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Alien Worlds was a syndicated radio show created by radio personality Lee Hansen. It aired 26 half-hour episodes between 1979 and 1980, becoming well known for its realistic sound effects, high production values and documentary style of dialog. J. Michael Straczynski was one of the writers.
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00:08Within the far reaches of deep space, there remain unknown planets, journeys into galaxies
00:16yet uncharted. Stellar exploration is the newfound adventure. High above Earth's windy
00:25skies a thousand miles in space, a large wheeling disk lazily drifts in orbit. A space station
00:36whose official designation is the Arthur C. Clarke Astronomical Observatory. To those
00:43living and working aboard, it is simply called Starlab. Their lives and adventures become
00:51our story on the threshold of alien worlds.
01:13Coordinates bearing H-179, roger. This is Mission Control. You're cleared for EVA.
01:22Stand by, Mission Control. We have a red code report from Level C radio telescope.
01:27Roger, Starlab Control. Go ahead.
01:29Starlab Control, this is the spectral analysis officer, Level C. A radio telescope interferometry
01:36has detected unusual sunspot activity at a bearing of 409.
01:40Thanks, Bill. Keep us posted. What's going on, Jerry? I'm not sure, Tim, but we're going
01:45to find out. Starlab Control, this is Telescope 4, Level D. We're tracking with Level C.
01:51Yeah, Ken. Solar graphs show high density activity. All right, Level D. Print through the data
01:57on the ICM recorder, please. Right control. It's online. Look at this. What? That's more
02:14solar activity in the last two minutes than we've seen in two years. I'd better call Dr. Cassidy.
02:25Meanwhile, on Earth, the effect of the sun's strange activity begins.
02:32Kansas City, Missouri, 8.05 p.m. Good evening, Mr. Jenny. Good to see you again.
02:39Thanks, Ron. Now, would the two of you care for a bottle of wine?
02:42Yes, all right. I think that's a good idea. Great. The usual, Ron. All right. Well, I'm
02:51certain you'll love the food here, Sylvia. It's a very special place. It's been a favorite
02:56spot of mine for years. I've known the owner a long time, too. What's that? Huh, that's
03:04strange. Probably just a heavy truck going by on the street outside. My God, Roger.
03:10It's a very special place.
03:24Earthquakes, tidal waves, and temperature shifts around the globe slowly intensify. A solar
03:33mystery unfolds. And back on Starlab, the disorder becomes even more apparent.
03:39Twenty-one thirty hours.
03:43Starlab control, this is scope four, level D. We've just tracked a third major flare-out
03:48on the sun's Earth side.
03:50Level D, begin all radio telescope recorders. Feed us an audio scan. Plug in the Mycroft
03:55computers.
03:57Roger. Mycroft on. Log off scanners.
04:08Hi, Dr. Cassidy. Thanks for coming up here. I knew you'd want to know.
04:13All right, Tim. Now, what's going on?
04:15The three of our main telescopes are tracking the sun. Yes, and?
04:18Analysis indicates an incredible amount of solar flaring and abnormal sunspot activity.
04:23Earth stations are reporting earthquakes, tidal waves, and various other abnormalities.
04:27We've begun tracking confirmation through our Mycroft computer center.
04:31Okay, Tim.
04:33This is spectral analysis level C. We have a priority report.
04:36This is control level C. Go ahead.
04:38Jerry, I can't believe what we're seeing up here.
04:40What is it?
04:42It looks like we may be headed for a singularity condition on the sun.
04:46Singularity? You mean the sun's going out?
04:49Bill, are you sure? Listen, we'll send Tim up there right now.
04:53We'll need all your current graphs and radiation scan reports.
04:56Okay, Jerry.
04:56And Bill, you'd better set up radar solar tracking operations, too.
05:00Right, Dr. Cassidy.
05:01Tim, you'd better get up there now. Get all the graphs and Mycroft readings.
05:04Okay, Dr. Cassidy.
05:10I'm not looking forward to telling the ISA the sun is going dead.
05:16Knowledge concerning energy had become an important property to man.
05:20But the idea of the sun going out prematurely represents a new and very unusual situation for Dr. Cassidy and
05:30Starlab's research people.
05:32The beginning of a dark nightmare in the light of alien worlds.
05:49Alien worlds continues.
05:54To those aboard Starlab, a shiny rotating observatory high above Earth, the sun seemed to be going dead.
06:03Radio telescopes reveal a once fiery sun darkening.
06:09Research director Mara Cassidy contacts the International Space Authority.
06:16This is the ISA, Dr. Cassidy. Are you there?
06:19Yes, Commissioner.
06:21We've had a 20-degree temperature shift in the last hour in the Sahara, Ma.
06:25The satellite charts show glacier movement at the poles.
06:28It looks like an eclipse. What the hell's going on up there?
06:31We don't know exactly what's happening yet.
06:34But our Mycroft computer terminal shows readings that indicate the sun is losing electromagnetic energy at a rate greater than
06:41normal.
06:41We may be headed for a gravitational collapse.
06:44Pardon me, Dr. Cassidy. The mass proximity indicator is registering...
06:48Not now, Tim. I've got...
06:49Dr. Cassidy, are you setting up solar radiation scanning?
06:52What? Solar scanning?
06:55Oh, uh, yes, yes, we're working on it, sir.
06:58Tim have communications patch Mycroft through to the ISA computers.
07:02Uh, right.
07:03Commissioner White, I'm having our computer tech supply your office with a duplicate of our current information tapes.
