Bucky O' Hare In Invasion Of The Daleks by Andrew Norris SCENE ONE A Darkened Room on The Toad Mothership TOAD AIR MARSHAL is speaking to a dustbin-shaped creature, its appearance obscured by the light. AIR MARSHAL: Only then shall we release your Emperor, do you understand? ROBOT: (Mechanical Staccato) Very well. The creature trundles off, the door whirs open and shut from off stage, TOAD AIR MARSHAL grins evilly to himself. AIR MARSHAL: Not long now, Bucky O' Hare. SCENE TWO Sector 29, Space The Righteous Indignation hovers slowly over a few planets, waiting for something. BUCKY: Nothing. JENNY: But this is where the emergency transmission came from, but there's nothing here! BUCKY: I don't like it, Jen. We'd better let Dogstar know. (Flicks on the radio) Calling Commander Dogstar. Do you read me? Over? SCENE THREE An Adjacent Sector of Space The Indefatigable flies almost at a neutral pace. DOGSTAR and WOLF are at the controls. DOGSTAR: Commander Dogstar here, old boy. What's the trouble? BUCKY: (On Radio) We've reached Sector 29; we can't find any stranded vessels. DOGSTAR: Maybe you're a few degrees off, old boy. BUCKY: No, this is definitely in orbit of Zavia, bearing 2730 Green. But I can't s... Wait, there it is! DOGSTAR: Good show, Bucky! We'll be there. A.S.A.P. Dogstar out. He severs his link with Bucky. DOGSTAR: (To Wolf) Set course for Planet Zavia, and hurry. WOLF: Roger, sir. Standing by for a hyperspace jump. The Indefatigable makes a hyperspace jump and disappears. SCENE FOUR Back in Sector 29 A geometrically shaped vessel, rather like a cargo ship, hovers in front of The Righteous Indignation. The ice storms of Zavia cast silvery-blue reflections across its hull, revealing the pointed ends of its dodecahedron body. JENNY: I'll call Willy. They may have engine trouble. She leans back, as her spell gems begin to glow. JENNY: (Mutters to herself) Willy, are you there? Willy? Down in the lower decks, DEADEYE and BRUISER chatter about the vessel. DEADEYE: I dunno, Bruiser. That ship be very familiar. BRUISER: Yeah, déjà vu or what? WILLY'S door appears from the far end of the engine room. WILLY steps out. WILLY: Hi guys. What's happening? DEADEYE: (Pointing to craft outside) It be that hunk o' space scrap out there. BRUISER: Yeah, it's kinda creepy. On the upper decks, JENNY and BUCKY detect strange activity from the unidentified craft. BUCKY: (Gazing at his instruments) I'm getting strong impulses of ultramagnetism from that thing! JENNY: The Geiger Counters' getting well over Safety Level! A strong beam hits the ship, rocking her back and forth. The entire frigate is now glowing an eerie greenish-blue. Everyone, including BLINKY, are beginning to drift off to sleep. WILLY: (Sleepily) What's going on? BUCKY slowly drifts off; JENNY is fully under the beams control, and is asleep. BUCKY: (Tired) Must...Fight back...Must... The beam is too strong, and eventually, he is asleep. SCENE FIVE Inside the Geometrical Spacecraft BUCKY, JENNY, DEADEYE, WILLY and BLINKY all lie unconscious on a cold, metal floor. BUCKY slowly opens his eyes, and gazes up at a small shade of light beaming a circle around them. He slowly gets up, and hears a pulsing buzz. He hears something move in the darkness around them. ROBOT: (High-Pitched Metallic voice) Captain Bucky O' Hare. It appears you have recovered from the coma cannon. BUCKY: Who the hell are you? ROBOT: You do not recognise us O' Hare? After you destroyed one of our Scouting Parties. The ROBOT appears into the light, revealing that he is a Dalek, overall silver with dark blue bumps. BUCKY begins to remember his previous encounter with The Daleks. The Invasion of Planet Junglos, along with their emotionless Supreme Dalek. BUCKY: (Gazing at him) A drone, are you? DALEK: I am a Warrior Dalek. The Dalek Supreme is no longer