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AUDIO ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE
TRANSCRIPTION: "CONNECTION 13" (AV3)
PART: 1 OF 2
DURATION: 20:45
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MUSIC: THEME 1 [IN AND UP. DISSOLVE INTO:]
MUSIC: SPACEY [UP AND UNDER]
SCENE 1: SPACE STATION ALPHA-ALPHA-ONE
SFX: A PULSATIVE/MODULATORY HUM [CONTINUING UNDER]
PETER THOMAS: Astronaut Peter Thomas. We have been in space for two
days. The date is now three/eight/ninety. The time two
in the morning. [SING SONG] Planet earth is blue....
There are no space objects nearby, and all instruments
are functioning perfectly. [CALLING] Robert? Where are
you?
ROMNEY: [FILTERED] ...British Space Exploration calling Space
Station Alpha-Alpha-One. Do you read me? Over. This
is British Space Exploration calling Space Station
Alpha-Alpha-One. Respond. Over.
PETER THOMAS: This is Station Alpha-Alpha-One. Go ahead BSE. Over.
ROMNEY: [FILTERED] Just telling you the supply ship is on its
way.
SFX: A MYSTERIOUS SOUND BEGINS TO SLICE THROUGH THE
CONVERSATION.
ROMNEY: Shouldn't you be sleeping? Where's Robert?
PETER THOMAS: I don't know. He should be here by now, the lazy...
SFX: AS QUICKLY AS IT CAME, THE SOUND IS GONE.
ROMNEY: [FILTERED] Are you there, Peter?
SCENE 2: BSE CONTROL
ROMNEY: What was that?
PETER THOMAS: [FILTERED] I'm not sure. [CALLING] Robert?
ROMNEY: Peter? What's going on up there?
MUSIC: URGENT, FRANTIC
PETER THOMAS: [FILTERED] Are you there, Robert? Simon? Si-Simon?
[What's happening] to the walls? BSE! BSE! Something's
happening to the walls! I think Robert is dead! [I
think they're all... dying]
ROMNEY: Peter? What do you mean? Peter are you....
PETER THOMAS: [SCREAMS]
MUSIC: ENDS ON A STING
SCENE 3 COLONEL DRAYTON'S OFFICE
SFX: BIRDS CHIRPING.
DRAYTON: [DICTATING] Of course, we must not overlook the
possibility of sabotage from a number of sources. The
establishing of a network of space stations - three
British - could cause major concern in some areas; both
on the earth and beyond. I look forward to receiving
your comments, Minister, et cetera, et cetera.
[STUNNED] Good God!
SFX: A DOOR OPENING
Sergeant Gray! There's a telephone box on the lawn!
Send someone to investigate. And report straight back
to me!
SFX: A DOOR CLOSING
SCENE 4 THAT SELF-SAME LAWN
DOCTOR: England. Nineteen ninety. Probably around one o'clock
in the afternoon. August. Usually is at this time of
the year. Hello? Look, you two, a soldier.
GREG: I hope you found that pass you were looking for.
DOCTOR: No. As a matter of fact I didn't. So, smile nicely.
GREG: There are times when you're unbearable.
DOCTOR: Well, once I've explained who I am....
JAMES: Do you realize you're trespassing on military property,
sir? Would the three of you follow me, please?
DOCTOR: Certainly. We'll soon clear up this little
misunderstanding.
NADIA: Are you sure, Doctor?
DOCTOR: Of course! I'm the Doctor.
MUSIC: SHORT BRIDGE
SCENE 5: COLONEL DRAYTON'S OFFICE
SFX: A KNOCK
DRAYTON: Enter.
JAMES: Three intruders ma'am. Found by the police box. This
one says he's called the Doctor.
DRAYTON: The Doctor?
DOCTOR: That's correct, Major. These are my companions, Greg
and Nadia.
DRAYTON: It's colonel, actually. Colonel Drayton.
GREG: Pleased to meet you, miss... uh... uh... ma'am.
DRAYTON: I wish I could say the same. Exactly who are you, and
what are you doing trespassing on military property?
DOCTOR: I thought we'd been through all that. I'm the Doctor.
These are Greg and Nadia.
DRAYTON: Are you trying to tell me that you are *the* Doctor?
U.N.I.T.'s former scientific advisor, was he not?
DOCTOR: Yes I am. Or was. Former? I've been sacked then, have
I?
