Space: 1999 s02e01 Episode Script

(Helena) 'Moonbase Alpha status report, '342 days after leaving Earth orbit.
' Dr Helena Russell recording.
We have just survived our second encounter with a space warp.
We've been catapulted six light years from our previous position.
We've had no casualties this time.
Our population remains stable at 297.
However, one life support system was severely damaged.
'We have a survey Eagle reconnoitring a nearby planet 'in an attempt to locate titanium, 'needed to repair that life support system.
' Entering the atmosphere now, Commander.
Thank you.
Atmosphere breathable.
(Pilot) 'We're in close visual contact with the planet.
' (Koenig) 'Fraser, any signs of life?' No settlements, no life.
'Nothing, Commander, except volcanoes.
' Fraser, scan for mineral compositions.
'Scanner active.
Stand by to log into main computer.
' Dr Russell! Titanium! Eagle One, return to base.
'Right, Commander.
' Picard, pinpoint the location of the titanium deposits.
(Computer beeping) Magnify! Fraser! There's a strange light coming! (Fraser) 'Position?' (Koenig) 'It's on your flight path.
'Get out of there!' - What is that? - An energy weapon.
Security alert! All crews to position.
'Rescue Eagles, full alert! Laser crews to position one-five.
' Evasive action, Fraser! Evasive action! 'Can't shake it, Alpha.
' Come on, Fraser! Come on! Get it off your tail! (Fraser) 'We're trying! We're trying!' 'Do something, Alpha, for God's sake!' Bill Bill! 'Help us, Alpha! Help us! 'For God's sake, help us, Alpha!' Medical crew, Command Centre.
'Laser battery one, active.
' 'Combat Eagle Five in position.
Combat Eagle Six in position.
' There's got to be life on that planet.
There is no life sign on the surface.
What about below it? That planet is an environmental hell.
No life as we know it could exist there.
(Man) 'Commander Koenig!' You know who I am.
Who are you? 'I am Mentor of the planet Zycon.
' Why did you attack our ship? We came in peace.
'You sent an armed ship to talk of peace?' 'That ship was a survey vessel.
'We had no way of knowing your planet was inhabited.
' Yes, a familiar argument, it has caused the death of millions of our people.
Other outsiders have used it to attack before.
Easy now, easy.
Come on now, come on.
'Your pilots are safe, but their Eagle is beyond repair.
' He said they're safe! - (Koenig) 'Return my men' - Annie, Bill's alive! 'Yes, Commander.
' You have my solemn pledge that no hostile action will be taken.
'I accept your pledge.
' So, let us arrange their return.
Send another Eagle and I'll instruct you where to land.
NoI'm afraid that could cause further misunderstanding.
I suggest we rendezvous, but in space.
'It seems you trust us as little as we trust you.
' In our past, we've been betrayed, too.
Let us meet in space, then.
You say that you need minerals.
Send along a scientific officer to discuss technical requirements andyou shall have them.
That's very generous.
Thank you.
'Incidentally, one pilot suffered minor injuries.
'Perhaps you could also send along a medical officer.
' It will be done.
'Good.
I look forward to meeting you, Commander.
' (Koenig) Mentor.
Alan, put Eagle Four on the pad ready for immediate lift-off.
And, Alanequip it with additional booster units.
Right.
Booster units? You're in a hurry to get out there, aren't you? I may be in a hurry to get back.
What do you think of these Alphans, Maya? I like them, Father.
They're very attractive, quite unlike the others.
They obviously come from a culture similar to our own, but they're not so advanced, of course.
Would I make a good Alphan, Father? Stop it, Maya! I teach you the priceless art of molecular transformation and see how you use it - for foolish games! Father! You only taught me because you knew I'd master it myself.
True! You are clever, Maya, but we must find a better outlet for your gifts.
I'd help in your work.
No, there is a great deal about the work I do - that you do not understand yet.
- Father Not yet.
Will the Alphans help you to restore our planet? Yes, Maya.
And now, my dear, run along.
Come on.
Prepare the Alphan pilots.
