Audio Description Script

Serial	TimecodeIn	TimecodeOut	Duration	Translation
1	00:00:00,000	00:00:09,000	00:09	In black and white a crack of light blooms into abstract patterns that ripple overhead in waves.
2	00:00:09,100	00:00:14,100	00:05	A large clot of light bleeds away forming words.
3	00:00:15,763	00:00:18,470	00:02.70	"DOCTOR WHO".
4	00:00:18,471	00:00:22,211	00:03.74	The words recede into the maelstrom of rippling light.
5	00:00:22,212	00:00:27,889	00:05.67	More words appear: Desperate Measures. Written by David Whittaker.
6	00:00:29,295	00:00:31,894	00:02.59	Ian is trapped on the ledge.
7	00:00:32,866	00:00:37,065	00:04.19	Rows of spikes cage him from both sides. The Doctor wrestles with the mechanism.
8	00:00:38,245	00:00:40,915	00:02.67	More spikes emerge from the wall.
9	00:00:44,156	00:00:48,216	00:04.06	The grub creature below rears up expectantly.
10	00:01:05,646	00:01:07,646	00:02	Ian swings around the spikes back to the Doctor.
11	00:01:25,505	00:01:30,236	00:04.73	As the Doctor works, the grub creature thrashes like an angry crocodile.
12	00:01:38,616	00:01:42,995	00:04.37	At the space rocket, Vicki and Barbara tend to Bennett.
13	00:01:54,576	00:01:58,495	00:03.91	Vicki helps him sit and gives him a beaker of water to drink.
14	00:02:50,976	00:02:52,835	00:01.85	Barbara helps him up.
15	00:02:53,976	00:02:56,625	00:02.64	She and Vicki support him through the bulkhead door.
16	00:03:16,666	00:03:18,226	00:01.56	He shrugs Barbara off.
17	00:03:20,056	00:03:23,086	00:03.03	(FAST) She tries to follow him. He slams the door in her face.
18	00:03:32,625	00:03:34,645	00:02.02	Barbara looks back at the closed door.
19	00:03:34,696	00:03:35,855	00:01.15	The cave.
20	00:03:44,576	00:03:46,576	00:02	The spikes retract back into the wall.
21	00:03:55,016	00:04:00,236	00:05.22	The Doctor lingers however, examining the bas-relief design of the monster on the wall.
22	00:04:05,936	00:04:10,906	00:04.97	The creature below makes its way to a gap in the rocks where sunlight is streaming through.
23	00:04:13,016	00:04:18,116	00:05.10	Vicki carries two empty jerry-cans through the alien palms and cactus plants.
24	00:04:19,416	00:04:30,316	00:10.90	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.
25	00:04:35,755	00:04:40,755	00:05	The grub-creature, with its sharp teeth and glowing eyes, makes its way out of the cave.
26	00:04:40,885	00:04:43,355	00:02.47	Now, on the cave ledge.
27	00:05:06,976	00:05:11,976	00:05	Not far from the rocket, Vicki sets the two heavy jerry-cans on the sand and rests.
28	00:05:12,336	00:05:17,336	00:05	Behind her, she is watched by the grub-creature, sharp teeth white in the sunlight.
29	00:05:17,576	00:05:21,975	00:04.39	Barbara, in the control room of the ship, sees Vicki out of the cabin window ...
30	00:05:22,056	00:05:24,105	00:02.04	... and the creature behind her.
31	00:05:24,266	00:05:27,425	00:03.15	Barbara opens the locker and takes the flare-gun.
32	00:05:27,536	00:05:29,705	00:02.16	She dashes out of the ship.
33	00:05:35,496	00:05:38,066	00:02.57	Barbara aims and fires.
34	00:05:38,136	00:05:42,936	00:04.80	(FAST) The flare hits the creature with a flash. Horribly burned, it writhes in agony on the sand.
35	00:05:44,296	00:05:45,505	00:01.20	In the cave.
36	00:05:49,936	00:05:51,936	00:02	Ian and the Doctor hurry onwards
37	00:05:52,735	00:05:54,965	00:02.23	Back at the ship, Barbara drags Vicki inside.
38	00:06:04,696	00:06:07,045	00:02.34	Puzzled, Barbara turns away.
39	00:06:19,765	00:06:22,235	00:02.47	Vicki slumps in a chair, distraught, head in hands.
40	00:06:23,895	00:06:26,675	00:02.78	Ian and the Doctor come through the door.
41	00:06:34,056	00:06:36,075	00:02.01	The travellers embrace warmly.
42	00:06:36,216	00:06:38,865	00:02.64	The cave. The door in the rock swings open.
