"# Us Alphans travel in haste" "# Deep in the caverns of Alpha Moonbase" "# Through such a tunnel what mysteries unfold" "# Could be we'll find us a pot of bright gold" "# Yeah #" "I'll settle for the dylenide crystals we're looking for." "This is a good place." "Set her up." "(Machine hums)" "Hey, that's no dylenide crystal!" "Try the cutter." "Broaden the beam." "What the..." "Cut the beam!" " It's a couple of corpses." " It's impossible!" "Hey, I thought I just saw..." "Aaarghh!" "Mr Carter!" "Mr Carter!" "OK, set it up over there." "Welcome back among the living." "You had us worried for a moment." "Come on." "Could this be some form of cryogenic suspended animation?" "Cabinet temperature's four degrees centigrade." "Cool, but well above the cryogenic temperature range." "Life signs?" "Nothing." "No sign of life at all." "No brain activity, no heartbeat." "(Alan) I saw his eyes open, I tell you." " I saw his eyes open!" " (Tony) Impossible, Alan." "Just suppose the moon was inhabited in the past, could this be some sort of burial ground?" "It's an elaborate cemetery." "That's a very strong force field." " Who are they being protected from?" " Wait a minute." "See that?" "On Krome II, the inhabitants knew that as a sign of danger." "They called it Flammon, the death glow." "Right." "It was a sign left by a god-like race to warn the people of the places where their lives might be in danger." " Yeah." " Helena." "Just a moment ago, I had a heartbeat." "Has there been any change in the volume of air in the lungs?" "An increase of 2.5 millilitres in just over seven minutes." "What does that mean?" "He's breathing." "(Cracking)" "Tony!" "That section of wall." "That must be the power source." "(Alan) And control panel." "That must control the force field." " Can you operate it?" " If I knew where to start." "If only Maya was here, she could." "She isn't and we can't wait two days for she and John to return from the Blue Quadrant." "Watch out!" "The roof!" "It's coming down!" " Get out of here!" " Everybody!" " (Helena) We can't leave them!" " Get out!" "Go!" "Get out of here!" "Tony!" "Tony!" "Get out!" "Over here." "Swing him round." "That's it." " Alan!" " No, Tony!" "He's a kid!" "He's just a kid!" "Come on." "Set him down over here." "Brain pulse and heartbeat levelling off, at norm minus 0.2." "Get the monitor on the boy." "Etrec..." "Etrec..." " Take it easy." "You'll be fine." " Etrec..." "Etrec..." " I got a heartbeat." " Pure oxygen." "Brain pulse." "Another heartbeat." "Levels?" "Brain pulse - 773 and rising." "Heart 44... 45...46...increasing steadily." " Is he safe?" " As safe as we are." "Moonbase Alpha status report, Dr Helena Russell recording, 640 days after leaving Earth orbit." "Special incident report, excavation discovery." "Supplementary - medical." "Both subjects are resting quietly." "Cardiac stimuli no longer necessary." "Monitoring of all physical functions is being maintained." "Preliminary analysis indicates cell structure and metabolism 91.7% of human norm." "Further investigations will be carried out." "Commander Koenig has been contacted and informed of the situation." "How are they?" " In deep sleep." " Natural or sedated?" "Sedated." "They're still on Somnol." "All readings stable." "Good." "Let's cut the Somnol." "I'd like to program the computer for a more detailed analysis." "Right." "Somnol will hold them for a few more hours." "Let me know when you have things set up." "Pasc!" "Quiet." "My son." "Have they come back?" " Have they found a way?" " We are among strangers." " There is no way but our way." " No, Pasc." "No!" "Perhaps the strangers can help." "There is no help for me." "Soon there will be no help for you." "No...not yet." "Please!" "Don't let it come." "I cannot stop it." " Yes, you can!" " How?" "Kill me." " I cannot!" " Why not?" "You killed Lok and Kerak." "I need you." "The time is coming... when you will need me." "Did the Commander