KidCthulhu
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Now that's quality television, er, Story Hour! Nice ending. Can't wait for the next episode. Please tell me we won't be getting re-runs until next season.
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[Spaceship Zero] Q-Ship (actually updated 19 May 2007)
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Capellan
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"Space Tomb" - Part 17
Darkness. Silence.
Then, the hint of light in the darkness, and a voice speaks,
"Will she recover, Doctor?"
"Ja, Archie. My leibchen will soon be hale and whole and her own self once more."
Fury opens his eyes.
"Ah, Captain. It is good to be seeing you awake." Gustav leans over him, blotting out the glare of lights.
"What?" Fury stops, moistens his lips, and tries again, "What happened?"
"You destroyed the pyramid." Archie reproves him, "There is rubbish everywhere."
Fury chuckles, then coughs,
"I mean ... S'Ondra."
"She is vell, Captain." Gustav assures him, then lays a hand on the younger man's shoulder, "Zanks to you."
"Xinthon?"
"Dead." Archie confirms.
"I feel terrible." Fury admits, then struggles to sit up.
"It is not surprising, Captain." Gustav gently pushes him back into the bed., "Ze atmosphere of ze asteroid was almost gone by ze time Archie and I located you. Had it not been for ze builder-bot, ve would not have been able to save ze two of you."
Fury grimaces,
"Those things are still around, are they?"
"Just the one." Archie clarifies, "The rest were destroyed with Xinthon's ship and the pyramid."
"How'd it help save us?"
Gustav and Archie glance at each other.
"Perhaps it is better if you do not ask, Captain." Gustav suggests, "It is enough to say zat it made sure ze two of you had enough oxygen to breathe, ja? It vas ze builder-bots which made ze atmosphere, in ze first place, you see."
"How nice of them." Fury doesn't really have the energy for sarcasm.
"Indeed, yes." Gustav wouldn't have got it, even if he did.
The Captain pushes himself upright once more, and this time he refuses to let Gustav push him back down again. He swings his legs across and perches on the edge of the bed, clad only in his regulation-issue long johns.
In the bed across from him, S'Ondra lies peacefully, eyes closed. Dressed once more in her familiar silver costume, the only sign of what she has been through comes from the soft hum of the diagnostic machines around her.
"What about what that alien did to her?" Fury asks, "Did you fix that?"
Gustav nods,
"Before he left ze ship, Archie was able to copy ze formula of ze compound which Xinthon injected into her. Alzough biology is not my principle area of expertise, I would not be ze genius I am if I could not come up with ze antidote in such a circumstance, ja?"
"You're the Doc, Doc." Fury agrees. He stands, and begins to gather his clothes from where they lie folded on a chair beside his bed, "Now, I'm going to go and see about getting us off this rock."
"Already?" Gustav looks disappointed, "Think of ze discoveries we might make in ze ruins of ze pyramid, Captain!"
"I thought you said it was destroyed."
"Utterly." Concurs Archie.
"Ve cannot know zat without searching more carefully!" Gustav protests, "Ze remote scans are simply not enough, Archie. Zere could be all kinds of alien knowledge zere -"
"Alien knowledge?" Fury interrupts. He points at S'Ondra, "I think we've all had quite enough alien knowledge for one lifetime, Doctor."
Gustav frowns. Then he glances at his adopted daughter, and his expression softens. He sighs,
"Ach, you are right, Captain."
"Of course I'm right." Fury responds, with something resembling his usual air, "I'll go get us moving. We still need that Xenon."
The Captain walks out of the medical bay. At the last moment before he would disappear out of shot he turns and calls back through the closing doors:
"Personally, I'll be happy if I never see another alien again, ever."
Next time, on "Q-Ship" ...
"With the threat of Xinthon averted, the crew resumes their journey to Jupiter. There, they must brave the dangerous Xenon storms of the gas giant, and extract the necessary fuel to keep their vessel running. It is a delicate operation ... and one that will leave them extremely vulnerable to any outside threat ..."
Space warps and twists, then tears open in a blinding flash. Something huge begins to loom out of the rupture ...
"It's eight miles long, Captain." Archie reports, "Mass readings off the scale."
