Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) s01e26 Episode Script
The Amphibians
Come on, Doctor.
This is the moment we've waited for.
Twenty years of research, and it comes to this.
We've proven every single facet of your research.
The biochemistry works.
The sequence of drugs and injections have done exactly as we planned.
My blood pressure is lower.
My skin is conditioned to constant immersion in water.
My eyes have become adapted to seeing in much less light.
Yes, so far the theories have worked out, but- Well? Yes.
The healing seems complete.
Well, look, Doctor, I'm- I'm the guinea pig.
I'm the one who volunteered to be your test human.
I have every faith in your surgery.
What you're saying is, why don't I have faith? Why don't I have the same confidence that you have that what we're doing is right and good? Yes, sir, that's exactly what I'm saying.
Perhaps we've tried to do too much too soon.
Three months we've been working and living here at the bottom of the sea.
It's been three months of magnificent achievement.
Come on, Doctor.
It's time for the final test.
- You remember this moment.
{Machinery Humming.]
Motion picture cameras are running.
Science has always taken chances.
It worked! Doctor, it worked! The operation's a success.
I breathed water.
Doctor, the world will hear.
In time they'll know you've created the first amphibian human being! We're moving too fast.
I must have time to check my data.
Numbers.
Statistics.
What do they count against a moment of reality like this? Wait! It's too dangerous.
You've already spent too much time in the water for one trial.
Longer this time, Doctor.
I'm gonna stay under longer.
[Man.]
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Starflng Richard Basehart David Hedison.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Two miles to station, Lee.
We'll approach from the east this time.
Dr.
Winslow complained we stir up the water and mess up some of his photographic experiments.
Those two are really something.
Over six months under water and still going strong.
When the admiral and Dr.
Winslow set up Underwater Experimental Post 1 the plan was for a solid year.
This is the captain.
Rig for underwater running.
Repeat.
Rig for underwater running.
Chip, here's our course.
One-eight-two degrees, depth 200 feet.
Take her down.
Sparks, put me through to the XP1.
Get him ready.
[ Winslow.]
Dn Jenkins.
I thought we decided to stop this.
Manpower, Dr.
âWilson? We need manpower.
Angie.
Go to your quarters.
We're going to be having visitors.
[ Beeping 1 This is the XP1.
Dr.
Winslow speaking.
This is Commander Crane.
I'm bringing the Sear/few in from the east as you requested.
Thank you, Commander.
And to minimize the disturbance from your ship, could you remain at 500 yards from the XPi? Certainly, Doctor.
It makes a longer swim, but I can use the exercise.
Anything special I can bring you, besides the regular supplies? Yes.
Some pepper, if you please.
We've been able to synthesize most everything else but our pepper from kelp doesn't seem to do thejob.
We'll bring the pepper over.
Seaview out.
This one was an excellent swimmer.
He'll make a fine recruit for us.
I can't help feeling we're moving too fast.
- The combination of these drugs- - We've been all over that.
In the three months since the operation I have observed no side effects in my own reactions or in yours.
It's the only practical procedure.
I hope you're right.
Let's put him away.
The Seaview'; here.
When are we gonna stop playing games and let Admiral Nelson know what we've already done instead of pleading with him to let us do it sometime in the future? Because I'm not sure of what we've done.
I don't know what side effects all these chemical and medical changes in the human body will cause.
Well, do you feel any real difference? No, but I've observed changes in you.
You're not the same man you were when we entered the XP1 for the first time.
No, and neither are you.
Doctor, you're an amphibian and I might sayl did as expert a job on you as you did on me.
I'm talking about the mind, the brain.
Do the course of injections change the nervous tissue? Well, you know it does.
I'm more alert.
My mind seems to have expanded, to have opened up.
We'll talk about this later.
Is the report ready for Admiral Nelson? Uh, it's complete.
Six months of study, research, experiment and plain hard work.
It's complete except for the most important part.
I've said again and again that Admiral Nelson was opposed to experimenting with human volunteers.
All right, all right.
So you intend to coax him, to bring him around gradually.
To pile up such an imposing array of facts, figures and data he'll have to let us go ahead.
What happens when he discovers you disobeyed his instructions and went ahead anyway? If I can make him understand the value, the importance the staggering scientific breakthrough of what we've accomplished- Fine.
Do it your way, but wait.
You're gonna see what I've known for weeks.
We have to break away from the land, from Admiral Nelson.
We have to create our own world, our own people.
That's an example of what I mean when I sayyou've changed, Dnjenkins.
[Alarm Beeping I - Hello, Dr.
I/I/ins/ow - Welcome aboard, Commander.
- Has it actually been I O days since your last visit? - Ten days to the hour.
One loses track of time down here.
- [jenkins .]
How'; Admiral Nelson? -j ust fi ne.
- He expects to make the next supply trip.
- Good.
I'm very anxious to talk to him about the direction I'd like our work in the XPi to take.
We'd like him to go over this put our tests and figures on the computer.
Well, from looking at the two of you I'd say the whole project of adapting man to life under the sea is completely workable.
In our minds, there was never any doubt.
After all, life began in the sea.
And we know that at one point man, as an unborn embryo, had gill slits.
Well, think of it- The organism called man.
-.
Has always had the physical equipment for breathing under water.
Oh, speaking of equipment, I've brought you something you can't get down here.
Kowalski? - Pepper- The genuine article, not a synthesis of sea life- - Thank you- Commander, we would like to go on to the next logical step in our research- do the biochemical treatment and surgery on a human being that we outlined to the admiral.
But the admiral's been opposed to that from the very beginning.
Yes, but I've volunteered for the honor.
No one can complain if I'm willing to submit myself to the experiment-.
- The admiral can, and he will.
- Talk to him, Commander.
Tell him how eager we are, how much we've accommodated to this life.
I see you're still conducting experiments on mice.
How long have you managed to keep 'em alive under these conditions? [ Winslow.]
Their lungs have no difficulty extracting oxygen from the waten.
If you don't mind, Skipper, I'll collect the empty oxygen cylinders and get them back to the Seaview.
Wait a minute.
I'll go with you.
I'll tell the admiral how anxious you are to get to the next step.
I'm sure he'd like to talk to you about it-.
Perhaps he'll come over here himself and see the good work you're doing.
Fine.
That's all we can ask for.
You might mention that science is always held back by small, unimaginative minds.
I'm sure you're not including the admiral in that category, Doctor.
Good-bye, Dr.
Winslow.
- You're a fooLjenkins! - Am I? Or are you, for your fears and your lack of courage? Dnjenkins, I'm still in charge of this project.
Uh, it'll take two weeks at the institute computer to prove or disprove Winslow's figures and results.
But he's impatient.
Andjenkins is even more impatient.
I don't know.
Uh- It's almost as though they've- they've changed.
What do you mean? Oh, nothing, I guess.
No, Lee, it's important.
What do you mean by âchanged? You see, it ties in with my research on the XP1 project.
My main concern was of the effect of biochemistry on the nervous tissues of the body- the brain, the sympathetic nervous system.
Well, they, uh- they seem different.
It's subtle, but Isee a sort of shift in character, in personality.
