BY: ANTHONY READ
Part Four
Original Air Date: 12 January 1980
Running time: 26:45
DOCTOR: Seth, well done!
SETH: Is he dead?
DOCTOR: No, just knocked out. Right, now let's see what the damage is. Oh, I don't like the look of that. Sorry, Romana.
ROMANA: Doctor, I. Doctor? Doctor, where are you?
NIMON 3: You.
NIMON 3: Stop! Pursue her.
SETH: Is it very bad?
DOCTOR: It's very bad. I might just be able to fix it if I can cannibalise one of the other circuits.
SETH: Is there anything I can do?
DOCTOR: No, no. You've done enough. It's K9 I need now.
DOCTOR: Oh, my gravitic anomoliser.
SETH: Will it help?
DOCTOR: It might help. You see, it's an entirely different system but it just might be compatible.
TEKA: Will it work?
DOCTOR: Well, if it's compatible it'll work better than the original. On the other hand, if it's not compatible
SETH: What?
DOCTOR: There'll be a bang so big you won't even hear it.
TEKA: Oh, Doctor, look!
SOLDEED (OOV.): Bwhahahahahaha!
DOCTOR: He'll warn the Nimon. Quick, after him!
SETH: Come on!
SETH: Down there, come on.
ROMANA: Who are you?
SEZOM: I am Sezom.
ROMANA: You just saved my life. Are they dead?
SEZOM: Alas, no, but they will be unconscious for a while. Who are you? Why are you here?
ROMANA: I'm Romana. I'm here by accident. Where are we?
SEZOM: This is Crinoth, what's left of it.
ROMANA: Why, what happened?
SEZOM: The Nimons happened. They have destroyed everything, everyone. Everyone but me.
ROMANA: Are you all right? You look awful.
SEZOM: My time is almost up.
ROMANA: Here, sit down.
SEZOM: Thank you.
ROMANA: There, how's that?
SEZOM: Better. You're very kind.
ROMANA: You did just save my life.
SEZOM: But I have caused the deaths of so many others. The total destruction of our planet and all its people. I am to blame.
ROMANA: Why? What did you do?
SEZOM: I allowed the Nimons to come here. I worked for them, became their creature. They promised us technology, peace, prosperity. It
ROMANA: Go on.
SEZOM: It seemed so easy. Such a small price.
ROMANA: Did you have to provide them with some sort of tribute?
SEZOM: How did you know that?
ROMANA: I've seen something similar.
SEZOM: There was only one of them to start with. I never knew what was to come. I swear, I never knew what was to come. It seemed such a small price to pay.
ROMANA: It always does.
SETH: You stay here. I'll check.
SETH: Yes, come on. It's this way. Teka. Teka?
SETH: Teka!
TEKA: Seth? Seth!
DOCTOR: Ah.
SORAK: So you have power, do you? Power that even Soldeed cannot understand.
SEZOM: They're like a plague of locusts. They seem harmless enough
ROMANA: Till they start to swarm.
SEZOM: Yes, from planet to planet, sucking each one dry then moving on to another and another and another. Their numbers are multiplying.
ROMANA: I've got to get back to Skonnos.
SEZOM: Where's Skonnos?
ROMANA: It's their next victim planet. I've just come from there.
SEZOM: Then you must get back and warn them.
ROMANA: It could be easier said than done. Can you help me get back to the capsule.
SEZOM: I will try.
SETH: Teka! Where are you?
DOCTOR: Welcome back, Romana.
DOCTOR: Oh, my prophetic soul!
NIMON 6: This is Crinoth.
NIMON 7: We have not moved. Stay.
K9: What is this place?
SORAK: It's. You can speak.
K9: Affirmative. What is this place?
SORAK: It's Soldeed's laboratory.
K9: What am I doing here?
SORAK: Soldeed brought you here.
K9: Kindly remove me from this surface.
SORAK: First, give me a demonstration of your power.
K9: That was merely a warning. Kindly remove me from this surface.
SORAK: Wait a minute!
