01x10 - Chapter Ten: Blue Magic

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NARRATOR: Blasting off
on a desperate mission

to save Earth from
the evil plottings

of the tyrannical space
Lord Ming the Merciless

[evil laughter]

Doctor Hans Zarko and Dale Ardenhave joined me, Flash Gordon,

on a fantastic journey
into worlds where

peril and venture await us.

[lasers]

[roaring]

[roaring]

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[grunting]

[thud]

Now.

NARRATOR: Surviving the perilsof Mongo's frozen world,

Frigia, Flash, Dale and Zarkoprepared to return to Arborea

via the rocket railroad.

And now chapter


[epic music]

Can you slow this
thing down, Flash?

The worst is over, Thun.

This computer map
shows Arborea just

beyond those highest mountains.

THUN: Can get there
too soon to suit me.

Stay on the main
track in the tunnel.

Tao only knows where
some of the others lead.

I've set up the coordinatesfor stray through.

[lasers]

[expl*si*n]

That was too close.

Ming's robot troops.

And this car is unarmoredand carries no weapon.

They won't dare fire
at us in the tunnel.

That'd bring the
whole thing down.

[lasers]

[explosions]

More trouble ahead.

They have out-guessed us.

What's that, near the endof the tunnel ahead of us?

A barricade.

They've cut us off.

Ming is determined we don'trejoin Barin and Voltan.

He's hoping to nip therevolt against his tyranny

in the butt.

But I've got news for him.

We're going to find
another way out of here.

[beeps]

Do you know what you're doing?

No, but there's a first
time for everything.

Wherever we're headed, it's awayfrom Ming and his robot army.

[mechanical sounds]

[ROBOTIC VOICE] They
have the way to Syk.

I

Know that.

[ROBOTIC VOICE]
It is forbidden

to enter the domain of--

Silence, I know this.

After them,
before is too late.

We follow them.

[evil laughter]

[mechanical sound]

[suspenseful music]

[electrical sounds]

AZURA: Awaken, Guardian.

Awaken.

Oh, no, it can't be.

Oh, my eternal love.

You come back to me at last.

[suspenseful music]

Come to me, my Lord.

Azura waits for you.

And she has waited for so long.

Have we lost them?

If Ming wants us desperatelyenough to risk the anger

of the Witch Queen Azura.

A witch queen?

Come, Thin, on a planet
as scientifically

advanced as Mongo.

Surely, you don't--

Do not mock what you donot understand, Dr. Zarkov.

Even Ming the
Merciless, the greatest

scientist to the universe,fears Azura's powers.

What do you know about this--

this Witch Queen of yours?

She is beautiful.

And some say she
is all powerful,

linked with the evil
gods themselves.

Nothing but superstition.

You were going to tell uswhat you know about Azura.

Is that right?

Witch Queen of the BlueMagic Kingdom, near the center

of Mongo.

Legend says that once,
long and long ago,

Ming tried to conquer herunderground cavern world

she calls Syk.

What happened?

No man knows.

Ming's armies vanished.

A million warriors, andnot even one never returned

from the depths of Mongo.

There is a tale that shekeeps them suspended forever

in a crystal cavern as a warningto others who might think

to conquer her strange kingdom.

If the Witch Queen
rules Syk absolutely,

why do you call it a kingdom?

They say that Syk was onceruled by the most powerful

of all kings.

Ming the Merciless was
but his high priest.

This mighty monarch leftMongo, seeking other worlds

to conquer, and the
Blue Witch Azura

keeps his memory alive,
for he was our one true

love for all the mists of time.

With my luck, she'll thinkyou are the reincarnation

of her lost love.

Flash, what's that?

There, ahead of us.

Pray to your Earth gods
for help, my friends.

It's one of Azura's
blue fireworms.

[groaning]

[roaring]

These blue fireworms must bepure electrical energy forms.

Maybe I can blast us clear.

You all right, Dale, Doc, Thun?

I'm OK.

We're OK.

What happened?

That blue fugitive
from a neon sign

must have chewed up the track.

At least it's gone.

It is pure energy.

Nothing can harm it.

It's gone for that armoredtrain that was following us.

Maybe it'll be a match for it.

[lasers]

[epic music]

[roaring]

The blue fireworm
has attacked the rocket

car with Flash Gordon
and the other fugitives,

and destroyed it.

My armored train
has been demolished.

That thing is after us.

That thing can move!

Keep running.

I'll try to lead it intoone of these side tunnels.

[suspenseful music]

[distant roaring]

[knocking]

AZURA: Stop, Voltana.

Do not strike.

Voltana, go.

Now!

I don't know who you
are, lady, but thanks.

[door sliding open]

Where are you taking us?

We're not going any
place, lady, until we

know what we're getting into.

[blast, expl*si*n]

AZURA: No!

They must no be harmed.

[magical sound effects]

I am Azura.

We know you, Witch Queen.

Then you know, lion-man, thatmy commands must be obeyed.

We mean you no harm, Azura.

Is this the way you greetstrangers in your land?

No, tall one.

Usually I give my blue fireworm,Voltana, the pleasure of giving

them a welcoming embrace.

