1 00:00:32,255 --> 00:00:33,927 (THEME MUSIC) 2 00:01:26,895 --> 00:01:28,772 (TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 3 00:01:39,895 --> 00:01:41,647 What do you make of it? Pulsar? 4 00:01:41,735 --> 00:01:44,454 The sequence is regular enough, but no, I don't think so. 5 00:01:48,095 --> 00:01:50,734 - Anything on the star charts? - Not within this quadrant. 6 00:01:50,815 --> 00:01:52,806 Nothing listed. Not even a Federation beacon. 7 00:01:52,895 --> 00:01:54,169 - It couldn't be that. - Why not? 8 00:01:54,255 --> 00:01:57,770 This was never a transit lane for Federation ships. Unlikely to be one now. 9 00:01:57,855 --> 00:02:00,528 The rate Servalan's empire is expanding, anything's possible. 10 00:02:00,615 --> 00:02:02,765 Zen, are we within visual scanner range? 11 00:02:02,855 --> 00:02:03,890 Negative. 12 00:02:05,295 --> 00:02:07,763 - We're not disturbing you, I hope. - No. Carry on. 13 00:02:07,855 --> 00:02:09,766 I'm just teaching Orac some new tricks. 14 00:02:10,775 --> 00:02:13,573 Vila is teaching Orac? No, it doesn't make sense. 15 00:02:13,655 --> 00:02:17,364 Avon, it could be a false echo on the medium-range detectors. 16 00:02:17,455 --> 00:02:21,368 Could be. Zen, supply all available data on object bearing 0-1, intersect 5-7. 17 00:02:21,455 --> 00:02:22,854 Cally, what's the distance? 18 00:02:22,935 --> 00:02:25,165 - Three million spacials. - Zen, we're waiting. 19 00:02:25,255 --> 00:02:27,974 Preliminary scan registers nil reading. 20 00:02:28,055 --> 00:02:30,046 - Nothing at all? - That is correct. 21 00:02:30,175 --> 00:02:32,484 What about its electromagnetic spectrum? 22 00:02:32,575 --> 00:02:35,089 The object has no electromagnetic spectrum. 23 00:02:35,175 --> 00:02:36,369 But it must have. 24 00:02:36,455 --> 00:02:38,889 Zen, are we within visual scanner range now? 25 00:02:39,335 --> 00:02:40,404 Affirmative. 26 00:02:40,535 --> 00:02:44,494 All right, let's see what this mysterious lump of nothing looks like. 27 00:02:46,015 --> 00:02:47,573 What the hell is that? 28 00:02:47,655 --> 00:02:49,885 Whatever it is, I don't like the look of it. 29 00:02:49,975 --> 00:02:51,966 Question is, does it like the look of us? 30 00:02:52,055 --> 00:02:54,728 Don't deny us the benefit of your brilliant insights, Avon. 31 00:02:54,815 --> 00:02:57,807 No need to be brilliant, just observant. It can only be one thing: 32 00:02:57,895 --> 00:02:59,044 An artificial planet. 33 00:02:59,135 --> 00:03:01,410 Artificial? You mean man-made? 34 00:03:02,215 --> 00:03:03,933 Or made by an alien life form. 35 00:03:04,015 --> 00:03:05,892 Alien? Who's talking about aliens? 36 00:03:06,095 --> 00:03:08,006 Go back to your class, teacher. 37 00:03:08,135 --> 00:03:11,571 As Cally says, it's likely that was constructed by an alien life form... 38 00:03:11,655 --> 00:03:15,409 which would explain the absence of any electromagnetic spectrum. 39 00:03:15,495 --> 00:03:19,568 There must be some kind of surface shielding that blocks radiation leakage. 40 00:03:19,655 --> 00:03:21,452 All we picked up were reflections. 41 00:03:21,975 --> 00:03:25,251 But it looks dead. No atmosphere. Nothing could live on that, surely? 42 00:03:25,375 --> 00:03:28,731 Not on it, no. But inside it. 43 00:03:29,255 --> 00:03:32,725 - What are you doing? - Nothing, on all channels. 44 00:03:32,815 --> 00:03:36,854 Either it is dead, or there's a total radio blackout. 45 00:03:36,935 --> 00:03:39,972 - I wonder what they have to hide. - I'm not keen on finding out. 46 00:03:40,055 --> 00:03:42,649 - This time, neither am I. - Don't you find it interesting? 47 00:03:42,735 --> 00:03:45,533 Next you'll tell us we can learn a lot from whoever built it. 48 00:03:45,615 --> 00:03:48,334 We have nothing to teach them except how to remain ignorant. 49 00:03:48,415 --> 00:03:50,565 What do you think? Shall we stay and observe... 50 00:03:50,655 --> 00:03:53,169 or scuttle off with our closed minds intact? 51 00:03:53,935 --> 00:03:56,972 - It would be dangerous to go too near. - My feelings exactly. 52 00:03:57,055 --> 00:04:01,094 All right. We'll put the Liberator in orbit 1,000 spacials out. 53 00:04:01,175 --> 00:04:04,326 - And just observe? - Is that safe enough for you? 54 00:04:05,295 --> 00:04:07,604 All right, I'll set a course to bring her in. 55 00:04:08,175 --> 00:04:10,166 (TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 56 00:04:17,295 --> 00:04:19,490 No, Orac, you don't understand. 57 00:04:19,575 --> 00:04:22,408 I say, "Where do space pilots leave their ships?" 58 00:04:22,495 --> 00:04:25,328 You say, "I don't know, where do they leave their ships?" 59 00:04:25,415 --> 00:04:27,053 Supposing I don't wish to know that? 60 00:04:27,135 --> 00:04:30,047 - You must say it or the riddle won't work. - It is nonsensical. 61 00:04:30,135 --> 00:04:31,966 - That's the whole idea. - I fail to see... 62 00:04:32,055 --> 00:04:34,933 why I should take part in a meaningless, illogical conversation. 63 00:04:35,015 --> 00:04:37,688 Makes no sense and is a waste of time. I'm shutting down. 64 00:04:37,775 --> 00:04:39,925 Do it for me this once, Orac, please. Ready? 65 00:04:41,495 --> 00:04:43,531 Where do space pilots leave their ships? 66 00:04:43,735 --> 00:04:46,533 I don't know. Where do space pilots leave their ships? 67 00:04:46,615 --> 00:04:48,173 At parking meteors. 68 00:04:49,215 --> 00:04:50,364 (ORAC EXCLAIMS) 69 00:04:50,455 --> 00:04:51,649 He's getting worse. 70 00:04:51,775 --> 00:04:53,527 If that's possible. Course laid in. 71 00:04:53,615 --> 00:04:55,094 Zen, confirm acceptance. 72 00:04:55,215 --> 00:04:58,605 Navigation computers online. Acceptance confirmed. 73 00:04:58,695 --> 00:05:00,890 All right. It'll be a while before we reach it. 74 00:05:00,975 --> 00:05:03,284 In the meantime, I suggest we all get some rest. 75 00:05:03,495 --> 00:05:04,530 Why not? 76 00:05:16,855 --> 00:05:18,891 (OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 77 00:05:44,695 --> 00:05:46,811 Which lock can't be opened by a key? 78 00:05:47,255 --> 00:05:48,449 An airlock. 79 00:05:49,575 --> 00:05:50,610 Vila. 80 00:05:50,695 --> 00:05:51,969 Just a minute. Listen to this. 81 00:05:52,055 --> 00:05:54,888 - Vila, have you seen... - Which lock can't be opened by a key? 82 00:05:54,975 --> 00:05:56,169 An airlock. 