WEBVTT 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:07.860 Countdown for blast off. X minus five, minus 00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:12.919 four, minus three, minus two, X minus one. Fire. 00:00:21.420 --> 00:00:24.539 From the far horizons of the unknown come tales 00:00:24.539 --> 00:00:28.199 of new dimensions in time and space. These are 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:30.800 stories of the future. adventures in which you'll 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:33.320 live in a million could -be years on a thousand 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:36.600 maybe worlds. The National Broadcasting Company 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:56.899 presents X minus one. Tonight's story, no contact. 00:01:12.240 --> 00:01:15.980 It was in the year of 1982 that spacemen first 00:01:15.980 --> 00:01:18.719 discovered the great galactic barrier. In the 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.579 past ten years, rocket travel to the moon and 00:01:21.579 --> 00:01:24.459 the nearer planets had become commonplace. And 00:01:24.459 --> 00:01:26.680 then men fixed their sights on a more distant 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:31.069 star. the remote planet known as Volta. Five 00:01:31.069 --> 00:01:33.930 exploratory ships went out and none came back, 00:01:34.129 --> 00:01:36.530 each in turn disappearing mysteriously at the 00:01:36.530 --> 00:01:39.689 same vanishing point, at an invisible wall somewhere 00:01:39.689 --> 00:01:42.489 in the vast outer reaches that became known as 00:01:42.489 --> 00:01:46.109 the wrecker of space ships, the Galactic Reef. 00:01:46.290 --> 00:01:49.370 And yet, the explorers refused to admit defeat. 00:01:50.530 --> 00:01:54.049 It was on June the 2nd, 1987 that the rocket 00:01:54.049 --> 00:01:56.920 star cloud made ready for takeoff. the sixth 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:59.500 to attempt to crack the barrier and win through 00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:07.140 to Volta. Now hear this. Condition green. Two 00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:10.580 minutes to blast off. Condition green. Two minutes 00:02:10.580 --> 00:02:14.280 to blast off. Well, Lewis, this is it. I don't 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:16.000 suppose you'll be needing the ship's doctor up 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:17.659 here on the bridge during blast off. I think 00:02:17.659 --> 00:02:19.840 not, Smitty. There's little chance of acceleration 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:22.000 bends in these new overdrive ships. I'll be in 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:23.759 my office then counting vitamin pills if you 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:27.710 need me. It's only a few steps. Good luck, Lewis. 00:02:27.870 --> 00:02:30.590 Thank you, Smitty. Lieutenant Collier. Yes, sir? 00:02:31.330 --> 00:02:33.349 You're relieved. You'd better get down to navigation 00:02:33.349 --> 00:02:35.310 control and take over. Yes, sir. Lieutenant. 00:02:35.750 --> 00:02:38.069 Yes, sir? We've never flown together before. 00:02:38.430 --> 00:02:40.349 This is your first flight in a space vessel as 00:02:40.349 --> 00:02:42.569 big as the star cloud. Yes, sir, but I was trained 00:02:42.569 --> 00:02:44.789 in oversized jobs at the Naval Academy. Well, 00:02:44.909 --> 00:02:46.909 if you're half as good a navigator as your father 00:02:46.909 --> 00:02:50.939 was, you'll do fine. Thank you, sir. Did you 00:02:50.939 --> 00:02:53.219 ship out with my father I served under him on 00:02:53.219 --> 00:02:55.159 one of the first rocket runs to the moon I see 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:58.259 I almost went along on his last trip to the barrier 00:02:58.259 --> 00:03:07.139 Too bad about that. Yes, sir. That's all Connor 00:03:07.139 --> 00:03:11.780 Get me the ground control tower on the field. 00:03:11.780 --> 00:03:18.219 I want to talk to Colonel Harrison Colonel Harrison 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:20.639 Yes, Captain? We're standing by for takeoff in 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:23.219 30 seconds. Good. The field's cleared of all 00:03:23.219 --> 00:03:26.039 personnel. We'll try to reestablish radio contact 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:28.620 immediately after takeoff. In any event, there'll 00:03:28.620 --> 00:03:31.159 be a 24 -hour ground monitor. Fine. Good luck. 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:35.900 Hope you make it. Thank you. Bridge to navigation 00:03:35.900 --> 00:03:38.419 control. Nav control, Collier. Ready, Lieutenant? 00:03:38.580 --> 00:03:40.759 We're ready, Captain. The course is in the integrator 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:43.599 for takeoff at 1200 hours. All right. Stand by 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:48.229 for blast -off. Bridge to engine room. Fire up 00:03:48.229 --> 00:03:50.909 your rocket chambers. Take off at exactly 1200 00:03:50.909 --> 00:03:55.610 hours. I'll read you off. Twenty seconds. Nineteen. 00:03:56.370 --> 00:04:02.750 Eighteen. Seventeen. Sixteen. Hold it! Revoke 00:04:02.750 --> 00:04:07.370 all orders! Who turned in that alarm? Stowaway, 00:04:07.550 --> 00:04:12.550 where? Have him brought up to the bridge. Engine 00:04:12.550 --> 00:04:15.900 room, kill your rockets and stand by. Mars in 00:04:15.900 --> 00:04:17.560 the ground control. What's holding you up? Trouble. 