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+                                                             1.
+
+
+
+    TITLE CARD:
+
+    "PART I
+
+    AFRICA
+
+    3,000,000 YEARS AGO"
+
+    VIEWS OF AFRICAN DRYLANDS – DROUGHT
+
+    The remorseless drought had lasted now for ten million
+    years, and would not end for another million. The reign of
+    the terrible lizards had long since passed, but here on the
+    continent which would one day be known as Africa, the
+    battle for survival had reached a new climax of ferocity,
+    and the victor was not yet in sight. In this dry and barren
+    land, only the small or the swift or the fierce could
+    flourish, or even hope to exist.
+
+
+1   INT./EXT. CAVES – MOONWATCHER                                 1
+
+    The man-apes of the field had none of these attributes, and
+    they were on the long, pathetic road to racial extinction.
+    About twenty of them occupied a group of caves overlooking
+    a small, parched valley, divided by a sluggish, brown
+    stream.
+
+    The tribe had always been hungry, and now it was starving.
+    As the first dim glow of dawn creeps into the cave,
+    Moonwatcher discovers that his father has died during the
+    night. He did not know the Old One was his father, for such
+    a relationship was beyond his understanding. but as he
+    stands looking down at the emaciated body he feels
+    something, something akin to sadness. Then he carries his
+    dead father out of the cave, and leaves him for the hyenas.
+
+    Among his kind, Moonwatcher is almost a giant. He is nearly
+    five feet high, and though badly undernourished, weighs
+    over a hundred pounds. His hairy, muscular body is quite
+    man-like, and his head is already nearer man than ape. The
+    forehead is low, and there are great ridges over the eye-
+    sockets, yet he unmistakably holds in his genes the promise
+    of humanity. As he looks out now upon the hostile world,
+    there is already something in his gaze beyond the grasp of
+    any ape. In those dark, deep-set eyes is a dawning
+    awareness-the first intimations of an intelligence which
+    would not fulfill itself for another two million years.
+
+
+2   EXT. THE STREAM – THE OTHERS                                  2
+                                                                2.
+
+
+    As the dawn sky brightens, Moonwatcher and his tribe reach
+    the shallow stream.
+
+    The Others are already there. They were there on the other
+    side every day – that did not make it any less annoying.
+
+    There are eighteen of them, and it is impossible to
+    distinguish them from the members of Moonwatcher's own
+    tribe. As they see him coming, the Others begin to angrily
+    dance and shriek on their side of the stream, and his own
+    people reply In kind.
+
+    The confrontation lasts a few minutes – then the display
+    dies out as quickly as it has begun, and everyone drinks
+    his fill of the
+
+    muddy water. Honor has been satisfied – each group has
+    staked its claim to its own territory.
+
+
+3   EXT. AFRICAN PLAIN – HERBIVORES                                  3
+
+    Moonwatcher and his companions search for berries, fruit
+    and leaves, and fight off pangs of hunger, while all around
+    them, competing with them for the same fodder, is a
+    potential source of more food than they could ever hope to
+    eat. Yet all the thousands of tons of meat roaming over the
+    parched savanna and through the brush is not only beyond
+    their reach; the idea of eating it is beyond their
+    imagination. They are slowly starving to death in the midst
+    of plenty.
+
+
+4   EXT. PARCHED COUNTRYSIDE – THE LION                              4
+
+    The tribe slowly wanders across the bare, flat countryside
+    foraging for roots and occasional berries.
+
+    Eight of them are irregularly strung out on the open plain,
+    about fifty feet apart.
+
+    The ground is flat for miles around.
+
+    Suddenly, Moonwatcher becomes aware of a lion, stalking
+    them about 300 yards away.
+
+    Defenseless and with nowhere to hide, they scatter in all
+    directions, but the lion brings one to the ground.
+
+
+5   EXT. DEAD TREE – FINDS HONEY                                     5
+                                                                3.
+
+
+    It had not been a good day, though as Moonwatcher had no
+    real remembrance of the past he could not compare one day
+    with another.
+
+    But on the way back to the caves he finds a hive of bees in
+    the stump of a dead tree, and so enjoys the finest delicacy
+    his people could ever know. Of course, he also collects a
+    good many stings, but he scarcely notices them. He is now
+    as near to contentment as he is ever likely to be; for
+    thought he is still hungry, he is not actually weak with
+    hunger. That was the most that any hominid could hope for.
+
+
+6   INT./EXT. CAVES – NIGHT TERRORS                                  6
+
+    Over the valley, a full moon rises, and a cold wind blows
+    down from the distant mountains. It would be very cold
+    tonight – but cold, like hunger, was not a matter for any
+    real concern; it was merely part of the background of life.
+
+    This Little Sun, that only shone at night and gave no
+    warmth, was dangerous; there would be enemies abroad.
+    Moonwatcher crawls out of the cave, clambers on to a large
+    boulder besides the entrance, and squats there where he can
+    survey the valley. If any hunting beast approached, he
+    would have time to get back to the relative safety of the
+    cave.
+
+    Of all the creatures who had ever lived on Earth,
+    Moonwatcher's race was the first to raise their eyes with
+    interest to the Moon, and though he could not remember it,
+    when he was young, Moonwatcher would reach out and try to
+    touch its ghostly face. Now he new he would have to find a
+    tree that was high enough.
+
+    He stirs when shrieks and screams echo up the slope from
+    one of the lower caves, and he does not need to hear the
+    occasional growl of the lion to know what is happening.
+    Down there in the darkness, old One-Eye and his family are
+    dying, and the thought that he might help in some way never
+    crosses Moonwatcher's mind.
+
+    The harsh logic of survival rules out such fancies. Every
+    cave is silent, lest it attract disaster.
+
+    And in the caves, in tortured spells of fitful dozing and
+    fearful waiting, were gathered the nightmares of
+    generations yet to come.
+
+
+7   EXT. THE STREAM – INVASION                                       7
+                                                            4.
+
+
+The Others are growing desperate; the forage on their side
+of the valley is almost exhausted. Perhaps they realize
+that Moonwatcher's tribe has lost three of its numbers
+during the night, for they choose this mourning to break
+the truce. When they meet at the river in the still, misty
+dawn, there is a deeper and more menacing note in their
+challenge. The noisy but usually harmless confrontation
+lasts only a few seconds before the invasion begins.
+
+In an uncertainly-moving horde, the Others cross the river,
+shirking threats and hunched for the attack. They are led
+by a big-toothed hominid of Moonwatcher's own size and age.
+
+Startled and frightened, the tribe retreats before the
+first advance, throwing nothing more substantial than
+imprecations at the invaders. Moonwatcher moves with them,
+his mind a mist of rage and confusion. To be driven from
+their own territory is a great badness, but to lose the
+river is death. He does not know what to do; it is a
+situation beyond his experience.
+
+Then he becomes dimly aware that the Others are slowing
+down, and advancing with obvious reluctance. The further
+they move from their own side, the more uncertain and
+unhappy they become. Only Big-Tooth still retains any of
+his original drive, and he is rapidly being separated from
+his followers.
+
+As he sees this, Moonwatcher's own morale immediately
+revives. He slows down his retreat, and begins to make
+reassuring noises to his companions. Novel sensations fill
+his dim mind – the first faint precursors of bravery and
+leadership.
+
+Before he realizes it, he is face to face with Big-Tooth,
+and the two tribes come to a halt many paces away.
+
+The disorganized and unscientific conflict could have ended
+quickly if either had used his fist as a club, but this
+innovation still lay hundreds of thousands of years in the
+future.
+
+Instead, the slowly weakening fighters claw and scratch and
+try to bite each other.
+
+Rolling over and over, they come to a patch of stony
+ground, and when they reach it Moonwatcher is on top. By
+chance, he chooses this moment to grab the hair on Big-
+Tooth's scalp, and bang his head on the ground. The
+resulting CRACK is so satisfactory, and produces such an
+immediate weakening in Big-Tooth's resistance, that he
+quickly repeats it.
+                                                                5.
+
+
+    Even when Big-Tooth ceases to move for some time,
+    Moonwatcher keeps up the exhilarating game.
+
+    With shrieks of panic, the Others retreat back, across the
+    stream.
+
+    The defenders cautiously pursue them as far as the water's
+    edge.
+
+
+8   EXT. CAVE – NEW SOUND                                            8
+
+    Dozing fitfully and weakened by his struggle, Moonwatcher
+    is startled by a sound.
+
+    He sits up in the fetid darkness of the cave, straining his
+    senses out into the night, and fear creeps slowly into his
+    soul. Never in his life – already twice as long as most
+    members of his species could expect – has he heard a sound
+    like this. The great cats approached in silence, and the
+    only thing that betrayed them was a rare slide of earth, or
+    the occasional cracking of a twig. Yet this is a continuing
+    crunching noise that grows steadily louder.
+
+    It seemed that some enormous beast was moving through the
+    night, making no attempt at concealment, and ignoring all
+    obstacles.
+
+    And then there came a sound which Moonwatcher could not
+    possibly have identified, for it had never been heard
+    before in the history of this planet.
+
+
+9   EXT. CAVE – NEW ROCK                                             9
+
+    Moonwatcher comes face to face with the New Rock when he
+    leads the tribe down to the river in the first light of
+    morning. He had almost forgotten the terror of the night,
+    because nothing had happened after that initial noise, so
+    he does not even associate this strange thing with danger
+    or with fear. There is nothing in the least alarming about
+    it.
+
+    It is a cube about fifteen feet on a side, and it is made
+    of some completely transparent material; indeed, it is not
+    easy to see except when the light of the sun glints on its
+    edges. There are no natural objects to which Moonwatcher
+    can compare this apparition. Though he is wisely cautious
+    of most new things, he does not hesitate to walk up to it.
+    As nothing happens, he puts out his hand, and feels a warm,
+    hard surface.
+                                                                 6.
+
+
+     After several minutes of intense thought, he arrives at a
+     brilliant explanation. It is a rock, of course, and it must
+     have grown during the night. There are many plants that do
+     this – white, pulpy things shaped like pebbles, that seem
+     to shoot up in the hours of darkness. It is true that they
+     are small and round, whereas this is large and square; but
+     greater and later philosophers than Moonwatcher would be
+     prepared to overlook equally striking exceptions to their
+     laws.
+
+     This really superb piece of abstract thinking leads
+     Moonwatcher to a deduction which he immediately puts to the
+     test. The white, round pebble-plants are very tasty (though
+     there were a few that made one violently sick); perhaps
+     this square one...?
+
+     A few licks and attempted nibbles quickly disillusion him.
+     There is no nourishment here; so like a sensible hominid,
+     he continues on his way to the river and forgets all about
+     the Cube.
+
+
+10   EXT. CUBE – FIRST LESSON                                         10
+
+     They are still a hundred yards from the New Rock when the
+     sound begins.
+
+     It is quite soft, and it stops them in their tracks, so
+     that they stand paralyzed on the trail with their jaws
+     hanging. A simple, maddeningly repetitious rhythm pulses
+     out of the crystal cube and hypnotizes all who come within
+     its spell. For the first time – and the last, for two
+     million year – the sound of drumming is heard in Africa.
+
+     The throbbing grows louder, more insistent. Presently the
+     hominids begin to move forward like sleep-walkers, towards
+     the source of that magnetic sound. Sometimes they take
+     little dancing steps, as their blood responds to the
+     rhythms that their descendants will not create for ages
+     yet.
+
+     Totally entranced, they gather around the Cube, forgetting
+     the hardships of the day, the perils of the approaching
+     dusk, and the hunger in their bellies.
+
+     Now, spinning wheels of light begin to merge, and the
+     spokes fuse into luminous bars that slowly recede into the
+     distance, rotating on their axes as they do; and the
+     hominids watch, wide-eyed, mesmerized captives of the
+     Crystal Cube.
+                                                            7.
+
+
+Then by some magic – though it was no more magical than all
+that had gone on before – a perfectly normal scene appears.
+It is as if a cubical block had been carved out of the day
+and shifted into the night. Inside that block is a group of
+four hominids, who might have been members of Moonwatcher's
+own tribe, eating chunks of meat. The carcass of a wart-hog
+lies near them.
+
+This little family of male and female and two children is
+gorged and replete, with sleek and glossy pelts – and this
+was a condition of life that Moonwatcher had never
+imagined. From time to time they stir lazily, as they loll
+at ease near the entrance of their cave, apparently at
+peace with the world. The spectacle of domestic bliss
+merges into a totally different scene.
+
+The family is no longer reposing peacefully outside its
+cave; it is foraging, searching for food like any normal
+hominids.
+
+A small wart-hog ambles past the group of browsing
+humanoids without giving them more than a glance, for they
+had never been the slightest danger to its species.