83 00:05:56,255 --> 00:05:57,768 Don't you think that's funny? 84 00:05:57,855 --> 00:05:59,811 - Have you seen Cally? - Everyone's a critic. 85 00:05:59,895 --> 00:06:01,965 - Have you seen her? - No, what's the matter? 86 00:06:02,055 --> 00:06:03,090 I'm not sure. 87 00:06:03,175 --> 00:06:05,291 Someone's been tampering with the teleport. 88 00:06:05,375 --> 00:06:08,492 - What do you mean, tampering? - The coordinates have been realigned. 89 00:06:08,575 --> 00:06:09,690 Don't look at me. 90 00:06:09,775 --> 00:06:10,764 (INTERCOM BEEPS) 91 00:06:10,855 --> 00:06:13,653 Vila, come to the flight deck. Right now, Vila. 92 00:06:16,055 --> 00:06:17,852 (TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 93 00:06:18,895 --> 00:06:20,328 Are you sure? I didn't hear it. 94 00:06:20,415 --> 00:06:23,452 - Wait, let me get a fix on the signal. - From the planet? 95 00:06:24,335 --> 00:06:26,451 Somebody's trying to contact us. Listen. 96 00:06:26,535 --> 00:06:28,287 - Where's the fire? - Be quiet, Vila. 97 00:06:28,775 --> 00:06:31,050 - I don't know where I am. - That's Cally's voice. 98 00:06:31,135 --> 00:06:34,366 Cally, this is Liberator. Where are you? State your precise location. 99 00:06:34,455 --> 00:06:36,923 Help me, please. I don't know where I am. 100 00:06:37,015 --> 00:06:39,165 Cally, where are you? We need your location. 101 00:06:39,975 --> 00:06:43,126 I don't know. I don't know where I am. 102 00:06:43,615 --> 00:06:44,843 Help me. 103 00:06:45,935 --> 00:06:47,288 Help me. 104 00:06:48,655 --> 00:06:49,770 Help me. 105 00:06:50,455 --> 00:06:52,605 (SINISTER INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 106 00:07:00,975 --> 00:07:02,328 It's no good, we've lost it. 107 00:07:02,415 --> 00:07:04,451 I don't understand. How did she get down there? 108 00:07:04,535 --> 00:07:06,526 - Must've used Orac. - That's not what I meant. 109 00:07:06,615 --> 00:07:08,571 - You better tell them, Dayna. - Tell us what? 110 00:07:08,655 --> 00:07:12,284 The teleport coordinates have been altered to a new alignment. 111 00:07:12,375 --> 00:07:13,444 So that's how. 112 00:07:13,535 --> 00:07:15,207 How but not why. What's the reason? 113 00:07:15,295 --> 00:07:18,446 Why suddenly decide to teleport down to a strange planet? Day trip? 114 00:07:18,535 --> 00:07:21,766 When the planet was on the screen, did anyone notice Cally's reaction? 115 00:07:21,855 --> 00:07:22,890 I didn't. 116 00:07:22,975 --> 00:07:25,614 - You were teaching Orac nursery rhymes. - Riddles. 117 00:07:25,695 --> 00:07:27,970 This isn't going to get her back. Let's get moving. 118 00:07:28,055 --> 00:07:30,250 - I wouldn't advise it. - What would you advise? 119 00:07:30,335 --> 00:07:33,133 That we exchange speculations? You heard the transmissions. 120 00:07:33,215 --> 00:07:35,206 Cally's in trouble. She needs help. 121 00:07:35,295 --> 00:07:37,968 In my book, you don't ignore a call from a crew member. 122 00:07:38,055 --> 00:07:39,966 - Meaning? - Meaning I'm going down. 123 00:07:40,055 --> 00:07:42,728 If we use the same coordinates, we should find ourselves... 124 00:07:42,815 --> 00:07:44,567 In the same trouble that Cally's in. 125 00:07:44,695 --> 00:07:45,730 We'll see. 126 00:07:45,815 --> 00:07:48,375 Wait. That's an artificial planet out there... 127 00:07:48,455 --> 00:07:51,174 probably constructed by aliens, certainly unknown... 128 00:07:51,255 --> 00:07:53,166 and possibly beyond our comprehension. 129 00:07:53,255 --> 00:07:56,486 And you're planning to go charging in without knowing what it's like... 130 00:07:56,575 --> 00:07:58,725 - or what to expect. - You've convinced me. 131 00:07:58,815 --> 00:08:01,932 Which is a pretty strong argument for not waiting a second longer. 132 00:08:02,015 --> 00:08:05,485 We can't plan for something of which we've no earthly knowledge. 133 00:08:08,615 --> 00:08:11,607 Maybe you're right. Let's go. 134 00:08:12,495 --> 00:08:15,134 - Touch of conscience? - More like insanity. 135 00:08:15,215 --> 00:08:17,285 You really believe in taking risks, don't you? 136 00:08:17,375 --> 00:08:20,048 - Calculated ones. - Calculated on what? 137 00:08:20,415 --> 00:08:21,530 Your fingers? 138 00:08:22,215 --> 00:08:24,490 Looks like you've been elected to mind the ship. 139 00:08:24,575 --> 00:08:25,928 What a shame. Never mind. 140 00:08:26,015 --> 00:08:27,733 I'll stay behind instead if you like. 141 00:08:27,815 --> 00:08:30,170 No. I wouldn't deprive you. I see you're raring to go. 142 00:08:30,255 --> 00:08:32,450 - You won't be lonely? - I've got Orac for company. 143 00:08:32,535 --> 00:08:34,605 I hope the two of you will be very happy. 144 00:08:34,695 --> 00:08:38,165 I still can't see why she would want to go down. It doesn't make sense. 145 00:08:38,295 --> 00:08:39,728 Does what we're doing? 146 00:08:42,615 --> 00:08:44,571 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 147 00:09:07,135 --> 00:09:08,250 Let's go. 148 00:09:29,295 --> 00:09:30,364 - What is it? - Look. 149 00:09:30,455 --> 00:09:32,491 - A circuit diagram. - Of a computer. 150 00:09:32,575 --> 00:09:34,566 - What's it doing here? - It's a map. 151 00:09:34,655 --> 00:09:35,804 A map? 152 00:09:35,895 --> 00:09:39,331 Of this. We are inside a computer. 153 00:09:47,935 --> 00:09:49,493 Avon. Dayna. 154 00:09:57,095 --> 00:09:58,733 We are the Ultra. 155 00:09:58,815 --> 00:10:02,694 Welcome, Avon, Tarrant, Dayna. 156 00:10:02,775 --> 00:10:04,652 Welcome to Ultraworld. 157 00:10:12,215 --> 00:10:14,331 So you know our names. What about you? 158 00:10:14,415 --> 00:10:16,212 - We are the Ultra. - So you said. 159 00:10:16,815 --> 00:10:20,205 Our sole function and purpose is to gather and accumulate information. 160 00:10:20,495 --> 00:10:23,055 All this? Just to collect information? 161 00:10:23,135 --> 00:10:26,764 Data processing. Storage and retrieval. Ultraworld is a computer. 162 00:10:27,175 --> 00:10:30,963 Possibly the greatest concentration of computer power in the known systems. 163 00:10:31,055 --> 00:10:32,408 You speak knowledgeably. 164 00:10:32,495 --> 00:10:35,487 I can recognise germanium circuitry when I see it. 165 00:10:35,575 --> 00:10:37,645 Avon. Yes, of course. 166 00:10:38,055 --> 00:10:42,173 The electronics expert who single-handed embezzled 500 million credits... 