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You're right.

Hit

Water's boiling. I'll have fresh coffee

in a minute.

Please

need to call the police

before it's too late.

>> Before it's too late for what, father?

>> I refuse your ton of fur. Help yourself.

I

don't.

>> It's all right, father. It's on me.

Thank you. You're sure it's a good

friend of mine. Help take care of all

your troubles.

We need help. Help both of us.

Make your call, father. I'll go fix the

car.

Welcome back to St. Katherine's, Father.

Hallelujah.

Communications control, please.

This is Andrew Ban, cold word equator. I

want to speak to you, Commander

Beckerman.

Hello, Commander. Andrew Ban,

I've just been deciphering some signals

from outer space, and the patterns are

are well consistent, as though they're

trying to form words or uh or sentences.

You picked up anything similar?

Sure.

>> No, I wish I could tell you more. It's

just a feeling I have.

>> Okay. Thanks. Anyway,

it's 5:30, professor, and you are a

guest of honor at that banquet this

evening.

>> Yeah. Thanks, Larry.

Hey,

Hey,

hey, hey.

Don't fly.

I knew it. You're not ready.

Do you want to stop by the plant on the

way to the banquet? You better hurry.

What's this?

>> I just thought of something better to

do.

>> Oh, you had the same thought this

morning. What's happening to you?

Are you complaining?

>> Only that these little attacks didn't

start 10 years ago.

>> You're right. We're wasting time.

>> Andrew, come on. We'll be late.

>> So, we'll miss the food part. Who cares?

We could at least go back to the

bedroom.

>> I'll never make it.

Heat. Heat.

What's so important to stand up?

This is the first time I've been able to

detect the same kind of coded message

going into space that I've received from

space.

You understand?

>> No, not at all.

Andrew, what does that mean?

>> I don't know.

>> Except it's the first time I've ever

been able to decipher three words in our

own language.

>> Don't you think messages from all over

the world all the time? These messages

didn't come from our world.

>> Andrew, what are you talking about?

>> What on earth are you talking about?

>> I'm not talking about anything on this

earth.

>> Well,

come on. We better go, huh? We're going

to be late.

Andrew, the banquet.

Come on here.

I'm so proud of you, Andrew.

>> No. really would have been a perfect

evening. The coffins just hadn't told

that dumb joke.

>> We're interrupting this program to bring

you a late breaking news story.

>> King reports a major earthquake in South

China, the site of last year's

devastation. Despite Chinese government

claims in the area of earthquake

prediction, this latest tragedy has

apparently caught them completely

offguard. The death toll so far has

reached 20,000, but may well climb to 10

times this number when communication is

finally reestablished with the major

population center of Fuchia. President

Carter has offered official American

assistance.

>> That's terrible.

>> I wonder what had happened.

>> Probably while we were at the banquet.

>> Between the time we left the plant and

now

>> we heard the news before we left home.

There was nothing about an earthquake.

those three words on the monitor.

>> Large earth disruption.

>> Really, Andrew? To think that there's

any connection between your three words

in an earthquake in China, that's really

reaching. Besides, you said that those

words didn't come from any place on this

earth.

>> That's right.

>> Well, then where did they come from?

>> I'm going to find out.

Let me go now.

Hey

Andrew, I want to talk to you. You

haven't checked the negative on us in

fact in some time now. We got to keep

working on this stuff. The custom stall.

It's burning off.

>> I'm on my way there right now, Ray.

Okay.

>> I heard that you've been burying

yourself in the computer section.

>> Well, I'm still picking up those signals

I told you about and more frequently.

>> Have you heard anything from the

Pentagon?

>> Yes, I have. But not about your request

for a separate section.

>> What then?

>> Well, you must have made yourself some

friends at that banquet.

>> What do you mean?

>> The head of public relations just called

me from Russia and they're setting up a

lecture tour. Goodbye out and speak. As

you make yourself popular on our tour,

you can get popular everything, anything

you want. A much easier tact than

anything I can do for you.

>> What's the purpose of this tour? Well,

there's been a considerable drop off in

uh the enrollment of the various

universities these days. You know, under

the kind of scientific research that we

do here, everybody wants to study

ecology or one of the other subjects.

Now, you go out on that too, Andrew. You

talk to those kids like you talked to us

at the banquet last night. You want to

make yourself a lot of comfort. Let

tell them how grammarous the position

really is. Talk to them about outer

space and all those those wonderful

flying saucers we see every day.

>> Sorry, Ray. Get somebody else. You don't

seem to understand. You really have

nothing to do with it. Washington is

arranging a series of lectures for you.

And they feel it's important that you

go. But frankly, I do too. So why don't

you just finish what you have to do

around here today? Go home, have

yourself a drink, relax, spend a

pleasant evening.

