All language subtitles for UFO S01E16 - Kill Straker!

- Anything?
- No, sir. The U FO's disappeared .

Well, keep all ground radar
on red alert.

- Is this the LUnar ModUIe?
- Yes, sir.

I'II feel a Iot happier
when it's Ianded.

EER is 21 minutes.

- RendezvoUs foUr minutes Iater.
- Fine.

'This is Space Intruder Detector.
Red alert.

'U FO foUr-two-eight-one-four-six.
Green.

'Trajectory zero-foUr-two-seven
over five-decimal-foUr.'

- Anything?
- Nothing.

I've picked it up again, Lieutenant.

Course zero-seven-two, one-two-foUr.

- Speed?
- SOL zero-decimal-four.

Check.

- Confirm.
- Moonbase to SHADO Control.

- Come in, Moonbase.
- 'Confirm sighting in Area T6 Green.

'Moving towards Area Yellow
at SOL four-decimal-zero.

Your sightings
are masked by the Moon.

We'II pick it up in T6 Yellow. Out.

- Check the estimated re-entry time.
- Yes, sir.

'This is SHADO Control.
Relay your re-entry time and angle.'

Re-entry begins in seven minutes.

Angle two-seven-decimal-five
on a three-second burn.

'Thank yoU, Captain.'

- The checks.
- Thank you.

The UFO's altered course five degrees.
The Interceptors won't make contact.

It could reach the Lunar Module
before re-entry, sir.

Make to the captain... Emergency re-entry
at an angle three one.

Increase bUrn one second .

That's a tough order, isn't it?

Theoretically the U FO coUId be
on Us in foUr minutes.

The new angle takes Us in
in less than three.

An angle of over 30 degrees - that's
close to the upper Iimit...?

Yeah. It's Iike diving
into a bowl of molten lead.

It's possible,
but you woUIdn't do it for kicks.

(Banging and rattling)

- Sighting now in Area BIue, sir.
- Termination?

No affirmative yet, sir,
but it's closing on the modUIe.

(High-pitched whistling)

The UFO's increased speed
to SOL zero-decimal-six.

Even with the new angle, it'II reach
the module before complete re-entry.

Warn them.

Too late. I have re-entry cessation
on radio contact.

(Eerie whistling)

(Distorted voices) 'Kill...

'Kill...

'Kill Straker... . Kill Straker...

'Kill Straker...'

No...

Kill. .!

- 'Kill...
- No!

- 'Kill!'
- No!

- 'Kill Straker!'
- No!

- 'Kill!'
- Yes! Kill Straker!

(Computers beep and click)

I don't get it, Lieutenant.

Yes, but we can't take any chances.

(AIarm sounds)

This is a red alert.

Repeat, this is a red alert.

Interceptors immediate IaUnch.

Still no increase in speed?

No. Steady at 35,000 knots.

Moonbase to Interceptors.
Imperative yoU obtain visUal contact

- before making any attack.
- (Pilot) 'Should go visual soon.'

- Moonbase, have visUal contact.
- Identify.

A little charred around
the nose cone, but it's all ours.

Paul, good to see yoU.

- How are you, Paul?
- Fine.

- Well, yoU gave us puite a scare.
- I gave YOU pUite a scare?!

Sixteen hours with no radio contact.

The antenna was destroyed
in the re-entry attempt.

Yes, I've read the technical report.

Why don't you tell us your version?

Version?

Yes. We'd Iike to know
what happened. .. from you.

You'II get my report.

Look, PaUI...
There's nothing official about this.

What'll it be? Coffee?

Er, no, thanks. YoU go ahead.

How aboUt something
a little stronger?

- Now, yoU know I don't Use it, PaUI.
- Never?

I forgot. lce-cold Commander Straker
can rationalise his troubles away.

Look, PaUI, we know you've
had a roUgh time

but the Commander doesn't have to
take that from anyone.

Maybe that's becaUse nobody's dared
to dish it oUt before now.

All right. Let's have it.

If you want details of the accident,
yoU're asking the wrong man.

