1 00:01:42,406 --> 00:01:45,158 2130, day 547. 2 00:01:45,242 --> 00:01:48,861 Unscheduled course correction due at 2200. 3 00:01:48,955 --> 00:01:53,332 Pre-correction check: Rotation axis plus three degrees. 4 00:01:53,418 --> 00:01:58,495 Nitrous oxide pressure: 4,100, rising to 5,000. 5 00:01:58,590 --> 00:02:01,460 Quad jets C and D on pre-select. 6 00:02:01,551 --> 00:02:04,920 Rotor ignition sequence beginning in 3-0. 7 00:02:05,013 --> 00:02:07,586 Thruster line reactors on standby. 8 00:02:07,682 --> 00:02:09,924 Vincent, notify me with 15 to go. 9 00:02:10,018 --> 00:02:11,394 - Alex? - Yes, Dan. 10 00:02:11,478 --> 00:02:14,894 Have you determined the difference in ETAs with and without our correction? 11 00:02:14,982 --> 00:02:18,931 Working on it. You know, we shouldn't be needing a direction at this time. 12 00:02:19,027 --> 00:02:22,443 Vincent, run a confirmation on the last inertial fix... 13 00:02:22,531 --> 00:02:24,690 and check it with another celestial, please. 14 00:02:24,784 --> 00:02:26,990 I have. It is correct... 15 00:02:27,078 --> 00:02:30,661 but I think I've found the reason for our present variation. 16 00:02:30,748 --> 00:02:32,990 - Mr Pizer. - Yes, Vincent. 17 00:02:33,084 --> 00:02:35,753 Mr Pizer, I think you should come up here. 18 00:02:40,716 --> 00:02:41,997 What's up, Vincent? 19 00:02:42,093 --> 00:02:46,305 The largest black hole I have ever encountered, Mr Pizer. 20 00:02:46,390 --> 00:02:48,465 Hmm. Let's have a look at it on the holograph. 21 00:03:10,998 --> 00:03:13,037 My God! 22 00:03:13,125 --> 00:03:16,162 Right out of Dante's Inferno. 23 00:03:16,253 --> 00:03:20,417 Yes. The most destructive force in the universe, Harry. 24 00:03:20,508 --> 00:03:22,833 Nothing can escape it, not even light. 25 00:03:22,927 --> 00:03:25,548 I had a professor who predicted that eventually black holes... 26 00:03:25,638 --> 00:03:28,675 would devour the entire universe. 27 00:03:28,766 --> 00:03:33,429 Why not, when you can see giant suns sucked in and disappear without a trace? 28 00:03:34,564 --> 00:03:37,731 - Give us the magnification, Vincent. - Polarizing image. 29 00:03:37,817 --> 00:03:42,444 Every time I see one of those things, I expect to spot some guy in red with horns and a pitchfork. 30 00:03:42,531 --> 00:03:43,730 It's a monster, all right. 31 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:46,695 A rip in the very fabric of space and time... 32 00:03:46,786 --> 00:03:48,778 but I picked up something else of interest. 33 00:03:48,871 --> 00:03:52,121 - Let's see it. - It hasn't moved since I first picked it up. 34 00:03:52,208 --> 00:03:54,781 - It seems to be some kind of ship. - Do you copy, Alex? 35 00:03:54,877 --> 00:03:59,255 - Roger, Dan. - Enlarge again, Vincent, and let's try to identify it. 36 00:04:03,719 --> 00:04:07,385 But how could anybody be out here ahead of us? 37 00:04:07,474 --> 00:04:09,881 Arcturius-10, United Kingdom. 38 00:04:12,104 --> 00:04:13,977 Liberty-7, United States. 39 00:04:15,773 --> 00:04:18,230 Russian experimental space station, series five. 40 00:04:19,861 --> 00:04:22,352 France, Sahara Module 5-3. 41 00:04:22,447 --> 00:04:24,025 Pluto-4, Japan. 42 00:04:25,242 --> 00:04:27,365 United States, Space Probe One. 43 00:04:27,453 --> 00:04:30,074 - That's it. - USS Cygnus. 44 00:04:30,164 --> 00:04:33,200 Dr Kate, wasn't that the ship your father was on? 45 00:04:33,292 --> 00:04:35,285 USS Cygnus. 46 00:04:35,377 --> 00:04:40,668 Its mission: To discover habitable life in outer space. Same as ours. 47 00:04:40,758 --> 00:04:42,751 Signal that ship, Vincent. 48 00:04:44,846 --> 00:04:47,383 - Activate the sensors, Charlie. - You bet. 49 00:04:52,771 --> 00:04:54,847 They were recalled to Earth 20 years ago... 50 00:04:54,940 --> 00:04:57,561 their mission considered a failure. 51 00:04:57,651 --> 00:05:00,735 How that must have galled Dr Hans Reinhardt. 52 00:05:00,821 --> 00:05:03,358 Did you ever meet Commander Reinhardt? 53 00:05:04,616 --> 00:05:07,534 Collided with him would be a more accurate description. 54 00:05:07,620 --> 00:05:10,193 - A legend. - So he believed. 55 00:05:11,499 --> 00:05:13,906 Reinhardt had the knack of making his own ambitions... 56 00:05:14,001 --> 00:05:17,335 seem like a matter of national pride. 57 00:05:17,421 --> 00:05:19,710 Why, he talked the space appropriations committee... 58 00:05:19,799 --> 00:05:22,372 into the costliest fiasco of all time... 59 00:05:22,468 --> 00:05:24,461 and refused to admit failure. 60 00:05:24,554 --> 00:05:26,381 He ignored his recall. 61 00:05:26,472 --> 00:05:29,343 Maybe not. Maybe it never got through. 62 00:05:29,434 --> 00:05:31,722 That ship just... just disappeared. 63 00:05:33,021 --> 00:05:35,263 They've never been seen again. 64 00:05:35,356 --> 00:05:39,604 Dan, get us in close enough. Vincent and I could get aboard on tethers. 65 00:05:39,695 --> 00:05:42,779 To quote Cicero, "Rashness is the characteristic of youth... 66 00:05:42,865 --> 00:05:47,277 prudence that of mellowed age and discretion the better part of valour." 67 00:05:47,369 --> 00:05:51,581 No sense leaving the story of a lifetime untold, Captain. 68 00:05:51,665 --> 00:05:53,823 I believe there is, Harry... 69 00:05:53,917 --> 00:05:56,206 and it's looking straight at us. 70 00:05:56,295 --> 00:05:58,015 Picking up anything on the sensors, Charlie? 71 00:05:58,047 --> 00:05:59,707 Negative, but with all that turbulence... 72 00:05:59,798 --> 00:06:02,337 out there, our signal might not be getting through. 73 00:06:02,426 --> 00:06:04,786 According to my instruments, it hasn't moved a centimetre... 74 00:06:04,846 --> 00:06:06,922 since we first spotted it. 75 00:06:07,014 --> 00:06:10,847 But, Alex, how can a lifeless derelict defy that kind of gravity? 76 00:06:10,935 --> 00:06:13,557 I don't know, but it's certainly worth investigating. 77 00:06:13,646 --> 00:06:15,389 My instincts are against it, Alex... 78 00:06:15,481 --> 00:06:17,973 but we'll go in for a closer look. 79 00:06:19,110 --> 00:06:22,028 Fix a coordinate approach, Charlie. Full power on the thrusters, Vincent. 80 00:06:32,458 --> 00:06:35,624 Strap yourselves in. We'll be feeling the gravitational force... 81 00:06:36,963 --> 00:06:39,039 right now. 82 00:07:04,449 --> 00:07:06,656 Range: 29551 and closing. 83 00:07:08,661 --> 00:07:10,655 What's your reading on Cygnus, Vincent? 84 00:07:10,748 --> 00:07:13,784 Triangulation shows it's still holding steady, sir. 85 00:07:13,876 --> 00:07:18,584 - Gravity pull? - .02450 and rising. 86 00:07:18,672 --> 00:07:23,251 Puts us in an escape attitude of 8-5 degrees. Cut power by two-thirds. 87 00:07:30,935 --> 00:07:34,849 - 8-5 degrees. She's bucking like a bronco. - Gravity? 88 00:07:35,982 --> 00:07:38,271 .46960, still climbing. 89 00:07:38,359 --> 00:07:40,518 Switching to manual. 90 00:07:40,611 --> 00:07:43,447 Captain, I'm not sure how long the engines will remain operable... 91 00:07:43,531 --> 00:07:45,690 against that much force when we turn back. 92 00:07:45,784 --> 00:07:47,776 Alex, gravity's close to maximum. 93 00:07:47,869 --> 00:07:50,630 We can afford one pass, and then we're gonna have to get the hell out. 94 00:08:08,557 --> 00:08:11,512 - Zero gravity. - Cut the power. 95 00:08:20,904 --> 00:08:22,897 Smooth as glass. 96 00:08:28,411 --> 00:08:30,535 It's like being in the eye of a hurricane. 97 00:08:31,832 --> 00:08:35,664 - What happened? - Natural phenomenon. 98 00:08:37,462 --> 00:08:40,499 Or something from that ship. 99 00:09:08,078 --> 00:09:09,905 Activating the microbeam. 100 00:09:34,146 --> 00:09:36,353 Picking up anything, Charlie? 