1 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,399 2130, day 547. 2 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,950 Unscheduled course correction due at 2200. 3 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,238 Pre-correction check: Rotation axis plus three degrees. 4 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:56,189 Nitrous oxide pressure: 4,100, rising to 5,000. 5 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,033 Quad jets C and D on pre-select. 6 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,351 Rotor ignition sequence beginning in 3-0. 7 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,908 Thruster line reactors on standby. 8 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,150 Vincent, notify me with 15 to go. 9 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,559 - Alex? - Yes, Dan. 10 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:11,916 Have you determined the difference in ETAs with and without our correction? 11 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,788 Working on it. You know, we shouldn't be needing a direction at this time. 12 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,156 Vincent, run a confirmation on the last inertial fix... 13 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,310 and check it with another celestial, please. 14 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,516 I have. It is correct... 15 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,036 but I think I've found the reason for our present variation. 16 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,270 - Mr Pizer. - Yes, Vincent. 17 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,920 Mr Pizer, I think you should come up here. 18 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:37,908 What's up, Vincent? 19 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:42,039 The largest black hole I have ever encountered, Mr Pizer. 20 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,111 Hmm. Let's have a look at it on the holograph. 21 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,676 My God! 22 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,672 Right out of Dante's Inferno. 23 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,753 Yes. The most destructive force in the universe, Harry. 24 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,070 Nothing can escape it, not even light. 25 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,674 I had a professor who predicted that eventually black holes... 26 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,672 would devour the entire universe. 27 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:27,231 Why not, when you can see giant suns sucked in and disappear without a trace? 28 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,357 - Give us the magnification, Vincent. - Polarizing image. 29 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,877 Every time I see one of those things, I expect to spot some guy in red with horns and a pitchfork. 30 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:37,109 It's a monster, all right. 31 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,953 A rip in the very fabric of space and time... 32 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:41,951 but I picked up something else of interest. 33 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,157 - Let's see it. - It hasn't moved since I first picked it up. 34 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,708 - It seems to be some kind of ship. - Do you copy, Alex? 35 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,998 - Roger, Dan. - Enlarge again, Vincent, and let's try to identify it. 36 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,795 But how could anybody be out here ahead of us? 37 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:02,189 Arcturius-10, United Kingdom. 38 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,117 Liberty-7, United States. 39 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,195 Russian experimental space station, series five. 40 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,149 France, Sahara Module 5-3. 41 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,753 Pluto-4, Japan. 42 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:18,956 United States, Space Probe One. 43 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,554 - That's it. - USS Cygnus. 44 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,552 Dr Kate, wasn't that the ship your father was on? 45 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,551 USS Cygnus. 46 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:31,714 Its mission: To discover habitable life in outer space. Same as ours. 47 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,711 Signal that ship, Vincent. 48 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,154 - Activate the sensors, Charlie. - You bet. 49 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,311 They were recalled to Earth 20 years ago... 50 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,914 their mission considered a failure. 51 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,958 How that must have galled Dr Hans Reinhardt. 52 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,474 Did you ever meet Commander Reinhardt? 53 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,478 Collided with him would be a more accurate description. 54 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,028 - A legend. - So he believed. 55 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:03,589 Reinhardt had the knack of making his own ambitions... 56 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,877 seem like a matter of national pride. 57 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,155 Why, he talked the space appropriations committee... 58 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,708 into the costliest fiasco of all time... 59 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,711 and refused to admit failure. 60 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:15,552 He ignored his recall. 61 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,393 Maybe not. Maybe it never got through. 62 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,675 That ship just... just disappeared. 63 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,070 They've never been seen again. 64 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:28,233 Dan, get us in close enough. Vincent and I could get aboard on tethers. 65 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,278 To quote Cicero, "Rashness is the characteristic of youth... 66 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,592 prudence that of mellowed age and discretion the better part of valour." 67 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,719 No sense leaving the story of a lifetime untold, Captain. 68 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,870 I believe there is, Harry... 69 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,155 and it's looking straight at us. 70 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,832 Picking up anything on the sensors, Charlie? 71 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:47,512 Negative, but with all that turbulence... 72 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,034 out there, our signal might not be getting through. 73 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,350 According to my instruments, it hasn't moved a centimetre... 74 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,431 since we first spotted it. 75 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,195 But, Alex, how can a lifeless derelict defy that kind of gravity? 76 00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:00,794 I don't know, but it's certainly worth investigating. 77 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:02,552 My instincts are against it, Alex... 78 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,029 but we'll go in for a closer look. 79 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,918 Fix a coordinate approach, Charlie. Full power on the thrusters, Vincent. 80 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,957 Strap yourselves in. We'll be feeling the gravitational force... 81 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,231 right now. 82 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,716 Range: 29551 and closing. 83 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,551 What's your reading on Cygnus, Vincent? 84 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,552 Triangulation shows it's still holding steady, sir. 85 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:03,156 - Gravity pull? - .02450 and rising. 86 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:07,631 Puts us in an escape attitude of 8-5 degrees. Cut power by two-thirds. 87 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,754 - 8-5 degrees. She's bucking like a bronco. - Gravity? 88 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,035 .46960, still climbing. 89 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,190 Switching to manual. 90 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,999 Captain, I'm not sure how long the engines will remain operable... 91 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,150 against that much force when we turn back. 92 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,151 Alex, gravity's close to maximum. 93 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,629 We can afford one pass, and then we're gonna have to get the hell out. 94 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,913 - Zero gravity. - Cut the power. 95 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:04,831 Smooth as glass. 96 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,156 It's like being in the eye of a hurricane. 