The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Original Airdate: Nov 21, 1964

Episode One - World's End

[Riverside]
(A man wearing a nasty metal helmet staggers past a sign
warning 'it is forbidden to dump bodies into the river'. He
wrenches a metal collar off with a cry and walks down the
steps into the water, where he drowns. Then the Tardis
materialises.
[Tardis]
(the scanner is not working)
DOCTOR: It's not clear. It's not clear at all. What has gone
wrong?
IAN: Well, Doctor, where are we now, then.
BARBARA: Somewhere nice and quiet, I hope.
SUSAN: Oh, yes. Let's have a holiday.
DOCTOR: Take a look for yourselves.
BARBARA: Well, I can't see anything.
IAN: Neither can I.
DOCTOR: Well, it looks like moving water to me. It might be
a river somewhere. I don't know. What's the reading, Susan?
SUSAN: Radiation nil, oxygen normal, pressure normal.
Grandfather, it's an Earth reading.
DOCTOR: Well, I don't want to boast, but we might be
somewhere in London, hmm?
IAN: Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go and have a look.
BARBARA: Come on, open the doors.
[Riverside]
(The warehouse and embankment along the river is definitely
London)
IAN: Barbara, we made it. We're here!
DOCTOR: Well, there we are. Back home. Your planet.
IAN: You brought us a long way round, Doctor.
DOCTOR: More by good luck than judgment. What a horrible
mess.
BARBARA: Are we down by the docks?
IAN: (shouts) Hello! Pretty deserted. Probably Sunday.
DOCTOR: It's uncanny. Wonder which era we've landed in?
IAN: What was that, Doctor?
DOCTOR: Oh, I'm just wondering about the time factor, my
boy.
IAN: Oh, a year or two either way doesn't make much
difference to us, you know.
DOCTOR: Well I hope for both your sakes we're near your
time, but bear in mind we might have landed in the early 1900s
or the 25th century.
BARBARA: Well, it's still London, anyway.
IAN: Yes. Hey, what are you doing?
SUSAN: I'm just having a look. Can't see much down there,
can you.
DOCTOR: Yes, that's the word I was looking for, decay. It's
most odd, most odd.
BARBARA: Doctor, what's worrying you?
DOCTOR: Well, you take this bridge, now. It isn't an easy
task, is it? Look at all this neglect all over the place. It's been
abandoned, all of it.
IAN: There's always a mess with construction work, Doctor.
DOCTOR: Perhaps, perhaps.
BARBARA: Oh, come on, Doctor. Stop spoiling everything.
DOCTOR: Oh my dear, now believe you me, I wouldn't spoil
your homecoming for all the world.
SUSAN: (at the top of the wall) Still can't see much. There's
not a sign of any people anywhere.
DOCTOR: Be careful, my child.
(too late, she falls)
IAN: Susan.
BARBARA: I think she's just shaken.
DOCTOR: Yes, you're always dashing about, aren't you.
You're far too curious.
IAN: You're lucky it wasn't any worse.
SUSAN: My ankle.
IAN: Look out, this whole thing's going to go!
(they carry Susan away just as the bridge collapses onto the
Tardis)
DOCTOR: The ship, Chesterton. The ship! Don't go to near,
my boy, its not safe.
IAN: The whole bridge has collapsed.
DOCTOR: Yes, well, it's all crumbling.
IAN: We're going to need help to shift this.
DOCTOR: Yes, it's going to be very difficult, but remember
we're in London.
IAN: What's that got to do with it?
DOCTOR: Well, the people, they'll all be curious. They'll want
to know why we're trying to break into a police box.
IAN: Yes. If they don't ask what a police box is doing under a
bridge in the first place.
DOCTOR: Yes, exactly.
IAN: You know, it's primarily this girder. What I need is an
acetylene torch.
DOCTOR: Oh, my dear boy, you can't just whisk up men and
material out of the thin air now, can you, hmm?
IAN: There's a warehouse over there, Doctor. I might be able
to find a crowbar or something.
DOCTOR: You know, my dear boy, I never fail to be
impressed by your optimism. You can't move that by sheer
brute force. You were right, you need a cutting flame.
IAN: I know one thing for sure, Doctor. We'd better make sure
we can get back into the ship before we start looking around,
just in case there's trouble.
DOCTOR: It's intelligent. That's good. But you know, young
man, I have a feeling, or call it intuition if you like. I don't
believe we're anywhere near your time, the 1960's. IAN: I hope
it is only an intuition, Doctor.
DOCTOR: Yes, well, ask yourself. Here we are, standing by
the Thames and we've been here quite a while, how long?
Quarter of an hour, twenty minute?
IAN: Easily, but what about it?
DOCTOR: Well, what have we heard? Nothing. Precisely
nothing. No sound of birdsong, no voices, no sound of
shipping, and not even the chimes of old Big Ben. It's uncanny.
Uncanny.
SUSAN: I'm lucky, aren't I?
BARBARA: There are no bones broken, anyway.
SUSAN: Thank goodness. I'm sorry about what happened,
Grandfather.
DOCTOR: Oh, so you're sitting up and taking notice again, are
you?
SUSAN: Don't be angry with me, there's no real harm done
was there? I just twisted my ankle.
DOCTOR: No, no harm done, child. No harm done, no. Do
you realise we can't get into the ship? What's all this rubble
then? Look at it.
SUSAN: I didn't pull the bridge down on purpose.
IAN: The Doctor and I are going to have a look in that
warehouse over there.
BARBARA: Well, can't we all go?
IAN: Well, how's your ankle, Susan?
SUSAN: I'll try it.
(but she can't put her weight on it)
SUSAN: It's not very good, is it. It's awfully swollen.
IAN: Well, that settles it then. You need to stay here.
DOCTOR: We shall be as quick as we can. And you bathe that
ankle. What you need is a jolly good smacked bottom! Come
on.
(Ian and the Doctor leave)
BARBARA: Oh, Susan, it is swollen. Can you twiddle your
toes?
SUSAN: Yes. That's all right.
BARBARA: You wait here then. I'll go and wet my
handkerchief in the river.
SUSAN: I'm sorry, Barbara.
[Outside the warehouse]
(Crane chains creak in the breeze. It looks very like old
Wapping to me. The Doctor and Ian go up an iron staircase)
DOCTOR: Let's take a snoop.
IAN: Careful, Doctor.
DOCTOR: I'm not a half-wit.
[Warehouse]
IAN: Hello, there!
[Riverside]
(Barbara reads the notice, and worries)
BARBARA: You know, we're not in our time in London,
Susan.
SUSAN: Why do you say that?
BARBARA: Well, I know London, and it isn't like this. The
river's too quiet and there's no sound of traffic. There's a
strange poster on the wall back there. It just doesn't make
sense.
SUSAN: Well, off we go again. I'm sorry, Barbara. Is it selfish
to want us all to stay together?
BARBARA: No, of course not. We ought to be able to hear
something. It's ridiculous.
SUSAN: Things have to stay as they are, don't they. Can't
change.
BARBARA: I suppose so. Anyway, maybe they've done away
with noise altogether. How's your ankle feeling?
SUSAN: It's throbbing crazy.
BARBARA: I don't think this is wet enough. Hold on a minute.
[Warehouse]
(they're being watched)
DOCTOR: Chesterton, come here.
IAN: Empty.
DOCTOR: What a musty smell. This place hasn't been used in
years.
IAN: (looking out of the window) Doctor, it's lost two
chimneys.
DOCTOR: What's that monstrosity out there?
IAN: It's Battersea Power Station. I wonder what's happened to
those two chimneys?
DOCTOR: What's happened to London, dear boy, is more to
the point.
IAN: They must have gone over to nuclear power.
DOCTOR: What's this, then?
(the Doctor finds a calendar in a desk drawer)
DOCTOR: Ah, here, look. At least we know the century, dear
boy. Look.
IAN: 2164.
[Riverside]
(Barbara is soaking her handkerchief again when she sees the
body of the suicide float past. She goes back to)
BARBARA: Susan? Susan!
(There's the sound of gunfire, and a man jumps down from the
wall)
BARBARA: Who are you?
Do you want to get killed?
BARBARA: Where's Susan? What have you done with her?
You mean the girl? Tyler's got her. Come on, we've got to get
out of here. Quick, follow me!
BARBARA: Wait!
[Warehouse]
(Ian looks up at the sound of gunfire)
DOCTOR: There's so much rubbish. It's a jungle here.
(he knocks over a cardboard box, and a man wearing a metal
helmet falls out)
IAN: What the? He's dead. What on earth is this?
DOCTOR: It looks like some sort of adornment, but what for?
IAN: I don't know. Do you think it could be some sort of
medical aid? You know, if he'd fractured his skull, something
to knit the bones together?
DOCTOR: No, I think there's something more to it than that.
You know, I think that this is an extra ear, ideal for picking up
high-frequency radio waves.
IAN: You mean these people have invented some form of
personal communication?
DOCTOR: Yes, something like that.
IAN: What's this? A whip. Why.
DOCTOR: Well, whatever it is, I wouldn't like to meet one of
these fellows, you know.
(something creaks, they stand and then see the knife in the
back of the dead man)
DOCTOR: He was murdered!
(They go looking for the source of the creaking. Ian kicks
down a door)
IAN: Storeroom. That noise came from up here.
(He kicks in another door, and falls outside. Ian manages to
grab hold of an iron framework. The Doctor helps him back up
and in)
DOCTOR: Right, dear boy, come on.
IAN: No one can get through that way.
DOCTOR: Except you. I think we'd better pause in this search
and get back to the others. Come along.
IAN: All right, you lead on.
(Barbara follows the man through the overgrown White City
Underground station while Tyler gently carries Susan down the
steps. Meanwhile, Ian and the Doctor observe a flying saucer)
[Underground]
(Barbara knocks into an oil drum as she catches up with Tyler
and Susan)
SUSAN: Careful, Barbara.
TYLER: Quickly, now.
SUSAN: What about Grandfather and my other friend?
TYLER: We'll do the best we can.
SUSAN: That's not what you said just now!
BARBARA: Look, you promised you'd find a way
TYLER: There isn't time to argue. We'll collect your friends
later. Now, come on.
[Riverside]
IAN: Barbara? Susan? Why? Why do they do it?
DOCTOR: It might have been something to do with that
gunfire we heard across the river.
IAN: Yes, I suppose they might have hidden somewhere.
DOCTOR: Well, let's wait and see, hmm?
IAN: That body. You know, I want to get away from here.
DOCTOR: Yes, but aren't you even a bit curious? After all, it's
your city, you know. Don't you want to know what's happened
to it?
IAN: No. No, I don't want to know. Where the devil are those
two?
[Underground]
TYLER: Hold on.
BARBARA: Is this is?
TYLER: Yes. (he puts Susan down) Now get back.
(He presses on a metal panel, a duct moves back)
DAVID [OC]: Tyler?
TYLER: Yes.
DAVID: Dortmun's on the rampage. And who have we got
here?
TYLER: I found a couple of them down by the river. Open
targets.
BARBARA: Well, we didn't know.
TYLER: I suppose you didn't, but you know now.
DAVID: Can you cook?
BARBARA: Yes, I can get by.
DAVID: Good, we need some cooks.
BARBARA: Listen, I
TYLER: All right, let's get down.
DAVID: Listen, I had a struggle with one of the Robomen.
TYLER: Well?
DAVID: Well, he was waiting for me! That means that we'll
have to change the storehouse.
TYLER: All right, tell Dortmun. Have you just come from
there?
DAVID: Yes.
TYLER: These have got a couple of friends down there they
want us to bring back.
DAVID: Well I didn't see anyone there except that I was nearly
caught by a couple... They didn't go into the old warehouse, did
they, that's opposite the old power station?
SUSAN: Yes, I think they did.
DAVID: Yeah, and I thought they were enemies.
(a man in a wheelchair enters)
DORTMUN: Tyler, where have you been? What the devil have
you been doing?
TYLER: They've landed a saucer at the heliport.
DORTMUN: Saucer?
TYLER: Yes.
DORTMUN: Ah, this time we'll be ready for them.
TYLER: You shouldn't be up here.
DORTMUN: I'm as active as anybody else.
TYLER: All right, Dortmun, I know.
