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(dramatic orchestral music)

- Okay, Venus?

- Okay, Steve.

- Right. Let's go.

(hovercrafts whirring) (dramatic orchestral music)

(engines booming)

(spacecraft whirring)

(engines booming)

(upbeat music)

(dramatic music)

(soft mysterious music)

(door tapping)

(shutter thudding)

(dramatic music)

(rocket whooshing)

(engine booms) (dramatic music)

- Fireball Junior to Professor Matic.

Nosecone disconnected.

On our way down to Planet Electon.

- Roger, Steve.

You haven't got long, Steve.

Remember, we're way behind schedule.

- I'm sorry | won't have time to introduce you

to the people of Electon, Frazer,

but you just mention my name.

- Well, what type of people are they, Steve?

- Well, they're simple folk who live in small communities

scattered widely over the planet.

Guess they're a little backward compared to Earth,

but they sure are hospitable.

- I'm sure I'll get on fine with them, Colonel Zodiac,

and | appreciate you stopping off here.

(spacecraft whirring)

(engine booms)

(exhaust hissing)

- The town is just on the other side of the hills.

Not much of a place, but it's comfortable there.

Kinda homey and old fashioned.

- Okay, Steve. I'll give the Electons your regards.

Let's see, I've got all my survey equipment.

Well, guess I'm ready.

(gentle music)

- Fireball Junior to XL5.

Frazer has disembarked, Mat.

I'm on my way back.

(engines booming) (exhaust hissing)

- Gee, | hope Frazer will be okay down there.

- Sure he will, Venus.

The Electons are real friendly people.

(chuckles) Anyway, Frazer's a typical geologist.

His survey'll keep him pretty busy.

(soft mysterious music)

- Hello?

Anyone about?

Hello?

I'm from Earth!

It's okay, I'm a friend!

Hey, that's mighty strange.

The place seems deserted.

(soft mysterious music continues)

This room hasn't been used in weeks,

and the meal, it's been left unfinished.

It sure looks as though they left in a hurry.

Something sure must have scared 'em.

(door thuds)

Who's there?

(laughs) Hey, watch it, Frazer.

You're gettin’ jumpy.

It was only the wind.

The wind slammed the door.

(wind whistling) (soft mysterious music)

Now, let's see. Where can | stay?

Steve said something about a hotel on the edge of the town.

Well, I'll try that first.

(soft mysterious music continues)

Well, it's not exactly the Ritz, but | guess it'll do.

Let's hope they got in a good supply of food

before they took off.

(soft mysterious music continues)

Gee! Gee, I'm in luck.

Oh, it'll soon be night.

Well, I'll check the bedrooms.

(soft mysterious music continues)

(cabinet doors creak)

(dramatic music)

- [Robert] Continue patrol.

- | guess Fraser will have turned in by now.

It's nighttime on planet Electon.

- Yeah, could be, Steve,

but it's my guess that the people of Electon

are giving a party in his honour.

(soft mysterious music)

- Yeah, reckon I'll sleep here okay.

Say, that light, it seems to be coming from that rock.

Yeah. Electric rock.

Boy! Boy, what a discovery.

Must be how they light their homes.

Well, | guess I'll have a meal and turn in.

| wanna make an early start tomorrow.

Could be there's a lot more of this stuff around.

(soft electronic tone reverberates)

(soft mysterious music)

(Frazer snoring)

(suspenseful music)

Wow, it looks as if there's plenty

of this electric rock around.

Gee. Gee, now this stuffd be worth a fortune back on Earth.

There's tonnes of it here, just waiting to be dug out.

I'll start right away.

Take back some samples.

(dramatic music)

(upbeat music) (shovel scraping)

A month's digging has got me quite a pile of this stuff.

Oh, oh! I'll be rich!

I'll be rich!

And I'm not sharing it with anyone.

Oh, maybe Steve Zodiac'll get a cut

for taking it back for me, but that's all.

The rest is mine. (cackles) All mine!

(explosion booms)

Hey, | found some exploding rock.

| found some exploding rock!

Oh, and boy, is that gonna help me

dig out this electric ore.

| can work 10 times as fast!

(dramatic music)

(rocks clattering)

(soft mysterious music)

- Are you ready for the mission centre?

We must visit planet Electon to get our supply

of the electric rock.

- Do you think the inhabitants

will have returned to their town?

- If they have, we will be forced to use the same methods

as before to move them away.

- But why cannot we talk to the Electons?

- You are so young, Senta.

Someday perhaps you will learn that we Globerians

must accept our shyness.

The Electons are much bigger than us.

They could harm us and we have no weapons.

- Halla is so wise. He must be right.

Perhaps when | am older, | will have as much wisdom.

- Hurry, Senta.

| am switching on the magnets

that will pull us to planet Electon.

