Doctor Who (1963) s03e20 Episode Script

thought that you said that it was finished.
Yes, my dear, I've finished, but Oh come on, Doctor.
We haven't got time for buts.
This is our only hope! You realise, my boy, we're taking a terrible chance.
You can save your breath.
We've got to try it! Very well.
Pull the main switch! The mission has been completed successfully.
With guile and cunning, I have been able to repossess the Taranium.
Are you certain it is the real core? Of course.
I had it examined before we arrived here.
It is ready to be fitted to the Time Destructor.
I hope that the Daleks will not suffer any more setbacks which could upset the plans for our conquest of the universe.
The final conference of the remaining members of the Galactic Council awaits you.
I shall go and address them presently.
The task force has disembarked.
Excellent.
Is the core fitted to the Time Destructor? That is being done.
Do we now deal with Mavic Chen? No.
His arrogance and greed have a further use for us.
Alert the council to attend their final conference.
Well, fortunately there's no damage done to the control panel itself.
But the directional unit? Oh, that's useless, dear boy.
Useless.
Take a look for yourself.
What happened? Well, the unit required a much higher energy rate then we process.
Then why did it burn out and not the TARDIS controls? A built-in safety measure, my dear.
You see, the excess energy must have forced itself back into the directional unit and that means that our plans to return to Kembel have failed.
That means that the Daleks can invade the universe and conquer it.
Yes, and there's nothing that we can do about it.
There must be something we can do, Doctor.
You must try to think of some way.
Well, our only chance, my dear, is to try and capture the Monk's Time Machine or that of the Daleks.
Yes, well let's get going! Have patience, dear boy.
It's highly probable that they've all left by now.
And I should think there's one or two of those Egyptians around.
Let's take a look on the scanner.
But that's not ancient Egypt.
It's It's more like Kembel! Yes.
It's vaguely familiar.
It might be Kembel.
Do you know, that means that that directional unit must have burned itself out after we'd dematerialised! I wonder if you'd bring that, um that impulse compass.
Hmm yeah, sure.
Well, now, young lady, perhaps you'll have more faith in me in the future, hmm? I thought something would work out.
But it was you who said we'd failed! Oh, nonsense, nonsense.
Well, it wasn't me! Of course it was Oh come on, Doctor, you'll have to forgive her.
After all, she hasn't known you very long.
Yes, well, perhaps, perhaps.
Anyway, now that we are here, we had better make a plan.
How far do you think that we are from the Dalek city? I've no idea.
Though I think that we might be able to make it on foot.
Perhaps I'd better go out and take some bearings.
Open the door, dear boy.
Yes.
That man! He was as much in the dark as we were, and now he has the gall to Very good, you're getting to know him quite well.
Before this is over Ah, ah, ah, save it for the Daleks.
There has been too much time wasted through the folly of the representative from Earth.
Surely, it is only right that on his return he be removed from this council.
But without him, there will be no Taranium! The Daleks have assured us that they will recapture the core of the Time Destructor.
Then we do not need Mavic Chen? Exactly! He no longer merits a place on this Galactic Council.
I call for a censure motion.
SILENCE! The final conference is now in session.
Mavic Chen, representative from the Solar System, will address the meeting.
Fellow delegates, even as you sit here, the great war force assembled under the Daleks, is awaiting the final order to set out and conquer the universe! Why is Mavic Chen speaking for the Dalek Supreme? The final checks are being made.
And in a very short time, that final order will be given! Why is it that Mavic Chen is in possession of information denied to the rest of this Council? Although we are all equal partners with the Daleks on this great conquest some of us are more equal than others.
The representative speaks out of turn! No! My contribution, of the emm of Taranium is greater than all of yours put together.
You have been dwarfed, dwarfed! This violates the agreement by which this council was assembled.
Arrest him! Arrest him! Arrest him! You are nothing! Do you hear me? Nothing! Your ambition condemns you, Mavic Chen.
Death! Death! Before this conference began, the Dalek Supreme and I spoke together.
This Council now is under my power.
I will give the orders.
You will obey them! You all right? Yes, though this jungle is hardly the place I'd choose for a gentle stroll.
Just be careful of the Vargas.
