Doctor Who (1963) s25e08 Episode Script
Silver Nemesis, Part One
Herr De Flores.
Herr De Flores.
Wonderful news.
Very good, my lady.
How much longer? He can not hear you my lady.
Shall I Leave him.
There'll be time enough to punish his impertinence when he has finished.
Put these with the others.
Are you so very feeble? The poison cannot harm unless the arrow's tip should break the skin.
Let who will steal my gold.
And the silver arrow, my lady? Leave that to me.
You're sure the potion is well mixed? On my life, ma'am.
I guarantee it.
Then we await but the calculation.
Perhaps the fee will speed matters.
Gentlemen, I wonder if even you can fully appreciate what this moment means? You now stand at the turning point of history.
The day of fulfilment of our mighty destiny is about to dawn.
Fifty years ago I stood at the side of the Führer himself when he ordered the first giant step to greatness.
Just as now the moment approaches for the second, and final one.
It will be decisive! This time this time we must not fail.
Gentlemen, I give you the Fourth Reich.
The Fourth Reich.
Herr De Flores.
The aircraft is ready.
We leave at once.
My lady.
There is but the final ingredient of the liquid wanting.
For that, I was thinking My lady! Lady Peinforte! I've finished.
You have the answer? Yes, my lady.
Quickly then.
Tell me.
The comet Nemesis will circle the heavens once every twenty-five years Yes.
It`s trajectory, however, is decaing.
This way When will it land? it will circle ever closer until finaly it once again strikes the Earth at the point of its original departure in the meadow outside.
When? The twenty third day of November in the year of our lord, nineteen hundred and eighty eight.
I could listen to them all afternoon.
And so we shall.
Have you seen this? Meteor approaches England.
Charlton have picked up three points.
This is my favourite kind of jazz: straight blowing.
I hate people who's long go of doing gigs.
What's it supposed to reminder.
In go on then? Well obviously, at this precise moment it reminds us to change course to our new destination.
Where's that? I've forgotten.
We'll have to go back and find out.
Oh, Professor - Excuse me, would you mind signing this tape? - Not at all.
Thank you very much.
- Thank you.
- Bye.
Don't you fing it embarassing, asking for autographs? Not as embarassing as forgetting what you set your alarm for.
Well, I've probably arranged it centuries ago.
Get down.
Who are they? Couldn't see.
Quick.
The Tardis.
I hope my tape's alright.
Welcome home.
I shall build a flying machine.
Imagine that, my lady.
Human beings flying about like birds.
Bring the cups of potion.
We leave at once.
The final ingredient, my lady.
Human blood.
I can change the world Ah yes.
- Ace? -Yes.
Duck.
No.
Duck.
Oh great, now I can play my tape.
Afraid not.
Why not? It's my tape deck.
You've built it for me.
Yes, I know I've built it for you, to replace the one that was destroyed by the daleks, but.
.
So, it's my tape deck, and I want to play this.
This is more than just a tape deck.
And besides, we have more to worry about than listening to your tape.
Yes.
So who were anyway? Who'd want to kill us? I'm afraid there's an infinite number possibilities.
What concerns me more is my alarm.
I've got to find out where we supposed to be.
Can you remember anything about it? I'm afraid now.
Obviously the arrangements were made rather in a hurry.
They are important.
I gave them a terminal rating.
Sounds nice.
It means some planet somewhere faces imminent destruction.
- Rightly.
- Quiet.
That looks familiar.
Earth.
Afraid? Yes, my lady.
When I employed you, you led me to believe you were a hardened criminal.
As my lady knows, before I entered your service I had been found guilty of a large number of offences.
Then, have the courage of your convictions.
Drink.
Drink! What is happening, my lady? We are leaving, Richard.
Destiny beckons.
We ride te back of time! Noooo Come back, you fool, you will break the aura.
I can't.
Please, my lady.
I must stay.
It's too late.
where are we my lady? Why, the very place we left, of course.
My house in Windsor.
You mean, the world's going to end and you'd forgotten about it? I've been busy.
How long have you known? In strictly linear terms, as the chronometer flies I've known since November the twenty-third, 1638.
Hello! Wow! Look at all this stuff.
