Blake's 7 (1978) s02e10 Episode Script
Voice from the Past
HIGH-PITCHEDWHINE What's wrong? That sound I keep hearing it Hypertension A sort of tone oscillation I heard it, too But it was very faint Very probably These exercises of yours, Cally, do not appearto improve the temper Blake, I've just been checking on Del 10 It's an ultra planet, fantastic mountain scenery, and the gravity's so low you can practically fly Switch to manual Confirmed Alsothegalaxy's richest known sourceof Vita particles.
It's paradise.
Resume automatics Automatics are confirmed Ever been to Del 10 before, Blake? Blake? No,Vila, I'veneverbeen to Del-10 before I'm in need ofa doseofthe Vitas, as areweall.
Zen, destination time to Del 10? Del 10 course aborted New course Destination asteroid PK 1 18 Arrival 18 55 What? Del 10 course aborted All right, I heard, I heard I just don't believe it Hey, where's Blake? Why? What's wrong? This course change, that's what We're heading for some nowhere asteroid Del 10 Not anymore Blake's just switched He what? Blake -Whatabout Del-10?.
-Andwhataboutthe Vita particles? They can wait Well, why this asteroid? Zen, details of destination Asteroid PK 1 18 has diameter of 0 102 spacials It was removed from serial orbit five years ago for Heurite ore extraction Mined out in two years and discarded in Beta region Life support systems installed by mining company presumed still functional Presumed? Blake, what about Del 10? Why are we diverting to some discarded rock? Any reason, Blake, or simply a whim? A guessing game, perhaps? Priority mission Whose? Why? Objective? I command this ship Do you indeed? You lead We don't take commands You've always explained, given reasons forthings When he had any This time I choose not to But, Blake, if you For once just try trusting me What is this priority of his? Exactly He's used a number of ploys to get his own way, but ""Just try trusting me''? That's weak even by his standards But why? Is he sick do you think? What? Space fatigue? No symptoms of hallucination Well, he's certainly not normal, not even for Blake Let's find out Come on, Cally Distant Voice: Renounce, renounce No, never The cause of freedom False, an illusion No Freedom The right to free, the right The right course is Federation Federation? No, the right right Cally, what's wrong? Renounce dissidence Renounce Freedom Party Renounce Renounce dissidence Renounce Renounce Freedom Party Renounce Blake Renounce Easy, easy Renounce Tranquiliser pack Renounce No more nightmares You can sleep now You could follow more of that than I could, yes? Well, the dreams seem to involve some sort of persuasion process Another name for it is indoctrination It's enough to give anyone nightmares ""Renounce, renounce '' Also something about a ""Freedom Party'' Well, that's what they called themselves, the group that Blake joined up with And then he did renounce them But not before he had been subjected to the brainwashing that he is now experiencing in his dreams But what's this got to do with the asteroid? He wasn't asleep when he rerouted us Maybe that's not related Well, Jenna, rememberthere was something else, earlier, in the rest room Complaining of some sort of noise A sort of tone, he said Oscillating It was there again just now As a part of his nightmare? Yes, I think so And he heard it just before he rerouted us, right? Zen What are you doing? If the tone is in some way related to the dream, we must change course back to DelTen No, Avon, try Orac first For? A fuller diagnosis This is the sensor link What now? Wait forthe tone Switching into audio SENSORTONE Is that it, the tone? Yes Orac, what do you make of it? Records show audio frequencies related to this range are commonly used by crimino therapists Of course, as trigger signals for hypnotic states, used to condition convicted offenders for memory revision And they would hypnotise them with a combination of drugs and one of these trigger signals After a little while, a few days, they would no longer need the drugs, the signal itself would be sufficient to keep them under So could Blake be somehow hypnotising himself? He goes to sleep, he dreams, he hears the tone, and and then he awakens underthe influence It doesn't make forthe most dependable of leaders, does it? Random course changes to random asteroids Orac, can this trigger signal be cancelled out? - Emergencytreatment data recommends dual therapy.
Dual? Of course, with another human being What? Who must remain conscious so as to monitor approximation to stress threshold You, Cally Very well Suggest Jenna Me? Why me? Closer origins.
Well, I'm not allthat alien Come over here, Jenna Heartless calculator That's just the problem: no heart Put your head back Don't I even get a tranquilliser pad? The object of this exercise is that you remain conscious Then you can tell us when he is getting near Getting nearwhat? Threshold Of insanity you mean Don't overreact Remember, this is for your beloved leader I hope Blake appreciates this Renounce Renounce Renounce what? Tell us what Freedom Freedom Party Your party You formed the Freedom Party No Guilty Guilty Guilty to all charges Sentenced to confinement, penal colony Cygnus Alpha, for life Life No Must speak, must listen to me False False False what? False evidence? False trial? False verdict? No Guilty Not as charged You must believe that, Blake Believe your innocence Guilty No Conditioned under hypnosis No No Yes, Blake Standard hypnotic procedure, audio pulse signals with visual support False diminishing your control to wipe out memory No Renounce False Renounce False Not false Standard hypnotic procedure What are you doing? Stop it Help me pull him back You've all gone mad Stop it Tranquilliser pad There, Vila A hypnotic illusion to eradicate memory I repeat, a hypnotic illusion to eradicate memory That inspired intrusion of yours could have sent them overthe edge They already were by the sound of them Orac, any progress? Conditioning deeply implanted Abreaction commenced but interrupted Prognosis? Requires minimum of two hours eradication therapy Maximum five minute treatment periods interspersed with one hour rest periods Hence, minimum rehabilitation period of twenty six hours Oh, no One thing We restrain him before we try again Right, Orac? Agreed Restrainers recommended forsubject's safety Plus, constant supervision Zen, abort course for asteroid PK 1 18 and resume course for planet Del 10 Confirm with arrivaltime Arrival at planet Del 10 at zero fourfive plus one What is wrong with him? Space fatigue Related to the brainwashing they gave him before his trial Nasty Especially forthose privileged to share his nightmare trip with him I think a hot drink and a rest Until it's time forthe next bout? You stay here and keep watch You're in charge now, are you? Can you think of anyone more suitable? Yourself, perhaps? And why not? I'm as good as you are Better probably Blake, you want some water? More? Got us back on course for Del 10, have they? That's right Not just yet You know what's happening, don't you? Happening? Avon and Cally What about them? Paired up Mutual affinities You mean ? Oh, it's been going on for some time now I didn't realise it had gone as far as this As what? Well, why do you think they're so keen to get us to Del 10? -The Vita particles.