NADIA: What in heaven's name is U.N.I.T.?
DOCTOR: I'll explain later, Nadia.
DRAYTON: You turn up here with a police box and two children,
looking as though you've just stepped off the stage, and
you expect me to believe that you're the former
scientific advisor to U.N.I.T.?
DOCTOR: You've hit the nail right on the head, Brigadier.
GREG: Colonel.
DRAYTON: In fact, I wish you were the Doctor. He'd be very
useful at the moment.
DOCTOR: Really. What's your problem? I'm sure I could help
you, commandant.
GREG: Colonel!
DRAYTON: [IN SYNC] Colonel!
DOCTOR: Surely you'll remember how I managed to deal with the
Autons on two separate occassions.
DRAYTON: How do you know about the Autons?!?
DOCTOR: Then there was the business with the Axons, of course.
Not to mention the Silurians and the Sea Devils.
DRAYTON: That's all classified information. I must ask you not
to repeat that in front of....
DOCTOR: And Lethbridge-Stewart was very grateful when I saved
the World Peace Conference for Sir Reginald Stiles. The
Daleks were trying to mess things up there, of course.
DRAYTON: That will do, Doctor.
DOCTOR: But we mustn't forget the Omega business either. That
posed me... us... a lot of problems. I really think I'm
the man to help you, you know.
GREG: It sounds quite impressive, doesn't it, Colonel?
DRAYTON: You really are the Doctor, then?
DOCTOR: That's what I've been trying to tell you.
DRAYTON: Well I think I could do with a cup of tea. How about
you, Doctor?
DOCTOR: Yes, please. Strong and hot. Milk and one sugar.
GREG: I'll have the same, please.
DRAYTON: How about you, miss?
NADIA: It's Nadia. I'll just have milk, please.
DRAYTON: See to that, please, James?
JAMES: Ma'am.
DRAYTON: Now, Doctor. Let me explain our problem.
Britain is preparing to launch three small space
stations. The first, Alpha-Alpha One, was set in orbit
two days ago.
NADIA: Has it malfunctioned?
DRAYTON: Perhaps. Last night, we lost all contact. The last
thing we heard was a scream.
DOCTOR: A scream?
DRAYTON: And a tearing of metal.
DOCTOR: Design error, perhaps. Exerting pressure on a weak
point of the structure?
DRAYTON: Well, the entire structure's intact. We've got pictures
from passing satellites.
DOCTOR: Britain, you said, Colonel?
DRAYTON: Yes. British Space Exploration, based in Essex.
DOCTOR: Greg? Nadia? Ever been to Essex?
SCENE 6: INSULAR SYSTEMS
LIEV: Liston? Where's Merzer?
LISTON: He's monitoring the robotic production lines. Why?
LIEV: I have some important news I want you both to hear.
LISTON: I thought you were looking pleased with yourself, Liev.
LIEV: [CHUCKLES] All of us at Insular Systems have cause to be
pleased. Our new, shall we say, business associates have
informed us of our little triumph in space.
LISTON: Is all this killing really necessary?
LIEV: A means to an end. The terms of the contract must be
fulfilled.
LISTON: Of course. We must satisfy our clients at all costs.
LIEV: Everything is going according to plan. If you had any
reservations, they should have been expressed when the
Regellons first contacted us.
Good God, women! The benefits are self-evident. Our
profit margins are expanding beyond our wildest dreams.
Robotic production lines. Quantum field assembly.
We're developing a totally new technology.
LISTON: We're developing nothing. It's all beyond our
understanding. We're dancing to the whims of an alien
power.
LIEV: Ah, Merzer.
LISTON: Come in. Liev brings glad tidings for all humanity.
SCENE 7: BRITISH SPACE EXPLORATION
DOCTOR: So, this is British Space Exploration. BSE, the nearest
thing to the scene of the mystery.
GREG: Wonderful. What are we going to do now?
DRAYTON: Well, you can't just go galloping around, lad. Besides,
here comes the director's assistant, Miss Romney.
ROMNEY: Um, sorry. We don't cater for school parties.
GREG: Good. I hate kids running around.
DOCTOR: Uh, Greg and Nadia are my um....
NADIA: Personal assistants.
DOCTOR: Yes. Could we look around the base? See all your
scientists playing at spacemen?
DRAYTON: Come on. It's this way.
NADIA: I'm bored.
GREG: Do stop wingeing.
