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(dramatic orchestral music)

- Okay Venus?

- Okay Steve.

- Right, let's go.

(bikes whirring) (dramatic orchestral music)

(blasting engines)

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(suspenseful orchestral music)

(crashing)

- We're here, Steve, Pharos, the derelict planet.

- Okay Matt.

Is Robert in central control?

- [Matt] Yep, Steve, just saw his light go on.

- Right professor.

Come forward to main control.

I'm preparing to detach fireball junior.

We'll leave Robert in orbit.

(crashing)

(humming engines)

(rumbling)

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- What a dismal planet, everything falling to pieces.

- It's what we expected, Venus.

Remember, the robot miners took every piece of Celebrium

away from Pharos years ago.

- Yeah, now the planet is so riddled with mine shafts,

it could break up at any minute.

| don't want to be around when it happens.

- Say look, over there.

Those flowers, they're just beautiful.

- Well as far as I'm concerned, they can stay there.

Just looking at those cliffs is enough

to make them fall down.

Venus, you come with me.

Matt, do a little exploring and report back in an hour.

- [Matt] Okay Steve.

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(falling rock)

- As | figured, pretty dangerous.

Okay Venus, I've seen enough, let's get outta here.

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What do you think, Matt?

- The planet will have to be destroyed, Steve,

before it just falls apart.

- Now that will be my recommendation, that's for sure.

Come on, let's get back and make out our reports.

- Well, | suppose that's one planet less in the universe.

At least there's no life here to worry about.

- | never thought when we landed,

we would meet the cursed Steve Zodiac.

- Did you hear what they said?

They are going to return here and destroy this planet.

- | heard.

This is perfect.

The planet will not be the only thing to be destroyed.

(laughing evilly)

- You can radio Space City, Venus.

They can start the landing countdown.

- Right Steve.

I'm sure looking forward to Seeing Zuni again.

- Yeah.

| hope he hasn't caused Commander Zero too much trouble.

- Everything a okay, lieutenant?

- Yes sir, XL5 is just coming in.

- Uh, you wouldn't know where Zuni is, would you, sir?

- Lieutenant, I'm a commander, not a Lazoon keeper.

| haven't seen him all day.

He's probably asleep somewhere.

| hope.

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(whirring)

(excited yelling)

(warning signal sounding)

(Zapping)

Don't just stand there, lieutenant, do something.

(Zapping)

| want a full report, lieutenant.

Just let me get my hands on whoever caused this!

- Oh, oh look at the mess.

Oh, | wouldn't like to be in your shoes laddy,

when the commander hears about this.

- You stupid idiotic creature.

Do you know how much damage you've done?

Come back here when I'm shouting at ya!

- But, but he didn't mean it, commander.

- You keep out of this, Venus.

Why | oughta take you and fire you into space!

Unexplored space, so you couldn't get up to your mischief,

you overgrown, half baked, son of-

- Oh, make him stop, Steve.

- No Venus, this time Zuni's gotta be punished.

He's gotta learn sometime.

- Now get him outta here.

| just don't want to see him anymore.

(crying)

- Come on, Zuni.

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- Now, perhaps we can get some work done.

- Okay, commander.

Let's go into the viewing theatre.

We'll see the film we shot on planet Pharos.

(film reel spinning)

- Well gentlemen, | agree with you.

It'll have to be destroyed.

How about missiles?

- Well commander, with the planet in its present condition,

missiles would only break it up.

- Yeah, | see what you mean.

- It's very close to the freighter routes.

If it broke up, it would take years to clear it away.

- Then it will have to be complete disintegration.

You can use Vesivium Nine.

- Vesivium?

Vesivium Nine?

- [Commander] Oh what's the matter, professor?

- Well, it's the greatest explosive force in the universe.

- Exactly, that's why it will disintegrate a planet

and from what you tell me, there's no time to lose.

(signal sounding)

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- Oh Zuni, you must behave.

If they make you leave Space City,

| won't be able to stop them.

(crying)

And | just couldn't bear to lose you, Zuni.

(bell ringing)

Oh Steve, it's you.

Please let Zuni come with us.

- What?

You can't be so tooty as to want him around with our cargo.

- Oh, but he wouldn't be any trouble, Steve.

Please, please Steve.

| can't leave him with the commander, you know that.

- That's right, you can't leave him with the commander

and I'll tell you something else,

you can't bring him aboard Fireball either.

- Oh, oh you, you beast.

(crying)

- Oh, | guess it won't hurt to have

two beasts aboard Fireball.

Okay, he can come, but on my terms.

(whining) - Welcome home.

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- All stations stand by.

Clear space routes.

XL5 priority lift off.

(blasting engines)

(humming)

- There they go.

Good luck, XL5.

You're gonna need it.

- Maintain course, Robert.

- Maintain course.

- Can | go and see Zuni, Steve?

- Okay, just so long as you don't let him out.

I'll go to the nav bay and see how Matt's making out.

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- Hey, what's that?

Now, now, pull yourself together, Matthew Matic.

You have no time to go all to pieces.

(whining)

- Welcome home.

Welcome home.

- Zuni, my poor little Zuni.

(whining)

(surprised yelling)

- Say, not so much noise.

- Take it easy, professor.

It won't go off until it's activated.

- Well, maybe, but why did they have to put it in here?

- So that you could look after it.

Now don't worry, Matt, it-

- Steve!

Don't move!

- [Steve] What's wrong?

- You're wearing a ray gun.

- There's no danger.

- The capsule in that ray gun,

it could explode.

- Only when it's taken out.

Honestly Matt, | wish you'd calm down.

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- Welcome back, Colonel Zodiac.

(laughing evilly)

- What do we do now?

- First, we'll see how they intend to blow up the planet.

