El guión de 2001 (1965)

por Stanley Kubrick & Arthur C. Clarke

Este documento, de gran valor histórico y cinéfilo, está escrito originalmente en inglés. Cuando hayas comprobado su enorme tamaño, verás porqué está traducido sólo en parte. Si te animas a traducir un fragmento, además de un enorme favor a mi y a todos los fans de Kubrick, figurarás en esta página con letras de oro. Agradecido de antemano a los que os preocupeis; y a los que no gracias por llegar hasta aqui.


2001: UNA ODISEA DEL ESPACIO
Guión
por
Stanley Kubrick y Arthur C. Clark
Hawk Films Ltd.,
c/o. M-G-M Studios,
Boreham Wood,
Herts.
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TITULO PARTE I
AFRICA
HACE 3.000.000 DE AŅOS
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VISTAS DE LAS TIERRAS ARIDAS AFRICANAS - SEQUIA
La implacable sequía duraba ya diez millones de años, y no terminaría en otro millón. El reinado de los terribles saurios había pasado hacia tiempo, pero aquí, en el continente que un día seria conocido como Africa, la batalla por la supervivencia había alcanzado un nuevo clímax de ferocidad, y el vencedor aun no estaba a la vista. En esta seca y árida tierra, solo el pequeño, o el veloz o el más fiero podía florecer, o incluso esperar existir.
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INT & EXT CUEVAS - MOONWATCHER
Los hombres-simio del campo no tenían ninguno de estos atributos, y estaban en el largo y patético camino de su extinción como raza. Alrededor de veinte de ellos ocupaba unas cuevas sobre un pequeño, reseco valle, dividido por un ínfimo y marron arroyo. La tribu siempre ha estado hambrienta, y ahora se muere de hambre. Cuando el primer rayo de sol del amanecer se introduce en la cueva, Moonwatcher descubre que su padre se ha muerto durante la noche. El no sabia que el Viejo era su padre, porque las relaciones estan lejos de su entendimiento, pero mientras esta de pie mirando hacia el demacrado cuerpo siente algo, algo cercano a la tristeza. Lleva el cuerpo de su padre muerto fuera de la cueva, y se lo deja las hienas. Entre los de su especie, Moonwatcher es casi un gigante. Mide cerca de cinco pies de altura, y a pesar de su mala alimentacion, pesa cerca de cien libras. Su peludo cuerpo musculoso es cuasi-humano, mientras que su cabeza es ya mas cercana a la humana que a la simia. La frente es baja, y tiene grandes arcos sobre la cuenca de sus ojos, pero sin lugar a dudas lleva en sus genes la promesa de humanidad. Con- forme mira ahora hacia afuera, hacia el mundo hostil, ya hay...
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...algo en su mirada, mas alla del dominio de cualquier simio. En esos oscuros, profundos ojos, se apre- cia un atisbo de inteligencia que no se completara hasta dos millones de años despues.
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EXT. EL ARROYO - LOS OTROS
Conforme el cielo del amanecer va aumentando su brillo, Moonwatcher y su tribu se acercan al arroyo. Los otros ya estan alli. Estan cada dia en el otro lado, lo cual no hace que sean menos molestos. Son dieciocho, y es imposble distinguirlos de los miembros de la tribu de Moonwatcher. Cuando lo ven venir, los Otros comienzan a gesticular y chillar en direccion al arroyo, y su propia tribu replica de la misma manera. La confrontacion termina en pocos minutos, entonces el fragor cesa tan rapido como comenzo y todo el mundo sacia su sed con la embarrada agua. El honor ha sido satisfecho; cada grupo ha marcado su propio territorio.
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EXT  LLANURA AFRICANA - HERBIVOROS

Moonwatcher y sus compañeros buscan frambuesas, fruta y hojas, and fight off pangs of hunger, while 
all around them, competing with them for the samr 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.

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EXT  PARCHED COUNTRYSIDE - THE LION

The tribe slowly wanders across the bare, flat country-side 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.

Defenceless and with nowhere to hide, they scatter in all directions, but the lion brings one to the 
ground.

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EXT  DEAD TREE - FINDS HONEY

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 scacely 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.

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INT & EXT  CAVES - NIGHT TERRORS

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

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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.

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EXT  THE STREAM - INVASION

The Others are growing desperate; the forage on their side of the valley is almost exhausted. Perhaps 
they realise 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, shieking 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 confu-
sion. 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

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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 seperated 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 precur-
sors 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,

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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 resis-
tance, that he quickly repeats it.

Even when Big-Tooth ceases to move for some time, Moonwatcher keeps up the exhilirating game.

With shrieks of panic, the Others retreat back, across the stream. The defenders cautiously pursue them 
as far as The water's edge.

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EXT  CAVE - NEW SOUND

Dozing fitfully and weakened by his stuggle, 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.

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EXT CAVE - NEW ROCK

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.

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;

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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 sensi-
ble hominid, he continues on his way to the river and forgets all about the Cube.

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EXT CUBE - FIRST LESSON

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 hypnotises 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,

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rotating on their axes as they do; and the hominids watch, wide-eyed, mesmerized captives of the Crystal 
Cube.

Then by some magic - though it was no more magical than all that had gone on before - a perfectly nor-
mal 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 specta-
cle 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.

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A small wart-hog ambles past the group of browsing humanoids without giving them more than a glan-
ce, 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 ho-
minids stir, as if

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awakening from a dream, realise where they are, and scuttle back to their caves.

They have no concious 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.

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EXT cave AND PLAINS - Utopia

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 trib 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 pas-
sion for hominids seemed to have grown even stronger now that they were better nourished. The second 
was the tribe across the river; for

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somehow the Others had survived, and had stubbornly refused to die of starvation.

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EXT CAVES - KILLING THE LION

With the partly devoured carcass of a warthog laid out on the ground at the point he hope the boulder 
would impact, Moon-watcher 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.

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 suddeness. 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

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onrushing boulder. He has combined the errors of over-confidence and bad luck.

The next morning they find the lion in front of the cave. They also find one of their tribe who had in-
cautiously 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 topay 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.

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EXT STREAM - MASTER OF THE WORLD

From their side of the stream, in the never violated safety of their own territory, the Others see Mo-
onwatcher 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 immediatly recognize this fact.

Instead of joining the verbal onslaught, as they had always done, Moonwatcher and his small band de-
cended from the rise, and begin to move forward to the stream with a quiet purposefulness never befor 
seen.