get the report?" " Yes, on the last transmission." " There's another due." "(Tony) It's starting to come through now." "Eagle 1, come in, Eagle 1." "'Eagle 1 to Moonbase Alpha, are you receiving?" "'" "Not too well, Commander." "Visual not holding steady." "'We're approaching a meteor storm so let's wrap this up fast.'" "OK, I'll prepare Eagle 3 in case you need bringing in." "'Let's hope we won't need bringing in." "'Anything to add to the report on the two aliens?" "'" "I haven't completed a full medical analysis yet." "Tests show them to be borderline human norm." "'Tony?" "'" "Origin unknown, no ID, unable to interrogate yet." "Until then, they're an X factor." "'Until you do, treat them as an X factor.'" "Check." "And what would you like to know?" "Hey, cobber!" "You're up and doing!" "Cobber?" "Yeah." "That means you're a pal, you know - a real close buddy." "Our systems break down a sedative more quickly than yours." " Your head?" " A scratch." "My equilibrium was not fully restored when I stood up." "My head hit the wall." "Please, please!" "I cannot allow you!" "A man's blood holds deep spiritual significance on Archanon." "'Archanon?" "'Archanon." "'It's the planet of peace.'" "Yes." "We are Archanons - the peace bringers." "I am Pasc." "This is Etrec, my son." "And you, I know, are Commander Koenig." "'There are legends of the their coming - conquest of evil by good.'" "(Static)" "We've lost them." "Keep the channel open." "They'll get back to us." "The conquest of evil by good." "Violence was outlawed in our Archanon world." "We had replaced evil with good amongst our own people." "We sent our emissaries throughout the universe so others might see it could be done." "I was the commander of such a mission." "From what we've seen, you've not had much success." "It takes time." "It takes time to reach all beings." "It was not, however, until we reached YOUR solar system that we met with total failure." "My mission ended on your third planet." "Earth." "We established a base on your moon... and observed." "We saw such violence and hatred... that my wife, Lyra, begged me to leave Earth to its fate." "I overruled her." "We descended." "Like doctors entering a plague area, we thought we were immune." "We were not." "Only Etrec and I escaped contagion." "When we returned to our moonbase, the whole crew mutinied." "We were overpowered and placed in stasis while they left to carry on their madness," "your madness, to the farthest corners of the universe." "Why the stasis chamber?" "Why didn't they kill you?" "They could not." " The Archanons cannot die?" " Archanons cannot kill." "Not even in their madness." "The taking of any form of life is abhorrent." "Indeed, impossible to them." "So how can they condemn a man and a boy to a living death in a stasis chamber?" "Your wife - what happened to her?" "She led the mutineers." "She put us here." "Etrec!" "Is he all right?" "All right, now." "It could be the sun." "Let's get him to medical." "Come on." " Got him?" " Yep." "All right, let's go." "What kind of people can do that to one of their own race?" "What kind of mother can do that to her son?" " How is he?" " There's nothing organically wrong." "There are things I don't understand." "I'll have to do some tests." "Hey." "Hiya, cobber." "How are you feeling?" "Hungry." "The only thing wrong is he hasn't had a square meal in 1,000 years." "Listen, there's a little place down the corridor - hamburgers like you wouldn't believe." "Ham...burgers?" "They're mixed up with hydroponic soya, but they taste like the real thing." "Is that OK, doc?" "It's OK, but take it easy." "Like you said, he hasn't had a square meal in 1,000 years." "Come on." "Let's go." " Ooh!" " Can you make it?" " I..." "I think so." " Come on." "No, I think I'd better carry you." "No!" "Please, I would like to walk." " Carry me!" " OK." "Hop up on the old kangaroo." "We're off for a bite to eat, you wanna join us?" "Come