IN SPACE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM

EPISODE 1

An original docudrama by

Tom Strong
 IN SPACE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM

EPISODE 1

CAST

NARRATOR Neil
FLIGHT DIRECTOR Charlie
CAPCOM 1 & EECOM Tom
JIM LOVELL Ollie
JACK SWIGERT Noah
FRED HAISE Casey
 IN SPACE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM

EPISODE 1

SCENE ONE: INT. MISSION CONTROL ROOM HOUSTON

SOUND: AMBIENT OFFICE NOISE, PEOPLE TALKING, KEYS

BEING TYPED
MUSIC: CALMING BACKGROUND

NARRATOR: April 9th, 1970.

The crew of Apollo 13 are preparing for
one of the most exciting missions of the
time. A moon landing.

It was all going very smoothly until

Lovell, the commander, is approached by
his boss. He is told that all of the
Apollo astronauts had been exposed to
German Measles. Lovell and Haise, two of
the crew, had both had Measles before.
However Ken Mattingly, the final crew
member, had not. He was to be replaced by
Jack Swigert from the backup crew.

SOUND: PHONE RINGING

JIM LOVELL: Lovell speaking? Yes. Yes my decision

still stands. Ok thank you. Bye.

SOUND: PHONE BEING PUT DOWN

JIM LOVELL: And that’s it. Swigert is in but luckily,

I think he will be up to the task.

FRED HAISE: I sure do hope so.

NARRATOR: With the new crew in place just days from

the launch, every spare moment was spent
in the simulators. Including, the night
before launch. This was one of the many
bad omens for the Apollo crew.

SCENE TWO: EXT. LAUNCH SITE – SUNNY

NARRATOR: April 11th, 1970.

Launch day. Apollo 13 is due to lift off
at 14:13 EST from Kennedy Space Centre on
it’s way to the moon. Astronauts Jim
 Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise will
be taken to the moon by a Saturn V rocket.

SCENE THREE: INT. MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON

SOUND: AMBIENT OFFICE NOISE, PEOPLE TALKING, KEYS

BEING TYPED

NARRATOR: The control room is a hive of activity

FLIGHT DIRECTOR: Apollo 13 flight controllers, I need a

go/no go for launch. Booster?

BOOSTER: Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR: Guidance?

GUIDANCE: Guidance go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR: EECOM?

EECOM: Go flight

FLIGHT DIRECTOR: Control?

CONTROL: Go flight

FLIGHT DIRECTOR: Procedures?

PROCEDURES: Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR: Network?

NETWORK: Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR: Recovery?

RECOVERY: Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR: CAPCOM?

CAPCOM: We’re go flight

FLIGHT DIRECTOR: Launch control this is Houston, we are go

for launch.

MUSIC: TENSE BUILDING UP

CAPCOM: We are go for launch. T-Minus 15

14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, ignition
 sequence has started. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0,
We have commit and we have lift-off at
14:13 from Cape Canaveral Space Centre.

SOUND: CHEERS AND CLAPPING, ROCKET BOOSTER RUMBLE

SCENE FOUR: INT. COMMAND MODULE

NARRATOR: And just like that, Apollo 13 lifted off

for the moon. With no one aware of the
minor damage to one of the oxygen tanks
that would cause major problems later on.

NARRATOR: Malfunction occurs during stage 2 burn

when engine 5, the central booster, cuts
off 2 minutes early.

JIM LOVELL: Houston, what’s the story on engine 5?

CAPCOM: Jim, Houston, we don’t have a story on why

the inboard out was er, early, but the
other engines are go and you’re go.

JIM LOVELL: Roger

NARRATOR: With this minor malfunction overcome,

Apollo 13 speeds towards the moon at
speeds of 25,000 mph. During the journey
to the moon, the lunar and command modules
dock nose to nose, allowing the astronauts
to float through a narrow tunnel between
them. It is now a comfy 3 day journey
until they reach the moon. An opportunity
to take photos, listen to music on a tape
player, or, give a broadcasted tour of the
two modules to people on Earth as Lovell
decided to do. Unknown to him, the
broadcast was watched by only a few
people, including his family.

JIM LOVELL: This is the crew of Apollo 13 wishing

everyone in there a, nice evening and er,
we’re just about ready to close out our
inspection of Aquarius and get back for a
pleasant evening in Odyssey. Good night.

CAPCOM: Thank you 13.

NARRATOR: Earlier on in the mission, there had been

a glitch associated with O2 tank 2 which
current EECOM Sy Liebergot wanted to fix
before the end of his shift.
CAPCOM: 13, we’ve got one more item for you, when
you get a chance. We’d like you to stir up
your cryo tanks.

JACK SWIGERT: Okay. Stand by.

NARRATOR: Jack Swigert, the Command Module Pilot is

asked by Control to stir the tanks to see
if EECOM can find a problem. However,
unknown to anyone, one of the tanks was
damaged over two years earlier when it was
dropped 2 inches off the production line.
This was enough to damage the tank and
cause it to have heated up too much in
production and melt the insulation around
the wires. Not even 10 minutes after the
live broadcast, disaster strikes.

SOUND MUFFLED EXPLOSION, BEEPING AND SIRENS

MUSIC TENSER WITH CLOCK TICKING

JACK SWIGERT: I believe we’ve had a problem here.

CAPCOM: This is Houston. Say again, please.

JIM LOVELL: Houston, we’ve had a problem.

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Adapted for audio by TS Productions

Based on the real-life event of Apollo 13

Narrated by Neil Strong

Flight Director was played by Charlie Light
CAPCOM was played by Tom Strong
Jim Lovell was played by Ollie Vass
Jack Swigert was played by Noah Kolovich
and Fred Haise was played by Casey Knott