(spacecraft whirring)

See how fast we travel, Senta?

All | do is increase the power of the magnets

in the front of the craft, and we are pulled by magnetism

faster towards our destination.

(upbeat music)

Now we will collect fresh supplies of the electric rock

so that our planet can be lit.

- Yes, our people will thank us

for supplying the means to light their homes.

- Bombs away!

(explosion booms)

- What does this mean?

Why should there be an explosion?

- | do not know. We will look very carefully.

(shovel scraping)

- [Senta] He is not an Electon.

- No, he is from another planet.

We are lucky our landing was silent.

He does not know we are here.

But see, he is collecting together the electric rock,

the very thing we have come for.

- We must stop him. But how?

- We will use the same methods as we employed

to get rid of the Electons from the town.

Let's hope it will be as effective.

- 80 days alone, and now at last

| shall be seeing other Earthmen.

Fireball XL5 is due to arrive today.

Hey, hey, supposing it's behind schedule?

(chuckles) Oh no, no, it mustn't be.

It mustn't be.

(dramatic music)

- In orbit around planet Electon, Steve.

- Roger, Venus.

We're ready to disconnect nosecone.

- Okay, Steve. Robert's in Central Control.

- Disconnecting now.

(soft suspenseful music) (spacecraft whirring)

- Hey, what's that | hear?

Is it a spaceship?

| hope I'm not imagining it.

- A spaceship?

That means more of the big men are coming.

(engines boom)

(exhaust hissing)

All right.

Land, you big people, but when we have finished with you,

you'll wish you'd never seen Electon.

(dramatic music)

(suspenseful music)

- Hello there, Frazer. How ya been?

Say, you're looking a little rough. Anything wrong?

- Frazer, you're sick. What's happened?

- Oh, nevermind that now. I'm okay.

But I've made a fantastic discovery!

Electric rock.

There it is, right over there.

Now, if you boys will just help me load these rocks

into your ship, we can lift off right away.

- Oh, now wait a minute.

Hold on, Frazer. - What?

- [Steve] We're not taking that pile of rocks back to Earth.

- No, sir.

We'd never get off the ground.

- Well, I'm not leaving here without it.

It's gonna make me a pile of dough!

I've worked for three months to get that!

I'll give you a cut of the profits, Zodiac.

No one need know about it,

but just let's get it back to Earth!

- I'm sorry. No, nothing doing, Fraser.

I'll take a sample piece, but that's all.

- Okay, you've got till the morning to think it over.

But I'm warning you, Zodiac, | mean business.

(dramatic music)

(soft suspenseful music)

- Steve, I'm worried about Frazer.

He's a sick man.

Being all this time alone has affected him badly.

He's suffering from a form of space melancholia.

- Well, how serious is it Venus?

- It's difficult to say, Steve,

but he may need special treatment.

- Yeah, but meanwhile, he's got this idea

in his head about these rocks.

He's got rocks in his head all right.

(Zoonie whimpering)

- Zoonie's very restless, Steve.

| think he senses someone outside.

- Oh, he must be wrong.

This is nothing but a ghost town.

- (gasps) Steve, don't say that.

I'm scared enough already.

- Soon we will go to work.

Senta, we must prepare things.

- Yes, Halla.

Your plan is a good one.

Let us hope it will work as it did with the Electons.

(wind whistling)

- Now, come along, Zoonie.

We are all going to bed.

Come and try out the nice basket Steve found for you.

(Zoonie whimpers)

Now come on, Zoonie. Don't be silly.

- Oh, leave him, Venus.

He'll settle down when we've gone.

(Zoonie whimpering)

(door thuds)

(soft mysterious music)

(Zoonie crying out)

(Zoonie crying out)

(electronic tone descending)

(soft mysterious music)

(shutter thudding)

(soft mysterious music)

- What's happening to the covers?

What's going on?

(electronic tone warbling)

And that strange noise, what is it?

(electronic tone warbling)

Oh, I'm scared.

I'm going to see Steve.

Steve. (knuckles tapping)

Steve, are you asleep?

- (grumbles) Oh, Venus.

What's wrong?

- Steve, there are strange things going on in this house.

| think, | think it's haunted.

- Oh, Venus, now you know better than that.

You're having a nightmare, that's all.

- No, no, Steve, you don't understand.

| haven't been dreaming.

- Oh, go back to bed, Venus.

You're tired out. Now get some sleep.

- Oh well, maybe you're right, Steve.

Goodnight.

- Yeah, yeah, goodnight, Venus.

(playful electronic music)

(Professor yawning)

- Well, that's enough reading for tonight.

(soft mysterious music)

Hey! Ooh!

Hey, what? (stammering)

Well, somethin’ mighty funny goin' on here.

