War Between the Planets (1966) - full transcript

Landslides,

Earthquakes

and other
mysterious phenomena

have occurred simultaneously

in opposite
corners of the globe.

Areas heaviest hit
are reported to be

the Euro Mountains

and the Rockies.

The United Democracies
have also reported

title waves reaching
a height of 160 feet,

battering port installations



along the coasts
of all five continents.

Countless lives have been lost

and property damage is
impossible to estimate.

Top scientists
at UD headquarters

have been unable to locate

any subterranean
or atmospheric cause

for these
devastating phenomena

which have been
striking concurrently

in different
parts of the world,

threatening the earth with
incalculable destruction

if it does not cease.

The latest theory is

that the upheavals may be due

to some gravity
disturbance in outer space



never before encountered.

Monday, March 19th,

10:00 A.M.,

Space Command Headquarters,

General Norton,
Chief in Command arrives

to begin the full-scale
search of outer space

to determine the
validity of this theory

and take all possible steps

to halt the
catastrophic destruction.

Look out General!

It looks like it's our turn.

All right, all of you,
back to your posts,

back!

Morning, Charles.

General Norton.

I'm very glad
you could make it.

I just made it.

You can take my word for it,

it was a rough trip.

But you,

you look a mess.

I've been at this thing now
for two days without sleep.

I've practically been
living on Endodrine.

The worst is ahead.

You got my message?

Yes, Chief.

I tell you Charles'

it's absolutely incredible.

I don't know
what to make of it.

I quite understand.

There'll be mass hysteria

if it doesn't stop soon.

I've had the computer
section on double shift.

It keeps coming up with zero.

We'll have to
find it fast Charles.

I'm convinced
it's a space problem.

Then you'll want
to take a look at this.

It's from Schmidt's team.

They have a wild theory,

and they're convinced that
it's a space problem too.

I didn't want to advise
UD of it until you got here.

Send out a top secret alert

and arrange for a meeting.

And I want Jackson on this.

Yes, sir.

Section 342.

Signal out a 5-7,

put all stations on alert.

Signal 5-7 on alert code.

Captain Danton, I read you.

Set this up for
Commander Jackson

on Gamma 1 please.

This is their show.

Returning to the
major disturbances.

Those in authority estimate

that thousands of
families are homeless.

In European Coastal cities

business districts has been
almost totally destroyed.

Among other losses are fifty
thousand pieces of mail

washed away when the
post offices were inundated.

Governments are having extreme
difficulty maintaining order.

We've just received an
announcement from the UD.

Commander Rod Jackson will be
in charge of the survey unit

to investigate the possibility
of total space disturbance.

Turn that off.

Bonton.

... recently completed
(neutron deflector

to a space
command post Gamma 1.

God help us.

We have an immediate 5-7

with full priority.

Of course, Lieutenant'

priority it is.

5-7, that's top secret.

This really is
trouble isn't it?

Here's your code key

and kill those newscasts.

Yes sir, Lieutenant.

Prepare for code transmission.

Commander Jackson and
crew ready for take-off.

Prepare for arrival
at fourteen hours.

Commander Jackson and crew

report to Pad 9 for
immediate launch to Gamma 1.

Commander Jackson and crew

report to Pad 9 for
immediate launch to Gamma 1.

Ready Commander.

May I have your ETA please?

437, program now positioned
for immediate launch.

Pulling cargo,

three thousand tons.

Flying Jet Channel A

at thirty-five thousand feet.

Will re-check during flight.

What are we supposed
to be looking for?

Has anyone told us that?

No one knows.

But we're not picked up
this deflector for nothing.

I can't figure it out.

What do they think
we'll find out there?

Flying saucers or what?

Green and activated.

All phases checked.

Ready to launch.

Deflector cargo
and Jackson crew here.

Read you.

ETA figures check out.

All systems go.

Pleasant trip commander.

Ready, pour it on.

11:30 A.M.

Commander Rod Jackson,

veteran spaceman
returns to Gamma 1

after picking
up the deflector

and orders for the
most important mission of his career.

There she is,

good old Gamma 1.

Read us Gamma?

This is Gamma 1,
we read your signal.

Systems functioning?

Check, check.

Get set for light up.

Ready and waiting.

Switch all controls
to station automatic.

Switching out.

Stand by for weight gain.

Standing by.

Do you read your
cargo Commander?

Cargo ball is on.

You're on our controls.

Take it away.

Start the check out
in the decompression zone.