I figured it was because the two of them were alone down there for so long getting on each other's nerves.
Or they may have started running tests of the drug therapy on themselves.
You mean the series of injections to prepare them for the surgical step? - Yes.
- But that'; insane.
You said from the beginning that something like that was years away.
But this whole report is a plea to try the theory onjenkins.
You said yourself they tried to persuade you to talk to me.
Winslow is a great scientist, a truly great scientist.
Andjenkins is skillful, a genius.
I was happy to be a part of the project to find the money for them to do my end of the research, but this is- Admiral, the oxygen tanks we brought up from the XP1 - they're not empty.
Only 80% of the oxygen was consumed.
Eighty percent? Of the expected consumption? - That's right.
The lab confirmed it.
- That's impossible.
Thanks, Chip.
Lee, I have to leave for Washington in an hour - but I want you to go back out to the XP1.
- Yes, sir.
I want to know precisely why the oxygen consumption is down.
It could be they're testing some kind of drug which might reduce the oxygen need in the human being.
I hope it's that simple.
The authorities were here this morning.
They said with all the publicity the XPi project has got they had to ask if there was any connection between those and Dr.
Winslow.
But these are articles about missing scuba divers.
That's right.
Four men, one woman.
But people lose their lives scuba diving.
These were all within the past few months along the shoreline here.
Now, here's the XP1.
The missing divers were all lost along this section of the coast nearest the XP1.
I still don't see the connection.
Well, neither did they, but they felt they had to ask.
You're going back out there.
Keep your eyes open, see what you can find out.
All rigged for diving.
Take her down to 200 feet, course 2-3-5.
Hold course at dead slow.
I want to see if we can get the XP1 under observation without their spotting us on their sonar.
Look, there's a heavy rock formation right here.
It mightjust interfere with their ranging ability.
No question of it.
The gill breathing action is reflex.
Marvelous.
Now she's a complete water animal.
[jenkins.]
And look at the heart action.
It's slower than we even dreamed possible.
She's completely asleep.
Let's wake her up.
[Humming.]
Thank you, Angie.
The experiment was a complete success.
All right, Angie.
You're ready for another outing.
This is the captain.
All engines off.
Complete silence.
Stop all work.
Chip.
It's a girl.
A free swimmer at 200 feet! That's incredible! Look, look.
On her neck.
Some kind of metal attachments.
- Artificial gills.
- Gills? Dr.
Winslow has gone ahead.
He's made his amphibian.
He's started creating his monsters.
Now, remember- Take your position at the rock formation you've seen on the map and keep the XP1 under constant observation.
Davidson and Morley will replace Carson and Lynch.
Fine.
Give us five minutes and then contact Winslow by radio.
- Good luck, Lee.
- [Pinging.]
We've drifted out of the rock formation.
We're on a sonar fix.
The XP1.
Sparks, put me through to the XP1.
[Fast Beeping.]
It has to be the Seaview.
Those two small moving objects- From the Seawew- divers.
They're stopped at that rock formation.
[ Beeping 1 This is the XP1.
- Dr.
Winslow, this is Crane.
- Yes, Commander.
- Admiral Nelson asked me to come out again.
- Why? Well, he's concerned about the gas chemistry of the XP1.
Your oxygen use was 20% below the expected consumption.
Really? - Yes.
I'd like to come over and take some tests.
- Oi course.
Well, that was a blunder.
We failed to account for those hours spent out in the water hours when we weren't consuming oxygen.
Chip, start normal ship activity.
Make a lot of noise.
- Work out something that will sound like repairwork.
- Right- A stupid mistake! We're supposed to be scientists, and we make a mistake that brings the Seaview back.
The electrolysis unit- it's ready to put into operation.
Of course.
The reason you didn't tell Crane on the radio was because I hadn't told you that it was functioning.
He'll be satisfied and go away.
And if he doesn't? If we keep everybody out of sight- - Suppose he decides to search the XP1.
- We can't permit that.
We've manufactured enough plastic explosives to destroy the Seaview.
But the men, the crew, they'll be killed.
We'll save as many as we can for recruits.
I'm getting like you-.
I'm no longer afraid.
I feel the power and the assurance that what we're doing is right.
When I told Dnjenkins of our oxygen problem, he laughed at me, Commander.
Really? How is it funny? Well, I've been operating an electrolysis system, Commander breaking water down into hydrogen and oxygen.
Dr.
Winslow forgot to account for it in his notes or to mention it to you.
Well, maybe that would account for the 20% decrease in oxygen.
Well, it could.
However, I haven't kept accurate figures.
That's not very scientific of me.
Kowalski, check the outer shell thoroughly.
- Keep a sharp lookout for any leaks.
- Yes, sir.
Right away.
Why leaks, when we've used less oxygen than expected? Well, it's just a precaution.
Admiral Nelson wanted us to check anyway.
I'm sorry, Commander.
That door is locked.
All the rooms of the XP1 are sealed off.
See, we're doing gas mixture experiments.
Each of the rooms are carrying a different oxygen-nitrogen mixture being tested with experimental animals.
- How long will it take to complete the experiments? - Twenty-four hours- But I imagine your repairs will be complete by then.
Well, it's possible, Doctor.
But on the other hand, maybe not.
But you will be leaving when you finish the leak checks? I'm afraid not, Doctor.
We've had a pressure leak.
- We're gonna make the repairs right here.
- I see.
Tel! me- Would you and Dnjenkins like to come for dinner over at the Seaview tonight? Impossible.
Our routine of experiments and observations make it out of the question.
Oh, I'm sorry.
You might have enjoyed the change.
I'll let you know if we have any leaks-.
[ L/I/ins/o w.]
Thank you, Commander.
He knows.
I swear he knows.
Those two men from the Seaview- those guards.
When Crane gets back to the Seaview, we'll take them.
And the Seaview? lfit hasn't left within two hours, we'll destroy it.
- What do you think? - I'd say it's the same girl-.
Yeah, I think it is too.
The girl we saw down here, the free diven.
With gills.
That means that Winslow andjenkins kidnapped her.
And the four missing men divers.
We'll have to search the XP1.
- Why not lay it on the line to Winslow andjenkins? - We have to be careful.
If those missing people are in the XPT- ifWinslow andjenkins have been experimenting with them- Chip, we've got to consider their safety first.
- Yes, Kowalski.
- Skipper.
- Carson and Lynch.
- What about them? Davidson and Morley just got to their location.
- They're not there.
- Maybe they started back to the Seaview.
The guards were carrying two-way radios.
We can't raise them.
Davidson and Morley are looking too, but they report no sign of them.
Anything else, sir? Keep trying to get them by radio and tell Davidson and Morley to get back to the ship.
Yes, sir.
- Winslow andjenkins? - Do you have any other explanation? Carson and Lynch were experienced divers.
They were in direct radio contact with us.
Sparks, see if you can make contact with the XP1.
Chip, keep checking with the telescopic viewer.
[ Beeping 1 - ls Crane trying to contact us? - Yes.
I'm afraid you were right all along.
- We better finish this off right now.
- [Approaching Footsteps.]
