18x06 - Meglos - part 2

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What began as an encounter in a London junkyard in 1963 was to become a national institution in the United Kingdom. The crotchety old man - a renegade Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey - who calls himself "The Doctor" has regenerated several times, traveling with several companions for over five decades.
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18x06 - Meglos - part 2

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MEGLOS

BY: JOHN FLANAGAN AND ANDREW MCCULLOCH

Part Two


Original Air Date: 4 October 1980
Running time: 21:24




DOCTOR: It's no good. Every time we try to

ROMANA: Oh blast, here we go again.

DOCTOR: What's the matter?

ROMANA: Well, now his probe circuit's jammed.

DOCTOR: Well, that's easy. Just waggle his tail.

ROMANA: All right. We've tried everything else.

K9: Thank you, mistress. Repairs complete.

ROMANA: What can we try now? K9, is there any way out of a chronic hysteresis?

K9: Negative, mistress. No known technological procedure.

DOCTOR: We're still looking.

ROMANA: What if we stop the time rotor?

DOCTOR: Yes. No. That's a terrible idea.

ROMANA: I'm only trying to help.

DOCTOR: There's no known technological procedure. I'm sorry to whisper. There's no known technological procedure. There's no known technological procedure.

ROMANA: Oh blast, here we go again.




BROTADAC: Tigella, twenty seconds to atmospheric entry. Activating heat shields.

MEGLOS: Ha. Heat shields. How fascinating.

GRUGGER: They work. If it wasn't for us you'd still be in Zolfa-Thura.

BROTADAC: I've got a geographical fix on the main entrance. You want to land there?

GRUGGER: No. Jungle landfall a little to the north.

BROTADAC: Stand by for landing. Entering foliage now.




ZASTOR: Well, Lexa?

LEXA: You will not be pleased.

ZASTOR: So your prayers have not been answered?

LEXA: The Time Lord may visit us.

ZASTOR: Then you will allow him to inspect the Dodecahedron?

LEXA: On one condition. He must take the Deon oath.

ZASTOR: Take the Deon? No, Lexa. That would be an insult to our guest.

LEXA: Your guest.

ZASTOR: You cannot make a Time Lord swear allegiance to Ti.

LEXA: Once again, Zastor, you can impress us with your diplomacy.




GRUGGER: Right, we'll wait here for about an hour.

MEGLOS: One hour exactly.

GRUGGER: And we'll come and get you if anything goes wrong.

MEGLOS: Goes wrong? General, you know sometimes I think you forget who I am.

BROTADAC: That man could do anything. What a mind! Anything.

GRUGGER: Don't think too hard, you'll burst something.

BROTADAC: And I like his coat.




DEEDRIX: The moment he arrives, Caris will bring him to us.

LEXA: Having filled his head with scientific nonsense, I presume.

MAN (OOV.): Temperature rising in food store.

DEEDRIX: I hope your friend the Doctor will appreciate our difficulties.

ZASTOR: The Doctor has the maturity to respect many points of view.




CARIS: We could inhabit the surface again. If this Doctor fails us, we may have to.

MEGLOS: I'm the Time Lord. The Doctor. You were expecting me?

CARIS: Oh, yes, indeed. You're most welcome. Please, follow me.




MAN (OOV.): Central storage banks overloading. Shall I close off receptor panels?

DEEDRIX: No, not yet. Reroute surplus to section five. They have spare capacity.

LEXA: The oath-taking ceremony is prepared.

DEEDRIX: What? You're making him take the oath? Zastor, this is ridiculous.

ZASTOR: It's got to be done, Deedrix.

CARIS: Zastor.

ZASTOR: Doctor! It is good to see you again.

MEGLOS: Again?

ZASTOR: It's been a long time. I'm Zastor, now the Tigellan leader.

MEGLOS: Oh yes, of course, yes, I remember you very well.

ZASTOR: You haven't changed much, Doctor. A little older, a little wiser.

MEGLOS: Oh, much wiser. I gather your energy source is behaving somewhat capriciously.

DEEDRIX: Capriciously? It's out of control.

MEGLOS: Excuse me. Excuse me.

MEGLOS: An absorption system, I presume?

DEEDRIX: Yes, there's a series of receptor panels placed above the Dodecahedron and radiated energy is measured there.

