This is the future.
Place of action: space.
In the endless universe, where even light gets lost,
Travels a man in his spaceship Comet.
He is the greatest scientist and galaxy adventurer, Curtis Newton.
However, the people call him Captain Future.
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CAPTAIN FUTURE
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When I was just a little child
I flew about here and there
And lay me down in the grass
To spread the wings of my soul
Wherever I'd like to go, I could go there for sure!
In the time, when I loved you
Learned the wings, which I'd forgotten
Again, in the sky of dreams
How they could fly!
Wherever you look, there's always universe
Wherever you look, there's always future
Wherever you go, there is universe
Wherever you go, there is FUTURE!
- Episode 37 - "The Comet Kings Conspiracy" part 1 of 4 The Vanished Spaceships
Based on the book "The Comet Kings"
Hello.
Here, some hot coffee.
Thanks. Haven't had one for a long time... Your girlfriend is waiting for you, right?
No, Norton. It's not like that.
What about you, Chief? Your child will soon be born, right?
This time hopefully it will be a boy.
Do not worry. It will definitely be a boy.
You have prayed so hard. It has to be a boy.
I am still concerned...
Don't worry yourself.
We already have five girls. Darling, please give birth to a boy!
Where are we now?
In one hour we will pass Uranus.
Good.
The way things look, we can reach Syrinx as planned.
What is happening?
What is it?
No idea. Everything is going crazy.
What is that?
Send an S.O.S.!
A cargo-ship, which was on its way between Jupiter and Uranus,
has mysteriously disappeared.
22 spaceships since then
have disappeared in neighbouring space sectors.
What is the cause, Commander?
How is the investigation going?
I've heard, that a Patrol-ship,
that was looking into the cause, disappeared as well.
Really?
Is that true, Commander?
Please stay calm. We do not plan, to stand idly by.
From Police Head Quarters we sent two top employees to the area.
It are Ezra Gurney and the agent Joan Randall.
They were assigned for that?
Indeed.
I never expected this.
There are no signs of an obstacle.
Let's send another Positioning-satellite, just in case.
If we don't find any meteors, the emergency call must have another reason.
Understood. The Obstacle-detector.
Start second satellite.
When do we get the investigation results?
We expect a contact shortly.
Commander Anders, from the guard-ship Ferronia we received a message.
Please come quickly to the Command Room.
-Excuse me. -Commander!
Commander Anders. Please use the third microphone.
What is the cause? Meteors?
We don't have a clue.
No clue? What do you believe, is the reason you were sent?
In the area between Jupiter and Uranus no meteors are traveling,
as first suspected to be the cause.
So far we did not find any fragments or wreckage of the missing ships.
What does that mean?
There are no black holes there... Perhaps a new Sargasso-Sea of Space?
No. The beam of the Detector should pick up something like that.
What has led to the disappearance of the 22 spaceships then?
Space-pirates can be ruled out, therefore a possible cause is...
-What? Someone, who with technical means...
What? What is happening?
Joan, what is it? Joan?
We have lost contact with her.
What was that white light on the screen?
I never before experienced something like this in interstellar communication.
Then I have to go to the President to request the help of Captain Future.
We have no other option left.
The way things are now, that is our only chance.
The families of the missing crews and the cargo companies
overwhelm me every day with inquiries.
I wanted to tell you before, but you are doing your best.
I am ashamed.
I don't have any objections, if you want to call him.
Please take a break. I will arrange it from here.
What? Marshal Ezra Gurney and Joan too?
Joan's contact with the Commander broke off,
after she said, a possible cause could be, that someone is using technical means.
I know enough.
Can you come here soon?
No. I am flying straight to Jupiter.
Please send me details of the missing spaceships
over Laser-telefax.
I will order it.
Grag, tell Otho and the Professor, that we must go to Comet immediately.
Did something happen?
The guard-ship with Ezra Gurney and Joan has disappeared.
All details on board.
Why are they telling us so late about it?
Spaceship accidents because of meteors are not unusual.
So it was first thought meteors were the cause.
Besides it's about the Commanders reputation.
But 22 ships are too much...
It is troubling me, that Marshal Ezra Gurney and Joan,
who are familiar with interstellar travel, are missing.
So there was someone who had a hand in it somehow?
It is definitely a possibility. Quick!
Ignite engine. Comet is started!
The Head Quarters has sent us data. Put it on screen, Otho.
Understood.
Turn on the fluorescent light.
A circle roughly marks the point of disappearance of every ship,
determined by the last contact with a space station.
They are so far apart...
That is also my impression.
I assumed, they had all disappeared at a certain location.
We have to search through a really big space sector.
Captain, how do we proceed?
In 50 Cosmic Miles we will reach Jupiter's orbit.
Lets begin here with the search.
Otho, set the radar.
Understood.
