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'Moonbase Alpha status report, 1,608
days since leaving Earth's orbit.

'Dr Helena Russell recording.

'We have encountered
a bizarre, jewel-like asteroid.

'Our central computer is unable
to give even a preliminary analysis.

'Commander John Koenig
and Chief Eagle Pilot, Alan Carter

'are carrying out
a close reconnaissance.'

Eagle 1 to Alpha.

'Eagle 1 to Alpha.
Anything to report?'

Commander, we're being affected by
an energy field of great magnitude.

- Instruments are erratic.
- 'Source?'

- The asteroids are reconnoitring.
- 'Can we set down?'

Scanners show a localised atmosphere.

Breathable. Area Zero D.

It's like some sort of invitation.

Let's accept it.

Right, let's go.

(Carter) Looks like ice.

Yeah, but the surface
temperature's warm.

(Bleeping)

That's a malfunction alarm.

- It's in the stabilisers.
- That's strange.

You handle it.
I'm going to have a look around.

'Koenig to Eagle 1. Alan, I've found
some sort of cave entrance.'

Do you want to wait for me?

'No, I'm going in. I'll report back
every three minutes.'

OK.

(Electronic hum)

(Electronic hum)

- 'Alan?'
- What's it like in there, John?

You can't believe this place.
It's like a...like a vast...

vast hall of mirrors.

The composition appears to be
some form of dense crystal.

It could be the energy source.

- 'Have you located the malfunction?'
- I'm still working on it.

'All right, keep trying.
I'm going to do some more exploring.'

(Electronic hum)

- Alan?
- 'Yes, John?'

I have a sample of the rock.
I want to take off immediately.

'I haven't finished adjusting
the stabilisers yet.'

Five minutes.

Alan, I'm getting peculiar readings.
Can you delay liftoff?

'The Commander
wants out of here now.'

'A few minutes
won't make any difference.'

One minute could make
a world of difference.

Ready?

- 'I'm getting strange readings.'
- So are we.

This whole asteroid
is one strange reading.

Ready for liftoff?

I still haven't managed to correct
the malfunction on the stabilisers...

Hey!

OK.

I can't make anything of these,
they're incomplete.

Why was the Commander
in such a hurry?

We'll know soon.
He's in the travel tube.

Take this to the Observation Room.
Don't let it out of your sight.

John...

Attention all Alphans,
this is the Commander speaking.

I've just returned from
an exploratory trip to the asteroid

and I must tell you
it poses a serious threat.

We are presently surrounded
by a very strong energy screen,

which, if we do not neutralise,

will render
all of our instruments useless.

In order to escape from this force,
we will create an energy beam.

We will direct this beam at the
asteroid, which is like a crystal.

'It will reflect the beam back,
cutting through the energy screen,

'breaking its hold on us.'

Time is our enemy.

We have an enormous task to achieve.

But I know I can count on
the full co-operation and support

of all Alphans on Moonbase

to complete this task successfully.

I want all construction crews to
report to Main Technical Section

to await instructions
as to the beginning of exterior work.

That is all.

Any questions, anyone?

John, creating this energy beam
will take too much power

from our life support systems.

It could be very serious.

We'll be in more trouble if we don't.

I haven't had a chance to complete
these read-outs...

It's not necessary.

Then I'd like to analyse
the sample you took.

- There might be a way of breaking...
- I've completed that analysis.

- Without instruments?
- I had enough portable equipment.

- But...
- Any other questions?

Yes.

Your methods, Commander,
your data is totally...

I don't want to argue with you.

I'm not arguing. I'm being
scientific. We lack information.

Are you questioning mine?

How can I question what I haven't
got? As Science Officer, I insist...

You are confined to your quarters
until further notice!

John...

You may leave now.

She was only doing her job.

And my job is to protect the safety
of this base.

It is my responsibility
and mine alone.

And none of us will survive
without discipline.

Remember that, all of you.

Alan...

What happened on that asteroid?

I don't know.

I remained on the Eagle - we had
a problem with the stabilisers.

Could something have invaded him -

a virus,
a life form taken him over?

I'm thinking
he must have discovered something,

some other danger inside those caves.

And he doesn't want us to know
about it. Not yet, anyway.

That's a strong possibility.

I've come to parley
with the mutineer.

Why did the Commander turn on me?

Discipline, discipline, discipline.
A throwback to Captain Bligh!

Captain...Bligh?

Oh, forget it.
How would you know? You're a Psychon.

Yeah, you're right. I am a Psychon.

I might not know anything
about your Captain...

- Bligh.
- Bligh.

But I'm hypersensitive
to all forms of living matter

and when Helena
tried to touch the Commander...

I sensed a coldness,
he wouldn't let her touch him.

Yeah, I noticed that.

He's unwilling to talk,
as if he's withholding information.

