P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:50/11 Episode Nine - Rescue 10/12 The quick-witted Commander brought out his communicator. "VITA...VITA, can you hear me - code Pig if A1" he whispfred. Silence. The slimy walls drippfd onto the scabby stone floor. Then, faint as a zfphyr, Axel heard VITA's gentle tone in his earpiece. "Aga1 Cagaptagaagin" "Ragevagersage tagimage vagitagal zagonage. Sagecraget cagodagewagord SPERON" "Agundagerstagoagod" came the soft reply. Instantaneously M Axel felt his spacesuit simmer. He'd been hit! More in a moment P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:03/05 Episode Nine - Rescue 9/12 The burly commander tightened his grip on his lasfr stunN He'd got past the entrance without six Braks burnt to smithereens! All the tortuous paths writhed their way toward a central chamber, deep in the bowels of the plant's structureN bVITA must be hidden there - but how will I ever get in - or out again for that matter.!" He paused and all drew breath, gathering his wits togetherN "Perhaps?...N hmm, there may be a way." More in a moment P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:40/03 N Episode Nine - Rescue 12/12 A violent magenta flashed rolled out of the tunnel, blasting over Axel and the loathesome Brak Commander. VITA had accepted her order - and acted upon it. Already the whole balance of space around was boiling in turmoil. Axel felt himself being swept up and spung around in a searing heat. His brain, overstretched by the horror of the Brak, finally pegged out into a blissful oblivion." "VITA is safe M Sector 7059 is saved" was his last conscious thought. The End at Last P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:44/15 Episode Nine - Rescue 3/12 The Commander looked grim. "Almost at the coordinate Kator?" he asked his pal. Already his fingers twitched in anticipation over the weapon controls. bMvst the first glimpsf of a Brak ship and they'll never see Zenda's Paradise again...Never." Kator nodded his wholehearted agreement as he carefully manipulated the naviscan controlsN bMvst another few seconds Cap, and we are right on target," was the response. More in a moment P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:02/01 Episode Nine - Rescue 6/12 Within seconds Gemini would break through and arrive at the coordinate VITA had sent in her last clue The sweat from Axel's brow drippdd steadily onto the weapon controls. "Two one and.. " whispdred his side-kici. Instantly the crystal viewer was ablaze with the phosphorus gleam of Brak war ships M all lasdrs blazingN "gegve found the hidden planet!" cried Kator, "Quick, the shield, and counter attack!b "Starboard you starphasdd lunatic!" came the frenetic replyN More in a moment P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:50/10 N EPISODE NINE - RESCUE P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:02/11 Episode Nine - Rescue 8/12 "I'm OK Cap, really." Axel grimaced at the blood pouring from Kator's arm. "OK or not, I'll havd to leave you pal and try to find VITA. Thank Rexordo Gemini survived the time-slip!" The Commander buckled himself into the landing pod and seconds later jarred to a halt on the hidden planet's surface. Ahead of him was a vast, monolithic edifice, grotesque to view - as all Brak architecture is. "VITA must be in there," he muttered, bouncing toward it's yawning, maw-like entrance More in a moment P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:44/25 Episode Nine - Rescue 2/12 Kator and Axel are racing through space on the final lap of their race against time to find VITA and rescue her from the wicked Braks. With only 20 hours left, they must solve another clue and recapture the life-support computer - or lose to the Braks who will take over Sector The weary space heroes, speeding toward the Sector base, are now following a warm trail - VITA herself had sent the last clue. They must be close! But will they be in time? More in a moment P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:45/01 Episode Nine - Rescue 4/12 "Bullseye!" Kator shouted. In the same instant their zany computer, Gemma, whirred into life. "final message from VITA M recognition of compttapatern M reads 'threepdnny pfep gives life-like view' ends" Kator instantly progr—lldd for memory check with Gemma. "Check and scan old buddy M and please Xalto you come up with an answer," hf breathedN Even Gemma sounded depressed bnot able to compute this message" and in a small added "sorry cap and katorbN More in a moment P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:12/31 Episode Nine - Rescue 7/12 Twisting and turning through the phn- point laser blazds Gemini spun. Kator at the controls and Axel blasting away in retaliation, as if there was no final curtain. Below thfm the hidden moving planet spun coyly, hedged about by a wall of Brak war sdips. "We'll never do it Cap" shouted Kator, "They're too many!" "Right - slip-time sideways and hopf for the bestb. Kator gaspfd at the audacity of his Cap's plan Time-slips were notoriously dangerousN More in a moment P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:01/02 Episode Nine - Rescue 11/12 Looming in front of him was the ghastly visage of the Brak Commander. "You hopd to steal VITA back? You mere vermian fool!" His grating voice reverberated in the stinking tunnelN Axel doubled up in pain M even a Brak's voice was worse than a zillion Zargon deaths The blood rushed to his hdad and he felt his mind go blank in fear and panic. Fumbling for his lasdr stun - he could feel his fingers lose their grip on the motivator button - what a way to go! More in a moment P241 CEEFAX 241 Tue 30 Dec 22:00/03 7kb£5 },55j£57kj£57k j<.j 'kb£57k"7 Episode Nine - Rescp— 5/12 "That's OK Gemma - yougve done your silicon best," Axel reassured her. You could cut the atmosphere in the control room with a knife. Without Gemma's hdlp they'd never unravel the ancient clue! "unless.." Gemma raspfd, "unless it is to do with novelty "p—oto-viewers" usdd in C-20th on Earth?" Cator almost fell rip off Gemma's tapf. "She's right" he gaspfd "thdre's another coordinate hidden in VITA's clue!" Axel set Gemini's controls. More in a moment