As the Others watch the figures silently approaching in the morning mist, they become aware of the 
terrible strangness 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.

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Led by One-ear, the Others half-heartly resume the battle-chant. But they are suddenly confrunted with a 
vision that cuts the sound from their throats, and strikes terror into their hearts.

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 stoud 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

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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 wea-
pon. One-Ear, merely looks up at the raised club until the heavey 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.

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A SECTION TIMING

A1    00.30
A2    00.45
A3    01.30
A4    00.30
A5    01.00
A6    01.00
A7    01.00
A8    03.00
A9    00.45
A10   02.00
A11   04.00
A12   02.00
A13   02.30
A14   02.30

A SECTION TOTAL: @23 MIN. 00 SECS
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TITLE                         PART II

YEAR 2001

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EARTH FROM 200 MILES UP                                                                         
                                                                                     NARRATOR          
                                                                                 By the year 2001, overpopulation has
B1a                                                                             replaced the problem of starvation
THOUSAND MEGATON                                                   but this was ominously offset by the
NUCLEAR BOMB IN ORBIT                                               absolute and utter perfection of the
ABOVE THE EARTH,                                                                                weapon.
RUSSIAN INSIGNIA AND
CCCP MARKINGS

B1b                                                                                          NARRATOR
AMERICAN THOUSAND                                   Hundreds of giant bombs had been placed in perpetual
MEGATON BOMB IN ORBIT                          orbit above the Earth. They were capable of incinerating 
ABOVE THE EARTH                                         the entire Earth's surface from an altitude of 100 miles.

B1c
FRENCH BOMB                                                                                                                 NARRATOR
                                                                                     Matters were further complicated by the presence 
B1d                                                                              of twenty-seven nations in the nuclear club. There
GERMAN BOMB                                                       had been no deliberate or accidental use of nuclear
                                                                                    weapons since World War II and some people felt
 B1f                                                                        secure in this knowledge. But, to others, the situation
CHINESE BOMB                                                   seemed  comparible to an airline with a perfect safety
 record; in showed admirable care and skill but no 
one expected it to last forever.

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NAVE ESPACIAL ORION-III EN VUELO 
DESDE LA TIERRA, A 200 MILLAS DE ALTITUD.

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ZONA DE PASAJEROS DE LA ORION-III. 
EL DR. HEYWOOD FLOYD ES EL UNICO PASAJERO 
EN LA ELEGANTE CABINA DISEÑADA PARA 
30 PERSONAS. ESTA DORMIDO.

SU BOLIGRAFO FLOTA CERCA DE SU MANO.

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B4
ORION-III COCKPIT. PILOT, CO-PILOT. FLOYD CAN BE SEEN
ASLEEP ON A SMALL TV MONITOR. STEWARDESS IS 
PUTTING ON LIPSTICK. SHE SEES PEN.

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LA AZAFATA SE DIRIGE A LA ZONA 
DE PASAJEROS, RESCATA EL BOLIGRAFO Y 
LO COLOCA EN EL BOLSILLO DE FLOYD.

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B6
SPACE STATION-5. 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

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AREA DE PASAJEROS DE LA NAVE ORION-III. 
FLOYD DESPIERTO PERO AUN ATONTADO, 
MIRA A TRAVES DE LA VENTANA.

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ORION-III COCKPIT. THE CO-PILOT IN RADIO COMMUNICATION 
WITH THE SPACE STATION.

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THE ORION-III SPACECRAFT IN DOCKING APPROACH. THE
EARTH IS SEEN IN BREATH-TAKING VIEW IN B.G.

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INSIDE DOCKING CONTROL WE SEE ORION-III MANOUVERING. 
IN BACKGROUND.

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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.

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B12
AREA DE RECEPCION DE LA ESTACION ESPACIAL

RECEPTIONIST AT DESK. MILLER ENTERS, HURRYING. HE GOES 
TO THE ELEVATOR AND PRESSES BUTTON. HE WAITS IMPATIENTLY.

VEMOS EL INDICADOR DEL ASCENSOR FUNCIONANDO

ELEVATOR DOOR OPENS AND FLOYD IS SEEN UNSTRAPPING 
HIMSELF. THE ELEVATOR GIRL IS SEATED BY THE DOOR
                                  MILLER
                                  Oh, buenos dias, Dr. Floyd.
                                  Soy Nick Miller.

                                  FLOYD
                                  ¿Como está Sr. 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.

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                             FLOYD
                             Oh, por favor, no se preocupe por eso.

                             MILLER
                             Bien, muchas gracias por ser tan comprensivo.

                             FLOYD
                             Por favor, realmente no tiene importancia.

                             MILLER
Bien. ¿Tuvo un viaje agradable?

                             FLOYD
                             Si, muy agradable.

                             MILLER
                             Bien, ¿pasamos por Documentación?

                             FLOYD
                             De acuerdo.

                             RECEPTIONIST
                             ¿Utilizaran el número ocho, por favor?

                             MILLER
                             Gracias señorita Turner.

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ENTRAN EN EL AREA DE PASAPORTES

RECEPTIONIST PRESSES "ENGLISH" BAR ON HER CONSOLE 
AND SMILES AS FLOYD GOES THROUGH.

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IN 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....

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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.

12/7/65                                                    b15 
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B13
CONTINUED

                              FLOYD
                              Oh, that's wonderful.

12/7/65                                                    b16 
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B14
INT SPACE STATION - LOUNGE

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.                             

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.

12/7/65                                                    b17 
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B14
CONTINUED

MILLER 
Fine. I'll see you at the bar.                             

FLOYD ENTERS PHONE BOOTH. SIGN ON VISION 
PHONE SCREEN "SORRY, TEMPORARILY OUT OF ORDER."

HE ENTERS THE SECOND BOOTH AND SITS DOWN

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B15
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B16
DELETED

PAGES b19 - b22 DELETED

12/7/65
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B17
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?

12/6/65                                                    b23 
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B17
CONTINUED

                             FLOYD
                             Well, I hope in a few days, sweetheart.

                             CHILD
                             I'm having a party tomorrow.

                             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.

12/6/65                                                    b24 
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B17

                             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.

12/6/65                                                    b24a 
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B17
CONTINUED

                             CHILD
                             I will, Daddy.

                             FLOYD
                             Okay, sweetheart. Have a lovely Birthday Party
                             tomorrow.

                             CHILD
                             Thank you, Daddy.

