The Time Tunnel s01e29 Episode Script

Hey, look! Tony! Come on! Tony, over here.
! - British and Arabs fighting.
- Middle East or North Africa.
Judging from their clothing and weapons Id say it was late 1 th or early 20th century.
Whatever the time or place, its desert.
Wed better help ourself to some water and weapons.
Come on.
Wed better get out of here! The trafficss too heavy! What is that? Whoever he is, hes got company.
Who are you? What are you doing here? What we are does not matter.
We are here to destroy you.
Follow him! Move! - Theyre gonna kill them! - Can you retrieve? - Not without bringing the four of them back.
- All right, then bring them.
Keep on moving! - Keep moving! - Stop.
! Wait a minute! Wait.
Somethings happening there.
Do not destroy the Earthlings.
Bring them here to me.
You heard the leader.
Come with us.
They separated.
Can you retrieve now? Well try.
Lock in your signals.
Signals locked.
Ready to retrieve.
Retrieve! - What happened? - I dont know.
Look! You of the Time Tunnel listen and listen well.
I know that you were trying to save the two time travelers who havejust arrived.
Do not attempt to move them again or to interfere with us in any way for the next two hours.
If you do you shall be destroyed.
The Time Tunnel.
Who are you? Where are you speaking from? There is no time for your infantile questioning.
You have heard our demands.
You will obey them.
Try to get it back! Nothing responds.
Our powers gone.
What was the last fix we had on Tony and Doug? Latitude: 16 degrees south.
Longitude: 3230 east.
- They fell into the Sudan, North Central Africa.
- Time period? November 2, 1883.
Those creatures we saw didnt exist in the 1 th century.
Try telling that to Tony and Doug.
Ray, see about restoring power.
Quickly.
General, that threat he made- Hands off for two hours, or well be destroyed.
Forget it! Weve got to get Tony and Doug out of there fast! Stop.
- Here? Why? - We have reached our destination.
Theyre probably gonna take us inside that mountain.
Well, at least well be in the shade.
Stop, or youll die.
A force field.
A couple more steps, and youd have had it.
What now? So thats where the force field comes from.
Follow me.
Proceed! Why are we here? My leader drew this time and place by lot.
Now move! Back up.
Stop! Bring them here.
What is all this? Who are you? I will answer you in your ridiculous tongue so that there will be no possibility of any misunderstanding.
I come from the planet Aristos.
I have been assigned to conquer this planet during the time period known on your Earth as the year 1883.
Of course.
1883.
The Battle of Khartoum.
The British and the Arabs.
What does that miserable little skirmish have to do with you? It has a great deal to do with you.
Theres a large number of British troops out there.
Theres a good chance this complex of yours will be overrun by them.
I hardly think so.
Perhaps you should see the extent of it.
As you can see, we are well armed.
In two of your Earth hours, our first missiles will be ready to fire.
They will hit London, the major capital of your world.
Your planet will be surrendered Why? What are you after? Conquest of the galaxy.
A task set for me by the elders to prove my ability to be a prince of Aristos.
You mean, its a test? A game? And for that, you would kill millions of our people? Whether humans live or die is not important.
All that matters is how you can serve me.
Take this one out to the desert.
Put a dehydration setting on your weapon.
It will appear as if you died of thirst in the event you were found by any humans in the area.
Take him away.
Put that one in the extractor.
It will do you no good to struggle.
Youre being held there by a magnetic force.
We can hold you there indefinitely.
What are you gonna do with me? Your Time Tunnel- It operates on a different principle than ours.
- It fascinates me.
- Whats that got to do with this? This is a mind-reading device.
With it, I intend to extract from your brain all the knowledge it possesses about your time travel.
- And then? - Oh, then it wont matter.
Once I have emptied your mind, you will be dead.
How much longer is it gonna be? Were trying to connect up with the main emergency generators now, General.
It should only be a few minutes more.
I know I dont have to tell you, Ray, but please try to hurry it up.
Ann, that date- ovember 2, 1883.
Have you checked it out? Yes.
Thats the day the Arabs attacked the British in the city of Khartoum.
