All language subtitles for Destination Inner Space 1966 HD

Skipper, this is Commander Wayne.

How do you do, sir?

You got here sooner than we expected.

The department said it was urgent.

Well, Dr. LaSatier seems to think so.

Oh, and you don't, huh?

Well, I don't know what to think.

There's something odd going on down there.
That's for sure.

Boatswain, prepare the service bell.

Now we can send you down
anytime you're ready.

I'm ready right now, sir.

Inform the sea lab
that the commander's here

and he'll be down right away.

Hello, Sea Lab.
Hello, Sea Lab,

this is top side.
Do you receive, over?

This is Sea Lab.
Go ahead, top side.

Inform Dr. LaSatier
that Commander Wayne has arrived.

We're sending him down right away.

I take it you've never
been aboard the Sea Lab.

No, I haven't.

Well, it gets a little
hairy down there at times.

I spent three days aboard myself,
but I guess you'll get used to it.

Don't suppose you've ever
been aboard a submarine

cruising under an ice cap,
now have you skipper?

No, I haven't.

Gets a little hairy down there too.

Well, I imagine so, Commander.

The service bill is ready, Skipper.

- Good luck.
- Thank you, sir.

I'll tell you what thing, Skipper.

I'm sure as heck glad
I pulled top side duty on this project.

Could be he'll be wishing he was back

aboard to his submarine
before this is over.

- Colonel Wayne?
- Yes, sir.

- I'm Dr. James, Company medical officer.
- How do you do?

This is Dr. Ren� Peron,
our marine biologist.

Pleased to meet you.

Commander Wayne, Dr. LaSatier is
waiting for you in the control room.

- And Ho Lee will take your things.
- Fine.

Right this way, Commander.

Well, all the comforts of a luxury liner.

We do have some comforts.

So I see.

Dr. LaSatier, Commander Wayen.

You've arrived at the
opportune moment, Commander.

The object was returned.

It's moving closer.

How long has it been out there?

Two hours.

Yesterday, it appeared for 15 minutes.
Last night, one hour.

I sent the mini sub out. They may
reach it before it gets out of range.

- Do you mind?
- Okay.

A mile and a half.

- Is it always moving the same direction?
- No.

No pattern at all.

Five contacts we've made.

It's neither appeared nor disappeared
in the same direction.

No motors, no screws.

You can rule out the submarine
theory, Doc.

I already have.
At least the conventional ones.

You know of any other kind?

No, but I thought you might
do some new development.

I only wish you had a sub like that.

I still say it's a whale
looking for a new home.

No, Ren�.
Whatever it is, it's not a whale,

but it does appear to be
looking for something.

How can you be so certain
it's not a whale.

Same way you're so certain
it's not a submarine.

Marine animal's been my life's work.

Let me show you.

- Commander Wayne, this is Dr. Wilson.
- How do you do?

- Right away.
- Dr. Wilson is our electronics expert.

One phase of our operation
here is the study of communication

and sonar techniques of marine animals.

That sound
is the voices of a school of porpoises.

We've recorded a dozen
different kinds of sea animals,

including three kinds of whales.

Their voices are all within the range
of our ultrasensitive sensitive

receivers out there.

Now, look at this.

That sound signal is in a 100,000
cycle range, Commander.

- Ultrasonics?
- Far beyond the range of the human ear.

Can't hear it,
we can only see it.

From the mysterious object?

Far beyond the range of whales
and porpoises.

Beyond the range of any marine life
that I'm familiar with.

Now it'll move away.

It seems to stop transmitting
before it moves outta sonar range.

The object has moved
away again, Dr. LaSatier.

They couldn't get close enough
to get a picture.

Maddox would be pretty
disappointed if they didn't.

Maddox?

My head diver. He and our photographer
are out in the mini sub.

I was determined to get pictures
of that thing.

Maddox to Sea Lab. Maddox to Sea Lab.
Do you read me? Over.

This is Sea Lab, we read you.
Go ahead, Maddox.

The object is moving away from us.
I think it's some kind of submarine.

Whatever it is, it's huge.

Tell Dr. LaSatier we're
gonna follow it, over.

He knows he can't do that.
He's reached this point of no return.

Maddox, this is Sea Lab.

You know, your tanks are half empty.
Return to the sea lab at once.

