The Sarah Jane Adventures s02e06 Episode Script

There's no power in the stars.
Do you really believe in destiny? Trueman's come from nowhere.
Now he's pulling in all these people.
There might be a story in it.
He could be an alien.
No.
Trueman is a human.
Everyone was talking about their star signs.
And I don't have one.
I've got things to do, such amazing things.
The Ancient lights will destroy you! What if there was another universe? Where astrology works! Now we can begin.
This television programme is now being broadcast on all channels around the world.
But how are we going to stop Trueman? You can't stop him.
Welcome to the future.
Sarah Jane you must be destroyed.
No.
Clyde Langer! I know you're still in there, Clyde.
The real you! Listen to me! Remember all we've been through! AUTOMATED VOICE: Nothing is happening.
Nothing is happening.
Nothing is happening.
Nothing is happening.
Nothing is happening.
That's it.
You don't want to hurt us.
Clyde! Stay still! All of you! Clyde, what are you doing? Quiet! I have a message for the world.
Don't be afraid.
Something wonderful is happening.
Very soon, every star in the entire universe will be aligned in a perfect conjunction for the first time in 13 billion years.
The way is clear.
The Ancient Lights will shine again! Well, he's lost it.
If ever he had it.
I'll phone the cable company.
We're not paying to watch more of this.
This is your destiny! No.
No, no.
The cosmos is shifting! The time is now! The Ancient lights are shining on you, the first of my children.
All you have to do is let go.
You'll feel so happy.
There's nothing to be afraid of.
What was that, Gita? Life will be so much easier, for you, so much easier for everyone.
Gita? Gita? You don't have make any Gita! As you listen to my words, just relax and let the Ancient Lights flow inside your mind.
So come all you Geminis the time is right.
Gita! I understand! Understand what? I'm one of the first to be Chosen.
As you start to accept their power.
I accept the Ancient Lights! Walk out, my children! Leave your homes.
Gather together.
Find your brothers and sisters.
Take their hands.
Join the circle! Go, now! I've got to go.
I'm not falling for it.
You can stop this right now.
The wind-up is over.
I mustn't stop.
I've got to go.
OK, and now you're scaring me.
Please tell me you're having a laugh.
I won't mind.
You can tell everyone I believed you.
Just say you're pulling my leg.
Gita? I've got to go! Clyde! You can reject it.
I know you.
You say you're a part of my gang.
I never saw it like that, but maybe you're right.
We are a gang, a team.
We rely on each other.
We would never hurt each other.
Stay back! You've been warned, Sarah Jane.
I will destroy you.
You've got orders from Trueman to deal with me.
Yes? You understand that at last? Then you can let Rani and Luke go.
I'm not going! Oh, yes, you are! Now! She may pass.
I'll get help! Now you, Luke.
Mum, I'm not leaving you.
It's an order.
Clyde.
Remember what you said last night.
Astrology is rubbish.
I was wrong.
I didn't understand then.
What did Trueman do to you? I'm sorry you can't feel the way I do.
Yet.
Luke.
Go! 'Online.
Rebooting.
' The circles are forming! If you can't find one, my children, keep walking.
Find a friend, take their hand, form your own circle! Gita, I'm not letting you go! Mum! Not you too! Rani, don't be afraid.
This is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
Gita, stop this now.
Gita! Stay here.
I'm walking to my destiny.
You're frightening me.
This isn't funny! I'm not alone.
Look! Jon, stop playing up! Jon? Children of Gemini, you are only the first to join the Ancient Lights.
Already it is time for Cancer to join the circle.
Go out and join your Gemini brothers.
I accept the Ancient Lights! What's he talking about? Gemini, then Cancer.
He's taking over all the star signs, one by one.
Come on, let's find a circle.
Yes, all together! What are they doing? Go back, Rani.
Stay inside and don't let anybody in the house! Promise me! I promise.
Soon all the signs will come under my power.
At the Becoming of the Ancient Lights, I will be king of the world! Clyde, this thing that's possessed you.
It's alien.
More alien than anything we've met before.
It comes from before the Big Bang.
From another universe.
You don't understand something, so you call it alien.
Sarah Jane, you always say there's so much more to the world than most people will ever know.
Why not this? You are Trueman's slave.
You want that? Trueman is the Chosen One and I will follow him forever.
And he ordered me to destroy you! Clyde.
You know me.
