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[ Explosion ]

[ Rumbling ]

Steady. Maintain speed. [ Man ] Aye, sir.

The volcanic shocks are only five miles away.

They're coming from the underwater entrance to the volcano.

- How much time do we have left? - Less than three hours.

I have to get inside that volcano and stop it from erupting.

- If I don't-- - A big chunk of the Southern Hemisphere will blow with it.

[ Explosion ]

I don't know if Seaview can take much more.

I think she can take it, Lee.

[ Explosion ]

Fire detail-- On the double.

[ Man Shouting ]

[ Clears Throat ] I've got to get something from the lab.

Another shock wave's on its way.

If we hit another one like that, it'll break us in half.

What's keeping Turner?

He's the only one who can give us our course.

[ Crane ] Kowalski, Get Dr. Turner, on the double.

- He's in the lab. - Aye, aye, sir.

[ High-pitched Humming ]

Dr. Turner, you're wanted in the control room.

[ Pounding ] Dr. Turner, what's wrong?

[ Pounding ]

Dr. Turner, why don't you answer me?

[ Pounding ]

[ Man ] Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Starring Richard Basehart.

David Hedison.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

If I keep her on course, the next shock wave could finish us.

Now, look-- No. We better-- We better hold the course.

We need Turner to interpret this.

Maintain course. Aye, aye.

[ Pounding ] Dr. Turner, are you all right?

Control Room, this is Kowalski.

Dr. Turner's locked in the lab, sir. He's not answering me.

Get a torch and cut through. I'll be right there.

Aye, aye, sir.

[ Humming Slows, Fades ]

[ Chuckles ] What's the trouble, sailor?

Sir, didn't you hear us trying to get to you? No.

We're being destroyed by those shock waves.

The admiral says you've got to plot a new course. Oh.

Admiral.

Admiral, can you hear me? [ Nelson ] Turner, are you all right?

Oh, everything's fine. I just got some data I needed from the lab.

Now, listen. We're one mile from the entrance to the center of the volcano.

I'd better use the flying sub from here.

I'll have it ready to launch in five minutes. Good.

And please have my damping device put on board, will you?

It's the gold cylinder in the lab marked "Primary." I'll see to it.

With any luck, I should have two hours...

to stop that volcano from blowing off its head.

[ Rumbling ]

Chief? Mmm?

Do you think this Dr. Turner knows his business?

Look, kid, do you think the Pentagon would send somebody who didn't?

He's gotta be the world's greatest expert.

I don't know. He's a strange guy.

Keeping a volcano from blowing up-- That's a pretty big order.

Well, not only blowing, but the way I heard it,

if this one goes, half the world winds up in ashes.

Oh, boy. You sure know how to build a guy's confidence.

And I suppose this gizmo is going to stop the eruption.

Well, sure. Sure, it-- Well, come on. Keep working.

Doctor, how long have you been testing this heat refractor?

Over 10 years now.

The molecular change we're undergoing should enable us...

to withstand any foreseeable temperature.

The cylinder is secure, sir. Thanks, Chief.

You got the charts? Uh, yes, sir.

Now, according to this, you can sail right into the cone of that volcano.

All of this is based on Dr. Turner's data. That data is eminently correct.

I've been charting this particular volcano for years.

We can get inside the volcano,

damp it, and be back here before you know it.

Just do it in an hour and three quarters.

That's eruption time.

Shall we go, Admiral? Right. Let's go.

[ Whirring ]

Flying Sub ready for launch. [ Morton ] Ready for launch.

Launch. Aye, sir.

We're coming up to the wall of the volcano.

There.

That's the underwater entrance.

[ Explosion ]

We still have an hour and 30 minutes.

[ Rumbling ]

See? We'll-- We'll come up into this underwater chamber.

Just as dry as a bone.

The tricks nature plays with water pressure are fantastic.

[ Explosion ]

Nicely done, Admiral.

We're inside the volcano's outer cavern.

All right, let's get ready.

Flying Sub to Seaview.

Flying Sub to Seaview. Come in, Lee.

We read you loud and clear, Admiral. What's your position?

We're in a dry cavern inside the volcano.

I'm beaching the flying sub stern first for a fast get away.

Uh, tell me, can you get into the core of the volcano as you'd planned?

We'd better. I'll try to keep in touch. Out.

Well, let's get the damping device ashore, Doctor.

Right, Admiral.

Right away.

[ Whirring ]

Now, what is that?

One of my devices.

I call him Adam. [ Explosion ]

Look, we're not here to play games, Turner.

You're supposed to have a damping device in there,

not a robot, or whatever he is. No robot.

Adam was a human being until I rearranged his molecular structure...

about a century ago.

[ Explosion ] He is indestructible and all powerful.

Are you trying to tell me...

that this, uh, man is a hundred years old?

