WEBVTT 00:00:18.219 --> 00:00:26.079 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:30.780 to the world of terrifying imagination. The fear 00:00:30.780 --> 00:00:35.759 you can hear. This time a contemporary tale concerning 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:39.460 the ill -fated flight of the first American woman 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:44.340 astronaut. The flight of the Diana 1. A tale 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:47.880 of three astronauts who reached Skylab. only 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:52.780 to be literally snatched into the void. But before 00:00:52.780 --> 00:00:56.700 Diana One ever left the ground, the aura of doom 00:00:56.700 --> 00:00:59.600 hovered around her as she stood poised on the 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.060 launching pad. This is Diana Control. We've been 00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:06.140 holding a T -45 minutes while a faulty computer 00:01:06.140 --> 00:01:08.420 monitoring the loading of propellant has failed. 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:12.900 This is a scrub. We will set back countdown to 00:01:12.900 --> 00:01:20.370 T -13 hours. It's Donald at Capcom. Gordon, do 00:01:20.370 --> 00:01:23.129 you read me? I read you. I'm sorry for the bad 00:01:23.129 --> 00:01:26.090 news. It's a scrub. Roger. Tell Luke I'm sorry 00:01:26.090 --> 00:01:29.790 too. And what do I say to the doctor? Same thing. 00:01:30.049 --> 00:01:32.290 Same for all of us on the team. Yeah, but it's 00:01:32.290 --> 00:01:34.829 tougher on her. I mean, you know, the disappointment. 00:01:35.189 --> 00:01:38.109 First American woman into space and all. I'll 00:01:38.109 --> 00:01:39.670 tell her I'll manage it. Don't you worry about 00:01:39.670 --> 00:01:45.930 her. Over and out. Roger. Only I do worry. Ships. 00:01:46.189 --> 00:01:50.060 Whether they ride on air or water. Just don't 00:01:50.060 --> 00:02:03.120 mix with women. Our mystery drama, Out of Sight, 00:02:03.540 --> 00:02:05.719 was written especially for the Mystery Theatre 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:21.860 by Ian Martin and stars Julia Mead. It might 00:02:21.860 --> 00:02:24.639 have been far better if the scrub on the Diana 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:28.719 1 had been a total. This was only another in 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:31.419 the long series of delays that had plagued the 00:02:31.419 --> 00:02:34.379 spaceship and haunted not only the astronauts 00:02:34.379 --> 00:02:38.659 themselves, but the ground crew as well. Returning 00:02:38.659 --> 00:02:41.419 to the compound from the launching, the most 00:02:41.419 --> 00:02:45.319 concerned of all was the first of our lady astronauts. 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:52.530 I don't mind admitting it. What I really feel 00:02:52.530 --> 00:02:56.270 like is bursting into tears who doesn't Well, 00:02:56.370 --> 00:03:00.289 the difference is you're a man And I'm a woman 00:03:00.289 --> 00:03:03.590 no doubt of that Although I must say I go for 00:03:03.590 --> 00:03:06.110 you a lot more as you are now than in the spacesuit 00:03:06.110 --> 00:03:09.389 down boy back off Marine Hey, what are you getting 00:03:09.389 --> 00:03:12.069 so sore about Navy? You got her and I mean to 00:03:12.069 --> 00:03:16.129 keep her. Yes, sir captain. I mean Commander 00:03:16.129 --> 00:03:20.030 hey, hey, don't pass my digs. We all having dinner 00:03:20.030 --> 00:03:22.120 together Yeah, sure thing, but I want to get 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:26.520 me a shower and a shave first. We were up on 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:30.099 that rocket so long, I practically grew a beard 00:03:30.099 --> 00:03:39.800 on my knees. Well, I'll see you later. Good old 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:42.840 Luke. I'm glad he's the third member of the team. 00:03:44.819 --> 00:03:49.879 Oh, no. The second. I'm the third wheel, Gordon. 00:03:50.729 --> 00:03:53.169 And you know why I wanted to burst into tears? 00:03:53.409 --> 00:03:56.169 Like all of us. Disappointment? No, a lot more 00:03:56.169 --> 00:04:00.550 than that. Gordon, maybe today was an omen. Maybe 00:04:00.550 --> 00:04:03.729 I should cut out right now. I've got the strongest 00:04:03.729 --> 00:04:08.830 hunch this flight is jinxed. And I'm the jinx. 00:04:15.469 --> 00:04:21.579 Terry? Terry, where are you? At the window, Gordon. 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:27.160 I didn't mean to wake you. It's okay. What's 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:31.560 wrong, Terry? Look, darling. The sky is filled 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:38.180 with stars. Glistening like fish in a net. Hold 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:42.160 me a minute. Of course. How many nights we've 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:45.459 talked about this trip. Hoped to make it together. 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:51.079 All the long training and planning. And now it's 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:58.019 here at last, or almost here. I'm not going. 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:02.040 What? I'm not going, Gordon. But you've got to. 00:05:02.180 --> 00:05:06.240 You can't back out now. Lieutenant Nettles is 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:09.379 back up for me. But she's not a doctor. She's 00:05:09.379 --> 00:05:13.720 a woman. That's the important thing. I wasn't 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:15.920 picked for this trip primarily because I'm a 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:20.360 doctor. But why would you cut out now? Because 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:24.040 I'm scared. I'm a jinx. No, you're not going 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:26.220 to start him with the superstitions like Luke. 00:05:26.300 --> 00:05:30.180 No, it's more than just superstition. Oh, darling, 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:34.040 I... I can't tell you, but I've been lying awake 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:37.199 and getting the strongest ESP waves. You were 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:41.160 dreaming. But I wasn't. I was wide awake and... 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:43.660 Oh, for the love of Mike, don't do this to me. 