- Yes.

- We might find a way to keep them on it.

(laughing)

- Okay, let's get this unloaded.

- Where you gonna put it, Steve?

- | found just the place on my last trip here,

one of the old mine shafts.

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- Yup, it's coming along okay,

but it sure is a slow business.

- XL5 calling Space City.

Colonel Zodiac reporting.

Zero hour for explosion, 1600 hours.

- [Commander] Message understood.

| will divert all space freight.

- Roger, over and out.

- Steve, can | let Zuni out now?

- Well, | guess it will be okay,

but under no circumstances is he to leave the ship.

- Their bomb is ready.

- Now we must wait for Steve Zodiac

and the beautiful Earth woman.

And then- (laughing)

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- Yeah, not bad.

Not bad at all.

- Now Zuni, you must stay with Robert, you understand?

And please, please be good.

(whining)

- Come on Venus, Matt will be waiting.

- [Venus] Coming Steve.

Steve, do you think I'll have time to get

some of those lovely flowers?

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- Okay Maitt, set it for one hour from now.

That should give us plenty of time to get clear.

(laughing)

- Okay Steve, it's set to go.

Nothing can stop it now.

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(crashing)

What's happened, Steve?

- It seems to have been some kind of rock fall.

The entrance is blocked.

- Oh Steve, what do we do?

- Our plan has worked.

They will never escape.

- Come, let us leave while there is still time.

Back to our spaceship.

- There's not much time, Steve.

- Yeah, yeah | know.

But there must be a way out, there must be.

(engine roaring to life) (dramatic orchestral music)

- They should have left by now, lieutenant.

There must be an answer.

- According to our instruments,

the XL5 is still on the planet.

I'll call them again, sir.

Space City calling XL5, Space City calling XL5.

(rumbling)

- By the look of this place,

we won't have to wait for the bomb.

We'll be buried alive.

- 45 minutes left, Steve.

- Isn't there any way you can stop this thing, Matt?

- Not a chance.

It's set to go off at 1600 hours.

If | touch it, it'll explode immediately.

- Oh Steve, I'm scared and poor little Zuni and Robert.

- Well, it won't make much difference to Robert.

- Robert? That's it!

That could be the answer.

- [Venus] What do you mean, Steve?

| don't understand.

- | could direct him here on the jet mobile radio.

He might clear a way through for us.

- Well, it's a long shot,

but | guess it's better than doing nothing.

- [Steve] Robert, Robert, listen carefully.

You are to collect a thruster pack and leave the XL5.

- Collect the thruster pack and leave XL5.

- Take a UHF radio with you and await further instructions.

- Let's hope it works, Steve.

- Yeah, you take a jet mobile up to the opening, Matt

and listen for Robert.

- Leave the XL5.

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- Robert should be on the surface by now.

I'll call him.

Robert, you are now to proceed in the following direction,

steer 1890 white.

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- Orders completed.

- He's here, Steve.

| can hear him outside.

- Okay Matt, now Robert, move the rocks.

- Move the rocks.

Move the rocks.

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- Steve, it's no use,

it's like asking a man to move a mountain.

- All right, Robert, return to XL5.

- But Steve, Robert, he was our last chance.

- There's only 20 minutes left.

- They've got to leave that place by 1530, lieutenant.

Otherwise Fireball won't get clear of the explosion.

- Yes sir.

- Boy, if they get out of this,

I'll even forgive Zuni.

- [Lieutenant] Calling XL5, calling XL5.

- 10 minutes and it will all be over.

- Oh Steve.

- Hey Steve, you're siill wearing your ray gun.

- Now don't start that again, Matt.

- But the capsule in itis highly explosive.

- Only when it's taken out of the gun.

Hey, of course, you're right, Matt.

If | remove the capsule,

it could blow up and clear the opening.

- Be careful, Steve.

Those atomic capsules can explode as soon as you touch them.

- Well in our situation, we've got nothing to lose.

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Okay.

- Steve, there's only six minutes left.

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- Come on, explode.

(blasting)

- You've done it!

- Come on, let's get out of here.

(engines roaring to life)

Maximum speed, Robert.

- Maximum speed.

- Zuni, Zuni, where are you?

- We're almost out of range.

- Three minutes to zero.

- Zuni?

Zuni?

- One minute.

- Steve, | can't find Zuni anywhere.

- Don't worry, Venus, he must be on board somewhere.

- But he isn't.

- Well he certainly couldn't have got out.

- Unless, unless he followed Robert.

- Oh, oh Steve.

He must still be on the planet.

We've got to go back for him, Steve.

- How can we? There's only 10 seconds left.

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(explosive firing)

- Zuni!

Oh Zuni.

- Maintain course, Robert.

- Maintain course.

- Did you hear that, sir?

Zuni was on the planet.

- Of course | heard.

Take over, lieutenant.

And to think how mean | was to that poor little Lazoon.

- Anything we can do, Venus?

- No.

No, nothing.

- We're as sorry as you are.

We thought the world of Zuni.

(murmuring)

- Oh, oh | keep thinking | can hear his voice.

| feel as if he's right here in the room with me.

- Howdy.

- Zuni!

Oh Zuni one of those beautiful flowers,

you picked it for me.

- Welcome home.

Welcome home.

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the fastest guy alive J

f I'd fly around the universe in Fireball XL5 I

£ Way out in space together J

£ Comfort of the sky f

f Our hearts would be a fireball f

~

f Every time | gazed into your starry eyes f

We'd take a path to Jupiter and maybe very soon I

£ We'd cruise along the Milky Way and land upon the moon S

¢ While in the land of star dust f

f We'll zoom away to Mars S

f My heart would be a fireball

~

~'Cause you would be my Venus of the stars I