Attention cargo personnel,

attention cargo personnel.

Unload red horse cargo on,

on ramp two

without going beyond
the limits of your stations.

Remain within station limits.

I think I'll go
over to flight control

and help them
set up that deflector.

Yes, the sooner the better.

Right.

Latest earth news bulletins

to all space installations.

Strange atmospheric conditions

continue to cause
major disturbances

around the various
positions of the earth.

Many major cities
have been affected

by various
atmospheric phenomena.

Due to the record tides

which flooded these
large masses of the earth,

many cities have been forced

to evacuate
their populations...

Rod, what's
happening on earth?

Aren't you supposed to be
in there with your section?

...scientists have
been unable to account

for the atmospheric
conditions now effecting...

5-7 coming in Commander.

Kill that newscast please.

Anybody find anything?

Not yet sir.

This could mean
only one thing.

What could mean
only one thing?

The 5-7.

It could mean
anything or nothing.

I have a feeling.

We operate on facts,

not feelings Lieutenant.

In the meantime'

how about getting this 5-7 out

to every relay
outpost in the quadrant

as soon as it comes in?

We ready Joe?

I'm pre-setting now.

We're nearly go.

Go when ready.

Here, honey'
this is top priority.

Okay.

The code key
is coming through.

It's coming in now
Lieutenant Sanchez.

Okay, Joe.

There's nothing in this we
don't know from the newscasts.

They might as well
of sent it in the clear.

They're code crazy down there.

Are you prepared to transmit?

It's all a go
except Outpost Echo.

I get only
intermittent signals.

Get a check on Outpost Echo
circuits and keep trying.

Right.

Lieutenant, aren't you
prepared to transmit?

Yes, Commander.

I've decided to send
this one in the clear

if you don't mind.

In the clear?

Transmit it in the clear!

But this was a coded signal.

You heard me.

Prepare to transmit Joe.

In the clear?

Yes, in the clear.

Oral to Visual,

Oral to Visual.

In the clear.

Visual to Oral.

Visual to Oral.

In the clear.

You know,

a Commander is not
supposed to show his edginess.

Lieutenant'

when I want
personality advice,

I'll go to Psychometric.

Yes, Rod.

Commander if you don't mind.

Yes, Rod, uh, Commander.

Lieutenant Sanchez,
may I remind you,

you're not serving
on some space lugger

or a 1980 cruise jet,

this is Gamma 1

and I'm in command.

And I don't want
questioning of that command

even by raised eyebrows.

I read you Commander.

Then read this.

Two days ago I asked you

to issue certain
orders to your section.

I issued them.

Did you really?

I ordered all
newscasts from earth

blocked out on this station.

Station morale is low

and you're not helping
it with those newscasts.

I know, sir.

Then why did
I get here and find...

We had to monitor
the newscasts

to give a feed
to Captain Dubrovsky.

He was very anxious to...

Doby.

Captain Dubrovsky again.

Lieutenant'

those newscasts will
stay blocked out totally

until I give new orders'

and I want to see
Dubrovsky in my quarters.

He's on peripheral tour.

When he gets in.

Yes, sir.

Terry?

Yes, Commander?

Bear with me Terry,

sometimes
a Commander tightens up

to hide his edginess.

I'm sympathetic Commander.

If any messages come in,

I'm in my quarters.

13:45 hours.

UD headquarters
conference room.

Schmidt makes his report

to the key United
Democracies Security Command.

The film clips show
the extent of new damage

to coastal installations

after the strange
seismograph readings.

So much for
terrestrial manifestations.

On this map
of the asteroid belt,

you see the area which
showed signs of agitation.

This agitation concurring with
our disturbances here on earth

makes the seismograph
readings even more mysterious.

We've got to get
at the explanation

for these asteroidal
manifestations.

Now here is where I think

my team has produced

a really sound argument

and I would like my colleague,

Mr. Danton'

to explain it to you.

It's all yours Charles.

Well let me say first

that we were confronted

with what seemed like

nothing but
random disturbances

having no connection with
terrestrial manifestations.

However, by some
intricate computer probing,

we have determined
a definite pattern.

Now, assume I'm pointing

to the field of
the disturbance force

which has shown to be

always along
this tangent line.

The time of the event,

correlated to the
earth's rotation'

indicates that the
disturbances acted

along the same relevant
quadrant of Gamma 1

which is our
remotest space station.

Now...

It's urgent sir?

Yes, sir.

Please continue.

I'll be back in a moment.