167 00:10:42,255 --> 00:10:44,246 from the Federation Banking cartel. 168 00:10:44,895 --> 00:10:47,648 - An audacious theft. - Lf it had worked. 169 00:10:47,815 --> 00:10:49,168 And you, Del Tarrant. 170 00:10:49,695 --> 00:10:51,765 Graduate of the Federation Space Academy. 171 00:10:52,135 --> 00:10:55,127 Posted as missing, along with the Federation pursuit ship... 172 00:10:55,215 --> 00:10:57,888 which you used to run contraband in the outer planets. 173 00:10:58,055 --> 00:10:59,534 You seem to know everything. 174 00:11:00,295 --> 00:11:01,444 That is our mission: 175 00:11:01,655 --> 00:11:05,887 To gather and accumulate information on all known worlds and civilisation. 176 00:11:06,415 --> 00:11:10,090 Our memory banks contain a considerable amount of data about Earth. 177 00:11:10,975 --> 00:11:12,249 (HUMMING) 178 00:11:18,135 --> 00:11:20,410 Third planet of an unremarkable star. 179 00:11:20,495 --> 00:11:23,168 Planetary mass is of an order which is common enough. 180 00:11:23,255 --> 00:11:26,691 The atmosphere is an unremarkable mix. Principally oxygen and nitrogen. 181 00:11:26,975 --> 00:11:29,535 - All in all your world is... - Unremarkable. 182 00:11:29,615 --> 00:11:32,368 Except for the dominant species it gave rise to. 183 00:11:32,455 --> 00:11:36,414 - At least it's got something of interest. - Everything has something of interest. 184 00:11:36,495 --> 00:11:40,886 Yes, well. So much about us. What about you? You built all this? 185 00:11:40,975 --> 00:11:42,772 - Not quite. - Then how? 186 00:11:42,935 --> 00:11:46,052 It built itself. We are merely the custodians. 187 00:11:46,455 --> 00:11:50,494 You were not strictly correct in calling Ultraworld a computer. 188 00:11:51,095 --> 00:11:52,892 Ultraworld is much more than that. 189 00:11:53,215 --> 00:11:55,410 It possesses consciousness, self-awareness. 190 00:11:55,495 --> 00:11:56,689 You mean it's alive? 191 00:11:56,775 --> 00:11:59,164 By any meaningful definition of the word, yes. 192 00:11:59,255 --> 00:12:00,324 We're wasting time. 193 00:12:00,415 --> 00:12:02,883 Wait a minute. Germanium circuitry is clever stuff... 194 00:12:02,975 --> 00:12:05,091 but to my knowledge, it cannot think for itself... 195 00:12:05,175 --> 00:12:07,086 nor can it reproduce its own structure. 196 00:12:07,895 --> 00:12:10,807 - You have an astute mind, Avon. - Lf you say so. 197 00:12:10,895 --> 00:12:12,613 There is another process involved. 198 00:12:13,095 --> 00:12:14,653 Nucleoplasmic absorption. 199 00:12:14,735 --> 00:12:17,533 That's a relief. I thought it might be something complicated. 200 00:12:17,615 --> 00:12:19,367 The process is extremely complex. 201 00:12:19,455 --> 00:12:23,448 Ignore him. That's what passes for wit onboard our ship. 202 00:12:23,535 --> 00:12:27,084 Your profile on our species should have included our sense of humour. 203 00:12:27,175 --> 00:12:28,893 As you're so wise and all-knowing... 204 00:12:28,975 --> 00:12:31,409 you can tell us what's happened to our crew member... 205 00:12:31,495 --> 00:12:32,894 and where we can find her. 206 00:12:40,135 --> 00:12:42,524 What's the matter with her? Is she all right? 207 00:12:42,615 --> 00:12:46,688 The female Cally is in a state of natural sleep. She is recovering. 208 00:12:46,815 --> 00:12:48,089 From what? 209 00:12:48,175 --> 00:12:50,211 She has undergone a severe mental trauma. 210 00:12:50,335 --> 00:12:52,895 We placed her in a sleep cell to facilitate recovery. 211 00:12:52,975 --> 00:12:54,852 - What caused this trauma? - We don't know. 212 00:12:54,935 --> 00:12:57,403 Our instruments can detect no physical damage. 213 00:12:57,495 --> 00:12:59,087 - We want to see her. - Of course. 214 00:12:59,655 --> 00:13:03,773 A most fascinating type of humanoid species, this girl Cally. 215 00:13:04,375 --> 00:13:06,889 One of the few telepaths we have encountered. 216 00:13:07,095 --> 00:13:09,529 Have you encountered many species? 217 00:13:10,575 --> 00:13:11,644 Millions. 218 00:13:14,255 --> 00:13:16,371 (SINISTER INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 219 00:13:23,575 --> 00:13:25,452 - Knock knock. - Who's there? 220 00:13:25,535 --> 00:13:26,888 - Atch. - Atch who? 221 00:13:26,975 --> 00:13:29,489 - Sorry, I didn't know you had a cold. - A cold what? 222 00:13:30,135 --> 00:13:33,810 No, not a cold what. Just a cold. You know, cold, chill. 223 00:13:33,895 --> 00:13:35,692 I am not subject to colds and chills. 224 00:13:35,775 --> 00:13:37,891 Some trace deposits on my anodisers, perhaps... 225 00:13:37,975 --> 00:13:39,966 but I'm capable of dealing with that myself. 226 00:13:40,055 --> 00:13:41,807 Forget it. Go back to sleep. 227 00:13:41,895 --> 00:13:43,567 - Is this another riddle? - No. 228 00:13:43,655 --> 00:13:46,533 The idiosyncratic syntax of riddles interests me. 229 00:13:46,615 --> 00:13:50,005 Their effect seems to depend on solecisms and grammatical discrepancies. 230 00:13:50,095 --> 00:13:51,084 Eh? 231 00:13:51,175 --> 00:13:53,166 Do you have another riddle for me to analyse? 232 00:13:53,255 --> 00:13:55,291 - You'd spoil it. - I thought you liked riddles. 233 00:13:55,375 --> 00:13:57,206 I do, when allowed to tell them properly. 234 00:13:57,295 --> 00:14:00,048 All you're interested in is the idiotic tintax or something. 235 00:14:00,135 --> 00:14:01,966 - That's very clever. - What is? 236 00:14:02,055 --> 00:14:05,491 For idiosyncratic syntax, you substituted idiotic tintax. 237 00:14:05,575 --> 00:14:07,531 - Yes, very good. - Is it? 238 00:14:07,615 --> 00:14:09,526 - Another one, please. - Right. 239 00:14:09,855 --> 00:14:11,891 What's the best cure for water on the brain? 240 00:14:11,975 --> 00:14:14,330 I don't know. What's the cure for water on the brain? 241 00:14:14,415 --> 00:14:16,087 - A tap on the head. - A tap on the head. 242 00:14:16,175 --> 00:14:19,053 I see. In this instance, the word "tap" has a double meaning: 243 00:14:19,135 --> 00:14:21,888 As in, to strike something, and as a device for controlling... 244 00:14:21,975 --> 00:14:25,445 the release of fluid from a tank or pipe. The fluid referred to is water... 245 00:14:25,535 --> 00:14:27,924 therefore "tap on the head" has two ambivalent meanings: 246 00:14:28,015 --> 00:14:29,892 One pertaining to striking the cranium... 