on, cobber!" "Here we go!" "Hey-hey!" "It's a virus, all right." "No question about it." "Look at those tendrils." "They must indicate that the virus is still alive in Pasc's sputum." "Right." "Let's see Etrec's plate." "It has all the same characteristics except for the tendrils." "Dead?" "It could be dormant." "We'll have to check it out." "All right, Etrec!" "Take this pass clean!" "Hey!" "Oh, that's good!" "That really is good." "Now we'll try this drop kick again." "Ready?" "You wait here." "Mr Carter..." "Now, remember, son..." "Bluey, out of the way!" "Etrec, two eyes, into two hands." "Ready?" "Here we go." "Long and low." "Hey!" "Great!" "OK, this is the big one." "This is the try line." "Are you ready?" "You get past me, I'll tackle you." "Swerving all the time." "OK." "Put it in." "Run, go!" "I'm going to tackle you..." "Ooh!" "What happened?" "My granddad would be real proud of you." "Excuse me, sir..." "Hey, Bluey." "You're just in time." "Australia beat Great Britain 50-12, in '63." " You're kidding!" " That's Harrison's own signature." "Where'd you get it?" "His grandfather used to play in Harrison's team." "He gave it to him because they were...mates?" "That's right." "Now, I've got to get the champ ready for the big match." "Mr Verdeschi asked me to find you." "We've got the stuff from the cavern." " Really?" " The chamber's nearly all scrap." "The power unit's hardly touched." "They're down in Techlab 3." "Right." "Let's go." " Come on, Etrec." "Over to you." " Back to you!" "(Whining)" " Did you score anything?" " I don't even know how to open it." "Etrec, your father's on his way." "So, move over and let an expert take a look." " You?" " Him!" "Oh, I'm sorry, I never handled power units." "I only got as far as wave-particle analysis." "If we have any wave-particle problems, we'll send for you." "Pasc would know." "He was the Commander." "It's the same all over the universe." "In the eyes of the son, the father is the infinite source of knowledge." "In this case, as in all others, the confidence is somewhat misplaced." " But you knew all about..." " As Commander of the expedition," "I was merely the co-ordinator." "I had my...my specialists for this type of thing." "Yeah, well, how about opening it..." "Commander?" "I figure you can at least show us how to do that." "(Electronic beeps)" "I know what that is." "It's a monitor transmitter." "It's used in..." "planetfall to locate the... the unit and...the team using it." "We've got those." "They don't look like this." "What's its range?" "Range?" "Whatever range is required." "Oh, I see." "(Beeping)" "Yes, Helena?" "'Tony, are Pasc and Etrec with you?" "'" " Yes." " 'Have them come to Medical Centre.'" " Could it hold just a bit?" " 'No, it's important.'" "If the doctor says it's important, we better go." "OK, but how about this first?" "I'll come back later and tell you what I can." "Etrec." "It's not this way!" "We're not going there." "We must get away!" "Pasc..." "That transmitter was set to the Archanon frequency." "They now know we are free." " They will come for us?" " But they won't find us." "Where can we go?" "You've got the whole Eagle to yourself, including the storm shield." "Keep it on the launch pad till the Commander asks for help." "We will take the Eagle." "But...that is to save the Commander, if he needs help." "WE need help." "It's going to save us." "We have no choice." "Somewhere we'll find a place and make it our own." "There is always someone left to kill." "Here it is again." "Pasc's brainwave patterns peak here and here." "There's no corresponding movement in Etrec's." "You think it's connected with the virus?" "Active in Pasc, dormant in the boy?" "There's nothing we can do without blood samples to make a serum." " 'Yes, Helena?" "'" " Are Etrec and Pasc still with you?" "'No." "They left when you asked." "Aren't they there yet?" "'" "No." " 'I'll get someone onto it.'" " Please." "'Eagle 1 to