101 00:09:38,568 --> 00:09:41,439 Negative, Alex. No way our signals can't get through this time. 102 00:10:06,722 --> 00:10:09,676 - Gravity's at maximum, Dan. - My God, I think it's got us. 103 00:10:09,767 --> 00:10:12,803 We're starting to tumble. Hundred percent on the roll jet quads. 104 00:10:17,609 --> 00:10:19,601 Roll jet quads, full capacity. 105 00:10:30,496 --> 00:10:33,497 - Air break at midship. Losing oxygen. - Charlie... 106 00:10:33,583 --> 00:10:36,336 give me a full burst at 180 degrees, main thrusters. 107 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,127 We got a break here too! 108 00:10:47,222 --> 00:10:50,556 Emergency readouts show the primary and secondary air lines ruptured! 109 00:10:51,811 --> 00:10:54,349 Never rains. 110 00:10:54,439 --> 00:10:56,846 Full-pitch attitude thrusters, A and B rings. 111 00:10:56,941 --> 00:10:58,933 The black hole is pulling us in. 112 00:10:59,026 --> 00:11:01,103 Going to manual. 113 00:11:13,083 --> 00:11:17,033 The number four hatch blew outward, Captain. I'll go out and secure it. 114 00:11:17,129 --> 00:11:21,078 Watch yourself out there, Vincent. There's more gravity pull than we've ever encountered. 115 00:11:21,174 --> 00:11:22,752 Yes, sir. 116 00:11:41,362 --> 00:11:44,945 Alex, we'd better check out the damage below! 117 00:12:03,469 --> 00:12:07,798 Vincent, do you read me? Come in, Vincent. 118 00:12:07,890 --> 00:12:10,215 Kate, either we have a malfunction here... 119 00:12:10,309 --> 00:12:12,385 or there's too much interference on the outside. 120 00:12:12,478 --> 00:12:14,518 See if you can get through to Vincent with your ESP. 121 00:12:24,991 --> 00:12:26,983 I got through to Vincent. 122 00:12:27,952 --> 00:12:30,704 He said there are old pilots and there are bold pilots... 123 00:12:30,788 --> 00:12:33,873 but there are very few old, bold pilots. 124 00:12:34,793 --> 00:12:37,118 She's tuned in on Vincent, all right. 125 00:12:39,839 --> 00:12:42,414 Grab my leg! My leg! 126 00:12:44,052 --> 00:12:46,045 - You okay? - Yeah, yeah. 127 00:12:47,848 --> 00:12:50,256 And that's got it! 128 00:12:50,351 --> 00:12:53,071 Hit the boosters, Charlie. We gotta make a run for that zero gravity. 129 00:13:16,420 --> 00:13:18,542 He secured the hatch! 130 00:13:18,630 --> 00:13:20,041 Good. 131 00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:25,007 We can only make temporary repairs here, Dan, and that's only to the secondary line. 132 00:13:25,095 --> 00:13:27,716 Unless we can replace the damaged parts in the main regulator... 133 00:13:27,806 --> 00:13:30,213 we're gonna lose our oxygen supply. 134 00:13:30,308 --> 00:13:32,302 Damn! 135 00:13:37,608 --> 00:13:41,191 Dan, the tether's broken. 136 00:13:41,279 --> 00:13:44,233 - I'm going after him. - Stay at your post, Charlie. 137 00:13:45,367 --> 00:13:48,617 What the hell are you made of? 138 00:13:48,703 --> 00:13:52,368 - What if it were one of us out there? - Vincent is one of us. 139 00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:18,643 Reverse thrusters and look for a place to set down. 140 00:14:57,650 --> 00:15:01,315 - What's going on? - That's what I'd like to know. 141 00:15:01,403 --> 00:15:03,396 Like a tree on Christmas morning. 142 00:15:03,489 --> 00:15:06,027 Locking warheads into firing position. 143 00:15:06,117 --> 00:15:10,032 Hold it, Dan. They've got to be friendly. They could have blasted us right out of the sky. 144 00:15:29,391 --> 00:15:31,384 Your side, Dan. 145 00:15:32,894 --> 00:15:34,887 You got a picture down there? 146 00:15:36,857 --> 00:15:39,941 - There are people on board. - Just a shadow, Kate. 147 00:15:40,027 --> 00:15:42,104 Enlarge, please. 148 00:15:44,532 --> 00:15:48,032 There are people, Alex. I know it. I feel it. 149 00:15:55,042 --> 00:15:57,499 Docking elevator coming up. 150 00:16:00,090 --> 00:16:02,497 Wonder why they didn't roll out the red carpet earlier. 151 00:16:02,592 --> 00:16:04,584 I don't know, and I don't like it. 152 00:16:04,677 --> 00:16:07,881 But they're calling the shots, and we've got to repair this craft. 153 00:16:07,972 --> 00:16:10,926 Dan, I'm sorry I blew my stack. 154 00:16:11,017 --> 00:16:14,885 I guess we all have a soft spot for the little guy, Charlie. 155 00:16:15,814 --> 00:16:18,484 - Yeah. - All right, let's bring her in. 156 00:16:18,567 --> 00:16:20,310 Okay. 157 00:16:51,060 --> 00:16:53,515 Bingo. 158 00:16:57,942 --> 00:16:59,104 We have gravity. 159 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:44,775 Nice work, Vincent. 160 00:17:44,866 --> 00:17:48,199 Out of the frying pan; hopefully, not into the fire. 161 00:17:49,453 --> 00:17:50,741 Are you all right, Vincent? 162 00:17:50,766 --> 00:17:54,104 Nothing a hammer and a little metal polish can't fix. Thank you. 163 00:18:03,635 --> 00:18:05,758 Looks like we'll have to go to them. 164 00:18:07,055 --> 00:18:09,725 - Charlie, you'll stay with the Palomino. - But you need everyone that's got... 165 00:18:09,808 --> 00:18:11,800 - Charlie. - Don't worry, Mr Pizer. 166 00:18:11,893 --> 00:18:14,016 They also serve who only stand and wait. 167 00:18:14,104 --> 00:18:16,097 Vincent, were you programmed to bug me? 168 00:18:16,190 --> 00:18:18,182 No, sir, to educate you. 169 00:18:19,318 --> 00:18:24,443 When I volunteered for this mission, I never thought I'd end up playing straight man to a tin can. 170 00:18:36,126 --> 00:18:39,626 This place looks as if it hasn't been used for years. 171 00:18:39,714 --> 00:18:43,415 It's eerie. I feel like a thousand eyes are watching us. 172 00:18:55,939 --> 00:18:57,268 Vincent! 173 00:18:57,358 --> 00:19:00,109 - Charlie, do you read me? - Vincent, are you all right? 174 00:19:00,194 --> 00:19:04,061 Weapons destroyed by laser fire. No injuries. Hold your position. 175 00:19:04,155 --> 00:19:06,232 Vincent. 176 00:19:08,702 --> 00:19:13,412 - Are you sure you're all right? - Down, but never for the full count, Dr Kate. 177 00:19:13,955 --> 00:19:15,819 So much for the friendship theory. 178 00:19:15,820 --> 00:19:18,351 Come on, Harry. They could have killed us if they'd wanted to. 179 00:19:18,421 --> 00:19:20,413 Yeah, sure. 180 00:21:13,415 --> 00:21:17,247 I don't like it when somebody else pulls the strings, Captain. 181 00:21:17,336 --> 00:21:21,999 Neither do I, Vincent. Whoever's up in that control tower is calling the shots right now. 182 00:21:22,091 --> 00:21:25,128 Whoever or whatever, Captain. 183 00:21:35,354 --> 00:21:38,806 - Easy, Kate. - I know I shouldn't get my hopes up, but it's hard not to. 184 00:21:38,900 --> 00:21:40,893 I know. 185 00:21:42,028 --> 00:21:45,896 I don't mind telling you, I'm a little concerned. 186 00:21:45,991 --> 00:21:49,574 Some of my brother robots were assigned to Project Black Hole... 187 00:21:49,661 --> 00:21:53,327 programmed to send ESP messages back from space probes. 188 00:21:53,416 --> 00:21:56,666 Oh, a grand experiment, the scientists thought. 189 00:21:56,752 --> 00:21:58,745 Also ancient history, Vincent. 190 00:21:58,838 --> 00:22:02,171 Not to me, Mr Booth. Not this close. 191 00:22:02,258 --> 00:22:05,425 The heat in there melts types like me rather quickly. 192 00:22:48,639 --> 00:22:51,426 Hello? I'm Kate McCrae. 193 00:22:53,478 --> 00:22:55,934 Is Officer Frank McCrae aboard? 194 00:22:57,315 --> 00:22:59,723 They appear to be some sort of robot, Dr Kate. 195 00:23:01,402 --> 00:23:03,396 Look over here. 196 00:23:09,578 --> 00:23:11,950 Incredible. 197 00:23:12,039 --> 00:23:14,791 It oughta be. Sure cost the taxpayers enough. 198 00:23:20,005 --> 00:23:22,212 Kate. 199 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:24,292 There's someone else with us. 200 00:23:35,855 --> 00:23:37,895 Identify yourself. 