"Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 1. RED DWARF Series VI Episode 3 "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 1 Ext. Dockside. Black And White. 1 The city: unknown. The time: midnight. A bell tolls mournfully in the distance, and waves lap against the side of the docks. A staccato rap of heels sounds through the fog, growing steadily louder, until a woman steps through the mists into the harsh glare of the streetlights. She is carrying two heavy suitcases; she drops these and stands, silently waiting. A black '38 Bentley glides to a stop a few metres away, and a detective steps out. As he approaches her, he draws out a packet of cigarettes. DETECTIVE Maybe it's the moonlight but I've got to admit you're looking pretty good for a corpse. He lights the cigarrete, and the light from the match throws his features into sharp illumination; DAVE LISTER LORETTA Philip, I can explain everything. LISTER Let me save you the trouble. It was you that planned Pallisters murder, but your twin sister Maxine squibbed him off. You decided to take the rap, knowing you had the perfect alibi in me. That's why you came on so strong that night: Play me for the dumb sap I am. LORETTA Philip, it wasn't like that, not with you. LISTER Oh yeah? LORETTA So what you going to do, turn me in? Watch me do the sit down dance in the electric chair at Sing Sing? LISTER No, sweetlips, I'm gonna let you kiss me. 2. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 2 Int. Starbug Ops Room. 2 LISTER is wearing a Artificial Reality Headset and grinding his hips rythmically, fumbling at an imaginary bra strap and sticking his tounge down an imaginary throat. KRYTEN walks into the Ops Room at this moment. KRYTEN Sir I think you should come and take a look at this. LISTER continues to fumble at the straps. KRYTEN Sir it really is quiet urgent. LISTER I want you Loretta, I want you body next to mine. I want you like you were that Tuesday night. Kiss me. KRYTEN Honestly, you haven't been off this machine in a month! 3 Ext. Dockside. Black And White. 3 Philip (LISTER) and LORETTA are still stood on the dock. LORETTA Philip, I don't understand. LISTER It's simple Loretta, this isn't real, it's an AR computer simulation game. I'm supposed to hand you over to the cops and wind up with the goody-goody heroine. I've played it before. It's just that you drive me wild. You're the sexiest computer sprite I've ever seen. LORETTA Ohh Philip. LISTER I don't care that you've killed three men... LORETTA Five. (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 3. 3 CONTINUED: 3 LISTER ...whatever. It's not your fault, it's the way you're programmed. LORETTA So you take me for what I am - a pyschopathic, scizophrenic, serial killing femme fatale? LISTER Forgive and forget, that's what I say. 4 Int. Starbug Ops Room. 4 In Starbug KRYTEN is accessing the AR console to enter the game. The game's name - "Gumshoe" - is shown on the console and KRYTEN is asked to select a character. KRYTEN Choose you chracter. OHHHGGHHH, honestly, I just want to talk to him. Ohhh anything, Sammy the Squib, crack shot with Tommy gun, engage. Ohhh, it's so frivolous! KRYTEN enters the game as his snaps down his headset. 5 Ext. Dockside. Black And White. 5 KRYTEN Mr Lister sir ?? The Black Bentley from earlier is still on the dockside. The suspension is rocking backwards and forwards making a squeaking noise. KRYTEN Hmmm, curious. KRYTEN Knocks on the car's rear window. LISTER winds down the window and puts his head out. LISTER Hi Kryten. What are you doing here? KRYTEN Sir, I've just got the results of the chemical scan, I've discovered minute amounts of millenium oxide in the local vicinity. (CONTINUED) 4. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 5 CONTINUED: 5 LISTER Couldn't be more pleased for you. See you in an hour. KRYTEN Sir, I believe we've wandered accidentally into a rogue simulant hunting zone. That would explain the devastation on the derelicts where we picked up this very game. LORETTA Philip, who is it? LORETTA sticks her head of the car. LORETTA Ohhh, it's Sammy the Squib. KRYTEN Orrrhh, good evening Miss. LORETTA Don't kill me Sammy, I'll do anything, kill him. I'll come away with you Sammy, it'll be just like the old days. I never stopped loving you Sammy. Kiss me. LISTER You're trash, aren't you? LORETTA I'm programmed to be trash. LISTER I can't resist her Kryten, get back in the car. I never fall for women who are any good for me Kryten, it's either heartbreakers or moral garbage on legs. KRYTEN Sir, you have to turn off the AR console. We have to close down and continue on silent running in order to avoid detection. LISTER 10 minutes. KRYTEN Sir. (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 5. 