Doctor Who (1963–1989): Season 17, Episode 14 - Nightmare of Eden: Part Two - full transcript

The unstable interphase of the two ships opens up unexpected passageways for dangerous monsters caged in an electronic zoo aboard the cruise ship to escape. Meanwhile, as an attempt is made to hook Romana on vraxoin, the Doctor discovers a mystery man aboard ship to whom he gives chase.

Right, Doctor, give me a hand.

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

And what in the name of the suns,
is it doing on board the ship?

First a collision,
then a dead navigator

and now a monster
roaming about my ship.

It's totally inexplicable.

Nothing is inexplicable.

Then explain it.

It's inexplicable.
We'd better put it back.

Ok, K9.

It must have been that that got Secker.



Maybe, but Secker was a dead man already.

What do you mean?

He was taking Vraxoin.

None of my passengers could have
brought it on board the ship.

Dymond's ship?

No, I've scanned it. Still I'll
scan the Empress again.

Yeah, the Vraxoin must be found.

- Yes it's bad stuff.
- Bad stuff?

It's the worst.

I've seen whole planets ravaged by it,
while the merchants made fortunes.

Your people knew it would
be on board, did they?

What, my people?

Well, you're an agent, aren't you?

No, I'm the Doctor.
I keep telling you that.



Yes, but who do you work for?

Work for? I don't work for anybody.
I'm just having fun.

Everybody works for somebody.

If there's any Vraxoin on board
it'll show up on the scan.

Can you track the whole ship with this?

Every nook and cranny.

Nothing in the forward section.

Secker kept his in the luggage area.

I took what was left
then someone took it from me.

After stunning me, that is.

- Who?
- Yes, who indeed.

Nothing.

Is there any possible
shield against that scan?

- No, no, no.
- Really?

Well, any shield would be to small to
hide any useful quantity of the stuff.

Yes. A small thick tube.
Very mysterious.

We've got to get the ships separated.

Yes, but how to get
through to the power unit?

Yes.

You know, there might be a way
we can do it, using my ship.

- Your ship?
- Yes.

Yes, where is your ship by the way?

Oh, around.

Well, there you go again.
How do I know I can trust you?

Yes. Or I you Captain.

- That's hardly the point.
- Yes, but who's helping whom?

All right, what do you want me to do?

Right, when I give the word

I want Dymond to put his ship on full power.
Trust me, Captain.

Romana!
Are you all right?

I don't know.
I think so.

What happened?

I must have fainted.

Was it anything to do with the machine?

Yes. I was watching
the projection and then I...

It isn't on any more.

I just felt hot.
I must have fainted.

I asked you not to put that
particular image on.

Yes, I know, but...
as I was on my own

I thought I'd just have another look.

Besides you assured me that it was
perfectly safe, didn't you?

Of course.

I'll tell you what,
I'll get you something to drink.

You look quite pale.

- Ah Della.
- Oh, hello Captain.

That's just what I was after.

Oh, its for Romana, she's fainted.
I'll get one for you.

Fainted you say?

It wasn't something she saw,
was it?

No, I think she just felt hot.

Oh, why don't I just take this one.

- Help yourself.
- Thanks.

I want to get as close as possible.

Predict only 60 percent
chance of success, Master.

Tell me, K9, how is it that,

How is it you always look
on the black side of things?

Here am I, trying a little lateral thinking,
and what do you do?

You trample all over it with logic.

It's a question of the localised
power available, master.

- I predict 60%...
- 60%, I heard you, I heard you.

But it's worth a try.
Now come on.

Let's go and find your Mistress.
Come on. Come on.

I've got to be away soon
or I'll lose my contract.

A year's work for nothing,
do you realise that?

It's all your fault, captain.
You were off course.

And you shouldn't have
been in that sector.

Gentlemen, please.
Blaming each other won't help anything.

The only person who seems to be able
to do anything constructive is the Doctor.

And we must suport him.

Yes, yes. I just wish
we knew more about him.

You know, he's got
some bee in his bonnet

about drug smuggling on the ship.

- Drug smuggling?
- Yes.

There isn't any evidence
to back up his suspicions.

There isn't a trace of any drugs
anywhere on the ship at all.

Still, I think that is
the least of our worries.

Are you sure about that?
The creature came through the picture?

Yes.

You were right about this
machine, it's unstable.

And that creature's escaped
from this electric zoo.

I wonder where it came from?

- A planet called Eden.
- Eden?

- Do you know it?
- Well it rings a bell.

- Ah Doctor, I have a message for you.
- What?

Oh, I'm so delighted that you are
taking an interest in my CET machine.

- I'm absolutely amazed.
- Yes.

