio.) NILS: Weather control moon calling Earth. Come in please. (There is a burst of static. Everybody groans at the noise.) JAMIE: What's that? HOBSON: Switch that... POLLY: Ohh... ohh... terrible noise. BEN: Wasn't like that before. HOBSON: We'll never hear anything through that if they're jamming it. BENOIT: Perhaps or... or could it be... HOBSON: The aerial! They're having a go at the aerial. (HOBSON goes to leave.) BENOIT: Where are you going? HOBSON: Out. BENOIT: You're crazy. They'd get you in a flash! HOBSON: Well someone's got to go. DOCTOR: It's too late. Come and see. (HOBSON follows the DOCTOR to the telescope. HOBSON looks through it and sees two CYBERMEN wreck the aerial.) HOBSON: They get us every way, these creatures. (HOBSON walks away.) DOCTOR: I refuse to believe that. (The DOCTOR looks through the telescope.) DOCTOR: Everything's got a weak point. It's just a question of waiting until it shows up, that's all. (BENOIT is talking to HOBSON, NILS, BEN and POLLY in the main part of the room.) BENOIT: They're bound to send a relief rocket within 12 hours. If no signals are received from us. BEN: A lot of good that is. NILS: Well with all the trouble we've been giving them I'd say it's certain the rocket is on its way. Sent off hours ago. Rinberg's very quick off the trigger. Right Hobby? HOBSON: I'm sure of it. There's a replacement for me aboard, no doubt. POLLY: But that's wonderful! HOBSON: Thanks very much. POLLY: Oh! No, what I mean is what are we all worrying about? The Cybermen can't get in and help is on its way. BEN: Ahh, it all sounds too easy for my liking. HOBSON: Get the scanner lined up on the flight path between moon and Earth. Let me know the moment you spot anything. NILS: Right. HOBSON: All we have to do, Doctor, is to hold on here. (HOBSON walks towards the gravitron probe.) DOCTOR: Yes, that's all. It doesn't depend on us though. BEN: What do you mean? DOCTOR: Depends on what the Cybermen are hatching up. If the rocket is on it's way, they're bound to be aware of that already. 3. LUNAR SURFACE (A Cyberman saucer is on the surface of the moon.) 4. INTERIOR CYBERMAN SAUCER (A CYBERMAN operates some controls and a radio comes on. He listens to the CYBERMAN speaking over the radio.) CYBERMAN: (Over radio) Emergency. Emergency. There is a spaceship approaching from Earth. It will arrive on the lunar surface in 15 minutes. Immediate offensive action must be taken. 5. LUNAR SURFACE (A CYBERMAN operates its communicator.) CYBERMAN 1: They have blocked up our way into the base. Another method to gain entry will be tried. 6. INTERIOR CYBERMAN SAUCER (The CYBERMAN inside is issuing orders to the CYBERMAN who is talking to him.) CYBERMAN 2: The machine from Earth must first be destroyed. There are 14 minutes left. CYBERMAN 1: (Over radio) Understood. 7. LUNAR SURFACE (The CYBERMAN who has just been given orders turns to two other CYBERMEN.) CYBERMAN 1: Transmit control signal. (A second CYBERMAN operates a device it is carrying which emits a high pitched sound.) 8. SICK BAY (A light above the beds flashes. One of the patients, DR EVANS, sits up on his bed. He is in a trance. EVANS picks up the metal control cap and puts it on his head. He rises from the bed and walks towards SAM, who is on duty. EVANS approaches SAM from behind. SAM moves and EVANS walks away to pick something up. EVANS walks back over to SAM and hits him over the head with a heavy object. There is a sickening crunch and SAM falls to the floor.) 9. LUNAR SURFACE (The first CYBERMAN takes the control device and speaks into it.) CYBERMAN 1: You will listen to me and follow my instructions. 10. CONTROL ROOM (BENOIT and NILS are by the communications console.) BENOIT: Switch on again. NILS: Without an aerial? BENOIT: We can pick up local signals. NILS: Local? Oh I see, the Cybermen. BENOIT: If they have any more words of cheer for us we might as well hear them. NILS: Right. (NILS activates the radio.) 11. SICK BAY (EVANS picks up a g*n from a chair. He holds it.) CYBERMAN 1: (Through control cap.) Those are your orders. (EVANS turns slowly around and starts to walk somewhere.) 12. CONTROL ROOM (BEN is sitting at a console. BENOIT is telling him what to do and JAMIE is watching.) BENOIT: That is correct. But watch the digital counter. BEN: Right. (HOBSON walks towards them.) HOBSON: How's he shaping? BENOIT: Not bad for a beginner, I suppose. But it will take a long time yet. HOBSON: Well, at least the gravitron's s*ab at the moment. (HOBSON looks into the gravitron control room.) HOBSON: I don't know how they can take it for long in that room. BENOIT: How's Benson standing up to it? HOBSON: Yes, he's... BENOIT: He's been on for 6 hours on the trot. (BENSON is operating controls in the gravitron control room.) HOBSON: He says he'll be all right for the time being. BENOIT: Yes I know but should he be on it alone? HOBSON: Who... who else have we got? You're the only other operator who could replace him and you're needed right here. BENOIT: Well that's a bit tough on him isn't it? HOBSON: I know Roget. It's tough on all of us but the lives of millions of people depend on this weather control unit. (POLLY enters the control area carrying a tray with drinks on it.) POLLY: Here we are. I've brought us all some coffee to keep us awake. BEN: Huh, without sugar this time I hope! POLLY: Of course, don't remind me. (POLLY passes coffee to everybody.) HOBSON: Take some coffee to the Doctor, he's in the dome. POLLY: Right. HOBSON: (HOBSON passes BEN some coffee) Ben... aah! (HOBSON sips some coffee. POLLY walks over to the dome and gives the DOCTOR his coffee. EVANS is standing unnoticed by the entrance to the gravitron control room. EVANS enters and hits BENSON from behind. BENSON collapses to the floor and EVANS takes the protective cap off of him.) CYBERMAN: (Over control device) You will now change field co-ordinates as instructed. (EVANS puts the cap on and sits at the controls. Outside in the control area BEN turns towards the DOCTOR and POLLY.) BEN: Doctor! DOCTOR: Hmm? (The DOCTOR and POLLY walk over to BEN.) BEN: They've spotted it on the scanner! DOCTOR: What? BEN: The relief ship! POLLY: Ben, where? BEN: Over here. (BEN walks to the consoles.) DOCTOR: Let's see. HOBSON: Well? NILS: No doubt about it. I told you they would be on their way. POLLY: That's a spaceship? (POLLY looks at the scanner.) BEN: No, that's the scanner! DOCTOR: It's not far off. (A blip representing the rocket is moving on the scanner.) HOBSON: Far off? It's coming in now off parking orbit. It'll be down in six minutes. POLLY: Well don't you think you ought to warn them? BEN: Yeah, the Cybermen will be waiting for 'em. HOBSON: Don't worry, they've got their own warning system and w*apon. They'll blast the Cybermen and their spaceship to kingdom come in about four minutes from now. (On the scanner the blip moves towards the centre of the screen.) POLLY: Come on, come on! It seems to move so slowly. (The blip moves way past the centre of the screen and towards the top right at an accelerated speed.) BENOIT: What are they doing? JAMIE: Looks like they've changed direction. HOBSON: They've changed into an escape orbit. Follow it. (NILS moves the scanner.) NILS: But... it's going too fast. I... I can't keep up with it! (The blip has disappeared from the scanner.) HOBSON: Well keep trying! NILS: I can't hold it! It's accelerating too fast! (The scanner screen flashes white.) BENOIT: Look out man! You're on the sun. NILS: But that's where it's heading! BENOIT: The acceleration it's... it's gigantic! HOBSON: Get RT contact with the ship. NILS: No good sir. The Doppler effect. It's going too fast. BENOIT: It's had it I'm afraid. HOBSON: The sun... BENOIT: Yes. POLLY: Will somebody please tell us what it all means? BENOIT: The rocket has been deflected towards the sun. Nothing can save them now. POLLY: Save them? What are you talking about? BENOIT: From plunging into the sun. BEN: But the sun's millions of miles away! BENOIT: Once they get into the sun's gravity belt they can't change course. It may take a week but they'll end up there just the same. HOBSON: What on earth could have caused it? BENOIT: The rocket was deflected of course but why and how? DOCTOR: Deflected? Yes, of course. The gravitron! HOBSON: Have the Cybermen got a gravity w*apon do you think? DOCTOR: No, they haven't but we have. HOBSON: You're not suggesting that... DOCTOR: There's only one way that rocket could have been deflected into the sun. From this very room! BENOIT: I see what you mean! HOBSON: Of course, the gravitron! Benson, he must... BENOIT: I told you he'd been on duty too long. DOCTOR: If it is Benson. (HOBSON and BENOIT walk towards the gravitron control room and look through the window. EVANS turns to face them.) HOBSON: It's Evans! (HOBSON walks to the door.) BEN: But he was in the medical room! DOCTOR: They must have got control of them again. BEN: And the other men in there? DOCTOR: They may not be affected yet. Get along to the medical room. Barricade the door with everything you can find. Keep them in there at all costs! JAMIE: Right. (BEN and JAMIE leave.) 13. SICK BAY (The light above the bed flashes and a high pitched noise starts. All the men who are affected by the neurotrope disease put the control caps on, get off the beds and walk towards the door.) 14. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE SICK BAY (JAMIE and BEN walk towards the sick bay door.) JAMIE: Well that's all right. We haven't passed any of them. BEN: Well maybe it's only Evans who's been reactivated. JAMIE: Aye. We'd better keep watch just here. (BEN walks to the door and looks at it.) BEN: We could stick that thing against the door (BEN indicates a table). JAMIE: It won't hold them for long I'm thinking. BEN: They're not Cybermen mate, they're just flesh and blood like us. Come on, get hold of the other end. (JAMIE and BEN move away from the door to pick up the table. As they move the table towards the door the door opens. Jamie drops his end of the table in shock. BEN has his back to the door and hasn't seen this.) BEN: Hey! JAMIE: Behind you! (One of the men starts to walk through the door.) BEN: Quick! Ram him! (They pick up the table and smash it into the man. The man groans and is thrown backwards into the sick bay.) BEN: Press the locking button. (JAMIE presses it.) JAMIE: It won't hold them for long, will it? BEN: No. Look, get those chairs and we'll block 'em in. (JAMIE and BEN move away to pick up the chairs. As they do, one of the men starts to lever open the door with a piece of metal.) 15. CONTROL ROOM (HOBSON is attempting to talk to EVANS over a speaker system.) HOBSON: Evans, can you hear me? Listen Evans, this is Hobson talking. Evans, you've got to concentrate. Your brain has been altered by the Cybermen. You're being controlled by them anyhow. (EVANS carries on operating controls in the gravitron control room. He picks up the g*n he took earlier.) HOBSON: We've got one or two of those things as well, you know. You can't sh**t all of us so why not be a good fellow and come out of there. (EVANS is still sitting at the controls.) BENOIT: What's he doing in there? (On the map indicators are moving wildly up and down.) BENOIT: Look at the field reactors. HOBSON: Huh? BENOIT: We must get back control soon. He could flood half of Europe if he keeps the gravitron aligned with spring tides. HOBSON: That settles it, we'll have to rush him. Get those w*apon out. (Suddenly the radio springs into life. Everyone rushes over to it.) CYBERMAN: (Over radio) Resistance is useless. All further ships from Earth will be deflected. Open the airlock to us. If you do not we shall destroy the base and you will be eliminated. (HOBSON walks over to the microphone.) HOBSON: Can you hear me? CYBERMAN: Everything you have said in the past half hour has been overheard. HOBSON: Well you can hear this too then. We're not done yet and we'll fight you to the last man. You'll never get inside this base! CYBERMAN: We are ready to ready. (The signal breaks up. The lights go off in the base and there is a whooshing noise as the air escapes. Everyone staggers about unable to breathe.) HOBSON: (Coughing) They've punctured the dome! BENOIT: The oxygen masks! Quick everyone, take a mask, over there! (NILS, BEN and JAMIE rush over to where BENOIT indicated. JAMIE opens a hatch in the ceiling and as he does two more open. Oxygen masks fall down which they all take. The DOCTOR has found two more masks by a console where he and POLLY are standing. The DOCTOR is using one but POLLY cannot reach the other one and the DOCTOR struggles to pass it across to her. HOBSON and BENOIT have gone over to the dome. There is a hole in it.) BENOIT: I do hope we don't lose... too much oxygen. HOBSON: Could we patch it, do you think? BENOIT: We can try. (HOBSON struggles to take his coat off.) HOBSON: Give me a hand off, will you? (BENOIT helps HOBSON take his coat off. By the console, POLLY still hasn't got an oxygen mask.) POLLY: Doctor, I can't breathe! Uh! (In the dome HOBSON has manage to take his coat off and he and BENOIT are holding it.) HOBSON: Put the coat up then. (HOBSON and BENOIT lift the coat up and put it over the hole. The coat fills the hole and the gushing stops.) HOBSON: Thank heavens, I can breath again. (The coat starts to get sucked through the hole.) BENOIT: Oh no! (The coat is sucked through the hole and the oxygen starts to escape again.) HOBSON: Is there anything else we can patch it with? BENOIT: No... nothing. Wait... over there! (BENOIT indicates the tray POLLY brought the coffee in on.) HOBSON: Slide it to me but don't let go of it. (BENOIT manages to bring the tray over.) HOBSON: We'll have to do it in one action. No second chance. Are you ready? BENOIT: Oui. HOBSON: Hurry... now! (They lift the tray and it covers the hole completely. On some dials the oxygen and pressure levels rise.) HOBSON: Stopped them for the moment. (HOBSON gulps in some air.) BENOIT: I wonder for how long. HOBSON: Well, let's have a look. (HOBSON and BENOIT examine the hole through the plastic tray. Nearby, POLLY is just getting her breath back. The DOCTOR rushes over.) DOCTOR: Polly! Are you all right? (POLLY manages to nod in response. NILS releases the reserve oxygen supply and POLLY gulps it in relief.) POLLY: Oh yes... oh... oh! Where's that air coming from? NILS: Reserve t*nk of oxygen. POLLY: Oh... well why couldn't we have had those before? NILS: And lose all our oxygen? POLLY: Oh, I see. Ooh, ahh. (POLLY realises something.) POLLY: It's so quiet. DOCTOR: Yes, it is isn't it. The gravitron's stopped! (In the gravitron control room EVANS has collapsed.) DOCTOR: Quick, before he comes to! Ben, Jamie! (The DOCTOR, BEN, NILS and JAMIE rush into the gravitron control room towards JOE EVANS.) NILS: Joe! BEN: We barricaded the sick bay with half the tables and chairs in the base but it won't hold forever, Doctor. (The DOCTOR takes the protective cap off of EVANS and BEN and JAMIE help him carry EVANS out. NILS carries BENSON out of the room.) DOCTOR: Well done Ben. Here's another one for you. JAMIE: What do we do with him, Doctor? DOCTOR: That's your problem. Just make sure he doesn't come back here for a while. BEN: Blimey, I'll be after a job as a copper when I get back to 1966! (BEN and JAMIE carry EVANS out and NILS carries BENSON away. The DOCTOR drops the protective cap on the floor and examines EVANS' control cap. He puts it in his pocket.) DOCTOR: Mr Hobson, I've got an idea. (The DOCTOR rushes over to HOBSON, who is by the hole in the dome.) HOBSON: Doctor, what do you make of this? (HOBSON indicates the hole and the DOCTOR looks at it.) DOCTOR: Made by a laser beam, I woul... should think. HOBSON: Is there anything known to science the Cybermen haven't got? DOCTOR: Well they haven't got a gravitron or they wouldn't be after yours. HOBSON: We'll just have to stand guard in here with those g*n. (BENOIT is looking through the telescope.) BENOIT: Not much use, I'm afraid. They are getting reinforcements. HOBSON: What?! (BENOIT moves away from the telescope.) BENOIT: Looks like another of their spaceships. (HOBSON looks through the telescope.) DOCTOR: Oh yes, there. (The DOCTOR points and HOBSON looks in that direction. A Cyberman saucer lands.) HOBSON: Another one! (Another saucer lands. The communications centre springs into life and NILS and POLLY turn to face it.) CYBERMAN: (Over radio) We have brought up reinforcements with other w*apon, newer functions. You must open the entry port. You cannot stop us now. You will all be completely destroyed. POLLY: What does he mean "other w*apon"? NILS: We'll soon find out. You stay here. (He sits POLLY down so she can watch the communications centre.) NILS: I must report this to Mr Hobson. (NILS rushes away.) 16. LUNAR SURFACE (Five CYBERMEN lift a large object out of a box.) 17. INTERIOR CYBERMAN SPACESHIP (Three CYBERMEN are inside. One of them is talking to the base.) CYBERMAN: I shall count to ten. If you still stupidly remain silent we shall f*re. One... 18. CONTROL ROOM (NILS rushes over to HOBSON, BENOIT and the DOCTOR, who are in the dome.) NILS: Hobby! They've got another w*apon. They're going to... HOBSON: Yes I know. There it is. Everybody take cover. Get down, all of you! (Everyone except the DOCTOR crouches on the floor.) HOBSON: Doctor! DOCTOR: Is the gravitron still switched on? HOBSON: Yes. DOCTOR: Then I shall certainly stay here. 19. LUNAR SURFACE (A group of CYBERMEN are aiming the large g*n at the base.) CYBERMAN: (Over communicator) Nine, ten, f*re. (A CYBERMAN lowers his arm and the others f*re. A beam flies towards the base but goes way off above it, deflected by the gravitron. The CYBERMEN recoil through the force of the blast. The lead CYBERMAN looks at the base and sees there was no effect.) CYBERMAN 1: Again. (The CYBERMAN lowers its arms again.) CYBERMAN 1: f*re. (They f*re and the sh*t is deflected over the base. The lead CYBERMAN examines the g*n and then indicates for the CYBERMEN to retreat.) 20. CONTROL ROOM (The DOCTOR smiles. HOBSON stands up.) HOBSON: What happened? DOCTOR: It just deflected over the dome! (The DOCTOR sways.) BENOIT: Doctor, are you all right? DOCTOR: Yes, of course. (HOBSON and BENOIT support him.) HOBSON: The gravitron deflected it, the force field. DOCTOR: Yes, and that gives me an idea. (The DOCTOR looks through the telescope.) DOCTOR: What are they doing now? (The CYBERMEN are putting the g*n back into its box.) DOCTOR: They're packing it away. HOBSON: What'll they cook up next, I wonder? (The DOCTOR moves away from the telescope and stands next to the gravitron probe.) DOCTOR: How far down can this be aimed? HOBSON: Down? DOCTOR: Can it be brought to bear on the surface of the moon? BENOIT: I see! HOBSON: Ah, well I don't... DOCTOR: Well has it ever been tried? BENOIT: No but... but we should try! DOCTOR: With Evans gone the gravitron is all yours. BENOIT: Splendid! Magnifique! (BENOIT rushes away to the gravitron control room.) HOBSON: It can only go to here (HOBSON points his hand at the dome at about six feet up from the ground.). HOBSON: Any further down and the field may affect the base. DOCTOR: What does that matter now? HOBSON: Well I suppose you're right, yes. DOCTOR: Get someone to stand by that window... (The DOCTOR indicates the gravitron control room window.) DOCTOR: ...and relay instructions direct to Benoit. HOBSON: Right! (HOBSON walks away. The DOCTOR looks through the telescope. BENOIT enters the gravitron control room and puts on the protective cap. POLLY is standing by the window ready to give instructions. She signals to HOBSON that BENOIT is ready.) HOBSON: Ready. DOCTOR: Start moving the probe down. (HOBSON lowers his arms. POLLY repeats the action to BENOIT, who operates some controls.) 21. LUNAR SURFACE (A group of CYBERMEN, eleven in all, advance towards the base. They stop.) 22. GRAVITRON CONTROL ROOM (BENOIT operates more controls. He lowers the elevation but the controls will not lower the probe any further. He signals this to POLLY. POLLY repeats this to HOBSON, who is standing by the DOCTOR in the dome.) HOBSON: That's as far as it'll go. DOCTOR: What? But it's way over their heads! There's one chance. We'll try bringing it down by hand. (The DOCTOR tries to move the probe and fails.) HOBSON: Right. DOCTOR: Is this still switched off? HOBSON: No, no, yes it's off. (HOBSON and the DOCTOR try to lift it from the front.) DOCTOR: Round the back! (The DOCTOR and HOBSON push the probe from round the back. It hardly moves.) HOBSON: Aaah! It won't move. DOCTOR: All your weight, once more. (They push again but the probe still hardly moves.) DOCTOR: Uhh! It's no use, it won't shift. HOBSON: Aaah, stupid of me. Of course it won't. DOCTOR: Why? HOBSON: Well, the angular cut out. It's obvious isn't it? (HOBSON moves over to a box at the bottom of the probe and opens it.) HOBSON: You see, there's got to be a safety cut out on the angle of the probe otherwise it might affect the whole base. (HOBSON pulls a switch.) HOBSON: There, that's done it. (HOBSON closes the box and stands up. The DOCTOR gets ready to move the probe manually again.) HOBSON: No no no, stand back. Benoit can do it now. DOCTOR: Polly! HOBSON: Switch on. (HOBSON signals to POLLY. She repeats his signal to BENOIT. BENOIT pulls a lever.) 22. LUNAR SURFACE (The probe lowers itself. Two CYBERMEN are lifted off their feet. They struggle to stay on the moon's surface but they are pulled up into space. More CYBERMEN are pulled up by gravity. One of the Cybermen spaceships is lifted off the surface, followed by another and another.) 23. CONTROL ROOM (Everyone is standing in the dome watching the Cybermen's defeat. They all cheer hooray.) DOCTOR: We did it! Ha ha! HOBSON: Well that's taken care of the Cybermen. Now then, everybody, we've got to get this gravitron in operation again as fast as we can. DOCTOR: I'm so sorry we damaged it. HOBSON: What? Oh, yes. (They all walk into the main control area.) HOBSON: Nils, rig up a temporary aerial, call up space control. Tell Rinberg that we will be operational in er, oh about two hours. He won't like it but it's the best we can do. NILS: Right. (The DOCTOR, BEN, POLLY and JAMIE slip away unnoticed.) HOBSON: Two hours, that's all we've got to get the world's weather back under control again. Benoit, take charge of your side. BENOIT: Right. HOBSON: And er, Doctor... what the? (The doors close behind the DOCTOR's group just after they leave.) HOBSON: Ah, ah ha, well perhaps it's just as well. We've got enough madmen here already. Now come on, I want to see our first weather plot in two minutes. (All four base personnel by HOBSON chorus "Right" together.) BENOIT: Right, come on boys. (They all go to their stations.) 24. LUNAR SURFACE (The DOCTOR, BEN, POLLY and JAMIE are walking back to the TARDIS wearing their space suits. They take a final look back at the base and move on. The DOCTOR starts to unlock the TARDIS doors. POLLY looks up into space.) POLLY: Doctor, look. (POLLY points to the sky. There is something being propelled through space.) POLLY: Could that be them? DOCTOR: Possibly. And I hope it's the last we see of them. (Whatever it is disappears. They all enter the TARDIS. BEN closes the doors behind him. The TARDIS dematerialises. The moon is quiet again and there is nothing left except the Moonbase.) 25. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: There we are. In perfect flight. POLLY: Yes, and look what happened last time. DOCTOR: Oh, that. What a lot of fuss. Just a bumpy landing, that's all. It won't happen again. (BEN and JAMIE exchange doubtful glances. A thought strikes the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: I know. BEN: What are you up to now? DOCTOR: Let's have a look at the time scanner. POLLY: The what? (The DOCTOR throws a switch.) DOCTOR: The time scanner. Instead of the normal picture showing where we are it gives you a glimpse of the future. (The DOCTOR coughs.) JAMIE: The second sight? Very dangerous. DOCTOR: Oh nonsense. I haven't used it very much. It's (The DOCTOR coughs) not very reliable as you can see. (POLLY is looking at the scanner.) POLLY: Doctor. DOCTOR: Mm? POLLY: Look! Uhh! (On the scanner there is a giant claw opening and closing.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x26 - The Moonbase - part 4"}
foreverdreaming
by IAN STUART BLACK first broadcast - 11March, 1967 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1: MEDOK (A slight bearded man, MEDOK...) THE MACRA TERROR (...stares intently into space.) BY IAN STUART BLACK (A heartbeat sound reverberates through his head...) EPISODE 1 (...and his eyes open wide in terror...) 2: EXT. COLONY ENTRANCE (The entrance to the colony is a futuristic archway at the top of a short flight of steps. Two brightly illuminated pillars stand in welcome either side of the entrance. Cheerful music is being played as happy crowd of colonists, including a young man called QUESTA and two young girls called SUNNAA and CHICKI, are watching a DRUM MAJORETTE and her six assistants perform to the accompaniment of a band playing a chirpy synthesised electronic tune. Everyone seems happy. The leader of the colony, PILOT, turns to the organiser of the display, BARNEY. All of the people gathered wear uniform-like tunics.) PILOT: Oh, splendid! Splendid! You've got a very good band there, Barney. BARNEY: Thank you, Pilot PILOT: Mind you, I don't say you'll come first at the festival, but never say die, hmm, what? Nothing succeeds like success, ha! (He looks to the smiling people around him.) PILOT: "If at first you don't succeed...?" ALL: (Enthusiastically.) "...Try, try, try again!" PILOT: That's right. (There is a sudden commotion.) OLA: (OOV.) Stop him! Don't let him get out! BARNEY: What's the matter? (MEDOK suddenly runs into view, bursting out of the colony. He is obviously being pursued. Wide-eyed, he struggles through the people gathered at the entrance, who try to hold him.) QUESTA: Medok! MEDOK: Let me go! PILOT: Medok! This is very foolish of you Medok. It's for your own good. MEDOK: Out of my way! (MEDOK pulls himself from their grasps and runs off.) PILOT: He's far too dangerous to be allowed to escape. (OLA, a burly sinister man dressed in a dark uniform comes into pursuit, together with three guards. They wear helmets with mirrored glasses making them into faceless automatons. OLA stands between PILOT and BARNEY.) OLA: (To his guards.) Get after him! (To a colonist.) You should have stopped him! PILOT: What happened, Ola? OLA: He refused treatment in front of my guards, so I dismissed them and he made a dash for it. PILOT: Well get after him. (OLA runs after his pursuing guards. PILOT watches them go.) PILOT: (Concerned.) He must not get away! 3: EXT. OUTSIDE THE COLONY (MEDOK runs through the featureless terrain, pursued by OLA and the guards. MEDOK hides in the rocks and grass, waiting for the guards to pass. They do so, but just as he starts to get up, MEDOK hears a strange noise. With engines grinding, the TARDIS materialises nearby. MEDOK observes in amazement. The DOCTOR, BEN, POLLY and JAMIE emerge. All of them seem jumpy and nervous because of the hideous claw they saw on the time scanner. JAMIE has even armed himself with a large stick, just in case. BEN comes up behind JAMIE and jumps him.) BEN: Hey! (POLLY and JAMIE turn round in shock.) POLLY: Oh! Oh, Ben! For goodness sake! BEN: Well, what's the big stick for Jamie? Nothing's happened yet. JAMIE: Have you no sense? Have you forgot what we saw on that time scanner? POLLY: Don't, it was horrible. JAMIE: Aye, well, I'll not being left without nothing to defend ourselves with. DOCTOR: I'm afraid you're wasting your time, Jamie. JAMIE: Why? DOCTOR: Unless I'm very much mistaken, these creatures are so big they're going to see us long before we see them. (MEDOK emerges from his concealment and, seeing the stick that JAMIE carries, makes a run for him.) POLLY: Look out Jamie! BEN: Hang on, mate, I'll get him! (MEDOK throws himself at JAMIE. BEN joins in the fracas. There is a huge commotion as the time travellers fight their single but strong attacker. They are struggling to hold the little man...) JAMIE: Ben! POLLY: Sit on top of him! JAMIE: What are you doing? ... ! (...when OLA and his guards arrive and take MEDOK from the time travellers. He struggles in their grasp as the travellers dust themselves down. BEN holds him arm.) POLLY: Ben, are you all right? OLA: We don't know who you are, strangers, but we are grateful. Medok is one of our last patients in the Colony. (He approaches the struggling but firmly held little man, sounding thr*at.) OLA: We've done our best for him but he gets worse day by day... (He turns back to the travellers.) OLA: I wasn't informed you were travelling across our territory. (He snaps his fingers and a guard steps forward.) OLA: Hurry back to the Colony and tell the Pilot what's happened. (The guard leaves.) BEN: Pilot? OLA: Yes, the Pilot of our colony. No doubt he will want to thank you in person. (He turns back to the guards who are trying to secure MEDOK.) OLA: Tie him up tighter. Come on, tighter! I don't want any more trouble with him. Come on, I'll show you myself. Get out of... (OLA pushes the guards to one side and proceeds to tie MEDOK himself. JAMIE turns to the DOCTOR.) JAMIE: Er, uh, any good asking where we are? DOCTOR: Well, according to my calculations we're, er, certainly in the future and, er, on a planet very like the Earth. JAMIE: How do you know? DOCTOR: I don't know. I'm guessing. (OLA finishes tying up MEDOK and approaches the travellers.) OLA: My name is Ola. I am the Chief of Police. POLLY: That sounds very important. OLA: Oh, it's a very responsible job. I take my instructions from our Control centre. Oh, it all works very well, as you will see. Please follow me. DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. (The DOCTOR turns to the guards who are tying up MEDOK) DOCTOR: Ah, not too tight – it's bad for the blood pressure. (He follows OLA and the others.) 4: EXT. COLONY ENTRANCE (There is a signal tone and then cheerful music can be heard issuing from a loudspeaker, accompanied by the voices of high- pitched female singers.) MUSIC: "Run, run, run, run... Run, run, run, run! Thank you shift... Thank you shift... Number one! Time, time, time, time, Time to have fun! Thank you shift two, Thank you shift two, It's up to you!" (The tune continues as OLA brings the time travellers up to the waiting PILOT.) OLA: Pilot, these are the strangers that have helped us. PILOT: Very well, Ola. I will look after our guests. You will no doubt wish to take care of poor Medok. You may leave. (OLA leaves. The PILOT turns to the DOCTOR and his friends as the background music and slogans continue.) PILOT: (Expansively.) Well, our thanks to you and welcome! You are indeed a brave man to tackle someone as disturbed as Medok. DOCTOR: Well, it was nothing. Anyone would have done the same. Well this is gay! Why all the music? PILOT: Oh, we regulate our day by music. DOCTOR: Oh. PILOT: Yes... (The DOCTOR laughs.) PILOT: ...and now my friends, I suggest you take advantage of our refreshing department. BEN: Oh, lead me to it mate. I'm starving. PILOT: Oh, you will eat later. Here we revive the weary body. DOCTOR: Oh. (PILOT leads the DOCTOR and BEN up the steps and into the colony. Following shortly behind them, JAMIE sidles up to POLLY looking round nervously.) JAMIE: Keep your eyes skinned. POLLY: Why? What's the matter? JAMIE: Well, they're a weird sort of folk. I don't know that I understand them. 5: INT. REFRESHING DEPARTMENT (The refreshing department is a type of health spa, complete with attendants. Calming tonal music plays as a lady relaxes on a couch having her hair washed by SUNNAA, watched over by BARNEY. PILOT leads the travellers into the room.) PILOT: Come along in, my friends, It's just through ... there. (The travellers chat excitedly between themselves as they enter the room. BARNEY sees PILOT and approaches him in something of a panic.) BARNEY: Pilot! Pilot! Control wish you to call them immediately. They wish to welcome our guests. PILOT: Oh, but of course. (He turns to a SUNNAA.) PILOT: Switch on please, my dear. (SUNNAA activates a control and a screen lights up. On the screen is a still image of the CONTROLLER. He is a handsome authoritative man.) POLLY: Hey, who's that? He looks smashing. PILOT: (Proudly.) That's our Controller. (A five-note fanfare sounds. A voice, full of energy and authority, bursts from the speaker whilst the still image of the controller remains unchanged.) CONTROL VOICE: We wish to welcome joyfully the visitors to our colony. We are very grateful to them. They have performed a valuable service. The Colony is to make our guests happy and contented during their stay. Welcome again, friends. Now, back to work, everyone! (There is another fanfare to end the message.) POLLY: Well that's great! I'm really going to enjoy myself. PILOT: Splendid! And now my good friends, let me put you into the hands of our supervisor, Barney. (PILOT gestures to BARNEY.) PILOT: Dear old Barney, everybody calls him. BARNEY: Well, thank you Pilot. PILOT: And I must leave you for...work calls you know, and hard work never hurt anybody. (They all laugh except for a sullen JAMIE.) PILOT: Till later! (He leaves. BARNEY turns to his charges.) BARNEY: Delighted to see you. Delighted to have you with us. Now you have a complete choice of all our treatments. We have steam baths, beauty treatments, perhaps a massage. (To the DOCTOR.) You sir, of course, would like your clothes cleaned. (The DOCTOR'S smile instantly disappears – to the amusement of his companions. BARNEY does not notice.) BARNEY: And there's sunlight treatment, moonlight treatment, sparkling and effervescent sprays... DOCTOR: (Indignantly.) I feel perfectly all right as I am, thank you. (POLLY and BEN disagree.) POLLY: Ah, go on Doctor. Don't be such a drag. It all looks super. (To BARNEY.) Please, may I have a shampoo? BARNEY: Shampoo, of course, for the young lady. POLLY: Thanks very much. (POLLY is led away by an assistant. BARNEY turns to BEN and JAMIE.) BARNEY: And for the young gentlemen, our very latest treatment in our cubicles over there. (The DOCTOR takes his turn to laugh at the expression of horror on JAMIE'S face.) JAMIE: Me? Oh, hey, you're not going to do that to me. I'm no lassie. (Two female assistants take JAMIE away. Laughing BEN looks at his own waiting female assistants and laughs.) BEN: It's no good, Jamie, the lassies have got you! And believe me mate, I'm not going to struggle. (BEN is led away. The DOCTOR continues to laugh. BARNEY turns to him.) BARNEY: And now sir, for you... (The DOCTOR'S laugh disappears...) 6: INT. REFRESHING DEPARTMENT (LATER) (POLLY has returned with her blonde hair now cut shorter and wearing new clothes.) BARNEY: Oh, very nice. Very nice indeed. You must certainly be the most beautiful young lady in our Colony and are quite sure to be elected our next beauty president. POLLY: (Embarrassed.) Thank you very much. BARNEY: Oh, not at all. It's all part of our service. (BARNEY walks over to where BEN, wearing goggles, is sat underneath a sun lamp and receiving a shoulder massage.) BARNEY: To your liking sir? BEN: Ah, marvellous. Like being at anchor in the Med. BARNEY: Some protective oils for our guests and a little suntan. BEN: Ha ha! This is the life. (BARNEY steps over to where JAMIE is being dealt with by his two female attendants. He wears a similar uniform to that worn by the other colonists and is having his hair stroked into place.) JAMIE: Hey mister, would you call the ladies off? I'm frightened what they might do to me. BARNEY: But you look charming, sir. Charming. JAMIE: That's what I'm frightened of. (BARNEY moves off again to a large square machine from the top of which emerges the DOCTOR'S head. His hair is immaculate. Electronic noises emerge from the machine.) DOCTOR: Please get me out of here! I'm done to a turn! (BARNEY changes a control.) BARNEY: Clothes reviver. DOCTOR: My clothes don't need reviving! (The electronic noises change and a steam press type noise can be heard...) BARNEY: Oh, while we're about it, sir...and off. (He turns a switch, the doors of the machine open and an immaculate DOCTOR emerges, neatly groomed and tidy. Even his shoes sport a shine. His companions laugh.) POLLY: Oh, Doctor. You look gorgeous! DOCTOR: Oh, my shoes! BEN: Oh, they're fantastic. You can see your face in them. DOCTOR: Precisely. Who wants to see their face in a pair of suede shoes? (He points to another machine.) DOCTOR: What's this one? BARNEY: Oh, that, sir, is our rough and tumble machine, for toning up the muscles. DOCTOR: Exactly what I need! (He activates a control.) DOCTOR: Full on! BARNEY: Oh, but no, sir! No! (The DOCTOR throws himself into the machine, despite the protests of his companions. The machine hums and buzzes.) POLLY: Turn it off. BEN: Come out of it! POLLY: Come out of it, Doctor. (The machine stops and the DOCTOR emerges.) DOCTOR: Oh, oh, I feel better. Oh, that's what I need. (He is messy and crumpled once more. JAMIE returns, immaculately groomed.) POLLY: (To JAMIE.) Oh, you look smashing. You really do. You look like a prince. Jamie that's super. It really is. (JAMIE doesn't look impressed.) 7: EXT. COLONY ENTRANCE (OLA and some guards enter with MEDOK still under restraint. A group of colonists watch at a distance...) OLA: Come on, move back! This prisoner's not to be trusted. He's violent and suffering from delusions. MEDOK: I'm not the one suffering from delusions, it's you! All of you! You don't know what's happening in this Colony! OLA: Be quiet Medok! MEDOK: There's only one way to silence me, Ola. (One of the crowd, the man called QUESTA, who was at the band rehearsal earlier, steps forward as OLA, MEDOK and the guards pass.) QUESTA: Medok, old fellow, it's Questa. Remember me? What's happened to you? OLA: It's no good. You can't reason with him. QUESTA: Just a minute. He's an old friend. One of the best. OLA: (Contemptuously.) Ha! QUESTA: He's as cheerful as any of us. Medok, what's happened to you? What's all this about you seeing things? MEDOK: I don't see things Questa, you fool! There are things...horrible things...creatures, infesting this camp at night. OLA: That's enough! (To QUESTA.) Have you seen the Pilot? QUESTA: He's with the strangers. I've no idea where they are. (There is a sudden fanfare from a speaker heralding an announcement. The assembled people stop to listen.) BROADCAST VOICE: Back to work! Shift rest is over! No time to be lost! The Colony needs you! Preparation to be made for tonight's reception - a welcome for the strangers! QUESTA: (Happily.) A reception tonight! A Colony party! Medok, join in with the rest of us, like you used to. BROADCAST VOICE: It will be fun for all! (A fanfare ends the announcement.) QUESTA: You hear that Medok, fun for all. MEDOK: All right! Have fun while you can, before they crawl all over you! OLA: That's enough! Right, get back all of you. 8: INT. REFRESHING DEPARTMENT (The DOCTOR sees MEDOK in the refreshing department, still bound and escorted by OLA and the guards. With a set of keys, they are unlocking a cell door.) DOCTOR: There you are. I wondered what had happened to you. MEDOK: I don't know you. You don't belong here. DOCTOR: Do you belong here? MEDOK: No, not any more. OLA: We don't talk to him. He sees things. Come on Medok. (OLA pushes MEDOK into a room and locks the door. As soon as OLA is gone, the DOCTOR starts picking the lock. He is surprised by SUNNAA.) SUNNAA: Can I help you? DOCTOR: (Surprised.) What? Oh, no. No, it's all right, thank you. I... (Coughs.) ...I just thought I'd dropped something, that's all. (She leaves. The DOCTOR watches her go and then turns back to the door. He manages to pick the lock, opens the door and enters the cell.) 9: INT. MEDOK'S CELL (MEDOK is alarmed at the sight of the DOCTOR.) MEDOK: Ha! What's ... ? DOCTOR: Shh, I'm going to set you free. (He begins untying MEDOK) DOCTOR: Just hold still a minute. There we are. One more. (He takes off MEDOK'S bonds.) DOCTOR: Don't bother to say thank you. Now, tell me something about these things that you see, hmm? Do they, for instance, appear to crawl slowly over the ground? MEDOK: How do you know? DOCTOR: Oh, just wondered that's all. (Despite his freedom, MEDOK is very nervous and jumpy.) MEDOK: Listen! DOCTOR: (Pauses.) I don't hear anything. MEDOK: Someone's coming. (He turns to run.) DOCTOR: It's all right, I won't let them hurt you. MEDOK: (Incredulously.) Get out of my way! DOCTOR: Why don't you listen to me? MEDOK: I am not being caught! (MEDOK pushes the DOCTOR and runs from the cell. Immediately an alarm sounds.) 10: INT. REFRESHING DEPARTMENT (OLA is in the corridor. He sees MEDOK running.) OLA: Stop him! Don't let him escape! (But MEDOK already has.) OLA: How did he get away? Who's responsible? (PILOT, BEN, POLLY and JAMIE come running up. They enter the open cell...) 11: INT. MEDOK'S CELL (...where the DOCTOR waits.) PILOT: What happened? DOCTOR: I... I told him he wouldn't get hurt and he wouldn't believe me. PILOT: You mean you let him go? DOCTOR: Well, no, not exactly. OLA: He let the prisoner escape. That is a crime in this Colony. For that, men must work in the pit. Guard! POLLY: You can't touch him. He doesn't know your laws! PILOT: Er, that's true, Ola. He is a stranger here. DOCTOR: There's something else you're forgetting gentlemen - I set free someone that we caught in the first place. PILOT: True - a reasonable point of view, Ola. OLA: Medok is dangerous. He should have never let him go. The Colony will be petrified when they know he's out there in the night. PILOT: Well, send your patrol after him. He can't have got far. DOCTOR: He can run you know. He's got legs. He doesn't have to crawl over the ground. OLA: (Agitated.) Why did you say that? DOCTOR: Why, no reason. No reason at all. OLA: Anyone who spreads that kind of rumour in this Colony will find himself in the hospital for correction. DOCTOR: Oh...oh, that's where Medok is, is it? PILOT: I think, Doctor, you will understand more about Medok if you talk to some of the people who knew him best. OLA: Pilot, I think... PILOT: (Interrupts.) Now take the strangers to the labour centre Ola. See they learn something about us. (To the DOCTOR.) Please, go with him. DOCTOR: Oh, well thank you. (The DOCTOR'S party leaves the room and goes with OLA, leaving a worried-looking PILOT behind.) 12: EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE (MEDOK is hiding in the shadows of the shoring timbers of what looks like a construction site. The DOCTOR and his party are led through by OLA. The DOCTOR sees something there and realises that it is the fugitive.) OLA: What is it? DOCTOR: Nothing, come on. (He moves off before OLA can get suspicious.) 13: INT. LABOUR CENTRE (In the labour centre, a number of colonists sit at desks carrying out various duties on a console that includes a chequered board and adjusting controls. A fanfare sounds stopping the group in their tracks as they look up at the still image of the CONTROLLER and listen to his announcement.) CONTROL VOICE: This is your Controller speaking. There is no need for alarm. You may all continue your work and play, confident that the best is being done for you. But our unfortunate companion Medok has been allowed to escape. Emergency Patrols two and three are now searching the Colony and he is sure to be caught before it is dark. Now return to your work and play with fresh heart and renewed energy! (Another fanfare sounds. The DOCTOR'S party have entered the room.) BEN: They got that bloke all over the place like a blinking politician. (ALVIS, the young man in charge, steps forward.) ALVIS: He is our controller. We are always pleased to see him. He brings us encouragement. BEN: Oh, he's not a politician then! (Another fanfare.) BROADCAST VOICE: Number nine shift to stand by. Leader to report to Youth Centre. ALVIS: Work shift ready to leave. (A Jingle suddenly plays out of the loudspeakers.) MUSIC: "We're happy to work, Happy to play, ... " JAMIE: That's a nice wee tune Doctor. BEN: Yeah, if you happen to like work. OLA: It's a privilege to work for the Colony. (QUESTA enters and goes up to ALVIS.) QUESTA: Shift leader reporting: Shift number nine, all present and correct. ALVIS: Good. You're the first of the night shift. JAMIE: Uh, what do ye do then? Farming or fishing? ALVIS: We work very hard here. DOCTOR: Yes, but what do you do? ALVIS: We tap and refine gas. POLLY: For heating? OLA: No, we use it for many things. The Colony depends on it. It's absolutely essen... (An alarm sounds. Two workers stagger in through a glass door from the pit-head. The colonists rush forward to help.) OLA: Emergency! Quick, give me that! Come on! (He helps the injured men.) ALVIS: (Into intercom.) Accident! Stand by, oxygen supply. (To OLA.) Take them away. Any other losses? OLA: Two with gas sickness. Come on. (He leads the injured men away.) BEN: What happened? ALVIS: Their work. It can't be helped. The work must be done. POLLY: Do you hear that, Doctor? (She looks round but realises that he is no longer with them.) POLLY: Where's he gone? 14: EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE (The DOCTOR has returned to the construction site and finds MEDOK in the shadows of a building that is partially erected. The man is still frightened and nervous.) DOCTOR: Shh! I saw you. MEDOK: Get out! DOCTOR: Oh, that's not very polite. I was interested in what you were saying. MEDOK: Who else knows I'm here? DOCTOR: No one. Why should I tell them? Now these creatures - have you seen them clearly? What do they look like? MEDOK: What has it to do with you? DOCTOR: Well, I'm interested. What do they look like? MEDOK: All right. If you really want to know. It's hard to say. They move at night, in the dark. And look horrible. Creatures...like giant insects. DOCTOR: With big claws? MEDOK: Yes, that's it. DOCTOR: You've seen them in the Colony? MEDOK: Oh yes. DOCTOR: Has anyone else seen them? MEDOK: A few, but they've lock them up in the correction hospital. DOCTOR: Why do they do that? MEDOK: Control tells them to. They'll put me back there when they catch me. (The alarm is heard in the distance) MEDOK: And they'll put you back there for helping me. BEN AND JAMIE: (OOV.) Doctor! Doctor! MEDOK: Go on! Quickly! They're looking for you! BEN: (OOV.) Doctor! 15: INT. REFRESHING DEPARTMENT (The alarm sounds throughout the refreshing department. BEN and JAMIE have returned and are talking with POLLY.) POLLY: But we searched there, I'm sure. JAMIE: Aye. (The DOCTOR'S recorder can be heard. The man himself walks into view, playing his instrument.) DOCTOR: Were you looking for me? POLLY: Where have you been? DOCTOR: I'm just looking around, that's all. OLA: It's dangerous to go off on your own after dark. DOCTOR: Oh, I'm used to the dark. I like it. (The alarm ends...) OLA: We're confined to rest cubicles at night by order of Control. Anyone who wanders around the Colony at night...may be k*lled. (There is a fanfare, interrupting OLA'S thr*at.) CONTROL VOICE: Curfew time. All personnel not on duty must retire to quarters. OLA: Do you hear that? CONTROL VOICE: Emergency patrols two and three to remain on duty. Work shifts to remain at their posts until dawn. Visitors to retire for the night to the refreshing department. (Another fanfare) OLA: That's you. You're confined here. (He walks out.) 16: INT. REFRESHING DEPARTMENT. DOCTOR'S CUBICLE (NIGHT) (BARNEY shows the DOCTOR to his room in the refreshing department.) BARNEY: Here we are, Doctor. (He points to other doors.) BARNEY: Your young friends are in their rooms over there. DOCTOR: Thank you. BARNEY: I, er, I hope you sleep well. DOCTOR: Oh, I'm sure I will. Thank you. Goodnight. BARNEY: Goodnight, Doctor. (BARNEY leaves sliding the door shut behind him. The DOCTOR listens at the door, slides it open and leaves.) 17: INT. REFRESHING DEPARTMENT (NIGHT) (The DOCTOR starts to leave the colony through the refreshing department. A fanfare precedes an announcement. The DOCTOR looks at the image on the screen that dominates the darkened room.) CONTROL VOICE: It is now dark. No one will go outside into the Colony. A dangerous man is in hiding. Our patrols have orders to sh**t on sight. Happy sleep time everybody. (There is another fanfare) DOCTOR: And the same to you! 18: EXT. COLONY (NIGHT) (Strange noises disturb the night air as a patrol of guards march past.) 19: EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE (NIGHT) (The strange noises can still be heard as the DOCTOR enters the darkened construction site. He hides in the shadows as the guards and OLA enter the construction site. ) OLA: Patrol two over here, Patrol three follow me. If you see him, sh**t to k*ll. (The guards move off and the DOCTOR moves over to one of the new buildings where MEDOK is hidden. The little man is still nervous and jumpy as the DOCTOR approaches.) OLA: (OOV.) I'll have a look over there. DOCTOR: (To MEDOK.) It's all right. It's me. Stay where you are. MEDOK: Why are you back? DOCTOR: Don't move. OLA: (OOV.) Have a look in those new houses they're building. MEDOK: He's coming! We'll have to get out! (MEDOK is about to run off but the DOCTOR holds him back.) DOCTOR: Wait! If he comes in this way, we'll go out the back. If he comes in the back, we'll go out here. MEDOK: He's coming...to the front of the house. (Outside the construction, OLA calls his guards...) OLA: Over here. I heard something. (Inside the construction...) DOCTOR: All right. Go back. MEDOK: You can't stay here. DOCTOR: I'll try to create a diversion. MEDOK: No, they'll k*ll you! DOCTOR: Do as I tell you. MEDOK: (Considers, then...) Thanks. DOCTOR: Go on. Go on. (He pushes him towards the rear of the room. They reach an opening at the back of the construction.) DOCTOR: All right, we'll go through this opening when I give the word. (He checks that the coast is clear then...) DOCTOR: Right. Now! (The DOCTOR is about to jump through the hole but MEDOK grabs him back...) MEDOK: No, look. Out there. DOCTOR: I don't see anything. MEDOK: In that patch of moonlight. I told you I'd seen them! (The DOCTOR looks where MEDOK is pointing. In the patch of light is a hideous crab-like creature with giant claws similar to that seen on the TARDIS scanner and luminous eyes on stalks...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x27 - The Macra Terror - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
by IAN STUART BLACK first broadcast - 18 March, 1967 1. THE BUILDING SITE DOCTOR: Right. Now! MEDOK: No. Look, out there. DOCTOR: I don't see anything. MEDOK: In that patch of moonlight. I told you I'd seen them! (The Doctor and Medok briefly glimpse the crab-like creature. It vanishes into the night.) MEDOK: Ah! That proves it! I wasn't seeing things! DOCTOR: Medok - the guards. They'll hear you. MEDOK: It doesn't matter. They can't lock me up again. Now I can prove it. We know they're real. DOCTOR: Medok. OLA: Medok. I know you're in there. Come out quietly. MEDOK: You can put that g*n away. I'm coming. OLA: Who's with you? MEDOK: The Doctor. OLA: What are you doing here? MEDOK: Don't waste time. Come on over here. OLA: Stay where you are. MEDOK: Listen, I came out to show you. OLA: Stand still! MEDOK: It's the Macra, Ola! They are real! Ask the Doctor. He'll tell you. DOCTOR: Yes, I think I can confirm... OLA: We don't want to know what the strangers think. DOCTOR: Well, it might be as well to... OLA: Ha, ha, ha. Where do you think you're going? DOCTOR: I just thought I'd go and have a look. OLA: Stay where you are. Guards - search him. DOCTOR: (To Medok.) What will they do to us? OLA: I'll tell you. You're going before the Pilot. You are in the company of an escaped criminal. And you were out in the Colony at night. MEDOK: I'm sorry, Doctor. I thought he'd listen to reason. DOCTOR: Reason's the last thing a man like Ola will listen to. MEDOK: You're going to be in trouble, and it's my fault. OLA: Silence! Pilot's headquarters. Move! 2. PILOT'S OFFICE (The pilot is speaking into a microphone.) PILOT: ...shifts to stand by for greater efforts during working hours. The gas from the pits must be kept in constant supply at even greater pressures. Remember the life of the colony is dependent upon this gas. All industry and activity... (An alarm sounds.) VOICE: Emergency call. Emergency call. PILOT: Yes. Go ahead, emergency. VOICE: Ola requests audience immediately. Ola requests audience immediately. PILOT: Look, I'm extremely busy. Unless this is a major crisis, I really don't... VOICE: Medok has been taken prisoner and one of the strangers has been captured with him. PILOT: Bring the stranger in. (The Doctor enters.) DOCTOR: Good evening, Pilot. Oh, what a very nice office you have here. PILOT: Now what's this all about, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, I... OLA: We found both of them in the new buildings, Pilot. PILOT: At night? How did he get there? Wasn't there a guard on his sleeping quarters? OLA: All my guards were out looking for Medok, Pilot. PILOT: I see. Very well. You may leave us, Ola. I will conduct the investigation myself. DOCTOR: Oh, forgive me. This is interesting - a telescopic viewing machine, hmm? I imagine you can keep track on the entire Colony from here and direct intercommunication between all parts. Hmm. Very up-to-date, I imagine. Excellent, excellent. And what... PILOT: You don't seem to realize how serious this business is, Doctor. You have committed a crime. DOCTOR: A crime? PILOT: What were you doing with Medok? You know he's a dangerous man. DOCTOR: I'm not so sure, Pilot. PILOT: You have already been told. He has refused to cooperate and to obey orders. He suffers from hallucinations. DOCTOR: Ah, that's the point. Does he? PILOT: And what exactly do you mean by that? DOCTOR: Let me perhaps explain. (The intercom sounds.) PILOT: Well, what is it now? I've already said that I don't want to be interrupted. OLA: Ola reporting, Pilot. PILOT: Well, what is it? OLA: Medok has made a statement. It completely changes the situation. PILOT: Oh, very well. Bring him in. DOCTOR: I hope you are not going to listen to everything that Medok tells you? PILOT: Why, Doctor? Are you afraid of something he might say? DOCTOR: Well, in his state of mind he might say anything. (Ola and Medok enter.) MEDOK: Doctor. How have they been treating you? OLA: Silence! DOCTOR: Perfectly all right, thank you. OLA: Medok's made a further statement, Pilot. It's about the Doctor. PILOT: Ah. DOCTOR: Aha. PILOT: Yes, Medok? MEDOK: The Doctor wasn't helping me. He was trying to make me give myself up. PILOT: Well, that was extremely brave. Why didn't you tell us this? DOCTOR: Well, as a matter of fact... MEDOK: Captain Ola didn't give him a chance. PILOT: I see. Well, it seems we owe you an apology, Doctor. MEDOK: It's better we tell the truth, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes. Thank you Medok. I... I quite understand. PILOT: Take him away. OLA: Come on Medok. (Ola and Medok leave Pilot's office.) PILOT: Well, I'm extremely sorry about it, Doctor, and of course you're free to go. DOCTOR: What will happen to Medok? PILOT: Oh. Well, he'll be taken back to the hospital for correction. He'll be given another course of treatment. And when he returns to the Colony, Medok will be a changed man. He will cooperate and he will obey orders. He'll be just like the rest of us. DOCTOR: Why do you want everyone to be the same? PILOT: Doctor, this colony was founded many centuries ago by our ancestors who came from the Earth planet, like your young friends. Our ancestors believed in the virtues of healthy happiness and we have tried to keep their ideals alive. Sometimes, alas, it is necessary to use force. (To intercom.) The Doctor will be returning to his quarters now. VOICE: The Doctor's escort is ready. PILOT: Well, I'm sorry to have disturbed you, Doctor, and many thanks again for your help. DOCTOR: Not at all. Thank you. Goodnight. (The Doctor goes to open the door, but it is locked.) PILOT: Oh, I'm so sorry. (Pilot unlocks the door.) PILOT: Goodnight. (The Doctor leaves. The screen with the static image of the Controller lights up. A fanfare sounds.) VOICE OF CONTROL: The Doctor and his friends are to be given the advantage of high powered adaption at once. They must begin to think like members of the Colony. They are to have deep sleep and thinking patterns. We cannot have criticism from these strangers! The work to do it - it must begin immediately. PILOT: (To intercom.) Emergency order from Control, top priority. Are all the cubicles connected? VOICE: The rest cubicles for the four strangers are all connected for deep sleep and thought patterns. PILOT: Very good. The process is to begin immediately. (To Control.) Your instructions are being carried out. CONTROL: That is good. This is an emergency. Control must be believed and obeyed! No one on the Colony believes in Macra! There is no such thing as Macra! Macra do not exist! There are no Macra! 3. JAMIE AND BEN'S REST CUBICLE (Ben sleeps soundly, but Jamie less so. A quiet, calm voice is piped into the cubicle.) VOICE: The sleeper must relax and believe. Everything in the Colony is good and beautiful. You must accept it without question. You must obey orders. The leaders of the Colony know what is best. In the morning when you wake up you will be given some work. You will be glad to obey. You will question nothing in the Colony. JAMIE: (Whispering.) Ben? Ben? BEN: Huh? What is it? JAMIE: I heard something. BEN: Oh, you're always hearing something. JAMIE: I never heard a voice like this before. Ben? BEN: I'm asleep. JAMIE: It was evil, Ben - an evil voice. An evil that spoke so gently and yet... yet I almost believed what it said. BEN: Oh, look, mate. Get some sleep. We got a hard day's work ahead of us tomorrow. JAMIE: Why do you say that? BEN: Well, we've got to do something to help in the Colony. We can't just eat their nosh without helping out. JAMIE: You sound just like that voice, Ben. BEN: Oh, what are you on about? This colony's all right. It won't be too bad to work here. JAMIE: I never heard you talk that way before, Ben. (Ben sleeps on.) VOICE: You will not resist the sleeping gas. Breathe deeply. In the morning, when you wake, you will obey. 4. POLLY'S CUBICLE (Polly is asleep. The Doctor enters, trying not to wake her. He examines the wall, and finds a concealed wire. He shorts this out, causing a small expl*si*n.) DOCTOR: Wake up, Polly. POLLY: Doctor? What on earth are you doing? DOCTOR: I've been scotching a rumour. Or should I say, scorching. POLLY: What happened? DOCTOR: Polly, I think you've been listening to some very bad advice. POLLY: But I've been asleep. DOCTOR: Yes, I know you have. Fast asleep. Very fast asleep. Polly, do you smell anything? A sort of sweet perfume? POLLY: No. DOCTOR: Never mind. Polly, I want you to forget everything that you've been dreaming. POLLY: Why do you say that? DOCTOR: Well, it's just possible that you've been given a series of orders while you've been asleep. You know, do this, do that, do the other thing. My advice to you is don't do anything of the sort. Don't just be obedient. Always make up your own mind. What am I thinking of? Ben and Jamie! 5. BEN AND JAMIE'S CUBICLE (The Doctor enters.) BEN: (Waking up.) Hello, Doctor. Is it morning? DOCTOR: No, not yet. Nearly so. BEN: What are you up to? DOCTOR: Well, by my calculations, there should be a thin strand of wire in the wall here, like a nerve tapping the subconscious of the human brain. BEN: Lay off, mate. You'll find yourself on a charge. DOCTOR: Should be here somewhere. Ah! BEN: Pack it in, Doctor. The way you mess about you could do some damage. DOCTOR: Better some damage than loss of will power. BEN: What are you on about? Look, get out of it. It's against the law. DOCTOR: What law?! BEN: The law of the Colony. Don't do that! (The Doctor shorts the wire.) BEN: Now you'll get chucked in jail. (Polly hears the Doctor and Ben arguing.) POLLY: What's the matter with you, Ben? Since when did you start to worry? BEN: He thinks he knows best all the time, but this time he's wrong. JAMIE: Hey, what's all the noise? DOCTOR: Jamie, how did you sleep? JAMIE: Oh, very badly, Doctor. I told Ben I kept hearing wee voices. DOCTOR: That's a good sign. That means they haven't been able to get very deeply into your brain. JAMIE: Eh? I don't understand? DOCTOR: I'll show you. Watch this. (He burns out another circuit.) BEN: You're fools, all of you! Just look what you've done! You've smashed up all this equipment! POLLY: Yes, but look here. If they were trying to make us believe a whole load of rubbish... BEN: Rubbish? It's not rubbish. Control knows what's best for us. They want us to cooperate. We should be helping. POLLY: What's the matter with you Ben? This doesn't sound like you at all. BEN: We should learn to obey. The Doctor's causing trouble. I'm going to turn him in. JAMIE: You don't know what you're doing, Ben. (Jamie attempts to stop Ben leaving.) BEN: Get off me! POLLY: What's the matter with him? DOCTOR: I'm very much afraid I'm too late. POLLY: Ben! BEN: Let go of me. POLLY: Ben! BEN: Guards! (He goes outside.) BEN: Guards! POLLY: Don't let him go. DOCTOR: No, it's no use, Jamie. JAMIE: But we cannot let him go, Doctor. DOCTOR: You'll have to. v*olence will get you nowhere. POLLY: Doctor, he's going to go and tell the guards. We've got to get you out of here. DOCTOR: We can't leave Ben. JAMIE: But he betrayed you. DOCTOR: No, no. Not Ben. He's not in control of his actions. He's been given a series of instructions and he can't help himself. POLLY: Yes but he... (Ben returns to the cubicle with Ola.) BEN: That's Him! He prodded about in the wall and smashed up our equipment. OLA: This time we've got the evidence, and from one of your own friends. Come on, Doctor. JAMIE: Leave him alone. OLA: Get out of my way. That's an order. JAMIE: I take orders from no one but the Doctor. OLA: All right, you're coming too. Get out both of you! DOCTOR: Thank you, Jamie, but I'd better go with Captain Ola. POLLY: But Doctor, what will they do to you? BEN: He should be in that hospital of yours. JAMIE: You traitor. You... OLA: That's enough! (Ola leaves with the Doctor and Jamie.) BEN: The hospital. He needs correction more than Medok does. 6. HOSPITAL WARD (Medok is strapped to a bed. A voice over the loudspeakers repeats endlessly.) VOICE: You wish to cooperate. You have seen no strange creatures. You will work hard and happily. Hard and happily. You wish to cooperate. You have seen no strange creatures. PILOT: It's a very difficult case, I'm afraid. Nothing much we can do. He's too far gone to help. No, he'll never be happy like the rest of us. All we can do is send him to the pits for life. MEDOK: Can't hide the truth. (An alarm sounds.) PILOT: Yes, what is it? What's that? The Doctor? I'll come at once. Keep at it. (Medok is still trying to resist.) 7. REST CUBICLE POLLY: What did you do it for? The Doctor's our friend. BEN: I had to do my duty. POLLY: Well, you go on doing it, then. I'm going to go and find out where the others have gone. BEN: Look, Polly, you'd better stay here. POLLY: Go on, report me. BEN: Now look. Come back, Polly. (She leaves the room.) BEN: Polly! Polly! 8. BUILDING SITE (The strange noises of the Macra are heard. Ben is searching for Polly.) BEN: Polly, where are you? Polly? You'll be in trouble. (Looking around.) BEN: Don't fool about, Polly. You must obey Control. (Ben moves a piece of timber.) BEN: Polly? (He finds her.) BEN: Stop! POLLY: Leave me alone. BEN: You're coming back to the guard. POLLY: What's the matter with you, Ben? Wake up! BEN: You're coming with me, girl. You broke the Colony law. (Polly screams.) BEN: What's the matter with you? (She points into the darkness.) BEN: There's nothing there. POLLY: But, there was! I saw it! A huge face, like an insect, or a giant crab. It was horrible and it was looking at us and... and... and it had claws. Claws like we saw on the time scanner. BEN: There's nothing there. Come on. POLLY: No, not that way. BEN: Look you're just trying to dodge off. POLLY: No, no. Please no. I'm not, but... but please look. BEN: There is nothing there! POLLY: Ben. (A creature appears.) POLLY: What is it? BEN: I... I don't know. POLLY: Well, what are we going to do? BEN: There is nothing evil or harmful in this colony. POLLY: How can you believe that, studge? BEN: It stands to reason. It's safe. There is nothing here. (A giant claw grabs Polly. Ben grabs a piece of timber and desperately beats at the claw.) POLLY: (Screams.) Ben, what is this? Get it off me, Ben! It's got my foot! Ben, help! (She screams. Ben fights the creature. The creature releases Polly and moves away.) POLLY: Oh, it was horrible! BEN: It's all right. I think it's going away. (Polly is still shaken.) POLLY: Ben, behind you! There's another one! Ahh! Ben, they're all around us! BEN: Polly, you make a run for it, and I'll keep them here. POLLY: No, you won't stand a chance. BEN: We can't stop here. Come on, quick! Ahh! POLLY: Ahh! 9. PILOT'S OFFICE (The Doctor and Jamie stand before Pilot's desk.) PILOT: You have destroyed three nerve circuits, Doctor. You have b*rned them out. What have you to say? DOCTOR: Rather neat, don't you think? And so simple. I did it with this. PILOT: You admit it? DOCTOR: I'm proud of it. (The Doctor looks at Pilot's wall.) PILOT: What is it? What's the matter? DOCTOR: My dear Pilot, your wall? Even you were subjected to this form of subconscious control? PILOT: Leave that alone. (The Doctor finds another circuit and proceeds to short it.) DOCTOR: That's better. PILOT: You will be punished for this. DOCTOR: The least you can do is to say thank you. OLA: (OOV.) Pilot! PILOT: What is it? OLA: It's the young man who reported the Doctor, Pilot. PILOT: What about him? OLA: He has another report, Pilot. An urgent one. PILOT: Very well, Ola, you may leave. I will deal with it. (Ben and Polly are shown in. Polly is still visibly shaken.) JAMIE: Who are you s*ab in the back this time? DOCTOR: Polly? Polly? What's the matter? POLLY: Doctor, it was horrible. A great insect, like... like a crab. It got hold of me. Ben got me free. JAMIE: Ben did? POLLY: And he was nearly k*lled himself. PILOT: Silence. (To Ben.) Did you protect the girl from such creatures? BEN: She ran away. I went after her. PILOT: Did you protect her, and were there such creatures? BEN: No. There were no such creatures. POLLY: Ben! BEN: There are no such things as Macra. POLLY: But you saw them! BEN: There were no such creatures! There are no such things as Macra! DOCTOR: Don't blame him, Polly. JAMIE: But you heard him. DOCTOR: I told you. Ben has come under control of the evil forces at the heart of this colony. PILOT: That is quite untrue. Control always acts for the best. DOCTOR: Who is Control? PILOT: You've seen our Controller. DOCTOR: Have I? I don't remember. PILOT: Well switch on then. We've nothing to hide. (The screen lights up.) (Fanfare.) CONTROL: Controller speaking. We know everything that's happened. The poor girl has had hallucinations. (Fanfare.) JAMIE: That's not the Controller. That's just a picture of a man. PILOT: It is a picture of our Controller. JAMIE: Well, where is he? I'll wager he doesn't exist. PILOT: Of course he does. JAMIE: Well, let's see him then. PILOT: That's not necessary. JAMIE: Well, I don't believe he's there. PILOT: Of course he is, you've heard his voice. DOCTOR: Why don't you show him to us then? PILOT: Well all right. If you wish, I'll ask. Ah, as you can hear, Control, they... they ask to see you in person. DOCTOR: That set the cat among the pigeons. JAMIE: They've not got him there. (On screen we see a frail old man. He stands silently.) VOICE OF CONTROL: This is your Controller. This is your Controller. JAMIE: But he's an old man. PILOT: Well, now you've seen the Controller. JAMIE: Well let him speak. VOICE OF CONTROL: Be silent! That is an order! POLLY: Let him speak. PILOT: Be silent! JAMIE: Ah, he's not giving the orders. He can't talk. VOICE OF CONTROL: This is the man. You will hear him speak. Speak, Controller, speak! CONTROLLER: Speak? Am I to speak? VOICE OF CONTROL: Tell the strangers to believe and obey! CONTROLLER: I... I will tell them. I will tell them. I... I'll do what you say. Keep away. Don't touch me. I'll obey. (A claw is seen on screen dragging the old man off.) JAMIE: What's that? What's happening! POLLY: Doctor, that was it - that thing in the picture! That was the claw! They're in control. PILOT: Take them out of here. They are condemned to the pits! POLLY: Macra! PILOT: Take them away! POLLY: They're in control!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x28 - The Macra Terror - part 2"}
foreverdreaming
by IAN STUART BLACK first broadcast - 25 March 1967 1. PILOT'S OFFICE (On the screen is the Controller, a frail old man.) CONTROLLER: Keep away. Don't touch me. I'll obey. (A claw is seen on screen dragging the old man off.) JAMIE: What's that? What's happening! POLLY: Doctor, that was it - that thing in the picture! That was the claw! They're in control. PILOT: Take them out of here. They're condemned to the pits. OLA: Come on. Get out, all of you. Out! Get out! (The Doctor, Polly and Jamie are led away by Ola's guards.) PILOT: (To intercom.) Stand by work shift. Stand by in the pits. VOICE: Work shift standing by. PILOT: The strangers are being sent to you for pit labour. Put them in the Danger g*ng. (Fanfare.) CONTROL: Your orders are correct, Pilot. The strangers must be sent to explore the new gas reserves. They are dangerous people. They must be disciplined. PILOT: Yes, Control. CONTROL: You will forget all that happened. PILOT: Yes, Control. CONTROL: The Colony enjoys hard work and happiness. We will not tolerate the evil of such strangers. (Fanfare.) PILOT: Yes, Control. (To Ben.) You must serve the Colony. Keep watch on your friends, and if you see anything suspicious, report to me immediately. BEN: Yes, Pilot. 2. THE GAS CENTRE (The room is full of pipes, valves and pumping machinery. Ola brings in the Doctor, Jamie and Polly.) MUSIC: We are all happy to work. We are all happy to work. For the good of the Colony. Happy to work. Happy to work. DOCTOR: Ooh! POLLY: What's the matter? DOCTOR: Dreadful. Did you hear that rhyme? The man who wrote that ought to be sent to the Danger g*ng - not us. Ha, ha, ha. OLA: All right. That's enough. OFFICIA: Ah, are these the three strangers? OLA: Yes. DOCTOR: Yes, you might call us that. OLA: They've been allocated 176 shift. OFFICIA: Oh, very good, Ola. I'll... I'll recall the shift leader. DOCTOR: What an extremely remarkable place. What efficiency. What ever do you make? OLA: Silence. JAMIE: I thought this was a mine. You know, where you dig up coal? OFFICIA: Ah, yes. But here, you see, the rock foundation is a type of salt. Now, at depths it generates gases over the years, and these gases are extremely valuable. OLA: Don't bother to explain to them. Just get them to work. JAMIE: Aye. Well, you don't send a lassie and an old man down to dig. DOCTOR: Old? What do you mean old? I'm not old, Jamie. OLA: You'll do as you're ordered. OFFICIA: Here's the leader of their shift, sir. OLA: Very well. Report any irregularities to me. (The shift leader appears. It is Medok.) JAMIE: Medok. How did you get here? MEDOK: Huh! They threw me out of the correction hospital. Apparently I'm a hopeless case. POLLY: But why did they send you here? MEDOK: The one remaining punishment they could think of - to work in the Danger g*ng for life. JAMIE: For life? MEDOK: Oh, don't worry. You don't survive long in this atmosphere. It's the gas. It gets everywhere. It creeps into your lungs. And when you're down there, you're right in the thick of it. OFFICIA: Come on, Medok. Take them to their work. MEDOK: What's the hurry? OFFICIA: You don't want me to call the guard, do you? MEDOK: All right. All right. We're going. But, we are entitled to a supervisor on this shift. OFFICIA: Ah, yes. That's true. MEDOK: Yes. Well, I'm leaving this man. OFFICIA: Hmm? Oh. Well, yes. I suppose that's all right. DOCTOR: But, it's much safer up here. Isn't it, Medok? MEDOK: It is. DOCTOR: Ah, I see. I'm perfectly capable of working in the pit, thank you. Polly can have the safe job. POLLY: Uh, no. You stay up here. I wouldn't know what to do. DOCTOR: Well, I'm not sure I understand all this machinery myself. JAMIE: Do you not think you might make better use of the opportunity, Doctor? DOCTOR: What do you mean? Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Yes. I'll be supervisor. OFFICIA: (Overhearing.) What was all that? DOCTOR: Nothing. Absolutely nothing. OFFICIA: Come on you two. MEDOK: Oh, you're going to issue them with masks, aren't you? You aren't taking them down there without any protection? OFFICIA: Surely you could have seen to that? (To the Doctor.) Oh, ah, here. You'd better take this, um... this checklist. DOCTOR: But I... I would have liked a mask. (The others depart for the pit. The Doctor examines the room, full of gas pumping machinery.) DOCTOR: This really is remarkable. Most interesting. Yes. I suppose with a little adjustment... (Ben enters.) DOCTOR: Hello, Ben. Don't go. Come in. Don't be afraid. BEN: I have nothing to be afraid of. DOCTOR: No. Of course not. It wasn't your fault you betrayed your friends. BEN: The voices tell me what to do. DOCTOR: The voices may not be right, Ben. BEN: I do what I am told. DOCTOR: Yes, I know. That's why you're here, isn't it? To spy on me. What does Control want to know this time? Won't you answer me? You know, Ben, this is very unlike you. BEN: I don't know what you mean. It is my duty. DOCTOR: Hard for you to struggle against the voices, isn't it, Ben? I warn you, if you spy on the others, watch out Jamie doesn't catch you. He's not so tolerant as I am. 3. ONE OF THE PITS (A dark tunnel resembling a coal mine. Polly and Jamie cough as they encounter the pit atmosphere for the first time.) OFFICIA: Hurry up. Put on your equipment. JAMIE: You shouldn't make lasses do the work of men. OFFICIA: The Danger g*ng will do as they are told. It's a punishment for their failure to cooperate. MEDOK: We do all the dirty work. We go where the gas is worst. OFFICIA: It's your own fault, Medok. If you obeyed Control... MEDOK: All right. All right. Forget it. I prefer Control poisoning my lungs, to their trying to poison my mind. (An alarm sounds.) POLLY: What's that? MEDOK: It's a gas strike. OFFICIA: Go on! Help with the cable there. Go on. Hurry up. That's the alarm. JAMIE: What does he mean? MEDOK: He means they've struck so much gas, they can't channel it off. When it reaches a certain density, that alarm bell goes. OFFICIA: Hurry up! Get that cable to the strike. MEDOK: Come on. Quickly. (Polly, Jamie, and Medok help other pit workers shift the cable.) OFFICIA: Quickly. Come on. Pull there. Pull, all of you. Pull. Pull. (Polly yelps and collapses.) JAMIE: Polly! OFFICIA: Leave her. Get that cable to the strike. MEDOK: Get her away from here. Away. Jamie, the head of the cable. Got it? Right. Put your masks on. They're in your pocket. Right. Now, help me with this. Hold it. Hold it, Jamie. Right. (Medok and Jamie and the others struggle against the gas pressure. The leak is sealed.) POLLY: What's it all for? MEDOK: It's a poisonous gas which we mine, from the bowels of this planet, which kills us if we breathe it. No one knows what it's used for. 4. GAS CENTRE (The Doctor is busy chalking calculations on the wall.) DOCTOR: Yes. Now, one must assume that the relative connection is constant. Now, let me see. Ah! Yes. I think that's right. I should give myself ten out of ten. (He does so. A door opens. The Pilot enters.) DOCTOR: Oh, you did give me a turn. PILOT: Where did you find it? DOCTOR: What? PILOT: The formula. DOCTOR: In my head. You know. PILOT: Don't lie. That is a secret known only to three people in the Colony. DOCTOR: And you're one of them? PILOT: Naturally. And you're not asking me to believe that in a few moments you have been able to work out a formula which it has taken our combined computers years to perfect? DOCTOR: It does seem rather a tall order. (He chuckles to himself.) PILOT: Yes, of course. I know what you've done. You've broken into our secret files, haven't you? DOCTOR: I wouldn't know how to do that. Take a look. PILOT: Well, you must have seen the document. That's the exact computation. DOCTOR: (Pleased with himself.) Really? Huh. In that case... (He alters his mark to eleven out of ten.) PILOT: Do you really mean to say that you worked that out by yourself? DOCTOR: Well, I did have a little assistance. PILOT: Yes, I thought so. Who was it? DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no. Oh, no. No person. No. I simply mean that I took readings from the various dials. They appeared to be related, so I worked out the principle that controls them. It was simple really. Like doing a sum backwards. PILOT: Backwards? DOCTOR: Yes. You know. Given the answer, what's the question? PILOT: Wipe it away. Get it off there before anybody else sees it. DOCTOR: Oh, well. If you insist. (The Doctor throws a bucket of water at the wall.) DOCTOR: Ho, ho. There now. If anyone follows that formula, there'll be an almighty expl*si*n - x to the power of y is derivative 2 3's of 6! PILOT: Get it off. (The Doctor finishes scrubbing the wall.) 5. THE PIT (Other workers are drilling the rock face.) POLLY: What are they doing? MEDOK: We call that probing. POLLY: They're not looking for more gas? MEDOK: Oh, yes. We never stop! JAMIE: There's a door here. Where's it lead to? MEDOK: I've no idea. To my knowledge, those doors were never opened. JAMIE: Could be an old shaft. POLLY: Why would it need such a new door? And so strong? (Officia and Ben arrive to inspect the work.) MEDOK: Hey, look out! OFFICIA: Ah, you've made the connection? MEDOK: Of course. Otherwise you wouldn't be here. OFFICIA: Now, be careful, Medok. There are other places worse than the Danger g*ng, you know. (He looks at the rock face.) OFFICIA: This is a high pressure strike. You are going to need a stronger screw than this. MEDOK: Don't touch it. OFFICIA: I know what I'm doing. (A blast of gas catches Officia in the face. He staggers.) POLLY: He's fainted. JAMIE: Aye. He must have. (As Medok plugs the gas leak, Jamie takes Officia's keys.) BEN: What's the matter? What has happened to him? JAMIE: He's had a wee whiff of the gas. BEN: Get him up. I'll look after him. (To Officia.) Yeah. It's all right, mate. Hang on. (Ben helps Officia away.) POLLY: How long do you think Ben was watching us? JAMIE: I don't know. POLLY: Do you think he saw you take the keys? JAMIE: Well, if he did, we're in trouble. POLLY: Yes. JAMIE: It just means we'll have to make use of them quick as we can. POLLY: But where, Jamie. And how? JAMIE: Let's try that wee door first. Come on. (He tries to unlock the door.) JAMIE: Give me the word if anybody comes. POLLY: Right. Lookout, OK. MEDOK: (Further along the tunnel.) Hey, you two, give us a hand. POLLY: Um, all right. (To Jamie.) I'd better go. JAMIE: Just a minute Polly. This key's turning. Oh. POLLY: Good luck. JAMIE: Aye. It fits. Come on, Pol. (Jamie steps through the doorway.) MEDOK: Come on. Here everybody. Lend a hand. 6. THE OLD SHAFT (A gloomy tunnel similar to the main pit tunnel. Jamie edges along in the dark.) 7. PIT (An alarm sounds.) POLLY: What's that? MEDOK: It's impossible. POLLY: Is it more gas? MEDOK: No. It's an escape. That bell means that someone has escaped down here. POLLY: It's Jamie. MEDOK: Your friend? That door! I'm going with him. POLLY: Hey wait! Don't leave me down here. 8. GAS CENTRE (Ben has brought Officia back, he has recovered. They hear the alarm.) OFFICIA: We couldn't have an alarm. It's impossible. No one ever escapes. (To communicator.) Calling Pit Guard. Close exits to all gas shafts. Stand by. A prisoner has escaped. sh**t on sight. DOCTOR: But, if no one can escape... OFFICIA: My keys! My keys! They were on my tunic. BEN: You must have dropped them. OFFICIA: (To communicator.) Special guards to cover all exits to the old shaft. With Pilot's permission, they may have to go on forbidden ground. 9. OLD SHAFT (Medok has followed Jamie into the shaft.) MEDOK: Jamie? Jamie? Jamie? Ah! (A claw grabs Medok by the throat.) 10. FURTHER ALONG THE OLD SHAFT JAMIE: Hello? Who's there? 11. GAS CENTRE (Fanfare.) CONTROL: No permission is granted for the guard to go on forbidden ground. Repeat, no permission. They are not to cover the exit to the old shaft. This is in use at this moment by Control. No one is to go in or near the old shaft. Top priority. (Fanfare.) DOCTOR: They seem very emphatic about that. OFFICIA: Control knows best. DOCTOR: But what if your prisoner escapes that way? What will happen to you? OFFICIA: I shall be punished. DOCTOR: Well, aren't you going to do something about it? OFFICIA: Control knows best. DOCTOR: Who has escaped anyway? OFFICIA: We shall soon find out. (OFFICIA exits.) BEN: It is Jamie. DOCTOR: How do you know that, Ben? BEN: I saw him take the keys. DOCTOR: And you didn't report it? BEN: No. DOCTOR: Why not? BEN: I don't know. I don't seem to be able to think straight. DOCTOR: Ben, you're recovering. I always thought you were a tough customer. Well done! BEN: Control knows best. DOCTOR: You don't seem very sure. BEN: Jamie took those keys. I must report him! 12. OLD SHAFT (Jamie doubles back. He finds Medok lying on the floor. Jamie looks around in the gloom and is suddenly face to face with a Macra.) 13. GAS CENTRE (Polly enters.) POLLY: Doctor, you know what's happened? DOCTOR: Yes. Jamie's got free. By my calculations he's got a very good chance. Hold that for me, will you? POLLY: What do you mean? DOCTOR: Well, as I understand it, Jamie's in the old shaft. POLLY: Yes. That's right. DOCTOR: And for reasons of their own, Control don't want anyone there. It's forbidden territory. POLLY: So you think he'll be all right? DOCTOR: I don't know. I'll be able to tell you when I've tested this to see how lethal it is. POLLY: But what's that got to do with Jamie? DOCTOR: On this planet it's got a lot to do with everybody. There now. Yes. POLLY: Oh, Doctor. What on earth are you doing? DOCTOR: I'm trying to analyse this gas, and I'm not having very much luck. POLLY: Is that the same stuff that we've been pumping out of the pits? DOCTOR: Yes. And they go to great efforts to get it. The question is why? POLLY: Ssh! Somebody's coming. DOCTOR: Ooh! Mustn't find this. 14. PILOT'S OFFICE (Ben is slowly recovering as he waits.) SUNNA: Oh, the Pilot's not here. Let me help you. BEN: No. SUNNA: Always lend a helping hand. A willing friend makes the task lighter. BEN: I'll wait for the Pilot. If I'm going to tell anybody... SUNNA: You are, aren't you? BEN: I don't know what I'm going to do. I got these voices in my head. Sometimes I just think I'm having a bad dream. SUNNA: But the voices are here to help us. They are our friends. BEN: That's it. What about my friends? 15. OLD SHAFT (Jamie looks at the inert Macra. He throws a stone at it, but there is no response. Suddenly, the Macra's eyes open.) 16. GAS CENTRE (An alarm sounds.) OFFICIA: I'll see you are reported for this. If this were not an emergency... POLLY: The bell stopped. Why has it stopped? OFFICIA: Because, young lady, the emergency is over. POLLY: Does that mean he's been caught? OFFICIA: It means they're closing in on him. 17. OLD SHAFT (The Macra is still staring at Jamie.) 18. PILOT'S OFFICE (The Pilot has returned.) PILOT: Thank you. But, why didn't you tell this to Officia? BEN: You told me to report back to you. PILOT: I see. Very well. (To intercom.) The stranger who has escaped is in the old shaft. Control will now give instructions. (Fanfare.) CONTROL: All guards will leave the area of the old shaft. No one must go near it, even in search of the stranger. Do not approach its exit or entrance. Do not go in. Officials are to stand by at the gas centre. PILOT: We will obey, Control. 19. GAS CENTRE OFFICIA: Gas centre standing by. What transfers do you wish made? CONTROL: Prepare for gas to be diverted into the old shaft. Inspect connection immediately and report back. (Fanfare.) POLLY: The old shaft. Doctor, that's where Jamie is! DOCTOR: They're going to pour this gas in the old shaft - gas they value above all else. What do you make of that, Polly? POLLY: For goodness sake, Doctor. What are you going on about? DOCTOR: Don't you see? Control are not pouring this poisonous gas into the old shaft to k*ll Jamie. They've quite another reason. 20. OLD SHAFT (Jamie and the Macra stare at each other.) 21. GAS CENTRE POLLY: Doctor, you've got to do something to help him. DOCTOR: Before we act, we must think. Now, the Macra that have come to the surface of this planet have not found sufficient gas in the atmosphere, so they've had to get somebody to pump it up from down below. POLLY: But, if it's life and death to them, why do they waste it? Why divert it into the old shaft? DOCTOR: That's obvious, Polly. Obvious. Because there's something trapped down there they wish to keep alive. 22. OLD SHAFT (Jamie backs away as the Macra slowly moves toward him.) 23. GAS CENTRE OFFICIA: Officia reporting. All connections have been tested. They are all one hundred percent serviceable. Transfer of all gases may now be made to the old shaft. (Fanfare.) CONTROL: Stand by for action. MUSIC: The Colony. The Colony is happy to obey. The Colony is happy to obey. POLLY: We've got to help him. DOCTOR: I'm doing my best, Polly. I'm thinking at top speed. There's a pattern involved here - a combination of pipes. If one were to follow this one... (Fanfare.) CONTROL: Stand by gas Officia. All flow is to be channelled through systems seven and eleven. DOCTOR: Seven and eleven. Now which are they? OFFICIA: All channels are ready. CONTROL: Prepare to turn on at half blast. OFFICIA: All ready. CONTROL: Now! 24. OLD SHAFT (The gas floods in. Jamie gasps for breath. As the Macra slowly revives, its claws flail. It moves forward.) 25. GAS CENTRE DOCTOR: Seven and eleven. If that's the system in use, it must go from here round up to there. CONTROL: Officia is to increase pressure. POLLY: Doctor, quickly. DOCTOR: Polly, I think I've found the gas flow. OFFICIA: (To Control.) The pressure's being increased. 26. OLD SHAFT (The gas is at once choking Jamie and reviving the Macra. The Macra advances on Jamie.) 27. GAS CENTRE CONTROL: Turn on full pressure now. OFFICIA: Full pressure in action! 28. OLD SHAFT (Jamie runs along the shaft away from the Macra. Ahead of him is another Macra. He is cut off.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x29 - The Macra Terror - part 3"}
foreverdreaming
by IAN STUART BLACK first broadcast - 1 April 1967 1. OLD SHAFT (Jamie runs along the shaft away from the Macra. Ahead of him is another Macra. He is cut off.) 2. GAS CENTRE (Fanfare.) CONTROL: Retain full pressure. (Fanfare.) OFFICIA: Full pressures being maintained on master control. Reserves are standing by. (The Doctor and Polly watch on.) DOCTOR: Let me see. Let me see. POLLY: Doctor, what could be happening to Jamie now? DOCTOR: I hate to think. It won't be anything very pleasant. Polly, go and see what the first dial on the control desk registers. POLLY: Right. DOCTOR: Hurry up. POLLY: Full pressure. DOCTOR: Full pressure. And the other one? Come on. POLLY: Zero. DOCTOR: Zero. Now I think there's only one thing for it. Plus must be made minus and minus must be made plus. POLLY: What's the matter? DOCTOR: The question is which is plus and which is minus? POLLY: Ooh. 3. OLD SHAFT (Jamie is trapped between two Macra. Gas is slowly filling the old shaft, choking Jamie as it revives the Macra. Jamie finds a crevice in the rock wall and squeezes into it.) 4. PIT HEAD (A maze of pipes emerge from the depths of the pit, and lead off into the gas centre. The Doctor inspects the pipes, tapping here and there. Officia comes out to investigate.) OFFICIA: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Oh, just checking. OFFICIA: Well, I don't need your help, thank you. DOCTOR: As you please. But, uh, I think you're going to run into trouble. OFFICIA: Why? What's the matter? DOCTOR: Well, according to my calculations, the pressure gauges are wrong. OFFICIA: Don't be ridiculous. DOCTOR: Ridiculous? Well, that's as may be. But, after all, three times three is nine, and if you divide by half of its own cubic capacity to the formula, Pi over four squared, I think you'll have to agree with me. OFFICIA: Don't touch that. DOCTOR: Why not? OFFICIA: That's the... That controls the inflow system. DOCTOR: Oh. So these are the inflow pipes, are they? That's all I wanted to know. OFFICIA: But what are you doing? (The Doctor begins turning taps.) DOCTOR: Inflow. Inflow. Outflow. Inflow. High pressure. Low pressure and O-U-T spells out. POLLY: Doctor, what are you doing? DOCTOR: It's alright, Polly. Confusion is best left to the experts. OFFICIA: But... Stop it! You've no idea what you're doing. DOCTOR: Oh, yes I have. I can stand an operation on its head quicker than anyone. There! I think you'll find I've revolutionised the entire gas flow of the Colony. OFFICIA: You must be mad. You'll be locked up. DOCTOR: Polly, see what those dials register now. POLLY: Right. (Reading dials.) Doctor? Something's happened to this one. DOCTOR: What does it read? POLLY: It's reads zero. DOCTOR: And the other one? POLLY: Full pressure. DOCTOR: Good. Splendid. That means there'll be a fine old gale of fresh air bl*wing along the old shaft any time now. 5. OLD SHAFT (The Macra have discovered Jamie's hiding place. One tries to grab him. Jamie lashes out at the Macra, to little effect. He is dragged from the crevice. The soft rock around him subsides.) JAMIE: Ah! Ah! Let go! No! Let... Not yet, you're not. 6. GAS CENTRE OFFICIA: You can do nothing. You'll only delay matters. It's a simple matter for me to reconnect the gas. DOCTOR: Yes, I'm sure it is. But I'm sure you'd like a little help. OFFICIA: Now stop that. You've enough to answer for already. (He leaves to find a guard.) OFFICIA: Guard! Guard! DOCTOR: It's all right, Polly. I've got his keys. Lock the door. OFFICIA: Send the guard, immediately! POLLY: They're bound to get in sooner or later. DOCTOR: Yes. Well, the later the better. The only thing we can do for Jamie now is to give him time. Lock the door. 7. OLD SHAFT (Jamie struggles free from the rock. He fights at the Macra. As the fresh air slowly fills the shaft, both Macra weaken.) 8. GAS CENTRE (Fanfare.) CONTROL: This is Control. Why has the outflow of gas stopped? Gas must be pumped into the old shaft without interruption. Begin pumping immediately. OFFICIA: (To intercom.) I need help immediately. The strangers obey nothing. They are turning taps in the wrong direction. CONTROL: Guards have been detailed to assist you. (Fanfare.) OLA: (Banging on the door.) Open up in there! OFFICIA: Keys! My keys! Where are my keys? DOCTOR: Oh, dear. Your keys. Try, uh, in your pocket. Or on the gantry. Or over there. OFFICIA: Look, I know you've got them. POLLY: Doctor, the door. OLA: (Outside.) Open up in there or we'll smash it in. POLLY: It's going to give way. DOCTOR: Come on, Polly. Let's get out of here. (The Doctor and Polly move to the far end of the gas centre to another set of heavy doors.) POLLY: No, not that way - it goes to the pits. Quick. Try that one. DOCTOR: It's locked. POLLY: Then use the keys. Quick, Doctor. Quick! (The guards finally force the main doors.) OFFICIA: Over there. Quick! Stop them before they do any damage. (The guards rush for the pipe room door.) OLA: Get them! 9. PIPE ROOM, LEADING FROM THE GAS CENTRE (The Doctor and Polly struggle to close the doors.) DOCTOR: Push, Polly! Push! POLLY: I can't! DOCTOR: You've got to. Come on. Together. I've nearly got it locked. (They succeed in shutting the door to the gas centre.) DOCTOR: There we are. POLLY: Where are we? DOCTOR: Well, it looks rather like a cupboard with a lot of pipes. POLLY: Where do you suppose they lead? DOCTOR: They must lead somewhere. Let's have a look. POLLY: Doctor, I think these are the pipes that carry the poisonous gas. DOCTOR: Yes, very likely. POLLY: Well, don't you think we'd better stay here? DOCTOR: Stay here? I'm not spending the rest of my life with a lot of old pipes. POLLY: But Doctor... DOCTOR: Now, come along Polly. I'm sure there's no need to be afraid. Well... well, I think there's no need to be afraid. Oh, come on. Let's find out. (They advance along the pipe room.) 10. GAS CENTRE (Officia reconnects the flow of gas.) OFFICIA: There, that ought to do it. Let's hope we're not too late. 11. OLD SHAFT (Jamie looks for a way out of the shaft. He examines the walls. He finds a rusty grating, and forces it open. He climbs through.) 12. STOREROOM (Jamie descends into a storeroom. He can hear chanting and clapping.) LEADER OF CHEERLEADERS: What do you know? CHEERLEADERS: We all know Control is right, and we must obey! LEADER: Let them know. Let them know. CHEERLEADERS: Let them know they're happy! LEADER: Greet the morning with a shout. CHEERLEADERS: Everyone up. The sun is out. LEADER: Rah, rah, rah! CHEERLEADERS: Rah, rah, rah! Cheer for the Colony. We're the g*ng that works the hardest, and we must obey. Obey Control. Ring the bell. LEADER: Rah, rah, rah! CHEERLEADERS: Rah, rah, rah! LEADER: Work well. CHEERLEADERS: Ring the bell! LEADER: Oh, that's much better. But, we'll do it again, and this time with more feeling. Ah! And don't forget our job is to inspire the others - our brave workers who are doing such a dangerous job. All right? CHEERLEADERS: All right! LEADER OF CHEERLEADERS: What do you know? CHEERLEADERS: We all know Control is right, and we must obey! LEADER: Let them know. Let them know. CHEERLEADERS: Let them know they're happy! LEADER: Greet the morning with a shout. CHEERLEADERS: Everyone up. The sun is out. LEADER: Rah, rah, rah! CHEERLEADERS: Rah, rah, rah! LEADER: Oh, that's very good! That's beginning to sound like something. It still needs a bit more clarity, and I think that the girls could... (He spots Jamie.) LEADER: Say! how did you get there? JAMIE: Oh, w... well, uh... I just, um... as a matter of fact... LEADER: Oh, I see. You're one of the dancers. JAMIE: One of the dancers? Oh, I'm afraid, uh... Aye. Aye, y... y... yes. I'm one of the dancers. LEADER: And you got your dance ready? JAMIE: My dance? Ah... Well, uh... Yes. Yes, it's ready. LEADER: Well, go ahead. I'll see it now. JAMIE: You'll see it now? LEADER: And don't forget you have to be very good to get into the Happy Colony finals. We want something gay and cheerful. JAMIE: Gay and cheerful? LEADER: Have you any music? JAMIE: Ah, no. I don't need it. LEADER: Go ahead. We'll pick up the rhythm and clap to it. All right? CHEERLEADERS: All right! LEADER: Well, come on. Get on with it. We haven't got all day. JAMIE: Oh, aye. (Jamie starts dancing. The others clap and count moves.) LEADER: That's very good. What do you call it? JAMIE: The Highland Fling. LEADER: Why do you call it the Highland Fling? JAMIE: Because we finish the dance by flinging ourselves out the door. LEADER: Oh, that's very good! Come on now. Rah, rah, rah! CHEERLEADERS: Rah, rah, rah! LEADER: Cheers for the Colony. Rah, rah, rah! 13. HALL (Jamie has flung himself out the door and into a squad of guards. Ben is with them.) OLA: Where did this boy come from? LEADER: Oh, he's one of the dancers. OLA: Nonsense. He's the escaped stranger. You there - identify him. Is this the boy you reported? BEN: Well... Well... Yes. JAMIE: Ben, you gave me away. OLA: (To guards.) Tie him up. Go to the Pilot. Tell him the stranger's found. Tell him it won't be long before we get our hands on his friends as well. BEN: Jamie, I'm... (Ben is still struggling with the voices in his head.) 14. PIPE ROOM (In the background is the hum of machinery and the continual voice of Control.) CONTROL: No permission for the guards to go on forbidden ground. Repeat, no permission. They are not to cover the exit to the old shaft. This is in use at this moment by Control. No one is to go near the old shaft. DOCTOR: Shh. I hear voices. Very faint. POLLY: I don't hear anything. DOCTOR: Stay here a minute, Polly. POLLY: No. Don't leave me. CONTROL: The search for the other strangers must be carried on. POLLY: The Controller. The voice behind the screen. CONTROL: All guards are detailed to hunt for the Doctor and the girl. They must be taken d*ad or alive. POLLY: Look! He must be there. (The Doctor and Polly climb a ladder towards a port hole.) 15. CONTROL ROOM (THROUGH THE PORT HOLE) (It is full of Macra. One is inhaling the gas.) 16. OUTSIDE THE CONTROL ROOM (The Doctor and Polly observe the Macra in the Control room.) (Fanfare.) CONTROL: This is Control. The day shift is to begin work in the emergency gas shaft. All pressures are to be maintained. The Colony cannot live without gas! POLLY: So that's where all the gas goes. DOCTOR: Yes. Just as I thought. These creatures would die without it. POLLY: But how long have they been there? I mean, they weren't always in control, were they? DOCTOR: I couldn't tell you when they were here in the first place, Polly. They're like germs in the human body. They've got into the body of this colony. They're living as parasites. POLLY: You make it sound like a disease. DOCTOR: Polly, that's what I think they are. POLLY: They're in the control room. It must be like getting into the brain, mustn't it? DOCTOR: Yes. Very likely. POLLY: Shh. They might hear you. DOCTOR: Now then. One system must provide them with the gas they need, and the other one must be an outflow. POLLY: Doctor, we've got to bring the Pilot here. Then we can show him these creatures really do exist. DOCTOR: Yes, Polly, I think it might work. 17. PILOT'S OFFICE (Ola waits with Jamie for the Pilot to return. Ben is also there.) OLA: (To Jamie.) Look at me when I talk to you. (The Pilot enters.) PILOT: Ola, a word with you. Where exactly did you catch him? OLA: In here. In the hall, Pilot. PILOT: I see. So, in fact, he gave himself up? OLA: He should never have been allowed to escape. PILOT: Are you criticising Control? OLA: I'm criticising the running of the pits. PILOT: But that is my job, Ola. OLA: I know that. But were it not for my guards, this stranger would still be a danger to all of us. I am going to report to Control that there is no discipline in the pits. PILOT: That's not the only report that Control will get! OLA: Ever since these strangers arrived your authority in this colony has gone to pieces. They come and go as they please, and even now two of them are still missing. (The Doctor and Polly enter.) DOCTOR: Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Well, everyone is up bright and early. And the last two strangers are not missing after all. Oh, come now. You can't have bad temper and differences of opinion in this happy type colony. Say you're sorry, Ola. Say you're sorry, Pilot. JAMIE: Doctor, what did ye come here for? You've walked into a trap. DOCTOR: Good morning, Jamie. Nice to see you so well cared for. JAMIE: Yes, but Doctor... DOCTOR: Oh, it's all right. I've just come in to have a word with my old friend, the Pilot. Good morning, Ben. I hope you're feeling more your old self? BEN: Yes, Doctor. I am. PILOT: Why did not your guards arrest these strangers? OLA: I don't know. Guards, arrest them! PILOT: That is no longer necessary. DOCTOR: Of course not. You can't arrest us now we've given ourselves up. That's against the rules. PILOT: Now. You wish to see me? DOCTOR: Yes. I do. Urgently. Come with me. (Fanfare.) CONTROL: This is Control. Everyone is to return to work immediately. This order includes all executives. It includes the Pilot. Everyone back to work immediately. PILOT: Well, I shall have to go. POLLY: No, wait. You must listen to what the Doctor's got to tell you. They're only saying that because they know what we've seen. CONTROL: At once! DOCTOR: Pilot. CONTROL: At once! That is an order! POLLY: Don't take any notice of them. That's not your Controller. Those are your enemies. CONTROL: There must be no discussion with the strangers! POLLY: Why not? JAMIE: Aye. What are you afraid of? CONTROL: Arrest the strangers! That is an order! All the strangers! (Fanfare.) BEN: That doesn't sound like a man in control. PILOT: (To Doctor.) What did you wish to tell me? OLA: Pilot. You heard Control. Guards, take them all away. PILOT: I am still the Pilot here. You will take your orders from me. Get back to your quarters. OLA: (To guards.) Contact Control immediately. Report the Pilot! DOCTOR: That was a very brave thing to do. PILOT: Or very foolish. What is it you wanted to tell me? DOCTOR: Come with me. OLA: Pilot! PILOT: You will all remain here. (The Doctor ushers the Pilot outside.) BEN: He disobeyed Control. The Pilot will be arrested. JAMIE: No. POLLY: Anything may happen now, Jamie. We've got to be ready to run for it. JAMIE: We can't leave the Doctor. POLLY: He'll be back in a minute, and Ben seems to be all right now. JAMIE: More like the old Ben, I must admit. But you still canna... (He looks for Ben.) JAMIE: Where is he? 18. GAS CENTRE, PUMP ROOM (Ben is hiding amongst the valves and instruments as the Doctor and Pilot enter the pipe room. Ben is still fighting the voices.) 19. PIPE ROOM (The Doctor leads Pilot through the doors.) PILOT: But, Doctor. This is forbidden territory. DOCTOR: Yes, and you'll soon see why. PILOT: Stop! Stop! You're breaking the law! DOCTOR: Bad laws were made to be broken. Follow me. PILOT: But... OFFICIA: What's happened to the Pilot, Ola? The strangers have changed him! OLA: The Pilot is a traitor. (Fanfare.) CONTROL: The Pilot has no more authority. Ola is in command! PILOT: I really don't know why I trust you, Doctor. DOCTOR: Oh, perhaps I've got an honest face. CONTROL: The Pilot is to be arrested! This is a happy colony! All must obey! PILOT: Did you hear that? DOCTOR: Don't give up now. It's just up here. (The Doctor and Pilot climb the ladder.) CONTROL: All guards to report to the pit head. They are to take orders from Ola. It is understood. (Fanfare.) 20. OUTSIDE THE CONTROL ROOM (The Doctor and Pilot look through the port hole into the Control room full of Macra.) DOCTOR: There you are. That's what's taken over this colony. You haven't been in touch with Control, but with these. They've used this colony for their own ends, destroying you to live themselves. PILOT: Why they're horrible. No, Doctor. It is they who must be destroyed. We must k*ll them. (Fanfare.) CONTROL: (Hysterically.) They're here! DOCTOR: Let's go. CONTROL: The Pilot and the stranger! In forbidden territory! They must be destroyed! PILOT: So, what are they, Doctor? I mean, some monstrous form of bacteria? Insects? Or what? DOCTOR: I don't know. But you must fight them. PILOT: How? DOCTOR: Take full command! PILOT: You mean defy Control? DOCTOR: Well, you see what Control really is. PILOT: Yes. You're right, Doctor, they must be destroyed. 21. GAS CENTRE (Ola and his guards wait to arrest the Pilot. The Doctor and the Pilot return from the pipe room.) OLA: We've been waiting for you. PILOT: Ola, the Colony is in the hands of grotesque insects! OLA: So you've been seeing things? PILOT: (Pointing toward the pipe room.) They're in there. The Macra! OLA: Ha, ha, ha. You know what happens to people that say that? PILOT: But I... OLA: Now we can deal with you all together. POLLY: Did the Pilot has see them? PILOT: Yes. I saw the Macra. CONTROL: It is forbidden to say that. Don't let him say that he has seen Macra! PILOT: I saw you! You are the Macra! CONTROL: Silence! Silence the three strangers! That is an order! OLA: What shall we do with them, Control? CONTROL: Return them to the pipe room. The three strangers and the Pilot. They are to be locked in, and you will not let them out. OLA: Come on, get in. PILOT: Ola. POLLY: Doctor! OLA: Come on. You heard Control. (There is a struggle with the guards.) JAMIE: Don't worry Polly, I'll look after ye. POLLY: No! JAMIE: Take your hands off her. OLA: Get in! (The Doctor, Polly, Jamie, and the Pilot are pushed into the pipe room.) CONTROL: You have done well, Ola. OLA: What instructions, Control? CONTROL: Clear the building. Guards and workers are to return to the hall for music. OLA: I obey, Control. CONTROL: It will take precisely four minutes, and then it will be safe for everyone to return to work. Four minutes. (Ola and the guards leave the gas centre.) 22. PIPE ROOM POLLY: Why four minutes? JAMIE: Aye, what can they do in four minutes, Doctor? DOCTOR: I don't know. We must be ready for anything. (The gas can be heard filling the pipe room.) JAMIE: It's a gas! It's coming in here. DOCTOR: Pilot, do you know where it's coming from? PILOT: Why, no. I've never been here before. DOCTOR: There must be a hidden inlet. CONTROL: You will not be able to fight it. You cannot stop it. POLLY: Doctor, I'm getting dizzy. (The Doctor hands Polly a handkerchief.) DOCTOR: Polly, hold that in front of your mouth. (They begin choking as the gas pours in.) JAMIE: It's coming from over here, Doctor! DOCTOR: You're right, Jamie! PILOT: It's coming from here as well! CONTROL: You are unable to stop it. DOCTOR: Polly? CONTROL: It will not last long. Only for four minutes. By that time, you... POLLY: Come on! Let us out! CONTROL: ...will be completely helpless, not quite d*ad, helpless. (Someone knocks on the door.) BEN: (From outside.) Hello in there. POLLY: Who is it? BEN: Ben. DOCTOR: Ben? Is that you? Are you all right? BEN: Can you open the door from your side? DOCTOR: No. BEN: But it's locked. There isn't a key. DOCTOR: Ben, listen. We've got very little time. It's all up to you. BEN: Go ahead Doctor. Tell me what to do. DOCTOR: Go to the control desk, and you'll see two switches, one marked outflow and one marked inflow. BEN: Hang on. 23. GAS CENTRE (Ben goes over to the control desk.) CONTROL: The other stranger has recovered. He is now dangerous! He will no longer obey Control. The fourth stranger is trying to help his friends. He is no longer one of us. He must be stopped at once! BEN: I've got them, Doc. Two switches. What next? 24. PIPE ROOM DOCTOR: Good. You see a lever in front of them? BEN: Yeah. CONTROL: It is forbidden to touch that instrument! You must not obey the Doctor! You will k*ll us all! He intends to create an expl*si*n! 25. GAS CENTRE CONTROL: Come away from those instruments! You will destroy the Colony! BEN: Oh, shut up. Okay, Doctor. f*re away. CONTROL: Guards! Stop the stranger! 26. PIPE ROOM DOCTOR: Switch on both inflow and outflow. CONTROL: No! Stop! The pressure will be unbearable! Oh, the human beings as well... DOCTOR: Switch them on, Ben. Then stand by to throw the lever. CONTROL: You are to give no such order! 27. GAS CENTRE BEN: Inflow on. Outflow on. Okay, Doc. Ready with the lever. (The guards are returning.) BEN: Quickly, Doctor! 28. PIPE ROOM DOCTOR: Throw the lever away from you. CONTROL: No! No! Don't let him. 29. GAS CENTRE (Ben throws the lever. The sudden back pressure is too much for the gas system. Pipes burst and explode.) CONTROL: No! 30. COLONY ENTRANCE (A festival is taking place. There is music, people are singing and dancing. Jamie does his Highland Fling to the delight of the colonists. The Pilot steps up to address the crowd.) PILOT: My first duty is to thank the strangers, for they have saved our Colony. (The colonists cheer.) PILOT: A dance festival will be held every year in their memory, and the winners will be awarded the Strangers' Trophy. (This is greeted by more cheering and applause.) BEN: Where's the Doctor? JAMIE: Why, he's right over there. BEN: Well, I've got a tip-off he'll wanna hear. (The Doctor is enjoying himself. He is sitting in the midst of a group of girls and has borrowed a majorette's hat.) BEN: Hey, Doctor? Doctor? DOCTOR: Relax. Relax. More haste, more waste. Pleasure is beautiful. BEN: Relax? You wait till you hear what they're going to do with you. DOCTOR: Oh, well. Ha, ha, ha. BEN: Yeah, I just heard it on the grapevine. They're going to draft us as members of the Colony, and make you the next Pilot. (The Doctor stops laughing.) DOCTOR: They can't do that to me. Let's get out of here. BEN: Yes, but how? DOCTOR: Take a leaf out of Jamie's book. Give them the old dance routine. (The Doctor, Polly, and Ben enthusiastically join in with Jamie's dancing, slowly edging closer to the door.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x30 - The Macra Terror - part 4"}
foreverdreaming
