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'Moonbase Alpha, status report,
2,310 days after leaving earth orbit,

'dr Helena Russell recording.

'Two days ago we made contact

'with an earth—type
planet in our west quadrant.

'First reports indicate
it can support our life forms.

'Our survey team is carrying out
aninvesflgafion

'to substantiate this report.

'Until the tests are complete,
commander koenig has imposed

'a quarantine on all food,
water and minerals.

'The planet appears
to be uninhabited,

'although word has come through
that the survey team

'has discovered
a mysterious structure.'

you've checked for life signs?

The molecular bonding
is sophisticated.

Sensor beams just bounced off.

There's got to be a way in.

'Tony.

John, I was about to call in.

You should see this place.
It's fantastic!

There's a valley here
that's perfect for us.

'Hate to spoil the flow, but we've
discovered signs of civilisation,

'some kind of sealed living area.
Tony, head back immediately.

'I'd like everyone in close
until we check it out.'

yeah, sure.

Here. Come on.

Food, water...

Minerals. The planet's a wonder!

It's raw data. We usually wait until
the computer has processed it.

- But the computer's so slow.
- Only to a psychon mind.

- I wish we were with them.
- Why should they have all the fun?

Tony!

Joe?

Joe?

'Tony!

'Tonyl'

Laser wound.

How about those bruises?

Fight?

I'd say it adds up
to a stupid accident.

They fell out, a weapon was pulled.

Maybe. But why did Tony
take off like that?

He'd just killed a man.

Found it half a kilometre
west of here.

West?

Heading away from base camp.

The state he's in,
he may not know where he's headed.

Take care of lustig. Let's go!

Welcome.

- They still haven't found Tony.
- They'll find him, Maya.

I feel so helpless.
I keep thinking about him.

Alone, perhaps hurt
and suffering down there.

John won't give up
until he finds him.

Yes... I know.

It's 100 per cent safe.

Maybe, but orders
are to touch nothing,

at least until
the quarantine period has elapsed.

All right, kill it!

Any luck?

We're not gonna force our way in,
that's for sure.

How about Tony?

- What about him?
- Is it true he's cracked up?

I don't know. Ask a doctor.

Let's hope they find him.
If he's still alive.

Let's see if we can burn away
some of this rock.

He can't be far ahead. Let's go!

Spread out, go that way!

This way!

- There he is!
- I'll take him.

No! Make sure he doesn't double back.

- He's armed.
- I know,

but I don't think
he'll use it on me. Go ahead.

- Entry mechanism?
- Uh-huh, but no power.

Hmm, solar cells.

And there's a lot more of them.

- Koenig.
- 'I think we found

- 'a way into the alien structure.'
- Good.

It's powered by solar cells.

If we're right, once they're charged,
we should be in.

Let Travers handle it.
We've found Tony.

- Good news.
- 'We don't have him yet.'

you don't know his condition?

No, but we will soon.
Alan, you and Spencer pick us up.

Tony! Tony, it's all right!

Easy! Tony, Tony!

Easy, easy!

Tony!

No, Tony!

Tony, no! Tony!

- He's lapsing into deep coma.
- Is there anything we can do?

I've given him a shot
to stop him sinking further,

but without proper
medical facilities,

there could be brain damage.

All right,
let's get him back to Alpha.

Maya, we found Tony.
Tell Helena we're bringing him in.

'Yes, commander. Commander...'

- how is he?
- 'Sick. Very sick.'

It's ok to drink.
Quarantine period is over.

How's it going?

Another couple of hours
should do it.

- 'Moonbase Alpha from survey team!'
- Go ahead.

'Raise the commander. Tell him...'

Gerry...! Gerry!

My men, they're dead.

Commander, Gerry Travers called in
from the alien structure.

The communications malfunctioned...

Stabiliser's gone.
Switching to back-up!

We're holding.

Yeah. Long enough to get to Alpha?

I wouldn't bet on it.

Maya, we're having trouble
with the survey eagle.

- 'Malfunctions.'
- can you correct?