[blast]

Bring them to me, now.

But you must see, and
know, and understand.

Welcome to the
Blue Magic Kingdom,

and my Witch City of Syk.

I don't believe it.

A Witch City?

And a magic carpet?

Come.

Queen Azura awaits you.

We haven't much choice.

And I always wondered whatit would be like to ride

one of these things.

Gor-dan, my eternal love,you have returned to me.

Once again you will
leave and rule my heart

and Blue Magic Kingdom.

Enjoy this last precious momentwith your love, Earth woman,

for soon--

soon, you will
never see him again.

Where are the prisoners?

I order them brought
back to me at once.

As High Wizard
of Syk, I must warn

your imperial majesty againstallowing a chance resemblance--

You dare question my commands?

Never, majesty, never.

But still, must I
warn you that what has

once been can never be again.

There was but one Go-dan.

He's gone.

But the throne of
Syk could easily

tempt any pretender forthe rewards he would know

were his for the taking.

Do you really think, HighWizard, that I have learned

nothing of human ways
in the countless years

I've lived and ruled?

Do not worry, Tal.

My heart will not move my hand.

I promise you, the
throne of Syk will

remain mine until a
stronger, better rule

provides a better right to it.

Azura, Queen of Witches,will see the prisoners now.

I have no use for any,
except the tall man.

[blast]

[thud]

What have you done to them?

They but sleep forever!

Witch, if you
have k*lled them!

What stops you, Gor-dan?

You-- you know my name?

Your name, Gor-dan?

First, you must
lose the memories

of this body you know possess.

Then we will restore your own.

[blast]

What's happening?

I can't think.

I can't remember.

Azura, my Witch Queen.

I beg you.

This man is not--

cannot be-- your last love.

Azura, my love.

It's being so long.

Gor-dan, my own.

Gor-dan, you have returned.

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No sign of them, I fear.

By the great god Tao I've longfelt all chance for freedom

from the tyranny of Mingdepended on Flasg leading us.

I too feel this way.

We have searched as far
as the mountains of Syk.

My sky scouts
report that there has

been an accident in they area.

Flash had to come that way.

If he's met up with
Azura, witchcraft,

we can forget him,
for he's lost forever.

If Flash is trapped somewherein the caverns of Syk,

my ultra spectrograph
can locate him,

and my mecomol
can take us there.

Come.

Wait.

You dare invade the WitchQueen's territories?

For a friend andbrother like Flash Gordon,

I'd dare the wrath
of Tao himself.

The three strangers?

They are waiting to
be disposed of, majesty.

Do it now.

I'll have no whispering andno secrets in my presence.

A matter of noimportance, Lord Gor-dan.

I would know.

I did not wish to trouble myLord with unimportant details.

Playing out your games
with Gor-dan, Azura?

Speak.

I just spoke of
three prisoners,

a Lion Man from the surfaceworld, and two others.

What others?

A man and a woman
from another world.

Wait, I-- I seem to
remember something.

A woman.

Then, quickly, my love.

Your memory must
forever be restored.

Yes, of course.

Help me, Azura.

Help me to remember.

Leave us!

Now!

Your hand, my Lord Gor-dan.

With the help of
my memory crystal,

you will remember everything.

The crystal commands you toremember who you truly are.

You are Gor-dan, Lord of Syk.

I am Gor-dan.

Please, tell me.

What have you done
with Flash Gordon?

The Earth man
exists no longer.

You've k*lled him?

If you have, I swear by Taoyou pay for it, witch man.

The one you call Flash
Gordon is now dead.

In fact, soon he
will be immortal.

[laughing] He will live
forever as another.

But these mundane mattersno longer matter to you.

[blast] [laughter]

Now you will see alittle Earth magic, wizard.

No, it cannot be.

Your atoms have been scattered.

You no longer exist.

[blast]

Your time in
Ming's laboratories

seems to have been
well spent, Dr. Zarkov.

Particularly borrowing theemperor's projecto beam.

Tal failed to realize
he was working his magic

on three dimensional images.

Flash, we've got to save him.

We will.

But first, to do
that, we must learn

about their Blue Magic science.

We could harm Flash
trying to help him.

You should be able to learnplenty in this witch's cave.

We must hurry.

We'll use the wizard's
own cage to keep him.

[metallic sounds]

[earth shattering]

[electrical sounds]

Fire!

Invaders.

They must be met
and driven away.

You will destroy
them, my Lord.

The army of wizards
is yours to command.

Doc, are you all right?

Fine, fine.

Their witch computer
banks are strange.

I don't understand everything,but enough fighting.

Remember, Dale,
that isn't Flash.

It's the personality that Azurehas imposed upon his mind.

[roaring]

Flash will destroy PrinceBarin and King Vultan.

No, he can't.

We've got to stop him.

Don't worry, Dale.

Knowledge is the
sharpest weapon of all.

It is time that the
witch queen is taught

a lesson she will never forget.

And we'll do just that.

NARRATOR: Don't
miss the conclusion

of our thrilling adventurein the next episode,

chapter 11, "King Flash."

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