Star Trek The Original Series Season 1 Episode 25 The Devil In The Dark [1966]
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00:00:00communion
00:00:21Mr. Tabi
00:00:24should we leave Sam?
00:00:30all quiet didn't see a thing nobody ever does whatever the thing is it's already killed 50
00:00:42people realize before how dark it is down here stay on your toes schmitter keep your phaser in
00:00:52your hand at all times what good will that do you saw what happened to ed appell when he took a shot
00:00:57at the thing how about all those other people before the monster got him i'm sorry schmitter i know how
00:01:04you feel but we've got to have guards okay chief i'll do what i can keep alert if you hear anything
00:01:16or see anything call in somebody can be here in three minutes that can happen in three minutes
00:01:23chief is it true the enterprise that's on its way it's coming think it could get here in the next
00:01:32four hours you'll be all right
00:01:36so
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00:02:14schmitter
00:02:31like the rest
00:02:34learn to a crisp
00:02:38space
00:02:49space
00:02:49the final frontier
00:02:52these are the voyages of the starship enterprise
00:02:57its five-year mission
00:03:00to explore strange new worlds
00:03:03to seek out new life and new civilizations
00:03:07to boldly go where no man has gone before
00:03:12thanks
00:03:14to her
00:03:16in the heart
00:03:17and more
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00:03:39Captain's log, stardate, 3196.1.
00:03:58A distress call from the Progeum production station on Janus 6
00:04:02has brought the Enterprise to that long-established colony.
00:04:06Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, and I have beamed down to meet with Chief Engineer Vanderburg,
00:04:15Administrative Head of Janus 6.
00:04:26All right, let's assume there is a monster.
00:04:29What has it done?
00:04:30When did it start?
00:04:32About three months ago, we opened up a new level.
00:04:34Well, sensors gave us an unusually rich Progeum reading.
00:04:39Not only Progeum, whatever you want.
00:04:42Uranium, cerium, platinum.
00:04:45The whole planet's like that.
00:04:47It's a treasure house.
00:04:49Yes, we're aware of that.
00:04:51If mining conditions weren't so difficult,
00:04:53Janus 6 could supply the mineral needs of a thousand planets.
00:04:57But what happened?
00:04:58First, the automatic machinery, piece by piece, started to almost disintegrate.
00:05:05Metal began dissolving away.
00:05:09There was no reason for it, and our chemists were unable to analyze the corrosive agent.
00:05:14I'm sure there is an answer.
00:05:16It simply has not yet been discovered.
00:05:18Yes, it has.
00:05:23I don't know what this butchering monster is, but I know what it's doing.
00:05:31Our maintenance engineer sent down to the drifts to repair the corroded machinery.
00:05:36We found them, seared to a crisp.
00:05:42Volcanic activity?
00:05:43There is no current volcanic activity on this planet, Captain.
00:05:47He's right. None.
00:05:50At first, the depths were down deep.
00:05:53They've been moving up toward our levels.
00:05:56The last man died two days ago, three levels below this.
00:06:00Same way, burned?
00:06:01I'd like to examine the body.
00:06:05We kept it for you.
00:06:06There isn't much left.
00:06:09Roberts will show you.
00:06:13It isn't pretty.
00:06:18You post-sensories, guards?
00:06:21Of course.
00:06:21Five of them have died.
00:06:25Who else has seen this?
00:06:27I have.
00:06:28This is Ed Appel, Chief Processing Engineer.
00:06:37Describe it.
00:06:38I can't.
00:06:39I only got a glimpse of it.
00:06:41But it's...
00:06:43big and shaggy.
00:06:46Ed shot it.
00:06:48Oh.
00:06:49You mean shot at it?
00:06:52No, I mean shot it.
00:06:54With this.
00:06:55Fascinating.
00:06:56A good, clean shot.
00:06:59Didn't even slow it down.
00:07:04Well, I've made my report for you.
00:07:07Production is stopped and nobody will go into the lower levels, and I don't blame them.
00:07:13Federation wants for Jim, then you're gonna have to do something about it.
00:07:17That's why we're here, Mr. Vandenberg.
00:07:20They're all pretty tough, aren't you?
00:07:22Starship, phaser banks.
00:07:25Well, you can't get your starship down under the tunnels.
00:07:28I don't think there'll be any need to, Mr. Appel.
00:07:29Mr. Vandenberg, I'll need a complete subsurface chart of all the Drift's Gallery's tunnels.
00:07:34You'll get it.