I repeat, return to the sea lab at once.

You're reaching your point of no return.
Am I making myself clear?

Your message is
very clear, doctor. Will comply.

Doctor, is that a Hugh
Maddox you're talking to?

Yes, it's the best engineer
and diver I've ever known.

You know him, Commander?

Yes, Doctor, I know him.

We were just getting into range.

Couple of minutes more, Sandy,

and we'd have been breathing the water.

We were out there longer than I thought.

Well, we should have
taken the extra tanks,

like I said.

You're always in such a hurry.

Not always, honey.
Waited 30 years for you to come along.

Then you won't mind waiting another 30?

Sorry, sweetheart.

Another two weeks to wind up this
operation, then we're on our way to Miami.

Got everything all
figured out, haven't you?

That's why LaSatier hired me.

I'm an expert at figuring.

What did you find out?

Pictures will tell
you as much as I know.

I only got a couple of long shots, Doctor.

Unfortunately,
we weren't able to move in for a close up.

I wanna see them as soon
as they're outta the soup.

- Don't bother to wait for 'em to dry.
- Yes, sir.

What do you think, Hugh?

Some new kind of submarine?

No, it isn't a sub. We know that.

How do we know that?

The Navy didn't waste any
time answering my request?

They sent out their top submariner.

I think you know him, Commander Wayne.

You're not serious.

I don't understand.

Welcome to the club, Doctor.

A lot of people don't
understand Commander Wayne.

70% of the Earth's
surface is covered by ocean.

And we know less about it
than we do the surface of the moon.

Every day, our crew brings in some
new form of life or plan like that

to be studied and classified.
Forms of life in the sea are endless.

You're really serious
about this, aren't you?

It's a serious problem.

There's enough food in the ocean
to supply the world's population forever.

The sea is a perpetual food factory.

And the specimen is under
the microscope, Commander.

Oh. Well, after a tour of duty aboard
a submarine for a few years,

a man remembers that there are a lot more
interesting things to study than seaweed.

Like women, for instance.

Yes, if they look like you.

And I suppose I'm just the woman
you've been searching for.

You have a few of the qualifications.

Why don't you try the
you've got a beautiful mind

routine or the indirect approach, you
know, about becoming platonic friends.

Well, somebody must have given you
a pretty bad time.

Wrong again, Commander.

I just know a lot about men.

I bet you do.

For your information,
I've lived with five of them.

- All at once?
- Yes.

I grew up with five older brothers
and they taught me all the tricks.

I heard it all, Commander.

Commander Wayne, the photographs are ready.
Will you join me in the lab please?

Right away, Doctor.

Now you listen to me, beautiful.

I happened to have grown up
with a couple of sisters.

Let me tell you something,

a brother doesn't always
tell his sister everything.

So you might have a few surprises
in store for you, Doctor.

Shove that under your
microscope and study it a while.

Commander Wayne, just one minute please.

You special guest aboard Sea Lab.

What you want Ho Lee
to cook you for dinner?

Oh, I don't know, Ho Lee,
use your own discretion.

Good, good. How about pork-chops?
Or a big, big steak?

- How about some seafood?
- Let's see.

Seafood, you mean fish?

Yeah. Fish.

Okay.

How Ho Lee going to get fish?

Mr. Mike.

Just a minute, please.

- Where you go with my fish?
- Your fish?

What's the matter with you?
These are priority specimen.

- Oh, for a special dinner.
- Fish for dinner.

Ho Lee, you better check in at sick bay.

I think this one shows
more details, Commander.

Doesn't look like any
marine animal I've ever seen.

Is it possible the Russians have
developed some new undersea craft.

This isn't Russian.
Doesn't look like a submarine at all,

in the sense that we use the word.

Well, what then?

You tell me, Doctor.

I'm gonna send a communique to Washington

and request that a naval
unit be sent to this area.

Meantime, I suggest that you
terminate your research program

until we can determine what this object
is and what it's doing here.

Aren't you jumping to some
rather hasty conclusions, Commander?

We have no particular reason to suspect
that this object represents danger.

Maybe Commander Wayne is
used to making hasty decisions.

Hello, Maddox.

I know you do what you want to do, Doctor,
but I still think this is a matter

for military authorities.

Commander,
I have no objection to your

sending a communique
to the Navy Department.