Well, it is rather impressive, isn't it?

No, I mean I'm amazed at you, Tryst,
using a machine like this

when it's still so primitive.

The whole thing is utterly unstable.

- Well, I value your opinion, Doctor.
- Good, good.

I value my life and this
machine makes me feel for it.

- It does?
- Yes.

But what do you think is so wrong?

Well, at a rough guess
I'd say the spatial integrator,

transmutation oscillator,

hologistic retention
circuit, shall I go on?

- Oh, yes.
- Dimensional osmosis damper.

The what?

You mean you haven't even got
a dimensional osmosis damper?

Professor, you don't
realize how unstable this machine is.

Yes. Yes, all right Doctor.

In spite of your interest, I have
decided to shut it off

until I've had a chance to
make some adjustements.

- Well, I'm delighted to hear it...
- Yes, yes, no, no...

it doesn't matter what you're saying,
I'm going to switch it off.

- Good.
- Yes.

- Oh, I nearly forgot.
- What?

The message, the separation of the ships.
Dymond is waiting for you.

I'm on my way.

Romana, off to the TARDIS
I'll give you details later.

Tryst! Don't you forget
to switch that off.

You know what, Dymond?

The Empress has eaten your ship.

Eaten it.

I don't see why you find it so funny.

After all, you stand to lose
your captaincy over this.

Yeah, I know, I know, I know.
That's funny in itself, isnt it?

Stay there, K9. Stay there.

Right then, Dymond.
Ready for another try?

I want you to put your ship on full power,
not now, when I tell you.

Right, Doctor.

Where are you going to be, Doctor?

Here,
if it's all right with you.

Romana's in my ship. I can
give an eye on things from here.

- Oh, be my guest.
- Thank you.

Romana?

All ready, Doctor.

Good, good, we're just
waiting on Dymond. K9?

Yes, Master?

Just in case your prediction is correct

go along to one of the blurred areas
and take a reading for me.

- Affirmative.
- Good dog.

Success only 60% cent

Owing to factors of
localised energy.

Ready when you are, Doctor.

Good. Start building up the power.

Well, I'll leave you to it, Doctor
I'm thirsty.

Romana, Get ready.

What did you say?
Romana, get ready.

I'll have to switch off, Doctor.
My ship's breaking up.

No, no. Come on, Dymond,
now. Don't lose your nerve,

We're almost there,
just a bit longer.

No, she won't take it.

Romana switch off, something's wrong.

I'll go and find K9,
He's taking a reading for me.

K9?

K9, where are you? K9?

He must have slipped through.

Good boy, K9!

Ah, could I have a word with you, please?

What's going on?

I'm looking for a man
dressed just like you.

When are we going to land?

We've been stuck for ages.
How much longer?

Which way did he go?
This way?

Maybe that's the entertaiment?

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

What's the meaning of this?

- Why aren't we going down to Azure?
- I promise you

- everything possible is being done.
- What are they doing about?

Here, have a jelly baby and don't
forget to brush your teeth.

I only wanted a word
with you whoever you are.

You took something from me, old chap.

I'd rather like to have it back.

Little ships in big ships.

Ships in bottles.

Russian dolls. That's what
it's like. You remember those?

Yes, I do. I wonder if the people
who made them realised they were making

a model of the universe.

A what?

As a primitive concept, you know.

I don't think the Captain is in
a mood to discuss philosophy.

Can I get you anything Rigg?
A caffetine capsule perhaps?

No, let's talk about life.

while I await my dismissal
and eventual execution.

For dereliction of duty and I...

Couldn't care less.

Oh, come on, Captain. The Doctor may
still come up with something.

The Doctor, the enigmatic,
almighty, Mr Fix-it.

He's failed again,
and I don't care about that, either.

Not yet. I'd better
go and see what he's doing.

Oh, please.

It's them.

They're the ones who are
doing the drugs smuggling, you know?

So the Doctor isn't going
to do anything at all, right?

Ok.

So the Doctor's an agent.

Yes, that's it.
He's a narcotics agent.

And we must give him all
the help that we can.

Here, drink this,
it'll make you feel better. There.

And Romana is she an agent too?

What if she is?

I mean, I don't care.
What does it matter?

I mean, nothing matters at all.

Doctor?

What are you doing?

Doctor?

Where are you?

Doctor, are you all right?

There's a creature in there,
it's horrible.

We've got to get away.
What were you doing in there? Come on!

Romana, Stop.

Do you know, I've just come through
an interface, that's no mean feat.

I'm not even sure I'm all here.

You mean you've been right
through to the other side?

Yes, I have, I have.

Did you see anyone while I was in there?