00:07:36Mr. Vandenberg, what is this?
00:07:38It's a silicon nodule.
00:07:41There are a million of them down there.
00:07:43No commercial value.
00:07:44But a geological oddity, to say the least.
00:07:48Pure silicon.
00:07:51A few trace elements.
00:07:52Look, we didn't call you here so you could collect rocks.
00:07:55Thank you, Mr. Vandenberg.
00:07:57We'll need your complete cooperation.
00:08:00You'll have it.
00:08:01Just find that creature, whatever it is.
00:08:03I've got a quota to meet.
00:08:07Come on, Appel.
00:08:11A vast number of tunnels is not gonna make our hunting any easier.
00:08:15Doc?
00:08:16The Schmetter didn't burn to death, Jim.
00:08:18Not in the usual sense, anyway.
00:08:19Explain that.
00:08:21Well, there are only fragments of bone and teeth left.
00:08:24But the plant's physician agrees with me.
00:08:27A chemical corrosion.
00:08:28Almost as if he'd been thrown into a vat of extremely corrosive acid.
00:08:35Strong enough to eat machinery.
00:08:38Strong enough to eat anything else the way you can think of.
00:08:45Mr. Spock.
00:08:47I've shorted the position of the deaths and the acts of sabotage.
00:08:51Here, here, and here.
00:08:54If the times of these incidents are to be accepted as accurate, the creature would have to have moved at an incredible rate of speed.
00:09:02Mm-hmm.
00:09:02Mr. Vandenberg, how recent are these charts?
00:09:05They were made last year.
00:09:07Before the appearance of whatever it is?
00:09:10That's right.
00:09:12I see.
00:09:13Mr. Spock?
00:09:14Here's a report on life beneath the surface.
00:09:18Within range of our sensors, there is no life.
00:09:20Other than the accountable human residents of this colony beneath the surface.
00:09:25At least, no life as we know it.
00:09:28We can't cover tunnel by tunnel on foot.
00:09:31We must get production going again.
00:09:33We must have that pergeum.
00:09:35Captain, if we could force another appearance of this creature.
00:09:39When that creature appears, men die.
00:09:42And see you on the same way.
00:09:44And see you on the right.
00:09:44Let's go.
00:09:45And see you on the right.
00:09:51lerin
00:09:56and
00:09:58in
00:10:12Hurry!
00:10:13No!
00:10:14No!
00:10:33Too many tunnels.
00:10:35We couldn't possibly...
00:10:37Mr. Spock,
00:10:39our sensors can pick up normal life functions at a considerable distance.
00:10:44But what about abnormal life functions?
00:10:48Something's happening in the reactor room.
00:11:00Bag your stations.
00:11:03Look at that.
00:11:09I wouldn't touch it, Captain.
00:11:13An extremely active corrosive.
00:11:16Traces may linger.
00:11:18Kurt, quickly!
00:11:28The main circulating pump for the entire reactor, it's gone.
00:11:33Same indication as shown at the door, Captain.
00:11:35Very strong corrosive.
00:11:37Is there a replacement for that?
00:11:39No, none. It's outdated.
00:11:41We never had any trouble with it.
00:11:42Spock on board?
00:11:44Nothing for a device this antiquated, Captain.
00:11:47Without the pump mechanism, the reactor will go supercritical.
00:11:51It could poison half the planet.
00:11:52We can't shut it down.
00:11:53It provides heat and air and life support for the whole colony.
00:11:58Mr. Spock, we seem to have been given a choice.
00:12:03Death by asphyxiation.
00:12:06Or death by radiation poisoning.
00:12:08A PXK per GM reactor?
00:12:24No, sir.
00:12:26We don't have any spare circulating pump for a thing like that.
00:12:29I haven't seen a PXK in 20 years.
00:12:32Can you rig one up? It's vital.
00:12:35Well, sir, I can put together some odds and ends, but it won't hold for long.
00:12:40How long?
00:12:42Forty-eight hours, maybe, with a bit of luck.
00:12:45Forty-eight hours is better than nothing.
00:12:48Get together what you need and beam down here with it.
00:12:50Top priority.
00:12:51Aye, Captain.
00:12:52I'll be right down.
00:12:54Scott out.
00:12:55What happens when it breaks down?
00:12:59Hopefully we'll have found the missing part by then.
00:13:01Hopefully. Small chance.
00:13:03We'll have to, Chief.
00:13:04The alternative is to evacuate all you people up to the Enterprise.