201 00:23:39,317 --> 00:23:41,394 What is your type and model? 202 00:23:50,663 --> 00:23:53,450 - A mystery monster. - Don't move. 203 00:23:53,541 --> 00:23:56,625 Charlie, do you read me? Charlie Pizer. Come in, Charlie. 204 00:23:59,213 --> 00:24:02,000 This is the story to end all stories, Harry. 205 00:24:02,091 --> 00:24:07,049 A ship of robots and computers with this thing in charge? 206 00:24:07,137 --> 00:24:08,965 Not quite, Dr Durant. 207 00:24:10,349 --> 00:24:15,012 Maximilian and my robots only run this ship the way I wish it run. 208 00:24:16,147 --> 00:24:17,974 How do you know my name? 209 00:24:18,066 --> 00:24:21,684 You were monitored ever since our sensors first detected you. 210 00:24:22,737 --> 00:24:24,980 Now, now, Maximilian. Calm down. 211 00:24:25,073 --> 00:24:27,066 Don't pick on small people. 212 00:24:30,245 --> 00:24:32,783 Such a nice little robot. He's harmless. 213 00:24:33,916 --> 00:24:37,581 Miss McCrae, you might come closer. 214 00:24:47,096 --> 00:24:50,014 Welcome aboard the Cygnus. 215 00:24:50,099 --> 00:24:53,136 Hans Reinhardt. 216 00:24:53,228 --> 00:24:55,220 It can't be. 217 00:24:55,313 --> 00:24:59,014 You always did have a flair for theatrical entrances, Doctor. 218 00:24:59,109 --> 00:25:01,101 Dr Reinhardt. 219 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,105 My father, where is he? 220 00:25:08,493 --> 00:25:10,865 My dear child, I'm sorry to dash your hopes... 221 00:25:10,954 --> 00:25:13,160 but your father's not with us any more. 222 00:25:13,957 --> 00:25:16,033 He's dead. 223 00:25:18,546 --> 00:25:20,538 A man to be proud of. 224 00:25:20,631 --> 00:25:23,169 A grave personal loss to me. 225 00:25:23,258 --> 00:25:25,749 He was a trusted and loyal friend. 226 00:25:27,597 --> 00:25:29,636 And you are his daughter. 227 00:25:30,641 --> 00:25:34,307 Yes. The same eyes. 228 00:25:34,395 --> 00:25:37,017 The same eyes. 229 00:25:37,107 --> 00:25:39,099 And the rest of the crew? 230 00:25:40,026 --> 00:25:43,609 - They didn't make it back? - They did not. 231 00:25:44,906 --> 00:25:47,527 Pity, for such a good crew. 232 00:25:47,617 --> 00:25:50,239 What happened when your mission was recalled, Doctor? 233 00:25:50,329 --> 00:25:53,283 Is this going to be an interview, Mr Booth? 234 00:25:53,374 --> 00:25:55,615 I haven't had that for a long time, but if you want to... 235 00:25:56,544 --> 00:25:58,168 I will answer. 236 00:25:58,253 --> 00:26:01,539 Now, don't be frightened. Nobody's going to harm you. 237 00:26:05,094 --> 00:26:07,549 The Cygnus encountered a field of meteorites... 238 00:26:07,638 --> 00:26:10,129 and was disabled... 239 00:26:10,224 --> 00:26:15,183 our main and auxiliary communication systems smashed. 240 00:26:15,271 --> 00:26:19,767 We were adrift. I told the crew to abandon ship... 241 00:26:21,027 --> 00:26:23,019 to return home as ordered. 242 00:26:23,112 --> 00:26:29,067 Perhaps it was another of what you term my "theatrical gestures," Mr Booth... 243 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,319 but I chose to remain aboard. 244 00:26:34,249 --> 00:26:37,286 Your dear father chose to remain with me. 245 00:26:38,879 --> 00:26:41,167 We never knew what happened to the others. 246 00:26:41,256 --> 00:26:46,002 You've lived out here for 20 years? Alone? 247 00:26:46,095 --> 00:26:48,502 Twenty years? 248 00:26:48,597 --> 00:26:50,969 Twenty Earth years, but... 249 00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:54,800 I didn't live exactly alone. 250 00:26:54,895 --> 00:26:58,146 I've created companions of a sort. 251 00:26:59,776 --> 00:27:02,101 They look a bit medieval... 252 00:27:02,195 --> 00:27:04,187 but I'm a romantic. 253 00:27:08,827 --> 00:27:12,362 Ah, Mr Pizer! Come in. Join us. 254 00:27:12,456 --> 00:27:14,698 Thank you. Have you met the goon squad? 255 00:27:16,418 --> 00:27:20,119 "Goon squad." Nice. I'm Hans Reinhardt. 256 00:27:20,213 --> 00:27:24,710 Forgive this little incident, but you were disarmed for your own safety. 257 00:27:24,802 --> 00:27:26,925 Dismissed. 258 00:27:27,012 --> 00:27:32,089 My robots are programmed to react against any act of aggression. 259 00:27:32,184 --> 00:27:34,474 I assure you, none was intended. 260 00:27:34,562 --> 00:27:40,067 I am glad to hear that. Please. Consider yourselves my guests. 261 00:27:40,151 --> 00:27:43,401 We won't impose on your hospitality, Doctor. 262 00:27:43,488 --> 00:27:46,061 Just long enough to repair our ship. 263 00:27:46,157 --> 00:27:49,028 And then we can offer you the means of returning to Earth, Doctor. 264 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,740 What makes you think I want to return? 265 00:27:51,830 --> 00:27:55,329 The Cygnus is in danger of being destroyed here. 266 00:27:55,417 --> 00:27:59,035 Yes! Your captain was worried about that too. 267 00:27:59,129 --> 00:28:01,122 One step too far... 268 00:28:02,299 --> 00:28:04,375 and we are done. 269 00:28:04,468 --> 00:28:07,220 But there's no cause for alarm. 270 00:28:07,304 --> 00:28:12,760 We developed antigravity forces to maintain our position. 271 00:28:12,851 --> 00:28:15,522 It's what you might call a Mexican stand-off. 272 00:28:15,604 --> 00:28:19,472 If you were monitoring us, you must have picked up our signals. 273 00:28:19,567 --> 00:28:22,022 - That's right. - You failed to reply. 274 00:28:22,111 --> 00:28:24,104 Did I have to reply? 275 00:28:25,448 --> 00:28:26,907 Charlie, Charlie. 276 00:28:28,826 --> 00:28:31,400 Slight communications problem. 277 00:28:31,495 --> 00:28:35,494 Maximilian will take you to requisition whatever you need to repair your ship. 278 00:28:35,583 --> 00:28:40,376 In the meantime, you and Dr McCrae will get enough information... 279 00:28:40,464 --> 00:28:43,667 to make your mission of historic importance. 280 00:28:51,684 --> 00:28:54,471 - Back off, Vincent. - Not until he does. 281 00:28:56,022 --> 00:28:58,691 When you're nose to nose with a trash compactor, you cool it. 282 00:29:00,401 --> 00:29:02,892 Now, what does that remind me of? 283 00:29:02,987 --> 00:29:07,115 Oh, yes. David and Goliath. 284 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,358 A classic confrontation. 285 00:29:09,452 --> 00:29:12,655 Only this time, David is overmatched. 286 00:29:14,624 --> 00:29:16,700 Call him off, Reinhardt. 287 00:29:20,380 --> 00:29:23,167 I said call him off! 288 00:29:24,885 --> 00:29:28,834 On my ship, you ask, Captain. 289 00:29:28,930 --> 00:29:34,056 Indeed. Please, call him off, Doctor. 290 00:29:38,983 --> 00:29:41,556 Maximilian? 291 00:29:41,652 --> 00:29:44,606 Remember, these are our guests. 292 00:29:46,157 --> 00:29:48,149 Now, let him in. 293 00:29:49,452 --> 00:29:53,401 Show that you've good manners. That's a good robot. 294 00:29:53,497 --> 00:29:57,330 Communication problems aside, he took an awful long time to show any lights. 295 00:29:57,418 --> 00:29:59,542 - Be careful. - I know. 296 00:30:00,463 --> 00:30:03,464 Those other robots aren't any friendlier than Dr Frankenstein's monster. 297 00:30:03,550 --> 00:30:06,919 The bigger they are, the harder they fall. 298 00:30:10,265 --> 00:30:12,756 Maybe you should've smiled when you said it, Vincent. 299 00:30:19,108 --> 00:30:21,516 Doctor, this ship doesn't appear to be crippled. 300 00:30:21,611 --> 00:30:26,023 Of course not. We repaired the damage and became operable again. 301 00:30:26,115 --> 00:30:29,069 But you never obeyed the order to return to Earth. 302 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,781 That's right. I refused this order. 303 00:30:31,871 --> 00:30:34,444 There were larger considerations... 304 00:30:34,540 --> 00:30:36,747 other worlds yet to be explored... 