======================================================================= This file was created without the consent or knowledge of the Audio/Visuals team. ======================================================================= /\ / \UDIO \ / ISUALS \/ AUDIO ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE TRANSCRIPTION: "VILGRETH" PART: 1 OF 2 DURATION: 12:54 VERSION: 0.1 ======================================================================= THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN CREATED BY FANS FOR FANS. IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A COPY OF THIS PLAY, IT IS ASKED THAT YOU LISTEN TO IT WHILE READING THE TRANSCRIPT AT LEAST ONCE. PLEASE REPORT ANY ERRORS, SUGGESTIONS, OR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRANSCRIBER'S ADDRESS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM. ======================================================================= [NOTE: "VILGRETH" WAS A TWO-PART STORY WHICH WAS INCLUDED ON THE SAME TAPE AS "THE DESTRUCTOR CONTRACT". UNLIKE THE REST OF THE SERIES, IT WAS NOT A FULLY-DRAMATIZED PLAY. IT MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE TOM BAKER, LIS SLADEN AUDIO RELEASE "DOCTOR WHO AND THE PESCATONS" THAN ANYTHING ELSE.] SCENE 1: THE TARDIS - CONSOLE ROOM. MUSIC: SIMPLE THEME. DOCTOR: [NARRATING] I'd promised Greg some kind of holiday. As it turned out, I never quite managed to fulfill my promise. Conglomerate, the psionovores, Askran, and the Daleks saw to that. Still, at the time, I was determined to take Greg to Ormelia, but, as usual, I was having trouble with the helmic regulators. SOUND: BG: TARDIS HUM - IN FLIGHT. DOCTOR: Come on. Come on! SOUND: THE CONSOLE GIVES OUT A SHORT BURST OF DISCOURAGING BLEEPS. DOCTOR: Why do you keep doing that, eh? SOUND: THERE ARE A FEW MORE SHORT BLEEPS. DOCTOR: It's lucky Greg's fast asleep in his room. Otherwise, you, old girl, would be witnessing a bit of good old-fashioned human exasperation. Thankfully I'm above all that. At least, you'd better hope I am. SOUND: THE CONSOLE GIVES OUT A QUICK CHIRP. SOUND 2: THE TARDIS MATERIALIZES. DOCTOR: Well, what was that in aid of? SOUND: THE TARDIS CONTINUES TO RESPOND WITH ITS CRYPTIC SERIES OF BLEEPS. DOCTOR: [NARRATING] The TARDIS had landed without having any coordinates set. In fact, it had repeatedly refused to accept the coordinates for Ormelia. SOUND: THE TARDIS DOORS BEING OPENED. SCENE 2: VILGRETH'S SHIP - LOADING BAY. MUSIC: MYSTERIOUS. DOCTOR: [NARRATING] I'd been hoping for a miracle. But, no, this wasn't Ormelia. There wasn't a sign of the brilliant golden sky, or the gently undulating pale green sea. Instead, the TARDIS had apparently, yet again, displayed its penchant for the grimy, odious, and, no doubt, dangerous. DOCTOR: Thank you. Thank you. Just what I needed. A fifth-class compartment in a space cargo liner by the looks of it. Yes. This seems to be some kind of loading bay. Cranes up there. Deck hatches here. And.... SOUND: A DECK HATCH OPENS. SOUND2: THE TARDIS FALLS THROUGH THE HOLE AND DISAPPEARS. DOCTOR: NO!!! DOCTOR: [NARRATING] Unfortunately, the TARDIS had landed on a deck hatch. One which had just decided to open. DOCTOR: I wonder if that woke Greg up. DOCTOR: [NARRATING] Of course, the TARDIS is technically indestructible. Technically. That was the word used in the manual. DOCTOR: It's at times like this that I start to worry about that word, "technically". DOCTOR: [NARRATING] I resolved myself to finding someone in authority. From past experience, I knew I might be letting myself in for accusations, incarceration, or possibly something a little more terminal. But what choice did I have? SOUND: THERE IS A CLANKING OF METAL, POSSIBLY FOOTSTEPS. DOCTOR: What's that? Hello? Hello? SOUND: MORE CLANKING. DOCTOR: Uh..uh..um. I'm sorry to bother you, but... SOUND: WHATEVER IT IS SCURRIES OFF. DOCTOR: [NARRATING] For a moment, I thought I'd glimpsed a figure, but now there was nothing there. DOCTOR: Oh. Sorry if I offended you. Well, I hope the rest of the crew are a little more