Who shoUId I be asking?

Whoever ordered the re-entry
angle of 31 degrees.

That, as you very well know,
was me.

It was a dangerous
but not impossible angle.

That depends Upon yoUr
stage of re-entry.

For Us, it meant a certain bUrn-Up
Unless we Ievelled out.

So, you over-compensated
and bounced off the atmosphere.

Yes. Just had enoUgh fUel
to make it back here.

It was a risk I had to take.

A risk YOU had to take?!

Next time yoU have a risk to take,
let me know. l'II take back Ieave.

Well, over the past year,

our rate of sUccess against U FOs
has been impressive...

but by no means 1 00 per cent.

Like they'd say in the old days,
that'd be like asking for the Moon.

Well, that's what I plan
to ask for, AIec.

EnoUgh money to set Up foUr new
moonbases over the next ten years.

I think it's the only way
to achieve back-Up capability,

even against a massive U FO attack.

Who says they have the capacity
to mount a mass attack?

Nobody.

BecaUse nobody really knows.

BUt they might have next year,
ten years from now,

and we have to be ready for it.

All right.

Let's hear your reactions. AIec?

You're asking a lot. I think the
council will fight you all the way

but I'm all for trying.

Paul?

I don't know.

JUst exactly what
is that sUpposed to mean?

- Let's jUst Ieave it like that.
- No.

Spit it oUt.

Well?

- YoU want it straight?
- Yes, I want it straight.

BUt not here.

(Freeman)
Just what are yoU playing at?

Hold it, AIec.

All right, PaUI.
Let's forget rank. .. for the moment.

Alec says you're asking a lot.

That's avoiding the fact that it'll
doUble last year's appropriation.

You're saying yoU're against.

We should rename it "Straker's Alien
Defence Organisation".

Oh! I get the pictUre.

You think I rUn this organisation
for kicks.

You think I want more money so that
I get bigger as SHADO gets bigger.

It's got a name - empire bUilding.

- Foster, yoU've gone far enough.
- It's all right, Alec.

Maybe you should have
spoken Up earlier, PaUI.

Maybe.

- YoU wanted it straight.
- That's right.

I've no time for yes-men.

I think yoU shoUId pUt yourself
on the furloUgh roster.

Three to foUr months'
complete rest.

- YoU think I'm falling down on the job.
- I think it's got to yoU.

I think yoU're obsessed
with SHADO and Ed Straker.

You're making decisions
with no thoUght of the consepUences.

- Like that re-entry angle?
- Yes. Like that re-entry angle.

Or Iike spending millions on moonbases
when they're needed on Earth.

Like a hundred other instances.

All right.

SUppose he took some Ieave.
You got a replacement in mind?

Well?

It's possible.

Why the soft peddle? Why don't you
jUst slap him back into line?

It isn't that simple, Alec.

Well, if you take my advice,
yoU'll think about it.

(PA) 'The Lunar Module leaves
for earth in 1 ? minUtes.'

Well, I have to go.

- L'II sleep on what yoU said, AIec.
- Fine. YoU do that.

Safe joUrney.

(AIarm sounds)

General pUarters.
This is an internal secUrity alarm.

This is an internal secUrity alarm.

Seal all exits.
I want Captain Craig broUght here.

Use stUn guns if necessary,
but l want him alive.

- What happened?
- You tell me.

(AIarm sounding)

Look over there.

- He's not here. Come on.
- Right.

Right. ContinUe search in Area Seven.

- What's taking so long?
- We'II find him, sir.

(Barry) Reception
and embarkation area searched.

Sleep sphere checked. Right.

Move on to recreation area.

Negative.

(Man on radio) 'The explosives store's
been broken into.

'Looks like a high-detonation
pack is missing.'

(Man) Hold it, Craig.

He's jUst entered Emergency Exit 1 0
wearing a spacesuit.

Order Condition Red.

This is Control.
Internal security Condition Red.

Repeat, Condition Red.

If he gets near the air and water
installations with that explosive pack...