Get the explosive packets and tell Angie to come in here.
Now, as soon as they leave, answer Crane's radio call.
Talk to him, stall him, give them time to get over there.
What defense could they have? They could be lying about the breakdown.
They could move the Seaview.
I'm not sure, somehow, that this is the right way.
It's the only way, and you know it.
The explosives, Doctor- Could they be placed so as to disable the Seawew- only disable her? - Yes.
- Fine, fine.
Do it that way.
With the entire crew as recruits, we'll need the extra living space.
Over here.
Now, the packets will be placed here, here, here and here.
Those are the buoyancy tanks.
Now, the explosives are of a size that should localize the damage.
You see, Doctor, I anticipated you.
When I put these packets together lrather imagined that we 'd want the Seaview formanyreasons.
Now, the timers are set for three minutes after you trigger them.
That should give you plenty of time to get away.
This is the XP1.
Dr.
Winslow, this is Commander Crane.
- We've been trying to reach you for some time.
- Lee, look at this.
Sorry, Commander.
Dr.
jenkins and! were in the middle of some work in the lab.
We couldrft come.
[ Man On Speaker.]
Captain Crane' Heavy electronic interference.
Doctor, we've suddenly developed heavyjamming on our sonar.
Are you conducting any experiments that could account for this? Absolutely not, Commander.
- What's that sound I hear? - Our own sonar.
Dnjenkins is out in scuba gear, and I'm keeping him under observation.
We always do that.
Safety measure.
Two of my men are missing.
I had them outside in scuba gear, checking the hull.
Are they, by any chance, in the XP7 7 Of course not.
I would have contacted you at once.
Sparks says the XP1 is definitely the source ofthejamming.
Dr.
Winslow, I've got to talk to you face to face.
Can you come over to the Seaview? Why can? we talk right now? The same thing that's jamming my sonar and viewing screen is interfering with my reception.
I can hardly hear you.
I'm sorry, Commander, but with Drjenkins outside it just isn't possible right now.
Thank you, Dr.
Winslow.
I'll be back on the radio in a few minutes.
I want to see if I can clear up the interference.
Dnjenkins outside.
Theyrejamming our sonar.
That means trouble.
Prepare to get underway.
Emergency.
Clearing buoyancy tanks.
- Power's still too low.
- Blow the tanks completely.
See if we can rise.
Full power on pumps.
[ Explosion .]
Damage Control, report.
Kowalski, get Mr.
Morton to sick bay.
See what chance we have to get underway.
[ Man On Speaker.]
This is Damage Control' Hea w floozfingg but getting it under can tm/ Severe damage t0 buoyancy tanks.
Pumps out.
Damage to electrical system.
Electronics out.
Every crew member on damage repair.
Organize work parties immediately.
Great job! Both bombs exploded.
The Seawew won? be going anyplace.
Angie, some food.
I'm hungry.
There- See? Dead on the bottom.
They'll put guards out in the water now to keep us from getting back to the ship.
Well, if they do, we'll take them one by one.
They're helpless now.
They'll be forced to join us.
While you were gone, I made a test on myself.
There is a change in the brain.
You used the electroencephalograph? There's no question about it.
My brain waves are different, changed.
There's no match with previous tests I've made on myself.
Well,just what does âdifferentâ mean to you? I don't know.
Are we mad or are we completely sane, sensible and right? Aren't we in this a little deep to question it now, Doctor? Yes, but inside of me, in my mind a voice keeps crying out against this- this violence that we've done the changes we've made in these people without their consent.
Well, you'll excuse me if I don't stand here and shed a tear with you but I have some work to do with the two new recruits from the Seaview.
Excellent, Angie.
You've become a very good cook.
While you struggle with what's left of your conscience, Doctor you ought to consider the truly great work we've already done.
You take this food, for instance- all from the sea.
Bread from plankton, meat, green vegetables.
Yes, you're right, as always.
XPl calling the Seal/few XPl calling the Seal/few Those maniacs could have destroyed the Seaview.
- With one torpedo, we could wipe them off the map- - No, Chip- The admiral's orders are clear- get Winslow and his hostages back to Santa Barbara alive.
Now, get the protective screen working.
If we throw every bit of power into the protective screen, it'll slow up repairs.
Without it, the next attack may blow the Seaview to bits.
[Man On Speaker.]
Dr.
I/I/ins/ow wants t0 speak t0 you, Captain.
This is the Captain.
Put Dr.
Winslow on.
Commander, I'm sure you know now it was a mistake to spy on us.
Doctor, Admiral Nelson considers you one of the finest scientists in the world.
How can a man like you do what you've done? I'd like an opportunity to explain it to you.
I'm coming over to the Seaview.
- Are the two men you captured safe? - Quite safe.
And if I return safely to the XPl, they'll remain that way.
Come over.
He's insane.
That's the only explanation.
This is the captain.
Get two men outside.
Dr.
Winslow's coming over to the Seaview.
Search him before he's permitted to enter.
- Get the electrical screen working.
- Yes, sir.
With full power, we'll lay enough electricity on the outside of this hull to electrocute any living thing within a hundred yards-.
Let me know the minute you're ready, even ifWinslow is here.
- Doctor, would you like to remove your wet suit? - Thank you, no.
Kowalski, take the doctor to the observation room.
- I'll be with you shortly.
- This way, Dr.
Winslow.
We're ready to try the electrical screen around the Sear/few Fine.
Where is it wired in for control? Chief? This is the exec.
Ready to test electrical screen.
I cut all the speakers except to the engine room.
[Chief.]
Full power on.
What's its effective distance from the Seaview? Chief engineer says at least 1 O0 yards.
All right.
Then we're safe from further free-diver attack.
Come on.
- [ Crackling.]
- [Coughing.]
What is that electrical sound? - You'll have to ask the captain.
- [Footsteps.]
Sit down, Doctor.
I was- [ Coughs.]
interested in what use you might have for a high-intensity electrical field somewhere near here.
Repair work, Doctor- We had quite a job since your visit-.
Five men injured, some of them severely.
We had no intention of hurting anyone.
But we did have the right to protect ourselves.
Doctor, I don't understand you or what you're doing at all.
Now, maybe you can explain it to me.
No one has the right to stifle scientific research.
That is why we fought you.
We must be permitted to carry on the projectâ.
adapt man completely for life in the sea.
No! That was never the purpose of the XP1 project.
Yes.
Yes, it was.
In my mind.
And, Commander, we've done it.
Look at this.
I've been adapted myself.
lam a true amphibian.
I can breathe air, and I can breathe under water getting my oxygen from the water itself I need never set foot on land again.
But why? Why stay under water? Oh, Commander, if you knew the freedom, the beauty the music of the silences of the deep- If you could but experience it, you would beg to join us.
We're self-sufficient.
We get all our food from the sea synthesize everything we need- all chemicals, all minerals.
We can make anything, do anything.
You can't hurt us or touch us, because we can destroy you.
Admiral Nelson has checked your figures in the computer again and again.
He says your injections change the brain tissues.
He lied to frighten me, to frighten you so you wouldn'tjoin us.
Doctor, we have no interest injoining you.