Danton, are you saying
it's a wild planet

within Gamma 1 's
gravity quadrant?

Precisely, sir.

What is it Janet?

Dad,

I've been trying
to reach you for days.

I've been meaning to call you.

You've kept Rod two
months past the normal tour.

Janet, I will not go
through all that again.

Rod is our number one space
post commander right now.

Try to understand that...

We just got a report.

There's an emergency

on Gamma 1.

All right Doby, calm down
and give it to me slow.

We were out
checking on a report

of a gyro
disturbance when all of a...

On B level?

On B level.

And?

There was a wind.

A wind?

Have you gone
out of your mind?

That's right'
there was a wind.

But don't take my word for it.

You'll find out.

I can tell you
when it happened.

It was like a real twister.

The whole section
buckled right out of shape.

I wasn't prepared for it

so I ordered everyone back in

as fast as they could.

Lieutenant,

where do you
think you're going?

Standing operating
procedure Commander,

a Communications
Officer is assigned

to every mission
that's not routine.

Okay.

And then?

The guys were
sucked right off.

The tie line
snapped like that.

How many?

Three of them.

You couldn't reach them?

It was too risky.

Okay, let's move out.

Check out.

Gravity environment equal.

On my orders then.

In a few minutes they'll
be beyond our gravity pull.

If we're going to get them

we'll have to do it fast.

Hook up the line Terry.

The rest of you,

link together.

Rockets on my signal.

Checker feed is a constant
one hundred propulsion.

Count down on my out.

Chain up over there, chain up.

Out.

Fourteen hours.

Lieutenant Terry Sanchez,

Gamma 1
Communications Officer,

stands watch as the
rescue operation begins.

Approximately
one thousand feet away

three men are caught

beyond the gravitational
pull of the space wheel

and are being tossed about

like leaves in the wind.

You're at your limit Doby.

Okay, pull him in.

Give me your hand,

you made it.

Pull him in quick.

His jets are running out.

I'm going to
try to haul him in.

You're crazy Rod.

Don't go in alone.

I'm coming with you.

Go on in.

That's an order.

You'll make it.

I can't do it!

Keep trying!

I can't break through.

When I give you
an order you obey it.

When I give you an order.

The two of us
might have saved the boy

but you had to do it alone.

I could've been of some help.

You could risk your life,

but not as my senior officer.

Only Commander plays the hero.

Why, you think maybe
I'd of chickened out?

Shut up, you hear?

Shut up Doby?

Is that all you can say?

I wonder if you realize

I'm now in orbit for...

All right Doby,

I got my own worries.

Poor old Rod.

Knock it off I said.

You got worries
trying to work out

that silly love life of yours.

Shut up, I mean it.

I, I have got a wife

I, I have got a wife

and a little kid down there.

Three months
I haven't seen them.

48 hours I asked you for.

Would you give me 48 hours?

No, not you.

You're too busy
dodging Norton's daughter.

You don't know
what worries are.

I've had just about enough.

You got worries, huh?

You and that no good,

two-bit ground chick.

Dubrovsky,

you've been with
me for five years,

and you're an A-okay officer

except for one thing'

you never learned
how to take orders.

I'll tell you right now,

you're signing your way out.

If this
insubordination continues

I'll have you grounded.

Commander Jackson to Telecom.

Urgent UD call.

Commander Jackson,

Commander Jackson.

Jackson to telecom.

Commander Jackson to telecom.

Urgent UD call.

Commander Jackson,

Commander Jackson.

You idiots.

Just look at you'

the world's coming apart

and you two...

Commander Jackson to telecom,

urgent UD call.

Commander Jackson.

Commander Jackson.

It's only Norton who's
waiting on the telecom

to speak to you.

The General?

The Chief himself.

Commander Jackson to telecom.

Urgent UD call.

Is that clear?

Yes, Chief.

Also there's no further need

for transmission security.

All signals
will be in the clear.

Right.

There's no time,

nor need for coding.

Do you read that?

I certainly do.

I want an around the
clock sweep of your quadrant.

In full gear?

Use every facility you have.

Chief, I, I hate to ask but,

but what are we looking for?

That's the one thing
you haven't made clear.

There's a theory
that it's a wild planet.

Now I've heard everything.

Set up all your nuclear

and deflector apparatus.

Any questions?

No, sir.

Yes, the news.

I'm afraid the
men have lost touch

since we blacked it out.

You can go ahead with it.

Thank you, sir.

Rod'

it may be all your show.

