Doctor Who (1963) s09e26 Episode Script

Open the door and let me out! What is it? Come back! Forgive me, Lord King, forgive me! Tell us, child.
Your pardon, lord.
Lord Hippias and the high priest have gone into the lair of the guardian followed by the Lady Jo! What? Seize this intruder! Sorry to hold you up like this, Krasis, but I need that key! Jo? Jo? Jo? Jo, where are you? Stay back! Doctor, are you alright? Yes.
Look out, Jo! Hippias! He saved my life.
I'm afraid he's dead, Jo.
The crystal! It's the crystal of Kronos! There you, Jo.
That's what all the fuss has been about.
It's beautiful but at the same time, horrible.
It gives me a funny feeling.
Well, cheer up, Jo.
Now that we've found the crystal, the Master's little game is at an end.
Not quite! The game is just beginning! A pity you will not live to see the end.
And that's where you're mistaken, Krasis.
And if you value your own life, you will take me to see the King - now! But, I am the King.
Oh, didn't he tell you? Oh, he's a jolly fellow, our friend, Krasis.
He loves a joke.
Does he really? A complete success, our little palace revolution.
What happened to King Dalios? Why, nothing.
Then he's still alive? Why, certainly.
And treated honourably.
Even though Dalios is an old man, the King is still the King.
And now it appears that I have to thank you both.
What for? For giving me the crystal.
You don't mean to say that you still intend going ahead with this Tomorrow you will both receive a suitable reward - an introduction to the mighty Kronos And this time, Doctor, there will be no mistake.
I wouldn't count on that.
Right, Lady, I have a lot to do so you must leave me too.
Must I, indeed? You would question my decision? Perhaps.
It depends what you mean to do.
You must learn to obey, my love.
To do my will.
To carry out my commands without question, like a soldier.
You mean like a servant girl? And you must learn, "my love", that Galleia is a Queen.
Any luck? Funnily enough, they didn't include Atlantean chains in my escapology course.
No, it's no good.
Doctor, what are we going to do? Well, well just have to play it by ear, won't we? What happens if the Master wins? Well, the whole of creation is very delicately balanced in cosmic terms, Jo.
If the Master opens the floodgates of Kronos' power, all order and all structure will be swept away, and nothing will be left but chaos.
Makes it seem so pointless really, doesn't it? I felt like that once when I was young.
It was the blackest day of my life.
Why? Ah well, that's another story.
Well, I'll tell you about it one day.
The point is, that day was not only my blackest, it was also my best.
Mmm? Well, what do you mean? Well, when I was a little boy, we used to live in a house that was perched halfway up the top of a mountain.
And behind our house, there sat under a tree an old man - a hermit, a monk.
He'd lived under this tree for half his lifetime, so they said, and he'd learned the secret of life.
So, when my black day came, I went and asked him to help me.
And he told you the secret? Well, what was it? Well, I'm coming to that, Jo, in my own time.
Ah, I'll never forget what it was like up there.
All bleak and cold, it was - a few bare rocks with some weeds sprouting from them and some pathetic little patches of sludgy snow.
It was just grey.
Grey, grey, grey.
Well, the tree the old man sat under, that was ancient and twisted and the old man himself was he was as brittle and as dry as a leaf in the autumn.
But what did he say? Nothing, not a word.
He just sat there, silently, expressionless, and he listened while I poured out my troubles to him.
I was too unhappy even for tears, I remember.
And when I'd finished, he lifted a skeletal hand and he pointed.
Do you know what he pointed at? No.
A flower.
One of those little weeds.
Just like a daisy it was.
Well, I looked at it for a moment and suddenly I saw it through his eyes.
It was simply glowing with life, like a perfectly cut jewel, and the colours! Well, the colours were deeper and richer than you could possibly imagine.
Yes, it was the daisiest daisy I'd ever seen.
And that was the secret of life? A daisy? Honestly, Doctor! Yes, I laughed too when I first heard it.
So, later, I got up and I ran down that mountain and I found that the rocks weren't grey at all - but they were red, brown and purple and gold.
And those pathetic little patches of sludgy snow were shining white.
Shining white in the sunlight.
You still frightened, Jo? No, not as much as I was.