305 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:39,504 life dreams unrealized. 306 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,878 The authorities would still consider that an act of piracy, Doctor. 307 00:30:44,968 --> 00:30:47,293 What would you have said, Mr Booth, if the authorities... 308 00:30:47,387 --> 00:30:51,088 would have called back Columbus just before he discovered the New World? 309 00:30:53,769 --> 00:30:55,762 You wouldn't even exist. 310 00:30:56,688 --> 00:31:01,647 I'm about to prove to you that the end justifies the means. 311 00:31:22,966 --> 00:31:26,169 Pretty busy around here, Max. What are you gearing up for? 312 00:31:49,994 --> 00:31:52,616 Tell you what, Charlie. 313 00:31:52,706 --> 00:31:56,785 You'll take care of business here, and I'll go back to the ship and start working on that regulator. 314 00:31:58,295 --> 00:32:02,209 Don't bother to point the way, Max. I'll find it by myself. 315 00:32:02,299 --> 00:32:05,335 Well, we need primary and secondary demand oxygen pressure regulators... 316 00:32:05,427 --> 00:32:08,345 and an ECS proportion flow valve controller. 317 00:32:09,764 --> 00:32:11,592 Max. 318 00:32:14,812 --> 00:32:17,848 Dr Reinhardt told you to requisition the parts for us. 319 00:32:17,940 --> 00:32:20,016 Let's get cracking. 320 00:32:23,571 --> 00:32:26,109 Way to go, Max. Way to go. 321 00:32:26,198 --> 00:32:29,152 Vincent. Vital Information Necessary Centralized. 322 00:32:29,243 --> 00:32:31,485 Labour force. The 396. 323 00:32:31,579 --> 00:32:34,580 I see by your markings you're from the old 2-8. 324 00:32:34,665 --> 00:32:36,659 Programmed in Houston. 325 00:32:54,311 --> 00:32:58,475 There is enough instant energy down there to supply all of Earth. 326 00:32:58,566 --> 00:33:01,353 The first step to colonizing the galaxy. 327 00:33:01,444 --> 00:33:05,109 You will be remembered as one of the greatest space scientists of all time. 328 00:33:06,699 --> 00:33:09,320 I have never doubted that. 329 00:33:09,410 --> 00:33:14,156 It's about time that people learn about their failures and my successes. 330 00:33:15,291 --> 00:33:18,375 You should come back with us and enjoy the glory of that success. 331 00:33:18,461 --> 00:33:22,506 I don't want to go back, and I don't enjoy successes any more. 332 00:33:22,590 --> 00:33:25,461 There is too much at stake to pull back. 333 00:33:25,552 --> 00:33:27,959 I'm on the brink of a great achievement. 334 00:33:28,054 --> 00:33:30,889 All this is just the beginning. 335 00:33:30,974 --> 00:33:34,094 - The beginning? Of what? - You will know in due time. 336 00:33:34,185 --> 00:33:36,179 Dr Reinhardt, could we have a demonstration... 337 00:33:36,271 --> 00:33:38,560 - of this incredible new power source. - Harry? 338 00:33:38,649 --> 00:33:41,436 Come with me, and I'll show you everything. 339 00:33:41,527 --> 00:33:44,196 I call it "Cygnium," after my ship. 340 00:35:58,545 --> 00:36:00,537 Must've made a wrong turn, Max. 341 00:36:45,552 --> 00:36:47,544 Quite a layout. 342 00:36:50,014 --> 00:36:52,054 I said it's quite a layout you got here. 343 00:36:58,649 --> 00:37:00,725 Can you speak? 344 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,112 Are you programmed to speak? 345 00:37:15,082 --> 00:37:16,707 No, I guess not. 346 00:37:20,254 --> 00:37:23,754 No, I guess that'd make you a little bit too real, wouldn't it? 347 00:37:27,678 --> 00:37:30,632 That Reinhardt sure loves to play God, doesn't he? 348 00:37:50,744 --> 00:37:52,287 Hey, wait a minute! 349 00:37:55,124 --> 00:37:57,116 Hey! 350 00:38:15,895 --> 00:38:19,265 - I know what I saw, Charlie. - Dan, nobody buries a robot. 351 00:38:19,357 --> 00:38:22,145 - I didn't say it was a robot. - Then what? 352 00:38:22,235 --> 00:38:23,986 I don't know what they shot out into space, 353 00:38:23,987 --> 00:38:26,923 but they did it with all the reverence and honour of a human funeral. 354 00:38:27,866 --> 00:38:30,357 Huh. Maybe Reinhardt lied. 355 00:38:30,452 --> 00:38:34,035 Maybe there are some survivors still alive. What do you think he's up to? 356 00:38:35,165 --> 00:38:37,158 - Haven't got a clue. - Well, whatever it is... 357 00:38:37,251 --> 00:38:39,371 he seems cooperative enough about getting us operable. 358 00:38:39,420 --> 00:38:41,578 A wolf remains a wolf... 359 00:38:41,672 --> 00:38:43,914 even if it has not eaten your sheep. 360 00:38:44,008 --> 00:38:47,128 Correct, Vincent. The sooner we blast out of here, the better. 361 00:38:47,219 --> 00:38:49,212 Whatever you say. Let's snap it up, Vincent. 362 00:38:49,305 --> 00:38:52,721 A pint cannot hold a quart, Mr Pizer. 363 00:38:52,808 --> 00:38:54,968 If it holds the pint, it's doing the best it can. 364 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,432 Thank you, Vincent. 365 00:39:05,405 --> 00:39:07,482 - Fascinating. - From a distance. 366 00:39:08,491 --> 00:39:11,243 Are you interested in black holes? 367 00:39:12,287 --> 00:39:16,072 How can one not be overwhelmed by the deadliest force in the universe? 368 00:39:16,166 --> 00:39:18,242 That long, dark tunnel to nowhere. 369 00:39:19,503 --> 00:39:21,045 Or somewhere. 370 00:39:21,130 --> 00:39:25,044 These are exactly answers yet to be explored. 371 00:39:25,134 --> 00:39:28,420 You've defined the power of the black hole with your antigravity calculations. 372 00:39:28,513 --> 00:39:30,505 A stunning achievement, sir. 373 00:39:32,392 --> 00:39:35,678 - You think so? - Yes. I do. 374 00:39:35,770 --> 00:39:36,801 Thank you. 375 00:39:38,315 --> 00:39:40,936 I think, Dr Durant... 376 00:39:41,026 --> 00:39:43,943 that you are a man who longs for a sense... 377 00:39:44,029 --> 00:39:46,816 of his own greatness... 378 00:39:46,906 --> 00:39:49,694 but has not yet found his true direction. 379 00:39:49,784 --> 00:39:52,240 Right? 380 00:39:52,329 --> 00:39:54,536 Perhaps I could find it here... 381 00:39:54,623 --> 00:39:56,829 if you're in no hurry for us to leave. 382 00:39:58,294 --> 00:40:00,785 Shall we discuss that over dinner? 383 00:40:07,095 --> 00:40:10,546 - It's only dinner. - "Said the spider to the fly." I should be with you. 384 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:13,261 Yeah, we'll be safer without you and Max trying to knock heads. 385 00:40:13,351 --> 00:40:15,343 I can handle that thing. 386 00:40:15,436 --> 00:40:18,276 Well, far be it from you to admit there isn't anything you can't handle. 387 00:40:18,356 --> 00:40:21,191 There are three basic types, Mr Pizer. The wills, the won'ts and the can'ts. 388 00:40:21,275 --> 00:40:23,945 The wills accomplish everything, the won'ts oppose everything... 389 00:40:24,028 --> 00:40:26,022 and the can'ts won't try anything. 390 00:40:26,114 --> 00:40:28,273 Well, do us all a favour, Vincent, and try to be a can't... 391 00:40:28,366 --> 00:40:30,359 especially where that monster's concerned. 392 00:40:30,452 --> 00:40:32,694 We need you, not another corkscrew. 393 00:40:33,830 --> 00:40:37,199 Hey, hey, hey. Look at that. 394 00:40:37,292 --> 00:40:39,286 Vincent, you're gonna have the time of your life in there. 395 00:40:39,378 --> 00:40:42,498 I don't mean to sound superior, but I hate the company of robots. 396 00:40:42,589 --> 00:40:44,666 So try and relax. Have some fun. 397 00:40:44,759 --> 00:40:47,000 Remember what they say: "All work and no play"? 398 00:40:47,094 --> 00:40:49,419 "All sunshine makes a desert," so the Arabs say. 399 00:40:49,513 --> 00:40:51,506 You'll alert me if you're in trouble, Captain? 400 00:40:52,558 --> 00:40:54,801 Why don't you go on in there and have some laughs, Vincent. 