Doctor Who (1963–1989): Season 7, Episode 11 - Doctor Who and the Silurians: Episode 7 - full transcript
While Liz distributes the cure to the virus, the Doctor discovers the Silurians now plan to wipe out humanity by destroying the Van Allen Belt.
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Doctor Who Season 7
052 Doctor Who and The Silurians
(Part Seven,7/7)
Original Air Date : 1970/ 3/ 14
???? :
And there's no news
from cave mouth two?
We've lost contact
with cave mouth two, sir.
Well, I want reports from all sectors as
they come in and get me Captain Hawkins.
Sir!
I've checked on the ambulance man
in the sick bay.
The discolouration of the skin is
fading rapidly.
So the Doctor's antidote seems
totally effective?
So far, yes.
I wish he'd get a move on with
that formula!
Sergeant!
Quickly! There may be others.
Hold them long as you can.I'm doing my level best
to get you the support you need./UNIT control?
- Over and out.
- Yes, Doctor...Crawford.
- Wilcox, bring them down here.
- I...I know. Look, I'm terribly sorry.
- Look, what's happening about my call to the Ministry of Defence?
- I'm sure the Doctor won't be much longer.
- Well, look, hurry it up, man this is top priority!
- Yeah, I do realise, all right. Goodbye.
- Trouble?
- Dr. Meredith is getting very impatient.
I can't say I blame him.
Give the Doctor a couple more moments.
I...I mean he may have run
into some kind of problem.
Here you! Give me a hand.
Well don't stand there gawping, man!
Come on, give me a hand!
Yes, all right, Major Walton.
Pull back from gallery four...
- ...and try and hold them at cave mouth three.
- UNIT control?
- Over and out.
- Oh, yes sir. He's here hold the line.
The Ministry of Defence.
- Miss Shaw, I must have that formula.
- All right, I'll go and see what's holding the Doctor up.
Lethbridge Stewart here, sir.
You got my message?
With respect, sir,I don't think you
appreciate the gravity of the situation.
But there's no time to refer
it to the Defence Committee.
Doctor, the Brig...
- But where is he?!
- I've told you I've no idea.
You'll read the formula to Dr.Crawford
he's been hanging on long enough.
Don't you understand?
I don't know which is the formula.
Hello, Dr. Crawford? Look,
I'm afraid I'll have to ring you back.
There's been yet another delay.
Yes, yes, yes, as soon as I can.
Brigadier, there was some glass in the lab.
I...I don't know if there's...
Sir! Sir, there's been some kind of
a raid. Private Upton's dead.
- In the caves?
- No, sir here. Just down the corridor
and there's a kind of scorch
mark on the wall.
- Stay here, Miss Shaw.
- What?
- Stay here!
- Yes, of course!
Get me Dr. Crawford, please.
How many humans have
survived the epidemic?
They will all survive.
That is impossible!
You have discovered a cure?
Yes, and soon all the humans will be
immune to your epidemic.
Your plan has failed, as your leader
wanted it to fail.
Our leader is dead I killed him.
I am the leader now.
Thank you, Dr. Crawford.
The Silurians have broken in.
Well, what about the Doctor?
Well, I imagine they've taken
him to their base.
Captain Hawkins, send every man
we've got into the caves,
and I want all civilian personnel
evacuated from here immediately./Sir.
- And organise a thorough search of that laboratory.
- I'll see to it myself, sir.
- You two come with me.
- I've given the formula to Dr. Crawford.
They're going to make their own tests and
then go into mass production of the antidote.
Well done, Miss Shaw.
What are you going to do about the Doctor?
- What can I do?
- Try to rescue him!
You'll have to attack their base.
At the moment, they seem
to be attacking us.
Since the epidemic has failed,
we must use other means.
We intend to make this planet
uninhabitable for humans beings.
But you can't do that! You can
exterminate a whole species!
Is the disperser ready for activation?
All we need now is the power.
We shall continue to use
the electricity of the humans.
I think you won't be able to do that.
Thanks to you, the humans are
no longer making power.
Their generator has been switched off.
Then you will help us.
We shall force you to reactivate it.
We shall take the centre!
Hello?
Hello? Hello? Switchboard?
What's the matter with this thing?
