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[ Kowalski On Speaker ] Ninety seconds and counting.

Eighty seconds and counting.

Launch Area to Capsule. Is everything go, Mr. Morton?

Everything is go. We're ready to launch.

Aye, sir. Okay, you jokers! Out! On the double!

Come on! Move! [ Kowalski ] Condition red. Clear the launch area.

[ Voices Overlapping ]

[ Voices Overlapping Continues ]

[ Kowalski ] Sixty seconds and counting.

[ Man On Speaker ] We're green. We're green.

[ Voices Continue ]

Let's hear from Pressure Line Staging. Pressure Line Staging, report.

Seaview to Space Exploration Agency.

Seaview to S.E.A. Come in, please.

[ Man On Speaker ] S.E.A. to Seaview. Go ahead.

This is Nelson. All systems for experimental underwater launch are go.

Make it a good one, Nelson. Don't worry, General.

After three orbits around the Earth, we'll bring them back safe and sound.

[ Kowalski ] T-minus 40 seconds and counting.

[ Man On Speaker ] S.E.A. to Seaview.

All antennas prepared to track from liftoff.

Orbital test flight is go.

[ Man On Speaker ] Repeat that for Master Control. Radar Group Four--

[ Continues, Indistinct ]

[ Kowalski On Speaker ] Fifteen seconds and counting.

Spacecraft umbilical is ejecting.

Ten seconds and counting.

Nine, eight,

seven, six,

five, four,

three, two, one.

Ignition.

Maneuvering, trim portside ballast.

[ Humming ]

[ Man On Speaker ] Contact.

Altitude: 100 miles, velocity: 17,500 miles per hour.

Capsule still locked on.

Spacecraft separation. Surface range: 508 miles.

[ Beeping ]

[ Man On Speaker ] Watch for malfunction on the orange and red signals.

Check orange and red signals for any malfunctions.

Station five.

Seaview to Flight. Seaview to Flight. Come in, Chip.

[ Beeping Continues ]

Seaview to Flight. Seaview to Flight. Come in, Chip.

[ Beeping Continues ]

Flight to Seaview. We cannot read you.

Flight to Seaview. Can you read us?

Flight to Seaview. [ Beeping Continues ]

I can't turn it off. It keeps coming through.

[ Tone Warbling ]

[ Warbling ]

[ Man ] Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Starring Richard Basehart,

David Hedison.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

We lost 'em completely. The signal's disappeared. Reserve power in.

Re-circuit.

They couldn't have destructed.

No, we would have seen that.

There was nothing on the tracking scope but a thin beam of light.

[ Kowalski ] Reserve power in.

Huh. Still nothing. Add the reactor power, Ski.

Aye, aye, sir. [ General On Speaker ] Space Agency to Seaview.

Yes, General. We've lost the capsule on our screen.

Do you have a reading? Negative. We're trying to reestablish communication.

We have no sign of them at all. Capsule is probably orbiting out of control.

Yes, I'm going to duplicate the mission with our backup vehicle.

If we can rendezvous with them, we might be able to pick them up.

[ General ] Negative, until I clear it with Washington.

But we've got two men up there. Negative till clearance.

I'm not gonna throw their lives away. Prepare the backup mission.

We'll have clearance before blastoff.

Now, start the pre-countdown operation.

Control to Rocket Launch Area. Attention, Launch Crew.

Commence pre-countdown operations for launch of Test Vehicle 2.

Repeat: Commence pre-countdown operations...

for launch of Test Vehicle 2.

Move vehicle into position and fuel up. Aye, sir.

All right. You heard him! Let's move! On the double!

Come on!

Hey, Chief. What about a crew for the capsule?

Well, they have backup astronauts on shore,

and I guess the skipper or maybe the admiral will ride copilot,

just like--

Well, just like Mr. Morton did. Okay?

Let's move.

[ Warbling ]

What happened?

Nothing makes sense.

We didn't dream that white light.

Doesn't look like any landscape I've ever seen.

And here's something odd. Gravity: .48.

Maybe the instrument was affected by the shock of the landing.

Flight to Seaview. Come in.

Flight to Seaview. Can you read us?

We better take a look outside.

[ Rumbling ]

Feels like earthquake country. Never seen anything like it.

Let's not panic, Bob.

[ Warbling ]

- I can't see! - Throw down your weapon.

You blinded me! Throw down your weapon!

You will come with me.

Nelson to Space Agency.

S.E.A., come in, please.

[ Man On Speaker ] This is S.E.A., Admiral. Go ahead.

Is your backup astronaut on his way here?

He's standing by until we get authorization.

Have you found out why your communications failed?

No, but I don't think we'll have any trouble this time.

We've just installed our new laser beam tracker in the system.

And, uh, Captain Crane is checking out the second capsule.