                             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.

12/6/65                                                    b24b 
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B18
VISION PHONE PROCEDURE FOR INFORMATION

VISION PHONE PROCEDURE FOR DIALLING

                             OPERATOR
                             Good morning, Macy's.

                             FLOYD
Good morning. I'd like the Vision shopper 
for the Pet Shop, please.

                             OPERATOR
                             Just one moment.

12/7/65                                                    b25 
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B19
THE PICTURE FLIPS AND WE SEE A WOMAN STANDING
IN FORN 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
Here you are, sir. Here is a  lovely assortment of African
bush babies. They are twenty Dollars each.

12/7/65                                                    b26 
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B19
CONTINUED

FLOYD
Yes, well... Pick out a nice one for me, a friendly 
one, and I'd like it delivered tomorrow.

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 SEE 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.

12/7/65                                                    b27 
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B19
CONTINUED

VISION SALES GIRL
Thank you very much, sir. It will be delivered tomorrow.

12/7/65                                                    b27a 
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B20
SPACE STATTION 5 - LOUNGE

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?

12/7/65                                                    b28 
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B20
CONTINUED

FLOYD
I'm afraid I've only got a few minutes, but I'd love to.

THERE IS A BIT OF CONFUSION AS ALL REALISE THERE 
IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR ANOTHER PERSON AT THE 
TABLE. SMYSLOV OFFERS FLOYD HIS CHAIR AND 
BORROWS ANOTHER FROM A NEARBY TABLE 

                             SMYSLOV
                             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?

12/7/65                                                    b29 
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B20
CONTINUED

                             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?

12/7/65                                                    b30 
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B20
CONTINUED

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?

12/7/65                                                    b31 
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B20
CONTINUED

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.

12/7/65                                                    b32 
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B20
CONTINUED

FLOYD
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.

12/7/65                                                    b33 
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B20
CONTINUED

                             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 afaid 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
                             Well, I'm glad about that.

12/7/65                                                    b33a 
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B20
CONTINUED

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, apperently, of an unknown origin. 
Is this, in fact, what has happened?

A LONG, AWKWARD PAUSE

12/7/65                                                    b33b 
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B20
CONTINUED

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
Well, I hope that you and your wife can come to the I.A.C.
conference in June.

12/7/65                                                    b33c 
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B20
CONTINUED

                             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 
PARAGRAPHES IN RUSSIAN

12/7/65                                                    b33d       
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B21

ARIES-IB IN SPACE. 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.

10/4/65                                                    b34 
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B21a

ARIES PASSENGER AREA. 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 TELEVISION

THE ELEVATOR ENTRANCE DOOR OPENS 
AND THE SECOND STEWARDESS ENTERS 
CARRYING A TRAY OF FOOD

SHE BRINGS IT TO THE OTHER STEWARDESS

                             STEWARDESS ONE
                             Oh, thank you very much.

                             STEWARDESS TWO
                             I see he's still asleep.

                             STEWARDESS ONE
                             Yes. He hasn't moved since we left.

STEWARDESS TWO EXITS, INTO ELEVATOR

12/6/65                                                    b34a 
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B21b

ARIES GALLEY AREA. STEWARDESS EXITS FROM
ELEVATOR, GOES TO KITCHEN SECTION, REMOVES
TWO TRAYS, WALKS UP TO THE SIDE OF THE 
WALL AND ENTERS PILOT'S COMPARTMENT

12/6/65                                                    b34b 
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B22
ARIES-IB COCKPIT. 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.

12/14/65                                                   b35 
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B22
CONTINUED

                             PILOT
I wonder what really IS going on up there?

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   b36       
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B22
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   b36a 
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B23
ARIES-IB IN SPACE. MOON VERY LARGE.

10/4/65                                                    b37 
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B24
ARIES-IB PASSENGER AREA. FLOYD FINISHING BREAKFAST.

PILOT ENTERS.

                             PILOT
Well, good afternoon, Dr. Floyd. Did you have a good rest?

                             FLOYD
Oh, marvellous. 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.

12/14/65                                                   b38  
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B24
CONTINUED

                             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?

12/14/65                                                   b39 
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B24
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   b40 
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B24
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   b40a 
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B25
ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON

10/4/65                                                    b41      
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B26
FLOYD GOES TO ARIES-IB WASHROOM AND LOOKS AT
THE VERY LONG LIST OF COMPLICATED INSTRUCTIONS

10/4/65                                                    b42 
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B27
ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON

DISSOLVE:

10/4/65                                                    b43 
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B28
FLOYD VISITING ARIES-IB COCKPIT. 
WEIGHTLESS TRICK ENTRANCE.

10/4/65                                                    b44      
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B29
ARIES-IB ORBITING MOON.

                             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.

10/4/65                                                    b45 
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B30
ARIES-IB COCKPIT - 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.

10/4/65                                                    b46 
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B31
ARIES-IB DECENDING. 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.

10/4/65                                                    b47 
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B32
A GROUND BUS NUZZLES UP TO COUPLING 
SECTION OF ARIES-IB

10/4/65                                                    b48      
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B33
INSIDE GREAT AIRLOCK ENTRANCE. GROUND 
BUS PULLS IN. GIANT DOORS CLOSE BEHIND IT.

10/4/65                                                    b49      
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B34
INSIDE SECOND AIRLOCK. DOORS OPEN AFTER 
OUTSIDE SECTION DOORS ARE CLOSED. GROUND 
BUS PULLS IN. DOORS CLOSE BEHIND IT. SEE 
PEOPLE WAITING IN GLASSED-IN SECTION 
WAITING FOR SECOND AIRLOCK DOORS TO CLOSE.

10/4/65                                                    b50 
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B35
LOW GRAVITY GYMNASIUM TRICK WITH CHILDREN.

                             NARRATOR
                             One of the attractions of life on the Moon was undoubtedly 
the low gravity which produced a sense of general well-being.

10/4/65                                                    b51 
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B36
CHILDREN IN SCHOOL. TEACHER SHOWING THEM
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:

10/5/65                                                    b52 
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B37
LARGE CENTRAL RECEPTION AREA. DOORS
BRANCHING OFF TO DIFFRENT 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
                             (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:

10/5/65                                                    b53 
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B38
LOW CEILING CONFERENCE ROOM, "U" SHAPED TABLE
FACING THREE PROJECTION 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.

