1 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:33,588 SLAVE: We are now stationary, Master, 10 miles above the planet Malodar. 2 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,190 What is the surface analysis, Slave? 3 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,875 Nitrogen, methane and argon predominate. 4 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:43,157 Also traces of free ammonia and sulphur compounds. 5 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,639 It is unsuitable for your illustrious life form, Master. 6 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,871 He thinks it stinks, too. 7 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,955 I make the surface temperature minus 90 to a 100. 8 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,600 - Cold at night then. - You can tell us when you get back. 9 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,070 - The message was for you. - I get chilblains, Tarrant. 10 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:03,708 Why not? 11 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,997 Shouldn't he have some kind of backup, Avon? That kind of environment... 12 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:09,832 I was hoping you would volunteer. 13 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:10,995 (Sighing) 14 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,991 All right, I'm a volunteer. 15 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:17,073 Do I hear three? No, I didn't think I would. 16 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,431 You know I like to stick with you, Avon, where it's safe. 17 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,799 Egrorian? Egrorian? They're here! Come and see. 18 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,159 I still think that message was a phoney. Egrorian hasn't been heard of for 10 years. 19 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,993 - I've never heard of him ever. - Said to have been a genius. 20 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,198 Scientists are still trying to understand the Egrorian theory of parallel matter. 21 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:33,429 What happened to him? 22 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,274 He disappeared along with a few million credits from the Space Research Institute. 23 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:38,554 So, he's a criminal. 24 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,676 Aren't we all? Except he pulled off a big one. 25 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,557 Which is why he's not sitting on Malodar. 26 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,551 - It is a good hideaway. - Hideaway? 27 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,110 If I got my hands on that kind of money, I'd have gone somewhere where I could enjoy it. 28 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,919 What's the point in having money if you exist on a lifeless hole like that? 29 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,077 You are forgetting, there is a big difference between you and Egrorian. 30 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,196 - He has a brain. - Oh, yeah? 31 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,192 If you had one it might have occurred to you this could be a Federation trap. 32 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,477 Well, of course it's occurred to me. Why do you think I'm sending Tarrant? 33 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,237 AVON: On the other hand the message could be genuine, 34 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,436 in which case Egrorian may want to do a deal with us. 35 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,633 And from a man like that, any kind of offer of a deal might be interesting. 36 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,394 - Master? - What is it, Slave? 37 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,030 My humble apology for interrupting your noble thoughts. 38 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:19,394 Just get to the point. 39 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:23,792 Some inferior person is attempting to communicate on the audio. 40 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,870 EGRORIAN: Calling Scorpio. 41 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:34,189 This is Egrorian in Malodar Command, calling Scorpio. 42 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:36,469 Egrorian. 43 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:42,113 Egrorian, this is Avon in the privateer Scorpio, 44 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:46,910 calling Egrorian in Malodar Command. 45 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,234 We are receiving you, Egrorian, go ahead. 46 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,835 Thank you, Avon. I will now give you your instructions. 47 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,558 Listen carefully. 48 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:01,073 Failure to follow them to the letter will, I fear, have fatal consequences. 49 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,879 That sounds unpleasantly like a threat. 50 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,954 It is a threat. Like you, I have a price on my head. 51 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,629 So having revealed my little sanctuary, 52 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,917 I cannot allow you and your colleagues to leave. 53 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:17,272 Not at any rate until we've reached an agreement. 54 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,239 AVON: The Federation gave up looking for you a long time ago, Egrorian. 55 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,276 You are a forgotten man. 56 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:26,999 Possibly. 57 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,312 But I have not forgotten them. Now, your instructions. 58 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,114 EGRORIAN: I am dispatching my auto shuttle. 59 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,312 It will dock with your ship in six minutes. 60 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:40,835 You will board the shuttle alone. 61 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:45,152 It will bring you to my biodome. You will carry no arms. 62 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:49,028 But we don't need the shuttle. This ship is equipped with a teleport system. 63 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,317 I'm well aware of your ship's capability, 64 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,914 but I insist that you use the shuttle. 65 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,390 - And if I don't agree? - You will agree, Avon. 66 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:02,636 I've explained the alternative. I cannot let you go. 67 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,117 Besides, confess that you are intrigued. 68 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,875 Otherwise you wouldn't have traversed three star systems to be here. 69 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:12,439 (Switching off communicator) 70 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:16,599 He's bluffing. 71 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,470 Possibly, but somehow I don't think so. 72 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,870 And he's quite right. We've come rather a long way to find out what he has to offer. 73 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,997 All right, Egrorian, I'll take the shuttle, but I never travel alone. 74 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:32,910 Alone and unarmed, those are my conditions. 75 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:34,633 Are you alone, Egrorian? 76 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,871 Yes. Apart from my assistant. 77 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,713 Then I shall bring my assistant to watch yours. 78 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,631 That is my condition. 79 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,918 You are in no position to make conditions, Avon. 80 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,276 Egrorian, you sent me a message asking for this meeting. 81 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,828 Therefore you want something from me. 82 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,388 I believe that gives me some power. 83 00:06:58,520 --> 00:06:59,839 Very well. 84 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,273 One colleague, unarmed. 85 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,758 And remember, Avon, 86 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,591 I designed the weapon-detection scan we have here. 87 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,035 That means it's infallible. 