I am never going to submit.
I am going to fight this thing, send it back.
If I have to, I'll destroy it.
Mum, be careful.
I know what I'm doing, Luke! Can you do it? You've got your orders from Trueman.
Want to stop me walking out of here? Go ahead.
Stop me! Sarah Jane! It's got my mum.
Loads of people are just walking off! I know you can't do it.
Imuststopyou.
Clyde! No! Think about what you're doing.
I'm your friend.
You shouldn't have done this, Sarah Jane.
You shouldn't have forced me.
You can't hurt me.
I'm sorry.
Whoa! What am I doing again? Clyde! Yes! This is mad! All because of that man on the television? Linda, I'm calling the police! The power's gone.
You're free of it.
So it's all over then? Mum'll be OK? 'I'm afraid that is unlikely, Rani.
'I am receiving news reports from around the world.
' Some people seem to have been hypnotised and have walked out of their homes and places of work.
HE SPEAKS FRENCH And we've just had that story confirmed.
The President has walked out of the White House and is apparently holding hands with the wife of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
It is time! Children of Leo, join the circle! I accept the Ancient Lights.
He started with Gemini, now it's spreading, taking over everybody! Well, that's what he wants.
A world of slaves.
Perhaps the Ancient Lights controlled people in the old universe.
Now they want to control us through Trueman.
My mum's one of them, so what are we gonna do? The government can't do anything and the whole world's going under, so what can the four of us do? We saved Clyde.
We can save Gita.
We can save them all.
But how did we save Clyde? The Ancient Lights survived the Big Bang.
How could Clyde stop them? Don't look at me.
You must know something.
It's like a dream.
I can't believe I was saying all that stuff.
How did you feel, when the power left you? Like I was hypnotised.
And then suddenly the real me was back.
It was like the hypnotised me just got switched off.
I'm sorry, Sarah Jane.
Oh, no, you couldn't help yourself.
Believe me, I know what it's like to be taken over.
So how can we do it again? It's hopeless.
There's always hope, Rani.
Wait.
Now, I pushed you, I knew you couldn't harm me.
That must be it! What do you mean? I forced you to do something you could never normally do.
Your real self broke free of that influence.
I need to try the same thing with Trueman.
Force him into a corner, make him confront what this thing is making him do.
That's it! Come on! Trueman isn't your friend.
How can you get through to him? I can try.
He's taking over all the signs.
How long before he takes us over? Wait.
Trueman's broadcast, he must be using it to transmit his energy around the world.
How? He's got control of the world's TV.
Controlled from the theatre.
We cut off the electricity in the theatre? If he hasn't got a camera he can't transmit anything! Is that a stupid idea? That is a brilliant idea! Come on! Any joy? Still no signal The Children of Gemini must join the Chosen One.
We are the Inner Circle.
I don't believe this.
Let's make the circle here! To protect Mr Trueman.
Children of Libra, join the circle! Where are the police? They should be down here, I I accept the Ancient Lights.
This is insane.
I'm going to get help! Children of Scorpio, join me! The Inner Circle.
My first subjects, Children of Gemini.
Don't be afraid.
Our lives have been leading to this moment.
We never had any choice.
My life brought me here.
All the wasted years, leading to this moment.
But somehow I always knew I was different.
Special.
Chosen.
How do we get past them? We've got to do something! I can get us in.
No, Clyde.
I'm a Gemini.
One of Trueman's inner circle.
I can't ask you to take that risk.
You didn't ask.
I offered.
Let's go! Children of Sagittarius, join the circle! There are so many of them now.
We haven't got long.
I can do this.
You've got to look sort of dopey.
Blissed out.
Mmm Make it creepy.
Right! Let's roll.
Clyde, you don't have to do this.
I can find another way in.
There's no another way in.
It's too dangerous.
One slip they could blast you down.
If you were in my shoes, you'd do it.
Your face is wrong.
Copy them.
Be quiet, boy.
Have you come to join the circle? Why have you brought these people? They're not among the Chosen.
I am one of Mr Trueman's Inner Circle.
He sent me out to bring these people to him.
They are my prisoners.
But nobody can go in.
We have orders to stop anybody that tries.
But you can't harm me.
I am one of the children of Gemini.
But they aren't.
They're not chosen.
I think you are lying! And I am one of the Inner Circle! I know all the mysteries of the stars.