5 CONTINUED: 5 LISTER 5 minutes, I'll keep my hat on. KRYTEN Now. LORETTA Philip? LISTER I'll be back sweetlips. Stay bad. LISTER and KRYTEN clap hands and leave the game. 6 Int. Starbug Ops Room. 6 They both remove their game helmets. LISTER Kryten, you are a total gooseberry. Next time I play on the AR machine I'm going to give you some money and send you to the pictures. 7 Int. Starbug Cockpit. 7 RIMMER and CAT are standing and sat respectively. There is a powering down noise and all the lights dim. RIMMER At last, we have silent running. OK, long range scanners are down - the only early warning we've got is you. Stay alert. CAT OK bud, I'll keep my nose peeled. 8 Int. Starbug Mid-section. 8 RIMMER enters from the cockpit whilst LISTER and KRYTEN come down from the Ops Room above via the stairs. RIMMER You took your time. Where've you been? LISTER I was in the AR machine. (CONTINUED) 6. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 8 CONTINUED: 8 RIMMER Again?? LISTER What'd you mean again? RIMMER Everyone knows you only use the AR machine to have sex. LISTER That is not true. RIMMER Yes, true. It's pathetic watching you grind away day after day. It's like a dog that's missing it's masters leg. That groinal attachment's supposed to have a lifetimes gurantee, you've worn it out in nearly three weeks. LISTER That is an outrageous scandalous piece of libel. I don't just play the role play games. What about the sporting simulations? Like zero-gee kick boxing and Wimbledon. RIMMER You only play Wimbledon cos you're having it off with that jail bait ball girl. LISTER Is another total lie. She's not jail bait, she's seventeen. RIMMER Lister, she's a computer sprite, and surely that's the point; she's just a load of pixels. LISTER Yeah, but what pixels! 9 Int. Starbug Cockpit. 9 CAT and KRYTEN are sitting at the controls. LISTER enters, followed bv RIMMER. (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 7. 9 CONTINUED: 9 LISTER What's all the hullabaloo? CAT We've wandered into rouge simulant country. KRYTEN Bio-mechanical killers created for a war that never took place. Some of them escaped the dismantelling programme and now they prowl around deep space searching for a quarry worthy of their mettle. RIMMER I say we should abandon the pursuit of Red Dwarf and flee from the zone. LISTER Give up the chase? Are you kidding? CAT Wait, my nose is getting something. KRYTEN Powering up. RIMMER Scanners report a battle class cruiser on intercept. KRYTEN It's rougue simulants all right. RIMMER Recommend immediate total and unequivical surrender. KRYTEN Sir, surrender is the worst thing we could do. They despise humans and all forms of humanoid life. They believe you to be the vermin of the universe sir. (Looking at LISTER) . CAT I didn't know they'd met him. (CONTINUED) 8. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 9 CONTINUED: 9 KRYTEN Getting a message. Punching it up. A face appears on KRYTEN's screen. SIMULANT CAPTAIN State your species and purpose. RIMMER One of us will have to speak to them. Who's the least human looking? Listy, the mike's all yours. LISTER Wait a minute. I've got an idea. Stall them with static. Kryten mid-section. Cat, you too. The three move through to the mid-section. SIMULANT CAPTAIN (On monitor) Why do you delay? State your species and purpose. You have one minute. RIMMER Lister, what the hell are you doing? LISTER Wait a minute, nearly ready... OK, stand by to transmit. 10 Int. Simulant Ship. Dark. 10 The cockpit of the simulant ship. Two simulants, the Captain and a lieutanant, are at their controls. SIMULANT LIEUTENANT Incoming. The monitor comes to life. What appears to be a strange alien life form comes on screen. It is, in fact, the bottom half of LISTER's face, shot upside down below the nose. Taped to his chin is one of Kryten's eyeball's. LISTER I am Tarka Dall, an ambassador of the great Vindaloovian Empire. (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 9. 10 CONTINUED: 10 SIMULANT CAPTAIN Scanners report a human life on your vessel. Is this so? LISTER Humans! (spit) The Vindaloovian People despise all humans. They are the vermin of the Universe. Is that not right Bindi Baji? The screen pans to CAT, who is in the same disguise. CAT You bet, we hate them. Scum, scum, scum, scum, scum! LISTER The Vinadloovian Empire is pledged to exterminate them all. 11 Int. Mid-section. 11 RIMMER walks through from the cockpit just as the SIMULANT CAPTAIN beams aboard Starbug. LISTER and CAT, bent backwards over the scanner table, are not in any position to notice him, and neither is KRYTEN, whose eyes they are using. LISTER We will not rest until out task is completed. RIMMER Errrrrr, Lister. LISTER and CAT sit up from the scanning table. LISTER Hi. CAT How's it going Bud ? LISTER and CAT hand the eyeballs back to KRYTEN, who screws them in. (CONTINUED) 10. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 11 CONTINUED: 11 SIMULANT CAPTAIN A human, a humanoid, a hologrammatical human and a mechanoid who is a slave to humans. I had hoped for so much more. RIMMER I've no idea who you are, but boarding this vessel is an act of war. Ergo, we surrender. And as prisoners of war I invoke the All Nations Agreement article number 39436175880932/B. KRYTEN 39436175880932/B. "All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space". Is that entirely relevant, sir? I mean, here we are in mortal danger, and you're worried about the Chinese delegates bringing two cars? RIMMER Can't you let just one go? I was talking about the right of P-O-W's to non-violent constraint. KRYTEN But that's 75880932/C, sir. RIMMER It's embarrassing as much as anything else. Here you are totally humiliating me in front of this xenophobic, genocidal maniac...... no offence. SIMULANT CAPTAIN Primitive! You will be no sport at all. I have no alternative. The SIMULANT CAPTAIN shoots RIMMER, KRYTEN, LISTER and CAT before they can move. They all slump to the ground. 12 Int. Starbug Cockpit. 12 The crew awaken in the Starbug's cockpit, sat at their controls. RIMMER How long have we been out? (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 11. 12 CONTINUED: 12 LISTER According to the navicomp, three weeks. KRYTEN Strange.. the drive interface has been upgraded, and so have the engines. RIMMER And if this readout is correct, we've been armed. Laser cannons. LISTER They've totally upgraded the whole ship. CAT They've even got rid of the squeak on the seat tilt control. The SIMULANT CAPTAIN's face appears on the monitor. SIMULANT CAPTAIN We have made some improvements to your craft. Now at least you may prove to be of some small amusement. SIMULANT LIEUTENANT You have two Earth minutes before we attack. RIMMER Let's get out of here. CAT Wait, I know this game. It's called cat and mouse, and there's only one way to win; don't be the mouse. LISTER What are you saying? CAT I'm saying, the mouse never wins. Not unless you believe those lying cartoons. We don't run, we strike. It's the last thing they'll be expecting. (CONTINUED) 12. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 12 CONTINUED: 12 RIMMER No, the last thing they'll be expecting is for us to turn into ice skating mongooses and to dance the Bolero. And your plan makes about as much sense. LISTER I say go with it. KRYTEN Agreed. CAT You're going to go with one of my plans? Are you nuts? What happens if we all get killed? I'll never hear the last of it! 13 Model Shot. 13 Starbug pivots in flight and fires it's new laser cannons into the side of the simulant ship. 14 Int. Simulant Ship. 14 The simulants look worried. SIMULANT CAPTAIN What are they doing? Power up the weapons! 15 Int. Starbug Cockpit. 15 LISTER Nailed them. 16 Int. Simulant Ship. 16 SIMULANT LIEUTENANT Fluke hit. SIMULANT CAPTAIN Take them with us. SIMULANT LIEUTENANT Can't return fire. SIMULANT CAPTAIN Hack into their navigation computer. Transmit the Armageddon Virus. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 13. 17 Int. Stabug cockpit. 17 The Navicomp starts to spark. LISTER What is it ? KRYTEN The navicomp, something's wrong. SIMULANT CAPTAIN (On screen) See you in Silicon Hell. 18 Model Shot. 18 The simulant ship explodes. 19 Int. Starbug Cockpit. 19 KRYTEN Shutdown all network links. The navicomp has been infected with a virus. LISTER The navicomp has frozen us out, we're locked on this course. If we carry on ahead at this speed, how long before we hit trouble? RIMMER Well if you define trouble as a rather large moon directly in our path, about 38 minutes. KRYTEN Sir, the only solution is for me to contract the virus myself, analyze it's structure and attempt to create a software antidote before it wipes out my core program. Do I have your permission to sacrifice myself, sirs? RIMMER Do Lemmings like cliffs? Granted! KRYTEN I am going to have to create a dove program. CAT Dove program? (CONTINUED) 14. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 19 CONTINUED: 19 KRYTEN A dove program spreads peace through the system, obliterating the viral cells as it goes. KRYTEN puts on head sensors and contracts the virus from the navicomp. KRYTEN The virus is extremely complex. I will have to dedicate all my run time to its solution. Shutting down all non essential systems. LISTER Is there anything we can do? Can we help? KRYTEN Watch my dreams. 20 Int. Ops Room.. 20 KRYTEN lies on the medi-bed whilst the others are gathered round him. RIMMER 23 minutes to impact. Any change? LISTER Getting worse. Weaker and weaker. RIMMER Look, sooner or later we are going to have to face the fact that we are not all going to get out of this in one piece. Or if we are, it's going to one big flat piece. LISTER And? RIMMER It's time we decided who's going to take the one man escape pod. CAT How? (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 15. 20 CONTINUED: 20 RIMMER Well, if you'll just bear with me, I think I've devised a fair and equitable system of choosing who should survive. It's based on age, rank, seniority, usefulness, and to cut a long story short, it's me. I was a stunned as you are, which is why I demanded a recount. Well, blow me if it didn't come out as me again. Keys. LISTER Rimmer, the escape pod is not an option. RIMMER Why not? LISTER It escaped last Thursday. I was having a few beers, I couldn't be bothered moving so I used the release mechanism as a bottle opener. Whhoossshhh. RIMMER That's it then, we're finished. CAT Wait, we're getting something. 21 Ext. Streets Of Laredo. Day. 21 The monitor clears and KRYTEN is shown, dressed as a Sheriff in an 1800's Western town. He is drunk. He throws an empty whisky bottle away before pausing before a wanted poster of the Apocalypse boys and entering a saloon. 22 Int. Ops Room. 22 CAT What is this? LISTER I think we've tapped directly into whatever passes for Kryten's sub-concious. CAT Why's he a Sheriff in some old western? (CONTINUED) 16. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 22 CONTINUED: 22 LISTER Must be how his core program is coping with the battle against the virus. For whatever reason it's converted the struggle into some kind of dream. 23 Int. Saloon. Day. 23 Busy. A PIANO PLAYER plays a honky tonk version of Red Dwarf theme: KRYTEN enters and tries to steer his way towards the bar. He passes JIMMY - a smooth oaf, playing cards with some unruly COWPOKES. JIMMY Well, well, well sheriff, fancy seeing a man of your sober disposition in a low down drinking establishemnt. KRYTEN Now, now boys, I don't want any trouble. Just doing my rounds. As KRYTEN steps toward the bar JIMMY trips him up. KRYTEN You shouldn't ought to have done that Jimmy. There is a scrape of stools and tables and JIMMY stands, hands on guns. JIMMY Why don't you try it, Sheriff. They say you used to be faster than a toilet stop in rattlesnake country. KRYTEN Sorry I tripped over your boot there Mr Jimmy sir. Arrrhhheeemm. Didn't mean any harm by it. KRYTEN turns to the bar. KRYTEN Give me two fingers of your best sipping liquor, Miss Lola, and make it the smooth stuff. The stuff where you get your eyesight back after two days. Guaranteed. (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 17. 23 CONTINUED: 23 JIMMY The Apocalypse boys is here. They's asking for you, Sheriff. KRYTEN I'll be right out. KRYTEN takes numerous gulps of whisky before leaving the saloon to face the Apocalypse boys on the porch. 24 Ext. Streets Of Laredo. Day. 24 The FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE sit menacingly on horseback outside the saloon. The bat-wing doors part and a nervous KRYTEN emerges swigging from a bottle of hooch. KRYTEN I don't believe I've had the pleasures, sirs. DEATH spits out some chewing tobacco, which fizzles on the street like acid. DEATH The name's Death. And these here're my brothers. Brother War... WAR laughs and flames shoot out of his mouth. DEATH Brother Famine... Fat FAMINE nods and takes a bite of chicken. DEATH and Brother Pestilence. PESTILENCE grins, showing horrible broken teeth. He swipes idly at the swarm of buzzing flies around his head. KRYTEN Well, you seem like a nice neighbourly bunch of boys. How can I be of service? All FOUR APOCALYPSE BOYS draw, shooting KRYTEN's hat off, and his bottle from his hand, as he dances around trying to avoid the hail of bullets. Finally the gunfire stops. (CONTINUED) 18. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 24 CONTINUED: 24 DEATH We want your sorry ass out of here. You got one hour. DEATH spits a sizzler again, and THE FOUR HORSEMEN turn and gallop under a dangling sign: 'YOU ARE NOW LEAVING EXISTENCE', and as the HORSEMEN ride under it, they disappear. KRYTEN takes off his sheriff's star and throws it on the ground. 