00:04:17.740 --> 00:04:18.800 What's the matter with you? What's the matter 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:20.800 with you? There's a stowaway aboard. Stowaway? 00:04:20.819 --> 00:04:22.600 Yes, I thought your men were supposed to police 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:24.060 this base. What's the matter with you? All right, 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:25.779 Captain, take it easy. You know what this delay 00:04:25.779 --> 00:04:28.139 can do to us, don't you? One minute later, takeoff 00:04:28.139 --> 00:04:30.060 can throw us a million miles off course. We'll 00:04:30.060 --> 00:04:31.899 have to reintegrate the whole works. Well, look, 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:33.319 how long do you think you'll take? Don't bother 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:37.639 for me for a while. I'm busy. Stupid idiot. Captain 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:39.980 Parson? Yes, come in, Smitty. Here's your stowaway. 00:04:40.060 --> 00:04:44.980 I'll court -martial the... Oh. Charlie. Can you 00:04:44.980 --> 00:04:47.939 use a good radio man, Skipper? Well, I see you 00:04:47.939 --> 00:04:50.680 two have met. Met? Skipper and me made 50 trips 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:53.839 to the moon together. Didn't we, Skipper? Charlie, 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:56.459 if you wanted to come along, why didn't you volunteer? 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:59.959 I did, Skipper. They turned me down. What's wrong 00:04:59.959 --> 00:05:02.579 with you? Acceleration bends. They said my arteries 00:05:02.579 --> 00:05:05.120 wouldn't stand another trip. I'm sorry to hear 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:07.459 that. But they're wrong, Skipper. I got one more 00:05:07.459 --> 00:05:10.769 good trip in me. Listen, Skipper, you... You 00:05:10.769 --> 00:05:12.569 know that these green kids, they don't know the 00:05:12.569 --> 00:05:15.250 first thing about space radio operation. Now, 00:05:15.329 --> 00:05:17.910 you put a man like me on and I'll be getting 00:05:17.910 --> 00:05:21.209 you bedtime stories from Mars. Charlie, you know 00:05:21.209 --> 00:05:23.689 the regulations as well as I do. I can't take 00:05:23.689 --> 00:05:26.750 you much as I'd like to. Colonel Harrison will 00:05:26.750 --> 00:05:28.670 murder me for this. Well, I'm sorry, Charlie. 00:05:29.050 --> 00:05:31.430 I'll have you put aground. I'll tell you what, 00:05:31.449 --> 00:05:33.370 I'll ask Harrison to put you on his ground radio 00:05:33.370 --> 00:05:35.509 contact and it'll seem as if you're right here 00:05:35.509 --> 00:05:37.899 with us. He won't do it, sir. Well, he'd better. 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:39.680 I'll have him busted to corporal for letting 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:44.379 you sneak aboard. Look, Charlie. Look, you'd 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:47.639 better be off. Paulison. Yes, sir. I'm sending 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:49.319 this man to ground. Give him time to clear the 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:52.459 launching platform. Yes, sir. So long, Charlie. 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:59.899 I'm sorry. Good luck, Skipper. I thought you 00:05:59.899 --> 00:06:02.040 were going to have him drawn and quartered. If 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:03.779 it had been anyone else, I would have, Smitty. 00:06:04.220 --> 00:06:07.740 But Charlie, well, he's kind of special. It's 00:06:07.740 --> 00:06:09.699 been with me since my first command when we began 00:06:09.699 --> 00:06:11.819 the regular run to the moon. And if you wanted 00:06:11.819 --> 00:06:14.600 to come along this time, well, it's only through 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:16.860 loyalty to me. You know, Lewis, I didn't realize 00:06:16.860 --> 00:06:20.879 it before, but you're almost human. Captain Dawson, 00:06:21.019 --> 00:06:22.720 Nav Control calling. Oh, yes, Lieutenant. How 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:24.879 badly are we fouled up? Can you recalculate the 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:26.680 course or shall I cancel the takeoff? I've already 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:28.240 plotted a new course on the integrator, sir. 00:06:28.300 --> 00:06:30.160 If we take off in exactly 30 seconds, we'll need 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:31.740 to correct for only a one -degree deflection. 00:06:32.100 --> 00:06:33.730 I can do that. before we breach the stratosphere. 00:06:33.889 --> 00:06:35.470 That's quick work. Are you sure? Yes, sir. Positive, 00:06:35.589 --> 00:06:37.189 sir. All right, Collier, I'm putting it in your 00:06:37.189 --> 00:06:40.449 hands. We'll blast off on your signal. Bridge 00:06:40.449 --> 00:06:43.910 to engine room. Prepare to blast off on navigator's 00:06:43.910 --> 00:06:59.990 signal. How are we doing, Collier? Coming on 00:06:59.990 --> 00:07:07.100 the bearing, sir. That's four, three, two, zero. 00:07:09.060 --> 00:07:10.800 We've intersected the course vector. Good work, 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:13.240 Cartier. Course is corrected, sir. We're ready 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:15.040 to go into atomic overdrive any time you say. 