1 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:34,129 (THEME MUSIC) 2 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:15,691 (OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 3 00:01:23,340 --> 00:01:25,331 (HEROIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 4 00:01:32,220 --> 00:01:33,858 - Twenty-seven days. - What? 5 00:01:33,940 --> 00:01:36,249 We've been following Servalan for 27 days. 6 00:01:36,340 --> 00:01:39,412 Course 6-4-5-3, nil curvature, standard by three... 7 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:43,095 never mind the occasional ion cloud or asteroid cluster, just blast away... 8 00:01:43,180 --> 00:01:46,297 through them, she's gone mad or dead. That's it, she's dead. 9 00:01:46,380 --> 00:01:48,894 We're following a rogue star-cruiser. I am bored. 10 00:01:48,980 --> 00:01:50,493 You're boring, Vila. 11 00:01:50,580 --> 00:01:51,979 There is only Calcos left. 12 00:01:52,060 --> 00:01:54,335 What would Servalan want with a penal colony? 13 00:01:54,420 --> 00:01:55,216 Who knows? 14 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:58,531 Perhaps she wants to compare notes with some other genocidal maniacs. 15 00:01:58,620 --> 00:02:01,373 Or take a refresher course in basic brutality. 16 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:03,218 - It's not Calcos. - Not? 17 00:02:03,500 --> 00:02:04,933 She's already missed it. 18 00:02:08,460 --> 00:02:11,896 She could always turn around and come back again, but why should she? 19 00:02:11,980 --> 00:02:14,096 Because there's nowhere else to go. 20 00:02:14,260 --> 00:02:16,091 No, there's nothing on the chart. 21 00:02:16,180 --> 00:02:18,740 - We've come to the end. - A big zero. 22 00:02:18,820 --> 00:02:21,209 The pioneers called it the Outer Darkness. 23 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:24,212 I tell you, she's mad. She's finally gone over the top. 24 00:02:24,300 --> 00:02:26,655 That's an interesting viewpoint, Vila. Isn't it? 25 00:02:26,740 --> 00:02:30,096 Came from talking to herself. Any other theories about paranoids... 26 00:02:30,180 --> 00:02:33,058 Information. The present course has no material end. 27 00:02:33,140 --> 00:02:37,497 Suggest transfer from linear progression to modular time shift. 28 00:02:37,580 --> 00:02:39,218 (TARRANT) Suggestion rejected, Zen. 29 00:02:39,300 --> 00:02:41,291 Just a moment. How long would it take... 30 00:02:41,380 --> 00:02:43,814 for us to get somewhere using maximum time shift? 31 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:47,131 - One hundred and fifty-nine Earth years. - That's all I need. 32 00:02:47,220 --> 00:02:48,892 And where will that bring us? 33 00:02:48,980 --> 00:02:52,529 Repeat: There is no material destination on present course. 34 00:02:53,060 --> 00:02:55,255 After 159 Earth years... 35 00:02:55,340 --> 00:02:58,298 time-shift mechanism will cease to function. 36 00:02:58,380 --> 00:03:00,610 - Can we go back now? - Avon, what do you think? 37 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:02,770 No. She must have a reason. 38 00:03:03,020 --> 00:03:05,534 Servalan would not leave her headquarters... 39 00:03:05,620 --> 00:03:07,531 or the bulk of her battle fleet... 40 00:03:07,820 --> 00:03:09,811 unless she was very confident about something. 41 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:11,492 It's that confidence that intrigues me. 42 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:14,494 Is she deliberately taking us away from somewhere? 43 00:03:14,580 --> 00:03:17,538 - Or leading us into a trap? - No, she doesn't know we're here. 44 00:03:17,620 --> 00:03:19,497 No probe activity at all. 45 00:03:19,580 --> 00:03:22,697 Why don't we just blast her out of existence once and for all? 46 00:03:23,180 --> 00:03:24,898 Then, we would never know, would we? 47 00:03:25,340 --> 00:03:27,490 What do you think, Vila? Me? I think we should go back. 48 00:03:27,580 --> 00:03:29,935 There's not much scope for a man of my talents... 49 00:03:30,020 --> 00:03:31,772 charm and good looks, on the other hand... 50 00:03:31,860 --> 00:03:32,372 Vila! 51 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:34,528 Vila, please. 52 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:37,091 (OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 53 00:03:41,940 --> 00:03:43,339 (MUSIC SLOWING) 54 00:03:45,980 --> 00:03:50,019 Information. Forward sensors no longer register target ship. 55 00:03:50,420 --> 00:03:52,570 That can't be right. Zen, full forward scan. 56 00:03:53,260 --> 00:03:55,091 Negative response. 57 00:03:55,220 --> 00:03:58,098 Zen, give us a visual playback from the point of last contact. 58 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:08,533 - It just went. - Cally, has it dematerialised? 59 00:04:08,940 --> 00:04:12,728 It's unlikely. There's no sign of abnormal particle activity. 60 00:04:12,820 --> 00:04:16,654 All right. Zen, maintain present course. Sensors on full alert. 61 00:04:17,340 --> 00:04:19,979 - Speed standard by four. - Are you sure it's safe? 62 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:21,937 Is that an objection? Anyone? 63 00:04:22,220 --> 00:04:24,017 Yes, I object. Strongly. 64 00:04:30,740 --> 00:04:31,934 What was that? 65 00:04:32,340 --> 00:04:33,693 Starboard navigation probe. 66 00:04:33,780 --> 00:04:35,338 Zen, what's going on? 67 00:04:35,460 --> 00:04:40,136 Navigation computers report high-energy interference with directional probes. 68 00:04:40,540 --> 00:04:42,178 Automatic control untenable. 69 00:04:42,780 --> 00:04:44,179 Battle stations! 70 00:04:45,380 --> 00:04:48,611 Zen, this interference, is there any hostile design to it? 71 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:51,453 - There is a uniform design to it... - Is it hostile? 72 00:04:51,820 --> 00:04:54,095 The word hostile is not objective. 73 00:04:54,180 --> 00:04:55,932 This is no time to quibble over terminology. 74 00:04:56,020 --> 00:04:57,009 (RUMBLING) 75 00:04:57,300 --> 00:05:01,771 Forward navigation probes report approach speed inconsistent... 76 00:05:01,860 --> 00:05:02,895 with safe planet fall. 77 00:05:03,380 --> 00:05:06,338 Hull sensors indicate excessive atmospheric friction. 78 00:05:07,220 --> 00:05:08,255 Look! 79 00:05:10,620 --> 00:05:13,737 Collision imminent. Repeat, collision imminent. 80 00:05:13,820 --> 00:05:15,492 Tarrant! Full deflection! 81 00:05:15,980 --> 00:05:17,971 (DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 82 00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:31,369 Chesil, I think I've got something. 83 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:37,934 - Aren't you going to report it? - No, wait. 84 00:05:42,780 --> 00:05:45,897 - Poola, you must report it. - They may come back. 85 00:05:46,140 --> 00:05:48,176 They won't. Why should they? 86 00:05:48,460 --> 00:05:51,691 They don't know what's happening. And if they did, why should they care? 87 00:05:51,780 --> 00:05:53,099 They may. 88 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:55,018 We must have hope, Chesil. 89 00:05:55,260 --> 00:05:56,249 No. 90 00:05:56,460 --> 00:05:58,690 There. It's done. 91 00:06:00,220 --> 00:06:01,733 You have great courage, Poola. 92 00:06:02,940 --> 00:06:04,373 - I only hope... - What? 93 00:06:06,140 --> 00:06:07,209 No matter. 94 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,291 (SOLEMN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 95 00:06:25,940 --> 00:06:27,931 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 96 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:37,575 - I think we've pulled clear of it. - Clear of what? What was it? 97 00:06:37,660 --> 00:06:38,854 Zen, status report. 98 00:06:38,940 --> 00:06:41,135 All systems functioning normally. 99 00:06:41,220 --> 00:06:42,812 Automatic control, stabilise... 100 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:45,095 and give us a scan in a cone of 60 degrees. 101 00:06:45,180 --> 00:06:46,693 Scan report, negative. 102 00:06:47,380 --> 00:06:49,575 But, Zen, there was something. A planet, or... 103 00:06:49,660 --> 00:06:52,333 So stop being pedantic, and give us the facts. 104 00:06:52,460 --> 00:06:55,179 The planet's located at course zero degrees... 