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Hmm. No sign of Dr. Thompson.

Well, we know he's here, Chief.

Sure, and in trouble. He wouldn't call for help if there was no reason.

Let's fan out and look for him. Dunlap, you go that way.

Look for a cultivated section of land-- you know, specialized, tropical plants.

He should have-- [ Man ] Nelson! Nelson!

Nelson! Nelson! Nelson!

Help! Help!

Help! Help!

What is it, Doctor? What's happening?

Alien. Alien invader.

Going to destroy mankind.

What kind of an invader? Now, how's he going to--

Stop him. Only eight hours left.

Stop him before the entire world--

the entire world--

the entire--

[ Gasps ]

Sir?

He's dead.

Well, let's continue the search. Dunlap, look for that cultivated area.

Chief, you and I'll take care of Dr. Thompson. Aye, sir.

[ Groans ]

[ Glass Breaking ]

Admiral. Hmm?

Dunlap, put down the gun!

[ Man ] Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Starring Richard Basehart,

and David Hedison.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Hold your fire!

[ Gunfire Continues ]

What in the world is wrong with that joker?

Chief.

Aye, sir.

All right, put it down, Dunlap.

I said put it down.

[ Panting ]

[ Loud Groaning ]

[ Wailing Sound ]

[ Wailing Stops ]

Be careful, Admiral.

It's all right, Chief. He's not going to hurt anyone now.

Did-- Did-- Did you see it?

Sir?

I-- I could swear that I saw something rise up...

out of Dunlap's body and--

[ Radio Beeping ]

Go ahead, Seaview. This is Nelson.

It's been some time since you reported in, Admiral. What's going on?

Plenty. I'll brief you when I get back aboard.

Meanwhile, order an armed detail to comb this island and--

[ Radio Static Humming ]

Admiral, we lost you. Now what about a detail?

[ Humming Continues ]

What was that about a detail?

Sparks, try and clean that up, will you?

Try it now, sir. All right. Admiral, do you read me?

Admiral, do you read me? [ Humming Continues ]

No, not very well. We're getting a great deal of interference on this wavelength and--

[ Crackles ]

I never seen one of those gadgets blow up like that before.

What do you think caused that? I don't know.

But somehow it's got to be connected with the killing of Thompson and Dunlap.

Hey, Chief, take a look at this.

What's so special about the posy, sir?

I don't know. I've never seen anything like it before.

Let's get it back aboard Seaview and see what we can find out.

Here. Give me a hand. Yes, sir.

You take that, Chief. I'll pick up the rest of his notebooks.

Aye, sir.

All right, Kowalski, take it to the lab. I'll be right there.

Aye, sir. Two men dead.

And you say you heard a warning from Dr. Thompson...

that alien invaders intend to take over the Earth in eight hours?

Now what's all that got to do with the orchid you brought aboard?

I'm convinced that I saw some force leave Dunlap's body...

and go to the experimental plant area.

Now, the orchid was the only thing strange--

the only thing, uh, alien that was there.

There's a chance that some of our people at the institute might be able to give us a lead.

I hope so. We've had some of our best men working for him on those experiments.

Sparks, get me through to the institute in Santa Barbara.

I want to talk to the botany department.

[ Wailing Sound ] [ Explosion ]

Hey, what was that?

What was what? I don't know. I thought I saw a flash.

You all right? Yeah. Yeah, I think so.

Better get down to sick bay. You might have got a dose of radiation.

I feel strange.

[ Monitor Beeping ]

[ Beeping Stops ]

Hey, what's the matter? I gotta pull the rods.

Are you out of your mind? You'll blow the reactor!

Get away!

Settle down! You don't know what you're doing!

Stop it! You'll kill us all!

Put 'em back!

What-- What happened?

Don't you remember?

All I remember is something driving me to the reactor,

forcing me to pull out the rods.

But you're okay now? Yeah. Yeah.

[ Explosions ]

Hey, we got a short.

[ Explosions Continue ]

Circuity Room, what's going on down there?

Patterson, get down to the master control box and see what's wrong!