Where do you think you're going? - Back to my station.
- She needs to rest.
You think you can handle it? Please, doctor, I feel much better now.
Well, maybe it is better to keep busy.
- Don't overdo it, all right? - I won't.
- Are you all right? - Yes, Commander.
- We'll bring him back.
- Thank you.
Good luck.
They come, Maya.
They are men of honour.
We're in position, John.
Mentor, this is John Koenig.
'We're at rendezvous point.
' My ship will join you shortly, Commander.
(Rising hum) (Computer beeping) There it is.
I want a full scan on that ship.
Mentor, signal when you're ready for link-up.
I repeat, signal when you're ready to dock.
- Mentor? - 'John! 'There are no life forms on that ship! 'Fraser, Torens, they're not on it! The ship is empty!' (Rumbling) (Static on radio) (Koenig) 'We're picking up magnetic disturbance, Tony.
' - We're losing altitude.
- 'His ship is radiating energy.
'It's like a magnet, he's pulling you down.
' Full power! Full power, Commander! We're still held! Boosters, half thrust! Three-quarter power! She won't take it! She'll break up! Boosters, full power! (Engines roar) We're clear, Tony.
Returning to base.
(Rising hum) John! That ship - it's turning into a ball of light! No response.
It's like a graveyard of spaceships.
And we're right in the middle of it.
Eagle Four to Moonbase Alpha.
Come in, Alpha.
Do you read me? Eagle Four to Moonbase - I can't raise them.
- Keep trying.
'Welcome to Zycon.
'Don't be alarmed, Commander.
' I'm never alarmed by a man of integrity.
I see that you are angry, and I must admit you have cause, but, please, bear with me and you will understand.
'I'll understand after I see my people!' I act in both our interests.
He's lying! Don't trust him! Commander, we're being am 'Please forgive the interruption.
'Your pilot is in a feverish state.
' Then I want to examine him! 'You will, Doctor, in good time.
'Now, please, remain in your ship until we contact you.
' Let's go.
(Koenig) Let's make for that cave.
(Rising hum) Keep on scanning, Sandra.
They're down there somewhere.
I know they are but I cannot get a reading.
All we get is the planet surface.
Our beam is bouncing off a scanner shield of some kind.
We won't read anything they don't want us to read.
Is she gonna be all right? She will as long as she knows he is alive.
I'm worried she's gonna crack up.
Be patient with her, Tony.
They've only been married two months.
Yeah.
Ah, Maya! Observe.
An increase in Psyche's power levels! How? One of the Alphan pilots has been in rapport with her.
- This is the result.
- He agreed? - Yes.
- No harmful side effects? - None.
- But that's wonderful, Father! Will the rest of them help us? I'm sure they will.
They are intelligent people.
Lew, titanium? Yes, it is.
A few more hunks like this is all we need.
Diverse life forms.
They must be from those spaceships out there.
The way theymove.
The way they look.
They're all behaving in the same way.
It must be some sort of brain damage.
Now we know what Mentor meant by "Welcome.
" (Man screaming) Torens! He doesn't know us.
Torens - John! - You OK? (Helena) John (Alan) Are you OK? (Lew) It was a forcefield.
That charge was only set to stun.
(Lew) Molecular transformation.
We saw it in the spaceship and the balls of light.
Here it is again.
(Mentor) Surrender your weapons, Commander.
There is an energy screen around this image.
You cannot get through.
Lew, how can we get past it? His image is only a communications circuit.
Laser energy might overload it.
I warn you, any force will be turned against you.
I think I can neutralise it.
- Lew! Wait! - (Helena screams) (Beeping) Commander, to resist is foolish.
Helena! Very well.
(Rising hum) (Growls) Did I startle you, Commander? Wasn't that the idea? Oh, forgive me.
I meant no harm.
You Zycons are full of fun and games.
Who are you? Maya, Mentor's daughter.
His daughter? - And just as tricky.
- Oh, I'm sorry! I should have warned you about the forcefield.
Of course.
