All language subtitles for Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - 2x13 - The Dorian Secret.DVD.en

[Man]
Please proceed aft to the passenger
cabin, ladies and gentlemen:

Welcome aboard:
Baggage can be stowed...

Welcome aboard:
This way, please:

[Woman On Speaker]
Welcome to the Omega Solaris
Space Terminal:

Would all passengers
please proceed on board:
[Gasps]

We will be leaving shortly:
Please proceed on board: Thank you:

Welcome to the Omega Solaris
Space Terminal:

Would all passengers
please proceed on board:
Wait! Please wait!

- Help me, please:
- Halt!

Prepare to launch:

Launching:

- Are you all right?
- I think so:

Those were Dorian
security men, weren't they?

- How did you know that?
- The masks:

I've heard the Dorians are mutants, and
they keep themselves disguised that way:

- Why were they after you?
- Please...

- Please don't ask me any questions:
- Okay:

Where is this shuttle going?

We're headed back
for the Earth ship Searcher:

We've been picking up survivors
of the volcanic eruptions on Avernus:

- The space terminal was acting
as a temporary evacuation center:
- Where will you take them?

To a new colony on the planet Ceneus:

Please: Isn't there some way
I can go with you?

For the time being,
consider yourself a survivor:

Thank you:

[Man Narrating]
In the year 1987,

NASA launched the last
of America's deep space probes:

Aboard this compact starship,

a lone astronaut,
Captain William "Buck'"Rogers,

was to experience cosmic forces
beyond all comprehension:

In a freak mishap,
his life-support systems were frozen: : :

By temperatures beyond imagination:

Ranger 3 was blown out
of its planned trajectory: : :

Into an orbit 1,000 times more vast,

an orbit which was to return
Buck Rogers to Earth: : :

500 years later:

Take any seat in the cabin
you wish, ladies and gentlemen:

This way, please:

Hello: Welcome aboard:

[Chattering]

Hello: I'm Colonel Deering:

I'll be your liaison between
the passengers and the ship's
command while you're here:

Hello, Colonel: I'm Darel
and this is my husband, Joham:
Hi:

Nice to meet you, Colonel:
Very nice to meet you as well:
If you need any help, let me know:

Thank you:
Thank you very much:

So you're not settling
on Ceneus, huh?

No: I fly freighters
out of Rigel and Clomax 4:

I meet my ship on Ceneus:
I see:

What about you, my friend?
What line of work are you in?

The best: Maximum return
on minimum investment:

Uh, perhaps we could: : :
Start a game:

Well, well: A gambler:

Actually, a little bit of everything: : :

That doesn't involve too much labor:

Prestidigitation is my latest interest:

Presto!

Care to make a bet
on what I can change it into?

[Laughs]
I'm, uh, not a betting man:

Are you comfortable?
Is there anything I can do for you?

We're fine: Thank you:
Okay:

Buck, is something wrong?

I don't know, Wilma:
I don't know:

I'll, uh...
I'll talk to you later, okay?

[Chattering]
Excellent chicken:
Do you have any more?

[Laughing]

[Chattering Continues]

Beautiful:

I didn't know you were there:

I'm sorry:
I didn't mean to startle you:

My name is Buck Rogers:
You never told me yours:

I'm called: : : Elifa:

Elifa, hi:

Some view, isn't it?
I never tire of looking at it:

It's beautiful:

Elifa, I don't know why
the Dorians were chasing you, but...

Well, if you've got a problem,
I'm more than happy to listen:

Does my staying on board depend
upon telling you my problems?

No, no: Of course not:

It's just that sometimes
talking about a problem
is the first step to solving it:

And sometimes, Captain,
talking about your problems
just makes them worse:

Find out anything?

No: No: Whatever is bothering her,
she seems to want to handle it on her own:

[Man On Speaker]
Emergency:! Emergency:!
All personnel, report to duty stations:!

Reading?

Our instruments indicate
no forward velocity, Admiral:

What? Why, that's preposterous!

