Doctor Who (1963) s11e16 Episode Script

One of the aliens has just entered the cave with the Queen's Champion.
We must sacrifice them both.
Very high grade, too.
And you say the light that killed Vega Nexos came from in here? Then, there should be some trace.
What are you doing? I'm restoring the holy mountain to appease the spirit of Aggedor.
Blor, are you all right? Come on.
That's it.
What the blazes is that? First the armoury and now this.
I have given the aliens' cave back to the sacred mountain and made a sacrifice to Aggedor.
Sacrifice? An alien and the Queen's Champion.
They both entered the cave, just as I set off the charge.
Which alien, Ettis? I don't know.
A new one.
Tall, white hair The Doctor? Our one friend among the aliens.
He saved my life.
It's impossible.
What are we gonna do? Open up the cave with that.
But you don't know how to make it work.
Then I'll learn.
You make one mistake and you're gonna kill your alien friend.
Too late now.
It's a most magnificent installation.
If only we can get trisilicate production up to the necessary level, we shall be able to do our own refining.
Hmm? Oh, yes, yes, I'm sure.
The Doctor's been gone an awfully long time, hasn't he? Of course, only Eckersley understands the new refinery fully.
I'm sure he'd be glad to explain it to you.
Oh, I'll look forward to that.
Emergency! Emergency! Unauthorised use of explosives has produced a rock fall in the cavern area.
The cavern! That's where the Doctor's gone.
Emergency! Emergency! I knew it.
Something's happened to him.
I'm gonna find him.
Really, it would be most unwise.
I'm sure a proper rescue operation will be mounted.
On this planet? I don't trust any of them.
Right! These Earth females seem to have a distressing tendency to rash action.
Engineer Eckersley, please return to the communications room immediately.
The spirit of Aggedor has killed the Queen's Champion.
Yes, well, something killed him, poor chap.
And it would have killed me, too, if you hadn't come to the rescue.
I owed you my life, Doctor.
Now, we're even.
Wait! I think I can help you, if you'll let me.
Don't trust him, Gebek.
You've paid your debt.
Now, let's get out of here before Ortron's guards find us.
Why should you wish to help us? For the good of Peladon.
You see, I have a special interest in this planet.
What can you do? Well, find out who's using Aggedor to frighten your miners, for one thing.
Nobody uses Aggedor.
His spirit is angry with us.
Possibly.
But if you can persuade your miners to go back to work, I think I can persuade the Federation to improve conditions now and not wait until the war is over.
The miners will not work while Aggedor is angry.
Exactly.
And that's just what somebody wants.
Now, do you think it's just a coincidence that Aggedor appeared in that cave just as I started my investigations? Look out, soldiers! Gebek! There he is.
Right, this way.
Come on.
Oh! Hey! Hey, you in there! Can you help me? I'm afraid I'm lost.
Um Hey, look I know you're in there.
Come on, I saw you.
Please.
I only want to find my way out of these tunnels.
Oh! All right, chum, here I am.
What's all the panic? There's been an explosion in the cavern.
What? The Doctor was there and the young female went to find him.
Neither has returned.
It's the refinery.
It must be those miners again.
Lord! What's she doing in there? She must have triggered off the automatic defence system.
How unfortunate! What a catastrophe! Has she been harmed? That depends.
If she's been under it too long, her brain will be We'd better go and get her out of there.
But our lives have always been the same, Doctor.
Work and sleep.
Little else.
We earn barely enough to feed our families.
The Federation told us things would be better.
So, they are with the nobles of the court.
We got nothing, as usual.
And now, they take the sonic lance down into the mine to rip the heart out of the sacred mountain.
No wonder Aggedor is angry with these people.
Yes.
Well, I don't believe all that.
I think the Aggedor that we've seen is nothing but technological trickery.
-But who's causing it? -I don't know.
But I'm determined to find out.
-And, what are we going to do? -Nothing.
We don't want any more idiotic tricks like that attack on the armoury.
But we nearly succeeded, didn't we? You didn't stand a chance.
Those armoury doors are electronically controlled from the communications room.
Now, that sort of thing just gets people killed for nothing.
Now, please all of you, just sit tight and give me a chance to work things out.
Hmm? Very well, Doctor.
We shall take your advice.
Thank you, Gebek.
I believe the Doctor to be our friend.