in command, and you will pay for his death. BUCKY: How can you without a Leader? DALEK: We will not avenge his death through your extermination...yet. Our Emperor is held captive by your allies, The Toads. Once he is released, we will conquer all, and destroy those who resist. BUCKY: (Angry) The Toads are our enemies! Not our friends! We can just help you rather than pay a ransom. DALEK: The Daleks do not require co-operation from inferior creatures. We are a superior race. You will merely suffer with the rest of your friends. He trundles off into the abyss. BUCKY tries to stand up, but his legs are too weak. His efforts wake up JENNY, whom has been draped over his feet. JENNY: (Weak) Wh...What's happening? BUCKY: It's The Daleks. They're going to use us to pay ransom for their Emperor. JENNY: But...I thought we destroyed them. BUCKY: That was only a Scout Party. We need to contact Dogstar fast; they plan to conquer the Aniverse soon after. That may be quite fast judging by their weapons. He begins to succumb to the Coma Cannons' effects again, and collapses alongside a snoozing WILLY. BUCKY: (Groggily) Must...Get...Dogstar. As he falls asleep, JENNY too begins to drift off. She is able to activate the Emergency Transmitter on her intercom before she falls back to sleep. SCENE SIX The Indefatigable DOGSTAR and WOLF have intercepted the Emergency signal, and both try to respond. DOGSTAR: Commander Dogstar here, what's wrong, Jenny? Silence WOLF: This doesn't seem right, sir. DOGSTAR: I know, Wolf. Whatever it is, it's now moving away from Sector 29. The frequency now bears 5170 Red, near Planet Miranna...Stars! WOLF: What is it, sir? DOGSTAR: Miranna is The Planet Of Fire! They could burn up! He activates his radio DOGSTAR: Digger! I want full power from the engines! Get as much juice out of her as you can! DIGGER: (On Radio) Yes, Sir. As soon as I can find... There is a small crash, DOGSTAR sighs. DOGSTAR: Pete, is Digger OK? PETE: (On Radio) Yup. DOGSTAR: RumbleBee, prepare the Maser. We may need it. RUMBLEBEE: (On Radio) Yes, Commander, Bzz, Bzz. DOGSTAR: (To Wolf) Change course to Miranna, and hurry. WOLF: But sir! Our maximum speed is in ultradrive! If we exceed Hyperdrive speed, we'll burn up! DOGSTAR: So will Bucky if we don't reach him soon, now come on! WOLF: Yes, sir. Standing by to correct course. Ultradrive activating. The engines of The Indefatigable begin to gather power, as she is sent hurdling through the depths of space at incredible speed. SCENE SEVEN The Toad Mothership The Mothership is in orbit of The Planet Miranna, a large ball of smoke and flames, burning for all eternity. The Dalek Shuttle slowly hovers towards the Green monster, and slowly docks inside the huge mouth. TOAD AIR MARSHAL is waiting in the dock along with FRIX, FRAX, and a few TOADS who are huddled around a large metallic crate, glowing yellow as electricity surges through the casing. FRIX: I sure hope The Air Marshal knows what he's doing FRAX: Yeah, this could turn out as another failure. AIR MARSHAL: Quiet, you two snivelling cowards! What makes you think some mechanized trash can is going to overthrow The Toad Empire? BUCKY, JENNY, DEADEYE, BLINKY and WILLY are led sluggishly down the ramp by several DALEKS. They now have been cuffed at the arms and ankles. BLINKY: Humble robot fears awful Dalek selves. One DALEK trundles up to TOAD AIR MARSHAL. The prisoners stop in front of a mixture of DALEKS and TOADS. DALEK: You have The Emperor? AIR MARSHAL: Hand over Captain O' Hare, first. DALEK: Very well. (Turns to other Daleks) Release the prisoners. BUCKY and COMPANY are shoved into several TOADS by Dalek Plungers. DALEK: Now, release Our Emperor! Now! AIR MARSHAL: Here you go. The glowing electrical field on the crate is switched off, as the metal crate collapses. THE EMPEROR DALEK