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And once again, now for something completely different ...

                _PythonTrek 4 : The Voyage Where?_




FADE IN on U.S.S. Enterprise (circa TOS) approaching a large class-M planet. 
TOS orbital music in background.

                                KIRK (OOV)

     Captain's log, stardate--stardate--oh, damn, the timer's stuck. 
     (sounds of flesh smacking metal)  Come on now, I know you're
     working ...

Music runs down.  CUT TO Kirk, in command chair, repeatedly smacking the
timing device with his hand.

                                   KIRK

     Damn you, you worthless piece of junk, I ought to have you
     replaced, but no, Scotty says it's okay if you just give it a kick-
     -come on (smack) start working (suddenly notices camera)  Oh! 
     (hides timer behind him)  Er--ah--sorry you had to see that.  Um--
     look, if you don't mind waiting for a bit, we can take it from the
     top.  All right?  One moment.

CUT back to Enterprise orbital scene.

                                KIRK (OOV)

     Captain's log, stardate--no, no, better yet, captain's log,
     SUPPLEMENTAL.  Yeah, that makes better sense.  (clears throat) 
     Captain's log, supplemental.  We are now approaching the planet
     Excalbia, to investigate the last location of a distress call from
     one of our shuttles.

CUT TO Enterprise bridge, SPOCK'S science station.

                                   SPOCK

     Captain, I am detecting an unusual form of energy on the planet
     surface.

PAN TO Kirk in the center seat, with McCOY standing beside him.

                                   KIRK

     Spock, you said that the last time we were here.

                                   SPOCK

     Yes, Captain, but in the interval since our departure from this
     planet the energy appears to have completely mutated.

                                   KIRK

     Mutated?

                                   SPOCK

     Yes, and now it's something completely different.

                                   McCOY

     (muttering) Now that's a pretty lame way to introduce this show.

                                   SPOCK

     I beg your pardon, Doctor?

                                   McCOY

     Never mind, Spock.  So, you're telling us that it's--

CUT TO animation and music, Dennis McCarthy arrangement of The Liberty Bell
Overture over scenes of starships getting squashed by giant feet and 16-ton
weights.  Somewhere in there is the title:

                               PYTHONTREK 4:
                             THE VOYAGE WHERE?

CUT BACK to Enterprise bridge.

                                   KIRK

     What the HELL was that?

                                   McCOY

     Ah ... something that shouldn't have happened until I was old and
     gray.  (looks around)  Where's Spock?

                                   KIRK

     He's on his way to the transporter room.

                                   McCOY

     He's WHAT?!

Dramatic music sting.

                                   KIRK

     He said he detected the shuttle on the planet surface, so he's
     investigating.

                                   McCOY

     When did he say that?

                                   KIRK

     When those strange-looking opening credits were rolling.

                                   McCOY

     Jim, you fool!  Don't you realize you're putting Spock in mortal
     jeopardy?

                                   KIRK

     Relax, Bones.  I'm sure Spock knows what he's doing.

CUT TO the planet Excalbia, where SPOCK is looking around.  A stone creature
native to the planet approaches him.

                                 EXCALBIAN

     You are Spock of Vulcan?

                                   SPOCK

     I am, sir.

                                 EXCALBIAN

     Spock of Vulcan, you are in mortal jeopardy. 

Dramatic music sting; Spock reacts nervously--for a Vulcan, anyway.  

     You will be facing these representatives of what you call evil ...

Three people come out from hiding as the EXCALBIAN introduces them. 

     Khan Noonian Singh, noted despot of the Eugenics Wars ... Gorgan of
     Triacus, the mind enslaver ... and Kodos the Executioner, the mass
     murderer of Tarsus IV.

Music suddenly assumes a game-show motif.

     And now, here is your host for Mortal Jeopardy ... ALEX TRELANE!

TRELANE, the Squire of Gothos, approaches a rock that looks like a podium.

                                  TRELANE

     Thank you, Johnny.  (to camera)  And welcome to the program.  I see
     that our guests have now set themselves in their places (CUT to
     everyone behind a row of podiums)  and are now ready to go, so
     let's see the categories for this first round ...

CUT to a bank of video monitors, filling up with numbers from 100 to 500.