105 00:06:55,260 --> 00:06:57,012 2,000 spacials. 106 00:07:00,060 --> 00:07:01,618 We don't see anything. 107 00:07:01,820 --> 00:07:05,256 The planet's stratosphere comprises two energy fields. 108 00:07:05,660 --> 00:07:09,938 The inner is impervious, the outer, refractive to all medium-pulse emissions. 109 00:07:10,420 --> 00:07:11,489 Thanks a lot, Zen. 110 00:07:11,580 --> 00:07:14,094 Zen, give us a full laser scan and printout. 111 00:07:18,220 --> 00:07:22,498 So, it's as simple as that. Light cannot get in and it cannot get out. 112 00:07:22,980 --> 00:07:25,130 Nor can any other medium-pulse energy. 113 00:07:25,500 --> 00:07:27,730 Nothing from gamma radiation to radio waves. 114 00:07:27,820 --> 00:07:30,539 But there was light in there. Play back a visual of our entry. 115 00:07:31,380 --> 00:07:32,699 Freeze it there. 116 00:07:33,380 --> 00:07:35,769 If there's no sun, where does that light come from? 117 00:07:36,180 --> 00:07:38,455 All light and other medium-pulse energy... 118 00:07:38,540 --> 00:07:40,929 is governed by the energy-mass transformer... 119 00:07:41,020 --> 00:07:45,138 Located at grid reference 3- 1-9 on the visual display. 120 00:07:45,380 --> 00:07:47,610 Zen, full magnification, reference 3-1-9. 121 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:50,091 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 122 00:07:55,260 --> 00:07:56,932 So that's where she went. 123 00:07:57,020 --> 00:07:58,851 - Maybe we should go now. - Go where? 124 00:07:58,940 --> 00:08:01,295 - Somewhere a long way away. - Why do you say that? 125 00:08:01,380 --> 00:08:03,575 Now there is technology and there is technology. 126 00:08:03,660 --> 00:08:06,652 Anyone who can transmute mass and energy on a planetary scale... 127 00:08:06,740 --> 00:08:08,537 will not be upset over my little sidearm. 128 00:08:09,020 --> 00:08:10,658 Or a neutron blaster, come to that. 129 00:08:10,740 --> 00:08:13,379 But there's no real reason to suppose they're hostile. 130 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:16,611 They're friendly with Servalan. That's hostile enough for me. 131 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:17,769 Quite. 132 00:08:17,860 --> 00:08:20,499 Then that increases our obligation to find out what's going on. 133 00:08:20,980 --> 00:08:22,538 - Obligation? - I agree with Cally. 134 00:08:22,820 --> 00:08:25,175 Servalan with powerful friends doesn't bear thinking about. 135 00:08:25,460 --> 00:08:27,257 We should've killed her when we had the chance. 136 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:29,849 - Yes, but we didn't. I'm going down. - How? 137 00:08:29,940 --> 00:08:32,010 - Teleport. - It will be interesting to see... 138 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:34,568 what that energy field does to a teleport beam. 139 00:08:35,460 --> 00:08:38,293 We'll take the Liberator through again and I'll teleport from there. 140 00:08:40,340 --> 00:08:43,571 Why don't you land it right on top of their monitoring station... 141 00:08:43,660 --> 00:08:45,139 just in case they haven't got the message? 142 00:08:46,980 --> 00:08:50,131 Zen, was our entry monitored from the planet's surface? 143 00:08:50,220 --> 00:08:51,619 Affirmative. 144 00:08:51,820 --> 00:08:54,618 - So they know we're here. - Correction. They know we came... 145 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:56,133 and they know that we went away again. 146 00:08:56,220 --> 00:08:59,417 One thing's for sure, next time they'll be ready for us. 147 00:08:59,500 --> 00:09:01,252 (EXCITING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 148 00:09:05,380 --> 00:09:06,654 A meteor. 149 00:09:06,740 --> 00:09:09,459 They do come from time to time. Some of them quite large. 150 00:09:09,540 --> 00:09:10,734 They're of no consequence... 151 00:09:10,820 --> 00:09:12,731 - So you erase their records? - Yes. 152 00:09:12,820 --> 00:09:14,219 - Whenever they slip through. - Yes! 153 00:09:14,300 --> 00:09:18,134 Even though they fire a gravity deflection thrust and slip back out again? 154 00:09:19,380 --> 00:09:21,575 And where did this "meteor" land? 155 00:09:21,740 --> 00:09:23,253 In the desert region. 156 00:09:23,780 --> 00:09:25,054 How very convenient. 157 00:09:25,140 --> 00:09:27,256 Convenient or not, that's what happened. 158 00:09:27,340 --> 00:09:30,412 She lies. She must suffer. 159 00:09:30,500 --> 00:09:32,092 I'm telling you the truth! 160 00:09:32,180 --> 00:09:33,693 Give her to your men. 161 00:09:33,780 --> 00:09:35,338 - Right, Lector, see to it. - Guard. 162 00:09:35,420 --> 00:09:36,455 No! 163 00:09:37,340 --> 00:09:40,491 - President Servalan is here with her aide. - Damn. 164 00:09:41,340 --> 00:09:42,898 All right, let her in. 165 00:09:43,580 --> 00:09:45,571 (SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 166 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:53,292 President Servalan, we are indeed most honoured. 167 00:09:53,380 --> 00:09:55,610 - Lector, take her out of here, will you? - Yes, sir. 168 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:57,418 Madam President, help me! 169 00:10:01,020 --> 00:10:03,818 Section Leader, the records were accurate. 170 00:10:04,140 --> 00:10:07,928 Women, food, and inflicting pain, in no particular order. 171 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:11,815 The Fifth Legion always encouraged such virtues, Madam President. 172 00:10:11,980 --> 00:10:13,652 They sharpen the spurs of duty. 173 00:10:13,740 --> 00:10:16,208 Yes, I've come a long way Section Leader... 174 00:10:16,300 --> 00:10:19,292 and it wasn't out of concern for your peccadilloes. 175 00:10:19,380 --> 00:10:21,450 First, I shall require refreshment. 176 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:25,249 Yes, of course. I shall have some brought. 177 00:10:34,020 --> 00:10:37,092 Attention. Unit Commander Lector here. 178 00:10:37,740 --> 00:10:40,254 I want two men at the lower city gate, now. 179 00:10:40,780 --> 00:10:43,248 We have a present for you. Move! 180 00:10:49,620 --> 00:10:52,498 Right. They'll be waiting. Take her down. 181 00:10:53,660 --> 00:10:54,775 Poola. 182 00:11:05,780 --> 00:11:07,771 (DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 183 00:11:18,260 --> 00:11:21,172 Such trivial questions should more properly be addressed... 184 00:11:21,260 --> 00:11:22,818 to the ship's master computer. 185 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:25,972 I'm sorry if it's beneath your dignity, Orac, but Zen has no record... 186 00:11:26,060 --> 00:11:27,698 of the planet in the databanks. 187 00:11:27,780 --> 00:11:29,850 There's no sign of it in the federation charts. 188 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:34,092 The body to which you refer is Sardos, a large fixed meteoroid... 189 00:11:34,180 --> 00:11:36,171 with a single colony of some 300 souls. 190 00:11:36,660 --> 00:11:37,775 Are they friendly? 191 00:11:37,860 --> 00:11:40,328 They are socially exclusive, but not unduly hostile. 192 00:11:40,860 --> 00:11:42,293 What sort of answer is that? 193 00:11:42,380 --> 00:11:43,859 A succinct one. 194 00:11:44,540 --> 00:11:47,691 To elaborate, the Sardoans avoid any form of social contact... 195 00:11:47,780 --> 00:11:49,657 which might lead to genetic change. 196 00:11:49,740 --> 00:11:52,493 Their decision to avoid the normal evolutionary process... 197 00:11:52,580 --> 00:11:55,378 followed exhaustive computer projections into their future. 198 00:11:55,460 --> 00:11:58,133 - How far into their future? - Two million Earth years. 199 00:11:58,220 --> 00:11:59,653 Nothing like planning ahead. 200 00:11:59,740 --> 00:12:02,129 This is all very interesting, but how do I get down... 201 00:12:02,220 --> 00:12:05,053 to the surface without teleporting through an energy field... 202 00:12:05,140 --> 00:12:07,131 or letting these characters know I'm coming? 203 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:10,769 You must employ subtlety. Observe the visual display. 204 00:12:11,140 --> 00:12:15,656 This is a T- 16 space transporter, widely used by the former Federation... 205 00:12:15,740 --> 00:12:17,935 for conveying troops before the Galactic War. 206 00:12:18,020 --> 00:12:20,659 It carries no armament and no scanning devices. 