Doctor Who (1963) s11e24 Episode Script

Hello, Sarah Jane.
Stop! Don't do that! Let him approach.
You will kneel to the most noble Queen.
The Queen? Oh, yes.
Yes, of course.
Er, greetings, o most noble Queen.
Er, may I ask what you intend to do with this young lady? You do not speak like a two-leg - where have you come from? Er, both Miss Smith and I come from Earth, your Majesty.
From Earth? Then you are the one who no, no, that cannot be.
We shall return.
Bring this two-leg.
We shall question him with the female.
Well now, just a minute, your Majesty Over there! Silence! Silence! So shall perish all two-legs who would dare to question our power! I've never seen them like this before.
I think it would be wise to leave.
The girl! She's gone! Then you will be punished! We cannot wait.
It will soon be dark.
Bring the male.
Well can't you do something? No, it's no good - he's dead! He can't be! They can use their power to give pain, or to stun, or to kill.
Your friend is dead.
No, Doctor! Doctor! Look, leave him.
If you stay out here we'll all be dead.
It's almost time for the curfew.
Bury him tomorrow.
Look! He moved! He moved his hand! Impossible.
I saw him! He's alive! He's alive, I tell you! Oh You're right - he is alive.
Oh oh, Doctor! He didn't tell me much, but he wouldn't - would he? Where is he? I don't know.
He seemed to think he'd be taken to the home of that that creature.
The spider? You see, I I didn't get the chance to discuss it with him properly - you know what he was.
Was? He's not dead, is he? Well, he may be.
How do I know? He's just vanished.
What are we gonna do? Get out while the going's good.
Why? We haven't done anything criminal.
Tell that to the police! The police! For heaven's sake! It's not that.
Nobody need know yet.
Perhaps he's trying to get back and can't.
Hello, Barnes.
What are you doing here - spying? Is that it? I spy - t that's a nice game.
I spy with my little eye Can't you read? Tommy's learning to read.
M my mum brought me a book.
Get away from here.
If I catch you spying on me again "D do do don " I'll do some reading.
Why is that bell ringing? It's the curfew.
It's death to be out after twilight.
Ah He seems to be getting worse.
Ah He's dying.
No, no! He's better dead than captured like like Sabor.
We shall be avenged, Rega.
Will vengeance bring my father back to me? Rega, he gave his life to save me.
He gave his life for the freedom of our people.
Ah ah Is there nothing we can do? Nothing - there is no cure.
He should be dead.
Stop.
Put me down.
Who is this two-leg who dares to sit in the place of Huar, Queen of Metebelis? I have come from Earth.
Silence! We do not speak with the two-leg.
Answer me, sister.
This is Lupton, oh Queen.
I have brought him from Earth as the council asked.
As the council asked? As we commanded.
Guards! Perhaps the days of the Queen's commands are numbered? You would dare to speak treason to my face? Seize the two-leg! You forget the crystal, oh Queen.
Wait! We have the crystal.
It is true.
You do not dare to harm us.
Where is it? Show it to us.
We know where it is hidden.
But the Great One awaits the crystal.
All praise to the Great One! Then the Great One will have to go on waiting until we have received the rewards of our success.
And you, sister? What have you to say? I I agree with Lupton.
I see.
It would seem that you are not aware of the extent of your failure.
Failure? You were followed to Metebelis by two Earth spies.
The male is dead, but the female lives - a danger to the state and our person.
I suggest, sisters, that until she has been captured, we refuse to listen to these these traitors.
Do you agree? "Going to school.
" "We give the f flowers some " "Water.
" "We say our " "We say our prayers.
" "Then we write our news.
" "We read in the book corner.
" "We measure and we weigh!" "We buy things at the shop!" "We have our milk! We play in the playing ground! We dance and!" How is our mother? Well she's asleep now though I'm afraid her dreams will frighten her awake.
I heard her call.
She calls in her sleep – "Sabor" - although she was searching for him.
Those vicious inhuman creatures! Shh! Keep your voice down if you must speak treason! They make keep him alive for a week or more.
If only we could rescue him.
Of course - we must attack! It would be suicide.
Well is my brother afraid? That I am.
A coward then? Take that word back or I'll stuff it down your throat! I'm not afraid of you - or of the eight-legs, but if you won't attack, you are a coward.
Why you! Stop it! Squabbling like herd-boys and your mother half-distracted! How will quarreling bring your father back? We might as well throw ourselves off the cliff as attack the eight-legs.
If the Doctor were alive and well, he could help you.
I know he could.
How? How could he help? Well I don't know how but he could! Oh, Doctor, please wake up! Sarah? Yes?! Yes, I'm here.
Sarah TARDIS in the in the TARDIS There's a machine in that old old leather satchel.
It's the only thing that will save me Machine in the old leather satchel.
Yeah The key? Doctor, where's the key to the TARDIS? It's okay okay Machine? What kind of machine can save a man's life? I don't know, but if he needs it, I'm going to get it for him.
If they catch you they'll kill you.
She has courage.
She's a fool - risk her life.
Nothing can save him.
Well, well, well Our clever young female journalist.
You are keen to get your story, aren't you? What a pity it will never be published.
Let me pass, I say.