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:47.339 But it's you I'm thinking of, darling. I want 00:05:47.339 --> 00:05:53.680 you safe. And I honestly, for some reason, I 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:58.100 can't explain why. I think if I go up there with 00:05:58.100 --> 00:05:59.399 you... Damn it, Terry, I never thought you'd 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:01.620 do this to me. And I never thought the first 00:06:01.620 --> 00:06:04.319 woman astronaut would be such a flop. Oh, I'm 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:10.259 so ashamed. You better answer that. Hello? Oh, 00:06:10.259 --> 00:06:14.720 yes, sir. Did you reach Luke Strong? Good. Yes, 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:17.779 sir, we will. Within the hour. Oh, no, I can 00:06:17.779 --> 00:06:20.379 drive. Yes, sir. We'll go straight to the hospital 00:06:20.379 --> 00:06:24.220 unit. Thank you, sir. Good news for us, too. 00:06:25.339 --> 00:06:30.160 What is it? Weather forecasts are for quick changing 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:32.300 conditions that would ground us for two to three 00:06:32.300 --> 00:06:34.819 weeks until, well, unless we get off tomorrow. 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:37.699 They've restarted the countdown and it's go. 00:06:38.019 --> 00:06:41.360 We lift off in seven hours. I've committed you, 00:06:41.620 --> 00:06:45.180 Terry. If you don't go, it's a total scrub. Are 00:06:45.180 --> 00:06:48.649 you with me? You know I'm always with you. For 00:06:48.649 --> 00:06:53.589 better or for worse, not just as a wife. Ready, 00:06:53.930 --> 00:06:57.009 willing, and able skipper. Astronaut Theresa 00:06:57.009 --> 00:07:08.129 Weber reporting aboard. Pilot to CAPCOM. Do you 00:07:08.129 --> 00:07:10.389 read me? Yes, Commander. We read you. Are we 00:07:10.389 --> 00:07:13.550 still on countdown? Yeah, Gordy. T -5 and counting. 00:07:13.990 --> 00:07:17.170 A -OK with you? All systems are go here. Check, 00:07:17.250 --> 00:07:20.269 Luke. Everything reads good to me. Cabin pressure's 00:07:20.269 --> 00:07:24.529 holding at 6 .1 pounds. Roger. We are T -40 and 00:07:24.529 --> 00:07:27.610 counting. Looks good all the way. Good. Keep 00:07:27.610 --> 00:07:31.189 me posted. Roger. Over and out. How do you feel, 00:07:31.389 --> 00:07:35.470 Terry? Now that I'm here, great. Hang in, lovely. 00:07:35.810 --> 00:07:38.569 You've only begun to live. What do you say, Luke? 00:07:38.709 --> 00:07:41.870 Well, let's get it all put together. Skylab, 00:07:42.170 --> 00:07:45.389 Skylab, here we come. That's the spirit. Let's 00:07:45.389 --> 00:07:47.209 check out the inertial guidance and the boosters 00:07:47.209 --> 00:07:50.089 again. What do I do, Captain? Just sit tight 00:07:50.089 --> 00:07:59.529 and get ready for the thrill of your life. This 00:07:59.529 --> 00:08:03.189 is Diana control. The D -1 countdown is at T 00:08:03.189 --> 00:08:06.829 minus 35 seconds and counting. All systems are 00:08:06.829 --> 00:08:09.610 reported in a go condition. Pilot, co -pilot 00:08:09.610 --> 00:08:13.339 and Dr. Weber are ready. spacecraft umbilical 00:08:13.339 --> 00:08:16.079 is cut we have transferred to internal power 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:23.199 we are counting down starting now 13 12 11 10 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:29.759 9 ignition sequence starting 5 4 we have ignition 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:45.299 all engines are running The clock is operating. 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:48.740 We are underway. Roger. Read you loud and clear. 00:08:50.220 --> 00:08:52.779 We're smoothing out some now. And you're through 00:08:52.779 --> 00:08:55.679 Max Q. Through Max Q and smoothing out real fine. 00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:59.720 The sky looks very dark outside. Cap and pressure 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:03.500 is holding at 6 .1 OK. Coming up on two minutes. 00:09:03.740 --> 00:09:07.299 Roger. Reading you loud and clear. Pitch 25 degrees. 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:19.639 Your flight path looks very good. 4B stage burn 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:24.340 and I read it. Mark, two minutes. Roger, you 00:09:24.340 --> 00:09:28.100 have 22 seconds to shut off. Roger. Read that, 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:33.139 Luke. What do you read your velocity? 25 ,668 00:09:33.139 --> 00:09:37.519 feet per second. Roger, we confirm. Coming up 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:46.080 to burn -off. Six, five, four, three, two... 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:49.820 There she blows. Gentlemen, you are in orbit. 00:09:50.740 --> 00:09:57.240 Hallelujah. We've achieved orbit. Skylab, Skylab, 00:09:57.259 --> 00:10:02.200 here we come. You are go for a dock. Roger. You'll 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:04.399 be losing me now. I'll pass you on to Bermuda. 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:06.879 Roger. I'll see you in a couple of hours. Have 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:09.840 a happy. We'll give you a final okay on docking 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:12.940 then. Roger. My buddy thanks you, my wife thanks 00:10:12.940 --> 00:10:19.279 you, and I thank you. Over and out. Okay, Terry, 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:22.360 what do you think of spaceflight now? Oh, it's 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:27.179 marvelous wonderful a rocking chair I don't know 00:10:27.179 --> 00:10:29.340 what was the matter with me. Well, whatever it 00:10:29.340 --> 00:10:31.399 was as long as it's gone Let's put it out of 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:34.019 our minds. Now. This is going to be a milk run 00:10:34.019 --> 00:10:37.879 a what I'll tell you Young man like me and young 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:39.879 woman like you wouldn't dig that talk. It's from 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:42.710 World War two, but I've read about it A milk 00:10:42.710 --> 00:10:45.669 run was like when you flew out to bomb and came 00:10:45.669 --> 00:10:47.690 back and knew old Hitler didn't have any more 00:10:47.690 --> 00:10:49.649 planes to bother you and you were just as safe 00:10:49.649 --> 00:10:52.309 as if you were taking a ride in your grandmother's 00:10:52.309 --> 00:10:55.490 electric automobile. A piece of cake. Yeah. But 00:10:55.490 --> 00:10:57.990 the best piece of cake we got right with little 00:10:57.990 --> 00:11:01.029 old Diana is the middle astronaut here. Okay, 00:11:01.309 --> 00:11:04.129 Luke. Play time's over. Let's run a full instrument 00:11:04.129 --> 00:11:06.210 check and give Terry a chance to start working 00:11:06.210 --> 00:11:09.039 on her medical reports. If I have to put up with 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:11.419 wearing these electrodes like Frankenstein's 00:11:11.419 --> 00:11:24.200 monster, let's at least make it worthwhile. Can 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:27.080 you boost your signal, Hawaii? Do you read me? 