WARRIORS OF THE DEEP
BY: JOHNNY BYRNE
Part Four
First Air Date: 13 January 1984
Running time: 24:48
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DOCTOR: How do you do? I'm the Doctor. Haven't we met before?
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TURLOUGH: What's this?
BULIC: A ventilation shaft.
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TARPOK: The Sea Devil warriors have captured the reactor room.
ICHTAR: Excellent.
VORSHAK: Allow my crew to surrender.
ICHTAR: It is they who insist upon fighting.
SCIBUS: The damage is assessed, Ichtar. The computer can be restored to normal functioning.
ICHTAR: Perfect.
DOCTOR: Ichtar.
TEGAN: You know him?
DOCTOR: Yes. I thought he'd been killed.
ICHTAR: Remove these people from the bridge.
DOCTOR: You do not recognise me now, but we are known to each other.
ICHTAR: You are mistaken. Take him away.
DOCTOR: No, wait, wait, please. In an earlier regeneration you knew me as the Doctor.
ICHTAR: The Doctor? You can prove what you say?
DOCTOR: I know that you are Ichtar, the surviving leader of the noble Silurian Triad. When we last met I tried to mediate between you and the people of Earth.
ICHTAR: So it is you.
DOCTOR: May we speak?
ICHTAR: The Doctor and Commander Vorshak will remain. Remove the others.
ICHTAR: I will listen to what you say, but I should tell you that the Silurians have long since abandoned the way of mediation.
DOCTOR: So it seems. Why? A civilised race like yours, waging unprovoked war?
ICHTAR: Defensive war, Doctor. There is a distinction. Silurian law forbids any other.
DOCTOR: Defensive? There's no such thing. When we last met, your supreme wish was to live at peace with the other inhabitants of this planet. Now, why change such an enlightened policy now?
ICHTAR: Our policy has always been peaceful survival. All that has changed is the means by which it can be achieved.
DOCTOR: What, by actions such as we've seen here?
ICHTAR: You forget. Twice we offered the hand of friendship to these ape-descended primitives, and twice we were treacherously attacked, our people slaughtered. It will not happen again.
DOCTOR: There can be no alternative to peaceful co-existence.
ICHTAR: There is, Doctor. A final solution.
DOCTOR: Genocide? When everything you Silurians hold sacred forbids it?
ICHTAR: We will harm no one. These ape primitives will destroy themselves. We, Doctor, will merely provide the pretext.
DOCTOR: You'll trigger the war this Base was designed to fight.
ICHTAR: Yes. And these human beings will die as they have lived, in a sea of their own blood.
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TEGAN (OOV.): Let go! Let go of me, you ****
TEGAN: Leave me alone! Let go of me.
TEGAN: You're alive.
TURLOUGH: Alive, well, and trying to escape. Would one of you mind keeping watch, please?
PRESTON: I will.
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TARPOK: Binary circuits of the computer are now functioning.
ICHTAR: Can we activate the missile data banks?
TARPOK: We will need the Commander's hand scan for clearance.
VORSHAK: You'll get no help from me, Silurian.
ICHTAR: Your hand scan, Commander. I will not ask again.
DOCTOR: I would do as he says if I were you, Commander.
VORSHAK: No.
DOCTOR: Alive or dead, they can still use your hand scan, and while there's life there's also hope.
ICHTAR: Thank you, Doctor.
VORSHAK: Those missiles will never leave their pads, not without a sync operator to complete the firing sequence.
DOCTOR: Not so.
VORSHAK: A sync operator is our insurance against unauthorised launch.
DOCTOR: If my guess is right, that little piece of Silurian gadgetry will more than make up for the lack of a sync operator unless we're able to do something about it.
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TURLOUGH: Back to the TARDIS.
TEGAN: No, not the TARDIS, the bridge. They've got the Doctor up there as well as the Commander. Do you think we can get them both away?
TURLOUGH: What is it about Earth people that makes them think a futile gesture is a noble one?
TEGAN: Turlough
BULIC: You would prefer we left our friends to die?
TURLOUGH: If there was any chance of saving them, I'd be the first to go, but there isn't!
TEGAN: Look, we don't know until we've checked. Coming?
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SCIBUS: The missiles are retargeted.
ICHTAR: Excellent.
DOCTOR: Do you intend to explode those missiles in space?
ICHTAR: Yes.
DOCTOR: Launching those things will trigger a holocaust. You'll destroy everyone.
ICHTAR: The Silurians and Sea Devils will survive.
DOCTOR: To be masters of a dead planet.
ICHTAR: Not quite, Doctor. Still safely hidden away in deep hibernation is the true life force of this planet. When restored, our civilisation will rule the Earth once more.