43	00:06:40,166	00:06:46,376	00:06.21	The robed Koquillion emerges, neck fins bristling. He sees footprints in the sand and follows them.
44	00:06:49,065	00:06:52,385	00:03.32	Later, at night, Koquillion watches the ship from afar.
45	00:06:54,816	00:06:56,885	00:02.06	Inside the rocket.
46	00:07:59,296	00:08:01,395	00:02.09	She turns her back to them.
47	00:08:01,536	00:08:04,105	00:02.56	The travellers, sitting around the table, look glum.
48	00:08:04,296	00:08:10,526	00:06.23	The Doctor motions to Ian and Barbara, who get up. They slide open the cabin door and leave the ship.
49	00:08:23,975	00:08:28,326	00:04.35	He gives her a warm, compassionate smile as she sits back down at the table.
50	00:08:46,656	00:08:48,775	00:02.11	Vicki looks doubtful.
51	00:09:20,296	00:09:24,796	00:04.50	Reassured, Vicki takes his hand, and leads him through the bulkhead door.
52	00:09:27,856	00:09:30,965	00:03.10	The Doctor glances at the damage to the ship.
53	00:09:31,216	00:09:34,075	00:02.85	They stop at the door to Bennett's cabin.
54	00:10:26,056	00:10:30,056	00:04	Slightly cheered, Vicki gives him a small smile and leaves.
55	00:10:30,296	00:10:34,296	00:04	The Doctor smiles back and turns to the door.
56	00:10:40,816	00:10:43,805	00:02.98	The door is ajar and opens a crack.
57	00:10:46,165	00:10:50,165	00:04	The Doctor pushes on the metal door, but it doesn't open any further.
58	00:10:50,416	00:10:54,416	00:04	He picks up a piece of debris, and batters the door with it.
59	00:10:57,096	00:11:01,096	00:04	(FAST) In the control room, Vicki rearranges a chair, and then starts to tidy up the table.
60	00:11:02,616	00:11:06,796	00:04.18	The fuselage entry door slides open and Ian and Barbara return.
61	00:11:13,016	00:11:15,055	00:02.03	Vicki is still and withdrawn.
62	00:11:15,136	00:11:19,136	00:04	Barbara starts cleaning up the things on the table.
63	00:12:24,056	00:12:26,195	00:02.13	Barbara looks uncomfortable.
64	00:12:58,435	00:13:03,096	00:04.66	Outside Bennett's cabin the Doctor swings a heavy metal strut at the door.
65	00:13:03,296	00:13:08,656	00:05.36	It gives and swings open, and the Doctor enters the stark, utilitarian space.
66	00:13:09,136	00:13:11,095	00:01.95	Bennett is gone.
67	00:13:12,396	00:13:14,805	00:02.40	He looks around.
68	00:13:19,015	00:13:22,886	00:03.87	He opens a locker that wasn't shut properly. It is full of machinery.
69	00:13:29,096	00:13:32,096	00:03	He flicks a switch and listens intently.
70	00:13:54,675	00:13:56,335	00:01.66	He closes the locker.
71	00:14:02,536	00:14:05,516	00:02.98	On the wall he finds a lever and pulls it.
72	00:14:06,616	00:14:09,616	00:03	One of the floor grates swing open.
73	00:14:14,765	00:14:16,285	00:01.52	The control room.
74	00:14:22,216	00:14:27,656	00:05.44	Ian opens the bulkhead door and picks his way through the wreckage in the passage.
75	00:14:41,776	00:14:45,606	00:03.83	He pushes the door open. The room is empty.
76	00:14:48,035	00:14:53,806	00:05.77	Vicki and Barbara rush in behind him and look around in puzzlement, unaware of the trapdoor near their feet.
77	00:14:53,856	00:14:59,816	00:05.96	In the cave, the Doctor explores and once again finds the door set into the rock wall above the narrow ledge.
78	00:14:59,976	00:15:01,715	00:01.73	He pushes it open.
79	00:15:01,816	00:15:07,565	00:05.74	Inside is a gloomy, cavernous chamber resembling a temple. It is filled with smoke.
80	00:15:07,566	00:15:13,996	00:06.43	The Doctor descends a wide stairway, and makes his way along the centre aisle, flanked by two rows of stone columns.
81	00:15:13,997	00:15:19,877	00:05.88	He walks around with hands behind his back with the air of a tourist in a cathedral.
82	00:15:24,225	00:15:34,715	00:10.49	He inspects a table with a stylised creature depicted on it, then a ceremonial goblet on an altar flanked by elaborate candlesticks.