by DAVID ELLIS and MALCOLM HULKE first broadcast - 8 April 1967 1. GATWICK AIRPORT (Gatwick Airport is a joy to some people, a pain to others and to the most of the British Public simply a way of getting from Point A to Point B. As the episode starts, we see the titles shown over a plane landing, some people boarding a plane, a radar dish, and a plane preparing to take off.) 2. RUNWAY (With its usual fare of being totally safety conscious and taking care of its crew, the TARDIS lands right in the middle of a runway! After it has landed two people walk outside. The first of the four out of the TARDIS is JAMIE and as he leaves he ducks down instinctively as an aeroplane roars overhead. He holds on to the DOCTOR, who is the next one of the TARDIS.) JAMIE: It's a flying beastie! (What JAMIE is referring to is a large aeroplane coming into land on the runway which has now got a whacking big police telephone box on it. The DOCTOR sees the danger and start to drag JAMIE away. Two other people come out of the TARDIS - a man and a woman. The doors close behind them. BEN and POLLY take one look at the aeroplane that is rushing towards them and leg it after the DOCTOR and JAMIE. Behind them, the pilot of the plane has managed to pull it up into the air again, just missing the TARDIS and the four travellers.) 3. NEAR THE RUNWAY (A policeman, on patrol, suddenly sees the travellers as they run off the runway.) POLICEMAN: Hey, you! Stop! DOCTOR: (To the others.) Scatter! (The TARDIS crew all run off in different directions and the policeman, seeing that BEN is the closest to him, starts running off after him.) 4. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (The COMMANDANT (the manager of the Airport) is listening with an expression of icy disbelief to one of his subordinates, a traffic controller called MEADOWS.) COMMANDANT: (Incredulously.) The pilot said what? MEADOWS: (Desperately.) A police box on the runway. COMMANDANT: A likely story. Tell him to get back in the stack and await further instructions. MEADOWS: Yes sir. (The COMMANDANT turns to his assistant and he marches over to the big desk in the corner of the control room. His assistant, JEAN ROCK, is already dialling a number. She is an attractive, sensible-looking young woman with short fair hair.) COMMANDANT: Miss Rock, get the Airport Police. (We close in on MEADOWS as he sends out a message to the plane that nearly crashed with the TARDIS.) MEADOWS: Gatwick Control to Sugar Delta X-Ray? Return to stack. COMMANDANT: Police? Commandant here. In-bound aircraft reports obstruction on intersection of Runways Five and Two. Investigate and report back. Police Box! 5. AIRPORT POLICE BUILDING (We see two policemen come out of the building and then drive off on their motorbikes... and later they take the TARDIS and drive off with it on the back of a lorry...) 6. ANOTHER PART OF THE AIRPORT (We see the policeman have a look around and BEN, hiding behind the door to a building, sees the policeman and hides again.) 7. BEHIND A PLANE (The DOCTOR and JAMIE are each hiding beneath the two enormous wheels of a grounded airliner.) DOCTOR: Jamie, come over here with me. Come on. (JAMIE runs over to join him. The DOCTOR looks round. The others are nowhere to be seen. However, there are lots more policemen in sight now, zooming about the airport perimeter on motorbikes, patrolling the scattering of airport buildings on foot. The DOCTOR sighs, little knowing that for one of their party there was far more serious trouble on the way...) 8. CHAMELEON HANGAR (As a policeman turns the corner of the building, POLLY ducks through the nearest open doorway and finds herself in the shadowy gloom of what looks like a little hangar that has been converted to a combined store-room and office. Shelves line the walls, filled with a mixed clutter of papers, files, cans of oil and aircraft spare parts. There are crates scattered about the floor, and POLLY ducks behind one of the largest as she hears footsteps and voices coming towards her. Peering round the edge of the crate, she sees an angry-looking young man in a light grey suit striding determinedly towards the door by which she entered. He is clutching a large buff envelope as if it was something very important to him. Hurrying in pursuit is a dark, rather sinister-looking man. He has a gloomy and almost haunted face and he wears the dark blue uniform of an airline pilot. The pilot is called SPENCER.) SPENCER: Just a minute. (The grey-suited man pauses and turns.) SPENCER: Give me that envelope! (Ignoring him, the man starts moving towards the door.) SPENCER: I would advise you to stop! (SPENCER draws some kind of p*stol from his pocket. The grey-suited man turns again, sees the w*apon and turns to run for the door. Instantly the pilot fires. Light seems to flash from the g*n and the man with the envelope spins round, clutching at his neck. He screams once, horribly, and then falls to the ground. Snatching the envelope from the fallen man's clutch, SPENCER takes a blanket from a nearby shelf, tosses it carelessly over the body, then turns and mounts a couple of steps that lead to a raised, enclosed inner area at the rear of the hangar.) 9. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, INNER ROOM (The small room is a tiny cluttered office holding little more than a table a chair and a telephone. On the rear wall rows of shelves hold maps, charts and flight manuals all jumbled together. SPENCER goes over to the wall, touches a hidden control and the entire wall slides back, revealing a kind of mini-control room beyond, its wall crammed with instrument consoles and monitor screens. SPENCER goes inside and the door closes behind him.) 10. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, SECRET ROOM (Once inside, he leans forward and operates some controls. One of the monitor screens comes to life showing a head and shoulders view of a fair-haired man with a broad, somehow cat-like face and hooded eyes.) SPENCER: Can you come quickly? Trouble. BLADE: (OOV.) Trouble? What happened? (There is a sort of languid arrogance in his voice.) SPENCER: The postcards. Someone found them. BLADE: (OOV.) Right. (The screen goes dark. The man in the control room turns his attention to another monitor which seems to have switched on automatically. This one shows POLLY, kneeling by the body, examining it...) 11. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (As SPENCER comes charging down the steps POLLY hears him coming, straightens up, and sprints through the open door. SPENCER hurries after her. From the doorway he sees her running frantically across the Tarmac. Making no attempt to give chase, SPENCER draws the compact little w*apon from his pocket and takes careful aim. Just as he was about to f*re, a motorcycle policeman zooms into view. Hurriedly pocketing the w*apon, SPENCER turns and hurries back into the hangar.) 12. ANOTHER BUILDING (BEN has eluded his pursuer, and is lurking behind one of the airport's out-buildings wondering what to do next. Suddenly a lorry drives past. Perched on the back of the lorry, which is escorted by motorcycle police, is the TARDIS. BEN looks on helplessly, as the lorry is being followed by a pair of policeman on motorbikes. One of the policeman seems to be instructing the others, with hand signals, to put the TARDIS there - but we don't see what happens next...) 13. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) All right, all right. So you dumped it by number four hangar, but what was it? (He is told.) COMMANDANT: It was a police box? (To JEAN) Get me the police chief. COMMANDANT: (To others in control room.) All right you can bring those planes down now, the obstruction's been cleared. MEADOWS: Right, sir. (JEAN picks up the phone and begins dialling.) JEAN: Do you think it was some kind of practical joke, sir? Students or maybe someone? COMMANDANT: Well, whoever it was they're going to pay for it as soon as I get my hands on them. I'm not going to have the lives of passengers endangered by practical jokers or anyone else. (JEAN is now talking into the phone.) JEAN: Superintendent Reynolds? I have the Commandant for you. (She gives the phone to the COMMANDANT.) JEAN: The chief of police. COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Listen, what's all this about a police box on the runway? (He breaks off at the sound of the angry voice at the other end of the line. For once the COMMANDANT is dealing with someone equally as forceful as himself.) COMMANDANT: Oh. Well, security's got to be tightened up all round. (Turns to JEAN as he puts the phone down.) COMMANDANT: He reports that four suspects were seen running away from it. JEAN: Did they catch them? COMMANDANT: No, idiot of a policeman lost them. They're probably miles away by now. Get me Immigration. Tell them to let me know if any suspicious characters are seen wherever. 14. BEHIND PLANE (The hunt seems to have moved away from their area and the DOCTOR and JAMIE have emerged cautiously from hiding and are making their way past the scattered airport building in this relatively quiet corner of the field. Suddenly JAMIE points as a familiar blonde-haired figure comes round the corner of one of the buildings.) JAMIE: There's Polly! DOCTOR: Polly! Over here! (POLLY runs over to them.) POLLY: Doctor, I... I've just seen a man k*lled. (Instinctively JAMIE glances upwards.) JAMIE: By one of the beasties? POLLY: No, no. He was m*rder by another man. DOCTOR: Get your breath, Polly, and tell us exactly what happened. POLLY: Well, I went into the hangar, to get away from a policeman. And there were two men in there. One of them had a g*n and he sh*t the other one. DOCTOR: The m*rder, did he see you? POLLY: Well he chased me, but I... I managed to lose him. DOCTOR: Could you find this hangar again? (POLLY gestures in the direction from which she has come.) POLLY: Well I... I think so, I remember the name. It was Chameleon something-or-other... (She looks round.) POLLY: Hey, where's Ben? DOCTOR: We haven't seen him. Come on, let's find this hangar. POLLY: But listen, the man with the g*n. He'll be looking for me! JAMIE: Ah, we'll look after you. Now come on. POLLY: But where's... what about Ben? JAMIE: Aye, we'll find him. Come on. (They move away.) 15. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (When SPENCER returns from his attempt to catch, or rather k*ll, POLLY, he finds BLADE standing over the body, staring down at it. He looks up as SPENCER enters.) BLADE: Who was he? SPENCER: He found the postcards. BLADE: His name? SPENCER: I don't know. I caught him in the office. He found evidence. I had to stop him. (BLADE looks at him for a moment then kneels beside the body, going through its pockets with swift efficiency, removing all identification. He straightens up, a little folder in his hand.) BLADE: You k*lled Detective Inspector Gascoigne. A policeman. SPENCER: Do you think a parent sent him? BLADE: Possibly. It's doesn't matter The important thing is that nobody should find him. Arrange disposal. (SPENCER turns, making for the inner office. Tossing the blanket back over the corpse and looking at the postcards, BLADE follows. They both pass through the little office and through into the secret control room beyond.) 16. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, SECRET ROOM (By the time BLADE comes in, SPENCER is talking to someone over the communication console.) SPENCER: All right. Get it over here as quickly as possible. (He turns to BLADE.) SPENCER: A container is on the way. BLADE: Right. (He holds out the d*ad man's wallet, warrant card, and various other papers of identification.) BLADE: Destroy this. (As SPENCER takes the papers BLADE points to three suitcases stacked in the corner of the little control room.) BLADE: Why have you left those suitcases there? SPENCER: The detective... He interrupted me. (Once again, BLADE just looks impassively at him. Hurriedly SPENCER touches a control and a panel in the wall slides back. One by one he thrusts the suitcases through, and there is a faint rumble as the a*t*matic conveyor belt bears them away. As the last suitcase disappears, a warning signal sounds and the spy monitor lights up. This time it shows the DOCTOR, JAMIE & POLLY standing over the body.) BLADE: Spencer! (The voices of the new arrivals come through a speaker.) POLLY: (Pointing at the body.) Look. And the bloke came out of that door there. (She points the door out and the DOCTOR charges over to have a look about.) DOCTOR: Is it locked? Is anyone in there? (The DOCTOR examines the door.) DOCTOR: No, its locked. There's nobody there. (He checks the body.) DOCTOR: Polly, this man that k*lled him. Would you recognise him again? POLLY: Well, yes. He chased me. I'd recognise him anywhere. (BLADE looks at SPENCER.) BLADE: (Dispassionately.) Fool! 17. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (The DOCTOR kneels beside the body again, examining it. He looks up.) DOCTOR: Polly, how do you say he was k*lled? POLLY: With a g*n. DOCTOR: Can you describe it to me? POLLY: No. It was... it was too far away. Why? DOCTOR: This man was electrocuted. His clothes are all scorched! POLLY: It was definitely some kind of a g*n, Doctor. DOCTOR: Maybe. But not one that's not been developed yet on this planet. 18. SECRET ROOM (BLADE looks at the scruffy little figure on the monitor.) BLADE: This man they call Doctor... Where does he get his knowledge? SPENCER: He looks like a normal being. (There is a suggestion of contempt in his voice, as if a human being is something of very little account.) BLADE: More intelligent then most. He is a thr*at to our operation. SPENCER: I'll k*ll him. BLADE: No. Get the girl. She can identify you. We can deal with the man later. SPENCER: He may talk. BLADE: So? Nobody will believe him. 19. HANGAR (Carefully the DOCTOR spreads the blanket over the body.) DOCTOR: We must report this to the authorities. JAMIE: That man who chased us, we could find him maybe. DOCTOR: What, the policeman? Oh, no, no, Jamie. We must find the man in charge in this place. (POLLY looks at the body.) POLLY: But what about him? We can't just leave him here. DOCTOR: (Practically.) There's nothing else we can do. Now, let's find the main airport building. Come on. 20. AIRFIELD NEAR THE HANGAR (SPENCER waits... A moment later, he sees first the older man pass by, and then the young lad.) JAMIE: Are you sure this is the right way, Doctor? DOCTOR: This seems to be leading to the main airport building. (As POLLY comes by he grabs her from behind and clamps a hand over her mouth to prevent her crying out. SPENCER points a silvery pen-like device at POLLY, and she suddenly becomes still, staring dazedly ahead of her. As he drags the girl back towards the inner control room, the DOCTOR and JAMIE stride on, unaware, for the moment, that their little group has suddenly diminished...) 21. HANGAR (After a moment POLLY seems to recover a little.) POLLY: Oh, what happened to me? (SPENCER puts away the device and produces his g*n.) SPENCER: A temporary disablement. You'll be back to normal any second now. Up. (He gestures with the g*n, and POLLY follows him up the steps to the raised area.) POLLY: Where are you taking me? SPENCER: You'll soon find out. (SPENCER takes her, still dazed and unresisting through into the office, and then through the secret panel into the inner control room where BLADE is waiting.) 22. SECRET ROOM SPENCER: I've got her. BLADE: Excellent. Did anybody see you this time? SPENCER: She was following behind her friends and but they didn't notice. POLLY: (Defiantly.) They'll come looking for me. BLADE: Sit down. (She is shoved into a chair. POLLY glares at them.) POLLY: m*rder! BLADE: You'll have to show us some respect, and answer my questions. Which airline do you work for? POLLY: I don't understand. BLADE: You must belong to some airline or the airport authority to be in this part of the airport. POLLY: I've got nothing to do with the airport. We'd just arrived. We were lost. I was trying to find someone to help me and... I saw him k*ll a man. SPENCER: You say you'd just arrived? How did you get here? BLADE: We'll gain nothing by questioning her. The important thing is that we've got her. POLLY: You don't think my friends are just going to forget me like that, do you? (The signal sounds again, and the two men look at the spy monitor. Following their gaze, POLLY sees a baffled-looking DOCTOR and JAMIE staring about the hangar. She hears JAMIE's voice.) JAMIE: I don't understand it, Doctor. Polly's nowhere to be seen. Something must have happened to her. DOCTOR: It's locked Jamie. There's nobody there. (Seeing that the two men are absorbed in watching the picture on the screen, POLLY makes a hopeless dash for the sliding door. Long before she reaches it, however, SPENCER grabs her again, putting his hand once more over her mouth. POLLY struggles furiously, but without the slightest effect. The tall, thin man seemed to be inhumanly strong. Abandoning her efforts, POLLY stands still. She hears the DOCTOR's voice coming through a speaker...) DOCTOR: I'm afraid we're wasting our time here, Jamie. The sooner we find the authorities and tell it all to them, the better. Come on. (BLADE switches off the monitor and looks thoughtfully at POLLY.) BLADE: Yes, you're right. Your friends are worried about you. Well then we shall have to do something to stop them worrying... (He smiles.) 23. IMMIGRATION (The DOCTOR and JAMIE eventually enter the building and find themselves at the tail-end of a scurrying group of people. Hopefully the DOCTOR begins to follow them.) DOCTOR: This seems to be the way, Jamie! (The moving group stretches out, slows down and turns into a queue, moving slowly through the barrel of the immigration desk ahead, where an Official is checking passports and passing the passengers through one by one. The DOCTOR charges up to the desk where the Official is checking a lady's passport.) DOCTOR: Excuse me, we're looking for someone in authority. (The passport official, a bored young man called JENKINS, speaks without looking up from the passport he is examining.) JENKINS: Just a moment, sir. All in good time. (Deciding that the plump middle-aged lady in front of him probably isn't the head of the KGB in disguise, JENKINS hands her back her passport and waves her on.) JENKINS: Thank you, Madam. (He looks up at the DOCTOR.) JENKINS: Now sir, your passport please. DOCTOR: I've got no time for that. We want to see someone in authority! JENKINS: I am in authority. Your passport please. DOCTOR: You don't understand, we... we have something important to report! JENKINS: Yes, sir. When you've found your passport. (He beckons to the next passenger.) JENKINS: The next one, please. JAMIE: What's a passport, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, some sort of official mumbo-jumbo. (He shoves his way back to JENKINS' desk.) DOCTOR: Look! We've just discovered a d*ad body out there! (The DOCTOR waves vaguely in the direction of the airfield.) DOCTOR: Did you hear me? (JENKINS is unperturbed.) JENKINS: Well, sir. If I were you I'd inform the police. DOCTOR: Then please tell me where we can find them. JENKINS: There's probably a policeman in the main concourse, DOCTOR: And where is that? JENKINS: Through this door and turn to your left. (JENKINS points past his own barrier.) DOCTOR: Well thank you. Thank you very much. Come on Jamie. (As he moves forward, JENKINS puts out his arm, barring his way.) JENKINS: May I see your passport, sir!? DOCTOR: (Snaps.) We neither of us have passports! Now does that satisfy you? JENKINS: I think you must be mistaken, sir. You couldn't have got on the aircraft without passports. DOCTOR: What aircraft? JENKINS: The one you arrived on, sir. JAMIE: We didn't arrive on an aircraft. JENKINS: Now look here sir, this joke has gone on far enough. You know and I know that you must have arrived here on the last inbound flight which was... Flight number 729 from Madrid. (JAMIE promptly makes matters worse.) JAMIE: Can we not tell him about TARDIS? (The DOCTOR stamps on his foot.) JENKINS: What's that? JAMIE: It's the way we got here. (JENKINS looks at the odd-looking pair, a suspicion forming in his mind.) JENKINS: You gentlemen wouldn't know anything about a police box, would you? JAMIE: That's just what I'm saying. We're... (He breaks off again as the DOCTOR kicks him hard on the ankle, but the damage is done. JENKINS is already reaching for his phone.) DOCTOR: I really think that our mode of conveyance is irrelevant. The important thing is that we've discovered a d*ad body out there and we want to report it to someone in authority. JENKINS: I think you'll have plenty of opportunity to see someone in authority. DOCTOR: Well thank you. JENKINS: Will you take a seat please over there? (He points to a wall bench, and resignedly the DOCTOR leads JAMIE over to it.) DOCTOR: Thank you very much. (JENKINS snatches up his phone and dials.) JENKINS: (Into phone.) Give me the Commandant, please... Hello, sir, Jenkins here. Immigration, Desk Number Five. I think I've got two of your suspects here... 24. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (After a good deal of wandering around the airport, BEN has come full circle and finds himself outside the little hangar with a sign reading Chameleon Tours over the door. Unaware that he is following in POLLY's footsteps, he moves cautiously inside. Inside we can see BLADE hitting some nails into a large crate. And he has just gone into the inner room when BEN appears.) BEN: Anyone here? There's someone around. Anyone here? (As BEN stares about at him in puzzlement, he is startled to hear a voice speak from the doorway not knowing that BLADE is watching them both.) JEAN: Oh! Hello! Captain Blade about? (A girl stands in the doorway. BLADE comes forward.) BEN: I don't know. I'm a bit lost. BLADE: You're looking for me? JEAN: Yes, I have your flight schedules here. They're all in order. (BLADE takes the sheaf of documents.) BLADE: Thank you. (With a friendly nod to BEN, the girl disappears.) JEAN: Goodbye. (BLADE turns round, his face cold and hostile.) BLADE: And what do you want? BEN: I'm looking for the way out, mate. BLADE: This is private property. Visitors are not welcome. Do you belong to the airport staff? BEN: Yeah, I started today. But I didn't mean to come in here. I just got lost, see. BLADE: Are you sure? BEN: Of course I am. Look, are you going to direct me or not? (The man called BLADE looks at BEN with an expression of ironic amusement as though he doesn't believe a word BEN is saying but is quite unconcerned about it.) BLADE: Yes, of course. Come on, I'll show you the way. 25. IMMIGRATION (The COMMANDANT fixes the DOCTOR with a look of steely disbelief.) COMMANDANT: You say this girl actually witnessed a m*rder? DOCTOR: Yes, she saw the man k*lled. JAMIE: He was electrocuted, with a ray g*n! (Once again, JAMIE's well-meaning intervention does far more harm than good. The COMMANDANT stares at him.) COMMANDANT: A what? DOCTOR: What does it matter what sort of g*n. The point is he was k*lled and my friend saw it happen! COMMANDANT: Where is she? I'd like to talk to her. JAMIE: Well that's another thing, She's vanished. COMMANDANT: Oh, people who vanish. Ray g*n! Is this some sort of joke? DOCTOR: (Indignantly.) You wouldn't think it a joke if you'd come and see the body. (The COMMANDANT looks at JENKINS.) COMMANDANT: What flight did these people come in on? JENKINS: Well sir, they came with the passengers from Flight 729 from Madrid. But they've no passports. (Immediately the COMMANDANT seizes upon this new offence.) COMMANDANT: Perhaps you kindly explain why you have no passports? (The DOCTOR draws himself up to his not very impressive height and speaks in a loud, firm voice.) DOCTOR: Oh look, we're all wasting time! Now, are you going to come and see that body, or am I going to find someone who really is in charge in this place? (The COMMANDANT rises to the challenge.) COMMANDANT: I am in charge in this place, thank you! Now, you'll both accompany me to this hangar, immediately. DOCTOR: Thank you. Thank you very much. At last! (He is being ordered, to do exactly what he'd wanted to do all along. Still, as long as they get there...) COMMANDANT: (To JENKINS.) Tell Air Traffic Control where I am. JENKINS: Yes, sir. (His face saved and his authority restored, the COMMANDANT waves the DOCTOR and JAMIE back the way they had come and follows after them. JENKINS watches them go and then picks up the phone and dials...) JENKINS: Immigration Desk Number Five, here. Number One's just gone to the hangar area and he wanted me to let you know. As a matter of fact, he has just gone to look for a d*ad body... (He listens to the voice at the other end for a moment, then grins.) JENKINS: Yes, It's going to be one of those days, isn't it. 26. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, SECRET ROOM (BLADE takes a postcard, bearing a picture of the Eiffel Tower from a stack, takes a French postage stamp from a sheet, sticks the stamp onto the postcard and then puts the card onto another stack. He reaches for another postcard, another stamp. The sliding door opens and SPENCER comes in.) BLADE: Get her? SPENCER: She's being processed. They can take another on the next flight. BLADE: Excellent. (BLADE rises and goes to a tall green cabinet that occupies the whole of one corner of the little control room. It gives off a faint, almost, inaudible hum, like a refrigerator. BLADE takes a small plastic box from the top of the cabinet, opens it and takes out a large hypodermic. He opens the door of the cabinet and an arm flops out, dangling lifelessly. The arm ends in a blobby shapeless hand with fingers like sausages. Lifting the arm, BLADE makes a careful injection into the veins above the wrist. Then he tucks the arm back into the compartment and closes the door. Suddenly the warning note sounds and the spy monitor comes to life. A little group of people appears on the screen...) 27. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (JAMIE stares blankly down at the spot where they had found the body.) JAMIE: The body! It... it's gone! COMMANDANT: (Sarcastically.) You're quite sure you got the right hangar? JAMIE: Aye, the name's up outside. The body was lying just here! DOCTOR: Well, let's see what we have got, shall we? (He rummages in his pockets and produces a large magnifying glass, a pair of tweezers and an envelope. Kneeling down, he examines the dusty floor through the magnifying glass and picks something up with tweezers. The COMMANDANT regards him with weary exasperation.) COMMANDANT: What exactly are you doing? DOCTOR: For the police of course. The trouble is, I can't tell them who he was. COMMANDANT: Some sort of mystery man, no doubt? (Impervious to the COMMANDANT's sarcasm, the DOCTOR nods eagerly.) DOCTOR: Yes, as a matter of fact he was. There was nothing in his pockets to identify him. COMMANDANT: Oh, a man with nothing in his pockets? DOCTOR: Yes, I was rather surprised myself. Hmm. No, wait a minute, there was one thing... COMMANDANT: What did he have in his pocket? (The DOCTOR fishes in his top pocket and hands something to the COMMANDANT.) DOCTOR: This! COMMANDANT: A postage stamp? DOCTOR: Ah, but it's Spanish, and it hasn't been used! COMMANDANT: Oh, I am sure that'll make all the difference? DOCTOR: Exactly! (He resumes his examination of the floor.) DOCTOR: Hello, this is interesting! COMMANDANT: What have you found now? DOCTOR: It's burnt fibres! (Carefully the DOCTOR puts the tiny charred shreds of cloth into his envelope. JAMIE is examining the side of a packing case close to the spot where they'd found the body.) JAMIE: What about this, Doctor? This wasn't here before. It's a burn mark. (The DOCTOR studies the side of the packing case.) DOCTOR: You're right, Jamie. That's quite new. Hmm. Well it's good to see someone is using their intelligence. (The DOCTOR glares reproachfully at the COMMANDANT. By now the COMMANDANT has had more than enough.) COMMANDANT: Oh, I've had enough of this. You two are coming with me. (But the DOCTOR isn't listening. He is absorbed in the study of the burn mark.) DOCTOR: That was definitely made by a ray g*n. COMMANDANT: (Just holding on to his temper.) Ray g*n, burnt fibres, foreign stamps... DOCTOR: Unused foreign stamps. COMMANDANT: All right, unused foreign stamps. I must be as mad as you are even to be listening you! (The DOCTOR gets up, and thoughtfully wipes his hands on his voluminous handkerchief.) DOCTOR: You know what they've done with it, don't you? COMMANDANT: Done with what? DOCTOR: The body. Somewhere there's a large packing case. (JAMIE points at...) JAMIE: Right behind you, Doctor! (The packing case to which JAMIE is pointing stands in a gloomy corner of the hangar. It is long and low and ominously coffin-like in shape. The DOCTOR hurries over to it. He begins heaving at the lid, but it is firmly nailed down. Suddenly a man in pilot's uniform appears from the inner office. He watches the DOCTOR's efforts for a moment.) BLADE: (Politely.) Can I help you? COMMANDANT: Are you connected with Chameleon Tours? BLADE: Yes. I'm Captain Blade, Chief Pilot. (The COMMANDANT waves towards the DOCTOR and JAMIE.) COMMANDANT: Ah, these gentlemen seem to think there's an incident happened in here. BLADE: An incident? (Feeling like a complete idiot the COMMANDANT says awkwardly.) COMMANDANT: Would you mind if we had a look in this packing case? (BLADE looks puzzled.) BLADE: May I ask who you are? COMMANDANT: I'm the Commandant. BLADE: Yes, of course. (He takes a crowbar from a nearby shelf, prizes off the nails holding down the lid one by one.) BLADE: What you expect to find? JAMIE: A d*ad man! BLADE: How very interesting. (BLADE gives him an amused look, and lifts off the packing case lid with a flourish. Everybody crowds round eagerly. The case is filled with plastic cups, thousands of them, neatly stacked in long rolls, one inside the other. The COMMANDANT takes out a cup, glares at it, then throws it back in the case.) COMMANDANT: Plastic cups! (He turns angrily to the DOCTOR.) COMMANDANT: Now, I'm going to do some investigating of my own. DOCTOR: (Brightly.) I'm glad I've roused your interest. COMMANDANT: (Furiously.) Oh, but you have. And what I am going to investigate is you and why you're both here in the Airport. (To BLADE) Thank you, Captain Blade. (To the DOCTOR and JAMIE) Come on, you two, out! (The DOCTOR sighs.) DOCTOR: Come on, Jamie. We'd better humour him. (They follow the COMMANDANT from the hangar. BLADE waits long enough to ensure that they are well clear of the hangar then turns...) BLADE: (Calls.) Bring him down! (SPENCER appears, leading a shambling figure by the elbow. It wears a long pilot's overcoat, the collar turned high, and a pilot's cap pulled low. The peak of the cap shades the upper part of the face, and a white silk scarf conceals the lower part. BLADE comes forward and takes the muffled figure's other elbow and helps it to negotiate the stairs. The figure stumbles and reaches out, clasping the rail with a shapeless hand.) BLADE: All right? (The muffled head nods slowly. Moving with painful slowness and guided by its two helpers, the figure moves down the steps and across the hangar towards the door.) SPENCER: Will he survive? BLADE: If we hurry. SPENCER: There you are. We've got to get you to the Airport Building and... you'll be safe. BLADE: He's reaching suffocation point. Hurry! (Moving as quickly as they can, they lead the shambling figure towards the door.) 28. IMMIGRATION (THE DOCTOR, JAMIE & COMMANDANT are back at the Immigration desk, where a somewhat bemused JENKINS is still on duty. The DOCTOR is still protesting...) DOCTOR: If you'd had let me search the place properly... COMMANDANT: That hangar is leased to a private charter company. I've no right to search in there, let alone you. Now, will you kindly sit down and keep quiet! (He turns to JENKINS.) COMMANDANT: Jenkins, get on to Superintendent Reynolds. Yeah, this is his job - these people are trespassing. JENKINS: I've just got another flight coming through, sir. (They can already hear the sound of many footsteps coming towards the desk.) COMMANDANT: Oh, all right, I'll do it. (He picks up JENKINS's phone. The DOCTOR and JAMIE are sitting glumly on the same wall-bench as before when the first passengers begin arriving at the desk. Suddenly JAMIE grabs the DOCTOR's arm.) JAMIE: Doctor, look! (The DOCTOR looks. POLLY is walking towards the desk with other passengers. The DOCTOR jumps to his feet, interrupting the COMMANDANT's call.) 29. AIRPORT CONCOURSE (Steering and supporting the muffled figure between them, SPENCER and BLADE make their way across the Tarmac and into the main airport building. They guide their shambling charge along the corridors, up an escalator, across the main concourse...) 30. IMMIGRATION DOCTOR: (Happy.) Commandant, this is the girl I was telling you about. (POLLY gives him a puzzled look.) POLLY: I beg your pardon? (The COMMANDANT indicates the DOCTOR and JAMIE, who has come over to join him.) COMMANDANT: Do you know these gentlemen? POLLY: No. Why? Should I? COMMANDANT: According to them, they know you. (The DOCTOR gives POLLY a reproachful look.) DOCTOR: Now where have you been, Polly? (POLLY stares at him in astonishment.) POLLY: Polly? My name isn't Polly. You must have made a mistake. I've never seen them before in my life! (JAMIE and the DOCTOR look at each other with puzzled faces.) 31. MEDICAL CENTRE (BLADE and SPENCER take their friend through a set of a*t*matic glass doors marked Medical Centre. They lead their charge through the foyer and BLADE unlocks a door to an inner room, which is furnished with couches and examination tables. They help the figure to sit on one of the low tables and BLADE takes off the cap and scarf, revealing the creature's head, which we can only see from the back... There are no features - no hair etc... It is like a completely blank sphere, across which run pulsating veins...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x31 - The Faceless Ones - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
by DAVID ELLIS and MALCOLM HULKE first broadcast - 15 April 1967 1. MEDICAL CENTRE (Steering and supporting the muffled figure between them, SPENCER and BLADE make their way across the Tarmac and into the main airport building. They guide their shambling charge along the corridors, up an escalator, across the main concourse and through a set of a*t*matic glass doors marked Medical Centre. They lead their charge through the foyer and Blade unlocks a door to an inner room, which is furnished with couches and examination tables. They help the figure to sit on one of the low tables and BLADE takes off the cap and scarf, revealing the creature's head. There are no features, and except for the eyes nothing you could call a face. Nothing but a completely blank sphere, across which run pulsating veins...) 2. IMMIGRATION (The COMMANDANT is doing his despairing best to get things sorted out.) COMMANDANT: You're quite sure you've never met these men? They say they know you. (POLLY, or rather the girl who looks so astonishingly like POLLY but maintains she is someone else, gives him a wide-eyed stare.) "POLLY": But they can't know me. This is my first visit to England! JAMIE: But Polly, it's us, me and the Doctor! (The DOCTOR looks thoughtfully at the girl.) DOCTOR: Would you mind telling us your name? "POLLY": I am Michelle Leuppi from Zurich. DOCTOR: You have a passport? MICHELLE: Yes, of course. Here. (She hands it over.) MICHELLE: Have I done something wrong? (The COMMANDANT leafs through the passport and hands it back.) COMMANDANT: Oh no, I don't suppose there's anything for you to worry about, Miss. May I just ask what you're doing in England? MICHELLE: I have come here to work. Look, here is my work permit. (The COMMANDANT takes the document, studies it and then hands it back.) COMMANDANT: Oh, yes, that's quite in order. Thank you. Excuse me. DOCTOR: Where did you learn such excellent English? MICHELLE: I had an English governess. Would you mind telling me what's happening? COMMANDANT: Nothing that need concern you, miss, everything's perfectly in order. Now if you'd just like to go through there? MICHELLE: Thank you. (The girl goes through the barrier and begins walking away.) JAMIE: Polly, wait! (He tries to go through the barrier but the COMMANDANT bars his way.) COMMANDANT: Just a minute young man. JAMIE: But she's a friend of ours - and she saw the m*rder! (The COMMANDANT snatches up the phone on the desk beside the barrier and begins to dial.) COMMANDANT: You're going to wait here until the Superintendent of police arrives - now understand that? DOCTOR: Ah, you're going to tell him about the d*ad body, very sensible. COMMANDANT: No. I am going to tell him about you. (Into the phone.) Put me through to Superintendent Reynolds. DOCTOR: (Whispering.) Jamie, I don't think we're very welcome here. When I say run, we run! COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Hello Super, Commandant. I've got a couple of illegal entrants here. Yes... Immigration Desk Number Five. (The DOCTOR studies the situation for a moment. The COMMANDANT is talking into the phone, JENKINS is checking the last few arrivals through...) DOCTOR: Run! (Before anyone can stop them the Doctor and Jamie sh**t past the barrier and run out of the reception area, disappearing into the crowds that throng the main concourse.) JENKINS: Commandant! (JENKINS is far too well trained to leave his post and go in pursuit of the Doctor and Jamie, and the COMMANDANT has no intention of chasing fugitives through his own airport. He speaks calmly into the phone.) COMMANDANT: Situation changed. They've just made a run for it. I'll give you their description... 3. MEDICAL CENTRE (In the medical centre, BLADE and SPENCER are going through a series of routine operations with the practised calm of those who have carried out the same tasks many times before. The blob-headed faceless creature, a sort of unfinished model of a human being, lies gasping painfully on one of the couches. On a parallel couch close by lies a body, covered with a sheet. Satisfied that all is ready, Blade pulls the sheet away. Beneath it lies MEADOWS, the Air Traffic Controller. A pretty-looking woman in a nurse's uniform comes through the doors. She is called NURSE PINTO but since she is connected with Chameleon Tours she is referred to as CHAMELEON-PINTO.) BLADE: Quick! He's suffocating. CHAMELEON-PINTO: (Dispassionately.) You were twenty minutes late. (She goes to a store cupboard, unlocks it, and produces two devices that looks like large metallic arm-bands, one black and one white. The white one she hands to BLADE, the black to SPENCER. Moving with the same unhurried precision, Blade begins clamping the white band to MEADOWS's bare forearm, while SPENCER attaches the black band to the shapeless creature that lies gasping on the table. The CHAMELEON-PINTO meanwhile is wheeling a complex piece of apparatus to a position between the two tables. It looks somewhat like an X-ray machine, though its real function was very different. She begins connecting the apparatus to the black sheath on one side and the white one on the other with a network of fine electronic cables. BLADE looks down at the motionless human figure.) BLADE: Who is he? CHAMELEON-PINTO: Meadows - Air Traffic Control. BLADE: Good! He may be useful to us. (The nurse switches on the apparatus, which begins humming with power. The two figures on the tables are both affected, though very differently. The still figure of MEADOWS began jerking and twitching galvanically. But the shapeless gasping figure on the other table became calm and still. On the round blank head, the outline of features began to form. They are the features of MEADOWS...) 4. AIRPORT CONCOURSE (With majestic dignity, two very large policemen stride through the busy airport concourse, cleaving through the sea of camera-laden Japanese tourists, Majorca-bound family parties and rucksack-bearing Australians and Scandinavians. They pass a photo-booth, noting idly the jeaned legs protruding beneath the drawn half-curtain. They are looking for a little man in strange clothes and a lad in a kilt... The policemen pass on. Inside the booth, BEN gives a sigh of relief... Proceeding on much the same assumptions that their prey wouldn't be in the concourse in full view, the policemen pass a bench on which sit two travellers their faces hidden behind newspapers. A more observant officer might have noted that one of the papers was in German, and held upside-down... This paper is lowered as the policemen passed on.) JAMIE: They're still hunting for us, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes. We'll have to keep out of their way until we can prove our story. JAMIE: A fine chance we have of doing that - with Polly kidding on she doesn't know us! DOCTOR: I don't think Polly was kidding on. In fact I don't think that was Polly. JAMIE: Of course, it was Polly! You saw her! DOCTOR: You don't want to believe everything you see, Jamie. (At the far end of the long concourse the two policemen have wheeled round and are on their way back. JAMIE, with a much-hunted man's awareness of the movement of enemies, has registered the change of direction.) JAMIE: Doctor! (They raise the spread newspapers until the two policemen have moved on.) JAMIE: All clear, Doctor. (But the DOCTOR isn't just hiding behind his paper, he is actually reading it.) JAMIE: Doctor! DOCTOR: Jamie! What was the name of that hangar? JAMIE: Polly said... Chameleon something. DOCTOR: Yes, Chameleon Tours. (He folds the paper open and passes it to JAMIE.) DOCTOR: An advertisement for Chameleon Youth Tours. "Budget Tours for young people between the ages of eighteen and twenty five." JAMIE: What do they mean by budget? DOCTOR: Inexpensive, cheap! This could be the bait. Do you know what a chameleon is, Jamie? JAMIE: It's just a name, I suppose? DOCTOR: It is the name of a small animal, a lizard that can change it's colour to merge with it's background. But it's a name that could equally be applied to people as well. People who change their personalities to suit their own ends. Budget Tours... young people between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five. Oh yes, there's something strange going on here. BEN: Doctor! Jamie! DOCTOR: Ben! Are you all right? BEN: Yeah, I'm okay. JAMIE: Well that's a relief. BEN: What happened to you two and where's Polly? DOCTOR: We can't talk here. We've got to find somewhere to hide. Something about passports. BEN: I've got the very place. Come on. 5. MEDICAL CENTRE (On one of the couches there now lies a creature that looks exactly like Air Traffic Controller MEADOWS. It wears MEADOWS's clothes, and it wears Meadows' face. On another couch the real Meadows lies motionless and drained. (The fake MEADOWS will be known as CHAMELEON-MEADOWS.) CHAMELEON-PINTO switches off the machine.) BLADE: Is he all right? CHAMELEON-PINTO: We'll see. (She and BLADE take hold of the CHAMELEON-MEADOWS and sit him upright on the edge of the couch. Taking a pin from the front of her apron she jabs it into CHAMELEON-MEADOWS's hand. CHAMELEON-MEADOWS jumps. CHAMELEON-PINTO points to an optical chart on the opposite wall.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: Read the first line! (The creature blinks and the first line blurs and then comes clear. Inarticulate croaking sounds come from the creature's throat.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: Vocal control. (BLADE adjusts a dial set into the sheath on the CHAMELEON-MEADOWS arm.) BLADE: Try that. CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: H... X... O... A... (At first the voice is blurred, but by the time all the letters on the chart have been read out the Chameleon is speaking in a firm, clear voice - MEADOWS's voice. CHAMELEON-PINTO steps back.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: All complete. (She takes a personnel file from a nearby shelf and hands it to BLADE. He opens it, studies it for a moment and then goes and stands over the CHAMELEON-MEADOWS.) BLADE: Who are you? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: My name is George Meadows. I work at Air Traffic Control, Gatwick Airport. BLADE: Where do you live? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Number Ten, Sylvia Avenue. (BLADE frowns.) BLADE: Number Ten? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Until last week, We lived at Number Thirty-Four. I've been too busy to tell the Personnel Department of the change. (BLADE closes the file.) BLADE: Excellent! 6. AIRPORT CONCOURSE (Trying to look like typical travellers k*lling time before take-off, the DOCTOR, BEN & JAMIE stroll through the busy concourse. BEN is glancing all around, alert for policemen or security staff. His eyes fall on a little kiosk set into the side of the concourse. It is the usual sort of thing, the kind of set-up used by car-hire firms or travel agencies, a counter for the public with behind it a tiny office bright with posters and leaflets. Behind the counter a fair-haired girl is working on some papers.) BEN: Look! There's Polly! (BEN starts forwards, but the DOCTOR puts a hand on his arm.) DOCTOR: Yes, look who she's working for! (He points to the sign over the kiosk: Chameleon Tours.) JAMIE: Chameleon Tours. DOCTOR: Yes, leave this to me. (He strolls over to the kiosk, and the others follow close behind him.) DOCTOR: Polly. MICHELLE: (Coldly.) Please go away. DOCTOR: Now, something has happened to you, Polly. I want you to try to remember up to the time we left the hangar. MICHELLE: I don't know what you're talking about. DOCTOR: Now think, Polly. There were three of us in the hangar. You were showing us something. Now what was it? MICHELLE: I tell you, I don't know what you're talking about. DOCTOR: The hangar, Polly, The Chameleon Hangar. You said you'd seen the man who did it. MICHELLE: I didn't see anything. I think you're mad. If I'd seen anyone sh*t, I'd have gone to the police... (The girl stops talking, conscious that she has somehow betrayed herself.) DOCTOR: Anyone sh*t? MICHELLE: I... I mean m*rder... DOCTOR: I didn't say anyone was sh*t, or m*rder, Polly. (For the first time the girl shows some trace of emotion.) MICHELLE: (Crying.) Look, please, will you just leave me alone. (She turns back to her paperwork. BEN has been listening to all this in astonishment.) BEN: What's happened to her, Doctor? DOCTOR: I don't know. But I mean to find out. Come on, let's find that place where we can talk. BEN: Right. (They all walk off, the girl stares after them...) 7. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK, INNER ROOM (There is a sectioned-off cubicle at the back of the Chameleon Tours kiosk, and BLADE sits there, watching the exchange on a monitor. When the DOCTOR and his friends move away...) BLADE: Come in here. (He speaks in a whisper, but on the monitor MICHELLE raises her head, hearing the words in her mind. She rises and comes into the cubicle.) BLADE: I was going to brief you for this assignment, but there isn't any purpose, now. MICHELLE: I have failed, then? BLADE: Circumstances are against you. I'll make arrangements for you to leave on the next flight. MICHELLE: Back to base? BLADE: Yes. MICHELLE: What about that man? He's very persistent. (BLADE gives her one of his mirthless smiles.) BLADE: Don't worry about him. We have ways of dealing with such people... 8. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (The creature in the shape of George MEADOWS strolls casually into Air Traffic Control, taps a colleague on the shoulder and relieves him at the console. When JEAN follows him into the room a moment later, everything seems normal. The COMMANDANT has a visitor at his desk and they seem to be locked in argument. The visitor is a burly dark-suited man with a heavy moustache. In his quiet, conventional way he looks even more formidable than the COMMANDANT himself. The visitor is Detective Inspector CROSSLAND.) CROSSLAND: Are you sure you haven't seen him, sir? COMMANDANT: I'm quite sure! Oh Jean, this is Detective Inspector Crossland. Give him any help you can. If you'll excuse me? CROSSLAND: Yes, of course, sir. (As the COMMANDANT strides away, JEAN gives CROSSLAND a placating smile.) JEAN: Well now Inspector, what can I do for you? CROSSLAND: Well, I think I'll need a pass for a start. JEAN: Well that's easily arranged. (JEAN goes to her desk and begins filling out the necessary forms.) JEAN: Anything else? CROSSLAND: Yes, I was supposed to meet a colleague of mine here, a Detective Inspector Gascoigne. JEAN: Yes? CROSSLAND: Well, he was investigating a missing person off one of your charter flights. The funny thing is, he hasn't shown up! (JEAN is filling out a pass.) JEAN: Detective-Inspector Crossland... (She reaches for a record form.) JEAN: What shall I say your business is? CROSSLAND: Investigation into Chameleon Youth Tours. 9. PHOTO MACHINE (JAMIE is perched on an uncomfortably narrow bench inside a tiny curtained cubicle, staring into a circular glass screen. The bench wouldn't have been all that big for one, but with the DOCTOR on one side and BEN on the other, they are really jammed.) JAMIE: What is this place? BEN: It's a machine that takes your photograph. JAMIE: Photograph? BEN: Well, you see you've got... DOCTOR: No Ben, not now. What puzzles me is this girl pretending to be Polly, yet... yet in a way, she is Polly. BEN: Do you think she's been brainwashed? DOCTOR: No, not in the time. Whatever happened to her happened to her in a few minutes. Look out! (An elderly lady draws back the curtain and sees the DOCTOR, JAMIE & BEN all staring into the lens with fixed toothy grins. She gives them a shocked glare, re-draws the curtains and hurries away.) DOCTOR: All right. Now Ben, Jamie, we've got to find out more about Chameleon Youth Tours, but the trouble is, we're not free to move around with the authorities looking for us. BEN: Well, they're not looking for me. DOCTOR: Well, that's true. You could investigate the hangar. BEN: (Confidently.) Leave it to me. Now what about you? DOCTOR: I'm going back to the Commandant and try and convince him that there's a m*rder abroad. (JAMIE looks from one to the other and decides that there was a better chance of action with BEN.) JAMIE: Well I'll go with Ben. DOCTOR: No, Jamie, I want you to find your way back to the Chameleon kiosk and keep an eye on Polly. (They split up. While they are walking off and JAMIE gets himself settled we can hear the flight announcements and the crowds of a normal everyday busy International Airport.) 10. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK (The girl who looks like POLLY is still shuffling paperwork at the Chameleon Tours desk. Another girl approaches, a round-faced, dark-haired girl who looks as if she might normally be a rather jolly, cheeky type. But at the moment she appears tired and worried, and her eyes look as if she's been crying. Her name is Samantha Briggs (SAMANTHA) Timidly she goes up to the counter.) SAMANTHA: Oh! Err, are you in charge here? (There is a faint nasal Liverpool twang to her voice. MICHELLE looks at the scruffy little figure.) MICHELLE: Ah, yes. Can I help you? SAMANTHA: Yes. I... I'm Samantha Briggs and I've come down from Liverpool. MICHELLE: (Disinterested.) Oh, really? SAMANTHA: It's about my brother, Brian Briggs - MICHELLE: What about him? SAMANTHA: He went on one of your tours, and now he's disappeared. MICHELLE: I'm sorry, I don't follow. SAMANTHA: Well, it's really very simple. I tried to get the telephone number of the hotel you sent him to, and the operator said there was no such place. MICHELLE: Well, the operator must have been mistaken then. (She turns away but SAMANTHA bangs the kiosk to get her attention back.) SAMANTHA: So... I got in touch with the police and they said that Brian wasn't staying at any hotel in Rome. MICHELLE: Well, um, perhaps he changed his mind and decided to go on a different tour then. (SAMANTHA slaps a grubby picture postcard down on the counter.) SAMANTHA: Well what about this then? A post-card from Brian, posted in Rome! (The blonde girl picks up the postcard and studies it. On the front is a garish picture of the Fountain of Trevi, and the back bears a simple scrawled message of the "Wish You Were Here" variety.) MICHELLE: Yes, that does seem odd, doesn't it. Erm, would you like me to make some enquiries, for you? (There is a sharp edge to SAMANTHA's voice.) SAMANTHA: Well, what do you think I've come all the way down from Liverpool for? MICHELLE: Well - since you've put the matter with the police, why have you? (SAMANTHA chokes back a sob.) SAMANTHA: Police. They said that dozens of people go missing every week and they haven't got the men to go chasing after them all. MICHELLE: I see. What did you say your brother's name was? SAMANTHA: Brian Briggs. Would you like me to spell it for you? MICHELLE: (Calm.) That won't be necessary, thank you. I'll see what I can find out, if you don't mind waiting. (She turns and makes her way to the rear of the kiosk. SAMANTHA pulls a face at her retreating back.) 11. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK, INNER ROOM (In the rear room, the girl sits at the monitor screen and touches a control on the console beneath. SPENCER's face appears.) MICHELLE: Is Captain Blade there? SPENCER: No. MICHELLE: Well, I must speak with him - urgently. Enquiries about a missing passenger. SPENCER: I'll tell him to contact you. He shouldn't be long. (The screen goes dark.) 12. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK (The girl reappears at the counter.) MICHELLE: The gentleman I wanted to speak with wasn't available, they're trying to find him. Do you want to wait? SAMANTHA: Well, I've got nothing else to do, have I? I'll be over there. (Fuming, SAMANTHA marches to the nearest bench and sits down. She is dimly aware of someone else on the other end of the bench. She realises it is a pleasant-looking young man in a kilt and a roll-neck sweater. He is reading a newspaper. Fishing a handkerchief out of her pocket, SAMANTHA blows her nose hard, struggling to hold back tears of tiredness and depression.) SAMANTHA: Oh blast! (Beside her the young Scot lowers his paper.) JAMIE: Is anything the matter? (SAMANTHA gives him a tearful smile.) SAMANTHA: Stuck up thing! JAMIE: What? SAMANTHA: Not you. That girl! She just couldn't care less. JAMIE: About finding your brother. SAMANTHA: Yes. JAMIE: I couldn't help overhearing. Do you think something's happened to him. SAMANTHA: Well, that's just it, I don't know. Oh, Brian can take care of himself all right, but still... JAMIE: Aye, well I hope you're right. SAMANTHA: What d'you mean? JAMIE: I might just be able to help you. I can't tell you anything at the moment but later I'd like you to meet a friend of mine. I'm sure he'll know what's best. (Abruptly the young man disappears behind his newspaper. SAMANTHA looks up and sees a policeman strolling past.) 13. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (The COMMANDANT, back at his desk, is rapidly working his way through a pile of paperwork. JEAN appears at his elbow preparing to tell him that the man who is going to blow the COMMANDANT's tidy life away is here.) JEAN: Excuse me, sir. (The COMMANDANT mumbles a reply.) JEAN: There's a gentleman to see you. (There is a hint of amusement in her voice.) COMMANDANT: Did he say what about? JEAN: Well yes. It's about a d*ad body. (A dreadful suspicion is dawning in the COMMANDANT's mind.) COMMANDANT: Bring him in. (JEAN goes to the door.) JEAN: Would you come in, please? DOCTOR: Thank you. (A small shabby figure in a scruffy frock-coat walks into the room. Spotting the COMMANDANT, he hurries up to him with a beaming smile.) DOCTOR: Ah, Commandant. How nice to see you again. (The COMMANDANT shudders and picks up the phone.) COMMANDANT: Airport Police please. DOCTOR: At least hear what I have to say. COMMANDANT: I've heard all I want to from you. (The COMMANDANT listens to the phone for a moment and then snaps...) COMMANDANT: What do you mean, they're engaged. This is the Commandant. Thank you. DOCTOR: If you're going to speak to the police, then tell them that there's something happening in this airport that may endanger human lives. COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Hello police? Commandant. Would you send a couple of men down here at once please. DOCTOR: Since I'm obviously about to be arrested may I make one last request? Listen to me for just one minute. COMMANDANT: Not for one second. I've heard all I want to hear about burnt fibres, ray g*n, disappearing people... DOCTOR: But there was a d*ad body in the Chameleon Tours hangar! JEAN: Did you say "Chameleon Tours"? (The DOCTOR turns round, hoping he's found an ally.) DOCTOR: Why, do you know something about it? (JEAN looks at the COMMANDANT.) JEAN: Well no, but the Inspector Crossland wanted to know... COMMANDANT: All right, Jean. I'll handle this. (He looks up relieved as two policemen hurry into the room.) COMMANDANT: Ah, take this man away, put him under lock and key and keep him there! (The DOCTOR backs away as the police close in. Suddenly his hand flashes into his pocket, reappearing with something round and black.) DOCTOR: (Shouts.) One step nearer and I'll blow you all to smithereens! (Convinced that they really are dealing with a dangerous madman the two policemen freeze. The DOCTOR backs away to the door, pausing when he reaches it.) DOCTOR: Catch! (...and lobs what he was holding at the COMMANDANT. The COMMANDANT, takes the catch automatically, and finds himself holding not a deadly grenade but a child's rubber ball. He looks at the door, but the DOCTOR has disappeared.) COMMANDANT: All right, after him! 14. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK, INNER ROOM (The girl who looks like POLLY is talking to BLADE on the monitor.) BLADE: That's quite clear, is it? You know what to tell her? MICHELLE: I do. BLADE: As soon as you've got rid of the girl, close the kiosk and get on the next flight. 15. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK (The girl leaves the rear cubicle, goes back to her counter and calls...) MICHELLE: Miss Briggs. (SAMANTHA hurries over from her bench.) SAMANTHA: (Hopefully.) Yes. Have you found anything? MICHELLE: Err, well yes, I have. But I'm afraid it doesn't help very much. Your brother definitely did get on our flight to Rome, but what he did when he got off the plane, I couldn't tell you. (SAMANTHA isn't the girl to give up after all this time.) SAMANTHA: Well, if you can't, who can? MICHELLE: Miss Briggs, We're dealing with thousands of passengers every week. We can't keep track of every single one. If I were you, I'd go back to Liverpool. I'm sure your brother will turn up eventually. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to close this kiosk. (She begins pulling down shutters enclosing the counter area.) SAMANTHA: Thanks for nothing. (She goes back to join JAMIE on their bench.) SAMANTHA: There's something funny going on here. JAMIE: Why? SAMANTHA: My brother's vanished, and that lot just couldn't care less. 16. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (BEN manages to cross the Tarmac undetected and slips cautiously inside the Chameleon Tours hangar. BEN stands in the shadows by the doorway, looking round. Suddenly he spots something new, a group of packing cases on the far side of the hangar. They are long and narrow. Coffin-shaped. He moves slowly towards them. The first lid he tries is fastened down tight. The second has not yet been fastened. BEN lifts it away, and finds himself staring down at POLLY. There is a white metal sheath on her arm. For one terrible moment he thinks she is d*ad. Then he realises that she is still alive - alive but somehow dormant. BEN dashes for the inner office...) 17. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, INNER OFFICE (There is a telephone on the desk and BEN snatches it up.) BEN: (Into phone.) Hello? What's the name of the man who's in charge of this airport? The Commandant? Right, well look, can you put me through to his office, please? All right, then Air Traffic Control but I want to speak to a friend of mine who should be with the Commandant, right now... 18. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK (The DOCTOR, of course, left the COMMANDANT some little time ago and is now back at the Chameleon Tours kiosk. JAMIE jumps up eagerly as he comes into sight.) JAMIE: Doctor, I'd like you to meet this young lady. DOCTOR: What young lady? Where's Polly? JAMIE: She's still inside. (The DOCTOR gives SAMANTHA a preoccupied smile.) DOCTOR: Ah, I shan't be a minute. 19. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK, INNER ROOM (The kiosk is locked and shuttered but the DOCTOR's sonic screwdriver makes short work of the lock and he hurries inside.) DOCTOR: Polly... (It is empty. Rummaging through the drawers of the desk in the inner office he finds a pile of postcards from various foreign countries, and sheets of unused foreign stamps. The DOCTOR sits at the desk for a moment, thinking hard. There is a monitor set into the wall at eye-level. It is live, showing a general view of the crowds milling about on the concourse. There is a model aeroplane on a stand on the desk, and guided by some instinct the DOCTOR catches the tailed and pulls it gently. The model plane clicks round to a different angle and the picture on the monitor changes. Now it shows a woman in a nurse's uniform checking over equipment in a room that looks like part of some kind of medical centre. Pleased with his new toy, the Doctor clicks the plane into a new position. This time the monitor shows BEN, talking urgently into a phone. Fascinated, the Doctor leans forward. He can hear Ben's voice through some hidden speaker.) BEN: (OOV.) But why wouldn't you listen to him? It's all true. I'm in the Chameleon Hangar now and I've just f... (A figure appears behind BEN holding a small metallic device. He points it at the back of BEN's neck and suddenly BEN freezes.) DOCTOR: Ben! (Frantically he fiddles with the plane, trying to establish communication.) DOCTOR: Ben, can you hear me? (He twiddles one of the engines of the model plane.) DOCTOR: Ben, can you hear me? 20. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, INNER ROOM (Hurriedly grabbing the phone from BEN's hand and slamming it down, SPENCER slips the metal device in his pocket. Suddenly a voice comes from a speaker...) DOCTOR: (OOV.) Ben, are you all right, can you hear me? Ben! Ben! Ben, can you hear me? (SPENCER turns and dashes back into the inner room. He looks up and sees the DOCTOR on a monitor screen. BLADE hurries through from the outer office.) BLADE: Who is he? (SPENCER points to the monitor screen.) SPENCER: A friend of that Doctor on the screen. (As they watch, the DOCTOR jumps up and hurries away.) BLADE: Did he see what happened in there? SPENCER: He must have done. BLADE: Then he'll be coming here. We'd better be prepared for him. First, dispose of the body. (BEN is just returning to life as they hurry back into the office. Snatching out the freezer g*n, SPENCER restores him to immobility. BLADE hurries to a corner of the hangar and comes back with a wheelchair. Putting down the pen device, SPENCER helps BLADE to lift BEN's frozen body into the chair.) 21. IMMIGRATION (Detective Inspector CROSSLAND has reached JENKINS at Immigration Desk Number Five by now and is showing him a picture of an average-looking pleasant-faced young man.) JENKINS: Who is he? CROSSLAND: His name's Brian Briggs. Supposed to have come through here about a week ago, on holiday. JENKINS: Thousands of people come through here a week. CROSSLAND: Aye, well it was just a chance. (Putting the picture away, CROSSLAND produces another one, a portrait of an older man.) CROSSLAND: Do you remember that man? (To CROSSLAND's surprise JENKINS replies instantly.) JENKINS: Oh yes, I remember him. He had a pass. But I can't remember his name. CROSSLAND: He's a colleague of mine, Detective Inspector Gascoigne. Now when did he come back? JENKINS: I couldn't tell you. There are so many faces. There was a bit of bother this morning, he could have slipped through then. CROSSLAND: What sort of bother? JENKINS: Two people without passports, who told some sort of story about a body in a hangar. CROSSLAND: What happened? JENKINS: Ah, it was all a hoax. These two men they ran away. The airport police are still looking for them! CROSSLAND: Can you describe them to me? JENKINS: One was a scruffy-looking man, medium-height, wearing a frock-coat, the other was a Scots boy dressed in a kilt! CROSSLAND: Oh, shouldn't be too hard to find. 22. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK (JAMIE is getting worried. The DOCTOR has sh*t out of the kiosk locking it behind him, and told JAMIE to wait where he was, keeping an eye on the kiosk, until they came back. SAMANTHA looks at JAMIE's face and sees the worry.) SAMANTHA: Hey, you think we should go after your friend? He's been gone about ten minutes now. JAMIE: No, he said half a hour. Now, we'll do what he said. SAMANTHA: Hey, he is a right weirdy, isn't he? JAMIE: No! I wish I had his brains. SAMANTHA: You're all right as you are. (...and she moves a little closer on the bench. JAMIE looks a little alarmed. An efficient-looking young woman marches up to the kiosk, unlocks the door and takes down the shutters. She goes inside and switches on the lights.) TANNOY: Chameleon Youth Tours announce the departure of their flight Number Four-One-Three to Zurich. Will all passengers please assemble in the departure lounge. Chameleon Youth Tours ann... SAMANTHA: Hey, look, they've opened up that kiosk now. JAMIE: Aye, and where's Polly? TANNOY: ...Will all passengers please assemble in the departure lounge. 23. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, INNER OFFICE (The DOCTOR has reached the Chameleon Tours hangar undetected and is busily searching the apparently deserted office. He finds nothing at all suspicious - until he glances at the desk and spots the metallic pen-like device with which BEN's assailant had frozen him. The DOCTOR reaches out and picks it up, examining it thoughtfully. He sits at the desk where BEN had been sitting when he was frozen. He glanced over his shoulder in the direction BEN's attacker had appeared from and found himself staring at a section of office wall covered by bookcases. The DOCTOR studies the wall for a moment.) DOCTOR: Packing cases! (He hurries out into the hangar.) 24. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK (By now a sizeable crowd of teenagers has assembled round the Chameleon Tours kiosk. ANN DAVIDSON, the young lady behind the desk speaks to them and starts passing out stamped postcards and ballpoint pens.) ANN DAVIDSON: I'm quite sure the first thing you want to do when you get to Switzerland is write home to your parents... (Mock groans from her audience.) But in case you don't have time, Chameleon Tours have some postcards of Zurich ready for you to write here. When you've finished your postcards, give them back to me and we'll post them for you in Zurich. (With a bit of good humoured muttering and grumbling the teenagers begins writing their cards. One of them comes to sit on the bench next to SAMANTHA and JAMIE. Before he can start writing, SAMANTHA leans forwards.) SAMANTHA: Eh, do you mind? PASSENGER: No, go ahead. (She plucks the card from his fingers and shows it to JAMIE.) SAMANTHA: Look! A postcard of Zurich, stamped with a Swiss stamp, all ready to post. (She hands the postcard back with a dazzling smile.) JAMIE: Well? (SAMANTHA jabs him in the ribs.) SAMANTHA: Oh, you're a right one, aren't you. Don't you see. This could explain the card I got from Brian. It was posted in Rome, but that doesn't mean to say that he posted it! (JAMIE stands up.) JAMIE: Oh I see. We'd better tell the Doctor about this! Er, how long's he been gone? SAMANTHA: Err, about half a hour, now. JAMIE: Right, I'll go and find him. (SAMANTHA jumps up too.) SAMANTHA: I'll come with you. (They start to move away, but suddenly a burly man with a heavy moustache is blocking their way. He is looking at JAMIE.) CROSSLAND: Just a minute, son. I want a word with you. 25. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (Using a screwdriver as an improvised wrench, the DOCTOR is struggling to get the lid off one of the packing cases, unaware that his activities are being watched on a monitor by SPENCER in the secret room. He gets the lid off the case at last and finds himself looking at a body covered in a sheet. He pulls the sheet from the face and examines the features of a middle-aged man, who looks vaguely familiar. (It is, in fact, MEADOWS, whom the DOCTOR glimpsed briefly in Air Traffic Control.) Suddenly the DOCTOR hears a voice - a blurred distorted voice that sounds very like BEN.) VOICE: (OOV.) Somebody, help me... please... I'm suffocating... (The DOCTOR moves cautiously back towards the inner office. He moves into the office and the voice comes again.) VOICE: (OOV.) Quickly, somebody help me please... I'm suffocating... Help me, please! (The DOCTOR looks round puzzled. He heard the voice quite loudly, but there is no one there. Suddenly he spots a panel sliding shut, high in the wall. A panel that had covered a loudspeaker. As the panel shuts, another one slides open, revealing a nozzle. White vapour begins hissing from the nozzle, and the DOCTOR whirls round and dashes for the door. But it is already shutting in his face. He shoves at it, but it is locked fast. The DOCTOR turns back to the nozzle. Curious to the last, he holds out his hand to test the vapour. It is icy cold. As the DOCTOR snatches back his hand the room is already starting to spin around him. Shuddering convulsively, the DOCTOR slides to the ground...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x32 - The Faceless Ones - part 2"}
foreverdreaming
by DAVID ELLIS and MALCOLM HULKE first broadcast - 22 April 1967 1. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (Using a screwdriver as an improvised wrench, the DOCTOR is struggling to get the lid off one of the packing cases, unaware that his activities are being watched on a monitor by SPENCER in the secret room. SPENCER lifts a microphone to his mouth. The DOCTOR gets the lid off the case at last and finds himself looking at a body. He examines the features of a middle-aged man, who looks vaguely familiar. (It is, in fact, MEADOWS, whom the DOCTOR glimpsed briefly in Air Traffic Control.) Suddenly the DOCTOR hears a voice - a blurred distorted voice that sounds very like BEN.) VOICE: (OOV.) Somebody, help me... please... I'm suffocating... (The DOCTOR moves cautiously back towards the inner office. He moves into the office and the voice comes again.) VOICE: (OOV.) Quickly, somebody help me please... I'm suffocating... Help me, please! (The DOCTOR looks round puzzled. He heard the voice quite loudly, but there is no one there. Suddenly he spots a panel sliding shut, high in the wall - a panel that had covered a loudspeaker. As the panel shuts, another one slides open, revealing a nozzle. White vapour begins hissing from the nozzle, and the DOCTOR whirls round and dashes for the door. But it is already shutting in his face. He shoves at it, but it is locked fast. The DOCTOR turns back to the nozzle. Curious to the last, he holds out his hand to test the vapour. It is icy cold. As the DOCTOR snatches back his hand the room is already starting to spin around him. Shuddering convulsively, the DOCTOR slides to the ground.) 2. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, SECRET ROOM. (SPENCER smiles coldly as the DOCTOR falls gasping to the floor. During this the episode titles are shown. SPENCER's smile fades as, instead of relapsing into unconsciousness, the DOCTOR staggers determinedly to his feet, grabs a handkerchief from his pocket and lurches towards the gas-nozzle with the evident intention of blocking it. SPENCER watches incredulously...) 3. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, INNER ROOM (...as the DOCTOR wads the handkerchief and rams it into the nozzle aperture, reducing the flow of gas to a few stray wisps. Again, SPENCER smiles. He touches a control in front of him and a second, higher panel slides back revealing another nozzle and soon the gas is once more hissing into the room. A little woozily, the DOCTOR studies the second nozzle. It is too high to reach, but somehow he manages to drag a chair beneath it. Then, grabbing a duster from the desk, the DOCTOR begins climbing on the chair and blocks it. He then notices that he is being watched from a camera. He takes off his black frock-coat and covers the camera with it. SPENCER studies the monitor, astonished at the little man's powers of resistance and he is reaching for the control when suddenly the monitor screen goes blank. Irritably SPENCER jabs at its controls, but he is quite unable to bring it back to life. Switching off the gas flow SPENCER opens the secret door and goes through.) 4. CHAMELEON TOUR'S INNER OFFICE (The first thing he sees is the DOCTOR's shirt-sleeved body, huddled by the overturned chair. A glance at the wall explains the failure of the monitor. SPENCER kneels by the DOCTOR's body and is in the process of lifting the body up to drag it away when something cold and metallic touches the back of his neck and he knows no more... The DOCTOR bounds to his feet, slipping the pen-like freezing device into his pocket. He snatches his coat from the wall and dashes out of the office and through the hangar, past the crate with MEADOWS's frozen body and out onto the tarmac.) 5. GATWICK AIRPORT (We see a plane landing and a view of the main building. It is clear that we are moving from the hangar to the main concourse.) 6. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK (Near the kiosk, while ANN DAVIDSON is dealing with some young customers, CROSSLAND has been talking to JAMIE and SAMANTHA and it is clear that they have told their stories to him. SAMANTHA obviously feels her problem is being pushed aside as she speaks.) SAMANTHA: Yeah, but what about me brother? CROSSLAND: I'm afraid I've got something more serious to look into first Miss. If this young man's telling the truth, a colleague of mine's been m*rder. (Suddenly JAMIE spots the DOCTOR hurrying across the concourse towards them. His hair is all in a mess. JAMIE jumps up.) JAMIE: Ah, Doctor! There's a man here wants to talk to you. DOCTOR: (Worried and preoccupied.) Oh, who is he? JAMIE: Err... CROSSLAND: There you are sir. (CROSSLAND holds out his warrant card and the DOCTOR peers at it.) DOCTOR: Detective-Inspector Crossland... Scotland Yard! JAMIE: Aye, I've told him everything. (CROSSLAND produces a photograph.) CROSSLAND: Have you ever seen that man? (The DOCTOR studies the picture.) DOCTOR: Well that's the man we found in the Chameleon Tours hangar! 7. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, INNER ROOM (SPENCER is just recovering from the effects of the g*n when BLADE strides into the hangar office.) BLADE: The Doctor's body. Where is it? SPENCER: (Getting slowly to his feet.) He... escaped. His intelligence is far above normal beings. BLADE: Above yours, perhaps. (BLADE looks at his watch.) BLADE: I must leave, the flight to Zurich is ready to take-off. You will remain here. SPENCER: For what purpose? BLADE: To atone for your incompetence. The Doctor must die - and you must do it. 8. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK CROSSLAND: All right then Doctor, we'll go and see the Commandant. I want him to hear your story. DOCTOR: Well he... he wasn't every impressed with it the last time. CROSSLAND: (Firmly.) This time, he's going to believe you! (The DOCTOR rises.) DOCTOR: Well, if you think so. Jamie, stay here and keep an eye on the kiosk. We shan't be long. (A little belatedly, CROSSLAND turns to SAMANTHA.) CROSSLAND: And don't worry about your brother, Miss. We'll find him for you! (The DOCTOR and CROSSLAND hurry away. SAMANTHA gives JAMIE a disgusted look.) SAMANTHA: A fat lot of good that Inspector's going to be. JAMIE: Ah, but he believes us. SAMANTHA: Oh yeah, but that doesn't mean to say he's going to do anything. (She jumps up.) SAMANTHA: I think I'll go and have a look round that Chameleon Hangar. (JAMIE gets up too.) JAMIE: Ah, not by yourself! SAMANTHA: Well, I suppose it would be better if I had a man with me. JAMIE: Aye! Oh, if only the Doctor hadn't told me to watch this place. SAMANTHA: (Crossly.) Oh, do you always do everything you're told? JAMIE: No! But the Doctor trusts me. SAMANTHA: (Airily.) Yeah, that's your trouble isn't it. All right stay here. (She gives him a pathetic look.) SAMANTHA: After all, they can only m*rder me. Ta-ra. (She turns to go. JAMIE is torn. He hates the thought of letting the Doctor down, but it is against his chivalrous nature to let a young lady go unescorted into danger.) JAMIE: Don... Oh... Wait a minute. I don't suppose anything will happen here, do you? SAMANTHA: Well since they closed the kiosk, it's hardly likely. JAMIE: And we won't be long away, will we? SAMANTHA: (Briskly.) Well, that depends on what we find. Ar, come on kid! JAMIE: In any case, you'll need me to show you the way there! 9. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (While the controllers look after the planes, JEAN turns around and looks on as CROSSLAND and the COMMANDANT talk to the DOCTOR.) COMMANDANT: (Wearily.) All right, all right, I'll accept that you found a body. But I still want to know where you come from, and why you have no passport. DOCTOR: Oh, but surely that's unimportant... COMMANDANT: It is not unimportant to break the law! CROSSLAND: Sir, I think we're going to have to let him tell us in his own way. COMMANDANT: Oh very well. Make it brief! DOCTOR: Thank you. I have just carried out a search of the Chameleon Tours hangar. In a packing case, I found the body of a man. CROSSLAND: You never told me that, Doctor. Another d*ad man! DOCTOR: No, he was in a stupefied state, a sort of coma. COMMANDANT: Who was this one? DOCTOR: I don't know his name but I have a feeling he's one of your employees. COMMANDANT: Oh, indeed. DOCTOR: In fact, I think he may be in here. (He goes down to the controllers and takes a look at CHAMELEON-MEADOWS.) CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Taxi, following southern taxi way for departure runway two-seven... (CHAMELEON-MEADOWS turns and looks at him. The DOCTOR turns away and goes back to the other two. He takes out the pen that he took from SPENCER.) DOCTOR: Do you know what this is? COMMANDANT: It looks like a fountain pen to me. DOCTOR: Things are not always what they seem. (CROSSLAND tries to take the object from the DOCTOR's hand.) DOCTOR: Oh careful! It's dangerous. Chameleon Tours are not quite what they seem either. (The COMMANDANT looks baffled.) COMMANDANT: No, and what's your theory? DOCTOR: Well, I'm afraid you won't believe it when you hear it. First, Inspector Gascoigne was m*rder with a ray g*n. However... CROSSLAND: A ray g*n? DOCTOR: A w*apon that has not yet been developed on this Earth. COMMANDANT: (Snorts.) Oh, really! DOCTOR: There you are, you see, I knew you wouldn't believe it, what's the use? (Strange as his story is, CROSSLAND finds there is something oddly convincing about the little man's evident sincerity.) CROSSLAND: No, now be patient, sir, we are trying to understand you. (The DOCTOR draws a deep breath.) DOCTOR: Very well. Next, I believe Chameleon Tours to be merely a front, a cover. COMMANDANT: For what? DOCTOR: For the mass kidnapping of young people. COMMANDANT: And is all this supposed to be taking place in my Airport? DOCTOR: Yes - at this very moment! (The COMMANDANT turns to CROSSLAND.) COMMANDANT: Oh, that's quite enough. Can't you take that fellow into custody? (CROSSLAND shakes his head.) CROSSLAND: Well, I'm very sorry, sir, but you know he hasn't broken any law, except for this immigration business, and that's not my responsibility. DOCTOR: But Brian Briggs is your responsibility. COMMANDANT: And who is he? DOCTOR: He is a young man who went on a Chameleon Tour and vanished. CROSSLAND: Ah now, come on Doctor, wait a minute. We're not certain of that yet. DOCTOR: Well, he's nowhere to be found. CROSSLAND: No. DOCTOR: And neither are my two friends! Which to my mind proves my point. Chameleon Tours are a cover for the abducting of young people. COMMANDANT: (Sarcastically.) And just where do you think they're taking them? DOCTOR: Well, in view of the facts that I've already presented, the ray g*n, this pen and err... one or two other things. I think we're dealing with people who are not from this planet. COMMANDANT: That hardly answers my que... (He brakes off as he realises the full implications of the DOCTOR's remark.) COMMANDANT: What did you say? DOCTOR: (Sadly.) You see, I knew you wouldn't believe me. COMMANDANT: Oh, this is absolute, arrant nonsense! CROSSLAND: (Sceptical.) Um, look Doctor, I think you ought to produce some evidence to support all this. DOCTOR: Evidence! What about this pen? (The DOCTOR brandishes the pen-like device still in his hand.) COMMANDANT: A pen! Do you call that evidence? DOCTOR: I'll demonstrate it for you. (The DOCTOR looks round. It is a quiet moment in Air Traffic Control and one of the operators has come back from the canteen with a tray of tea which he is passing out amongst his fellows. The DOCTOR turns to the nearest controller, who has a steaming cup of tea in his hand. It just happens to be the CHAMELEON-MEADOWS.) DOCTOR: Excuse me. Would you mind helping us? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: I don't understand. DOCTOR: Could you hold this cup out in front of you, hmm? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Very well. (He holds up the cup of tea and the DOCTOR points the pen-device at him. His face twists with fear and he backs away. The DOCTOR looks curiously at him. There is something familiar about the man's face, and suddenly the DOCTOR realises - it is the face of the frozen body in the crate at the Chameleon hangar.) DOCTOR: Oh perhaps you've seen one of these before? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: No, no I... (Aiming not at the man but the cup of tea the DOCTOR presses the f*ring button. The CHAMELEON-MEADOWS gives a yell of fear, drops the tea and turns and flees from the room. JEAN picks up the dropped cup of tea.) JEAN: It turned to ice! (The saucer has smashed but the cup has not. Moreover, it seems to be still full of tea. JEAN gives a cry of surprise when she touches it. She holds it out.) DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Do you call that arrant nonsense? 10. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (There is no one about at the Chameleon hangar when SAMANTHA and JAMIE arrive, and they are able to begin their search without anyone trying to stop them. JAMIE takes the hangar, and SAMANTHA the office. SAMANTHA searches through what seems to be an endless pile of routine paperwork without success. Then leaving the desk she begins searching the shelves. On the highest shelf she finds a brown manila envelope. She opens it and finds it full of postcards. SAMANTHA takes one out at random and studies it. The front shows an idyllic woodland scene. On the other side is an address and a scrawled message.) SAMANTHA: Dear Mum and Dad, have arrived safely in the Black Forest. Will write again soon. Love Tim. (Putting the card back, SAMANTHA checks another postcard.) SAMANTHA: Dear Dad, I... (And another.) SAMANTHA: Dear Mum... (The big envelope is full of such postcards, all bearing very similar messages. Clutching it, she runs out into the hangar where she finds JAMIE prizing the lid off a big crate. It is empty.) SAMANTHA: JAMIE! Jamie, look what I've found! (She shows him the envelope.) SAMANTHA: There must be fifty postcards here. That should make that inspector do something! (The thought of her brother's unknown fate brings sudden tears to her eyes and she brushes them away with the back of her hand.) JAMIE: Aye, you're right. And I know where to find him. (He notices SAMANTHA's tears.) JAMIE: You're a brave wee lassie. No time to greet now. SAMANTHA: (Fiercely.) Oh, get off! I've got something in my eye, come on! (She starts forward but then stops.) SAMANTHA: Where are we going? JAMIE: Commandant's Office. (JAMIE leads the way.) 11. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (The COMMANDMENT and CROSSLAND are looking over the pen device in amazement. Both are now speaking to the DOCTOR with new respect. JEAN gives some papers to the DOCTOR.) JEAN: Doctor. DOCTOR: Hm? JEAN: Um, here are the remaining flight schedules for Chameleon Tours you wanted. DOCTOR: Thank you my dear. COMMANDANT: What a nasty little device. (CROSSLAND takes it.) CROSSLAND: I think I'd better get that checked over sir. (Suddenly the door is flung open and SAMANTHA bursts in, JAMIE close behind her. She hurries over to the DOCTOR, holding out the envelope.) COMMANDANT: What the devil? JAMIE: Doctor! (To SAMANTHA) Samantha, down here. (To the DOCTOR) Doctor! Picture postcards, look at them! COMMANDANT: (Shouting over the others.) ...the limit. I will not have my control room inv*de! (The DOCTOR takes the envelope and begins studying the contents.) DOCTOR: What, not even for these? CROSSLAND: Why? What have you got there? DOCTOR: I think it's the further evidence you require, Inspector. (He spreads the postcards out on the COMMANDANT's desk.) DOCTOR: Yes, just as I thought. CROSSLAND: (To SAMANTHA.) Where did you get these? SAMANTHA: In the office in that hangar. You see what they mean? DOCTOR: All falling into pattern. This envelope is addressed to somewhere in Germany. SAMANTHA: Yeah, Dem Chameleon Reisen, Freiberg. That means Chameleon Tours. COMMANDANT: Just what are you all talking about? SAMANTHA: Well, you see. They give out these cards and get the kids to write home to their parents before they go. Then the Chameleon Tours lot take the cards abroad and they post them back to Britain. CROSSLAND: So the parents think the children have arrived safely. SAMANTHA: Doctor, what do you think does happens to them? (Before the DOCTOR can answer, the COMMANDANT butts in.) COMMANDANT: Now, now, now, this is all mere sup... supposition. SAMANTHA: (Flaring.) Oh, to you, maybe. But one of those kids happens to be my brother. COMMANDANT: (Quietly.) Your brother? CROSSLAND: (To the COMMANDANT.) Aye, sir. This is the young lady whose brother's missing and you see she did get a card from him in Rome. COMMANDANT: But why would anyone want to abduct these young people? DOCTOR: (Abstractedly.) Well, if we knew that we wouldn't be sitting here. (He has picked up the sheaf of Chameleon Tours flight schedules and is studying them absorbedly.) COMMANDANT: Inspector, can I have a word with you? (He moves over to a quite area of the room, beckoning the Inspector to follow him.) COMMANDANT: You don't think this fellow's a little unbalanced to you? (CROSSLAND looks thoughtfully at the Doctor.) CROSSLAND: Oh maybe a wee bit unorthodox, sir. But after all he's given us the only lead we've got so far. If you could just see your way to giving him a free hand. COMMANDANT: A free hand?! CROSSLAND: Just to poke around a little bit, sir. COMMANDANT: Do... Don't you think it's safe to let the fellow roam round the Airport? CROSSLAND: You can rely on us to keep an eye on him, sir. COMMANDANT: (Grimly.) Alright, but on your head be it! CROSSLAND: I personally will investigate Chameleon Tours. Then I'll report back to you here if I've found out anything; but in the meantime if you could just keep everything going as normal, you understand. We don't want them to get wind of anything. COMMANDANT: No, no, no, no ,no. (They go back to the DOCTOR's party.) COMMANDANT: Doctor. I'll give you the freedom of the Airport for twelve hours. Heaven help me. At the end of that time I shall expect you back here with some real facts this time. (The DOCTOR puts down the schedules and rises, looking at the clock.) DOCTOR: Thank you, Commandant. (SAMANTHA hugs JAMIE who looks glum but a little happy at being hugged.) 12. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK, INNER ROOM (The CHAMELEON-MEADOWS is reporting to SPENCER in the little room at the back of the Chameleon Tours kiosk.) SPENCER: Did they believe the Doctor? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: I don't know. SPENCER: What do you mean? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: I think he suspects me. He turned one of our own w*apon on me - forced me to leave. SPENCER: You fool. You should have stayed. Now we do not know how much he has discovered. CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Even if he has discovered the secret of our mission here, they will never believe him. These Earth minds cannot stretch that far. SPENCER: Of course, the truth is beyond their intelligence. Except for that Doctor. CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: I know where he is, I could k*ll him. SPENCER: You're going to - but not at the risk of your own safety. We still need you in Air Traffic Control. (SPENCER opens a secret drawer in the desk and takes out a round device, the general size and shape of a button. He hands it to MEADOWS.) SPENCER: Here, take this... attach it to him. When we are ready I shall activate the mechanism with this. (SPENCER takes a small black box from the drawer and slips it into his pocket.) SPENCER: That should put paid to him once and for all. CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Very well. SPENCER: Don't delay. I want him d*ad before Captain Blade returns. 13. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (The DOCTOR, JAMIE & SAMANTHA are waiting by a deck watching the radar. Meanwhile JEAN fills out and stamps the passes the COMMANDANT has rather grudgingly signed.) JEAN: Doctor, I have made out a pass for you and for your two friends. DOCTOR: Thank you very much. (He stands for a moment obviously wondering what he should do next. One of the controllers, HESLINGTON, comes over to him.) HESLINGTON: Excuse me, sir. There's a Chameleon flight coming in now. DOCTOR: Ah. (The DOCTOR follows him over to his console, and HESLINGTON turns up the gain on a speaker. BLADE's voice comes over the intercom.) BLADE: Alpha Delta Sierra XRay Lima calling Gatwick Airport Control. HESLINGTON: Gatwick Control to Alpha Delta Sierra XRay Lima. (CHAMELEON-MEADOWS comes over and stands by the technician at a console close by.) HESLINGTON: Gatwick Control to Alpha Delta Sierra XRay Lima. I will now give you your heading. (The DOCTOR turns to JEAN who is at his elbow.) DOCTOR: How many flights do they use a day? JEAN: Seven or eight. DOCTOR: How many planes do they use? JEAN: Four. I could get their registration numbers if you like? Why do you ask? DOCTOR: Eight flights a day and only four planes. Is that normal? JEAN: Oh yes. They have a very quick turn-round. I mean, after all they're only on short haul flights. You know, all the holiday centres: Spain, Rome, Athens, the Black Forest... COMMANDANT: (At his desk.) Jean, where's the file on winter schedules. JEAN: Excuse me. (She goes back to her desk and the DOCTOR stands studying the radar screen in front of him.) DOCTOR: Which is the Chameleon plane? (HESLINGTON indicates a blip.) HESLINGTON: Oh that one, sir. Look, he's turning left at Dunsfold. I shall hold him now over Epsom until I can give him landing clearance. DOCTOR: What's the range of your radar? HESLINGTON: Hundred and thirty miles, sir. Why? DOCTOR: Oh, I was just wondering when this plane first appeared? HESLINGTON: I've no idea, sir. We don't notice them 'til they start to call in. Oh excuse me a moment. (He speaks into his mike.) HESLINGTON: Gatwick Control to Alpha Delta Sierra XRay Lima. 14. PLANE IN AIR HESLINGTON: (OOV.) Climb to ten thousand feet and hold in Epsom control zone to wait landing clearance. (BLADE repeats the instructions.) 15. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM BLADE: (OOV.) Alpha Delta Sierra XRay Lima to Gatwick Airport. Climbing to ten thousand feet and holding. HESLINGTON: Ah, you were saying sir? DOCTOR: How long do you hold them after take off? HESLINGTON: Once they've left Gatwick control zone we've finished with them. DOCTOR: Oh I see. That means they might be anywhere. (Unable to relax with the DOCTOR about, the COMMANDANT comes over.) COMMANDANT: Aren't you rather wasting your twelve hours, hanging around here disturbing my people? DOCTOR: I don't think I've been wasting a minute, but ah, I'll go if you insist. (He turns to JAMIE and SAMANTHA.) DOCTOR: Sam! Jamie! (As he moves away, CHAMELEON-MEADOWS moves too. He bumps into the DOCTOR, grips his shoulder to steady himself and manages to slip the button device beneath the lapel of the DOCTOR's coat, where it clings, almost invisibly.) CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Sorry. DOCTOR: Oh it's all right. It's quite my fault. Haven't I met you somewhere before? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: I don't think so. (The DOCTOR smiles.) DOCTOR: You must have a double. (Leaving Meadows looking distinctly uneasy, the DOCTOR leads SAMANTHA and JAMIE away.) 16. RUNWAY (We see a plane landing.) 17. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK (The Chameleon Tours kiosk is open again now, and SPENCER is behind the desk. He looks up as CROSSLAND approaches.) SPENCER: (To a customer.) OK? Thank you. CROSSLAND: Excuse me. Are you the Manager? SPENCER: I'm looking after bookings. Can I help? (CROSSLAND produces his warrant card.) CROSSLAND: I'd rather rather like to speak to the man in charge. SPENCER: Err... CROSSLAND: I'm a police officer. SPENCER: Is there some trouble? CROSSLAND: I'd prefer to speak to the person in charge. SPENCER: Well that's Captain Blade. He's um, just returned from one flight - he's taking off for another. He's rather busy at the moment. CROSSLAND: Perhaps I could go out to the plane. (It is quite obvious that CROSSLAND has no intention of being put off.) SPENCER: I'll err, have to see about that. Just a moment please. (...and he disappears into the back of the kiosk.) 18. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK, INNER OFFICE (SPENCER switches on a monitor and BLADE's face appears.) SPENCER: A detective wants to see you. BLADE: Does he suspect anything? SPENCER: I don't know. BLADE: All right, send him over to the plane. We'll deal with him. 19. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, INNER OFFICE (This time the DOCTOR and JAMIE are searching the Chameleon hangar office while SAMANTHA goes off to telephone her worried parents. JAMIE stares at the wall, then gives the DOCTOR a disbelieving look.) JAMIE: Are you sure this is the right room, Doctor? DOCTOR: Jamie, have you ever known me to be mistaken? JAMIE: (Emphatically.) Aye. DOCTOR: Hey. Now watch out. JAMIE: What? DOCTOR: That's the wall the gas-nozzles came out of. JAMIE: Well, there's nothing here now! (The DOCTOR checks the wall.) DOCTOR: You're right. Well that's clever. That's very clever. Oh well, makes life simpler for us. Now... (He moves to the wall.) DOCTOR: ...the man I froze came from here somewhere. JAMIE: Aye, he would. A solid wall. DOCTOR: Well somewhere in that solid wall there's a door. JAMIE: Aye, and we still haven't found Ben and Polly. What do you think's happened to them? DOCTOR: I don't know. P.. p.. perhaps if we find that... that door, we'll find them. Come on, you take that end and I'll take this. (He points to different ends of the wall.) JAMIE: Right. (JAMIE and the DOCTOR start removing various items from shelves along the walls.) DOCTOR: We must hurry. Inspector Crossland's keeping them busy at the moment, but he'll be no match for them. If he presses them too far... 20. CHAMELEON PLANE (CROSSLAND is standing in the small but full first class section, just behind the flight deck. From the main section of the plane there comes the low hum of chatter and occasionally a burst of laughter. The rest of the plane is full of excited young people. Captain BLADE is standing by the doorway to the flight deck with ANN DAVIDSON, now in the uniform of a stewardess who is now taking passengers' coats.) BLADE: You'll find that the whole plane conforms strictly to the International Standards of air safety. I can't think why anybody should have complained about us? CROSSLAND: Did I say anyone had complained? I'm not enquiring about safety. My enquires are about a missing boy, a passenger on one of your flights, and there's also the business of a colleague of mine, Detective Inspector Gascoigne, who was last seen in your hangar. He's believed to have been m*rder. BLADE: That is indeed a much more serious matter. CROSSLAND: Aye, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to hold up this flight a while, while I ask you some questions. If you wouldn't mind coming to the Commandant's office? BLADE: Well if you'll just excuse me for a moment, Inspector, I... have some... arrangements to make. (He goes through into the flight deck and ANN DAVIDSON follows, going passed CROSSLAND.) ANN DAVIDSON: Excuse me, please. CROSSLAND: Aye, I'm sorry lass. (CROSSLAND waits for a minute or two, thinks about lighting his pipe and then suddenly becomes aware of a rising hum of engine noise. They are about to take off! CROSSLAND hurries to the flight deck, throws open the door and steps inside.) 21. FLIGHT DECK CROSSLAND: Captain Blade... (He brakes off. BLADE is waiting for him to one side of the door, a strangely-shaped p*stol in his hand. With numbed astonishment, CROSSLAND realises it must be some kind of ray g*n. However, the biggest shock is that the plane doesn't have the usual controls - no steering controls, nothing except instruments and controls which don't look like they belong in a plane.) BLADE: I shouldn't move any further if I were you. This g*n proved remarkably effective in dealing with your colleague, Inspector Gascoigne. CROSSLAND: (Dully.) You k*lled him. BLADE: Unfortunately an error. You Earth men are more use to us alive. Sit down there! (He gestures towards a chair at the rear of the flight deck. CROSSLAND sits, and immediately ANN DAVIDSON operates a control in the back of the chair. Metal clamps slide out, fastening CROSSLAND firmly in place.) BLADE: That's better. (To ANN) This Earthman is a particularly fine specimen, don't you think? ANN DAVIDSON: Perhaps the Director himself. BLADE: Exactly. CROSSLAND: Look, I don't know what you two are planning for me, but I must warn you of the long arm of the British law. BLADE: I don't think it'll reach where you're going. (He moves a microphone to his face.) BLADE: Chameleon Flight four-one-three to control. Request start up. 22. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR, INNER ROOM (At last the DOCTOR has realised that one of the box-files is fixed to the shelf it stands on. He pulls it to the left, and the secret door slides open.) DOCTOR: Jamie, look! JAMIE: Hey... (The DOCTOR and JAMIE enter the little control room and look around. The DOCTOR goes to the corner cabinet and opens it. There is nothing inside but a chair.) JAMIE: What's that, Doctor. (The DOCTOR sniffs the atmosphere inside the little chamber.) DOCTOR: Someone who's not used to the Earth's atmosphere. Very interesting... (He turns around.) DOCTOR: Ah, TV monitor set. Let's see what we can see. (The DOCTOR looks at the monitor screens and begins fiddling with their controls. One screen lights up, showing SPENCER at the kiosk talking earnestly to a young traveller. Another shows them a room holding some kind of medical equipment.) JAMIE: Hey, wh... what's that? DOCTOR: Well it looks like a hospital. Jamie, we're getting warmer, which is a change from the last time I was here. Come on. Let's see if there's a first aid post in Gatwick Airport. 23. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK, INNER ROOM (SPENCER has finished with his young traveller and is making a routine check of the office monitors. To his rage and astonishment, one of them shows the DOCTOR and JAMIE leaving the hidden control room. Angrily, SPENCER takes the black transmitter box from his pocket. On the monitor he can see the DOCTOR and JAMIE in the office. He hears JAMIE's voice.) JAMIE: Should we clear up the mess, Doctor? DOCTOR: No. Let's get along to the first aid post. (They go out into the hangar, and SPENCER picks them up on another monitor. As they reach the bottom of the steps he activates the transmitter - and smiles as the DOCTOR suddenly staggers and collapses.) 24. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (JAMIE looks on in horror as the DOCTOR writhes on the floor. He seems to be pawing feebly at his lapel.) DOCTOR: My back! JAMIE: What?! DOCTOR: JAMIE, MY BACK! (It takes JAMIE a second or two to find the device behind the lapel. When he does, he snatches it away, giving a cry of pain as he hurls it from him. The device obviously b*rned the Scot as though it was red hot. The DOCTOR slumps back unconscious, white-faced and still.) 25. CHAMELEON PLANE, PASSENGER CABIN (ANN DAVIDSON moves along the cabin, towards the flight deck, attending to the passengers as she goes.) ANN DAVIDSON: Please take a... (One of the passengers takes something from a tray.) ANN DAVIDSON: Thank you. You can unfasten your seat belts now. Thank you. (ANN moves further down.) ANN DAVIDSON: Thank you. Everything's alright? 26. FLIGHT DECK (ANN DAVIDSON comes back onto the flight deck.) ANN DAVIDSON: All set. BLADE: Good. (BLADE switches on a monitor above his head, and CROSSLAND, still clamped helplessly in his chair, looks down the long central aisle, with row upon row of young passengers on either side. They sit docilely in their places. BLADE turns to CROSSLAND and smiles.) BLADE: You wanted to know what was the secret of Chameleon Tours. Well Inspector, see for yourself! (BLADE pulls a lever in the control panel in front of him. CROSSLAND stares at the monitor in unbelieving horror. Suddenly the rows and rows of seats are empty. The entire plane-load of passengers has disappeared...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x33 - The Faceless Ones - part 3"}
foreverdreaming
by DAVID ELLIS and MALCOLM HULKE first transmitted - 29 April 1967 running time - 24mins 28secs 1. CHAMELEON PLANE'S FLIGHT DECK (ANN DAVIDSON comes back onto the flight deck.) ANN DAVIDSON: All set. BLADE: Good. (BLADE switches on a monitor above his head, and CROSSLAND, still clamped helplessly in his chair, looks down the long central aisle, with row upon row of young passengers on either side. They sit docilely in their places, seat-belts fastened, waiting for take-off. BLADE turns to CROSSLAND and smiles.) BLADE: You wanted to know the secret of Chameleon Tours. Well Inspector, see for yourself! (BLADE turns a control in the control panel in front of him. CROSSLAND stares at the monitor in unbelieving horror. Suddenly the rows and rows of seats are empty. The entire plane-load of passengers has disappeared!.) 2. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (JAMIE kneels down by the DOCTOR, desperately trying to revive him while the episode titles are shown. He has just decided to give up and carry the DOCTOR somewhere he can get help when he becomes aware of someone standing over them. It is SPENCER, a ray g*n in his hand.) JAMIE: Doctor! SPENCER: He's d*ad! You're coming with me. (JAMIE shakes his head.) JAMIE: I'll not leave him. SPENCER: You have five seconds to change your mind. JAMIE: You'll have to k*ll me then. SPENCER: I said five seconds. Five, four, three... (JAMIE sees SAMANTHA coming through the door of the hangar. She takes in the situation instantly, swings round to a pile of oil-cans by the door and gives the bottom of the cans a mighty kick. The pile of cans falls with a tremendous clatter...) JAMIE: SAMANTHA! (...and instinctively SPENCER swings round - and JAMIE jumps him. With a wild, flailing blow he knocks the g*n from SPENCER's hand. SPENCER dives for it, but SAMANTHA comes sprinting up and kicks it away. JAMIE and SPENCER grapple furiously and soon, for all JAMIE's youth and strength, he begins getting the worst of it. SPENCER has a strength that seems more than human. SAMANTHA joins in the struggle, leaping on SPENCER's back from behind and winding her arms around his throat in a determined attempt to throttle him. With a desperate effort, SPENCER manages to free one hand from JAMIE's grip and plunge it into his pocket. The hand comes out with a silvery pencil-like device and too late JAMIE realises what it is. SPENCER aims and fires and an icy chill blasts all consciousness from JAMIE's body. He slumps to the ground, and seconds later SAMANTHA lies beside him. Panting with effort, SPENCER gazes down at his three defeated enemies. He goes to the corner of the hangar, retrieves his ray g*n, raises it and then lowers it again. He thinks for a moment, and then puts the three bodies in a row, first JAMIE, then SAMANTHA, and then the DOCTOR. He goes to a storage cupboard and produces a black metal case with a circular base and a projecting lens. It is an advanced a*t*matic light-cannon. SPENCER makes careful adjustments to the control panel on the back, sets up the device and switches it on. A thin light beam sh**t from the lens. It is a few inches from the floor and a few feet to JAMIE's left. Spencer touches the controls again and the beam begins swinging round, very, very slowly, edging closer and closer towards JAMIE. SPENCER turns and hurries from the hangar, laughing at the fate that awaits them.) 3. CHAMELEON PLANE'S FLIGHT DECK (Still in a state of shock, CROSSLAND watches uncomprehendingly as ANN DAVIDSON takes a large segmented container from a locker and goes out into the main cabin.) CROSSLAND: I suppose there's no use my asking where this plane's going to? (BLADE, at the controls, glances briefly over his shoulder.) BLADE: You will know soon enough. (As if reminded of something he flicks a control and speaks into a microphone.) BLADE: This is Plane Number Three to Base. Inform the Director that I have an original for him as ordered. I am delivering him now, and will return immediately to Gatwick Airport. 4. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR (The three victims are recovering consciousness, but not their power of movement.) SAMANTHA: (Croaking.) Jamie? Are you all right? JAMIE: Aye. Th... They've not harmed you, have they? SAMANTHA: No - but I can't move. (JAMIE tries to sit up and finds that his limbs are held fast in icy paralysis.) JAMIE: Doctor? SAMANTHA: Are you all right? DOCTOR: What's happening? I... I can't move. What's that? (SAMANTHA's head is pointing in the right direction.) SAMANTHA: I... I don't know. It's a beam of light. JAMIE: Aye. Doctor, it... it's moving towards us! (As they watch, the edge of the beam reaches a little pile of wood shavings, which immediately bursts into flame.) DOCTOR: That's just a small fore-taste of what'll happen to us if we don't move and quickly. JAMIE: But I can't move, Doctor! SAMANTHA: Neither can I. (SAMANTHA struggles frantically.) SAMANTHA: Wait a minute. I can move one arm. (She manages to reach out and touch her handbag, which is still been twined about her wrist from when she fell.) SAMANTHA: But I can't move away! 5. MEDICAL CENTRE (JENKINS, the immigration officer on Desk Five, has received a sudden, mysterious summons to report to the First Aid Station. Within minutes of his arrival, he has been frozen into unconsciousness and now sits in a machine, while next to him another form - the CHAMELEON-JENKINS - is forming under the watchful eyes of the CHAMELEON-PINTO.) 6. CHAMELEON TOURS' HANGAR SAMANTHA: Oh Doctor! Can't you do anything to stop it? DOCTOR: No. (The DOCTOR is thinking furiously.) DOCTOR: Wait. One thing. It's a long chance but it just might work. (To SAMANTHA.) Have you got a mirror in that bag? SAMANTHA: Yes. DOCTOR: Let's see. (SAMANTHA struggles and manages to get the mirror out of the bag using her good arm.) DOCTOR: Yes, that'll do. Hand it to me. SAMANTHA: I can't. DOCTOR: I can't move my hand. Jamie, can you take it? (SAMANTHA tries to pass it to JAMIE.) SAMANTHA: Have you got it? JAMIE: No, careful! SAMANTHA: Take it! (JAMIE gets it.) JAMIE: Got it! DOCTOR: Right now, see if you can point it at that laser g*n. JAMIE: Hey? DOCTOR: Th... that thing on the wall. JAMIE: I... I'll try, Doctor. But why? DOCTOR: Well, if you can reflect the light back, we've got a chance. (Tightening his grip on the mirror, JAMIE begins swinging it round towards the approaching beam.) SAMANTHA: (Worriedly.) Can't you prop it up on something? JAMIE: No, it won't work. I'll... I'll have to hold it. SAMANTHA: But your... your hand. JAMIE: It's a risk I'll have to take. (The beam creeps closer.) DOCTOR: Quick Jamie! Now! (The second before it touches him, JAMIE thrusts the mirror at a right angle to the source of the beam. He feels an instant's searing pain but ignores it, adjusts the mirror a fraction and the black metal transmitter explodes into flames.) DOCTOR: Oh, well done! (Ironically, as soon as the danger is over the frozen trio begin to feel life creeping back into their limbs. Slowly and painfully they begin wriggling and stretching, struggling to get up. JAMIE manages to sit up first, his face streaming with sweat and the others start to rub life back into their limbs.) JAMIE: Why... I can move! DOCTOR: I... I wonder if... JAMIE: Do you think that's what happened to Ben and Polly, Doctor? DOCTOR: No. JAMIE: Are you sure? DOCTOR: I think they were needed for some purpose. JAMIE: We weren't. DOCTOR: We were obviously too dangerous for them. (SAMANTHA is now sitting up too.) SAMANTHA: But to try and do something like this, in broad daylight! DOCTOR: Yes. That means only one thing, I'm afraid. Their plans are almost complete. We'll have to act fast if we're going to save Polly and Ben. SAMANTHA: And Brian, or have you forgotten about him. DOCTOR: No, I've not forgotten him Sam, but if my guess is right, they're all in the same place. JAMIE: And where's that? (They all clamber stiffly to their feet.) DOCTOR: I don't know. Wait! The first aid post! JAMIE: Hey? DOCTOR: We saw a first aid post on that monitor. JAMIE: (Understanding.) Aye. DOCTOR: We must find it. (The DOCTOR gets up and looks down at SAMANTHA who is having trouble getting up.) DOCTOR: Come on, you're not going to sit there all day are you? (The DOCTOR and JAMIE help SAMANTHA to stand up and all three begin moving a little stiffly towards the door.) DOCTOR: Just a minute. We can't all go down to the Medical Unit. SAMANTHA: All right. What can I do? (The DOCTOR turns to SAMANTHA.) DOCTOR: Did you get a good look at the man who tried to k*ll us? SAMANTHA: I'll say. I had my arms around his neck. DOCTOR: Go down to the Chameleon Kiosk and see if he comes in or out. SAMANTHA: Right! DOCTOR: But be careful. Don't let him see you. SAMANTHA: Me be careful!? You two watch out for yourselves! I'll be OK! (They make their way back to the main concourse and then split up. As SAMANTHA moves off towards the kiosk...) JAMIE: She's got a lot of courage, that wee lass, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes. I just hope she doesn't try to be too adventurous. 7. MEDICAL CENTRE (By now the CHAMELEON-JENKINS is complete and is undergoing final tests from the CHAMELEON-PINTO.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: (Studying the file in her hands.) Who are you? CHAMELEON-JENKINS: Steven Christopher Jenkins CHAMELEON-PINTO: Where do you live? CHAMELEON-JENKINS: With my parents in Wimbledon. CHAMELEON-PINTO: Employment? CHAMELEON-JENKINS: I'm an Immigration Officer, at Gatwick Airport. (The interrogation brakes off as the doors open and an oddly-dressed little man comes in, supporting a burly youth in a kilt. The younger man's eyes are closed and he is breathing heavily. Three guesses who these two are.) DOCTOR: Come along, easy. You'll be all right. Now come along, take it easy. We'll have you as right as rain in a minute. Now just get you down here. There we are. (He puts JAMIE into a chair.) DOCTOR: Splendid. JAMIE: (Whispering.) How am I doing, Doctor? DOCTOR: (Whispering.) Very well but don't over do it. (He looks about.) DOCTOR: Yes, this is the room. We see... saw on the TV monitor. (CHAMELEON-PINTO takes CHAMELEON-JENKINS by the arm and leads him hastily to the door as JAMIE groans in his chair.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: If the tablets do not help, come and see me again. (She bustles him out and turns to the DOCTOR and his companion.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: What's the matter with him? DOCTOR: It's a rare tropical disease, Nurse. I'm his doctor. If he... if he doesn't rally soon we shall err... we shall have to use somnalin. CHAMELEON-PINTO: Somnalin? DOCTOR: Yes... yes, somnalin. I shall have to get him somewhere to lie down. Umm... (Before CHAMELEON-PINTO can stop him, he opens the door to the inner room. CHAMELEON-PINTO hurries forward and sees to her relief that the inert form of the real JENKINS is completely hidden behind its screen.) DOCTOR: Oh yes, this will do nicely. CHAMELEON-PINTO: (Sharply.) I... I'm afraid you can't go there. DOCTOR: Why not? It's just an X-ray room, isn't it? Isn't that a couch behind the screen. (The DOCTOR tries to move forward again, but she bars his way.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: I'm sorry, Doctor. You can't take your patient in there. DOCTOR: You refuse to help my patient? CHAMELEON-PINTO: Oh, it's not that. I have someone coming for an X-ray. DOCTOR: Oh I see. Well why didn't you tell me in the first place. 8. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK, INNER ROOM (In the rear of the Chameleon Tours kiosk, SPENCER and CHAMELEON-JENKINS are watching all the activity in the Medical Centre on a monitor. The DOCTOR goes over to JAMIE, makes a pretence of examining him, and begins heaving him off of the couch. SPENCER flicks the monitor off as the DOCTOR and JAMIE leave the First Aid Post.) DOCTOR: (OOV.) Let's get you out of here. SPENCER: That Doctor is a menace to our plans. CHAMELEON-JENKINS: Then we must k*ll him. SPENCER: I tried. He must have escaped. CHAMELEON-JENKINS: They won't escape me. (He prepares to set off, but SPENCER detains him.) SPENCER: No, wait. This time, let them to come to us. 9. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (JEAN is talking into the phone.) JEAN: I've been paging him, Superintendent, but he hasn't responded. (She listens to the phone.) JEAN: Yes, very well sir. I'll keep on trying. (She breaks the connection and dials the operator.) JEAN: Operator. Look, I booked a call through to Athens, now what happened? (She listens to the phone.) JEAN: Yes, very well, I'll stay near the phone. COMMANDANT: What's all this about? (JEAN looks up eagerly as the DOCTOR and JAMIE come into Air Traffic Control.) JEAN: Oh Doctor, have you seen Inspector Crossland? DOCTOR: Well no. Why? JEAN: Well, Scotland Yard are looking for him and we can't find him anywhere. Also, your Miss Briggs wants to see you. DOCTOR: But I told her to... Where is she now? JEAN: Well she said something about going to the Chameleon Kiosk. (The DOCTOR turns to JAMIE.) DOCTOR: Go down and join her, Jamie. She's a very strong headed young woman. See she doesn't come to any trouble. JAMIE: I'll keep an eye on her, Doctor. (JAMIE hurries away. The phone rings and JEAN snatches it up, talking into it in a low voice as if she didn't want to be overheard. The COMMANDANT sh**t her an irritated glance.) DOCTOR: Commandant, did the Inspector say where he was going? COMMANDANT: Hmm, oh he said he was going to make some enquires about Chameleon Tours. DOCTOR: And now he's disappeared? COMMANDANT: Aren't you rather jumping to conclusions? DOCTOR: I don't think so. My two friends became involved with Chameleon Tours, and they've both disappeared. However, you know what I think wh... that's happened. COMMANDANT: Yes, and you know what I think about your ridiculous theory. People from outer space, indeed. (JEAN puts down the phone and stands up, her face white and shocked. The COMMANDANT stares at her.) COMMANDANT: Something the matter with you? JEAN: (In shock.) Commandant, I've found out what's been happening. DOCTOR: (In delight.) Well, that's a step in the right direction. JEAN: Wh... what I mean is I took the liberty of phoning all the airports that ah... err... Chameleon Tours fly to. The last on my list was Athens. COMMANDANT: B... but don't you realise the expense of phoning Ath... JEAN: Yes, I know, I'm sorry. But what I found out is - they never deliver any passengers. COMMANDANT: (Stupidly.) What do you mean? Never deliver any passengers... JEAN: It's absolutely true, sir. They all say the same thing. Dubrovnik, Athens, Rome. They say they pick up young passengers to take them off to other places but... none of them ever arrive anywhere! COMMANDANT: Well in that case, they must be flying these young people to some secret airfield. But why? DOCTOR: You're still thinking in Earth terms. COMMANDANT: And I intend to go on doing so. Wh... what was the name of that Chameleon Pilot? JEAN: Captain Blade. COMMANDANT: And what er... what time is the plane due back? (JEAN consults a schedule.) JEAN: About half an hour sir. COMMANDANT: Right. After the turn-round we'll have it followed this time. (He snatches up the phone. The DOCTOR takes JEAN aside.) DOCTOR: Might I have a word with you, my dear? COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Get me the RAF Station Manston. DOCTOR: I suspect that the Medical Centre is connected with all this. JEAN: Medical Cen... Oh come on... DOCTOR: Now please don't get like him (Nodding toward the COMMANDANT). Oh yes, there is definitely a connection, now, I would like to get in there and have a look round. JEAN: But anyone can go in there. DOCTOR: But I would like to get that nurse out of the way first... Do you think that you can manage it for me? 10. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK (SAMANTHA is at the kiosk counter, talking to ANN DAVIDSON when JAMIE arrives.) ANN DAVIDSON: (Giving her a ticket.) You'll find that in order. SAMANTHA: Ta. (Catching her eye JAMIE sits down on their usual bench, and after a minute or two she comes over to join him.) JAMIE: (Shaking his head.) He said you'd do something silly. SAMANTHA: Oh yeah, what else did he say? JAMIE: He said you were headstrong. SAMANTHA: Oh great. Look, you can tell the Doctor he's not going to talk me out of this one, and neither are you. I'm going on the next Chameleon flight, that leaves in half a hour. (JAMIE looks unhappy.) SAMANTHA: Oh look don't you see it's the only way we can find out anything. Oh, don't worry. I'll come back and tell you all about it. JAMIE: (Gloomily.) If you do come back. SAMANTHA: Oh, it's only going to Rome. JAMIE: And what makes you so sure you'll find your brother in Rome? SAMANTHA: Oh, I don't know. But that's where he was supposed to be going. At least I'll be doing something. JAMIE: (Worriedly.) Aye, but do you not realise how dangerous it is. SAMANTHA: Look if you're scared, I'm certainly not. JAMIE: I wish the Doctor were here. SAMANTHA: (Angry.) Oh. JAMIE: Hey, maybe I could go with you. SAMANTHA: Hey, now you're talking. Do you think you can you raise the lolly? JAMIE: The lolly? SAMANTHA: The brass - the money. Look it will cost you twenty-eight quid - pounds to you. JAMIE: Oh but that's a fortune. I've never seen that much money in my life. I suppose I... I couldn't take your place? SAMANTHA: (Firmly.) No! (She turns away. JAMIE sees the ticket envelope sticking out from her bag. Stealthily he reaches out for it...) JAMIE: The Doctor said it was er... no job for a wee lassie... SAMANTHA: A wee lassie! (She swings round, nearly catching JAMIE in the act.) SAMANTHA: You can tell the Doctor... JAMIE: I say goodbye. (JAMIE lunges forward and plants a clumsy kiss on SAMANTHA's cheek. Surprised and touched, she hugs him for a moment.) SAMANTHA: Hey, kid! I can take care of myself, you know. JAMIE: I just wanted to make sure. (...as he slips the ticket from her bag and conceals it under his jumper. Leaving a puzzled SAMANTHA behind him, he hurries away.) 11. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (The COMMANDANT has done a lot of fast and high powered talking on the telephone and at last he has got his way.) COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Hmm. So you can arrange to have it followed. Good. Oh I'll find out. (To JEAN.) What time's the next Chameleon flight? JEAN: 1530hrs to Rome, sir. COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) 1530hrs heading South. Right. And I'll let you know when they request permission to start up. Cheerio old man and many thanks. (He slams down the phone.) COMMANDANT: Well, that's settled that. The next Chameleon flight will have an RAF fighter on its tail. (Suddenly JEAN puts a hand to her head and slides from her chair. Shocked, the COMMANDANT snatches up the phone again.) COMMANDANT: Good grief. Jean. Jean! (No response.) COMMANDANT: What's the matter with the girl? (Into phone.) Get me the Medical Centre. 12. MEDICAL CENTRE (The CHAMELEON-PINTO is talking to the COMMANDANT on the phone.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: Isn't it possible for your assistant to come down here, Commandant. (An angry voice blasts her from the other end of the phone.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: But I'm not supposed to leave here. (The angry voice blasts her again from the other end.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: (Stiffly.) All right sir, if you insist. (She slams down the phone, picks up a black medical bag and storms out. A few minutes later the door opens and the DOCTOR comes in. He hurries over to the inner room. Once inside, the DOCTOR stands looking around him. He goes over to the machine that looks like an X-ray machine but isn't, and examines it thoroughly. A large cupboard is set into one wall. The DOCTOR tries the door, but it is locked. The DOCTOR produces his sonic screwdriver and sets to work. The CHAMELEON-JENKINS comes into the outer room and sees the DOCTOR at work. Drawing a ray g*n from his pocket, he conceals himself behind the connecting door. The DOCTOR gets the big cupboard open without much difficulty and finds that it contains neatly stacked piles of black and white sheaths. He examines them thoughtfully. Then taking one of each colour he slips them into his left and right hand coat pockets. Closing the cupboard he turns and leaves the room. He hurries past CHAMELEON-JENKINS without seeing him. CHAMELEON-JENKINS trains his ray g*n on the DOCTOR's back - and the outer doors open admitting a worried looking middle-aged lady. As the lady comes in the DOCTOR realises there is someone behind him and turns in time to see CHAMELEON-JENKINS slipping the ray g*n back in his pocket.) DOCTOR: (Before either CHAMELEON-JENKINS or the passenger can speak, hurriedly.) I'm just going off duty, but err this gentleman will be pleased to attend to you. (And with that he disappears through the outer doors.) 13. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (As the DOCTOR comes back into Air Traffic Control, CHAMELEON-PINTO is examining JEAN.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: How do you feel now? JEAN: Not too good. COMMANDANT: I can't understand it. She's never done this on me before. (JEAN sees the DOCTOR, who gives her a signal, and stands up.) JEAN: Thank you Nurse. I feel much better now. COMMANDANT: Well there couldn't be much wrong then. CHAMELEON-PINTO: (To JEAN.) Have you had any lunch? JEAN: No I've been so busy today, I haven't even had any breakfast. CHAMELEON-PINTO: Then no wonder you didn't feel well. (To the COMMANDANT.) Really Commandant. You must see that your staff have time for regular meals. COMMANDANT: I've never stopped her having her lunch! CHAMELEON-PINTO: (Half-believing.) I'm sure, Commandant. But it has been known to happen. (CHAMELEON-PINTO closes her medical bag and marches out of the room, glaring suspiciously at the DOCTOR, who is staring absorbedly at one of the radar screens. As soon as she is gone, the DOCTOR hurries over to JEAN, who is lying back limply in her chair.) COMMANDANT: (To JEAN.) Now look here. DOCTOR: Very well done! (JEAN sits up, bright and alert again.) JEAN: Did I give you enough time? DOCTOR: Ample time. COMMANDANT: What is all this? You weren't ill at all, were you? DOCTOR: It's all right, Commandant. She was acting on my instructions. (He produces the two sheaths.) COMMANDANT: On your instructions? DOCTOR: Yes. What do you think of these? (The COMMANDANT stares at them.) COMMANDANT: Now, what are these? DOCTOR: I think there's somebody here who can tell us. (He looks across to MEADOWS's usual station...) DOCTOR: Excuse me. (...but it is occupied by someone else.) DOCTOR: Where's the chap who usually sits there? COMMANDANT: Well he's probably off duty. In that case, he'll be back on shift in a couple of hours. DOCTOR: I see. Oh well, these'll have to wait. 14. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK TANNOY: Chameleon Youth Tours announce the departure of their flight number Four-One-Nine to Rome. Will all passengers please assemble in the departure lounge. (SAMANTHA puts back all the contents of her bag, which have been spread out over the Chameleon Tours counter. ANN DAVIDSON comes up to her.) ANN DAVIDSON: (To other passengers before SAMANTHA.) Don't forget your postcards. Give them back to me and we'll post them for you when... (She takes the postcards and turns to SAMANTHA.) ANN DAVIDSON: Have you found your ticket yet? SAMANTHA: I don't know. I seem to have lost it somewhere. But you remember me, don't you? I bought it off you. ANN DAVIDSON: There are so many people... what was the name? 15. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK, INNER ROOM (In the office, SPENCER is watching this on his monitor. SAMANTHA and ANN DAVIDSON can be heard.) SAMANTHA: Err, Samantha Briggs. Oh, it had S. Briggs on the ticket. (ANN DAVIDSON studies her list.) ANN DAVIDSON: S. Briggs has already checked in. SAMANTHA: Oh no. Well, who the heck... Look, can you remember what she looked like? ANN DAVIDSON: She? I seem to remember a boy with that ticket. SAMANTHA: (Bitterly.) Jamie! He's pinched it. Look you have to stop him! ANN DAVIDSON: I can't hold up the flight. SAMANTHA: But look. ANN DAVIDSON: I'm sorry, there's nothing more I can do for you. (SPENCER picks up the phone and dials through to the front.) 16. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK (ANN DAVIDSON picks up the phone.) ANN DAVIDSON: (Into phone.) Hello. Yes, all right. That's very kind of you. (She puts down the phone and turns to SAMANTHA.) ANN DAVIDSON: You're very fortunate. Your ticket's just been found. SAMANTHA: Oh good. Well who got it? ANN DAVIDSON: We can't tell you that I'm afraid but our manager would like to see you. He's just through there. (She points towards the rear of the kiosk.) SAMANTHA: Oh right, ta. (SAMANTHA hurries towards the little office. ANN DAVIDSON turns to the passengers.) ANN DAVIDSON: Now, who's got their postcards ready? 17. CHAMELEON TOURS' KIOSK, INNER ROOM (As she comes in, a man is studying a monitor screen.) SAMANTHA: Er, you wanted to see me? (The man at the desk looks up. It is SPENCER, the man who tried to k*ll her, she realises, and there is a ray g*n in his hand.) SPENCER: Yes, indeed. You won't escape again! 18. AIRPORT CONCOURSE (We see the passengers being led through the concourse and through the gate.) 19. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM HESLINGTON: Chameleon Four-One-Nine. Clearance correct. BLADE: (OOV.) Chameleon Four-One-Nine. Taxi Clearance? HESLINGTON: Chameleon Four-One-Nine. Taxi following southern taxiway for departure runway two-seven. BLADE: (OOV.) Roger. (The COMMANDANT is watching the blip that is Chameleon Flight Four-One-Nine on his radar screen.) COMMANDANT: Well this time they'll have the RAF on their tail! DOCTOR: How high can fighters go these days, Commandant? COMMANDANT: Oh, ten miles plus. DOCTOR: How futile. 20. AIRPORT RUNWAY (We see the aeroplane taking off.) 21. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM JEAN: RAF Manston, sir. (The COMMANDANT hurries to the phone.) COMMANDANT: Oh, good. (Into phone.) Hello, old boy. The Chameleon Rome flight's just taken off. They're on Amber One, at flight level two-one-zero. Right. Good man. 22. CHAMELEON PLANE ANN DAVIDSON: You can unfasten your seat belts now. Thank you. (On board the plane JAMIE is sitting in an aisle seat, struggling to control his rebellious stomach. He is obviously scared at the new sensation of flying. ANN DAVIDSON comes along and dumps a tray of airline food on the table of the seat next to him. She notices his pallor.) ANN DAVIDSON: Are you all right? JAMIE: Oh aye, I'll be all right. ANN DAVIDSON: Good. (He looks at the cheerful teenager tucking in next to him. It is just too much. A hand to his mouth, JAMIE sprints for the toilets at the rear of the plane.) 23. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (The DOCTOR and the COMMANDANT are standing behind HESLINGTON, studying the blip on his radar screen that represents the Chameleon plane in steady flight. The COMMANDANT points to the screen.) COMMANDANT: That's the fifty-mile mark they're passing now. DOCTOR: Normally you... you don't plot them at this range? COMMANDANT: No, there's too much traffic to control. Once they're up and away on their air corridor, we're finished with them. (A voice crackles from the speaker.) VOICE: (OOV.) Hello, Gatwick Airport. This is RAF Two-Four-One. How do you read me? 24. RAF PLANE (We see an RAF fighter while we hear the voices.) HESLINGTON: Gatwick Airport to RAF Two-Four-One. We read you loud and clear. VOICE: Have the Chameleon aircraft in sight. Am following at ten thousand feet, heading due south. 25. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (The COMMANDANT points to a smaller blip following the Chameleon one.) COMMANDANT: That's him. Right on the tail. So far so good! 26. CHAMELEON FLIGHT DECK (On the flight deck of the Chameleon plane everything is ready. ANN DAVIDSON closes and seals the door.) ANN DAVIDSON: All set. (Once again BLADE pulls the lever, and once again the crowd of laughing chattering teenagers packing the rows of seats disappears from the monitor screen. ANN DAVIDSON takes the big segmented container from its special compartment and prepares to go back into the main cabin, but BLADE stops her. He has been studying the radar-screen.) BLADE: Something's following us. ANN DAVIDSON: Another airliner going the same way? BLADE: No, it's too small. (BLADE flicks on a monitor and adjusts it to give a close-up head-on view of the pursuing plane.) BLADE: It's a fighter. Give me a radar reading. (ANN DAVIDSON studies the instrument panel beneath the radar screen.) ANN DAVIDSON: Two-three decimal seven-nine. (BLADE reaches towards a separate instrument console, adjusts some controls and then presses a f*ring button.) 27. RAF PLANE (In the cockpit of the fighter, the pilot feels a dazzling beam of light strike him squarely between the eyes. He slumps forward, unconscious. Slowly the fighter begins its long nose-dive into the sea.) 28. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM COMMANDANT: Heslington, that fighter's off course! HESLINGTON: (Into mike.) Gatwick to RAF Two-Four-One. Do you read me? DOCTOR: That plane isn't just off course. Something's happened to it. HESLINGTON: You're right. It's out of control. (Into mike.) Gatwick to RAF Two-Four-One. Do you read me? DOCTOR: (Sadly.) I don't think you'll get a reply. (He is quite right: the mike remains d*ad.) COMMANDANT: It's fading, dropping out of our radar. Jean, get me RAF Manston. That plane's crashed. HESLINGTON: Look at the Chameleon plane! There's something wrong with that too. COMMANDANT: Hmmm? DOCTOR: It's standing still! COMMANDANT: Impossible. (HESLINGTON studies the screen.) HESLINGTON: No sir, the blip's stationary. COMMANDANT: (Incredulously.) That can only mean one thing... It's crashing too! 29. CHAMELEON PLANE (High above them the Chameleon plane is folding its wings into its body. The familiar aeroplane shape suddenly takes on the sleeker lines of a space rocket.) 30. CHAMELEON PLANE, INTERIOR (On board the plane, the first part of the conversion process is complete. BLADE slides back a panel to reveal a second instrument console and begins preparations for the final stages of the journey. ANN DAVIDSON is moving through the cabin gathering her incredible harvest when the intercom crackles.) BLADE: (OOV.) Report to the flight deck immediately. (She goes back to the flight deck and finds BLADE studying a file.) BLADE: How many people require passports in order to leave the airport on the next flight. ANN DAVIDSON: Twenty-Five. BLADE: You missed this one here. ANN DAVIDSON: (Shaken.) I'm sorry. BLADE: Carry on. (Shaken, ANN returns to her duties. She walks back to the main cabin, looking for the next seat to resume the collection. It is an aisle seat, but it is empty. She frowns. Since the seat is empty she assumes that she must have already collected it. She moves on down the plane. The seat about which she was uncertain was JAMIE's.) 31. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (JEAN puts down her phone.) JEAN: Negative report from Air Sea Rescue, sir. COMMANDANT: But with two aircraft ditching there must be some signs of wreckage. DOCTOR: (Gently.) Why do you think the Chameleon plane crashed into the sea? (The COMMANDANT stares at him.) COMMANDANT: Because it disappeared off our radar screen! DOCTOR: But it stood still first! COMMANDANT: Because it must have collided with the RAF plane and dropped like a stone. DOCTOR: Why do you think that? (The COMMANDANT snatches a note pad from his desk and draws a big circle, bisected by a horizontal line.) COMMANDANT: You see, when a plane on that radar appears to stand still, it is in point of fact dropping straight down. DOCTOR: What about straight up? COMMANDANT: (Wearily.) Oh my dear Doctor! To get above our radar umbrella like that it'd have to climb vertically until it was a hundred miles high. The darned thing would be in outer space. DOCTOR: Exactly! 32. SPACE (As they speak the Chameleon spaceship is streaking upwards, Earth's atmosphere left far behind. Far above in the blackness of deep space there hangs the giant gleaming sphere that is the Chameleon space station. The spaceship speeds towards it. The entry doors slide open and the space craft disappears inside. Flight Four-One-Nine had arrived...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x34 - The Faceless Ones - part 4"}
