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!
Since the time our earliest ancestors used tools
and made fire,
human civilization has continuously evolved.
Civilization itself is a testimony of human development.
But the rise did not come without bitter lessons.
Nevertheless, humanity has constantly changed.
After numerous tests and bold ventures
emerged the civilization of our time.
We should not disturb its balance.
Curtis Newton.
- Episode 49 - "The Secret of Artificial Evolution" part 1 of 4 The Mystery of the Space Ruins
Based on the book "The Star of Dread"
The endless breadths of space
hold countless secrets.
The system of the fixed star Deneb
once was home to a highly developed civilization,
that sent many people to habitable planets of the galaxy
to let them settle there.
Thus, they built a great space empire.
However, centuries ago,
the days of this empire came to an end.
The isolated planets retrogressed.
How could such a powerful empire
with such a high culture perish?
This seemed an unsolvable puzzle.
To unveil this mystery, Captain Future assembled
an interdisciplinary research team.
He flew to the Uranus-moon Titania,
to research on the former Deneb colony
the ruins of this civilization.
The research expedition includes the Futuremen,
Joan Randall,
Ezra Gurney, Ken Scott,
the biologist Dr. Philip Winters
and Cole Norton, leader of a physics team.
Up you go!
It sounds, as if the Titanians are becoming angry again.
An eerie voice...
It is not a voice, but a talking tree.
The Titanians hollow out the trunk and blow air into it.
Thus, they communicate with each other.
Marshal Ezra,
you know so much.
Certainly. I know more about the Titanians than Captain Future does.
Which is why I asked him, to come with us.
He can help us, in case something happens.
These ruins are simply fantastic.
We are on a colony
of the once great Deneb-Empire.
I wanted to show it to Joan.
You just want to be with her always.
Today they make a lot of noise again.
They do not like it, that we examine the ruins.
These stone relics are sacred to them.
Well, the Titanians are in any case really superstitious.
Joan, look at this. A Stag Beetle.
That is supposed to be a Stag Beetle?
I am sure. I've caught it here.
After all, it's now or never.
Hey, everybody. Come here for a moment!
The Captain has found something good.
Is this a breakthrough?
According to the dating of this stone tablet
this is the most recent inscription so far.
The text could provide insight into what caused the downfall of the empire.
It is worth deciphering.
Grag, bring the tablet to our camp.
Do not shoot. These are Titanians.
For the first time, since I'm here, I see Titanians.
They have blowpipes. Are they after us?
Only if we attack them.
-Captain, here's a coffee. -Thanks.
It's bedtime, Ken.
Good night, Captain.
Good night, Ken.
I believe, I can decipher the signs.
Dr. Winters,
I succeeded in deciphering it.
-The mystery of the Deneb-people is solved. -And that is?
They inhabited worlds with different environmental conditions
and adapted the people to these.
It was an artificial evolution.
What? An artificial evolution?
How do you mean?
They changed the bodies and created different types of humans.
Is a particular method or technique mentioned?
No. But the place, where the secret of artificial evolution is hidden, is.
It is the "Chamber of Life" on the planet Aar in the Deneb-system,
anyway it says so here.
The Chamber of Life.
It probably is the lab of artificial evolution,
in which the Denebans experimented.
If we find out this secret, we can change ourselves artificially,
-be it in superhumans or turtles. -That is fantastic!
This secret is of priceless value.
Let's get to the bottom of this secret, Captain Future.
Yes. The Comet can go the distance to Aar.
No. I will not do that.
Why?
I am absolutely against artificial human evolution.
With this technique
perhaps gods could be created,
but also demons.
For humanity it is better, to evolve naturally.
You fool! Listen!
We do not know, how humans were able to develop artificially.
Dr. Winters is right.
Please think again, Future!
I said no.
Too often I had to witness, how science in the wrong hands
caused a terrible accident.
This technique for artificial evolution in humans is not necessary.
We should not allow anyone, to use it.
What are you doing?
I am making sure, that the secret remains a secret.
Do not commit stupidity!
I am thunderstruck.
Now the puzzle will never be solved, because of you.
Do not worry. The access to the solution is fixated in my memory.
What?
The Futuremen Joan and Marshal Ezra also memorized it.
Really?
In this way
the secret cannot fall into the wrong hands.
The Titanians...
They are angry, because we destroyed the sacred stone.
They will attack us.
Do not shoot! This will only make it worse.
I will negotiate with them.
-I go with you. -Don't do that. It is dangerous.
Do not worry.
Joan, we have to solve this, otherwise they will attack in the middle of the night.
Dr. Winters, lets do this together, just the two of us.
If Future refuses to understand, how important the topic is,
we will teach him a lesson and use his ship.
Good. I can fly the Comet.
And I know the route.
-Is that true? -Yes. I have a pilot's license.
Here in camp I studied all peculiarities of the Comet.
But we do not know, where we are to seek the Chamber of Life,
that holds the secret of artificial evolution.
Joan knows where.
Kidnap Joan?
We will not hurt her.
She will tell us, if we promise her safe return to Earth.
We definitely need a plan.
First, we need a crew, if we hi-jack the Comet.
The people should be trustworthy.
Leave it all to me.
Joan, you will catch a cold.
I know, but it has become quiet.
Nobody negotiates better than Captain Future.
There they are again!
Build a barrier?
Yes. When we start researching tomorrow, they will make trouble.