DOCTOR: I see.
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PRESTON: All clear.
PRESTON: Turlough.
TURLOUGH: What's the matter?
PRESTON: They would have stood a better chance if we'd gone with them.
TURLOUGH: A better chance of what, of dying? I don't think so. I think they'll manage that very nicely themselves, thank you.
PRESTON: Look
TURLOUGH: Put your foot in.
PRESTON: Really.
TURLOUGH: Come on.
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DOCTOR: What about us? Are we included in your final solution?
ICHTAR: We bear you no malice, Doctor. Once we have finished here, you and your companions will be released.
DOCTOR: And the rest of these people?
ICHTAR: They will die. An act of mercy, since there will be nobody for them to rejoin. Commander, you will please join me at the master console.
DOCTOR: Commander.
VORSHAK: Yes, I know.
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BULIC: The Doctor.
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ICHTAR: Initiate the test firing sequence.
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TEGAN: Did he see you?
BULIC: Yes, and he'd better hurry. It can't be long before they discover we've escaped.
DOCTOR: Excellent timing. Is Turlough safe?
TEGAN: Yes.
DOCTOR: Lead on.
BULIC: But aren't we going to get the Commander out?
DOCTOR: Impossible. They need him in there.
BULIC: Well, we must at least try.
DOCTOR: Not here, not now. We'll come back for him, I promise.
TEGAN: Where are we going?
DOCTOR: The chemical store.
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PRESTON: This way.
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SAUVIX: The primitives have escaped.
ICHTAR: Explain.
SAUVIX: Where is the Doctor?
ICHTAR: Commander? Find the Doctor. Find the primitives. Kill them!
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TURLOUGH: They must be mopping up survivors.
PRESTON: Or your friends. Either way, shouldn't we help them?
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ICHTAR: Connect the manipulator.
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TEGAN: Hurry up, Doctor.
DOCTOR: Shush.
TURLOUGH: Doctor.
DOCTOR: Turlough.
TURLOUGH: You didn't think I'd leave you?
TEGAN: It never crossed my mind.
PRESTON: Where were you going?
DOCTOR: The chemical store.
BULIC: This way.
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ICHTAR: Is the computer fully operational?
TARPOK: Restored and tested.
ICHTAR: Then align the manipulator to the computer.
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DOCTOR: Watch the doors.
TEGAN: What are we looking for?
DOCTOR: An alternative to this. Something less lethal that will do the job just as well.
PRESTON: Do you know what the Silurians want?
DOCTOR: Oh yes, all in all they were very forthcoming, really. They intend to launch your missiles and trigger a war to end all wars, between your people, of course.
TURLOUGH: Doctor!
PRESTON: What happened?
DOCTOR: Hexachromite. It does that to all reptile life.
PRESTON: Then use it on the invaders.
DOCTOR: And kill them?
PRESTON: Why not? They're about to start a war that will destroy everyone on Earth.
DOCTOR: I sometimes wonder why I like the people of this miserable planet so much. The Silurians and Sea Devils are noble races. They have skills and talents you pathetic humans can only dream about.
TURLOUGH: That doesn't alter what they're about to do.
DOCTOR: No. No, and we must stop them.
TEGAN: What's the alternative?
DOCTOR: Something that will disable rather than kill.
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TARPOK: Manipulator aligned with the computer.
SCIBUS: Alignment confirmed.
ICHTAR: Good. Then we can proceed.
ICHTAR: Is this a practice missile run?
VORSHAK: It's impossible to tell.
ICHTAR: Check the manipulator.
SCIBUS: Readings confirm a computer controlled practice run.
ICHTAR: It is time to stop this game. Activate the manipulator. Launch the missiles.
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BULIC: Missile alert.
PRESTON: Doctor
DOCTOR: Yes, I hear. What does it mean?
BULIC: Final countdown is imminent.
TURLOUGH: What are you going to do?
TEGAN: You must decide, Doctor. Billions of people could die.
DOCTOR: Yes, all right. Turlough, get the grill open. Preston, fetch that pump. We have to feed the gas into the ventilation system.
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SCIBUS: Missiles are armed and targeted.
VORSHAK: You're mad.
ICHTAR: The ape primitives have developed this weaponry. We cannot be held responsible for it.
VORSHAK: Contact the heads of governments. Tell them your demands. They'll listen.
ICHTAR: Your people have already had their chance.
VORSHAK: Try one more time, for pity's sake.
ICHTAR: It is too late for pity. It is much too late.
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DOCTOR: It'll take some time for the gas to spread throughout the Base.
TEGAN: Will it be fast enough?
DOCTOR: I hope it won't be necessary at all. If I can get to the bridge in time, I may be able to reason with Ichtar, persuade him to abandon the missile run.