[ Crane ] Circuity Room, report!

We've got a short on the master controls.

Well, fix it before Seaview tears herself to pieces!

Aye, sir.

Chief, what about that short circuit in the master control?

I don't know, sir. Something blew.

Then it's just like nothing happened.

I sure don't know what's going on.

Well, I think I--

I think I'm beginning to.

Let's go to the lab, Lee.

Admiral, I have an idea. What is it?

If we surface, I think we can make contact with the institute.

How? I can bounce a signal off the communication satellite.

Very good.

Lee, take her up.

Chip, surface. [ Morton ] Prepare to surface.

[ Morton ] On the surface.

Very well. Stand by.

Seaview calling Nelson Institute in Santa Barbara.

Seaview calling Nelson Institute in Santa Barbara.

Come in, please. Go ahead, Seaview. We read you.

Admiral Nelson calling Dr. Brinks in Botany.

[ Man ] Stand by.

Brink here.

Doctor, did Dr. Thompson radio his reports back to you?

Yes, sir. In fact, I've just about finished transcribing them.

Did he say anything about an exotic orchid?

Yes. Yes, he did. But his last transmission was garbled.

Well, what did he say about the flower?

Well, as nearly as I can make out, Admiral,

he indicated it was a strange species that rejected sunlight,

but it seemed to thrive on emanations from his electronic machines.

And nothing further? No, sir. Everything else was garbled.

All right, Doctor. Thank you. Over and out. Over and out.

Better run a complete check on that orchid and just see what makes it tick.

Mm-hmm.

It looks pretty harmless to me.

Well, I'm not concerned about its looks.

But let's see if we can get a radiation count.

[ Device Clicking ]

Look at that thing. Get a sonic gun. Hurry!

Admiral!

[ Door Closes ]

Is anything wrong, sir?

What's in the box? It's a core, sir. I'm taking it to the reactor room.

Open it.

No, sir. It's radioactive.

Regulations require that you have on a protective suit.

I said open it.

I must refuse, sir. It's dangerous.

[ Hum Resonating ]

Control Room. Control Room. Send me some help down here--

[ Wailing Sound ]

What happened to the admiral, sir? Take care of the chief.

Control Room. Control Room, aye.

Chip, something's happened to the admiral.

He's, uh-- He's gone berserk.

What do you mean, sir?

He's, uh-- He's been taken over somehow.

Order a full emergency alert.

I want every available man to comb every inch of this ship,

deck by deck, section by section, until they find him.

Now warn them to be careful. He's dangerous.

How dangerous, sir?

Issue stun guns. Now hop to it!

Aye, aye, sir.

Kowalski. Sir?

Break out the stun guns. Issue them to all control room hands. Aye, sir.

[ Morton ] Now hear this, to all hands. We have an emergency aboard.

We have to-- Kowalski!

Chief, you all right?

A little bent but nothing broke, sir. Shall I go after him, Skipper?

No, let's-- let's go to the control room. No, wait.

[ Gun Firing ]

[ Wailing Sound ]

[ Explosions ]

[ Explosions Stop ]

How is he, sir? I don't know.

Get away from me! Now take it easy, Admiral. Just lie back.

No, stay away from me, all of you!

Now easy, Admiral. We want to help you.

Get a gun, Lee. Get a gun and shoot me before it's too late--

before that thing takes me over again and makes me kill you.

It's not gonna take over. It's been destroyed.

But see, it got to me first. I-- I didn't destroy it.

I know, but I did. It's gone.

That's right, sir. We all saw it leave you.

He's telling the truth, sir. It's gone.

It's gone?

Yes.

[ Sighs ] Yes, it is gone.

I'll take you to sick bay.

No, I'm all right. I'm just-- just a little bit shaky.

I have to talk to you alone... in here.

Close off the doors.

Do you think you should, Lee?

It's all right, Chip. Take the conn.

Aye, aye. All hands, back to duty stations on the double.

The alien's still aboard, Lee.

It can't be, Admiral. I tell you it is.

