Fantastic Voyage - Cancer

Written By

Michael Brook
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SCENE 1
There are a small number of cells on-screen
NARRATOR
Healthy cells go through their
cycle and reach a point when they
will multiply, duplicating
themselves perfectly. However, some
cells will be duplicated with an
abnormality...
The cells begin to multiply, one of which has a black spot
The spot spreads until it encompasses the cell
NARRATOR
This abnormal cell will go
undetected in the body and
duplicate itself, abnormality and
all
The cancerous cell multiplies
NARRATOR
This cycle continues until there is
a sea of cancerous cells
The duplicate cells multiply until the screen is covered in
black cells

SCENE 2
NARRATOR
The cancer surges through the body
like a river; a sludge; a plague
The cancer sludge spreads through the body, encompassing the
healthy cells
The sludge forms a tumour
NARRATOR
The afflicted cells together form a
tumour and once it has established
itself...
After a while, a cell breaks away from the tumour and flows
through the body
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NARRATOR
...a number of cells break away, to
find somewhere else suitable,
continuing to multiply along the
way

SCENE 3
The new sludge spreads through the body
NARRATOR
And this cycle continues, ravaging
the body that houses them
The sludge becomes a tumour and cells break away into the
body again

SCENE 4
NARRATOR
Until, eventually, the cells are
deprived of oxygen, enzymes digest
cell membranes and leak out, blood
cells spill out of broken vessels
and all of the organs and tissues
that house them break down
(Everything described takes place on-screen)
NARRATOR
The host is dead.