97 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:17,075 - What happened? - Natural phenomenon. 98 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,712 Or something from that ship. 99 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:49,912 Activating the microbeam. 100 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,276 Picking up anything, Charlie? 101 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,153 Negative, Alex. No way our signals can't get through this time. 102 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,233 - Gravity's at maximum, Dan. - My God, I think it's got us. 103 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,232 We're starting to tumble. Hundred percent on the roll jet quads. 104 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,751 Roll jet quads, full capacity. 105 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,078 - Air break at midship. Losing oxygen. - Charlie... 106 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,799 give me a full burst at 180 degrees, main thrusters. 107 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,149 We got a break here too! 108 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,437 Emergency readouts show the primary and secondary air lines ruptured! 109 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,074 Never rains. 110 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,469 Full-pitch attitude thrusters, A and B rings. 111 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:34,471 The black hole is pulling us in. 112 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:36,551 Going to manual. 113 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,828 The number four hatch blew outward, Captain. I'll go out and secure it. 114 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,708 Watch yourself out there, Vincent. There's more gravity pull than we've ever encountered. 115 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,313 Yes, sir. 116 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,596 Alex, we'd better check out the damage below! 117 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,512 Vincent, do you read me? Come in, Vincent. 118 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,830 Kate, either we have a malfunction here... 119 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:44,911 or there's too much interference on the outside. 120 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,911 See if you can get through to Vincent with your ESP. 121 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,911 I got through to Vincent. 122 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,479 He said there are old pilots and there are bold pilots... 123 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:05,518 but there are very few old, bold pilots. 124 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,630 She's tuned in on Vincent, all right. 125 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,708 Grab my leg! My leg! 126 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,191 - You okay? - Yeah, yeah. 127 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,229 And that's got it! 128 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,914 Hit the boosters, Charlie. We gotta make a run for that zero gravity. 129 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,356 He secured the hatch! 130 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:49,793 Good. 131 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:54,556 We can only make temporary repairs here, Dan, and that's only to the secondary line. 132 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,154 Unless we can replace the damaged parts in the main regulator... 133 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,549 we're gonna lose our oxygen supply. 134 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,551 Damn! 135 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:10,076 Dan, the tether's broken. 136 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,993 - I'm going after him. - Stay at your post, Charlie. 137 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,197 What the hell are you made of? 138 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,795 - What if it were one of us out there? - Vincent is one of us. 139 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,993 Reverse thrusters and look for a place to set down. 140 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,915 - What's going on? - That's what I'd like to know. 141 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,911 Like a tree on Christmas morning. 142 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,434 Locking warheads into firing position. 143 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,274 Hold it, Dan. They've got to be friendly. They could have blasted us right out of the sky. 144 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,751 Your side, Dan. 145 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,111 You got a picture down there? 146 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,958 - There are people on board. - Just a shadow, Kate. 147 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,031 Enlarge, please. 148 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,716 There are people, Alex. I know it. I feel it. 149 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,795 Docking elevator coming up. 150 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,589 Wonder why they didn't roll out the red carpet earlier. 151 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:27,591 I don't know, and I don't like it. 152 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,752 But they're calling the shots, and we've got to repair this craft. 153 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,673 Dan, I'm sorry I blew my stack. 154 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,469 I guess we all have a soft spot for the little guy, Charlie. 155 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,920 - Yeah. - All right, let's bring her in. 156 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,672 Okay. 157 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,515 Bingo. 158 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:19,875 We have gravity. 159 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,673 Nice work, Vincent. 160 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,957 Out of the frying pan; hopefully, not into the fire. 161 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:12,597 - Are you all right, Vincent? - Nothing a hammer and a little metal polish can't fix. Thank you. 162 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,796 Looks like we'll have to go to them. 163 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,600 - Charlie, you'll stay with the Palomino. - But you need everyone that's got... 164 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,591 - Charlie. - Don't worry, Mr Pizer. 165 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,716 They also serve who only stand and wait. 166 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,711 Vincent, were you programmed to bug me? 167 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,711 No, sir, to educate you. 168 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,715 When I volunteered for this mission, I never thought I'd end up playing straight man to a tin can. 169 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,276 This place looks as if it hasn't been used for years. 170 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:59,909 It's eerie. I feel like a thousand eyes are watching us. 171 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,194 Vincent! 172 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,919 - Charlie, do you read me? - Vincent, are you all right? 173 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,709 Weapons destroyed by laser fire. No injuries. Hold your position. 174 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,791 Vincent. 175 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:28,676 - Are you sure you're all right? - Down, but never for the full count, Dr Kate. 176 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:33,390 - So much for the friendship theory. - Come on, Harry. They could have killed us if they'd wanted to. 177 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,391 Yeah, sure. 178 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,435 I don't like it when somebody else pulls the strings, Captain. 179 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:31,991 Neither do I, Vincent. Whoever's up in that control tower is calling the shots right now. 180 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,992 Whoever or whatever, Captain. 181 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,110 - Easy, Kate. - I know I shouldn't get my hopes up, but it's hard not to. 182 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,111 I know. 183 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,909 I don't mind telling you, I'm a little concerned. 184 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,436 Some of my brother robots were assigned to Project Black Hole... 185 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:02,035 programmed to send ESP messages back from space probes. 186 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:05,237 Oh, a grand experiment, the scientists thought. 187 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,231 Also ancient history, Vincent. 188 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,517 Not to me, Mr Booth. Not this close. 189 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,637 The heat in there melts types like me rather quickly. 190 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,753 Hello? I'm Kate McCrae. 191 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,075 Is Officer Frank McCrae aboard? 