MEGLOS: And these screens can be closed down?

DEEDRIX: Well, yes, the central storage banks would contain enough energy for one hour, but it is extremely dangerous.

MEGLOS: One hour is all I'll need. Turn them off.

DEEDRIX: Close down receptor panels until further notice.

MEGLOS: Good. Now show me the Dodecahedron.

ZASTOR: Surely you remember the way, Doctor?

MEGLOS: Ah. Yes, of course. But now that you're leader, I'll follow you.

LEXA: Before entering the Power room, you must take the Deon oath.

ZASTOR: A mere formality, Doctor.

LEXA: Will you swear allegiance to Ti, Doctor?

MEGLOS: I, swear allegiance to Ti? I'll swear allegiance to Ti with great pleasure. I'm flattered to be so honoured. Please, lead the way.




ROMANA: Oh blast, here we go again.

DOCTOR: What's the matter?

ROMANA: Well, now his probe circuit's jammed.

DOCTOR: Well, that's easy. Just waggle his tail.

ROMANA: All right. We've tried everything else.

K9: Thank you, mistress. Repairs complete.

ROMANA: We can't get out of it. We've tried everything.

DOCTOR: Yes. That's what you said when you were repairing K9. You'd tried everything. Tried everything. We've tried everything. Of course!

ROMANA: What?

DOCTOR: Can you remember the rest of what you said?

ROMANA: I should think so, we've been through it enough times.

DOCTOR: K9?

K9: Master?

DOCTOR: Then that's how we'll do it. Throw it out of phase.

ROMANA: You mean go through the motions deliberately?

DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, before the cycle comes back again.

ROMANA: Well, you were over there.

DOCTOR: What?

ROMANA: Over there.

DOCTOR: Yes, yes, of course. Good. Off you go, then.

ROMANA: Oh blast here we go again.

DOCTOR: What's the matter?

ROMANA: Now his probe circuit's jammed.

DOCTOR: Ah. That's easy. Just waggle his tail.

ROMANA: All right. We've tried everything else.

K9: Thank you, mistress. (echoes) Repairs complete.

ROMANA: Phase cancellation. We've done it!

DOCTOR: Well done. You know, for one awful moment I thought you'd forgotten your lines.




LEXA: Neither to transgress the laws of the Dodecahedron.

MEGLOS: Neither to transgress the laws of the Dodecahedron.

LEXA: Thanks be to Ti.

ALL: Thanks be to Ti.

LEXA: You are now free to enter the Power room.

DEEDRIX: Thanks be to Ti.

MEGLOS: People of Tigella, what I have to do is extremely dangerous.

ZASTOR: In what way?

MEGLOS: To control the output, it will be necessary to increase the v*olence of the emissions.

DEEDRIX: Then you'll be in danger yourself.

MEGLOS: Well, hardly. I'm a Time Lord. Having lived in the future I can hardly die in the present.

DEEDRIX: That can't be true. That's a philosophical paradox.

MEGLOS: No, it's merely beyond your comprehension. However, all of your lives are in danger.

ZASTOR: Then we must leave.

MEGLOS: Precisely. (ecstatic) Only I, only I must enter the Power room.

LEXA: But it was agreed that I should accompany him, on the god's behalf.

MEGLOS: But now I have the protection of Ti himself, we must not appear to mistrust that blessing.

LEXA: So be it.




DOCTOR (OOV.): Well, according to my calculations, this should be sector eight of the city.

ROMANA (OOV.): Ah.

DOCTOR: Yes.

ROMANA: Well, if this is the city, I can only assume we're in some sort of park.

K9 (OOV.): Master?

DOCTOR: This place has grown up a bit since I was last here.

ROMANA: Where is the city, then?

DOCTOR: That way.

K9: Twenty two degrees north, thirty six point four degrees west.

DOCTOR: Right.

ROMANA: Doctor.

DOCTOR: Yes? Ah, yes, well, anyone can make a mistake.




MEGLOS: Ten thousand years.




DOCTOR: Well, I only got the direction wrong because of Tigella's anticlockwise rotation.

K9: Anomaly.

ROMANA: What is it, K9?

K9: Partial incineration of vegetation evident.

ROMANA: Nonsense, K9. These leaves are burnt.

K9: Mistress.