trundles out. Unlike a conventional Dalek, he is overall gold, with only three rows of 'bumps'. He has the usual plunger and death ray appendages, but also has an enormous spherical head section instead of a dome. The eyestalk has red rings around the centre of the stalk rather than pale blue, and has seven light bulbs around the rear of the sphere, which also light up whenever he speaks. EMPEROR: (Low Monotone) Now that The Emperor will rule over his subjects once more... Part of the sphere rotates, so he may observe the Toads. EMPEROR: (Continued) I order that you exterminate them! TOAD AIRMARSHAL runs off in abject terror. Several TOADS, including FRIX and FRAX, among them. BUCKY and COMPANY dive into a storage room, as The DALEKS begin to advance across The Toad Mothership, firing death rays to and fro. DALEKS: (Screeching) Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! SCENE EIGHT The Store Room DEADEYE is using small parts from Toad Rifles to pick their locks. BUCKY, now free of his bonds, stands pondering. BUCKY: I don't like it. WILLY: What? BUCKY: How many Daleks exactly are there? WILLY: Well, they have about 200 Motherships and 450 Assault Shuttles in the entire Dalek Army. 400 Daleks to a Mothership, 25 to a Shuttle. JENNY: (As DEADEYE gets her free) So, 650 multiplied by 425... BUCKY: (Finishes her sentence) ...is equal to 276,250! WILLY: Not including them. BUCKY: Not including what? SCENE EIGHT Torture Rooms The Torture Rooms aboard the Mothership are now a huge battleground for warring Daleks and Toads. THE EMPEROR trundles up to another DALEK, outside in the corridor. EMPEROR: How many casualties? DALEK: 12 Daleks damaged, 3 destroyed. 15 Toads annihilated, 7 injured. EMPEROR: Order The Special Weapons Dalek into position. From the corridor, BUCKY and DEADEYE watch a machine-like monster clank its way out of The Dalek Mothership and down the corridors. This is THE SPECIAL WEAPONS DALEK. There is only one word to describe the beast "Tank". Its skirt is filthy and oily, parts of gold bumps and a white body only just visible in some places. There is no eyestalk or plunger, just a huge cannon mounted on the front, with a reinforced steel dome atop of this thing, surrounded by small red squares, perhaps the vision sensors. The entire torso is a mount of metal upon metal made like a suit of armour. BUCKY and DEADEYE close the door, but leave a small gap to see what is happening. As THE SPECIAL WEAPONS DALEK advances, several TOADS advance upon it, screeching maniacally. TOAD #1: C'mon! We're not gonna let some electrified Spam-cans take over us! TOAD #2: Yeah! What are we, Toads or Tadpoles? As he speaks, THE SPECIAL WEAPONS DALEK stops in its tracks, and opens fire on them. A huge blast of energy engulfs the group. Nothing is left; except for some burn marks in the floor. BUCKY: This is getting out of hand. DEADEYE: Aye, where be Dogstar? SCENE NINE Docking Bay, Toad Mothership The Indefatigable has slowed herself down and docks alongside The Dalek Mothership. DOGSTAR, WOLF and PETE disembark, looking around the deserted bay for The Righteous Indignation. WOLF: This is uncanny, sir. DOGSTAR: What is, Wolf? WOLF: Supposing they just took the crew and left The Righteous in space? We couldn't see very well because of the Ultradrive. PETE: Yup. DOGSTAR: All the same, we have to find Bucky, The Righteous, or both, as fast as we can! PETE: Yup. DOGSTAR: (Notices the Daleks) Get Down! TWO DALEKS disembark their Mothership, a third briefs them. DALEK #1: You two will guard the ramp; any rebels are to be exterminated on site. DALEKS #2 and #3: (In Unison) We obey. DALEK #1 trundles off. The sounds of death rays firing and Toads screaming in agony can now be clearly heard. The TWO DALEKS do nothing; just stand there as though nothing were happening. The painful