Drathro's 'Castle'
(The Villagers weeding The Crops don't even
look up as the L-1 Service Robot trundles past --
perhaps because they cannot SEE it?)
DRATHRO:
HABITATIONS.
TANDRELL:
Only Man makes habitations.
DRATHRO:
ALL LIFE PERISHED IN THE FIRE.
IF MEN NOW LIVE ON THE SURFACE,
THEY MUST HAVE COME
FROM MY BIOSPHERE.
TANDRELL:
How can that
be possible?
HUMKER:
It is forbidden.
TANDRELL:
All Work-units
obey Your Orders.
DRATHRO:
SOME MUST HAVE ESCAPED.
BEEN HELPED TO ESCAPE --
THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
HUMKER:
Is it important?
DRATHRO:
THEY'RE OUT OF CONTROL,
OUTSIDE THE PLAN.
TANDRELL:
They're outlaws.
DRATHRO:
NOW MY EXISTENCE IS THREATENED.
THEY HAVE DESTROYED
THE SOURCE OF MY ENERGY.
TAKE MEASURES, CREATE
A DEFENSIVE SYSYEM,
IDENTIFY AND DESTROY
THE TRAITORS.
[Trial room]
Mister Six :
All this is irrelevant
and hypothetical.
Mister Black :
Background Testimony.
Mister Six :
What possible value does
The Farmyard, here think
there is in listening to some
half-incapacitated robot, and
a couple of diminutive nit-wits who
might as well be robots?
INQUISITOR:
You're allowing Your Disrespect
to show again, Doctor.
Mister Six :
I'm sorry, Ma'am..... but
The Question still stands.
INQUISITOR:
As prosecutor, The Valeyard has The Right
to include any evidence he considers
to be relevant, provided he can
justify its inclusion.
Mister Six :
But any record relating to persons
not in My Presence must
be sheer conjecture.
Mister Black :
The Accused is clearly ignorant
of the latest methods of
surveillance, My Lady.
INQUISITOR:
This evidence is taken from The Matrix,
a knowledge-bank fed constantly by
the experiences of all Time Lords,
wherever they may be.
Mister Six :
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, Ma'am. I know that.
My whole point is, that I'm not.
INQUISITOR:
Not what?
Mister Six :
Not part of the scenes being shown
by The Scrapyard, here.
.....I'm sorry, Valeyard.
Force of habit, I apologise.
Mister Black :
Doctor, the experience
of Third Parties can also
be monitored and
accessed if needed, as
long as they are within
the collection range
of a TARDIS.
Mister Six :
Oh....
But My TARDIS is
an old model --
....are You telling Me, it's
been bugged without
my knowledge?
INQUISITOR:
"Bugged"?
Mister Black :
It is a reference apparently
to the new surveillance
system, My Lady.
The expression derives
from an Earth term.
INQUISITOR:
I see. I think we are wasting time
on an unimportant issue.
Continue The Evidence, Valeyard --
