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Seems awfully decided
We are turning a little automation general means we can keep stuff down to a minimum. They don't get machines going on strike a
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Your car is waiting for you. Well, goodbye mr. Channing. I hope the replica turns out well in a most interesting afternoon
Good by sir. It was very good of you to come down here general. I know how busy you must be my pleasure gentlemen
Oh, by the way
Any chance of seeing the model you're making of me before it's sent to madam Chasers? Yes, we'll arrange that
How do you know it was ransom I saw him and he was detected
That is his brain print
What will you do send an autumn
But it will kill him
It is necessary him but
He saw the security camera
It is necessary him, but he saw the security area all this think
think
And you will see that it is necessary. Yes
necessary
How will it find him?
Just seen more than soldiers coming through the village. So look at that Thunderbolt. I bet they're saying they found one
That's all that poor fellow got killed
Who got killed the soldier who was driving they reckoned his neck was broke clean through
accident or something
According to the army. Well then
Well
Drove right off the road. He did
Something must have made him do that
I never knowed a woman as fast as you Meg
Then why the soldiers still here then?
Constable Wilkes said that poor boy's face was terrible to look at
Something must have frightened him dreadful of thought he died
Come on come on try and drink some
No eyes
No hair
Just hairs
What?
Men
Creatures
Made in the factory
Sergeant come on this man's sent to HQ right away
Are you getting a reading?
Nope
That's it. I can't think of anything else we can try
Don't worry my dear we've done our best
I can't understand it
We've tried a dozen different methods of analysis and haven't identified a single element
What results can you expect with this primitive equipment?
Primitive? We've got lasers, spectrographs, micron probes
Yes yes yes I know all that
But what we really need is a lateral molecular rectifier
What on earth's that?
Not on earth unfortunately
But I think I have one in the TARDIS
In there?
Yes I'm sure I have one somewhere
But I'm sure I used one sometime in the past or was it the future?
Doctor you really do have scientific equipment in there
My dear Liz I have an entire laboratory
Yes yes I'm sure you have
No no no it's true
But you think the TARDIS isn't big enough don't you?
That's because you keep looking at it simply as a police box
Well it is only a police box
No no not once you get inside it it isn't
You see Liz the TARDIS is dimensionally transcendental
Oh I see
Yes but it would take far too long if I'd explain that to you
The important thing is we've got to get this material analysed
And you can do that with your equipment
Hmm child's play
The only trouble is left British Stuart has taken away the key and I can't get inside
Well I suppose it is your property
Yes
Well sir there is always the possibility that you might be able to persuade him to part with it
We've drawn a very tight cordon round the area sir
So if anybody has taken it they're not going to get far
Right sir I will
Here what are you doing?
Civilian here sir
Wants to know how much reward for finding a thunderbolt
What's your name?
Sealy sir Sam Sealy
Where do you live Mr Sealy?
Local sir, Brook Cottage
Alright so you've got something to tell us about these meteorites
Me sir?
You asked if there was a reward for finding one
That's right
So you know where to find one?
I never said that sir
Then why are you interested in a reward?
Well in case I might happen to cross one like
Were you out the day those meteorites hit?
You're right I don't know about that
Thunderballs I cause them
So you were out
Right, might have been
Again I might not
Did you see any of them land?
Mr Sealy I want the truth
The Autons have lost Ransom
He is beyond their range
Suppose he goes to unit
Do you think they will believe him?
They might come here
Then you will deal with them
Soon it will be the final phase of the plan
But there's still one energy unit missing
The swarm leader
We will find it
What about Ransom?
Is he safe now?
Unless he returns to the area
If he does the Autons will track him down and destroy him
But I don't know what to do
The Autons will track him down and destroy him
The face was smooth, shiny
It was plastic, made in the factory
Why do you say that?
Just before this thing came after me
I passed a whole line of them
They were all exactly the same
It's quite a story Mr Ransom
Can I have a word with you Brigadier?
Not now I'm busy
This is rather important
You see the doctor thinks
Monsieur, your work in this laboratory is part of one big exercise
You will have to be patient
You say this creature was armed
It took off its hand
And there was a sort of a tube
And the whole of the arm appeared to be hollow
Well you should see the hole it blasted in the wall
Then there was an explosion
Yes I suppose so
Not loud but it was more like the sort of whoosh that a rocket makes
And this didn't attract anybody's attention
I didn't see a living soul in that part of the factory
They seem to have sacked all the workers
It's completely automated now
How long have you been away in America Mr Ransom?
Six months
None of this was in evidence before you left
New production lines changing over to automation
Not the steps that occur overnight
I agree with you sir but it's happened
The key
I'm afraid he's going to be awfully cross with you
Well if you're quick he mightn't even miss it
It didn't tell me the Brigadier tried to open it
That's because the lock has a metabolism detector
Mr Shaw where's that key?
You've given it to him
He needed some equipment
Equipment? I had no idea you could be so gullible
If that's just an excuse we shan't see him again
Oh what do you mean?
Listen
Let's go
Just testing
I wanted to see if it controlled
Doctor you tricked me
Yes
The temptation was too strong my dear
It's just that I couldn't bear the thought of being tied to one planet in one time
I'm sorry
It won't happen again
It won't?
Give me the key doctor
Must I?
The TARDIS no longer works as you saw
Well will you give me your word not to try to escape again?
