
Doctor Who - Galaxy Four

GALAXY FOUR

Season 3, 1965; 4 episodes

Pulp science fiction magazines and comics of previous decades often featured space heroes of the Buck Rogers type rescuing scantily-clad damsels in distress from the jaws, claws, or appendages of hideous, salivating bug-eyed monsters. Galaxy 4 gives this a new twist.

The Doctor, Vicki and Stephen land on an unnamed planet devoid of life. They find two crashed spacecraft, one crewed by the
Drahvins, a race of female warriors, and the other occupied by the Rills, hideous ammonia-breathing creatures confined to their ship as they are unable to breathe air. The Drahvins explain that the planet is due to explode, and as they cannot repair their ship they seek the aid of the Doctor to take over the Rills' ship and make their escape.

Meanwhile, the Doctor has found that the destruction of the planet will happen sooner than expected, he and his companions must also escape. The travellers soon make contact with the
Rills via their robot servants, which Vicki calls "Chumblies", and it turns out that things are not what they seem at first glance...

The unnamed planet is not in Galaxy 4, it is presumably in our galaxy. The Drahvins originate from Drahva, in Galaxy 4. At the time of production, Peter Purves (Stephen) was not all that happy with his role. The script was originally written with Ian and Barbara in mind, so Stephen was left to do and say things that Barbara would, and Stephen probably wouldn't. The Drahvin parts were originally written for men, but as an added twist women were ultimately cast to play the
Drahvins, and female villains were certainly not commonplace in the mid-1960s.

Galaxy 4 featuring William Hartnell as the Doctor was sadly one of the last stories junked in 1978, and no complete episode exists any more. In 1998 extracts of episode 1, removed for another use before the story was junked, were returned by a collector. There now exists a nearly continuous clip of approximately six minutes duration (from the Doctor,
Vicki and Stephen first entering the Drahvin ship, up to the
Chumblie "attack"). This material is available on the documentary tape "The Missing Years", which is included in
"The Ice Warriors" video package.

Introduction by GARY ZIMMER (

>ZIMMER@bandicoot.me.rmit.edu.au).

Galaxy Four (1)

GALAXY FOUR

EPISODE 1

FOUR HUNDRED DAWNS by WILLIAM EMMS first broadcast - September 11th 1965

1. EXTERIOR (DAY).

(The scene opens with a view of a landscape on a planet in Galaxy Four.

The smooth ground seems to be covered with a black, asphalt tarmac; splits have occurred in this smooth surface, and from these, trees and plant life spring in abundant quantity. The level of the ground is broken by large rock formations, craggy, but apparently made of the same material as the ground. Vegetation also pushes its way out of gaps in these rocks. It is a peaceful and quiet scene.
The silence is broken as the TARDIS materializes.)

2. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

(STEVEN and VICKI watch THE DOCTOR as he switches off the TARDIS controls with his usual evident satisfaction. STEVEN is seated and getting a haircut from VICKI.)

VICKI: Arrived have we?

THE DOCTOR: We have my dear.

STEVEN: Good. Where?

THE DOCTOR: Well, we should know about that when we have a look at the scanner, won't we.

(THE DOCTOR switches on the scanner.)

Ah, you can both take a look.

STEVEN: Where are we Doctor? Is it a planet you recognize?

(STEVEN starts to rise.)

VICKI: Keep still you nuisance! It's _____.

STEVEN: _____ where we are.

(VICKI and STEVEN begin to argue between themselves. THE DOCTOR waves to them to be quiet and then adjusts some controls. STEVEN and VICKI listen.)

THE DOCTOR: Quiet, both of you, will you?! Listen. Listen.

(Silence.)

STEVEN: (Whispering) Listen to what? I can't hear a thing?

THE DOCTOR: Exactly. Exactly. There isn't a sound out there.

Not a sound!

(THE DOCTOR looks at the scanner. The others follow his gaze.)

Just silence.

3. EXTERIOR.

(The silence is overpowering, strange. No bird song, no stirring in the trees.)

4. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

(The silence is soon replaced by THE DOCTOR's fussing of the dials and switching of the control panel.)

THE DOCTOR: Well, the atmospheric pressure is quite normal. Oxygen, temperature, radiation... It's all quite normal. I wonder. Hmm.

(THE DOCTOR looks up at the scanner.)

I wonder if it's possible to have a planet so obviously conducive to life and yet without any?

VICKI: Well, I've finished chopping this fellow. Could we go out and see?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, I don't see why not my child. It appears absolutely deserted. As a matter of fact, I think we shall get some long-deserved, undisturbed peace for once.

5. EXTERIOR.

(From behind a cluster of black rocks, near the TARDIS, comes a chattering and jingling sound. Suddenly a CHUMBLEY appears on the rocky slope above and stops. The CHUMBLEY fidgets this way and that, then faces the police box. For a moment it chatters to itself.)

6. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

STEVEN: Well, it's not bad. It's a bit amateurish, really.

VICKI: Oh, _____.

STEVEN: Hey, you know, there might be a lake or a river around, Doctor.

Do you fancy a swim?

THE DOCTOR: (Annoyed) My dear young man, this isn't a joy ride! This is a scientific expedition!

STEVEN: Oh come off it, Doctor! You can't be scientific all the time. Anyway, uh, you look as if you could do with a good wash-down.

(THE DOCTOR mumbles.)

VICKI: (Chuckling) But get him in cold water, you'll be lucky.

THE DOCTOR: From past experience, we must always be on our guard.

STEVEN: Yes, well I'm prepared to take the risk!

7. EXTERIOR.

(The CHUMBLEY moves towards the TARDIS and bumps into it.)

8. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

(THE DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI all jump at the sound of the collision.)

VICKI: (Softly) What's that?

STEVEN: Well, are we all ready, then?

(He's interrupted by a further bump.)

THE DOCTOR: Shh, shh!

9. EXTERIOR.

(The CHUMBLEY bumps into the TARDIS yet again, chitters and jingles, then slowly turns to the right, all the time keeping in contact with the outside of the ship. When it is in line with the side, it moves forward, constantly bumping the side, obviously feeling its way along. At the corner it stops, makes various little noises, then nudges its way around and proceeds along that side.)

10. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

(THE DOCTOR, VICKI, and STEVEN are standing and listening. The sounds can clearly be heard within the ship.)

STEVEN: (Whispering) What's going on?

VICKI: (Whispering) Something is feeling it's way 'round the ship.

THE DOCTOR: (Softly) Yes. Like something trying to discover by touch. Something blind.

(VICKI moves around, facing the sound of the noise.)

VICKI: (Softly) It's just reaching this corner now.

(The bumping and sliding noise stops. For a moment there is silence, followed by a series of taps as the CHUMBLEY reorientates itself. Then the bumping and sliding sounds start again.)

THE DOCTOR: (Softly) Yes, it is blind.

VICKI: (Softly) Whatever it is.

THE DOCTOR: (Softly) As you say my dear, whatever it is.

11. EXTERIOR.

(The CHUMBLEY bumbles its way around the last corner of the TARDIS.

It stops, chitters to itself, then moves off to a distance of about six feet.)

12. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

(As the CHUMBLEY moves away, it comes into view on the scanner screen.

The CHUMBLEY stops, a light starts flashing on top of it, and it starts to emit a high-pitched, whistling sound.)

THE DOCTOR: Look at that! Just look, now! Now look, there is something quite different, isn't it? Hmm, hmm!

(THE DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI continue to stare at the scanner.)

STEVEN: (A bit apprehensively) You know Doctor, it looks to me as if it's sending some kind of message. What do you think?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, yes, it... it might be that. It, ah... To its controller whoever it might be, hmm?

STEVEN: Yes, or whatever it might be.

(VICKI shakes THE DOCTOR's arm and points back to the screen. The

CHUMBLEY is slowly moving away.)

THE DOCTOR: Eh. Heh? Hmm.

VICKI: (Happily) Oh look! It's got a sort of chumbley movement!

STEVEN: (With surprise) Chumbley?

VICKI: Yes, you know, all sort of chumbley!

THE DOCTOR:  Heh, heh, heh, heh.  Hee, hee!

(They turn away from the scanner. The CHUMBLEY is now out of sight.)

THE DOCTOR: It's gone now. Hmm.

STEVEN: (Disappointedly) Eh, bang goes my swimming!

VICKI: Oh, it doesn't take much to put you off. A sweet little thing like that?

THE DOCTOR: You know, I must be wrong child. There is life out there, yes, a very intelligent--highly intelligent life--to build machines like that.

VICKI: Chumbley.

(THE DOCTOR turns to the control panel and flicks some switches and levers.)

THE DOCTOR: Well, Chumbley, if you like, my child. Heh, heh!

STEVEN: You know, Doctor, that thing might have been dangerous.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm.

VICKI: (Scoffing) Ohh.

STEVEN: What are we going to do about it?

THE DOCTOR: I'm going to find out. Come along my child. And bring my stick.

(THE DOCTOR operates a control and the TARDIS doors swing open. THE

DOCTOR gets his stick and starts to leave. STEVEN and VICKI exchange a slightly worried glance but still follow him.)

13. EXTERIOR.

(The group exits the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR sniffs the air.)

THE DOCTOR: Oh, it's delightful.

(He takes his stick.)

Yes, thank you. Just about the right amount of oxygen, hmm? Hmm, hmm.

VICKI: Umm! I can smell flowers!

THE DOCTOR: Oh indeed! How delightful. Well there's one thing child, there's no Chumblies about!

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI laugh. THE DOCTOR locks the TARDIS door.)

STEVEN: Vicki! Look at this!

(STEVEN points upward. VICKI shields her eyes with her hands and looks at the sky.)

VICKI: Three suns?!

STEVEN: Yes, I wonder which one we're revolving around?

VICKI: Huh.

(As VICKI looks away, something in a clump of nearby bushes catches her eye.)

VICKI: Oh look! There's those flowers that I could smell. Hey, they're roses!

(She moves to examine them.)

No they're not, not quite roses but almost.

(THE DOCTOR moves away from the TARDIS, glances up at the suns, then looks around.)

THE DOCTOR: This silence reminds of the planet, uh, Xeros.

VICKI: You don't think we've jumped the time track again, do you?

THE DOCTOR: No, no my dear, not again, not again, but, uh, it's so quiet.

STEVEN: Yes, it's almost too quiet.

VICKI: (With fear) Doctor!

THE DOCTOR: Yes?

(THE DOCTOR and STEVEN turn. From behind the TARDIS a CHUMBLEY appears, pointing a short, rod-like appendage at them from beneath its dome.)

VICKI: (With fear) A Chumbley!

(STEVEN looks around for something to use as a weapon.)

STEVEN: (With fear) That one looks pretty vicious, Doctor! Is that a gun?

THE DOCTOR: Stand still! Otherwise we all might be killed.

(THE DOCTOR moves cautiously towards the CHUMBLEY and addresses it.)

We come in peace. We don't wish you any harm.

(STEVEN edges slowly to the right as THE DOCTOR speaks. The CHUMBLEY is silent.)

VICKI: He can't speak.

THE DOCTOR: No, but, uh, by the look of that thing sticking out in front, it's unmistakably like a speaker to me.

(THE CHUMBLEY now makes whistling sounds.)

VICKI: Trying to talk.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm.

(STEVEN slowly bends to pick up a broken piece of asphalt. As he does he makes a slight sound. Immediately the CHUMBLEY trains its gun on him.)

VICKI: Steven, look out!

THE DOCTOR: You dumb fool!

STEVEN: I was only trying to catch _____.

THE DOCTOR: Oh, indeed.  That was plenty noble of you, indeed.

(THE CHUMBLEY makes the same humming noise as it did when it circled the

TARDIS.)

THE DOCTOR: (Annoyed) Now you've put the thing on its guard. (Less annoyed, more intrigued) Yes, it's interesting, it's fascinating.
Did you notice that it... ah, it didn't do anything until you made a noise?

STEVEN: Yes, it is blind.

VICKI: But it can hear.

THE DOCTOR: Oh yes, and very accurately! You know, I believe it can locate us by some form of heat wave, as it were. Eh.

(With its usual chirruping sounds, the CHUMBLEY moves toward them.

It reaches THE DOCTOR and nudges him. THE DOCTOR steps back and it nudges him again. He backs some more. The CHUMBLEY then moves away and starts to move toward STEVEN and VICKI.)

STEVEN: Do you get that feeling that it wants us to go somewhere,

Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: Stand still. Don't let it move you.

(They remain as they are despite the nudges of the CHUMBLEY. Then it pauses as it apparently receives a message. It chatters to itself, then points its gun at some vegetation on one of the rocky slopes and fires.
The vegetation instantly bursts into flame. THE DOCTOR, VICKI, and STEVEN react at this demonstration.)

As neat and fast as ever I saw!

VICKI: What was it?

THE DOCTOR: Well, it's some kind of light ray, very powerful and dangerous, I would say. I think we're... we'd better do what the thing wants us, heh, heh.

STEVEN: Yes, come on Vicki.

(The three travellers turn in the direction the CHUMBLEY indicates, and they move off. The CHUMBLEY follows closely behind. As they move across the landscape, the CHUMBLEY moves from side to side, for all the world like a destroyer herding a convoy into harbor. A short way ahead a spur of rock overhangs the route that they are taking. Two women appear on the spur. They are DRAHVINS. They have long blonde hair and have all the assets of femininity, except that none of them are used. They are lacking any warmth, any expression. Their faces are straight and set, and show no emotion.
They wear plain green and white, high-necked uniforms. Each holds a futuristic-looking gun. Both look toward the CHUMBLEY and the travellers as they approach.
DRAHVIN TWO puts her gun aside and holds up a thin sheet of metal mesh.
DRAHVIN ONE also puts her gun aside and grasps the other edge of the mesh sheet. As THE DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI approach, the DRAHVINS ease themselves forward in readiness. Together the two DRAHVINS hurl the mesh down, and it lands on the CHUMBLEY. The CHUMBLEY's domes instantly collapse down on top of each other. THE DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI turn in surprise.)

THE DOCTOR: (Stutters) What is _____?

(DRAHVIN ONE stays above on the rock spur, but DRAHVIN TWO moves down to join the travellers.)

VICKI: Who are they?

STEVEN: I have no idea, but aren't they a lovely surprise.

DRAHVINS ONE & TWO: We are the Drahvins.

STEVEN: And (Chuckling) very nice too.

THE DOCTOR: (To STEVEN) Ah, ch, ch, ch.

(To the DRAHVINS) (Stutters) What might the Drahvins be?

DRAHVIN ONE: We are from the planet Drahva, in Galaxy Four.

STEVEN: Yes, well you seem to have put a pretty effective stop to this thing.

DRAHVIN ONE: As long as the metal mesh covers it, the control waves cannot reach it.

