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(dramatic music)

- Okay, Venus.

- Okay, Steve.

- Right.

Let's go.

(space bikes whirring)

(dramatic music)

(thruster blasting)

(rocket roaring)

(thruster blasting)

(upbeat music)

(dramatic music)

(gentle music)

(tense music)

(ray gun whirring)

(glass shatters)

(foreboding music)

(explosion rumbling)

(gentle music)

(dramatic music)

- Send out the distress call again, Jenek.

- Very well, Reld.

But the transmitter is failing.

| fear the signals will not reach Earth.

Zofeit calling World Space Patrol Headquarters, Earth.

Emergency.

Rescue sole survivors.

- The message will take a long time in reaching Space City.

- And time is something we have not got, Reld.

(tense music)

- It is too late, Jenek.

- The signal is getting weaker.

It is no use.

- Make haste, Jenek!

To the elevator.

If we can make the underground shelter,

we are Safe for a while.

Oh, it takes so long to rise.

(tense music)

- Space City, emergency.

Two survivors of civilization,

immediate rescue imperative.

The power has gone.

We can no longer send an emergency call.

(laser gun whirring)

(glass shattering)

(tense music)

(gas gun sprays poison)

- Jenek, the poisonous smoke.

We are finished if we cannot reach the shelter.

(Jenek gasping)

- lam being overcome.

(smoke hissing)

It is no use.

- Jenek, give me your hand.

| will pull you.

Hold on tightly, Jenek.

(tense music)

A few feet to go Jenek. (coughs)

| must close the door.

(suspenseful music)

(heavy pounding on door)

(suspenseful music)

- [Jenek] Emergency.

Rescue sole survivors.

Emergency, red.

Space City.

Earth, emergency.

Two survivors,

immediate rescue imperative.

- Did you get that, Lieutenant Ninety?

- Sure thing, Commander Zero.

What do you make of it?

- Make of it?

It's not our job to make anything of it.

It's an emergency red man, emergency.

Get the lead out of your boots

and contact the patrol spaceship nearest to Zofeit.

- Yes sir, Commander.

Space City to Fireball XL5.

(dramatic music)

Come in Colonel Zodiac.

- Receiving you loud and clear, Lieutenant.

What can | do for you?

- I'll take it, Lieutenant.

Steve.

Two lone survivors on Zofeit

are in some kind of trouble.

Get them off that planet, will you?

- Roger Commander, we're on our way.

- Ah, that's what makes Zodiac

a good space flyer, Lieutenant.

He's on the ball,

and don't let's forget it.

- No, sir, | won't.

- Set course for Zofeit, Matt.

Emergency red call received.

- Roger, Steve.

We're very close.

- Zofeit, what's the planet like, Steve?

- I've never been there.

But from Commander Zero says,

something has wiped out the population.

- Except for two people,

how terrible for them.

- Steer course, three, one, nine, zero, red.

(upbeat music)

Zofeit dead ahead, Steve.

- Will you come forward, Matt?

Here's your chance to see Zofeit first hand.

- [Matt] Roger Steve, going into orbit.

- Okay, Professor, I'll take over now.

- Back you go Robert.

Help Venus keep the orbit.

(tense music)

- Ready to disconnect, Steve.

Good luck, and be careful.

- Thanks, Venus, we'll keep in touch.

No further message from the planet, Matt?

- No, Steve.

Let's hope we're not too late.

(dramatic music)

- [Steve] Say, professor,

take a look at that weird creature.

(laser humming)

(glass cracking)

(glass shattering)

Are you okay, Matt?

- [Matt] Sure, Steve,

but this fella obviously means business.

(dramatic music)

- That smoke is blinding me.

- Be careful, Steve.

It could be a poisonous gas.

- I'm not taking any chances, Professor.

I'll try and steer clear of it.

(smoke hissing)

(suspenseful music)

It's no use.

We'll just have to go through it.

We're completely enveloped in smoke now.

(coughs) It is poisonous, Professor.

(Matt coughing)

- Get the gas masks, Steve.

- Here, clamp it on fast.

Gee, that's better.

| can breathe again.

- Yeah, me too.

Guess we'd better rejoin Fireball and repair the damage.

- I'll radio Venus that we're on our way back.

(dramatic music)

Okay, Matt, everything's repaired now.

Reverting to flight control from main cabin, Venus.

- What happens now?

- | think we better have a Council of War.

See you in the lounge.

- Robert's on his way to take over, Steve.

- She's all yours, Robert.

Keep her orbiting Zofeit.

(gentle music)

- | keep thinking about those two Zofeits.

The only survivors of the planet.

- Yeah, time's against us and them.

- But we've gotta plan carefully, Steve.

It's no use if we all get killed.

- That aquaphibian's ray gun sure is powerful.

We've already proved that Fireball Junior's screens

aren't strong enough to withstand it.

- Isn't there something we can do about that?

- Well | can try,

but it's not gonna be easy.

- It's our only chance, Professor.

- You can do it, Professor.

| Know you can.

- Well, you can bet I'll do my darnedest.

- You'll have to come with me next time, Venus.

If we find those two guys alive,

they may need medical attention.

- Okay, Steve.

(machine humming)

- Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

It's corrosive a compound will maybe do the trick.

Well, here goes.

(machine whirring)

(glass cracking)

(glass shatters)

- What's going on in there, Matt?

- Hmm.

Guess the molecular structure isn't great enough yet.

(gentle music)

- Space City to Fireball XL5.

Have you located survivors of Zofeit yet, Steve?

- Not yet, Commander, we ran into a slight hitch.

- Hitch?

What's going on out there?

You should be on your way back to Earth by now.