foreverdreaming
by DAVID ELLIS and MALCOLM HULKE first broadcast - 6 May 1967 running time - 23mins 34secs 1. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (JEAN puts down her phone.) JEAN: Negative report from Air Sea Rescue, sir. COMMANDANT: But with two aircraft ditching, there must be some signs of wreckage. DOCTOR: (Gently.) Why do you think the Chameleon plane crashed into the sea? (The COMMANDANT stares at him.) COMMANDANT: Because it disappeared off our radar screen! DOCTOR: But it stood still first! COMMANDANT: Because it must have collided with the RAF plane and dropped like a stone. DOCTOR: Why do you think that? (The COMMANDANT snatches a note-pad from his desk and draws a big circle, bisected by a horizontal line.) COMMANDANT: You see, when a plane on that radar appears to stand still, it is in point of fact dropping straight down. DOCTOR: What about straight up? COMMANDANT: (Wearily.) Oh my dear Doctor! To get above our radar umbrella like that it would have to climb vertically until it was a hundred miles high. The darned thing would be in outer space. DOCTOR: Exactly! 2. SPACE (As they speak the Chameleon spaceship is streaking upwards, Earth's atmosphere left far behind. Far above in the blackness of deep space there hangs the giant gleaming sphere that is the Chameleon space station. The spaceship speeds towards it. The entry doors slide open and the space craft disappears inside. Flight Four-One-Nine has arrived...) 3. CHAMELEON PLANE, INTERIOR (The Chameleon space craft has now landed in the space station hangar, and BLADE and ANN DAVIDSON come out of the flight deck and head for the exit door. ANN DAVIDSON is carrying her large metal tray, which she has now fitted with a cover.) ANN DAVIDSON: That plane they sent to follow us. Should we have destroyed it? (...as they move down the aisle.) BLADE: We could eliminate a whole squadron of their toy planes and they'd never get on to us. Their minds can't cope with an operation like this. Remember the teaching of our Director - the intelligence of Earth people is comparable only to that of animals on our planet. (From his hiding place in the galley, JAMIE watches them leave the plane. He emerges to find that the plane has landed, and seems to be empty. As BLADE and ANN vanish through the door, two more figures come onto the plane. JAMIE gets a quick glimpse of shapeless coveralls and equally shapeless blobby heads, then they turn in the other direction and move away.) 4. CORRIDOR (Swiftly and silently, JAMIE follows BLADE and ANN from the plane. He finds himself in a long featureless metal corridor. BLADE is nowhere in sight, but ANN DAVIDSON is just disappearing around a corner. JAMIE follows her. Just around the corner there is an open door and JAMIE peers inside. ANN DAVIDSON seems to be taking small objects from her tray and stowing them away in a series of metal filing drawers. As she finishes her work JAMIE ducks back out of sight round the corner. He sees ANN come out of the store room and carry on in the other direction. Moments later he hears voices behind him, coming nearer. He creeps forwards and ducks into the little store room for refuge, closing the door behind him.) 5. STORE ROOM (Once inside, JAMIE looks around curiously. There is little to see, just row upon row of metal drawers occupying every wall from floor to ceiling. JAMIE opens one at random, and gives a gasp of horror. The compartment is divided into six moulded segments and in each one lies a doll-like shape. But they are not dolls. They are living, breathing people, young humans somehow miniaturised and made dormant. Hurriedly closing the drawer, JAMIE looks round the little room. Hundreds of drawers, and, for all he knows, hundreds of store rooms like this one. The sheer scale of it all is staggering. The door slides open behind him.) ANN DAVIDSON: I thought I'd missed one of you. I wondered what happened to you. JAMIE: What have you done to them?! ANN DAVIDSON: Close that drawer. (She is standing in the doorway, a ray g*n in her hand. She steps to one side, and two shapeless figures shamble into the room.) JAMIE: No... No... Don't leave me. (...as ANN leaves the room.) 6. GATWICK AIRPORT (More sh*ts of planes and the airport buildings.) 7. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (JEAN is on the phone.) JEAN: Right, thank you. (She puts the phone down.) JEAN: Air Sea Rescue say they're still searching but there's no trace yet. (The phone rings and the COMMANDANT picks it up.) COMMANDANT: Commandant. (He listens.) COMMANDANT: I see - did the pilot managed to bail out? (He listens again.) COMMANDANT: I'm sorry. (He puts down the phone and turns to the others.) COMMANDANT: They've found the remains of that RAF plane. The pilot had been electrocuted. DOCTOR: Do you still think these people are from Earth? COMMANDANT: I don't know, Doctor. I just don't know what to think. If only there was one solid piece of evidence. (The DOCTOR looks up as CHAMELEON-MEADOWS comes into the room and takes over his usual station.) DOCTOR: I think it's just come in! (He nods towards CHAMELEON-MEADOWS.) DOCTOR: Do you mind if I question him? I think I know how to make him talk. (Followed by the astonished COMMANDANT, the DOCTOR goes over to CHAMELEON- MEADOWS and taps him on the shoulder. As CHAMELEON-MEADOWS swings round the Doctor takes out the two sheaths, one black, one white from his coat pockets.) DOCTOR: You know what this is, don't you? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: I don't know what you're talking about. DOCTOR: Oh I think you do. Roll up your sleeve. (CHAMELEON-MEADOWS turns to the COMMANDANT.) CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Do I have to take orders from him, sir? COMMANDANT: I think perhaps you should explain, Doctor. After all, this man is working for me. DOCTOR: You only think he's working for you! Commandant, your personnel are being systematically replaced. And this is how they're doing it. This is not Meadows, it only looks like Meadows. He's wearing one of these things on his arm. COMMANDANT: (To CHAMELEON-MEADOWS.) Very well, do as he asks. CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: But sir, this is ridiculous... COMMANDANT: We all have to help in this, Meadows. Roll up your sleeve. (Slowly, CHAMELEON-MEADOWS begins to obey, then he stops and makes a dash for the door.) DOCTOR: STOP HIM! (As he passes her, JEAN throws a chair in his path and he crashes to the ground. Two astonished technicians lift CHAMELEON-MEADOWS to his feet.) COMMANDANT: Now get him in this chair. (The technicians do so.) COMMANDANT: Jean, send for the police. (To the DOCTOR) All right Doctor, go ahead! (The DOCTOR nods to one of the technicians.) DOCTOR: Roll up his left sleeve. (The half-dazed CHAMELEON-MEADOWS offers no resistance as the technician obeys, and reveals the black sheath on the prisoners forearm.) DOCTOR: There we are. (The DOCTOR grips MEADOW'S wrist and studies the controls set into the sheath.) DOCTOR: Now then. What happens if I were to turn one of these? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: (In panic.) Don't touch it! (He wrenches his arm away.) DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Ah, I see. Right. Now then, you are going to answer all my questions. And in return, I promise no harm will come to you. Do you understand? (CHAMELEON-MEADOWS nods utterly defeated.) CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: All right. DOCTOR: Where are your planes taking all their passengers? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: There's a... satellite, about a hundred and fifty miles up. DOCTOR: Why are you abducting all these young people? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: We had a catastrophe on our planet. A gigantic expl*si*n. As you've seen, we have lost our identities. My people are dying out! COMMANDANT: But what use would our people be to you? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Our scientists devised a process so that we could take on the physical characterises of another being. DOCTOR: (Pointing to the band on CHAMELEON-MEADOWS' arm.) This is part of the process? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Yes, that's why you mustn't touch it. DOCTOR: (Sternly.) How many of these young people do you hope to abduct? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: This time - Fifty thousand. COMMANDANT: Fifty thousand! (Even the DOCTOR is astonished.) DOCTOR: How large is this satellite? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: On the journey in our planes, the passengers are miniaturised. DOCTOR: I see. How many of your people are working here at Gatwick Airport? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: I don't know. (The DOCTOR reaches out as if to touch the sheath and CHAMELEON-MEADOWS screams: ) CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: That's the truth, I tell you. I don't know. DOCTOR: Very well. What happens to the people whose identities have been taken over, the originals? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: They're somewhere in the Airport, I... I don't know exactly where. COMMANDANT: (Determinedly.) I'll have the whole place torn to pieces to find them. CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: No, you mustn't find them. (He becomes silent, as if realising that he has given too much away, that he has revealed some weakness.) DOCTOR: Why not? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: You... you mustn't, that's all. DOCTOR: Because if we do find them we'll find one of these on their arms, eh? (The DOCTOR brandishes a white sheath.) DOCTOR: And if we remove it, something terrible will happen to you? (CHAMELEON-MEADOWS closes his eyes.) CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Yes. DOCTOR: What if you have to change back? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Well, that can be done, but with the machine. DOCTOR: The machine in the Medical Centre? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Yes. None of us know where our own originals are. Except that Nurse. DOCTOR: Nurse? What about her? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Oh she was cunning. She's got her own original with her. DOCTOR: Where is it? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: I don't know. DOCTOR: I think you do know. (He puts his hand on the controls in the band.) DOCTOR: Now, are you going to tell me? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: It's in the Medical Centre. DOCTOR: Right. You're going to show me where it is. CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: I... I daren't. She'll have me destroyed. DOCTOR: (Still with his hand on the controls.) Are you going to co-operate or are you not? (Two policemen come into the room.) CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: All right. It won't make any difference. You'll never see those fifty thousand young people again! DOCTOR: (To the COMMANDANT.) I think I'd better take him down there - the Medical Centre. 8. MEDICAL CENTRE (SAMANTHA lies strapped to the couch in the inner room of the medical centre, conscious but gagged. She watches helplessly as CHAMELEON-PINTO checks her bonds then goes through to the outer room. In the outer room she opens a Red Cross cabinet on the wall, and presses a concealed button, turning the back of the cabinet into a monitor screen. SPENCER's face appears, and his voice comes faintly from a hidden speaker.) SPENCER: (OOV.) What is it? CHAMELEON-PINTO: This girl. What do we do with her? SPENCER: We need to use her as an original. That way we can get one of our people close to the man who is menacing us. He will then be k*lled. CHAMELEON-PINTO: But surely Captain Blade isn't bringing any more of our people to Earth... (She brakes off, closing the cabinet door, as the DOCTOR comes into the room. The Nurse turns, her face impassive.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: Can I help you? (The DOCTOR speaks over his shoulder.) DOCTOR: Bring him in. (The DOCTOR steps aside and two policemen bring CHAMELEON-MEADOWS into the room.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: (Calm.) I'm afraid I don't understand. DOCTOR: I think you two have something in common. CHAMELEON-PINTO: (To a policeman.) Is this man ill, officer? DOCTOR: Roll up your sleeves. CHAMELEON-PINTO: What are you talking about? DOCTOR: Officer! (One of the policemen comes forward and holds CHAMELEON-PINTO's wrist while the DOCTOR pushes back her sleeve revealing the black sheath.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: Please take your hands off me. DOCTOR: Certainly. I've seen all I want to see. I'll have that, if you don't mind! (He takes the silver freezer-pen that is clipped to her tunic. He turns to CHAMELEON-MEADOWS.) DOCTOR: Now then, where is her original? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: (Pointing to the inner room.) It's in there. (As the DOCTOR heads for the inner room the Nurse shouts:) CHAMELEON-PINTO: You can't go in there! DOCTOR: Would you rather be destroyed? (Turning to one policeman.) DOCTOR: Keep an eye on her, officer. (He turns to the other, indicating CHAMELEON-MEADOWS.) DOCTOR: Bring him along. (SAMANTHA's eyes light up with joy as the DOCTOR hurries into the inner room, followed by CHAMELEON-MEADOWS and a policeman. The DOCTOR hurries over to her and unfastens her straps.) DOCTOR: Sam! Sam, are you all right? Are you all right Sam! (She struggles to a sitting position.) SAMANTHA: I thought I was done for there. Pins and needles... DOCTOR: You're lucky it was no worse. (He rolls up her left sleeve, but there is no sheath on her arm.) SAMANTHA: (Indignantly.) What are you doing? DOCTOR: Just checking up! (The DOCTOR turns to CHAMELEON-MEADOWS.) DOCTOR: Now then, where is the Nurse's original? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: It's in a panel in the wall, somewhere. The control's in the couch there. DOCTOR: All right, Officer. (CHAMELEON-MEADOWS crosses to the couch and operates the controls. The panel slides back, revealing the upright figure of the real NURSE PINTO. Her left sleeve is pushed back and there is a white sheath on her forearm.) SAMANTHA: Flipping heck! But she's in there! (In the outer room, the CHAMELEON-PINTO is washing her hands at a basin, watched by the young constable. She picks up a towel and begins drying her hands. She turns, fumbling a little with the towel. Suddenly she drops it, and there is a ray g*n in her hand. She fires, and the policemen falls. Immediately she heads for the inner room. When she appears in the doorway, CHAMELEON-MEADOWS is preparing to assist the unconscious NURSE PINTO from the cabinet. It is SAMANTHA who sees the Chameleon Nurse first. CHAMELEON-PINTO is aiming the g*n at CHAMELEON-MEADOWS.) CHAMELEON-PINTO: You traitor! SAMANTHA: Look out! (Before she can f*re, CHAMELEON-MEADOWS wrenches the white sheath from the real Nurse PINTO's forearm. The Chameleon-Nurse simply vanishes, somehow imploding. In her place there remains only a congealing blob of protoplasm with a black sheath embedded in the centre. Beside it, in a crumpled heap is her uniform, with the ray g*n close by. The real NURSE PINTO staggers from the Cabinet, and CHAMELEON-MEADOWS catches her just in time. The DOCTOR is holding SAMANTHA who is surprised and horrified at the remains of CHAMELEON-PINTO.) DOCTOR: It's all right Sam. It's all right. SAMANTHA: (Breathless.) She's vanished! CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Doctor. DOCTOR: Put her on here. (The DOCTOR helps him to get NURSE PINTO onto the couch.) DOCTOR: There we are. (To CHAMELEON-MEADOWS.) Will there be any permanent damage? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: No. (He points to her band.) CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: You can take that off now. (NURSE PINTO opens her eyes, looking round dazedly.) DOCTOR: It's all right. You'll be quite all right in a few minutes. There. (He notices a stack of files on a nearby table, and picks one up, studying it absorbedly. He becomes aware that SAMANTHA is tugging at his sleeve.) SAMANTHA: Doctor, what's happened to Jamie? DOCTOR: What on Earth are these doing here? SAMANTHA: Doctor, Jamie wasn't anywhere near the kiosk the last time... LOOK YOU'RE NOT LISTENING. I THINK THEY'VE GOT JAMIE! DOCTOR: Jamie! Where?! SAMANTHA: Well you should know. You got him to pinch me ticket! DOCTOR: Pinch your ticket? SAMANTHA: To stop me from going to Rome. DOCTOR: (Seeing.) Oh you mean Jamie... SAMANTHA: Has gone in my place. (The DOCTOR shakes his head worriedly.) DOCTOR: First Polly and Ben, and now Jamie. We've no time to lose. (They walk out.) 9. STOCK ROOM (JAMIE has been strapped firmly to a metal grille in the stock room and abandoned. Immediately he was left alone he began struggling to get free, and he is still struggling furiously some time later when the door opens and CROSSLAND appears.) JAMIE: (Delightedly.) Inspector! CROSSLAND: Let's see if I can get you out of there. (He begins working on the straps.) CROSSLAND: How did you get here? JAMIE: I... I came on the plane, stole someone's ticket. CROSSLAND: You ought to have been miniaturised on the journey. JAMIE: Min... miniaturised? CROSSLAND: Reduced in size - like all the youngsters in these cabins. Did you not have anything to eat or drink? (JAMIE shakes his head, ashamed.) JAMIE: No, I... I felt too ill! CROSSLAND: That explains it. The food is the first part of the process. JAMIE: Inspector, what is this place? CROSSLAND: A satellite, Jamie. A flying ship in space. These people are from another planet. It seems the Doctor was right after all. Does anyone down there believe him yet? JAMIE: Oh I... I'm not sure. I... I don't think so. CROSSLAND: I suppose it is too much for them to believe. But surely the Doctor's convinced them that something is going on? JAMIE: Aye, I think maybe the Commandant... CROSSLAND: Yes, Jamie. JAMIE: Inspector, have you escaped or something? CROSSLAND: No-one escapes from here. JAMIE: But the plane that comes here. Well it must go back to Earth. We could get on it! CROSSLAND: The last plane to Earth is leaving now. They've just gone back to pick up their own people. JAMIE: Surely the Doctor will think of some way of rescuing us. CROSSLAND: Not this time, Jamie. This time, he's up against a mind superior even to his. The mind of the Director. JAMIE: You mean someone clever than the Doctor? CROSSLAND: The man in charge of this whole mission. JAMIE: (Suspiciously.) You seem to know a lot about it, Inspector. (CROSSLAND smiles.) CROSSLAND: Of course I do, Jamie. I am the Director! 10. SPACE STATION (We see the space craft take off from the Space Station and start its journey back to Earth.) 11. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (HESLINGTON is at his radar screen, the COMMANDANT at his shoulder. The COMMANDANT indicates a particular bearing.) COMMANDANT: This is the bearing where the Chameleon plane vanished. I want to know if it reappears there. They've a flight due any minute. HESLINGTON: Very good sir. (The COMMANDANT crosses over to the DOCTOR.) COMMANDANT: Now then Doctor, what's all this about personnel files? DOCTOR: Over here, I'll show you. (They go over to the COMMANDANT's desk and the DOCTOR pats a batch of files.) DOCTOR: I found these in the Medical Centre. Records of twenty-five people who work here. Each one of these has been taken over by Chameleons. COMMANDANT: Right. I'll have them all under arrest within fifteen minutes! (Into the phone.) Airport Police please. (To the DOCTOR.) Now look at this. DOCTOR: What is it? JEAN: Chameleon Air Schedules. COMMANDANT: You see here their last flight of the season goes in an hour. (Into phone.) Er.. Superintendent Reynolds please. DOCTOR: (To himself.) The last flight? Well that's exactly why they mustn't be arrested. COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Superintendent? Commandant here. DOCTOR: (Shouting.) Will you please listen to me! COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Will you hold on a moment please? DOCTOR: These people must not be arrested. COMMANDANT: Why not? DOCTOR: Somewhere in outer space, there are fifty thousand young people, three of my friends amongst them, and somehow we've got to bring them back. I want to get on this last flight, which means the Chameleons must think that everything is going according to plan. HESLINGTON: Commandant? COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Reynolds, I'll call you back. (To HESLINGTON.) Now what is it? HESLINGTON: This blip. It's just appeared out of nowhere and it's coming this way! COMMANDANT: Right well keep tracking them. It may be the Chameleon plane returning. (The COMMANDANT turns back to the DOCTOR.) COMMANDANT: Now look here, Doctor. All very well talking about getting on that plane, but how? (The DOCTOR beckons to CHAMELEON-MEADOWS, who comes over, trailed by his accompanying policeman. The DOCTOR looks up at him.) DOCTOR: At the moment, you look like a man called Meadows. Could you shed that identity and become somebody else? CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: Yes. Yes, some of our people have been processed twice. DOCTOR: Good. Then in that case I shall pretend I am a Chameleon, and get on board that way. (The COMMANDANT looks unconvinced.) COMMANDANT: But even if you get on that plane, what do you hope to do? DOCTOR: I don't know until I get to the satellite... and then I will have one card to play. And that's up to you Commandant. COMMANDANT: What's that? DOCTOR: The people the Chameleons have taken over, the originals, are hidden somewhere here in Gatwick Airport. You have got to find them. COMMANDANT: Of course, and get those fearful things off their arms. DOCTOR: No, no, no! Find them, by all means, but don't tamper with those arm sheaths. Otherwise we lose our one thr*at - the one thing I may be able to bargain with! COMMANDANT: Yes I see that. (He rubs his aching forehead.) COMMANDANT: But I still don't see how you're going to get on that plane, let alone convince them that you're one of their people. DOCTOR: That will depend entirely on Nurse Pinto. COMMANDANT: Jean, get onto Superintendent. Reynolds. 12. MEDICAL CENTRE (Soon a willing NURSE PINTO has the DOCTOR lying stretched out on the couch in the inner room of the Medical Centre, giving a very good imitation of someone who has just been processed. He looks up at NURSE PINTO.) DOCTOR: Now is everything clear? You're sure you understand what I am asking you to do? NURSE PINTO: Yes, of course, but we've got to think of those young people. (They fall silent as they hear someone coming into the outer room. Seconds later BLADE enters. At the sight of the DOCTOR, a ray g*n appears in his hand.) BLADE: How very convenient. Lock the door. NURSE PINTO: No, don't sh**t! This is Meadows. He had to be re-processed. (BLADE's g*n is still trained on the Doctor) BLADE: Why? DOCTOR: (Calmly.) The Doctor became too suspicious of me as Meadows. I was able to kidnap him. The rest is as you can see. (BLADE nods, apparently accepting the story and puts away his g*n.) BLADE: A pity. It was useful having someone in Air Traffic Control. But then of course we have possession of the Doctor's brain. DOCTOR: You think that will be useful? BLADE: Undoubtedly. DOCTOR: That means that you'll be taking us up to the satellite? (BLADE gives him a suspicious look.) BLADE: I am taking everybody back to the satellite on the next plane. It's the last flight. Surely you haven't forgotten that? (The DOCTOR nods towards the machine.) DOCTOR: The re-processing. It's difficult to remember details. BLADE: Yes, of course, I understand. (He turns to NURSE PINTO.) BLADE: What have you done with his original? DOCTOR: In a safe place. BLADE: It should be with the others. DOCTOR: Tell me where that is and I'll have it transferred. BLADE: There's no time for that now. Jenkins will see you through Immigration. (BLADE produces two passports from his briefcase, one for NURSE PINTO and one for the DOCTOR.) BLADE: We leave in fifteen minutes. (BLADE turns and strides away.) NURSE PINTO: Do you think we convinced him? DOCTOR: (Thoughtfully.) I don't know. However we've got aboard that plane. Come on, don't let's be late. (They hurry away.) 13. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (JEAN is on the phone.) JEAN: Right. Thank you. (She puts the phone down.) JEAN: That was the police, sir. They say the passengers are now boarding the Chameleon plane. COMMANDANT: Did they see if the Doctor had got on board? JEAN: Yes. He was with Nurse Pinto. All the passengers are adults and most of them have been identified as airport personnel. HESLINGTON: Commandant. Chameleon plane's requesting clearance for start up. JEAN: All right Heslington, normal procedure. Give them clearance. (HESLINGTON leans forward.) HESLINGTON: (Into mike.) Chameleon Three-Four-Five, stand by for start temperature... 14. RUNWAY (And very soon we see the plane take off.) 15. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (Before very much longer they are watching the Chameleon blip on the screen.) COMMANDANT: Yes. Now it's stationary. It must be ascending vertically. (He goes over to his phone.) HESLINGTON: The blip's getting fainter, sir. That means he's rising above our radar umbrella. (Once again, the COMMANDANT is busy on the phone.) COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Ah Superintendent, the very man. HESLINGTON: Blip's just gone, sir. COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Now look, Reynolds. We've got to get every man of your force on that search. There isn't a moment to lose. Time's running out on us. 16. MEDICAL CENTRE (In the Medical Centre, SAMANTHA is watching JEAN searching the files. She looks on for a while in silence and then asks:) SAMANTHA: Any luck? (JEAN shakes her head sadly.) JEAN: No. Look at that! Wish my files were as neat as that! (She pulls open a drawer. It is empty.) JEAN: How about you. What about the kiosk? SAMANTHA: Not much. Just a few papers. JEAN: Hmm... Oh we'd better get back to Air Traffic Control then. 17. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (They enter the room.) COMMANDANT: Well. JEAN: Just a few papers sir. COMMANDANT: Well, there might be a clue there. JEAN: Commandant, surely they'd put them somewhere... I mean, well somewhere we'd never think of. COMMANDANT: (Fiercely.) We've got to think of it, Jean, wherever it is. The Doctor's relying on us. Thousands of lives are depending on us finding those originals - and quickly! 18. CHAMELEON PLANE, INTERIOR (There are only a very few passengers on the Chameleon plane this trip, most of them in the uniforms of airport personnel. The DOCTOR and NURSE PINTO sit side by side in an empty row just a little apart from the others.) NURSE PINTO: How much longer, Doctor? DOCTOR: I don't know. I should think we're almost there. Don't worry. 19. SPACE (Again we see the space craft docking with the station.) 20. CHAMELEON PLANE, INTERIOR (The DOCTOR and NURSE PINTO watch as the windows go dark, as a vast metal shape looms before them, and then seems to swallow them up. The lights come on and the DOCTOR pats NURSE PINTO's arm reassuringly. The plane comes to a sudden stop, and seconds later BLADE appears at the head of the aisle.) BLADE: One moment! Owing to the complete success of our operation, living space on our satellite has had to be used for our... cargo. Therefore, quarters will be re-allocated. Report to the accommodation centre for instructions. (The rest move away.) NURSE PINTO: Do you think he's suspects? DOCTOR: I don't know. Let's follow the others. 21. SCIENCE ROOM (The double of JAMIE (CHAMELEON-JAMIE) sits upright in a metal chair, a bank of complex equipment close by. CROSSLAND (now known as the DIRECTOR) stands over him.) DIRECTOR: What is your name? (A croak comes from JAMIE's throat. The DIRECTOR adjusts controls and says:) DIRECTOR: Try again, What is your name? CHAMELEON-JAMIE: Jamie. (He speaks without his original Scottish accent.) DIRECTOR: Where do you come from? CHAMELEON-JAMIE: From Earth, a place called Scotland. DIRECTOR: Excellent. (BLADE comes into the room.) BLADE: Director. DIRECTOR: What is it? BLADE: We have found two impostors. The Doctor and Nurse Pinto. I want permission to have them destroyed. DIRECTOR: One moment. (He turns to the newly created CHAMELEON-JAMIE and asks: ) DIRECTOR: What do you know about the Doctor? CHAMELEON-JAMIE: He is not of this Earth or of this century. He has travelled through time and space. His knowledge is even greater than ours. BLADE: Director, this man is a danger to us, he should be destroyed. DIRECTOR: And I say he must live - but as one of us. BLADE: (Furious.) You will regret it. (The DIRECTOR stares coldly at him.) DIRECTOR: You have your orders, Captain Blade. (BLADE turns and marches angrily from the room.) 22. SPACE STATION'S CORRIDOR (As the little group of passengers moves along the corridor, the DOCTOR and NURSE PINTO deliberately allow themselves to fall behind.) PINTO: What do we do now? DOCTOR: We slip away and see if we can find these young people. Come on. (The DOCTOR turns a corner and finds himself facing BLADE. He tries to get passed him.) DOCTOR: (Cheerfully.) Ah, Captain Blade, we're carrying out your instructions. We're looking for the accommodation centre. (BLADE gives him one of his unpleasant smiles.) BLADE: My instructions don't apply to you. You two won't be needing living space. (The DOCTOR and NURSE PINTO, seeing that they have been found out, turn to run, but suddenly they are surrounded by the shambling featureless forms of unprocessed Chameleons...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x35 - The Faceless Ones - part 5"}
foreverdreaming
by DAVID ELLIS and MALCOLM HULKE first broadcast - 13 May 1967 running time - 23mins 08secs 1. SPACE STATION'S CORRIDOR (As the little group of passengers moves along the corridor, THE DOCTOR and NURSE PINTO deliberately allow themselves to fall behind.) PINTO: What do we do now? DOCTOR: We slip away and see if we can find all these young people. Come on. (THE DOCTOR turns a corner and finds himself facing BLADE. He tries to get passed him.) DOCTOR: (Cheerfully.) Ah, Captain Blade, we're following your instructions, trying to find the accommodation centre. (BLADE gives him one of his unpleasant smiles.) BLADE: My instructions don't apply to you. You two won't be needing living space. (THE DOCTOR and NURSE PINTO, seeing that they have been found out, turn to run, but suddenly they are surrounded by the shambling featureless forms of unprocessed Chameleons... Since escape is clearly impossible, THE DOCTOR decides to fall back on indignation.) DOCTOR: Captain Blade, what is this? I don't understand. We're here to stay, aren't we? BLADE: Oh yes, you're here to stay - but not in your present state. DOCTOR: I'm very sorry, I simply don't understand what you mean. BLADE: I checked with the Medical Centre. You're both human. We want you intact. That's why I allowed you to come here. I want your brain. (BLADE gestures to the Chameleon guards, and THE DOCTOR and NURSE PINTO are marched away.) 2. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ROOM (The CHAMELEON-MEADOWS sits in a chair with the burly form of Superintendent REYNOLDS looming over him.) CHAMELEON-MEADOWS: I've told you, I don't know where they are. You're wasting your time with me. (REYNOLDS turns to the COMMANDANT.) REYNOLDS: I think he's telling the truth. COMMANDANT: I'm afraid he is. Get him out of here! (REYNOLDS beckons a waiting constable and the CHAMELEON-MEADOWS is marched off. REYNOLDS joins the COMMANDANT, who is staring beguilingly at a wall map of the Airport.) COMMANDANT: They must be here somewhere. (REYNOLDS points at the map.) REYNOLDS: We have completely searched this area. I've now got fifty men going through this part and the Metropolitan Police are sending help. But time is running short. I have to cover the entire airfield. I need volunteers now! (The COMMANDANT thinks about this and then picks up the phone on his desk.) COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Get me the public address room. (To HESLINGTON.) Heslington, divert all in-bound aircraft. (Into phone.) Public Address Room, this is the Commandant. Switch me through to the P.A. system and stop all other announcements until further instructions. (The COMMANDANT puts the phone down and goes over to the microphone which will transmit his voice to the P.A. system and so to all of the Airport.) COMMANDANT: (Into microphone.) This is the Airport Commandant speaking... 3. MAIN AIRPORT BUILDING (The passengers and staff stop and listen, as the COMMANDANT's voice comes over on the P.A. system.) COMMANDANT: (OOV.) Please pay attention. I want all available Airport personnel to assist in a special duty. Will they please report to the Airport Police, who will issue instructions. I would like to assure passengers that there's no cause for alarm, and to apologise for the temporary suspension of all outward flights. 4. MAIN RUNAWAY FIELD AND OUT-BUILDINGS (Even as the COMMANDANT is speaking, the police, joined by increasing numbers of volunteers are searching hangars, runways, out-buildings, shops and offices, not to mention large areas of waste ground. But the Airport is enormous and the searchers are still too few.) 5. THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE (The DOCTOR and NURSE PINTO are shoved into the Director's Office, followed by BLADE and the Chameleon-guards. The Director's office is one of the larger rooms on the space station, its wall lined with complex scientific instruments with technicians manning them - one of which is the CHAMELEON-JAMIE. The DOCTOR notices uneasily that one section looks very like the set-up in the Medical Centre, with couches linked by complex instrumentation. From his command chair, THE DIRECTOR, in the form of Inspector CROSSLAND, swings round to face THE DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR is surprised when he sees who the DIRECTOR is. He thinks that it is CROSSLAND at first, but the cruel and arrogant look on the DIRECTOR's face tells the DOCTOR that it isn't CROSSLAND.) DOCTOR: Oh. DIRECTOR: What did you hope to achieve here? (The DOCTOR stares fearlessly back at him.) DOCTOR: A chance to plead with you for the lives of fifty thousand young people. (The DIRECTOR looks surprised.) DIRECTOR: They're only human beings. DOCTOR: And what are you? DIRECTOR: (Arrogantly.) We are the most intelligent race in the universe. (The CHAMELEON-JAMIE turns around from the control room that he was studying.) CHAMELEON-JAMIE: Director? DIRECTOR: Yes? CHAMELEON-JAMIE: Freiburg flight has just taken off. (Despite the loss of the Scottish accent, the DOCTOR is surprised and delighted when he hears the CHAMELEON-JAMIE's voice, and calls out to the double who is watching his instrument panel.) DOCTOR: (Calls.) Why, Jamie! (The figure swings round.) CHAMELEON-JAMIE: You wish to speak to me? DOCTOR: (Sadly.) Oh no, of course, it's... it's not Jamie. You're a Chameleon. (Furious, he turns to the DIRECTOR.) DOCTOR: Well, I don't think you've done a very good job on him. DIRECTOR: Why not? DOCTOR: Well you lost his Scots accent in the processing. Oh I much preferred the original. DIRECTOR: If you're looking for your friend's original, Doctor, you won't find it in here. DOCTOR: Really? DIRECTOR: No, it's... (The DIRECTOR catches himself just in time.) DIRECTOR: ...in a safe place. Not far from here. (To the CHAMELEON-JAMIE.) What are we waiting for? CHAMELEON-JAMIE: Dubrovnik and Athens. They're waiting to collect our personnel. DIRECTOR: We're well ahead of schedule. We can wait. Proceed with the processing. (He nods to BLADE who is standing just behind the DOCTOR.) DIRECTOR: By the way Captain Blade, congratulations on bringing this man here. I personally will decide which of our people is to have his identity. DOCTOR: It'll be one of your friends, I've no doubt! (He turns to Nurse PINTO and speaks up so that everybody in the room can hear him.) DOCTOR: Well it's understandable. The... the special people up here feel more secure if their originals are actually in the satellite. DIRECTOR: (Sees what the DOCTOR is saying.) Be quiet. (The DOCTOR ignores him and looks mockingly at BLADE.) DOCTOR: The Director has nothing to worry about because his original, Detective Inspector Crossland is actually on board. But ah... where's your original? (He nods to SPENCER, who stands by the door.) DOCTOR: And where's yours? DIRECTOR: (Snaps.) That's enough! Their originals are perfectly safe. Hidden on Gatwick Airport, where they will never be found. 6. GATWICK AIRPORT (By now, the search has included the other runway and also the main Car Park.) 7. DIRECTOR'S OFFICE (The DIRECTOR has left the room and BLADE and SPENCER are making movements towards the DOCTOR, with the intent of putting him in the machine.) BLADE: (To the DOCTOR.) What did you mean about our originals? DOCTOR: Well, as I see it, there are two categories. People like your Director and that man over there... (He points to the CHAMELEON-JAMIE.) DOCTOR: ...whose originals are safe on board here. And then there are people like you two, whose originals have been left behind at Gatwick airport. If they're tampered with... you're finished! (BLADE thinks for a moment.) BLADE: He's lying. Come on, let's get him into the machine before the Director returns. (BLADE and SPENCER close in on the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: (Loudly.) Yes, you'd better process me quickly, because any minute now you'll cease to exist. You're first on the list! (BLADE pauses.) BLADE: What list? DOCTOR: Oh surely you understand! We've found all of the originals. The Commandant at the Airport is going to deprocess them one by one, starting with you, unless I stop him. SPENCER: (Uneasily.) He's bluffing. BLADE: (To SPENCER.) Wait! (To the DOCTOR.) Where did you find the originals? (The DOCTOR waves this detail aside.) DOCTOR: Ah, that I can't tell you. But they'd been searching for some time and just as I was about to board the aircraft I got a signal, which meant that they'd been successful. Otherwise I wouldn't have come. (BLADE and SPENCER looked at each other uneasily.) DOCTOR: Well, if you don't believe me, check with Gatwick Airport. I imagine you know its radio frequency? (BLADE thinks about this and then turns to the CHAMELEON-JAMIE.) BLADE: Contact Gatwick Air Control. 8. GATWICK AIR CONTROL ROOM (REYNOLDS and the COMMANDANT are looking at the map of Gatwick Airport. REYNOLDS points to a spot on the map.) REYNOLDS: I've got two dozen men moving down here looking for any signs of the soil having been disturbed. There are twenty men here, with fifty volunteers going through these hangars. (HESLINGTON looks up, taking off his headphones from the radio desk.) HESLINGTON: Commandant. COMMANDANT: Yes. HESLINGTON: Someone's crashing our frequency. COMMANDANT: Who is it? HESLINGTON: I don't know sir. It's an unidentified station, asking for you. (He turns up the volume on a speaker and a distorted voice (actually the CHAMELEON-JAMIE's) crackles into the room...) VOICE: (OOV.) This is Chameleon Headquarters calling Gatwick Airport. How do you read me? (The COMMANDANT takes over from HESLINGTON and speaks into the microphone.) COMMANDANT: This is Gatwick Airport, Commandant speaking. We are reading you loud and clear. VOICE: (OOV.) We understand you have found some property in which we have an interest. Will you confirm? COMMANDANT: Yes, we have that property. VOICE: (OOV.) State where you found it. COMMANDANT: Does that matter. The important thing is we have found it, and can now destroy you. VOICE: (OOV.) Please stay by your receiver. (The COMMANDANT covers the mike with his hand.) COMMANDANT: The Doctor must be trying some sort of bluff. REYNOLDS: And we are not being much help to him. 9. CHAMELEON TOURS' INNER OFFICE (SAMANTHA and JEAN are searching frantically through the office in the Chameleon kiosk. SAMANTHA has recollected finding a crumpled list. At the time she discard it as unimportant, but she has suddenly become convinced that it might be very important indeed.) JEAN: Where d'you think you left them? SAMANTHA: I don't know, I left them in here somewhere. Anyway, none of that Chameleon lot are looking 'cos they've all gone. (JEAN finds it and passes it over to SAMANTHA.) JEAN: Here, look! SAMANTHA: Yeah. You see it suddenly dawned on me - what would they be doing with so many coaches? JEAN: Oh, why didn't that occur to me? SAMANTHA: Oh, you haven't got all the brains in London you know. Twenty-five! There you are, twenty-five car numbers, twenty-five people! 10. GATWICK AIR CONTROL ROOM (For a few minutes, nothing has been heard and then:) VOICE: (OOV.) This is Chameleon Headquarters. Explain your reluctance to state where you found the property. COMMANDANT: It is not a question of reluctance. (REYNOLDS hisses into the COMMANDANT's ear.) REYNOLDS: Say the police haven't told you yet. COMMANDANT: The property is in the hands of the police, who have not yet informed me where the hiding place was. VOICE: (OOV.) Message understood. Please stay by your receiver. (The phone rings.) REYNOLDS: I'll get that. (He snatches it up.) REYNOLDS: (Into the phone.) Air Traffic Control. (After listening to the other end.) Hold on a minute. (To the COMMANDANT.) It's the girl and your assistant. They think they've got a clue. COMMANDANT: Right, I'll try and stall them. VOICE: (OOV.) Chameleon Headquarters to Gatwick Airport. We are closing down now. (The voice fades away. The COMMANDANT tries to get through again.) COMMANDANT: (Into microphone.) Gatwick Airport to Chameleon Headquarters, are you receiving me? 11. DIRECTOR'S OFFICE (The COMMANDANT's voice is being received by the Chameleon's radio, and projects into the room, to be heard by the DIRECTOR as he walks back into the room.) COMMANDANT: (OOV.) Gatwick Airport to Chameleon Headquarters, are you receiving me? Gatwick Airport to Chameleon Headquarters, are you receiving... DIRECTOR: (To the CHAMELEON-JAMIE.) Turn it off. (The CHAMELEON-JAMIE does so and the DIRECTOR notices that BLADE has got his g*n out.) DIRECTOR: Put that g*n away. BLADE: He said he'd found our originals. DIRECTOR: And had he? BLADE: No, he was bluffing. DIRECTOR: Proceed with the processing. In future, take your orders only from me. (The DOCTOR is taken over to the DIRECTOR's command chair.) DOCTOR: (Chattily.) You're going to get a surprise when twenty-five of your people disintegrate! DIRECTOR: What a pity you won't be able to see it. (To the GUARDS.) The Nurse. (The DIRECTOR touches a control and a section of wall slides back, revealing two pairs of metallic throne-like chairs, each linked by a control console. The DOCTOR and Nurse PINTO are dragged across to the machine. The DOCTOR investigates one of the chairs.) DOCTOR: Now then, now... what is it you want me to do? BLADE: Sit down. (The DOCTOR turns, leaning casually against one of the linking consoles.) DOCTOR: Tell me, what happens if ah, you disintegrate in the middle of my being processed? I mean, will that do me any harm, being suspended between one thing and an other, so to speak... (As the DOCTOR talks, his hands are busy with a screwdriver behind his back.) BLADE: Sit down! DOCTOR: Oh, very well, (Suddenly a very satisfying bang and flash come from the console behind him. The DOCTOR jumps back, palming the screwdriver and slipping it back into his pocket.) DOCTOR: Oh dear. (The DIRECTOR glares angrily at BLADE.) DIRECTOR: You should have been watching him. Send for a new unit. (To the DOCTOR.) You haven't averted your fate, only postponed it. 12. AIRPORT CAR PARK (In the Airport's huge crowded car park, SAMANTHA and JEAN ROCK are checking car numbers one by one. Perhaps foolishly, they have decided to test their theory alone, rather than ask for help. Neither of them has noticed that CHAMELEON-MEADOWS is stalking them between the cars. He has managed to elude his guarding constable. Purely by chance he crossed paths with the two girls and immediately some instinct told him what they were doing. He begins working his way closer to them.) 13. DIRECTOR'S OFFICE (All too soon BLADE and SPENCER install the new console and check it over. Soon the whirring noise of a working machine fills the air.) DIRECTOR: At last. Now Doctor... DOCTOR: You're quite sure it's safe now? (The DOCTOR sits down and is soon clamped firmly in place, next to Nurse PINTO, who has been fixed into her chair for some time. At a sign from the DIRECTOR, two unprocessed Chameleons shamble forwards and take their places in the two vacant chairs. The DOCTOR looks at the formless blobs of head, and shudders to think of one of them taking on his likeness. BLADE and SPENCER begin attaching the familiar black sheaths to the arms of the two Chameleons.) 14. AIRPORT CAR PARK (SAMANTHA has found one of the numbers on her list and there in the back, half hidden under a blanket is the dormant original of Immigration Officer JENKINS. Suddenly, CHAMELEON-MEADOWS seems to spring out from nowhere. With a snarl, he leaps on SAMANTHA and throws her to the ground. By now, SAMANTHA has got VERY annoyed. Having being att*cked by aliens, as well as worrying about her brother, she boils into rage and fights back with great ferociousness. Soon the police manage to catch up with CHAMELEON-MEADOWS, by which time JEAN has come to help SAMANTHA in the fight. By this time, the fugitive has been pretty well subdued.) 15. DIRECTOR'S OFFICE (By now the DIRECTOR's big office is very crowded. Most of the Chameleon airport personnel have turned up, drawn perhaps by the rumours of some thr*at to their previously abandoned originals. CHAMELEON-JENKINS has appeared and is helping BLADE and SPENCER with making final adjustments to the wiring.) DIRECTOR: Is everything ready now? BLADE: Just one moment, sir. CHAMELEON-JAMIE: Director. Gatwick Control calling us again. DIRECTOR: Ignore them. CHAMELEON-JAMIE: They claim they have found the originals. DIRECTOR: They're bluffing again, I said ignore them! 16. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (The COMMANDANT and REYNOLDS are standing behind HESLINGTON, who is speaking into his mike in a loud, urgent voice.) HESLINGTON: Gatwick Airport to Chameleon Head Quarters. Do you read me? (He looks up despairingly.) HESLINGTON: It's no good sir. COMMANDANT: Very well. We'll have to give them a demonstration. (He turns to REYNOLDS.) COMMANDANT: Right Super. (REYNOLDS speaks into the telephone, which is off the hook.) REYNOLDS: Sergeant Erskine? 17. AIRPORT CAR PARK (In the car park police are laying out a long row of bodies on blankets. The policemen that captured CHAMELEON-MEADOWS have summoned others, and soon all the missing originals have been found and taken from the cars. Now they are awaiting ambulances and hospitalisation. Sergeant ERSKINE walks to the beginning of the line and kneels by JENKINS, the first original to be found. A little dubiously he pushes back the left sleeve revealing the white sheath. Obeying the Commandant's instructions he reaches out and wrenches it off.) 18. DIRECTOR'S OFFICE (Where CHAMELEON-JENKINS had been standing in the Director's office on the space station, there is a pile of clothes, a blob of protoplasm, and a black sheath. BLADE snatches it up and thrusts it accusingly into the DIRECTOR's face.) BLADE: They have found them! They weren't bluffing. DIRECTOR: (Coolly.) His equipment could have gone wrong. (BLADE brandishes the sheath.) BLADE: All right, what could have gone wrong with it? DIRECTOR: That is a question for our scientists. (The DOCTOR decides to butt in.) DOCTOR: By the time they tell you that there's nothing wrong with it, you'll all have disintegrated, except of course the Director. DIRECTOR: Be quiet, this has nothing to do with you. DOCTOR: Yes, you're quite right, it only concerns these two. I'll keep my mouth shut. (BLADE swings round to the CHAMELEON-JAMIE.) BLADE: We'd better contact Gatwick Air Control. DIRECTOR: We've finished with Gatwick Airport. BLADE: And what if they haven't finished with us? DIRECTOR: That would be your own fault, wouldn't it. You told me that all the originals were hidden. Where they could not possibly be found until the life have been drained from them. Are you now telling me that you were careless? (BLADE has had enough debate. Suddenly there is a ray g*n in his hand, trained on the DIRECTOR.) BLADE: (To CHAMELEON-JAMIE.) Contact Gatwick Air Control. DIRECTOR: Destroy the transmitter. (Before CHAMELEON-JAMIE can obey he is covered by SPENCER's ray g*n.) DIRECTOR: All right. CHAMELEON-JAMIE: This is Chameleon Head Quarters calling Gatwick Airport. How do you read me? 19. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (The COMMANDANT takes the mike.) COMMANDANT: Gatwick Airport to Chameleon Head Quarters. We are reading you loud and clear. VOICE: (OOV.) Can you now state where you found the originals? COMMANDANT: The originals were discovered in a car park. To prove it, we have already eliminated one of your personnel. A man. 20. DIRECTOR'S OFFICE (The office is silent as the COMMANDANT's voice goes on.) COMMANDANT: (OOV.) I now wish to speak to the Doctor. Unless I hear his voice immediately, the next to be eliminated will be Captain Blade. (BLADE turns to the DIRECTOR.) BLADE: Release him! (The DIRECTOR hesitates and BLADE thrusts the g*n in his face.) BLADE: I said release him. (The DIRECTOR goes over to the Doctor and begins unfastening the clamps. The DOCTOR stands up stiffly.) BLADE: (To the DOCTOR, snappily.) Get to that microphone! DOCTOR: Release the Nurse first. (Hurriedly Nurse PINTO is freed.) COMMANDANT: (OOV.) I said I wished to speak to the Doctor, otherwise the next will be Captain Blade. BLADE: (Almost pleadingly.) Doctor, the microphone. DOCTOR: (To NURSE PINTO.) Are you quite all right, my dear. PINTO: Yes, I think so. DOCTOR: Good. (The DOCTOR crosses to the microphone.) DOCTOR: Commandant, this is the Doctor speaking. COMMANDANT: Ar, what a relief. DOCTOR: Stand by while I negotiate. (He turns to the DIRECTOR.) DOCTOR: Now then, I will tell you my terms. I will guarantee your continued existence, if you will return to Earth all the young people you abducted. DIRECTOR: No use. They've all been miniaturised. DOCTOR: Then reverse the process. DIRECTOR: I'm afraid that's impossible, the equipment for that is on our home planet. BLADE: (Harshly.) He's lying. The planes themselves are the miniaturisation chambers and they work both ways. (He looks thoughtfully at the DOCTOR.) BLADE: What kind of continued existence would we have, Doctor? DOCTOR: In your former state, I'm afraid. Your scientists will have to find some other way out of your dilemma. (It takes BLADE only a moment to consider.) BLADE: It's better than death. SPENCER: We accept. BLADE: All right, we accept. (There is a murmur of assent from the others.) DIRECTOR: You fools, how can you trust him? (He runs for the door, and BLADE raises his g*n.) CHAMELEON-JAMIE: Look out! Ahh... (Loyal to his director, the CHAMELEON-JAMIE springs forwards, trying to protect him. Ruthlessly, BLADE sh**t them both down. Stepping over the bodies the DOCTOR goes to the microphone.) DOCTOR: Commandant, are you still there? COMMANDANT: (OOV.) Yes. DOCTOR: Negotiations have been successfully concluded as arranged. COMMANDANT: (OOV.) Good. I'll leave the people in the car park as they are until you arrive back. DOCTOR: Good. Please stay listening out on this frequency. I am leaving Captain Blade in charge of the radio. COMMANDANT: (OOV, with concern.) Can you trust him? DOCTOR: Yes, I think I can now. COMMANDANT: (OOV.) What are you going to do? DOCTOR: I'm going to try and find my three friends and the Inspector. (To BLADE.) You know where they are? BLADE: Yes. DOCTOR: You will take me to them. (Into microphone.) I will call you again. COMMANDANT: (OOV.) Roger. 21. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM COMMANDANT: Well, Heslington, flap over. Let's get back to normal as quickly as we can. 22. SMALL ROOM (In this room are boxes. BLADE and the DOCTOR walk in.) BLADE: Over here. (He points to the boxes.) BLADE: I don't know which one. (The DOCTOR opens a box to find JAMIE, who comes back to life almost immediately.) JAMIE: (Surprised.) Doctor! DOCTOR: (Happy.) Jamie! Ha, I'm glad to see you alive. JAMIE: How... how do you mean? DOCTOR: I'll explain to you one day. Well come along out. You look like a soldier in a sentry box standing there! Sit down. (The DOCTOR helps Jamie out and leads him to a chair.) DOCTOR: Sit down. (The DOCTOR then goes to attend to CROSSLAND in an adjoining box. He hears a yell of alarm from JAMIE, and sees that he is reacting to the sight of BLADE in the doorway.) DOCTOR: It's all right, he's a friend. Now sit down while I find the others. (The DOCTOR sets to work restoring CROSSLAND to life.) DOCTOR: Ah! Inspector Crossland. (He helps CROSSLAND out of the box.) DOCTOR: There we are. Now, Ben, Polly and back to Gatwick. 23. AIRPORT CAR PARK (The frozen humans come back to life and look about them wondering why they are in the car park. They are dazed, confused but alive!.) 24. DIRECTOR'S OFFICE (Some time later BLADE, PINTO, CROSSLAND and the DOCTOR are once more assembled in the Director's office.) BLADE: Doctor, the first plane is ready for take-off. We've got all the processed personnel including your three young friends aboard. DOCTOR: Ah, good. BLADE: Are you going with us, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, I'm going with Nurse Pinto. (He turns to CROSSLAND.) DOCTOR: Are you going Inspector? CROSSLAND: No, I think I'd better stay here just for a while, to... tidy things up. Are you ready nurse? PINTO: Oh yes, Inspector. CROSSLAND: I'll see you to the plane. DOCTOR: I'll see you on the plane Nurse. (As CROSSLAND escorts the still-shaken, but very brave NURSE PINTO to the plane, BLADE turns to the DOCTOR.) BLADE: What will our future be Doctor? DOCTOR: So long as you keep your side of the bargain, you may return to your own planet unharmed. Perhaps your scientists will be able to find some way out of their dilemma. I may be able to give them one or two ideas of my own. (BLADE nods and turns away, icy and impassive to the last. The DOCTOR looks about for the last time and follows him out of the room.) 25. AIRPORT CONTROL ROOM (Later, very much later, when things are in a fair way to being sorted out again, the DOCTOR stands in Air Traffic Control, saying goodbye to JEAN ROCK and the COMMANDANT. Or rather, trying to, since both are desperately busy trying to get their Airport running smoothly again. The kidnapped young people from all over the world have been restored to their proper size and their proper place, and the Chameleons, formless once more, have disappeared into the blackness of space. The DOCTOR and JAMIE have had a joyous reunion with a dazed POLLY and BEN, and SAMANTHA and her brother are just going to be re-united.) COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Yes, yes, I know, all flights were suspended as well as yours. (The DOCTOR and JAMIE walk into the room.) COMMANDANT: Hello Doctor. All down safely. DOCTOR: Yes. Yes. COMMANDANT: Splendid, Splendid. (To JEAN.) I'll take that Brussels call now. DOCTOR: (Diffidently.) There's just one thing Commandant. COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Yes, yes, right. DOCTOR: Our TARDIS. Our police box. COMMANDANT: (Into phone.) Ah Bruxelles. Oui, j'... (The COMMANDANT turns and looks at the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: The police box on the runway. COMMANDANT: Of course, Jean, see that the Doctor gets his property back, will you? (To the DOCTOR.) Goodbye Doctor and thank you so much. DOCTOR: Thank you Commandant. COMMANDANT: (To JAMIE.) Goodbye scottie. (JAMIE gives the COMMANDANT a strange look, wondering how to take his comment - as an insult or as a compliment. Giving up, he follows the DOCTOR out the door until he spots SAMANTHA waiting for her brother Brian to arrive any minute. The DOCTOR hugs SAMANTHA.) DOCTOR: Goodbye Samantha. Come along Jamie, we must find Ben and Polly and get to the TARDIS. (JAMIE lingers for a moment in the doorway.) JAMIE: (Awkwardly.) I'd better say goodbye. SAMANTHA: (Brightly.) Oh, well I'll see you around then? JAMIE: Around where? SAMANTHA: Well, you know, around... Ah you're not just going off like that? JAMIE: Aye, I must go. The Doctor'll be... Well your brother will be here any moment. SAMANTHA: Yeah. (SAMANTHA blinks.) SAMANTHA: Well, ta-ra then! (She leans forwards and gives him a kiss. JAMIE, being the shy fool that he is, blushes under SAMANTHA's beauty and warmth but his loyalty to the DOCTOR is far greater than this and sadly JAMIE, in his heart, knows this. He can't stay.) JAMIE: Aye, well can... SAMANTHA: Hey, thanks for everything. JAMIE: I'll say goodbye. (He flies down the corridor after the DOCTOR. A little tearfully, SAMANTHA watches him go.) SAMANTHA: (Tearfully and sadly.) Goodbye Jamie. 26. AIRPORT HANGAR (The COMMANDANT's huge black limousine deposits the TARDIS crew by an outlying hangar.) DOCTOR: (To the driver.) This will do. My thanks to the Commandant. POLLY: (To the driver.) Thank you every much. (Getting his bearings, the DOCTOR strides off, disappearing round the corner of the hangar.) POLLY: Hey, Doctor, where are you going? BEN: Hey, come back. (The DOCTOR reappears after a little while. He looks surprised and also a little angry. The others come up to him.) POLLY: Doctor. BEN: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Doing. I'm looking for the TARDIS. POLLY: Oh no, can't we stay in London a bit? (BEN nods enthusiastically.) BEN: Yeah, it's good to feel normal again. (The DOCTOR looks hurt.) DOCTOR: Normal? What do you mean, Ben? BEN: Well, no monsters, or Cybermen. All this - it's normal. I understand it. DOCTOR: (Quizzically.) Do you? What about Chameleon Tours? BEN: Oh yeah, that was different! JAMIE: Oh I'll be glad to get away from here. Can you not land us in a nice civilised place like 1750? POLLY: What's so uncivilised about 1966? JAMIE: Oh, you can keep it! (BEN gasps in total amazement at POLLY.) BEN: Did you say 1966. POLLY: Yes. BEN: What month is it? (The DOCTOR, having checked up on this before they left, tells him.) DOCTOR: It's July. July the 20th, to be precise. (POLLY looks puzzled.) POLLY: (To BEN.) What are you getting at? (He grasps her hands.) BEN: Don't you see, Duchess? July the 20th, 1966 is when it all began! We're back to when it all started! Well, I think... (POLLY's eyes widen.) POLLY: That means it's as... it's as if we've never been away! (The DOCTOR smiles a little sadly. He can see where this is going.) DOCTOR: You really want to go, don't you. BEN: (Loyally.) Well, we won't leave, Doctor, if you really need us. POLLY: (Pleading.) The thing is, it... it is our world. DOCTOR: (Quietly.) Yes, I know. You're lucky, I never got back to mine... (Suddenly his face breaks into a huge grin.) DOCTOR: All right, then. Off you go! (BEN and POLLY look un-decided.) DOCTOR: Now go on, Ben can catch his ship and become an Admiral and you Polly, you can look after Ben. (There are tears in POLLY's eyes.) POLLY: I will. (She gives him and JAMIE a sudden bear-hug.) POLLY: You will be safe, won't you? JAMIE: (Gruffly.) I'll look after him. BEN: I'm sure you will, mate. (He shakes hands with the DOCTOR and JAMIE.) BEN: Goodbye Doctor. DOCTOR: Ben. BEN: We might see you sometime. Take care. DOCTOR: Well you'd better hurry. The Commandant's car's waiting. (BEN and POLLY take a long final look at their travelling companions. It has been a strange time, going from past to future and back again and to other planets. They have met Cybermen, Daleks, and watched as the DOCTOR changed from a grumpy old man to a small scruffy man. They have both felt the incredible dangers and delight that Time Travel has given them and the memories will be with them forever. They then hurry away back into their normal lives. The world has not changed a day or a week since they left, but they could have been away a year or two in their own time-scale. At least they have something that most people in 1966 and on Earth don't have. They have the knowledge that the future will be all right, because they have seen it. Also, they know that the DOCTOR is in safe hands, or that JAMIE is in safe hands, whichever way they like to think of it, and that the universe is better for having them both in it. Most of all, they have hope for the future. JAMIE watches them walk off.) JAMIE: I'm sad to see them go. DOCTOR: Yes Jamie, so am I. (The DOCTOR heaves a sigh.) DOCTOR: Well, we've got things to do. JAMIE: What things? DOCTOR: Well, I didn't tell the others but... we've lost the TARDIS! (JAMIE gapes at him.) JAMIE: We can't have done. (The DOCTOR leads him around the corner of the hangar.) DOCTOR: It was outside - it's not there now. JAMIE: You mean somebody's stolen it? DOCTOR: (Solemnly.) I don't know, but that's what we're going to find out! Come on! (The DOCTOR and JAMIE walk away, towards what is to be one of their greatest adventures...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x36 - The Faceless Ones - part 6"}
foreverdreaming
EPISODE 1 written by David Whitaker Original Broadcast Date: May 20, 1967 Repeated: June 8, 1968 Total Running Time: 25:20 INTRODUCTORY SCENE - TARDIS CONTROL ROOM DOCTOR: Now, as I remember Zoe, it all started when Jamie and I discovered somebody making off with the TARDIS. ZOE: Well, what about those Daleks you showed me? DOCTOR: We're coming to that, Zoe. Just let me show you the story from the beginning. SCENE 1 - HANGAR, GATWICK AIRPORT (Unable to catch the lorry driving off with the TARDIS on its bed, the DOCTOR and JAMIE go into the hangar, where a man in overalls is sitting, listening to a radio.) DOCTOR: Jamie! JAMIE: The TARDIS! Doctor! (The DOCTOR attempts to speak above the radio, which is almost deafeningly loud.) DOCTOR: Excuse me! HALL: Eh? DOCTOR: I wonder if you could help us? HALL: My mate likes the wireless turned on at full blast. (He gestures to an old battered radio sitting on a nearby bench.) HALL: I have to keep this turned down. (He indicates his hearing aid.) DOCTOR: Oh, I see. (HALL turns the wireless down as JAMIE speaks.) JAMIE: Who's taken the TARDIS? DOCTOR: He means the police telephone box. HALL: He said 'TARDIS' or something. DOCTOR: Yes. Well, TARDIS... That's, uh... That's another name for it. HALL: Oh, foreign is he? JAMIE: Me, foreign? You're the one that's foreign! I'm Scottish! DOCTOR: Uh, that's right. TARDIS is a... is a Gaelic word. (He whispers to JAMIE.) Jamie, hush! JAMIE: (Whispering back.) It's getting further away all the time! DOCTOR: Yes, I know. (He turns back to address HALL.) DOCTOR: Well anyway, it's... it's our property and we've come to collect it. HALL: Oh, you mean the... (We witness KENNEDY, sitting several hundred feet away in a large open field, listening to the conversation over a radio-transmitter, and hear it from his viewpoint.) HALL: (OOV.) ...uh, the police box? DOCTOR: (OOV.) Yes! HALL: (OOV.) Yeah. Well, uh... Well, that's gone. JAMIE: (OOV.) Oh, we... (We once again hear the conversation from inside the hangar.) JAMIE: ...know it's gone. That's the whole point. Its ours and somebody's stolen it! HALL: Ah, well, I don't know about that. I got a note here somewhere. (He searches through the huge amount of paperwork around him and locates a clipboard with many, many yellowed pages and one very clean blue piece of paper on top of them.) HALL: Yeah, here we are. There. (Reads from the page.) "Police Tel. Box. Collection: 3 o'clock". DOCTOR: Let me see this please. HALL: Been signed for. DOCTOR: Oh, yes. So I see. Er... "J Smith". Doesn't really help us, does it? HALL: Yeah. Well, I just do what I'm told. Better see the airport commandant or someone. DOCTOR: Oh, no. I... I don't think we'd better do that. Um, Jamie, I think we'd better talk to the police. (HALL begins to appear worried.) HALL: Of course I, um... I do know the name of the firm what picked it up. JAMIE: You do?! HALL: Yeah, firm name of, uh... Leatherman. (The DOCTOR starts to drag JAMIE off as JAMIE ponders the name.) DOCTOR: (To HALL.) Thank you very much. You'll be hearing from us. JAMIE: Leatherman. Now that's a clue. Just a minute. Now, what street do they...? Doctor, wait! (They leave the hangar. HALL pulls his "hearing aid", which is actually a R/T, out of his pocket and speaks to KENNEDY.) HALL: Did you get all that? KENNEDY: Every word. We'd better get going. Get your money back at the warehouse. SCENE 2 - EXTERIOR THE HANGAR JAMIE: We should have followed that clue he gave us. DOCTOR: Perhaps. I think we'd better keep an eye on him. JAMIE: Why? DOCTOR: Well, didn't you notice his overalls? They were much too small for him, and the top sheet of his clipboard was different to all the others, and when we mentioned the police, he became friendly! JAMIE: Aye. Hey, may... (The DOCTOR sees HALL approaching and quickly pulls JAMIE and himself behind some machinery. HALL is no longer wearing overalls, and instead has a neat jacket on. They follow him as he leaves the hangar.) SCENE 3 - LARGE OPEN FIELD (KENNEDY talks into his transmitter.) KENNEDY: Kennedy to base. Kennedy to base. Do you read me? SCENE 4 - THE HOME OF WATERFIELD (We now see and hear from the viewpoint of EDWARD WATERFIELD, a middle-aged man wearing a dark old-fashioned suit.) KENNEDY: (OOV.) Kennedy to base. Do you read? WATERFIELD: Yes. KENNEDY: (OOV.) The Doctor and his friend are following Bob Hall. WATERFIELD: I knew they would suspect him. KENNEDY: (OOV.) I'll go on to the warehouse. WATERFIELD: Very good, Mr Kennedy. SCENE 5 - NEAR THE AIRPORT CAR PARK (JAMIE and the DOCTOR, still in pursuit of HALL, see him get into a car and drive off.) DOCTOR: That's him. There he goes. JAMIE: Oh, no! (They hail a taxi and the DOCTOR speaks to the driver.) DOCTOR: For hire! JAMIE: Eh? DOCTOR: Follow that car! SCENE 6 - THE HOME OF WATERFIELD (WATERFIELD sits at a desk, pen in hand. A knock is heard on the door.) WATERFIELD: Yes? PERRY: Perry, sir. WATERFIELD: Oh, uh... One moment Mr. Perry. (WATERFIELD puts down his pen and unbolts the door very carefully, as if he is concerned he will break it.) PERRY: It's here. WATERFIELD: Good. PERRY: Like me to open the shutters, sir? Lovely day outside. WATERFIELD: I have a choice between the sun or noise, Mr Perry. I regret shutting out one, but at least I keep out the other. (PERRY now notices a pedestal clock on the table nearby.) PERRY: Yes. I say! That's very good. Just come in, eh? Mint condition. Eighteen, uh, seventy. Is it? WATERFIELD: Approximately. PERRY: Don't know who your contacts are, sir, but this is marvellous! WATERFIELD: Well, Victorian timepieces are my speciality, Mr. Perry. PERRY: Wish you'd tell me who makes them for you, sir. WATERFIELD: But then you would be as wise as I, and that wouldn't do at all, would it? PERRY: Whoever makes them, Mr. Waterfield, they'd fool an expert. If I didn't know it was impossible, I would say it was absolutely genuine. WATERFIELD: And, uh, there was no trouble with the box? PERRY: Apparently not. A bit out of our line, isn't it, sir? A battered old police box? WATERFIELD: The whims and caprices of our patrons is our line, Mr Perry. PERRY: Hmm. Odd though. WATERFIELD: Mr Perry, I pay you the sum of 50 guineas per week, do I not? PERRY: Pounds, actually sir. 50 pounds. WATERFIELD: Yes, uh... I hope I may be forgiven if I believe that entitles me to demanding less curiosity of you. PERRY: Sorry, sir. WATERFIELD: It is, I think you will agree, a princely salary. PERRY: No complaints on that score. Long as I'm not asked to do anything dicey. WATERFIELD: "Dicey?" PERRY: Crooked. Illegal. WATERFIELD: Your candor is refreshing, Mr. Perry, even if your judgement of character is somewhat questionable. PERRY: I didn't mean that... WATERFIELD: (Cuts him off.) I know perfectly well what you meant. You may rest assured, I shall not ask you to do anything "dicey." PERRY: No, sir. WATERFIELD: I think you are wanted in the shop, Mr. Perry. PERRY: And the, um... the telephone box, uh... (Laughs.) What do we do with it? WATERFIELD: Do? We do nothing. PERRY: Oh, right. (He leaves.) WATERFIELD: Nothing, except wait. SCENE 7 - EXTERIOR, A WAREHOUSE (Having pursued HALL from Gatwick, the DOCTOR and JAMIE finally catch up with his car outside a warehouse just north of London's Kings Cross Station.) DOCTOR: This is his car. He must be around here somewhere. SCENE 8 - INTERIOR THE WAREHOUSE (HALL has just arrived, to be met by KENNEDY.) KENNEDY: You sure you weren't followed? HALL: No! Course I wasn't. Hey, you haven't told me what this little caper's about yet, uh, Kennedy. KENNEDY: Counted the money yet then, have ya? HALL: No, not yet. KENNEDY: Or do you think I made a mistake giving ya two-fifty instead of seventy-five? We thought you might like a little extra. HALL: What for? KENNEDY: You know those two at the hangar? HALL: Yeah? KENNEDY: They're outside. (He takes on a mocking tone.) KENNEDY: You weren't followed! (He shows him a truncheon.) KENNEDY: We'll be ready for them, won't we? That's what the extra's for. HALL: Now listen... KENNEDY: (Cuts him off.) You on one side of the door, me on the other. Right? Straight over their heads. They won't even know what h*t them. HALL: Ah, not me, mate. KENNEDY: It's a bit late to argue, isn't it? They're outside. HALL: Now listen, I'm not getting mixed up in no kidnapping, and that's flat! (HALL turns to leave, but KENNEDY knocks him out before he can get to the door.) HALL: Oh, dear... SCENE 9 - EXTERIOR THE WAREHOUSE JAMIE: Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, have you tried the door? (JAMIE opens the door. They go in and find HALL, who appears to be unconscious.) DOCTOR: Man in the overalls! It's all right. He's alive. (They attempt to rouse HALL, who struggles to sit up.) HALL: Oh, dear... (Moans.) Where's Ken... DOCTOR: Ken? Ken who? JAMIE: Make him tell us where the TARDIS is! (HALL lapses back into apparent unconsciousness.) DOCTOR: No good, he's out cold. See if we can find some water somewhere. Hello, this is something. This really is something. (He notices the makeshift table and the pile of money intended for HALL.) DOCTOR: But, why pay him to help steal the TARDIS and then knock him on the head? JAMIE: Well, why steal the TARDIS anyway? DOCTOR: That's what's been bothering me, Jamie, too. (Having searched only half-heartedly, JAMIE returns to look at what the DOCTOR has found.) JAMIE: There's no water here. Hey, that looks a lot of money, Doctor. DOCTOR: It's between two and three hundred pounds. Yes, it is a lot, at least for what he had to do - put on a pair of overalls and just hang around. Come to think of it, why hang around? He was obviously planted. Why not just go off in the lorry? (Glancing over, he notices a pack of cigarettes and a matchbook sitting on the window sill. He also notices a half-smoked hand-rolled cigarette on the floor beside HALL.) JAMIE: You found something else? DOCTOR: I don't know. (He searches HALL's pockets, finding rolling papers and a tin of tobacco.) DOCTOR: Yes, this man rolled his own cigarettes, so these must belong to somebody else. That's a fair assumption. (A train whistle and the grinding of wheels can be heard from outside the warehouse. JAMIE is obviously shaken by it.) JAMIE: What's that? DOCTOR: It's all right. It's only a train. JAMIE: A what? DOCTOR: Well, it's a train. There are carriages and they go on wheels, on rails, and they're drawn by a stea... (While JAMIE and THE DOCTOR are busy, HALL gets up and starts to sneak out of the warehouse. JAMIE sees him just as HALL opens the door.) DOCTOR: Hey, come back! (HALL gets out of the door, barring it behind himself. JAMIE tries to open it, but is unable to.) JAMIE: Well, give us a hand! (The DOCTOR helps, and together they are able to open the door, but by this time, HALL is nowhere to be found.) JAMIE: Aw, not a sign of him. The only chance we had. DOCTOR: There is this... (He shows JAMIE the matchbook he had found in HALL's pockets and reads the name written on them.) DOCTOR: "The Tricolour". It's a coffee bar apparently. And that's not all. JAMIE: Well, what else? (The DOCTOR then shows JAMIE the inside of the matchbook.) DOCTOR: Well, normally people pull out their matches from right to left. These have been torn out from left to right. JAMIE: What does that mean? DOCTOR: It means we've got to find a coffee bar called "The Tricolour" and look for a man called Ken or Kenneth - someone who's left-handed. JAMIE: Now we've got something to go on! DOCTOR: But it's so little, Jamie. It's too little. He might only have been there once. There's no guarantee he'll ever go there again. JAMIE: Now, don't give up Doctor. Remember Bruce. DOCTOR: Bruce? JAMIE: Robert Bruce. SCENE 10 - SITTING ROOM, IN THE HOME OF WATERFIELD (KENNEDY is reporting back to WATERFIELD.) KENNEDY: Look, I told... WATERFIELD: (Cuts him off.) They were not aware that you were watching? KENNEDY: No, they were too busy trying to work it all out. WATERFIELD: Good. KENNEDY: That Bob Hall was a bit of a problem. I didn't think he'd turn nasty. WATERFIELD: You didn't hurt him? KENNEDY: Him? You're joking. WATERFIELD: I can assure you that I am not. KENNEDY: He's a lot bigger than me, you know. No, I just baggered him one and that was it. WATERFIELD: That was what? Kennedy, I must know precisely what has happened. How badly injured was Hall? KENNEDY: Well, a bit dazed, that's all. He just mumbled something and made a run for it when they weren't looking. WATERFIELD: And where is he now? KENNEDY: Well, I went round to his place later. There he was coming out the front door, zip bag and everything. He got in a cab and went to Euston. WATERFIELD: Were you able to find another hansom and follow him? KENNEDY: Eh? WATERFIELD: Did you follow him? KENNEDY: Yeah, yeah. Don't worry about him. He's gone up north. WATERFIELD: That disposes of that. Now, this is extremely important: you did leave the matches? KENNEDY: Don't worry about it. The Doctor found the cigarettes and the matches. WATERFIELD: And you are certain they were the ones bearing the name of the coffee shop? KENNEDY: Coffee bar. WATERFIELD: Yes. KENNEDY: Yes. I told you, it worked like a charm. I never thought it would, but you were quite right. He got onto the name on the matches straight away. WATERFIELD: Well, just one last thing, to make quite sure: now you are certain that these are the people that you saw? (He shows him photographs of JAMIE and THE DOCTOR.) KENNEDY: That's them, yeah. Yeah, definite. WATERFIELD: Right. Well, I shall want you to keep out of sight. You'd better stay in the house, and on no account are you to talk to Mr. Perry about any of this. KENNEDY: OK. WATERFIELD: "OK."? What does that mean? KENNEDY: What? Yes! WATERFIELD: Oh, I know that my attitude may appear strange to you on occasions, Kennedy. KENNEDY: You want to play the part of the Victorian grandfather, that's all right by me. Must be a pretty good gimmick. You pay me well enough. WATERFIELD: It, uh... helps to sell to our customers. KENNEDY: Yeah, sure, sure. You've, uh... never told me what it is exactly you've got against this Doctor and his friend. Some kind of vendetta or something? WATERFIELD: Explanations are not part of our arrangement. KENNEDY: Oh, just wondering. WATERFIELD: Imagination is a virtue, but it can become a vice. KENNEDY: Mind me own business, yeah. I get the message. WATERFIELD: Ask Mr. Perry to come and see me, will you, please? (KENNEDY leaves, but does not completely close the door behind him. He then watches through the crack in the door as WATERFIELD removes a book from the bookcase, inserting a key in the panel behind it, which opens into a hidden room. WATERFIELD then disappears into the secret room, returning with another pedestal clock like the one already sitting on his table. KENNEDY hears PERRY walking along the corridor behind him, but only after he has been seen peeking through the doorway. Attempting to appear nonchalant, KENNEDY points toward the room.) KENNEDY: He wants to see you. (PERRY speaks to him in carefully neutral tones.) PERRY: Oh, thank you. (He knocks four times on WATERFIELD's door, as KENNEDY leaves.) WATERFIELD: (From inside the room.) Who is it? PERRY: It's Perry, sir. WATERFIELD: One moment. (He closes the hidden panel, replaces the book and puts the key in an open box on his desk before opening the door for PERRY.) PERRY: You wanted to see me, sir? WATERFIELD: Yes, I have an extremely important and delicate task for you to perform. PERRY: Oh, yes? (He notices the new clock on the table, and walks over to examine it.) PERRY: I say, you got a new delivery. WATERFIELD: Y... yes. PERRY: I didn't see it arrive. WATERFIELD: It was delivered last night. I've only just brought it in myself. It is, uh... for a new customer. PERRY: Oh, yes? WATERFIELD: A Dr. Galloway. He's extremely wealthy and an ardent collector... PERRY: (Interrupting.) Of, uh... Victoriana, sir? WATERFIELD: No less. I do not know the Doctor personally, but we have arranged to meet in the coffee shop, uh... bar, nearby. PERRY: Oh, the Tricolour, sir? WATERFIELD: Yes. Unfortunately, I am unable to keep the appointment, so I want you to go instead, Mr. Perry. Here is a photograph of Dr. Galloway. (He shows PERRY the photographs of THE DOCTOR and JAMIE.) WATERFIELD: This is his assistant and secretary, Mr. James McCrimmon. Now I want you to ask the Doctor to come to the shop tonight, say at, uh... ten o' clock. PERRY: Ten o'clock, sir?! WATERFIELD: Yes. Oh, don't worry, Mr. Perry. I shall be attending to him myself. You needn't wait. PERRY: Oh, right sir. WATERFIELD: The Doctor is notoriously unpunctual. I fear you may have a long and tedious wait. PERRY: I shall find him sir. Do you want me to go now? WATERFIELD: If you please, Mr. Perry. PERRY: Right. (PERRY leaves, after which, WATERFIELD re-opens the hidden panel, and enters the secret room. The room contains a strange electronic apparatus against one wall, together with a number of Victorian antiques. WATERFIELD removes these from the room. After he has done this, he enters the necessary codes to activate the electronic apparatus. During this time, KENNEDY sneaks back, finds the door locked, but stops to listen at the door. He is so intent on this that he fails to notice that PERRY has not left, and is eyeing him coldly.) PERRY: And what are you doing? KENNEDY: I... I can't make Mr. Waterfield hear me. I knocked. PERRY: He's busy. KENNEDY: O.K. I'll try later. SCENE 11 - THE TRICOLOUR (JAMIE and the DOCTOR are seated at a table in the busy coffee bar. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" can be heard on the jukebox, mingled with the noise of the many other patrons. JAMIE is more than slightly enamoured of the scantily-dressed waitresses that serve the majority of young men present.) JAMIE: Don't look so depressed, Doctor. DOCTOR: If only we knew what he looked like, Jamie. JAMIE: We'll ask one of the lasses in a moment, when things get quieter. DOCTOR: We've got to untangle this, you know. JAMIE: It's all quite obvious to me. They're just robbers. Thieves, you understand. DOCTOR: No, no, there's more to it than that. Why leave that man in the hangar to give us a clue? JAMIE: Which we haven't followed up, you know. "Leatherman?" DOCTOR: There is no delivery firm of that name. Not in the London area, anyway. I checked in the phone book. JAMIE: But surely there's more places than London. DOCTOR: Maybe. JAMIE: Do you think this is sort of a trap, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, but if only we knew who our enemies are... (The thought of having to deal again with one of their most recent adversaries has JAMIE concerned, and he cuts the DOCTOR off.) JAMIE: Not the Chameleons again! DOCTOR: No, something else. I can feel them, closing in all around us. SCENE 12 - THE HIDDEN ROOM (WATERFIELD is standing in front of the alien-looking device, speaking into it.) WATERFIELD: I've done everything that you've asked of me. Isn't that enough? Now you must tell me the truth. Do you hear?! The truth! (At this point, KENNEDY sneaks back into the outside room, and overhears what WATERFIELD is saying, although he has no idea to whom he is speaking.) WATERFIELD: (OOV.) But, you must tell me. I demand! I'm talking to you! Come back! SCENE 13 - THE TRICOLOUR ("Paperback Writer" can be heard playing on the jukebox. The DOCTOR is still seated at the table, but JAMIE is seen talking to a blonde waitress, who seems more than a little interested in what is under his kilt. Ruffled, JAMIE quickly excuses himself and returns to the table.) JAMIE: Oh, if only the laird could see that! Why do I get all the difficult tasks, Doctor? DOCTOR: Because you're so much better at them than I am, Jamie. What did you find out? JAMIE: None of the lasses here could remember anybody called Ken or Kenneth. DOCTOR: Oh, dear. JAMIE: Aye. But, they do have a different lot on duty in the evening. Now, maybe they'll know. (The DOCTOR notices PERRY looking intently in his direction.) DOCTOR: Jamie, I'm being stared at. Is there something wrong with me? (JAMIE points to his head.) JAMIE: You mean up here Doctor? DOCTOR: Is my hair in disarray? JAMIE: Well, no more than usual. DOCTOR: Do I look strange or bizarre? JAMIE: Aye. Well, maybe I'm just used to you. DOCTOR: That's some comfort. Look out, he's coming over. (PERRY walks up to the table.) PERRY: I beg your pardon. DOCTOR: Not at all. PERRY: It is Dr. Galloway, isn't it? (Not comprehending, JAMIE feels he must clarify and cuts in.) JAMIE: Dr. Gallo-? (Unfazed, PERRY continues.) PERRY: ...and Mr. McCrimmon. JAMIE: Aye, I'm Jamie McCrimmon. PERRY: My card. (He offers his card to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Yes, uh... (He reads the card.) DOCTOR: Mr. Perry? PERRY: Mr. Waterfield's frightfully sorry, but he can't meet you as arranged. (The DOCTOR pretends he understands and plays along.) DOCTOR: Oh. Oh, dear. What a pity. PERRY: But, he says if you'd care to come to the shop at about, uh... ten tonight, he'll see to you personally. DOCTOR: At about 10. Oh, yes, uh... We'll be there. PERRY: Righto. (He leaves.) DOCTOR: Right! Right! (He sees that PERRY has gone, and reads his card.) DOCTOR: "Edward Waterfield: Genuine Victoriana". JAMIE: Can't be a mistake. Even though he got your name wrong, he knew mine. DOCTOR: I wonder if Mr. Kenneth has found us. JAMIE: Eh? (The DOCTOR shows him the card.) DOCTOR: "K. Perry Esquire". Yes, I think we'll go and see Mr. Edward Waterfield. SCENE 14 - SITTING ROOM IN THE HOME OF WATERFIELD (PERRY reports to WATERFIELD on his meeting in the coffee bar.) WATERFIELD: And he, uh... definitely said he would be here? PERRY: Yes, sir. WATERFIELD: Thank you. You have done excellently, Mr. Perry. PERRY: Er... (WATERFIELD dismisses him, cutting him off.) WATERFIELD: Good night. PERRY: See you in the morning, sir. (PERRY takes on a questioning tone. WATERFIELD hesitates, but attempts to sound reassuring in his response.) WATERFIELD: Uh, yes. Yes, in the morning. (PERRY leaves via the shop in the front of the house. After hearing the door close, WATERFIELD turns to face the kitchen.) WATERFIELD: Kennedy? Kennedy? (KENNEDY appears from the kitchen, finishing a sandwich.) WATERFIELD: The Doctor is coming here tonight. I shall want you to help me. And you had better put some warm clothes on. Dark things. KENNEDY: All right. You'd better make sure that police box is well covered-up, in case the Doctor starts snooping about. WATERFIELD: Yes. (WATERFIELD leaves. KENNEDY sneaks back to WATERFIELD's study, gets the key from where he had seen WATERFIELD place it, finds the hidden panel in the bookcase, unlocks it and enters the hidden room. Once inside, he taps on the walls until he finds a hollow panel. He opens the panel to find a safe. On a whim, he attempts to open it, and finds it is unlocked. While he is engaged in this, something has materialized on the strange machine behind him. He hears a noise, and turns to find himself face to face with a DALEK!.) DALEK: Who are you? Who are you? Answer! (KENNEDY looks in terror at the creature, and turns to run. As he reaches the door, though, the DALEK fires, and with a scream of agony, KENNEDY slumps to the ground, d*ad.)
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EPISODE 2 Written by David Whitaker Original Broadcast: May 27, 1967 Repeat broadcast: June 15th, 1968 Running Time: 25:09 1. HIDDEN ROOM IN WATERFIELD'S STUDY DALEK: Who are you? Who are you? Answer! (KENNEDY looks in terror at the creature, and turns to run. As he reaches the door, though, the DALEK fires, and with a scream of agony, KENNEDY slumps to the ground, d*ad. The DALEK steps back into the transmat device and dematerializes.) 2. WATERFIELD'S STORE (The DOCTOR and JAMIE enter the store at the front of WATERFIELD's house, carefully silencing the bell as they enter.) JAMIE: I don't know what you're being so cautious abo... (As JAMIE is talking rather loudly, the DOCTOR quietens him.) DOCTOR: Shhh! JAMIE: (Quietly.) They left the door open for us, didn't they? Hey, it's half past the nine o'clock. DOCTOR: Yes, I know. JAMIE: But they made the appointment for ten. Why have we come early? DOCTOR: The early bird catches the worm, Jamie. Now, do be quiet, there's a good chap. And for heaven's sake, don't knock into anything. (Just as he says this, the DOCTOR knocks over a statue, not noticing he has done so, and JAMIE has to catch it to prevent it from falling over.) DOCTOR: Shhh! (JAMIE then picks something up from a nearby shelf and shows it to the DOCTOR.) JAMIE: Any good, this? DOCTOR: It's interesting. In fact, Jamie, it's quite remarkable. JAMIE: Hey Doctor, you know you told me outside it said "Genuine Victorian Antiques"? Well, all the stuff in here's brand new. DOCTOR: Hmm, you've noticed that. JAMIE: Of course I did. The man's a rogue. DOCTOR: Yes, so it seems. Except... JAMIE: Except what? DOCTOR: Except that all these things are not reproductions. They're all genuine. JAMIE: Now, that's ridiculous! DOCTOR: Here, look at this. (He opens a box, finding what seems to be a bill.) DOCTOR: (Reads it aloud.) "To one deed box four guineas." This is a bill from William Dearing and Son, eighteen sixty-six. JAMIE: Then it's a forgery. DOCTOR: Yes. If you were going to make a forgery, wouldn't you try to dirty it up a bit - yellow the edges, crinkle it up? This is brand new. JAMIE: I've got an idea. DOCTOR: What? JAMIE: All the stuff in here is genuine... DOCTOR: Yes. JAMIE: ...but brand new. DOCTOR: Well done. JAMIE: But that is impossible unless Waterfield could've invented a time machine like the TARDIS, Doctor, and he's bringing all this stuff back from Victorian times. DOCTOR: But it's not very likely, is it? The only way to find out is to ask Waterfield. (They move towards a nearby door.) 3. WATERFIELD'S STUDY (WATERFIELD enters his study, then seeing that the door to his secret room is open, he continues into the hidden room, finding the DALEK standing over KENNEDY's body.) WATERFIELD: Kennedy! What happened? DALEK: The human discovered our communications system. WATERFIELD: And you m*rder him!? DALEK: He would have betrayed us. WATERFIELD: You don't have to k*ll! DALEK: Silence! WATERFIELD: I won't be silent! What are you dragging me into? You've destroyed a human life. Don't you understand that? DALEK: That is of no consequence. WATERFIELD: No consequence? DALEK: There is only one form of life that matters - Dalek life! Obey your orders, Waterfield! (The DALEK re-enters the transmat and dematerializes.) WATERFIELD: No, wait, wait! What am I to do with the body? I can't! I can't go on with this. 4. WATERFIELD'S STORE (JAMIE and the DOCTOR are at the door to the house, attempting to pick the lock with a wire they apparently found nearby.) DOCTOR: I'm sure I heard somebody shouting. Jamie, we've got to get in there. JAMIE: What about the wire? DOCTOR: No, it's too pliable. (He stops as they hear someone coming and hide behind a display. PERRY enters, attempting to be stealthy, but the DOCTOR and JAMIE surprise him.) DOCTOR: Boo! (PERRY jumps into a different dimension.) PERRY: Oh! What are you doing here? DOCTOR: You made the appointment. PERRY: For ten o'clock. DOCTOR: Yes, well, we thought we'd be early. What are you doing here? PERRY: I work here. JAMIE: Then what are you creeping about for? (PERRY cannot think of a response to this.) PERRY: Umm... JAMIE: Aye... DOCTOR: Yes, I think you've got some explaining to do, Mr. Kenneth Perry! PERRY: My name isn't Kenneth, it's Keith. Now look - I... I don't understand. DOCTOR: So, it's Keith. Hmm. Do you know a man called Bob Hall? PERRY: Well, he's a man Mr. Waterfield employs. DOCTOR: Well, he keeps some very rough company, including a man called Ken. (This name seems familiar to PERRY, as he ponders it out loud.) PERRY: Ken? Kennedy? DOCTOR: What? What do you know about Kennedy? PERRY: Oh, wait a minute. This is all too quick for me. Look, I'll answer your questions, if you'll answer mine. 5. WATERFIELD'S HIDDEN ROOM (WATERFIELD holds a picture of the DOCTOR, which he tears in two - half of it he places in the d*ad hands of KENNEDY, the other half he places inside a box, which he puts just inside the Dalek transport platform.) 6. WATERFIELD'S STORE PERRY: This old police box was for a collector of curios. DOCTOR: But it belongs to me! PERRY: But why is it so important to you? DOCTOR: Because... because of what's inside it and because it happens to be my property! JAMIE: Look, where is it? PERRY: At the back. DOCTOR: Well, is there another way through? This door is locked. PERRY: We might be able to get over the yard gates. You see, this door has an electric lock on it. DOCTOR: You're going to show me where this yard of yours is. PERRY: I say, if it's a police box, shouldn't we get the police? (The door leading to WATERFIELD's study opens. JAMIE notices and points it out to the DOCTOR.) JAMIE: Doctor... (They head through the door.) 7. WATERFIELD'S STUDY (They enter WATERFIELD's study and find KENNEDY's body.) PERRY: That's Kennedy! (The DOCTOR checks for a pulse, but does not find one.) DOCTOR: He's d*ad! (PERRY runs to the phone, frantically dialling.) JAMIE: What are you doing? PERRY: Getting the police. What...? (He replaces the phone, which doesn't seem to be working.) PERRY: I don't think we ought to touch anything. I'll be as quick as I can. (He leaves.) JAMIE: Should we have let him go? DOCTOR: He's doing the right thing. JAMIE: But the TARDIS...? DOCTOR: Yes, we'll have to find it before he comes back. Now, I wonder what this telephone interference is. JAMIE: Looks like Waterfield's cleared out. DOCTOR: Why make an appointment to see us at ten? JAMIE: Well, obviously, he didn't know he was going to have a fight with Kennedy. Aw, come on Doctor, lets find the TARDIS and go! DOCTOR: Yes, yes, the TARDIS. Now, how did he die? His limbs are stiff; his hands clenched. Look, he died in horrible agony. Look at his face. Hello...? (He finds half of a picture of himself.) JAMIE: What? It's your picture! DOCTOR: Yes. Now, he fell like that with his arm stretched out. Jamie, go out into the hall and measure the length of it up to the door here. (JAMIE goes into the hall, announcing the final number of paces.) JAMIE: ...fourteen, ...fifteen. DOCTOR: Well, it's only five from the door to the wall. There must be another room behind here. (They quickly search the shelf, removing book after book until they find a keyhole in the panel behind them.) JAMIE: Hey Doctor, there's a keyhole! DOCTOR: Yes, you're right. Now, Waterfield would have the key. We've got to find something to prise it open with. (The door opens by itself. They go inside, not noticing WATERFIELD sneak into the study behind them. The DOCTOR sees the Dalek Transmat machine) DOCTOR: Well, look at this. That's where your telephone interference is coming from. Oh, yes, this is interesting. (JAMIE sees a box, with the other half of the DOCTOR's photograph sticking out from underneath the lid.) JAMIE: Hey, the other half of your picture. DOCTOR: Yes. Don't open that! (JAMIE lifts the lid on the box, releasing a gas which quickly renders both of them unconscious. WATERFIELD races into the room, enters a few numbers on the Dalek platform's keypad, and the three of them disappear.) 8. WATERFIELD'S STORE (PERRY enters the front door, with policemen from Scotland Yard in tow.) PERRY: This way, along here. (He leads them into WATERFIELD's study, where KENNEDY's body still lies.) PERRY: Here we are. Hmm, that's funny. There were a couple of other gentlemen here. They seem to have disappeared! 9. MAXTIBLE'S SITTING ROOM (The DOCTOR and JAMIE are lying in a finely decorated Victorian-era sitting room. The DOCTOR begins to wake up.) DOCTOR: (Moaning.) Oh, oh'ff, ohh, ohh, mmm... (Three knocks are heard on the door. A young maid enters, carrying a tray with some kind of drink.) MOLLIE: Hello sir. Are you feeling better? Oh, you did have a party last night, didn't you sir? (Giggles.) The master sent this in for you. DOCTOR: The master? Mr. Waterfield? MOLLIE: Oh, no sir, Mr. Maxtible. Mr. Waterfield came back from abroad last night, sir, with you and the young gentleman. Don't you remember? DOCTOR: Not very well, no. (He drinks the liquid and finds that it quickly helps to clear his mind, making him moan with pleasure.) DOCTOR: Oh! (MOLLIE looks at JAMIE, who is still unconscious.) MOLLIE: I'd best not wake him. DOCTOR: What's your name? MOLLIE: Mollie Dawson, sir. (The DOCTOR indicates the drink MOLLIE has supplied him.) DOCTOR: This, uh... works remarkably quickly, doesn't it? MOLLIE: Am I to pour some more? DOCTOR: No. No thank you Mollie. But you... you can tell me what the date is. (MOLLIE has great difficulty believing that the DOCTOR does not know the date.) MOLLIE: The date? DOCTOR: Yes, I... I... I'm feeling very much better, but I don't seem to be able to remember, ah... the date and where I am. (WATERFIELD appears with another, slightly older-looking man.) MAXTIBLE: Mollie, that will do. The answers you require, sir, might come better from me. My name is Theodore Maxtible and I am the owner of this house. (The DOCTOR attempts to get up.) MAXTIBLE: Pray, don't get up. I have the greatest sympathy for your condition, since I was the cause of it. DOCTOR: And this is Mr Edward Waterfield, I presume. You don't keep your appointments, do you? WATERFIELD: There were circumstances... DOCTOR: Yes, indeed there were! MAXTIBLE: Please, please Doctor. First things first. You asked what date it was and where you were. DOCTOR: Yes, well? MAXTIBLE: You are in my house, some miles from Canterbury. The date is June the 2nd, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. DOCTOR: And just what do you think you're up to? You steal my property, you spirit Jamie and me a hundred years back in time and you m*rder a man along the way! MAXTIBLE: We had nothing to do with the death of that man. DOCTOR: I don't believe you! MAXTIBLE: You will believe, Doctor. We are, all of us, the victims of a higher power. A power more evil and more terrible than the human brain can imagine. DOCTOR: Power? Victims? What do you mean? WATERFIELD: They've taken my daughter Victoria. DOCTOR: Who are "they"? MAXTIBLE: You will not be kept in suspense very much longer, Doctor. Pray, come with us and we will show you how it all began. WATERFIELD: Doctor, do whatever it is they ask, I beg of you. My daughter's life is in your hands. DOCTOR: I will listen. I... I... I promise. (As they turn to leave, the DOCTOR looks up at a painting on the wall.) DOCTOR: Is, uh... is that your daughter? WATERFIELD: No sir. That is a painting of my wife as a young girl. She is d*ad now, rest her soul. But Victoria is the image of her. 10. A ROOM IN THE WEST WING OF MAXTIBLE'S HOUSE (This is the room where VICTORIA is being held. We see her feeding the birds at a window when she hears the door open and quickly turns around to be confronted by one of her captors.) DALEK: You have not eaten. You will eat. That is an order. Answer! VICTORIA: (Obviously terrified.) Yes. DALEK: You will not feed the flying pests outside. Answer! VICTORIA: Yes. DALEK: Move to the machine. Move! (VICTORIA steps onto a machine in the corner of the room. It makes a deafening noise, finally indicating its result in incomprehensible numbers on the wall beside her.) DALEK: Move, move! The weight of your body has fallen by seventeen ounces. VICTORIA: What do you expect? What do you expect? For pity's sake let me go! DALEK: Speak when you are told to speak! More food will come. Eat it, or you will be fed by force! (Victoria sobs.) 11. MAXTIBLE'S LAB (MAXTIBLE, WATERFIELD and the DOCTOR enter the well-equipped laboratory.) MAXTIBLE: Here we are Doctor; this is hallowed ground. Here we shall not be disturbed by the servants. DOCTOR: Oh yes, yes, very impressive. And now, perhaps you'll explain what all this is about? MAXTIBLE: Your patience, my dear sir, a little longer. DOCTOR: Patience? You don't seem to understand what's happened - a man has been m*rder! You behave as though we're going on Sunday-school outing! MAXTIBLE: Neither Whitefield (sic) nor I were responsible for his death. Here, cigar? DOCTOR: Why have you brought us here? Who are these enemies of yours - these ones you say control you? MAXTIBLE: Brilliant minds, Doctor. WATERFIELD: They are monsters. MAXTIBLE: Oh, I admit, Waterfield, they have behaved callously. WATERFIELD: Inhuman monsters! DOCTOR: Inhuman? WATERFIELD: Creations of the devil! MAXTIBLE: Let me explain. DOCTOR: Please do! MAXTIBLE: I have always been fascinated by the concept of travelling through time. Waterfield here is an expert in certain technical matters and I have the money to indulge my whims. Everything you see about you here was constructed by us two. DOCTOR: To try to find a way of exploring time? MAXTIBLE: Yes, now this is my theory: a mirror reflects an image, does it not? DOCTOR: Yes. MAXTIBLE: So, you may be standing there, yet appear to be standing fifty feet away. Well, following the new investigations twelve years ago by J. Clark Maxwell into electromagnetism and the experiments by Faraday into static electricity... DOCTOR: (Suspicious.) Static? MAXTIBLE: Correct! Waterfield and I first attempted to refine the image in the mirror, and then to project it. In here, Doctor, are one hundred and forty-four separate mirrors. (MAXTIBLE shows the DOCTOR a wood-panelled double door, which apparently leads into the heart of their time travel device.) WATERFIELD: And each is of polished metal. Each is subjected to electric charges - all positive. MAXTIBLE: Like repels like in electricity, Doctor, and so next, Waterfield and I attempted to repel the image in the mirror, wherever we directed. DOCTOR: You mentioned static electricity? WATERFIELD: Uh... that was our last experiment. Negative and positive electricity had failed, so we tried static. If only we could have known the powers we were going to unleash. DOCTOR: Powers? WATERFIELD: In the middle of our final test with static, creatures burst out of the cabinet, inv*de the house, took away my daughter. MAXTIBLE: Oh, my dear fellow. My dear, dear fellow. But we shall win through, now that the Doctor is here. DOCTOR: These creatures...? WATERFIELD: We had opened the way for them with our experiments. They forced me into the horror of time travel, Doctor. They ordered me to steal a box belonging to you and thus lure you into a trap and transport you here, together with your colleague Mr. McCrimmon. DOCTOR: They knew about me, these creatures? MAXTIBLE: They gave us likenesses. WATERFIELD: What could I do? They said my daughter would die. DOCTOR: (Almost frantic.) What are they called, these creatures? (The doors to the time transport cabinet open, and a figure enters from the cabinet - it is the Lead DALEK!) DALEK: Doctor, now do you understand? DOCTOR: Oh, yes. Perfectly. DALEK: Move back. Our plan has worked. We shall triumph! You will obey! You will obey! DOCTOR: Obey? Obey? What do you want? DALEK: We have your time ship. We will destroy it unless you help us with an experiment. DOCTOR: What experiment? DALEK: You will help the Daleks test another human being. DOCTOR: What sort of test? DALEK: Do not question! DOCTOR: I will not be your sl*ve! WATERFIELD: Doctor, I beg you... DALEK: No harm will come to you if you agree. Where is your companion? DOCTOR: Jamie? WATERFIELD: He is in the house. I have done everything you asked me to. DOCTOR: Why do you ask about Jamie? DALEK: He is the human being who is to be tested. DOCTOR: What do you mean? Tested how? DALEK: Silence! You will reveal nothing to your companion. Obey the Daleks! You are in our power! (The DALEK leaves via the time transport.) DOCTOR: What have you done with your infernal meddling? (He goes and looks in the cabinet as he continues to confront MAXTIBLE and WATERFIELD.) DOCTOR: What is this test? Do either of you know? WATERFIELD: No. MAXTIBLE: I believe I do. They... I mean the Daleks, tell me they have always been defeated by human beings. DOCTOR: In the long run, yes. MAXTIBLE: But, possibly because of some factor, possessed by human beings... DOCTOR: Possibly. MAXTIBLE: ...that is absent in Daleks. DOCTOR: Possibly. MAXTIBLE: Perhaps they want to find out what it is and transplant it into their race. WATERFIELD: But if they do do that, allied with their own alien intelligence, they'll be invincible! Maxtible, you should've... MAXTIBLE: Oh, my dear fellow. I am merely surmising. I know nothing definite. But, besides, what could we have done? Even if I had known for certain, the fact was, nay is, they hold your daughter Victoria. DOCTOR: And now they've got Jamie. 12. MAXTIBLE'S SITTING ROOM (MOLLIE straightens the quilt over JAMIE, just as he wakes up.) MOLLIE: Oh, I'm sorry sir. I didn't mean to wake you. There. (She laughs as JAMIE attempts to sit up.) JAMIE: Oh, it's not funny. Ohh, ohh. (Groans.) (She gives JAMIE the same drink she had given the DOCTOR earlier.) MOLLIE: The master left this for you to drink, sir. This'll clear away the cobwebs. Here you are, sir. (JAMIE takes the cup and drinks.) JAMIE: Where's the Doctor? Oh. MOLLIE: He's with the master and Mr Waterfield, sir. JAMIE: Waterfield? (Another young woman enters and speaks to MOLLIE.) RUTH: Mollie? What are you doing here? MOLLIE: Just seeing to the young gentleman, miss. RUTH: Go and bring some tea. Well, go along. (MOLLIE curtsies and leaves.) RUTH: Please, Mr McCrimmon. JAMIE: You know my name? RUTH: My father told me that you and your friend arrived last night with Mr. Waterfield. JAMIE: Your father? I'm sorry but I seem to be having great difficulty in remembering anything. RUTH: He owns this house. I'm his daughter, Ruth Maxtible. JAMIE: How do you do? Have you seen the Doctor this morning? RUTH: He's talking with my father. He'll be along presently. Do you have everything you need? JAMIE: I don't know what this stuff is, but it seems to work all right. RUTH: Mollie shall bring you some tea in a minute. JAMIE: I'm obliged to you. Uh... Miss Maxtible? RUTH: Yes? (JAMIE looks up and indicates the portrait of WATERFIELD's late wife in the same way the DOCTOR had done earlier.) JAMIE: Could you tell me who that is in the portrait? RUTH: That's a portrait of Mr. Waterfield's late wife. JAMIE: She was very lovely. RUTH: Yes, and his daughter looks just like her. You're quite comfortable? JAMIE: Ah, yes. Thank you. (RUTH leaves the room. JAMIE gets up, searches through some papers on a nearby desk, locates a piece of paper with something of interest to him, and reads it aloud.) JAMIE: Eighteen sixty-six! So that's what Waterfield's done. (TOBY, a scruffy-looking intruder, sneaks into the room through the open window, and knocks JAMIE out. Hearing MOLLIE returning, he ducks behind some curtains. MOLLIE returns with Jamie's tea.) MOLLIE: Here we are sir. I've been as quick as I could. Shall I pour for you? (She sees JAMIE and assumes he has fallen back to sleep.) MOLLIE: Poor young gentleman. They shouldn't have given you so much to drink. (TOBY leaves his hiding place, slips up behind MOLLIE and grabs her, putting his hand firmly over her mouth.) 13. MAXTIBLE'S LAB WATERFIELD: Doctor, I do ask you to consider. DOCTOR: I have made up my mind. MAXTIBLE: I've repeatedly warned you not to tell Jamie McCrimmon anything. DOCTOR: Do you think I'm going to allow Jamie to run into danger without telling him anything? No, I will not. MAXTIBLE: But suppose he refuses to do what they want? DOCTOR: We shall see. (They head off towards the sitting room.) 14. MAXTIBLE'S SITTING ROOM (The DOCTOR and WATERFIELD return to the sitting room. A figure lies on the sofa. Unable to see his face, they assume it is the sleeping JAMIE.) DOCTOR: He's still asleep. The gas in that box of yours was pretty potent. WATERFIELD: It was Maxtible's invention. (They walk around the sofa to find that it is not JAMIE who is asleep, but instead it is MOLLIE that is unconscious under the quilt.) DOCTOR: Jamie! WATERFIELD: Mollie! 15. MAXTIBLE'S LAB (A DALEK has appeared to join MAXTIBLE.) DALEK: Order the Doctor to begin the test. MAXTIBLE: But I must first explain to him what he has to do. DALEK: Go now. Obey the Daleks! 16. MAXTIBLE'S SITTING ROOM WATERFIELD: But your... your friend is vital to the plan of these Daleks. Absolutely essential! DOCTOR: So it seems. So, who can have kidnapped him? WATERFIELD: Oh, why won't you understand? The thr*at they make are not idle ones. Kennedy was m*rder. Without your friend, our only hope is gone. Unless... unless, you know something. You seem to be well acquainted with the creatures. DOCTOR: Everything you say, Waterfield, is true. If we cannot find Jamie, the Daleks will take pleasure in k*lling everyone in sight, and their greatest pleasure will be in k*lling me. 17. HIDDEN ROOM DALEK 1: The humans have been told to begin the test. DALEK 2: Any delay will result in death. DALEK 1: There will be no delay.