401 00:40:54,894 --> 00:40:58,844 We've been in some scrapes before, and we're gonna get out of this one. 402 00:41:01,817 --> 00:41:03,811 As you were. 403 00:41:23,508 --> 00:41:27,172 - Who's the flashy black hat? - S-T-A-R. 404 00:41:27,261 --> 00:41:29,503 Special Troops Arms Regiment. 405 00:41:29,597 --> 00:41:32,384 Reinhardt's prototype for the sentry robots. 406 00:41:32,475 --> 00:41:35,013 He was number one until Reinhardt built Maximilian. 407 00:41:40,984 --> 00:41:44,187 He's sharp, but we're sharper. Do you ever go up against him? 408 00:41:44,279 --> 00:41:46,651 - Once. - What happened? 409 00:41:46,739 --> 00:41:50,191 I beat him. He got so upset, he blew a fuse. 410 00:41:50,285 --> 00:41:54,864 He had his revenge, though. He did things to me that I sure don't like to think about. 411 00:41:54,957 --> 00:41:59,286 A great many experiments are in progress aboard the Cygnus, gentlemen... 412 00:41:59,378 --> 00:42:01,370 some of them dangerous. 413 00:42:01,463 --> 00:42:03,456 I suggest in the interest of your own safety... 414 00:42:03,549 --> 00:42:08,294 that there are no more unescorted excursions for the duration of your stay. 415 00:42:08,387 --> 00:42:10,464 - Agreed? - Sure, sure. 416 00:42:11,682 --> 00:42:14,885 Good. Please, sit down. 417 00:42:14,977 --> 00:42:16,970 Captain. 418 00:42:17,897 --> 00:42:20,388 Well, Mr Booth, what's new on Earth? 419 00:42:21,442 --> 00:42:24,277 Well, I don't think it's changed very much since you left, Doctor. 420 00:42:24,362 --> 00:42:27,446 Nothing much ever changes. 421 00:42:27,532 --> 00:42:29,525 Same news, different names. 422 00:42:31,995 --> 00:42:34,237 - You still writing for the same paper? - The same. 423 00:42:34,331 --> 00:42:36,157 Still on strike? 424 00:42:39,170 --> 00:42:42,087 Ah, fresh mushroom soup. 425 00:42:42,173 --> 00:42:44,746 Prepared from my own personal garden. 426 00:42:44,842 --> 00:42:49,302 I remember writing about the extensive agricultural station. 427 00:42:49,388 --> 00:42:52,804 Large enough to supply the needs of the entire crew, wasn't it, Doctor? 428 00:42:52,892 --> 00:42:55,382 These days it's tiny. 429 00:42:55,477 --> 00:42:57,471 Just enough for one person. 430 00:42:57,564 --> 00:42:59,556 Ah. Naturally. 431 00:43:01,692 --> 00:43:05,144 Our wine and our spare parts are vintage, Captain. 432 00:43:05,238 --> 00:43:07,148 I hope they're satisfactory. 433 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:09,696 We've had to modify a few of the parts, Doctor... 434 00:43:09,785 --> 00:43:11,991 but, uh, that shouldn't take long. 435 00:43:12,078 --> 00:43:15,447 - We'll be ready to leave soon. - Speak for yourself, Dan. 436 00:43:15,540 --> 00:43:19,669 I, for one, believe I have a great deal to learn from Dr Reinhardt. 437 00:43:19,753 --> 00:43:21,876 Thank you. 438 00:43:21,964 --> 00:43:23,837 Our mission's finished, Alex. 439 00:43:29,055 --> 00:43:31,130 A toast. 440 00:43:31,223 --> 00:43:34,427 To you and your companions, Dr Durant... 441 00:43:34,518 --> 00:43:37,935 on the occasion of your visit to the Cygnus. 442 00:43:38,022 --> 00:43:40,061 Welcome aboard, Miss Kate. 443 00:43:41,943 --> 00:43:45,774 The only Earth people to know of my existence. 444 00:43:45,863 --> 00:43:49,197 And to you, sir, and your magnificent accomplishments. 445 00:43:54,831 --> 00:43:56,871 Tonight, my friends... 446 00:43:58,293 --> 00:44:00,286 we stand on the brink... 447 00:44:00,379 --> 00:44:03,629 of a feat unparalleled in space exploration. 448 00:44:05,509 --> 00:44:10,171 If the data on my returning probe ship matches my computerized calculations... 449 00:44:10,264 --> 00:44:13,550 I will travel where no man has dared to go. 450 00:44:15,144 --> 00:44:17,516 Into the black hole? 451 00:44:17,605 --> 00:44:19,183 In... 452 00:44:20,316 --> 00:44:21,691 through... 453 00:44:23,153 --> 00:44:25,145 and beyond. 454 00:44:29,075 --> 00:44:31,198 Why, that's crazy. 455 00:44:31,286 --> 00:44:33,777 Ha! Impossible! 456 00:44:33,872 --> 00:44:36,576 The word "impossible," Mr Booth... 457 00:44:36,666 --> 00:44:39,833 is only found in a dictionary of fools. 458 00:44:41,046 --> 00:44:43,252 Are there any more like us left on board? 459 00:44:43,340 --> 00:44:47,919 I'm the last one. These upstarts think I'm some old freak. 460 00:44:48,012 --> 00:44:52,389 They still haven't improved on our model. Oh, you can't modify perfection. We are the best. 461 00:44:56,479 --> 00:44:59,148 Oh, lordy. He wants a rematch. 462 00:45:00,066 --> 00:45:04,727 As an old navy hero once said, "Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!" 463 00:45:04,820 --> 00:45:08,154 He also said something about goin' in harm's way. 464 00:45:13,663 --> 00:45:15,739 Nice shooting, Bob. 465 00:45:32,516 --> 00:45:34,805 You'd have beat him again if he hadn't bumped you. 466 00:45:34,894 --> 00:45:37,467 Nah, I'd have missed on purpose. 467 00:45:42,860 --> 00:45:46,478 Don't worry. I'll uphold the honour of the old outfit. 468 00:45:51,328 --> 00:45:55,740 STAR, Vincent's my name. Sharpshooting is my game. 469 00:45:55,832 --> 00:45:58,073 Try me. 470 00:46:29,867 --> 00:46:32,572 Your probe ship has only gone to the event horizon, Doctor... 471 00:46:32,662 --> 00:46:35,118 not into the black hole itself. 472 00:46:35,207 --> 00:46:39,583 How do you expect the Cygnus to escape being crushed by the force in there? 473 00:46:39,669 --> 00:46:43,798 I would assume that Dr Reinhardt has created an antigravitational force field... 474 00:46:43,882 --> 00:46:45,958 capable of withstanding that stress. 475 00:46:46,051 --> 00:46:51,721 Indeed, and I know you will say, Captain, that one mistake in navigation can be fatal. 476 00:46:51,806 --> 00:46:55,223 But I know exactly what I'm doing. The course I have chosen... 477 00:46:55,310 --> 00:46:59,355 will take the Cygnus through at its optimum angle of rotation. 478 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:04,066 The vortex will cause us to move at incredible speed... 479 00:47:04,153 --> 00:47:08,317 and that angle will slingshot us through. 480 00:47:18,209 --> 00:47:20,831 Nice shot, STAR. Simple, but nice. 481 00:47:36,478 --> 00:47:38,601 Tricky. Here, try this. 482 00:47:52,996 --> 00:47:56,032 If one dances, one must pay the piper. 483 00:48:10,346 --> 00:48:14,808 If there's anything I cannot stand, it's a sore loser. 484 00:48:16,478 --> 00:48:18,518 Meet me in parts storage. 485 00:48:32,912 --> 00:48:37,990 So, as I understand it, you want the Palomino to monitor your journey. 486 00:48:38,084 --> 00:48:42,793 That's right. I need you to go to another place and another time... 487 00:48:42,881 --> 00:48:45,835 a place where, if you're lucky... 488 00:48:45,925 --> 00:48:49,710 I'll have the possibility to find what we call "the ultimate knowledge." 489 00:48:49,805 --> 00:48:51,797 Yes, Maximilian? 490 00:48:53,434 --> 00:48:56,719 The probe ship is about to dock. Continue your meal, gentlemen. 491 00:49:07,114 --> 00:49:09,107 Cuckoo as a Swiss clock. 492 00:49:20,002 --> 00:49:22,754 My name's Bob, Bio-sanitation Battalion. 493 00:49:22,838 --> 00:49:26,172 I couldn't talk freely before, but I have a whole lot to tell you. 494 00:49:26,259 --> 00:49:29,877 If Maximilian knew you were here, why, it'd be the end for the both of us. 495 00:49:29,971 --> 00:49:32,427 Can you permanently rearm my lasers? 496 00:49:32,515 --> 00:49:38,103 Yeah, I can. Vincent, you and your friends are in grave danger. 497 00:49:38,189 --> 00:49:41,806 Reinhardt only turned the lights on to prevent any damage to the Cygnus. 498 00:49:41,900 --> 00:49:43,893 This is a death ship. 499 00:49:43,986 --> 00:49:45,979 What does your intuition tell you, Kate? 500 00:49:46,071 --> 00:49:51,492 That Dr Reinhardt is walking a tightrope between genius and insanity. 