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:30.759 Anything wrong, Gordon? No. We just passed out 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:32.919 a range of Hawaii. We should be picking up on 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:34.860 Houston and Mack any moment. It's always kind 00:11:34.860 --> 00:11:38.529 of scary, though, isn't it? What? Any time the 00:11:38.529 --> 00:11:40.289 tracking stations don't overlap and you lose 00:11:40.289 --> 00:11:42.529 contact. No, you're getting used to it. It's 00:11:42.529 --> 00:11:46.830 only for a few moments at most. Wouldn't it be... 00:11:46.830 --> 00:11:49.789 Wouldn't it be what, Terry? Oh, that's just silly 00:11:49.789 --> 00:11:52.269 imagination. No, you got me going. I want to 00:11:52.269 --> 00:11:56.070 hear what. Well, I was just thinking, wouldn't 00:11:56.070 --> 00:11:59.769 it be awful if we did lose touch completely with 00:11:59.769 --> 00:12:02.799 Earth? Not possible. Too many backup systems. 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:05.360 Different frequencies, emergency equipment. Yeah, 00:12:05.539 --> 00:12:08.139 but just supposing as long as Terry brought it 00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:10.899 up, we did lose contact. What would happen then? 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:13.139 Well, we can still fly the ship. But with no 00:12:13.139 --> 00:12:15.700 arrangement for splashdown, where would we fly 00:12:15.700 --> 00:12:17.960 to? Well, we can always dock with Skylab and 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:20.220 use their equipment. We don't need ground to 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:22.320 make a dock. Yeah, but if Skylab's equipment 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:24.440 goes out... Oh, come on now. It's just not possible, 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:27.419 so forget it. I'm going to call in. Diana 1, 00:12:27.460 --> 00:12:30.759 this is Skycom. Do you read me? Roger. I sure 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.279 do. Loud and clear. Good. We'll have half an 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:35.320 hour's clear contact. During that, we'll give 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:37.720 you coordinates for the dock. Roger. Now let's 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:41.399 synchronize our time. I'm coming up on 10 -32. 00:12:41.740 --> 00:12:48.720 That's 22 -132. Mark, when I give you wow. Wow. 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:52.320 Roger. I read you. Dead on the button. Hey, okay. 00:12:52.659 --> 00:12:55.059 Hear this then. In order to achieve trend... 00:12:57.970 --> 00:13:04.769 Mac Mac you read me back What is it? Let me try 00:13:04.769 --> 00:13:10.850 another frequency Mac Mac Capcom, this is pilot 00:13:10.850 --> 00:13:15.090 Weber. Do you read me? Damn try another Diana 00:13:15.090 --> 00:13:28.460 wonder Capcom Capcom do you read me? I've tracked 00:13:28.460 --> 00:13:31.600 over Bermuda, Africa. Everything's dead. Every 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:34.559 frequency. I can't understand it. All other systems 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:37.980 are go. Yet we've lost contact with ground. That 00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:41.279 means we're on our own? Unless we turn up Australia, 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.799 Hawaii, or Mac back at Houston. And if we don't? 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.279 We head for Skylab. Is that so terrible? Certainly 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:51.769 its radio must be working. And if it isn't? Now, 00:13:51.850 --> 00:13:53.389 that isn't anything I want to start thinking 00:13:53.389 --> 00:13:56.169 about right now. Maybe we better, because... 00:13:56.169 --> 00:13:58.669 Because what, Terry? You don't know, Luke, about 00:13:58.669 --> 00:14:01.370 my dream. For God's sake, this is no time for 00:14:01.370 --> 00:14:05.330 dreams. Hello? This is Diana One calling. That 00:14:05.330 --> 00:14:07.970 isn't going to do any good, Gordon. This is what 00:14:07.970 --> 00:14:11.309 I dreamed, that we'd lose contact. I remember 00:14:11.309 --> 00:14:15.990 that... that humming sound. You'll never get 00:14:15.990 --> 00:14:19.250 through it, even if we make Skylab. That would 00:14:19.250 --> 00:14:23.059 mean that... Thanks to me, the first woman, the 00:14:23.059 --> 00:14:36.940 drinks, we're lost. We're lost in space. Can 00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:40.740 you imagine being condemned to wander in space 00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:44.539 till food and oxygen gave out? Or the orbiting 00:14:44.539 --> 00:14:47.460 vehicle you made your home plunged through the 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:50.720 friction of the atmosphere? to roast you to ashes 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:54.799 in fire and flame. The very thought of it makes 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:59.639 my blood run cold. But perhaps you will prove 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:02.980 to be made of sterner stuff when I return shortly 00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:18.519 with Act Two. For another full orbit. The Diana 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:22.879 1 circled the Earth. But it seemed that all communication 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:27.419 was irretrievably gone. On all frequencies, on 00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:30.019 all tracking stations our astronauts tried to 00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:33.820 raise, they heard only that high oscillating 00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:38.519 hum. Now we've got to face it. We're clear out 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:42.039 of touch. There's only one thing left to do. 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:44.720 Make the dock ourselves. We've used up a critical 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:46.860 amount of fuel out of tunizing ourselves to try 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:49.700 to pick up CAPCOM signals. I know. Do we go for 00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:51.500 a dock this time around or wait till next orbit? 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:54.120 Well, we've repositioned all the way around this 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:56.519 time. We'll never be aligned more favorably. 00:15:57.399 --> 00:16:00.080 With a tweak burn, we ought to have precise apogee 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:02.500 and gain on her enough to lock onto target with 00:16:02.500 --> 00:16:06.600 radar. How soon will we see the lab? 25 to 20 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:10.500 miles we ought to have clear. There she is. Ahead 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:12.259 and just a little bit above us. She's right, 00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:16.659 Gordy. Okay, we'll intercept. We're on our own. 