That's exactly what we've got to do, look at all this stuff.
You start over there.
What's it all for? Presents.
Nobody gets this many presents.
If you're a lady who travelled - I am! - Yes, but we're not always invited.
But If you were, you'd get presents And then you'd need somewhere to store them.
Who does it all belong to? I mean, where are we? - Windsor.
- Windsor? We're in the castle.
This is new.
I thought it'd be a lot posher than this.
It probably is upstairs.
But we're in the vaults.
And we're looking for a silver bow, which we're going to borrow.
We can't go nicking stuff in here.
It's purely temporary.
It's probably treason.
I'm too young to go to the Tower.
Listen, Ace, do I have to remind you that the safety of the world is at stake? It'd make a difference if you'd tell me what's going on, Professor.
But I suppose there's no time.
Precisely.
Perhaps even less time than I thought.
Please, let's hurry.
Nemesis! She arrives.
Was that a bomb? No.
That was the return to Earth of a comet called Nemesis which has been in orbit for exactly three hundred and fifty years.
You really are amazing, Professor, being able to tell all this just from the noise.
It wasn't difficult really.
It was me who launched it into space in the first place.
This may qualify as the worst miscalculation since life crawled out of the seas on this sad planet Nobody's perfect.
Hey.
Is this the bow? We're almost in Windsor Herr De Flores.
Shall I let the men to walk around a litle? No, Karl.
We must not keep history waiting.
Oh lady! What carriage is that? Hurry! The rogues will have the Nemesis.
I have not seen the like of it before.
We must take care.
Fie! The Nemesis has come to Earth on that piece of ground.
In new era all this will be a shrine.
The men are ready in two assault groups.
I will remain with you.
We await only your order.
Good! Then let's drive to the best hotel and refresh ourselves.
But herr De Flores, there's only three policemen.
We can take them now.
Young people.
Always in such a hurry.
Well, we were the same.
Now, the statue is inside the meteor which has just travelled through space.
Have you any idea how hot it will be? How can we handle it? Since the British Government is completely unaware of its power, I am sure we can rely on the police force to guard it safely until we are ready to collect it.
I have every confidence in them.
To the hotel.
The bow was in the case.
This case contained the Bow of Nemesis, property of the Crown, which disappeared mysteriously in 1788.
Legend has it that unless a place is kept for the bow in the castle, the entire silver statue will return to destroy the world.
For once, legend is entirely correct.
It has just returned.
And now this.
It's just the electricity.
It does that sometimes, even in 1980'ies.
What I want to know is, What I want to know is, how can a statue destroy the world? I'll tell you three hundred and fifty years ago.
Ssh.
We don't know who's at home.
Okay, Professor.
So where are we now? We're in Windsor, of course.
A few hundred yards from the castle.
And it really is 1638? It certainly is.
And furthermore don't move! - What? - Stay where you are.
What is it? Something you really don't want to see.
Who does this house belong to anyway? A lady's.
She's got funny ideas about home furnishing.
Lady Peinforte's nothing if not original.
But I'm afraid this poor man was employed for his useful rather than his ornamental qualities.
He was a scholar.
He's done remarkably well.
In a matter of months since I was last here, he's calculated the exact time and date when a comet called Nemesis will land on this planet.
The twenty third of November And Lady Peinforte has rewarded him with her usual generosity.
So the bow belonged to her? No.
To a statue of her.
She made the statue from a silver metal which fell from the sky into the meadow out there.
Hmm, this game is going rather badly.
Doctor.
Don't worry.
There's no one here now apart from our late friend.
Lady Peinforte's around, all right, in Windsor, but three hundred and fifty years in the future.
What means yon fellow? Why speaks he to his hand? He summons guards.
Oh, this cannot be.
Why so upset, my lady? Because, fool, they will protect the Nemesis, and we know not their strength and weapons.
But, my lady, they know not what the comet is.
And without the arrow it is nothing.
We have but to watch and wait our chance to seize it.
Thou art not in all wise so useless, Richard.
My lady is too kind.
We shall withdraw and conceal ourselves.
How can she get to 1988? She'll have used the arrow, of course.
And she had some basic rudimentary knowledge about time travel, black magic mostly.