07:08You'll have everything we've got shortly.
07:10Yes, yes, Doctor. My terminal is receding it now.
07:15Hey, is this right? It can't be.
07:20I'm afraid so, Commissioner White.
07:23We've got about sixty hours before the sun reaches singularity, and Earth freezes solid.
07:29What can we do to help?
07:31Well, first of all, we need you to send an SET up here right away.
07:34We need to make a house call.
07:36Well, the only space exploration team I've got for immediate loss that can handle this is Delta One.
07:42Delta One?
07:43Oh, wait a minute. That's Graydon, right? Captain John Graydon?
07:48And Buddy Griff. That's right, Ma.
07:50Oh, no, Commissioner. Isn't there anyone else you could send us?
07:53I'm sorry, Doctor. That's the team. We'll launch immediately.
07:57The ETA is, uh, three hours, ten minutes. Keep us informed, Ma. Huh?
08:02Yes, sir. We'll keep you informed. Out.
08:06Dr. Cassidy, what's wrong?
08:08I can't believe they're sending Buddy Griff up here.
08:11Hmph. They might as well let the damn sun go out.
08:16Delta One. SET command. Report to ISA pre-launch immediately.
08:21What? Oh, we just got in.
08:24Oh, you can't get a spare minute anywhere anymore.
08:27Oh, come on, Captain. Let's just finish this hand, huh?
08:30Oh, we better pass for now, Buddy. We better get down there.
08:33Pass? The man's 18 in back of me. I got a hot 21, and he says pass.
08:37It's just a game. We can pick it up later.
08:40It's just a game.
08:41I'll say it's just a game.
08:43All right, all right. ISA says jump, and Captain John Graydon jumps.
08:49That's how come you're a bloody hero and I'm just a lover.
08:51And that's the story of your life, right, Buddy?
08:58Dr. Cassidy, I just got back from spectral analysis.
09:02The mass proximity indicators are registering some kind of solid object near the sun.
09:08It's like a planetoid.
09:10Oh, Tim, don't be silly.
09:12The MPI is probably reading solar flare-off gases.
09:15But I think there's something there.
09:18Don't worry about it, Tim.
09:19Besides, the problem right now is the SCT crew they're sending us.
09:24I don't understand. Isn't that the next logical step?
09:28Logical step, yes.
09:30Logical team, no.
09:31Especially with Buddy Griff.
09:33Buddy Griff?
09:35Captain John Graydon's co-pilot.
09:37The Prince of Pomposity.
09:39John Graydon.
09:40I met him just after he got back from Altair.
09:44He's a great pilot.
09:45I remember a lecture he gave our academy class in 2010.
09:50It's not John who worries me.
09:52It's Griff.
09:54During the Altair mission, my father was with them.
09:56Buddy made a very bad judgment error with a photon laser.
10:00It caused my father's death.
10:03Oh, Doctor.
10:05I'm sorry.
10:07I had no idea.
10:09Yes.
10:10Well, never mind.
10:12I'll deal with that later.
10:14Well, let's get up to spectral analysis and take a look at this planetoid of yours.
10:19I'm really worried about this, Doctor.
10:22I have a theory that this object is affecting the sun.
10:26Now, don't ask me how the devil it got there.
10:28Tim, pull yourself together.
10:37Hi, fellas.
10:38Graydon.
10:38Commissioner White.
10:39Griff.
10:40Hey, what's it, Chief?
10:42Listen, men.
10:42We've got problems with the sun.
10:44Heavy solar activity that needs some first-hand observation.
10:47You'll be briefed on Starlab by Dr. Cassidy.
10:50Starlab, huh?
10:51That's right.
10:52They're expecting you right away.
10:54You'd better get over to launch control now.
10:56Have I got time to get some cigarettes?
10:58Come on, buddy.
11:00Let's go.
11:01Lock tanking secured.
11:03Lock tanking.
11:04Delta one.
11:05You are cleared for launch.
11:06Two, zero, three, zero, zero.
11:08Your trajectory is zero, one, zero degrees.
11:12Market control, zero, one, zero degrees.
11:17Give my regards to Earth Control.
11:19Five, four, three, two, one.
11:26Roger, Delta one.
11:28You have lifted up.
11:29All systems go.
11:31Oh, man.
11:31I just love a good rocket ride.
11:51ISA Launch Control reports Delta-1 liftoff, Dr. Cassidy.
11:55Their ETA is a little less than two hours.
11:57All right, Tim, keep me informed.
11:58Yes, Doctor.
12:00There's more data coming in on the mass proximity indicator.
12:03What do you mean?
12:05Instruments show a planet-sized mass does exist.
12:08It's roughly on the same plane of the ecliptic, someplace inside the orbit of Venus.
12:14A planet?
12:15In the orbit of Venus?
12:18You're crazy, Tim.
12:19I realize it sounds bizarre, but...
12:21Look, Tim, we both checked the radio telescope reports from spectral analysis.
12:25There were no visible signs of any planetoid.
12:28Well, there must be something wrong with the MPI.
12:31Have the technicians comp you scan the circuits.
12:33But, Dr. Cassidy...
12:34And when Delta-1 docs bring them to my office?
12:37Yes, Doctor.
12:41As the sun's unusual activity continues,
12:45Star Lab researchers work around the clock to unlock the mystery.
12:49Tim has found a clue, which Dr. Cassidy believes to be a fluke.
12:55Computer error?
12:57Maybe.