11/25/65                                                   b54 
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B38
CONTINUED

                             FLOYD (cont'd)
                             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 realise 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.

11/25/65                                                   b55 
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B38
CONTINUED

                             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)
                             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.

11/25/65                                                   b56 
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B38
CONTINUED

                             HALVORSEN
                             We will, of course, cooperate in any way possible, Dr. Floyd.

11/25/65                                                   b56a 
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B39
SEVERAL SCENIC VIEWS OF MOON ROCKET 
BUS SKIMMING OVER SURFACE OF MOON.

10/5/65                                                    b57 
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B40
INSIDE ROCKET BUS, FLOYD, HALVORSEN,
MICHAELS, FOURTH MAN, PILOT AND
CO-PILOT. ALL IN SPACE SUITS MINUS HELMETS.

FLOYD IS SLOWELY LOOKING THROUGH SOME 
PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAGNETIC MAPS OF THE AREA.

HE LOOKS OUT OF THE WINDOW, THOUGHTFULLY.

11/25/65                                                   b58 
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B40
CONTINUED

THE PHOTOGRAPHES 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:

11/25/65                                                   b59
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B41
TMA-1 EXCAVATION. AIR VIEW. 
ROCKET BUS DESCENDING.

THERE ARE NO LIGHTS ON THE ACTUAL 
EXCAVATION, ONLY THE LANDING 
STRIP AND THE MONITOR DOME.

12/14/65                                                   b60
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B42
LONG SHOT MONITOR DOMES WITH A BIT OF 
EXCAVATION IN SHOT. SIX SMALL FIGURES IN 
SPACE SUITS SLOWLY WALK TOWARD EXCAVATION.

10/5/65                                                    b61      
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B43
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.

12/14/65                                                   b62      
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B44
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

11/25/65                                                   b63 
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B44
CONTINUED

                             MICHAELS
                             might do something, but we don't want to be 
too rough until we know a little more.

                             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.

11/25/65                                                   b64 
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B44
CONTINUED

                             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
                             I don't think it has, but I'd like to check 
that. Simpson, what's the log on that?

11/25/65                                                   b65 
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B45
INSIDE MONITOR DOME 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 futher work could be done.

11/25/65                                                   b66 
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B46
TMA-1 EXCAVATION

                             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 
photographes. Dr. Floyd, would you thand 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 SPACESUITED HANDS. 
THEN COMES MERCIFUL SILENCE.

11/25/65                                                   b67 
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B47
VARIOUS SHOTS OF SPACE MONITORS,
ASTEROIDS, THE SUN, PLUTO, MARS.

                             NARRATOR
                             A hundred million miles beyond Mars, in the cold lonliness
                             where no man had yet travelled, Deep-Space-Monitor-79 drifts
                             slowly among the tangled orbits of the asteroids.

                             NARRATOR
                             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 eever 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.

                             NARRATOR
                             All these things and many others were patiently noted by 
Deep-Space-Monitor-79, and recorded in its crystalline memory.

11/25/65                                                   b68 
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B47
CONTINUED

                             NARRATOR
                             But now it had noted something strange - the 
faint yet unmistakable distrubance rippling across the 
solar system, and quite unlike any natural 
phenomena it had ever observed in the past.

                             NARRATOR
                             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.

                             NARRATOR
                             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.

11/25/65                                                   b69 
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B SECTION TIMING

B1-1f      00.50               B24     01.30  
B2          00.10                B25     00.10
B3          00.15               B26     00.20
B4         00.15                B27    00.05
B5        00.20               B28       Out
B6        00.15               B29     00.30
B7        00.10               B30     00.30
B8        00.15               B31     00.25
B9        00.10               B32     00.20
B10       00.10               B33     00.20
B11       00.15               B34     00.30
B12       00.50               B35     00.20
B13       01.10               B36     00.20
B14       00.35               B37     00.30
B15       Out                 B38    02.15
B16       Out                 B39    00.20
B17       01.15               B40     00.50
B18       00.15               B41     00.15
B19       01.00               B42     00.10
B20       03.55               B43     00.15
B21       00.20               B44     01.40
B21A      00.20               B45     00.20
B21B      00.15               B46     00.40
B22       01.00                 B47    01.25                     
B23       00.10                                  .

B SECTION TOTAL:  28 MIN. 10 SECS.
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TITLE

                             PART III
                             14 MONTHS LATER

                                                           b69a
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C1
DISCOVERY 1,000,000 MILES FROM EARTH.
SEE EARTH AND MOON SMALL.

WE SEE A BLINDING FLASH EVERY 5
SECONDS FROM ITS NUCLEAR PULSE
PROPULSION. IT STRIKES AGAINST THE 
SHIP'S THICK ABLATIVE TAIL PLATE.

SEVERAL CUTS OF THIS.

11/19/65                                                   c1 
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C2
ANOTHER CLOSER VIEW OF DISCOVERY. SEE 
BOWMAN THROUGH COMMAND MODULE WINDOW.

11/19/65                                                   c2 
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C3
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 BACKGROUND IN
COMPUTER BRAIN CENTRE AREA.
AFTER A FEW SECONDS HE EXITS.

THE ELAPSED MISSION TIMER READS 
"DAY 003, HOUR 14, MINUTE 32, SECOND 10."

11/19/65                                                   c3 
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C4
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.

11/19/65                                                   c4 
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C5
BOWMAN ENTERS POD BAY AND CONTINUES
HIS SEARCH. SUDDENLY HE FINDS IT - HIS
ELECTRONIC NEWSPAD.

HE EXITS POD BAY.

11/19/65                                                   c5 
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C6
IN THE AIRLOCK-LINK BOWMAN OPERATES 
BUTTONS TO OPEN DOOR MARKED "CENTRIFUGE".

11/19/65                                                   c6      
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C7
INSIDE THE CENTRIFUGE HUB BOWMAN 
MOVES TO THE ENTRY PORT CONTROL PANEL

                             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

11/19/65                                                   c7 
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C8
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.

11/19/65                                                   c8 
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C9
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 TV-PICTURE
START TO ROTATE AGAIN. "WEIGHTLESS
CONDITION" SIGN GOES OUT.

11/19/65                                                   c9 
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C10
INSIDE CENTRIFUGE BOWMAN MAKES 180 DEGREE
WALK TO POOLE. ON WAY HE PASSES THE SLEEPERS.

WE GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE THREE
MEN IN THEIR HIBERNACULUMS.