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Episode 3 Written by David Whitaker First broadcast: 3 June 1967 Repeat broadcast: 22 June, 1968 Running Time: 26:50 1. LABORATORY (The RED DALEK has arrived via the time cabinet and awaits a report from another DALEK.) GREY DALEK: The humans have been told to begin the test. RED DALEK: Any delay will result in death. GREY DALEK: There will be no delay! 2. SITTING ROOM (Having awakened MOLLIE, WATERFIELD and the DOCTOR now ponder how to complete the task expected of them without JAMIE.) WATERFIELD: Mollie, Mollie. Mr. McCrimmon has been kidnapped! It means the end of us unless we can find him quickly. (Hoping that he can offer some solution to their dilemma, WATERFIELD looks down at the DOCTOR to find him carefully examining dirt in the carpet. The DOCTOR stands up, clutching something he has found.) DOCTOR: Straw. WATERFIELD: I beg your pardon? DOCTOR: A piece of straw. 3. INTERIOR s*ab (JAMIE wakes to find himself in what he assumes to be MAXTIBLE's s*ab. Still fuzzy, he can only partially make out the unkempt thug that he assumes is to blame for his present state. The scoundrel sits on an upturned bucket nearby, and hurls insults in JAMIE's direction.) TOBY: Had a cosy little sleep, young swell? (He pokes JAMIE hard, causing JAMIE to try to punch him. The Scot misses by a considerable distance. TOBY laughs.) TOBY: Lively, is it? Maybe you'd like to sleep again? I've got Mr. Nod here. (He hefts the heavy cudgel used to knock out JAMIE earlier.) TOBY: He'll have you snorin' as good as ever. JAMIE: What do you want? TOBY: I'm to be well paid. Have no fear of that. JAMIE: Oh, and for what? I don't know you. (The top half of the s*ab door opens and TERRALL, a well-dressed gentleman, appears. TOBY addresses him.) TOBY: This your man, sir? (TERRALL is completely horrified.) TERRALL: Toby! What in Hades have you done? TOBY: Why, I, uh... brought 'im from the house, like you said. TERRALL: I said nothing of the kind. TOBY: Well ya did, sir! Honest ya did. A guinea ya promised me. I... I done what ya said. You don't get outta payin'. (Opening the lower half of the door, TERRALL strides in, grabs TOBY by the lapels and shoves him toward the door.) TERRALL: Be careful how you speak to me, Toby! (Reaching into his pocket, he retrieves a gold coin, which he throws in the mud at TOBY's feet.) TERRALL: There's your money. Get out! (TOBY leaves. TERRALL seems to faint, falling against the wall, only to regain his strength and stand upright again.) TERRALL: Where's Toby? JAMIE: You just sent him about his business. Look, what's the matter? Are you all right? TERRALL: Where's Victoria Waterfield? JAMIE: I don't know. TERRALL: Yes, you do. JAMIE: I tell you, I don't even know her! TERRALL: You're in the house, a friend of Maxtible's.You must know! JAMIE: No, listen, I'm te... (TERRALL once again falls against the wall, mumbling to himself, before straightening up again.) TERRALL: Ha, I must apologize for that villain Toby. He was telling lies, of course. I shall escort you to the house. JAMIE: Uh, You... you... you just asked me about Victoria Waterfield. TERRALL: Now, she's in Paris. I'm afraid I haven't introduced myself - Arthur Terrall. JAMIE: Well, never mind about that. Did you or did you not ask that man to knock me on the head and bring me in here? TERRALL: I, oh... (He is incredulous.) TERRALL: ...certainly not! JAMIE: Oh. (The DOCTOR enters.) TERRALL: Doctor, oh. (Laughs.) I see you're in good hands now. I won't detain you any further. Good day, Doctor. DOCTOR: Oh, good day to you. (TERRALL leaves.) JAMIE: He's mad. Stark, staring mad! DOCTOR: Yes, I know. I was listening. Let's have a look at that head of yours. Come along. (JAMIE tells his story as the DOCTOR attends to his injuries.) JAMIE: Look, it's all right, Doctor. One minute he says this, the next minute he says that. Can you make it out, Doctor? I'm knocked on the head and I'm brought in here. Then that man Terrall enters and denies having ordered the other man to do it. Well, then he changes, and starts asking about Victoria Waterfield and in the next breath, he tells me she's in Paris! DOCTOR: I know what's happened to Victoria. JAMIE: What has? DOCTOR: She's a prisoner of the Daleks. 4. VICTORIA'S PRISON ROOM (Sitting on the edge of her bed, VICTORIA gathers up her possessions, watched by a DALEK.) DALEK: Hurry! VICTORIA: Why am I being moved? Are you taking me back to my father? DALEK: No, you are being moved. Pick up your cover. Follow. Do not be afraid. (The DALEK leads her into the hallway and down the corridor.) DALEK: You are not to be exterminated. (Taking advantage of her first taste of freedom in some time, VICTORIA stops along the way to look out one of the second-floor windows. The DALEK quickly redirects her.) DALEK: Do not delay. (Another DALEK joins the first in escorting her along the corridor.) DALEK 2: Move. 5. SITTING ROOM (The DOCTOR has returned to the sitting room, and now updates WATERFIELD about what has occurred.) WATERFIELD: You've warned him - told him about the Daleks? DOCTOR: Yes, of course I did! WATERFIELD: But you were expressly told... DOCTOR: Oh, fiddlesticks! (The DOCTOR is busy debating with WATERFIELD and fails to notice JAMIE sneak into the room.) DOCTOR: Bosh! Jamie will cooperate. You may be certain of that. WATERFIELD: Are you sure? DOCTOR: Yes, perfectly sure. Jamie will do everything he is asked to do. Now come along, we must go and find Maxtible. (They leave, and JAMIE secretes himself from his hiding place, pondering the exchange he has just overheard as he studies the portrait of the late Mrs. Waterfield.) 6. LABORATORY (We see the DALEK faced toward the time cabinet, as if listening to distant, silent voices. After a time, it quickly turns to face MAXTIBLE.) DALEK: The female human being has been moved. MAXTIBLE: Everything is prepared. DALEK: The testing equipment is ready? MAXTIBLE: I think you will be pleased with the man I've had specially brought from London. Ah, he works in my house. DALEK: Show me! MAXTIBLE: You will understand that he is rather simple. He's quite dumb, but, uh... that has its advantages for us. His mind is, how shall I say, undeveloped. He will not understand you, the Daleks. Uh, I mean he will be terrified of you. (Impatient, the DALEK cuts MAXTIBLE off.) DALEK: Show me. (As if it has some awareness of the effect its presence has on humans, the DALEK moves from the laboratory into the time cabinet.) MAXTIBLE: Ohh, I beg your pardon, uh... (He opens the laboratory door and calls out.) MAXTIBLE: Kemel! (A large hulking figure in Turkish dress appears.) MAXTIBLE: Will you come with me? I want you to stand here. No, no, no, no, no, face the cabinet. Good. (MAXTIBLE gives KEMEL a solid iron bar from the worktop.) MAXTIBLE: Now, bend that. (KEMEL bends the bar easily.) MAXTIBLE: Excellent Kemel, excellent. Now, you'll help me with these stools. (With KEMEL's help, MAXTIBLE arranges two stools about two feet apart, takes a board from the table, and places it between the stools.) MAXTIBLE: Now, Kemel. One blow. Break the plank! (KEMEL breaks the plank in one blow.) MAXTIBLE: Very good Kemel. I'm very pleased with you. Now you can put on your jacket. (KEMEL does so.) MAXTIBLE: Come over here. Now, I want you to listen carefully. See this man? (He shows KEMEL a likeness of JAMIE.) MAXTIBLE: Now, I'm going to take you to a place that I want you to guard, and this young man will try and get past you and you are not to let him. Do you understand? Oh, he's an evil villain, Kemel, a cutthroat who would gladly m*rder us all in our beds, if he could. You will remember this man, hmm? (KEMEL signals his understanding.) MAXTIBLE: Right. Well, you come with me and I will direct you. (They leave the laboratory.) 7. ALCOVE (This is an alcove just outside the South Wing of the house. MAXTIBLE now shows KEMEL where to stand.) MAXTIBLE: You wait here. This is the entrance to the south wing of my house, and through here will pass the man I showed you in the picture. The door itself is an obstacle. (KEMEL goes to open the door for MAXTIBLE.) MAXTIBLE: No, no, wait! (As KEMEL opens the door, iron spikes sh**t across the doorway, forcing KEMEL to jump back in surprise. MAXTIBLE laughs to himself as the spikes retract into the frame.) MAXTIBLE: Now, if he gets through here, you will deal with him. Go now. 8. LABORATORY (The DOCTOR and WATERFIELD have been waiting to report to the DALEKS, and one does finally appear from the time cabinet. Not unexpectedly, the DALEK does not attempt to veil the DALEK viewpoint.) DALEK: We do not trust you. DOCTOR: Then we're quits, aren't we? DALEK: But we have your time machine. DOCTOR: Yes. DALEK: So, you will obey us. (The DOCTOR addresses WATERFIELD.) DOCTOR: They want the "Human Factor", is that right? WATERFIELD: Yes, that is what they want. DOCTOR: Very complex. And you want to introduce this "human factor" into the race of Daleks? DALEK: Yes, the conquest of humanity has eluded us. The Daleks must know why. DOCTOR: But, why choose Jamie for this test? DALEK: His travelling with you makes him unique. DOCTOR: But why him? Why not me? DALEK: Request denied. DOCTOR: Why? DALEK: You have travelled too much through time. You are more than human. DOCTOR: I see. (The Dalek cabinet opens and the DOCTOR goes inside to find three cases. He looks inside one of the cases and sees what he recognizes as the mutant form of a DALEK - apparently lifeless. As he looks, MAXTIBLE enters the laboratory.) DOCTOR: What is this? MAXTIBLE: They have been brought from the Dalek planet. DOCTOR: Skaro! DALEK: Yes, their life force is dormant. Before it is activated, we want... DOCTOR: (Finishing the thought.) You want the "human factor" introduced. I see. DALEK: You will obey us! DOCTOR: I will make up my own mind! WATERFIELD: Do not antagonize them, Doctor. They will destroy your time machine! DOCTOR: And if I agree, it means the creation of a race of super-Daleks! (The DOCTOR reminds himself that the TARDIS is being held by the DALEKS.) DOCTOR: My TARDIS... I have no choice, do I? Very well. I agree. DALEK: The human being with you must not be aware of the trial. DOCTOR: I quite understand. DALEK: Make him begin the test! DOCTOR: What must Jamie do? MAXTIBLE: Attempt to rescue Waterfield's daughter. 9. SITTING ROOM (After overhearing the debate concerning his imminent test, JAMIE has remained in the Sitting Room to ponder events. As he does so, MOLLIE arrives with RUTH and TERRALL.) MOLLIE: There we are, sir. RUTH: Thank you, Mollie. (MOLLIE leaves.) RUTH: Arthur, I'd like you to meet Mr. McCrimmon. (TERRALL addresses JAMIE with irritation.) TERRALL: May I ask what you are doing in this house? JAMIE: I was just about to ask you the same thing. RUTH: Oh, you gentlemen have been introduced? JAMIE: Aye, we've met. (TERRALL half-heartedly veils his dislike for JAMIE.) TERRALL: It seems, Ruth, your father has the oddest collection of house guests these days. RUTH: Now Arthur, please! (RUTH is clearly perplexed by TERRALL's behaviour.) RUTH: You must forgive him, Mr. McCrimmon. JAMIE: Ah, it's becoming a habit. TERRALL: I don't care for insolence. JAMIE: Well, I'm not keen on arrogance myself! (RUTH begins to see a pattern in their interactions.) RUTH: Why, you bite at each other as if you were old enemies! JAMIE: I'm sorry if I seem rude. RUTH: Come, I want you to be friends. Won't you be so, to please me? (TERRALL moans loudly and staggers against the mantelpiece.) RUTH: Arthur... Arthur, what is it? (To JAMIE.) Excuse me. (To TERRALL.) Arthur! What's the matter? (RUTH leaves, chasing after TERRALL, after which MOLLIE again enters.) MOLLIE: Sir? JAMIE: Yes?! Oh, I wish you'd call me Jamie. MOLLIE: Oh, I couldn't do that sir. What would the master say? JAMIE: Oh, who cares! Ah, What can I do for you? MOLLIE: If you'd tell me where your bags are, sir - yours and the Doctor's - I'll have them taken up to your room. JAMIE: Aye. well, Mollie... MOLLIE: Listen to me, "have them taken." I dare say I'll be doin' it meself! JAMIE: You see, we didn't have time to pick up the luggage. It'll be following. MOLLIE: Oh. JAMIE: Why do you say that you'll be doing it yourself? MOLLIE: Well, they do say, sir, that the house is haunted. Mr. Kitson, the butler, left, and cook and the two footmen are complainin' again. JAMIE: Haunted? MOLLIE: Mmm. But, I've never heard anything sir. I sleep like a log and always have. JAMIE: Aye. well, I'm glad you've got over the fright you had. MOLLIE: Oh, yes, that horrible man. Miss Ruth said it was all a game, but I dunno sir. I've never fainted before, sir. Truly I haven't. JAMIE: Not "sir", "Jamie"! (MOLLIE giggles at this, and JAMIE uses it as an excuse to change the subject.) JAMIE: Tell me about Arthur Terrall. MOLLIE: Miss Ruth's fiancé, sir? JAMIE: Aye. MOLLIE: Oh, oh, he's a kind man, sir. Usually. JAMIE: Usually? MOLLIE: Mmm. Well, when he's a bit odd or his temper's up, as it has been lately, I says to meself "Inkerman" and then it's all right. JAMIE: "Inkerman"? MOLLIE: Yes sir. 'e was out in the Crimea, 'e was. They do say Mr. Terrall was wounded out there. Do you know, my uncle was k*lled at Inkerman, sir. So, you see, I do know what it's like with soldiers. (As MOLLIE starts to leave with the tray of tea, the DOCTOR walks in, and she runs into him. She babbles explanations as he attempts to reassure her.) MOLLIE: Oh... oh, I'm sorry sir. I didn't mean to... Well cook said to me that if I did some dusting it would be all right. Oh, you won't tell the master, will you? That I... Ah, ah... Thank you. Sorry sir. DOCTOR: Sorry Mollie. (Laughs.) Never mind, Mollie. That will do. Yes, Mollie, thank you very much. It's all right, Mollie. I wouldn't dream of telling him. Thank you very much, Bye-bye. (He laughs, and MOLLIE leaves.) DOCTOR: Hmm, you'll have to brush up on your history. I can't be around to cover up for you all the time. (He clears his throat.) DOCTOR: Now then, in the Crimean w*r, the English, the French and the Turks fought the Russians... (JAMIE has no patience for the DOCTOR's history lesson.) JAMIE: Oh, forget about all that! DOCTOR: Oh, I thought you'd be interested. I watched the Charge of the Light Brigade. Magnificent folly... JAMIE: Look, where've you been? DOCTOR: Oh, just looking around. JAMIE: Aye. What for? The TARDIS?! (The DOCTOR is genuinely surprised, and attempts to make light of it.) DOCTOR: Jamie, you're in a temper! (This only irritates JAMIE more.) JAMIE: Oh, am I? Is that bad then? Does that mean I won't be co-operative - I won't do everything I'm told? (Now it is the DOCTOR's turn to be on the defensive.) DOCTOR: What was that? JAMIE: I overheard you and Waterfield! DOCTOR: You were eavesdropping! JAMIE: Well, whatever it is, I don't like what you're doing. DOCTOR: Now you listen to me...! (JAMIE does not give him a chance to continue.) JAMIE: No, Doctor, you're forgetting the TARDIS was stolen and a man was m*rder! Now, how am I supposed to tell when I see you as friendly as you like with the m*rder! DOCTOR: Waterfield did not m*rder that man! JAMIE: All right then, but he stole the TARDIS and that still makes him a thief! DOCTOR: The Daleks forced him to! JAMIE: The Daleks! You keep telling me about the Daleks, and I haven't even seen one! You're always on about them, but where are they?! DOCTOR: Now you listen to me...! (Once again, JAMIE does not let the DOCTOR interrupt.) JAMIE: No, you'll not get round me this time, Doctor. You're up to something with Waterfield and Maxtible. Now what is it? Some scientific invention?! (WATERFIELD enters.) JAMIE: Oh, here's your friend. (The DOCTOR attempts to smoothe over the situation.) DOCTOR: Just a little argument. WATERFIELD: I heard voices raised. JAMIE: That's not all you'll hear! DOCTOR: Jamie seems to think that I'm lying to him. JAMIE: Well, aren't you?! DOCTOR: He doesn't believe the Daleks are here. WATERFIELD: It's the truth. JAMIE: Aye, the truth you told Arthur Terrall, maybe - that your daughter was in Paris! WATERFIELD: I had to tell him that. JAMIE: So, you've got another story to tell me? WATERFIELD: I tell you that the Daleks are holding my daughter prisoner in the south wing of this house, Mr. McCrimmon. JAMIE: Then why don't you try and get her back, eh?! (To the DOCTOR.) What are you doing?! DOCTOR: Well, what can I do? Now, be... be fair Jamie. Waterfield's tied hand and foot because of his daughter and we're tied hand and foot because of the TARDIS! JAMIE: Aye, and that's all you can think about, isn't it? The TARDIS. Well, you can all stand around doing nothing. I'm sick to death of it! (JAMIE marches angrily across the room, toward the door.) DOCTOR: Now just where are you going? JAMIE: To be by myself for a bit. Do you mind? DOCTOR: No, not a bit. But, one word of warning. Don't you try to be a one-man army. You leave well alone. I won't have you ruining everything trying to rescue Victoria Waterfield. Now, you understand?! (JAMIE storms out of the room. The Doctor chuckles.) WATERFIELD: Well, are you sure you didn't go a little too far, Doctor? DOCTOR: Adding a little fuel to the f*re. (Laughs.) Tell Maxtible that I'll be along to his laboratory shortly. WATERFIELD: Oh, very well, Doctor. If you're sure. DOCTOR: Oh yes, quite sure. Once our young friend has cooled his heels a bit, he'll launch off on his own. And you dropped the hint about the south wing beautifully. 10. EXTERIOR s*ab (TERRALL is walking in the garden, only to see TOBY nearby, waving to him from the s*ab, beckoning to him. Grudgingly, he makes his way to the s*ab.) 11. INTERIOR s*ab TERRALL: Well, what is it? You wanted to see me? (TOBY is unimpressed with TERRALL's demeanor.) TOBY: Very good of you to talk to me, gov'nor. TERRALL: Well, never mind all that. I'll give you two minutes, no more. TOBY: I want me rights. No more, no less. TERRALL: What do you mean, "rights"? TOBY: 'alf a guinea, you gave me, and it ain't what we said. TERRALL: You were lucky to get anything. TOBY: That ain't fair! TERRALL: You'll get no more from me. I warn you! Keep away from this house, and this property. Find the nearest road to London and take it! TOBY: Oh, yeah, London, sir. Yeah, I daresay I could earn something for me stories there. TERRALL: Stories? TOBY: Oh, I won't detain an important gentleman like yourself. Like as not me two minutes is up anyway. TERRALL: What do you mean, "stories"? TOBY: Ah, it's all right, sir. I'll take a stroll to London... (Growling, TERRALL grabs TOBY.) TERRALL: Don't play with me! TOBY: Get off me! If you must know, there's plenty who'd pay to hear what I've got to tell 'em. TERRALL: (Laughs.) Indeed. TOBY: Yeah. You blows too hot and cold for me - tellin' me this one minute and that the next, and not payin' up. TERRALL: You know nothing. TOBY: Don't I though? TERRALL: Hmm. Who'd believe you anyway? TOBY: Pay me off, and there's the end of it! TERRALL: Oh, blackmail is it?! Get out! (They grapple. TOBY grabs a pitchfork and hits TERRALL with the handle, knocking him to the ground.) TOBY: Maybe I don't know much to tell, but I'll wager I'll find something in the house that's worth me trouble. So, I'll say thank ya, Mr. Terrall, sir! (TOBY laughs and leaves the s*ab. TERRALL struggles to get up before falling unconscious.) 12. INTERIOR SITTING ROOM (NIGHT) (As MOLLIE anxiously waits for him inside, JAMIE sneaks into the dimly lamplit room, startling her.) JAMIE: It's only me, Mollie! (MOLLIE giggles.) MOLLIE: It's over here, sir. I took it from the master's study. (MOLLIE shows JAMIE a plan of MAXTIBLE's home.) JAMIE: It's marvellous. Thank you! MOLLIE: 'ere, is this what you wanted? JAMIE: Perfect, yes. Let's see, umm... this is the south wing here? (He points to the area he assumes to be the South Wing.) MOLLIE: Yes sir, but it's been closed off. JAMIE: Completely? MOLLIE: Oh, no sir; only 'cause of some repairs... TRANSMISSION BREAK "Then we must leave, for the moment, this episode of Doctor Who, while this interference in vision continues. Until we can get the fault rectified, here is some music." (Herb Alpert-like, train-ride-evoking Spanish trumpet music.) "Now we can return to episode three of Doctor Who - The Evil of the Daleks" MOLLIE: ...but it's been closed off. JAMIE: Completely? MOLLIE: Oh, no sir. Only 'cause of some repairs about a twelve-month back. But the door may be locked. JAMIE: Can you show me? MOLLIE: All right. What're you gonna do, sir? JAMIE: Off to hunt a few wee ghosties, Mollie. 13. WORKROOM (MAXTIBLE's workroom is now overflowing with DALEK technology. The DOCTOR carefully prepares some machinery for the test, watched by MAXTIBLE and two DALEKS.) DOCTOR: Every single one of Jamie's reactions will be recorded on these Dalek machines? MAXTIBLE: And then transformed into thought patterns on silver wire. A wonderful creation! DALEK 1: It is for you, Doctor, to select the major feelings to make up this "human factor". DOCTOR: Oh, yes. I quite understand. MAXTIBLE: We can rely on the Doctor to give us all cooperation. DALEK 1: We shall watch your every move. DOCTOR: I'm sure you will. And every step of Jamie's progress will be covered? DALEK 1: Yes. DALEK 2: The young human being is on his way. MAXTIBLE: Then the recording machines can be set in action. 14. CORRIDOR (JAMIE and MOLLIE now use the plans of the house to lead their way to the spot she had indicated. The corridor, just outside the South Wing, is dimly lit only by MOLLIE's candle.) JAMIE: Here! MOLLIE: Yes, sir. I once remember the master stepping away from here. When he saw me, he was very cross and told me to keep away. JAMIE: I see. 15. LABORATORY (A dark figure slips through the door and looks carefully around the room. Then, seeing the room empty, he strikes a match, and the light shows it is TOBY. He looks around the room at the computers, not fathoming their function, until his gaze comes to rest on the three packing crates. Opening one, he looks inside, puzzled, before lighting another match. He then notices another object, shaped like the one in the box, at the far end of the room. As he moves to examine it, the object moves. Startled, he steps away from it, as it moves toward him. Finally, his nerve breaks and he sprints for the door just as the DALEK aims its g*n and fires. With a scream, he falls d*ad.) 16. CORRIDOR (MOLLIE and JAMIE hear TOBY's almost inhuman scream.) MOLLIE: What was that? What was that?! JAMIE: That was no ghost, Mollie, that's for sure. That was a human voice! MOLLIE: Oh, sir! JAMIE: Look Mollie, take the candle and go back to your room. Will you do that? MOLLIE: Yes sir. JAMIE: Now, do you want me to see you safely there? MOLLIE: No, no. I'll be all right. (Mollie heads off into the darkness. JAMIE carefully examines a wood panel that appears to have oily fingerprints along its frame. He presses the panel in several places and it opens. As it opens, he is momentarily distracted by a bird which flies through the now-open panel. Just as he pauses, large spikes sh**t out, embedding themselves in the frame where he would have been standing. He quickly ducks under the spikes, and on into the bare hallway beyond. In the moonlight coming through a nearby window, he can see a shadowy shape rise from the couch nearby, and move into an offensive position before him.) JAMIE: Hello. Who are you? (The giant figure of KEMEL does not reply, but stands blocking the passageway and prepares to fight.)
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Episode 4 Written by David Whitaker First broadcast: 10 June 1967 Repeat broadcast: 13 July, 1968 Running Time: 25:07 1. INTERIOR WEST WING (JAMIE, having passed through the secret entrance to the WEST WING, is now presented with the next element in his test - the impressive KEMEL, placed at the entrance and told to prevent JAMIE's passage, something he appears perfectly capable of doing as he makes his presence known to JAMIE.) JAMIE: Hello? Who are you? (Studying his opponent for a moment, JAMIE then rushes to grapple with him, only to find his left hand in KEMEL's vice-like grip. At first, JAMIE tries to pull free, but finds he is unable to break the giant's grip. Since he can't pull away, JAMIE lunges forward, his shoulder landing squarely in KEMEL's stomach. Caught off-balance, KEMEL is forced back, and cannot keep his grasp on JAMIE's fist. Given the chance to consider his position, JAMIE steps back a moment before engaging KEMEL in another exchange of blows, feints and falls, finding themselves grappling on the floor until JAMIE is able to kick himself free and regain his feet. Now, with his back to an open window, the moon shining in, JAMIE can see that KEMEL is sweating - breathing hard, as he himself is doing. Again, lunging at JAMIE, KEMEL miscalculates, and as the young Scot dodges his blow, the Turk is sent crashing through and out the window. JAMIE quickly moves to the window, fearing that he has sent KEMEL to his death, only to find that the Turk has only just survived by grabbing a lead drainpipe outside the window. With just a moment's hesitation, JAMIE reaches down to save the Turk from the death awaiting him many feet below. With his shoulder braced firmly against the window frame, he pulls KEMEL up, until the Turk is able to support himself on the shards of the frame and heave himself to safety.) 2. CORRIDOR, WEST WING (A DALEK glides through a nearby corridor clutching a handkerchief.) 3. INTERIOR, WEST WING (Not knowing how to respond to each other, the combatants then fall to the floor, exhausted. KEMEL, not able to speak, silently expresses his thanks to JAMIE.) 4. VICTORIA'S OLD ROOM, WEST WING (The DALEK with the handkerchief enters the room and places the monogrammed cloth on the floor near the door and then leaves.) 5. INTERIOR, WEST RING (Time passes and JAMIE finds himself standing and staggering on, down the darkened corridor, continuing his search for the DALEKS hostage. With little effort, he finds the room he assumes to be her prison. There is a grille-covered window, a bed, a table and a single chair to indicate that anyone had ever been present. Then, something on the floor catches his eye - a single woman's handkerchief. KEMEL shakes his head, indicating to JAMIE that he prefer that they not explore any further. But JAMIE is not to be dissuaded, and enters the room reaching down to retrieve the cloth. As he does so, KEMEL pulls him from behind, and JAMIE turns round to re-engage the Turk, only to hear the loud SWISH of a guillotine blade as it falls from the ceiling and slams into the floor where JAMIE had been standing. He stares in horror at the blade, and then back to KEMEL before shaking hands with his new compatriot. Finding nothing else there, they leave the room little knowing that the DALEK is watching then from the door of another room.) 6. INTERIOR, WORK ROOM (The DOCTOR and the RED DALEK have been watching the battle on their instruments, and now comment:) DOCTOR: (Monitoring the instruments.) It took courage to fight Maxtible's Turkish wrestler. RED DALEK: (Bragging.) The Daleks are afraid of nothing and no one. DOCTOR: But Jamie saved the Turk's life. RED DALEK: Human weakness. DOCTOR: If he hadn't, he would have died in that room of yours. If you want the Human Factor, a part of it must include mercy. 7. INTERIOR, LABORATORY (WATERFIELD and MAXTIBLE discover TOBY's body.) WATERFIELD: (Stunned.) What... what is he doing here? MAXTIBLE: (Not caring.) A common thief, come to see what he could steal. No mystery here. (The DALEKS enter via the mirror cabinet.) DALEK: The intruder was destroyed. (WATERFIELD is visibly shaken by the sight of TOBY's body.) WATERFIELD: Well, what... what are we to do? Where is the Doctor? He must be told. (He turns to leave the room, but the DALEK moves to block his way.) DALEK: No. WATERFIELD: Why not? (The DALEK moves quickly, striking WATERFIELD with its arm, causing him to stagger backward.) DALEK: Obey me! MAXTIBLE: (Urging.) Waterfield, I... I... I beg of you, do not antagonize the, um... hmm... (He clears his throat, gesturing toward the DALEK with his eyes.) MAXTIBLE: ...our friends. WATERFIELD: Oh, why do you consistently avoid reality, Maxtible? Another man has died. Can't you grasp that fact? DALEK: You will hide the remains of the d*ad human intruder. (Looking down at TOBY's body again, WATERFIELD is once again steeled against the idea.) WATERFIELD: No! DALEK: That is an order! MAXTIBLE: We must do as they say, Waterfield. We... we... we cannot anger them. (He hands WATERFIELD a sheet.) MAXTIBLE: Here. Wrap the body in this. (WATERFIELD is horrified.) WATERFIELD: No. MAXTIBLE: We must! Have you lost your mind? Don't you want to see your daughter again? WATERFIELD: Th... there's no end to this. The hands of the Devil. DALEK: Dispose of the body. Obey! (WATERFIELD groans.) MAXTIBLE: Waterfield, what is the matter with you? We are not to blame for everything that has happened. No English judge or jury would find it in their hearts to convict us of one solitary thing. WATERFIELD: It will never come to that. MAXTIBLE: (Suspicious.) And what may that remark mean? WATERFIELD: I have one purpose only: to see my daughter out of the hands of those foul monsters. When that is achieved, I shall confess my part in all that has happened. (As WATERFIELD begins to drag TOBY's body from the room, MAXTIBLE stealthily removes a revolver from a nearby desk drawer, slipping it in his coat pocket while WATERFIELD is engaged. Finding that he cannot move the body by himself, WATERFIELD looks up at MAXTIBLE.) WATERFIELD: Y... You must help me. (MAXTIBLE moves to help WATERFIELD.) MAXTIBLE: I am at your heels, my dear sir. 8. INTERIOR, WEST WING (JAMIE and KEMEL following their battle.) JAMIE: That's better, thank you. Aye, you're an odd one. I'll say that. Aye, well, I... I suppose we're both a a bit touched, eh? Knocking each other about the place and saving one another's lives. (KEMEL shakes his head slowly, emotionlessly.) JAMIE: You don't say much, do you? (KEMEL put a finger to his lips, shaking his head slowly. JAMIE immediately comprehends the gesture.) JAMIE: Oh, I see. You can't talk? Aye. Well, you're a sight better than a number of people I know who can. I wonder what your name is? (Stepping to a nearby window, the Turk writes his name in the dust that has gathered there over many years: K E M E L.) JAMIE: Kemel? Well, I'm Jamie. (He offers his hand to KEMEL, who, refusing his hand, instead bows his head in obescience to JAMIE.) JAMIE: He... hey, what is that?! Now come on now. None of that. We're to be friends. Do you hear? Friends. (KEMEL is confused by JAMIE's refusal, but as he stands upright, he notices the handkerchief JAMIE still carries in his hand, bearing the initials V.W.) JAMIE: Aye. (KEMEL then indicates his familiarity with the initials.) JAMIE: "V.W." I know, Victoria Waterfield. (At this, KEMEL searches inside his belt, removing the remains of a small flower.) JAMIE: Oh, Miss Waterfield gave you the flower? You like her? (KEMEL nods his head in the affirmative.) JAMIE: Of course. Then what are we fighting for? (The Turk turns his head indicating a question.) JAMIE: Do you not know what I'm doing here, Kemel? Victoria Waterfield is being held a prisoner here somewhere. (KEMEL points at himself, and then JAMIE, joining the two fingers in pointing down the corridor.) JAMIE: Together? Aye, we'll go together. There's no one I'd rather have with me. 9. INTERIOR, WORK ROOM (The DOCTOR and the DALEK watch JAMIE and KEMEL's every move, with the DALEK watching the DOCTOR even more closely.) 10. INTERIOR, s*ab (WATERFIELD, exhausted from dragging TOBY's body from the house, finally arrives at the s*ab, collapsing as he does so. Startled by a metallic noise nearby, he looks around anxiously and MAXTIBLE sits calmly, obviously annoyed by WATERFIELD's demeanor.) WATERFIELD: What was that? Did you hear it? MAXTIBLE: Control your nerves. WATERFIELD: But there was a noise. MAXTIBLE: Waterfield, go back to the house. WATERFIELD: Hmm? Oh, we have a task to perform. MAXTIBLE: Waterfield, I am sick to death of you. (Not having noticed MAXTIBLE's irritation, WATERFIELD is confused by MAXTIBLE's sharpness.) WATERFIELD: What? MAXTIBLE: I take you into my house, you and your daughter - provide for you. WATERFIELD: Yes, I know everything that you've done. MAXTIBLE: Small thanks do I get for it! I did not bring these terrible creatures here deliberately, you know that. Am I to blame for everything? WATERFIELD: No, no. MAXTIBLE: No, it is your daughter they have kidnapped. One moment, you beg me to do everything I can to rescue her; next moment, you blame me. WATERFIELD: Yes. I... I don't mean it like that. It's the price. First Kennedy, now this fellow. How many people must die so that my daughter can live? MAXTIBLE: We are not the m*rder! WATERFIELD: No, just the silent partners. But we're equally to blame because we stand by and do nothing. MAXTIBLE: Go back to the house, Waterfield. I... I understand you are under a stress. You... you try and get some sleep. WATERFIELD: Sleep? I've not had one good night's rest since this started. MAXTIBLE: There. You go back to your room. Near the end now. You've done enough. (MAXTIBLE draws a small p*stol, and readies to sh**t WATERFIELD in the back. Just as he is about to pull the trigger, an arm knocks his hand down. It is TERRALL, who has appeared from the shadows.) MAXTIBLE: What... what are you doing? TERRALL: Waterfield does not die yet! MAXTIBLE: He says he will confess everything! TERRALL: Go back to the laboratory. I will dispose of the body. You will obey. You will obey! 11. CORRIDOR, WEST WING (JAMIE and KEMEL have been watching from the shadows, and see a pair of patrolling Daleks. And they discuss these new arrivals from their hiding place.) JAMIE: Wait. Never mind about those, Kemel, unless they catch sight of us. We seem to be going in the right direction. 12. INTERIOR, WORK ROOM (Machine noises can be heard, as the DOCTOR and the DALEK watch.) 13. CORRIDOR, WEST WING (As they edge along the corridor, JAMIE brushes past a hidden switch. A strange buzzing noise is heard.) JAMIE: Down! (A deadly pendulum is released and swings down towards their heads. With lightning-fast reflexes, Kemel and Jamie drop to the floor. With a sigh of relief, the new-found comrades continue towards the end of the corridor.) 14. INTERIOR, WORKROOM DALEK: We do not trust you. What thoughts are you using now? DOCTOR: Human beings have five senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. But there is instinct too. And Jamie used instinct to avoid your trap. 15. GALLERY, WEST WING (Again, VICTORIA is forced out of her room and stands on the gallery with a Dalek.) DALEK: Name? VICTORIA: Victoria. DALEK: Louder. VICTORIA: (Almost screaming.) Victoria! Victoria Waterfield! You know my name! DALEK: Silence. Inspection is over. Return to your room. 16. HALL, BELOW GALLERY, WEST WING (Below the Gallery, a solitary Dalek patrols the hall.) 17. JUST OFF GALLERY, WEST WING (Nearby, JAMIE and KEMEL has watched the strange "roll-call".) JAMIE: She's very beautiful, Kemel. (KEMEL picks up a stick.) JAMIE: What are you going to do with that? (KEMEL mimes.) JAMIE: You'll att*ck the Daleks - draw them off down the corridor, while I go up there and rescue her somehow? It's too dangerous, Kemel. Besides, needs two of us up there. But how? 18. INTERIOR, WORKROOM DALEK: What is the significance of this thought pattern? DOCTOR: Suicidal att*cks to gain an objective. (To himself.) Postulate. (To the Dalek.) Self-preservation is a strong human factor. Jamie and his new friend are determined to succeed. But finding the girl is only part. Getting her away is another. 19. EXTERIOR, TROPHY ROOM (TERRALL is dragging MOLLIE along by her wrist and this is causing MOLLIE great distress.) TERRALL: You'll come in here, Mollie, and explain yourself. MOLLIE: Oh... Oh, sir... Please, sir... You're hurting me! (TERRALL, not caring, drags her into the room.) 20. INTERIOR, TROPHY ROOM (TERRALL shoves MOLLIE into a chair and stands furiously over her.) TERRALL: (Furious.) Now, what is this hysterical nonsense? MOLLIE: (Worried.) But sir, I heard Miss Victoria's voice! TERRALL: Did she say how the weather was in Paris? That's where she is, Mollie. MOLLIE: Well, I know that sir, but I heard her speaking. TERRALL: Where? MOLLIE: I was walking past the big fireplace in the hall sir, and her voice sort of... floated out of it. TERRALL: Will you explain how you could possibly hear Miss Waterfield's voice when she's in Paris?! MOLLIE: I know it can't be, sir, but I heard her, as plain as anything. TERRALL: What were you doing in the hall? MOLLIE: Oh, well. I wasn't doing anything wrong, sir. (TERRALL cuts her off.) TERRALL: What were you doing in this part of the house at this hour?! MOLLIE: Oh, I don't know. (TERRALL grabs her and starts to shake her hard.) TERRALL: You do know, and you'll tell me! (RUTH appears and is surprised at the scene.) RUTH: Arthur! TERRALL: I found this child creeping about the corridors. MOLLIE: (Appealing to RUTH.) I haven't done anything. TERRALL: Be quiet! MOLLIE: Yes sir. TERRALL: She's miles from her room - should have been in bed an hour since! RUTH: Did you have extra work this morning? MOLLIE: Yes, Miss Ruth. I do. TERRALL: You're a liar! MOLLIE: Well, I haven't done anything, Miss. I haven't took nothing. (RUTH tries to appeal to TERRALL.) RUTH: Arthur, the poor child's frightened out of her skin after this. TERRALL: She's nothing but play acting. She's a mean, sniveling little minx. MOLLIE: But I haven't done anything. I haven't. TERRALL: Go to the sitting room and wait there. Mr. Maxtible will decide what to do with you. MOLLIE: But sir, I... TERRALL: Do as you are told! (MOLLIE sobs.) RUTH: (To MOLLIE.) Mollie, it's all right. Everything will be all right. (She escorts MOLLIE, who is sobbing, out of the room, and turns to talk to TERRALL. Strangely, TERRALL's even temperament has returned.) RUTH: Arthur, tell me what's wrong. TERRALL: Wrong? Why should something be wrong? RUTH: Has my father influenced you in some way? TERRALL: No, not your father. RUTH: Come away with me please! I somehow feel if we delay, it will be too late. TERRALL: I can't go. Not yet. 21. INTERIOR, LABORATORY (MAXTIBLE is currently reporting on the situation to the RED DALEK.) MAXTIBLE: I have done everything you have asked me to. You wanted an agency here on Earth to plan and prepare things for you. I have been that agency. Will you please tell those who give you orders that I am getting tired of waiting. RED DALEK: (With a warning note in its voice.) Do you thr*at the Daleks? MAXTIBLE: Oh, surely thr*at is not necessary. We have a... a partnership - an understanding. RED DALEK: You have obeyed us. MAXTIBLE: You have a strange way of putting things. I prefer to say that you have asked for certain services. I have, uh... provided those services punctually and efficiently. Now you really must look to your side of the bargain. It is not beyond me to ruin the entire enterprise. (The RED DALEK att*cks Maxtible with its sucker arms and knock MAXTIBLE to the floor.) MAXTIBLE: Oh, oh, oh, ho! RED DALEK: (Almost screaming.) Do not thr*at! Obey! MAXTIBLE: (Cowed.) Yes, very well! I understand! RED DALEK: Obey the Daleks. (The DALEK turns to leave via the time cabinet.) MAXTIBLE: No. Please... Please wait! (The DALEK eyepiece swings round to face MAXTIBLE as the main body faces the cabinet.) MAXTIBLE: The secret ... the secret. You promised to give it to me! That is why I have done all this! RED DALEK: The Daleks know many secrets. You will learn the most important. (The RED DALEK leaves.) MAXTIBLE: (Feverish, talking to himself.) I must not be frightened of them. It's just their way. Th... They're different people - alien. But they will tell me! Of course they will! (RUTH enters.) RUTH: Father! MAXTIBLE: Ruth, I told you not to come in here - under any circumstances. (RUTH speaks over him.) RUTH: Father, I simply had to. I heard you speaking to someone and there's no one here. And Arthur is involved in some way. (MAXTIBLE speaks over his daughter.) MAXTIBLE: Oh, Arthur. Yes. RUTH: Why has he become so changed? And Victoria Waterfield - where is she? MAXTIBLE: My child, these are questions that I cannot answer. But, my dear, I will tell you one thing - one thing only, and then perhaps you may understand why there are secrets to be kept. (He picks up another iron bar from the workbench.) MAXTIBLE: You see this? RUTH: What is it? MAXTIBLE: A piece of ordinary metal of very little value, would you not say so? RUTH: I suppose so. MAXTIBLE: (Laughs.) What does it weigh? A few pounds? Five, six, shall we say? For centuries now, men have searched for the greatest secret of all. Some say it was known to the ancient alchemists. Some say that the secret never existed at all. But still, the stories and the rumours, and the search goes on! RUTH: What secret?! MAXTIBLE: The transmutation of metal into gold. Changing metal into gold. Now, perhaps, do you begin to understand a little? (He laughs quietly.) To possess such a secret would mean power and influence beyond all imagination. And I am about to discover this secret. (His speech begins to sound more maniacal.) Nothing will stop me. Nothing! Nobody!! 22. GALLERY, WEST WING (Another "roll-call".) DALEK: Name? VICTORIA: Victoria. DALEK: Louder! VICTORIA: Victoria Waterfield! (She is now overheard by JAMIE and KEMEL.) VICTORIA: Victoria Waterfield! DALEK: Inspection is over. Return to your room. (VICTORIA returns to her room and closes the door. JAMIE and KEMEL move out from their cover and, using the rope, catapult the guard Dalek into the blazing fireplace. The Dalek gurgles in pain as smoke and flames encircle its casing.) JAMIE: Well, that's fixed that one. (The DALEK dies with a guttural, garbled sound. The two men rush to the far end of the hall. Using the rope both men climb to the gallery as the wooden rail strains under their weight. JAMIE reaches the top first and hauls KEMEL to safety...) JAMIE: Look out, the rail's going to break! (...just before the rail breaks and falls to the floor with a crash. JAMIE knocks four times on the door.) JAMIE: Miss Waterfield? Can you open the door? We've come to get you. (But they hear another noise. Turning away from the door, they see a Dalek gliding into the hall below them. Suddenly the door opens to reveal another Dalek! It glides out toward them, g*n stick armed and ready to f*re.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x40 - The Evil of the Daleks - part 4"}
foreverdreaming
Episode 5 Written by David Whitaker First broadcast: 17 June 1967 Repeat broadcast: 20 July 1968 Running Time: 25:17 1. EXTERIOR, CELL (JAMIE knocks four times on the door.) JAMIE: Miss Waterfield? Can you open the door? We've come to get you. (But they hear another noise. Turning away from the door, they see a Dalek gliding into the hall below them. Suddenly the door opens to reveal another Dalek! It glides out toward them, g*n stick armed and ready to f*re... Luckily they manage to grab the rope from the broken wooden rail and loop it around the "Door" Dalek and shove it towards and through what was left of the rail and down onto the Hall. It explodes on impact with the floor and the Dalek's warning klaxon begins to reverberate around the hall.) JAMIE: (Shoving KEMEL into the room.) Quick, before we see any more of those mechanical beasties. 2. INTERIOR, CELL (VICTORIA is surprised and delighted to see the two new arrivals.) VICTORIA: Kemel, my dear friend! JAMIE: Aye, he's a good friend, right enough, Miss Waterfield. VICTORIA: And you? JAMIE: Er... Introductions in a moment, if you please. First, I'd like to make us a little bit more secure. Kemel, if we lash this bedstead across the door, it might just hold. (They quickly pile pieces of furniture and boxes up against the door. VICTORIA watches in wonderment as they rapidly secure the door.) JAMIE: Rope! That's it. We could do with a chest against it, I'm thinking. Another one on top, eh? Well now, they can't get in and we can't get out. So, where does that put us? Oh. Jamie McCrimmon. I, uh... I came to give you this. (JAMIE gives the girl her monogrammed handkerchief he found earlier. VICTORIA takes the cloth and smiles gently at the young man.) 3. INTERIOR, TROPHY ROOM (The DOCTOR is taking a little break and is drinking a small glass of wine. TERRALL comes into the room.) DOCTOR: Are you sure you won't join me? TERRALL: No, I won't. I very rarely touch it. DOCTOR: Oh, dear. W...Well, something else, perhaps? TERRALL: No. Thank you. DOCTOR: I know - let me ring for some food. Now, do join me? TERRALL: No! You seem determined to involve me. DOCTOR: Yes. I do, don't I? TERRALL: This is a large house. I prefer my own company. DOCTOR: Oh, how very unsociable. TERRALL: Yes, possibly. No doubt you will enjoy your libation in one of the other rooms. DOCTOR: Liba...? Ah, Oh, no. Thank you. I'm... I'm perfectly happy here. Thank you. I'm perfectly happy. (TERRALL leaves the room. The DOCTOR follows him out of the room.) 3. EXTERIOR, TROPHY ROOM (The DOCTOR follows an angry TERRALL as he examines Maxtible's collection of art and militaria.) DOCTOR: What an extraordinary collection, isn't it? Hmm ? Oh, I... I... I... I... I'm so sorry. I, uh... you... you didn't... You weren't in the mood for talking, were you? TERRALL: Shouldn't you be helping Waterfield and Maxtible with their experiment? DOCTOR: He... he... yes, uh... But I thought I'd have a little rest. Uh... I wanted to talk to you. TERRALL: About what, pray? DOCTOR: About you, Mr. Terrall. You interest me. Uh... Do you know something? Ever since I came to this house, I... (Speaking to himself.) This is Circassian, surely... (Trails off.) TERRALL: Do I know what? DOCTOR: (Still talking to himself.) Circassian? (He turns to TERRALL.) DOCTOR: Ever since I came to this house, I have never seen you eat or drink anything. Now, that's curious, isn't it, hmm? TERRALL: I dine alone. DOCTOR: Yes, I'd thought of that, but, uh... Waterfield has never seen you eat or drink either. (TERRALL takes a scimitar from one of the racks on the wall, and begins swishing it through the air.) TERRALL: (Laughs.) You, uh... seem to be a devotee of Edgar Allen Poe. DOCTOR: Oh, do I? TERRALL: However it... (Whipping it about, TERRALL's scimitar passes only a few inches from the DOCTOR's nose.) TERRALL: Ah, isn't wise to make assumptions, nor to meddle in affairs which are none of your business. DOCTOR: (Laughs.) Touché. (TERRALL lays his hand on the sideboard, as if to put the scimitar down. The Doctor picks up one of the fencing trophies lining the wall and places it near the end of the blade. The tip rises to meet the trophy.) DOCTOR: Oh, look. A perfectly ordinary sword, and yet it appears to be magnetic. And see? (TERRALL lets go of the sword, and it falls to the table.) DOCTOR: Directly you let go, it loses its magnetism. Now, if uh... if I didn't know better, Mr. Terrall, I'd say that you were full of some sort of electricity. (MAXTIBLE walks in, unaware of the tension in the room.) MAXTIBLE: Doctor? Uh... excuse me. You're wanted. DOCTOR: Oh, hmm. Thank you. Excuse me. TERRALL: Doctor! No doubt you are a keen student of human nature, but some things are better left alone. DOCTOR: No, Mr. Terrall. I am not a student of human nature. I am a professor of a far wider academy, of which human nature is merely a part. All forms of life interest me. MAXTIBLE: I'm sorry to interrupt you Doctor, but it's something rather urgent. (MAXTIBLE and the DOCTOR leave. TERRALL seems to consider the DOCTOR's assertions, and goes to pour some wine for himself. He finally is able to put it to his lips, at which time some spills out onto them. He drops the glass as if b*rned by acid, grabbing a napkin from the table to wipe the wine from his face. The mechanical voices are heard again.) VOICE: Obey, obey, obey! 4. INTERIOR, LUMBER ROOM (JAMIE has just told VICTORIA what had happened to him and the DOCTOR.) JAMIE: ...and so the Doctor and I were brought to the house. VICTORIA: Why did you risk your life to try and rescue me? JAMIE: Would you like some more water? VICTORIA: You are too modest. It was a silly question. JAMIE: Then tell me, how did they come to capture you in the first place? VICTORIA: I don't remember. And yet, I seem to remember in the back of my mind, somebody - oh, I can't recall who it was - telling me to walk. And I obeyed, blindly and without interest. JAMIE: Aye. Uh... you were drugged, maybe? VICTORIA: I simply don't know. The only thing I remember is waking up in a bare room with one of those terrible, terrible things. JAMIE: Well, what do you remember before that, apart from this hazy recollection? VICTORIA: I was reading in the sitting room, but I couldn't concentrate, because I was so worried about Papa. I think I fell asleep over my book. JAMIE: You see, how you came under the power of the Daleks is very important. They can't have done as much as they have without some help. VICTORIA: Help? From somebody in the house? JAMIE: Yes, from someone who wants their plans to succeed - someone who drugged you or... or found a way of putting you under the power of the Daleks. VICTORIA: But how? How could it be done without my knowing? 5. MAXTIBLE'S SITTING ROOM (Sitting in a chair, MOLLIE intently watches a jewel of some sort, which MAXTIBLE slowly swings in front of her eyes.) MAXTIBLE: You are paying attention Mollie? MOLLIE: Yes sir. MAXTIBLE: Then keep your eyes fixed on the jewel. See how the light catches it? Every facet sparkles, does it not? MOLLIE: Yes sir. MAXTIBLE: Flashing. Flashing, like a collection of sparks. But I know you are tired, Mollie. You are tired, are you not? Tell me. MOLLIE: I am tired. (Her eyes are closing and she is struggling to stay awake.) MAXTIBLE: Then close your eyes and sleep. You need have no fear, my child. A deep, heavy sleep. Oh, you are so exhausted. And now, in your sleep, you will hear only my voice. MOLLIE: Only your voice. (She is now totally under hypnosis.) MAXTIBLE: You have been dreaming, Mollie - dreaming that there are mysteries in this house - that all is not well. You have dreamt that you heard the voice of Miss Waterfield. But it was all your imagination. It was nothing but a dream. Do you understand? MOLLIE: Nothing but a dream. MAXTIBLE: That is correct. Now, when I tell you to open your eyes, you will go back to your room and lie down on your bed. And when you awaken, the dream will fade and you will forget all your suspicions, for they might be injurious to your health. Now, open your eyes. (MOLLIE opens her eyes, gets up, and leaves.) TERRALL: An excellent subject. I'd no idea that mesmerism was one of your accomplishments. MAXTIBLE: How else do you suppose that I persuaded Victoria to go to the Daleks? TERRALL: I see. What of the experiment? MAXTIBLE: It progresses. TERRALL: Are you sure of the Doctor? MAXTIBLE: No, but he is watched. TERRALL: Mmm. And Waterfield? MAXTIBLE: Waterfield's usefulness is nearing it's end. Your intervention in the s*ab was untimely. (TERRALL suddenly grips the wall.) TERRALL: Maxtible, help me! MAXTIBLE: What do you mean? TERRALL: I... I seem to be in the grip of something. Sometimes my thoughts are clear; sometimes muddled. I... I don't know what's happened. Help me! MAXTIBLE: I can only help you if you obey me. TERRALL: But I obey our masters. MAXTIBLE: I prefer to call them our colleagues. It is their wish that you should obey me. TERRALL: You? But you would have k*lled Waterfield if they hadn't made me stop you. MAXTIBLE: A slight misunderstanding on the part of our friends. But now it is your turn to obey. I have a task for you to perform. This entrance leads to the south wing of my house and to a certain room. You will fetch Victoria Waterfield and bring her to me. TERRALL: But, Maxtible... MAXTIBLE: Do as you are told. VOICE: Obey, obey, obey! MAXTIBLE: Well? TERRALL: I will bring Victoria to you. 6. INTERIOR, LABORATORY (WATERFIELD is with the DOCTOR.) WATERFIELD: Is it finished? DOCTOR: Very nearly. Jamie was magnificent. But then, I knew he would be. He produced a whole battery of emotions; each one of which is imprinted in here. See? WATERFIELD: The "Human Factor"? DOCTOR: Well, a part of it at least. The... the better part - courage, pity, chivalry, friendship, even compassion. Some of the virtues. WATERFIELD: In there? DOCTOR: Yes, it's a positronic brain. We're going to implant one of these into each of these three Daleks here. The dormant ones. WATERFIELD: So the end is in sight? DOCTOR: Perhaps. WATERFIELD: What happens when the capsule comes into contact with the brain of the Dalek and starts to influence it? DOCTOR: Perhaps it will drive them insane. WATERFIELD: Or turn them into super-beings? DOCTOR: Hmm. Well, that is their purpose. At least, I imagine it is. I can't help feeling that there's more in this than meets the eye. (A DALEK appears from the mirrored cabinet.) DALEK: You have completed the experiment? DOCTOR: Yes, the three capsules are nearly ready. DALEK: Stand in front of the cabinet and speak when you have finished. DOCTOR: Yes, yes. I understand. DALEK: Doctor, be careful. (The DALEK leaves again.) WATERFIELD: Doctor? DOCTOR: Hmm? WATERFIELD: You can't... you mustn't do it. DOCTOR: What do you mean? WATERFIELD: You must stop the experiment. DOCTOR: Oh, you should have thought of that some time ago. WATERFIELD: (Over the DOCTOR.) I know. DOCTOR: It's no use having a conscience now. WATERFIELD: But... before it's too late... DOCTOR: It was too late when they took away your daughter. It was too late when you stole my TARDIS and lured me to this house and this century. WATERFIELD: Yes, but what are we doing? What are we really doing? Turning these creatures into super-beings. DOCTOR: (Under his breath.) Almost superior, anyway. WATERFIELD: Adding what is best and finest in human nature to all that is brilliant and superior in them. They'll be unbeatable. DOCTOR: That is their purpose. WATERFIELD: But you're making over the whole world to them. Don't you realise that? Our world, our future. They will enslave us for all time. DOCTOR: That, Mr. Waterfield, remains to be seen. (WATERFIELD picks up a twisted metal bar from the worktop and weighs it in his hand.) DOCTOR: Attacking me will do no good. Now, listen. You've done all of this because of your daughter. Jamie is with her now and they're both still in the power of the Daleks. They must be set free! WATERFIELD: And sacrifice a whole world - a history - past, present and future? Destroy an entire race? DOCTOR: Yes. I... I don't think you quite realise what you're saying. But yes, it may come to that. It may very well come to that. 7. INTERIOR, LUMBER ROOM (For VICTORIA's benefit, JAMIE and KEMEL re-enact the destruction of the DALEK.) JAMIE: So, with the Dalek's eye stick pointing forward, Kemel and I were able to tiptoe up behind him, throw the rope over his head and throw him into the f*re. (There was a lot of banging from the door as the DALEKS are trying to break through.) VICTORIA: What are they doing? JAMIE: They must be trying to get through. You'd better stand back, Miss Waterfield. VICTORIA: Why not break the door down? They're strong enough. JAMIE: I don't know. Maybe they want us alive. I... I just don't know. (He puts his hand on the furniture stacked in front of the door.) JAMIE: Is it hot? Aye, well, there's no smoke. Could be one of their newfangled inventions trying to melt their way through. Look, you'd better stand right back. Why didn't they try before this, is what I don't understand. Anyway, we'll make it as hard for them as we possibly can. Come on, Kemel. Excuse me. Take this. That's it. That one too. What's puzzling me is: there were two on the way up here, and there was a Dalek up here, and you were up... (TERRALL appears from behind a hidden panel, grabs VICTORIA and ducks back inside, closing the panel behind him.) JAMIE: Hey, Miss Waterfield! (VICTORIA is still struggling with TERRALL, biting his hand so that she is able to cry out.) VICTORIA: Jamie! (TERRALL puts a hand over her mouth as he drags her into the hidden passage.) VICTORIA: Mmph! JAMIE: Hey, did you hear it? Of course! Why didn't I use my head? There's another way in and out of here. Come on! (They follow TERRALL and VICTORIA into the hidden passage - just as the DALEKS crash into the room.) 8. SECRET PASSAGE (VICTORIA struggles to get away from TERRALL. As TERRALL tries to open a door, VICTORIA seizes the opportunity to break free and runs off into the darkness. JAMIE and KEMEL reach a fork in the passage.) JAMIE: Oh, no. Two ways to go. Uh... Kemel, you go that way. If it's a d*ad end, follow me. 9. INTERIOR, TROPHY ROOM (JAMIE catches up with TERRALL. TERRALL grabs a sword and waits by the exit as JAMIE rushes in. JAMIE quickly snatches up a chair and prepares to defend himself. TERRALL lunges at him, but JAMIE's quick reflexes block the blow. JAMIE bravely strikes back. The opponents battle fiercely until JAMIE manages to knock TERRALL to the floor.) JAMIE: Right. (But as he approaches TERRALL, the man leaps up, lashing out with his sword. Their swords clash loudly as the battle recommences.) JAMIE: Where's Victoria Waterfield?! TERRALL: (Laughs.) You'll never find her. JAMIE: Tell me! (JAMIE and TERRALL fight with swords.) 10. HALL (As they stray into the hall, RUTH and MOLLIE stand there, watching amazed.) RUTH: Mollie, go and fetch the Doctor, quick! MOLLIE: Yes, mistress. RUTH: Hurry! Arthur, stop it. I implore you! Stop it! TERRALL: Leave me! RUTH: Please, I implore you. Stop it! (TERRALL is suddenly released from the Dalek influence. He drops his sword and falls to the ground as the Doctor arrives.) DOCTOR: Jamie, what have you done? JAMIE: But, I can't understand it. He just... just collapsed. RUTH: Arthur, are you all right? What's happened to him? DOCTOR: (To RUTH.) Do you want to save a man's life? RUTH: What do you...? DOCTOR: Do you? RUTH: Yes! DOCTOR: Then take him away from here, as far away as possible. Go and get the carriage round to the s*ab. You go too Mollie. We'll bring him after you. Now do go along. RUTH: But, Doctor.. Oh, Mollie. TERRALL: (Fighting the Dalek influence.) Ah, ah, ah, ah! DOCTOR: Yes, I thought he was under some sort of control. Come along. TERRALL: The creatures! DOCTOR: (To TERRALL.) Yes, don't worry about them. TERRALL: There's danger, I tell you. Some kind of danger. DOCTOR: Yes, I know there's danger. You must leave here immediately. TERRALL: The house... the creatures abroad. DOCTOR: Now you leave them to us. Take Ruth Maxtible with you. She's waiting for you at the s*ab. TERRALL: Yes, very well. JAMIE: Can you manage? TERRALL: Yes, I think so. Wait. There's something in the back of my mind. Victoria Waterfield - I feel I've harmed her in some way. DOCTOR: Victoria is safe and well. TERRALL: You... You're positive? DOCTOR: Yes, I'm positive. Now we'll take care of her. You must leave immediately. TERRALL: Yes, if that's what you want. I'll find Ruth by the s*ab? DOCTOR: Yes! (TERRALL leaves.) JAMIE: Well, that's fine for Ruth Maxtible, but you lied about Victoria. DOCTOR: Yes Jamie, and we must turn that lie into a truth. 9. INTERIOR, LABORATORY (Meanwhile, KEMEL has returned to MAXTIBLE's laboratory. He finds VICTORIA lying unconscious on the floor. As he stoops down to her, a DALEK emerges from the time cabinet.) DALEK: (Menacingly.) Turn around. Pick up the human female. Obey. Obey! Hurry! Hurry! Move into the cabinet. Obey! Move! (The Turk, with no choice, carries VICTORIA's body into the time cabinet, and then follows the DALEKS.) 10. INTERIOR, LABORATORY (A little while later, JAMIE and the DOCTOR enter the room.) DOCTOR: Well Jamie, the experiment's nearly over. I've had no sleep. I've been up all night, but it's been worth it. JAMIE: Ah, don't touch me! DOCTOR: Now what's the matter? JAMIE: Anyone would think this was a little game. DOCTOR: No. It is not a game. JAMIE: Of course it isn't, Doctor. People have died. The Daleks are all over the place, fit to m*rder the lot of us, and all you can say is you've had a good night's work. DOCTOR: Jamie. JAMIE: No, Doctor. Look, I'm telling you this: you and me - we're finished. You're just too callous for me. Anything goes by the board - anything at all. DOCTOR: That's just not true, Jamie. I've never held that the end justifies the means. JAMIE: Ach, words. What do I care about words? You don't give that much for a living soul except yourself. DOCTOR: I care about life. I care about human beings. Do you think I let you go through that Dalek test lightly? JAMIE: I don't know. Did you? Look, Doctor, just whose side are you on? (Two of the experimental DALEKS slowly come out of their cases and comes towards them.) DOCTOR: It's all right, Jamie. Uh... They're friends. JAMIE: Friends? DOCTOR: Now don't get the wrong idea. They are the experiment. (The remaining packing case falls open. As MAXTIBLE dashes in, the last DALEK glides out.) MAXTIBLE: Every feeling, every thought impulse you had during your attempt to rescue Victoria Waterfield was recorded and made into a small positronic brain and added to these Daleks. The "Human Factor" to add to their own powers - to triumph over human beings. JAMIE: Well, how do you know they haven't succeeded? DOCTOR: Because human beings, Jamie, no matter how brilliant they may be, are always within reach of other human beings. Now then, it's all right, Jamie. Don't worry. JAMIE: H... How do you know you can trust them, Doctor? (The DALEKS move to the DOCTOR, appearing to want to play. One of the DALEKS lifts the DOCTOR up with its arm.) DOCTOR: What is it? What do you want? Hmm? What are you up to? Ah! What are you doing? JAMIE: Doctor, where are they taking you? (The DALEK starts to glide around the laboratory with the DOCTOR on its sucker arm.) DOCTOR: Where are you taking me? Jamie! They're taking me for a ride! Jamie, they're playing a game. It's a game! They're taking me for a ride! (He laughs out loud as he continues to ride on the DALEKS.) MAXTIBLE: A rather amusing little game, don't you think Jamie?
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "04x41 - The Evil of the Daleks - part 5"}
foreverdreaming
Episode 6 Written by David Whitaker First broadcast: 24 June 1967 Repeat broadcast: 27 July 1968 Running Time: 24:55 1. INTERIOR, LABORATORY DOCTOR: It's a game, Jamie! They're playing a game! (The DOCTOR laughs as the DALEKS glide him around the room.) MAXTIBLE: A rather amusing little game, don't you think so Jamie. DOCTOR: We've done it! Maxtible, they've got the "Human Factor". We've done it! What are they doing now? Look, they're all joining in. They're playing train! (The DALEKS follow each other around the room playing a bizarre game of trains while the DOCTOR toots on his recorder.) DALEK: (Whistles.) Train, train, train, train. DOCTOR: Oh... oh, now what is it? Oh, we're on the roundabout. They're playing roundabout. Oh, I'm getting dizzy. Oh dear. Oh, oh, ho, ho, oh. I'm dizzy! Oh, ho, ho. I'm dizzy. DALEKS: Diz-yy, diz-yy, dizzy Doctor. DOCTOR: Maxtible, do you hear that? They've got a sense of humour! MAXTIBLE: I'm glad you are so easily amused. (The DOCTOR laughs.) MAXTIBLE: Well, I congratulate you, Doctor. They are almost human. DOCTOR: They are! MAXTIBLE: And I will now leave you to your little game. (He leaves.) DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. JAMIE: Well, how old are they now, Doctor - ment*lly? DOCTOR: Oh, they're just young children, but they'll grow up very fast - within a matter of hours. (To the DALEKS.) Now, uh... come here all of you. Come along, gather round. Come here. Now then, come along, come along. DALEK: Who is this? DOCTOR: Oh, this is Jamie. He's a friend. DALEK: Friend. Hello, friend. DOCTOR: Well, say hello Jamie. JAMIE: Hello. DOCTOR: You know what a friend is, don't you? It's somebody who... who likes you - who wants to help you and share with you. (The DOCTOR puts signs on each of the three Daleks ALPHA, BETA and OMEGA - the first two and the last letters of the Greek alphabet.) DOCTOR: There we are. DALEK: What have you done? DOCTOR: I have given you all names. Alpha, Beta and Omega. DALEKS: Alpha, Beta, Omega. Alpha, Beta, Omega. Alpha, Beta, Omega. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes. now... now, this is Jamie and I am Doctor. We are friends. DALEKS: Friends, friends, Jamie, Doctor, friends, friends. We must go now. We are called. DOCTOR: Go? Go where? What do you mean, "go"? DALEK: All Daleks are ordered to return to Skaro. DOCTOR: Return to Skaro? But, that's the Dalek planet. DALEK: Friend. JAMIE: But if the Daleks are returning to Skaro, where's Victoria? DOCTOR: Victoria! We left her in the secret passage. Come on - follow me! 2. INTERIOR, LABORATORY (WATERFIELD enters the room which, by now, just has Maxtible in it.) MAXTIBLE: I assure you, my dear Waterfield, Victoria is perfectly safe. WATERFIELD: But where is she? MAXTIBLE: The Daleks have released her. WATERFIELD: Released? MAXTIBLE: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. WATERFIELD: Well, then, where is she? MAXTIBLE: She's probably lying down. Ruth will be taking care of her. You may be sure of that. WATERFIELD: Not Ruth, no. I saw her and Mollie helping Arthur Terrall into a dog-cart not half an hour since. MAXTIBLE: Ruth and Terrall? WATERFIELD: Yes. Surely you knew they were leaving? MAXTIBLE: Oh, yes, yes, indeed, yes. It, it slipped my memory. Umm... As you see, I'm going for a little trip myself. I... No doubt, I shall join them. Well, possibly she's, ah... taking a stroll in the garden. Go along and see. Go along and see. WATERFIELD: Yes MAXTIBLE: Well, go along man! Go along and see. Find your Victoria. (WATERFIELD leaves.) MAXTIBLE: Stupid, stupid girl. (Left alone, MAXTIBLE examines the small box left on the floor of the laboratory. He carefully raises the lid. As he examines the strange array of lights and switches, a Dalek enters the room.) DALEK: What are you doing? MAXTIBLE: Merely, ah... looking. DALEK: Do not touch the instrument. MAXTIBLE: What is that box for? DALEK: Do not question. You have your orders. MAXTIBLE: Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. To... To bring the Doctor and his companion to you here for our little trip. DALEK: Yes MAXTIBLE: And then... (Laughs.) The secret - you will give it to me? DALEK: Yes. MAXTIBLE: The formula - the transmutation formula. DALEK: Yes. Obey your order. Do not delay. (MAXTIBLE picks himself up and heads off in search of the DOCTOR.) 4. EXTERIOR, LABORATORY (Outside the door he meets WATERFIELD.) WATERFIELD: Doctor, Doctor! Doctor! MAXTIBLE: Oh, Waterfield, how I'm delighted you've come back. Now will you please go and find the Doctor and his companion Jamie and bring them here to me? It is a matter of some urgency. (He turns back into the room but WATERFIELD follows him.) 5. INTERIOR, LABORATORY WATERFIELD: Maxtible? MAXTIBLE: Oh, what is it? WATERFIELD: What have you "arranged" with the Daleks? MAXTIBLE: The Daleks; nothing. WATERFIELD: What formula did they promise you? MAXTIBLE: No formula whatever. WATERFIELD: What are you doing? You've sold yourself to them, haven't you? MAXTIBLE: You fool! WATERFIELD: Yes, I'm a fool - a fool not to have realised before that it was you who brought this misery down on us. MAXTIBLE: You, you never did understand anything, did you? Well, metal into gold. That's what the Daleks are going to give me. Now do you begin to understand? The secret of the transmutation of metal into gold. WATERFIELD: Do you imagine I care about that?! Where is Victoria? MAXTIBLE: I've not the remotest idea. WATERFIELD: Yes, you have, and you're going to tell me! (He grabs MAXTIBLE and starts to shake him.) MAXTIBLE: Get your hands off my throat. Let go of me! m*rder! m*rder! m*rder! m*rder! m*rder! m*rder! m*rder! m*rder! Oh. (A DALEK comes and knocks WATERFIELD to the floor.) MAXTIBLE: Oh, what are you doing? DALEK: Where is the Doctor? MAXTIBLE: Well, I had no time to bring him. DALEK: Hurry. That is an order. MAXTIBLE: What is that box for? Will you tell me? DALEK: We are destroying this area. (It switches on the box. A bleeping noise can now be heard.) MAXTIBLE: But you can't do that. Turn it off! You cannot destroy my house! DALEK: Bring the Doctor. Obey! Immediately! MAXTIBLE: But, uh... the secret. If you destroy my laboratory, the secret is useless! You promised me. They must be out of their minds! Destroy my laboratory? the very idea. Well, well. But, oh, goodness gracious me, only two minutes. Doctor, Doctor, Doctor, Doctor, Doctor. Oh, you fool. (He runs out of the room, calling for the DOCTOR. WATERFIELD recovers and briefly looks at the device before collapsing. Another two Daleks enter the room.) DALEK 1: All Daleks return to Skaro. DALEK 2: All Daleks return to Skaro. DALEK 1: And the prisoners? DALEK 2: They are already in transit. (As they leave via the cabinet, JAMIE and the DOCTOR come into the room.) <strong>WATERFIELD</strong>: (Muttering.) Doc... Dalek... Doctor. DOCTOR: Waterfield, what's happened to you? <strong>WATERFIELD</strong>: Doc... Doctor, Daleks are going to destroy... house. Can't turn it off. DOCTOR: But, this is a time switch. JAMIE: Well, if you can't turn it off, surely... DOCTOR: No, wait a minute. Eighty-nine, eighty-eight, eighty-seven. Just about a minute, that's all we've got. JAMIE: Well, toss it out the window then. DOCTOR: This isn't a firework. We'd have to toss this half a mile. We'll have to follow the Daleks to Skaro. Jamie, open the doors. Come along. <strong>WATERFIELD</strong>: (Wanly.) Doctor, Doctor. (JAMIE tries the doors to the mirrored cabinet, but they are locked.) JAMIE: Doctor, they're locked. They won't budge! <strong>WATERFIELD</strong>: Cupboard in the alcove. The time machine. DOCTOR: Time machine! Jamie, give me a hand. Come on. Quickly. Quickly. Here, now... Here, take this. (JAMIE keeps an eye on the timer as the DOCTOR hurriedly sets the equipment up.) DOCTOR: Now the other one. Steady. JAMIE: Right. Now, where's Victoria? DOCTOR: Quick Jamie, the time switch! (JAMIE finds KEMEL's flower on the floor.) JAMIE: Twenty-eight, Doctor. Hey, Doctor, Kemel must have dropped this. DOCTOR: Jamie! JAMIE: We'll find Victoria and Kemel too. (The DOCTOR, JAMIE and WATERFIELD get into the field of the Time Machine and all three disappear just as the b*mb explodes destroying the house.) 7. CELL, DALEK CITY, SKARO (VICTORIA lies sleeping. As the camera pulls back, it shows that she is resting on some kind of square box. Slowly she awakens and her movement attracts the attention of the other occupant of the room - KEMEL.) VICTORIA: Dear Kemel. Oh, there. Are any of the others here? (KEMEL shakes his head.) VICTORIA: The Daleks? (KEMEL nods. A door opens and a DALEK glides in, closely followed by MAXTIBLE with a bag and dressed in travelling clothes.) DALEK: You will wait here. VICTORIA: Oh, Mr. Maxtible. MAXTIBLE: Oh, what are you doing here? VICTORIA: Don't know. Nor even where here may be. MAXTIBLE: Oh, we've been transported to the Dalek planet, my dear. To Skaro. VICTORIA: I don't understand you. MAXTIBLE: A little journey through space. VICTORIA: They've taken us somewhere. Is that what you mean? Away from your house? MAXTIBLE: Oh, far away. Far, far away. VICTORIA: But why? What do they want? MAXTIBLE: Well, I know why I am here. But why you are here, I have not the faintest idea. VICTORIA: You seem to understand them. Ask them. MAXTIBLE: Don't be foolish, girl. I shall do no such thing. VICTORIA: And where's my father? MAXTIBLE: (Angrily.) I do not know. I'm not a nursemaid to your father. (Another Dalek enters the room and turns to MAXTIBLE.) DALEK: Follow me. MAXTIBLE: Of course, I shall do my best for you. The matter is really entirely out of my hands. (He leaves and VICTORIA holds back an angry KEMEL.) VICTORIA: It's no good. He won't help us. Don't worry Kemel, I shall protect you. I shall see they do you no harm. Yes, I suppose it was a bit silly. Think so? Wish I did. (KEMEL flexes his huge left bicep, indicating that they fight back.) VICTORIA: Oh well. Maybe between us we can fight them. We must face it out together. 8. HILLSIDE, SKARO (Below the hillside lies the huge DALEK city. WATERFIELD and the DOCTOR stare at it, the DOCTOR with a grim face and WATERFIELD with an amazed look.) WATERFIELD: And that is the Dalek city? DOCTOR: Yes, it is. (JAMIE returns from a search for water for WATERFIELD.) JAMIE: I've scouted around, but I can't see any water. WATERFIELD: Oh, please don't bother. I feel much better. DOCTOR: Are you sure? WATERFIELD: Yes. DOCTOR: Come along then. We must get along. JAMIE: You mean just walk into the city? DOCTOR: Oh, no Jamie. The city is all around us. At least, um, it's beneath us. Come along. (He pauses and uncovers the entrance to a tunnel.) JAMIE: How long have you known that's there? DOCTOR: Not a sound. I think the Daleks are in for a little surprise. 9. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY (MAXTIBLE is being interrogated by a BLACK DALEK as another DALEK stands behind him.) BLACK DALEK: Where is the Doctor? MAXTIBLE: I had no time to get him. BLACK DALEK: No time? MAXTIBLE: I was told my house was going to be destroyed. Why? BLACK DALEK: You did not bring the Doctor?! MAXTIBLE: Everything I possess is in that house. Everything. What right had you or anyone to destroy it? All these years of labour, all these years of research - destroyed through this caprice of yours. My laboratory - the only real thing in the whole of my existence - destroyed. I, Theodore Maxtible, made a bargain with you, and I demand to know... ah, ah!! (He is knocked to the floor by the BLACK DALEK's sucker arm.) BLACK DALEK: (Over Maxtible's protestations.) Rights? Rights? Rights? Rights? You have disobeyed a Dalek command. You must obey the Dalek command. DALEK 2: Exterminate. Destroy. MAXTIBLE: I swear... I swear... I swear it's not my fault. I swear it's not my fault. I... No! (A alarm starts to echo through the city. The two DALEKS back away from MAXTIBLE. They confer for a moment and then the BLACK DALEK moves away as the second DALEK moves away to push MAXTIBLE.) DALEK 2: Move. MAXTIBLE: What's happening? What are you going to do with me? DALEK 2: Obey. Move. 10. EXTERIOR, CELL, DALEK CITY (A DALEK checks the prisoners in the cell and turns to the arriving BLACK DALEK.) DALEK: These humans are still here. BLACK DALEK: Then other humans are inside the city. 11. INTERIOR, CELL (VICTORIA hears what the BLACK DALEK has said.) VICTORIA: "Other humans inside the city", Kemel! Listen! DALEK: (Over loudspeaker.) Emergency. Emergency. Human beings detected in city! Emergency! Emergency! VICTORIA: Maybe it's Jamie and the Doctor. Oh, Kemel, there's a chance. A chance. BLACK DALEK: (Over loudspeaker.) Intruders detected. Emergency! Emergency! Human beings detected in city. Emergency! Emergency! Intruders detected. All Daleks to observation stations. Repeat. All Daleks to observation stations. Emergency! 12. LEDGE, TUNNEL (The DOCTOR emerges from the tunnel to be greeted with a small ledge overlooking a seemingly bottomless chasm.) 13. CORRIDOR, DALEK CITY (A BLACK DALEK stops another DALEK. The second DALEK is none other than OMEGA, one of the three Human Daleks.) BLACK DALEK: Stop! What is that mark? OMEGA: That is my name. BLACK DALEK: Name? OMEGA: The Doctor gave it to me. BLACK DALEK: Doctor? OMEGA: Yes. He is my friend. BLACK DALEK: Follow me. (OMEGA does so.) 14. EMPTY ROOM, DALEK CITY (MAXTIBLE sits alone nervously in a dark, empty room. A Dalek escort ushers VICTORIA and KEMEL in to join him.) DALEK: Remain here. MAXTIBLE: What is happening? Do you know? They say there are other human beings in the city. (VICTORIA totally ignores him, remembering his treatment of her both at the house and here, and talks to KEMEL.) VICTORIA: (Murmurring.) No. No thank you. MAXTIBLE: Why don't you answer me, you little fool. No one can help you here. No one but me. DALEK: Silence. Follow me. (To VICTORIA and KEMEL.) You, wait. MAXTIBLE: I can't see anything. DALEK: Move. MAXTIBLE: Where are you taking me? (He leaves. A moment later, a chilling scream echoes around the cell.) VICTORIA: Oh, what are they doing to him? (The DALEK returns.) DALEK: You follow. (To KEMEL.) You will wait. VICTORIA: I'll do as you say. DALEK: Move forward, alone. (KEMEL looks challengingly at the DALEK before backing down.) 15. TUNNEL (The others have heard the cry.) JAMIE: That was a human voice, I tell you. DOCTOR: Perhaps it was, Jamie WATERFIELD: We must go more quickly. (A woman's scream is now heard.) JAMIE: Victoria. That was Victoria's voice. WATERFIELD: You can't. Where are you running to? Well, you mustn't. You'll go over the edge! (They hurry along the ledge to be greeted by a waiting Dalek!) DALEK: Doctor, I am your friend. JAMIE: One of your experiments, Doctor. For a moment I thought we were done for! DOCTOR: What is your name? DALEK: Omega. DOCTOR: Oh, I see. DALEK: I have come to lead you. DOCTOR: Thank you. (He moves forward and nearly goes over the edge. JAMIE pulls him back.) JAMIE: Oh, careful. DOCTOR: Oh, ah... I'm all right. Oh, thank you. Ah, lead on. DALEK: Follow me. DOCTOR: What was that screaming? DALEK: A prisoner. DOCTOR: Where? DALEK: Follow me. I will show you. (Suddenly, using all his strength the DOCTOR pushes the DALEK over the edge of the precipice.) JAMIE: What are you doing? (The DALEK crashes at the bottom.) DOCTOR: Think I don't know my own mark? That wasn't the real Omega at all. JAMIE: Up to all sorts of tricks, aren't they? WATERFIELD: Oh, please. We must reach my daughter. 16. INTERIOR, CELL, DALEK CITY (VICTORIA, KEMEL and MAXTIBLE are now all back in the cell.) MAXTIBLE: I tell you, they forced me. They thr*at to k*ll us all. First of all, they ordered me to scream and I was to make you do the same. VICTORIA: And you had to do as you were told? MAXTIBLE: I tell you, they thr*at to k*ll me. VICTORIA: You came up behind me in the dark and twisted my arm. MAXTIBLE: And what else could I do? VICTORIA: Oh, if only I'd realised. Why do you think they wanted us to scream like that? MAXTIBLE: I've no idea. VICTORIA: You know perfectly well. There are other people in the city. They wanted to draw them on. Trap them. Oh, if only I could have thought quickly. Oh, Kemel. (She rushes into KEMEL's arms.) 17. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY (Meanwhile, the "intruders" are moving cautiously through the city, eventually reaching a large dark chamber.) DOCTOR: No, no. I don't like the look of this. Back the way we came. (A DALEK appears out of the darkness, blocking their way and a BLACK DALEK approaches them as lights slowly illuminate the chamber.) BLACK DALEK: Follow me. (As they follow it, the light in the room shows a terrifying sight. It is nearly ten foot tall with a great big eye-stick in the top but it has a lot of cables and wires linked up to it. At last, the DOCTOR is face to face with the greatest Dalek of them all, the one who gives the orders. All Daleks of all ranks obey it without question. The DOCTOR is face to face with the EMPEROR DALEK! It speaks in a huge voice.) EMPEROR: Doctor! JAMIE: Look at the size of that thing. (The EMPEROR looks down at the little man and the little man stares up at it with some kind of triumph on his face, even though he is in one of the greatest dangers of all his lives.) EMPEROR: So, you are the Doctor? DOCTOR: We meet at last. I wondered if we ever would. EMPEROR: The experiment is over. DOCTOR: Yes, I have implanted the "Human Factor" in the three Daleks that you gave me... (To the others.) ...When I say run, run! EMPEROR: Speak louder. DOCTOR: Promise me, Jamie. I was merely telling my friend that the day of the Daleks is coming to an end. EMPEROR: Explain. DOCTOR: It's very simple. Somewhere in the Dalek race there are three Daleks with the "Human Factor" Gradually, they will come to question. They will persuade other Daleks to question. You will have a rebellion on your planet! EMPEROR: NO! DOCTOR: I say, yes. I've beaten you and I don't care what you do to me now. EMPEROR: Silence. The "Human Factor" showed us what the "Dalek Factor" was. DOCTOR: (His triumphant face falling.) What? JAMIE: Well, what does that mean? EMPEROR: Without knowing, you have shown the Daleks what their own strength is. WATERFIELD: While you were doing one thing, they were really making you do another. EMPEROR: The "Human Factor" is useless. DOCTOR: You still have those three Daleks to contend with. EMPEROR: They will be impregnated with the "Dalek Factor". Your discovery, but your work is not over. DOCTOR: I won't work for you! EMPEROR: You will obey! JAMIE: What is the "Dalek Factor"? DOCTOR: You want me to guess? It means to obey, to fight, to destroy, to exterminate. I won't do it. EMPEROR: Watch! (A special light slowly illuminates a familiar shape - A British 1960s Police Telephone Box.) JAMIE: The TARDIS, Doctor! (The DOCTOR worriedly turns to face the massive EMPEROR as it makes its most terrifying statement.) EMPEROR: You will take the "Dalek Factor." You will spread it to the entire history of Earth! (All three are shocked and, worst of all, the DOCTOR sees that he has really not got any choice in the matter at all.)
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Episode 7 Written by David Whitaker First broadcast: 1 July 1967 Repeat broadcast: 8 August 1968 Running Time: 25:25 1. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY (A special light slowly illuminates a familiar shape - A British 1960s Police Telephone Box.) JAMIE: The TARDIS, Doctor! (The DOCTOR worriedly turns to face the massive EMPEROR as it makes its most terrifying statement.) EMPEROR: You will take the "Dalek Factor." You will spread it to the entire history of Earth! (All three are shocked and, worst of all, the DOCTOR sees that he has not really got any choice in the matter at all.) DOCTOR: (Half-shocked and half-defiant.) No. You can't make me do it! You can't! EMPEROR: You will obey! (The Black Dalek prods the three humans in the back.) BLACK DALEK: Move! EMPEROR: Doctor. (The DOCTOR turns back to the EMPEROR.) EMPEROR: You will obey! 2. EXPERIMENT ROOM, DALEK CITY (Here, a BLACK DALEK enters the room to meet another DALEK. The room is almost filled up by some strange device.) DALEK: Experiment ready. BLACK DALEK: Proceed. (The DALEK activates the strange device. As the machine starts to glow, a low hum can start to be heard.) 3. CELL, DALEK CITY (The DOCTOR, JAMIE, and WATERFIELD have been put with KEMEL, MAXTIBLE and VICTORIA into a holding cell. The DOCTOR is idly playing his recorder as the others (except for MAXTIBLE) talk in low voices.) MAXTIBLE: Transmutation of metal into gold. JAMIE: You mean to say, he's worked against us all, just for that? DOCTOR: People have done worse for less, Jamie. JAMIE: Look, it's daft though. Metal into gold is an old wives tale. DOCTOR: Oh I don't know. The alchemists of the middle ages made transmutation their main aim in life. JAMIE: Ah, they didn't succeed though. DOCTOR: Even in the twentieth century, it's still considered scientifically possible. MAXTIBLE: (Snaps.) Of course it's possible. JAMIE: Oh, well, I don't care whether it's possible or not! DOCTOR: Whether it is or whether it isn't is beside the point. JAMIE: Oh, and what is the point then? DOCTOR: Why are the do... Daleks doing this? MAXTIBLE: They promised me! DOCTOR: Daleks don't keep their promises. MAXTIBLE: I see what you're trying to do Doctor. You're trying to shake my faith. But I will be given the secret. (The man's total lack of morality causes JAMIE to finally snap and lose his temper.) JAMIE: Oh, well. It won't do you any good, because you won't be able to use your secret! I'll see to that. MAXTIBLE: You'll do no such thing! DOCTOR: Jamie! (But JAMIE was past caring. He flings himself on MAXTIBLE and starts to strangle him. The guard DALEK swiftly enters and warns JAMIE off.) DALEK: Move away! Move! VICTORIA: Please Jamie, do as it says. (For VICTORIA's sake, JAMIE lets go of MAXTIBLE, who gasps for air and turns away from the traitor in disgust.) DALEK: (To JAMIE.) You will not harm this human being. Or you will be exterminated. DOCTOR: Yes, yes. We quite understand. MAXTIBLE: (With a little of his arrogance.) You would be advised to do as they say. JAMIE: Oh don't worry. The very thought of going near you repulses me. WATERFIELD: (Pleading.) Mr. McCrimmon. (The DALEK leaves. MAXTIBLE starts to write in a notepad his calculations, and starts to mumble the calculations while JAMIE turns to talk with VICTORIA. Nearby, while the DOCTOR starts to play his recorder again, WATERFIELD goes back to MAXTIBLE.) WATERFIELD: They seem prepared to protect you. MAXTIBLE: (His arrogance now fully returned.) Be warned. WATERFIELD: I appeal to you, Maxtible. It may still not be too late. If they're your friends, help us. If you did, we could plan something - try to escape. MAXTIBLE: No. WATERFIELD: (Begs.) Then at least for Victoria's sake. After what you did to her. MAXTIBLE: (Final note in his voice.) No, I tell you! No! VICTORIA: It's no good, Papa. He doesn't listen any more. (She moves to talk to the DOCTOR.) VICTORIA: What are you thinking? (The DOCTOR stops playing.) DOCTOR: I'm trying to puzzle out a problem, Victoria. The Daleks say I'm going to do something for them. Something I would rather die than do. MAXTIBLE: (Mumbling and writing.) Plus or minus point zero, zero, three. Plus or minus. VICTORIA: Perhaps they think you're like him. DOCTOR: Oh, no. The Daleks know me well enough by this time. VICTORIA: They intend to persuade you then. DOCTOR: Oh no. No it isn't that either. You see, there isn't a persuasion strong enough. Not even the offer of all the lives in this room. VICTORIA: I see. DOCTOR: Five lives against a whole planet? Well, it's not a choice is it. VICTORIA: No. DOCTOR: Even if I could trust the Daleks - even if they set us free, we still couldn't go back to Earth. I suppose I might try to take you all to another universe. I might even try and take you to my own planet. VICTORIA: Your own? DOCTOR: Yes. Oh, yes. I... I live a long, long way from Earth. (A thought strikes him.) DOCTOR: Oh, just a minute. Maxtible! Arthur Terrall! The Daleks put some kind of control device on him. MAXTIBLE: What of it? It was erratic. I always warned the Daleks it would prove too unsatisfactory. JAMIE: (Sneers.) Aye. Well, it's a good thing for you it did fail. They'd have tried it on you next. 4. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY (In the Control Room, Daleks can be seen moving through the room, but one in particular goes up to the Emperor.) EMPEROR: Report! DALEK: The experiment is ready. EMPEROR: Proceed. 5. LABORATORY, DALEK CITY (A BLACK DALEK enters the room to find three Daleks working away.) BLACK DALEK: Discontinue work. (The three Daleks continue working.) BLACK DALEK: Discontinue work. Discontinue work. (The Dalek continue working and a single Dalek voice speaks:) VOICE: Why? (Total silence and then the BLACK DALEK, in shock, totally explodes with anger.) BLACK DALEK: (Totally furious.) WHO SPOKE! WHO QUESTIONED A DALEK COMMAND?! 6. CELL, DALEK CITY (A buzzer sounds, and the BLACK DALEK moves away to summon MAXTIBLE to the door of the cell. Another Dalek brings some kind of machine.) BLACK DALEK: The secret of transmutation of metal. MAXTIBLE: Yes, yes! The secret you promised me. BLACK DALEK: Turn and look. (MAXTIBLE looks to a machine which contains a some liquids in a small bottle.) BLACK DALEK: Above. Liquid metal. Read. MAXTIBLE: (Moves.) Wait! BLACK DALEK: Do not move! MAXTIBLE: It is hard to see. (He reads the figures on the machine.) MAXTIBLE: Fifty-five point eight, four. BLACK DALEK: Atomic weight. Read again. MAXTIBLE: Seven point eight, four. BLACK DALEK: Specific gravity. DOCTOR: (To JAMIE.) Atomic weight and gravity of iron. BLACK DALEK: Watch. Read atomic weight. (We can hear gurgling noises as the liquid falls into the bottom of the machine as a different colour and the figures on the machine starts to turn to new numbers.) MAXTIBLE: Nineteen point two. BLACK DALEK: Read specific gravity. MAXTIBLE: Sixty-nine point five. (He realises what this equals.) MAXTIBLE: Gold! Iron into gold! (He turns to the others in total joy.) MAXTIBLE: I told you it was possible! They've kept their promise! It's true! It's true! They have! BLACK DALEK: The machine is yours. MAXTIBLE: Yes. Ha, ha. Yes, Yes! (In a state of dementia, MAXTIBLE wanders towards the machine.) DOCTOR: (Warns.) Maxtible, if you value your life, don't go near that machine! MAXTIBLE: (Laughs.) (Oblivious to the Doctor's words, MAXTIBLE walks under the arch. A brilliant light suddenly rains down on MAXTIBLE, paralysing him.) JAMIE: Maxtible! (MAXTIBLE groans.) VICTORIA: What have they done to him! BLACK DALEK: (To MAXTIBLE.) Turn. (MAXTIBLE turns away from the cell door.) BLACK DALEK: Move to control. MAXTIBLE: (Blankly in a human-Dalek voice.) I obey. (The machine DALEK leaves with him.) JAMIE: They've turned him into a Dalek. BLACK DALEK: Yes. The Dalek factor. DOCTOR: (Shocked.) Is that what you want me to do to the people of Earth. BLACK DALEK: We know you will obey. (It turns away leaves the DOCTOR to stare after it.) DOCTOR: (Thoughtfully.) Human beings into Daleks. 7. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY BLACK DALEK: Emperor. EMPEROR: Speak! BLACK DALEK: A Dalek questioned an order. EMPEROR: Questioned? Then it was one of the test Daleks. BLACK DALEK: Yes. EMPEROR: Find it, immediately! 8. CELL, DALEK CITY (A little later, it is night in the room as everybody sleeps. The Dalek-ised MAXTIBLE returns to the workroom and, after inspecting the arch, silently opens the door. Inside the darkened room, he manoeuvres around the sleeping c*ptive, stopping by the DOCTOR's side.) MAXTIBLE: Doctor. Open your eyes. You are asleep still, but you can hear my voice. I have come to help you. Look at the box. (He puts a box down by the DOCTOR. The DOCTOR looks to see the box showing a picture of the TARDIS.) MAXTIBLE: I have had your TARDIS placed outside the city. I will take you to it. Rise and follow me. (The DOCTOR rises and begins to move with MAXTIBLE toward the door.) JAMIE: Hey, Doctor, what are you doing? (JAMIE sees the DOCTOR being led towards the transmutation machine.) JAMIE: Don't go near the door! Doctor! (But the DOCTOR steps through the arch and is bathed in the Dalek Factor. JAMIE leaps up to help his friend.) JAMIE: Doctor! DOCTOR: (In stilted speech akin to a Dalek.) Stay where you are! That is an order! MAXTIBLE: We will work together on the Dalek Factor. Follow me. DOCTOR: I obey! (The two leave the cell while JAMIE looks on despairingly.) 9. LABORATORY, DALEK CITY (They walk down the hall and enter the lab. The machine is still here but they are alone.) MAXTIBLE: Stop! (The DOCTOR stops.) MAXTIBLE: This machine is for the mass-production of the Dalek Factor. Follow me. (The DOCTOR follows MAXTIBLE to another machine nearby. There was a small capsule near to it.) MAXTIBLE: Stop. This machine will transform the thought patterns in this capsule into a steam. The steam will be sprayed into the atmosphere of the Earth. DOCTOR: I must examine the machine. MAXTIBLE: Do so. (MAXTIBLE leaves the room, the DOCTOR bends down to take a closer look. He then looks back to check that MAXTIBLE is no longer in sight. The DOCTOR quickly moves back down the hall back to the cell...) 10. CELL, DALEK CITY (...to the archway's control panel, and nimbly substitutes the capsule in the panel with an identical one from his pocket.) DOCTOR: Jamie. Jamie! Jamie! (JAMIE comes to the door.) JAMIE: Yes? DOCTOR: Jamie, when I give you the word, bring everyone through this archway. Through the door. JAMIE: What?! DOCTOR: Trust me! (The main door to the cell block suddenly opens and a BLACK DALEK glides in. It stops at the sight of the DOCTOR.) BLACK DALEK: What are you doing? DOCTOR: (Back in his "Dalek" voice.) Take me to your emperor. BLACK DALEK: Wait. (The BLACK DALEK checks on the prisoners and then leaves with the DOCTOR. The group in the cell quickly leave through the alternate door to the hall.) VICTORIA: We walked through! All just as though he was... WATERFIELD: It must have affected him. We saw it happen. JAMIE: But you heard him speak normally just now. WATERFIELD: Another trap to make us walk though? JAMIE: Oh, they could have pushed us in here any time they liked. VICTORIA: Do you think there's a chance? Something to hope for? JAMIE: I, uh... I don't know. Well, I... I don't understand. I mean, how do we know we can trust him? 11. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY (The DOCTOR and the BLACK DALEK enter the room, to be greeted by the EMPEROR and MAXTIBLE. The EMPEROR's eye-stick swings down to greet the new arrival.) EMPEROR: What do you want? DOCTOR: A Dalek questioned an order. EMPEROR: Again? MAXTIBLE: We have searched without success. (The DOCTOR comes up with an "idea.") DOCTOR: All Daleks must pass through the archway door. The Dalek with the human factor will then become a Dalek again - will become as this human and I have become. EMPEROR: Let it be done! MAXTIBLE & DOCTOR: I obey! (They leave.) EMPEROR: (To a DALEK.) You will deal with the human prisoners. 12. ARCH, DALEK CITY (The DALEKS, one after the other, begin to file through the arch.) 13 CELL, DALEK CITY (The DOCTOR meets with the humans as they re-enter the cell.) DOCTOR: Go on quickly! Through the door! Follow them through the door! Oh, it's all right. I've changed over the Factors. I used one of the capsules from my test Dalek. I've given them all the human factor! Go on! Go on! JAMIE: Well, aren't you coming? DOCTOR: Well, I've got things to do. And I've been through already. JAMIE: Ah, well, why didn't it affect you then? DOCTOR: I don't come from Earth, Jamie. Now, down the corridor, turn to the left and find the tunnel. I'll join you there later. (The DOCTOR leaves the others.) JAMIE: Oh well, here goes. (JAMIE safely passes through.) JAMIE: It's all right, nothing happened! Come on! Come on Kemel. Quick! (KEMEL follows, but WATERFIELD will not.) WATERFIELD: Victoria, I must help the Doctor! JAMIE: Och, don't be a fool man! VICTORIA: Father! No! WATERFIELD: I must find Maxtible. He's to blame for all of this. (To JAMIE and KEMEL.) Take care of her. VICTORIA: But father! JAMIE: Oh, he'll be all right. Come on! (The three edge past a group of Daleks. Their casings are open, exposing (for the first time) the creatures within them.) ALPHA: Ah! Dizzy! DALEK 2: Dizzy! DALEK 3: Dizzy! ALPHA: Dizzy! DALEK 2: Daleks! ALPHA: Dizzy! DALEK 2: Dizzy! DALEK 3: Dizzy Daleks! ALPHA: Dizzy! DALEK 2: Dizzy! DALEK 3: Dizzy Daleks! ALPHA: Dizzy! (MAXTIBLE enters with the BLACK DALEK.) MAXTIBLE: Where are the prisoners? ALPHA: (Surly.) I do not know. BLACK DALEK: Continue working. ALPHA: Why? DALEK 2: Yes, why? BLACK DALEK: Do not question. ALPHA, DALEKS 2/3: Why? Why not question? Why? Why? Why? BLACK DALEK: Silence! You will obey! ALPHA: I will not obey! (The BLACK DALEK opens f*re on the first DALEK. The creature screams in agony as the blast reduces it to a lifeless, smouldering blob.) BLACK DALEK: You will obey without question! (The other two Daleks f*re on the BLACK DALEK and the BLACK DALEK dies.) 14. A CORRIDOR, DALEK CITY (The DOCTOR leads a group of humanised Daleks to the entrance of the control room.) DOCTOR: Quickly, this way! Follow me Daleks! This way! Come on! (They enter the ante-room of the Imperial Chamber to be greeted with another BLACK DALEK.) BLACK DALEK: Return to your work. BETA: Why? BLACK DALEK: Do not question. DOCTOR: Why not question? What work? Tell them? BLACK DALEK: Silence! BETA: Explain. OMEGA: What work? DALEK 1: Why obey without question? DOCTOR: Ask the Emperor! OMEGA: The Emperor! BETA: Yes, ask the Emperor! (The human DALEKS move forward and the BLACK DALEK is forced back.) BLACK DALEK: Keep back, you cannot enter! DOCTOR: Why? DALEK 1: Why? OMEGA: Why? BETA: The Emperor must explain. (The BLACK DALEK sh**t and kills DALEK 1.) DOCTOR: Defend yourselves Daleks! The black Daleks are attacking you! 15. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY (The Emperor and six remaining BLACK DALEKS are present and the alert hooter is going.) EMPEROR: All Black Dalek Leaders to Control. Exterminate all opposition! Destroy rebels! 16. ANTECHAMBER, CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY DOCTOR: Come on! This way! Come on! BETA: I will obey. OMEGA: But not without question. DOCTOR: That's right. Question! (WATERFIELD finds the DOCTOR.) WATERFIELD: Doctor! DOCTOR: The Black Daleks are attacking every... WATERFIELD: Hurry man! DOCTOR: The Emperor has commanded it. BETA: Why? OMEGA: Why? DOCTOR: Because you question. Defend yourselves. Destroy the Emperor. Or be destroyed yourselves! WATERFIELD: Hurry! DOCTOR: Destroy the Emperor! WATERFIELD: We must go, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes, I know. I'm finished now. (A BLACK DALEK approaches and fires. WATERFIELD jumps in front of the DOCTOR, taking the full blast. The human DALEKS start to battle and the BLACK DALEK is destroyed. In the midst, the DOCTOR kneels with WATERFIELD.) DOCTOR: Now lie still. I'll try to get help to you. WATERFIELD: No time for help. DOCTOR: You saved my life, didn't you? WATERFIELD: Yes. Good life to save. (A brief smile.) Please, you must... Victoria. DOCTOR: Don't worry about Victoria. We'll look after her. WATERFIELD: No... time... for... me... (WATERFIELD closes his eyes and dies. The DOCTOR stands up with a grim look on his face.) DOCTOR: The Emperor has commanded your destruction! DALEKS: Why? Why? Why? DOCTOR: Well, your friends are fighting for you! BETA: Friends? DOCTOR: Down there. Help them. (He directs them to a windows overlooking the Emperor's control room. The rebels have now entered the chamber and are battling their way towards the Emperor.) OMEGA: Friends. (They all move towards the battle, except the DOCTOR.) DALEKS: Exterminate! Annihilate them! 17. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY EMPEROR: Danger! This is your Emperor speaking! There is danger here! Obey me! Do not fight in here! Do not fight in here! I said, Obey! Obey! (But no one listens as the battle continues across the room. All the DALEKS are blasting away at each other. The loyal Daleks are being totally overwhelmed by the Rebels.) EMPEROR: Obey me! (Incredible as this is, it is a total full-scale civil w*r erupting on Skaro! The Daleks continue to destroy each other. Seeing this, the Emperor tries again:) EMPEROR: Obey me! Your Emperor is ordering you. Do not fight in here! Do not fight in here! Obey! I am your Emperor! Daleks, obey me! Obey! Obey! Obey! (This has no effect, and the Emperor starts to speak in both panic and anger:) EMPEROR: You will be exterminated! All exterminated. Annihilated! You will all be exterminated! Annihilated! (It screams out one final fact:) EMPEROR: THE DALEK RACE WILL DIE OUT COMPLETELY! Obey your Emperor! Obey! Ob... (More crashes are heard as the rebel Daleks score a major victory and draw almost up to the Emperor Dalek.) 18. TUNNELS, ABOVE THE DALEK CITY (In the underground tunnel, JAMIE, VICTORIA and KEMEL watch as the smoke from the burning city below climbs up the chasm. And then a familiar voice calls out:) MAXTIBLE: Kemel! Come here! (VICTORIA shelters behind JAMIE, KEMEL walks purposely forward to confront the possessed MAXTIBLE. With superhuman strength gained from the Dalek Factor, MAXTIBLE grips KEMEL and forces him closer to the chasm. As MAXTIBLE continues to push him, we hear both a DALEK voice (probably from the possessed man's mind) and MAXTIBLE chanting.) DALEK VOICE & MAXTIBLE: k*ll! k*ll! k*ll! k*ll! (KEMEL tries in vain to hold his footing, but the inhuman MAXTIBLE slowly forces the Turkish strongman over the edge of the chasm. With a cry (which is the first thing he has ever said), KEMEL falls to his death.) 19. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY (The battle is well and truly won by the rebels. As they reach the Emperor, the Emperor screams out one final appeal:) EMPEROR: Attention! Attention! Emergency! Emergency! All Daleks return to control immediately! 20. TUNNELS, ABOVE THE DALEK CITY (VICTORIA looks down at the chasm which has claimed KEMEL's life, while we hear expl*si*n coming from the city.) VICTORIA: Poor Kemel! (JAMIE holds her gently.) 21. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY (The EMPEROR starts to scream as the rebels start to att*ck it.) 22. ENTRANCE TO THE CITY, DALEK CITY (Heading for the tunnel, the DOCTOR quickly hides as MAXTIBLE returns to the city. MAXTIBLE moves forward and re-enters the control room.) 23. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY (At the entrance to the room, MAXTIBLE looks at the damage being done to the Emperor and cries out in a huge voice.) MAXTIBLE: The Daleks must not... cannot be destroyed. The race will survive! The Daleks will live! And Rule! FOR EVER! (The rebels f*re at MAXTIBLE and he is quickly k*lled. The human Dalek, both human and Dalekised, is no more.) 24. CITY (We see the Dalek city beginning to burn, and buildings start to collapse. Carnage and chaos reign throughout the city.) 25. HILLSIDE - NEAR THE TARDIS (The battle is winding down as the DOCTOR charges up the tunnel and joins JAMIE and VICTORIA.) JAMIE: Doctor. DOCTOR: Jamie! Jamie! JAMIE: A Dalek nearly caught us, but I... I tossed it over the edge. But... poor Kemel. DOCTOR: (Half puzzled and then remembering who KEMEL was.) Kemel? JAMIE: Aye. You see, he was trying... (But VICTORIA, seeing that her father is not there, decides to demand:) VICTORIA: Where is my father? (The DOCTOR's face tells her the worst.) VICTORIA: Is... is he d*ad? DOCTOR: (Gently.) Yes. Yes, I'm afraid he is. But, he didn't die in vain. I think we have seen the end of the Daleks, forever! (VICTORIA starts to grieve and turns away, giving the DOCTOR the chance to take JAMIE aside.) DOCTOR: Jamie, we must move along to the TARDIS. It's over there. JAMIE: (Staring at VICTORIA and stating gently but firmly:) We can't leave her alone, Doctor. (The DOCTOR looks shocked at the idea.) DOCTOR: We're not going to leave her. She's coming with us! (He turns back to the City as JAMIE goes over to tell VICTORIA the news. Not much is now left of the city. The DOCTOR's face is a mixture of total delight and total grimness as he realises that he has brought about the end of the most hated and ruthless race in the universe. It is over, but the DOCTOR wishes it had not been at such a cost to his friends. There was only one statement on the matter he can make:) DOCTOR: The end. The final end! (And he goes to join JAMIE and VICTORIA by the TARDIS.) 26. CONTROL ROOM, DALEK CITY DALEKS: Destroy! Destroy! (The Emperor - the Doctor's main adversary - the leader of the invasion of Earth - the creator of the Time Destructor - the deviser of the Masterplan - a m*rder - finally meets its end in the Control room. The rebel Daleks continue to mop up the loyal Daleks, and the once-mighty Emperor Dalek screams out as the flames and the rebel Dalek's blasts consume it. At long last, the Daleks are totally destroyed! And the universe can thank a certain Time Lord - a small individual in a frock-coat with black hair and a faulty TARDIS - for destroying one of the universe's greatest - if not the greatest - perils.)