207 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:24,096 Orac, we are all familiar with basic spacecraft recognition. 208 00:12:24,180 --> 00:12:25,932 If you cannot listen to the answers... 209 00:12:26,020 --> 00:12:27,976 why do you inconvenience me with questions? 210 00:12:28,060 --> 00:12:29,254 Observe the layout. 211 00:12:29,340 --> 00:12:32,855 The T- 16 was poorly designed, and incorporates a useless cavity... 212 00:12:32,940 --> 00:12:36,296 behind the central bulkhead, which is covered by a cosmetic partition. 213 00:12:36,380 --> 00:12:40,419 The one who has the skill to remove this from the inside is Vila. 214 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:43,253 What's that? Oh, no. No to whatever it was. 215 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:46,094 Orac, please explain the significance of that. 216 00:12:46,180 --> 00:12:48,535 The T- 16 will enter teleport range... 217 00:12:48,620 --> 00:12:50,815 in one minute, 17 seconds, en route for Sardos. 218 00:12:52,140 --> 00:12:54,096 Zen, full reconnaissance. Cally! 219 00:12:54,180 --> 00:12:56,774 Detectors confirm approaching space vehicle... 220 00:12:56,860 --> 00:13:00,899 on tangent bearing 0-0, course 6-4-5. 221 00:13:01,620 --> 00:13:04,088 - Confirm no probe activity. - Confirmed. 222 00:13:04,180 --> 00:13:06,216 You're not seriously proposing to teleport. 223 00:13:06,300 --> 00:13:07,779 Can you think of a better way? 224 00:13:07,860 --> 00:13:10,169 I shall need the exact coordinates for that cavity. 225 00:13:10,260 --> 00:13:12,330 They're probably on the T-16 design chip. Vila! 226 00:13:12,420 --> 00:13:14,138 No. I'm staying here. 227 00:13:14,220 --> 00:13:17,018 Come on, man. You wanted some excitement, now you've got it. 228 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:19,853 You heard what Orac said. I need you. Come on! 229 00:13:21,780 --> 00:13:23,338 Isn't this a bit precipitous? 230 00:13:24,060 --> 00:13:27,939 Tarrant is always precipitous. Or hadn't you noticed? 231 00:13:28,660 --> 00:13:30,616 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 232 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:52,089 Tarrant? 233 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:55,014 Tarrant! Where are you? 234 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:57,091 (FESTIVE MUSIC) 235 00:14:03,460 --> 00:14:04,449 (MUSIC GETS LOUDER) 236 00:14:09,260 --> 00:14:11,296 - Tarrant! - Vila, I'm here. 237 00:14:11,380 --> 00:14:12,415 What? 238 00:14:12,860 --> 00:14:14,930 Vila, don't panic. Just don't panic. 239 00:14:15,020 --> 00:14:17,056 She's missed. She got her coordinates wrong. 240 00:14:17,140 --> 00:14:18,255 - I'm going back. - Vila, wait! 241 00:14:18,340 --> 00:14:19,978 It's fine for you, you're not stuck out here. 242 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:21,175 (CHEERING) 243 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:23,694 - What was that? - I don't know. I'm not going to wait. 244 00:14:23,780 --> 00:14:25,896 - I'm going back. - Vila, listen to me! 245 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:29,937 Halfway down the partition, there's a cover. Loosen it. 246 00:14:30,380 --> 00:14:31,654 - Are you hearing me? - Yes. 247 00:14:31,740 --> 00:14:32,809 Do it! 248 00:14:32,980 --> 00:14:34,493 I can't, it'll take too long. 249 00:14:34,580 --> 00:14:38,334 You can, and the sooner you get started the sooner we'll both be out of danger. 250 00:14:38,420 --> 00:14:39,899 Stop flapping, and move yourself. 251 00:14:39,980 --> 00:14:41,811 I didn't want to come in the first place. 252 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:44,539 I knew somehow that this would happen. It always does... 253 00:14:44,620 --> 00:14:46,053 and it always happens to me. 254 00:14:46,140 --> 00:14:49,450 She didn't get your coordinates wrong. You don't have that luck. 255 00:14:50,140 --> 00:14:51,368 I've had it. 256 00:14:51,940 --> 00:14:53,817 This is positively the last time. 257 00:14:54,540 --> 00:14:56,656 Hurry, Vila. I think we're landing. 258 00:14:56,740 --> 00:14:59,857 As soon as we get somewhere civilised, I'm off out of it. 259 00:15:00,260 --> 00:15:02,649 I can look after myself, always have done before. 260 00:15:02,740 --> 00:15:04,856 Got you, chappie. 261 00:15:05,180 --> 00:15:08,809 You're looking for somewhere civilised? You won't find it in there! 262 00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:13,612 I haven't seen you before. You a stowaway? 263 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:17,012 Yes, but don't worry about it, old son. What's it matter? 264 00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:20,615 You just leave it to your old Uncle Doran. Why, come on with me. Come on. 265 00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:22,577 - Thank you very much, but... - Don't be shy. 266 00:15:22,660 --> 00:15:23,979 Wait a second, I mean... 267 00:15:24,060 --> 00:15:27,052 Now, take a pot, and come and join the fest. 268 00:15:27,780 --> 00:15:30,010 And if anyone says anything at all... 269 00:15:30,700 --> 00:15:32,577 you just point them at Doran. 270 00:15:34,740 --> 00:15:36,378 It's a party, isn't it? 271 00:16:52,420 --> 00:16:53,614 More wine. 272 00:16:53,860 --> 00:16:56,010 Real wine, from grapes, you know. You like wine? 273 00:16:56,100 --> 00:16:57,419 Not particularly, no. 274 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:01,209 You'll like this. It loosens you up. We've got coffee, too, from beans. 275 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:04,098 - I like the real stuff, food and drink. - I've noticed. 276 00:17:04,180 --> 00:17:06,819 Mind you, I wouldn't care to choose between gluttony... 277 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:08,652 and good old-fashioned lust. 278 00:17:08,740 --> 00:17:11,732 Probably have to opt for some middle course, like cannibalism. 279 00:17:11,820 --> 00:17:15,529 What do you say, Lector, bit of dressing and an apple between her teeth, eh? 280 00:17:19,780 --> 00:17:23,409 Section Leader Grose, what happened to Col. Astrid? 281 00:17:23,780 --> 00:17:26,294 Col. Astrid, he met with an accident. 282 00:17:26,380 --> 00:17:29,053 - And his second in command? - He met with an accident, too. 283 00:17:29,140 --> 00:17:30,493 It was a very bad time for accidents. 284 00:17:30,980 --> 00:17:33,448 I see. And you assumed full command. 285 00:17:33,540 --> 00:17:36,259 Of course, the demands of duty. I was next in line. 286 00:17:36,340 --> 00:17:38,808 You were just a section leader aboard a flagship... 287 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:42,051 serving under two pilot captains and a brigade commander. 288 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:44,252 Did they all meet with accidents, too? 289 00:17:44,340 --> 00:17:47,332 There was a war on. We were in hot pursuit of the alien fleet. 290 00:17:47,420 --> 00:17:50,537 I take it that you fully maintained the S and D log. 291 00:17:51,060 --> 00:17:52,209 S and D? 292 00:17:53,100 --> 00:17:56,775 As commanding officer of the ship, which role you dutifully assumed... 293 00:17:56,940 --> 00:18:00,250 Section Leader, you are responsible for drawing up a record... 294 00:18:00,340 --> 00:18:04,219 of the serviceability and disposition of all units in the Fifth Legion. 295 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:05,774 Oh, that. 296 00:18:06,180 --> 00:18:08,489 - So, where is my fleet? - Your fleet. 297 00:18:08,980 --> 00:18:13,610 All that's left of your fleet is one T-16 troop carrier, slightly soiled. 298 00:18:13,740 --> 00:18:14,934 Lector, when's it due in? 299 00:18:15,020 --> 00:18:17,090 Should be in now. Touched down 10 minutes ago. 300 00:18:17,180 --> 00:18:18,772 - Any problems? - Not that I know of. 301 00:18:18,860 --> 00:18:20,213 Section Leader... 302 00:18:20,740 --> 00:18:23,538 I came here in response to your urgent request... 303 00:18:23,820 --> 00:18:25,572 that I resume personal command... 304 00:18:25,660 --> 00:18:28,493 of the Federation's most effective and powerful legion. 305 00:18:29,020 --> 00:18:31,659 Are you telling me that legion no longer exists? 306 00:18:31,740 --> 00:18:33,378 - Yep. - And my flagship? 