MUSIC: SHORT BRIDGE
SCENE 8: BRITISH SPACE EXPLORATION - A SHORT TIME LATER
ROMNEY: [FADING UP] And this is Space Station Alpha-Alpha-Three,
which is entering the final stages of construction.
DOCTOR: It's like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
ROMNEY: I'm sorry. Did you say something?
DOCTOR: Yes. I said is it identical to Alpha-Alpha-One?
ROMNEY: In every detail.
DRAYTON: Well, Doctor. I suggest we go and interview the staff.
NADIA: I'd like to stay here, Doctor. All this looks vaguely
interesting. It's the first sign of any technology I've
seen since we arrived.
GREG: I'll stay too. I always wanted to be an astronaut.
DOCTOR: Very well, but be careful. This equipment is far too
expensive for you to play with.
GREG: Miss Romney?
ROMNEY: Yes. What is it? I'm a busy person.
GREG: Where is Alpha-Alpha-Two?
ROMNEY: It's at the shuttle base in Surrey. Why?
NADIA: He likes to collect pieces of useless information, don't
you Greg?
GREG: Thank you, Nadia.
SCENE 9 INSULAR SYSTEMS
MERZER: Some interfering old fool from the government has
arrived, Liev. A Mister Innes.
LIEV: I'm sure Insular Systems International can deal with
him, Merzer.
LISTON: What does he want?
MERZER: The usual. Clinging leech. In a better world I would
dispose of his kind with all their sums and deductions.
LISTON: Perhaps I could see him.
MERZER: He would devour you, Liston.
LISTON: If I told him what he wanted to know....
MERZER: Sit down, woman!
LISTON: It scares me!
MERZER: I must deal with our government official. I'll soon put
him out of the way.
SCENE 10 BSE
ROMNEY: He mentioned something about the walls. "Something's
happening to the walls. Roberts is dead.", he said.
DOCTOR: I see. Could it have been an outside attack?
ROMNEY: Impossible. There were no space objects near. The
closest manned object was the supply ship.
DRAYTON: Supply ship?
ROMNEY: Yes. It's still heading there.
DOCTOR: To investigate? Maybe help?
ROMNEY: Yes.
DRAYTON: When will it dock?
ROMNEY: In about ten minutes. I'll have to go now. I'll meet
you in my office later when you've completed your
investigation, Doctor.
DRAYTON: [Carry on.]
DOCTOR: Ripping metal. References to walls. Death. It doesn't
fit.
SCENE 11 ANOTHER SECTION OF BSE
GREG: So this is Alpha-Alpha-Three?
NADIA: If it's identical to Alpha-Alpha-One, then we might find
some clues.
GREG: Clues. Clues. Clues? Mmm... ahhhh! The wall panels
are made by Insular Systems International. That's
probably not important, but I think we had better
investigate.
NADIA: You'd better write that down. You'll never remember it.
SCENE 12 BSE FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM
ROMNEY: This is British Space Exploration to Supply Shuttle
Nine. Over. British Space Exploration to Supply
Shuttle Nine. Respond.
LOU: [FILTERED] Hello BSE this is Supply Shuttle Nine. Over.
ROMNEY: Hello Lou. Prepare to engage flight stabilizers.
GROUND CREW 1: Five. Four. Three. Two. One.
GROUND CREW 2: [AFTER `Two'] Engage flight stabilizers now.
LOU: [FILTERED] Engaged. We are five point two three miles
from A-A-One. Over.
ROMNEY: Stand by for thruster countdown.
GROUND CREW 2: Thruster stand-by. Countdown set at five.
ROMNEY: Okay S-S-Nine?
LOU: [FILTERED] Okay.
GROUND CREW 2: Commence countdown.
GROUND CREW 1: Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Fire thrusters now.
LOU: [FILTERED] Course corrected. Now standing at four
miles.
DOCTOR: The stage appears to be set.
ROMNEY: Shut up. Fire forward thrusters now.
LOU: [FILTERED] Forward thrusters fired. Proceeding as
directed.
DOCTOR: Wait! Something's wrong! Abandon docking, Romney!
Abort!
ROMNEY: Don't be ridiculous!
DOCTOR: Abort!
DRAYTON: What is it, Doctor?
DOCTOR: It's a trap! It must be! Abort now!
ROMNEY: It may be too late.
DOCTOR: [] Abort! Abort! Fire starboard thrusters now!