192 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,709 They appear to be some sort of robot, Dr Kate. 193 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,231 Look over here. 194 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,435 Incredible. 195 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,159 It oughta be. Sure cost the taxpayers enough. 196 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,276 Kate. 197 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:29,271 There's someone else with us. 198 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:42,316 Identify yourself. 199 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:45,671 What is your type and model? 200 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,233 - A mystery monster. - Don't move. 201 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,278 Charlie, do you read me? Charlie Pizer. Come in, Charlie. 202 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,433 This is the story to end all stories, Harry. 203 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:10,275 A ship of robots and computers with this thing in charge? 204 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:12,112 Not quite, Dr Durant. 205 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,911 Maximilian and my robots only run this ship the way I wish it run. 206 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,752 How do you know my name? 207 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:24,310 You were monitored ever since our sensors first detected you. 208 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,470 Now, now, Maximilian. Calm down. 209 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,471 Don't pick on small people. 210 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,954 Such a nice little robot. He's harmless. 211 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,555 Miss McCrae, you might come closer. 212 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,478 Welcome aboard the Cygnus. 213 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,472 Hans Reinhardt. 214 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,471 It can't be. 215 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,109 You always did have a flair for theatrical entrances, Doctor. 216 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,111 Dr Reinhardt. 217 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,909 My father, where is he? 218 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,475 My dear child, I'm sorry to dash your hopes... 219 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,676 but your father's not with us any more. 220 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,431 He's dead. 221 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,751 A man to be proud of. 222 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,274 A grave personal loss to me. 223 00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:25,749 He was a trusted and loyal friend. 224 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,476 And you are his daughter. 225 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,955 Yes. The same eyes. 226 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,554 The same eyes. 227 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,551 And the rest of the crew? 228 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,876 - They didn't make it back? - They did not. 229 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,634 Pity, for such a good crew. 230 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,234 What happened when your mission was recalled, Doctor? 231 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,153 Is this going to be an interview, Mr Booth? 232 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,390 I haven't had that for a long time, but if you want to... 233 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,838 I will answer. 234 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:00,071 Now, don't be frightened. Nobody's going to harm you. 235 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,835 The Cygnus encountered a field of meteorites... 236 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,309 and was disabled... 237 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:13,155 our main and auxiliary communication systems smashed. 238 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,552 We were adrift. I told the crew to abandon ship... 239 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,671 to return home as ordered. 240 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:26,471 Perhaps it was another of what you term my "theatrical gestures," Mr Booth... 241 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,630 but I chose to remain aboard. 242 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,352 Your dear father chose to remain with me. 243 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,075 We never knew what happened to the others. 244 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:42,711 You've lived out here for 20 years? Alone? 245 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,109 Twenty years? 246 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,475 Twenty Earth years, but... 247 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,149 I didn't live exactly alone. 248 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,357 I've created companions of a sort. 249 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,150 They look a bit medieval... 250 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,151 but I'm a romantic. 251 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,990 Ah, Mr Pizer! Come in. Join us. 252 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,230 Thank you. Have you met the goon squad? 253 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,429 "Goon squad." Nice. I'm Hans Reinhardt. 254 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,832 Forgive this little incident, but you were disarmed for your own safety. 255 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:21,956 Dismissed. 256 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:26,909 My robots are programmed to react against any act of aggression. 257 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,195 I assure you, none was intended. 258 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:34,559 I am glad to hear that. Please. Consider yourselves my guests. 259 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,757 We won't impose on your hospitality, Doctor. 260 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,308 Just long enough to repair our ship. 261 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,153 And then we can offer you the means of returning to Earth, Doctor. 262 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,754 What makes you think I want to return? 263 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,196 The Cygnus is in danger of being destroyed here. 264 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,750 Yes! Your captain was worried about that too. 265 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:54,751 One step too far... 266 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,871 and we are done. 267 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,599 But there's no cause for alarm. 268 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:05,913 We developed antigravity forces to maintain our position. 269 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,560 It's what you might call a Mexican stand-off. 270 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:12,349 If you were monitoring us, you must have picked up our signals. 271 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,795 - That's right. - You failed to reply. 272 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,791 Did I have to reply? 273 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:19,479 Charlie, Charlie. 274 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,788 Slight communications problem. 275 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,714 Maximilian will take you to requisition whatever you need to repair your ship. 276 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:32,396 In the meantime, you and Dr McCrae will get enough information... 277 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,552 to make your mission of historic importance. 278 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,913 - Back off, Vincent. - Not until he does. 279 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,960 When you're nose to nose with a trash compactor, you cool it. 280 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,989 Now, what does that remind me of? 281 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,039 Oh, yes. David and Goliath. 282 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:00,190 A classic confrontation. 283 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,352 Only this time, David is overmatched. 284 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,231 Call him off, Reinhardt. 285 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,433 I said call him off! 286 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,868 On my ship, you ask, Captain. 287 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:23,875 Indeed. Please, call him off, Doctor. 288 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,068 Maximilian? 289 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,993 Remember, these are our guests. 290 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,391 Now, let him in. 291 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:42,428 Show that you've good manners. That's a good robot. 292 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,195 Communication problems aside, he took an awful long time to show any lights. 