Joham, what is it?
We don't seem to be moving:

What is that?
[Chattering]

Activate the vid-screen:

There was no sign of it on the scanners:
They must be using a cloaking device:

Energize defense shields:

The defense shields aren't functioning:

I am Koldar, Supreme Leader
of the Dorians of Cygnius:

Your defense shields
have been disabled:

I am in pursuit of a murderess
who has take refuge aboard your ship:

You will give me
the Dorian woman, Asteria:

A Dorian woman?

Dorians are mutants, always wear masks:
Everyone here is human:

[Koldar]
When the woman is in my custody,
your ship will be released:

Dear God, Syla:
He's holding us captive:

It's got to be the girl who ran on board
the shuttle when we were loading up
the last of the survivors:

There was a gang
of Dorian thugs chasing her,
so I let her on board:

I concurred with Buck's decision, Admiral:
The Dorians are a harsh people:

One cannot tell what they would've done
to the girl once they caught her:

Is the woman a Dorian?

She wasn't wearing a mask,
but that doesn't prove anything:

Listen to me, Koldar:
I am Admiral Ephraim Asimov:

Interference with a peaceful vessel
in open space: : :

Is a violation of the laws
governing interstellar navigation:

It is tantamount to piracy:

It is not piracy to seek justice!

I will not permit a known murderess under
sentence of death to escape punishment:

Any complaint you have against her
will have to be taken up in the forum
of interplanetary courts:

Unlike Dorians, we have a quaint
custom called due process of law:

Legal niceties do not interest me:

I have anticipated your attitude
and have the means to alter it:

Proceed with first phase
thermal intervention:

[Chattering]

What's happening?
It's getting hot in here:

Have the cooling circuits failed?

The cooling circuits
are functioning perfectly:

It's obvious they have some way
of changing our cabin temperature:

[Koldar]
I have increased the cabin temperature
of your vessel to scale plus 7:5:

But an ancient law of physics
demands that for every action: : :

There is an equal
and opposite reaction:

Inverse charge:

They've also got some way
to lower our temperature:

[Sighs]
Scale is minus 3:8
and dropping:

I shall continue to alter
the cabin temperature of your vessel
until you give me the woman:

That is all!

Father:

Consider this:

The girl has managed to board
the Earth ship Searcher:

She's undoubtedly on her way
out of the star system...

in effect, banishment:

Surely this is punishment enough:

Are you forgetting
she killed your brother?

Merely exiling herself
from the Dorian race: : :

Hardly constitutes punishment enough!

Well, it looks like we've got
a criminal in our midst:

A Dorian criminal:

But how can that be?
No one here's wearing a mask:

I don't know:
But mask or no mask,

it seems that our first order of business
is finding out who she is!

I say every woman in this cabin
should give an account of herself:

It's the only way we can find out who...
There it is! There it is!
I can see it!

That's a Dorian ship all right:

They've changed it again:
It's getting hot:

Captain, what do you propose
to do about this?

How are we gonna get ourselves
out of this force field?

What Koldar is doing
is in violation of every law: : :

Governing the conduct
of interstellar navigation:

- He won't get away with it:
- Well, he seems to be getting away
with it right now!

The ship is stopped:
We're alternately freezing and frying:

And all because some alien criminal
has taken refuge on this ship:

He's right, you know:
She's a Dorian:

What business of ours is it
what they do with her?

I say we send her back
to her own kind!
That's right!

[All Agreeing]
[Buck]
Quiet down, all of you:!

No passenger on this ship
is gonna be handed over to armed aliens: : :

Who have broken every
interplanetary law by stopping us:

Now, I suggest you all
return to your seats: : :

And try to make yourselves
as comfortable as possible: : :

Until we can resolve this crisis:

Cabin temperature just went
to scale plus nine, sir:

[Sighs]
How long can we take
this heat, Doctor?

What? Well, in my opinion, our bodies
can't withstand temperatures: : :

In excess of scale 8:2
for a sustained period of time:

[Sighs]
Crichton, Crichton,
would you be so kind, my boy?

Are you listening? Listen: Be good
enough to provide a vector analysis: : :

Of relevant temperature data
for me, would you, please?