He is.

Oh, now-- [ Scoffs ]

All right, uh, granted what you say,

how are you going to use your indestructible man to stop the volcano?

I'm not going to use him to stop it.

I intend to use him to start it.

Adam. Bring out the explosives.

Nelson-- Stop him.

Nelson to Seaview Emergency! Emergency--

Admiral, this is Lee. What's wrong there?

What's wrong?

Admiral, do you hear me? What's wrong there? Nothing will help you, Nelson.

There's nothing you can do against the power of alchemy.

Alchemy? Yes. You know what alchemy is, Nelson--

The ability to change one element into another.

What has that to do with you?

I discovered how to change...

the molecular structure of matter.

What, uh--

What do you really want from this volcano, Doctor?

You simply amaze me, Nelson.

Yeah, you really do.

Aren't you the slightest bit surprised at the fact...

that I am an alchemist?

Well, why should I be? I'm not interested in your abilities.

-I'm interested in that volcano. -But the two can't be separated.

There were certain elements I needed for my process.

I've been mining this volcano for those elements--

my elixir stones--

for over five centuries.

Oh.

And, uh, they have enabled you to stay alive that long? And, uh--

And helped you to create him?

Yes. But now my supply is gone,

and that's why I need these to bring on a partial eruption...

and bring up more of my elixir stones.

But there's no such thing as a partial eruption.

If it starts, you'll kill millions of people.

[ Explosion ] Unfortunately, that is true.

And unfortunately, there is no one who can prevent me.

[ Groans ]

Destroy communications.

[ Whining ]

Now I'll immobilize the flying sub.

Here.

That ought to keep the admiral here till we get back.

[ Explosion ]

All of the radio circuits check out okay.

The trouble must be in the flying sub.

Aw, we can't wait any longer.

I'll have to send out a team of divers. That's pretty dangerous.

If they get caught in an eruption, they wouldn't stand a chance.

Well, sure, it's dangerous, but do you have a better idea?

Move in closer with the Seaview.

We could, but I can't risk it.

You're right. I'll round up a team of divers. All right.

Calling Admiral Nelson.

Come in, Admiral. Come in.

[ Explosion ]

[ Explosion ]

[ Explosion ]

[ Rumbling ]

[ Rumbling ]

Put that canister down, Turner.

I didn't come this far to stop now.

I'm going to get the stones and get out before the eruption.

Adam.

Stop him, Turner, or I'll blow him to bits.

You have my permission to try.

[ Gunshot ]

[ Gunshot ]

He has about two minutes to live.

Come on.

Any minute now, and the elixir stones...

will be brought to the surface by the explosion.

[ Grunts ]

Sixteen,

17,

18,

19,

20. Give it another five seconds, just in case.

Oh, man. If anybody wants to know how a hard-boiled egg feels,

I got it made. [ Chuckles ]

Cut the power.

Uh, Mr. Morton.

Will this machine really keep us from burning up in the heat?

Dr. Turner claims it'll make heat run off the body like water off oil.

Is that a fact, or a theory? I really don't know, Kowalski.

It's like that parachute gag, Ski.

If it don't work the first time,

drop in and we'll give you a new one.

[ Crane On Intercom ] Diving party, report.

Patrol is about ready, sir. Any word from the admiral?

Nothing. Send out the team.

Aye, aye, sir. You're on your way.

[ Explosion ]

[ Explosion ]

[ Explosion ]

Are you all right in there? [ Sharkey ] We're okay, sir.

The water cushioned the shock. Just send us out.

Lucky they weren't outside the sub when that blast hit us.

Hmm. They'd be-- Control Room calling Mr. Morton.

Urgent. Control Room calling. This is Morton. Go ahead.

The captain's been hurt, sir. Is it serious?

I don't know. He's unconscious.

- Get him to sick bay. I'm on my way. - Aye, sir.

How bad is it?

I'm not sure, sir.

Looks like a very serious concussion.

Where's the doc?

He had an emergency call from Engineering.

I want a full report from them as soon as possible.

Yes, sir. I'll see if I can relieve him.

Sparks. Aye, sir.

Contact the diving party.

Have them tell the admiral that Captain Crane has been injured.

Seriously injured.

Aye, sir.

The admiral is gone.

Never mind.

We'll look for the stones over there.

Now, remember, they glow, but they're cold to the touch.

[ Explosion ]

[ Explosion ]

[ Rumbling ]

Adam!

The explosion wasn't powerful enough to bring up the stones.

We need something even stronger.

Perhaps, uh, something from the Seaview.

[ Explosion ]

I'll handle them.

You take care of him.

I'll handle the others.

[ Turner ] Chief! Chief Sharkey.

What's wrong, Doc? Where's the admiral?

I don't know. What do you mean, you don't know?

What happened to him? A bad shock wave hit him.