293 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,316 - Be careful. - I know. 294 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,078 Those other robots aren't any friendlier than Dr Frankenstein's monster. 295 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,391 The bigger they are, the harder they fall. 296 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,989 Maybe you should've smiled when you said it, Vincent. 297 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,389 Doctor, this ship doesn't appear to be crippled. 298 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:13,712 Of course not. We repaired the damage and became operable again. 299 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,633 But you never obeyed the order to return to Earth. 300 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,234 That's right. I refused this order. 301 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,788 There were larger considerations... 302 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,996 other worlds yet to be explored... 303 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,640 life dreams unrealized. 304 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,794 The authorities would still consider that an act of piracy, Doctor. 305 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,110 What would you have said, Mr Booth, if the authorities... 306 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,749 would have called back Columbus just before he discovered the New World? 307 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,231 You wouldn't even exist. 308 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:47,875 I'm about to prove to you that the end justifies the means. 309 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,392 Pretty busy around here, Max. What are you gearing up for? 310 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,754 Tell you what, Charlie. 311 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,753 You'll take care of business here, and I'll go back to the ship and start working on that regulator. 312 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,954 Don't bother to point the way, Max. I'll find it by myself. 313 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,952 Well, we need primary and secondary demand oxygen pressure regulators... 314 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,838 and an ECS proportion flow valve controller. 315 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:54,952 Max. 316 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,952 Dr Reinhardt told you to requisition the parts for us. 317 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,031 Let's get cracking. 318 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,874 Way to go, Max. Way to go. 319 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,793 Vincent. Vital Information Necessary Centralized. 320 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,030 Labour force. The 396. 321 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,998 I see by your markings you're from the old 2-8. 322 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:18,991 Programmed in Houston. 323 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:39,913 There is enough instant energy down there to supply all of Earth. 324 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,673 The first step to colonizing the galaxy. 325 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,275 You will be remembered as one of the greatest space scientists of all time. 326 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,314 I have never doubted that. 327 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:54,951 It's about time that people learn about their failures and my successes. 328 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,998 You should come back with us and enjoy the glory of that success. 329 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,959 I don't want to go back, and I don't enjoy successes any more. 330 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,793 There is too much at stake to pull back. 331 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,189 I'm on the brink of a great achievement. 332 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,999 All this is just the beginning. 333 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,072 - The beginning? Of what? - You will know in due time. 334 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,071 Dr Reinhardt, could we have a demonstration... 335 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,355 - of this incredible new power source. - Harry? 336 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,113 Come with me, and I'll show you everything. 337 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,760 I call it "Cygnium," after my ship. 338 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,511 Must've made a wrong turn, Max. 339 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:19,591 Quite a layout. 340 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,916 I said it's quite a layout you got here. 341 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:32,231 Can you speak? 342 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,439 Are you programmed to speak? 343 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,558 No, I guess not. 344 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,316 No, I guess that'd make you a little bit too real, wouldn't it? 345 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,913 That Reinhardt sure loves to play God, doesn't he? 346 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:21,679 Hey, wait a minute! 347 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,311 Hey! 348 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,551 - I know what I saw, Charlie. - Dan, nobody buries a robot. 349 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,313 - I didn't say it was a robot. - Then what? 350 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,871 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 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,189 Huh. Maybe Reinhardt lied. 352 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,716 Maybe there are some survivors still alive. What do you think he's up to? 353 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,711 - Haven't got a clue. - Well, whatever it is... 354 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,791 he seems cooperative enough about getting us operable. 355 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,950 A wolf remains a wolf... 356 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:11,190 even if it has not eaten your sheep. 357 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,272 Correct, Vincent. The sooner we blast out of here, the better. 358 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,271 Whatever you say. Let's snap it up, Vincent. 359 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,636 A pint cannot hold a quart, Mr Pizer. 360 00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:21,790 If it holds the pint, it's doing the best it can. 361 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,031 Thank you, Vincent. 362 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,791 - Fascinating. - From a distance. 363 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:37,399 Are you interested in black holes? 364 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,029 How can one not be overwhelmed by the deadliest force in the universe? 365 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,111 That long, dark tunnel to nowhere. 366 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:46,799 Or somewhere. 367 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,634 These are exactly answers yet to be explored. 368 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,871 You've defined the power of the black hole with your antigravity calculations. 369 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,871 A stunning achievement, sir. 370 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:00,831 - You think so? - Yes. I do. 371 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:01,909 Thank you. 372 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,874 I think, Dr Durant... 373 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,758 that you are a man who longs for a sense... 374 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,513 of his own greatness... 375 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,273 but has not yet found his true direction. 376 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,715 Right? 377 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,916 Perhaps I could find it here... 378 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,116 if you're in no hurry for us to leave. 379 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:24,909 Shall we discuss that over dinner? 380 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,270 - It's only dinner. - "Said the spider to the fly." I should be with you. 381 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:36,874 Yeah, we'll be safer without you and Max trying to knock heads. 382 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:38,871 I can handle that thing. 383 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,679 Well, far be it from you to admit there isn't anything you can't handle. 384 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:44,479 There are three basic types, Mr Pizer. The wills, the won'ts and the can'ts. 385 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,120 The wills accomplish everything, the won'ts oppose everything... 386 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,111 and the can'ts won't try anything. 387 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,270 Well, do us all a favour, Vincent, and try to be a can't... 388 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,271 especially where that monster's concerned. 