What the devil...? / We seem to have
switched to an emergency lighting system.
Hello?
It's dead.
This one's dead too. And I've just sent
the last of my men into those caves.
- What do you mean?
- Because of the attack,
I sent every man I've got down to the caves
and now the Silurians are cutting our communications.
- What about your pocket radio?
- No, useless at this depth.
If they could break in once to get the Doctor...
they could break in again.
Exactly.
Only this time it'll be in force.
Is the machinery prepared?
I could do nothing without power
from the human's generator.
It has ceased to function.
We shall force them to reactivate it.
When your instruments register the power,
you will revive all our people.
Now, I shall take the one called
??the Doctor?? to the research centre.
I'll go to the Ministry myself.We need a
division down here and I'll see we get it.
What's the matter with this thing?
The telephone's stopped working.
Now the lift as well.
Brigadier look!
Doctor!
Put down that weapon!
Do as he says, Brigadier...
or they'll kill us all.
We do not need these humans.
Miss Shaw is a scientist.
If I am to do what you want,
I shall need her help.
The other one is a soldier
he is dangerous. Kill him!
- Stop!
- Brigadier!
Stop! There'll be no more killing
or I shall refuse to help you!
You'll have to kill me too!
You will take us to the nuclear generator
or we will kill you all!
Very well.
I'll do as you want.
Stop! Stop!
I said there was to be no more killing!
Right, stay where you are!
This centre is now
in the hands of the Silurians.
They need the use of the generator.
Now if you follow carefully
the instructions I shall give you,
your lives may be spared.
Remove the bodies.
- Doctor, what do you think you're doing?
- Trying to save your lives.
Now keep out of the way and keep quiet.
You will now connect this device
to the nuclear generator.
The power source is over here.
What is the purpose of this machine?
That is no concern of yours.
If I'm to help you, I must know.
This...is the molecular disperser.
It will convert the energy of
the nuclear reactor into microwaves.
Oh, for what purpose?
The microwaves will disperse
the molecules of the filter belt
which has enveloped this planet
since our time.
But if this process gets out of hand,
it will destroy all life on the planet?
We can control the process.
Commence work!
- What are they gonna do?
- Destroy the Van Allen belt.
What?
The Van Allen belt.
It surrounds the planet and filters
out some of the sun's radiation.
What happens when it's gone?
It gets so hot, we will all die of
sunburn on a cloudy day.
What good will that do them?
They're reptile cold blooded.
They'll thrive in heat we shall die.
It'll mean the end of the human race.
The generator of the humans is
producing power.
Commence the revival process.
The power is still too low.
You will now provide power
to operate the re-hibernation machinery
and activate the disperser.
Yes, well, we'll...need to
stoke up the reactor.
- Miss Shaw, I'll need your help, please.
- You mustn't help him!
The Doctor knows what he's doing
trust him.
Miss Shaw, I want you to feed uranium
into the reactor ? all right?
When I tell you, lower
all the rods in at once.
Doctor! / Liz, I know what I'm doing.
Please do as I say.
Er, all technicians to
your usual sectors, please.
To your usual sectors, please.
Alright, Liz?
Yes.
Er, lower in number one rod.
Number one rod
check.
Lower in number two rod.
Number two rod
check.
Er, sector one,
increase your power level.
Lower in number three rod.
Number three rod - check.
Now you should be getting enough power now
to get your disperser unit into operation.
- Continue to increase the power.
- Very well.
Liz... Now!
You have the disperser!
Yes, I know.
Turn off the reactor!
Remove the uranium from the reactor.
Liz, keep away from those controls
get back!
The reactor is now permanently
overloaded.
There's going to be a massive explosion,
and a colossal radiation leakage.
- The whole area will become deadly.
- For how long?
A quarter of a century possibly more.
This means nothing to us.
We shall return to our base
and wait in hibernation
until the radiation has faded.
- Kill these humans!
- No!
They will all stay here to die...
from the radiation.
Well done, Doctor.
Well done, Brigadier.
Well hadn't you better
close down the reactor?
I can't.
You were surely bluffing?
Well, I exaggerated a bit...
but I had to push the reactor
past the critical stage
or they'd never have believed me.
- We'd better get out of here at once.
- We can't.
Why not?