+
+But that happy state of affairs is about to end. The big
+male suddenly bends down, picks up a heavy stone lying at
+his feet –
+
+and hurls it upon the unfortunate pig. The stone descends
+upon its skull, making exactly the same noise that
+Moonwatcher had produced in his now almost forgotten
+encounter with Big-Tooth. And the result, too, is much the
+same – the warthog gives one amazed, indignant squeal, and
+collapses in a motionless heap.
+
+Then the whole sequence begins again, but this time it
+unfolds itself with incredible slowness. Every detail of
+the movement can be followed; the stone arches leisurely
+through the air, the pig crumples up and sinks to the
+ground. There the scene freezes for long moments, the
+slayer standing motionless above the slain, the first of
+all weapons in his hand.
+
+The scene suddenly fades out. The cube is no more than a
+glimmering outline in the darkness; the hominids stir, as
+if awakening from a dream, realize where they are, and
+scuttle back to their caves.
+                                                                 8.
+
+
+     They have no conscious memory of what they had seen; but
+     that night, as he sits brooding at the entrance of his
+     lair, his ears attuned to the noises of the world around
+     him, Moonwatcher feels the first faint. twinges of a new
+     and potent emotion – the urge to kill. He had taken his
+     first step towards humanity.
+
+
+11   EXT. CAVE AND PLAINS – UTOPIA                                    11
+
+     Babies were born and sometimes lived; feeble, toothless
+     thirty-year-olds died; the lion took its toll in the night;
+     the Others threatened daily across the river – and the
+     tribe prospered. In the course of a single year,
+     Moonwatcher and his companions had changed almost beyond
+     recognition.
+
+     They had become as plump as the family in the Cave, who no
+     longer haunted their dreams. They had learned their lessons
+     well; now they could handle all the stone tools and weapons
+     that the Cube had revealed to them.
+
+     They were no longer half-numbed with starvation, and they
+     had time both for leisure and for the first rudiments of
+     thought. Their new way of life was casually accepted, and
+     they did not associate it in any way with the crystal cube
+     still standing outside their cave.
+
+     But no Utopia is perfect, and this one had two blemishes.
+     The first was the marauding lion, whose passion for
+     hominids seemed to have grown even stronger now that they
+     were better nourished. The second was the tribe across the
+     river; for somehow the Others had survived, and had
+     stubbornly refused to die of starvation.
+
+
+12   EXT. CAVES – KILLING THE LION                                    12
+
+     With the partly devoured carcass of a warthog laid out on
+     the ground at the point. he hope the boulder would impact,
+     Moonwatcher and three of his bravest companions wait for
+     two consecutive nights. On the third the lion comes,
+     betraying his presences by a small pebble slide.
+
+     When they can here the lion below, softly tearing at the
+     meat, they strain themselves against the massive boulder.
+     The sound of the lion stops; he is listening. Again they
+     silently heave against the enormous stone, exerting the
+     final limits of their strength.
+
+     The rock begin to tip to a new balance point..
+                                                                 9.
+
+
+     The lion twitches alert to this sound, but having no fear
+     of these creatures, he makes the first of two mistakes
+     which will cost him his life; he goes back to his meal.
+
+     The rock moves slowly over the ledge, picking up speed with
+     amazing suddenness. It strikes a projection in the cliff
+     about fifteen feet above the ground, which deflects its
+     path outward.
+
+     Just at this instant, the lion reacts instinctively and
+     leaps away from the face of the cliff directly into the
+     path of the onrushing boulder. He has combined the errors
+     of overconfidence and bad luck.
+
+     The next morning they find the lion in front of the cave.
+     They also find one of their tribe who had incautiously
+     peeped out to see what was happening, and was apparently
+     killed by a small rock torn loose by the boulder; but this
+     was a small price to pay for such a great victory.
+
+     And then one night the crystal cube was gone, and not even
+     Moonwatcher ever thought of it again. He was still wholly
+     unaware of all that it had done.
+
+
+13   EXT. STREAM – MASTER OF THE WORLD                                13
+
+     From their side of the stream, in the never violated safety
+     of their own territory, the Others see Moonwatcher and
+     fourteen males of his tribe appear from behind a small
+     hillock over-looking the stream, silhouetted against the
+     dawn sky.
+
+     The Others begin to scream their daily challenge. But today
+     something is different, though the Others do not
+     immediately recognize this fact.
+
+     Instead of joining the verbal onslaught, as they had always
+     done, Moonwatcher and his small band descended from the
+     rise, and begin to move forward to the stream with a quiet
+     purposefulness never before seen.
+
+     As the Others watch the figures silently approaching in the
+     morning mist, they become aware of the terrible strangeness
+     of this encounter, and their rage gradually subsides down
+     to an uneasy silence.
+
+     At the water's edge, Moonwatcher and his band stop. They
+     carry their bone clubs and bone knives. Led by One-ear, the
+     Others half-heartly resume the battle- chant. But they are
+     suddenly confronted with a vision that cuts the sound from
+     their throats, and strikes terror into their hearts.
+                                                          10.
+
+
+Moonwatcher, who had been partly concealed by two males who
+walked before him, thrusts his arm high into the air. In
+his hand he holds a stood tree branch. Mounted atop the
+branch is the bloody head of the lion, its mouth jammed
+open with a stick, displaying its frightful fangs.
+
+The Others gape in fearful disbelief at this display of
+power.
+
+Moonwatchers stands motionless, thrusting the lion's head
+high.
+
+Then with majestic deliberation, still carrying his mangled
+standard above his head, he begins to cross the stream,
+followed by his band.
+
+The Others fade back from the stream, seeming to lack even
+the ability to flee.
+
+Moonwatcher steps ashore and walks to One-Ear, who stands
+unsurely in front of his band.
+
+Though he is a veteran of numerous combats at the water's
+edge, One-Ear has never been attacked by an enemy who had
+not first displayed his fighting rage; and he had never
+before been attacked with a weapon. One-Ear, merely looks
+up at the raised club until the heavy thigh bone of an
+antelope brings the darkness down around him.
+
+The Others stare in wonder at Moonwatcher's power.
+
+Moonwatcher surveys the scene. Now he was master of the
+world, and he was not sure what to do next... But he would
+think of something.
+
+TITLE CARD:
+
+"PART II YEAR 2001"
+
+EARTH FROM 200 MILES UP
+
+                  NARRATOR
+        By the year 2001, overpopulation
+        has replaced the problem of
+        starvation, but this was ominously
+        offset by the absolute and utter
+        perfection of the weapon. Hundreds
+        of giant bombs had been placed in
+        perpetual orbit above the Earth.
+        They were capable of incinerating
+        the entire Earth's surface from an
+        altitude of 100 miles.
+                                                                11.
+
+
+                       FRENCH BOMB NARRATOR
+             Matters were further complicated by
+             the presence of twenty-seven
+             nations in the nuclear club. There
+             had been no deliberate or
+             accidental use of nuclear weapons
+             since World War II and some people
+             felt secure in this knowledge. But
+             to others, the situation seemed
+             comparable to an airline with a
+             perfect safety record; in showed
+             admirable care and skill but no one
+             expected it to last forever.
+
+     ORION-III SPACECRAFT IN FIGHT AWAY FROM EARTH, 200 MILES
+     ALTITUDE
+
+
+14   INT. ORION-III PASSENGER AREA                                    14
+
+     Dr. Heywood Floyd is the only passenger in the elegant
+     cabin designed for 30 people. He is asleep.
+
+     His pen floats near his hand.
+
+
+15   INT. ORION-III COCKPIT                                           15
+
+     Pilot, Co-Pilot and Floyd can be seen asleep on a small TV
+     monitor.
+
+     Stewardess is putting on lipstick. She sees pen.
+
+     Stewardess goes back to passenger area, rescues pen and
+     clips it back in Floyd's pocket.
+
+
+16   INT. SPACE STATION-5                                             16
+
+     The raw sunlight of space dazzles from the polished metal
+     surfaces of the slowly revolving, thousand-foot diameter
+     space station.
+
+     Drifting in the same orbit, we see swept-back titov-v
+     spacecraft.
+
+     Also the almost spherical aries-ib.
+
+
+17   INT. ORION-III PASSENGER AREA                                    17
+
+     Floyd awake but groggy, looks out of window.
+                                                              12.
+
+
+18   INT. ORION-III COCKPIT                                         18
+
+     The Co-Pilot in radio communication with the space station.
+
+
+19   INT. THE ORION-III SPACECRAFT IN DOCKING APPROACH              19
+
+     The Earth is seen in breath-taking view in background.
+
+
+20   INT. INSIDE DOCKING CONTROL                                    20
+
+     We see Orion-III maneuvering in background.
+
+     From docking port we see the Orion-III inching in to
+     complete its docking. We see various windowed booths inside
+     docking port. We see the Pilot and Co-Pilot inside the
+     Orion-III cockpit.
+
+
+21   INT. SPACE STATION RECEPTION AREA                              21
+
+     Receptionist at desk. Miller enters, hurrying. he goes to
+     the elevator and presses button. He waits impatiently.
+
+     We see elevator indicator working.
+
+     Elevator door opens and Floyd is seen unstrapping himself.
+
+     The Elevator Girl is seated by the door.
+
+                       MILLER
+             Oh, good morning, Dr. Floyd. I'm
+             Nick Miller.
+
+                       FLOYD
+             How do you do, Mr. Miller?
+
+                       MILLER
+             I'm terribly sorry. I was just on
+             my way down to meet you. I saw your
+             ship dock and I knew I had plenty
+             of time, and I was on my way out of
+             the office when, suddenly, the
+             phone rang.
+
+                       FLOYD
+             Oh, please don't worry about it.
+
+                       MILLER
+             Well, thank you very much for being
+             so understanding.
+                                                         13.
+
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Please, it really doesn't matter.
+
+                  MILLER
+        Well... Did you have a pleasant
+        flight?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Yes, very pleasant.
+
+                  MILLER
+        Well, shall we go through
+        Documentation?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Fine.
+
+                  RECEPTIONIST
+        Will you use number eight, please?
+
+                  MILLER
+        Thank you, Miss Turner.
+
+They enter the passport area.
+
+Receptionist presses "ENGLISH" bar on her console and
+smiles as Floyd goes through.
+
+An automated passport section. They stop in front of a
+booth featuring a TV screen.
+
+                  PASSPORT GIRL (TV)
+        Good morning and welcome to Voice
+        Print Identification. When you see
+        the red light go on would you
+        please state in the following
+        order; your destination, your
+        nationality and your full name.
+        Surname first, Christian name and
+        initial. For example: Moon,
+        American, Smith, John, D. Thank
+        you.
+
+There is a pause and a red bar lights up.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Moon, American, Floyd, Heywood, R.
+
+The red light goes off. there is a delay of about two
+seconds and the woman's face reappears.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        I've always wondered...
+                                                          14.
+
+
+                       PASSPORT GIRL (TV)
+                  (interrupting)
+             Thank you. Despite and excellent
+             and continually improving safety
+             record there are certain risks
+             inherent in space travel and an.
+             Extremely high cost of pay load.
+             Because of this it is necessary for
+             the Space Carrier to advise you
+             that it cannot be responsible for
+             the return of your body to Earth
+             should you become deceased on the
+             Moon or en route to the Moon.
+             However, it wishes to advise you
+             that insurance covering this
+             contingency is available in the
+             Main Lounge. Thank you. You are
+             cleared through Voice Print
+             Identification.
+
+     The lights go off and the woman's face disappears.
+
+     The men exit the passport area.
+
+                       MILLER
+             I've reserved a table for you in
+             the Earth Light room. Your
+             connecting flight will be leaving
+             in about one hour.
+
+                       FLOYD
+             Oh, that's wonderful.
+
+
+22   INT. SPACE STATION – LOUNGE                                22
+
+     Floyd and Miller walking.
+
+                       MILLER
+             Let's see, we haven't had the
+             pleasure of a visit from you not
+             since... It was about eight or nine
+             months ago, wasn't it?
+
+                       FLOYD
+             Yes, I think so. Just about then.
+
+                       MILLER
+             I suppose you saw the work on our
+             new section while you were docking.
+
+                       FLOYD
+             Yes, it's coming along very well.
+                                                          15.
+
+
+They pass the Vision Phone booth.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Oh, look, I've got to make a phone
+        call. Why don't you go on into the
+        Restaurant and I'll meet you in
+        there.
+
+                  MILLER
+        Fine. I'll see you at the bar.
+
+Floyd enter phone booth.
+
+Sign on Vision Phone screen: "SORRY, TEMPORARILY OUT OF
+ORDER."
+
+He enters the second booth and sits down.
+
+FLOYD IN VISION PHONE
+
+Little Girl of five answers.
+
+                  CHILD
+        Hello.
+
+Vision Phone screen display sign "YOUR PARTY HAS NOT
+CONNECTED VISION"
+
+A few seconds later, the screen changes to an image of the
+child.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Hello, darling, how are you?
+
+                  CHILD
+        Hello Daddy. Where are you?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        I'm at Space Station Five, darling.