It came from the outer rim of the galaxy.

It's an incredibly malign, intelligent life-form.

How do you know all this?

When it took me over, our memories, our knowledge became one.

- What did it want with you? - Information.

It's looking for a place to live, to multiply,

so that it can take over our world, and it can do that, believe me.

Believe me, it can.

It's going to start reproducing itself in...

four hours here aboard Seaview.

Aboard the Seaview? Why?

Because-- [ Groans ]

Because the...

pressure, the humidity of the radioactivity here...

provide it with a perfect seed bed.

Come on, Admiral. You've had a rough going.

I think you could use some sack time. No, there's no time to sleep.

This thing has got to be destroyed.

We've got to find it, isolate it and kill it.

But it is destroyed. It's gone.

No. It will seek some human body to use.

One with which it's familiar, in which it can feel safe.

And when it does, that body has to be disintegrated...

in order to kill the alien.

Then there's only-- only one body it's familiar with.

That's right, but I have no choice, Lee.

I've got to let it show itself. If necessary, let it find me.

In that case, you have no choice.

You've got to kill me.

Chief? Come here, please, will you?

[ Sighs ] Sir?

And close the doors.

Yes, sir.

What's the trouble, Skipper?

It's the admiral.

Well, he's okay now. You blasted that orchid to bits.

I know, but the admiral thinks it may come back again to take him over.

Is that possible? I'm afraid it is.

And, uh-- And what if it does come back?

The admiral's orders to me were to shoot to kill.

What are your orders, Skipper?

You will shoot to kill.

[ Wailing Sound ]

Admiral? [ Shuddering ]

Chief, shoot me.

Hurry, man. Shoot, shoot.

[ Groans ] Skipper? Skipper?

Skipper? Go ahead, Chief.

I went for the admiral as ordered,

but I got there too late.

I tried-- I tried to stop him, but I couldn't. Which way did he go?

It looked like he was heading towards "B" deck.

Okay, Chief, try to find him.

Aye, sir.

I want a detail of armed men to go into "B" deck after him.

They're to shoot to kill on sight.

To kill-- You heard me, Chip. Kill on sight.

Aye, aye.

Get Engineering. See if they can operate this door.

Someone's getting ready to take off on the flying sub.

Lock the flying sub launch controls.

Why don't the indicators light up?

The override system's shut off. We can't stop him.

Missile Room, this is the captain.

Prepare sea-to-air missiles for immediate firing. Aye, sir.

Radar, lock the sea-to-air missiles to the flying sub. And move!

She'll be surfacing in less than a minute.

[ Clicks Switches ]

He's free. We'll get him as soon as he's airborne.

[ Man On Speaker ] Sliding doors now operational.

It doesn't look as if he's trying to get airborne.

Sparks, activate sail camera. Aye, aye, sir.

He's turning back. Now what in blazes--

He's gonna attack.

Engine Room, all ahead flank. All ahead flank!

[ Coughing ]

Prepare to fire lasers. Lasers locked in.

Fire!

[ Explosion ]

A near miss, but I think we've driven him off.

[ Crane ] No, he's turning for another pass at us.

Take her down, full flank.

Dive! Dive! All dive!

[ Alarm Sounding ]

We're not responding.

Dive! All dive!

Damage Control, report. This is Damage Control.

We can't dive, sir. We've lost all maneuvering power.

There's a short and malfunction in generator number two.

That means no lasers.

Missile Room, stand by to fire forward torpedoes. Aye, sir.

Patterson, call out range and bearing.

Bearing: 2-7-0, relative.

Range: 6,000, sir, closing fast.

Range: 5,000.

He's free. Why is he attacking? Why doesn't he just take off?

He wants Seaview as a glorified greenhouse.

Range: 4,500, bearing true.

Fire.

[ Explosion ]

[ Explosion Stops ]

I guess that finishes the alien.

And the admiral.

Nobody can blame you, Lee. You only did what you had to.

Now, Chip, take the conn, will you?

I, uh-- I better check on the-- on the damage repair.

Check that gear, Ski.