DORTMUN: Two more pairs of hands. Good, we need
DAVID: She says she can cook.
DORTMUN: Oh, can you?
DAVID: And what do you do?
SUSAN: I eat.
DAVID: Look, I'll try and find the two friends and bring them
back here.
SUSAN: Thank you.
DORTMUN: David, where are you going?
DAVID: Well, there's two more of them down by the
warehouse.
DORTMUN: Men, are they?
DAVID: Yes.
DORTMUN: Good. Don't be too long away. I'm going through
the attack plans with Tyler as soon as possible. I want you to
be there.
DAVID: Right.
(David leaves)
SUSAN: What attack plans?
DORTMUN: Why are you sitting down?
SUSAN: I've hurt my ankle. What attack plans?
DORTMUN: Come along, Tyler, get these people below.
That's the way. I'll stay here, on watch.
(Tyler carries Susan, and Dortmun closes the duct)
[Riverside]
IAN: High tide.
DOCTOR: Hmm?
IAN: High tide.
DOCTOR: Evening. Look how filthy that water is.
(Ian sees the poster)
IAN: Doctor. Doctor, come and have a look at this.
DOCTOR: Hmm? What?
IAN: Look.
DOCTOR: Huh, stupid.
IAN: Read it, read it.
DOCTOR: Well, I repeat, it's stupid. A stupid place to put a
poster. Right under a bridge where nobody can read it or see it.
IAN: I don't know. If you have a body to get rid of, I should
think it's a very good place to come to.
DOCTOR: A dead human body in the river? I should say that's
near murder, isn't it, hmm?
IAN: Bring out your dead.
DOCTOR: Hmm?
IAN: Plague?
[Warehouse]
(looking out of a window)
DAVID: There they are. That must be them. Argh.
(Two men in a metal helmets are patrolling the warehouse
dock frontage. They move slowly and stiffly like automata)
[Riverside]
DOCTOR: It's got me worried, very worried.
IAN: You know, Doctor, I reckon that flying saucer
disappeared somewhere over the other side of the river, in the
direction of Sloane Square. Somewhere over there, anyway.
DOCTOR: Yes, now, never mind about that flying saucer, my
boy. That suggestion of yours about the plague. Supposing one
of them's been in that water. They're bound to be contaminated
with some sort of bacteria!
IAN: They're not likely to drink that, are they.
DOCTOR: No, the smell of it's enough. Anyway, let us go
further afield. Come along, come along. Now I suggest that
you go up that way then I go
(And they see the men in metal helmets, three of them now
with more blocking of their escape route. From his hiding
place by the poster, David mutters)
DAVID: Will you still run!
IAN: It's no use running.
DOCTOR: We can go back down there, hmm?
IAN: You mean swim?
DOCTOR: What else?
IAN: Hang on, we haven't tried talking yet. What do you want?
ROBOMEN: Stop.
IAN: It's no good. Listen. When I give the word, turn and dive
in the water.
(But unbeknownst to Ian, an over-grown pepperpot with a
sink-plunger attachment is coming up out of the water)
IAN: Now!
(Ian and the Doctor turn and see - )
Episode Two - The Daleks
[Riverside]
DALEK: Why have the human beings been allowed to get so
near the river?
IAN: Doctor, that voice.
ROBOMAN 2: No explanation.
DALEK: Where is the Robo-control for this section?
ROBOMAN 1: Not known.
DALEK: You will take his place until he is found. The human
beings are to be taken to landing area one.
IAN: Daleks on Earth! Doctor, how did this happen?
DOCTOR: Leave this to me, dear boy. I think you'd better let
us go.
DALEK: We do not release prisoners. We are the masters of
the Earth.
DOCTOR: Not for long.
DALEK: Obey us or die.
DOCTOR: Die? And just who are you to condemn us to death?
(sotto) I think we'd better pit our wits against them and defeat
them.
DALEK: Stop. I can hear you. I have heard many similar
words from leaders of your different races. All of them were
destroyed. I warn you, resistance is useless.
DOCTOR: Resistance is useless? Surely you don't expect all
the people to welcome you with open arms?
DALEK: We have already conquered Earth.
DOCTOR: Conquered the Earth? You poor, pathetic creatures.
Don't you realise? Before you attempt to conquer the Earth,
you will have to destroy all living matter.
DALEK: Take them. Take them.
(Ian and the Doctor are manhandled away)
DALEK: We are the masters of Earth. We are the masters of
Earth. We are the masters of Earth.
[Underground HQ]
DALEK [on radio]: Survivors of London, the Daleks are the
masters of Earth. Surrender now and you will live. Those
wishing to surrender must stand in the middle of the street, and
obey orders received. Message ends.
DORTMUN: Obey motorised dustbins? We'll see. Tyler, I
want a word with you.
TYLER: Jenny, see if you can find them some food, will you,
and look after her ankle.
JENNY: All right.
TYLER: You'll keep your eyes open for David Campbell. He'll
be back soon with news of your friends.
JENNY: Any messages from any other survivors?
MAN 2: No. The Africa group have faded out completely.
JENNY: Who's the one with the bad foot?
SUSAN: Me.
JENNY: Well, let's have a look then.
(She takes Susan's shoe off and flexes her foot)
SUSAN: Ow!
JENNY: Hmm. There are no bones broken. Why didn't you put
a wet bandage on it?
BARBARA: We've only just arrived.
JENNY: I see. Well, I'll see to this. You get the food. What are
you waiting for?
BARBARA: Well, where do I get the food?
JENNY: Oh, over there. And while you're at it, sign both your
names down for a work detail.
BARBARA: Susan can't work until her ankle's better.
JENNY: She can do something with her hands, sitting at a
table, can't she?
[Dortmun's room]
(The two men are looking at maps)
DORTMUN: But look, look there. We must attack them,
Tyler.
TYLER: That sounds fine, but how? We can find fifteen,
perhaps twenty men.
DORTMUN: Ample.
TYLER: Oh what are you talking about, ample. A handful of
unarmed men against Daleks?
DORTMUN: Sometimes I wonder about you, Tyler.
TYLER: This isn't the twentieth century. Dortmun, when
thousands of men with bayonets charged machine guns.
DORTMUN: Don't lecture me.
TYLER: Then don't ask the impossible. You've not been out
there for ages. It would be suicide.
DORTMUN: Oh, yes, all right, I know. I'm in this wheelchair
so I can't go myself.
TYLER: I didn't mean that. You know I didn't mean that. The
new bomb?
(A classic round design with a fuse out of the top)
DORTMUN: Yes, it's finished.
TYLER: You haven't had it tested, I suppose?
DORTMUN: Tested? Don't be a fool, it doesn't need testing.
It's all there in my formula. It's perfect. I tell you, this bomb
will destroy the Daleks. I know it will work.
[Underground HQ]
DAVID: Apples. There are apples there for everyone. Jenny,
you should be filling three of these.
[Dortmun's room]
DORTMUN: You've been down here so long that you're
beginning to think like worms.
TYLER: We must have some chance of success.
DAVID: Campbell reporting in.
DORTMUN: Good. Tyler and I have been having a
preliminary chat about the next attack. We'll be out soon.
DAVID: Well I've brought a box of apples. Incidentally, that
department store's got plenty of stuff in it.
DORTMUN: Oh, right.
TYLER: And what about the two men?
DAVID: When I got down to the embankment I saw them
being taken away, but I couldn't do anything.
DORTMUN: Oh, that's bad, that's very bad. We could have
done with those two men.
DAVID: I'll tell the two women.
TYLER: Where were the men taken? Any idea?
DAVID: From the direction they went, I think the Daleks have
taken them the saucer they landed at the heliport in Chelsea.
[Outside the saucer]
IAN: Doctor, I don't understand this at all. We saw the Daleks
destroyed on Skaro. We were there.
DOCTOR: My dear boy, what in Skaro was a million years
ahead of us in the future. What we're seeing now is about the
middle history of the Daleks.
IAN: I see. They certainly look different, don't they.
DOCTOR: Look, they've taken some more prisoners. What is
so different about the Daleks? Oh, I see. You mean the discs on
their backs.
IAN: Yes. Perhaps that accounts for their increased mobility.
Do you remember, on Skaro they could only move on metal.
DOCTOR: Yes, yes, quite so. But remember, this is an
invasion force, therefore they have to adapt themselves to the
planet.
DALEK: Where are the other two from your patrol?
ROBOMAN: This man killed them both.
DALEK: For this you will be punished. Continue your patrol.
The prisoners will fall in line.
CRADDOCK: There'll be no escape once they get us inside
there.
MAN 3: They're not getting me. I'm going to try something.
You with me?
CRADDOCK: Don't be a fool mate, you haven't got a chance.
MAN 3: They're not getting me back in that filthy mine.
DALEK 2: The prisoners will remain silent.
ROBOMAN: Forward.
(As the humans are herded up the ramp, the young man tries to
break away, but a Dalek gets in his way. He circles round, and
the Daleks gather. One has a black top and black side panels -
and a very high-pitched voice)
IAN: Don't be a fool. You can't help him now.
MAN 3: Help me!
BLACK: Kill him.
(So they do)
BLACK: Any further resistance will be dealt with in the same
way.
DALEK: The prisoners will proceed into the ship.
[Underground HQ]
(Susan hold the rifle steady while David cleans it)
DAVID: No, Susan, I don't think we should tell Barbara.
SUSAN: But David, I think we should.
DAVID: Now listen, Susan. We're going to make an attack on
that saucer, so we'll put off telling her until afterwards.
SUSAN: You mean if the attack's successful, we'll find Ian and
my grandfather anyway.
DAVID: Yes. And if it isn't, well then, they've just
disappeared.
SUSAN: All right.
JENNY: You wanted to see these.
DAVID: Oh, yes.
JENNY: Well here you are then, take them. I've got better
things to do.
(Hands over Robo-helmets)
DAVID: Oh, you're a model of charm and patience, aren't you.
JENNY: Well, I don't believe in wasting time and I don't
believe in sentiment either.
BARBARA: (with apples) They asked me to give these out,
Jenny.
JENNY: Oh, just put it down there.
BARBARA: Dessert.
SUSAN: Thank you.
DAVID: Thank you, Barbara.
BARBARA: Oh, what are these things?
SUSAN: Oh they're the Dalek's invention. They're called
Robomen.
DAVID: No, Susan, I told you. You've got it wrong. We took
these from dead human beings.
JENNY: There aren't that many Daleks on Earth. They needed
helpers so they operated on some of their prisoners and turned
them into robots.
BARBARA: I see.
DAVID: The transfer, as the Daleks call the operation, controls
the human brain, well at least for a time.
SUSAN: What happens then?
BARBARA: Do they revert and become human again?
JENNY: No. They die.
DAVID: I've seen the Robos when they break down. They go
insane. They smash their heads against walls, they throw
themselves off buildings or into the river.
BARBARA: The river? That's what it was. Daleks. Everything
they touch turns into a horrible sort of nightmare.
SUSAN: Are they still doing these transfer operations, David?
JENNY: Oh, yes. They keep up their numbers of Robomen.
They got my brother last year. That's another reason why they
saucers at the heliport. That's where the Daleks take the
prisoners and operate on them. Once they've got you on board
a saucer, there isn't a hope.
[Control centre]
DOCTOR: Yes, the work of a genius, dear boy.
IAN: Yes, pretty impressive. And absolutely escape-proof.
DOCTOR: Only on the surface, my friends.
ROBOMAN: Move.
DALEK: Halt. You will move one by one slowly into the
prison cell.
ROBOMAN: Move.
(The Doctor goes another way)
DALEK: You. Reverse and move.
(The Doctor rejoins Ian and the man and they get locked in)
BLACK: Is that the one?
DALEK 2: Yes. He spoke of resistance.
BLACK: His words betray greater intelligence than normal in
human beings.
DALEK 3: Give them the test.
[Prison cell]
DOCTOR: I had a good look into that corridor. Did you notice
the television eyes round about?
IAN: Yes, I did. There aren't any in here.
DOCTOR: No.
IAN: I'll tell you what I did see, Doctor. What I took to be a
loading bay door. Of course, it could be guarded outside.
CRADDOCK: It will be.
DOCTOR: Yes. Nevertheless, it has possibilities.
