1 00:00:34,527 --> 00:00:36,279 (THEME MUSIC) 2 00:01:18,487 --> 00:01:20,478 (SLOW INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 3 00:01:20,567 --> 00:01:25,038 Teal Star, Teal Star, this is Teal Control calling United Planets passenger liner... 4 00:01:25,127 --> 00:01:26,765 Teal Star, do you copy? 5 00:01:27,007 --> 00:01:31,523 Teal Control, this is passenger liner Teal Star. We do copy, go ahead. 6 00:01:32,087 --> 00:01:34,442 Teal Star, this is Teal Control. We have a message... 7 00:01:34,527 --> 00:01:36,836 for one of your passengers. Priority code: 9. 8 00:01:36,927 --> 00:01:39,680 Please instruct your computer to receive and decode. 9 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:42,361 I repeat, priority code: 9. Confirm, please. 10 00:01:42,687 --> 00:01:46,521 Teal Control, this is Teal Star. Confirm, priority code: 9. 11 00:01:46,807 --> 00:01:50,243 Computer shows ready, green on all boards, go ahead. 12 00:01:50,847 --> 00:01:53,156 Teal Star, Teal Control. Message is running. 13 00:01:54,727 --> 00:01:58,515 Teal Control, message received and decoding. Is that the lot? 14 00:01:58,607 --> 00:02:01,758 That's the lot. Many thanks, Teal Star. Good luck. Teal Control out. 15 00:02:01,847 --> 00:02:03,917 (WOMAN) The first-class dining salons... 16 00:02:04,007 --> 00:02:06,237 on Levels 1 through 5 are now open. 17 00:02:06,607 --> 00:02:11,203 Dinner is now being served in the first-class passenger Levels 1 to 5. 18 00:02:12,887 --> 00:02:16,641 Excuse me. I'm sorry, it's very rude of me, but aren't you Deeta Tarrant? 19 00:02:16,727 --> 00:02:17,796 Yes, I am. 20 00:02:17,887 --> 00:02:20,196 I thought you were. I've seen you on the viscasts. 21 00:02:20,287 --> 00:02:23,199 But you look different somehow. You're taller than I expected. 22 00:02:23,367 --> 00:02:25,005 I usually stand in a hole. 23 00:02:25,087 --> 00:02:28,477 Forgive me, I didn't mean to be rude. You must think I'm an awful fool. 24 00:02:28,567 --> 00:02:29,795 Of course not. 25 00:02:30,687 --> 00:02:32,279 It was very nice meeting you. 26 00:02:33,127 --> 00:02:34,242 (KARLA EXCLAIMING) 27 00:02:34,327 --> 00:02:37,285 Stupid shoes. Why is fashion never practical? 28 00:02:39,127 --> 00:02:40,606 (EXCLAIMS IN PAIN) 29 00:02:45,727 --> 00:02:46,955 Tell me. 30 00:02:48,007 --> 00:02:49,884 I had nothing to do with that. 31 00:02:51,207 --> 00:02:53,516 You surely can't think I was involved. 32 00:02:54,367 --> 00:02:55,846 Just a coincidence. 33 00:03:00,687 --> 00:03:02,803 Doesn't seem very likely, does it? 34 00:03:03,807 --> 00:03:05,206 How did you know? 35 00:03:05,287 --> 00:03:07,960 The stumble. A deliberate fall can look accidental... 36 00:03:08,047 --> 00:03:11,005 but it never feels right. Balance is instinctive. 37 00:03:12,487 --> 00:03:14,159 - Is he dead? - Yes. 38 00:03:14,247 --> 00:03:15,885 How many more are there? 39 00:03:16,807 --> 00:03:18,763 Six hundred and seventy two. 40 00:03:18,847 --> 00:03:21,600 You don't expect a serious answer to that question, do you? 41 00:03:21,687 --> 00:03:24,121 - Eventually. What's your name? - Karla. 42 00:03:25,407 --> 00:03:29,400 Karla, your partner here has used up all the available luck. 43 00:03:30,047 --> 00:03:31,685 There's no easy way out for you. 44 00:03:31,767 --> 00:03:34,884 You really think of me as a major threat, don't you? 45 00:03:35,927 --> 00:03:39,317 Why did you break the rules? You must know the penalties. 46 00:03:39,407 --> 00:03:41,921 I can see you don't rate me as a fighter... 47 00:03:42,647 --> 00:03:45,241 but do I strike you as a fool as well? 48 00:03:45,327 --> 00:03:48,524 So, you have an answer for the Summons to Justification. 49 00:03:48,607 --> 00:03:50,643 Like what? Surely not a blood feud? 50 00:03:50,727 --> 00:03:53,400 I can't have killed someone who's close kin to both of you. 51 00:03:53,487 --> 00:03:57,560 Particularly not as your friend here is a citizen of the Vandor Confederacy. 52 00:03:57,687 --> 00:03:59,439 As I assume you are. 53 00:04:03,127 --> 00:04:05,846 There will be no Summons to Justification. 54 00:04:05,927 --> 00:04:08,236 As First Champion of the United Planets of Teal... 55 00:04:08,327 --> 00:04:11,046 you're a valid target until you reach the combat grounds. 56 00:04:11,127 --> 00:04:12,719 - In time of war. - Exactly. 57 00:04:13,087 --> 00:04:16,079 A formal declaration was delivered to your council an hour ago. 58 00:04:16,167 --> 00:04:19,204 Will passenger Deeta Tarrant go to the flight deck, please. 59 00:04:19,287 --> 00:04:22,438 And that, I imagine, will be your notification and call to combat. 60 00:04:22,527 --> 00:04:25,519 You'll be transferred to a military cruiser within the hour. 61 00:04:25,687 --> 00:04:26,881 A pity. 62 00:04:27,287 --> 00:04:30,040 We had hoped you would not be their champion. 63 00:04:30,527 --> 00:04:32,119 Our man is good. 64 00:04:34,367 --> 00:04:36,244 But you might just be better. 65 00:04:36,327 --> 00:04:37,965 Don't do it! 66 00:04:40,847 --> 00:04:44,442 Will Deeta Tarrant report immediately to the flight deck, please. 67 00:04:44,527 --> 00:04:47,041 Deeta Tarrant to the flight deck, please. 68 00:04:50,087 --> 00:04:51,998 (GRAVE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 69 00:05:10,807 --> 00:05:14,561 Come on, Tarrant, I could've worked it out on my fingers by now. 70 00:05:14,647 --> 00:05:17,605 Move any faster, you'll break into a standstill. 71 00:05:17,687 --> 00:05:19,803 The best strategy option is timed at 50 hours. 72 00:05:19,887 --> 00:05:20,876 Useless. 73 00:05:20,967 --> 00:05:23,640 There's only one strike point which covers all escape vectors. 74 00:05:23,727 --> 00:05:25,558 They'll be long gone before we get near. 75 00:05:25,647 --> 00:05:28,525 - I'm afraid they will. - The electronic warriors strike again. 76 00:05:28,607 --> 00:05:32,122 That'll be four of Servalan's ore ships we've let through without a fight. 77 00:05:32,207 --> 00:05:34,038 To fight them, we have to catch them. 78 00:05:34,127 --> 00:05:37,437 To catch them, we have to chase them, or hadn't that occurred to you? 79 00:05:37,527 --> 00:05:39,165 It's a little more sophisticated... 80 00:05:39,247 --> 00:05:41,715 than fighting hairy primitives with a bow and arrow. 81 00:05:41,807 --> 00:05:45,561 The machines are more sophisticated, that's all. But the principle isn't. 82 00:05:45,647 --> 00:05:47,603 And the people certainly aren't. 83 00:05:47,687 --> 00:05:49,518 You know, she could be right. 84 00:05:50,327 --> 00:05:51,476 They're smiling, Orac. 85 00:05:51,567 --> 00:05:53,762 I fail to see the relevance of that observation. 86 00:05:53,847 --> 00:05:56,566 Shouldn't they be tired and getting on each other's nerves? 87 00:05:56,647 --> 00:05:59,957 There is a progressive reduction in their conscious attention span... 88 00:06:00,047 --> 00:06:03,039 and a growing imbalance in the dynamic structure of the group. 89 00:06:03,127 --> 00:06:05,243 - Is that yes or no? - It is yes. 90 00:06:05,327 --> 00:06:09,115 As a result of this, the efficiency rating of the ship as a complete unit... 91 00:06:09,207 --> 00:06:13,564 is dropping by 1. 