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:20.139 All right, stand by. Yes, sir. Now hear this. 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:24.779 Now hear this. Prepare for maximum acceleration. 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:31.430 Bridge to engine room. Kill your rockets. Rockets 00:07:31.430 --> 00:07:40.730 out. Fire up number one cyclotron. Number one 00:07:40.730 --> 00:07:48.129 ready. Fire up number two. Number two ready. 00:07:48.410 --> 00:07:53.050 Withdraw your dampening rods. Fission chamber 00:07:53.050 --> 00:07:58.410 ready. Glass tubes cleared. All generators operating 00:07:58.410 --> 00:08:02.269 at capacity. Go into overdrive at the count of 00:08:02.269 --> 00:08:05.230 zero. Three seconds, Mr. Collier. Three. Two. 00:08:05.550 --> 00:08:15.290 Two. One. One. Zero. Zero. How are we doing, 00:08:15.410 --> 00:08:18.149 Collier? On course, sir. She's running hot and 00:08:18.149 --> 00:08:20.750 true. My compliments, Lieutenant. This job would 00:08:20.750 --> 00:08:22.589 have done your father credit, and he was the 00:08:22.589 --> 00:08:24.649 best navigation officer I ever saw. Oh, thank 00:08:24.649 --> 00:08:27.129 you, sir. Start your gyros. Put her on robot 00:08:27.129 --> 00:08:29.470 control. All right, the bridge is yours, Mr. 00:08:29.569 --> 00:08:32.019 Collier. If you need me, I'll be in Dr. Smithson's 00:08:32.019 --> 00:08:47.299 office. Yes, sir. I see you got us off the ground. 00:08:47.419 --> 00:08:49.639 You can thank young Collier for that. Chip off 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:52.039 the old block. You knew his father? As a matter 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.899 of fact, I knew him very well. First rate spaceman. 00:08:54.899 --> 00:08:57.139 Is he the one who... Yes, yes. He was lost in 00:08:57.139 --> 00:08:59.139 the galactic barrier on the second ship we sent 00:08:59.139 --> 00:09:01.679 out to Voldemort. Lewis, just what do you think 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:04.240 this galactic barrier is? Oh, your guess is as 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:06.919 good as mine, Doc. All I know is that five ships 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:09.000 have gone into it, and none of them have come 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:12.179 back out. You think it's a nit? How about Mestrovich's 00:09:12.179 --> 00:09:14.980 theory that it's a time warp in space? That the 00:09:14.980 --> 00:09:16.820 ships reach it and slip into another dimension? 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:19.139 I think that's a lot of rubbish. My theory is 00:09:19.139 --> 00:09:21.340 that the galactic barrier is nothing more than 00:09:21.340 --> 00:09:24.120 a radioactive layer of some kind. Why do you 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:26.679 say that? Well, we know that radar signals bounce 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:28.559 off it like they were hitting an invisible glass 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:31.000 wall. And we know that it destroys our ships 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:33.960 and crews in some way. There's no other logical 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:35.639 explanation. What makes you think we can get 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:37.220 through it, Lewis? Because we're ready for it. 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:39.919 The others weren't. The entire hull of this ship 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.360 is completely shielded with lead. We can crack 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:44.360 through any radioactive cloud ever detected. 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:47.059 Besides, we're equipped with some new UHF radio 00:09:47.059 --> 00:09:48.899 devices that should enable us to maintain radio 00:09:48.899 --> 00:09:50.500 contact with Earth. Nothing can happen. Absolutely 00:09:50.500 --> 00:09:52.539 nothing. Now, who are you trying to convince? 00:09:54.389 --> 00:09:57.149 Well, myself, I suppose. Lewis, you've had your 00:09:57.149 --> 00:09:59.309 share of glory. First skipper to reach the moon 00:09:59.309 --> 00:10:03.230 back in 1962. You could have retired. Why are 00:10:03.230 --> 00:10:05.470 you risking this trip? Five ships are missing. 00:10:06.370 --> 00:10:09.649 Men like Prentiss, Margotson, Young Collier's 00:10:09.649 --> 00:10:12.309 father. I'm tired of seeing good men fed into 00:10:12.309 --> 00:10:14.250 that meat chopper. Then why are we going to Volta? 00:10:14.309 --> 00:10:16.250 We haven't any choice, Smitty. We're in a race, 00:10:16.330 --> 00:10:18.289 the kind of race where men and ships are expendable. 00:10:18.859 --> 00:10:21.039 according to the Interspace Code, the first nation 00:10:21.039 --> 00:10:22.759 to reach Volta Conclement. Well, personally, 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.899 I want no party. Out, Doc. I'll have to play 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:27.259 physician, morale builder, and mother substitute 00:10:27.259 --> 00:10:29.740 for 112 slightly nervous men. And your morale 00:10:29.740 --> 00:10:32.220 doesn't sound too good, Doc. As morale officer, 00:10:32.419 --> 00:10:34.100 I can state without fear of contradiction, it 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:37.120 is terrible. And something tells me, as we approach 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.720 that galactic barrier, I'm not going to be alone. 