     The categories are:  CONTESTS, BOWLS, GOALS, FAMOUS LEADERS, U.S.
     CITIES, and MONDAYS.  This is a totally new round, so Khan, select
     a category.


                                   KHAN

     I will go with FAMOUS LEADERS for 100, Alex.

CUT AND ZOOM on appropriate monitor.

                                  TRELANE

     (reading) Answer:  You may think of him as general for the Fighting
     Irish of Notre Dame.

CUT TO everyone looking blankly.  After 30 seconds the buzzer goes off.

     I'm sorry, panel, we were looking for Knute Rockne.  Select again.

                                   KHAN

     U.S. CITIES for 100.

                                  TRELANE

     (reading)  It's the city where the Vikings first won the Super
     Bowl.

CUT TO everyone looking blankly.  After 30 seconds the buzzer goes off.

     Well, I'm not surprised that no one got that one.  It is in fact a
     trick answer:  the Minnesota Vikings have NEVER won the Super Bowl. 
     Select again.

                                   KHAN

     MONDAYS for 100.

                                  TRELANE

     (reading)  The day, when repeated becomes the title for a hit song
     for this California pop band.

CUT TO everyone looking blankly.  Suddenly SPOCK'S podium flashes red.

     Mr. Spock?

                                   SPOCK

     The Mammas and the Poppas?

                                  TRELANE

     Please answer in the form of a question.

                                   SPOCK

     What are the Mammas and the Poppas?

                                  TRELANE

     That's correct, and it gives you the overall lead as we come to the
     end of this round.  (canned applause)  We now move to the bonus
     round.  Mr. Spock, if you'll move to the center of the stage, and
     meantime Johnny tell us what he can win.

CUT TO scenes of appropriate prizes.

                              EXCALBIAN (OOV)

     Our bonus round contestant could win this Wavid-Warleyson
     Lightglide motorized bicycle, the perfect ride to the Paramount
     commissary for lunch, and a great way to annoy starship captains. 
     From Wavid-Warleyson Wide Rides of Walla Walla, Washington.  And
     all our contestants will receive the home version of our game, for
     play on Super NES or on the bridge screen when the captain's not
     looking.  And once again, here's Alex.

CUT TO TRELANE and SPOCK standing together.

                                  TRELANE

     Thank you Johnny.  Bonus round, three questions and the category is
     LOGIC.  Mr. Spock, are you ready?  (SPOCK nods)  Your first
     question:  What can be concluded from these two statements:  All
     fish live underwater, and all mackerel are fish?

                                   SPOCK

     That all mackerel live underwater.

                                  TRELANE

     Correct. (canned applause)  Question 2:  If set A includes all
     children under 14 years of age, and set B includes all people
     wearing blue jeans, how would you describe all children under 14
     years of age and wearing blue jeans?

                                   SPOCK

     The intersection of sets A and B.

                                  TRELANE

     (talking to beyond camera)  Can we get a ruling from--(nods, to
     Spock)  The judges have accepted that answer.  (canned applause) 
     And now here's the final question, and it's for that beautiful
     moped (pause)  Who won the 1991 Super Bowl?

                                   SPOCK

     Er, um--logically speaking, the team with the best win-loss record
     during the regular season--the team with the least pass
     interceptions ...

                                  TRELANE

     No, I'm sorry, the judges wanted something more specific, it was in
     fact the New York Giants who won, defeating the Buffalo Bills by a
     very close margin, 20-19, in Tampa, Florida.  (canned applause)

CUT to animation of female crewmember (in TOS red dress) watching monitor at
computer terminal.

                        TRELANE'S VOICE (distorted)

     I'm sorry you didn't win the prize this time, but you can now play
     our consolation round, in which you can win your choice of these
     prizes:  a poke in the eye, a punch in the throat, a kick in the
     kneecap or a blow on the head.

                                   SPOCK

     I think I'll go for the--

The CREWWOMAN presses a switch; the voice is cut off.

                                 CREWWOMAN

     Hmmmmph.

She continues to work at the terminal, humming to herself.

                               WORF'S VOICE

     And so, Ensign Bartlett continued her routine work, all the while
     dreaming her dreamy dreams, unaware of the cruel trick Fate had in
     store for her.

