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- Moonbase Alpha Status Report:

2,308 days after leaving Earth orbit.

Doctor Helena Russell recording.

We are traveling through an area of deep space

which we have named the Peace Zone.

No nearby stars, no space storms,

no possible dangers of any kind.

All should be well on Alpha but it isn't.

We're troubled by sporadic disturbances

and petty irritations.

One of these irritations

has to do with the matter of discipline.

Medical Technician Sally Martin has repeatedly failed

to complete her store's inventory on schedule.

As a result, she's been ordered to complete this work

during her recreation period.

- 3.25 grams

and Dr. Helena Russell is a hard hearted witch.

Erase that.

You killed me, John Koenig.

You left me to die.

You killed

me.

You killed

me.

You

killed

me!

- Yes, Helena.

- John, come to Medical Stores immediately.

We have a casualty.

- Be right there.

What kind of force did that to her?

- The same kind that did this.

- Well, that couldn't be a laser cut.

- I don't see how, it's too jagged.

It must have been ripped out somehow.

- Have you checked perimeter defenses?

- Yeah, I checked. Nothing broke into the base or left it.

- Well, something got in.

It may still be here.

What do you think killed her, doctor?

You should have some idea.

- Not at this stage, I don't, John.

I'll have to conduct a complete autopsy.

- Why don't you do that?

Tony, I want a complete dossier on the girl.

Get it to me as soon as you can.

- Well, yes sir.

- I don't know, it just doesn't make sense.

- Still getting malfunctions?

- Minor bugs, Commander. False signals. Ghosts.

- Just get rid of those bugs, okay?

- Commander?

Yeah?

- I think I may have found our problem.

Well, what is it?

- Some sort of space phenomenon.

I'm not sure what.

It seems filled with electrically charged particles.

- Is that the best you can do?

- The particles seem to be affecting our sensors.

- All the sensors?

- No, but I assume we'll get more malfunctions

as we get closer.

The electrical charge is pulsing at a fairly low level.

It's too slight to harm anyone.

- Another assumption?

- I can only go by my instruments, Commander.

I assume they are less fallible in their readouts

than humans.

- Mate.

I won.

- You did it again.

- Just luck, George. Let's call it a day.

- Sit down!

That makes 17 games, Carl.

- Just a lucky streak.

- This is game of chance, right?

Sometimes I win, sometimes you win.

Only mostly I win.

How come I don't win anymore, Carl?

- I'd just as soon stop now.

I'm due back on shift soon.

- Oh, no. One more.

I want to know more about this lucky streak of yours.

I want to see how long it goes on.

George, please.

- One more.

Play.

You punk!

You lousy two-bit cheat!

You've been cheating on me!

Easy, George.

Break it up.

All right, now. What's all the noise about?

- He thinks I was cheating.

It sounds crazy but I don't seem to be able to lose.

- Oh, boy.

Well, you better stay out of games of chance.

You seem to be too lucky for your own good.

And as for you, Crato, if you can't take losing, don't play.

Now, get lost.

- You were really brave.

- I'm sorry to interrupt you guys.

Hi, Tone.

- Look, I hate to

lay it on you just straight like this but

Sally Martin is dead.

- Oh, no.

- Sally dead?

- Yeah.

- Well, we heard there'd been some kind of an accident

but no one seemed to know the full story.

- Yeah. Well, no one knows the full story yet.

The Commander would like to ask you both a few questions.

Maybe you can help us find some answers.

- Yeah, sure anything.

- How did Sally die, Tony?

- No cuts or bruises.

No blast burns.

No sign that any weapon at all was used

but her body was shattered internally.

- John.

I have Mark Sanders and Carolyn Powell outside.

- All right. Let's talk to them separately.

Sanders first.

- I'll check these findings with the lab.

- All right.

Mark, sit down. Would you?

- Thank you, sir. I'm pretty shaken up over what's happened.

- Yeah.

So are all of us.

- Whatever I can do to help.

- Mark, you and Sally?

There was talk that you were getting married

but you split up.

- Why?

- That's a little personal, don't you think?

- Yes, it is.

But our circumstances are unusual, to say the least.

And we have to find answers.

- All right.

Where were you when Sally was in Medical Stores?

- I was with Carolyn in her quarters.

I was with Carolyn because, let's say,

Sally and I had our differences.

- So you picked up with Carolyn

where you and Sally left off?