POOLE IS SEATED AT A TABLE READING
HIS ELECTRONIC NEWSPAD.

                             BOWMAN
                             (softly) Hi... How's it going?

                             POOLE
                             (absent but friendly)  Great.

BOWMAN OPERATES ARTIFICIAL FOOD UNIT, 
TAKES HIS TRAY AND SITS DOWN. KEYS ON HIS 
ELECTRONIC NEWSPAD AND BEGINS TO EAT. 
BOTH MEN EAT IN A FRIENDLY AND RELAXED SILENCE.

11/19/65                                                   c10 
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C11
DISCOVERY IN SPACE, STILL NUCLEAR PULSING. 
EARTH AND MOON CAN BE SEEN IN BACKGROUND.

DISSOLVE:

11/19/65                                                   c11 
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C12
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.

12/14/65                                                   c12 
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C12
CONTINUED

                             BOWMAN
                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c13 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C12
CONTINUED

                             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.

                             POOLE
                             I must say, I never did understand why they 
split us into two groups for training.

                             BOWMAN
                             No. I never did, either.

12/14/65                                                   c14 
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C12
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c15 
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C12
CONTINUED

                             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.

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c15a 
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C12                                 
CONINUED

                             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?

12/14/65                                                   c15c       
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C12 
CONTINUED

                             BOWMAN
                             Still, you really don't believe it, do you?

                             POOLE
                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c15b
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C12
CONTINUED

                             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?

                             HAL
                             That's true.

12/14/65                                                   c15d
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C12
CONTINUED

                             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 
rendezous 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.

12/14/65                                                   c15e
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C12
CONTINUED
HAL
I hope I've been able to be of some help.


BOTH MEN LOOK AT EACH OTHER RATHER SHEEPISHLY.

12/14/65                                                   c15f
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C13

DISCOVERY IN SPACE. PULSING ALONG. EARTH AND MOON.

11/19/65                                                   c16
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C14
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C15
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C15
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C16
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PAGES c17 - c41 DELETED
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C17

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
                             Bowman and Poole settled down to the peaceful monotony of the
                             voyage, and the next three months passed without incident.

11/24/65                                                   c42
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C17
CONTINUED

BOWMAN                       TIME                     POOLE

a1                                          b1
TV NEWS - MORNING            0800                     WAKES UP

a2                                          b2
BEDTIME SNACK                0900                     BREAKFAST

a3                                          b3
TO SLEEP WITH                1000                     GYMNASIUM
INSTANT ELECTRO-
NARCOSIS AND EAR
PLUGS.

a4                                          b4
SLEEP                        1100                     SHIP INSPECTION

a5                                          b5
SLEEP                        1200                     HOUSEHOLD DUTIES

a6                                          b6
SLEEP                        1300                     LUNCH

11/24/65                                                   c43
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C17
CONTINUED

BOWMAN                       TIME                     POOLE

a7                                          b7
SLEEP                        1400                     EXPERIMENTS AND ASTRONOMY

a8                                          b8
SLEEP                        1500                     EXPERIMENTS AND ASTRONOMY

a9                                          b9
SLEEP                        1600                     RECREATION

a10                                         b10
SLEEP                        1700                     RECREATION

a11                                         b11
WAKES UP                     1800                     GYMNASIUM

a12                                         b12
BREAKFAST                    1900                     DINNER

11/24/65                                                   c44
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C17
CONTINUED

BOWMAN                       TIME                     POOLE

a13                                         b13
GYMNASIUM                    2000                     TV NEWS - EVENING PAPERS

a14                                         b14
MISSION CONTROL           2100       MISSION CONTROL REPORT
REPORT

a15                                         b15
FAMILY AND SOCIAL            2200                     FAMILY AND SOCIAL
TV CHAT                                     TV CHAT

a16                                         b16
FILMS                        2300                     FILMS

a17                                         b17
LUNCH                        2400                     BEDTIME SNACK

a18                                         b18
INSPECTION                   0100                     INSTANT ELECTRO-
                                            NARCOSIS SLEEP

11/24/65                                                   c45
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C17
CONTINUED

BOWMAN                       TIME                     POOLE

a19                                         b19
EXPERIMENTS AND              0200                     SLEEP
ASTRONOMY

a20                                         b20
EXPERIMENTS AND              0300                     SLEEP

a21                                         b21
RECREATION                   0400                     SLEEP

a22                                         b22
HOUSEHOLD DUTIES             0500                     SLEEP

a23                                         b23
GYMNASIUM                    0600                     SLEEP

a24                                         b24
DINNER                       0700                     SLEEP

11/24/65                                    c46
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C18
DISCOVERY IN SPACE

11/24/65                                                   c47
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C19
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
"GOODBYES".

12/13/65                                                   c48
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C19
CONTINUED

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.

C20
TV DISPLAYS DIAGRAM OF SKELETONISED
PICTURE OF SHIP.

12/13/65                                                   C49
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C21
PICTURE CHANGES TO CLOSER SECTIONALISED
VIEW OF SHIP.

C22
PICTURE CHANGES TO ACTUAL COMPONENT
IN COLOUR RELIEF AND ITS WAREHOUSE NUMBER

                             HAL
                             The A.O. unit should be replaced
                             within the next seventy-two hours.

                             BOWMAN
                             Right. Let me see the antenna alignment display, please.

C23
TV DISPLAY OF EARTH VERY SMALL IN 
CROSS-HAIRS OF A GRID PICTURE.

12/13/65                                                   c50
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C24
CUT TO EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE BIG DISH ANTENNA
AND EARTH ALIGNMENT TELESCOPE.

C25
CENTRIFUGE

                             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.

12/13/65                                                   c50a
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C26
DISCOVERY IN SPACE. NOT PLANETS VISIBLE.

SHOTS OF ANTENNA.

(NARRATION TO EXPLAIN TENOUS AND ESSENTIAL 
LINK TO EARTH. ALSO, WHAT TRACKING 
TELESCOPE DOES.)

12/13/65                                                   c51
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C27
CENTRIFUGE

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 CALLS "HEAD."

IT IS TAILS. POOLE WINS.

POOLE LOOKS PLEASED.

12/13/65                                                   c52
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C28
DISCOVERY IN SPACE

11/24/65                                                   c54
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C29
POD BAY. POOLE IN SPACE SUIT DOING
PRELIMINARY CHECK OUT.

C30
COMMAND MODULE. BOWMAN AT FLIGHT CONTROL. 
SEE TV PICTURE OF POOLE IN POD BAY.

