PART THREE

Written by Malcolm Kohll

Original air date: 16 November, 1987
Run time: 24:22

Chalet area

Gavrok: Give me Delta and I will give you your life.

The Doctor: Life? What do you know about life, Gavrok? You deal in death. Lies, treachery and m*rder are your currency. You promise life, but in the end it will be life which defeats you.

Gavrok: You have said enough. I have traversed time and space to find the Chimeron queen. I will not be defeated.

The Doctor: As you will. I came here under a white flag and I will leave under that same white flag, and woe betide any man who breaches its integrity. Now step aside! Release those prisoners.

The Doctor: Gavrok, it's over. You're finished, and we're leaving.

The Doctor: Actually, I think I may have gone a little too far.

Welsh countryside

Callon: Up.

Arrex: Up, up.

Hawk: What's happening now, Weismuller?

Weismuller: I don't know, but whatever it is, it's, it's better than, than just sitting around. Hey! Holy mackerel.

Weismuller: Boy. Listen, let's try sitting down again, eh?

Hawk: Okay.

Weismuller: All right. One, two, three.

Ray: I thought they'd never go. Can you move?

Hawk: Sure, if I leave my neck behind.

Weismuller: Oh, gee. It's no use, lady. They've got a special kind of wrench. It's sort of like a dinky Allen key.

Ray: Is this dinky enough?

Hawk: It's looking good, sister.

Ray: I'll have you out in a minute, then follow me in your car.

Weismuller: Who is she?

Country lane

Mel: We did it, Doctor! Free!

The Doctor: Yes, there's more to this than we can fry, Mel.

The Doctor: Duck!

Mel: Did they get you, Doctor?

The Doctor: No, and I don't think they intended to.

Mel: You could have fooled me.

Goronwy's cottage

Goronwy: This is the queen's hive.

Billy: What's that white stuff?

Goronwy: Oh, royal jelly. It's a superfood created by the bees themselves. It has the ability to change an ordinary worker bee's larvae into a queen.

Billy: And that's all there is to it, a better diet?

Goronwy: Never underestimate the powers of nature, Billy. Now, I want to show you something.

Honey store

Goronwy: Now, look at all those jars. Wales' finest honey, all created by my little friends.

Billy: How long did it take them to make all this lot?

Goronwy: Oh, I don't know. We've been working together so long I've completely lost track of all time. But I remember this one especially well. 1932, a hot summer and abundant cherry blossom. A classic honey.

Delta: She's due to change. The singing time is near.

Billy: What's the singing time?

Delta: The next stage in her growth. This food will help boost her energy for the change.

Billy: Will she grow up to be a princess, too?

Delta: Yes. Her hair and her eyes are already changing. I've fed her this since she was born.

Billy: Sometimes that sounds good, other times it's horrible.

Delta: One frequency is an att*ck warning, and the other is musical. Soon she'll be able to control both.

Goronwy: Ah, Ray's back with those two lovely American gentlemen.

Goronwy: Hello!

Welsh countryside

Callon: Tracker dart in place, sir, but the prisoners have escaped.

Gavrok (O.C.): Idiot. Pursue at once. I will follow the signal.

Country lane

Mel: Let's go that way.

The Doctor: Which way? That way?

Outside Shangri La

Gavrok: Return to the fighter.

Gavrok: Sonic cone.

Field

Mel: Doctor!

Mel: Why are we stopping, Doctor?

The Doctor: In order to lengthen our odds, may I borrow a length of your ribbon?

Outside Goronwy's cottage

Hawk: All I know is, they're not Americans.

Ray: But we've already explained who they are.

Weismuller: Yeah, they're like h*t men from Mars.

Hawk: You too, Weismuller? Whoever they are, I plan to get even.

Goronwy: Listen.

Ray: You rescued them, Doctor!

The Doctor: Ah, we're not in the clear yet. Er, Ray tells me you've got some honey stored, Goronwy.