I'll do my best sir.

Let's get started...

Oh, Rod?

Yes, sir.

By the way,

I'm sending you a visitor.

Janet.

...SAMU has placed its total
space transport facility

at the disposal
of interplanetary...

I'm not sure glad they
resumed the newscasts.

And so the world breathes
somewhat easier today

as it experienced a lull

in the onslaught of disasters.

Yeah, Gamma 1, go ahead.

...subsided to nearly
normal once again.

No seismic disturbances
of any consequence...

There's an
emergency Lieutenant.

Repeat to Echo.

Gamma 1 to Echo.

Can you hear me?

Gamma 1 to Echo.

Repeat.

Kill that.

All right Echo,

if you hear me form
a relay connection to Delta 6.

Keep trying.

Gamma 1 to Echo.

Gamma 1 to Echo.

Repeat.

Repeat.

Echo come in.

There's distortion
in your signal.

Rod,

are we trapped
up here in space?

Terry,

don't say things like that.

I was,

I was thinking.

Soon there'll be no earth

to go down to.

There'll be no place to go.

How long will we be
able to hold out up here?

I don't know.

At least we're together.

You'll never
see her again Rod.

Janet's coming up here.

Up here?

Norton arranged it.

I'm engaged to her Terry.

I'm aware of that.

Not that I want to be.

Can't you keep
her from coming here.

I'm afraid,

it's too involved for that.

Oh.

20:30 hours.

Communications
have been interrupted

between Gamma 1
and UD Headquarters.

Rumors concerning
the wild planet

cause panic across the earth.

Meanwhile
observation Outpost Echo

has spotted something.

...that the outer
space theory is correct.

The United Democracies
have reported

that they will
withhold judgment

until they hear from
Commander Jackson on Gamma 1.

This has been the
latest UD statement.

The next broadcast will
be one-half hour from now

or immediately on the receipt

of any further information.

Any word from Jackson?

Last word
received by telecom

was concerning Echo.

Later we checked
but we were unable

to establish any
contact whatsoever.

That's fantastic.

Why wasn't I
informed immediately?

Now look, if this goes on

I'll have to go
up there myself.

I'm sorry General

but we have been
trying all morning.

It's not easy without relays.

I blocked every possible
circuit I could find sir.

Well that settles it.

I'll leave for
Gamma 1 at once.

Lieutenant,

keep up your efforts,

I'm counting on you.

Thank you.

Let's go Schmidt.

Commander?

Commander?

I think we may have something.

Here's some nectro sir.

Oh, thank you, Lydia.

Raise the console.

This is Echo.

Gamma 1 we need help.

This is Echo.

Do you read Gamma 1?

(natural body
nearing our position.

We're being
pulled by a gravity.

Raise your levels Echo.

We're losing control Gamma.

We're losing control.

Get me General Norton.

Headquarters cut out
completely two hours ago, sir,

and we've had
no contact since.

Why didn't you tell me before?

Commander I...

Put me through
to Ranger Eddie.

Ranger Eddie,

Captain Anderson reporting.

I want a recon squadron
green in ten minutes.

And I mean green all the way.

Green it is sir.

Get me the navigation.

Commander to navigation.

Commander to navigation.

Navigation,

Sergeant Franklin reporting.

Up-wing Sergeant.

Yes, sir.

Get this'

I'll be go in ten minutes
with a recon squadron.

You'll give me
a heading for Echo.

Echo, yes, sir.

On my signal you will
put us on automatic

as far as Echo's orbit.

Yes, sir.

Here's power control.

We've been reading you.

Control,

it's go in ten minutes.

One squadron recon,

automatic to Echo's orbit.

I want you put
us there in an hour.

Did you say one hour sir?

That's right.

But, sir, these ships weren't
built to take that speed.

It's dangerous.

There in an hour, don't argue.

But regulations won't
allow me to exceed the limit.

On my signal you'll
give us maximum power.

Yes, sir, maximum power.

Joe, I'm playing
a wild hunch about Echo.

Keep close contact.

Yes, sir.

Captain, I want you to...

48 hours.

That's all I asked for,

to remember.

Commander,

his town was destroyed.

His boy was saved, but,

his wife was killed.

He just got the news.

Asbeth, check.

Lieutenant Peters'
we will need all weapons ships

from all squadrons alerted.

We are green at
ten minutes to rendezvous.

Check, sir.

I want the deflector

and all the
fire power you've got.

Including anti-matter?

Including anti-matter.

Very good, sir.