We'll try. If negative we'll
head back and switch to eagle one.

Moonbase Alpha to survey eagle.
Moonbase Alpha to survey eagle!

- Moonbase Alpha to survey eagle.
- What's wrong?

The survey eagle's malfunctioning.
They're checking the circuits.

- Are they in danger?
- I don't think so. Only...

Tony is if they don't get him to
medical centre. Let's hope they do.

We've lost contact,
not only with the commander,

but the base camp communications
are affected, too!

Something's happening
to that planet, Helena.

The atmosphere readings
have changed drastically.

Maintain present altitude.

I'll check these circuits
before we head for Alpha.

All the metal has corroded.
Get back to base camp! Quick.

They're heading back to the planet.

What's wrong?

He's dead.

Poisoned.

It must have been the fruit.

That makes three. Two of my men
drank water from the rock pool.

I don't understand. The fruit
and water checked out safe.

And now they're pure poison.

Base camp coming up.

They're on touch-down approach.

All systems holding.

John!

Temperature increase.

Helena, the ship's on fire!

John, she's going down!

Ok, I've got this one, Alan!

John, I'll take over! Tony.

Come on. Move it!

They didn't make it, Helena.

Their controls disintegrated
before touchdown.

Where are you going?

To check on eagle one.
We have to get them back to Alpha.

Ok, but you need checking, too.

- So hurry back.
- Yeah, sure.

The medical kit.

Maya, how close were they
before their controls broke up?

Close.

Close enough
to have survived impact?

- I can't be precise.
- You can predict!

I can tell you what we both
want to hear! There's a chance.

Have the results of
the computer scan come through yet?

I'm analysing the data now.

Alan!

Some landing!

Yeah. I have to admit
it wasn't one of my best.

Tony...

- He's alive.
- We've gotta get him back.

Easy, commander.

No one's going anywhere.
We're stranded.

Stranded? What about eagle one?

You can forget eagle one.
It'll fall apart if we try to use it.

All the metals are corroded.

Something else.
Three of the survey team are dead.

- Dead?
- Poisoned.

They sampled food and water which
were classified safe. It killed them.

What about Tony?

A few bruises. Probably as a result
of his scramble with lustig.

Nothing that could have
affected him.

Something flipped him.

I examined lustig. It was
the laser beam that killed him,

but I found evidence
of brain cell expansion -

the kind of pressure that can first
drive a man mad, then kill him.

- What caused the pressure?
- I don't know.

Is Tony suffering
from this pressure?

I have a hunch that's what I'll find
upon further examination.

If you do, can you help him?

I don't know.

I wish we had him on Alpha.

Yeah. Well, by now,
Alpha knows we're in trouble.

Yeah. If they try to help us,

their eagles will be torn apart the
minute they enter the atmosphere.

What is it?

The planet.

It's an ecological disaster.

The computer registers a massive
build-up in poisonous elements.

That's not possible.

We checked and double-checked
before our people went down there.

I know. It was safe.

It started to change
when they landed.

Their arrival caused this change?

If the computer is correct,
that's exactly what I mean.

Every circuit element has perished.
The metals have just disintegrated.

The plastics are holding up.

Great We can't build
a communicator out of plastic.

Wait a minute.

- Hey, metalline fibres!
- Yeah, they're non-corroded.

Plastic, but one of the best
conductors of energy we have.

Yeah, they'll conduct energy,
but what energy?

We don't have any
source of power.

Yes, we do.

There's a cluster of solar cells
around that alien structure.

One set of solar cells,
origin unknown.

One induction unit,
performance doubtful.

And likewise, one transmitter.

All right. Let's reconsider.

Maybe it is the result
of natural causes.

No. Indications lead
to a different conclusion.

- Intelligent life?
- Intelligent, hostile

and powerful enough to mobilise

the natural
forces of the planet to destroy us.

Where is it? Why doesn't it
register on our instruments?

I don't know. Unless it's so
unfamiliar,

its presence can't register!

Maybe it's hidden by that structure.

That's possible.

'Koenig to Alpha. John koenig
to moonbase Alpha.'