You don't understand.
If you did, you'd beg me for the privilege.
Oh, if you knew the heavenly freedom of being truly alive in the water- at home, united with the sea, where all life began.
[Crackling.]
[Coughing.]
What's going on? What is that? I told you- repairs, Doctor.
Your explosives did an enormous amount of damage.
[Coughing Continues.]
You havejust two choices, gentlemen.
Eitherjoin us voluntarily, or we will destroy the Seaview and you will become one of us regardless.
I'm going back to the XP1.
You havejust two hours, Commander- two hours to make up your mind.
He's no more the man we took out to the XP1 six months ago than I'm Admiral Nelson.
Did you notice his reaction to the short circuits? Well, he seemed to get a little dizzy, sort of white.
- I'm gonna work out some figures for that computer.
- Figures for what? Maybe Dr.
Winslow and his amphibians have a weak spot- ozone.
I'm gonna check on it.
That's right.
A short in the electrical system does produce ozone.
Turn on the telescopic viewer.
The minute Winslow is past the hundred-yard limit turn on the high-intensity electrical field.
I gave them two hours.
It's 'IO after 4:00 now.
Well, then they don't expect anything to happen until 6:00.
I've planned a little surprise for 'em.
Angie here's gonna deliver it.
What's this? What's Angie going to do? Angie's gonna pay the Seaview another visit.
- But why the scuba gear? - Their own men wear this.
If they see her coming on sonar or on the viewer they'll think one of their men in the cold room's escaped.
Doctor, be careful.
Both those oxygen tanks are filled with plastic explosives.
- But I said two hours.
- I didn't.
Besides, the Seaview loses either way.
If the computer confirms my calculations, get those two ozone generators built fast.
All right.
Make the generators, Chip.
We've finally got a weapon to use against them.
The biochemical changes needed to make an amphibian also makes them highly susceptible to ozone.
- We'll knock them out in a matter of seconds.
- I'll work on them myself.
I'm going out on guard duty outside the electrical field,just in case.
The timing device is already set.
When Angie gets to the Sear/few, she presses this plunger here like this.
Then she takes off the tank harness and she puts the two tanks alongside the hull.
What if the Seaview has men out? What if they capture her? Angie knows exactly what to do, and she'll obey, won't you, Angie? What will she do? If she's discovered, she'll press the plunger and no one will know what she's done.
And no one will know what she's done.
- But she- she'll be- - Yes, Doctor.
She's prepared to sacrifice herself for the good of our world and to take some of our enemies with her.
[ Crane On Speaker.]
I'm outside the field now' Turn it on again.
We're getting you on sonar and on the viewer, Lee.
Good luck.
A diver, Chip, in scuba gear.
I have him on the viewer.
Could one of our men have escaped? He's wearing two tanks, but no bubbles.
It's a fake.
Keep the electrical field on.
She failed.
We must disable that ship and drive the men out.
We must not let it get away.
They mustjoin us.
They must see the purejoy, the wisdom.
This time I'll go over, and I won't fail.
- Those two men in the cold room- they'll be due for surgery soon- - Well, you do it then.
The loss of those two will be minor compared to the loss of the Seaview and its crew.
- Kowalski, get the girl to sick bay.
- Yes, sir.
Chip, the electrical field- turn it on.
The ozone generators are ready, Lee.
How do we test their effects? If she's all right, we can try it on her.
There shouldn't be any permanent harmful effects.
Bring one of the generators.
How is she, Doc? There's no ill effects from the blast concussion but this surgery is fascinating' Her heart rate is fantastically low and her body temperature is under 75 degrees.
- It's unbelievable.
- Go ahead.
[ Meaning.]
Oh! Oh! [ Meaning Continues.]
All right.
Give her some oxygen, Doc.
Well, we're in business now.
The ozone generators- Chip, Kowalski and I will take them over to the XP1.
- [ Moans.]
- Watch her, Doc, and keep her here.
This young lady could flood the Seal/few, kill us all and still get away herself.
That's one advantage an amphibian has.
Why? Why do we do this? Will you check the sonar and see if the Seaview people are quiet? Angie was a nice person.
She deserved better of us.
Well, if she's dead, it's a small price to pay.
If she's captured, we'll rescue her.
It's no time for tears, old man.
Forget the sonar.
Take care of our young men.
Make them amphibians as quickly as possible.
I'll see to the disposal of the Seaview.
Chip, so far, so good.
We're out of range.
Switch on the electrical field.
Ifsjenkins.
He's heading right for the electrical field.
[ Electricity Crackling.]
You can't help him now.
Swimmers, right beneath the XP1.
We won't let them take us to the land.
Oh.
[Coughing.]
What's that? What are they doing? Gas analyzer.
it'll tell us- Ozone.
But why? Ozone is unpleasant, but it isn't- The experimenfs over, Dr.
Winslow.
Dnjenkins is dead.
I just spoke to Admiral Nelson back at the institute and he tells me there's every reason in the world to believe that the biochemical body changes can be reversed and that the surgery performed can also be handled in a waym.
to restore each of you back to normal.
The most vulnerable man in the world is the man who imagines himself the victor.
You, Commander Crane, havejust made that mistake.
Ifa single man in this room moves, I shall blow this ship to bits.
Commander, pick up that microphone.
Tell your men that you are going to escort me and my people to the stern escape hatch and that we are not to be interfered with in any way whatsoeven.
This is the captain.
Dr.
Winslow and his people- three men and one woman- are here with me now.
Dr.
Winslow has a bomb in his hands which he will detonate if there is any interference.
He's to be left strictly alone.
You see, we are amphibians.
If the ship sinks or fills with water, nothing can happen to us.
- I realize that- - After you, Commander.
Open the escape hatch.
Open it quickly! Go ahead.
Go ahead, Chip.
Inside, all of you.
This timer can't be stopped.
The bomb will explode in exactly three minutes.
Good-bye, Commander Crane, gentlemen.
[Bomb Timer Ticking.]
Dr.
Winslow, I've cut the intake valve.
You can? open the hull hatch unless the interior pressure is equalized' Are you deliberately trying to kill us? Not at all, Doctor.
Open the hatch.
No! Release the intake valve and let us go back to the sea.
Let us go, or we'll all die, and you with us! You can't reason with him.
He's out of his mind.
- Make him open the hatch.
- Open the hatch.
You can still save your lives.
[ Winslow.]
No! Never! Grab a couple of those crash mats.
Against the hatch.
Now, lean! [ Explosion .]
Chip, open the torpedo tube! Kowalski, prepare blast! Blow all buoyancy tanks.
All ahead flank.
Give it everything she's got or she'll stay down here foreven.
- Ready to fire, Captain.
- Fire! [ Explosion .]
Stopping me won't stop research, gentlemen.
All over the world scientists are trying to work out ways to adapt man to the sea.
- But not your way.
- Perhaps not.
But the research will go on.
It must.
Man will need the food the sea can giveâ.
and he'll find he must go down into the sea to harvest it.
We're more concerned with reversing what you've done to these people.
We have to give them back their normal human characteristics.
If I'm right, I don't think it can be done.