88 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,634 I'm sure it is. One other thing, Egrorian, 89 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,679 have you also developed an infallible video-transmit? 90 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:21,633 Naturally. 91 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,551 Then switch it on. I want to be certain you are who you say you are. 92 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,830 You are a cautious man, Avon. 93 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,593 Well, that's a habit I'm hoping to live with. 94 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:42,108 I too am cautious. 95 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,079 The Federation monitor video signals from all parts of the galaxy. 96 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,431 The auto shuttle is leaving now. 97 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:49,953 (Communicator switching off) 98 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,718 - Pressurise the rest of the ship. - Right. 99 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,192 - SOOLIN: All forward sections pressurised. - All right. 100 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,795 - Vila, let's get to the airlock. - Me? 101 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,839 Well, who else? After all, you always say you feel safe with me. 102 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,631 - I'm not the type for this sort of thing, Avon. - Why not? 103 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,438 This Egrorian, you said he was some kind of genius. 104 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,033 They said he was supposed to be some time back. 105 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,749 That's what I mean. Living alone all these years, you don't know what he's like now. 106 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,713 - These super brains often go pop, don't they? - That's true. 107 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,278 - He could be dangerous, Avon. - There is a chance, I suppose. 108 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,635 So he's gonna need careful handling. You want someone with tact. 109 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,756 - I mean, you know me. - Oh, yes, I think so. 110 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,308 Blunt, always speaking my mind, I'm just the sort to upset him. 111 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,630 Well, you'll just have to try not to, won't you? 112 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,956 You should take one of the girls, Avon. 113 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,589 Hey, why not? A girl might, you know, interest him. 114 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:48,033 He's probably forgotten what they look like. 115 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,193 Vila, if I didn't know you better I would think you were trying to get out of this. 116 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:53,633 VILA: I'm only thinking of what's best. 117 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,553 Besides, if I stayed on Scorpio I could keep an eye on Tarrant. 118 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,108 You need someone you can trust. What's that? 119 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,191 That's Tarrant following orders. 120 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,033 Egrorian wants the ship to stand off in deep space. 121 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,953 He didn't waste much time ditching us, did he? 122 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,156 Anyway, I don't see the point of it. 123 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,471 Well, presumably Egrorian wants the ship out of teleport range. 124 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:14,869 - He does not trust us. - That's mutual. 125 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,396 Yes, of course. But I have brought a little insurance. 126 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,789 Get rid of that thing. You heard him say he's got a weapons scan! 127 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,075 In the biodome, not in here. 128 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,269 AVON: Just in case we need it. 129 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,829 You really think things through, don't you, Avon? 130 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,639 If we do need it, we won't have time to get it. 131 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,188 Well, then, let's hope we don't need it. 132 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:39,512 Far enough, I think. Slave, shut down the drive and stabilise on these vectors. 133 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,912 It will be my humble pleasure. I exist only to serve you, illustrious sir. 134 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:46,394 Thank you. 135 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,994 It doesn't exist, it just functions. 136 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,798 Still holding the shuttle, Soolin? 137 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,269 Yes. Not too easy at this range. 138 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:57,194 Yeah, well, don't lose it. We need to get a precise fix on Egrorian's base. 139 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,033 Why? You think we might have to drop in on him? 140 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:01,394 Heavily. 141 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:06,438 I did a course at the Space Institute not long after Egrorian disappeared. 142 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,715 The rumour was that he'd been helped in his getaway 143 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,598 by someone at the very highest level. 144 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,359 Servalan? 145 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,676 But why should she want to help Egrorian? 146 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,274 Why should Egrorian want to see Avon? 147 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,510 You think there could be a connection? 148 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,115 When Servalan does anyone a favour, she wants repaying with interest. 149 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,668 I'm just wondering if Avon's the interest. 150 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,957 Shuttle's landed, Tarrant. I've got the coordinates. 151 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,149 Good. 152 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,795 EGRORIAN: Stand in the cylinders, please. 153 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:41,995 Well? 154 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:45,398 - It's green. - Good. 155 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,510 - I've forgotten. - No, you haven't forgotten, Pinder. 156 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,834 Red is dead. 157 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:02,238 - Green is? - Clean? 158 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:06,154 There you are, you see, you haven't forgotten. Come in, please. 159 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:16,795 This is a great honour for us. 160 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,155 Don't we feel honoured, Pinder? 161 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,114 You see? Pinder is quite overwhelmed. 162 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,557 I fear he's not adept at the social graces. 163 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:31,394 Merely a gauche adolescent when I took him under my wing, weren't you, Pinder? 164 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:32,515 Adolescent? 165 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,149 Just a callow youth, but with a mind of great promise. 166 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,477 Truly original mathematicians, 167 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:41,632 unhappily, soon burn themselves out on the anvil of creation. 168 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,992 I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, ma'am. 169 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:47,678 I think he's talking to you. 170 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,593 Thank you, Pinder, go back to your place. 171 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,670 I fear language doesn't come easily to him. He thinks mainly in symbols. 172 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,309 - Doesn't he have symbols for men and women? - Apparently not. 173 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,715 Can I offer you some refreshment? 