All language subtitles for S01E07 - Alpha Child

That's it.

Alan, cut the alarm.

A day to remember.

'It's a boy!

'Mother and son doing just fine.

'Seven pounds, eleven ounces.
Dark hair, blue eyes.

'He's beautiful.'

- We made it.
- I like that.

- A boy, I knew it.
- Knew what?

- It'd be a boy.
- You bet it would be a girl.

- Never.
- You did.

Hey, Sandra. What's the matter?

I'm... I'm happy!

- Are there any complications?
- None whatsoever.

But I do think someone
should watch him at all times.

Now, you get some rest.
I'll do the first stint.

I'm not tired. I just don't want
to leave him anyway.

Sue, he's perfect. Just get some
sleep. You'll see him again later.

Thank you, Dr Russell.

My baby. What happened to my baby?

Take it easy, Sue.

We've had to sedate her.
She's in shock.

Well, well.

Hello, young man.

He's gotta be five years old.

- Uh-huh.
- What happened?

I don't know. This whole thing
is beyond normal medical experience.

How can cell growth accelerate to
this extent in a matter of seconds?

Cells just don't grow without
nourishment. It's impossible.

Heaven knows I looked forward
to this first child born here.

Helena,
we knew there could be a problem.

Yes, psychological problems,
medical problems,

things we could deal with, but this?

What kind of life
will this child have anyway

in this artificial atmosphere
on Alpha?

He doesn't even have
a father to help him cope.

Wait a minute.

That could have
something to do with it.

But Jack Crawford
died seven months ago, Commander.

I know. He spent all
of his working hours in here.

But the place was torn apart
when he died.

There was no radiation leakage.

Is there something wrong
with the baby?

Yes. And I'm going to find out why.

'Commander, preliminary tests
show he is a perfectly normal

'five-year-old child.'

Five?!

Maybe we had no right
to expect it to be normal.

You mean we can never expect
to have normal children?

It's this crazy life we lead.

Nobody really knows how
it's affecting us physically.

Not long term.

Come on. Life here's
not that abnormal.

We eat, sleep, drink.
Even breathe air of a kind.

Now, possibly there's something
specific about this particular case.

Like Jack Crawford's death.

They've already called Computer
for data in the generating area.

It seems the Commander has re-opened
the enquiry into Jack's death.

Yeah. Well,
he'll have to do something.

His brain activity is what
you'd expect of a five-year-old.

And his motor activity's
on an equal level.

But he's not communicating.

No. How could he? He's had
no opportunity to learn to speak.

Yet he's so alert, so responsive.

There's one thing
we haven't tried yet.

A deaf-mute.

0ur first concern
is how we're gonna look after him.

Yeah.

I'll give Sue all the help she needs.

I think we've got to give him
the best chance we can.

So we try to give him
as normal a life as possible.

Maybe we'll find out
why it happened this way.

Maybe we'll never know.

- John?
- Yeah?

He's a lovely child.

What did Computer have
to say about Jack Crawford?

No new facts, no new answers.
It seems...

What's your name?

We've called him Jackie.

Jackie, huh? How'd you like
to come flying with me?

We'll take an Eagle
and we'll soar into space.

He can't hear, Alan. He's deaf.

We'll just have
to show him, won't we?

Come on, away we go.

Hey!

Ready for landing, little one?

Well done.

Enjoy your flight, Commander?

Splendid uniform you've got.

He's cute, isn't he?
Look at this.

Commander Koenig, we have a visitor.

- Well, what's going on out here?
- A new commander, I think.

Hello, Jackie.

Hello.

Kano, let's show Jackie
something pretty.

Come on, Jackie. Here we go.
Ups-a-daisy.

All right. Want to see
a pretty picture, Jackie? Watch.

See that? Here's another one.

You want to try?
Here, press this button.

It's just too much excitement.
I just think he's tired, John.

There now. Just look at that.
Isn't that a lovely thing?

Now, then. You know
what that's called?

That's called a flo...wer.

You think you can say that?

Flower. What is it?

