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Episode 95 : Part A


 

In the Holodeck program The Adventures of Captain Proton, the evil Dr Chaotica has captured Captain Proton's rocketship along with his sidekick Buster Kincaid and secretary Constance Goodheart.
Chaotica broadcasts to the people of Earth:
"Citizens of Earth. Your destiny is in my hands. Those of you who acquiesce to my demands you will be treated fairly. Oppose me and you face a dire fate indeed as my slaves in the Mines of Mercury. You have one hour."
Buster Kincaid (played by Harry Kim) and Constance Goodheart are tied up.

Kincaid: "You'll never get away with this."
Chaotica: "Oh but I shall. Your once proud country will fall to its knees. How ironic that I am using your rocketship to lead my space force into battle."
Kincaid: "You're wrong, Chaotica. Before you came on board someone pushed the self-destruct button. In three minutes we'll all be dead."
Chaotica: "Noooooo!"
The hero arrives! Tom Paris as Captain Proton enters the ship.
Proton: "Spaceman First Class, Protector of Earth, Scourge of Intergalactic Evil, at your service."
Chaotica: "But I saw you fall into the fiery mouth of that volcano."
Proton: "It takes more than a little lava to stop Captain Proton." He unties the captives. "Now, I want you to call off your invasion and give me back my rocketship."
Chaotica: "There is one force in this universe that even you cannot defeat!"
Constance Goodheart screams as......
........the Doctor enters. He is in colour.
He tells Constance Goodheart: "The same to you." To Paris, "Mr Paris, I should've known it was you monopolising the Holodeck."
Chaotica: "Who is this insolent fool?"
Kincaid: "Er, he's er one of our men." To the computer: "Computer, adjust the Doctor's spectral frequency." The Doctor's colour is replaced by black and white.
Doctor: "I have no interest in your frivolous fantasy. I'm here to rehearse a duet from 'Don Carlo' and you've already gone three minutes into my scheduled-"
Chaotica: "Enough. Robot, attack! Destroy them. Start with him."
Enter the dreaded Satan's Robot! Constance Goodheart screams.

The Doctor orders the computer to freeze the program.

Paris: "Doc! This is the final chapter, 'Satan's Robot Conquers the World'. We can't stop now."
Doctor: "Does the phrase 'to be continued' mean anything to you?"
Paris: "Your opera can wait."
Doctor: "This program is a waste of photonic energy."
Paris: "Oh really. Take a look around you. This is how the 20th century saw the future. We are studying sociology."
Doctor: "Perhaps you can teach a course at Starfleet Academy - 'Satan's Robot, an historical overview'."
They each try to take charge of the control panel, both pressing buttons here and there. As they do so smoke starts coming out of the control box and on the Bridge Chakotay is alerted to a problem.
Chakotay via comms: "Bridge to Holodeck 1. What's going on down there?"
Kim: "Oh nothing, Commander. Just a little power surge."
Chakotay: "Says here the hologrid just blew out."
Paris: "We're fixing it now, sir."
Chakotay: "Well, make it quick. The last thing we need is a broken holodeck."

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On the Bridge, Seven enters with a PADD containing a report which she hands to Chakotay. As she does so:
Chakotay: "Seven, I want good news. That's an order."
Seven: "Then I must disobey. I have no good news to report. I completed an astrometric scan of the entire region. There are no star systems within twenty-five hundred light-years."
Chakotay: "Nothing?"
Seven: "Nothing."
Chakotay: "Why can't we see any stars beyond that?"
Seven: "There are heavy concentrations of theta radiation. This occluded our sensors."
Chakotay: "Any other ships out there?"
Seven: "None. We are alone."
Chakotay: "Every sailor's nightmare."
Seven: "Commander?"
Chakotay: "It's like being becalmed in the middle of the ocean. If it weren't for sensors we wouldn't even know we were at warp. We've only been crossing this expanse for two months and we're already feeling the strain. How do we last another two years."
Seven: "We will adapt."
Chakotay: "Easier said than done."
Seven: "Shall I inform the Captain of my findings?"
Chakotay: "No. I'll tell her."

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