Goronwy: Only about ten thousand jars, Doctor.

The Doctor: Excellent! Billy, Ray, you come with me and Goronwy. I've got one final thing to do.

Gavrok's spaceship

Gavrok: Signal has s*ab. Prepare to blast off.

Goronwy's cottage

Weismuller: But it's our patriotic duty to call Washington, Hawk.

Hawk: Yeah, well, you go ahead, Weismuller. I ain't licked yet.

The Doctor: She saved Delta's life with a warning cry. She's now into the singing time.

Billy: Do you think there are any more of them?

The Doctor: Certainly. We'd better get back to the TARDIS, so we'll get ready to leave immediately.

Gavrok's spaceship

Gavrok: Prepare to land.

Outside Goronwy's cottage

The Doctor: Now, I need something of Delta's.

The Doctor: Thank you.

The Doctor: Are you ready, my cariad?

Ray: Doctor.

The Doctor: Head 'em up! Roll 'em out!

Goat field

Gavrok: What is this?

Arrex: Gavrok! I found their hideout, sir.

Outside Goronwy's cottage

Gavrok: They're still there. Stand by to storm it.

Outside Shangri La

The Doctor: Stay back! The TARDIS has been booby-trapped.

Hawk: Booby-trapped? Ain't nothing but a telephone booth.

The Doctor: See up there, next to the light? There's a small beam w*apon. It emits a cone of sensitivity all round the TARDIS. Anything entering that cone detonates an expl*si*n.

Ray: Can't you somehow get around it?

The Doctor: I don't know. It's a very sophisticated system.

Hawk: I reckon this is all so much eyewash. I'm a-calling the chief.

The Doctor: I did warn you. If you'd have stepped into that beam, you'd have been atomised.

Outside Goronwy's cottage

Gavrok: Open f*re!

Outside Shangri La

The Doctor: Mister Burton?

Burton: Yes?

The Doctor: Take everyone back to the camp.

Burton: Right.

The Doctor: Let me stay here and try and work out how to diffuse that booby-trap, because if it explodes with its full force, it'll take us all with it.

Outside Goronwy's cottage

Gavrok: Forward!

Gavrok: Where are they? Scum!

Bannerman: Gavrok!

Garage

Delta: What's that you're hiding, Billy?

Delta: You haven't been eating that, have you?

Billy: I had to, Delta. I'm not a Chimeron, but if I'm to come with you, then I have to become one.

Delta: But it's never been tried on humans before. It might k*ll you.

Billy: It'll be all right. I think. Look at my skin and my hair. They're already changing.

Burton: Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt, but we're ready for you at the office now, Billy.

Billy: Sure thing, Mister Burton.

Outside Shangri La

Ray: Oh, what are you doing, Doctor?

The Doctor: Well, I was marking out where the sonic cone meets the ground.

Ray: Why?

The Doctor: Well, you see, the beam casts a shadow at the base of the TARDIS. Now, if we could tunnel under the cone and come up in that shadow, then perhaps I could disarm it.

Ray: Er, Doctor?

The Doctor: Yes, I know it's time consuming, but it's our only choice.

Ray: No, look.

The Doctor: Apart from plan B. Run!

Main hall

The Doctor: They're here! Ray, everyone else stay here until its safe to come out. Goronwy, have you got the beeswax? Thank you. Delta and your daughter, come with me. Barricade the door.

Office

Burton: Oh, I haven't used it in over forty years, but it'll still put the wind up a Bannerman.

Billy: Almost finished with these connections, Mister Burton.

Burton: Through sh*t and shell, eh? We'll teach these blighters a lesson.

The Doctor: Oh! Excellent effort, Mister Burton, but the w*apon we're using will be a little more sophisticated. Are you ready, Billy?

Billy: Ready to rock and roll.

The Doctor: Right, let's roll.

Chalet block roof

Billy: They're coming.