Mars has entered the Milky Way and Aero is in conjunction with the Galaxy.
Step aside! We did not know.
Pass through, quickly! May the Ancient Lights shine upon you.
Join me, children of Capricorn! There's an intruder.
The boy Clyde.
He's somewhere here.
I don't understand.
This was not destined.
He's one of us.
No.
There is something wrong.
He's nearby, but I can't reach his mind.
Quickly.
Find him.
Bring him to me! Wasn't bad, was I? You were magnificent! And I'm expecting a "Ripple" of applause.
You three get backstage.
Find the power supply.
Switch it off! Right! And you're going back to Trueman? I've got to try and reach him.
His true self.
Like I did with you.
On your own? No way, Sarah Jane! Mr Trueman would like to see you, Clyde.
And I'm sure he'll be delighted to see you, Miss Smith.
Come on! He's moving through the Zodiac.
When he gets to Aries, I'll be taken over! There must be a switching room.
Health and safety says there must be an emergency cut-off switch in case of a fire or flood.
How do you know? It's on a noticeboard at school.
I remember everything I read.
Rani's mum! There's nothing we can do.
What happened to you, Clyde? My influence is gone.
How could you leave my Inner Circle? I was too strong.
I fought it and I got free.
That's not possible.
I saw it happen.
It doesn't matter.
Perhaps it was fate that you should be here to witness my apotheosis.
Your what? One step further.
You know what I can do.
Now, kneel before me! Do as he says.
Oh, no.
He's got Sarah Jane and Clyde.
I don't even know what we're looking for.
The emergency main switch.
What does that look like? I'm not entirely sure.
Oh, great.
I don't think it's in here.
Come on.
What are you gonna do when you rule the world? The Ancient Lights will use Earth as a starting point and I will teach my people how to use their minds and the power of the stars to go out into space until every mind in creation belongs to me.
But why? What do the Ancient Lights get out of bossing people around? Control is the purpose of the Ancient Lights.
Trueman, listen to me! There must still be something human inside you.
Think of your life before this happened.
My life before? Which part of my life? The part when I was selling vacuum cleaners? When I was rounding up shopping trolleys? Or cleaning toilets? I was a nobody.
And this is your way of becoming a somebody? Today, everybody knows your name.
What do you want to be known for? Enslaving millions of people? Do you really think that is going to work? Making an appeal to my better nature? Don't you see? The human part of me is loving every moment of this.
It's cruel.
You're just the puppet of these Ancient Lights.
No, Sarah Jane.
I am unique.
The Ancient Lights have been waiting 13 billion years for me.
I was born at exactly the right moment, at exactly the right time.
I am the most important person on the planeton any planet.
People used to say, "Martin, you are not the centre of the universe.
" It turns out, I am.
And I never even knew it.
Listen to him! He's going to make all of us his slaves.
I want it to happen.
The Ancient Lights are shining.
The conjunction It's starting.
Form the Inner Circle! DEEP RUMBLING I must speak to the world.
My world.
The time has nearly come.
Children of Pisces, prepare yourselves! Our big plan - "Talk him out of it.
" It didn't work! So that can't be how you got the Ancient Lights out of me.
It must be something else.
Something we missed.
What was it? What's so special about me? Oh, so many things.
He said we were gonna lose, didn't he? But we can't lose, Sarah Jane.
We always win.
We're the team.
We're the nuts.
Hold on.
The others can still stop this.
The Ancient Lights! Yes! Luke! Down here! Come on! Now! My destiny is now.
I'm not letting this happen.
Not to my mum! It's too late! The zodiac is nearly complete.
The emergency mains switch.
Ow! He's put a shield around it! No.
Mum.
Children of Aries join me.
I accept the Ancient Lights! No.
Rani! Yes! The Ancient Lights! All around the world, the Ancient Lights are reborn! Nothing there.
They did it! Yes! The team! You flicked a switch? Flicked a switch! The Ancient Lights survived the big bang, and you think you can stop them by flicking a switch?! I have been chosen.
No.
Rani! I only needed the signal to broadcast my instructions.
I can find another signal.
Right now it doesn't matter.
Don't you understand? The Zodiac is almost complete.
Only the Children of Taurus to claim.
And then even you will know my power, Sarah Jane Smith! - Mum, I did it.
- Nothing can stop it now! Luke! That's it! Of course.
I must stop you.
Clyde, no.