-Whosaid? Well, you did No, AVON said I didn't want to resist him, block him or it Arouse his suspicion I needed time to form a counter plan What are you saying? Our only hope is this asteroid Correction, our nearest hope But you're suggesting Oh, betrayal, treachery, piracy, call it what you will That is what Avon and Cally are up to And Jenna? No, not Jenna I think she was probably duped by the othertwo How? Space fatigue, is that what they're saying? Yeah It's obvious, isn't it? They gave me some form of drug, and then put on a show for you and her Wow Avon has been excluding me a bit lately It's nothing to what he'll do when they get to Del 10 What? He might allow you to stay on afterwards He'd be stupid to reduce his manpower more than absolutely necessary Well, what do we do? The first thing to do is to resume course forthat asteroid Right One more thing, Vila Oh yes, sorry Thank you Asteroid PK 1 18 Right Zen, abort course for Del 10 Resume course for asteroid PK 1 18 Confirm with arrivaltime Arrival asteroid PK 1 18 at 1 9 08 Just over half an hour Blake? The power's changed Meteorite storm I'll go and check Blake Blake Blake, listen What are you up to? There's no otherway, Vila You must understand that he will stop at nothing Blake, open the door Vila, stop him Blake That'llteach 'em to pair up on the quiet Can't blame them for being human, Vila How long before destination? Just on thirty minutes Right We must be getting nearthat asteroid by now But why there? What is it that's drawing him to this particular asteroid? It has to be somehow related to the dream That hypnotic trigger pulse But how? Artificialtelepath transmission You mean controlled beaming Yes On Auron, we had a project group working on it Before I left, two of the group completely disappeared It was thought they might have sold their information to the Federation Could it have been perfected by now? Possibly At least forthe transmission of a basic signal Like an oscillating pulse tone Yes, that could be used as a hypnotic trigger Destination imminent Prepare for orbit Ready forteleport, Blake? Blake? Yes, but leaving them trapped Only for a few days Bring them to their senses But on a deserted asteroid, Blake I don't like it I am going down there to check that the life support systems are functional Well, I just hope you're right I can see the mine head now I'm moving towards it, Vila Blake? What's happening down there, Blake? Gravity's very low Cover the ground fast, if you can keep yourfeet Predictably barren Wretched mining companies No sense of aesthetics What do you want them to do, landscape? Well, they could make an effort The point is, if there is a telepathic transmitter, there must be someone down there to operate it Standard mine head layout Pit shaft, ore extraction plant, robotic maintenance, living accommodation Airlock's still functional Entering living accommodation for checks It must have a functional power source then It's only a couple of years since it was abandoned Under terms of the interplanetary mining agreement, the company was bound by law to leave fuel and other Blake, you all right? It's an odd thing, Vila The airsystem's already on Light too, and the artificial gravity field Blake that must mean there's someone there Mutants or Blake? Blake Blake Come in, Blake! Not reading you Blake? You read me, Blake? I'm gonna have to get the others to help You realise this? Ahhhhh Is he come? Vila, Vila, can you hear me? Yes Is Blake still aboard? No, he's teleported down and he's broken contact This is some kind of federation trap Get us out of here I'm trying to Let me see him Welcome at last Blake is it Blake? It is he Brother And then he just stopped talking Why don't you follow his example? Cally, get a teleport fix to the inside of that airlock Right That's the Emblem of Liberty Our cause Yours? I thought the cause of liberty He must conserve his strength The mind, still sharp, but the physique, as you see Who are you? He is Shivan, defender of truth Shivan? We thought he'd been killed in a Federation trap A vile betrayal, and all but fatal I managed to get him to the therapists in Outer Gaul He lives now only to see the fulfilment of his cause To strive as brothers It's two years since we met Ven Glynd In a Federation court as I remember The Arbiter General has defected What? In the name of justice Yours, orthe Federation's? Humanity's Oh, you're quite right to doubt me A participant in that mockery of a trial But I had to bide my time And now, with your coming, the time is right All set? Yes, go ahead COMMUNICATOR CHIME Down and safe Be ready in case you have to pull us back I just hope Avon and Jenna are all right Why did you do it, Vila? What? Let Blake go Listen, he said that you and Avon were Vila, are you there? Blake Release the others I have done already, Blake I want them down here Blake, this is a trap No Cally, farfrom it This is oursalvation Blake, listen to me Hurry down here and you'll see Blake Blake? What now? Avon? Jenna? Shivan? But Only a few survived They managed to save him To sustain the flame of liberty Some hope of that Ah, but there is my friend, as never before Ven Glynd recently defected from the Federation, and with enough evidence to condemn Servalan and herfriends to eternity Ah, but only if we can reach that Governors' Summit Meeting Yes, of course, we must teleport immediately Avon, Jenna, your spare bracelets Now just a minute, Blake We agreed that there would be no access to the Liberatorwithout clearance by Orac I'm giving them clearance Look, we've been on the run for a long time What have we achieved? Access to Federation ciphers that have been regularly re coded, a raid on Central, an empty pretence, talk of Star One, talk of an alliance Talk, talk, talk Until now Shivan and his friends, a senior Federation official A chance Ourfirst real chance And, one free of violence and bloodshed How do you mean free of violence? His plan is perfect Only if we can get to that Governor's