Coveralls, dark glasses.

Well, someone shot at that creature,
and drove it off.

It must have been the chap I was chasing.

The fellow who jumped me
in the luggage section.

Still, I know something about him now.

He dropped his radiation band
in the struggle just now. Look.

Volante.

- Tryst's ship.
- Yes.

What's the matter with Captain Rigg?

Oh, I think he found a little to much.

- But he'll be all right.
- Good.

I thought you told the Doctor
you wouldn't use the CET again?

Ah, yes, but I'm using
for his benefit, Della.

Yes, the Doctor is looking for someone
on this ship who is carrying Vraxoin.

- Vrax.
- Yes, Vrax.

The Doctor is probably
a narcotics agent,

so we are
all under suspiction.

So I thought perhaps that we might put
our own house on order, as it were.

How do you mean?

Well, Della, I've been thinking about Stott.

Our sadly lamented crewmen
and your close friend.

And his strange behaviour on Eden.

Might it be him who discovered
a new source of vrax?

But he died, of course, didn't he?

What are you suggesting?

No, Della,
I'm sorry to do this, but...

I must be certain about a few things,
not the least to eliminate the possibility.

That the Volante and my expedition

was used to transport
this detestable substance.

Now let us assume for a
moment that it was Stott.

He must have had an accomplice.

Someone who would take
over from him when he died.

Are you accusing me?

No, no. I'm not accusing you, Della.
I'm just asking you.

Was it Stott?

Of course not, I knew him,
he wouldn't do anything like that.

Then, why did he disappear
for 2 hours on Eden?

The day before he was killed.

I don't know.
I don't know anything about that.

Of course.

Rigg said Tryst and Della

were the only ones from the
expedition to come aboard.

- A stowaway?
- Well we have to ask Rigg.

- He's hit the bottle.
- What?

He doesn't care about
anything anymore,

he just laughs and giggles
the whole time,

sick grin on his face.

Well, that doesn't sound
like drunkenness to me.

Vraxoin? Where from?

Well, inside the projection set.
It's the only place.

Romana, we've got no choice.

What do you want to do?

What we have to do. We've got to
get inside that machine. Come on.

Ah, Doctor, Doctor.

Rigg has told to me about the drugs.

- Oh, really?
- Yes, Doctor, I believe I can help you...

over this problem.

- You can?
- Yes.

Romana, please.

Doctor, I'm very sad to say that I think
the drugs were smuggled on board my ship.

And I'm pretty certain
I know who it was.

- You are?
- Yes.

One of my crew, but he was killed.

But I think he passed
the drugs on before he died.

- Yes.
- Yes.

- To Della.
- What!

I question her, of course,
but she wouldn't admit it.

Well, maybe it's because she's innocent.
How'd you know she did it?

- Doctor, I...
- Calling the Doctor.

Would the Doctor please report
to the bridge immediately?

Thank you, Tryst.

Did you hear that?

Della indeed.

Have located power unit.
Awaiting instructions, Master.

Ah, Doctor.

This is Waterguard Fisk
and Landing officer Costa,

- ...of the Azurian Excise. I've been...
- Good, good. Now listen.

Can I see your ident plaque?

- Can I just tell you something please?
- Let me see it now.

- On this ship...
- The plaque, please, sir.

And yours, please.

- I haven't got one.
- Neither have I.

- That's extremely serious...
- Drugs, vraxoin.

Names and dates of birth.
Come on, come on.

- Romana.
- Romana who?

Will you please, listen? Someone aboard
this ship is smuggling drugs.

Name and date of birth.

Well, how would I know?
I don't even know who he is yet.

Your name and date of birth.

Oh, well,
I'm called the Doctor.

Date of birth, difficult to remember.
Sometime quite soon, I think.

I would advise you not
to play the fool with us.

We wouldn't want to.

Would you please listen?

Vraxoin is the biggest killer drug
in existence, and it's on this ship.

- All in good time.
- There's no good time.

The criminals must be caught.

- Costa.
- Right.

I'll start with you.

She's clean.

Fisk...

You're wasting your time.

What is it?

Vraxoin, traces of it in his pocket.

So, the criminals must
be caught, eh Doctor?

- Oh, for heaven's sake, Fisk.
- You're under arrest.

All right. Can I just say
one thing at this moment?

- Well?.
- It's simply that. Look!

Quick, Romana.
Only got a few seconds!!!

Quick, Romana, CET Machine, quickly.

It's running.

Get me Eden.

Now, what do we do?

Test that theory of mine.
Come on.

But we can't, it's unstable!

Come on, Romana, we must, we must.

- We'll get torn apart.
- We've got no alternative.

Come on. Come on.