ROMNEY: Doctor? What's the matter?
DOCTOR: Get Alpha-Alpha-One on a scanner! Abort at once!
Fire tail engines now!
GROUND CREW ?: [Firing jets at once.]
DOCTOR: Abort!
LOU: [FILTERED] C-AND-C? Alpha-Alpha-One. What's
happening....
SFX: SUPPLY SHUTTLE NINE IS DESTROYED
ROMNEY: Did you see that? Alpha-Alpha-One just destroyed the
shuttle!
DOCTOR: Very observant. Very observant.
ROMNEY: But Doctor, these space stations aren't equipped with
that kind of defence system.
SCENE 13: ??
ROMNEY: How could it have happened?
DRAYTON: There's something hostile aboard that station. A threat
to us.
DOCTOR: Where's Alpha-Alpha-Two?
ROMNEY: At the BSE space shuttle pad in Surrey. But I don't see
how that can be of any relevance. The danger is above
us in case you've forgotten.
DOCTOR: I'd like to talk to Brigadier... uh Colonel Drayton in
private, if you don't mind.
ROMNEY: Very well, but please don't touch anything. I must send
my report to the director.
DOCTOR: Brigadier.
DRAYTON: Colonel.
DOCTOR: Uh, Colonel. I want you to stop that shuttle. Romney
won't do it, so you'll have to go over her head.
DRAYTON: What are you going to do, if it's not a silly question.
DOCTOR: I'm going to grow rhubarb trees, Colonel. Back soon.
SCENE 14 INSULAR SYSTEMS
TALVAR: Merzer, Liev, Liston. At fifteen-thirty today
Alpha-Alpha-Two will be launched. There'll be twelve
stations in orbit. Two days after this,
Alpha-Alpha-Three will join it. There will be thirteen
stations then. But I have received distressing news.
Colonel Drayton is going in person to the launch site to
prevent this event. You must destroy [him/it].
LISTON: Destroy?
LIEV: Yes.
SCENE 15 BSE
DOCTOR: This is hopeless. I've been examining Alpha-Alpha-Three
for half an hour, and still there are no clues. Ah!
Corporal! You've not seen my two young friends, have
you? A boy and a girl with two arms and two legs?
JAMES: As a matter of fact sir, I've just taken them to a
factory to do some investigating. Said they felt left
out.
DOCTOR: You did what?!? Which factory? Quickly!
JAMES: Uh-umm... Insular....
DOCTOR: Insular Systems International! The walls!
ROMNEY: Where is that lunatic going now?!?
SCENE 16: INSULAR SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
SFX: ROBOTIC CONSTRUCTION WORK
GREG: What are they putting inside those wall sections?
NADIA: I can't quite see. [GASP!]
SFX: A WALL PANEL BREAKS OPEN
SFX2: AN ALARM BEGINS TO RING OUT
GREG: Watch out, Nadia! Something's happening to that wall
panel!
NADIA: What are we waiting for?
GREG: Let's get out of here!
SCENE 17: OUTSIDE INSULAR SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL.
DOCTOR: Insular System [sic] International. What an
uninteresting block of concrete. Unimaginative is the
word. Oh well. I might as well go inside. I might
find the architect. Probably a computer anyway.
SCENE 18: INSIDE THE ISS BUILDING
DOCTOR: Ahhh, are you an architect or an intercomm? [INTO THE
INTERCOMM] Hello? Anybody at home?
SCENE 19: AT THE OTHER END OF THE INTERCOMM
[THE FILTERED VOICE OF THE DOCTOR CAN BE HEARD,
CONTINUING HIS UNANSWERED INQUIRIES, UNDER]
MERZER: We have company.
LISTON: Do we?
MERZER: Can't you hear him? An eccentric, by all accounts.
Such a wild extrovert should be shot. The sooner we
prevent his interference, the better.
LISTON: Shall I deal with him?
TALVAR: He's recognized. He is the Doctor. He is working with
BSE.
LISTON: What does that mean?
MERZER: He'll be killed later.
LISTON: No! It's not necessary!
TALVAR: It will be necessary. There are no feasible
alternatives.
MERZER?: Then, I presume we should give him an audience.
SCENE 20: COLONEL DRAYTON'S CAR
SFX: COLONEL DRAYTON'S CAR [UP AND UNDER.]
DRAYTON: It's a quarter past two. Hurry it up, man!