Where's the rest of my party? Why are you so unfriendly? I've been lied to, assaulted, seen my people brutalised, killed! Shall I go on? Obviously, you have not fully recovered.
Mentor betrayed us! - Viciously destroyed - My father would harm no one! - Come.
- (Buzzing) He wants to see you.
Relax, Commander.
Your friends are inside.
Come in, Commander! Not now, my dear.
The Commander and I have vital business to discuss.
He is very unhappy.
I want to hear you explain.
Don't worry, he'll understand.
Psyche, Commander - a biological computer, created from the minds and bodies of those of our people who survived the disaster which overwhelmed us when nature ran wild.
Mentor, where are my people? Study Psyche first, Commander.
Our destinies are linked, you know.
We'll determine our own destinies.
This planet is a volcanic furnace, but through Psyche I shall transform it, change it back to the beautiful world it once was.
A world fit enough for our civilisation to begin again.
A beautiful dream.
We'll talk more about it after I see my people.
Commander Psyche Psyche needs energy to complete its task.
Energy that is only found in the minds of intelligent life forms.
In other words, Commander, the machine needs your Alphans.
Those creatures in the pits Torens You fed their minds into that machine? (Mentor) There is no other energy source.
I also need them to dig the metal for Psyche's physical being.
You expect me to submit my people to to thisobscenity?! Your presence here in space has given me a chance, perhaps my only chance, to make my world live again.
And regretfully you have no choice.
You must submit.
Oh, yes.
Psyche has the power of molecular transformation, the power to transform matter into any form or shape I choose.
Observe your lunar landscape.
(Alarm beeping) 'Weapons Section.
' There's a sudden energy charge in the research area.
'Send a unit to investigate.
' Yes, sir.
Refuse what I ask and I shall reduce your moon to ashes.
You're right.
We can't fight you.
Thank you for your co-operation.
No, you're not reading me.
Go ahead - destroy the moon.
Bring down violent death on your people? - At least they'll die quickly.
- I have the power and the will.
Destroy the moon and you defeat yourself.
No moon, no Alphans.
Do what I ask and you and your friends will be spared.
A place will be found for you on the new Zycon.
No.
You, er, wish to know about the rest of your party? In a few moments, their minds will be squeezed dry and Psyche shall have them.
(Rising hum) There's still time, Commander.
Wait! (Hum fades) Yes, Commander? You win.
(Computer beeps) Tony! It's coming from the planet! Punch it up.
John! We'd given you up! Commander, what's happening? 'Tony, good news, we've made contact with the people.
'There are huge subterranean areas which are habitable.
'What's more, we have permission to settle.
' Evacuate Alpha as soon as possible.
Evacuate?! - Ship our people down in relays.
- He's selling out! It can't be.
No, Mentor's done something to him.
Just like that? No study, no research? Just pack up and go down? Why aren't we going? Why is he resisting? Well, it is unusual procedure.
'Directive Four.
'It empowers the Commander to act in a situation like this.
' You will do as ordered.
The procedure is laid down.
Signal when you are ready.
Out.
Thank you, Koenig.
Commander! Helena, I It was the only way out.
You should be grateful.
You owe him your lives.
The price is too high.
Our survival! John, what about the people on Alpha? What about them? You could end up like those creatures in the caves, but not me! John? Computer is refusing access.
I will need the security code.
I know what Directive Four is.
Well, at least somebody is happy.
What is Directive Four? It's a coded signal.
A clear instruction to destroy the place it originated from.
Destroy the planet? But they are still down there! It's mandatory.
And you will carry it out?! Return to your position.
(Groans) We've got to warn Alpha! There's no way out.
You mean we just do nothing? We're trapped in here.
'Robot Eagle ready to launch.
' Estimated time of arrival at attack position, 1520.
- Attack position? - Maximum destructive power.
'When that Eagle hits Zycon there will be nothing left.
' - What are you doing?! - Obeying orders.
Bill's still down there! So is the Commander and the rest of them.
You're going to destroy the planet? - Directive Four cannot be ignored.
- What is Directive Four? Can't we double-check? Ask for clarification? John wouldn't give that order unless this base faced destruction! - Launch Robot Eagle.
