[Beeping]
[Asimov] We are now entering the Alpha Centauri asteroid fields:
All hands to their stations:
I've never seen such a dense asteroid field, sir:
This is a bad one: And magnetic storms fouling our scanners don't help matters:
But we can't ignore a distress signal:
Anything further coming in, Colonel?
Just that one time, Admiral:
That looks like quite an obstacle course out there:
Yes, and it's getting worse: Lieutenant Devlin,
- close the view port armor just in case: - Yes, sir:
All deflector shields in place, Admiral:
Crichton, do we have any input on the width of this asteroid belt?
Affirmative, Admiral: The Alpha Centauri asteroid field: : :
Is 3:6 grids wide with stable density:
You're sure about that stability?
Really, Admiral!
If I lack definitive knowledge of a subject, I simply and unequivocally say so!
And say so and say so:
However, I must warn you, Admiral,
the greater we penetrate the field,
the greater the magnetic storm activity will become:
Admiral, it's coming in again: I'm sure it's a distress signal:
Buck, does this sound like a life-pod automatic distress to you?
[Beeps] Sure does:
Devlin, get a fix on that signal:
Yes, sir: Coordinates, three-five-Delta, straight ahead and drifting, sir:
Four degrees starboard: Let's intercept: Yes, sir:
[Admiral] Life-pod approaching air lock:
Engaging:
In air lock: : : And secure:
[Buck] Good Lord:
He's gold:
A golden boy:
He does not seem to breathe:
Buck? A trace of a pulse:
You'd better alert Dr: Goodfellow: Let's get him out ofhere:
[Man Narrating] In the year 1987,
NASA launched the last of America's deep space probes:
Aboard this compact starship,
a lone astronaut, Captain William "Buck'"Rogers,
was to experience cosmic forces beyond all comprehension:
In a freak mishap, his life-support systems: : :
Were frozen by temperatures beyond imagination:
Ranger 3 was blown out of its planned trajectory: : :
Into an orbit 1,000 times more vast,
an orbit which was to return Buck Rogers to Earth: : :
500 years later:
[Dr: Goodfellow] His pulse is perfectly normal now: I do believe he's coming to:
No, no, no, no: Better lie still, lie still:
Yes, that's right, my boy: Lie still:
You're aboard the explorer ship Searcher:
Yes, and you're safe: You're safe, my little man, quite safe:
I wonder whether you could help us:
Do you know your name? Could you tell us your name?
My name? Yes:
Velis:
Your oxygen activator indicated that you'd been adrift for over two weeks:
We're searching the area for other survivors:
There was somebody traveling with me: Relcos was his name:
Thus far your life-pod was the only one recovered:
But I must find him! I must!
Shh: We're doing everything we can:
We're scanning the area for other life-pod signals right now: You just rest:
We'll let you know if we find anything, okay?
That's quite right, quite right: Sleep, sleep: Let him sleep: Let him sleep indeed:
What do you think, Colonel? Do we have another distress signal or not?
The instruments are still erratic, sir, due to the magnetic storm,
but it sure looks that way:
According to this reading, the other life-pod has landed: : :
On a planetary body called Iris 7:
Crichton, what do you know about Iris 7?
I am not fully programmed for this star system, Admiral:
However, my data indicates the planet is uninhabited:
Any projections on the intensity of the magnetic field we're moving into?
The data indicates a storm of extraordinary magnitude, Admiral:
It should strike within 60 hours with a destructive force: : :
Of at least 9:5 on the standard scale:
9:5?
Life-pod or no, we'd better make it our business: : :
To get out of this quadrant long before that storm hits:
For centuries, the existence of a race of golden people: : :
Was believed to be a myth and nothing more:
A charming fairy tale handed down from generation to generation:
But now... Now the myth proves to be reality:
I simply can't express how marvelous a development this is, Buck:
Is the boy actually made of gold, Doctor?
Well, you couldn't melt him down, if that's what you mean:
[Muttering]
Let me help you, Doctor: Thank you, thank you:
Are you all right, Doctor? A bit shaken: What happened?
