"All right, cut!" " So, John, what did you think?" " Great, Dad, great." "Come on, let's take a look around." " Be quiet!" " Sorry about that." "'Unidentified flying objects, bearing 012-48...'" " Still maintaining course." " Termination?" "Should be through any second." " The Interceptors?" " They didn't make contact." " They what?" " They're coming in too fast." "Nearly home, John." "How'd you make out with that model boat I've sent you?" " I finished it." " You finished it?" "Straker." "All right, Alec." "Thanks." "I'll be in about 6 o'clock." "Right." "Do you want to see it?" " The boat, Dad." " Oh, sure." "You bet I do." "Moonbase to SHADO Control." "Speed SOL 1,4." " SOL 1,4?" "That's crazy!" " They're changing course." "A correction." "One maintaining flight path." "The second, new course:" "042-183!" "I don't get it." "One's veered off, the other's coming in so fast it can't possibly land." "Wait for me, Dad." "Hello, Mary." "Hello, Ed." "You're late." "Yes." "We were having such a great time, I thought an extra half hour..." "Mary!" "Could you make it a week later next month, say, the 18th?" "The 18th." "Yes, that'll be fine." "Listen, I'd like to talk to you about John." "Is he...?" "No, no, he's fine." " We're both fine." " Mary!" "We're all perfectly all right." "Johnny wanted to show me something." "I think you better go." "I'll explain to Johnny." "Right." "Goodbye, Ed." "Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad, Dad!" "Dad!" "Johnny!" "Johnny!" "I couldn't do a thing, he just came running out." "Johnny!" "Ed!" "Well, do something!" "'Green alert, St Mary's Hospital." "'Patient suffering head injuries, over.'" "'Dr Avery, please." "Dr Avery, please.'" "The doctor will see you soon." "They came out of surgery 10 minutes ago." "He is as well as can be expected." "Thank you." "Termination coming through." "Ireland, west coast." " It's still coming in too fast." " Range 7 million." "Confirm. 1,4." "Moonbase to SHADO Control." "We still have UFO on positive track." "Confirm speed SOL 1,4." "It must slow soon." "75,000." " Reducing speed." " Alert ground radar." "Radar areas B142 and 144, red alert." "Sky 1 airborne." "Proceeding to search area." "ETA 21 minutes." "Mrs Rutland?" "I'm Dr. Segal." "No, please don't get up." "How is he?" "Well, the boy has a fractured right femur." "He's also got a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula." "There's serious internal haemorrhage." "We've given him a transfusion." " May we see him?" " Not just now, I'm afraid." "As you probably realise, your son has an allergy to antibiotics." " Yes, when he was a baby, he was..." " When he was 3 months old, he was critically ill from a Terramycin injection." " I'm the boy's father." " I see." "Well, the problem is one of elimination." "We have to find a suitable antibiotic." "It takes time." "There must be something." "Well, there's the new American anti-allergeretic drug." " Will it do the job?" " Well, it's been tested." " Its supply is very limited." " But available." "In America, yes." "We need it urgently." "Within the next few hours." "We'll fly some over." "I'll charter a plane it's necessary." "I'm afraid there won't be time." "I'll take care of it." "What are you talking about?" "How can you?" "I said I'll take care of it." "He's still my son." "If you'll let me have the details, Doctor." "Yes, naturally." "I have to leave." "You always had to leave." "We'll stay and see the boy through, Mary." "Tell your contact to ask for Dr Ashley." "Miss Ealand, contact our people in New York." "I want a special courier to pick up a drug from the Westmoor Hospital." "Take down these details." "4,800 miles from impact." "Speed?" " 24,000 knots." " He'll never make it." "We have it on ground radar." "Impact confirmed." " Do we have a grid reference?" " Yes." "Area B-14208." "Just off the west coast of Ireland." " Tell Captain Carlin to overfly." " Yes, sir." "Crazy coming in at that speed." " Could it have been damaged?" " I don't see how." "The Interceptors didn't get near it." "The aliens don't usually make that kind of mistake." "At least they're fallible." " Miss Ealand." " Yes, sir." "Has that drug been picked up yet?" "Yes." "They're taking it to the airport." "Fine, fine." "I'll arrange for the transporter