That's why I was so insistent.
He's keeping us in the dark.

Take that sample of crystal,

he said he analysed it,
but I don't know the results.

Take it easy, or you'll have a fit

and turn into some wild creature
from outer space.

Tony, I'm being serious.

The situation is serious.

We're not getting any right answers.

Maya, what say we grab us an Eagle,
go there, take a look for ourselves?

Ooh, who's talking
like a mutineer now?

That's not mutiny, it's security.

If something's wrong,
we have a right to find out.

He's still our commander.
If he is in control of his mind...

Say he isn't. If he's flipped,
medically incompetent...

I talk like
I've been drinking my own beer.

Is that possible?
John Koenig, medically incompetent?

Well, there's one way of finding out.

Talk to Dr Russell.

Another drop in the oxygen
recycling system. Four degrees.

We can't afford
any more loss, Helena.

If we start running out of clean air,
we're going to have sick people.

(Helena) More trouble?

Same trouble.

Check out other life support systems.
See how much power loss there is.

Yeah, OK.

Go ahead, Tony.

OK, I'll lay it right on the line,
Helena.

If John won't, or can't, explain
the change that's come over him,

if he won't let us try to help him,

if there's something that he's not
telling us, or is helpless against,

how do we stop him?

Those words are pretty strong, Tony.

And Alpha's getting pretty weak.

My being Head of Security is a joke.
He's put a clamp on everybody.

- I see what's happening...
- You don't like it, do you?

If you had your way,
what would you do?

I'd grab an Eagle and to try to find
out what happened on that asteroid.

Maya thinks that perhaps
the crystal has the answer, that...

maybe it has some control over John.

If we could prove that,

he could be declared...
medically incompetent.

And if you can't prove that,
if John is perfectly rational,

doing it for the reasons
that he says...

then it's...conspiracy.

That word may be too strong for me.

(Electronic hum)

'Commander Koenig,

'this is the voice of Kalthon.

'There is no escape for you.

'You are shut off from your people.'

Why are you holding me here?

What do you want from me,
and my people?

'You were a fortunate accident,
Commander,

'coming into our path of space.'

I ask again,
what do you want with me?

'We need your stores of energy, sir.

'At this very moment, your people
are aiding us to that end.'

You said "we".

'My people.

'A black sun
once appeared in our galaxy.

'It began to absorb all our energy.

'Our technology
was powerless against it.

'But we managed to survive
total extinction.

'Our scientists created a seed,

'endowed it with the remnants
of our energy

'and launched it
into limitless space.'

A seed?

'The Heart of Kalthon, Commander.

'A whole civilisation.

'Everything is contained here.

'Cities, people,
animal and vegetable life,

'all in microcosm,

'all in a state of suspended life,

'about to be reborn.'

So you'd drain the energy
- all the energy -

from our world, and destroy us,

so yours can be reborn?

What kind of uncivilised beings
are you, to commit such a crime?

'The process is about to begin,
the seed about to be regenerated.

'The seed is programmed
only for survival and resurrection.

'It cannot make moral choices

'or decisions.'

(Electronic hum)

'You are trapped.
There is no escape.'

Energy reflector operational,
Commander.

- Unit 2, status?
- 'Unit Two on schedule, sir.'

Unit 3, status?

'Unit 3 nearly completed, sir.'

Attention, all construction crews.

I want the reflector completed
and operational by 1900 hours.

'Dr Russell outside to see you, sir.'

Have her come in.

There are guards all over the place.

These are special circumstances.
There are a lot of guards on duty.

What is it, Helena? Time keeps
running away from me. I can't stop.

Well, I could talk about
what's happening to Alpha,

the jeopardy to
our entire life support system.

What is more important is,
what has happened to you.

Nothing. I've got a job to do
and I'm trying to do it.

What really happened
on that asteroid, John?

Why are you shutting me out?

I'm not! I told you all, if we don't
break this force, we'll all perish!

It may be too late for us by then.

I want you to have a medical
check-up. You've been exposed to...

Helena, I can't stop
for anything. Nothing!

I could order you
to have a medical examination.

The overall command of Alpha
is your responsibility.

- But?
- As Chief of the Medical Staff,

the health of everyone on Alpha
is MY responsibility.

- If I suspect anything...
- Helena,

do you think I would jeopardise
the lives of our people?

Trust me.

I must check in
with the construction crews.

Don't you think it's time
to release Maya from her quarters?

They need her in Command Center.

I'm the one
who will make that decision.

Dr Russell...

When this is all over,
I will have that medical examination.

I touched him, his skin was like ice.

It was eerie, hardly...

Say it, Helena. Go ahead, say it.

Hardly human?

Hardly human.

What surprised me
is that he let you touch him.

He tried to avoid it.

Did he react? Did he say anything?

At the moment of contact,
neither of us said anything.

I was too shocked.