Extrapolation from current
temperature data: : :

Indicates all mammalian
life-forms aboard vessel: : :

Will attain metabolic stasis
by 1600 hours: : :

If the present scale is maintained:

Am I mistaken, Doctor,
or did he just say: : :

That we have less
than eight hours to live?

Yes, Admiral: I'm afraid
that's precisely what he said:

Well, if the Dorians change
to another cold cycle,

that one will probably
freeze us solid:

All I'm saying is that we have
a right to know who it is!

Aren't you curious?
Doesn't anybody even care?

Captain Rogers
already covered this, Rand:

Why don't you just
sit down and relax:

Oh, my young friend here
seems to think I should relax, huh?

Well, I don't relax so well
when I'm in a blast furnace
cooking in my own juices!

You don't think so well either:

What's that supposed to mean?

Look: There are at least
a dozen women in this cabin:

Sojust how do you propose
to discover who's the guilty party?

Laser mind probe?

Hypnosis? The rack?

What I propose is that
we question every woman here!

Find out who she is: : :

And what she was doing
before she boarded this ship:

And what do we do if we find her?
Turn her over to the Dorians ourselves?

Well, why not? Why should we
suffer and die for something
that doesn't even concern us?

Let the Dorians
settle their own affairs!

And it doesn't really matter
whether the woman is guilty or not,

just so long as you save your own skin!

We can start with you:

Do I look like a Dorian
to you, mister?

How would I know? Nobody
knows what a Dorian looks like!
They always wear masks!

Well, then why don't you
just leave me alone: : :

And look for somebody
that has a mask on!

I say that all the women here
should tell us who they are: : :

And what they're doing
aboard this ship:

That's enough! Nobody's appointed you
spokesman for the group:

That's right:
Not a soul:

Fine! Just fine!
Is that how you all feel?

[All]
Yes!
Well, good!

We can all sit here
and bake to death!

For all we know, she's the one:

Or them:

Maybe it's one of them:

We left our home
on Avernus yesterday!

[Shudders]
We've never seen a Dorian:
Lots of people can vouch for us:

Cleis, we don't owe him
any explanation:

I think we've got to stop
attacking each other:

We are in this thing together,

and we're going to have to stick
together in order to get out of it:

Noble words, my friend:
Noble words:

But are you ready to sacrifice
your wife and your unborn child: : :

For a murderer?

Again! They've done it again!

There are thermal blankets
in the ship's stores:

Those of you who require
further insulation: : :

May go forward and draw them:

[Man]
It's about time:!
It is likely to get much colder:

[Man]
I'm freezing to death:

[Woman]
If it gets any colder, we're done:

[Chattering Continues]
You need more protection than that:

Come: I will escort you
to the ship's stores:

I'll be all right:

I do not think so:
You should come with me:

I said I'd...

Perhaps you're right:

Thank you, Hawk:

I think it's time you ended
your mysterious lady act:

What are you going to do?
Turn me over to Koldar?

Are you the Dorian
he's looking for?

When I saw you looking at your
reflection in the viewport,

it was as though you'd never
seen your own face before:

That's because you've always
worn a mask, isn't it?

You know the customs
of my people, Captain:

The mask is never removed
in front of others,

and there are no mirrors
or reflecting surfaces
allowed on my planet:

My people have observed
this custom for centuries:

Ever since the neutrino wars with Rigel
changed us forever,

leaving us a race of mutants:

Mutants?

You're one of the most attractive
women I've ever seen:

There's an old Earth saying:
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder:"

Such things are relative, Captain:

What is it exactly
that Koldar thinks you've done?

What does it matter?
He'll have his way: He always does:

He's trying to fry us again:

The temperature's
practically at scale plus 10:

Look: You've got to tell me
why Koldar wants you:

Lives are at stake!

He thinks I killed his son:
Did you?

Of course not: I loved him:

Two days ago,
I went to see Chosan:

There's a place...

an escarpment in the hills
where we met:

But when I found him,
he'd been hurt:

Terribly hurt:

He stumbled toward me, bleeding,

and then: : : He lost his footing: : :

And fell from the escarpment,
even as I tried to hold him:

And as I was running for help,

I learned that others had already
found Chosan's body and...

and wanted me for the murder:

As somebody who makes his living
from others' weaknesses,

I've been coming to a conclusion:

Such as?