You can make any request you wish.

However, in as much as this

is a private civilian operation
under my supervision,

I do think it's up to me
to decide on its termination.

Just the same as giving orders aboard.
the Starfish, is it, commander?

Dr. LaSatier, it's returning.
It's headed this way.

The range is two miles.

And closing fast.

It's in a depth of 60 feet.

If it stays on that course,
it's headed directly for us.

I don't believe we have
anything to worry about.

If they intended to attack us,
they could have done it before.

They?

I'm receiving the signal again
at a much higher frequency.

How much higher?

It's approaching a million cycles.

Don't you think you should secure
all watertight doors, Doctor?

It doesn't seem to be
on a collision course now, Commander.

It must have a sonar system
that's steering it clear of us.

I was thinking about ultrasonic
habitation, Dr. Wilson.

You could be right, Doctor.

We're loaded with chemicals and gases
which could become irradiated

by high frequency sound waves.

Sound emergency, seal
all compartments, Maddox.

Attention all personnel.
Attention all personnel.

This is not a drill.

Go to your emergency stations.

Passing right over us.

Must be 50 feet in diameter.

The line's gone dead, Doctor.
We're out of contact with top side.

What about the air tubes, Maddox?

Still intact.

You get scared?

A little.

It's reduced speed, it's
dropping down to the bottom.

There's a deep trench out there.

Maybe that's where it's going.

- How deep?
- About a mile in some places.

Maybe that explains why we
haven't detected it before.

What do you mean?

Those deep trenches,
they make a pretty good place to hide.

You're inferring that they
or it prefers to remain unknown.

Something like that, Doctor.

They wanted to, they could have
made an official appearance.

It stopped moving.

2000 yards.
Right at the edge of the trench.

Signal stock, Dr. LaSatier.

Now let's settle down.

Dr. Wilson,
let me know if there's any change.

Did you have much damage in there?

Nothing but a few frayed nerves.

Utility room from control.

Is everything all right
in your area, Dr. James?

Everything except the air.

It's like a wet blanket.

Return to normal routine.

All personnel retire from emergency
stations,

open watertight doors.

Resume ventilation, Maddox.

Mainline is open, pressure normal.

You better get out there and see what's
happened to our communication lines.

- Take Tex along with you.
- Right.

Commander, one of us better stay
on duty throughout the night.

I'll take the first watch, Doctor.

Right, Ho Lee will
bring you some supper.

Might as well relax, Ellis.

May take some time to
fix those radio lines.

Yes, sir.

Guess you feel right at home
down here, don't you, Commander?

And in a way. One big difference though.

Never had women aboard a submarine.

Do you mind, Commander?

Mind?
Best looking crew I ever served with.

What happened between you and Maddox?

Kinda like him, don't you?

I guess I do, but I really
don't know him very well.

Maddox, isn't an easy man
to know, honey.

Weren't you his commanding officer?

Executive officer.
He was our chief engineer.

Why did he leave the service?

You'll have to ask him that, dear.

Something happened on board
your submarine, didn't it?

- That's right.
- What?

I'd rather not discuss it.

Or maybe you're ashamed to discuss it.

And in compliance with your request
for more detailed information,

I am proceeding to the area
of the unknown object to investigate.

Will report my observations
upon my return.

Signed, Commander Wayne.

That's about all, Ellis.

Doctor,
did any of the crew man volunteer?

They all did.

You forget, Commander, that
our main purpose in being here

- is to explore the unknown.
- Good.

- Maddox will go with you.
- Maddox.

He's the most experienced.

I left the Starfish, I told you what
would happen if I ever saw you again.

Forget it, Maddox.

Forget it.

I'll never forget that day
as long as I live.

I've thought about that day for three
years, over and over again.

It was five men pounding and clawing

at that door, trying desperately
to get out of that flooding compartment.

They were just kids, Wayne,

and you were on the
other side of that door.

You didn't make a move to help 'em.

You know why I couldn't open that door.

I only know one thing.

you closed that door on us and

left us to drown like rats.
You think I can ever forget that?

Well, you managed to escape.

You think I'll ever forget that?

Listen, Miss Welles,

you're gonna stay behind
me in the aquasphere.

I'll take the camera.

Commander Wayne, I take
my orders from Dr. LaSatier.