He couldn't operate the flying sub.

And then he tried to communicate with you,

then another shock wave hit us.

What is it, Doc? What happened?

I was knocked out.

When I came to, the admiral was gone.

He must be lost somewhere back in that volcano.

Lost? The admiral wouldn't take off just like that in a volcano.

And what about that explosion? What was that all about?

That was my damping device.

I threw it in the very core of the volcano. It wouldn't work.

Oh, man. There's something going on around here,

and I'm going to find out what it is.

The admiral's gone, and now you tell us...

that the volcano is still going to blow.

I've told you all I know about the admiral.

As for the volcano, I'll need a stronger device.

I'll have to go back to Seaview to get it.

All right. This is the way we're going to do it.

There's scuba gear and heat suits in the flying sub.

Kowalski, I'm gonna swim back with Dr. Turner to Seaview,

and get him the explosives he needs. Right.

What about me and Brent? Get out of the wet suits, and find the admiral.

Okay. Let's go.

Okay, good luck, Chief.

[ Explosion ] Admiral!

All right, put him down.

Now, look. I don't know what you are or where you're from,

but I'm gonna put a bullet right through your head.

Now, put him down.

Ski, it didn't penetrate. Then we need impact. Fire at his head.

[ Explosion ]

This Dr. Turner is a-- an alchemist,

and he can live forever? Mm-hmm.

Wow. Sounds impossible, doesn't it, sir?

The point is, we have to find some way to stop Turner-- and the volcano.

Do you think there's a way we can do it, sir? I think we might be able to.

Ordinarily, this kind of an operation would be a job for Captain Crane,

but we just have to carry on without him.

Now, rig the laser gun to make it portable,

and slant drill down just at the edge of the lava pit,

- right into the throat of the volcano. - Right, sir. And then what?

Then I'm going to place a nuclear implosion charge in the drill hole.

We might be able to blow the volcano inward and plug it up.

And, uh, take some stun guns with you,

just in case that golden boy of Turner's tries to stop you.

And what about that Dr. Turner, sir?

I'll, uh, take care of that once I get back aboard Seaview...

to prepare the implosion device. [ Explosion ]

I only hope-- hope we have time to do that.

As you know, my first device miscarried, Mr. Morton,

so I'll have to adjust this one,

and I'll-- I'll need your help, hmm?

Now, would you hold these, please? Of course, Doctor.

Thank you.

[ High-pitched Humming ]

[ Whirring ]

[ High-pitched Humming ]

Now, get this straight, Chief.

I want a replacement section number five for our atomic reactor,

four 12-inch graphite rods,

an "L" type timer and a plutonium trigger charge.

And enough wire to put them all together. Aye, sir.

- Have them in the reactor room in five minutes. - Aye, sir.

Patterson, where is Dr. Turner? In the lab, sir.

All right, get me out of this stuff as fast as you can.

You're a little too late, Nelson. [ Whirring ]

Chip. Take him.

Don't-- Don't listen to him, Chip.

No matter what they've done to you, I'm sure-- Bring him here.

Chip--

[ Groans ] [ Whining ]

Go to the missile room.

Bring me the center charge of an A-12 warhead-- Just the center charge.

Don't try to resist, Nelson.

Another 30 seconds, you won't feel anything--

except what I want you to feel.

Master at Arms, this is Nelson.

Master at Arms, aye. Now, Listen.

Commander Morton is on his way to the missile room to get a warhead.

Stop him. Stop Mr. Morton, sir?

Repeat: Stop Mr. Morton. Put him in the brig. Aye, sir.

And send a security detail to the lab on the double. Aye, sir.

There's not much time before the volcano goes.

That's a true statement.

Well, if you know any way to stop it,

you'd better come up with it before we all die.

Before you all die.

Don't you forget that I'm immortal.

No, no. Only if you get the elixir stones.

You need a controlled explosion,

not an eruption that'll blow us all to bits.

No.

That won't work, Nelson.

I've got to take a chance that my transmuted body...

will withstand the eruption. [ Door Opens ]

Take him away. Maximum security.

You are a remarkable, resourceful man, Admiral.

We could have accomplished fantastic things together,

if you'd just allowed me to give you immortality too.

The only fantastic thing I'm going to accomplish...

is to stop that volcano from erupting.

- It's impossible. - We'll see about that.

Throw him in the brig.

[ On Intercom ] Admiral, this is Sharkey.

Yes, what is it, Chief?

I've got everything you want, sir, in the reactor room.

I'll be right there.

Now to the missile room.

All right, now, we gotta get close to the lava pit,

and it's going to be rugged. We'll make it, Ski.

Unless that gold man is still in here trying to stop us.

Nothing's going to stop us. [ Explosion ]

We'll put the gun over there.