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:54.480 Hello, Earth. Hello, Earth. Captain Thorson of 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:57.220 the Star Cloud calling Earth. Hello, Star Cloud. 00:10:57.460 --> 00:11:00.299 Hi, Captain. Charlie! Well, I see they haven't 00:11:00.299 --> 00:11:02.320 court -martialed you yet. No, sir. Thanks to 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:04.360 you. Well, it's good to hear you. You can read 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:06.460 us the funny papers on Sunday morning. All right. 00:11:06.700 --> 00:11:09.039 Now, how's our signal? Strong. Clear as a bell. 00:11:09.100 --> 00:11:10.779 Now, here's our log report for Colonel Harris. 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:14.759 Are you ready? Shoot. June 2, 1987. Four weeks 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:18.279 out from Earth. Running through. No radiation. 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:21.779 Operation normal. still making our approach to 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:24.759 the galactic barrier that's all charlie see you 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:27.480 later good luck captain i sure wish i was with 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:42.820 you how's the morale smitty the men know we're 00:11:42.820 --> 00:11:44.500 getting closer to the barrier they're beginning 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:47.500 to show a little tension Well, how's their physical 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:49.899 condition? Any sickness? About half the crew 00:11:49.899 --> 00:11:52.620 has come down with space blues. Ah, I was afraid 00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:56.240 of that. Are they bad? Same as usual. Lips and 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:59.039 hands with a bluish cast. Eyes are sensitive 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:01.840 to infrareds. Eh, I don't know. When I first 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:04.320 started flying these tin cans, nobody ever heard 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:06.659 of space blues. Well, now there's a theory it's 00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:09.019 caused by the terrific acceleration of atomic 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:12.559 overdrive. Change in gravity affects the circulation. 00:12:12.740 --> 00:12:14.980 Hm, what do you think? I think it's psychosomatic. 00:12:15.610 --> 00:12:18.070 I've noticed that the same men who get space 00:12:18.070 --> 00:12:21.450 blues under tension on a ship tend to get blue 00:12:21.450 --> 00:12:23.490 coloration back on Earth when they're upset. 00:12:24.970 --> 00:12:27.210 I guess it's just an occupational disease of 00:12:27.210 --> 00:12:30.990 space natures. You think it's just nerves then? 00:12:31.389 --> 00:12:36.389 Well, young Collier's got a bad case. I think 00:12:36.389 --> 00:12:38.509 it's tension from overboard. Maybe he needs some 00:12:38.509 --> 00:12:41.950 vitamins. Lewis, when will you realize that vitamins 00:12:41.950 --> 00:12:45.029 are not a panacea for all the troubles of mankind? 00:12:55.099 --> 00:12:57.840 Sir, I understand that you've relieved me from 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:00.399 duty. Well, Dr. Smithson says you aren't looking 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.519 very well, Collier. I'm giving you a rest. Sir, 00:13:03.700 --> 00:13:06.320 I feel perfectly able to continue. Your lips 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:10.379 are as blue as Minnetonka. Captain, I'd like 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:13.299 to remain at my post. Don't be foolhardy, Lieutenant. 00:13:13.340 --> 00:13:17.860 I'm not being foolhardy, sir. I have a special 00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:20.259 personal reason for wanting this expedition to 00:13:20.259 --> 00:13:26.669 reach Volta. Your father? Yes, sir. You think 00:13:26.669 --> 00:13:30.009 he might still be alive? I have to find out what 00:13:30.009 --> 00:13:36.649 happened, sir. I... I think I understand. Very 00:13:36.649 --> 00:13:52.019 well, Collier. Report back to duty. What's the 00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:55.120 reading policy we're getting a plus five radar 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:58.240 bounce now Coming off the barrier almost as fast 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:00.940 as we send it out. What's the interval two seconds 00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:04.039 shortening steadily? It's right. We'll hit the 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:05.940 wall in the next few minutes. All right, alert 00:14:05.940 --> 00:14:11.820 the crew sound general quarters Now here this 00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:15.639 condition read we are now approaching the galactic 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:20.009 barrier all hands to stations All radiation detectors 00:14:20.009 --> 00:14:23.429 to be fully manned. Full security will prevail 00:14:23.429 --> 00:14:27.529 until further notice. That is all. Uh, Pauluson. 