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[engine whirring]

♪ Supercar

♪ Supercar

♪ With beauty and grace as swift as can be ♪

♪ Watch it glide through the air ♪

♪ It travels in space or under the sea ♪

♪ And it can journey anywhere

♪ Supercar

♪ Supercar

♪ It travels on land or roams the skies ♪

♪ Through the heavens stormy rage ♪

♪ Its Mercury Man and everyone cries ♪

♪ It's the marvel of the age

♪ Supercar

♪ Supercar

♪ Supercar

[engine whirring]

[gentle music]

- Will ya listen to that wind now.

[door banging]

It's a night for the little people, that's what it is.

- Little people indeed.

I hear nothing but nonsense wherever I go.

You'll be telling me next,

the place is infested with smugglers.

- It is.

- Ah and there's worse than smugglin'

goes on in these parts.

Some say 'tis The Big Man himself has a hand in things.

- Or his men anyway for a fact.

- Ah fiddle.

I shall retire to a corner and read.

[upbeat music]

- Why do we have to spend our time in this old governor?

- Nonsense. Ireland's a fine country.

Quiet and peaceful.

You've found it profitable so far haven't you?

- What smugglin'?

Nah not my line at all gov.

I'm an artist.

Explosions, breakin' and enterin',

not smugglin' that's amateur stuff.

For Pete's sake lets get inside

before I catch the pneumonia.

[tense music]

[door opens] [tense music]

- Inn Keeper, let's have something to drink

to keep out your confounded Irish weather.

- You can say that again.

[tense music]

- It seems to me, I've seen those

two gentlemen somewhere before.

- [Harper] Hurry please.

We've got work to do.

- Oh not on a night like this we ain't, Gov.

- [Harper] On any night Judd.

Any night The Big Man tells us see.

- Tis two of them.

I thought I'd seen 'em.

- Hold your tongue Eileen. - It is.

They work for The Big Man.

I'll not have 'em here. I'll send for the police.

- Hold it. [tense music]

You know about The Big Man then eh?

I shoulda kept my mouth shut.

[laughs] But there's no harm done.

You.

- If it's me daughter you're talkin' to,

you keep a civil tongue in your head.

- Oh careful father, he has a gun in his hand.

- That's right my girl,

and if you behave yourself I won't

have to use it now, will I?

- Alright, what do you want us to do?

- Just keep your mouth shut,

and just to make sure that you don't blab to the police,

we'll take your precious little daughter with us.

Come on my little Irish Colleen.

- Here, Gov, I don't know I like this.

- I know what I'm doing now come on.

[tense music]

- By Jove, it's Harper and Judd.

- Now remember if you want to see

your little daughter again alive,

don't go to the police.

- Oh dear oh dear.

I must contact Mike immediately.

[door closes]

- Did ya hear that sir?

What am I going to do about my little Eileen?

What am I going to do?

- I would not distress myself unduly if I were you.

If you will be patient for a few hours,

I will telephone a friend of mine.

He can get here quite quickly.

His name is Mike Mercury.

[dramatic music]

- Charging two, 13,000, 15,000.

Interlock on. - Hold it Mike.

Just a minute.

- [Mike] Go on professor. Fire two.

[exhaust blowing]

- Take it easy Mike. - Come on let's get going.

It sounds as if Beaker needs our help kinda urgently.

- Okay Mike. Roof doors opening.

[whimsical music]

Roger give me full boost.

[upbeat music]

[engine whirring] Supercar to console, supercar to console.

Mike here.

How are things back there professor?

- All clear here Mike.

We have your position.

At your present speed you should get there

in about five hours from now.

- That's early morning in Ireland.

It's gonna be a short night.

- It's gonna be a short night.

What does Mike mean by that Professor?

- Well, you see Jimmy he's flying east

leaving the sun behind him.

The sun rises seven hour earlier in Ireland

than it does here so the night

is going to seem very short to him.

Right Mike?

- Right professor.

You make it clear as daylight,

and daylight's what I'm gonna hit five hours from now.

[engine whirring]

[upbeat music]

Now you were saying that your daughter--

- The doctor here thinks he knew

the two that took her away with them.

- I believe Mike they were Harper and Judd.

- Harper and Judd eh?

I'd like to get my hands on those two again.

But the first thing we have to do is find where they are.

- I hope you spent a comfortable night Eileen.

- I did not. The place is a pigsty,

and it's Miss O'Farrell to you.

- I beg your pardon.

I'm sure if you find it inconvenient--

- It's more than sorry you'll be

when me father get his hands to you.

He's a terrible temper with him,

and serve ya right too.