- I think we've hit an asteroid: - I'll check the engine room for damages:
Okay:
Why don't you catch your breath for a moment, Doctor?
[Buck] Let's get to the bridge, Hawk:
Never mind me: Initiate a damage check:
Colonel Deering's already doing that, sir:
Check the video screen, see what's happening and how bad it is: Right:
Just relax, Admiral: We'll get this thing off of you in no time:
Asteroid confirmed:
We are grounded: You better tell the crew:
[Beeps] Attention, all personnel:
All right, guys, come on: One, two, three, all right?
[Hawk] Attention, all personnel: We have collided with an asteroid:
Repeat: We have impacted with an asteroid: We are grounded:
- [Grunts] - All right: Let's try it again now:
The bridge requests engine room damage report as soon as possible:
One, two, three:
- Now try: - What?
Go ahead and lift: What do you think we're trying to do?
No, no: Try again: Lift:
What in the name of Gideon's trumpet are you all jabbering about?
Are you gonna get this thing off of me or not?
All right, come on, everybody: Let's try again together:
One, two, three:
- That's incredible: - I can't believe my eyes:
You all right? Yes, yes, I'm fine, I'm fine:
How in blazes did you manage that?
My people have the power to alter the molecular structure of metals:
We can make them heavier or lighter by means of subatomic oscillation:
Then it's true:
You're indeed capable of psychokinetic chemistry just as the legend says:
[Laughs] I simply must see what my friend Crichton has to say on the subject:
[Beeping]
That distress signal's getting louder: Yes, it is:
According to Crichton, it comes from a nearby planet called Iris 7:
It must be Relcos! Please, we've got to go there and find him!
[Man On P: A:] Report from engine room, Admiral: Report from engine room:
No serious casualties:
Inspection of forward compartments reveals extensive damage to Sections 2, 3, and 4,
but self-sealing has held:
Energize reverse tractor beams: All astern full:
Engaging reverse thruster beams:
Put her in the red, Hawk: But, sir, we risk burning out the fusion reactors:
If we don't get off this rock pile before that storm hits,
we're not gonna have to worry about the fusion reactors:
Now put her in the red: Yes, sir:
Engaging full reverse thruster beams:
She is wedged too tightly: We are not moving at all:
Tractor beams off:
Thruster beams off:
Our mass is too great for the beams to overcome our inertia, Admiral:
If making the ship lighter would get you off the asteroid, perhaps there's hope:
You're not trying to tell me that you can make the ship lighter just as you did with the beam?
No, but my friend Relcos might:
He's larger, and his powers are much greater:
So, all we have to do is go down to that planet,
find your friend Relcos and bring him back here, right?
You wouldn't try to con us, would you, kid?
[Velis] Con you? I simply refuse to believe: : :
That anyone is capable of changing the molecular structure of a ship the size of Searcher:
Won't you at least investigate the distress signal?
You can't just leave him stranded down there:
Young man, the more immediate problem is that we're stranded up here:
Now, your friend's life-pod apparently made it to the planet's surface,
so I'm sure that he's all right for the time being:
Admiral, our young friend here may be exaggerating his buddy's powers,
but can we really afford not to check it out?
Besides that, we don't know anything at all about this Iris 7:
Relcos might need our help:
You have a point: Take a shuttle down, see what you can find:
Come on, partner: I'm gonna need a copilot on this little jaunt:
You might as well be the one: Let's go:
[People Yelling]
[Man] He's gold, he is! [Man #2] Where'd he come from? Who found him?
I did: Pulled him out of this life-pod down by the river:
Is he really gold? Of course he is: Can't you see that?
Precious cargo: That's what we've got:
[Man] He's all golden:! Look at him:! He's a golden man:!
Ah! Where'd you get him at, Loran?
What difference of yours where I got him?
I found him and he's mine: All right, to the square! Let's go!
[Yelling]
[Man] Get him out: Put him in the stall:
Okay, Hawley, out:
We catch you selling watered-down liquor again, we're gonna hang you:
Now get out of here! Bring him on in!
