1 00:04:11,538 --> 00:04:14,290 2130, day 547. 2 00:04:14,374 --> 00:04:17,993 Unscheduled course correction due at 2200. 3 00:04:18,086 --> 00:04:22,464 Pre-correction check: Rotation axis plus three degrees. 4 00:04:22,549 --> 00:04:27,626 Nitrous oxide pressure: 4,100, rising to 5,000. 5 00:04:27,721 --> 00:04:30,592 Quad jets C and D on pre-select. 6 00:04:30,683 --> 00:04:34,052 Rotor ignition sequence beginning in 3-0. 7 00:04:34,145 --> 00:04:36,718 Thruster line reactors on standby. 8 00:04:36,814 --> 00:04:39,056 Vincent, notify me with 15 to go. 9 00:04:39,150 --> 00:04:40,525 - Alex? - Yes, Dan. 10 00:04:40,610 --> 00:04:44,026 Have you determined the difference in ETAs with and without our correction? 11 00:04:44,113 --> 00:04:48,063 Working on it. You know, we shouldn't be needing a direction at this time. 12 00:04:48,159 --> 00:04:51,575 Vincent, run a confirmation on the last inertial fix... 13 00:04:51,663 --> 00:04:53,821 and check it with another celestial, please. 14 00:04:53,915 --> 00:04:56,121 I have. It is correct... 15 00:04:56,209 --> 00:04:59,792 but I think I've found the reason for our present variation. 16 00:04:59,879 --> 00:05:02,121 - Mr Pizer. - Yes, Vincent. 17 00:05:02,215 --> 00:05:04,884 Mr Pizer, I think you should come up here. 18 00:05:09,848 --> 00:05:11,128 What's up, Vincent? 19 00:05:11,224 --> 00:05:15,436 The largest black hole I have ever encountered, Mr Pizer. 20 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,596 Hmm. Let's have a look at it on the holograph. 21 00:05:40,129 --> 00:05:42,169 My God! 22 00:05:42,256 --> 00:05:45,293 Right out of Dante's Inferno. 23 00:05:45,384 --> 00:05:49,548 Yes. The most destructive force in the universe, Harry. 24 00:05:49,639 --> 00:05:51,964 Nothing can escape it, not even light. 25 00:05:52,058 --> 00:05:54,679 I had a professor who predicted that eventually black holes... 26 00:05:54,769 --> 00:05:57,805 would devour the entire universe. 27 00:05:57,897 --> 00:06:02,559 Why not, when you can see giant suns sucked in and disappear without a trace? 28 00:06:03,695 --> 00:06:06,862 - Give us the magnification, Vincent. - Polarizing image. 29 00:06:06,948 --> 00:06:11,575 Every time I see one of those things, I expect to spot some guy in red with horns and a pitchfork. 30 00:06:11,661 --> 00:06:12,859 It's a monster, all right. 31 00:06:12,954 --> 00:06:15,825 A rip in the very fabric of space and time... 32 00:06:15,916 --> 00:06:17,908 but I picked up something else of interest. 33 00:06:18,001 --> 00:06:21,251 - Let's see it. - It hasn't moved since I first picked it up. 34 00:06:21,338 --> 00:06:23,911 - It seems to be some kind of ship. - Do you copy, Alex? 35 00:06:24,007 --> 00:06:28,385 - Roger, Dan. - Enlarge again, Vincent, and let's try to identify it. 36 00:06:32,850 --> 00:06:36,515 But how could anybody be out here ahead of us? 37 00:06:36,604 --> 00:06:39,011 Arcturius-10, United Kingdom. 38 00:06:41,233 --> 00:06:43,107 Liberty-7, United States. 39 00:06:44,904 --> 00:06:47,360 Russian experimental space station, series five. 40 00:06:48,991 --> 00:06:51,482 France, Sahara Module 5-3. 41 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:53,155 Pluto-4, Japan. 42 00:06:54,372 --> 00:06:56,495 United States, Space Probe One. 43 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:59,204 - That's it. - USS Cygnus. 44 00:06:59,294 --> 00:07:02,330 Dr Kate, wasn't that the ship your father was on? 45 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:04,415 USS Cygnus. 46 00:07:04,507 --> 00:07:09,798 Its mission: To discover habitable life in outer space. Same as ours. 47 00:07:09,888 --> 00:07:11,881 Signal that ship, Vincent. 48 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:16,513 - Activate the sensors, Charlie. - You bet. 49 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:23,976 They were recalled to Earth 20 years ago... 50 00:07:24,069 --> 00:07:26,691 their mission considered a failure. 51 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:29,865 How that must have galled Dr Hans Reinhardt. 52 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:32,488 Did you ever meet Commander Reinhardt? 53 00:07:33,746 --> 00:07:36,663 Collided with him would be a more accurate description. 54 00:07:36,749 --> 00:07:39,322 - A legend. - So he believed. 55 00:07:40,628 --> 00:07:43,035 Reinhardt had the knack of making his own ambitions... 56 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:46,464 seem like a matter of national pride. 