12:58But what Tim may have found could be the first sign of alien worlds.
13:18Alien worlds continues.
13:23Alien worlds continues.
13:26Dr. Cassidy threatens the survival of Earth.
13:29A solar exploration team is sent to investigate, under the direction of Dr. Mara Cassidy at Star Lab, a space
13:37observatory.
13:39There is little time.
13:45Dr. Cassidy?
13:46Yes, Tim?
13:47Delta-1 reporting.
13:48Captains Graydon and Griff.
13:50Thank you, Tim.
13:51Come in, gentlemen.
13:52Hello, Dr. Cassidy.
13:54Good to see you again.
13:55Hello, Captain Graydon.
13:56Griff.
13:57Hiya, Doc.
13:58Hey, where's the hero's welcome?
14:00No band, no parade, no hats and horns?
14:01I thought this was a big deal.
14:03Like the big deal with my father, right?
14:06Oh, look, lady, there were problems for all of us on Altair.
14:10What happened with your father could have involved anybody.
14:12It just happened to be me.
14:14That's right, buddy.
14:15It just happened to be you.
14:17All right, you two.
14:18Enough of this.
14:19We've got work to do.
14:20Can you tell us why we're here, Doctor?
14:22Well, you've observed the unusual solar activity during the past few hours.
14:25Yes, of course.
14:27We were wondering if there are any solar collecting activities that could be causing this.
14:31No, we've checked that.
14:32There's something going on with the sun itself.
14:34That's why we need you to take pictures and run solar tests close up before it goes dead.
14:40Dead?
14:41The sun?
14:42Oh, Doc, you've been out without a space suit too long.
14:45That's impossible.
14:46No, I'm afraid it's not impossible, buddy.
14:49Watch the computer terminal.
14:51Tim?
14:51Right.
14:57That's frightening.
14:58Wow.
14:59What's our bottom line?
15:00I want you to get as close as you can.
15:02We'll have you patched into the Mycroft computer.
15:05We can then direct you from that point as to what to do next.
15:07Oh, just what I need to end up as barbecued spaceman.
15:10We'd better get rolling.
15:11Right.
15:12Uh, Tim, take Captains Graydon and Griff down to mission control.
15:15All right.
15:15Good luck, you two.
15:16We'll get the story for you, Maura.
15:18Yeah, and if you're real good, we'll sell you the rights.
15:21Bye.
15:25I didn't expect you two at Star Labs so quick.
15:28Oh, we didn't either, Tim.
15:29But we had this tailwind.
15:30A tailwind?
15:32Right.
15:33By the way, Captain Graydon, I feel I should tell you there's something out there by the sun.
15:39Oh, really?
15:39What do you mean, Tim?
15:40I have a theory about all this.
15:43Theory?
15:44What theory?
15:45About what?
15:45Well, I'm certain there's a planetoid out there next to the sun drawing off energy.
15:51A planetoid?
15:53You think it's alien?
15:55Well, let me put it this way.
15:58It's not ours.
16:04We haven't been able to track it visually because of the glare from the sun's rays, so I can't prove
16:10my theory yet.
16:11Hmm.
16:12Well, we'll keep an eye out, Tim.
16:14Thanks for the tip.
16:15Right.
16:16So long and good luck.
16:19Thanks, Tim.
16:32Delta-1, you want a T-minus-30, launch.
16:36Roger, Starlab Control.
16:37T-minus-28 and counting.
16:40Delta-1, telecom computer lock.
16:44775 megahertz.
16:46Our micro-pheta transfer is online.
16:49Channel 775 locked.
16:53Transfers online.
16:54Check.
16:55Starlab Control, we're on the grid.
16:585, 4, 3, 2, 1.
17:04Lift away.
17:10As Delta-1 moves into the black depth of space,
17:16Captains Graydon and Griff set a course for a dying sun.
17:23We're getting close.
17:25Is shielding operational?
17:27It is now, Captain.
17:31Delta-1, this is Starlab.
17:33We scope you at 214 degrees during 030.
17:38We have visual radio telescope contract with you.
17:42MPI shows a planet-sized mass close to your present position.
17:46You are off course by 0.2.5 degrees.
17:50Have you visual contact?
17:52Starlab.
17:55Starlab, this is Delta-1.
17:56Do you receive?
17:57Over.
17:58What the?
18:00Skipper?
18:01What's happening, buddy?
18:02Where's our power?
18:04The main rockets just went branchless.
18:06Flame out.
18:07We've lost our maneuvering power.
18:08The radio's gone, too.
18:11Fire retros.
18:12I am, Skipper.
18:14Nothing.
18:15They're like a plate of cold spaghetti.
18:17We're being pulled off course.
18:19The compass has gone berserk.
18:21What is happening?
18:23Buddy, what the devil is that?
18:26What?
18:27Where?
18:28Look.
18:29Over here.
18:30Through the infrared viewing screen.
18:32Off the port side.
18:34Where did that come from?
18:36It's huge.
18:38It's definitely not an asteroid.
18:40No, it's too spherical.
18:42Well, whatever it is, we're being pulled towards it.
18:44Look at the size of that thing.
18:48Tim, I wonder if that's what Tim was babbling about.
18:51You don't suppose what, Captain?
18:55Never mind.
18:57That's the strangest looking thing I've ever seen.
18:59It's got to be some kind of a giant vehicle.
19:03Like a planetoid, Captain?
19:06I didn't really want to say it.