307 00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:36,811 We crashed into this planet in the dark. I mean, it's easily done. 308 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:38,128 We're lucky to be alive. 309 00:18:38,220 --> 00:18:41,530 Perhaps you will think differently after your court-martial. 310 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:44,259 I shall give you an hour to get your personal effects... 311 00:18:44,340 --> 00:18:45,568 then you report back to me. 312 00:18:45,660 --> 00:18:47,298 - Where are you going? - Back to my ship. 313 00:18:47,380 --> 00:18:48,495 No. 314 00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:54,976 Madam President, it must seem to you that we've brought you here... 315 00:18:55,060 --> 00:18:57,654 under false pretences, but, please, there's no need... 316 00:18:57,740 --> 00:19:02,018 to return to your ship. We've made extravagant preparations for you, and... 317 00:19:02,940 --> 00:19:03,975 And? 318 00:19:04,740 --> 00:19:06,617 There are things we want you to see. 319 00:19:07,340 --> 00:19:09,058 This is no ordinary planet. 320 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:12,491 (SINGING FESTIVELY) 321 00:19:46,460 --> 00:19:47,449 (CHEERING) 322 00:19:49,860 --> 00:19:52,613 - You all right? - Yes, I'm all right. 323 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:56,935 You know, I'm not a sentimental man, Vila. 324 00:19:57,220 --> 00:19:58,414 Not sentimental. 325 00:19:58,820 --> 00:20:00,538 You believe me, don't you? 326 00:20:00,620 --> 00:20:02,178 Of course I do, Doran. 327 00:20:02,780 --> 00:20:05,533 But when they dragged me into that prison cell... 328 00:20:05,620 --> 00:20:07,531 they said, "Look at the sun". 329 00:20:07,620 --> 00:20:09,611 "Look at the sun", they said. 330 00:20:10,180 --> 00:20:13,490 "Cause as long as you live, you'll never see the sun again". 331 00:20:14,460 --> 00:20:18,453 And I haven't. In 15 years, I've never seen the sun. 332 00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:20,569 Or a woman. 333 00:20:21,260 --> 00:20:22,375 Till now. 334 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:24,656 You two, come on! 335 00:20:25,020 --> 00:20:26,055 Right. 336 00:20:36,420 --> 00:20:37,489 - Vila! - Tarrant? 337 00:20:37,580 --> 00:20:39,889 - We've got to get out of here. - I can't. Just a minute. 338 00:20:39,980 --> 00:20:41,333 - Doran! - Come on! 339 00:20:41,420 --> 00:20:43,570 Let go, will you? I can't just leave him. 340 00:20:43,660 --> 00:20:45,332 Will you take your hands off me. 341 00:20:45,420 --> 00:20:47,695 - Let go. - What are you doing to my pal? 342 00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:48,815 Come on! 343 00:20:49,780 --> 00:20:52,248 - You want some more? - No, leave him, Doran. 344 00:20:56,940 --> 00:20:58,976 - Quick, before you're missed. - What about him? 345 00:20:59,060 --> 00:21:00,288 Never mind him. 346 00:21:09,180 --> 00:21:11,489 There was no need for what you did to him. 347 00:21:11,580 --> 00:21:14,253 - Vila, we have to get out of here. - You said that before. 348 00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:15,375 Vila! 349 00:21:15,460 --> 00:21:18,497 Will you just stop shoving me around? I've had enough! 350 00:21:18,580 --> 00:21:20,696 I'm very sorry for pushing you around... 351 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:23,419 and for hitting your pal, can we get on with the job? 352 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:26,014 - You don't understand, do you? - I understand this much... 353 00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:27,533 Servalan's down here for a reason. 354 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:29,736 I want the reason and then I want to kill her. 355 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:30,809 It's all very simple. 356 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:32,731 You have to do what you think is best. 357 00:21:32,820 --> 00:21:33,889 So do I. 358 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:38,294 One way or another, you're coming with me. 359 00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:43,373 If it comes down to that, Tarrant, there isn't really a lot of point, is there? 360 00:21:45,420 --> 00:21:46,694 (AVON) We shouldn't have made him go. 361 00:21:46,780 --> 00:21:49,453 He's a free man. He didn't have to go if he didn't want to. 362 00:21:49,540 --> 00:21:53,135 He was under pressure. Tarrant playing the hero is his decision, but Vila? 363 00:21:53,220 --> 00:21:55,211 If he wants to come, he has to ask. 364 00:21:55,300 --> 00:21:58,212 Using a medium-pulse communicator through a medium-pulse energy block? 365 00:21:58,300 --> 00:21:59,733 He knows how to change the frequency. 366 00:21:59,820 --> 00:22:01,333 He may not have time, and what if he does? 367 00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:02,250 We bring him up. 368 00:22:02,340 --> 00:22:03,329 By teleport? 369 00:22:03,420 --> 00:22:06,014 By teleport using a short-pulse omicron beam. 370 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:08,894 - I know how to do it. - We've never done it before. 371 00:22:08,980 --> 00:22:11,255 We've never been in a situation like this before. 372 00:22:11,340 --> 00:22:12,295 Avon! 373 00:22:12,380 --> 00:22:14,530 It's just not on here, at least, I can't see it. 374 00:22:14,620 --> 00:22:15,257 What? 375 00:22:15,340 --> 00:22:19,333 The troop carrier. I've got the astrodome, and Servalan's ship. 376 00:22:19,420 --> 00:22:21,411 But there's no sign at all of the T-16. 377 00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:23,411 There wouldn't be. It's a recorded image. 378 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:25,536 Zen gave us that before the T-16 had arrived. 379 00:22:25,620 --> 00:22:27,815 Apart from which, you're looking in the wrong place. 380 00:22:27,900 --> 00:22:32,018 Troop carrier came in at tangent 0-1-1... 381 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:34,819 which would put it down outside the city entirely. 382 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:37,209 So why should Servalan put her troops down there? 383 00:22:37,300 --> 00:22:38,938 They are not Servalan's troops. 384 00:22:39,020 --> 00:22:41,853 Their ship came in on an entirely different course. 385 00:22:41,940 --> 00:22:44,135 - Where from? - Can't you guess? 386 00:22:48,820 --> 00:22:50,219 - Calcos? - Right. 387 00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:54,771 Now ask yourself why they should be shipping in men from a penal colony. 388 00:22:54,860 --> 00:22:55,849 (BEEPING) 389 00:22:55,940 --> 00:22:57,896 The communicator. They're trying to get through. 390 00:22:57,980 --> 00:23:00,448 No. We daren't risk giving away our position. 391 00:23:00,540 --> 00:23:02,451 Zen, can you unscramble what they say? 392 00:23:03,180 --> 00:23:06,172 Negative. The verbal distortion is being caused... 393 00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:08,091 Thank you, Zen. We know what's causing it. 394 00:23:08,180 --> 00:23:10,774 Dayna, get a locator fix. We'll have to risk bringing them up. 395 00:23:11,260 --> 00:23:14,332 We can't, not yet. The teleport's still on medium pulse. 396 00:23:14,420 --> 00:23:16,888 - It'll take me 20 minutes. - Lf they've got 20 minutes. 397 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:20,097 Zen, confirm that communication is being monitored on the surface. 398 00:23:20,780 --> 00:23:21,769 Confirmed. 399 00:23:22,540 --> 00:23:23,973 I shouldn't have asked. 400 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:31,855 Cally, this is Tarrant. Respond, please. 401 00:23:32,220 --> 00:23:33,539 Can you hear me? 402 00:23:33,980 --> 00:23:36,210 Cally, this is Tarrant. Respond, please. 403 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:40,291 (OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 404 00:23:47,020 --> 00:23:48,373 We always know. 405 00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:51,054 Even when you're stupid enough to press "erase". 406 00:23:51,460 --> 00:23:52,529 Main gate. 407 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,089 Guard... 408 00:23:54,180 --> 00:23:57,809 we have an intruder at 9-2-8, sophisticated and armed. 