- John! We're receiving you.
- How's Tony?

'We can transmit,
but cannot receive.

'Our situation is serious.
We are without ships and equipment.'

three of our party have died

'and the condition
of officer verdeschi remains grave.

'We now know this planet is hostile
to our life forms.'

we will strive
to effect counter-measures.

Until we do, I forbid
any attempt at rescue.

'Repeat, no eagles
are to come down here.'

no eagles are to come
down here. Should they try,

their metals will disintegrate
on contact with the atmosphere.

It was this phenomenon
that caused the crash of...

Let's hope some of it got through.

The atmosphere will soon become
impossible to breathe.

They won't have time
for any effective counter-measures.

I have to go down there, Maya.
The problem is how.

We can't use the eagles.

The glider.

The re-entry glider.

- Re-entry glider?
- Yes, it's made of carbon fibre.

We can replace
the metal seals on our spacesuits.

Right. It has no power unit.
It would be a one-way trip, Maya.

- I know. For two passengers.
- — for two passengers.

- He's cold.
- Yes, commander.

What are his chances?

He might not get through the night.

- Commander! We're in.
- Good. Alert Carter.

Have you worked out
our launch position?

I've tried to assess
all the relevant factors.

It's a big planet, Maya.

A small error could put us
hundreds of miles from base camp.

Then we'll discover
the joys of walking, won't we?

There's more of those here.

It's a holographic recording.

The end has come.

Only I, zoran,

the leader of this expedition,
survive.

But soon, I, too will be dead.

To you who come,

as we did,

to search for this promised land,
cease your struggle.

There is only one way
out of this pitiless world.

Death.

Dr Russell,
atmosphere perimeter coming up.

Activate airlock.

Approaching extremity of atmosphere.

- Stand by to launch.
- 'Standing by!'

129,000 feet.

110,000 feet...

Launch!

There's a fault.
We haven't got release!

I haven't released you.
I'm taking you closer.

The eagle will break up.
You're risking your life.

That makes three of us.

Malfunction! You're on your own,
girls. Good luck.

- Stand by for re-entry.
- Standing by.

Survey reports indicate
that this planet is ideal.

Our people have rejoiced
in the good fortune

that has guided us
to this hospitable land.

But as yet, we have not located
our mining party.

A further complication
is the inexplicable breakdown

of our most vital equipment.

He's gone again.
Let's try another disc.

Wait! He was interrupted.
He's coming back.

The natural resources of
this planet have turned poisonous.

Half our number have perished.

Our own supplies are dwindling.
We are facing disaster.

35,000 feet,
stand by for turbulence.

We've got to get out
of this turbulence!

- We'll miss the base camp.
- That's right.

Yesterday, the survivors
of the mining party were found

in deep coma and suffering with
a mysterious form of brain damage.

They regained consciousness
shortly before death

and were lucid enough
to describe to us what had happened.

We are being destroyed by an
immortal creature of awesome power.

A solitary being
which yearns for contact

with other forms
of intelligent life.

It did not seek to deliberately
destroy our mining party.

It wanted to communicate, to talk,
to express the joy it felt

at discovering a form of life
other than itself.

But the means it chose

inflicted insanity
and violent death.

We must find a way
to communicate with it.

We must...

Make it understand!

Commander, Tony's come round.

They regain consciousness
just before death.

Yeah. Alan, go through
the records again.

Maybe we missed something.
Let's go.

Landing site?

Yes, get it down quickly
or we'll hit those trees.

John.

Hello, Tony.

- How... are we doing?
- We're still a long way from home.

- Lustig!
- Easy, easy.

I didn't kill lustig.

- We'll talk about it later.
- No.

No, now. Listen to me.

We got separated.

I heard a shout, I went back.

He was crazy. He tried to kill me.

You tried to disarm him,
the laser went off.

- Yeah.
- And then what?

I was about to call in and I...

I... I heard... something.

A weird, weird noise.

It seemed to be...

All around me.

Goon

the noise,
it was eating up my mind.

I tried to run and get away...