- Why wasn't Exit 1 0 sealed?
- It's an emergency exit, sir.

- It's always operational.
- All right.

- Get some men after him .
- Yes, sir.

- And check all emergency air sUpplies.
- Yes, sir.

Oh, and find out where he
got that spacesUit.

Right away, sir.

(EIIis) 'Go ahead, Mark.'

A spacesuit's missing from the
leisure sphere. BUt he won't get far.

'It was dUe for recharging.
There's practically no air left.'

Scan the surtace.

(EIIis) There he is.

We have no choice. Use number FoUr.

We have to Use a missile.

No. It's too close
to our installation.

(Straker) 'Listen, Craig.
We know what yoU're trying to do,

'bUt it's ?00 yards
to that air and water installation.

- 'YoU'll never make it.'
- (Gasps) I'II be close enoUgh.

(Straker) 'Lieutenant Craig. We realise
yoU want to destroy Moonbase,

'bUt yoUr air supply won't last.'

(Gasps)

All systems checked and OK'd, sir.

Right.

- Oh, stand down to Yellow.
- Yes, sir.

- The damage report, sir.
- Thank you.

This is Control. Stand down
to internal Condition Yellow.

Well, there's nothing here
we can't handle.

Thank you, sir.

- What now?
- Well, I'm going back to bed.

Don't yoU want to know
what happened?

It'll keep. No one's going anywhere,
are they, Colonel?

Get me a teleprinter Iink to Earth.
I want to make the report.

Yes, Colonel.

- Colonel Freeman.
- Yeah?

I have a communication for you,
Colonel.

- Well?
- It's somewhat unusual.

- What is it?
- General Henderson wants to see yoU.

- He contacted you?
- One of his assistants did .

Why not Miss Ealand?
She deals with personal calls.

I was sUrprised myself. I was asked
to give the message only to you.

You're asked not to
communicate it to anyone.

Anyone?
InclUding Commander Straker?

Commander Straker
was specifically mentioned, sir.

I see.

(Freeman) 'That's what he said.'

I appreciate it, AIec.

I won't say
yoU shoUIdn't have told me.

'Good. So, what's it all about?'

Why don't you go along and see
Henderson and find oUt?

Well, yoU're wondering
why l asked yoU here.

More than that. l'm wondering
about the way you asked me here.

You mean my request
that yoU shoUId tell no one?

I mean the fact that I was asked
not to tell Commander Straker.

- And did yoU?
- First chance I got.

Read that.

You didn't finish it.

I don't have to. I've seen enoUgh.

- Is that all yoU wanted?
- Sit down. Listen to me.

If this had come to me
from a SHADO operative

or even a senior officer,
I'd have pitched it into the ash can.

BUt it didn't.
It came from Moonbase.

From Paul Foster, who's backed
Straker in every fight he's had.

- If you say so.
- I do...

which makes Foster
1 00 per cent Ioyal.

- Not in my book.
- I have to take this seriously.

That's why yoU're here.

Now, the basic allegation
is that Commander Straker

has become obsessed with his
command, and mUst be removed.

- I want yoUr opinion.
- It'd make even yoU blush.

So, there's nothing
in Foster's allegations?

- Nothing.
- They're completely false?

- Yes.
- Even this one?

The claim that he plans to request
doUble his last year's appropriation?

If it's trUe, the Commander seems to
be suffering serious delUsions of grandeUr.

Well?

Is it trUe, Colonel?

(Freeman) 'I told Henderson to
ask yoU himself, bUt he knew.

'If someone had told me jUst
a month ago

'that Foster woUId do
a thing like this. ..'

- Forget it, Alec.
- 'What do you mean, forget it?'

Listen. Foster didn't transmit
that information oUt of pure malice.

There's got to be another
reason for it.

Has there?
He's bucking for promotion,

and doesn't care who he
steps on to get it.

'Well, there's only one way
to find out the answer -

tackle him aboUt it.
Thanks, AIec.'

Why don't you girls go and
grab a cup of coffee?

All right, PaUI...

you sent details of the appropriation
request to General Henderson.