helpful. Right. Here we go. [HE WHISTLES A FEW NOTES.] SOUND: THE DOCTOR MARKS THE WALL WITH A PIECE OF CHALK. DOCTOR: Now, if I put these chalk arrows around the place, I shouldn't get lost. [HE BEGINS TO WHISTLE AGAIN UNDER THE NARRATION.] DOCTOR: [NARRATING] The ship - if it was a ship - was depressingly large, and seemingly empty. Certainly there was no sign of care and attention to even the most accessible parts of the architecture. It was all covered in a kind of smoky grime which seemed to get worse as I pressed on into the ship. Smoky. Yes. DOCTOR: [COUGHS A FEW TIMES.] Oh, dear. [HE COUGHS A FEW MORE TIMES.] Somebody's left the toast on by the smell of it. [MORE COUGHS] Oh dear. Right. SOUND: HE MAKES ANOTHER ARROW ON THE WALL WITH THE CHALK. DOCTOR: This is getting me nowhere. Heh. I reckon the architect gave up on this place, too. It looks... unfinished. Iron girders and scaffolding. I don't know. SOUND: THERE IS A DEEP, MUFFLED, GARGLING SOUND, AS OF SOMEONE SPEAKING THROUGH A DOOR. [CONTINUING UNDER.] DOCTOR: What? So I didn't imagine it. There *is* someone aboard this ship. Let's hope he's a little more accessible this time. Let's see. It's coming from... behind this door. Right. Here goes. SOUND: THE DOOR OPENS. SOUND 2: BG: BOILERS SPEWING STEAM. [VILGRETH'S SPEECH SUDDENLY CLEARS. HE HAS A DEEP GURGLING VOICE.] VILGRETH: Aww, cursed door on the blink again! [NOTICING THE DOCTOR] Huh? DOCTOR: Uh, hello. VILGRETH: You open door? DOCTOR: Uh, yes, I did. Umm... you needn't worry about it being faulty. It works fine. Could do with a bit of a clean. VILGRETH: Bah! Clean! Bah! Who are you? DOCTOR: Uh...uh...um... I'm the Doctor. Who are you? VILGRETH: Vilgreth. Mmm... *Captain* Vilgreth. DOCTOR: Oh, a Captain. Well, if you're the captain, what are you doing.... VILGRETH: In the boiler room? DOCTOR: Yes. VILGRETH: Huh! A *snob*! Why shouldn't I be here? I like it here. Don't I, my darlings, mmmm. DOCTOR: Who? VILGRETH: The boilers! My companions. DOCTOR: Oh. Yes, um. Well, anyway, Vil... uhm...uh Captain Vilgreth.... VILGRETH: You do not believe I am captain, do you? DOCTOR: Well, uh...um... far be it from me to...uh... VILGRETH: Maybe because I am so big and ugly. DOCTOR: Oh, no! No. Ummmm...uh...I... VILGRETH: And smelly? DOCTOR: Well I... VILGRETH: But, so what? I am captain! I *bathe* when I *say so*! DOCTOR: Of course! Yes, um.... VILGRETH: Why are you here? DOCTOR: Uh..uhhhm.... VILGRETH: You better not have come to blow me up. DOCTOR: Blow you.... Why should I want to do that? VILGRETH: Hm? People do. They come here. Hide away. Try to throw spanners in works. Hmmm. I throw *them* in works one day. DOCTOR: Why? VILGRETH: Because I don't like them. DOCTOR: Uh..n..no, uh I mean, why do they want to blow you up? VILGRETH: Huh? They are... [SOUNDING IT OUT] officials. Mm...I live here. I pay no tax. No nothing. They don't like that. DOCTOR: I see. Um, it does seem a bit extreme though to blow you up. You don't, uh, you don't harm anyone, do you? VILGRETH: Me?!? No trouble to anyone. No problem! DOCTOR: Good. Good. Uhm, w... well I'm not here to blow you up. I'm actually here by accident. I was just getting my bearings when one of your deck hatches opened up... VILGRETH: Hmm... DOCTOR: And my ship disappeared into your hold. VILGRETH: That *isn't* good news for you. DOCTOR: I know. Uh..uh.uh... That's why I was wondering.... VILGRETH: You don't understand. Deck hatches lead to furnace. DOCTOR: Furnace. Uh. Well... well, it should be all right. The TARDIS is indestructible... technically. VILGRETH: Huh? Nothing *that* indestructible. DOCTOR: I think it is, but I wouldn't like to leave it in this, um, furnace too long. You see, I've got a friend in my ship. I'm *hoping* he's still asleep. VILGRETH: Fried friend, Doctor. DOCTOR: Please. If you'd just give me a couple of your crew to... VILGRETH: Crew?!? There's no crew! Just my darlings and me. DOCTOR: But when I came out of my ship, I thought I saw... VILGRETH: All right. Pressure's okay here, so I'll help you. Take you to furnace. But, listen, don't