Summit Meeting This evidence You'll hear it the moment the Liberator's on course Your bracelets The evidence, my friends Surveillance report on Supreme Commander Servalan's attempt, to cheat the Federation of one hundred million credits in return forthe supercomputer Orac Confidential report on yourtrial, Blake, and the subsequent elimination of your defence lawyer, when he discovered that the evidence against you had been falsified Need I continue? Enough, as I have said, to convict the Terran Administration, and Space Command Only if you can achieve a fair and honest court hearing Which is, to put it mildly, improbable Ah, but it isn't It isn't Listen Governor Le Grand of the Outer Gaul region The only sane one amongst them No, there are others who willfollow her lead The majority, in fact But not if it means bloodshed Only if a solid legal case can be presented against the Terran Administration A case backed up by just such physical evidence as I have here Arrival at Atlay zone at twenty one fifteen All right? Oh, time enough to liase with Governor Le Grand This meeting at Atlay ? The annual meeting of allthe governors of the Federation The ideal moment But why should they give you a hearing? They will hear Governor Le Grand She knows to expect this I would never have risked defection without her personal complicity Yes, but how precisely did Governor Le Grand assist you in We must liase with Le Grand just short of Atlay, and then go in with her delegation And herald at last the epoch of true freedom COMMUNICATOR CHIME Supreme Commander? Yes? Governor Le Grand of Outer Gaul for you Le Grand? Well, well, well Governor Supreme Commander Servalan You wish some service? Merely a check on the security arrangements for Atlay Ah, Yes, the Summit Meeting Now let me see That is in the hands of Deputy Commander Galt Standard procedures Thank you Why, your Excellency? Have you some counter information? No Since I'm chairing the meeting I simply wanted to check in person Of course Your renowned attention to detail A habit of office Quite so Just as my habit was to suspect some threat of a plot A plot? We have heard rumours, nothing confirmed of course, concerning the rebel Shivan Shivan's still alive? Severely incapacitated A mere shell, in fact But as we both have learned, while there's life, there's threat A shrewd maxim, Supreme Commander The fugitive Blake is another As long as he lives if only as a symbolto the malcontents, security is threatened A theme which, with your permission, of course, I should like to stress at the Atlay meeting Oh, feelfree, Your Excellency From strength, as we say, to unity One day, very soon, the crimino therapists will have their sport with you COMMUNICATOR CHIME Communications Transmit a message using pre revised ciphers Message to read, ""Behold, the mutants shallwither '' No Oh please, as a gesture of unity To his followers, Blake, as evidence of your alliance I have no need Is that man really Shivan? He could be A voice scan is incompatible with that tracheal vent But he conforms with records of size, weight, and gender In the absence of a cell tissue scan What about Ven Glynd? Records confirmed his identity Also his recent defection from the Federation post of Arbiter General So, what is wrong? You deduced it yourself, earlier I did? Space Command has long tried to perfect a course interceptor, attuned to the circuitry of navigational computers and rational coordinators like Zen The scientists of Auron, however, had the wit to aim for the weaker point The human brain Correct A telepathic orderwas beamed to Blake to force him to reroute to that asteroid As you yourself foresaw So tell us something new It is to Blake you should look for the new What's that supposed to mean? That they are still influencing him? Correct again But how? A device of that kind would need an enormous power source Agreed But now that they Now that they are close at hand: low power Of course So it's here on board Right What do we do? Locate and destroy it And restore Blake to his senses The two don't necessarily follow Intercepting Outer Gaul transporter Slowing to maintain relative vectors for teleport At last Vila, assemble the others forteleport Just rush over? All of us? Such humility, Blake I see I shall have to tutor you in protocol But the Governor willwish to express her homage Oh, by all means, send your deputy to escort Her Excellency here But as for going yourself no Very well You do the honours, Deputy Leader Vila I'llteleport you myself ""Deputy Leader''? I like it Protocolfor your puppet, eh? Carefulwith that Your precious box of tricks Precious to us all But most of all, Glynd, with this Leave that, Shivan For you alone, you're the real master Be careful The eminence grise You imagine I haven't smelt you out? Sharp of you You think I am so damn enfeebled as to forget the rules of the game? Enthrone your puppet Blake to posture and proclaim whilst you enjoy the realfruits of power Governor Le Grand must be greeted You still need me, brother Did I deny it ""brother''? You cannot pretend that it was coincidence that homed us onto that asteroid They summoned you, Blake They whistled you up like a service robot ""They''? I don't know Ven Glynd? Yes, Avon? Nothing Avon's just nervous, that's all Blake, ready to teleport Teleporting, Vila My homage to you Mine to you, Governor No It is to you only I don't understand Did not the Arbiter General explain? For years now, the Arbiter General and I have prepared forthis moment He gathering evidence of the Administration's infamies, while I lobbied the support of my fellow governors However, we could not challenge and discredit the Administration untilwe had found an alternative leadership, capable of uniting allfactions Well, you, Governor No He who leads must be from Earth Someone of renowned integrity, someone who has become a legend of hope to the great mass of the oppressed A messiah Well, then, Shivan I welcomed Shivan to Outer Gaul as a fugitive