- That's still my personal business.

- And Security on Alpha is my personal business, okay?

Now,

word was that Sally went around saying some

unladylike things about you

after you broke up.

- Are you trying to tell me

I killed Sally just to shut her up?

- You said that, not me.

- I'll admit I was always jealous of Sally

but I did nothing to get her away from Mark.

Then, when she and Mark broke up and he began seeing me,

she became furious

and moved out of the quarters we'd been sharing.

- She blamed you for the break up?

- I tried to explain it, that I played it hands off

but she wouldn't listen.

We had a terrible fight over it.

- Carolyn, we picked up rumors that,

well, that you weren't particularly fond of Sally.

- I didn't hate her.

But there were times I wished she was dead

so Mark could be free.

But I didn't kill her, Commander, and I don't know who did.

- Now, you're experimenting on something in the labs,

a pressure device?

- That's right.

- You haven't submitted any reports on it yet.

- I have an open-end priority on research.

I don't have to appear before the Science Board

with anything until I'm ready.

- Just exactly what results are you hoping for?

- Frankly, I don't know.

I'm just experimenting.

And now, Commander, if the harassment's complete, may I go?

- Yep.

Well?

- If she's perfected a device that can

exert tremendous internal pressure...

- She's too smart to do something so stupid.

- Humph, nobody ever accused a jealous woman

of being rational where love is concerned.

- Oh, only jealous men are rational?

- Look. She's holding back on something.

I can feel it.

- Well, that could be, Tony.

But I think you're letting prejudice cloud your reasoning.

- Yeah, well.

Maybe that goes hand in hand with my being head of security,

Commander.

- You get that message from Alan?

Three quarters of our Eagles are nonoperational.

- Yeah, I saw that.

- Sabotage?

- Could be. Alan's checking it out.

- What gives you the right to touch this device?

- Murder.

I would like this device explained to me.

- I don't have to explain anything

until I've completed this experiment.

- Yeah, I know. You already said that.

I'm not the Science Board.

- No.

You're just the one who's trying to humiliate me

with your evil ideas.

Why don't you just leave me alone?

- Oh, I will, baby.

I will if you'll just answer a couple of questions

about the pressure principle of this device!

- Questions like can it commit murder?

Is that it? Is that it?

Well, here's your answer!

- Carolyn, stop that!

I said stop that.

- Now you can't blame the device for the next murder.

- Are you expecting the next murder?

- Aren't you?

- I've been working with Eagles all my life.

I'd sooner cut my granny's throat.

- It's on record.

For the last week,

every time a job's come through your hands,

we've had a malfunction.

- I'd be risking my own neck.

I'm an Eagle test pilot as well as an engineer.

- You were grounded after your crash.

- That was nothing.

- What, no after-effects?

- Nope.

I was cleared by Doc Russell.

I'm fully operational again. You know that.

- Well, if it's not you, what is it?

- I swear I don't know.

Have a look at this.

One starboard atomic booster motor

in 100% perfect condition.

On the bench she runs like a dream.

In the Eagle,

she's dead.

So I take her out of the Eagle.

I put her back on the bench and test her.

There's nothing wrong.

So you tell me what's happening?

Chief Engineer Garforth.

Report to Maintenance Section, please. Urgent.

- They're playing my song, Alan. I've gotta go.

- Yep. Well, I have to report to the Commander myself.

- See you.

- Yeah.

Command Center.

Command Center!

The electrical pulse is getting stronger.

- Computer readout?

- I've checked the memory banks.

Nothing like it has ever been recorded.

- It could be a life form, couldn't it?

- Who knows?

It's affecting our sensors so much

they can't give it a proper reading.

- Maintenance.

Send Alan Carter down here right away.

- I left him in my workshop.

Said he was coming straight over to you.

Didn't he get there?

- No.

Thanks, Pete.

If that thing might be affecting our sensors,

and might be affecting the instruments in the Eagles,

it might also have something to do with

what happened to Sally Martin.

- Well, it's remote but possible.

- Tony, you and Maya go down to Medical.

Check on those autopsy reports.

- Okay.

- Alan!

Is that you in there?

- Command Center.

Command Center!

Alan!

- Alan, can you hear us?

- Tony?

Tony, get away from the door!

There's an atomic motor about to go up in here!

Evacuate the area!

- Maya, we've got to break in there.

- Hey, you still in one piece?