VICKI: (With suspicion) What do you want?

DRAHVIN TWO: We came to rescue you from the machine.

STEVEN: Why?

DRAHVIN TWO: Maaga will tell you.

STEVEN: Maaga?

DRAHVIN ONE: Our leader.

THE DOCTOR: Why can't you tell us, hmm?

DRAHVIN ONE: Our mission was to rescue you. We have done that.

We have no other instructions except to take you to Maaga.

DRAHVIN TWO: We do nothing until a leader speaks.

THE DOCTOR: I see.

DRAHVIN TWO: You will come now.

VICKI: Doctor, I don't trust them. I don't think that we should go with them.

DRAHVIN ONE: If you stay here, more machines will come. They will capture you and take you to the Rills.

THE DOCTOR: The Rills are these the people that control these things, hmm?

DRAHVIN TWO: They are not people.

DRAHVIN ONE: They are things.

DRAHVIN TWO: They crawl.

DRAHVIN ONE: They murder.

VICKI: Murder?

DRAHVIN TWO: They have already killed one of us.

THE DOCTOR: Oh, I should like to meet these Rills!

STEVEN: And be killed, Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: This is only what they say, and who are they, hmm, hmm?

STEVEN: At least they stopped the Chumbley. Doesn't that prove something?

THE DOCTOR: Eh, yes, all right. Well, perhaps you'd better take us to this

Maaga, this leader, whatever it is. (Stutters)

(VICKI suddenly spins round and grabs THE DOCTOR's arm as she points.)

VICKI: Doctor! More Chumblies!

(They all turn. In the distance several CHUMBLIES are moving in a straight line toward them.)

DRAHVIN ONE: The mesh!

(The two DRAHVINS try to remove the mesh sheet from the CHUMBLEY, but it will not come off. The others watch.)

It's caught!

THE DOCTOR: They're all magnetized so that you can't get the top off.

VICKI: They're getting close!

(THE DOCTOR looks around and reacts.)

THE DOCTOR: Goodness gracious!

STEVEN: Look, it won't come off. Let's leave it.

(STEVEN turns to the two DRAHVINS.)

DRAHVIN TWO: We were instructed not to lose...

STEVEN: Look, were you instructed to be killed as well?

DRAHVIN ONE: We must go!

THE DOCTOR: Come! Come!

VICKI: Alright, Doctor!

THE DOCTOR: Quickly! Quickly! Heh, heh.

(They move off. A moment later the pursuing CHUMBLIES move in and circle the other CHUMBLEY trapped beneath the metal mesh. One CHUMBLEY moves in and reaches out to grasp the metal mesh with its mechanical arm.
It pulls the mesh clear, releasing its trapped companion. They move off in the same direction that the DRAHVINS, THE DOCTOR, and his companions have taken.)

14. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(THE DOCTOR, VICKI, STEVEN, and the two DRAHVINS approach the door of the spaceship. All of them are out of breath from running and are clearly exhausted.)

THE DOCTOR: Oh, good gracious!

VICKI: Are you all right?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, I think so. Ahh, it's all this physical exercise at my age. Huh, huh.

(DRAHVIN ONE looks back nervously in the direction from which they have come.)

DRAHVIN ONE: They're nearly here. Quickly! Inside!

(DRAHVIN ONE leads and the others follow her into the spaceship.)

15. INTERIOR OF THE SPACESHIP AIRLOCK.

DRAHVIN ONE: Come along...external door.

DRAHVIN THREE: (oov) Close external door.

(The door that they have just come through slides shut, with a whine of power. The door has a large window in it. VICKI looks through it, as
THE DOCTOR and STEVEN study their surroundings. THE DOCTOR is coughing.)

STEVEN: Well, it, ah, was a decent space ship once.

THE DOCTOR: (Breathlessly) Yes, but it's very backward now, isn't it? Yes, it's almost fossilized.  Huh, huh.

STEVEN: Oh I don't know, it's almost...

(THE DOCTOR and STEVEN talk at the same time.)

VICKI: We've, uh, just beat those Chumblies... they're still outside.

THE DOCTOR: Are we safe yet?

DRAHVIN ONE: Yes. They cannot enter.

DRAHVIN TWO: Silence! Maaga is coming!

(The interior door slides open, and they are led into the spaceship.)

THE DOCTOR: Maaga! Whoo, whoo! _____.

(DOCTOR, VICKI, and STEVEN all laugh together.)

16. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

MAAGA: Report!

DRAHVIN ONE: Mission accomplished! We have brought the prisoners.

VICKI: (With disbelief) Prisoners?!

MAAGA: And the metal mesh?

DRAHVIN ONE: (With fear) It stopped the machine.

MAAGA: Good.

DRAHVIN ONE: (With fear) We could not get the mesh back.

MAAGA: What?!

DRAHVIN ONE: (With fear) It became affixed to the machine.

STEVEN: She's got them pretty frightened, hasn't she, Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: (To MAAGA) Yes, ah, madam, the young lady speaks the truth. The Chumblies are magnetized.

(MAAGA glances at THE DOCTOR, then back to the two DRAHVINS.)

MAAGA: (To the two DRAHVINS) I will deal with you both later. Sit.

(DRAHVIN ONE and DRAHVIN TWO go to a bench and sit down. MAAGA looks across at THE DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI, and attempts to soften her voice.)

(To THE DOCTOR) I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Won't you sit down?

THE DOCTOR: Ahh, yes, heh, heh, thank you, I will. Hmm.

MAAGA: I have to hear the report first.

THE DOCTOR: Oh naturally!

MAAGA: It is necessary when you are at war.

STEVEN: (Surprised) At war?

MAAGA: With the Rills and their machines.

VICKI: The Chumblies!

MAAGA: This is a fight to the death. For existence itself...

(THE DOCTOR nods to himself, thinking, but gives no other reaction.)

THE DOCTOR: I see.

MAAGA: ...in which one of us will be obliterated.

THE DOCTOR: Oh, as bad as that?

MAAGA: Yes. So bad that it is conceivable that you, too, will be obliterated.

THE DOCTOR: Oh, come now! There is no need to exaggerate.

MAAGA: It's no exaggeration!

VICKI: (With suspicion) You want to kill us, don't you?

You want to.

MAAGA: When a planet disintegrates, nothing survives.

(THE DOCTOR is suddenly alert, his first real reaction.)

THE DOCTOR: Disintegrates?  This planet, hmm?

MAAGA: Yes, it's in its last moments of life. Soon it will explode.

THE DOCTOR: When?

MAAGA: In fourteen dawns time.

STEVEN: Look, how do you know? How can you be so certain?

MAAGA: The Rills told us. That is why they're repairing their spaceship--so that they can escape.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm, hmm. Well, that sounds reasonable enough to me. Hmm, hmm.

MAAGA: We must capture that spaceship from them.

STEVEN: What's wrong? This is a spaceship as well, isn't it?

MAAGA: Yes, but it cannot fly! The Rills shut us down! We cannot move!

STEVEN: You...you don't belong here?

MAAGA: No. Nor do the Rills. There is no life on this planet.

We come from Drahva. Some 400 dawns ago, we were investigating this particular section of the galaxy. We were looking for a planet such as this, capable of supporting life so that we might colonize it. There are too many of us on Drahva.

STEVEN: All women?

MAAGA: Women?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, ah, (Stutters), femine.  Ah, female. Hmm, hmm.

MAAGA: Oh, hah... Oh, we have a small number of men--as many as we need. The rest we kill. They consume valuable food and fulfill no particular function.

(MAAGA gestures disdainfully at the two DRAHVINS.)

And these are not what you would call human! They are cultivated in test tubes. We have very good scientists. I am a living being. They are products--and inferior products! Grown for a purpose and capable of nothing more.

STEVEN: Grown for what purpose?

MAAGA: To fight. To kill.

THE DOCTOR: Yours must be a very interesting civilization. Hmm, hmm, hmm. You attacked the Rills?

MAAGA: No. We were in space above this planet. When we saw a ship such as we had never seen before. We did not know it, but it was a Rill ship. It fired on us, and we crashed. But before we did, we managed to fire back so that they'd crash, too. On landing they killed one of my soldiers.

STEVEN: What are they like, these Rills?

MAAGA: (Whispers) Disgusting!

THE DOCTOR: Well, heh, heh, that's no description, no description at all.

Hmm, hmm.

MAAGA: That's all I'll say.

THE DOCTOR: Yes, I... I think I'm beginning to understand.

STEVEN: Well, so am I, Doctor. This planet's about to explode, the Rills have managed to repair their ship in time so they can escape, you haven't, so you want their ship.

MAAGA: We have no desire to be here when this planet ceases to exist.

DRAHVIN THREE: (oov) Machine approaching!

17. EXTERIOR.

(A CHUMBLEY moves across the landscape, approaching the DRAHVINS' spaceship.)

18. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(DRAHVIN THREE comes through a communicating door. MAAGA strides to an observation window and looks out.)

MAAGA: To your stations!

(Immediately the DRAHVINS take up positions by projections in the bulkhead, which are, in fact, guns.)

Drop the outside radio!

(One of the DRAHVINS operates a switch.)

VICKI: What are they doing now?

STEVEN: They're going to have another go at the Chumblies, by the look of things.

THE DOCTOR: Drop the outside radio? Why, I wonder?

(MAAGA turns from the observation window to answer.)

MAAGA: They send the machines to tell us lies. We do not wish to hear them.

THE DOCTOR: Yes, yes, madam! You may not but I'd like to, ah, hear it. Heh, heh.

MAAGA: It's no good for my soldiers!

(THE DOCTOR goes over to the observation window.)

(By now THE CHUMBLEY is silent.)

THE DOCTOR: Ah, I see. It's stopped.

MAAGA: Yes. Now it is sending its message. Fire!

(Firing commences. Flames are heard in the background.)

19. EXTERIOR.

(The CHUMBLEY is hit by a burst of smoke and flame. It collapses its domes and is still for a moment, then it raises them again, chatters to itself, as if sending a message, and turns and chumbles off.)

20. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(THE DOCTOR and MAAGA are looking out of the observation window.)

THE DOCTOR: (Chuckling) Hmm, hmm. You didn't do it very much damage, did you? Hmm, hmm?

MAAGA: My only intention was to scare it off. We've succeeded.

(To her people) To your places.

(DRAHVIN ONE and DRAHVIN TWO immediately go back to the bench. DRAHVIN

THREE exits.)

THE DOCTOR: And you haven't destroyed one Chumbley yet.

MAAGA: We will.

THE DOCTOR: You know, I think you rather underestimate the Rills.

Why should they tell you that this planet is going to die, hmm?

MAAGA: They were trying to tempt us on board their spaceship so that they may kill us!

STEVEN: You know, it seems to me as if they offered you help.

MAAGA: That is what they maintain.

VICKI: They might have been speaking the truth. They might have meant it.

THE DOCTOR: On the other hand, it might have been a pack of lies.

MAAGA: What do you mean?

THE DOCTOR: Well this planet could last another billion years.

MAAGA: Yes, but we have no way of proving.

THE DOCTOR: I have! I'm a scientist!

(MAAGA stares at THE DOCTOR.)

MAAGA: (Relieved) Very well! I should be grateful if you would find out.

THE DOCTOR: Oh, thank you! Thank you! Well, I'm afraid we shall have to go back to my ship. Heh, heh, heh.

(THE DOCTOR moves to the door and indicates for VICKI and STEVEN to join him.)

MAAGA: Oh wait! You cannot all go.

THE DOCTOR: Oh, but, ah, why?

VICKI: Prisoners, are we?

MAAGA: Of course not. But if you should encounter the machines...

STEVEN: What of it?

MAAGA: I could not guarantee to rescue you again.

THE DOCTOR: (Chuckling) Oh, ho ho, you worry too much! Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm!

MAAGA: I shall feel easier if one of you remain behind.

VICKI: I'll stay.

THE DOCTOR: But my dear...!

VICKI: I'll stay! You'll need Steven anyway if you bump into the Chumblies again.

(MAAGA signals for DRAHVIN TWO to open the door and airlock. As THE

DOCTOR and STEVEN leave, STEVEN turns to VICKI and gives her a reassuring smile.)

THE DOCTOR: (Nervously) Yes, well, very well, eh, heh, young man. Eh, you and I will go. Heh, heh, yes. Heh, heh.

(One of the DRAHVINS shouts...)

DRAHVIN:Door opening!

(Sound of door opening.)

STEVEN: We won't be long, Vicki. Promise we won't get lost.

(VICKI nods and smiles bravely. THE DOCTOR and STEVEN leave, and the door shuts behind them.)

21. EXTERIOR.

(THE DOCTOR and STEVEN appear over the edge of a slope. THE DOCTOR grabs at STEVEN warning him to take cover.)

STEVEN: Chumblies!

(They both crouch down and look ahead. A CHUMBLEY is by the TARDIS and is making obvious attempts to gain entry. After a little while it gives up and withdraws, to be replaced immediately by a second CHUMBLEY, who moves up to the ship. There is a screaming of metal as it brings some mechanized force to bear against the door. THE DOCTOR and STEVEN continue to watch from the vantage point.)

Can they get in Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: Well, they'd have to be pretty well advanced to break my force barrier. Heh, heh.

STEVEN: How do you know they aren't?

(THE DOCTOR doesn't answer, but is clearly not too concerned.)

THE DOCTOR: Hmm?

22. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(VICKI is on her own in the spaceship. She sits on a bench, tense and unhappy. She sighs, stands up, and is about to move to look out of the observation window when she hears something. She goes over to the wall and presses her ear against it.)

MAAGA: (oov) You lose the mesh with great incompetence.

It was our only weapon against the machines. If we loose to the Rills it will be because of you. You want that, do you?

DRAHVIN WOMEN: (In unison) No, no...

MAAGA: You want to be captured by those creeping, revolting, green monsters? You want their slimy claws to close about your necks? You fools! You fools!

DRAHVIN WOMEN: (Moaning and groaning with dread, repeating over and over) No, no, no...

(VICKI shrinks away in horror.)

23. EXTERIOR.

THE DOCTOR: I wonder what they're up to, eh?

STEVEN: Trying something else by the look of it.

THE DOCTOR: Yes.

(A CHUMBLEY, in a last futile attempt, tries his light ray on the doors of the TARDIS. The CHUMBLEY gives up, transmits a message, and chumbles off. As soon as it has gone, THE DOCTOR examines the TARDIS door.)

There! You see, my boy? Look. Not a scratch! Not a scratch! Heh, heh!

STEVEN: Yes, well, are we going in or not, Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: I certainly excelled myself with that force barrier.

(THE DOCTOR uses his key to open the TARDIS door.)

STEVEN: (With exasperation) Yes, Doctor.