389 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,510 We need you, not another corkscrew. 390 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,831 Hey, hey, hey. Look at that. 391 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:01,831 Vincent, you're gonna have the time of your life in there. 392 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,912 I don't mean to sound superior, but I hate the company of robots. 393 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,991 So try and relax. Have some fun. 394 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,230 Remember what they say: "All work and no play"? 395 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,550 "All sunshine makes a desert," so the Arabs say. 396 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:13,551 You'll alert me if you're in trouble, Captain? 397 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,710 Why don't you go on in there and have some laughs, Vincent. 398 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:20,588 We've been in some scrapes before, and we're gonna get out of this one. 399 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,351 As you were. 400 00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:47,755 - Who's the flashy black hat? - S-T-A-R. 401 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,990 Special Troops Arms Regiment. 402 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,753 Reinhardt's prototype for the sentry robots. 403 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,274 He was number one until Reinhardt built Maximilian. 404 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,072 He's sharp, but we're sharper. Do you ever go up against him? 405 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,435 - Once. - What happened? 406 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:09,830 I beat him. He got so upset, he blew a fuse. 407 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:14,311 He had his revenge, though. He did things to me that I sure don't like to think about. 408 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,552 A great many experiments are in progress aboard the Cygnus, gentlemen... 409 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:20,551 some of them dangerous. 410 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:22,551 I suggest in the interest of your own safety... 411 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:27,191 that there are no more unescorted excursions for the duration of your stay. 412 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,271 - Agreed? - Sure, sure. 413 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,512 Good. Please, sit down. 414 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:35,511 Captain. 415 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,789 Well, Mr Booth, what's new on Earth? 416 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,519 Well, I don't think it's changed very much since you left, Doctor. 417 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:45,558 Nothing much ever changes. 418 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,551 Same news, different names. 419 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,070 - You still writing for the same paper? - The same. 420 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:53,912 Still on strike? 421 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,598 Ah, fresh mushroom soup. 422 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,148 Prepared from my own personal garden. 423 00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:06,518 I remember writing about the extensive agricultural station. 424 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,876 Large enough to supply the needs of the entire crew, wasn't it, Doctor? 425 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,349 These days it's tiny. 426 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,351 Just enough for one person. 427 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,351 Ah. Naturally. 428 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,710 Our wine and our spare parts are vintage, Captain. 429 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,631 I hope they're satisfactory. 430 00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:26,075 We've had to modify a few of the parts, Doctor... 431 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:28,276 but, uh, that shouldn't take long. 432 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,591 - We'll be ready to leave soon. - Speak for yourself, Dan. 433 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:35,639 I, for one, believe I have a great deal to learn from Dr Reinhardt. 434 00:41:35,720 --> 00:41:37,756 Thank you. 435 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:39,637 Our mission's finished, Alex. 436 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,631 A toast. 437 00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:49,792 To you and your companions, Dr Durant... 438 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,156 on the occasion of your visit to the Cygnus. 439 00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:55,196 Welcome aboard, Miss Kate. 440 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,675 The only Earth people to know of my existence. 441 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,957 And to you, sir, and your magnificent accomplishments. 442 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,316 Tonight, my friends... 443 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:14,591 we stand on the brink... 444 00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:17,797 of a feat unparalleled in space exploration. 445 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:24,071 If the data on my returning probe ship matches my computerized calculations... 446 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:27,311 I will travel where no man has dared to go. 447 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,115 Into the black hole? 448 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:32,713 In... 449 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:35,119 through... 450 00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:38,431 and beyond. 451 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,236 Why, that's crazy. 452 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,709 Ha! Impossible! 453 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,394 The word "impossible," Mr Booth... 454 00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:52,517 is only found in a dictionary of fools. 455 00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:55,796 Are there any more like us left on board? 456 00:42:55,880 --> 00:43:00,271 I'm the last one. These upstarts think I'm some old freak. 457 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:04,558 They still haven't improved on our model. Oh, you can't modify perfection. We are the best. 458 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:11,040 Oh, lordy. He wants a rematch. 459 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:16,391 As an old navy hero once said, "Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!" 460 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,677 He also said something about goin' in harm's way. 461 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:26,951 Nice shooting, Bob. 462 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,235 You'd have beat him again if he hadn't bumped you. 463 00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:47,788 Nah, I'd have missed on purpose. 464 00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,430 Don't worry. I'll uphold the honour of the old outfit. 465 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:05,312 STAR, Vincent's my name. Sharpshooting is my game. 466 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,550 Try me. 467 00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:40,634 Your probe ship has only gone to the event horizon, Doctor... 468 00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:43,075 not into the black hole itself. 469 00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:47,358 How do you expect the Cygnus to escape being crushed by the force in there? 470 00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:51,399 I would assume that Dr Reinhardt has created an antigravitational force field... 471 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,471 capable of withstanding that stress. 472 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:58,998 Indeed, and I know you will say, Captain, that one mistake in navigation can be fatal. 473 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:02,356 But I know exactly what I'm doing. The course I have chosen... 474 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:06,319 will take the Cygnus through at its optimum angle of rotation. 475 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:10,837 The vortex will cause us to move at incredible speed... 476 00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:14,913 and that angle will slingshot us through. 477 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:26,914 Nice shot, STAR. Simple, but nice. 478 00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:43,956 Tricky. Here, try this. 479 00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:00,672 If one dances, one must pay the piper. 480 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:18,678 If there's anything I cannot stand, it's a sore loser. 481 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,236 Meet me in parts storage. 482 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:40,909 So, as I understand it, you want the Palomino to monitor your journey. 483 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:45,516 That's right. I need you to go to another place and another time... 484 00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:48,433 a place where, if you're lucky... 