TEXT: FURY FROM THE DEEP by VICTOR PEMBERTON first broadcast - 13th April 1968 running time - 23mins 50secs [SCENE_BREAK] 1. PIPELINE ROOM (The transparent section of the huge pipeline tube is crawling with clumps of pulsating seaweed, all wriggling in a mass of oozing white foam...) [SCENE_BREAK] 2. CONTROL CONE (The DOCTOR points up to the illuminated panel at the top of the Cone. The indicator light is no longer operating for the Control Rig, and only three lights remain: Rigs B, E, and F.) DOCTOR: With the Control Rig gone we can draw only one conclusion. The weed is trying to take over all the rigs and form one vast colony. MEGAN JONES: With what objective? DOCTOR: The saturation of the British Isles and perhaps in time the entire planet. HARRIS: Is such a thing possible? DOCTOR: Well, yes. Unless we can find the nerve centre and destroy it. (HARRIS and MEGAN exchanges a puzzled glance.) MEGAN JONES: But how can we possibly do that? It could be anywhere out there in the North Sea. DOCTOR: Yes, that is the difficulty. (JAMIE and VICTORIA spot the DOCTOR from the door of the Impeller Area.) JAMIE: Doctor! DOCTOR: What is it? JAMIE: Doctor! The pipeline, quick! VICTORIA: (Practically screeching.) Quickly! Quickly! (They all run into the Pipeline Room.) [SCENE_BREAK] 3. PIPELINE ROOM (The transparent section of the pipeline tube is, by now, jammed solid with the mass of foam and clumps.) DOCTOR: What's happened? JAMIE: Here! Come up! (They all stare at the foam in the pipeline.) MEGAN JONES: What is heaven's name is that? DOCTOR: (Grim.) The advanced guard. MEGAN JONES: I don't understand. What's
SUMMARY:
With the Weed Creature poised to burst out of the pipeline and attack the base, an encounter with Oak and Quill gives the Doctor a vital clue about its weakness.