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The Tomb of the Cybermen Episode One By Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis Original Air Date: 2 September, 1967 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1, EXT: THE PLAINS OF SKARO (MODEL sh*t) (The TARDIS stands against the plains of Skaro. Light plays across the surface of the ship and a howling wind rages.) 2, INT: TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (The Doctor and Victoria walk through the outer doors of the TARDIS into the Console Room.) DOCTOR: There we are! Well, what do you think? VICTORIA: I don't know. I can't believe it. It's so big! Where are we? DOCTOR: Oh it's the TARDIS. It's my home, or at least it has been for a considerable number of years. VICTORIA: What are all these knobs? DOCTOR: What these? (The Doctor flicks a series of levers.) JAMIE: Instruments. These are for controlling our flight. VICTORIA: Flight?! JAMIE: Well yes, you see we travel around in here through time and space. (Victoria laughs at this.) DOCTOR: Oh no-no no-no, don't laugh - it's true. Your father and Maxtible were working on the same problem, but I have perfected a... Ah, rather special model, which enables me to travel through the universe of time. VICTORIA: But how can you? I mean if what you say is true then you must be, er well... How old? DOCTOR: Well if we count in Earth terms I suppose I must be about four hundred... Yes, about four hundred and fifty years old. (He sees Victoria and Jamie exchange worried glances.) DOCTOR: Yes, well, quite. Now, I think Victoria might find that dress a little impractical if she's going to join us in our adventures, Jamie show her where she can find some new ones, eh? JAMIE: Ah, right. This way Victoria... (Jamie leads Victoria off, but returns to the console room for a moment.) JAMIE: Try to give us a smooth take off, Doctor? We don't want to frighten her. (Jamie leaves.) DOCTOR: A smooth take off...? A smooth take off!? What a nerve! (The Doctor operates the console, and the noise of dematerialisation echoes through the Console Room.) 3, THE PLAINS OF TELOS (MODEL sh*t) (A futuristic looking rocketship sits, down on the plains.) 4, EXT: PLAINS OF TELOS (The planet of Telos comprises of barren and lifeless rocky wastes as far as the eye can see. High above, the large figure of Toberman can be seen standing right on the edge of a perilously steep cliff face. He strides up and down it as if he were patrolling a battlement. A voice calls up to him from the plains, but he pretends not to hear.) PARRY: (OOV.) HEY TOBERMAN! GET THAT BIG-HEAD DOWN! WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU, HAVE YOU GONE MAD?! (Down on the ground a nervous looking man fusses.) VINER: The fool! Doesn't he realise the danger he's in? (Kaftan laughs.) VINER: It's nothing to laugh at! None of us knows what's going to happen when we press that thing, especially in this... rarified atmosphere. PARRY: All right Viner, no need to get excited. Can't you keep your servant under control? KAFTAN: If I wish, I can. HOPPER: HURRY IT UP WILL YOU, ROGERS! I don't know what you think you're going to find anyway. PARRY: According to the map reference, oh... That should be the entrance to the City of Telos. HOPPER: Oh I hope you're right 'cause I want to get out of here. KLIEG: Let me remind you Mr Hopper that you are being more than well paid for your part in this expedition. HOPPER: Oh big deal. ROGERS: Sorry we had to make it a pretty big one. (The team moves back to a safe distance.) PARRY: Alright let's get on with it, we've wasted enough time. Standby... Everybody down! (The archaeologists duck down, as Mr Haydon twists a dial on a remote unit, then pushes a button. A colossal expl*si*n rips though a nearby rock face. The team rushes to investigate, only to find nothing.) PARRY: Oh! HOPPER: Well there you go! You blast yourself one lump of rock and all you've got is another one. (Professor Parry turns away in disgust, and Rogers looks again at the rock face.) ROGERS: No, wait a minute, look! (They all look up and see quite clearly the corner of a pair of metal doors protruding from the rock face.) HOPPER: Man you just blew yourself a pair of doors! (Some of the members of the team in the background shout "hooray!".) PARRY: Well come on, what are we waiting for? (The team slowly climbs the steep path to where the doors are higher up the rock face.) 5, EXT: ENTRANCE TO TOMB (The doors to the tomb are large, metal and entirely functional looking, to the left and right are what appear to be pictograms depicting some kind of figures.) KAFTAN: Fifty pounds for the first man to open the doors! PARRY: Miss Kaftan I must remind you that I am the leader of this... (A young member of the expedition rushes forward to the doors and grips a handle in each hand, there is a crackle of energy, and the man falls back from the door and slumps to the ground smoking like an overcooked turkey. The doors crackle and partially melt around the area he touched them. They rush over to the man, but there is little they can do for him.) PARRY: What happened? KLIEG: I don't know. HOPPER: Well one thing for sure, he's not going to collect fifty pounds from you or anybody else. VINER: Quiet, quiet a minute. PARRY: What is it? VINER: It sounded like an engine. Something came down over there behind that rock! HOPPER: OK Viner slow down, I'll take care of this. Jim behind that rock. CALLUM: OK, I've got it. (A little way off the Doctor and co. are rounding a rock.) DOCTOR: ...Over the top. All right? (Captain Hopper and Callum jump out. Hopper levels his g*n at the Doctor.) HOPPER: Hold it right there friend! (The Doctor raises his hands.) DOCTOR: Well, if you put it like that, I certainly will! CALLUM: Did you hear that professor? English! PARRY: Yes. All right Hopper. (Hopper lowers his w*apon, and the Doctor returns his hands to his sides.) DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. PARRY: OK, who are you and where have you come from? HOPPER: And you'd better have a good story! JAMIE: Aye, maybe you'll not get one! HOPPER: Listen fella, we're not playing games! ROGERS: You'd better listen to him! (The Doctor notices the damage to the doors and the d*ad man.) DOCTOR: Now what's been happening over here? (The Doctor moves closer to the body to investigate.) KLIEG: He was k*lled the moment you made your appearance! DOCTOR: Ah, and you think we did it. Oh no! I can assure you that we had nothing to do with the death of this man! (He examines the body.) DOCTOR: He appears to have been electrocuted. Trying to open these doors perhaps? ROGERS: He seems to know all the answers. HOPPER: Wise guy. VINER: I think this fellow must be the member of a rival expedition. DOCTOR: Expedition? PARRY: We've tried to keep it a secret, unsuccessfully now it appears. VINER: Look at him! Archaeologist written all over him! DOCTOR: Really does it show? VINER: There, you see? It's impossible to keep a secret in the scientific world! VICTORIA: Doctor, what do you mean? JAMIE: Tell them Doctor, go on, tell them. DOCTOR: No. Not until they tell me what the purpose of their expedition! PARRY: This is an archaeological expedition. We are searching the universe for the last remains of the Cybermen! (The Doctor and Jamie stiffen at the mention of their old enemies.) JAMIE: Cybermen! You mean to say, they came from here? PARRY: But of course, Telos was their home. This is the entrance to their city. VINER: We know they died out many centuries ago, what we don't know is why they died out. HOPPER: Callum, Rogers, get him back to the rocket, I'll be with you in a minute. Well that's that. Are you coming back to the rocket with me Professor? PARRY: What for? HOPPER: You're not going on with this are you? Look I don't know if these people have anything to do with it or not, but one of my men has just been k*lled! You're not paying that kind of money! PARRY: Yes, I suppose that's quite true. HOPPER: Come on let's go. We'll wait for you back at the ship. DOCTOR: The problem I take it, is to open these doors, right? KLIEG: Hah, brilliant! PARRY: That is the problem. KLIEG: And we would prefer it if you returned to wherever you came from! JAMIE: Oh not very friendly are they Doctor? VICTORIA: Oh yes, do as he says! DOCTOR: I'm afraid that that became impossible the moment that name was mentioned. VICTORIA: What name? DOCTOR: Cybermen! VICTORIA: Cybermen? What are they? (A little way off out of earshot Viner and Parry are standing near the path they climbed to reach the doors.) VINER: I knew they were here on the same quest! PARRY: No one would come here for any other reason! (Back by the doors the TARDIS crew are all alone.) DOCTOR: We must stay! JAMIE: Oh Doctor! VICTORIA: Oh must we? I don't like the look of those things at all! DOCTOR: We shall stay and help you with your search. KLIEG: Perhaps we don't want your help. DOCTOR: That's just it, you so obviously do, now I'm sure we can agree. I can open those doors for you. KLIEG: It is our problem, and I suggest you take this ridiculous expedition of yours off this planet! JAMIE: It seems to me that we've got as much right to be here as you have! PARRY: Of course you have! Mr Klieg, may a I remind you again that you do not speak for this expedition?! I am it's leader, you and Miss Kaftan are only here on sufferance! KLIEG: Oh thank you, and whose money is paying for the hire of that rocket?! KAFTAN: Mine! PARRY: I thought I made it quite clear that your financial support did not entitle you to a say in the running of this expedition! KAFTAN: Of course it was quite clear, was it not Eric?! KLIEG: Of course. No-one questions your leadership. DOCTOR: Ah, good, that's all settled. And now we shall open these doors! JAMIE: What? PARRY: Now careful man! HAYDON: Hey look out! VICTORIA: Doctor! (Very carefully the Doctor approaches the doors and gingerly touches them with his magnetic voltometer, and reads the dial.) DOCTOR: It's perfectly safe now. HAYDON: You'll be k*lled! PARRY: No don't touch it! (The Doctor grips the door with both hands and tugs, but to no avail.) DOCTOR: I'm afraid it's beyond my strength. JAMIE: Let me Doctor! DOCTOR: Jamie... (Jamie tugs at the doors, but he can't manage to shift them either.) JAMIE: Aye, well I've not had much exercise lately. (The Doctor approaches Toberman.) DOCTOR: Quite. I think here is a gentleman who can open these doors for us. KAFTAN: He is my servant! I will not have him risk his life! PARRY: Surely it was for just such a contingency as this that you insisted we bring him with us? DOCTOR: Oh, there's no danger now, unless of course he's afraid. (Toberman advances towards the doors via the exact spot that the Doctor is standing upon.) DOCTOR: Oh, no-no, he's not afraid... (The Doctor backs away and Toberman grips the right hand door first, then the left and opens them. They all peer through the doors.) DOCTOR: No WAIT! Wait! I would be very careful in there if I were you! HAYDON: But why wasn't Toberman k*lled, why weren't you k*lled? DOCTOR: The poor fellow who died drained all there electricity out of his body, it's perfectly safe to go in there now. KLIEG: Come on then, we're wasting time! ...Of course, after you Professor! DOCTOR: But I'd still... I'd still be very careful if I were you, very careful indeed! Come on let's go and join them. (The Doctor moves to follow, but notices Victoria is standing well back from the entrance.) DOCTOR: Come on Victoria! (She still doesn't move, so the Doctor approaches her.) DOCTOR: You look very nice in that dress Victoria. VICTORIA: Thank you. Don't you think it's a bit...? DOCTOR: A bit short? Oh I shouldn't worry about that, look at Jamie's. JAMIE: Hey I'll have you know... Oh, aye. DOCTOR: Come along, come along, lets go and see what the others are doing shall we? Come along. (The Doctor and Jamie each take one of Victoria's arms and they lead her into the tomb.) 6, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (The interior of the tomb is vast. To one side a giant control panel studded with switches and levers beneath a large dial with a complex series of symbols upon it's face. Either side are two internal doors and at the far side of the room there is a metal hatch in the floor, and a little further along, a table. Victoria walks in gazing around in astonishment.) VICTORIA: Mercy, just look at this place! (Viner and Haydon are examining the levers on the control panel.) VINER: These controls are of their earlier dynasty. HAYDON: Not so very early as all that by the look of it. Look John! VINER: Yes, I'm quite capable of making my own deductions thank you! HAYDON: All right! (By the hatchway Klieg and Kaftan are standing. Kaftan makes an examination of the formidable looking hatch.) KLIEG: Be careful, there might be danger in there! KAFTAN: Don't worry, with Toberman to guard me... What is more important is to keep an eye on these strangers. KLIEG: Well I'm TRYING to... KAFTAN: Do not raise your voice! You will achieve nothing by shouting! You will look after the Doctor and I will watch the girl. KLIEG: And the Scots boy? KAFTAN: Leave him to Toberman, eh Toberman?! (Toberman laughs and mimes crushing something in his great hands.) KAFTAN: But you will be careful and discreet, you understand Toberman? TOBERMAN: I understand. (Back at the main panel.) JAMIE: Have you ever seen the like of it Doctor? DOCTOR: Not exactly Jamie, but very nearly. (Parry speaks from the hatchway he has been examining and take control like a professional orator. Everyone moves to eagerly listen to what he has to say.) PARRY: Now that we're all here... now that we're all here, I think we'd better take stock of the situation. This appears to be a d*ad end, the only way out appears to be through that hatch. KAFTAN: Are there no doors? PARRY: No, apart from the entrance. DOCTOR: And the other two, of course. VINER: Two other doors? DOCTOR: Oh yes, one in that section, and one in that section over there. Activated, I imagine, by this simple logical system over here. Um, here we are, I think... (He pulls a few levers and the right door slides into the ceiling with an electronic hum.) DOCTOR: Ah splendid, splendid! A simple logical gate. (He pulls another few and the left door raises similarly.) KLIEG: Doctor, you seem to be very familiar with this place. DOCTOR: Oh no, not really, it's all based upon symbolic logic of the same as you use in computers. The opening mechanism for this door... An OR gate I think you call it. KLIEG: Yes, yes, I see that, but how did you know in the first place? DOCTOR: Oh I used my own special technique. KLIEG: Really Doctor, and may we know what that is? DOCTOR: Keeping my eyes open and my mouth shut. (The momentary silence in which Klieg's sardonic grin freezes, punctured by someone laughing in the background.) PARRY: We're far too many to explore together, I think we'd better divide up. If you, Mr Viner would take... (He motions the right-hand door.) PARRY: ...that door with Jamie and Mr Haydon. Mr Klieg, the Doctor and myself will make up the other party. VICTORIA: Well what about us? PARRY: I think the women had better remain here. VICTORIA: Oh rubbish! We can make a party! KAFTAN: Certainly, with Toberman to guard us we need fear no-one. PARRY: Right, er, Mr Klieg, will you take them along with you? KLIEG: I prefer to stay here. PARRY: As you wish. Er, Mr Viner will you go along with the women? VINER: If you like... PARRY: But get back to the spacecraft by 16:30. You all know the temperature drop at night, so we'll meet back here at 16:25. If anyone is missing that'll give us an hour to look for them before we have to leave. VINER: Come on then, we might as well try that opening over there. (Viner rushes over to the left door eager to see where it leads. Kaftan grabs Victoria's hand, and attempts to roughly lead her in the same direction.) KAFTAN: We'd better keep close together. (Victoria snatches her hand back.) VICTORIA: Erm, I'm all right thank you. (They follow Viner through the door.) HAYDON: Come on Jamie. JAMIE: Right. (Haydon and Jamie take the right door. Parry examines the hatch curiously.) PARRY: Now to concentrate on this, whatever it is. This hatch must lead somewhere and there must be some opening mechanism. (He turns to the Doctor.) PARRY: Erm, what was that about symbolic logic, any ideas? DOCTOR: No, not really. I think it's about time we gave Mr Klieg a chance to show off his archaeological skills. (He chuckles to himself.) DOCTOR: I love to see the experts at work, don't you? 7, INT: POWER ROOM (This is a room filled with electronic apparatus. To the right is a control panel, and on the centre is a huge projector aimed at a huge humanoid shaped coffin made of thick metal. Viner enters and ushers the others in.) VINER: Come on, right in. Where's Toberman? KAFTAN: I sent him to join the others, we do not need any other protection now that you are with us. (Viner looks decidedly bored at this.) VINER: Yes, well... Shall we commence? Everything must be carefully measured and recorded. (He moves to a panel and begins to examine it.) VICTORIA: What is this room? VINER: I don't know... Possibly this is where the Cybermen are made... VICTORIA: I wonder what this is... (Viner moves around to examine the projector, and almost trips over Victoria.) VINER: Ah, do you mind, you're getting in my way, er, just go over there will you? VICTORIA: Oh fiddle! KAFTAN: Could this not be the purpose of the room? VINER: Yes? KAFTAN: The Cyberman would stand in that form and be, well, revitalised? VINER: Yes, I suppose that's reasonable. These projectors were probably designed to f*re in some kind of neuro-electric potential. Yes, that's it, I think that you're right! VICTORIA: Revitalising is just what I need! (She tries to climb up into the coffin, but falls back out again.) VICTORIA: Ooh, mercy, the Cybermen must have been giants! VINER: Will you please be careful! The first rule of archaeological work is that nothing must be touched until everything has been described and recorded! 8, INT: w*apon ROOM (Jamie and Haydon enter the room and look around.) JAMIE: Hey, you know it's just struck me, all the corridors in here are as light as day, yet there are no windows! HAYDON: Alpha mason phosphor. JAMIE: Eh? HAYDON: It's a lighting system that never goes out, works by letting cosmic rays b*mb a layer of barium... JAMIE: Oh aye. That, eh... HAYDON: Point is, what was this room used for? (Jamie stoops to pick something up from the floor.) JAMIE: Well possibly for raising caterpillars. HAYDON: Eh? (Jamie shows Haydon.) JAMIE: Like this one. HAYDON: Hey, for heavens sake watch out until you know what it is! JAMIE: Och, it's as d*ad as a stone! 9, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER PARRY: Well? KLIEG: Well, the basis of this code is binary to digital conversion with a intervening step involving a sort of Whitehead logic. Well, once this first series is complete, there is no more to be done! DOCTOR: Yes, but why do it at all? PARRY: Really Doctor, for an archaeologist you seem to be curiously lacking in curiosity! DOCTOR: Some things are better left undone, and I have a feeling that this is one of them! KLIEG: What do you mean by that? DOCTOR: Well it's all too easy isn't it? KLIEG: Easy?! PARRY: I wouldn't call this an easy survey, would you Klieg? KLIEG: Everything here is designed to keep their secrets, whatever they are, insoluble! DOCTOR: Insoluble? KLIEG: But take this... DOCTOR: Oh I wouldn't say that... KLIEG: But take this mathematical sequence for example. I'm really no nearer to it's solution, I've tried every possible combination, now you'd hardly call that easy! (The Doctor reads casually.) DOCTOR: Yes, well, what you've done here is mostly right. KLIEG: Oh thank you! DOCTOR: You see if you take any progressive series it can be converted into binary notation. Now if you take the sum of the integrants, and express them as a power series, the intercese show the basic binary blocks! Only I wouldn't do it if I were you... (Klieg looks astonished as if it was so simple he should have thought of it first.) DOCTOR: Oh no, I really wouldn't do it! KLIEG: Of course, you're right! (He moves to the panel, and begins to pull levers. There is the sound of the entire chamber gradually powering up and the huge dial begins to glow.) KLIEG: Look! Sum between limits of one and nine one integral into power series, yes! yes! Then you differentiate... (The chamber begins to shake as if a huge engine beneath them had awakened from a million year slumber.) DOCTOR: You fool! Why couldn't you leave it alone! PARRY: What's happening? DOCTOR: I dunno... Perhaps the Cybermen aren't quite as dormant as you imagine! We must find out what has happened to the others! 10, INT: POWER ROOM (Victoria moves over to the machine again. She checks that Viner isn't watching, then climbs up into the metal coffin. Kaftan notices this, and pulls a lever on the panel. Victoria screams as the door to the coffin slams shut with her inside. Viner rushes to the panel.) VINER: Did you touch anything? KAFTAN: No! VINER: Well keep away from that board, here help me! (He rushes to the coffin and tries to pull it open with little success.) KAFTAN: One moment. VINER: Now! (He stands back and examines the coffin.) VINER: We need a crowbar to get this off! KAFTAN: It may be too late... 11, INT: w*apon ROOM (Jamie looks at his new pet.) JAMIE: That's strange, I could swear that that thing moved. (He taps the caterpillar a few times, but it remains dormant.) HAYDON: You're seeing things old chap! Come and look at this, the whole control panel is active suddenly. I don't know which button to press first! JAMIE: Oh, I wouldn't touch it if I were you! HAYDON: I think I'll try this one. (Haydon pulls a lever.) HAYDON: Nothing! JAMIE: Hey wait a minute, what's happening, it's getting dark... HAYDON: (Opens his mouth to say "light switch!" when he notices a pattern on the wall.) Hey look at the far wall! (The patterns swirl around.) 12, INT: POWER ROOM VINER: It's no use, I daren't touch anything. If I operate the wrong sequence she'll die! I must find the logical order, if it's not too late! (He bangs on the door a few times, eventually hears a soft banging coming from within.) KAFTAN: She's still alive! VINER: Thank heavens! Look I'd better go and get the others, You stay her with her, but... KAFTAN: Yes, but hurry! VINER: I won't be long! (Kaftan knocks, and hears a reply again. She goes to the panel and pulls a lever, the probe facing the coffin begins to swing to and fro crackling with power... A figure steps out of the shadows, then moves behind Kaftan, grips her hand, and moves the lever back.) DOCTOR: I wouldn't touch the projector controls if I were you, someone might get hurt! VINER: There must be some way to release it Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes there is, now let me see... (He looks at the panel, deep in thought.) 13, INT: w*apon ROOM (Jamie seems transfixed by the lights on the wall.) HAYDON: Jamie, Jamie don't watch it! JAMIE: I must, I must, I can't seem to take my eyes off it. (Slowly he walks towards the swirling wall like a zombie.) JAMIE: I don't want to take my eyes off it... I don't want to take my eyes off it... (Haydon grabs Jamie, and tries to pull him back, but he keeps walking towards the wall.) HAYDON: Stop Jamie! JAMIE: Yes, yes, I see it now! (Haydon moves to the panel, and pushes the lever back to it's original position.) HAYDON: Are you alright? (Jamie wakes up, and rubs his head.) JAMIE: Oh... where have I been? HAYDON: You've been under some form of hypnosis. JAMIE: That's ridiculous, what would the Cybermen want with a hypnotising machine?! HAYDON: Yes, you're right, it must be for something else! Wait a minute, know what it could be? JAMIE: What? HAYDON: Some kind of target! I remember reading about this somewhere, they used to have something like it on Earth, years ago. JAMIE: But how does it work, which bit do you aim at? HAYDON: There's a subliminal centre which you're trained to see... JAMIE: Oh aye... a what?! HAYDON: Come on, lets run the whole thing again and see what happens, but keep your eyes off the wall! Now you work the controls this time, and I'll watch. JAMIE: Right. HAYDON: OK press the buttons! (Haydon looks at the wall through gaps in his hands.) 14, INT: POWER ROOM DOCTOR: Yes I think this is the sequence. Stand by to let her out will you. (He turns to Kaftan.) DOCTOR: And if you my dear would stand well clear, thank you! Right! (He pushes the lever and the door swings open revealing a frightened Victoria spluttering for air.) DOCTOR: Victoria, are you alright? (He hugs her.) DOCTOR: It's all right. VICTORIA: Oh! DOCTOR: Get your breath. Its alright. VICTORIA: Oh I... DOCTOR: It's alright now... VICTORIA: I-I I didn't like that very much Doctor! DOCTOR: No, I don't expect you did. You'll have to be a little more careful in future won't you? Now come along, we must go and see whether Jamie is, alright, come along.. 15, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER PARRY: There must be some way to get that hatch open! KLIEG: That must be the control to do it. PARRY: The tombs of the Cybermen must be below ground, together with all their records. If we can't get down there, all our work here, and the sacrifice of that unfortunate fellow's life will go in vain. (Klieg gazes into the distance thoughtfully.) KLIEG: A great deal more than that... PARRY: Pardon? (Klieg shakes himself from his reverie.) KLIEG: Of course, there's only one explanation! The Doctor! PARRY: Yes? KLIEG: He didn't give us the complete code! There must be a further sequence to operate that opening mechanism. PARRY: Alright! Lets try and find it out! KLIEG: Now what could it be? 16, INT: w*apon ROOM (The Wall pulses with dancing triangular fractals, then fades to blank again.) HAYDON: Is that all? JAMIE: Aye. All except this big button here, what does that do? HAYDON: I'm not sure, but we'll soon find out. I'm going to trace the source of these shapes, there must be a projector somewhere. Look, when I give the word press the button. JAMIE: The big one? HAYDON: Yes, maybe it works in conjunction with the others. (He moves to the spot opposite the wall.) JAMIE: Right, ready when you are. HAYDON: OK, go ahead. (Jamie presses the button, and the lights dim and the wall begins to swirl with bright shapes again. The Doctor enters and sees Jamie with his hand on the panel.) DOCTOR: Oh Jamie, don't touch that control! JAMIE: Already have. What's the matter Doctor? DOCTOR: Well which one was it? JAMIE: Which one what? (Suddenly a panel opens somewhere in the wall, a g*n slides out. In front of Haydon the form of a Cyberman appears, the blank mask of its face staring out at the people who have desecrated it's tomb. There is a crackle of energy and Haydon falls to the floor in a pall of oily smoke. Victoria screams.)
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The Tomb of the Cybermen [b]Episode Two[/b] By Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis Original Air Date: 9 September, 1967 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1, INT: w*apon ROOM DOCTOR: Oh Jamie don't touch that control! JAMIE: Already have. What's the matter Doctor? DOCTOR: Which one was it? JAMIE: Which one what? (There is a fierce crackle of energy, and Haydon falls to the floor in a pall of oily smoke. Victoria screams.) DOCTOR: What exactly happened here Jamie, what did you do, what sequence did you use? JAMIE: Sequence, how do you mea..? Oh you mean these! Oh, well, I-I just pressed that button and pulled this lever a-a-and then that lever there. PARRY: Doctor, I... do you think you could spare us a moment? I... Haydon! What's happened? VINER: He's d*ad! Don't you see he's d*ad!? It's this damn building! It's alive, it's watching us! It'll get us all - we've got to leave! PARRY: Alright Viner! This is terrible. How did it happen? VINER: We've got to get out this building, it's deadly! They'll k*ll all of us if we don't get back to rocket! DOCTOR: They? VINER: The Cybermen! Didn't you see it?! PARRY: Cybermen? A live Cyberman? My dear Viner, they've been d*ad for the last five hundred years! VINER: I tell you it was a Cyberman in this very room, and it came out from over there! That that screen thing. JAMIE: Yeah he's right! VINER: Keep back, you'll bring it out again! DOCTOR: The question is, what k*lled him. VINER: But you saw the Cyberman, Doctor. DOCTOR: I saw something. Poor Haydon was looking at that screen in the direction we all were, right? VINER: Of course, must you state the obvious! DOCTOR: Not so obvious when you consider he was sh*t in the back. JAMIE: In the back? PARRY: Are you sure Doctor? DOCTOR: See for yourself. Now if the Cybermen didn't sh**t him, what did? (They roll over Haydon and the Doctor leads Jamie over to the wall near the door where the g*n emerged.) DOCTOR: The answer, I think, lies over here. Jamie! JAMIE: Yes Doctor? DOCTOR: Can you remember exactly what you did, what sequence you used? JAMIE: Oh I'm not sure Doctor. DOCTOR: You must try. I want to-to repeat it all when I give the word. JAMIE: Oh very well. VINER: You're crazy man, you'll bring that..that thing out again! DOCTOR: Maybe, I don't know. Now, Jamie! (The Doctor motions over to Jamie.) DOCTOR: Whenever you're ready. JAMIE: Aye, anytime Doctor. DOCTOR: Now there is a distinct element of risk in what I'm asking you all to do, so if anyone wishes to leave they must do so at once. (Jamie turns to and begins to drift towards the door, then freezes.) DOCTOR: Not you Jamie! VINER: Can't you stop this, he'll k*ll us all! DOCTOR: Not if you go back against that wall in that corner there, now please. Right Jamie! (Jamie flips two levers and the mock-Cyberman slides out and then the g*n from the wall directly opposite. There is a crackle of energy and the cyber-dummy is decapitated in a shower of sparks. Victoria screams. The Doctor wanders over to the g*n which has failed to retract this time, and examines it closely.) JAMIE: Now... GET BACK Doctor! VICTORIA: KEEP AWAY! DOCTOR: It's alright, I-I think... I think it's alright now. Yes. You see it's-it's just a mock up, a-a model. (The Doctor sees Parry reach out to touch the g*n the Robot Cyberman is carrying and moves to block him.) DOCTOR: Now no-no don't touch that! That g*n may be wired up too. PARRY: It's a trap. DOCTOR: No I don't think so. This is a-a testing room for w*apon. (He gestures towards the inert silver giant.) DOCTOR: This is a purely robotic Cyberman. There's no human material inside it at all, he's a target... (The Doctor turns on his heel and speeds out of the door.) DOCTOR: ...for w*apon. PARRY: Let's get this poor fellow back to the control room, shall we? (Victoria notices the embryo Cybermat on the floor.) VICTORIA: Oh what's that? JAMIE: Some wee creature I found on the floor there. VICTORIA: It's a fossil. DOCTOR: Now Victoria, let me see that. (The Doctor examines the tiny metal bug.) DOCTOR: Yes, it's-it's certainly inactive, but it's not a fossil. (He gives it back to Victoria and pulls out his 500 year diary turning a few pages. He looks at the metal creature again and turns it around to get a different view then reads again.) DOCTOR: Ah here we are, it's a Cyber-Mat. VICTORIA: Well what's a Cybermat? DOCTOR: It's one of those. (The Doctor points at the bug, then pockets his diary.) DOCTOR: I'd leave it alone if I were you. Come along. (He vanishes through the door. Victoria casually slips the tiny metal bug into her bag and follows.) 2, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (Toberman walks across the control room to Kaftan. They are both far enough away from anyone who might hear them.) KAFTAN: Well? TOBERMAN: It is done. KAFTAN: Good. (Toberman walks off toward the shadows once again. Back at the table Klieg is fussing over calculations.) KLIEG: I just don't understand this code. This sequence just doesn't make complete sense. KAFTAN: You, a Logician and you can't understand it? KLIEG: But in the time... KAFTAN: Enough! KLIEG: ...In the time we have! KAFTAN: We have plenty of time. You will see. (She looks over to see Parry and Viner manhandling Haydon's corpse into the control room.) PARRY: Right, we'll lay him over there. (They leave the body by the hatch and Kaftan gets up to investigate.) KAFTAN: What has happened here? VINER: There's been a terrible accident, he's been sh*t! PARRY: Right we're all here. Will we all sit down for a moment Mm? KAFTAN: Toberman! PARRY: Mr Klieg. KLIEG: Leave me alone, can't you see I'm working, or have you forgotten the purpose of this expedition? PARRY: This directly concerns my expedition, you will kindly take your place! (Klieg draws in a sharp breath as if he's going to argue, but he decides against it and sits down with the others at the Cybertable.) PARRY: Right, I'll come straight to the point. I have reluctantly decided to abandon the expedition and return to Earth. (There is a universal chorus of whys and wherefores, the strongest coming from Klieg.) KLIEG: You can't do this now! PARRY: I feel as strongly about this as you! This expedition has been my dream for many years. But there were those like Mr Viner here who said that more preparation was needed, (Viner nods.) more men and equipment. I refused to heed their warnings and the result is that two men have died. (The cacophony of argument begins to bubble amongst the members again.) PARRY: I'm sorry, but we must leave at the first available conjunction. We'll take back all we can for study, of course; but that is my decision and that is what we must do! (Klieg jumps up) KLIEG: I insist that...! PARRY: MY DECISION IS FINAL! We leave when the north hemisphere is tangential which will be... (He studies his pocket chronometer.) PARRY: Eighteen forty-two. (Klieg storms off in disgust and Parry notices Hopper's arrival on the scene.) PARRY: Ah, captain Hopper, just the man. Kindly be prepared to blast off at eighteen forty-two. HOPPER: No. PARRY: (He freezes.) I beg your pardon, er did I hear you right, you are paid to take orders Captain Hopper. HOPPER: Not impossible ones I'm not. PARRY: What do you mean? HOPPER: I mean the fuel pumps. Some character has balled up the lot! DOCTOR: Or some-thing. HOPPER: Well whatever it is it's practically wrecked out chances of getting off this crummy planet! (Everyone's attention is drawn towards the Cyberman emblem above the second door.) 3, INT CENTRAL CHAMBER (LATER IN THE EVENING) VINER: I don't care what any of you say, I utterly refuse to spend the night on this planet! DOCTOR: I don't think any of us has a choice. VINER: Well at least we can get out of this sinister building. W-I've recorded all the necessary details, I suggest we all go back to the rocket. HOPPER: You make very bad suggestions, did anyone ever tell you that? (He moves to bar Viner's way, but is pushed aside.) VINER: I insist. HOPPER: You do a lot of insisting. Well I'm going to tell you something now. The first guy that set...sets foot on my rocketship will stop the repair work just like that. (He clicks his fingers.) PARRY: How long will it take to get the rocket operational again? HOPPER: Working non-stop without interruption to get that rocket operation, I'd say... maybe... seventy two hours. PARRY: Seventy two hours! VINER: But that's impossible! We'd all be out of our minds after spending three days in this place! HOPPER: Now look, I can't afford to waste any more time with you guys, but I'll give it to you just once more OK? Now you may not know this but we'll have to practically pull that ship apart to fix the damage. And there's no room for all of you on board - especially with you insisting all over the place. No room to work, gottit?! VINER: It's alright for you, have you any idea what it'll be like for us having to spend our time in this deadly building? HOPPER: Well it's not exactly peaches back on the ship! DOCTOR: Er, Captain, you uh do have another reason for not wanting them back on the ship, don't you? HOPPER: Yeah, well until I find who broke into the rocket. DOCTOR: Or what? HOPPER: Ooh, who broke into the rocket, I'm going to be keeping a round-the-clock watch on the ship. DOCTOR: I see. HOPPER: I'm going to get off this planet with my skin still fitting tight - all over, alright? DOCTOR: Alright. (He smiles knowingly.) HOPPER: Now in case it gets cold at night I've brought these anoraks and some food. I'll let you know when we're ready to take off. (He walks out the entrance.) KLIEG: As we have to stay, we might as well finish our job and fully explore down there - that is if the Professor has no objection? PARRY: We have no alternative it seems. DOCTOR: Well well-well can't, can't we all just stay here? It seems a pleasant enough room to me. JAMIE: Hey-hey, you speak for yourself. KLIEG: Of course you can leave here anytime you please Doctor. DOCTOR: H'oh yes, I was forgetting I-I can can't I. VICTORIA: But you're not going to are you Doctor? DOCTOR: No. Not just yet awhile, no. Er, but you and Jamie can go back to the TARDIS if you wish. VICTORIA: I'll stay with you. DOCTOR: Er, Jamie? JAMIE: Oh, I'll stay. DOCTOR: Good. (He wanders past the table towards Klieg who is still too busy puzzling out the console to look elsewhere, and talks loudly.) DOCTOR: Now, er, I think it's about time we gave Mr Klieg some help. KLIEG: Thank you, I think I can manage. TOBERMAN: STAY! (He blocks their way.) JAMIE: Hey, let the Doctor past or I'll... (Toberman grabs the front of the Doctor's shirt in one hand.) JAMIE: Yes, well... let the Doctor past. DOCTOR: It's okay Jamie. (He talks to Kaftan standing beside Toberman watching with interest.) DOCTOR: Your colleague has er, very strong hands. KAFTAN: Very strong. DOCTOR: Enough to do a great deal of damage if let loose in the er right place. (Kaftan considers, then nods her servant away and the Doctor investigates what Klieg is doing. Back at the Cybertable Parry and Viner are discussing the workings rather than the theory.) PARRY: There's no doubt about it, the major workings lie below. There are metal caverns down there all interconnected - if only we can get down into them! KLIEG: That's it! I've got it! (He rushes over to the table, Doctor in tow interrupting Parry's dialogue.) KLIEG: Finally boolean function of symbolic logic! DOCTOR: Logical, yes... KAFTAN: Everything yields to logic. Our basic assumption, Doctor! DOCTOR: Really. KLIEG: Six, cup B four... If and only if...C is cup function of two A. DOCTOR: I think perhaps your logic is wearing a little thin. KLIEG: I must have made a mistake. I-I'll do it again more carefully. Six, cup B four... If and only if... C is cup function of... Ah, that's it, two F not two A! (As he operates the controls there is a hum of power and the heavy circular hatch in the corner of the room swings up.) VICTORIA: The hatch! KLIEG: I've done it! I've done it! DOCTOR: Congratulations. JAMIE: Yeah, but Doctor y... PARRY: Excellent! Now to work. It'll be extremely cold down there, we shall all need to put on warm clothing. Mr Viner, will you see about the anoraks? KLIEG: Ah just a moment - are we all going down? PARRY: There is safety in numbers. KLIEG: The er, women as well? PARRY: Oh, they of course will stay here. Er, in case of trouble, contact the rocket. VICTORIA: I'm coming down with you. PARRY: But my dear young lady... VICTORIA: You heard me Professor, the... DOCTOR: Ah, Victoria, you would be much safer up here. VICTORIA: But Doctor! DOCTOR: And much more use to us er... VICTORIA: I don't think... DOCTOR: Er Keep an eye on um... things Mm? Please. VICTORIA: Oh alright. DOCTOR: Thank you. PARRY: Well if we're all ready. I shall lead the descent, be ready to go back the instant I give the word. KLIEG: You know what to do. KAFTAN: The hatch. DOCTOR: Toberman! KAFTAN: He stays with me. DOCTOR: Then I stay here too. (He sits down.) KAFTAN: Of course, I'm being selfish, his strength will be useful to you down there. He must go down. Go down Toberman. DOCTOR: Remember what I said. Be careful. (He goes down the hatch.) KAFTAN: It seems we are to be left alone to wait. Captain Hopper has brought some food from the rocket - you would like some? VICTORIA: I rather! I'm ravenous. KAFTAN: Roast beef, roast veal, chicken... VICTORIA: Ooh, chicken please... (Kaftan passes a over a waxy food concentrate cube.) VICTORIA: Well what on Earth's this? KAFTAN: What you have asked for. VICTORIA: Thank you but, er, I'm not very hungry now. (Victoria wanders over to the hatchway and peers down. At the table Kaftan pours her a drink and drops a small tablet into it.) 4, INT: ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL (Toberman and the Doctor get to the bottom of the ladder and walk over to the rest of the group.) PARRY: Hurry up there, we've no time to linger. It's extremely cold down here even with these anoraks. JAMIE: Aye you obviously knew what to expect. DOCTOR: Well, which way do we go? KLIEG: I don't know. Let's try this way. DOCTOR: Yes. (The group heads off.) 5, INT: MAIN CAVERN JAMIE: Hey, what on Earth?! PARRY: Behold gentlemen, the tombs of the Cybermen! (Spread out before them is a vast section of wall leading up to the ceiling of cubicles, each the size of a man covered in centuries of frost.) JAMIE: Tombs? I don't see any tombs. DOCTOR: In there Jamie, frozen forever. All their evil locked away with them. And so it must remain. KLIEG: Like a gigantic honeycomb, like bees. Waiting the signal to arise from their winter sleep. DOCTOR: A signal that they're never going to get! VINER: We'd better get busy, everything's got to be recorded. It's too cold to stay down here for long. KLIEG: Unless we find some way to warm things up... 6, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER KAFTAN: You have hardly touched your coffee, it must be cold by now. You would like some more? VICTORIA: Thank you. I'm much warmer now. KAFTAN: That's good. VICTORIA: I... (She yawns.) Feel so sleepy. (Kaftan rushes to the console and flips a series of switches. The hatch thumps down.) 7, INT: MAIN CAVERN (The team hear a thud as the trapdoor slams shut.) JAMIE: What was that? VINER: It sounded like the hatch! 8, INT: ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL JAMIE: It's closed! (Jamie climbs and tries to push the door open, but to no avail.) VINER: Oh what's the use, we're trapped down here now. We'll never survive down in this cold. Better get back. 9, INT: MAIN CAVERN DOCTOR: Well? VINER: It's closed. What have they done that for? What are they playing at up there?! DOCTOR: Well where's Jamie? VINER: He went up the ladder to try it out. (The Doctor goes to see and Viner moves over to Parry.) VINER: Professor! PARRY: Ssh! VINER: Professor listen to me! (Parry puts down his recording device.) VINER: The hatch is down again, we're trapped down here! PARRY: Trapped? But there are some of out party up there are! You sure? VINER: Yes, of course I'm sure! You know how heavy that thing is, well it's down now. We've got to do something! I'd give us a couple of hours in here at the most. DOCTOR: Klieg doesn't seem to be very worried. KLIEG: No, I'm not Doctor. JAMIE: It won't open and I can't make anyone hear. KLIEG: Of course, there is an easy way out of this. VINER: You've found something? KLIEG: Of course you're forgetting your logic. If it closes it can be opened from... from here. DOCTOR: Conveniently labelled in symbolic lod... logic I suppose. KLIEG: Right. are we ready? I shall now operate the sequence. DOCTOR: If it is the opening device. KLIEG: It's obviously an opening device of some kind Doctor. VINER: I don't know how you can all be so blasted calm about it all! JAMIE: I'll see if it works then. (Jamie runs through the entrance of the chamber, back to the hatch.) JAMIE: (OOV.) Go ahead! (Klieg pulls a number of levers.) JAMIE: (OOV.) Nothing happening out here. VINER: It doesn't work! (Gradually the vast frozen honeycomb of Cybertombs begins to become exposed as the frost that was covering it disappears bit by bit.) PARRY: Water! JAMIE: Aye, it's getting warmer. VINER: The ice is melting. (Jamie notices the change almost immediately.) JAMIE: Hey look behind you! (They all turn to look.) VINER: Look! Look at the honeycomb! There's something inside. JAMIE: They're Cybermen. DOCTOR: Jamie, come back. PARRY: It is them. Gentlemen they are perfect! This is unique in archaeology! (As the room heats up, the Cybermen begin to move inside their cubicles like embryos coming to life.) VINER: No, no... they're moving. We must shut it down. (He moves to the control panel and returns the levers to their original places. The Cybermen begin to slow down as it gets colder again.) KLIEG: What are you doing, keep away from that! VINER: No! (He stays at the controls with his back to Klieg.) KLIEG: Hold on. (Klieg produces a g*n from his bag.) KLIEG: The next one to move and he will get k*lled. (The Doctor holds Jamie back.) DOCTOR: No! KLIEG: For the last time I'm asking you to get away from those controls! (Viner doesn't obey so Klieg sh**t him.) VINER: Ohhhh...arghh. (He slides to the floor and Parry rushes over but it is too late.) PARRY: Viner...Viner...Viner! (He turns to Klieg.) PARRY: YOU'VE k*lled HIM! (Klieg flips the controls back again.) JAMIE: He's mad! (Jamie moves to get closer to Klieg but the Doctor holds him back again.) DOCTOR: Jamie! (Behind the tombs defrost again.) PARRY: Haydon d*ad, and now Viner. What kind of a man are you?! KLIEG: Back... Keep back! (He keeps his g*n trained on the party.) KLIEG: And we can see what happens - as the Professor says, this is a unique archaeological event. It would be such a pity to miss it! 10, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (A muffled bleeping sounds from within Victoria's bag, and a bulge begins to move backwards and forwards. Unaware of this, Victoria begins to stir and then wakes up and gets rather uncertainly to her feet. She looks at the hatch.) VICTORIA: What's happened - are they back yet? KAFTAN: What? (She seems surprised that Victoria is awake so soon.) VICTORIA: The hatch is down, are they back? KAFTAN: They are still down there. VICTORIA: Then why is the hatch down? They won't be able to get up again! KAFTAN: I shall open it when we are ready. VICTORIA: W... when who's ready? ...You closed it! KAFTAN: I did. VICTORIA: Then you'd better open it again hadn't you! KAFTAN: No it shall remain closed. VICTORIA: The Doctor warned me about you! KAFTAN: That was very clever of him. VICTORIA: Out of my way! KAFTAN: Why? VICTORIA: I'm going to open the hatch. (Kaftan draws out a w*apon and levels it at Victoria.) KAFTAN: Stand back! (Victoria miserably does as she is bid.) KAFTAN: That's better! Now let's move away from these controls. We shall be more comfortable over here I think. (She gestures to the Cybertable and Victoria obeys looking on the verge of tears.) VICTORIA: Oh... but why? Why have you done it? You've trapped your friends down there as well as mine! KAFTAN: I shall open it when Mr Klieg has completed our plans. (Behind Kaftan, the Cybermat pokes it's tiny metal nose out of a chewhole on Victoria's bag and scans the room.) KAFTAN: Meanwhile it is better that they remain undisturbed. If you touch those controls I shall have to k*ll you. (The Cybermat vacates the bag and trundles along the floor.) 11, INT: MAIN CAVERN JAMIE: You know Doctor, I have a feeling that that man planned it all along. He knew that that control wouldn't open the hatch. DOCTOR: So did I Jamie. JAMIE: What? You knew, Doctor? DOCTOR: I wanted to know what he was up to. KLIEG: And now you know Doctor. PARRY: We know nothing. This is the action of a lunatic! (He gestures to Viner's body.) KLIEG: Lunatic? Not at all Professor, a necessary detail, that's all. PARRY: But why?! KLIEG: Logic, my dear Professor, logic and power. On Earth the Brotherhood of Logicians is the greatest man intelligence ever assembled. But that is not enough, we need power. Power to put our ability into action. The Cybermen have this power. I have come here to find it and use it. PARRY: So that was your motive in financing my expedition! KLIEG: Exactly! Your complete lack of er, administration made it ideal for our purpose! DOCTOR: And you think that the Cybermen will help you? KLIEG: But of course - I shall be their resurrector! PARRY: Look! (With an icy ripping sound the Cybermen begin to tear at the protective membranes of their cubicles forcing their way out into the cavern. The ones from the upper levels descend via the ladders at the sides, and gradually they all lumber towards the group as if still half asleep.) 12, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (Victoria stiffens as she sees the Cybermat glide happily across the floor, but Kaftan is facing the wrong direction to see.) KAFTAN: Keep still! (The Cybermat stops at the table and hops on top.) VICTORIA: Behind you! that thing - it's come alive! KAFTAN: You are so simple! You don't really expect to take me in with a trick like that?! VICTORIA: It's true will you look! KAFTAN: Will nothing keep you still? (The Cybermat trundles across the table.) VICTORIA: Oh will you please look! KAFTAN: If I have any further trouble from you I will have to take drastic steps! VICTORIA: Why don't you believe me?! KAFTAN: I will not allow a little girl like you to interfere with our plans! (The Cybermat leaps onto Kaftan's shoulder and forcefully jacks itself into her nervous system.) VICTORIA: Gg! KAFTAN: AIEE! (She drops to the ground stunned by a paralysing Cyber-hypnotic force. Victoria snatches the g*n as the Cybermat scurries away and fires a single sh*t. The Cybermat convulses and flips over, smoke pouring from it's frilly underbelly. She looks at the hatch, then the console, but cannot see how to open the hatch.) VICTORIA: Don't know... (She throws down the g*n and runs towards the door.) VICTORIA: Captain Hopper! 13, INT: MAIN CAVERN (The Cybermen congregate in front of the square embossed door in the centre of the tombs and salute each other with their right arms across their chests. Together they ease the door open. Within, is a very different type of Cyberman.) JAMIE: What is it? DOCTOR: I think it's their-their leader...their-their controller, Jamie. (The Controller unfurls itself from the foetal position in which it had been resting. It is the same as the others in most respects, but has no chest unit, and the sides of it's helmet lack the usual handle-like audio-modules. The most striking difference, however, is it's head which raises up until it becomes a large translucent red dome running with internal veins and glowing with an inner light. The Cyber-Controller steps out into the cavern and all the drones salute. It then walks forward five paces and stops. All the Cybermen seem rooted to the spot as if awaiting new orders. Klieg approaches the Controller...) KLIEG: I... am Klieg, Eric Klieg. I have brought you back to life. We of the Logicians have planned this. You are alive because of us. Now you will help us. (The Controller remains immobile.) KLIEG: We need your power, you need our mass intelligence. Are you listening? Do you understand me? Now that I have released you... (He raises a thr*at arm to the Cyber-Controller who casually grips it in one hand and pushes it down.) KLIEG: ARGGHH... Let me go! (Klieg is forced down to the chamber floor on his knees.) KLIEG: I set you free! (The Cyber-Controller releases it's grip and Klieg squirms on the floor like a maggot on a hook.) KLIEG: It was our plan! (The Cyber-Controller looks on impassively with a thin layer of frost on it's emotionless faceplate.) CONTROLLER: YOU BELONG TO US. YOU SHALL BE LIKE US.
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The Tomb of the Cybermen Episode Three By Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis Original Air Date: 16 September, 1967 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1, INT: MAIN CAVERN (The Cyber-Controller looks on impassively with a thin layer of frost on it's emotionless faceplate.) CONTROLLER: YOU BELONG TO US. YOU SHALL BE LIKE US. PARRY: How did you know that we would come to release you? You could have remained frozen forever! CONTROLLER: THE HUMAN MIND. YOU ARE INQUISITIVE. DOCTOR: Ah I see a trap! A very special sort of trap too. PARRY: What do you mean special trap? DOCTOR: Well don't you see, they only wanted superior intellects, that's why they made the trap so complicated! CONTROLLER: WE KNEW THAT SOMEBODY LIKE YOU WOULD COME TO OUR PLANET SOMEDAY. DOCTOR: Yes, and we've done exactly as you've calculated, haven't we? CONTROLLER: NOW YOU BELONG TO US. 2, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (Kaftan is still unconscious, slumped at one of the seats of the Cybertable.) VICTORIA: Now quick, find the opening device. I don't know which it is! HOPPER: Now hold on. I'm not pulling any levers until I know what this is all about! CALLUM: I don't reckon we should have left the rocket captain. I can't see much wrong here. VICTORIA: Not much wrong? Are you blind the pair of you? What about this then? (She points to the closed hatch.) CALLUM: W... I can't see any change, Vic. VICTORIA: That's just it. They're down there now! CALLUM: Well then why close the hatch on them? (Unseen by anyone, Kaftan's eyes flicker and she awakens, but stays low and immobile listening to the conversation.) CALLUM: Doesn't make sense, Vic. VICTORIA: I didn't, and please stop calling me Vic. She closed the hatch. CALLUM: Oh did she now. VICTORIA: Now look, are you going to help me or not? They're probably freezing to death down there! If you're not going to help me, I'm going to pull every one of those levers on that board and see what happens! HOPPER: Ah now, I wouldn't do that Vic. Er, come on Jim, I think we'd better do as she says. CALLUM: Yeah. HOPPER: OK now, were you here when they opened it all up? VICTORIA: Yes! HOPPER: Well come on! You must have some idea! VICTORIA: I don't know, I wasn't looking! (She looks wretched.) VICTORIA: Oh I think it's one of those levers down there. (Callum turns and looks incredulously at Hopper.) CALLUM: She thinks! HOPPER: Oh! 3, INT: MAIN CAVERN JAMIE: Could we not make a run for it Doctor? DOCTOR: No-no, we wouldn't even reach the ladder, it's too risky. PARRY: What can we do? DOCTOR: We'll play for time, wait our chance. Leave it to me. (The Doctor walks up to the Controller.) DOCTOR: Ahem... Excuse me. May I ask a question? Why did you submit yourself to freezing? (The Controller spins around and bears menacingly down on the Doctor.) DOCTOR: Er, you-you don't have to answer that if you don't want to... CONTROLLER: TO SURVIVE. OUR HISTORY COMPUTER HAS FULL DETAILS OF YOU. DOCTOR: Oh, how? CONTROLLER: WE KNOW OF YOUR INTELLIGENCE. DOCTOR: Oh, thank you very much... Ah yes, the lunar surface! CONTROLLER: OUR MACHINERY HAD STOPPED AND OUR SUPPLY OF REPLACEMENTS' BEEN DEPLETED. DOCTOR: So that's why you att*cked the Moonbase! CONTROLLER: YOU HAD DESTROYED OUR FIRST PLANET AND WE WERE BECOMING EXTINCT. JAMIE: W-what use will capturing us make? You'll still become extinct. CONTROLLER: WE WILL SURVIVE. WE WILL SURVIVE. NOW YOU WILL HELP US. PARRY: What makes you think that we will help you? That m*rder doesn't speak for us. CONTROLLER: YOU WILL BECOME THE FIRST OF A NEW RACE OF CYBERMEN. YOU WILL RETURN TO THE EARTH AND CONTROL IT. PARRY: Never! Never! CONTROLLER: EVERYTHING WE DESIGNED HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT. THERE WILL BE NO MISTAKES. JAMIE: A new race of Cybermen? But we're humans, we're not like you! CONTROLLER: YOU WILL BE. (The Controller turns in one mighty movement and strides off unconcerned about it's prisoners for the moment.) DOCTOR: Oh no-no keep away! Keep away, keep away from me! (There is a gaggle of frightened voices as the Cyberman drones move forward and take the prisoners by force. Jamie manages to escape in the throng of bodies and sprints off towards a side tunnel and runs left. A Cyberman follows him, walking with brisk deliberate movements and turns right. Jamie doubles back the way he came. Moments later the Cyberman follows him. Jamie rounds the corner of a pillar, seemingly unseen by the Cyberman and makes for the ladder, but halfway up he gets h*t by a crackling blue arc of electricity. The Cyberman has anticipated where he would go, and stunned him from behind by discharging a little of it's power through it's three metal digits.) DOCTOR: Let me go of me! If you would let go I'd stand still! TOBERMAN: Please, please, please let me go! Let me go! (The Cyberman struggling with Toberman seems to be having trouble keeping a grip of him so it picks him bodily up and holds him in the air for a moment then throws him across the cavern into a stack of barrels.) DOCTOR: Oh if you would let go of me. I would be still! Please! You're breaking my arm! Oh! CONTROLLER: TO STRUGGLE IS FUTILE. 4, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (Callum has taken apart a panel and is examining the wiring beneath.) HOPPER: You sure that's the one? CALLUM: Yeah. Yeah-yeah, it's the only one it could be. Yeah. It, er, leads up to that one there, yeah. (He points to a lever.) VICTORIA: Please hurry Captain Hopper! (Unseen, Kaftan moves around the Cybertable and picks up her fallen g*n.) HOPPER: Keep back will ya? Leave this to me. Jim, stand by to power it up. Stand back will you, just in case you got the wrong one. (Kaftan jumps up and levels the g*n again.) KAFTAN: Don't move! Raise your hands! (Wearily they turn and raise their hands.) HOPPER: Now look here lady... KAFTAN: I shall k*ll you! HOPPER: Well your own men are down there, what are you doing this for? KAFTAN: Move away from that control board! Over here. I shall open the hatch when Klieg gives the signal. HOPPER: Oh why close it in the first place? KAFTAN: Klieg must remain undisturbed. Your friends will not escape from there, and you will not interfere. (Victoria screams and Kaftan is off guard for a moment in which Hopper rushes forward grabbing the g*n, then he hands it to Callum.) HOPPER: Watch her, if she moves, blast her. CALLUM: Right. HOPPER: Ah, ya scream real good Vic! Thanks a lot! VICTORIA: Please, the hatch! HOPPER: OK, we'll take a risk. Standby! (He pulls the lever and with a mechanical hum the hatch raises again.) VICTORIA: It's very quiet down there. HOPPER: Yeah, too quiet. VICTORIA: Something must have happened. HOPPER: How long've they been down there? VICTORIA: About an hour. HOPPER: That's too long, I'm going down. 'Ey Jim, what're those b*mb loaded with? (He motions towards a small bag of that Callum has brought with him.) CALLUM: Ah, smoke. HOPPER: Great, give us a couple will you? CALLUM: Yeah, sure. HOPPER: Come on, come on! CALLUM: Yeah, yeah, yeah! HOPPER: Okay, here we go. VICTORIA: I'm coming too! HOPPER: Ah, later maybe, not this trip. VICTORIA: Who'd be a woman! HOPPER: Ah, how would you know honey? Ah, you'd better stay up here, we don't know what's going on down there. VICTORIA: Is he always like that? CALLUM: Ah, most of the time ah, Vic, yeah. 5, INT: MAIN CAVERN (The expedition members are all sitting on the floor waiting as the Cybermen are conferring in a large circle. The drones all salute the Controller with their arms across their chests and move off. The Controller and a drone approach the group.) CONTROLLER: WE HAVE DECIDED HOW YOU WILL BE USED. KLIEG: Yes? (Klieg stands.) CONTROLLER: YOU ARE A LOGICIAN. OUR RACE IS ALSO LOGICAL. YOU WILL BE THE LEADER OF THE NEW RACE. KLIEG: You will listen to my proposals, then? CONTROLLER: YES, WE WILL LISTEN. BUT FIRST YOU WILL BE ALTERED. KLIEG: A-altered? CONTROLLER: YOU HAVE FEAR. WE WILL ELIMINATE FEAR FROM YOUR BRAIN. YES, YOU WILL BE THE FIRST. DRONE: AND YOU WILL BE THE NEXT. (It points to Parry.) PARRY: I? No, no! (He begins to struggle.) DRONE: YOU WILL BE LIKE US. (It grabs him in a vice-like grip and Parry screams) 6, INT: ENTRANCE TO MAIN CAVERN (Hopper creeps about by the entrance, as yet unseen by anyone. He carefully pulls the pin from his b*mb and frowns.) 7, INT: MAIN CAVERN CONTROLLER: TO DIE IS UNNECESSARY. YOU WILL BE FROZEN AND PLACED IN OUR TOMBS UNTIL WE ARE READY TO USE YOU. YOUR LIVES WILL BE SUSPENDED. PREPARE THE TOMBS. PARRY: They really mean it, they're going to freeze us! JAMIE: Not me! DOCTOR: No Jamie, they're coming back! (Suddenly a number of small expl*si*n go off inside the cavern. The Cybermen mill about looking confused as the w*apon don't appear to be causing any damage at all. Slowly the chamber fills with smoke. Hopper runs through the doorway.) HOPPER: Come on you guys, run for it! JAMIE: lets get out of here! 8, INT: ENTRANCE TO MAIN CAVERN (Parry is being helped along by Jamie, spluttering from the smoke. From where they are they could take one of a number of passages.) PARRY: J-Jamie. JAMIE: Talk later. DOCTOR: Is he alright? JAMIE: Aye, I think so. Which way is it from here? I can't remember. DOCTOR: That way. (He points.) JAMIE: Are you sure? DOCTOR: No I'm not sure, but just try it! I'll be with you in a minute. JAMIE: Alright. (Jamie and Parry run towards the righthand tunnel. The Doctor runs back the way he came. A few moments later Klieg runs the opposite way, he looks at the righthand tunnel but decides to take the lefthand tunnel instead, hoping it is the way out.) DOCTOR: This way! We've got to stop them! HOPPER: Block off the tunnel perhaps? DOCTOR: No-no we can't do that. The hatch, we must get there first! Come on! (They run off the way Jamie and Parry went.) 9, INT: MAIN CAVERN (Toberman runs through the passages, straight into a group of three Cybermen who drag him struggling into the main chamber. A fourth Cyberman points a three digit hand at Toberman's face and discharges part of it's power though it's fingers, but he continues to struggle. The Cyberman looks momentarily confused, them vents another electrical arc at the man's face and he falls slack in the Cybermen's arms.) CONTOLLER: THIS HUMANOID IS POWERFUL. WE WILL USE HIM. PREPARE HIM. 10, INT: ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL (Back by the ladder the group are all struggling to climb back up with numb hands after an hour in a deep freeze, all of them hacking and coughing on the smoke.) HOPPER: Hurry up can't ya? For Pete's sake get a move on! JAMIE: Oh my hands are freezing! HOPPER: Come on, come on get up! PARRY: I can't see through this smoke! 11, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (Victoria peers down into the hatch.) VICTORIA: JAMIE! ...What's that smoke? JAMIE OOV: VICTORIA! (Jamie clears the hatch, then helps Parry who is looking extremely fatigued from the smoke and cold.) JAMIE: Come on Mr Parry. Come on - quick! You stand back. (Parry clears the hatch followed by Hopper.) HOPPER: The Cybermen! They're right behind us! 12, INT: ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL (The Doctor sprints down the tunnel, his long black cloak billowing behind him, and heads for the ladder. As he begins to climb the bottom rungs, the form of a Cyberdrone bears down, but is just too late to grab him as he scurries upwards. Resolutely, the Cyberman follows him up the ladder always just a step away.) 13, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER HOPPER: As soon as the Doctor's up, slam down the hatch! CALLUM: Okay! Standby! (He runs to the Panel. The Doctor's head peaks over the hatch, then he feels something tug him down.) DOCTOR: Oh! Argh! He's got my leg! Oh-oh! (Callum's hand hovers over the lever as Hopper and Jamie both attempt to wrestle the Doctor out.) JAMIE: Oh Doctor! come on! come on! DOCTOR: Oh! It's no use! JAMIE: Oh, get up! Pull! (The Cyberman manages to climb behind the Doctor, and bears down on him again from a precarious position on the ladder, burbling electronically. Victoria grabs a small thermos flask and beats at the Cyberman's left hand causing it to wobble slightly on the ladder and lose it's grip on the Doctor. It tries to get a better position. This is all the Doctor needs, and he slithers through the gap, but the Cyberman has now grabbed Victoria with both hands. It tries to pull her down the hatch instead of the Doctor.) HOPPER: Jim, close the hatch! JAMIE: Victoria! (Callum flips the lever and the hatch descends on the Cyberman who tries to keep it open with it's right arm, but fails. As the hatch descends lower it releases Victoria and attempts to brace the closing hatch with both of it's arms. For seconds it stands there glaring out into the main chamber burbling in a perturbed manner, Cybertechnology against Cyberman. Eventually the hatch wins and the Cyberman is slowly forced down into the icy abyss of the lower levels with a resounding thud.) JAMIE: Got it! DOCTOR: Oh! (The hatch moves from the impact of a might blow from beneath as the Cyberman tries to b*at it's way through. It beats the Cyberhatch six more times, then gives up, moving off to contemplate the logic of double sided door handles.) VICTORIA: It was horrible! It was so strong! JAMIE: Aye, it's all right Victoria, You're all over now. PARRY: That was a near thing, is anyone missing? HOPPER: Yes! Klieg and Toberman, they're still down there! PARRY: Oh dear. 14, INT: ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL (Klieg hides with his back up against a long pillar as the Cyberman descends the ladder and walks along the passageway. It meets the Controller and another drone.) CONTROLLER: THE HUMANOID HAS ESCAPED. DRONE: YES. CONTROLLER: GUARD THE PASSAGEWAY. DRONE: YES. (As they move off, Klieg climbs up the ladder and knocks softly two times hoping that the Kaftan in the central chamber will hear him without alerting the Cybermen. He chews his finger nervously and looks around, then knocks again a little louder.) 15, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (Everyone hears the knocking coming from the hatch and Hopper leaps up.) PARRY: Don't open it, it may be the Cybermen! DOCTOR: No, no it's too soft. It must be Toberman and Klieg. HOPPER: Ah you're crazy! PARRY: You're right, we can't leave them down there, even if they are K*llers. JAMIE: Oh, they're probably both frozen solid by now. (There is another knocking from the hatch.) KAFTAN: You must let them up. They must be saved! DOCTOR: Yes, they're more dangerous down there than they are up here! HOPPER: What? Well, Okay Jim. CALLUM: Alright. HOPPER: Okay let her go! (By the control panel Callum pulls the lever and the hatch opens. The Doctor moves Kaftan to the side.) DOCTOR: Excuse me please. (Klieg scrambles out of the hatch coughing and shivering.) KLIEG: Close it! Close it - quick! (The Hatch thumps down after him.) KAFTAN: Eric, where is Toberman? KLIEG: They've got him! DOCTOR: You still think you can form an alliance with the Cybermen? KLIEG: If I'd only been in a stronger position to bargain with them! PARRY: You must be out of your mind, Klieg! HOPPER: You're not in any position to bargain with anybody right now. Well what are we going to do with him? PARRY: I'd feel much happier if he weren't left here. DOCTOR: Well what about the testing room? There's only one door, they can't get out. PARRY: That's a good idea, they'll be quite safe in there. HOPPER: Callum. CALLUM: Right. Mr Klieg, Miss Kaftan. (He ushers them into the next room with Kaftan's g*n.) HOPPER: Now, if I don't get back to the rocket, we're not going to take off inside a week. PARRY: We'll, I'll come with you. HOPPER: I told you before, not till I'm operational again. I'll let you know when that is. (He turns to the Doctor who is whispering to Jamie.) HOPPER: I don't think we'll have any more trouble with your friends down there. DOCTOR: We shall see. 16, INT: MAIN CAVERN (The Controller tests a lever on the control panel.) CONTROLLER: RELEASE THE CYBERMATS. WE WILL USE THE POWER OF CYBERNETICS. (Three drones go to the side of the main cavern and pull three full sized Cybermats out of alcoves. They present the cat-sized legless metal bugs to the controller who regally waves a hand.) CONTROLLER: ACTIVATE THEM. THE BRAIN OF THIS HUMANOID WILL BE THEIR TARGET. (Toberman is lying tied up on the floor. He looks fearfully at the Cybermen. The Controller and a drone approach the control panel.) CONTROLLER: NOW. (The three Cybermen place the Cybermats onto the ground as the drone at the panel operates a sequence of levers. The Cybermats remain immobile.) CONTROLLER: THESE CYBERMATS ARE DORMANT THROUGH LACK OF USE. INSPECT THEM. (The Cybermen pick up the Cybermats once more.) 17, INT: w*apon ROOM (Kaftan is gazing up at the Cyberdummy and what it is holding, while Klieg tries to get to sleep huddle in a corner of the room. As Kaftan reaches out towards the replica, the cup of coffee she is holding slips from her grasp and clatters to the floor making Klieg jump. Kaftan is shaken from her thoughts for a moment, but stiffens again with grim determination.) KLIEG: Huh? What's that? KAFTAN: Just me. KLIEG: Oh be quiet. KAFTAN: Sleep later - look at this. KLIEG: Oh what is it? KAFTAN: One of the w*apon they were testing. Look, here's the connection. (Klieg examines it.) KLIEG: Let me see. Oh yes, you're right it's a g*n. Er, take a look at that control, see that everything is turned off. KAFTAN: All the sequences show negative. KLIEG: Now they will have to listen! (Klieg sets to work on the g*n with a pair of wire cutters.) 18, INT: MAIN CAVERN DRONE: THE CYBERMATS ARE READY. STAND CLEAR. (The controller turns and strides across out of the path of the Cybermats to observe Toberman's reactions. CONTROLLER: NOW. (The drone pulls a lever, and the Cybermats begin to emit an electronic bleeping noise. They slither towards one another until they are parallel, and advance on the form of Toberman who is watching paralysed with fear.) 19, INT: w*apon ROOM (Klieg holds the g*n triumphantly in his hand, then spins around and fires at a section of wall. There is a "woompf" and a circular hole appears in the wall in a burst of smoke and flame. Klieg examines the still burning wall delightedly.) KLIEG: Excellent! A small X-Ray laser! KAFTAN: What are you going to do now? KLIEG: Take command of course! What do you think? With this I shall be able to deal with those people in there. KAFTAN: Nevermind about them, the important thing for us is to control the Cybermen. KLIEG: Yes, I know but... KAFTAN: Isn't it, Eric? KLIEG: You haven't been down there, you haven't seen those vile things! KAFTAN: You're not scared are you? KLIEG: I have completely underestimated their power. KAFTAN: But this time we have the power, at least you do. (Klieg looks confused.) KAFTAN: The g*n, Eric, the g*n! You have the Cybermen's own w*apon, this laser to turn against them. Now they will have to obey! If they refuse we shall destroy the opening device and seal them up in their tomb forever. Now do you understand? KLIEG: Yes! Yes, you are right. I am invulnerable with this. I shall be master. KAFTAN: Come, let us deal with these people first. (Klieg is still standing dreaming of glory.) KAFTAN: Eric! KLIEG: Master - the supreme moment in my life. It was logical. KAFTAN: Eric, we have work to do! KLIEG: Yes-yes, of course, but hardly work, more a pleasure. (Kaftan looks worried.) KAFTAN: What? KLIEG: The pleasure to get this on that Doctor and his companions. The others are of no consequence, but he will make a most precise target. (Klieg leaves and Kaftan looks on in thought.) 20, INT: MAIN CAVERN (A Cybermat gradually wobbles towards Toberman.) CONTROLLER: ENOUGH. THESE HUMANS ARE NOT LIKE US, THEY STILL HAVE FEAR. PLACE THE CYBERMATS ON THE RUNWAY. (The drones place the Cybermats onto little customised ramps in the walls, as they do, the bleeping changes in pitch.) CONTROLLER: CYBERMATS WILL att*ck. (The Cybermats slither up the ramps.) 21, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (It is the middle of the night, and the expedition is sleeping. Callum is on one side of the hatch, Parry is draped across the steps to the hatch, and Jamie is asleep at the Cybertable. Victoria is sitting on the table itself very much awake, and the Doctor appears to be dozing, leaning against the control panel, hugging a long pipe that is trailing from within it. He rubs his face, yawns loudly, then puts his hands up and Victoria spins around levelling Kaftan's g*n in his direction.) DOCTOR: Oi, I'm on your side - remember? Hey, why didn't you wake me? I should have been on watch half an hour ago! VICTORIA: I thought you should rest. DOCTOR: Why me? VICTORIA: No reason really. DOCTOR: Oh I think I know, is it because I'm... VICTORIA: Well, if you are 450 years old you'll need a great deal of sleep! DOCTOR: Well that's very considerate of you Victoria, but um, between you and me, I'm-I'm really quite lively actually ah, all things being considered. (He pauses for a b*at.) DOCTOR: Are you happy with us Victoria? VICTORIA: Yes I am. ...At least, I would be if my father were here. DOCTOR: Yes, I know, I know. VICTORIA: I wonder what he would have thought if he could see me now. DOCTOR: You miss him very much don't you? VICTORIA: It's only when I close my eyes. I can still see him standing there - before those horrible Dalek creatures came to the house. He was a very kind man, I shall never forget him. Never. DOCTOR: No of course you won't. But, you know, the memory of him won't always be a sad one. VICTORIA: I think it will. You can't understand, being so ancient. DOCTOR: Eh?! VICTORIA: I mean, so old. DOCTOR: Oh. VICTORIA: You probably can't remember your family. DOCTOR: Oh yes I can when I want to. And that's just the point really. I have to really want to, to bring them back in front of my eyes. The rest of the time they-they sleep in my mind, and I forget. And so will you. (Victoria looks unsure.) DOCTOR: Oh yes you will. You'll find that there's so much else to think about. So remember; our lives are different to anybody else's, that's the exciting thing. There's nobody in the universe can do what we're doing. Hmm. You must get some sleep and let this "poor old man" stay awake. (The Doctor undoes his black cloak at the neck. From a concealed vent, the first Cybermat slinks around a corner searching for a victim. It spots the prime target from it's historical database and homes in. The Doctor examines where Victoria has chosen to sleep, at the foot of the table. He gently places his cloak over her, then walks, g*n in hand, over to the other side of the Cybertable and sits down. Bleeping it's merry tune, the Cybermat scuttles across the floor towards the Doctor. As it advances it revolves through all of it's stored human brainwave frequencies in an attempt to find the one that will render the Doctor unconscious from a distance. Unable to find the correct one, it opts for a manual nervous interface, and moves into position by the Doctor's shoe, and prepares to chew through. The Doctor feels something gently touch his shoe and jumps up in an instant.) DOCTOR: Jamie, Victoria, Callum, wake up, wake up! (They blearily respond.) JAMIE: Mmmm... VICTORIA: What is it? (A second Cybermat appears and slithers towards the sleeping form of Callum. It receives information from the first, makes a cursory analysis, and finds his human brainwaves a little easier to manipulate. It leaps onto his chest. With it's metal tail flicking back and forth it moves upwards towards his head, electronic mandibles gnashing evilly.) DOCTOR: Callum, Callum! (The Doctor approaches Callum who is still half asleep and dazed from the Cybermat's signal.) VICTORIA: It's one of those terrible things again! DOCTOR: Don't move Callum, don't move! (The Doctor slowly reaches down, and with one swift movement bats the Cybermat away sending it flying through the air. He pulls Callum to his feet and his head instantly begins to clear. The Cybermat lands on it's side in a corner of the room. It flicks it's tail in an attempt to right itself, but fails, then tries again and succeeds.) DOCTOR: Now get back to the controls all of you! Steady, don't make any sudden movements. (He tiptoes towards Parry who is still asleep on the steps.) DOCTOR: Parry, Parry, wake up Parry, wake up. PARRY: Wha? (Slowly he Gets up, then as his head clears he stiffens at the sight of the approaching Cybermats.) DOCTOR: Wake up, don't panic. Come back with us, steady. Now we'll all go in the other room and lock them out! (They turn in the direction of the power room, but see the first Cybermat snaking around the Cybertable in that direction. Victoria screams.) CALLUM: Let's... get out of here! T-the main doors! No look! (They see the third Cybermat cutting off their final avenue of escape.) VICTORIA: Oh Doctor We're trapped! DOCTOR: Back against the controls, everybody! (The Cybermats pause briefly, exchanging information between themselves. A second wave appears joining the first, and they all slowly advance on the party, crushing them in a pincer movement. The Doctor Spots the length of pipe that is trailing from the side of the control panel. He yanks out one end, and trails in a protective circle around the immediate area of the panel.) DOCTOR: Here, give me a hand, quick! PARRY: Wha-what? DOCTOR: Lay this down on the ground. Come on! JAMIE: They'll go over it Doctor! (The Doctor ignores him and continues to lay the pipe.) DOCTOR: Come on! (He plugs the trailing end into the other side of the panel.) CALLUM: Let's blast the filthy things! (He sh**t three times and a Cybermat rolls over pouring with smoke, it's precisely modulated signal tailing off.) DOCTOR: You're wasting your time, there are too many of them! Now do what I say, come back! (He pulls a lever and there is a low hum from the panel as the metallic pipe becomes electrified. The pipe begins to smoke under an intense load it was not designed to carry.) DOCTOR: There you are, you see! (The Cybermats whirl around in a confused state, the electrical interference from the pipe overloading their delicately adjusted neuro-electric pathways. They begin to get trapped in a logic error, with their targets in sight, but unable to detect them. Finally, unable to abandon their hopeless task, they roll over, their signals getting lower and lower like records being played at the wrong speed until they finally die altogether, belching thick black smoke.) PARRY: What are those creatures? DOCTOR: Well, they're a form of-of metallic life. They home on human brainwaves and att*ck. VICTORIA: Urgh! Are they safe now? (All around lie dozens of d*ad Cybermats all gently smoking.) DOCTOR: Oh yes, quite safe now. The er, power cable generated an electrical field and confused their tiny metal minds. You might almost say that they've had a complete metal breakdown. (Jamie grimaces.) JAMIE: Ooh! DOCTOR: I'm so sorry Jamie. (He smiles.) VICTORIA: What about Klieg and Kaftan? They probably att*cked them as well! PARRY: The testing room! DOCTOR: Come on. Now mind your feet. (They all hop over the d*ad Cybermats and move towards the w*apon room, but as they do so they meet Klieg and Kaftan in the doorway.) PARRY: Oh! KLIEG: Most ingenious Doctor. Now, let's see what you can do against this! (He raises the g*n and aims) CALLUM OOV: Watch out Doctor! (The g*n fires with a "whoosh" and a crackle of residual energy.)
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The Tomb of the Cybermen Episode Four By Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis Original Air Date: 23 September, 1967 5:50pm - 6:15pm 1, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (Klieg holds a g*n in his hand.) CALLUM OOV: Watch out Doctor! (Klieg fires the g*n with a "woompf" and Victoria screams as Callum falls to the floor clutching his shoulder which is, amazingly, still intact. Callum only caught the heat from the beam as he threw the Doctor aside, but even that was enough to cook him considerably. Parry rushes over to Callum, but Klieg waves the g*n at him.) KLIEG: Keep back! Your g*n. (Parry reluctantly hands over the w*apon and Klieg gives it to Kaftan.) PARRY: You've k*lled him you m*rder! KLIEG: No, he is fortunate, I spared him! JAMIE: Hah, you mean you missed him! KLIEG: Silence! I could have destroyed him if I wanted to! Shall I k*ll them now? KAFTAN: No, no, that will not be necessary. I'm sure the Cybermen will have a good use for them. You will make excellent experimental specimens! (Callum begins to moan from where he is lying on the ground.) VICTORIA: Oh let me help him please! KLIEG: No tricks! DOCTOR: You still think that you can bargain with the Cybermen? KLIEG: Certainly! And this time on our terms! (He pulls the lever and the hatch rises. Klieg walks over and shouts down into the hole.) KLIEG: I wish to speak to the Controller! I wish to speak to the Controller! 2, INT: MAIN CAVERN (Down in the main cavern Klieg's voice can be heard calling from up above like the Megatron.) KLIEG: (OOV.) I wish to speak to the Controller! (In the cavern the Cybermen can hear, but are ignoring the voice.) CONTROLLER: THE HUMANOIDS MUST FIRST BE DESTROYED. YOU WILL RE-ENTER CELLS TO CONSERVE ENERGY. DRONE: HE IS NOW PREPARED. CONTROLLER: RELEASE HIM. (The drone pulls back a sheet and Toberman sits up, but he is no longer human. He stares mindlessly forward and his right arm is visible, but it is silver and has three fingers exactly like the Cybermen. Slowly the Cybermen climb back into their tombs and seal themselves up again.) 3, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER KLIEG: They're coming! And now gentlemen you will see how I shall use the power of the Cybermen! DOCTOR: Use maybe, but you'll never control the Cybermen. (The Controller's upper torso appears past the hatch, and Toberman follows.) KAFTAN: Eric, behind you! (Klieg turns.) KLIEG: Stop! You know what this can do to you! (The Controller stops.) KLIEG: That's better. Now you are under my control. We know you that you must be revitalised or you will perish. If you agree to my terms I will let you survive. CONTROLLER: I WILL LISTEN. KAFTAN: Make them release Toberman. JAMIE: If you think they'll listen to you you're even dafter than I thought. KLIEG: Silence! Sit down. First, you release our man. (The Controller turns to face Toberman and a wave of energy passes from the Controller's forehead to Toberman's. Slowly Toberman climbs the ladder and descends the steps and stands in silence like a man possessed.) KAFTAN: Toberman, it is good that you are back, watch them. (Jamie has notices the way that Toberman is acting like a Zombie and whispers to the Doctor.) JAMIE: Doctor he seems, uh... DOCTOR: Yes Jamie, yes. (Klieg wonders what Jamie meant, but as he has taken his eyes off the Controller it has g*n to move and is at the top of the steps, about to descend into the chamber. He spins around and trains the g*n once again.) KLIEG: Stay where you are! (He approaches the Controller.) KLIEG: No, do you agree to accept our plan? DOCTOR: Plan? KLIEG: The conquest of the Earth. PARRY: What? You must be out of your mind! KLIEG: Silence! Your answer? CONTROLLER: WE ACCEPT. WE WILL GIVE YOU SOME OF OUR POWER DEVICES. KLIEG: Good! I knew an understanding could be reached. I shall let you be revitalised. To survive it must be now. Come forward - slowly. (The Controller does as he is told and walks slowly across to the power room.) KAFTAN: Eric be careful! KLIEG: Leave this to me! PARRY: You're absolutely crazy to trust them! KLIEG: Do you think so? Then perhaps you and your colleagues had better join him! (He motions with the g*n and they all walk towards the power room.) KLIEG: Oh go on, go on! (Klieg grabs Victoria.) KLIEG: The girl stays with us! DOCTOR: No! (The door to the room slides shut silencing their protestations. Klieg walks by Toberman.) KLIEG: Now close the hatch. (Toberman remains standing silently as if awaiting real orders.) KAFTAN: Go on! Close it! (Toberman doesn't respond. Kaftan moves him aside and pulls the lever and the hatch thumps shut. She looks at Toberman curiously.) 4, INT: POWER ROOM (The Neuro-Electric Potential emitter, the huge g*n probe device, is pointed at the coffin-shaped revitaliser. In perfect synchronisation three cautious heads peer silently from behind, Parry on top, the Doctor in the middle and Jamie at the bottom. However, they are the last thing on the metal monster's mind. The towering silver figure of the controller is attempting to get into the Cyberman-sized coffin to revitalise itself, but seems too weak to manage it successfully.) JAMIE: He's too weak to get in! (The Doctor gently pats his head.) DOCTOR: Quiet Jamie. (The Doctor gets out from the hiding place and tiptoes over to the Controller who is still facing the coffin. For a moment the Doctor considers tapping him on the shoulder, but being accustomed to having two arms he thinks the better of it.) DOCTOR: Ahem, you seem to be in trouble. CONTROLLER: THE ENErGy LEVels ARe Low... WE WiLl SURVive. YOU WIlL HeLp us. YOU WILL Help uss... DOCTOR: Er Yes, certainly! Ahem, Jamie, Professor... JAMIE: You don't mean to say you're actually going to help them? PARRY: Surely not! You can't support these creatures! DOCTOR: I think it best. Come on. (They all struggle to get the Controller into the coffin.) DOCTOR: Come along That's it, up there and in! CONTROLLER: YOU UNDerstanD thE MachIne. DOCTOR: Yes, one moment. JAMIE: Have you taken leave of your senses? Now let's go and help Victoria! DOCTOR: In a moment. Now, are you ready? (The Doctor moves to the control panel and flips a sequence of levers. The NEP emitter begins to move up and down with a hum of power and Parry, who was standing in front of it jumps back.) CONTROLLER: wE WiLl SurvIve. WE will SURv.. (The door to the coffin with the Controller inside slams shut.) DOCTOR: Well now, where would you rather have him, in or out of there? JAMIE: Oh I see. DOCTOR: Only we must make sure that he stays in there. 5, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER VICTORIA: Do you really believe you can bargain with those terrible Cybermen? KAFTAN: That is our concern not yours! VICTORIA: I was talking to him not you! KLIEG: They will have to agree to our plan. VICTORIA: Oh, what about the other w*apon? KLIEG: What other w*apon? VICTORIA: Well I saw another one like that in that room over there. (Klieg looks concerned.) KLIEG: Is that true? KAFTAN: I don't know, but we'd better make sure! KLIEG: No wait, that means that any one of them in there could... KAFTAN: Yes you're right Eric. KLIEG: We'd better wait in here. If the Cyberman is roused we shall be ready for him. No. Stay well clear, take no chances. (He glances up at Toberman nervously.) 6, INT: POWER ROOM (The large coffin in the corner has been firmly tied closed with wires cannibalised from one of the pieces of equipment. The NEP emitter is moving up and down wildly and beginning to smoke.) PARRY: Keep back, it's smoking! JAMIE: I told you you shouldn't have touched it! PARRY: Yes, turn it off, it's out of control! (He rushes to the panel, but before he can touch anything the probe stops and falls silent all by itself.) PARRY: It's taken over! DOCTOR: I think not. I think there must be some sort of internal timing mechanism. Jamie, I hope you made those ropes secure. JAMIE: Och, the King of the beasties himself couldnae get out of that one! DOCTOR: Good! (The silence is interrupted by a series of thuds from the coffin. They all rush behind the NEP emitter once more as silver fist busts through the heavy lid of the coffin as if it were constructed of nothing more than polystyrene and tin foil.) PARRY: Good h-! DOCTOR: Oh! (The Controller bursts through the lid in a shower of fragments and surveys the room.) DOCTOR: Jamie, remind me to give you a lesson in tying knots sometime. (The Controller walks around the NEP emitter until it is face to face with the humanoids. This is a different Controller freshly charged and full of beans.) CONTROLLER: YOU WILL REMAIN STILL. (The creature once again transmits it's thought-wave, and it passes through the wall.) 7, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (Toberman is still standing still awaiting orders when he receives the Controller's telepathic signal and turns. Klieg waves the g*n authoritatively.) KLIEG: Stay here and watch that door. At least now we will have some warning. Ahh. (He sits.) CALLUM: What do you two hope to gain from all this? KLIEG: That does not concern you. KAFTAN: Oh they might as well know Eric. We are going to build a better world. CALLUM: Better? Well who for? (Toberman approaches Klieg.) KLIEG: I told you to watch that door! (Toberman throws back his robes and raises his right Cyberarm and brings it down on his neck in a slicing Cyberchop.) KLIEG: Aargh! (Kaftan screams and Toberman approaches her.) KAFTAN: Toberman! (But the half-Cyberman walks past and pulls a lever on the panel. With a hum the door to the power room slides open and everyone exits) JAMIE: Victoria! DOCTOR: Shush! VICTORIA: What's going on? JAMIE: What is it? (The Controller strides around the table and picks up the fallen g*n, then approaches Toberman.) CONTROLLER: YOU HAVE DONE WELL. KAFTAN: Toberman! CONTROLLER: SILENCE. HE IS NOW UNDER OUR CONTROL. OPEN THE TOMBS. (Kaftan backs away against the panel.) KAFTAN: No! You have broken your promise. CONTROLLER: CYBERMEN DO NOT PROMISE. SUCH IDEAS HAVE NO VALUE. (The Controller advances and she retreats a little further.) CONTROLLER: OPEN. KAFTAN: No! (The Controller raises the g*n, but then lowers it again and operates the lever itself. The hatch swings open and the Controller walks over to it. Kaftan flips the lever back and the hatch thumps down before the Cyberman, causing it to wheel around. She pulls the p*stol from her bag and fires it at the Cyberman causing it to pause for a moment in the creature's closest approximation to bemusement.) CONTROLLER: THAT g*n WILL NOT HARM ME. (Kaftan fires again and the Controller does the same, but more effectively. There is a "whoosh" and the g*n spits flaming death at Kaftan. She gives one last, hideous scream and falls to the ground smouldering profusely. The Controller strides over to the panel to open the hatch and then returns to the steps.) DOCTOR: Look what they've done! You're not like them, you're a man like us! You must help us! He has k*lled Kaftan! You must help us! (The Controller peers down into the open hatch.) CONTROLLER: YOU WILL REPORT TO THE SURFACE. (Toberman walks up to the Controller and bashes him on the back sending him reeling, and the g*n skitters across the floor to be snatched up by Jamie. Toberman ducks a swinging arm and lands another h*t, and they both fall to the floor. The half-human Toberman seems more nimble though, and before the burbling Controller can get to it's feet he bodily picks it up and walks across the chamber. He throws it down upon the control panel. The Controller collides with the panel in a shower of sparks and crumples like an inflatable doll. Beside the table it writhes a little, then lies still.) DOCTOR: Jamie, the hatch! (Jamie spins around to see a drone climbing up the ladder, he runs across, aims the g*n and "woompf". The Cyberman writhes around burbling, belching smoke from it's visual and vocal holes, and slumps forward over the rim of the hatch. Jamie gives the creature a shove and it rolls backwards and down into the abyss beneath with a resounding metallic clang.) JAMIE: There's another one Doctor! (He fires down into the hatch and there is another distant clang.) DOCTOR: Are there any more? JAMIE: No, It's gone quiet. I'll close the hatch. DOCTOR: No, wait a minute. I'd better go down there. VICTORIA: Oh no-no! Not again. DOCTOR: It's the only way to make sure. JAMIE: Then I'll go with you. DOCTOR: No wait. You stay and look after Victoria. I'll take somebody else. (He walks over to Toberman.) DOCTOR: Toberman, you see what these creatures have done to you? They've tried to make you like them! Do you understand? They've tried to make you their sl*ve, they just want to use you! They are evil, think of Kaftan! TOBERMAN: Yeah! (Under the table Klieg regains consciousness, but stays low.) DOCTOR: They must be destroyed, d'you see? Evil must be destroyed! Now... come! (Toberman nods.) TOBERMAN: Destroooy! DOCTOR: Come! Come on! Come on! (They move towards the hatch and the Doctor ushers Toberman down and follows.) PARRY: Good luck. DOCTOR: Thank you. JAMIE: Doctor, the g*n! DOCTOR: I shan't need that. (They disappear down the ladder.) JAMIE: He should have it! (Callum, who has been standing in the background, suddenly collapses to the floor moaning.) VICTORIA: Oh come on Mr Callum! How are you feeling? CALLUM: I can't move my arm. I can't move my arm. (While everyone is fussing over Callum, Klieg grabs the g*n and descends unseen into the lower levels.) 8, INT: MAIN CAVERN (The Doctor and Toberman stand before the honeycomb of main tombs.) DOCTOR: Ah, move quietly, they're all dormant, see. TOBERMAN: EEEVIL! (Toberman begins to loudly smash at a piece of apparatus.) DOCTOR: No quietly! They're only asleep, they're not frozen yet! Now, you watch them. I have things to do. Ah yes, let me see... (He moves to the control panel and flips a few levers.) DOCTOR: Yes! KLIEG: Stand clear of that! You're freezing them! (The Doctor see Klieg in the doorway, g*n in hand.) DOCTOR: Klieg! (Klieg moves to the panel and reverses the sequence.) DOCTOR: No! no, you'll wake them up! KLIEG: That's exactly my intention! You still don't understand do you? Their Controller is d*ad, now I shall control them. They'll do what I say! (He smiles triumphantly.) KLIEG: You see Doctor, yours is the privilege to witness for the first time the union between mass power and my absolute intelligence! (He hears a noise from the passages.) KLIEG: Who's that? Come out! Come out, or I shall k*ll this man! (He raises the g*n to the Doctor's chest. Slowly Jamie appears with his hands up.) KLIEG: It's you. Over to that wall - all of you. (Jamie and the Doctor to the wall.) KLIEG: All of you! (Toberman joins them.) KLIEG: Now... DOCTOR: Yes, as you say, such a combination between intelligence and power would make you formidable indeed! Why you'd be commander of the universe with your brilliance! It-it makes the imagination reel with the possibilities! (He lowers the raised g*n.) KLIEG: Why Doctor, if I had only known you shared my imagination. You might even have worked for me! DOCTOR: Perhaps it's not too late?! JAMIE: Doctor! DOCTOR: No Jamie, don't you see? (To the side the Cybermen begin to move in their cubicles.) DOCTOR: Don't you see what this is going to all mean to those who come to serve "Klieg the all powerful"? Why, no country, no person would dare to have a single thought that was not your own! Eric Klieg's own conception of the... of the way of life! KLIEG: Brilliant! Yes... yes you're right. Master of the world! (He smiles, gazing into the distance.) DOCTOR: And now I know you're mad, I just wanted to make sure. (Klieg looks confused as he tries to remember where he was when he started the conversation.) 9, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (Hopper wanders through the external doors and finds Victoria and Parry sitting on the steps to the hatch.) HOPPER: Well, the fuel system's okay now, we can blast off any time. VICTORIA: Tch. PARRY: Alright. HOPPER: Hey, what gives? Well where is everybody? PARRY: Down there, and so are Klieg and the Cybermen. HOPPER: Well I hope they know what they're doing. I've been down there once and I don't reckon to go again. VICTORIA: That's all right Captain, It's comforting to know that we have your superior strength to call upon - should we need it. (Hopper gives Victoria a look.) 10, INT: MAIN CAVERN (Klieg is relishing his moment.) KLIEG: And so you have forfeited your right to survival. I shall make an example of you to all who question my intelligence, and the supreme power of the Cybermen! DOCTOR: You know I've heard all this before somewhere. JAMIE: You know your trouble? You talk too much. KLIEG: Oh you're stupid! You still think your puny minds can survive against us?! You're decadent, weak! Do you know that? Weak! DOCTOR: Alright. Go ahead, k*ll us. (Klieg raises the w*apon, then thinks for a moment and lowers it again.) KLIEG: No, I have a better idea, much better idea. I shall leave you to the Cybermen. I'm sure they'll have some use for you. (He laughs.) KLIEG: Or part of you! (He screams as a Cyberman grabs him from behind in a headlock and with a brittle crunch snaps his neck like a twig. The creature operates a series of controls on the board. Toberman is unable to contain himself anymore. Rushing forward, he cannons into the Cyberman, knocking it back and begins to struggle with it. This is all the Doctor needs, he rushes towards the controls with Jamie.) DOCTOR: Quick Jamie. These two levers together. (Jamie tries but it doesn't move.) JAMIE: I-I can't shift this one. DOCTOR: What? You've got to trip that first. (In the background the Cyberman beats Toberman to the floor, raises up with it's arms outstretched and pounces down. For moments they remain locked in a test of strength, machine against machine. Toberman rolls to the side and the Cyberman ends up beneath him. Toberman raises up and beats at the chest unit until the front plate comes away in his cybernetic hands. The dying Cyberman begins to belch smoke as a mass of sticky goo and rubber intestines flop out wetly onto the floor. Jamie and the Doctor watch in disgust as the Cyberman writhes about like a flapping fish out of water. It desperately claws at it's chest unit in an attempt to stem the flow as more and more evil ichor oozes from it's carapace, running onto the floor and flicking from it's metal fingertips. Toberman walks off, past the Doctor and Jamie. They look back to where the drone is lying almost still in a mass of sticky puss-like fluid. It's chest gently rises and falls making faint wet gurgling sounds.) DOCTOR: Last time they were frozen for five centuries. This time it must be forever! (They cast a final look back and then depart. The Cybermen all seal themselves in and adopt freezing positions, as the machinery hums as the entire tomb freezes over gaining a layer of thick white frost again.) 11, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (The Doctor and Jamie appear from the lower levels and climb out.) VICTORIA: Oh Doctor! DOCTOR: Here we are Victoria, safe and sound. Close the hatch. (The Doctor descends and Jamie follows, greets Hopper. Jamie then turns and trips plunging forward down the steps.) JAMIE: Hello! ...Oop! VICTORIA: Ooh! (Luckily, between them Victoria and the Doctor manage to catch him either side and he remains on his feet. The Hatch thumps shut.) DOCTOR: Hah, there we are. (Jamie turns to look miserably at the offending step, and the Doctor pats him on the back.) JAMIE: Oh! DOCTOR: Now then. (He moves to the panel and opens it poking at the wires inside.) DOCTOR: Now, the best thing about a machine that makes sense; you can very easily make it turn out nonsense. Yup. Now I think you'd better all go outside. PARRY: Why, what are you going to do Doctor? DOCTOR: I'm going to re-electrify the main doors. PARRY: Yes? DOCTOR: Only this time I'm going to include the hatch and the control panel. PARRY: Yes. DOCTOR: Anyone touching any of them will get a considerable shock - in fact a fatal one. PARRY: I see. (The Doctor smiles and glances over to Jamie off sh*t, who is probably making an obscene gesture back at him.) DOCTOR: Now everyone outside. PARRY: Yes. DOCTOR: And please take him with you, I shall be glad to see him outside. (They all move to leave except Jamie.) VICTORIA: Jamie! JAMIE: No, I'll stay with the Doctor. VICTORIA: Oh all right. (Victoria leaves.) DOCTOR: There we are, that's done. (As the Doctor finishes checking the panel, neither of them notices the Controller beginning to stir by the table.) DOCTOR: Now we just have to close the main doors and the circuit is complete. (The Doctor wanders off to fiddle with the hatch and Jamie follows.) JAMIE: Oh, thank goodness for that. (Jamie has the feeling he is being watched and turns.) JAMIE: Doctor! (The Doctor ignores him, so Jamie shakes his shoulder.) JAMIE: Doctor! (They both turn to see the Controller on it's feet again. There is still the Cybertable between them, but the Controller is advancing slowly.) DOCTOR: Jamie. You go that way and I'll go this way, that way at least one of us will have a chance. When I say run, run. (They walk slowly to the table, the Doctor to the right nearest the external doors, and Jamie to the left. The Doctor attempts to make a dash for the doors, then skips back.) DOCTOR: RUN! (As the Controller tries to follow the Doctor, Jamie hops past behind it. In a second the machine switches target, tries to grab Jamie, but he is too fast and gets to the doors with the Doctor two steps behind.) 12, EXT: ENTRANCE TO TOMB (Jamie and the Doctor rush out of the great metal doors, and begin to close them.) DOCTOR: Quickly! Wait, stop! (He removes his hands from the door.) JAMIE: What? DOCTOR: We'll get a shock! (Jamie snatches his hand from the door.) JAMIE: Gah! DOCTOR: We must find something to insulate. I know, that shoring timber over there! Hurry up! Hurry up he's coming! (In the metal of the door skirting something small is reflected. A lone Cybermat that must have got cut off from the others when they att*cked slinks across the sand unseen by anyone. Jamie rushes back with the wooden beams.) JAMIE: Okay Doctor! DOCTOR: Oh dear! We must keep him inside or else all our work will be wasted! (The group tries to push against the doors with the beams, but gradually the Controller is easing the doors open.) JAMIE: I can't hold mine, come on! DOCTOR: You must do! JAMIE: Oh! (Toberman strides up and pulls the wooden beams away and places his hands either side of the doors.) JAMIE: Toberman! (The Controller burbles to itself as the battle of strength begins between it trying to open the doors from the inside, and Toberman trying to close them from the outside. Their faces are separated by a foot of empty space in the crack of the door.) CONTROLLER: WE MUST SURVIVE. WE MUST SURVIVE. TOBERMAN: You are evil! (The doors close a little.) DOCTOR: Toberman come away! JAMIE: Careful! You'll get k*lled man! 13, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (The doors inch nearer each other.) TOBERMAN: They shall never pass Toberman! The door is closed! (The doors thump together and as the power surges the Controller's hands fizzle with sparks. The huge creature falls backwards in clouds of black smoke.) 14, EXT: ENTRANCE TO TOMB (Toberman is standing with his hands on the main doors.) 15, INT: CENTRAL CHAMBER (The Controller writhes about the floor, the charge adding to the damage Toberman had already inflicted. With a sudden jerk of it's limbs it ceases for function and it goes slack.) 16, EXT: ENTRANCE TO TOMB (Toberman falls to the ground. The Doctor and Parry rush over, but there is nothing they can do.) DOCTOR: Oh! PARRY: How terrible, another life gone! HOPPER: C'mon Professor, blast off in nine minutes. Well, anybody coming along for the ride? VICTORIA: Ah, we have our own flying machine thank you. HOPPER: Flying machine? VICTORIA: At least it works. (Hopper waves a hand dismissively.) HOPPER: Ah, let's go! PARRY: Right... well... Goodbye Doctor, I'm sorry it had to end... (They shake hands.) DOCTOR: I know. (The party exchange nods.) DOCTOR: Goodbye. JAMIE: Now that really is the end of the Cybermen isn't it Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes Jamie. (He thinks for a moment.) DOCTOR: On the other hand, I never like to make predictions. Come along. (They leave for the TARDIS. On the ground, the last lone Cybermat slinks across the sand towards the partly cybernetic body of Toberman who is lying where he fell. Up above, the simple bas-relief outline on the wall of a Cyberman...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x04 - The Tomb of the Cybermen - part 4"}
foreverdreaming
by MERVYN HAISMAN and HENRY LINCOLN first broadcast - 30 September 1967 1. TENT, MOUNTAINSIDE (In a tent, a man, dressed in climbing clothes, lies sleeping in a sleeping-bag.) JOHN: Aahh! (This wakes the man from his sleep. TRAVERS looks at the other bunk in the tent. It is empty.) TRAVERS: John? (He goes outside the tent, grabbing his r*fle as he does so.) TRAVERS: John, where are you? JOHN: (Yelling.) Aahh! Aahh! (TRAVERS reaches his companion but finds John lying on the ground - d*ad. Beside the body stands a large hairy beast. The beast snaps the r*fle in two and knocks him to the ground...) 2. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (Later on, the TARDIS arrives but we see the landing inside the craft. The DOCTOR, JAMIE and VICTORIA stare up at the mountainside on the scanner as the landing noise fades away.) DOCTOR: (Delightfully.) I don't believe it! Marvellous! After all this time. JAMIE: Oh, what's so marvellous about that? DOCTOR: Well don't you see, Jamie, its the Himalayas! And I do believe we're in exactly the right... now wait a minute. JAMIE: The Hima - what? DOCTOR: Shh, Shh. (VICTORIA decides to help JAMIE with the location.) VICTORIA: The Himalayas, Jamie. They're mountains. JAMIE: Aye I can see that. Hey is it the Earth, Doctor? I don't fancy another tangle down the Cybermen's tomb. DOCTOR: No, no. Shh, Jamie, Shh! Yes of course it's the Earth. Yes...yes I think I'm right... yes... JAMIE: Where are these mountains? VICTORIA: Don't you know where the Himalayas are? They're in India. Well at least I think so... DOCTOR: Yes, that's it! I knew it! I knew it! It's incredible. Right! No, no, not India. This is Tibet. That's where we are, Tibet. Now, there's no time to be lost. Come along, Jamie, we must find the ghanta. JAMIE: The what? DOCTOR: The ghanta, the ghanta. I put it here somewhere. Come along, Jamie, help me. (The DOCTOR pulls out an old trunk and starts hunting for the Ghanta, a Tibetan holy bell. JAMIE starts to help and we hear something in the chest breaking.) JAMIE: Hey what am I supposed to be looking for? DOCTOR: I told you it's... (He finds a small object with bells on it.) DOCTOR: Good Lord, I haven't seen that for years. JAMIE: Oh, that's the ghanta then? DOCTOR: No, no, no, no. It's a... well... whatever it is... it's nice to see it again. (He puts it back in the chest and continue to search.) VICTORIA: Oh. DOCTOR: Thank you. Come along, Victoria. (JAMIE finds some bagpipes in the chest.) JAMIE: Hey, Doctor, would you look at these. You never told me you had these. DOCTOR: No, Jamie. JAMIE: Hey I could fix those easily. DOCTOR: Yes I was afraid of that. VICTORIA: Jamie, you're getting as bad as the Doctor. DOCTOR: Come along, help me find the ghanta. (JAMIE, sadly, puts the bagpipes down.) VICTORIA: It would help us considerably if we knew what we were looking for. DOCTOR: (Snaps.) Ghanta! VICTORIA: But what is it? (The DOCTOR stares at both his companions and seeing that they don't know calms down.) DOCTOR: Oh, what is it, you don't know. Oh, it's a bell. VICTORIA: (Slightly laughing.) Oh, it's a bell, Jamie. JAMIE: Oh, a bell. Oh, well now we know what we're looking for. DOCTOR: Yes, it's a Tibetan bell, actually. A holy relic. This one is quite small, it has a dragon on it. And it has rather an interesting history, it was... (He finds a large fur coat in the chest.) DOCTOR: Oh! Ah ha, yes I'll have that. Ah ha, yes, it's just the thing for this climate. You might as well find yourselves something while you're about it. (He puts the coat on and shows it to VICTORIA.) DOCTOR: How do I look? VICTORIA: (Just stopping herself, laughing.) Doctor, you look beautiful. DOCTOR: Yes, I thought I might. I think I'll go and have a scout around. Now you two find the bell, it's very important. VICTORIA: Oh, but why do you want it? DOCTOR: Because down there it's going to guarantee us the welcome of a lifetime! VICTORIA: Down there? (The DOCTOR opens the door and leaves the ship.) JAMIE: Oh, don't ask me. When you've been with the Doctor as long as I have, you begin to realise you don't know what he's talking about. (Returning to the chest.) We better find this bell of his. VICTORIA: (Turning a switch on the console.) Wait a minute, Jamie. JAMIE: Hey come and give us a hand. VICTORIA: I want to see where the Doctor's gone. Now if I turn this to the left... it should... a ha that's it. (The picture on the scanner moves to the left. JAMIE finds a sword in the chest and starts to wave it about.) JAMIE: Hey, now would you look at this. Oh, that's marvellous. (He points to something on the scanner.) JAMIE: What... Hey, what's that? VICTORIA: Where? JAMIE: A great sort of hairy beastie. Turn the thing back. VICTORIA: (Turning the switch again.) Oh. JAMIE: No, to the right. VICTORIA: (Struggling with the switch.) I am! JAMIE: Downwards. That's it, there! (We see a small furry creature bouncing down the path. JAMIE see what it is and starts to laugh.) JAMIE: Oh no, my mistake. The great hairy beastie, it's the Doctor. (They both laugh.) 3. PATH, MOUNTAINSIDE (The DOCTOR walks up the mountain, stops and breaths in the fresh mountain air.) DOCTOR: Yes, ah, yes. 4. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (A large bunch of buildings and a courtyard appears on the scanner.) VICTORIA: A monastery! JAMIE: Aye, that will be where he's gone. VICTORIA: I wonder why he wouldn't take us? JAMIE: You can never tell with the Doctor. Hey, just thought. Do they let lasses into monasteries? VICTORIA: I don't know. Oh, don't say that. JAMIE: Oh never mind, I suppose he'll manage somehow. VICTORIA: (Referring to a large box.) Hey, shall we open it? JAMIE: I don't think so, the Doctor may not like it. 5. PATH, MOUNTAINSIDE (Wandering up the mountain the DOCTOR comes across an enormous footprint, then out of the corner of his eye something moves. Troubled, he turns and starts to makes his way back towards the TARDIS, while from behind a boulder further up, a large hand and shaggy form begins to emerge.) 6. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (JAMIE is putting some climbing boots on.) VICTORIA: Apart from climbing boots I really think you ought to wear something warm. JAMIE: I tell you I'm a Highlander, the cold doesn't affect me. VICTORIA: There's a great deal of difference between the Highlands and the Himalayas, Jamie. JAMIE: Aye, they're bigger. (The DOCTOR re-enters the TARDIS.) VICTORIA: Oh, there you are Doctor. I found this bell thing you were looking for. DOCTOR: Oh, splendid, splendid. VICTORIA: Is the monastery far? Can we come too? DOCTOR: Mmm, yes. Oh, no. One thing at a time, Victoria. We must find this ghanta. VICTORIA: Oh, here. DOCTOR: Oh, um. VICTORIA: Is this where we're going, Detsen? DOCTOR: Um. Detsen, yes that's the name of the monastery, but I'm afraid you're not going. Well not yet a while anyway. VICTORIA: (Surprised.) Doctor! DOCTOR: No I think it would be better if I went alone. JAMIE: You've seen something haven't you? Would it not be better if I went with you? VICTORIA: Is there something dangerous then, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, good heavens no! No, there's nothing for you to worry about. Now you stay here with Jamie, inside, and I'll be as quick as I can. (He turns back towards the open doors.) VICTORIA: Oh ah, Doctor. (She gives the Ghanta to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Oh, ha ha. I nearly forgot it. (He leaves the TARDIS and the doors close behind him.) 7. MOUNTAINSIDE (Picking his way back down the mountain the DOCTOR finds TRAVERS' campsite and sees JOHN's d*ad body with its neck broken and the broken r*fle. Puzzling, the Doctor picks up TRAVERS' discarded rucksack and continues towards the Monastery.) 8. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (Meanwhile, JAMIE bangs his fist on the console with boredom.) VICTORIA: Oh, I'm getting bored. Let's go outside. JAMIE: No I don't think we should. VICTORIA: All right I'll go by myself. JAMIE: Oh no you won't! You won't leave me here by myself. VICTORIA: (Laughing.) Oh come on, we needn't be long. JAMIE: Aye, well just a quick look then. (VICTORIA opens the door.) 9. MONASTERY'S GATE (The DOCTOR arrives at the gate. Surprising, the door stay closed.) DOCTOR: Anybody here? (No answer.) 10. TARDIS, MOUNTAINSIDE (VICTORIA scans the view from just outside the TARDIS while JAMIE is still inside.) JAMIE: What can you see? VICTORIA: Come on, it's a marvellous view. (JAMIE leaves the TARDIS, shivering but trying not to let VICTORIA see it.) JAMIE: Aye, so it is. Now come away back. VICTORIA: Why? JAMIE: Because the Doctor said that... Well if you must know, I am cold. VICTORIA: (Laughing.) Didn't I tell you. Now why don't you go and get that coat? JAMIE: Because I'm not leaving you out here on your own, and that's final. (VICTORIA stares over JAMIE's shoulder and spots something odd.) VICTORIA: Jamie, look! JAMIE: What is it? VICTORIA: Footprints. Look at the size of them. (She follows the prints around the police box.) VICTORIA: Something's been walking around the TARDIS. What could it be, Jamie, a bear? JAMIE: Whatever it is, it's pretty big. We better get inside. VICTORIA: I'd like to find out what it is first. Wouldn't you? JAMIE: Look we must be careful. This could be dangerous. Wait while I get that sword. (He dashes back inside the craft.) 11. MONASTERY'S GATE (The DOCTOR pounds on the Gate. But there was no answer. So he tries again.) DOCTOR: Hello there. (No answer, but when he pounds the door for the third time, the door creeks open. The DOCTOR, puzzled, pushes open the door and moves inside the Monastery.) 12. COURTYARD (Here, again, the DOCTOR finds not a soul. He looks, with a puzzled look on his face, in different parts of the Courtyard but finds no one.) DOCTOR: Hello! Where is everybody? (After a minute silence, the DOCTOR hears the gates closing behind him. With a large smile, he turns and starts to speak...) DOCTOR: Oh, ah ha, there you are. I thought... I thought for one... moment. (...Then he sees that the monks approaching him from the gate have their w*apon raised ready for an att*ck from the DOCTOR. Two of the warrior monks (KHRISONG & THOMNI) move forward to speak.) KHRISONG: What do you want here? DOCTOR: I've come to... (Suddenly TRAVERS appears, and seeing the rucksack that the DOCTOR picked up at the campsite, explodes with anger.) TRAVERS: (Furious.) Look he's got my rucksack. DOCTOR: (Noticing that he still has the rucksack.) Oh that. TRAVERS: (Stepping towards the DOCTOR with fists raised.) You m*rder devil! KHRISONG: Who is this man? TRAVERS: I don't know, but this is mine all right. THOMNI: But you said... KHRISONG: Be silent. You said it was a beast that att*cked you. TRAVERS: Yes, but it was dark, remember. All I could see was a vague shape, but I felt it's hair. Well it's quite obvious now that it's this coat he's wearing. KHRISONG: (To the DOCTOR.) Why did you att*ck this man? DOCTOR: Me! I haven't att*cked anyone! I found the haversack on the mountain. TRAVERS: He's lying! DOCTOR: I also found a d*ad man! TRAVERS: Yes and you k*lled him! KHRISONG: Enough! Seize him. (Two of the Warrior Monks grab the DOCTOR roughly by the arms.) TRAVERS: But you can't possibly... KHRISONG: Silence. This man accuses you of one crime, but there have been many others. If you are responsible, be sure you will be punished. Take him away. DOCTOR: But this is ridiculous. Why don't you listen to me? Where are you taking me? (But the Monks drag him away without saying another word.) TRAVERS: Watch him carefully, Khrisong, he's dangerous. KHRISONG: This is possible. THOMNI: We do not know he is the attacker. TRAVERS: Of course he is! I've just said he's so. THOMNI: Why then did he come here? KHRISONG: That, also, we shall discover. 13. CELL (The DOCTOR is shoved in a small cell with just a straw bed in it.) DOCTOR: (Amazed.) The welcome of a life time? 14. CAVE, MOUNTAINSIDE (JAMIE, now wearing the coat from the TARDIS, and VICTORIA follow the footprints to a cave in the mountainside.) VICTORIA: (Pointing at the cave.) Jamie, look! JAMIE: Aye, that'll be where the beastie lives, right enough. And it's as far as we're going. VICTORIA: Oh we can't turn back now. JAMIE: We can and we will, it could be dangerous. VICTORIA: How do you know? It may be quite harmless. JAMIE: With feet that size? VICTORIA: Well just a quick look inside. JAMIE: Look, if that animal is dangerous we could be walking into a trap. VICTORIA: Oh but Jamie... JAMIE: No, we're going back, I mean it. VICTORIA: Jamie. Look... (But JAMIE spots something just inside the cave.) JAMIE: Hey! Wait a minute. VICTORIA: Well what is it? JAMIE: Look there, just inside the cave. VICTORIA: Where? I can't see anything. JAMIE: It looks like a beam of wood. VICTORIA: (Laughing.) Oh it can't be. (But this pips JAMIE's interest.) JAMIE: It might not be an animal's den after all. I'm going to take a closer look. VICTORIA: Oh but Jamie... JAMIE: (Firmly.) Look, a wild animal's one thing - I'm not afraid of a man! (They enter the cave and more of the wooden beams are discovered.) JAMIE: This is a man's work all right. VICTORIA: Oh let's go back, Jamie. (She hears something.) VICTORIA: Jamie! (Further down the cave, JAMIE turns to be greeted by...) VICTORIA: JAMIE! (...VICTORIA rushing down the cave towards him.) JAMIE: Hey, come and a look at this. (He points to a strange glowing pyramid of silver spheres.) VICTORIA: (Pointing back to the entrance.) Jamie, listen! There's something coming! JAMIE: Get back. (At the entrance, a large creature lumbers up and seals the cave by pushing the boulder back.) 15. CELL (The DOCTOR reflects on his "welcome" and then moves his bed under the window to seek escape, but there is none, for a 100 foot drop lies behind the window. TRAVERS's face appears at a grill on the door of the cell.) TRAVERS: (Taunting.) Its a 100 foot drop outside that window. (The DOCTOR looks down at the drop.) TRAVERS: There's no way out you know. DOCTOR: (Cheerfully.) I didn't think there would be. TRAVERS: How did you track me down? DOCTOR: (Puzzled.) Track you down? I don't even know who you are. TRAVERS: Don't play the innocent with me! It won't work. If it wasn't for my expedition you wouldn't be here. Hmm. You're one of those wretched newspaper men. DOCTOR: (Totally puzzled.) Paper Men? I wish I know what you are talking about? TRAVERS: Oh yes! You laughed at me in the press didn't you. "Travers - the mad anthropologist". After that, even my own Society wouldn't finance me. (Firmly.) But I know they're here. Twenty years I've been searching. DOCTOR: Twenty years! TRAVERS: I've staked my reputation and every penny I own on this expedition. Now, when I'm close to finding them, you want to steal my glory! Just for the sake of a cheap headline. DOCTOR: Finding them? Finding what? TRAVERS: (Getting angry at the DOCTOR's words.) Don't pretend. They're here. Somewhere on these mountains. DOCTOR: (Almost shouting.) What are?! TRAVERS: You know! The Yeti! The Abominable Snowmen! 16. CAVE (JAMIE has been trying to push the boulder.) JAMIE: Oh, it's not use, I can't shift it. (He turns to VICTORIA.) JAMIE: Perhaps there is another way out of here. I'm gonna see what's down there. VICTORIA: Oh no! Don't! There may be more of them. JAMIE: Aye, there might. That's why I want you to stay here. VICTORIA: Oh no... JAMIE: Look, you're safe enough for the moment. If you need me just yell your head off. VICTORIA: (With a little f*re.) Don't worry, I will! (JAMIE runs down the cave.) 17. CELL (The DOCTOR is not getting through to TRAVERS.) DOCTOR: But it could have been the Yeti that att*cked you. TRAVERS: (Firmly) Rubbish! The Yeti are timid creatures. They're shy... DOCTOR: But... TRAVERS: They're afraid of men. DOCTOR: But... Why me!? Why say I did it? TRAVERS: (Feverishly) You want a clear field don't you. I discovered the Yeti! The honour's mine, but you want to take it from me. Why, you even m*rder my companion just to get a cheap story for your newspaper. DOCTOR: That is ridiculous. TRAVERS: Is it? DOCTOR: Whoever k*lled your friend had enormous strength. TRAVERS: Yes? DOCTOR: (Spreading his arms open.) Well, could I have done it? Well, could I? (TRAVERS sees this is the case.) TRAVERS: No. I'm not going to discuss it any further. (To himself.) There's work to be done. The expedition must go on! (Laughing he turns to the DOCTOR.) TRAVERS: Khrisong will find out the truth! (TRAVERS closes the grill.) DOCTOR: Travers! Travers, come back! 18. COURTYARD (KHRISONG, and his sub-ordinate THOMNI, confront two aged lamas in the monastery's courtyard - RINCHEN and SAPAN.) KHRISONG: We have the word of the Englishman, Travers. THOMNI: But how do we know he is telling the truth. KHRISONG: Why should he lie? In any case, I am not so concerned with the death of Travers's companion. Four of our brothers have been slaughtered. That is my concern. RINCHEN: Had we not agreed that the Yeti were responsible? KHRISONG: True, Rinchen. But have we not also wondered why? They were so rarely seen, timid. Then, suddenly they become savage... Did we not wonder why? Did we not wonder what or whom had brought this change? And now, here is this stranger and Travers accuses him. He may be a cause. I ask you again. Let me put it to the truth. Now. RINCHEN: You are asking us to condemn a man to certain death. KHRISONG: I am Chief Warrior. Is it not my duty to protect you? RINCHEN: But not by taking a man's life. KHRISONG: (Firmly) Yes, if it is necessary. SAPAN: No! Only the Abbot can decide. Songtsen alone can approve such measures. (A large gong is heard.) RINCHEN: It is time for prayer, my brothers. (SAPAN and RINCHEN start to leave. KHRISONG and the chants of the brothers can be heard.) KHRISONG: (Angry and impatient.) Wait! We must decide now! RINCHEN: No, Khrisong. After our meditations we will consult the Abbot. (RINCHEN and SAPAN move away.) KHRISONG: This is foolishness! Time will be wasted! Do they wish more of our brothers to die before I'm allowed to take action. THOMNI: There is no other way. KHRISONG: There is, for me. Let them meditate. Let them consult. I, Khrisong, will act! Bring me the prisoner. 19. CAVE (Back in the cave, VICTORIA starts to hear noises from outside the cave. The boulder starts to move.) VICTORIA: (Shouting down the cave.) Jamie! Jamie, it's coming back! (JAMIE arrives and pushes VICTORIA behind him.) JAMIE: Get back in there! VICTORIA: Oh, is it safe? JAMIE: Aye. Now go on! (VICTORIA starts to move down the cave when the boulder is finally push back and the Yeti enters the cave. JAMIE moves forward and faces the creature with his sword.) VICTORIA: (Watching.) Jamie, get back! It will k*ll you! (The Yeti wrenches the sword from JAMIE's grasp and snaps it in two.) VICTORIA: Stop! (The Yeti then advances on Jamie. Victoria screams...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x05 - The Abominable Snowmen - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