00:13:09A dozen planets depend on you.
00:13:11Or for GM for their reactor.
00:13:14They're already screaming.
00:13:15Reactors closing down. Life supports us.
00:13:17I'm concerned with my people right here, Kirk.
00:13:19They're being murdered.
00:13:21You find that monster and kill it.
00:13:23The missing pump was not taken by accident.
00:13:27It was the one piece of equipment absolutely essential for the operation of the reactor.
00:13:33You think the creature is trying to push the colonists off the planet?
00:13:38It would seem so.
00:13:40But why now, Mr. Spock?
00:13:41These production facilities have been in operation for over 50 years.
00:13:46I don't know.
00:13:47But there is a possibility.
00:13:48What's that?
00:13:49Life as we know it is universally based on some combination of carbon compounds.
00:14:05But what if life exists based on another element?
00:14:12For instance, silicon.
00:14:17You're creating fantasies, Mr. Spock.
00:14:22Unnecessarily, Bones.
00:14:23I've heard of the theoretical possibility of life based on silicon.
00:14:24But silicon-based life would be of an entirely different order.
00:14:25It's possible that our phasers might not affect it.
00:14:26Certainly not Phaser 1, which is far less powerful than Phaser 2.
00:14:27All right.
00:14:28How about this?
00:14:30A creature that lives deep in the planet below us at home in solid rock.
00:14:32It seems to be so powerful to be so powerful.
00:14:34It's possible that our phasers might not affect it.
00:14:38It's possible that our phasers might not affect it.
00:14:40Certainly not Phaser 1, which is far less powerful than Phaser 2.
00:14:44All right.
00:14:50How about this?
00:14:51A creature that lives deep in the planet below us at home in solid rock.
00:14:57solid rock. It seems to me that in order to survive, it would have to have some form of
00:15:04natural armor plating. It could explain much, especially since the colonists are armed only
00:15:11with phaser one. But our people have phaser number two, which I could adjust to be more
00:15:15effective against silicon. Silicon-based life is physiologically impossible, especially
00:15:23in an oxygen atmosphere. It may be, Doctor, that the creature can exist for brief periods
00:15:32in such an atmosphere before returning to its own environment. I still think you're imagining
00:15:39things. You may be right, Doctor, but at least there's something to go on. Mr. Spock, have
00:15:44Lieutenant Commander Giotto assemble the security troops and arm them with phaser number two.
00:15:49You make the proper adjustments. You seem fascinated by this rock. Yes, Captain. You recall
00:16:18that Vandenberg commented there were thousands of these at a lower level, the level which
00:16:25the machinery opened just prior to the first appearance of the creature. Do they tie in?
00:16:32I don't know. Speculate. I have already given Dr. McCoy sufficient cause for amusement. I would prefer
00:16:48to cogitate the possibilities for a time. A short time, Mr. Spock. We have very little.
00:16:56How's it going, Scotty?
00:17:03Well, sir, it's a plumber's nightmare, but it'll hold for a bit. It has to hold longer
00:17:08than a bit. I'm sorry, sir. That's about the best I can do, and I guarantee it's not good
00:17:12enough. Kirk here. Captain, the security officers have gathered in Chief Vandenberg's office.
00:17:18I'll be right there. Kirk on it. Scotty, pride heard on it. Kind words, tender, loving care. Kiss it,
00:17:26baby it. Flatter it if you have to, but keep it going. I'll do what I can, sir. You'll proceed from
00:17:33level to level, checking out every foot of opening. You are searching for some sort of creature which is
00:17:41highly resistant to phaser fire. Your phasers will be set on maximum. And remember this, 50 people have
00:17:48died. I want no more deaths. Except the bloody thing. The creature may or may not attack on sight,
00:17:55however you must. It is vitally important that we get this installation back into production.
00:18:03Mr. Vandenberg, may I ask at which level you discovered the nodules of silicon?
00:18:07The 23rd? Why?
00:18:12Mr. Vandenberg, take your detail. Go directly to the 23rd level. Start your search there.
00:18:18Aye, aye, sir. May I ask if you have reason to suspect this creature may be on that level?
00:18:24It's one of the possibilities we've discussed. I want your people to stay on the top level together
00:18:29and at a safe place. I don't know any safe place, Captain. The way that thing comes and goes.
00:18:37Well, gentlemen, you have your instructions. Let's get at it.
00:19:45Interesting.
00:19:46Traces.
00:19:48A life form, Captain.
