Doctor Who (1963) s17e24 Episode Script
Shada, Part Four -
Miss? Are you in there Miss? With a fascinating display of illogic logic, I convinced the ship that I was dead in order to secure the release of my companions.
The ship agreed, but shut down the oxygen supply.
As I sank to the floor gasping for breath, the last thing I heard was the voice of the ship "Dead men does not require oxygen!" Not a clue.
Chris and K-9 were transported to the corridor, where they discovered the way to the control room.
As they entered, the ship returned the oxygen levels to normal.
K-9 informed me that the TARDIS has gone In fact, the TARDIS was now on board a massive command-ship.
Skagra revealed little to Romana except he needed Time-Lord Technology to discover what the Time Lords have hidden She was introduced to the Krargs.
Creatures made of crystallised coal.
Skagra took her to an annex in the ship which contained coffin shaped vats and heavy gas.
The Krarg Commander needed new personnel and pressed a button near the vat.
Crystal quickly formed around a basic skeleton, rapidly a Krarg was born.
It pulled itself out of the vats.
Romana was appalled.
Meanwhile, on the invisible space-ship, I decided to order the ship back to its last destination.
The ship complied, but as the launch procedures commenced, unknown to me a Krarg started to form in a generation room nearby.
I was delighted, until I discovered that the journey will take nearly three months.
I ordered the ship to stop.
I introduced the ship to a new concepts including the conceptual geometer from analogue to digital mode and keep triggering feedback responses up to readings of 75 dash 839.
As the Krarg generation completed, my voice was heard over the ship intercom ordering the activation of all re-aligned drive circuits.
Which allow the ship to travel anywhere in a few minutes.
A familiar sound was heard as the ship dematerialised.
What have you done with my machine? Tea? On the carrier ship, Skagra was using the sphere to dive into my mind in search for the code that will unravel the book.
Images was thrown up on the screen but one word kept recurring.
Skagra was frustrated at my apparent lack of knowledge but he knew the book was the key that which the Time Lords imprisoned their most feared criminals.
As the crew and I prepare to dock, the Krarg burst into the room, determined to destroy the intruders.
With the aid of a power line, K-9 was able to hold the Krarg immovable May I ask who you are? I was, I am, I will be, Professor Chronotis.
Oh dear, we Gallifreyans have never managed to come up with a satisfactory form of grammar to cover these situations.
I don't know what's happening.
What situation? Timelessness, standing obliquely to the time fields.
Is that what we're doing? Oh yes, and I'm very grateful to you for arranging it.
Me? But all I did was to press a button and Yes, I know.
A very ancient TARDIS this.
I rescued it literally from the scrap heaps.
I'm not allowed have one you know, still just as well because I'd be dead still.
Still dead? Yes, I've been killed.
Only your timely mishandling of this machine meant that you tangled with my own time fields at the critical moment.
You're not following me are you? No.
Good.
Think of me as a paradox in an anomaly and get on with your tea.
What? Oh yes.
We must find Skagra.
Yes? He has the book.
Ah! You know something? It is a very dangerous book and I have been very careless with it.
It is the key to Shada.
Oh.
The ancient Time Prison of the Time Lords.
I see.
They have been induced to forget about it.
Oh? If Skagra is meddling with time control and mind transference, he is only going to Shada for one particular reason and it is imperative he be stopped.
Yes! Hm.
Why? What on earth is there?! It's not a matter of what, it's a matter of who.
Skagra decided that the Time Lord code would undoubtedly include Time and review what he thought what my last few hours.
Then he took the sphere and the book back to the TARDIS.
Chris and I left, leaving K-9 in control of the Krarg.
Where are we? I don't know.
Neither do I.
And I don't believe we just travelled hundred of light years.
Why not? "You cannot travel faster than light" - Einstein.
What? Do you understand Einstein? Yes.
What? And quantum theory? Yes.
What? And Planck? Yes.
What? And Newton? Yes.
What? And Schoenberg? Of course.
You've got a lot to unlearn.
Institute for Advanced Science Studies.
ASD - Advanced State of Decay? Shh! What? Shh! Did you hear something? No.
Aha! Think Tank! Quite interesting.
Quite interesting! This is fascinating.
Absolutely fascinating! Do you mean that all this means something to you? Oh yes! It's all terrible simple.
You see In the TARDIS, Skagra was pondering over the book.
As he turned the pages he realised the TARDIS central column operated as well.
When he stopped turning the column slowed to a halt.
He realised that time ran backwards over the book and turning the last page will take him to Shada.
Who are they? What are they, Doctor? Victims of Skagra's brain drain, whose intellectual powers have been stolen.
Their memory patterns might still remain.
If only they can tell us what happened to them? Yes.
What? If only they can tell us what happened to them? Bristol.