485 00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:52,149 I'll have the possibility to find what we call "the ultimate knowledge." 486 00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:54,151 Yes, Maximilian? 487 00:46:55,720 --> 00:46:58,871 The probe ship is about to dock. Continue your meal, gentlemen. 488 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:10,751 Cuckoo as a Swiss clock. 489 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,839 My name's Bob, Bio-sanitation Battalion. 490 00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:27,117 I couldn't talk freely before, but I have a whole lot to tell you. 491 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:30,670 If Maximilian knew you were here, why, it'd be the end for the both of us. 492 00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,115 Can you permanently rearm my lasers? 493 00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:38,558 Yeah, I can. Vincent, you and your friends are in grave danger. 494 00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:42,110 Reinhardt only turned the lights on to prevent any damage to the Cygnus. 495 00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:44,111 This is a death ship. 496 00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,111 What does your intuition tell you, Kate? 497 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:51,399 That Dr Reinhardt is walking a tightrope between genius and insanity. 498 00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:54,119 - I think the guy's nuts. - I don't buy that. 499 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:56,714 Well, whatever he is, he's an out-and-out liar. 500 00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:01,032 That tiny little one-man garden of his is big enough to feed an army. 501 00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:03,031 Nothing strange about that. It purifies the air. 502 00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:05,554 - Oh. - Tell them about the funeral, Dan. 503 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:09,349 A robot funeral, Alex. It was almost human. 504 00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:11,874 Look. Granted, the 20 years out of contact with people... 505 00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:14,679 has made this man a little eccentric, but you can't ask me to believe... 506 00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:16,830 that he's programmed his robots to feel emotions. 507 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:19,832 - Come on. - I know what I saw, Alex... 508 00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:22,593 and we only have Reinhardt's word for what happened to his crew. 509 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:26,593 All I know is that that robot gardener was almost human too. 510 00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:29,035 Ha! He even walked with a limp. 511 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:32,271 What spooks you about a malfunctioning robot, Harry? 512 00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:34,271 I wasn't spooked, old buddy. 513 00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:37,557 I'm just telling you that I had a gut feeling that... 514 00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:39,676 that I was looking at some kind of... 515 00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:43,433 some kind of person. 516 00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:46,717 - What are you getting at? - That we make our apologies, say our goodbyes... 517 00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:48,836 and get off this ship as quick as we can. 518 00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:50,876 Oh, now, wait a minute, Dan. Now, hold it, hold it. 519 00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:53,428 Now, now, now, l-let's stop and figure this thing out. 520 00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:58,230 If Reinhardt has antigravity strong enough to hold him here... 521 00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:00,231 I figure he's got enough to pull away. 522 00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:02,436 - So? - "So"? 523 00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,637 So why not take this ship and Reinhardt back home? 524 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,394 That's a long shot you're talking about, Harry. 525 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:13,155 Aw, come on. You've got two scientific wizards here... 526 00:49:13,240 --> 00:49:17,518 to figure out the computers, a-and they can even reprogram the robots. 527 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:20,831 And the three of us can handle Reinhardt and that pet monster of his. 528 00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:26,990 I'm tellin' you, we could all be heroes. 529 00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:29,150 We could also be dead. 530 00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,432 These poor creatures are what's left of the crew. 531 00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:57,638 Kept alive by means I don't pretend to understand. 532 00:49:57,720 --> 00:50:00,109 Humans? 533 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:02,589 They're more robot than human. 534 00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:05,194 Let's get outta here before we're discovered. 535 00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:07,669 Too late. Watch it! 536 00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,833 Think there are any more? 537 00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:21,070 All clear. 538 00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:24,634 Let's get rid of the evidence. 539 00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:43,596 Maximilian will take you to Debriefing. 540 00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,592 I will check out your computers personally. 541 00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:51,310 How long before they'll start searching for these two? 542 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:54,278 It depends on their duty schedule. Could be anytime. 543 00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,033 Then we have to move fast. 544 00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:06,195 So, he neglected his duty to his country for a higher ideal. 545 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:10,831 So what? What basis in fact do you have for these macabre speculations? 546 00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:13,673 I agree that his style is somewhat unconventional... 547 00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:15,830 but he's willing and eager to share his knowledge with us. 548 00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:20,038 - Doesn't that mean anything to you? - We're not staying aboard this ship any longer than we have to, Alex. 549 00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:22,680 - I think that's up to Reinhardt to decide. - Dan. 550 00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:26,594 Vincent wants you aboard the Palomino right away. 551 00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:30,309 Let's go, Charlie. 552 00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:32,994 I think I'll tag along. 553 00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:48,590 This isn't our party. Let's get outta here. 554 00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:55,591 Reinhardt will solve the one final mystery that has eluded mankind. 555 00:51:57,200 --> 00:51:59,634 Or he'll die in the attempt. 556 00:51:59,720 --> 00:52:04,271 Alex, I'm beginning to feel you want to go with him. 557 00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:09,388 On a glorious pilgrimage, straight into what may be the mind of God? 558 00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:13,268 I do. I do. 559 00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:16,955 "And darkness was upon the face of the deep. 560 00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:22,068 And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." 561 00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:30,116 What an incredible sight. 562 00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:33,237 I still haven't got used to it. Where are the others? 563 00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:36,676 - They were recalled to the ship. - Recalled? 564 00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:40,833 Didn't I say no more unescorted excursions? 565 00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:42,911 Where was your communication? 566 00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:47,039 Ah, the ESP you share with the robot. 567 00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:50,510 Extraordinary. 568 00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:53,797 Dr Durant. 569 00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:59,000 - Yes, Doctor? - These are all my formulas I've compiled over the years. 570 00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:01,514 I want you to take them back with you... 571 00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:06,196 and pass them on to others in case something might happen to me. 572 00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:08,191 You can depend on me. 573 00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:11,590 I also want you to monitor my flight. 574 00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:15,116 Stay as long as you can at the event horizon. 