Moonbase Alpha." "Come in, Moonbase Alpha.'" " How are you doing?" " That's the best I can do." " (Tony) Eagle 1, are you receiving?" " 'Hardly.'" "What is your position?" "'Orbital reference 367 and highly uncomfortable.'" "Shall we launch Eagle 3?" "It can reach you in 18 hours." "'You'd better." "We've got meteorite damage to the hull.'" "How about damage to you and Maya?" "'A few bruises and a little space-sick, but we're...'" "(Beeping)" "Yes, Alan?" "'We think we've found some kind of recording device on the power unit." "'If you're still hooked into Eagle 1, we'd like an opinion from Maya.'" "We've lost contact." "We'll put you through if we regain." "'Thanks.'" "Pasc!" "We've been looking all over for you two." "Dr Russell wants you." " We...we're on our way there." " Other way around." "Oh, I'm sorry." "We're strangers here." "What makes you think it's a recording device?" "It could be anything from a pencil to a paperweight." "It's just that this small panel could be a screen." "So could a lot of things." "No, I draw a blank on this one." "You lack the old finesse, Bluey!" "(Buzzing)" "'402/8/27." "'Entering small solar system in sector GL/33/K." "'Third planet has indications of primitive life form.'" "Hey, you've done it, Mr Carter!" "It's a data bank!" "Wait a minute!" "Pasc, I think we've got it!" "You'd better see this!" " Dr Russell wants them." " We'll get them there." "Thanks." "I'll get back, then." " What should I see?" " Right, well, let's have a replay." "Emergency in Techlab 3." "Security." "(Etrec) Pasc!" "No, Pasc!" "Pasc!" "Don't!" "(Etrec) Don't!" "Don't!" "You've killed him!" "You've killed him." "You didn't have to kill him!" "He was my friend!" "We have no friends." "Come on." " Alan, you OK?" " Yeah." "Pasc." "Find Pasc." " Medical Centre." " 'Yes?" "'" "Emergency, Techlab 3." "Get here fast." " Nature of the accident?" " 'No accident." "'Pasc assaulted Alan and Johnson." "Severe head injury." "'Attention Security, find Pasc." "He's dangerous, may be armed.'" "Come on." "Pearce, you come with us." "Long, stay with Johnson." " Stop!" " Cobber!" "Etrec!" "Come here by me." "You let the boy go or I will kill the woman." "Let the woman go or I'll kill the boy." "Go ahead." "Shoot the boy." "You can't do it." "The killing isn't in you." "But I can." "I thought Archanons couldn't kill." "(Etrec) That mark is the sign of the killing sickness." "(Helena) So that's why you wore the bandage - to cover it up!" "Now, listen carefully." "We're going to take Eagle 3." "Get all your men out of that section." "Attention security." "Clear all access corridors to Eagle 3." "Etrec." "Etrec!" "Come here to me!" "You can lead the way." "No, Pasc." "I will not go." " If you stay, they will kill you." " The killing is not in them." "Not now, perhaps." "But soon it will be in you." "Then they will have no choice." "They will do... what they have to do." "I will stay." "Etrec!" "Come here!" "Come with me or I will kill you myself!" "Oh, Etrec, Etrec." "Go ahead and cry, son." "You can be alone in here." "(PA) 'All security guards, Alert station signal three." "'Dr Russell has been taken hostage by Pasc." "Use caution." "'Dr Russell's wellbeing takes priority." "'I want Eagle 1 in the air above the pad." "'Nothing else is to move off the base." "Repeat, nothing but Eagle 1.'" "I want all men in protective suits." "There'll be a team of sharpshooters with stun guns." "Where's Etrec?" " He's in the recreation centre." " Good." "(Computer) 'Abort mission." "Launch pad deactivated." "'This order non-voidable until code reactivates.'" "Talk to the Control Centre." "No." "Tell them to unlock the controls...or I will kill you." "You didn't kill Etrec." "You won't kill me." " I should have killed him." " Why didn't you?" "He chose to stay." "I choose survival." "There may not be survival for either of you." "There's a virus in your systems." "In Etrec, it seems to be dormant at the