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Title: The Reckoning

Series: Ignore alien orders

Writer: P E Leody

SYNOPIS: A MENACE APPROACHES EARTH AND ITS DIGNITARIES LEAVE. WHEN A SECOND MENACE APPEARS THEY RETURN THINKING THEIR PROBLEMS ARE OVER.

PAGE 1

Bob stands by the Christmas tree, there is a huge present nearby

Caption: DECEMBER 25TH, CHRISTMAS DAY, 6-00 AM

BOB: BIG PRESENT

Bob strokes the unwrapped present a huge telescope

Caption: 6-01 AM

BOB: WOW

Bob on the floor playing with wooden trains, the telescope lies idle

Caption: 6-23 AM

BOB: CHOO CHOO

Bob's father Jim puts the telescope up in the loft. The frame looks up from the base of the loft ladder. Jim's feet can be seen at the top of the ladder with the tripod of the telescope

Caption: JANUARY 1ST, NEW YEARS DAY

Bob's face lights up as much later he is searching through the loft and parts some boxes

Caption: 5 YEARS LATER

BOB: MUST BE SOMETHING I CAN SELL UP HERE TO SPONSOR A THIRD WORLD CHILD

View of Bob looking through the telescope, there are planets and in the far distance is a menacing blob, with eyes

BOB: BUT NOT THIS, IS THAT A MENACING BLOB, ARE THOSE EYES

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Jim is fighting a valiant battle with his computer, whilst Bob pokes his head around the door

BOB: ER DAD

LUCY: DON'T DISTURB YOUR FATHER, BOB

JIM: ITS NO BOTHER, I'VE SORT OF FINISHED

Jim cleans up the telescope

JIM: ALL IT NEEDS IS A GOOD SERVICE, THESE OLD SCOPES WERE WORKS OF ART, AUTO GLARE FILTERS, RADIO AMPLIFICATION, ALL ANALOGUE MOVEMENTS

Jim stands behind Bob as looks through the cleaned up telescope

JIM: THERE YOU GO SON IT'LL BE AS RIGHT AS RAIN NOW. GLAD YOU'VE FINALLY TAKEN AN INTEREST. SEE THERE'S NO BOGIE MEN IN ALPHA CENTAURI JUST YEARS OF NEGLECT

Bob looks up from the telescope to his father

BOB: YOU'RE RIGHT DAD, THERE'S NO BOGIE MAN IN ALPHA

View of the telescope seeing a very large menacing shape with eyes

BOB: ITS NOW IN OUR GALAXY

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A fraught Jim on the phone

JIM: YES I'M STILL HERE, YES JIM, NUMBER 47, I'VE GIVEN ALL THIS INFORMATION FIVE TIMES. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THE BOGIE MAN APPROACHING FROM SPACE ?

External shot of Jim's house, number 47 can be seen, two secret military types are about to force their way in

PHONE: WE WILL BE WITH YOU SOON SIR

A very empty parliamentary debate

SPEAKER: WE CALL TOGETHER THIS EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS THREATENING OUR PLANET, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY OUR COUNTRY

A gavel slams down

SPEAKER: MOTION CARRIED, EMERGENCY PROCEDURES NOW IN EFFECT

Famous stationary London landmarks

SPEAKER: PARLIAMENT IS DISBANDED, THE CITY IS CLOSED

A space rocket

SPEAKER: INFORM THE CHOSEN THAT THEY MUST PROCEED TO THE EVACUATION CENTRE

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A view through Bob's telescope

BOB: THERE THEY GO DADDY WE ARE SENDING DEMOCRACY TO THE STARS

Bob looks up at his dad, Jim

BOB: WHY ARE THEY NOT FLYING TOWARDS THE MENACE DADDY TO SHOW THEY HOW GOOD OUR DEMOCRACY IS

Jim pats Bob head

JIM: OUR DEMOCRACY IS TOO VALUABLE TO WASTE ON MENACING BLOBS, WE MUST SAVE IT FOR THE WEAK AND LEADERLESS, NOW US LOT HAVE RUN OUR COURSE

A view from the telescope the first mass is in close focus, another similar mass can be seen in the background

BOB: THAT'S SAD THEY MIGHT ENJOY OUR DEMOCRACY

Jim raises two fingers

JIM: THEY ?

BOB: T-T-WO OF THEM

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As the first mass lands on earth the rockets can be seen returning

BOB: DADDY DEMOCRACY IS RETURNING, JUST IN TIME THE MONSTER IS LANDING

The monster lands

JIM: LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE A NEW PLAN

The monster faces a token military force

GENERAL: AS LEADER OF THE ARMED FORCES I AM PLACING YOU UNDER EXTRAORDINARY DETENTION

MONSTER: YOUR WEAPONS ARE USELESS

GENERAL: THESE ARE MERE TRINKETS WE ARE JUST PROVIDING A WELCOME SALUTE TO YOUR PURSUER WHO IS DUE TO ARRIVE SHORTLY

MONSTER: YOU WERE RUNNING WHY DID YOU STOP

GENERAL: DEMOCRACY DOES NOT FLEE, IT TAKES SABBATICALS, WE RETURNED AS THE SITUATION HAS CHANGED TO OUT FAVOUR

A huge monster grabs the Earth, the original, smaller monster standing on it

MONSTER: I CAME TO WARN YOU ABOUT HIM, MY DAD'S A RAW ROCK EATER, I'M JUST EAT ASTEROIDS, WHAT EVER POWERFUL FORCE THIS DEMOCRACY IS IT CAN'T DEFEAT HIM, FLEE RUN

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