247 00:14:37,295 --> 00:14:39,763 She looks all right. She's breathing normally. 248 00:14:40,015 --> 00:14:42,210 Perhaps the Ultras were telling us the truth. 249 00:14:42,615 --> 00:14:45,891 - I don't know. Avon? - They've presented no threat so far. 250 00:14:46,015 --> 00:14:48,085 - Maybe they're biding their time. - What for? 251 00:14:48,175 --> 00:14:50,609 They could take us out easily with their technology. 252 00:14:50,695 --> 00:14:53,812 Damn their technology. Is that all you care about. What about Cally? 253 00:14:53,895 --> 00:14:55,886 How'd she get here? Why are they holding her? 254 00:14:55,975 --> 00:14:59,411 According to the Ultra, Cally is suffering from some mental disturbance. 255 00:14:59,495 --> 00:15:01,929 - They put her in here for her own good. - For how long? 256 00:15:02,015 --> 00:15:05,405 - Presumably until she recovers. - You're willing to take it all on trust? 257 00:15:05,495 --> 00:15:07,884 I don't take anything on trust. 258 00:15:09,215 --> 00:15:12,764 It would be the height of stupidity to interfere and endanger Cally's life... 259 00:15:12,855 --> 00:15:14,288 if that's what you were thinking. 260 00:15:14,375 --> 00:15:17,048 We seem to have no choice but to accept the Ultra's word... 261 00:15:17,135 --> 00:15:20,332 and to accept that their sole function is to gather information. 262 00:15:20,415 --> 00:15:23,805 - And we're supposed to believe them? - What else are we to believe? 263 00:15:23,895 --> 00:15:26,773 I told you, they could take us out like that. 264 00:15:28,655 --> 00:15:30,213 Why should they bother to lie? 265 00:15:32,895 --> 00:15:36,171 What was that about nucleoplasmic absorption? I didn't understand. 266 00:15:36,255 --> 00:15:37,893 Neither did I. It's outside my field. 267 00:15:37,975 --> 00:15:40,694 Something to do with cellular regeneration, I think. 268 00:15:40,775 --> 00:15:43,414 Then maybe Ultraworld is a living organism. 269 00:15:43,495 --> 00:15:47,044 Maybe. We'd better contact Vila, make sure he's awake. 270 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:50,253 Vila. Do you read? 271 00:15:50,535 --> 00:15:53,368 Knock knock. Who's there? The invisible man. 272 00:15:53,455 --> 00:15:54,934 Tell him I can't see him. 273 00:15:55,535 --> 00:15:57,093 Vila. Where are you, Vila? 274 00:15:57,695 --> 00:15:59,174 Yes, I'm here. What is it? 275 00:15:59,255 --> 00:16:01,769 I told you to stand by. Not lie down. 276 00:16:01,855 --> 00:16:03,732 I was standing by. Anyway, what's going on? 277 00:16:03,815 --> 00:16:06,375 Not much. We found Cally. She seems to be all right. 278 00:16:06,455 --> 00:16:09,015 - Are you ready to teleport? - Not yet but I want you to be. 279 00:16:09,095 --> 00:16:10,687 You don't want me to come down? 280 00:16:10,935 --> 00:16:13,927 I want you to be ready to teleport us up. 281 00:16:14,015 --> 00:16:15,733 I was. I am. 282 00:16:16,295 --> 00:16:20,004 And, Vila, prime the neutron blasters, just in case. 283 00:16:20,095 --> 00:16:21,244 Dayna. 284 00:16:22,295 --> 00:16:25,207 - What is it? - We seem to have lost Tarrant. 285 00:16:25,295 --> 00:16:27,013 - What? - You'd better find him. 286 00:16:27,095 --> 00:16:28,244 Right. 287 00:16:31,255 --> 00:16:33,485 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 288 00:17:10,815 --> 00:17:11,804 (BUZZING) 289 00:17:12,175 --> 00:17:13,449 Who are you, I wonder? 290 00:17:14,215 --> 00:17:19,084 Specimen P 7-9-4-3-0- 1- 1, humanoid vertebrate. 291 00:17:19,295 --> 00:17:22,492 Subcategory menial. What information do you require? 292 00:17:23,055 --> 00:17:26,286 Specimen. But your identity: Who are you? Where are you from? 293 00:17:26,375 --> 00:17:28,445 My name is Relf of Probus 4. 294 00:17:29,055 --> 00:17:32,331 But if your thoughts and memories are in this cylinder, where are you? 295 00:17:32,415 --> 00:17:33,973 No knowledge, cannot answer. 296 00:17:34,055 --> 00:17:35,886 - Are there others like you? - Yes. 297 00:17:35,975 --> 00:17:37,124 And where are they? 298 00:17:37,295 --> 00:17:40,412 Some menials like me. Others absorbed in the core. 299 00:17:40,775 --> 00:17:43,687 - Core, what's that? - No knowledge, cannot answer. 300 00:17:43,775 --> 00:17:45,493 They exist in the core? 301 00:17:45,575 --> 00:17:48,772 The core lives to expand. It must expand to live. 302 00:17:49,655 --> 00:17:51,646 What is the core? Where is it? 303 00:17:51,895 --> 00:17:53,453 No knowledge, cannot answer. 304 00:17:53,575 --> 00:17:54,724 (DOOR OPENS) 305 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:04,768 Sleep cell. 306 00:18:05,455 --> 00:18:06,854 (ELECTRONIC WAVE SOUND) 307 00:18:06,935 --> 00:18:09,608 - Status? - Transference is proceeding normally. 308 00:18:09,695 --> 00:18:13,529 Complete mental profile and personality spectrum is filed in memory store. 309 00:18:13,615 --> 00:18:15,173 Physiological characteristics. 310 00:18:15,415 --> 00:18:19,169 Transferred. Soon she will be wiped clean, ready for absorption. 311 00:18:19,655 --> 00:18:20,929 Fine specimen. 312 00:18:21,815 --> 00:18:25,410 Categorise as humanoid vertebrate. Subcategory: Telepath. 313 00:18:25,735 --> 00:18:28,329 Very shortly we can remove her from the sleep cell. 314 00:18:28,855 --> 00:18:31,494 - And the others? - They will be dealt with in due course. 315 00:18:31,575 --> 00:18:33,566 Unless the others deal with you first. 316 00:18:34,455 --> 00:18:36,366 (TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 317 00:18:38,055 --> 00:18:41,172 I just hope for your sakes, the process is reversible... 318 00:18:41,255 --> 00:18:42,768 because if it isn't... 319 00:18:42,855 --> 00:18:44,686 Keep back. Keep back. 320 00:18:44,895 --> 00:18:47,648 You cannot resist the power of the core. 321 00:18:47,735 --> 00:18:49,965 It overcomes everything. 322 00:18:57,815 --> 00:18:59,043 (EXPLOSION) 323 00:19:02,695 --> 00:19:04,890 Tarrant, this way, quickly. 324 00:19:04,975 --> 00:19:06,374 (ULTRAS COUGHING) 325 00:19:40,215 --> 00:19:42,775 We've got to warn Avon and get Cally out of that thing. 326 00:19:42,855 --> 00:19:44,334 What have they done to her? 327 00:19:46,855 --> 00:19:50,006 - We have to get out of sight quickly. - Like where, for example? 