TEXT: THE MACRA TERROR by IAN STUART BLACK first broadcast - 25th March 1967 [SCENE_BREAK] 1. PILOT'S OFFICE (On the screen is the Controller, a frail old man.) CONTROLLER: Keep away. Don't touch me. I'll obey. (A claw is seen on screen dragging the old man off.) JAMIE: What's that? What's happening! POLLY: Doctor, that was it - that thing in the picture! That was the claw! They're in control. PILOT: Take them out of here. They're condemned to the pits. OLA: Come on. Get out, all of you. Out! Get out! (The Doctor, Polly and Jamie are led away by Ola's guards.) PILOT: (To intercom.) Stand by work shift. Stand by in the pits. VOICE: Work shift standing by. PILOT: The strangers are being sent to you for pit labour. Put them in the Danger Gang. (Fanfare.) CONTROL: Your orders are correct, Pilot. The strangers must be sent to explore the new gas reserves. They are dangerous people. They must be disciplined. PILOT: Yes, Control. CONTROL: You will forget all that happened. PILOT: Yes, Control. CONTROL: The Colony enjoys hard work and happiness. We will not tolerate the evil of such strangers. (Fanfare.) PILOT: Yes, Control. (To Ben.) You must serve the Colony. Keep watch on your friends, and if you see anything suspicious, report to me immediately. BEN: Yes, Pilot. [SCENE_BREAK] 2. THE GAS CENTRE (The room is full of pipes, valves and pumping machinery. Ola brings in the Doctor, Jamie and Polly.) MUSIC: We are all happy to work. We are all happy to work. For the good of the Colony. Happy to work. Happy to work. DOCTOR: Ooh! POLLY: What's the matter? DOCTOR: Dreadful. Did you hear that rhyme? The
SUMMARY:
The Doctor, Polly and Jamie are sentenced to work in the pits and an escape attempt sees Ben's loyalties called into question again.