- Okay, Commander, we're ready for the rescue just now.

Professor had to rig up something

to stop us all being poisoned.

- Poisoned?

You see Lieutenant,

highly-trained technicians,

every one of them, what a team.

(glass shatters)

- Well, back to the drawing board.

Hmm, this is gonna be a tough one.

(bright music)

(liquid burbling)

(air hissing)

Oh, oh.

| think | found the cause of the trouble this time.

(air hissing)

(machine whirring)

(static crackling)

(explosion booming)

(jocular music)

Guess, | used too much voltage.

But it works.

- Commander Zero's been on.

He's been beefing about the delay.

- He doesn't mean it Steve.

He's very kind underneath it all.

- Ah, | guess you're right.

Say, Professor, how you doing?

(upbeat music)

(air hissing)

Hey, Matt, where are you?

- He's outside, Steve.

Spraying the screens.

He's obviously found something

that will withstand the raygun.

(air hissing)

(upbeat music)

- Okay, Venus, get ready to take

a real close look at Zofeit.

When our flying Professor is through, that is.

(air hissing)

(eerie music)

- All set, Steve.

Now, now, now for Pete's sake, take it easy.

That aquaphibian means business.

- Roger, Matt, stand by.

Here we go.

(spacecraft whooshing)

(suspenseful music)

(gentle music)

Now keep a lookout for the aquaphibian, Venus.

He's dangerous.

(foreboding music)

- Steve, there he is.

(ray gun whirring)

- He's trying his raygun again, Venus.

Keep your fingers crossed

that the Professor's invention works.

(ray gun whirring) (static crackling)

Whew, it worked.

Now to get rid of this creature.

(spacecraft roaring)

(explosion booming)

He's disappeared.

We better land and take a look around.

This looks as good a place as any to touch down.

(spacecraft whooshing)

(suspenseful music)

(water gurgling)

- [Venus] Steve, we're sinking into water.

- Yeah, we're out of control.

(dramatic music)

- But, Steve, we're equipped for underwater.

- Sure, when we're prepared for it.

All right, Venus, we should be okay now.

(explosion booms)

- Gee, Steve, it's beautiful down here.

- [Steve] Yeah, but we're no nearer

to finding the survivors.

Poor guys, they must have given up hope by now.

- Steve.

The creature.

(suspenseful music)

(heat ray humming)

- He's throwing his heat ray on the hull.

Let's get out of here.

- We've shaken him off, Steve.

But he can sure swim fast.

- Say, that rock face ahead it's opening.

An underwater cave.

| guess we haven't much choice but to go in, Venus.

(dramatic music)

- We must be immediately beneath the ruined city.

There's a shaft above us, Steve.

(suspenseful music)

- Yeah, and | can see light.

I'm gonna blow ballast tanks.

We're going up.

(air whooshing from tanks)

Look, Venus, a vast cavern.

(gentle music)

You ready Venus?

Let's see where that tunnel

at the far end of that cavern leads to.

- Roger, Steve.

(gentle music)

(space bikes whirring)

Steve, the tunnel is curving.

- They are coming along the tunnel, Jenek.

- Yes, Reld.

Soon we will be safely on our way to Earth.

(dramatic music)

- Ah.

The Earth rescuers are here.

- Yeah, guess it was you who opened the rock doors.

Just as well.

That aquaphibian might have damaged Fireball Junior

if we'd given them the chance.

- Aquaphibian?

We saw no aquaphibian

when we observed your craft on our television.

- That creature and his race are the cause

of the ending of our people.

Only Reld and myself have managed to elude them.

Because we discovered this unknown shelter just in time.

- And if the aquaphibian

has detected our underwater entrance,

we are all doomed.

| will switch on the televiewer.

We will soon see if we are in danger.

(gentle music)

- [Jenek] The outer door is smashed.

We are doomed.

(dramatic music)

(gas gun sprays poison)

(gas gun sprays poison)

(Jenek coughs)

(gas gun sprays poison)

This time, the poisonous smoke it is

stronger than I've known.

(Reld coughing)

- | am done for.

(tense music)

- They have beaten us.

The aquaphibians are triumphant.

(Steve coughs)

- [Steve] They've passed out.

Get them onto the jet mobiles.

- [Venus] I'll try, Steve.

- You've got to hang on, Venus.

(Steve coughs)

Just a few minutes more.

(gas gun spraying poison)

(tense music)

We're coming to the tunnel now, Venus.

You stay right behind me.

That creature it's beside Fireball Junior.

Hang on, Venus.

(dramatic music)

| guess that's taken care of him for a while.

(bright music)

Mission complete, Matt.

Be with you soon.

- Nice work, Steve.

All systems go.

(upbeat music)

(rocket blasting)

- Steer forward on the course at 7-4-9-0-green.

- We cannot thank you enough, Steve Zodiac.

- All part of the job, | guess.

Fireball XL5 to Space City, survivors safe.

Returning to Earth.

- Well it's about time.

What in thunder have you been doing?

Did you run into more trouble?

- That, Commander, is the understatement of the year.

(bright music)

(upbeat music)

~ 1 wish | was a spaceman S

~ The fastest guy alive

< I'd fly you round the universe f

f In Fireball XL5 I

~ Way out in space together J

~ Conquerors of the sky

My heart would be a fireball

A fireball

f Every time | gazed into your starry eyes f

S We'd take the path to Jupiter

~ And maybe very soon J

¢ We'd cruise along the Milky Way ¢

¢ And land upon the Moon Jf

¢ To a wonderland of stardust J

f We'll zoom away to Mars S

My heart would be a fireball

A fireball

~ Because you would be my Venus of the stars f