Then if I were you, Doctor I'd start praying that you're wrong.
This is the moment we've waited for.
Twenty years of research, and it comes to this.
We've proven every single facet of your research.
The biochemistry works.
The sequence of drugs and injections have done exactly as we planned.
My blood pressure is lower.
My skin is conditioned to constant immersion in water.
My eyes have become adapted to seeing in much less light.
Yes, so far the theories have worked out, but- Well? Yes.
The healing seems complete.
Well, look, Doctor, I'm- I'm the guinea pig.
I'm the one who volunteered to be your test human.
I have every faith in your surgery.
What you're saying is, why don't I have faith? Why don't I have the same confidence that you have that what we're doing is right and good? Yes, sir, that's exactly what I'm saying.
Perhaps we've tried to do too much too soon.
Three months we've been working and living here at the bottom of the sea.
It's been three months of magnificent achievement.
Come on, Doctor.
It's time for the final test.
- You remember this moment.
{Machinery Humming.]
Motion picture cameras are running.
Science has always taken chances.
It worked! Doctor, it worked! The operation's a success.
I breathed water.
Doctor, the world will hear.
In time they'll know you've created the first amphibian human being! We're moving too fast.
I must have time to check my data.
Numbers.
Statistics.
What do they count against a moment of reality like this? Wait! It's too dangerous.
You've already spent too much time in the water for one trial.
Longer this time, Doctor.
I'm gonna stay under longer.
[Man.]
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Starflng Richard Basehart David Hedison.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Two miles to station, Lee.
We'll approach from the east this time.
Dr.
Winslow complained we stir up the water and mess up some of his photographic experiments.
Those two are really something.
Over six months under water and still going strong.
When the admiral and Dr.
Winslow set up Underwater Experimental Post 1 the plan was for a solid year.
This is the captain.
Rig for underwater running.
Repeat.
Rig for underwater running.
Chip, here's our course.
One-eight-two degrees, depth 200 feet.
Take her down.
Sparks, put me through to the XP1.
Get him ready.
[ Winslow.]
Dn Jenkins.
I thought we decided to stop this.
Manpower, Dr.
âWilson? We need manpower.
Angie.
Go to your quarters.
We're going to be having visitors.
[ Beeping 1 This is the XP1.
Dr.
Winslow speaking.
This is Commander Crane.
I'm bringing the Sear/few in from the east as you requested.
Thank you, Commander.
And to minimize the disturbance from your ship, could you remain at 500 yards from the XPi? Certainly, Doctor.
It makes a longer swim, but I can use the exercise.
Anything special I can bring you, besides the regular supplies? Yes.
Some pepper, if you please.
We've been able to synthesize most everything else but our pepper from kelp doesn't seem to do thejob.
We'll bring the pepper over.
Seaview out.
This one was an excellent swimmer.
He'll make a fine recruit for us.
I can't help feeling we're moving too fast.
- The combination of these drugs- - We've been all over that.
In the three months since the operation I have observed no side effects in my own reactions or in yours.
It's the only practical procedure.
I hope you're right.
Let's put him away.
The Seaview'; here.
When are we gonna stop playing games and let Admiral Nelson know what we've already done instead of pleading with him to let us do it sometime in the future? Because I'm not sure of what we've done.
I don't know what side effects all these chemical and medical changes in the human body will cause.
Well, do you feel any real difference? No, but I've observed changes in you.
You're not the same man you were when we entered the XP1 for the first time.
No, and neither are you.
Doctor, you're an amphibian and I might sayl did as expert a job on you as you did on me.
I'm talking about the mind, the brain.
Do the course of injections change the nervous tissue? Well, you know it does.
I'm more alert.
My mind seems to have expanded, to have opened up.
We'll talk about this later.
Is the report ready for Admiral Nelson? Uh, it's complete.
Six months of study, research, experiment and plain hard work.
It's complete except for the most important part.
I've said again and again that Admiral Nelson was opposed to experimenting with human volunteers.
All right, all right.
So you intend to coax him, to bring him around gradually.
To pile up such an imposing array of facts, figures and data he'll have to let us go ahead.
What happens when he discovers you disobeyed his instructions and went ahead anyway? If I can make him understand the value, the importance the staggering scientific breakthrough of what we've accomplished- Fine.
Do it your way, but wait.
You're gonna see what I've known for weeks.
We have to break away from the land, from Admiral Nelson.
We have to create our own world, our own people.
That's an example of what I mean when I sayyou've changed, Dnjenkins.
[Alarm Beeping I - Hello, Dr.
I/I/ins/ow - Welcome aboard, Commander.
- Has it actually been I O days since your last visit? - Ten days to the hour.
One loses track of time down here.
- [jenkins .]
How'; Admiral Nelson? -j ust fi ne.
- He expects to make the next supply trip.
- Good.
I'm very anxious to talk to him about the direction I'd like our work in the XPi to take.
We'd like him to go over this put our tests and figures on the computer.
Well, from looking at the two of you I'd say the whole project of adapting man to life under the sea is completely workable.
In our minds, there was never any doubt.
After all, life began in the sea.
And we know that at one point man, as an unborn embryo, had gill slits.
Well, think of it- The organism called man.
-.
Has always had the physical equipment for breathing under water.
Oh, speaking of equipment, I've brought you something you can't get down here.
Kowalski? - Pepper- The genuine article, not a synthesis of sea life- - Thank you- Commander, we would like to go on to the next logical step in our research- do the biochemical treatment and surgery on a human being that we outlined to the admiral.
But the admiral's been opposed to that from the very beginning.
Yes, but I've volunteered for the honor.
No one can complain if I'm willing to submit myself to the experiment-.
- The admiral can, and he will.
- Talk to him, Commander.
Tell him how eager we are, how much we've accommodated to this life.
I see you're still conducting experiments on mice.
How long have you managed to keep 'em alive under these conditions? [ Winslow.]
Their lungs have no difficulty extracting oxygen from the waten.
If you don't mind, Skipper, I'll collect the empty oxygen cylinders and get them back to the Seaview.
Wait a minute.
I'll go with you.
I'll tell the admiral how anxious you are to get to the next step.
I'm sure he'd like to talk to you about it-.
Perhaps he'll come over here himself and see the good work you're doing.
Fine.
That's all we can ask for.
You might mention that science is always held back by small, unimaginative minds.
I'm sure you're not including the admiral in that category, Doctor.
Good-bye, Dr.
Winslow.
- You're a fooLjenkins! - Am I? Or are you, for your fears and your lack of courage? Dnjenkins, I'm still in charge of this project.
Uh, it'll take two weeks at the institute computer to prove or disprove Winslow's figures and results.
But he's impatient.
Andjenkins is even more impatient.
I don't know.
Uh- It's almost as though they've- they've changed.
What do you mean? Oh, nothing, I guess.
No, Lee, it's important.
What do you mean by âchanged? You see, it ties in with my research on the XP1 project.
My main concern was of the effect of biochemistry on the nervous tissues of the body- the brain, the sympathetic nervous system.
Well, they, uh- they seem different.
It's subtle, but Isee a sort of shift in character, in personality.