by MERVYN HAISMAN and HENRY LINCOLN first broadcast - 7 October 1967 1. CAVE (JAMIE runs back into the cave.) JAMIE: Keep back, Victoria! I can't stop it! (He knocks one of the wooden beams which shakes and causes the roof to shake.) VICTORIA: Jamie, the roof. (JAMIE grabs a stone and starts to knock the beam with the stone.) VICTORIA: What are you doing? JAMIE: We've got to stop that thing somehow! VICTORIA: You'll bury us alive! JAMIE: It's our only chance! Now get back! (The beam prop out of place to bring part of the roof down on the pursuing Yeti, burying it under rubble. Dusting themselves off, the two stand up after JAMIE shielded VICTORIA from the rubble. They both stare at the claw that poke out of the rubble.) JAMIE: You all right? VICTORIA: That horrible thing. What was it? JAMIE: I don't know. Did you see what it did to my sword though? Broke it like it was a piece of wood. No human's as strong as that. VICTORIA: What is this place? (She turns to the collection of spheres at the back of the cave.) VICTORIA: And what are those? JAMIE: Some sort of metal? They're all glowing. VICTORIA: Oh, let's get away from here, Jamie. (JAMIE picks up a sphere from the collection and puts it in his satchel that he has on him.) JAMIE: Aye, if we can. I don't think that tunnel's completely blocked. Come on. Oh, don't worry about that, it's quite d*ad. (They pass the rubble covering the Yeti and move towards the entrance of the cave. Behind them, the claw starts to move...) VICTORIA: (Staring at the claw.) Eah! JAMIE: What's the matter? VICTORIA: Look! (The Yeti starts to climb out of the rubble.) JAMIE: Come on! (They both run off with the Yeti once again in pursuit.) 2. CELL (Alone in his cell, the DOCTOR practices "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on his recorder. He jumps up when THOMNI enters the cell.) THOMNI: Come. DOCTOR: Oh, and about time too. Come to release me, have you? THOMNI: No, sir. DOCTOR: Oh. Oh well, first things first. What's your name? THOMNI: Thomni. You must come with me. DOCTOR: Oh, I see, Thomni. After we've had a little chat. (He sits down on the straw.) THOMNI: Khrisong will be waiting! DOCTOR: No, no! Just wait. No one seems to want to listen to me and everyone is jumping to the wrong conclusions. Now you seem to be a reasonable sort of chap. What's going on here? THOMNI: We are besieged. The Yeti have turned upon us. At least that is what we thought until... DOCTOR: Until I turned up. I see. Every time I visit Detsen the monastery seems to be in some sort of trouble or another. THOMNI: You have been here before? DOCTOR: That att*ck in 1630, what was the outcome? THOMNI: You know something of our history? DOCTOR: Yes, a little. THOMNI: That was also a dark period. It was then our holy Ghana was taken from us. DOCTOR: Oh dear. Well never mind, I'm sure it will turn up again. THOMNI: Oh legend tells us so, but after so many... (THOMNI turns and starts to move back to the door lost in thought. The DOCTOR starts to follow him.) DOCTOR: This chap Travers! (THOMNI whirls around, stick raised - ready for an att*ck. The DOCTOR stops but carries on talking.) DOCTOR: This chap Travers, what of him? THOMNI: Sir, there is no time to talk, Khrisong will be angry. (The DOCTOR turns back to his bed.) DOCTOR: Ah yes, he may be angry, but he's not the Abbot, is he? THOMNI: No. DOCTOR: No. I don't think you'll find the Abbot will be angry when he sees what I have bought with me. THOMNI: What do you mean? Show me. (The DOCTOR moves down searching for the Ghanta in the straw.) DOCTOR: I want you to help me to get this to the Abbot. (He stands up when he hears someone else coming in. KHRISONG and two guards enter the cell.) KHRISONG: Why this delay? Seize him! Take him to the gate! (The guards grabs the DOCTOR and move him out of the cell. The DOCTOR turns to THOMNI.) DOCTOR: Abbot! The straw! KHRISONG: Follow me. (The DOCTOR is dragged along the corridor by the guards with KHRISONG in the lead. THOMNI thinks for a minute and then returns, searches the straw and finds, to his even greater amazement, the holy Tibetan bell that's been lost to Detsen since 1630 ! He puts it down on the straw and starts to pray before it.) 3. MOUNTAINSIDE (VICTORIA and JAMIE stop running when VICTORIA starts to run in a different direction from where the TARDIS was. Behind them, the Yeti is bouncing up behind them.) JAMIE: Victoria, the TARDIS is that way! VICTORIA: I know, but we must warn the Doctor! JAMIE: How can we, when we don't know where he is? (VICTORIA notices the Yeti is almost on top of them.) VICTORIA: Jamie! JAMIE: Run! 4. COURTYARD, MONASTERY (SAPAN and RINCHEN, now back from their prayers, intercept KHRISONG, arriving with the Doctor in the courtyard.) RINCHEN: Khrisong. Khrisong. KHRISONG: Do not interfere, Rinchen. RINCHEN: Did we not decide we would consult the Abbot, Songsten, before taking action? KHRISONG: We? You mean you had decided. The time for talk is past. RINCHEN: But, Khrisong, the Abbot... KHRISONG: The Abbot, must I always consult the Abbot before I take decisive action. (TRAVERS walks by, with a g*n, obviously ready to leave the Monastery.) DOCTOR: Travers, don't you think this has gone far enough? (TRAVERS stops and turns to the DOCTOR with a look of triumph on his face.) TRAVERS: Well there's nothing I can do. DOCTOR: What do you hope to gain? TRAVERS: Time. DOCTOR: Time? TRAVERS: Look, you k*lled my companion, left me single handed, but don't worry, you won't get another chance of getting in my way. I shall find the Yeti, with or without help. DOCTOR: You can't possibly leave... (The DOCTOR starts to move forward but the guards put their sticks to bar his way.) TRAVERS: Can't I? You'll be quite safe here and I know where you are. I'm going. (He starts to sneer.) Now don't worry, the monks won't harm you. They're men of peace. DOCTOR: (Staring at the guard's sticks.) Men of peace? (Still sneering at the DOCTOR, TRAVERS moves towards the main doors and RINCHEN bows to TRAVERS.) RINCHEN: You are asking us... (TRAVERS, sneering and laughing at the DOCTOR, leaves the Courtyard.) RINCHEN: You are asking us to agree to m*rder. KHRISONG: No, our hands will be clean. SAPAN: After deliberately using him as bait? You cannot be so ruthless. KHRISONG: Sapan, I believe that this man is for some reason, trying to turn the Yeti into savage creatures. SAPAN: But what proof is there? KHRISONG: You have heard the word of Travers. He is an Englishman. The stranger is a k*ller. Let me tie him to the gate. If the Yeti come to rescue him we will know the truth. And my warriors will be waiting. (During this speech, all three monks move towards the door and KHRISONG opens the door and we hear the wind outside.) SAPAN: But if he is innocent? KHRISONG: My warriors will protect him. RINCHEN: Khrisong, there may be wisdom in what you say, all we ask is that you wait until the... KHRISONG: (Slams the door with temper.) No! I have done with waiting. Bring him to the gate! (The DOCTOR is dragged through the gate with KHRISONG behind them. SAPAN and RINCHEN look on disapproving.) 5. ANTEROOM, INNER SANCTUM (THOMNI has taken the Ghanta to the door of the Inner Sanctum. He looks about in awe, and when the door to the Sanctum starts to open, he lies down on the floor in prayer, holding the Ghanta in front of him. A middle-aged man wearing a parrot-style hat comes out of the door.) THOMNI: Master Abbot. Abbot Songsten. Forgive me, Abbot. SONGSTEN: Thomni. THOMNI: I'm sorry, but... SONGSTEN: You know well that only I may enter here. What is this? (He takes the Ghanta off Thomni, wondering what it is. When he realises what it is he becomes shocked.) SONGSTEN: Where did you get this? THOMNI: Is it not the... Ghanta that was lost? (A voice comes out of the air.) PADMASAMBHAVA: It is my son. (Both monks fall to their knees in prayer - SONGSTEN holding out the Ghanta while THOMNI hold his hands together.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Two hundred years or more it has been lost to us. How came you by it? SONGSTEN: It is the Master, Padmasambhava. Do not be afraid, answer him. THOMNI: (With difficulty.) The stranger brought it, Master. (The voice of PADMASAMBHAVA changes to some kind of strange hiss and sounds almost inhuman.) VOICE: (OOV.) THE DOCTOR. SO HE HAS RETURNED. (Then the voice changes back to PADMASAMBHAVA.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Bring the Ghanta to me my son. (THOMNI takes the Ghana from SONGSTEN. He stands up and opens the big doors to the Sanctum.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Both of you. (THOMNI looks a little sacred.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Do not be afraid, Thomni 6. MAIN DOORS, MONASTERY (The DOCTOR has been tied up by his hands to some kind of pulley which is connected to the gate. KHRISONG checks the bonds are secure and then turns to several warrior monks.) KHRISONG: Rapalchan, watch from the window, there. Get up. You, the other window. (He turns, thr*at, to the DOCTOR while the Warriors move off to their positions.) KHRISONG: Any attempt to rescue you will now be highly dangerous, for you. DOCTOR: Look, nobody is going to rescue me, least of all an abominable snowman. And hasn't it occurred to you, that innocent or guilty, whatever's been k*lling your monks may very well k*ll me! KHRISONG: If you are innocent, then let us hope that we will have the time to rescue you. (With that, he moves off to go into position. The DOCTOR stands there, wondering what to do, while a monk watches for anybody coming to rescue him.) 7. MOUNTAINSIDE (JAMIE and VICTORIA look behind them to see that the Yeti isn't following them anymore.) JAMIE: I think we've shaken it off. VICTORIA: Have we? Good. JAMIE: Come on, it can't be much further. Listen! VICTORIA: Now what is it? JAMIE: Something's coming, come on! (They hide behind a rock. TRAVERS comes about the corner and aims his g*n at the companions.) TRAVERS: Here, who the devil are you? What are you doing here? JAMIE: We're on our way to the monastery. TRAVERS: Are you indeed? You're a strange pair to find roaming around these mountains. You aren't anything to do with that newspaper fellow, I suppose? JAMIE: What do you mean? TRAVERS: Well he says he's a Doctor, but I know what he's really after... VICTORIA: Oh, have you seen him? TRAVERS: Yes, I've seen him. JAMIE: Is he all right? TRAVERS: Oh yes, he's quite all right. (He lowers the g*n.) TRAVERS: So, you're going to the monastery, are you? Good. I think you'll find those lamas will have quite a welcome waiting for you. VICTORIA: The Doctor said there would be. TRAVERS: Did he now? (He turns to go back the way that JAMIE and VICTORIA have gone.) JAMIE: Oh, I wouldn't go that way if I was you. TRAVERS: Wouldn't you? VICTORIA: There's something up there. JAMIE: Aye, a great hairy beastie. TRAVERS: Where? JAMIE: In a cave. TRAVERS: The cave! Have you found their cave? JAMIE: Aye. (TRAVERS get eager and almost points his g*n at the companions again...) TRAVERS: Will you show me where it is? VICTORIA: Oh no! JAMIE: No, I couldn't go back there, not with Victoria. (TRAVERS gets mean and really points the g*n at the two.) TRAVERS: Now look here young fella, do stop playing games with me. I know that you and that Doctor fellow are after the Yeti. VICTORIA: Yeti? What's he talking about? (They both look at each other in puzzlement. TRAVERS catches this looks and the first seeds of doubt are planted into his mind.) TRAVERS: Are you trying to tell me you're not part of some press expedition? JAMIE: Expedition? VICTORIA: We're not part of anything, we're just visiting the monastery. TRAVERS: But the cave? JAMIE: Look if you're that keen to tangle with that beastie I'll show you where the cave is. TRAVERS: You will? JAMIE: After you've shown us how to get to the monastery. TRAVERS: All right, nothing to lose I suppose. All right, come with me. (Disappointed, TRAVERS turns back to the Monastery. VICTORIA and JAMIE follow him.) 8. INNER SANCTUM (Here, both THOMNI and SONGSTEN are both praying and looking towards a huge pair of closed doors. PADMASAMBHAVA's voice can be heard echoing through the room from the doors. Both of them seem to be in some kind of trance.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Tell me, my son, is the Doctor alone? THOMNI: Yes, Master. PADMASAMBHAVA: We are grateful for the return of the holy Ghanta. The Doctor is our friend, he must be treated with respect and kindness. Thomni, you will go to Khrisong. Tell him the Abbot orders the release of the Doctor. Go now. (THOMNI stands and turns about ready to leave the room, hands still clasp together in prayer.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Remember, these words were spoken by the Abbot, here. You will forget that you have entered this room or that you have spoken to me. (In a trance, THOMNI moves forward out of the door and slowly closes the door behind him. In the Anteroom, he starts to come out of his trance and starts to look about him with puzzlement and then moves off looking for KHRISONG. Meanwhile, back in the Inner Sanctum, the strange voice comes back...) VOICE: (OOV.) CAREFUL, SONGSTEN, WE MUST MAKE CERTAIN THE DOCTOR LEARNS NOTHING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. HE IS A MAN OF GREAT KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLIGENCE, BUT HE MAY NOT SHOW SYMPATHY FOR THE POWERS THAT GUIDE US. HE MAY EVEN SEEK TO HINDER THE GREAT PLAN. (The Master's voice returns to normal...) PADMASAMBHAVA: It might be wise if he departs as soon as possible. (Still in a trance, and also with his hands clasped, SONGSTEN bows his head.) 9. MAIN GATE (The DOCTOR is still "hanging about", while the guard (RALPACHAN), looking through the barred windows, sees something.) RALPACHAN: (Calling to the other monk behind him.) Gearon! In the rocks! Did you see something? Something is coming! Khrisong, the Yeti! The Yeti! (The DOCTOR tenses in horror.) DOCTOR: Oh no! KHRISONG: (OOV.) Be ready to k*ll them! (TRAVERS, VICTORIA, and JAMIE arrive on the slope leading down to the Gate.) DOCTOR: Jamie! Victoria! Keep back! Keep back, they'll k*ll you! Keep away! Get away! (All three arrivals have spotted the DOCTOR and run up to him. But before they arrive KHRISONG and some of the warrior monks bar their way, sticks raised.) KHRISONG: You see, I was right. TRAVERS: Khrisong! Khrisong. It was all a mistake. (VICTORIA and JAMIE go through the blockage and look at the DOCTOR's bonds.) JAMIE: Doctor. TRAVERS: I've been talking to these youngsters. I'm sorry, this is not the man that att*cked me. KHRISONG: Seize them. (Warrior Monks grab JAMIE and VICTORIA.) JAMIE: Hey, well what's going on? DOCTOR: I told you to keep away. (In anger directed at TRAVERS.) He's lead you into a trap! TRAVERS: No, Doctor... KHRISONG: Silence! Who are these people? TRAVERS: They're friends of his. KHRISONG: Then they shall act as hostages also. (THOMNI comes out of the main gate.) THOMNI: Khrisong. KHRISONG: Where have you been? THOMNI: With the Abbot. He has given... KHRISONG: The Abbot! I gave you no instructions to be with the Abbot. THOMNI: But Khrisong, we must release him! This stranger has brought back to us the holy Ghanta that was lost. (KHRISONG turns and stares, in shock, at the DOCTOR.) THOMNI: We must treat him with respect and kindness, these are the words of our Abbot. (KHRISONG turns and walks up to the DOCTOR.) KHRISONG: Is this true? DOCTOR: Of course. KHRISONG: Then why did you not tell me? DOCTOR: You'd already accused me of m*rder. You were hardly in the right frame of mind to listen to my story of how I came by the bell, now... now were you? (Nodding at his bonds.) Oh please, oh. (KHRISONG nods that the Warriors Monks let go of VICTORIA and JAMIE and untie the DOCTOR's hands.) DOCTOR: This wasn't the welcome I expected, you know? (KHRISONG turns and walks toward us with a look of shock and defeat on his face. The DOCTOR turns to TRAVERS with a look like a schoolteacher gives to a naughty pupil.) DOCTOR: As for you Travers! (TRAVERS hangs his head in shame.) 10. INNER SANCTUM (The VOICE is back...) VOICE: IT IS WELL TO REMEMBER THAT NOTHING MUST DISTURB OUR PREPARATIONS. THERE IS LITTLE TIME LEFT NOW. SONGSTEN: How if the Doctor will not go? (The Abbot returns.) PADMASAMBHAVA: His life could be in great danger. He has been a good friend in the past, it would be ill if the life of such a one became in peril. 11. COURTYARD (The DOCTOR, now wearing a scarf of honour from the Monks, examines the sphere which JAMIE retrieved from the cave.) DOCTOR: You say you found this in the cave? JAMIE: Aye. VICTORIA: There were lots of them. JAMIE: What do you think it is, Doctor? DOCTOR: I've no idea. Now this creature, what was it like? JAMIE: Oh it was huge and all covered with hair, like a sort of bear. VICTORIA: It att*cked us. DOCTOR: It does sound like your abominable snowman, Travers. TRAVERS: Oh but they wouldn't att*ck anyone. DOCTOR: No, I always thought so. TRAVERS: They're shy allusive creatures. Why do you think it's taken me so long to track them down? (The DOCTOR looks at the sphere again.) DOCTOR: What made this? I wonder what it's for. Oh well. (With that, he puts the sphere down on in front of a statue of a Buddha. ) DOCTOR: I'd like to see one of these creatures. VICTORIA: It was horrible. JAMIE: Aye, it was buried under tons of rock, yet it still just got up and came after us. VICTORIA: Like a nightmare. TRAVERS: Now, fear makes us imagine all sorts of things. DOCTOR: Including creatures that don't seem to be flesh and blood. (A WARRIOR MONK's voice can be heard.) WARRIOR MONK: Khrisong! Khrisong! (KHRISONG arrives with more Warrior Monks.) DOCTOR: What is it? JAMIE: What? DOCTOR: What's the matter? JAMIE: What's he seen? WARRIOR MONK: Khrisong, come quickly! KHRISONG: What is it? JAMIE: He must have seen something. WARRIOR MONK: Look! (Outside, through the gate three Yetis can be seen.) TRAVERS: Well there they are, at last. JAMIE: Hey look. KHRISONG: We must take it in. TRAVERS: After all these years! KHRISONG: Ralpachan, stand watch at the walls! Platau, I want two men either side of this base! Thomni, come with me! TRAVERS: Look, they're magnificent, just as I thought they'd be. (While the Warriors run about obeying the orders and TRAVERS watches the Yeti through the door, the DOCTOR and JAMIE follow KHRISONG over to a different part of the courtyard.) DOCTOR: Do you really think they'll att*ck? KHRISONG: I don't know, they've never been this close before. TRAVERS: Of course they wouldn't att*ck anyone, they're timid. You'll see. DOCTOR: Yes but if they do, do you think you could capture one? I... I would like to examine one. JAMIE: Examine it! Aye, we'll rap it up for you. DOCTOR: Thank you, Jamie. KHRISONG: Thomni, come, we must see to the defences. (Turns to JAMIE.) Boy, help at the gates! (JAMIE, eager for battle, has an idea.) JAMIE: Hey, Doctor, if you really want to capture one of these beasties, I have an idea which I think may just work. (The DOCTOR's face falls on this.) DOCTOR: Oh, Victoria. JAMIE: Eh. DOCTOR: I think this is one of those instances were discretion is the better part of valour. Jamie has an idea. Come along. (The DOCTOR takes a puzzled VICTORIA by the hand and leads her off into one of the buildings.) JAMIE: No Doc... DOCTOR: Come along. (They disappear.) 12. COUNCIL ROOM (In here, SONGSTEN, RINCHEN and a number of high placed Monks are discussing the problem.) SONGSTEN: Have no fear, now that the holy ghanta has been returned to us, all will be well. RINCHEN: But what if the Yeti do att*ck? SONGSTEN: Have faith, Rinchen, Khrisong and his warriors will protect us. RINCHEN: Khrisong is a rash man. He was so sure that this Doctor was a thr*at to us. (The DOCTOR and VICTORIA arrive at the doorway to this room and the DOCTOR overhears the last bit of what RINCHEN was saying.) DOCTOR: I can assure you I am not. (All the Monks turns to face the newcomers. SONGSTEN bows to the DOCTOR.) 13. MAIN GATE JAMIE: I hope this is going to work. You ready up there? Catch! (JAMIE throws up the tail end of a piece of rope up to a monk who catches it.) THOMNI: There is one coming! JAMIE: Aye, one's enough. THOMNI: The others don't seem to be moving. (We see one of the three Yeti start to move toward the Gate.) JAMIE: Look, keep it back, I'm not ready for it yet. THOMNI: Keep it back! (All the Warrior Monks, including THOMNI, raise their sticks in readiness for the Yeti. JAMIE puts the other end of the rope on the floor.) JAMIE: That's it. Stand by, here it comes. (The Yeti arrives.) JAMIE: Now! (All the monks start to h*t the Yeti with their sticks. The Yeti starts to shove some of the Monks back but is pushed into the rope circle.) JAMIE: Right, haul the rope, quick! Quick with the net! Pull hard, up with it. (The ropes are pulled and the creature is bundled into the net. The monks continue to pummel the Yeti with their staves. The Yeti at first continue to fight back ferociously but is then, suddenly, strangely, quite still.) JAMIE: Wait, wait. THOMNI: It's d*ad. JAMIE: Aye. Hey, why aren't the others attacking? (The other two Yeti stare at the Monks and then turns and start to move away.) THOMNI: They're going. JAMIE: Good, lets get this one inside. (They start to move the Yeti inside, but close to where the struggle occurred, another silver sphere can be seen embedded in the soft ground, making strange alien bubbling noises. It starts to move slowly through the mud.) 14. COURTYARD (A little later, it is now night and a Monk, carrying a burning torch, moves forward through the courtyard. When he passed the Statue he bows to it with his hands clasped together. Then he notices the sphere, left there by the DOCTOR, picks it up and looks at it. Assuming that it is an offering, the Monk puts down the sphere back in the hands of the statue.) 15. COUNCIL ROOM (The YETI has been put on the table and the DOCTOR, VICTORIA, JAMIE, TRAVERS, THOMNI, and KHRISONG all gather round as the DOCTOR has a look at the creature.) DOCTOR: Victoria, this creature certainly doesn't seem to be flesh and blood. TRAVERS: What? DOCTOR: It's not your abominable snowman either, Travers. Look. (He taps it and the creature gives off a strange metallic sound.) DOCTOR: Metal. TRAVERS: That's incredible. THOMNI: What is it? KHRISONG: A devils warrior. DOCTOR: No, I don't think so, it's more like a robot. TRAVERS: A robot? My dear chap don't let your imagination run away with you. DOCTOR: Now, why has it stopped? Wait a minute. Wait a minute. (The DOCTOR discovers a empty round "Pouch" in the middle of the "Creature".) VICTORIA: Nothing there. (The DOCTOR put his hands in the Pouch.) DOCTOR: No, but there has been! 16. MAIN GATE (The sphere at the Gate starts to beep and move again...) 17. COURTYARD (...and inside, the sphere, on the statue, hearing the beeping of its brother starts to beep too and begins, purposefully, to roll off in the direction of the captured Yeti...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x06 - The Abominable Snowmen - part 2"}
foreverdreaming
by MERVYN HAISMAN and HENRY LINCOLN first broadcast - 14 October 1967 1. MAIN GATE (The sphere at the Gate starts to beep and move again...) 2. COURTYARD (...and inside, the sphere, on the statue, hearing the beeping of its brother starts to beep too and begins, purposefully, to roll off in the direction of the captured Yeti...) 3. COUNCIL ROOM DOCTOR: Jamie, when you captured this creature, you must have dislodged it's control unit. JAMIE: Then it must still be lying out there. DOCTOR: Precisely! (They move towards the exit of the room but KHRISONG blocks their path.) KHRISONG: Where are you going? DOCTOR: To have a look outside the gates. I want that unit. Come on, Jamie. (KHRISONG stands his ground.) KHRISONG: No! I will not allow it. DOCTOR: But why not? KHRISONG: I trust no one to leave the monastery. You say this creature is not a real Yeti. DOCTOR: It's metal. It's been made. KHRISONG: And sent against us. Why? Why does someone wish harm to the monks of Detsen. I will trust no stranger until these questions are answered. JAMIE: Ah, but we're on your side! Have we not convinced you yet? KHRISONG: I am convinced of nothing. VICTORIA: The Doctor knows all about this sort of thing. Why not let him help you? DOCTOR: Well if you don't trust us at least send Thomni, or one of your other warriors. KHRISONG: No! I will not allow the gates to be opened! DOCTOR: If you want us to help... KHRISONG: I do not need your help! Thomni, guard them! (With that, KHRISONG storms out of the room.) DOCTOR: Oh dear, a very obstinate man. TRAVERS: Yes, well that's that I suppose. Nothing we can do about it now. (Moving towards the door.) Um, well I... I think I'll just go and get a bit of shut-eye. Good night all. (TRAVERS hurriedly leaves the hall.) 4. MAIN GATE, INSIDE (KHRISONG arrives at the gate, which is closed, to talk with the guard, RALPACHAN. Nearby, but out of sight, TRAVERS watches and listens...) KHRISONG: Ralpachan. RALPACHAN: Yes, Khrisong. KHRISONG: Stand guard at the gate. No one is to leave the monastery. Be watchful, these Yeti are more dangerous than we thought. (Seeing this as another blow to his chances of finding the real Yeti, TRAVERS moves forward towards the two men, who look at him with suspicion.) TRAVERS: Khrisong. KHRISONG: What is it? What do you want? TRAVERS: Um, I want a word with you. KHRISONG: Well? TRAVERS: Alone. (They move out of earshot of the sentry but within his sight.) KHRISONG: Yes? TRAVERS: Look I've been thinking. Now that we've found out that these abominable snowmen are mechanical things... KHRISONG: Well? TRAVERS: Don't you see it means that I am right! The real Yeti are there, hiding up there somewhere in those mountains. KHRISONG: (Starting to turn away.) This is no concern of mine. TRAVERS: No, but Khrisong, wait. I um... I want to go out there, after them. KHRISONG: That would be foolishness! TRAVERS: Look, I've always said that the real Yeti are harmless. Now I must make a... find out for sure. Otherwise the whole point of my expedition would be lost. KHRISONG: And those devil creatures would k*ll you. TRAVERS: Yes well, that's a chance I'll have to take. KHRISONG: (Firm.) No! I will not allow it. TRAVERS: But don't you see? The real Yeti may be k*lled by these robots. Look, I must go! KHRISONG: No, I forbid it! TRAVERS: Look I'm not one of your monks, you know? You can't give me orders. KHRISONG: No. I've said that no one will leave. Anyone may be controlling these monsters. Even you. TRAVERS: Oh that's ridiculous... (But to KHRISONG the matter was closed.) KHRISONG: (Total firmness.) I have given my orders! Obey them! 5. COUNCIL ROOM (VICTORIA is looking at the creature again while the others are gathered in a small group.) THOMNI: Sir, I have no choice, I must obey Khrisong. JAMIE: Do you not realise the man's a wee bit daffy? DOCTOR: Oh I wouldn't say that, Jamie. He's just doing his duty, as he sees it. THOMNI: But I think he is mistaken not to trust you. There is much sense in what you say. DOCTOR: Oh thank you, Thomni. VICTORIA: Doctor, come here a moment. (They all go to back to the creature.) DOCTOR: What is it? VICTORIA: The place you said where the control unit would go, it's round. DOCTOR: Yes? VICTORIA: Well I wonder if... Jamie, you remember in that cave, we found that sphere. Well don't you think it could go... JAMIE: Hey yes! I believe you're right... DOCTOR: Yes, but I've thought of that. But the thing was as light as a feather, there couldn't have been anything inside it. Unless... (He looks about for a sphere.) DOCTOR: Where is it? JAMIE: Well I gave it to you. You were looking at it. DOCTOR: I remember, I put it down somewhere. VICTORIA: The Buddha! The Buddha in the courtyard! DOCTOR: The Buddha! I put it down by the Buddha! (The DOCTOR was all ready to rush out of the room when THOMNI bars their way - stick raised.) DOCTOR: Oh now please, Thomni, please! (THOMNI thinks about it and then lower his stick and follows the TARDIS crew out of the room.) 6. COURTYARD (They arrive at the statue to find the sphere gone.) JAMIE: It's not here, Doctor. DOCTOR: But I swear I put it down here by the Buddha. JAMIE: Aye, well its not here now. VICTORIA: Somebody must have picked it up. DOCTOR: Oh dear. VICTORIA: Maybe that guard's taken it. JAMIE: Aye, let's ask him. (They all move off towards the Main Gate... They in fact pass the sphere, rolling in the opposite direction, in a corridor on the way there, but the sphere conceals itself in a dark corner as they trundle past.) 7. MAIN GATE (The Guard, on seeing their approach, raises his stick and JAMIE tenses himself ready for a fight, but the DOCTOR touches him on the arm.) DOCTOR: No. Tact, Jamie. I'll handle this. (He moves forward with a disarming smile.) DOCTOR: Hello guard, good evening. Um, I wonder if you could help us. I um... I left a... a silver sphere by the Buddha there. RALPACHAN: Sphere? VICTORIA: It's a shiny round thing. THOMNI: It's most important. Have you taken it? RALPACHAN: No, and if anyone had I should have seen them. THOMNI: Ralpachan, who has passed through the courtyard? RALPACHAN: Master Khrisong, but he touched nothing. JAMIE: No one else? RALPACHAN: The Englishman, Travers. (They are all surprised at this.) DOCTOR: Travers? Are you sure he didn't pick it up? RALPACHAN: I am sure. He spoke only to Khrisong and now he is gone. DOCTOR: (Shocked.) Gone? RALPACHAN: He said Khrisong had given him permission to leave. DOCTOR: But that's impossi... THOMNI: (To the Guard.) He has tricked you! JAMIE: Aye, he must have taken it! DOCTOR: Yes, but why? VICTORIA: Could he be the one that's doing it? DOCTOR: (To himself.) I wonder. (To the Guard.) Are you sure he didn't take the sphere with him? RALPACHAN: He took nothing! JAMIE: I'll find his room and search it. DOCTOR: Right, Jamie. THOMNI: We must tell Khrisong what has happened. DOCTOR: Yes, yes. Travers, I can't believe he has anything to do with these robots. VICTORIA: One thing's for certain, it couldn't have moved on its own. (They leave the courtyard with RALPACHAN on guard.) 8. CORRIDOR (...But that was exactly what the sphere was doing - moving on its own...) 9. HALL (SAPAN and RINCHEN have been at work on the Yeti where it has been fastened down with chains. They have constructed a strange framework of wood and coloured thread around it...) SAPAN: How if the devil should breath life into it again? RINCHEN: My ghost trap will ward off the evil spirits. SAPAN: Mmm, but to fetter it with chains is also wise. The strangers say that this creature is not flesh and blood. RINCHEN: How can this be, does it not move? Strangers, do not believe them, Sapan. SAPAN: But see. RINCHEN: It is but armour, such as any warrior would wear. The devil in his guile wears his armour beneath the skin to protect his evil heart. SAPAN: Such a being is against nature, it troubles me. Let us go. (KHRISONG leads SONGSTEN into the hall. They both notice the "ghost trap".) SONGSTEN: What have you been doing, my brothers? SAPAN: We have built a spirit trap about the monster, my Abbot. SONGSTEN: This is well thought, Sapan, you are wise. RINCHEN: You should never have allowed this monster to have been brought into the Monastery, Khrisong. KHRISONG: (Snaps.) What I allow is my affair, Rinchen. SONGSTEN: Gently, my son, gently. KHRISONG: I'm sorry, my Abbot. I try to guard my tongue, but Rinchen finds much fault in me of late. SONGSTEN: Harsh words are like blunted arrows. It is the truth that makes them sharp. KHRISONG: I have tried to do my duty. Under your guidance, the protection of the monastery lies in my hands. SONGSTEN: I know, my son. You're task is a hard one. KHRISONG: And such is our adversary, that against such creatures that I must protect you. The purpose of my life is nothing if I fail. You know, my Abbot, that I willingly would lay down my life for you and my brothers. But can I combat this with mildness. You must let me fight their strength with my strength. SONGSTEN: Our ways are the ways of peace, Khrisong my son. You, must not seek to change them. KHRISONG: I would fight to preserve them. You must let me. There is no other way. SONGSTEN: There is. It is merely obscured to our simple minds. I shall seek guidance from the Master, Padmasambhava. (He sits down on the floor cross-legged and enters into a trance. The DOCTOR's party rushes into the room.) DOCTOR: Khrisong! Khrisong, I must speak with you. KHRISONG: What is it? DOCTOR: Have you given Travers permission to leave the monastery? KHRISONG: Of course not! DOCTOR: Well he's gone! KHRISONG: How? DOCTOR: The guard at the gate said you'd given him permission. KHRISONG: Did he? Very well. Come with me. DOCTOR: It's about time you let me help you. KHRISONG: Help? I want to make sure you don't disappear as well. (KHRISONG leaves with the DOCTOR. THOMNI and VICTORIA watch SONGSTEN in his trance.) VICTORIA: It's the Abbot, is he all right? THOMNI: Oh yes, he's in a trance. We must leave him now. VICTORIA: Trance? SONGSTEN: (Talking into thin air.) Yes, Master. VICTORIA: Who's he talking to? THOMNI: The Master, Padmasambhava. He's asking for spiritual guidance. VICTORIA: How? SONGSTEN: I hear you, Master. I am coming. VICTORIA: (Puzzled.) Where's he going? THOMNI: To the Holy Sanctum. To Padmasambhava. VICTORIA: Let's follow him. (She starts to follow, but THOMNI prevents her.) THOMNI: No, no, no, it is forbidden! No one but the Abbot may enter. (VICTORIA laughs at this. THOMNI reacts with firmness.) THOMNI: No one! 10. MAIN GATE (KHRISONG is questioning the guard with the DOCTOR while JAMIE is off searching TRAVER's room.) KHRISONG: ...And this should not have happened. I hold you responsible, Ralpachan. DOCTOR: Oh well, what's done is done. (JAMIE returns.) DOCTOR: Ah, Jamie. JAMIE: Searched his room, but it's not there. DOCTOR: I see. You must see that it is vital that I examine one of these control units. The one that Jamie bought down from the mountains has disappeared. Someone is trying to stop us learning the truth. JAMIE: You must let us outside to find the other one! (Seeing that he is not going to get anywhere by talking, he tries to open the Gate, but both sticks of the Guard and Khrisong are raised.) JAMIE: Oh, look... KHRISONG: Very well. I will go. 11. INNER SANCTUM (There is a small table holding a map of the monastery and its surrounding area. We see an old and wrinkled hand (PADMASAMBHAVA's) reaches out over the map and grab two of the small model Yeti pieces that are on the map. The hand moves the pieces closer to Detsen...) 12. MOUNTAINSIDE (Out on the mountainside, two Yeti come to life and begin to move along a corresponding route, watched by TRAVERS hiding behind a rock.) 13. ANTEROOM, INNER SANCTUM (SONGSTEN, still in his trance, opens the door to the Inner Sanctum and enters, closing the door behind him. VICTORIA arrives first at the door and is about to pull it open when THOMNI stops her.) THOMNI: No! No, Victoria, we mustn't. VICTORIA: I only want to see where he's going. THOMNI: I told you, the Sanctum. No one is allowed to go there. Please, let us go back. VICTORIA: You mean to say you've lived here all this time and never been in there. THOMNI: Yes. VICTORIA: You are funny. Aren't you the tinniest bit curious? THOMNI: (Firm.) No. VICTORIA: And you've never seen this... Master? THOMNI: Never. VICTORIA: Don't you want to know what he looks like? Oh, sure you do. Come on. (She tries to open the door again but THOMNI stop her again.) THOMNI: No! Miss Victoria, can't you understand that it is impossible? VICTORIA: I don't see... THOMNI: No you do not! It is forbidden. And I have been brought up on the path of obedience. VICTORIA: Very well. (With a smile on her face.) But I'll get there somehow. (They leave.) 14. MAIN GATE (The DOCTOR, JAMIE and the guard are watching KHRISONG from the main gate.) DOCTOR: Hasn't he found it yet? JAMIE: No. Khrisong, can I give you a hand? KHRISONG: Stay where you are! 15. INNER SANCTUM (Again, SONGSTEN is kneeling down, hands clasped, looking straight at the huge closed doors.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Far better if the Yeti had not been brought into the monastery. SONGSTEN: I'm sorry, Master, I could not prevent it. PADMASAMBHAVA: The Doctor is wise. His eyes are not closed in ignorance. SONGSTEN: If he is not ignorant perhaps he might assist you with your plan. PADMASAMBHAVA: But his mind is on a complex plane. It is hard to fathom. There is a chance he will oppose what we have to do. (His voice changes again...) VOICE: (OOV.) NO. WE MUST CONTINUE WITH THE WORK, ALONE. I MUST NOW MAKE SURE OUR PLAN IS IMPERILLED NO MORE. (...and the two Yeti models are moved again, this time bringing them right to the monastery gates!.) 16. MAIN GATE (KHRISONG finds the sphere, which begins to give out a loud beeping sound.) KHRISONG: I've found it! (The DOCTOR spots the approaching Yeti.) DOCTOR: Khrisong! Behind you! Yeti! JAMIE: Come in! KHRISONG: No! (He sees retreat as an act of a coward.) DOCTOR: Don't be a fool! JAMIE: Don't be a fool, they're on top of you! (One of the Yeti lifts KHRISONG up by the wrist and wrenches the sphere from his grasp. The monks and JAMIE emerge to fight them off but the Yeti ignore them, disappearing back into the darkness.) DOCTOR: Come on, Jamie. Quick get him inside! (They do so.) DOCTOR: (To KHRISONG.) They came to get their ball back. 17. INNER SANCTUM (SONGSTEN is with PADMASAMBHAVA but he still can't see him. We can see however the map.) PADMASAMBHAVA: It would seem that the Yeti have caused some little upset at the gates. However their work is accomplished. Now, Songsten, observe. (The hand points out three of the Yeti pieces.) PADMASAMBHAVA: These three Yeti are waiting for you. (A small glowing pyramid is placed on the ground.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Take this pyramid I have prepared. Take it to the caves. Then the Great Intelligence will focus upon this planet. Soon it will begin to grow and at last take on physical form. At last its wanderings in space will be at an end. (Sighs.) My work will then be done. Go now, Songsten, do as I have asked. (And the "hiss" voice has the final word.) VOICE: (OOV.) NOTHING MUST INTERFERE. 18. MAIN GATE (KHRISONG is unharmed and is discussing the att*ck with the others.) RINCHEN: These creatures are indeed fearsome. JAMIE: Aye, you were lucky you weren't k*lled. KHRISONG: But why did they just turn and leave? They had us at their mercy, why? DOCTOR: They didn't come to fight. They came for the sphere. JAMIE: Are you sure? DOCTOR: Pretty sure. They didn't want me to examine it. KHRISONG: You talk of these creatures as if they were human, with a human's brain. DOCTOR: That sphere is like a brain. They had to get it back. JAMIE: Yes, and that Yeti we caught in the net. Well that could have been after the sphere we found in the cave. DOCTOR: I'd still like to know what happened to that one. 19. CORRIDOR, NEAR HALL (...Well, it is currently going down the corridor near to the hall where the c*ptive Yeti is...) 20. MAIN GATE DOCTOR: This sound that you heard. KHRISONG: It came from the sphere, I swear it. JAMIE: Some sort of signal, do you think? DOCTOR: Yes, could be. Anyway, its a help. SAPAN: How can this help? DOCTOR: Well with the right sort of equipment, these signals can be tracked. JAMIE: You mean you can find out where the Yeti are getting there instructions from? DOCTOR: Yes, Jamie. RINCHEN: Where can we find such equipment? DOCTOR: (To JAMIE.) We've got to get back to the TARDIS. JAMIE: Right! KHRISONG: This equipment. You have it? DOCTOR: Yes. (Pointing.) But it's outside there on the mountain KHRISONG: Then, you must go for it. JAMIE: You mean you'll let us go? KHRISONG: I have no choice. I have failed. My warriors are powerless. I must trust you. DOCTOR: (Happy and thumping JAMIE on the shoulder.) Come on, let's get my coat. 21. HALL (VICTORIA is trying to have a peek inside the Inner Sanctum but is having trouble trying to get rid of THOMNI. She tries a different approach - the "I better look for my friends" trick.) VICTORIA: Oh. Oh, they're not back yet. I think I'll go and find them. No need for you to come. (THOMNI wasn't falling for it.) THOMNI: I think it would be better if I came with you. VICTORIA: Afraid I may go somewhere that I shouldn't. Oh, come on then. I don't want to stay in here with that thing. (She pulls a face at the Yeti. However as they leave the room they run into RINCHEN and SAPAN and it is clear that they have been listening in on the conversation and guessing correctly on VICTORIA's destination.) RINCHEN: Thomni, it were well that you went to Khrisong... THOMNI: Where is he? RINCHEN: In the courtyard. THOMNI: I will go to him. Oh, Sapan, would you care for our guest, please? (He rushes off. VICTORIA turns to the new arrivals.) VICTORIA: Is Jamie and the Doctor... are they all right? SAPAN: Rest easily my child. RINCHEN: They are in... (SAPAN cuts him off.) SAPAN: They are very well. There is no need for this child to worry. Is it not so, Rinchen? (VICTORIA sees right through this trick.) VICTORIA: You're keeping something from me. SAPAN: My child, I have told you nothing but truth. Your friends are busy helping our brothers. RINCHEN: Sapan, we have duties to perform. SAPAN: True. We must leave you. It might be wiser to join Thomni in the courtyard. Excuse us please. (They show her the way. VICTORIA leaves but turns toward the Sanctum instead of the Courtyard.) 22. COURTYARD (THOMNI has been filled in on what has happened to KHRISONG.) THOMNI: You are not well, Khrisong. You should be resting. KHRISONG: There can be no rest for me while this creature is here. THOMNI: But it is d*ad, what harm can it do us now? KHRISONG: Even so, wiser to destroy it. ... the Doctor who is right. I do not know any longer. (RINCHEN arrives leading a fuming VICTORIA.) RINCHEN: Khrisong you must guard this child. Sapan sent her to you in the courtyard, yet I found her near the Sanctum. VICTORIA: (Tight-lipped.) I didn't mean any harm. RINCHEN: For her own good, it would be safer if she were closely guarded. (VICTORIA sighs as they all leave the courtyard.) 23. MOUNTAINSIDE (JAMIE and the DOCTOR walk along the mountainside.) 24. MAIN GATE (Soon after they depart, SONGSTEN arrives at the courtyard, manned again by just the lone sentry, RALPACHAN. SONGSTEN stares into the eyes of RALPACHAN who opens the door for him.) SONGSTEN: When I have passed through the gate you will awake. You have seen nothing. (He passes through the gate and RALPACHAN closes the door behind him. He then springs back to watchfulness, unaware that anything has happened.) 25. COUNCIL ROOM (THOMNI is looking after VICTORIA.) VICTORIA: I suppose everyone thinks I'm a nuisance. Is that it? THOMNI: We are concerned for your safety, as you well know. VICTORIA: You're not really going to lock me up in this beastly room, are you? THOMNI: No, I don't think that will be necessary. But you must promise to behave and not cause trouble. VICTORIA: What do you mean? THOMNI: I think perhaps you are a little too inquisitive, Miss Victoria. VICTORIA: Me? I just don't like mysteries. Your Master, for instance, Padma... (THOMNI cuts her off.) THOMNI: I have told you there are some things that you should not ask! VICTORIA: Oh all right, I'm sorry. All right. Look do we have to stay here? Can't I go and find the Doctor? THOMNI: The Doctor? But he's gone. VICTORIA: (Surprised and shocked.) Gone? Gone where? THOMNI: To the mountain. I thought you knew. Did Sapan not tell you? VICTORIA: I knew he was keeping something from me. I've a good mind to go after them. THOMNI: (Angrily.) That would be foolish! VICTORIA: Don't worry, I'm not really serious. THOMNI: Oh please forgive me, I'm being a very bad host. Would you care for some food? VICTORIA: No thank you. Um, yes. Perhaps on second thoughts I will. (THOMNI leaves the room and after a minute so does VICTORIA.) 26. MOUNTAINSIDE (JAMIE and the DOCTOR reach the three Yeti which are waiting to escort SONGSTEN. They are clearly switched off, so the DOCTOR would like to examine them, but JAMIE cautions against this...) DOCTOR: They're not moving. JAMIE: They can't have seen us, Doctor. DOCTOR: Perhaps they're switched off. I wonder... JAMIE: Don't be a fool, Doctor. No point in taking chances. Let's get to the TARDIS while we can. DOCTOR: Yes, perhaps you're right. (They move off... SONGSTEN arrives with the pyramid soon after. The Yetis jerk into life and form a protective triangle around him. Together the four of them move off up the mountain...) 27. COUNCIL ROOM (THOMNI arrives carrying food but notices that VICTORIA is gone.) THOMNI: Oh no! Miss Victoria! (He rushes out of the room to be met by RALPACHAN and KHRISONG.) THOMNI: Ralpachan, the girl, did she go out? KHRISONG: What did you want, Thomni? THOMNI: I went for food, now she has disappeared. KHRISONG: Fool! THOMNI: I think she went after the Doctor. KHRISONG: No one has passed Ralpachan. THOMNI: Then she must still be in the monastery. KHRISONG: Find her. THOMNI: Where? Where could she...? Miss Victoria! 28. INNER SANCTUM (VICTORIA enters the room and look around her. However, there is nobody in there and VICTORIA is surprised when she hear PADMASAMBHAVA's voice.) PADMASAMBHAVA: It were better that you were not found in here, my child. VICTORIA: Who's that? PADMASAMBHAVA: The monks will look upon your presence here as sacrilege. (The voice almost changes to the "hiss" voice.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Go quickly. (VICTORIA leaves the room...) 29. HALL (She returns to the hall where the captured Yeti lies bound...) 30. CORRIDOR (THOMNI searching...) THOMNI: Victoria! 31. HALL (VICTORIA finds, at her feet, Jamie's sphere, which has finally finished its long trek from the courtyard. Curious, she picks it up...) 32. ANOTHER CORRIDOR THOMNI: Miss Victoria, where are you? 33. HALL (...but then the sphere comes to life and forces itself into the cavity at the Yeti's chest. The flap over the cavity snaps shut and for a moment nothing happens...) 34. CORRIDOR, NEAR THE HALL (THOMNI's cries attract the attention of SAPAN.) THOMNI: Miss Victoria! SAPAN: My son, what is the matter? THOMNI: Oh, Sapan, the girl, I can't find her. I think she may have... VICTORIA: (OOV, screams.) Aahhh! THOMNI: Miss Victoria! (And both Monks rush off toward the hall.) 35. HALL VICTORIA: Oh. (Then the Yeti's eyes snap open and it begins to thrash about, breaking chains and ghost trap with equal ease it starts to rise...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x07 - The Abominable Snowmen - part 3"}
foreverdreaming
by MERVYN HAISMAN and HENRY LINCOLN first broadcast - 21 October 1967 1. HALL (THOMNI, searching frantically for VICTORIA who's given him the slip, suddenly hears screaming coming from the Great Hall. When he gets there he finds that the "d*ad" Yeti is now very much alive and free from its various chains and ghost traps.) VICTORIA: Oh no! Thomni! Help, Thomni! THOMNI: Run, Miss Victoria, run! Fetch Khrisong. (VICTORIA runs off to get help while THOMNI tries to hold the creature off...) 2. CORRIDOR (VICTORIA runs straight into SAPAN.) VICTORIA: The Yeti! The Yeti! Fetch help! Where's Khrisong? SAPAN: But where is Thomni? What has happened? VICTORIA: He's in there. He's coming, now hurry! (They both run off towards the courtyard.) 3. HALL (THOMNI tries to stop the Yeti, but to no avail, the Yeti seeming hardly interested in THOMNI's futile att*cks. It lumbers off towards the courtyard...) 4. COURTYARD (...where Khrisong and a couple of warrior monks are... but by sheer chance VICTORIA and SAPAN get there first.) SAPAN: Khrisong, the Yeti, it is alive! KHRISONG: What! VICTORIA: It's true Khrisong! Quick, it's coming, do something! (A fight starts.) KHRISONG: Get back! Get back! Ralpachan, help him! Get him! Get up! We can't stop it! Get a net! We must destroy it! (The monks, however, have little chance against the Yeti and seeing this, through all of the shouting, VICTORIA urges THOMNI to open the gates to let it out. KHRISONG orders Thomni not to do so but THOMNI disobeys and the monster is allowed to escape.) 5. MOUNTAINSIDE (Halfway up the mountain JAMIE and the DOCTOR, on their way back to the TARDIS, stop for a breather.) JAMIE: What's the matter, Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, I'm just taking a breather, that's all. JAMIE: You've heard something? DOCTOR: No, no, nothing. JAMIE: Well come on then! DOCTOR: Listen. JAMIE: Nothing. DOCTOR: Yes, that's what's worrying me. It's too quite. We've not seen a sign of the Yeti since we left those three back there. JAMIE: Aye, well lets just be grateful and get to the TARDIS. DOCTOR: I don't like it. There's something happening on this mountain. I can feel it. JAMIE: Hey, you're giving me the willies. Come on. (And they both walk on...) 6. OUTSIDE CAVE (Further up, by the cave which JAMIE and VICTORIA had visited earlier, TRAVERS crouches in hiding, waiting for what he hopes will be a real Yeti returning to its lair. Two Yeti do arrive: the ones that att*cked KHRISONG by the gate. One of them holds the recovered sphere in its giant paw. They enter the cave to deposit the sphere, then stride off back down the mountain, watched by TRAVERS the whole time...) 7. TARDIS, MOUNTAINSIDE (Finally, JAMIE and the DOCTOR reach the site where the TARDIS landed...) JAMIE: Look, Doctor! (...only to find that a Yeti is standing guard outside it.) DOCTOR: Thought we'd been too lucky. JAMIE: What now? DOCTOR: I don't know. We've got to get to the TARDIS somehow. JAMIE: Aye, well you can't frighten one of those things away. DOCTOR: No. JAMIE: I wonder what he's waiting for? DOCTOR: Um. JAMIE: Well he couldn't have known we were coming. DOCTOR: It's a robot, Jamie. It merely follows instructions. JAMIE: Who's giving them? DOCTOR: That we shall have to find out, won't we? (He starts to move forward but JAMIE pulls him down.) JAMIE: Get down, Doctor! 8. INNER SANCTUM (PADMASAMBHAVA is in a trance...) PADMASAMBHAVA: Oh, Great Intelligence, have I served you well? After so many years, can I feel the grip of your power loosen? How long before your great experiment begins and I can rest? (He is told.) PADMASAMBHAVA: So soon? I am not sorry. What of the others? (Again he is told.) PADMASAMBHAVA: It will be done. Songsten is making final preparations. 9. OUTSIDE CAVE (SONGSTEN, with his escort of three Yeti, reaches the cave where TRAVERS is still observing secretly from behind a rock. TRAVERS is amazed to see the Abbot, trance like, carrying a glowing pyramid, enter the cave with Yeti in attendance. Soon after, they all emerge and start off back down the mountain towards the monastery.) 10. TARDIS, MOUNTAINSIDE (The DOCTOR, thinking of an idea of getting inside the TARDIS, comes up with a plan.) DOCTOR: Yes. JAMIE: Have you thought up some clever plan, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, Jamie, I believe I have. JAMIE: What are you going to do? DOCTOR: Bung a rock at it. JAMIE: Oh be serious, Doctor! DOCTOR: Jamie, I am. JAMIE: Hey no, Doctor! (The DOCTOR bungs a rock at it, and the Yeti does not react.) DOCTOR: There you are, you see? Just as I thought. It can't see and it can't feel. Come on. (The two move up to the TARDIS door, JAMIE keeping a eye on the Yeti for any signs of life.) JAMIE: Don't be daft, Doctor. DOCTOR: Well it's quite all right, Jamie. It's like those three back there, it's either switched off or not receiving. Come along. JAMIE: Are you sure it's quite safe? DOCTOR: Well quite frankly no, Jamie. But there's only one way of finding out. (The DOCTOR starts to look inside the creature's centre for its flap.) JAMIE: Don't, Doctor, you might switch it on. DOCTOR: No I don't think so, Jamie. There, just as I thought. Now then. (He gets the flap open.) DOCTOR: Now, Jamie, will you hold this flap open for me please. Thank you. (He starts to take the control unit from its chest with a screwdriver.) JAMIE: Hey you're taking an awful risk, Doctor. (The DOCTOR brings out the Yeti's sphere.) DOCTOR: Well I'm glad that's over. Catch! (He throws it at JAMIE who catches it.) JAMIE: Hey I just thought of something, Doctor. The man that made these robots is very clever, right? DOCTOR: Yes. JAMIE: And yet we were able to walk right up to it and put it out of action just like that! DOCTOR: You mean why didn't they build in some sort of protective device? JAMIE: Aye. DOCTOR: Well perhaps they didn't think it was necessary. I mean look at him. Would you walk up to a creature like that with just a screwdriver in your hand? JAMIE: No I would not. DOCTOR: No there you are. I'm really rather pleased with myself. (And the DOCTOR enters the police box, while JAMIE looks on guard.) 11. CAVE (Finally plucking up courage, TRAVERS enters the cave... Inside, SONGSTEN has rearranged the spheres into an intricate pattern with the pyramid at its centre. The whole construction gives out a sickly glow and an eerie, alien, hum. As TRAVERS watches in dreadful fascination, the pyramid cracks open and a viscous sludge bubbles out and starts to spread around the cave floor. It seethes, it oozes, it reaches out towards the explorer and it looks very much alive. Half crazed by fear, TRAVERS screams...) TRAVERS: Aaahh! (...and runs out into the wilderness.) 12. TARDIS, MOUNTAINSIDE JAMIE: Have you not found it yet? DOCTOR: Yes, Jamie. Sorry, I'm just coming. (The DOCTOR finally emerges with a signal tracing device which he intends to use on the Yeti's control units. As if on cue, the sphere in JAMIE's hand begins to give off a loud beep and, alarmingly, to force itself towards the Yeti it was taken from.) JAMIE: Hey Doctor! Look! DOCTOR: Ah, splendid! Splendid, it's sending out signal. That's just what we wanted. JAMIE: Hey Doctor, you'll have to help me, I'll let go! DOCTOR: Oh no, you mustn't do that. Jamie, no! JAMIE: It's no use, I'll have to let go. DOCTOR: Whatever happens, you mustn't let go Jamie! JAMIE: It's no use, Doctor! DOCTOR: No! (Panic ensues as the DOCTOR intercepts the sphere with his body; it wrenches itself away from JAMIE's grasp and thuds into the DOCTOR's chest, leaving the DOCTOR a bit out of breath.) DOCTOR: Jamie get a rock! JAMIE: What? DOCTOR: A rock! Put it in the hole in its chest! (...when this has been done the sphere goes dormant once again and it stops trying to push down on the DOCTOR's chest.) JAMIE: You all right, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, I'm all right. Just a bit puffed, that's all. Jamie, these things are programmed to return to their Yetis! That one that disappeared in the monastery! That wasn't taken! JAMIE: It moved itself! It could have got to the Yeti! The one we captured. Come on! (The DOCTOR locks the TARDIS doors and they both run off back down the path.) 13. HALL (Having recovered from the Yeti's att*ck, KHRISONG whirls round in anger to THOMNI.) KHRISONG: You deliberately disobeyed my orders! THOMNI: It was the only sensible thing to do... KHRISONG: Be silent! If you had not opened the gate the creature would not have escaped. VICTORIA: Khrisong, you know we couldn't stop it. You'd have been k*lled! Anyway it was my idea to open the gates. (RINCHEN decides to question the girl.) RINCHEN: Was it? Was it also your idea to breath life into the Yeti? VICTORIA: What do you mean? RINCHEN: Were you not with the creature when it came to life? VICTORIA: Yes, but... SAPAN: You think that she was... RINCHEN: Who else could have done this? THOMNI: Oh, this is foolish! KHRISONG: Continue, Rinchen. RINCHEN: The creature was here, d*ad. What reason had you to enter this room? VICTORIA: I was hiding. RINCHEN: Hiding? Why? For what purpose? (VICTORIA looks a little subdued.) KHRISONG: Speak! (THOMNI tries to come to her rescue.) THOMNI: She means no harm... KHRISONG: Be silent! RINCHEN: Your young warrior seems too anxious to protect this stranger. What are they plotting, these two? THOMNI: No! You do not understand! RINCHEN: Where is your authority, Khrisong, that your warriors forget their allegiance? (This makes KHRISONG furious and he turns to four warrior monks.) KHRISONG: Lock them up! (And THOMNI and VICTORIA are dragged away.) 14. MOUNTAINSIDE (Halfway back to Detsen, the sphere in JAMIE's hand begins to beep again.) JAMIE: Hey Doctor! DOCTOR: What is it? JAMIE: It's started again! The signal's started. (The DOCTOR checks his device...) DOCTOR: No! No that's another sort of signal. 15. FURTHER DOWN, MOUNTAINSIDE (Further down the mountain, the three Yeti with SONGSTEN pause, as if listening, then turn around and start moving back up, leaving the Abbot to continue his return journey alone.) 16. MOUNTAINSIDE (The DOCTOR is getting excited.) DOCTOR: Jamie, I've just picked up another signal! JAMIE: Oh, Doctor, let's get to the monastery. You said you do all your tracking from there. DOCTOR: Jamie, you don't seem to understand. JAMIE: Oh don't I though! While you're fiddling with that thing, this sphere is calling up all the Yeti in creation. DOCTOR: What a perfect opportunity to trace the main transmitter. JAMIE: A perfect opportunity to get ourselves k*lled. (As if to confirm his fears, the three Yeti arrive from below, blocking their progress further, two others arrive behind them, blocking their retreat.) 17. CELL (VICTORIA, meanwhile, is locked in the DOCTOR's old cell with THOMNI.) VICTORIA: I wish the Doctor would come back. (THOMNI wonders about this and decides to ask VICTORIA about the DOCTOR.) THOMNI: This... a... Doctor, is he your guardian? VICTORIA: I suppose he is in a way. THOMNI: He is a good man? VICTORIA: I think so. THOMNI: Tell me, Miss Victoria, how did he come by our holy bell? VICTORIA: I don't really know. Why? THOMNI: It disappeared three hundred years ago. VICTORIA: Oh stolen, you mean? THOMNI: No it was given to a stranger, for safe keeping during a time of trouble. It was never returned. VICTORIA: A stranger? Of course, the Doctor. They're one and the same man. THOMNI: But three hundred years? VICTORIA: Oh dear. Well I know this sounds silly, but the Doctor can travel through time and space. He has a machine you see and... and well... I don't really understand it myself. It's rather difficult to explain. (However, the young monk takes all of this in his stride.) THOMNI: There is no need, I understand perfectly. VICTORIA: You do? THOMNI: Yes. You see, it is said that our Master, Padmasambhava, can free himself from his earthly body and travel great distances. VICTORIA: Oh! THOMNI: This can only be obtained after many years of strict discipline and self training. VICTORIA: You mean... You mean that you might be able to do that sort of thing? THOMNI: Perhaps, one day. 18. COURTYARD (Back in the courtyard, KHRISONG meets up with SAPAN and RINCHEN.) KHRISONG: Rinchen, where is Songsten? RINCHEN: No one has seen him for many hours. He will be with Padmasambhava. KHRISONG: Padmasambhava. SAPAN: To seek guidance. KHRISONG: (Snaps.) Or is it to escape his responsibilities? SAPAN: Khrisong, you should not say such things. KHRISONG: Why not? Has anyone seen Padmasambhava? (Turns to the guard.) Ralpachan! Inform me when the Doctor returns! (He storms off...) SAPAN: Khrisong would be wise not to voice such thoughts. RINCHEN: Perhaps, but brave men are impatient. And he is no fool. (They both move off and there is a knock at the Gate. Ralpachan opens the gate to admit SONGSTEN who again puts the guard into a trance.) SONGSTEN: Sleep, Ralpachan. You have not seen me. You have not opened the gate. No one has entered. When I leave the courtyard you will not know that you have slept. (He closes the gate, moves off and the guard then wakes up and is alert again.) 19. INNER SANCTUM (SONGSTEN, a little later, reports to his masters - the Great Intelligence and PADMASAMBHAVA.) PADMASAMBHAVA: You have done well, Songsten. Already the Great Intelligence begins to take on material form. But it demands more. It must expand. (The hiss voice comes...) VOICE: (OOV.) THAT IS WHY YOU AND OUR BROTHERS MUST DEPART FROM THIS PLACE. SONGSTEN: Leave the monastery, Master. I understand. And the strangers? PADMASAMBHAVA: The strangers, oh yes. I will tell you how to deal with them... if they return. 20. MOUNTAINSIDE (JAMIE and the DOCTOR are near to the Monastery, but the Yeti are guarding the way...) JAMIE: (Meaning the sphere.) I wish this thing would keep quiet. DOCTOR: Not much further. Well, we were expecting it. JAMIE: Now what do we do? Trapped! DOCTOR: Jamie, it thinks we are. Give me the box. JAMIE: What now? DOCTOR: Follow me slowly. Jamie, when I say run, run. Run like the wind. Don't worry about me. JAMIE: Doctor... DOCTOR: Now, Jamie, please. No heroics, Jamie. JAMIE: But surely, Doctor... DOCTOR: Now Jamie! Run! Run! I know what I'm doing - I hope! (He allows the three from below to get close and then rolls the sphere back up the path towards the other two. The three Yeti ignore the travellers and follow the signal from the sphere instead.) DOCTOR: It worked! 21. CELL (VICTORIA has been trying to plan her escape.) THOMNI: It's no use, Miss Victoria. Even if Padmasambhava would consent to see us, we can't get out. VICTORIA: Can't? We haven't even tried. (RAPALCHAN arrives with some food for them.) THOMNI: Thank you, Ralpachan. RALPACHAN: I am sorry about this, Thomni. VICTORIA: Oh, good. I am thirsty. (She drinks some water.) VICTORIA: Urgh! A funny taste. Oh, Ralpachan, has the Doctor... oah! THOMNI: Miss Victoria, what is it? VICTORIA: No, no, no don't touch it. The drink. No... oah! (She collapses on the bed in pain.) RALPACHAN: I will fetch some water. Stay close to her, Thomni. THOMNI: Miss Victoria. (RAPALCHAN runs off to get help. Then, when THOMNI's back is turned, she slips out of the cell and locks it, with THOMNI still in it, behind her.) THOMNI: Miss Victoria! VICTORIA: I'm sorry, Thomni. THOMNI: Miss Victoria! 22. HALL (The Monks are hearing the latest news...) SONGSTEN: And in his wisdom our Master, Padmasambhava, has given me his guidance. We must all leave the monastery. It is impossible for us to defeat the Yeti. (KHRISONG is not happy with this.) KHRISONG: But there may be a way. The Doctor... SONGSTEN: No my son, they are invincible. They will destroy us all. Therefore in order to avoid further bloodshed it has been decided... (A Monk arrives and whispers into KHRISONG ear.) KHRISONG: Songsten, I have just been informed that the Doctor has returned. He brings with him equipment which will help us to defeat these monsters! SONGSTEN: Khrisong, the Master... KHRISONG: The Master? My apologies, Abbot. I have felt the strength of these Yeti, but still I will not meekly turn away. I mean to fight! (KHRISONG exits.) SONGSTEN: Brothers, Khrisong thinks only of our safety, we know, but in this matter he has been led astray. He has forgotten his vow of obedience. In due time he will realise his... (RAPALCHAN comes rushing into the room.) RAPALCHAN: Master Abbot, the girl has escaped. She tricked us by feigning sickness. RINCHEN: She is a devil women! SAPAN: She must be found. SONGSTEN: Find her, my brothers! (The Monks start to move out in search of VICTORIA.) 23. COURTYARD (The DOCTOR and JAMIE have been brought up to date with the latest news... the DOCTOR and JAMIE are caught in the general confusion, some monks supporting KHRISONG, some SONGSTEN.) KHRISONG: We had no defence against it, yet it just walked through the gates. Doctor, we must act quickly or the Abbot will prevent us. JAMIE: Yes, but is Victoria all right? KHRISONG: I did as you asked, she is locked up. Is this your equipment? DOCTOR: Yes. (There is a knock on the Gate and KHRISONG raises his stick as he motions the DOCTOR and JAMIE aside.) KHRISONG: Stand aside! (It's a dishevelled TRAVERS.) JAMIE: Travers! TRAVERS: Thank heavens! Doctor... up there... the pyramid. JAMIE: Well what's he saying? DOCTOR: Shh! Go on. TRAVERS: The pyramid... it's a... (However... RINCHEN spots the new arrivals and comes rushing over.) RINCHEN: Seize them! Seize the strangers! Khrisong, the girl has escaped. She is a devil woman! JAMIE: Victoria! Hey what's happened? RINCHEN: Take these people to... KHRISONG: No! These people can help us. Besides this man is ill. I cannot allow it! (SONGSTEN comes over.) SONGSTEN: Khrisong, you will obey. Take them. JAMIE: No, but... DOCTOR: Where is Victoria? JAMIE: ...Doctor, what did he mean 'a devil woman'? DOCTOR: What is this about Victoria? Where are you taking us? (But the DOCTOR, JAMIE and TRAVERS are dragged away.) KHRISONG: I cannot allow this! SONGSTEN: You cannot allow? These are the orders of our Master, you must obey. KHRISONG: But these people can help us! SONGSTEN: The Master tells us that there is no help against the Yeti. He tells us to leave. KHRISONG: We will not leave! SONGSTEN: Khrisong, do not defy me. Find the girl. Instruct your warriors. Go after them Sapan. (He enters into a trance.) SONGSTEN: Advise me Padmasambhava. Khrisong turns his warriors away from the path of obedience (The master's voice comes from thin air...) PADMASAMBHAVA: I hear, Songsten, and I understand. Well if they will not be lead, then they must be driven from the monastery. This is what you must do. SONGSTEN: I understand, Master. (He goes to the gate and turns to the sentry, the only other monk left in the courtyard.) SONGSTEN: Help them search for the girl. Go quickly! (Then the Abbot opens the gates wide - leaving the monastery defenceless...) 24. ANTEROOM, INNER SANCTUM (Meanwhile, VICTORIA has reached the Anteroom again. PADMASAMBHAVA's voice calls out to her:) PADMASAMBHAVA: (OOV.) Come in, my child, Come in... (VICTORIA feels forced to obey as the great bronze doors swing open.) PADMASAMBHAVA: ...You have no alternative. (Step by step, VICTORIA slowly moves, as in a trance, into the Inner Sanctum and the doors close behind her...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x08 - The Abominable Snowmen - part 4"}
foreverdreaming
by MERVYN HAISMAN and HENRY LINCOLN first broadcast - 28 October 1967 1. INNER SANCTUM (VICTORIA comes face to face with the aged emaciated form of PADMASAMBHAVA.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Come in, my child. You have no alternative. Do not be afraid. VICTORIA: Are... are you? PADMASAMBHAVA: I am Padmasambhava. VICTORIA: I'm sorry to intrude. I know this room is meant to be private, but... PADMASAMBHAVA: You need my help. Is that not so? VICTORIA: Oh yes. Please, the Doctor... PADMASAMBHAVA: (Holding up one hand.) One moment child. VICTORIA: But... PADMASAMBHAVA: Shh. (PADMASAMBHAVA stares straight ahead, but in his mind can see the courtyard.) VICTORIA: What is it? PADMASAMBHAVA: The courtyard is empty. VICTORIA: Courtyard? PADMASAMBHAVA: I must do what I am compelled to do. (Reaching out over the model landscape, he picks up a miniature Yeti.) VICTORIA: What's that? PADMASAMBHAVA: Come closer. (He holds it up in the air and VICTORIA looks at it.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Look. See. (With a mixture of amazement and horror VICTORIA recognises it for what it is.) VICTORIA: It's one of those horrible creatures, a Yeti. PADMASAMBHAVA: Indeed. But you have not seen it. (He puts VICTORIA into a trance and places the Yeti model plus two others right inside the monastery.) 2. MOUNTAINSIDE (Out on the mountainside, three Yeti lumber off in obedience, down the mountain.) 3. CELL (Back in the crowded little cell, JAMIE's wondering why Victoria ran off from the monks.) JAMIE: She must have had some reason, I mean why would she run off like that? THOMNI: Her motives were not clear to me, Mr Jamie. JAMIE: Oh headstrong, that's what she is. (With a yell, TRAVERS regains consciousness.) TRAVERS: No... no... no! DOCTOR: All right, Travers, you're quite safe. TRAVERS: Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes. TRAVERS: What happened? Oh, my head. DOCTOR: Just relax, you're safe, in the monastery. TRAVERS: Monastery? DOCTOR: What happened? Where did you go to? JAMIE: Was it the Yeti? TRAVERS: No, no, not the Yeti. It was a... something else, it was a light. A blinding... white light and a noise... a piercing noise that went right through my head... I couldn't stand it... then I... I can't remember anymore. THOMNI: You spoke of a pyramid. TRAVERS: Pyramid? THOMNI: Yes, at the gates when you returned. TRAVERS: Pyramid? No, no. I left the monastery, then um... then... It's no use, my mind's a complete blank. DOCTOR: You just rest. TRAVERS: Ah! DOCTOR: What is it? TRAVERS: No! THOMNI: We are taught that it is better to share a memory of fear. TRAVERS: Evil. A feeling of evil. Like um... shadow on my mind. DOCTOR: Yes. TRAVERS: I felt as though I was going to drown. JAMIE: But where did this happen? TRAVERS: I... I don't know, I can't remember. Oh, I'm tired, so tired. DOCTOR: You just rest, you'll feel better. Poor fellow he's completely exhausted. (TRAVERS, exhausted, falls into a deep sleep.) JAMIE: What does he mean a shadow...? DOCTOR: Wait. We'll just let him sleep. THOMNI: What could it be, this evil of which he speaks? (A rumbling sound rocks into the cell.) JAMIE: What was that? (The Doctor starts fiddling again with his signal measuring device.) SCREAMS: The Yeti! The Yeti! (JAMIE rushes out of the cell and runs straight into KHRISONG and RINCHEN.) JAMIE: Khrisong, what's happening? KHRISONG: The yeti have broken in! You are safe here. (KHRISONG rushes off leaving JAMIE with RINCHEN.) JAMIE: But Victoria, where is she? RINCHEN: Who can tell? But she will be found. She must be stopped. (RINCHEN rushes off.) JAMIE: Doctor, is there nothing we can do? 4. HALL (KHRISONG rushes into the Hall.) SONGSTEN: Khrisong KHRISONG: Forgive me, Songsten, I have failed to defend the monastery. SONGSTEN: Failed? No. This disaster was written. Man cannot alter his destiny. KHRISONG: I should have obeyed you, my Abbot. My desire to fight these creatures was foolish, but I will defend you with my life. (SAPAN comes rushing into the Hall.) SAPAN: Abbot, I fear for Rinchen's safety. SONGSTEN: Is he not here? SAPAN: No. He would not seek safety. He is so sure that the girl is responsible. KHRISONG: He is still searching for her? SAPAN: Yes. SONGSTEN: Find her! KHRISONG: If it is not too late. RALPACHAN: The Yeti! They are turning back. KHRISONG: Then you are safe for the moment. Ralpachan, come with me. (The two Warrior Monks rush over to see if it is true that the Yeti are leaving.) 5. COURTYARD (RINCHEN is screaming out in the courtyard for VICTORIA to call off the monster Yetis.) RINCHEN: Stop! Stop! She-devil, wherever you are, call off these monsters. Spare us! (But the cries have drawn one of the remaining Yeti to him. Turning around he sees it with one giant claw raised.) RINCHEN: Oh, no. Oh, no. Aaahhh! (The MONK dies as the CLAW slashes down. The YETI walks off as KHRISONG and RALPACHAN burst in, responding to RINCHEN's screams.) KHRISONG: He's d*ad. RALPACHAN: The monastery of Detsen is accursed. 6. MOUNTAINSIDE (With their work completed, the Yeti depart and head back to the mountains.) 7. INNER SANCTUM (PADMASAMBHAVA muses over the recent att*ck.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Now it is complete. Now the monks will leave. By nightfall the monastery will be emptied, the mountain yours. Will this then be your final command? Will you then be content? (PADMASAMBHAVA hears the silent answer.) PADMASAMBHAVA: I do not understand, but I will continue to serve. (He turns to VICTORIA who is still standing in her trance.) PADMASAMBHAVA: And now we must consider the problem of you and your friends. The Doctor is not easily frightened, like my poor monks. Therefore my child you will assist me. Together we will make sure that he leaves. Come closer. This is what you will do. 8. CELL (THOMNI has now got a map of the Monastery and JAMIE has now got the DOCTOR's device.) THOMNI: (Pointing to the map.) This is the courtyard and we are here, to the south. DOCTOR: I see Thomni, so here lies north. What are those readings again, Jamie? Jamie, the readings? (JAMIE was staring into space.) JAMIE: What? What? DOCTOR: The readings? JAMIE: I'm sorry, I was thinking of Victoria. DOCTOR: Yes I know, but there is nothing we can do about her. (JAMIE checks the device.) JAMIE: Two ninety-seven, Doctor. DOCTOR: Two ninety-seven. Now that will give us a bearing roughly there. (He marks the bearing on the map.) THOMNI: Does your science help us, Doctor? DOCTOR: No! We want another bearing, say, from there. And where those two cross, that'll be where the transmissions are coming from. But that won't tell us why. THOMNI: Why? DOCTOR: Yes, what is the purpose behind all this. That's what we have to find out, eh Jamie? JAMIE: Umm (TRAVERS wakes up and spots the DOCTOR.) TRAVERS: Doctor? DOCTOR: Are you feeling better? TRAVERS: Better? What are we doing in here? What's happened? DOCTOR: You had a spot of trouble on the mountain. TRAVERS: Trouble? JAMIE: Aye, with the Yeti no doubt. TRAVERS: Funny, I don't remember. Sorry, I'm a bit confused. JAMIE: Well you sounded it, with all that talk about... DOCTOR: Yes, I'm... I'm sure it'll all come back to you in time. TRAVERS: (Rubs his head.) Yes, with the headache I've got, no wonder I can't remember anything. I think I'll get a bit of fresh air. (He moves to the cell door and tries to open it but it doesn't open.) TRAVERS: Why is this door locked? 9. COURTYARD (The monks gather about their fallen brother.) SONGSTEN: Do not blame yourself, Khrisong, death is inevitable. Sambhutar, Ghentan, take up our brother. We will take him with us on our journey. There will be a time to mourn our brother. KHRISONG: Put to the test I ran and hid like a mountain rabbit. I'm not fit to be called a warrior. We must lead out our brothers before more of them are destroyed. SONGSTEN: Gather what is needed, my brothers. Soon it will be the hour for meditation, then we must depart. KHRISONG: What of the strangers, master Abbott? SONGSTEN: They will be taken with us to a place of safety. SAPAN: But the girl is lost. SONGSTEN: Khrisong and his warriors will find her. KHRISONG: And the Master? What of Padmasambhava? SONGSTEN: His powers are great, he will remain. (VICTORIA arrives, in a trance, carrying the holy ghanta.) SONGSTEN: The holy ghanta. KHRISONG: Child, how came you...? (SAPAN realises where she had been to get the ghanta.) SAPAN: Shh! She has entered the Sanctum. KHRISONG: Then let me... SONGSTEN: Silence. See she is about to speak. (From her lips the voice of PADMASAMBHAVA speaks.) PADMASAMBHAVA: This is a time of much danger. SONGSTEN: Padmasambhava PADMASAMBHAVA: I have chosen to speak to you myself through the lips of this maiden. She bears the holy ghanta. Bear it away to safe keeping. Treat this child with kindness. She and the strangers are innocent of any malice towards you. Their wish is but to help you against the Yeti. But in my wisdom I tell you there is no help. Detsen must be abandoned. When the wind destroys the nest, so the bird will build another. SONGSTEN: But what of you Master. PADMASAMBHAVA: Go, with my blessing. SONGSTEN: But Master. PADMASAMBHAVA: Do not question. I will remain here to the end. (PADMASAMBHAVA's will leaves VICTORIA.) SAPAN: Will a day come for our return to Detsen? SONGSTEN: (Takes command.) Take her to rest. Ralpachan, release the strangers. Bid them make ready. (A gong sounds.) SONGSTEN: It is time for prayer. The last time at Detsen. Come, my brothers. 10. CELL (RALPACHAN unlocks the cell door.) RALPACHAN: You are released. TRAVERS: I should jolly well think so! What the devil do you think you're up to! RALPACHAN: You must prepare to leave with us. TRAVERS: I shall have a short few words to say to the Abbot before I go anywhere. JAMIE: Never mind about that! Have you found Victoria yet? RALPACHAN: She is safe. Khrisong is with her. JAMIE: (Very pleased.) Ah good. (KHRISONG brings the lady in question.) KHRISONG: Are you recovered? Child? JAMIE: There you are, I've been worried sick. Where have you been? Victoria? What have you done to her? Doctor! Doctor, I think she's ill! DOCTOR: Let me see. (The second the DOCTOR speaks, VICTORIA responds.) VICTORIA: Doctor! DOCTOR: Yes, Victoria. VICTORIA: There is great danger. You must take me away! Take me away! Take me away! DOCTOR: Yes, yes of course. JAMIE: Victoria, what's happened? Tell us? What's the matter with her? Victoria, it's me, Jamie. (VICTORIA says nothing and looks straight again.) DOCTOR: How long has she been like this? (VICTORIA speaks up again, this time a little bit louder and frantic.) VICTORIA: Doctor! DOCTOR: Yes, Victoria. VICTORIA: There is great danger. You must take me away! Take me away! Take me away! (KHRISONG works out what all this means.) KHRISONG: The child is still in a state of trance. DOCTOR: Still! What do you mean? KHRISONG: She spoke to us with the voice of the Master. THOMNI: Then she did reach the holy sanctum. JAMIE: What are you talking about? THOMNI: She was certain that Padmasambhava would recognise the Doctor. JAMIE: (Puzzled.) Recognise the Doctor? THOMNI: Yes he has been here before. DOCTOR: But that was three hundred years ago. It's the same man! RALPACHAN: Khrisong, the Abbot Songsten wishes us to join our brothers in prayer. KHRISONG: Very well. (Turning to the strangers.) You will prepare to leave. Get Mr Travers ready. RALPACHAN: He is in the courtyard. KHRISONG: Come, Thomni, to prayer. (Both MONKS pause by the door.) THOMNI: Khrisong, will you forgive me? KHRISONG: We have both of us strayed from the path of obedience. DOCTOR: Jamie, there is something I have to do. JAMIE: Right. Hey why are we whispering? DOCTOR: It's my voice. She reacts to my voice. JAMIE: (Understanding.) Oh it's that hypnotism thing. Can you not do anything about it? DOCTOR: Yes I can, but I need more information. Now, you wait here. JAMIE: Where are you going? DOCTOR: I'm going to see a very old friend. (JAMIE sighs.) 11. INNER SANCTUM (PADMASAMBHAVA is trapped in an argument with the Intelligence.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Oh Intelligence. You promised to release me, yet still I feel your grasp upon this frail body. Why? What is happening? This was not your plan. But if you continue to expand. (He realises what the Intelligence plan really is.) PADMASAMBHAVA: I have brought the world to its end. 12. CAVE (In the mountain cave the ooze gushing from the pyramid spreads further and further.) 13. INNER SANCTUM (PADMASAMBHAVA spots the DOCTOR watching him from the doorway.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Come in, Doctor. Good to look upon your face again? So many years... DOCTOR: (Amazed.) Padmasambhava, so it's true. PADMASAMBHAVA: I have been kept alive so many years, but now our time left is very very short. Listen carefully, perhaps you can... DOCTOR: Kept alive? I don't understand. PADMASAMBHAVA: I didn't know, I didn't realise... DOCTOR: What? Try to tell me. PADMASAMBHAVA: Intelligence... formless in space... I astral travelled... DOCTOR: I see, you've made mental contact with this intelligence. PADMASAMBHAVA: It used my mind... it controls my body... DOCTOR: But why? PADMASAMBHAVA: Experiment... Wished material form. Ah yes, it said... I believed... experiment... but now... help... you must help me. DOCTOR: Yes, of course I will help you. But first you must tell me things. Why are the monks been driven away? What is the purpose of these robots, the Yeti? Where is their control? Padmasambhava? Padmasambhava? (PADMASAMBHAVA'S body has gone limp, apparently d*ad. Sadly, the Doctor leaves the Inner Sanctum, not seeing PADMASAMBHAVA's body jerk back into life, its eyes glaring with the malevolence of the Great Intelligence as it once more regains control.) 14. CELL (The DOCTOR joins his companions back in their old cell. VICTORIA is motionless. JAMIE is watching her with concern.) JAMIE: I wish there was something I could do. (JAMIE picks up a stool and throws it to the ground, just behind VICTORIA, with a loud crash. She does not react. The DOCTOR rushes over.) DOCTOR: What on earth was that? JAMIE: Oh, it was just an idea. (However the DOCTOR's voice again triggers off VICTORIA.) VICTORIA: Doctor! There is great danger. You must take me away! Take me away! Take me away! JAMIE: You've got to do something. Did you find out what you wanted to know? DOCTOR: Not about Victoria, no. But I found some very interesting clues as to what's been happening. (As usual, JAMIE natural concern for VICTORIA causes him to snap at the DOCTOR.) JAMIE: Oh, never mind about that! It's Victoria you ought to be worrying about. DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, you're quite right. Victoria must come first. Trouble is I really need more information. However, I'll just have to take a chance. It may just be simple post hypnotic suggestion. On the other hand... JAMIE: Yes. DOCTOR: It may be something worse. JAMIE: What if it is? DOCTOR: Well let's just hope it isn't. Victoria. (VICTORIA, like a tape recorder, switched on again with the usual three sentences.) VICTORIA: Doctor! There is great danger. You must take me away! DOCTOR: Yes, Victoria. VICTORIA: Take me away! (The DOCTOR now tries to snap VICTORIA out of her trance.) DOCTOR: Listen to me. You've been taken away. You're no longer in the monastery. You're safe in the TARDIS. Now do you understand. You're safe... in the TARDIS. Yes. Look at me. Look at my eyes. You're feeling tired, very sleepy. Drift away, let yourself drift away into sleep. Deeper... deeper... sleep... sleep... sleep... sleep. (JAMIE's head droops as he falls off to sleep along with VICTORIA. The DOCTOR spots this.) DOCTOR: Oh, not you Jamie! JAMIE: (Snaps back to alertness.) Aye, what? DOCTOR: So far so good. JAMIE: Hey. I never knew you could do that sort of thing. DOCTOR: No, neither did the person who hypnotised Victoria. JAMIE: What now? DOCTOR: Well, I'm tempted to ask her what happened, but I don't think I dare probe too deeply. The important thing is to get rid of this implanted fear. It's growing every minute. JAMIE: What if you can't? DOCTOR: We shall just have to do as she asks and take her away. If we don't... JAMIE: Yes. DOCTOR: She'll go out of her mind. JAMIE: What? DOCTOR: Well, that's the object of the exercise, to get us away from the monastery. But I'm not beaten that easily. JAMIE: Hey, you're taking an awful risk! DOCTOR: I know what I'm doing, Jamie. (He turns back to VICTORIA.) DOCTOR: Victoria. Now, Victoria, you can hear my voice, can't you? VICTORIA: (Softly.) Yes. DOCTOR: Oh, good. Now I'm going to take you a little way back in the past, Victoria. You are in the cell with Thomni. Do you understand? VICTORIA: Yes. DOCTOR: Good. Now you're going to forget everything after that. You went to sleep. Is that clear? VICTORIA: Umm. DOCTOR: Good. Jamie and I have come back to the monastery and you are in the meeting room with us. You're feeling happy, but a little tired. Do you understand? VICTORIA: Yes. DOCTOR: Good. Now when I count three, you're going to wake up. One... two... three. (VICTORIA's head jumps up again and VICTORIA returns to her normal self.) VICTORIA: Oh, ooh. Ooh dear, I must have dropped off. DOCTOR: (Pleased.) Yes, I believe you did. I've got work to do. (He leaves and VICTORIA spots JAMIE grinning in relief at her.) VICTORIA: What are you grinning at? 15. GATES (His work done with VICTORIA, the DOCTOR goes off towards the gates and meets up with TRAVERS.) DOCTOR: Travers! Travers! TRAVERS: Yes, Doctor. DOCTOR: How are you feeling? TRAVERS: Oh, much better thanks. Look, I've been taking a look up the mountain. Those robots are still there. They're just standing, not moving. I don't like it! DOCTOR: Yes, I think things are coming to a head. TRAVERS: What are they up to? What are they waiting for? DOCTOR: Instructions! Travers, can you remember any more of what happened to you on the mountain? TRAVERS: I'm afraid not, my mind's a complete blank. DOCTOR: Are you prepared to risk it again? TRAVERS: I thought we're supposed to clear out. DOCTOR: Yes well, the monks are, but I want to get back up the mountain. One more bearing and I shall know where the control centre is. TRAVERS: I see, you want me to help you. DOCTOR: Yes, if you will. TRAVERS: What about your young friends? DOCTOR: Well they're leaving with the monks, but I want to get out of here before anyone sees us. Will you help? TRAVERS: All right, I'm on. DOCTOR: Oh, good, come on. (They both move off.) 16. MOUNTAINSIDE (They move up the mountain towards three immobile Yeti, stopping just short of them.) DOCTOR: What's the matter? TRAVERS: I don't know. I've got a feeling I've done this before. Now, what do you want me to do? DOCTOR: I want you to stay here and take some readings. Those Yeti are not transmitting. I'm going over there to stir things up a bit. TRAVERS: I don't understand that thing, you'd better let me go. DOCTOR: Oh no, it's far too dangerous. I can't ask you to take that sort of risk. TRAVERS: Rot, I can take care of myself. Now, wish me luck. DOCTOR: (Reading the instruments.) No wait! 17. CAVE (The Intelligence has grown to already cover the tunnel floor, and is expanding faster and faster.) 18. MOUNTAINSIDE (The DOCTOR is still checking the instruments.) DOCTOR: That's odd. TRAVERS: You got your readings? Because if you've got the reading... DOCTOR: Yes. (The DOCTOR looks very worried.) TRAVERS: What's up? (The DOCTOR is too worried to answer.) 19. COURTYARD (All of the Monks are ready to leave.) KHRISONG: Is there any sign? RALPACHAN: No, every room is empty. THOMNI: Mr. Travers and the Doctor are nowhere to be found. KHRISONG: It's as you wished. The monastery is deserted. SONGSTEN: This is well. I will ask a final blessing of our Master, Padmasambhava, then we will depart. (This triggers something off in VICTORIA.) VICTORIA: Padmasambhava. JAMIE: Try not to think about it. VICTORIA: I.. I.. (The DOCTOR and TRAVERS arrive back at the gates.) JAMIE: Doctor! VICTORIA: I think. DOCTOR: Khrisong, I have found the control. KHRISONG: It is too late, Doctor, I can no longer help you. DOCTOR: But you don't understand! It's here! In the monastery. TRAVERS: What? That's impossible! SAPAN: But the monastery is empty, we are all here. DOCTOR: Are we? Are we all here? THOMNI [or KHRISONG ?]: The Master! SAPAN: Songsten is with him! KHRISONG: Then he is in great danger! Stay where you are. All of you. (KHRISONG rushes off. TRAVERS is suddenly able to remember everything that happened to him.) TRAVERS: I remember. Songsten, the Yeti, on the mountain. Yes, yes, it's all coming back to me. JAMIE: Tell us. TRAVERS: There was this cave... 20. CAVE (And in that cave, the Intelligence has grown to cover the entire floor, and is expanding faster and faster...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x09 - The Abominable Snowmen - part 5"}
foreverdreaming
by MERVYN HAISMAN and HENRY LINCOLN first broadcast - 6 November 1967 1. CAVE (In the cave, the Intelligence has grown to cover the tunnel floor, and is expanding faster and faster...) 2. COURTYARD, MONASTERY (TRAVERS has just told the DOCTOR about what he has seen earlier on.) DOCTOR: It was Songsten who took this pyramid into the cave? TRAVERS: That's right. JAMIE: And the Yeti never harmed him? TRAVERS: No. DOCTOR: Songsten. He's the link I've been looking for. THOMNI: But Khrisong is with Songsten now. DOCTOR: Then he is in danger! (The four of them rush off to help.) 3. ANTEROOM, INNER SANCTUM (Outside the doors to the Inner Sanctum, KHRISONG catches up with SONGSTEN...) KHRISONG: Songsten, danger! You are in great danger! Come away from this place! SONGSTEN: What madness is this? (The VOICE of the Great Intelligence, which dominates PADMASAMBHAVA'S own voice, intervenes.) VOICE: (OOV.) KHRISONG, WHENCE CAME YOU BY SUCH FOOLISH THOUGHTS? KHRISONG: Don't try and frighten me! Who are you? I demand to know what is happening! SONGSTEN: (Annoyed.) Demand? You are in the presence of the Master. KHRISONG: Yes, a master who controls the Yeti. What is hidden in there? SONGSTEN: Forgive him Master. PADMASAMBHAVA: Of course, but our brother must not be allowed to depart in the knowledge that I am other than what I am. (The VOICE returns.) VOICE: (OOV.) Songsten! (SONGSTEN goes back into a trance.) KHRISONG: Why do you put him in a trance? (The doors to the Inner Sanctum opens...) VOICE: (OOV.) You understand, Songsten? SONGSTEN: I understand, Master. (He bids KHRISONG to enter.) PADMASAMBHAVA: You may enter, Khrisong. 4. INNER SANCTUM (KHRISONG starts to enter, a little awed, but then SONGSTEN stops him...) SONGSTEN: One moment! You may not take w*apon into the presence of the Master. (KHRISONG pauses to think about it...) VOICE: (OOV.) ARE YOU AFRAID? (KHRISONG hands over his sword to the Abbot when requested. As soon as his back is turned, SONGSTEN runs him through.) KHRISONG: Waahh! (KHRISONG falls to the ground in great pain.) PADMASAMBHAVA: You have done well, Songsten. You will now... (PADMASAMBHAVA's real personality starts to re-emerge when he realised what he has done.) PADMASAMBHAVA: Why are you making me do this? Why? Release me... I beg of you... I am... (The Intelligence takes control again.) VOICE: (OOV.) SONGSTEN, YOU WILL NOW GO FORTH WITH THE MONKS. YOU WILL NEVER RETURN. (During this, the door to the Inner Sanctum close again.) SONGSTEN: Yes, Master. 5. ANTEROOM, INNER SANCTUM (The DOCTOR and his companions rush down the corridor...) JAMIE: Khrisong, where are you? (The four of them arrive to see KHRISONG'S stricken body and the Abbot with a blood-stained sword in his hands.) DOCTOR: Khrisong! THOMNI: What has happened? JAMIE: Khrisong! TRAVERS: We're too late. (SONGSTEN comes out of his trance and discovers the five looking over the body.) SONGSTEN: What have you done to Khrisong? TRAVERS: What have we done? Well that's a bit cool, I must say. THOMNI: You have k*lled him! SONGSTEN: I...? VOICE: (OOV.) SONGSTEN, k*ll THEM! (Immediately SONGSTEN falls back into his trance and charges the group with the sword.) DOCTOR: Jamie, grab hold of him! His hands! (They manage to overpower the Abbot and force the sword out of his hand.) DOCTOR: Quick, get him out of here! KHRISONG: Doctor! (JAMIE, THOMNI and TRAVERS drag the Abbot away while the DOCTOR kneels to be by KHRISONG who is in his death throes.) DOCTOR: It's all right, lie still, I'll get help. KHRISONG: Too late, my time has come. Closer. My brothers... they are not... to blame Songsten... He was... in a trance. DOCTOR: I understand now just try... KHRISONG: Go! Leave.. leave me.. (And so the warrior monk dies and, in sadness, the DOCTOR leave the Anteroom. When they have gone, the room is filled by the hideous laughter of the Intelligence.) 6. GREAT HALL (THOMNI and the others enter the Hall to tell the others the news.) THOMNI: My brothers! My brothers, Khrisong is d*ad. SAPAN: d*ad? RALPACHAN: By whose hand? THOMNI: By the hand of our Abbot, Songsten. SAPAN: This cannot be. TRAVERS: Aye, it's true enough. SAPAN: No. What reason would he have to do such a vile thing? JAMIE: Obviously he thought Khrisong knew too much. SAPAN: Songsten, is this true? (SONGSTEN screams into life and must quickly be overpowered again.) SONGSTEN: Aaah! JAMIE: Keep back! RALPACHAN: Do not interfere, stranger! JAMIE: No, leave him alone, there's been enough k*lling... VICTORIA: Oh, Jamie, no! THOMNI: Wait! Wait, my brothers, this is no time for rashness. DOCTOR: He is quite right! He is quite right! You listen to him. RALPACHAN: Well? SONGSTEN: k*ll them... k*ll them... k*ll them... THOMNI: Look, is this our Abbot who loves peace. Surely you can see he was made to k*ll Khrisong. He is a helpless puppet! TRAVERS: But I saw him on the mountain, he was leading the Yeti! DOCTOR: Yes, but by command, unknowingly. Thomni is right, Songsten is merely a puppet. SAPAN: Who has done this to him? (RALPACHAN points a finger at the outsiders.) RALPACHAN: Is it you? THOMNI: No! I tell you I saw Songsten change. He was put in a trance, by the Master. (This causes shock among the monks.) SAPAN: Have a care what you say. (The DOCTOR has had enough of the argument.) DOCTOR: Now listen to me, all of you. Your Abbot is not responsible! But neither is Padmasambhava, he too is controlled. Now do as you'd planned. Leave the monastery, there is great evil here. TRAVERS: No Doctor, you're wrong. The evil is on the mountains. It's that hideous thing in the caves. (SAPAN makes a decision.) SAPAN: Wherever it may be, what can we do to overcome such a force? My brothers, let us obey the Doctor. THOMNI: What of you, Doctor? DOCTOR: I will stay here, Thomni. JAMIE: Oh, me too. VICTORIA: Why? DOCTOR: I have to. This things that's here, this evil, it will spread. It has to be stopped and I think I can do it. Thomni, will you help me? It will be dangerous. THOMNI: You can rid us of this evil? DOCTOR: Yes, I think I can. And if we succeed the monks will be able to return. THOMNI: Then of course I will help. (VICTORIA doesn't like the situation.) VICTORIA: Doctor, you're not going to send me away with the monks, are you? DOCTOR: Yes, Victoria, I think it best. VICTORIA: Well, I won't go. DOCTOR: No, I didn't think you would. (JAMIE notices a change in SONGSTEN.) JAMIE: Hey Doctor! Songsten, he's unconscious. RALPACHAN: Sapan, tend our Abbot. DOCTOR: No! Wait. There are things I have to find out and only Songsten can tell me. JAMIE: What makes you so sure he's going to do that? DOCTOR: Sit him down here, Jamie. Over there. (They start to move SONGSTEN to the chair. Meanwhile TRAVERS motions RALPACHAN over to him...) TRAVERS: The Doctor's got it wrong. I've seen that thing in the cave. That's what we've got to destroy. RALPACHAN: The Doctor thinks the evil is in here... TRAVERS: I know, I've seen it, he hasn't. He said himself that Padmasambhava was being controlled. And it's that thing that's doing it. I'm going to get at it. Are you coming with me? RALPACHAN: Very well! TRAVERS: Good man, come on. RALPACHAN: What do you plan to do? TRAVERS: I don't quite know yet. Get to that cave... the pyramid's the answer... I just have to take a sh*t at it with this. Come on. (They leave the room with some warrior monks while the DOCTOR hypnotises SONGSTEN in order to elicit more information about the intelligence and its purpose...) DOCTOR: And the Yeti? SONGSTEN: They were designed to serve the Intelligence. DOCTOR: I see. Now this intelligence, ah, it is confined to the cave? SONGSTEN: No. DOCTOR: No? SONGSTEN: It has broken its promise. Now it demands the whole mountain. DOCTOR: I see. Now, Songsten, I want you to help me. SONGSTEN: I want to help you. DOCTOR: Now these Yeti, they are controlled? SONGSTEN: Yes, by Padmasambhava. DOCTOR: Yes, but the control units, they were made somehow, somewhere? SONGSTEN: The Master laboured for nearly two hundred years. With the help of the Intelligence he built the creatures and the other wonderful machines. DOCTOR: These small Yeti models, their movements must be mirrored by the real robots? SONGSTEN: True. DOCTOR: But there must be a controller. A machine that gives out the orders. Now, where is that control? SONGSTEN: The sanctum. DOCTOR: But I have seen the sanctum? SONGSTEN: Throne. Behind the throne there lies a hidden room. DOCTOR: How do I get into it? Songsten, how do I get into it? (But the Abbot says nothing more.) 7. MOUNTAINSIDE (TRAVERS, still convinced that the DOCTOR wrong, heads up the mountain towards the cave with RALPACHAN. On their way up they pass several Yeti going down, towards the monastery.) TRAVERS: A close one. Heading towards the monastery. RALPACHAN: Should we not return? TRAVERS: No, now we've come this far. Let's push on. Come on. 8. GREAT HALL (The DOCTOR places the Abbot in the charge of SAPAN.) DOCTOR: Take care of him, Sapan. SAPAN: I will. He has suffered much. SONGSTEN: Is it time to leave? (SAPAN and the Abbot leave the room.) DOCTOR: Now as soon as the monks have left, we must get into that control room. JAMIE: How do we get past Padma-thingme? DOCTOR: I'll deal with him. But remember, as soon as we're in the sanctum, whatever happens, Thomni and you must smash the controls! VICTORIA: What do you mean, whatever happens'? DOCTOR: Padmasambhava will use super-normal powers if necessary. For a start he will try to hypnotise you again. VICTORIA: Well how can I stop him? DOCTOR: Thomni, you better teach her the 'Jewel of the Lotus Prayer'. It'll give her something to concentrate on. THOMNI: Yes, Doctor. (JAMIE notices that TRAVIS is gone.) DOCTOR: Jamie, where is Travers? JAMIE: Travers? DOCTOR: Well he's not here. JAMIE: Perhaps he's deserted us. DOCTOR: No, I don't somehow think he's done that, but I'd like to know what he's up to. 9. MOUNTAINSIDE TRAVERS: Well we're going the right way, there's some sort of path along here. RALPACHAN: Look! What is it? TRAVERS: It's that hideous light from the cave. It's spreading all over the mountain. RALPACHAN: It's blinding me. How can we reach the pyramid? TRAVERS: We can't it's too late for that now I'm afraid. RALPACHAN: But it will engulf the monastery. (sh**ting the pyramid is no longer possible. Defeated, they are forced to turn back.) 10. GREAT HALL (The monks prepare to leave.) SAPAN: Doctor, why will you not accept the aid of our warrior brothers? DOCTOR: Because they are needed to guard you and the lamas, Sapan. THOMNI: Besides brave hearts will not suffice for this battle. SAPAN: Protect them Thomni. We shall pray for you. DOCTOR: Thank you. Don't worry, everything will be all right. When it's all over you can come back. I hope. (SAPAN bows and the monks leave the DOCTOR little group - JAMIE, VICTORIA, and THOMNI. The DOCTOR turns to them to give them a pep-talk.) DOCTOR: Now don't forget, I will go into the sanctum first and deal with Padmasambhava. And, as soon as it's safe, make for the curtain behind the throne. That's where the control room is! THOMNI: When we have destroyed the machine what will happen? DOCTOR: I haven't the faintest idea. JAMIE: What? DOCTOR: Don't worry, Jamie, it's going to be all right. JAMIE: Hey, we might all be blown to smithereens! VICTORIA: What am I supposed to do? DOCTOR: Well nothing I hope, but one of us just might need help. Are we ready? Come on. 11. MAIN GATE (TRAVERS and RALPACHAN approach the monastery. All the monks have left and three Yeti are standing guard outside the gates. They are activated but immobile - waiting.) RALPACHAN: What shall we do? TRAVERS: Looks as though we're well and truly cooked. RALPACHAN: Look! There, below us, torches. The monks must have left. TRAVERS: Yes, but has the Doctor? RALPACHAN: How can we tell, we are trapped. TRAVERS: I don't know. RALPACHAN: We cannot enter the monastery. TRAVERS: Looks as though... we'll just have to sit tight. RALPACHAN: Can we not try and join my brothers? TRAVERS: No! The Doctor may still be in there. I'm sure he is. 12. ANTEROOM, INNER SANCTUM (The DOCTOR and his party arrive at the Ante-chamber. The Intelligence voice hisses through the air.) VOICE: (OOV.) WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHY DID YOU NOT HEED MY WARNING? YOU ARE STUBBORN, DOCTOR. DOCTOR: Who are you? (The VOICE tries to return to PADMASAMBHAVA's normal voice but can't - the result is a mixture of PADMASAMBHAVA's voice and the Intelligence hissing voice.) VOICE: (OOV.) YOU KNOW WELL IT IS I THE MASTER, PADMASAMBHAVA, WHO SPEAKS. DOCTOR: Oh no it isn't. I know Padmasambhava, he's my friend. Where have you come from? Why are you using his body in this fashion? VOICE: (OOV.) SUCH AS A BRAIN AS YOURS IS TOO SMALL TO GRASP MY PURPOSE. DOCTOR: Too small? VOICE: (OOV.) I am much power. DOCTOR: Much power? Just a... (A torch lifts from the wall and swipes towards the DOCTOR who ducks. VICTORIA gives a little cry in fright.) DOCTOR: Simple levitation, a childish trick. Now stop playing games and open these doors. Or are you afraid to meet me face to face? (The taunt seems to work and the doors to the Inner Sanctum creak open.) VOICE: (OOV.) YOU ARE RASH. (The DOCTOR turns to the others one final time...) DOCTOR: Now anything can happen now, just trust me and above all don't panic. (As previously planned he goes in first on his own, bringing himself under mental att*ck from the Great Intelligence. The DOCTOR cries out in pain...) DOCTOR: (OOV.) Aah Oh! (And JAMIE nearly runs in after him.) VICTORIA: No! No! The Doctor said to wait! DOCTOR: Now! JAMIE: Come on, Thomni! 13. INNER SANCTUM (Entering the Inner Sanctum they find themselves held immobile by the Great Intelligence. Sensing victory, it gives out a ghastly laugh, but then the DOCTOR steps up his efforts and JAMIE and THOMNI break free from its grip.) DOCTOR: Quickly! Into the control room, smash the controls! JAMIE: To work, Thomni! (They run to the control room behind the throne and start smashing up all the alien artifacts within. VICTORIA, still stuck, sees the hand of PADMASAMBHAVA move over to the models by his side and bring in the Yeti to help him.) VICTORIA: Doctor, he's bringing the Yeti in! (The DOCTOR's face is covered in sweat from the mental battle...) DOCTOR: Victoria, Victoria, I can't hold him! The models... knock over the models! No, Victoria, don't let him! Jewel of the Lotus'! Om mane padme hum... Om mane padme hum... VICTORIA: (Chanting.) Om mane padme hum... Om mane padme hum... (But she was completely unable to move...) 14. MAIN GATE (Outside the monastery gates, the three Yeti come to life and start moving in, rapidly, towards the Inner Sanctum. TRAVERS and the warrior monk follow them in.) TRAVERS: At last! Come on. 15. INNER SANCTUM (VICTORIA is still chanting away but still unable to move, the DOCTOR is still trying to hold the Intelligence in check and JAMIE and THOMNI is still destroying the alien equipment.) VICTORIA: Om mane padme hum. Oh it's no good, I can't move. DOCTOR: You've got to! VICTORIA: I... I can't! DOCTOR: (Turns to see Yeti starting to come into the room.) Jamie! Jamie! Jamie! Yeti's coming! (JAMIE hears this in the control room.) JAMIE: Yeti? THOMNI: But we have destroyed the machines. JAMIE: Well there must be something else that controls them. (He recalls a large sphere in there which looks like one of the Yeti control units.) JAMIE: The control unit, of course the sphere! (JAMIE and THOMNI find it and when it's smashed the control units in the Yeti explode, just in the nick of time as one's about to come down on the Doctor with its claw.) VOICE: (Undeterred.) ONE STROKE OF FORTUNE WILL NOT SAVE YOU. (TRAVERS, who arrived with the Yeti, fires a sh*t into the body of PADMASAMBHAVA.) VOICE: STUPID MAN, DID YOU NOT FEEL ENOUGH OF MY POWER WHEN YOU MET ME IN THE CAVE? TRAVERS: (Puzzled.) The cave? DOCTOR: The cave! (Finally putting the pieces of the puzzle together.) Jamie, there was a pyramid in the cave! JAMIE: There's one here too. DOCTOR: Destroy it! PADMASAMBHAVA & VOICE: Noooo! (As JAMIE and THOMNI smash the pyramid in the control room, PADMASAMBHAVA's body convulses and drops back limp onto the throne, and the pyramid in the cave bursts in a huge expl*si*n which takes out most of the mountain. The Great Intelligence is defeated - it's links with the Earth severed. PADMASAMBHAVA regains control of his body for the last time...) VICTORIA: Look at him. (PADMASAMBHAVA forces his body to look onto the DOCTOR with his last ounce of strength.) PADMASAMBHAVA: At last peace... Doctor... (His eyes close and the old man passes away...) DOCTOR: (Softly.) Goodbye old friend. JAMIE: You all right, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, Jamie, it worked. The Intelligence is destroyed. TRAVERS: Yes, well it a... was most decidedly tricky for a minute or two. DOCTOR: Yes, Thomni, you can signal the monks, they can return. TRAVERS: Doctor, are you trying to tell me that that old man was responsible for all this? The Yeti? The cave? DOCTOR: Oh no, no, no. He was just a tool in the hands of a monstrous brain. It wasn't his fault. VICTORIA: It's horrible, let's get away from here. JAMIE: Aye, come on. (We hear THOMNI slowly sounding the Detsen gong to call the Monks back.) 16. MAIN GATE (A little later - The DOCTOR and his two companions are dressed ready to leave. THOMNI tries to get them to stay for a little while longer...) THOMNI: Please Doctor, our Abbot will be most grieved that he did not thank you personally. Will you not wait? DOCTOR: Ah no, Thomni, we're anxious to get back to the TARD... (JAMIE coughs obviously trying to tell the DOCTOR not to confuse the young Monk further. The DOCTOR takes the hint.) DOCTOR: We're anxious to get back. THOMNI: Goodbye, Doctor. (TRAVERS appears also dressed in travelling clothes.) TRAVERS: I'll see them safely up the mountain. DOCTOR: Goodbye, Thomni. JAMIE: Goodbye. VICTORIA: Bye, Thomni. (They leave with the gong still sounding, advising the monks they can return.) 17. MOUNTAINSIDE (Halfway up they see the remains of one of the Yeti.) JAMIE: Aye, well those things won't bother us anymore, Doctor. VICTORIA: Those horrible things. DOCTOR: Ah, they were clever machines. Almost a pity to have had them destroyed. Well at least you'll have something to take home from your expedition, Mr Travers. TRAVERS: I suppose so. But nobody would believe me, they'd think I'd had it made. No, I'm afraid the expedition's over now. (Then VICTORIA spots a timid furry creature up the mountain, a real Yeti.) VICTORIA: Oh Doctor, look! JAMIE: Oh no! DOCTOR: It can't be! TRAVERS: A Yeti! A real Yeti! At last! 'scuse the haste. Goodbye and all that. Mustn't lose this one. (TRAVERS, excited, sets off to pursue it. The DOCTOR and his companions laugh.) 18. TARDIS, MOUNTAINSIDE (The three time-travellers talk as they walk towards the TARDIS.) JAMIE: Do you think he'll ever find his abominable snowman, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well that we shall never know, Jamie. (He notices that the young Scot is shivering.) DOCTOR: What's the matter with you, are you cold or something? JAMIE: Oh it's all right for you in your home-made Yeti kit. (He refers to the DOCTOR's large furry coat.) DOCTOR: Yes, I suppose there is a little bit of a nip in the air. JAMIE: A nip! A nip, just look at my knees, they're bright blue. (The DOCTOR looks at the legs.) DOCTOR: A horrible sight. JAMIE: Could you not land us somewhere warmer next time? DOCTOR: Jamie, you never know, do you? (...and as they enter the TARDIS he starts a little tune on his recorder...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x10 - The Abominable Snowmen - part 6"}