A tribble drops to the floor in the background.  More tribbles continue to
drop like a rainfall as the narrative continues:

                               WORF'S VOICE

     For Ensign Bartlett would become the first victim of the
     Intergalactic Tribble Conspiracy.  

CUT TO tribbles rolling and bouncing on their merry way.  A gigantic tribble
rolls up and stops.

                               WORF'S VOICE

     Yes, these prolific, ravenous creatures, under the leadership of
     the arch-criminal Cyrano Jones (the giant tribble pulls of part of
     itself to reveal Jones' face) had caught this poor girl off her
     guard for one brief, but fatal moment ...

CUT TO the CREWWOMAN being swarmed under in a sea of purring tribbles.

                               WORF'S VOICE

     ... and she was ultimately doomed.  (Purring gets louder)  Just as
     these tribbles will doom anyone who allows their hypnotic purring
     to lull them into dangerous neglect of their duty.

Jerry Goldsmith's Klingon Trumpet Fanfare sounds out.  A Klingon Bird-of-Prey
breaches the surface of the sea of tribbles and starts firing.  The Tribbles
start screaming and flee the scene.  The Bird of Prey is surrounded by a
heroic halo.  An animated COLONEL WORF pops up on the screen.

                                   WORF

     Yes--once again the Klingon Defence Force demonstrates its
     effectiveness against the Intergalactic Tribble Conspiracy.  Using
     this diagram of a starship, we can see how the Tribble Conspiracy
     works by overwhelming everyone and everything on board.  (Diagram
     of starship rapidly filling up with tribbles and crashing to the
     ground)  And should even one of these tribbles survive the demise
     of its victim, it can spread its devastation to other starships,
     space stations and even planets. (Animation of starships, space
     stations and planets filling up with tribbles and falling; back to
     animated WORF)  In starship engineering, this is known as the
     Domino effect.  But with Klingon Defense, this dangerous virus is
     stopped before it even starts.  That's why three out of every four
     systems in the Alpha Quadrant choose ... (Animation  zoom in on the
     Klingon logo, with the words) KLINGON DEFENSE!

Cut to wall with Klingon logo and KLINGON DEFENSE written underneath.  PAN
with FAULK, a Klingon warrior in full uniform as she passes the wall and
enters an office, where WORF is seated at a terminal.

                                   WORF

     Ah, come in, Warrior Faulk. What do you want?

                                   FAULK

     I want to leave the Klingon Defense Force, sir.

                                   WORF

     I see.  And why do you want to do this, Warrior?

                                   FAULK

     It's dangerous, sir.

                                   WORF

     Dangerous?  What do you mean?

                                   FAULK

     Well, for starters there's people out there with disruptor pistols,
     sir.

                                   WORF

     I don't follow you.

                                   FAULK

     Real disruptors, sir.  Not toy ones from Playmates.  They've all
     got'em, sir.  And some of'em--they got phasers, sir.  Real powerful
     beams--cuts holes through ferroconcrete, they do.

                                   WORF

     Faulk--they are on OUR side, you know.

                                   FAULK

     Yes, sir, but they also got knives, sir.  And batt'leh blades and
     photon torpedoes an' all that.  So I'd like to leave, sir, before
     someone kills me, please.

                                   WORF

     Faulk, you've only been in for one day.

                                   FAULK

     Yes, sir.  I know sir.  But people get killed in this job.  I mean
     real dead, sir, not play-acting or anything.  And Warrior Ken, sir,
     he told me yesterday that if there was a war we have to go and
     fight.

                                   WORF

     That's quite true.  So?

                                   FAULK

     Well--sir, if it was a big enough war--I mean, someone could get
     seriously hurt.

                                   WORF

     Faulk--why did you JOIN the Klingon Defense Force?

                                   FAULK

     Well, sir, it was mainly for the water-skiing ...

CUT TO shot of Klingon warriors in full battle gear, water-skiing.

      ... and the disco parties ...

CUT TO shot of Klingon warriors dancing to Village People in disco.

      ... and the racing ...

