Doctor Who (1963) s08e15 Episode Script

You are sure the Master knows? The report on the Doomsday weapon is missing from our files.
Only he could have taken it.
Then we can use the Doctor to deal with this problem.
The Doctor resents his exile bitterly.
Do you think he'll co-operate with us? I doubt it.
We immobilized his TARDIS, took away his freedom to move in space and time.
Then we must restore his freedom as long as it serves our purpose.
Doctor, why don't you give up? You've been working on that thing for simply ages.
You know I can't give up, Jo.
It's far too important.
Still at it, Doctor? Now don't you start! The latest field reports are in.
Still no trace of the Master.
Well, I didn't expect there would be.
No, his TARDIS is working again now.
He could be anywhere in space and time.
Yes, that's as maybe, Doctor, but I've got to keep on looking.
You're wasting your time, Brigadier.
Hello, Laboratory? Yes, he's here.
Brigadier? Oh, thank you.
Lethbridge Stewart? Right.
Send him into my office.
One of my agents thinks he's picked up a trace of the Master.
Your agents are always picking up traces of the Master! This agent happens to be particularly reliable, Doctor.
I'll let you what he says if you're interested.
Ah, now you've offended him! Well! Well, look what happened last time.
The man they arrested turned out to be the Spanish ambassador! Well, there you are.
That's done it.
Done what? I've made myself a completely new dematerialization circuit.
One that'll bypass the Time Lords homing control - I hope.
You don't seriously think you'll get that thing working again, do you? Oh no! No, I've been doing all this work for fun! I mean it's just a sort of hobby isn't it? A kind of game? A game? Well, what have you got in there anyway - a policeman? Why not step inside and see for yourself? I don't believe it! It's bigger inside than out! Yes, that's because the TARDIS is dimensionally transcendental.
What does that mean? It means that it's bigger inside than out! Now then That's impossible! The doors have closed.
What? Doctor; let me out of here.
Well, I can't, Jo! I think we're taking off! Well, stop it! Well, I'm trying to.
Something's operating it by remote control! The Time Lords! I'm afraid you were right, Doctor.
Another dead end and we Doctor come back at once! All right, Doctor.
The joke's over.
Open the doors and let me out? I can't, Jo.
We've taken off.
All right then, where are we? At the moment we're nowhere.
Oh, don't be silly - we can't be nowhere.
We're outside the space-time continuum.
What? Look.
What's happening? Where are we going? I've no idea.
We'll just have to wait until we emerge.
The planet Uxarieus! So that's our destination Very impressive but can we go back to Earth now, please? I don't know, Jo.
I just don't know.
Is that supposed to be where we are? That is where we are.
All right then, if we've landed on another planet, why don't you open the doors.
Because the atmosphere out there might be poisonous, that's why.
I'll just check.
And is it? Is it what? Is the atmosphere poisonous? No, no, it's quite healthy.
Similar to Earth before the invention of the motor car.
Look Doctor, are you going to open the doors or not? Well, I can but try.
Thank you.
Doctor! That's an alien world out there, Jo.
Think of it.
I don't want to think of it! I want to go back to Earth! Look, do you realize how long I've been confined to one planet? All that talk of yours about traveling in time and space - it was true! Well, of course it was true! Before I was stranded on Earth, I spent all my time exploring new worlds and seeking the wonders of the universe.
But you don't know what's out there! Then let's find out! Don't you want to set foot in another world? Well, yes, I do but I Good! Come on.
We'll just take a quick look around and then I'll try and get you back to Earth, all right? All right.
Look It's got different colored petals.
What are they? Well, tracks made by some sort of machine.
This planet must be inhabited after all.
I think we'd get a better view from up there.
Come on, what are you waiting for? I feel a bit scared.
Come on, Jo.
Nothing to worry about.
Those things up there? Like some sort of prefabricated dwellings.
Well look, there's another one - a small one, up there.
Let's go and take a look at them.
Oh no, you don't! Let's get back to the TARDIS.
Yes, all right.
But, erm Do you mind if I take a look at that rock first? It's rather unusual.
Doctor? Doctor? Listen, Ashe, I saw those creatures.
We both did.
I surveyed this planet myself before the colony was set up.
Well, you didn't do much of a job.
And all the time we've been here, there's been no trace of any hostile animal life.
Well, there is now! We heard this roaring in the middle of the night.
When we looked out, there it was.
What did it look like? It was enormous - some kind of giant lizard.
You must have been having nightmares! Did it do any damage? No, I fired a few shots and frightened it off.
