All language subtitles for S01E23 - The Testament Of Arkadia

'0ur struggle to survive
in a hostile universe

'had long erased the memory
of the disaster

'that first hurled our moon
out of Earth's orbit.

'But recent events
on the planet Arkadia

'have revived that painful memory

'and forced us to reconsider
our purpose in space.

'And when it started,
it was to prove terrifying.'

Aaaaah-ya!

'Commander.'

- Yes, Paul?
- 'Emergency.'

I owe you one.
Return match next week, right?

All right, Commander.

Well, what is it?

Sandra, what's our position?

Eight point five degrees relative.

It is no mistake,
our course is altering.

That's strange.

We're nowhere near the
gravitational pull of that planet.

0h, no, it's nothing to do with
gravitation, or magnetism, either.

Let's find out what it is.

Activate long-range sensors.

Scanner malfunction.
And there is a power loss.

There's a generator fault, a five
per cent power loss across the board.

Power loss now seven per cent.

We're slowing down!

- Check the sensors.
- Nothing.

Power loss now...eight per cent.

We've stopped dead.

'The unbelievable
had happened -

'our moon was locked in space.'

Gravity or magnetic forces
could affect the course, the speed,

of an object the size of the Moon...

But they couldn't stop us cold
like this.

No, no, nothing we know of
could do that.

Then there's gotta be a third force.

It must have something to do
with that planet out there.

'We've completed the generator tests.

'We can't trace any faults, but...'

- But?
- 'We're still losing power.'

How, if the generators are 0K?

'The computer puts it down to
"external forces".'

Great, that tells us everything

'Computer's not a crystal ball.

'She can only predict
on specific data.'

All right, Kano.

Paul, what's the situation?

'Alpha's feeling the effect
of the power loss.

'A kind of, uh...creeping paralysis.

'So far only long-range systems
are hit, but it's getting worse.'

Sandra, how long can we last?

At the present rate,
we have 38 hours.

Phased economies
would give us ten hours more.

48 hours.

What's the flying time
to that planet?

30 hours, round trip.

30 hours.

All right, we'll take down a team.

Victor, Scientific. Helena,
Environment. And two security men.

Kano, I want Computer to select two
people with the widest experience

to round out the team.

With the systems down
we can't rely on Main Computer,

so take what we need on the surface.

Alan, provision the Eagle for eight.
Immediate liftoff.

Paul, power economy,
starting right now!

'The planet had already been
under routine observation.

'Every indication told us it was
devoid of any form of life.

'As the power loss was affecting
our long-range systems,

'we would shortly lose contact
with Alpha.

'So we set course for the planet.

'0nce there,
we would truly be on our own.

'With us went
the future of our people,

'for if we failed,
our existence, like the Moon,

'would come to a full stop.'

'It's a long ride,
so get some sleep.'

Activate phase three power cut,
Sandra.

Did you sleep well?

- Morning.
- Morning, John.

We've circled the planet twice
with no sign of habitation.

Certainly no indication
of intelligent life,

but we're still looking.

'We're wasting our time.

'It's just desolation
and more desolation out there.'

All right, Alan, keep looking.

Victor, what have you got?

Um... This was a living world once.

And then, something happened,
some kind of holocaust,

which obliterated all life.

Then the planet is uninhabitable.

- Ah, well...
- No.

The atmosphere is stabilised,
the radiation levels tolerable,

the planet is as it was
before life stopped.

Let's get down there
and find some real answers...

before life stops on Alpha.

Alan, take her down.

'0verpowering impressions
crowded in on us

'as we stepped onto the alien planet.

'A sense of timeless solitude.

'The silent touch of an empty world.

'The total absence of life.

'Death had visited this world,
so our data told us.

'And as we moved on, we could feel it
closing in around us,

'like a shroud.'

All right, let's set up camp
over there.

There were living things here once.

Birds, animals,
maybe even intelligent life.

Yeah. We're just a few thousand years
too late.

Right, that's the lot.

- Everything's here, Commander.
- Good.

All right. Now, if you must leave
your designated areas,

let Security know.

Stay in pairs and maintain
communication at all times.

And one more thing.

The fate of Alpha, all of us...

depends on the answers
we come up with.

All right, let's go.

Strange place, isn't it?

So barren and solitary.

Any open space would seem like that
after being cooped up on Alpha.

No. No, it's something else.

A feeling that maybe
we are intruders.

I don't know, maybe you're right.

Luke!

What is it?

Scan those trees.