Yes? Bristol, I would like you to do something for him.
Certainly.
It won't be pleasant.
On returning to the command ship, Skagra informed the Krarg Commander to prepare for entry into Shada and warned Romana that she must prepared to meet one of the most powerful criminals in history.
The lynch pin to his plans.
Salyavin! Bristol? Yes? I'm going to allow this man access to your intelligence reserves.
It's alright as its only temporary, but it might just allow this man to function.
I hope you know what you're doing.
So do I.
So do I.
Take a deep breath.
NOW! Skagra! K-9's continuing blasting was holding the creature paralysed, but the creature's strength was growing.
Who are you? The Doctor.
What are you doing here? Who are you? My name is Caldera.
What? Not A.
C.
D Caldera? The same? The neurologist.
Yes.
It's a pleasure to meet you, sir.
One of the greatest intellects of your generation.
So are we all.
What? A.
S.
T.
Thira the Psychologist, G.
V.
Centauri the Parametricist, L.
D.
Ia the Biologist, I.
Akriotiti Some of the greatest intellects in the Universe.
And Doctor Skagra.
Geneticist, and Astro-engineer, and Cyberneticist, and Neurostructuralist, and Moral Theologian.
Yes, and too clever by seven-eighths.
Who is he? Where does he come from? We don't know.
What?! But he was very impressive.
He offered very handsome fees.
So we all agreed.
To do what? Don't you see.
The Think Tank was his idea, and he set it up.
He did? To do what? Pulling the pooling of intellectual resources by electronic mind transference.
What? He conceived it on a grand scale the project on a grand scale, just how grand we didn't realised.
Not at first, not until we had built the sphere.
Not until it was too late Why? What happened? He stole our brains!!!! The Krarg was absorbing all the power K-9 could pour into it.
The blaster fire was fused into the haze that surrounded the Krarg.
He stole our brains! Shh! Easy! The whole of humanity! What?! The whole of humanity! The whole! But he needed What did he need? One mind, one unique mind What mind? A man called What was he called? A man called What was he called? Salyavin! Salyavin? Realising he had lost the battle, K-9 headed for the door, followed by the lumbering Krarg.
Bristol? Bristol? Are you alright? I feel marvellous! Good, good, it'll pass.
You're fit.
What did you find out? Not much, not enough to locate Skagra, just enough to frighten me out of my wits.
Master! K-9! Why aren't you back at? K-9, try and keep it back! Power supply at danger level.
Doctor, look out!
The ship agreed, but shut down the oxygen supply.
As I sank to the floor gasping for breath, the last thing I heard was the voice of the ship "Dead men does not require oxygen!" Not a clue.
Chris and K-9 were transported to the corridor, where they discovered the way to the control room.
As they entered, the ship returned the oxygen levels to normal.
K-9 informed me that the TARDIS has gone In fact, the TARDIS was now on board a massive command-ship.
Skagra revealed little to Romana except he needed Time-Lord Technology to discover what the Time Lords have hidden She was introduced to the Krargs.
Creatures made of crystallised coal.
Skagra took her to an annex in the ship which contained coffin shaped vats and heavy gas.
The Krarg Commander needed new personnel and pressed a button near the vat.
Crystal quickly formed around a basic skeleton, rapidly a Krarg was born.
It pulled itself out of the vats.
Romana was appalled.
Meanwhile, on the invisible space-ship, I decided to order the ship back to its last destination.
The ship complied, but as the launch procedures commenced, unknown to me a Krarg started to form in a generation room nearby.
I was delighted, until I discovered that the journey will take nearly three months.
I ordered the ship to stop.
I introduced the ship to a new concepts including the conceptual geometer from analogue to digital mode and keep triggering feedback responses up to readings of 75 dash 839.
As the Krarg generation completed, my voice was heard over the ship intercom ordering the activation of all re-aligned drive circuits.
Which allow the ship to travel anywhere in a few minutes.
A familiar sound was heard as the ship dematerialised.
What have you done with my machine? Tea? On the carrier ship, Skagra was using the sphere to dive into my mind in search for the code that will unravel the book.
Images was thrown up on the screen but one word kept recurring.
Skagra was frustrated at my apparent lack of knowledge but he knew the book was the key that which the Time Lords imprisoned their most feared criminals.
As the crew and I prepare to dock, the Krarg burst into the room, determined to destroy the intruders.
With the aid of a power line, K-9 was able to hold the Krarg immovable May I ask who you are? I was, I am, I will be, Professor Chronotis.
Oh dear, we Gallifreyans have never managed to come up with a satisfactory form of grammar to cover these situations.
I don't know what's happening.
What situation? Timelessness, standing obliquely to the time fields.
Is that what we're doing? Oh yes, and I'm very grateful to you for arranging it.
