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Title: Alien Welch

Series: Chronicle

Writer: P E Leody

SYNOPIS

PAGE 1


The 3 kids Paula, Henry and Jean sit on a bench discussing the hobby, plane spotting. It is meant to look like a railway station with a slated bin and a parody of the posters e.g. Skegness

PAULA: SO WHAT IS DUE IN TODAY?

HENRY: ACCORDING TO THE 'ANCIENT OAK COMMON' WEB SITE THERE SHOULD BE A NEW 47 TYPE FIGHTER.

JEAN: I SAW THE THE FIRST OF CLASS BEING RUN IN. SOME ARE NAMERS.


What the kids in frame 1 were looking at a large piece of tarmac space port. Being marshaled in by the guys with table tennis bats is the 47 type fighter 'Lukas Rann'. The kids heads appear looking into the frame

JEAN: THERE IT IS. OH IT'S THE 'LUKAS RANN' I COPPED IT LAST WEEK AT 'CLAPHAM REALITY JUNCTION'

HENRY: ME TOO

PAULA: I'VE COPTED IT


The Pilot in black visor and space suit walks away from the plane towards the kids


The Pilot holding a piece of paper bends down to talk to Paula

PILOT: IF YOU ARE PAULA, I'VE GOT YOUR PARENT'S PERMISSION TO GIVE YOU A RIDE

PAULA: WOO HOO, CABBED IT TOO

PAGE 2


Paula is a transparent suit with helmet over her ordinary clothes, the Pilot prepares top lift off, outside the man with the table tennis bats marshals them

PAULA: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MARSHAL IS DOING BUT THESE BABIES ARE FITTED WITH UMLAUT

PILOT: EXCELLENT OBSERVATION DO YOU WANT OT SEE WHAT THE ULTIMATE LANDING UNIVERSAL TAKEOVER ENGINES CAN DO? GOING UP!


The craft soars away, the remaining 2 kids wave and the marshal searches for his lost table tennis bats

Sfx: KERCHOW!

PILOT: WHILST YOU'RE HERE PAULA, COULD YOU TO POINT OUT ANYTHING UNTOWARD AROUND THIS SECTOR


An insert of the Pilot

PILOT: WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?


The craft approaches a freighter


An insert of Paula

PAULA: IT MAY BE NOTHING BUT THAT’S NO ORDINARY DELTIC. ITS HAD CARGO BAY AND ENGINE REFIT MODS


An insert of the Pilot firing a missile

Sfx: CLICK

PILOT: GOODNIGHT WALTHAMSTOW


The freighter blows up

Sfx: KERSPLAT, KABOOSE


An insert of Paula

PAULA: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? THAT WAS A CLASSIC IT COULD HAVE RUN FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS

PAGE 3


The craft approaches a planet

PILOT: I'M ON A TOP SECRET MISSION. THERE ARE ALIEN SHENANIGANS GOING ON. WE CAN TRACK THEM NOW THANKS TO THE POSITIVE ID YOU GAVE US ON THE ROGUE FREIGHTER.


A fleet of rogue freighters leave the planet to investigate the explosion

Caption: INTRUDER ALARM, ALARM, INTRUDE

PILOT: THIS WILL BE A DANGEROUS MISSION THERE MAY BE MORE OF THOSE FREIGHTERS


The craft in sandwiched between the planet and the attacking craft.

PAULA: I COUNT 27. THAT’S THE WHOLE CLASS OF THEM. THEY ARE ALL MODIFIED

PILOT: EXCELLENT WORK. EVERY WATCHED OLD WAR MOVIES? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE IN ONE.


Paula is in the upper gun turret bearing of the craft

JEAN: I REMEMBER THE MOVIE THIS GUN WAS IN. IT’S A CLASSIC 2D SPACE WESTERN


Pilot is in the upper gun turret bearing of the craft

PILOT: THAT’S THE SPIRIT. TAKE NO PRISONERS, THEY ARE EVIL. MAY 'JOHN FORD' BE WITH YOU

PAGE 4


The plane lands on the planet the enemy fleet is defeated

PILOT: EXCELLENT SHOOTING PAULA. YOU MOTHER SAID YOU WOULD ENJOY THIS.

PAULA: SHE GAVE PERMISSION FOR ME TO DO THIS?

PILOT: SHE THOUGHT YOU NEEDED A NON NERDY HOBBY

PAULA: BUT SPOTTING NEEDS SKILL, PATIENCE AND A LUNCH BOX THAT KEEPS COOL AND WARM.


Pilot and Paula march from the landed plan with shotguns raised

PILOT: IT IS LIKELY THAT THE ALIENS HAVE THEIR HIVE HERE, THERES NO TIME FOR REINFORCEMENTS. FEEL UP TO IT

PAULA: I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY ANORAK


A pitch battle against the aliens that are being splattered as they approach the hive, looking like an amphitheatre

Sfx: KRASH KERBANG KERSPLOSH KADOOSH


Inside the hive Pilot engages a huge alien in a battle

PILOT: I'LL HANDLE THE BREEDING MOTHER F.F.F.F.IGURE


Paula sets an explosive device

PILOT: ... YOU SET THE PERCUSSION NUKE

PAGE 5


The craft flees from a mass of explosion on the planet, riding the shortwave. Pilot and Paula's face stretch with the distortion fields

PILOT: G O O D J O B

PAULA: COULD DO WITH BETTER HEAD RESTS


The plane lands back at the spaceport

PILOT: THANKS. THAT'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS. BETTER GET YOUR MOTHER A MALTY DRINK BEFORE YOU TELL HER THOUGH.

PAULA: ANY CRIME, ANY PLANET, ANY FARE


Exactly the same as page 1 frame 1

HENRY: SO DID ANYTHING INTERESTING HAPPEN?

PAULA: YES, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE, THE DELTICS HAVE ALL BEEN DECOMMISSIONED

JEAN: DAMN, I NEEDED 2 MORE FOR THE SET.

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