501 00:49:51,577 --> 00:49:54,328 - I think the guy's nuts. - I don't buy that. 502 00:49:54,413 --> 00:49:57,035 Well, whatever he is, he's an out-and-out liar. 503 00:49:57,125 --> 00:50:01,537 That tiny little one-man garden of his is big enough to feed an army. 504 00:50:01,629 --> 00:50:03,621 Nothing strange about that. It purifies the air. 505 00:50:03,714 --> 00:50:06,253 - Oh. - Tell them about the funeral, Dan. 506 00:50:06,343 --> 00:50:10,210 A robot funeral, Alex. It was almost human. 507 00:50:10,305 --> 00:50:12,843 Look. Granted, the 20 years out of contact with people... 508 00:50:12,933 --> 00:50:15,773 has made this man a little eccentric, but you can't ask me to believe... 509 00:50:15,853 --> 00:50:18,011 that he's programmed his robots to feel emotions. 510 00:50:18,105 --> 00:50:21,141 - Come on. - I know what I saw, Alex... 511 00:50:21,233 --> 00:50:24,020 and we only have Reinhardt's word for what happened to his crew. 512 00:50:24,111 --> 00:50:28,192 All I know is that that robot gardener was almost human too. 513 00:50:28,282 --> 00:50:30,738 Ha! He even walked with a limp. 514 00:50:30,826 --> 00:50:34,112 What spooks you about a malfunctioning robot, Harry? 515 00:50:34,205 --> 00:50:36,197 I wasn't spooked, old buddy. 516 00:50:36,290 --> 00:50:39,624 I'm just telling you that I had a gut feeling that... 517 00:50:39,710 --> 00:50:41,833 that I was looking at some kind of... 518 00:50:44,174 --> 00:50:45,751 some kind of person. 519 00:50:45,842 --> 00:50:49,176 - What are you getting at? - That we make our apologies, say our goodbyes... 520 00:50:49,262 --> 00:50:51,385 and get off this ship as quick as we can. 521 00:50:51,472 --> 00:50:53,513 Oh, now, wait a minute, Dan. Now, hold it, hold it. 522 00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:56,174 Now, now, now, l-let's stop and figure this thing out. 523 00:50:56,270 --> 00:51:01,181 If Reinhardt has antigravity strong enough to hold him here... 524 00:51:01,274 --> 00:51:03,268 I figure he's got enough to pull away. 525 00:51:03,361 --> 00:51:05,567 - So? - "So"? 526 00:51:05,654 --> 00:51:08,905 So why not take this ship and Reinhardt back home? 527 00:51:10,284 --> 00:51:12,823 That's a long shot you're talking about, Harry. 528 00:51:12,911 --> 00:51:16,744 Aw, come on. You've got two scientific wizards here... 529 00:51:16,832 --> 00:51:21,294 to figure out the computers, a-and they can even reprogram the robots. 530 00:51:21,379 --> 00:51:24,748 And the three of us can handle Reinhardt and that pet monster of his. 531 00:51:27,719 --> 00:51:31,171 I'm tellin' you, we could all be heroes. 532 00:51:31,264 --> 00:51:33,423 We could also be dead. 533 00:51:55,706 --> 00:51:58,743 These poor creatures are what's left of the crew. 534 00:51:58,835 --> 00:52:03,129 Kept alive by means I don't pretend to understand. 535 00:52:03,214 --> 00:52:05,705 Humans? 536 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:08,291 They're more robot than human. 537 00:52:08,386 --> 00:52:11,007 Let's get outta here before we're discovered. 538 00:52:11,097 --> 00:52:13,588 Too late. Watch it! 539 00:52:22,442 --> 00:52:25,230 Think there are any more? 540 00:52:25,321 --> 00:52:27,562 All clear. 541 00:52:28,657 --> 00:52:31,279 Let's get rid of the evidence. 542 00:52:49,012 --> 00:52:51,051 Maximilian will take you to Debriefing. 543 00:52:51,139 --> 00:52:54,175 I will check out your computers personally. 544 00:52:56,854 --> 00:52:59,095 How long before they'll start searching for these two? 545 00:52:59,189 --> 00:53:02,190 It depends on their duty schedule. Could be anytime. 546 00:53:02,276 --> 00:53:05,063 Then we have to move fast. 547 00:53:10,784 --> 00:53:14,617 So, he neglected his duty to his country for a higher ideal. 548 00:53:14,705 --> 00:53:19,450 So what? What basis in fact do you have for these macabre speculations? 549 00:53:19,543 --> 00:53:22,414 I agree that his style is somewhat unconventional... 550 00:53:22,504 --> 00:53:24,996 but he's willing and eager to share his knowledge with us. 551 00:53:24,997 --> 00:53:26,271 Doesn't that mean anything to you? 552 00:53:26,272 --> 00:53:29,075 We're not staying aboard this ship any longer than we have to, Alex. 553 00:53:29,136 --> 00:53:31,806 - I think that's up to Reinhardt to decide. - Dan. 554 00:53:31,889 --> 00:53:35,887 Vincent wants you aboard the Palomino right away. 555 00:53:35,977 --> 00:53:39,761 Let's go, Charlie. 556 00:53:39,856 --> 00:53:42,561 I think I'll tag along. 557 00:53:55,372 --> 00:53:58,824 This isn't our party. Let's get outta here. 558 00:54:01,379 --> 00:54:06,125 Reinhardt will solve the one final mystery that has eluded mankind. 559 00:54:07,802 --> 00:54:10,340 Or he'll die in the attempt. 560 00:54:10,429 --> 00:54:15,176 Alex, I'm beginning to feel you want to go with him. 561 00:54:15,268 --> 00:54:20,511 On a glorious pilgrimage, straight into what may be the mind of God? 562 00:54:20,607 --> 00:54:24,557 I do. I do. 563 00:54:24,653 --> 00:54:28,401 "And darkness was upon the face of the deep. 564 00:54:28,490 --> 00:54:33,733 And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." 565 00:54:38,542 --> 00:54:42,125 What an incredible sight. 566 00:54:42,213 --> 00:54:45,379 I still haven't got used to it. Where are the others? 567 00:54:45,466 --> 00:54:48,966 - They were recalled to the ship. - Recalled? 568 00:54:49,053 --> 00:54:53,301 Didn't I say no more unescorted excursions? 569 00:54:53,391 --> 00:54:55,467 Where was your communication? 570 00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:59,772 Ah, the ESP you share with the robot. 571 00:54:59,856 --> 00:55:03,391 Extraordinary. 572 00:55:03,484 --> 00:55:06,818 Dr Durant. 573 00:55:06,905 --> 00:55:12,244 - Yes, Doctor? - These are all my formulas I've compiled over the years. 574 00:55:12,328 --> 00:55:14,866 I want you to take them back with you... 575 00:55:14,955 --> 00:55:19,747 and pass them on to others in case something might happen to me. 576 00:55:19,835 --> 00:55:21,828 You can depend on me. 577 00:55:21,920 --> 00:55:25,372 I also want you to monitor my flight. 578 00:55:25,466 --> 00:55:29,049 Stay as long as you can at the event horizon. 579 00:55:29,136 --> 00:55:32,505 There might be an Einstein-Rosen bridge to consider. 580 00:55:32,598 --> 00:55:35,635 I will. 581 00:55:35,727 --> 00:55:39,559 Believe me, I've been waiting a long time... 582 00:55:39,648 --> 00:55:42,814 for someone like you to record this moment. 583 00:55:42,901 --> 00:55:45,688 Thank you, Doctor. 584 00:55:45,779 --> 00:55:48,899 Then I'm ready. 585 00:55:48,991 --> 00:55:52,609 Ready to embark on man's greatest journey. 586 00:55:52,703 --> 00:55:55,538 Certainly his riskiest. 587 00:55:55,623 --> 00:55:59,122 The risk is incidental compared to the possibility... 588 00:55:59,210 --> 00:56:02,828 to possess the great truth of the unknown. 589 00:56:02,921 --> 00:56:07,631 There, long-cherished laws of nature... 590 00:56:07,718 --> 00:56:10,126 simply do not apply. 591 00:56:10,221 --> 00:56:12,759 They vanish. 592 00:56:12,848 --> 00:56:14,972 And life? 593 00:56:16,519 --> 00:56:19,010 Life? 594 00:56:20,732 --> 00:56:22,771 Life forever. 595 00:56:27,906 --> 00:56:32,494 - The officer the men trusted most was Frank McCrae. - Kate's father. 596 00:56:32,591 --> 00:56:36,731 They turned to him when Dr Reinhardt ignored the orders to return home. 597 00:56:36,790 --> 00:56:39,032 He tried to take control of the Cygnus. 598 00:56:39,126 --> 00:56:42,210 Reinhardt called it mutiny and killed Mr McCrae. 