What in blazes can that have to do with the mess Tony and Doug are in? - I think were all set, General.
- Fine.
What about you, Ann? Yes.
Identical coordinates and time spatial fix as before.
All right.
Lets try it.
- Well, wheres Doug? Anybody see him? - No.
We havent been able to get a fix on him at all.
- Should we try to pick up Tony? - No, we cant.
The quadrants still overlap.
- We might pick up that alien as well.
- Then we may have to.
Down there.
- Stand right where you are! - Wait a minute.
Im not the enemy.
Sergeant, if he moves, shoot him.
Put your hands over your head.
- Look, give me a chance to- - Shut up! Sergeant- - Will you give me a chance to explain? - Shut up! Sergeant, search him.
It may please you to know you did your job very well.
The Arabs wiped out my detachment back there.
- Whats that got to do with me? - I know who you are.
Arab spies-you and your companion.
It was an alien from another planet.
He was trying to kill me.
Alien indeed.
A filthy desert killer is what he is disguised as you are in that ridiculous outfit.
Arab equipment.
Thats all the proof I need.
Sergeant, take this along as evidence.
If you dont listen to me, yourre gonna lose a lot more than your detachment.
Of all the cheek- How dare you threaten me! Im not threatening you! Imm telling you facts! Look, the first thing thats gonna happen is that your entire army en route to Khartoum is gonna be wiped out, and that could happen any minute now! Another ambush set up by you and the Arabs? And the second thing is that theres a base in this desert thats gonna launch an attack on the cities of this world and London is gonna be first.
! And whos manning this base? More of your Arabs, I presume? I told you, theyre not from this world.
- Oh! - Look.
Look, I know its hard to believe.
Your mastery of understatement is phenomenal.
Im taking you along with me to Khartoum.
Now move out! Go on! Watch him.
- Move on.
- Come on, men! Lets go! Whoa.
The Arabs are attacking.
! You knew what was going to happen down there, didnt you? - I tried to warn you.
- But its too late to warn them! The cream of our troops destroyed because of you! Youre responsible! Ill give you 10 seconds to tell me the location of that Arab headquarters.
You talk, or Ill blow your head off!.
You have five seconds left.
Do you tell me where that Arab force is located or do I kill you? Ill do even better, Captain.
Ill take you to the place where the people are who plan to destroy you.
- Is this another trap? - Youre laying down the rules of this little game.
Either you trust me to lead you there, or you kill me here and now and never find out where it is.
Very well.
Lead on.
Remember, one false move- I know.
My life wont be worth a plugged nickel.
All right, lead on.
Hes leading those British soldiers back to the aliens headquarters.
Of course.
He has to convince the British captain they exist.
And I know hes going to try and save Doug.
Is there any way we can get a fix on Doug? Im running tapes now.
We should have an approximate fix on the alien area.
- Good.
We have no idea what kind of trouble Doug may be in.
- There.
Because your friend has momentarily eluded us please have no false hopes.
There is no possibility of escaping.
Maybe not.
But it wont do you any good.
Theress nothing you can get out of me thatllll help you.
If so, nothings been lost except your life.
- Are we ready to proceed? - Yes.
- The brain machine is ready.
- Activate.
Transcribe his mind.
- Cant you get a lock on that? - Werre trying, General.
What are they doing to him? Looks like some kind of medieval torture.
Futuristic torture, more likely.
There, there! There, youre getting it.
Can you retrieve him now? We only have half power.
I dont know what will happen if we try it.
Oh, we cant let them continue.
- Lets try to get him out.
- Shess right.
Go after him.
All right, Ann.
Lock in your signals.
Signals locked.
Ready to retrieve.
Retrieve! So far, he is not responding.
Increase the intensity.
Here it is.
Its a lot of nonsense.
Theres no Arab headquarters here.
I told you Id take you to the spot where your real enemies are the ones who are planning to destroy the world.
And theyre in there.
Doug! You all right? What happened? The last thing I remember- Tony.
Isnt that the force field? Time Tunnel mustve transferred me out of their machine.
What is this mumbo jumbo? And who are you? The captains part of a detachment of the Khartoum troops.
Ive been trying to convince him that werre all in danger, and I haventtt had much luck.