CRADDOCK: What for? You can't get the door open. There's
no escape, I tell you.
DOCTOR: My young friend, don't be so pessimistic. What is
your name, by the way?
CRADDOCK: Craddock, Jack Craddock.
DOCTOR: Well, Mister Jack Craddock, don't be such a
defeatist. Our job is to try and get out of here, and quickly.
CRADDOCK: You're just fooling yourselves. You don't know
the Daleks. Once they've got you inside a saucer, you're
finished.
IAN: Craddock, tell us, how did it happen, the invasion of
Earth? Everything.
CRADDOCK: Have you been on a moon station or
something?
DOCTOR: Yes, quite so.
IAN: Yes.
CRADDOCK: Well, meteorites came first. The Earth was
bombarded with them about ten years ago. A cosmic storm, the
scientists called it. The meteorites stopped, everything settled
down, and then people began to die of this new kind of plague.
DOCTOR: Yes, that explains your poster, dear boy. Germ
bombs, hmm?
CRADDOCK: Yes. The Daleks were up in the sky just waiting
for Earth to get weaker. Whole continents of people were
wiped out. Asia, Africa, South America. They used to say the
Earth had a smell of death about it.
IAN: Why, Craddock? What were the doctors and the scientists
doing about it?
CRADDOCK: Oh, well, they came up with some new kind of
drug but it was too late then.
IAN: Why?
[Underground HQ]
SUSAN: What happened next?
DAVID: Well, the plague had split the world into tiny little
communities, too far apart to combine and fight, and too small
individually to stand any chance against invasion.
BARBARA: Divide and conquer.
DAVID: Hmm. About six months after the meteorite fall, that's
when the saucers landed. Cities were razed to the ground,
others were simply occupied. Anyone who resisted was
destroyed. Some people were captured and were turned into
Robomen, the slaves of the Daleks. They caught other human
beings and many of them were shipped to the vast mining
areas. No one escapes. The Robomen see to that.
[Prison cell]
CRADDOCK: They were our own people, made to work
against us, and the Daleks knew that, knew how they'd
humiliated and degraded us. They are the masters of Earth.
IAN: But why, Craddock? That's the one thing you haven't told
us. What is it that the Daleks want on Earth?
CRADDOCK: I don't know. Something under the ground.
They've turned the whole of Bedfordshire into a gigantic mine
area.
IAN: Why? What are they digging for?
CRADDOCK: I don't know.
DOCTOR: Suppose we forget all this blab about Bedfordshire.
Have either of you seen this?
[Control centre]
DALEK: All radio waves bands are open.
BLACK: Rebels of London, this is our last offer. Our final
warning. Leave your hiding places. Show yourselves in the
open streets. You will be fed and watered. Work is needed
from you but the Daleks offer you life.
[Underground HQ]
BLACK [OC]: Rebel against us and the Daleks will destroy
London completely. You will all die, the males, the females
and descendants. Rebels of London, come out of your hiding
places. The Daleks offer you life.
DORTMUN: Come out of your hiding places. We'll come out
of our hiding place with this! (the bomb) This bomb will
shatter the casing of the Daleks. We don't need to run or hide
any more. We'll make them run.
JENNY: At last we've got a weapon.
ALL: He's done it.
DORTMUN: Listen carefully. They've issued an ultimatum.
We'll give our answer tonight. Tyler and I both agree that the
best place for an attack is the heliport where they land the
flying saucers.
JENNY: A frontal attack?
TYLER: Yes, a frontal attack.
DORTMUN: Of course, we have the superior weapon now.
One success will give our people hope again. One victory will
set this country, the whole of Europe, alight. That's all we
need, one victory.
(Cheers)
JENNY: At the heliport, how do we get within throwing
range?
TYLER: The heliport's fringed with buildings. We're covered
right up to the perimeter.
BAKER: The Daleks can fire at us long before we can use the
bomb.
DORTMUN: It'll be a surprise attack.
BAKER: As soon as the first bomb is thrown, surprise is over
and we shall be penned in the buildings, remember.
TYLER: All right, Baker, we know we'll have to get closer.
BARBARA: I know.
DORTMUN: Who was that? Well?
BARBARA: We could get right into the middle of the Daleks
without them suspecting anything if we use this.
TYLER: How?
BARBARA: Some of your men could disguise themselves as
Robomen. They could pretend to be escorting a batch of
prisoners to the saucer, or something.
TYLER: It'll work.
DORTMUN: Yes, it'll work. We'll attack the saucer in one
hour from now.
[Prison cell]
DOCTOR: What is that you've got there?
CRADDOCK: A magnifying glass. I just picked it up.
IAN: Hey, Doctor, come and look at this. Look. What do you
make of this?
CRADDOCK: I wouldn't touch it.
(It is a block of perspex with seven vertical tubes cut into it and
a piece of metal in the middle)
DOCTOR: Hmm. Let me have that bar up there for a moment,
will you?
IAN: Is it glass or something?
DOCTOR: I should say it was more advanced than that. Well
now, let's try a little experiment.
IAN: All right.
(As the Doctor holds the bar above the block, the metal piece
inside moves along)
IAN: Hey!
DOCTOR: You see? It responds. Magnetised.
CRADDOCK: A profound discover, mister. Doesn't help us.
IAN: Why did the Daleks put it there in the first place?
DOCTOR: Now that's a very good question, dear boy. Suppose
you were a Dalek and you found yourself locked up in this
room. How would you get out?
CRADDOCK: Push the door open?
DOCTOR: My dear young man, the Daleks have only feelers,
no hands, and they use their brains, not brute force.
IAN: You mean this is some sort of a key?
DOCTOR: Now that's the very word. A key in a crystal box.
You open the box, take out the key and use it. That is precisely
what the Dalek would do.
IAN: Yes, but what are we going to do, Doctor?
DOCTOR: Look at that little light up there.
IAN: Yes, I see. And the box is transparent.
DOCTOR: Quite. Let me have that thing, will you?
CRADDOCK: What, this?
DOCTOR: Yes, that. Thank you.
(He holds the magnifying glass above the box)
DOCTOR: Now, we have to make sure that we hit the correct
refractive, otherwise we shall get showered with crystal glass.
CRADDOCK: Refractive rubbish! The Daleks don't leave
things like this about for you to help yourselves.
DOCTOR: My dear boy, if they had to deal with a man of your
talents, they need hardly fear, need they. Now do sit down and
rest, please. Oh, dear, now where were we? Ah, yes, of course,
yes, yes, yes. Now, X equals gamma, that means roughly two
and a half percent, so that should give us a curve of around
about eighty degrees. Oh by the way, did you take three
dimensional graph geometry at your school, hmm?
IAN: No, Doctor, only Boyle's Law.
DOCTOR: What a pity. What a pity. We shall have to boil this
down now, shan't we. Well, now then, let's see. We'll start third
from the left and then I'll follow it from the right and straight
over. All right? Now put that bar there, and watch your eyes
because you know, it might be nasty. Are you ready?
(Ian holds the metal bar at the end of the box, where there is a
hole)
CRADDOCK: And a great big pumpkin too.
(Then the metal shoots out of the box)
IAN: Hey, look at that.
DOCTOR: Hold that and shut up, will you. Pay attention. Let
me have the bar, please.
IAN: You know, Doctor, sometimes you astound me.
DOCTOR: Only sometimes, dear boy? What's happened to
your memory? Don't you remember we know that the Daleks
can use static electricity?
IAN: Of course.
CRADDOCK: Hey, how do you know so much about them,
the Daleks I mean.
IAN: We met them once before.
DOCTOR: Yes, and we happened to outwit them, too. Please
go away, will you? Oh, dear, dear, dear, dear. Now, all we have
to do is to slide this bar back here, and the self-same bar slides
back into place here through electricity.
IAN: And it's held in place by magnetic force.
DOCTOR: Precisely. Now I want you to give him a hand in a
minute. Just turn that pole under there, will you. There, you
see?
IAN: I see what you mean. Like poles repel, eh?
DOCTOR: Yes, precisely. Now we've created a force field.
Right, now turn the pole round. Give him a hand, quickly.
Come on.
(It takes both men to handle the metal bar now)
DOCTOR: Come on.
(And the cell door opens)
IAN: You're a genius.
DOCTOR: Yes, there are very few of us left. Now, let's get
out, and be crafty.
[Control room]
(They are immediately surrounded by Daleks and Robomen)
DALEKS: You have passed the escape test we set you. Take
him.
DOCTOR: Let go of me! Take your hands off me!
(Ian and Craddock are pushed back into the cell)
DALEK: He will be robotised.
[Building opposite the saucer]
DAVID: There they are.
SUSAN: Now what do we do?
DAVID: Well, as soon as Tyler's attack group arrives, we start
throwing these.
[Saucer]
(Two Robomen are manhandling the Doctor)
DALEK: Our prisoner will move to the table.
DALEK 2: Take off his coat.
(they do so)
DALEK 2: Anaesthetize him.
DOCTOR: No, no, please, what are you doing? No. Let me go
now. Let me go!
[Building opposite the saucer]
(Tyler and the men enter the heliport, disguised as Robomen
with their prisoners)
DAVID: Stand by.
[Outside the saucer]
DALEK: Take the prisoners into the ship. Wait. In which
sector were these prisoners taken?
BAKER: Sector four.
DALEK: No patrol has been ordered in sector four.
[Building opposite the saucer]
DAVID: Now!
(They throw the little bombs)
[Outside the saucer]
DALEK: Warning!
DALEK 2: Attack!
DALEK: Warning!
DALEK 2: Attack!
DALEK: Get the prisoners inside.
[Building opposite the saucer]
DAVID: Get down.
(There's the sound of Dalek weaponry)
DAVID: All right, lets get a move on.
[Outside the saucer]
DALEK: Section five move forward. Seal off the area.
[Saucer]
TYLER: Right, now spread out, and try and free the prisoner
before you use those bombs.
(The resistance scatter, Tyler pulls a revolver and walks past
the back of the table where the Doctor is lying)
DALEK [OC]: We are under attack. Report to main ramp.
General alert. Report to main ramp.
(The Roboman starts to obey)
BLACK: Disregard. Commence the operation.
Episode Three - Day of Reckoning
[Saucer]
(The disguised Baker waits until the Roboman's back is turned,
then rips his fake helmet off and jumps him. The Roboman
throws him, but Tyler stabs the Roboman in the back)
TYLER: Get that man off there.
BAKER: He's unconscious.
TYLER: Well, bring him round. Hurry.
DALEK [OC]: All Robomen reserve into action. Destroy
invaders.
BAKER: We must get out of here.
TYLER: Carry him.
(The other resistance fighters are freeing prisoners and
wrecking the place)
TYLER: Come on, get out. All right, now, let's go. Use the
bombs.
[Outside the Saucer]
DAVID: Jenny! Jenny, over here. Jenny, look, take them back.
I'm going to try and get Tyler out of there.
JENNY: Not on your own.
DAVID: Take them back.
JENNY: Well, come on, you know who is in there.
SUSAN: Shut up, Jenny!
JENNY: Your two friends.
BARBARA: Did you know this?
SUSAN: Yes, I was there. Barbara! Where are you going?
BARBARA: I'm going to help Tyler get them out.
SUSAN: Barbara, what are you going to do?
BARBARA: I don't know. Let go of me!
JENNY: Susan, this way. Come on.
(The resistance fighters and prisoners come down the ramp,
throwing their bombs. Some grab Daleks and topple them over,
but they get shot by other Daleks. Baker brings up the rear,
carrying the Doctor. Tyler and David escape, then Ian runs out
just as Barbara is about to throw a bomb.)
IAN: Barbara! Get back! Get back!
(She throws her bomb, Ian ducks back inside as the Black
Dalek comes past and a Roboman goes down the ramp.)
TYLER: Clear out! Let's go!
DALEK: They are retreating. Take prisoners where possible.
Do not kill.
DALEK 2: All exits to the square are blocked.
[Building opposite Saucer]
TYLER: No, over here!
(a man runs to join going down a drain, but gets shot)
[Saucer]
BLACK: Has the attack been defeated?
DALEK: Yes. Most of the rebels were killed or wounded.
BLACK: Find every survivor. Destroy every one. Destroy
them! Destroy every one of them! Destroy!