00:14:27.889 --> 00:14:30.610 Yes, sir? The radar bounces up to plus six. We'd 00:14:30.610 --> 00:14:32.110 better try to make final contact with Earth. 00:14:32.570 --> 00:14:34.389 Is Sparks still trying to raise the base? Yes, 00:14:34.409 --> 00:14:36.549 sir, but he's not having much luck. Seems to 00:14:36.549 --> 00:14:39.450 be some interference. That's the radio room now. 00:14:40.110 --> 00:14:43.350 Yes? You got him? Well, cut in on the bridge 00:14:43.350 --> 00:14:48.009 speaker. Captain will take it from here. Hello? 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:51.659 star cloud to earth can you hear me earth hello 00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:54.659 skipper i can barely read you we're getting heavy 00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:57.379 static from sunspot that's not sunspots charlie 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:59.759 we're right on top of the galactic barrier getting 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:02.860 a plus no a plus seven radar bounce expect to 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:04.940 hit the barrier almost any second now good luck 00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:07.200 skipper if we crack the barrier and come through 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:09.299 still in one piece i'll try to get back to you 00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:11.600 on the high frequency band got you skipper don't 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:17.480 worry i'll be waiting so long charlie Must be 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:20.000 getting awfully close now, Captain. Echo's bouncing 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:21.580 back so fast, it's almost beating the signal. 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:23.399 When they go inside, hold onto your hat. That's 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:27.340 when we run into the wall. Any second. Hold on. 00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:43.539 Here goes nothing. Here it comes! Captain. Nothing 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:48.419 happened. We made it. We made it captain, no 00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:52.679 radiation, no time warp, no nothing! Now the 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:55.100 crew's gone crazy, sir! Well Adam, they've earned 00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:57.220 it! Doc, can you bring out a few bottles of snake 00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:59.480 bite serum for medicinal purposes? I sure can, 00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:01.440 Lewis! This goes for a celebration! How's your 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:03.480 morale now? It couldn't be better! How's yours? 00:16:03.580 --> 00:16:07.600 Couldn't be better! Condition red! Condition 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:11.559 red! Radiation detected! Condition red! Radiation 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:14.440 detected! Holy mackerel! Look at the needle on 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:16.120 that indicator. Pauluson, Pauluson. Yes, I see 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:18.539 it, Captain. Picking radiation like crazy. What's 00:16:18.539 --> 00:16:21.059 it like? That's a strong impulse. What kind? 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:23.799 I don't know. It's too long for a cosmic ray, 00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:27.299 too short for UHF. Whatever it is, sir, the ship 00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:29.179 is lousy. Well, track it down, triangulate it 00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:30.879 and make it fast. I want a directional fix. Yes, 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:33.919 sir. Engine room. Yes, sir. We're picking up 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:36.240 radioactivity. Is the fish in chambers? No leak 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:38.399 here, sir. Check your gauges. Nothing here, Captain. 00:16:38.460 --> 00:16:41.639 Must be coming from outside. Damage control. 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:44.860 is our lead shield leaking radiation. Well, keep 00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:47.240 at it. Paulusen, how are you doing? I've got 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:49.399 it fixed, Captain. Well, what is it? Well, I'll 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:51.419 have to recheck my figures. Well, hurry it up. 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:54.759 Angle is correct, but I... Come on, man. For 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:56.440 Pete's sake, where's the radiation coming from? 00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:59.899 Sir, it's... it's coming from inside the ship. 00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:01.799 That's impossible. No, sir. I've checked it twice. 