NIMON 7: Something has gone wrong on Skonnos.
NIMON 8: The way is blocked?
NIMON 9: Prepare the final contingency plan.
NIMON 8: That is too dangerous. There are too many of us still on this planet. If it explodes too soon
NIMON 9: We have no choice. The great journey of life must continue.
ROMANA: What do they mean, final contingency plan?
SEZOM: There is no energy left here. They rely on the power plant on the next planet to pull them through.
ROMANA: So if anything goes wrong there
SEZOM: The only way they can escape is to convert the matter of this planet itself into energy.
ROMANA: Can they do that?
SEZOM: Yes, but it's a chain reaction. Once it starts, there's no way of stopping it, and the whole planet will explode.
ROMANA: After they've gone, presumably. Poor Crinoth.
SEZOM: I wonder what's gone wrong on Skonnos?
ROMANA: Don't worry about that. If I know anything about the one who caused it, he'll find a way of undoing it.
SEZOM: Then you'll be able to get back and warn them?
ROMANA: Well, first I have to get back to the capsule. How are we going to deal with the Nimons?
SEZOM: I have my staff.
ROMANA: Can you k*ll them with that?
SEZOM: No, I can only stun them.
ROMANA: And they let you keep it?
SEZOM: It couldn't do them any harm when they gave it to me, but they overlooked the fact that I might be clever enough to modify it.)
SEZOM: I discovered that Jasonite increased the power considerably.
ROMANA: Jasonite?
SEZOM: It's a type of rock which carries a powerful electromagnetic charge. I've been experimenting with possible uses for it for years.)
SEZOM: I even tried to get the Nimons to help, but they weren't interested.
ROMANA: Can I have this?
SEZOM: Yes, of course.
ROMANA: How are we going to get past them?
SEZOM: Subterfuge.
SEZOM: Wait.
SEZOM: Right.
SEZOM: Alarm! Alarm! Crinoth is being invaded!
SEZOM: The complex is in danger!
SEZOM: Well done. Now quickly, into the capsule.
ROMANA: Sezom!
SEZOM: I, I'm done for.
ROMANA: Come with me.
SEZOM: No, it's too late for me.
ROMANA: Listen. More Nimons.
SEZOM: Hurry then, hurry.
ROMANA: I can't leave you!
SEZOM: Get into the capsule. It's your only chance. Give me my staff. I'll try to hold them off as long as I can. Hurry now.
ROMANA: Thank you, Sezom.
SEZOM: Go! Go and warn Skonnos and the rest of the universe!
ROMANA: Come on, Doctor. Come on!
NIMON: Leave those controls.
DOCTOR: Ah, hello there. I was just
NIMON: Stand aside.
NIMON 2: k*ll him. But not yet. We need to know who he is and what he is doing here.
DOCTOR: Well, really, I was just standing admiring the view.
NIMON 2: Silence. Later you will be questioned, tortured and k*lled.
DOCTOR: Well I hope you get it in the right order.
ROMANA: Come on, Doctor! Come on!
NIMON 6: There is an alien creature inside the capsule.
NIMON 7: Very well, prepare to blast it open.
NIMON: He has reversed the flow of the tunnel.
DOCTOR: Yes, you see, well, that's what I was trying to explain. When I
NIMON 2: Silence, Skonnon. Did you imagine you could you could prevent the great journey of life?
DOCTOR: No, but what I thought was
NIMON 2: Switch it back.
DOCTOR: Thank you.
ROMANA: Doctor, I don't know what you think you're playing at, but. Oh! Help.
NIMON 2: Another of the creature. k*ll her!
SETH: Doctor, I've lost Teka.
ROMANA: Seth, catch!
SETH: What?
ROMANA: Jam it between the prongs.
SETH: Ah.
ROMANA: Now sh**t it!
SETH: What?
ROMANA: sh**t!
SETH: What's going on?
DOCTOR: Thank you, Seth.
ROMANA: The invasion's started from Crinoth. Doctor, switch it back.
DOCTOR: I'll do better than that. I'll lock it off for good. Romana?