Meanwhile, I'll get in touch with

Washington about your itinerary. We'll

get together. Okay,

>> I'll talk it over with Sylvia.

>> But not to go off on a trip like this

with you.

>> Hi, John. Hi, Andrew.

>> How's the family? All fine, thanks.

Missed you here last Tuesday. Well, I'm

involved in another project.

I hear,

>> you know, sometimes I get the feeling

we've gone about as far as we can with

this experiment.

I've had other projects

That's something else.

I got a feeling I'm I'm really on to

something important

and nobody else in the plant's willing

to help.

I know.

Whoa, whoa.

Go.

That's it.

over.

>> The Senate approved and sent to

President Carter a bill authorizing 36

billion for military. The bill was a

compromise between the House and the

Senate in a disagreement over funds for

nuclear aircraft carrier. The House had

voted to delete the funds, but agreed to

a compromise that authorized 81.6

million for preliminary work on the

carrier. In California, a 4 million

federal drought relief loan, the first

under the Emergency Drought Act of 1977,

was issued to the Chachilla Water

District. State Treasurer Jess Andrew,

whose office must approve all such

loans, said 2 million of the money will

be used to dig new wells, another

million for improvement of existing

wells, and the last million for

installation of pipelines. And now, a

little about sports. Ilia Estasi, the

hottheheaded Romanian.

>> You know the best thing about this tour

of yours?

>> What?

Well, your speech only takes 45 minutes.

That'll give us a lot of time together.

It'll be just like a second honeymoon.

>> 10 standard minutes.

That's what the message read. 10

minutes.

I don't get it.

>> That's really romantic, Andy. 10

standard minutes.

Go to sleep.

You're the best we've had this season.

You had a spell down there for 45

minutes.

>> Well, I have a lot to say.

And I'm sincere. This field's very

important to get into. Someday

interplanetary communication is going to

be as common as Battle.

>> Next time I'm going to sit closer.

>> What's that supposed to mean?

>> Well, not that way in the back. In case

you were really boring, then I could

leave quickly.

>> We usually have a get together in the

coffee shop after every lecture. Sure.

Love to have you and your wife. Well, we

might be able to stop by for a few

minutes, Bob. But if we don't, I want to

thank you for making everything so

pleasant for us. It's been our pleasure,

Professor.

>> Thank you, Bob.

>> Byebye.

>> Dangerous flow of lava from the east

side of the crater, which may pose a

threat to the citizens of Kinshakra. A

citywide evacuation is being planned.

Should the threat continue to grow,

scientists also report a cloud of

noxious gas drifting towards the Angolan

border. Ladies and gentlemen, a bulletin

has just been handed me. Kinshasa has

been inundated by a massive flow of

molten lava. The casualty figures are

not yet in, but said to be in the tens

of thousands. This volcanic eruption is

accompanied by severe earth tremors

throughout the entire country of Zire.

>> Sylvia,

what's the exact date of my next

lecture?

There's some things I want to check out.

>> We haven't until Wednesday.

That volcano erupting in Africa. Doesn't

it bother you that it didn't happen

within the 10 minutes you were talking

about?

>> I don't know.

>> Maybe their minutes are measured on a

different scale than ours.

>> Well, we're about coming to Rightwood.

See that circle on the map?

>> Yeah.

>> I'll bet there's a transmitter right

there.

Go up to the next junction, take a

right, then go a mile or two. Should be

it.

>> They thought you said the space message

you received indicated a 50 mi radius

around here.

>> Yeah, but there were two signals within

that 50 mi radius. The spot we're about

to come to is definitely where one of

the signals originated from.

Fore! Fore!

Hello, sister.

Aren't we blessed with such a beautiful

afternoon?

>> Yes, we certainly are.

>> May I offer you this rose? You know,

when I pray to St. Catherine, she always

makes sure that I have the most

beautiful rose bush in the entire

garden. Be careful of the spawn. I will.

Thank you very much.

You know, maybe I better send my

instruments back to Wolver.

>> Well, it's not exactly what we were

looking for, but it sure is beautiful.

>> Yeah.

>> Well, that other spot on the charts

about 40 miles from here.

Andrew, we might get in trouble.

>> Yeah, we might. Come on.

What is this place?

>> Looks like a zoo. Kazoo for what?

Andrew.

Andrew,

help me.

It's dark.

Just

all right.

>> I was so scared.

Where were you? Oh, Lord.

>> It's right in there. It's okay. Okay.

Hi, honey.

It's okay.

It's hard, right?

Come on.

>> Let's go. I'm going to do this.

>> No, no, no. I'll be all right. Really,

just don't leave me again. All right.

Let's

do it.