moment." "In you, Pasc, it's alive and it may be deadly." "That's why I wanted to take blood samples, to try to help." "I don't need your help!" "We've got to board that ship without alerting Pasc." "The cargo hatch?" " Too much noise for drilling." " We could use an acid." "The most powerful acid we have would take three hours to eat through." "Through the propulsion tubes?" "The inspection plates are thinner." "Yeah." "'Verdeschi..." "'I want Etrec in exchange for your doctor." "'And I want your computer to release this Eagle.'" " Etrec has made his choice!" " 'Bring the boy to me." " 'Or I will kill the woman.'" " Helena, are you all right?" "'Get Raul, tell him to...'" "'Medical Centre.'" "Pasc called from Eagle 3." "He wants to swap Helena for the boy." " 'Do you trust him?" "'" " Like standing in front of a laser!" "But Helena tried to say something, "Get Raul, tell him to..."" "and then Pasc cut her off." "What do you think she meant?" "'We discovered a virus." "Been trying to get blood samples to test." "'Maybe Helena caught on to something from Pasc.'" "OK, thanks." "I'll get back to you." "Alan, the kid trusts you." "You can talk to him." "He doesn't want to go." "Yes, but this time, I think Pasc means it." "Which do you want first?" "The kid or his blood?" "Both." "(Doves cooing)" "(Breathing heavily)" "(Alan) How are you doing?" "Hey, now they're not supposed to be let out." "Come on." "He'll fly back when he needs something to eat." "Hey, cobber, we've got a very big problem." "Pasc is going to kill Dr Russell unless he gets you back." "He will kill anyway." "He can't help it." "None of us can." "We have...the killing sickness." "Etrec..." "Dr Russell tried to tell us something." "Pasc wouldn't let her." "Raul thinks Dr Russell wanted him to get a sample of your blood." "It's something to do with the killing sickness." "An Archanon cannot give his blood." "Look, I'm not a doctor." "I don't understand, but... this could be something good - save your life and Pasc's." "An Archanon cannot give blood." "An Archanon can only kill!" "Can you kill me, cobber?" "(Knife slashing flesh)" "Etrec, what have you done?" "I wanted to cut the sign from my forehead." "You asked for Archanon blood." "This is yours." "(Beeping)" "Haven't you got Eagle 1 yet?" " No, sir." " Keep at it." "(Whirring)" "I'm picking up a signal." " Eagle 1?" " Alien." "(Woman) 'Moonbase Alpha." "Moonbase Alpha." "'Are you receiving, Moonbase Alpha?" "'Come in, Moonbase Alpha." "'Moonbase Alpha, come in, please.'" " This is Alpha." "Who are you?" " 'Permission to land.'" "Identify, please." "Get her on the big screen." "'I am from Archanon." "We're concerned for your safety." "'Two Archanons have been freed and can be a danger to you." "'I need permission to land.'" "You have it." "(Beeping)" "Yes, Alan?" "'We've got the blood and something else that will interest you.'" "Be right with you." "Etrec sent for this." "It tells the whole story." "(Alan) That's Lyra, Etrec's mother." "'402-11-1." "'It has happened again - that which we of Archanon dread above all." "'The terrible scourge we thought we had eradicated 'from our genes has returned." "'Pasc has the killing sickness.'" "We've got to tell Pasc that we know." " Quick." "We've a battle here, too." " OK." " 'Pasc.'" " So..." "They have come to their senses." " You have Etrec?" " 'We have.'" "Hurry and you will have your doctor back." " 'A moment, first.'" " I cannot wait." "(Tony) 'Pasc, look at this.'" "'..dread above all." "'The terrible scourge we thought we had eradicated has returned." "'Pasc has the killing sickness." "'Lok and Kerak are dead - 'destroyed by Pasc in the meaningless violence this disease engenders." "'I, Lyra, have taken command." "'Pasc has been overpowered." "'I have ordered the preparation of a stasis chamber." "'Pasc will be placed in stasis, where he will remain... 