19:08Ah, yeah, I know.
19:09Well, hang on, Captain.
19:10We're on a collision course with it.
19:15Dr. Cassidy.
19:16Look.
19:17On the tracking screen.
19:18Delta One.
19:19It's...
19:20It's gone.
19:21What's happened to them?
19:22They vanished.
19:23Right off the screen.
19:24The scopes.
19:25The radios.
19:26Everything.
19:27They're gone.
19:28I knew it.
19:30Keep trying to establish contact.
19:32We've got to locate them.
19:38Hey, Captain.
19:40What happened?
19:42Who turned out the lights?
19:44Buddy, we're inside Tim's planetoid.
19:48What?
19:49Oh, man.
19:50I must have blacked out.
19:52Look, over there.
19:53An opening.
19:54That's where we must have come in.
19:58Hey, what's that?
20:00Something's outside the hatch door.
20:02I think we've got company.
20:09I...
20:10I...
20:11I hope that's the name of the hotel.
20:14Disembark your craft.
20:15You are under Mar-Gab control.
20:18Do not resist.
20:20I guess you better do as he says, buddy.
20:22They look pretty gruesome.
20:23Really?
20:25Alien beings.
20:27We've made content with aliens.
20:30I am Golgon of the Mar-Gab Confederacy.
20:34Come with us.
20:37I'm Captain John Graydon, ISA Terra.
20:40Where are you taking us?
20:45I always knew I should have taken foreign languages.
20:49All right, don't get pushy.
20:51Get their claws off me.
20:53Boy, are you weird-looking.
20:56I know of no Mar-Gab Confederacy, at least in this galaxy.
20:59Well, me neither, Chief.
21:02Wow.
21:04This must be the lobby.
21:06Commander Konar, we have intruders on Voltar.
21:11Intruders?
21:11By what reason do you come to Voltar?
21:14Uh, well, Doc, you see, we really didn't plan on it.
21:16But, uh, you might say we sort of fell into it, you know what I mean?
21:19Why do you approach Voltar, Sun Miners?
21:22Sun Miners?
21:23We're from Terra, Earth.
21:25We're not intruders.
21:27We're on an emergency mission.
21:28Our son is dying.
21:29Uh, Captain, we've just stumbled onto the reason.
21:33I am Tsar Konar, commander of the Mar-Gab Confederacy,
21:39fifth galaxy of Tremion.
21:41You are intruders.
21:43Look, Commander Konar, we were pulled off our mission by you.
21:47You have entered Forbidden Space, Mar-Gab Space.
21:52Mar-Gab Space?
21:54What are you doing to our sun?
21:55We collect and store great energy from many suns.
22:00Yours is not the first.
22:02Yeah?
22:03Well, listen, you sun-stealers.
22:05Earth can't survive without that energy.
22:07Then you shall perish.
22:09We take suns in many galaxies.
22:12It must be so for Mar-Gab existence.
22:16Hey, no way, you oversized tin termite.
22:19We're not gonna stand for this.
22:21Buddy, no, don't.
22:25Buddy, are you all right?
22:27It's all right, Captain, run for it.
22:28I'll handle these things.
22:30Seize them.
22:32Run for it, Skip.
22:33Get out of here.
22:34Buddy, are you crazy?
22:35Run, damn it.
22:39In here.
22:40I'll duck behind the skirter.
22:43Okay, now, down this quarter.
22:46Through here.
22:47Oh, which ramp?
22:48Which ramp?
22:49That one, that's it.
22:51There, there's the ship.
22:55Oh, if I could just manage to get...
22:59Oh, I'm too close for cover.
23:06All right, I made it.
23:08Oh, no.
23:09I sure hope that energy field is null.
23:12Come on, baby.
23:13Come on, fly, Delta One.
23:16Fire, damn it.
23:20All right, Delta One.
23:22Let's get the hell out of here.
23:25I'm moving.
23:26I'm moving.
23:27The force field is null.
23:29Good.
23:31Instruments shall be clear.
23:32I'm through.
23:33I've made it.
23:35I can't believe it.
23:38Oh, no.
23:39It's...
23:40Wait a minute.
23:40What's this?
23:41Pull.
23:42Oh, no.
23:43They've got a pressure beam on me.
23:45I've got to go FTL.
23:46Quick.
23:49Okay.
23:50I'm out of their orbit.
23:52Wait.
23:53Buddy.
23:54What about Buddy?
23:55I've got to get back.
23:56I've got to get help.
23:57I can't just leave them there.
24:01Starlab Control.
24:02This is Delta One.
24:03Come in, Starlab Control.
24:05This is Starlab Control.
24:07Starlab.
24:07Thank God.
24:09This is Delta One.
24:11I've been overtaken.
24:13We've been in contact with alien beings.
24:16Delta One.
24:17Where are you both?
24:17You've been on my school, sir.
24:19The planetoid.
24:21Tim was right.
24:22It does exist.
24:24There are aliens.
24:25John Graydon uses every faculty to blast free of the Markab aliens and return to Starlab.
24:32Call themselves Markabs.
24:34Buddy's still inside.
24:35We've got to get them out.
24:36Thoughts of what he just experienced race through his mind at laser speed.
24:41It is imperative to warn Starlab and Earth.
24:46The threat is no longer theory.
24:48It is reality.
24:50Graydon and Griff have made contact with alien worlds.
25:22High above Earth's windy skies.
25:25A thousand miles in space.
25:28The Astronomical Space Observatory Starlab lazily drifts in orbit.