I also had hopes But as you see, his strength is spent But when the Arbiter General acquired the course interceptorfrom our sympathisers on Auron, and with it the means of contacting you in person, our plans were at last complete Of course Shivan will be with us to add his support to YOUR authority Where is he? Resting on the flight deck This way, Governor Your Excellency NO, Nagu Here is yourtrue leader Of the Federation, perhaps Dear Nagu So, Shivan I heard word of you from an admirer None otherthan Supreme Commander Servalan She stillfears you You and Blake ""While there's life there's threat,'' she told me A fitting prophecy If our destiny is to be fulfilled Your hand, Shivan Your hand, Blake The triumvirate, my friends Le Grand referred to it as a course interceptor Now in the possession of Glynd Can you counteract its transmission? I have specific programming against telepathic influence So you have However, given direct access to its circuitry Oh, well done, Orac Well, go and get it then If necessary, by force And as chairman I will of course make the opening address I shall explain your presence, and call on you to speak I will indict the Terra Administration, doubtless provoking an uproar Any attempt to interfere will be countered by my security people Are you sure they can handle it? Why not? We have the element of surprise totally on our side Approaching boundary of Atlay surveillance zone Security force walls in operation Prepare for teleport to Atlay shuttle To destiny, my friends To destiny One moment Avon Listen to Orac Just listen Your dreams, Blake Yes? They were stimulated for you by means of a beamed telepathy transmission Telepathy? What about these people here? The Governor and the Arbiter General Aren't they real enough for you? Yourweapons No, Nagu Ourtwo friends must be convinced without threats of force No true bid for peace was born from coercion Agreed Only from truth and trust All right Then give us the truth about this so called course interceptorfrom Auron The Arbiter Generalwill show it to you Certainly That, according to Orac, has direct control over your mind A device was simply beamed into the circuitry of your navigational computer In that case you won't mind leaving it here on the Liberatorwhen you go down to Atlay Which we must do without further delay You WILL leave it Why not, it's already served its purpose in uniting us forthe common cause Acclaim it forthat But be careful not to tamperwith it At this close range it could cause serious damage to your computers Is that correct, Orac? No, negative Denied Incapable of damage The surest way of protecting Orac from damage is to switch him off Is that correct, Avon? Leave us the key Why? Orac's fartoo valuable for needless risk Atlay shuttle on orbit vectors for teleporting Vila, Jenna Teleport Shallwe go? No, leave me, brother Go Go As wellwe should The strain could otherwise have proved excessive Nagu, you will stay with Shivan Ministerto his needs But my place is with you, to protect you Others can do that My lady, please No more delay We cannot risk a security alert Repeat, Atlay shuttle on orbit vectors for teleport COMMUNICATOR CHIME Supreme Commander? Yes Signal from Deputy Commander Galt Yes? Reporting Governor Le Grand and deputies embarked on Atlay shuttle Docking on schedule at conference centre Acknowledged Hold all channels open Atlay shuttle docked at conference centre Activate scanners to intercept localtransmissions Activated Security force wall still in operation? Affirmative And negative on this No controls? And no Orac to penetrate it You'llfind the antechamber comfortable enough How long you'll have to wait will depend on the persuasive advocacy of our Arbiter General With this it shouldn't take too long Trying electromagnetic pulses No I could try frequency intervention, but What do you want? My My lady Le Grand What's wrong? My lady Travis One move, just one move So much for Blake's new epoch of peace How are you feeling? Excited Not without cause Yourfinest hour Good luck To us all I'llwait for you in the antechamber, all right? Oh, yes, of course Le Grand and Glynd are traitors Theirfutile subversion was monitored from the start by Servalan It was her idea to send the incapacitated rebel Shivan as a fugitive to Outer Gaul So you and the Supreme Commander are working together again Let's just say our objectives coincide I wonder if the rest of Space Command realise that To the teleport Governor Le Grand You are completely surrounded If you wish to avoid bloodshed you'll instruct your bodyguard to put down theirweapons Le Grand, the High Council have been aware of your pathetic plot from the beginning Our only surprise is that you have come this far without realising how transparent your intentions have been I repeat, your bodyguard will put down theirweapons Now GUNFIRE GUNFIRE What's happening? Avon, Cally, teleport immediately Emergency Cally, Avon, emergency Teleport Do you read me? HIGH-PITCHEDWHINE Teleport, emergency I repeat, teleport, emergency No teleport, Jenna Not possible Don't touch those coordinates Activate it now HIGH-PITCHEDWHINE Avon, what are you playing at? Bring us up immediately No, no, no Blake Put me down there DO IT Get Blake up Drop yourweapons Travis Come on, Cally, get them up Get ready to teleport, now Do you read me Jenna? Get ready to teleport No, Cally, stop No teleport Do you read me,Jenna? No, Cally, negative Jenna Blake, come on You not Shivan Betrayer Well, do something POWER DISCHARGE Cally, bring us up now HAMMERING AND DISTANT GUNFIRE Are you all right? He's a hard man to rescue when he doesn't want to be rescued More to the point, are you yourself? What happened? Why aren't we at Del 10? What's going on Avon? Why don't you just say, ""Thank you'', nicely? What are we all standing around for? Or has the Federation disappeared? Our problem is to find Star One if you haven't forgotten I'm sorry to have to inform you that he is himself all right
It's paradise.