409 00:23:58,780 --> 00:24:00,338 But not for very long. 410 00:24:17,140 --> 00:24:20,018 Avon, Cally, Dayna, anyone, can you hear me? 411 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:26,855 It's Tarrant. He's coming through. 412 00:24:27,460 --> 00:24:29,815 It took him long enough to work out the frequency. 413 00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:32,858 I need to come up. It should be possible if you adjust... 414 00:24:32,940 --> 00:24:35,170 the teleport to omicron pulse length. 415 00:24:38,220 --> 00:24:40,859 Cally, are you hearing me? I need teleport now. 416 00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:42,729 Cally, now! 417 00:24:46,220 --> 00:24:48,256 - Shall I try and raise him? - We can't risk it. 418 00:24:48,340 --> 00:24:49,250 But Tarrant is... 419 00:24:49,340 --> 00:24:51,535 Tarrant is not as important as the Liberator. 420 00:24:51,620 --> 00:24:54,373 - How long, Cally? - Four minutes. The omicron's charging. 421 00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:56,815 - Tell me when it's ready. I'm going down. - Wait! 422 00:24:57,580 --> 00:24:59,093 I'm coming with you. 423 00:25:11,340 --> 00:25:12,489 That's where their flagship crashed. 424 00:25:12,580 --> 00:25:14,935 You can guess at the impact by the size of the crater. 425 00:25:15,420 --> 00:25:18,935 Go and take a look but you won't find anything worth salvaging. 426 00:25:19,020 --> 00:25:20,976 Our life capsules came down just beyond. 427 00:25:21,060 --> 00:25:22,459 And who are those men? 428 00:25:22,540 --> 00:25:25,179 Them? Just vermin. Every planet has them. 429 00:25:25,340 --> 00:25:27,535 And every planet has craters, Section Leader. 430 00:25:27,620 --> 00:25:30,088 I fail to see anything extraordinary here. 431 00:25:32,060 --> 00:25:34,449 You want to see something extraordinary? 432 00:25:34,940 --> 00:25:38,330 I didn't cross the galaxy to watch an assortment of planetary flotsam... 433 00:25:38,420 --> 00:25:39,978 bedding down on a crater. 434 00:25:40,980 --> 00:25:45,019 Very well then, Madam President. Something extraordinary. 435 00:25:53,580 --> 00:25:55,059 - Vila. - Yes, what is it? 436 00:25:55,140 --> 00:25:58,496 Gear, gun, uniform. 437 00:25:58,860 --> 00:26:01,169 - Welcome to the ranks. - What's that for? 438 00:26:01,340 --> 00:26:04,059 - Bed. - I can't sleep on that. 439 00:26:04,940 --> 00:26:06,851 How long did you say you were on Calcos? 440 00:26:06,940 --> 00:26:08,737 I mean, I don't know about you... 441 00:26:08,820 --> 00:26:10,572 but I'll have problems sleeping any other way. 442 00:26:14,420 --> 00:26:17,457 You know, it's funny what you think about in a place like that. 443 00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:21,538 I used to imagine I was the commander of a starship... 444 00:26:21,620 --> 00:26:25,010 cruising about the galaxy, committing every crime in the book. 445 00:26:26,220 --> 00:26:28,734 I never thought that one day it'd come true. 446 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:30,974 Won't be the same, though. 447 00:26:31,060 --> 00:26:34,257 Doing them things. I mean, not if they want me to do them. 448 00:26:34,580 --> 00:26:35,729 What things? 449 00:26:38,300 --> 00:26:39,813 Criminals, aren't we? 450 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:41,579 Now, you're a thief. 451 00:26:41,940 --> 00:26:44,738 Not that I can see where the fun is in thieving. 452 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:48,331 I can see why it might be useful to them but there's no fun in it. 453 00:26:51,940 --> 00:26:54,852 - My problem was always women. - You like them? 454 00:26:56,220 --> 00:26:57,289 No. 455 00:26:59,060 --> 00:27:00,732 You wanted to see something extraordinary? 456 00:27:01,220 --> 00:27:02,414 This is it. 457 00:27:02,540 --> 00:27:03,768 The ultimate technology. 458 00:27:04,380 --> 00:27:07,690 The gadget by which the entire economy of this planet works. 459 00:27:10,860 --> 00:27:11,929 Lector. 460 00:27:12,020 --> 00:27:13,851 You. Give me your sidearm. 461 00:27:13,980 --> 00:27:16,016 Come on, I shan't use it on you. 462 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:34,373 - Very impressive! - It is. Don't doubt it. 463 00:27:34,660 --> 00:27:38,448 Every fact, every detail there is to know about that weapon is now recorded... 464 00:27:38,540 --> 00:27:41,737 right down to the molecular structure and the disposition of the particles. 465 00:27:42,220 --> 00:27:44,654 So you have a very efficient particle scanner. 466 00:27:44,740 --> 00:27:45,934 That's not all. 467 00:27:46,020 --> 00:27:47,692 Now that the computer has the pattern... 468 00:27:47,780 --> 00:27:49,498 it can produce an endless stream of them... 469 00:27:49,580 --> 00:27:51,218 or anything else that you program into it. 470 00:27:55,180 --> 00:27:56,249 How? 471 00:27:56,340 --> 00:27:57,819 Energy-mass transmuter. 472 00:27:57,900 --> 00:28:00,255 Takes ordinary planetary matter, usually rock... 473 00:28:00,340 --> 00:28:01,853 and converts it into energy. 474 00:28:01,940 --> 00:28:04,818 The computer then restructures it into matter of every kind. 475 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:06,094 Precious stones? 476 00:28:06,180 --> 00:28:07,818 Gems, crystals, anything, 477 00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:10,972 so long as you've got the original pattern to work from. 478 00:28:11,220 --> 00:28:14,849 - And how did you discover all this? - Me? I didn't. 479 00:28:14,940 --> 00:28:18,899 It was Col. Astrid. I merely subdued the natives. 480 00:28:18,980 --> 00:28:20,459 It didn't take too much. 481 00:28:20,540 --> 00:28:22,895 They rely too heavily on their energy field. 482 00:28:22,980 --> 00:28:26,177 Though give them their due, the only way you can find this planet... 483 00:28:26,260 --> 00:28:27,409 is by crashing into it. 484 00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:30,810 No, it was Astrid who saw the value of this stuff... 485 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:33,739 and Astrid who designed Moloch to look after it. 486 00:28:33,820 --> 00:28:34,889 Moloch? 487 00:28:35,020 --> 00:28:37,898 Master computer. Sees all, hears all... 488 00:28:38,220 --> 00:28:40,211 and occasionally says something. 489 00:28:40,340 --> 00:28:42,251 And how many of these devices are there? 490 00:28:42,540 --> 00:28:45,179 Dozens. Hundreds. I use them for everything. 491 00:28:45,340 --> 00:28:49,128 Food, clothing, building, engineering. Yes, some of them are very big. 492 00:28:49,420 --> 00:28:50,853 You'd be surprised. 493 00:28:51,580 --> 00:28:53,810 Very well, Section Leader, you've convinced me. 494 00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:56,778 There are ways I could put this system to profitable use. 495 00:28:57,060 --> 00:28:59,176 A great many ways, Madam President. 496 00:28:59,340 --> 00:29:01,649 More ways than you've begun to realise. 497 00:29:02,380 --> 00:29:04,496 But that isn't why I summoned you to Sardos. 498 00:29:05,540 --> 00:29:06,859 Would you say that again? 499 00:29:06,940 --> 00:29:10,933 I brought you here because you had something I hadn't. Something I needed. 500 00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:12,569 A pattern. 501 00:29:12,740 --> 00:29:14,298 A Mark Two star... 502 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:16,648 That's my ship. 503 00:29:16,940 --> 00:29:17,975 My ship. 504 00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:21,253 The flagship of a fleet that grows with every hour. 505 00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:27,369 Guard! 506 00:29:29,540 --> 00:29:32,213 You see, it is a perfect, working copy. 507 00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:37,496 And I suppose that machine turns out perfect, working space captains, too. 508 00:29:38,260 --> 00:29:39,329 No. 509 00:29:45,340 --> 00:29:47,695 If you think of this mouse as a space captain... 510 00:29:47,780 --> 00:29:50,738 - it's perfectly healthy, as you can see. - I'll take your word for it. 511 00:29:52,380 --> 00:29:53,415 We make duplicates. 512 00:30:15,060 --> 00:30:16,732 That's how they come out. 513 00:30:16,820 --> 00:30:18,811 Perfect copies but not working. 514 00:30:19,260 --> 00:30:22,616 Col. Astrid said they lacked a life-support system to carry them... 515 00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:24,895 through the trauma of molecular integration. 