25:35Research teams aboard have detected strange solar activity on Earth's sun.
25:42Space exploration team John Graydon and Buddy Griff are sent to investigate and face a bizarre encounter.
25:51We're being pulled off course.
25:53The compass has gone berserk.
25:55Buddy, what the devil is that?
25:57Where did that come from?
25:59It's huge.
26:01Whatever it is, we're being pulled towards it.
26:03Hang on, Skipper.
26:04We're on a collision course with it.
26:06Delta One is mysteriously pulled aboard an alien planetoid.
26:11I am Tsar Konar, commander of the Marca Confederacy, fifth galaxy of Tremion.
26:21You are intruder.
26:23Buddy, are you all right?
26:25Run for a ship.
26:26I'll handle these things.
26:27But resisting, Buddy Griff creates a diversion, allowing John Graydon to escape from the alien planetoid aboard the Delta One
26:36spaceship.
26:37Starlab Control, this is Delta One.
26:40Come in, Starlab Control.
26:42Ready to start with you all.
26:44Number one.
26:44Where do you think you've been off on the computer now?
26:47The planetoid.
26:48Tim was right.
26:49It does exist.
26:51There are aliens.
26:52I've been overtaken.
26:54John Graydon, shaken by the alien encounter, returns to Starlab in part two of the Sunstealers on Alien Worlds.
27:19He's here, Dr. Cassidy.
27:21They're bringing Captain Graydon in now.
27:23Okay, Tim, come on.
27:27It's pretty strange, isn't it?
27:29What, Tim?
27:30Well, haven't you heard?
27:32I mean, something went wrong.
27:34They were overtaken by aliens.
27:36Buddy didn't get out.
27:38I've only gotten the preliminary report.
27:40I'm not sure about any aliens yet.
27:42Hi, Mara.
27:43Tim.
27:44Jerry, where is he?
27:45He's in the isolation airlock chamber.
27:47How is he?
27:48Doc Benson says he'll be all right.
27:50Radiation levels are minor, but there's enough presence to leave him in the capsule for at least an hour.
27:55We need to run a couple more tests.
27:56You can talk to him on the intercom.
27:58Good, Jerry.
27:59Tim, pull the Mycroft onboard computer tapes and begin decoding them.
28:03Better check over Delta One's flight recorders, too.
28:05Send all the information to the ISA.
28:07All right.
28:11John, thank God you're okay.
28:13Mara.
28:14Mara, we're not alone out here.
28:16Buddy didn't make it out.
28:18He's inside an alien planetoid.
28:21It's draining the sun's energy.
28:22Take it easy, John.
28:24What's draining energy?
28:25The Marcabs.
28:27What?
28:27Oh, Mara, they're awful.
28:30Well, like insects, tall, very tall.
28:32I'd say maybe about seven feet.
28:35Their bodies are black and shiny.
28:37They claw like hands and large radiating eyes.
28:41Oh, Lord.
28:43Buddy.
28:44What about him?
28:45Is he...
28:45Buddy caused a diversion so I could escape.
28:48We've got to get back there and get him out.
28:50Well, of course, John.
28:51Dr. Cassidy, we have the ISA.
28:54We're feeding them to your televideo screen.
28:57All right.
28:58I hope they've got a lead on all this.
29:02Mara, we just got the reports.
29:04It's unbelievable.
29:05How's Graydon doing?
29:07He's here in quarantine, Commissioner White.
29:09Listen, I trust you've received the flight tapes by now?
29:12Oh, yes, Mara.
29:14We haven't come up with anything solid yet, though.
29:16We're still trying to analyze all the information.
29:18But I'm afraid the computers at Jardell Institute have given us a new prediction.
29:23What are you talking about?
29:24Well, doctor, according to them, we have less than nine hours before the sun reaches a point of non-recovery.
29:30There's really not enough time for us physically to analyze and return you all that data.
29:35So what does that mean?
29:36Well, Mara, I'm afraid you're on your own.
29:39It's up to your people at Star Labs to stop those aliens.
29:42Their eyes turn instinctively toward a dimming ball of fire hanging in space.
29:50The sun is fading, dying, and with it the future of Earth.
29:56The hopes of a planet ride upon their shoulders as they prepare an opposition against alien worlds.
30:15Alien worlds continues.
30:19The life expectancy of Earth has been reduced to nine hours as our sun fades into obscurity.
30:29Alien creatures revealed as the Mar-Cab Confederacy continue to drain our solar energy.
30:38Star Lab Research Director Mara Cassidy, along with her assistant Tim and space exploration captain John Graydon,
30:46are the only ones who can stop the Mar-Cabs, if indeed they can be stopped.
30:54Oh, John.
30:55Well, come on in.
30:56Glad to see you out of quarantine.
30:58That makes two of us, Mara.
30:59How are you feeling?
31:00Much better, thanks.
31:02Good.
31:03Uh, can you recreate for me just exactly what happened to you and Griff aboard Delta One?
31:09Well, uh, we were within the ecliptic range of the sun about five minutes out,
31:15and, uh, we were getting ready for our first photo scan pass.
31:19Yes.
31:19And all of a sudden our radios went dead, instruments, everything.
31:23We, we completely lost all power.
31:25Mm-hmm.
31:27Then we spotted this incredible object about five kilometers in diameter,
31:32a metallic black with a large disc on top.
31:36And then?
31:37We lost control of the ship, and we were drawn into the object.
31:41We took about six Gs.