Black magic? And what you might call a nose for secrets.
So it wasn't just silver, this stuff that fell out of the sky? Unfortunately, Lady Peinforte discovered it was something rather more unusual: A living metal.
Validium.
Living metal? Yes.
With just one purpose.
Destruction.
But if you launched t into space how come it's capable of destruction? Later Ace.
Don't bother trying again.
It looks like the battery is dead.
Hello, hello.
I've been here before.
Déjà vu? No, with the school.
How very droll.
I've not been since they were building the place.
You'll remember the way around? Not really.
Windsor Castle is a big place.
Quite right.
What we need is a guide.
Come on.
I really don't think we should be doing this.
This way? What do you think.
I might be able to tell if I actually knew where we were going.
But we didn't actually cover the royal residential areas on the school trip.
There's someone coming.
Look as if you own the place.
Do what? Never fails.
We own the place.
Doctor! How annoying.
I can't place her for the life of me.
Doctor.
It's all right, Ace.
I know her from somewhere.
Whaaat? Why didn't you say something? You wouldn't let me.
She's just the woman we need.
Quick! After her.
Aha.
Be very useful to have armed forces and the police on our side.
And can you suggest a better person to ask.
Hold on.
There really is no alternative.
I am in a nightmare, or mad.
This is no madness.
It is England.
But the noise, my lady.
The foul air Yes, my lady.
What will my lady do when you possess the Nemesis? Why, fisrt have revenge on that predictable little man.
He will soon arrive, Richard.
Oh yes, I expect him.
And this time there'll be a reckoning with the nameless Doctor whose power is so secret.
For I have found out his secret out.
In good time I will speak it.
I shall be his downfall.
I've got to speak to Her.
Keep quiet.
We'll have a doctor here soon.
I am the Doctor.
Don't get excited.
How did you get in here? I can tell you now that you won't believe me.
Try me.
I travelled through time and space.
Dear, oh dear.
Very well, let's forget about the armed forces.
But the Queen! Are you a patient with him? You'd better listen to him, weasel features cause he's the Doctor.
Oh, is he? Listen.
The fate of every living creature on this planet hangs in the balance.
I don't believe you.
You will believe me.
You will let us go.
You will not move.
You will move.
How did you do that? It's easy once you know how.
You have to make a spectacle of yourself.
The only trouble is, it doesn't last very long.
Oh look.
A van Dyck.
Not now, Doctor.
What now? Back to the TARDIS.
We're obviously not going to get any help here.
Professor! That's me.
What? It is! My goodness, what a good likeness! How can I be up here? It hasn't happened yet.
It was two hundred years ago.
I know, but we haven't done it yet.
That's why you can't remember.
That doesn't make sense.
It did to Louis Armstrong.
He really understood time.
There they are.
Come on.
Herr De Flores, I don't understand how the police have already been overcome.
That is of no importance.
All that matters is that the Nemesis is safe.
Your strength returns.
Soon you will be completely restored.
But Where is the arrow? Where is it? Find it.
Find it! I do hope we're not too late.
Don't be afraid.
We wont harm you.
how did you get here? I searched that section.
There was no one there.
Never mind, Karl.
You will see many signs and wonders in the days to come.
Give me the arrow of Nemesis.
Fortunately, I haven't seen it since 1638 when it disappeared with the good Lady Peinforte.
Rubbish.
You.
Where is the arrow? I know nothing about it.
She really doesn't.
Allow me to explain, Ace.
For validium to become active you must have a sufficient quantity of critical mass.
The statue alone is not enough without the bow I have the bow.
And, the arrow.
But if someone could put the bow and the arrow into the statue's hands They have the power of life and death, not only over the Earth but over any planet in existence.
You are, remarkably well informed for someone who claims to know nothing.
I simply notice what is obvious.
You apparently don't.
What do you mean? You see those policemen here? These men have been attacked by a technology more advanced and more terrible than you can imagine.
What technology? You might also have observed the electricity supply've been drained during the last few days.
Like at the castle? Yes.
Tell me where the arrow is.
I want you to tell me where to find the arrow! I am glad to say I can't.
Then, I will shoot her.
Doctor Wait Don't move.
The saved my life.
Don't thank them yet.