They'll kill you.
Would you so betray our father's love? Sabor left you here in trust - to lead us in our fight for freedom.
A fine leader.
One by one the eight-legs take us.
Soon our settlement will be as empty as Skorda.
The people of Skorda were cowards.
They didn't attack the eight-legs.
They they just sat there like sheep in a slaughter pen, waiting for death.
But if we attack we are as dead as the people of Skorda.
We must think of something else.
Wait - the girl said this man could help us.
How can a dead man help us? The machine! There it is - the bag he spoke of.
I'm going to get it.
If I don't come back - it's up to you.
Arak's not a coward.
No, he's not.
What should we do? I don't know.
Sar Sarah Jane She's not here.
She left this machine for you, but we don't know what we should do.
Give it to me.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
"Tiger, tiger, burning bright, In the forests of the night.
What immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful s symmetry?" That's pretty.
No, that's beautiful.
No, no! But Lupton may not be dead.
Perhaps he can't get back? For heaven's sake! What's the point in saying the same thing over and over again?! But what are we going to do? Hide yourselves! Come in.
Oh, it's you.
What do you want? It's alright.
I heard you all talking.
I think we ought to have a little chat.
What you do that for? It's a police job now! Stupid thing to do! Well, you heard him! You heard him! He said he'd been listening.
Wakey wakey! Rise and shine! Show a leg, the weather's fine! Where am I? You're a prisoner of the eight-legs.
It's no good struggling.
Well what will they do to us? Usually they eat the sheep we breed for them - they prefer human flesh.
Mmm, this is good.
It's very good - what is it? Mutton broth.
Mutton? You have sheep on Metebelis Three? Our ancestors brought them with them.
Thank you.
A few who survived the crash.
So your ancestors were colonists? Colonists, explorers - four hundred and thirty-three years ago, their starship came out of its time-jump with no power left, and crashed on Metebelis Three.
Over four hundred years ago? You know the story very well, don't you? Sabor, my father, taught it me - just as his father taught him, and his father before.
An oral tradition so detailed - oh, it's fascinating.
Look, I don't understand you! That girl - your friend, you say, is is a prisoner of the eight-legs, in terrible danger and you just sit there supping broth and chattering like a woman at the wash-place! Oh, Sarah'll be alright for the moment.
Well how can you tell that? Because the spiders'll be watching her.
They'll want to know how she got here and why.
And meanwhile my father could be killed! We must attack and attack now! The girl said you could help us, Doctor.
Mmm.
Yes, I think I can.
But first of all I must know what we're up against.
How did the spiders get here? The eight-legs? Why they came from Earth too.
But there aren't any spiders as big as these on Earth? Keep your voice down, my child! That word's forbidden here.
But you're quite right - an ordinary eight-legs, he must have been blown by the wind out of that crashed ship up in the mountains.
There are blue crystals there.
They have strange powers.
Oh, you don't have to tell me that! Ah, then you must know that these crystals can enlarge the mind? Over the years, these these spiders became cleverer and cleverer and larger and larger.
By the time man found out, it were too late.
And they've ruled us ever since.
A few they take and twist their minds until they become their slaves.
The rest of us they rule by fear.
I see.
They grew angry with the people of Skorda.
They kept too much food for themselves, so the eight-legs wiped them out - two hundred and sixty-nine of them, even the children.
They're quite ruthless.
We must attack them now! Hmm.
Go out and get me some stones, will you? Stones? Yes, pebbles About that big.
Little pieces of rock - as many different kinds as you can.
But how can pebbles help? Let's just saying I'm playing a hunch, mm? What are you doing? Why should the blue crystal be the only mineral on Metebelis Three with an unusual structure? Now I'm looking for a stone that will absorb the energy of the spider's attacks.
Oh, I do beg your pardon the eight-legs' attacks.
Ah, more stones.
Thank you.
Ah! That's more like it.
Now we're really getting somewhere.
Follow me as soon as you can.
Do you have a stone to protect you? No, I've got something much better than that.
Take one, Doctor.
Oh, very well.
Good luck.
Arak, Tuar.
Yes.
Even your young muscles aren't strong enough.
Try to get some rest.
Rest? How can you be so calm?! One is only frightened when there's hope of rescue.
We have no hope left.
We are dead, my child.
No! No, I won't have it! There is hope, there must be! I might be able to escape and the Doctor may come to our rescue! Halt! Well what are you waiting for? Kill him! Kill him! Kill him now! Stop! Obey my order.
You will obey me! You've got no right to interfere! I have orders from the Queen.
You are to be arrested! Captain, take him! You stupid fool! Oh, I wouldn't say that.
He's a highly intelligent fellow - you can tell at a glance.
Silence! I shall report this! You will have your opportunity.
Captain, take him to the council.
No! There must be some mistake! Ah, poor fellah.
Hope they won't be too hard on him.
He fell into bad company, you know.
Oh well, I must be off.
Stop! Stop! Oh dear, this is getting monotonous.
Your execution hasn't been cancelled - just postponed.
Bring him along.
Sabor, how long do you think we've got? Who knows? A week, a a day, an hour.
Doctor! You're alive! I knew you'd come! Oh Doctor!