DOCTOR: Come on, there's no time for botany.

ROMANA: Now what would cause that? Thinness of the atmosphere?

K9: Negative, mistress. Projection of Dodecahedron power insufficient. Foliation scanning period now terminated, mistress. Expedition necessary.




LEXA: What are you doing here, Caris?

CARIS: Let go. Look, it's vital we understand what's happening inside there.

LEXA: You were ordered to stay out of this area.

CARIS: And so were you, Lexa.

LEXA: Get back.

CARIS: What's happened to the light?

LEXA: What!




DOCTOR: Hello there, I'm the Doctor. I'm expected.

GUARD: I didn't see you go out.

DOCTOR: What?

GUARD: This is the second time you've been in here.

DOCTOR: I say, you've got a marvellous memory. It must be fifty of your years since I was last here. Romana? K9, do you know where she is?

K9: Master.

DOCTOR: Then run and fetch her, and tell her to hurry.

K9: Master.




CARIS: It's not possible.




ROMANA: Urgh, bell plants. Very nasty. Now I see why they live underground.

ROMANA: More scorching.




ZASTOR: Vanished?

CARIS: We watched the Doctor leave and, the Power room's empty!

ZASTOR: But that's inconceivable!

DEEDRIX: This is Control. Activate receptor panels.

DEEDRIX: It's dead. It's dead. There's no power down there.

ZASTOR: Where's the Doctor?

LEXA: He's betrayed us.

ZASTOR: Now wait a minute. Tell me exactly what happened.

LEXA: No, there isn't time. Out of my way.

LEXA: This is a Control command. This is a Control command.




LEXA (OOV.): Arrest the Time Lord. Stop him at all costs. He must not be allowed to leave the city.


DOCTOR: That's odd. I could have sworn Central Control was this way. Ah. Excuse me, I'm the Doctor. I'm expected.

DOCTOR: Well, will you just tell people I've arrived?

DEEDRIX (OOV.): Stop the Time Lord. Stop the Doctor. Take him at all costs.

DOCTOR: That's very impressive. It's not exactly what I expected, but it's very impressive.

LEXA: There he is. Take him.

DOCTOR: No, no, it's all right, I'm a doctor.

LEXA: Where is the Dodecahedron.

DOCTOR: I don't know. I don't even know where Central Control is. Zastor, how good to see you. Will you tell them who I am?

LEXA: I know who you are.

ZASTOR: Doctor, what's happened?

DOCTOR: Please, please, stay calm. I'm sorry I'm late. We could have been here earlier, but for the chronic hysteresis. That's a sort of time loop, you see.

LEXA: We?

DOCTOR: Yes, my assistant. She'll be along in a minute. Anyway Zastor, how are you?

ZASTOR: Baffled, Doctor.

DOCTOR: Ah.

ZASTOR: You'd better come with us.

DOCTOR: But what about Romana?

LEXA: Oh, never mind about them. Take him away!




ROMANA: So that's what caused the burning.

ROMANA: Oh! I do beg your pardon.


K9: Mistress? Mistress? Response negative. Batteries require recharge. Returning to the city.

BROTADAC: She's seen too much. k*ll her!



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The Doctor
Tom Baker

Romana
Lalla Ward

Voice of K9
John Leeson

Meglos
Tom Baker
Christopher Owen (briefly)

Lexa
Jacqueline Hill

Zastor
Edward Underdown

General Grugger
Bill Fraser

Earthling
Christopher Owen

Lieutenant Brotadac
Frederick Treves

Caris
Colette Gleeson

Deedrix
Crawford Logan

Tigellan Guard
Simon Shaw




Assistant Floor Manager
Val McCrimmon
Karen Loxton

Costumes
June Hudson

Designer
Philip Lindley

Executive Producer
Barry Letts

Incidental Music
Paddy Kingsland
Peter Howell

Make-Up
Cecile Hay-Arthur

Producer
John Nathan-Turner

Production Assistant
Marilyn Gold

Production Unit Manager
Angela Smith

Script Editor
Christopher H. Bidmead

Special Sounds
d*ck Mills

Studio Lighting
Bert Postlethwaite

Studio Sound
John Holmes

Theme Arrangement
Peter Howell

Title Music
Ron Grainer

Visual Effects
Steven Drewett
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