And I turned and I saw it!

- Did it have a form, a shape?
- No.

Just... light.

Intense...

Patterns of energy.

Forming, changing.

For a second I...

I thought it would...

Take on a definite form.

It seemed to be...
Trying to do that.

But it didn't.

- That's all?
- Yeah.

Something... hit me.

My mind just...

Burned up.

It confirms
what we know already, Tony.

Hey, look!

Helena! Maya!

- John!
- How did you get here?

- Glider.
- Glider?

I'll tell you later.

- Tony?
- He'll wanna see you. Come on.

There's no permanent brain damage,
no other real damage.

Massive shock.

It's almost as if the will
to live has been destroyed.

It's following a pattern.

First the madness,
then the clear, lucid head,

shortly followed by death.

Maya.

Do what you can for him.

We've found another disc.
It might help.

My attempt to communicate
with the being has proved fatal.

Yesterday, I finally confronted it.

I was protected with a suit
which was specially designed

to block its destructive powers,

but the suit was flawed.

A simple error in the eye section.

I looked at it

and I was lost, insane.

Now I follow in the path
of the others.

I am lucid.

I record these details,

knowing that I am soon to die.

While you were away, we found this.

There it is.

It's still active.

So is this.
It must be a communicator.

If we increase the protection
around the eyes...

- It's Tony's only chance.
- And ours.

That's where lustig
was found - through that arch.

If I'm lucky, I'll make contact
with the being in that clearing.

Don't press your luck, John.
Please be careful.

And no matter what,
don't take off this helmet.

Hey, better memorise the approach.

Yeah.

- Commander, do you read me?
- 'Loud and clear.'

how do you feel?

'Like I'm in
a hole 3 million feet deep!

'I wish I could see out
of this thing.'

the only certain protection
is to completely shield your eyes.

You've memorised the path?

'Right, just point me.'

good luck, John.

Bear right.

Straight.

Duck!

I am not your enemy.

I am not your enemy!

I don't want to harm you!

I'm not your enemy.
I don't want to harm you!

- I have no weapon.
- I have no weapon.

Please, I've got to talk to you.

We've got to communicate. We've
got to find a way to communicate.

Please, I've got to talk to you.
Communicate.

Communicate.

Communicate.

Communicate.

Yes, please.

I have found the key.

We are in communication.

Who are you? What are you?

Iaml.

Who are you? What are you?

A man.

- John koenig.
- You are a voice.

I am a living being. Like you.

There is none but I. And I am I.

You are one among many.

You are more than a voice.

- Yes.
- Reveal that which is John koenig.

Why?

To know that you
are more than a voice.

What about the others
who looked at you?

- Others?
- The others who looked at you

and went insane. You don't know
the power you possess.

You can look at me, John koenig.

Reveal that which is you.

- No, John!
- He's crazy

- if he removes that mask.
- Don't remove your helmet!

I trust you.

There is truly more than I.

Yes. You are one
among many, as I am.

- May I show you?
- Yes... yes.

Helena! Maya!

Alan! Show yourselves!

But John koenig,

if I am not I,

then what?

That is for each of us to discover.

How is that done, John koenig?

I speak for myself,

though I am one of many.

If we understand others,

in time I believe...

We come to understand ourselves.

I sense death in your minds.

What is death?

That which we humans fear most,
the end of life.

And I have caused death?

Yes, because you were unaware
of life other than your own.

You brought me understanding.

And death was your reward.

I cannot support
this grief that I feel.

- Will you help us?
- Yes.

All will be well.

I that am I is no more.

I that will be...

Has much to regret.

There's no one here.
The camp's deserted.

Somebody's taken all our gear.
Bill, why are you here?

The corrosive elements
in the atmosphere evaporated.

I got the all-clear and came in.
Everyone's in the eagle.

Time's limited.
The moon's moving out of range.

Just when we find what could be
a lovely home, we can't stay.

I know. Bill, lead the way.

Tony.

Maya!

Ready to go home?

I really didn't think
we were gonna make it this time.

- We had a little help.
- From a friend.