83	00:15:37,856	00:15:42,606	00:04.75	He finds a trunk, and flings it open, it is full of clothes.
84	00:15:43,216	00:15:46,216	00:03	He holds up a ceremonial robe.
85	00:15:46,376	00:15:49,376	00:03	In the ship.
86	00:16:06,496	00:16:07,595	00:01.09	The temple.
87	00:16:11,576	00:16:22,466	00:10.89	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.
88	00:16:50,256	00:16:52,955	00:02.69	Bennett takes the mask off.
89	00:17:01,606	00:17:03,745	00:02.13	He advances on the Doctor.
90	00:17:51,436	00:17:53,175	00:01.73	(FAST) Bennett puts the sceptre down.
91	00:18:04,736	00:18:08,026	00:03.29	He removes the rest of the costume.
92	00:18:21,916	00:18:26,066	00:04.15	(FAST) The Doctor takes the sceptre and attacks Bennett. The sceptre triggers accidentally as they struggle.
93	00:18:28,936	00:18:33,366	00:04.43	A large chunk of wall blows out and dust fills the air.
94	00:18:34,435	00:18:37,005	00:02.57	The sceptre is broken in the struggle.
95	00:18:37,006	00:18:41,977	00:04.97	The Doctor grabs a ceremonial blade and strikes, but Bennett defends himself with a chair and knocks the blade away.
96	00:18:42,056	00:18:45,056	00:03	Pushing the Doctor down over the altar, he strangles the Doctor.
97	00:18:45,336	00:18:48,336	00:03	Suddenly Bennett notices two men, dressed in white tunics.
98	00:18:52,856	00:18:55,776	00:02.92	Frightened, he backs away as they advance on him.
99	00:18:55,776	00:18:59,846	00:04.07	The men wear white tunics and grey layered cloaks over their shoulders.
100	00:19:00,136	00:19:03,136	00:03	Bennett tips a chair into their way, but they ignore it.
101	00:19:04,856	00:19:07,856	00:03	Relentlessly they advance towards the cowering Bennett.
102	00:19:10,356	00:19:14,436	00:04.08	He reaches the top of the stairs and opens the door.
103	00:19:16,836	00:19:20,536	00:03.70	In his panic, he trips, and plummets from the narrow ledge.
104	00:19:23,296	00:19:27,806	00:04.51	The two men turn towards the Doctor, laying unconscious on the floor.
105	00:19:28,016	00:19:31,016	00:03	Their faces are dull and emotionless.
106	00:19:31,835	00:19:35,696	00:03.86	Later, in the TARDIS Ian and Barbara watch over the Doctor.
107	00:19:36,496	00:19:40,106	00:03.61	The Doctor, resting in a chair, blinks groggily.
108	00:20:24,416	00:20:27,416	00:03	He leaves the TARDIS.
109	00:20:34,976	00:20:36,945	00:01.96	The cave.
110	00:20:46,856	00:20:49,856	00:03	Vicki is emotionally exhausted, wide eyed.
111	00:20:49,896	00:20:52,896	00:03	She turns away from him.
112	00:21:08,135	00:21:10,495	00:02.36	He puts his hands on her shoulders.
113	00:21:39,856	00:21:45,906	00:06.05	The Doctor goes back inside, leaving Vicki to ponder her future.
114	00:21:49,816	00:21:52,816	00:03	The TARDIS.
115	00:22:03,416	00:22:07,406	00:03.99	Vicki enters and looks around in wonder.
116	00:22:27,936	00:22:31,666	00:03.73	The Doctor bends over the console and operates the controls.
117	00:22:31,856	00:22:33,895	00:02.03	The empty rocket.
118	00:22:37,336	00:22:40,336	00:03	The two men in white step into the control room.
119	00:22:50,056	00:22:53,056	00:03	They destroy the radio.
120	00:22:53,136	00:22:58,186	00:05.05	in the cave, the TARDIS beacon flashes and it slowly starts to fade away.
121	00:23:00,656	00:23:02,635	00:01.97	Inside the TARDIS.
122	00:23:29,016	00:23:35,076	00:06.06	The police-box shape of the TARDIS materialises precariously on the edge of a cliff.
123	00:23:40,016	00:23:45,756	00:05.74	Behind is a rock face and a grove of trees. The TARDIS teeters alarmingly.
124	00:23:57,256	00:24:02,626	00:05.37	They lose their balance as the floor tilts. The TARDIS tips over the edge of the cliff and falls.
125	00:24:02,696	00:24:05,696	00:03	Next Episode: The Slave Traders.
126	00:24:05,776	00:24:20,695	00:14.91	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.
127	00:24:21,016	00:24:41,215	00:20.19	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.