57 00:07:46,551 --> 00:07:48,839 Why, he talked the space appropriations committee... 58 00:07:48,928 --> 00:07:51,501 into the costliest fiasco of all time... 59 00:07:51,597 --> 00:07:53,590 and refused to admit failure. 60 00:07:53,683 --> 00:07:55,510 He ignored his recall. 61 00:07:55,601 --> 00:07:58,472 Maybe not. Maybe it never got through. 62 00:07:58,563 --> 00:08:00,852 That ship just... just disappeared. 63 00:08:02,150 --> 00:08:04,392 They've never been seen again. 64 00:08:04,486 --> 00:08:08,733 Dan, get us in close enough. Vincent and I could get aboard on tethers. 65 00:08:08,823 --> 00:08:11,908 To quote Cicero, "Rashness is the characteristic of youth... 66 00:08:11,993 --> 00:08:16,406 prudence that of mellowed age and discretion the better part of valour." 67 00:08:16,498 --> 00:08:20,710 No sense leaving the story of a lifetime untold, Captain. 68 00:08:20,794 --> 00:08:22,952 I believe there is, Harry... 69 00:08:23,046 --> 00:08:25,335 and it's looking straight at us. 70 00:08:25,424 --> 00:08:27,084 Picking up anything on the sensors, Charlie? 71 00:08:27,176 --> 00:08:28,836 Negative, but with all that turbulence... 72 00:08:28,927 --> 00:08:31,465 out there, our signal might not be getting through. 73 00:08:31,555 --> 00:08:33,880 According to my instruments, it hasn't moved a centimetre... 74 00:08:33,974 --> 00:08:36,050 since we first spotted it. 75 00:08:36,143 --> 00:08:39,975 But, Alex, how can a lifeless derelict defy that kind of gravity? 76 00:08:40,064 --> 00:08:42,685 I don't know, but it's certainly worth investigating. 77 00:08:42,775 --> 00:08:44,518 My instincts are against it, Alex... 78 00:08:44,610 --> 00:08:47,101 but we'll go in for a closer look. 79 00:08:48,239 --> 00:08:51,156 Fix a coordinate approach, Charlie. Full power on the thrusters, Vincent. 80 00:09:01,586 --> 00:09:04,753 Strap yourselves in. We'll be feeling the gravitational force... 81 00:09:06,091 --> 00:09:08,167 right now. 82 00:09:33,577 --> 00:09:35,784 Range: 29551 and closing. 83 00:09:37,790 --> 00:09:39,782 What's your reading on Cygnus, Vincent? 84 00:09:39,875 --> 00:09:42,912 Triangulation shows it's still holding steady, sir. 85 00:09:43,003 --> 00:09:47,712 - Gravity pull? - .02450 and rising. 86 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:52,379 Puts us in an escape attitude of 8-5 degrees. Cut power by two-thirds. 87 00:10:00,063 --> 00:10:03,977 - 8-5 degrees. She's bucking like a bronco. - Gravity? 88 00:10:05,110 --> 00:10:07,398 .46960, still climbing. 89 00:10:07,487 --> 00:10:09,645 Switching to manual. 90 00:10:09,739 --> 00:10:12,574 Captain, I'm not sure how long the engines will remain operable... 91 00:10:12,659 --> 00:10:14,817 against that much force when we turn back. 92 00:10:14,911 --> 00:10:16,904 Alex, gravity's close to maximum. 93 00:10:16,997 --> 00:10:19,488 We can afford one pass, and then we're gonna have to get the hell out. 94 00:10:37,685 --> 00:10:40,639 - Zero gravity. - Cut the power. 95 00:10:50,031 --> 00:10:52,023 Smooth as glass. 96 00:10:57,538 --> 00:10:59,661 It's like being in the eye of a hurricane. 97 00:11:00,959 --> 00:11:04,791 - What happened? - Natural phenomenon. 98 00:11:06,589 --> 00:11:09,626 Or something from that ship. 99 00:11:37,204 --> 00:11:39,031 Activating the microbeam. 100 00:12:03,273 --> 00:12:05,479 Picking up anything, Charlie? 101 00:12:07,694 --> 00:12:10,564 Negative, Alex. No way our signals can't get through this time. 102 00:12:35,848 --> 00:12:38,802 - Gravity's at maximum, Dan. - My God, I think it's got us. 103 00:12:38,892 --> 00:12:41,929 We're starting to tumble. Hundred percent on the roll jet quads. 104 00:12:46,734 --> 00:12:48,727 Roll jet quads, full capacity. 105 00:12:59,622 --> 00:13:02,623 - Air break at midship. Losing oxygen. - Charlie... 106 00:13:02,709 --> 00:13:05,460 give me a full burst at 180 degrees, main thrusters. 107 00:13:13,845 --> 00:13:16,253 We got a break here too! 108 00:13:16,348 --> 00:13:19,681 Emergency readouts show the primary and secondary air lines ruptured! 109 00:13:20,936 --> 00:13:23,474 Never rains. 110 00:13:23,563 --> 00:13:25,971 Full-pitch attitude thrusters, A and B rings. 111 00:13:26,066 --> 00:13:28,059 The black hole is pulling us in. 112 00:13:28,151 --> 00:13:30,227 Going to manual. 113 00:13:42,207 --> 00:13:46,157 The number four hatch blew outward, Captain. I'll go out and secure it. 114 00:13:46,253 --> 00:13:50,203 Watch yourself out there, Vincent. There's more gravity pull than we've ever encountered. 