Me? But all I did was to press a button and Yes, I know.
A very ancient TARDIS this.
I rescued it literally from the scrap heaps.
I'm not allowed have one you know, still just as well because I'd be dead still.
Still dead? Yes, I've been killed.
Only your timely mishandling of this machine meant that you tangled with my own time fields at the critical moment.
You're not following me are you? No.
Good.
Think of me as a paradox in an anomaly and get on with your tea.
What? Oh yes.
We must find Skagra.
Yes? He has the book.
Ah! You know something? It is a very dangerous book and I have been very careless with it.
It is the key to Shada.
Oh.
The ancient Time Prison of the Time Lords.
I see.
They have been induced to forget about it.
Oh? If Skagra is meddling with time control and mind transference, he is only going to Shada for one particular reason and it is imperative he be stopped.
Yes! Hm.
Why? What on earth is there?! It's not a matter of what, it's a matter of who.
Skagra decided that the Time Lord code would undoubtedly include Time and review what he thought what my last few hours.
Then he took the sphere and the book back to the TARDIS.
Chris and I left, leaving K-9 in control of the Krarg.
Where are we? I don't know.
Neither do I.
And I don't believe we just travelled hundred of light years.
Why not? "You cannot travel faster than light" - Einstein.
What? Do you understand Einstein? Yes.
What? And quantum theory? Yes.
What? And Planck? Yes.
What? And Newton? Yes.
What? And Schoenberg? Of course.
You've got a lot to unlearn.
Institute for Advanced Science Studies.
ASD - Advanced State of Decay? Shh! What? Shh! Did you hear something? No.
Aha! Think Tank! Quite interesting.
Quite interesting! This is fascinating.
Absolutely fascinating! Do you mean that all this means something to you? Oh yes! It's all terrible simple.
You see In the TARDIS, Skagra was pondering over the book.
As he turned the pages he realised the TARDIS central column operated as well.
When he stopped turning the column slowed to a halt.
He realised that time ran backwards over the book and turning the last page will take him to Shada.
Who are they? What are they, Doctor? Victims of Skagra's brain drain, whose intellectual powers have been stolen.
Their memory patterns might still remain.
If only they can tell us what happened to them? Yes.
What? If only they can tell us what happened to them? Bristol.
Yes? Bristol, I would like you to do something for him.
Certainly.
It won't be pleasant.
On returning to the command ship, Skagra informed the Krarg Commander to prepare for entry into Shada and warned Romana that she must prepared to meet one of the most powerful criminals in history.
The lynch pin to his plans.
Salyavin! Bristol? Yes? I'm going to allow this man access to your intelligence reserves.
It's alright as its only temporary, but it might just allow this man to function.
I hope you know what you're doing.
So do I.
So do I.
Take a deep breath.
NOW! Skagra! K-9's continuing blasting was holding the creature paralysed, but the creature's strength was growing.
Who are you? The Doctor.
What are you doing here? Who are you? My name is Caldera.
What? Not A.
C.
D Caldera? The same? The neurologist.
Yes.
It's a pleasure to meet you, sir.
One of the greatest intellects of your generation.
So are we all.
What? A.
S.
T.
Thira the Psychologist, G.
V.
Centauri the Parametricist, L.
D.
Ia the Biologist, I.
Akriotiti Some of the greatest intellects in the Universe.
And Doctor Skagra.
Geneticist, and Astro-engineer, and Cyberneticist, and Neurostructuralist, and Moral Theologian.
Yes, and too clever by seven-eighths.
Who is he? Where does he come from? We don't know.
What?! But he was very impressive.
He offered very handsome fees.
So we all agreed.
To do what? Don't you see.
The Think Tank was his idea, and he set it up.
He did? To do what? Pulling the pooling of intellectual resources by electronic mind transference.
What? He conceived it on a grand scale the project on a grand scale, just how grand we didn't realised.
Not at first, not until we had built the sphere.
Not until it was too late Why? What happened? He stole our brains!!!! The Krarg was absorbing all the power K-9 could pour into it.
The blaster fire was fused into the haze that surrounded the Krarg.
He stole our brains! Shh! Easy! The whole of humanity! What?! The whole of humanity! The whole! But he needed What did he need? One mind, one unique mind What mind? A man called What was he called? A man called What was he called? Salyavin! Salyavin? Realising he had lost the battle, K-9 headed for the door, followed by the lumbering Krarg.
Bristol? Bristol? Are you alright? I feel marvellous! Good, good, it'll pass.
You're fit.
What did you find out? Not much, not enough to locate Skagra, just enough to frighten me out of my wits.
Master! K-9! Why aren't you back at? K-9, try and keep it back! Power supply at danger level.
Doctor, look out!