02% per work period. 92 00:06:13,847 --> 00:06:16,884 The error quotient bears a delayed inverse relation... 93 00:06:17,247 --> 00:06:19,317 They don't write poetry like that anymore. 94 00:06:19,407 --> 00:06:21,716 What this electronic pain is trying to say is... 95 00:06:21,807 --> 00:06:24,719 Unless we get a break, there's going to be a fatal foul-up. 96 00:06:24,807 --> 00:06:25,796 Right. 97 00:06:25,887 --> 00:06:29,516 Where do you suggest we go for this holiday that we all need so badly? 98 00:06:29,607 --> 00:06:32,075 Me? I hadn't really given it any thought. 99 00:06:32,167 --> 00:06:35,637 I see. You got all that information from Orac out of a sense of duty? 100 00:06:35,727 --> 00:06:38,639 Dedication. Selfless devotion to the welfare of his comrades. 101 00:06:38,727 --> 00:06:41,400 - What's so strange about that? - Where's the party, Vila? 102 00:06:41,487 --> 00:06:45,560 Vila, your sales pitch is a failure. Why not just tell us what you want to do? 103 00:06:45,927 --> 00:06:49,476 After Orac told me about the dangerous situation that was developing... 104 00:06:49,567 --> 00:06:51,444 - Yes? ... I did do some checking. 105 00:06:51,527 --> 00:06:53,916 - Yes? - One of the things I discovered was... 106 00:06:54,007 --> 00:06:58,000 that the United Planets of Teal and the Vandor Confederacy are at war. 107 00:06:58,087 --> 00:07:00,442 What an interesting piece of news, Vila. 108 00:07:00,527 --> 00:07:03,200 Nothing like someone else's war to take your mind off your own. 109 00:07:03,287 --> 00:07:04,276 Are you sure? 110 00:07:04,367 --> 00:07:06,801 Orac picked it up during a routine communication sweep. 111 00:07:06,887 --> 00:07:07,922 When was the declaration? 112 00:07:08,007 --> 00:07:10,919 A few hours ago. We've lots of time to get to the combat grounds. 113 00:07:11,007 --> 00:07:13,362 - Zen. Yes? - Why not? 114 00:07:18,847 --> 00:07:22,123 Zen, I want a course for the planet designated as the combat grounds... 115 00:07:22,207 --> 00:07:24,118 by the Teal-Vandor Convention. 116 00:07:24,207 --> 00:07:25,526 Confirmed. 117 00:07:25,847 --> 00:07:28,236 - Have I missed something? - I think we both have. 118 00:07:28,327 --> 00:07:30,477 Orac, I want you to monitor all transmissions... 119 00:07:30,567 --> 00:07:35,118 from the Teal-Vandor combat grounds and relay public viscasts to the screen. 120 00:07:35,207 --> 00:07:38,643 Am I to understand that you wish me to act as a viscast relay? 121 00:07:38,727 --> 00:07:40,319 That is what you are to understand. 122 00:07:40,407 --> 00:07:42,602 Is someone going to tell us what we're to understand? 123 00:07:42,687 --> 00:07:44,200 Yes, what exactly is going on? 124 00:07:44,287 --> 00:07:46,482 You've never heard of Teal-Vandor Convention? 125 00:07:46,887 --> 00:07:50,960 Course is laid in. Acceptance confirmation is now required. 126 00:07:51,287 --> 00:07:54,643 Accepted. Run course program. Speed: Standard by 4. 127 00:07:56,727 --> 00:07:59,685 If someone doesn't tell Dayna and me what all this is about... 128 00:07:59,767 --> 00:08:01,564 We're going to get very irritated. 129 00:08:01,647 --> 00:08:04,366 (VILA) Break out the booze, girls. It's fiesta time. 130 00:08:04,447 --> 00:08:06,722 Now, Cally, Dayna, let's not be violent. 131 00:08:06,807 --> 00:08:10,004 You know how I hate to see a man cry, especially when it's me. 132 00:08:10,967 --> 00:08:12,719 And that's all it is? 133 00:08:12,807 --> 00:08:16,356 A fight to death between two champions, winner takes all. 134 00:08:16,447 --> 00:08:19,803 - That's putting it rather crudely. - It's rather a crude idea. 135 00:08:19,887 --> 00:08:22,845 Two men fight for the honour of independent planetary systems... 136 00:08:22,927 --> 00:08:25,202 of maybe 20 million people each. It's hardly crude. 137 00:08:25,287 --> 00:08:28,404 They don't just step up and beat each other with big wooden clubs. 138 00:08:28,487 --> 00:08:30,478 - Or bows and arrows. - Or bows and arrows. 139 00:08:30,647 --> 00:08:35,038 There's rules, and honour, and chivalry, and all that sort of thing. 140 00:08:35,127 --> 00:08:37,800 - That makes all the difference, of course. - It does to us. 141 00:08:37,887 --> 00:08:39,798 Outsiders are welcomed as honoured guests... 142 00:08:39,887 --> 00:08:42,447 and accorded the status of neutral observers. 143 00:08:42,527 --> 00:08:45,246 As long as we abide by the rules of the Convention... 144 00:08:45,327 --> 00:08:47,079 both sides will protect us. 145 00:08:47,167 --> 00:08:49,283 From all comers, including the Federation. 146 00:08:49,367 --> 00:08:53,280 Which means we can enjoy the festivities in complete confidence and relaxation. 147 00:08:53,367 --> 00:08:54,641 Drink, anyone? 148 00:08:54,847 --> 00:08:58,044 What are these festivities Vila keeps drooling about? 149 00:08:58,127 --> 00:08:59,879 They must be something special. 150 00:08:59,967 --> 00:09:02,765 I haven't seen you move that positively in weeks. 151 00:09:02,847 --> 00:09:04,121 It'll be a big occasion. 152 00:09:04,207 --> 00:09:06,880 A ritual war is bound to generate a great deal of excitement. 153 00:09:06,967 --> 00:09:08,446 Back on Earth they would say... 154 00:09:08,527 --> 00:09:11,644 it was the most excitement you can have with your clothes on, anywhere. 155 00:09:11,727 --> 00:09:13,718 - How witty of them. - No, he's right. 156 00:09:13,807 --> 00:09:17,436 The Teal-Vandor Convention was famous on Earth. The ultimate excitement. 157 00:09:17,527 --> 00:09:20,724 "The ultimate excitement". Watching two men kill each other. 158 00:09:20,807 --> 00:09:24,925 Yes. No, on reflection, that would seem to have a somewhat limited appeal... 159 00:09:25,007 --> 00:09:26,838 as ultimate excitements go. 160 00:09:26,927 --> 00:09:30,442 There's obviously more to it than that. I mean, wine, women, and song. 161 00:09:30,727 --> 00:09:33,366 That would seem to have an even more limited appeal. 162 00:09:33,447 --> 00:09:34,516 I don't know. 163 00:09:34,607 --> 00:09:37,405 I am now picking up a public viscast transmission. 164 00:09:37,487 --> 00:09:38,886 Put it on the main screen. 165 00:09:38,967 --> 00:09:43,199 I must point out that this is a misuse and an absurd waste of my capabilities. 166 00:09:43,287 --> 00:09:46,836 - Put it on the main screen. - I will do it only under protest. 167 00:09:46,927 --> 00:09:50,397 You can do it any way you like. So long as you put it on the main screen. 168 00:09:50,487 --> 00:09:54,116 You sure you can't redesign him as something useful, like a drink dispenser? 169 00:09:54,207 --> 00:09:57,404 Or an empty space. I think he'd look really good as an empty space. 170 00:09:57,927 --> 00:09:59,155 (DARVID) Space. 171 00:09:59,247 --> 00:10:02,205 "The final frontier", as it was once called. 172 00:10:02,727 --> 00:10:05,036 A weightless, freezing vacuum... 173 00:10:05,247 --> 00:10:07,203 here created artificially... 174 00:10:07,287 --> 00:10:09,596 and maintained by the central computer... 175 00:10:09,687 --> 00:10:11,996 as one of the hundreds of different environments... 