115 00:13:50,299 --> 00:13:51,877 Yes, sir. 116 00:14:10,487 --> 00:14:14,069 Alex, we'd better check out the damage below! 117 00:14:32,593 --> 00:14:36,922 Vincent, do you read me? Come in, Vincent. 118 00:14:37,014 --> 00:14:39,339 Kate, either we have a malfunction here... 119 00:14:39,433 --> 00:14:41,509 or there's too much interference on the outside. 120 00:14:41,602 --> 00:14:43,595 See if you can get through to Vincent with your ESP. 121 00:14:54,115 --> 00:14:56,107 I got through to Vincent. 122 00:14:57,076 --> 00:14:59,828 He said there are old pilots and there are bold pilots... 123 00:14:59,912 --> 00:15:02,997 but there are very few old, bold pilots. 124 00:15:03,916 --> 00:15:06,242 She's tuned in on Vincent, all right. 125 00:15:08,963 --> 00:15:11,537 Grab my leg! My leg! 126 00:15:13,176 --> 00:15:15,169 - You okay? - Yeah, yeah. 127 00:15:16,972 --> 00:15:19,379 And that's got it! 128 00:15:19,474 --> 00:15:22,179 Hit the boosters, Charlie. We gotta make a run for that zero gravity. 129 00:15:45,543 --> 00:15:47,666 He secured the hatch! 130 00:15:47,753 --> 00:15:49,164 Good. 131 00:15:49,255 --> 00:15:54,131 We can only make temporary repairs here, Dan, and that's only to the secondary line. 132 00:15:54,218 --> 00:15:56,840 Unless we can replace the damaged parts in the main regulator... 133 00:15:56,929 --> 00:15:59,337 we're gonna lose our oxygen supply. 134 00:15:59,432 --> 00:16:01,424 Damn! 135 00:16:06,731 --> 00:16:10,314 Dan, the tether's broken. 136 00:16:10,401 --> 00:16:13,355 - I'm going after him. - Stay at your post, Charlie. 137 00:16:14,489 --> 00:16:17,739 What the hell are you made of? 138 00:16:17,826 --> 00:16:21,491 - What if it were one of us out there? - Vincent is one of us. 139 00:16:44,812 --> 00:16:47,766 Reverse thrusters and look for a place to set down. 140 00:17:26,771 --> 00:17:30,437 - What's going on? - That's what I'd like to know. 141 00:17:30,525 --> 00:17:32,518 Like a tree on Christmas morning. 142 00:17:32,611 --> 00:17:35,149 Locking warheads into firing position. 143 00:17:35,239 --> 00:17:39,153 Hold it, Dan. They've got to be friendly. They could have blasted us right out of the sky. 144 00:17:58,512 --> 00:18:00,505 Your side, Dan. 145 00:18:02,016 --> 00:18:04,009 You got a picture down there? 146 00:18:05,978 --> 00:18:09,063 - There are people on board. - Just a shadow, Kate. 147 00:18:09,148 --> 00:18:11,224 Enlarge, please. 148 00:18:13,653 --> 00:18:17,152 There are people, Alex. I know it. I feel it. 149 00:18:24,164 --> 00:18:26,619 Docking elevator coming up. 150 00:18:29,211 --> 00:18:31,618 Wonder why they didn't roll out the red carpet earlier. 151 00:18:31,713 --> 00:18:33,706 I don't know, and I don't like it. 152 00:18:33,799 --> 00:18:37,002 But they're calling the shots, and we've got to repair this craft. 153 00:18:37,094 --> 00:18:40,048 Dan, I'm sorry I blew my stack. 154 00:18:40,139 --> 00:18:44,006 I guess we all have a soft spot for the little guy, Charlie. 155 00:18:44,935 --> 00:18:47,605 - Yeah. - All right, let's bring her in. 156 00:18:47,688 --> 00:18:49,431 Okay. 157 00:19:20,180 --> 00:19:22,635 Bingo. 158 00:19:27,062 --> 00:19:28,224 We have gravity. 159 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:13,894 Nice work, Vincent. 160 00:20:13,985 --> 00:20:17,319 Out of the frying pan; hopefully, not into the fire. 161 00:20:18,573 --> 00:20:23,200 - Are you all right, Vincent? - Nothing a hammer and a little metal polish can't fix. Thank you. 162 00:20:32,754 --> 00:20:34,877 Looks like we'll have to go to them. 163 00:20:36,174 --> 00:20:38,844 - Charlie, you'll stay with the Palomino. - But you need everyone that's got... 164 00:20:38,927 --> 00:20:40,920 - Charlie. - Don't worry, Mr Pizer. 165 00:20:41,013 --> 00:20:43,136 They also serve who only stand and wait. 166 00:20:43,223 --> 00:20:45,216 Vincent, were you programmed to bug me? 167 00:20:45,309 --> 00:20:47,301 No, sir, to educate you. 168 00:20:48,437 --> 00:20:53,562 When I volunteered for this mission, I never thought I'd end up playing straight man to a tin can. 169 00:21:05,246 --> 00:21:08,745 This place looks as if it hasn't been used for years. 170 00:21:08,833 --> 00:21:12,534 It's eerie. I feel like a thousand eyes are watching us. 171 00:21:25,058 --> 00:21:26,386 Vincent! 172 00:21:26,476 --> 00:21:29,228 - Charlie, do you read me? - Vincent, are you all right? 