I figured it was because the two of them were alone down there for so long getting on each other's nerves.
Or they may have started running tests of the drug therapy on themselves.
You mean the series of injections to prepare them for the surgical step? - Yes.
- But that'; insane.
You said from the beginning that something like that was years away.
But this whole report is a plea to try the theory onjenkins.
You said yourself they tried to persuade you to talk to me.
Winslow is a great scientist, a truly great scientist.
Andjenkins is skillful, a genius.
I was happy to be a part of the project to find the money for them to do my end of the research, but this is- Admiral, the oxygen tanks we brought up from the XP1 - they're not empty.
Only 80% of the oxygen was consumed.
Eighty percent? Of the expected consumption? - That's right.
The lab confirmed it.
- That's impossible.
Thanks, Chip.
Lee, I have to leave for Washington in an hour - but I want you to go back out to the XP1.
- Yes, sir.
I want to know precisely why the oxygen consumption is down.
It could be they're testing some kind of drug which might reduce the oxygen need in the human being.
I hope it's that simple.
The authorities were here this morning.
They said with all the publicity the XPi project has got they had to ask if there was any connection between those and Dr.
Winslow.
But these are articles about missing scuba divers.
That's right.
Four men, one woman.
But people lose their lives scuba diving.
These were all within the past few months along the shoreline here.
Now, here's the XP1.
The missing divers were all lost along this section of the coast nearest the XP1.
I still don't see the connection.
Well, neither did they, but they felt they had to ask.
You're going back out there.
Keep your eyes open, see what you can find out.
All rigged for diving.
Take her down to 200 feet, course 2-3-5.
Hold course at dead slow.
I want to see if we can get the XP1 under observation without their spotting us on their sonar.
Look, there's a heavy rock formation right here.
It mightjust interfere with their ranging ability.
No question of it.
The gill breathing action is reflex.
Marvelous.
Now she's a complete water animal.
[jenkins.]
And look at the heart action.
It's slower than we even dreamed possible.
She's completely asleep.
Let's wake her up.
[Humming.]
Thank you, Angie.
The experiment was a complete success.
All right, Angie.
You're ready for another outing.
This is the captain.
All engines off.
Complete silence.
Stop all work.
Chip.
It's a girl.
A free swimmer at 200 feet! That's incredible! Look, look.
On her neck.
Some kind of metal attachments.
- Artificial gills.
- Gills? Dr.
Winslow has gone ahead.
He's made his amphibian.
He's started creating his monsters.
Now, remember- Take your position at the rock formation you've seen on the map and keep the XP1 under constant observation.
Davidson and Morley will replace Carson and Lynch.
Fine.
Give us five minutes and then contact Winslow by radio.
- Good luck, Lee.
- [Pinging.]
We've drifted out of the rock formation.
We're on a sonar fix.
The XP1.
Sparks, put me through to the XP1.
[Fast Beeping.]
It has to be the Seaview.
Those two small moving objects- From the Seawew- divers.
They're stopped at that rock formation.
[ Beeping 1 This is the XP1.
- Dr.
Winslow, this is Crane.
- Yes, Commander.
- Admiral Nelson asked me to come out again.
- Why? Well, he's concerned about the gas chemistry of the XP1.
Your oxygen use was 20% below the expected consumption.
Really? - Yes.
I'd like to come over and take some tests.
- Oi course.
Well, that was a blunder.
We failed to account for those hours spent out in the water hours when we weren't consuming oxygen.
Chip, start normal ship activity.
Make a lot of noise.
- Work out something that will sound like repairwork.
- Right- A stupid mistake! We're supposed to be scientists, and we make a mistake that brings the Seaview back.
The electrolysis unit- it's ready to put into operation.
Of course.
The reason you didn't tell Crane on the radio was because I hadn't told you that it was functioning.
He'll be satisfied and go away.
And if he doesn't? If we keep everybody out of sight- - Suppose he decides to search the XP1.
- We can't permit that.
We've manufactured enough plastic explosives to destroy the Seaview.
But the men, the crew, they'll be killed.
We'll save as many as we can for recruits.
I'm getting like you-.
I'm no longer afraid.
I feel the power and the assurance that what we're doing is right.
When I told Dnjenkins of our oxygen problem, he laughed at me, Commander.
Really? How is it funny? Well, I've been operating an electrolysis system, Commander breaking water down into hydrogen and oxygen.
Dr.
Winslow forgot to account for it in his notes or to mention it to you.
Well, maybe that would account for the 20% decrease in oxygen.
Well, it could.
However, I haven't kept accurate figures.
That's not very scientific of me.
Kowalski, check the outer shell thoroughly.
- Keep a sharp lookout for any leaks.
- Yes, sir.
Right away.
Why leaks, when we've used less oxygen than expected? Well, it's just a precaution.
Admiral Nelson wanted us to check anyway.
I'm sorry, Commander.
That door is locked.
All the rooms of the XP1 are sealed off.
See, we're doing gas mixture experiments.
Each of the rooms are carrying a different oxygen-nitrogen mixture being tested with experimental animals.
- How long will it take to complete the experiments? - Twenty-four hours- But I imagine your repairs will be complete by then.
Well, it's possible, Doctor.
But on the other hand, maybe not.
But you will be leaving when you finish the leak checks? I'm afraid not, Doctor.
We've had a pressure leak.
- We're gonna make the repairs right here.
- I see.
Tel! me- Would you and Dnjenkins like to come for dinner over at the Seaview tonight? Impossible.
Our routine of experiments and observations make it out of the question.
Oh, I'm sorry.
You might have enjoyed the change.
I'll let you know if we have any leaks-.
[ L/I/ins/o w.]
Thank you, Commander.
He knows.
I swear he knows.
Those two men from the Seaview- those guards.
When Crane gets back to the Seaview, we'll take them.
And the Seaview? lfit hasn't left within two hours, we'll destroy it.
- What do you think? - I'd say it's the same girl-.
Yeah, I think it is too.
The girl we saw down here, the free diven.
With gills.
That means that Winslow andjenkins kidnapped her.
And the four missing men divers.
We'll have to search the XP1.
- Why not lay it on the line to Winslow andjenkins? - We have to be careful.
If those missing people are in the XPT- ifWinslow andjenkins have been experimenting with them- Chip, we've got to consider their safety first.
- Yes, Kowalski.
- Skipper.
- Carson and Lynch.
- What about them? Davidson and Morley just got to their location.
- They're not there.
- Maybe they started back to the Seaview.
The guards were carrying two-way radios.
We can't raise them.
Davidson and Morley are looking too, but they report no sign of them.
Anything else, sir? Keep trying to get them by radio and tell Davidson and Morley to get back to the ship.
Yes, sir.
- Winslow andjenkins? - Do you have any other explanation? Carson and Lynch were experienced divers.
They were in direct radio contact with us.
Sparks, see if you can make contact with the XP1.
Chip, keep checking with the telescopic viewer.
[ Beeping 1 - ls Crane trying to contact us? - Yes.
I'm afraid you were right all along.
- We better finish this off right now.
- [Approaching Footsteps.]
Get the explosive packets and tell Angie to come in here.