Vargas? I haven't seen any Varga plants.
They've all over the Come to think about it, neither have I.
I thought the Daleks scattered them all over Kembel.
Steven! You sure we're on Kembel? 'Course I am.
The Doctor was certain when he took these rea Where is he? We have all served the common cause! All of us! Indeed we have.
But I, Mavic Chen, was solely responsible for the recovery of the Core of the Time Destructor.
Because of this, I naturally precede anyone here.
For without my power, the Daleks cannot succeed.
You do appreciate the point! There remains one question.
Where is our co-ruler - the Dalek Supreme? He He was Oh.
It is clear that he knows that I can run this council without his aid.
Now, gentlemen, we come to the main discussion before this meeting.
The apportioning of the government of the universe after the conquest.
All of you will be allowed to oversee your own galaxies.
BUT all of you will be responsible to the Dalek Supreme and me! This meeting is over! But it's isn't There will be no more discussion.
All representatives will come with us.
Where can he have got to? Anywhere you like out there.
This is serious.
Perhaps the Daleks have caught him.
Then now they'll be looking for us.
Look, Steven, with or without the Doctor we've got to get to the Dalek city and put that place out of action.
Yes but, Sara, what about the Doctor? He can't just have vanished into thin air.
We've got to find him.
No.
Not yet.
Mavic Chen will have returned with the Taranium.
That means the Daleks' plans will be ready to go ahead and we've got to stop them! I understand that! We can't just leave the Doctor wandering around lost in this jungle.
If I know anything about him, he's already reached the city.
If we go there, we can stop the Daleks and find the Doctor.
Yes, all right.
The stronger signal's on bearing 242.
According to the Doctor, the Dalek city is over there.
Where to now? I'll take another reading What exactly is So far, so good.
We're on the right track.
The source of power is still 242.
Would you mind telling me how that thing works? What now? Yes now.
Look, Sara, this is no time for a lesson on the power impulse compass.
Supposing something happens to you? What are you talking about? I'd have to go ahead and reach the city alone.
Don't you think you ought to show me how it works in case of accidents? Oh, you are so cheerful, aren't you.
The Galactic Representatives have been detained, as you instructed.
They will be destroyed at the same time as the headquarters at the start of the conquest of the planet Earth Commence invasion countdown! There it is - the take-off area.
Yes.
Are those the Daleks' ships? No.
Those belong to the other representatives.
Where's the Daleks' landing area? There too, possibly.
But those representative ships will have to take off first to collect their forces for the invasion.
Right, let's get going.
Just a minute! Why? We've got to defeat the Daleks.
We've got to try to defeat the Daleks.
If you and I just charge in there what chance do you think we've got against the greatest war force ever assembled.
Oh, for heaven's sake, we'll go carefully.
Look, Steven, just because the Doctor isn't here don't think that you're the only one who can outwit the Daleks.
Look, I don't think that.
But, as you said, in any case, we'll probably find he's here already Come on! I don't get it.
It's uncanny.
I mean, where have the Daleks got to? It's like a city of the dead.
Let's see if there's any sign of life down here.
We should have been challenged by now! Hmm, we haven't come very far yet.
What's that got to do with it? They're probably making final preparations for the invasion.
Yes, well, they still need guards out here.
Maybe they're not frightened.
They always take some precautions.
Alright, you think of an explanation.
Well look, suppose suppose the Doctor did come here and they have caught him Then now they'll be looking for us.
No, possibly not.
Not if he said he was alone.
Huh! They wouldn't believe him! Why not? We weren't anywhere around.
Steven, this could all be a trick.
If they have caught the Doctor, then they could be waiting for us.
No.
If they've caught the Doctor, they won't worry about us.
We've got to find him.
This place is empty too.
Then it must be a trap.
Why? Well, it looks like a control room.
The Daleks wouldn't leave a place like this unguarded.
Yes, that's true.
That means they must have the Doctor, if they can be this sure of themselves.
Hey, isn't this their time machine? Now we can get back to Earth and warn them.
Yes, except that neither of us knows how to work it.
We could bluff them.
How? If we could lock ourselves inside their Time Machine until they let the Doctor come to us.
Well, he could work it.