The Doctor: All haste and no speed makes Jill a dull girl. Pass the side cutters.

Play area

Gavrok: Once inside, you will k*ll everyone except the young princess. I will deal with her personally.

Chalet block roof

Billy: Now?

The Doctor: A moment's impatience would mean our certain annihilation.

Play area

Gavrok: sn*pers, forward! k*ll them! On the roof!

Chalet block roof

The Doctor: Ah, they've spotted us, Billy. Run!

Play area

Gavrok: Forward!

Office

The Doctor: Now!

Play area

The Doctor: Secure them with these.

Weismuller: Oh, thanks, Doctor. You know, when I was an Eagle scout, knots was my best thing. Okay, pal, here's my speciality. A running noose combined with a dog shank. How about that?

Office

The Doctor: It's over. Well done, Princess, that was wonderful. It's over, Mister Burton.

The Doctor: Mister Burton, it's over. It's over.

Burton: Oh! Aye.

The Doctor: It's over, we won!

Burton: Oh, lovely, lovely.

The Doctor: Now, come and see your new spaceship, Delta, Princess.

Play area

Weismuller: Boy, you're the sorriest bunch of Bannermen I've ever seen.

Delta: Thank you for your help and courage. All of you.

Mel: Are Billy and the Doctor all right?

Delta: Yes. Billy's just changing.

Billy's chalet

The Doctor: I know without a male the race will be wiped out, but I haven't seen many examples of species crossing. There could be the most dreadful mutation.

Billy: It's our only chance, Doctor.

The Doctor: I can't condone this foolishness, but then, love has never been known for its rationality.

Main hall

Goronwy: And then, you see, the new young queen comes along and the whole colony swarms all around her, and off they go to find a new hive. A new hive and a new life.

Hawk: That's amazing.

Goronwy: Well, let's go and see what's happening.

Gavrok's spaceship

Weismuller: Well, that should hold them all the way back to Mars, or wherever you're going.

Delta: Considerably further than that.

Weismuller: Bye.

Delta: Bye-bye.

Billy: Everything ship-shape?

Delta: Yes.

Billy: I'll just stow all my gear.

Play area

Ray: What are you thinking, Doctor?

The Doctor: I was just speculating what this vehicle would be like with more sophisticated braking and suspension systems.

Ray: Are you kidding? This is the best there is.

Delta: I don't know how I can ever thank you for what you've done. You've saved my planet and my people. You will always be welcome.

Billy: Goodbye, everyone. I'll always think of you here at Shangri La, Ray.

Ray: Goodbye, Billy. I won't forget you, either.

Billy: Oh, I almost forgot. Will you look after the Vincent for me? Remember to feather the clutch.

Ray: Bye.

All: Bye!

Gavrok's spaceship

Singer: Love is the answer. Here's to the future.

Billy: Let's make this baby fly.

Outside Shangri La

Mel: Stop!

The Doctor: No, don't worry. Gavrok absorbed so much energy that the device has lost all its power.

The Doctor: Way hey. Ah, Mister Burton. Thank you for saving Mel's life.

Burton: No, thank you, Doctor. I haven't had such a shindig since I went buffalo hunting in Africa. Oh, it's a ferocious brute, you know, the buffalo.

Goronwy: 1928, hibiscus blossom.

The Doctor: Oh, what a sweet gesture. Oh, you're more than a collector, Goronwy. You're a man of taste.

Burton: Oh, good heavens. The Skegness Glee Club, and I haven't got any staff.

Burton: Oh, I'll have to go. Goodbye, my dear.

Mel: Goodbye.

Burton: Ah, welcome, campers. Now I am your camp leader while you are at Shangri La. My name is Burton.

The Doctor: I believe this is your satellite, gentlemen.

Weismuller: We did it! We actually did it, Hawk.

Hawk: It's wonderful! It's wonderful!

Weismuller: Thanks, Doctor.
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