They've jammed the lift
there's no way out.
The re-hibernation mechanism is defective.
One of us must remain.
I am the leader the responsibility is mine.
The one who remains here will die.
Is sufficient power stored
in the hibernation unit?
Yes, I have set the controls
to revive us in fifty years from now.
When our people revive,
you will be the leader.
See that the apes are destroyed.
- Any good now?
- No, it's still not working.
Give me time, Liz, give me time.
There we are. try that now.
The mega-wattage is still rising.
Yes, I know.
I'll try fusing
the control of the neutron flow.
Now stand well back and
cover your eyes.
Ha ha! Well,
that seems to have done it.
You are still alive?
You tricked us!
I managed to close down the reactor.
Then the others must be
revived at once.
But first, I shall kill you!
Doctor!
Well done, Brigadier.
Now then...
And just what do you think
you're doing down here?
I'm trying to find out how
this hibernation unit works.
I must know if we're gonna
revive them again.
Revive them?!
Yes, not all at once
you understand.
Er, one at a time, so that
we can reason with them.
There's a wealth of scientific
knowledge down here, Brigadier,
and I can't wait to get started on it.
Yes, well everything seems
to be working quite smoothly.
- I don't think they'll be any more trouble.
- Splendid.
Now don't forget, Brigadier,
- nobody is to go into that Silurian base.
- Yes, Doctor.
Miss Shaw and I will be back as soon
as possible with some testing equipment
and probably some other scientists.
Good, good, well, have a good journey.
Yes... Don't forget, Brigadier
nobody is to go into that base all right?
- I'll see you tomorrow.
- Goodbye.
Goodbye, Miss Shaw.
Thank you.
Corporal Nutting?
Sir?
- Everything set up?
- Yes, sir.
Give them time to get clear,
and then set off
those explosive charges.
I want that Silurian base
sealed permanently.
- Shall I walk back and get some help?
- No, no. No, it's just a minor technical fault.
We'll soon put that right.
There you are that's fixed it.
What's that?
The Brigadier
he's blown up the Silurian base.
He must have had orders
from the Ministry.
And you knew?
No!
The government were frightened.
They just couldn't take the risk.
But that's murder.
They were an intelligent alien beings.
A whole race of them.
He's just wiped them out.
I know.
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Doctor Who Season 7
052 Doctor Who and The Silurians
(Part Seven,7/7)
Original Air Date : 1970/ 3/ 14
???? :
And there's no news
from cave mouth two?
We've lost contact
with cave mouth two, sir.
Well, I want reports from all sectors as
they come in and get me Captain Hawkins.
Sir!
I've checked on the ambulance man
in the sick bay.
The discolouration of the skin is
fading rapidly.
So the Doctor's antidote seems
totally effective?
So far, yes.
I wish he'd get a move on with
that formula!
Sergeant!
Quickly! There may be others.
Hold them long as you can.I'm doing my level best
to get you the support you need./UNIT control?
- Over and out.
- Yes, Doctor...Crawford.
- Wilcox, bring them down here.
- I...I know. Look, I'm terribly sorry.
- Look, what's happening about my call to the Ministry of Defence?
- I'm sure the Doctor won't be much longer.
- Well, look, hurry it up, man this is top priority!
- Yeah, I do realise, all right. Goodbye.
- Trouble?
- Dr. Meredith is getting very impatient.
I can't say I blame him.
Give the Doctor a couple more moments.
I...I mean he may have run
into some kind of problem.
Here you! Give me a hand.
Well don't stand there gawping, man!
Come on, give me a hand!
Yes, all right, Major Walton.
Pull back from gallery four...
- ...and try and hold them at cave mouth three.
- UNIT control?
- Over and out.
- Oh, yes sir. He's here hold the line.
The Ministry of Defence.
- Miss Shaw, I must have that formula.
- All right, I'll go and see what's holding the Doctor up.
Lethbridge Stewart here, sir.
You got my message?
With respect, sir,I don't think you
appreciate the gravity of the situation.
But there's no time to refer
it to the Defence Committee.
Doctor, the Brig...
- But where is he?!
- I've told you I've no idea.
You'll read the formula to Dr.Crawford
he's been hanging on long enough.
Don't you understand?
I don't know which is the formula.