That's good.
I'm sorry I brought you to Atlantis.
I'm not.
Thank you.
Inside, old man! I demand to be taken to the Lady Galleia! You'll do as you're told.
How dare you lay your hands on me! I shall see the Queen! Out of my way, slave! Dalios! Dalios! Who would have thought it my sweet Queen Is the Master responsible for this? Ah but tis no matter.
Come closer.
What is it? There's so little time so little.
I tell you the vision of a dying man.
Atlantis was doomed.
You are a true philosopher.
The world must be must be saved.
And you are the one to do it.
The only one.
Who'd have thought it? My lovely Galleia Dalios! We won't fail you, Dalios.
Silence! The Lady Galleia, Queen of Atlantis, now speaks.
Brethren of the council, my faithful few.
Our troubles are now at an end.
No longer shall we tread beneath the hand of an old defeated king.
I shall present to you his holiness, the most venerable, Lord Master.
Quite above himself, isn't he? Silence! Greetings to you, my brothers.
I grieve to see the council is so small.
And yet I rejoice that you, the few who have put me here, have come to claim your just reward.
Today, you shall see the mighty one himself - Kronos, the most terrible.
Krasis, the high priest will assist me.
Prepare, Krasis.
And what happened to the rest of the council? Yes, where are they? Are they alive? The point is academic, Doctor.
In a few moments, it'll be of no further interest to you.
Then satisfy my curiosity now.
Are they indeed alive, or are they dead like King Dalios? The King is unharmed! The King is dead, Madam! It's true.
We were there when he died this morning.
You were there? You saw him? Is this true? Is this true? Is the lord Dalios, your King, no longer alive? Answer me! He died this morning.
He was an old man.
And you were responsible for his death! Quiet! You promised.
I promised you power.
And you shall have it.
Power to realise your most ambitious dreams! You promised he should not be harmed! He was an old man - and he was stubborn! Oh, you! Seize him! Seize him! Krasis, the switch! No, stop him! Stop him! Kronos! I, the Master, welcome you! I, the Master, bid you do my will! I command you - destroy these men! Obey me! I command you! I order you to obey! He'll never obey you! Don't you understand yet what you've done! He's out of control! Jo! Jo, come back! Jo! Jo! Come back, Jo! Come back! Jo! There, Miss Grant.
I think we've seen the last of the Doctor.
Buried for all time under the ruins of Atlantis.
You know, I'm going to miss him.
He's not finished - I just know it! Of course he is.
No, you're the one that's finished! Do you think that that creature out there will ever let you control it? I do so already.
He came when I called.
You saw that yourself.
Like a tiger comes when he hears a lamb bleating.
Nicely put, my dear.
You know, that was worthy of the late lamented Doctor himself.
You know, I could kick myself for not having polished him off long ago! Just think of the future - dominion over all time and all space! Absolute power forever! And no Doctor to ruin things for me! Don't worry, Jo.
Doctor! I'll soon sort him out for you.
Doctor! Well, you must be as indestructible as that wretched TARDIS of yours! And how exactly do you propose to "sort me out"? By making you see reason - and making you destroy that crystal.
Uh? Why should I? I have my TARDIS, I have Kronos and I have Miss Grant.
Now, my reason tells me that I hold all the cards.
Ah, but there's one card that you've forgotten.
Oh? The trump card.
I could stop you whenever I please.
You are bluffing, Doctor.
Am I? How about time-ram? Time-ram? You couldn't do it in that old crock! The two TARDIS's are operating on the same frequency, and our controls are locked together.
See for yourself.
Stop! You know what'll happen if that control goes over the safety limit, don't you? Tell him, Jo.
The two TARDIS's occupy exactly the same space and time, and that means that you I know very well what it means! Do you? Yes! Oblivion! Top of the class.
Extinction - for you, the TARDIS and the crystal.
And for you and Miss Grant.
Oh yes, of course.
But by then, Kronos will be free, and the universe will be saved.
Very well.
Go ahead.
What? Go ahead - time-ram! You can't be serious? Do you think I'm going to dance to the Doctor's tune like some performing poodle? Look, Doctor, you want to stop me? Try! Very well.
Goodbye, Jo.