SFX: THE CAR SPEEDS UP.
DRAYTON: [FRANTIC] The windscreen!
SFX: THE WINDSCREEN SHATTERS.
DRAYTON: Pull over! Pull over!
SFX: THE CAR SKIDS, CRASHES, AND CATCHES FIRE.
DRAYTON: He's dead! [WITH EXERTION] Got to get out.
[DRAYTON ESCAPES FROM THE CAR.]
DRAYTON: [STUNNED] What in the name of.... Keep back! I'm armed
and I won't hesitate to fire!
[THE DRONE SPEAKS WITH AN EFFECTED VOICE]
DRONE: Surrender Colonel. You are to be taken alive.
DRAYTON: [Talk!]
SFX: SHE FIRES HER GUN.
DRONE: Your defence is inadequate. Surrender.
DRAYTON: Only when I'm dead. [QUIETLY, INTO HER WALKIE-TALKIE]
Thrush one calling nest. Do you copy? Over. This is
thrush one calling nest. Do you read me? Over.
NEST: [OVER WALKIE-TALKIE] We copy. This is nest to thrush
one. Go ahead thrush one.
DRAYTON: I'm under attack near [Fenwick Court], on my way to the
ship's base. I need help. It's some kind of robot.
SCENE 21: INSULAR SYSTEMS - LOBBY.
DOCTOR: [SING-SONG, CALLING] Hello? Anybody there? [TO HIMSELF]
Totally automated. Hm. [CALLING] Hello? Somebody must
press the buttons.
Ah-hah! What's this? Looks like a metal coffin. A
body. Or what's left of one. Covered in scorch marks.
Fascinating. [STARTLED] Who's there?
SCENE 22: INSULAR SYSTEMS -
NADIA: Come on, Greg! Our only chance is to out-run it!
GREG: It's catching up on us!
NADIA: I can't keep this up!
GREG: We'll be back at the main road in a moment!
ROBOT: Advance no further.
GREG: So close!
NADIA: Look out, Greg! You'll get us killed!
ROBOT: Halt, or you will be destroyed.
GREG: It doesn't look as though we've got a lot of chance.
ROBOT: Follow me, and obey my instructions.
SCENE 23: INSULAR SYSTEMS -
DOCTOR: Who's there?!?
LISTON: [WHISPERING] Keep your voice down!
DOCTOR: [WHISPERING] Sorry. Who are you?
LISTON: My name's Liston.
DOCTOR: Why are we whispering?
LISTON: Shut up! You've... you've got to get out of here!
DOCTOR: Why?
LISTON: Just get out, and warn the government! They've got to
shut this place down! Conduct a full investigation!
DOCTOR: Why?
LISTON: It's gotten out of control here. They... they don't
know what they're doing.
DOCTOR: Who?
MERZER: Liston? Liston, is that you?
LISTON: Go! Go now! Tell the government. The satellite
network.
MERZER: [MORE INSISTENT] Liston!
DOCTOR: Satellites, Liston?
LISTON: The network. Mustn't...
SFX: ?? SHOOTS LISTEN
LISTON: [SCREAMS]
DOCTOR: Liston?!? Liston?!?
LISTON: Warn them!
DOCTOR: Liston!
MERZER: She won't answer. She's quite dead.
DOCTOR: Are you a professional murderer?
MERZER: In this world, we are all tainted with evil.
DOCTOR: Some more than others.
MERZER: Be very careful what you say, Doctor.
DOCTOR: Have we met before? It's hard to tell one psychopath
from another. The universe is full of them.
MERZER: Keep your mouth shut, and get moving.
DOCTOR: Whatever you're doing, you won't succeed.
MERZER: You really are an arrogant man, Doctor.
DOCTOR: I'm also *very* dangerous.
MERZER: I should remind you. Dead men pose no threat.
SCENE 24: LAUNCH AREA
JAMES: It's five-to, ma'am. The station will be sent into
orbit in twenty-five minutes.
DRAYTON: Damn it! Unload the bazookas!
SCENE 25: INSULAR SYSTEMS - BOARD ROOM
DOCTOR: So, this is the centre of operations? The board room.
Little cool in here, isn't it?
LIEV: Is this the intruder?
MERZER: This is the Doctor.
DOCTOR: Quite a celebrity, aren't I?
MERZER: I've warned you.
LIEV: What have you done with Liston?