- Yeah.

Oh, Maya, you sure play rough, honey.

- What the hell went wrong this time?

- Well, I had the motor switched off

and it came on again by itself.

No matter how I tried I just couldn't get it to go off.

Even the connections were seized.

- Yeah. Well, I'd call that sabotage.

- Some unknown force kills Sally.

Instruments go haywire. Eagles malfunction.

An atomic engine starts by itself and won't stop.

And all of this has happened

since the appearance of that thing out there.

Commander, I'm getting a new readings.

Lambda waves?

- Something very like them.

- Lambda waves?

- No. That's the Lambda Variant.

That's

very strange.

Normally the human brain swings between alpha waves

and beta waves and sometimes lambda waves are thrown off.

Rarely, very rarely, the Lambda Variant.

It was discovered during research on ESP

and other paranormal powers of the human mind.

If that thing is sending off the Lambda Variant...

- Then it could be affecting some of our people?

- Oh, yes, it could be.

How do we find out?

- Well, I could conduct some experiments.

- All right, go ahead, conduct your experiments.

- Right.

Lambda waves.

Mark, sit down.

- Carl.

- Now just relax.

Each of these cards has a symbol on its face;

a triangle, square, circle, cross, stars.

I want you

to tell me.

- How? I can't see the cards.

- Exactly.

- Oh, I see.

Well, it beats me but whatever you say.

Cross.

Another cross?

Circle.

- I'm supposed to move the ball bearing

without touching the box?

- That's right.

- How?

- It's easy. Just by concentrating.

Very good, Mr. Renton.

- I can tell you here and now this is not going to work.

I'm an engineer and I know metals.

Now to bend this strip, you need a vice and a wrench.

Now there is just no way I'm going to affect this by...

- Mark.

Mark, I was waiting for you.

- Yeah, I'm sorry.

I got tied up.

Anyway, I knew I'd see you here.

- Look. I've got to talk to you.

- Yeah, sure.

But we're doing these tests now.

- Mark, I've got to talk to you.

I've got to see you, alone. - Yeah. Okay.

Yes. We'll speak later.

- Carolyn, will you be next please?

- It'll be a pleasure, Dr. Russell.

You killed us, John Koenig.

You killed us, John Koenig.

You left us to die.

- No.

No, no.

No, no, no.

You left us to rot!

- No!

With Venusian plague.

- You left us to rot.

- No!

- John, I know it's late, but.

- Come on in. I wasn't asleep.

- I've got the preliminary test results.

John, they're fantastic.

Well over 90% of the subjects tested

showed a significant increase in paranormal powers.

- They do?

- Now, the results break down into three groups.

- The first, shows a minimal increase.

The second, now that's the largest group,

show a significant increase over a wide range.

John?

- Go on. Go on. I'm listening.

- Look, the third group,

here's where the results get really exciting.

I call them the Sensitives.

I've found three of them so far.

Carolyn Powell, Carl Renton, and Pete Garforth.

Look, John, you need a good night's sleep.

I'd like you to take two of these.

- No.

- John?

- Helena,

do you think the Lambda Variant

could have anything to do with the way I'm feeling?

- Look, I don't know that,

but I do know that you need some sleep.

- I can't sleep.

- Yeah, but it's why I want you to take these.

- Helena,

I'm afraid to sleep.

- What is it, John?

Tell me.

- I told you part of it.

A long time ago, when I was an astronaut cadet,

we had to abandon some scientists on a Venus space station.

- I remember. You said they caught some Venusian disease.

- Yeah, something for which it was no antidote for.

We couldn't bring that disease back to Earth

because an epidemic would have killed millions of people.

Before we discovered a disease,

two of our crew were on that space station.

An advance party,

Sam and Tessa.

We left them to die with the others.

There was no choice.

And now,

every time I close my eyes

I see them standing there accusing me.

- It's a dream, John, just a recurring dream.

- Helena, Sam was my best friend.

We went through astronaut school together.

He and Tessa were going to be married.

- You did what you had to do.

- Don't you think I keep telling myself that

but it doesn't do any good.

It doesn't make it any better!

- Look, John, you can't go on without sleep.

You'll begin hallucinating and break down completely.

- And, Helena, if I do go to sleep I'll go mad!

That's an interesting problem, isn't it?

Isn't it, Doctor Russell?

How do I command this base if I'm losing my mind?

- What happened about those tests Helena was conducting?