Today, however, they are still quiet. If we build around the camp or the ruins
a protective barrier, we keep them away.
Sounds like a good idea.
But we do not have materials here for a barrier.
I will fly to Uranus and get some.
It is only a short flight, I take the Lightning.
I appreciate it.
Otho and Grag will help you.
No. I can manage alone.
Captain Future, you are already short-staffed.
Tomorrow evening I'll be back.
ATMAIT - DANGER
The soup tastes delicious today.
You are making great progress as a cook.
I am glad to hear that. Marshal Ezra
rarely gives praise.
I envy Captain Future.
Such exquisite things you can always eat, when you are married to her.
Do not say such a thing, Marshal Ezra...
You are turning red.
Captain, Norton is here again!
The Lightning...
-What was that explosion? -Comes from the ruins.
We have to check!
It is dangerous. You better stay here.
Joan and Ken, stay there.
We are back again.
Why did you take these people with you?
What are you doing?
-Let me go! -Get a Sleep-flower.
Joan!
Bring them to the Comet.
Captain, I found this box.
That is an explosives-container.
Someone deliberately made it explode here.
With it, we should be lured from the camp.
Come, back to the camp.
Who is flying away there with the Comet without permission?
Captain Future, Joan and Ken were taken by Norton and Winters
into the Comet!
What?
Norton brought three men from Uranus.
After them, Captain.
We still have the Lightning.
Yes!
Captain, take a look at this!
They have destroyed the Plasma-pump.
This scumbag!
How careless of me! I already knew that Norton and Winters
absolutely wanted to find out the secret of artificial evolution.
They took Joan with them, because she knows, where the Chamber of Life is.
They also have Ken as hostage.
What should we do now, Captain?
They are flying to planet Aar in the Deneb-system.
I will catch them there!
But the Comet is the only spaceship that can get there.
How should we do that?
There is a way.
Oh no...
The signal, that the Titanians are planning a major attack.
The destruction of the ruins has made them angry.
Now their patience is over.
We have no other choice, than relying on this here.
No. Wait... I have a plan. Otho, Grag,
Get the X-ray device and the generator here,
with which we took the x-ray.
Wait!
Let's wait, until they reach the camp.
What is that?
Future... What is happening to me?
-It worked. -Very good, Captain Future!
You have succesfully forced them to retreat.
We immediately begin with the repair of the Lightning.
Captain, do you really think, we can overtake the Comet with it?
If, on the Moon-base, we build in the Oscillation-drive
and the protective force field of the Comet,
it becomes almost as fast as the Comet.
Who knows, if the ship's hull can endure.
But only this way we can pursue them.
Dr. Winters, not even Captain Future can pursue us, right?
Who knows.
He cannot come after us.
Ken, Ken...
-Where are we now? -We are inside the Comet.
You are already awake?
You want to go to Aar.
Yes. We want to find out the secret of artificial evolution.
Do you really think, you can pull off such an absurdity?
I certainly do. Because you know the secret location.
But I won't tell it.
I will make you.
You have turned yourself against the Futuremen.
So what? I do not have to fear the Futuremen without Comet.
Scumbag!
The Oscillation-drive
was developed by Captain Future and Simon Wright.
It creates high-frequency electromagnetic waves.
They are emitted at the back
and catapult the ship
with unimaginable speed forward,
even way faster than twelve times the speed of light.
This only allows interstellar flights beyond the Solar System.
Field-generator-test completed.
Fuel-test completed.
Test of fallback-systems completed.
-All checked. -Ok. Then let's go!
Engine ignition. Ok.
Go!
Tell me, where the Chamber of Life is.
No way!
Now you know, what it means, to understimate me.
Stop it!
You rascal!
-What are you doing? -Shut up!
I will make you talk.
I will not say anything, if you threaten to kill me.
You stupid girl!
Speak up!
Let me go!
Ouch...
Thanks, Ken.
You will regret it! I will extract the location from you.
-Everything ok, Joan? -Yes.
Joan, I am wondering, if Captain Future will save us.
Yes, of course he will save us.
We will hold on until he is here.
Yes, I will.
We will prevent, that Winters and Norton get to Deneb.
How?
We sabotage the engine.
Can we do that then?
I know a few things about the Comet.
We have to short-circuit these cables.
Will it work?
We only have to remove the insulating material.
Take this here.
That is precisely right.
More than ten times the speed of light.
This scrap heap will fall apart, if we are too fast, Captain!
We have to hurry. The Comet is already halfway to Aar.
But Captain...
We will only overtake the ship, if we go faster.
Let me sit in the pilot's seat. You must be tired.
No, thanks, I'm fine.
A turbulent space-current.
The ship's hull reached its limit.
There must be a way through. This is my mistake.
Engines off! The ship will otherwise break apart!
Alarming. We are pulled into the current.
The ship leans to port-side, and the velocity exceeds the scale.
The ship breaks, if we accelerate to get away.
But we are done for, if we get into the center of the current.
Captain Future finds himself in a fatal situation.
Will he get the stolen Comet back again?
Will he be able to save his beloved Joan and Ken?
To be continued
Next episode: The Mystery of the Beastmen
After he escapes the turbulent current in ether,
Captain Future continues pursuit of the stolen Comet
on the flight-path to the Deneb-system.
What will become of the hostages Joan and Ken?
What awaits them on Deneb?
Next time on Captain Future: "The Mystery of the Beastmen"
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