Doctor Who (1963) s26e03 Episode Script

Run! -Not that way! -Doctor, it's a dead end! Hang on, Ace.
I'm coming.
Doctor! Doctor! Yes.
This site is where Arthur is supposed to have met Mordred in the final battle.
And this lake, where Bedivere threw Excalibur.
-What do you know of Excalibur? -King Arthur's sword, Excalibur, wrought by the lonely maiden of the lake.
Who rose up out of the water holding the sword Excalibur aloft.
This lake? ''Thou rememberest how in those old days, one summer noon, ''an arm rose up from out the bosom of the lake ''clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, holding the sword.
''And how I row'd across and took it, and have worn it, like a king.
'' Look! It's that wretched girl! What are you doing in the lake? Drowning.
Here, you can be king of England.
-It's Excalibur.
-That's what I said, Shakespeare.
-Where's the Doctor? -In a spaceship, down there! He's in trouble, we've gotta help him.
Oi! Truly, the time of restitution has come.
Come out, come out, wherever you are, you little tapeworm.
Oh! I just can't let you out of my sight, can I, Doctor? Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
-So you recognise me, then? -Yes, who else would it be? Who are you? What do you want? Pat! Come quickly, Patrick! Two people were down there and you didn't tell me.
-Well, I -Down there in a trap.
Yeah, it lets you in but doesn't let you out.
Yes, well, Ace got out all right.
-But the Doctor is still down there.
-And the Brigadier.
I am the Brigadier.
So am I.
Hey, I thought it let you in but it doesn't let you out.
-It let me out.
-Brigadier, I thought you'd retired.
So did I, Brigadier.
Now, is the perimeter secure? This whole area is crawling with armed extra-terrestrials and they're hostile.
Same as ever, eh, Brigadier? -Knight Commander! -My lady? Take your men along that road.
Seek out those who hold Excalibur and take the sword from them.
-And if they resist? -Give them an honourable death.
My Lord Merlin.
-Merlin? -Oh, he has many names.
He has many faces.
And he has many companions.
This must be the latest one.
We've checked the perimeter.
Dr Warmsly is staying with the vehicles.
Oh, thank you, Bambera.
Oh, see if you can get a blanket for this young lady, will you? Yes, sir.
Perhaps I should make some tea, too.
Well, are you all right, Miss? Just call me ''the latest one'', and I can get my own blanket.
Oh, dear.
Women, not really my field.
Don't worry, Brigadier, people will be shooting at you soon.
-Elizabeth? -Pat, is that you? -You all right? -Yes, I'm fine.
I'm all right.
-Your wife? -Yes.
With your aspect, it is well that she is blind.
Do you have a phone? So, what have we here? Ah! There is light in this grey world.
-Don't move! -Am I to do nothing? Yeah, you can get the tab if you like.
Light and fire.
Come, drink with me! -I said, don't move.
-Oh, I would wish for kinder words.
Mordred Who is this? -A warrior-maid.
-A warrior? Good.
I would learn the strength of their forces.
Stay back or I'll shoot! Be silent.
Rest here and tell me.
Ah! Quietly, my child.
Now we know, Mordred.
You can't leave her like that.
Did my son drink well? Oh, I see that it is so.
-I must get the tab.
-Get away from her, you I can see.
Patrick, I can see! Oh, Bambera, take the other car, will you? Yes, sir.
Come on, Ancelyn, looks like we get the deck chair.
My lady is vexed.
-We might run into trouble.
-Really, Doctor? You do surprise me.
Winifred isn't following.
Good Lord! Is that her name? -Now I'm vexed.
-What do you seek? Stay out of this, you don't even live here.
-Perhaps these? -No.
-Something's wrong.
-What? We haven't been attacked yet.
Down! -Are they gone? -Who were they? Now, Doctor, we've been attacked.
Happy? -Yes.
-Oh, good.
As long as Morgaine's people are shooting at us, she won't be using more obscure methods of attack.
-Such as? -I don't know.
And I don't want to find out.
-The Knight Commander will stop them.
-Stop Merlin? No, I will deal with Merlin in my own manner.
over.
I copy you, Greyhound.
Will act accordingly.
Over.
You're from an alternative dimension? -Yes.
-Good.
-You don't have cars there? -No.
Good.
Hold on to this wheel.
Magnificent! This is Seabird.
Piece of cake, Greyhound 1.
We'll be with you shortly.
Much relieved to hear it, Seabird.
Professor, there's a whole pile of tinheads setting up on the road down there.
Brigadier, tell Bambera she's in trouble.
So, you married or what? -We've gotta help them.
-Well, what do you want us to do? The area's swarming with Morgaine's troops.
Doctor? No.
Better get back to the hotel.
I can do it myself.
You'll have to excuse my wife.
Half an hour ago she was blind.
Now, just who are you? -Major Husak, sir.
-Hmm.
-You're not English, are you? -No, sir.
If you'd please get into the vehicle.
-Everything under control? -No, sir.
Don't worry, Major, you'll soon get the hang of it.
Oh, this is the Doctor.
Well, don't let him baffle you.
And this is Peter Warmsly.
Ah, Mr Warmsly, if you'd join Mr Rowlinson in the vehicle, we'll evacuate you from the area.
Excuse me, there are a few questions I want answered.
And I have absolutely no intention of being evacuated.
This area is where I live.
-You're very angry.
-Of course we're angry.