'The first discovery
had been made,

'a link in the chain leading to the
inevitable, shattering conclusion.

'Helena and Victor
had also forged a link.

'The planet was not dead. Its soil
was simply locked in stasis,

'waiting for the bacteria that would
restart the cycle of life and death.

'But that was before the
most incredible discovery of all.'

John...

How much do you know about
ancient Earth languages?

Earth languages?

Cos unless I'm very much mistaken,
that inscription is in Sanskrit,

a basic proto-European
root language.

Sanskrit, the mother of tongues.

Are you sure?

Well, not entirely, but...

John, Anna Davis
is a trained philologist.

What?

Maybe Computer knew something
we didn't.

Anna, get here right away.

Anna...

I don't believe it.

Sanskrit?

Sanskrit, yes.

But different, somehow.
An earlier form, perhaps.

But here, a million light years
away from Earth? How?

Can you decipher it?

Without the use of Main
Computer, it will take some time,

but yes, I think so.

Luke, would you...

Luke!

Yes, Commander.

This should warm the game up.

This is controller Paul Morrow.
Attention, please.

Phase four power reductions
now operative.

'Until further notice,

'travel tubes between sections
one to five are suspended.

'Heating will be reset
to number four,

'and lighting systems to half power.'

'Paul... Look,
I know you've got problems,

'but without more power,
my patients will freeze.'

Sandra, allocate Medical Section
four extra units.

'Thanks, Paul.'

Now reduce heating in here
by four units.

Don't worry. It can only get worse.

How is it going?

If only I had access
to the reference library.

Yes.

And if they could talk,
we'd know how they died.

What have you found out?

If you give me a chance,
I might be able to tell you!

Sorry.

0h, I'm sorry. Don't mind me.

It's just that it's very difficult.

And I can make no real sense of it.

I find it very disturbing.

Yes.

The sooner we get out of this place,
the better.

0h, hello. Any luck?

No. Nothing we've seen could be
causing what's happening on Alpha.

- Helena, those skeletons.
- They're humanoid.

People very much like ourselves.

Bones show that they died of
radiation up to 25,000 years ago.

That cave could have been
their last refuge.

And those inscriptions
could be their last message.

"To you, who seek us out
in the ages to come,

"we salute you.

"The desolation you find
distresses..."

No, "grieves we few
who will soon die.

"0ur civilisation gone, our world..."
Arkane or Arkadia,

"poisoned, dying.

"We who happened..."

Sorry,
"caused our own..." something...

Destruction?

Yes, destruction.

"No need now to say", no,
"tell of the final...event"

- "happening..."
- Holocaust?

Yes, that fits.

"..the final holocaust,

"when our world flamed in the inferno
of a thousand exploding suns..."

There's more,
but the imagery is difficult.

Keep trying.

"Arkadia is finished.

"But she, Arkadia, lives on in the
bodies, hearts and minds of those few

"who left before the end, taking...

"..the life, the something..."

The seeds.

"..the seeds of a new beginning,
to seek out and..."

Discover?

No, "begin." Yes, that's it,
"to seek out and begin again

"in the distant regions of space.

"Heed now the teachings,

"testament",
yes, "the testament of Arkadia."

There's a passage
I can make no sense of.

I'll need the reference library.

Then it continues...

"You who are guided here
make us fertile.

"Help us live again."

An Earth language.

How could people from Earth
be here 25,000 years ago?

No.

Earth people didn't come here.
The Arkadians, they found Earth!

Ask Anna. She knows.

Tell him, Anna. The trees. Tell him!

We found oak, pine, willow, beech,

40 different varieties of trees,
all native to Earth!

You heard the inscription, the
Arkadians took the seeds with them.

They found a new Arkadia - Earth.

0ur people originated here,
on this planet.

'Though the discovery
in the cave left us shaken,

'it did not explain
what was destroying Alpha.'

We're running out of time, Commander.

We have to get back to Alpha.

'Alpha was freezing and
we still didn't understand the force

'that held our moon
a static prisoner in space.'

We could bring life back
to this planet.

How long would it take
to rejuvenate the soil?

It would take two years
to get the crops growing.

If we brought our people, how long
could we last on survival rations?

There are over 300 people, John.

Six months at the most.

- Six months.
- But with no power,

Alpha will freeze to death
in 24 hours.

So it's a suicide run either way.

But at least down here,
we'd be buying time.

Not much time.

But time enough to hope.

For a miracle.

'And a miracle did occur,

'one that even now
is beyond our understanding.