TURLOUGH: You've tried that already.
DOCTOR: Yes, well, this time I'll have something to back my argument.
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ICHTAR: Soon it'll all be over.
TARPOK: There is computer resistance to the manipulator.
VORSHAK: I said you wouldn't succeed.
ICHTAR: Increase power, Tarpok. It seems that your computers are as stubborn as you are, Commander.
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DOCTOR: Now, I want you all to go back to the TARDIS. You'll be safer there whatever happens.
BULIC: We've gone to yellow alert.
DOCTOR: I must go.
SAUVIX: So, Doctor, I have found you.
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ICHTAR: Speak.
SAUVIX (OOV.): I have found the Doctor.
ICHTAR: And you have your orders. Kill him.
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DOCTOR: You must listen to me.
SAUVIX: No, Doctor, you must die. But first, switch off the pump.
TEGAN: She's dead.
DOCTOR: A waste.
TEGAN: Well, don't let her death count for nothing.
DOCTOR: No. No, I must get to the bridge.
TEGAN: Doctor, you'll need some help.
DOCTOR: Yes, all right. Bring oxygen. We may need it.
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SCIBUS: The computer has stabilised.
TARPOK: The manipulator has regained control.
ICHTAR: Now do you believe me, Commander?
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DOCTOR: It's working, and quickly. I can't bargain with Ichtar if his guards are dead.
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VORSHAK: No!
ICHTAR: Fetch him.
VORSHAK: I will not be responsible for the destruction of my own kind.
ICHTAR: The final phase.
ICHTAR: Disarm them! You're just in time to witness the missile launch, Doctor.
DOCTOR: No, wait. Your warriors are dying everywhere. Abandon the base.
TEGAN: Look, it's hexachromite gas.
DOCTOR: Abandon the launch! There's still time to save your own lives.
ICHTAR: There are millions more ready to replace us.
DOCTOR: Who will replace you? With you dies the last of the Triad, the custodians of your race. What will become of your people then?
ICHTAR: You talk in vain, Doctor. Kill them! Kill them!
DOCTOR: Bulic, turn off the gas!
ICHTAR: Commence ignition, Scibus!
DOCTOR: The missiles are set to fire. How long have we got?
VORSHAK: Less than three minutes.
DOCTOR: What's the abort procedure?
VORSHAK: Well, a phased electrical charge aimed directly at the ignition circuit. It restores the launch to simulation.
DOCTOR: Well, it must be done at once.
VORSHAK: It's impossible. Only a sync operator can do it, and Maddox is dead.
DOCTOR: Well, I shall have to try.
VORSHAK: But the computer would burn out your mind in seconds.
DOCTOR: Oh, you have a better idea?
VORSHAK: Very well, get into the seat.
TURLOUGH: Doctor, try to disconnect the computer first.
DOCTOR: No, no, there isn't time.
VORSHAK: He's right. We're already on final countdown to ignition.
DOCTOR: Tegan, look after the Silurians. Give them oxygen.
VORSHAK: Now, I can perform the manual tasks, but you will have to do the rest.
TEGAN: Good luck, Doctor.
TURLOUGH: The strain's too great. He'll never manage it.
VORSHAK: No. No, his mind is synchronised with the computer. Doctor, can you hear me?
VORSHAK: I'm going to switch you through to the ignition circuit.
TURLOUGH: The oxygen isn't having much effect.
TEGAN: This one's coming round.
TURLOUGH: See to the other Silurian there.
VORSHAK: I've isolated the ignition circuit, Doctor. Can you identify it? Nod if you can.
VORSHAK: Concentrate, Doctor. I will now feed in the charge. To burn out the circuit, concentrate and direct it.
TEGAN: Turlough!
VORSHAK: The charge must be in phase with the pulse of the circuit. If not, it will destroy you.
TURLOUGH: Look out, Commander.
VORSHAK: Now concentrate, Doctor. Let nothing distract you.
VORSHAK: Now, Doctor!
VORSHAK: You've done it.
VORSHAK: He did it!
TEGAN: He's alive.
TURLOUGH: The Commander wasn't so lucky, I'm afraid. He's been shot.
DOCTOR: Did I succeed?
TEGAN: Yes, Doctor.
TURLOUGH: They're all dead, you know.
DOCTOR: There should have been another way.
Plan: A: The Doctor; Q: Who is presented with a moral dilemma when Icthar reveals his plans to get rid of the human race? A: Silurians; Q: Who wants to take back what was once theirs? Summary: The Doctor is presented with a moral dilemma when Icthar reveals his plans to get rid of the human race so the Silurians can take back what was once theirs.