"Listen, Doctor, be reasonable." "This won't do you any good." "Stotzy, we'll be touching down in a couple of minutes, or more likely crashing down." "I'm a bit out of practice with manual landings." "If I were you, I'd hang onto something firm." "I'll murder you when I get in there, Doctor." "Aargh!" "Right, snoop, hands in the air and over here." " Why?" " I'll kill you if you don't." "Not a very persuasive argument, Stotz, because I'm going to die soon anyway." "Unless..." "I'll give you to a count of three." "One..." "Unless I can find the antidote." "I owe it to my friend to try because I got her into this." "So I'm not going to let you stop me now." "After him!" "Over this way, he went down that ridge." "Come on, get after him!" "Get him!" " Stotz, why have you disobeyed my orders?" " I'm sorry, sir." "I told you to stay in orbit." "The Doctor tricked us and took control of the ship." "I don't want excuses, I'm on my way to join you." "Put out a homing beacon." " Coming here?" " Yes, my plans may change drastically." "I'm in beta-drive so expect me shortly." "Something's wrong." "Come on, Major." "Not sure of the route here, sir." "I thought I'd memorised it." "Just take your time." "I remember this cave well enough." "The vaulted roof and those pillars." "Yes, we're only a few minutes from Jek's HQ." " Safety catches off." " Right, sir." "Problem is, I came out of those tunnels, one of 'em." "Trying to keep one eye on the girl." "I think we came this way when we first landed." "There's a ventilation shaft on the left that runs through to the old refinery." "The rest is unknown, we haven't surveyed it yet." "I'm fairly sure it's the opening on the left." "Go forward and recce." "I'll tell Red Force to wait." "I don't want them leap-frogging us." "We'll go left, sir." "I remember dragging the girl over that rockfall." "Very good, Major." "Carry on." "Keep moving, it won't fire at the belt-plate." "Forward!" "Come on, come on." "Keep up, keep up." "It's all over, Doctor." "Sorry, Peri, I can't make it." "Mud-burst!" "Let's get back to the ship." "Not enough time." "Flag carrier to Red Force, do you receive me?" "Over." "Our support group must have hit trouble." "There's a mud-burst coming, sir." "There's no time to go back." "Follow me!" "Chellak has too many troops, the androids are being overrun." "Numbers four and nine, fall back to final defence posts." "Four." "Number four..." "Oxygen." "No time." "I must find Peri." "What was that?" "The start of a mud-burst." "You'll be safe here." "I thought it was the General bringing up his artillery." "I have to see if any of the androids can be repaired." "We need to hold Chellak back just a little longer." "The mud-burst will sweep them away." "All right, Jek." "The war's over." "Will you surrender?" "Never!" "Mud-burst!" "Quick, it's started, let's get out of here." " Where's the Doctor?" " We lost him." "Lost him?" "Why are you staring at me?" "Perhaps you think you recognise me?" "No, sir." "Even if he does, Krelper won't say anything." "It wouldn't be wise." "Stotz, I want to speak to you alone." "Sure." "You two, out." "Come on." "Well, Stotz, no doubt you're wondering why I'm here." "You're the boss." "There's a possibility, I wouldn't put it stronger, that my part in all this has been discovered." " You mean the gun-running and collecting?" " Exactly." "My conscience is clear." "I had to keep the supply of Spectrox flowing." "If I hadn't provided Jek with arms, he would have found another source." "The Praesidium will find my acts treasonable." "I guess they'd execute us all if they caught us." "Yes, well, I have a contingency plan." "There is a possibility that my part in this was suspected only by the President." "That's why he sent the Doctor, but the President is dead." "If he shared his suspicions with anyone, I shall know within a few hours." "In which case, I shall not be able to return to Androzani Major." "I have a considerable fortune invested in other planets in the Sirius system." "But before I go, I want to take Jek's private hoard of Spectrox." "That is the key to unlimited power." " Jek won't let that go easily." " Yes, but you know where it is." "Sort of." "It must be near Cave 26 on Yellow Level." "Before I left Major, I was told the army planned to attack in strength, tonight." "While he is fighting the army, we could locate the Spectrox store." "What do you think?" "Maybe." "Yellow Level isn't too deep." "What about mud-bursts?" "If we go into the cave rigs after the first one, we should be back before the major explosion." "As long as we don't waste time locating the store." "That's the point, we don't know where Jek stores it." "I'm relying on you, Stotz." "What about the others?" "They'll want their cut." "If they can carry 50 kilos each, that's a hundred to share between us." "You mean...us?" "The mud!" "Ow!" "Aaahh!" "Jek!" "Jek!" "Nothing...can...hurt...you...now." "Aaaaarghhh!" "Aaahh!" "Aaahh!" "Aaahh!" "Ah, Krau Timmin, I would like you..." "Are you sitting at my desk?" "Yes, this call is on the secret line." "I am endeavouring to maintain your traditions." "Krau Timmin, I don't like your tone." "I wish that was all I didn't like about you." "How dare you!" "You'll be punished for this insolence." " I don't think so." "You're finished." " What do you mean?" "Washed