00:20:03Bearing, 111 degrees.
00:20:06Elevation, 4 degrees.
00:20:08One of our people?
00:20:09No, sir.
00:20:10Silicone.
00:20:11Silicone.
00:20:12Silicone.
00:20:13обычно,
00:20:16Jericone.
00:20:18If you fall asleep,
00:20:20you start going across the wall,
00:20:22you say that he's already aimed at his life then?
00:20:25If you fall asleep,
00:20:26you'll see the largest directorate of the night
00:20:40you never even had a chance to fire captain only been a second since we heard him scream
00:21:08great you must still be around
00:21:38this tunnel my readings indicate it was made within the hour moments ago in fact are you
00:21:50certain positive this tunnel goes back as far as the eye can see our best machinery couldn't
00:21:55cut a tunnel like this not even with phasers indeed captain i'm quite at a loss
00:22:01don't
00:22:24disappeared astonishing that anything of that bulk could move so rapidly
00:22:31these walls are hot indeed this tunnel was cut within the last two minutes
00:22:37you all right captain yes perfectly did you see it sir yes we saw it where does the tunnel go
00:22:44readings indicate a maze of tunnels of this general category in that direction
00:22:49did you get a shot at it yes we took a bite of it
00:22:54of animal tissue
00:23:02what is it closest approximation i could come to would be
00:23:08fibrous asbestos a mineral captain
00:23:12then your guess was right it would seem so silicon based summation
00:23:18we are dealing with a silicon creature of the deep rocks
00:23:22capable of moving through solid rock as easily as we move through the air
00:23:27that would account for the tunnels
00:23:28correct this creature's body secretes an extremely powerful corrosive
00:23:34powerful enough to dissolve the door of the reactor chamber
00:23:37and that explains the murdered men
00:23:42it's definitely phaser resistant we had a weapon set for silicon and on full power
00:23:49yet we only damaged it it still lives you mean it's impossible to kill no no it
00:23:55might require massed phasers or a single phaser with much longer contact
00:24:00commander pass this on to your men we knew it was a killer now it's wounded probably in pain
00:24:13somewhere back there there's nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal
00:24:19command the george instruct your men to concentrate the search in the sect
00:24:32remind them that the creature is wounded
00:24:34i run a complete spherical check on all life forms captain radius 100 miles
00:24:47i've located our men all of them and i've located one creature
00:24:52moving rapidly through native rock bearing 201 and that is all
00:24:57one creature in 100 miles exactly captain there are literally thousands of
00:25:04these tunnels in this general area alone
00:25:06far too many to be cut by the one creature in an ordinary lifetime
00:25:10then we're dealing with more than one creature despite your tricorder readings
00:25:14or we have a creature with an extremely long lifespan or it is the last of a race of creatures
00:25:22which made these tunnels if so if it is the only survivor of a dead race
00:25:28to kill it would be a crime against science
00:25:33mr spark
00:25:38our mission is to protect this column to get the pergium moving again this is not a zoological expedition
00:25:47maintain a constant reading on the creature
00:25:53if we have to we'll use our phasers to cut our own panels we'll try to surround it
00:25:58i'm sorry mr spark but i'm afraid the creature must die
00:26:09i see no alternative myself captain it really seems a pity
00:26:16search team is gathering in the main tunnel
00:26:20good
00:26:21so it is wounded
00:26:23and therefore twice as dangerous
00:26:27stained pairs
00:26:29if you see it
00:26:31concentrate your phaser fire at what appears to be its head
00:26:35concentrate it
00:26:37maintain it
00:26:38it is definitely resistant
00:26:40but it can be hurt and if it can be hurt it can be killed
00:26:43mr spark
00:26:44gentlemen if you'll examine your charts please
00:26:47i last located the creature in the area marked added two six moving at bearing two zero one
00:26:54this particular group will move out beyond that area in all directions in an effort to surround it
00:27:01possibly capture it
00:27:03your orders are shoot to kill protect yourself at all times
00:27:09commander joso disperse your search parties
00:27:13all right sir lewis vincey take your men out
00:27:17mr spark