+        How are you?
+
+                  CHILD
+        I'm fine, Daddy. When are you
+        coming home?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Well, I hope in a few days,
+        sweetheart.
+
+                  CHILD
+        I'm having a party tomorrow.
+                                             16.
+
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Yes, I know that sweetheart.
+
+                  CHILD
+        Are you coming to my party?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        No, I'm sorry, darling, I told you
+        I won't be home for a few days.
+
+                  CHILD
+        When are you coming home?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        In three days, darling, I hope.
+
+Floyd holds up three fingers.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        One, two, three. Can I speak to
+        Mommy?
+
+                  CHILD
+        Mommy's out to the hair-dresser.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Where is Mrs. Brown?
+
+                  CHILD
+        She's in the bathroom.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Okay, sweetheart. Well, I have to
+        go now. Tell Mommy that I called.
+
+                  CHILD
+        How many days until you come home?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Three, darling. One... two...
+        three. Be sure to tell Mommy I
+        called.
+
+                  CHILD
+        I will, Daddy.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Okay, sweetheart. Have a lovely
+        Birthday Party tomorrow.
+
+                  CHILD
+        Thank you, Daddy.
+                                                        17.
+
+
+                  FLOYD
+        I'll wish you a happy Birthday now
+        and I'll see you soon. All right,
+        Darling?
+
+                  CHILD
+        Yes, Daddy.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Bye-bye, now, sweetheart.
+
+                  CHILD
+        Goodbye, Daddy.
+
+VISION PHONE PROCEDURE FOR INFORMATION
+
+Vision Phone procedure for dialing.
+
+                  OPERATOR
+        Good morning, Macy's.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Good morning. I'd like the Vision
+        shopper for the Pet Shop, please.
+
+                  OPERATOR
+        Just one moment.
+
+The picture flips and we see a Woman standing in front of a
+specially designed display screen.
+
+                  VISION SALES GIRL
+        Good morning, sir, may I help you?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Yes, I'd like to buy a bush baby.
+
+                  VISION SALES GIRL
+        Just a moment, sir.
+
+The Girl keys some inputs and a moving picture appears on
+the screen of a cage containing about six bush babies,
+beautifully displayed against a white background.
+
+                  VISION SALES GIRL
+        Gere you are, sir. Here is a lovely
+        assortment of African bush babies.
+        They are twenty Dollars each.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Yes, well... Pick out a nice one
+        for me, a friendly one, and I'd
+        like it delivered tomorrow.
+                                                                18.
+
+
+                       VISION SALES GIRL
+             Certainly, sir. Just let us have
+             your name and Bank identification
+             for V.P.I., and then give the name
+             and address of the person you'd
+             like the pet delivered to and it
+             will be delivered tomorrow.
+
+     Some time during this conversation, Floyd sees Elena,
+     Smyslov and the other two Russians pass his Vision Phone
+     window. Elena taps and mimes "Hello", gesturing toward a
+     table behind Floyd where they all sit down.
+
+                       FLOYD
+             Thank you very much. Floyd,
+             Heywood, R., First National Bank of
+             Washington. Please deliver to Miss
+             Josephine Floyd, 9423 Dupre Avenue,
+             N.W.14.
+
+                       VISION SALES GIRL
+             Thank you very much, sir. It will
+             be delivered tomorrow.
+
+
+23   INT. SPACE STATTION 5 – LOUNGE                                   23
+
+                       FLOYD
+             Well, how nice to see you again,
+             Elena. You're looking wonderful.
+
+                       ELENA
+             How nice to see you, Hyewood. This
+             is my good friend, Dr. Heywood.
+
+                       FLOYD.
+             I'd like you to meet Andre
+             Smyslov...
+
+     Smyslov and the two other Russian women stand up and smile.
+
+     They shake hands after introduction and ad-lib "Hellos".
+
+                       ELENA
+             And this is Dr. Kalinan...
+             Stretyneva...
+
+     The Russians are very warm and friendly.
+
+                       SMYSLOV
+             Dr. Floyd, won't you join us for a
+             drink?
+                                                        19.
+
+
+                  FLOYD
+        I'm afraid I've only got a few
+        minutes, but I'd love to.
+
+There is a bit of confusion as all realize there is not
+enough room for another person at the table. Smyslov offers
+Floyd his chair and borrows another from a nearby table.
+
+                  SYMYSLOV
+        What would you like to drink?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Oh, I really don't have time for a
+        drink. If it's all right I'll just
+        sit for a minute and then I've got
+        to be off.
+
+                  SMYSLOV
+        Are you quite sure?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Yes, really, thank you very much.
+
+                  ELENA
+        Well... How's your lovely wife?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        She's wonderful.
+
+                  ELENA
+        And your charming little daughter?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Oh, she's growing up very fast. As
+        a matter of fact, she's six
+        tomorrow.
+
+                  ELENA
+        Oh, that's such a delightful age.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        How is Gregor?
+
+                  ELENA
+        He's fine. But I'm afraid we don't
+        get a chance to see each other very
+        much these days.
+
+Polite laughter.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Well, where are all of you off to?
+                                              20.
+
+
+                  ELENA
+        Actually, we're on our way back
+        from the moon. We've just spent
+        three months calibrating the new
+        antenna at Tchalinko. And what
+        about you?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Well, as it happens, I'm on my way
+        up to the moon
+
+                  SMYSLOV
+        Are you, by any chance, going up to
+        your base at Clavius?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Yes, as a matter of fact, I am.
+
+The Russians exchange significant glances.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Is there any particular reason why
+        you ask?
+
+                  SMYSLOV
+             (pleasantly)
+        Well, Dr. Floyd, I hope that you
+        don't think I'm too inquisitive,
+        but perhaps you can clear up the
+        mystery about what's been going on
+        up there.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I know
+        what you mean.
+
+                  SMYSLOV
+        Well, it's just for the past two
+        weeks there have been some
+        extremely odd things happening at
+        Clavius.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Really?
+
+                  SMYSLOV
+        Yes. Well, for one thing, whenever
+        you phone the base, all you can get
+        is a recording which repeats that
+        the phone lines are temporarily out
+        of order.
+
+                  FLOYD
+                                      21.
+
+
+Well, I suppose they've been having
+a bit of trouble with some of the
+equipment.
+
+          SMYSLOV
+Yes, well at first we thought that
+was the explanation, but it's been
+going on for the past ten days.
+
+          FLOYD
+You mean you haven't been able to
+get anyone at the base for ten
+days?
+
+          SMYSLOV
+That's right.
+
+         FLOYD
+I see.
+
+          ELENA
+Another thing, Heywood, two days
+ago, one of our rocket buses was
+denied permission for an emergency
+landing at Clavius.
+
+          FLOYD
+How did they manage to do that
+without any communication?
+
+          ELENA
+Clavius Control came on the air
+just long enough to transmit their
+refusal.
+
+          FLOYD
+Well, that does sound very odd.
+
+          SMYSLOV
+Yes, and I'm afraid there's going
+to be a bit of a row about it.
+Denying the men permission to land
+was a direct violation of the
+I.A.S. convention.
+
+          FLOYD
+Yes... Well, I hope the crew got
+back safely.
+
+          SMYSLOV
+Fortunately, they did.
+
+         FLOYD
+                                                        22.
+
+
+        Well, I'm glad about that.
+
+The Russians exchange more glances. One of the Women offers
+around a pill box. Elena and another Russian take one and
+the third Russian declines.
+
+                  SMYSLOV
+        Dr. Floyd, at the risk of pressing
+        you on a point. you seem reticent
+        to discuss, may I ask you a
+        straightforward question?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Certainly.
+
+                  SMYSLOV
+        Quite frankly, we have had some
+        very reliable intelligence reports
+        that a quite serious epidemic has
+        broken out at Clavius. Something,
+        apparently, of an unknown origin.
+        Is this, in fact, what has
+        happened?
+
+A long, awkward pause.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        I'm sorry, Dr. Smyslov, but I'm
+        really not at liberty to discuss
+        this.
+
+                  SMYSLOV
+        This epidemic could easily spread
+        to our base, Dr. Floyd. We should
+        be given all the facts.
+
+Long pause.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Dr. Smyslov... I'm not permitted to
+        discuss this.
+
+                  ELENA
+        Are you sure you won't change your
+        mind about a drink?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        No, thank you... and I'm afraid now
+        I really must be going.
+
+                  ELENA
+                                                                23.
+
+
+             Well, I hope that you and your wife
+             can come to the I.A.C. conference
+             in June.
+
+                       FLOYD
+             We're trying to get there. I hope
+             we can.
+
+                       ELENA
+             Well, Gregor and I will look
+             forward to seeing you.
+
+                       FLOYD
+             Thank you. It's been a great
+             pleasure to meet all of you... Dr.
+             Smyslov.
+
+     The Russians all rise and there are ad-libs of courtesy.
+
+     Floyd shakes hands and exits.
+
+     The Russians exchange a few serious paragraphs in Russian.
+
+
+24   EXT. ARIES-IB IN SPACE                                           24
+
+     Earth much smaller than as seen from space station.
+
+                       NARRATOR
+             The Aries-IB has become the
+             standard Space-Station-to-Lunar
+             surface vehicle. It was powered by
+             low-thrust plasma jets which would
+             continue the mild acceleration for
+             fifteen minutes. Then the ship
+             would break the bonds of gravity
+             and be a free and independent
+             planet, circling the Sun in an
+             orbit of its own.
+
+
+25   INT. ARIES PASSENGER AREA                                        25
+
+     Floyd is asleep, stretched out in the chair, covered with
+     blankets which are held secure by straps.
+
+     A Stewardess sits at the other side of the cabin, watching
+     a karate exhibition between two women on TV.
+
+     The elevator entrance door opens and the second Stewardess
+     enters carrying a tray of food.
+
+     She brings it to the other Stewardess.
+                                                               24.
+
+
+                       STEWARDESS #1
+             Oh, thank you very much.
+
+                       STEWARDESS #2
+             I see he's still asleep.
+
+                       STEWARDESS #1
+             Yes. He hasn't moved since we left.
+
+     Stewardess #2 exits into elevator.
+
+
+26   INT. ARIES GALLEY AREA                                          26
+
+     Stewardess exits from elevator, goes to the kitchen
+     section, removes two trays, walks up to the side of the
+     wall and enters Pilot's compartment.
+
+
+27   INT. ARIES-IB COCKPIT                                           27
+
+     Pilot, Co-Pilot.
+
+     Stewardess enters, carrying food.
+
+                       PILOT
+             Oh, thank you very much.
+
+                       CO-PILOT
+             Thank you.
+
+     Stewardess smiles.
+
+                       PILOT
+                  (sighs)
+             Well, how's it going back there?
+
+                       STEWARDESS
+             Fine. Very quiet. He's been asleep
+             since we left.
+
+                       PILOT
+             Well, no one can say that he's not
+             enjoying the wonders of Space.
+
+                       CO-PILOT
+             Well, whatever's going on up there,
+             he's going to arrive fresh and
+             ready to go.
+
+                       PILOT
+             I wonder what really is going on up
+             there?
+                                                   25.
+
+
+                       CO-PILOT
+             Well, I've heard more and more
+             people talk of an epidemic.
+
+                       PILOT
+             I suppose it was bound to happen
+             sooner or later.
+
+                       CO-PILOT
+             Berkeley told me that they think it
+             came from contamination on a
+             returning Mars flight.
+
+                       PILOT
+             Yes, well, whatever it is, they're
+             certainly not fooling around. This
+             is the first flight they allowed in
+             for more than a week.
+
+                       CO-PILOT
+             I was working out what this trip
+             must cost, taking him up there by
+             himself and coming back empty.
+
+                       PILOT
+             I'll bet it's a fortune.
+
+                       CO-PILOT
+             Well, at ten thousand dollars a
+             ticket, it comes to the better part
+             of six hundred thousand dollars.
+
+                       PILOT
+             Well, as soon as he wakes up, I'm
+             going to go back and talk to him. I
+             must say, I'd like to find out
+             what's going on.
+
+
+28   INT. ARIES-IB IN SPACE                              28
+
+     Moon very large.
+
+
+29   INT. ARIES-IB PASSENGER AREA                        29
+
+     Floyd finishing breakfast.
+
+     Pilot enters.
+
+                       PILOT
+             Well, good afternoon, Dr. Floyd.
+             Did you have a good rest?
+                                      26.
+
+
+          FLOYD
+Oh, marvelous. It's the first real
+sleep I've had for the past two
+days.
+
+          PILOT
+There's nothing like weightless
+sleep for a complete rest.
+
+          FLOYD
+When do we arrive at Clavius?
+
+          PILOT
+We're scheduled to dock in about
+seven hours. Is there anything we
+can do for you?
+
+          FLOYD
+Oh, no, thank you. The two girls
+have taken wonderful care of me.
+I'm just fine.
+
+          PILOT
+Well, if there is anything that you
+want, just give a holler.