(They enter the TARDIS.)

24. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

(THE DOCTOR moves across to his astral map machine and presses buttons.

Lights come on and he adjusts various dials with great pleasure.)

THE DOCTOR: (Stutters) Now wait a minute.

(Silence)

I think they've all gone to bed! Hmm, hmm! Well, it's a very good thing

I brought you around, young man, to tell me what I'm supposed to be doing!

STEVEN: Yes, you're so right, Doctor.

(A distracting noise in the background.)

THE DOCTOR: (With curiosity) Hmm? Hmm!

(THE DOCTOR closely watches the screen as there is a flickering of light.)

STEVEN: Well, Doctor, will this planet explode?

(THE DOCTOR nods, coming to a decision.)

THE DOCTOR: The Rills were quite right.

STEVEN: (Excitedly) We've got to get off the planet!

THE DOCTOR: Yes, if the Drahvins let us go.

STEVEN: We've got to make that sure they do!

THE DOCTOR: (Excitedly) They need our help with the Rills!

Why do you think they've held Vicki back?

STEVEN: Okay, but we've got to get off here somehow!

THE DOCTOR: It's imperative that we leave at once!

STEVEN: Why is that that? The Drahvins did say fourteen dawns.

THE DOCTOR: Two dawns! Tomorrow is the last day this planet will ever see.

NEXT EPISODE - TRAP OF STEEL

Doctor Who

WILLIAM HARTNELL

Vicki

MAUREEN O'BRIEN

Steven Taylor

PETER PURVES

Maaga

STEPHANIE BIDMEAD

Drahvin One

MARINA MARTIN

Drahvin Two

SUSANNA CARROLL

Drahvin Three

LYN ASHLEY

Chumblies

ANGELO MUSCAT

JIMMY KAYE

Produced by

VERITY LAMBERT

Directed by

DEREK MARTINUS

Script Editor

DONALD TOSH

Production Assistant

ANGELA GORDON

Assistant Floor Manager

MARJORIE YORKE

Secretary

SUE WILLIS

Floor Assistant

NICK WRIGHT

Wardrobe Supervisor

DAPHNE DARE

Make-up Supervisor

SONIA MARKHAM

Designer

RICHARD HUNT

Vision Mixer

CLIVE DOIG

Technical Operations Managers

RALPH WALTON

DEREK HOLIDAY

BERNARD FOX

Sound Supervisor

GEORGE PRINCE

Special Sound

BRIAN HODGSON

Grams Operator

RICHARD WORBY

Camera Crew

NUMBER FOURTEEN CREW

Transcribed by

SANDRA WILEY (SWiley7376@aol.com)

Corrections

Z1R0 (jcurtis@bw.edu)

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Galaxy Four (3)

GALAXY FOUR

EPISODE 3

AIR LOCK by WILLIAM EMMS first broadcast - September 25th 1965

1. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

(VICKI turns, her eyes reacting in horror to what she sees. She screams.)

(THE DOCTOR turns and looks. He is also riveted by what he sees.

In the middle of a door, that they had not previously noticed, is a window.
Beyond the window, in a cloud of swirling ammonia, are two large scaly eyes staring out at them.)

2. INTERIOR OF THE PASSAGEWAY.

(A CHUMBLEY moves along. It reaches the end of the passageway and moves off into another.)

3. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI turn as they hear the sound of a CHUMBLEY approaching.)

THE DOCTOR: There's a Chumbley coming! Quickly!

(They both rush toward one of the passageways and pull to a halt as they see a CHUMBLEY coming toward them. They turn and flee down another passageway. The noise of the CHUMBLIES is loud in their ears.)

VICKI: Oh, Doctor!

THE DOCTOR: Hurry! Quick!

4. INTERIOR OF THE PASSAGEWAY.

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI hurry along, the sound of pursuing CHUMBLIES not far behind them.)

THE DOCTOR: Come on!

VICKI: (Breathlessly) Come on, Doctor!

THE DOCTOR: (Breathlessly) This way. Come on! We'll make it!

(They come to an intersection. THE DOCTOR points the way ahead.)

(They reach the entrance, THE DOCTOR a little way ahead of VICKI, who turns to look behind her.)

5. EXTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTER

(THE DOCTOR emerges and turns back to VICKI. As she is about to exit, a heavy iron grill slams down in front of her. She grips the bars frantically and looks out.)

THE DOCTOR: Oh! Ah!

VICKI: Oh! Doctor! Doctor!

(VICKI turns as the CHUMBLEY sounds grow louder. THE DOCTOR runs over and examines the bars.)

THE DOCTOR: (Breathlessly) I can't move it! It's immovable!

Wait, wait, wait! I have an idea.

(He grasps the grill and tries desperately to push it up.)

(THE DOCTOR looks around and sees the mechanism on the wall he examined before.)

I might be able to sabotage them. Now be patient.

(He moves across to the mechanism and takes out a screwdriver from his pocket. VICKI waits, grasping the bars while looking behind her, expecting the CHUMBLIES at any minute. THE DOCTOR quickly examines the air-converter unit.)

We know what this machine's for. This is to convert air into ammonia gas.

VICKI: (With desperation) Doctor, hurry up!

THE DOCTOR: Yes, well, have patience child. When I've finished with this machine, I'm sure they will release you.

(He continues to work on the mechanism.)

VICKI: Never mind about that, release me first!

THE DOCTOR: No! No! That's the last thing we do. This is the thing that gives them the gas to breathe with.

VICKI: You don't know that for certain!

THE DOCTOR: My dear child, the Rills can't go outside. It's a foregone conclusion.

(VICKI turns once more and looks down the passageway.)

6. INTERIOR OF THE PASSAGEWAY.

(CHUMBLIES moves along the passageway and reaches VICKI. THE DOCTOR appears on the other side of the bars and looks in. THE CHUMBLIES make signs just as the one they first met did.)

VICKI: (With fear) Doctor! Then... I think they want me to go with them.

THE DOCTOR: Well, I think you... you'd better do what they want, hmm.

VICKI: (With great anxiety) But Doctor, that thing in there, that thing looking out of the window... what...

THE DOCTOR: Yes, that was one of the Rills, I suppose.

VICKI: (Softly) Doctor, I'm so scared.

THE DOCTOR: Now, look, you go with them, quickly, but don't cause any trouble. It'll give me time to see if I can help you. I think perhaps
I can do something to that machine, but I must have time! Hmm? Yes?

VICKI: Alright. But be quick.

THE DOCTOR: Alright, don't worry. Goodbye!

(VICKI eyes the CHUMBLEY and moves toward it. THE CHUMBLEY backs away.)

7. INTERIOR OF THE PASSAGEWAY.

(VICKI moves down a passageway followed by the CHUMBLEY. Another

CHUMBLEY moves to meet her, and they nudge her toward the central chamber.)

8. EXTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTER.

(THE DOCTOR moves away from the bars and resumes work on the air-converter with his screwdriver.)

9. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(STEVEN is still in the padded corner. He is lying down, apparently asleep.)

DRAHVIN TWO: Maaga, shall we go?

MAAGA: Where?

DRAHVIN TWO: To patrol.

MAAGA: I see no need.

DRAHVIN TWO: To see what the other two are doing.

MAAGA: No!

DRAHVIN TWO: But, Maaga...

MAAGA: Can you hear me?

DRAHVIN TWO: We always go out on patrol at this time.

MAAGA: Yes, but not now.

(The three DRAHVINS look uneasily at one another.)

Soldier Drahvins, you can't understand anything that's different, can you? You are made unintelligent, and you remain that way for the rest of your lives.

(MAAGA turns away, talking almost to herself.)

(Sighing) I told them soldiers were no good for space work. All they can do is kill. But they wouldn't listen. If you are to conquer space, they said, you will need soldiers. So here I am confronted with danger, and the only one able to think!

(She turns back to the others.)

Very well. I am your commanding officer. I am your controller, am

I not?

DRAHVIN TWO: Yes, Maaga.

MAAGA: And you obey my orders?

DRAHVIN TWO: Yes, Maaga.

MAAGA: Why?

DRAHVIN TWO: Because you are our leader.

MAAGA: And?

DRAHVIN TWO: You think.

MAAGA: And you don't know what that means.

(The DRAHVINS are silent.)

But because I think, I order that there'll be no patrol now. We have a prisoner. In order to save him, the other two must help us.

DRAHVIN ONE: I do not understand why they would want to help a friend.

MAAGA: I know you don't.

DRAHVIN ONE: We would not. We would leave him here.

MAAGA: (Laughing) Yes, we would. But I have heard of creatures like these. They help one another.

DRAHVIN THREE: Why, Maaga?

MAAGA: I don't know. I have heard, that on occasions, they even die for one another.

DRAHVIN THREE: Die? For their friends?

MAAGA: There are many strange things in the universe.

DRAHVIN TWO: I do not understand.

MAAGA: I know you don't. But, despite that, you will obey orders!

(The three DRAHVINS bow their heads submissively. After a pause,

MAAGA speaks softly, almost to herself.)

It may be that we shall kill neither the Rills nor these Earth creatures.

Not with our own hands, that is. It may be better for us to escape in the
Rills' spaceship and leave them here. And then, when we are out in space, we can look back. We will see a vast, white, exploding planet and know that they have died with it.

DRAHVIN ONE: But we will not see them die.

MAAGA: (Softly) You will not! But I, at least, have enough intelligence to imagine it. The fear. The horror. The shuddering of a planet in its last moments life. And then they die.

(Sighs) But that is for later.

(She turns back to the DRAHVINS and issues instructions to them each, in turn.)

Attention!

(To each of her soldiers)

You will rest.

You will guard the prisoner.

You will go out and look for the Earth creatures. Open the door.

(DRAHVIN ONE moves round the table, picking up her gun as she does so. She crosses to a chair near STEVEN and sits down, the gun across her lap. The other DRAHVINS go into the inner room. MAAGA goes over and looks down at STEVEN.)

DRAHVIN ONE: He sleeps.

MAAGA: But you will not. He must not move.

(DRAHVIN ONE nods. MAAGA goes into the inner room. As she does so,

STEVEN opens his eyes slightly and squints up at DRAHVIN ONE, who is staring straight ahead.)

10. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

(A CHUMBLEY backs in followed by VICKI. She searches about her and looks nervously at the place where she saw the watching eyes. The shutter on the door is closed. Another CHUMBLEY comes out of the passageway. The two CHUMBLIES chatter to themselves for a moment, then, from the CHUMBLEY facing VICKI, comes a high-pitched sound. VICKI stares at it blankly. It stops, twitters at her once or twice more, then falls silent. The CHUMBLEY behind VICKI nudges her. She puts up with this for a few moments then angrily reacts.)

VICKI: Stop doing that! What do you want, anyway?

(At once a series of varying sounds comes from the CHUMBLEY, then suddenly...)

CHUMBLEY: What do you want anyway? What do you want anyway? What do you want anyway? What do you want anyway? What do you want anyway?

(There is a chattering sound and then silence. Then from the CHUMBLEY, as though it has now deciphered VICKI's words, comes intelligible speech.)

We are sorry to separate you from your friends, but it was necessary.

(VICKI is surprised. She jumps as the shutter barring the RILLS from her slides open. A RILL can be seen looking through at her. VICKI looks from the RILL to the CHUMBLEY.)

VICKI: (Fearfully) Who are you?

CHUMBLEY: Who are you?

VICKI: (Fearfully) We're, umm... we're time travellers.

From the planet Earth.

(There is a pause as the RILL studies her.)

CHUMBLEY: I see. You were sent here by the Drahvins?

VICKI: Yes.

CHUMBLEY: To do us harm?

VICKI: (Fearfully) No. No, you see the Drahvins are keeping a friend of ours prisoner. So, we had to do as they said.

CHUMBLEY: What was that?

VICKI: (Reluctantly) To capture your spaceship.

CHUMBLEY: Why do they want to capture it? We have offered to take them with us.

VICKI: They didn't tell us that!

(VICKI moves slightly as she speaks. The other CHUMBLEY hustles her back into place.)

CHUMBLEY: No. They would not. They would rather kill. They hate us.

VICKI: Well, you did kill one of them.

CHUMBLEY: We kill no one!

(VICKI, who is still being pushed by the other CHUMBLEY, is suddenly exasperated.)

VICKI: But they... Look, who is talking? Is it... is it this Chumbley, or is it...

(She looks toward the open shutters.)

...someone else?

CHUMBLEY: You call the machines Chumblies?

VICKI: Yes.

CHUMBLEY: The Chumblies have a speaker in them. They are transmitting our thoughts.

VICKI: Your... your thoughts?

CHUMBLEY: We do not speak like you. We have no vocal chords.

We communicate in thought.

VICKI: Who are you?

CHUMBLEY: We are the Rills.

VICKI: Why can't I see you?

CHUMBLEY: It is better that you do not. Not all the dominant species in the universe look like humans. Our appearance might shock you as it shocked the Drahvins.

11. EXTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTER.

(THE DOCTOR has now removed some of the top plates from the air converter and is peering in. He is hard at work with his screwdriver.)

THE DOCTOR: Hmm!

12. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CHAMBER.

VICKI: The Drahvins said that you attacked them.

CHUMBLEY: That is short of the truth. We were investigating outer space when we encountered a strange ship. Rills do not attack or kill without good reason, so we stopped our ship. Their ship also stopped. We hung in space facing each other. We could have turned and gone away, but we were afraid that we would be attacked.

VICKI: Yes. Well, what happened?

CHUMBLEY: For four dawns we hung there. Then we decided to turn.

As we were doing so the Drahvins fired. Immediately we did the same, and both ships crashed. When we escaped from our ship we discovered that we could not breathe the atmosphere here, but we had a small supply of our own, and set out to help the Drahvins.

(As the RILL speaks through the CHUMBLEY, we see what happened as a flashback through the RILL's eyes.)

13. EXTERIOR (DAY).

(Glimpses of other RILLS can be seen, but none clearly, as they are at the edge of vision. As the RILL looks around, a DRAHVIN is seen, lying face down on the ground.)

CHUMBLEY: (oov) The first one we found was badly injured.

We started to help the soldier. Then Maaga, their leader, appeared. She started to shoot at us, so we left.

(MAAGA fires.)

14. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER (EVENING).

CHUMBLEY: We could have fought back. Our weapons are superior to theirs. But, we do not kill! The Drahvins do!

15. EXTERIOR (DAY).

(MAAGA aims her gun at the injured Drahvin and fires.)

CHUMBLEY: (oov) When we looked back, we saw Maaga kill the injured soldier.

16. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER (EVENING).

VICKI: But all the Drahvins believe that you did that!

CHUMBLEY: We know. That is why they keep attacking us.

VICKI: Would you really have taken those people off with you?