Well? Why have you stopped? To give you one last chance.
Nonsense! You can't bring yourself to destroy her - now admit it! It's that fatal weakness of yours, Doctor - pity, compassion You know, for a moment there, you almost had me believing you! Don't listen to him, Doctor! Think of all those millions of people who'll die! Think of all those millions of people who'll never be born! Do it, Doctor, quickly! Jo, there may be another way.
Of course there is - the way to immeasurable glory! Goodbye, Doctor! Don't do it! Too late! No! Doctor Doctor Doctor? Doctor? Jo you alright.
I'm fine.
Dead, of course, but I'm fine.
Dead? What are you talking about? You're no more dead than I am.
Well, that's just it.
Well, I mean, that's what I mean.
I mean, you're dead too, and so's the Master.
And I suppose we're all in heaven? Yeah, or somewhere.
Hey, come take a look.
Come on.
Groovy, isn't it? Yes yes, it's fascinating.
But somehow I don't think we're in heaven.
Well, where are we then? Well, that's just it.
I don't know myself.
You shouldn't have put us into time-ram, Jo.
In any case, I was just about to do it myself.
Oh, really? Now look, Jo, I No, not really.
Greetings.
Your courtesy is always so punctilious, Doctor.
You know me? Of old.
Well, you must forgive me, but, erm I can't quite place you.
I am Kronos.
You? But you're a girl.
Well, shapes mean nothing.
But a little while ago you were a a raging monster and an evil destroyer.
I can be all things - a destroyer, a healer, a creator.
I'm beyond good and evil as you know it.
W well, where exactly are we? On the boundary of your reality and mine.
You brought yourselves here.
Ah yes, the time-ram.
At the moment of impact, I was released.
That saved you and took you to the threshold of being.
Well, what now? I owe you a debt of gratitude nothing could repay.
What would you wish? To go home? In the TARDIS? You shall.
Thank you.
But what about the Master? He stays.
And what will happen to him? Torment, of course! The pain he has given so freely will be returned to him, in full.
No! Doctor, please?! Please help me, I can't bear it! Please, Doctor, please?! Mighty Kronos, may I ask one last favour of you? Name it.
His life - his freedom.
He made a prisoner of me.
Yes, I know.
But would you allow us to deal with him in our way? I do not understand you, but if that is your desire, so let it be.
Thank you, Doctor.
Don't thank me.
You're coming back to Earth with us.
Yes, of course.
No! No! Kronos! Stop him! Stop him! Kronos! You asked for him to be given his freedom - he has it! Here we go again.
Come on, baby Benton.
Come on, get it down you.
What are you feeding him on now? The remains of my lunchtime sandwiches mashed up with some cold tea.
Well, stop playing mothers and fathers and come and give me a hand.
I think I'm nearly there.
And what are you trying to do? Well, if I'm on the beam, we should be able to close the gap in time for good.
Right, switch on, Stu.
Okay.
But, why? I mean, why did you even ask? Jo, would you condemn anybody to an eternity of torment - even the Master? No no, I guess I wouldn't.
No.
Well neither would I - even though he was responsible for the destruction of Atlantis.
So terrible though, when you think about it - all those people.
Yes.
Well, Jo, we're about to land back in Cambridge.
Just think - it all happened three thousand, five hundred years ago.
Three-o, three-five, four-o Suffering catfish! Increase in power.
Well, Ruth, look! Yes, it must be the Doctor.
Now concentrate, Stu.
Increase in power! Four-five, five-o Isolate matrix scanner.
Five-five, check! What's going on here? Six-o, six-five, seven-o See if it's working, Stu.
Hey! Yes, it is! Good.
It seems to be working a bit too well.
It's running away again.
Ruth, everybody, get down.
It's going to go up! You'll just have to start right at the beginning again.
No, I couldn't.
Not without the professor.
Just as well I guess.
So it's done its job.
Everything's now back to normal.
Right, stand quite still everyone! Er, where's the Master? A very good question, Brigadier.
Doctor, glad to see you're back.
Miss Grant, what on earth are you doing in that extraordinary get-up? And where, for heaven's sake, is Sergeant Benton?! The baby! We forgot the baby! Would somebody please mind telling me exactly what's happening around here?