Have the Captain
get some sleep.

Yes, sir.

Doby'

I'll have
Perkinson relieve you.

Yeah.

We're set here.

Communications are go.

Automatic lock
is go Lieutenant.

You're checked out.

Do you read me?

Loud and clear.

Rod, I'm afraid.

I don't read you.

I could go with you.

I don't read you.

You're go Commander.

22 hours.

Commander Rod Jackson
has set forth an answer

to Echo's desperate
call for help

and if his hunch is right

he will see for himself

the horror
stalking outer space.

Whatever it is,

it has avoided detection

by the powerful video scopes

scanning the skies.

Gamma 1 to Jackson.

Commander we have set
your speed on automatic.

Captain, in a little while

the Commander will be
ready for the free fall

with full complement

and fully loaded.

They are now one-half
hour from rendezvous

and running
into a gravity pull

that is taking them
through a new heading.

Keep them at the
same speed and heading,

lock them into our
own telemetry at 08:00.

Before rendezvous
we'll take them over.

Recon Gamma'

keep your flight
course on 0800.

Are you check?

Are you check?

I'm check all right.

As Jackson sets
controls for maximum speed,

the last stage disaster
alert grows near on earth.

A few hours ago

Schmidt promised UD officials

to resolve the
problem in two days.

(now two days
will be much too late.

General Norton arrives on
Gamma 1 to see for himself.

Open your sights.

The old boy is coming in.

Norton?

Himself.

I'm getting their
approach signals now.

Gamma 1 to UD 4,

give us your orbit.

Orbit on 250.

Controls on automatic.

Open latch.

Do you read?

We do.

Then proceed to door 7.

Get him in Joe.

Close aerator.

Come in on gyro.

Come in on gyro.

But why did Jackson go
and have to lead the flight.

He has officers for that.

His place is here.

Why didn't he
tell me at least.

We've been unable

to get through to your
headquarters General.

Headquarters is a shambles.

They're setting
up a temporary base.

Who's next in command here?

Captain Perkinson
in Operations.

That was wind.

Up here.

They're not going
to hold much longer.

That last shot did it.

The auxiliary just as bad?

Yeah.

They're both
way out of balance.

If we let them run

they'll both tear loose.

Go get some metal straps

and bars.

We'll try to
balance the main gyro.

Right.

Get with it, Norton.

Have operations
give a general alert.

In five minutes
we'll be without gravity

for a short time,

I hope.

Got that?

We've got visitors Captain.

Okay.

Get set to turn it off.

I'm General Norton.

Captain Perkinson, Operations.

Are you in
command on the station?

During this watch,

but I'm leaving
on the next expedition.

I want a full report

on what this
command has done

about the mission
it was assigned

and how far you've gotten.

Very well, sir.

I want to know
what you've discovered

and what steps you've taken.

Right now we have
serious trouble here

and I was hoping
to fix it General.

As soon as it's
fixed report to me.

As for trouble,

it's down below,

and if we don't find
a way to get it stopped,

it'll be too late.

Captain, if we
don't find the reason

and stop it
dead in its tracks,

we won't have to worry
about troubles ever.

And it's not a matter of days,

but hours.

Gamma 1 personnel
ready for gravity loss.

All other systems okay.

Commander Jackson and crew,

we now follow
your Apollo cruiser

deadlocked on
a course for Echo.

Your time for rendezvous
with Captain Perkinson

on Delta Able 2.

You're on automatic control

at pre-set speed.

(notify variations
and corrections.

Lieutenant?

I think I've got
something here.

Communications.

Communications.

Direct your
sensoroscope on Lobe.

I, I've got
something from Lobe.

Lobe?

Repeat.

Ready for anti-gravity.

Now!

Repeat it.

Small astro body at about
400,000 miles from Phoebe

in a line to Archus.

Give us coordinates.

It's not more than
twenty-five miles in diameter

but it doesn't have
a fixed course or speed.

We've got readings.

I wish they'd fix the gyro.

And the damn thing
seems to be hollow.

Gamma 1 space station,

gravity pull uncoordinated.

Try it now!

Gravity pull coordinated.

All units are shifted sir.

Commander Jackson
requested another ship

with Captain Perkinson.

It will be leaving

in twenty minutes.

Will you be going sir?

No.

At plus two hours thirty
minutes, recon squadron,

all systems A-okay.

Take care Walt,

I've got to go.

She's your baby.

Yes, sir,

good luck sir.

Thank you.