- There's many a pounds I'd pay

to get me hands on the pair of them,

but they come and go as they please

and there's nothing I can do while

they've me poor Eileen a prisoner.

- You don't know where their hideout is?

- I dared follow them sir,

and this is a terrible hard place

to move about in at night anyway.

- What do you think doc?

Should we try our old trick?

- I don't see why not.

It's worked before.

- And our friend Judd would steal

anything I'd say wouldn't you?

- Ah precisely.

We will await their next visit to the village,

and prepare our trap

with that as bait.

[dramatic music]

- Sorry we've got to lock you

in again my dear Miss O'Farrell.

We have to go to the village

and you'll have to stay safe here.

- Yeah.

Sorry miss. - Oh go the both of ya.

I can do without your company.

Poor father, he'll be worried

and he'll not be able to do a thing about me.

- That's a strange thing you have there sir.

And you say you can follow them with that wherever they go?

- That's about it.

Doctor Beaker will listen in on the other set over there.

That is if they take the bait.

[dramatic music]

- Right, and keep your thievin' hands

to yourself this time Judd.

We only need supplies.

- Glad you keep me handy gov.

Stealing things is more of a habit like with me.

- It's a habit you could well do without.

Come on. [birds chirping]

[door opens]

- You again. I'll--

- You'll what Mr. O'Farrell?

We still have your little Eileen remember?

We want food.

Now here's a list, and anything special

you'd like your little daughter to have, put that in too.

We want to look after her don't we?

[tense music]

[trunks shuts] - Nah that's careless.

Looks like a whole months takin's to me.

- Well that's the lot.

We'll pay later.

- I hope you will too.

- That's it. They're off.

I wonder if Judd fell for our bait.

- If I know Judd, yes.

- And good riddance to ya's.

And I'm glad to see you've taken

more than your supplies away.

[tense music]

- How's it coming doc?

- They are north east about five miles.

- Why have we always got to walk everywhere?

- Because there aren't any roads

and if there were it wouldn't be a hideout would it?

- Well it's all right for you governor,

you ain't carrying this.

- Nor would you if you'd obeyed

my instructions not to steal anything.

- What? And leave a suitcase full of cash?

Oh [laughs] I should think not. That's valuable that is.

[birds chirping] [dramatic music]

- They appear to have stopped.

- Yeah that would be about right.

If they're walking they can't be all that far away.

Let me check.

[dramatic music]

- I hope you've been alright my dear.

- It's no thanks to you if I have.

What's that?

- Oh just something that I picked up you might say miss,

from your fathers bar.

- What is it? - Money.

Full of one pound notes that is. [laughs]

Must be more than 500 quid there.

- Isn't that a likely thing now?

As if my father would have a case with 500 pounds in it.

And even if he had do you think he'd

leave it out for likes of you to take?

- Listen.

I thought I heard something.

- [Doctor Beaker] I make that 986 55 hundred.

- Yeah.

That's five and a half miles north east of here then.

- That is correct,

but this portable set is not very accurate you know.

- It's a pity.

This could be a difficult place to search.

Even with Supercar.

- It's talking gov.

It's these little people they all talk about around here.

I swear it is.

- Be quiet you fool.

I know those voices.

[tense music]

- Stone of crows.

- Now listen Judd, that suitcase was a trap see?

It's a radio.

Hear everything we say, so we'll turn it to our advantage,

and tell them everything we want them to know.

- Can't you get it a bit more accurate than that Dr. Beaker?

It would help. - I'll try again.

Oh. Hello it's on talk.

It must've been switched on by accident.

Oh, I hope they haven't heard us.

- I doubt it.

If they did they probably thought it was--

- Shh.

Listen.

- [Harper] Well tonight's the night

the helicopter comes isn't it Judd?

- [Judd] That's right governor.

- You go out and put the landing lights on then.

We don't want the pilot to miss the spot do we Judd?

- Evidently they didn't overhear us doc.

Or they wouldn't be so obliging as to tell us

they were laying out landing lights.

- Yes, they're most useful I'd say.

Will you wait till nightfall then Mike?

- Yeah I sure will.

Why should I waste time searching around now

when I can spot them in a couple

of minutes by the landing lights?

I'll bring Supercar right down at their front door.

- That's it Judd.

Put them nice and close together.

We want Mike Mercury to make a

nice accurate landing don't we?

- On top of that.

[Harper laughs]

- Exactly my dear Judd, on top of that.

[Harper laughs] [dirt falling]

Until tonight then Mike Mercury.

[dirt falling] [tense music]

[crickets chirping] [tense music]

[engine whirring]

- All set.

Dr. Beaker can you hear me?

- Yeah roger.

I should descend if I were you.