CUT TO animation of two Klingon Birds-of-Prey in space.  Sounds of car
engines revving.  With a screech and a roar they zoom off, one of them
"popping a wheelie."  CUT back to FAULK and WORF.

     ... but not for the killing.  I definitely wrote that down on my
     enlistment form--no killing.

                                   WORF

     Faulk--what are you, some kind of pacifist?

                                   FAULK

     Pacifist?  Oh, no, sir, I'm not a pacifist.  

                                   WORF

     Well, that's a relief.

                                   FAULK

     I'm a coward.

                                   WORF

     Faulk--that is a VERY stupid line.

                                   FAULK

     But sir--that's what is says in the script--

                            RIKER'S VOICE (OOV)

     CUT! Hold on, hold on ...

RIKER walks into the scene, dressed in TNG uniform with a beret on his head
and a megaphone in his hand.

                                   RIKER

     Look guys, can you PLEASE stick to the script?

                                   WORF

     I'm sorry sir, but whoever wrote this apparently doesn't know
     Klingons very well.  A true Klingon is not a coward.

                                   FAULK

     I have to agree, sir.  Couldn't we change the line?

                                   RIKER

     What?  We're in the middle of dress rehearsal for tomorrow's
     performance, the whole crew's waiting for this, we've been
     practicing for weeks, and NOW you want to change the line?

                                   FAULK

     It could get better laughs, sir.

                                   RIKER

     It's not that bad of a joke, is it?

                                   WORF

     Yes it is, sir.

                                   RIKER

     Hmmm.  I suppose you're right.  Damn.  I guess we'll have to go
     with Beverley's stuff then.  (taps combadge)  Riker to Dr. Crusher.

CUT TO woodsy field, in the middle of which is a mudpit.  Dr. CRUSHER is
standing with 6 or so Starfleet personnel, all dressed in TNG uniforms.

                                  CRUSHER

     Go ahead, Will.

                               RIKER'S VOICE

     I'd like to know if you're ready to perform your stuff.

                                  CRUSHER

     We're just about to start, Will.

                               RIKER'S VOICE

     What exactly will you be doing?

                                  CRUSHER

     Well, we were talking about re-enacting the first contact with the
     First Federation, and Geordi said he'd finished a second draft of
     the Death of Surak, but we finally decided on a re-enactment of the
     Battle of Cheron.

                               RIKER'S VOICE

     That sounds very entertaining.  Good luck with your performance.

                                  CRUSHER

     Thanks, Will.  Would you mind giving us an intro?

                               RIKER'S VOICE

     Not at all.

CUT to RIKER, with beret off.

                                   RIKER

     (to camera)  Ladies and gentlemen, the Enterprise Theatre Players,
     under the direction of Dr. Beverley Crusher, will now present their
     re-enactment of the Battle of Cheron.

CUT to CRUSHER, who blows a whistle to start the performance.

CUT to mudpit, where several Enterprise crewpeople jump in and start slinging
mud and wrestling at a very fast rate.

CUT to the Ops Room of DS9, where MAJOR KIRA is watching the "Battle of
Cheron" on the main viewer.  She switches it off in disgust and goes to study
some of the monitor stations.

                               SISKO'S VOICE

     Station log, stardate ... stardate ... wait a minute (sound of hand
     smacking metal) ... stardate ... damn ...

CUT to Sisko's office, where SISKO is behind his desk shaking the stardate
timer KIRK was using at the beginning of the show.  KIRK (circa TOS) is with
him.

                                   KIRK

     I told you, it's been on the blink for some time now.

                                   SISKO

     You sure it's not the battery?

                                   KIRK

     I changed the battery this morning.  You know, maybe if you hit it
     again--

                                   SISKO

     No, no, that doesn't do any good.  Maybe a chip's loose.  Got a
     screwdriver on you?

                                   KIRK

     Maybe we can get one of the lighting people (looks at camera)  Oh!
     Um--Ben ...

                                   SISKO

     (looks up at camera)  Oh hello.  Look, I'm terribly sorry about
     this, it's just that--well, it's late in the season and money is
     starting to get a little tight--

                                   KIRK

     (to camera)  So they're cutting back on things.

                                   SISKO

     Yes, little things.  Like this timer.  Cost a lot of money.