Nor will you have.
Ive played along with you as far as Imm going to.
The two of you head back with me to Khartoum.
Come on.
No.
Now, wait a minute.
Captain, with the aid of that rock I believe I can convince you beyond a shadow of a doubt that we know what were talking about.
Very well.
Go ahead.
There.
Now, that should prove something to you unless you feel that the Arabs built that invisible force field out there.
You make as little sense as the other one.
And your bag of tricks convinces me of nothing.
ow, on your way before- Hello.
What are those things, and where did they come from? Dont be a fool! Do you want them to kill us? All right, Sergeant.
Are those the people you spoke about? No, theyre slave workers.
Their masters are the ones who plan to attack London and destroy the world.
With what? With those? No, they have power sources that youve never dreamed of.
If what you say is true- and, mind you, Im not yet accepting one word of it- what do you expect me to do about it? Attack them.
Destroy their base.
And if you attack now, there may still be enough time.
It may be too late.
- Whats that? - The aliens! Take cover! Sergeant, over here! You were telling the truth.
They must be beings from another planet.
- They are.
- Are they really going to attack London? - In a few hours.
- Wed better retreat from here take up the matter with headquarters in Khartoum.
I only hope they believe us.
Come on.
Ray, I cant track.
I cant either.
General! What? - Whats the matter? - We dontt know.
Were holding our fix, but we cantt seem to track them.
Theres your answer.
You continue to interfere in spite of our warning.
You humans have become most annoying.
We are now going to take action against you.
Why? Those two men- the time travelers- they were sent there by mistake.
They had no knowledge of your existence.
Hes cut off our power.
Better advise Security.
Use my private tie-line.
If youre concerned, theress a very simple answer.
- Send our men back to us.
- It is too late for that.
Your control area has been sealed off.
You will not be permitted to communicate with anyone else on your planet.
The device you see has been activated.
You have the 60 minutes indicated to accomplish our demands.
Send all other personnel to the level just below the surtace.
If you comply, the others will be released.
Otherwise, the device will destroy the Time Tunnel.
We wont abandon Tony and Doug.
If you interfere again you will be killed immediately.
Check that device for radioactivity.
- What happened to him? - Some kind of inverse laser burst.
A protective screen to keep us from deactivating the device.
- Well, cant you neutralize it? - No, General.
Counteracting polarity screens might handle the laser effect but as for the device itself- Sergeantjiggs? Sergeantjiggs.
Why isnt the red alert line to the Pentagon still open? It cut off our communications.
Unless we can find some way to get rid of this device we wont have a chance.
How much farther to Khartoum, Captain? The fort at Shendi is just past that ridge ahead and Khartoum is another hour away.
- Something wrong? - A little matter of time, Captain.
According to Doug, those aliens are gonna release their missiles in less than an hour from now.
Id already thought of that.
Well need a large force to overcome them in time.
And there, gentlemen, you see our troops- our loyal native troops moving into advance position.
They will occupy the entire area occupied by the alien complex.
Itll be a simple matter to convince the commander to attack.
Good show, Captain.
Shall we go down and join em? Theyve ambushed the troops! We must reach the column before they do.
Still time to get there.
Come on! Its too late.
Welll never make it now.
Theyve been routed.
Wedd better fall back to Shendi with them.
Hmm.
Its not even warm.
Well, youve neutralized the laser beam but whatever is inside there is still ticking away.
Weve tried everything else, General.
Why dont we try attacking the aliens headquarters with a reverse energy burst? It could backfire and destroy all of us.
I know.
But what other choices have we? All right.
Lets hope it works.
Build to full power.
The moment after we make our reverse, I want an image.
Youll have it if werre still here.
- Were at power.
- General? Reverse.
- We got him! - I dont think so.
I think his energy screen caught most of it.
Look! Your ingenuity amazes me.
But by attacking us you have opened yourselves to complete retaliation.
When the Androan device explodes all life within your Tunnel Complex will cease to exist.
What can you hope to gain by that? Your Time Tunnel- an excellent means for further conquest in other time periods.
If you had cooperated, the lives of all the people in your Complex might have been spared.