That's right.

At best,
that was a serious breach of trust.

- What are yoU trying to pUII?
- To stop yoU wasting millions.

You should know better than anybody
that a mass attack is on the cards.

- SpecUIation.
- Half this job is specUIation. It must be.

Yes, and it's proving
pretty expensive.

In the past foUr months, there
has been a fall-off in UFO sightings.

Which proves that
our present epuipment works.

Maybe.

Or maybe it indicates a groUping.

A groUping for
a mUch Iarger operation.

It's going to come.
I want to be ready.

I think yoU're wrong.

I don't care what yoU think.

I didn't come in here
to discuss the appropriation.

I want to talk aboUt
yoUr future here.

- Are yoU firing me?
- No.

Nobody gets fired from SHADO.

Your report to General Henderson
was... an inconvenience.

I can ride that oUt.

No, yoU're free to express your
right of criticism of this command.

BUt you are not free to divUIge
information given in confidence.

And if l do?

All right.

BUt let's get one thing clear.

I stick to my opinion.
I'm pushing for a change of command .

How hard will yoU push, Paul?
As hard as Craig?

- YoU still say he tried to kill yoU .
- Yes.

With an empty hypodermic?

What did yoU say?

I've told no one
how he tried to kill me.

An air bubble in the blood - Iethal...

and very difficUIt
to prove the caUse of death.

Open it.

It's no Use, Commander.
The doorway's sealed.

We won't be distUrbed .

- Must be a short circuit.
- Emergency power. Trace the faUIt.

Colonel...

why don't you just think
about this?

Think aboUt it?

That's exactly what I've
done ever since that last re-entry.

We are switching
to the emergency power circUit.

Emergency power now in operation.

You're crazy, Foster.
You know that, don't yoU?

- Am I?
- You mUst be to try this.

(Foster on PA) 'YoU've run this
organisation too Iong.

All right, Foster.
What do yoU plan to do?

You came into the Control Sphere.

'YoU asked the girls to Ieave
and locked the doorway.'

You tried to talk me back into Iine.

I refUsed.

You started throwing insults.
There was a fight.

You lost control and pulled a gUn.

Your gun, Commander.

I got it from your locker.

I managed to jump you.
There was a struggle...

And the gun went off accidentally.

You've got it in one.

If we bypass the damaged circUit, we
can Iink into the emergency supply.

- I want two men oUtside immediately.
- Yes, Lieutenant.

One pUestion, Colonel.

What happened in that module during
the 1 6 hoUrs of radio blackoUt?

All right, Foster. Give me that gun.

(GUnshot)

Why don't you use it?

Makes no difference.
That shot pUnctured the sphere.

We're Iosing air.

This is the end , Straker.

Is it?

If you don't pass oUt,
I'll kill you with your own gUn.

JUst you try and get it.

I won't have to.
You'll pass out before l will.

That's it. Fight it.

I can wait.

You see, it's a question of physique.

I'm younger. .. fitter...

stronger.

You're forgetting.. . one thing,
Foster.

Willpower.

- We've bypassed the circuits.
- OK. Stand by.

The door should open in one minUte.

BUt why? Why?

I don't know, Alec.
I just don't know.

Two men boUnce off the atmosphere
during re-entry.

We know that a U FO was closing
with their ship.

After an extended space flight,

they manage to Iimp back to Moonbase.

Well, what happened
during those 1 6 hours?

Something pretty frightening.

Something traUmatic enough to make
both of them want to kill yoU .

Well, we may know more when the
psychiatric unit finishes its tests.

Now, PaUI,
let's go back to the Iights.

- Lights?
- Yes.

The strange, strange lights
yoU were telling me aboUt.

Now, PaUI,
yoU are in the Lunar Module.

You've been forced
to abort the re-entry attempt.

Check the fUel.

What?

Well, that's not enoUgh.

CompUte for lUnar orbit.

The antenna's damaged.
No hope of radio contact.

We're on our own.

Go on, Paul. Go on.

It's Iater. An hour later.