It's worth a try.
Now we've got to contact the Daleks.
Steven! Here's the Daleks' loudspeaker system.
This is Sara Kingdom of Space Security.
Send the Doctor to the control room.
I'd better try to get into that Time Machine.
Hello, Kingdom, Where are you? That's Chen! He must still be working with them! Mavic Chen, can you hear me? Let us speak to the Doctor.
Is this more treachery? Who are these people? They are the people who stole the Taranium! Why have they come back? I DON'T KNOW! YOU MUST LET ME SPEAK TO THEM! NO! Already you have betrayed us.
This could be another trick.
Mavic Chen! Let me speak to the Doctor.
Don't waste time.
They'll be on their way to us by now.
Yes, but if they don't bring the Doctor, the plan's useless.
Listen to me.
Who's that? Through the treachery of Chen we have been imprisoned.
Who are you? We are the Galactic Council.
Will you release us? Where are you? In a detention cell.
YES, BUT WHERE? We do not know! We've got to find them! No, wait! This could be all part of the trick.
No, I don't think so.
Look, if there were any Daleks around, they'd be here by now.
They must have gone.
Maybe the Doctor's with the Council! Come on! Mavic Chen, if this is a further trick we shall destroy you before they could destroy us.
It's not a trick! Then why have they come back! If you'd only think! Is there no sense in the outer galaxies? It is clear that they have lost their leader the one they call the Doctor.
The girl has bought the young man here to look for him but really she has come back out of loyalty to me to ensure my safety as the Guardian as the Solar System.
Now where? How should I know.
Just look at this place - it's fantastic.
Come along.
No time for sightseeing.
Let's try down here.
The efficiency of our security system is one of the main reasons for our natural supremacy.
What about the Daleks? Once we are out of here, we can destroy the Daleks.
Between us, we muster a greater force than they do.
We can form our own galactic council.
Listen! That's them.
Kingdom! You've done well.
Now let us out of here.
No.
What do you mean, no? Where is the Doctor? If he is your leader, he is not with us.
Where is he? I don't know.
Now let us out! So that you can rejoin the Daleks? Not likely.
Absurd! The Daleks have betrayed us! Betrayed! Why should we rejoin them? If we let them out, there's just a chance that some of them could mobilise a force to defeat the Daleks.
Of course we will! You must! The Daleks must be destroyed, or our galaxies are in danger! We have no choice.
Very well.
But the Daleks have already left Kembel.
It's probable that their invasion plans are already going ahead and the universe can be taken by surprise, because of your greed! Must you moralise Your only chance is to go back to your own people and warn them.
Our people will kill us! Not if we save them.
We must destroy the Daleks.
Destroy! We agree to go and defend our galaxies and to organise a search for the Dalek invasion force.
Let them out, Steven.
Yes, all right.
You are a sensible woman, Kingdom.
I will see that you are justly rewarded.
There they go.
Yes, let's hope they'll be in time.
Look, there's the ship of Celation and Beaus.
Chen's ship is still there.
Yes, he must be nearly the last one to take off.
What about the others? Those must belong to the dead representatives.
Chen's taking his time to get off.
There he goes.
No!Something's gone wrong.
He's had it.
Now he won't be able to get back to Earth and warn them.
Let's hope that the others can mobilise fast enough.
There must be something we can do.
Yes - find the Doctor.
Shh! What? Listen The Doctor? No! They're still here.
We must follow it! Quickly! It went down there - right into the heart of the mountain.
Underground.
Why didn't we think of that before.
Sara, it's possible the invasion hasn't started yet.
Maybe the rest of the force are down there.
Or part of them.
There must be hundreds of places like that.
Yes, but that Dalek must know that the representatives got away.
They might even know that we're on Kembel.
The representatives gone and the Doctor disappeared we're gonna have to put them out of action ourselves.
Can we? We've got to.
Earth will still be invaded.
Certainly.
Thanks to you.
Chen! But you're dead! Not yet, my innocent one though I'm delighted my pyrotechnic display impressed you.
No, I am alive and soon shall be master of the universe! Perhaps, Kingdom, you'd like to lead the way.
Down there? Of course.
I'm certain the Daleks will be delighted to see you.