Well, exactly.
All right, Martin.
David, how many men have you got to spare? About six.
Well, go over to Martin's dome and have a look - just in case.
Very well.
What the? Leeson, who's this? How do you do? Well, I must say this is most impressive.
We found these two in sector twenty-seven.
They say they're explorers.
Where do they come from? Err, we come from Earth.
They were examining rock samples.
They're mineralogists.
It was bound to happen! Look, we are not mineralogists.
And even if we were, why all the hostility? It's a respectable profession.
Because we don't want our planet gutted! This is our world! You've no right to be here! Look, we've as much right to be here as anybody else.
This planet has been classified as suitable for colonization.
Once your big mining combines move in, you'll reduce it to a galactic slagheap! Haven't you got laws to deal with this kind of thing? Yes, there are laws.
We complain to Earth's government just like all the others.
By the time you get a final decision, the planet's useless.
I see.
Yes well, I can sympathize with you gentlemen but I can assure you that I'm not working for anybody.
Then just why have you come here? Pure chance.
My spaceship developed a fault.
We had to land somewhere.
Can you show me your papers? Err, papers? Err, no, err, th erm, they're back in my spaceship, if you'd like to come back there with me I think it would be better if you spent the night here.
We'll go to your spaceship in the morning.
Oh, we don't want to put you to any trouble.
I'd rather you did as I say.
Jane? Yes, John? Show our two "guests" to the dining area.
We'll fix up your sleeping accommodation later.
Yes, go with them.
It's all right, Jo.
I'll join you later.
All right.
This way.
What do you think you're up to! These are your crop records, I take it? That's right, but I really don't see what it has to do with you.
It's a very poor showing, isn't it? Are you operating above subsistence level? We're surviving! Come on! No, no, just a minute.
I'd like to hear what he has to say.
Unless I'm very much mistaken, you've got far more to worry about that mineralogist.
Just what do you mean by that? Unless things improve radically, you're in grave danger of starving to death I don't care what Ashe says, we say it, didn't we? I'm sure Ashe believes you.
You can sit where you like.
Ah, he thinks we're seeing things.
You two had better watch out.
It could be you next.
Ashe will take care of things.
Is that the first course? It's the only course.
Supplies are getting a bit low.
_ bound to be difficult.
It's very nice.
Thank you.
I'd better get back to my husband.
At least it's better than being back on Earth.
Oh, I don't know - things weren't so bad there.
Weren't they.
No room to move? Polluted air? Not a blade of grass left on the planet, and a government that locks you up if you think for yourself.
At least they fed you - this isn't exactly the Garden of Eden.
And Ashe said we could make it further.
Are you ready, Martin? We're going to look for your monsters.
Let's hope we find something.
You may be sorry if you do.
Oh, we can skin it and you can use it for a rug.
Hello! Hello.
I'm Mary Ashe.
My father told me about you.
Jo Grant, how do you do? Is that what they're wearing on Earth now? More or less It was all quite different when we left back in '71.
You left in 1971? No, 2471! I've been checking the northern sector.
How's it going? It isn't.
These cover crops won't even start to grow.
What about the other sectors? Huh! It's even worse.
Never mind, my dear.
We should never have come here.
We didn't even have a room of our own on Earth.
Now, we've got land.
What's the point of owning land if it won't grow a decent crop? Ashe is working on it.
Ashe knows we're beaten.
He just won't admit it.
Anyway, probably doesn't matter anymore.
What do you mean? Those people that I found this morning - suppose they are spies for one of the big mining combines.
You seemed to believe what they say.
What was that? I don't know.
Must have been the wind.
Even if the mining combines do come, they can't drive us out.
We were here first.
Oh, can't they? It's happened before.
Get on the radio! Don't go out there! Maybe I can drive it off.
Hello? Main dome - can you hear me?! Can you hear me?! This is main dome.
Please identify.
This is Jane Leeson.
Our dome is being attacked.
Some kind of giant reptile! Please, you must send help! Who are you? What do you want? Go away! Go away! See if I've got this right - you brought your colonists to this planet just over a year ago? Yes.
You set up your main dome here with all your subsidiary domes around it.
That's right.
I made a preliminary survey before I sent for the others.
And you were convinced that this planet was suitable for habitation, despite the exhaustion of the soil? Well, worn out soil can be reclaimed, Doctor, as you well know.
We should have had subsidence crops within the year.
Exactly - should have.
The cover crop refuses to grow! We plant it; it shoots up and then withers - again and again.