Now, as soon as they leave, answer Crane's radio call.
Talk to him, stall him, give them time to get over there.
What defense could they have? They could be lying about the breakdown.
They could move the Seaview.
I'm not sure, somehow, that this is the right way.
It's the only way, and you know it.
The explosives, Doctor- Could they be placed so as to disable the Seawew- only disable her? - Yes.
- Fine, fine.
Do it that way.
With the entire crew as recruits, we'll need the extra living space.
Over here.
Now, the packets will be placed here, here, here and here.
Those are the buoyancy tanks.
Now, the explosives are of a size that should localize the damage.
You see, Doctor, I anticipated you.
When I put these packets together lrather imagined that we 'd want the Seaview formanyreasons.
Now, the timers are set for three minutes after you trigger them.
That should give you plenty of time to get away.
This is the XP1.
Dr.
Winslow, this is Commander Crane.
- We've been trying to reach you for some time.
- Lee, look at this.
Sorry, Commander.
Dr.
jenkins and! were in the middle of some work in the lab.
We couldrft come.
[ Man On Speaker.]
Captain Crane' Heavy electronic interference.
Doctor, we've suddenly developed heavyjamming on our sonar.
Are you conducting any experiments that could account for this? Absolutely not, Commander.
- What's that sound I hear? - Our own sonar.
Dnjenkins is out in scuba gear, and I'm keeping him under observation.
We always do that.
Safety measure.
Two of my men are missing.
I had them outside in scuba gear, checking the hull.
Are they, by any chance, in the XP7 7 Of course not.
I would have contacted you at once.
Sparks says the XP1 is definitely the source ofthejamming.
Dr.
Winslow, I've got to talk to you face to face.
Can you come over to the Seaview? Why can? we talk right now? The same thing that's jamming my sonar and viewing screen is interfering with my reception.
I can hardly hear you.
I'm sorry, Commander, but with Drjenkins outside it just isn't possible right now.
Thank you, Dr.
Winslow.
I'll be back on the radio in a few minutes.
I want to see if I can clear up the interference.
Dnjenkins outside.
Theyrejamming our sonar.
That means trouble.
Prepare to get underway.
Emergency.
Clearing buoyancy tanks.
- Power's still too low.
- Blow the tanks completely.
See if we can rise.
Full power on pumps.
[ Explosion .]
Damage Control, report.
Kowalski, get Mr.
Morton to sick bay.
See what chance we have to get underway.
[ Man On Speaker.]
This is Damage Control' Hea w floozfingg but getting it under can tm/ Severe damage t0 buoyancy tanks.
Pumps out.
Damage to electrical system.
Electronics out.
Every crew member on damage repair.
Organize work parties immediately.
Great job! Both bombs exploded.
The Seawew won? be going anyplace.
Angie, some food.
I'm hungry.
There- See? Dead on the bottom.
They'll put guards out in the water now to keep us from getting back to the ship.
Well, if they do, we'll take them one by one.
They're helpless now.
They'll be forced to join us.
While you were gone, I made a test on myself.
There is a change in the brain.
You used the electroencephalograph? There's no question about it.
My brain waves are different, changed.
There's no match with previous tests I've made on myself.
Well,just what does âdifferentâ mean to you? I don't know.
Are we mad or are we completely sane, sensible and right? Aren't we in this a little deep to question it now, Doctor? Yes, but inside of me, in my mind a voice keeps crying out against this- this violence that we've done the changes we've made in these people without their consent.
Well, you'll excuse me if I don't stand here and shed a tear with you but I have some work to do with the two new recruits from the Seaview.
Excellent, Angie.
You've become a very good cook.
While you struggle with what's left of your conscience, Doctor you ought to consider the truly great work we've already done.
You take this food, for instance- all from the sea.
Bread from plankton, meat, green vegetables.
Yes, you're right, as always.
XPl calling the Seal/few XPl calling the Seal/few Those maniacs could have destroyed the Seaview.
- With one torpedo, we could wipe them off the map- - No, Chip- The admiral's orders are clear- get Winslow and his hostages back to Santa Barbara alive.
Now, get the protective screen working.
If we throw every bit of power into the protective screen, it'll slow up repairs.
Without it, the next attack may blow the Seaview to bits.
[Man On Speaker.]
Dr.
I/I/ins/ow wants t0 speak t0 you, Captain.
This is the Captain.
Put Dr.
Winslow on.
Commander, I'm sure you know now it was a mistake to spy on us.
Doctor, Admiral Nelson considers you one of the finest scientists in the world.
How can a man like you do what you've done? I'd like an opportunity to explain it to you.
I'm coming over to the Seaview.
- Are the two men you captured safe? - Quite safe.
And if I return safely to the XPl, they'll remain that way.
Come over.
He's insane.
That's the only explanation.
This is the captain.
Get two men outside.
Dr.
Winslow's coming over to the Seaview.
Search him before he's permitted to enter.
- Get the electrical screen working.
- Yes, sir.
With full power, we'll lay enough electricity on the outside of this hull to electrocute any living thing within a hundred yards-.
Let me know the minute you're ready, even ifWinslow is here.
- Doctor, would you like to remove your wet suit? - Thank you, no.
Kowalski, take the doctor to the observation room.
- I'll be with you shortly.
- This way, Dr.
Winslow.
We're ready to try the electrical screen around the Sear/few Fine.
Where is it wired in for control? Chief? This is the exec.
Ready to test electrical screen.
I cut all the speakers except to the engine room.
[Chief.]
Full power on.
What's its effective distance from the Seaview? Chief engineer says at least 1 O0 yards.
All right.
Then we're safe from further free-diver attack.
Come on.
- [ Crackling.]
- [Coughing.]
What is that electrical sound? - You'll have to ask the captain.
- [Footsteps.]
Sit down, Doctor.
I was- [ Coughs.]
interested in what use you might have for a high-intensity electrical field somewhere near here.
Repair work, Doctor- We had quite a job since your visit-.
Five men injured, some of them severely.
We had no intention of hurting anyone.
But we did have the right to protect ourselves.
Doctor, I don't understand you or what you're doing at all.
Now, maybe you can explain it to me.
No one has the right to stifle scientific research.
That is why we fought you.
We must be permitted to carry on the projectâ.
adapt man completely for life in the sea.
No! That was never the purpose of the XP1 project.
Yes.
Yes, it was.
In my mind.
And, Commander, we've done it.
Look at this.
I've been adapted myself.
lam a true amphibian.
I can breathe air, and I can breathe under water getting my oxygen from the water itself I need never set foot on land again.
But why? Why stay under water? Oh, Commander, if you knew the freedom, the beauty the music of the silences of the deep- If you could but experience it, you would beg to join us.
We're self-sufficient.
We get all our food from the sea synthesize everything we need- all chemicals, all minerals.
We can make anything, do anything.
You can't hurt us or touch us, because we can destroy you.
Admiral Nelson has checked your figures in the computer again and again.
He says your injections change the brain tissues.
He lied to frighten me, to frighten you so you wouldn'tjoin us.
Doctor, we have no interest injoining you.
You don't understand.
If you did, you'd beg me for the privilege.