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:20.220 We're going to have to chase for a while. But 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:29.679 we're locked on by radar and fitting. Right on 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:33.659 the money. Tight as an oyster. No thanks to me. 00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:36.980 What do you mean, Gordon? What is it, Skip? I 00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:40.779 don't know. You remember how we began to roll 00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:43.720 and swing over the Pacific I thought you were 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:46.419 maneuvering for the lock I was trying to but 00:16:46.419 --> 00:16:49.580 the ship just seemed to take over We were rolling 00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:52.679 at 36 degrees a second you pulled her out. It 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:56.120 wasn't me. I Don't you understand? I couldn't 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:59.899 fly her at all We were rolling so bad and yawing 00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:02.019 I thought we were going to lose any control and 00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:05.380 go toppling end -over -end But we didn't thanks 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:10.069 to you and not me It felt like... it was just 00:17:10.069 --> 00:17:13.109 like ground, or someone took over and was flying 00:17:13.109 --> 00:17:15.950 the ship. Someone else brought it into lock, 00:17:16.049 --> 00:17:18.650 not me. So what's the difference? We came home. 00:17:19.450 --> 00:17:21.069 Shall I open up the hatch so we can get into 00:17:21.069 --> 00:17:24.450 Skylab? We ought to secure everything here. We're 00:17:24.450 --> 00:17:27.569 airtight. We can get that later. We've got to 00:17:27.569 --> 00:17:30.650 reach ground. If we can't get in touch with Capcom... 00:17:30.650 --> 00:17:34.869 Oh, I'm afraid you can't. You see, we have jammed 00:17:34.869 --> 00:17:40.630 it. How do you do? I am Dracon. I have been waiting 00:17:40.630 --> 00:17:45.369 for you. Who's that? I have said Dracon is my 00:17:45.369 --> 00:17:49.029 name. Before I ask the other questions, where 00:17:49.029 --> 00:17:53.049 are you? I am here. Where's he hiding, Gordy? 00:17:53.809 --> 00:17:56.470 You know the setup here. But my dear Earthling, 00:17:56.650 --> 00:18:01.069 I am not hiding. I ain't seen you yet. Nor will 00:18:01.069 --> 00:18:05.589 you. like you nor are you civilized enough to 00:18:05.589 --> 00:18:08.690 be able to imagine me now wait a minute hold 00:18:08.690 --> 00:18:13.029 it Luke mr. Draycon if I have your name right 00:18:13.029 --> 00:18:16.549 the title is meaningless for me and even the 00:18:16.549 --> 00:18:19.150 name is only an approximation in translation 00:18:19.150 --> 00:18:24.490 to your tongue call me then Draycon very well 00:18:24.490 --> 00:18:30.009 Draycon who are you I will try to simplify I 00:18:30.009 --> 00:18:35.509 am not of your galaxy I am a Centauri 7, a quintillion 00:18:35.509 --> 00:18:38.049 of light years from your solar system. What's 00:18:38.049 --> 00:18:41.230 going on, Gordy? It's the sort of thing I dreamed. 00:18:41.609 --> 00:18:45.269 It would be easier if you had a present, Straycon. 00:18:46.210 --> 00:18:49.809 We could talk more sensibly, then. Ah, no, I 00:18:49.809 --> 00:18:53.029 believe to the contrary. You could not conceive 00:18:53.029 --> 00:18:55.930 of me even if I could make some emanation before 00:18:55.930 --> 00:19:00.529 your eyes. No, the voice must be enough. Well, 00:19:00.529 --> 00:19:04.380 then. What is it you want for you to come with 00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:08.240 me? Supposing we refuse but there's no way you 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:12.180 can I am going to take you to Centauri seven 00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:18.059 a Quintillion years away Time is a relative factor 00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:24.660 We shall go by time warp But even so I am a doctor. 00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:29.319 I must face physiological facts I don't know 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:33.099 what your physiology may be, but if we earthlings, 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:37.880 as you call us, should pass a destination a quintillion 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:42.420 years away, we wouldn't arrive as anything more 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:45.720 than dust. I have said that time is a relative 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:50.000 factor. We must leave. Are you ready to go? How? 00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:54.099 The trip will be short and not unpleasant. All 00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:58.740 those quintillions of miles? The advantage of 00:19:58.740 --> 00:20:02.000 the fifth dimension, the time warp, I mentioned. 00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:06.640 But time is relative, as you said. Who's to say 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:10.140 that your time won't destroy us? How long will 00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:34.450 it take us? construct them in appearance and 00:20:34.450 --> 00:20:37.809 solidity as those places you live on Earth. There 00:20:37.809 --> 00:20:42.069 are two bedrooms, one for the spouses and one 00:20:42.069 --> 00:20:46.890 for the drone. There will be food. You are welcome. 00:20:47.690 --> 00:20:50.509 We wish you to live as you live on your planet. 00:20:50.829 --> 00:20:55.430 For how long? We must control that. You are free 00:20:55.430 --> 00:20:59.009 to do as you will in these areas. Two bedrooms? 00:20:59.990 --> 00:21:04.450 Two baths? Living room? Dining area, fully equipped 00:21:04.450 --> 00:21:08.589 kitchen. That's upper class New York, maybe six, 00:21:08.750 --> 00:21:11.609 seven hundred a month. Furnished up to a grand. 00:21:12.769 --> 00:21:16.990 Except for one thing. And that is? Not a window. 00:21:18.430 --> 00:21:21.329 And outside of closets and the rooms, only one 00:21:21.329 --> 00:21:24.250 door out of here. Which unfortunately we must 00:21:24.250 --> 00:21:29.140 keep locked. Why? We have our own security. I 00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:31.700 think occasionally you earthlings must have caught 00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:34.880 a glimpse of our machines. We have been observing 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:39.640 you for some time. Why? For reasons of our own. 