'A force, an indefinable
intelligence, existed on the planet.

'And Anna Davis and Luke Faro
activated it,

'or were chosen
as the agents of its will.

'What passed between them,
we'll never know.

'But they emerged from the cave

'their personalities
profoundly transformed.'

'We're abandoning Alpha. Come back.'

Phase six power cuts now operative.

Heating now automatically reduced
to number two.

And that includes Medical.

'All experimental sections
are closing down.

'Travel tube facilities on Alpha
will cease, effective immediately.'

- Morrow, what the hell's going on?
- There's nothing I can do.

Without heat,
you might as well shoot my patients.

There's no way I can give you
that power back.

Damn it, those people can't survive!

If these drops continue,
none of us will survive!

Then it's on your conscience.

'Main Mission,
come in Main Mission.'

This is Koenig, do you read me?

- 'We have you, Eagle 1.'
- What's the situation?

'Desperate. 50 per cent power loss.'

All right, listen carefully.

Put 0peration Exodus into effect.
We're evacuating. Details later.

Stand by for an
important announcement.

Phase one of 0peration Exodus...

Paul! It has stopped.
The power has stabilised.

Check Computer. Commander!

'The power seems to be stabilising.'

Stabilising?

Are you sure?

Computer confirms.
Power loss 50 per cent and stable.

We're not losing any more power.

'The power's holding.
Commander, do we still evacuate?'

No. Wait till we get there.

'The inexplicable
had happened again,

'another event that defied logic.

'Was this a sign that our desperate
situation on Alpha was easing?

'That we could hope
for a full recovery

'and avoid an uncertain future
on a hostile planet?

'0nly time would tell.'

Helena, check our chances of survival
against a permanent half power loss.

Shall I work on the planetary data?

No, store it for now,
we'll deal with it later.

How are we doing?

- No change.
- Good. Paul, inside. Thank you.

- Morale?
- Bad.

But with this situation,
what can we expect?

0ur first priority
is the lives of our people.

- Planet?
- Even worse than here.

'John, if the power situation
remains stable,

'our food and essential
life support systems can cope.

'It'll be hard, but we can survive.'

Paul, cancel 0peration Exodus.

Right.

"Neither past nor future."

The future is the past.

And the testament of Arkadia,
the link.

They spoke to us,
and we listened to them.

You and I, Luke. There is no mistake.

'Technical and Service
sections at loading, stand down.

'Security alerts and reconnaissance
patrols no longer operative.

'Main Mission to all sections Alpha.

'0peration Exodus is cancelled.
Repeat, cancelled.

'Personnel are instructed to report
for normal duties.'

Commander, we want to live
on that planet.

Well, that's completely
out of the question.

We belong there.
We were guided to that planet.

Now, listen to me.

Up here we have a chance.

A small chance, but a chance.
Down there we have none.

A few of us could survive.
Luke and I...

Yes, you'd make out, but you'd
have to take half our supplies.

Which would make life for us
virtually impossible here. I'm sorry.

- But we must go, Commander!
- Just do what I say!

Now, look.
We have enough problems up here.

Now, please go.

The combination of the protein store.

Give it to me.

I'll kill you.
I'll kill everybody here.

Four, zero, nine...

..eight, zero, four, two,

eight, end.

Combination correct.

Faro, you must be out of your mind.
Put that laser away!

I'll kill her!

Now, do what I ask.

All right. An Eagle.

Fuelled and ready to take off.
Now release Dr Russell.

Commander, there was an attack
on the food store.

Suspect, Anna Davis.
We're looking for her now.

Call them off. Do it!

Security, call off the search.

All right, an Eagle. What else?

A moon buggy.

Stores and supplies to last us
three years.

Do you realise what the loss
of those supplies will do to us?

- Be rational.
- You'll do it, or she'll die.

Faro, you have no chance of survival
on that surface!

It's dead, barren!

No, Commander,
we must bring back the sea of life

to its place of origin.

Luke, if you get
what you're demanding,

you'll be condemning Alpha
and all of us to certain death.

If it is Alpha's fate to be
the sacrificial lamb, so be it.

Don't you understand? It was no
accident that took us to that planet.

0ur destiny is clear,

pre-ordained from the moment
the Arkadians set foot on Earth.

He's asking too much, John.

Luke, you've got a deal.

Paul, order stores and provisions
and have them stowed on the Eagle.

Alan, prepare the Eagle
for immediate liftoff.

Do it!

