"Somebody help me, please." "I'm suffocatingI" "QuicklyI Somebody help me, pleaseI" "I'm suffocatingI" "Help meI PleaseI" "Yeah, but what about me brother?" "I've got to look into this first." "It's possible that my colleague has been murdered." " Doctor, this man wants to talk to you." " Who is he?" "There you are, sir." ""Detective Inspector Crossland." "Scotland Yard. "" " I told him everything." " Have you ever seen that man?" "He was in the Chameleon Tours hangar." "The Doctor's body." "Where is it?" "He... escaped." "His intelligence is far above normal beings." "Above YOURS, perhaps" "I must leave." "The flight to Zurich is ready to take off." "You will remain here." " For what purpose?" " To atone for your incompetence." "The Doctor must die, and you must do it." "We'll talk to the commandant." "I want him to hear your story." " He wasn't very impressed with it the last time." " This time, he'll believe you." "Well, if you think so." "Jamie, keep an eye on the kiosk." "We shan't be long." "Don't worry about your brother." "We'll find him for you." "A fat lot of good that inspector's going to be!" " But he believes us." " That doesn't mean he'll do anything." "I think I'll look round that Chameleon hangar." " Not by yourself." " Well, it would be better if I had a man with me." "Aye." "If only the Doctor hadn't told me to watch this place." " Do you always do everything you're told?" " No, but the Doctor trusts me." "That's your trouble!" "All right, stay here." "After all, they can only murder me." "Ta-ra." "Wait." "I don't suppose anything will happen here." " They've closed the kiosk, so it's unlikely." " And we won't be long." "That depends on what we find." "Come on, kid." "In any case, you need me to show you the way there!" "All right, all right." "I'll accept that you found a body, but I still want to know where you come from and why you have no passport." " Surely that's unimportant?" " It is not unimportant to break the law!" "I think we'll have to let him tell us in his own way." "Very well." "Make it brief." "Thank you." "I have just carried out a search of the Chameleon Tours hangar." "In a packing case, I found the body of a man." " You never told me that." "Another dead man!" " He was in a stupefied state." "A sort of coma." " Who's this one?" " I think he's one of your employees." " Indeed?" " In fact, I think he may be in here." "Taxi, following southern taxi way for departure runway 27..." " Do you know what this is?" " It looks like a fountain pen." "Things are not always what they seem." "Careful!" "It's dangerous." " Chameleon Tours aren't what they seem either." " What's your theory?" "I'm afraid you won't believe it when you hear it." "However..." "First, Inspector Gascoigne was murdered with a ray gun." " A ray gun?" " It has not yet been developed on Earth." " Oh, really!" " I knew you wouldn't believe it." "Be patient, sir." "We are trying to understand you." "Next, I believe Chameleon Tours to be merely a front - a cover." "For what?" "For the mass kidnapping of young people." "And is all this supposed to be taking place in my airport?" " Yes." "At this very moment." " That's quite enough!" "Can't you arrest him?" "He's only broken immigration law, which isn't my responsibility." " Brian Briggs IS your responsibility!" " Who?" " He went on the Chameleon tour and vanished." " We don't know that." "Well, he's nowhere to be found, and neither are my two friends, which proves my point" " Chameleon Tours are a cover for the abducting of young people." "And just where do you think they're taking them?" "Well, in view of the facts - the ray gun, this pen and one or two other things " " I think these people are not from this planet." " That hardly..." "What did you say?" "!" " I knew you wouldn't believe me." " This is absolute arrant nonsense!" "I think you ought to produce some evidence to support all this." " What about this pen?" " A pen!" "Do you call that evidence" "I'll demonstrate it for you." "Excuse me." " Would you mind helping us?" " I don't understand." "Could you hold this cup out in front of you?" "Very well." " Perhaps you've seen one of these before?" " No." "Agh!" "It's turned to ice!" "Do you call that arrant nonsense?" ""Dear Mum and Dad." "Have arrived safely in the Black Forest." "Will write again soon." "Love, Tim. "" ""Dear Dad, I... "" ""Dear Mum... "" "Jamie!" "Jamie!" "Look what I've found." "There must be 50 postcards here." " That should make that inspector do something." " You're right, and I know where to find him." "You're a brave wee lassie." "No time to greet now." "Get off!" "I've got something in me eye." "Come on." "Where are we going?" "The commandant's office." "Here are the remaining flight schedules for Chameleon Tours." " What a nasty little device." " I'd better get that checked over, sir." "Samantha, down here." " Postcards!" "Look." " I will not have my control room invaded!" " Not even for these?" " What have you got there?" "I think it's the further evidence you require, Inspector." "Yes..." "Just as I thought." " Where did you get these?" " In the office in that hangar." "It's falling into a pattern." "This is addressed to somewhere in Germany." "Yeah. "Dem Chameleon Reisen, Freiberg. " That means Chameleon Tours." "What are you all talking about?" "They give out these cards, and get the kids to write home to their parents before they go." "The Chameleon Tours lot take the cards abroad and post them back to Britain." "So the parents think the children have arrived safely." "Doctor, what do you think happens to them?" "Now, now." "This is all mere supposition!" "To you, maybe, but one of those kids happens to be my brother." " Your brother?" " Aye, her brother is missing." "She got a card from him in Rome." "Why would anyone want to abduct these young people?" "If we knew that, we wouldn't be sitting here." "Inspector, can I have a word with you?" "You don't think this fellow's a little unbalanced, do you?" "He may be a wee bit unorthodox, but he's given us the only lead we've got so far." " If you gave him a free hand..." " A free hand?" "Just to poke