173 00:21:29,312 --> 00:21:33,180 Weapons destroyed by laser fire. No injuries. Hold your position. 174 00:21:33,275 --> 00:21:35,351 Vincent. 175 00:21:37,821 --> 00:21:42,530 - Are you sure you're all right? - Down, but never for the full count, Dr Kate. 176 00:21:42,618 --> 00:21:47,445 - So much for the friendship theory. - Come on, Harry. They could have killed us if they'd wanted to. 177 00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:49,532 Yeah, sure. 178 00:23:42,532 --> 00:23:46,365 I don't like it when somebody else pulls the strings, Captain. 179 00:23:46,453 --> 00:23:51,115 Neither do I, Vincent. Whoever's up in that control tower is calling the shots right now. 180 00:23:51,208 --> 00:23:54,244 Whoever or whatever, Captain. 181 00:24:04,472 --> 00:24:07,923 - Easy, Kate. - I know I shouldn't get my hopes up, but it's hard not to. 182 00:24:08,017 --> 00:24:10,010 I know. 183 00:24:11,145 --> 00:24:15,013 I don't mind telling you, I'm a little concerned. 184 00:24:15,108 --> 00:24:18,690 Some of my brother robots were assigned to Project Black Hole... 185 00:24:18,778 --> 00:24:22,443 programmed to send ESP messages back from space probes. 186 00:24:22,532 --> 00:24:25,782 Oh, a grand experiment, the scientists thought. 187 00:24:25,869 --> 00:24:27,861 Also ancient history, Vincent. 188 00:24:27,954 --> 00:24:31,288 Not to me, Mr Booth. Not this close. 189 00:24:31,374 --> 00:24:34,541 The heat in there melts types like me rather quickly. 190 00:25:17,755 --> 00:25:20,543 Hello? I'm Kate McCrae. 191 00:25:22,594 --> 00:25:25,049 Is Officer Frank McCrae aboard? 192 00:25:26,431 --> 00:25:28,839 They appear to be some sort of robot, Dr Kate. 193 00:25:30,518 --> 00:25:32,511 Look over here. 194 00:25:38,693 --> 00:25:41,066 Incredible. 195 00:25:41,154 --> 00:25:43,906 It oughta be. Sure cost the taxpayers enough. 196 00:25:49,121 --> 00:25:51,327 Kate. 197 00:25:51,415 --> 00:25:53,408 There's someone else with us. 198 00:26:04,970 --> 00:26:07,010 Identify yourself. 199 00:26:08,432 --> 00:26:10,508 What is your type and model? 200 00:26:19,777 --> 00:26:22,565 - A mystery monster. - Don't move. 201 00:26:22,655 --> 00:26:25,740 Charlie, do you read me? Charlie Pizer. Come in, Charlie. 202 00:26:28,328 --> 00:26:31,115 This is the story to end all stories, Harry. 203 00:26:31,206 --> 00:26:36,164 A ship of robots and computers with this thing in charge? 204 00:26:36,253 --> 00:26:38,079 Not quite, Dr Durant. 205 00:26:39,464 --> 00:26:44,126 Maximilian and my robots only run this ship the way I wish it run. 206 00:26:45,262 --> 00:26:47,089 How do you know my name? 207 00:26:47,180 --> 00:26:50,799 You were monitored ever since our sensors first detected you. 208 00:26:51,852 --> 00:26:54,094 Now, now, Maximilian. Calm down. 209 00:26:54,188 --> 00:26:56,180 Don't pick on small people. 210 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:01,898 Such a nice little robot. He's harmless. 211 00:27:03,030 --> 00:27:06,695 Miss McCrae, you might come closer. 212 00:27:16,210 --> 00:27:19,128 Welcome aboard the Cygnus. 213 00:27:19,213 --> 00:27:22,250 Hans Reinhardt. 214 00:27:22,342 --> 00:27:24,334 It can't be. 215 00:27:24,427 --> 00:27:28,128 You always did have a flair for theatrical entrances, Doctor. 216 00:27:28,223 --> 00:27:30,215 Dr Reinhardt. 217 00:27:31,434 --> 00:27:35,218 My father, where is he? 218 00:27:37,607 --> 00:27:39,979 My dear child, I'm sorry to dash your hopes... 219 00:27:40,068 --> 00:27:42,275 but your father's not with us any more. 220 00:27:43,071 --> 00:27:45,147 He's dead. 221 00:27:47,659 --> 00:27:49,652 A man to be proud of. 222 00:27:49,745 --> 00:27:52,283 A grave personal loss to me. 223 00:27:52,372 --> 00:27:54,864 He was a trusted and loyal friend. 224 00:27:56,710 --> 00:27:58,750 And you are his daughter. 225 00:27:59,755 --> 00:28:03,420 Yes. The same eyes. 226 00:28:03,509 --> 00:28:06,130 The same eyes. 227 00:28:06,220 --> 00:28:08,213 And the rest of the crew? 228 00:28:09,140 --> 00:28:12,722 - They didn't make it back? - They did not. 229 00:28:14,020 --> 00:28:16,641 Pity, for such a good crew. 230 00:28:16,731 --> 00:28:19,352 What happened when your mission was recalled, Doctor? 231 00:28:19,442 --> 00:28:22,396 Is this going to be an interview, Mr Booth? 232 00:28:22,487 --> 00:28:24,729 I haven't had that for a long time, but if you want to... 233 00:28:25,657 --> 00:28:27,281 I will answer. 