Doctor Who (1963–1989): Season 10, Episode 18 - Planet of the Daleks: Episode Four - full transcript

The Doctor and his friends escape from the Dalek base, prompting the Daleks to devise a plan to wipe them out.

It's lifting!
It's beginning to lift!

Hang on tight!

-Hang on!
That's right...

Escape from this section is impossible.
The prisoners are hiding.

Locate and destroy.

They are to be exterminated!

-How far have we come?
-It's hard to tell.

Let's hope we're high enough
to be out of range.

Prisoners located!

Prisoners located!

Yes, we are out of range.
That's a relief.



-You all right, Rebec?
-I can't stand heights.

I daren't look down.

Just keep your eyes closed
and hang on tight. You'll be all right.

Any idea how far to the surface?

Miles, I should think.

Don't forget we started
at the lowest level of the city.

Should be a long, slow haul.

A patrol will ascend
to surface level

and proceed immediately to the point
where the shaft emerges.

Patrol will require to travel
at maximum speed

to reach the point
before prisoners escape.

An anti-gravitational disc
is to be brought here at once.

I obey.

Explosives located. Assist.



The explosives are equipped
with detonating mechanisms.

We will detonate them here.
Activate mechanism.

All mechanisms primed.
The bombs will self-detonate.

We will return to the city.

You know, after this, I think
I must take up hot-air ballooning.

It really is most exhilarating.

I'd prefer a rocket
to take me off this planet.

Ah, cheer up, my dear.

Just you hang on tight,
we're perfectly safe.

Anti-gravitational disc in position.

Energy level building
to lift-off capacity.

Prepare for ascent.

Lift off.

We are nearing the top of the shaft.

Central command reports
prisoners still in shaft.

Doctor, there's something
coming up after us.

Well, its rate of ascent doesn't seem
much faster than ours.

We should reach the surface
before it can catch up with us.

Doctor, look!

The whole thing's going.

Get on the side! Hang on!

Taron, quickly!

The Dalek's only just below him.

He can't reach it.
-I'll try mine.

Right!

Go to the step.

Got it?

Give me your hand.

Come on, Doctor, that's it.

-We've done it!
-Well done, Rebec.

-We've made it!
-Thanks to the Doctor.

Yes, well, I think we ought
to postpone the celebrations

until we're in a slightly safer area.
Come on.

Yeah.

Whilst the aliens are at liberty,

a full state of emergency
will be maintained.

Normal operations will be suspended.

Spiridon slave workers will cooperate
with Dalek patrols

in saturation level search.

The aliens must be located
and destroyed!

-Doctor!
-Jo!

Oh, Doctor, I thought...
I thought you were dead!

I thought...
Oh, I don't know what I thought.

I'm so pleased to see you.

Jo, you were in that Thal spaceship?
I saw it destroyed.

-No, I wasn't.
-But you were.

No, I wasn't.
Look, Doctor, what's been happening?

-Where've you been?
-Well, it's a long story

and there were a few moments
that were a trifle worrying...

A trifle worrying?

-You know Codal and Taron, don't you?
-Yes.

I don't think you've met Rebec?

-Hello.
-Hello.

Look, Doctor,
the last I heard about you,

you'd been captured
by the Daleks, right?

-Yeah, but...
-And I was told that they

were going to take you
because they're doing

-all these experiments...
-All right, Jo.

...and then I thought you
were going to be in...

I didn't know what I was going to do.

Jo! Jo! Jo! Please.

Look, will you excuse us for a moment?

My friend has rather a lot
to talk about.

Of course.

Doctor, wait till you hear
what happened to me.

It was terrible and then
I got rescued by this bowl.

You might say you're glad to see me?

I might. Why did you come?

I was part of the back-up crew.

I was trained and ready.
I had no choice.

That's not true.

There were dozens of other people

trained to the same state
of readiness as you.

-You could have backed out.
-Why should I?

I wanted to come on the first landing,

but you made sure
I was kept out of your crew.