Think about what you're doing.
You shouldn't have forced me.
I know what happened.
I touched Clyde! It's me.
Luke, what are you doing?! Watch.
What? Yes! No! What happened? No! No! George.
Jon.
What's going on? How have you done this? I wasn't born.
I have no birthday.
No star sign.
So astrology doesn't work on me.
The circle was like an electrical circuit.
I broke it.
Like you did before.
You touched Clyde, it shorted the power.
What are you? He's my son.
And he's the centre of my universe.
Everything everybody is born! I wasn't.
And I thought it was a bad thing.
Till now.
You had everything planned.
All mapped out in the stars.
But Luke's got no stars.
No star sign.
You didn't even knew he was there.
It was the only chance.
The perfect conjunction.
They're already moving.
The old knowledge of the Ancient Lights will be lost forever.
And I'll be lost without them.
We've gotta help him.
Let the power go, Trueman.
No! It is foretold.
Come on, Martin.
Step out of the light! Martin! I was born for thismy destiny.
There's nothing left for me here.
I can't go back to being nobody.
Let me go.
Let me goto the stars.
Even at the end he wouldn't let it go.
He must have wanted it so much.
What happened to him? Perhaps it destroyed him.
Or perhaps he went to join the Ancient Lights.
Mum! She's waking up.
She'll be fine.
Won't remember a thing.
We'd better get out of here.
Unless you fancy explaining it all to her.
And explaining about me.
And aliens.
And everything.
Come on.
Quick! Best part of being on this team running away afterwards.
Dad? Dad? An urgent investigation is underway to find out exactly how the television signal was hijacked as part of Martin Trueman's publicity stunt, with foreign governments demanding an explanation from the Prime Minister.
But what about the people at the centre of what is already being described as Trueman's Hypnotic Circle? Cheryl Farley, formerly one of Trueman's followers, spoke to Joanna O'Brien.
I was completely under his power.
I gave him all my money, left my husband.
I couldn't break his hypnotic spell over over my poor Cheryl.
Rani? Dad? Da da! Don't worry, love.
Everything's all right.
Look.
My stars.
"Gemini.
You will find love in a launderette.
" Wrong.
Today I saved the world.
You did? Single-handed? Well, I helped to save it.
I'm part of the world-saving team.
Great cover story, eh? Up.
Down.
Up.
What are you doing? I just wondered if you were under my control now.
Good idea.
We could get him to clean the car.
Ha ha, very funny.
I thought we agreed never to mention that up/down thingy again.
We never agreed to anything.
OK.
Time to go.
I said I'd meet Finney.
Wait.
Oh, no no no.
What is it? Trueman's nicked my mobile.
I've got no mobile! I'm nobody.
I'm no-one! I don't exist! It's a social disaster.
They're saying we got hypnotised through the telly.
It's been on the news.
It was a publicity stunt that went wrong.
When they find this Martin Trueman I hope they throw the book at him.
I can't remember a thing about it.
What was I doing at the theatre? Don't worry about it, Mum.
It's over.
We can go back to normal.
I'm so sorry, love.
You must have been worried sick, sat here all on your own.
I was fine.
Look at you, Rani.
Cool as a cucumber.
Right.
If someone lays the table, I'll get some tea together.
OK.
Just so long as you're not going to make macaroni cheese again.
And what's wrong with my macaroni cheese? What's right with it? Well, it's sticky.
It's heavy.
It should be light.
Rani? I think your cooking's great, Dad.
Thank you.
Right.
Come on, I'll show you.
You don't always have to go mad, putting cornflour into everything.
Like nothing happened.
He waited so long to achieve something and we just stopped it from happening.
Well, perhaps us stopping it was destiny.
I don't think I believe in destiny.
Still miss not having a birthday? No, thanks.
Why should I want to be like everyone else? Today, me being different was a good thing.
Today, you being different saved the world.
Why don't we celebrate this day then? That's a great idea.
Every year, this could be my special day.
Deal! Can I have presents? Oh, whatever you want.
Plus cards.
Cakes.
Lots and lots of attention.
And a party! Oh, how about a party? I think it's evil.
Make it stop.
What are you then? The more you use it, it talks to you.
Hello, son.
Dad? What the hell are you doing here? Come on! We shouldn't have secrets.
Dad I save the world.
Jacob West found something here.
Something alien.
Jacob? Jacob! NO!