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:03.659 Well, it's got to be the engines, then. If it 00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:06.140 is, sir, we're finished. Engine room. Yes, sir. 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:08.720 That radiation must be in the overdrive pile. 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.500 No, sir, it isn't here, sir. Are you certain? 00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:13.259 Yes, sir. All right, keep checking. There's only 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:14.680 one thing left to do. Paulusen, get a Geiger 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:16.579 counter. We're gonna start combing this ship 00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:18.799 inch by inch. Yes, sir. All right, turn it on. 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:22.539 Yes, sir. All right. Ready, Captain. We'll check 00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:27.940 the atomic guns first. Come on. We'll cut through 00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:32.400 the officer's quarters here to ordnance. I'll 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:36.700 turn here. Wait a minute, sir. What is it? The 00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:43.319 signal's weaker now. Yeah. Let's go back. Hold 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:45.859 it. Hold it. Seems strongest right about here. 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:49.579 Doesn't make sense. Whose cabin is this? Lieutenant 00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:52.440 Collier's. Collier? He's down in a nap control, 00:17:52.619 --> 00:17:55.359 sir. Oh, try the door. It's not locked, sir. 00:17:58.539 --> 00:18:00.720 It's in here all right. Listen to that counter. 00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:02.859 Strongest over here. Open that wall, cabinet. 00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:08.859 It's locked, sir. Oh, smash it. Shut off that 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:12.799 Geiger counter. What do you make of this, Paulus? 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:16.660 It looks like some sort of portable transmitter, 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:20.700 sir. Must be foreign manufacture. I don't recognize 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:24.059 the calibration symbols at all. I've never seen 00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:26.039 anything like it. Which raises a small question. 00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:28.299 What is Lieutenant Collier doing with a transmitter 00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:31.049 in his cabin? I don't know, sir. Well, I intend 00:18:31.049 --> 00:18:33.069 to find out, Paulison. Get down to nav control 00:18:33.069 --> 00:18:35.049 and bring Collier up to the bridge on the double. 00:18:35.210 --> 00:18:36.710 Well, hadn't we better find some way to shut 00:18:36.710 --> 00:18:51.410 this thing off first? I know a way. Lieutenant 00:18:51.410 --> 00:18:54.589 Collier, I'm going to ask a few simple questions 00:18:54.589 --> 00:18:58.200 and I want a few simple answers. Yes, sir. What 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:00.059 were you doing with a transmitter in your cabin 00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:02.380 transmitter captain? Oh, you know nothing about 00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:05.660 it. No, sir. I don't do you recognize these calibration 00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:09.299 symbols? No, sir. Can you think of how it might 00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:11.200 have been placed in your cabin without your knowing 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:13.480 it? No, sir Unless someone came in while I was 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:15.940 on duty would that have been possible. I suppose 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:18.240 so if someone had a key I found your cabin door 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:20.019 unlocked Well, I made a key to the wall can I 00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:24.369 I didn't say the wall cabinet Well, I... You 00:19:24.369 --> 00:19:26.029 what, Lieutenant? How could you have known it 00:19:26.029 --> 00:19:28.230 was in the wall cabinet? Well, I just assumed, 00:19:28.450 --> 00:19:29.849 sir. Lieutenant Collier, I find it hard to believe 00:19:29.849 --> 00:19:32.369 you would lie, having known and respected your 00:19:32.369 --> 00:19:34.210 father, having observed the way you handle your 00:19:34.210 --> 00:19:36.890 job. However, I intend to get to the root of 00:19:36.890 --> 00:19:40.589 this thing. May I have your wristwatch, Lieutenant? 00:19:40.789 --> 00:19:46.569 Sir? Your wristwatch. Yes, sir. Paulusen, turn 00:19:46.569 --> 00:19:49.369 on Ed Geigercaller. Yes, sir. Hold this watch 00:19:49.369 --> 00:19:56.339 next to it. Yes, sir. That's all. Lieutenant, 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:59.079 if you hadn't any close contact with that transmitter, 00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:01.599 how do you explain the radioactivity of this 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:04.740 watch? Well, I... I don't, sir. I think you'd 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:07.019 better. To whom were you sending those signals? 