- Very interesting but nothing definitive.

- What is this thing?

- It's a force field to block out the Lambda Variant.

- Good.

That'll upset that whirly-gig thing.

- This could point to the killer.

Whoever still emits the Lambda Variant,

even when they're shielded inside this booth,

could have something to do with Sally's death.

- Mark.

Mark, I need you so badly.

- Carolyn, there's something I must say to you.

- What is it, Mark?

What's the matter?

- I've been thinking about us ever since Sally died.

- What about ever since Sally died?

- I've had this feeling.

I can't shake it, that you had something to do with it.

- How can you say that?

- You lied when you said you didn't try

and get me away from Sally.

- I lied because I love you.

Everything I've done is because I love you.

- It isn't going to work.

- I thought you loved me.

You said so.

- I'm confused about a lot of things,

but there's one thing I'm not confused about,

and that's my feeling for you.

- What if I said I needed you?

That I needed you now?

- You've changed, Carolyn.

Something's different about you.

I don't know what it is.

I'm sorry.

- I'll never let you

go.

- Still no change?

- Nothing.

That thing is still covering the base

and there's no way of knowing

if we're going to get out of it or not.

Commander.

Some sudden burst of energy.

- Open the door.

Open!

- Just like Sally.

- Well, that thing out there didn't do this.

We were watching it on the Big Screen.

It was just sitting up there peaceful and cozy.

- Maya's instruments recorded

a tremendous surge of energy just before this happened.

- Yeah.

Well, my vote still goes to the human element.

To one of Helena's super Sensitives to be exact.

- Carolyn?

- Well first Sally, now Mark.

You name a better suspect.

John? I'd like to bring her in for further questioning.

- Can you hold off until after the next series of tests?

John, we've got three suspects now.

Let me try to pinpoint it down to one?

- Okay. One more time.

- All right but I want to be there.

- There you go.

Now what?

- All right. Step in there, please.

Take this with you

and do exactly the same thing.

- That rules him out.

- I didn't mean to hurt you, Mark.

I told you I needed you but you wouldn't listen.

You walked out of my life.

You might have been able to save me

but now it's too late.

It's too late for everyone.

- That was just fine, Carl.

Thank you very much.

- I only hope it helps.

- You wanted to see me, Dr. Russell?

- Yes, Carolyn.

Please, sit down.

- Yes, of course.

What would you like me to do?

- Well, we'd like you to help us with some tests.

- Message from Recreation Center, Commander.

Tests will be concluded in...

Commander?

What is the matter?

- No.

No!

No!

You can't escape us, John.

- We shall always be with you.

You killed us, John Koenig.

You left us to die.

You can't escape us.

- No.

- You can't escape us!

- No!

No!

- That's fine, Carolyn.

Perfect score, just like last time.

Now, if you'll take that and step into that booth, please.

We'll continue.

- All right, why not?

I'm sorry, Doctor Russell, nothing seems to be happening.

- Well, it couldn't have been her.

I'll make my report.

- Still,

let's not give up.

Let me try harder.

You play a child's game, doctor.

Did you think I'd be one of your children?

- Thanks, Helena.

All right, Carolyn, you come with us.

- Of course I'll come with you, Tony.

- Helena, are you all right?

Carolyn?

Something is very wrong.

Commander Koenig has locked himself in his quarters.

I cannot contact him.

- Come on.

- John?

- Stand back.

- Emergency medical unit to Commander Koenig's quarters.

Priority one.

- Complete catatonic withdrawal.

- Can you bring him out of it?

- I think so with narcosynthesis.

It's old fashioned

but it's still the safest and best method.

It allows the mind to jump all the barriers

that it's built up within itself.

- This is a restricted message from Verdeschi

to all Security personnel.

Carolyn Powell is to be found and held immediately.

This woman is extremely dangerous.

Stun on sight.

- You're out of place, Carolyn.

- You're out of place, Alan.

Your place is in flight control.

- Carolyn, please.

- That would be too easy.

Down on your knees, Mr. Verdeschi.

Kneel.

Kneel!

Now, I command Alpha.

Call me Commander.

- Commander!

- I!

Murdered!

Them!

- They were your friends.

They knew you.

- They keep coming back.

- Yes, you keep bringing them back.

You keep punishing yourself for something you think

they blame you for.

- They hate me!

- Your ghosts hate you.