Resume automatics Automatics are confirmed Ever been to Del 10 before, Blake? Blake? No,Vila, I'veneverbeen to Del-10 before I'm in need ofa doseofthe Vitas, as areweall.
Zen, destination time to Del 10? Del 10 course aborted New course Destination asteroid PK 1 18 Arrival 18 55 What? Del 10 course aborted All right, I heard, I heard I just don't believe it Hey, where's Blake? Why? What's wrong? This course change, that's what We're heading for some nowhere asteroid Del 10 Not anymore Blake's just switched He what? Blake -Whatabout Del-10?.
-Andwhataboutthe Vita particles? They can wait Well, why this asteroid? Zen, details of destination Asteroid PK 1 18 has diameter of 0 102 spacials It was removed from serial orbit five years ago for Heurite ore extraction Mined out in two years and discarded in Beta region Life support systems installed by mining company presumed still functional Presumed? Blake, what about Del 10? Why are we diverting to some discarded rock? Any reason, Blake, or simply a whim? A guessing game, perhaps? Priority mission Whose? Why? Objective? I command this ship Do you indeed? You lead We don't take commands You've always explained, given reasons forthings When he had any This time I choose not to But, Blake, if you For once just try trusting me What is this priority of his? Exactly He's used a number of ploys to get his own way, but ""Just try trusting me''? That's weak even by his standards But why? Is he sick do you think? What? Space fatigue? No symptoms of hallucination Well, he's certainly not normal, not even for Blake Let's find out Come on, Cally Distant Voice: Renounce, renounce No, never The cause of freedom False, an illusion No Freedom The right to free, the right The right course is Federation Federation? No, the right right Cally, what's wrong? Renounce dissidence Renounce Freedom Party Renounce Renounce dissidence Renounce Renounce Freedom Party Renounce Blake Renounce Easy, easy Renounce Tranquiliser pack Renounce No more nightmares You can sleep now You could follow more of that than I could, yes? Well, the dreams seem to involve some sort of persuasion process Another name for it is indoctrination It's enough to give anyone nightmares ""Renounce, renounce '' Also something about a ""Freedom Party'' Well, that's what they called themselves, the group that Blake joined up with And then he did renounce them But not before he had been subjected to the brainwashing that he is now experiencing in his dreams But what's this got to do with the asteroid? He wasn't asleep when he rerouted us Maybe that's not related Well, Jenna, rememberthere was something else, earlier, in the rest room Complaining of some sort of noise A sort of tone, he said Oscillating It was there again just now As a part of his nightmare? Yes, I think so And he heard it just before he rerouted us, right? Zen What are you doing? If the tone is in some way related to the dream, we must change course back to DelTen No, Avon, try Orac first For? A fuller diagnosis This is the sensor link What now? Wait forthe tone Switching into audio SENSORTONE Is that it, the tone? Yes Orac, what do you make of it? Records show audio frequencies related to this range are commonly used by crimino therapists Of course, as trigger signals for hypnotic states, used to condition convicted offenders for memory revision And they would hypnotise them with a combination of drugs and one of these trigger signals After a little while, a few days, they would no longer need the drugs, the signal itself would be sufficient to keep them under So could Blake be somehow hypnotising himself? He goes to sleep, he dreams, he hears the tone, and and then he awakens underthe influence It doesn't make forthe most dependable of leaders, does it? Random course changes to random asteroids Orac, can this trigger signal be cancelled out? - Emergencytreatment data recommends dual therapy.
Dual? Of course, with another human being What? Who must remain conscious so as to monitor approximation to stress threshold You, Cally Very well Suggest Jenna Me? Why me? Closer origins.
Well, I'm not allthat alien Come over here, Jenna Heartless calculator That's just the problem: no heart Put your head back Don't I even get a tranquilliser pad? The object of this exercise is that you remain conscious Then you can tell us when he is getting near Getting nearwhat? Threshold Of insanity you mean Don't overreact Remember, this is for your beloved leader I hope Blake appreciates this Renounce Renounce Renounce what? Tell us what Freedom Freedom Party Your party You formed the Freedom Party No Guilty Guilty Guilty to all charges Sentenced to confinement, penal colony Cygnus Alpha, for life Life No Must speak, must listen to me False False False what? False evidence? False trial? False verdict? No Guilty Not as charged You must believe that, Blake Believe your innocence Guilty No Conditioned under hypnosis No No Yes, Blake Standard hypnotic procedure, audio pulse signals with visual support False diminishing your control to wipe out memory No Renounce False Renounce False Not false Standard hypnotic procedure What are you doing? Stop it Help me pull him back You've all gone mad Stop it Tranquilliser pad There, Vila A hypnotic illusion to eradicate memory I repeat, a hypnotic illusion to eradicate memory That inspired intrusion of yours could have sent them overthe edge They already were by the sound of them Orac, any progress? Conditioning deeply implanted Abreaction commenced but interrupted Prognosis? Requires minimum of two hours eradication therapy Maximum five minute treatment periods interspersed with one hour rest periods Hence, minimum rehabilitation period of twenty six hours Oh, no One thing We restrain him before we try again Right, Orac? Agreed Restrainers recommended forsubject's safety Plus, constant supervision Zen, abort course for asteroid PK 1 18 and resume course for planet Del 10 Confirm with arrivaltime Arrival at planet Del 10 at zero fourfive plus one What is wrong with him? Space fatigue Related to the brainwashing they gave him before his trial Nasty Especially forthose privileged to share his nightmare trip with him I think a hot drink and a rest Until it's time forthe next bout? You stay here and keep watch You're in charge now, are you? Can you think of anyone more suitable? Yourself, perhaps? And why not? I'm as good as you are Better probably Blake, you want some water? More? Got us back on course for Del 10, have they? That's right Not just yet You know what's happening, don't you? Happening? Avon and Cally What about them? Paired up Mutual affinities You mean ? Oh, it's been going on for some time now I didn't realise it had gone as far as this As what? Well, why do you think they're so keen to get us to Del 10? -The Vita particles.