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:12.440 Condition red! Condition red! There's your answer, 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:14.819 Captain. What is this, Collier? Alien spaceship 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:18.400 approach! Alien spaceship approach! Collier, 00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:20.900 who's aboard that ship? All right, now talk! 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:25.319 Very well, Captain. My mission seems completed. 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:27.400 Your mission? Are you admitting that you're an 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:29.519 agent of a foreign power? I'm stating it's... 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:32.779 What nation? No nation, Captain. What? I am an 00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:35.279 agent of the Voltan government. The what? The 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:37.420 government of the planet of Voltan. You're crazy! 00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:41.380 Are you so stupid, Captain? Did you think your 00:20:41.380 --> 00:20:43.500 people are the only ones who can invade another 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:46.059 planet? What do you mean? We've had agents operating 00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:50.200 on Earth since 1945. I don't believe you. What 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:52.400 do you think happened to those five ships, Captain? 00:20:53.349 --> 00:20:56.710 Where do you suppose we got our information your 00:20:56.710 --> 00:21:01.349 language your culture? family background Appearance 00:21:01.349 --> 00:21:04.529 you look like like Commander Collier. Well, is 00:21:04.529 --> 00:21:10.170 that so surprising captain? You see captain We 00:21:10.170 --> 00:21:13.710 had a living model I ought to kill you would 00:21:13.710 --> 00:21:18.180 be very foolish captain I would advise you to 00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:22.799 surrender without delay. I'll deal with you later, 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:24.660 Collier Paulison. Yes, sir. Put this man in irons, 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:26.940 take him away. Don't worry, sir. We'll take good 00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:35.119 care of him. Governor Robinson! Gunnery. Gunnery, 00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:37.240 Richardson. What's the range? 10 ,000 meters. 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:39.460 They're closing fast. Put your guns on radar 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:45.779 tracking. Tracking. Coming on the bearing. Fire! 00:21:50.089 --> 00:21:53.329 Fire, Richardson! Richardson, did you hear me? 00:21:53.329 --> 00:21:56.109 Fire! What's the matter down there? Did you hear 00:21:56.109 --> 00:22:02.730 me? Richardson, answer me! It's no use to shout, 00:22:03.289 --> 00:22:07.269 Captain. Collier, how did you get loose? Where's 00:22:07.269 --> 00:22:12.650 Pauluson? Lieutenant Pauluson is dead. All stations! 00:22:13.109 --> 00:22:15.430 Lieutenant Collier has escaped! Seize him, men! 00:22:15.589 --> 00:22:19.569 Don't waste your breath. Your men can't hear 00:22:19.569 --> 00:22:24.109 you, Captain. What? Those still alive are my 00:22:24.109 --> 00:22:27.990 men. They're lying. No, Captain. Every ship that 00:22:27.990 --> 00:22:31.430 has ever left Earth was controlled by a Voltan 00:22:31.430 --> 00:22:33.289 crew. That's impossible. Those were hand -picked 00:22:33.289 --> 00:22:37.009 men. Hand -picked by us. I don't believe you. 00:22:37.349 --> 00:22:44.109 No? Then why not call for help? Carpenter Robinson, 00:22:44.230 --> 00:22:50.210 Haley, report. You see, Captain? Carpenter! Robinson! 00:22:51.549 --> 00:22:56.309 Haley! It's quite useless, Captain. I would advise 00:22:56.309 --> 00:23:02.230 you to sit very quietly and do nothing. Very 00:23:02.230 --> 00:23:08.470 well, Collier. You, Beakness. What now? The ship 00:23:08.470 --> 00:23:13.849 will be taken to Volta for, shall we say, further 00:23:13.849 --> 00:23:19.309 experimentation. I see. Of course, there's one 00:23:19.309 --> 00:23:23.269 thing you hadn't counted on. Just what is that, 00:23:23.569 --> 00:23:33.869 Captain? This! Carpenter! Are you in there, Lieutenant 00:23:33.869 --> 00:23:36.509 Carpenter? They can't all be dead. There must 00:23:36.509 --> 00:23:42.869 be one alive. Smitty! Dr. Smithson! Smitty! Smitty! 00:23:43.230 --> 00:23:45.849 What have you done to him? We're sorry. Oh, dirty. 00:23:46.170 --> 00:23:50.210 No, no, no, don't talk. I must lean, lean closer. 00:23:51.089 --> 00:23:56.750 There's not much time. Lewis, space blues. Space 00:23:56.750 --> 00:23:58.869 blues? What is it, Smitty? What are you trying 00:23:58.869 --> 00:24:05.549 to tell me? All men with space blues. Voltans. 