Starting a game, my friend:
Starting a game:

What game?

You've heard about the Dorians
having a dislike for mirrors?

The girl never had a chance
to tell her side of the story:

Now, Koldar just might
listen to one of us:

And he just might not:

You're quite right indeed,
Admiral: He might not:

The Dorians are stubborn,
proud people:

They've isolated themselves
from other races in the galaxy
for so many centuries: : :

That very little
is known about them:

Hence the old saying, of course:
"Dark as a Dorian secret:"

Yeah: But at this point,
we have no other choice:

Wilma, switch on the vid-com:

Koldar, this is Captain Buck Rogers
on board the Searcher:

I do not speak with junior officers:
Where is your admiral?

The admiral is in charge of this vessel:
I am in command of this mission:

Our interference will cease
when you surrender the woman:

We're not prepared to surrender anyone:
How do we even know she's guilty?

The woman's guilt
is not in doubt, Captain:

Do you have evidence?
Buck:

That would be the business
of the Dorians of Cygnius, not yours:

It became our business
the moment you stopped this ship:

I demand to come on board
and examine your evidence:

That is out of the question:

What's the matter, Koldar?

Are you afraid that if an outsider
learns the details of the case,

the entire galaxy will know that
the Dorians are a race of primitives...

a race that condemns people
to death without even a trial?

You may come aboard, Captain:

By the time you leave,
neither you nor anyone else: : :

Will have cause to doubt
Dorian justice:

Wonderful!

Our valiant captain
gets the Dorians even angrier!

A little more of his help,
and we'll all be dead for sure!

Why don't you just shut your mouth:
I don't see you helping matters any:

How long do you intend
to keep this up, Captain?

What are you trying to say, Rand?

What I'm trying to say is, the only way
we're going to get out of this alive: : :

Is to give the Dorians what they want:

Some of us here believe
you know who the woman is:

I already told you, Rand:
No passenger on board this ship
is gonna be handed over to anybody:

[Man On Speaker]
Prepare for docking amidships:
Prepare for docking amidships:

I'm Captain Buck Rogers:

I've been granted
an audience with Koldar:

I am Demeter:
Koldar is my father:

Then it was your brother
who was killed:

Asteria says she's innocent
of your brother's death:

- I believe her:
- I wish it could be proven so:

My father asks
that I show you something:

If you'll come with me, please:

I invite your attention to the viewscan
you're about to see, Captain:

It was taken on a routine patrol
by one of our security ships: : :

On the day my brother died:

Enlarge detail:

More detail:

I'd like to see that again:

[Panting, Gasping]

Too... Too hot:

I'm burning up:

It's going to be all right:

Captain Rogers is talking to them:
They'll let us go:

We're gonna die, aren't we?

No: No: Of course not:

Yes: Yes: We're all gonna die:

No:
All of us!

It's gonna be all right:
[Sobbing]

Cleis, it's all... all right:

Folks, I think it's time to look
on the bright side here,

lighten up the mood
with a little entertainment:

My name is Chronus,

and I like to think I bring a little joy
with me when I travel:

- For instance...
- [Gasps, Sighs]

Sleight of hand tricks
at a time like this?

Some people are hard to please:

[Laughs]
A fan for the lady:

Perhaps others, more in need:

A breath of air
for each of the ladies:

Indeed, all true believers
in Chronus, the prestidigitator,

may have a fan of her own:

See how a little levity
changes things?

It draws us all closer together:

Well, what have we here?
A lady allergic to her own reflection:

All right, Dorian! Take a look!

Let the woman go! Let her go!

Seems we've found our pigeon:!

Look in the mirror!

What is it you Dorians see
looking in mirrors?
Is it you see nothing at all?

I said let her go:!
[Rand]
Here's your Dorian criminal:!

Is what they're saying true?

I've committed no crime:
I swear:

She weaseled her way aboard this ship
and jeopardized our lives!

She has no right to be here!