-Whosaid? Well, you did No, AVON said I didn't want to resist him, block him or it Arouse his suspicion I needed time to form a counter plan What are you saying? Our only hope is this asteroid Correction, our nearest hope But you're suggesting Oh, betrayal, treachery, piracy, call it what you will That is what Avon and Cally are up to And Jenna? No, not Jenna I think she was probably duped by the othertwo How? Space fatigue, is that what they're saying? Yeah It's obvious, isn't it? They gave me some form of drug, and then put on a show for you and her Wow Avon has been excluding me a bit lately It's nothing to what he'll do when they get to Del 10 What? He might allow you to stay on afterwards He'd be stupid to reduce his manpower more than absolutely necessary Well, what do we do? The first thing to do is to resume course forthat asteroid Right One more thing, Vila Oh yes, sorry Thank you Asteroid PK 1 18 Right Zen, abort course for Del 10 Resume course for asteroid PK 1 18 Confirm with arrivaltime Arrival asteroid PK 1 18 at 1 9 08 Just over half an hour Blake? The power's changed Meteorite storm I'll go and check Blake Blake Blake, listen What are you up to? There's no otherway, Vila You must understand that he will stop at nothing Blake, open the door Vila, stop him Blake That'llteach 'em to pair up on the quiet Can't blame them for being human, Vila How long before destination? Just on thirty minutes Right We must be getting nearthat asteroid by now But why there? What is it that's drawing him to this particular asteroid? It has to be somehow related to the dream That hypnotic trigger pulse But how? Artificialtelepath transmission You mean controlled beaming Yes On Auron, we had a project group working on it Before I left, two of the group completely disappeared It was thought they might have sold their information to the Federation Could it have been perfected by now? Possibly At least forthe transmission of a basic signal Like an oscillating pulse tone Yes, that could be used as a hypnotic trigger Destination imminent Prepare for orbit Ready forteleport, Blake? Blake? Yes, but leaving them trapped Only for a few days Bring them to their senses But on a deserted asteroid, Blake I don't like it I am going down there to check that the life support systems are functional Well, I just hope you're right I can see the mine head now I'm moving towards it, Vila Blake? What's happening down there, Blake? Gravity's very low Cover the ground fast, if you can keep yourfeet Predictably barren Wretched mining companies No sense of aesthetics What do you want them to do, landscape? Well, they could make an effort The point is, if there is a telepathic transmitter, there must be someone down there to operate it Standard mine head layout Pit shaft, ore extraction plant, robotic maintenance, living accommodation Airlock's still functional Entering living accommodation for checks It must have a functional power source then It's only a couple of years since it was abandoned Under terms of the interplanetary mining agreement, the company was bound by law to leave fuel and other Blake, you all right? It's an odd thing, Vila The airsystem's already on Light too, and the artificial gravity field Blake that must mean there's someone there Mutants or Blake? Blake Blake Come in, Blake! Not reading you Blake? You read me, Blake? I'm gonna have to get the others to help You realise this? Ahhhhh Is he come? Vila, Vila, can you hear me? Yes Is Blake still aboard? No, he's teleported down and he's broken contact This is some kind of federation trap Get us out of here I'm trying to Let me see him Welcome at last Blake is it Blake? It is he Brother And then he just stopped talking Why don't you follow his example? Cally, get a teleport fix to the inside of that airlock Right That's the Emblem of Liberty Our cause Yours? I thought the cause of liberty He must conserve his strength The mind, still sharp, but the physique, as you see Who are you? He is Shivan, defender of truth Shivan? We thought he'd been killed in a Federation trap A vile betrayal, and all but fatal I managed to get him to the therapists in Outer Gaul He lives now only to see the fulfilment of his cause To strive as brothers It's two years since we met Ven Glynd In a Federation court as I remember The Arbiter General has defected What? In the name of justice Yours, orthe Federation's? Humanity's Oh, you're quite right to doubt me A participant in that mockery of a trial But I had to bide my time And now, with your coming, the time is right All set? Yes, go ahead COMMUNICATOR CHIME Down and safe Be ready in case you have to pull us back I just hope Avon and Jenna are all right Why did you do it, Vila? What? Let Blake go Listen, he said that you and Avon were Vila, are you there? Blake Release the others I have done already, Blake I want them down here Blake, this is a trap No Cally, farfrom it This is oursalvation Blake, listen to me Hurry down here and you'll see Blake Blake? What now? Avon? Jenna? Shivan? But Only a few survived They managed to save him To sustain the flame of liberty Some hope of that Ah, but there is my friend, as never before Ven Glynd recently defected from the Federation, and with enough evidence to condemn Servalan and herfriends to eternity Ah, but only if we can reach that Governors' Summit Meeting Yes, of course, we must teleport immediately Avon, Jenna, your spare bracelets Now just a minute, Blake We agreed that there would be no access to the Liberatorwithout clearance by Orac I'm giving them clearance Look, we've been on the run for a long time What have we achieved? Access to Federation ciphers that have been regularly re coded, a raid on Central, an empty pretence, talk of Star One, talk of an alliance Talk, talk, talk Until now Shivan and his friends, a senior Federation official A chance Ourfirst real chance And, one free of violence and bloodshed How do you mean free of violence? His plan is perfect Only if we can get to that