176 00:10:12,087 --> 00:10:15,159 offered by the combat grounds for the coming battle. 177 00:10:15,687 --> 00:10:19,999 In giant chambers, exact recreations like these you see... 178 00:10:20,087 --> 00:10:22,442 are controlled by the combat computer. 179 00:10:23,487 --> 00:10:25,876 Environments from other planets... 180 00:10:26,807 --> 00:10:29,241 other cultures, other times. 181 00:10:29,887 --> 00:10:33,197 The computer will choose which of these environmental chambers... 182 00:10:33,287 --> 00:10:35,118 will be used for the battle. 183 00:10:35,807 --> 00:10:38,719 This choice is what the combat grounds are all about. 184 00:10:39,927 --> 00:10:44,205 In the words of the Convention, "Let no man say... 185 00:10:46,207 --> 00:10:50,598 "'this man chose the ground on which we die. '" 186 00:10:52,367 --> 00:10:55,325 The combatants will each enter the chamber... 187 00:10:55,407 --> 00:10:57,637 through a door like this. 188 00:10:59,007 --> 00:11:02,443 Only the computer will know what awaits them on the other side. 189 00:11:03,287 --> 00:11:04,640 Their only clue... 190 00:11:05,727 --> 00:11:07,558 will lie in this locker... 191 00:11:08,527 --> 00:11:12,645 which contains protective clothing and specialised weapons... 192 00:11:13,247 --> 00:11:16,557 should the environment behind that door require them. 193 00:11:19,047 --> 00:11:23,438 I've just been told that the combatants are now arriving at the space port. 194 00:11:23,527 --> 00:11:27,361 And we are going across to join the thousands of cheering spectators... 195 00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:30,399 who are waiting to catch a glimpse of the two men... 196 00:11:30,647 --> 00:11:33,878 on whose skill the outcome of this war depends. 197 00:11:37,647 --> 00:11:39,956 - That all right? - (MAN) Fine. 198 00:11:41,327 --> 00:11:44,399 - That good? - What do you want me to say? 199 00:11:44,527 --> 00:11:48,805 It was your usual delicate mixture of enthusiasm and dignified clich�. 200 00:11:48,887 --> 00:11:51,196 I love you, too. What's next? 201 00:11:51,287 --> 00:11:53,039 You mean you've forgotten? 202 00:11:53,127 --> 00:11:55,197 I don't know why we bothered to rehearse. 203 00:11:55,287 --> 00:11:58,882 From the way you've been juggling those remotes, I didn't think you had. 204 00:11:58,967 --> 00:12:01,276 If the performer won't move, then the camera must. 205 00:12:01,367 --> 00:12:03,597 I thought it might confuse you if I moved. 206 00:12:03,687 --> 00:12:06,485 You've been thinking? Another first. 207 00:12:07,407 --> 00:12:08,522 What? 208 00:12:09,527 --> 00:12:12,041 What do you mean you've missed them? 209 00:12:12,887 --> 00:12:15,720 Wonderful. Congratulations. 210 00:12:16,447 --> 00:12:19,166 Crowd scenes we can get anywhere, you idiot. 211 00:12:20,727 --> 00:12:21,921 Darvid? 212 00:12:22,007 --> 00:12:24,157 - Yes? - We missed them at the spaceport. 213 00:12:24,247 --> 00:12:26,283 - It happens. - Only to me. 214 00:12:26,847 --> 00:12:28,599 They didn't even wave to the crowd. 215 00:12:28,687 --> 00:12:31,918 Their seconds bundled them straight into two VIP shuttles and off. 216 00:12:32,007 --> 00:12:33,326 We'll get good shots of them... 217 00:12:33,407 --> 00:12:35,557 when they present their credentials to the arbiters. 218 00:12:35,647 --> 00:12:37,797 Oh, remembered finally, have we? 219 00:12:38,447 --> 00:12:41,883 Listen, our heroes should arrive in about 30 minutes. 220 00:12:41,967 --> 00:12:44,197 You want to wander down and place the remotes for me? 221 00:12:44,287 --> 00:12:47,245 Our heroes? I suppose you'd change places with them, would you? 222 00:12:47,327 --> 00:12:50,603 Step through one of those doors without any idea of what's in there. 223 00:12:50,687 --> 00:12:53,440 Without even knowing if your opponent's been let in first... 224 00:12:53,527 --> 00:12:56,246 and is all set up and waiting. You'd fancy that, would you? 225 00:12:56,327 --> 00:12:59,558 Not a lot. But then I'm not a professional killer. 226 00:12:59,847 --> 00:13:02,156 That's not what the critics say. 227 00:13:04,207 --> 00:13:06,846 You want to position those remotes for me, Darvid? 228 00:13:07,207 --> 00:13:10,882 - All right, give me voice control. - You've got it. 229 00:13:13,087 --> 00:13:14,600 Follow me, men. 230 00:13:14,887 --> 00:13:18,084 We have one hero and one dead man to meet... 231 00:13:18,647 --> 00:13:22,242 and as yet, no way to tell which is which. 232 00:13:33,327 --> 00:13:37,002 - How do you feel? - Fine, Max. Fine, for the fourth time. 233 00:13:37,087 --> 00:13:38,440 I'm sorry. 234 00:13:39,007 --> 00:13:40,998 Right now you are our most important man. 235 00:13:41,087 --> 00:13:43,317 I want to be sure there's nothing bothering you. 236 00:13:43,407 --> 00:13:44,806 You're more nervous than I am. 237 00:13:44,887 --> 00:13:46,002 Are you nervous? 238 00:13:46,087 --> 00:13:49,318 These sub-surface shuttles are a bit claustrophobic, aren't they? 239 00:13:49,407 --> 00:13:51,523 I didn't know you suffered from claustrophobia. 240 00:13:51,607 --> 00:13:52,801 I don't, Max. 241 00:13:55,167 --> 00:13:59,683 For a member of the diplomatic corps, I'm not being very diplomatic, am I? 242 00:14:00,367 --> 00:14:03,006 Have you found out any more about their man? 243 00:14:03,087 --> 00:14:06,079 Not really. He doesn't seem to have a history. 244 00:14:06,967 --> 00:14:10,676 He just turned up at about the time the border problem was developing. 245 00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:12,837 He killed Racov in a private challenge... 246 00:14:12,927 --> 00:14:16,442 and was proclaimed First Champion of the Vandor Confederacy. 247 00:14:16,527 --> 00:14:18,085 Any fights since then? 248 00:14:18,207 --> 00:14:22,120 Racov's son tried to take him. Strictly no contest. 249 00:14:22,767 --> 00:14:24,166 What do you think? 250 00:14:25,007 --> 00:14:27,316 It's all been according to the rules. 251 00:14:27,807 --> 00:14:29,877 I don't know, Max. Smells like a setup. 252 00:14:29,967 --> 00:14:32,356 Those two who tried to kill me on the Teal Star... 253 00:14:32,447 --> 00:14:35,564 they knew in advance the precise time that Vandor declared war. 254 00:14:35,647 --> 00:14:39,799 We lodged a protest, but the arbiters ruled there was no technical violation. 255 00:14:39,887 --> 00:14:41,525 Any question about them? 256 00:14:42,447 --> 00:14:44,438 You should know better than to ask that. 257 00:14:44,527 --> 00:14:47,758 I don't have to be diplomatic, Max. Well? 258 00:14:49,767 --> 00:14:52,804 Their arbiter is a High Council member. So is ours. 259 00:14:53,127 --> 00:14:55,243 They're both beyond reproach. 260 00:14:55,327 --> 00:14:56,840 And the neutral? 261 00:14:57,687 --> 00:15:00,884 Nearly there. You'll be able to judge for yourself in a few minutes. 262 00:15:00,967 --> 00:15:03,640 In a few hours a man is going to try and kill me. 263 00:15:03,727 --> 00:15:07,322 Thanks to the skill of the diplomatic corps, I know nothing about him. 264 00:15:07,407 --> 00:15:09,557 - That's most unfair. - Unfair? 265 00:15:09,767 --> 00:15:13,555 I'm not concerned with fairness, or diplomacy, or good manners. 