I'll keep in touch.

Testing U.H.F., unit four.

Testing unit four.

Go ahead, Skipper. Unit four.

[ Buzzes ]

Unit four, testing.

Okay. Shows maximum, sir.

Good.

[ Warbling ]

[ Warbling ]

[ Nelson On Speaker ] Control to Launch Room. Control to Launch Room.

- Admiral? - What the blazes happened down there?

Admiral, the-- the capsule and Captain Crane--

They're-- They're gone.

We're in the middle of countdown. There was no blastoff.

Yes, sir, I know-- I know that, but...

the capsule's gone, sir.

Admiral, the tracker-- It's tracking.

According to that, the capsule's in flight.

[ General On Speaker ] S.E.A. to Seaview. [ Groans ]

Go ahead, General. Admiral, our monitors show your test vehicle in flight.

Yes, yes. I-I'm checking into it.

Did you get direct clearance from Washington? No!

Stand by. I'll get back to you.

Check the computer. Aye, sir.

Oh, Admiral, sir.

The computer speed of the capsule, Admiral.

The speed.

186,000 miles per second.

The speed of light.

And they're heading for the--

Headed for where, sir?

The planet Venus.

[ Warbling ]

Crane to Seaview. Hello, Seaview.

Crane to Seaview. Do you read me?

[ Rumbling ]

[ Humming Sound ]

I ask you again,

when does Earth plan to invade the planet Centar?

Earth plans no invasion.

Have you made explorations of the moon?

Yes.

Have you explored this planet, Venus?

- Venus? - Yes.

Only by remotely controlled space vehicles.

Have you explored the planet Mars?

Only by remotely controlled space vehicles.

What is your next objective?

Chip! Get out of there!

[ Warbling ]

Lee? Is that you?

- Chip, what's the matter? Can't you see? - They blinded me.

Take him back.

Who are you?

We are from the double planet Centar...

in a distant part of this galaxy.

We brought you both here to our scouting outpost on Venus.

Scouting outpost? Why?

To find out why you Earth people are invading other planets,

what your capabilities are for invading Centar.

We've never even heard of Centar.

We do not believe you.

You will tell us.

No, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

I'll tell you what you wanna know, without this.

Now, first, uh, let me explain to you...

how our equipment compares with yours.

You see, your electrons depend on photon operation.

Ours, on the other hand, don't have the similar--

No! We need him.

He can't go far.

General, has Washington okayed the rescue mission to Venus?

I'm having trouble convincing them of the facts, Harry.

I can hardly believe them myself.

Crane is on Venus! All of our indicators say so.

If you don't get Washington to move, I'll do the job myself.

Admiral, we're ready with the picture from the capsule's TV camera.

Kowalski, try to raise Captain Crane. Aye, sir.

Seaview to Test Module 2.

Seaview to Test Module 2.

Come in, Test Module 2.

Earth man, resistance is useless.

Surrender! You cannot fight us.

Admiral, there's gotta be something we can do to give the skipper a hand.

Chief, is the remote control of the capsule still on standby? Aye, sir.

Mm-hmm. Then give manual control to the captain of all components.

Aye, sir. [ Clicking ]

Lee? Lee, I don't know if you can hear me.

This is Nelson. You now have manual control of all components.

We do not wish to kill you.

[ Rumbling ]

We only want to take you to Centar, our planet.

The answer's no!

- Do you wish to die here? - I do not wish to die anywhere!

Within six hours, this side of Venus...

will be under the direct gravitational pull of the sun.

Once a month, the ground is torn apart.

Everything goes into convulsion.

Nothing survives.

Come with us.

You don't need us on Centar. Send us back to Earth!

Wait here. I will go learn from the other one how to deal with this fire.

[ On Speaker ] Nelson to Crane. Seaview to Crane.

Lee? Can you hear me? Admiral.

Admiral, uh, this is Crane.

Are you all right? Well, I think so.

I'm still trying to figure out if this is real or some kind of nightmare.

It's real enough. We've tracked you. You're on the planet Venus.

But how did I get here?

That's one of the things we're trying to figure out ourselves.

- Are Chip and Wilson with you? - Oh, Wilson's dead.

- Chip's here, but he's been captured. - Captured?

Now, look, I'll try to get Chip away,

but if I do, what happens to us?

Somehow you'll just have to try to survive up there.

I've already got wheels turning in Washington to send up a rescue mission.

That'll take months, and I've just found out...

that this side of Venus is due to be hit by a solar storm in about six hours.

Try to get Chip back to the space capsule.

You might be able to ride out the storm inside.

All right, Admiral. I'll get to Chip.

We'll, uh-- We'll manage somehow.

What is the nature of the fire that comes from the space vehicle?

It is a chemical combustion under pressure.

How is it stopped?

By a control inside the capsule.