I couldn't escape now if I wanted to
They've trapped me here
Who have?
That mean despicable underhanded lot
They've changed the dematerialisation code
The what?
The dematerial... doesn't matter you wouldn't understand anyway
Yes well it's a great deal that I don't understand
Well one thing I did understand doctor was that you promised your help
Yes well I tried to help you the best way I can but I need more evidence I need more to go on
Well I think I may be able to help you
Sam
What made you go back to the factory?
I wanted to try to talk to George on his own and I wanted to get a look at that security area
You think he's afraid of something?
I don't know but this other man who came in
Did you find out who the other man was?
Yes his name's Channing now he seemed to have some sort of mental hold over George almost as if he was hypnotised
You know Brigadier I think perhaps a visit to that plastics factory would be in order don't you?
If I look at home soon I'm going to be in terrible trouble with the Mrs let me go sir
Don't worry Mr Sealy we'll let your wife know where you are
Now about the meteorites
Look sir it's a mistake I never see nothing
If you tell us where it is you can go home
Worth a bit of money Aaron
So you do know where there is one?
I might
Sealy I'm not going to bargain with you
You tell me everything you know and tell me quick
It's less than two miles away
Aren't you going to arrange to collect it?
That is being done
Suppose it stops signalling again
We know it there
Through the trees
Across the road
A small meter is held in that small building
In a trunk
Couldn't think of no other place to hide it
Don't you realise these things might be dangerous?
This man sir he's found one of the meteorites
Where is it?
At his house sir I was about to take a party and collect it
Right we'll go in my car
You know the way Monroe?
Yes sir
Mr Ranson will you mind staying here?
Brigadier I think we'll come with you if you don't mind
Good might be as well
Sergeant put Sealy in the truck and keep an eye on him
Oh be quiet
Stop that row
Party? What yet?
Sir, is that you?
Sir what do you reckon you're playing?
Who are you? What do you want?
You get away
My husband's about to know
You saw me load it?
Get out of here or I'll blow hole in you
Get back
I'm not joking
Get back
The signal is muffled
Search
We must find it
We must find it
Mrs Sealy?
Check the wreck
Get a platoon out here fast
Recall
What's happening? Can it?
Unit
Too many
Recall
Recall
Shani?
There were too many
What?
The swarm leader has been taken by unit soldiers
How do you know that?
I know
Why didn't the auton destroy it?
Because I recalled it
It is too soon for a major battle
We must delay unit
Ransom has returned to the area
We shall also deal with him
How is she?
All right as far as I can tell
I think we ought to get her to hospital
Right I'll lay on an ambulance
You know this really is most interesting
We must examine it in the laboratory
What do you make of it?
I was right about the shape wasn't I?
The signal must have been muffled by the metal of that trunk
It's the most interesting
Suppose it explodes like the other one?
There's no reason why it should as long as we treat it gently
Unless of course
Unless what?
It has a built-in destruct impulse
In that case we'll just have to risk it
Doctor suppose that thing comes back for it
Destroy
Total destruction
The creature got away into the woods sir
Manrola I want a cordon round that plastics factory
There you go sir
That creature robot or whatever it was obviously came from there
Mr Ransom described something very like it
So until we know a bit more about these things
I think we should move very cautiously
But he couldn't just have walked out sir
I've had a guard on the front of the tent all the time
Never mind about the front
What about the back?
That's how he got away
He must have cut his way out
No he didn't cut his way out
But somebody cut their way in
This canvas has been ripped from the outside
So they took him from under our very noses
Since Mr Ransom is anywhere he'll be at that plastics factory
So I suggest that we go there immediately
What an extraordinary story
What made him say such a thing?
We have to check on it Mr Hibbett
However extraordinary it may be
I'd like to hear him tell this story in front of me
He was coming with us but unfortunately he disappeared
He was a brilliant young man in many ways
Then why did you dismiss him?
He had some wild scheme for making electronic dolls
The design was quite impractical
It was very unpleasant when I turned him down
So you feel he told this story just to cause you trouble?
I'm afraid sir
It must have been preying on his mind
What exactly are you making here?
Plastic dolls of course
But our new line is display mannequins for shops
We send them all over the country
And can these mannequins actually move?
Well they're flexible of course
That's why we've captured the market
But I can assure you that the mannequins are very flexible
But I can assure you they can't move on their own
So ransom may have been simply making trouble?
Can't think of another explanation
Yes well I think we've seen all we can possibly see here
I'm sorry have we been a nuisance?
Not at all I'll see you out
It was the man who led the raid on the hospital
I recognised him from his photograph
What will you do now?
I put a call through to General Scoby
If I can get his authority I'll surround the place and raid it
Here come over here you two
Look at this
Have you got something?
What does that thing do?
It measures mental activity
It's fascinating isn't it?
You mean there's some form of intelligence inside that globe?
Yes
You know it's as I suspected
This globe is only a container
I wonder whether we can communicate with it
Yes?
Your call to General Scoby sir
Good
What does that stand for?
Auto plastics
Yes I was there about two hours why?
I wondered if you'd noticed anything irregular sir
We've had some rather strange reports about that factory
Nothing at all
No perfectly normal
Yes pleasant couple of fellows I thought
Right
I see well that sounds pretty serious
Yes I'll come and see you straight away
I'll give you all the support you need
Oh goodbye Stuart
Hello? Hello?
Hello?
Hello?