575 00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:18,431 There might be an Einstein-Rosen bridge to consider. 576 00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,432 I will. 577 00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:25,195 Believe me, I've been waiting a long time... 578 00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:28,317 for someone like you to record this moment. 579 00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:31,073 Thank you, Doctor. 580 00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:34,152 Then I'm ready. 581 00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:37,710 Ready to embark on man's greatest journey. 582 00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:40,519 Certainly his riskiest. 583 00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:43,956 The risk is incidental compared to the possibility... 584 00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:47,510 to possess the great truth of the unknown. 585 00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:52,116 There, long-cherished laws of nature... 586 00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:54,509 simply do not apply. 587 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:57,034 They vanish. 588 00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:59,156 And life? 589 00:54:00,640 --> 00:54:03,029 Life? 590 00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:06,636 Life forever. 591 00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:14,791 The officer the men trusted most was Frank McCrae. 592 00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:20,000 - Kate's father. - They turned to him when Dr Reinhardt ignored the orders to return home. 593 00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,230 He tried to take control of the Cygnus. 594 00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:25,278 Reinhardt called it mutiny and killed Mr McCrae. 595 00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:29,956 - What became of the crew? - They were captured by the sentry robots and are still on board. 596 00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:31,871 - What? - Where? 597 00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:34,599 In the command tower, the power centre. 598 00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:38,389 Robots, Mr Pizer, humanoid robots. 599 00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,710 The most valuable thing in the universe... 600 00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:43,837 intelligent life, means nothing to Dr Reinhardt. 601 00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:47,196 Without their wills, the crew became things he could command. 602 00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:49,236 - That explains the funeral. - Right. 603 00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:53,154 And the limping robot you spotted. 604 00:54:53,240 --> 00:54:57,472 Do you mean to tell me that there's actually a human body under that clothing? 605 00:54:57,560 --> 00:54:59,755 Exactly, Mr Booth. 606 00:54:59,840 --> 00:55:04,072 We can't just take off and leave these poor devils behind. 607 00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:06,355 Harry, looks like we're gonna have to try your plan. 608 00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:10,228 What? And end up just like the rest of the crew? 609 00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:12,914 Why, if they couldn't pull it off, what chance do we have? 610 00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:16,549 Captain, the damage is irreversible. 611 00:55:16,640 --> 00:55:18,835 Death is their only release. 612 00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:22,833 That's right. For God's sakes, Dan, we can't take on that mechanical army. 613 00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:25,798 Captain, I was forced to destroy two sentry robots. 614 00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:28,474 The others are searching now. If they're found... 615 00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:30,835 - Gotcha, Vincent. Charlie, start the countdown. - Right. 616 00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:34,833 Vincent, tell Kate I want her and Alex back here on the double. 617 00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:49,111 Fix navigational course. 618 00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:56,114 You have achieved all this on your own, Dr Reinhardt... 619 00:55:56,200 --> 00:56:00,512 and you would have every right to reject the request of a comparative stranger, but... 620 00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:04,639 What are you hoping for, Alex? Immortality? 621 00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:07,109 No, scientific truth. 622 00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:11,352 Alex, we have to board right away. They're waiting to blast off. 623 00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:21,710 Prepare reactors! 624 00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:23,836 Maximilian! 625 00:56:26,520 --> 00:56:30,513 - How are your readings, Vincent? - All systems are go, Mr Pizer. 626 00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:35,358 Alex, I will not have you throwing your life away for this. 627 00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:40,389 - He can do it. I know he can. - Oh, God, Alex! 628 00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:43,836 There's an entirely different world beyond that black hole... 629 00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:48,198 a point where time and space as we understand it no longer exists. 630 00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:53,195 We will be the first to see it, to explore it, to experience it. 631 00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:57,114 Damn it all, Dan! If we wait for Alex, we may be too late. 632 00:56:57,200 --> 00:57:00,397 Don't you see? He's hypnotized by that man. 633 00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:04,791 - Vincent. - Yes, Captain? 634 00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:09,192 Tell Kate we want her back here fast, with or without Alex. Tell her why. 635 00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:30,794 Reactors on. 636 00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:43,909 He's going to do it. 637 00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:45,991 He's going to do it! 638 00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:49,795 He's really going to do it. 639 00:57:49,880 --> 00:57:52,314 He'll kill us all if you don't get us outta here now, Holland. 640 00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:55,073 He wants us out there to monitor his flight. We still have time. 641 00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:57,720 You're gambling with our lives, but you're not gonna gamble with mine! 642 00:57:57,800 --> 00:57:59,631 Shut up, Harry! 643 00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:03,030 - Alex. - R squared. 644 00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:05,873 - Alex! Could I have a word with you? - B plus... 645 00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:08,599 B squared... 646 00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:12,912 over A squared, sine squared, data... 647 00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:15,912 Do you remember what we were talking about the other day? 648 00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:19,390 - We've gotta get out of here. - I'm staying. - Shh! 649 00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:23,235 - Reinhardt is a murderer. - What? 650 00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:26,517 Yes. Those creatures... 651 00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:29,034 Those aren't robots. They're... 652 00:58:29,120 --> 00:58:32,556 They're humanoids. They're... They're what's left of the original crew. 653 00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:34,596 What's wrong, Miss Kate? 654 00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:38,351 You look ill. 655 00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:41,830 Kate's upset because I've elected to stay with the Cygnus. 656 00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:46,357 - I hope she's electing also to stay with us. - No, I... 657 00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:49,557 - What changed your mind? - I'm not. I, uh... 658 00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:53,349 The right moment to go into the black hole is now. 659 00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:14,312 What are you doing? 660 00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:21,629 He would be dead by now. 661 00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:24,029 They all would be dead. 662 00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:27,351 It was the only way to keep them alive. 663 00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:29,556 One of my greatest achievements. 664 00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:33,918 But you told us the crew had left the ship. 665 00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:38,312 Some cause must have created all this. 666 00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:41,597 But what caused that cause? 667 00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:45,389 Come on, Kate. Let's get you out of here. 668 00:59:50,760 --> 00:59:53,069 Maximilian! 669 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:01,991 Alex! 670 01:00:14,880 --> 01:00:17,189 You shouldn't have done that! 671 01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:21,674 He was a good man. 672 01:00:30,440 --> 01:00:33,671 Protect me from Maximilian. 