(Ian overhears this from his hiding place)
[Underground HQ]
(Susan rushes away, crying. Tyler enters)
BARBARA: Tyler.
JENNY: No, not now.
BARBARA: Tyler!
JENNY: No, no, no.
TYLER: Your bombs were useless, Dortmun.
DORTMUN: How many men were killed?
TYLER: We hadn't a chance.
DORTMUN: How many?
TYLER: I don't know. I think all of them.
BARBARA: The Doctor and Ian, they were in that saucer.
TYLER: Yes, well, there was an oldish man there. I nearly got
him out.
BARBARA: Nearly?
TYLER: We got separated. We'll have to get out of London.
DORTMUN: What for? The Daleks will never look for us
down here.
TYLER: They'll look everywhere now. They'll search every
inch, they'll destroy every inch. We've made an attack on one
of their machines. Your show of force.
DORTMUN: I must stay here and work on the bomb. It only
needs work, Tyler.
TYLER: It's a waste of time.
DORTMUN: It's the only answer.
TYLER: Who's going to use it for you? Me? One man? These
two? Use your intelligence.
JENNY: Tyler's right. London's going to be much too hot for
us.
BARBARA: But we can't leave now. What if Susan comes
back looking for us?
JENNY: We have a code system, letting people know where
headquarters are moved.
BARBARA: But Susan doesn't know the code!
DORTMUN: Tyler, would you consider hanging on here for a
short while longer? Just a few days.
TYLER: No, Dortmun, it's no use. I only came back here to
warn you. I'm going out to see if I can find any more survivors
from that raid, then I'm going north.
BARBARA: I'm coming with you.
TYLER: No, I want to move about on my own.
BARBARA: But you can't travel as you are. Look, your
shoulder's still bleeding.
TYLER: I'll be all right. Good luck.
BARBARA: If you see any of my friends
(But Tyler is gone)
JENNY: It's no use. He won't come with us. We'll have to go
without him.
DORTMUN: There is the other place. People will be gathering
there. There'll be supplies, instruments. I shall be able to work
on my bombs.
JENNY: Don't build on it.
DORTMUN: Yes, we'll go to the museum. I'll get my things
together. It'll mean going over one of the bridges and across
London.
BARBARA: I know. We'll go with you.
JENNY: We'd have much more chance on our own.
BARBARA: Well, he wouldn't have had any without us. You
needn't stay if you don't want to.
JENNY: Well, Dortmun may be right. People may start
collecting at the Civic Transport Museum.
DORTMUN: We'd better get going. It'll just be getting light.
BARBARA: Do you think we will find my friends there?
DORTMUN: Yes, yes, it's a possibility.
[Saucer]
BLACK: Supreme Command have given orders for London to
be destroyed by firebombs.
DALEK: Do you intend to stay here in the city?
BLACK: No. Order the saucer to take me to the mine workings
in central England.
DALEK 2: Five, four, three, two, one. Lift off.
(Ian comes out of his hiding place near the operating table just
as a Roboman is bringing another prisoner along)
IAN: Craddock!
CRADDOCK: You are to be robotised.
(Ian does a very tidy hip throw)
CRADDOCK: Robotised. Robotised. Robotised. Robotised.
(His putative prisoner disconnects him from his helmet and he
falls against the machine which shorts him out)
IAN: Thanks.
LARRY: Thank you. I was hiding in the storeroom when he
found me. I smuggled myself aboard.
IAN: You did what?
LARRY: The saucer's going to the mine workings in
Bedfordshire and my brother's there. I'm going to find him.
IAN: You don't exactly choose the easiest or the safest way to
travel, do you.
LARRY: It's the quickest. Where have you been hiding?
IAN: In the ramp housing, under there. What are we going to
do with him?
LARRY: Most of these large rooms have what they call
disposal chutes.
IAN: That?
LARRY: Yeah. Come on, I'll give you a hand.
IAN: We'd better get his feet first.
LARRY: Right.
(And they slide Craddock into the chute)
DALEK [OC]: Break on seventy two. Break on seventy two.
Report zero five five Roboman. Fault.
(Ian and Larry go back into Ian's hiding place)
[Warehouse]
(David and Susan are running from a Dalek through a derelict
building)
DAVID: Look. Careful. Behind that bush.
(The Dalek stops near them, then leaves again)
DAVID: They've gone. We'll give them a few minutes to get
well clear, and then we'll move on.
SUSAN: Where to?
DAVID: I don't know. What we must do is we must try and
find some other survivors.
SUSAN: David, David, do you think
DALEK [OC]: Stop! Stop! Stop!
MAN [OC]: Why?
DALEK [OC]: Stop!
MAN [OC]: Why? You killed my mother and my brothers!
DALEK [OC]: Stop!
MAN [OC]: Get away from me! No!
(We hear the Daleks kill him)
SUSAN: If only we could go to the ship and get away from
here.
DAVID: Well, I couldn't go anyway.
SUSAN: David, David, perhaps you could. I could ask
Grandfather. I'm sure he'd let you come. We could go to a
place that had never even heard of Daleks.
DAVID: And what happens if there's something unpleasant in
the new place?
SUSAN: We'll move on somewhere.
DAVID: No, Susan, that's not for me.
SUSAN: Why not?
DAVID: Look, things aren't made better by running away.
SUSAN: Well, it's suicide to stay here.
DAVID: This is my planet! I just can't run off and see what it's
like on Venus!
SUSAN: I never felt there was any time or place that I
belonged to. I've never had any real identity.
DAVID: One day you will. There will come a time when
you're forced to stop travelling, and you'll arrive somewhere.
(A noise, off)
DAVID: Back over there.
SUSAN: Daleks?
DAVID: I don't know. It could be the Robomen.
SUSAN: It's coming closer.
DAVID: They're coming down here.
(he gets out his knife)
SUSAN: David, no.
DAVID: Now, look, just get in there and stay there.
(Susan hides, David goes up to see what is happening)
BAKER: David!
DAVID: Baker!
BAKER: I saw you heading his way so I followed you.
DAVID: Are you all right?
BAKER: Yes. It's him I'm worried about.
(He's still carrying the unconscious Doctor)
DAVID: Well, look, we're down here. I'll give you a hand.
SUSAN: Grandfather! What is it? Is he all right? He's not too
badly hurt, is he?
BAKER: The Daleks drugged him.
DOCTOR: Susan.
BAKER: It's beginning to wear off.
DAVID: Put him down here. What about the others?
BAKER: Four or five got away. The rest dead or prisoners.
DAVID: Well, what are you going to do then? Do you want to
stay here with us?
BAKER: A large group won't stand a chance. I thought I'd try
on my own. I'll make for the Cornish coast. It's deserted down
there. Not much for the Daleks.
DAVID: It's a good idea.
SUSAN: We must stay in London.
BAKER: Well I must be on my way.
DAVID: Look, Baker, here, take this hip flask. It's full.
BAKER: No, it's all right.
DAVID: Look, go on, man, take it. There's tons of food in
London. You'll need all you can get where you're going.
BAKER: All right then, thanks. Good luck to you all. I hope
you find your friends.
SUSAN: Be careful. Thank you.
DOCTOR: Goodbye, my friend. Goodbye.
(Baker goes off, straight into a pair of Daleks)
DALEK: Fire.
(The Daleks kill Baker)
(We see Barbara and Jenny wheeling Dortmun along a deserted
Thames Embankment, and helping him with the steps. They
duck down as Daleks trundle along Westminster Bridge.
Another is patrolling across the river from the Houses of
Parliament. They sprint up Whitehall to Trafalgar Square
where the pigeons don't mind the Daleks at all. There are
Daleks at the Albert Memorial too)
[Museum]
BARBARA: How's it coming?
DORTMUN: It's finished. The problem, you see, was the metal
that the Daleks use in their outer casing. We don't know very
much about it. We call it dalekenium.
BARBARA: Maybe that's what they're mining for up in
Bedfordshire.
DORTMUN: Oh, no, no, no, no. The Daleks must have found
dalekenium before they came to Earth.
BARBARA: What are they mining for then?
DORTMUN: I don't know, but it must be something that's only
found very deep in our planet.
(Jenny enters)
JENNY: Not a sign of anybody. The Daleks have been here,
and some of us.
BARBARA: How do you know?
JENNY: Well, look at these signs. (Vetoed, they all say) This
means that some of our people have moved off to the south
coast, and I don't blame them. The place is swarming with
Daleks.
DORTMUN: Do you think another force has landed in
London?
JENNY: Yes, I do. We were very lucky to get through the
streets.
DORTMUN: Yes.
JENNY: We haven't got a chance in London, the way things
are building up.
BARBARA: Well, what can we do? Where can we go?
Anyway, what's the point in running away all the time?
JENNY: I'm not running, I'm surviving, that's all.
DORTMUN: You'll survive, all right. I've got the new formula.
BARBARA: Oh, I wish the Doctor were here.
DORTMUN: So do I.
BARBARA: But you don't know him.
DORTMUN: He's a man of science, you said.
BARBARA: He is. He's a very brilliant one. There's no sugar,
I'm afraid.
DORTMUN: I should like to show the results of my
experiments to another scientist. Where do you think he is?
BARBARA: Well, I've been trying to put myself in his place.
I'm almost certain he'd head for that mine.
JENNY: If he's alive.
BARBARA: Well of course he's alive.
JENNY: Why? What's so special about the Doctor? He doesn't
wear some sort of invisible shield, does he?
DORTMUN: Jenny, go outside and keep watch.
(Jenny leaves)
DORTMUN: She's not callous really, you know. When people
fight, they have to fight the Daleks in their own way. Barbara, I
should like you to find your friend the Doctor, and give him
my notes.
BARBARA: But I thought you said you'd finished the bomb.
DORTMUN: I have.
BARBARA: Well, then, why can't you give it to him yourself?
DORTMUN: I can, I can. But, well, I'd like you to take care of
them for me if you will. I'm not exactly mobile in this thing,
am I.
BARBARA: I'm not leaving you.
DORTMUN: Very well. Let's make for the mine in Bedford.
BARBARA: We'll all be safer once we get away from the city.
DORTMUN: Just round up Jenny and we can make a start.
(Barbara leaves. Dortmun gathers up his walking sticks, and
the box containing his bomb. He places his notebook on the
mug on the table and wheels himself out by another exit)
JENNY: Daleks are all over the place. We're besieged.
BARBARA: Dortmun!
JENNY: Shh. Keep your voice down.
BARBARA: He couldn't have gone outside.
JENNY: He wouldn't be so stupid.
BARBARA: He's left his notes. Jenny, he's going to try it out
for himself!
DORTMUN [OC]: Daleks!
(Outside, Dortmun levers himself up out of his wheelchair, and
takes aim with his bomb just as the Daleks kill him. It makes a
loud bang but does no other damage)
BARBARA: Come on, we must get away from them. Jenny!
Jenny, come on!
(The women hide behind a milk float as the Dalek talks to a
tailor's dummy)
DALEK: Who are you? Subcultural.
[Warehouse]
(The Doctor is trying to find his feet again)
SUSAN: Take it easy.
DOCTOR: This is a time I should have my stick.
SUSAN: Yes, I'll have to try and find you one.
(He sits down)
SUSAN: There you are.
DOCTOR: Oh, I think that's quite enough to start with. You
know, I never realised that walking was so difficult, so
exhausting.
SUSAN: How's the numbness? Is it wearing off?
DOCTOR: Yes, I think it is.
SUSAN: Oh, good.
DOCTOR: In quite a while, I might be able to travel.
SUSAN: That's good. David says we should head for the north.
There's a resistance group up there. He says we should join up
with them.
DOCTOR: I don't care what that young man says. I make the
decisions here, my dear, and I think we should make our way
back to the Tardis.
SUSAN: What's the good of that, Grandfather? We need
someone to help us blast all that rubble. Besides, London's
crawling with Daleks. We must go north.
DOCTOR: Do you question my authority, child?
SUSAN: No, Grandfather, it's not that at all. It's just that David
says
DOCTOR: You seem to place more reliance on that young
man's word than mine, don't you.
SUSAN: Oh, Grandfather, it's not that. It's simply that he lives
in this time. He understands the situation.