myself." "Yes, sir." "Straker." "'Voiceprint positive." "Commander Straker.'" "Keep in contact with Carlin." "I doubt if he'll tell us much." " Yes, sir." " What's the situation, Alec?" "Two UFOs." "One veered off, the other one crashed." "Western Ireland." "Its entry speed was too high." "Right." "Sky 1 will look for wreckage, but I don't suppose there'll be much to see." "Fine." " Is everything all right?" " Is it ever?" "I was going to grab a bite to eat." "Care to join me?" "No, Alec, I've got a few things to clear up here." "You go ahead." "All right." "See you later." "Tell the SHADO New York Transporter to stand by for immediate takeoff." "'But it doesn't leave for 7 hours.'" " I said "immediate take-off!" "' - 'Yes, sir.'" "No calls, Miss Ealand." "And would you get me 012-414, please?" "Intensive Care Unit, please." "Hello, I'm enquiring about a patient, a young boy." "John Straker." "Well, there must be." "John Rutland?" "Yes, he could be under that name." "No change?" "Thank you." "Well, Mrs O'Connor." "There's not a lot wrong with you." "I could've told you that myself, Doctor." "I'll bet you could." "I'll drop in next time I'm passing." "Won't you stay for a cup of tea?" "No thanks, it's getting late and I have to go over to the Regan farm." " Say goodbye to the doctor, Billy." " Don't be daft." "You're a naughty boy." "I'll see you to the door, Doctor." "I have to treat my gentlemen callers with great respect or else they won't come back." "Sky t to Skydiver Control, it crashed about 100 yards offshore." "I'm going around once more before the light fades." "Did you hear that?" "What was it, Billy?" "I'm sure I heard a noise." "Didn't you hear it, Billy?" "Is anyone there?" "I know someone's there." "Oh." "You must excuse me." "You see, I'm blind." "What are you doing?" "What are you looking for?" "There's nothing of value here." "Please." "Please don't touch the bird." " Where's that Transporter?" " 'Just taken off." "ETA London 23:30.'" "Fine." "I want a car and an escort at the airport to meet it." "'Yes, sir.'" "Great steak." "Medium rare, side order of salad." "Sounds very appetising." "Yeah, it was." "It certainly was." "Look, it's pretty quiet here." "There's nothing you can do." "Why don't you go home?" "What home?" "Who are you?" " What's the position, Peter?" " 'Sky 1 has re-docked." "'Skydiver proceeding to crash area." "ETA 15 minutes.'" "Fine." "Contact us the moment you have anything." "'Roger, Control.'" "I still can't figure out why it came in so fast." "To avoid the Moonbase Interceptors." "It's possible." "The moment it passed Moonbase it had plenty of time to decelerate." " That the Transporter?" " Yes, sir." "23:30 hours confirmed as ETA." "Have my car outside in 30 minutes." " I'm going home." " Yes, sir." "Oh, Alec." "Maybe that UFO tried to decelerate but couldn't because it'd been hit." "The Interceptors were way out." "What else could have caused it?" "The second UFO." "The one that veered off." "Tell Carlin to look for wreckage with damage not consistent with the crash." "Right, sir." "Right." "Thank you, SHADO Control, we'll do that." "Out." " Anything?" " Not a sign." " Steer 042." " Yes, sir." "A Block, night nurse speaking." "Yes, she's still here." "It's for you." "'Dr Jones." "Dr Jones.'" "Yes?" "Oh, it's you, Ed." "No, there's no news." "The drug is on its way." "Everything will be all right, Mary." "Yes." "Yes." "Yes, I will." "No, no, I'm fine." "I want to stay here." "Don't let Johnny down this time, Ed." "Don't let us down." "All right." "Bye." "That could be it." "About 50 yards ahead." "Couple of degrees to port." "Stop engines." "I'll take a look." "Release a marker buoy and inform Control." "Yes, sir." "Tell me." "Who are you?" "Why don't you answer me?" "Why won't you speak to me?" "What's that noise?" "What are you doing?" "Why don't you go away?" "Why don't you leave my house?" "I want you to hear something." "It's important." " Play it back." " 'Yes, sir.'" "'Why don't you go away?" "Why don't you leave my house?" "'" "It cut in 3 minutes ago on our waveband." " Cut in?" " Clear as a bell." "Estimated signal strength 1500 megawatts." "That's as powerful as a medium-sized commercial transmitter." " Do we have any bearings?" " Ireland, the west coast." "What