                                   KIRK

     But of course you don't see it do anything, except when FX is added
     in.

                                   SISKO

     Yes, that's right.  But you don't really want to know about that.

                                   KIRK

     No, no, he's quite right.  You don't.

                                   SISKO

     So if you don't mind going back to Ops, we'll try to start the next
     sketch properly.  As for the stardate--

                                   KIRK

     Don't worry about the stardate, Ben.  Just say "supplemental."

                                   SISKO

     "Supplemental."

                                   KIRK

      Always worked for me.

                                   SISKO

     Hmmmm.  I'll try it.

CUT to Ops Room and Kira.

                               SISKO'S VOICE

     Station log, supplemental.  A new strain of the aphasia virus has
     affected almost all the station personnel.  Although Dr. Bashir
     assures me this strain is non-lethal, there have been some
     complications when we try to talk to each other.

DAX enters Ops, carrying two flags.  She begins waving them semaphore style
at KIRA.  Caption:  MAJOR KIRA?

KIRA picks up two other flags and starts waving them back.  Caption:  YES,
WHAT IS IT NOW?

DAX waving.  Caption:  YOU'RE NEEDED AT QUARK'S--ONE OF THE BAJORAN VEDEKS
GOT IN A FIGHT.

KIRA waving.  Caption:  HAVE YOU CALLED ODO?

DAX waving.  Caption:  HE'S ON HIS WAY.

CUT to ODO walking down the Promenade,

                               SISKO'S VOICE

     Of course, different people have been affected in different ways. 
     While the people in Ops are talking in semaphore, others have
     suddenly discovered a talent for Morse code.

CUT to ODO at the entrance to QUARK'S bar.  He morphs into a large spotlight
which immediately begins flashing in Morse Code.  Caption:  QUARK!!

Cut to QUARK behind the bar.  He sees ODO and picks up a small Aldis lamp. 
He begins flashing in Morse code.  Caption:  NO NEED TO SHOUT CONSTABLE,
THEY'RE OVER HERE.

Pan over to a VEDEK on the floor.  He begins pulling himself up on a nearby
rope.  We see that the rope is on a pulley and that on the other end, several
naval signal flags are being hoisted.  Caption:  OOOOH, MY ACHING HEAD.

Pan over to MORN, at the bar, tapping on a telegraph key.  We hear Morse
beeps.  Caption:  IT'S YOUR FAULT FOR TRYING TO UNDO MY BRA.

CUT to BASHIR, carrying a padd and walking down a hallway to the Infirmary.

                               SISKO'S VOICE

     Meanwhile, Dr. Bashir, who is so far unaffected by the virus, is
     searching for a cure.

CUT to Infirmary.  BASHIR enters.

                                  BASHIR

     Computer--activate emergency medical monitor.

The DOCTOR shimmers into existence.

                                  DOCTOR

     State the nature of the medical emergency.

                                  BASHIR

     Mutated aphasia virus.  Here.  (hands DOCTOR the padd)  This is the
     data.

                                  DOCTOR

     (looks at padd and sniffs derisively) Your data?

CUT to DATA on Enterprise-D bridge.

                                   DATA

     (to camera)  No.  I'M Data.  You're the doctor.

CUT to DOCTOR and BASHIR.

                                  DOCTOR

     Which of us was he talking to?

                                  BASHIR

     You, doctor.

                                  DOCTOR

     Me Doctor?  Oh, yes, that's right, I AM a doctor.  Right, onto the
     biobed, then.

                                  BASHIR

     What, me, doctor?

                                  DOCTOR

     No, me doctor, YOU patient.

                                  BASHIR

     No, no, I'm not a patient, I'm a doctor.

                                  DOCTOR

     You, Doctor?

                                  BASHIR

     Yes, ME doctor, YOU second opinion.

                                  DOCTOR

     Oh, ah.  Second opinion, eh?  Glad we got that straightened out.

                                  BASHIR

     Yes, we were saving the doctor sketch for next week.

                                  DOCTOR

     Of course, of course.  Now about this problem of yours.

                                  BASHIR

     Yes, what's your opinion?