31:42Everybody blacked out.
31:43Next thing I knew, we were taken off the ship by the aliens that I told you about.
31:47They told us they were mining the sun's energy.
31:51But how?
31:52I don't know.
31:54Oh, Tim.
31:56Good.
31:57You've got the Mycroft report?
32:00What's wrong?
32:01You're white as a sheet.
32:02That thing out there is the cosmic wonder of all time.
32:06Tell me about it.
32:07What did you find?
32:08Well, the Mycroft computer came through like Captain Video.
32:12Solar depth sensors, heat generation refractions, course deviations, wavelength correlations, video scan of the planetoid.
32:19Tim, get to the bloody point.
32:21What did you find?
32:22Uh, basic theory of electromagnetic energy, Dr. Cassidy.
32:27Electromagnetic energy?
32:28Yes, that's right.
32:29The alien planetoid is an electromagnetic field extracting ultraviolet radiation through infrared oscillation.
32:36Oh, wonderful.
32:38Oh, it means the Markabs are drawing ultraviolet light energy and converting it to a form of electricity.
32:44That would explain the invisibility.
32:46The radiation creates a massive shield around them which blends with the sun's rays.
32:50Exactly.
32:51That's why only the MPI picked it up originally on the infrared screens.
32:55Hmm, that's very interesting.
32:57That's not all.
32:57The tractor beam that pulled you into the planetoid was also magnetically energized.
33:03I see.
33:04Well, that would explain the compass going crazy just before we lost control.
33:08Wait.
33:10That's it.
33:11What?
33:12We haven't got much time.
33:13Tim, get over to the hydro lab.
33:15Have them assemble a 50 megawatt portable CMG.
33:18We'll use the Michelson interferometer principle.
33:22A countermagnetic generator, of course.
33:25A beam splitter.
33:26Oh, brilliant doctor.
33:28I'll meet you two in the briefing room in 20 minutes.
33:32I think you two blew a capacitor in your brains.
33:35You've lost me.
33:37I'm just a space pilot.
33:38And that's just exactly what we need you to be, John.
33:41It's a long shot.
33:42But it's the only one we've got.
33:44An 1880 theory that could put the Markhebs right out of business.
33:48Come on.
33:49I'm going over to the lab.
33:50We need to get together Delta One.
33:51We're going into that planetoid.
33:54If this works, John, we may be able to turn the Markheb energy field back on top of them.
33:58If I can figure out a way to deactivate the presser beam.
34:02Do you think you can get us back in?
34:04Yes.
34:05Yes, I'm sure of it.
34:06But we'll need some kind of an escort to create a diversion.
34:09I'll go up to mission control and recruit a few pilots from Stargazer One.
34:13Okay.
34:14I'll meet you in briefing within half an hour.
34:15As time continues to slip into the past, the future draws closer.
34:23They're designed to dethrone the Markheb power.
34:27A tenuous betide to the indelible.
34:31Meanwhile, planetoid captive Buddy Griff remains a solitary man to an alien world.
34:41Earth Man Intruder, your resistance to our way is useless.
34:46You don't give us any choice, Konar.
34:48By our very nature, we're survivors.
34:51We must resist.
34:52Ours is to destroy that which resists.
34:56Why do you have to destroy everything?
34:58Don't you guys know how to create?
35:00Our system of long ago was the victim of devastating destruction.
35:05We have long since created the power to never again be victims.
35:10It is the way of the cord.
35:13The cord?
35:14The rule of Markheb supremacy in the universe to destroy.
35:20Sounds like a case of bad karma, Doc.
35:23I do not understand.
35:25I can't believe I've actually gone over your seven-foot head.
35:29Karma is the...
35:30Take him away!
35:32Hey!
35:33What are you doing?
35:34You too!
35:35Shall be destroyed.
35:37We are the rulers of the light.
35:40Yours shall be the world of darkness.
35:44No, you'll never get away with this, Konar.
35:46My people will be back.
35:48You're all ruletics!
35:52Can't be a real planet.
35:54That's what this is all about.
35:55All right.
35:56You fellas have been asked to fly this mission based on your experience as fighter pilots.
36:01Now, we've programmed D-28 missiles aboard your ships for a diversion ploy on the Markhebs.
36:08Hopefully, the counterorbital passes will cause enough confusion to allow us time to land Delta-1 inside.
36:15Now, if we're not out by the 20-minute limit, you're instructed to launch full Titan Helotrobus missiles into the
36:22side of the Markheb planetoid, and then return to Starlab.
36:25Any questions?
36:29Any questions?
36:30Okay.
36:31We'll launch in eight minutes.
36:33Synchronized watches.
36:341,600 hours, 22 minutes, and 15 seconds.
36:39Mark.
36:41See you guys on the 50-yard line.
36:45As Starlab pilots prepare the final assault on the alien encounter, a galaxy clings to the hope of triumph on
36:55Alien Worlds.
37:18The Markheb aliens must be stopped.
37:22Their effect on Earth's sun is tantamount to galactic devastation.
37:27Starlab mounts the final front as John, Tim, and Mara prepare to effect the alien's demise.
37:35A-27 seconds and can't.
37:38Okay, Captain.
37:39The device is on board.
37:41Good.
37:41Mara, would you strap yourself in, please?
37:44Mission control Delta-1 on the grid for 0-2-8.
37:48Trajectory on 1-7-7-5.
37:51Roger Delta-1, you have a name.
37:54Clear.