C31
HAL'S POD BAY CONSOLE WITH EYE.

C32
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.

12/13/65                                                   c55
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C32
CONTINUED

SEE POD ARMS SECURE COMPONENT.

POOLE
Hal, please rotate Pod Number Two.

SEE THE CENTRE 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?

12/13/65                                                   c56
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C33
BOWMAN IN COMMAND MODULE.

                             BOWMAN
                             Five by five, Frank.

C34
INSIDE POD.

                             POOLE
                             How do you read me, Hal?

                             HAL
                             Five by five, Frank.

                             POOLE
                             Hal, I'm going out now to replace
                             the A.O. unit.

                             HAL
                             I understand.

                             POOLE
                             Hal, maintain normal E.V.A. condition.

                             HAL
                             Roger.

                             POOLE
                             Hal, check all airlock doors secure.

12/13/65                                                   c57
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C34
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/13/65                                                   c58
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C34
CONTINUED

POD SLOWLY EDGES OUT OF POD BAY.

C35
POOLE MANOEUVRES THE POD CAREFULLY
AWAY FROM DISCOVERY.

C36
INSIDE COMMAND MODULE, BOWMAN CAN SEE 
TINY POD MANOEUVRING DIRECTLY IN FRONT.

C37
POOLE SEE BOWMAN IN COMMAND MODULE WINDOW.

C38
POD SLOWLY MANOEVRES TO ANTENNA.

11/24/65                                                   c59
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C39
POD FASTENS ITSELF MAGNETICALLY TO SIDES 
OF DISCOVERY AT BASE OF ANTENNA.

C40
SPECIAL MAGNETIC PLATES GRIP DISCOVERY SIDES.

C41
THE POD ARMS WORK TO REMOVE THE FAULTY
COMPONENT.

C42
EASY FLIP-BOLTS OF A SPECIAL DESIGN
FACILITATE JOB.

C43
INSIDE THE POD, POOLE WORKS THE 
ARMS BY SPECIAL CONTROL.

11/24/65                                                   c60
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C44
IN COMMAND MODULE, BOWMAN SEES INSERT OF WORK 
TAKEN FROM TV CAMERA POINT-OF-VIEW IN POD HAND.

C45
HAL STANDS BY.

C46
POOLE SECURES THE FAULTY PART IN ONE HAND.

C47
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.

11/24/65                                                   c61
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C47
CONTINUED

HAL
The component is correctly installed and fully operational.

C48
THE POD FLOATS AWAY FROM THE DISCOVERY BY
SHUTTING OFF THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PLATES.

C49
THE POD MANOEUVRES AWAY FROM THE ANTENNA
AND OUT IN FRONT OF DISCOVERY.

C50
BOWMAN SEE THE POD THROUGH THE COMMAND
MODULE WINDOW.

C51
POOLE SEES BOWMAN IN COMMAND MODULE WINDOW.

11/24/65                                                   c62
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C52
POOLE CAREFULLY MANOEUVRES TOWARD
THE POD DOORS.

C53
POD STOPS A HUNDRED FEET AWAY.

C54
POOLE KEYS AUTOMATIC DOCKING ALIGNMENT
MODE.

C55
POOLE CHECKS AIRLOCK SAFETY PROCEDURE 
WITH HAL.

C56
HAL APPROVES ENTRY.

C57
POOLE ACTUATES POD BAY DOORS OPEN.

11/24/65                                                   c63
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C58
SEE POD BAY DOORS OPEN.

C59
POD CAREFULLY MANOEUVRES ON TO DOCKING 
ARM, WHICH THEN DRAWS POD INTO POD BAY.

DISSOLVE:

11/24/65                                                   c64
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C60
POD BAY

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.

CIRUIT CONTINUITY PULSE SEQUENCER.

ENVIRONMENTAL VIBRATION.

VK INTEGRITY.

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 
                                                   (cont'd)

12/13/65                                                   c65
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C60
CONT'D

POOLE (cont'd)
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.

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.

12/13/65                                                   c65a
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C61
DISCOVERY IN SPACE

12/1/65                                                    c66
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C62
CENTRIFUGE

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.

C63
WE SEE DISPLAY APPEAR ON THE SCREEN 
SHOWING SKELETONISED VERSION OF SHIP, 
CUTTING TO SECTIONALISED VIEW, CUTTING 
TO CLOSE VIEW OF THE PART.

12/13/65                                                   c67
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C64
CENTRIFUGE 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.

C65
COMPUTER DISPLAYS THE VIEW OF EARTH IN 
THE CENTRE OF THE GRID WITH CROSS-HAIRS. 
THE EARTH IS PERFECTLY CENTRED.

C66
CENTRIFUGE

POOLE
There's nothing wrong with it at the moment.

12/13/65                                                   c68
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C66
CONTINUED

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.

12/13/65                                                   c69
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C67
DISCOVERY IN SPACE, NO PLANETS VISIBLE.

12/1/65                                                    c70
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C68
CENTRIFUGE. 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?

POOLE
Well... Hal's reported the AO-unit about to fail again.

                             BOWMAN
                             You're kidding.

                             POOLE
                             No.

12/13/65                                                   c71
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C68
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/13/65                                                   c72

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C69
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 POD BAY, 
COMMAND MODULE, POD INTERIOR.

12/1/65                                                    c74
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C70
POD BAY. BOWMAN AND POOLE LEANING OVER THE 
FAULTY COMPONENT, AGAIN WIRED TO TESTING GEAR.

BOTH MEN STARE IN PUZZLED SILENCE.

SEE DISPLAYS FLASH EACH TESTING PARAMETER.

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.

12/14/65                                                   c75
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C71
DISCOVERY IN SPACE.

12/1/65                                                    c76
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C72
COMMUNICATIONS AREA.

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,
                                                     (con't)

12/1/65                                                    c77
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C72
CONTINUED

MISSION CONTROL (con't)
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.

12/1/65                                                    c78
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C73
DISCOVERY IN SPACE

                                                           c79
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C74
CENTRIFUGE.

BOWMAN SITS DOWN AT THE COMPUTER.

PUTS UP CHESS BOARD DISPLAY.

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c80
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C74
CONTINUED

                             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
                             Okay, Hal, well let's see the way things go from here on.

12/14/65                                                   c81
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C74
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c82
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C74
CONTINUED

                             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.