234 00:28:27,367 --> 00:28:30,652 Now, don't be frightened. Nobody's going to harm you. 235 00:28:34,207 --> 00:28:36,663 The Cygnus encountered a field of meteorites... 236 00:28:36,751 --> 00:28:39,242 and was disabled... 237 00:28:39,337 --> 00:28:44,296 our main and auxiliary communication systems smashed. 238 00:28:44,384 --> 00:28:48,880 We were adrift. I told the crew to abandon ship... 239 00:28:50,140 --> 00:28:52,133 to return home as ordered. 240 00:28:52,226 --> 00:28:58,181 Perhaps it was another of what you term my "theatrical gestures," Mr Booth... 241 00:28:58,273 --> 00:29:00,432 but I chose to remain aboard. 242 00:29:03,362 --> 00:29:06,398 Your dear father chose to remain with me. 243 00:29:07,992 --> 00:29:10,281 We never knew what happened to the others. 244 00:29:10,369 --> 00:29:15,115 You've lived out here for 20 years? Alone? 245 00:29:15,207 --> 00:29:17,615 Twenty years? 246 00:29:17,710 --> 00:29:20,082 Twenty Earth years, but... 247 00:29:21,422 --> 00:29:23,913 I didn't live exactly alone. 248 00:29:24,008 --> 00:29:27,258 I've created companions of a sort. 249 00:29:28,888 --> 00:29:31,214 They look a bit medieval... 250 00:29:31,307 --> 00:29:33,300 but I'm a romantic. 251 00:29:37,939 --> 00:29:41,474 Ah, Mr Pizer! Come in. Join us. 252 00:29:41,568 --> 00:29:43,810 Thank you. Have you met the goon squad? 253 00:29:45,530 --> 00:29:49,231 "Goon squad." Nice. I'm Hans Reinhardt. 254 00:29:49,326 --> 00:29:53,822 Forgive this little incident, but you were disarmed for your own safety. 255 00:29:53,914 --> 00:29:56,037 Dismissed. 256 00:29:56,125 --> 00:30:01,202 My robots are programmed to react against any act of aggression. 257 00:30:01,297 --> 00:30:03,585 I assure you, none was intended. 258 00:30:03,674 --> 00:30:09,179 I am glad to hear that. Please. Consider yourselves my guests. 259 00:30:09,263 --> 00:30:12,513 We won't impose on your hospitality, Doctor. 260 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,173 Just long enough to repair our ship. 261 00:30:15,269 --> 00:30:18,140 And then we can offer you the means of returning to Earth, Doctor. 262 00:30:18,231 --> 00:30:20,852 What makes you think I want to return? 263 00:30:20,942 --> 00:30:24,441 The Cygnus is in danger of being destroyed here. 264 00:30:24,529 --> 00:30:28,147 Yes! Your captain was worried about that too. 265 00:30:28,241 --> 00:30:30,234 One step too far... 266 00:30:31,411 --> 00:30:33,487 and we are done. 267 00:30:33,580 --> 00:30:36,331 But there's no cause for alarm. 268 00:30:36,416 --> 00:30:41,873 We developed antigravity forces to maintain our position. 269 00:30:41,963 --> 00:30:44,633 It's what you might call a Mexican stand-off. 270 00:30:44,716 --> 00:30:48,584 If you were monitoring us, you must have picked up our signals. 271 00:30:48,679 --> 00:30:51,134 - That's right. - You failed to reply. 272 00:30:51,223 --> 00:30:53,215 Did I have to reply? 273 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,018 Charlie, Charlie. 274 00:30:57,938 --> 00:31:00,511 Slight communications problem. 275 00:31:00,607 --> 00:31:04,605 Maximilian will take you to requisition whatever you need to repair your ship. 276 00:31:04,695 --> 00:31:09,487 In the meantime, you and Dr McCrae will get enough information... 277 00:31:09,575 --> 00:31:12,778 to make your mission of historic importance. 278 00:31:20,795 --> 00:31:23,582 - Back off, Vincent. - Not until he does. 279 00:31:25,133 --> 00:31:27,802 When you're nose to nose with a trash compactor, you cool it. 280 00:31:29,512 --> 00:31:32,003 Now, what does that remind me of? 281 00:31:32,098 --> 00:31:36,226 Oh, yes. David and Goliath. 282 00:31:36,311 --> 00:31:38,469 A classic confrontation. 283 00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:41,766 Only this time, David is overmatched. 284 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:45,811 Call him off, Reinhardt. 285 00:31:49,491 --> 00:31:52,278 I said call him off! 286 00:31:53,996 --> 00:31:57,945 On my ship, you ask, Captain. 287 00:31:58,041 --> 00:32:03,166 Indeed. Please, call him off, Doctor. 288 00:32:08,093 --> 00:32:10,667 Maximilian? 289 00:32:10,763 --> 00:32:13,717 Remember, these are our guests. 290 00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:17,260 Now, let him in. 291 00:32:18,562 --> 00:32:22,512 Show that you've good manners. That's a good robot. 292 00:32:22,608 --> 00:32:26,440 Communication problems aside, he took an awful long time to show any lights. 