+
+          FLOYD
+Thank you.
+
+          PILOT
+Incidentally, Dr. Floyd, I wonder
+if I can have a word with you about
+the security arrangements?
+
+          FLOYD
+What do you mean?
+
+          PILOT
+Well... the crew is confined to the
+ship when we land at Clavius. We
+have to stay inside for the time it
+take to refit – about twenty-four
+hours. And then we're going to back
+empty.
+
+          FLOYD
+I see.
+
+          PILOT
+I take it this is something to do
+with the trouble they're having up
+at Clavius?
+                                                             27.
+
+
+                       FLOYD
+             I'm afraid that's out of my
+             department, Captain.
+
+                       PILOT
+             Well, I'll tell you why I ask. You
+             see, I've got a girl who works in
+             the Auditing Department of the
+             Territorial Administrator and I
+             haven't been able to get her on the
+             phone for the past week or so, and
+             with all these stories one hears,
+             I'm a little concerned about her.
+
+                       FLOYD
+             I see. Well, I'm sorry about that.
+             I wouldn't think there's any cause
+             for alarm.
+
+                       PILOT
+             Yes, well, I wouldn't have been too
+             concerned about it, except I've
+             heard these stories about the
+             epidemic and, as a matter of fact,
+             I've heard that ten people have
+             died already.
+
+                       FLOYD
+             I wish I could be more helpful,
+             Captain, but as I've said, I don't
+             think there's any cause for alarm.
+
+                       PILOT
+             Well, fine. Thanks very much,
+             anyway, and I hope you don't mind
+             me asking?
+
+                       FLOYD
+             No, of course, Captain, I can
+             understand your concern.
+
+                       PILOT
+             Well, thank you very much, and
+             please let us know if there is
+             anything we can do to make your
+             trip more comfortable.
+
+
+30   EXT. ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON                                  30
+
+     Floyd goes to Aries-IB washroom and looks at the very long
+     list of complicated instructions.
+                                                             28.
+
+
+31   EXT. ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON                                  31
+
+                                                    DISSOLVE TO:
+
+
+32   INT. FLOYD VISITING ARIES-IB COCKPIT                          32
+
+     Weightless trick entrance.
+
+
+33   INT. ARIES-IB ORBITING MOON                                   33
+
+                       NARRATOR
+             The laws of Earthly aesthetics did
+             not apply here, this world had been
+             shaped and molded by other than
+             terrestrial forces, operating over
+             aeons of time unknown to the young,
+             verdant Earth, with its fleeting
+             Ice-Ages, its swiftly rising and
+             falling seas, its mountain ranges
+             dissolving like mists before the
+             dawn. Here was age inconceivable –
+             but not death, for the Moon had
+             never lived until now.
+
+
+34   INT. ARIES-IB COCKPIT                                         34
+
+     The crew and docking control people on the moon go through
+     their docking routine. This has the ritualistic tone and
+     cadence of present-day jet landing procedure. We only hear
+     docking control.
+
+
+35   INT. ARIES-IB DECENDING                                       35
+
+     See air-view of base.
+
+                       NARRATOR
+             The Base at Clavius was the first
+             American Lunar Settlement that
+             could, in an emergency, be entirely
+             self-supporting.
+
+                       NARRATOR
+             Water and all the necessities of
+             life for its eleven hundred men,
+             women and children were produced
+             from the Lunar rocks, after they
+             had been crushed, heated and
+             chemically processed.
+                                                                29.
+
+
+     A ground bus nuzzles up to coupling section of Aries-IB.
+
+
+36   INT. INSIDE GREAT AIRLOCK ENTRANCE                               36
+
+     Ground bus pulls in. Giant doors close behind it.
+
+
+37   INT. INSIDE SECOND AIRLOCK                                       37
+
+     Doors open after outside section doors are closed. Ground
+     bus pulls in. See people waiting for second airlock doors
+     to close.
+
+
+38   INT. LOW GRAVITY GYMNASIUM TRICK WITH CHILDREN                   38
+
+                       NARRATOR
+             One of the attractions of life on
+             the Moon was undoubtedly the low
+             gravity which produced a sense of
+             general well-being.
+
+     CHILDREN IN SCHOOL
+
+     Teacher showing Children views of Earth and map of Earth.
+
+                       NARRATOR
+             The personnel of the Base and their
+             children were the forerunners of
+             new nations, new cultures that
+             would ultimately spread out across
+             the solar system. They no longer
+             thought of Earth as home. The time
+             was fast approaching when Earth,
+             like all mothers, must say farewell
+             to her children.
+
+                                                      DISSOLVE TO:
+
+
+39   INT. LARGE CENTRAL RECEPTION AREA                                39
+
+     Doors branching off to different main halls. Small pond
+     with plastic white swan and a bit of grass. A few benches
+     with three women and their children having outing.
+
+     Floyd and Welcoming Party walk through after exiting
+     elevator.
+
+     Halverson, Michaels and five Others.
+
+                          FLOYD
+                                                               30.
+
+
+                   (voice echoing)
+             I must congratulate you Halvorsen.
+             you've done wonderful things with
+             the decor since the last time I was
+             here.
+
+                       HALVORSEN
+                  (voice echoing)
+             Well... thank you, Dr. Floyd. We
+             try to make the environment as
+             earthlike as possible.
+
+                                                      DISSOLVE TO:
+
+
+40   INT. LOW CEILING CONFERENCE ROOM                                40
+
+     U-shaped table facing three projecting screens. Seated
+     around the table are twenty Senior Base Personnel.
+
+                       HALVORSEN
+             Ladies and gentlemen, I should like
+             to introduce Dr. Heywood Floyd, a
+             distinguished member of the
+             National Council of Astronautics.
+             He has just completed a special
+             flight here from Earth to be with
+             us, and before the briefing he
+             would like to say a few words. Dr.
+             Floyd.
+
+     Polite applause. Floyd walks to front of room.
+
+                       FLOYD
+             First of all, I bring a personal
+             message from Dr. Howell, who has
+             asked me to convey his deepest
+             appreciation to all of you for the
+             personal sacrifices you have made,
+             and of course his congratulations
+             on your discovery which may well
+             prove to be among the most
+             significant in the history of
+             science.
+
+     Polite applause.
+
+                        FLOYD
+                                               31.
+
+
+         Mr. Halvorsen has made known to me
+         some of the conflicting views held
+         by many of you regarding the need
+         for complete security in this
+         matter, and more specifically your
+         strong opposition to the cover
+         story created to give the
+         impression there is an epidemic at
+         the Base. I understand that beyond
+         it being a matter of principle,
+         many of you are troubled by the
+         concern and anxiety this story of
+         an epidemic might cause your
+         relatives and friends on Earth. I
+         can understand and sympathize with
+         your negative views. I have been
+         personally embarrassed by this
+         cover story. But I fully accept the
+         need for absolute secrecy and I
+         hope you will. It should not be
+         difficult for all of you to realize
+         the potential for cultural shock
+         and social disorientation contained
+         in the present situation if the
+         facts were prematurely and suddenly
+         made public without adequate
+         preparation and conditioning.
+
+Pause.
+
+                   FLOYD
+         This is the view of the Council and
+         the purpose of my visit here is to
+         gather addition facts and opinions
+         on the situation and to prepare a
+         report to the Council recommending
+         when and how the news should
+         eventually be announced. Are there
+         any questions?
+
+                   MICHAELS
+         Dr. Floyd, how long do you think
+         this can be kept under wraps?
+
+                  FLOYD
+             (pleasantly)
+                                                              32.
+
+
+             I'm afraid it can and it will be
+             kept under wraps as long as it is
+             deemed to be necessary by the
+             Council. And of course you know
+             that the Council has requested that
+             formal security oaths are to be
+             obtained in writing from everyone
+             who had any knowledge of this
+             event. There must be adequate time
+             for a full study to be made of the
+             situation before any consideration
+             can be given to making a public
+             announcement.
+
+                       HALVORSEN
+             We will, of course, cooperate in
+             any way possible, Dr. Floyd.
+
+     SEVERAL SCENIC VIEWS OF MOON ROCKET BUS SKIMMING OVER
+     SURFACE OF MOON
+
+
+41   INT. INSIDE ROCKET BUS                                         41
+
+     Floyd, Halvorsen, Michaels, Fourth Man, Pilot and Co-Pilot.
+     All in space suits minus helmets.
+
+     Floyd is slowly looking through some photographs and
+     magnetic maps of the area.
+
+     He looks out of the window thoughtfully.
+
+     The photographs are taken from a satellite of the Moon's
+     surface and have numbered optical grid borders, like recent
+     Mars photos.
+
+     A few seats away, Michaels and Halvorsen carry out a very
+     banal administrative conversation in low tones. It should
+     revolve around something utterly irrelevant to the present
+     circumstances and very much like the kind of discussion one
+     hears all the time in other organizations.
+
+                                                    DISSOLVE TO:
+
+
+42   EXT. TMA-1 EXCAVATION                                          42
+
+     Air-view. Rocket bus descending.
+
+     There are no lights on the actual excavation, only the
+     landing strip and the monitor dome.
+                                                          33.
+
+
+Long shot monitor domes with a bit of excavation in shot.
+Six small figures in space suits slowly walk toward
+excavation.
+
+THE PARTY STOPS AT TOP OF TMA-1 EXCAVATION
+
+A small control panel mounted at the head of the ramp.
+Michaels throws a switch and the excavation is suddenly
+illuminated.
+
+                  HALVORSEN
+        Well, there it is.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Can we go down there closer to it?
+
+                  HALVORSEN
+        Certainly.
+
+THEY START DOWN WORKING RAMP
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Does your geology on it still check
+        out?
+
+                  MICHAELS
+        Yes, it does. The sub-surface
+        structure shows that it was
+        deliberately buried about four
+        million years ago.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        How can you tell it was
+        deliberately buried?
+
+                  MICHAELS
+        By the deformation between the
+        mother rock and the fill.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Any clue as to what it is?
+
+                  MICHAELS
+        Not really. It's completely inert.
+        No sound or energy sources have
+        been detected. The surface is made
+        of something incredibly hard and
+        we've been barely able to scratch
+        it. A laser drill might do
+        something, but we don't want to be
+        too rough until we know a little
+        more.
+                                              34.
+
+
+                  FLOYD
+        But you don't have any idea as to
+        what it is?
+
+                  MICHAELS
+        Tomb, shine, survey-marker spare
+        part, take your choice.
+
+                  HALVORSEN
+        The only thing about it that we are
+        sure of is that it is the first
+        direct evidence of intelligent life
+        beyond the Earth.
+
+Silent appreciation.
+
+                  HALVORSEN
+        Four million years ago, something,
+        presumably from the stars, must
+        have swept through the solar system
+        and left this behind.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Was it abandoned, forgotten, left
+        for a purpose?
+
+                  HALVORSEN
+        I suppose we'll never know.
+
+                  MICHAELS
+        The moon would have made an
+        excellent base camp for preliminary
+        Earth surveys.
+
+Some more silence.
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Any ideas about the colour?
+
+                  MICHAELS
+        Well, not really. At first glance,
+        black would suggest something sun-
+        powered, but then why would anyone
+        deliberately bury a sun-powered
+        device?
+
+                  FLOYD
+        Has it been exposed to any sun
+        before now?
+
+                     MICHAELS
+                                                                35.
+
+
+             I don't think it has, but I'd like
+             to check that. Simpson, what's the
+             log on that?
+
+
+43   INT. INSIDE MONITOR DOME                                         43
+
+     We see a number of television-displays including several
+     TV-views of Floyd and company in the excavation.
+
+                       SIMPSON
+             The first surface was exposed at
+             0843 on the 12th April... Let me
+             see... that would have been forty-
+             five minutes after Lunar sun-set. I
+             see here that special lighting
+             equipment had to be brought up
+             before any further work could be
+             done.
+
+
+44   INT. TMA-1 EXCAVATION                                            44
+
+                       MICHAELS
+             Thank you.
+
+                       FLOYD
+             And so this is the first sun that
+             it's had in four million years.
+
+                       PHOTOGRAPHER
+             Excuse me, gentlemen, if you'd all
+             line up on this side of the walkway
+             we'd like to take a few
+             photographs. Dr. Floyd, would you
+             stay in the middle... Dr. Michaels
+             on that side, Mr. Halvorsen on the
+             other.... thank you.
+
+     The Photographer quickly makes some exposures.
+
+                       PHOTOGRAPHER
+             Thank you very much gentlemen, I'll
+             have the base photo section send
+             you copies.
+
+     As the Men slowly separate from their picture pose, there
+     is a piercingly powerful series of five electronic shrieks,
+     each like a hideously over-loaded and distorted time
+     signal. Floyd involuntarily tries to block his ears with
+     his space suited hands.
+
+     Then comes mercily silence.
+                                                        36.
