01x05 The Keys of Marinus.pdf

Doctor

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T HE K EYS OF M ARINUS

Written by Terry Nation

Directed by John Gorrie

E PISODE O NE

THE SEA OF DEATH

Written by

TERRY NATION

1: EXT. ISLAND

(A small rocky island sits on a vast ocean, ringed by a beach. Almost featureless, its most

distinguishing feature is a tall pyramid that stands in the centre of the island. The TARDIS

silently materialises on the beach.)

2: INT. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM

(The crew are gathered around the console. Although SUSAN and BARBARA have changed

their clothes, IAN still wears the Chinese costume that he acquired during their previous

adventure.)

IAN: Any radiation, Doctor?

DOCTOR: No, nothing to speak of. The counter's hardly reading anything. Shall we take a

look?

BARBARA: Pity you don't have a colour television.

DOCTOR: Oh, but I have.

BARBARA: Where is it then?

DOCTOR: At the moment it's, er, temporarily hord-a-comba...

(His companions laugh. The DOCTOR switches on the scanner.)

BARBARA: Oh look, that's the sea, isn't it?

(The scanner shows a view of the beach and the still sea.)

SUSAN: Yes and sand! Grandfather, I wonder where we are?

IAN: Well, one things for sure - we’re not at Southend! (They laugh.)

SUSAN: Grandfather, can we go and have a look? Can we?

DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I don't think... I don't see why not. There's nothing... no danger about.

SUSAN: Good.

DOCTOR: Come on, lets go and have a look.

(SUSAN opens the doors. All except IAN turn to leave.)

IAN: (Unsure.) No.

DOCTOR: (Turning back.) What?

IAN: Well, I thought when you switched the scanner on… I thought I saw something move

up there... Oh, probably just a shadow.

DOCTOR: Well let's go outside and have a look.

(They exit the TARDIS.)

3: EXT. BEACH

(Outside four small transparent torpedo like objects travel silently through the water and slide

onto the beach. The arrival of three of them is steady and sure but the fourth lands a small

distance from its companions and its passage onto the beach is sluggish - as if it is

encountering difficulties.)

4: EXT. BEACH

(The time travellers walk out onto the beach, the DOCTOR carrying his walking stick. The

rocks around them are unusually jagged. They look towards the sea.)

SUSAN: It is the sea. Why, it's beautiful!

IAN: Yes, absolutely calm. Not even a ripple.

BARBARA: It isn't frozen, is it?

DOCTOR: No, impossible in this temperature, besides, it's too warm.

SUSAN: Grandfather, do you think it's safe to go for a swim?

DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no, not at the moment, child. However inviting that water looks, we

don't know what sort of creatures may be lurking beneath its’ surface.

(They walk further down the beach. After they've gone, a figure emerges from behind a rock.

It is humanoid, apparently dressed in a black wetsuit complete with flippers. It wears a helmet

that completely obscures its face and from the front of which a black protuberance emerges,

rather like a simple sort of aerial.)

5: EXT. BEACH

(Further up the beach…)

BARBARA: It's so quiet!

IAN: Yes, it is. No birds or anything.

BARBARA: And there’s nothing growing.

DOCTOR: (Walking to them with some pebbles.) I say, what do you make of this,

Chesterton? Fascinating, aren't they?

IAN: (IAN holds one and hurts his fingers on the sharp edges.) It's glass!

DOCTOR: Yes, yes, it is, isn’t it. Glass instead of sand. Intriguing. Intriguing, my boy! (He

laughs.)

IAN: Do you think the sand turned into glass.

DOCTOR: Or was the glass put here deliberately, and if so, why?

(SUSAN is near to them and has found a rockpool.)

SUSAN: Mmm, there's a lovely pool over here! If I can't swim, at least I can paddle.

(She starts to take her shoes off placing them on the rock edge. BARBARA runs up and

accidentally knocks one of them into the pool.)

BARBARA: Oh, oh, sorry Susan.

SUSAN: Never mind, I'll get it. You going to come in?

BARBARA: No.

SUSAN: (About to put her feet in the water.) Now I’ll go…

IAN: (Shouts.) No, Susan! Don’t!

(In the pool, the shoe is dissolving into a cloud of bubbles. SUSAN hugs BARBARA in

fright.)

BARBARA: Ian, what is it?

IAN: Must be some sort of acid.

BARBARA: But it was so fast. It just seemed to dissolve.

SUSAN: (Sobbing.) And I was going to paddle in it...

BARBARA: It's alright, Susan, it's alright. Look, you've got some more shoes back at the

ship, haven't you?

(SUSAN nods.)

BARBARA: Well go and put them on. We'll wait here for you.

SUSAN: Alright.

IAN: Here, you'd better take my boots.

(He starts taking his boots off.)

SUSAN: I can't put those on, they're much too big for me.

BARBARA: Ah, come on, it's better than cutting your feet open on this glass.

IAN: Here.

(IAN hands his boots over and SUSAN starts to put them on with difficulty.)

SUSAN: Alright, better fill them up with sand, hadn’t I!

IAN: Alright?

SUSAN: Yeh.

IAN: Give you lovely corns, they will! (SUSAN laughs.)

(SUSAN heads off back to the TARDIS muttering something about the boots as she goes.)

BARBARA: (Realising.) Ian?

IAN: Mmm?

BARBARA: This is a tidal pool.

IAN: I agree. It rather ties up with the glass beach, doesn't it?

BARBARA: Then everything out there is acid too. A sea of acid!

6: EXT. BEACH

(The web suited figure is examining the TARDIS and especially its lock when it is forced to

hide as SUSAN approaches and enters the ship.)

7: EXT. BEACH

(The DOCTOR has joined IAN and BARBARA.)

DOCTOR: Sea of acid, Mmm. Astonishing. You know, in all my travels I've never come

across anything like this before. However, Susan wasn't harmed anyway.

BARBARA: No, she was a bit frightened at losing her shoes but she's gone back to the ship

for another pair.

DOCTOR: (To IAN.) Yes, and if you'd had your shoes on, my boy, You could have lent her

hers. You mustn't get sloppy in your habits, you know.

(IAN laughs not thinking it worth while to argue when suddenly the DOCTOR spots

something behind him, further along the beach.)

DOCTOR: Good gracious!

(It is three of the transparent torpedo objects. They crouch down beside the nearest to them.)

BARBARA: It looks like a glass torpedo.

IAN: Or a one-man submarine. Well, it's certainly designed for going under the water.

(BARBARA wanders a short distance away.)

DOCTOR: Under acid, more likely.

IAN: Yes. I don't know whether it's occurred to you Doctor, but this means this place is

inhabited.

DOCTOR: Oh yes, it has occurred to me. Let's see what it is, lets…

(He starts to try and undo the end of the first submarine.)

DOCTOR: Help me... Help me get this top off.

BARBARA: (Further down the beach.) Doctor!

DOCTOR: Yes?

BARBARA: There's another one over here... and there's something inside it!

8: EXT. BEACH

(Meanwhile SUSAN has left the TARDIS. Out side she finds a trail of footprints which lead

towards the centre of the island.)

SUSAN: Grandfather!

(There is no reply. Intrigued, she follows them, unaware that the web suited figure has come

out of hiding behind a rock and is following her.)

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