Hello, Dr. Crawford? Look,
I'm afraid I'll have to ring you back.
There's been yet another delay.
Yes, yes, yes, as soon as I can.
Brigadier, there was some glass in the lab.
I...I don't know if there's...
Sir! Sir, there's been some kind of
a raid. Private Upton's dead.
- In the caves?
- No, sir here. Just down the corridor
and there's a kind of scorch
mark on the wall.
- Stay here, Miss Shaw.
- What?
- Stay here!
- Yes, of course!
Get me Dr. Crawford, please.
How many humans have
survived the epidemic?
They will all survive.
That is impossible!
You have discovered a cure?
Yes, and soon all the humans will be
immune to your epidemic.
Your plan has failed, as your leader
wanted it to fail.
Our leader is dead I killed him.
I am the leader now.
Thank you, Dr. Crawford.
The Silurians have broken in.
Well, what about the Doctor?
Well, I imagine they've taken
him to their base.
Captain Hawkins, send every man
we've got into the caves,
and I want all civilian personnel
evacuated from here immediately./Sir.
- And organise a thorough search of that laboratory.
- I'll see to it myself, sir.
- You two come with me.
- I've given the formula to Dr. Crawford.
They're going to make their own tests and
then go into mass production of the antidote.
Well done, Miss Shaw.
What are you going to do about the Doctor?
- What can I do?
- Try to rescue him!
You'll have to attack their base.
At the moment, they seem
to be attacking us.
Since the epidemic has failed,
we must use other means.
We intend to make this planet
uninhabitable for humans beings.
But you can't do that! You can
exterminate a whole species!
Is the disperser ready for activation?
All we need now is the power.
We shall continue to use
the electricity of the humans.
I think you won't be able to do that.
Thanks to you, the humans are
no longer making power.
Their generator has been switched off.
Then you will help us.
We shall force you to reactivate it.
We shall take the centre!
Hello?
Hello? Hello? Switchboard?
What's the matter with this thing?
What the devil...? / We seem to have
switched to an emergency lighting system.
Hello?
It's dead.
This one's dead too. And I've just sent
the last of my men into those caves.
- What do you mean?
- Because of the attack,
I sent every man I've got down to the caves
and now the Silurians are cutting our communications.
- What about your pocket radio?
- No, useless at this depth.
If they could break in once to get the Doctor...
they could break in again.
Exactly.
Only this time it'll be in force.
Is the machinery prepared?
I could do nothing without power
from the human's generator.
It has ceased to function.
We shall force them to reactivate it.
When your instruments register the power,
you will revive all our people.
Now, I shall take the one called
??the Doctor?? to the research centre.
I'll go to the Ministry myself.We need a
division down here and I'll see we get it.
What's the matter with this thing?
The telephone's stopped working.
Now the lift as well.
Brigadier look!
Doctor!
Put down that weapon!
Do as he says, Brigadier...
or they'll kill us all.
We do not need these humans.
Miss Shaw is a scientist.
If I am to do what you want,
I shall need her help.
The other one is a soldier
he is dangerous. Kill him!
- Stop!
- Brigadier!
Stop! There'll be no more killing
or I shall refuse to help you!
You'll have to kill me too!
You will take us to the nuclear generator
or we will kill you all!
Very well.
I'll do as you want.
Stop! Stop!
I said there was to be no more killing!
Right, stay where you are!
This centre is now
in the hands of the Silurians.
They need the use of the generator.
Now if you follow carefully
the instructions I shall give you,
your lives may be spared.
Remove the bodies.
- Doctor, what do you think you're doing?
- Trying to save your lives.
Now keep out of the way and keep quiet.
You will now connect this device
to the nuclear generator.
The power source is over here.
What is the purpose of this machine?
That is no concern of yours.
If I'm to help you, I must know.
This...is the molecular disperser.
It will convert the energy of
the nuclear reactor into microwaves.
Oh, for what purpose?
The microwaves will disperse
the molecules of the filter belt
which has enveloped this planet
since our time.
But if this process gets out of hand,
it will destroy all life on the planet?
We can control the process.
Commence work!
- What are they gonna do?
- Destroy the Van Allen belt.
What?
The Van Allen belt.
It surrounds the planet and filters
out some of the sun's radiation.