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:43.440 Our sources have even landed on occasions too, 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:46.220 as you do in your flights to the moon, for example, 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:49.900 to pick up informative material. We have even 00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:52.380 considered gathering some of you before this. 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:55.839 But in the areas we landed, we did not consider 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:59.900 the specimens quite satisfactory. We do very 00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:02.900 much consider you excellent representatives of 00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:07.480 your primitive culture We have selected you as 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:12.420 what is a word you use? Guinea pigs you mean 00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:15.619 we're going to be locked up here like in a laboratory 00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:20.599 cage Yes, so we can study you Now I leave you 00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:40.500 to get adapted to your new surroundings the atmosphere 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:45.380 from one of their spaceships. Why did you pick 00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:50.700 these? One is a female. Our first opportunity 00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:53.619 to gather such a specimen without alerting the 00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:59.640 Earthlings. So be it. What is your wish now, 00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:12.720 Draykan? Permission to start the test. Gordon, 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:15.160 there's nothing in the big bedroom. It's just 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:18.579 a box with some furniture. No openings anywhere. 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:21.460 Any luck here? The front door doesn't have a 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:24.799 handle, let alone a lock. The only openings are 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:27.319 that vent up there, and one on the floor on the 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:30.180 opposite side. Air vents, obviously. Otherwise 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:33.180 we wouldn't be able to breathe. You find anything, 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:36.940 Luke? You think it's okay to talk? No, but we 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:39.480 might as well. I'm sure we're bugged and they 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:42.250 hear everything we say. What did you find? Nothing. 00:23:42.630 --> 00:23:46.630 You? Neither of us. Except two air vents in this 00:23:46.630 --> 00:23:50.910 room. If there was some way to... You hear a 00:23:50.910 --> 00:23:58.009 kind of hiss? Yes. And... Oh, it's getting stifling 00:23:58.009 --> 00:24:00.410 in here. They've turned on some kind of heat. 00:24:00.750 --> 00:24:03.789 Damn. What are they trying to do? I've got to 00:24:03.789 --> 00:24:08.509 get this suit off. I'm sorry, Terry. It's okay, 00:24:08.710 --> 00:24:12.230 Luke. Just forget I'm a woman. That'll be a day 00:24:12.230 --> 00:24:14.710 for the old prowler. Now, but let's strip down. 00:24:14.930 --> 00:24:20.190 Come on. Nobody needs to have any hangups. I 00:24:20.190 --> 00:24:23.109 can tell you, as a doctor, we can stay in our 00:24:23.109 --> 00:24:25.750 thermals. It's safer if they try to roast us 00:24:25.750 --> 00:24:28.369 alive. Where's that ever -loving heat coming 00:24:28.369 --> 00:24:32.269 from? Probably the vent at floor level. Yes. 00:24:32.950 --> 00:24:35.349 Now, come on. Let's all stuff our suits against 00:24:35.349 --> 00:24:37.589 it. Maybe we can keep it out. Good thinking, 00:24:37.730 --> 00:24:41.309 Charlie Brown. Man, I tell you, this is no way 00:24:41.309 --> 00:24:49.509 to go. You rotten sons of guns. Come on. Fight 00:24:49.509 --> 00:24:53.549 fair and give us a chance. Stop it, Luke. I don't 00:24:53.549 --> 00:24:56.690 mind dying. But I want a chance to fight back. 00:24:56.730 --> 00:25:00.470 Luke, it isn't doing any good. Don't give them 00:25:00.470 --> 00:25:04.329 the satisfaction of... Gordon? Yes, Terry, you're 00:25:04.329 --> 00:25:06.930 right. I don't know if we're just blocking it 00:25:06.930 --> 00:25:10.549 or... Hey, wait a minute. What is it? He's testing 00:25:10.549 --> 00:25:13.390 to see if... They've stopped it. They've stopped 00:25:13.390 --> 00:25:16.390 feeding the heat. Thank God. I never could stand 00:25:16.390 --> 00:25:21.509 heat. I have a... I am scared witless of smothering 00:25:21.509 --> 00:25:24.269 to death or burning up in a fire. Who isn't? 00:25:24.450 --> 00:25:26.609 You all right, Terry? I'm okay, darling, but 00:25:26.609 --> 00:25:29.930 we've got to get out of here. How? I don't know. 00:25:30.170 --> 00:25:31.950 I'll leave that up to you fellows, but we've 00:25:31.950 --> 00:25:35.299 got to get away. To where? Anywhere but here. 00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:37.500 This is only the beginning. The beginning of 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:41.119 what? The tests. Don't you see it? We're guinea 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:45.259 pigs. And as a laboratory animal, you know what 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:47.660 all guinea pigs have in common. You're the doctor. 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:52.539 You tell us what. They're expendable. What's 00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:56.779 getting cooler? We passed the first one, but... 00:25:56.779 --> 00:26:00.140 Oh, no. What is it, Gordon? The other vent. Can 00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:03.569 you hear it? They're starting the Turkish bath 00:26:03.569 --> 00:26:05.849 treatment again just the opposite this time. 00:26:06.109 --> 00:26:09.890 I think this is operation cold freeze How can 00:26:09.890 --> 00:26:13.230 we get up to block that vent Luke? Get on the 00:26:13.230 --> 00:26:15.150 other end of the table there and drag it over 00:26:15.150 --> 00:26:21.069 Roger skip Terry bring the flight suits That 00:26:21.069 --> 00:26:24.109 air is like dry ice. I can take this better than 00:26:24.109 --> 00:26:28.609 heat Here Terry. I'll help Now what skip this 00:26:28.609 --> 00:26:34.750 is my weak spot. I can't stand Cold. Both, get 00:26:34.750 --> 00:26:39.490 on table. Terry? Yes, darling. You get up. Luke 00:26:39.490 --> 00:26:45.369 soldiers. I, help. Then I pass flight suits to 00:26:45.369 --> 00:26:56.650 you. Block out cold air. There you go. I'm okay. 00:26:57.130 --> 00:26:59.410 Hand me the suits. I'm braced against the wall. 