So what do we do?
Draw and quarter her?
No: Of course not:

We simply put her
into the emergency air lock
and let the Dorians take her away:

[Gasps]
You must be out of your mind!

Look at it this way:
It's simply a matter of odds:

If the girl stays aboard,
then we all die, including her:

But if the girl
goes over to the Dorians,

then she may or may not die,
but the rest of us definitely live:

I say we vote!

Yes: Vote:

Cleis, you don't know
what you're saying:

You have no idea
what you're doing:

You may go:

I understand your
disillusionment, Captain:

It's always painful
to believe in someone,

and then find that belief
to have been misplaced:

[Sighs]
I still don't think she did it:

The viewscan itself was ambiguous:
Depending on how you look at it,

it could either be a young woman
pushing a man to his death: : :

Or struggling desperately
to keep him from falling:

I admit it could be read that way
by one who believed in her innocence
as you do, Captain:

It's a persuasive argument
I could use on my father:

With Asteria's life at stake,
you never thought to argue that
with your father before?

Well... Well, my father
is a difficult man to talk to:

Asteria says she loved your brother:
Were you aware of that?

Is this an interrogation, Captain?
Were you and your brother close?

Yes, we were: But exactly
what does that question mean?

If you were close,
you would've been aware of any arguments
between Asteria and your brother...

any argument serious enough
to cause her to kill him:

I asked my father to banish Asteria,
not execute her!

I have done my best to see
she was not unduly punished!

What do you mean
by "unduly punished"?

The Dorians are noted for their
rigid justice... a life for a life:

Is there something
about your brother's death: : :

You're keeping to yourself
for some reason?

[Door Opens]

Sir, your father is ready to receive
the Terran in five minutes:

Very well:

Captain:

[Sighs]
We just hit scale plus 10:

Still no word from Buck:

Well, give him time:
Give him time:

You'd better check on the passengers:
See how they're holding up:

Anybody who thinks we should
turn the girl over, step forward!

Hand her over?
He can't be serious:

He sounded serious to me:
You'd better get down there:

Hawk:

Well, what's the matter with you?
If you think we should turn her over,
step forward!

[Shuddering]
Cleis:

This is murder they're committing:
How can you be a party to it?

Do you wanna die?

Darel, we have to think
about the baby:

- Majority rules: Let's go:
- You're not doing this, Rand!

Out of my way, pilot!
[Gasps]

This is Searcher
calling the Dorian ship:

The girl you want
is in the emergency air lock:

It's locked:

Stand back:

I tried... I tried to stop them:

I don't know who I feel sorrier for...

that poor girl you
just condemned to death: : :

Or all of you:

Father, I present Captain Buck Rogers
of the Earth ship Searcher:

Now that you have seen the evidence
of the woman's guilt, Captain,

neither you nor anyone
aboard your vessel: : :

Will have cause
to question Dorian justice:

Koldar, you have judged
and sentenced the woman: : :

Without even hearing
what she has to say:

You've held dozens of innocent people
on a peaceful vessel hostage: : :

And subjected them
to extraordinary cruelty:

You call that justice?

I don't think you or any Dorian
has any idea of what justice is:

Under ordinary circumstances, Captain,

such an outburst would merit
swift and certain punishment:

But in view of recent developments,

I shall overlook your impertinence:

The other passengers voted:

Return the Earth ship
to its normal temperature:

It's getting cooler:
It is!

Yeah!
It is getting cooler!

I told you if we gave them back the girl,
everything would be all right:

Engage the videocom:

I want the humans aboard the Earth ship
to witness these proceedings,

that they may know what we do here
is nothing more than simple justice:

Koldar, the judiciary
of every civilized race in the galaxy: : :

Bars those having a conflict of interest
from sitting in judgment:

Can you decide the fate
of your own son's accused killer: : :

And call thatjustice?

These entire proceedings
will be nothing but a sham: : :

Unless her fate is decided by someone
who has no vested interest in the outcome:

Very well, Captain:

Do any of you
find my judgment unjust?

Do any of you find my interpretation
of the evidence unfair or illogical?

If so, step forward
without fear of censure or disfavor:

And you...