00:27:19capture it i don't recall giving any such order
00:27:26you did not sir
00:27:28i merely thought that if the opportunity arose
00:27:30i will lose no more men
00:27:32the creature will be killed on sight and that's the end of it
00:27:35very well sir
00:27:39mr spark
00:27:39i want you to assist scotty in maintaining that makeshift circulating pump
00:27:47i beg your pardon sir
00:27:51you heard me
00:27:53it's vital that we keep that reactor in operation
00:27:56your scientific knowledge
00:27:58is not needed there sir
00:27:59mr scott has far more knowledge of nuclear reactors than i do
00:28:04you're aware of that
00:28:06mr spark you are second in command
00:28:09this will be a dangerous hunt
00:28:11either one of us by himself is expendable
00:28:14both of us are not
00:28:16captain
00:28:17there are approximately 100 of us engaged in this search
00:28:22against one creature
00:28:23the odds against you and i both being killed are
00:28:272228.7 to one
00:28:312228.7 to one
00:28:38those are pretty good odds mr spark
00:28:44and they are of course accurate captain
00:28:47of course
00:28:47well i hate to use the word but
00:28:52logically with those kind of odds
00:28:55you might as well stay
00:28:58but please stay out of trouble mr spark
00:29:03that is always my intention captain
00:29:06kirk here
00:29:13scotty here captain
00:29:15my brilliant improvisation just gave up the ghost
00:29:17it couldn't stand the strain
00:29:19can you fix it again
00:29:21negative captain
00:29:22it's gone for good
00:29:24start immediate evacuation of all colonists to the enterprise
00:29:28not all of them captain
00:29:30i and some of my key personnel are staying
00:29:32we'll be down to join you
00:29:34we don't have enough faces for you
00:29:37can we use clubs
00:29:38we're not being chased away from here
00:29:40we're staying
00:29:41good
00:29:42get everybody else aboard the enterprise
00:29:45the fewer people we have breathing the air down here
00:29:48the longer the rest of us will be able to hold out
00:29:50how much longer scotty
00:29:51the reactor will go supercritical in about 10 hours sir
00:29:54you have that long to find the mechanism
00:29:56we'll do our best
00:29:58start feeding us constant status report scotty
00:30:02vandenberg you and your crew assemble at
00:30:05level 23
00:30:06checkpoint tiger
00:30:08perk out
00:30:08team up with the enterprise security personnel
00:30:13a better arm than you are
00:30:14keep someone in sight at all times
00:30:16vandenberg
00:30:16take two men
00:30:18go through that tunnel there
00:30:20rendezvous with commander geoto
00:30:22appell
00:30:22the rest of the men
00:30:24go through there
00:30:25tie up with lieutenant osborne's detail
00:30:28mr spark and i will control the operation
00:30:31from a central point that's all
00:30:32mr spark
00:30:41captain we are being watched
00:30:44are you sure
00:30:47intuition
00:30:49no sir
00:30:51we're being watched
00:30:54captain
00:31:09fresh readings within the hour
00:31:12in each of these tunnels
00:31:13chart says
00:31:16both these tunnels converge
00:31:18a few thousand yards further
00:31:20you take the last i'll take the right
00:31:24should we separate
00:31:25two tunnels
00:31:29two of us
00:31:31we separate
00:31:32two tunnels
00:31:37and
00:31:51you
00:31:51you
00:31:52you
00:31:52you
00:31:54you
00:31:54you
00:31:56you
00:31:56you
00:32:58That most illuminating, Captain.
00:33:00Be absolutely certain you do not damage any of them.
00:33:06Explain.
00:33:07Only a theory I have.
00:33:12Captain.
00:33:16Are you all right?
00:33:20Jim.
00:33:24Jim.
00:33:28Yes, Mr. Spock. All right.
00:33:31We seem to have had a cave in.
00:33:34I could phaser you out.
00:33:41No, no, no. You better not.
00:33:43Any disturbance might bring down the rest of the wall.
00:33:47Besides, it isn't necessary.
00:33:48The chart said the tunnels meet further on.
00:33:54Very well.
00:33:56I find it extremely disquieting that your roof chose that particular moment to collapse.
00:34:02Please proceed with extreme caution.
00:34:05I shall quicken my pace.
00:34:08Very well, Mr. Spock.
00:34:10I'll meet you if you ever.
00:34:11Oh, no.
00:34:20Too late.
00:34:22Oh, no.
00:34:23Oh, no.
00:34:24Oh.
00:34:24Oh, no.
00:34:30Oh, no.
00:34:31THE END
00:35:01THE END
00:35:31THE END
00:35:33THE END
00:35:35THE END
00:35:37Kirk here.
00:35:43Captain, I've just read some fresh signs.
00:35:47The creature is in this area.
00:35:50Take a life-form reading.