CHUMBLEY: Why not? What do we gain if they die?

(VICKI looks at the RILL through the open shutters.)

We will help you rescue your friend.

(VICKI does not respond.)

Something is worrying you?

VICKI: Yes, I... I wish I could see the whole of you.

CHUMBLEY: It is better that you don't. Besides, we cannot come out. In order to live we must have ammoniac gas. So we live in here in a compartment where it is filtered in.

VICKI: (Horrified) You mean you can't breathe oxygen at all?

CHUMBLEY: No. Our home planet...

(VICKI tries to leave, but the CHUMBLEY blocks her path.)

What is it?

VICKI: (With desperation) You must let me out quickly, or you'll all be killed!

CHUMBLEY: (Horrified) Killed? By whom?

VICKI: The Doctor. He's trying to wreck your machine for making ammoniac gas!

17. EXTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTER.

(THE DOCTOR is working feverishly at the air-converter mechanism with his screwdriver, talking to himself.)

18. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(STEVEN is still pretending to be asleep, but is squinting at the

DRAHVIN that is guarding him, who is herself nodding off to sleep. Slowly,
STEVEN eases himself up into a sitting position. He eases his legs down to the floor. There is a creak. The DRAHVIN reacts slightly but continues to doze. STEVEN slowly reaches toward the DRAHVIN's gun. With one movement he snatches the gun, clasps a hand over the DRAHVIN's mouth, and keeps moving forward so that the DRAHVIN and the chair she is sitting on topple over backwards. Holding the gun, STEVEN prepares to cover the
DRAHVIN, but he realizes that the fall has knocked her unconscious. He listens. All is silent. He moves toward the lever that opens the door.
There is a humming sound and the door begins to slide open. At the same time, the door to MAAGA's compartment opens, and MAAGA stands there, gun in hand.)

MAAGA: He's trying to escape!

(STEVEN leaps toward the outer door, but it is closed. He turns back to see MAAGA, by now joined by the other DRAHVINS, approaching. He points his gun at them.)

STEVEN: Stop!

(They halt. MAAGA comes forward.)

MAAGA: _____. You can't escape. Give up and we will not harm you.

STEVEN: (Breathlessly) I'd be a fool to believe that, wouldn't I?

(He glances to the side and sees two buttons on the wall. While still pointing his gun at the DRAHVINS, he presses one button and the inner door slides shut, sealing him off from the DRAHVINS. He presses the other button, and the outer door opens. He exits.)

19. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(STEVEN emerges and looks warily about. He is about to move off when he sees a CHUMBLEY approaching. He stares at it, gun at the ready, then looks back at the spaceship. He makes his decision and heads back into the airlock. He presses the button to close the outer door, and as it closes behind him, the CHUMBLEY moves in and waits. He turns toward the inner door and, through the porthole in the door, is startled to see MAAGA standing there, a cruel smirking grin on her face.)

20. EXTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTER.

(THE DOCTOR is reaching into the machine. With a grunt of pleasure he brings out a small metal plate and drops it on the ground. Then he peers in again. Afterwards, he picks up the screwdriver and poises it over the machine. He soon starts to cough.)

VICKI: (oov) Doctor! No!

(THE DOCTOR turns in surprise.)

Don't do it, Doctor! Doctor!

THE DOCTOR: (Coughing) Oh! Child!

(THE DOCTOR, coughing, moves away from the machine. VICKI and the CHUMBLEY come into view from the passageway as the bars slide up out of sight.)

VICKI: (Breathlessly) Oh! Oh! I was going to be too late.

THE DOCTOR: Are you sure you're all right, child, hmm? Hmm? Hmm.

VICKI: Yes, and the Rills won't harm us. They want to help.

CHUMBLEY: We were told your friend is in danger.

(THE DOCTOR starts back, surprised by the fact that the CHUMBLEY can talk.)

THE DOCTOR: Is... (stutters) is that a Rill talking?

VICKI: Yes. Well, answer him.

THE DOCTOR: (Shouting) Oh yes, you were told correctly!

VICKI: Doctor, they're not deaf!

THE DOCTOR: Oh, I... I mean... Oh, I'm sorry. I beg your pardon.

I...I thought you couldn't hear.

CHUMBLEY: We are not deaf, you know.

THE DOCTOR: Ah.

CHUMBLEY: Perhaps you will both come inside.

THE DOCTOR: Ah, yes. It does occurs to me that, ah, if we do that we, ah, might be trapped, hmm.

VICKI: Doctor, if the Rills wanted to harm us, the Chumbley could shoot us now.

THE DOCTOR: Well, yes. Indeed. Of course, child. Yes, it's quite true, quite true. Yes. Well, lead the way. Ah... Eh, lead the way. Heh, heh.

(Chuckles) As it happens, I'd like to take a good look round.

Ah, what's this? What's this fellow doing, hmm?

(The CHUMBLEY turns and leads the way back. As they move another

CHUMBLEY passes them, going in the opposite direction.)

CHUMBLEY: Going to repair the damage you have done.

THE DOCTOR: Ah, yes. Quite so. Hmm. hmm. Hmm, hmm. Hmm.

(He nods to himself, looks apologetic, and grimaces at VICKI. They moves down the passageway. Meanwhile, the other CHUMBLEY reaches the air converter and starts to examine it, making the usual chumbley sounds as it does.)

21. INTERIOR OF THE PASSAGEWAY.

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI move along after the CHUMBLEY.)

THE DOCTOR: Tell me, what do these Rills look like, hmm?

VICKI: They won't show themselves, Doctor!

THE DOCTOR: Oh? Why ever not, hmm?

(THE CHUMBLEY halts and turns.)

CHUMBLEY: Because our appearance would not be pleasant to you.

THE DOCTOR: Oh, what nonsense! We're not children, you know?

CHUMBLEY: It is best you do not see us.

(THE CHUMBLEY turns and moves off.)

THE DOCTOR: Oh, very well. Carry on, carry on. Oh, what utter rubbish, isn't it? Hmm, hmm. Hmm. Hmm.

(They move off after the CHUMBLEY.)

22. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

(The CHUMBLEY enters and halts, followed by THE DOCTOR and VICKI. THE

DOCTOR looks around and taps the CHUMBLEY with his stick.)

THE DOCTOR: Oh, yes. This... uh, this drill rigging here. Eh, tell me, what is it you drilling for, hmm?

CHUMBLEY: Power. We must have power for launching our spaceship.

The suns are too weak to supply this power, therefore, by drilling we may find some in the ground.

THE DOCTOR: Very well, if you take my advice, you'll get a move on. There's very little time left.

CHUMBLEY: You know about the explosion of this planet?

THE DOCTOR: Oh, yes! We know more than you. Your timing is wrong.

The disintegration of this planet is not fourteen dawns away. It is now less than two dawns.

CHUMBLEY: Two dawns!

THE DOCTOR: Two dawns.

CHUMBLEY: Then we have no chance of survival!

VICKI: But you've repaired your ship.

CHUMBLEY: Yes, but the only power we find is a gas, and that is of no use to us. We have no means of converting it into the sun-ray power we need.

THE DOCTOR: I think I might be able to supply you with the power you need. Yes, I think I'll help you, since you're so willing to help us.

CHUMBLEY: We would be deeply grateful.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm.

VICKI: You keep saying we. How many of you are there?

CHUMBLEY: Four.

VICKI: That doesn't seem many for manning a spaceship.

CHUMBLEY: We were twelve. Eight of us died in the crash.

(THE DOCTOR nods sympathetically and then is immediately business-like.)

THE DOCTOR: First I will need some metal-cored cable.

CHUMBLEY: We have some!

THE DOCTOR: Splendid. Splendid. I think I can put into effect the transference of power from my ship to this. Now, first of all, I must... I must have a conversion. Now is that possible?

CHUMBLEY: We shall do all that you say, you are our only...

(The CHUMBLEY stops talking and starts chittering. There is the sound of machinery, as though from a control panel in the RILLS' chamber.)

THE DOCTOR: Ah.

VICKI: What's that?

THE DOCTOR: What's the matter, hmm?

CHUMBLEY: We have just received a message from a machine.

VICKI: A Chumbley?

CHUMBLEY: It is by the Drahvin spaceship. It reports that a being, not Drahvin, came out of it.

VICKI: Steven.

CHUMBLEY: It detected that he was a friend of yours, but before contact could be made, he went back in again.

VICKI: He still thinks the Chumblies are dangerous, you see.

Doctor, let me go and tell him...

THE DOCTOR: That won't be necessary, my dear. He's quite capable enough of looking after himself.

(To the CHUMBLEY) Now, the cable, please, the cable!

23. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN AIRLOCK.

(STEVEN is looking out at the CHUMBLEY. He looks up when MAAGA's voice comes from a loudspeaker in the airlock.)

MAAGA: (oov) Do you hear me, Earthman?

STEVEN: Yes, I hear you.

MAAGA: Throw down your gun, and we will set you free.

(STEVEN looks at his gun and grips it tighter.)

Very well, but if you try to come through here, you may kill one of us, but we will surely kill you.

(STEVEN turns and looks through the outer door.)

Yes, outside a Rills' machine waits to kill also.

STEVEN: All right. I'll stay here. I may be trapped but you can't harm me.

MAAGA: You are in the airlock. On the wall are some dials. They are pressure gauges.

(STEVEN looks toward them.)

STEVEN: So?

MAAGA: We can empty the oxygen out of that section, and you will suffocate.

(STEVEN looks around and moves to touch the button that opens the outer door.)

If you touch that, the door will open completely, leaving you at the mercy of the machine.

24. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(MAAGA signals to the DRAHVINS. DRAHVIN TWO and DRAHVIN THREE move to the wall and grasp a wheel.)

DRAHVIN TWO: Ready?

MAAGA: Pressure?

DRAHVIN TWO: Normal.

MAAGA: Temperature?

DRAHVIN TWO: Normal.

MAAGA: Good. Empty the airlock.

(The DRAHVINS start to turn the wheel.)

25. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN AIRLOCK.

(STEVEN looks at one of the dials. The needle is flickering and drops very slightly.)

MAAGA: Yes, Earthman. The air is already leaving the airlock.

You have three choices.

STEVEN: Three?

MAAGA: Stay there and die, go outside and be killed by the machine, or surrender!

(STEVEN looks around desperately. The needle on the dial drops further.)

26. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

(VICKI is helping THE DOCTOR with some cable. The CHUMBLIES are there and the RILL watches from the other side of the shuttered door.)

THE DOCTOR: Yes, good. Good. Yes, I think that's enough. That should be all right. Now then, let me have your arm. That's splendid. Now, follow me to the ship.

CHUMBLEY: Our thanks.

(There are more noises from the control panel.)

VICKI: What does that mean?

CHUMBLEY: The Chumbley has reported that your friend is still in the ship. But he is making noises that it cannot understand. It says they sound like cries of distress!

VICKI: Doctor!

THE DOCTOR: I must go at once!

CHUMBLEY: You cannot help him alone! We will send two more Chumbley machines with you.

THE DOCTOR: (Shouting excitedly) But what can they do?

CHUMBLEY: (Shouting) Cut open the ship, if necessary!

(Another CHUMBLEY enters the room, its light flashing furiously.)

VICKI: Doctor, come on!

THE DOCTOR: Hmm?

CHUMBLEY: Go! Quickly! The Chumbley reports that the sounds are weakening!

THE DOCTOR: You stay here, child!

VICKI: No, I'm coming with you!

(THE DOCTOR is annoyed but has no time to argue. He turns to the

CHUMBLEY who has been speaking.)

THE DOCTOR: All right! Come, then, come! Come along! And you  stay here until you receive a message! Come on! Quickly! Quickly! Quick!

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI follow the other CHUMBLIES into the passageway.)

27. INTERIOR OF THE RILL PASSAGEWAY.

(The CHUMBLIES, THE DOCTOR, and VICKI rush along the corridor.)

28. EXTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTER.

(The CHUMBLIES exit, followed by THE DOCTOR and VICKI. Together they hurry off in the direction of the DRAHVIN spaceship.)

29. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(They approach the DRAHVINS' spaceship. Without warning, DRAHVIN

ONE appears. She aims her gun at them.)

DRAHVIN ONE: Halt or I fire! Do not move!

THE DOCTOR: What is wrong?

DRAHVIN ONE: Where are you going?

THE DOCTOR: Back to your spaceship, of course.

DRAHVIN ONE: The machines are our enemies. Why do you bring them too?

THE DOCTOR: We're going to help you and Maaga and the rest of them to get to the Rill spaceship. We wish to save lives, not to destroy them.

DRAHVIN ONE: Maaga doesn't trust you! I do not trust you!

VICKI: Listen, we have captured these machines. They do anything we tell them now. Watch.

(To the CHUMBLIES) Come forward. Stop. Go back. Stop.

(The CHUMBLIES do as VICKI commands.)

You see?

(DRAHVIN ONE turns and fires at one of the CHUMBLIES. VICKI struggles with her and manages to get the gun.)

DRAHVIN ONE: (Struggling) Oh! Ah!

THE DOCTOR: Down, madam!

DRAHVIN ONE:  Oh!

THE DOCTOR: Listen to me!

DRAHVIN ONE: Kill me now! I have failed my duty!

THE DOCTOR: Nonsense! Well, let us stop this thought of killing anyone.

Now, madam, back to your spaceship. Back please.

VICKI: Go on! Hurry!

(The CHUMBLIES chitter away, sending a message back to the RILL center.)

30. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN AIRLOCK.

(STEVEN is now much the worse for wear. His mouth is wide open and gasping for air.)

MAAGA: Why do you not give up, Earthman?

STEVEN: (Gasping) I'd rather face the Chumblies than you any day.

(He stares in hatred at MAAGA though the porthole, fighting for breath.

He almost drops his gun but manages to retain it. He staggers against the wall and rests his forehead and palms against it. He tries to push the outer door button.)

MAAGA: (Evil laughter) That will not work now. The pressure has locked the door. You must surrender, or die!

(The dial is now very low. It drops further. STEVEN starts to slide down against the wall.)