Come on, golden man, get in there!
Hey, hey, golden man:! Hey:!
Hey, golden man! Golden man, hey!
Hey, hey, golden man! [Laughs]
You got something to tell us, huh?
Huh, golden man? What's the matter? [Laughs]
What's the matter, golden man? You ticklish?
[Man] Get him to say something:!
He turned it to jade! He sure did!
I ain't never seen nothing like that!
[Crowd Yelling]
[Woman] Get out of the way:! Get out:! Let me in here:!
Touch it, golden man! Get back, get back!
You! Get out of my way! Get out!
Here, touch it, golden man: Touch it!
Touch it, golden man:
[Screams] Silver! He turned it to silver!
[Laughing]
- Silver! He turned it to pure silver! - He can change metals:!
Change metals? Wait:! I wanna see this:!
Maybe he can change metal to gold:
Gold!
- Look:! He burned him:! - Ah:! Tricky devil, he is:! Serves you right:!
[Man Laughs] What's the matter? That golden fella hurt you?
He's changing the bars to glass:!
- Look out:! He's crazy:! - He's gettin'away:!
Watch out! Stop him! Somebody grab him! Don't let him get away!
Get after him:! A bunch of you check that way!
You men come with me! Come on!
[People Yelling]
So much for Crichton's uninhabited planet: This place is a madhouse:
Who are all these people? Why are they so excited?
I don't know:
This is either Mardi Gras week or somebody's getting lynched:
Mardi Gras? Never mind:
The main thing to do is not attract attention: Come on:
- There! There's another one! - Over there! I see him!
What kind of place is this?
Why did they attack us like that? That's a good question:
At least we know your friend is here:
When they saw you, they shouted, "There's another one:"
I heard:
I'm the cause of your being in this predicament, Captain, and I'm sorry:
It's all right: Forget it: We're not down for the count yet:
Down for the count? [Door Opens]
Yes, sir, Mr: Graf:
Right in here, sir, safe and sound,
just like they was left in me charge:
[Chuckling]
Ah, they be scuffed up a mite, but they're all right:
- Your name? - Buck Rogers from the Earth ship Searcher:
We're hung up on an asteroid:
You're not the first, and you won't be the last: What are you doing on this planet?
I asked him to come down:
When I want to hear from you, I'll let you know:
I asked what you were doing here:
We're searching for a golden man named Relcos:
His life-pod landed on this planet:
- What are we doing in jail? - You broke the law:
What law?
This is a penal colony:
It is a certifiable offense to bring firearms into a penal colony:
Your people didn't attack me because I was carrying a weapon:
They attacked me because of him: Why? I'll ask the questions:!
You just answer them:
What is the golden man to you?
He's his friend, that's all:
And we need him to help us get the Searcher off the asteroid:
Get a ship off an asteroid? How?
We can change the molecular structure of metal:
Yes, so?
We can change its essence, make it lighter:
Bring the boy:
No! No!
Get goin', lad! All right, leave him:
We thought, when it crashed, it was our ticket out of this hellhole:
But that engine is burnt out,
and the other isn't strong enough to get us out of the atmosphere:
But: : : If it were half the weight,
we could put it into space:
L... I can't make it lighter:
You haven't tried:
It's too much weight for me: I know it is:
Try:
[Grunts]
I can't do it: I'm too small:
What about the grown-up gold man? Could he?
Relcos? He...
He could easily lighten such a small craft:
Then all we have to do is find him:
And a freak like him couldn't stay hidden too long:
Put this one back in jail:
Come on, boy: Get movin':
What kind of a con job are you runnin' on us, lad?
Either you can make things lighter than they are or you can't or you won't:
Or you're just plain pullin' our leg, which is the worst of the lot:
All right, get in there before I give you a swift kick where it'll do the most good:
You're a real disappointment, lad:
Never get off of this bloody rock:
How are you, Captain?
Well, I'll tell you one thing, Velis:
I'm getting awfully tired of being beaten up:
[Grunts]
Thank you:
Where'd they take you?