Chief, what happened a little while ago?

To the admiral, I mean. Do you think the skipper really had to--

I don't think, kid. I only follow orders, and that wasn't the admiral!

Yeah, yeah, I know. I know.

But I just can't help feeling that, um,

well, even if the admiral wasn't the admiral,

even if it was an alien, maybe there was something else we could have--

Stow it! You hear me, Kowalski? Just stow it! Get back to work on that gear before I--

Just, uh, get back to work, will ya? Yeah, sure, Sharkey.

Sure.

[ Water Bubbling ]

Hey, Ski, come over here.

I didn't know we had a diving party out.

The skipper was talking about sending a salvage party to check the flying sub.

Come on. Let's give 'em a hand.

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

Captain. Captain, we're in trouble again.

The admiral-- That is, the alien is back aboard.

Are you sure about that? Yes, sir. He came in through the escape hatch.

He clobbered Kowalski and me.

Where is he now? I don't know, sir, but he didn't go back out.

He's gotta be somewhere aboard. How are you and Kowalski?

I guess we'll do, sir.

All right. Have Kowalski head a guard unit in the missile room.

You get up here on the double.

Aye, aye, sir. You heard the skipper. Stand guard.

Right, Chief.

Sound general quarters.

General quarters. General quarters.

[ Alarm Sounding ]

[ Alarm Stops ]

How do you figure it, sir?

We destroy the flying sub and he shows up in the escape hatch.

How do you handle a thing like that?

It's a good question, Chief. Let's hope we can come up with the right answer.

Master-at-arms, report. All security points manned and ready, sir.

Roger. Detail a search party down to--

[ Explosions ]

Damage Control, what happened?

The power feed from the reactor's been cut off, sir.

We're getting increasingly higher readings on the radiation level.

It must be the alien.

- What's he doing in the reactor room? - We better find out.

I'll send a detail down there. No, belay it.

No, let's see what we're up against first.

Now, Chief, we'll scout the area. Break out a couple of sonic guns.

Aye, sir.

What's the poop, sir? Do we just bust in there or what? Now just stay here.

I'll try to see what's going on through the view port.

Oh. Watch it, Skipper. If he sees you first--

I know. I know. Just stand by.

Get ready to fire.

Hold it. Where's the admiral?

- The admiral, sir? - Yes, admiral, alien-- whatever you wanna call him.

-He's in the reactor room, isn't he? -We were the only ones in there.

Are you sure about that, mac? Sure, Chief.

Look for yourself, sir.

All right, back me up, Chief. Aye, sir.

[ Nelson's Voice ] Stand right there, Captain.

Where is he? I don't know.

Where are you, Admiral?

We're all around you. We?

Yes, we. The plant people. The ones who are going to take over your world.

All right then, show yourself.

Stop your empty threats and show yourself!

The threats are far from empty.

If you want proof, I'd be delighted to show you.

There it is. See for yourself.

The spores are reproducing themselves.

Thanks to your atomic reactor,

in less than an hour they'll reach full maturity.

And what then?

Some of them will take over you and your men, as I took over the admiral.

The rest will continue to reproduce.

When we've filled this vessel, you'll take us to one of your major cities...

where you will help us to populate the entire planet.

Then there's nothing we can do to stop you.

Nothing.

[ Guns Not Firing ]

[ Sighs ] I told you...

there was nothing that could help you.

All right, take them.

As you see, we've already taken over some members of your crew.

The rest will follow in due course.

Admiral--

You can't do it, Admiral.

Now listen to me.

Whatever's got you,

whatever's controlling your body and your mind, fight it.

You've got to fight it, Admiral. Break free of it.

Come on. Break free of it.

Break free!

Break free!

I'm sorry, Captain.

The admiral may fight to regain control of his mind and body,

but it's as useless for him as it will be for you.

Take them in.

[ Explosions ]

[ Explosions Continue ]

Come on! Let's get out of here!

You've accomplished nothing by running, Captain.

The ship is ours.

Within an hour, we'll have taken over all of you.