Very good! Top of the class.

Now, let's see if we can
find you another one.

Something even more beautiful
than that.

Then we'll get you to draw something.

That's marvellous drawing.

Get a pencil and make a few marks
on a piece of paper.

And suddenly, there you are.

You've got the most lovely flower
that you've made all by yourself.

Well, who's his father's son, then?

My, you're doing well, aren't you?
His weight feels good.

38 pounds.
He's making normal progress now.

Finding out about us?

Your father knew everything
about this powerhouse.

You going to follow in his footsteps?
He looks bright enough.

I keep inventing
intelligence tests for him.

Now, lift off.

She refuses to recover
from her state of shock.

She's totally rejected the child.

I suppose that's
an understandable reaction.

Everyone else on Alpha
has welcomed him with open arms.

She won't even see him.

If she could see what a comparatively
normal life he's leading...

It's the manner of his growth
that's so disturbing.

I must admit,
I can't accept him either.

Hello! You've done it already?

That's very good.

Would you like to draw some more?

Yeah? All right. 0ff you go.

It's extraordinary.

Well, he's certainly making
good progress.

0h, yes. He's bright enough
all right.

And as far as I can tell,
he's a perfectly normal kid.

Is he, Victor?

All our enquiring minds have become
charmed with young Jackie.

- He's still under observation?
- He's gotta be.

Jackie, can I see your drawing?

Hmm. He senses you're not as willing
to be charmed as the rest of us are.

'Commander.'

Yes, Paul.

'Could you come to main mission?'

Be right there.

Scanner shows something
heading straight for us.

- It's moving fast.
- Kano?

- Nothing yet from Computer.
- Let's see it on the screen.

Red alert.

Where did that come from?

It's heading
for the north quadrant.

Confirmed.

- You know what you've got to do.
- What if I'm attacked?

Don't wait for me to give the order.

Hey, I'll see you later. Huh?

Hey, what's up?

I'll be back.

Keep sending on all frequencies.

0pen all channels
for any response from them.

'Any sign of activity?'

Nothing. Except a green light.

No movement, just hanging there.

'Hang in there with them
and report the first sign of life.'

Right. Moving in a little closer.

I'll let you know if they fire.

It's made of some kind of alloy -
composition unknown.

It's 100 metres in diameter,
40 metres high,

yet if has very low density.

There's room for an army inside.

Some form of life is indicated,
but not human.

Without previous experience,
Computer cannot identify it.

They could blast us
at any moment without warning.

Maybe they're waiting
for us to move first.

However you look at it,
it's suspicious.

If they are friendly,
why don't they say so?

Alan's very close.
I think we should move first.

'I have them lined up.

- 'Laser charge is at maximum rate.'
- Better safe than sorry.

Alan, return to base.

Why?

They could have assumed
you were the aggressor,

blasted you out of the sky.
But they didn't.

Maybe they've got what they want
by keeping quiet.

But we're wide open.

Let's put ourselves in their shoes.

When we make a reconnaissance flight
to a planet, do we intend to attack?

We try to communicate as best we can.

Let's assume on that ship
are friendly, peaceful people,

trying to make contact with us.

But for some reason we're unable to
talk, hear or understand each other.

- I just don't get that feeling.
- Nor I.

Ignorance is no reason
to start shooting.

After all, we're...
all afraid of the unknown.

Take Jackie Crawford, for example.

I know you've all accepted him,

but I have some questions.
I don't know why he is like he is.

I can't explain it,
nor do I understand it.

But I'm not about to shoot him.

Take him away!

Take him away! He's killing me!

I saw him smile.
It sent a shiver up my spine.

So knowing. Almost as if he were
mocking his mother to death.

Where is he now?

With his nurse somewhere.

Somewhere?

Paul, find Jackie Crawford
and don't let him out of your sight.

Helena,

we've all tried our best to accept
Jackie as normal, but he isn't.

He's bright, all right...

Too bright.

There's something else.
Just a feeling I have.

Something I can't explain.
But I trust it.