Who is the Earth man whose voice I heard-- one named Nelson?

Admiral Nelson is our chief. He is over all of us.

Then he knows all about these space vehicles? Yes.

He is in charge of their movements,

of this test flight you are on?

Yes.

Centar. Centar.

Centar. Centar!

Do you have the other one?

I am pursuing him.

When you get him, return here.

I am going to Earth to get another human-- one named Nelson.

An important one who can give us the best information.

[ Warbling ]

Turn it off! What are you doing to me?

Remain still. If you move, it will burn through you.

[ Warbling ]

S.E.A., this is Nelson. [ Man On Speaker ] Go ahead, Admiral.

We have an exact pinpoint of Crane's location.

Has Washington approved the rescue mission? Affirmative.

We're starting a 72-hour countdown on a rescue capsule to be launched from here.

Am I clear to go along? You are.

Roger. Out.

Admiral, that's-- that's much too late.

They only have six hours before that solar storm hits.

Then they'll have to survive till we get there, won't they?

Admiral.

Same kind of beam as those other ones when Commander Morton and Captain Crane disappeared.

Mm-hmm. Only this time it's coming straight toward us.

What do you think it means, sir?

It could-- It could mean an invasion.

- Sharkey, sound general quarters. - Aye, sir.

[ Siren Wailing ]

Centar speaks to Nelson.

Who are you? You are isolated.

You have no communication with the rest of your planet.

I repeat: Who are you?

Centar to Nelson. I am coming aboard.

[ Chuckles ] Try to board us, it's the last thing you'll ever do.

Dive! Dive! All dive! All dive!

[ Alarm Wailing ]

Admiral. Hmm?

Look.

You--

Hold it!

You are Nelson.

Yes, I'm Nelson. And who are you?

You are the leader of these men,

of the others we brought to the planet Venus?

I want to know what you are and what you're doing here.

I came for you.

Well, that's very interesting. What do you want with me?

All the knowledge contained in your mind.

We wish to learn all there is to know...

about the ability of Earth people to penetrate space.

Why? Any invaders are a potential threat to us.

We must know your plans, your capabilities, so we may defend against them.

We're not invaders, so why should you want to defend yourself against us?

You launched a space vehicle from this ship you call Seaview.

A trial flight, yes.

There will be others to follow.

Eventually, you will reach the outer limits of this galaxy.

When you do, we will be ready to destroy you.

And you want me to tell you how you can accomplish that destruction?

Yes.

You made a long trip to Earth for nothing.

Take him!

[ Warbling ]

Do not try anything so foolish again.

The next time my forces will be applied directly against all of you.

All right. What now?

First, I wish to examine this vessel.

You will act as my guide.

Well, you see, I-I'm needed here.

I'll assign someone else.

Kowalski.

Aye, sir.

And after you've completed your tour of inspection?

I will transport this vessel and you back to my planet.

[ Chuckling ] Well, that's impossible.

You forget--

We have already done this with two of your space vehicles.

We can transform mass of any size into light energy...

and transport it at will.

You will take me through the ship.

Sir.

Yeah. Go ahead.

Pass the word to all hands: Stand by for battle alert.

No intercoms. Word of mouth or transceivers only.

Move out. On the double.

- Chip. - Lee?

These are like red-hot steel bars on my neck.

All right. Now, just, uh-- Just hold on a minute.

Hold on.

Thanks.

Can we get out of here? We're in radio contact with the Seaview.

The admiral's getting a rescue party up to us.

Now listen to me, Chip. We've got to hang on until they get here.

Our spaceships don't travel at the speed of light.

It would take them at least three months to get here.

They tell me the ground on this side of Venus gets torn apart by the sun once a month.

That doesn't give us much of a choice.

Die here, or on their planet. No, Chip. There's another choice.

Survive. Now, if we can get back to the capsule,

at least we'll have rations and some protection.

First I want to check out their instrumentation. It might help us.

Now, come on. That's it.

Now, easy.

Wait a minute. Just let me go first now.

Come on.

[ Beeping ]

Yes, sir? [ Nelson ] He's on his way to you now.

Hit him when I give the alarm. Aye, sir.

You'll get help from every part of the boat. Yes, sir.

Get set.

This is the missile room. Our heavy weapons.

Missile Room to Control. This is Nelson.

He's here, sir.

[ Alarm Ringing ] Okay. Now.

[ Warbling ]

Our guns are gone.

Tell your Admiral Nelson I will examine his reactor room.

Then I will deal with him, his ship and his crew.

Control to Missile Room. Chief, do you hear me?

Kowalski? Patterson!

Chief. Admiral.

It's-- It's no use. He's just too much for us.

Like, uh-- Like getting hit by lightning.

It's that white orb he carries.

It can't just be the orb. There's got to be a power source he uses.