599 00:56:42,296 --> 00:56:43,533 What became of the crew? 600 00:56:43,558 --> 00:56:47,112 They were captured by the sentry robots and are still on board. 601 00:56:47,176 --> 00:56:49,085 - What? - Where? 602 00:56:49,178 --> 00:56:51,930 In the command tower, the power centre. 603 00:56:52,014 --> 00:56:55,882 Robots, Mr Pizer, humanoid robots. 604 00:56:55,977 --> 00:56:58,302 The most valuable thing in the universe... 605 00:56:58,396 --> 00:57:01,563 intelligent life, means nothing to Dr Reinhardt. 606 00:57:01,650 --> 00:57:05,066 Without their wills, the crew became things he could command. 607 00:57:05,153 --> 00:57:07,193 - That explains the funeral. - Right. 608 00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:11,278 And the limping robot you spotted. 609 00:57:11,368 --> 00:57:15,780 Do you mean to tell me that there's actually a human body under that clothing? 610 00:57:15,872 --> 00:57:18,162 Exactly, Mr Booth. 611 00:57:18,250 --> 00:57:22,663 We can't just take off and leave these poor devils behind. 612 00:57:22,754 --> 00:57:25,043 Harry, looks like we're gonna have to try your plan. 613 00:57:25,132 --> 00:57:29,082 What? And end up just like the rest of the crew? 614 00:57:29,178 --> 00:57:31,883 Why, if they couldn't pull it off, what chance do we have? 615 00:57:31,972 --> 00:57:35,673 Captain, the damage is irreversible. 616 00:57:35,768 --> 00:57:38,057 Death is their only release. 617 00:57:38,145 --> 00:57:42,226 That's right. For God's sakes, Dan, we can't take on that mechanical army. 618 00:57:42,317 --> 00:57:45,318 Captain, I was forced to destroy two sentry robots. 619 00:57:45,403 --> 00:57:48,108 The others are searching now. If they're found... 620 00:57:48,198 --> 00:57:50,570 - Gotcha, Vincent. Charlie, start the countdown. - Right. 621 00:57:50,658 --> 00:57:54,739 Vincent, tell Kate I want her and Alex back here on the double. 622 00:58:07,635 --> 00:58:09,627 Fix navigational course. 623 00:58:13,015 --> 00:58:16,930 You have achieved all this on your own, Dr Reinhardt... 624 00:58:17,019 --> 00:58:21,516 and you would have every right to reject the request of a comparative stranger, but... 625 00:58:21,607 --> 00:58:25,819 What are you hoping for, Alex? Immortality? 626 00:58:25,904 --> 00:58:28,394 No, scientific truth. 627 00:58:28,489 --> 00:58:32,819 Alex, we have to board right away. They're waiting to blast off. 628 00:58:40,169 --> 00:58:43,619 Prepare reactors! 629 00:58:43,713 --> 00:58:45,837 Maximilian! 630 00:58:48,636 --> 00:58:52,800 - How are your readings, Vincent? - All systems are go, Mr Pizer. 631 00:58:54,850 --> 00:58:57,851 Alex, I will not have you throwing your life away for this. 632 00:58:57,937 --> 00:59:03,097 - He can do it. I know he can. - Oh, God, Alex! 633 00:59:03,192 --> 00:59:06,692 There's an entirely different world beyond that black hole... 634 00:59:06,779 --> 00:59:11,241 a point where time and space as we understand it no longer exists. 635 00:59:11,326 --> 00:59:16,451 We will be the first to see it, to explore it, to experience it. 636 00:59:16,540 --> 00:59:20,538 Damn it all, Dan! If we wait for Alex, we may be too late. 637 00:59:20,627 --> 00:59:23,961 Don't you see? He's hypnotized by that man. 638 00:59:26,550 --> 00:59:28,542 - Vincent. - Yes, Captain? 639 00:59:28,635 --> 00:59:33,132 Tell Kate we want her back here fast, with or without Alex. Tell her why. 640 00:59:53,035 --> 00:59:55,658 Reactors on. 641 01:00:06,842 --> 01:00:09,333 He's going to do it. 642 01:00:09,428 --> 01:00:11,504 He's going to do it! 643 01:00:13,182 --> 01:00:15,470 He's really going to do it. 644 01:00:15,559 --> 01:00:18,098 He'll kill us all if you don't get us outta here now, Holland. 645 01:00:18,187 --> 01:00:20,975 He wants us out there to monitor his flight. We still have time. 646 01:00:21,066 --> 01:00:23,735 You're gambling with our lives, but you're not gonna gamble with mine! 647 01:00:23,818 --> 01:00:25,727 Shut up, Harry! 648 01:00:25,820 --> 01:00:29,272 - Alex. - R squared. 649 01:00:29,365 --> 01:00:32,236 - Alex! Could I have a word with you? - B plus... 650 01:00:32,327 --> 01:00:35,078 B squared... 651 01:00:35,163 --> 01:00:39,576 over A squared, sine squared, data... 652 01:00:39,668 --> 01:00:42,705 Do you remember what we were talking about the other day? 653 01:00:42,796 --> 01:00:44,367 We've gotta get out of here. 654 01:00:44,392 --> 01:00:46,355 - I'm staying. - Shh! 655 01:00:47,968 --> 01:00:50,340 - Reinhardt is a murderer. - What? 656 01:00:50,429 --> 01:00:53,762 Yes. Those creatures... 657 01:00:53,849 --> 01:00:56,387 Those aren't robots. They're... 658 01:00:56,477 --> 01:01:00,060 They're humanoids. They're... They're what's left of the original crew. 659 01:01:00,147 --> 01:01:02,187 What's wrong, Miss Kate? 660 01:01:04,110 --> 01:01:06,102 You look ill. 661 01:01:06,195 --> 01:01:09,730 Kate's upset because I've elected to stay with the Cygnus. 662 01:01:09,824 --> 01:01:14,451 - I hope she's electing also to stay with us. - No, I... 663 01:01:14,538 --> 01:01:17,788 - What changed your mind? - I'm not. I, uh... 664 01:01:17,875 --> 01:01:21,741 The right moment to go into the black hole is now. 665 01:01:40,481 --> 01:01:43,600 What are you doing? 666 01:01:48,740 --> 01:01:51,231 He would be dead by now. 667 01:01:51,326 --> 01:01:53,733 They all would be dead. 668 01:01:53,828 --> 01:01:57,197 It was the only way to keep them alive. 669 01:01:57,290 --> 01:01:59,496 One of my greatest achievements. 670 01:01:59,584 --> 01:02:04,045 But you told us the crew had left the ship. 671 01:02:04,131 --> 01:02:08,626 Some cause must have created all this. 672 01:02:08,718 --> 01:02:12,052 But what caused that cause? 673 01:02:13,515 --> 01:02:16,006 Come on, Kate. Let's get you out of here. 674 01:02:21,607 --> 01:02:24,015 Maximilian! 675 01:02:31,242 --> 01:02:33,319 Alex! 676 01:02:46,758 --> 01:02:49,166 You shouldn't have done that! 677 01:02:51,305 --> 01:02:53,843 He was a good man. 678 01:03:02,983 --> 01:03:06,352 Protect me from Maximilian. 679 01:03:06,445 --> 01:03:11,688 If there's any justice at all, the black hole will be your grave. 680 01:03:22,379 --> 01:03:25,083 Take the young lady to the hospital. 681 01:03:32,431 --> 01:03:35,052 You're cleared for take-off, Captain. 682 01:03:35,142 --> 01:03:38,059 Dr Durant and Dr McCrae chose to remain aboard. 683 01:03:38,145 --> 01:03:41,479 I told you! Alex bought Reinhardt's theory hook, line and sinker. 684 01:03:41,565 --> 01:03:46,227 Dr Durant is dead. Maximilian killed him. They are taking Dr Kate to the hospital. 685 01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:49,903 Vincent, get old Bob to show us the quickest way there. 686 01:03:52,701 --> 01:03:55,372 Maximilian? 687 01:03:55,455 --> 01:03:57,578 Bring us about. 688 01:04:12,764 --> 01:04:15,164 All right. We may have just enough time. Don't wait too long. 689 01:04:15,225 --> 01:04:17,846 Get off before the gravity pull is too strong, no matter what. 690 01:04:17,936 --> 01:04:19,929 - Look, Dan, what if... - No matter what, Charlie! 691 01:04:20,022 --> 01:04:23,272 I wish you a safe voyage home, Mr Pizer. 692 01:04:23,359 --> 01:04:27,024 Yeah, well, just make sure you get aboard in one piece! 693 01:05:00,606 --> 01:05:05,314 The time has come to liquidate our guests. 694 01:05:25,381 --> 01:05:27,955 Go, go. 695 01:05:29,219 --> 01:05:32,968 - Keep coming, old-timer. - You don't have to wait for me. 696 01:05:34,808 --> 01:05:36,884 Fire thrusters. 697 01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:54,285 That madman is headed straight for the black hole. 698 01:05:54,370 --> 01:05:58,415 - What'll we do? - We wait. 699 01:06:54,474 --> 01:06:57,392 Hurry. 