I think he's fooled all of us.

'Commander, three more spaceships
approaching.'

I think there's a connection.
It's just a hunch.

Helena, find Jackie Crawford.

Confirmation on spaceships,
Commander.

Let's see them.

I want three Eagles to intercept
those ships before they reach Alpha.

- Shoot?
- No.

- Just let them know we're ready.
- Right.

They've knocked out
the cameras, Commander.

It's an attack.

- Alan, stop them.
- Right.

Red alert.

Alan?

Carter!

Get moving.

Cameras operating
again, sir.

Eagle leader to Alpha.
Alien spaceships dead ahead.

Alan, fire at will.

Now you're talking.

Eagle leader to group,
select on-board ranging,

but with manual override.

Manual override?
They're moving very fast.

I said manual override.

Switch to main computer.
Check and fire again.

Manual check...

and fire.

We can't get a hit.

Carter, turn around.
Hit 'em from behind.

Cell growth has accelerated
far beyond

the capacity of our instruments
to measure.

- Still increasing?
- Yes.

What can we expect this time?

Helena, I think my hunch is right.
It's gotta be more than coincidence.

The arrival of those spaceships
and now this.

You think Jackie...

You've got to stop
calling that Jackie.

But rather some alien power
amongst us,

which sooner or later
we may have to destroy.

- John, it's a human being.
- Is it?

It has a human form, that's all.

We're wide open. We're past
waiting to see what'll happen.

Then the reasons for your
first decision still hold.

We don't know any more. We're just
more frightened, more desperate.

Whatever that's becoming threatens
our existence here on Alpha.

In that case, the reasons for not
destroying him are even stronger.

What do you mean?

You say we're wide open.

If he is their instrument,

how do you think they'll respond
if we kill him?

I agree with Dr Russell.
At the moment our hands are tied.

With those things so close, we're not
going to get an Eagle off the pad.

We couldn't be sure
we'd hit them anyway.

What happened out there, Alan?

- Well...
- Whatever caused that failure,

it's just conjecture. The fact is,
you weren't functioning properly.

Actually, you were
virtually incompetent.

- I'm not incompetent.
- No, but you were out there.

- It must have been my instruments.
- Was it?

- What are you trying to say to me?
- Alan,

I think you were gotten to somehow.
By Jackie Crawford.

- Jackie Crawford?
- That's right.

All this talk
isn't going to help us.

But I do have an idea
which...might work.

If activity on the alien ship
stops soon, we might have a chance.

- Like what?
- Well, it's quite primitive.

My idea is to send four men
on the surface,

on foot, each carrying hand-held,
armour-piercing lasers.

They position themselves
under each of the alien ships.

They coordinate
and fire simultaneously

straight up into the bellies
of the ships.

You said it was primitive.

What else can we do?

The question is, who does the job?

We have no choice.
It's the four of us.

Ah...

M...

Ah...

My...

name...is...Jarak.

For as long as you know me,

I shall retain this form.

I require to know

what has been happening
during the period of my growth.

There are many things
we'd like to know also.

Has any action been taken
against my spaceships?

None.

I know the truth when I hear it.

You will tell me, Dr Russell.

Stop! Stop it, I'll tell you.
Stop it.

- Quickly.
- Stop it. I'll tell you.

There are four men on the surface.
Stop it, please!

And now you will stop them.

- I can't stop them.
- But you will.

No!

'John, you must do
what I tell you.

'Do not fire at those ships.

'You were right about Jackie.'

Hold your fire!

What's the problem, Commander?

Back to the base.

You've killed her.

Rena!

Helena.

Helena.

Dr Russell.

Put down your weapons.

John, tell everybody to put down
their weapons, or I'll kill Alan.

Thank you, Dr Russell.
You are now released.

You're not Sue Crawford.

No more than I am Jackie Crawford.

No more than you are Commander
of Moonbase Alpha.

Like you, we are involuntary
travellers through space.

We are 120 souls in all.

But unlike you, we are looking
not only for a place to live,

we are also looking
for a physical form

in which to conceal our identities.