foreverdreaming
by Brian Hayles first broadcast - 11 November 1967 1. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (The Control Room is a circular room, with a ring of instruments set into four desks which face inwards, looking towards the COMPUTER. The COMPUTER contains a screen, and a keyboard, both of which are set into the circular outer. The computers around the outside of the room are patrolled by a group of people, mostly woman, who are reacting to an emergency. They are dressed in white tops, with random black designs on them, and black short skirts with black boots.) BASE ANNOUNCER: This is a preliminary warning. Preliminary warning. Prepare phase one base evacuation procedure. Phase one evacuation. COMPUTER: ...determine the extent of breakdown factor in ionisation... (LEADER CLENT enters the room. He is middle aged, uses a stick for his right leg, and wears the same top as the other base members, but with the same randomly coloured pants. He talks to MISS GARRETT, a young woman, who wears a see-through apparatus on her head. She is sitting at one of the desks on the other side of the room.) CLENT: Why has the ioniser been allowed to deteriorate to danger level? GARRETT: There was a power stoppage. I've done all I can to boost it. CLENT: Well it can't be allowed to fall any lower. (He hobbles over to her.) GARRETT: We still have time to evacuate. CLENT: We will certainly not evacuate. We've beaten its tantrums before. GARRETT: It's falling again. CLENT: Well hold it, you must hold it steady. GARRETT: I can't. CLENT: Switch the s*ab circuits through to the computer. GARRETT: I have, it's still not holding! CLENT: All circuits, woman, all circuits! GARRETT: We're nearly there. CLENT: There's not enough power. COMPUTER: (In background.) ...? GARRETT: It's slowing down. CLENT: Maybe it'll hold there. GARRETT: I doubt it. CLENT: Well, at least it gives us time. GARRETT: We need Scientist Penley. CLENT: He is no longer a member of this post. You will make this machine work. GARRETT: Yes, Leader Clent. CLENT: That's better. (GARRETT gets up from her seat and walks around to check the stations.) GARRETT: Emergency evacuation phasing set? CREW MEMBER: Yes. GARRETT: Ioniser state fault check? ANOTHER CREW MEMBER: Yes. GARRETT: Reactor safety sequence in operation. Good. CLENT: You'll make an organiser first class yet, Miss Garrett. GARRETT: I only follow your example, Leader Clent. (CLENT sits down at the COMPUTER.) CLENT: What is the latest report from all other ioniser bases? COMPUTER: All bases are in phase. America: glaciers held. Australasia: glaciers held. South Africa: glaciers held. Asia: some improvement claimed. CLENT: They would! COMPUTER: Britannicus Base, Europe: slipping out of phase. Glacial advance imminent. (There is a grim, disappointed look on CLENT's face.) GARRETT: If we fail, the whole program for glacier containment is in danger. CLENT: I'm fully aware of that fact. GARRETT: But in two hours, the ioniser will be useless. (CLENT walks over to two screen, one showing the glacier advancing on the world, the other his base.) CLENT: And then the glaciers will move again... 5000 years of history... crushed beneath a moving mountain of ice. BASE ANNOUNCER: Phase two evacuation. Emergency. Phase two evacuation. Red state emergency. Red state emergency. CLENT: Priority override. GARRETT: Yes, of course. But Penley was the expert. CLENT: I've had enough of experts. Their crazy ideas. Where's Arden? GARRETT: Still at the ice face, completing the instrumentation project. CLENT: (Urgently.) Well, hasn't he been warned? GARRETT: We couldn't get through. Video communication is impossible... CLENT: Well we have to tell him, immediately! I cannot lose any more men! (He races over to the communicator.) CLENT: Leader Clent to Scientist Arden at glacier face, come in Arden! 2. GLACIER FACE (Three men are examining a small alcove in the glacier face. All three are dressed in the same clothing as CLENT in the base, with metal helmets and goggles. ARDEN is around his thirties, with black hair. WALTERS is a portly man, also with black hair, and a face full of expression. DAVIS is the youngest, again with black hair.) ARDEN: Walters, through here. Now clear that patch, Walters, while I prepare the seismograph probes. WALTERS: Sir. Get your drill ready, Davis. (DAVIS prepares the drill. Meanwhile WALTERS is examining the ice face.) WALTERS: Sir! ARDEN: Yes? WALTERS: Come quickly, Sir! (ARDEN moves over to where WALTERS has seen something.) WALTERS: I could swear there's something inside. ARDEN: Oh, not another mastodon. WALTERS: Well look for yourself, Sir. (ARDEN wipes away the snow covering the ice. There appears to be some kind of helmet inside.) ARDEN: Is it a man? WALTERS: Perhaps it's an animal. ARDEN: Well we'll soon find out. Davis, the heavy drill. DAVIS: Yes Sir. (DAVIS moves off to fetch it. WALTERS' wrist communicator makes a beeping sound.) WALTERS: Base calling, Sir. ARDEN: What do they want? (Walters taps the screen which is filled with static.) WALTERS: There's nothing coming through. Poor reception. I suppose they might... ARDEN: (Interrupting.) They'll have to wait. This is more important. Come on Davis. WALTERS: Well what are we going to do, Sir? ARDEN: Do? Excavate. This could be a brilliant discovery. WALTERS: But Sir - the computerised schedule! We must stick to that. ARDEN: Oh, must we? WALTERS: Leader Clent will be furious, Sir. ARDEN: Well that's just too bad. For once we'll do something on our own account, eh? WALTERS: There's not much base can do about it Sir, after all, we can't even ask permission, can we? ARDEN: Come on Davis, hurry man! (ARDEN wipes away more of the snow.) 3. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (CLENT is still trying to contact ARDEN, but all that is on the screen is, like the wrist communicator, static.) CLENT: Arden, for heavens sake man, come in! This is urgent! (CLENT gives up and moves over to the main controls.) GARRETT: Failing again. Time interval is decreasing. Not far from total disintegration. (There is a look of horror on CLENT's face.) 4. OUTSIDE THE BASE (The TARDIS materialises outside the base, on a pile of snow, upside down, and on a lean. As it slides down the small hill, cries can be heard from inside. The slide stops, and the doors open. The DOCTOR sticks his head out.) JAMIE: (Still inside.) Arrgh! DOCTOR: What's the matter? JAMIE: You're on my head! (The DOCTOR falls back down into the TARDIS. He climbs out again, this time with JAMIE.) JAMIE: Careful! DOCTOR: Come on, Victoria. Give me your hand. (He pulls her out, and all three are now halfway out the TARDIS. The conditions are freezing, and a wind blows them. JAMIE is wearing his usual attire, but the DOCTOR is wearing a big fur coat, and VICTORIA a fur trimmed cape. JAMIE rubs his head.) DOCTOR: It was a blind landing. JAMIE: Is that what you call it? VICTORIA: Well no broken bones. Hey, look at the snow. (There is a huge glacier in front of them, covered in snow.) JAMIE: Oh no, not again! Tibet was bad enough, but I think you've put us down just further up the mountain! DOCTOR: Well let's see, shall we? Very careful, I'm going to get out. It's quite a long drop. (He hops out.) DOCTOR: Come on Victoria, that's right. (He helps her down. JAMIE gets out himself.) VICTORIA: Hey, looks like a great big wall of ice. Look! DOCTOR: (Staring into the distance, a look of horror on his face.) Ooohhh!!! JAMIE: (Who is halfway out the TARDIS.) What is it? DOCTOR: You're on my hand! (JAMIE takes his knee off the DOCTOR's hand, which was resting on the TARDIS.) VICTORIA: But Doctor, look. DOCTOR: Yes, that's not ice, that's plastic. (JAMIE hops down from the TARDIS.) JAMIE: Yes and, see how smooth it is, and curved. (JAMIE shuts the TARDIS doors.) DOCTOR: It's a dome. A protective dome. VICTORIA: It's so big. Can't see the end of it. Wonder what's inside. (As the DOCTOR has been walking around the TARDIS he has come into view of a door into the dome. It begins to open, and he ducks out of the way. An alarm sounds. Two men exit through the door. STORR is bearded, and PENLEY with about a week's stubble. Both are dressed shabbily and still look quite young. They carry several boxes each.) PENLEY: Don't worry, those alarms weren't meant for us. I wonder what's wrong, though. STORR: (He has a thick Scottish accent.) Ach, that's their problem. Come on. (The two men move off, and the DOCTOR and friends exit hiding. The DOCTOR changes his attention to the door they came out of, now shut. He feels for a join, and moves his hand over some kind of sensor device. The door opens, and the three cautiously enter. The door slowly shuts behind them.) 5. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (GARRETT is working on the communications screen.) GARRETT: Leader Clent! The video! Arden has made contact. (CLENT rushes over to the machine.) CLENT: Arden! Can you hear me? ARDEN: Yes. What is it? CLENT: You must return to base immediately. ARDEN: Well don't panic. I've almost finished setting up the seismograph probe. Davis hurry up. CLENT: Well forget them, the ioniser's nearly at disintegration point. ARDEN: Oooh, I wonder if Penley's ears are burning. CLENT: (Exploding.) It's not a laughing matter, man! You know what it means. ARDEN: Yes, cold weather ahead. I thought it felt a bit nippy. CLENT: There'll be a full enquiry into your delay, you realise that. ARDEN: Yes, and I've got a very good reason. A fantastic discovery, in the ice. CLENT: Your task was to set up movement probes in the ice, not indulge in amateur archaeology. ARDEN: This is a man! CLENT: Well, congratulations. Makes a change from fossils. Now leave it and return. ARDEN: I'm bringing the body back with me. CLENT: Arden. ARDEN: I'm sorry, I can't hear you. There seems to some interference. (ARDEN moves his hand over the camera.) CLENT: Arden! (But all that can be heard is static.) 6. CORRIDORS OF BASE (The DOCTOR, JAMIE and VICTORIA poke their heads around a corner, and once they have checked it, walk around. The corridors are ornate, 1800's like in their design.) VICTORIA: Oh, Doctor, it's just like my home. DOCTOR: I know! JAMIE: We could be... BASE ANNOUNCER: Red state emergency. Evacuation phase three. Phase three evacuate. Transport section leaders report now. Phase three evacuation. DOCTOR: Something's wrong. VICTORIA: Seems safe enough. (The DOCTOR sees one of the base staff walking down the corridor towards them.) DOCTOR: We're discovered. (The Doctor and Jamie speak at the same time, while the BASE ANNOUNCER continues to speak, making them both incoherent. She pins tags on the DOCTOR, JAMIE, and then VICTORIA.) DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. JAMIE: Thank you. Excuse me Miss, I'm Jamie McCrimmon, do you think you could tell us where we are? (She walks off without a word.) DOCTOR: She doesn't want to know, Jamie. VICTORIA: Hey, this says we're on evacuation flight seven. DOCTOR: Yes, rather inhospitable, we've only just arrived! VICTORIA: Mmm. (The DOCTOR leads them off down the corridor.) JAMIE: Hey, and this tag, it says I'm a scavenger! (He looks at the DOCTOR's tag.) JAMIE: And yours does too! Hey, we're not beggars! (The DOCTOR stops at a door.) DOCTOR: Hush Jamie. VICTORIA: What is it Doctor? DOCTOR: Sounds like electronic machinery, like a computer. There's something wrong with it's pitch. VICTORIA: Oh no. Now look, it might be dangerous, now let's leave it. DOCTOR: No. VICTORIA: Doctor. DOCTOR: Let's go in. (He opens the doors and enters the room. He walks right into the IONISER CONTROL ROOM, and right behind CLENT.) DOCTOR: Oh, there's something very wrong here. CLENT: (Not noticing him.) Now is ...? still out of phase? Seven-two point four... (CLENT walks around the room.) DOCTOR: Seven-two point four? That's bad. (The DOCTOR follows him.) CLENT: Now balance those gauges, Miss Henry. 17 degrees out from normal. DOCTOR: 17 degrees? Well this is serious! (He follows CLENT again.) CLENT: Miss...? report to me the moment the...? reaches point-five-oh-oh. GARRETT: Miss...? check your oil compensator level will you, minus one-seven degrees. CLENT: One-three-seven-nine, now. DOCTOR: One-three-seven-nine? (He taps CLENT on the shoulder.) DOCTOR: Excuse me, I... (CLENT looks at him in confusion.) CLENT: Who the blazes are you? (Shouting.) Get these scavengers out of here! DOCTOR: We're not scavengers! CLENT: Out of here! (There are cries of disagreement from the DOCTOR, JAMIE and VICTORIA as they are pulled out of the room by security. The DOCTOR eventually pulls free.) DOCTOR: No! In two minutes 38 seconds, you're going to have an almighty expl*si*n! The readings say so! CLENT: Well how do you possibly know that, I haven't even, I haven't even processed them through the computer yet! DOCTOR: I don't need a computer! GARRETT: If he's right it's already too late to escape! DOCTOR: No it isn't, it doesn't have to happen, if you'll excuse me. (He races around the computers, correcting them to avoid the expl*si*n.) CLENT: Don't interfere! DOCTOR: Cut out the reactor! (He races to the next station.) DOCTOR: Erm... Uncouple the transformer units. (To the next station.) DOCTOR: Erase the density phase into power GARRETT: (From the previous station.) There's insufficient power for that. DOCTOR: Well a quick short burst then from the reactor unit, now. (GARRETT turns the knob for the power.) DOCTOR: Off! (She turns the knob back.) DOCTOR: Now link the circuit, with the reactor link. (She turns another knob.) DOCTOR: Now, bring in the computer s*ab. (He wipes his brow with a cloth.) DOCTOR: Yes, yes, that should hold it steady. (To CLENT.) It's a, it's not a perfect job, mind you. You ought to get an expert in, you know. CLENT: How did you... It was all bluff, wasn't it, that two minutes 38 seconds to danger? DOCTOR: Oh no, it was near enough correct, give or take a second. CLENT: Rubbish. DOCTOR: Check it on your precious computer, then. CLENT: Miss Garrett, do so. (He hands her his hand written notes. She reads them into the computer.) GARRETT: Ioniser fall rate: seven-two point four, ion compensator: minus one-seven degrees, ion flow rate: one-three-seven-nine. Assessment please. COMPUTER: Immediate emergency. In two minutes 37 seconds, the reactor will explode. DOCTOR: (Innocently.) Well a second out. We... can't all be perfect. GARRETT: We're at half power now, Leader Clent! CLENT: Why even Penley couldn't have done better. Where on earth did you spring from? (The DOCTOR begins to explain.) CLENT: It doesn't matter, look... (CLENT goes weak at the knees, and nearly collapses. GARRETT and another staff member run to his aid. CLENT puts his hand to his head.) GARRETT: Are you alright? CLENT: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, no no no no. It's nothing, it's just um, it's just an emergency added to a 10 hour duty spell. GARRETT: The vibro-chair. CLENT: Yes, you're right. (To the other person that helped him.) Um, contact the Medi-Control Centre the moment there's a further downward fluctuation. (To the DOCTOR.) We'll talk at the same time, come with me. (He leaves the room. The DOCTOR says something under his breath to VICTORIA and JAMIE.) JAMIE: Ask him where we are! 7. GLACIER FACE (ARDEN and WALTERS are looking at the frozen humanoid. He is now in a huge block of ice that has been cut out of the cliff. He is huge, with a helmet, and body armour.) ARDEN: A giant among prehistoric men. WALTERS: See the kind of armour he's got on? ARDEN: Yes, that's rather strange. He looks pre-Viking. But no such civilisation existed in prehistoric times before the first ice age. WALTERS: Ha! Proper "Ice Warrior", isn't he, Sir? I reckon Leader Clent will be interested. ARDEN: Yes. What'll the mighty computer make of it, eh? WALTERS: Sir, hadn't we better get back while the weather still holds? ARDEN: Good point Walters. Davis, try bringing the air-sled a little closer, will you? (Watching behind a ridge in the glacier face a few meters away are the two men that exited the base earlier.) STORR: What are they up to? PENLEY: Arden's found something in the ice. Something to take back to Clent. It won't be appreciated. STORR: Ar, they ought to leave way alone. PENLEY: Arden was always a researcher. He wanted to be an archaeologist when I knew him. STORR: Archaeology. What good's that? PENLEY: It's good to know things, even when they're d*ad. STORR: Nothing's sacred to you, is it? PENLEY: I only ask questions, it's in my character I suppose. STORR: Ar, you swore you'd give all that up. PENLEY: Discovery's as exciting to me as the hunt is to you. But with Clent, he uses scientists' craniums as stepping stones for his ambitions. STORR: Ar, that's about all you lot are fit for. Doorsteps. PENLEY: Well we're not totally useless, surely? STORR: To me you are. Come on, we've got to move. Leave them to their stupid games. (The two move off. They are faced with a barrage of snow. As they walk away they see DAVIS walking past. STORR puts an arm in front of PENLEY to stop him. They hide behind a divot in the glacier face. DAVIS walks close to them, then hears something. He looks up and sees an avalanche headed straight for him. Back where the experiments are being carried out, WALTERS has seen the avalanche, and warns ARDEN.) WALTERS: Avalanche! Come on! ARDEN: Where's Davis? WALTERS: ...? (He pulls ARDEN into the alcove. Backs on the face, PENLEY tries to warn STORR.) PENLEY: Storr! Come on! Avalanche! (DAVIS fails to react, and is swept off the glacier. PENLEY is alright, and finds the battered STORR.) PENLEY: Storr, are you alright? STORR: (Dazed.) Penley. PENLEY: What's the damage? (He cries as he feels his arm.) STORR: My arm. It's gone I think. PENLEY: Broken? STORR: Feels like it. PENLEY: Well you're lucky. There's one down there who's staying on the mountain for good. STORR: They'll... they'll come looking for him. We must move out a bit. Unless you fancy trying to turn me over to your friends. PENLEY: Six weeks ago they were my friends, but not anymore. Can you walk? STORR: Aye. Just you try and keep up. Come on. (The pair walk off. Meanwhile, over with ARDEN and WALTERS they discuss the fate of DAVIS.) WALTERS: All clear, Sir. ARDEN: Yes, but how 'bout Davis? WALTERS: I'll go look for him. ARDEN: Well let's hope he's safe. With another man gone, Clent'll skin me alive. WALTERS: Well if he gets too difficult, you can always set your warrior on him, eh Sir? (WALTERS laughs.) 8. MEDI-CONTROL CENTER (CLENT is recovering on his vibro-chair, and is discussing matters with the DOCTOR, VICTORIA, JAMIE and GARRETT. The room, like others in the base, is part of the old house. Computers and video screens pepper it, but old paintings and bookshelves remain on the wall.) CLENT: But you've no valid proof of your qualifications? DOCTOR: Look, aren't we wasting time? (He takes off his jacket.) DOCTOR: If you want our help, why not tell us all about it? CLENT: All about it? All about what? Where have you been all these years? DOCTOR: (Blustering his way out of it.) Well, er, as a matter of fact, we've, we've been in retreat. In, in Tibet. We are sanctifiers. CLENT: Oh, I see. In Tibet. Well if you'll take a simple test, I'll soon know if you're up to our scientific standards. DOCTOR: I see, and er, if I fail? CLENT: You'll be evacuated with the other scavengers in due course. JAMIE: Oh, where to? GARRETT: The African rehabilitation centres, of course. VICTORIA: Oh no, not Africa. DOCTOR: Very well, f*re away. CLENT: I present you a problem. DOCTOR: Yes. CLENT: All the major continents are thr*at with destruction, under the glaciers of the second ice age. DOCTOR: Oh. CLENT: How would you halt the ice surge, and turn the climate back to normal? 45 seconds, starting from... now. (The DOCTOR looks outraged with the question. GARRETT sets the clock going on CLENT's word. JAMIE and VICTORIA exchange worried glances.) DOCTOR: Oh, er, ahem, er, possible causes, er, the reversal of the magnetic field. CLENT: No such change has occurred. DOCTOR: Um, interstellar clouds, er, obscuring the suns rays. (CLENT shakes his head.) DOCTOR: An excessive burst of sunspot activity. (CLENT shakes his head again.) DOCTOR: A severe shift of the Earth's angle of rotation. (CLENT shakes his head. The clock shows 24, then 25 seconds.) VICTORIA: Come on Doctor. DOCTOR: There aren't that many alternatives. Gigantic heat loss, eh? Er. CLENT: I asked for an answer, not a question. Twelve seconds left. DOCTOR: Oh. Er. Oh well. Ahem. In that case the answer's simple. A severe drop in the carbon dioxide level in the Earth's lower atmosphere. Is that it? (He looks up at the timer, which ticks over to 45.) DOCTOR: I would use ionisation. (There is a ding from the timer.) JAMIE: Well, is he right? (CLENT gets up from the vibro-chair.) CLENT: Yes, he is. (VICTORIA sighs her relief.) VICTORIA: But I still don't understand. DOCTOR: Well the carbon dioxide level in the Earth's atmosphere helps retain the suns heat. Take that gas away, and there's a sudden freeze up. JAMIE: Oh, where does the gas go to? DOCTOR: Well ... CLENT: (Interrupting.) You know how efficient our civilisation is, thanks to the direction of the great world computer. And you also know how we conquered the problem of world famine a century ago by artificial food. On the land that was once used to grow the food we needed, we built up-to-date living units, to house the ever-increasing population. (CLENT dials up a type of food on the computer in the room, and retrieves it from the bottom of the machine.) DOCTOR: Up to date? (Indicating the current surrounding.) CLENT: Well there were exceptions, of course. I mean this house was classified as being historic interest. So, the amount of growing plants on the planet, was reduced to an absolute minimum. DOCTOR: No plants, no carbon dioxide. CLENT: Then suddenly, one year, there was no spring. (The DOCTOR, JAMIE and VICTORIA look sad.) CLENT: Even then it wasn't understood. Not until the ice-caps began to advance. JAMIE: Er, but er, what's this ioniser? CLENT: Um, Miss Garrett. GARRETT: Ionisation is a method of intensifying the suns heat onto the Earth, but into particular areas. DOCTOR: Yeah, it's like a magnifying glass, Jamie. JAMIE: Oh, aye. VICTORIA: You mean you can melt glaciers and change the weather? CLENT: Um, when certain difficulties are overcome. GARRETT: Precise control is not easy. CLENT: We can't afford to make mistakes. Ionisation can produce temperatures intense enough to melt rock. GARRETT: Only by maintaining a perfect balance can we prevent widespread flooding. DOCTOR: Can't your computers solve the problem of control? GARRETT: Of course they can! DOCTOR: Well? GARRETT: When the input data is complete they will give us the solution. DOCTOR: Oh, I see. And when will that be? GARRETT: Soon Doctor, soon. DOCTOR: What's the position now? (CLENT points to a screen.) CLENT: Well we're barely holding the glacier in check. Now there you see a world map of the situation at the moment. (CLENT changes the display to another map.) CLENT: And there you see what's, erm, going on in our sector. But if we fail, then not only will Europe be swallowed up, but the balance of power will be ruined, and the whole world program will, will go under. DOCTOR: And the glaciers will win. CLENT: My senior scientist Penley, is missing. I think you have the capabilities to join us here. This great mission. Will you help us? DOCTOR: Well I, I'm willing to try. CLENT: Jolly good. Jolly good. Er, Miss Garrett will give you some background information. You've worked with computers, I presume? DOCTOR: Er, only when I have to. GARRETT: Well Miss Garrett is our computer specialist, she'll help you. DOCTOR: Oh, I'll try and remember that. GARRETT: Here we are completely computerised. DOCTOR: (He sympathises.) Oh never mind. GARRETT: Every decision is checked, to eliminate risk of failure. Because of course, all decisions, all actions, must conform to the common good. (The DOCTOR looks unimpressed.) 9. CORRIDORS OF BASE (ARDEN is leading a group of men who are carrying the warrior, who is still encased in a block of ice, to show to CLENT.) ARDEN: This way, gentlemen, this way. Right. (He neatens up his appearance, in preparation to impress CLENT.) ARDEN: Now do be careful. 'Round here. Steady with her. 10. MEDI-CONTROL CENTER (CLENT is now lying on his vibro-chair again. ARDEN enters the room...) CLENT: Is this what you call full co-operation, Arden? How do you expect us to carry out this... (He sees what is being taken into the room.) CLENT: Great heavens. ARDEN: Yes, I thought you'd be impressed Clent. Right chaps, lets have him over here... (Everyone rushes over to see the discovery.) ARDEN: This way, head this way, tail down. VICTORIA: What is it? JAMIE: It looks like a Viking warrior. Look at the helmet. DOCTOR: Frozen for centuries in the ice. Perfectly preserved. Hm, that's odd though. ARDEN: What? Who are you? CLENT: An addition to our staff, Arden. What's odd Doctor? DOCTOR: Well the helmet, it's wrong. When this man was frozen to death only primitive cavemen existed. ARDEN: Well I say it's an undiscovered civilisation. Think of the implications! CLENT: Well whatever the implications, it must still take second place to out ioniser project. We have our daily planning conference in three minutes fifteen seconds, exactly. (He starts to walk off.) CLENT: Come along Arden! Play with your toy after the meeting. (CLENT, GARRETT and ARDEN move off, while the DOCTOR closely examines the warrior.) JAMIE: Well, what's supposed to happen, Doctor? DOCTOR: You see this fellow Arden has set the electricity so that the ice melts very slowly, allowing for the resistance. VICTORIA: It's working quite quickly. DOCTOR: Well, I suspect there are some impurities in the ice. I say. (He has noticed something on the warriors head.) DOCTOR: Look at that. JAMIE: What is it? DOCTOR: It's an electronic connection. I'm sure of it. VICTORIA: It can't be. DOCTOR: Now you wait here, and, and don't touch anything. (He races off. A sheet comes down dividing the room and cutting off VICTORIA and JAMIE from the warrior.) JAMIE: What's got into him all of a sudden? VICTORIA: I don't know. Scientists are all alike, eureka and all that. JAMIE: Aye. Could do with a go on this, maybe. (He climbs onto the vibro-chair and lies down. Out of view of the duo, the ice continues to drop off the warrior at a rapid rate.) JAMIE: Er, Victoria. VICTORIA: What? JAMIE: You see how those lassies were dressed? VICTORIA: Yes I did. And trust you to think of something like that. JAMIE: What? Couldn't help thinking about it. VICTORIA: Well I think it's disgusting, wearing that kind of thing. JAMIE: (Mocking.) Oh, aye, so it is, so it is. You er, you don't see yourself dressed like that then? VICTORIA: Jamie! JAMIE: Oh, I'm sorry, it was just an idea. VICTORIA: We will now change the subject, please. I want to look at this man. (Behind the cover, the warrior is now completely unfrozen. Somehow it has returned to life, It flexes its hand, and moves its head towards the approaching VICTORIA.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x11 - The Ice Warriors - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
by Brian Hayles first broadcast - 18 November 1967 1. MEDI-CONTROL CENTRE (VICTORIA sees THE WARRIOR regaining consciousness and tries to alert JAMIE.) VICTORIA: (Shouting.) Jamie! (However she is too late, and THE WARRIOR knocks JAMIE unconscious and takes the fainting VICTORIA hostage.) 2. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (CLENT, GARRETT and ARDEN are considering THE DOCTOR's worth around the computer.) CLENT: In just 45 seconds to propose ionisation. No prior knowledge! ARDEN: Well it took us and the Academy of Scientists years. GARRETT: The computer took three milliseconds. ARDEN: Yes, well we had to program it first. CLENT: Quite. Well, before I make a final decision, I want the computer's assessment on this Doctor. GARRETT: We must be absolutely sure. CLENT: State the work potential and community value of the Doctor. COMPUTER: More information is necessary for a full evaluation. High IQ but undisciplined for our needs. Present evaluation: to be used on research projects, but could be obstructive in certain situations. (THE DOCTOR enters the control room.) DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) Oh there you are. CLENT: Er, Doctor, would you mind... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) I've been looking everywhere. Why don't you label your doors? CLENT: Yes, this is a private meeting. DOCTOR: Yes, I realise that, and I'm sorry... CLENT: (Interrupting.) And we have not yet completed our business. DOCTOR: Look, I wouldn't intrude if I didn't think it necessary. What I have to say is extremely important. After all, you did ask me to help you, didn't you? ARDEN: Has something happened to the warrior? DOCTOR: Well it has something to do with that, yes. CLENT: We have more serious matters on hand. DOCTOR: This is serious! ARDEN: Now let him tell us, Clent. Well? DOCTOR: Thank you. It's the... it's the helmet, it's... it's... it's not what we thought it was. CLENT: It's a prehistoric drinking cup. (GARRETT laughs.) DOCTOR: No! It has electronic connections! CLENT: El... What are you talking about? ARDEN: But that's impossible. You must be mistaken. DOCTOR: Oh no, I'm positive. You realise what this means? ARDEN: Well it must mean... the civilisation he came from must be more advanced than we thought. DOCTOR: Yes indeed. They even had astronauts, it appears. CLENT: How do you mean? DOCTOR: This headpiece is no warriors tin-hat. It's a highly sophisticated space helmet! CLENT: Aren't you jumping to conclusions, Doctor, for a scientist? ARDEN: But if this is true? DOCTOR: If this is true your project is in danger. CLENT: In what way? How can one preserved body, however old, effect us? DOCTOR: How did he get here? Well he didn't walk, did he? CLENT: Well if what you say is true, by spaceship. DOCTOR: Yes and where is that spaceship now? ARDEN: In the glacier. But it must still be intact. He had no signs of mutilation. He couldn't have crashed, he must of landed! Clent, can't you see the importance of such a discovery?! CLENT: The propulsion unit of the spacecraft is probably at... GARRETT: (Interrupting.) Probably atomic powered! CLENT: Quite. And, um, if we use the ioniser at full power... DOCTOR: This reactor pile could be exclo... exploded or, or be activated. CLENT: But if we don't... GARRETT: (Interrupting.) The whole area will be contaminated! CLENT: But if we don't use the ioniser, what then? We are part of a world plan, now if we hold back, that plan cannot go into operation. GARRETT: We could hold it at minimal power. CLENT: Not good enough. ARDEN: No we daren't take the risk. The contamination level would last for five decades or more. CLENT: It merely makes the fine control of the heat level even more vital. DOCTOR: Yes, well I thought you ought to know. CLENT: Yes you were right, thank you. I must inform the computer immediately for its decision. ARDEN: Well we shall need more facts. CLENT: Well furnish me with facts then! (JAMIE bursts into the room.) JAMIE: Doctor. DOCTOR: Jamie! JAMIE: The warrior's come alive! ARDEN: Alive! CLENT, DOCTOR and GARRETT: What? JAMIE: He's taken Victoria, I couldn't stop him! (There are murmurs of disbelief.) ARDEN: Alive... and I found it. 3. MEDI-CONTROL CENTRE (The group arrives to examine the room.) CLENT: Alive? DOCTOR: Strange... CLENT: How did it happen? JAMIE: Well, we were just talking, and I turned, and there he was standing right next to us. ARDEN: That's impossible. To be preserved, yes, but to come alive... impossible. DOCTOR: For a human being, maybe. ARDEN: What, not human? DOCTOR: Look at this table. CLENT: Well it's been b*rned. ARDEN: Well I used a low voltage especially. DOCTOR: Yes but a high current. ARDEN: Yes but it was quite safe. DOCTOR: But if that current passed through a low resistance... GARRETT: Extremely high temperatures. CLENT: The intense heat must have shocked him back into life. JAMIE: (Agitated.) Oh, look I don't know what you're all talking about, but all I know is Victoria's in danger and what are we doing to save her? DOCTOR: Yes Jamie, you're right. Come on. She can't have gone far. JAMIE: Well come on then. 4. IONISER CONTROL ROOM CLENT: Danger red alert, danger red alert. Intruders within perimeter. Capture and control. Priority one. Repeat to all posts... JAMIE: But within a perimeter? But supposing they're way out of it? VOICE IN BACKGROUND: Danger red alert, danger red alert. Intruders within perimeter. Capture and control. Priority one. CLENT: Well that'll be just too bad. Obviously I can't release men for an extensive search outside the base. DOCTOR: But she may be in danger of her life! You can't take that decision! (A pause.) CLENT: Very well. You want an impartial opinion, I shall ask the computer. JAMIE: Oh, not the computer. DOCTOR: It's a waste of time asking the computer. 5. STORAGE AREA (In a storage room, THE WARRIOR interrogates VICTORIA.) VICTORIA: (Terrified.) Who are you? WARRIOR: (THE WARRIOR has a rasping voice. When not talking his wheezing breath can be heard.) Varga. VICTORIA: Where are you from? VARGA: From the red planet. VICTORIA: Mars! We thought you were d*ad... and then you came alive. What happened? VARGA: Too many questions. VICTORIA: I'm curious, that's all. VARGA: I need answers... from you. VICTORIA: I don't think I can help you very much. VARGA: Answers. (Varga brandishes a small tube attached to his wrist.) VICTORIA: Is that a g*n? VARGA: How long was I in the ice? VICTORIA: I don't know, I... one of the scientists said you must have been there since the first ice age. Thousands of years ago... VARGA: That cannot be true. VICTORIA: Were there others with you? VARGA: Yes. Our spaceship crashed at the foot of the ice mountain. As we came out to investigate, a great avalanche of snow buried us. VICTORIA: Then the others are still trapped in the glacier, then. VARGA: I will free them. Then we will return to the red planet. VICTORIA: How? You can't get them out by yourself. VARGA: You will help. How was I brought to life? VICTORIA: Let the scientists here on Earth help you. VARGA: Tell me! They would not help me. They would keep me as a curiosity, and they would leave my warriors for d*ad, or destroy them. VICTORIA: No. No they, they wouldn't. VARGA: But with my men, I can talk from strength. Then we shall decide. VICTORIA: Decide? Decide what? VARGA: Whether to go back to our own world, or to conquer this. 6. IONISER CONTROL ROOM CLENT: All relevant factors now presented. How should we act? JAMIE: Oh, how's the machine to know? DOCTOR: Come on Jamie, have patience. Give it a chance. COMPUTER: Ionisation program should continue as planned. A limited number of lives are expected to be lost. JAMIE: What about Victoria, though? DOCTOR: Shh shh. COMPUTER: However, the suspected presence of an alien spacecraft must be investigated, in case of potentially fissionable material. JAMIE: Spacecraft! Hey, do you reckon that's where the warrior's gone back to? DOCTOR: Well he didn't come by Shetland Pony, Jamie. COMPUTER: In order to accommodate this priority the workload has been rescheduled to free one scientist investigator. CLENT: Who should be released? COMPUTER: Scientist Arden. CLENT: Well Arden, do you think you can handle this ice giant single-handed? ARDEN: Well I, I shall need at least one guard. JAMIE: Well, what about me then? I could go with him. DOCTOR: Yes, he's a capable lad. CLENT: Well the computer said one investigator only. DOCTOR: That was from your staff, Jamie's extra. JAMIE: Aye. GARRETT: The mission must be carried out. The computer has ordered it. CLENT: As the Doctor has agreed to help us with the ioniser... yes, very well, the boy can go. DOCTOR: Oh good. CLENT: But you must leave immediately, 'cause the sooner we know whether there is a reactor buried inside that glacier or not the better. JAMIE: Aye, maybe, but Victoria's important too, you know. CLENT: You don't seem to realise, boy, the fate of the world could be at stake. The girl must take her chance. 7. PLANT MUSEUM (PENLEY is trying to help STORR.) STORR: What ye trying to do? Cripple me? PENLEY: You know the trouble with you Storr, you're just stupid. STORR: How was I to know it would get infected? PENLEY: If you'd listened to me in the first place... STORR: Aye, you'd have stuffed me to the eyeballs with anti-this and anti-that. I'd be flat on my back for weeks. PENLEY: Where as now, you're fighting fit. STORR: Agh, well, someone has to do things. PENLEY: Mmm. Well that someone isn't going to be you. STORR: Agh, it's nothing. I'll pull through. PENLEY: Yes, I'm rather afraid you will. But if you don't do what I say you'll soon be in a coma, which at least would give me a bit of peace. STORR: Don't try scare me with all that scientific guff. PENLEY: I'm just telling you Storr. (Pause.) You got a headache? STORR: Ah, it's nothing. PENLEY: What I like about you is, if a polar bear got you you'd give him indigestion. Feeling fuzzy in the head, eh? STORR: ... let it b*at me. Is it going to be bad? PENLEY: You won't know much about it. STORR: (Sighs.) My mouth's dry. PENLEY: Well, here's a, what-do-you-call-it, a tomato. It's nearly ripe. STORR: Ach, you shouldn't have done that. I've been waiting weeks for that to ripen properly! PENLEY: Take it, it'll do you good. STORR: Ach. (He takes it.) PENLEY: Well there are advantages to living in a plant museum. Even this close to the glacier. STORR: Ah, so even a scientist can appreciate it then? PENLEY: Well there's warmth and food. Selected ancient food plants. Tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, strawberries. A world out of Atlantis. STORR: Aye, helps me picture how it was before they k*lled off all the plants. There was Spring then, and flowers. You could pick the fruit off the trees. Now you rotten scientists... (He explodes into a coughing fit.) (A roaring sound is audible, and the room shakes.) PENLEY: Even so it's not the nicest way to live. STORR: Aye. PENLEY: An avalanche waiting on your doorstep. STORR: Not leaving here until I have to. (He sees PENLEY leaving the room.) STORR: You're not going out after food are you? You wouldn't know what to do without me... Where are you going, anyway? PENLEY: Well I've learnt enough from you to take care of myself, and it's for your idiotic sake that I'm going. STORR: Where, where to? PENLEY: The base. STORR: (In a daze.) You're going to hand me in... to rehabilitation... Africa... never trust anybody... PENLEY: I'm going for drugs. And if I don't get them, you're as good as d*ad. 8. STORAGE ROOM VICTORIA: It's... it's... it's... it's a... VARGA: Go on. VICTORIA: It's a black box with wires. They connected it to you, and, and you came alive. I... well I don't know how! VARGA: A power source... resistance... great heat... life. This room we came from, we will go back to it. VICTORIA: I'll tell you how to get there. VARGA: You will take me there. Without that power unit, my warriors are lifeless. VICTORIA: But we have to go down the corridors. Supposing someone sees you? VARGA: I shall k*ll them... and you. VICTORIA: Me? VARGA: If you call for help. (VARGA aims his wrist, with the strange tube shaped attachment at VICTORIA.) VICTORIA: What is that!? VARGA: Sonic g*n. It will burst your brain with noise. 9. OUTSIDE THE BASE (Outside the base it is snowing heavily. JAMIE and ARDEN have to shout to hear one another.) JAMIE: There's no one been here - not a mark. ARDEN: Well we didn't pass them on the way. Now stand aside lad, will you? JAMIE: We were wrong, then. He's lost out there, somewhere. Victoria with him. ARDEN: I can't get a reading. There's something inside there, but all it's doing is creating havoc with this radiation sensor. (JAMIE sighs.) ARDEN: (Into his wrist communicator.) Arden calling Leader Clent. Arden calling Leader Clent, answer please. CLENT: (On the small video screen.) Clent here, report. ARDEN: There's no sign of the fugitive or the girl. They didn't ... couldn't have come this way. CLENT: That was not the purpose of your mission. Please report correctly. ARDEN: No reading obtainable. The sensor is being jammed by some sort of a screening device. I can't make head nor tail of it. CLENT: But something is in there. ARDEN: Correct. CLENT: (Exploding.) Well come on then man! Don't waste time. Go in and find out what it is! ARDEN: Well not with the equipment I have with me now. CLENT: Very well then return at once. The mission will be repeated with the correct equipment. ARDEN: But this is the proper equipment for the job. CLENT: Obviously not. Don't waste time. Return immediately. Out. JAMIE: A nice boss you've got there. ARDEN: Yes. The trouble with Clent is that he's not a proper scientist, he's an organiser. He should've been born a robot. (JAMIE laughs.) 10. CORRIDORS OF BASE (In the ancient part of the base, PENLEY lurks the corridors, looking for the drug storeroom. Through a partly opened door, he sees VICTORIA leading VARGA around in search of the equipment to revive his comrades.) VICTORIA: No, no it's not in there, it's further down the corridor. (She leads him to the correct room, the Medi-Control Centre they were in earlier.) VARGA: The black box. Find it, quickly. 11. IONISER CONTROL ROOM GARRETT: It's still on half power, but it's holding well. CLENT: Good. (To THE DOCTOR.) Well? DOCTOR: Well I still think you ought to get in an expert. Why can't you get one? CLENT: I choose not to. DOCTOR: But why? CLENT: You're not here to question me. DOCTOR: No, I'm here to help you... if I choose. CLENT: This is the most important job I've ever had. Now every other project I've handled with ease. Nothing has failed. I was chosen because I never fail. When I handpicked the team, I made one vital mistake. DOCTOR: This chap Penley. CLENT: Best man in Europe for ionisation studies. As it turned out hopelessly temperamental. DOCTOR: Temperamental or individual, hmm? Creative scientists have to be allowed some head you know. CLENT: Creative poppycock. When he walked out of here he proclaimed himself to be criminally, criminally irresponsible. DOCTOR: It couldn't have been just a simple gesture of protest. CLENT: He was always protesting. This is a team, a team with a mission. If we fail, others cannot succeed. DOCTOR: And your name will suffer. That's important. CLENT: I lead the team. I depend on the experts I picked. My, my, my, my judgement was sound. Others won't see it that way. DOCTOR: So you do need Penley. CLENT: No I do not need Penley. But I do need an equivalent brain. But it would be months before anyone else could pick up the knowledge that Penley acquired here. Just isn't time, that's the pertinent issue. DOCTOR: Well I'll try and help you. But I do think you might try trusting human beings instead of computers. CLENT: I trust no one, Doctor. Not any more. Human emotions are unreliable. I'll just go and see that the working area reserved for you in the Medi-Control Centre is ready. 12. MEDI-CONTROL CENTER VARGA: The power pack. VICTORIA: I'm looking! (VICTORIA squeals as she knocks something down from the shelf. She eventually finds the black box.) VICTORIA: Yes, yes. They look like the one, yes. Yes. (VARGA takes the power pack.) VARGA: You are coming with me, to the ice mountain. (CLENT enters the room, seeing VARGA alive for the first time.) CLENT: Who are you!? (VARGA swings the power pack by its wires, knocking CLENT to the ground, unconscious.) VICTORIA: You k*lled him! VARGA: Come. (They leave the room together, heading for the mountain and the remaining warriors. Once they are gone, PENLEY emerges from hiding and enters the room. He is examining CLENT as THE DOCTOR joins him.) PENLEY: I er... I was gonna give him this. (He shows THE DOCTOR the phial he was going to administer. THE DOCTOR coughs as he smells the phile.) DOCTOR: That's disgusting! It's just the thing. (He pauses.) Did you do this? PENLEY: I've come very close to it at times. I've never seen him look so peaceful. DOCTOR: Oh, he'll be alright. Did you see who did do it? PENLEY: Yes. A monstrous looking creature. I didn't like the look of him at all. DOCTOR: Was there a girl there?! PENLEY: Yes, she seemed scared stiff. DOCTOR: Well why didn't you try and stop them?! PENLEY: Well I came here to get some drugs for a man who is sick. I couldn't run the risk of getting caught. DOCTOR: But she's only a young girl! PENLEY: She's alive. My friend will die if I don't get back. DOCTOR: Yes. Yes I see. PENLEY: Are you going after them? I can take you part of the way. DOCTOR: No no they're searching already. There's a red alarm all over the base. PENLEY: Well I've got what I want. I'm off. DOCTOR: Penley? PENLEY: You know about me then. My escapades in computer-land. DOCTOR: They need you here you know. They need you desperately. PENLEY: Needing isn't getting. I'm free of their problems for good. DOCTOR: They're... they're your problems too, you know. It's your world. PENLEY: My world is up here. (He points to his head.) Private, and no admittance. Well I'm gonna go then. DOCTOR: I expect you know what you're doing. PENLEY: You know it's nice to meet one that they haven't got at yet. DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. PENLEY: Goodbye. DOCTOR: Goodbye. (THE DOCTOR puts the phial under CLENT's nose. He coughs.) GARRETT: They're in here! (GARRETT, JAMIE and ARDEN make their way into the room, at the same time as CLENT regains consciousness.) DOCTOR: Where's Victoria? GARRETT: Leader Clent! (GARRETT and ARDEN race to help CLENT to is feet.) ARDEN: What's happened? CLENT: (Sounding fatigued and pausing during sentences.) Where are they? GARRETT: I've just had a message from the perimeter gate. He smashed his way through, taking the girl with him. CLENT: He knocked me out... with a power pack. DOCTOR: With a power pack? You mean the one that you used to unfreeze him? CLENT: Yes. And he and the girl... have many more. ARDEN: To revitalise others like himself. CLENT: Others? What do you mean. We don't know that there are others. JAMIE: Well now he'll head for the glacier. Let's get way after him. DOCTOR: No no. That's what he wants us to do. That's why he's taken Victoria with him as a hostage. No. We must let him show his hand first. JAMIE: Well we can't just stand around waiting! DOCTOR: We're not going to. Only until morning. That'll be time enough. CLENT: No now! Must I remind you... of the mission that you have yet to accomplish? ARDEN: Oh no Clent, not at night. Not for you or anybody. You've never been out there at night. 13. GLACIER FACE (VARGA is searching for the remaining warriors using some kind of beeping homing device.) VARGA: I have located my warriors. (The beeping stops.) VARGA: When your friends come after us, they will find a surprise. VICTORIA: What are you going to do? VARGA: You'll see. Don't try to run away. VICTORIA: I... I was only going to watch you. VARGA: You are going to help me. (Using the sonic g*n he sets about melting the ice.) 14. PLANT MUSEUM (PENLEY has returned to an unconscious STORR. He finishes giving the drugs to him.) PENLEY: 24 hours and you'll be your old animal-like self again. And while you're undergoing repairs, Storr old chap, I'm going to do a bit of hunting myself. Up on the glacier. (To himself, in the mirror.) Something strange is happening, Elric Penley, honoured sir. That warrior, that girl, that funny scruffy looking chap. Something strange indeed. Something disturbing. Something to do with the ice. And if what that particular chap has said is true, if, if they really need me, it may mean the parting of the ways for us. 15. GLACIER FACE (VARGA has completed cutting the frozen warriors from the ice.) VARGA: It's done. They are free. And now, to bring them back to life.
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foreverdreaming
by Brian Hayles first broadcast - 25 November 1967 1. GLACIER FACE (VARGA and hostage VICTORIA are watching the millennia-old ice melting around the WARRIOR. The ice around its torso has dissipated, leaving the warrior in ice from its stomach down. Attached to it is one of the power packs from the base.) VARGA: See. It is working. Zondal is coming to life. Zondal... Zondal... Zondal... (VARGA watches ZONDAL gradually becoming free. The sound of the ice cracking as it melts can be heard. From a safe distance, PENLEY watches the proceedings.) 2. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (THE DOCTOR and JAMIE are waiting at the side of the room for the mission to find the spaceship and VICTORIA to commence.) JAMIE: Wish me luck, Doctor. DOCTOR: You, take care of yourself Jamie, and keep an eye on Arden. I don't think he quite realises how dangerous this creature is. JAMIE: After what's happened here - he must be blind. DOCTOR: Well, he's a scientist and a bit inclined to have his head in the air. You know what they're like. JAMIE: Aye, I certainly do. (ARDEN and CLENT make their way over to the duo.) ARDEN: Are you all ready lad? JAMIE: Aye. Let's away. DOCTOR: Good luck. ARDEN: Now we don't know how many of them there are, so we'll have to tread carefully. CLENT: You will not expose yourself to any unnecessary v*olence, Arden? ARDEN: Now listen Clent, we both know that I'm responsible for what has happened. If I hadn't brought that creature back here in the first place, none of this would have occurred. I also caused the death of Davis, I can't forget that either. CLENT: Well you just remember your mission, that's all. And no wild sorties after the girl. It's vital that you get your information back to us immediately. JAMIE: Look, we'll not leave Victoria to the warriors, if that's what you mean. If there's half a chance of... CLENT: (Interrupting.) You will take your orders from Scientist Arden! Act according to your priorities, Arden. ARDEN: Come along, boy. CLENT: Arden. ARDEN: Yes? CLENT: (Sounding uncomfortable.) Er... don't be too hard on yourself. Scientists must question, you know. Um... I mean if, er... if I'd been in your shoes... I think I'd have done the same. I'd have... I'd have brought it back. So, anyway, good luck. (They begin to leave the room.) DOCTOR: Good luck Jamie! JAMIE: And you, Doctor. (ARDEN and JAMIE leave the control room.) CLENT: Well Doctor, let's see you go into action. I'll just get Miss Garrett to take you over the set-up here. DOCTOR: Er... Miss Garrett? Oh no, no. There's no need to go into formalities. CLENT: Miss Garrett? I like things done properly. Where is she? DOCTOR: Er, Clent, just remember - I am not a member of your staff. I'm just a working guest as you might say. CLENT: Yes, of course. But this is a formal establishment, and our regulations... DOCTOR: (Interrupting.) Your regulations do not apply to me. I work in my own way, freely. CLENT: I see, like Penley. Regulations seemed to bother him, too. Probably caused his eventual breakdown, in fact. DOCTOR: Breakdown? I thought you said he defected? CLENT: Did I? Well, one thing lead to another, naturally. He was under a great deal of pressure. Just er, too much for him, that's all. DOCTOR: Oh, I see. 3. PLANT MUSEUM STORR: A creature growing out of the ice! Bahhh! PENLEY: I assure you that what I saw was very real - and terrifying. STORR: You've been out in the mountain too long. It takes some people that way - especially the brainy ones. PENLEY: Hmmm. Very well, don't believe me, but I still intend to find out. STORR: Ah well, you can leave me out of your fun and games. I've got enough troubles of my own. PENLEY: You're fit enough now - to do the cooking, at least - thanks to science. STORR: Science! Ach, it wasn't science, it was just good plain doctoring. (PENLEY suppresses a laugh.) STORR: And if you smirk again like that, I'll crack your head open with this! (He brandishes a Kn*fe.) PENLEY: Yes, you're definitely back to your normal witty self. STORR: Ach. (STORR gives PENLEY a look of alert.) PENLEY: What's the matter? STORR: (Whispering.) Someone's outside! PENLEY: They must have tracked me here from the base. Hide yourself - we don't want you carted off to Africa yet. (Looking around, PENLEY finds GARRETT.) PENLEY: You! GARRETT: I followed you. It's alright, I'm alone. PENLEY: What do you want? GARRETT: We're in desperate trouble at the base. You're the only one who can help us. PENLEY: Clent doesn't need me. All he wants is a mirror - preferably rose-tinted. GARRETT: He does need you - to make the ioniser work again. PENLEY: Is that all? GARRETT: No. He's faced with having to report the full situation to World Control. (PENLEY Laughs.) PENLEY: Now we're coming to it, aren't we? The great Clent would have to admit failure. That's it, isn't it? Poor old Clent. He never could face the music. Here, ah, what, ah, what about this creature at the glacier? GARRETT: It's only part of our trouble. The real problem is the ioniser. Will you come? PENLEY: It's typical of him to send you, instead of armed guards. GARRETT: He doesn't know I'm here. I'm asking you. PENLEY: I won't come. GARRETT: But you can't just step aside. A man like you - living like a scavenger. It's utterly wrong! Civilisation needs you. PENLEY: Jane, I chose this existence. I chose it because I refuse to be sucked into that computerised ant-heap you call a civilisation. I'm a man, not a machine. I will not return. GARRETT: Not even to save the world? (He laughs again.) PENLEY: Save the world? Well that has a fine Clentian ring to it. No thanks no. It'll take more than me to do that. But don't you worry. You don't get rid of my sort all that easily. Machines corrode and rust, but mankind goes on. You'll, you'll find Clent one of these days in a museum, like that ancient stove,... (He indicates the display in the museum.) PENLEY: ...with an inscription 'round him: "ROBOTISED HUMAN - MARK TWO: NOW EXTINCT". But you'll find others like me still alive. GARRETT: Surely Elric that's all the more reason to come back - to change things! PENLEY: Don't you understand Jane? Clent's just a talker. He's a glib political animal. Even if I did change things, the Clents of this world would still come out on top. Running things according to their own whims and indulgences. And the pity of it is, they believe they're right. GARRETT: Then you leave me no alternative. (She reveals a small g*n.) GARRETT: You will come - and now! PENLEY: You must be desperate! But tranquillising me isn't going to make it any easier - you'd never be able to carry me all that way! STORR: No you don't! (STORR surprises GARRETT by attacking her with a Kn*fe. He knocks away her g*n. PENLEY grabs it and turns it on her.) GARRETT: Who's this? PENLEY: Just a friend. Now what are you gonna do? GARRETT: Return to base, and wait for the inevitable disaster. STORR: Oh no you don't. I'm not having you set the dogs on me! I'll soon put an end to her game - give me that! (STORR tries to grab the g*n off PENLEY.) PENLEY: Storr, no! She won't put us away. GARRETT: No, I won't. STORR: I don't trust any of 'em. GARRETT: Please trust me enough to come with me to safety. Apart from the danger of the glacier these creatures. PENLEY: Oh yes, your "ice warriors". Well, we shall just have to take our chance. No, I won't return. And now you must go. But, if the genius does have trouble with the ioniser, look up my notes on the omega factor. GARRETT: Thank you for that at least. (She leaves.) STORR: This ice warrior - it's real then. PENLEY: Oh yes. And I'm going up there again. STORR: But why, man? PENLEY: Because I must know. Now, put this Kn*fe to more sensible use. 4. GLACIER FACE (VARGA has succeeded in resuscitating his fellow warriors. The crew members are ZONDAL, TUROC, RINTAN and ISBUR. VARGA addresses VICTORIA.) VARGA: If you value life, obey, and do not anger us. VICTORIA: (Terrified.) I... I want to go back to my friends. VARGA: Perhaps later. For the moment, you are useful to us. Zondal. ZONDAL: Commander. VARGA: You will locate our buried spaceship without delay. ZONDAL: That will not be difficult. VARGA: You will excavate sufficient space to form a cave. ZONDAL: A cave. VARGA: To act as a trap. VICTORIA: A, a trap? Who for? VARGA: Do not interfere. Your friends may att*ck us. VICTORIA: But, but they don't want to att*ck you. They could help you. VARGA: We do not need help. VICTORIA: You'd still be frozen and d*ad if it wasn't for us. VARGA: You are a child. VICTORIA: Oh, why won't you listen? VARGA: (To ZONDAL.) Commence. VICTORIA: What are you going to do with me? VARGA: (He laughs, a rasping sound.) Bait. Bait for the trap. (Again he laughs.) ZONDAL: Activate direction sensors. (The beeping noise VARGA uses to find his crew sounds again.) ZONDAL: Steady. (The beeping stops.) ZONDAL: Sonic g*n ready. Set to wide impact. Take aim. Continuous... f*re! (The distinctive shrill of the w*apon f*ring again fills the air. The area explodes in a blast of broken ice, creating the desired cave. Again, PENLEY watches from a distance.) 5. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (In the control room, THE DOCTOR is muttering to himself as he tries to solve the ionisers problems.) DOCTOR: If I was to reverse the sequence... to give a density ratio... where did I?... (He searches the piles of paper he has amassed.) DOCTOR: ...yes, here we are... if I reverse the sequence... to give a density ratio... excuse me... Excuse me! Yes... (CLENT comes over to reply to THE DOCTOR's cry.) CLENT: Genius at work, I see. (THE DOCTOR does not notice him.) CLENT: Good morning Doctor. DOCTOR: Mmm? (To himself.) Yes... CLENT: Well this is all very impressive, Doctor, but don't you think it'd be simpler to use a computer? DOCTOR: What computer? CLENT: The base computer. DOCTOR: Yes, er, they're useful for digital analysis, but I very rarely use them, except when I have to. (Suddenly THE DOCTOR is extremely urgent.) DOCTOR: There is one thing you could do to me - for me which would be very important! CLENT: Yes, yes, anything. What is it? DOCTOR: Lend me a pencil. (CLENT gives him a packet of pencils.) DOCTOR: Oh, that would be even better. CLENT: Doctor, would you mind explaining just what it is that you are... DOCTOR: (Talking over the top of CLENT.) Now, this is wrong... this is wrong. It's not right, there's something missing. Er... CLENT: Would these figures help? DOCTOR: Supposing I - what are they? CLENT: Data readings from the other bases. DOCTOR: Oh, computer checked, I hope? CLENT: (Proudly.) Of course. DOCTOR: Oh, thank heavens for that. (GARRETT enters the room.) GARRETT: Doctor, I found something here that I think you might... CLENT: (Interrupting.) Where have you been, Miss Garrett? Your instructions were to help the Doctor, were they not? GARRETT: Yes, Leader Clent. I have been looking up Scientist Penley's notes - these. Could these help? (She hands THE DOCTOR the notes.) DOCTOR: What are they? Omega... well what does he mean? Omega... what does he... wait a minute. Wait a minute! Yes! Yes of course the... the Omega Factor! There... and here... and, and there! Yes! Ha ha! Your friend Penley is very clever! CLENT: Is that it? DOCTOR: Yes! That's it! CLENT: (Sounding very relieved.) That's fantastic. DOCTOR: Oh, when you've been at it as long as I have it's nothing. GARRETT: Do you think it could possibly work? CLENT: It's very possible. DOCTOR: Possible? It's perfect! Well, it's nearly perfect. CLENT: We shall see. DOCTOR: Oh, it'll work, alright. CLENT: The computer will confirm that, I'm sure. DOCTOR: Computer? GARRETT: Well, everything's checked. DOCTOR: (Exploding.) I resent that! CLENT: Just normal practice, Doctor. DOCTOR: It should be the other way 'round! CLENT: We have to be quite sure. It'll only take a matter of seconds. Um, copy all this down, Miss Garrett, and then we can feed it through the computer and do a simulator run. I'll just go and set it up. (He leaves the discussion.) DOCTOR: I shall demand an apology, you know. GARRETT: We may not have time for that. DOCTOR: Well, I'm glad you had time to look up Penley's notes. GARRETT: Well I thought it might be useful. DOCTOR: Pity that he turned traitor. GARRETT: Clent might call him that, but he's still the most brilliant scientist we have. DOCTOR: Oh. Oh, it's nice to see he still has some friends in the base. 6. GLACIER CAVE (ARDEN speaks into his wrist communicator in a hushed voice. The communicator makes a beeping sound.) ARDEN: Glacier task unit. Leader Clent, please. Leader Clent, please. 7. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (CLENT and THE DOCTOR make their way over to the base's communicator - a large television screen.) CLENT: Clent here. Report. (The beeping stops.) ARDEN: (On the television screen in the base.) We've arrived at the glacier site. There's something strange. CLENT: What is? ARDEN: The ice face. It's been excavated, into a cave. DOCTOR: How? ARDEN: By some kind of tool, I think. CLENT: Is there any sign of a spacecraft? ARDEN: Yes. DOCTOR: There is? Where? ARDEN: Well at the back of the cave there's what looks like a metal door in the ice. 8. THE SPACECRAFT (Inside the warriors spacecraft, they watch the conversation on a monitor.) 9. GLACIER CAVE ARDEN: The place is apparently deserted. DOCTOR: Well make sure you don't go too near. CLENT: (To THE DOCTOR.) Excuse me. Take the necessary readings, and leave quickly, Arden. ARDEN: I'll take care. (ARDEN moves over to JAMIE.) JAMIE: What readings? ARDEN: Radiation, magnetic field and ion density. Won't take long. JAMIE: I don't fancy this place. (One of the warriors appears through the door. ARDEN and JAMIE do not notice it.) ARDEN: There's never been such a discovery as this! All my life... (The warrior sh**t down ARDEN and JAMIE. VICTORIA appears through the door and is horrified by what she sees.) VICTORIA: (Emotionally, almost crying.) Argghh! No! Oh Jamie, no! What have you done to him?! You k*lled them! VARGA: It was necessary. VICTORIA: Oh, you're monsters! VARGA: Remove her - inside. (The warriors take her back inside the spacecraft.) VICTORIA: Oh, leave me alone! Oh, please! You've done enough! Please, leave me alone! I want to go back! Please! (There is a beeping sound. VARGA and ZONDAL remain outside.) ZONDAL: There may be more of them. VARGA: If more of them come, we will destroy them. If no more of them come, we will know there are not enough of them to resist us. ZONDAL: Let us destroy the girl now. VARGA: They came after her. She is obviously of some value to them. ZONDAL: Then they will try again. VARGA: We shall be ready for them. But first, Zondal, you have a task to complete. The propulsion unit. It must be made to function. Time is vital. You must succeed. ZONDAL: Yes, Commander. VARGA: Come. (Once VARGA and ZONDAL have left, PENLEY emerges from hiding. He examines PENLEY and JAMIE, and decides to carry JAMIE away with him.) 10. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (CLENT walks into the room.) CLENT: We've just finished programming the computer. We shall have the result very quickly. DOCTOR: Isn't it about time that Arden and Jamie reported again? CLENT: Yes, that's true. But you know what Arden is, with his scientific curiosity. DOCTOR: Yes, very human. I'm worried about them too... (THE DOCTOR moves over to use the communicator. CLENT stops him.) CLENT: Yes, I'll do it if you don't mind. Leader Clent calling Scientist Arden. Arden? Do you receive me? DOCTOR: He's not answering. Yes, something has happened to them. CLENT: It looks as if he's... Arden. For heaven's sake man, come in! 11. GLACIER CAVE (THE DOCTOR's face can be seen on the wrist communicator, which is lying in the snow.) DOCTOR: Jamie. Answer me! Jamie! What's happened? Jamie! Jamie! 12. IONISER CONTROL ROOM DOCTOR: I will never forgive myself if anything's happened to Jamie. CLENT: What about this project with Arden missing? DOCTOR: Oh, your ioniser will work alright. CLENT: I hope so. I'm not sure that I trust your judgement yet, Doctor. DOCTOR: What do you mean - I'm only human? Well as a matter of fact... (GARRETT rushes into the room.) GARETT: (Interrupting the DOCTOR.) It works! DOCTOR: I told you it would. GARRETT: The equation works! DOCTOR: I told you it would. CLENT: Good. Good! Jolly good, success is at last possible. Inform all ioniser bases, Miss Garrett. Thank you Doctor, it's a triumph. (GARRETT exits the room.) DOCTOR: Very likely. But somewhere, out on that ice face, are two young people for whom I have considerable affection! That is no triumph! CLENT: I appreciate your feelings. I too, have lost a colleague. DOCTOR: They're not colleagues - they're friends! CLENT: But we cannot be sentimental in this situation, Doctor. Our mission continues, we must all play our part. DOCTOR: I've played mine, it's finished. CLENT: What a triumph. Europe saved, science the victor over nature, and it happened in my sector. Well, it's not the first time. (GARRETT re-enters the room, having completed notifying the other bases.) GARRETT: Now we can go ahead! It only needs programming. DOCTOR: Aren't you forgetting something? CLENT: I'm sorry, some lives are bound to be lost. DOCTOR: No no, I don't mean that. Arden - he's not yet completed his mission! GARRETT: Yes, of course. The spaceship reactor. We daren't proceed until we've heard from Arden! CLENT: Where is he, where is he, where is he? 13. PLANT MUSEUM (PENLEY and STORR are nursing the injured JAMIE.) STORR: Did you have to bring him back here? Another mouth to feed! PENLEY: You may hate scientists, Storr, but there's no need to hate all human beings. STORR: I don't trust anyone from Clent's base. JAMIE: (Recovering consciousness.) Who are you? Where's Arden, what happened?! Oh, my head. PENLEY: Now you must rest, you're suffering from severe shock. Now just lie still. JAMIE: Well, where am I? STORR: Ah, never you mind. Somewhere safe. JAMIE: Well what happened to me? A... a... and Arden? PENLEY: Arden's d*ad. You were both sh*t down by the warriors. JAMIE: Arden d*ad? PENLEY: They used some sort of ray g*n. JAMIE: So we failed. STORR: You came to rescue the girl? Is that it? JAMIE: You've seen Victoria!? Is she still alive!? PENLEY: Yes, she is alive. JAMIE: Then we can still save her! You will help me, please! PENLEY: Now you're not yet well enough. We'll discuss it later. JAMIE: No it'll be to late then. They might... (He groans with pain.) JAMIE: My head. No, you, you must help me save Vic... Victor... it'll be too... too late... (He drifts into unconsciousness.) 14. GLACIER CAVE (VICTORIA wanders outside the spaceship, and finds the wrist communicator. She tries to contact the base.) VICTORIA: Doctor. If only I could make this thing work! Th - this is Victoria, calling the Doctor, or, or Leader Clent. This is Victoria, please answer me. 15. THE SPACECRAFT (The WARRIORS watch VICTORIA on their screen.) ZONDAL: The girl, Commander, she will betray us. VARGA: She has courage. But she is also very stupid, to think that we would not watch her every move. ZONDAL: She must be stopped. 16. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (THE DOCTOR sees VICTORIA on the bases communicator.) DOCTOR: It's Victoria! Victoria! Where are you? VICTORIA: I... 17. GLACIER CAVE VICTORIA: ...I don't know... 18. IONISER CONTROL ROOM VICTORIA: ...some sort of cave. DOCTOR: Are you alright? VICTORIA: Yes, but, oh Doctor, something terrible's happened! DOCTOR: What? VICTORIA: They, they've sh*t Jamie and Arden! DOCTOR: What? Well, well is he d*ad? Is, is he wounded? Is he badly wounded? VICTORIA: I, I, I don't know. DOCTOR: What do you mean? VICTORIA: Well he, he, he's gone. 19. GLACIER CAVE VICTORIA: Arden's body's still here, and he's d*ad, but the warriors are from Mars, and oh Doctor it's horrible! (She erupts into tears.) CLENT: Keep calm girl. We want facts. Tell us about the spacecraft first. VICTORIA: No, please just, please listen to me. Arden's d*ad, and, and Jamie's disappeared. 20. IONISER CONTROL ROOM VICTORIA: Don't you understand? They're ruthless K*llers and they'll stop at nothing. Now please, listen to me. There's no time to lose. 21. THE SPACECRAFT (THE WARRIORS prepare to f*re their ships g*n at VICTORIA.) VARGA: Ready to f*re... 22. GLACIER CAVE (The g*n moves into position to k*ll VICTORIA.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x13 - The Ice Warriors - part 3"}
foreverdreaming
by Brian Hayles first broadcast - 2 December 1967 1. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (On the screen in their ship, the VARGA and ZONDAL watch VICTORIA contacting the base on the d*ad ARDEN's wrist communicator. They aim the crafts g*n and prepare to f*re.) ZONDAL: Ready to f*re. (VARGA flicks a switch.) 2. GLACIER CAVE (The g*n can be seen withdrawing.) 3. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT VARGA: Not yet. ZONDAL: She has betrayed us. She must be destroyed. VARGA: Let her talk first. ZONDAL: They will know our numbers. VARGA: They will also know she is alive. She is a bait. 4. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (The DOCTOR and CLENT watch VICTORIA on their screen.) DOCTOR: Victoria, tell us more about the warriors. VICTORIA: Er, they're from Mars... CLENT: (Interrupting.) They're not important. Have you seen the propulsion unit of the spacecraft, girl? VICTORIA: Oh, propulsion unit? CLENT: The engines! VICTORIA: Oh yes. They're busy repairing them now. CLENT: What kind are they? It's vitally important. VICTORIA: I... I've no idea! CLENT: Well, reactor turbine? Ion jet? Anti-gravity? Think girl! DOCTOR: Can you describe them to us, Victoria dear? VICTORIA: Yes, yes I think so. CLENT: Well hurry girl! (The DOCTOR looks agitated with CLENT.) VICTORIA: Look it isn't easy. Now I have to have time to think... (The picture is replaced by static.) DOCTOR: Victoria? Victoria what's happened? Are you alright? Answer me! (VICTORIA fades back into view.) VICTORIA: I'm alright. 5. GLACIER CAVE VICTORIA: It's the glacier. It's moving all the time. DOCTOR: (From the wrist communicator.) You're not hurt? (She shakes her head.) CLENT: The engines, tell us about the engines! 6. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (The ICE WARRIORS watch VICTORIA on their screen.) VARGA: She has told them enough. Bring her in. (Two warriors move off to re-capture VICTORIA.) ZONDAL: Destroy her. VARGA: You are wrong Zondal. She must answer some questions first. Why are they so interested in our engines? Why are they afraid? 7. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (THE DOCTOR and CLENT continue their conversation with VICTORIA.) VICTORIA: There's... there's someone coming! DOCTOR: Victoria... Victoria. Can you see the base from where you are? VICTORIA: Yes. Yes I can. DOCTOR: Do you think you can get back to it? VICTORIA: I can give it a try. DOCTOR: Well, get in contact again as soon as you can! Good luck! 8. GLACIER CAVE (VICTORIA finishes talking, and immediately sees TUROC coming through the spacecraft door. She moves into a narrow, body-width crevasse. There is a small shake, and more ice falls. She moves behind a ridge about a metre into the crevasse, and turns to see TUROC, who has not yet noticed her.) 9. IONISER CONTROL ROOM DOCTOR: Yes. (He moves across the room to a machine. It has a circular screen, an old telephone-style dial, and a dispensing compartment at the bottom.) DOCTOR: This is an a*t*matic chemical dispenser is it not? GARRETT: Yes. DOCTOR: How does it work? (CLENT follows him over.) CLENT: Well, you choose the category of the article that you want by, er, indicating it on one of these little chaps here. (THE DOCTOR does so, and it moves around so another side is facing him.) CLENT: Jolly good. And er, now you dial the precise chemical formula that you want there. DOCTOR: May I? There's something I need rather desperately. (THE DOCTOR dials two numbers on the dialer and retrieves the small plastic cup from the bottom of the machine. He peels off the cover.) CLENT: Oh, what's that? DOCTOR: Water. CLENT: Indeed. (THE DOCTOR drinks the glass.) DOCTOR: Ah, that's better. Now then, let's see. Jamie has vanished. (He dials in a number.) DOCTOR: Victoria's on her way back to the base. (Another number is dialed in.) DOCTOR: And neither of them can help us with our main problem. (He dials in the final number. A small phial is produced at the bottom of the machine. He picks it up.) DOCTOR: An exact description of the spacecrafts propulsion unit. GARRETT: That will? (She points at the phial.) DOCTOR: I will. CLENT: With the help of ammonium sulphide? DOCTOR: We know these creatures come from Mars, don't we? What do we know about their planet's atmospheric conditions? (CLENT motions for GARRETT to answer.) GARRETT: Chiefly nitrogen with virtually no oxygen or hydrogen. DOCTOR: Then they're not going to enjoy this little concoction much, are they? CLENT: What? You mean you plan to use it as a kind of... toxic gas? DOCTOR: Well, if I'm going to an alien spaceship it may come in handy. CLENT: Now don't be ridiculous. We've lost Arden already. DOCTOR: Arden fell into a trap. I know what to expect. CLENT: I, I, I refuse to allow you to go! DOCTOR: Splendid! You go instead then! GARRETT: No one can be spared! Least of all Leader Clent! DOCTOR: I can be spared. I've done all I can here. The ioniser will work without me. I'll start getting ready then. CLENT: But if anything goes wrong with the countdown! DOCTOR: Oh, you'll manage. CLENT: No! DOCTOR: It's as simple as this: someone has to get to the spacecraft, find out what sort of propulsion unit it has, and bring the information back to you! Or we can't use the ioniser! Now, who better than me? CLENT: I've come to regard you as Penley's replacement. And, um... alright, alright! But it's strictly under protest! DOCTOR: Thank you. GARRETT: How will you get the information back to us? DOCTOR: Ah. Now I don't suppose you have a, a, a, a small radio transmitter? CLENT: No, our video links are the only communicators available. Pure sound is no longer in use. DOCTOR: Oh, well you won't see me, but you'll hear me. (He goes over and CLENT gives him a wrist communicator.) DOCTOR: As soon as I get to the glacier face I'll switch it on and you'll overhear. I hope. GARRETT: Is that all you're taking? DOCTOR: Why, what else do I need? CLENT: But the Warriors are armed! DOCTOR: But I'm not going to fight a duel. GARRETT: But you must be in a position to defend yourself! (THE DOCTOR gets his fur coat off the coat hanger on the wall.) GARRETT: They'll try to k*ll you out of hand! DOCTOR: Oh, I don't think so. (He indicates the ammonium sulphide.) DOCTOR: This is my defence. CLENT: But how can you rely on that? They've already proved themselves to be utterly ruthless. (THE DOCTOR puts on his coat.) DOCTOR: I think they'll listen to me. GARRETT: You mean you're going to let them take you prisoner? DOCTOR: That is exactly what I'm going to do. 10. GLACIERS (TUROC has spotted VICTORIA and has trapped her in the crevasse. She races off further down, and TUROC follows. She looks back and seeing nothing, thinks she has avoided him. But, TUROC moves around into view of her, and she screams. Reaching a d*ad end, she punches her way past a thin layer of ice, into another part of the cave, which she climbs into. She notices her wrist communicator has gone, and thinking she has evaded the ice warrior, she moves back to find it. However, she gasps as she sees him bashing his way easily through the ice. She hides behind a nearby ridge of ice, and TUROC walks straight past her. She can see the communicator on the ground right behind him, and as she reaches down to get it, TUROC turns around. He marches quickly towards her and grabs her by the wrist, just as another avalanche takes place, and the roof of the cave begins to fall down.) 11. PLANT MUSEUM (PENLEY is tending over the still unconscious JAMIE, while STORR prepares the next meal.) PENLEY: I think he's gonna wake. (STORR moves over to watch.) PENLEY: Pulse isn't too good. STORR: His fever's gone. PENLEY: Well, his body is young. It will heal. STORR: Then, why you looking so worried? PENLEY: I don't know yet. The w*apon they used on him - they're curious. STORR: Aye, scientifically designed, of course. PENLEY: This is no time for debates. STORR: Aye, it's easily said. I'll away and fetch a fresh drink. (JAMIE wakes up at this moment, and begins to struggle with PENLEY.) JAMIE: You'll not keep me prisoner! PENLEY: Stay still! (STORR races back.) JAMIE: No get away out of it! PENLEY: Storr! STORR: Stop fighting! JAMIE: You'll not keep me! PENLEY: We're your friends! STORR: We saved your life! JAMIE: Oh, ooh. (He clutches at his head.) JAMIE: Oh my head. Ah. (PENLEY tries to apply a sponge-like pad to his head.) JAMIE: What you doing to me? PENLEY: I'm going to try and ease your pain with this tranquiliser pad. JAMIE: I don't believe you! PENLEY: Now you must trust us. We know about your friend. We may be able to help. JAMIE: Victoria? Well where is she? PENLEY: In the alien spaceship. JAMIE: Alien? PENLEY: These warriors are not of our time. Nor of this planet. JAMIE: So, how would you know all that? STORR: Ah, because he's a scientist. He can produce an explanation for anything. JAMIE: And you? STORR: I'm a loyalist. JAMIE: A loyalist! STORR: Ah! They've told you have they? JAMIE: Aye! But there's no time to talk. I came here to rescue Victoria. PENLEY: You're in no way... JAMIE: (Interrupting.) Oh, just you try me. Here give me a hand. (STORR moves over to help him up from his bed.) STORR: He's not as bad as you say Penley. JAMIE: Your scientists aren't always right! STORR: Ah ha! You hear that Penley! (JAMIE cannot stand up.) STORR: But, your legs are still weak. JAMIE: (Panicking.) My legs! I can't feel my - I can't stand! STORR: Oh, is this what your stupid drugs can do? PENLEY: Don't be a fool, Storr. Of course it's not the drugs. JAMIE: Well what is it then? PENLEY: Well their w*apon must have affected your central nervous system. JAMIE: You mean I'm paralysed? 12. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (VARGA monitors the spacecrafts controls, while ZONDAL returns from outside.) VARGA: Where is the girl? ZONDAL: Turoc has not yet returned. VARGA: He must find her. ZONDAL: Why? VARGA: We need her to draw an intelligent being from the base. ZONDAL: To find out the kind of reactor they use. VARGA: Yes. Without the ... fuel elements we are helpless. ZONDAL: And if they have them? VARGA: We shall take them. (Two more warriors enter through the door.) VARGA: Is the fuel completely run down? (One of them nods. They then move off.) ZONDAL: If the scientists succeed in melting the ice? VARGA: There will be floods. ZONDAL: No hope for our engines, then? VARGA: Or for us. ZONDAL: The g*n is our only chance. 13. GLACIER (VICTORIA is in the cave with TUROC. The d*ad ice warrior is covered in snow, having been crushed by the ice. However, it still holds onto VICTORIA's arm with a vice like grip that she cannot move.) VICTORIA: Help! Oh, somebody help me! Ugh! Help! Somebody! (There is the sound of more ice movement, and some of the roof of the cave falls down.) VICTORIA: Arrgghh! Oh no! No! Oh please! Help me somebody! Please help me! 14. PLANT MUSEUM (PENLEY and STORR are still tending to JAMIE.) PENLEY: Well, there's nothing more I can do for him. That's the last of the tranquiliser pads. STORR: Do ye... understand his illness? PENLEY: No, and I've no way of knowing the cause. STORR: Well, there's one way we can save him. PENLEY: How? STORR: To befriend the aliens. PENLEY: Oh don't be a fool Storr! STORR: Oh they'll help us. I'll talk to them. They'll understand. (He moves over to a table to put on another fur coat.) PENLEY: But they're warriors, trained to k*ll. STORR: Ach, only in self-defense, surely. PENLEY: Oh rubbish no! We've got to get the boy back to the base. STORR: No! PENLEY: For the boy's sake. STORR: Oh, ye, ye, ye trying to trap me! There's no return for me to the civilisation that Clent represents. This is where I stay. PENLEY: Do you think the aliens are any better? They k*lled Arden. STORR: Ar, they were afraid. PENLEY: They're ruthless, they place no value on human life. STORR: Well I'll talk to them. Someone has to. PENLEY: We don't know what they're capable of, or why they're here. STORR: Well, I'll ask questions first, then act. PENLEY: It may be too late then. STORR: We'll see. PENLEY: No - wait! Storr, look, you don't know what you're running into! STORR: Now don't try and stop me! You look after the boy. (STORR leaves.) 15. GLACIER (STORR is making his way towards the ice warriors' spacecraft. He hears the calls of PENLEY.) PENLEY: Storr! Storr! Storr! Storr! (STORR hides behind a ridge, with a rock ready to h*t PENLEY with. He then hears, from the other direction, the cries of help from VICTORIA.) VICTORIA: Can you hear me! Help! Oh! I'm trapped! (STORR moves off in her direction. A few moments later, PENLEY moves past, and after avoiding another landslide, takes the wrong way. He soon runs across THE DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Oh, oh it's you again, is it? PENLEY: Has anyone passed this way? DOCTOR: No. Are you looking for someone? PENLEY: A rather ragged fellow. Like me. DOCTOR: No, nobody. Not even like me. PENLEY: Then I'm too late. There's nothing I can do. DOCTOR: Can I help you? PENLEY: Well you've helped me once already. Why didn't you give me away, or stop me at the base? DOCTOR: Well why should I? I don't believe everything Clent tells me. PENLEY: This boy. He's your friend. DOCTOR: You know where he is? Is he hurt? PENLEY: Come this way. 16. GLACIER (VICTORIA is still trapped and calling for help as STORR enters.) VICTORIA: Help me please! (He moves over to her.) VICTORIA: Who are you? STORR: Never mind about that now. VICTORIA: Would you release me please? (STORR struggles with TUROC's hand and manages to open it enough for VICTORIA to remove her hand.) STORR: Wh, what happened? VICTORIA: I run away and the warrior caught me. The ice fell... STORR: You ran away? But why? VICTORIA: The warriors - they're evil. They k*lled Arden. I think they want to destroy the base. STORR: They are against the scientists? VICTORIA: I know, but they won't listen. They think the ioniser is a w*apon against them. STORR: Ah, it's true. A w*apon of destruction. VICTORIA: Only to destroy the ice. STORR: Ah, it will destroy civilisation. VICTORIA: Anyway, thank you. STORR: Uh. VICTORIA: Ah, where were you going? STORR: Uh well, your friend, the boy. VICTORIA: Jamie! Jamie, he's alive! Oh, is he alright? STORR: Ah, he's desperately ill. I'm going for help. VICTORIA: But where? (There is another rumble, and part of the roof falls down again.) STORR: We'd better move out of here - quickly! 17. GLACIER CAVE (VARGA exits the ship to ZONDAL and one other warrior, who is working on the g*n.) VARGA: Is it ready? ZONDAL: We are checking the motivator. Realign harmonic frequencies to target points. (Inside, another warrior changes some settings.) ZONDAL: When do we att*ck the base? VARGA: Soon, Zondal, soon. Has Turoc returned? ZONDAL: Not yet Sir. (There is another shake.) VARGA: The ice, it is alive. (As the ice warriors move off to the side, STORR and VICTORIA reach the cave.) VICTORIA: The spaceship! STORR: Aye. VICTORIA: You came here on purpose? STORR: Of course! VICTORIA: I'm not coming with you! STORR: Oh, but you must! We must! You'll - we'll be safe! They'll listen to me. VICTORIA: But they won't! You can't trust them. STORR: Arh, they're against the scientists and the ioniser. That's good enough for me! VICTORIA: Is that your reason? I think that's wicked! STORR: Ar, they'll understand. VICTORIA: Let go of me! (The warriors come back into view of the trio.) VICTORIA: Oh! VARGA: Where's Turoc? VICTORIA: He... he was crushed by the ice. (VARGA moves his sonic g*n thr*at up to VICTORIA's face.) VICTORIA: Oh! VARGA: I give you your life. You run away. Because of that, one of my men is d*ad! VICTORIA: Honestly, it wasn't my fault! VARGA: Take her inside. (VICTORIA is dragged inside.) VICTORIA: You're not going to k*ll me are you? (VARGA turns his attention to STORR.) STORR: My name is Storr. I'm a scavenger. A loyalist. VARGA: You are from the base? STORR: No, I'm against the scientists. ZONDAL: You know nothing of their machines? STORR: No, I don't want to. Their intentions are evil. I want to help you destroy the scientists. ZONDAL: You. What good are you to us? STORR: Oh well, I know the land around here. I've lived here all my life. VARGA: You are not a scientist. Only a local native. ZONDAL: Useless and unnecessary. STORR: Oh, but I want to help you! (VARGA and ZONDAL use their g*n on STORR, who screams in pain as he falls to the ground, d*ad.) VARGA: Now, to question the girl. 18. PLANT MUSEUM (THE DOCTOR is just finishing fixing up JAMIE, while PENLEY watches.) DOCTOR: There we are! JAMIE: Good to see you again, Doctor. DOCTOR: Ah, won't be long before you're on your feet again, Jamie. JAMIE: How long? DOCTOR: Well, that depends. You've had some sort of shock to your brain, it's affected your nervous system. JAMIE: I will walk again, though? DOCTOR: Oh, yeah, of course you will. It's just a matter of time, that's all. JAMIE: Aye, well I'll take your word on that. (PENLEY takes him to one side.) PENLEY: What can we do for him? DOCTOR: Well the base is the only place he can be treated. PENLEY: Yes I know that, but he can't get there alone. (There is more rumbling, and the sound of glass breaking in the distance. Parts of the ceiling fall.) PENLEY: That's the glacier. It's moving forward even faster. DOCTOR: Yes. It'll flatten this place in no time at all. PENLEY: Alright. I'll help you take him back. DOCTOR: Well that's just it, you see. I, I can't go, there's something I must do. PENLEY: Well you don't expect me to face Clent alone? That mouth-piece of the computer? He's got a printed circuit where his heart should be! DOCTOR: He's a man with a mission. I don't think he can afford to reject you. PENLEY: Well that's not the point. Anyway, what are you gonna do? DOCTOR: I must speak with the warriors. JAMIE: No Doctor! PENLEY: Well what can you do alone? DOCTOR: I have to see whether Victoria got away safely, and I must find out whether this spacecraft is a danger to the ionisation program. I, I admit it won't be easy. JAMIE: Doctor, if you go to the warriors you'll be their prisoner! DOCTOR: Their guest I hope, Jamie. 19. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (CLENT is staring at the screen showing glacier activity.) CLENT: Look Miss Garrett, look. The glacier's moving. That's the fifth surge today. The ioniser just isn't holding it anymore. GARRETT: But we daren't increase power beyond the minimal. CLENT: Well I know the risk if the spaceship explodes. ... radioactivity level. We'd only replace one disaster with an even greater one. GARRETT: But you must make a decision soon. CLENT: No decision to be made yet! Computer can act only when given adequate information. We still don't know enough about the alien reactor. GARRETT: Suppose we never know? Suppose the Doctor never returns? CLENT: We'll face that if and when we have to. GARRETT: But you must have a plan in mind, surely? CLENT: I'm pinning all my hopes on the Doctor. He must succeed. (THE DOCTOR is seen on the control room's communicator screen.) DOCTOR: Here we go, Clent old chap. Wish me luck. 20. GLACIER CAVE (Avoiding another avalanche, THE DOCTOR makes it to outside the spacecraft. He reaches the door and knocks on it.) DOCTOR: Anyone at home? (As he walks around, the big g*n moves into sh**ting mode. He weaves under it.) DOCTOR: Open up. Come on, open up, I say! Very well, I shall count to ten. One... two... three... ah! (The door opens, and THE DOCTOR walks into a small square room. Mounted into one of the walls is a video screen on which is VARGA.) VARGA: Who are you? DOCTOR: I never answer questions until I'm addressed properly. VARGA: You will answer now. (THE DOCTOR has a defiant look on his face.) VARGA: Very well. You are standing in the airlock of this spacecraft. Unless you answer my questions, within ten seconds I will take atmospheric pressure around you down to zero. DOCTOR: But if you do that my body will explode! VARGA: One... two... three... four... (THE DOCTOR looks extremely worried as a small dial on the wall quickly moves toward its lowest level.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x14 - The Ice Warriors - part 4"}
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by Brian Hayles first broadcast - 9 December 1967 1. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (THE DOCTOR is in the ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT, talking to VARGA who is on a small video screen.) VARGA: Who are you? DOCTOR: I never answer questions until I'm properly introduced. VARGA: You will answer now. (THE DOCTOR defiantly ignores him.) VARGA: Very well. You are standing in the airlock to this spacecraft. Unless you answer my questions within ten seconds, I will take the atmospheric pressure around you down to zero. DOCTOR: But... but if you do that my body will explode! (A dial next to the monitor slowly decreases.) VARGA: One... two... three... DOCTOR: Oh alright! Alright! But I don't think much of your hospitality! VARGA: Identify yourself. DOCTOR: Me? I... I'm a scientist. I've come to talk with you. 2. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (VARGA is talking to THE DOCTOR on a video screen, while ZONDAL watches.) DOCTOR: To help you. VARGA: A scientist? DOCTOR: Yes, yes you could call me that. ZONDAL: You do not look like a scientist. DOCTOR: Well looks aren't everything you know! VARGA: You look more like a scavenger. We k*lled him. DOCTOR: Well if you k*ll me, you'll ruin any chance you may have of escape. ZONDAL: Do you think he can help us? VARGA: He cannot afford to lie. Allow him to enter. (THE DOCTOR enters.) DOCTOR: Ah, thank you very much, that's very civil of you. (Seeing the ice warriors, he tries to exit, but the door quickly closes.) DOCTOR: Oh, my word! VARGA: You claim to be able to help us. DOCTOR: No... I am sure I can help you. On certain conditions. VARGA: You are our prisoner. It is we who set conditions. (There is another rumble from the ever-advancing glacier. The room shakes.) DOCTOR: On the contrary, it is you who are the prisoner, and I can help you! VARGA: Not on your terms. (To ZONDAL.) Bring in the girl. Now we will have two hostages. DOCTOR: Well what good will that do? You are buried alive in the heart of this glacier. Time is desperately short! You've got no time to bargain over hostages. VARGA: Inside our spaceship, we are safe. And with you here, your base will dare not use their secret w*apon against us. DOCTOR: w*apon? But, but the ioniser is not a w*apon! VARGA: You know how it works? DOCTOR: Yes of course! It'll melt the ice and set you free! (From the other side of the room, VICTORIA enters.) VICTORIA: You're hurting me! DOCTOR: Victoria! VICTORIA: Oh Doctor! DOCTOR: Victoria. (They embrace.) VICTORIA: Oh dear but they've got you too. DOCTOR: It's alright. We are not beaten yet. VICTORIA: Jamie... DOCTOR: He's alive! VARGA: If what you say is true, why have you not freed us before? DOCTOR: Well, there are difficulties. VARGA: What are they? DOCTOR: Well... VARGA: You will tell us. (He thr*at THE DOCTOR with his g*n.) 3. CAMP PERIMETER (PENLEY drags JAMIE through the snow towards the base. JAMIE is on a sled-like arrangement, and is wearing goggles. Howls can be heard from some sort of animal.) PENLEY: ...Well it's not... it's not much farther now, lad. JAMIE: How far are we? PENLEY: Well, we're at the edge of the woods fringing the camp perimeter. JAMIE: Can we not rest a while? PENLEY: (Sounding exhausted.) I think so - but a couple of minutes, no more. JAMIE: Aye, you're right. The Doctor needs help right away. PENLEY: I wasn't thinking only of the Doctor. (There is another howl.) JAMIE: Wolves! PENLEY: Yes. Here we're more or less safe, but the last stretch is open country. JAMIE: I don't help much, do I? PENLEY: Well I'm not exactly a man of action myself. Storr should be here now, I miss him. JAMIE: Have you no w*apon? PENLEY: Arden's tranquiliser g*n, that's all. JAMIE: Aye, it's not much. PENLEY: Storr was a huntsman. An expert with a bow and arrow. JAMIE: Uhh, it's no good wishing. PENLEY: Well, I'd better carry on. JAMIE: Aye, lead on McDuff. (PENLEY spots something.) PENLEY: Keep very still. (A bear comes into the open, sniffing around for food. PENLEY and JAMIE look at it in horror.) 4. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (VARGA is still talking to THE DOCTOR, while ZONDAL holds VICTORIA.) VARGA: So, you are afraid of us? DOCTOR: No, but of your ship. If the ioniser sets off a nuclear holocaust, it will all have be in vain. VARGA: That is good. In that case you dare not act. ZONDAL: But if you thought there would be no expl*si*n? VARGA: Well? DOCTOR: Well in that case we'd have... we'd have no choice. VARGA: You would use the ioniser. DOCTOR: But it wouldn't harm the ship, it would release it! ZONDAL: There would be floods. VARGA: Our engines would be useless. ZONDAL: We would be at your mercy. VARGA: Why did you come here? ZONDAL: To spy? To betray us? VARGA: But you could not hope to escape to tell the tale. DOCTOR: Oh, I always live in hope. VARGA: You have some kind of communicator. DOCTOR: You do realise, don't you, that after a certain point, my base will... 5. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (CLENT and GARRETT listen to THE DOCTOR on their communicator.) DOCTOR: ...have to activate the ioniser regardless of the consequences? VARGA: And destroy you and themselves as well? 6. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT DOCTOR: Is that what would happen? VARGA: Give it to me. (THE DOCTOR reluctantly hands over the communicator. VARGA grasps it between his pincer-like hands.) VARGA: Ah, they would never know. 7. IONISER CONTROL ROOM VARGA: They would never know. (The communication ceases. GARRETT and CLENT look at each other.) GARRETT: The Doctor. You heard what he said. CLENT: Regardless of the consequences. Yes. Yes, he's telling us to take the risk. GARRETT: But we can't give the computer the information it needs. It can't instruct us. CLENT: Can the ioniser hold? (She inspects an instrument.) GARRETT: Present power it's... steadily losing ground. But we dare not increase! COMPUTER: Summary of orders to all World Ioniser Stations: The new equation originated from Brittanicus Base will be adopted to conditions prevailing in each sector. All bases will prepare to use full ioniser att*ck on the ice in concerted action. Zero hour in six hours exactly. Report readiness one hour. CLENT: We can't do it. GARRETT: But if we don't the whole plan must fail. CLENT: But if we act and there is an expl*si*n... apart from destroying this base, the contamination could easily... GARRETT: (Interrupting.) We must state our problem to World Control, now. CLENT: No wait! We'll give our computer all the information we have. GARRETT: It isn't enough! CLENT: It may be. Er, it may be. GARRETT: I know what the computer will say. CLENT: No no no no no. Let the computer speak for itself. GARRETT: There's only one answer it can give! CLENT: Come on, quickly. Put the situation to the computer. (She hesitates.) CLENT: Do as you're told! 8. CAMP PERIMETER (PENLEY and JAMIE still cautiously watch the bear.) PENLEY: He's sizing us up. JAMIE: Can you not run for it? PENLEY: I don't intend to leave you here as... JAMIE: Well the g*n! Use the g*n! PENLEY: I could h*t the side of the mountain. I'm a scientist, not a gladiator. JAMIE: Well at least you can try! PENLEY: Alright. Cross your fingers. Here goes. (He fires the g*n, but misses. The bear starts to move towards them.) JAMIE: Quick get me out of here, I'll tackle him! Get a hold of yourself man! Quick, he's nearly on us! (The bear rushes towards them, and PENLEY fires the g*n in one last desperate attempt.) 9. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (THE COMPUTER is giving CLENT and GARRETT its recommendations.) COMPUTER: Set up all circuits to new equation. And wait. Further information essential before decision can be taken. Prepare to notify World Control in event of emergency. CLENT: Of course, the computer's right. We must be prepared. And we must wait. GARRETT: It is the answer I expected. CLENT: But you don't realise why it made this choice, do you? GARRETT: Because it is the most logical answer in the circumstances. CLENT: Of course. And because it's so logical, it can't gamble, it can't take risks. GARRETT: That is its function. To be totally impartial. To serve the community. CLENT: Exactly. And one more aim in its life: to survive. GARRETT: It has given us its decision. CLENT: It is no decision. The computer is playing for time. (He addresses the room.) CLENT: Now listen! All of you! We risk destruction either by a radioactive expl*si*n, or, by the slow grind of the glaciers. (He points to the monitor showing the ice's progress.) CLENT: Now there you see that the ice has advanced 100 metres today. Now either way... GARRETT: The computer is destroyed. CLENT: So that, by demanding a decision, we are asking it to commit su1c1de. GARRETT: It can't do that! CLENT: Then what is the answer? GARRETT: We can escape. There's still time to evacuate. CLENT: Perhaps you could face world opinionata. I couldn't. GARRETT: You must notify World Control eventually. The other bases will be waiting. CLENT: I will decide exactly when. For now we do as the computer says. Prepare the ioniser, and wait. Now, complete data check please, Miss Garrett. (He begins to check the stations.) CLENT: Miss Curtis(?), report to me the moment ... four reaches one-five-oh-oh. One-three-seven-nine, now. (He continues to check instruments. WALTERS is standing by the door.) CLENT: Well, what do you feel about all this Walters? Bet you didn't think you'd have ice monsters and things like that to deal with when you volunteered for the job, did you? (He is silent.) CLENT: Well, did you? WALTERS: I didn't volunteer. CLENT: Ah, yes, well... good man, anyway. 10. CAMP PERIMETER (PENLEY has succeeded in sh**ting the monster, but has come off badly.) JAMIE: Penley! Penley, are you alright! PENLEY: I'll get up... JAMIE: You sure you're alright? PENLEY: Well he's clawed me, that's all. (There is a large gash on PENLEY's face.) JAMIE: Now we better get away quick. He won't be any friendlier when he wakes up! (They move off.) 11. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (The engine room door opens and VARGA and THE DOCTOR step out.) VARGA: (To another warrior.) Close engine room. (To THE DOCTOR.) Well? DOCTOR: It's an ion reactor, isn't it? Hmm. It could be dangerous, but it wouldn't necessarily explode. VARGA: True. But your friends do not know that. (He indicates the communicator he still holds in his hand.) DOCTOR: Now why don't you let us help you? VARGA: We can get what we want without your help. DOCTOR: But, but what else do you need, apart from escaping from the ice? VARGA: We have had enough of your questions. Now you will give me answers. DOCTOR: Well, I've told you all I can about the ioniser. VARGA: That is only a toy. The base - what is its power source? DOCTOR: Why on earth do you want to know that? VARGA: Answer. (There is a look of realisation on THE DOCTOR's face.) DOCTOR: Oh, so that's what you need is it? ZONDAL: Answer the Commander's questions. (ZONDAL holds his g*n to VICTORIA's head.) DOCTOR: Fuel! Fuel for your reactor! And suppose I don't tell you? VARGA: The girl dies, now. VICTORIA: Doctor, don't tell them! DOCTOR: Yes, you'll find what you need at the base. (VICTORIA rushes over to THE DOCTOR.) VICTORIA: You shouldn't have! DOCTOR: But you, you won't find Leader Clent easy to persuade. He's a very obstinate man! VARGA: He will listen to our sonic cannon. ZONDAL: We must act quickly, Commander. VARGA: Isbur and Rintan, wait for me at the entrance to the cave. Zondal, you will man the sonic g*n. VICTORIA: You won't succeed! You can't be so inhuman. VARGA: We only fight to win. 12. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (GARRETT is checking figures on one of the control panels.) GARRETT: Ion density reading at 1000? PANEL: 74 ... GARRETT: 2000? PANEL: 62 ... GARRETT: 3000? PANEL: 43.3 ... GARRETT: 4000? PANEL: 39 ... GARRETT: 5000? PANEL: 35 ... (The communicator beeps, and CLENT moves over to it. It is WALTERS.) WALTERS: Reception check-point to Leader Clent. CLENT: Yes, what is it? WALTERS: Two new arrivals, Sir. CLENT: Well I don't wish to be disturbed by trifles! WALTERS: These aren't scavengers Sir. It's the lad that came with the Doctor and Scientist Penley. CLENT: What? (The screen now shows PENLEY.) PENLEY: Clent, I must talk to you. I have news of the Doctor. CLENT: Walters! (WALTERS comes back onto the screen.) CLENT: Bring the arrivals to me at once. WALTERS: Sir. (GARRETT is now getting information from the main computer.) GARRETT: Density compensator setting, please. COMPUTER: Density compensator setting: zero-three-nine. Seven-seven-seven. Zero-one. Sequence ends. GARRETT: Take all systems up to this level. (To CLENT.) Everything seems to be proceeding satisfactorily. CLENT: Is it? GARRETT: What's wrong? CLENT: Penley's come back. GARRETT: Of his own choice? CLENT: Apparently. GARRETT: Why? CLENT: We shall soon see. If he tries to start any trouble... GARRETT: Well, he can't be allowed to interfere with the program. Not at this stage. CLENT: No. I no longer need to be tolerant with him. 'Cause he's no longer my equal - he's an outsider. (WALTERS and PENLEY enter, dragging JAMIE, who can still not move his legs.) WALTERS: Come on then. PENLEY: Put him over here. (He indicates one of the chairs.) WALTERS: Take it easy. PENLEY: Rest on that Jamie. JAMIE: Thank you. WALTERS: Alright there, lad? JAMIE: Thank you. (WALTERS begins to leave.) CLENT: No stay, Walters. You may be needed. PENLEY: I'm not liable to be violent. CLENT: What do you want? PENLEY: Well I brought this lad. He's in desperate need of medical supervision. GARRETT: We are not a first-aid center. PENLEY: He's paralysed. CLENT: How did it happen? PENLEY: He was sh*t down by the warriors' g*n. CLENT: Well thank heavens. Their w*apon don't deal fatal blows. PENLEY: Well they k*lled Arden. JAMIE: Look you've got to help. CLENT: Er, yes of course boy. Um, Walters will take you to the Medi-Control Centre. JAMIE: No I didn't mean me, I meant Victoria and the Doctor! Look, they're inside the alien spaceship! You've got to help them. CLENT: That isn't possible. JAMIE: Well why not? You've got to do something! CLENT: No, we lost contact with the Doctor over an hour ago. I'm afraid there's no hope. PENLEY: You mean hope happens to be inconvenient! You've got to stick to your precious schedule, is that it? You've got to wave your splendid ioniser about to prove that it works and never mind about human beings! GARRETT: The computer has decided! PENLEY: The compu... Override it! Let the ioniser wait. The computer isn't gonna fall apart because it has to mark time for an hour! CLENT: We are marking time. We're not using the ioniser under instructions from the computer itself. PENLEY: Why? GARRETT: The spaceship may contain a reactor system that could wipe us off this island if we cause it to explode. PENLEY: So what are you gonna do? CLENT: We obey the computer. We will wait. PENLEY: Wait? But that's su1c1de! The glacier's practically on top of us! CLENT: We still have time in hand. JAMIE: Yes, but if the Doctor, if he's... CLENT: (Interrupting.) No. PENLEY: If the Doctor doesn't contact you, what hope is there? CLENT: There is hope. PENLEY: Oh don't be a fool, Clent! You're not a man, you're just a machine's sl*ve. CLENT: Don't you spit your stupid liberty in my face, Penley. We know your kind of freedom - freedom to run away - from responsibilities, from service, from moral judgement. I may be a physical coward, Penley, you're a coward in the mind. PENLEY: Well at least I have a mind and not a ... junction box. I would act, but you daren't. And so you're going to be destroyed, along with your mechanical master. JAMIE: Look, you've got to help us man. (JAMIE touches CLENT on the arm, who is now standing next to him.) PENLEY: Jamie, I don't think you're... (A struggle ensues.) PENLEY: Jamie, take it easy. (The shouting continues until WALTERS sh**t both PENLEY and JAMIE.) CLENT: (Exploding.) Ahh! Now, get them out of here! GARRETT: (To WALTERS.) You'd better take them to the Medi-Control Centre. Get someone to look at the boy. Make sure there's a guard for when they come to. WALTERS: Right. (Into his wrist communicator.) Get two guards to control. CLENT: Penley - he's nothing! GARRETT: Our trust is in the great computer. With its aid, we cannot fail. 13. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT ZONDAL: (To THE DOCTOR and VICTORIA.) They are now outside their base. VARGA: (On the communicator screen. Behind him is the Brittanicus Base.) Stand by, g*n control. Take target readings. (The sonic g*n on the outside of the spacecraft moves into position. Inside, the screen focuses on the base.) ZONDAL: Ready. VARGA: (His voice only can be heard.) Vertical bearing: minus point nine. (ZONDAL makes the setting. On the screen the aiming cross moves up into position.) VARGA: Lateral bearing: three-five. (ZONDAL makes the changes. The cross moves across. The g*n moves again.) VARGA: Prepare to charge to frequency three-five. ZONDAL: Frequency three-five. (ZONDAL turns a dial. A scale above the aiming cross moves into the correct position. In the background, THE DOCTOR motions to VICTORIA to pretend to start crying. She does so. THE DOCTOR produces his phial.) DOCTOR: It's all right Victoria, don't cry. (She cries more. Meanwhile, THE DOCTOR gets out a handkerchief.) DOCTOR: It's alright. There's nothing to be afraid of. ZONDAL: But if Varga Rintan is triumphant, then you will have cause to cry. DOCTOR: Come along, Victoria, blow. Blow. (THE DOCTOR makes a sound like a nose being blown.) DOCTOR: That's better, that's better. (VICTORIA continues crying.) DOCTOR: We can try and escape with this. (He shows her the phial.) VICTORIA: What is it? DOCTOR: Ammonium sulphide. VICTORIA: Ammonium sulphide? It's only a stink b*mb. DOCTOR: Yes, you've had the benefits of a classical education. Yes, it is what you'd call a stink b*mb. VICTORIA: What use is that? DOCTOR: You'd be surprised. Harmless to humans, but to aliens very possibly deadly! ZONDAL: The g*n is now ready, Commander. VARGA: (Now back on the screen.) Good Zondal. We will now contact the scientists. On my command you will f*re once. Do you understand? ZONDAL: Yes, Commander. VARGA: Good. VICTORIA: (Trying to distract him.) Zondal! Zondal, look! ZONDAL: What is it? (Behind him, THE DOCTOR tries to open the phial, only to find the stopper is stuck. He wrestles with it, while VICTORIA plays for more time.) VICTORIA: Look! ZONDAL: Do not try any tricks. VICTORIA: There's, there's water, seeping into the ship. Just there. DOCTOR: ... VICTORIA: Er, over in the corner there. ZONDAL: You tricked me. There is no water. (He turns and sees THE DOCTOR still trying to open the ammonium sulphide.) ZONDAL: What is that? Let me have it. Give it to me at once. VARGA: (On the communicator.) Zondal! Zondal f*re! (THE DOCTOR has opened it, and VICTORIA throws the liquid at ZONDAL's face. ZONDAL staggers to the ground, barely ably to breath.) VARGA: f*re now! Zondal f*re! Zondal f*re! f*re now! (As ZONDAL falls, he makes a lunge for the f*ring control. THE DOCTOR tries desperately to stop him, but one final effort he manages to reach it, and f*re the sonic g*n at the base.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x15 - The Ice Warriors - part 5"}
foreverdreaming