                                  DOCTOR

     To be honest ... I don't know.  I just don't know.  I really just
     don't know.  I'm afraid I really just don't know.  I'm afraid that
     even I, with all my medical knowledge, just don't know.  I have to
     tell you, I'm afraid even I really just don't know.  To be quite
     frank, I have to tell you, I'm afraid even I just--er--

BASHIR hands him a glass of water, which he drinks.

                                  DOCTOR

     Thank you ... I don't know.

                                  BASHIR

     So you can't help us then.

                                  DOCTOR

     I didn't say that.  I just said I don't know.

                                  BASHIR

     Well, what good are you then?

                                  DOCTOR

     Ah, well, that's simple.  I'm a good link for the next sketch.

                                  BASHIR

     How so?

                                  DOCTOR

     Come this way.  (they move to biobed, next to blank wall)  You see
     this bed?  

                                  BASHIR

     Yes.

                                  DOCTOR

     Well, the budget's been so tight that we use the same bed for
     everything.

                                  BASHIR

     Everything?

CUT to KES, sitting in biobed, pouting sexily.

                                    KES

     Well, ALMOST everything.

CUT to BASHIR and DOCTOR.

                                  DOCTOR

     (clears throat nervously)  Yes, well--anyway this means that if I
     move over here ...

Camera pans with DOCTOR as he moves away from bed towards a familiar-looking
door.  It opens to reveal a corridor of VOYAGER.  DOCTOR peers through it.

CUT to corridor outside VOYAGER sickbay.  DOCTOR is peeking out the door
looking down the hall.

                                  DOCTOR

     (grins) Hello Captain.

                              JANEWAY'S VOICE

     Good morning, Doctor.

PAN with JANEWAY as she strides down the corridor.

CUT to f/x shot of Voyager orbiting a planet.

                              JANEWAY'S VOICE

     Captain's log, stardate--oh, never mind, that joke's been flogged
     to death this episode.  Anyway two of our crewpeople have gone
     missing while using our shuttle.  We think they're on the planet
     we're orbiting at the moment.

CUT to Voyager bridge as JANEWAY enters and take her seat.  KIM, PARIS,
CHAKOTAY and TUVOK are at their stations.

                                  JANEWAY

     Status report.

                                    KIM

     We've been able to make contact with the planetary authorities.

                                  JANEWAY

     On screen.

CUT to main viewer showing an officious-looking policeman.

                                 POLICEMAN

     Good morning ma'am.

                                  JANEWAY

     Good morning.  I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway of the--

                                 POLICEMAN

     Speak up please, ma'am.

                                  JANEWAY

     (louder) I said, I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Starship
     Voyager.  We believe--

                                 POLICEMAN

     Sorry ma'am, I can't hear you.  Could you speak up please?

                                  JANEWAY

     (yelling) I'M CAPTAIN KATHRYN JANEWAY OF THE STARSHIP VOYAGER!

                                 POLICEMAN

     Sorry again, ma'am, but that's a bit too loud.  Mebbe a little
     softer please.

                                  JANEWAY

     (louder than normal)  How's this?

                                 POLICEMAN

     (shaking head)  That's almost got it--er, can you do it in a higher
     pitch?

                                  JANEWAY

     (normal voice)  What do you mean, higher pitch?

                                 POLICEMAN

     I beg your pardon, ma'am?

                                  JANEWAY

     (falsetto)  I said, is this alright then?

                                 POLICEMAN

     That's it!  That's almost got it, now if you can do it a little
     louder--

                                  JANEWAY

     (loud and falsetto)  All right, what about now?

                                 POLICEMAN

     Perfect, absolutely perfect!  Now what seems to be the trouble?

                                  JANEWAY

     (in same voice)  I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Starship
     Voyager.  I think two of my crewmen may have crash-landed on your
     planet.

                                 POLICEMAN

     Ah, you want our Alien visitors department then.  Hang on a moment,
     I'll transfer you.  (screen blanks to planet scene)

                                   TUVOK

     Curious.  Their auditory senses seems attuned to different
     frequencies than ours.

                                 CHAKOTAY

     That's kinda obvious, isn't it, Tuvok?

                                   TUVOK

     True.  But it happens to be my only line for this bit.

