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AUDIO ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE
TRANSCRIPTION: "VILGRETH"
PART: 1 OF 2
DURATION: 12:54
VERSION: 0.1
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[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)
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