37:56Mission control, this is prayer flight show.
37:59We're at interject on 5-0-5.
38:02Locked on configuration in Team 20 with Delta-1 leader, Vector 9.
38:07Captain John Braden prepares the leading assault on the Markheb Confederacy.
38:12Mark, Cassidy, and Tim ready themselves for the alien confrontation.
38:20All right, Tim, let's go over the mechanics of the CMG beam splitter.
38:23I have the timing device set for 18 minutes on the detonator.
38:27When it triggers, it'll pull every bit of energy within a radius of 5 kilometers into the magnet center.
38:33The energy overload will create a chain reaction.
38:36As the alien storage collector beams split, it'll blow them right out of the galaxy.
38:41Good.
38:42John, during the time the device triggers, we'll lose all magnetically operated instruments.
38:46You mean I should be ready to fly Delta-1 by the seat of my pants, so to speak.
38:50Hey, I like that.
38:52By the seat of my pants.
38:54It's an old term used when flying airplanes without instruments, Tim.
38:57You used to fly airplanes?
38:59Oh, John's a pilot of many experiences, Tim.
39:02Including pilot commander for the Jupiter-1 mission.
39:05Really?
39:06Oh, gee, that must have been some flight.
39:08Yeah.
39:09Mora remembers that one, don't you, Mora?
39:11She was our science officer.
39:13And a good one, too.
39:14That was my introduction to the ISA.
39:17And the last time I saw my father alive.
39:20Pardon me for asking, Doctor, but...
39:22What happened to your father?
39:25On Altair, I mean.
39:27My father was chief science officer for NASA.
39:30They were conducting neutron laser tests in zero gravity.
39:34He was setting up the guide path for the beam's target.
39:39Buddy Griff pre-detonated the laser's timing mechanism.
39:44My father was killed.
39:47Mora.
39:48Mora, listen.
39:49It's time you knew.
39:50That's not really what happened.
39:51It wasn't Buddy's mistake.
39:52What are you talking about?
39:53The report said that...
39:54I know all about the report.
39:55It was an accident.
39:57That's true.
39:58But your father miscalculated the laser's initial impact strength on the beam's path.
40:03The device was hot, overheated from testing all day.
40:07The heat triggered the premature detonation, not Buddy.
40:11How do you know all this?
40:13From Dr. Solomon, the project coordinator.
40:16He told me the whole story shortly after it happened.
40:19Buddy never said a word about it to anyone, including me.
40:24But it wasn't in the report.
40:26Why?
40:27Because Buddy wouldn't allow it in the report.
40:30Since your dad was a notable scientist, Buddy took full responsibility for his mistake.
40:34To clear his record.
40:36Why didn't Buddy tell me the truth?
40:39It's a strange guy.
40:41Buddy's a rebel.
40:42But he's also guided by a strong sense of honor.
40:46I see.
40:48All right.
40:49If you two are ready, I've got to get our act together before our Markab madmen discover we're here.
41:01Commander Konar.
41:03Enemy ships are approaching Voltar.
41:05Enemy vessels?
41:07More intruders?
41:09Who are they?
41:11They are of undetermined origin.
41:14But they appear to have an Earthcraft configuration.
41:17Launch the Voltanias.
41:19Destroy them at once.
41:31Interceptors launched on enemy targets.
41:35Closing.
41:39Captain, on the probe screen.
41:41Good eye, Tim.
41:42The Markabs have obviously spotted us.
41:45This is Delta-1 leader to strike force.
41:47Okay, you guys.
41:49Looks like this is the 50-yard line.
41:51Execute ZK-15s.
41:54Now.
41:58Now.
41:59Captain, you've got you covered.
42:02Now fly that raffle right down this road.
42:07This is Firefly 2.
42:10On the lead.
42:11Okay, flying.
42:12Flying.
42:12Here you go, Firefly.
42:16Roger, Firefly.
42:17You're in orbit at 139.
42:19You've got an extreme.
42:20Check it, run out.
42:21Roger, Firefly.
42:23This is Firefly.
42:25We've got you covered, Galaxy-9.
42:27Thanks for the flight.
42:31Hey, these guys, right 9.
42:33I'm with Dan Cohen.
42:34Right, Galaxy-9.
42:36That's a team, no turkey shoot.
42:39Well, looks like you've got your diversion, Captain.
42:41Right.
42:42And there's the planetoid.
42:44It really is incredibly large.
42:46Oh, my God.
42:47Hang on.
42:48We're going down.
42:49Mara, I sure hope your rig nullifies that tractor beam.
42:53Tim, program the key code.
42:55Five, five, one, three, lock.
42:59Energize.
43:00Lock, Captain.
43:02We should be clear of any field wave.
43:04Good.
43:05So much for part one.
43:07Now all we've got to do is find the right place to sit down.
43:10There.
43:11There's the opening.
43:13Radar configurations check out.
43:14There's the coordinates given on the open side.
43:17Mycroft's computations are correct.
43:19I love you, Mycroft.
43:21Not bad for an expensive adding machine.
43:23Mycroft's a lot more than that, Captain.
43:25Just kidding, Tim.
43:27Hang on.
43:28We're setting Delta One right in that pigeon hole.
43:36Okay.
43:38Let's get this over with.
43:40Here.
43:40Help me with the CMG.
43:42What?
43:51Okay.
43:53All right.
43:53You both have your communicators?
43:54Yeah.
43:55All right.
43:55Tim, you'll bring the CMG with me.