General, we have
contact with earth again.

With headquarters?

Yes, sir, they have
a temporary set-up working.

Did you say you
wanted Dr. Schmidt?

Yes.

We're ready here.

If you don't need me, sir,

I'll get back to my section.

All right.

We don't need any
introductions do we?

Is that you Schmidt?

You've got the
report on the space body

seen by Echo and Lobe.

What do you think of it?

You are making a mistake.

It's a body so
lacking in density,

moving at too slow a speed.

I know Schmidt.

Yet it's there.

It's not possible

for such a body to
cause the disturbances

we're having on earth.

I can only pray
that you're wrong.

Commander this is
Magivers in recon ship Lobe,

no sign of Echo, sir,

but we've been
tailing something.

It looks like an
oversized asteroid.

It has a strange
phosphorescent quality.

It could be,

it could be our baby.

What the devil is it?

Look at that burst of gas.

How could something
like that be up here

without our knowing it?

All right.

I guess that's it.

Let's move.

Ride my tail.

Recon Able to flagship,

we are maintaining course.

Commander Jackson,

Recon Able
to flagship on Gamma 1.

We've made contact with Lobe,

no sign of Echo.

I think we've spotted trouble.

Luminous asteroid body.

We're very close now,

object moving on our tangent.

Correct our position
by twenty-two degrees

on your quadrant six.

Here's the crew manifest

and here is
the ordinance TOV.

It checks out so I'm going.

But Captain the
Commander said...

I know what he said.

Doby, you can't.

The flagship, Terry,

goes with photon power.

I'll be there in no time.

Rod gave you orders.

Terry, I've got to.

I want to see this horror,

whatever it is.

I want to fight it

with my bare
hands if I have to.

I want to kill it.

Do you have space for me?

It's contrary to
orders you know

but I think we'll
find a seat for you.

Sergeant,

this can't be correct.

According to your TOV

you've got anti-matter
bomb packs on this cruiser.

Yes, sir.

That's a capital offense.

You know perfectly well

that only
the president himself

can order the
use of anti-matter.

Who did this?

Where is Captain Dubrovsky?

He left with the last cruiser.

He left!

Why wasn't I notified?

You may go.

Magivers here Commander.

I'm getting in close.

The surface looks
slightly shrouded.

The thing shimmers in spots.

There are jets
of gas or vapor.

It's strange.

Hold it Magivers.

I see asteroids coming.

Recons, ease off.

A thousand and thirty.

01:00 hours.

Unexpectedly
a school of asteroids

come toward the
reconnaissance squad.

There is no set course

to the direction or
speed of an asteroid

which makes trying to
dodge them very difficult.

Jackson is too pre-occupied
with this new danger

to fully realize
that Outpost Echo

seems to have
disappeared out of the sky.

The body has slowed down.

The asteroids seem
to have slowed down too.

They're turning around.

The asteroids are being
pulled back by that thing.

Is that,

the flagship?

How come the flagship's here?

Answer.

I knew Perkinson was coming

but I didn't ask for
the auxiliary flagship.

Do you read me or not?

Who's got the flight?

Flagship of Gamma 1.

Flagship to Recon Leader.

Cruiser fleet in
position and on target.

Dubrovsky.

Doby,

I gave you orders
to stay on the station.

You big dope.

Okay, flagship,

now that you're here,

I'm mighty glad to see you.

We can count on the
load of one Jupiter

and that Perkinson dud

in his beat-up Apollo.

I'll ride him out of the blue.

Doby'

I'm going to try to hold
this thing with the deflector

then we'll try landing on it.

I'm a light year ahead of you.

All nuclears okay.

If that damn
thing comes at you'

shift and shift fast!

I'll shift okay.

Better give me
target range Commander.

It's approximately
a thousand miles

but it could
change unexpectedly.

Commander Jackson,

Magivers here.

I think we're in trouble.

Magivers, what are you
doing so close to that thing?

Get out of there.

Watch out for those blasts.

I'd prefer you to get out.

Did you hear?

I'm pinned down.

I feel the ship's
not under my power.

It's pulling us.

Stay aloft.

Read your retros,

don't get clogged Mac.

Fire retros.

Rod, I see it now.

It's solid.

The dark areas look solid.

We have to have help.

You could try
landing on it Rod.

Just go on trying
to retro the jets.

We're being pulled in.

We need more retros, Mac.

My God!

They're being pulled in.

They're in trouble!

Doby!

There must be a way
to kill this thing.