Sir, what's happened to the skipper and the chief?

Get a detail, Patterson.

Laser guns, nerve gas, stun grenades.

- Get down to the reactor room corridor on the double. - Aye, sir.

[ Crane ] Belay that.

It's no good, Chip. We haven't got a weapon aboard that will work against them.

Sounds like there's more than one of them now.

The reactor room's filled with the deadly things.

Then the admiral can carry out his threat to take over.

There's not the slightest doubt.

What's our next move? We can't just let them carry out their plans...

to take over Seaview.

They've already taken over the admiral, the two crewmen in the reactor room.

It's only a question of time now before they take over all of us.

Chief. Sir?

What do you think happened in the reactor room when the explosion took place?

The only time I ever saw that happen before was...

when the dampening rods were pulled, the reactor overloaded...

and the safety valve blew.

Overload. And what happened to our men?

Well, sir, they just seemed to disappear.

I mean, they just--

The overload-- that destroyed 'em.

Right. And if it can destroy two aliens,

it can destroy the others.

What are you talking about?

A weapon, Chip. A possible weapon!

If we can put together a reverse polarity overload,

blast those things with it, we might have a chance.

[ Explosions ]

The admiral again.

We've got less than an hour to put together a weapon before time runs out for all of us.

Come on, Chief! We may have less time than we think. Come on.

[ Explosions Continue ]

Lee, those reactor explosions are gonna shake us apart.

How you coming along down there?

Just about finished, Chip.

What are the odds on it working?

I guess you know what the odds are if it doesn't.

All right. We'll stand by.

[ Wailing Sound ]

Chip, what's going on up there?

Chip, do you read me?

Let's get this thing finished.

Uh-uh-uh. I'm reading your mind, Commander.

I wouldn't bother if I were you.

Take him!

[ Wailing Sound ]

[ Wailing Stops ]

That should do it. Let's hope it works. Only one chance to find out.

Let's go. [ Explosions ]

Is it all right? I don't know, but we don't have time to test it now. Let's go.

Skipper? We may be too late.

[ Explosions ]

Oh, man, that reactor's running wild.

Pretty soon it won't make any difference if we get the aliens or not.

The Seaview's gonna blow herself to bits.

I'd settle for that, but it wouldn't stop them.

The reactor room's our only hope. Let's go. Come on. Aye, sir.

[ Explosions ]

That reactor's gonna go any second, Skipper. Open the hatch.

I'll try this on the aliens. And if it works,

get in there and stop the reactor, all right?

Aye, aye, sir. All set.

[ Nelson's Voice ] You're too late, Captain.

As you know, we've taken over your crew.

[ Explosions ]

And the chief is quite right-- the reactor is going to explode.

When it does, Seaview will provide us...

with a permanent breeding ground safe in the depths.

I'm asking you again, Admiral, break free of that thing.

There's still time to save us.

There is no time, Captain.

It's all run out for you.

[ Gun Firing ]

Open the hatch!

[ Gun Firing ]

[ Gun Continues Firing ]

[ Gun Firing ]

[ Wailing Sound ]

Chief.

Come on.

No, wait!

Lee.

Chief.

The alien's gone. I can't believe it.

It's gone.

Boy, am I glad to see you. I mean, just like the skipper said--

Welcome back, sir. [ Chuckles ]

[ Explosions ]

The dampening rods!

[ Explosions Continue ]

[ Explosions Stop ]

Roll call's complete, Admiral. All personnel present and accounted for,

including the two crewmen from the reactor room detail.

That's a relief. I wasn't sure that the death of the aliens would bring them all back.

You know, I just don't understand it all, particularly, why you didn't kill me--

that is, the alien didn't kill me in the reactor room corridor.

We're both responsible for that. How?

You kept telling me to try to break free and I couldn't quite do it on my own.

But your encouragement and my stubbornness working together...

stopped him just long enough.

Doesn't sound like a bad combination.

Well, it's worked for us for sometime. There's no reason why it shouldn't continue, huh?

None, Admiral. None at all. [ Chuckles ]