is that noise?" "What is it?" "I'm only trying to feel your face." "'Don't you understand?" "I'm blind." "'Why, you're trembling." "Why don't you answer me?" "'Why don't you tell me who you are and what it is you want?" "'Because then I might be able to help you.'" "UFO crashes off the west coast of Ireland." "And an old lady broadcasts from the same area with a powerful transmitter." "It can't be coincidence." " Cancel my car." " Yes, sir." "Did you get closer bearings?" "No, sir." "We'd have to triangulate from ground vehicles on the area." "And there aren't any." "Where's the nearest Transporter?" "Just over the Atlantic." "200 miles out." " Coming in from New York?" " Yes, sir." "I thought that wasn't supposed to take off until 1400 hours." "Correct, sir, but it's been en route for 50 minutes." "Straker's orders." "He must be psychic." "Close outer hatch!" " Outer hatch closed." " Evacuate!" "Open inner hatch!" "Opening inner hatch." "Inner hatch open." "I want these shots developed and sent to Control as soon as possible." "How'd it look?" "Part of the metallic structure have practically been vaporized." "It had been fired on by something before it crashed." "Captain Carlin just radioed these in." "There's no doubt." "That UFO was damaged before it crashed." "But by what?" "Two UFOs are sighted." "One veers off, the other crashes in Western Ireland." "From the same area, someone breaks in on our waveband." "Let's make a couple of guesses." "An alien survives the crash, goes into a house, the occupant is an old lady." "She said she was blind." "Yes, so she thinks he's a man." "An intruder." "The alien sets up a transmitter and beams in on our waveband." " Why?" " We'll know when we track him down." "Well, that won't be easy, Alec." "No, with Mobiles we can pinpoint his exact position." "So that'll take time." "Less than an hour." "Transporter will be there within minutes." "Mobiles can be in the area immediately." "Once they're in position, we'll get bearings from his next transmission." "A Transporter?" "The one from New York." "You ordered an early take-off." " What have you done?" " I diverted it, what else?" "Is something wrong?" "I'll tell Captain Carlin to go ashore as Field Commander." " I thought you'd like some coffee." " Thank you." " What time is it?" " That clock is right." "It hasn't arrived yet." "A Block." "Mrs Rutland, it's for you." "No." "I'll take it." "Hello?" "Yes, it's me." "No, no." "Just the same." "There's been a delay." "The drug will be here as soon as possible." "Yes, I know." "I know!" "I'd like to explain to Mary." "It's been delayed." "Yes?" "But..." "Important?" "!" "What can be more important than your own son's life?" "Listen, Mary, please." "It's not like that." "You don't understand." "No!" "No, I don't understand, I'll never understand!" "Mary, listen to me." "Mary!" " Where's the Transporter?" " Just landed in Ireland, sir." "The second it's unloaded I want it in the air for London." "Look, I'm sorry about the Transporter." "Was it important?" "These things are always a question of priorities." "Tell the Mobiles not to move in till I give the word." "Get me a large-scale map of the area." " And get me Captain Carlin." " Sir." "It's all right, Billy." "Our visitor's a nice man." "He doesn't want to hurt us." "It's all right, Billy." " Mobile 1 in position." " Roger, 1." "All Mobiles in position, sir." "All we can do now is wait for the next transmission." "An alien who wants to cooperate." "To help." "Why else would he transmit on our waveband?" "Why won't you speak to me?" "Get a bearing." "Why don't you tell me who you are?" "It's better to tell someone." "What the devil's jamming that signal?" "'Second UFO re-sighted." "Moonbase: red alert.'" "Interceptors, immediate launch." "Missile firing: minus 6,4." "'Interception negative." "UFO proceeding to Earth." "'Red alert." "Replacement Sky 1.'" "'I know I can't do very much, but I'll try and help you.'" "Got it." "Mobile 1 to Control." "Signal vector: 138,3." "Tell the Mobiles to move in." "Mobile 1 to Control." "8 miles from target." "4 miles." "We'll never know." "He might have told us everything." "'Dad!" "'" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Ed!" "Well, do something!" "Mary." "I never want to see you again."