516 00:30:24,980 --> 00:30:28,017 I took it to mean they snuffed it before they got going properly. 517 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:32,252 Still, no matter. We've got men enough. And more coming. 518 00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:34,538 Those men in the crater? 519 00:30:34,860 --> 00:30:37,499 You have miscalculated badly, Grose. 520 00:30:37,980 --> 00:30:41,052 It takes a clever man five years in Space Academy... 521 00:30:41,420 --> 00:30:44,093 before he even begins to acquire the basic skills... 522 00:30:44,180 --> 00:30:47,570 and experience necessary to pilot an advanced star cruiser. 523 00:30:48,420 --> 00:30:50,888 All taken care of, Madam President. 524 00:30:51,820 --> 00:30:55,779 We find a suitable pilot, the scanner gets all the details... 525 00:30:56,180 --> 00:30:58,455 then Moloch sifts the skills and experiences... 526 00:30:58,540 --> 00:31:01,008 and programs them into an automatic control system. 527 00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:05,409 So long as our men can speak, their ship's computers do all the rest. 528 00:31:05,540 --> 00:31:09,533 Unfortunately, when it came to skills, your pilots didn't have much to offer. 529 00:31:10,140 --> 00:31:12,256 - Where are my pilots? - Internment camp. 530 00:31:13,020 --> 00:31:16,854 Doubtless I shall think of some suitably entertaining way to execute them. 531 00:31:16,940 --> 00:31:18,419 They're no use to me. 532 00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:21,731 No, we found a much more enterprising pattern to work from. 533 00:31:22,340 --> 00:31:25,491 Now this is a starship captain who knows the lot. 534 00:31:25,660 --> 00:31:27,093 A shame he's got to die, too. 535 00:31:27,780 --> 00:31:29,498 All very clever, Section Leader. 536 00:31:29,940 --> 00:31:32,500 But now perhaps I should tell you something. 537 00:31:33,460 --> 00:31:36,975 Shortly before he died, Col. Astrid sent me a report. 538 00:31:37,580 --> 00:31:40,697 What it said gave me serious doubts about your loyalty. 539 00:31:41,260 --> 00:31:45,219 Serious enough for me to leave precise instructions with my Supreme Command. 540 00:31:46,380 --> 00:31:48,610 If you persist with this treachery... 541 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:52,415 this planet will be blasted into outer darkness where it belongs. 542 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:53,774 Madam President... 543 00:31:54,060 --> 00:31:56,893 if your reconstituted Federation was worth a light... 544 00:31:56,980 --> 00:32:00,529 you wouldn't have chased across the galaxy to retrieve one legion. 545 00:32:00,620 --> 00:32:02,497 My fleet already outnumbers yours. 546 00:32:02,580 --> 00:32:04,536 Soon it'll be the most powerful in the galaxy. 547 00:32:04,620 --> 00:32:07,851 Apart from which, I didn't murder Col. Astrid. 548 00:32:09,180 --> 00:32:11,171 Perhaps you'd care to say hello? 549 00:32:13,940 --> 00:32:17,216 He's perfectly all right, healthy, well-nourished. 550 00:32:17,380 --> 00:32:19,371 There's just no contact, that's all. 551 00:32:19,460 --> 00:32:21,132 No sensory perception. 552 00:32:21,660 --> 00:32:24,936 He just floats there in a dark, lonely nothingness. 553 00:32:27,540 --> 00:32:28,609 Why? 554 00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:31,772 He went berserk. Tried to smash up the computer. 555 00:32:32,260 --> 00:32:35,457 Seemed reasonable to let the computer think up a punishment for him. 556 00:32:35,540 --> 00:32:37,337 And that's what Moloch came up with. 557 00:32:37,420 --> 00:32:39,331 Perhaps we'll ask him to suggest something for you. 558 00:32:40,020 --> 00:32:41,772 Give her to your men. 559 00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:44,369 It seems you've outstayed your welcome. 560 00:32:49,540 --> 00:32:51,610 You'll suffer for this, Grose. 561 00:32:59,780 --> 00:33:02,817 The computer control room is situated within the complex... 562 00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:06,176 at grid 6-2-2 and the focal centre precisely... 563 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:08,455 seven meters west of the entrance to this room. 564 00:33:08,940 --> 00:33:12,535 - Bit vague, isn't it, Orac. - I said, precisely. 565 00:33:12,620 --> 00:33:13,814 Pocket chart. 566 00:33:14,060 --> 00:33:16,654 Perhaps I should ask Orac to estimate our chances. 567 00:33:16,740 --> 00:33:18,173 I'd rather not know. 568 00:33:18,260 --> 00:33:20,569 All right, Cally, put us down exactly there. 569 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:22,852 What do I do if Vila calls? 570 00:33:23,420 --> 00:33:24,455 Bring him up. 571 00:33:24,540 --> 00:33:26,292 And that goes for us, too. 572 00:33:27,180 --> 00:33:28,738 At the first squeak. 573 00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:35,297 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 574 00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:55,014 Nothing. 575 00:33:55,100 --> 00:33:58,615 This is it, computer control. Unless Orac has got his wires twisted. 576 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:02,218 Perhaps you need an invitation. 577 00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:05,497 Or a more enthusiastic approach. Stand back. 578 00:34:21,060 --> 00:34:22,049 (MEN LAUGHING) 579 00:34:25,820 --> 00:34:28,209 Didn't I tell you we was in for the high life? 580 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:31,656 Bedding, uniform, cheerful company of your fellow man? 581 00:34:32,540 --> 00:34:35,008 - What else is there? - A hot meal? 582 00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:38,733 A woman. I promised you a woman. 583 00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:40,169 Didn't I? 584 00:34:41,700 --> 00:34:43,930 That's a partner of mine, I thought... 585 00:34:44,020 --> 00:34:46,090 "What the hell, Vila likes a woman". 586 00:34:46,260 --> 00:34:47,488 Here he is. 587 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:52,855 There you are. Love at first sight. Knew you'd get along. 588 00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:56,649 Don't be shy. 589 00:35:00,460 --> 00:35:01,575 Go on. 590 00:35:02,060 --> 00:35:04,494 I should have known it was Tarrant he was talking about. 591 00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:08,971 - Right. Now, then. - No, Vila, listen. 592 00:35:09,060 --> 00:35:11,369 Untie me, and then we can help each other. 593 00:35:11,460 --> 00:35:14,452 I never imagined you as the sort that would grovel for her life. 594 00:35:14,540 --> 00:35:17,293 - I am not grovelling, you fool. I mean it. - You are grovelling. 595 00:35:17,380 --> 00:35:19,416 I am not! They've got Tarrant. 596 00:35:19,900 --> 00:35:21,697 I can show you where they're holding him. 597 00:35:21,900 --> 00:35:23,697 At least I can suggest where to start looking. 598 00:35:23,980 --> 00:35:24,969 Why should you want to? 599 00:35:25,340 --> 00:35:27,535 Because they're holding two of my pilots there as well. 600 00:35:28,220 --> 00:35:30,097 Now are you going to untie me or not? 601 00:35:30,180 --> 00:35:32,410 Last I saw Tarrant, I was looking down the end of his gun. 602 00:35:33,300 --> 00:35:34,972 So why are we on opposite sides? 603 00:35:38,140 --> 00:35:40,529 If this is what I think it is, it's incredible. 604 00:35:40,620 --> 00:35:42,531 - This room's creepy. - What? 605 00:35:44,580 --> 00:35:45,729 Creepy. 606 00:36:11,420 --> 00:36:12,535 Avon! 607 00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:15,889 Be careful. 608 00:36:19,940 --> 00:36:22,818 - How did they get into the building? - I don't know. 609 00:36:23,220 --> 00:36:24,653 Move in on the man. 610 00:36:31,620 --> 00:36:32,735 Watch them. 611 00:36:37,860 --> 00:36:41,057 Vila, you really must try and be a bit more trusting. 612 00:36:41,340 --> 00:36:44,252 - We're both in exactly... - I'm not going to tell you again. 613 00:36:44,340 --> 00:36:45,568 Now what is it? 614 00:36:50,820 --> 00:36:52,538 Well? What are you going to do? 615 00:36:52,620 --> 00:36:54,292 We'll have to find a way to get round him. 616 00:36:54,380 --> 00:36:55,176 What for? 617 00:36:55,260 --> 00:36:57,410 - He's armed. - You're armed. 