'until a cure for the killing sickness can be found." "'Since it is known..." "that the sickness is passed on 'in the genes of the male line..." "'I have..." "I have no alternative... 'but to place in stasis with Pasc, my... '..my son, Etrec." "'I pray... 'that one day he will be able to give me... 'his forgiveness and understanding.'" "Let me see Etrec." "'What have you done to him?" "'" " Nothing." "He gave us his blood." " 'You took his blood?" "'" "He took it himself." "He gave it freely." "We have confirmation, Doctor, this virus can be cured with a serum..." " What's the matter with Etrec?" " 'He's not replacing any blood.'" "It is over." "Unless this Eagle is released, Dr Russell will die." "'All right, Pasc." "You have control.'" " (Beeping) - (Computer) 'Launch pad activated.'" "I have lost Etrec." "There is nothing left now." "Nothing to wait for." "You may go." "The boy need not die." "A blood transfusion would..." "My blood - with the active virus." "Your blood, after it's been treated, will mate with Etrec's blood." "You're the only one that can save him." "I do not save life." "I take it." " Even your own son's?" " Even my own son's." "You couldn't do it before." "You cannot do it now." "I can." "I will." "I must." "The sickness can be cured." "It's just that your people have accepted it all these generations..." " Are you afraid?" " It's too late." "It isn't, if you'll give your blood." "It's too late, I tell you!" "He cannot be saved." "Now get out, or you'll go with me." "All right." "Start your engines." "Leave your son to die." "We're coming out." "(Beeps)" " Yes?" " 'The Archanon ship has landed.'" "Have them brought straight here." "It's worked." "The virus has been destroyed." "He's doing nicely." "Heart, blood pressure steady." "He's failing." "Stimulators." "A..." "A waste..." "A waste of time..." "The heart will not pump what is not...there." "Save your strength." "How...is...my...son?" "The virus is destroyed." "He's a true Archanon again." "A peace bringer." "Good." "Pasc..." "Pasc..." "Oh... (Laboured breathing)" "Pasc!" "Do not leave me." "You..." "You...can return now... to Archanon... to your own." "But...how?" "They will come for us both." "But they will find only you." "Clean and free from the sickness." "It...is good." "(Door opens)" "Lyra." "Pasc." "Lyra is gone these 1,000 years." "I am Maurna, but of Lyra's line." "Peace to you, Maurna... of Lyra's line." "I give into your care... your kinsman, Etrec." "Take him with you to Archanon." "You know I cannot, Pasc." "There is still no place on Archanon for the sickness." "Etrec no longer has the sickness." "We prepared a serum and gave him a transfusion using Pasc's blood." "Yes." "We know of this process on Archanon." "You could have cured Pasc and didn't?" "We knew of the cure but could not use it." "No Archanon can give that amount of blood and live." "You knew this?" "It's the last privilege..." "of the killing sickness... to kill oneself." "(Groans)" "Pasc!" "(Etrec sobbing)" "Come, Etrec." "We're going home." "Hey, cobber." "I got something for you to back home with you." "Now remember - two eyes, two hands." "Thanks, Alan." " But..." " Oh, come on." "Just a beat-up old football." "Anyway, we're mates, aren't we?" "See you." "It's an old Earth symbol which means..." "I'm glad I met you." "Can I stay with Pasc...for a time?" "OK." " Glad to have you back, John." " Glad to be back." "I'm sorry I wasn't around to help with all that flak flying around." "Alan says I would have liked Etrec." "Mm." "You would have." "You would have liked Pasc too, under...different circumstances." "Helena..." "You can't blame yourself for what happened." "Pasc is dead." "You're a doctor." "You did what any other doctor would have done." "Pasc knew what would happen." "You didn't know." "As a doctor, I should have known." "Besides, it's not a very satisfactory defence - ignorance." "You saved the boy." "Yeah, I do have that to be grateful for." "Etrec." "Is that all you have to be grateful for?"