(David comes rushing in)
DAVID: I've been down as far as the river, but they've got
patrols on every bridge.
SUSAN: So what's our next move?
DAVID: Oh, I don't know. What would you suggest, sir?
DOCTOR: Ah. Hmm. Me?
DAVID: Well, you're the senior member of the party, sir, and I
would be grateful for you help.
DOCTOR: Yes, well, er, yes, yes, of course, young man. Yes,
well, I suggest that as soon as I'm able to walk again, we
should travel north. Then we might be able to join up with the
resistance party. Mark you, it's only a suggestion. I really
should leave it to you, you know. Think it out for yourself.
SUSAN: It's a very good idea, Grandfather.
DOCTOR: What?
SUSAN: I said, it's a very good idea.
DOCTOR: Yes, I think it's a very good idea.
[Saucer]
(Ian and Larry are in the hiding place)
LARRY: My brother Phil's working at the mine, and he said if
we can find out what the Daleks are up to, we might be able to
beat them.
IAN: Makes sense, doesn't it.
LARRY: His theory is that the Daleks want the magnetic core
of Earth.
IAN: What?
LARRY: That's his idea, anyway.
BLACK: Lower ramp and disembark.
IAN: We're not still
LARRY: Yes, we've landed.
IAN: What's that?
LARRY: They're lowering the ramp.
(The Daleks trundle off, followed by the zombie Robomen and
some prisoners)
LARRY: All clear. This is it.
(They climb up into the saucer proper)
IAN: All right. How do we get out of this place?
LARRY: The disposal chute. Once we get through the outer
door, make for the nearest cover. It's our only chance.
IAN: All right. I say, what is out there?
LARRY: Your guess is as good as mine. I'll go first.
[Warehouse]
(Two Robomen are carrying a device between them)
DOCTOR: I think we should get on our way.
SUSAN: Grandfather, I think we should stay a bit longer, don't
you? Because David looked just now and there were loads of
Daleks.
DAVID: Maybe Susan's right. Perhaps we should wait just five
minutes more?
(The Robomen put the device down quite close to their hiding
place, then it starts ticking)
Episode Four - The End of Tomorrow
[Warehouse]
DOCTOR: Shh.
SUSAN: David, over there, look.
DAVID: It's one of their firebombs. The Robomen must have
put it there.
(The Doctor collapses)
SUSAN: Grandfather! David, he's passed out.
DAVID: It must be the effect of those drugs.
(Susan joins David at the bomb)
SUSAN: He's out of sight. David, what about this bomb? Can
you dismantle it? I only know about atomic devices.
DAVID: I don't know. I'll have to try.
SUSAN: What's this red mark here?
DAVID It's an ignition point, I think.
SUSAN: So when the needle touches the red point?
DAVID: That will be it. I'll have to take a chance. I'm going to
try and prise the front off this thing.
(But his knife slips and cuts him)
SUSAN: David! Come on, let's run for it.
DAVID: Dortmun's bombs! The acid will burn its way through
the casing.
SUSAN: It's our last chance. Look at the needle.
DAVID: Well get well back, Susan. Go on, back.
(He pours the acid onto the casing, which dissolves
immediately, but the ticking continues)
SUSAN: It's burning through.
(David pushes the timer out from the inside and the ticking
stops but the bomb does not explode)
SUSAN: Oh, you did it!
DAVID: Well, what do we do now? That's the point. We'll
have to leave the old man here for a while.
SUSAN: Leave him?
DAVID: But we must. He can't travel, can he. What we'll do is
this. We'll tell him to hide, and then you and I'll find a way out
of London. What we'll do is go through the sewers. There's got
to be a manhole cover around here somewhere.
SUSAN: I don't like the idea of leaving him.
DAVID: We'll come back for him. Look, the Daleks think this
area's in flames, so he'll be safe for an hour.
SUSAN: David, we can't!
DAVID: It's the only way.
[Museum]
(Barbara is using a foot pump to inflate a tyre on a tanker)
JENNY: All right, I'll take a turn.
BARBARA: How's the engine look?
JENNY: Well, there's oil in it, and the fuel's coming through.
The trouble's going to be when we try to start it. The noise'll
bring every Dalek for miles.
BARBARA: Well, that's a risk we'll have to take.
JENNY: Yes, I know that.
BARBARA: I suppose they used this in parades and
exhibitions.
JENNY: Yes. Most of the machines at the museum are
operational.
BARBARA: It's a pity all the motor cars are on the upper
floors.
JENNY: You realise we won't get far in this.
BARBARA: Probably.
JENNY: No probably about it. Do you know the route to
Bedfordshire?
BARBARA: Yes, I used to.
JENNY: Used to? What does that mean?
BARBARA: It means I used to live. Well, we're not very sure
how much damage the Daleks have done.
JENNY: You wait till you see what they've done to
Bedfordshire.
[Bedfordshire mining area]
(Next to an enormous 7SO Earth Mover, there is the sound of
drilling)
IAN: I don't know how you're going to find your brother here,
Larry.
LARRY: I'll have a darned good try.
IAN: Even if you do find him, what are you going to do for
him?
LARRY: Get him away. He's obsessed with whatever it is the
Daleks are doing. Look!
(A team of slaves are hauling a railway truck along the track to
the mine)
ROBOMAN: Forward! Forward!
(Cablecars carry rock back and forth across the massive open-
cast pit)
DALEK [OC]: Report Beta section zero zero one. Parade for
robotisation selection at hut thirty. End.
IAN: We'd better get back under cover.
LARRY: This thing could move at
WELLS: (proper yokel) Hoy. Who are you two? Aren't you on
work detail? Escaped, have you? I suppose you know the
Robomen are on the other side of this machine?
ROBOMAN: Wait.
WELLS: Take these. (pickaxes) Leave the talking to me.
ROBOMAN: What are these two men doing here?
WELLS: I took them off work detail to help me pick up these
tools.
ROBOMAN: Which work detail?
WELLS: Oh, I don't know. Over that way somewhere. I'll take
'em back with me.
ROBOMAN: No, they must come for selection. Why do you
wait? Pick up the implements and walk ahead of me.
(Ian does)
ROBOMAN: You too.
(Larry moves off)
ROBOMAN: You. (he hits him) In future, refer all decisions to
your masters.
WELLS: Oh, my head.
ROBOMAN: What are you doing?
IAN: We can't leave him here.
ROBOMAN: Do not resist orders.
IAN: Get new orders. Come on Larry, let's take him in here.
(They go inside the earth mover while the Roboman gets his
new orders)
[Earth Mover]
WELLS: I'm all right. It was the only thing I could think of.
IAN: Good man. Get down here.
(The Roboman enters, and Ian hits him over the head)
IAN: I think that's taken care of him for a while.
WELLS: I'll take care of this. (the Roboman's rifle) You'll have
to get out of here. The Daleks always seem to know when one
of the Robomen's attacked.
IAN: Yes, it breaks the radio connection.
WELLS: Your best bet is to mingle in with the working
parties.
IAN: What about you?
WELLS: I come here to meet Ashton.
LARRY: Ashton?
WELLS: The black marketeer. No one knows how he gets into
the camp or out again, but he does, and smuggles in food as
well.
IAN: Oh, does he.
LARRY: We don't want to hang about here, Ian.
WELLS: Wait till I'm clear then make a break for it. We'll
meet again after dark.
IAN: That's a good idea. Listen, I'd like to meet this man
Ashton. He could probably help me out of the camp. I need to
get back to London.
WELLS: London?
LARRY: He's got friends there.
WELLS: I suppose you know they destroyed it?
[Museum]
JENNY: No Daleks about that I can see. They must have
thought Dortmun was on his own.
BARBARA: I remembered to get his notes.
JENNY: Why did he do it?
BARBARA: Oh, many reasons. Mainly because he wouldn't
give in.
JENNY: What's the point of that? He just threw his life away.
It was so senseless.
BARBARA: It depends on how you look at it.
JENNY: You've got this romantic idea about resistance. There
is nothing heroic about dying. There's no point in throwing
lives away just to prove a principle.
BARBARA: If Dortmun hadn't thrown his life away, we would
all be dead. He knew exactly what he was doing. He sacrificed
himself so that you and I would have a chance. Come on, we're
ready to go.
(Barbara climbs into the driving seat and starts up the Borough
of Ealing rubbish cart)
BARBARA: Open the doors.
(Jenny climbs on and they drive away past Dortmun's body)
[Sewers]
SUSAN: This smells like an old goat farm.
DAVID: I think we can rest here.
SUSAN: Good idea.
DAVID: Well. we're not like to be found down here.
SUSAN: Aren't we? Look at this, David. It's an old cartridge.
Can't be the Daleks, can it. They don't use guns. David, could
the Robomen get down here?
DAVID: No, I don't think so.
SUSAN: Well, it must be friends then.
DAVID: Not necessarily. Not all human beings are
automatically allies. There are people who will kill for a few
scraps of food.
SUSAN: Survive at all costs.
DAVID: Yes. (he checks his pistol) Four bullets. Of course, it's
no use against the Daleks, but it will stop anyone else.
SUSAN: No spares?
DAVID: No. I found this gun and that's all that was in it.
SUSAN: David!
(Someone is pointing a gun at them)
[In the truck]
JENNY: Do you think that Dalek saw us back there?
BARBARA: It must have heard the noise.
JENNY: Then we're in for trouble.
BARBARA: Yes, they're sure to radio ahead. We may have to
ditch this at any moment.
(round a corner and)
BARBARA: Jenny, there's a whole bunch of them ahead of us.
JENNY: Shall we jump for it?
BARBARA: No. I'm going through.
(She scatters them like skittles)
JENNY: We went straight through them! Straight through
them!
BARBARA: Yeah, it wasn't bad, was it. I rather enjoyed that.
We won't be able to stay in this much longer though. They'll be
after us with a vengeance now.
[Control centre]
DALEK: Rebels travelling in motorised vehicle have attacked
and passed Dalek outer London cordon.
DALEK 2: This is saucer Alpha Major. Am forty five miles
south of mining area.
DALEK [OC]: Intercept rebels and destroy.
DALEK 2: Position of rebel vehicle? Give position.
DALEK [OC]: South east eight over three seven six. North,
north, nine point eight.
[In the truck]
BARBARA: Jenny, what's that noise?
JENNY: It's a saucer overhead.
BARBARA: Jump for it!
(She pulls on the handbrake and they leap out just before the
saucer blows the truck to pieces.
[Sewers]
SUSAN: We're jolly lucky we (lost under other dialogue)
DAVID: Glad we ran into you down there, Tyler.
SUSAN: Hey, David, now that Tyler's here we can go and get
Grandfather, can't we?
DAVID: That's a good idea.
TYLER: The Doctor, where is he?
DAVID: Well, we had to leave him by the old plague
cemetery. We're trying to find a way out of this area.
TYLER: You don't know how lucky you were. At first I took
you for scavengers. I met a couple down here already but this
kept them off.
SUSAN: You shot at one of them, didn't you. I found this. (the
cartridge case)
TYLER: I wasn't shooting at a man. These sewers are full of
alligators.
SUSAN: Alligators? In the sewers of London?
TYLER: A lot of animals escaped from zoos during the plague.
Most were killed but reptiles thrive down here.
DAVID: Well then, I think the quicker we get going, the
better?
SUSAN: What's worse, the alligators down here or the Daleks
up there?
DAVID: Tyler, will you give us a hand to collect the old man?
TYLER: I'll take you. You're going the wrong way anyway.
Now, you take the back, behind Susan. That way we've got
guns front and rear.
DAVID: Right, Tyler.
SUSAN: Oh, Tyler? Barbara and Ian, do you know where they
are?
TYLER: I'm sorry, no. I'll go ahead now. You stay here til I
call.
(Tyler leaves)
SUSAN: Why is he so abrupt?
DAVID: Tyler? He's afraid to make friends. He's known too
much killing.
SUSAN: Well, I hope I'm never like that, pretending not to
care.
DAVID: Bah. One day this will be all over. It'll mean a new
start.
SUSAN: A new start? Rebuilding a planet from the very
beginning. It's a wonderful idea.
DAVID: You could always help.
SUSAN: Yes.
TYLER [OC]: All clear here. Come on now.
DAVID: Go on, Susan. I'll keep right behind you.