raise any hopes. SCENE 3: THE FURNACE ROOM - A SHORT TIME LATER. SOUND: DOOR OPENING. VILGRETH: This is my furnace! I'll open door now. You may find this hot. SOUND: VILGRETH OPENS THE DOOR OF THE FURNACE. DOCTOR: There! That's it! The TARDIS! VILGRETH: Still in one piece! Amazing! I'll use mechanical grabbers to get it out. SOUND: THE GRABBERS CONNECT WITH THE TARDIS, AND TRY TO GET A GRIP ON IT. VILGRETH: Here we go. SOUND: THE GRABBERS CONTINUE TO FUMBLE WITH THE TARDIS. VILGRETH: A little to the left.... SOUND: GRABBERS MOVING. VILGRETH: A little to the right.... SOUND: MORE GRAPPLING. VILGRETH: And... that's... got her! SOUND: THE TARDIS IS LIFTED OUT OF THE FURNACE. VILGRETH: This it? Hm. Not even hot. DOCTOR: Well *done* old girl! Oh, thank *goodness* for that! VILGRETH: You built this? DOCTOR: No. But I know everything about it. Well, almost everything. VILGRETH: It's very small. DOCTOR: It's...it's bigger on the inside. VILGRETH: Hm. DOCTOR: Ahm, look. I'll have to check her out. Would you like to come in and take a look? VILGRETH: Yeah. Sure, Doctor. DOCTOR: [Right, then]. Come on! VILGRETH: Okay. SCENE 4: THE TARDIS - CONSOLE ROOM DOCTOR: [NARRATING] Well, Vilgreth was *bowled over* by the TARDIS. He did comment that it was a might too *clean* for his liking, but he admired the technology. In fact, technology, gadgetry, and engineering of *all* kinds was a bit of an obsession with Vilgreth. Now, I admit that I have more than a... passing interest in all things technical, but bipolar vectoring modular flange jets and arc tunnel boosters seemed to be the only sort of things Vilgreth lived for. Apparently he'd salvaged his ship - which, in comfirmation of my suspicions, he told me it *was* enormous - and he had wandered around the galaxy in it ever since. But it was the propulsion system which intrigued me.... VILGRETH: Well, we can talk about that later. You know, Doctor? I *like* you. How about some tea? DOCTOR: Tea! How did you know I have some? VILGRETH: *You* have some? *I* have some! I was inviting you to the bridge! DOCTOR: You mean, you're a tea drinker? VILGRETH: Of course! DOCTOR: That's incredible! Uhmm.... Y...yes! I accept, of course. Uh, but I've a few checks to finish here. VILGRETH: No problem. I'll go make tea. You finish up here. I'll see you on the bridge. DOCTOR: But how do I get to the bridge? I mean.... VILGRETH: Take the first lift you come to. DOCTOR: Right. VILGRETH: Can't miss it. DOCTOR: All right. Thanks very much. VILGRETH: You know, you're lucky. DOCTOR: Why? VILGRETH: You're lucky old TARDIS here is special stuff. Just before you came, I find half-melted spaceship in furnace. DOCTOR: Really? I hope there wasn't anyone in it. VILGRETH: No. No bodies in it. Just a drifter. Must have stuck to the hull, then fallen down a waste chute. DOCTOR: Oh. VILGRETH: Still, you lucky. DOCTOR: Yes. VILGRETH: See you for tea. DOCTOR: Okay. Bye bye. SOUND: THE TARDIS DOORS ARE OPENED. DOCTOR: [NARRATING] There was only the *slightest* of scorching in some of the outer shell configuration components. Otherwise, the TARDIS was fine. So, I set off for the bridge. SCENE 5: VILGRETH'S SHIP - CORRIDOR. DOCTOR: Ummm, first lift I come to. Rrright. [STELPOR SPEAKS IN A SLITHERY WHISPER.] STELPOR: Do not move! DOCTOR: What? Who are you?!? STELPOR: I am Operative Stelpor. DOCTOR: Are you? I thought there was no crew. STELPOR: I am not a member of the crew. Now listen. I am beknighted with a sense of justice. DOCTOR: Oh, dear me. Wait a minute. Justice? I recognize that uniform. It's got the Ormelian Security insignia on it! STELPOR: You waste time, stranger! You are not *part* of this! DOCTOR: Part of what? STELPOR: You must leave now, whilst you can! DOCTOR: Don't you mean "while"? STELPOR: It is no affair of mine. If you choose to mock my warning. DOCTOR: Warning?!? What Warning?!? STELPOR: Leave now, or you, too will be destroyed! MUSIC: STING (END OF PART ONE) - transcriber - sloth (an933@hwcn.org) - websites - http://www.hwcn.org/~an933 http://justyce.orgsynchronize