Doctor Who (1963) s11e13 Episode Script

Somebody there? Ohkeep away from me! Keep back! Please! - Who are you? - I am called Bellal.
I mean you no harm.
I will help you if I can.
I do not share the beliefs of those who would have killed you.
They consider that I and others are like me are their enemies.
- And are you? - Oh no! We seek merely to save the Exxilon race from extinction.
We do not share their beliefs and for that reason we are persecuted and driven to live in the secret places beneath the surface.
Ahhowmany of you are there? Very few against so many.
I will answer all your questions but first, we must go from here.
We have a place that is safe.
Follow me and I will take you to it.
I can't.
I'm waiting for the Doctor.
- Which path did he take? - That one.
- Ahh! - What is it? That way leads to death.
- You've got to help him! - No! Oh, please! It may already be too late, but we will do what can be done.
The creatures from the spacecraft - two of them - coming this way! - Machine creatures? - Daleks! Here.
We will search independently.
Fugitives are to be exterminated on sight.
I obey.
He'll be coming up behind the Doctor! I must warn him! No, no, it will be no use! You must stay silent or you will destroy us all! You must understand! It is beyond our power to help him now.
Doctor Oh, good shot, sir! A hit! Yes, a palpable hit! No! I must.
The other Dalek will have heard.
He'll be coming back! - The Doctor may be hurt.
- We must hurry! As soon as it's safe, I'll have some of my people look for your friend but now - Something's coming! - Quick! Quick! Doctor! You're safe! Oh, what happened?! How did you get away from the Dalek? What did you see Alright, just a moment, just a moment! I've just had a face to face confrontation with a rather nasty root.
It obviously wasn't very fond of me but it positively hated the Dalek.
- Did you say "root"? - Yes.
It must have been one of those underground support systems for the city.
What happened to the Dalek? The root - one, dalek - nil.
This was about the only part of it that was left undamaged.
- No! Doctor, they're friends.
- The other Dalek is coming this way! - Sarah! Who are your shining friends? - Time for that later - come on! You must move more quickly! The Dalek is coming this way! - It's a dead end! - No! We go through there! - It widens out after a little.
- You first - go on, Sarah.
Now you - give me that.
I really must go on a diet Give me your hand! Exterminate! Exterminate! Well, it's alright.
He seems to have gone.
- Is anyone hurt? - Oh, I don't think so.
We're safe now.
We can't sit around underground forever.
There are things we must do.
Such as? Get the power back into our spaceships, and for another, do everything we can to help that Earth mission ship.
They'll be alright.
They seemed pretty pally with the Daleks.
You take it from me, Sarah - The moment they cease to be of use to the Daleks, they wipe them out without a qualm.
My people are watching them.
They will report immediately what happens.
The Exxilons are working too slowly.
With the primitive equipment they're using, I'm not surprised.
Then the workforce must be increased.
You will arrange it.
Look, the high priest wasn't all that cooperative.
We were lucky to get this many workers.
More workers! More workers! - Exxilons will obey our commands! - And if they don't? Their leaders will be exterminated.
Butwe made an agreement! It was expedient.
You will advise the high priest that his people will comply with Dalek law - or suffer the consequences.
I can't tell him that! You will obey! You will obey! You will obey! You will obey! Alright you lot, put your backs into it! Get going! Come on! You're idle, idle, idle! This planet is now under Dalek control.
Our commands will be obeyed.
Those who resist will be exterminated! Exxilon had grown old before life had even begun on other planets.
Our ancestors solved the mysteries of science, built craft that travelled through space, they were the supreme beings of the universe.
- What destroyed their power - war? - No.
They created their own destruction.
Using all their knowledge, they built a city that would last through all of time.
They succeeded.
It looked as though it was built only yesterday.
They used their sciences to make the city into a living thing.
It could protect itself, repair itself, maintain itself.
- They even gave it a brain.
- I see.
So the city became an entity, greater and more powerful than the many small parts that had created it? Yes, it then had no need of those who had made it.
Our people had created a monster.
They tried to destroy it, but it destroyed them and drove out the survivors.
Now we, and the other Exxilons you met, are all that remain.
What separates you from the others? They have made the city their god.
They worship and fear it.
They even make sacrifices to it.
Yes, we almost qualified for that ourselves.
Yet you don't fear the city, Bellal - why? Yes, we do fear it, but we don't worship it.
Our aim is to destroy it.