All right, both of you. Put your hands

where I can see them and keep coming

down the stairs. That's it. Crawl under

here. Follow me underneath. Get under

there.

Stay up against the wall. Hand tight.

Either one of you makes the slightest

move and I'll kill both. You shut up.

>> Spread your mouth.

>> Who sent you?

>> Nobody sent us. We came on our own.

>> Nobody. We're 5 miles off the main

highway. It's the dead of night and the

two of you decided to take a quiet

little walk in the forest. Is that what

you're trying to tell us?

>> Maybe you better explain who you are and

what you're doing down here.

>> I don't think you realize the trouble

you're in.

There's a good chance you may never

leave here alive.

>> You're Professor Bar.

Who are you? I'm Commander Joseph

Beckerman.

>> What's so funny?

>> We talk to each other at least once a

month on the telephone.

>> Commander, my wife, Sylvia,

>> how do you do? I still don't understand

what's going on.

>> Come with me, please. Both of you.

As you can see, we're in the

communications business just as he is,

except that we're underground. And the

reason for that is simple. While he's

trying to decipher messages from outer

space, we're keeping close tabs on

communications between Russian space

stations and points of origin.

>> Those are Russian words we're hearing.

>> They're the only ones besides us that go

up there right now.

Oh, for the time being, it's an easy

job. Think what it'll be like in just a

few years when the other countries start

doing the same thing. Sending satellites

and stations up there. It'll sound like

the Tower of Babel. And that's what

we're planning. Well, now tell me, boy.

What in the devil are you doing snooping

around here? You could have gotten

killed.

>> Yeah, I believe it.

I wish I could tell you,

but I can't.

I I know what you're thinking. Tomorrow

we go back to that condens.

>> We do go back to that condent.

>> That's not what I'm thinking.

You remember the other night

I told you to go to sleep?

>> Yes.

>> I was a fool.

You sure were.

Good morning, sister.

>> Who's in charge of the continent?

>> Father Pado,

come. He always welcomes strangers.

Welcome to St. Catherine's.

I'm Father Nagata.

>> We're very happy to meet you, Father.

This is my wife, Sylvia, and I'm Andrew

Bar.

We're sorry to barge in on you like

this. The convent was on our way home,

and we wanted to satisfy a curiosity.

Curiosity.

>> My husband's not talking about a

religious curiosity, father.

>> Well, no, father. I work in

communications, and my monitors keep

pointing to this area as a center of

activity.

>> I ought to have known better. I should

never have allowed Sister Der to the

Razer to bring that transistor radio in

here, but she does love the opera so

much.

>> I don't think a transistor would give

off the kind of airwaves I'm talking

about. And I don't know what else it

could have been. Father, do you ever

hear any strange noises here in the

content or nearby in the forest?

Not really.

The occasional animal noises, of course,

and uh from time to time, a gunshot from

a hunter.

Nothing else. It's very glad to you.

>> Well, look, you you don't have to say

yes to what I'm about to ask, but this

is a power impulse meter, and I'd like

to simply walk around and check your

walls and the basement.

>> Of course. Anything we can do to help.

Sister Patricia will accompany you.

>> Thank you so much.

>> Thank you very much.

Maybe.

I know.

Oh, heat.

You managed to find what you were

looking for?

>> I'm afraid not. I'm

>> sorry. Um, our instruments are usually

quite accurate, but then again, they're

just that, instruments.

>> Yes. Would you care to save lunch?

You're more than welcome.

>> Oh, no. Thank you, father. We have a

long way to go and we better get going.

>> Thank you.

>> Not at all. Goodbye.

>> Bye.

Andrew, I knew that was you. What

happened? You didn't get cancelled, did

you?

>> I wanted to see about those signals.

Let's not get mixed up and all that

again.

>> I heard that you were doing great.

>> What are you doing back there?

>> I had a few days before my next lecture.

Hey, I want to check on some things.

>> If you need anything to tara, but in the

meantime, you get back on that tour.

>> Good afternoon, professor.

>> Oh, hi, Leonard.

>> How are the lectures going?

>> Oh, fine. Fine.

>> Here, here's a copy of my itinerary.

>> Oh, sure.

>> Now, I'll phone you from time to time,

but if you see anything out of the

ordinary, anything at all, I want to

know about it. Of course.

Hallelujah.

That message was sent to outer space. It

described you and me. You both know

where it came from.

The convent.

>> Well, what are we going to do?

>> The only thing we can do,

>> go it alone.

I

you know I

you know I

know I I know

Heat.

Heat.

ow

me ow

you ow ow Wow.

Thank you.

Have repairs been made to the velocity

control system?

>> We did the best we could. The

>> subw warp speed should be in order.