Be warned. Any attempt to stop us
will fail,

and bring down upon you the terrible
forces of chaos and destruction.

No! Let him go.

'Luke and Anna were beyond
the call of logic and persuasion.

'They were gripped by
a fanatical obsession,

'time bombs ticking away,

'with incalculable results
for all of us if we opposed them,

'especially for Helena Russell.

'My first priority
was to get her back safely.

'But to do that would put
the whole of Alpha in jeopardy.'

The supplies are aboard the Eagle.

Now, those supplies
are vital to us, John,

regardless of whose life's at stake,
including Helena's.

Don't you think I know that, Victor?

Is it ready?

When the ship's sinking,
the rats are the first to leave.

Move aside.

They're inside.

Luke.

We've done everything you've asked.
Now release Dr Russell.

Not yet, Commander.

We've kept our side, release her!

Dr Russell comes with us.

Don't...

We won't harm her, you have my word.

Huh. We've heard that one before.

This is what you'll do, Koenig.
Escort us out into space.

Use the unarmed Survey Eagle.

And when we're out of range,
then you can have her back.

Alan, do as he says.

Take Survey Eagle 2 and follow them.

Listen, Luke, there's still time.

Release Dr Russell,
hand over those weapons,

and there's still
a place here for you.

There will be no more argument.
I do what I must.

'Don't forget, Koenig, any
sign of pursuit and Dr Russell dies.'

I understand.

There'll be no pursuit.

Survey Eagle, clear to lift off.

Doctor, we're terribly sorry
about all this.

- Sorry?
- Mmm.

You are killing 300 people.

Try to understand.

Think of all we've suffered

since the Moon was cast out
to roam the wilderness of space,

inexplicably, to stop here?

Think, Doctor.
It gives meaning to all this.

Believe us, there is a purpose.

A purpose?

And you believe this purpose of yours
justifies destroying Alpha?!

Doctor,
when the lines of destiny meet,

the tools it uses
are no longer necessary.

Isn't that so?

Look. Look, even if
you could survive, Luke, Anna,

do you realise what it'll be like?

The only living beings
on that whole barren planet.

You're going to a living hell.

No, Doctor.

We are going home.

'We were powerless.

'We had no way of knowing
what went on out there in space.

'Would they release Helena,

'or would they foist
more desperate demands on us?

'Even Alan Carter, following,
was now outside radio contact.

'All we could do was trust the words
of fanatics and wait.'

- 'Commander?'
- Yes, Paul.

'We've tracked them.

'They're about to orbit the planet.'

Let me know the second you have
radio contact with Carter.

- 'Carter?'
- Yeah?

'Stand by for docking.
It's time to part company.'

Goodbye, Dr Russell.

'We'll have voice contact
with Carter in a few seconds.'

'Main Mission, Carter calling.
Survey Eagle heading for Alpha.'

Helena?

'Safe. But we've lost Luke and Anna.'

- Technical.
- 'Commander?'

- Everything ready?
- 'No problem.

- 'Coming through on frequency 220.'
- Good.

- 'Pursuit Eagle 3.'
- 'Commander?'

- Pursuit Eagle 5.
- 'Eagle 5.'

- 'Switch to subspace frequency 220.'
- 'Right.'

Activate.

So, you put a trace on him.

That's right.
To get those supplies back.

Now, get those
Pursuit Eagles launched.

Pursuit Eagle 3 and 5.
Ready for launch, Commander.

We're moving!

The power! We are gaining power!

Cancel the launch.

But the supplies.

We've got our power back,
we won't need them.

Alan and Helena.

Alan, this is an emergency.

'Full power.
Alpha's on the move again.

'Hit that throttle
or you'll get left behind.'

Anna!

- All right?
- Fine.

Yeah, we're fine.

Excuse me a moment.

You're sure you're all right?

I'm fine.

They're all alone down there.

Yeah, Helena, I know.

And there's nothing
we can do about it.

It was their choice.

Was it their choice, John?

'And so the circle
was complete.

'The seeds from Earth, so carefully
stored and nurtured by us,

'had returned
to their place of origin.

'It is futile to seek answers to
the incredible events on Arkadia.

'All we know is that life
has restarted there,

'and for us, the creation myth
of the first man and woman

'has a new significance.

'0ur immediate struggle is over.

'For Luke Faro and Anna Davis,
it has just begun.

'They have found their beginnings.

'We still wander the emptiness
of space seeking ours.

'We must keep faith and believe...

'..that for us, for all of mankind,

'there is a purpose.'