[Street]
(In a terrace of bay-window fronted homes, by a nice
traditional round post box)
BARBARA: It's all right, Jenny, it's clear.
JENNY: Any idea where we are?
BARBARA: Oh, somewhere between Edgware and Stanmore,
I should think.
JENNY: We're on the road for St Alban's. Barbara, suppose we
don't find your friends at the mine?
BARBARA: I'll think about that when we get there. Look, you
don't have to stay with me if you don't want to. I can get there
on my own.
JENNY: We might as well stay together.
BARBARA: All right, come on then.
[Bedfordshire mining area]
IAN: I tell you, I heard something. A sort of sliding noise.
LARRY: Which direction?
IAN: I don't know. I thought it was round here.
(Ian peers round the corner of an Earth Mover and something
ugly slides away)
LARRY: What was it?
[Earth Mover]
(They take refuge in the Earth Mover and are met by a man
pointing a gun at them)
ASHTON: Right, you can just turn around and go out again.
LARRY: What, with that thing out there?
ASHTON: It didn't see you come in. It needn't see you go out.
IAN: Are you Ashton?
ASHTON: How do you know?
LARRY: Wells told us. We've come here looking specially for
you.
ASHTON: People tell all kinds of lies when they're starving.
(the creature outside roars over the next line)
IAN: We're hungry, but we're not starving. I want to go to
London.
ASHTON: Why die there?
IAN: I don't intend to die anywhere.
ASHTON: Can you pay?
IAN: Pay? What are you talking about?
ASHTON: Are you one of these brotherhood of man kind of
people?
IAN: You come in here. Is there any reason why you shouldn't
take me out?
ASHTON: I can take you out, at the right price.
IAN: And what's that?
ASHTON: Gold, precious metals, jewels.
IAN: I don't have anything like that.
ASHTON: Then I hope you manage to avoid the Slyther as
you leave.
IAN: I'm not leaving.
ASHTON: Well
WELLS: (bursting in) Ashton!
(Wells hands over some jewellry)
WELLS: That's for the food. These two are friends of mine.
ASHTON: I see you managed to bring their character
references just in time. Well, chaps, I suppose we ought to
have something to eat.
WELLS: This bundle's mine. It's to be shared out amongst a lot
of people and you aren't included.
ASHTON: I've got my own.
IAN: You know all the best people, don't you?
WELLS: He's our only source of proper food.
LARRY: What was that thing we saw out there?
WELLS: It's called a Slyther.
IAN: A Slyther? What's that?
ASHTON: Where do you come from, mate? Fairyland?
WELLS: The Black Dalek, he's the commandant of the camp,
regards it as a sort of pet.
IAN: You mean it's on some sort of a guard duty?
WELLS: Yes, well, in a way. Mainly it roams the mine area at
night in search of food.
LARRY: What sort of food?
ASHTON: People.
[Sewers]
(At the bottom of a ladder)
SUSAN: Tyler!
DAVID: He can't have got so far ahead.
SUSAN: Perhaps our voices aren't carrying. These walls could
deflect the sound, I suppose.
DAVID: There's a ladder there.
SUSAN: Yes.
DAVID: Let's try up there.
SUSAN: Yes, all right. (goes up the steps) There's a tunnel
through here.
DAVID: Careful, Susan.
SUSAN: I'm all right. Tyler? (comes to an edge with a ladder
down) Tyler? Are you down there?
DAVID: Careful.
(As she starts to go down the ladder, it comes away from the
wall at the top and she is left hanging onto a rung)
SUSAN: David! (scream) David!
(Below her, an alligator lines up in the hope its next meal is
about to drop in, then a manhole cover opens above and a shot
rings out. Tyler and David pull the ladder back to the wall and
help Susan up)
DAVID: Steady. Are you all right?
SUSAN: Yes. Swinging.
DAVID: You'd have probably given him indigestion anyway.
SUSAN: Thank you.
TYLER: All right now, come on. I've found the Doctor. He's
waiting for us up here.
DAVID: Okay, now take your time.
SUSAN: Where's Grandfather's stick?
DAVID: I'll bring it. Take your time.
[Earth Mover]
(Ashton uses a jewellers eye-piece to check his payment as the
others eat)
ASHTON: You know, Wells, you're a fool. For all this stuff I'd
have gladly taken you outside. There are plenty of small towns
and villages that the Daleks have cleared of people and left
intact. Food galore.
WELLS: I'll get out in my own good time.
ASHTON: Well, suit yourself. You people never learn, do you.
LARRY: (hands something to Wells) That's for the two of us.
Thanks for ours.
WELLS: Right, I'll take it, if you don't mind. It'll help pay for
the next lot from Ashton.
(Slyther roars, then there's a sound like a big heart beat.
Suddenly, Slyther has managed to get into the Earth Mover.
Ashton shoots at it)
WELLS: Get out!
[Bedfordshire mining area]
(Larry, Ian and Wells scramble out of the Earth Mover as
Ashton is overpowered by the creature. They run to the edge of
the mine)
LARRY: This way's no good. It's a sheer drop.
IAN: We'll have to go back.
LARRY: The Slyther, Ian! It's coming straight for us!
Episode Five - The Waking Ally
[Bedfordshire mining area]
(Larry slips at the edge)
IAN: Larry!
LARRY: Ian!
(Larry grabs the edge of a mining bucket. Ian leaps into the
bucket itself)
IAN: Hold on, Larry!
(IAN hauls Larry up into the bucket.)
IAN: All right?
LARRY: Thanks.
IAN: It's still coming. I hope it can’t jump.
LARRY: It’s going to try!
(The Slyther grabs the edge of the bucket, so Ian grabs a rock
and hits it until it falls. There's a satisfying crash at the bottom)
LARRY: Let’s get out of here.
IAN: No. No, hang on a minute. Somebody might have heard
us.
[Control centre]
BLACK: There is no work party in shaft nine. Why?
DALEK: The section is completed. The labour force is being
assembled for clearing operations.
BLACK: Work must proceed to schedule. There must be no
delays.
DALEK: All will be ready. The waste bucket in shaft nine is
being lowered now.
[Mining bucket]
IAN: I think it’s all clear now.
LARRY: Might as well take a chance. We can’t stay here all
night. What’s happening?
IAN: We’re going down!
[Sewer]
DOCTOR: Oh, dear. Ghastly. Well I must say this is a nice
state of affairs. We’ve barely covered a mile and here we are
hiding down the sewers again.
DAVID: We’re better to hide down here, Doctor, than be
caught by those Robomen.
DAVID: Tyler, did they see us?
TYLER: Well, they were coming this way but they don’t seem
to know what they were going to do.
SUSAN: How many?
TYLER: Just two of them. Listen, I couldn’t get that cover on.
We’d better get under shelter. Doctor, Susan.
DOCTOR: You do realise, of course, we shall have to let them
both come down before we decide to defend ourselves.
TYLER: Well, we can take them one at a time.
DOCTOR: Oh yes, just one. The other’s bound to return and
bring back reinforcements.
TYLER: If we stick together long enough, I’ll learn to do what
you say the first time.
(The Robomen peer down the manhole as David and Tyler
check their ammunition. Then they both come down the ladder.
Tyler's gun doesn't fire so he takes on the first Roboman hand
to hand. Then David comes out of hiding.)
DAVID: Move Tyler, move!
(David's shot misses and they both end up struggling with the
Robomen. Susan runs to help David.)
SUSAN: No! No!
(The Doctor hits Tyler's adversary over the head with his new
walking stick. Tyler finishes him off.)
DAVID: Susan!
(The second Roboman starts back up the ladder. Tyler picks up
David's gun and shoots him)
DOCTOR: Well, is everybody alright?
TYLER: Yes.
DAVID: Yes, Doctor.
(Tyler goes to shoot the other Roboman)
DOCTOR: No, Tyler, no. I never take life. Only when my own
is immediately threatened. Now then, let us make our way to
this mine and then we shall know how to deal with these
Daleks. Leave this creature to his own devices and salvation.
Come along. You lead the way, my boy. Come along.
[Outside a hut]
BARBARA: It's deserted, Jenny. With this storm coming,
we‘ll be much better off inside.
[Hut]
WOMAN: Who’s there? Who is it?
(Jenny and Barbara enter, and the girl screams)
WOMAN: What do you want?
BARBARA: We, we were looking for shelter.
WOMAN: Just the two of you? Tired, are you?
BARBARA: Yes. Yes, we are.
JENNY: Barbara, I think we should be moving on.
GIRL: Dogs’ll catch you. Dogs in the forest.
BARBARA: Dogs?
WOMAN: Savage beasts. After the plague, they formed a
pack. Where are you making for?
BARBARA: The mine. We have friends there. We’re trying to
find them.
GIRL: Nobody gets away from there. You’ll be caught
yourselves.
WOMAN: You’re lucky to have got this far. The patrols pass
here.
JENNY: Then how is it you’re still free. They must know
you’re here?
WOMAN: Oh, they know all right. Yes, they know, but we
can’t harm them. Besides, we make clothes for the slave
workers. We’re more use to them doing that than we would be
in the mine.
BARBARA: How do you manage? For food, I mean?
WOMAN: Oh, they give us some in return for the clothes.
We’re hungry most of the time though.
BARBARA: We have some food here. You’re welcome to
that.
WOMAN: Thank you, thank you. Get the table ready, child.
GIRL: Yes.
(The woman starts searching Barbara's rucksack)
WOMAN: More? Have you got any more in here? Oh yes.
(Barbara rescues the notebook and the woman pierces another
can with a very large knife to check the contents)
WOMAN: In return you can sleep here for the night. You can
make your bed out of this cloth. Come on, child. Come on.
You’ll be nice and comfortable there.
(she goes and whispers to the girl)
WOMAN: Now, you go and take these and go (unintelligible)
there's a good girl. Go on, then, there's a good girl.
GIRL: I have to go out to deliver these clothes.
WOMAN: Your meal will be ready when you get back, child.
JENNY: Go out in this weather?
WOMAN: They’re waiting for her.
BARBARA: What about those dogs you talked about?
WOMAN: Oh, she’ll follow the patrols.
GIRL: I’ll follow the patrols.
(The girl leaves)
WOMAN: She’ll come to no harm. She’s done it often enough.
And when you 've done with your beds, shall you help me with
the food?
{Mine bucket]
LARRY: Still no sign of the bottom.
IAN: No. How long do you think we’ve been going down
now?
LARRY: Must be nearly twenty minutes. It’s getting warmer,
isn’t it?
IAN: Yes. Pressure's increasing too. My ears are popping.
LARRY: I’d rather be dead than work down here.
IAN: Not a choice I’d like to face.
LARRY: It’s stopping. We must be near the bottom. Yes, look.
Lights!
IAN: Let’s get out of here, Larry, before this bucket tips up.
LARRY: It’s a bit of a drop, Ian.
IAN: Well, about twelve feet, that’s all. Come on.
(Ian jumps first. Larry is still in the bucket when it starts to go
along a rail. He falls badly when he jumps)
[Mine]
IAN: Larry, you all right?
LARRY: It’s my kneecap. I caught it on the truck as I fell.
IAN: Put your weight on me. Stand up.
LARRY: It’s no good.
IAN: No? if you can’t move, we’d better get under cover. It’s
too light here. We'll go over there. Now, put your weight on
me. That’s it. Slowly.
[Hut]
WOMAN: I went to London once. It seems years ago now.
You know, is it still the same?
JENNY: They’ve destroyed most of it.
WOMAN: Destroyed? Well I never. Oh, when I went it was
beautiful. There was the moving pavements, and the shops, and
the astronaut fair I went to and it was in the Chelsea heliport.
(The girl returns and runs to the woman)
DALEK: You will follow me, both of you. Do not try to escape
or you will be exterminated. Move.
(Jenny and Barbara leave)
GIRL: Bread and oranges and sugar.
WOMAN: Oh, good, good. I knew they’d give us food if we
told them. Oh, well. She’d have been captured anyway.
[Mine]
IAN: How’re you feeling?
LARRY: Better. I don’t think I’ll be able to walk.
IAN: Don’t worry. We’ll stay here for a while. You know,
Larry, this mine doesn’t make sense to me. Where’s all the
modern machinery?