Now, there is to be no more fighting till I give the word.
Is that understood? -Ettis? -Yes.
-Right, Doctor.
-Splendid.
Now, I'd like to go talk to Queen Thalira, preferably without Ortron breathing down the back of my neck.
There are many secret ways from here to the citadel.
Preba knows them all.
He shall lead us.
The rest of you, stay here.
I say we attack again.
And this time we shall succeed.
Now we know how to open the armoury door.
Sarah! Sarah! Are you all right? -Yes.
I think so.
-Sure? -Thank God.
-But what was it? You set off the automatic defence system.
A bit of magic to scare off the natives.
All of that just to protect your precious machinery? You're very keen on security, aren't you? Yes, on planets like this, it pays to be.
What were you trying to do? Look, I was lost.
That's all.
There was someone in there and I wanted to ask the way.
There's nobody in there.
The whole place is on shutdown.
-But, you know, I saw someone moving.
-Hallucinations.
You're still suffering from my little bag of tricks.
I tell you, I did see someone in there before all the noise and lights started.
There's nobody in there.
And nobody's getting in there.
-Are you well enough to move? -Can you walk? -Of course.
-Then, I suggest we return.
-All right.
Yes.
-Yes.
Oh, the Doctor Have you heard what's happened to him? No.
Let us return to the communications room.
-By now, there may be news.
Are you coming? Listen.
What is it? Soldiers.
Searching the tunnels for me.
Ortron doesn't give easily, does he? Can we lose him? Well, they're blocking the way we wish to follow.
If we can only distract their attention in some way.
-That's it.
I'll lead them off.
-Oh, no.
If they catch you A squad of clodhopping soldiers catch me? I've played in these tunnels since I was a boy.
Quick, hide in there.
There he is! After him! Halt, Gebek.
You're under arrest.
Right, back to the citadel.
Blor has been slain by the wrath of Aggedor, like the others.
All this trouble began as soon as The Doctor arrived on Peladon.
That does not prove that The Doctor is our enemy.
If it was the spirit of Aggedor Your Majesty, The Doctor was seen with Gebek and the other rebels.
He helped them escape a second time.
But why, Ortron? Why would he turn against us? Because he has been sent here to stir up the miners.
He was my father's friend.
He said he wanted to help us.
A trick to gain your confidence.
And, anyway, after 50 years, who can be sure it's the same man? What is your counsel, Lord Ortron? The revolt must be crushed and crushed now.
The Doctor must be captured and executed.
You're overdoing things.
All right, so So you need an alarm system.
But does it have to be something that drives people out of their minds? You must remember, we're strangers on this planet.
We're not very popular.
-Therefore we have to protect ourselves.
-Protect yourselves? Most of the Pels are still close to barbarism, they have a great distrust of progress.
Well, maybe that's because they're not getting anything out of it.
You've got to show them that progress will give them a better life.
It's no good, Sarah.
The only thing these people understand Help! Help! We're being attacked! Be silent, alien.
You're wasting your breath.
-Inside.
-Ooh! Now, you won't be harmed so long as you do what you're told.
What is it you want us to do? I want you to open the armoury door.
That is out of the question.
Natives of primitive planets are forbidden access to sophisticated weapons.
Open the door! Only Eckersley knows how to operate the controls.
I do not.
I advise you to try for your sake and for hers.
We must move quietly now, Doctor.
The nearer we get to the citadel, the greater the dangers.
Hurry, alien.
Must I prove that I mean what I say? -Your Majesty! -Lord Ortron, what is it? There's been another attack on the Federation armoury.
The inner door has been opened.
You see, Your Majesty, already the rebellion has begun.
This is what comes of softness with the common people.
You betrayed me.
You switched on the alarm.
I warned you, I did not fully understand the control mechanism.
No! Can't you see he's telling the truth? Now, you've got what you came for.
Why don't you go while you still can? It's a good idea, alien, and I'll take you with me -as a hostage.
-No! No! -Ambassador, do something -No, you leave her alone.
Come back, come back.
Oh, dear! Eckersley! Eckersley, please Eckersley, please wake up! The armoury has been robbed.
Wake up! The Doctor's friend has been taken hostage.
Eckersley, please, wake up! Oh, let go! It won't do you no good.
It won't help We've got the weapons.
-Ow! Seize her.