673 01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:38,788 If there's any justice at all, the black hole will be your grave. 674 01:00:49,040 --> 01:00:51,634 Take the young lady to the hospital. 675 01:00:58,680 --> 01:01:01,194 You're cleared for take-off, Captain. 676 01:01:01,280 --> 01:01:04,078 Dr Durant and Dr McCrae chose to remain aboard. 677 01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:07,357 I told you! Alex bought Reinhardt's theory hook, line and sinker. 678 01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:11,911 Dr Durant is dead. Maximilian killed him. They are taking Dr Kate to the hospital. 679 01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:15,436 Vincent, get old Bob to show us the quickest way there. 680 01:01:18,120 --> 01:01:20,680 Maximilian? 681 01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:22,796 Bring us about. 682 01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:39,635 All right. We may have just enough time. Don't wait too long. 683 01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:42,234 Get off before the gravity pull is too strong, no matter what. 684 01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:44,231 - Look, Dan, what if... - No matter what, Charlie! 685 01:01:44,320 --> 01:01:47,437 I wish you a safe voyage home, Mr Pizer. 686 01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:51,035 Yeah, well, just make sure you get aboard in one piece! 687 01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:27,756 The time has come to liquidate our guests. 688 01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:49,468 Go, go. 689 01:02:50,680 --> 01:02:54,275 - Keep coming, old-timer. - You don't have to wait for me. 690 01:02:56,040 --> 01:02:58,031 Fire thrusters. 691 01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:14,718 That madman is headed straight for the black hole. 692 01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:18,679 - What'll we do? - We wait. 693 01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:15,238 Hurry. 694 01:04:40,240 --> 01:04:43,152 Charlie, Kate's okay. We're on our way. 695 01:04:43,240 --> 01:04:46,471 Well, it's about time. How close can we cut it? 696 01:05:12,240 --> 01:05:17,439 Tell the sentries to fire on any humanoids between Medical and Palomino. 697 01:05:31,200 --> 01:05:34,749 - They're on to us. - Well, at least it got us this far. 698 01:05:34,840 --> 01:05:37,149 Start down. 699 01:05:59,400 --> 01:06:01,675 All right, Vincent. Let's make this one an end run. 700 01:06:01,760 --> 01:06:04,228 We'll catch them in a crossfire. 701 01:06:41,920 --> 01:06:43,911 Way to go, old Bob! 702 01:07:04,480 --> 01:07:07,995 - Are you all right? - The first fightin' I've done in 30 years. 703 01:07:08,080 --> 01:07:10,674 I only wish it'd been Reinhardt and Maximilian out there. 704 01:07:21,360 --> 01:07:24,636 Your crack unit, outwitted and outfought... 705 01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:28,633 by some Earth robot and that antique from storage! 706 01:07:33,600 --> 01:07:38,116 We cannot endanger the Cygnus by exploding them too soon. 707 01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:44,793 Give them distance. Then blow them out of the sky! 708 01:08:05,880 --> 01:08:08,189 - Charlie, do you read me? - Loud and clear, Dan. 709 01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:12,512 Man the controls. Post Harry at the hatch and give us exactly 60 seconds. 710 01:08:12,600 --> 01:08:14,318 - Where are you? - Side corridor near reception. 711 01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:18,598 They got us pinned down, but we're gonna raise hell here in a second. Start countin', Charlie. 712 01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:26,399 Dan! Dan, are you all right? 713 01:08:29,200 --> 01:08:33,751 Charlie, reversing last order. Take her up now. Repeat, lift off. 714 01:08:35,360 --> 01:08:40,229 - You heard the captain. - You're pretty big on talking heroics, Harry. Let's see some. 715 01:08:54,920 --> 01:08:56,911 - Oh, damn! - Harry? 716 01:08:57,000 --> 01:08:58,718 - Damn. - You hit? - My leg. 717 01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:02,509 - How bad? - Oh, uh... I-I think it's broken. 718 01:09:02,600 --> 01:09:04,636 - Can you make it back to the ship? - I think so. 719 01:09:04,720 --> 01:09:07,553 All right, then. Harry, we're counting on you to make sure they don't get aboard. 720 01:09:07,640 --> 01:09:09,631 - Right. - Good. 721 01:09:34,240 --> 01:09:37,550 - Way to go, Charlie. - Hyah! 722 01:10:07,480 --> 01:10:10,597 What's that idiot trying to do? Harry! 723 01:10:13,920 --> 01:10:17,117 Oh, no. 724 01:10:36,200 --> 01:10:38,919 Blow it apart before it hits us! Fire! 725 01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:58,236 I should've known he was all talk, no guts, and locked him up. 726 01:10:58,320 --> 01:11:01,278 - He may have done us a favour, Charlie. At least we're alive. - And where there's life... 727 01:11:01,360 --> 01:11:03,954 I'm sure that's not what he had in mind. He was trying to save his own skin. 728 01:11:04,040 --> 01:11:06,349 There is a saying that you can't unscramble eggs. 729 01:11:06,440 --> 01:11:09,716 A penny's worth of philosophy right now isn't gonna buy us out of this now, Vincent. 730 01:11:09,800 --> 01:11:12,519 - A good offence is the best defence. - And what? 731 01:11:12,600 --> 01:11:16,036 Go after Reinhardt and turn the ship around? It's too late for all that. 732 01:11:16,120 --> 01:11:19,510 - There is an alternative. - The probe ship. Vincent, you're a genius. 733 01:11:37,680 --> 01:11:42,196 - A meteorite struck the ship, Captain. - Let's go, let's go. Come on. - Go. 734 01:11:57,280 --> 01:12:00,875 A whole storm of them, Captain. The black hole's dragging them in too. 735 01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:17,997 We'll have to try the main corridor! 736 01:13:05,400 --> 01:13:08,631 Get down! 737 01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:38,315 Hang on, Kate. 738 01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:40,914 Get down, Charlie! 739 01:13:59,520 --> 01:14:03,718 - I got you, Bob. - Let go, Captain! Save yourself! 740 01:14:47,200 --> 01:14:49,714 - We've gotta keep moving! - He's frozen. 741 01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:58,229 - Come on! Hurry! - All right, Charlie! Move it! 742 01:14:58,320 --> 01:15:00,550 Keep going! 743 01:15:09,840 --> 01:15:14,834 Increase power to maximum! We are going through! 744 01:15:26,440 --> 01:15:29,796 It's over. The storm's over. 745 01:16:38,160 --> 01:16:40,276 Maximilian! 746 01:16:47,120 --> 01:16:49,554 Prepare the probe ship. 747 01:17:07,280 --> 01:17:09,919 Maximilian! 748 01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:13,595 Help me! H-Help me! 749 01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:20,194 Fools! 750 01:17:20,280 --> 01:17:22,919 Listen to me! 751 01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:25,560 Listen to me! 752 01:17:25,640 --> 01:17:27,835 Help! 753 01:17:27,920 --> 01:17:30,912 Listen, somebody! 754 01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:34,993 H-Help me. Help. Help. 755 01:17:46,800 --> 01:17:48,916 Vincent! 756 01:20:14,520 --> 01:20:17,592 All light. 757 01:20:21,600 --> 01:20:25,309 - We have to go. - No. No, I can't make it. 758 01:20:25,400 --> 01:20:27,755 My hover stabilization's gone. 759 01:20:27,840 --> 01:20:31,674 My main circuit's blown, and both back-ups are failin'. 760 01:20:31,760 --> 01:20:33,751 You can make it. 761 01:20:33,840 --> 01:20:37,833 It's no use, Vincent. My useful days are finished. 762 01:20:37,920 --> 01:20:40,434 But part of me goes with ya. 763 01:20:40,520 --> 01:20:42,988 We'll never be obsolete. 764 01:20:43,080 --> 01:20:45,674 Carry on the tradition. 765 01:20:45,760 --> 01:20:48,069 We're the best. 766 01:21:16,360 --> 01:21:19,557 - Charlie! - Help! 767 01:21:19,640 --> 01:21:23,474 - No! - Help! 768 01:21:56,520 --> 01:22:01,036 - We better get the hell off! The whole ship's breaking up! - Everybody, sit tight. 769 01:22:10,360 --> 01:22:13,670 Hang on! Lift-off! 770 01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:02,514 Gravity force field is on! 771 01:23:02,600 --> 01:23:04,352 Controls not responding. 772 01:23:04,440 --> 01:23:07,512 Captain, the ship has been programmed. 773 01:23:09,680 --> 01:23:11,591 To Reinhardt's course. 774 01:23:12,880 --> 01:23:15,030 You mean we're going into the black hole? 775 01:23:17,360 --> 01:23:21,353 - Yep. - Let's pray he was a genius. 776 01:23:35,240 --> 01:23:38,152 In, in, in, through, through, through... 777 01:23:38,240 --> 01:23:40,549 and beyond. 778 01:23:40,640 --> 01:23:43,871 In, in, through, through, through and beyond. 779 01:23:48,720 --> 01:23:51,234 Help me! Help me! Help me! 780 01:23:51,320 --> 01:23:54,551 Help, help, help, help me, me! 781 01:23:57,840 --> 01:24:00,638 Life? Life? Life? Life? Life forever. 782 01:24:00,720 --> 01:24:04,918 Reinhardt murdered my father, my father, father. 783 01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:08,675 Where is he? Reinhardt murdered, murdered, murdered... 784 01:24:08,760 --> 01:24:10,478 murdered, murdered, murdered, murdered... 785 01:24:10,560 --> 01:24:13,438 The black hole is pulling us in, pulling us in, pulling us in. 786 01:24:13,520 --> 01:24:17,308 We could also be dead, could also be dead... 787 01:24:17,400 --> 01:24:20,392 Be dead, be dead, be dead, be dead, be dead, be dead. 788 01:24:20,480 --> 01:24:23,074 We're the best. We're the best. We're the best. We're the best. 789 01:24:23,160 --> 01:24:27,950 Vincent. The best, best, best, best, best. 790 01:24:28,040 --> 01:24:30,918 We're the best. The best. The best, the best. 791 01:24:31,000 --> 01:24:33,434 - Christmas morning, Christmas morning. - Our mission's finished. 792 01:24:35,800 --> 01:24:38,030 - It's pulling us in, pulling us in. - Christmas morning. Christmas... 793 01:24:38,120 --> 01:24:41,908 - We are the best. - Help me! Help me! Help me! Help me!