You are quite near the spot by now.

- You're right.

Don't want to give the enemy any warning.

But I'll have to call the professor at the lab first.

Pilot to console.

Pilot to console. - Console here.

- Hello professor.

Good that's established three way contact now.

Dr. Beaker's about five miles away

on the ground with a walkie talkie.

Now you know this story. Have you got it?

- Yes Mike. - Good.

I'll rescue the girl and get out fast, I hope.

[engine whirring]

- I think I hear him Judd.

- Well, he's in for a horrible shock when he comes.

[laughing]

- There it is.

[engine whirring]

Going down now.

Keep in contact all the time.

Beaker, professor?

- Yes Mike. - Right Mike.

We are with you. - Here it goes then.

[engine whirring]

- Stay right where you are Mike Mercury.

Your plum on top of enough dynamite to blow you to the moon.

- Professor from Mike, I've fallen into a trap.

Now don't ask questions just do as I say.

In putting controls to remote,

take off in exactly three minutes from now right?

And fly back to base.

- What's Mike doing professor?

- I don't know Jimmy this is an emergency.

I must do exactly as Mike has asked me.

Three minutes from now.

- Alright Harper I'm coming quietly.

- So glad you could drop in.

Come over here and don't try any tricks,

or your Supercar goes up in smokes see?

- Okay you're the boss.

[crickets chirping]

- I must get into contact with

the professor at the laboratory.

If this small set will reach America.

- This is Mike Mercury Miss O'Farrell,

who's come to pay you a visit.

But tell me why have you left your engines running?

- Well I'm not staying long.

Just long enough to collect Miss O'Farrel.

- Really?

What makes you so confident of getting out at all?

- Because if you push that plunger

you blow us all sky high. - We live from enough way.

It'll be quite safe.

Okay Judd, let her go.

- Hold it.

Supercar contains a secret rocket fuel.

We might be quite safe from your dynamite,

but if Supercar explodes, it'll blow this farmhouse

clean off the face of the earth.

- Hello console?

- Beaker calling on 28.6 megacycles.

How now?

- Hello Beaker this is better.

Strengths five.

- Professor? I have lost contact with Mike.

He is in difficulty I'm sure.

- Oh we know doctor.

We are taking Supercar off without him

in one minute from now.

- Roger. I'll approach hideout on foot.

I shall take the radio with me.

- I think you're trying to kid us Mike Mercury.

I don't think your rocket fuel is that dangerous.

- Don't you?

- No I don't.

- Well there's one way to find out. Try it.

- That's just what I'm going to do.

Okay Judd. - But Gov--

- Judd. - Oh alright gov.

[dynamite explodes]

- Well Mr. Mercury, we're still here aren't we?

But your Supercar isn't.

[dramatic music]

[upbeat music]

- Take off satisfactory.

Watch the track for me will you Jimmy?

- Sure professor.

I don't much like the idea of leaving Mike there though.

- Ever know a time when Mike couldn't

take care of himself Jimmy?

- I guess not.

Switching to nav plan now.

- Well she appears to have gotten away satisfactorily.

I wonder how near I am.

[crickets chirping]

- I'm sorry Mike Mercury but that's the way it is.

Now there only remains the question of what to do with you.

- Ain't you better phone The Big Man about that gov?

- The Big Man?

- Who's he?

- Sure and doesn't he run everything?

That's again the law between Dublin naturally.

- Including these two?

- Which wouldn't surprise me.

They neither look to have much of a spine,

and that's a fact.

- Yeah she don't think too highly of us hey gov?

- Well, yes, well it will wait

until morning I have no doubt.

[engine whirring]

- Well that's all for the moment.

Course seems alright.

Have you got a reading Jimmy?

- Course two six six professor.

- Good.

- Hmm, yes.

It would appear that I am almost there.

[dramatic music]

[crickets chirping]

- I think I'd better camp down for the night

to wait developments.

- What time is it professor?

- Over here or in Ireland?

Where Dr. Beaker is it's two in the morning.

Here 6:25.

Supercar should be here pretty soon.

- Then what? - I shall fly back again.

That means we have to re-fuel her fast.

- What'll you do when you get there?

- That I must admit I don't know Jimmy.

I have spent too much of my life peacefully

to be a man of action like Mike.

But something will turn up.

It always down.

How's that track?

[tracker beeping]

- I'd say she was a bit too far to the south professor.

- Hmm, I put in a correction.

[engine whirring] [tracker beeping]

[Dr. Beaker snoring] [crickets chirping]

- 2:30.

Supercar ought to be there by now.

[engine whirring] [tracker beeping]

- Is that Supercar I can hear now, professor?