We might live to regret it.
What are they? Cybermen.
Herr De Flores.
Wonderful news.
Very good, my lady.
How much longer? He can not hear you my lady.
Shall I Leave him.
There'll be time enough to punish his impertinence when he has finished.
Put these with the others.
Are you so very feeble? The poison cannot harm unless the arrow's tip should break the skin.
Let who will steal my gold.
And the silver arrow, my lady? Leave that to me.
You're sure the potion is well mixed? On my life, ma'am.
I guarantee it.
Then we await but the calculation.
Perhaps the fee will speed matters.
Gentlemen, I wonder if even you can fully appreciate what this moment means? You now stand at the turning point of history.
The day of fulfilment of our mighty destiny is about to dawn.
Fifty years ago I stood at the side of the Führer himself when he ordered the first giant step to greatness.
Just as now the moment approaches for the second, and final one.
It will be decisive! This time this time we must not fail.
Gentlemen, I give you the Fourth Reich.
The Fourth Reich.
Herr De Flores.
The aircraft is ready.
We leave at once.
My lady.
There is but the final ingredient of the liquid wanting.
For that, I was thinking My lady! Lady Peinforte! I've finished.
You have the answer? Yes, my lady.
Quickly then.
Tell me.
The comet Nemesis will circle the heavens once every twenty-five years Yes.
It`s trajectory, however, is decaing.
This way When will it land? it will circle ever closer until finaly it once again strikes the Earth at the point of its original departure in the meadow outside.
When? The twenty third day of November in the year of our lord, nineteen hundred and eighty eight.
I could listen to them all afternoon.
And so we shall.
Have you seen this? Meteor approaches England.
Charlton have picked up three points.
This is my favourite kind of jazz: straight blowing.
I hate people who's long go of doing gigs.
What's it supposed to reminder.
In go on then? Well obviously, at this precise moment it reminds us to change course to our new destination.
Where's that? I've forgotten.
We'll have to go back and find out.
Oh, Professor - Excuse me, would you mind signing this tape? - Not at all.
Thank you very much.
- Thank you.
- Bye.
Don't you fing it embarassing, asking for autographs? Not as embarassing as forgetting what you set your alarm for.
Well, I've probably arranged it centuries ago.
Get down.
Who are they? Couldn't see.
Quick.
The Tardis.
I hope my tape's alright.
Welcome home.
I shall build a flying machine.
Imagine that, my lady.
Human beings flying about like birds.
Bring the cups of potion.
We leave at once.
The final ingredient, my lady.
Human blood.
I can change the world Ah yes.
- Ace? -Yes.
Duck.
No.
Duck.
Oh great, now I can play my tape.
Afraid not.
Why not? It's my tape deck.
You've built it for me.
Yes, I know I've built it for you, to replace the one that was destroyed by the daleks, but.
.
So, it's my tape deck, and I want to play this.
This is more than just a tape deck.
And besides, we have more to worry about than listening to your tape.
Yes.
So who were anyway? Who'd want to kill us? I'm afraid there's an infinite number possibilities.
What concerns me more is my alarm.
I've got to find out where we supposed to be.
Can you remember anything about it? I'm afraid now.
Obviously the arrangements were made rather in a hurry.
They are important.
I gave them a terminal rating.
Sounds nice.
It means some planet somewhere faces imminent destruction.
- Rightly.
- Quiet.
That looks familiar.
Earth.
Afraid? Yes, my lady.
When I employed you, you led me to believe you were a hardened criminal.
As my lady knows, before I entered your service I had been found guilty of a large number of offences.
Then, have the courage of your convictions.
Drink.
Drink! What is happening, my lady? We are leaving, Richard.
Destiny beckons.
We ride te back of time! Noooo Come back, you fool, you will break the aura.
I can't.
Please, my lady.
I must stay.
It's too late.
where are we my lady? Why, the very place we left, of course.
My house in Windsor.
You mean, the world's going to end and you'd forgotten about it? I've been busy.
How long have you known? In strictly linear terms, as the chronometer flies I've known since November the twenty-third, 1638.
Hello! Wow! Look at all this stuff.
That's exactly what we've got to do, look at all this stuff.
You start over there.