The images represent the models of the ships and the time of their disappearance.
It is Halley's Comet.
For the first time in 75 years it starts its approach again this year.
Such bad luck. Halley's Comet moves through the sector, we are searching in.
Did the missing spaceships rush into the comet?
No, I do not think so. Ships on the usual routes must
fly around Halley's Comet in a big circle when it approaches.
If the ships had collided with it, there would be floating wreckage here.
Joan said, they did not find any.
What a mysterious case.
Otho, please show again the picture of a moment ago.
-The first? -Yes.
Neptune - Uranus - Jupiter - Mars - Mercury
Just as I thought...
What did you discover?
Take a close look at it.
The place, where the first ship disappeared, is near the trajectory of Uranus.
The next ship disappeared a little more towards the Sun.
Each new point of disappearance is a little closer to the Sun.
What does that mean?
Halley's Comet, parallel to these events,
draws closer to the Sun every minute.
That means...
Yes, Otho, just like you said.
Without doubt
Halley's Comet is somehow involved in these incidents.
Halley's Comet?
Halley's Comet.
About every 76 years it visits Earth.
People also call it Comet Halley.
It draws closer to the Sun again.
The gigantic comet comes
from the edge of the Solar System, turns around in a big parabola,
crosses the orbits of the planets
and then approaches the Sun again.
The core of the comet consists from ions,
and these particles are so powerful electrically charged,
that they destroy everything, with which they come in contact.
Where is the comet now?
Comet is at two o'clock.
If we keep our course, we could collide with it.
What should we do?
We leave its orbit a little and we turn 90 degrees port-side.
Understood. Turning 90 degrees port-side.
Why did you use the brake?
Thanks to the Mass-impulse-stabilizer there was no danger.
Otherwise the Comet would have been crushed.
I did not stop. The ship stopped. Or actually, the ship is being pulled.
What?
What is going on here?
The drive is working normal.
-If that is the case... -The ship is probably being
pulled to the comet by a turbulent space current.
Captain, look! The Magnetometer...
We were not caught by a turbulent space current,
but a strong magnetic Tractor-beam is acting on the spaceship.
Magnetic Tractor-beam?
Someone is pulling us towards him with magnetic power.
Activate auxiliary engine and give full thrust.
Auxiliary engine, full thrust!
What´s wrong? Are we at maximum power?
It's no use. More is impossible.
Man! Just like us, everyone was pulled towards Halley's Comet.
Captain, please do something.
I cannot get off the ceiling.
Wait...
What a magnetic power!
Impossible! Nothing gives in.
Hey, Grag, give up! I am perplexed. The magnetic power is too strong.
You really think so? Help me down.
I cannot do anything now. Hold on.
My goodness...
Inside Halley's Comet seems to be a dangerous, intelligent creature.
-That must be the case. -Captain, look!
That is impossible! A planet inside the comet.
There is a city there. The city of the comet...
-We are approaching a space-port. -Captain...
Buckle up seat-belts real tight.
What?
-I'm sorry. -You...
Be quiet. Someone is coming.
-Commander, the door is open. -Go inside!
They've taken Grag and Otho with them. We are trapped.
We cannot let ourselves be caught, before we know,
what they want with us.
But there is no way out for us.
Cursed!
What is that?
-Marshal Ezra... -You are conscious again.
Otho, Grag, Eek, Oog...
Wake up everyone!
Where are we?
-We are in prison. -In prison?
Where is Joan?
She did not come back.
Did not come back?
We were pulled here and captured by them.
They brought us before the King and told us, we would become Cometaes.
Cometaes?
The ones who caught us and brought us here, right?
Yes.
I refused immediately. Consequently I was locked up.
So you do not know, what became of her?
I am terribly sorry. I could not save her.
Marshal Ezra, what are they aiming for, by towing us to Halley's Comet?
-To enlarge their population? -I do not know.
Someone is coming.
Within Halley's Comet existed an astonishing city.
Who are the Cometaes, with their electrically charged bodies?
What will become of agent Joan Randall?
To be continued
Next episode: The Ruler of the Comet
Captain Future is brought before the King
and finds Joan Randall in unexpected form.
He knows, that behind the King stands someone else, the true ruler of the comet.
Which intention do the Cometaes have with the capture of the Futuremen?
Next time on Captain Future: "The Ruler of the Comet"
If you ever, somehow, one day or another,
Should go to this city
Please visit the little house
You can find it in Poplar Street
When there, by chance
Still lives a girl
With a really gentle face
Then, please, could you tell her
That I'm doing very well
This girl, too, that laughs a lot
And whose cotton clothes dance in the wind
Will be grown-up by now, and have fallen in love
And will have forgotten about me
To Poplar Street,
Forever and always, in my dreams I will return
Although time goes by, right there lies
The homeland of my soul, in days gone by