174 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,951 Everything here is reconstituted, of course, but it remains palatable. 175 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,076 We came here to talk, Egrorian. 176 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,152 And so we shall. Do sit down. 177 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,118 We'll have to clear a place, I'm afraid. 178 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,238 There, now. Which one of you is Avon? 179 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,869 I am. That is Vila. 180 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:29,272 Surprisingly, you don't look like the ruthless desperados of legend. 181 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,235 But you have, of course, killed a great many people. 182 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,117 Only in the pursuit of liberty. 183 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,840 "O Liberty! O Liberty! 184 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,673 "What crimes are committed in your name!" 185 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,512 - Do you know the source? - No. 186 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:42,919 No, why should you? 187 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,709 Natural leaders are rarely encumbered with intelligence. 188 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,715 Greed, egotism, animal cunning and viciousness are the important attributes. 189 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,270 Qualities I detect in you in admirably full measure. 190 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,708 I didn't come here to be flattered. 191 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,874 You came out of curiosity and because you scented 192 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,713 there might be something in it for you. Am I right? 193 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,473 Close enough. 194 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,398 Now, then, Avon, 195 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:15,151 what would you say if I offered you mastery of the galaxy? 196 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:16,919 I would say thank you. 197 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,913 For a whole galaxy? Come on, Avon, show the man some gratitude. 198 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,472 You think my mind is addled? 199 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:26,472 No, no, it's just we don't get offered galaxies every day of the week. 200 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:28,994 Pinder, prepare the demonstration. 201 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,634 Do you know anything about tachyons? 202 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,796 Theoretical particles that travel faster than the speed of light. 203 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,516 They are not theoretical anymore. Come, I'll show you. 204 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,715 This is a tachyon funnel. 205 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,275 I realised the potential of such a machine 206 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:59,319 during my early research into the behaviour of parallel matter. 207 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:04,189 It has taken me half a lifetime to build. 208 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,919 - What does it do? - It destroys things. 209 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:12,038 Instantly and completely and at any range. 210 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,758 It is the ultimate engine of destruction. 211 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,477 EGRORIAN: You are now looking at a lunar satellite of Porthodos, 212 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:27,156 which is in the next constellation to this one, some 17 light years distant. 213 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,548 That is our target, and this is the destruct button. 214 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,794 EGRORIAN: Now, Avon, what do you say? 215 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,397 Perhaps the idea of ruling the galaxy doesn't seem quite so absurd. 216 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:47,913 Why are you offering it to us? 217 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,117 Because I want to see the Federation crushed, Avon, 218 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,270 and you would do it ruthlessly. 219 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,397 With a weapon like that you can destroy it yourself. 220 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,948 Simply destroying it is not enough. 221 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,076 Nature abhors a vacuum. 222 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,557 It must be replaced by another command structure. 223 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,200 As leader of the anti-Federation alliance, 224 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,590 you will be in a position to take over the channels of command, 225 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,831 something of which I have no interest, let alone ability. 226 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,474 Then what are you getting out of it? 227 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,473 Satisfaction. Revenge. 228 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:27,798 Do you imagine I wanted 229 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:32,032 to spend the prime of my years in this grinding desolation? 230 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,757 No, it was those jealous parvenus of the Science Board, 231 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:41,038 resentful of my success and my achievement who forced me to abscond. 232 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:45,428 They voted against funding my tachyon-funnel project, 233 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,353 and so I want to see them brought low, I want to see them rot! 234 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,671 I can fix that. I'll personally nail them to posts and send you the pictures. 235 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,396 Thank you, Vila. 236 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:03,955 EGRORIAN: But when the Federation is broken, I shall return to Earth to continue my work. 237 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,076 Oh! There's one other thing I'd like from you. 238 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:07,513 - Yes? - Orac. 239 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,479 Sorry. That computer is a vital part of our defence. 240 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,120 It keeps us one step ahead of the Federation. 241 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:18,751 But with the tachyon funnel you won't need a defence. Come now. 242 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,949 The ultimate computer in exchange for the ultimate weapon. 243 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,917 Why do you want Orac? 244 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:30,075 Because I have other projects under development. It would be an invaluable help. 245 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:32,868 I've no doubt I could design an Orac myself, 246 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,555 but duplicating the work of others is a waste of time. I've got much to do. 247 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,713 - Avon, it's got to be a good deal. - I know. 248 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,712 Listen, all we have to do is point this thing at somebody's head. 249 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,950 We can have anything we want. Anything! 250 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,998 - Checkmate, Egrorian! - How dare you! 251 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:50,917 Checkmate! Checkmate! 252 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,510 Recall the last six moves. 253 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,391 How can you tell the king from the queen? 254 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:01,268 What? You miserable little cheat! 255 00:17:06,120 --> 00:17:09,635 Can you feel your extensor muscle tearing? 256 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:14,233 Can you feel your humerus grating against your radius? 257 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,995 Just a little more, a little more. 258 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,717 Now you're feeling it, aren't you? 259 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,677 All right, Egrorian, it's a deal. 260 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:25,672 I'm so pleased. 