What's it all for? Presents.
Nobody gets this many presents.
If you're a lady who travelled - I am! - Yes, but we're not always invited.
But If you were, you'd get presents And then you'd need somewhere to store them.
Who does it all belong to? I mean, where are we? - Windsor.
- Windsor? We're in the castle.
This is new.
I thought it'd be a lot posher than this.
It probably is upstairs.
But we're in the vaults.
And we're looking for a silver bow, which we're going to borrow.
We can't go nicking stuff in here.
It's purely temporary.
It's probably treason.
I'm too young to go to the Tower.
Listen, Ace, do I have to remind you that the safety of the world is at stake? It'd make a difference if you'd tell me what's going on, Professor.
But I suppose there's no time.
Precisely.
Perhaps even less time than I thought.
Please, let's hurry.
Nemesis! She arrives.
Was that a bomb? No.
That was the return to Earth of a comet called Nemesis which has been in orbit for exactly three hundred and fifty years.
You really are amazing, Professor, being able to tell all this just from the noise.
It wasn't difficult really.
It was me who launched it into space in the first place.
This may qualify as the worst miscalculation since life crawled out of the seas on this sad planet Nobody's perfect.
Hey.
Is this the bow? We're almost in Windsor Herr De Flores.
Shall I let the men to walk around a litle? No, Karl.
We must not keep history waiting.
Oh lady! What carriage is that? Hurry! The rogues will have the Nemesis.
I have not seen the like of it before.
We must take care.
Fie! The Nemesis has come to Earth on that piece of ground.
In new era all this will be a shrine.
The men are ready in two assault groups.
I will remain with you.
We await only your order.
Good! Then let's drive to the best hotel and refresh ourselves.
But herr De Flores, there's only three policemen.
We can take them now.
Young people.
Always in such a hurry.
Well, we were the same.
Now, the statue is inside the meteor which has just travelled through space.
Have you any idea how hot it will be? How can we handle it? Since the British Government is completely unaware of its power, I am sure we can rely on the police force to guard it safely until we are ready to collect it.
I have every confidence in them.
To the hotel.
The bow was in the case.
This case contained the Bow of Nemesis, property of the Crown, which disappeared mysteriously in 1788.
Legend has it that unless a place is kept for the bow in the castle, the entire silver statue will return to destroy the world.
For once, legend is entirely correct.
It has just returned.
And now this.
It's just the electricity.
It does that sometimes, even in 1980'ies.
What I want to know is, What I want to know is, how can a statue destroy the world? I'll tell you three hundred and fifty years ago.
Ssh.
We don't know who's at home.
Okay, Professor.
So where are we now? We're in Windsor, of course.
A few hundred yards from the castle.
And it really is 1638? It certainly is.
And furthermore don't move! - What? - Stay where you are.
What is it? Something you really don't want to see.
Who does this house belong to anyway? A lady's.
She's got funny ideas about home furnishing.
Lady Peinforte's nothing if not original.
But I'm afraid this poor man was employed for his useful rather than his ornamental qualities.
He was a scholar.
He's done remarkably well.
In a matter of months since I was last here, he's calculated the exact time and date when a comet called Nemesis will land on this planet.
The twenty third of November And Lady Peinforte has rewarded him with her usual generosity.
So the bow belonged to her? No.
To a statue of her.
She made the statue from a silver metal which fell from the sky into the meadow out there.
Hmm, this game is going rather badly.
Doctor.
Don't worry.
There's no one here now apart from our late friend.
Lady Peinforte's around, all right, in Windsor, but three hundred and fifty years in the future.
What means yon fellow? Why speaks he to his hand? He summons guards.
Oh, this cannot be.
Why so upset, my lady? Because, fool, they will protect the Nemesis, and we know not their strength and weapons.
But, my lady, they know not what the comet is.
And without the arrow it is nothing.
We have but to watch and wait our chance to seize it.
Thou art not in all wise so useless, Richard.
My lady is too kind.
We shall withdraw and conceal ourselves.
How can she get to 1988? She'll have used the arrow, of course.
And she had some basic rudimentary knowledge about time travel, black magic mostly.
Black magic? And what you might call a nose for secrets.