266 00:15:13,807 --> 00:15:17,322 I'm only concerned that my opponent abides by the rules of the Convention... 267 00:15:17,407 --> 00:15:20,046 and my only guarantee of that lies with the arbiters. 268 00:15:20,887 --> 00:15:24,323 Now I want to know everything you know about the neutral arbiter. 269 00:15:26,087 --> 00:15:28,999 Servalan? I don't believe it. 270 00:15:29,087 --> 00:15:32,682 Servalan is supposed to make sure everyone sticks to the rules? 271 00:15:34,847 --> 00:15:39,125 (DARVID) And so the three arbiters await the imminent arrival of the Champions... 272 00:15:39,927 --> 00:15:41,645 who will identify themselves... 273 00:15:42,007 --> 00:15:45,602 and make formal acceptance of the rules of the Convention. 274 00:15:46,407 --> 00:15:47,965 This solemn ceremony... 275 00:15:48,047 --> 00:15:51,403 All this breathless solemnity is beginning to irritate me. 276 00:15:51,727 --> 00:15:53,763 Give us vision only, Orac. 277 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:55,515 I was enjoying that. 278 00:15:55,607 --> 00:15:58,167 Servalan's a logical choice for them if you think about it. 279 00:15:58,247 --> 00:16:01,603 After all, she is president of an empire which borders on both systems. 280 00:16:01,847 --> 00:16:03,075 She is indeed. 281 00:16:03,167 --> 00:16:05,761 But she's not exactly an ideal candidate, though. 282 00:16:05,847 --> 00:16:08,805 Her idea of chivalry is never to shoot a blind man in the back. 283 00:16:08,887 --> 00:16:10,605 That's very true, Vila. 284 00:16:10,687 --> 00:16:13,724 Wonderful. And for my next trick, I shall swallow my other foot. 285 00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:15,604 I completely forgot about your father. 286 00:16:15,687 --> 00:16:18,679 - I expect Servalan has, too. - I'm sorry, Dayna. 287 00:16:18,767 --> 00:16:21,565 One of these days it will be my pleasure to remind her. 288 00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:23,126 Yes, but not one of these days. 289 00:16:23,207 --> 00:16:26,119 Our prospective hosts get very sweaty about rules violations. 290 00:16:26,207 --> 00:16:30,359 The rule is, no hostile act towards anyone. We are neutral observers. 291 00:16:30,447 --> 00:16:33,086 Zen, put the battle and strategy computers online. 292 00:16:33,167 --> 00:16:34,725 Direct visual readout to this position. 293 00:16:35,447 --> 00:16:37,119 - Confirmed. - Battle computers? 294 00:16:37,207 --> 00:16:38,845 Just something I want to check. 295 00:16:38,927 --> 00:16:42,397 This looks like one of the Champions. Let's hear it for the man. 296 00:16:48,687 --> 00:16:50,723 Sound, Orac, give us the sound. 297 00:16:50,807 --> 00:16:54,197 ...and defend the United Planets of Teal with my blood. 298 00:16:54,287 --> 00:16:55,686 For we are in the right. 299 00:16:55,767 --> 00:16:56,961 I know him, don't I? 300 00:16:57,047 --> 00:16:59,880 - Will you abide by the Convention? - I will. 301 00:17:01,207 --> 00:17:02,799 You are welcome here. 302 00:17:02,887 --> 00:17:04,639 I'm sure I know him. 303 00:17:05,367 --> 00:17:07,835 I doubt that. He left Earth a long time ago. 304 00:17:07,927 --> 00:17:12,045 - Who is he? - His name is Deeta. He's my brother. 305 00:17:17,527 --> 00:17:19,597 The ancient weapons of combat. 306 00:17:20,167 --> 00:17:22,761 Use your choice with honour. 307 00:17:28,087 --> 00:17:31,875 They've already been checked. Don't you trust us? 308 00:17:32,407 --> 00:17:34,762 I assure you they're exactly the same. 309 00:17:35,647 --> 00:17:38,081 No two guns are ever exactly the same. 310 00:17:40,447 --> 00:17:44,281 - You have a brother, do you not? - I left Earth a long time ago. 311 00:17:44,687 --> 00:17:48,566 He left more recently. Following your example, perhaps. 312 00:17:49,967 --> 00:17:51,320 I hope not. 313 00:17:51,967 --> 00:17:54,925 With your permission, Madam, I have preparation to make. 314 00:17:55,007 --> 00:17:56,440 By all means. 315 00:18:09,007 --> 00:18:11,475 You're not good enough to get past me, Tarrant. 316 00:18:12,327 --> 00:18:16,400 You're going to look silly flat on your back with a face full of footprints. 317 00:18:17,087 --> 00:18:19,999 My name is Vinni. I've come to kill you. 318 00:18:21,807 --> 00:18:23,877 You're a dead man, Tarrant. 319 00:18:24,727 --> 00:18:26,638 They're the worst kind. 320 00:18:36,287 --> 00:18:38,084 I've just met their man. 321 00:18:38,727 --> 00:18:40,046 I don't like him. 322 00:18:40,127 --> 00:18:42,118 - Did you expect to? - I don't mean personally. 323 00:18:42,207 --> 00:18:44,721 There's something strange about him, something wrong. 324 00:18:44,807 --> 00:18:48,720 He's a professional killer. That's not exactly the way a normal person would... 325 00:18:49,407 --> 00:18:52,240 Have you ever thought you might be in the wrong business? 326 00:18:52,327 --> 00:18:54,079 I'm not usually this inept. 327 00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:57,159 - Professional killers make you nervous. - Maybe. 328 00:18:57,247 --> 00:18:59,761 Yes, well, non-professional killers make me nervous. 329 00:18:59,847 --> 00:19:01,644 And Vinni is not a professional. 330 00:19:01,727 --> 00:19:03,558 So what the hell is he, Max? 331 00:19:03,687 --> 00:19:05,439 A dead man, obviously. 332 00:19:05,527 --> 00:19:08,325 Coming up against a top professional like you, I mean. 333 00:19:08,407 --> 00:19:11,205 - He has no chance, right? - Racov was a top professional. 334 00:19:11,287 --> 00:19:14,165 - You're better than Racov. - Yes, well, so is he. 335 00:19:14,247 --> 00:19:16,283 Right, I'm ready to charge up the sensors. 336 00:19:16,367 --> 00:19:18,358 I've a couple of messages for you here. 337 00:19:18,447 --> 00:19:20,961 The viscast people would like to record an interview. 338 00:19:21,047 --> 00:19:23,720 No. They can use archive material for the obituary. 339 00:19:23,807 --> 00:19:26,879 - Do you want me to tell them that? - Just tell them no. 340 00:19:28,407 --> 00:19:31,126 Del Tarrant claims to be your brother. 341 00:19:31,207 --> 00:19:34,916 His ship is due in about 30 minutes. Wants to see you. 342 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:37,475 No. Afterwards, maybe. Is that it? 343 00:19:38,047 --> 00:19:39,366 That's it. 344 00:19:39,607 --> 00:19:42,405 Right. Time to charge up the sensor net. 345 00:19:45,287 --> 00:19:46,925 Something wrong? 346 00:19:47,647 --> 00:19:50,605 It's the thought of all that stuff they put inside my head... 347 00:19:50,687 --> 00:19:52,359 frightens the hell out of me. 348 00:19:53,207 --> 00:19:54,560 It's quite safe, Deeta. 349 00:19:56,007 --> 00:19:57,406 (HUMMING) 350 00:20:00,727 --> 00:20:02,479 (HUMMING INTENSIFIES) 351 00:20:08,047 --> 00:20:09,765 (SURREAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 352 00:20:13,087 --> 00:20:15,157 - All right? - Fine. 353 00:20:16,487 --> 00:20:18,955 Right, let's see if it still works. 354 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,036 Ready? 