Why? Running away from something?

I like the intuitive quality
of your mind, Commander.

I like the unpredictability
of your human emotions.

I like the differences between
you people. But on our planet,

we faced extermination
because we were different.

Yes, we are running away...

from genetic conformity
rigorously imposed.

We are so happy to have found Alpha.

Jarak, listen to me.

You can't stay here.
We can't sustain more people.

0ur environment on Alpha
is so precarious

we can barely support ourselves.

There will be no population increase
on Alpha.

We shall simply take over your bodies
and make them our own.

The moments of birth and death
are ideally suited to this purpose.

Jackie Crawford's birth
gave me my chance.

But you killed Sue Crawford.

Dr Russell, there will be
no more births on Alpha.

But sadly, there will be
many more deaths.

I was very happy with my birth.

I wasn't able to do much
in an incubator,

but as a five-year-old, you all
made me the darling of the base,

showed me everything
I needed to know.

I am sorry to have to bite
the hand that fed me.

Jarak...

You need us. I don't know your
people, but they need us alive.

You won't kill us until you're ready.

We are ready.

Jarak!

Don't move.

As Commander here,
you have some particular value.

It would be a waste to kill you

before one of my people
can make use of you.

Your choice is between a future
as one of us,

or no future at all.

'This is Jarak.

'Listen.'

You have been selected
as the first to die.

You cannot resist.

You are dying.

The mission of my spaceships
over Alpha is almost accomplished.

My people are preparing
to transfer themselves

to those of your dying bodies
that have been selected.

When the transfer is complete,

my spaceships will lift off
to a safe distance and auto-destruct.

'The last material traces
of our former life

'will be lost forever.

'We shall have exchanged our world
for your moon.'

'The designated will die.

'The designated will die.'

As far as our pursuers are concerned,
we shall no longer exist.

We shall have begun our new life

as inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha.

They've found us!

Helena!

Everyone all right?

Everyone seems all right, Commander.

Let's find 'em!

Could be more.
I'll take care of them.

Don't be foolish, Doctor.

Computer, medical
centre doors are to remain locked

until this direct command order
is rescinded.

And now, Dr Mathias,

I hope you will help us to persuade
your commander to accept us.

0ne life for three hundred?

'Alan,
is the Commander with you?'

Yes, Kano.

'According to Computer,
you're in the medical centre

'and have issued a command
that the door is to remain locked.'

'Commander Koenig,

'we wish to negotiate.'

They've got Dr Mathias
and two nurses.

Make your demands.

'Requests. We are no longer
in a position to make demands.'

Then open the door.

As a human being, Commander,

your heart is full of resentment

at my treatment of Alpha's
first mother and child.

You just tried to kill
all of us, Jarak!

It would have been
a painless process of change.

The combination of Alphan bodies

and the minds of my people
would have been splendid.

'The result would have been
a great future for Alpha.'

And us?

You would have become part of us,

but we have failed.

The rest of my people have been
discovered and destroyed.

0ur request is now a very modest one.

That we should be allowed
to become part of you.

Jarak, you've just killed
a number of my people,

you're holding others captive.

Commander, you chose
to bargain with your life.

'It was not our purpose to destroy.

'Your people are only stunned.'

They'll all recover.

We have become human beings,

and chose to translate our power

into threats and actions
humans could understand.

'We are now appealing
to you as humans ourselves.'

Appealing for mercy.

Commander,

there is a gigantic spaceship.

It has taken up position
over Alpha Base.

Pulsating green light
as previous spacecraft.

'The people of our planet
have found us, Commander.'

They will...destroy us.
They will destroy...

the whole of Alpha.

'Unless...

Unless what?

Jarak!

Are you going to let Alpha
be destroyed because of you?

Jarak!

'Commander, pulsating has stopped.

'The spaceship is leaving.
It's going away.'

Jarak!

Mathias!

Alan.

They're gone.

D'you think they gave themselves up?

It's a nice thought, Helena. But
I don't think they had any choice.