01x54 - The Return of Doctor Dark

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- ♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

[dramatic music]

♪ Out of the sky his rockets ignite ♪

♪ Jets into battle flying faster than light ♪

Flash Gordon!

♪ Lord of the jungle the hero who st*lks ♪

♪ The beasts call him brother The Ghost Who Walks ♪

Phantom!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ Master of magic, spells, and illusion ♪

♪ Enemies crumble in fear and confusion ♪

Mandrake!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ His strength is a legend his skills conquer all ♪

♪ Armed with his power we never will fall ♪

Lothar!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ With our new young heroes proving their worth ♪

♪ Four become eight defending the Earth ♪

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- With the three shards of the Orb of Konos,

I will become--

[laser zaps]

- A pool of slush!

When you could not be found at Ice Station Earth,

I wondered what had become of my loyal subject, Garax.

You are not to think, you are to do as you are told!

[laser zaps]

[expl*si*n]

Do I make myself clear?

- Yes, sire.

- Ah, the Crystal of Wisdom.

My first step toward immortality

and supreme rulership of the entire universe!

[wind howls]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- The entrances are closing! We will be trapped!

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Quickly, blast open the wall, you fools!

Quickly, quickly!

[laser blasts]

Hurry to the ships!

- A course is set for the destination

of the second crystal, mighty Ming.

- Excellent, excellent!

A few ice robots is a small price to pay

for such a magnificent reward!

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

- We now have created a spacecraft

capable of locking in on the destination coordinates

of any ship it follows!

Congratulations, everyone!

[energy pulses]

[energy pulses]

- What's going on?

- [chuckles madly]

Let's see if your spacecraft is as good as you claim!

- This is an outrage!

- They'll never be able to catch me

in the ship they've created!

[engines spinning up]

- Return the craft immediately,

or we'll be forced to fire on you!

- You'll have to catch me first!

[cackles]

Now to lock on Ming's destination coordinates.

Ming will pay dearly for his treachery,

when I claim all three Crystals of Konos for myself!

- I'm as confused as Dynak X.

Where could those three crystal shards be?

- Dynak's never let us down yet, Rick.

Keep feeding in the variables

and Dynak will come up with the location sooner or later.

- Still no luck, eh?

- None, Lothar.

- I've been receiving some strange telepathic vibrations

from the Well of Essence.

- The Well of Essence?

There's not much left of it, Mandrake.

- I know, but in any case,

it seems these signals are coming from Mara.

- Mara?

That must mean Mara's alive!

- Hey, wait for me!

- Rick, LJ, wait! It could be a trap!

There's no trace of Mara anywhere.

Where could she be, LJ?

- I guess Mandrake must've got his signals crossed.

- Well, we better radio Monitor and tell them we struck out.
[ … ]

Come in, Monitor. This is Rick and LJ.

Come in, Monitor, do you read me?

- Rick, Rick!

- Do you hear something, Rick?

- Rick!

- Yeah, it's calling me.

Come on, let's follow it.

[suspenseful music]

- Rick, Rick!

- It's coming from inside the well.

Here, give me that rope.

I'm gonna go down and take a look.

- You crazy?

You don't know what's down there!

- The rope, LJ, the rope!

- I don't think this is a very good idea, Rick.

- Trust me, LJ. Something's down here.

Wait!

- What is it, what is it?

- It's a huge...cocoon!

Toss another line down here, quick!

We're taking this back to Monitor.

[engine roars]

- Attention all ships! Prepare for battle!

The fierce Ionion warriors will not give up their crystal

of Fire and Strength without a fight!

- So...

the Crystal of Fire and Strength

resides on Jupiter's moon!

Splendid!

While Ming fights the battle, I will take the prize!

[lasers blasting]

- To the temple!

[dramatic music]

- Finally, the Crystal of Fire and Strength is mine!

- Correction, Doctor Dark!

- Ming!

- You will learn

that no one ever betrays Ming the Merciless!

Destroy him!

- You're too late, Ming!

- [chuckles]

No, you are the one who is too late, Doctor Dark!

I have the Crystal of Wisdom,

and you will never escape here alive!

- Wait!

- I can feel the power of the crystal entering my body!

- No! Stop, you fool!

You're draining the crystal's power!

It will be worthless!

- There's still the Crystal of Youth and Fertility,

and I will take that one as well!

Farewell, Ming!

[cackles madly]

- Stop him! He must not escape!

- [cackles madly]

[engine roars]

- We must get to the third crystal before Doctor Dark!

- Now, Ming, lead me to the third crystal.

- How did Mara get into the cocoon, Mandrake?

- When Mara fell into the Well of Essence,

she was caught by the Shadow Force

and placed in this protective cocoon.

When Mara successfully makes the passage

and becomes a Shadow Lord the cocoon will open.

- Mara...a Shadow Lord?

- Vandar, the Shadow Master, foretold this event.

- Where...where am I?

- You're with the Defenders...

your friends.

- Rick, it's you!

Doctor Dark also survived the fall into the Well of Essence

and I fear that

it made him even more powerful than he was before!

Rick, we have to recover the three crystals

before Ming or Doctor Dark!

Mandrake, we must combine our powers

and consult the Vial of Knowledge

for the location of the three crystal shards!

bothSpirit of the Vial, invocum magicarum.

bothSpirit of the Vial, invocum magicarum.

- The Crystal of Youth and Fertility...

lies frozen in time... in time...in time...

- Perhaps Dynak can help us

discern the meaning of the vision!