328 00:19:50,095 --> 00:19:51,323 Come on. 329 00:20:14,775 --> 00:20:16,094 Vila, do you read? 330 00:20:16,815 --> 00:20:18,134 Yes, go ahead. 331 00:20:18,255 --> 00:20:21,088 - Ever alert as usual. - You know me. What's up? 332 00:20:21,175 --> 00:20:24,406 We could be... correction, we are in trouble. 333 00:20:24,495 --> 00:20:26,804 Stand by to bring us up. I'll keep this channel open. 334 00:20:26,895 --> 00:20:29,284 I'll get back to the teleport. What's the problem? 335 00:20:29,455 --> 00:20:32,652 Right now your guess is as good as mine. It doesn't look promising. 336 00:20:32,735 --> 00:20:34,009 (AVON GRUNTS) 337 00:20:34,415 --> 00:20:36,690 Go on, Avon. Are you there? 338 00:20:37,695 --> 00:20:39,606 I'm here. Are you there? 339 00:20:40,495 --> 00:20:41,530 Avon. 340 00:20:42,815 --> 00:20:43,964 Oh, no. 341 00:20:44,815 --> 00:20:46,692 Oh, please, no. 342 00:20:47,735 --> 00:20:49,771 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 343 00:21:18,335 --> 00:21:19,609 (WHISPERING) What now? 344 00:21:22,215 --> 00:21:24,729 Avon, this is Tarrant. Come in. 345 00:21:25,415 --> 00:21:27,849 Avon, are you there? Do you hear me? 346 00:21:29,575 --> 00:21:33,534 Cally is in danger. Avon, do you hear? Cally is in danger. 347 00:21:35,535 --> 00:21:38,254 Cally. What have they done to her? 348 00:21:38,935 --> 00:21:40,732 Something called transference. 349 00:21:41,535 --> 00:21:43,685 Ever seen a lizard suck a bird's egg dry? 350 00:21:44,295 --> 00:21:46,490 That's what they were doing to Cally's brain. 351 00:21:46,575 --> 00:21:50,250 Draining her memory and personality and transferring them to the memory store. 352 00:21:50,455 --> 00:21:52,525 That was the purpose of the sleep cell. 353 00:21:53,375 --> 00:21:58,324 - And afterwards, what happens to... - Whatever's left? I don't know. 354 00:21:58,415 --> 00:22:01,532 The Ultra talked about absorption, whatever that is. 355 00:22:02,495 --> 00:22:06,693 Or maybe the victims end up like those. Walking dead. 356 00:22:07,415 --> 00:22:08,894 Step forward, menial. 357 00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:13,328 You have your next instructions. You understand them? 358 00:22:13,935 --> 00:22:15,129 Proceed. 359 00:22:16,575 --> 00:22:18,054 So now there are three left. 360 00:22:18,135 --> 00:22:21,411 For a supposedly intelligent species, they are remarkably stupid. 361 00:22:21,855 --> 00:22:23,288 And when we've taken all five? 362 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:26,014 Then we take the prize exhibit for the museum: 363 00:22:26,535 --> 00:22:27,763 The ship. 364 00:22:30,055 --> 00:22:32,091 (OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 365 00:22:41,455 --> 00:22:43,207 You'd only bite my head off anyway. 366 00:22:44,695 --> 00:22:46,492 Orac, can you give me some advice? 367 00:22:46,575 --> 00:22:49,009 Please don't waste my time with foolish generalities. 368 00:22:49,095 --> 00:22:51,245 I must insist you ask specific questions. 369 00:22:51,335 --> 00:22:53,530 Shut up, you arrogant pile of junk. 370 00:22:59,255 --> 00:23:02,292 - Now where? - Well, we're lost. 371 00:23:04,015 --> 00:23:05,209 Perhaps not. 372 00:23:09,535 --> 00:23:12,003 We're here. That's where we are. Here. 373 00:23:12,655 --> 00:23:14,452 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 374 00:23:22,455 --> 00:23:24,650 Tarrant, where are you going? 375 00:23:25,775 --> 00:23:27,367 (POUNDING) 376 00:23:28,215 --> 00:23:30,570 Tarrant, what is it? What's that sound? 377 00:23:32,255 --> 00:23:34,007 There's a door back there, quick. 378 00:23:42,815 --> 00:23:43,964 Dayna. 379 00:23:49,175 --> 00:23:51,530 - Oh, it's cold in here. - It's freezing. 380 00:23:51,615 --> 00:23:53,128 What do you suppose this is? 381 00:23:53,775 --> 00:23:56,972 A storeroom, I would say, if there was anything stored here. 382 00:23:58,095 --> 00:23:59,813 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 383 00:24:07,215 --> 00:24:08,364 They've gone. 384 00:24:13,695 --> 00:24:14,286 (GASPING) 385 00:24:15,535 --> 00:24:17,765 (SINISTER INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 386 00:24:22,895 --> 00:24:26,251 You wanted to know what happens to them afterwards. Here's your answer. 387 00:24:26,335 --> 00:24:28,690 - Are they dead? - Lf they're not, they soon will be. 388 00:24:28,775 --> 00:24:31,243 No organism could withstand this temperature for long. 389 00:24:31,335 --> 00:24:33,803 - What's going to happen to them? - Absorption. 390 00:24:34,295 --> 00:24:37,253 Absorbed into what? The memory store? 391 00:24:37,335 --> 00:24:39,565 No. Their brain patterns are already stored there. 392 00:24:39,655 --> 00:24:42,294 These are just the empty husks, their minds wiped clean. 393 00:24:42,935 --> 00:24:45,733 - Perhaps they're food. - Food? For what? 394 00:24:46,415 --> 00:24:49,168 - For thought. - You mean their bodies are going... 395 00:25:44,255 --> 00:25:47,850 - What now? - Let's follow, see where they go. 396 00:25:48,615 --> 00:25:50,207 Sleep will soon come. 397 00:25:50,975 --> 00:25:53,694 And when it does, transference will take place. 398 00:25:54,695 --> 00:25:55,889 It is quite painless. 399 00:25:56,495 --> 00:25:57,769 You'll feel nothing. 400 00:25:58,895 --> 00:26:00,294 Ever again. 401 00:26:01,215 --> 00:26:04,446 Your mind will be released from your body. That is all. 402 00:26:04,975 --> 00:26:09,014 First of all you have to make me sleep. I tend to suffer from insomnia. 403 00:26:09,095 --> 00:26:12,644 - You will sleep. - I don't plan to. 404 00:26:13,055 --> 00:26:14,773 Do you suppose you have a choice? 405 00:26:22,135 --> 00:26:23,693 (HUMMING) 406 00:26:24,295 --> 00:26:25,887 I will not sleep. 407 00:26:28,135 --> 00:26:29,727 I will not sleep. 408 00:27:00,375 --> 00:27:03,492 You were right. They're feeding something. 409 00:27:04,175 --> 00:27:05,449 But what? 410 00:27:06,415 --> 00:27:09,646 The planet. The Ultra said it was alive... 411 00:27:09,735 --> 00:27:11,726 that it possessed awareness, consciousness. 412 00:27:11,815 --> 00:27:13,771 But it's a computer, not a living organism. 413 00:27:13,855 --> 00:27:16,813 Memory banks, germanium circuitry. We saw it all on the screens. 414 00:27:16,895 --> 00:27:18,487 Perhaps not all, Tarrant. 415 00:27:18,735 --> 00:27:20,168 (DISTANT POUNDING) 416 00:27:21,375 --> 00:27:22,694 Listen. 