355 00:20:31,527 --> 00:20:33,119 What do you see? 356 00:20:34,367 --> 00:20:35,516 A gun. 357 00:20:35,927 --> 00:20:37,565 How does it feel? 358 00:20:38,447 --> 00:20:41,883 Natural, almost part of me. 359 00:20:44,807 --> 00:20:46,001 And now? 360 00:20:46,727 --> 00:20:49,958 I am pointing the gun at a man sitting in a chair. 361 00:20:51,567 --> 00:20:53,603 Is that really how I look? 362 00:20:55,047 --> 00:20:56,321 And now? 363 00:20:57,167 --> 00:20:58,486 Nothing... 364 00:20:59,247 --> 00:21:00,680 but I feel... 365 00:21:01,447 --> 00:21:04,166 a little anger... 366 00:21:05,167 --> 00:21:08,876 a little sadness, some small fear. 367 00:21:10,647 --> 00:21:12,365 Welcome to my head. 368 00:21:16,727 --> 00:21:18,001 It works. 369 00:21:18,207 --> 00:21:21,005 So you and millions of other tax-paying citizens... 370 00:21:21,087 --> 00:21:23,396 can kill or die almost for real. 371 00:21:24,367 --> 00:21:26,562 Just pick a champion, join the fun. 372 00:21:26,647 --> 00:21:28,877 You resent this part of it, don't you? 373 00:21:28,967 --> 00:21:31,561 You only have to close your eyes to find out. 374 00:21:36,247 --> 00:21:39,159 Maybe you are in the right business after all, Max. 375 00:21:40,007 --> 00:21:43,397 - You going to get some rest now? - Well, I'm certainly going to try. 376 00:21:44,687 --> 00:21:46,917 I'll see you before it starts. 377 00:21:47,047 --> 00:21:49,800 Don't you want to eavesdrop on a dream or two? 378 00:21:49,887 --> 00:21:51,559 No, thanks, Deeta. 379 00:21:51,887 --> 00:21:54,481 Very sensible, Max. 380 00:22:01,887 --> 00:22:03,639 (SLOW INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 381 00:22:08,767 --> 00:22:13,204 Orbit is now established. All systems are functioning normally. 382 00:22:13,287 --> 00:22:15,084 Status is firm. 383 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:16,680 Thank you, Zen. 384 00:22:18,607 --> 00:22:20,677 And so everything is ready. 385 00:22:21,127 --> 00:22:23,322 The formalities are complete. 386 00:22:23,687 --> 00:22:25,757 The Champions are prepared. 387 00:22:26,487 --> 00:22:29,001 The arbiters have activated the combat computer... 388 00:22:29,087 --> 00:22:32,045 which will control the conditions of battle. 389 00:22:32,527 --> 00:22:35,883 Only the computer knows when it will begin... 390 00:22:36,607 --> 00:22:37,960 and where. 391 00:22:45,207 --> 00:22:47,880 Come on, then. Let's go mingle with the joyous multitude. 392 00:22:47,967 --> 00:22:50,037 - Are you going to see this diplomat? - Why not? 393 00:22:50,127 --> 00:22:52,641 - Do you want us to wait? - No. I'll find you. 394 00:22:52,727 --> 00:22:55,480 - Don't forget Orac. - No need. I'll operate the teleport. 395 00:22:55,567 --> 00:22:57,637 - Aren't you coming with us? - I don't think so. 396 00:22:57,727 --> 00:23:00,002 - But we've come to enjoy ourselves. - I know. 397 00:23:00,087 --> 00:23:02,203 How can you enjoy yourself staying here? 398 00:23:02,287 --> 00:23:05,518 Maybe it's got something to do with the fact that you won't be. 399 00:23:05,607 --> 00:23:07,120 Thank you. 400 00:23:12,447 --> 00:23:13,846 Are you Max? 401 00:23:15,407 --> 00:23:17,841 - You startled me. - I'm Del Tarrant. 402 00:23:18,287 --> 00:23:21,723 - I can see you're Deeta's brother. - How is Deeta? 403 00:23:22,007 --> 00:23:24,123 He's resting at the moment. 404 00:23:26,767 --> 00:23:30,646 - How long is it since you've seen him? - Seven, maybe eight years. 405 00:23:30,847 --> 00:23:32,758 I expect he's changed a bit. 406 00:23:32,847 --> 00:23:36,157 I expect we both have. Why doesn't he want to see me? 407 00:23:36,247 --> 00:23:38,522 He does, but afterwards. 408 00:23:39,047 --> 00:23:40,560 There may not be an afterwards. 409 00:23:40,647 --> 00:23:42,285 He stands a very good chance. 410 00:23:42,367 --> 00:23:44,835 He's been our First Champion for nearly four years. 411 00:23:44,927 --> 00:23:47,964 He's fought a lot of challenges. No one's come near to beating him. 412 00:23:48,207 --> 00:23:49,845 Were all his fights like this? 413 00:23:50,767 --> 00:23:53,122 - No, not exactly. - No, thank you. 414 00:23:53,287 --> 00:23:56,916 These combat grounds are only used for officially declared wars... 415 00:23:57,007 --> 00:23:59,157 and we haven't had one of those for 20 years. 416 00:23:59,247 --> 00:24:00,965 So what brought this one on? 417 00:24:01,047 --> 00:24:05,802 Border incursions, retaliation, escalation. Routine enough pattern. 418 00:24:05,887 --> 00:24:08,003 Once every 20 years is routine? 419 00:24:08,087 --> 00:24:11,079 Our border squabbles don't usually lead to war. 420 00:24:11,167 --> 00:24:14,045 Actually, this one did take us a little by surprise. 421 00:24:14,127 --> 00:24:16,436 Our computers missed the trend completely. 422 00:24:17,127 --> 00:24:20,085 What's at stake? What happens to you if Deeta loses? 423 00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:23,477 The Convention will require us to surrender two-thirds of our fleet... 424 00:24:23,567 --> 00:24:25,046 and three of our planets. 425 00:24:25,127 --> 00:24:28,676 - And you're willing to do that? - Of course. So are they. 426 00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:32,157 You see, Del, for us, this is not a game. 427 00:24:32,767 --> 00:24:34,325 We really are at war. 428 00:24:34,767 --> 00:24:37,122 (OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 429 00:24:39,687 --> 00:24:41,439 Are you there, Cally? 430 00:24:43,647 --> 00:24:46,320 - What is it, Vila? - Dayna and I are ready to come up. 431 00:24:46,407 --> 00:24:47,442 So soon? 432 00:24:47,527 --> 00:24:49,483 There's nothing here. Everyone's gone. 433 00:24:49,567 --> 00:24:51,000 Everything's closed. 434 00:24:51,087 --> 00:24:52,315 No joyous multitude? 435 00:24:52,407 --> 00:24:55,126 No joyous anybody. I've seen more life in a prison blanket. 436 00:24:55,207 --> 00:24:57,243 - What about Avon? - Gone to visit a sick friend. 437 00:24:57,327 --> 00:24:58,316 A sick friend? 438 00:24:58,407 --> 00:25:02,161 That's what he said. Let's face it, any friend of Avon's got to be sick, right? 439 00:25:02,247 --> 00:25:05,284 - Are you going to bring us up, Cally? - Have a little patience, Vila. 440 00:25:05,367 --> 00:25:08,200 What for? All that ever gets you is older. 441 00:25:14,967 --> 00:25:17,686 I am not in the habit of waiting for couriers. 442 00:25:19,407 --> 00:25:20,999 Madam President. 443 00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:24,885 I see the Orac computer has broken our latest security code. 444 00:25:24,967 --> 00:25:27,686 A useful gadget, worth every penny you almost paid for it. 445 00:25:27,767 --> 00:25:30,440 Wasteful of you to let me know the code was broken, surely? 446 00:25:30,527 --> 00:25:33,758 You'd see me more readily if you thought I was part of the conspiracy. 447 00:25:33,847 --> 00:25:35,963 Conspiracy? Oh, Avon. 448 00:25:36,327 --> 00:25:39,080 I haven't gone and given myself away again, have I? 449 00:25:39,167 --> 00:25:41,886 I've been doing a little strategic analysis. 450 00:25:41,967 --> 00:25:43,002 Bravo. 451 00:25:43,087 --> 00:25:46,636 Somewhere along the line there is going to be a violation of the Convention. 