ROMANA: Yes.
DOCTOR: I think we're going to be all right.
ROMANA: Doctor!
DOCTOR: K9!
K9: Master.
DOCTOR: Well, you took your time getting here. Never mind, now you're here you can make yourself useful.
SETH: What is it?
DOCTOR: What do you mean, what is it? It's my dog.
SETH: Oh.
DOCTOR: He's called K9. K9? I want to modify the controls. I want to divert the space-time tunnel and send the Nimons back into the middle of nowhere. What do you think?
K9: Affirmative, master.
DOCTOR: Good, good.
SETH: What about Teka?
DOCTOR: Well, if the Nimons got her, she'll be in the larder.
SETH: Larder?
ROMANA: The room with the nuclear furnace.
DOCTOR: I'll meet you both there. Go on, off you go.
ROMANA: Right. Come on, Seth.
DOCTOR: K9, this is going to be a bit sticky.
SETH: Teka!
SOLDEED: You, you meddlesome hussy. Do not touch the sacrifices!
ROMANA: It's all over, Soldeed. You're finished.
SOLDEED: No, the Nimon will fulfil his great promise! The Nimon be praised!
ROMANA: The Nimon be praised? How many Nimons have you seen today?
SOLDEED: Don't dare blaspheme the Nimon.
ROMANA: How many!
SOLDEED: Skonnos will
ROMANA: How many Nimons?
SOLDEED: Three. I have seen three.
ROMANA: Well, I've just seen a whole lot more rampaging down the corridor. Face it, Soldeed, you're being invaded.
SOLDEED: He said he was the only one. The last survivor of his race.
ROMANA: He told you what you wanted to hear, promised you what you wanted to have.
SOLDEED: So this is the great journey of life?
ROMANA: They're parasitic nomads who've been feeding off your selfishness and gullibility.
SOLDEED: My dreams of conquest. You have brought this calamity upon me!
ROMANA: You've brought it on yourself!
SOLDEED: You will die for your interference!
ROMANA: Stop him!
SOLDEED: You fools. You are all doomed. Doomed.
SETH: Teka!
ROMANA: Get the others out of here.
SETH: But they're dead!
DOCTOR: No, they're not, they're just paralysed. K9, get them out quickly.
K9: Master.
ROMANA: The controls, they're jammed. It's gone critical. It's turned into a b*mb and there's nothing we can do about it.
TEKA: I knew you'd save me, Seth. I knew it.
DOCTOR: Well, you're not saved yet. Come on, let's get out of here before the whole place explodes. Come on!
DOCTOR: Halt. Shush.
TEKA: You defeated the Nimon, Seth.
SETH: Not entirely.
TEKA: I knew you would. Now you'll get us out of this maze, won't you?
SETH: Doctor, how are we going to get out of this place if no one else has ever managed it before?
DOCTOR: Ah, but they didn't have a brilliant tracker dog like K9, did they. He can follow the scent all the way to the exit. Come on, K9. Come on.
NIMON: Pursue them!
DOCTOR: What is it, K9?
K9: Configuration has changed. It will be necessary for me to compute a suitable route as we proceed.
DOCTOR: What? Come on, K9. You can do it.
NIMON: Pursue them!
MAN: There he is.
SORAK: What is going on here?
MAN: We don't know.
K9: This is the exit, master.
DOCTOR: What? But it can't be. Try pointing the staff.
SETH: Nothing.
DOCTOR: In the name of the Second Skonnon Empire!
SETH: Nothing.
TEKA: We're trapped.
DOCTOR: K9, what do you make of that wall in front of you?
K9: Question not understood.
DOCTOR: There! There in front of you.
K9: That is the exit, master.
DOCTOR: No, no, the wall.
ROMANA: Come on, Doctor. Hurry up.
DOCTOR: Shush. Just a minute. K9, is that a wall in front of us?
K9: Negative, master.
DOCTOR: Then off you go, then.
DOCTOR: Ah, a very clever illusion. Quick, everybody through. Quick! Quick!
