Doctor Who (1963) s17e25 Episode Script

Bristol? Bristol? Are you alright? I feel marvelous! Good, good, it'll pass.
You're fit.
What did you find out? Not much, not enough to locate Skagra, just enough to frighten me out of my wits.
Master! K-9! Why aren't you back at? K-9, try and keep it back! Power supply at danger level.
Doctor, look out! Bristol! Yes? Still feeling marvelous? Yes.
Good.
Give me ten seconds.
Well, come on then! Come on then! Doctor, come on! It's going to blow up! Danger, Doctor, Danger.
Danger, Doctor, Danger.
No! It's jammed! Danger, Doctor, Danger! As I rushed into Skagra's ship, I ordered her to lift off and dematerialise immediately.
I was determined to find out where Skagra had gone.
But the ship resisting telling me So I ask to be taken to Skagras home.
The ship complied.
Clever me.
Look, I don't even know what I'm meant to be doing! We must get this old perambulator moving again.
Well, it certainly moved when I touched it.
A spasm, a mere spasm.
I only hope it wasn't a dying spasm.
Because it has left us jammed between two irrational time interfaces, and time is moving away from us.
If we ever do manage to disentangle ourselves, I'll have to be careful otherwise I shall cease to exist again.
Oh really? Now do what I do.
What's that? Forget about it.
That's easier said than done.
Who was this Salyavin person? Salyavin! He was a criminal whose exploits have been wildly exaggerated.
He was a hotheaded, brilliant young man with a peculiar talent.
I can't fix this.
Can I help? Difficult! Very difficult.
To repair an interfacial resonator requires two operations that must be performed absolutely simultaneously.
And to be honest, my dear, I don't think you have the knowledge.
So we're stuck? Yes.
I could learn, you know.
I'm very quick.
What's the matter? Listen to me.
Listen to me very carefully.
What I am about to do you are never to speak of, and this is the only time I will ever do it.
What are you talking about? Do I have your promise? Well, what are you going to do? Do I have your promise?!?! Yes, yes alright.
What is that piece of equipment you are holding in your hand? I have absolutely no idea.
Good.
Now, what is the piece of equipment? This? It's a conceptual geometer relay, with an agronomic trigger, a totally defunct field separator, but it doesn't really matter.
We can dispense with it if we can get that interfacial resonator working again.
Splendid! Well, let's do that then, shall we? K-9, Chris and I emerged inside the Carrier Ship and face to face with Skagra, Romana and a multitude of Krargs.
With the aid of the sphere, Skagra intend to merge the whole of creation into one single mind.
One god-like entity.
The universe will be Skagra! As the Krargs prepared to lock up the prisoners, K-9, Chris and I made a break for it.
Romana was dragged into the TARDIS by Skagra and a detachment of Krargs while the remainder of the creatures pursued my group.
Suddenly I spotted a door and decided to take cover.
Keightley! Chris? Cup of tea? The Krargs started to break into the Professor's room.
Doctor, how do you like my TARDIS? Oh, ace.
Ace! It's strictly unofficial.
I'm not really allowed one.
Yes, and there's no better way to hide it than by living in it, you old sly boots.
What are you doing here? How am I'm suppose to know.
What's the Professor room doing here? Oh, you may well ask, but ask the Professor.
Doctor, where is Skagra? Shhh.
Not so loud.
He's right outside.
He's got Romana.
He got the TARDIS.
He got the book.
I thought you were dead, Professor.
Yes, so did I.
Did you really? Listen Doctor, if Skagra has the TARDIS and the book, he can get to Shada.
Shada? Shada? Yes, the Time Lords' prison planet.
You've probably forgotten about it.
I never forget anything.
I never That's right.
I have forgotten.
The Time Lords' prison planet.
Now why would I have forgotten it? Of course, Salyavin was imprisoned on Shada.
Ask me who Salyavin was.
Oh, he was a great criminal imprisoned centuries ago by the Time Lords.
A great criminal, unique mental powers.
He had the capacity to project his mind into other minds.
Didn't he Professor? Isn't this what Skagra doing? Oh no, no, no, no.
With Skagra, quite the opposite.
Skagra had the capacity to take minds out of people, but he couldn't put minds into them.
That's why he needs Salyavin in his sphere, and that's why he's going to Shada.
Of course.
Doctor! He must not get there.
In the TARDIS, Skagra turned the pages of the book, activating the central column of the space-craft by doing so.
While Romana watched impassively, the craft proceeded to Shada.
With Skagra's mind and Salyavin's mind in the sphere, Skagra will become omnipotent.
What, do you mean that he could just move himself into every mind in the Universe? Yes, eventually, It might take thousands of years, but that wouldn't matter.
His mind would be immortal.
It would spread like a disease.
It's quite a thought though isn't it? Every mind working together as a single organism, a single mind.
Skagra's mind.
Not a pleasant thought.
Doctor, we got to stop him from getting to Shada Yes.
But how? He got a start on us and we don't know the way.
We must follow him? But how? The same way we arrived.
You followed the TARDIS' space-time trail! Of course! Let's go! Taking Romana and the Krargs with him, Skagra searches the records of Shada to discover the whereabouts of Salyavin.
Success! They set off for in pursuit of Cabinet Doctor, we're arrived! Good! Good! Now you two Yes? Stay here.
I'm not at liberty to explain.
K-9, you can come along, but you're not to tangle with any Krargs, unless of course if you have to tangle with any Krargs.
Hurry! Skagra will be here already.
Come on! Come on! The Professor seemed in some way able to know what was Skagra was thinking and insisted they head in a particular route.
Skagra meanwhile revitalised the prisoners cabinet.
They began to stir.
How odd some days work out isn't it? I mean there I was, just cycling down King's Parade Chris, there's something very strange about the Professor Why single out the Professor? I want to know what's going on out there.
Chris, you're not leaving to me I just don't like getting left behind.
I mean, just because we come from Earth doesn't give everyone the right to be patronising to us.
Well, admittedly, all this does make us look a bit primitive.
I doesn't have even the faintest idea how it all works.
I have.
You do? At least I did a while ago.
What do you mean? That's what I been trying to tell you all along.
Its something that the Professor did to me, to my mind The prisoners were reviving from their sleep.
Skagra approached Cabinet 9 and activated the revival just as I and my group burst into the chamber.
Skagra warned us to keep back.
He reached into the cabinet and pulled out a pathetic dummy-like substitute.
Skagra's anger mounted until Professor Chronotis explained that HE was Salyavin.
Let me just get this right.
You say that he Just "Walked into your mind.
" Well sort of.
Just like he barged in the front door and shuffled my thoughts about.
But the Doctor said was that ability was unique to the guy that Skagra's come here to find On your feet, Keightley.
Come on, let's see what's happening.
Skagra ordered the sphere to drain Salayvin's mind but K-9 blasted it into pieces.
Each fragment reformed into another small sphere.
One of which settled on the old man.
Skagra was exhilarated "You shall see the beginning of the universal mind" he cries as the spheres came together, discharging vast amounts of energy.
And then, each of them attach themselves to one of the prisoners who turned towards me.
Chris and Clare entered the chamber and the young man rushed forward trying to help.
A sphere absorbed his mind in an instant.
The prisoners, including Chris, marched menacing towards me