Doctor Who (1963) s06e10 Episode Script

Doctor Who Season 6 The mind robber 5 of 5 It's a book.
It's closing on us.
- Push.
- Push.
Keep it open.
- What have you done? - They're no longer human, just fictional.
If you consent to take my place here, they can be released.
- You really would do that? - No, my dear sir.
You would.
Once you take up your post, it can be your first official task as the new controller.
- I see.
How very ingenious.
- I take it, then, that you agree? No.
My answer is still no.
How very unfortunate.
I'm sorry to have to use violent methods, but you must submit.
You have no alternative.
I have yet to see a robot that can climb.
You cannot escape but we will play your game a little longer.
- Doctor.
- Zoe.
Jamie.
- Am I glad to see you.
- The Master said you'd been - Where do we go? - To the Tardis.
We can't.
It fell apart.
Don't you remenber? - It's all over now.
- The Tardis broke up.
- Yes, you said that.
- I'm tired.
I think I'll sit down.
Is something wrong, Zoe? - Where do we go? - To the Tardis.
We can't.
It broke up.
Don't you remenber? But you keep saying the same things.
The Tardis broke up.
Then it's true.
They're not real.
They've been turned into fiction.
What's this? The master tape.
I wonder Perhaps if I were to create a few immortal words of fiction of my own Yes.
It's worth trying.
What I need is the strength of Karkus.
- I am at your command.
- Oh, thank you, my dear sir.
Perhaps you could release this for me.
Zis is what you want? No.
I want to get down here somehow.
- Ah.
Wait.
-Thank you.
Jamie.
Jamie, Zoe.
You are being controlled.
Jamie, listen.
Listen.
- Oh, it's no use.
- A rope.
- Oh, thank you.
- Ouch! Careful.
Oh.
Yes, of course.
You are the Princess Rapunzel.
- Are you a prince? - No, I'm afraid not.
Would you mind if I used your hair? No, of course not.
Everybody else uses it.
Thank you.
Where can we attach the? Oh, yes, of course.
Yes, yes.
Go on.
The enemy had been finally defeated by the Doctor.
No, no.
I can't say that.
If I say that I nearly fell for it.
Another second and I should have turned myself into fiction.
Halt.
Now we shall play games no longer.
- I'm very obliged to you both.
- Always happy to be of assistance.
Jamie and Zoe.
I left them here.
Where are they? Jamie.
Zoe.
They had to make a departure.
It was necessary.
- They'll be back soon.
- What's been happening? - You must have an idea.
- Is it a game? Please, I must think.
There must be a way out of this.
There's got to be.
Jamie and Zoe realised at last that the Doctor was, in fact, the most monstrous and cunning villain.
There was no punishment too severe for the crimes that he had committed.
Splendid.
Splendid.
Come closer, my children.
You sent for us, Master? Now you know what the Doctor is really like, don't you? He's a monstrous and cunning villain.
No punishment is too severe for his crimes.
Word perfect.
That is why I sent for you both at this moment of crisis.
- We need your help.
- What must we do? Well.
"A pocketful of posies.
" "A-tishoo.
A-tishoo.
" "We all fall down.
" - You are in an unhappy situation.
- Is there anything we can do to help? - I wish there was.
- Look.
- What's that? - I never saw it before.
The Tardis.
Safe and sound.
By all that's wonderful.
- Are you ready? - The time has come to leave.
- How did you find the Tardis? - We'll explain later.
Just as I was thinking that all was over.
- Oh, no.
- It's not over yet, Doctor.
Not yet.
Jamie.
Zoe.
What's happening? The children obeyed perfectly.
Their mission is completed.
Now perhaps we can get down to business.
As you refused to take over at the controls, we were forced to incorporate you into the computer.
To what purpose? To bring planet Earth under our control.
- And its people? - We have no wish to destroy them.
Merely adjust their minds to suit our purpose.
Sausages.
Man would become like a string of sausages.
All the same.
Man will simply vanish from the Earth and reappear here.
Leaving Earth undamaged and uninhabited for you to take over.