DOCTOR: Why don't you ask Merzer?
MERZER: Liston was a traitor.
LIEV: Traitor?
DOCTOR: To the cause! Didn't you know you'd signed up for life,
Liev?
MERZER: Liston was... eliminated.
LIEV: You killed her?!?
MERZER: What of it?
LIEV: Nothing. Nothing at all.
MERZER: There was no alternative.
DOCTOR: There's always an alternative to *murder*. Still, I'm
sure you were only doing your duty. But, for whom, I
wonder? For Whom?
MERZER: Your curiosity will torture you no longer.
SFX: AN ELECTRONIC DOOR OPENS.
TALVAR: You are an intelligent opponent, Doctor.
DOCTOR: Ah, the Regellons! I should have known! The drop in
temperature. The automated technology. Quantum field
assembly. Of course, I've got it here in my
five-hundred year diary.
SFX: HE FISHES OUT HIS DIARY AND BEGINS TO FINGER THROUGH THE
PAGES.
DOCTOR: Regellons. Creatures resembling Earth warthog. Not
very flattering, but true. Originally sole inhabitants
of Regellos Four.
SFX: HE SLAMS THE DIARY SHUT.
DOCTOR: Consumed by a white dwarf star, if my memory serves me
correctly.
TALVAR: A renegade Timelord wallowing in his petty knowledge.
When will you learn? Trivia is hardly a substitute for
power.
MERZER: We should kill him now, Talvar.
TALVAR: Perhaps.
DOCTOR: What do want here? Surely, Earth is too hot for you.
TALVAR: I'm not about to reveal my intentions to *you*,
Timelord.
DOCTOR: Pity.
TALVAR: Time for some entertainment, I feel.
DOCTOR: The art of sadism, as I recall.
TALVAR: The delicate tearing of muscle and flesh. The pressure
on a bone that will jar the entire spine. Careful
movement that results in agonizing death. Let us see
the subjects.
MUSIC: [BUILDS]
NADIA: Get your hands off me!
GREG: Mechanical idiot!
DOCTOR: Nadia! Greg! What happened?
NADIA: We were waylayed by these tin...
ROBOT: Silence!
GREG: And their manners are intolerable.
TALVAR: Activate drill attachment.
SFX: THERE IS A 'BEEP' AS THE ROBOT'S DRILL ATTACHMENT IS
ACTIVATED
ROBOT: Confirmed.
GREG: Two fillings, and a clean-up, please.
NADIA: Shut up, Greg! He means it!
TALVAR: Very perceptive, young lady.
DOCTOR: This is *barbaric*!
TALVAR: And now, Doctor, for some answers. Why are you on
Earth?
DOCTOR: I love the weather.
TALVAR: I'm looking for answers, Doctor. Answers, or your
friends will be torn to shreds. Why were you attempting
to [prevent them]?
DOCTOR: Now that *is* a question.
GREG: Doctor, stall them! Tell him anything!
NADIA: Shut up, Greg!
TALVAR: Only the truth will suffice.
SFX: THE DRILL MOVES EVER NEARER.
SCENE 26:
SFX: BG: THE GUN BATTLE RAGES ON...
DRAYTON: Ah, James! Well, we've got the better of them now.
JAMES: Yes, ma'am.
DRAYTON: Any news of the Doctor?
JAMES: Yes. I believe he's gone to some factory in Essex,
ma'am.
DRAYTON: In that case, he'll be up to his *ears* in trouble.
I've got to go and stop that launch. Get help to the
Doctor as soon as you can.
JAMES: Yes, ma'am.
SCENE 27 INSULAR SYSTEMS - BOARD ROOM
TALVAR: I could so *easily* allow the drill head to make contact
with the female's flesh.
DOCTOR: Couldn't you just?
LIEV: No no. No. Stop this. This is going too far. [The
minister's] dead. Liston is dead. You can't just
slaughter these two. It's inhuman!
MERZER: So, you *are* weak, Liev.
LIEV: Liston was right. You've changed, Merzer. I thought
this was purely a business operation; to create a
better world.
MERZER: It still is. Only the means have altered.
LIEV: [IN A HUSKY WHISPER] You sold the Earth, Merzer. Sold
it!
TALVAR: I have heard enough. Robot! Apply the drill.
SFX: THE ROBOT COMPLIES...
MUSIC: [SWELLS]
(END OF SIDE ONE)