Maddox,

I don't know what's happened in the past
between you and the commander,

but whatever your differences, they'll have
to wait until this operation is concluded.

Is that clearly understood?

Understood.

Good luck, Commander.

Thanks, Doctor.

Better keep your gear on.

Must be near freezing in here.

- What do you think?
- This craft looks extraterrestrial.

- A spaceship?
- Yeah, it's completely automated.

Remotely controlled probe ship.

I'll be sent here to study our oceans.

Look at this.

Looks like a container of some kind.

That light feels like a heat lamp.

Looks like I be ceramic
or some kind of glass.

Well, whatever it is, I bet
it came from that compartment.

Well, it might be a fuel
tank that's been ejected.

Cold as ice.

Maybe it's a container for specimens.

They might have come here
to collect samples of our sea life.

You all right?

There's something
creepy about this place.

Why don't we get back to Sea Lab?

Better leave that thing here, Maddox.

Until I hear differently, Dr. LaSatier
is still in charge of this operation.

He didn't send me along
just to keep you company.

- 35 kilocycles, really ups the sound.
- It's there, nonetheless.

I'd say it's an instrument package,
Commander, but don't ask me what it's for.

Something to do with the
ship's guidance system.

Or power plant or observation equipment,
or who knows what?

Well, there's one way to find out.
Cut it open.

Now, Listen, Doctor, you're a scientist.

I understand your curiosity,
but I don't understand your logic.

Now this ship must
have travelled through

space millions of miles
to get to this planet,

obviously with a very good reason.

We're dealing with
something totally alien.

That capsule, as he said,
might contain just instruments or

something simple like that.
On the other hand, it might contain

something quite beyond the realm
of our understanding.

I'm fairly certain there about
two dozen more aboard that ship.

That's exactly the point, Commander.
We're here to explore the unknown.

Now listen, Doctor.
I was sent out here with the authority

to take over this project,
if it became necessary.

Now I don't want to
exercise that authority.

But until I hear from the Navy
department, nobody aboard

this installation is gonna tamper
with that object.

Do we understand each other?

- I believe we do.
- Good.

- You might say we've been told off.
- You might.

And you might say that he's
absolutely right.

It's actually a very porous substance.

It's probably a...

Probably a what, Ren�?

Looks larger.

Looks like it's growing.

It's two inches longer
than it was only an hour ago.

And the signal has
increased 10,000 cycles.

Doctor, How can a matter
like that be growing?

- It's solid.
- Is it?

It's obviously a material made up
of cells, and they're multiplying.

Just as they do in living plant or animal.

Well, then it's gotta
be feeding on something.

Heat, possibly.

The commander said it was very cold
inside of that spacecraft.

And it might be feeding on our air.

That wasn't it.

Maybe it's the heat.

Watch it closely.

I'll be with Commander Wayne,
if you need me.

Dr. Wilson, do you think that x-ray
would penetrate that shell?

I don't know, but it's worth a try.

It's almost doubled in size.

Ultrasonic waves.

If they become intense enough,
that acid bottle will shatter.

Get Dr. LaSatier, hurry!

- Quick, get some gas masks!
- Ren�, get Dr. James.

Mike, help me get him into the berth.

Hey Maddox! Ensign for you!
Hurry up, cut the ventilators.

Last light, Doctor. We've gotta
get everybody outta here, fast.

That's a watertight compartment.
There's no immediate danger.

- That's not what I mean.
- Where's Tex?

He's in there.

- Wait a minute, Maddox. Don't go in there.
- Why not?

- There's something in there.
- What?

Some kind of an amphibious animal come
outta capsule. It attacked Tex,

- I couldn't get him out.
- Outta my way. - Listen to me!

Break it up.

All right, cut it out, both of you.

You know you can't open that door, Maddox.

You wanna flood the whole Sea Lab?

There should have been plenty of time
for both of them to get out.

He's a real pro at leaving men trapped
in flooding compartments.

I told you it attacked Tex.
There was nothing I could do about it.

You expect anyone to believe that?

I don't give a damn what you believe.

Better radio for help
before it's too late, Doc.

Amphibious animals.

Skipper, there's something
wrong with the lines of the Sea Lab.

Top side to Sea Lab, top side to Sea Lab.
Are you receiving?

Are you receiving, over?

Lines are dead, Skipper.