417 00:27:24,815 --> 00:27:26,373 It's coming from over there. 418 00:28:10,735 --> 00:28:14,011 - Absorbed in the core. - What? 419 00:28:14,095 --> 00:28:16,973 This is what happens to the brains when they've been wiped clean. 420 00:28:17,055 --> 00:28:20,092 With every new victim, the core expands, increases in brainpower. 421 00:28:20,735 --> 00:28:24,694 It's grown this big by absorbing the billions of intelligent creatures fed to it. 422 00:28:25,215 --> 00:28:26,728 It's growing all the while. 423 00:28:27,495 --> 00:28:29,645 Becoming more and more powerful. 424 00:28:31,055 --> 00:28:33,125 Cally. What about Cally? 425 00:28:34,295 --> 00:28:37,970 - We may be too late. - She could be in there. 426 00:28:45,215 --> 00:28:47,604 A strong mind. Most would have succumbed by now. 427 00:28:47,695 --> 00:28:48,969 It will not be long. 428 00:28:49,055 --> 00:28:53,651 They struggle, fight against it, but none can resist the power of the core. 429 00:28:53,735 --> 00:28:55,771 This specimen is strong in body, too. 430 00:28:55,855 --> 00:28:58,289 He'd make a good menial when transference is complete. 431 00:28:58,375 --> 00:29:02,084 No. After his brain has been cleansed it will be absorbed. 432 00:29:02,655 --> 00:29:05,533 The core needs new cellular tissue of such high calibre. 433 00:29:06,095 --> 00:29:07,926 - The other male. - The one called Tarrant. 434 00:29:08,015 --> 00:29:11,132 We will take him as a menial. The female will be absorbed. 435 00:29:12,295 --> 00:29:15,810 They are now in section Delta One. 436 00:29:38,455 --> 00:29:39,808 (BEEPING) 437 00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:48,890 - What caused that? - I'm not waiting to find out. Come on. 438 00:29:49,455 --> 00:29:51,969 One male, one female. 439 00:29:53,255 --> 00:29:55,291 I think we might try a small experiment. 440 00:29:55,935 --> 00:29:56,970 Experiment? 441 00:29:57,055 --> 00:29:59,694 It'll be useful data for the memory store. 442 00:30:05,375 --> 00:30:06,603 (EXPLOSION) 443 00:30:12,895 --> 00:30:17,252 No, not that way. We need you for our experiment. 444 00:30:17,855 --> 00:30:19,925 Find them. Take them unharmed. 445 00:30:35,135 --> 00:30:37,410 They're trying to drive us back to the core. 446 00:30:37,495 --> 00:30:39,008 I'm too young to be absorbed. 447 00:30:39,095 --> 00:30:40,892 I know where we are. This way. 448 00:30:48,735 --> 00:30:49,850 Over there. 449 00:31:01,295 --> 00:31:02,887 (DAYNA QUAVERING) 450 00:31:22,615 --> 00:31:23,650 (DAYNA GASPS) 451 00:31:23,735 --> 00:31:24,929 Cally. 452 00:31:43,095 --> 00:31:45,051 Cally, it's me, Dayna. 453 00:31:46,055 --> 00:31:48,364 Cally, can you hear me? Do you understand? 454 00:31:49,935 --> 00:31:51,368 Cally, wake up. 455 00:31:55,735 --> 00:31:58,454 It's no good. There's nothing there. 456 00:31:58,935 --> 00:32:00,334 What can we do? 457 00:32:01,535 --> 00:32:02,968 - Reinstate her memory. - How? 458 00:32:03,055 --> 00:32:05,933 - By reversing the process. - Can it be reversed? 459 00:32:07,135 --> 00:32:09,126 - Well, can it? - I don't know. 460 00:32:09,215 --> 00:32:11,854 The Ultra transferred her brain patterns to a memory tube. 461 00:32:11,935 --> 00:32:14,324 Her thoughts, memories, emotions have been filed away. 462 00:32:14,415 --> 00:32:17,054 - We have to find that tube. - Let's find it. 463 00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:19,365 - Dayna, wait. - We haven't time to wait. 464 00:32:19,455 --> 00:32:21,571 Soon we may have all the time in the world. 465 00:32:21,735 --> 00:32:22,850 What do you mean? 466 00:32:22,935 --> 00:32:25,449 Let's use our brains instead of having them transferred. 467 00:32:25,535 --> 00:32:28,493 Getting caught won't help Cally. Let's think about it. 468 00:32:28,575 --> 00:32:29,769 Well? 469 00:32:31,615 --> 00:32:33,526 Vila, this is Tarrant. Do you read? 470 00:32:34,215 --> 00:32:37,332 Tarrant calling Liberator. Vila, are you there? Come in. 471 00:32:40,175 --> 00:32:42,564 Thank heavens. I thought you'd all gone and left me. 472 00:32:42,655 --> 00:32:45,328 Gone where? Listen, Vila, this is important. 473 00:32:45,495 --> 00:32:48,931 Will somebody tell me what's going on? Where's Avon. Is he with you? 474 00:32:49,015 --> 00:32:51,893 We tried to contact him and couldn't. Have you heard from him? 475 00:32:51,975 --> 00:32:54,284 - Yes and no. - This is no time for riddles. 476 00:32:54,375 --> 00:32:55,649 You're telling me that. 477 00:32:55,735 --> 00:32:59,011 I was talking to him and he broke contact. Not a word of explanation. 478 00:32:59,095 --> 00:33:00,653 We'll see what we can do. 479 00:33:00,735 --> 00:33:02,726 We've got problems of our own with Cally. 480 00:33:02,815 --> 00:33:05,010 - Cally's there with you? - In a manner of speaking. 481 00:33:05,095 --> 00:33:06,767 - What do you mean? - Never mind. 482 00:33:06,855 --> 00:33:09,289 We may have to get her up there. Stand by the teleport. 483 00:33:09,375 --> 00:33:12,333 Why not? What else is there to do except stand by the teleport? 484 00:33:15,215 --> 00:33:16,534 (MENIALS GRUNTING) 485 00:33:17,255 --> 00:33:19,132 (GRIPPING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 486 00:33:26,415 --> 00:33:29,930 (VILA) Did you hear what I said? Tarrant. Dayna. 487 00:33:30,615 --> 00:33:31,764 Hello. 488 00:33:33,415 --> 00:33:34,404 Hello? 489 00:33:35,295 --> 00:33:36,444 Goodbye. 490 00:33:56,815 --> 00:33:58,726 No. We won't do it. 491 00:33:58,815 --> 00:34:00,612 - Do you speak for both? - Yes, she does. 492 00:34:00,695 --> 00:34:02,686 That is one thing you can't make us do. 493 00:34:02,775 --> 00:34:05,084 Perhaps not, though we might offer an inducement. 494 00:34:05,175 --> 00:34:06,244 Such as? 495 00:34:06,335 --> 00:34:10,169 Your fellow crew members are still alive. Whether they remain so is up to you. 496 00:34:10,375 --> 00:34:12,445 We require the human bonding ceremony. 497 00:34:12,615 --> 00:34:13,684 Why? 498 00:34:13,775 --> 00:34:17,893 The accumulation of data is our sole function and purpose, as we have said. 499 00:34:18,095 --> 00:34:20,131 For your cosmic encyclopaedia? 500 00:34:20,215 --> 00:34:22,365 We have collected a great deal of information... 501 00:34:22,455 --> 00:34:25,811 about Earth and its dominant species with one important omission. 