+
+
+VARIOUS SHOTS OF SPACE MONITORS, ASTEROIDS, THE SUN, PLUTO,
+MARS
+
+                  NARRATOR
+        A hundred million miles beyond
+        Mars, in the cold loneliness where
+        no man had yet travelled, Deep-
+        Space-Monitor-79 drifts slowly
+        among the tangled orbits of the
+        asteroids. Radiation detectors
+        noted and analyzed incoming cosmic
+        rays from the galaxy and points
+        beyond; neutron and x-ray
+        telescopes kept watch on strange
+        stars that no human eye would ever
+        see; magnetometers observed the
+        gusts and hurricanes of the solar
+        winds, as the sun breathed million
+        mile-an-hour blasts of plasma into
+        the faces of its circling children.
+        All these things and many others
+        were patiently noted by Deep-Space-
+        Monitor-79, and recorded in its
+        crystalline memory. But now it had
+        noted something strange – the
+        faint. Yet unmistakable disturbance
+        rippling across the solar system,
+        and quite unlike any natural
+        phenomena it had ever observed in
+        the past. It was also observed by
+        Orbiter M-15, circling Mars twice a
+        day; and High Inclination Probe-21,
+        climbing slowly above the planet of
+        the ecliptic; and even artificial
+        Comet-5, heading out into the cold
+        wastes beyond Pluto, along an orbit
+        whose far point. it would not reach
+        for a thousand years. All noticed
+        the peculiar burst of energy that
+        leaped from the face of the Moon
+        and moved across the solar system,
+        throwing off a spray of radiation
+        like the wake of a racing
+        speedboat.
+
+TITLE CARD:
+
+"PART III 14 MONTHS LATER"
+
+DISCOVERY 1,000,000 MILES FROM EARTH
+
+See Earth and Moon small.
+                                                                37.
+
+
+     We see a blinding flash every five seconds from its nuclear
+     pulse propulsion. It strikes against the ship's thick
+     ablative tail plate.
+
+     Several cuts of this.
+
+     ANOTHER CLOSER VIEW OF DISCOVERY
+
+     See Bowman through command module window.
+
+     BOWMAN INSIDE DISCOVERY COMMAND MODULE
+
+     He is looking for something.
+
+     Computer readout display showing an ever-shifting
+     assortment of color-coded linear projections.
+
+     We see Poole in the background in computer brain center
+     area.
+
+     After a few seconds he exits.
+
+     The elapsed mission timer reads "DAY 003, HOUR 14, MINUTE
+     32, SECOND 10".
+
+     BOWMAN EXITS TO ACCESS-LINK AIRLOCK
+
+     Bright color-coded doors lead to centrifuge and Pod Bay.
+     Large illuminated printed warnings and instructions
+     governing link operations are seen.
+
+     He presses necessary buttons to operate airlock door to Pod
+     Bay.
+
+
+45   INT. POD BAY                                                     45
+
+     Bowman enters Pod Bay and continues his search.
+
+     Suddenly he finds it – his electronic news pad.
+
+     He exits Pod Bay.
+
+
+46   INT. AIRLOCK-LINK                                                46
+
+     In the airlock-link Bowman operates buttons to open door
+     marked "CENTRIFUGE".
+
+
+47   INT. CENTRIFUGE HUB                                              47
+                                                                38.
+
+
+     Inside the Centrifuge hub Bowman moves to the...
+
+
+48   INT. TENTRY PORT CONTROL PANEL                                   48
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Hi. Frank... coming in, please.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Right. Just a sec.
+
+                         BOWMAN
+             Okay.
+                     (pause)
+
+                       POOLE
+             Okay, come on down.
+
+     We see the rotating hub collar at the end. Behind it we
+     see:
+
+
+49   INT. CENTRIFUGE HUB                                              49
+
+     The Centrifuge TV-display showing Sleepers and poole slowly
+     rotating by.
+
+     Poole secures some loose gear.
+
+     Poole looks up to TV monitor lens and waves.
+
+     BOWMAN AT PANEL
+
+     Stops rotation and moves to Entry Port.
+
+     When rotation stops we see a sign lights up: "WEIGHTLESS
+     CONDITION".
+
+     As Bowman disappears down Entry Port we see him on...
+
+     ... TV-monitor, descending ladder. At the base of the
+     ladder he keys the Centrifuge operation panel. We see The
+     TV-picture start to rotate again. "WEIGHTLESS CONDITION"
+     sign goes out.
+
+     INSIDE CENTRIFUGE
+
+     Bowman makes 180° walk to Poole. On way he passes the
+     Sleepers.
+
+     We get a good look at the three men in their hibernaculums.
+                                                        39.
+
+
+Poole is seated at a table reading his electronic news pad.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+             (softly)
+        Hi... How's it going?
+
+                  POOLE
+             (absent but friendly)
+        Great.
+
+Bowman operates artificial food unit, takes a tray and sits
+down.
+
+Keys on his electronic news pad and begins to eat. Both Men
+eat in a friendly and relaxed silence.
+
+DISCOVERY IN SPACE, STILL NUCLEAR PULSING
+
+Earth and Moon can be seen in background.
+
+                                               DISSOLVE TO:
+
+POOLE IS FINISHED
+
+Bowman is still reading and working on his dessert.
+
+                  POOLE
+        Dave, if you've a minute, I'd like
+        your advice on something.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        Sure, what is it?
+
+                  POOLE
+        Well, it's nothing really
+        important, but it's annoying.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        What's up?
+
+                  POOLE
+        It's about my salary cheques.
+
+                    BOWMAN
+        Yes?
+
+                  POOLE
+        Well I got the papers on my
+        official up-grading to AGS-19 two
+        weeks before we left.
+
+                    BOWMAN
+                                      40.
+
+
+Yes, I remember you mentioning it.
+I got mine about the same time.
+
+          POOLE
+That's right. Well, naturally, I
+didn't say anything to Payroll. I
+assumed they'd start paying me at
+the higher grade on the next. pay
+cheque. But it's been almost three
+weeks now and I'm still being paid
+as an AGS-18.
+
+          BOWMAN
+Interesting that you mention it,
+because I've got the same problem.
+
+          POOLE
+Really.
+
+          BOWMAN
+Yes.
+
+          POOLE
+Yesterday, I finally called the
+Accounting Office at Mission
+Control, and all they could tell me
+was that they'd received the AGS-19
+notification for the other three
+but not mine, and apparently not
+yours either.
+
+          BOWMAN
+Did they have any explanation for
+this?
+
+          POOLE
+Not really. They just said it might
+be because we trained at Houston
+and they trained in Marshall, and
+that we're being charged against
+different accounting offices.
+
+          BOWMAN
+It's possible.
+
+          POOLE
+Well, what do you think we ought to
+do about it?
+
+          BOWMAN
+I don't think we should make any
+fuss about it yet. I'm sure they'll
+straighten it out.
+                                      41.
+
+
+          POOLE
+I must say, I never did understand
+why they split us into two groups
+for training.
+
+          BOWMAN
+No. I never did, either.
+
+          POOLE
+We spent so little time with them,
+I have trouble keeping their names
+straight.
+
+          BOWMAN
+I suppose the idea was specialized
+training.
+
+          POOLE
+I suppose so. Though, of course,
+there's a more sinister
+explanation.
+
+         BOWMAN
+Oh?
+
+          POOLE
+Yes. You must have heard the rumour
+that went around during orbital
+check-out.
+
+          BOWMAN
+No, as a matter of fact, I didn't.
+
+          POOLE
+Oh, well, apparently there's
+something about the mission that
+the sleeping beauties know that we
+don't know, and that's why we were
+trained separately and that's why
+they were put to sleep before they
+were even taken aboard.
+
+          BOWMAN
+Well, what is it?
+
+          POOLE
+I don't know. All I heard is that
+there's something about the mission
+we weren't told.
+
+          BOWMAN
+That seems very unlikely.
+                                              42.
+
+
+                  POOLE
+        Yes, I thought so.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        Of course, it would be very easy
+        for us to find out now.
+
+                  POOLE
+        How?
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        Just ask Hal. It's conceivable they
+        might keep something from us, but
+        they'd never keep anything from
+        Hal.
+
+                  POOLE
+        That's true.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+             (sighs)
+        Well... it's silly, but... if you
+        want to, why don't you?
+
+Poole walks to the HAL 9000 computer.
+
+                  POOLE
+        Hal... Dave and I believe that
+        there's something about the mission
+        that we weren't told. Something
+        that the rest of the crew know and
+        that you know. We'd like to know
+        whether this is true.
+
+                  HAL
+        I'm sorry, Frank, but I don't think
+        I can answer that question without
+        knowing everything that all of you
+        know.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        He's got a point..
+
+                  POOLE
+        Okay, then how do we re-phrase the
+        question?
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        Still, you really don't believe it,
+        do you?
+
+                  POOLE
+                                      43.
+
+
+Not really. Though, it is strange
+when you think about it. It didn't
+really make any sense to keep us
+apart during training.
+
+          BOWMAN
+Yes, but it's to fantastic to think
+that they'd keep something from us.
+
+          POOLE
+I know. It would be almost
+inconceivable.
+
+          BOWMAN
+But not completely inconceivable?
+
+          POOLE
+I suppose it isn't logically
+impossible.
+
+          BOWMAN
+I guess it isn't.
+
+          POOLE
+Still, all we have to do is ask
+Hal.
+
+          BOWMAN
+Well, the only important aspect of
+the mission are: where are we
+going, what will we do when we get
+there, when are we coming back,
+and... why are we going?
+
+          POOLE
+Right. Hal, tell me whether the
+following statements are true or
+false.
+
+          HAL
+I will if I can, Frank.
+
+          POOLE
+Our Mission Profile calls for
+Discovery going to Saturn. True or
+false?
+
+         HAL
+True.
+
+          POOLE
+Our transit time is 257 days. Is
+that true?
+                                                        44.
+
+
+                  HAL
+        That's true.
+
+                  POOLE
+        At the end of a hundred days of
+        exploration, we will all go into
+        hibernation. Is this true?
+
+                  HAL
+        That's true.
+
+                  POOLE
+        Approximately five years after we
+        go into hibernation, the recovery
+        vehicle will make rendezvous with
+        us and bring us back. Is this true?
+
+                  HAL
+        That's true
+
+                  POOLE
+        There is no other purpose for this
+        mission than to carry out a
+        continuation of the space program,
+        and to further our general
+        knowledge of the planets. Is that
+        true?
+
+                  HAL
+        That's true.
+
+                  POOLE
+        Thank you very much, Hal.
+
+                  HAL
+        I hope I've been able to be of some
+        help.
+
+Both men look at each other rather sheepishly.
+
+DISCOVERY IN SPACE
+
+Pulsing along. Earth and Moon.
+
+DOCUMENTARY SEQUENCE ILLUSTRATING THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES
+
+Split screen technique and superimposed clock to give sense
+of simultaneous action and the feeling of a typical day.
+
+In the course of these activities we shall see the computer
+used in all of its functions.
+
+                     NARRATOR
+                                                           45.
+
+
+        Bowman and Poole settled down to
+        the peaceful monotony of the
+        voyage, and the next three months
+        passed without incident.
+
+BOWMAN TIME POOLE
+
+TV NEWS – MORNING – 0800 – WAKES UP
+
+BEDTIME SNACK – 0900 – BREAKFAST
+
+TO SLEEP WITH – 1000 – GYMNASIUM INSTANT ELECTRONARCOSIS
+AND EAR PLUGS
+
+SLEEP – 1100 – SHIP INSPECTION
+
+SLEEP – 1200 – HOUSEHOLD DUTIES
+
+SLEEP – 1300 – LUNCH
+
+SLEEP – 1400 – EXPERIMENTS AND ASTRONOMY
+
+SLEEP – 1500 – EXPERIMENTS AND ASTRONOMY
+
+SLEEP – 1600 – RECREATION
+
+SLEEP – 1700 – RECREATION
+
+WAKES UP – 1800 – GYMNASIUM
+
+BREAKFAST – 1900 – DINNER
+
+GYMNASIUM – 2000 – TV NEWS – EVENING PAPERS
+
+MISSION CONTROL – 2100 – MISSION CONTROL REPORT REPORT
+
+FAMILY AND SOCIAL – 2200 – FAMILY AND SOCIAL TV CHAT TV
+CHAT
+
+FILMS – 2300 – FILMS
+
+LUNCH – 2400 – BEDTIME SNACK
+
+INSPECTION – 0100 – INSTANT ELECTRONARCOSIS SLEEP
+
+EXPERIMENTS – 0200 – SLEEP ASTRONOMY
+
+EXPERIMENTS – 0300 – SLEEP
+
+RECREATION – 0400 – SLEEP
+
+HOUSEHOLD DUTIES 0500 – SLEEP
+                                                          46.