00:35:53It's not necessary, Mr. Spock. I know exactly where the creature is.
00:35:56Where, Captain?
00:36:00Ten feet away from here.
00:36:02Kill it, Captain. Quickly.
00:36:05It's not making any threatening moves, Spock.
00:36:09You don't dare take the chance, Captain.
00:36:12Kill it.
00:36:12I thought you were the one that wanted kept alive. Captured, if possible.
00:36:18Jim, your life is in danger. You can't take the risk.
00:36:22It seems to be waiting.
00:36:24I remind you, it is a proven killer.
00:36:29I'm on my way.
00:36:31Spock out.
00:36:32I'm on my way.
00:36:36I'm on my way.
00:36:40Civilly.
00:36:42Well, what do we do?
00:37:10You just talk it over?
00:37:20Well, you can be heard, can't you?
00:37:26You just sit here?
00:37:31It's your move.
00:37:36No, no, don't you.
00:37:43Come on over, Mr. Spar.
00:38:06Come on over, Mr. Spar.
00:38:13Come on over, Mr. Spar.
00:38:20Come on over, Mr. Spar.
00:38:30Fascinating.
00:38:33It's made no moves against you?
00:38:36No.
00:38:38Seems to be waiting.
00:38:40I tried talking to it, but didn't do any good.
00:38:43Yes.
00:38:50They're all through here.
00:38:53All over the place.
00:38:56Thousands of them.
00:38:58Yes, I see.
00:39:02It means something to you?
00:39:06Possibly the answer, Captain.
00:39:09I'm not certain.
00:39:10I'm not certain.
00:39:12Captain, you're aware of the Vulcan technique of the joining of two minds.
00:39:24Mr. Spar.
00:39:25You think you can get through that thing?
00:39:28Possible.
00:39:29Mr. Spar, I know it's a terrible personal lowering of the mental barriers, but if there's
00:39:43a chance.
00:39:44I'll try.
00:40:13Mr. Spar.
00:40:15Th sertmore.
00:40:16No.
00:40:40Pain!
00:40:41That's all I got, Captain.
00:40:57Waves and waves of searing pain.
00:41:00It's an agony.
00:41:11No kill-eye.
00:41:41What is that, a plea for us not to kill it?
00:41:45Or a promise that it won't kill us?
00:41:48I don't know, Captain.
00:41:50Evidently, it gained an immediate knowledge of us from its empathy with me.
00:41:56In my brief contact with the creature's mind, I discovered it is a highly intelligent, extremely sophisticated animal.
00:42:02In great pain, of course, because of its wound.
00:42:06But not reacting at all like a wounded creature.
00:42:09It calls itself a hoarder.
00:42:11A hoarder.
00:42:18A hoarder.
00:42:21Mr. Spock, we need that retardation mechanism.
00:42:24You must reestablish communications with it.
00:42:27Captain, it has no reason to give us the device.
00:42:30And apparently every reason for wishing us off this planet.
00:42:33Yes, I'm aware of that.
00:42:36If we could only win, it's confidence.
00:42:40Dr. McCoy, this is Captain Kirk.
00:42:49Yes, Captain.
00:42:51Grab your medical kit and come down here on the double.
00:42:53I've got a patient for you.
00:42:54Is somebody injured?
00:42:56What happened?
00:42:57Never mind.
00:42:58Just come down to the 23rd level.
00:43:01You'll be led to us by tricorder readings.
00:43:03Kirk out.
00:43:04Jim, I remind you that this is a silicon-based form of life.
00:43:08Dr. McCoy's medical knowledge will be totally useless.
00:43:11He's a healer.
00:43:12Let him heal.
00:43:14Mr. Spock, you must reestablish communications.
00:43:18I want to know why it suddenly took to murder.
00:43:20To obtain that kind of communication, Captain,
00:43:25it will be necessary to touch it.
00:43:34We've seen how the creature destroys.
00:43:50We've seen how the creature destroys.
00:44:20Lieutenant Commander Giotto.
00:44:29Giotto here, Captain.
00:44:30Are you all right?
00:44:31Perfectly all right.
00:44:33Where are you?
00:44:34We're at the end of the tunnel.
00:44:36Mr. Vandenberg and his men are here,
00:44:39and they're pretty ugly.
00:44:40Shall I let them through?
00:44:42Under no circumstances.
00:44:44Allow them in here yet.
00:44:47The minute Doc McCoy gets there,
00:44:48send him through.
00:44:49Aye, aye, sir.