-And you want to leave.
-No, we do not want to leave! Of course you want to leave.
Of course we do.
I wouldn't stand for any nonsense if I were you.
Look, Doctor, the situation is perfectly simple.
We are very angry and we want to leave, is that right, Pat? -Don't get in our way.
-I wouldn't dream of it.
Just no reasoning with these people.
At the risk of being baffled, sir, I have one more evacuee on my list.
-A young lady.
She seems to have disappeared.
Well, there you have it, Major.
You've got enough weapons here to fight a war.
-That's the general idea.
-It'll be useless, Brigadier.
Not this time, Doctor.
Over here! Open that box, will you? Armour piercing, solid core with a Teflon coating.
-Go through a Dalek.
-A non-stick bullet.
UNIT's been very busy, Doctor.
We've also got high-explosive rounds for Yetis and very efficient armour-piercing rounds for robots.
And we've even got gold-tipped bullets for you know what.
-No silver? -Silver bullets? -Well, you never know.
-Quartermaster sergeant! Silver bullets, have we any? -You can come out now, they've gone.
-That was close.
I nearly got evacuated.
You may wish you had.
Husak to HQ.
The Seabirds are still operational.
I repeat, the Seabirds are still operational.
-Doctor, Bambera and Ancelyn are alive! -They're alive? And Major Husak said they seem to be heading north from here.
-Towards the missile convoy.
-Yes, Bambera's own unit is there.
-But if they lead Morgaine's troops -It's a fully-armed nuclear missile.
If there's an accident We'd better stop any engagement! Have you got a helicopter available? Oh, better than that, Doctor.
Ah-ha! Bessie! -Well, I knew how fond of it you were, so when you last went on your ''travels'', I had it put in mothballs.
Does it run on petrol or steam! Ancelyn! Ancelyn! Can't you do anything quietly? You're gonna bring Morgaine's whole army down on us.
Let them come.
Do you not know I'm the best knight in the world? -Ancelyn.
-Yes, my lady? In this world we have a great and honourable tradition of tactical withdrawal.
Ah, you wish to run away.
Well, there can be but 30 of them at the most.
If you don't start running, I'll kill you myself.
Now, come on! -Winifred? -What? -Art thou betrothed? -Not now, Ancelyn! Ace, things may get dangerous.
So I want you to have this.
-It looks like a piece of chalk.
-It is.
I got it on a dartboard.
But it will protect you against Morgaine's sorcery.
-A piece of chalk? -A piece of chalk.
At the first sign of anything strange, I want you to draw a chalk circle.
And you and Shou Yuing stay inside it along with Excalibur.
Right, Professor.
Chalk circle, sure.
And remember, stay inside the circle.
Don't leave it until I return.
Doctor.
You are coming back, aren't you? Trust me.
-Ready, Brigadier? -Ready.
-Naught to 60 in 20 minutes.
-As fast as that? Appearances can be deceiving, Ace.
Now remember, look after Excalibur and stay in the circle.
-Gordon Bennett! -Wicked.
Merlin, you fool! To place such a trust in children.
I swear that you shall rue this day.
If you live.
-What are they? -Silver bullets.
Really? What did the Doctor say? At the first sign of something strange Looks like Colonel Blimp has a fancy taste in hardware.
You don't like him much, do you? I like to be treated as a person, not a ''latest one''.
Anyway, I don't trust him to guard the Professor's back.
That's my job.
Do you think that counts as something strange? Where's the chalk? Fire, I shall summon you.
With silver I shall bind you.
Do you think we should sprinkle holy water or something? I don't know, it's not my mythology.
-Ace? -Yeah? What's happening? Doctor, I just received the most peculiar report from the hotel.
Does it say anything about Ace and Shou Yuing? No.
All it said was, ''Night has fallen here.
'' I'll deal with that later.
First, I've got to put an end to this bloodshed.
Oh, how, Doctor? Stand in the middle and shout ''Stop''? Good idea.
-Oh, this is stupid.
-What did you call me? I said, ''This is stupid.
'' You deaf or something? No, you didn't.
I heard you, you called me stupid.
-I'm not a freak! -What? I said, ''I'm not a freak.
'' I'm Ace, are you dumb or what? I'm not stupid.
Then why do you keep saying stupid things? That's good, coming from a reject like you.
Listen here, toad-face, just you shut your mouth or I'll knock your teeth in! -I bet nobody likes you.
-Shut up.
First chance he got, the Doctor went off without you.
Shut up! Shut up! I bet even your parents hated your guts! Shut up, you yellow, slant-eyed Someone's playing games with our minds.
Oh.
They breed their children strong on this world.
No matter, there shall be an end to these games.
Get out, they're coming this way! Mordred! Face me, Mordred! Mordred! Is your army not enough to give you courage? Courage? To face you, Ancelyn? Who fled the field at Camelon? Ancelyn the Craven I call you.
What care I for the words of a half-man who cowers from a woman's wrath? Stop! I command it! There will be no battle here! This is no battle.
'Tis but a ruse, a diversion.
My mother hath summoned the Destroyer.
The lord of darkness, eater of worlds.
Look to your children, Merlin, for soon they shall be no more! Ace.
What have I done? I am Morgaine of the Fey.
I am power beyond your imagining.
Surrender to me what is mine by right of conquest.
Give me Excalibur.
Never! Then you shall be given over to the Destroyer.
And become his handmaidens in hell!