We should still find out.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed

be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will

be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread, and

forgive us our trespasses as we forgive

them that trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us

from evil.

Down.

Woo! Woo!

Woo!

Woo!

Wow!

We have exhausted all the possibilities.

>> I'll accept two.

I know. We need them now.

My apologies

>> for what you just did.

>> You are an intelligent man, professor,

and soon you will understand everything.

Look around you. What do you see here?

Command display complex.

A library computer control center.

Obviously, everything in this room has

some connection with velocity, time

relationships. Exactly.

Interstellar travel. What happened to

the nuns who were here before? You

humans just beginning to understand

cloning. We mastered it many years ago.

We took on the appearance of Father

Pagardo and the six nuns in this mission

because we were forced to for our

experiment.

>> You're telling us that you murdered six

nuns and a priest?

>> We had no choice.

There was a malfunction in negative

velocity.

A spaceship.

No,

we use international navigation.

We've paid many visits to your planet,

Professor Sir, but now your Earth has

become restructured through seismic

disturbance,

and we cannot return to our planet as we

did before.

How did you manage then?

>> We used what you humans would call a

time warp such as that one. What do you

want from us?

>> Our planet has been working on a speed

coordination system. We know that, Mr.

Bar.

What we do not know is what you have

achieved.

We've developed an emergency speed. How

many kilome hour?

>> Close to 200 million.

What precisely do you use to achieve

this emergency speed? A small capsule

containing zero time reference. A

variance crystal. That is exactly what

we need.

>> I can't help you. I never get it away

from the plant. Well, security is too

tight.

>> Unfortunately, there is no more time.

I know that you are tired and you need

rest. But by the morning,

you will find a way.

You will, Mr. Barrett,

or you will lose your wife.

Goodbye.

I'm afraid

they're so powerful

>> but limited.

They must be prisoners of this place.

Unable to function away from it.

Otherwise, they get the crystal

themselves.

>> What are they going to do?

>> Not waiting around to find out. We're

going to get out of here.

>> No. How?

>> Look at this place. The door's wide

open. There's no one guarding this.

When they sleep, maybe the powers sleep

with them.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

I'm taking the

free.

Stay cool.

Of

course,

they control our every move.

That's why we couldn't escape.

We have to find somebody they have no

contact with.

A total stranger.

All right.

What the hell is wrong with you two?

Look, this is an emergency. Please take

us to the nearest police station.

>> Please help us.

>> Yeah.

>> Okay. Get in. Come on.

I know.

Welcome to St. Captains.

I trust that you slept well.

What kind of planet do you come from

that you'd kill to get back to it?

We have no deaths there,

no diseases,

no wars, utopia,

a perfect world, right?

>> Yes.

That is why we are so anxious to return

to it.

And that is why you will do exactly as

we ask.

We shall look after your wife until you

return.

But we want that variance crystal and we

want it now.

Remember Mr. Moran,

you will be under our protection every

moment. Do you mean the same kind of

protection that you used to murder

Father Pagato and that poor driver who

tried to pick us up?

If it is needed,

you will help us.

You

>> have to promise me you won't do anything

to antagonize them.

>> I won't.

But what they're asking you to do is

impossible without getting someone

killed.

What about John Davis and the other

guards? If anything happened to them, I

couldn't do it with myself. We're going

to get out of this alive.

I have a way to get in the plant with

without involving John and the other

guards.

>> Be careful, Andy.

>> What happened with all those nuns to

pray for me?

Why?

Down

down

down down down.

Oh, stop. Don't shoot. Damn it. It's

Professor Ver.

Come on.

Why are you

You have what you want now. I want my

wife.

>> I'm afraid that will not be possible.

>> We had an agreement.

The agreement has expired.

We are going Back today, Barat. The

crystal has been installed. The planet

Earth has emitted an overabundance of

diseases. They are contaminating the

universe. All the planets light years

away from here will suffer unless it is

destroyed.

>> Destroyed.

>> We have received our orders.

An earthquake in a remote part of China.

The eruption of a long dead volcano.

We stopped when we discovered that the

restructuring of the earth was

preventing us from returning to our

home. Thank that problem has now been

rectified.

Your world will end.

Nothing can prevent.

This convent

will be the last to go.

I have set the emergency speed at 200

million kilometers per hour. Three times

the speed required. We have a direct

path.

Heat. Heat.

Heat

up here.

You would make an excellent citizen of

our world as I wish that you and your

wife would come with us. On Earth, your

talents are used for destruction.

on our planet. We use them to build

Heat. Heat.

The next

Tell me it's not happening, Andrew. It

can't be.

It is at me.

It had to happen. God knows what's on

the other side of that wall.

It's our only chance.

Let's take it.

Heat.

Heat.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.