So when the chance came, I took it.

Look, I think one of us
ought to keep watch.

I'll take the first stretch.

You shouldn't have come.

Now I'm here, we're together again.

And there's nothing you can do about it.

But don't you realise what you've done?

Can't you see the position
you've put me in?

I mean, not counting Jo and the Doctor,
there's only five of us left now.

Five of us out of two missions!

And somehow we've got to achieve
what we set out to do.

We must destroy the Daleks!

And how does my being here change that?

Because...

Because I love you.

I can't convert you into a cypher.

But from now on,
every judgement I make will be clouded.

I'll even hesitate
to take the right risks

because I'll be worrying about you.

I'm sorry.

I didn't think of it like that.

I didn't understand.

Well, you might understand this,

your being here might be
the very reason the Daleks win.

Our patrols report
no contact with the aliens.

Temperatures falling rapidly.

The search will continue.

I obey.

Supreme Command has decreed

that we prepare
a bacteriological culture

that will destroy all living tissue.

Daleks and Spiridon slave workers
will be given immunity to the disease.

If the aliens are not taken,
the bacteria is to be released.

Without immunity,
no living thing can survive the disease.

All will be exterminated!

But, Jo, why on earth
didn't you stay in the TARDIS?

We'd have been safe there.

Well, Doctor, you didn't look very safe.

I thought you were dying

and I went out to try
and find some help for you.

On a planet full of Daleks?
Well, surely I warned you?

Well, Doctor,
you didn't tell me anything.

You just rushed into the TARDIS,

you rattled off some
sort of a message and...

-Well, then you flaked out.
-Did I?

Uh-huh.

Oh, I'm sorry, Jo.
I'm afraid I wasn't myself.

-Doctor?
-Hmm?

What did you say to the Time Lords
in your message?

Well, I told them about the Dalek
spaceship leaving the Ogron planet

and told them to send
the TARDIS after it.

But what are the Daleks doing
on this planet?

They've got an army based here, Jo.

The mightiest army of Daleks
there's ever been.

But, when we were on the Ogron planet,

we put a stop to their plan
to sort of cause a war?

Well, evidently that was
only part of their plan,

to make their conquest easier perhaps.

Well, with an army this size,

we now know they intend
to invade the galaxy anyway,

unless we can stop them.

-Just us?
-And our Thal friends.

Oh, dear.

Perhaps a female shoulder
to cry on might come in handy.

- Right.
-Give it a try, will you?

Yes.

The load getting a little heavy?

I don't think I'm equipped
to handle all this any more.

Oh, why?

Just because you've found out
that you're not made of stone?

This job doesn't allow
for human weakness.

Then they should have sent
a machine, shouldn't they?

I thought they had. I was wrong.

Good, because the business of command
is not for a machine, is it?

The moment that we forget
that we're dealing with people,

then we're no better off
than the machines

that we came here to destroy.

When we start acting and thinking like
the Daleks, Taron, the battle is lost.

Someone coming!

Look who I found.

-What happened to you?
-What happened to you?

We saw the ice eruption
and assumed you hadn't made it.

We went to the entrance
of the city anyway.

I wanted to take a chance, make a rush,

but we found our bomb was faulty.

So we had to go back
to get the other bombs,

to find some Daleks
had been there before us

and blown themselves up.

Well, I managed to get
two of the bombs before that.

-I've hidden them.
-Well done, Jo.

If those two are all right,
we at least have a chance.

We must move on. It'll be dark soon.

And cold. You haven't experienced
a full Spiridon night, Doctor.

You don't know what
cold is until you have.

-Then we must find shelter.
-Right, but not here.

There are Daleks and Spiridon
slave workers

making a terrific sweep across
the jungle, not that far behind us.

Well, prepare to move.

-We'll go to the Plain of Stones.
-Plain of Stones?

It's an area of huge boulders.

They absorb the heat of the sun
and discharge it at night.

You know, this planet
never ceases to amaze me.