- Precisely.
- If I co-operate.
You have no alternative.
You are part of the master brain.
So the computer feeds off my thoughts, does it? Correct.
Then it will create what I think.
Oh, no.
No.
You're now under control of the master brain.
Are you so sure? You couldn't control my mind before and you can't control it now.
- Submit.
- No.
You've given me equal power.
It's a battle of wits between you and me.
Oh, no.
No.
No.
Stop.
Stop.
Jamie, Zoe.
Can you hear me? Think for yourselves.
Don't be afraid.
You can open the book.
Go on, you can do it.
Oh.
Oh, dear.
This is against everything we ever worked for.
Warning, warning.
Emergency action.
Emergency.
Emergency.
Don't worry about fiction.
Hang on to real life.
You've got to get out.
Calling white robots.
Guards will enter the control centre.
The master brain must be protected.
- What is it? - What are you saying? - A game? - We are not in the same service.
You're going away from us.
Push, Zoe.
Push hard.
We will get out.
Soldiers.
To the roof.
Immediately.
Jamie, Zoe, concentrate.
You've got to get out of there.
Now push.
Harder.
Harder.
Splendid.
Soldiers, forward.
Seize them.
Destroy them.
No.
Jamie, Zoe, run.
Get back, Zoe.
Can't you help us? We obey our creator.
That is all that can be expected of any character.
And now, Doctor, obey me.
No.
Suddenly the Karkus came to their rescue.
I am at your command.
He raised his anti-molecular disintegrator gun and destroyed them.
No.
But the Karkus realised his mistake and turned back to face his real enemies, Jamie and Zoe.
What's he doing? Duck, Zoe.
With Jamie and Zoe firmly in his sights, the Karkus pressed the trigger of his gun.
But all the power had been used up on the soldiers and it was useless.
- You'll have to do better than that.
- A swashbuckling figure appeared.
Poet and swordsman, the famous Cyrano de Bergerac.
Remorselessly, Cyrano advanced on those who had dared to poke fun at his nose.
But wait.
He found himself face to face with the fearless musketeer and fearless swordsman, D'Artagnan.
Jamie, Zoe, get away from there.
Come on, Zoe.
- Princess, can we use your hair? - Of course.
- Why are we going there? - We've got to find the Doctor.
Stop them.
Substitute cutlass for rapier.
Cancel Cyrano.
Blackbeard the Pirate.
Cancel D'Artagnan.
Substitute Sir Lancelot in full armour.
This way.
The Doctor is expendable.
He will be destroyed.
Oh, no, no.
He's the only person.
There's nobody else.
I can't go on for ever.
Please give me another chance.
The master brain must be protected against overloading.
Robot force will deal with him.
Change robot weapon to destructor beam.
Remove him.
Oh, my goodness.
As the white robots advanced on the Doc I can't say that.
I can't say that.
No, Doctor.
You can't save yourself this time.
Bring him out.
What can we do? We can't fight them.
No, but the computer must control everything, the robots included.
The Master said it must be protected against overloading.
It is a pity that we have to destroy such an intelligent mind as yours, Doctor, but you leave us no alternative.
Disintegrate.
Stop them.
They will overload the master brain.
Destroy them.
Destroy.
Zoe, duck.
Zoe? Jamie? Oh, my goodness.
- Shouldn't we go? - Yes.
Jamie, give me a hand.
- What do you want to bring him for? - Don't argue, Jamie.
I don't see why we had to bring him.
He caused the trouble.
- Are you all right, sir? - I'm not sure where I am.
Is this the office of the Ensign magazine? You were kidnapped.
They've been using your mind.
What happens to us now? That depends on the white robots.
The last order was to destroy.
Let's hope they're destroying one another.
What about the Karkus and Gulliver and our friends? You can't blow up a fictional character.
But what about us? We'll have to hope the destruction of the computer returns us all to reality.
- Do you mean I'm going home? - I hope so.
But it could just as well send us into oblivion.
- Vanish for ever? - We shall soon know.
Hang on.
Here it comes.