- Quite right Jimmy.

I'm opening the roof doors now.

[whimsical music]

[engine whirring]

[tracker beeping]

Right Jimmy re-fuel as quick as you can.

[monkey chattering]

[fuel rushing] - Half full already.

[fuel rushing]

That's it professor.

Ready when you are.

[engine whirring] - 15,000.

- Interlock on.

- Five two.

[button clicks] [engine firing]

- Full boost both engines.

- [Professor] Haven't you forgotten something Jimmy?

[Jimmy clears throat]

- Sorry professor.

Roof doors opening.

[Professor laughs] - Good boy.

Now give me full boost with both engines.

- [Professor] Supercar to Beaker.

Supercar to Beaker.

[Beaker snoring]

- What's? Beaker here.

- Hello Dr. Beaker.

Professor Popkiss is here.

I'm airborne and I should be with

you in about five or six hours.

- Roger professor.

I will be standing by.

[upbeat music]

- Hello Beaker?

Is anything happening yet?

It's still dark where I am.

But I should be with you soon.

- Yeah no sign of movement yet.

- Yes boss.

Harper here. Bad news I'm afraid.

The hide out in Valley and Bog has been discovered.

- [The Big Man] Discovered you say?

Harper that's careless.

- But we have them prisoner.

- [The Big Man] Prisoner you say Harper?

Now it's a different matter entirely.

And much easier.

Blow the place up.

- Blow it up? But boss.

[engine whirring]

[birds chirping]

- Good morning Mike Mercury.

Miss O'Farrell.

I'm afraid we're leaving you now.

- Sure and it can't be too soon for me.

- I wouldn't be too hasty in celebrating

because when we go this place goes up too.

- But, but what about us?

- I'm sorry we have our orders.

And no time to make an alternative plan to look after you.

- You wouldn't do it. - Why not?

Mr. Harper seems to be having quite a little field day.

Dynamite here, dynamite there.

- You seem very confident for a

man in such a tight spot Mike Mercury.

- I've been in worse.

- But this time I think is rather different,

because this time you have no Supercar to rescue you.

- That's right. I haven't.

[dramatic music]

- Pilot to console. Are you there jimmy?

- Console to Supercar.

Is everything alright?

- I'm just crossing the Irish coast now Jimmy.

I'll try to find Dr. Beaker.

Supercar calling Dr. Beaker.

Supercar calling Dr. Beaker.

- Hello Supercar.

How far away are you?

- I should be right over you in a few minutes.

Keep transmitting and I'll hone on you with the radio.

Any sign of movement?

- Can't see anything.

Wait a moment.

It looks as those our friends Harper

and Judd are preparing another explosion.

And I believe Mike and Miss O'Farrell may still be inside.

- Locked I'm afraid Eileen.

- Do you think they mean it then what they say?

- I'm afraid so Eileen.

Unless... - Supercar to Beaker.

I should be above you about now.

- Oh. Hurry up then I beg you.

Things are moving fast down here.

[dramatic music]

[engine whirring]

- Can you hear anything governor? [engine whirring]

- It can't be.

Not Supercar.

We destroyed it.

[birds chirping] [engine whirring]

[piano keys trilling]

- Ah.

Now they appear to be in some little difficulty.

I suggest that if you land quickly

you may catch them bending.

- Oh there Mitch.

I think there may be a little job for you in a moment.

[Mitch chattering]

[engine whirring]

- Here Gov.

It's coming down right on top of us.

[birds chirping]

- Eileen do you hear that?

Supercars engines.

The professor has made it.

- Oh it's glad I am to hear ya say it Mike.

- Don't let our friends get away.

I'm going to find Mike and Eileen.

[Mitch chattering]

[thudding]

[upbeat music]

- Mike.

[upbeat music]

Are you alright?

- Sure and it's glad I am to see ya professor.

We're fine.

But don't let those to get away.

[laughs] - It's alright.

I, I have someone looking after them.

Come and see for yourselves.

[Mitch chattering] [bat thudding]

- I see what you mean professor.

I don't reckon they can give us much trouble now.

[chattering]

[engine whirring]

♪ Supercar

♪ Supercar

♪ With beauty and grace as swift as can be ♪

♪ Watch it flying through the air ♪

♪ It travels in space

♪ Or under the sea

♪ And it can journey anywhere

♪ Supercar

♪ Supercar

♪ It travels on land

♪ Or roams the skies

♪ Through the heavens stormy rage ♪

♪ It's Mercury Man and everyone cries ♪

♪ It's the marvel of the age

♪ Supercar

♪ Supercar

♪ Supercar

[upbeat music]

[engine whirring]