You're using the hydroponic transmitter?

Sea Lab to top side.

Are you receiving me?

This is topside. Go ahead, Sea Lab.

Attention, top side. This is
Commander Wayne. Send this message.

Office of Naval Operations, Washington.

Attention Admiral Bradford, urgent.

Request you send surface units to this area
immediately equipped with depth charges.

Would you repeat?
Would you repeat?

Attention Admiral Bradford, urgent.
Request you send

demolition units to this area immediately
to destroy submerged spacecraft.

End of message.

Hello, top side.
Please repeat the message.

Hello, top side. This is Commander
Wayne, please repeat the message.

Hello, top side.
Please repeat the message.

Hello, top side.
Please repeat the message.

- Monster seems determined to isolate us.
- Or annihilate us.

Doctor, I think you better close those
window guards. If that they can break out,

- it can break in.
- You think it'll try to attack us?

Doctor,
I think that thing will do everything

it can to try to
prevent anyone from

knowing of its existence.

Maybe it's not as dangerous as you think.

Maybe it's more afraid of us
than we appear to be of it.

Any animal will defend itself, Commander.

Especially a primitive one.

One thing I'm certain of, Doctor,
that thing is not

primitive. I bet you it's a lot
smarter than both of us.

But that's all the more reason
we should try to communicate with it.

Well, you still think it's
frightened of us, Doctor?

I had no idea.

Do you realise the importance
of this phenomenon, Commander?

I realise the danger we're in.

- Anything at all, Ellis?
- No, sir.

Something must've happened
to their equipment.

More likely something happened to them.

That's why.

The surface pumps have stopped.

How long will the
emergency air supply last?

About 12 hours.
A little longer if we're conservative.

Dr. Wilson has a severe cerebral
haemorrhage.

We'll have to get him
into a hospital at once.

There's nothing we can do about it.
We've lost contact with the surface crew.

I don't understand. Can't somebody
go out and see what's wrong?

We know what's wrong, Dr. James, we just
don't know exactly what to do about it.

If you don't hear
from me within an hour,

we'll know there's nothing
we can do about it.

Ellis, stand by that receiver.

Oh, Mike, get me one of your
best spear guns, will ya?

You can't go out there alone,
that's suicide.

Do you know what this
place is gonna be like

in about 12 hours
after the air gives out?

When the air gives out?

Pumps are out, we're
on the emergency tanks.

Now, listen.
Tell Dr. James to have Dr. Wilson ready.

I'm gonna try to get
the diving bell working.

Commander, you cannot go out
there alone.

I'm pretty good with these things,
Commander.

Okay, Mike.

Watch it, Mike!
Watch it!

Maddox, flood this hatch.

- Doc!
- Take it easy, Mike.

Let's get him to the infirmary.

All right.

What time does the supply
vessel arrive tomorrow?

- Usually arrives about noon.
- We'll never hold out that long.

Even if we could hold out,
I don't know what they could do for us.

We're gonna have to close
up more compartments, Doctor.

- We're down to the minimum now.
- What about the biology lab?

Commander Wayne,
that lab is full of valuable

marine specimens,
most of which will die without air.

So will we.
Maddox,

close off the biology lab.

Close it off!

And we can close off the infirmary too

We can move Mike, Dr. James
and Dr. Wilson in here.

Commander, Dr. Wilson
no longer needs any air.

- Well, how is he? Any better?
- Worse. Fever's gone up.

Well,
a scratch, it doesn't look that bad.

No, it's more than that.

What's that, from the amphibian?

A carrier of some kind of unknown disease,
unknown to me anyway.

Maybe that explains its
reason for being here.

Trying to escape a plague
that's threatening to wipe out

its own civilisation.

It's a possibility.
Is that contagious?

I don't know.

I've prepared a serum that might help
but I don't know.

If it is contagious,

that one creature could
start a major epidemic.

Well, imagine what a dozen might do.

Have you found what you're looking for?

Any of the rest of 'em know about this?

Do you think they should?

It's enough to worry about already.

How much time do you
think we have, Commander?

I don't know.

Roughly, I'd say eight hours.

Well, I know you'll do everything
humanly possible.

Doctor, I think you better
inoculate the rest of the crew.

They don't have to know what it is.
Tell him it's a tetanus shot or something.