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:05.839 Okay, Gordy. It's all right. No need. They'd 00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:09.640 shut off the freeze. Here are the suits. I got 00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:15.500 them. Come on down, baby. Boy, you're something 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:18.720 to have around. You imagine old Gordy and me 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:21.880 getting on each other's shoulders. I'm glad I'm 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:25.299 of some use. Now it's the men's turn. What do 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:28.279 you mean? This is only the beginning. How much 00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:31.259 more of this can we go through? One exposure 00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:34.380 or another is going to be too much for one or 00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:37.539 all of us. Let's try to get out of here. How? 00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:42.339 Only one way. The door. What we need is a prize 00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:47.759 of some kind. Wait a minute. The table. It has 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:50.799 metal legs. Help me turn it over, Luke. Sure. 00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:56.240 Yeah. There's a flange at the top and screws. 00:27:57.279 --> 00:28:00.099 Now, if we just had something... What, you believe? 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:03.880 I just happened to have a nail file. Oh, baby, 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:07.059 you are the most. Come on, let's have at it. 00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:14.160 Have we got the flange far enough in between 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.799 the jamp and the door this time? This looks like 00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:23.660 it. Ready? If we do get the door open, then what, 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:25.900 darling? Well, first let's get it open. Then 00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:28.869 we'll know. You ready, Luke? Roger. You too, 00:28:28.970 --> 00:28:32.089 Terry. Give us all the weight you can. I'm ready. 00:28:32.529 --> 00:28:37.150 Then all together, set... on the count of three. 00:28:43.789 --> 00:28:48.430 Three lost and desperate astronauts, far beyond 00:28:48.430 --> 00:28:52.369 the stars. Should they succeed in opening this 00:28:52.369 --> 00:28:57.190 door, what can they hope to find at best? Another 00:28:57.190 --> 00:29:01.900 world? and one apparently hostile to them. What 00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:04.980 infinitesimal chance do they have to return to 00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:08.599 landfall and splash down on old familiar Mother 00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:24.359 Earth? I'll return shortly with Act 3. Is there 00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:28.009 any threat worse to sanity? Than the unknown 00:29:28.009 --> 00:29:32.589 and yet faced with the prospect of death by any 00:29:32.589 --> 00:29:36.309 factor of the known Which of us would not gamble 00:29:36.309 --> 00:29:41.430 and reach for the unknown as an alternative Our 00:29:41.430 --> 00:29:44.470 three lost astronauts are no different as they 00:29:44.470 --> 00:29:50.309 struggle to open a door on on what? What kind 00:29:50.309 --> 00:29:59.289 of a world lies beyond it? Nothing. There's nothing. 00:29:59.910 --> 00:30:04.069 Nothing outside, but... What? It may look like 00:30:04.069 --> 00:30:06.829 nothing, but it's solid. It might just as well 00:30:06.829 --> 00:30:11.430 be a wall. For you, it is. For us on Centauri 00:30:11.430 --> 00:30:16.190 7, it is our world, but not yours. Are you now 00:30:16.190 --> 00:30:20.009 satisfied? But what do you intend to do with 00:30:20.009 --> 00:30:23.450 us? We must finish our tests before we tell you 00:30:23.450 --> 00:30:28.799 that. Now you are weary. First, you must rest. 00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:43.859 Terry. Terry, wake up. What? Why, Luke? Don't 00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:48.039 wake Gordy. I've got to talk to you. What on 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:52.339 earth? Please. Please. Come into my room. Okay. 00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:55.240 Just a second till I find my shoes. Come on. 00:30:55.339 --> 00:31:10.329 Come on. We don't know that well I do and There's 00:31:10.329 --> 00:31:15.309 something I want before I do What are you? I? 00:31:15.309 --> 00:31:18.349 Want you Terry Luke listen to me not listening 00:31:18.349 --> 00:31:22.069 to anyone anymore just myself Now Gordy stole 00:31:22.069 --> 00:31:24.569 you away from me, but just for once I'm going 00:31:24.569 --> 00:31:27.589 to steal something away from him Gordy is your 00:31:27.589 --> 00:31:31.069 best friend laughs everything I ever wanted in 00:31:31.069 --> 00:31:33.650 life. I had to fight him for For space flight, 00:31:34.049 --> 00:31:36.190 the commander ship of this one, you, he always 00:31:36.190 --> 00:31:39.470 won. Keep away from me. Not this time, not this 00:31:39.470 --> 00:31:43.289 once. You can't. I won't. I'll scream for Gordon. 00:31:43.430 --> 00:31:46.150 You do, and you get this in your throat. If I 00:31:46.150 --> 00:31:48.410 can't have you, he never will again. Where did 00:31:48.410 --> 00:31:50.509 you get that knife? From the table, three of 00:31:50.509 --> 00:31:53.509 them there. Okay, Terry. Come here. Get away 00:31:53.509 --> 00:31:56.069 from her, Luke. Go on, he... Look out, he has 00:31:56.069 --> 00:31:59.210 a knife. So have I. All right, Luke. You wanted 00:31:59.210 --> 00:32:01.730 to use the knife? Come on. Try it on me. That 00:32:01.730 --> 00:32:04.970 suits me just great. You bought yourself a real 00:32:04.970 --> 00:32:07.349 Donnie Brooke. Stop it! Stop it, both of you! 00:32:07.369 --> 00:32:09.170 Stay out of this, Terry. I won't stay out of 00:32:09.170 --> 00:32:12.109 it. And for the information of both of you, I 00:32:12.109 --> 00:32:15.809 have a knife too. Okay, Luke, drop yours. Let 00:32:15.809 --> 00:32:18.089 your lousy husband get me in the back. No thanks. 00:32:18.170 --> 00:32:20.349 Stay out of this, Terry. He's had this coming 00:32:20.349 --> 00:32:23.670 a long time. Will you listen to me, both of you? 00:32:24.269 --> 00:32:27.750 Don't you see this is just another test? Of what? 00:32:28.109 --> 00:32:31.009 Don't you remember? We're guinea pigs. They're 00:32:31.009 --> 00:32:35.190 testing every kind of reaction in us. Luke, please. 00:32:35.710 --> 00:32:39.369 I know how you feel about me. You love me. That's 00:32:39.369 --> 00:32:42.509 right, Terry. But not that way. As a friend, 00:32:42.509 --> 00:32:47.210 as you love Gordon. Love? Yes, love. You weren't 00:32:47.210 --> 00:32:51.410 made for hate or frustration or violence any 00:32:51.410 --> 00:32:55.869 more than Gordon is. It's them, Draycon or whoever 00:32:55.869 --> 00:32:59.119 they are. They're putting it all into your heads. 