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In black and white a crack of light blooms into abstract patterns that ripple overhead in waves.
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A large clot of light bleeds away forming words.
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"DOCTOR WHO".
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The words recede into the maelstrom of rippling light.
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More words appear: Desperate Measures. Written by David Whittaker.
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Ian is trapped on the ledge.
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Rows of spikes cage him from both sides. The Doctor wrestles with the mechanism.
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More spikes emerge from the wall.
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The grub creature below rears up expectantly.
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Ian swings around the spikes back to the Doctor.
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As the Doctor works, the grub creature thrashes like an angry crocodile.
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At the space rocket, Vicki and Barbara tend to Bennett.
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Vicki helps him sit and gives him a beaker of water to drink.
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Barbara helps him up.
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She and Vicki support him through the bulkhead door.
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He shrugs Barbara off.
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(FAST) She tries to follow him. He slams the door in her face.
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Barbara looks back at the closed door.
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The cave.
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The spikes retract back into the wall.
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The Doctor lingers however, examining the bas-relief design of the monster on the wall.
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The creature below makes its way to a gap in the rocks where sunlight is streaming through.
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Vicki carries two empty jerry-cans through the alien palms and cactus plants.
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on the ship, Barbara is in the control room setting the table. Searching through a locker, she discovers the flare gun Vicki showed her earlier, and places it carefully back.
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The grub-creature, with its sharp teeth and glowing eyes, makes its way out of the cave.
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Now, on the cave ledge.
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Not far from the rocket, Vicki sets the two heavy jerry-cans on the sand and rests.
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Behind her, she is watched by the grub-creature, sharp teeth white in the sunlight.
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Barbara, in the control room of the ship, sees Vicki out of the cabin window ...
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... and the creature behind her.
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Barbara opens the locker and takes the flare-gun.
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She dashes out of the ship.
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Barbara aims and fires.
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(FAST) The flare hits the creature with a flash. Horribly burned, it writhes in agony on the sand.
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In the cave.
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Ian and the Doctor hurry onwards
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Back at the ship, Barbara drags Vicki inside.
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Puzzled, Barbara turns away.
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Vicki slumps in a chair, distraught, head in hands.
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Ian and the Doctor come through the door.
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The travellers embrace warmly.
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The cave. The door in the rock swings open.
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The robed Koquillion emerges, neck fins bristling. He sees footprints in the sand and follows them.
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Later, at night, Koquillion watches the ship from afar.
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Inside the rocket.
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She turns her back to them.
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The travellers, sitting around the table, look glum.
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The Doctor motions to Ian and Barbara, who get up. They slide open the cabin door and leave the ship.
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He gives her a warm, compassionate smile as she sits back down at the table.
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Vicki looks doubtful.
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Reassured, Vicki takes his hand, and leads him through the bulkhead door.
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The Doctor glances at the damage to the ship.
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They stop at the door to Bennett's cabin.
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Slightly cheered, Vicki gives him a small smile and leaves.
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The Doctor smiles back and turns to the door.
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The door is ajar and opens a crack.
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The Doctor pushes on the metal door, but it doesn't open any further.
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He picks up a piece of debris, and batters the door with it.
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(FAST) In the control room, Vicki rearranges a chair, and then starts to tidy up the table.
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The fuselage entry door slides open and Ian and Barbara return.
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Vicki is still and withdrawn.
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Barbara starts cleaning up the things on the table.
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Barbara looks uncomfortable.
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Outside Bennett's cabin the Doctor swings a heavy metal strut at the door.
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It gives and swings open, and the Doctor enters the stark, utilitarian space.
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Bennett is gone.
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He looks around.
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He opens a locker that wasn't shut properly. It is full of machinery.
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He flicks a switch and listens intently.
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He closes the locker.
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On the wall he finds a lever and pulls it.
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One of the floor grates swing open.
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The control room.
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Ian opens the bulkhead door and picks his way through the wreckage in the passage.
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He pushes the door open. The room is empty.
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Vicki and Barbara rush in behind him and look around in puzzlement, unaware of the trapdoor near their feet.
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In the cave, the Doctor explores and once again finds the door set into the rock wall above the narrow ledge.
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He pushes it open.
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Inside is a gloomy, cavernous chamber resembling a temple. It is filled with smoke.
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The Doctor descends a wide stairway, and makes his way along the centre aisle, flanked by two rows of stone columns.
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He walks around with hands behind his back with the air of a tourist in a cathedral.
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He inspects a table with a stylised creature depicted on it, then a ceremonial goblet on an altar flanked by elaborate candlesticks.
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He finds a trunk, and flings it open, it is full of clothes.
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He holds up a ceremonial robe.
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In the ship.
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The temple.
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The tusked, insect-like Koquillion descends the stairs and approaches the Doctor slowly through the smoke and gloom. It is holding the sceptre in the crook of its arm.
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Bennett takes the mask off.
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He advances on the Doctor.
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(FAST) Bennett puts the sceptre down.
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He removes the rest of the costume.
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(FAST) The Doctor takes the sceptre and attacks Bennett. The sceptre triggers accidentally as they struggle.
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A large chunk of wall blows out and dust fills the air.
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The sceptre is broken in the struggle.
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The Doctor grabs a ceremonial blade and strikes, but Bennett defends himself with a chair and knocks the blade away.
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Pushing the Doctor down over the altar, he strangles the Doctor.
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Suddenly Bennett notices two men, dressed in white tunics.
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Frightened, he backs away as they advance on him.
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The men wear white tunics and grey layered cloaks over their shoulders.
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Bennett tips a chair into their way, but they ignore it.
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Relentlessly they advance towards the cowering Bennett.
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He reaches the top of the stairs and opens the door.
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In his panic, he trips, and plummets from the narrow ledge.
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The two men turn towards the Doctor, laying unconscious on the floor.
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Their faces are dull and emotionless.
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Later, in the TARDIS Ian and Barbara watch over the Doctor.
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The Doctor, resting in a chair, blinks groggily.
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He leaves the TARDIS.
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The cave.
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Vicki is emotionally exhausted, wide eyed.
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She turns away from him.
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He puts his hands on her shoulders.
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The Doctor goes back inside, leaving Vicki to ponder her future.
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The TARDIS.
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Vicki enters and looks around in wonder.
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The Doctor bends over the console and operates the controls.
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The empty rocket.
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The two men in white step into the control room.
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They destroy the radio.
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in the cave, the TARDIS beacon flashes and it slowly starts to fade away.
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Inside the TARDIS.
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The police-box shape of the TARDIS materialises precariously on the edge of a cliff.
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Behind is a rock face and a grove of trees. The TARDIS teeters alarmingly.
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They lose their balance as the floor tilts. The TARDIS tips over the edge of the cliff and falls.
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Next Episode: The Slave Traders.
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The Doctor was played by William Hartnell; Ian Chesterson, William Russell; Barbara Wright, Jacqueline Hill; Vicki, Maureen O'Brien; Bennett, Ray Barrett. Incidental Music by Tristam Carey.
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Title Music was by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop; Produced by Verity Lambert; Directed by Christopher Barry. Copyright BBC 1965. Independent Audio Description Written by Brett Coulstock.