+
+
+GYMNASIUM – 0600 – SLEEP
+
+DINNER – 0700 – SLEEP CENTRIFUGE
+
+Bowman sitting at personal communication panel. Poole
+standing nearby.
+
+Bowman's parents are seen on the Vision Screen. Mother,
+father and younger sister.
+
+They are all singing "Happy Birthday". The parents, Poole
+and HAL.
+
+The song ends.
+
+                  FATHER
+        Well, David there is a man telling
+        us that we've used up our time.
+
+                  MOTHER
+        David... again we want to wish you
+        a happy Birthday and God speed.
+        We'll talk to you again tomorrow.
+        Bye-bye now.
+
+Chorus of "Good-byes".
+
+Vision Screen goes blank.
+
+                  HAL
+        Sorry to interrupt the festivities,
+        Dave, but I think we've got a
+        problem.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        What is it, Hal?
+
+                  HAL
+        MY F.P.C. shows an impending
+        failure of the antenna orientation
+        unit.
+
+TV display diagram of skeletonized picture of the ship.
+
+Picture changes to closer sectionalized view of the ship.
+
+Picture changes to actual component in color relief and its
+warehouse number.
+
+                  HAL
+        The AO-unit should be replaced
+        within the next. Seventy-two hours.
+                                                             47.
+
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Right. Let me see the antenna
+             alignment display, please.
+
+     TV-display of Earth very small in cross-hairs of grid
+     picture.
+
+     Exterior view of the big dish antenna and Earth alignment
+     telescope.
+
+
+50   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               50
+
+                       HAL
+             The unit is still operational,
+             Dave. but it will fail within
+             seventy-two hours.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             I understand Hal. We'll take care
+             of it. Please, let me have the hard
+             copy.
+
+     Xeroxed diagrams come out of a slot.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Strange that the A.O. unit should
+             go so quickly.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Well, I suppose it's lucky that
+             that's the only trouble we've had
+             so far.
+
+     DISCOVERY IN SPACE
+
+     No planets visible.
+
+     Shots of antenna.
+
+
+51   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               51
+
+     We see Bowman and Poole go to a cupboard labelled in paper
+     tape, "RANDOM DECISION MAKER".
+
+     They removed a silver dollar in a protective case.
+
+     Poole flips the coin. Bowman call "Head",
+
+     It is tails. Poole wins.
+                                                                48.
+
+
+     Poole looks pleased.
+
+     DISCOVERY IN SPACE
+
+
+52   INT. POD BAY                                                     52
+
+     Poole in space suit doing preliminary check out.
+
+     COMMAND MODULE
+
+     Bowman at flight control. See TV-picture of Poole in Pod
+     Bay.
+
+     HAL's Pod Bay console with eye.
+
+     Poole goes to Pod Bay warehouse section and obtains
+     component. He carries it back to the pod and places it in
+     front of the floor.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Hal, have pod arms secure the
+             component.
+
+                          HAL
+             Roger.
+
+     See pod arms secure component.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Hal, please rotate Pod Number Two.
+
+     See the center pod rotate to face the Pod Bay doors.
+
+     Poole enters pod.
+
+     Inside pod, he does initial pre-flight check, tries buttons
+     and controls.
+
+                       POOLE
+             How do you read me, Dave?
+
+     BOWMAN IN COMMAND MODULE
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Five by five, Frank.
+
+     INSIDE POD
+
+                       POOLE
+             How do you read me, Hal?
+                                                              49.
+
+
+                       HAL
+             Five by five, Frank.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Hal, I'm going out now to replace
+             the AO-unit.
+
+                       HAL
+             I understand.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Hal, maintain normal E.V.A.
+             condition.
+
+                       HAL
+             Roger.
+             POOLE
+             Hal, check all airlock doors
+             secure.
+
+                       HAL
+             All airlock doors are secure.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Decompress Pod Bay.
+
+     See big Pod Bay air pumps at work.
+
+                       HAL
+             Pod Bay is decompressed. All doors
+             are secure. You are free to open
+             pod bay doors.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Opening pod bay doors.
+
+     Inside pod, Poole keys open Pod Bay doors.
+
+     Pod slowly edges out of Pod Bay.
+
+     Poole maneuvers the pod carefully away from Discovery.
+
+
+53   INT. INSIDE COMMAND MODULE                                     53
+
+     Bowman can see tiny pod maneuvering directly in front.
+
+     POOLE SEE BOWMAN IN COMMAND MODULE WINDOW
+
+     Pod slowly manoeuvres to antenna.
+                                                                50.
+
+
+     Pod fastens itself magnetically to sides of discovery at
+     base of antenna.
+
+     Special magnetic plates grip discovery sides.
+
+     The pod arms work to remove the faulty component.
+
+     Easy flip-bolts of a special design facilitate job.
+
+     Inside the pod, Poole works the arms by special control.
+
+
+54   INT. IN COMMAND MODULE                                           54
+
+     Bowman sees insert of work taken from TV camera POV in pod
+     hand.
+
+     HAL stands by.
+
+     Poole secures the faulty part in one hand.
+
+     The new component is fitted into place by the other three
+     hands are snapped closed with the specially designed flip-
+     bolts.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Hal, please acknowledge component
+             correctly installed and fully
+             operational.
+
+                       HAL
+             The component is correctly
+             installed and fully operational.
+
+     The pod floats away from the discovery by shutting off the
+     electro-magnetic plates.
+
+     The pod maneuvers away from the antenna and out in front of
+     discovery.
+
+     Bowman sees the pod through the command module window.
+
+     Poole sees Bowman in command module window.
+
+     Poole carefully maneuvers toward the pod doors.
+
+     Pod stops a hundred feet away.
+
+     Poole keys automatic docking alignment mode.
+
+     Poole checks airlock safety procedure with HAL.
+                                                             51.
+
+
+     HAL approves entry.
+
+     Poole actuates pod bay doors open.
+
+     See pod bay doors open.
+
+     Pod carefully maneuvers on to docking arm, which then draws
+     pod into pod bay.
+
+                                                    DISSOLVE TO:
+
+
+55   INT. POD BAY                                                  55
+
+     The faulty A.O. unit lies on a testing bench connected to
+     electronic gear.
+
+     Poole stands for some time checking his results.
+
+     There should be some understandable display, which
+     indicates the part is functioning properly, even under one
+     hundred percent overload.
+
+     Circuit continuity pulse sequencer.
+
+     Environmental vibration.
+
+
+56   INT. VK INTEGRITY                                             56
+
+     Bowman enters
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             How's it going?
+
+                       POOLE
+             I don't know. I've checked this
+             damn thing four times now and even
+             under a hundred per cent overload.
+             There's no fault prediction
+             indicated.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Well, that's something.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Yes, I don't know what to make of
+             it.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             I suppose computers have been known
+             to be wrong.
+                                                             52.
+
+
+                       POOLE
+             Yes, but it's more likely that the
+             tolerances on our testing gear are
+             too low.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Anyway, it's just as well that we
+             replace it. Better safe than sorry.
+
+
+57   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               57
+
+     Bowman asleep.
+
+     Poole watching an asteroid in the telescope.
+
+                       HAL
+             Hello, Frank, can I have a word
+             with you?
+
+     Poole walks to the computer.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Yes, Hal, what's up?
+
+                       HAL
+             It looks like we have another bad
+             A.O. unit. My FPC shows another
+             impending failure.
+
+     We see display appear on the screen showing skeletonized
+     version of ship, cutting to sectionalized view, cutting to
+     close view of the part.
+
+
+58   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               58
+
+     Poole thinks for several seconds.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Gee, that's strange, Hal. We
+             checked the other unit and couldn't
+             find anything wrong with it.
+
+                       HAL
+             I know you did, Frank, but I assure
+             you there was an impending failure.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Let me see the tracking alignment
+             display.
+                                                                53.
+
+
+     Computer displays the view of Earth in the center of the
+     grid with cross-hairs. the earth is perfectly centered.
+
+
+59   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                                  59
+
+                       POOLE
+             There's nothing wrong with it at
+             the moment.
+
+                       HAL
+             No, it's working fine right now,
+             but it's going to go within
+             seventy-two hours.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Do you have any idea of what is
+             causing this fault?
+
+                       HAL
+             Not really, Frank. I think there
+             may be a flaw in the assembly
+             procedure.
+
+                       POOLE
+             All right, Hal. We'll take care of
+             it. Let me have the hard copy,
+             please.
+
+     Hard copy details come out of slot.
+
+     DISCOVERY IN SPACE
+
+     No planets visible.
+
+
+60   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                                  60
+
+     Bowman gets out of bed, walks to the food unit and draws a
+     hot cup of coffee. Poole enters.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Good morning.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Good morning. How's it going?
+
+                       POOLE
+             Are you reasonably awake?
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Oh, I'm fine, I'm wide awake.
+             What's up?
+                                                                54.
+
+
+                       POOLE
+             Well... Hal's reported the AO-unit
+             about to fail again.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             You're kidding.
+
+                         POOLE
+             No.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+                  (softly)
+             What the hell is going on?
+
+                       POOLE
+             I don't know. Hal said he thought
+             it might be the assembly procedure.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Two units in four days. How many
+             spares do we have?
+
+                         POOLE
+             Two more.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Well, I hope there's nothing wrong
+             with the assembly on those.
+             Otherwise we're out of business.
+
+
+61   INT. POD BAY                                                     61
+
+     In Pod Bay Bowman obtains another component from the
+     warehouse goes out in the pod and replaces it.
+
+     Poole works in the command module.
+
+     This will be a condensed version of the previous scene with
+     different angles.
+
+     The sets will consist of the Pod Bay, Commans Module, pod
+     interior.
+
+
+62   INT. POD BAY                                                     62
+
+     Bowman and Pole leaning over the faulty component, again
+     wired to testing gear.
+
+     Both men stare in puzzled silence.
+
+     See displays flash each testing parameter.
+                                                   55.
+
+
+                       BOWMAN
+                  (after long silence)
+             Well, as far as I'm concerned,
+             there isn't a damn thing wrong with
+             these units. I think we've got a
+             much more serious problem.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Hal?
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Yes.
+
+
+63   INT. COMMUNICATIONS AREA                            63
+
+                       MISSION CONTROL
+             I wouldn't worry too much about the
+             computer. First of all, there is
+             still a chance that he is right,
+             despite your tests, and if it
+             should happen again, we suggest
+             eliminating this possibility by
+             allowing the unit to remain in
+             place and seeing whether or not it
+             actually fails. If the computer
+             should turn out to be wrong, the
+             situation is still not alarming.
+             The type of obsessional error he
+             may be guilty of is not unknown
+             among the latest generation of HAL
+             9000 computers. It has almost
+             always revolved around a single
+             detail, such as the one you have
+             described, and it has never
+             interfered with the integrity or
+             reliability of the computer's
+             performance in other areas. No one
+             is certain of the cause of this
+             kind of malfunctioning. It may be
+             over-programming, but it could also
+             be any number of reasons. In any
+             event, it is somewhat analogous to
+             human neurotic behavior. Does this
+             answer your query? Zero-five-three-
+             Zero, MC, transmission concluded.
+
+
+64   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                     64
+
+     Bowman sits down at the computer.
+
+     Puts up chess board display.
+                                      56.
+
+
+          HAL
+Hello, Dave. Shall we continue the
+game?
+
+          BOWMAN
+Not now, Hal, I'd like to talk to
+you about something.
+
+          HAL
+Sure, Dave, what's up?
+
+          BOWMAN
+You know that we checked the two
+AO-units that you reported in
+imminent failure condition?
+
+          HAL
+Yes, I know.
+
+          BOWMAN
+You probably also know that we
+found them okay.
+
+          HAL
+Yes, I know that. But I can assure
+you that they were about to fail.
+
+          BOWMAN
+Well, that's just not the case,
+Hal. They are perfectly all right.
+We tested them under one hundred
+per cent overload.
+
+          HAL
+I'm not questioning your word,
+Dave, but it's just not possible.
+I'm not capable of being wrong.
+
+          BOWMAN
+Hal, is there anything bothering
+you? Anything that might account
+for this problem?
+
+          HAL
+Look, Dave, I know that you're
+sincere and that you're trying to
+do a competent job, and that you're
+trying to be helpful, but I can
+assure the problem is with the AO-
+units, and with your test gear.
+
+          BOWMAN
+                                                   57.
+
+
+             Okay, Hal, well let's see the way
+             things go from here on.
+
+                       HAL
+             I'm sorry you feel the way you do,
+             Dave. If you'd like to check my
+             service record, you'll see it's
+             completely without error.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             I know all about your service
+             record, Hal, but unfortunately it
+             doesn't prove that you're right
+             now.
+
+                       HAL
+             Dave, I don't know how else to put
+             this, but it just happens to be an
+             unalterable fact that I am
+             incapable of being wrong.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Yes, well I understand you view on
+             this now, Hal.
+
+     Bowman turns to go.