There's an emergency dispatch ship that crashed here five years ago:
It's got two engines, but only one works:
If they could find Relcos, get him to lighten the ship,
then they'd only need one engine to get off this planet:
Mm-hmm:
[Groans] Step into my office a minute:
You lightened the beam on board the Searcher:
What about these?
Instead of iron, could you turn them to tin or something?
It may be too much for me:
There were four men lifting that beam, and even then I barely managed:
But I'll try:
They're getting warm:
[Velis Grunting]
I'm sorry: I can't:
Well, that's okay:
You gave it your best shot:
Wait a minute: What about these?
What could you change these into?
Almost anything:
Well, partner, come the dawn, I think we're gonna have a way out of here:
Admiral, how are repairs going?
Well, we can always reinforce these damaged bulkheads,
but we're still no closer to finding a way to pull the ship off the asteroid:
And no word from Buck for the past 20 hours:
No: [Dr: Goodfellow On P: A:] Admiral, listen: Can you hear me?
I've just come upon some information that I think you should be aware of:
- What is it, Doctor? - I was researching the holographic archives,
and I found that the planet Iris 7 is not uninhabited as Crichton told us:
Not uninhabited? That's correct, Admiral:
The GalacticJudiciary established a penal colony on the planet: : :
96 years ago:
A penal colony?
I will take my ship down to Iris 7:
Buck may need assistance:
You'd better be careful, Hawk:
There's no telling what you might come up against on a place like that:
You may not be received very cordially:
I will take certain precautions, Admiral:
[Bleating]
[Bleating Continues]
You're the one everybody's looking for:
Hey, it's all right: I won't hurt you or anything:
Looks like you spent the night here: Must've been kind of cold:
Is it true that you can turn metal into silver and gold?
Can you change this into something else? Hey, I'm sorry:
I didn't mean to scare you: Honest, I didn't:
I want Abba:
Abba? What's that?
- I want him: - Look, I don't know any Abba:
Um... Are you hungry?
You want somethin'to eat?
Come on: We'll share my lunch: It's all right:
It's good:
Go on: It's all right:
Go ahead: It's good:
That's it: There you go:
It's good:
[Door Opens]
I knew it!
[Muttering]
[Screams]
Give me the key, or I'll tear your arm off:
[Groaning]
Give me the key, or I'll tear it off:
[Man] I did more than see it:
I touched it with my own hand: It was silver:
The golden man turned it into plain, pure silver: : :
Just before he run off:
If you ask me, the whole thing is crazy:
Nobody's never seen no golden man before, and now we got two of'em!
One in jail and now there's one on the loose:
Maybe we should go find him: I don't know where to find him:
[Graf] Quiet:!
[Crowd Murmuring]
One thousand gold solaries: : :
To the one who brings me the golden man!
[Murmuring]
You must want him pretty bad, offering that kind of money for him, Graf:
You better tell 'em what you're gonna do with him:
[Graf] That golden man is our ticket off this hellhole of a planet:
Make way: Clear the way:
Who the devil are you?
I am Kordis Hawk, Inspector General of the RetributiveJustice Council:
I have been informed that an officer from the Earth ship Searcher: : :
Has been made prisoner on this planet:
I want him and the golden boy who was with him: : :
To be released immediately:
That man... I warn you!
There is a Federation battle cruiser standing off this planet: [Grumbling]
If they or I are harmed,
this planet will be destroyed:
That man was armed:
That is against Federation law:
The disciplining of Federation officers: : :
Will be taken care of by duly appointed officials,
not by inmates from a penal colony:
[Crowd Murmuring] [Man] Graf! : Graf! :
They gone! That fella and the golden boy escaped jail!
When the officer of the Searcher and the golden people are found,
they are to be brought to me immediately:
[Grumbling]
If any harm comes to them, I will hold you all responsible:
What's your name? Relcos:
I'm Marcos: I work here: I mean, in the livery:
- Good: Thank you: - Oh, you're welcome:
It's true! You can change things!
Let me take care of this kid first:
I gotta make sure he's doing his work:
Quick, hide! Keep quiet:
Hey, what's going on? What you been up to?