261 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,430 Tarrant, we've got a heat flare on the ground observation screen. 262 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:33,193 - It could be the shuttle. - Or a missile. 263 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:37,553 Here, keep a scan on. 264 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,872 Sir, your most illustrious colleague, Avon, wishes to communicate. 265 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,154 Yes, Avon. 266 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:48,109 Tarrant, we're coming up. Bring the ship down to rendezvous with us at 300 miles. 267 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,553 On our way. 268 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,758 - It certainly takes some getting used to. - What does? 269 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,910 Knowing we've finally cracked it. 270 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,879 - All I want now is to find a way of living forever. - Hmm. 271 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,918 All we have to do is knock out a few planets for target practice, 272 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,468 then name our own terms. We can have whatever we want! 273 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,232 - Think of it. - Yes. 274 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,995 I'll have an imperial palace with solid diamond floors, 275 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:21,675 and a bodyguard of a 1,000 handpicked virgins in red fur uniforms. 276 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,471 Vila's Royal Mounties. 277 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,437 You're dreaming again. 278 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,910 A man has a right to dream. Anyway, what's to stop us? 279 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,594 I suppose it will get boring after the first 50 years, eh? 280 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:36,398 What's the matter with you? 281 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,717 I was thinking about Pinder, and the way he said, 282 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,633 "Pleased to make your acquaintance, ma'am." 283 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:43,755 Is that worrying you? 284 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:47,674 Listen, if it'll set your mind at rest, I never thought you were a woman. 285 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,553 He said it as though it were a phrase he had been taught. 286 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,632 Maybe Egrorian gives him lessons in etiquette as well as judo. 287 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:57,633 Or perhaps he has been taught that is the way to address a stranger. 288 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,597 Servalan, for instance. 289 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,150 Servalan? She wouldn't do any deals with Egrorian. He's like us, outside the Federation. 290 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,390 We know how much she would like to get her hands on Orac. 291 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,232 Not enough to hand us a weapon like the tachyon funnel. 292 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:11,757 No. That's why this time, Vila, I think we have to play this one very cagily. 293 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,679 - It went well, Highness. - It did not! 294 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:20,910 That fool of yours made Avon suspicious. 295 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,434 He accepted it as a simple slip of the tongue. 296 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,398 Any slip is dangerous when one is dealing with Avon. 297 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,552 But he took the bait! He's bringing Orac here. 298 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,469 - After that, my plan is infallible. - I hope so, Egrorian. 299 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,070 I've waited a long time for this. 300 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:40,551 His death is a mathematical certainty. The product of a simple equation. 301 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,953 It would be so easy now to train the tachyon funnel on Scorpio. 302 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,549 They'd be dead in a millisecond. 303 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:49,631 But Orac would be destroyed, too. 304 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,759 My scheme gives you possession of both the computer and the tachyon funnel. 305 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,274 With both, no dream is impossible. 306 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:02,190 Supreme ruler again, Highness, 307 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,951 with me constantly by your side. 308 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,594 Your most loyal and, dare I say it, 309 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,398 loving consort. 310 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:19,671 When I regain power you will be well rewarded. 311 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,753 I shall appoint you my Chief Minister for Science. 312 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:28,958 Servalan, my steel queen, my empress, 313 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,476 the only reward I crave is a place in your affections. 314 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,074 But you already have that, Egrorian! 315 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,795 Ten years ago I risked my position to help you continue your work. 316 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,919 And not a day has passed since then that I have not yearned for the time 317 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:45,877 when I would be able to repay your trust 318 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,270 by laying all the world and the galaxy at your feet. 319 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:51,753 Oh, get up! 320 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,515 All I wanted in return 321 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,873 was a little kindness. 322 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:09,877 So, you want to barter the tachyon funnel for a partnership. 323 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:13,238 A connubial partnership, Servalan. 324 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,795 Why not? Alone you are formidable enough, 325 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:23,156 but together we would stand like mountains. 326 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,634 I have never shared power with anyone. 327 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,438 The tachyon funnel is power, 328 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,318 and I don't have to share it with anyone, not even you. 329 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,876 But I am a man of generous nature, especially in matters of the heart. 330 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,474 It will be time enough to discuss the future, Egrorian, 331 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,791 when you deliver both Orac and the tachyon funnel. 332 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:46,796 I, too, can be generous. 333 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:48,952 But just remember, 334 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,556 I punish failure as quickly 335 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,594 as I reward success. 336 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:01,713 I could see Avon was out of his depth, 337 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,360 so I said, "Tachyons are particles that travel faster than light." 338 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,158 - That shook him. - Oh, I can imagine. 339 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,550 Oh, yes, once he realised he was dealing with someone who knew a bit about the subject 340 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:10,755 his manner changed completely. 341 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,870 How does this tachyon funnel actually work, Vila? 342 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,716 - How does it work? - Yes. 343 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,675 Unless you can grasp the laws of parallel physics, it's not easy to explain. 344 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:26,550 I see. Tell us about the laws of parallel physics, Vila. 345 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,029 Soolin, the only thing you ever grasped was a gun. 346 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:30,439 Do you want to get brain damage? 