Unless we succeed, our race will vanish from this planet.
Yes I think the time has come to do something about this city.
The explosive charges will be completed shortly.
The charges must be placed on the beacon on the summit of the city and detonated.
Agreed.
A Dalek patrol will enter the city to investigate scientific installations while the explosives are being positioned.
Will destruction of the beacon restore electrical energy? All logical evidence suggests it is the source of interference.
Go! Get out of it! Peter! Exterminate! Am losing control! You say that markings like these are cut into the walls of the city? Yes, these are as I remember them.
I saw them too, Doctor.
Do they mean anything to you? No, not fully.
But I do have a rough idea of what they're intended to convey.
- I've seen them before.
- Seen them before - where? - On the walls of a temple in Peru.
- That's impossible! That's what they said about the Peruvian temple as well.
It's one of Earth's great mysteries that no primitive man could have built such a structure.
Now we've solved it.
Solved how a temple was built in Peru? You say that your ancestors were travelling in space - when other worlds were still primitive? - Why that is true.
They almost certainly visited Earth and taught the people there how to build.
Our city supports itself in two ways: through roots in the ground and in the air.
- The air? - Yes They must drain their electrical energy from the atmosphere, probably via that beacon.
So that's what put the mockers on the TARDIS? You seem to have a crude grasp of the general idea, yes.
What is it? One of the machine creatures has been destroyed by a probe at the diggings.
A what - where? Another of our Dalek friends has had root trouble! Mining will recommence in new area immediately - move! Move! Move! Move! You will go with them.
We stay together.
You will obey! You will obey! It's alright, Peter.
One of us has to select the parrinium from the digging.
Don't worry.
I can take care of myself.
Patrol will leave immediately to enter city and make scientific survey We obey.
You will accompany me to position explosive.
You're in command.
What do we do? Exactly as it says.
We leave immediately - move! Move! Now that must be one of the seven hundred wonders of the universe.
It's even more impressive when we get close.
- I'm afraid you're not going any closer.
- What? Oh, now look, Doctor I've got something far more important for you to do.
You just don't want to be lumbered with me.
Sarah, if that Earth rocket doesn't get away from here, millions of people are gonna die.
Alright, Doctor, what do you want me to do? I want you to make Galloway and his friends understand they've got to get the parrinium aboard that ship and be ready for blast-off the moment the power is restored.
Remember the Daleks will be fully powered too and they'll do everything they can to destroy the Earth ship.
You think that's what they're intending? I'm certain of it.
I know the Daleks and they're not medical missionaries.
I'll tell them, Doctor.
Bellal is getting impatient.
You'd better go.
Good girl Well, take care of yourself, And you.
There's just one more thing.
If I don't come back you must go with them.
It's beautiful! Beautiful! To you - perhaps.
To us, it is evil.
Touch sensitised.
That's brilliant.
- You wanted to see the symbols? - Yes.
They are here.
I have tried to interpret them many times.
Yes, it's difficult, very difficult.
Do they have any meaning for you? - Vaguely, but I - They continue round here.
I think I have something here.
These symbols don't conform.
Daleks! - Where? - There.
Continue search.
What did you do? I simply picked out the symbol that appeared to be different - and traced its outline on the wall.
- And that made it slide open? Well I can't think what else.
Can we get out again? I should think that is extremely unlikely.
He didn't get out again, did he? We've walked into a trap! No, no.
No, that doesn't just make sense.
But these Some of them must have been here for centuries.
Yeah, that's right.
They got this far then they couldn't pass the next intelligence test.
What test? I'm not sure yet.
Logically, there must be one.
Ah, yes.
Yes, just as I thought - good.
Good, splendid, in fact capital! ButI don't understand.
This is simply a pattern on the wall Oh, no, no.
It's much more than that.
It's a maze.
A test of skill and logic that we have to pass before we can move deeper into the city.
And if we fail? Well then, we shall simply add to these decorations.
Right, let's see what we've got here.
Well, there's a point of entry here The exit down there.
Now as this wall is touch sensitised, simply by moving my finger along the correct route, it should register success or failure.
Alright, wellhere goes.
Computer eye indicates the symbols provide a simple logic test.
We must deduce which symbol does not conform to all others.
I will run computer scan.
Key symbol.
Yes I think we've got it.
I think this is it, Bellal.
Yes - that's it.
Locate next access point.
Stop - don't move!