NEXT EPISODE - THE EXPLODING PLANET

Doctor Who

WILLIAM HARTNELL

Vicki

MAUREEN O'BRIEN

Steven Taylor

PETER PURVES

Maaga

STEPHANIE BIDMEAD

Drahvin One

MARINA MARTIN

Drahvin Two

SUSANNA CARROLL

Drahvin Three

LYN ASHLEY

Chumblies

ANGELO MUSCAT

WILLIAM SHEARER

PEPI POUPEE

Rill voice

ROBERT CARTLAND

Rills

BILL LODGE

Produced by

VERITY LAMBERT

Directed by

DEREK MARTINUS

Script Editor

DONALD TOSH

Production Assistant

ANGELA GORDON

Assistant Floor Manager

MARJORIE YORKE

Secretary

SUE WILLIS

Floor Assistant

NICK WRIGHT

Wardrobe Supervisor

DAPHNE DARE

Make-up Supervisor

SONIA MARKHAM

Designer

RICHARD HUNT

Vision Mixer

CLIVE DOIG

Technical Operations Managers

RALPH WALTON

DEREK HOLIDAY

BERNARD FOX

Sound Supervisor

GEORGE PRINCE

Special Sound

BRIAN HODGSON

Grams Operator

RICHARD WORBY

Camera Crew

NUMBER FOURTEEN CREW

Transcribed by

SANDRA WILEY (SWiley7376@aol.com)

Corrections

Z1R0 (jcurtis@bw.edu)

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Galaxy Four (4)

GALAXY FOUR

EPISODE 4

THE EXPLODING PLANET by WILLIAM EMMS first broadcast - October 2nd 1965

1. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN AIRLOCK.

(STEVEN is now much the worse for wear. With his mouth wide open, he gasps for air.)

MAAGA: Why do you not give up, Earthman?

STEVEN: (With heavy breathing) I'd rather face the Chumblies than you any day.

(He stares in hatred at MAAGA through the porthole, fighting for breath. He almost drops his gun but manages to retain it. He staggers against the wall and rests his forehead and palms against it. He tries to push the outer door button.)

MAAGA: (With evil laughter) That will not work now. The pressure has locked the door. You must surrender, or die!

(The dial is now very low. It drops further. STEVEN starts to slide down against the wall.)

2. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(One of the CHUBMLIES moves toward the spaceship.)

3. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

DRAHVIN TWO: He cannot live much longer, Maaga. Soon he will die.

MAAGA: We do not wish him dead.

DRAHVIN TWO: But he is our enemy!

MAAGA: Also our hostage!

DRAHVIN THREE: Machine with bomb approaching!

MAAGA: Quick! Take cover!

(As she speaks, a projectile crashes through the porthole and lands on the floor and immediately begins to discharge a thick cloud of ammonia.)

4. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(STEVEN appears at the window, near collapse. A CHUMBLEY fires its gun at the door. The door flies open, there is a hissing of air, and STEVEN tumbles out. He draws back at the sight of the CHUMBLEY.)

CHUMBLEY: Stand clear! Alright, it's safe now.

(VICKI rushes over to STEVEN.)

VICKI: Steven?

(STEVEN is gasping for breath.)

(THE DOCTOR hurries over.)

THE DOCTOR: Come along, my boy! Up on your feet! Quickly! Come along. Come on! Come on! Ah. Oh, put your head down.  Now breathe deeply! Come along!

VICKI: They nearly killed him in there. Come on, let's get away from there in case they come out.

THE DOCTOR: Steady. Take it easy. You're with friends.

VICKI: Are you all right?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, and thanks to the Chumblies. They did the trick.

I don't know what those Drahvins were going to think. Ah. Come on. Keep breathing. Keep breathing. In and out. In and out. Come on!

(STEVEN continues to gasp for air.)

5. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(The DRAHVINS are standing before MAAGA, who is furious. All are coughing.)

MAAGA: Guns ready.

(The DRAHVINS bring up their guns.)

Door.

(DRAHVIN TWO runs over and presses the button.)

After them, and kill!

(They head for the opening door.)

6. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

THE DOCTOR: Be all right in a minute.

(The DRAHVINS surge out of the airlock.)

CHUMBLEY: Stop!

(The DRAHVINS come to a halt as they see the CHUMBLEY's ray-run pointing at them.)

If you move at all, we shall fire! Do not mistake our intention. You will not interfere!

(The DRAHVINS remain still. One of the CHUMBLIES bumps into THE DOCTOR.)

Doctor, please lead your party away.

THE DOCTOR: I certainly will. Can you walk? Come on, my boy, on your feet. Come along! That way! That way! Come on! Keep breathing hard. _____.

(STEVEN stands, swaying a little. VICKI supports him.)

(The CHUMBLEY turns and the three travellers follow. One of the other

CHUMBLIES stand guard over the three DRAHVINS. MAAGA appears at the doorway, careful not to show herself to the CHUMBLEY.)

CHUMBLEY: Maaga, you will take your soldiers back into the ship, and you will stay there.

(MAAGA glares out at the scene before her.)

Until now we have spared you, although you have attacked us time and time again. But we will always defend our friends.

(MAAGA mutters scornfully under her breath.)

MAAGA: Friends!

CHUMBLEY: We will prevent any attempt on your part to leave the ship. I am resolute! Now go back into your spaceship.

MAAGA: You have polluted the air with your bomb!

CHUMBLEY: It will have cleared by now. The ammonia bomb was only a warning. Go inside.

(MAAGA turns, realizing that for now, she is powerless.)

MAAGA: (Softly) Come.

(The DRAHVINS reenter their spaceship. The CHUMBLEY stands watch outside.)

7. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(MAAGA crosses to a porthole and looks out as the three DRAHVINS enter.)

MAAGA: It's still there.

DRAHVIN TWO: We cannot escape.

MAAGA: Quiet!

DRAHVIN ONE: But Maaga, we...

MAAGA: We cannot escape yet! But we will. No Drahvin is defeated until dead. Is that so?

(The three DRAHVINS reply in unison.)

DRAHVINS: Yes, Maaga.

MAAGA: We are still alive. It depends how long that machine will be. (To DRAHVIN ONE) You failed in your mission of patrol.

DRAHVIN ONE: (With fear) I was outnumbered.

MAAGA: You will be dealt with. Failure is never tolerated.

(Looking at DRAHVIN THREE) You - does the forward hatch still work?

DRAHVIN THREE: Yes, Maaga.

MAAGA: Silently?

DRAHVIN THREE: Yes, Maaga.

MAAGA: It is now dim light. Soon it will be night. The last night this planet will ever know. We must capture the Rill spaceship before then.
When I give the order, you will steal silently through the forward hatch.
You will then creep round behind the Rills' machine. Understood?

DRAHVIN THREE: Yes, Maaga.

MAAGA: And you will destroy it.

8. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

(THE DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI enter. THE DOCTOR immediately moves across to where the cable is with a CHUMBLEY.)

STEVEN: Ugh!

VICKI: It's that ammoniac gas we were telling you about.

STEVEN: I'd rather they breathed it than me.

(VICKI leaves STEVEN and moves across to THE DOCTOR.)

VICKI: Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: Hmm?

VICKI: There can't be much time left now, is there?

THE DOCTOR: About six hours, child.

(To the CHUMBLEY) Have you finished that conversion?

CHUMBLEY: Yes, we have. But it will take some time to transfer the power of your ship to ours.

THE DOCTOR: Oh, nonsense, nonsense!

CHUMBLEY: We are concerned for your safety.

VICKI: And we're concerned for yours.

THE DOCTOR: Oh, indeed, that's very noble of you all. It's a matter of urgency. Come along. Let's have the cable _____ at once.

CHUMBLEY: Very well.

THE DOCTOR: Quickly! Quickly!

(The cable is dragged.)

Quickly, child. Here. Yes, that'll do. Splendid!

STEVEN: What is going on, Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: Hmm?

STEVEN: What are you trying to do?

THE DOCTOR: I'm going to try to transfer power from my ship into the interior of the Rill ship here.

STEVEN: Oh, I see.

THE DOCTOR: Now if you suspect that any trouble whilst I'm working,

I want you to contact me at once, understood?

STEVEN: But, you want me to stay here?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, I want you to stay here with the leader of the

Rills and try and have some rest. Get some!

(STEVEN silently protests.)

So, contain yourself.

(STEVEN gives in.)

Now then. Right! Off you go.

VICKI: Can I come with you, Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, child, if you wish. Come along! Hurry! Hurry!

Hurry!

VICKI: _____.

THE DOCTOR: Come along!

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI leave. STEVEN walks around the chamber.)

CHUMBLEY: You have not gone with your friends.

STEVEN: No.

(A long silence follows.)

CHUMBLEY: You are interested in our place?

STEVEN: Yes, quite.

(A brief pause, then STEVEN speaks.) So The Doctor trusts you?

CHUMBLEY: Why shouldn't he?

STEVEN: No reason. I suppose you gave right ethical reasons for him, so naturally he does trust you.

CHUMBLEY: We rescued you from the Drahvins, but you still don't trust us?

STEVEN: Oh, you could be the same as them - using us for your own salvation.

CHUMBLEY: The Doctor offered to help us. We needed his help.

STEVEN: So did the Drahvins.

CHUMBLEY: What are you getting at?

STEVEN: Nothing.

CHUMBLEY: Yes, you are.

STEVEN: All right. You said it would take hours to charge this ship properly.

CHUMBLEY: The Doctor said he could do it in time.

STEVEN: Yes. But supposing, just this once, you're right, and he's wrong. Would you take us with you, or would you allow us to leave in our own ship?

CHUMBLEY: In your own ship, if possible.

STEVEN: (With disbelief) Come off it! I mean, if you don't get this charged in time, you aren't going to let us go just like that.

CHUMBLEY: We are strange beings to you. You've never met anything like us. You come from Earth, a planet we don't know, but clearly it is a planet which still knows conflict.

STEVEN: What? So?

CHUMBLEY: If we are right and the power-charge is going to take too long a time, then The Doctor, the girl, and you must leave. We believe in self-preservation.

STEVEN: (With a sarcastic laugh) Oh yeah, I'm sure...

CHUMBLEY: But if there is a choice, the Doctor must go. He travels further than we can. And everything he has shown he stands for is what we believe in; so it is better that he goes.

STEVEN: (A brief pause) Oh, I'm sorry. You can't blame me, though, for being suspicious. In that case, there's something you ought know. Whilst I was in the Drahvin ship, they said they intended to leave this planet in yours.

CHUMBLEY: We are prepared to take them with us.

STEVEN: Well, that's not what they mean. They take your ship, you stay here!

CHUMBLEY: We must hope they do not succeed.

STEVEN: Yes, well, there's so little time left.  They're going to be desperate. I'll tell you what. Why not let me fix the cable for you at this end?

CHUMBLEY: Thank you! The machine will help you. It will be quicker.

STEVEN: It's got to be!

9. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(DRAHVIN THREE is opening the hatch. MAAGA stands nearby.)

DRAHVIN THREE: I'm ready, Maaga.

MAAGA: Then go.

(She puts an iron bar about three feet long by four inches thick into DRAHVIN THREE's hands.)

And do not fail!

DRAHVIN THREE: I shall not.

(She exits through the hatch.)

10. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(DRAHVIN THREE emerges and drops silently to the ground. She pauses, grasps the bar firmly, looks about, then moves off. The hatch door is closed again from within. At the other side of the ship, the CHUMBLEY stands guard, unaware of what has just occurred.)

11. EXTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI approach the TARDIS, followed by the CHUMBLEY, the cable snaking out behind him. THE DOCTOR moves to the door of the police box and searches for his key. VICKI looks around.)

VICKI: It's getting darker, Doctor.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm? Oh, it's nothing to worry about, my dear. I think the evenings last here for about four hours.

(THE DOCTOR finds his key and opens the door.)

VICKI: It's strange.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm?

VICKI: To think that at dawn all this will explode into nothing.

THE DOCTOR: No, not just... nothing, child. Hydrogen gas that springs itself out like molten silver against the other stars in the same galaxy. Hmm. Hmm, hmm! Yes, well, let's have the cable, please.

(The cable is dragged.)

12. INTERIOR DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(DRAHVIN ONE and DRAHVIN TWO are seated at the table. MAAGA stares out through a porthole.)

MAAGA: She's out of sight.

DRAHVIN ONE: She will die willingly.

MAAGA: She will not die until she has destroyed the machine.

DRAHVIN TWO: Will we escape, Maaga?

MAAGA: Yes, when we have destroyed the machine we will escape!

(As she speaks, the ship rocks violently.)

DRAHVIN TWO: Oh! What is happening?

MAAGA: (With fear and desperation) It's first warning of the explosion. We have only five hours left. She must act quickly!

13. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(DRAHVIN THREE creeps towards the CHUMBLEY. She comes up behind it and, raising the bar high over her head, brings it crashing down with murderous force.)

14. EXTERIOR OF THE TARDIS (NIGHT).

(The cable leads from the door of the TARDIS out across the landscape.)

15. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

(The cable runs from the passageway into the chamber.)

STEVEN: Well, it's all fixed up here, Doctor. Any snags at the

TARDIS?

THE DOCTOR: Everything under control, my dear boy.

STEVEN: Oh good. Good.

THE DOCTOR: Switch on your motors, please.

CHUMBLEY: Start control! Full intake! Cable guard stand by!

VICKI: Is that the power being transferred?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, it is, my dear.

VICKI: How long will it take?

THE DOCTOR: Oh, three to four hours, I think.

STEVEN: Oh, but this planet's due to explode in less than five hours.

THE DOCTOR: (Annoyed) I fully appreciate that fact, young man.

(THE DOCTOR is cut short by a loud noise from the control panel.)

VICKI: There's that alarm again.

STEVEN: Oh, what's happened now?

(A CHUMBLEY moves toward them. THE DOCTOR turns round.)

CHUMBLEY: Silence, please! Emergency message coming through!

The Drahvins have escaped and destroyed the Chumbley outside their spaceship!

VICKI: Oh, no!

THE DOCTOR: And the Chumbley outside my TARDIS?

CHUMBLEY: In the position he has taken up he is in no danger.

Continue, Doctor.

THE DOCTOR: Thank you, thank you.

CHUMBLEY: There will be no more incidents.

STEVEN: Oh, they won't go after the TARDIS anyway, Doctor. It's this ship they want, and us.

16. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(MAAGA, DRAHVIN ONE, and DRAHVIN TWO climb through the hatch. MAAGA looks round, peering into the night. DRAHVIN THREE moves to join her.)

MAAGA: You have done well.

DRAHVIN THREE: Thank you, Maaga.

MAAGA: I will see that you are mentioned. Did you see any other machines?

DRAHVIN THREE: The only one there I destroyed.

MAAGA: Good.

DRAHVIN THREE: It will not move again.

(DRAHVIN ONE and DRAHVIN TWO nod in pleasurable understanding.)

MAAGA: We are going to attack the Rill spaceship. You will follow close behind me. Understood?

DRAHVINS: (in unison) Yes, Maaga.

When we get nearer, I will give you further orders. Come.

(They move off across the planet, holding their guns at the ready.)

17. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

(THE DOCTOR is trying to calm STEVEN who is very agitated.)

THE DOCTOR: Oh, do stop worrying, dear boy, and stand still.

CHUMBLEY: Stand still.