That-- That beam he came in on.

Can you pull yourself together? We'll launch the flying sub.

I'm going to attack his power source. Aye, sir.

[ Centar ] Earth man.

You will learn nothing there. Now move away.

What happened, Lee? Are you okay? I'm all right.

[ Warbling ]

What's the matter? It's my eyes. I can see.

Did he blind you with this?

Yes. It must be wearing off.

Keep watching him.

Let's see if this can get us some help with the instrumentation.

[ Warbling ]

Chief, I've located the beam.

I'm going to attack with a laser.

I'm ready to fire now.

[ Warbling ]

It was not wise of you to have attacked the beam.

And it was hopeless.

The Seaview is now in my control.

What have you done to my crew? Immobilized them.

The Seaview will now be taken to the planet Venus,

and from there to Centar.

[ Warbling ]

[ Warbling ]

It should have gone.

It will require additional power from the prime source.

What do you think, Lee? I don't know.

Is this set now to send us back?

Yes, but only Centars can operate it.

Then you'd better do it.

This place could come down any minute. You wanna die here?

It will send us to Earth.

Turn power to maximum and activate.

Can we trust him? [ Exhales ]

We don't have any other choice.

This is Centar on Earth. I need maximum power.

Activate.

Maximum power's required to transfer the Earth submarine to Venus.

Activate at once.

If I turn up the power, he'll have the Seaview here.

If we don't get back to Earth, we're dead.

All right. We'll try to stay alive in the capsule. Move!

[ Centar On Earth ] I need maximum power! Activate!

Something must have gone wrong with the main controls.

We will return to Venus without the Seaview.

[ Warbling ]

What do you make of it, Chief? Hmm?

That blasted beam was there again, but it's gone now.

Does that mean the admiral and the flying sub are gone too,

like the skipper and Mr. Morton?

Look, kid, I don't know what it means.

The navy I was brought up in sailed on the water, not through the sky.

But if they are all up there on that planet,

how are we gonna get 'em back?

What are we gonna do?

What are we gonna do? I'll tell you what we're gonna do.

Nothin'. That's what.

Nothin'? But, Chief!

Ju-- Just listen to me, kid.

You will see them come back down here.

Believe me.

Are you sure about that? Sure I'm sure.

With both the admiral and skipper up there-- and Mr. Morton.

Are you kidding? Listen, Patterson.

The only guys in trouble are those aliens who snatched them in the first place.

Just tell me when they're headin' back here. I want to be ready to really pipe 'em aboard.

I guess you're right, Chief.

They've gotten out of rougher waters than these.

Yeah, you bet your sweet life I'm right.

Just take it from me-- They're not in any trouble at all.

At all.

[ Sighs ]

Let's get to the capsule. At least we'll have some protection. Come on.

Chip!

[ Gunshot ]

How much time do you think we've got?

Not too long, judging by the buildup. Come on.

[ Warbling ]

We've arrived, with not much time to spare.

Your foolish resistance on the Seaview delayed me.

We will have to leave this planet at once.

What about the other men you brought here?

They're with my companion, in the vicinity where the one you call Crane landed.

You better get us back before this solar storm kills everyone.

That is my intention, Nelson.

I shall convey all of us to the planet Centar.

Again you are foolish, Nelson!

I see it will be necessary for me to relieve you of your sight.

We've only a matter of minutes left! Get us back to Earth!

I told you of my intention, Nelson.

I shall convey all of us to the planet Centar.

Now stand back.

Get us out of here now, or we're all dead.

I repeat, the controls at our master operations were set to return you.

- Activate them. - Not at the risk of bringing Seaview and its crew up here.

What if I show you how we can prevent that,

how we can get off this planet?

It may be too late now. No.

I can return us to the cave with the orb. Let me have it.

No. You just show me how to work it. I'll get us back.

No.

Do you tell me?

Tell me, or we'll all die here!

Turn it with your fingertips until three impulses are felt.

[ Warbling ]

Admiral.

[ Nelson ] What's wrong? I don't know.

It's not working!

He must have changed the settings. You remember what they were?

I'm trying.

Try it now!

Chief?

Another beam, and headed this way again.

Kowalski, sound general quarters.

Hey. What a feast for the eyeballs this is.

You all look so good I could kiss you! I mean, uh--

I thought, well, uh-- Welcome back aboard, gentlemen.

Believe me, Chief. We're happy to be back.

So what happened? Were you really up there on Venus?

How'd you get there, and-and how'd you get back?

And what-- Easy, easy, Chief.

We'll give you all the details in good time.

Captain.

It's a radio inquiry from a lecture bureau.

They want to know if I'd be interested in making a tour.

The subject to be the safety and convenience...

of making future interplanetary flights.

While you're thinking of an appropriate reply,

head up back for port, will you?