293 00:32:26,529 --> 00:32:28,652 - Be careful. - I know. 294 00:32:29,574 --> 00:32:32,575 Those other robots aren't any friendlier than Dr Frankenstein's monster. 295 00:32:32,660 --> 00:32:36,029 The bigger they are, the harder they fall. 296 00:32:39,376 --> 00:32:41,867 Maybe you should've smiled when you said it, Vincent. 297 00:32:48,218 --> 00:32:50,626 Doctor, this ship doesn't appear to be crippled. 298 00:32:50,721 --> 00:32:55,133 Of course not. We repaired the damage and became operable again. 299 00:32:55,225 --> 00:32:58,179 But you never obeyed the order to return to Earth. 300 00:32:58,270 --> 00:33:00,891 That's right. I refused this order. 301 00:33:00,981 --> 00:33:03,555 There were larger considerations... 302 00:33:03,650 --> 00:33:05,857 other worlds yet to be explored... 303 00:33:05,944 --> 00:33:08,614 life dreams unrealized. 304 00:33:09,990 --> 00:33:13,988 The authorities would still consider that an act of piracy, Doctor. 305 00:33:14,078 --> 00:33:16,403 What would you have said, Mr Booth, if the authorities... 306 00:33:16,497 --> 00:33:20,198 would have called back Columbus just before he discovered the New World? 307 00:33:22,879 --> 00:33:24,871 You wouldn't even exist. 308 00:33:25,798 --> 00:33:30,756 I'm about to prove to you that the end justifies the means. 309 00:33:52,075 --> 00:33:55,279 Pretty busy around here, Max. What are you gearing up for? 310 00:34:19,103 --> 00:34:21,724 Tell you what, Charlie. 311 00:34:21,814 --> 00:34:25,894 You'll take care of business here, and I'll go back to the ship and start working on that regulator. 312 00:34:27,403 --> 00:34:31,318 Don't bother to point the way, Max. I'll find it by myself. 313 00:34:31,407 --> 00:34:34,444 Well, we need primary and secondary demand oxygen pressure regulators... 314 00:34:34,535 --> 00:34:37,453 and an ECS proportion flow valve controller. 315 00:34:38,873 --> 00:34:40,700 Max. 316 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,957 Dr Reinhardt told you to requisition the parts for us. 317 00:34:47,048 --> 00:34:49,124 Let's get cracking. 318 00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:55,217 Way to go, Max. Way to go. 319 00:34:55,307 --> 00:34:58,261 Vincent. Vital Information Necessary Centralized. 320 00:34:58,352 --> 00:35:00,594 Labour force. The 396. 321 00:35:00,687 --> 00:35:03,688 I see by your markings you're from the old 2-8. 322 00:35:03,774 --> 00:35:05,767 Programmed in Houston. 323 00:35:23,419 --> 00:35:27,583 There is enough instant energy down there to supply all of Earth. 324 00:35:27,673 --> 00:35:30,461 The first step to colonizing the galaxy. 325 00:35:30,551 --> 00:35:34,217 You will be remembered as one of the greatest space scientists of all time. 326 00:35:35,807 --> 00:35:38,428 I have never doubted that. 327 00:35:38,518 --> 00:35:43,263 It's about time that people learn about their failures and my successes. 328 00:35:44,399 --> 00:35:47,483 You should come back with us and enjoy the glory of that success. 329 00:35:47,569 --> 00:35:51,614 I don't want to go back, and I don't enjoy successes any more. 330 00:35:51,698 --> 00:35:54,569 There is too much at stake to pull back. 331 00:35:54,659 --> 00:35:57,067 I'm on the brink of a great achievement. 332 00:35:57,162 --> 00:35:59,997 All this is just the beginning. 333 00:36:00,082 --> 00:36:03,202 - The beginning? Of what? - You will know in due time. 334 00:36:03,293 --> 00:36:05,286 Dr Reinhardt, could we have a demonstration... 335 00:36:05,379 --> 00:36:07,668 - of this incredible new power source. - Harry? 336 00:36:07,756 --> 00:36:10,543 Come with me, and I'll show you everything. 337 00:36:10,634 --> 00:36:13,304 I call it "Cygnium," after my ship. 338 00:38:27,650 --> 00:38:29,643 Must've made a wrong turn, Max. 339 00:39:14,657 --> 00:39:16,649 Quite a layout. 340 00:39:19,119 --> 00:39:21,159 I said it's quite a layout you got here. 341 00:39:27,753 --> 00:39:29,829 Can you speak? 342 00:39:31,465 --> 00:39:34,217 Are you programmed to speak? 343 00:39:44,187 --> 00:39:45,811 No, I guess not. 344 00:39:49,359 --> 00:39:52,858 No, I guess that'd make you a little bit too real, wouldn't it? 345 00:39:56,783 --> 00:39:59,737 That Reinhardt sure loves to play God, doesn't he? 346 00:40:19,849 --> 00:40:21,391 Hey, wait a minute! 347 00:40:24,228 --> 00:40:26,221 Hey! 348 00:40:44,999 --> 00:40:48,368 - I know what I saw, Charlie. - Dan, nobody buries a robot. 