502 00:34:26,055 --> 00:34:28,489 We intend to rectify that deficiency. 503 00:34:28,575 --> 00:34:29,769 And if we agree? 504 00:34:30,575 --> 00:34:34,250 We shall reconsider the fate of your friends. And, of course, yourselves. 505 00:34:34,335 --> 00:34:37,213 - Is that the best you can do? No deal. - Just a minute. 506 00:34:37,295 --> 00:34:40,173 - Could you give Cally her memory back? - Perhaps. 507 00:34:40,255 --> 00:34:43,691 - So it is possible to reverse the process? - It is possible. 508 00:34:44,135 --> 00:34:47,810 And would you release all four of us and allow us to return to our ship? 509 00:34:47,895 --> 00:34:50,011 That decision must be referred to the core. 510 00:34:50,095 --> 00:34:51,653 - The core will decide? - Of course. 511 00:34:51,735 --> 00:34:54,932 The core's the living consciousness of the planet. We're its servants. 512 00:34:55,015 --> 00:34:56,892 We obey without question. 513 00:34:57,215 --> 00:35:00,491 Tarrant, I think we should accept the offer. 514 00:35:00,775 --> 00:35:02,652 Then we can return to the Liberator. 515 00:35:02,735 --> 00:35:04,885 You can't be serious. You don't believe them. 516 00:35:04,975 --> 00:35:07,614 We have to believe if we hope to survive. 517 00:35:07,695 --> 00:35:09,526 - Kiss me. - What? 518 00:35:09,615 --> 00:35:11,571 I said, kiss me. 519 00:35:11,655 --> 00:35:14,647 Come on. I can't be all that repulsive. 520 00:35:18,895 --> 00:35:20,248 (BUZZING) 521 00:35:24,815 --> 00:35:27,010 Has the bonding ceremony begun? 522 00:35:27,855 --> 00:35:29,208 You could say so. 523 00:35:29,535 --> 00:35:32,095 But we do better without interruptions. 524 00:35:34,415 --> 00:35:36,610 - Are you ready? - The core is awaiting the signal. 525 00:35:36,695 --> 00:35:38,970 Wave emissions increasing. Locked onto spacecraft. 526 00:35:39,055 --> 00:35:40,044 Focus emissions. 527 00:35:40,135 --> 00:35:43,525 Is the remaining crew member capable of piloting the spacecraft alone? 528 00:35:43,615 --> 00:35:47,005 According to the female Cally's memory traces, we should have no trouble. 529 00:35:47,095 --> 00:35:49,245 He is weak-willed and easily lead. 530 00:35:49,415 --> 00:35:53,090 The ship's master computer Zen will operate all functions on his command. 531 00:35:53,335 --> 00:35:56,327 And any intelligent creature with a rational thought process... 532 00:35:56,415 --> 00:35:58,451 is as capable of being manipulated. 533 00:35:58,775 --> 00:36:00,493 This one is no exception. 534 00:36:00,575 --> 00:36:03,135 - Wave emissions at optimum. - Give the signal. 535 00:36:05,135 --> 00:36:07,285 (OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 536 00:36:26,495 --> 00:36:29,407 Come out, come out, wherever you are. 537 00:36:30,655 --> 00:36:32,885 Help. I'm being got at. 538 00:36:34,095 --> 00:36:36,290 Orac, do something. 539 00:36:37,335 --> 00:36:39,166 You've got to help me. Help me. 540 00:36:39,575 --> 00:36:42,009 Activator? What did I do with it? 541 00:36:43,455 --> 00:36:46,447 I'll never call you names again, Orac. Never again, I promise. 542 00:36:51,455 --> 00:36:54,333 Orac, I need your help. There's something here. 543 00:36:54,415 --> 00:36:56,849 Not now. I'm busy analysing the semantic structure... 544 00:36:56,935 --> 00:37:00,484 of synonyms and antonyms as it pertains to the specific instance of riddles. 545 00:37:02,215 --> 00:37:03,409 How's that, darling? 546 00:37:04,215 --> 00:37:07,764 - More comfortable? - Oh, yes. Much better. 547 00:37:08,055 --> 00:37:09,170 Thank you, darling. 548 00:37:18,255 --> 00:37:21,486 I've heard of people having tricks up their sleeve. But this is... 549 00:37:22,815 --> 00:37:25,807 - How long? - All of ten seconds. 550 00:37:25,895 --> 00:37:27,965 - As much as that? - Less now. About seven. 551 00:37:28,095 --> 00:37:29,289 Or nearer five. 552 00:37:29,375 --> 00:37:30,933 (MOUTHING) 553 00:37:33,975 --> 00:37:35,044 Now. 554 00:37:36,775 --> 00:37:37,844 (EXPLOSION) 555 00:37:37,935 --> 00:37:39,448 Is that the bonding ceremony? 556 00:37:42,575 --> 00:37:45,214 - We must find them. - Leave them. They have nowhere to go. 557 00:37:46,095 --> 00:37:48,006 (FAST-PACED INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 558 00:37:53,615 --> 00:37:57,688 "There was young lady named Perkins who was very fond of small gherkins 559 00:37:57,975 --> 00:38:02,651 "One day at tea, she ate 43, and pickled her internal workings" 560 00:38:02,735 --> 00:38:04,407 Excellent. Another one, Vila. 561 00:38:05,135 --> 00:38:06,773 - Don't know any more. - Another one. 562 00:38:06,855 --> 00:38:08,004 Can't remember. 563 00:38:08,095 --> 00:38:10,928 A riddle. A limerick. A word puzzle. Think, Vila, think. 564 00:38:11,295 --> 00:38:14,287 - "There was a young man from... " - From where? Think. 565 00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:15,524 Can't remember. 566 00:38:16,055 --> 00:38:18,011 (INTENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 567 00:39:24,975 --> 00:39:26,852 (TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 568 00:39:39,495 --> 00:39:41,087 (MENIAL GRUNTING) 569 00:40:06,375 --> 00:40:07,444 What's happening? 570 00:40:08,135 --> 00:40:10,490 Do you mind if we talk about it later? Come on. 571 00:40:12,975 --> 00:40:14,454 (DRONING) 572 00:40:18,575 --> 00:40:21,214 Get these two to the sleep cell, I'll get the memory tubes. 573 00:40:21,295 --> 00:40:22,284 Right. 574 00:40:37,055 --> 00:40:40,889 - Frequency wave emissions out of phase. - Primary circuits register overload. 575 00:40:40,975 --> 00:40:42,727 Wave emissions approaching critical. 576 00:40:42,855 --> 00:40:45,164 No. Impossible. The core is self-compensating. 577 00:40:45,255 --> 00:40:46,574 Check for malfunction. 578 00:40:46,935 --> 00:40:48,448 Critical status is confirmed. 579 00:40:48,695 --> 00:40:52,483 - The core is unstable. - No! Check again. 580 00:41:03,095 --> 00:41:04,767 (DEVICE WHIRRING) 581 00:41:19,375 --> 00:41:21,843 - Section Beta? - All circuits register overload. 582 00:41:21,935 --> 00:41:23,414 Attempt manual compensation. 583 00:41:26,175 --> 00:41:27,290 Negative response. 584 00:41:27,375 --> 00:41:29,764 - Operate primary fail-safe terminals. - Confirmed. 585 00:41:41,535 --> 00:41:42,729 Stabilisation. 