I'll have a word with Steve.

(electronic tone warbling)

Where's that noise coming from?

Hey, Steve! (Steve grunts)

Steve, wake up!

- [Steve] What's that? What?

- Steve, Steve!

| reckon this hotel is haunted.

- Oh no, not you, too.

Venus was in here just now with the same story.

Now, will you please go back to bed

and let me get some sleep?

(soft suspenseful music)

(door thuds)

- Someone's prowling around.

(footsteps tapping)

Whoever it is, he's going down the stairs.

(soft mysterious music) (footsteps tapping)

| must look.

I've got to find out what's going on.

Oh, if only | wasn't so scared.

(door thuds)

| didn't imagine that.

The front door definitely closed,

but Steve will never believe me.

(wind whistling)

- Well, we've covered every inch of the place

and found nothing.

- Only that Frazer's disappeared, Steve.

- Well, it's dawn now.

Let's get dressed.

We've gotta find Frazer

and talk him out of this crazy scheme.

(dramatic music)

- Frazer!

We're leaving in Fireball Junior.

You've got 10 minutes before lift off.

(catapult clicks)

(explosion booms)

- Don't move another step!

You're not leaving this planet until my electric rock

is loaded aboard!

- Now be sensible, Frazer!

Come down and get into the ship!

(ominous music) (catapult clicks)

(explosion booms)

- Steve!

- Now, now, don't worry. I'm okay, Venus.

I'm just faking.

You and Mat drag me back behind those rocks.

- So | got Zodiac, eh? (chuckles)

That'll show ya I'm not bluffing!

- Oh, great.

Now keep him talking, Mat.

I'll try to creep up behind him.

| can use these rocks for cover.

- Okay, Steve, but be careful.

That explosive rock is deadly.

(suspenseful music)

Steve Zodiac is hurt bad, Frazer!

He needs real urgent attention.

- First, you will load my electric rock,

then you can see to him!

- You can't do this, Frazer!

Put that catapult down!

(soft suspenseful music)

(dramatic music)

Come down from there and we can talk it over!

We gotta help Steve!

- Nothin’ doin’, Professor!

Just start loading up my electric rock!

- Now see here, Frazer!

Be reasonable about this.

You know we can't keep that rock!

- Get moving to the rock pile, Professor!

Then we'll take care of Zodiac!

(ominous music) (rock clatters)

Aw, | mighta guessed you'd be up to something, Zodiac.

Creeping up on a guy like that.

- Put that catapult down or I'll fire.

- If you do, Zodiac, I'll fall onto this explosive rock

and it'll be curtains for all of us!

Now, put that ray gun down.

- Okay, Frazer.

| guess you're calling the tune.

(ray gun clatters)

- | don't think | like you, Zodiac.

Guess I'll take care of you anyway.

- Oh for Pete's sake, you don't realise what you're doing.

- [Frazer] Save it, Zodiac.

(dramatic music) (Frazer cries out)

(explosion booms)

Help me, Zodiac!

- A spacecraft.

(dramatic music)

(gentle music)

- We help the one called Zodiac

because you tried to save the electric rock.

- | don't know who you are, but I'd sure like to thank you.

- I'll get Frazer into Fireball Junior, Steve,

(chuckles) while he's still groggy.

- Okay, Mat.

Now, meanwhile, maybe you two would tell me

what this is all about.

- We come from planet Globeris,

the next planet to Electon.

- Was it you who scared the Electons from their town?

- That is correct.

You see, we are timid people.

We thought the Electons would prevent us

from getting the electric rock.

- But the Electons are friendly.

All you needed to do was to ask 'em for some rock.

There's enough for both of you.

But what about the transport costs?

- It is easy for us.

We live on the next planet

and we use our magnets to transport it.

- Yes, our magnets can do almost anything.

- Didn't you notice something strange last night?

- Oh, of course. The haunted house business.

So it was you who rigged up that spook act.

All done with magnets, eh?

- Yes. I'll show you.

- More important, you'd better get in touch

with the Electons and apologise.

| guess they're on another part of the planet.

- Yes.

Now we have no fear of them, we will talk.

(gentle music)

- Well, it won't be long now before this place

is full of happy people again, Venus.

- Yes, Steve.

Halla and Senta have gone to collect the Electons.

- Pity we can't stay for the homecoming, but duty calls.

That's the Space Patrol for you, always on the move.

Come on, Venus. Let's go.

(dramatic music)

(spacecraft whooshes)

(upbeat music)

~ 1 wish | was a spaceman S

~ The fastest guy alive

I I'd fly you around the universe 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 S

¢ To a wonderland of stardust J

~ We'll zoom our way to Mars I

My heart would be a fireball

A fireball

~'Cause you would be my Venus of the stars