43:59Mora, you guard Delta One.
44:01And if you run into any trouble, you call us.
44:05You've got your laser drone, right?
44:06Right.
44:07All right.
44:07Don't be afraid to use it if you have to.
44:09I'm ready, Captain.
44:11We'll set up the jamming device.
44:13Then I'm going to try and find Buddy.
44:15Okay, Tim.
44:16Let's go.
44:17Good luck.
44:19Good grief.
44:20Did they have to make this thing so heavy?
44:25Oh, God.
44:26Oh, God, it's cold in here.
44:28Oh, this place is amazing.
44:31I've got to get some pictures of this interior.
44:41Oh, someone's coming.
44:43We'll look down this corridor.
44:45Let's look over here.
44:46Very well.
44:48The aircraft, it's back.
44:50And the prisoner has escaped.
44:53Where is he?
44:54Somewhere in this quadrant.
44:56I'll look for him.
44:57Call the guards.
44:58Find the other Earthlings.
44:59Quick.
45:00The alarm.
45:06Captain Graydon.
45:07Come in.
45:08John.
45:09Yes, Mora.
45:10They know we're here.
45:11I just saw two of them.
45:13They said something about an escaped prisoner.
45:16That can only be Buddy.
45:17What do you want me to do?
45:19Check your locator.
45:21Make sure you don't get lost.
45:22And then go for it, Mora.
45:24Follow them.
45:25Be careful.
45:26If you find Buddy, call me.
45:28Okay.
45:38Earthman.
45:39So you think you can escape.
45:42You cannot hide from Garagon.
45:45Oh, hey, hiya, Chief.
45:47Hide me?
45:48Nah.
45:49I was just giving you a little exercise, you know?
45:51It's sort of keeping you on your toes.
45:52Your spacecraft has returned.
45:55Returned?
45:56Delta One?
45:57What do you mean?
45:58He means...
45:59The fuck?
46:00Ah!
46:02Hey, all right, lady.
46:04Pretty fair shooting.
46:05You're just in time.
46:06I was just in the middle of escaping.
46:08Where's John?
46:09John, you didn't fly here by yourself, did you?
46:13Oh, no.
46:14He and Tim are down in the power collecting room.
46:15We brought a CMG to blow this place to kingdom come.
46:20CMG.
46:21What's that?
46:21One of your toys?
46:22It's a countermagnetic generator.
46:24We think it'll counteract the method the Marcaps are using to draw energy from the sun.
46:28Ah, sweetheart, save it.
46:29Maybe later, over dinner perhaps?
46:31Oh, that's right.
46:32We better get out of here.
46:33And hopefully not any too soon.
46:35Now, quick, down this corridor.
46:40How much longer, Tim?
46:41Just two more connections here.
46:44Hand me those leads.
46:46Tim, you're shaking like a leaf.
46:48Yeah, I know.
46:49I just hate working under this much pressure.
46:51Well, now's a fine time to cop to that one.
46:54I'm okay.
46:56There.
46:57That's it.
46:58I wonder where Mara is.
46:59I can't raise her on the communicator.
47:01Should I set the timer now?
47:02Well, we'll have 18 minutes, you know.
47:04Yes, set it.
47:05You get back to Delta One, and I'll head back the other way.
47:08And then if I...
47:09Captain, watch out!
47:10Stop!
47:12Surrender!
47:16Tim!
47:17I never knew you had it in you.
47:19I can't believe I did that!
47:22All right, set the timer.
47:23Let's get out of here.
47:25Set!
47:28There!
47:28There they are!
47:29Stop them!
47:31Quick!
47:32Tim, this way!
47:38John and Tim find themselves trapped by the Markovs.
47:42The CMG timer has been set.
47:45Only precious moments remain before a deadly explosion.
47:50Look!
47:51There's Buddy!
47:55Hey, hey, hey, all right, John!
47:59Buddy, thank God.
48:00Where's Mara?
48:01Back at Delta One.
48:02We've only got two minutes.
48:06Hurry!
48:07Get on board, Mara.
48:08All right.
48:20All right.
48:31We have made ignition.
48:33Clearing the planetoid.
48:35Oh, yeah!
48:37CMG detonation, 15 seconds.
48:40Telemetry, 4 plus 4.
48:42Stand by to hit faster than light speed.
48:46Check.
48:47FTL, primary ignition.
48:4910 seconds to detonation.
48:51FTL, main power.
48:54Now!
48:56We're clear!
48:57We've made it!
48:59Oh, thank God!
49:00CMG detonation, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
49:07There they go.
49:11It worked!
49:12Of course it worked!
49:14And so we bid farewell to the Goose-O-Means
49:17as they and their planetoid sink slowly into the west
49:21and the east
49:22and the north.
49:26Together, a small group of people
49:29with tremendous courage and confidence
49:32have saved Earth from the threat of eternal darkness.
49:37The Markab Sun Miners have been destroyed soon enough
49:40to allow the sun's own energy
49:43to regain its mighty power.
49:46The heroism of Delta One's mission
49:49has relieved the galaxy from the peril of alien worlds.
50:17Alien Worlds was created, produced, and directed
50:21by Lee Hansen.
50:22Associate producer, Jeff Allen.
50:25Our engineer was Stu Jacobs.
50:27Production coordinator, Aaron O'Neill.
50:30Produced and distributed by Watermark Incorporated.
50:33Executive producer, Tom Rounds.
50:47Executive producer, Tom Rounds.
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