Oh, if you knew the heavenly freedom of being truly alive in the water- at home, united with the sea, where all life began.
[Crackling.]
[Coughing.]
What's going on? What is that? I told you- repairs, Doctor.
Your explosives did an enormous amount of damage.
[Coughing Continues.]
You havejust two choices, gentlemen.
Eitherjoin us voluntarily, or we will destroy the Seaview and you will become one of us regardless.
I'm going back to the XP1.
You havejust two hours, Commander- two hours to make up your mind.
He's no more the man we took out to the XP1 six months ago than I'm Admiral Nelson.
Did you notice his reaction to the short circuits? Well, he seemed to get a little dizzy, sort of white.
- I'm gonna work out some figures for that computer.
- Figures for what? Maybe Dr.
Winslow and his amphibians have a weak spot- ozone.
I'm gonna check on it.
That's right.
A short in the electrical system does produce ozone.
Turn on the telescopic viewer.
The minute Winslow is past the hundred-yard limit turn on the high-intensity electrical field.
I gave them two hours.
It's 'IO after 4:00 now.
Well, then they don't expect anything to happen until 6:00.
I've planned a little surprise for 'em.
Angie here's gonna deliver it.
What's this? What's Angie going to do? Angie's gonna pay the Seaview another visit.
- But why the scuba gear? - Their own men wear this.
If they see her coming on sonar or on the viewer they'll think one of their men in the cold room's escaped.
Doctor, be careful.
Both those oxygen tanks are filled with plastic explosives.
- But I said two hours.
- I didn't.
Besides, the Seaview loses either way.
If the computer confirms my calculations, get those two ozone generators built fast.
All right.
Make the generators, Chip.
We've finally got a weapon to use against them.
The biochemical changes needed to make an amphibian also makes them highly susceptible to ozone.
- We'll knock them out in a matter of seconds.
- I'll work on them myself.
I'm going out on guard duty outside the electrical field,just in case.
The timing device is already set.
When Angie gets to the Sear/few, she presses this plunger here like this.
Then she takes off the tank harness and she puts the two tanks alongside the hull.
What if the Seaview has men out? What if they capture her? Angie knows exactly what to do, and she'll obey, won't you, Angie? What will she do? If she's discovered, she'll press the plunger and no one will know what she's done.
And no one will know what she's done.
- But she- she'll be- - Yes, Doctor.
She's prepared to sacrifice herself for the good of our world and to take some of our enemies with her.
[ Crane On Speaker.]
I'm outside the field now' Turn it on again.
We're getting you on sonar and on the viewer, Lee.
Good luck.
A diver, Chip, in scuba gear.
I have him on the viewer.
Could one of our men have escaped? He's wearing two tanks, but no bubbles.
It's a fake.
Keep the electrical field on.
She failed.
We must disable that ship and drive the men out.
We must not let it get away.
They mustjoin us.
They must see the purejoy, the wisdom.
This time I'll go over, and I won't fail.
- Those two men in the cold room- they'll be due for surgery soon- - Well, you do it then.
The loss of those two will be minor compared to the loss of the Seaview and its crew.
- Kowalski, get the girl to sick bay.
- Yes, sir.
Chip, the electrical field- turn it on.
The ozone generators are ready, Lee.
How do we test their effects? If she's all right, we can try it on her.
There shouldn't be any permanent harmful effects.
Bring one of the generators.
How is she, Doc? There's no ill effects from the blast concussion but this surgery is fascinating' Her heart rate is fantastically low and her body temperature is under 75 degrees.
- It's unbelievable.
- Go ahead.
[ Meaning.]
Oh! Oh! [ Meaning Continues.]
All right.
Give her some oxygen, Doc.
Well, we're in business now.
The ozone generators- Chip, Kowalski and I will take them over to the XP1.
- [ Moans.]
- Watch her, Doc, and keep her here.
This young lady could flood the Seal/few, kill us all and still get away herself.
That's one advantage an amphibian has.
Why? Why do we do this? Will you check the sonar and see if the Seaview people are quiet? Angie was a nice person.
She deserved better of us.
Well, if she's dead, it's a small price to pay.
If she's captured, we'll rescue her.
It's no time for tears, old man.
Forget the sonar.
Take care of our young men.
Make them amphibians as quickly as possible.
I'll see to the disposal of the Seaview.
Chip, so far, so good.
We're out of range.
Switch on the electrical field.
Ifsjenkins.
He's heading right for the electrical field.
[ Electricity Crackling.]
You can't help him now.
Swimmers, right beneath the XP1.
We won't let them take us to the land.
Oh.
[Coughing.]
What's that? What are they doing? Gas analyzer.
it'll tell us- Ozone.
But why? Ozone is unpleasant, but it isn't- The experimenfs over, Dr.
Winslow.
Dnjenkins is dead.
I just spoke to Admiral Nelson back at the institute and he tells me there's every reason in the world to believe that the biochemical body changes can be reversed and that the surgery performed can also be handled in a waym.
to restore each of you back to normal.
The most vulnerable man in the world is the man who imagines himself the victor.
You, Commander Crane, havejust made that mistake.
Ifa single man in this room moves, I shall blow this ship to bits.
Commander, pick up that microphone.
Tell your men that you are going to escort me and my people to the stern escape hatch and that we are not to be interfered with in any way whatsoeven.
This is the captain.
Dr.
Winslow and his people- three men and one woman- are here with me now.
Dr.
Winslow has a bomb in his hands which he will detonate if there is any interference.
He's to be left strictly alone.
You see, we are amphibians.
If the ship sinks or fills with water, nothing can happen to us.
- I realize that- - After you, Commander.
Open the escape hatch.
Open it quickly! Go ahead.
Go ahead, Chip.
Inside, all of you.
This timer can't be stopped.
The bomb will explode in exactly three minutes.
Good-bye, Commander Crane, gentlemen.
[Bomb Timer Ticking.]
Dr.
Winslow, I've cut the intake valve.
You can? open the hull hatch unless the interior pressure is equalized' Are you deliberately trying to kill us? Not at all, Doctor.
Open the hatch.
No! Release the intake valve and let us go back to the sea.
Let us go, or we'll all die, and you with us! You can't reason with him.
He's out of his mind.
- Make him open the hatch.
- Open the hatch.
You can still save your lives.
[ Winslow.]
No! Never! Grab a couple of those crash mats.
Against the hatch.
Now, lean! [ Explosion .]
Chip, open the torpedo tube! Kowalski, prepare blast! Blow all buoyancy tanks.
All ahead flank.
Give it everything she's got or she'll stay down here foreven.
- Ready to fire, Captain.
- Fire! [ Explosion .]
Stopping me won't stop research, gentlemen.
All over the world scientists are trying to work out ways to adapt man to the sea.
- But not your way.
- Perhaps not.
But the research will go on.
It must.
Man will need the food the sea can giveâ.
and he'll find he must go down into the sea to harvest it.
We're more concerned with reversing what you've done to these people.
We have to give them back their normal human characteristics.
If I'm right, I don't think it can be done.
Then if I were you, Doctor I'd start praying that you're wrong.