What happens when it's gone?
It gets so hot, we will all die of
sunburn on a cloudy day.
What good will that do them?
They're reptile cold blooded.
They'll thrive in heat we shall die.
It'll mean the end of the human race.
The generator of the humans is
producing power.
Commence the revival process.
The power is still too low.
You will now provide power
to operate the re-hibernation machinery
and activate the disperser.
Yes, well, we'll...need to
stoke up the reactor.
- Miss Shaw, I'll need your help, please.
- You mustn't help him!
The Doctor knows what he's doing
trust him.
Miss Shaw, I want you to feed uranium
into the reactor ? all right?
When I tell you, lower
all the rods in at once.
Doctor! / Liz, I know what I'm doing.
Please do as I say.
Er, all technicians to
your usual sectors, please.
To your usual sectors, please.
Alright, Liz?
Yes.
Er, lower in number one rod.
Number one rod
check.
Lower in number two rod.
Number two rod
check.
Er, sector one,
increase your power level.
Lower in number three rod.
Number three rod - check.
Now you should be getting enough power now
to get your disperser unit into operation.
- Continue to increase the power.
- Very well.
Liz... Now!
You have the disperser!
Yes, I know.
Turn off the reactor!
Remove the uranium from the reactor.
Liz, keep away from those controls
get back!
The reactor is now permanently
overloaded.
There's going to be a massive explosion,
and a colossal radiation leakage.
- The whole area will become deadly.
- For how long?
A quarter of a century possibly more.
This means nothing to us.
We shall return to our base
and wait in hibernation
until the radiation has faded.
- Kill these humans!
- No!
They will all stay here to die...
from the radiation.
Well done, Doctor.
Well done, Brigadier.
Well hadn't you better
close down the reactor?
I can't.
You were surely bluffing?
Well, I exaggerated a bit...
but I had to push the reactor
past the critical stage
or they'd never have believed me.
- We'd better get out of here at once.
- We can't.
Why not?
They've jammed the lift
there's no way out.
The re-hibernation mechanism is defective.
One of us must remain.
I am the leader the responsibility is mine.
The one who remains here will die.
Is sufficient power stored
in the hibernation unit?
Yes, I have set the controls
to revive us in fifty years from now.
When our people revive,
you will be the leader.
See that the apes are destroyed.
- Any good now?
- No, it's still not working.
Give me time, Liz, give me time.
There we are. try that now.
The mega-wattage is still rising.
Yes, I know.
I'll try fusing
the control of the neutron flow.
Now stand well back and
cover your eyes.
Ha ha! Well,
that seems to have done it.
You are still alive?
You tricked us!
I managed to close down the reactor.
Then the others must be
revived at once.
But first, I shall kill you!
Doctor!
Well done, Brigadier.
Now then...
And just what do you think
you're doing down here?
I'm trying to find out how
this hibernation unit works.
I must know if we're gonna
revive them again.
Revive them?!
Yes, not all at once
you understand.
Er, one at a time, so that
we can reason with them.
There's a wealth of scientific
knowledge down here, Brigadier,
and I can't wait to get started on it.
Yes, well everything seems
to be working quite smoothly.
- I don't think they'll be any more trouble.
- Splendid.
Now don't forget, Brigadier,
- nobody is to go into that Silurian base.
- Yes, Doctor.
Miss Shaw and I will be back as soon
as possible with some testing equipment
and probably some other scientists.
Good, good, well, have a good journey.
Yes... Don't forget, Brigadier
nobody is to go into that base all right?
- I'll see you tomorrow.
- Goodbye.
Goodbye, Miss Shaw.
Thank you.
Corporal Nutting?
Sir?
- Everything set up?
- Yes, sir.
Give them time to get clear,
and then set off
those explosive charges.
I want that Silurian base
sealed permanently.
- Shall I walk back and get some help?
- No, no. No, it's just a minor technical fault.
We'll soon put that right.
There you are that's fixed it.
What's that?
The Brigadier
he's blown up the Silurian base.
He must have had orders
from the Ministry.
And you knew?
No!
The government were frightened.
They just couldn't take the risk.
But that's murder.
They were an intelligent alien beings.
A whole race of them.
He's just wiped them out.
I know.