Our relays are jammed up.

We're moving in.

Will you rescue?

Put the automatic jets in.

Insert automatics.

Magivers get with it

and don't lose your head.

Begin calibration to pull up.

You can soft land
if you must you hear?

Don't just sit there!

Insert the automatic!

Pull out, retro!

God help us.

Listen Magivers, Werner,

try to get out of there.

We'll moor and pick you up.

To flagship and
other units, careful.

If that thing
should turn recon shift.

Magivers, Werner,

if you read, answer.

We can't move Rod.

Our controls don't react.

Rod, we got to
go and get them.

Moored in position,

prepare to fix.

You've got men on there alive.

Prepare to fix.

We can try to get them.

Prepare to fix!

On your orders sir.

Recon, fall back.

Gravity's pulling us in.

We're sinking.

We can't'

there are dark spots.

You could try landing,

you could open our shoot.

Suggest, it's
possible to land.

Suggest you use retros.

It's possible to land

and attempt rescue.

Request you land.

No, request denied.

Have everything ready flagship

because I'll be right there.

Do we take the
anti-matter too?

Yes, take it on.

Somebody's got
to get that thing

and blast it to pieces.

And I'm willing to make a try.

Recon squadrons Dubrovsky
and Perkinson, fix and moor,

then open portals.

Commander Jackson
and recon crew

have entered
decompression chamber.

(now close all air portals.

Terry.

Welcome aboard.

What's new helium head?

We've found it, that's what.

Commander, the
deflector's in operation,

we should have
a stabilization reading soon.

This thing is
obviously determined

to crash its way
through the universe.

We won't let it.

Why don't we turn the
deflector on full power

and blast that thing

back into space
where it came from

and get rid of it
once and for all?

Because it would
always be out there.

There'd be no peace.

If we can place
it in the right spot,

our only chance, Terry'
is anti-matter.

It might blow us up too.

It's a big gamble.

For big stakes.

The whole world.

Commander,

stabilization is go.

We can't guarantee how
long we can hold her sir.

That's our cue.

I'm going with you.

No, Terry.

Not this time.

I know what the score is.

It's my duty to
be there with you.

You need the best damn

communications officer
in the fleet, and that's me.

And you know it.

All right.

But it's every
man for himself.

I want you to
know you volunteered

for an almost
sure one way ticket.

Here's the plan.

We're going to try
landing on that thing.

Magivers reported
dark zoned areas

where the surface
shows greater solidity.

Now we'll have to explore
to find the right place

to plant the bomb.

And once that's done,

we've got to get
out of there and fast.

We'll try to get
into Magiver's, ship,

but wait for
my orders on that.

I want no undue risks.

You'll all be
hooked up with me.

We'll divide in two squads.

The anti-matter will be
carried by Captain Perkinson.

You're all on your own with
the exception of you Frank.

I want you to...

Commander?

Yes, Sergeant.

It looks like
stabilizer resistance

indicators are rising.

It looks like
there's no time to waste.

We're going out at once.

You send word
to General Norton.

I want an okay
on the anti-matter.

Yes, sir.

Well?

It looks like we
ought to get over there.

And we'd better make it quick.

Let's go.

I'll brief you as we go along.

Send an urgent
message to General Norton.

Specific request
to employ anti-matter.

Gamma Flagship
to space station.

Commander requests
specific use of anti-matter.

He could blow himself
up with that stuff.

I guess he knows that sir.

01:30 hours.

As Jackson moves with his
team towards the asteroid,

he realizes that its presence

defies all scientific fact.

Despite its small size,

it's gravitational
pull was capable

not only of drawing
Outpost Lobe into it,

but perhaps
causing a wind in space

never heard of before.

Jackson wonders whether this

could've lead to
a chain reaction

of gravitational compensation

all the way to earth.

Lobe must be hidden behind
one of those gas shrouds.

It must be there somewhere.

But I can't see it.

You've got to try
to get us out of here.

We're sinking.

We're being sucked down.

Jackson reports there
is no extraordinary change

of temperature at
the planet's surface.

The heaving, gurgling magma

is not a boiling
substance after all,

but a kind of
cold gluten or jelly,

the vapors coming from
the blasters are cold gas.

These do not come
from the craters,

but are blown out,

almost exhaled from the magma.

Stay close to me Terry.

I want to check the surface
reaction to explosives.

For God sakes'
Doby, watch out.

Oh, Frank, there you are.

Keep that stuff handy.

Where's Doby?

I can't see Doby anywhere.