347 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:34,638 The way I see it, if you can understand parallel physics, anyone can. 348 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,393 Unlike some people around here, I don't boast about my abilities. 349 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,152 - I keep them hidden. - You certainly do. 350 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,992 Orac is loaded, Vila. We're ready to go. 351 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:45,437 Avon, is it really worth losing Orac for this new weapon? 352 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,238 I don't see that we have a lot of choice. 353 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,233 If we say no deal, Egrorian can destroy this ship faster than you can snap your fingers. 354 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,073 And how do you guarantee he won't anyway once you've delivered Orac? 355 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:55,673 We have no guarantee. 356 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,479 But if he tried that he must know that we would kill them. 357 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,835 - But you've no guns. - You haven't seen those two. 358 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,639 They are old and they are decrepit, especially Pinder. 359 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,915 Vila could handle him on his own. 360 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,514 - Pinder's old? - Late seventies. Why? 361 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:14,629 After you'd gone, I got Orac to do us one last service. 362 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,678 This is a printout from central records, all that's known about Egrorian. 363 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,751 - Interesting reading? - Yeah, very interesting. 364 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,673 After he vanished, they started finding the bodies. 365 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,116 - He was never a simple scientist, Avon. - What was he? 366 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,077 Power mad from his earliest days. 367 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,197 He was at the centre of a conspiracy to take over the Federation. 368 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:35,717 This is the man who says he wants to spend the rest of his life in the advancement of science. 369 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,155 - The other interesting thing is Pinder. - What about him? 370 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,870 He was a mathematical prodigy apparently. 371 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,589 He was 18 when he disappeared with Egrorian, 10 years ago. 372 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:51,151 Now I'm not a mathematical prodigy, but it seems to me that makes him 28. 373 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:02,755 (Communicator pinging) 374 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:03,829 Yes? 375 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,038 EGRORIAN: All is well, Highness. The shuttle has just separated from Scorpio. 376 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,357 Good. I'll be watching on the monitor when they arrive. 377 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,354 - Is everything prepared? - Everything. 378 00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:25,954 Including the loading-bay programme? Has that been checked? 379 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,270 - Yes, Egrorian. - You're sure, Pinder? 380 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:30,476 The automatics must work perfectly. 381 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,632 Once they've arrived we shall have no opportunity to make corrections. 382 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:38,032 I am sure, Egrorian. Nothing can go wrong. 383 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:44,118 Nothing can go wrong. Everything is planned to the last decimal place. 384 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:50,476 Then why, suddenly, do I feel uneasy? 385 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:07,158 Somehow, some way, he is going to double-cross us. His whole history proves it. 386 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,151 - Then let's not give him the chance. - What's in your mind? 387 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,549 Hit first. We carry Orac in, then jump them. 388 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,949 We break their necks, grab the tachyon funnel, and out. 389 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:15,712 He will have thought of that. 390 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,588 We touch that thing before it's disconnected, it is liable to blow up in our faces. 391 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,477 - Do you have any better ideas? - Not at the moment. 392 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,835 Then start thinking. We touch down in four minutes. 393 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,713 The last time we landed, we came in on the ancillary pad. 394 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,870 The main pad is on the other side of the dome. 395 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,599 So? Nearly all these survival stations were designed with two pads. 396 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,473 But the main pad is more convenient, especially when handling cargo. 397 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:35,629 What are you getting at? 398 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,995 I'm just wondering if the main pad is already occupied. 399 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,994 That could account for the fact that we were directed to the ancillary. 400 00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:45,875 Well, if it is you won't see much. These things kick up far too much dust. 401 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,428 You're thinking of Servalan again. 402 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,156 She is never far from my thoughts. 403 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,276 Tarrant! There's a second ship down there! 404 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,275 What? Are you sure? 405 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,433 Yes, I just picked up a latent heat trace, and it wasn't from the shuttle. 406 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,791 Then Egrorian's got company. 407 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,838 - Company that arrived before we did. - The Federation? 408 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,878 Somehow I don't feel that's likely, not after reading his record. 409 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,679 Look, was his connection with Servalan mentioned in there? 410 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,113 It was just a rumour at the time. 411 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,112 If it ever got on the record, it's been erased since. She'd have seen to that. 412 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,668 But you still think she could be behind Egrorian? 413 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:26,958 If she is, Avon's walking into more trouble than he's bargained for. 414 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,358 Unarmed, Egrorian. 415 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:33,553 Admit them. 416 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:38,952 Hello, Pinder. How's the arm? 417 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,268 Come in, my friends! 418 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,558 Pinder, answer the question. 419 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:47,195 (Stammering) 420 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,316 Well. Thank you for asking. 421 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,119 Very good. Splendid. 422 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,990 Yes, his arm knitted perfectly after a few minutes in the therapy chamber. 423 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:57,433 Goes in there regularly, I suppose. 424 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,637 Naughty boys must be punished, mustn't they, Pinder? 425 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:02,876 - Is that Orac? - It is. 426 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,871 Smaller than I imagined. 427 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,599 Nevertheless, you should have put it on the cargo loader. 428 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,716 Come and put it over here. 429 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,158 Now, you realise I must satisfy myself that it is the genuine machine. 