There seems to be no reason for it.
Well, in theory, you should have a bumper crop by now.
I can't feed my people on theories, Doctor.
No, no, of course not.
Well, in practical terms, what you must do is this Jane Leeson's just radioed in! Well, can't it wait? I'm very busy.
She say's their dome's being attacked! Attacked? By some kind of giant reptile! I heard it too - she sounded terrified! The radio cut out while she was still talking.
But didn't you say you'd sent some men down there? Yes, but to Martin's dome at the other end of the colony.
Look; get in touch with Winton.
Tell him to get over to Leeson's dome as fast as he can.
I'll join you there.
I'll come with you, if I may.
Well, there's no need for you to get involved, Doctor.
Scientific curiosity, my dear chap.
I find your planet most intriguing.
Very well, thank you.
Doctor, I don't think you should go.
It might be dangerous.
Jo, don't worry about me.
I'll be careful.
Now go and get some sleep.
Sleep! How do you expect me to s.
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? Doctor! _at Leeson's dome.
I repeat - Leeson's dome.
Do you read me? I read you.
We're on our way.
Be careful.
How long did you say you'd been on this planet? Just over a year.
And you found no sign of these creatures then? There's no animal life.
Just a few birds and insects.
Well, there is now.
Robert, there's nothing you could have done.
They were both dead when we got here.
Did you see the creatures? We caught a glimpse of one as we arrived.
Everyone blazed away like mad.
And what happened? Nothing.
It didn't even seem to notice.
You must have missed! What - all of us? We tried to get in closer but it just disappeared.
Vanished into the darkness.
It'll be daylight soon.
Perhaps we shall be able to pick up tracks or bloodstains.
I doubt it.
Come and take a look at these claw marks, gentlemen.
Well, what about them? Are you trying to tell me these were made by a giant lizard, Winton? Yes, it must have been a least twenty-foot high.
Twenty foot high? Yes.
Well, will you kindly tell me how a creature twenty feet high came through that door? Why can't you admit defeat, Ashe? We've got to get back to Earth.
If we go back to Earth, we'll be worse off than we were before.
All our savings have gone into this.
Then we must move on to another planet.
If we stay here, we'll be dead! I'm not sure that we can move on.
Our spaceship was old when we bought it - it may not survive another trip.
Oh, Robert, why won't you admit your mistakes? We've invested a year of our lives in this place.
We've got the beginnings of a colony.
Our food stocks are getting lower all the time.
We can't even support ourselves.
All right, we've got problems, but they can be overcome! Ashe is perfectly right.
There is no reason why this planet should not support a thriving colony.
I suppose you're an expert in agriculture? Yes, yes, as a matter of fact, I am.
Then why won't my crops grow? Because they are being inhibited by some unnatural force! We must track it down and overcome it.
But two people have been killed, or have you forgotten that? Killed by creatures that vanish without trace? Look, we saw something! Whatever it was you saw can be destroyed! This colony is our only hope.
If we leave it, we'll have nothing.
If we stay, we may have a future.
Why won't you He's right! We've put too much work into this place to leave.
What if these animals attack again? We fight back.
Good! Now what about the rest of you? Are you willing to give it another try? Well, if there really is a chance There is if we stick together! Now, what we've got to do is to organize patrols for the domes.
The Doctor here will help us with Robert, wait! One of the patrols found him wandering in the south sector.
Get some water, somebody - quickly! Where are you from? Can you understand what I say? It's all right, old chap, You're amongst friends now.
Who are you? Where have you come from? Colony come from colony What colony? Long way from here.
Do you mean there's another colony on this planet? I've been wandering long time nine months.
These other colonists - well where are they? Dead they're all dead giant lizards! Lizards? Came from nowhere killed everything.
I'm the only one left.
I hope you find what you're looking for, Doctor.
I only hope you're right.
No! No, he is our friend.
Err, these are ours.
You must leave them.
Do they have a language of their own? I've never heard them speak but they seem to understand what I say.
Extraordinary.
Must be some rudimentary telepathic ability.
Are they friendly? Depends on how you treat them.
We had two colonists killed when we first moved here.
You must go now.
Just what are you looking for Doctor? I've no idea.
Possibly some evidence to convince your colonists to stay.
Yes, I thought I'd won them over until that man turned up.
Now I don't know how long I can hold them.
Just play for time.
Yes.
Well, I'd better get back there to see what's happening.
Can you find your own way back? Yes, oh yes, of course.
Right, I'll leave you to it then and be careful.