C75
DELETED

C76
DELETED

12/14/65                                                   c83
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C77
DISCOVERY IN SPACE

12/1/65                                                    c84
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C78
CENTRIFUGE

BOWMAN KEYS FOR
TRANSMISSION.

                             BOWMAN
                             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.

12/1/65                                                    c85
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C78
CONTINUED

                             BOWMAN (con't)
                             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:

12/14/65                                                   c86
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C78a
CENTRIFUGE

BOWMAN AND POOLE EATING.

DESSOLVE:

C79
BOWMAN AND POOLE AT THE COMMUNICATIONS AREA.

INCOMING COMMUNICATION PROCEDURE.

                             MISSION CONTROL
                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c87
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C79
CONTINUED

                             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.

C80
THE ALIGNMENT DISPLAY SHOWS THE EARTH 
HAS DRIFTED OFF THE CENTRE OF THE GRID.

C81
CENTRIFUGE.

                             BOWMAN
                             Well, I'll be damned.

                             POOLE
                             Hal was right all the time.

12/14/65                                                   c88
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C81
CONTINUED

                             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.

                             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.

12/1/65                                                    c89
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C81
CONTINUED

                             BOWMAN
                             Right. Give me the manual antenna alignment, please.

                             HAL
                             You have it.

C82
BOWMAN GOES TO THE COMMUNICATION
AREA AND TRIES TO CORRECT THE OFF-CENTRE 
EARTH ON THE GRID PICTURE.

C83
OUTSIDE, WE SEE THE ALIGNMENT TELESCOPE
ATTACHED TO THE ANTENNA. THEY TRACK
SLOWLY TOGETHER AS

C84
BOWMAN WORKS THE MANUAL CONTROLS,
ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN THE ANTENNA AND
EARTH ON THE

12/1/65                                                    c90
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C85
GRID PICTURE READOUT 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 CENTRES 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
                             Well, now that we've got one that's actually failed, we
                             should be able to figure out what's happened and fix it.

12/1/65                                                    c91
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C86
POD EXITS DISCOVERY.

C87
POOLE IN POD.

C88
POD MANOEUVERS TO ANTENNA.

C89
BOWMAN IN COMMAND MODULE.

C90
POD ATTACHES ITSELF NEAR BASE OF ANTENNA.

12/1/65                                                    c92
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C91
POOLE IN POD, WORKING POD ARMS.

C92
LIGHTS SHINE INTO BACKLIT SHADOW.

C93
POD ARMS WORKING FLIP-BOLTS.

C94
FLIP-BOLTS STUCK.

C95
POOLE KEEPS TRYING.

12/1/65                                                    c93
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C96
FLIP-BOLTS 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.

12/1/65                                                    c94
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C97
POOLE EXITS FROM POD, CARRYING NEAT
LOOKING WELDING TORCH.

C98
POOLE JETS HIMSELF TO BASE OF ANTENNA.

C99
POOLE'S MAGNETIC BOOTS GRIP THE SIDE OF DISCOVERY.

C100
POOLE CROUCHES OVER THE BOLTS, TRYING 
FIRST TO UNDO THEM WITH A SPANNER.

12/1/65                                                    c95
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C100
CONTINUED

                             POOLE
                             Hal, swing the pod light around
                             to shine on the azimuth, please.

                             HAL
                             Roger.

C101
THE POD GENTLY MANOEUVRES ITSELF TO 
DIRECT THE LIGHT BEAM MORE ACCURATELY.

C102
POOLE IGNITES ACETYLENE TORCH AND 
BEGINS TO BURN OFF THE FLIP-BOLTS.

C103
SUDDENLY THE POD JETS IGNITE.

12/1/65                                                    c96
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C104
POOLE LOOKS UP TO SEE.

C105
THE POD RUSHING TOWARDS HIM.

C106
POOLE IS STRUCK AND INSTANTLY KILLED
BY THE POD, TUMBLING OFF INTO SPACE.

C107
THE POD SMASHES INTO THE ANTENNA DISH, 
DESTROYING THE ALIGNMENT TELESCOPE.

12/1/65                                                    c97
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C108
THE POD GOES HURTLING OFF INTO SPACE.

C109
INSIDE THE COMMAND MODULE, BOWMAN 
HAS HEARD NOTHING, POOLE HAD NO TIME
TO UTTER A SOUND.

C110
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?

12/1/65                                                    c98
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C110
CONTINUED

THERE IS NOTHING BUT SILENCE.

C111
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.

C112
POOLE'S BODY TUMBLES SLOWLY AWAY. THERE
IS NO MOTION AND NO SOUND.

12/1/65                                                    c99
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C113
CENTRIFUGE

C114
CLOSE-UP OF COMPUTER EYE.

C115
POINT-OF-VIEW SHOT FROM 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.

C116
FROM THE SAME POINT-OF-VIEW WE
SEE BOWMAN RISE.

12/1/65                                                    c100
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C116
CONTINUED

AND COME TO THE EYE. HE STARES INTO
THE EYE FOR SOME TIME BEFORE SPEAKING.

C117
THE CAMERA COMES AROUND TO 
BOWMAN'S P.O.V.  AND WE SEE THE DISPLAY 
SHOWING THE EARTH OFF-CENTRE.

C118
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

12/14/65                                                   c101
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C118
CONTINUED

                             BOWMAN
                             Yes. I am.

                             HAL
                             He was an excellent crew member.

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.

12/14/65                                                   c102
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C118
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c103
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C118
CONTINUED

                             BOWMAN
                             Well, in any event, give me the manual hibernation control.

                             HAL
                             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 your'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.

12/14/65                                                   c104
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C118
CONTINUED

                             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
                             Hal, unless you follow my  instructions, 
I shall be forced to disconnect you.

12/14/65                                                   c105
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C118
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c106
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C118
CONTINUED

                             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.

C119
HE INITIATES REVIVAL PROCEDURES, DETAILS
OF WHICH STILL HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT.

12/14/65                                                   c107
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C120
HUB-LINK. HAL'S EYE.

C121
HUB-LINK DOOR-OPENING BUTTON
ACTIVATES ITSELF.

C122
HUB-DOOR OPENS.

C123
COMMAND MODULE. HAL'S EYE.

C124
COMMAND MODULE HUB-LINK DOOR-
OPENING BUTTON ACTIVATES ITSELF.

12/1/65                                                    c108
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C125
COMMAND MODULE HUB-LINK DOOR OPENS.