First, we find a gigantic refrigerator
and now night storage heaters.

-It really sounds quite luxurious.
-Not exactly, Doctor.

All the animal life from the jungle
goes there as well.

Oh, that's nice. Right, let's get going.

-Jo, where did you hide the bombs?
-I'll get them.

-Let me help you.
-They're here.

We haven't met properly. I am Latep.

I'm Jo. How do you do?

Uh-oh. You don't know about a handshake?

Well, you see, it's an old Earth custom.

We clasp hands like that
and it shows that we're good friends

and that we're pleased
to meet one another.

Come on.

What are those animals?

They're not animals, Doctor.

Spiridons.
They wear those furs against the cold.

That's good.
At least we can see them now.

Did you notice anything peculiar
about the Daleks, Jo?

Not particularly. Why?

Only that their movements
seem to be slower.

Well, fast enough
to kill us on sight, Doctor.

Almost as though their mechanical
reflexes weren't functioning properly.

Yes, but the reason?
The reason is the important thing.

They're out of range now.
I think we can chance a move.

Come on, let's do it. I'm freezing.

-What was that?
-I don't know.

We've heard them before,
never seen them.

Latep, take first guard.

-Doctor?
-Yes.

-Yes, of course.
Do you mind?

Come on, Jo. Come and keep me company.

All right.

I hate this running and hiding.
We need to attack and soon.

I'll decide when and how.

You've been putting off
this attack since we got here.

What do you want? A guarantee of safety?

No, I just want the best possible
guarantee of success.

Any attempt that fails is worth nothing.

Codal, that giant refrigeration unit,
what did you make of it?

-It was neutron powered.
-Yeah.

Could run for 1,000 years.

I'm convinced that somehow
it's vital to the Dalek's survival.

Why do they need such low temperatures?

I can't answer that.

But I am sure that refrigeration unit
is the key to our attack.

Are you saying if we destroy
the refrigeration plant,

we destroy the Daleks?

Yes.

Yes, I think it would wipe them out.

Then that's it. That's the way we do it.

We go in through the shaft
you came out of.

But better still,
we lower the bombs down.

The Daleks wouldn't have left
the top of that shaft unguarded.

We think about that when we get there.

If we leave now,
we can be there before light.

We'll attack,
but this has to be planned.

Until it is, we'll wait.

Wait, wait!
That's all we've heard from you!

Why don't you face it, Taron?

Admit what we all know,
be honest, you're afraid.

Miro would have taken action by now,
he was a real commander,

and he wouldn't have had her
hanging around our necks.

Latep!

I am still in command here

and, like it or not,
you will obey orders.

And believe me, Vaber, if you don't,
I shan't hesitate to kill you.

Now, let's all get some rest.

Latep, go back to your post.

The bacteria are multiplying.

We have calculated that
after the release of the culture

into the atmosphere,

it will totally contaminate the planet
within the space of one Spiridon day.

All plant life
will wither and die.

All un-immunised
animal life will die

within one hour of inhaling
the contaminated air.

Approved.
Continue with preparations.

The most virulent
form of the bacteria

will be ready for release
in half a Spiridon day.

Report.

Spiridon slaves report

aliens believed to be hiding
at the Plain of Stones.

Order
all search units into that area.

I obey.

Latep! Doctor!

Codal! Codal!

-Where's Vaber?
-He was sitting over there.

-Doctor, the bombs have gone.
-What?

He left this.

"I'll do what I have to do alone. "

He doesn't stand a chance.

That's the last of the explosives.

We've got to stop him.

I intend to.

-Codal, will you come with me?
-Hmm.

Doctor, would you stay here?

-If that's what you want.
-Thanks.

He'll be heading
for the ventilator shaft.

Yeah. We'll be back as soon as we can.

Latep, stay here. Come on.

Be careful, Taron.

-Have you still got your guns with you?
-Yes.

That's good. Keep them handy, will you?

Look around you.

Take him to the Daleks.