618 00:36:57,780 --> 00:37:00,533 - Yes, but... - Give me the gun. I'll see to it. 619 00:37:00,660 --> 00:37:02,093 No, I will. 620 00:37:32,220 --> 00:37:33,255 Watch out! 621 00:37:35,220 --> 00:37:37,211 (DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 622 00:38:13,860 --> 00:38:16,499 Vila, you always were a miserable coward. 623 00:38:16,580 --> 00:38:18,969 Give me the teleport bracelet. It's no use to you! 624 00:38:19,060 --> 00:38:20,254 Give it to me! 625 00:38:32,140 --> 00:38:35,098 Vila, you really must try and be a bit more trusting. 626 00:38:40,820 --> 00:38:42,651 Have you checked for surveillance devices? 627 00:38:42,740 --> 00:38:43,570 No. 628 00:38:43,660 --> 00:38:45,571 You'd better do it then, hadn't you? 629 00:39:13,980 --> 00:39:16,540 Avon, look! 630 00:39:20,420 --> 00:39:23,457 It's horrible. What's he doing there? 631 00:39:23,540 --> 00:39:25,656 Being fairly inscrutable, I would say. 632 00:39:25,740 --> 00:39:28,174 - There's a pulse in his neck. - He's alive? 633 00:39:28,860 --> 00:39:30,373 He's being kept alive. 634 00:39:30,460 --> 00:39:32,371 No reaction. He's completely cut off. 635 00:39:32,460 --> 00:39:34,530 - You call that living? - Technically, it is. 636 00:39:34,620 --> 00:39:38,579 Effectively, it's just a brain floating around in some lukewarm water. 637 00:39:38,660 --> 00:39:41,254 Strictly speaking, he doesn't really need his senses... 638 00:39:41,340 --> 00:39:44,093 because he is in a totally efficient life-support system. 639 00:39:44,180 --> 00:39:46,250 - Yes, but why is he hanging... - Just a minute. 640 00:39:46,340 --> 00:39:48,774 Let me think about this. Close him down. 641 00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:51,928 These people... 642 00:39:52,620 --> 00:39:53,973 have built a machine... 643 00:39:54,060 --> 00:39:57,257 that will give them everything they need at the touch of a button. 644 00:39:57,340 --> 00:40:00,571 - They've still got to control it all. - The computer controls it. 645 00:40:01,220 --> 00:40:03,176 They don't need to do anything. 646 00:40:03,740 --> 00:40:06,971 And, in evolutionary terms, what you don't need, you lose. 647 00:40:07,060 --> 00:40:10,177 Yes, but it's all physical. Somebody has to press the buttons. 648 00:40:10,260 --> 00:40:12,569 Now they do. I'm not talking about now. 649 00:40:12,900 --> 00:40:14,174 I don't follow. 650 00:40:14,700 --> 00:40:16,452 Orac told us that the Sardoans... 651 00:40:16,540 --> 00:40:18,417 had made a detailed computer projection... 652 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:19,569 into their future. 653 00:40:19,660 --> 00:40:23,175 Yes, they wanted to see what their race would be like in two million years' time. 654 00:40:23,260 --> 00:40:26,536 Right. Supposing they put that computer projection onto a card like this... 655 00:40:26,620 --> 00:40:28,736 and then put it into the machine. 656 00:40:29,580 --> 00:40:31,730 The card simply carries information. 657 00:40:32,140 --> 00:40:34,290 It can be a particle scan from a real object... 658 00:40:34,380 --> 00:40:36,132 or a computer projection. 659 00:40:36,420 --> 00:40:39,696 The machine doesn't mind. Either way, it will deliver the goods. 660 00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:43,695 Yes, but not a life, surely. With a heart, and nervous system... 661 00:40:43,780 --> 00:40:45,133 it'd all be too delicate. 662 00:40:45,220 --> 00:40:48,849 It will, if the program carries a built-in life-support system... 663 00:40:48,940 --> 00:40:51,170 a machine to do the work of the organs. 664 00:40:51,660 --> 00:40:52,775 Like his? 665 00:40:53,380 --> 00:40:54,415 No. 666 00:40:54,540 --> 00:40:58,249 That's where the theory breaks down. He's far too vulnerable. 667 00:40:58,340 --> 00:41:02,128 In order to evolve, and to survive for two million years... 668 00:41:02,220 --> 00:41:04,654 he would have to be in control of his environment. 669 00:41:04,740 --> 00:41:08,779 He would have to be at the very centre of a sophisticated technical complex... 670 00:41:08,860 --> 00:41:12,773 which, if Orac has got his sums right, is not there. 671 00:41:13,540 --> 00:41:17,931 But, seven meters due west of the entrance ought to be precisely... 672 00:41:18,020 --> 00:41:19,214 that thing there. 673 00:41:21,300 --> 00:41:22,528 Don't move. 674 00:41:22,780 --> 00:41:24,418 Drop your communicators. 675 00:41:25,340 --> 00:41:26,534 Do it! 676 00:41:29,380 --> 00:41:30,495 Over there. 677 00:41:32,580 --> 00:41:34,571 (DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 678 00:41:40,860 --> 00:41:44,455 You know, you really picked a stupid place to do your trespassing. 679 00:42:16,820 --> 00:42:17,935 Vila. 680 00:42:18,060 --> 00:42:21,052 Don't try anything smart. I've been conned enough for one day. 681 00:42:21,140 --> 00:42:23,051 - Where's Servalan? - She's gone. 682 00:42:23,700 --> 00:42:25,531 So how come you're not dead? 683 00:42:25,620 --> 00:42:27,770 She came, she blasted off with her sidearm... 684 00:42:27,860 --> 00:42:29,293 grabbed her two pilots and went. 685 00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:33,339 Maybe she had other things on her mind. I don't know. I don't care all that much. 686 00:42:33,420 --> 00:42:35,934 - Let's get cover, before we're seen. - All right. 687 00:42:45,340 --> 00:42:48,059 Before we go any further, I want you to know... 688 00:42:48,260 --> 00:42:51,650 that I didn't steal this uniform off a dead guard. I was issued it. 689 00:42:51,740 --> 00:42:52,775 So? 690 00:42:52,860 --> 00:42:55,055 They were gonna make me a starship captain. 691 00:42:55,140 --> 00:42:56,573 Just as long as you know. 692 00:42:57,060 --> 00:42:59,972 All you got for your cleverness was an execution order on your head. 693 00:43:00,060 --> 00:43:02,369 I take the point. You're obviously far cleverer than I. 694 00:43:02,460 --> 00:43:04,212 - Right. - This is where we're going. 695 00:43:04,300 --> 00:43:05,574 What? Where are we going? 696 00:43:05,660 --> 00:43:07,491 - To destroy a computer. - Why? 697 00:43:08,180 --> 00:43:09,533 It knows too much about me. 698 00:43:09,980 --> 00:43:12,289 It isn't the information we want as such. 699 00:43:12,380 --> 00:43:15,850 It's the fun of extracting it. We can be very crude like that, can't we? 700 00:43:15,940 --> 00:43:18,090 Crude, yeah. Crude as they come. 701 00:43:18,180 --> 00:43:20,535 We could put you through the particle scanner... 702 00:43:20,620 --> 00:43:22,895 and get the computer to tell us everything. 703 00:43:22,980 --> 00:43:24,732 But there's no fun in that. 704 00:43:25,420 --> 00:43:26,648 There's something satisfying... 705 00:43:26,740 --> 00:43:28,856 about a good, old-fashioned interrogation. 706 00:43:28,940 --> 00:43:31,408 That's a convincing argument, but it does have a flaw. 707 00:43:31,500 --> 00:43:32,535 Go on. 708 00:43:32,620 --> 00:43:36,249 If interrogation were simply a way of satisfying your sadistic whims... 709 00:43:36,740 --> 00:43:39,698 you would cut the chat and get on with the torture. 710 00:43:39,780 --> 00:43:41,338 (LECTOR) We will. Don't worry. 711 00:43:41,940 --> 00:43:45,899 You see, I happen to know that you put Tarrant through the particle scanner. 712 00:43:46,220 --> 00:43:48,814 All the answers, why we came here, what we came for... 713 00:43:48,900 --> 00:43:50,219 how we arrived on the planet. 714 00:43:50,300 --> 00:43:52,860 Everything you wanted to know could easily be deduced... 715 00:43:52,940 --> 00:43:54,692 from information that you already have. 716 00:43:54,780 --> 00:43:58,534 Yes, that information is there, if we care to sift through it and analyse. 717 00:43:58,620 --> 00:44:00,531 Why don't you ask your computer? 718 00:44:00,620 --> 00:44:01,769 Because we're asking you. 719 00:44:02,060 --> 00:44:04,255 Or is it because the computer won't tell you? 720 00:44:05,020 --> 00:44:07,011 You are interrogating the wrong subject. 721 00:44:07,100 --> 00:44:11,457 You should be asking your computer why it has chosen to withhold information. 722 00:44:11,540 --> 00:44:13,258 It hasn't chosen to do anything. 723 00:44:13,340 --> 00:44:15,410 I told you. It needs to be sifted and analysed. 724 00:44:15,500 --> 00:44:18,219 A computer should be able to do that in microseconds. 