00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:02.319 They want to see how far they can provoke us. 00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:06.480 How much we can stand. They're the ones we have 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:10.799 to fight. They're the ones we can't let win. 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:17.279 What am I doing with a knife? Oh, God, Terry. 00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:20.700 Gordy, forgive me. I didn't know what I was doing. 00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:25.220 Neither did I. I woke up choking with this black 00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:29.150 hatred and I... Where did I get this they put 00:33:29.150 --> 00:33:32.349 them on the table? It's just as I said another 00:33:32.349 --> 00:33:37.309 of their tests What's that smell? It's coming 00:33:37.309 --> 00:33:42.609 from this low event It smells like bitter almonds 00:33:42.609 --> 00:33:46.369 That's cyanide get away from there. They sealed 00:33:46.369 --> 00:33:48.769 up the door again. We've got to get out of here 00:33:48.769 --> 00:33:51.509 the bed No, no, no, they're louvered doors. It'll 00:33:51.509 --> 00:33:53.710 seep through we've got to get away entirely. 00:33:53.869 --> 00:33:56.609 Oh Even if we could get the door open again, 00:33:56.609 --> 00:33:59.329 I I thought of it when the heat was coming in 00:33:59.329 --> 00:34:01.990 before I Think the cover on that vent up there 00:34:01.990 --> 00:34:05.190 is loose. It's big enough to crawl through get 00:34:05.190 --> 00:34:10.630 the other table Luke drag it over I've got the 00:34:10.630 --> 00:34:12.989 table leg that we use on the door. Maybe I can 00:34:12.989 --> 00:34:15.550 pry it open with that. Come on Luke. The smell 00:34:15.550 --> 00:34:19.429 is getting heavier I'm with you. Okay, I give 00:34:19.429 --> 00:34:23.789 Terry a hand up There you go. Now open my shoulders 00:34:25.389 --> 00:34:28.329 I got the table leg. All right. I give it to 00:34:28.329 --> 00:34:31.110 her. Then support her while she levers it. Okay, 00:34:31.289 --> 00:34:37.090 Terry? Yes. I think I can... It's quite loose. 00:34:37.690 --> 00:34:42.650 I'm sure I can... Look out! Can you scramble 00:34:42.650 --> 00:34:47.650 in there? If I can just... Get your hands under 00:34:47.650 --> 00:34:50.590 her left foot, Luke. Roger. I'll get mine under 00:34:50.590 --> 00:34:58.019 the other. Now, lift. Right, Terry? Yes. There's 00:34:58.019 --> 00:35:02.000 a duct. I can't see where it goes. Is it big 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:04.860 enough for all of us to get through? Yes, but 00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:07.739 how? You're smaller than I am, Luke. I'll give 00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:09.940 you a leg up and Terry can lift from above. What 00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:12.519 about you? I'll get a chair and you can haul 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:15.300 me up from there. Come on. Let's not waste any 00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:28.489 time. That smell is getting stronger. Why are 00:35:28.489 --> 00:35:32.889 you stopping? Another turn? No. It's a dead end. 00:35:33.130 --> 00:35:37.210 Oh, no. Are you sure? It's blocked in front and 00:35:37.210 --> 00:35:42.170 on both sides. Wait a minute. What? It's open 00:35:42.170 --> 00:35:46.469 above, like a chimney. How wide is it? Just a 00:35:46.469 --> 00:35:52.789 moment. It's round, about two, no, no, maybe 00:35:52.789 --> 00:35:56.050 three feet in diameter. Any light? No, just as 00:35:56.050 --> 00:35:59.559 dark in here. It's no use. We'll have to go back. 00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:02.360 We can't go back. Not to that cyanide. Maybe 00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:04.059 they stopped pumping it in. What else can we 00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:07.000 do? We can try what mountain climbers do. What? 00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:10.820 Terry? Yes, Gordon? Can you stand up where you 00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:17.920 are? Yes, I think if I... Yes, I'm standing with 00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:20.739 my head in the chimney. All right. Now listen 00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:23.920 carefully. Remember when we climbed Old Baldy? 00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:28.539 Yes, a million years ago. Hang in, baby. Don't 00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:31.699 you flake out on us. I won't. You mean that guy 00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:34.780 that showed us how to chimney climb? Yes. Now 00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:37.320 turn towards me and put your back against the 00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:40.619 wall. Now, can you get your feet up there on 00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:45.500 the other side? Just about. Then I brace my back 00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:48.699 and then push up, right? Right. Then slide your 00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:51.420 feet up an inch or two and keep repeating. Roger. 00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:54.739 You'll have to go next, Luke. You get it? I get 00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:58.360 the idea. Supposing that thing's 30 or 40 feet 00:36:58.360 --> 00:37:02.260 tall. We go as far as we can, then we all fall 00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:12.920 and break our necks together. Hold it! What now? 00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:15.920 It's getting wider, but I think it's another 00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:18.559 dead end. Oh, not another chimney. I couldn't 00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:23.179 make it. This one goes down. There's a draft 00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:29.130 and... What? We only had a light. I have only 00:37:29.130 --> 00:37:32.769 one match left. I've been saving it. It's wider. 