If you flex your muscle
more, it won't hurt so much.

Thank you, nurse.

You no like black
dragon tea, Miss Sandra?

- No like.
- No bad.

How many spear guns do we have
in the utility room, Maddox?

About half a dozen.

Good. I want you to give me a hand
with the welding equipment.

- You too, Ellis.
- Yes, sir.

We're gonna set a trap, Doctor.

We're the ones in a trap,
like rats and a sinking ship,

if you know what I mean, Commander.

You know, I've just about
had it with you, Maddox.

You wanna go into this thing?
Okay, let's go into it.

- Now, what's that supposed to mean?
- You know what it means.

When are you gonna quit
lying to yourself anyway?

Don't you think I know what really
happened aboard the Starfish.

Are you trying to say you didn't
lock us in that forward room?

No, I admit that.
I had no choice.

It was either seal off that
room or flood the entire ship.

Sure, and left us to drown
in a flooded compartment.

You managed to escape, Maddox.

- Why couldn't the others?
- You don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, yes I do.

There was an escape chamber
that compartment, Maddox.

There was a chance for every one
of those men to get out of there.

I knew that when I sealed off
that room, they knew it too.

But something went wrong, didn't it?
You panicked, didn't you?

- You are crazy.
- Am I?

You got in that escape
chamber first, Maddox.

There was a chance for
every man to get in that chamber.

But you got there first, didn't you?

And you slammed that
hatch on 'em, didn't you?

Sure, I got there first,
but they didn't follow me.

They were trying to get
out that door you closed.

That's a damn lie,
Maddox, and you know it!

You once told me how you never could
forget the faces of those five men,

how they clawed and pounded on that door,
trying desperately to escape.

How could you know that, Maddox,
if you were inside that escape chamber?

I'll tell you how,

because it was the escape chamber
they were trying to get into.

You could see them
through the window of the hatch.

Yes, You could see their faces, Maddox.

Just kids, remember?
Crying out to you for help.

But you didn't make a move.

- You're lying to cover up for yourself.
- Am I?

Then how come we found the escape chamber
locked from the inside

when we finally brought the Starfish
to the surface?

And why did we find two of those men
with their broken,

bloody fingers still clinging
to the outside of that hatch?

- I don't know!
- Yes you do, Maddox!

No I don't! - Listen to me.

Every man gets scared sometime, some place.

Every man has their breaking point.

You can stand just so
much and then you crack.

Now you're no less a man for that, Maddox.
But listen to me,

you're gonna be a man.
Stand up right now

and admit it, or else you're through.
Now spit it out!

When I got into the escape chamber,

I slammed the hatch and locked it.

And then I froze.

I could see them, those
kids trying to get in,

but I couldn't move.

I killed 'em, Commander.

I didn't mean to.

I was a...

That's why I left the service.

After that, I couldn't stand
to look the rest of the crew in the eye.

I didn't have the guts
to admit I was a coward.

No one's calling you a coward, Maddox.

Come on, now. Give me a hand.
We haven't got much time.

You know something, Hugh?

Until a minute ago. I couldn't
find much in you I really liked.

Now, I think I could
fall in love with you.

Come on.
Commander Wayne needs your help.

- Everything okay, Doctor?
- Okay.

We're ready.

Good,
now be very careful of these trigger lines.

Everybody clear the room.

Don't come back til I give you the signal.
Batten down those hatches behind you.

I said, everybody clear the room.

What he trying to do?

He's using himself as bait.

Get back!
Probably wounded.

- Ellis, gimme a hand.
- What do you intend doing?

I'm going after it. We'll never get
outta here til it's finished.

- Let's suit up, Ellis.
- Yes, sir.

We've got to get it to the Marine
Institute as soon as possible.

Welcome back on board again, Maddox.

Forget it.
You looked a little short on crew.

Okay, hit it with those tranquillisers,
Doc, and keep him knocked out.

He still has a lot of fight in him.

Let's get to the surface and
get the air pump started.

Ellis, stand by the hydrophones.

Be ready to leave as soon as we get
the dining bell operating.

Remember, keep this hatch secure.

One shot will be enough.
Any more might kill him.

- He's near enough death now.
- But Doctor, the commander said...

Commander Wayne is not interested
in scientific research. I am.

Let's get this gear off.