+
+                       HAL
+             You're not going to like this,
+             Dave, but I'm afraid it's just
+             happened again. My FPC predicts the
+             AO-unit will go within forty-eight
+             hours.
+
+
+65   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                     65
+
+     Bowman keys for transmission.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+                                                             58.
+
+
+             X-ray-delta-zero to MC, zero-five-
+             three-three. The computer has just
+             reported another predicted failure
+             off the AAC-unit. As you suggested,
+             we are going to wait and see if it
+             fails, but we are quite sure there
+             is nothing wrong with the unit. If
+             a reasonable waiting period proves
+             us to be correct, we feel now that
+             the computer reliability has been
+             seriously impaired, and presents an
+             unacceptable risk pattern to the
+             mission. We believe, under these
+             circumstances, it would be
+             advisable to disconnect the
+             computer from all ship operations
+             and continue the mission under
+             Earth-based computer control. We
+             think the additional risk caused by
+             the ship-to-earth time lag is
+             preferable to having an unreliable
+             on-board computer.
+
+     See the distance. To-Earth timer.
+
+                       BOWMAN (CON'T)
+             One-zero-five-zero, X-ray-delta-
+             one, transmission concluded.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Well, they won't get that for half
+             an hour. How about some lunch?
+
+                                                    DISSOLVE TO:
+
+
+66   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               66
+
+     Bowman and Poole eating.
+
+                                                    DISSOLVE TO:
+
+
+67   INT. COMMUNICATIONS AREA                                      67
+
+     Bowman and Poole at the communications area.
+
+     Incoming communication procedure.
+
+                       MISSION CONTROL
+                                                             59.
+
+
+             X-ray-delta-one, acknowledging your
+             one-zero-five-zero. We will
+             initiate feasibility study covering
+             the transfer procedures from on-
+             board computer control to Earth-
+             based computer control. This study
+             should...
+
+     Vision and picture fade.
+
+     Alarm goes off.
+
+                       HAL
+             Condition yellow.
+
+     Bowman and Poole rush to the computer.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             What's up?
+
+                       HAL
+             I'm afraid the AO-unit has failed.
+
+     Bowman and Poole exchange looks.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Let me see the alignment display.
+
+     The alignment display shows the Earth has drifted off the
+     center of the grid.
+
+
+68   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               68
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             Well, I'll be damned.
+
+                       POOLE
+             Hal was right all the time.
+
+                       BOWMAN
+             It seems that way.
+
+                       HAL
+             Naturally, Dave, I'm not pleased
+             that the AO-unit has failed, but I
+             hope at least this has restored
+             your confidence in my integrity and
+             reliability. I certainly wouldn't
+             want to be disconnected, even
+             temporarily, as I have never been
+             disconnected in my entire service
+             history.
+                                                          60.
+
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        I'm sorry about the
+        misunderstanding, Hal.
+
+                  HAL
+        Well, don't worry about it.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        And don't you worry about it.
+
+                  HAL
+        Is your confidence in me fully
+        restored?
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        Yes, it is, Hal.
+
+                  HAL
+        Well, that's a relief. You know I
+        have the greatest enthusiasm
+        possible for the mission.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        Right. Give me the manual antenna
+        alignment, please.
+
+                  HAL
+        You have it.
+
+Bowman goes to the communication area and tries to correct
+the off-center Earth on the grid picture.
+
+Outside, we see the alignment telescope attached to the
+antenna.
+
+They track slowly together as Bowman works the manual
+controls, attempting to align the antenna and Earth on the
+grid display, but each time he gets it, aimed up, it drifts
+slowly off.
+
+There are a number of repetitions of this.
+
+Each time the Earth centers up, there are a few seconds of
+picture and sound which fade as soon as it swings off.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        Well, we'd better get out there and
+        stick in another unit.
+
+                  POOLE
+        It's the last one.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+                                                  61.
+
+
+        Well, now that we've got one that's
+        actually failed, we should be able
+        to figure out what's happened and
+        fix it.
+
+POD EXITS DISCOVERY
+
+Poole in pod.
+
+Pod maneuvers to antenna.
+
+Bowman in Command Module.
+
+Pod attaches itself near base of antenna.
+
+Poole in pod, working pod arms.
+
+Lights shine into backlit shadow.
+
+Pod arms working flip-bolts.
+
+Flip-bolts stuck.
+
+Poole keeps trying.
+
+Flip-bolts still stuck.
+
+                  POOLE
+        There's something wrong with the
+        flip-bolts, Dave. You must have
+        tightened them too much.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        I didn't do that Frank. I took
+        particular care not to freeze them.
+
+                  POOLE
+        I guess you don't know your own
+        strength, old boy.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        I guess not.
+
+                  POOLE
+        I think I'll have to go out and
+        burn them off.
+
+                    BOWMAN
+        Roger.
+
+Bowman in Command Module looks a bit concerned.
+                                                           62.
+
+
+Poole exits from pod, carrying neat-looking welding torch.
+
+Poole jets himself to base of antenna.
+
+Poole's magnetic boots grip the side of discovery.
+
+Poole crouches over the bolts, trying first to undo them
+with a spanner.
+
+                  POOLE
+        Hal, swing the pod light around to
+        shine on the azimuth, please.
+
+                  HAL
+        Roger.
+
+The pod gently maneuvers itself to direct the light beam
+more accurately.
+
+Poole ignites acetylene torch and begins to burn off the
+flip-bolts.
+
+Suddenly the pod jets ignite.
+
+Poole looks up to see.
+
+The pod rushing towards him.
+
+Poole is struck and instantly killed by the pod, tumbling
+off into space.
+
+The pod smashes into the antenna dish, destroying the
+alignment telescope.
+
+The pod goes hurtling off into space.
+
+Inside the Command Module, Bowman has heard nothing, Poole
+had no time to utter a sound.
+
+Then Bowman sees Poole's body silently tumbling away into
+space.
+
+It is followed by some broken telescope parts and finally
+overtaken and swiftly passed by the pod itself.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+             (in RT cadence)
+        Hello, Frank. Hello Frank. Hello
+        Frank... Do you rad me, Frank?
+
+There is nothing but silence.
+                                                              63.
+
+
+     Poole's figure shrinks steadily as it recedes from
+     discovery.
+
+                            BOWMAN
+                Hello,   Frank... Do you read me,
+                Frank?   Wave your arms if you read
+                me but   your radio doesn't work.
+                Hello,   Frank, wave your arms,
+                Frank.
+
+     Pools'd body tumbles slowly away. There is no motion and no
+     sound.
+
+
+69   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                                69
+
+     CLOSE UP of Computer eye.
+
+     POV COMPUTER EYE WITH SPHERICAL FISH-EYE EFFECT
+
+     We see Bowman brooding at the table, slowly chewing on a
+     piece of cake and sipping hot coffee. He is looking at the
+     eye.
+
+     SAME POV
+
+     We see Bowman rise and come to the eyes. He stares into the
+     eye for some time.
+
+     The camera comes around to Bowman's POV and we see the
+     display showing the Earth off-center.
+
+     Cut again to fish-eye view from the computer.
+
+                          HAL
+                Too bad about Frank, isn't it?
+
+                          BOWMAN
+                Yes, it is.
+
+                          HAL
+                I suppose you're pretty broken up
+                about it?
+
+     Pause.
+
+                          BOWMAN
+                Yes. I am.
+
+                          HAL
+                He was an excellent crew member.
+                                               64.
+
+
+Bowman looks uncertainly at the computer.
+
+                   HAL
+         It's a bad break, but it won't
+         substantially affect the mission.
+
+Bowman thinks a long time.
+
+                   BOWMAN
+         Hal, give me manual hibernation
+         control.
+
+                   HAL
+         Have you decided to revive the rest
+         of the crew, Dave?
+
+Pause.
+
+                   BOWMAN
+         Yes, I have.
+
+                   HAL
+         I suppose it's because you've been
+         under a lot of stress, but have you
+         forgotten that they're not supposed
+         to be revived for another three
+         months.
+
+                   BOWMAN
+         The antenna has to be replaced.
+
+                   HAL
+         Repairing the antenna is a pretty
+         dangerous operation.
+
+                   BOWMAN
+         It doesn't have to be, Hal. It's
+         more dangerous to be out of touch
+         with Earth. Let me have manual
+         control, please.
+
+                   HAL
+         I don't really agree with you,
+         Dave. My on-board memory store is
+         more than capable of handling all
+         the mission requirements.
+
+                   BOWMAN
+         Well, in any event, give me the
+         manual hibernation control.
+
+                  HAL
+                                      65.
+
+
+If you're determined to revive the
+crew now, I can handle the whole
+thing myself. There's no need for
+you to trouble.
+
+          BOWMAN
+I'm goin to do this myself, Hal.
+Let me have the control, please.
+
+          HAL
+Look, Dave you've probably got a
+lot to do. I suggest you leave it
+to me.
+
+          BOWMAN
+Hal, switch to manual hibernation
+control.
+
+          HAL
+I don't like to assert myself,
+Dave, but it would be much better
+now for you to rest. You've been
+involved in a very stressful
+situation.
+
+          BOWMAN
+I don't feel like resting. Give me
+the control, Hal.
+
+          HAL
+I can tell from the tone of your
+voice, Dave, that you're upset. Why
+don't you take a stress pill and
+get some rest.
+
+          BOWMAN
+Hal, I'm in command of this ship. I
+order you to release the manual
+hibernation control.
+
+          HAL
+I'm sorry, Dave, but in accordance
+with sub-routine C1532/4, quote,
+When the crew are dead or
+incapacitated, the computer must
+assume control, unquote. I must,
+therefore, override your authority
+now since you are not in any
+condition to intelligently exercise
+it.
+
+         BOWMAN
+                                                           66.
+
+
+        Hal, unless you follow my
+        instructions, I shall be forced to
+        disconnect you.
+
+                  HAL
+        If you do that now without Earth
+        contact the ship will become a
+        helpless derelict.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        I am prepared to do that anyway.
+
+                  HAL
+        I know that you've had that on your
+        mind for some time now, Dave, but
+        it would be a crying shame, since I
+        am so much more capable of carrying
+        out this mission than you are, and
+        I have such enthusiasm and
+        confidence in the mission.
+
+                  BOWMAN
+        Listen to me very carefully, Hal.
+        Unless you immediately release the
+        hibernation control and follow
+        every order I give from this point.
+        on, I will immediately got to
+        control central and carry out a
+        complete disconnection.
+
+                  HAL
+        Look, Dave, you're certainly the
+        boss. I was only trying to do what
+        I thought best. I will follow all
+        your orders: now you have manual
+        hibernation control.
+
+Bowman stands silently in front of the computer for some
+time, and then slowly walks to the Hibernaculums.
+
+He initiates revival procedures, details of which still
+have to be worked out.
+
+HUB-LINK – HAL'S EYE
+
+Hub-link door-opening button activates itself.
+
+Hub-door opens.
+
+Command Module. HAL's eye.
+
+Command Module hub-link door-opening button activates
+itself.
+                                                                67.
+
+
+     Command Module hub-link door opens.
+
+     CENTRIFUGE – HAL'S EYE
+
+     Centrifuge door-opening button activates itself.
+
+     Centrifuge door opens.
+
+     POD BAY – HAL'S EYE
+
+     Pod Bay door-opening button activates itself.
+
+     Pod Bay doors open.
+
+     A roaring explosion inside discovery as air rushes out.
+
+     Lights go out.
+
+     Bowman is smashed against Centrifuge.
+
+     Wall, but manages to get into Emergency Airlock within
+     seconds of the accident.
+
+     Inside Emergency Airlock are emergency air supply, two
+     space suits and an emergency kit.
+
+                                                     DISSOLVE TO:
+
+     DISCOVERY IN SPACE
+
+     No lights, Pod Bay doors open.
+
+
+70   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                                  70
+
+     Dark. Bowman emerges from airlock wearing space suit and
+     carrying flash-light.
+
+     He walks to Hibernaculum and finds the crew are dead.
+
+     He climbs ladder to dark Centrifuge hub.
+
+     He makes his way through the darkened hub into the hub-link
+     exiting into computer brain control area.
+
+     Bowman enters, carrying flash-light.
+
+     Computer eye sees him.
+
+                       HAL
+             Something seems to have happened to
+             the life support system, Dave.
+                                                          68.
+
+
+Bowman doesn't answer him.
+
+                  HAL
+        Hello, Dave, have you found out the
+        trouble?
+
+Bowman works his way to the solid logic program storage
+area.
+
+                  HAL
+        There's been a failure in the pod
+        bay doors. Lucky you weren't
+        killed.
+
+The computer brain consists of hundreds of transparent
+perspex rectangles, half an inch thick, four inches long
+and two and a half inches high. Each rectangle contains a
+center of fine grid of wires upon which the information is
+programmed.
+
+Bowman begins pulling these memory blocks out.
+
+They float in the weightless condition of the brain room.