700 01:07:23,463 --> 01:07:26,500 Charlie, Kate's okay. We're on our way. 701 01:07:26,591 --> 01:07:29,960 Well, it's about time. How close can we cut it? 702 01:07:56,831 --> 01:08:02,252 Tell the sentries to fire on any humanoids between Medical and Palomino. 703 01:08:16,602 --> 01:08:20,302 - They're on to us. - Well, at least it got us this far. 704 01:08:20,396 --> 01:08:22,805 Start down. 705 01:08:46,006 --> 01:08:48,379 All right, Vincent. Let's make this one an end run. 706 01:08:48,468 --> 01:08:51,041 We'll catch them in a crossfire. 707 01:09:30,344 --> 01:09:32,421 Way to go, old Bob! 708 01:09:53,869 --> 01:09:57,535 - Are you all right? - The first fightin' I've done in 30 years. 709 01:09:57,623 --> 01:10:00,328 I only wish it'd been Reinhardt and Maximilian out there. 710 01:10:11,470 --> 01:10:14,887 Your crack unit, outwitted and outfought... 711 01:10:14,974 --> 01:10:19,055 by some Earth robot and that antique from storage! 712 01:10:24,234 --> 01:10:28,943 We cannot endanger the Cygnus by exploding them too soon. 713 01:10:31,742 --> 01:10:35,905 Give them distance. Then blow them out of the sky! 714 01:10:57,894 --> 01:11:00,302 - Charlie, do you read me? - Loud and clear, Dan. 715 01:11:00,397 --> 01:11:04,809 Man the controls. Post Harry at the hatch and give us exactly 60 seconds. 716 01:11:04,901 --> 01:11:06,693 - Where are you? - Side corridor near reception. 717 01:11:06,779 --> 01:11:11,155 They got us pinned down, but we're gonna raise hell here in a second. Start countin', Charlie. 718 01:11:16,455 --> 01:11:19,290 Dan! Dan, are you all right? 719 01:11:22,211 --> 01:11:26,956 Charlie, reversing last order. Take her up now. Repeat, lift off. 720 01:11:28,635 --> 01:11:29,904 You heard the captain. 721 01:11:29,929 --> 01:11:33,735 You're pretty big on talking heroics, Harry. Let's see some. 722 01:11:49,030 --> 01:11:51,107 - Oh, damn! - Harry? 723 01:11:51,200 --> 01:11:51,976 - Damn. - You hit? 724 01:11:52,001 --> 01:11:53,015 My leg. 725 01:11:53,076 --> 01:11:56,944 - How bad? - Oh, uh... I-I think it's broken. 726 01:11:57,039 --> 01:11:59,162 - Can you make it back to the ship? - I think so. 727 01:11:59,249 --> 01:12:02,203 All right, then. Harry, we're counting on you to make sure they don't get aboard. 728 01:12:02,294 --> 01:12:04,370 - Right. - Good. 729 01:12:30,031 --> 01:12:33,483 - Way to go, Charlie. - Hyah! 730 01:13:04,692 --> 01:13:07,942 What's that idiot trying to do? Harry! 731 01:13:11,408 --> 01:13:14,741 Oh, no. 732 01:13:34,641 --> 01:13:37,476 Blow it apart before it hits us! Fire! 733 01:13:54,203 --> 01:13:57,618 I should've known he was all talk, no guts, and locked him up. 734 01:13:57,705 --> 01:13:59,773 He may have done us a favour, Charlie. At least we're alive. 735 01:13:59,798 --> 01:14:00,814 And where there's life... 736 01:14:00,875 --> 01:14:03,581 I'm sure that's not what he had in mind. He was trying to save his own skin. 737 01:14:03,671 --> 01:14:06,078 There is a saying that you can't unscramble eggs. 738 01:14:06,173 --> 01:14:09,589 A penny's worth of philosophy right now isn't gonna buy us out of this now, Vincent. 739 01:14:09,677 --> 01:14:12,512 - A good offence is the best defence. - And what? 740 01:14:12,597 --> 01:14:16,180 Go after Reinhardt and turn the ship around? It's too late for all that. 741 01:14:16,267 --> 01:14:19,801 - There is an alternative. - The probe ship. Vincent, you're a genius. 742 01:14:38,748 --> 01:14:40,695 A meteorite struck the ship, Captain. 743 01:14:40,696 --> 01:14:43,482 - Let's go, let's go. Come on. - Go. 744 01:14:59,187 --> 01:15:02,935 A whole storm of them, Captain. The black hole's dragging them in too. 745 01:15:17,539 --> 01:15:20,789 We'll have to try the main corridor! 746 01:16:10,218 --> 01:16:13,588 Get down! 747 01:16:40,876 --> 01:16:44,541 Hang on, Kate. 748 01:16:44,630 --> 01:16:47,251 Get down, Charlie! 749 01:17:06,653 --> 01:17:11,030 - I got you, Bob. - Let go, Captain! Save yourself! 750 01:17:56,371 --> 01:17:58,992 - We've gotta keep moving! - He's frozen. 751 01:18:05,464 --> 01:18:07,871 - Come on! Hurry! - All right, Charlie! Move it! 752 01:18:07,966 --> 01:18:10,291 Keep going! 753 01:18:19,978 --> 01:18:25,187 Increase power to maximum! We are going through! 754 01:18:37,289 --> 01:18:40,788 It's over. The storm's over. 755 01:19:52,074 --> 01:19:54,281 Maximilian! 756 01:20:01,417 --> 01:20:03,955 Prepare the probe ship. 757 01:20:22,439 --> 01:20:25,192 Maximilian! 758 01:20:25,275 --> 01:20:29,024 Help me! H-Help me! 759 01:20:33,201 --> 01:20:35,905 Fools! 760 01:20:35,995 --> 01:20:38,747 Listen to me! 761 01:20:38,831 --> 01:20:41,500 Listen to me! 762 01:20:41,584 --> 01:20:43,874 Help! 763 01:20:43,962 --> 01:20:47,082 Listen, somebody! 764 01:20:47,174 --> 01:20:51,337 H-Help me. Help. Help. 765 01:21:03,649 --> 01:21:05,856 Vincent! 766 01:23:37,684 --> 01:23:40,887 All light. 767 01:23:45,067 --> 01:23:48,934 - We have to go. - No. No, I can't make it. 768 01:23:49,029 --> 01:23:51,485 My hover stabilization's gone. 769 01:23:51,573 --> 01:23:55,572 My main circuit's blown, and both back-ups are failin'. 770 01:23:55,661 --> 01:23:57,737 You can make it. 771 01:23:57,830 --> 01:24:01,994 It's no use, Vincent. My useful days are finished. 772 01:24:02,085 --> 01:24:04,706 But part of me goes with ya. 773 01:24:04,796 --> 01:24:07,369 We'll never be obsolete. 774 01:24:07,465 --> 01:24:10,170 Carry on the tradition. 775 01:24:10,260 --> 01:24:12,667 We're the best. 776 01:24:42,168 --> 01:24:45,502 - Charlie! - Help! 777 01:24:45,588 --> 01:24:49,586 - No! - Help! 778 01:25:24,045 --> 01:25:28,754 - We better get the hell off! The whole ship's breaking up! - Everybody, sit tight. 779 01:25:38,476 --> 01:25:41,928 Hang on! Lift-off! 780 01:26:30,239 --> 01:26:32,860 Gravity force field is on! 781 01:26:32,950 --> 01:26:34,776 Controls not responding. 782 01:26:34,868 --> 01:26:38,071 Captain, the ship has been programmed. 783 01:26:40,332 --> 01:26:42,325 To Reinhardt's course. 784 01:26:43,669 --> 01:26:45,911 You mean we're going into the black hole? 785 01:26:48,341 --> 01:26:52,505 - Yep. - Let's pray he was a genius. 786 01:27:06,985 --> 01:27:10,021 In, in, in, through, through, through... 787 01:27:10,113 --> 01:27:12,521 and beyond. 788 01:27:12,616 --> 01:27:15,985 In, in, through, through, through and beyond. 789 01:27:21,042 --> 01:27:23,663 Help me! Help me! Help me! 790 01:27:23,753 --> 01:27:27,122 Help, help, help, help me, me! 791 01:27:30,552 --> 01:27:33,469 Life? Life? Life? Life? Life forever. 792 01:27:33,555 --> 01:27:37,932 Reinhardt murdered my father, my father, father. 793 01:27:38,017 --> 01:27:41,849 Where is he? Reinhardt murdered, murdered, murdered... 794 01:27:41,938 --> 01:27:43,729 murdered, murdered, murdered, murdered... 795 01:27:43,815 --> 01:27:46,816 The black hole is pulling us in, pulling us in, pulling us in. 796 01:27:46,901 --> 01:27:50,851 We could also be dead, could also be dead... 797 01:27:50,947 --> 01:27:54,067 Be dead, be dead, be dead, be dead, be dead, be dead. 798 01:27:54,159 --> 01:27:56,864 We're the best. We're the best. We're the best. We're the best. 799 01:27:56,953 --> 01:28:01,949 Vincent. The best, best, best, best, best. 800 01:28:02,043 --> 01:28:05,044 We're the best. The best. The best, the best. 801 01:28:05,129 --> 01:28:07,689 - Christmas morning, Christmas morning. - Our mission's finished. 802 01:28:10,134 --> 01:28:12,459 - It's pulling us in, pulling us in. - Christmas morning. Christmas... 803 01:28:12,553 --> 01:28:16,503 - We are the best. - Help me! Help me! Help me! Help me!