452 00:25:46,727 --> 00:25:49,241 Really? Well, I'm glad you warned me. 453 00:25:49,367 --> 00:25:52,882 Because as neutral arbiter, such violations are my concern. 454 00:25:52,967 --> 00:25:56,482 The result will be total war between these two systems. 455 00:25:56,567 --> 00:25:59,559 Real war, not children's games like all this. 456 00:26:00,967 --> 00:26:03,925 You will let them fight it out for a little while... 457 00:26:04,007 --> 00:26:07,477 and then your battle fleet will move in to mop up the remnants. 458 00:26:07,567 --> 00:26:11,276 For their own good. To prevent further bloodshed and destruction. 459 00:26:11,367 --> 00:26:14,200 The civilian populations may even welcome you. 460 00:26:14,287 --> 00:26:17,279 What form will this major violation take? 461 00:26:17,367 --> 00:26:20,279 Do they know that your battle fleet is massed on their borders? 462 00:26:20,367 --> 00:26:23,484 Routine manoeuvres. And a small demonstration of concern... 463 00:26:23,567 --> 00:26:26,957 for my personal safety, which both sides understand and accept. 464 00:26:28,807 --> 00:26:30,479 - Thank you. - For what? 465 00:26:30,567 --> 00:26:34,116 - Answering my question. - I have nothing to hide. 466 00:26:34,807 --> 00:26:36,604 - Is that why you answered? - Naturally. 467 00:26:36,687 --> 00:26:38,643 No, not naturally, Madam President. 468 00:26:38,727 --> 00:26:41,560 You do not naturally answer a question from an enemy... 469 00:26:41,647 --> 00:26:44,115 who has no natural right to ask it. 470 00:26:44,207 --> 00:26:46,801 But I don't think of you as an enemy, Avon. 471 00:26:47,567 --> 00:26:50,843 I think of you as a future friend. 472 00:26:54,567 --> 00:26:58,276 Your plan had better be fireproof, Servalan... 473 00:26:58,367 --> 00:27:00,676 or I'll see you burn with it. 474 00:27:06,407 --> 00:27:08,079 - Cally? - Yes, Avon? 475 00:27:08,647 --> 00:27:11,161 - I'm ready to come up now. - Stand by. 476 00:27:15,047 --> 00:27:18,835 Threatening an arbiter is a violation of the Convention, you know. 477 00:27:18,927 --> 00:27:20,326 So report me. 478 00:27:21,607 --> 00:27:23,677 I'll overlook it this time. 479 00:27:27,007 --> 00:27:28,406 After all... 480 00:27:29,567 --> 00:27:32,445 it's not a major violation. 481 00:28:07,487 --> 00:28:09,876 - How was your friend? - Sick as ever. 482 00:28:09,967 --> 00:28:12,925 Orac, I want you to tap into the records computer down there... 483 00:28:13,007 --> 00:28:16,158 and get me all the rules relating to the Teal-Vandor Convention. 484 00:28:16,247 --> 00:28:19,478 It will take a few moments to identify the appropriate data store. 485 00:28:19,567 --> 00:28:22,843 Then I want you to assimilate them and programme one of your systems... 486 00:28:22,927 --> 00:28:25,600 as an analogue of a hostile arbiter. 487 00:28:25,687 --> 00:28:29,441 - In what way hostile? - One who is expecting a violation. 488 00:28:29,527 --> 00:28:32,121 Do you wish me to continue relaying the viscast? 489 00:28:32,207 --> 00:28:35,802 Yes, we do. It's not exactly thrilling, but it's all there is. 490 00:28:35,887 --> 00:28:38,845 And you came a long way to be thrilled, didn't you, Vila? 491 00:28:38,927 --> 00:28:43,000 Damn right, I did. And I'm going to be thrilled one way or another. 492 00:28:44,087 --> 00:28:45,839 Have a drink, Dayna. 493 00:28:46,047 --> 00:28:48,561 Do you know your most attractive quality, Vila? 494 00:28:48,647 --> 00:28:51,445 - No. What? - Your subtlety. 495 00:28:53,447 --> 00:28:56,519 - Right, I'll get back to my ship. - It'll start very soon now. 496 00:28:56,607 --> 00:28:58,677 When it's over, let me know. I'll come back. 497 00:28:58,767 --> 00:29:01,281 - Aren't you going to share it? - I'm sorry? 498 00:29:01,367 --> 00:29:04,359 The sensor net. You don't know about it? 499 00:29:07,047 --> 00:29:10,323 Both men have had micro sensors implanted in the brain. 500 00:29:10,407 --> 00:29:12,967 These are connected to a conductive mesh... 501 00:29:13,047 --> 00:29:15,800 which is actually etched into the bone of the skull. 502 00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:19,482 When this mesh gets charged up it becomes a sort of transmitter. 503 00:29:19,567 --> 00:29:21,683 Transmitting signals from the micro sensors? 504 00:29:21,767 --> 00:29:25,521 Right. The signals are boosted through the combat computer... 505 00:29:25,607 --> 00:29:28,041 and are picked up by these receivers. 506 00:29:28,127 --> 00:29:29,765 You put it on your forehead. 507 00:29:29,847 --> 00:29:31,917 It's activated through the optic nerves. 508 00:29:32,007 --> 00:29:35,204 Close your eyes and it feeds the signals directly into the brain... 509 00:29:35,287 --> 00:29:36,959 open them and it cuts out. 510 00:29:37,047 --> 00:29:38,366 How effective is it? 511 00:29:38,447 --> 00:29:41,120 With that, you can see what Deeta sees... 512 00:29:41,207 --> 00:29:44,995 and feel a lot of what he feels, physically and emotionally. 513 00:29:45,727 --> 00:29:48,958 These are a slightly different frequency. 514 00:29:49,207 --> 00:29:50,879 Keyed to the other man? 515 00:29:50,967 --> 00:29:53,037 You choose which one you want to go with. 516 00:29:53,527 --> 00:29:55,119 How many people use these? 517 00:29:55,207 --> 00:30:00,281 Almost everyone in the two systems. It's a release that we all share. 518 00:30:00,767 --> 00:30:02,166 A catharsis. 519 00:30:02,847 --> 00:30:06,044 We all fight the war, but only one man actually dies. 520 00:30:07,247 --> 00:30:09,602 - My brother. - Or his opponent. 521 00:30:11,127 --> 00:30:13,163 So that's the ultimate excitement. 522 00:30:13,247 --> 00:30:16,125 Murder without guilt, death without loss. 523 00:30:17,247 --> 00:30:19,203 War without destruction. 524 00:30:22,447 --> 00:30:25,757 - I must go. - Wish Deeta luck for me. 525 00:30:26,527 --> 00:30:27,721 Yes. 526 00:30:32,567 --> 00:30:34,444 I'm ready to come up, Cally. 527 00:30:47,287 --> 00:30:50,597 - I was afraid I'd miss you. - It's all right. There's plenty of time. 528 00:30:50,687 --> 00:30:52,598 - How do you feel? - Fine. 529 00:30:53,527 --> 00:30:57,679 For the hundredth time, I'm sorry. I haven't been much help, have I? 530 00:30:58,007 --> 00:31:02,285 The Death-Watch is never easy, Max. You did well. I'm grateful to you. 531 00:31:04,687 --> 00:31:06,325 We wish you luck. 532 00:31:07,007 --> 00:31:09,760 - The people of Teal? - Your brother and I. 533 00:31:12,087 --> 00:31:15,921 Have the drinks set up, Max. We'll celebrate. The three of us. 534 00:31:18,887 --> 00:31:21,162 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 535 00:32:40,727 --> 00:32:43,958 I don't want to do this, Avon. I'll be fighting Tarrant's brother. 536 00:32:44,047 --> 00:32:46,720 You will be judging the man who is fighting him. 537 00:32:46,807 --> 00:32:49,321 But you can't be objective with something like this. 538 00:32:49,407 --> 00:32:52,558 You don't have to be. It's your instinct as a fighter that we need. 539 00:32:52,647 --> 00:32:55,844 And Tarrant will be an instinctive judge of his brother's actions. 