430 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:25,438 Before we do that, I should like to see the tachyon funnel disconnected. 431 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:30,111 You really are an excessively cautious person, and so mistrustful. 432 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:35,194 That is because Orac has read your security file on central records. 433 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,235 Disconnect the funnel, Pinder. 434 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:54,389 Lies! 435 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,792 All lies! Base and perfidious slander! 436 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:00,678 I never conspired. 437 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,799 I swear this is nothing but a tissue of falsehood 438 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,668 and calumny designed by my enemies to blacken my reputation. 439 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:14,557 - If Servalan has read this, I hope she... - Why do you mention Servalan? 440 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,115 What? 441 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:23,035 Well, she was the head of Federation when these fabrications were compiled. 442 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,230 - Didn't you hear she was dead? - Ah, yes. 443 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,630 But then I was told she had assumed a new identity. 444 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,757 One never knows what to believe these days. Anyway, this is... 445 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,958 This is a load of distortion and rubbish, and when I return to Earth 446 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,715 - I shall hound down those responsible and... - Break their arms? 447 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,952 I suggest we get on. 448 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,590 Tachyon funnel is disconnected. Place Orac here. 449 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,034 Orac. 450 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:05,670 What was the subject of my degree thesis at Belhangria University? 451 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,310 (Machine humming) 452 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,475 Orac, what was the subject of my degree thesis at Belhangria University? 453 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:25,189 Your paper E/9/6044 454 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,077 was on particle physics 455 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,630 and dealt specifically with the properties of rissions. 456 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,594 It was marked Beta-plus, Egrorian. 457 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,991 Only beta-plus, Egrorian? 458 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,593 Pinder, you're to be seen and not heard, remember? 459 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:44,071 If Orac has a fault, it is the tendency to give more information than is requested. 460 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:45,434 Or less information than requested. 461 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,318 But seldom just the information that is requested. 462 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,751 That degree was subsequently rescinded for gross misconduct... 463 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,159 That's enough, Orac! 464 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:58,150 Have you heard enough or do you want to run another test? 465 00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:59,275 No. 466 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:02,353 No, I'm satisfied that 467 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,197 the computer does all that is claimed for it. 468 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,711 Pinder, take the funnel down to the cargo loader. 469 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,831 Give him a hand, Vila. 470 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,195 Are you still suspicious, Avon? 471 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,110 A lesser man than myself might find that offensive. 472 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:27,229 Pinder doesn't look very strong. Is he really only 28? 473 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:28,912 - Alas, yes. - What happened? 474 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,672 An unfortunate accident. 475 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,513 - You've heard of Hoffal's radiation? - No. 476 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:35,628 Ah. 477 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:38,916 Hoffal had a unique mind. 478 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,393 Over a century ago 479 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,996 he predicted most of the properties that would be found in neutron material. 480 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,230 - Neutron material? - Material from a neutron star. 481 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:52,314 That is a giant sun which has collapsed and become so tightly compressed 482 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,198 that its electrons and protons combine, making neutrons. 483 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,430 I don't need a lecture in astrophysics. 484 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:02,469 When neutrons are subjected to intense magnetic force 485 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,832 they form Hoffal's radiation. 486 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:13,273 Poor Pinder was subjected for less than a millionth of a second. 487 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,675 He aged 50 years in as many seconds. 488 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,355 And my golden-haired stripling... 489 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,355 became a silver-haired dotard. 490 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:29,719 Sad, isn't it? 491 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:32,668 But then one, 492 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,636 one has to face such hazards 493 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:38,678 when exploring new frontiers! 494 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:42,070 So neutrons are part of the tachyon funnel? 495 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:53,359 Eight of them form the core of the accelerator. 496 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,671 Your shuttle should be ready by now, shall we see? 497 00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,148 Pinder. 498 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,675 VILA: He's gone for a lie down. All that walking exhausted him. 499 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,234 Is everything to your satisfaction, Vila? 500 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,959 Everything's ready to go, including me. 501 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:12,838 There you are, Avon. 502 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,434 Everything is safely stowed aboard 503 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,353 and under the guard of the estimable Vila. 504 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,193 Little morbid sense of humour, hasn't he? 505 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,632 One could become very fond of that young man. 506 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,631 Oh, I'll tell him that. 507 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:29,879 Please do. 508 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,190 When the Federation is broken, 509 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:51,796 tell him I'd like to renew our acquaintance in more pleasant surroundings. 510 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,233 The shuttle's leaving. 511 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,232 Already? Well, I'll be damned. 512 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,510 That means he's got away with it. 513 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,318 Got away with what? 514 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:22,075 - You mean the tachyon funnel? - Not just the tachyon funnel. 515 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,118 Mach six and rising. Damn it, Avon, we've done it, we've done it! 516 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,191 Yes, I really think we have. 517 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,669 I'd have given odds Egrorian would try to pull something. 