00:44:50I'm really lucky.
00:44:57Murder!
00:44:58Murder!
00:45:02For thousands!
00:45:07Devils!
00:45:12Eternity ends!
00:45:14The chamber of the ages
00:45:20The altar of tomorrow
00:45:25Murderers
00:45:33Stop them
00:45:37Kill
00:45:41Strike back
00:45:44Monsters
00:45:49What in the name of
00:45:58What is Spock, Joe?
00:46:14It's wounded badly
00:46:15You've got to help it
00:46:16Help that
00:46:18Go take it
00:46:21The end of life
00:46:33Miss
00:46:38You can't be serious
00:47:02Everything is virtually
00:47:04Made out of stone
00:47:05Help it
00:47:06Treat it
00:47:07I'm a doctor
00:47:09Not a bricklayer
00:47:10You're a healer
00:47:12There's a patient
00:47:13That's an order
00:47:14Mr. Spark
00:47:28Mr. Spark
00:47:28Tell it we're trying to help
00:47:34The mechanism
00:47:40Understood
00:47:44Understood
00:47:45Is the end of life
00:47:53Eternity stops
00:47:59Go out
00:48:06Into the tunnel
00:48:09Into the tunnel
00:48:09To the chamber
00:48:16Of the ages
00:48:19Cry
00:48:29For the children
00:48:33For the children
00:48:33Look
00:48:38Carefully
00:48:41In the vault
00:48:45Of tomorrow
00:48:46Sorrow
00:48:53Sorrow
00:48:55For the murdered
00:49:00Children
00:49:01The thing you search for
00:49:23Is there
00:49:23Go
00:49:27Go
00:49:29Sadness
00:49:36Sadness
00:49:36Sadness
00:49:40For the end
00:49:44Of things
00:49:45Go
00:49:50Into the tunnel
00:49:53There is a passageway
00:49:57Creeping
00:50:01Creeping
00:50:01Creeping
00:50:01The captain
00:50:13Said for you
00:50:14To wait here
00:50:15And here
00:50:16Is where
00:50:16You're gonna wait
00:50:17That murdering monster
00:50:18Is in there
00:50:19And we're gonna go in
00:50:20And kill it
00:50:20You're going to stay here
00:50:22Is in there
00:50:28To wait
00:50:32And kill it
00:50:39To be
00:50:43Better
00:50:45To be
00:50:46Unique
00:50:46To be
00:50:47To be
00:50:47true
00:50:51That's right, Lieutenant.
00:51:17Just beam it down to me immediately, and never mind what I want it for.
00:51:22I just want it.
00:51:24Now move.
00:51:28It is time to sleep.
00:51:36It is over.
00:51:41Failure.
00:51:41Failure.
00:51:45The murderers have won.
00:51:52Death is welcome.
00:51:59Let it end.
00:52:02Here.
00:52:04Mr. Spock.
00:52:07Mr. Spock.
00:52:09Spock.
00:52:11Spock.
00:52:13Come out of it.
00:52:14I found the units in there.
00:52:34It's in pretty good shape.
00:52:36I also found about a million of these silicon nodules.
00:52:41They're eggs, aren't they?
00:52:44Yes, Captain.
00:52:45Eggs.
00:52:46And about to hatch.
00:52:49Miners must have broken into the hatchery.
00:52:53Their operations destroyed thousands.
00:52:57No wonder.
00:52:59There.
00:53:00They're coming.
00:53:00All right.
00:53:06All right, let's go.
00:53:09Come on.
00:53:12How you doing, Doc?
00:53:15I'll let you know.
00:53:23No, don't fire.
00:53:24Kill it.
00:53:25The first man that fires is dead.
00:53:29That thing has killed 50 of my men.
00:53:32And you've killed thousands of her children.
00:53:34What?
00:53:37Those round silicon nodules that you've been collecting and destroying, they're her eggs.
00:53:47Tell them, Mr. Spock.
00:53:48There have been many generations of Horta on this planet.
00:53:53Every 50,000 years, the entire race dies.
00:53:57All but one.
00:53:58Like this one.
00:54:00But the eggs live.
00:54:02She cares for them.
00:54:04Protects them.
00:54:05And when they hatch, she is the mother to them.
00:54:09Thousands of them.
00:54:11This creature here is the mother of her race.
00:54:14The Horta is intelligent.
00:54:18Peaceful.
00:54:21Mild.
00:54:23She had no objection to sharing this planet with you.