LARRY: The Daleks brought machinery from all over the
world. All they seem to be shifting is rocks.
IAN: Yes. I suppose they could be processing it somewhere.
LARRY: Who knows what the Daleks are up to? I told you
what my brother Phil said, all they want is the magnetic core of
Earth.
IAN: Yes, but why find it in such an old fashioned way?
LARRY: It’s probably a clearance area. Perhaps we haven’t
found the main shaft yet.
IAN: You may be right at that. Larry, would you be all right if
I went to have a look?
LARRY: Yeah, sure.
IAN: Good man.
(Ian hears someone coming and hides with Larry behind some
baskets. Robomen lead in a work party who start taking the
baskets)
WELLS: (spotting them) You’ll have to move. They’re
clearing this whole section.
LARRY: Move? Where to?
IAN: Well, lets join them. Take a basket, Larry.
PHIL: (a Roboman) Halt!
LARRY: Phil! It’s my brother. Ian, it’s my brother.
PHIL: Too many in working party. Dalek Supreme Control
recheck. Who are you?
LARRY: Phil? Phil, it’s Larry. Your brother Larry. Think,
Phil! Remember me!
PHIL: You are both runaways.
LARRY: Angela. Your wife, Angela! I’ll take you to her.
PHIL: You must both be punished.
IAN: It’s no good, Larry.
LARRY: No, no! No, Ian!
IAN: Come on!
LARRY: Ian, get clear. Run while you’ve got the chance! Run,
Ian. Run.
(Larry throttles Phil while Phil shoots Larry)
LARRY: Run, Ian, run.
Phil: Larry.
(They die, and the alarm goes off)
DALEK [OC]: (behind next dialogue) Emergency!
Emergency! Priority shaft nine. Close all exits! Emergency!
WELLS: Right, get these bodies clear. Get them down the
shafts. Shaft seven, shaft eight! I’ll take care of that. (the gun)
Someone tell them what’s happened. Run, quick as you like.
Get those bodies out of here. Hurry!
(Ian runs down a side passage)
[Cliff top]
(Susan adds some seasoning to a saucepan cooking on a camp
fire. David sneaks up behind her and dangles a fish in front of
her face. She screams.)
DAVID: Some fresh fish! You want some fresh fish? I’ve got
some!
SUSAN: David, you idiot. You idiot.
(They have a little wrestling match on the grass)
DAVID: Oh no, its not for me! I didn’t want it! Not me!
SUSAN: Drop it!
(David takes Susan's hand)
DAVID: Your grandfather stood up to the journey fantastically
well.
SUSAN: He’s a pretty fantastic sort of man.
(They kiss, barely)
DOCTOR: Smells familiar round here.
SUSAN: Just in time for food.
DOCTOR: Ah, yes, my dear.
DAVID: Ah, we were just, er, well, I was just, er.
DOCTOR: Quite, quite. I can see something’s cooking.
TYLER: What is that?
DAVID: That’s rabbit.
SUSAN: It’s pretty primitive. It’s the best I could do though.
DOCTOR: Most useful.
DAVID: Hot!
(Tyler wraps his sleeve around his hand to pick up the
saucepan and sample the meal)
DAVID: Hey, you’ve got a big piece there. Doctor, would you
like some? Smells delicious.
DOCTOR: Susan’s a very good cook.
DAVID: Yes. Tell me, Doctor.
DOCTOR: Hmm?
DAVID: Now that you’ve seen the Dalek base, what do you
think?
DOCTOR: Well it’s quite obvious to me its the centre of their
operations.
SUSAN + DAVID: Centre?
DOCTOR: Yes, quite. You know, you surprise me, Tyler. Why
didn’t you concentrate your efforts here?
TYLER: We’ve been fighting the Daleks everywhere. Well,
the fact that they started mining operations didn’t seem all that
important.
DAVID: Yeah, well, we assumed that they were just digging
for minerals, you know, something they could use to make
DOCTOR: No, I think perhaps it might be the answer to the
question as to why the Daleks are here.
DAVID: But why, Doctor? Surely they’ve invaded us?
DOCTOR: Oh no, it goes much deeper than that. You see,
man, to them, is just a work machine. An insignificant
specimen that is not worth invading. Absolutely useless. It
doesn’t matter to them whether you live or die.
TYLER: Yeah, that’s true enough.
DAVID: Well, what are they digging for?
DOCTOR: Well, at the moment, my boy, I’m not quite sure,
but let us say something that this planet contains. Something
that no planet has.
TYLER: And you think if it was something on the surface,
they’d have just collected it and gone?
DOCTOR: Yes, quite, quite. Instead, there they are, burrowing
like moles down and through the crust of the Earth.
TYLER: But isn’t that impossible? I mean, without causing an
eruption, a huge earthquake no one could survive.
DOCTOR: Not unless they know how to control the flow of
living energy, hmm?
DAVID: Is that what it is? They dare to tamper with the forces
of creation?
DOCTOR: Yes, they dare. And we have got to dare to stop
them.
SUSAN: Grandfather?
DOCTOR: Hmm?
SUSAN: It’s getting cold. Look.
[Mine]
ROBOMAN [OC]: Keep moving.
(Ian hides as a work party goes past, including Barbara and
Jenny)
ROBOMAN: Move!
IAN: Barbara! (A little way on)
ROBOMAN: Fill these buckets. Hurry!
(Baskets of rocks are emptied into a wagon on rails under the
watch of a Dalek. Jenny can't lift the basket)
JENNY: We’re beaten, Barbara. We’ll never get out of here.
Never.
BARBARA: Don’t be silly, Jenny. That’s no way to talk.
Look, we wanted to get to the mine and we’re here.
JENNY: Yes, but what can we do?
BARBARA: You can help me fill this basket again. We could
try and find their main control room. I’m sure that’s what the
Doctor would do.
JENNY: And then what will happen?
BARBARA: Oh, I don’t know, Jenny, I don’t know, but look,
we can try! If we get there and fail, well, all they’ll do is send
us back here.
DALEK: You. Take all buckets to the clearing section.
WELLS: Fine.
(Wells hands something to Jenny as he takes the basket, then
heads down the passage to where he meets Ian)
IAN: Wells.
WELLS: Ian, I told you to get out of here.
IAN: That’s easier said than done. Wells, that tall girl in the
blue sweater. I know her. Tell her I’m here.
WELLS: Right, I’ll try, but I’ve got to get rid if these first.
IAN: Yes, all right.
(Further on)
JENNY: Anyway, they’ll never let us anywhere near the
control room.
BARBARA: Dortmun’s notes!
JENNY: What?
BARBARA: Jenny, I’ve still got Dortmun’s notes!
JENNY: And a lot of good they are.
BARBARA: No, no, you don’t understand, Oh, I haven’t got
time to explain. Jenny, come with me.
JENNY: Oh Barbara, do you know what you’re doing?
DALEK: Get back to work.
BARBARA: I have some important information. Rebels are
planning a revolution against the Daleks.
DALEK: There will be no revolution. The Daleks are masters
of Earth.
BARBARA: But you don’t understand. This is no ordinary
uprising. They have scientists, men of learning working with
them.
DALEK: You are lying. It is a trick.
BARBARA: No, I have proof of what I say.
DALEK: Proof? Let me see.
(She holds up the notes)
DALEK: Details of the acid bomb used in the unprovoked
attack on the London saucer landing area.
BARBARA: There’s more. I know places where they’re
hiding.
DALEK: Very well. Speak.
BARBARA: Well, it, it would be better if I spoke to someone
in charge.
DALEK: That is impossible. Tell me your story.
BARBARA: But it’s very complex and detailed. You would
have to act immediately on what I told you. I must speak to
someone in authority.
DALEK: The Black Dalek will see you, but if you are lying,
you will be killed. Follow me.
(Barbara and Jenny follow the Dalek)
ROBOMAN: Continue your work.
(Along the passage)
WELLS: Right, step into line and follow me.
IAN: We're too late. The Daleks have just taken her.
WELLS: Pity. Oh well, there’s an empty gallery behind us
there. Lose yourself there.
IAN: Right.
[Control room]
BLACK: Give me your report.
DALEK: The main drills have penetrated the quartz strata. We
are within four miles of the Earth’s outer core.
BLACK: When will the final breakthrough occur?
DALEK: The slave parties are clearing the top of the fissure
now.
BLACK: What remains to be done?
DALEK: Only to put into position the penetration explosive.
The charge is in the fissure capsule now. When positioned, the
charge will strike the fissure in the Earth’s crust here.
BLACK: The fissure will expand, the molten core be released.
DALEK: We will then control the flow until all the
gravitational and magnetic forces in the Earth’s core are
eliminated.
BLACK: Excellent. I will now announce to the Dalek Earth
force, completion of Project Degravitate in two hours time.
DALEK [OC]: Attention.
[Capsule control]
DALEK [OC]: Attention all units. Stand by for an
announcement by the Supreme Controller. (Ian hides in a
capsule)
BLACK [OC]: This is the Supreme Controller. Our mission to
Earth is nearly completed. We were sent here to remove the
core of this planet.
[Control centre]
BLACK: Once the core is removed, we can replace it with a
power system that will enable us to pilot the planet anywhere
in the universe.
[Capsule control]
BLACK [OC]: All that remains is to put into position the
penetration explosive. Daleks controlling device will now
report.
DALEK: We are ready.
BLACK [OC]: Arm the device.
DALEK: Device now armed.
BLACK: Set capsule in motion.
(The other half of the capsule casing moves forward, trapping
Ian inside)
DALEK: Hatch over control to closed position. Motor running.
DALEK 2: Capsule moving.
[Control centre]
BLACK: As soon as the capsule is in position over the fissure,
release it.
(Inside the capsule, Ian searches for a way out of this literal
cliff-hanger)
Episode Six - Flashpoint
[Capsule]
(As the capsule slides down its guide rails, Ian is busy inside,
fiddling with wires. He pulls some out and the capsule stops.
So he continues to pull wires and twist them together)
[Capsule control]
(A team of Robomen are pulling on the rope attached to the top
of the capsule)
ROBOMEN: Pull. Pull. Pull.
(As the capsule ascends and Ian messes with the wires, a trap
door opens by his feet.)
ROBOMEN: Pull. Pull. Pull.
(Ian climbs down the rope out of the capsule)
[Control centre]
DALEK [OC]: Capsule now arrived at sub station.
BLACK: Ascertain extent of breakdown and then
DALEK [OC]: Man has been seen leaving capsule.
BLACK: Exterminate him! Exterminate him! Exterminate
him!
[Substation]
DALEK: Stay where you are!
(The Dalek fires at the rope, which snaps and Ian slides down
to a door at the top of the fissure proper. He is out cold)
[Corridor]
JENNY: We must be getting near their control room, Barbara.
What do you want me to do?
DALEK: Move.
BARBARA: Try to find the main control panel. Do as much
damage as you can. I’ll try and keep them occupied.
DALEK: Silence. You will only speak when you are ordered to
do so.
[Control centre]
DALEK 2: Dalek reports human fallen down bomb shaft.
Capsule is being repaired.
(Barbara and Jenny enter)
DALEK: Wait here.
BLACK: Every error must be corrected. The penetration
explosive must strike the fissure correctly if we are to extract
the molten core. Have all work tasks been completed?
DALEK 3: They have.
BLACK: Then arrange for the extermination of all human
beings.
DALEK 4: Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!
DALEK 5: The final solution! Clear up this planet!
BLACK: Alter the command frequencies to aural control to all
Robomen. They are to herd humans down to the lower
galleries.
DALEK 3: Immediately. Testing aural control. Testing aural
control.
[Corridor]
(A light flashes on a Roboman's helmet)
DALEK [OC]: Testing aural control. Testing aural control.
[Control centre]
BARBARA: Did you see that, Jenny? That’s the way they
control the Robomen.
DALEK 3: Herd all humans to galleries to nine, ten and
fifteen.
JENNY: Perhaps we could put it out of action?
BARBARA: We could do better than that, we could give it
new orders. Tell them to turn on the Daleks.
JENNY: Yes! That’s a great idea.
DALEK: They are the prisoners that reported the imminent
revolt.
BLACK: Speak!
BARBARA: (reading Dortmun's notes.) This bomb is the one
with which
BLACK: We are not interested in the bomb. Give your
information!