518 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,830 - What's the escape velocity of this thing? - I don't know. 519 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,876 Why don't you ask Orac? 520 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:40,589 Orac. 521 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:46,194 I want the names of all those 522 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,191 who compiled central records 523 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:53,912 file number 15/9/834. 524 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,079 That report was baseless, Highness. 525 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,355 I've asked Orac to identify my traducers. 526 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,557 Don't concern yourself, Egrorian. I encourage ambition. 527 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,791 I never conspired against you, I swear it! 528 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,068 Orac, acknowledge my instructions. 529 00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:16,152 - I don't understand. - Remove the key. 530 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,360 You pathetic fool. That isn't Orac! 531 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,000 - Highness, I asked... - Look at it! It's just a box of flashing lights! 532 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:30,676 I warned you about Avon, and he still tricked you. I will kill you for this. 533 00:34:32,240 --> 00:34:35,516 - So what was that we gave to Egrorian? - Orac, mark two. 534 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,353 Just a replica I made a few months back. 535 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:42,592 Contingency planning, Vila, and the contingency arose. 536 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,672 - But the thing worked. - Well enough to fool Egrorian, anyway. 537 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:49,992 It was fitted with a voice box and a relay station so that the real Orac could run it. 538 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,435 You could have got us killed. Why didn't you tell me? 539 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:56,513 I didn't want to make you nervous, Vila. I was nervous enough for the both of us. 540 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,593 ORAC: The escape velocity of this vehicle is now confirmed at Mach 15. 541 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:04,632 And unattainable. 542 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,635 What do you mean, "unattainable"? 543 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:11,474 Mach 15 is unattainable on the present flight configuration. 544 00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:16,950 There seems to be some problem with the shuttle. 545 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:18,189 What kind of problem? 546 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,317 The ellipse of the flight path is three degrees lower than it should be. 547 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,755 - That's something like a mile! - Damn. 548 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:32,917 Something's gone wrong. That shuttle's not going to make it. 549 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:41,390 A short-range relay, now I see how they worked it. 550 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,313 - A bit late in the day, Egrorian. - Not so. 551 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,358 It means that Orac is still on board the shuttle. 552 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,112 We'll be able to recover it after the crash. 553 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,670 - Damaged beyond repair, no doubt. - Dented possibly. 554 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:58,272 But the lykenic plaques and tarriel cells are virtually indestructible. 555 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:00,316 Fire is the only danger... 556 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:04,357 - and we've assured that that won't happen. - How? 557 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:10,035 The shuttle will run out of fuel in 20 minutes from now. 558 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:13,078 It will hit the ground in a marshy area 559 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,038 some 207 miles west of here. 560 00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:19,792 At the calculated impact speed of 390 knots 561 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,189 it will bury itself completely. 562 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,557 There won't be a fire. 563 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:28,315 And you say both Orac and the tachyon funnel can survive such a crash? 564 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,790 Yes, even the shuttle will be reusable after a few repairs. 565 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,952 Avon and Vila won't survive, of course. 566 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,674 They'll be jellified. 567 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,230 - This had better work. - Have you cleared the governors? 568 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,312 I think so. Try it now. 569 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,597 Switching to manual. Maximum power on all drives. 570 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,473 Look, Egrorian. 571 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,759 They've broken the auto control and switched to manual. We've allowed for that. 572 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,238 So, they've realised the danger they're in. 573 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:24,030 They'd be poor space pilots if they hadn't realised something was wrong by now. 574 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,395 What a pity we haven't a link with the shuttle. 575 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,869 Yes, it is unfortunate. It's never been necessary. 576 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:30,075 PINDER: 12.5 minutes, Egrorian. 577 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,799 I should like to be able to see Avon. 578 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,272 What's the position now, Orac? 579 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,874 Escape velocity still unattainable. 580 00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:42,631 Elapsed flight time; 9 minutes. Remaining flight time; 12 minutes. 581 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:44,551 - Twelve minutes? - Fuel. 582 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,559 It's no good. We're not going to get out of this one. 583 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:51,428 - Egrorian set us up. - Yes, but how? How did he do it? 584 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,715 Avon, we're going to die. 585 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,637 Look, we've got to help them, Tarrant, we must do something! 586 00:37:57,720 --> 00:37:59,756 There's nothing we can do, Dayna, nothing at all. 587 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:01,068 Couldn't we make an intercept? 588 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,037 In the atmosphere, with a shuttle at full drive? 589 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,190 We have to be stationary for a docking. 590 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,597 Look, I'll go down with the bracelets and we can teleport back. 591 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,796 Between two fast moving points? It's not possible. 592 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:12,472 You'd slip out of the beam and be vaporised. 593 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,472 Even assuming we could set up first-line coordinate, which we couldn't. 594 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,279 - But there must be something we can do. - Suggest something! 595 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,510 - Go back to close orbit. - And what will that achieve? 596 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:21,669 I don't know. 597 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,797 But it can't be any less than we'll achieve by sitting here. 598 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,834 ORAC: Remaining flight time; 10 minutes. 599 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:33,276 And another five minutes before we hit. How do you spend your last 15 minutes? 600 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:37,035 Working. Working like we have never worked before, Vila. 601 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:39,358 It's gravity that is holding us, right? 602 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,715 We haven't enough engine power to lift us free. 603 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,950 We must lighten the load somehow. 