(THE DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI stand still as the CHUMBLIES stream this way and that.)

STEVEN: Look, Doctor, I know exactly what they intend to do.

And as soon as they see this cable, they're going destroy it!

CHUMBLEY: Do not worry. I am prepared for that.

THE DOCTOR: Splendid! Splendid! Is the power still coming through?

CHUMBLEY: It is.

STEVEN: And how long's it going to take?

CHUMBLEY: Another two hours, at least.

STEVEN: Oh.

THE DOCTOR: That should be enough.

VICKI: Just.

STEVEN: Look, isn't it possible to charge any faster?

THE DOCTOR: Actually impossible, dear boy. There's great danger of the panel blowing.

STEVEN: Yes, well, we're going to be lucky to get back to the TARDIS in time.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm?

STEVEN: Well the Drahvins are still out to get us.

CHUMBLEY: Do not worry. We will ensure that you return safely to your ship.

(VICKI tilts her head as she hears the sound of gun-fire outside.

She moves toward the exit.)

VICKI: Look! _____.

STEVEN: Well, they don't waste time, do they?

(The hissing of guns grows louder, then drops a little. Suddenly

DRAHVIN THREE enters the chamber and points her gun at STEVEN and VICKI, who are standing apart from THE DOCTOR, who is by the door to the RILLS' chamber.)

(VICKI and STEVEN stand frozen with fear. THE DOCTOR goes to move toward them, but before he can move, the RILLS' door opens and the CHUMBLEY pushes him through. DRAHVIN THREE still has VICKI and STEVEN in her sight.)

DRAHVIN THREE: Doctor. You have escaped once; you will not do so again.

STEVEN: And be killed?

DRAHVIN THREE: Death does not frighten me. I die a warrior Drahvin.

(She starts to pull the trigger. As she does so, a CHUMBLEY chitters in from one of the passageways and as it does so, it fires. DRAHVIN THREE stiffens, as though paralyzed for a moment, then crumples to the floor.)

VICKI: Oh, Steven.

STEVEN: What have you done?

CHUMBLEY: Do not worry, she is completely paralyzed. I told you there would be no further incidents.

(VICKI suddenly realizes that THE DOCTOR is not with them.)

VICKI: (With concern) Doctor? Where's the Doctor?

(THE DOCTOR's voice comes from within the RILLS' chamber.)

STEVEN: Oh, _____.

THE DOCTOR: (oov) Hello, I'm in here. Come in. Come in.

CHUMBLEY: You may enter. But be prepared for a shock.

(VICKI looks at STEVEN.)

VICKI: Do you think we ought to go in?

THE DOCTOR: (oov) Come along. Come along. Come along.

(STEVEN and VICKI move toward the door, followed by the CHUMBLEY.)

18. EXTERIOR.

(MAAGA, DRAHVIN ONE, and DRAHVIN TWO are on a ridge, resting. MAAGA looks around. DRAHVIN TWO is keeping watch.)

MAAGA: We've Driven them off.

DRAHVIN ONE: But we have not destroyed one.

MAAGA: Don't worry, we will.

(DRAHVIN TWO suddenly points.)

DRAHVIN TWO: More machines!

MAAGA: Again!

(Several CHUMBLIES move across the landscape.)

19. INTERIOR OF THE RILL INNER CHAMBER.

(Behind a glass partition are the RILLS. They are enveloped in a dense, smoky gas. THE DOCTOR turns as VICKI and STEVEN enter the chamber.)

CHUMBLEY: Now you know what we look like.

THE DOCTOR: I do. And I, for one, am glad of it.

CHUMBLEY: We apologize for the glass partition, but you will understand we must keep our atmosphere in here.

THE DOCTOR: Yes, of course, of course.

(The CHUMBLEY moves toward him.)

CHUMBLEY: Our appearance shocks you?

THE DOCTOR: Not now. I must admit, it did at first.

STEVEN: Well, I don't see why the Drahvins should hate you.

VICKI: I know. I mean, after all, we must look just as strange to you.

CHUMBLEY: To the Drahvins, we are ugly, so they become frightened.

THE DOCTOR: You are different from us, of course, but at least you are intelligent.

STEVEN: Yes, what difference does it make what your form is?

THE DOCTOR: Importance lies in the character and to what use you put this intelligence. We respect you as we respect all life.

(Without warning, VICKI stumbles. STEVEN catches her.)

STEVEN: Doctor!

THE DOCTOR: What's the matter, my child? Hmm?

VICKI: I suddenly feel terribly ill.

STEVEN: It's the ammoniac gas escaping.

THE DOCTOR: Oh dear, dear, dear, yes, I...

CHUMBLEY: You had better return to the other chamber. Our atmosphere is not good for you.

THE DOCTOR: Ah, yes, thank you.

(To STEVEN) Young man. Young man.

VICKI: (Weakly) I suppose we won't meet again.

CHUMBLEY: It is improbable.

VICKI: (Weakly) Goodbye.

CHUMBLEY: Goodbye.

20. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

STEVEN: How much longer, Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: One hour.

STEVEN: And how long until the explosion?

THE DOCTOR: One hour and a half.

STEVEN: Hmm. Well, let's hope no more Drahvins get in here.

21. EXTERIOR OF THE PLANET LANDSCAPE.

(MAAGA, DRAHVIN ONE, and DRAHVIN TWO take cover on top of the ridge.

The CHUMBLIES fire on them, and they fire back but to no avail. MAAGA throws her gun to the ground in frustration and despair.)

MAAGA: Oh, it's no good! Our guns can't harm them!

DRAHVIN ONE: Then we must use bars, as Three did!

(She looks around, then points.)

MAAGA: No, we will go that way. Head for the spaceship part of the building. We must concentrate on that. Come.

(The DRAHVINS nod and set off. MAAGA retrieves her gun and in desperation fires again at the CHUMBLIES.)

22. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

STEVEN: Can't take much longer!

THE DOCTOR: Oh, patience, dear boy, patience!

VICKI: Dawn will be here in half an hour now.

STEVEN: Yes, and when dawn comes this planet explodes like a bomb!

THE DOCTOR: Oh, really, you two! Huh, huh.

(Suddenly there is a high-pitched sound.)

VICKI: What's that? What is it?

THE DOCTOR: Ah! That is a signal that the spaceship is now fully charged, unless I'm very much mistaken.

STEVEN: Well, it's about time, too.

(The sound stops.)

CHUMBLEY: You are right, Doctor. We are ready to disconnect.

(THE DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI all sigh with relief. A CHUMBLEY comes in with the end of the cable.)

THE DOCTOR: Oh, good. Good. Now, uh, you have sufficient power?

CHUMBLEY: Enough to get us well out into space, where we can recharge from a sun.

THE DOCTOR: Splendid. Splendid. Then I don't think there's any more for us to do. We will go.

CHUMBLEY: A Chumbley will escort you back to your ship.

THE DOCTOR: And yourself?

CHUMBLEY: We will wait until you are safely there.

THE DOCTOR: Oh, we shall be quite all right. It is you that needs to be out of range, not us. The moment I start my motors, we shall be out of range in time. We (stutters)... we don't need space.

VICKI: Go now, please.

CHUMBLEY: Very well. In a moment we shall leave here and enter the ship. From that time we will not be able to talk with you. The Chumbley with you will escort you back to your ship. He will protect you and obey your commands. Once you have gone he will destroy himself.

VICKI: No!

CHUMBLEY: It will be painless. Merely putting itself out of action.

THE DOCTOR: Yes, I think I understand, and thank you very much.

CHUMBLEY: It is easy to help others when they are so willing to help you. Though we are beings of separate planets, you from the solar system and we from another space, our ways of thought, at times, do not seem all that different. It has been an honor to know you and serve you.

VICKI: Good luck.

CHUMBLEY: Thank you. We shall give you time to get clear before we take off. Now we are going. Goodbye. We wish you well!

(There is a click, a humming noise starts, and the chamber trembles.)

THE DOCTOR: (Excitedly) They've started the motors!

STEVEN: Yes, and we've got less than half an hour, Doctor.

THE DOCTOR: (Excitedly) Yes, you're quite right. Quickly!

Quickly! Come! Come!

23. EXTERIOR.

(MAAGA, DRAHVIN ONE, and DRAHVIN TWO are sitting on the ground, dirty and dishevelled.)

DRAHVIN ONE: (As if in pain) Where are the machines?

DRAHVIN TWO: There are none!

MAAGA: Listen!

(There is a humming sound which gradually increases to a roar.)

(Horrified) They're escaping!

(They leap to their feet. As they do the roar reaches a climax, and as they squint up into the sky, a brilliant light flickers over them.)

24. EXTERIOR.

(Nearby THE DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI are looking up into the sky, also bathed in the flickering light, and deafened by the roaring of the spaceship's engines.)

STEVEN: There they go!

THE DOCTOR: (With happiness) Isn't it amazing? What a wonderful sight! Oh!

(THE DOCTOR appears lost in thought. VICKI, mindful of how little time is left, urges THE DOCTOR on.)

VICKI: Doctor!

THE DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, of course.

(They turn away as the roaring gradually fades away.)

25. EXTERIOR.

(MAAGA and the DRAHVINS see THE DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI.)

MAAGA: (With desperation) The Earth people! We can catch them!

(THE DOCTOR, STEVEN, and VICKI hasten across the landscape. A CHUMBLEY chitters about them. Suddenly the CHUMBLEY stops, turns around, and fires as the DRAHVINS attack. There is a bright flash and the DRAHVINS fling themselves to the ground.)

26. EXTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

(STEVEN and VICKI run towards the ship, clearly out of breath.)

STEVEN: Come on, Doc!

(THE DOCTOR runs up, panting for breath, grasping the side of the police box to steady himself. The CHUMBLEY is just behind him.)

Here they come!

(THE DOCTOR pushes open the door and they go in, avoiding the cable that leads away from the ship. STEVEN comes out again with the end of the cable and tosses it to the ground. The door closes again. The DRAHVINS rush towards the ship, their guns blazing. It is getting lighter now as dawn fast approaches. The TARDIS gradually dematerializes. MAAGA and the
DRAHVINS stagger back, clasping their hands over their ears, surprised by the sound it makes. The planet starts to shake, more violently than ever.  MAAGA and the DRAHVINS look around, fear etched on their faces.
As the planet begins to break up, the noise is deafening.)

27. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

(THE DOCTOR is busy manipulating the controls of the ship. STEVEN and VICKI are looking very relieved at their escape.)

STEVEN: Can we see the disintegration on the scanner, Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: No, I'm afraid not, dear boy. We've dematerialized from that galaxy...

(VICKI still looks up at the scanner and then groans. THE DOCTOR watches her and moves to join her.)

VICKI: Oh!

THE DOCTOR: ...a long time ago.

VICKI: Oh!

THE DOCTOR: What's the matter, child, hmm?

VICKI: I've hurt my ankle.

THE DOCTOR: (Looking her ankle over) Oh... yes, I'm afraid we shall--yes, we'll just have to put a cold compress on that. Oh dear, dear, dear! You know, I wish we could stop somewhere for a while and take stock of ourselves, instead of being surrounded by dangers all the time.

(VICKI points up at the scanner, which shows whole galaxies of stars.)

(THE DOCTOR smiles and turns to STEVEN.)

THE DOCTOR: Just put that, uh, switch forward, would you? Thank you.

(STEVEN does so. THE DOCTOR turns back to VICKI.)

VICKI: Look at that planet. I wonder what's going on there?

THE DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, I wonder, hmm.

(A million stars fill the screen, then the scanner fills with a closer shot, as a planet, not the one they have just left, is isolated.)

28. EXTERIOR OF A JUNGLE (NIGHT).

(GARVEY lays on his back on the floor of the jungle, barely conscious.

There is a terrifying animal screech, and he opens his eyes with a start.)

GARVEY: (In a low voice)  I remember now. I must. I must kill. I must kill. I must kill.

NEXT EPISODE - MISSION TO THE UNKNOWN

Doctor Who

WILLIAM HARTNELL

Vicki

MAUREEN O'BRIEN

Steven Taylor

PETER PURVES

Maaga

STEPHANIE BIDMEAD

Drahvin One

MARINA MARTIN

Drahvin Two

SUSANNA CARROLL

Drahvin Three

LYN ASHLEY

Chumblies

ANGELO MUSCAT

WILLIAM SHEARER

PEPI POUPEE

TOMMY REYNOLDS

Rill voice

ROBERT CARTLAND

Rills

BILL LODGE

BRIAN MADGE

PETER HOLMES

BILL MCALLISTER

Garvey

BARRY JACKSON

Produced by

VERITY LAMBERT

Directed by

DEREK MARTINUS

Script Editor

DONALD TOSH

Production Assistant

ANGELA GORDON

Assistant Floor Manager

MARJORIE YORKE

Secretary

SUE WILLIS

Floor Assistant

NICK WRIGHT

Wardrobe Supervisor

DAPHNE DARE

Make-up Supervisor

SONIA MARKHAM

Designer

RICHARD HUNT

Vision Mixer

CLIVE DOIG

Technical Operations Managers

RALPH WALTON

DEREK HOLIDAY

BERNARD FOX

Sound Supervisor

GEORGE PRINCE

Special Sound

BRIAN HODGSON

Grams Operator

RICHARD WORB

Camera Crew

NUMBER FOURTEEN CREW

Transcribed by

SANDRA WILEY (SWiley7376@aol.com)

Corrections

Z1R0 (jcurtis@bw.edu)

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Galaxy Four (2)

GALAXY FOUR

EPISODE 2

TRAP OF STEEL by WILLIAM EMMS first broadcast - September 18th 1965

1. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS (DAY).

STEVEN: Okay, but we've got to get off here somehow!

THE DOCTOR: It's imperative that we leave at once!

STEVEN: Why is that that? The Drahvins did say fourteen dawns.

THE DOCTOR: Two dawns! Tomorrow is the last day this planet will ever see.

2. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(VICKI is alone. She goes over to the observation window and looks out.)

3. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

STEVEN: We've gotta get back - get Vicki away from the Drahvins!

(STEVEN crosses over to THE DOCTOR.)

The doors, Doctor! Can we see the scanner?

(THE DOCTOR operates the scanner. A CHUMBLEY is moving towards the

TARDIS, carrying a black vial-shaped object supported on two wires. Sound of the CHUMBLEY--humming and whistling.)

4. EXTERIOR.

STEVEN: (oov) What's that it's got?

THE DOCTOR: (oov) I wish I knew.

(The CHUMBLEY moves right in, bumping into the side of the police box, then drops the vial. The CHUMBLEY chatters, turns about, and moves off. As it does so, two wires can be seen in its grip, running back to the vial. The CHUMBLEY moves away to a safe distance, turns to face the
TARDIS and halts, holding the ends of the wires a few inches apart.)