A massive spaceship hangs above the earth, almost blotting out our view of the planet. Suddenly, there is a whump and giant yellow globule flies out of the ship's nose, and speeds down toward the surface.
The screen goes black, and a harsh, mechanical voice intones: "I, Grishnag, Star Commander of the 17th Battle Fleet, claim this system in the name of the Targ Totality. All who hear this transmission must submit, or be destroyed."
"Join us next time, on Q-Ship, when the crew of the Pathfinder encounter: The Targ Totality."
Darkness. Silence.
Then, the hint of light in the darkness, and a voice speaks,
"Will she recover, Doctor?"
"Ja, Archie. My leibchen will soon be hale and whole and her own self once more."
Fury opens his eyes.
"Ah, Captain. It is good to be seeing you awake." Gustav leans over him, blotting out the glare of lights.
"What?" Fury stops, moistens his lips, and tries again, "What happened?"
"You destroyed the pyramid." Archie reproves him, "There is rubbish everywhere."
Fury chuckles, then coughs,
"I mean ... S'Ondra."
"She is vell, Captain." Gustav assures him, then lays a hand on the younger man's shoulder, "Zanks to you."
"Xinthon?"
"Dead." Archie confirms.
"I feel terrible." Fury admits, then struggles to sit up.
"It is not surprising, Captain." Gustav gently pushes him back into the bed., "Ze atmosphere of ze asteroid was almost gone by ze time Archie and I located you. Had it not been for ze builder-bot, ve would not have been able to save ze two of you."
Fury grimaces,
"Those things are still around, are they?"
"Just the one." Archie clarifies, "The rest were destroyed with Xinthon's ship and the pyramid."
"How'd it help save us?"
Gustav and Archie glance at each other.
"Perhaps it is better if you do not ask, Captain." Gustav suggests, "It is enough to say zat it made sure ze two of you had enough oxygen to breathe, ja? It vas ze builder-bots which made ze atmosphere, in ze first place, you see."
"How nice of them." Fury doesn't really have the energy for sarcasm.
"Indeed, yes." Gustav wouldn't have got it, even if he did.
The Captain pushes himself upright once more, and this time he refuses to let Gustav push him back down again. He swings his legs across and perches on the edge of the bed, clad only in his regulation-issue long johns.
In the bed across from him, S'Ondra lies peacefully, eyes closed. Dressed once more in her familiar silver costume, the only sign of what she has been through comes from the soft hum of the diagnostic machines around her.
"What about what that alien did to her?" Fury asks, "Did you fix that?"
Gustav nods,
"Before he left ze ship, Archie was able to copy ze formula of ze compound which Xinthon injected into her. Alzough biology is not my principle area of expertise, I would not be ze genius I am if I could not come up with ze antidote in such a circumstance, ja?"
"You're the Doc, Doc." Fury agrees. He stands, and begins to gather his clothes from where they lie folded on a chair beside his bed, "Now, I'm going to go and see about getting us off this rock."
"Already?" Gustav looks disappointed, "Think of ze discoveries we might make in ze ruins of ze pyramid, Captain!"
"I thought you said it was destroyed."
"Utterly." Concurs Archie.
"Ve cannot know zat without searching more carefully!" Gustav protests, "Ze remote scans are simply not enough, Archie. Zere could be all kinds of alien knowledge zere -"
"Alien knowledge?" Fury interrupts. He points at S'Ondra, "I think we've all had quite enough alien knowledge for one lifetime, Doctor."
Gustav frowns. Then he glances at his adopted daughter, and his expression softens. He sighs,
"Ach, you are right, Captain."
"Of course I'm right." Fury responds, with something resembling his usual air, "I'll go get us moving. We still need that Xenon."
The Captain walks out of the medical bay. At the last moment before he would disappear out of shot he turns and calls back through the closing doors:
"Personally, I'll be happy if I never see another alien again, ever."
Next time, on "Q-Ship" ...
"With the threat of Xinthon averted, the crew resumes their journey to Jupiter. There, they must brave the dangerous Xenon storms of the gas giant, and extract the necessary fuel to keep their vessel running. It is a delicate operation ... and one that will leave them extremely vulnerable to any outside threat ..."
Space warps and twists, then tears open in a blinding flash. Something huge begins to loom out of the rupture ...