Governor's Summit Meeting This evidence You'll hear it the moment the Liberator's on course Your bracelets The evidence, my friends Surveillance report on Supreme Commander Servalan's attempt, to cheat the Federation of one hundred million credits in return forthe supercomputer Orac Confidential report on yourtrial, Blake, and the subsequent elimination of your defence lawyer, when he discovered that the evidence against you had been falsified Need I continue? Enough, as I have said, to convict the Terran Administration, and Space Command Only if you can achieve a fair and honest court hearing Which is, to put it mildly, improbable Ah, but it isn't It isn't Listen Governor Le Grand of the Outer Gaul region The only sane one amongst them No, there are others who willfollow her lead The majority, in fact But not if it means bloodshed Only if a solid legal case can be presented against the Terran Administration A case backed up by just such physical evidence as I have here Arrival at Atlay zone at twenty one fifteen All right? Oh, time enough to liase with Governor Le Grand This meeting at Atlay ? The annual meeting of allthe governors of the Federation The ideal moment But why should they give you a hearing? They will hear Governor Le Grand She knows to expect this I would never have risked defection without her personal complicity Yes, but how precisely did Governor Le Grand assist you in We must liase with Le Grand just short of Atlay, and then go in with her delegation And herald at last the epoch of true freedom COMMUNICATOR CHIME Supreme Commander? Yes? Governor Le Grand of Outer Gaul for you Le Grand? Well, well, well Governor Supreme Commander Servalan You wish some service? Merely a check on the security arrangements for Atlay Ah, Yes, the Summit Meeting Now let me see That is in the hands of Deputy Commander Galt Standard procedures Thank you Why, your Excellency? Have you some counter information? No Since I'm chairing the meeting I simply wanted to check in person Of course Your renowned attention to detail A habit of office Quite so Just as my habit was to suspect some threat of a plot A plot? We have heard rumours, nothing confirmed of course, concerning the rebel Shivan Shivan's still alive? Severely incapacitated A mere shell, in fact But as we both have learned, while there's life, there's threat A shrewd maxim, Supreme Commander The fugitive Blake is another As long as he lives if only as a symbolto the malcontents, security is threatened A theme which, with your permission, of course, I should like to stress at the Atlay meeting Oh, feelfree, Your Excellency From strength, as we say, to unity One day, very soon, the crimino therapists will have their sport with you COMMUNICATOR CHIME Communications Transmit a message using pre revised ciphers Message to read, ""Behold, the mutants shallwither '' No Oh please, as a gesture of unity To his followers, Blake, as evidence of your alliance I have no need Is that man really Shivan? He could be A voice scan is incompatible with that tracheal vent But he conforms with records of size, weight, and gender In the absence of a cell tissue scan What about Ven Glynd? Records confirmed his identity Also his recent defection from the Federation post of Arbiter General So, what is wrong? You deduced it yourself, earlier I did? Space Command has long tried to perfect a course interceptor, attuned to the circuitry of navigational computers and rational coordinators like Zen The scientists of Auron, however, had the wit to aim for the weaker point The human brain Correct A telepathic orderwas beamed to Blake to force him to reroute to that asteroid As you yourself foresaw So tell us something new It is to Blake you should look for the new What's that supposed to mean? That they are still influencing him? Correct again But how? A device of that kind would need an enormous power source Agreed But now that they Now that they are close at hand: low power Of course So it's here on board Right What do we do? Locate and destroy it And restore Blake to his senses The two don't necessarily follow Intercepting Outer Gaul transporter Slowing to maintain relative vectors for teleport At last Vila, assemble the others forteleport Just rush over? All of us? Such humility, Blake I see I shall have to tutor you in protocol But the Governor willwish to express her homage Oh, by all means, send your deputy to escort Her Excellency here But as for going yourself no Very well You do the honours, Deputy Leader Vila I'llteleport you myself ""Deputy Leader''? I like it Protocolfor your puppet, eh? Carefulwith that Your precious box of tricks Precious to us all But most of all, Glynd, with this Leave that, Shivan For you alone, you're the real master Be careful The eminence grise You imagine I haven't smelt you out? Sharp of you You think I am so damn enfeebled as to forget the rules of the game? Enthrone your puppet Blake to posture and proclaim whilst you enjoy the realfruits of power Governor Le Grand must be greeted You still need me, brother Did I deny it ""brother''? You cannot pretend that it was coincidence that homed us onto that asteroid They summoned you, Blake They whistled you up like a service robot ""They''? I don't know Ven Glynd? Yes, Avon? Nothing Avon's just nervous, that's all Blake, ready to teleport Teleporting, Vila My homage to you Mine to you, Governor No It is to you only I don't understand Did not the Arbiter General explain? For years now, the Arbiter General and I have prepared forthis moment He gathering evidence of the Administration's infamies, while I lobbied the support of my fellow governors However, we could not challenge and discredit the Administration untilwe had found an alternative leadership, capable of uniting allfactions Well, you, Governor No He who leads must be from Earth Someone of renowned integrity, someone who has become a legend of hope to the great mass of the oppressed A messiah Well, then, Shivan I welcomed Shivan to Outer Gaul