540 00:32:55,927 --> 00:32:58,043 You're a natural fighter, Dayna. 541 00:32:58,407 --> 00:33:01,558 You will be an instinctive judge of the other man. 542 00:33:01,647 --> 00:33:04,764 Even if one of them breaks the rules, what can we do about it? 543 00:33:04,847 --> 00:33:07,122 That is what Orac is going to tell us. 544 00:33:09,967 --> 00:33:12,083 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES) 545 00:33:42,567 --> 00:33:44,319 (TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 546 00:34:04,207 --> 00:34:05,435 Tarrant! 547 00:34:08,607 --> 00:34:10,882 You get one free shot, Tarrant! 548 00:36:45,407 --> 00:36:46,601 Tarrant! 549 00:36:48,287 --> 00:36:49,276 Tarrant! 550 00:36:51,407 --> 00:36:53,682 We're wasting time, Tarrant! 551 00:36:54,127 --> 00:36:57,563 We could die of old age chasing each other around here! 552 00:36:58,807 --> 00:37:02,083 What do you suggest we do? Draw straws? 553 00:37:02,807 --> 00:37:04,638 We draw guns, Tarrant! 554 00:37:05,247 --> 00:37:07,522 Isn't that what you're best at? 555 00:37:08,927 --> 00:37:12,715 Only I'm better, and I'm going to prove it. 556 00:37:14,407 --> 00:37:17,319 Holster your gun. I'll meet you out in the open, face to face. 557 00:37:17,407 --> 00:37:18,886 Fast man wins! 558 00:37:20,447 --> 00:37:22,085 What do you say? 559 00:37:22,287 --> 00:37:23,800 (WIND HOWLING) 560 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:26,676 Have you got the stomach for it? 561 00:37:28,967 --> 00:37:30,958 What do you say, Tarrant? 562 00:37:38,407 --> 00:37:39,726 All right. 563 00:37:40,887 --> 00:37:44,323 Let's see if you're as fast with your gun as you are with your mouth. 564 00:38:13,927 --> 00:38:15,280 After you, Tarrant. 565 00:38:43,927 --> 00:38:44,996 No. 566 00:39:26,687 --> 00:39:28,120 Stupid of me. 567 00:39:28,967 --> 00:39:32,357 He's fast. He's really fast, Del. 568 00:39:33,727 --> 00:39:35,240 Del, I'm sorry. 569 00:39:35,647 --> 00:39:39,083 I'm afraid the eavesdroppers have to listen after all. 570 00:39:39,847 --> 00:39:43,157 Didn't want a million people in my head when we met. 571 00:39:43,727 --> 00:39:45,240 Damn, it hurts. 572 00:39:46,767 --> 00:39:48,962 I never should have left you. 573 00:39:49,767 --> 00:39:51,598 I missed you, little brother. 574 00:39:54,167 --> 00:39:55,646 (DEETA PANTING) 575 00:40:01,847 --> 00:40:04,077 Tarrant! Tarrant! 576 00:40:04,687 --> 00:40:06,723 Tarrant! Tarrant! 577 00:40:07,727 --> 00:40:09,080 (TARRANT GASPING) 578 00:40:09,327 --> 00:40:11,045 I'm sorry, Tarrant. 579 00:40:12,727 --> 00:40:15,480 He should have killed him when he had the chance. 580 00:40:17,687 --> 00:40:19,962 Deeta never was very practical. 581 00:40:21,687 --> 00:40:23,643 I told you I was faster. 582 00:40:35,567 --> 00:40:39,355 Deeta Tarrant is dead! 583 00:40:49,487 --> 00:40:51,603 I claim victory... 584 00:40:51,887 --> 00:40:55,482 for the Vandor Confederacy of planets! 585 00:41:01,687 --> 00:41:04,485 Well, gentlemen, before we confirm this victory... 586 00:41:04,567 --> 00:41:08,640 there are some checks I should like carried out. Formalities only. 587 00:41:08,727 --> 00:41:13,801 But I fear scrupulous fairness is one of my small personal obsessions. 588 00:41:14,047 --> 00:41:15,799 I'm sure you'll bear with me. 589 00:41:16,647 --> 00:41:19,957 Did they behave as you expected? Come on, we haven't got much time. 590 00:41:20,047 --> 00:41:24,199 Deeta didn't break any rules. In fact, he kept an extra one of his own. 591 00:41:24,287 --> 00:41:27,006 - A costly one. - You felt nothing abnormal? 592 00:41:27,087 --> 00:41:30,602 - Nothing. - I felt something. At least, I think I did. 593 00:41:30,687 --> 00:41:31,756 Yes? 594 00:41:32,167 --> 00:41:35,842 It's difficult to pin down. It's as though we were waiting. 595 00:41:35,927 --> 00:41:39,806 Not from where I was standing. I couldn't understand how I missed him. 596 00:41:39,887 --> 00:41:42,196 And I couldn't believe how fast he pulled that gun. 597 00:41:43,047 --> 00:41:45,402 And yet watching them on the screen... 598 00:41:45,487 --> 00:41:48,365 I felt it was Deeta who had the real talent... 599 00:41:48,447 --> 00:41:50,005 the real instinct for it. 600 00:41:50,807 --> 00:41:54,117 That's it. There was no instinct. 601 00:41:54,207 --> 00:41:55,845 No anticipation. 602 00:41:56,167 --> 00:42:00,524 I... He waited for things to happen and then reacted to them. 603 00:42:00,607 --> 00:42:04,077 But when he did react, it was so fast it was exhilarating. 604 00:42:04,167 --> 00:42:06,476 I began to feel the other man couldn't shoot me... 605 00:42:06,567 --> 00:42:09,081 because I could move before any shot could reach me. 606 00:42:09,207 --> 00:42:10,481 Well, Orac? 607 00:42:10,567 --> 00:42:13,957 It is my conclusion that the one called Vinni is not human... 608 00:42:14,167 --> 00:42:17,284 but is in fact a highly sophisticated android... 609 00:42:17,367 --> 00:42:19,961 exquisitely programmed as a gunfighter. 610 00:42:21,167 --> 00:42:23,158 Deeta was fighting a machine? 611 00:42:23,727 --> 00:42:27,276 And when that is revealed, all hell breaks loose. 612 00:42:27,367 --> 00:42:28,880 How will they find out? 613 00:42:29,047 --> 00:42:32,403 There is a little-used regulation which allows any of the arbiters... 614 00:42:32,487 --> 00:42:35,206 to call for a medical examination of the winning combatant. 615 00:42:35,367 --> 00:42:36,595 Won't it resist? 616 00:42:36,767 --> 00:42:39,565 The Vinni android will regard itself as human. 617 00:42:39,647 --> 00:42:42,115 It will have no reason to resist such an examination. 618 00:42:42,327 --> 00:42:45,956 Orac, how can we destroy the android without violating the Convention? 619 00:42:46,047 --> 00:42:49,119 By challenge, under the rules of blood feud. 620 00:42:49,207 --> 00:42:53,086 Since Vinni has killed his brother, Tarrant has the right of combat. 621 00:42:53,727 --> 00:42:56,241 - That sounds promising. - You wouldn't stand a chance. 622 00:42:56,327 --> 00:42:58,887 - I'll risk that. - He could use the new gun. Dayna? 623 00:42:58,967 --> 00:43:00,559 - It's ready. - Vila can get it. 624 00:43:00,647 --> 00:43:02,239 It's in the test room, Vila. 625 00:43:02,327 --> 00:43:04,636 What did your last slave die of? 626 00:43:06,087 --> 00:43:08,726 Dayna, I want you to stop Servalan. 627 00:43:08,807 --> 00:43:10,001 My pleasure. 628 00:43:10,167 --> 00:43:12,761 Do everything to prevent that medical examination... 629 00:43:12,847 --> 00:43:16,237 and delay things until we get there, but do not kill Servalan. 630 00:43:17,087 --> 00:43:19,920 Cally, will you operate the teleport? 631 00:43:20,007 --> 00:43:21,201 I mean this, Dayna. 632 00:43:21,287 --> 00:43:24,723 You kill Servalan now, you blow everything wide open, including us. 633 00:43:31,327 --> 00:43:32,396 Tarrant. 634 00:43:33,727 --> 00:43:37,686 I presume you have no tedious scruples about cheating and lying? 635 00:43:38,647 --> 00:43:39,966 None at all. 636 00:43:40,207 --> 00:43:41,356 Oh, good. 637 00:43:48,287 --> 00:43:50,721 Still. Silent, all of you. 638 00:43:51,967 --> 00:43:53,685 Or I'll kill her now. 639 00:43:53,767 --> 00:43:55,120 She's dead, Vinni. 