- No! No! No, you can't! You can't! Bill (Sobbing) In ten minutes, it'll be all over.
(Mentor) Commander? One of your transporter Eagles is on its way.
Again, I want to assure you that you and your friends will not be harmed.
Maya, if you would, scan that Eagle.
(Alarm beeping) No life forms! It is a robot device programmed to destroy Zycon.
How primitive! And how disgusting that the Commander should descend to such deception! Don't confront him yet.
Let him think he has deceived us.
I don't have your tolerance.
Now who is the betrayer, Commander? Did you think that your childish trick would go undetected? We live in hope.
Sending a probe to destroy this planet! You're a self-sacrificing fool! I'm sorry.
I just couldn't take the chance of telling you.
First, I shall destroy your Eagle.
Then your moon, Commander.
Mentorthat way we both lose.
Let's negotiate.
Negotiate? With a liar? You disgust me! We welcome you as friends and you plot to kill us! You expect us to stand by while Mentor destroys us? My father is an honourable man.
- Why does he want us? - You know why! To help transform this planet.
Others helped us.
- Yes, and what happened to them? - They attained happiness.
Rapport with Psyche benefits everyone.
Maya, that machine destroys minds! Is there no vile thing you won't say against my father? Go down to the caves and see for yourself.
- Nobody can.
They're radioactive.
- Who says? Mentor? There's nobody down there.
Maya, we've been there! Go and see what we've seen.
Mindless hulks, destroyed by your father! - That's not true! - Go and see! Then come back and let us out so we can stop him! No (Koenig) Maya, please! Go and see! - You're lying! - Go and see! - Go and see! - You're lying! Weapons Section.
(Tony) 'We might be attacked.
Activate shields.
' Yes, sir.
(Mentor) 'Commander.
'Koenig! 'Alpha will be destroyed, piece by piece, 'and you caused it!' We've got to make a deal.
We can't stop him unless we get out of here! We've got to break that forcefield! - Maya - 'Commander?' (Alarm beeping) - What's happening? - 'They're through our shields.
' - What was it? - 'An energy bolt of enormous power!' Launch Eagles for full attack.
'I will, but I don't think it'll help.
' No, neither do I.
Maya, release the forcefield.
He's gonna destroy 300 more people unless we stop him! Promise that Mentor will not be harmed.
I want to stop him, not harm him.
(Buzzing) Alan, get to the Eagle.
Prepare for lift-off.
Helena, you and Fraser get Torens.
Let's go.
Maya! What are you doing? No, Commander! To release Psyche's energy will destroy the whole planet! No! Stop it! Stop it, Commander! This is madness! - Maya, you must stop him! - I was in the pits! (Sobbing) I saw what was down there! I saw! Torens! (Mentor) Get her away, Commander! - You said he wouldn't be harmed! - Take her! - Mentor, come on! - Get Maya away! Take her away! Save yourselves! - Let's get out of here! - Save Maya! Come with us, Father! Leave Psyche! Psyche made you do evil! No! Understand, Maya! Please! I wanted to do good, I wanted to restore our planet! I didn't want to hurt anyone! Hold her, Koenig! - Hold onto her! - Maya Maya! Take her away, Koenig! Maya, you can't help him! We've got to get out of here! Maya! (Mentor) Get her out, Commander! (Mentor screams) Maya! Come on.
(All) Hurry! Come on! Hurry! Go! Get moving! Fraser! Raise Eagle Four.
Eagle Four from Alpha.
- 'Eagle Four.
' - Yeah, go ahead, Alpha.
- 'Fraser?' - Yeah? 'I've got something for you.
' We'll soon be back on Alpha.
In time you'll forget.
It's just hard to stop thinking about Picard and Torens.
I know.
(Sobbing) Maya Thank you for saving our lives.
And losing mine.
Hey You'll have a new life with us.
Your science is so far ahead of ours.
There's a place for you on Alpha.
Everywhere but on Zycon, I'll be an alien.
We're all aliens until we get to know one another.