- The Crystal of Youth and Fertility

will be found on the planet Frigia.

- I've been to Frigia.

It makes the South Pole look like a summer resort.

Rick, keep trying to find the other locations from Dynak.

- Sure thing, Dad! One down, two to go.

- I'll engage the thermosuit units.

[suspenseful music]

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[wind howling]

- This suit is wrinkling my pressed tails.

- [chuckles]

I'm sure you'd rather be wrinkled than frozen, Mandrake.

- Minus degrees centigrade.

It's chilly, all right!
[ … ]

- Our sensors indicate

the crystal is right here-- where we're standing!

- You know, I even feel cold in this thermosuit, Flash.

- Perhaps this will warm you!

[dramatic music]

[lasers blasting]

[lasers blasting]

[energy pulses]

This time there is no escape, Defenders!

Surrender!

[ice rumbles]

- Flash, look! The crystal!

- Very perceptive, Mandrake!

Now to claim my prize.

- The crystal, sire!

- Ah, the Crystal of Youth and Fertility!

Soon I shall reassemble all three crystals

into the Orb of Konos,

and immortality will be mine!

- Don't count on it, Ming!

- Who will stop me?

- We will!

- You will be lucky to escape from this planet

with your lives.

Disable the Defenders' ship!

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

- Now I must deal with that imbecile Doctor Dark

for the third crystal of Fire and Strength.

Then, I will dominate the universe!

- According to this readout,

two crystals have already been taken.

- We had better notify Flash and Mandrake.

- Dynak, contact Flash and Mandrake on Frigia, and hurry!

- Negative, Rick.

Radio contact cannot be established.

- What are you talking about?

- Swordship communications malfunctioning.

- That's impossible!

Their ship was fine! I checked it out myself.

- Please, let me try

and contact Mandrake telepathically.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Ming is gonna let the cold do his dirty business for him.

- Well, at least we made it back to the ship.

- Even this fire doesn't make me feel any warmer.

- Flash, I--I feel something. I don't know.

- I'm not getting any response from Mandrake!

- Try harder, Mara!

- Wait!

I'm receiving something, but it's very weak!

Mandrake says Ming took the crystal...

and left them stranded on Frigia to freeze!

[engine roars]

- There they are!

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Do not despair, Jedda. I sense they are still alive.

- Thank you, Mara.

I did not know psychic warriors knew how to cook chicken soup.

- And this good, too!

- [groans]

- Mara, what is it?

[bowl clatters]

- Are you all right?

- I-I'm fine.

I felt a break in the Shadow Force coming from Rylos!

- Of course!

We must hasten to the Amber Keep,

the only place the Orb of Konos can be reassembled.

- At last, the three crystals together

will become the Orb of Konos!

And the of the universe will be in my hands!

- Our hands!

- Of course, Doctor Dark, as we agreed.

[energy pulses]

- Ah, the passage to the Amber Keep.

- Yes, Ming...

but only I will enter!

[cackles madly]

- What are you doing, you traitor?

- Did you actually think

I would share the power of the orb with you?

You fool!

- Stop him! Get the crystals!

[lasers blasting]

Somehow I will follow you, Doctor Dark,

and I will have my revenge!

- Not this time, Ming!

- Flash Gordon!

- It's our turn for revenge!

- Get them!

[lasers blasting]

- By Jungle Law,

the Ghost Who Walks calls forth the power of ten tigers!

[tiger roars]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Hi-yah!
[ … ]

- Ahh!

- Are you all right, Lothar?

- Yes.

It takes more than that to stop Lothar!

[ground rumbles]

- Mandrake, what's going on? What's happening?

- Doctor Dark must have reached the Amber Keep

with the crystals!

It's starting already!

- Come Mara, we must enter the Shadow Void together.

It's the only way to stop him!

Hurry, Mara, before it closes!

[lasers blasting]

You all must leave Rylos immediately!

- But why?

- Because the planet is about to explode!

[engine roars]

- [cackles madly]

Eternal life will soon be mine!

- Wrong, Dark!

Do not reassemble the crystals!

- Stand aside, magician, while I fulfill my destiny!

- Stop while there's still a chance to turn back!

You will bring great harm!

- The only harm I will bring is to you, Mandrake...

with my paralysis ray! [cackles madly]

both[shouts]

[dramatic music]

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- We...must stop him... before it's too late...

The fate of the universe hangs in the balance!

Concentrate, Mara!

- I...I am!

One of the crystals is unstable

and the orb will destroy you

if you attempt to assemble them!

- No, no! You--you lie!

It's a trick! Get out of my mind!

- I...can't!

- You must not lose your concentration

or Dark will regain his control!

- Even your powers are no match for me, psychic warrior!

Nothing can stop me!

Nothing!

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[ground rumbling]

- Behold, mortals,

as I turn back the course of time!

[cackles madly]

- It's malfunctioning!

- [cackles weakly]

[gasps]

[wails and rasps]

- The orb has taken back the power

that Doctor Dark stole from it.

Do not be afraid, Mara.

You have your destiny to keep.

[ground rumbling]

[lasers blasting]

Get in!

The planet is about to explode!

- Where's Mara?

- No time for that now. Hurry!

- Hold your fire. Retreat!

One day I will return

to claim the Orb of Konos for myself!

[dramatic music]

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- Mara!

- Mara is now Shadow Master, Rick.

She will live in the Amber Keep forever.

- Do not be sad, Rick Gordon.

I will never forget you!

- And I will never forget you, Mara.