SORAK: This is not possible! Where is Soldeed?
SETH: Soldeed's dead.
TEKA: And the Nimons are finished. Seth defeated them. I knew he would. He's the hero of Aneth.
SETH: Teka, please.
ROMANA: Get away, everybody. Get away!
DOCTOR: Everybody take cover. The whole place is about to explode!
ROMANA: Oh, no, not again.
DOCTOR: Well, I never finished the modifications to the conceptual geometer.
ROMANA: Immobilised again?
DOCTOR: Yes, well, what could possibly go wrong out here?
ROMANA: You said that once before, remember?
DOCTOR: I've said it hundreds of times before.
ROMANA: And how may times have you been right?
DOCTOR: Oh, four or three.
ROMANA: What do you think Skonnos will be like with Sorak in charge?
DOCTOR: Oh, not much better. Nasty race of people. Still, they're too busy fending for themselves to bother anyone else now.
ROMANA: Doctor?
DOCTOR: Hmm?
ROMANA: Look.
DOCTOR: Crinoth.
ROMANA: And the end of the Nimons.
DOCTOR: Good job, too.
ROMANA: I hope Seth and Teka and the others get back to Aneth safely.
DOCTOR: I should hope so. I made Sorak give them a ship.
ROMANA: Look, there they are.
DOCTOR: Poor old Seth.
ROMANA: Poor old Seth?
DOCTOR: Yes. Well, just imagine the legends Teka's going to build up around him. He'll have to spend the rest of his life trying to live up to them. It's terrible.
ROMANA: I suppose that's how legends are made.
DOCTOR: Yes. I'm glad this time I reminded them to paint their ship white. The last time anything like this happened, I completely forgot. Caused quite a hoo-ha.
ROMANA: What are you talking about?
DOCTOR: Hmm? Oh, other times, other places. Well, come on, old girl. There's quite few millennia left in you yet.
ROMANA: Thank you, Doctor.
DOCTOR: Not you, the TARDIS.
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The Doctor
Tom Baker
Romana
Lalla Ward
K9
David Brierley
Soldeed
Graham Crowden
Seth
Simon Gipps-Kent
Sorak
Michael Osborne
Teka
Janet Ellis
Co-pilot
Malcolm Terris
Pilot
Bob Hornery
Nimon
Robin Sherringham
Bob Appleby
Trevor St. John Hacker
Voice of the Nimons
Clifford Norgate
Sezom
John Bailey
Assistant Floor Manager
Rosemary Chapman
Costumes
June Hudson
Designer
Graeme Story
Incidental Music
Dudley Simpson
Make-Up
Christine Walmesley-Cotham
Producer
Graham Williams
Production Assistant
Henry Foster
Production Unit Manager
John Nathan-Turner
Script Editor
Douglas Adams
Special Sounds
d*ck Mills
Studio Lighting
Nigel Wright
Studio Sound
John Hartshorn
Theme Arrangement
Delia Derbyshire
Title Music
Ron Grainer
Visual Effects
Peter Pegrum
Tom Baker
Romana
Lalla Ward
K9
David Brierley
Soldeed
Graham Crowden
Seth
Simon Gipps-Kent
Sorak
Michael Osborne
Teka
Janet Ellis
Co-pilot
Malcolm Terris
Pilot
Bob Hornery
Nimon
Robin Sherringham
Bob Appleby
Trevor St. John Hacker
Voice of the Nimons
Clifford Norgate
Sezom
John Bailey
Assistant Floor Manager
Rosemary Chapman
Costumes
June Hudson
Designer
Graeme Story
Incidental Music
Dudley Simpson
Make-Up
Christine Walmesley-Cotham
Producer
Graham Williams
Production Assistant
Henry Foster
Production Unit Manager
John Nathan-Turner
Script Editor
Douglas Adams
Special Sounds
d*ck Mills
Studio Lighting
Nigel Wright
Studio Sound
John Hartshorn
Theme Arrangement
Delia Derbyshire
Title Music
Ron Grainer
Visual Effects
Peter Pegrum