349 00:40:48,461 --> 00:40:51,248 - I didn't say it was a robot. - Then what? 350 00:40:51,339 --> 00:40:56,001 I don't know what they shot out into space, but they did it with all the reverence and honour of a human funeral. 351 00:40:56,970 --> 00:40:59,461 Huh. Maybe Reinhardt lied. 352 00:40:59,556 --> 00:41:03,139 Maybe there are some survivors still alive. What do you think he's up to? 353 00:41:04,269 --> 00:41:06,262 - Haven't got a clue. - Well, whatever it is... 354 00:41:06,355 --> 00:41:08,431 he seems cooperative enough about getting us operable. 355 00:41:08,524 --> 00:41:10,682 A wolf remains a wolf... 356 00:41:10,776 --> 00:41:13,018 even if it has not eaten your sheep. 357 00:41:13,112 --> 00:41:16,231 Correct, Vincent. The sooner we blast out of here, the better. 358 00:41:16,323 --> 00:41:18,316 Whatever you say. Let's snap it up, Vincent. 359 00:41:18,409 --> 00:41:21,825 A pint cannot hold a quart, Mr Pizer. 360 00:41:21,912 --> 00:41:24,071 If it holds the pint, it's doing the best it can. 361 00:41:27,543 --> 00:41:29,536 Thank you, Vincent. 362 00:41:34,509 --> 00:41:36,585 - Fascinating. - From a distance. 363 00:41:37,595 --> 00:41:40,347 Are you interested in black holes? 364 00:41:41,391 --> 00:41:45,175 How can one not be overwhelmed by the deadliest force in the universe? 365 00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:47,346 That long, dark tunnel to nowhere. 366 00:41:48,606 --> 00:41:50,149 Or somewhere. 367 00:41:50,233 --> 00:41:54,147 These are exactly answers yet to be explored. 368 00:41:54,237 --> 00:41:57,523 You've defined the power of the black hole with your antigravity calculations. 369 00:41:57,616 --> 00:41:59,608 A stunning achievement, sir. 370 00:42:01,495 --> 00:42:04,780 - You think so? - Yes. I do. 371 00:42:04,873 --> 00:42:05,904 Thank you. 372 00:42:07,417 --> 00:42:10,039 I think, Dr Durant... 373 00:42:10,128 --> 00:42:13,046 that you are a man who longs for a sense... 374 00:42:13,132 --> 00:42:15,919 of his own greatness... 375 00:42:16,009 --> 00:42:18,797 but has not yet found his true direction. 376 00:42:18,887 --> 00:42:21,343 Right? 377 00:42:21,432 --> 00:42:23,638 Perhaps I could find it here... 378 00:42:23,726 --> 00:42:25,932 if you're in no hurry for us to leave. 379 00:42:27,396 --> 00:42:29,887 Shall we discuss that over dinner? 380 00:42:36,197 --> 00:42:39,648 - It's only dinner. - "Said the spider to the fly." I should be with you. 381 00:42:39,742 --> 00:42:42,364 Yeah, we'll be safer without you and Max trying to knock heads. 382 00:42:42,453 --> 00:42:44,446 I can handle that thing. 383 00:42:44,539 --> 00:42:47,374 Well, far be it from you to admit there isn't anything you can't handle. 384 00:42:47,458 --> 00:42:50,294 There are three basic types, Mr Pizer. The wills, the won'ts and the can'ts. 385 00:42:50,378 --> 00:42:53,048 The wills accomplish everything, the won'ts oppose everything... 386 00:42:53,131 --> 00:42:55,124 and the can'ts won't try anything. 387 00:42:55,216 --> 00:42:57,375 Well, do us all a favour, Vincent, and try to be a can't... 388 00:42:57,469 --> 00:42:59,461 especially where that monster's concerned. 389 00:42:59,554 --> 00:43:01,796 We need you, not another corkscrew. 390 00:43:02,933 --> 00:43:06,302 Hey, hey, hey. Look at that. 391 00:43:06,395 --> 00:43:08,387 Vincent, you're gonna have the time of your life in there. 392 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:11,600 I don't mean to sound superior, but I hate the company of robots. 393 00:43:11,692 --> 00:43:13,768 So try and relax. Have some fun. 394 00:43:13,861 --> 00:43:16,102 Remember what they say: "All work and no play"? 395 00:43:16,196 --> 00:43:18,522 "All sunshine makes a desert," so the Arabs say. 396 00:43:18,615 --> 00:43:20,608 You'll alert me if you're in trouble, Captain? 397 00:43:21,660 --> 00:43:23,902 Why don't you go on in there and have some laughs, Vincent. 398 00:43:23,996 --> 00:43:27,946 We've been in some scrapes before, and we're gonna get out of this one. 399 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:32,912 As you were. 400 00:43:52,609 --> 00:43:56,274 - Who's the flashy black hat? - S-T-A-R. 401 00:43:56,363 --> 00:43:58,604 Special Troops Arms Regiment. 402 00:43:58,698 --> 00:44:01,486 Reinhardt's prototype for the sentry robots. 403 00:44:01,576 --> 00:44:04,114 He was number one until Reinhardt built Maximilian. 404 00:44:10,085 --> 00:44:13,288 He's sharp, but we're sharper. Do you ever go up against him? 405 00:44:13,380 --> 00:44:15,752 - Once. - What happened? 