by Brian Hayles first broadcast - 16 December 1967 1. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (ZONDAL has discovered that THE DOCTOR is up to something.) ZONDAL: Let me have it. Give it to me at once. VARGA: (On the communicator.) Zondal. Zondal f*re! (THE DOCTOR has opened it, and VICTORIA throws the liquid at ZONDAL's face. ZONDAL staggers to the ground, barely ably to breath.) VARGA: f*re now! Zondal f*re! Zondal f*re! f*re now! (As ZONDAL falls, he makes a lunge for the f*ring control. THE DOCTOR tries desperately to stop him, but one final effort he manages to reach it, and f*re the sonic g*n at the base.) 2. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (GARRETT is programming the ioniser.) GARRETT: Co-ordinates for area red one: oh-oh-eight-one-nine-three vertical. Eight-five-eight-one-eight-oh lateral. ... controls are set. CLENT: ... (The room shakes as it is h*t by the g*n. Parts of the roof fall in.) WALTERS: The records wing - it's gone! It's demolished! CLENT: We're under att*ck! (The communicator beeps. CLENT goes over to reply.) CLENT: Report! (On the screen is VARGA.) VARGA: Leader Clent, surrender or die! CLENT: What in the blazes? VARGA: Surrender now or I will blast your base to fragments. CLENT: No, I refuse! You can't destroy us! VARGA: You do not believe me? Very well. Must I f*re again? GARRETT: We must play for time. WALTERS: The building won't stand much more of this b*mb, Sir! CLENT: Then we must talk. (To VARGA.) Who am I addressing? VARGA: My name is Varga. Do you surrender? CLENT: Now frankly, you gain nothing by destroying us, Varga. We both have urgent needs. I will agree to talk... but nothing more. VARGA: No treachery? If I come in peace there must be trust between us. CLENT: Very well. There will be no traps, or conditions. VARGA: See that you keep to that, for if you lie... (The screen goes blank.) GARRETT: What does he want? WALTERS: Our guards won't stand a chance against w*apon like that, Sir. CLENT: Ah, you heard what he said - no treachery, only trust. GARRETT: But can we trust him? CLENT: I'm afraid we have to. He's got the best argument on his side - that g*n, or whatever it is. GARRETT: We can bluff him though. CLENT: How? GARRETT: He doesn't know the computer's command to wait. We can thr*at to destroy the glacier, and his ship with it. CLENT: Yes, yes. Yes possibly. WALTERS: (Losing it.) Well why can't we do it, Sir? It's our only chance for survival! GARRETT: Because you know the computers decision - and its reasons. WALTERS: I know all about that! But it doesn't exactly give much thought to us, does it? GARRETT: The computer thinks of everything, considers all the facts. WALTERS: (Has now gone over the edge.) And it's supposed to come up with all the answers, isn't it? Well a fat lot of good it's doing us now! Wait, it says, wait! With glaciers on the one hand, and, and warriors on the other! Well what price your computer now! CLENT: Walters! WALTERS: What we need, is, is someone like, like Penley, or that Doctor! Someone who can think! Not with a machine! And what good's your precious computer done anyway? Nothing! Nothing but trouble! And it's time somebody put a stop to it! (He goes to smash the computer, but GARRETT sh**t him before he can do any damage.) 3. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (THE DOCTOR and VICTORIA listen over the warriors talking using the spacecraft's communicator panel.) VICTORIA: That's Varga's voice. VARGA: We are going in now. VICTORIA: We must escape. DOCTOR: It's not just a question of escape, Victoria. We've got to take some action. Right, this g*n that's given Varga control of the base, without it he'd be helpless. VICTORIA: What can we do? (THE DOCTOR opens up the side panel of the g*n controls.) 4. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (VARGA, ISBUR and RINTAN enter the control room, to a cry from MISS GARRETT.) CLENT: Well now, gentlemen, you, you said no traps. And we for our part, have made utterly sure, that there are no traps... VARGA: (Interrupting.) I made no promises. I merely warned you not to trick me. GARRETT: How can we help you? VARGA: I will tell you what I want and you will give it to me. CLENT: Oh, come now Varga, that's not the way to talk. We're, both of us, in a very difficult situation. Under times like this it beholds us both to proceed with mutual respect and, because the whole world could be... (As he has been talking, WALTERS, who has regained consciousness on the floor, has been aiming a g*n at VARGA. One of the other warriors sees, though, and fires his sonic g*n at WALTERS.) VARGA: So much for your word. CLENT: That was, that was not planned. VARGA: I have one major requirement: the mercury isotopes for my ships reactor. You will give them to me. CLENT: (Looking puzzled.) But we don't use mercury isotopes. VARGA: The Doctor stated that you had them here. CLENT: Well he was wrong, we have none. VARGA: You are lying. CLENT: What good will it do me? VARGA: Tell me what will happen if we halted your reactor in order to remove the fuel elements we need. GARRETT: You can't do that! VARGA: Why? CLENT: That reactor gives us light, heat and power. GARRETT: And it powers the ioniser. VARGA: So that without it, you would be completely helpless. CLENT: In Arctic conditions like these... we'd soon perish. VARGA: Where as we would not. CLENT: You'd be wasting your time. This reactor does not use mercury. VARGA: I do not believe you. CLENT: But you must. 5. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (VICTORIA listens to events in the Ioniser Control Room while THE DOCTOR continues working on the sonic g*n control.) VARGA: There is only one way to find out. Where are the reactor controls? Tell me now. VICTORIA: Did you hear that? Making them shut down the reactor! DOCTOR: Yes. Now this is Varga's main w*apon. There's just a chance that I can turn it against him. VICTORIA: What? DOCTOR: If I can open these doors... there we are! Come on. (They move into the GLACIER CAVE, and THE DOCTOR begins work on the sonic g*n.) DOCTOR: Now careful. Just stay there. (VICTORIA stays on the other side of the massive g*n.) DOCTOR: How does this g*n operate? VICTORIA: Oh, hurry Doctor, hurry. 6. IONISER CONTROL ROOM CLENT: You've got to believe me! VARGA: So you say. CLENT: Listen, Varga, the power source is locked in directly with the ioniser. Now if we cut the power before it is safe, the feedback effect could blast this building into a state of ion flux. (VARGA walks over to the ioniser control panel.) VARGA: What's its temperature range? CLENT: It can melt rock! (VARGA begins to change a dial.) CLENT: Don't interfere with it! It's fully primed. VARGA: It can melt rock. What a w*apon. GARRETT: It is not a w*apon. It is a scientific instrument. VARGA: I see it differently. CLENT: It's still a highly dangerous machine. VARGA: Then run is carefully down to safety level. But no tricks. (He points at GARRETT.) VARGA: You do it now. (Behind VARGA, CLENT shakes his head.) GARRETT: It will take some time. VARGA: Doesn't matter. You dare not use it anyway. CLENT: What? VARGA: Your Doctor friend talked. I know your fear of my spaceship. That it will explode if the heat is too great. CLENT: Would it? VARGA: Close it down. Or you die. (VARGA thr*at GARRETT with his g*n.) CLENT: She's the only person qualified to disconnect the ioniser safely. VARGA: What are you qualifications for existence? CLENT: I'm the leader here! VARGA: You have less value to me than your colleague, who has certain skills. CLENT: But she doesn't know everything. I have the answers that you require. VARGA: I know all I need to know. If I k*lled you, it would be no great loss to me. (He raises his g*n.) GARRETT: No! Please! VARGA: Then you will do as I say. Run down the machine as quickly as is safely possible. No more tricks. At once. (This time CLENT nods. GARRETT sets to work.) 7. GLACIER CAVE (THE DOCTOR continues work on the g*n. He is lying on the ground underneath it working on a mass of circuits and wires.) DOCTOR: Ah, ah. VICTORIA: What is it you're trying to do? DOCTOR: Well it's a little difficult to explain, Victoria. Oh. Oh dear. Hold this for me, will you? (He hands her a component.) DOCTOR: Ah. This g*n works on the basis that sound waves produce reverberations in the objects in their path. VICTORIA: The objects vibrate in sympathy. Well I know, my father told me once. DOCTOR: Yes, that's right. Well if you can produce unsympathetic vibrations, damage results. VICTORIA: Damage? Oh, like a singer breaking glass. DOCTOR: Yes. But I want to be able to get at the warriors without it affecting the scientists too much. Now, if we change this to frequency seven... (He makes the adjustment.) VICTORIA: What will that do? DOCTOR: Well primarily it affects fluids. VICTORIA: What good is that to us? DOCTOR: Well I believe that Varga and his warriors have a far greater fluid content than human-beings. There. (He shoves the wires, as well as what VICTORIA was holding, back into the g*n, and closes the panel.) VICTORIA: If it works, what happens? DOCTOR: That's just it, I don't know. VICTORIA: Oh now look, Doctor. DOCTOR: But I do know that whatever effect it has on the scientists, it'll have a far greater one on the warriors. (They move back inside the spacecraft to work on the control panel.) VICTORIA: Well how's that? DOCTOR: Well apart from the fluid question, their helmets will trap and intensify the sound waves. VICTORIA: You mean, it'll knock them out and leave the scientists a bit dizzy? Well is that it? (THE DOCTOR shuts the panel.) DOCTOR: Well that's what I'm hoping, but, there is just a vague risk that it'll k*ll everybody. Clent and Penley included. VICTORIA: And Jamie? 8. MEDI-CONTROL CENTRE (PENLEY and JAMIE are laid out on beds. PENLEY regains consciousness, now with a plaster where his face was gashed by the bear. He checks JAMIE, who is still unconscious. Just as he leaves the room, JAMIE starts to wake up.) 9. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (GARRETT, with VARGA looking over her, is completing the shutdown. The sound of engines winding down can be heard.) GARRETT: It's done. VARGA: It is safe now? GARRETT: Yes. Just ticking over. Not even holding the ice in check at all. VARGA: Disconnect it completely, now. (The engines cut out completely.) VARGA: Now we must move quickly, before the glacial surge does too much damage. CLENT: You'll regret this, Varga. VARGA: At least I will live to regret it. Now, the reactor. Shut it down, quickly. (Outside the room, PENLEY watches proceedings. He moves over to the temperature controls.) PENLEY: (To himself.) Perfectly at home in ice age conditions. Well, we'll soon change all that. (He moves the TEMPERATURE dial to maximum, the OXYGEN dial down to minimum and the HUMIDITY dial up to maximum.) VARGA: Shut it down at once. GARRETT: Ooh. VARGA: The heat. (He gasps for breath.) What is happening? There is something wrong. You are trying to trick me again. For that you will die! (He levels his g*n at CLENT.) 10. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (THE DOCTOR prepares to f*re.) VICTORIA: No no! It's too dangerous! DOCTOR: It's a risk we must take, Victoria! VICTORIA: Oh! DOCTOR: Now, cross your fingers. Here we go. (He flicks the switch.) 11. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (Everyone in the room puts their hands to their heads in agony. The base members collapse, while the warriors put their hands to their helmets.) 12. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (THE DOCTOR uses the communicator to talk to VARGA.) DOCTOR: Varga, this is the Doctor. Are you going to retreat, or shall I f*re again? (To VICTORIA.) Trouble is I dare not use it again, if it hasn't k*lled them all already, another f*ring most certainly will! (Back into the communicator.) Varga! Answer me or I f*re again! 13. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (The three warriors leave the room.) VARGA: You will die for this. (On the floor underneath them, PENLEY lies, unconscious.) 14. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT VICTORIA: What are you doing now? DOCTOR: Get well back, Victoria. VICTORIA: What? DOCTOR: Stand by for fireworks! Here we go. (He touches two wires and the sonic g*n control panel explodes.) DOCTOR: Now quickly! Let's get out of here before they come back! (They race out the room.) 15. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (Everyone is still unconscious.) 16. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (The warriors arrive back just as ZONDAL recovers. VARGA examines the destroyed control panel.) VARGA: The g*n is useless. 17. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (THE DOCTOR and VICTORIA arrive back at the base.) DOCTOR: Victoria, see if you can find Jamie. (He crouches down next to the figure of PENLEY, who is still unconscious next to the door.) VICTORIA: Doctor, Jamie's in there. He's alive! VICTORIA: Well thanks heavens for that! Now you get back to the TARDIS, and close the doors! (THE DOCTOR gets out the phial of ammonium sulphide, which he smells, and finds it still works as a stink b*mb. He waves it under PENLEY's nose, who coughs and wakes up.) DOCTOR: Sorry about that. PENLEY: (Coughing.) Oh. DOCTOR: Up you get. Come along. Ah. (The two stand up.) PENLEY: What happened? Did you do that? DOCTOR: No time for questions. Come along. (They head into the control room.) 18. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (The recovered ZONDAL explains to VARGA what happened.) VARGA: So, you allowed them to trick you. ZONDAL: I await your punishment, Commander. VARGA: We have no time. Everything depends on being ready to break free from the ice as soon as they evaporate it. 19. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (The staff are being woken up by THE DOCTOR and PENLEY. PENLEY helps CLENT, while THE DOCTOR helps GARRETT.) DOCTOR: Up you get. Come along Miss Garrett. There you are. PENLEY: Clent. The Doctor did something, but don't ask me what it was. Are you alright? GARRETT: Oh, the ioniser! They made me... disconnect it! DOCTOR: Then it must be switched on again immediately! GARRETT: I don't take orders from you! CLENT: Miss Garrett, if we are to obey Computer Control, it must be reconnected. Do so please. GARRETT: Yes, of course. DOCTOR: Clent! Their spacecraft is powered by an ion reactor. CLENT: Well that means we dare not use the ioniser at full force. That's our last chance gone. PENLEY: Why, for heavens sake? CLENT: Because of the risk, man! You know what would happen. DOCTOR: Of course there's a risk, but it's a risk we must take! It's the only way! PENLEY: Exactly! CLENT: The computer says no! PENLEY: The computer... CLENT: (Interrupting.) Is our supreme advisor. PENLEY: And what sort of advice is that? Do nothing? GARRETT: We must obey! PENLEY: And be destroyed? Has the computer considered that? CLENT: The computer considers everything. DOCTOR: But that's why in this case you cannot rely on its judgement! GARRETT: We trust the computer! It is our strength and our guide. DOCTOR: Not this time! JAMIE: Well why not? DOCTOR: Because Jamie, the computer is faced with an insoluble problem. Either way it risks destroying itself and this it cannot do. It must play safe. JAMIE: Aye, but if it does nothing that's just as bad. DOCTOR: I'll explain to you another time, Jamie. PENLEY: There's only one way out. CLENT: What? PENLEY: We must override the computer. GARRETT: You can't do that! PENLEY: We must. This is a decision for a man to take, not a machine. The computer isn't designed to take risks, but that is the essence of mans procrease. We must decide. CLENT: But if you do that soon ruin the world plan! All the ioniser bases must act together! Through World Computer Control! If we act too soon it's as bad as being too late! PENLEY: Yes I know that, but the other bases haven't got a glacier right on top of them, and apart from that, what about these ice warriors? If they live, they thr*at our entire civilisation. DOCTOR: A decision must be taken, and quickly! CLENT: I can't. GARRETT: I daren't. DOCTOR: Penley, it's up to you. PENLEY: Well Clent? CLENT: I reserve the right to consult the computer. PENLEY: Go ahead. CLENT: Problem: alien spacecraft is powered by an ion reactor. Dare we use the ioniser? What are the alternatives? Answer. (The computer spins around and splutters out incoherently.) JAMIE: It's as though it's gone mad! (CLENT and GARRETT are distraught.) DOCTOR: Well Penley? PENLEY: We will use the ioniser at full strength to turn back the glacier. Miss, Miss Garrett, inform World Control. JAMIE: Er, but the spaceship, if you release it from the ice? PENLEY: At full strength the ioniser will melt rock! 20. ICE WARRIORS SPACESHIP (The ice warriors are preparing to take off.) ZONDAL: Commander, the glacier is breaking up. Soon we will be free. VARGA: What use is our freedom if we are helpless? Our engines must still d*ad. ZONDAL: I have not given up yet. VARGA: Nor I. There must be some life left in the elements. ZONDAL: Commander, power. (The hum of the engines begins.) VARGA: What? The ice is our friend. We still have power. ZONDAL: Shall I increase it? VARGA: Carefully. We must time full take-off boost perfectly. ZONDAL: And when we are free and in flight, we will be invincible. 21. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (The ioniser has been put into action. There is a rumbling sound filling the room.) CLENT: Instrument readings on the glacier face show a steady rise in temperature. Now near to maximum. JAMIE: Well how will we know? GARRETT: The instruments on the ice face have the highest heat ... resistance known to man. When they cease to function, everything about them will be destroyed. CLENT: (Panicking.) You're wrong! You're wrong! We'll all be k*lled! PENLEY: It is a risk I willingly take! (He moves the switch though GENERATOR, CIRCUIT LOCK, ENERGY FEED, then finally ACTIVATOR.) 22. ICE WARRIORS' SPACECRAFT (The spacecraft is breaking up.) VARGA: It was not power in the engines, Zondal, it was heat, our greatest enemy! The heat from the ioniser! The... heeeeeeeeeat...! (The instruments begin to burn and the craft billows with smoke.) 23. IONISER CONTROL ROOM (Everyone intently watches the ioniser control panel. There is a small seismograph type reading. It does not move for a few seconds.) GARRETT: Only a minor expl*si*n. (THE DOCTOR sighs.) GARRETT: We're safe! (There are more sighs.) DOCTOR: Oh. Goodness me! PENLEY: Set all circuits to a*t*matic, Miss Garrett. And tie in with the World Ioniser instrumentation. Clent, will you, er, check these readings with me? And you've a report to prepare haven't you? CLENT: Yes, yes, yes I have. Penley. You are the most insufferably irritating and infuriating person, I've ever been privileged to work with. PENLEY: (Smiling.) Thank you. CLENT: Can't write a report though, can you? Something I've got to do for you. Well don't worry it's something that I've been trained to do. PENLEY: Without the computer? (CLENT laughs.) CLENT: No Penley. I've always written my own speeches, and my own reports. PENLEY: Are you going to include... (He turns.) Well where's the Doctor? (But the Doctor and Jamie are already on their way to joining Victoria back in the TARDIS.) 24. OUTSIDE THE BASE (The now upright TARDIS dematerialises.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x16 - The Ice Warriors - part 6"}
foreverdreaming
by DAVID WHITAKER first broadcast - 23 December 1967 running time - 23mins 45secs 1. DUNES (Patches of grass wave in the wind on a sandy hill. The TARDIS fades into existence with a deeper, more grinding whir than the usual. The door opens and the DOCTOR looks out, his pocket handkerchief bl*wing in the wind. He clasps his hands as he steps out, smiling at the gentle waves rolling onto the beach. JAMIE and VICTORIA step out.) JAMIE: Where are we, Doctor? DOCTOR: We're by the seaside, that's where we are. That's all that matters! JAMIE: Aye, but where? VICTORIA: Yes Doctor, we must know. DOCTOR: Oh, stop fussing, you two, come on. (The DOCTOR nods his head and waves his arm toward the water before running down the beach. JAMIE looks at VICTORIA and sighs. The DOCTOR runs toward the water, nearly slipping on the wet rocks. He stops and waves to JAMIE and VICTORIA.) DOCTOR: Come on, you two! No wait a minute. See if there's any buckets and spades in the TARDIS! (The DOCTOR runs toward the ocean again. He jumps and clicks his heels as he goes. VICTORIA and JAMIE just watch him in confusion.) JAMIE: Buckets and spades? Is he gonna dig for worms? VICTORIA: No, he wants us to play sand castles. JAMIE: Sand castles? VICTORIA: Yes. JAMIE: What does he think we are, a couple of children? (They start after the DOCTOR.) 2. BEACH (The DOCTOR keeps running until he spots something and his smile fades. He touches his chin with curiosity. Some kind of vehicle sits on the shore in the distance. The DOCTOR smiles and waves before continuing toward the water.) 3. HOVERCRAFT (The craft looks a bit like a mix of a car and a boat, and maybe a bit of plane too with the tail sticking up in the back. One of the men inside has his feet up on the dashboard and the man standing outside calls to them.) ANTON: Hey, Rod! Pass me those binoculars. (ROD opens the door, which swings upward to rest on the top of the vehicle. He grabs the binoculars and hands them over.) ROD: Now what's biting you? ANTON: Some crazy nut dancing a jig. (As he peers through the binoculars, CURLY stands up to see.) ANTON: Hey, wait a minute. (He lowers the binoculars in shock.) ANTON: It can't be. (He looks again.) ANTON: Get below fast, both of you. CURLY: What's the matter? ANTON: Move! 4. BEACH (The DOCTOR, wearing white tights and a t-shirt under his clothes, throws his black frock coat into the wind with a smile. He runs barefoot into the sea. He jumps up and down, waving to JAMIE and VICTORIA.) DOCTOR: Come on in, the water's lovely! You don't know what you're missing! VICTORIA: Doctor! You'll catch your death! (The DOCTOR skips farther into the ocean, splashing through the small waves. He jumps and purposefully falls sideways, submerging himself. JAMIE laughs.) 5. HOVERCRAFT (The three men are in the vehicle, still watching the DOCTOR, and ROD has the binoculars.) ROD: Well what do you know? You're right, it is him! (He lowers the binoculars.) CURLY: What are we going to do? (ROD looks through the binoculars and ANTON raises a telephone to his ear.) 6. KENT’S OFFICE intercut with HOVERCRAFT (A woman stands, staring at a screen displaying an image of the world map, but the continents look skewed because the view is from above, looking straight down on the north pole. The image changes to display Australia, labeled “Australasian Zone.” Her communicator bleeps and she walks around the desk to switch it on.) ASTRID: Yes? ANTON: (over communicator) This is Anton. ASTRID: Where are you? ANTON: (over communicator) Ten miles west of Cape Arid. Now listen. ASTRID: Wait a minute. (She turns a dial and the screen displays Cape Arid.) ASTRID: What are you doing there? ANTON: What do you think we're doing, fishing? ASTRID: (over telephone) I shouldn't be surprised. ANTON: Oh yeah? Well this time we've caught a whale. He’s here! ASTRID: (Gives a light gasp of disbelief.) Well that's physically impossible. ANTON: (over communicator) Oh, it's him all right, there's no shadow of doubt about it. ASTRID: Oh no, you're making a mistake, you must be. ANTON: Now listen, there are three of us here. We've all had a look. ASTRID: Well if you're that definite I'll contact Giles. (She takes a seat at her desk.) ANTON: No! We'll take care of this ourselves. ASTRID: Listen, Anton, you'll do nothing without Giles' agreement. ANTON: There isn't time! ASTRID: (over telephone) Make time. ANTON: If you think I'm gonna pass up a chance like this, you're crazy. ASTRID: Well at least wait till I get there. (The machine bleeps again as he hangs up.) ASTRID: Anton! Anton! (ANTON is preparing a p*stol.) 7. KENT’S OFFICE (ASTRID speaks with her boss GILES KENT via video.) ASTRID: Giles, that's just what I said. How could it be him? KENT: It's a mistake, it must be. ASTRID: Yes, I know, but he was definite. He's going to k*ll him! KENT: I don't care. Get after them, stop them. ASTRID: But Giles what can I do? KENT: Look! I don't care what you do Astrid, but stop them! (ASTRID gets up and walks angrily to the table her coat is draped over and swings it over her shoulder as she leaves.) 8. BEACH (The DOCTOR is running up the beach toward VICTORIA, laughing, mostly back in his normal clothes. He pulls his other suspender over his shoulder and begins to put his coat on.) DOCTOR: Oh, there's nothing like a dip to freshen you up. JAMIE: (Runs toward them.) Hey, that's a funny looking boat. DOCTOR: It's not a boat, it's a hovercraft. JAMIE: Eh? DOCTOR: It's a hovercraft. It floats on the air instead of the sea. (He dries his face with his handkerchief.) JAMIE: (Slaps the DOCTOR’s shoulder playfully.) Oh, yes, I see. I'm too old for fairy tales. DOCTOR: (laughing) No it's true, Jamie. (The hovercraft begins to growl as it approaches.) VICTORIA: A terrifying thing. It's like a sea monster. (The DOCTOR stuffs his handkerchief back in his pocket.) JAMIE: (Points.) Oh, we'll soon get a closer look, it's coming nearer. DOCTOR: (with less joviality) Oh yes. (Eyebrows knit with concern.) Yes . . . . I don't think I like the look of this. Let's go. VICTORIA: Why, what's the matter? DOCTOR: Come on, run. JAMIE: Yeah, but- DOCTOR: (Reaches to take VICTORIA’s hand.) Don't argue, run. (JAMIE and VICTORIA run behind the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR: Come on. Come on! (They sprint up the beach, the DOCTOR holding VICTORIA’s hand.) 9. HOVERCRAFT (ROD drives while ANTON and CURLY hang onto the sides, sh**ting at the trio.) 10. DUNES (The DOCTOR risks a look back as they sprint toward the small sand dunes. They run past a large, jagged piece of driftwood and through the patches of grass. The hovercraft continues to approach. The TARDIS team duck behind a grassy bank and peek over at the hovercraft. The hovercraft draws nearer. VICTORIA holds her hair out of her face.) JAMIE: If only we had a g*n! VICTORIA: Why do they want to harm us? DOCTOR: Why indeed? Well, what now? VICTORIA: Look Doctor, can't we go back to the TARDIS? DOCTOR: No, we'd never make it. (Looks around.) There's not much cover here. VICTORIA: Perhaps we've landed in a world of mad men. DOCTOR: (Looks at VICTORIA.) They're human beings, if that's what you mean. Indulging their favourite past time - trying to destroy each other. (The three men climb out of the hovercraft and run in different directions.) DOCTOR: Time we went, come on. (They crouch to keep a low profile as they resume running. CURLY reaches the top of a bank and runs through the sand, g*n at the ready. The TARDIS trio reach another dip in the landscape and duck behind another small rise. JAMIE pushes the DOCTOR and VICTORIA’s heads down as CURLY approaches. JAMIE smiles. CURLY hasn’t seen them. He takes a step toward them. JAMIE cracks his knuckles. CURLY stands and looks around. As soon as he looks away, JAMIE leaps up with a battle cry.) JAMIE: Creag an tuire! (As CURLY spins to face him, JAMIE’s fist connects with his face and he falls. VICTORIA and the DOCTOR smile.) VICTORIA: Oh, well done! (The DOCTOR looks back, hearing a low humming sound. He pulls VICTORIA closer.) DOCTOR: What's that? (A helicopter flies overhead.) 11. DUNES (ANTON and ROD pause the chase to watch the helicopter.) ROD: I know those markings, that's Astrid's runabout. What's she doing here? ANTON: Interfering. We've got to get to ‘em before she does. (The chase continues.) 12. FLAT PATCH (The DOCTOR, JAMIE, and VICTORIA run over a hill toward the helicopter as it lowers close to the ground. ANTON and ROD jump over a hill and chase the trio, g*n raised. The helicopter lands in a wide, flat space. JAMIE comes to a stop, uncertain about this new flying beastie.) JAMIE: What is it, Doctor? (VICTORIA and the DOCTOR stop beside him. VICTORIA has never seen anything like it either.) VICTORIA: Oh, I'm frightened! (ASTRID gets out of the helicopter.) ASTRID: Over here! Run! VICTORIA: I can't! I can't! DOCTOR: You must. It's our only chance! ASTRID: Hurry! (The DOCTOR grabs JAMIE’s hand, who grabs VICTORIA’s hand, and they run.) DOCTOR: Come on! (They make it to the helicopter and JAMIE quickly climbs in one side. The DOCTOR helps VICTORIA up. ANTON runs past CURLY, motionless on the ground, but ROD stops to check on him.) ANTON: Leave him! (ROD follows ANTON. The DOCTOR runs to climb in the other side of the helicopter.) (ANTON levels his w*apon at the helicopter and fires as it rises into the air. Grass blows around him in the wind of the blades as it quickly flies higher and higher. ROD joins in f*ring as they become small and distant. They run uselessly after the helicopter. It flies high in the air, blades humming.) 13. HELICOPTER (The DOCTOR holds onto a handle and VICTORIA sits in JAMIE’s lap, her arms around his neck, as there is only room for three.) DOCTOR: (nodding emphatically) A very timely and welcome rescue. ASTRID: Don't speak to me for a moment, please. (The DOCTOR respects her and stays quiet, instead studying the sticker on the back wall, which reads “AUSTRALASIAN ZONE. TYPE: Helicopter (Private). VALID UNTIL: 31st. Dec: 2018. CLASS REG: NO: L 23 X.” Being that this episode aired in 1967, it is likely that this story is meant to be taking place in 2017, fifty years in the future. VICTORIA stares nervously at the ground. JAMIE pulls her arm down away from his face ) JAMIE: But what is this thing, Doctor? DOCTOR: It's a helicopter, Jamie. JAMIE: Eh? DOCTOR: A chopper. You know, a whirlybird. JAMIE: (to VICTORIA) He says it's a bird! (VICTORIA is too frightened by their suspension in the air to care.) DOCTOR: No, no, no, it's a- it’s a primitive form of flying machine. (JAMIE mouths understanding.) VICTORIA: (nervously) Well at least we're safe now, aren't we? ASTRID: (with a straight face) Depends on what you mean by being safe. They've sh*t a hole in the fuel t*nk. We might blow up any minute. (The DOCTOR, JAMIE, and VICTORIA react with horror. JAMIE and VICTORIA hold onto each other more tightly.) 14. BEACH (ANTON runs back to the hovercraft and climbs on the back to wait for ROD, assisting CURLY, to climb in. ANTON slips in and closes the door. The hovercraft raises slightly off the ground as its engine starts up and curves around to follow the helicopter.) 15. HELICOPTER (The atmosphere in the helicopter is tense and no one is speaking.) 16. BEACH (The hovercraft floats over the water.) 17. HELICOPTER (Still no one is speaking in the helicopter. It flies over a field with a broken down fence.) ASTRID: Here we go. (The helicopter gently touches down. The DOCTOR quickly gets out, as do JAMIE and VICTORIA. ASTRID swings her leg over the control stick and holds her shoulder as she climbs out.) 18. OUTSIDE BUNGALOW (ASTRID marches toward the house, but the DOCTOR stops her.) DOCTOR: Wait, you're hurt! (He looks at her arm and she has blood on her fingers.) ASTRID: It's nothing. We're lucky to be still alive. (JAMIE and VICTORIA walk past them to the door. The DOCTOR catches ASTRID as she begins to faint.) DOCTOR: Jamie, give her a hand. (JAMIE quickly turns to help her up onto the porch.) 19. BUNGALOW (VICTORIA opens the door and JAMIE and the DOCTOR help ASTRID inside. The Bungalow is comfortably furnished.) DOCTOR: Come along inside. (Clears throat.) ASTRID: I'm all right. (She walks by herself, but the DOCTOR and JAMIE still try to fawn over her and she looks frustrated at them. The DOCTOR and JAMIE help her out of her coat.) DOCTOR: Now let's have a look at it. You're not, and please don't argue. Victoria, bring some warm water will you. VICTORIA: Well where's the kitchen? ASTRID: Through the arch. (VICTORIA leaves.) ASTRID: There's a medical kit in the bathroom, through there. (Nods in the direction.) DOCTOR: Go and fetch it, will you Jamie. JAMIE: Right. (He takes the coat as he leaves.) DOCTOR: Come and sit down. (She walks to the couch, still holding her arm.) ASTRID: It's nothing. It's just a scratch. DOCTOR: We'll see. (They sit down together and the DOCTOR examines the wound.) DOCTOR: Oh, yes . . . . (ASTRID suddenly moves slightly, realizing she has no reason to trust him, and he makes a slight noise of surprise, but continues examining.) ASTRID: Who are you? DOCTOR: (Glances up at her.) You mean you don't know? ASTRID: No, why should I? DOCTOR: Well you went to such a great deal of trouble to save us. (JAMIE comes through the door with the kit.) DOCTOR: Ah, there we are. Thank you, Jamie. (He hands it to the DOCTOR, who opens it and sets it on the table.) ASTRID: Do you know how to use those things? (The DOCTOR pulls out a few things.) JAMIE: Oh, don't worry, the Doctor will fix you up just fine. (VICTORIA calls for JAMIE while he is still speaking and he leaves to see what she wants.) ASTRID: Oh, you're a Doctor? DOCTOR: (Studies a roll of gauze.) Well not of any medical significance. ASTRID: Doctor of law? Philosophy? DOCTOR: (Smiles at her mischievously.) Which law? Whose philosophies, eh? ASTRID: I see. You're determined to be mysterious. DOCTOR: Am I? (Opens a bottle and examines it before putting it on his hands.) ASTRID: Um, Doctor of science? DOCTOR: Septic spray. That should be all right. (Sprays a stream onto each hand.) ASTRID: (jokingly) A Doctor of divinity then? DOCTOR: You'll run out of Doctors in a minute. (Pulls out a cotton ball and turns to ASTRID.) Ah. You haven't told us your name yet. ASTRID: Astrid Ferrier. (VICTORIA returns with a bowl of water on a tray and JAMIE behind her.) DOCTOR: Ah, Miss Ferrier, this is Victoria and this is Jamie. (VICTORIA puts the tray on the table and JAMIE waves hello with a towel. The DOCTOR reaches to dip the cotton ball in the water.) DOCTOR: Now this won't take a minute . . . just want to clean it off . . . be as gentle as I can. (The DOCTOR holds the torn fabric out of the way and gently wipes the wound. He continues to work as he speaks.) DOCTOR: There we are . . . . Who are these men? Why are they so determined to k*ll us? ASTRID: k*ll you. They hate you. (The DOCTOR lifts his head with an innocent look on his face.) DOCTOR: Me? I'm the nicest possible person. ASTRID: (Sighs.) Or at least I should say they hate the person that they think you are. Passionately and completely. VICTORIA: Can't we tell them they've made a mistake? ASTRID: There wouldn't be time. (The DOCTOR opens something with two snapping sounds. ASTRID helps him place a piece of gauze over her wound.) DOCTOR: They seem remarkably dedicated. ASTRID: They are. DOCTOR: There. (The DOCTOR finishes dressing ASTRID's wound and clasps his hands.) DOCTOR: (pleasantly) Tell me, Miss Ferrier, do you hate me? ASTRID: Far from it. To me you’re the most wonderful and marvelous man that's ever dropped out of the skies. (The DOCTOR takes a deep breath, smiling broadly.) ASTRID: Will you do something for me? DOCTOR: (without hesitation) Anything, anything at all. ASTRID: It will probably cost you your life! (The smile immediately drops off the DOCTOR's face.) ASTRID: Oh, but it would be worth it. DOCTOR: Oh that's- that's comforting anyway, er . . . . (Squints.) What is it you want me to do? ASTRID: Let me take you to the man I work for, Giles Kent. He'll explain everything you want to know. (The DOCTOR looks skeptical before a smile appears on his face.) DOCTOR: I don't think so, Miss Ferrier. No, I'm sorry. (Gets up and clears throat.) (ASTRID looks away in frustration, then stands up. JAMIE helps her into her coat.) JAMIE: Um, can we not just listen, Doctor? There's no harm in that. DOCTOR: There's a great deal of harm in it. You don't suppose Miss Ferrier saved our skins for our sakes, do you? Now what is it you want us for? ASTRID: You resemble very closely a man who's determined to be dictator of the world. A man who'll stop at nothing. VICTORIA: A dictator? Like Napoleon? DOCTOR: Who is he? ASTRID: Salamander. DOCTOR: Salamander? ASTRID: I know it's surprising. Let me take you to Giles Kent. (The hovercraft noise rises in the background. The DOCTOR touches his chin, considering.) VICTORIA: Oh you're not going to agree? (The DOCTOR turns to her, then looks up with concern, hearing the hovercraft’s buzzing. Everyone looks out the window. The hovercraft stops in front of the helicopter and the three men climb out. One runs for the front door while the other two slowly approach the large window.) ASTRID: The back door! Hurry! (The DOCTOR takes his companions’ hands to run, but stops at the sound of the back door being smashed down.) DOCTOR: It's too late! ASTRID: In there! (They run through the bathroom door while ASTRID ducks behind the couch. ROD approaches, g*n raised, but doesn’t see her. Warily the g*n enters the room. He cautiously searches the room until ASTRID suddenly jumps up and throws him down.) ASTRID: Run for it! (The DOCTOR and VICTORIA run through the arch, but JAMIE stops to beckon ASTRID.) JAMIE: Come on! (ROD stands, but the two men outside see the movement inside and f*re. ROD tenses in shock and collapses. JAMIE grabs ASTRID’s hand and runs.) JAMIE: Miss Ferrier, come on! (ANTON runs through the door and immediately spots ROD. He bends down and looks at ROD’s lifeless body as CURLY runs in. ANTON lets go of ROD, glaring silently at CURLY, who is staring in horror at the body of his friend.) CURLY: But I . . . . He was framed against the window. I saw him, he was trying to get out! (ANTON grabs him and shoves him toward the arch.) ANTON: (growls) No time now, they'll get away! (CURLY runs into the next room and stops, looking out the window. VICTORIA, JAMIE, the DOCTOR, and ASTRID run down the path.) CURLY: There they are! (CURLY fires, shattering the window, but ANTON has joined him and grabs his shoulder.) ANTON: Wait! If we can get up in the air above them, we can finish this, now let's get to that helicopter! (They run out the front.) 20. OUTSIDE (The four fugitives find a dip in the ground by a fallen log covered in dried grass, with some pine branches for cover overhead.) 21. HELICOPTER (ANTON and CURLY quickly climb into the helicopter.) 22. OUTSIDE (They all lift their heads, realizing with horror what is going to happen.) ASTRID: The helicopter. 23. HELICOPTER (The helicopter rises into the air.) 24. OUTSIDE (ASTRID watches, a grave look on her face.) ASTRID: It'll blow up. 25. HELICOPTER (The helicopter cabin explodes in flames.) 26. OUTSIDE (Everyone ducks their heads down except the DOCTOR, who raises his hands to cover his ears.) 27. KENT'S OFFICE (KENT stares at something, with a bit of disbelief and a bit of amazement.) KENT: Incredible. (The DOCTOR stands apart from JAMIE and VICTORIA. KENT walks a circle around him, staring at him. The DOCTOR watches him with a face which is saying "Just what is going on?") KENT: Absolutely incredible. DOCTOR: (annoyed) I'm not a specimen in a glass bowl, you know. KENT: Ah, I'm sorry. Do sit down. DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. (Sits down.) KENT: (Still staring.) It's just so astonishing. You are Salamander? ASTRID: Do you see what I mean? KENT: But surely you know how alike you are? After all, Salamander is a world figure. (JAMIE and VICTORIA move behind the DOCTOR to support him.) DOCTOR: (breathing nervously) Well- well my friends and I, we've- we’ve been out of touch, er . . . with civilisation for a while. We're- er, we’re visitors so to speak, um. On ice shall we say. (KENT glances at JAMIE and VICTORIA, but quickly turns his eyes back to the DOCTOR.) KENT: I see. Where shall I start? DOCTOR: At the beginning please. (Looks at his companions.) We've been subjected to a number of att*cks because I look like this Salamander of yours. (JAMIE and VICTORIA cross their arms.) KENT: I'm not surprised. (Walks around behind the desk.) I'll show you why. (Holds up a disk and places it in its compartment.) I have a video wire of Salamander, addressing the United Zones Conference on World Food. (He flips some switches and the video appears on the screen with a reporter’s voiceover. As the reporter speaks, the camera pans over a large, square building with people flocking up and down the steps.) REPORTER: And meanwhile, over at the United Zones General Assembly, from all over the world delegates are flocking in, eager to hear the latest report from Leader Salamander. (A man appears behind a podium with two microphones pointed toward him. He is the DOCTOR, but yet he isn't. The black hair is neatly gelled down and instead of the black frock-coat, he is wearing a perfectly tailored, fashion-forward outfit. He speaks in a Mexican accent and his eyebrows and mouth are fairly still as he speaks, in sharp contrast to the DOCTOR’s animated expressions.) SALAMANDER: The progress, er, Mr. President, of the Sun Conservation establishment at Kanowa, in the Australasian Zone . . . (JAMIE and VICTORIA speak in shock at the same time, while the DOCTOR waves his hands, trying to shush them.) SALAMANDER: . . . is, I'm delighted to report, highly satisfactory. (Applause.) SALAMANDER: (Leans over the podium.) But we cannot yet guarantee good summer holidays for all. (Laughter.) SALAMANDER: (Stands tall.) However, we have now in orbit the Mark VII Sun Catcher . . . (ASTRID tries to hold back a smile as she glances at the shocked faces of the TARDIS crew.) SALAMANDER: . . . and already we have been able to concentrate the sun's rays into much needed areas. The great Canadian wheat plains are safe. (Applause. The DOCTOR stands and walks closer to the screen, face-to-face with his doppleganger.) SALAMANDER: (Leans over the podium and speaks more softly.) And now, Mr President: Ukraine - the grain field of the planet . . . (The DOCTOR raises his eyebrows, still shocked but studying and documenting every detail with his Time Lord brain.) SALAMANDER: . . . an unfortunate area between Bucava and Kirovograd devastated by the elements two short years ago. What have I got to say to you about that? (Straightens and raises voice.) I can tell you that on both banks of the Dnieper river the corn is ripening in the sun! And ten-thousand robot harvesters are moving down to gather in fifty million tons of flour! (More applause. The DOCTOR glances back at JAMIE and VICTORIA. KENT sits behind his desk and ASTRID stands in front of the screen as the video ends. The DOCTOR returns to his seat.) VICTORIA: There's nothing there to say he's a bad man. DOCTOR: I quite agree, Victoria. He seems to be a public benefactor. Quite a speaker too and remarkably handsome, didn't you think so Jamie? (JAMIE pushes his shoulder.) KENT: (Hands folded on the desk.) He's one of the most popular men on the planet. Many people call him the shopkeeper of the world. The saviour, in fact, some of them. JAMIE: Well what's he saved the world from? ASTRID: Starvation - too many people, too little food. KENT: Until Salamander invented his Sun Store. But surely you've heard? You must know. DOCTOR: Oh yes, well of course we've heard something. KENT: The Sun Store collects the rays from the sun and stores them in concentrated form. JAMIE: Oh, like the ioniser, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, a rather different principle I think, Jamie. VICTORIA: Well never mind how it works! What's it for? KENT: Salamander can force-grow three, sometimes four, crops in one summer. JAMIE: Well why do these men want to k*ll him? I mean, one minute you say he's saving the world, the next- KENT: For his own ends! Step by step he's taking control of this planet. (The DOCTOR stands and walks to KENT.) DOCTOR: (Points.) You have proof of this? KENT: Some, yes. I was once a high official in the World Zone Authority - Deputy Security Leader for North Africa and Europe - but Salamander discredited and ruined me, because he realized I was beginning to get suspicious. DOCTOR: But you could be making up stories about Salamander! Out of revenge. KENT: (Nods and turns away.) Yes, I suppose so. Then you can judge for yourself. (He picks up a cube of some kind and puts it in a compartment while the DOCTOR watches. He presses some buttons.) KENT: You remember Michael Assevski - he was Controller of the Eastern European Zone? (The DOCTOR looks at the screen, which shows a picture of the man in question.) KENT: He was drowned at sea a mile from shore. (The DOCTOR’s expression doesn’t change. The screen shows another man, who looks frightened and is holding his hand up to the camera.) KENT: Hockingham, m*rder! All of them were seen with Salamander, or a man known as his deputy, shortly before their deaths. (The DOCTOR listens, hands folded.) ASTRID: All of them were replaced by men known to be in Salamander's power. DOCTOR: (Quickly points.) Known by who? KENT: By me, Doctor. DOCTOR: Well why don't you tell the authorities, the police or whatever? KENT: Because I'm discredited, don't you see? Because Salamander is so popular, and also because the man that took my place, a man named Donald Bruce, has since risen to become overall security chief. DOCTOR: Surely there is someone you can take your story to? KENT: Ah yes, Helvig believed me. So did Assevski, and they're d*ad. However, there is one other man, a man named Alexander Denes, but none of them will do anything until it's too late! VICTORIA: I'm surprised. (Everyone looks at her and she seems surprised to suddenly be in the spotlight.) VICTORIA: Well if Salamander is everything you say he is, then why hasn't he tried to . . . . KENT: Dispose of me? VICTORIA: Yes. KENT: Well he has, but he's afraid. You see, the testimony of a d*ad man still holds legal weight. DOCTOR: Oh, I see. (to his companions) Well, it seems we have a problem on our hands whether to believe Mr Kent or not. KENT: Well there is one way that you can find out for yourselves. DOCTOR: Oh, how? ASTRID: Impersonate Salamander. DOCTOR: (frustrated) Yes, I thought that's what we were leading up to. JAMIE: (Hands on hips.) Well I must admit, Doctor, you do look like him. VICTORIA: (Nods.) Exactly like him. DOCTOR: Yes, there's more to it than that. What about the voice? ASTRID: Well it's nearly the same pitch, only the accent. DOCTOR: Only the accent?! My dear young lady! (Takes a deep breath as he steps away.) Oh, dear! (He blows and his mouth goes crooked.) Now what was it he said . . . . (Speaks in an accent, rolling his R’s.) We still cannot guarantee good summer holidays for all, no . . . . Guarantee, no, no, no . . . . (Changes to a throaty R.) Guaran- guarantee. (normal voice) You see it's very difficult. Hmm, of course I- I was always interested in phonetics. (accent) Holidays . . . summer . . . summer . . . . (normal voice) He must have come from Mexico, Quintana Roo or Yucatan or somewhere . . . . (Walks to JAMIE and VICTORIA.) KENT: That's incredible, Doctor, he was born at Merida, state capital of Yucatan. DOCTOR: (Waving his finger.) Yes, there are other very strong influences though. Oh, I could do it in time. But what if I did it, what then? KENT: (Walks around his desk.) You could walk into Salamander's research station at Kanowa, find out how he's getting control of the separate World Zones, and then bring out absolute proof! (Crosses arms.) (The communicator on his desk buzzes. The DOCTOR looks at JAMIE, who avoids eye contact. KENT picks up the phone and speaks into it.) KENT: Yes. I see. (He puts the phone down and turns to the DOCTOR, crossing his arms again.) KENT: (smugly) How long did you say it would take you to master Salamander's accent? DOCTOR: I didn't. It would take three weeks, perhaps four. KENT: Well while we've been talking, the Security Chief I told you about, Donald Bruce, has since cordoned off this entire area. (The DOCTOR reacts with horror and backs behind JAMIE and VICTORIA for protection.) KENT: He's coming here himself. Now! (Smiles.) I'd say you've got about two minutes, Doctor. DOCTOR: (furious) But that's out of the question! KENT: You know what he'll do as soon as he sees you, a man who resembles Salamander so closely? (JAMIE, VICTORIA, and the DOCTOR shout at the same time.) KENT: Will you please listen! You'll be under arrest for impersonation as soon as he sees you. I mean it. DOCTOR: (nervously) But isn't there another way out of this? KENT: Only one - be Salamander. (The DOCTOR breathes heavily, horrified.) VICTORIA: But the clothes! DOCTOR: (Points with both hands, relieved.) Yes. KENT: (Walks to a cupboard.) There are some in here. A little less eccentric, but do the best you can. (Opens the cupboard.) DOCTOR: (panicking) I won't! I can't! KENT: Your friends, Doctor, do you want them to suffer? Because they will, you know. (KENT grabs the DOCTOR by his arms and pulls him away from JAMIE and VICTORIA.) DOCTOR: No, wait a minute! Why is a man like Bruce coming here? (KENT pushes him toward the cupboard with a hand on his chest.) DOCTOR: Don't push me! KENT: There isn't time. DOCTOR: (Pointing violently.) You sent for him, didn't you? You tipped him off! KENT: I couldn't miss an opportunity like this, now please come on. (KENT forces the DOCTOR, shouting in protest, into the cupboard and closes the door. He quickly goes behind his desk) ASTRID: (angrily) Giles, for heaven's sake, what have you done? It's far too risky! (The room quiets as footsteps approach outside the door. The door bursts open to reveal a guard with a g*n. JAMIE and VICTORIA back away. The guard stands aside and a large man wearing large glasses strides into the room.) BRUCE: Hello Kent. Doing some recruiting are you? (Looks at JAMIE and VICTORIA.) A bit young for K*llers, aren't they? VICTORIA: What do you mean? KENT: All right, what do you mean by stepping in here like this? BRUCE: Anytime, Kent. (Walks toward him with a thr*at cane.) I've got the right and you know it. Anytime I like. KENT: (Sits.) All right, what do you want? BRUCE: That's better, you're ex-security, you know the way it's got to go. We might as well be nice and civil about it, mightn't we? (Points at ASTRID with his cane.) That bungalow in Cedar District. In your name, right? ASTRID: (nonchalantly) Why? BRUCE: (Approaches.) Do I have to tell you? There's been an awful nasty mess out there. Someone has got himself sh*t in your living room. (ASTRID refuses to respond. BRUCE spins to point at VICTORIA and JAMIE with his cane.) BRUCE: And who are you two? JAMIE: (rapidly) Jamie McCrimmon. BRUCE: And? JAMIE: (rapidly) Victoria Waterfield. BRUCE: (to VICTORIA) What's the matter, can't you speak? VICTORIA: (Looking straight at BRUCE.) Don't shout at me. BRUCE: Oho! Very good, the outraged public citizen. (to KENT) Do they know who I am? KENT: Yes they do. BRUCE: A pity, I like to hear you say it. Now listen to this, all of you. One of your (pointing at KENT) men was m*rder in a bungalow rented to you (pointing at ASTRID). The remains of two others were found in what was left of a helicopter. (pointing at ASTRID) You were in that bungalow at the time. And there were three other people with you, two youngsters (pointing at JAMIE and VICTORIA) and a man. Right? (Nobody says a word.) BRUCE: Now, there was another man, wasn't there? So we'll deal with that first? Where is he? (BRUCE looks at everyone in turn. Nobody speaks. He points at his guard, who goes and kicks open the cupboard door. The DOCTOR strides in, wearing a black turtleneck and a scowl, his hair neatly combed. He walks slowly toward BRUCE. He speaks with an accent and a straight face.) DOCTOR: Why hello Bruce. What are you doing here, huh? (BRUCE stares at him, shocked.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x17 - The Enemy of the World - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
by DAVID WHITAKER first broadcast - 30 December 1967 running time - 23mins 48secs 1. KENT’S OFFICE, AUSTRALASIAN ZONE (The DOCTOR wears a black turtleneck and a scowl, his hair neatly combed. He stands before BRUCE and speaks with an accent and a straight face.) DOCTOR: Hello Bruce, what are you doing here, huh? BRUCE: (surprised) I was under the impression you were in the Central European Zone, Leader. (KENT looks nervously at ASTRID, who keeps her cool.) DOCTOR: That’s what you were meant to believe. BRUCE: Why? (The DOCTOR rubs his hands anxiously. He walks past BRUCE so BRUCE can’t see his nervousness.) DOCTOR: (with mock anger) I do not care to be questioned by my own security! BRUCE: Well that’s just it. How can I possibly maintain security when you behave like this? I’m at least entitled to know your movements. DOCTOR: You have a policeman’s mind, Bruce. BRUCE: That may be! Only a few days ago you questioned me about this man and his activities. (pointing at KENT with his cane) And we agreed that he was dangerous! Now, I find you in his office. (The DOCTOR goes to the chair by JAMIE and VICTORIA and sits.) DOCTOR: Sometimes I like to deal with matters in my own way. (Clears throat.) BRUCE: (Steps toward him.) They’re not holding you here? DOCTOR: Holding me? BRUCE: Under some thr*at or other. DOCTOR: No one thr*at Salamander! BRUCE: I still think I deserve an explanation, Leader. DOCTOR: Yes, of course, you shall have it. (Shrugs casually.) But not now. When I return from the Central European Zone. (BRUCE takes a breath, frustrated.) BRUCE: Very well. (He walks to KENT and ASTRID and points at her with his cane.) BRUCE: Now what about the d*ad man found in your bungalow? He was one of your lot, wasn’t he? ASTRID: Yes. Um, he was trying to protect me. The other two wanted to k*ll me. BRUCE: Now why should they want to do that to a nice young girl like you? ASTRID: Well I . . . (KENT looks at her nervously, and so does the DOCTOR, as she can’t think of an explanation.) KENT: Obviously they thought I was there. BRUCE: You? KENT: Yes, Bruce, just like you, a lot of people don’t like me. BRUCE: Don’t get clever with me, Kent! I’ve a good mind to take- DOCTOR: (Interrupts.) I am prepared to accept his story. BRUCE: Well I’m not! DOCTOR: That’s interesting, but not important. (He stands and motions to his chest.) DOCTOR: I accept it! That’s all that matters. BRUCE: It’s beginning to look as if these people are working for you now. Is that right? DOCTOR: You still dare to question me?! They have information! I shall get it! I will see you on my return. Now leave me! (BRUCE gives KENT and ASTRID a last look before striding toward the door. He stops and turns to JAMIE, pushing his cane against JAMIE’s chest. JAMIE stands up to him fearlessly.) BRUCE: McCrimmon, you said? JAMIE: Aye. BRUCE: Well you just watch your step, that’s all. (BRUCE storms out and his guard follows. JAMIE looks bewildered and steps toward the DOCTOR, pointing after BRUCE.) JAMIE: I never said a word. (The DOCTOR frantically waves his hand signalling JAMIE to be quiet. JAMIE listens as the footsteps continue to fade and a door is shut. The DOCTOR sighs with relief and speaks in his normal voice and normal banter with JAMIE.) DOCTOR: Must be the way you look, Jamie. (He mops his face with his handkerchief.) VICTORIA: You were splendid, Doctor. DOCTOR: Thank you. ASTRID: (Shaking her head angrily.) That was a dangerous game to play. KENT: It paid off. (to the DOCTOR) All right, are you with us? DOCTOR: (Walking toward him.) I don’t know where you stand, Mr Kent. But you and this Salamander are obviously on opposite sides. That at least is clear. But which side is good? (Clasps hands.) Which side is bad? And why should I interfere? ASTRID: Well you’re the only man who can help save the world. VICTORIA: But isn’t that what Salamander’s trying to do? ASTRID: Don’t you understand? Salamander . . . (The DOCTOR raises his hands to interrupt her.) DOCTOR: Er, just a moment. (Clasps hands.) Jamie, you’re unusually quiet, what do you think? JAMIE: Well to save the world, aye, well it sounds grand, but . . . . Oh, we couldn’t turn our back on a challenge like this Doctor. (Points.) Well, at least I know you wouldn’t. VICTORIA: We don’t know anything about these people. JAMIE: Astrid saved our lives, she was wounded because of it! VICTORIA: Oh but Jamie, you don't think- JAMIE: Look, she was! KENT: Look, we’re right about Salamander! It won't take you long to find out for yourselves. DOCTOR: How do you propose we do that? (JAMIE and VICTORIA approach the DOCTOR.) JAMIE: He’ll be well guarded for a start. VICTORIA: We can hardly steal into his study and go through his papers. DOCTOR: That man, Bruce, said that he was in the Central European Zone. VICTORIA: It’s a long way from Australia. ASTRID: It’s only two hours by rocket. KENT: You could leave almost at once. DOCTOR: Oh, what then? ASTRID: (Walking toward them.) I’ve had a plan for infiltrating into Salamander’s inner circle for some time. Well I could adapt it for your two friends. KENT: I can arrange three travel warrants and visas. Everything you need. JAMIE: Just three? KENT: (Gesturing to each in turn.) Well one for Astrid, one for you and ah . . . . VICTORIA: Victoria. KENT: Of course. DOCTOR: (Hands folded.) Oh that’s very clever of you. How can you do that? I thought you said you had no official position? ASTRID: We have a contact there. DOCTOR: He must be a very important person. ASTRID: He is. Denes, Controller of the Zone. (The DOCTOR’s face lights up in recognition.) DOCTOR: Oh, I see. (He taps his finger in thought and approaches KENT.) DOCTOR: What about me? KENT: I think we better have a look at Salamander’s research station at Kanowa. DOCTOR: (Nodding with a nervous smile.) Yes. Ah, yes, but . . . from a safe distance of course. 2. BENIK’S OFFICE, RESEARCH STATION, AUSTRALASIAN ZONE (A sign outside the Kanowa Research Station reads “Entry forbidden except with planetary pass.” BRUCE looks at the door, hearing someone approaching. BENIK walks in and is unhappy to see BRUCE in his office.) BENIK: What is all this? I’ll just give you a couple of minutes. I have a meeting. (He puts his folder down at the head of the long meeting table.) BRUCE: This is important, Benik! BENIK: (antagonistically) I hope so. Well? (He walks past BRUCE and picks up a pile of papers.) BRUCE: Salamander’s left you in control of the research station? BENIK: Yes. BRUCE: Did he go on the rocket for the Central European Zone? BENIK: Studying his papers, uninterested. Yes. BRUCE: Did you see him go aboard? (BENIK looks up, finally interested.) BENIK: Hasn’t been an accident, has there? BRUCE: Did you see the rocket take off? BENIK: (sarcastically) Do you mean, did I stand there waving my handkerchief? Hardly, I had too much to do. (He walks past BRUCE again.) BRUCE: You're not a very funny man, Benik! Not to me. (Walking toward him.) Now answer me! Did you actually see him leave? (BENIK is busying himself placing copies of papers in front of all the seats around the table.) BENIK: (Not looking.) What is all this? BRUCE: I’ve just driven straight here from having spoken to Salamander. Not two hundred miles away. BENIK: That’s impossible! BRUCE: I don’t lie! Even to someone like you. He was with Giles Kent. (BENIK looks up at BRUCE, finally beginning to care.) BENIK: But he hates Kent. BRUCE: Exactly. BENIK: Kent wasn’t holding him by force, was he? BRUCE: No, I thought of that. Salamander . . . was a wee bit odd, I admit. Not quite his usual self, but he was perfectly in control. All he had to do was bat an eyelid and I’d have knocked off everyone in sight. BENIK: Oh, well I don’t understand it. (BRUCE follows BENIK around the table.) BRUCE: Now Salamander suggested that he was on his way to the Central European Zone. Now you’re in radio contact with him. I want you to talk to him, make sure that Kent hasn’t got some hold over him that . . . we don’t know about. BENIK: He instructed me not to bother him until the conference was over. BRUCE: Well, I’m countermanding that instruction! BENIK: I’m telling you, Bruce, he won’t answer! Not till the conference is over. It’s too important. (He walks toward the door.) BRUCE: How long will it last? BENIK: (Snaps, losing his cool for the first time.) How should I know!? (They stare at each other and BENIK calms himself down. He returns to his usual tone of dripping contempt hidden behind a smile.) BENIK: They last three hours usually. BRUCE: All right, that’ll have to do. (Walks to the door.) Let me have a report as soon as you’ve spoken to him. Is that clear? (He stops in the doorway, as there is silence from BENIK, who is still rifling through his papers. BRUCE comes back in and stands just behind BENIK.) BRUCE: Is that clear!? (BENIK slowly looks up at him, unmoved.) BENIK: (Like an offended old lady.) Yes. (BRUCE leaves the room and closes the door. BENIK purses his lips, angry at himself to even be considering the possibility of BRUCE’s outrageous claims. He strides to the phone and picks it up.) BENIK: I want a direct channel link to Leader Salamander, Ariel TLXKZ. Notify me as soon as he is able to accept transmission. That’s all. (He puts the phone down. He walks to his chair at the head of the table and opens the file. He slowly sits down.) 3. EAST TERRACE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (This outdoor porch is lavishly decorated with pillars, flora, and chiseled statues. The view to one side is a wide open plain with trees in the distance. One man sits at a table, and another man stands facing the man by the parapet, who is taking in the view.) DENES: This is dreadful news, Salamander. I still can’t believe it. (The man by the parapet turns. It is the DOCTOR, or rather his dark side. He wears tight black trousers and a frilled white shirt under his lavish black jacket to match his perfectly groomed jet-black hair. He walks down the steps toward the Controller of the Zone, DENES, at the table.) FEDORIN: Terrible, terrible. SALAMANDER: I don’t say it will happen. I say it can happen. Your Zone is in danger, Denes. (Points at the map on the table.) Here, here and here. FEDORIN: We’ve had no trouble for years in those mountains. SALAMANDER: almost thr*at You don’t imagine I make it up? FEDORIN: No, no, of course not. DENES: Those volcanoes have been d*ad since sixteenth century. Fedorin is right to doubt. (SALAMANDER wraps his arm over FEDORIN’s shoulder and leads him to the front parapet.) SALAMANDER: A volcano is a strange thing, my friend. I tell you the truth. It’s like a man in the hot sun, sleeping . . . still . . . lifeless. Then BOOM! He wakes full of energy! (His hands move and his voice rises, full of the DOCTOR’s passion, and yet his face is SALAMANDER’s sinister sobriety, turning even the DOCTOR’s charming mannerisms dark and thr*at.) SALAMANDER: I know volcanoes. DENES: Isn’t there a possibility of a . . . miscalculation for a few degrees? SALAMANDER: I’m never wrong. Every one of my predictions has been accurate. DENES: Yes. Your record is good. I don’t deny that. SALAMANDER: (holding back anger) You are too kind. (sharply) Now will you listen to me! (The intercom on another table starts to beep. At the same time, a woman speaks.) FARIAH: Leader, the communications- SALAMANDER: I know! I know! I told you I was not to be disturbed! FARIAH: Yes, Leader. (She turns to leave.) SALAMANDER: (sharply) No wait! (She turns to face him and he walks toward her. He smiles at the others, pretending to be embarrassed for snapping, and tries to fix it by repeating much more pleasantly.) SALAMANDER: No, wait Fariah, huh? (to FEDORIN) You like some refreshment, perhaps? FEDORIN: Thank you. DENES: (Stands.) No no, not for me. SALAMANDER: Oh you’re going so soon? DENES: I must consult my scientific advisors. SALAMANDER: (Squares off.) You still don’t believe me? DENES: I believe you sufficiently to want to . . . have your information checked, before I alarm my people unnecessarily. SALAMANDER: Hm, your scientists won’t help you. They don’t know. (pleasantly) They are amateurs. DENES: No, Salamander, they are not amateurs. They are very clever men dedicated to their work. But they are men, capable of human error like anybody else. SALAMANDER: Do what you wish. Captain! (A Guard marches into the room.) CAPTAIN: Sir! SALAMANDER: Controller Denes is leaving. CAPTAIN: Yes, sir. (The CAPTAIN leads DENES out of the room and SALAMANDER and FEDORIN follow.) SALAMANDER: You will soon see that I am right. (SALAMANDER turns to stop FEDORIN.) SALAMANDER: Oh, you will stay, huh? Have a drink. We have a great deal to talk about, you and I. Fariah, see to him. (He leads DENES away. FEDORIN looks confused and a little concerned. He knows something is wrong.) 4. BENCH, GARDEN, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (Fog hangs heavily over the garden. A wooden bench sits by a path which curves along the edge of the woods. A few small trees stand in the open field on the other side of the path. VICTORIA sits on the bench and JAMIE paces. He approaches VICTORIA.) JAMIE: Are you sure this is the right one? (Sits.) VICTORIA: I’m not sure of anything after that rocket. But Astrid said it was the third bench on the south walk of the large gardens. Well here it is, I counted! (JAMIE notices someone behind them.) JAMIE: Here we are. (ASTRID stands behind the bench and they twist to face her.) ASTRID: It’s all arranged. Salamander’s in residence in the President’s Palace. (ASTRID gives JAMIE a card.) JAMIE: What’s the card? ASTRID: (Pointing.) That’ll get you through the front gate. Find the terrace facing west. (VICTORIA stands while JAMIE stows the card inside his vest.) VICTORIA: Good luck Jamie. ASTRID: Yes, keep your wits about you. JAMIE: Right. (JAMIE stands and turns to leave.) 5. GARDEN, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (ASTRID hides under an ivy-covered arch and speaks into her Communicator.) ASTRID: Hello . . . (Presses the button repeatedly.) Hello! Australasian Zone? How much longer? Look, don’t talk to me about sun spots. What? Well, the Central European Zone. (frustrated) Please don’t worry about procedure, this is urgent, connect me! 6. KENT’S OFFICE intercut with GARDEN (The DOCTOR looks more like himself with his untamed hair and untucked collar, playing with his fingers. The Communicator bleeps.) KENT: That might be her now. (He goes and picks up the phone while the DOCTOR watches curiously in the background.) KENT: Yes. ASTRID: (over telephone) Hello, Giles? This is me, Astrid. KENT: Right let’s have it. What’s happening? (KENT motions for the DOCTOR to come.) ASTRID: (over telephone) Everything’s gone fine so far. (The DOCTOR picks up another phone connected to the same Communicator and covers the receiver to listen in.) KENT: Speak up, we can’t hear you very well. ASTRID: Oh, it’s these spots. KENT: Oh. (to the DOCTOR) She’s having spot trouble. DOCTOR: Oh yes. KENT: Right, how is the plan working so far? ASTRID: It’s gone fine. And the rocket arrived right on time in Hungary. And Jamie’s got his entrance pass and has started phase one. KENT: (over communicator) Do you think the boy can handle it? ASTRID: Well I hope so. My goodness they’re a pretty odd lot though, aren’t they? (The DOCTOR looks confused.) KENT: (awkwardly) Well actually the Doctor’s with me right now. ASTRID: (over telephone) Oh . . . I am sorry. Oh I know I’m sure they’ll be fine. KENT: What news of Denes? We must keep him posted as to what is happening. ASTRID: It’s all right, we’ve contacted and we’ve arranged to meet. KENT: Be careful, he’s pretty well known. ASTRID: (over telephone.) Oh, don’t worry. We’ve er . . . we- I suggested that we meet under a disused jetty by the river. DOCTOR: (horrified) Disused Yeti? KENT: No, no, no. Jetty, jetty! (to ASTRID) Er, anything else to tell us? ASTRID: No, if the plan goes through, I’ll try and contact you again. KENT: (over communicator.) Right. Goodbye, good luck. DOCTOR: Good luck, Astrid. Jamie and Victoria will look after you. KENT: Astrid, are you there? We’re- (The sound of her hanging up comes through the phone.) KENT: She’s gone. (Giving the DOCTOR a look.) And I’m not surprised after that last remark. (The DOCTOR lowers his hand, unsure what he’s done wrong.) DOCTOR: Well I’m sorry. 7. EAST TERRACE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (FARIAH has gotten FEDORIN a drink. He downs his glass and pours another. He takes a sip as he sits. He sounds frustrated, worried about other things.) FEDORIN: Why don’t you sit down? FARIAH: (shortly) No. FEDORIN: Why not? FARIAH: I have never sat out here. FEDORIN: Salamander won’t mind. FARIAH: (emphatically) I would never sit down here. FEDORIN: If you don’t like him why do you work for him? FARIAH: He has a way of persuading people. FEDORIN: Yes I could imagine that. FARIAH: (with disgust) Brujo. FEDORIN: What? (She shakes her head dismissively.) FEDORIN: (agitated) If only I knew what he wanted to talk to me about. Would you know? FARIAH: Salamander talks to many people. Some only once. FEDORIN: Well I shall know soon enough I suppose. (Takes another sip.) What exactly do you do here? FARIAH: I serve. FEDORIN: Yes, but you’re obviously not an ordinary servant. FARIAH: No, I’m not. FEDORIN: What then? FARIAH: Would you like some more refreshments? (She moves to take his glass, but he grabs it first as he stands.) FEDORIN: No, I’ll . . . get it myself. (FARIAH smirks while his back is turned, pouring the water. He drinks almost the whole glass again.) FEDORIN: Oh that’s good. FARIAH: (matter-of-factly) Is it? I’m very glad to hear that. FEDORIN: What? FARIAH: I am Salamander’s food taster. FEDORIN: (surprised) Does he need one? FARIAH: There have been many attempts to poison him. FEDORIN: Dangerous job. FARIAH: Mm. (She watches silently as he takes another sip.) FARIAH: That’s why it’s very nice to have help for a change. (FEDORIN gags and quickly lowers the glass, staring at her in horror.) FEDORIN: You mean . . . you mean you haven’t-? FARIAH: No. I didn’t have time. (teasing) Still taste good, nothing bitter? (He coughs while she is speaking.) FEDORIN: N- No. I . . . I don’t think so. FARIAH: (grins) You would know by now, I think. FEDORIN: (Beginning to relax.) Oh . . . . Hah! Oh, you . . . you had me worried for a moment. (He takes a seat and raises the glass to his lips, but realizes what he’s doing and puts it down.) FEDORIN: But what on earth made you take a job as a food taster? SALAMANDER: She was hungry. (SALAMANDER is standing in the doorway.) SALAMANDER: Only thing is, now she has all the food she needs, she has lost her appetite. (to FARIAH, sharp-ish, with a forceful wave of his arm) Give me a drink. (She goes to the tray as he enters.) FEDORIN: You are well protected. SALAMANDER: Mm. (SALAMANDER snaps his fingers and a young officer rushes out onto the terrace from around the corner, aiming a g*n straight at the terrified Deputy. FEDORIN stands sharply and begins to put his hands up.) SALAMANDER: Very well protected. Be calm. Sit down, drink your drink. FEDORIN: (Suddenly points, frightened.) Ah! (JAMIE jumps over the stone parapet just beside the guard and renders him unconscious with a grunt, stealing his g*n. He aims the w*apon at SALAMANDER.) JAMIE: Thank you for calling the guard. I was wondering what to do about him. (SALAMANDER lunges toward the intercom on the table in front of him, but stops when JAMIE jerks the g*n toward him.) JAMIE: Now don’t move for that box! Not if you value your life. Now all of you, back over there! That’s it. Not as well protected as you think you are, eh? (He slowly moves toward the table, picks up the intercom, and backs toward the side parapet.) JAMIE: Now when I say duck . . . . (He chucks the intercom as far as he can and ducks, covering his head.) JAMIE: Duck, get down! 8. GARDEN, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (ASTRID remotely presses a trigger.) 9. EAST TERRACE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (A huge expl*si*n rocks the terrace and a huge orange fireball roars into the air. One of the potted trees on the terrace collapses. SALAMANDER recovers, staring after the expl*si*n in bewilderment, and wipes his jacket. JAMIE puts the g*n down and steps toward them, hands raised to emphasize his point. He crosses his arms casually as two guards appear and cover him with their g*n.) SALAMANDER: (to the guards) Wait! (They relax their arms as he approaches angrily.) SALAMANDER: What do you do boys, huh? Read? Sleep? It’s a fine thing. Here we have an attempt to destroy me and where are you? (Points.) It’s not so good, boys. It’s not so good. I’m watching you. (Waving toward the unconscious guard.) Look after him. Better still get rid of him! (SALAMANDER slowly approaches JAMIE. JAMIE finally gets a good look at the one who perverts the DOCTOR’s good-natured appearance. On the positive side, JAMIE is able to act completely natural, feeling like he’s talking to his best friend.) SALAMANDER: What’s all this about. Huh? JAMIE: Well I heard two men talking. They said they’d planted a b*mb of some kind in your radio telephone. I tried to warn them at the gates, but they wouldn’t pay any attention. SALAMANDER: So you break in? How you break in? JAMIE: Well I’m here on holiday with a friend. (Smiles broadly.) She’s very pretty, so the guards didn’t see me slip past ‘em. SALAMANDER: Why didn’t you call out and warn me? I nearly used the radio telephone several times. JAMIE: Ah you’d have had me sh*t, most like. SALAMANDER: (Eyes him skeptically.) Why you risk your skin to save me? JAMIE: (melancholy) Well without you the Earth hasn’t much of a chance, has it? (SALAMANDER considers him a moment longer and walks away.) SALAMANDER: You like to work for me, huh? You like that? (JAMIE follows him, pointing.) JAMIE: Oh no, you don’t have to do that. I mean, you owe me nothing. SALAMANDER: You’re quite right, boy. JAMIE: And I’m on holiday. SALAMANDER: You won’t find what I pay you disappointing. JAMIE: (Scratching his cheek thoughtfully.) Aye, there’s my girlfriend too though. SALAMANDER: Oh we might be able to find something for her. Eh Fariah? FARIAH: Yes, your chef could use an assistant. SALAMANDER: See to it. (to JAMIE) What do you say, huh? JAMIE: Well I’ll give it a go. But I’ll say this though, your security system’s rotten. (Cuts hand through the air for emphasis.) There’ll have to be changes. SALAMANDER: (chuckling) What a boy, huh? Fariah! (Waving toward JAMIE’s clothes.) See he gets some proper uniform instead of this eh skirt. (JAMIE looks at his kilt, offended, but holds his tongue.) SALAMANDER: (Sniffs.) And bring him and his girlfriend to see me. FARIAH: Come along then. (FARIAH leads the way and JAMIE follows her, watched by SALAMANDER.) FEDORIN: What an extraordinary young man. SALAMANDER: I prize loyalty very highly, my friend. And I repay it very generously. (Smiling.) Like I do the girl Fariah, huh? (FEDORIN forces a smile, but it quickly fades, as his eyebrows are knit with anxiety.) FEDORIN: Can I, er . . . can I ask you something? SALAMANDER: What is it? FEDORIN: What does "Brujo" mean? SALAMANDER: It’s a word we use in Mexico, for sorcerer. Why? FEDORIN: Nothing, nothing . . . . SALAMANDER: (demanding) You stay for dinner, huh? 10. BENCH, GARDEN, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (ASTRID is sitting on the bench, reading a book. VICTORIA is still sitting on the other end and they are pretending not to know each other. JAMIE strides up along the path toward them. ASTRID looks up at him from her book. She looks down at her book, acting uninterested.) ASTRID: Here comes Jamie. (At first VICTORIA doesn’t react. She struggles to keep a natural face and waits for the right moment to happen to look JAMIE’s direction and recognize him. Her face lights up as if she’s seeing an old friend and he runs toward her.) JAMIE: Everything’s fine. VICTORIA: Oh good. ASTRID: (Still looking at her book, pretending to be unrelated.) Careful, you might have been followed. JAMIE: Oh don’t worry, they think I’ve saved his life. (to VICTORIA) Hey, he’s offered me a job, to you as well! VICTORIA: (Stands.) That’s perfect! ASTRID: (Smiling.) Well done, Jamie. JAMIE: Well it was nothing. (Sits beside her, smiling.) All right at your end? ASTRID: Yes. But it was nothing. VICTORIA: Jamie. Jamie! JAMIE: What? VICTORIA: Does he look like the Doctor? JAMIE: Aye, it’s so uncanny! ASTRID: Careful. (ASTRID gets up and walks away without a goodbye or even a glance.) JAMIE: What’s the matter? VICTORIA: What is it? (JAMIE notices someone and grabs VICTORIA’s arm. She sits next to him, not knowing what he’s seen. He pretends not to have seen them.) JAMIE: (muttering) She must have eyes in the back of her head. (JAMIE raises his voice and holds VICTORIA’s hands like a lover, putting on an act.) JAMIE: So he’s offered the both of us a job. VICTORIA: Oh, good! CAPTAIN: Who was that? (JAMIE and VICTORIA look up at the CAPTAIN and FARIAH.) JAMIE: Who? CAPTAIN: The other girl who was sitting there? FARIAH: (to the CAPTAIN) Why don’t you leave them alone? Do you have to treat everyone as if they’re criminals? CAPTAIN: He had no right to leave the Presidential Palace. FARIAH: He had every right! He came to fetch his girlfriend. Salamander ordered it. CAPTAIN: I didn’t hear Salamander order it. FARIAH: (Looks away carelessly.) Very well, go and ask him. (The CAPTAIN’s face gives FARIAH her answer. She smiles at him.) FARIAH: No? Perhaps you’re wise. (He growls as he walks off. FARIAH watches him go. She turns to JAMIE and VICTORIA with a smile. They stand.) FARIAH: He would follow me. I am Fariah, how do you do? JAMIE: This is Victoria. VICTORIA: Hello. FARIAH: Hello. Jamie tells me you’re studying the arts of the kitchen. JAMIE: Aye, she’s a great dishwasher. VICTORIA: I like eating, and I’m hungry. FARIAH: Then let’s see if we can’t find you something to do. You can work with me if you like. VICTORIA: Thank you. (FARIAH starts back down the path and VICTORIA and JAMIE follow her.) 11. MARINA JETTY, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (ASTRID runs down the disused jetty and climbs off the side. She crawls underneath and checks her g*n. DENES is already there and crawls out from the shadows.) DENES: (whispers) Oof. I used to love to do this sort of thing when I was a boy. ASTRID: (whispers) I’m sorry. It was the safest place I could think of. DENES: (whispers) Oh, it’s all right. I’m still fit enough. (Chuckles.) ASTRID: (whispers) Thank you for getting me the necessary documents. DENES: (whispers) Have you been successful? ASTRID: (whispers) So far. Salamander’s swallowed it. DENES: (whispers) I thought he would. ASTRID: (whispers) The boy’s very confident. The girl, not so much. DENES: (whispers) See, the point is they’re near enough to him to pick out something. This was the first time I met Salamander. I must say that you were right about him, Astrid. We must get rid of him. He must be stopped. ASTRID: He will be stopped. I’m returning to Giles Kent. Can you wait till we can take action? DENES: (whispers) Well . . . with a bit of luck, yes. ASTRID: (whispers) Fedorin, can you trust him? (DENES takes a breath, but looks up, hearing booted footsteps on the jetty overhead.) ASTRID: (whispers, frustrated) Oh, I’ve been followed, I thought I’d thrown them off. (A pair of legs with boots and shiny leather trousers walks onto the jetty, then walks off. ASTRID cocks her g*n, but DENES pulls her arm down.) DENES: (whispers) No! There is enough v*olence as it is. Besides, Salamander mustn’t get suspicious. You k*ll his men and he will begin to think. (The pair of legs return with an identical pair.) GUARD: You understand that strangers are to be picked up. (ASTRID listens, g*n at the ready. DENES looks nervously through the cracks in the boards.) GUARD: There’s been an attempt on Salamander’s life. Very well, return to your patrol. (The guards walk away and ASTRID decocks her g*n.) ASTRID: (whispers) It’s all right. Fedorin, would he betray you in some way? DENES: (whispers) I’m trying to think of some reason why he should. 12. EAST TERRACE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (As darkness falls, SALAMANDER stands in the ornate terrace, looking out passively, surrounded by his ornate collection of plants while FEDORIN approaches, pointing passionately at an open file in his hands.) FEDORIN: But these are all lies, Salamander! Lies, I assure you! SALAMANDER: So you say. FEDORIN: What are you going to do? My- my family, my friends! SALAMANDER: (Laughs and turns to face him.) My dear man! (He continues laughing as he approaches and drapes his arm over FEDORIN’s shoulders. He walks with FEDORIN as he speaks.) SALAMANDER: My dear Fedorin. You don’t suppose I intend to make your swindling public, huh? (pointing at the file) This is- this just an insurance, mm? (He pauses for a response, which never comes.) SALAMANDER: Sit down, forget it. (They both sit at the table, but FEDORIN is almost numb with shock.) SALAMANDER: I tell you what I’m going to do for you. FEDORIN: (anxious) What? SALAMANDER: (Smiling.) You are going to replace Denes as controller of this Zone. (FEDORIN takes a breath, but SALAMANDER quickly stops him.) SALAMANDER: But, don’t say anything. I know you’ll accept. FEDORIN: (Still confused under all the fear.) What do you want? SALAMANDER: I’ll tell you. There will be disaster in this Zone. I cannot stop the disaster, but I can come to the aid of this Zone when it’s happened. (FEDORIN can’t help appreciating SALAMANDER’s cleverness.) FEDORIN: And take over? I see. The Zone would be yours! SALAMANDER: Oh ours, Fedorin, ours! It’s a partnership I’m offering you. Either you have half of everything . . . or you have nothing. FEDORIN: But there’s Alexander Denes. SALAMANDER: Oh yes, the popular, well beloved Denes. What a pity. FEDORIN: Pity? SALAMANDER: Oh didn’t I tell you, Denes is going to die. Mysteriously . . . an assassin . . . terrible. (FEDORIN’s face contorts in horror. He shakes his head violently.) FEDORIN: I can’t do that! You can’t ask me! (SALAMANDER takes the file, grinning.) SALAMANDER: I think I can ask you to do anything I want. (SALAMANDER frowns as he begins to hear a low rumble. The ground starts to shake and he looks over the parapet. He stands, smiling with excitement.) SALAMANDER: My predictions are accurate! (He runs to grab binoculars and watches the disaster. His voice is raised with passion.) SALAMANDER: The entire Eperjes-Tokaj Ranges are in eruption! 13. CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (Thick smoke billows into the air above the mountain, streams of smoke seeping through cracks to join the major pillar. Smoke pours out of holes dotting the landscape. White-hot lava spurts out of the mountain alongside the pillar of smoke.) 14. EAST TERRACE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE SALAMANDER: Fedorin! Come and look! It’s very pretty! (FEDORIN reluctantly approaches and SALAMANDER hands him the binoculars.) 15. CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (FEDORIN watches as the smoke and ash reach the population. Walls fall apart and wires are ripped out as an unstoppable wave of ash ripples through the street.) SALAMANDER: The history of Hungary is about to be rewritten! (Rocks are blown out of place on the mountains as pressure searches for an outlet. Boulders pour down into the streets and buildings are lost in dust clouds in mere seconds.) 16. EAST TERRACE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (SALAMANDER watches, transfixed with wonder and pride.) 17. CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (Trees are surrounded by ash and rock. Fires start up. Rocks continue to fall and smoke is everywhere. The forest is on f*re and trees fall.) 18. EAST TERRACE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (FEDORIN cannot turn his eyes away. SALAMANDER stands by his side. BRUCE suddenly strides onto the terrace.) BRUCE: Salamander! (FEDORIN and SALAMANDER turn to face him.) SALAMANDER: What are you doing here? BRUCE: I had a report there was trouble here, an attempt on your life. SALAMANDER: It was nothing. (Beckoning.) Come and look! (He takes the binoculars from FEDORIN and hands them to BRUCE.) 19. CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (BRUCE watches as buildings fall apart. Roofs collapse and walls fall down. The last remaining bit of intact architecture stands surrounded by rubble before collapsing in a cloud of dust.) 20. EAST TERRACE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (BRUCE has stopped looking through the binoculars, but all three men are unable to look away.) BRUCE: Terrible. Those poor people. (There is shouting as DENES storms out onto the terrace. They all turn to look at him.) DENES: Salamander! What have you done? SALAMANDER: I warned you! DENES: You couldn’t have known! (Waving his finger furiously.) You’ve done this somehow yourself! SALAMANDER: The man’s mad! Worse still he’s incompetent! (Points.) I warned this man that this zone was in danger of natural disaster and he did nothing! (Waves hands.) Issued no cautions to the public. You deliberately allowed your people to suffer and die! (Points.) You’re a traitor! (DENES steps toward him, outraged.) DENES: You’re a traitor! You contrived this for your own ends! SALAMANDER: Bruce, I order you to arrest this man! (DENES suddenly calms down, unable to cope with the situation.) DENES: But this is nonsense. Fedorin, you were here. You know this is nonsense. SALAMANDER: Denes you are too naive. At your trial, Fedorin will be the chief witness against you! (DENES looks taken aback. BRUCE gives SALAMANDER a sidelong glance, unsure of what he believes. SALAMANDER, triumphant, turns to FEDORIN. FEDORIN realizes with horror what SALAMANDER wants him to do. He looks over at the cataclysm again. He squeezes his eyes shut, looking like he’s about to cry.)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "05x18 - The Enemy of the World - part 2"}
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by DAVID WHITAKER first broadcast - 6 January 1968 running time - 23mins 5secs 1. ENTRANCE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE GUARD CAPTAIN: Prisoner and escort . . . halt! (DENES and his two guards halt. SALAMANDER looks on with the dossier on FEDORIN under his arm.) SALAMANDER: Bruce, you are head of World Security. (Points at DENES.) I hold you personally responsible for this man Denes. (BRUCE cocks his head, unconcerned.) BRUCE: Why? Don’t you trust your own security? SALAMANDER: Do I have to insist? My name carries some weight in the councils of the world. (JAMIE, now dressed as a guard, is witnessing this interaction.) BRUCE: Of course it does. SALAMANDER: Well do as I ask. BRUCE: Very well. SALAMANDER: Fedorin! Come with me. We must make a report to the world authority. (SALAMANDER starts to walk away and FEDORIN makes to follow.) DENES: They won’t believe a word you tell them. SALAMANDER: We shall see. Fedorin. (SALAMANDER exits, but FEDORIN stops as if to apologize to DENES. DENES looks away, ignoring him. FEDORIN follows SALAMANDER in resignation. BRUCE walks to stand in front of DENES.) BRUCE: I’ll do what I can for you, but I don’t want any trouble. DENES: Don’t worry. I’m looking forward to facing Salamander in public court. I won’t run away. 2. SALAMANDER’S OFFICE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (SALAMANDER speaks to FEDORIN privately, still holding the falsely incriminating file.) SALAMANDER: You’ve done very well, so far, Fedorin. (He begins to turn a knob on the wall.) FEDORIN: It’s nothing but a blackmail! SALAMANDER: Blackmail? What have I thr*at you with? Nothing. FEDORIN: No. But you would if I refused to. (SALAMANDER finishes with the knob and faces him.) SALAMANDER: Fedorin, I keep on telling you. (Flipping through the file.) This is just a form of comprehensive insurance, huh? Is nothing for you to worry about. Oh, my dear man, I’ve done nothing but praise you ever since we first met. I said you should be European Controller. I said I would support you. FEDORIN: You found out things about me, lies, that would damage me! SALAMANDER: On the contrary, I’m doing you a good turn. I’m actually suppressing facts about you. (Taps the file against his chest.) FEDORIN: Lies, I tell you! SALAMANDER: (Still tapping.) Lies, truth, who knows. But we wouldn’t want to put it to the test, would we, huh? (He pulls the knob on the wall, opening the door of a hidden safe. He returns the dossier to the safe and takes out a small container before closing the door. He shows FEDORIN the little black box.) SALAMANDER: There. (He pushes it into FEDORIN’s hands.) FEDORIN: What’s this? SALAMANDER: (Rubbing his hands.) Used in the right way, at the right time, it can dictate your own future, and the future of Alexander Denes. (FEDORIN’s lip trembles as he realizes what SALAMANDER means.) FEDORIN: Poison? 3. ENTRANCE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (BRUCE approaches JAMIE.) BRUCE: I want you to take a message . . . . McCrimmon? What are you doing dressed like this? JAMIE: Leader’s orders. BRUCE: Well as you’re here, I’ve got some questions I want to ask you. JAMIE: I’ve better things to do, thank you. (JAMIE tries to walk past him, but BRUCE holds him back.) BRUCE: I want to know what Salamander and Giles Kent were discussing when I saw you last. JAMIE: It’s not for me to tell you that. BRUCE: I’m concerned with Salamander’s safety. Giles Kent is supposed to be his bitter enemy. JAMIE: Look, if Salamander wishes you to know that, I dare say he’ll tell you himself. You’ll get no confidences out of me. (BRUCE looks fed up.) 4. HALLWAY, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (DENES is sitting on a chair in a hallway and a young guard leans against the wall beside him.) DENES: Well how much longer am I to be kept here? (The guard gives him a look, as if he’s shocked the prisoner is speaking to him.) DENES: You choose to be insolent? YANNOS: We’re waiting for the security hover-car. The volcanic eruptions have disrupted everything. (DENES sighs and shakes his head. The GUARD CAPTAIN appears from around the corner.) DENES: Well, Captain, isn’t there a room I could wait in? GUARD CAPTAIN: I am simply obeying orders. DENES: Perhaps you might interpret your orders differently, huh? GUARD CAPTAIN: Mister Denes, what can I do? You are no longer the Controller. You’re a prisoner here. BRUCE: Captain. (BRUCE walks in from another corridor.) BRUCE: Why is Mister Denes being kept in the corridor here? GUARD CAPTAIN: It’s easier to guard him here. BRUCE: Hmm. (Approaches DENES.) You all right? DENES: Yes, thank you. BRUCE: Something to read, perhaps? DENES: That would be a comfort, yes. BRUCE: The Controller is not to be treated as a convicted man before his trial. See he has whatever he wants. (BRUCE leaves.) GUARD CAPTAIN: (Bows with a smile.) What can I get for you? DENES: Well if we have to wait, something to eat and drink. GUARD CAPTAIN: Very well. YANNOS: Prison rations, Captain? GUARD CAPTAIN: (Smiling.) Certainly not. Nothing but the best for Controller Denes. From our Leader’s own kitchens. YANNOS: Sir. GUARD CAPTAIN: And to read? DENES: Something light, um, a book about foreign travels, perhaps, hm? (Chuckles.) 5. KITCHEN, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (FARIAH and VICTORIA stand by the table while GRIFFIN the chef busies himself. It’s hard to tell with just a transcript, but everything GRIFFIN says is absolutely dripping with sarcasm and cynicism.) GRIFFIN: So you reckon you know about cooking, eh? VICTORIA: Yes, I used to do lots at home. GRIFFIN: All right, give me a menu. (He pours some chopped items into a soup on the stove.) VICTORIA: Now? GRIFFIN: Yeah, now. VICTORIA: (nervously) Er- er . . . soup . . . fish . . . (Smiles.) meat and pudding . . . ah . . . . GRIFFIN: (Faces her.) Dessert? VICTORIA: Yes. GRIFFIN: (Approaches.) Go on, what else? VICTORIA: Er- ahh . . . . GRIFFIN: (Hand on hip.) Yes, you’re a bit too smart for me. All right then, let’s have a recipe. VICTORIA: What, now? GRIFFIN: Yeah, now. VICTORIA: Er . . . er . . . . (She looks lost until her face suddenly lights up.) VICTORIA: Oh, yes! Yes! We used to have a lovely pudding at home, with lots of almonds, eggs, lemon peel, candy peel, oranges, cream and . . . oh, it was lovely! GRIFFIN: You wouldn’t know how to make it? VICTORIA: Oh it’s quite simple, really. You sort of . . . whoosh it up all together! (Making a “whooshing” motion with her hands.) GRIFFIN: Well that sounds easy. What’s this whoosh-up called, then? VICTORIA: Kaiser pudding. (GRIFFIN smiles for the first time, but it is the sarcastic smile of a skeptic.) GRIFFIN: Oh that’s great, just great. Yes, I’ve got a job for you, all right. Peel those spuds. Yeah, now. (VICTORIA sets to work, frustrated with GRIFFIN. FARIAH approaches him as he goes back to work on his soup.) FARIAH: Is that the best you can do for her? The girl must learn. GRIFFIN: Back at school, are we? Well I suppose there are worse things. The place could be overrun with rats gnawin’ holes in the gas pipes so the ovens catch f*re and burn the building down. (Laughs.) FARIAH: It isn’t that bad, Grif. GRIFFIN: Look, I’m only trying to help with the see . . . . (As he speaks, he bends down to look in the oven and stops, disappointed.) GRIFFIN: There you see. This chicken’s brownin’ too soon already, it’ll be as tough as rubber. FARIAH: (Walks away.) Oh, Grif. GRIFFIN: (Stands.) Now the soup’s boilin’. Did I put any salt in it? Dinner tonight’s going to be a national disaster. My mother was right. VICTORIA: What? GRIFFIN: She wanted me to be a dustman. Here, look, you want to do something useful? VICTORIA: Oh yes, please. (She shakes the water off her hands.) GRIFFIN: Well sit down and write out the menu. (She dries her hands on a towel and sits at the pen and paper. He walks behind her and rests his arm on the back of her chair.) GRIFFIN: First course interrupted by b*mb expl*si*n. Second course affected by earthquakes. Third course ruined by interference in the kitchen. (Walks toward the door.) I’m goin’ out for a walk. It’ll probably rain. VICTORIA: He doesn’t like me. FARIAH: It isn’t you. He’s the same with everyone. VICTORIA: Even Salamander? FARIAH: (Looks furtively.) Listen to me. You must go away from here. Don’t get caught up in Salamander’s world. VICTORIA: Why? What do you mean? It sounds as if you don’t like him. FARIAH: Like him!? I- (She cuts herself off as JAMIE enters.) JAMIE: (Waves.) Oh hello there. FARIAH: Finish writing those menus. (FARIAH leaves. JAMIE approaches VICTORIA.) VICTORIA: Do you hear that? JAMIE: Aye. Work on her. I have a feeling she can tell us something about Salamander. VICTORIA: All right. As soon as I can. What have you been doing? JAMIE: I managed to slip out and tell Astrid everything that’s happened. VICTORIA: Oh you might have told me, Jamie! JAMIE: There wasn’t time, she’s trying to get Denes away. VICTORIA: And take him to the Doctor? He’d believe Denes. JAMIE: Aye, he would. VICTORIA: But how will she get in? Salamander’s got guards everywhere. JAMIE: She’s got friends here. They’re going to arrange passes and the right sort of uniform. VICTORIA: What sort of uniform? JAMIE: Don’t know. Messenger delivery or something. (VICTORIA shakes her head and begins to respond, but JAMIE shushes her as voices are heard outside. JAMIE goes to stand by the window and lifts the curtain to peek out.) 6. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE KITCHEN, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (JAMIE watches two guards walk past.) GUARD 1: . . . Controller Denes has been arrested. I can’t make up my mind whether Fedorin is to be regarded as the new Controller or not? GUARD 2: The burden of office is heavy, my friend. I remember when I was in that office . . . (The voices trail away as the two move out of sight.) 7. KITCHEN, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE JAMIE: All right, they’re gone. (JAMIE unstraps his tight collar and partially unzips his leather jacket.) VICTORIA: Astrid and Giles Kent were quite right, Salamander is an evil man. I can somehow sense it from all the people here. JAMIE: Aye, he’s bad all right. He’s had Denes arrested, and he’s got this man Fedorin eating out of his hand. VICTORIA: Why should he do that? JAMIE: Remove the honest man, and put a weaker man in his place - but somehow have a hold on him. That way Salamander can take over the territory. VICTORIA: Oh I see. And then everything’s in a turmoil because of the earthquakes. JAMIE: (skeptically) Aye, and that’s lucky to say the least. VICTORIA: But . . . y-y- you don’t really believe that Salamander could cause earthquakes, do you? 8. CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (A black mountain erupts glowing yellow magma. Four more smoking mountaintops do the same, throwing drops of lava great distances.) 9. KENT’S CARAVAN, AUSTRALASIAN ZONE (A river of lava flows down the mountainside. The lava flow is seen on a tiny portable television, watched by KENT and the DOCTOR. The television is next to a pair of binoculars on a small table, which is surrounded on three sides by a couch which bends around the corner and a large trunk. KENT sits on the couch while the DOCTOR stands in front of the door, bending down to watch the screen. He has barely any room between the trunk and the kitchen counter.) KENT: I’m certain Salamander’s causing the earthquakes, Doctor, and I’m sure your friends Jamie and Victoria will tell you just how bad he really is. (The DOCTOR touches his lip as he listens, then moves it away and his mouth goes crooked.) DOCTOR: (Straightens.) Why make earthquakes? KENT: Well years ago, Doctor, when one country wanted to inv*de another, it set about attacking the confidence of that country, throwing it into confusion, making it weak. Then it was ripe for takeover. Now isn’t that exactly what’s happening here only in a different way? DOCTOR: (Fingers interlocked.) Well what you’re saying is that Salamander’s found a way of- of harnessing the natural forces of the earth! It’s a little difficult to accept. (Raises finger.) I’m not saying it’s impossible, mind you. (He sniffs and picks up the binoculars and peers out the window.) DOCTOR: You said it’s- it’s coming from the research station, Salamander’s research station, eh? KENT: That’s what I believe, in spite of- (Suddenly grabs the DOCTOR’s arm.) Shh! DOCTOR: (Lowers the binoculars.) Huh? KENT: Wait a minute. (He walks to the door and opens it a crack to look out as the DOCTOR puts the binoculars down. Nothing is there and KENT closes the door and turns back to the DOCTOR.) KENT: (Continues.) In spite of a number of reasons. He invented the sunstore, a brilliant advance, he found a way of directing conserved energy to areas starved of sun. DOCTOR: (Leaning on the table.) What made you suspicious? KENT: Oh, the money he was spending at the research station, the materials involved, the food stores, it didn’t make sense. I had all the papers, all the requisition orders. DOCTOR: (excited) But that’s valuable evidence! KENT: All destroyed, and new ones appeared, and I was made out to be the criminal. All by suggestion, of course. I was discredited. And every accusation I made against Salamander was put down as an attempt to throw suspicion off myself. DOCTOR: A sort of . . . Jekyll and Hyde character, perhaps, our Mister Salamander. It’ll be interesting to see what report Jamie brings back. (KENT reacts in fear when he hears a siren growing louder. He looks around frantically.) KENT: Security, quick! (They both look for a hiding place, but the place is just too small.) KENT: Here. (Opens the trunk.) Quick. (The DOCTOR quickly steps into the trunk and crouches as KENT closes the lid. KENT turns to the door, but the DOCTOR pokes his head up, lifting the lid.) DOCTOR: I hope there’s plenty of air in here. KENT: Yes, yes, yes. (The DOCTOR ducks down again. KENT goes to the sink and pretends to be busy with the dishes just as the door bursts open and BENIK enters.) BENIK: So . . . (KENT turns to face him.) BENIK: It’s you. I might have known. KENT: Do you have any authority? BENIK: You are on Research Station territory. KENT: Not quite. Have a look at the boundary lines. BENIK: That’s very clever. Well, what are you doing here? (BENIK goes to the table and picks up the binoculars.) KENT: I don’t have to answer your questions. BENIK: Birdwatching, no doubt? KENT: Perhaps. (BENIK looks through the window with the binoculars, just as the DOCTOR did.) BENIK: Yes, there’s a perfect view of the research station from here. KENT: Really? (BENIK lowers the binoculars and notices the framed picture beside the window, of KENT himself in SALAMANDER’s jacket. He takes it off the wall.) BENIK: Well, well, well. A memento of the old days. (He smashes the picture on the corner of the table.) KENT: (Rushing and grabbing him.) You have no right to-! BENIK: Guard! (KENT stops in the middle of his sentence and quickly takes a step back as a guard enters.) BENIK: It was just an accident. Now then, you won’t be staying in this vicinity, will you? KENT: You can’t make me leave here. (BENIK nods to the guard. The guard saunters over to the kitchen. He takes a plate out of the sink and smashes it on the floor. He rummages in the crockery and KENT grabs the guard, trying to wrestle him away.) KENT: Hey now, what-?! (The guard throws him off and he falls into BENIK, who just watches him, hands on hips. The guard opens the cabinets and uses the butt of his g*n to swipe all the cups and plates onto the floor with noisy clattering and shattering. Once they’re all on the ground, any that happen to be intact he smashes with his w*apon. He stands and slams the cabinet door shut, facing BENIK.) BENIK: (softly) All right, that’s enough. (The guard exits, his feet crunching the shards all over the floor. KENT slowly stands.) BENIK: Well there’s not much point in your staying here now, is there? (He walks to the door, crunching shards, but stops and turns.) BENIK: (Smiling.) Oh I wouldn’t complain to anyone about this if I were you, Kent. After all, nobody would believe you. (pleasantly) Would they? (BENIK exits. KENT looks to make sure he’s gone, kicking through the shards on the floor. He closes the door and opens the trunk.) KENT: Come on. (The DOCTOR breathes heavily as KENT helps him out. He looks around the disaster area.) KENT: Now do you believe the sort of people we’re up against? DOCTOR: Unpleasant, yes, destructive, but not necessarily evil. KENT: (frustrated) Why won’t you believe me? DOCTOR: (Waves his hands down.) It is too important. I must be sure. (Bends down and picks up two pieces.) Oh, dear . . . . What pretty crockery this is. Sad really, isn’t it? People spend all their time making nice things, and other people come along and break them. KENT: That’s what I’m trying to tell you about Salamander, he’s trying to destroy the world!! (The DOCTOR slowly looks at him, face scrunched in annoyance.) DOCTOR: Facts, Kent, I must have facts! That’s what I hope Jamie’s going to bring back. 10. CORRIDOR, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (ASTRID walks down a corridor and stops at an intersection. She looks both ways, uncertain.) 11. CORRIDOR, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (ASTRID walks quickly down a corridor, but stops to reconsider where she’s going. She decides to continue and looks around the corner cautiously.) 12. HALLWAY, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (DENES’s guard perks up.) YANNOS: Halt! (ASTRID stops in front of him and he aims his g*n at her.) YANNOS: Why are you running? ASTRID: (Steps toward him.) I have an urgent message for Leader Salamander. YANNOS: Hm. (Presents his hand.) Your pass? (ASTRID unzips her jacket and reaches into her bosom. DENESH peers around the guard. The guard looks interested, but they remain professional.) YANNOS: You have not been here before. ASTRID: No. YANNOS: I thought so. Next time, do not run. It is dangerous to run here. (She hands him her pass.) ASTRID: I’ll remember. (Walks past him.) YANNOS: Wait! (She stops, nervous. He leans in beside her, smiling like a doofus.) YANNOS: You like wine? (She looks at him, surprised.) YANNOS: My name is Yannos. We drink wine together tonight? ASTRID: (Smiles politely.) I have to go and deliver my message. YANNOS: Yes, but later you will come back? ASTRID: Oh yes. Yes, I’ll come back. (She turns and starts to zip up her jacket, but stands at attention as the GUARD CAPTAIN walks into the room.) GUARD CAPTAIN: Just a moment! ASTRID: I have an urgent message for Leader Salamander. (DENES tries to read his book between them.) GUARD CAPTAIN: Yes I heard you. Where is it? ASTRID: It’s private and personal. GUARD CAPTAIN: I don’t want to read it. (ASTRID pushes past him, but he stops her.) GUARD CAPTAIN: Keep still. (ASTRID remains facing away from him.) ASTRID: I have to deliver this to Salamander personally. GUARD CAPTAIN: You do have a message? ASTRID: Of course. GUARD CAPTAIN: Then show me. (ASTRID hesitates before producing another paper from her bosom. She hands it to him, still averting her gaze. The CAPTAIN makes a face, surprised she actually had a message. He hands it back.) GUARD CAPTAIN: Very well. I know you from somewhere. (A bang causes them all to look. YANNOS quickly picks up DENES’s book and gives it back.) DENES: Oh, I think I must have dropped off. Thank you. (The CAPTAIN looks up, but ASTRID is gone. He looks suspiciously at DENES, who is smiling innocently. He turns back to his book.) 13. KITCHEN, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (VICTORIA stands before a trolley filled with silver covered dishes. She studies it, brows furrowed, making sure of the details. She goes to the table, on which JAMIE is enjoying a meal, and picks up some utensils. She lays them in their proper place as JAMIE licks his fingers. He stands and VICTORIA looks as ASTRID enters. She closes the door and waves to JAMIE.) ASTRID: Sit down. (Quickly strides across the room.) Go on with what you’re doing. (JAMIE sits, wiping his hands on his napkin. ASTRID looks out the other door to make sure no one is there, then walks behind JAMIE’s chair.) ASTRID: We’ve got to rescue Denes - get him away from the building. VICTORIA: There are guards everywhere. ASTRID: Yes, I know, but we must try. JAMIE: It’s a pity we can’t get him to the Doctor. ASTRID: That’s exactly where I intend to take him. JAMIE: Well what’s your plan, then? (Wipes his mouth with his napkin.) ASTRID: Look, I want you to, well, cause a diversion. JAMIE: What do you want me to do? ASTRID: Well, anything! (Pointing.) But do it at eleven o’clock precisely. JAMIE: (Looks at his watch.) Eleven o’clock, right. ASTRID: I see, the second corridor on the right, thank you so much. (She leaves as GRIFFIN enters behind JAMIE.) JAMIE: (confused) Ah . . . yes. GRIFFIN: Now we’re a travel agency. (JAMIE jumps.) GRIFFIN: I haven’t met you before. (to VICTORIA) What’s wrong? It’s bound to be something serious. VICTORIA: Th-this is a friend of mine, Grif. GRIFFIN: He’s not a cook like you, I hope? VICTORIA: No. GRIFFIN: Oh well that’s all right then. Well I suppose this is as good a place as any for meetin’ friends. (Raises arms in mock invitation.) Come one, come all, I say! How’s the food? (He turns to the soup and lifts the spoon to his lips.) GRIFFIN: Terrible. Terrible! I’ll get the sack tonight, I swear I will. (Looks up with an idea.) Maybe they’ll sh**t me. I won’t have to worry anymore. (Looks down.) No, they wouldn’t do that, the f*ring squad’d miss me. (FARIAH enters.) FARIAH: How are you getting on with the food for mister Denes? GRIFFIN: Well it’s ready, such as it is. Now we don’t want too much of a crowd in here. JAMIE: Well, I’ll be on my way, then. (He wipes his mouth with his napkin and stands.) GRIFFIN: No no. You stay. I’ll go. I’m only the chef here. (JAMIE sits hesitantly as GRIFFIN walks away again.) FARIAH: (Goes to the soup.) Now, what can we give mister Denes? (She stirs it and smells it.) JAMIE: Ah . . . do you like working for Salamander, Fariah? VICTORIA: It must be wonderful travelling all over the world with him. (FARIAH looks annoyed that they’re talking about it.) FARIAH: I don’t enjoy travelling. (Sips the soup.) Hmm this is good. That Grif’s a genius. JAMIE: Why travel then? FARIAH: Sometimes we do what we have to do, not what we want to do. JAMIE: You don’t have to work for Salamander. FARIAH: (Shouts, turning to face them.) Don’t I? Don’t I? What do you know about it? JAMIE: (defensively) Sorry! I was just . . . . FARIAH: (Approaches.) To you, Salamander is a god, isn’t he? The saviour of the world, that’s why you work for him. You saved his life, didn’t you? JAMIE: Well . . . . VICTORIA: Don’t you protect his life every day? FARIAH: Yes! As I say, sometimes we do what we have to do, not what we want to do. 14. SALAMANDER’S OFFICE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (SALAMANDER sits at his desk, writing something, and BRUCE stands beside him.) BRUCE: Nevertheless, whatever he’s done or not done, he should be treated according to rank. SALAMANDER: (uninterested) He will be moved soon. (In the background, a bird cries in the night.) SALAMANDER: You can’t expect much sympathy for him, you know, Bruce. Word gets around. (Stops writing and looks up.) I warned him about the earthquakes. He could have cautioned the people. Some of them might have been saved. BRUCE: Maybe. SALAMANDER: No maybe about it. (He goes back to writing and BRUCE begins to leave. He turns.) BRUCE: Who’s gonna control this zone now? Fedorin? (SALAMANDER perks up, pretending to be struck with inspiration.) SALAMANDER: Fedorin? Oh what a good idea. 15. ENTRY TO KITCHEN, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (GRIFFIN stands by the door while VICTORIA sets off with DENES’ meal on a trolley.) GRIFFIN: Be nice to mister Denes. VICTORIA: I will. (She rolls it down the corridor.) 16. CORRIDOR, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (The wheels don’t seem to be straight and the trolley angles toward the wall as VICTORIA walks down the corridor. VICTORIA forces it to go straight. GRIFFIN appears at the end of the corridor with a towel and VICTORIA spins as he speaks.) GRIFFIN: Give him a smile. It might make him forget the taste of the soup. (He waves with the towel and VICTORIA puts on a smile as he leaves. She turns to continue, but stops in surprise as the trolley shakes, having run into FEDORIN.) FEDORIN: Oh, i-is this for mister Denes? VICTORIA: Ye-yes, I-I’m taking it to him. FEDORIN: May I look? VICTORIA: Yes. FEDORIN: (Lifts the cover.) Mmm. Delicious. Ah, very good. (He takes a look at the gravy boat next to the salt and pepper shakers. As he lifts the gravy boat, he palms the salt shaker.) FEDORIN: Eh, whe-whe-where’s the salt? VICTORIA: What? FEDORIN: You- you forgot something. VICTORIA: Oh, no! Well, I- FEDORIN: Well, you run and get it, huh? (VICTORIA’s mouth moves as if she wants to argue, but she submits.) VICTORIA: Yes, yes. (VICTORIA leaves the trolley and runs back to the kitchen for another salt shaker. FEDORIN nervously looks around and produces the small box of poison from his pocket. He opens it and pinches a tiny bit of the white powder inside.) 17. SALAMANDER’S OFFICE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (SALAMANDER is still sitting at his desk, but listening intently.) GUARD CAPTAIN: The same girl I saw in the park, I . . . I suddenly remembered. (SALAMANDER puts his pen down and stands, approaching the GUARD CAPTAIN.) SALAMANDER: You say she was talking to the boy and girl? GUARD CAPTAIN: She was on the same bench. SALAMANDER: Coincidence? GUARD CAPTAIN: She wasn’t in messengers’ uniform then. She is now. SALAMANDER: Yes, she certainly hasn’t delivered any messages to me. GUARD CAPTAIN: Shall I alert the building? SALAMANDER: No. No, I want to know where she comes from. Let her escape but have her followed. Frighten her away. GUARD CAPTAIN: I understand. And the other two? SALAMANDER: Oh, I’ll deal with them. 18. CORRIDOR, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (VICTORIA comes back down the corridor with the trolley and passes FARIAH.) FARIAH: Ah, good. VICTORIA: Sorry I’ve been so long. (She approaches DENES and he bends over it happily.) DENES: Oh, I’m looking forward to this. (VICTORIA lifts the cover as DENES picks up the napkin.) DENES: Haha. Thank you. (The GUARD CAPTAIN quickly comes down the corridor.) GUARD CAPTAIN: Just a moment! Has that trolley been checked? YANNOS: I was just going to, Sir. (The CAPTAIN sighs and takes DENES’s steak Kn*fe and butter Kn*fe.) GUARD CAPTAIN: (Waving the knives.) Don’t any of you know anything? (DENES watches his utensils, disappointed.) DENES: Do you imagine I’m going to try and cut my way out of here? How do I eat without the Kn*fe? GUARD CAPTAIN: It’s none of my concern. FARIAH: Try the spoon, mister Denes. DENES: And how do you cut a steak with a- a spoon? (The CAPTAIN sighs. He puts a Kn*fe down, picks up the fork, and begins to cut DENES’ steak.) DENES: (Laughs.) It’s a long time since I had my food cut up for me. (The CAPTAIN finishes cutting, puts the fork down, and takes the knives again.) GUARD CAPTAIN: Watch him carefully. YANNOS: Sir. DENES: Thank you for your courtesy. GUARD CAPTAIN: Fariah, come with me. I want a word with you and, er . . . Griffin about breaking regulations. (Walks away.) FARIAH: (sarcastically) Yes, Sir. (She follows and VICTORIA watches to make sure the CAPTAIN is out of hearing range. She bends down to DENES.) VICTORIA: What’s the time? DENES: (Looks at watch.) Six minutes to eleven. VICTORIA: May I stay with you? I’m Victoria. (DENES looks at his guard to see if he has a reaction, then smiles at VICTORIA.) DENES: Yes, of course. I’d be glad of your company. If you forgive me, I’m really rather hungry. (He takes a serving of something and puts it on his plate.) 19. SALAMANDER’S OFFICE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (FEDORIN stands before SALAMANDER, the little black box in his hands. He speaks frantically, frightened to his last nerve.) FEDORIN: There- there must be some other way, I . . . I couldn’t do it, Salamander, I couldn’t do it! I- I stood there, with this man’s life in my hands, and I . . . . This powder, I couldn’t use it! SALAMANDER: (disappointed) I give you the chance to become something. Somebody. (quietly) You failed to take it, huh? (He takes the poison box back from FEDORIN.) FEDORIN: There must be some other way! (The night birds still call in the background. SALAMANDER suddenly smiles and chuckles.) SALAMANDER: Of course my friend. Don’t worry. FEDORIN: What? SALAMANDER: Don’t worry! You try, you fail. So what, huh? The moon doesn’t fall out of the sky! (Takes FEDORIN’s shoulder.) Come, sit down, have a drink, huh? (SALAMANDER goes to a tray of wine glasses and a bottle of wine. He looks behind himself to make sure FEDORIN’s back is turned and puts two pinches of the poison into one of the glasses.) SALAMANDER: Cheer up, we find another way. (He pours wine into each of the glasses.) FEDORIN: I really did try. SALAMANDER: Of course you did. Don’t worry. Forget it, huh? (Hands a glass to FEDORIN.) I have an alternative. (FEDORIN takes it, looking confused, but beginning to calm down.) SALAMANDER: (Raises glass.) Your health. (He drinks. FEDORIN starts to sip, but stops as SALAMANDER keeps talking.) SALAMANDER: I hope you’ll appreciate this wine. It’s made for me especially in Alaska. (FEDORIN takes a sip. He reacts immediately, coughing with a hand on his throat. He stands, choking, and looks at the wine in horror. He looks at SALAMANDER, knowing what he’s done, but unable to speak. He gags and grimaces before collapsing with one last groan. The glass shatters on the floor.) SALAMANDER: One chance, my friend. I said one chance. (The GUARD CAPTAIN enters.) GUARD CAPTAIN: Some trouble in the kitchens, Leader. The new man says he’s seen someone in the kitchen gardens- (He turns as he speaks and suddenly stops, noticing with some surprise FEDORIN’s body.) SALAMANDER: Very well. (Notices the CAPTAIN’s shock.) Oh er, see to that, will you? (unconvincingly) Er . . . su1c1de, of course eh, such a pity. (SALAMANDER walks out while the CAPTAIN bends down to FEDORIN’s body with a sad sigh.) 20. KITCHEN, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (JAMIE is peering suspiciously out the kitchen window, and GRIFFIN watches from a distance.) GRIFFIN: I can’t see anything. JAMIE: (Points.) Over there by the trees. (Draws g*n.) Hey, he’s armed, too. (Waves at GRIFFIN.) Get down! (GRIFFIN ducks under the table. JAMIE takes another glance out the window before turning to GRIFFIN.) JAMIE: Look I’m going out there, you stay down here. (Pointing.) When the rest of the guards come, send ‘em out after me. GRIFFIN: Yes, all right. (JAMIE runs outside. GRIFFIN stands to watch him.) GRIFFIN: This is just about the end of a perfect day. (He jumps as a sh*t rings out.) GRIFFIN: Yeah, I know the food’s bad, but you don’t have to go that far! (He flinches worse as two more sh*ts are heard. He quickly seeks cover under the table.) GRIFFIN: (Sighs.) All right, have it your own way. Why did I ever leave Woolloomooloo . . . ? 21. CORRIDOR, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (YANNOS quickly raises his g*n at the sound of running footsteps. Another guard rushes into the corridor. He runs past DENES, still eating, and VICTORIA sitting behind him.) VICTORIA: (to DENES) We’re going to try and get you away. (ASTRID speaks to YANNOS, having followed the other guard.) ASTRID: An attempt has been made to rescue this man. Get him out to the car. (The guard turns his back on ASTRID. She fells him with a karate chop to the neck, then a double chop to the collarbones.) ASTRID: Sorry, Yannos. (DENES hurries toward ASTRID. From the other end of the corridor the GUARD CAPTAIN and three guards appear.) GUARD CAPTAIN: Stop! (ASTRID and DENES run, but a sh*t is fired and DENES tenses in pain, reaching toward his back.) GUARD CAPTAIN: After them! (VICTORIA shoves the trolley hard at the guards, ramming one in the knee, who falls over. The other guards skirt around it, giving ASTRID just enough time to escape . . . without DENES.) GUARD CAPTAIN: (Pointing at VICTORIA.) Get that girl! 22. SALAMANDER’S OFFICE, CONTROLLER HOUSE, CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZONE (VICTORIA stands beside the GUARD CAPTAIN as a guard brings JAMIE in. This is VICTORIA’s first time seeing SALAMANDER in person.) SALAMANDER: Well, we all seem to be here, except the third member of your escape committee. JAMIE: I don’t know what you’re talking about. SALAMANDER: You were seen speaking with a girl in the park. The one who tried to escape with Denes. (JAMIE purses his lips in defiance.) VICTORIA: We don’t know anything about that. We don’t even know her. SALAMANDER: A diversion was caused! (Pointing angrily.) There was no one outside the kitchen. JAMIE: Of course there was someone! And they were sh**ting! (The GUARD CAPTAIN raises a g*n, eyeing JAMIE suspiciously.) GUARD CAPTAIN: Three sh*ts have been fired from this g*n. It’s yours, isn’t it? (JAMIE stays silent.) SALAMANDER: (Approaches.) Pretending to save my life was ingenious. But ingenuity requires a constant stream of new ideas. (contemptuously) Yours seem to have dried up. (He turns and approaches BRUCE.) SALAMANDER: I come to the Central Zone. An attempt is made on my life! Denes proves to be a traitor! Fedorin commits su1c1de because I uncover him! Do your job, Bruce. You can see they are all in this. (He looks at JAMIE and VICTORIA. BRUCE approaches.) BRUCE: All right, take them away (The guards drag JAMIE and VICTORIA away.) VICTORIA: Take your hands off me! BRUCE: Salamander, I think it’s about time you told me what’s going on. (SALAMANDER takes a sip of wine.) BRUCE: One minute I see you with this lad McCrimmon, you’re working together, the next minute- SALAMANDER: (interrupting) I thought he saved my life. BRUCE: (Pointing with his cane.) No, I mean before that, in Kent’s office. (SALAMANDER puts the wine glass down and faces BRUCE, his attention caught.) SALAMANDER: (Approaches.) What are you talking about? BRUCE: Well I saw you there. SALAMANDER: (confused) But I haven’t seen Kent in months. BRUCE: Yes, you were with Kent, the Ferrier girl, and those two youngsters. I thought it was so curious I spoke to your number two, Benik, about it. That’s really the reason I came to this zone. SALAMANDER: But I tell you! (concerned) I must get back to the research centre. You will come with me. BRUCE: (insistent) It was you! (second-guessing) Or . . . someone like you. (SALAMANDER, realizing the implications of an imposter, looks at him, fear in his face for the first time.)
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