On coUrse.

Let's hope the fuel holds out.

And then?
What happened then, PaUI?

The light.

You saw a Iight.

Light.

So strong... It's so bright.

It's blinding me!

What's making this light?

Where does it come from?

- Kill!
- Where does it come from, PaUI?

- Kill!
- PUIse rate 1 04. Still rising.

- Kill!
- Kill who?

Kill!

Kill. . . Kill!

Kill Straker! (Gasps)

Relax. Relax, Paul.

It's all right.

Relax now.

Relax.

Sorry I'm late.

All right. Let's have it.

- PaUl Foster is finished .
- Finished?

BUt you said he'd be all right.

Yes but in oUr psycho-neUralgic
test we found...

Never mind the textbook blUrb.
What happened?

Well, sometime dUring
the space flight in the Lunar Module,

Colonel Foster was subjected
to a deep subliminal impUIse.

Brainwashed by who or whatever
was in that UFO.

- Brainwashed!
- The impUIse was extremely powertul

and confined to one specific action.

To kill yoU .

BUt you said that Foster
coUId be completely normalised.

That's right. But oUr Iatest tests
have shown a trace of the impulse

deeply rooted in his subconscioUs.

- Exactly what does that mean?
- That we can never be sUre.

- Sure?
- That next week, next month

or in five years' time,
the impUIse might surtace

and Foster's sUbconscious
will make him kill yoU.

It could happen today.

Jackson, yoU said we coUIdn't
be sure. So, there is a doUbt.

That's right. I could be wrong. He
may have it under complete control.

SUrely, there's something.
DrUgs, hypnosis...?

No. I'm sorry.

Hmm...

You know what this means.

(Footsteps)

Lock the door.

Under no circUmstances whatsoever
open it for... 1 5 minUtes.

- Is that understood?
- Very good, sir.

So, this is it.

The thing is, I feel pertectly normal.

I don't blame you.
I know it has to be done.

I'd do the same in your place.

What did the report say?
I'm liable to crack Up again?

Look, I know you jUst can't kick me
out of SHADO. I know too mUch.

Total security.

Well, for God's sake,
get it over with!

I think there's a few things
yoU shoUId know first, Foster.

The aliens planted one objective
in your mind...

to kill me.

The rest of your mind was unaffected.

- I don't Understand .
- I know yoU don't understand.

The psychiatrists gave yoU
a clean bill of health.

If l'm OK, why this?

I think yoU said it
pretty well yourself.

You told me yoU were going to pUsh
for a change of command.

A change of command.

Ten years. l've given ten years
of sweat and sacrifice

to get SHADO running the
way l want it.

And I won't let some young punk
like yoU mess things up.

You're a threat, Foster.
A troUblemaker.

Now, l can't fire yoU
and I can't shelve yoU .

So...

I don't believe you.

It doesn't really matter, does it?

Well, there's Henderson. He won't
let yoU get away with this.

- Won't he?
- Then there's Freeman.

- What aboUt Alec Freeman?
- I can handle Alec Freeman!

Hold it, Foster.

(GUn clicks)

Guards!

Now, who do yoU think
they're going to believe?

Foster, yoU've had it.

A change of command!

I'm not throwing ten years
away for a pUnk Iike you!

- YoU want to tell Henderson, hUh?
- Guards! GUards!

They take orders from me, Foster!

- Get back, Straker!
- You'II have to kill me, Foster.

No! I said kill me.

It's you or me. Shoot!
Kill! Kill!

It's all right, PaUI.

It's all right.

You tried to kill me!

I coUId have killed yoU
any time l wanted.

I'm sorry, PaUI. I had to do it.

I had to be sUre.

If you were ever going to kill me,
it would have been jUst now.

It's all right.

Still haven't figured it all oUt,
but he's puite a gUy.

Yeah.

All set, fellas? Let's go.

To see General Henderson about
the money for the new moonbases.

By the way, PaUI,

I'II listen to any reasonable
arguments against it in the car,

then I'll tell yoU how it's gonna be.