So it wasn't just silver, this stuff that fell out of the sky? Unfortunately, Lady Peinforte discovered it was something rather more unusual: A living metal.
Validium.
Living metal? Yes.
With just one purpose.
Destruction.
But if you launched t into space how come it's capable of destruction? Later Ace.
Don't bother trying again.
It looks like the battery is dead.
Hello, hello.
I've been here before.
Déjà vu? No, with the school.
How very droll.
I've not been since they were building the place.
You'll remember the way around? Not really.
Windsor Castle is a big place.
Quite right.
What we need is a guide.
Come on.
I really don't think we should be doing this.
This way? What do you think.
I might be able to tell if I actually knew where we were going.
But we didn't actually cover the royal residential areas on the school trip.
There's someone coming.
Look as if you own the place.
Do what? Never fails.
We own the place.
Doctor! How annoying.
I can't place her for the life of me.
Doctor.
It's all right, Ace.
I know her from somewhere.
Whaaat? Why didn't you say something? You wouldn't let me.
She's just the woman we need.
Quick! After her.
Aha.
Be very useful to have armed forces and the police on our side.
And can you suggest a better person to ask.
Hold on.
There really is no alternative.
I am in a nightmare, or mad.
This is no madness.
It is England.
But the noise, my lady.
The foul air Yes, my lady.
What will my lady do when you possess the Nemesis? Why, fisrt have revenge on that predictable little man.
He will soon arrive, Richard.
Oh yes, I expect him.
And this time there'll be a reckoning with the nameless Doctor whose power is so secret.
For I have found out his secret out.
In good time I will speak it.
I shall be his downfall.
I've got to speak to Her.
Keep quiet.
We'll have a doctor here soon.
I am the Doctor.
Don't get excited.
How did you get in here? I can tell you now that you won't believe me.
Try me.
I travelled through time and space.
Dear, oh dear.
Very well, let's forget about the armed forces.
But the Queen! Are you a patient with him? You'd better listen to him, weasel features cause he's the Doctor.
Oh, is he? Listen.
The fate of every living creature on this planet hangs in the balance.
I don't believe you.
You will believe me.
You will let us go.
You will not move.
You will move.
How did you do that? It's easy once you know how.
You have to make a spectacle of yourself.
The only trouble is, it doesn't last very long.
Oh look.
A van Dyck.
Not now, Doctor.
What now? Back to the TARDIS.
We're obviously not going to get any help here.
Professor! That's me.
What? It is! My goodness, what a good likeness! How can I be up here? It hasn't happened yet.
It was two hundred years ago.
I know, but we haven't done it yet.
That's why you can't remember.
That doesn't make sense.
It did to Louis Armstrong.
He really understood time.
There they are.
Come on.
Herr De Flores, I don't understand how the police have already been overcome.
That is of no importance.
All that matters is that the Nemesis is safe.
Your strength returns.
Soon you will be completely restored.
But Where is the arrow? Where is it? Find it.
Find it! I do hope we're not too late.
Don't be afraid.
We wont harm you.
how did you get here? I searched that section.
There was no one there.
Never mind, Karl.
You will see many signs and wonders in the days to come.
Give me the arrow of Nemesis.
Fortunately, I haven't seen it since 1638 when it disappeared with the good Lady Peinforte.
Rubbish.
You.
Where is the arrow? I know nothing about it.
She really doesn't.
Allow me to explain, Ace.
For validium to become active you must have a sufficient quantity of critical mass.
The statue alone is not enough without the bow I have the bow.
And, the arrow.
But if someone could put the bow and the arrow into the statue's hands They have the power of life and death, not only over the Earth but over any planet in existence.
You are, remarkably well informed for someone who claims to know nothing.
I simply notice what is obvious.
You apparently don't.
What do you mean? You see those policemen here? These men have been attacked by a technology more advanced and more terrible than you can imagine.
What technology? You might also have observed the electricity supply've been drained during the last few days.
Like at the castle? Yes.
Tell me where the arrow is.
I want you to tell me where to find the arrow! I am glad to say I can't.
Then, I will shoot her.
Doctor Wait Don't move.
The saved my life.
Don't thank them yet.
We might live to regret it.
What are they? Cybermen.