00:24:05.650 --> 00:24:09.230 Let me help you. No, Lewis. Get message back 00:24:09.230 --> 00:24:15.980 to Earth. Voltan fifth column. Watch out. For 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:25.599 space? Smitty. Oh, Smitty. Captain Thorson. Captain 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:28.700 Thorson, you can't hide from us now. Come back 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:32.420 to the bridge and surrender. Or my men will come 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:45.009 and get you. Hello. Hello. Star cloud calling 00:24:45.009 --> 00:24:48.329 Earth. Please, God, let me get through before 00:24:48.329 --> 00:24:53.029 it's too late. Hello. Star cloud to Earth. Come 00:24:53.029 --> 00:25:03.349 in, please. Come in, please. Hello. Hello. Star 00:25:03.349 --> 00:25:06.589 cloud to Earth. Captain Thorsten calling. Charlie, 00:25:06.670 --> 00:25:09.109 come in, please, hurry. Hello. Oh, hello. Can 00:25:09.109 --> 00:25:11.420 you hear me, Charlie? Skipper, is that you? Are 00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:13.119 you getting my signal? It's coming in a little 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:15.440 louder now, Skip. Keep sending. Oh, my God. Now, 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:18.579 look, Charlie, listen to me. Not much time. Get 00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:22.279 word to Colonel Harrison. Crew mutinied. Most 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:25.059 of crew members, Fultons. What? Fultons. Spell 00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:28.720 that. V -O -L -T. Fultons. That's right. They're 00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:31.000 from the planet Volta. Skipper, Skipper, are 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.359 you all right? Now, Charlie, this is serious. 00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:34.700 They'll be here any second. Now, listen. They 00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:37.140 have a fifth column on Earth. They're planning 00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:39.180 to invade you. You mean it? Of course I mean 00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:41.900 it. Tell Harrison, posing as humans, you can 00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:43.519 detect them by space blues. You got that? Only 00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:46.099 Fultons get space blue. Charlie, did you hear 00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:49.140 me? Space blue. I get you. They're breaking in, 00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:51.400 Charlie. I'm defending you. Warn everybody. Captain. 00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:53.519 They've opened the door. So long, Charlie. Tell 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:57.740 Hannah. Captain. Captain Thorson. Hello. Hello, 00:25:57.880 --> 00:26:01.319 star cloud. What's the trouble, Sergeant? I was 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.960 just trying to raise the star cloud, Colonel. 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:08.559 Had any luck? No, sir. No contact. No contact, 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:11.740 eh? No, sir. Nearly an hour since they hit the 00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:14.299 galactic barrier. I don't understand why they 00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:16.400 haven't tried to get a message back. No, sir. 00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:19.819 Neither do I. Oh, all right. I'll take over for 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:24.299 a while. Yes, you do that, sir. It's all yours. 00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:27.940 Right. Oh, and Charlie, you'd better go out and 00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:30.339 get yourself some coffee. You'll look a little 00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:46.009 blue around the gills. Tonight, X -1 has brought 00:26:46.009 --> 00:26:48.589 you No Contact, written by George Lefferts from 00:26:48.589 --> 00:26:51.529 an original story of Lefferts and Ernest Kenoy. 00:26:55.829 --> 00:26:58.089 Featured in the cast were Louis Van Rooten as 00:26:58.089 --> 00:27:00.750 Captain, Donald Buca as Collier, Wendell Holmes 00:27:00.750 --> 00:27:03.789 as Charlie, and Bill Griffiths, Bill Smith, Matt 00:27:03.789 --> 00:27:06.210 Crowley, and Ken Williams. Your announcer, Don 00:27:06.210 --> 00:27:10.710 Pardo. X -1 was directed by Fred Way and is a 00:27:10.710 --> 00:27:16.609 transcribed NBC radio network production. And 00:27:16.609 --> 00:27:21.309 now, next week. When you want to take over a 00:27:21.309 --> 00:27:23.690 world, you naturally look for its weak point, 00:27:23.950 --> 00:27:26.430 some way to catch its people off guard. We live 00:27:26.430 --> 00:27:28.490 in a world where everybody loves a parade, a 00:27:28.490 --> 00:27:32.190 world of press agents and publicity stunts. But 00:27:32.190 --> 00:27:34.210 who would ever dream that invaders from outer 00:27:34.210 --> 00:27:36.509 space would take advantage of that weakness? 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:39.660 and actually hire a press agent to advertise 00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:43.480 their coming. Who would believe it was anything 00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:47.599 but just another publicity gag? At least not 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:50.220 until the terrible moment when it was already 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:57.200 too late. The moment of X minus one.