around a little bit, sir." "Do you think it's safe to let the fellow roam around the airport?" "You can rely on us to keep an eye on him, sir." "All right, but on your head be it." "I will investigate Chameleon Tours, then I'll report back to you if I've found out anything." "In the meantime, if you could keep everything going as normal." "We don't want them to get wind of anything." "Doctor, I'm giving you the freedom of the airport for 12 hours, heaven help me." "At the end of that time, I shall expect you back here with some real facts." "Thank you, Commandant." " Did they believe the Doctor?" " I don't know." " What do you mean?" " I think he suspects me." "He turned one of our own weapons on me." "Forced me to leave." "You fool." "You should have stayed." "Now, we do not know how much he has discovered." "Even if he has discovered the secret of our mission, they won't believe him." "These Earth minds cannot stretch that far." "Of course, the truth is beyond their intelligence, except for that Doctor." "I know where he is." "I could kill him." "You're going to, but not at the risk of your own safety." "We still need you in Air Traffic Control." "Take this." "Attach it to him." "When you're ready, I shall activate the mechanism with this." " That should put paid to him once and for all." " Very well." "Don't delay." "I want him dead before Captain Blade returns." "Doctor..." " Here are passes for you and your friends." " Thank you." "There's a Chameleon flight coming in now." "Alpha Delta Sierra X-ray Lima calling Gatwick Airport Control." "Gatwick Control to Alpha Delta Sierra X-ray Lima." "Gatwick Control to Alpha Delta Sierra X-ray Lima." "I will now give you your heading." " How many flights do they use a day?" " Seven or eight." "How many planes do they use?" " Four." "I could get their registration numbers." " Eight flights a day and only four planes." "Is that normal?" "Yes." "They have a very quick turnaround." "They're only on short-haul flights - Spain, Rome, Athens, the Black Forest." " I need the winter schedules." " Excuse me." " Which is the Chameleon plane?" " That one." "I shall hold him over Epsom until I get landing clearance." " What's the range of your radar?" " 130 miles." "Why?" " I wondered when this plane first appeared." " I've no idea." "We don't notice them until they start to call in." "Excuse me." "Gatwick Control to Alpha Delta Sierra X-ray Lima." "Climb to 10,000 feet and hold in Epsom control zone to await landing clearance." "Alpha Delta Sierra X-ray Lima." "Climbing to 10,000 feet and holding." " How long do you hold them after take-off?" " Once they've left Gatwick Control Zone," " we've finished with them." " I see." "That means they might be anywhere." "Aren't you wasting your 12 hours hanging around here, disturbing my people?" "I don't think I've been wasting a minute, but I'll go if you insist." "Sam!" "Jamie!" " Sorry." " It's all right." "It's my fault." " Haven't I met you somewhere before?" " I don't think so." "You must have a double!" "Thank you." " Excuse me, are you the manager?" " I'm looking after bookings." "Can I help?" " I'd rather like to speak to the manager..." " Er..." " I'm a police officer." " Is there some trouble?" " I'd prefer to speak to the person in charge." " That's Captain Blade." " He's about to take off on another flight." " Perhaps I could go out to the plane?" "I'll have to see about that." "Just a moment, please." "A detective wants to see you." "Does he suspect anything?" "I don't know." "All right." "Send him over to the plane." "We'll deal with him." "Are you sure this is the right room?" "Have I ever been mistaken?" "Aye!" "Watch out." "That's the wall the gas nozzles came out of." "There's nothing here now." "You're right." "That's very clever." "Oh, well, it makes life simpler for us." "Now, the man I froze came from here somewhere." " Aye, he would - a solid wall" " Somewhere in that solid wall, there's a door." " Where do you think Ben and Polly are?" " I don't know." "Perhaps if we find that door, we'll find them." "You take that end, I'll take this." "We must hurry." "Inspector's Crossland's keeping them busy, but he'll be no match for them if he presses them too far." "Thank you." "The plane conforms strictly to the international standards of air safety." "I can't think why anybody would complain about us." "I'm not enquiring about safety." "My enquiries are about a missing boy." "A passenger on one of your flights." "Also, my colleague, Detective Inspector Gascoigne, was last seen in your hangar." " He's believed to have been murdered." " That is indeed a serious matter." "I'm afraid I have to ask you some questions." "Would you come to the commandant's office?" "If you'll just excuse me for a moment, I have some arrangements to make." " Excuse me, please." " I'm sorry." "Captain Blade!" "I shouldn't move any further if I were you." "This gun proved remarkably effective in dealing with Inspector Gascoigne." " You killed him." " Unfortunately, an error." "You Earth men are more use to us alive." "Sit down there." "That's better." "This Earth man is a particularly fine specimen, don't you think?" " Perhaps the director himself." " Exactly." "Whatever you're doing, I must warn you of the long arm of the British law." "I don't think it will reach where you're going." "Chameleon Flight 4-1-3 to Control." "Request start-up." "Jamie, look!" "What's that, Doctor?" "For someone who's not used to the Earth's atmosphere." "Very interesting." "Ah!" "A TV monitor set." "Let's see what we can see." "What's that?" "It looks like a hospital." "We're getting warmer - which is a change from the last time I was here!" "Come on." "Let's see if there's a first aid post in Gatwick airport." " Shall we clear up the mess, Doctor?" " No, let's get along to the first aid post." "Oh, my back!" "Jamie, my back!" "Please take a barley sugar." "Thank you." "You can unfasten your seatbelts now." "Thank you." "A barley sugar?" "Everything all right?" " All set." " Good." "You wanted to know what was the secret of Chameleon Tours." "Well, Inspector..." "See for yourself."