725 00:44:18,300 --> 00:44:19,449 Lector. 726 00:44:20,300 --> 00:44:22,256 That man has an injured wrist. 727 00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:25,979 He seems to have got over the initial discomfort. 728 00:44:47,660 --> 00:44:50,128 All right, what's it all about? What's going on? 729 00:44:50,220 --> 00:44:51,494 I don't know what you mean. 730 00:44:51,580 --> 00:44:55,129 Yes, you do, lady. You know what I'm on about. These eyes are everywhere. 731 00:44:55,220 --> 00:44:56,573 What do you want? 732 00:44:57,140 --> 00:44:58,778 I don't want aggravating. 733 00:44:58,900 --> 00:45:02,688 Because when Doran gets aggravated, he kills people. 734 00:45:03,300 --> 00:45:05,291 Now, what have they done to him? 735 00:45:05,460 --> 00:45:06,529 Done to who? 736 00:45:06,620 --> 00:45:08,133 My pal, that's who. 737 00:45:08,980 --> 00:45:10,459 What have they done to my pal? 738 00:45:10,540 --> 00:45:13,008 - Your pal? I don't know who you mean. - There he is. 739 00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:14,169 I see him. 740 00:45:16,060 --> 00:45:19,291 There's no question. That's my pal from Calcos. 741 00:45:19,420 --> 00:45:21,217 How do you know it's your pal? 742 00:45:21,300 --> 00:45:23,211 He dropped his gun, didn't he? 743 00:45:23,540 --> 00:45:25,656 - He's not from Calcos. - Of course, he is. 744 00:45:25,740 --> 00:45:27,458 For thieving, that's what. 745 00:45:28,100 --> 00:45:29,328 The starship. 746 00:45:31,260 --> 00:45:33,012 They're from the starship. 747 00:45:33,340 --> 00:45:35,331 Wait a minute! Where are you off to? 748 00:45:35,420 --> 00:45:38,935 Listen, they're here to help us. We knew one day it would happen. 749 00:45:39,020 --> 00:45:41,090 Somebody would come. I must go to them. 750 00:45:41,180 --> 00:45:45,458 But wait, lady. That's my pal! I'm on his side. 751 00:45:45,540 --> 00:45:46,609 Come on. 752 00:45:48,620 --> 00:45:50,372 I shall ask you once again. 753 00:45:50,980 --> 00:45:52,618 Where do you come from? 754 00:45:52,700 --> 00:45:56,056 Why did you come here, and how did you arrive on this planet? 755 00:45:58,220 --> 00:46:00,415 - Guess. - Lector. 756 00:46:03,860 --> 00:46:04,849 (GROANING) 757 00:46:09,540 --> 00:46:11,371 - Here's my pal. - Doran. 758 00:46:19,300 --> 00:46:21,018 Where's the computer room? 759 00:46:34,940 --> 00:46:36,339 For the last time... 760 00:46:36,420 --> 00:46:39,332 where do you come from, why did you come here... 761 00:46:39,420 --> 00:46:41,695 and how did you arrive on this planet? 762 00:46:42,460 --> 00:46:44,132 All right. Enough. 763 00:46:45,060 --> 00:46:47,494 - We're from the Liberator. - The Liberator? 764 00:46:48,900 --> 00:46:50,333 That's Blake's ship. 765 00:46:50,420 --> 00:46:51,899 He liked to think so. 766 00:46:52,140 --> 00:46:53,653 And why did you come here? 767 00:46:53,740 --> 00:46:55,014 I wish I knew. 768 00:46:56,340 --> 00:46:58,808 Hold it, Keep it very still. 769 00:46:59,260 --> 00:47:00,454 Release them. 770 00:47:02,060 --> 00:47:03,334 Watch it. Watch it. 771 00:47:03,420 --> 00:47:04,296 Drop your guns. 772 00:47:04,380 --> 00:47:05,699 Go on, drop them! 773 00:47:05,820 --> 00:47:07,651 Right, up there. Move! 774 00:47:10,740 --> 00:47:11,855 Now you. 775 00:47:11,980 --> 00:47:14,574 You're wasting your time. Every move is being monitored. 776 00:47:14,660 --> 00:47:16,537 You'd better hope nobody comes. Because if they do... 777 00:47:16,620 --> 00:47:17,609 (RAY GUN SHOOTING) 778 00:47:19,380 --> 00:47:20,813 Went off in me hand, didn't it? 779 00:47:20,900 --> 00:47:21,935 Tarrant! 780 00:47:27,180 --> 00:47:29,136 Careful of my wrist, Vila, it's had enough. 781 00:47:29,220 --> 00:47:30,892 - Who's got a bracelet? - On the machine. 782 00:47:30,980 --> 00:47:32,015 Get it. 783 00:47:33,180 --> 00:47:34,374 Who did that? 784 00:47:35,140 --> 00:47:37,335 Never mind the bracelet. We've got to get out of here. 785 00:47:41,740 --> 00:47:42,775 Doran! 786 00:47:45,860 --> 00:47:48,658 It's that thing. Get away from there. It can protect itself. 787 00:47:48,740 --> 00:47:51,812 - Protect itself? What is it? - Get away from there. Move! 788 00:47:57,620 --> 00:47:59,770 - Who are you? - (COMPUTERISED VOICE) I am Moloch. 789 00:47:59,900 --> 00:48:02,494 (AVON) Yes. That is how I reasoned you would look. 790 00:48:02,660 --> 00:48:04,173 For a man of your era... 791 00:48:04,260 --> 00:48:07,332 you have uncommon powers of deduction, Avon. 792 00:48:07,580 --> 00:48:08,774 He knows you. 793 00:48:09,020 --> 00:48:11,409 - I know each one of you. - What is it? 794 00:48:11,780 --> 00:48:13,611 A man from our future. 795 00:48:13,740 --> 00:48:16,891 Someone was stupid enough to take a computer prediction... 796 00:48:17,060 --> 00:48:18,732 and turn it into reality. 797 00:48:18,820 --> 00:48:21,732 Col. Astrid, he caused my being. 798 00:48:22,020 --> 00:48:23,612 Then tried to destroy me. 799 00:48:24,300 --> 00:48:26,734 - What do you want with us? - The Liberator. 800 00:48:26,900 --> 00:48:29,858 A perfect vehicle through which to express myself. 801 00:48:30,780 --> 00:48:33,613 Servalan was merely the bait to bring you here. 802 00:48:33,860 --> 00:48:34,975 No, Dayna. 803 00:48:35,740 --> 00:48:38,049 There is nothing any one of you can do. 804 00:48:38,420 --> 00:48:39,933 The Liberator is mine. 805 00:48:41,180 --> 00:48:43,569 Cally will never take you aboard. Never. 806 00:48:43,660 --> 00:48:46,413 She will, Tarrant. 807 00:48:46,500 --> 00:48:48,695 She will. She will. 808 00:48:49,180 --> 00:48:50,977 She will. 809 00:48:53,460 --> 00:48:55,291 Cally, this is Tarrant. 810 00:48:55,940 --> 00:48:57,498 Not before time. 811 00:48:57,660 --> 00:48:59,173 Ready for teleport. 812 00:49:03,620 --> 00:49:04,689 But, Avon... 813 00:49:07,660 --> 00:49:09,571 For a man of his era, to coin a phrase... 814 00:49:09,660 --> 00:49:11,571 he has just made a hell of a stupid mistake. 815 00:49:11,660 --> 00:49:13,218 Mistake? What mistake? 816 00:49:13,700 --> 00:49:14,530 Cally, this is Avon. 817 00:49:14,620 --> 00:49:17,054 We'll be ready to teleport in two minutes. 818 00:49:22,020 --> 00:49:24,375 How many bracelets do you think we're going to need? 819 00:49:25,060 --> 00:49:27,051 (INTENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 820 00:49:29,060 --> 00:49:32,735 He falsely assumed that the technology and computers were an integral part... 821 00:49:32,820 --> 00:49:34,458 of himself, like an arm or a leg... 822 00:49:34,540 --> 00:49:36,929 but take him off life support and that's what you get. 823 00:49:37,460 --> 00:49:38,734 That's what the teleport did to him? 824 00:49:39,140 --> 00:49:40,812 How will the Sardoans make out without him? 825 00:49:41,180 --> 00:49:43,853 Better, I should imagine, and so will Col. Astrid... 826 00:49:43,940 --> 00:49:45,373 once he gets out of that chamber. 827 00:49:45,460 --> 00:49:47,451 Their main problem is likely to be a group... 828 00:49:47,540 --> 00:49:50,054 of unemployed villains from Calcos. 829 00:49:50,140 --> 00:49:51,175 Do them good. 830 00:49:51,260 --> 00:49:52,818 A stuck-up bunch on Sardos, I heard. 831 00:49:52,900 --> 00:49:56,893 Information. Three alien spacecraft in hostile formation... 832 00:49:56,980 --> 00:50:00,017 bearing 0-0-9, two million spacials. 833 00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:01,215 Flight deck! 834 00:50:01,500 --> 00:50:03,491 (FAST-PACED INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 835 00:50:09,380 --> 00:50:10,893 Zen, enemy position! 836 00:50:10,980 --> 00:50:12,652 One million spacials. 837 00:50:12,780 --> 00:50:15,340 We have visual contact with hostile commander. 838 00:50:15,740 --> 00:50:16,809 Put her on. 839 00:50:18,100 --> 00:50:22,730 Liberator, this is Servalan, President and Supreme Commander... 840 00:50:22,820 --> 00:50:24,538 of the Terran Federation. 841 00:50:25,060 --> 00:50:28,370 You are outnumbered, and at a tactical disadvantage. 842 00:50:28,860 --> 00:50:30,691 If you surrender your ship... 843 00:50:31,780 --> 00:50:34,340 - Do we fight? - Certainly not. We run. 844 00:50:34,900 --> 00:50:38,336 Zen, course 0-1-1, speed, standard by six. 845 00:50:39,980 --> 00:50:41,413 Get us out of here. 846 00:50:43,380 --> 00:50:45,291 (THEME MUSIC) 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net