up, Morgus." "Kaput." "The Praesidium have issued warrants for your arrest on 17 counts, ranging from the murder of the President to treason, grand fraud, embezzlement..." "Oh, and that business at Northcawl copper mine." "They know about that." "Falsehoods, fabrications, malicious lies!" "They can't possibly have any proof." "All fully documented." "They have an excellent witness." "Impossible!" "Who is this foul slanderer?" "Me!" "Does that surprise you, Morgus?" "Do you think I didn't know what was going on?" "You betrayed me after all these years!" "Think of it this way, Morgus - I deposed you." "I am now Chairman and Chief Director of the Sirius Conglomerate." "Oh, and incidentally, the Government have also sequestered all your private assets, including those secret funds you had salted away on the outer planets." "Goodbye, Morgus." "I'm not beaten yet, there's still the Spectrox." "There's four of us, enough to handle Jek." "Now, pick up your guns, let's go." "Did you hear what I said?" "Let's go!" "We ain't going anywhere, except Major." "I paid you well for those trips, now do as I say." "The way we see it, we've got two kilos." "That's enough for us." "Two kilos?" "Jek's got tons of it stored away!" "We ain't getting our heads blown off by Jek's dummies, or boiled in that mud." "Not for 20 tons, we ain't." "Cowardly, miserable curs!" "What about you, Stotz?" "Are you staying here with this gutter-trash?" "I'll go with you, Morgus." "I have old scores to settle with Sharaz Jek." "Goodbye, Krelper." "Stotz, you lead." "You know the way." "Sure." "But before we go any further, let's get a couple of things straight." "What kind of things?" "An hour ago you were the boss, now that's all changed." "You're the same as me, just a man with a gun." "The same as you?" "I am Morgus, I'm descended from the first colonists." "You're also wanted for murder and treason." "You're on the run, Morgus." "And you are wasting time, Stotz." "You want my help?" "If we do happen to come out of this place with any Spectrox, there's going to be no "four parts for you and one part for me" stuff." "This time we split right down the middle, OK?" "Of course." "Now, lead the way." "She's so beautiful, so very beautiful." "So beautiful, so beautiful." "Jek, how is she?" "She's dying, Doctor." " She has Spectrox Toxaemia." " I know." "Celery soup." "Come on, Peri!" " Hello, Doctor." " That's more like it." " Goodbye, Doctor." " No, no, no, Peri." "Don't give up." " You mustn't give up!" " What was that?" "Celery." "It's a powerful restorative where I come from." "Unfortunately, the human olfactory centre is comparatively feeble." "Jek!" "You know this cure that Professor Jackij discovered?" "The milk of the queen bat?" "Of course, but the dormant queens cannot be reached." " There's little oxygen at those levels." " It's her only chance." " You know where the queens are?" " Of course." "When I arrived, my androids surveyed the whole system." "If only Salateen were here." "I could send him down and save her life." "I'm going down." "Now, show me the route." "It's here, 200 metres down, but you'll collapse before you get there." "I can store oxygen for several minutes." "Now, you must do everything you can to keep her temperature down." "Doctor, wait!" "I have one oxygen cylinder left." "I used it for when I went into the baking chambers of the refinery." "It may help." "Thank you." "This is Cave 26, Yellow Level, where we first met Jek." "Down!" " Looks like the army got here first." " I didn't hear any firing." "Reckon the firing's over." "Where to now?" "Down to Blue Level." "From there it's anyone's guess." "That's where Jek came from." "Let's go." "It's not your lucky day either." "Come on, Morgus, move it." "That main burst can't be too far away." "Listen!" "What is that?" "Sounds like a motor." "This way." "She's dying, Doctor." "She's dying, Doctor." "She's dying, Doctor." "Peri, can you hear me?" "Jek, where's the Spectrox?" "Morgus!" "Take one more step and we shoot." "You think bullets could stop me now?" "You stinking offal, Morgus!" "Look at me!" "Look at me!" "Salateen...hold me!" "Peri?" "Peri, can you hear me?" "Open your mouth." "You must drink this." "Is this death?" "Doctor, what's happened?" "Peri, I see Professor Jackij knew his stuff." "Good old Jackij." "Jackij?" "You got the bat's milk?" "Contains an anti-vesicant, I imagine." "Interesting..." " Where is it?" " What?" " The bat's milk." " Finished." "Only enough for you." "There must be something I can do, tell me!" "Too late, Peri." "Going soon." "Time to say goodbye." "Don't give up." "You can't leave me now!" "I might regenerate." "I don't know." "Feels different this time." "What was it you always told me, Doctor?" "Brave heart, you'll survive." "You must survive." "Too many of your enemies would delight in your death, Doctor." " Turlough speaks the truth." " You're needed, you mustn't die." "Too many enemies would delight." "You know that, Doctor." " You mustn't die." " You know that, Doctor." "Adric?" "Now, my dear Doctor, you must die!" "Die, Doctor!" "Die, Doctor!" "Doctor?" "You're expecting someone else?" "I..." "I..." "I..." "That's three Is in one breath." "Makes you sound a rather egotistical young lady." "What's happened?" "Change, my dear." "And it seems not a moment too soon."