STEVEN: (oov) Perhaps it's just going to stand guard there.

THE DOCTOR: (oov) No. No! It's...it's waiting for something.

STEVEN: (oov) But what?

THE DOCTOR: (oov) i can't quite see. Hmm.

5. INTERIOR OF THE TARDIS.

STEVEN: Doctor, I... I think it's holding a couple of wires.

THE DOCTOR: (Mumbles) Oh, yes.

STEVEN: Look out!

(There is a loud explosion. The TARDIS shakes and then is still again. STEVEN gets up and shakes his head to clear it.)

STEVEN: (Breathlessly) Doctor? Doctor, where are you?

(THE DOCTOR sits up from behind the control console. STEVEN goes over and helps THE DOCTOR to his feet. THE DOCTOR pants. THE DOCTOR and
STEVEN take a few steps. Then there is another explosion. Both cry out.
Afterwards, they both try again to catch their breaths.)

(Breathlessly) Doctor.

THE DOCTOR: (Panting) Oh, thank you. Oh! Oh! I think Guy Fawkes must have been resurrected!

STEVEN: Oh, please, Doctor! You all right?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, well. Are you alright dear boy, hmm?

STEVEN: (Breathlessly) Yes, fine, thanks. Do you think it's done any damage?

THE DOCTOR: No, no, no. no, no, no, no. It'd take more than that to get in here.

(Sound of a CHUMBLEY--bumping and sliding and humming and whistling.)

Oh!

STEVEN: It's alright, Doctor. I think it's just come to investigate.

THE DOCTOR: (With annoyance) Yes. Well, it's going to be disappointed, isn't it?

(STEVEN and THE DOCTOR move across the scanner. THE DOCTOR nods to himself and motions towards the screen.)

Look! You see! There they go! (Gleefully) Look, away into the distance. Empty-handed! Ha, ha!

STEVEN: Yes, they've given up.

THE DOCTOR: Yes! Yes. Unless I... they come back with a piece more trouble, I wonder. Come on, we must go. So... so little time.

STEVEN: Two dawns, hmm?

THE DOCTOR: (Whispers) Two dawns. Come on! Come on!

(THE DOCTOR opens the TARDIS door, and they leave.)

6. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(MAAGA sits at a table, eating.)

MAAGA: Are you sure you won't eat?

VICKI: No. Thank you.

MAAGA: (With her mouth full) It's very good.

(VICKI looks in disgust at what MAAGA is eating.)

VICKI: It looks like leaves to me.

MAAGA: It is leaves.

VICKI: Leaves? Is that what you eat?

MAAGA: (With her mouth full) Of course!

VICKI: Blech!

MAAGA: Everything that lives must eat.

(VICKI interrupts and rises.)

VICKI: (Worried) They've been gone ages! It must be at least two hours!

MAAGA: They'll be back soon.

VICKI: Not if a Chumbley gets them first!

MAAGA: They won't allow themselves to be caught. They're much too worried about you.

VICKI: That's why you've kept me here, isn't it?

(MAAGA eats but does not respond.)

Isn't it?

MAAGA: You're safe here.

VICKI: (With a sarcastic chuckle) Safe!

MAAGA: Exactly.

VICKI: Look! Can't I go and look for them?

MAAGA: If they're not back soon, we will go and look for them.

VICKI: (With desperation) But, let me go now!

MAAGA: No, I can't let you do that, because you might all escape in your spaceship. And we need your help.

VICKI: Whether we want to give it or not.

(MAAGA gives VICKI an unpleasant smile.)

MAAGA: Oh, I'm sure that all of you want to help us.

(MAAGA then continues eating.)

7. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(THE DOCTOR and STEVEN approach the spaceship.)

STEVEN: Well, we've made it Doctor. You know, this is a pretty strange kind of spaceship.

(THE DOCTOR nods, his attention is on the spaceship. STEVEN follows his gaze.)

THE DOCTOR: Are you talking to yourself dear boy, hmm?

STEVEN: I was just saying that it's a strange kind of spaceship  old-fashioned.

THE DOCTOR: Yes, yes. I don't think much of it. It's not very well advanced, is it? In fact, as you say, it's old-fashioned. (laughs)
Yes! I don't think these Drahvins are very intelligent, do you?

(THE DOCTOR begins searching through his pockets.)

STEVEN: Yeah, but it's the metal, I mean, Doctor, you know. Well, it's inferior!

(THE DOCTOR pulls out a small screw driver, approaches the spaceship, scratches the metal hull with it, and then peers at the metal.)

THE DOCTOR: Hmm. Yes, well, it's tough, but, ah, it's not impregnable. No, it's very common metal really. Yes, its... it's nothing unusual, nothing unusual. Well, I suggest that we go in instead of standing around here admiring the scenery. Come along.

STEVEN: (Surprised) Well, what are you talking about Doctor?!

It's you who stopped to fiddle around _____.

THE DOCTOR: (Very annoyed) But, you brought up the subject!

Now don't argue, please! Don't argue! (Stutters) Rubbish! Oh!

(STEVEN and THE DOCTOR go inside the airlock.)

8. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(There is a knocking on the door. Someone runs ahead and opens it while VICKI turn expectantly toward it.)

MAAGA: Your friends. Safe, you see?

VICKI: No thanks to you, though, is it?

(THE DOCTOR and STEVEN enter. VICKI runs toward to them.)

STEVEN: Alright Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, yes!

VICKI: (With great happiness and relief) Oh, Doctor, you're alright!

THE DOCTOR: Yes, my child, I'm alright.

VICKI: But, you were away so long!

(THE DOCTOR and STEVEN speak at once. STEVEN wins out.)

STEVEN: Yes. Well, we'd have been a lot quicker if it hadn't been for the Doc... We got held up by a Chumbley.

THE DOCTOR: It tried to blow us up inside the TARDIS.

(He then laughs.)

MAAGA: (Worriedly) It didn't succeed?

THE DOCTOR: (Angrily) Well of course he didn't! My ship's not made of tin like this old trash!

(THE DOCTOR laughs.)

Oh, oh! Good gracious me! Seems if I cough too loud, maybe the whole thing would fall to pieces, Heh, heh!

MAAGA: It served its purpose.

THE DOCTOR: Ah, yes. Whatever that might be, hmm. Hmm, hmm.

(MAAGA pulls a lever on the wall and the door shuts.)

THE DOCTOR: Is that necessary?

MAAGA: We have to protect ourselves against the machines.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm.

MAAGA: Did you find out about this planet?

THE DOCTOR: Yes.

MAAGA: Will it explode?

THE DOCTOR: I'm afraid so.

MAAGA: When?

THE DOCTOR: Exactly when the Rills said it would! In fourteen dawns time.

(STEVEN goes to speak, then decides against it.)

MAAGA: (Softly) Fourteen dawns.

VICKI: Well, we should go, shouldn't we? We should...

(VICKI stops speaking. THE DOCTOR sits down at the table.)

MAAGA: Doctor!

THE DOCTOR: Hmm.

MAAGA: Will you help us?

THE DOCTOR: Ah, to do what, exactly?

MAAGA: To capture the Rill spaceship so that we can escape?

(THE DOCTOR starts laughing, but then speaks with annoyance.)

THE DOCTOR: And how do I do that, hmm? What happens then, hmm?

MAAGA: What do you mean?

THE DOCTOR: Well, I mean, what happens to the Rills, hmm?

MAAGA: Well, they remain on this planet.

VICKI: (With surprise) To be blown up?

MAAGA: (Softly) They are murderers!

STEVEN: Well, why couldn't you take them up with you?

MAAGA: (Softly) Because they're evil! You only have to see them to know. Evil!

THE DOCTOR: We only have your word for that. In any case, I can't help you.

MAAGA: (With desperation) Why not?

THE DOCTOR: (Shouting) In the first place, madam, I never kill anything! Neither do my friends.

MAAGA: Well, either the Rills die or we do!

THE DOCTOR: Or, as the young man suggests, why don't you both go off together, hmm?

MAAGA: Impossible!

THE DOCTOR: Hmm, hmm.

STEVEN: Come on, what's so impossible about it? Have you ever tried being friendly?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, a very good question, dear boy.

VICKI: It seems to me you want to be enemies.

MAAGA: The situation was forced upon us.

STEVEN: Or maybe they killed your soldier by mistake.

MAAGA: (Angrily) There's no mistake about it!

STEVEN: Well, you seem pretty sure for someone who was half unconscious after the crash!

MAAGA: You, too, doubt my word.

VICKI: We'd be pretty stupid not to.

THE DOCTOR: Yes, all these objections sum up mine! It's none of our business. It's impossible. I'm afraid we can't help you.

(Annoyed) And it does appear to me that, ah, none of you tried to help yourselves!

STEVEN: Too busy fighting.

MAAGA: You will not change your mind?

THE DOCTOR: No.

(MAAGA pulls a hand weapon from her belt and points it at THE DOCTOR.)

MAAGA: This is your last chance.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm, hmm. Very likely.

MAAGA: You may not realize it, but at first I point this at your hand and then I pull the trigger and...

(From the first moment when MAAGA drew the gun, STEVEN has been judging his distance. Suddenly, he leaps and grabs the gun with both hands, forcing it upwards. They sway to and fro while VICKI and THE DOCTOR watch in consternation.
MAAGA proves much stronger than STEVEN expected and is thus forced back.)

9. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(The three DRAHVINS, who have been on patrol, move toward the spaceship and into the airlock, making sure the area is clear of CHUMBLIES.)

10. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(As the DRAHVINS enter into the room, they see MAAGA and STEVEN struggling, and they immediately draw their guns. VICKI shouts a warning to STEVEN.)

VICKI: Steven!

(STEVEN sees the guns and gives up the struggle.)

THE DOCTOR: A very good attempt, my boy. Never mind.

MAAGA: You'll help us now?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, uh, I don't seem to have much chance.

MAAGA: You have none whatsoever! The Rills are repairing their spaceship. They have fourteen dawns in which to complete it.

(STEVEN and THE DOCTOR glance at each other, which MAAGA notices.

There is a brief silence.)

It is 14, isn't it?

THE DOCTOR: Oh, ah, yes, quite.

MAAGA: (Doubtfully) You sure?

THE DOCTOR: Yes, quite sure!

MAAGA: (Softly) Suddenly, I don't believe you!

THE DOCTOR: (Chuckling) Oh, but, ah, why should I lie, hmm?

MAAGA: _____ to trick us or something. When is this planet due to explode?

THE DOCTOR: (Emphatically) Fourteen dawns time!

MAAGA: Very well. We shall kill the girl!

(MAAGA nods her head and two of the DRAHVINS seize VICKI. The third points her gun at her.)

THE DOCTOR: Two dawns.

(MAAGA is clearly stunned.)

MAAGA: (Softly) As soon as that? Well, you'll have to work quickly. The Rill spaceship is that way.

(MAAGA points into the distance.). You will capture it for us!

THE DOCTOR: It may not be ready yet.

STEVEN: If it were, they'd have taken off by now.

MAAGA: I'm sure that the Doctor can cope with that.

THE DOCTOR: Oh, you have great faith in me, haven't you, hmm? Hmm, hmm, hmm.

MAAGA: Yes, I have, because I shall keep one of you here. I shall keep the girl!

STEVEN: Oh no you won't. You'll keep me!

MAAGA: I said I shall keep...

STEVEN: (Angrily) Do you want our help or don't you?

THE DOCTOR: (Angrily) You will do as the young man suggests, hmm?!

MAAGA: (Softly but with disgust) Very well, we'll keep him.

THE DOCTOR: Come along Vicki! We have very little time.

(VICKI follows THE DOCTOR who gives an appreciative nod to STEVEN.

THE DOCTOR reaches the closed airlock and taps it with his stick.)

(To MAAGA) Madam, do I begin by walking through this, hmm?

(MAAGA presses the switch and the door of the spaceship opens. THE

DOCTOR and VICKI look back at STEVEN and then leave.)

STEVEN: Do you honestly believe that they can capture the Rills' spaceship all by themselves?

MAAGA: Either they succeed or we all die together.

11. EXTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP (EVENING).

(VICKI and THE DOCTOR are outside the DRAHVIN spaceship. THE DOCTOR gazes up at the sky, deep in thought.)

VICKI: Doctor, come on. What are you standing there for?

THE DOCTOR: Oh, (Stutters) I was just ruminating about the night and day. I was wondering when it was going to get dark, then I just realized that there's three suns on this planet. Hmm, hmm.

VICKI: What, you don't think they have night here at all?

THE DOCTOR: Oh yes, they must, my dear, they must, otherwise this, ah, Maaga woman wouldn't be talking about dawns. Hmm, hmm. Probably lasts about two hours, hmm. Hmm, hmm.

(As THE DOCTOR moves off, his eyes wander to where he scratched the spaceship wall with his screwdriver. VICKI follows his gaze, sees the mark, and crosses to it. THE DOCTOR comes back to join her.)

VICKI: Two hours?

THE DOCTOR: You remember when we were captured by those, ah,

Chumblies, hmm?

VICKI: (Slightly chuckling) Yes, I do.

THE DOCTOR: That ray gun--why did they use it on the ship? I mean, if the Rills are such enemies of the, ah, Drahvins, why don't they just wipe them out, hmm?

VICKI: Maybe their rays can't cut through metal or...

THE DOCTOR: Oh, don't you believe that, my dear. Don't you believe that for one minute! Heh, heh! No! That... ah, that ray gun could go through this like a piece of paper.

VICKI: Oh. They don't even seem to have tried.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm? No, it's all very odd, isn't it? Hmm, hmm! Yes, it's very odd.

VICKI: Come on, Doctor, you said we haven't much time.

THE DOCTOR: (Exhausted) Oh. Yes, of course, nearly one dawn. Yes, we must start that journey. Are you nervous?

(VICKI shudders as she recalls the DRAHVIN's description of the RILLS.)

VICKI: Well, they sounded a bit nasty, didn't they?

THE DOCTOR: Hmm, heh!

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI begin their journey.)

12. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(STEVEN goes over to DRAHVIN TWO and touches her gun. Then he goes over to DRAHVIN ONE and takes her gun. To his surprise he realizes that both are non-functional. He then returns it.)

STEVEN: Yes, well, it still won't work, but at least it looks prettier now. Can I have some food?

(DRAHVIN ONE offers him a plate with twigs and leaves on it.)

Is this all there is?

DRAHVIN ONE: That is our food.

STEVEN: Ugh. Does Maaga eat this?

DRAHVIN ONE: No! She is our leader.

STEVEN: Well, then I'll have some of what she eats.

DRAHVIN ONE: You cannot! It is food for our leaders only.

STEVEN: Well, that hardly seems fair, does it?