00:37:33.670 --> 00:37:37.590 You think you could come up here? I'll try. Watch 00:37:37.590 --> 00:37:42.309 it, darling. You're right at the edge. Where 00:37:42.309 --> 00:37:45.269 do you suppose this could go? There's fresh air. 00:37:45.489 --> 00:37:50.429 Maybe outside. Let's see. Maybe we've gotten 00:37:50.429 --> 00:37:53.630 a break at last. That's only about a 30 -degree 00:37:53.630 --> 00:37:59.239 pitch. Well, there goes the match about where 00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:01.980 it goes the tunnel I'll let you know any moment 00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:05.079 if anything happens to me you and Luke and try 00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:08.800 going back. Oh, no, sir Anyone tries the roller 00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:12.599 coaster. Oh Luke gets to go first. No Luke here 00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:18.079 I go feet first Too bad. I forgot my parachute 00:38:49.750 --> 00:38:52.750 Right back where we started at least we don't 00:38:52.750 --> 00:38:55.650 have to bother about trying the lower vent We 00:38:55.650 --> 00:38:58.309 know where it goes to and at least there's none 00:38:58.309 --> 00:39:02.309 of that cyanide gas Yeah, but now what now we 00:39:02.309 --> 00:39:05.710 have finished with our external examination I 00:39:05.710 --> 00:39:08.210 am sorry to say that the continuation of our 00:39:08.210 --> 00:39:11.550 test program may be even more Unpleasant now 00:39:11.550 --> 00:39:14.230 look if you let captain strong and my wife go 00:39:14.230 --> 00:39:17.780 you can just a minute old buddy Same offer here, 00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:21.860 Dray Connor, whatever your name is. Only I stay. 00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:25.980 I'm afraid not satisfactory. The female is essential 00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:30.199 for more reasons than one. Why? First of all, 00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:32.960 your physiology is quite different from the male. 00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:37.480 We will want to study that. Secondly, you are 00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:41.340 a doctor. We can use your expertise to dissect 00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:44.840 your male companions so that we may study how 00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:48.960 to work on you. No! Absolutely not. I won't lift 00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:52.400 a finger to help you. Suppose we were to offer 00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:55.579 to let your husband go? I'll answer that. No. 00:39:56.360 --> 00:40:02.119 Let me. Darling, I'd gladly die for you. But 00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:04.860 I couldn't kill for you. I wouldn't expect you 00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:10.219 to. I love you. I love you. And we both love 00:40:10.219 --> 00:40:15.070 you, Luke. One for all, and all for one. I guess 00:40:15.070 --> 00:40:18.329 we bought it for good this time. But wherever 00:40:18.329 --> 00:40:23.230 we go, we stick together. Very well, Earthlings. 00:40:23.769 --> 00:40:31.110 I will give you your wish. You'll have to execute 00:40:31.110 --> 00:40:35.889 a turnaround. Hey, Diana 1, do you read me? I 00:40:35.889 --> 00:40:48.519 read you loud and clear. Why? Not as far as I 00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:53.300 know. You didn't notice a kind of a time lag? 00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:57.800 Hold it, Capcom. You hear him, Luke? Mac? Yeah. 00:40:57.880 --> 00:41:00.039 I don't know what he's talking about. You, Terry? 00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:04.920 I... Capcom to Diana 1, do you read me? I read 00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:08.780 you. We registered a sort of oscillator hum during 00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:12.460 that two -second gap. How about you? I didn't 00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:15.800 hear it. Half a sec. You pick up anything on 00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:18.099 instruments, Luke? Or hear a sort of oscillator 00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:26.440 hum? I did. Just like in my dream. Or I think 00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:36.719 I did. And are you sure as they come? The Earth 00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:39.679 people will know nothing of our interference. 00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:43.980 Oh, ancient one, in their time reference they 00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:47.369 were missing but the blink of an eye. And the 00:41:47.369 --> 00:41:51.929 three who were here will not remember. Can the 00:41:51.929 --> 00:41:55.250 eye of an Earthling see a bullet? Can it follow 00:41:55.250 --> 00:42:00.130 the speed of light? They will not remember. As 00:42:00.130 --> 00:42:05.269 to the planet itself, what is your recommendation? 00:42:06.429 --> 00:42:09.469 Observing them close at hand, particularly the 00:42:09.469 --> 00:42:14.070 female one, I have seen a capability for self 00:42:14.070 --> 00:42:25.980 -sacrifice and love. to better themselves, so 00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:31.840 be it. We will allow the Earthlings one final 00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:41.539 chance. So there are no such things as flying 00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:46.039 saucers and strangers out of space, and man is 00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:48.639 the only creature to travel the rogues among 00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:54.579 the stars. I wonder... Oh well, it may not be 00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:57.840 too much longer before we find out for sure. 00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:03.559 Only a few thousand years. I'll be back shortly. 00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:21.920 A thousand years. The Millennium. Perhaps the 00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:24.400 one mentioned in the Book of the Revelation, 00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:27.699 when the angel came down from heaven with a key 00:43:27.699 --> 00:43:31.360 to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his 00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:34.820 hand, and he bound the devil and cast him into 00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:38.280 the pit and sealed it, so that he should deceive 00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:44.900 the nations no more. Not a bad idea. Not a bad 00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:49.719 idea at all. We could all begin with the devil 00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:55.019 in all of us. It might just be worth a try. Our 00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:58.519 cast included Julia Mead, Sidney Walker, Ira 00:43:58.519 --> 00:44:01.960 Lewis, and Jack Grimes. The entire production 00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:05.179 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. This 00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:07.860 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:11.159 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:17.260 macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.