Cut him off.
General, youre- Yourre not going to give up, are you? Just let the aliens walk in and take over? Do we have an alternative? Unless we come up with a miracle in the next half hour were all going to die.
Steady, men.
Steady.
Mind your feet.
If that gun gets loose, youll cut off a manss leg.
All right, Sergeant, down through here.
Make room for the recoil.
Otherwise, well lose on the very first shot.
Its almost certain the Arabs will be attacking on the Nile side.
Bring your heavy pieces to bear on the bridge! And fire at will.
! Some of you men, give us a hand to move this powder! Come on, men! Lets go! Hurry up with that powder! There we go.
- All right, now- - Sergeant major! - Sir! - Send another detail up those battlements! - Get those Arabs off our walls! - Is there anything else we can do? Suit yourselves.
You can stay or make a run for it.
Theres the rear gate.
Corporal.
! Tell the sergeant I want those guns concentrated on that gate.
! Well? Well take our chances here.
Good boys.
You there, two rifles.
Take cover! Are you all right? Captain, this fort is lost.
Theres nothing more you can do here.
All right.
Ill get the horses.
Come on.
Come on.
Captain! - Get those grenades right there.
- All right.
- One keg ought to be enough.
- Come on! Weve got to destroy those force field projectors somehow.
You draw their attention over there.
Ill try to get close enough with these grenades.
They got Tony.
We still proceed, of course.
We do.
We can get to those mirrors from behind those rocks.
Extractor.
Your friend may have eluded us but you will suit our purpose just as well.
See that the other two out there are disposed of.
This time, we will not be interfered with.
Youre defenseless against us! You will discard your weapons and come out.
Right on target! Shall we discard the rest of our weapons? Steady.
One to go.
Good show! Lets go.
Activate.
Catch.
All right.
All right, set him free! I need only press this button, and your friend will cease to exist.
And I need only pull this trigger, and youll cease to exist.
An interesting situation.
We seem to have reached an impasse except that time is in my favor.
In less than three minutes, our missiles will be launched against your world.
At the same time, the people in your Time Tunnel will be destroyed.
- Whats he talking about? - He planted some kind of device in the Time Tunnel.
One of those buttons set it off.
General Kirk! General Kirk, if you hear me, acknowledge! Yes, Doug, I hear you.
Is it true? Can they destroy you? Im afraid so.
Their mechanism is set to explode in- General, hes gone.
Theres a break in the transmission.
- Weve run out of time.
- Yes.
I hate to think of what their advanced weaponry will do to this world.
But theres no way we can stand against it.
Of course- the weaponry.
We develop weapons that can destroy only our own kind so- Ann, prepare for transmission in exactly 30 seconds.
Of course! If it explodes there instead- You men, all of you, get that thing in the Tunnel.
Were gonna send their device back to them.
Fifteen seconds and counting.
General, what about Doug and Tony? Well hold their signals on standby.
If this works, well retrieve when we rebuild power.
- Ten, nine, eight, seven - All right, men, thats far enough! - Out.
! Everybody out.
! - six, five, four three, two, one.
Theyve saved themselves but destroyed your world! Tony, theyve activated two of the missiles! Let him go! Come on! Lets get out of here! - Youll destroy us all! - Let him go! Come on! Get out of here! Captain! It all seems like a horrible dream.
We would never have succeeded if you two hadnt come along.
- What do you do now? - I have unfinished business with the Arabs.
I shall move south with Gordons army.
Well go with you.
Good show! Ill go get the horses.
All right, here you are.
Mount up.
Sharpen the focus, Ann.
Im trying to.
Its not the probe.
Youd better get it straightened out, Ray.
I dont like the looks of that place theyvve come into.
Pretty sophisticated instruments.
Yeah, theyre years in the future of our own time.
- I wonder what theyre used for.
- I dontt know.
But right now, Id settle for just knowing where we are.
- Hes dead.
- Well, he cantt be.
Theres no doubt about it.
That impact- It wasnt hard enough to kill a man.
Lets see if we can find somebody.
He isnt as dead as you thought.
I tell you, he was.
Look at him.
Hes a walking dead man.