as a fugitive I also had hopes But as you see, his strength is spent But when the Arbiter General acquired the course interceptorfrom our sympathisers on Auron, and with it the means of contacting you in person, our plans were at last complete Of course Shivan will be with us to add his support to YOUR authority Where is he? Resting on the flight deck This way, Governor Your Excellency NO, Nagu Here is yourtrue leader Of the Federation, perhaps Dear Nagu So, Shivan I heard word of you from an admirer None otherthan Supreme Commander Servalan She stillfears you You and Blake ""While there's life there's threat,'' she told me A fitting prophecy If our destiny is to be fulfilled Your hand, Shivan Your hand, Blake The triumvirate, my friends Le Grand referred to it as a course interceptor Now in the possession of Glynd Can you counteract its transmission? I have specific programming against telepathic influence So you have However, given direct access to its circuitry Oh, well done, Orac Well, go and get it then If necessary, by force And as chairman I will of course make the opening address I shall explain your presence, and call on you to speak I will indict the Terra Administration, doubtless provoking an uproar Any attempt to interfere will be countered by my security people Are you sure they can handle it? Why not? We have the element of surprise totally on our side Approaching boundary of Atlay surveillance zone Security force walls in operation Prepare for teleport to Atlay shuttle To destiny, my friends To destiny One moment Avon Listen to Orac Just listen Your dreams, Blake Yes? They were stimulated for you by means of a beamed telepathy transmission Telepathy? What about these people here? The Governor and the Arbiter General Aren't they real enough for you? Yourweapons No, Nagu Ourtwo friends must be convinced without threats of force No true bid for peace was born from coercion Agreed Only from truth and trust All right Then give us the truth about this so called course interceptorfrom Auron The Arbiter Generalwill show it to you Certainly That, according to Orac, has direct control over your mind A device was simply beamed into the circuitry of your navigational computer In that case you won't mind leaving it here on the Liberatorwhen you go down to Atlay Which we must do without further delay You WILL leave it Why not, it's already served its purpose in uniting us forthe common cause Acclaim it forthat But be careful not to tamperwith it At this close range it could cause serious damage to your computers Is that correct, Orac? No, negative Denied Incapable of damage The surest way of protecting Orac from damage is to switch him off Is that correct, Avon? Leave us the key Why? Orac's fartoo valuable for needless risk Atlay shuttle on orbit vectors for teleporting Vila, Jenna Teleport Shallwe go? No, leave me, brother Go Go As wellwe should The strain could otherwise have proved excessive Nagu, you will stay with Shivan Ministerto his needs But my place is with you, to protect you Others can do that My lady, please No more delay We cannot risk a security alert Repeat, Atlay shuttle on orbit vectors for teleport COMMUNICATOR CHIME Supreme Commander? Yes Signal from Deputy Commander Galt Yes? Reporting Governor Le Grand and deputies embarked on Atlay shuttle Docking on schedule at conference centre Acknowledged Hold all channels open Atlay shuttle docked at conference centre Activate scanners to intercept localtransmissions Activated Security force wall still in operation? Affirmative And negative on this No controls? And no Orac to penetrate it You'llfind the antechamber comfortable enough How long you'll have to wait will depend on the persuasive advocacy of our Arbiter General With this it shouldn't take too long Trying electromagnetic pulses No I could try frequency intervention, but What do you want? My My lady Le Grand What's wrong? My lady Travis One move, just one move So much for Blake's new epoch of peace How are you feeling? Excited Not without cause Yourfinest hour Good luck To us all I'llwait for you in the antechamber, all right? Oh, yes, of course Le Grand and Glynd are traitors Theirfutile subversion was monitored from the start by Servalan It was her idea to send the incapacitated rebel Shivan as a fugitive to Outer Gaul So you and the Supreme Commander are working together again Let's just say our objectives coincide I wonder if the rest of Space Command realise that To the teleport Governor Le Grand You are completely surrounded If you wish to avoid bloodshed you'll instruct your bodyguard to put down theirweapons Le Grand, the High Council have been aware of your pathetic plot from the beginning Our only surprise is that you have come this far without realising how transparent your intentions have been I repeat, your bodyguard will put down theirweapons Now GUNFIRE GUNFIRE What's happening? Avon, Cally, teleport immediately Emergency Cally, Avon, emergency Teleport Do you read me? HIGH-PITCHEDWHINE Teleport, emergency I repeat, teleport, emergency No teleport, Jenna Not possible Don't touch those coordinates Activate it now HIGH-PITCHEDWHINE Avon, what are you playing at? Bring us up immediately No, no, no Blake Put me down there DO IT Get Blake up Drop yourweapons Travis Come on, Cally, get them up Get ready to teleport, now Do you read me Jenna? Get ready to teleport No, Cally, stop No teleport Do you read me,Jenna? No, Cally, negative Jenna Blake, come on You not Shivan Betrayer Well, do something POWER DISCHARGE Cally, bring us up now HAMMERING AND DISTANT GUNFIRE Are you all right? He's a hard man to rescue when he doesn't want to be rescued More to the point, are you yourself? What happened? Why aren't we at Del 10? What's going on Avon? Why don't you just say, ""Thank you'', nicely? What are we all standing around for? Or has the Federation disappeared? Our problem is to find Star One if you haven't forgotten I'm sorry to have to inform you that he is himself all right