Do you think he suspects anything?

Well, he had to. I...

I reacted to the iciness of his skin.

The thing is that
up until that moment,

I believed everything he said.

(Tony) And now?

I'm afraid.

The answer's in the crystal.

Yeah.

So our next move is
we get the crystal, right?

Do we tell Alan?

No. No, not yet.
Not until we're absolutely sure.

OK, Maya, the first move is yours.

- Gonna call it quits for now?
- I'd like to call it quits for ever.

I know what you mean.

I'm ready to go in now.

(Helena) 'Tony will keep him in
Command Center as long as he can.

'You'll have to hurry.'

- Forgot something.
- I'll never tell.

Cranston.

Yes, Commander?

Did you program Main Power Plant for
transfer to energy reflector units?

Your orders have been
carried out, sir.

It's incredible.
I've never seen anything like it.

This is no crystal.

It's an unbelievably dense,
complex type of living matter

from which all energy
has been drained, but it's not dead.

Only dormant, like a seed.

It's impossible
to imagine the effects

that such a substance
could have on a human being.

How can we help John combat it?

We have to face the possibility
that Commander Koenig may...

no longer be...

flesh and blood.

'You are trapped. There is no escape.

'You are trapped. There is no escape.

'You are trapped. There is no escape.

(Kalthon) 'You are trapped!
There is no escape!'

(High-pitched tone)

It works! The ultra-frequency sound
split the molecules into particles

that bombard the crystal.

We've got to get to the asteroid
and knock out the rest of that stuff.

I'm trying to understand
but I don't buy it.

You have a lot of theories.
You can't prove anything.

How can you be so blind?
Can't you see what's happening?

What's happening is crazy talk.

We've just demonstrated
very odd properties in this crystal.

- We've seen a lot odder than that.
- But?

But it didn't cause us
to make crazy accusations.

Alan, please listen.

You accept that the Commander
is not behaving in his usual manner?

OK, he's uptight.

Helena touched him.
His skin was as cold as ice.

Its texture and temperature
approximates that crystal.

You said something happened to him.

I said he found out something.

A terrible threat
he doesn't want us to know about.

Or something's got control of him.

We're talking about John Koenig!
You remember him? John Koenig!

- We're as loyal to John as you are.
- You're not showing it.

- Oh, arguing isn't going to help.
- No. Or convince him, apparently.

- Maybe we can.
- Yeah? How?

- You've got to help us get an Eagle.
- All the Eagles are grounded.

We know.

By "help", you mean "steal".
I can't do that.

Come on, Alan!

It goes against
all instinct, all training.

Instinct, training.
You're hiding behind words.

Words, huh?
Well, they may be just words to you,

but to me they add up
to something else.

Loyalty and duty. My duty is to John.

- If it was, you would help him.
- Exactly.

Huh? Well, in my book, cobber,
your kind of help is mutiny.

'This is the Commander.

'All personnel will remain
at their posts or in their quarters

'during the transfer of power
to the energy beam.

'Deactivate main circuits.'

Support system 3 is cutting out.

Effect the transfer.

Life support system 6 is fading out.

Commander Koenig, Medical Center.

'I have no time for conversation.'

I'm losing
life support systems 3 and 6.

If you take any more
power away, some people...

'Some people may die. But some
people are not all the people.'

Mr Verdeschi, you shouldn't be here.

No one may take Eagles
without orders from the Commander.

And I have orders
to disarm all personnel.

I'm not armed.

I have orders to inform the Commander
of any unauthorised personnel...

'Alpha to Eagle 1. Return to base
immediately. Return to base...'

John, there is one question
that I've got to ask you

and it's vital
that you give me an honest answer.

(Beep)

- Yes, what is it?
- 'Eagle 1 is spaceborne, sir.'

'Where's it heading?'

For the asteroid.

Shoot it down.

'You cannot mean that.'

Are you asking
to be relieved of duty?

'No, sir.'

- John...
- 'John?'

Activate laser gun!

- 'The laser?'
- You heard me!

- That is one of our Eagles.
- I gave you an order! Obey it!

'Weapons Section.'

Prepare the laser gun.

- 'Laser gun on target.'
- Shoot it down.

- 'Would you repeat that?'
- SHOOT IT DOWN!!

Tony, when we touch down,
what's our plan of action?

We'll have to play it by ear, Maya.

But one thing's for sure.
We stay together.

Carter! I gave orders
to shoot that craft down!

What sort of insubordination is this?

Commander, I can't do it.

I... I know who's up there.

Tony and Maya.

- I ordered you to fire!
- Well, I won't do it!

Oh, come on, Commander. I can't.

Commander, you can't!

(Helena) John!

If you fire those lasers, power will
be diverted from your energy beam.

That'll throw everything
off schedule.

Put everything behind time.