Screen now lights up showing SECOND POLICEMAN.

                             SECOND POLICEMAN

     Yes, can I help you?

                                  JANEWAY

     (loud, high-pitched voice)  Yes, I believe two of my crewpeople may
     have landed on your planet--

                             SECOND POLICEMAN

     Excuse me, ma'am, but why the funny voice?

                                  JANEWAY

     (normal voice)  I'm sorry, I just got used to talking that way to
     the first person I spoke with--

                             SECOND POLICEMAN

     I'm sorry, ma'am, but I can't make out what you're saying in that
     tone.  Can you lower your pitch please?

                                  JANEWAY

     I'm sorry I--oh, okay then (very low voice)  I think two of my
     crewpeople are on your planet.

                             SECOND POLICEMAN

     Two newcomers?  I think we had a report on that last night.  Let me
     get the night man here.  (aside, very fast)  Boscogetinheresome-
     peoplewannaknowboutwhatyoufoundlastnight!

A THIRD POLICEMAN walks into the room.

                              THIRD POLICEMAN

     (basso voice)  What is it, sergeant?

                             SECOND POLICEMAN

     (fast)  Thiswomanhereisashipcaptainwhothinkstwoofhercrewmight
     havefetcheduphererememberthatcrashyourecorded?

                              THIRD POLICEMAN

     (basso voice)  Yes of course I do.  (normal voice)  Can you
     describe the craft your crewmembers were travelling in?

                                  JANEWAY

     (normal voice)  Well, it's a white-colored ship, with red trim, two
     nacelles at the bottom, and it's got--

The two policemen have been staring blankly at the screen.

                                  JANEWAY

     (very very fast and in very deep voice) Isaiditsawhitecoloredship
     withredtrimtwonacellesatthebottomandtheresasmokedglasswindscreena
     tthefront.

The THIRD POLICEMAN nods in comprehension.

                              THIRD POLICEMAN

     Something like that crashed here last night.  We didn't find anyone
     on board though.

                             SECOND POLICEMAN

     Doweneedtodoasearchsir?

                              THIRD POLICEMAN

     (deep voice)  I think a search is in order.  (aside in falsetto) 
     Despatch, get in here!  (deep voice)  I want you to call all the
     hospitals in the area and see if any newcomers have checked in.  

FIRST POLICEMAN appears at the door.

                              THIRD POLICEMAN

     (squeaking)  There you are.  I want you to check the hotels in the
     city, see if anyone new's shown up.  (picks up dispatch mike and
     says in singsong voice)  CALLing ALL squad PATrols IN the ARea BEE
     on THE lookOUT for TWO stranGERS they JUST esCAPEd a CRASH. 
     (normal voice)  We'll find them for you ma'am!

SCREEN goes blank.

                                  JANEWAY

     Opinions, people?

                                   PARIS

     This is the dumbest sketch we've ever been in.

                                    KIM

     Yeah, let's pack it in and call it a day.

                                  JANEWAY

     (pause)  Yeah, all right.

Everyone leaves the bridge.  Roll credits:

                     PYTHONTREK IV : THE VOYAGE WHERE?

                              was scripted by

                              VICTOR W. WONG

               based on characters and situations created by

                             GENE RODDENBERRY
                                RICK BERMAN
                              MICHAEL PILLER
                                JERI TAYLOR

                         and plots and stories by

                              GRAHAM CHAPMAN
                                JOHN CLEESE
                               TERRY GILLIAM
                                 ERIC IDLE
                                TERRY JONES
                               MICHAEL PALIN

                      All characters and likenesses 
                copyright (c) 1995 Paramount Pictures Inc.
               USED WITHOUT PERMISSION FOR PARODY PURPOSES

This is an UNAUTHORIZED and UNOFFICIAL parody of characters and situations
as seen in the STAR TREK collection of television series, based on a story
concept used earlier on the alt.startrek.creative newsgroup on Internet. 
 Persons wishing to publish or reproduce this work in a not-for-profit
publication (e.g. fanzine) may contact the author for permission through
                            the Internet at

                        ah447@freenet.carleton.ca


--
Copyright (C) 1995 Victor W. Wong.  All rights reserved.

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