Your ghosts are a creation of your own mind.

- I see them.

They're coming back again.

- You killed us, John Koenig.

- You left us to die.

- I see them.

- You left us to rot away with Venusian plague.

- They want me.

- John.

John! - No.

- Look at me.

- No. - Stop running away.

- No. - Look at me!

John,

face your guilt.

Your guilt is creating these ghosts.

Face them, John!

Face them.

- Sam.

Tessa.

You're my friends.

I love you.

I left you to die

but I had to.

You knew that.

You had to know I had no choice.

You had to know I had to do it.

You're not Sam.

Tessa.

You

are not

Sam and Tessa.

I am not

guilty.

- John!

All right, now.

All right, this way.

Come on.

Easy. Easy as can be.

Come on.

Here we go.

It's alright, John.

- Now crawl, Mr. Verdeschi.

Crawl.

Crawl to my feet like a worm.

- Sahn!

- Ah,

Maya.

Amuse us,

my little alien friend.

Show us some of your clever tricks.

One or two shape changes?

- No.

- You will.

- No.

- Change.

Change into a monkey.

- Results of the sensitivity tests, John.

Can you?

- Well, yeah. Sure. Go ahead.

- The tests show that the Lambda Variant

is acting as a stimulus to certain aspects of the psyche

of those people that are in rapport with it.

- Carolyn was in rapport, right?

- Carolyn, and you, more than any of the others.

Her ESP potential is very powerful.

- That thing out there wasn't using Carolyn.

She was using it, right?

- Not exactly.

It seems to be a two way process.

Carolyn hated Sally and then Mark.

Her hatred was amplified to the point

that she wished them dead.

She drew power from it and used that power to kill them.

Now.

A caterpillar.

Shall I stamp the life out of her?

- No.

Please,

no.

No!

Please,

no!

- No.

I have a better idea.

Such a pretty creature.

So fragile.

It should become a beautiful butterfly.

- Not enough

air.

Suffocate.

- Not enough air, suffocate?

How much air does a caterpillar need, I wonder?

But suppose we find out.

We can pass the time by watching Maya die.

- So it boosted my guilt, so, that I created ghosts.

My own ghosts in the shape of Sam and Tessa.

- You overcame them.

Your ESP potential is the only one equal to hers.

That's our weapon.

She's very, very dangerous, John.

She's been perverted.

She can take hatred and turn it into violent physical force.

- Carolyn Powell

has taken over Command Center.

She wants to see Commander Koenig.

- Commander Koenig will be there.

Two ghosts down, one to go.

- You're in the wrong place, aren't you?

- You no longer command Moonbase Alpha.

Your authority has passed over to me.

- Has it?

- From now on, I decide.

You obey.

- Carolyn, I know what you want.

- Do you?

- You want us to hate you, to attack you.

So you can use the energy of our minds

to build your strength.

But it's not going to work.

We neither fear you, nor reject you.

- We ask you to come back to us.

Use your powers for the good of Alpha.

- You want to trap me.

You want to steal my power.

Carolyn, we-

- I rule Alpha now.

Kneel!

- You can't harm us, Carolyn.

You see there's no hate or fear for you to latch on to.

The only one you can hurt is yourself.

- Hate me.

- We can't do that, Carolyn.

There is no hate in us for you.

- Hate me.

Hate me.

- I don't hate you, Carolyn.

Helena doesn't hate you.

Sahn doesn't hate you.

Tony doesn't hate you.

- Hate me!

I hate

you!

I

Hate

you!

No!

Take it easy. That's it.

- Look!

- It's left us, Carolyn.

- It's gone.

It can't hurt you anymore.

- Move.

Come on. Get out of that corner.

Ah. No luck, nothing.

- Yeah? Well, don't fret.

It's the same for everyone else.

Carl's back to losing games

and Pete can't bend metal strips.

- Just as long as he can fix Eagles.

- Right.

Carolyn, well, for her everything's gone;

her powers, her memory, even her speech.

She's like a newborn child.

She'll have to grow up all over again.

- You know, Helena,

I'm still not exactly sure

why everything happened the way it did.

- Well, we were caught in a telepathic web

and it increased the powers of our own minds.

- So we're back to our un-magical selves.

- I can't say I'm sorry.

- Well, I am just a little.

Our brains are such incredible instruments.

Just think what we might be able to achieve

if we knew how to use them to their fullest potential.