Listen, you see if you can get
the pump started.

I'll check the radio shack.
Go ahead.

We're too late, Hugh, he's dead.

Well, the air pumps are okay,
but he's fouled up the winch

in the hoisting crane.
We can't operate the bell.

Are there any explosives on this barge?

Might be.

They use dynamite to clear away

the coral heads when they were
building the atmosphere, Wayne.

Won't be able to contact the Navy until
the supply ship arrives in the morning.

That might be too late.

You're thinking about the
other capsules on the spaceship.

That's right.

Let's see if we can find that dynamite.

Two of these oughta be
enough to blow this, Maddox.

Sandy, get the automatic timer
from the photographic enlarger

and bring it to the mess hall.

Do you really think you're doing
the right thing here, Commander?

I mean, don't you think we should
take the opportunity

of studying this entire
phenomenon before it's destroyed?

Doc, do you think the best way to prevent

a war is to wait until
the enemy drops a bomb on you?

I mean, we really haven't tried to
understand its purpose in coming here.

Doc, maybe you haven't
thought about this,

but wherever this thing came from,
land animals

like ourselves
could be its natural enemies.

Maybe it's here trying to
avoid the destruction by man.

Well, whatever it is, we can't
afford to take any chances.

Let's go.

Ellis, get some more
chains, bind its legs.

Now, if I were you people,
I'd stay far away from this thing.

That means all of you.

Not this time, Sandy.

I mean it.

- You might need help.
- I said no.

I'm sorry about the way things turned out.

It doesn't matter.
I told you that.

Matters to me.

It matters to you too, you know it.

We can never have anything together now.

Don't you.

Every time I'd look at you,
I'd be reminded of the coward in me.

It's over.
Don't torture yourself.

No, it isn't.

Maybe it'll never be over.

When this mission's finished, I'm going
away somewhere new and get a fresh start.

- That won't be so easy, Hugh.
- Maybe not,

but facing you and the others,

that's not easy either.

It's the only way for me, Sandy.
You know that.

Are you ready, Maddox?

Wait a minute.

No, Doctor, stay away!

Ellis, call Commander Wayne and tell
him the amphibian has escaped. Hurry!

I can't.
The hydrophones won't work now.

All right, we've got
about three minutes.

Get ready to make a run for it,
both of you.

- No, no!
- Get back!

- Now, hurry!
- No, don't!

Wayne, get here while
you still got a chance.

Come on, put these on.

Get over here!

Mike's on his way to
Miami by Naval helicopter.

The others are waiting aboard a supply
ship. Where's Dr. LaSatier?

He's in a control room.
He's pretty upset about having to leave.

He won't be when he hears
the news from Washington.

Well, ready to go, Doctor.

Commander, I think I ought stay her,
and supervise the repair operation.

Well, I don't think that
headquarters would like that.

Headquarters?
I don't understand.

I contacted the Naval Department
from the supply ship,

gave 'em a full report. The news
reached the president within minutes.

He's expecting you at the White House

for a press conference as soon
as a plane can get you there.

What am I gonna tell him?

We destroyed the first
creature from another world.

It had to be done, Doctor,
you realise that.

I realise it.

I also realise how little we know
of any other world except our own.

It's ironic.

Here we are all set to put men
on totally alien planets.

And we're completely
unequipped to understand

a creature from
one of those planets.

That amphibian was our ultimate
opportunity, and we failed.

We don't know any more now
than we did before it arrived.

You're wrong, Doctor.

We now know that somewhere in space,
there's a civilisation

of beings equal to,
if not superior to ourselves.

We never knew that for certain before.

We also know that somehow
we have to find a way to communicate

with those beings,
if we ever encounter them again.

That's what you have to tell 'em
at the press conference, Doc,

that you are the one man with
the knowledge and experience

to find that way.
That you are ready to tackle

the most important research
program of our age.

Commander, don't you think
we're being a little inconsiderate

keeping the president waiting?

Did anyone ever tell
you you're quite a guy?

Oh no, that's not a
very novel approach, Ren�.

Why don't you try the, oh, you're just
the kind of man I've been looking for one

or perhaps the platonic
friendship approach.

- You think you know it all, don't you?
- Oh, I know a little.

Well, Commander, you still may have
a few surprises in store for you.

Really? Like what.

The direct approach.