[ Rumbling ]

[ Explosion ]

Ski!

Ski, he smashed the laser.

Let's get it back to the flying sub and fix it.

How do we get in there now?

I don't know, but we've got to.

Let's get that back and repair it.

Missile Room to Admiral Nelson. Missile Room to Admiral Nelson. Go ahead.

Sir, we've tried to hold Mr. Morton off at every hatch.

He just keeps busting through. We can't hold him back. Do what you can.

Yes, sir.

Time is growing short. You'll have to use pure energy on this one.

[ High-pitched Whine ]

Mr. Morton! Don't you--

We'll get the center charge of an A-12 warhead.

Then we're going back to the volcano.

Missile Room, this is Nelson.

What's your situation?

Missile Room, this is Nelson. Come in.

Here's the diagram.

Follow it, finish it, and meet me in the escape hatch.

Aye, sir.

I'm sorry sir. They got away-- Mr. Morton and Turner.

With the explosive? Yes, sir.

Nelson to Reactor Room. This is Sharkey, Admiral.

On the double with that nuclear device.

Almost finished, sir.

Brent, you know, I've been thinking.

Now, we're planning on blasting the tunnel entrance to get in,

and then knocking out that gold man, right? Yeah.

So what's wrong with that? There won't be enough power left in the laser.

We'll have to take the flying sub down...

and get in through a lower entrance.

You mean you wanna go down through the bottom of the lava pit?

Right. Now, we'll drill the hole for the admiral from the bottom up.

Personally, I'd like to take another whack at that golden thing out there.

I know, I know, but we haven't got the time or the power.

Hey, what's this?

Phase-X2 connector-- It's gone.

Maybe I can jump the cable. All right, try it.

Commander Morton.

All right, Morton, turn them loose.

[ Coughs ] Mr. Morton, what's he done to you?

Dr. Turner, what's happening to you?

I'm running out of time, sailor.

I've gotta explode this charge and bring up the elixir stones...

before the final eruption.

- Brent, you've killed him. - I flipped the switch to low voltage, Ski.

- I just knocked him out. - All right, secure Mr. Morton--

And keep an eye on Dr. Turner.

We're going below to drill that hole for the admiral's nuclear charge.

The elixir stones-- I must get them.

They'll have to wait. Job number one is to smother the eruption.

There-- There's the opening into the lava pit.

[ Explosion ]

Kowalski, you can have anything you want-- Even immortality.

Now is our chance to get the stones.

Now! The volcano is ready.

You stay put.

We're going to have enough trouble getting out of here alive.

Now, Turner could have taken the flying sub.

He-He's got Chip completely under his control.

Yes, but, uh, where are our men?

They might be in there.

We blast it?

Well, we can try.

Aim for where those two rocks come together.

Aye, sir.

We're in the lava pit-- Under the surface.

The heat outside--

Must be over a thousand degrees.

Ski, the heat suits-- They're breaking down.

I guess they'll handle only a certain amount of heat.

I'll die.

Without the elixir stones, I'll die. I'll die.

I'll die!

[ Explosion ]

Shocks are coming every minute now.

How long have we got? Oh, maybe 10 minutes.

Admiral. Huh?

Suppose they didn't burn the hole for you to put the charge down?

Well, then we'll sink it right into the pit.

[ Explosion ]

How much time do we got after you put that gizmo in?

As long as it takes to reach the plug of the volcano.

Then she blows? It-It implodes downward.

Will we be able to get out of here?

Well, we better be, because this place...

is going to be exactly like the inside of an exploding H-bomb.

We'll drill up there.

Get the laser ready.

[ Explosion ]

[ Explosion ]

[ Engine Whining ]

Admiral! Let's go.

Admiral. The elixir stones.

- Turner, come back. - Turner? Dr. Turner, come back!

Turn back!

Too late. The nuclear charge is going to blow. Come on.

Think you can get us out of here the way you came in?

I'm sure gonna give it a try, sir.

[ Moans ]

Chief. Sir?

Mr. Morton's becoming himself again.

I think you can untie him.

Aye, sir.

How long do you think it'll take us to get out?

About 45 seconds, sir.

That gives us just about 15 seconds...

before the nuclear bomb implodes. [ Explosion ]

Well, that's the end of our volcano threat, Lee.

It's the end of other things too.

Dr. Turner, alchemy.

You know, I still can't believe what you told me about him.

I guess it was true enough, Lee.

Though now we'll never know what his secrets were.

Here's one fella who knows all he wants to know...

about Dr. Turner and his alchemy.

Chip, what did the doctor say?

Oh, he didn't know what the fuss was all about. I'm as normal as ever.

- Oh? - Great.

Well, Admiral, what now?

You've got a clean bill of health too, Captain,

so I'll leave that up to you--

As long as the course you set heads us straight for home.

Down scope.