DRAHVIN ONE: Fair?

STEVEN: Yeah, I mean that, you know, she should have special food, and you have to eat this?

DRAHVIN ONE: It is food.

STEVEN: Does... uh, does Maaga have other special things?

DRAHVIN ONE: She is our leader and has leader's things.

STEVEN: What leader's things?

DRAHVIN ONE: Her gun.

STEVEN: Her gun?

DRAHVIN ONE: Her food. A leader's gun can destroy anything.

STEVEN: Why, even the Chumblies?

DRAHVIN ONE: Even the machines!

STEVEN: Well, then, you know, surely it would be better if... uh, if you all had these guns. Well then you wouldn't have to fear the machines.

DRAHVIN ONE: There is only one gun. Maaga has that gun. As she is leader.

STEVEN: You could take it with you when you went on patrol.

DRAHVIN ONE: (Enlightened) Yes.

STEVEN: Doesn't it seem right that you should?

DRAHVIN ONE: Only if Maaga says so!

STEVEN: Yes, but I mean if you took it, and you... you went out and you destroyed the machine, Maaga would be pleased?

(DRAHVIN ONE does not react.)

Maaga would be pleased if you destroyed the machine.

DRAHVIN ONE: (Enlightened) Yes.

STEVEN: Well, then you should take it.

DRAHVIN ONE: (Enlightened) Yes.

STEVEN: Well, I'll tell you what. You give me your gun, whilst you go and fetch Maaga's, and then we can both fight the machines together.

DRAHVIN ONE: (Enlightened) Yes.

(Suddenly MAAGA enters the room without being noticed.)

MAAGA: You're trying to be too clever! (To DRAHVIN ONE)  You have done badly. You will be punished. This is a prisoner. You must not talk to him!

DRAHVIN ONE: He was talking!

MAAGA: He was trying to trick you like the machine.

DRAHVIN ONE: I have done wrong. I did not understand.

MAAGA: Go to your quarters.

(DRAHVIN ONE leaves.)

You must keep out of our way.

STEVEN: I don't particularly want to be here at all.

MAAGA: You don't have to be.

STEVEN: Oh?

MAAGA: You could easily escape from this planet.

STEVEN: (Laughs) Oh, could I?

MAAGA: In your own ship.

STEVEN: Oh, taking you with me, of course.

MAAGA: Well, you wouldn't expect us to stay behind?

STEVEN: No, I suppose not.

MAAGA: All you have to do is to take us off this planet and you are free!

STEVEN: What, just like that?

MAAGA: It's a fair offer.

STEVEN: Oh yes. Yes. But, even assuming I believed you - that on the way you didn't decide that I was eating too much food - there is a snag.

MAAGA: What's that?

STEVEN: I can't operate it.

(MAAGA scoffs.)

I couldn't if I tried. Only the Doctor could do that. It's his ship.

Why don't you try making an offer to him? Or is it that you think he might be just a little bit too clever for you. I'm the gullible one, is that it? I'm not much help, am I?

MAAGA: I could make you help us.

STEVEN: No you couldn't. Not even I can do the impossible. So sorry.

MAAGA: (Angrily) Get over there and stay there!

(MAAGA points to a padded area in the corner of the room.)

STEVEN: That's an order, is it?

MAAGA: (Softly) Yes, it is.

(With a last contemptuous stare at MAAGA, STEVEN permits himself to be hauled off into the corner. First he sits, then lies down after taking another look at the DRAHVINS who are sitting at the table. There is silence.
Then DRAHVIN THREE nervously asks a question.)

DRAHVIN THREE: Maaga!

MAAGA: What is it?

DRAHVIN THREE: Why do we not kill him now?

MAAGA THREE: (Softly) I will let you kill him when I am good and ready.

(STEVEN, of course, overhears this.)

13. EXTERIOR.

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI are lying down looking over a ledge several feed high. The noise of the CHUMBLIES can be heard nearby, and the RILLS' spaceship is obviously close at hand. As they watch, a CHUMBLEY moves along the ground below them. THE DOCTOR and VICKI both draw back instinctively.
The CHUMBLEY goes past and out of sight.)

VICKI: Doctor, we'll never get past those sentries.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm, hmm. Fascinating things to watch, ay? Huh, huh. I wonder what the principal of the operation is? I suppose it's quite simple once you know, hmm?

VICKI: Doctor!

THE DOCTOR: Hmm?

VICKI: How are we going to get past them?

THE DOCTOR: Ah, yes, yes, that is quite a problem, my child, isn't it, hmm?

VICKI: You're telling me it is!

THE DOCTOR: Well, now don't lose patience, you see! Now look, in this case, first we must observe, note, collate, and then conclude.
After that, perhaps we can act, hmm!

VICKI: Yeah. Well, with the time we've got you have to all that in ten minutes flat!

THE DOCTOR: Shh, shh, shh! Quiet, quiet!

(Another CHUMBLEY approaches.)

(Chuckling) Hmm, hmm. Hmm.

VICKI: (All excited) _____.

(THE DOCTOR tries to hush up VICKI. As it moves past, she gets an idea. She gives a sideways glance at THE DOCTOR and decides to act. She picks up a rock, weighs it in her hand, and hides it from him. The CHUMBLEY moves closer. VICKI licks her lips and raises the rock. THE DOCTOR is giving all his attention to the CHUMBLEY. The CHUMBLEY moves beneath them and
VICKI suddenly throws the rock down behind it. It does not react and continues on its course.)

THE DOCTOR: What are you doing?

VICKI: Doctor, I thought...

THE DOCTOR: Are you trying to get us killed?

VICKI: Didn't you see? They only pick up sounds in front of them.

If we keep immediately behind them, we... they won't know we're there.

THE DOCTOR: (Grudgingly) Yes, yes yes, you may appear to be right, but it's dangerous, and it's... it's very risky!

VICKI: That was no risk.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm!

VICKI: I noted, observed, collated, concluded, and (VICKI smiling wickedly) then I threw the rock.

THE DOCTOR: Oh yes, yes, yes, quite so, yes, yes. You about finished?

(THE DOCTOR smiles at her in spite of himself.)

VICKI: Yes.

THE DOCTOR: This time I'll t... I'll give you the benefit of the doubt!

But, well now... now, I suppose we've got to make a run for it!

(THE DOCTOR struggles to get up.)

Ahh!

VICKI: Are you sure you can manage?

THE DOCTOR: I think I can drag my aged limbs... limbs in some sort of semblance of a run! Go on!

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI run across the landscape, running and dodging, making sure they remain behind any CHUMBLIES. The sound of THE CHUMBLIES humming and beeping is heard.)

14. INTERIOR OF THE DRAHVIN SPACESHIP.

(The DRAHVINS are still seated at the table, but each one now rigidly holds her gun in front of her. MAAGA is before them. STEVEN is in the background.)

MAAGA: Power units!

(The DRAHVINS clap their hands to the power units of their guns.)

Off.

(They click them off.)

Guns.

(Their right hands return to the guns.)

Down.

(The guns come down in unison on the table, the DRAHVINS still rigidly holding them.)

Power units.

(Their hands move to the power units.)

Readings.

(Each DRAHVIN looks at the small dial on their gun's power unit.)

One?

DRAHVIN ONE: 397!

MAAGA: Two?

DRAHVIN TWO: 394!

MAAGA: Three?

DRAHVIN THREE: (Weakly) 386.

MAAGA: Get it charged, Three.

(DRAHVIN THREE gets up and goes to the wall. She plugs her gun into a connection and presses a switch. There is a whine of power.)

All guns must be perfect. If any one is found defective, the owner will be severely punished!

(The DRAHVINS stare stonily ahead.)

Because soon, now, we will use them. I, Maaga, will see to it. Soon, now, we will break into the Rills' spaceship.

(The DRAHVINS look at each other and nod meaningfully.)

And the Rills, they will all be wiped out!

(STEVEN tilts his head slightly and looks at the DRAHVINS.)

15. EXTERIOR.

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI move in and crouch down out of sight. THE DOCTOR studies something in front of him, as VICKI takes in their surroundings.)

VICKI: (Breathlessly) So far, so good!

THE DOCTOR: (Breathlessly) Look!

(He points )

That looks like the home of the Rills. Huh.

(VICKI looks in the direction THE DOCTOR is pointing, toward a pillbox-shaped object, made of quarried rock. On the left of it is a vast black sphere.
A little to the right and front of the pillbox is what looks like a drill rig. One can hear the sound of THE CHUMBLIES humming and beeping.)

VICKI: That must be their space ship over there.

THE DOCTOR: Yes. And what's, what's that other thing?

VICKI: It looks like a... a drill rig.

THE DOCTOR: Yes, it does, doesn't it. What could they be drilling for, hmm?

VICKI: Oil? Gas?

THE DOCTOR: Yeah. Well, there's only one way to find out. Go on!

(They get up and more toward it.)

16. EXTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTER.

(Near a narrow entrance, affixed to the wall, is a piece of machinery of some kind. A CHUMBLEY emerges from the entrance and comes to rest. Then it swings around and goes back in again. THE DOCTOR and VICKI creep forward and THE DOCTOR examines the wall.)

VICKI: What on earth will we do if another one of those things comes out?

THE DOCTOR: We'd be in trouble! You know, this is a nice piece of building! Hmm.

VICKI: It looks very temporary to me.

THE DOCTOR: It's most impressive! Yes! Heh, heh. Most impressive!

(THE DOCTOR moves on and notices the machinery.)

And what's this, I wonder? Hmm?

(He examines it and draws a conclusion.)

You know, I think these Rills are far more advanced than I thought they were, hmm?

(VICKI looks at the machinery.)

VICKI: It looks like some kind of air purifier.

THE DOCTOR: Yes, or some kind of machinery for converting air into something else. Hmm, Hmm. Yes, it's most interesting.

(VICKI is peering in to the passage. THE DOCTOR moves to join her.)

Can you see anything?

VICKI: No!

THE DOCTOR: I'll lead the way.

(They walk a bit.)

17. INTERIOR PASSAGEWAY

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI pause, looking about themselves.)

THE DOCTOR: Ho, ho, ho! You know, this looks as though it was built by the Chumblies.

VICKI: (Giggling) A Chumbley-shaped corridor.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm, hmm, hmm.

VICKI: Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: Hmm?

VICKI: If this one if for the Rills...?

THE DOCTOR: Hmm. Hmm!

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI look around.)

Can you smell anything?

(VICKI sniffs and pauses.)

VICKI: Very faint though, isn't it.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm. What is it?

VICKI: I don't know, but I... I feel as though I ought to.

THE DOCTOR: Yes, so should I. Hmm. Come on! Hmm.

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI walk down the corridor.)

18. INTERIOR PASSAGEWAY.

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI come into view. They are now deeper inside the RILL center. THE DOCTOR pauses to examine the wall, running his hand over it.)

THE DOCTOR: Well, I must say, it's a... astonishing shape and design. Hmm, hmm. Marvelous work! Marvelous!

(VICKI continues on. She stops and turns back to THE DOCTOR.)

VICKI: That smell is getting stronger, you know.

THE DOCTOR: It what? Hmm?

VICKI: Shh!

(They both freeze. They hear an approaching CHUMBLEY. The sound grows louder and then fades away again as the CHUMBLEY moves off down some other passage. THE DOCTOR and VICKI relax and, realizing the need for silence, signal to each other to move off down the corridor.)

Oh, Doctor! I thought they'd heard us.

THE DOCTOR: Heh, heh. What's it doing, listening or smelling. Hmm. Come on. Come on.

(VICKI laughs and then the two walk away.)

19. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI enter a large space and look about them. Here and there, neatly stacked are various constructional pieces; items of equipment and repair. There are several exits. One wall is black. It is the side of the RILLS' spaceship. THE DOCTOR sees the black wall. The sound of machinery is heard humming in the background.)

THE DOCTOR: A spaceship!

(He walks over to it and examines it.)

(Impressed) And you can't scratch the metal! Hmm, hmm.

Isn't that astounding? Yes, it's far superior, far superior! Wonderful stuff for a spaceship. Hmm, hmm.

VICKI: Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: Hmm?

VICKI: I know what that smell is now.

THE DOCTOR: (Sniffs) Hmm?

VICKI: Ammonia.

20. EXTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTER.

(A CHUMBLEY comes into view, then moves into the passageway and out of sight.)

21. INTERIOR OF THE RILL CENTRAL CHAMBER.

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI are still examining the chamber.)

VICKI: Doctor?

THE DOCTOR: Hmm?

VICKI: What do you think this thing is here?

THE DOCTOR: Well, I should say this is, ah, some sort of repair shop, hmm.

(THE DOCTOR points.)

Yes, and that's a... What? A Chumbley attachment?

VICKI: Yeah.

(THE DOCTOR and VICKI both chuckle. VICKI then notices a deactivated

CHUMBLEY, its domes collapsed together, making it look smaller than the others.)

Yes, a revelation, a revelation! Hmm! Ah.

VICKI: (Whispering)Doctor.

THE DOCTOR: Hmm?

VICKI: (Whispering) Do you think it's a baby one?

(THE DOCTOR looks over the small the CHUMBLEY. He taps it, it makes a dull sound, and nothing else happens.)

THE DOCTOR: Not awake just yet. Hmm, hmm. Well, hmm, hmm. Ah, heh, heh. Hmm.

(VICKI laughs but then turns, her eyes reacting in horror to what she sees. She screams.)

NEXT EPISODE - AIR LOCK

Doctor Who

WILLIAM HARTNELL

Vicki

MAUREEN O'BRIEN

Steven Taylor

PETER PURVES

Maaga

STEPHANIE BIDMEAD

Drahvin One

MARINA MARTIN

Drahvin Two

SUSANNA CARROLL

Drahvin Three

LYN ASHLEY

Chumblies

ANGELO MUSCAT

WILLIAM SHEARER

Produced by

VERITY LAMBERT

Directed by

DEREK MARTINUS

Script Editor

DONALD TOSH

Production Assistant

ANGELA GORDON

Assistant Floor Manager

MARJORIE YORKE

Secretary

SUE WILLIS

Floor Assistant

NICK WRIGHT

Wardrobe Supervisor

DAPHNE DARE

Make-up Supervisor

SONIA MARKHAM

Designer

RICHARD HUNT

Vision Mixer

CLIVE DOIG

Technical Operations Managers

RALPH WALTON

DEREK HOLIDAY

BERNARD FOX

Sound Supervisor

GEORGE PRINCE

Special Sound

BRIAN HODGSON

Grams Operator

RICHARD WORBY

Camera Crew

NUMBER FOURTEEN CREW

Transcribed by

SANDRA WILEY (SWiley7376@aol.com)

Corrections

Z1R0 (jcurtis@bw.edu)

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