BARBARA: Right. This revolt is timed to start almost
immediately. As in the case of the Indian mutiny, which I am
sure
BLACK: Indian mutiny? We are the masters of India!
BARBARA: I was talking about Red Indians in disguise! The
plan will run parallel with the Boston Tea Party. Naturally, you
already have information about this.
BLACK: Wait! Why have I not been informed of this?
DALEK 2: There has been no information.
BARBARA: Good! That means the first part of the plan is a
success. Now, I warn you, General Lee and the four, the fifth
cavalry are already forming up to attack from the north side of
the crater. The second wave, Hannibal’s forces, will of course
come in from the Southern Alps. The third wave
BLACK: Attention! Attention! Mobilise defence forces!
(Barbara dashes to the Robomen control panel)
BARBARA: Robomen, this order cannot be countermanded.
You must
BLACK: Take them! They are lying! Take them! Take them!
Take them!
DALEK 3: I will arrange for their extermination.
BLACK: No. Secure them. They will be killed in the
explosion. The countdown must proceed to schedule.
(Barbara and Jenny are fastened by collars to a pillar.)
BARBARA: Sorry, Jenny.
JENNY: What for? It was a marvellous attempt and it nearly
worked too.
BARBARA: Yes, it didn’t and we won’t get a second try.
Look. That must be the bomb shaft.
[Cliff edge]
TYLER: Have you ever seen anything like that mine, Doctor?
DOCTOR: I certainly have not. Ah, good! There seems to be a
way down there.
TYLER: I still say its madness.
DOCTOR: Yes, well lets have a closer look.
(The Doctor peers down through binoculars)
DAVID: Yes, Doctor?
DOCTOR: How many bombs have you got left?
DAVID: Er, I’ve got three, I think.
DOCTOR: Yes, well that should be enough. Now, you see that
mast over there?
DAVID: (through binoculars) Yes.
DOCTOR: And the cable behind it?
DAVID: Yes.
DOCTOR: Well, I want you and Susan to walk around the lip
of the crater and sever it. Use the bombs. Detonate with your
revolver, right?
DAVID: Right, Doctor.
DOCTOR: Off you go, and don’t stop to pick daises on the
way.
(David and Susan leave.)
DOCTOR: I don’t think they’ll run into any trouble.
TYLER: And what about us?
DOCTOR: That’ll be harder to guarantee. Come along. Get
down.
[Top of fissure]
(Ian comes round, and opens a circular door in a stone wall. A
Roboman enters the room on the other side so Ian closes it
again)
[Control centre]
BLACK: As soon as the repairs to the capsule are complete,
the explosive device will be released into the bowels of this
planet.
JENNY: Sounds as though they’re almost ready.
BLACK: Attention all Daleks. Our saucers are hovering above
the mine area. Notice to board saucers will be given shortly.
[Corridor]
DOCTOR: Now, I’ve neutralised the warning system.
(A door opens.)
DOCTOR: Shall we go in?
TYLER: I’ll say one thing, Doc. Life’s never dull with you
around.
DOCTOR: Thank you, but don’t call me Doc, I prefer Doctor.
Do you mind?
[Room]
(Ian opens the small door again. The room contains small tree
trunks so he uses some to block what will be the passage of the
capsule)
[Control centre]
DALEK: The work on the capsule is complete. The device is
ready.
BLACK: Good. We shall have one hour to leave when the
device is fired. Am firing now.
(The capsule slides down its guide rails and stops when it hits
Ian's barrier)
BLACK: The explosive device is on its way to the centre of the
Earth. We shall go the edge of the mine workings and be
picked up by the saucers.
[Corridor]
(The Doctor and Tyler hide as the Black Dalek leads the others
away)
TYLER: That was a close one.
DOCTOR: Apparently things are on the move.
[Control centre]
BARBARA: Well, they didn’t bother to kill us. I suppose the
explosion will take care of that.
JENNY: It’s no good, Barbara. I can’t move mine!
BARBARA: Listen. I think the Daleks are coming back.
(The Doctor and Tyler enter)
DOCTOR: My dear Barbara!
BARBARA: Doctor!
DOCTOR: The magnet! The magnet, quickly!
(Tyler grabs it)
DOCTOR: Is Chesterton with you? Never mind.
(The women are released)
DOCTOR: We must begin our action before the Daleks get
back.
BARBARA: I don’t think they will be coming back. They
activated one of their bombs. They intend to blow a hole
through the centre of the Earth.
DOCTOR: But why?
JENNY: They’re trying to pilot the Earth right out of its orbit.
The bomb’s due to go off in half an hour's time.
DOCTOR: Well, we must prevent this, Barbara. If they
succeed, it will the mean that they'll upset the entire
constellation. We’ve got to prevent it!
BARBARA: But how?
DOCTOR: By keeping the Daleks here. Keep your eyes
skinned on the door.
TYLER: All right.
DOCTOR: Now, I wonder. Can I do anything with this
scanner?
BARBARA: There’s Susan!
DOCTOR: Oh yes! Susan and David. Now, they’re trying to
fracture the outer cable ring.
JENNY: Well what will that do?
DOCTOR: Well, if it’s possible, you see, we might be able to
immobilise the Daleks.
DALEK [OC]: Scanner frequencies have been changed in
Central control.
BLACK [OC]: The prisoners must have escaped! Deal with
them.
DOCTOR: The radio circuit’s still working.
BARBARA: Hurry, Susan, hurry!
DOCTOR: There’s nothing we can do, my dear. Just watch and
wait. We can’t contact them from here.
[Corridor]
DALEK: Two zero reporting.
[Control centre]
TYLER: A Dalek's coming.
[Corridor]
DALEK: Will exterminate them at zero range.
[Control centre]
TYLER: It’s nearly here. (On the scanner, David and Susan do
their job)
DALEK: Thermostat reading too high! Heat increase
intolerable! Heat increase complete! Power loss complete!
Argh!
TYLER: You took a chance.
DOCTOR: A chance? Yes.
BARBARA: Can you stop the bomb, Doctor?
DOCTOR: Not now, Barbara. We don’t know how long this
little trick of ours will hold the Daleks. We may have to find
something else.
BARBARA: Well, look. That thing over there controls the
Robomen. We discovered that earlier. Er, maybe we could give
it new orders?
DOCTOR: Yes! That’s brilliant, my dear! Good. Carry on.
BARBARA: (as a Dalek) Robomen, this is your last order.
Obey it and no other.
DOCTOR: Turn on the Daleks, turn on the Daleks, kill the
Daleks, do you hear?
[Corridor]
(And they do)
[Control centre]
(Wells and a group arrive and take away the dead Dalek. Ian
bursts in)
IAN: Barbara!
(They hug)
IAN: Doctor!
DOCTOR: My dear boy, where did you spring from?
IAN: Well, I was trying to get out of the mine and suddenly the
Robomen turned on the Daleks! Well, you know the rest.
DOCTOR: Well, the people are fighting back at last!
(The people and Robomen are running out of the mine
entrance)
IAN: That must be where I jammed it, so that must be where it
will explode.
BARBARA: But look, it’s going to go off in ten minutes time.
DOCTOR: I don’t think their device will succeed in that
position. But still, it will be a gigantic explosion.
TYLER: Then we ought to get as many people out of this area
as we possibly can.
DOCTOR: Yes, I quite agree.
[Corridor]
JENNY: We’ll be safe outside the valley.
DOCTOR: And we must all meet back on the cliff, we were
before. Now hurry up, all of you.
[Cliff edge]
DOCTOR: The explosion will take place any second. Keep
right down, all of you!
(KaBOOM! and the magma wells up from the mine. A
mushroom cloud ascends)
DOCTOR: The saucers were caught in the upward thrust of
that explosion.
JENNY: Do you think any Daleks escaped?
DOCTOR: In that, my dear? Impossible. There’s something
new for you, Tyler. A volcanic eruption in England.
TYLER: It’s unbelievable.
DOCTOR: Yes, it’s unbelievable.
JENNY: It’s over.
[Riverside]
(Wells helps clear the last timber from a very battered Tardis)
TYLER: Well, at least the firebombs didn’t destroy everything.
Pity Dortmun couldn’t be here. Dortmun and people like him.
DOCTOR: Yes, and it’s to them that you must dedicate your
next task, the rebuilding of the Earth. And I’m sure you’re
going to make a great success of it.
TYLER: You sound as if you’re leaving.
(The Westminster chimes sound)
TYLER: Listen.
DOCTOR: Just the beginning. Just the beginning. All alone,
eh, Susan, hmm?
SUSAN: I was thinking.
DOCTOR: Yes, I afraid we’ve had so little time for that sort of
thing lately.
SUSAN: It would be nice if we
DOCTOR: I, er, well, I’m sorry, Susan.
SUSAN: It wasn’t important. What were you going to, Ow!
DOCTOR: Oh my dear Susan, you’re hurt.
SUSAN: Oh, it’s not me, it’s this shoe of mine. Look, it’s worn
right out.
DOCTOR: Oh, dear, dear, dear.
SUSAN: It must have been that journey back from the mine.
DOCTOR: Dear, dear, dear, I shall have to mend this, shan’t I
now?
SUSAN: Oh, don’t worry, Grandfather.
DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no, no, no worry, my child, no. When
I’ve finished with this, it will look as good as new.
SUSAN: Really, it’s not worth it. I’ve got dozens of other
pairs.
DOCTOR: Yes. Hmm.
SUSAN: I’d better clear out my cupboard. It’s in a dreadful
muddle.
DOCTOR: Yes, you little monkey. You know, since you’ve
been away from that school, you seem to have got yourself
thoroughly disorganised, haven’t you? Yes, you need taking in
hand. Well, I, er, I think I must check up on the ship, if you
don’t mind.
SUSAN: Won’t be long. (The Doctor watches Susan go over to
David, then goes into the Tardis)
IAN: What are your plans, David?
DAVID: Me? Oh, I’ll join a group that work the land. More
than anything, I want to see things grow again. I want to be a
part of it.
IAN: It’s a nice idea. Do you come from the country?
DAVID: Yes. My family have always been associated with the
land.
IAN: Oh, er, where do they live?
DAVID: Well, they live a long way from here.
(Barbara hauls Ian away)
TYLER: Well can’t stand here talking all day. See me before
you go, David.
DAVID: I will Tyler. I will.
SUSAN: Goodbye, Tyler.
(Tyler's gone)
SUSAN: Goodbye.
DAVID: Susan?
SUSAN: Yes, David?
DAVID: Please stay. Please stay here with me.
SUSAN: I can’t stay, David. I don’t belong to this time.
DAVID: But I love you, Susan, and I want you to marry me.
SUSAN: You see, David. Grandfather’s old now. He needs
me. Oh, don’t make me choose between you and him, please!
DAVID: But you told me! You said that you’d never known
the security of living in one place and one time. Look, you said
it was something that you always longed for. Well, I’m giving
you that, Susan. I’m giving you a place, a time, an identity.
SUSAN: No, David! (crying) I’ve lost my shoe. Oh David, I do
love you! I do, I do, I do!
(Inside the Tardis, the Doctor closes the doors)
SUSAN: Grandfather!
DOCTOR [OC]: Listen, Susan, please. I’ve double-locked the
doors. You can’t get in. Now move back, child, where I can see
you.
[Tardis]
DOCTOR: During all the years, I’ve been taking care of you,
you in return have been taking care of me.
SUSAN [on scanner]: Oh, Grandfather, I belong with you!
DOCTOR: Not any longer, Susan. You’re still my grandchild
and always will be, but now, you’re a woman too.
[Riverside]
DOCTOR [OC]: I want you to belong somewhere, to have
roots of your own. With David, you’ll be able to find those
roots and live normally like any woman should do.
[Tardis]
DOCTOR: Believe me, my dear, your future lies with David,
and not with a silly old buffer like me. One day, I shall come
back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no
regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your
beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.
Goodbye, Susan, goodbye, my dear.
[Riverside]
(The Tardis dematerialises. Susan, with only one shoe, walks
where it had stood)
DAVID: Susan? Susan? He knew. He knew you could never
leave him.
(Susan looks at her Tardis key, then drops it on the ground, and
they slowly walk off hand in hand)