Do not let her escape! But you don't understand, I didn't want to go with them.
I was trying to escape.
Take her to the temple.
We're almost at the citadel now, Doctor.
Ettis, what new folly is this? No folly, Gebek.
Victory.
Now that we've got the new Federation weapons, we'll see who rules on Peladon.
I must go with them, Doctor.
Perhaps I can prevent more madness.
Don't worry about me, old chap.
I think I know my way from now on.
Good luck.
Yes.
Well, that's really done it.
With modern weapons in their hands, there's no end to the damage these lunatics can do.
I know, Eckersley.
And it's all my fault.
-Yes.
-I shall resign immediately.
-The disgrace -Well, it's done now.
There's no point in going on about it.
I think I could have faced death for myself in an honourable cause.
But he threatened the girl.
I was unable to stand by and let him inflict violence on a fellow creature.
Where is she now? Presumably, she's still Ettis' prisoner.
No, Ambassador, she was recaptured by the guards.
Captured? She's a victim, not a criminal.
Well, Chancellor Ortron said she was helping them.
-Where is she now? -Well, she's been taken to the temple.
No, no, now look, this is all a ridiculous mistake.
You were in collusion with the rebel Ettis.
Of course I wasn't.
It was because of you that the ambassador was forced to open the armoury door.
Is that not true? Well, yes.
In a way, I suppose it was.
Then you admit your guilt.
The ambassador opened the door because Ettis threatened to kill me.
Now, you can't say that means I was helping him.
Your whole plot is clear to me now.
You arrived on this planet with only one aim.
To stir up the common people and overthrow the traditional rulers, the nobility of Peladon.
You've joined with the rebel Ettis.
While the Doctor allied himself with the other traitor Gebek.
Do forgive me, old chap, but you've got it all wrong.
-Doctor, you're safe! Arrest him.
They said you'd been blown up at the cavern.
Well, I very nearly was.
Ettis has just robbed the armoury.
Yes, I know.
I've just him in the tunnels.
So, Doctor, you too admit your guilt? My dear chap, you're just not listening, are you? No one's admitting anything.
But, if you'll take my advice, you'll try and get on the right side of Gebek.
Without him, you've got a full scale revolution on your hands.
I need no advice from spies and saboteurs.
Look, just take me to the Queen, there's a good chap.
There's no need to trouble the Queen, Doctor.
I shall deal with you myself.
Here in the temple, my will is law.
I shall consult the judgment of Aggedor.
Oh, Mighty Aggedor, make known thy will.
How shall we punish those who have offended against thee? Believe me, Your Majesty, Chancellor Ortron has totally misinterpreted the facts.
Engineer Eckersley, can you confirm the ambassador's story? I can't confirm anything, Your Majesty.
I got hit on the head when it all started.
But you know that Sarah is not in league with the rebels? Seems highly unlikely, though I suppose No.
Well? Well, it was because of her that you finally did open the door.
I suppose it could have been a put-up job.
Nonsense, the whole idea is absurd.
The girl was Ettis' prisoner, not his accomplice.
You must believe that, Your Majesty.
I'm prepared to trust your judgment, Ambassador.
But what I believe is of little importance.
In the temple, Ortron's power is absolute.
There is nothing I can do.
Well? And what did he say? You have blasphemed in the temple of Aggedor.
Therefore, by Aggedor shall you both be punished.
Both? She shares your guilt.
She will share your punishment.
Prepare the pit.
But, Your Majesty, whatever your traditions, I beg you in the name of mercy to override them.
Oh, I wish that I could, Ambassador.
But you are the Queen.
Yes, a Queen who is looked upon as little more than a child.
Many things have changed on Peladon, Your Majesty.
Perhaps, this, too, should change.
You will come with me.
You will admit us to the temple.
-Hurry, cast them into the pit.
-Don't be a fool.
No doors are barred to the Queen.
Stand aside.
Where is the girl? We dema The decision is no longer yours or mine, Your Majesty.
The girl and The Doctor have gone to face the judgment of Aggedor.
-Are you all right, Sarah? -Well, I don't think anything's broken.
What are they going to do? Just leave us here? No, I think there's more to it than that.
Ooh, that smell, it's sort of musky, like the lion house at the zoo.
Oh! Doctor, there's something in here with us.
-Something alive.
-Yes, I know.
Now don't move, Sarah.