406 00:44:15,841 --> 00:44:19,292 I beat him. He got so upset, he blew a fuse. 407 00:44:19,386 --> 00:44:23,965 He had his revenge, though. He did things to me that I sure don't like to think about. 408 00:44:24,058 --> 00:44:28,387 A great many experiments are in progress aboard the Cygnus, gentlemen... 409 00:44:28,479 --> 00:44:30,472 some of them dangerous. 410 00:44:30,564 --> 00:44:32,557 I suggest in the interest of your own safety... 411 00:44:32,650 --> 00:44:37,395 that there are no more unescorted excursions for the duration of your stay. 412 00:44:37,488 --> 00:44:39,564 - Agreed? - Sure, sure. 413 00:44:40,783 --> 00:44:43,986 Good. Please, sit down. 414 00:44:44,078 --> 00:44:46,071 Captain. 415 00:44:46,998 --> 00:44:49,489 Well, Mr Booth, what's new on Earth? 416 00:44:50,543 --> 00:44:53,378 Well, I don't think it's changed very much since you left, Doctor. 417 00:44:53,463 --> 00:44:56,547 Nothing much ever changes. 418 00:44:56,633 --> 00:44:58,625 Same news, different names. 419 00:45:01,096 --> 00:45:03,338 - You still writing for the same paper? - The same. 420 00:45:03,431 --> 00:45:05,258 Still on strike? 421 00:45:08,270 --> 00:45:11,187 Ah, fresh mushroom soup. 422 00:45:11,273 --> 00:45:13,846 Prepared from my own personal garden. 423 00:45:13,942 --> 00:45:18,403 I remember writing about the extensive agricultural station. 424 00:45:18,489 --> 00:45:21,905 Large enough to supply the needs of the entire crew, wasn't it, Doctor? 425 00:45:21,992 --> 00:45:24,483 These days it's tiny. 426 00:45:24,578 --> 00:45:26,571 Just enough for one person. 427 00:45:26,664 --> 00:45:28,656 Ah. Naturally. 428 00:45:30,793 --> 00:45:34,244 Our wine and our spare parts are vintage, Captain. 429 00:45:34,338 --> 00:45:36,247 I hope they're satisfactory. 430 00:45:36,340 --> 00:45:38,796 We've had to modify a few of the parts, Doctor... 431 00:45:38,885 --> 00:45:41,091 but, uh, that shouldn't take long. 432 00:45:41,179 --> 00:45:44,548 - We'll be ready to leave soon. - Speak for yourself, Dan. 433 00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:48,769 I, for one, believe I have a great deal to learn from Dr Reinhardt. 434 00:45:48,853 --> 00:45:50,976 Thank you. 435 00:45:51,064 --> 00:45:52,938 Our mission's finished, Alex. 436 00:45:58,154 --> 00:46:00,230 A toast. 437 00:46:00,323 --> 00:46:03,527 To you and your companions, Dr Durant... 438 00:46:03,618 --> 00:46:07,034 on the occasion of your visit to the Cygnus. 439 00:46:07,122 --> 00:46:09,161 Welcome aboard, Miss Kate. 440 00:46:11,043 --> 00:46:14,875 The only Earth people to know of my existence. 441 00:46:14,963 --> 00:46:18,297 And to you, sir, and your magnificent accomplishments. 442 00:46:23,931 --> 00:46:25,970 Tonight, my friends... 443 00:46:27,393 --> 00:46:29,385 we stand on the brink... 444 00:46:29,478 --> 00:46:32,728 of a feat unparalleled in space exploration. 445 00:46:34,608 --> 00:46:39,271 If the data on my returning probe ship matches my computerized calculations... 446 00:46:39,363 --> 00:46:42,649 I will travel where no man has dared to go. 447 00:46:44,243 --> 00:46:46,616 Into the black hole? 448 00:46:46,704 --> 00:46:48,282 In... 449 00:46:49,415 --> 00:46:50,791 through... 450 00:46:52,252 --> 00:46:54,244 and beyond. 451 00:46:58,174 --> 00:47:00,297 Why, that's crazy. 452 00:47:00,385 --> 00:47:02,876 Ha! Impossible! 453 00:47:02,971 --> 00:47:05,676 The word "impossible," Mr Booth... 454 00:47:05,765 --> 00:47:08,932 is only found in a dictionary of fools. 455 00:47:10,145 --> 00:47:12,351 Are there any more like us left on board? 456 00:47:12,439 --> 00:47:17,018 I'm the last one. These upstarts think I'm some old freak. 457 00:47:17,110 --> 00:47:21,488 They still haven't improved on our model. Oh, you can't modify perfection. We are the best. 458 00:47:25,577 --> 00:47:28,247 Oh, lordy. He wants a rematch. 459 00:47:29,164 --> 00:47:33,827 As an old navy hero once said, "Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!" 460 00:47:33,919 --> 00:47:37,253 He also said something about goin' in harm's way. 461 00:47:42,762 --> 00:47:44,838 Nice shooting, Bob. 462 00:48:01,614 --> 00:48:03,903 You'd have beat him again if he hadn't bumped you. 463 00:48:03,992 --> 00:48:06,565 Nah, I'd have missed on purpose. 464 00:48:11,958 --> 00:48:15,577 Don't worry. I'll uphold the honour of the old outfit. 465 00:48:20,425 --> 00:48:24,838 STAR, Vincent's my name. Sharpshooting is my game. 466 00:48:24,930 --> 00:48:27,172 Try me.