640 00:43:55,207 --> 00:43:57,562 Not even you could reach your gun in time. 641 00:43:57,647 --> 00:44:00,207 - Do as she says. - That's right, Servalan. 642 00:44:00,807 --> 00:44:03,480 Now, I want you to close your eyes. 643 00:44:04,247 --> 00:44:07,398 - Close my eyes? - We're going to play a little game. 644 00:44:07,807 --> 00:44:09,399 Close your eyes. 645 00:44:10,287 --> 00:44:14,485 I want you to imagine how my father felt... 646 00:44:15,767 --> 00:44:18,235 just before you killed him. 647 00:44:18,967 --> 00:44:22,403 I understand your feelings, believe me, I do. But Deeta was a professional. 648 00:44:22,487 --> 00:44:25,160 - He knew the risks... - The challenge has already been made. 649 00:44:25,247 --> 00:44:26,236 He might not accept it. 650 00:44:26,327 --> 00:44:29,285 He has to accept it, you know that. Will you act for me or not? 651 00:44:29,367 --> 00:44:31,437 - There's still time to withdraw... - Yes or no? 652 00:44:31,527 --> 00:44:34,166 Vinni's the best I've seen. You don't stand a chance... 653 00:44:34,247 --> 00:44:35,646 Yes or no? 654 00:44:39,687 --> 00:44:41,006 Very well. 655 00:44:41,447 --> 00:44:42,960 I'll negotiate the arrangements. 656 00:44:43,047 --> 00:44:46,119 And the combat computer, I want it to choose the battle chamber... 657 00:44:46,207 --> 00:44:47,322 and run the contest. 658 00:44:47,407 --> 00:44:50,160 I see no reason why they shouldn't agree to that. 659 00:44:50,847 --> 00:44:52,280 You're a fool, Del. 660 00:44:53,207 --> 00:44:54,640 It's a family trait, Max. 661 00:44:54,967 --> 00:44:56,878 And they accepted what Dayna did? 662 00:44:56,967 --> 00:45:00,004 They ruled it as a minor technical violation... 663 00:45:00,087 --> 00:45:02,681 banned her from the planet, just as I expected. 664 00:45:02,767 --> 00:45:05,486 Are you going to tell us why, or gloat quietly to yourself? 665 00:45:05,567 --> 00:45:08,320 There is a blood feud between Dayna and Servalan. 666 00:45:08,407 --> 00:45:13,083 But Dayna did not declare a challenge and she did not kill Servalan, either. 667 00:45:13,167 --> 00:45:15,920 A purely temporary oversight on my part. 668 00:45:16,007 --> 00:45:16,996 (BEEPING) 669 00:45:18,047 --> 00:45:21,164 - Any time now. - Are you sure you can reach him, Cally? 670 00:45:21,247 --> 00:45:24,637 No, I'm not sure. It's a long way. I warned you of that. 671 00:45:24,727 --> 00:45:27,287 But I know Tarrant well now and I know where he is. 672 00:45:27,367 --> 00:45:29,039 Why not have a trial run? 673 00:45:29,127 --> 00:45:32,164 There's no point. Either it works at the time or it doesn't. 674 00:45:32,407 --> 00:45:34,284 And if it doesn't, he's dead. 675 00:45:35,687 --> 00:45:37,040 You think I don't know that? 676 00:45:40,807 --> 00:45:42,877 They agreed on the conditions. We're on. 677 00:45:42,967 --> 00:45:45,117 Get on with it, Orac. Tap in to that computer. 678 00:45:45,207 --> 00:45:47,198 I want to know which chamber it chooses. 679 00:45:49,367 --> 00:45:52,643 - Well, which is it? - I am checking. Kindly wait. 680 00:45:53,247 --> 00:45:54,999 We are short of time, Orac. 681 00:45:55,687 --> 00:45:58,360 I'll say we are. It's not hanging about this time. 682 00:46:04,727 --> 00:46:08,197 I won't wish you good luck. That's what I wished your brother. 683 00:46:08,287 --> 00:46:09,959 Thanks for your help, Max. 684 00:46:13,007 --> 00:46:15,362 There's nothing for you to prove, Del. 685 00:46:15,447 --> 00:46:18,245 You just kill that man, any way you can. 686 00:46:19,527 --> 00:46:22,166 Oh, don't worry. I wasn't planning to be a hero. 687 00:46:25,367 --> 00:46:27,756 Come on, Orac. Come on. 688 00:46:38,487 --> 00:46:41,604 - I have the information you required. - Cally. 689 00:46:48,407 --> 00:46:49,396 Tarrant. 690 00:46:50,127 --> 00:46:53,517 Tarrant, listen to me. Concentrate. 691 00:46:56,527 --> 00:47:00,645 The chamber contains the observation gallery of a deep space liner. 692 00:47:01,407 --> 00:47:05,446 Your door will open first, but only by 60 seconds. 693 00:47:06,047 --> 00:47:09,483 In that time you must reach the centre of the gallery. 694 00:48:02,287 --> 00:48:04,721 Kill him, Del. Kill him now! 695 00:48:04,807 --> 00:48:07,765 - What's he waiting for? - He can't shoot it in the back! 696 00:48:07,847 --> 00:48:09,565 It's a machine, pull the trigger. 697 00:48:09,767 --> 00:48:10,836 Vinni! 698 00:48:27,847 --> 00:48:30,441 As ever, Dayna, gaudy, but effective. 699 00:48:33,767 --> 00:48:37,043 Having vaporised the evidence, there is no proof now, of course. 700 00:48:37,607 --> 00:48:39,563 How could they have done it? 701 00:48:39,647 --> 00:48:42,445 It's a betrayal of everything, every civilised... 702 00:48:43,687 --> 00:48:45,359 How could they have done such a thing? 703 00:48:45,447 --> 00:48:49,486 If it's any consolation, I don't think they did. Servalan is undoubtedly behind it. 704 00:48:49,567 --> 00:48:51,239 She'll have had some help, of course... 705 00:48:51,327 --> 00:48:54,160 but not from the High Council of Vandor, or not deliberately. 706 00:48:54,247 --> 00:48:56,044 There's an arms manufacturing cartel... 707 00:48:56,127 --> 00:48:59,039 that looks highly promising as a candidate for co-conspirator. 708 00:48:59,247 --> 00:49:02,956 Yes, particularly since one of its directors is a member of the High Council. 709 00:49:03,047 --> 00:49:07,120 But there is nothing we can do, short of outright war. 710 00:49:07,207 --> 00:49:10,005 Well, as a matter of fact, our legal advisor... 711 00:49:10,767 --> 00:49:11,756 Orac... 712 00:49:11,847 --> 00:49:14,680 suggests that as Servalan called for a medical examination... 713 00:49:14,767 --> 00:49:17,679 that never, in fact, took place, the result of the contest... 714 00:49:17,767 --> 00:49:20,235 between Vinni and Deeta is technically void. 715 00:49:20,567 --> 00:49:24,480 If you lodge an objection, that contest will have to be fought again. 716 00:49:25,607 --> 00:49:26,926 Of course. 717 00:49:27,567 --> 00:49:29,125 I'll get on to it right away. 718 00:49:29,207 --> 00:49:31,880 Orac has two other suggestions to make. 719 00:49:32,447 --> 00:49:36,599 First, you use your veto to get a change of neutral arbiter. 720 00:49:36,967 --> 00:49:39,356 Second, you make it clear from the outset... 721 00:49:39,447 --> 00:49:45,079 that Teal requires a medical examination of both contestants before the fight. 722 00:49:46,407 --> 00:49:49,285 Right. I'll do that. 723 00:49:52,487 --> 00:49:54,159 I'll be back in a minute. 724 00:50:00,167 --> 00:50:02,237 I think we should leave now. 725 00:50:02,327 --> 00:50:05,763 - Max just said he'd be back... - Orac had another legal point. 726 00:50:05,847 --> 00:50:08,315 According to the rules of the Teal-Vandor Convention... 727 00:50:08,407 --> 00:50:11,604 you are now the new First Champion of Teal. 728 00:50:13,487 --> 00:50:15,205 I think we should leave now. 729 00:50:15,967 --> 00:50:17,685 (BOTH) Bring us up, Cally. 730 00:50:21,607 --> 00:50:23,165 (THEME MUSIC) 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net