Do you find my judgment
cruel or unjust, Demeter?

I would have preferred her punishment
to be banishment, Father,

but it is your judgment:

My judgment is the judgment
of one man, Captain:

But as you can see,
its wisdom is recognized by all:

The woman will be executed
according to custom: : :

After the proper formalities
have been observed:

Ah, yes: Ah, yes:
The proper formalities:

How could I possibly
have forgotten those?

It does make it easier,
doesn't it, Koldar?

Nothing like a little ritual
to soothe a guilty conscience:

Return him to his ship! Halt!

If you're gonna execute this girl,
I suggest you do it now:

Or is that a little more justice
than you can stomach, Koldar?

Maybe it is easier to have
some executioner back on Cygnius
do your dirty work for you:

Very well, Captain:

You shall see justice swift and sure!
Prepare the prisoner for execution!

No:! This can't be happening:!

Somebody, somebody stop them!

It's-It's not possible: Surely they're not
going to kill her right there: That's...

Barbaric?

Prepare to execute sentence:

We shall spare the sensitivities
of those who cooperated with us:

Disengage the videocom:

Now you shall see that I do not shrink
from the consequences of my judgment:

They turned it off! :

Perhaps you are disappointed
you cannot see the execution
you so desperately wanted:

Carry out the execution!

No! Stop!

You mustn't:

What is the meaning of this?

Asteria did not kill Chosan:

Then who did?

It was an accident:

We quarreled, struggled:

Chosan fell and struck his head:

I never dreamed Asteria
would be accused of his death: : :

Until you saw him fall
to his death in the viewscan:

And to the very end, of even you
bringing her back to Cygnius,

l-I felt you might let her go:

Release the woman:

You knew I could not let her die:

Why? Why did you lie to me?

If it was indeed an accident,
as you say,

why did you not come forward
with the truth?

Because I was frightened:

Frightened of what you would do,
of what you would say:

But most of all, Father,

I was frightened
of your sense of justice:

You fear me that much?

As much as those who did not dare
to speak against your judgment:

Why did you quarrel with Chosan?

He would go into the hills
above the city to meet Asteria:

There they would
violate our custom:

Are you telling me that when
your brother met with Asteria: : :

They would remove their masks?

Yes:

I felt it intolerable: : :

That a future leader of our people
should behave in such a way:

And on that terrible morning,
we came to blows:

After Chosan fell,
he lay there, not moving:

I thought he was dead, so I ran away:

Had I the courage to remove his mask,

I might have seen he was still alive
and brought him help:

But I couldn't bring myself to do it, so: : :

Because of this wretched custom
of hiding behind masks,

I caused my brother's death:!

But now I see that a race of people
blindly subservient to a custom: : :

Is not a race of people at all,
but a race of slaves!

I'm sorry, Asteria:

I shall never wear a mask again!

I don't understand:

He's as handsome
as Asteria is beautiful:

How could this custom of wearing masks
have led to this tragedy?

What is this secret that
you people refuse to talk about?

In centuries past,

tens of thousands of our people
were driven to suicide,

unable to face the horrors
of their mutancy:

To save our race from extinction,
it was decided that no Dorian: : :

Would ever look upon the face of another
Dorian or appear without his mask:

But now, perhaps my son is right:

Perhaps the time has come: : :

For us to find a new way to live
with an ancient curse:

Perhaps the Dorian secret
exacts too high a price: : :

From those it was intended to protect:

Show him!
Show him what we are!

I am your leader: Do as I command!
Remove your masks, now!

Imagine... Imagine, Captain,

what it is like to live in a world: : :

Where every face you see
is a mirror image of your own:

Madness!

- It's Asteria:!
- She's all right!

Thank God:

[Rand]
I still say we did the right thing:

The girl's a Dorian: We had a right
to send her back to her own kind:

Is that so?

In a few days, you're gonna
be landing on a new planet:

It's a beautiful, unblemished world:

If at least some of you learned
something from what happened today,
it has a chance of remaining that way:

There's an old-fashioned saying:

"Learn from the past
and look to the future:"

In my day, people never
quite got the hang of it:

I hope you have better luck: