In this thrilling episode of Alien Worlds, we journey to the Arthur C. Clark Astronomical Observatory, STARLab, where research director Maura Cassidy and her team monitor the cosmos. The adventure begins with the arrival of the Serendipity One shuttle from the circus planet Barnum 5, piloted by the amazing Daphne. As Daphne reunites with old friends Buddy Griff and Mara, they embark on a journey to Otto Starshine's interplanetary carnival, where they meet the enigmatic Madame Disha. The episode unfolds with a mystical experience involving a crystal ball, revealing visions of a mysterious alien world, Zanzibar Alpha.
As Buddy and Ingrid explore the wonders of Otto's carnival, they are drawn into a surreal adventure that blurs the lines between imagination and reality. Guided by the spirit Yana, they discover a metaphysical library and confront their deepest fears and desires. The episode concludes with a poignant reflection on the power of imagination and the endless journey of discovery. Join us for an unforgettable ride through the cosmos, where the boundaries of the known universe are pushed to their limits.
(00:32) Introduction to STARLab and Characters
(02:00) Reunion and Carnival Plans
(03:20) Journey to Barnum 5
(08:30) Meeting Madame Disha
(15:16) Lost in Space and the Vision
(18:04) Crash Landing on the Alien Planet
(21:20) Exploring the Underground Library
(24:09) The Journey's End and Reflection
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Peter Paul Cadbury wants to send you a collection of commemorative scenes from alien worlds. So have a paper and pencil ready, and I'll tell you about it in a few minutes. Slowly rotating at the edge of deep space, 1,000 kilometers beyond the atmosphere of twenty first century Earth, is the Arthur C. Clark Astronomical Observatory, STARLab. Here, STARLab research director, Maura Cassidy, and scientists and technicians of the International Space Authority watch over the countless stars and planets that fill the silent distances beyond the giant space station. Last week's episode began when the serendipity one, an incoming shuttle from the circus planet of Barnum 5, radioed STARLAB control.
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This is STARLAB. Go ahead, Serendipity one.
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This is the amazing Daphne, full time tattoo lady and part time shuttle pilot for Arnold's star shine interplanetary carnival of brilliant Wamboos. I have a package for
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Okay. Serendipity one, I have you on the screen. Your docking orbit insertion coordinates are 503At20AlphaDockingBay7.
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Half An Hour later, the amazing Daphne is reunited with her old friend Buddy Griff, who introduces her to Mara and John Graden. Glad to know you, Mara.
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Put her there, Johnny. Any friend of Buddy's is a palomine.
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I've heard a lot about you, Daphne.
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Buddy, I didn't know that you knew any tattoo ladies. Me and the kid have known each other for years. Well, when he was just a squirt, he used to spend half the summer following Otto's carnival around. How is Otto anyway? Boy, he couldn't be better. Going interplanetary was the smartest thing he ever did. Why, we got more attractions and menageries than you can shake a stick at.
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Three hours later in the giant space station's main dining room, Buddy introduces the amazing Daphne to star labs librarian, Ingrid Tassell.
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Oh, Daphne. This is Ingrid. She'll be coming to Barnum 5 with me tomorrow. Glad to know you're Ingrid. Hello, Daphne.
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Buddy's told me so much about you that it's nice to finally see you,
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in the flesh. Yeah. Well, I'm happy to say there's a lot of flesh to see. Will you have lunch with us, Daphne? I'd really love to, honey. But, I gotta be getting back.
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The next morning as Buddy and Hendrick jet toward Barnum 5, aboard the marathon alpha. Otto Starshine and Daphne stand on the midway of Otto's interplanetary carnival. Watching the gaffers, roustabouts, and kinkers prepare for another day long performance.
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Say, are we gonna hit with what we talked about last night? The fourth ring?
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Yes. It's a wonderful idea. But it requires a good deal of preparation. So we had better take Bobby and Ingrid to Madame Disha the moment they arrive. Dolce. No, Disha. Dolce.
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Two hours after leaving StarLab, Buddy lands the marathon alpha at a small space port near Otto's carnival. Fifteen minutes later, Buddy and Ingrid are escorted down the midway to Otto's office. A large red and gold circus wagon surrounded by neon flag poles that fly the multicolored banners and pennants of 20 alien worlds.
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Hey. Hello. Hello, buddy. Hello, buddy. You look great, Otto. Just great.
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Well, it's been a long time, buddy.
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Too long. Well, what do you two think of the place so far? Oh, it's terrific. I can't get it. Oh, excellent. Glad to hear it, kids. Glad to hear it. But if you think what you've seen so far is terrific, prepare yourselves for lots more. Because you ain't seen nothing yet.
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And now, the conclusion of the Madonna's of Zanzibar Alpha on Alien Worlds.
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Well, listen, Daph. If we ain't seen nothing yet, what do you say we get out there on the old midway and have at it? Oh, yes. There's so much going on out there. I can't imagine how we'll be able to see even half of it in only one day. Don't worry about having enough time, Ingrid. By between now and midnight, you're both gonna see such mind boggling sights that we'll probably have to ship you back to StarLab in an ambulance. Oh.
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Ingrid?
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Ingrid?
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Do you have any idea what they're talking about, Daphne? I sure do.
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Otto asked Ingrid if she was German and she said no, she was Dutch. Then he asked if she was from the country or the city and she said she was born in Zaandam, a city north of Amsterdam. And when he complimented her on her German Ingrid said thanks Otto.
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Daphne, I didn't know you understood German. Arl taught me.
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Buddy, Ingrid, I think it's time for you to meet madame Disha. Who? Madame Disha, our resident mystic, a fortune teller from the planet of Heterodyne four. She knows all. She sees all. You mean
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Yes, buddy. She sees all.
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Yeah. That could be a little embarrassing, couldn't it? Oh, it all depends on where she looks.
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Alien worlds will continue.
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Arriving at the circus planet of Barnum 5, Buddy and Ingrid are escorted through the main gate of Otto Starshine's interplanetary carnival of thrilling wonders, and taken to Otto's office. A large red and gold circus wagon. Ten minutes later, Buddy, Ingrid, Otto, and the amazing Daphne leave Otto's wagon and walk down the midway toward the mysterious madame Disha's tent. Come here and meet the mysterious
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madame Disha. Come. Let us go inside. Good morning, madame
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Disha.
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Good morning, madam Disha. Hi, madam. Good morning, Otto. Daphne. Madame Disha, I would like to present
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Ingrid Tassel and Buddy Greif.
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Daphne told you we were coming? Did she?
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Have a good time, Kevs.
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Come on, Adam. Madame Tisha will escort you back to my wagon when you are finished, buddy.
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Enjoy yourself. Okay. See you. See you later.
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Please sit here at the table. Buddy on this side, Ingrid on this side. Okay. Now put your minds at ease. In a moment, the crystal ball will fill with light. When it does, join hands, look into the right, and concentrate.
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Oh, Buddy, look. It's beautiful.
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What do you see, my dear?
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A sky. A lovely red sky filled with clouds. White and blue clouds.
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And beneath the clouds?
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Birds. Hundreds of golden birds drifting on the wind.
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And beneath the birds? Of valley,
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there was all the colors of autumn.
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And in the center of the valley.
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A river. A singing silver river.
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And does not the river remind you of a poem you once wrote, buddy?
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Yes. A poem about birth and being alive in the fragile body of a newborn child.
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And does not the second verse of the poem mention a singing river?
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Yes. Touched by silver waters wrapped in velvet clothes, We sleep in ivory cradles where the singing river flows.
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And did not the body read this poem to you three months ago, Ingrid? Yes. And did not the verse that mentions winter
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cause you to weep? Yes. We aged in golden afternoons, were old when winter came, And when we died as ancient children, we knew no one was to blame.
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What do you see near the river?
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A meadow. A huge meadow filled with strange blue flowers. And when the sunlight touches the flowers, their their petals shed tears.
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And in the center of the meadow,
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statues. Enormous crystal statues of beautiful young women on their knees, praying. They are madonna's, sad madonna's.
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And why are they sad?
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I don't know.
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Ingrid?
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They are sad because there is no one they can tell their secrets to.
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What secrets, Ingrid?
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The Madonna's watch over an alien library that lies beneath the ground they kneel on.
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How is it that you sense their sadness?
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Because when no one comes to learn the secrets of the knowledge I watch over in the library on StarLab, I am sad.
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And where do the Matanas wait, Ingrid?
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Zanzibar Alpha? The lost world of Zanzibar Alpha.
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And so another performance of Otto Starshine's interplanetary carnival comes to a close. And the next time your friends ask you where they can have the time of their lives. Say this, from the sands of Mars to the distant stars, there's no greater show in the universe or anywhere else than those star shines interplanetary carnival of thrilling wonders. Thank you, and good night.
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I don't know, Daphne. I think it's a toss-up between Madame Disha's hallucinatory crystal ball and glamorous Wanda's mammoth door sacks.
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And what about you, Ingrid? What did you enjoy most?
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Oh, the artificial comet that went zooming around inside the big top. I thought it was wonderful when it exploded and also plants came floating down inside a fire hoop. Well, here's the good old marathon alpha.
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Hey, wait a minute Who put that poster on the tail fin? It was probably one of our Ballyhoo boys, buddy
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I don't know how they do it But they always manage to get one of our posters on anything that'll stand still
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It looks nice. Yeah. It does. Doesn't it? Well, we better get a boarding good.
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Hey. Thanks again, Otto. We had a terrific time. Oh, yes. It was just wonderful. Oh, good. Bye, buddy.
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Thank you so much. Goodbye. Ingrid? Ingrid, wake up. What?
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Oh, buddy. Are we home?
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No, Ingrid. We're not home. I don't know where we are. What?
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Doesn't the onboard computer know where we are? It does,
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but I don't. The computer's feeding a star matrix to the navigational display, but I don't recognize any of the proximity coordinates.
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Buddy, there's a planet out there.
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I know. We drifted into its gravitational field just before you woke up. We're lost, Ingrid.
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Buddy, what's happening?
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The planet's pulling us down. We're out of control. The sky.
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A lovely red sky. Tilt was clouds. White and the new clouds. Buddy. A singing
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silver river. Ingrid.
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Buddy. Please don't let go of my hands.
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Alien worlds continues. Two hours after leaving Barnum 5, the marathon alpha mysteriously drifts off course and becomes trapped in the gravitational field of an alien planet, whose surface is obscured by white and blue clouds. Suddenly, an energy force lashes out from the clouds and pulls the marathon alpha down through the planet's misty red atmosphere. A moment later, the shuttle crashes on the edge of a peaceful meadow, filled with strange blue flowers. Flowers that weep golden tears as the sunlight touches them.
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Oh, buddy. It smells wonderful like jasmine and lilacs.
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Yeah.
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Not a scratch anywhere. There aren't even any skid marks on the ground. It's like some giant invisible hand just Buddy, look.
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On the other side of the the river. The Madonna's. Buddy, what's happening to us? Everything we saw in the crystal ball, he's coming through.
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Oh, it can't be. Or maybe it can. Come on. Let's get a closer look. Hey, Ingrid. Look at this outline in the knee of the statue. There's there's some kind of door here.
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Buddy, madam Disha's crystal ball, the underground library. This must be the entrance.
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Let's go in. Oh, I don't know, Ingrid. It looks pretty dark down there. For all we know, there might be a giant spider or something lurking around. Oh, come on. Where's your sense of adventure? Well, alright. But you stay here until I make sure it's safe. Okay. Be careful. Don't worry about a thing, Ingrid. I've got something that makes me invincible. Your dauntless courage? No. My trusty blaster. I'll be right
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back.
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Yikes.
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Buddy, what happened down there? Attacked with spider
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with hairy legs. I don't get it. You mentioned a big hairy spider and there it is.
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Is it dead?
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Yeah.
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I want to see it. Ingrid. I want to see it, buddy. Alright. Oh, buddy. It's horrible. How could such a thing what happened? Where did it Where did it go?
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The spider has returned to your imaginations. Who who's there? Each Madonna represents a various aspect of knowledge. The one who kneels above us symbolizes knowledge through imagination. I am Yana, her soul.
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But why can't we see you? True knowledge has no form.
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Imagination has neither shape nor physical substance But you know that, don't you?
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Yes, I suppose I do But if I already knew the answer answer, why did I ask the question?
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Because those of us who devote our lives to knowledge are always aware of how little we know. And because of this awareness, we never stop learning. We never stop asking questions.
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What did you mean when you said the spider returned to our imaginations?
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The most negative aspect of imagination is its ability to invent irrational fear. When you suggested that a great spider might be present, you formed its image in your mind, and reacted with apprehension. When you descended the stairs into this corridor, the spider appeared, but only as a projection of your anxiety.
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But I saw the spider too.
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What you saw was based on the sounds you heard, Ingrid. You heard what he cry out. You heard him fire his weapon and describe what had happened. Sounds. Only sounds. But then, sound has always been imagination's greatest stimulant.
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Donna, how did we get here?
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You arrive at a place by sincerely wanting to be in that place. A metal ship can transport you, or your imagination can transport you. In transporting yourself with your mind, you discover that true knowledge is in the journey, not the destination.
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But but what about the door that opened up there? We couldn't have imagined that because here we are. Are you?
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Where are you, Ingrid?
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A place of knowledge through imagination, you said. A metaphysical library.
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That door has existed since the beginning of time, Ingrid, and it will always be there for anyone who wishes to pass through it.
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Oh, oh, Bobby. Ingrid, what's wrong? Oh, they don't know. So many of them don't know. The door, it leads to eternal summer.
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Yana? I have to leave you now because this part of the journey is ending. Love each other as much as you love me.
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Yana. A river. A singing silver river. A valley
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filled with all the colors of autumn. Birds. Hundreds of bone
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like the singing rivers. Yana?
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It's a lost wound of sense of our alpha. Yana? Body, please don't let go of my hands.
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Buddy? Ingrid?
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Can you hear me? Where are you?
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Otto.
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Daphne. I can do one to get all. Ingrid, are you alright?
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What happened? How can we still be here? We crashed on Zanzibar Alpha.
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We saw the Madonnas. We talked to Yana.
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It happened gave you what no three ring circus ever can. An unprecedented journey through your imagination with someone you care about very much. But, Madonnas, Zanzibar Alpha,
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where did those ideas come from? I invented them at the beginning of the light trance and passed them from my mind to yours.
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And what about Yana? Was she an invention too? Yana?
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The Madonna spirit we met after after Buddy shot the giant spider that wasn't there.
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Yana was someone or something you created between yourselves.
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Buddy, you can let go of our hands now if you want to. The journey's over, honey.
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I don't know Daphne. After what we've been through together, I I think the journey's just begun.
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He's right Daphne. We ain't seen nothing yet.
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THE MADONNA'S OF ZANZOBAR ALFA was written by Ron Thompson, and starred Chuck Olsen, Marilyn Shrefler, Linda Gary, Byron Cain, Christina Holland, and Ron Feinberg. Associate producer Ron Thompson. Engineer Stu Jacobs. Music director Tom Rounds. Assistant to the producer Jim Cook. Technical consultant Peter Sky. Alien Worlds was created, produced and directed by Lee Hansen and is distributed by Watermark Incorporated. And so until next week, this is Roger Dressler inviting you to join us for our next adventure, the Himalayan Parallel from the elsewhere and else when of Alien Worlds.
Peter Paul and Cadbury chocolate bars hope you have enjoyed Alien Worlds.
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Peter Paul Cadbury wants to send you a collection of commemorative scenes from alien worlds. So have a paper and pencil ready, and I'll tell you about it in a few minutes. Slowly rotating at the edge of deep space, 1,000 kilometers beyond the atmosphere of twenty first century Earth, is the Arthur C. Clark Astronomical Observatory, STARLab. Here, STARLab research director, Maura Cassidy, and scientists and technicians of the International Space Authority watch over the countless stars and planets that fill the silent distances beyond the giant space station. Last week's episode began when the serendipity one, an incoming shuttle from the circus planet of Barnum 5, radioed STARLAB control.
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This is STARLAB. Go ahead, Serendipity one.
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This is the amazing Daphne, full time tattoo lady and part time shuttle pilot for Arnold's star shine interplanetary carnival of brilliant Wamboos. I have a package for
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Okay. Serendipity one, I have you on the screen. Your docking orbit insertion coordinates are 503At20AlphaDockingBay7.
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Half An Hour later, the amazing Daphne is reunited with her old friend Buddy Griff, who introduces her to Mara and John Graden. Glad to know you, Mara.
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Put her there, Johnny. Any friend of Buddy's is a palomine.
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I've heard a lot about you, Daphne.
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Buddy, I didn't know that you knew any tattoo ladies. Me and the kid have known each other for years. Well, when he was just a squirt, he used to spend half the summer following Otto's carnival around. How is Otto anyway? Boy, he couldn't be better. Going interplanetary was the smartest thing he ever did. Why, we got more attractions and menageries than you can shake a stick at.
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Three hours later in the giant space station's main dining room, Buddy introduces the amazing Daphne to star labs librarian, Ingrid Tassell.
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Oh, Daphne. This is Ingrid. She'll be coming to Barnum 5 with me tomorrow. Glad to know you're Ingrid. Hello, Daphne.
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Buddy's told me so much about you that it's nice to finally see you,
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in the flesh. Yeah. Well, I'm happy to say there's a lot of flesh to see. Will you have lunch with us, Daphne? I'd really love to, honey. But, I gotta be getting back.
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The next morning as Buddy and Hendrick jet toward Barnum 5, aboard the marathon alpha. Otto Starshine and Daphne stand on the midway of Otto's interplanetary carnival. Watching the gaffers, roustabouts, and kinkers prepare for another day long performance.
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Say, are we gonna hit with what we talked about last night? The fourth ring?
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Yes. It's a wonderful idea. But it requires a good deal of preparation. So we had better take Bobby and Ingrid to Madame Disha the moment they arrive. Dolce. No, Disha. Dolce.
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Two hours after leaving StarLab, Buddy lands the marathon alpha at a small space port near Otto's carnival. Fifteen minutes later, Buddy and Ingrid are escorted down the midway to Otto's office. A large red and gold circus wagon surrounded by neon flag poles that fly the multicolored banners and pennants of 20 alien worlds.
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Hey. Hello. Hello, buddy. Hello, buddy. You look great, Otto. Just great.
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Well, it's been a long time, buddy.
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Too long. Well, what do you two think of the place so far? Oh, it's terrific. I can't get it. Oh, excellent. Glad to hear it, kids. Glad to hear it. But if you think what you've seen so far is terrific, prepare yourselves for lots more. Because you ain't seen nothing yet.
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And now, the conclusion of the Madonna's of Zanzibar Alpha on Alien Worlds.
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Well, listen, Daph. If we ain't seen nothing yet, what do you say we get out there on the old midway and have at it? Oh, yes. There's so much going on out there. I can't imagine how we'll be able to see even half of it in only one day. Don't worry about having enough time, Ingrid. By between now and midnight, you're both gonna see such mind boggling sights that we'll probably have to ship you back to StarLab in an ambulance. Oh.
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Ingrid?
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Ingrid?
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Do you have any idea what they're talking about, Daphne? I sure do.
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Otto asked Ingrid if she was German and she said no, she was Dutch. Then he asked if she was from the country or the city and she said she was born in Zaandam, a city north of Amsterdam. And when he complimented her on her German Ingrid said thanks Otto.
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Daphne, I didn't know you understood German. Arl taught me.
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Buddy, Ingrid, I think it's time for you to meet madame Disha. Who? Madame Disha, our resident mystic, a fortune teller from the planet of Heterodyne four. She knows all. She sees all. You mean
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Yes, buddy. She sees all.
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Yeah. That could be a little embarrassing, couldn't it? Oh, it all depends on where she looks.
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Alien worlds will continue.
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From
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Arriving at the circus planet of Barnum 5, Buddy and Ingrid are escorted through the main gate of Otto Starshine's interplanetary carnival of thrilling wonders, and taken to Otto's office. A large red and gold circus wagon. Ten minutes later, Buddy, Ingrid, Otto, and the amazing Daphne leave Otto's wagon and walk down the midway toward the mysterious madame Disha's tent. Come here and meet the mysterious
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madame Disha. Come. Let us go inside. Good morning, madame
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Disha.
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Good morning, madam Disha. Hi, madam. Good morning, Otto. Daphne. Madame Disha, I would like to present
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Ingrid Tassel and Buddy Greif.
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Daphne told you we were coming? Did she?
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Have a good time, Kevs.
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Come on, Adam. Madame Tisha will escort you back to my wagon when you are finished, buddy.
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Enjoy yourself. Okay. See you. See you later.
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Please sit here at the table. Buddy on this side, Ingrid on this side. Okay. Now put your minds at ease. In a moment, the crystal ball will fill with light. When it does, join hands, look into the right, and concentrate.
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Oh, Buddy, look. It's beautiful.
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What do you see, my dear?
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A sky. A lovely red sky filled with clouds. White and blue clouds.
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And beneath the clouds?
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Birds. Hundreds of golden birds drifting on the wind.
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And beneath the birds? Of valley,
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there was all the colors of autumn.
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And in the center of the valley.
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A river. A singing silver river.
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And does not the river remind you of a poem you once wrote, buddy?
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Yes. A poem about birth and being alive in the fragile body of a newborn child.
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And does not the second verse of the poem mention a singing river?
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Yes. Touched by silver waters wrapped in velvet clothes, We sleep in ivory cradles where the singing river flows.
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And did not the body read this poem to you three months ago, Ingrid? Yes. And did not the verse that mentions winter
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cause you to weep? Yes. We aged in golden afternoons, were old when winter came, And when we died as ancient children, we knew no one was to blame.
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What do you see near the river?
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A meadow. A huge meadow filled with strange blue flowers. And when the sunlight touches the flowers, their their petals shed tears.
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And in the center of the meadow,
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statues. Enormous crystal statues of beautiful young women on their knees, praying. They are madonna's, sad madonna's.
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And why are they sad?
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I don't know.
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Ingrid?
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They are sad because there is no one they can tell their secrets to.
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What secrets, Ingrid?
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The Madonna's watch over an alien library that lies beneath the ground they kneel on.
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How is it that you sense their sadness?
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Because when no one comes to learn the secrets of the knowledge I watch over in the library on StarLab, I am sad.
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And where do the Matanas wait, Ingrid?
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Zanzibar Alpha? The lost world of Zanzibar Alpha.
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And so another performance of Otto Starshine's interplanetary carnival comes to a close. And the next time your friends ask you where they can have the time of their lives. Say this, from the sands of Mars to the distant stars, there's no greater show in the universe or anywhere else than those star shines interplanetary carnival of thrilling wonders. Thank you, and good night.
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I don't know, Daphne. I think it's a toss-up between Madame Disha's hallucinatory crystal ball and glamorous Wanda's mammoth door sacks.
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And what about you, Ingrid? What did you enjoy most?
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Oh, the artificial comet that went zooming around inside the big top. I thought it was wonderful when it exploded and also plants came floating down inside a fire hoop. Well, here's the good old marathon alpha.
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Hey, wait a minute Who put that poster on the tail fin? It was probably one of our Ballyhoo boys, buddy
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I don't know how they do it But they always manage to get one of our posters on anything that'll stand still
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It looks nice. Yeah. It does. Doesn't it? Well, we better get a boarding good.
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Hey. Thanks again, Otto. We had a terrific time. Oh, yes. It was just wonderful. Oh, good. Bye, buddy.
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Thank you so much. Goodbye. Ingrid? Ingrid, wake up. What?
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Oh, buddy. Are we home?
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No, Ingrid. We're not home. I don't know where we are. What?
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Doesn't the onboard computer know where we are? It does,
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but I don't. The computer's feeding a star matrix to the navigational display, but I don't recognize any of the proximity coordinates.
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Buddy, there's a planet out there.
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I know. We drifted into its gravitational field just before you woke up. We're lost, Ingrid.
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Buddy, what's happening?
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The planet's pulling us down. We're out of control. The sky.
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A lovely red sky. Tilt was clouds. White and the new clouds. Buddy. A singing
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silver river. Ingrid.
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Buddy. Please don't let go of my hands.
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Alien worlds will continue. Peter Paul Cadbury wants to send you a collection of commemorative scenes from alien worlds. Nine full color illustrations from fantastic adventures like earth light and the kilohertz war, and characters like Elon of death song and the Madonna's of Zanzibar. Just send two Peter Paul or Cadbury rappers and 50¢ for postage and handling to alien worlds Box 888 Westbury, New York 11590. That's Box 888 Westbury, New York 11590 for your Alien Worlds souvenir booklet.
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Sometimes I feel like a nut. Sometimes I don't. I'm in joys dot nuts. Mounds don't. I'm in joys dot chocolate eating. Coconut and munchie next to.
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Alien worlds continues. Two hours after leaving Barnum 5, the marathon alpha mysteriously drifts off course and becomes trapped in the gravitational field of an alien planet, whose surface is obscured by white and blue clouds. Suddenly, an energy force lashes out from the clouds and pulls the marathon alpha down through the planet's misty red atmosphere. A moment later, the shuttle crashes on the edge of a peaceful meadow, filled with strange blue flowers. Flowers that weep golden tears as the sunlight touches them.
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Oh, buddy. It smells wonderful like jasmine and lilacs.
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Yeah.
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Not a scratch anywhere. There aren't even any skid marks on the ground. It's like some giant invisible hand just Buddy, look.
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On the other side of the the river. The Madonna's. Buddy, what's happening to us? Everything we saw in the crystal ball, he's coming through.
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Oh, it can't be. Or maybe it can. Come on. Let's get a closer look. Hey, Ingrid. Look at this outline in the knee of the statue. There's there's some kind of door here.
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Buddy, madam Disha's crystal ball, the underground library. This must be the entrance.
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Let's go in. Oh, I don't know, Ingrid. It looks pretty dark down there. For all we know, there might be a giant spider or something lurking around. Oh, come on. Where's your sense of adventure? Well, alright. But you stay here until I make sure it's safe. Okay. Be careful. Don't worry about a thing, Ingrid. I've got something that makes me invincible. Your dauntless courage? No. My trusty blaster. I'll be right
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back.
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Yikes.
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Buddy, what happened down there? Attacked with spider
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with hairy legs. I don't get it. You mentioned a big hairy spider and there it is.
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Is it dead?
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Yeah.
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I want to see it. Ingrid. I want to see it, buddy. Alright. Oh, buddy. It's horrible. How could such a thing what happened? Where did it Where did it go?
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The spider has returned to your imaginations. Who who's there? Each Madonna represents a various aspect of knowledge. The one who kneels above us symbolizes knowledge through imagination. I am Yana, her soul.
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But why can't we see you? True knowledge has no form.
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Imagination has neither shape nor physical substance But you know that, don't you?
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Yes, I suppose I do But if I already knew the answer answer, why did I ask the question?
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Because those of us who devote our lives to knowledge are always aware of how little we know. And because of this awareness, we never stop learning. We never stop asking questions.
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What did you mean when you said the spider returned to our imaginations?
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The most negative aspect of imagination is its ability to invent irrational fear. When you suggested that a great spider might be present, you formed its image in your mind, and reacted with apprehension. When you descended the stairs into this corridor, the spider appeared, but only as a projection of your anxiety.
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But I saw the spider too.
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What you saw was based on the sounds you heard, Ingrid. You heard what he cry out. You heard him fire his weapon and describe what had happened. Sounds. Only sounds. But then, sound has always been imagination's greatest stimulant.
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Donna, how did we get here?
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You arrive at a place by sincerely wanting to be in that place. A metal ship can transport you, or your imagination can transport you. In transporting yourself with your mind, you discover that true knowledge is in the journey, not the destination.
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But but what about the door that opened up there? We couldn't have imagined that because here we are. Are you?
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Where are you, Ingrid?
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A place of knowledge through imagination, you said. A metaphysical library.
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That door has existed since the beginning of time, Ingrid, and it will always be there for anyone who wishes to pass through it.
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Oh, oh, Bobby. Ingrid, what's wrong? Oh, they don't know. So many of them don't know. The door, it leads to eternal summer.
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Yana? I have to leave you now because this part of the journey is ending. Love each other as much as you love me.
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Yana. A river. A singing silver river. A valley
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filled with all the colors of autumn. Birds. Hundreds of bone
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like the singing rivers. Yana?
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It's a lost wound of sense of our alpha. Yana? Body, please don't let go of my hands.
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Buddy? Ingrid?
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Can you hear me? Where are you?
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Otto.
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Daphne. I can do one to get all. Ingrid, are you alright?
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What happened? How can we still be here? We crashed on Zanzibar Alpha.
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We saw the Madonnas. We talked to Yana.
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It happened gave you what no three ring circus ever can. An unprecedented journey through your imagination with someone you care about very much. But, Madonnas, Zanzibar Alpha,
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where did those ideas come from? I invented them at the beginning of the light trance and passed them from my mind to yours.
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And what about Yana? Was she an invention too? Yana?
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The Madonna spirit we met after after Buddy shot the giant spider that wasn't there.
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Yana was someone or something you created between yourselves.
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Buddy, you can let go of our hands now if you want to. The journey's over, honey.
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I don't know Daphne. After what we've been through together, I I think the journey's just begun.
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He's right Daphne. We ain't seen nothing yet.
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THE MADONNA'S OF ZANZOBAR ALFA was written by Ron Thompson, and starred Chuck Olsen, Marilyn Shrefler, Linda Gary, Byron Cain, Christina Holland, and Ron Feinberg. Associate producer Ron Thompson. Engineer Stu Jacobs. Music director Tom Rounds. Assistant to the producer Jim Cook. Technical consultant Peter Sky. Alien Worlds was created, produced and directed by Lee Hansen and is distributed by Watermark Incorporated. And so until next week, this is Roger Dressler inviting you to join us for our next adventure, the Himalayan Parallel from the elsewhere and else when of Alien Worlds.
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Introduction to STARLab and Characters
Reunion and Carnival Plans
Journey to Barnum 5
Meeting Madame Disha
Lost in Space and the Vision
Crash Landing on the Alien Planet
Exploring the Underground Library
The Journey's End and Reflection