C126
CENTRIFUGE. HAL'S EYE.

C127
CENTRIFUGE DOOR-OPENING BUTTON ACTIVATES ITSELF.

C128
CENTRIFUGE DOOR OPENS.

C129
POD BAY. HAL'S EYE.

12/1/65                                                    c109
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C130
POD BAY DOOR-OPENING BUTTON ACTIVATES ITSELF.

C131
POD BAY DOORS OPEN.

C132
A ROARING EXPLOSION INSIDE 
DISCOVERY AS AIR RUSHES OUT.

C133
LIGHTS GO OUT.

C134
BOWMAN IS SMASHED AGAINST CENTRIFUGE

12/1/65                                                    c110
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C134
CONTINUED

WALL, BUT MANAGES TO GET INTO EMERGENCY
AIRLOCK WITHIN SECONDS OF THE ACCIDENT.

C133
INSIDE EMERGENCY AIR-LOCK ARE EMERGENCY AIR 
SUPPLY, TWO SPACE SUITS AND AN EMERGENCY KIT.

DISSOLVE:

12/1/65                                                    c111
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C136
DISCOVERY IN SPACE. NO LIGHTS, POD BAY DOORS OPEN.

12/1/65                                                    c112
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C137
CENTRIFUGE

C138
CENTRIFUGE, DARK. BOWMAN EMERGES FROM AIRLOCK
WEARING SPACE SUIT AND CARRYING FLASH-LIGHT.

C139
HE WALKS TO HIBERNACULUM AND FINDS
THE CREW ARE DEAD.

C140
HE CLIMBS LADDER TO TO DARK CENTRIFUGE HUB.

12/1/65                                                    c113
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C141
HE MAKES HIS WAY THROUGH THE DARKENED
HUB INTO THE HUB-LINK, EXITING INTO COMPUTER
BRAIN CONTROL AREA.

C142
BOWMAN ENTERS, CARRYING FLASH-LIGHT.

COMPUTER EYE SEES HIM.

                             HAL
                             Something seems to have happened
                             to the life support system , Dave.

BOWMAN DOESN'T ANSWER HIM.

                             HAL
                             Hello, Dave, have you found out the trouble?

BOWMAN WORKS HIS WAY TO THE SOLID
LOGIC PROGRAMME STORAGE AREA.

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                             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 RECT-ANGLE CONTAINS A CENTRE
OF VERY 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.

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                             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
                             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
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                             HAL
                             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... etc.,"

COMPUTER CONTINUES TO SING SONG BECOMING
MORE AND MORE CHILDISH AND MAKING MISTAKES 
AND GOING OFF-KEY. IT FINALLY STOPS COMPLETELY.

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BOWMAN GOES TO AN 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.,

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WE SEE THE VARIOUS DOORS CLOSING.

C145
POD BAY. BOWMAN IN SPACE SUIT OBTAINS NEW 
ALIGNMENT  TELESCOPE, NEW AZIMUTH COMPONENT.

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BOWMAN IN POD EXITS POD BAY.

DISSOLVE:

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CENTRIFUGE EVERYTHING NORMAL AGAIN.

                             MISSION CONTROL
                             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 achevement of some of the mission objectives. 
(pause) 
And now Simonson has a few ideas on what 
went wrong with the computer. I'll pu him on...

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CUT TO SIMONSON

                             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. (con't)
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                             SIMONSON (con't)
                             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
                             Well, I'm afaid 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
                                                      (con't)

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                             SIMONSON (con't)
                             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 dilemman, he developed, for want of 
a better description, neurotic symptoms.

                             It's not difficult to suppose that these symptoms 
would centre on the communication link with Earth, for 
he may have blamed us for his incompatible programming.

                             Following this lin 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.
                                                     (con't)
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                             SIMONSON (con't)
                             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 cane 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.

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CUT TO MISSION CONTROL.

                             MISSION CONTROL
                             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 Commander Kaminsky, when he,
                                                    (con't)

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                             MISSION CONTROL (con't)
                             had been revived. The briefing is
                             by Doctor Heywood Floyd. Here it is...

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FLOYD'S RECORDED BRIEFING

                             FLOYD
                             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 metres 
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
                                                   (con't)

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                             FLOYD (con't)
                             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 wether 
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.
                                                        (con't)

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                             FLOYD
                             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, 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 govern-
                                                      (con't)

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                             FLOYD (con't)
                             ments, 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 signalling event.

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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.

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IN ORBIT WITHIN THE RINGS OF SATURN, WE SEE A                                               NARRATOR
BLACK, MILE LONG, GEOMETRICALLY PERFECT                   For two million years, it had circled
RECTANGLE, THE SAME PROPORTIONS AS THE                   Saturn, awaiting a moment of destiny
BLACK ARTIFACT EXCAVATED ON THE MOON.                                        that might never come.
PRECISELY CUT INTO ITS CENTER IS A SMALLER,
RECTANGULAR SLOT ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED FOOT                 In its making, the moon had been
LONG ON THE SIDE. AT THIS DISTANCE, THE RINGS                  shattered and around the central
OF SATURN ARE SEEN TO BE MADE OF ENORMOUS                     world, the debris of its creation
CHUNKS OF FROZEN AMONIA. THE REST OF THIS                          orbited yet - the glory and the
SEQUENCE IS BEING WOKED ON NOW BY OUR                                   enigma of the solar system.
DESIGNERS. THE INTENTION HERE IS TO PRESENT
A BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND                                Now, the long wait was ending. On yet
COMPREHENSIVE SENSE OF DIFFERENT                                  another world intelligence had been
EXTRA-TERRESTIAL WORLDS. THE NARRATION                          born and was escaping from its
WILL SUGGEST IMAGES AND SITUATIONS                       planetary cradle. An ancient experiment
AS YOU READ IT.                                                                                    was about to reach its climax.
(con't)


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                             NARRATOR (con't)
                             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.

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                              NARRATOR (con't)
                              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.
                                                    (con't)

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                             NARRATOR (con't)
                             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, recognising 
the limitations of their minds and bodies, passed
                             on their knowledge to the great machines they had 
created, and who now trnscended them in every way.
                                                    (con't)

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                             NARRATOR
                             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.

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NARRATOR (con't)
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. (con't)

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NARRATOR (con't)
Even if the ship had passed it by, it would not 
have known the lightest 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 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. (con't)

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NARRATOR (con't)
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.

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