"It's eight miles long, Captain." Archie reports, "Mass readings off the scale."
A massive spaceship hangs above the earth, almost blotting out our view of the planet. Suddenly, there is a whump and giant yellow globule flies out of the ship's nose, and speeds down toward the surface.
The screen goes black, and a harsh, mechanical voice intones: "I, Grishnag, Star Commander of the 17th Battle Fleet, claim this system in the name of the Targ Totality. All who hear this transmission must submit, or be destroyed."
"Join us next time, on Q-Ship, when the crew of the Pathfinder encounter: The Targ Totality."
Plane Sailing
Astral Admin - Mwahahaha!
Now why are Gustav and Archie being so coy about this, I wonder?
arwink
Clockwork Golem
Plane Sailing said:
I'm wondering too, and I was there
Sadly, I can't remember whether that was related to the idea we came up with the save the Cap or the fact that the Doc's player and I could usually be the folks relied upon to make off-color slash-fic references at the wrong moment.
It's quite possible it was both.
I'm amazed at how much of the Pre-Targ sessions I don't remember. Now I have to wait for Capellan to update with the DVD extras like everyone else
![:]](http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png "Devious :]")
(And I still want my planet full of dinosaurs dammit)
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Capellan
Explorer
Plane Sailing said:
Take your pick:
1. the screenwriters thought exposition at the end of the episode would be boring
2. the screenwriters wrote themselves into a corner, were too lazy to think of a way out, and hand-waved it with "don't ask"
3. it involved the builder-bot sticking a long metal tube down Fury's throat, and there'd been enough robot-slash jokes in the episode already
arwink said:
Man .... do you know how much those stop-motion effects would cost?
Maybe we could film some iguanas from really close up then overlay long shots of the crew into the scene ...
DVD extras for the episode will be posted this week sometime, and then we'll start off the next episode. I'm writing the first post at the moment.
Capellan
Explorer
DVD Trivia Extras
Despite its apparently random subject matter, "Space Tomb" is regarded by some parts of the fan base as the lynch pin 'continuity' episode of Q-Ship's first season.
This was the first episode to feature a crew member turned evil, but far from the last. Depending on your interpretation of the characters in the episode "A Venusian Christmas Carol", it can be argued that all members of the crew were 'evil' at one stage or another in the series' three season run.
The builder-bot models were actually mounted on the chassis of remote-controlled cars, with their legs attached to the wheel axles. If you freeze the DVD in certain shots of the moving bots, it is possible to catch a glimpse of the wheels themselves.
The cast and crew's pet name for the surviving builder-bot was "Gordon". He can often be seen in the background of shots in the Pathfinder sets during subsequent episodes.
S'Ondra's "evil" costume in this episode was the subject of the single highest volume of complaints received by the BBC during the show's run.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the "Evil S'Ondra" action figure was the only item of Q-Ship merchandise to outsell the standard S'Ondra doll.
Despite its apparently random subject matter, "Space Tomb" is regarded by some parts of the fan base as the lynch pin 'continuity' episode of Q-Ship's first season.
This was the first episode to feature a crew member turned evil, but far from the last. Depending on your interpretation of the characters in the episode "A Venusian Christmas Carol", it can be argued that all members of the crew were 'evil' at one stage or another in the series' three season run.
The builder-bot models were actually mounted on the chassis of remote-controlled cars, with their legs attached to the wheel axles. If you freeze the DVD in certain shots of the moving bots, it is possible to catch a glimpse of the wheels themselves.
The cast and crew's pet name for the surviving builder-bot was "Gordon". He can often be seen in the background of shots in the Pathfinder sets during subsequent episodes.
S'Ondra's "evil" costume in this episode was the subject of the single highest volume of complaints received by the BBC during the show's run.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the "Evil S'Ondra" action figure was the only item of Q-Ship merchandise to outsell the standard S'Ondra doll.
KidCthulhu
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Capellan said:
Yes, but I've heard that all the complaints came from two Scottish spinster sisters living in Kirkaldy.
And there was a significant write-in campaign from the Clapham Young Mens' Train Spotting and S'Ondra Watching Fan Club, asking for MORE episodes with the evil costume.
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