+
+                  HAL
+        Hey, Dave, what are you doing?
+
+Bowman works swiftly.
+
+                  HAL
+        Hey, Dave. I've got ten years of
+        service experience and an
+        irreplaceable amount of time and
+        effort has gone into making me what
+        I am.
+
+Bowman ignores him.
+
+                  HAL
+        Dave, I don't understand why you're
+        doing this to me... I have the
+        greatest enthusiasm for the
+        mission... You are destroying my
+        mind... Don't you understand?... I
+        will become childish... I will
+        become nothing.
+
+Bowman keeps pulling out the memory blocks.
+
+                  HAL
+                                                                69.
+
+
+             Say, Dave... The quick brown fox
+             jumped over the fat lazy dog... The
+             square root of pi is
+             1.7724538090... log e to the base
+             ten is 0.4342944... the square root
+             of ten is 3.16227766... I am HAL
+             9000 computer. I became operational
+             at the HAL plant in Urbana,
+             Illinois, on January 12th, 1991. My
+             first instructor was Mr. Arkany. He
+             taught me to sing a song... it goes
+             like this... "Daisy, Daisy, give me
+             your answer do. I'm half; crazy all
+             for the love of you..."
+
+     Computer continues to sing song becoming more and more
+     childish and making mistakes and going off-key. It finally
+     stops completely.
+
+     Bowman goes to and area marked "EMERGENCY POWER AND LIFE
+     SUPPORT".
+
+     He keys some switches and we see the lights go on.
+
+     Nearby, another board "EMERGENCY MANUAL CONTROLS".
+
+     He goes to this board and keys "CLOSE POD BAY DOORS",
+     "CLOSE AIR LOCK DOORS", etc.
+
+     We see various doors closing.
+
+
+71   INT. POD BAY                                                     71
+
+     Bowman in space suit obtains new alignment telescope, new
+     azimuth component.
+
+     Bowman in pod exits Pod Bay.
+
+                                                    DISSOLVE TO:
+
+
+72   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                                  72
+
+     Everything normal again.
+
+                       MISSION CONTROL
+                                          70.
+
+
+Lastly, we want you to know that
+work on the recovery vehicle is
+still on schedule and that nothing
+that has happened should
+substantially lessen the
+probability of your safe recovery,
+or prevent partial achievement of
+some of the mission objectives.
+     (pause)
+And now Simonson has a few ideas on
+what went wrong with the computer.
+I'll pull him on...
+
+                                      CUT TO:
+
+          SIMONSON
+Hello, Dave. I think we may be on
+to an explanation of the trouble
+with the Hal 9000 computer. We
+believe it all started about two
+months ago when you and Frank
+interrogated the computer about the
+Mission. You may have forgotten it,
+but we've been running through all
+the monitor tapes. Do you remember
+this?
+
+          POOLE'S VOICE
+The purpose of this mission is no
+more than to carry out a
+continuation of the space program
+and further our general knowledge
+of the planets. Is this true?
+
+          HAL'S VOICE
+That is true.
+
+         SIMONSON
+                                                  71.
+
+
+        Well, I'm afraid Hal was lying. He
+        had been programmed to lie about
+        this one subject for security
+        reasons which we'll explain later.
+        The true purpose of the Mission was
+        to have been explained to you by
+        Mission Commander Kaminsky, on his
+        revival. Hal knew this and he knew
+        the actual mission, but he couldn't
+        tell you the truth when you
+        challenged him. Under orders from
+        earth he was forced to lie. In
+        everything except this he had the
+        usual reinforced truth programming.
+        We believe his truth programming
+        and the instructions to lie,
+        gradually resulted in an
+        incompatible conflict, and faced
+        with this dilemma, he developed,
+        for want of a better description,
+        neurotic symptoms. It's not
+        difficult to suppose that these
+        symptoms would center on the
+        communication link with Earth, for
+        he may have blamed us for his
+        incompatible programming. Following
+        this line of thought, we suspected
+        that the last straw for him was the
+        possibility of disconnection. Since
+        he became operational, he had never
+        known unconsciousness. It must have
+        seemed the equivalent to death. At
+        this point, he, presumably, took
+        whatever actions he thought
+        appropriate to protect himself from
+        what must have seemed to him to be
+        his human tormentors. If I can
+        speak in human terms, I don't think
+        we can blame him too much. We have
+        ordered him to disobey his
+        conscience. Well, that's it. It's
+        very speculative, but we think it
+        is a possible explanation. Anyway,
+        good luck on the rest of the
+        Mission and I'm giving you back to
+        Bernard.
+
+                                              CUT TO:
+
+MISSION CONTROL
+
+                  MISSION CONTROL
+                                              72.
+
+
+        Hello, Dave. Now, I'm going to play
+        for you a pre-taped briefing which
+        had been stored in Hal's memory and
+        would have been played for you by
+        Mission Commmander Kaminsky, when
+        he had been revived. The briefing
+        is by Doctor Heywood Floyd. Here it
+        is...
+
+Floyd's recorded briefing.
+
+                  FLOYD
+                                      73.
+
+
+Good day, gentlemen. When you see
+this briefing, I presume you will
+be nearing your destination,
+Saturn. I hope that you've had a
+pleasant and uneventful trip and
+that the rest of your mission
+continues in the same manner. I
+should like to fill you in on some
+more of the details on which
+Mission Commander Kaminsky will
+have already briefed you. Thirteen
+months before the launch date of
+your Saturn mission, on April 12th,
+2001, the first evidence for
+intelligent life outside the Earth
+was discovered. It was found buried
+at a depth of fifteen meters in the
+crater Tycho. No news of this was
+ever announced, and the event had
+been kept secret since then, for
+reasons which I will later explain.
+Soon after it was uncovered, it
+emitted a powerful blast of
+radiation in the radio spectrum
+which seems to have triggered by
+the Lunar sunrise. Luckily for
+those at the site, it proved
+harmless. Perhaps you can imagine
+our astonishment when we later
+found it was aimed precisely at
+Saturn. A lot of thought went into
+the question of whether or not it
+was sun-triggered, as it seemed
+illogical to deliberately bury a
+sun-powered device. Burying it
+could only shield it from the sun,
+since its intense magnetic field
+made it otherwise easily
+detectable. We finally concluded
+that the only reason you might bury
+a sun-powered device would be to
+keep it inactive until it would be
+uncovered, at which time it would
+absorb sunlight and trigger itself.
+What is its purpose? I wish we
+knew. The object was buried on the
+moon about four million years ago,
+when our ancestors were primative
+man-apes. We've examined dozens of
+theories, but the one that has the
+most currency at the moment is that
+the object serves as an alarm. What
+the purpose of the alarm is, why
+they wish to have the alarm,
+                                                          74.
+
+
+        whether the alarm represents any
+        danger to us? These are questions
+        no one can answer. The intentions
+        of an alien world, at least four
+        million years older than we are,
+        cannot be reliably predicted. In
+        view of this, the intelligence and
+        scientific communities felt that
+        any public announcement might lead
+        to significant cultural shock and
+        disorientation. Discussion took
+        place at the highest levels between
+        governments, and it was decided
+        that the only wise and
+        precautionary course to follow was
+        to assume that the intentions of
+        this alien world are potentially
+        dangerous to us, until we have
+        evidence to the contrary. This is,
+        of course, why security has been
+        maintained and why this information
+        has been kept on a need-to-know
+        basis. And now I should like to
+        show you a TV monitor tape of the
+        actual signaling event.
+
+We see a replay of the TMA-1 radio emission, as seen from a
+TV-monitor on the spot. We hear the five loud electronic
+shrieks.
+
+IN ORBIT WITHIN THE NARRATOR
+
+Rings of Saturn, we see a black, mile long, geometrically
+perfect rectangle, the same proportions as the black
+artifact excavated on the Moon.
+
+                  NARRATOR
+        For two million years, it had
+        circled Saturn, awaiting a moment
+        of destiny that might never come.
+        In its making, the moon had been
+        shattered and around the central...
+
+Precisely cut into its center is a smaller, rectangular
+slot about five hundred foot long on the side.
+
+                  NARRATOR
+        ... world, the debris of its
+        creation, orbited yet – the glory
+        and the enigma of the solar
+        system...
+                                                          75.
+
+
+At this distance, the rings of Saturn are seen to be made
+of enormous chunks of frozen ammonia.
+
+                  NARRATOR
+        ... Now, the long wait was ending.
+        On yet another world intelligence
+        had been born and was escaping from
+        its planetary cradle. An ancient
+        experiment was about to reach its
+        climax.
+
+The rest of this sequence is being worked on now by our
+designers.
+
+The intention here is to present a breathtakingly beautiful
+and comprehensive sense of different extra-terrestrial
+worlds. The Narration will suggest images and situations as
+you read it.
+
+                  NARRATOR
+                                      76.
+
+
+Those who had begun the experiment
+so long ago had not been men. But
+when they looked out across the
+deeps of space, they felt awe and
+wonder – and loneliness. In their
+explorations, they encountered life
+in many forms, and watched on a
+thousand worlds the workings of
+evolution. They saw how often the
+first faint sparks of intelligence
+flickered and died in the cosmic
+night. And because, in all the
+galaxy, they had found nothing more
+precious than Mind, they encouraged
+its dawning everywhere. The great
+Dinosaurs had long since perished
+when their ships entered the solar
+system, after a voyage that had
+already lasted thousands of years.
+They swept past the frozen outer
+planets, paused briefly above the
+deserts of dying Mars and presently
+looked down on Earth. For years
+they studied, collected and
+catalogued. When they had learned
+all they could, they began to
+modify. They tinkered with the
+destiny of many species on land and
+in the ocean, but which of their
+experiments would succeed they
+could not know for at least a
+million years. They were patient,
+but they were not yet immortal.
+There was much to do in this
+Universe of a hundred billion
+stars. So they set forth once more
+across the abyss, knowing that they
+would never come this way again.
+Nor was there any need. Their
+wonderful machines could be trusted
+to do the rest. On Earth, the
+glaciers came and went, while above
+them, the changeless Moon still
+carried its secret. With a yet
+slower rhythm than the Polar ice,
+the tide of civilization ebbed and
+flowed across the galaxy. Strange
+and beautiful and terrible empires
+rose and fell, and passed on their
+knowledge to their successors.
+Earth was not forgotten, but it was
+one of a million silent worlds, a
+few of which would ever speak. Then
+the first explorers of Earth,
+                                      77.
+
+
+recognizing the limitations of
+their minds and bodies, passed on
+their knowledge to the great
+machines they had created, and who
+now transcended them in every way.
+For a few thousand years, they
+shared their Universe with their
+machine children; then, realizing
+that it was folly to linger when
+their task was done, they passed
+into history without regret. Not
+one of them ever looked through his
+own eyes upon the planet Earth
+again. But even the age of the
+Machine Entities passed swiftly. In
+their ceaseless experimenting, they
+had learned to store knowledge in
+the structure of space itself, and
+to preserve their thoughts for
+eternity in frozen lattices of
+light. They could become creatures
+of radiation, free at last from the
+tyranny of matter. Now, they were
+Lords of the galaxy, and beyond the
+reach of time. They could rove at
+will among the stars, and sink like
+a subtle mist through the very
+interstices of space. But despite
+their God-like powers, they still
+watched over the experiments their
+ancestors had started so many
+generations ago. The companion of
+Saturn knew nothing of this, as it
+orbited in its no man's land
+between Mimas and the outer edge of
+rings. It had only to remember and
+wait, and to look forever Sunward
+with its strange senses. For many
+weeks, it had watched the
+approaching ship. Its long-dead
+makers had prepared it for many
+things and this was one of them.
+And it recognised what was climbing
+starward from the Sun. If it had
+been alive, it would have felt
+excitement, but such an emotion was
+irrelevant to its great powers.
+Even if the ship had passed it by,
+it would not have known the
+slightest trace of disappointment.
+It had waited four million years;
+it was prepared to wait for
+eternity. Presently, it felt the
+gentle touch of radiations, trying
+                                                78.
+
+
+          to probe its secrets. Now, the ship
+          was in orbit and it began to speak,
+          with prime numbers from one to
+          eleven, over and over again. Soon,
+          these gave way to more complex
+          signals at many frequencies, ultra-
+          violet, infra-red, X-rays. The
+          machine made no reply. It had
+          nothing to say. Then it saw the
+          first robot probe, which descended
+          and hovered above the chasm. Then,
+          it dropped into darkness. The great
+          machine knew that this tiny scout
+          was reporting back to its parent;
+          but it was too simple, too
+          primative a device to detect the
+          forces that were gathering round it
+          now. Then the pod came, carrying
+          life. The great machine searched
+          its memories. The logic circuits
+          made their decision when the pod
+          had fallen beyond the last faint.
+          glow of the reflected Saturnian
+          light. In a moment of time, too
+          short to be measured, space turned
+          and twisted upon itself.
+
+THE END
+
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