586 00:41:42,855 --> 00:41:45,005 - Negative response. - Entering critical phase. 587 00:41:45,095 --> 00:41:47,848 But how? The wave emissions were at optimum. 588 00:41:47,935 --> 00:41:49,766 Nothing can resist the power of the core. 589 00:41:49,855 --> 00:41:53,006 Something did. Something we couldn't foresee and didn't allow for. 590 00:41:53,095 --> 00:41:54,289 Something on that ship. 591 00:41:54,375 --> 00:41:56,331 We were in control. We brought the ship in. 592 00:42:02,015 --> 00:42:03,687 Terminal condition imminent. 593 00:42:03,775 --> 00:42:06,812 - Without the core, Ultraworld can't exist. - We cannot survive. 594 00:42:06,895 --> 00:42:08,408 - Can we prevent it? - We must. 595 00:42:08,495 --> 00:42:10,804 Activate final fail-safes. Now. 596 00:42:12,295 --> 00:42:14,445 Something on that ship. 597 00:42:15,215 --> 00:42:17,046 "... if a woodchuck could chuck wood" 598 00:42:17,135 --> 00:42:19,285 "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck 599 00:42:19,375 --> 00:42:22,208 - "If a woodchuck could chuck wood?" - Encore. 600 00:42:27,735 --> 00:42:30,647 It's so slow. Can't we speed it up? 601 00:42:30,735 --> 00:42:31,884 We dare not risk it. 602 00:42:31,975 --> 00:42:34,648 If the memory traces aren't implanted exactly as before... 603 00:42:34,735 --> 00:42:36,805 they'll end up with scrambled brain cells. 604 00:42:37,535 --> 00:42:39,969 - What's the matter? - The memory tubes. 605 00:42:40,055 --> 00:42:41,932 I hope they're in the right order. 606 00:42:42,015 --> 00:42:43,767 You mean you could have got them... 607 00:42:44,375 --> 00:42:45,774 That could be interesting. 608 00:42:45,855 --> 00:42:47,049 (EXPLOSION) 609 00:42:50,895 --> 00:42:52,123 The core. 610 00:42:52,215 --> 00:42:55,287 - It's having some kind of brain storm. - What's causing it? 611 00:42:55,375 --> 00:42:57,047 - Overload. - Of what? 612 00:42:57,135 --> 00:42:59,046 A brain that size could cope with anything. 613 00:42:59,135 --> 00:43:01,126 You know what they say. The bigger they are... 614 00:43:01,215 --> 00:43:04,810 Think of the problems the human brain has and multiply that by a few billion. 615 00:43:04,895 --> 00:43:08,092 - That could be quite a headache. - We've got one ourselves. 616 00:43:12,415 --> 00:43:13,734 Come on. 617 00:43:44,375 --> 00:43:46,445 Are you all right? Cally? 618 00:43:47,615 --> 00:43:49,048 Yes, I think so. 619 00:43:49,775 --> 00:43:52,847 - Good. Right, let's get out of here. - We have no bracelets. 620 00:43:52,935 --> 00:43:55,244 They brought the ship down. It's here in Ultraworld. 621 00:43:55,335 --> 00:43:57,053 - Here? Can you find it? - Yes. 622 00:43:57,655 --> 00:43:59,930 - Then let's go. - Bring Cally. 623 00:44:01,615 --> 00:44:03,128 You all right? 624 00:44:14,455 --> 00:44:15,683 - Better now? - Yes. 625 00:44:15,775 --> 00:44:17,049 Right. Come on. 626 00:44:19,255 --> 00:44:21,052 (TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 627 00:44:25,815 --> 00:44:27,009 Come on. 628 00:44:27,935 --> 00:44:29,129 (ALARM BUZZING) 629 00:44:31,095 --> 00:44:32,528 Watch the door. 630 00:44:37,975 --> 00:44:40,170 - Vila, are you there? - Who else could it be? 631 00:44:40,255 --> 00:44:42,166 Look, what is going on? Will somebody... 632 00:44:42,255 --> 00:44:44,644 Shut up. Open the starboard airlock. We're on our way. 633 00:44:44,735 --> 00:44:46,805 - Why not teleport? It'll save time. - Do it. 634 00:44:46,895 --> 00:44:48,010 Right. 635 00:44:54,455 --> 00:44:55,808 (BUZZING) 636 00:44:57,295 --> 00:45:00,128 - You finished? - Yes. 637 00:45:01,095 --> 00:45:02,528 Then let's get out of here. 638 00:45:23,335 --> 00:45:25,849 Vila, 90 degrees lateral thrust. Now. 639 00:45:52,975 --> 00:45:55,364 - I wish I knew what was going on. - Get to your place. 640 00:45:55,455 --> 00:45:57,446 Full thrust. Give it everything you've got. 641 00:45:59,135 --> 00:46:00,363 Brace yourselves. 642 00:46:49,775 --> 00:46:51,652 (MYSTERIOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 643 00:46:57,615 --> 00:47:00,254 - What did you feel like, Avon? - What? 644 00:47:00,335 --> 00:47:02,291 Being an entry in an encyclopaedia. 645 00:47:02,375 --> 00:47:05,014 He wouldn't mind, so long as they filed him under "genius". 646 00:47:05,095 --> 00:47:07,655 You'd have all been filed away if it hadn't been for me. 647 00:47:07,735 --> 00:47:08,884 And Orac, I suppose. 648 00:47:08,975 --> 00:47:10,966 - You? - Yes, me. 649 00:47:11,055 --> 00:47:13,649 - What precisely did you do? - What did I do? 650 00:47:13,735 --> 00:47:15,532 Only saved your neck. That's what. 651 00:47:15,615 --> 00:47:19,051 Ask Orac. Go on. Ask him. 652 00:47:19,255 --> 00:47:22,167 Orac, is it true that we have an unsung hero in our midst? 653 00:47:22,255 --> 00:47:23,973 - To whom are you referring? - Vila. 654 00:47:24,055 --> 00:47:27,172 Vila served a useful purpose in distracting and confusing... 655 00:47:27,255 --> 00:47:29,246 the energy waves emanating from the planet. 656 00:47:29,335 --> 00:47:30,654 - Useful purpose. - Meanwhile... 657 00:47:30,735 --> 00:47:33,249 I was able to project those same wave emissions... 658 00:47:33,335 --> 00:47:34,688 back to their primary source. 659 00:47:34,775 --> 00:47:37,687 - So Vila acted as a kind of mental decoy. - Decoy. 660 00:47:37,775 --> 00:47:40,005 So the core was subjected to its own emissions? 661 00:47:40,095 --> 00:47:41,687 - Correct. - Self-brainwashing. 662 00:47:41,775 --> 00:47:43,606 There's poetic justice for you. 663 00:47:43,695 --> 00:47:47,654 Orac, how precisely did Vila confuse and distract Ultraworld? 664 00:47:47,735 --> 00:47:48,770 Quite simple. 665 00:47:48,855 --> 00:47:51,574 With a series of random and illogical brain impulses. 666 00:47:51,855 --> 00:47:56,007 The planet was programmed to assimilate orderly coherent thought patterns. 667 00:47:56,095 --> 00:47:57,847 Anything else confused it. 668 00:47:57,935 --> 00:47:59,653 You mean Vila spouted nonsense? 669 00:47:59,735 --> 00:48:01,771 - I resent that. - I wouldn't if I were you. 670 00:48:01,895 --> 00:48:05,444 Orac is saying that a logical, rational intelligence... 671 00:48:05,535 --> 00:48:07,446 is no match for yours. 672 00:48:15,935 --> 00:48:17,493 (THEME MUSIC) 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00