00:54:26Until you broke into her nursery and started destroying her eggs.
00:54:30Then she fought back in the only way she knew how.
00:54:33As any mother would fight.
00:54:36When her children are in danger.
00:54:39We didn't know.
00:54:40How could we?
00:54:41But you mean if these eggs hatch, there'll be thousands of those things crawling around down here?
00:54:49This is where they live.
00:54:51They digest rock.
00:54:53They tunnel for nourishment.
00:54:55And they are the most inoffensive of creatures.
00:54:58They harbor ill will toward no one.
00:55:00Oh, look.
00:55:01We have for Jim to deliver.
00:55:04Yes, I know.
00:55:08Here's your circulating pump.
00:55:11You've complained that this planet is a mineralogical treasure house if you had the equipment to get out of it.
00:55:20Well, gentlemen, the Horta moves through rock the way we move through air.
00:55:24And it leaves tunnels.
00:55:27The greatest natural miners in the universe.
00:55:29Seems to me.
00:55:30That we could make an agreement, reach a modus vivendi.
00:55:38They tunnel.
00:55:40You collect and process.
00:55:42And your process operation would be a thousand times more profitable.
00:55:47Sounds all right if it'll work.
00:55:58Except for one thing.
00:56:00The Horta is badly wounded.
00:56:03It may die.
00:56:04It won't die.
00:56:06By golly, Jim, I'm beginning to think I can cure a rainy day.
00:56:10Can you help?
00:56:12Helped it.
00:56:12I cured it.
00:56:14How?
00:56:15Well, I had the ship beamed down a hundred pounds of that thermal concrete.
00:56:19You know, the kind we used to build emergency shelters out of?
00:56:22It's mostly silica.
00:56:25So I just troweled it into the wound.
00:56:28And it'll act like a bandage until it heals.
00:56:32Take a look.
00:56:33It's as good as new.
00:56:35Well, Spock, I'm going to have to ask you to get in touch with the Horta again.
00:56:38Tell her our proposition.
00:56:41She and her children can do all the tunneling they want.
00:56:44Our people will remove the minerals.
00:56:46And each side will leave the other alone.
00:56:50You think she'll go for it?
00:56:51It seems logical, Captain.
00:56:53The Horta has a very logical mind.
00:56:56And after close association with humans,
00:56:59I find that curiously refreshing.
00:57:02Ship ready to leave orbit, Captain.
00:57:20Course laid in.
00:57:21Very good, Mr. Spock.
00:57:22Chief Engineer Vandenberg standing by on channel one.
00:57:26Fine.
00:57:27Yes, Chief.
00:57:28Kirk here.
00:57:28I just wanted to tell you the eggs have started to hatch, Captain.
00:57:33First thing the little devils do is start the tunnel.
00:57:37We've already hit huge new pergium deposits.
00:57:40I'm afraid to tell you how much gold and platinum and rare earths we've uncovered.
00:57:45I'm delighted to hear that, Chief.
00:57:47Once Mother Horta tells her kids what to look for,
00:57:50you people are going to be embarrassingly rich.
00:57:52You know, the Horta aren't so bad once you get used to their appearance.
00:57:55Well, that's about it, Kirk.
00:57:58Thanks for everything.
00:58:00Our pleasure, Chief.
00:58:01Here, Cal.
00:58:02Curious.
00:58:04What Chief Vandenberg said about the Horta
00:58:07is exactly what the Mother Horta said to me.
00:58:10She found humanoid appearance revolting,
00:58:13but she thought she could get used to it.
00:58:15Oh, she did, did she?
00:58:18Now, tell me, did she happen to make any comment about those ears?
00:58:23Not specifically.
00:58:24But I did get the distinct impression
00:58:28she found them the most attractive human characteristic of all.
00:58:32I didn't have the heart to tell her that only I have...
00:58:35She really liked those ears?
00:58:38Captain,
00:58:39the Horta is a remarkably intelligent and sensitive creature
00:58:44with impeccable taste.
00:58:47Because she approved of you?
00:58:49Really, Captain, my modesty.
00:58:51Does not bear close examination, Mr. Spark.
00:58:54I suspect you're becoming more and more human all the time.
00:59:01Captain, I see no reason to stand here and be insulted.
00:59:05A hand-warp factor two.
00:59:11Captain, I see no reason to stand here and be insulted to him.
00:59:17THE END
00:59:47THE END
01:00:17THE END
01:00:29THE END
01:00:31THE END
01:00:33THE END