screeches are too much even for DOGSTAR. From the other side of the bay, BUCKY, JENNY, DEADEYE and WILLY move quietly as they can over to DOGSTAR, trying not to attract the attention of the DALEKS by the ramp. BUCKY: (Whispers) How did you get here so quickly? DOGSTAR: (Whispering back) We had to use Ultradrive. We thought you'd crash into Miranna! What are these machine things? JENNY: They're called 'Daleks'. They'll wipe out anything that stands in their way. Including Toads. WOLF: Where's The Righteous? BUCKY: (Points to Dalek Mothership) Still in there. We need to distract those two goons so we can get her out. DEADEYE: Hey, laddy! I've got me an idea! The TWO DALEKS are still motionless. DEADEYE leaps in front of the two, firing his masers around them, making sure he misses. DEADEYE: Hiya boys! DALEK #2: Stay where you are, or be exterminated! DEADEYE runs off for some distance. DALEKS #2 and #3: (In Unison) Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! BUCKY and DOGSTAR cling onto the TWO DALEKS and swivel them around until they face one another. The pair foolishly set off their death rays, and they destroy one another. Their corpses are shoved aside, as the Righteous Crew move inside, while DOGSTAR covers them from outside. Inside The Dalek Craft, there are only a handful of Technicians hovering around the large Coma Cannon, a barrel-shaped device with coloured wires across its side. BUCKY: This shouldn't be too hard. (To Jenny) I'll make a distraction; you grab Bruiser and get the ship started. JENNY: But what about you? BUCKY: I'll meet you in a minute. They do as he says. BRUISER, meanwhile, is encaged in a cell labelled 'LABOUR WORKFORCE', which none of them can decipher. As he is released, BUCKY fires his maser at the Coma Cannon, destroying it in a cloud of smoke, and killing the DALEKS around it. BUCKY then leaps into The Righteous as she begins to take off. Outside, DOGSTAR hears the Righteous and gathers his troupe together. DOGSTAR: C'mon, lads! The Toads can clear up their own mess! The trio enter The Indefatigable, as the two Frigates slowly hover away. SCENE TEN Torture Rooms, Toad Mothership TOADBORG is now in command of the battle, and has sent several Boyd- Droids out to crush the invading Daleks. THE SPECIAL WEAPONS DALEK is having no effect on the Droids special armour, and several Daleks are destroyed by the powerful Toad Cannons. TOADBORG, too, is steadily defeating them using his own strength. TOADBORG: So, this is the pleasure Berserker Baboons get from those snivelling tadpoles. DALEK: (Firing at Toadborg) Stay where you are! You must obey! The Daleks must b... He is torn in two parts by TOADBORGS' colossal hands. A dripping, spongy creature clambers from the top section, and pulses steadily on the floor, before lying completely motionless. It is as though someone has sneezed so much until their nose has separated from their body. EMPEROR: All Daleks withdraw! Withdraw to the Mothership! Return to home planet Skaro! DALEKS: (In unison) Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw! They trundle back to the Mothership, with Boyd-Droids in hot pursuit. THE SPECIAL WEAPONS DALEK is the last to enter the ship, as it flies away into unchartered space. SCENE ELEVEN Bucky's Apartment, Later that night. BUCKY and JENNY are asleep together. JENNY is in a black nightdress, still with her spell gems on. BUCKY wears striped pyjamas of orange and silver. JENNY: (Caressing his face) We sure showed those Daleks what for. BUCKY: Yeah, but it's times like these I'd rather remember. JENNY: Yeah. Anyway. Goodnight, Captain. BUCKY: And to you First Mate. He switches off the light, and the pair fall asleep. BUCKY begins to hear a Daleks voice echoing in his memory. DALEK: (Remembers) Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate... THE END