604 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:47,316 We'll have to strip this shuttle down to its frame. Come on! 605 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,312 - Where do we start? - You start in the cargo hold, I'll start up here. 606 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:54,109 We have to jettison every last nut and bolt. Now, Vila! 607 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,270 Where are you going, Pinder? 608 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,798 To check with the main computer, Egrorian. 609 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,878 Well? What do you say? 610 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:15,113 Please, may I be excused? 611 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,117 Very well, run along. 612 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:19,757 Pinder worries too much. 613 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,957 He's always checking and re-checking the figures. 614 00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:28,639 They're now 64 miles high and eight minutes flight left. 615 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:30,632 Exactly as calculated. 616 00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:35,111 Egrorian, I've been doing some calculations of my own. 617 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:36,995 Now... 618 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:42,995 I came in a small L-type cruiser, which has a low fuel margin 619 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,757 and is designed only for a crew of two. 620 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:47,909 Two. 621 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,991 I know the specification. 622 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,233 There will be no room for Pinder. 623 00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:01,232 - You mean Pinder must be abandoned. - Exactly. 624 00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:03,594 So be it. 625 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,190 After ten years, quel dommage. 626 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:09,114 Egrorian. 627 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:13,752 The shuttle has deviated from your predicted course by five degrees. 628 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:15,717 What? That's impossible! 629 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,189 The main computer confirms the figures. 630 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:33,235 - Do you have to get rid of that? - What use is it to us now? 631 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:36,473 Stand back! 632 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:40,916 Now what? There's nothing left to throw out. 633 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,719 Let's check with Orac. Come on! 634 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,392 What's the position now, Orac? 635 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:54,790 Remaining flight time; five minutes and 40 seconds. 636 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:58,959 How much more weight must we lose before we can achieve escape velocity? 637 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:03,113 - 70 kilos, Avon. - Only 70 kilos. 638 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:07,559 Vila, strip off the insulation material in the cargo hold. 639 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:09,675 Vila! 640 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,469 - But that's plastic. It weighs nothing. - Get rid of it anyway. 641 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,677 - A kilo and a half if we're lucky. - Do it! We've got five minutes. 642 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:19,511 Not enough. Not nearly enough. Damn it, what weighs seventy kilos? 643 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:23,070 Vila weighs 73 kilos, Avon. 644 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:39,715 Vila. 645 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:47,509 Vila? 646 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:04,435 Vila? 647 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:11,595 Vila? 648 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,035 Vila. 649 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:33,952 Vila, are you here? 650 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:36,198 I need your help. 651 00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,314 Vila, I know you're here. Come out. 652 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,990 Vila, I know how they did it, but I need your help. 653 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,118 Please help me. 654 00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:34,793 Plastic. High tensile plastic. 655 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:38,035 Vila? 656 00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:42,553 Couldn't possibly be that heavy. 657 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,279 Unless there's something imbedded in it, and there isn't. 658 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:48,636 Unless it's very tiny in which case it wouldn't have... 659 00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:52,317 the weight! 660 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,914 Vila, I really do know how they did it! 661 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,197 It's a speck of neutron material, but I need your help to shift it. 662 00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:02,716 Vila, help me. Vila, you have got to help me, come on! 663 00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,240 Vila! Vila, where are you? 664 00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:10,876 (Grunting) 665 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,236 Remaining flight time; two minutes and 30 seconds. 666 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:57,515 I know. I know! 667 00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:31,632 How! How! There was no way for them to escape! 668 00:45:31,720 --> 00:45:33,392 But they have, Egrorian! 669 00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:37,715 You and your foolproof plan! 670 00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:41,154 - Highness. - You have failed me, Egrorian. 671 00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:44,198 I told you I punish failure. 672 00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,429 Highness, no. 673 00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:51,789 No. 674 00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:56,911 I'll leave you to remember what might have been. 675 00:45:57,640 --> 00:45:59,358 No, no, no. 676 00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:02,355 Servalan, you can't leave me. 677 00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:05,113 I served you well! 678 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:11,557 You can't abandon me. 679 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,033 You were ready to abandon me, Egrorian. 680 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:18,157 You and Servalan, planning to leave me 681 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:21,631 after 10 years, 60 of mine! 682 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:23,668 Pinder? 683 00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:28,230 Red is dead, remember? 684 00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:32,192 What are you doing? 685 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:35,476 I've reversed the fields! 686 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,752 No, don't be a fool! 687 00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:44,474 Hoffal's radiation, Egrorian! 688 00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:47,035 Hoffal! 689 00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,158 A neutron star? 690 00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:39,196 A microscopic fragment of one. 691 00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:42,511 It's the only possible explanation. It was unbelievably heavy. 692 00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:45,239 So how could Egrorian have planted it aboard? 693 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:49,029 He must have reprogrammed that automatic landing bay of his. 694 00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:50,792 And you moved it on your own? 695 00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:53,348 - I couldn't find Vila. - I'm glad about that. 696 00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:56,079 - Pity about the tachyon funnel, though. - We had no choice. 697 00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:57,798 It's a trip I won't forget, Avon. 698 00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:00,030 Well, as you always say, Vila, 699 00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,588 you know you are safe with me. 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net