Title: New Moon By Monday
Series: Chronicle
Writer: P E Leody
SYNOPIS: MANKIND IS GOING BACK TO THE MOON AND A REPORTER SNEAKS IN TO PROVE THE ORIGINAL MISSIONS WERE FAKED. SHE FINDS THE PROOF THEN SHE FINDS OUT WHY HELMETS ARE IMPORTANT EVEN IN A MOCK UP
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ANCHORMAN: WELL 40 YEARS AGO THE DISPOSABLE ROCKET CRAFT LOOKED A LOT DIFFERENT TO TODAYS NEW RE USEABLE PLANET HOPPER
ANCHORMAN: HOWEVER TODAY THEY WILL BE INEXORABLY LINKED, FOR TODAY WE GO BACK TO THE MOON
ANCHORMAN: SOME THINGS ARE FAMILIAR THOUGH. SPACE SUITS ALTHOUGH NOW NAMED EVA SUITS THEY STILL LOOK AND FUNCTION IN THE SAME BASIC WAY
ANCHORMAN: APART FROM THE MONKEY BUSINESS THERE'RE STILL HUMANS IN THE DRIVING SEAT, NO ROBOTS NO AUTOMATIC PILOTS.
ANCHORMAN: THIS IS WHAT MAN DOES BEST, PUSHING HIS OWN LIMITATIONS FOREVER TESTING HIS BOUNDARIES, TRYING TO ESCAPE THE FACT WE ARE MORTAL
REPORTER: THAT IS THE OFFICIAL REPORTER PREPARING FOR NEXT MONTHS LAUNCH TO THE MOON. HOWEVER I'VE SNUCK ABROAD AN ALREADY ACTIVE SHUTTLE TO DISPROVE MAN HAS EVER BEEN TO THE MOON. THE LANDINGS WERE FAKED.
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REPORTER: WE'VE TOUCHED DOWN ON SOME ROCKY BARREN LANDING STRIP. VEGETATION IS SCARCE, THEY CHOSEN THE SITE FOR THE FAKING QUITE DELIBERATELY
ASTRONAUT: THIS IS ONE SMALL KISS FOR MANKIND BUT ONE GIANT DATE FOR MANKIND
REPORTER: WELL HE'S GOT A MONTH TO IMPROVE THAT DRIVEL
REPORTER: THE CREW NOT BORN WHEN THE ORIGINAL FAKING TOOK PLACE, TRY AND LOCATE IT'S SITE. IT SHOULD BE QUITE RECOGNISABLE, IT'S ON EVERY CONSPIRACY INTERWEB SITE
REPORTER: THERE'S A LARGE MAN BUILT STRUCTURE. RUMOURS SAY THAT DURING THE COLD WAR THEY BUILT A MOON BASE FOR THEIR DIGNITARIES TO BOLT TO WHEN THE BOMB DROPPED.
REPORTER: OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE THREAT DIED THE GARDENER GOT THE SACK. IT'LL ALL HAVE TO GO TO RESEMBLE THE MOON
REPORTER: FOR UTMOST SECRECY THIS PAIR MUST DO ALL THE PREP WORK THEMSELVES. I HAVE A EVA SUIT TO PUT MY SELF IN THEIR SHOES
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REPORTER: THEY NOW APPROACH A DWELLING, LOOKS LIKE AN OLD PORTA CABIN OR PREFAB
REPORTER: THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WHERE THE TRANSMISSIONS WERE ASSEMBLED, MIXED AND EDITED
REPORTER: SEE A VERY SMALL BULGING CRT TV AND A SOFA. WOW THAT STYLE IS BACK IN FASHION AGAIN
REPORTER: AH THE STAFF CANTEEN FACILITIES, PRIMITIVE AT BEST, PROBABLY LEAD PIPES, TARNISHED SILVER PLATE AND BLUNT STEAK KNIVES. FREE FROM SHOPPING CHANNELS GIMMICKS
REPORTER: AN HERE WE HAVE PROOF, THE AIR IN HERE IS PERFECTLY BREATHABLE, IT WAS SHAM THEN IT WILL BE A SHAM AGAIN
REPORTER: THEY LOOKS SO CONFIDENT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A NAP BEFORE IT ALL KICKS OFF. IT,AY BE THE LAST GOOD SLEEP THEY EVER HAVE AFTER THIS REPORT GETS OUT
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REPORTER: AFTER RESTING OUR FRAUDSTERS MAKES THEIR WAY TO REVEAL MORE SECRETS OF THE DECEPTION
REPORTER: WE'VE ALL SEEN THOSE SILVER FOIL BLANKETS BEFORE IN MARATHON AFTERMATHS, WE HAD TIN FOIL BEFORE THE SPACE AGE, WHY IS IT MEANT TO BE A FUTURIST PRODUCT
REPORTER: LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON THE MOVE, DRIVING OFF PROBABLY TO SCOUT A FEW LOCATIONS
REPORTER: NOWS THERES SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE THROUGH YOUR TELESCOPE ON THE MOON A WATER TOWER, HOW HOMELY, HOW EARTHLY
REPORTER: I APOLOGISE THERE ARE SOME FUTURISTIC LOOKING DOMES PROBABLY SOME ABANDONED GOVERNMENT RESEARCH
REPORTER: AND WHAT'S THIS AN UNKNOWN SPECIES OF LUNAR ANIMAL THAT SEEMS DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR OWN HORSE. HOW DID MADAGASCAR GET SO ISOLATED WITH DIFFERENT SPECIES
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REPORTER: THIS MUST BE IT, THE SOUND STAGE WHERE IT WAS ALL PUT TOGETHER
ASTRONAUT: MISS WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR. YOU ARE IN A CLIMATE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT TO PRESERVE AGING EQUIPMENT
REPORTER: WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO SEE, THE LUNAR MODULE NOT LEFT ON THE MOON BUT HERE ON EARTH
ASTRONAUT: THE MOON LANDING WEREN'T FAKED THEY WERE JUST TOO BORING, IT BECAME LIKE AN EXTENSION OF EARTH. SO WE FILMED SOMETHING MORE GLITZY FOR THE PUBLIC TO WATCH
ASTRONAUT: SINCE WE'RE COMING BACK WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THE MOON MORE LIKE THE OLD TV FOOTAGE
Sfx: KERBLAM
ASTRONAUT: NICE IMPLOSION
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