You said time keeps running away from
you. That's what you said, isn't it?

Retract laser gun.

Weapons Section,
retract the laser gun.

I owe you all an apology.

I have been withholding
information from you.

I realise now it was a mistake.

That asteroid is not only
draining our power, it's...

Don't listen to him.
This is not John Koenig.

Helena, what are you talking about?
If I'm not John Koenig, who am I?

Touch him.
Go ahead, Alan. He's like ice.

She's right.

I am like ice.

Something did affect me on that
asteroid. I don't know what it was.

But I do know that...
we'll never be free again

unless we break
that asteroid's hold on us, on me.

He's not telling the truth.

That's why I gave strict instructions
that no one leave Alpha.

I would rather have had them shot
down than go there and face dangers

beyond the ones I faced.

I only hope it's not
too late to save them.

Please, believe me.
Something's wrong.

It isn't the way he says.

Helena, please try
to get hold of yourself.

Don't force me
to use my authority as commander.

I'd hate to have to confine you
to your quarters,

nor do I want to order you
to Medical Center for observation.

Perhaps I...have been upset.
We've all been under strain.

San, increase the energy flow to
the beam. We've got to break free.

Wow!

That energy reflector
is beginning to cook this place.

There's the cave, like Alan said.

(Electronic hum)

Tony!

- Commander!
- We've just left him on Alpha.

Wait a second. The lettering
on his jacket is backwards.

It's like a reflection.

- Reflection?
- From where?

Maya, what are you doing?

(Explosion)

I think this is the Commander.

Are you saying
he transported himself down here?

I don't think he ever left.

John? John?

He can't respond as long
as he's frozen in that state.

If that really is John,
then who's that on Alpha?

His reflection,

or an intelligent life form
that can take form from a reflection.

Stand back.

OK, so how do we break him free?

Laser.

I mean, without killing him.

If we don't move quickly,
it won't matter.

John, I don't know
if you can hear me, but if you can...

I'm going to use my laser.

I'll break away fast so I can
cut the beam as soon as possible.

Oh, am I glad to see you!

- You all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

- Your image is up on Alpha.
- I know.

- We don't know what he's doing.
- He's regenerating a civilisation.

This place will explode
into life any second.

That's why he needs our energy.

How is he draining off the power?

- A reflector, beaming the energy.
- To the seed. The Heart of Kalthon.

It's like an embryo,
the crux of everything.

I've seen it.
It's here, somewhere in this complex.

- If we find it, we can destroy it.
- (Tony) With sound.

High frequency sound.
Maya split the crystal with sonar.

I programmed our comlocks
to the same pitch.

- I'll take your Eagle back to Alpha.
- It won't be easy.

He's in command.
Only Helena suspects something.

- Even Alan believes he's you.
- Yeah.

Find the Heart of Kalthon and destroy
it. We'll pick you up later.

Well, time to play our song.

(Echoing laughter)

It's on the other side.

(Laughter)

(Kalthon) 'You are trapped!
Trapped for ever!

'There is no escape!'

(Laughter)

'You will stay frozen for ever!'

Increase power flow
to maximum plus five.

Commander,
our temperature is dropping.

This will eliminate
half our instruments.

Do it!

Water in the recycling plant
is frozen.

Hydroponics...frozen.

Protein production unit,

inoperative.

Maintain power level as is.

The oxygen units have failed.
We must have more power.

We need all power for the beam.

Alpha is dying!
Can't you realise that?

I will not have my orders questioned!
Back to your posts!

- We can't go along with this.
- You're relieved of duty.

Alan, stop him.

- Alan, back to your post!
- John!

Increase power to maximum plus 15.

We can't. We'll destroy Alpha!

- I gave you an order!
- That order is countermanded.

You're at my desk, alien.

That is an image creature
projected by the asteroid.

Don't listen to it. Destroy it.

Destroy it!

One of us is real, one a reflection.

I was on that asteroid. I know
what its force is trying to do to us.

- It's running out of time.
- That's the truth.

If it can't drain
the last of our power, it'll die.

So it sent my reflection
to confuse us,

to steal a few moments
to complete the transfer.

Helena, you can tell us apart.
Things we've shared, he can't know.

I need no further proof
than his actions.

Oh, how clever they are.
How very clever.

They've got me acting
contrary to my own character.

Even Dr Russell doubts me.

Not only Dr Russell.

Alan, Alan...

Alan, look at the jacket.

The lettering on the jacket,
it's reversed.

I ask you, which one of us
is the reflection?

It's backwards
because he switched jackets.

But he overlooked
one thing - the hair.

Alan, Helena, the part in my hair.

(Laughing)

You're too late! Nothing can
stop us now! We will regenerate!

Kalthon lives!

Kalthon dies.

KALTHON LIVES!

(Screaming in agony)

(Piercing tone)

(Screaming continues)