I don't see any work being done:
Cor! Never seen anything like that before!
Golden fella would have to make that:
You're hiding him: I am not: Honest:
You're lying to me, I'll take a strap to you:
- Don't hurt him: - Golden man!
Golden man! Even split, the reward Graf s offering?
He's been mine from the beginning, and he's staying that way!
And I'll take care of you later:
Loran:! Loran:!
It's unfair: I tell ya:!
[Velis] Somebody following us:
How can you tell? I can see through the sacking:
Okay:
He's a man wearing a cape: Yeah, hold on:
All right, mister!
Hawk, what are you doing here? Somebody had to come down and keep you out of trouble:
Up there at the window:
- Relcos:! - Are you sure?
His skin was gold: I saw that much:
All right, come on:
[Woman] See? Ain't you lookin'a sight now?
My, my: Just got to work on this a bit:
Oh, there you go again:! Don't tell me it's tickling:!
Get your mind on what this is gonna mean to us:!
From now on you and me is gonna be living high on the hog:
[Laughing]
[Yelps] Now wait, guv'nor:
Me and Alphie ain't had no swindle in mind:
I'm not tryin'to sell Alphie off as gold:
Ain't that right, Alphie? Huh?
You brainless numbskull!
I said we was not wanting to swindle anybody: : :
By painting you up this way:
Just having a game with Alphie: Uh, make-believing, guv'nor:
Ma, look at him: I'm looking:
Is he real? Did you paint him up too?
[Crowd Shouting]
There he is: Relcos!
We know what you can do: Do it!
There's no way we'll get him away from that mob:
Maybe there is: It worked before:
[Crowd Yelling]
Change the weight of this ship:
[Graf] Do it:!
I want my abba:
Don't think that one's right in the head:
Well, his head don't matter: It's his hands what changes things:
All right, now you listen to me:
All we want from you is to lighten this ship:
Touch the metal:
We know you can change metals: Everyone has seen you do it:
[Hawk] Exactly what is going on here?
I thought I made it clear that when any golden people were found: : :
They were to be brought directly to me:
Oh, yes: We were going to bring him to you:
It's just that we wanted him to do a few tricks first:
[All Laughing] Such as aiding and abetting an escape?
Escape? We don't know what you mean:
Abba:
Abba! Abba!
I missed you, Abba: I was scared:
[Velis] And I missed you too: You all right?
They didn't hurt you?
Captain Rogers:!
I suggest that you escort these two golden people to your shuttle: : :
And then return them to the Searcher immediately: Yes, Inspector:
It is clear that you intended to use the golden man's powers: : :
To make this ship operational and leave the planet:
The penal law says we can run our own planet:
Only within the confines of its own atmosphere:
Lawlessness and the disregard for established law cannot be tolerated:
And moreover,
I intend to find out who is responsible for shooting down this ship:
Just a moment:
Everyone on this planet knows the ship crashed in a magnetic storm,
and the authorities know it too:
How is it you don't? [Crowd Murmuring]
Yeah: How come you didn't know about this here ship, Inspector?
Maybe he's no inspector at all:
I have had enough of this impertinence:
Out of my way! You haven't answered my question, Inspector!
He ain't no Inspector General: [Man] He's a birdman:!
He tricked us, did he? He's a fake:! Somebody grab him:!
Stop him! Stop him! Don't let him get away!
After him! Capture him!
Whoa! Sounds like you started a riot:
I have, and it is right behind us:
Get out: Move: Go:
Come on, move:
Here:! They're there:! Golden people:!
[Yelling]
Golden people! Running down the alley! There!
Down the alley! Come on!
Can't you see? Let's get 'em! Wait:
Follow me:
Graf is mine: Be my guest:
- [Man] There they are:! Don't let them get through:! - [Buck] Hurry up:!
Come on! Come on, let's go! [Man] They're getting away:!
Come on: Get 'em through the gate, Hawk: Move, move!
Grab the golden man:! Grab him:! Grab him:!