Doby?

Doby come down here will you?

Drop in the dark areas.

Just a few more charges Rod.

Captain Perkinson
and Lieutenant Sanchez

will follow me,

the rest of you flare out.

Hey, Rod, there
seems to be an entrance.

We're coming now.

Oh, Rod, look!

Doby's caught.

Take this.

Hold on Doby.

We're coming!

Doby!

Doby!

Forward everyone.

We've got to
find that passage.

Frank, look.

I think we can
get in through here.

It seems to be inactive.

Owens, get back and
check deflector readings.

Tell them to hold this thing
steady as long as possible

without blowing
us out into space.

The rest of you
stand by out here.

Be careful, don't trust this.

It's not solid.

Let's go that way.

Don't step on
these breathing valves

and try to avoid
touching the arteries.

Rod, it's
getting harder to move.

Yes, the density
meter is high

and believe it or not,

there's an oxygen count.

Incredible!

The presence of
oxygen is amazing

but when attempts to
call this information

to the flagship fail,

Jackson realizes
they have lost contact.

The pulsating motion
becomes more pronounced.

This leads Jackson to believe

they are approaching the core.

We're trapped!

Their signals have stopped.

All right, let's
go over that way.

The pulse seems to
be coming from there.

It's closing up.

Let's try the other side.

It's closing up.

Let's backtrack.

Rod, my detonator,

I dropped the detonator!

Oh, it's choking me Rod.

We've got one chance.

If we cut these arteries

the shafts might open.

Come on.

But the detonator.

Get back here.

We can rig one up.

But how?

I'll hook it to the
thermal electric contact

in my breathing apparatus.

Rod, look the arteries
are healing already.

Frank,

start rigging the detonator.

I'm going to hack this stuff.

Right.

Terry, unravel the cable.

Invert the poles Terry.

What are you doing?

You can't.

Let go and do as I say.

Switch the terminals.

These things,
whatever they are,

heal up within seconds.

How are you doing?

With the thermal
couple to trigger it'

I think it'll work.

Are you attaching
it to your apparatus?

There's no time
to switch helmets.

Who said so?

This is no suicide mission.

The auxiliary
equipment is in my helmet.

But we can't take the
risk of taking off your helmet

even if there
is an oxygen count,

it's too low.

I wouldn't risk destroying

your breathing
apparatus either.

No, don't, don't
take it off Rod.

Don't!

No, the oxygen is too thin!

Oh, God!

Here, Terry, hold the bottom.

Here put this on.

That must be a new
blast from the deflector.

There, it's stabilized again.

Are you all right Terry?

Yes.

Frank!

Frank!

No, don't come near.

Everything will go
according to plan.

The bomb will work all right.

Go, Rod.

Get out right now.

There's no time for that.

I'll hack at this stuff.

Get out Rod.

I don't mind.

It's okay.

Only take care of Doby's boy.

I, I wanted to do it

but now'

promise that you'll be there

to take care of the kid.

Rod, he can't stay there.

Frank!

I can't.

It's okay, go on.

Frank, oh!

Rod'

go while I can
still handle this.

The cable.

Here.

Terry, will you go.

Oh.

Hurry, will you?

Rod?

It's all right, I'll make it.

Rod.

Hurry.

Get back up there.

We'll beat this thing.

Give me your hand.

None of them have come up.

All three are wearing
identifiable headgear.

White is Jackson'

red, Perkinson,

checkered, Sanchez.

No trace or communication

from the three
as of their descent.

There they are now.

The first to surface
has checkered headgear.

That would be
Lieutenant Sanchez.

Tell them to
continue communications.

We're still connected sir.

General Norton here'

continue your report.

All I can tell you now

is that two have come up.

Red headgear,

it must be Perkinson.

And the third?

I'll ask sir.

Gamma station to flagship.

Please confirm
number of survivors.

Only two have surfaced.

Aid has already reached them.

Reconfirming,

two have come up.

No trace of Commander Jackson.

Was that the
anti-matter signal?

It was sir.

General'

the survivors are
re-entering the ship.

We ask authority for
anti-matter bomb contact.

All is now ready to
release anti-matter.

General Norton,

please confirm
anti-matter contact.

Contact.

Today, earth,

where peace and
tranquility have returned,

pays tribute to the bravery

of Officers Dubrovsky

and Perkinson,

who courageously
gave their lives

for their country.

Ricky,

your father was a great man.

Perkinson and he
gave their lives

to protect our universe.