Come on, come on: Come on:
Okay, guys, do your stuff: Fuse the lock:
The bars, Relcos: Think the bars:
Hold on tight: I can fuse the lock shut:
Relcos will take care of the bars:
That's right, Relcos: Think about the bars: Make them hot:
Make the bars very hot:
Good: It's working:
Go, go, go: Move!
[Screaming]
[All Shouting]
[Wilma] Storm intensity increasing:
[Beeping] Life-pods standing by for emergency launch, Admiral:
How are they doing down there? Captain?
The admiral would like to know how you're doing:
Just about ready: Tell everybody up there to hang onto their hats:
Attention, all personnel: Prepare for full reverse thrust:
All right: Ready anytime you are:
Relcos:
Whether or not we all get home safely is up to you now:
If you don't do just as I tell you, this ship could be destroyed: : :
And we'd have to go back down to those men who frightened you:
- Do you understand? - Yes, Abba:
Abba?
I want you to concentrate:
Close your eyes: : :
And think about the metal the ship is made of:
We want to make it light, Relcos:
Very, very light:
Very, very light: Yes:
Yes, Relcos: That's it: Concentrate:
Think about the metal:
All right, guys, get ready:
All right, Admiral:
Hit those tractor beams now:
Activate tractor beams, Devlin:
That's it, Relcos: Don't stop: Make it light!
- She moved: - That's it: Don't stop:
Don't stop, Relcos:
Admiral, I'm afraid she can't possibly take much more of this:
I fear we're going to rip the whole bow to pieces if this keeps up:
If we stop now, the storm will do a lot more damage than rip the bow off, Doctor:
[Devlin] She's coming loose:! [Wilma] Hang on:!
Watch out:! She's breaking free:!
Bow pressurization, Devlin?
Three standard atmospheres: No major structural damage, sir:
You all right?
Relcos, I think you did it:
You were fine, Relcos:
That was very, very good:
Relcos was good?
Relcos was very good: I'm proud of you:
Relcos was good:
Good-bye and good riddance: See how Buck and the others are:
Buck, how you doin' down there?
Fair to middlin', considering what we just pulled off:
Pulled off? Is that what he said?
[Laughing] Pulled off?
Shame on ya, Captain Rogers: Shame on ya: Pulled off indeed!
Um, Velis... Excuse us, Relcos:
Could you step over here for a second, please? Hawk:
Listen, what exactly is going on between you and Relcos?
You mean why Relcos seems to depend on my support and guidance perhaps?
Well, yes:
Captain Rogers, it is hardly surprising: : :
That Relcos has been frightened and confused by the events of the past few days:
After all, a five-year-old can hardly be expected: : :
To handle such things as well as a full-grown adult:
Are you trying to tell me that Relcos is five years old?
Precisely, Captain:
The people of Vela 5 have many attributes that are quite different from yours:
Perhaps the most significant: : :
Is the fact that our life cycles are reversed:
You see, Relcos is my son:
Oh:
It goes without saying we owe you a debt we cannot possibly repay:
The survival of our ship: : :
And, of course, the lives of us all:
Not to mention the privilege of having you among us:
The mere fact of your existence has filled us with a sense of awe and scientific excitement:
Something we haven't felt in years:
The appreciation is mutual, I assure you, gentlemen:
Had it not been for Captain Rogers and Hawk,
I would never have been reunited with my son:
Can you say thank you to Captain Rogers and Hawk, Relcos?
Thank you:
It was our pleasure, young man:
I bet you can't do this:
[All Laughing] [Wilma] Gentlemen:
The shuttle from Vela 5 has docked:
Thank you: Should you ever find yourselves in the vicinity of Vela 5,
I'd be very pleased to have you visit:
Thank you again and good-bye:
Come, Relcos: Time to say good-bye: But I don't wanna go:
I like it here:! I don't wanna go:!
Relcos, say good-bye:
Oh, all right: Good-bye, everybody:
Good-bye: Bye: Take care:
I don't wanna go! Why do we have to go anyway?
Relcos, I'm not telling you again:
You behave yourself, or you'll go straight to bed as soon as we get on the shuttle!