25 Int. Ops Room. 25 LISTER He's losing the battle. Look at his lifesigns, they're barely registering. CAT Isn't there some way we can get in there and help him? Somehow turn ourselves into tiny electronic people and get into his dream? Isn't there some sort of gizmo lying around someplace that can do that? And if not (punches hand) why not?! RIMMER Look, I think we've all got something we can bring to this discussion. But I think from now on the thing you should bring is silence. LISTER No, no, no, I think he's got something. CAT Twice in one lifetime! When you're hot, you're hot. LISTER If we link up the artificial reality console to Kryten's mind, we should be able to project directly into his dream state like it was a normal computer game. CAT What did I tell you? We don't even have to leave the room! RIMMER What about me? (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 19. 25 CONTINUED: 25 LISTER We'll shut all extraneous systems and power up your hard light drive. Come on guys, lets get these wagons rolling. 26 Int. Ops Room. Later. 26 LISTER, CAT and RIMMER are gathered round the AR console making selections on the screen. LISTER There we go, I've loaded in some characters from an AR western game. Choose a player from 1 to 3. CAT Two. The image and stats of The Riveria Kid are shown on the console. LISTER Here you go, you're the Riveria Kid, special skills ace gun slinger. Rimsy? RIMMER Uno. The image and stats of Dan are shown on the screen. LISTER One. Dangerous Dan McGrew,special skills, bare fist fighting. Which leaves me with Brett Riverboat, knife man. RIMMER And we definitely can't get hurt? LISTER No, it's just like a normal computer game, you can get out at anytime. There's a button on the inside of the glove, when you want to get out, just clap. OK, Riveria, OK Dangerous. Lets mosey on into town. Flipping down the AR visors, they assume horse-riding positions and start to "gallop". 27 Ext. Streets Of Laredo. Day. 27 (CONTINUED) 20. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 27 CONTINUED: 27 Through a swirling mist LISTER, CAT and RIMMER gallop into town. They dismount before the saloon and, tying their horses to the hitching post, enter through the bat-wing doors. 28 Int. Saloon. Day. 28 RIMMER I've seen Westerns, I know how to speak cowboy. The three step up to the bar. RIMMER Dry white wine and Perrier please. And what about you two chaps? LISTER Rimmer, what westerns have you seen? Butch Accountant and the Yuppie Kid? CAT Leave this to me, this sounds like one for the Riveria Kid !!! As CAT speaks his character's name he throws back his hands and dances a little Mexican dance accompanied by a Spanish Guitar. CAT Ehhh, Senorita, tequila porfavore. LOLA What? LISTER He means three shots of gulping whisky, mam. CAT and LISTER down their shots in one. Shocked expressions, hoarse voices; LISTER Very smooth. CAT I was expecting something with a little more kick to it. (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 21. 28 CONTINUED: 28 RIMMER (Contemplating his undrunk whisky.) I don't suppose you've got any ginger ale mixers. LOLA spits into RIMMER's face. RIMMER I'll take that as a no then, I'll have it neat. RIMMER downs the whisky, gulping. The smile freezes on his face. He grabs the hat being used as the pot in a card game, and is sick into it. Music and talk stop. The owner of the hat stands and looms, making RIMMER look shorter than a Clint Eastwood speech. Chairs scrape back from tables. BEAR STRANGLER MCGEE A man beans up in the hat of Bear Strangler Mcgee, he's either mighty brave or mighty stupid. Which are you, boy? RIMMER Sorry, what were the choices again? LISTER hands some money to MCGEE. LISTER You'll have to forgive our friend, he's a souple of Gunmen short of a posse. BEAR STRANGLER MCGEE That pays for the hat. What about the insult? RIMMER OK. You're a fat bearded git with breath that could knock-out a grizzly. LISTER (Shoving the rest of his money into MCGEE's hands.) Take the lot, man. Rimmer, what is wrong with you? (CONTINUED) 22. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 28 CONTINUED: 28 RIMMER Relax! You said yourself, Lister, no-one can hurt us. Besides, you're forgetting: I'm Dangerous Dan McGrew, Bare Fist Fighter Extra-ordinaire. KRYTEN enters the saloon carrying a small wooden box. KRYTEN Here Lola, all my valuables are in this here box. You can have it all for one bottle of mind rotter. LOLA You're trading in your shooting irons? The box contains guns and some carrots. KRYTEN No use to me. I've got the shakes so bad, I'm like a couple of porcupines on their wedding night. LOLA Carrots? KRYTEN I'm throwing in my mule, Dignity. RIMMER Mr Sad Git or what? LISTER leans over to KRYTEN. LISTER Kryten it's us, man. KRYTEN Sorry friend, I don't believe I've had the pleasure. LISTER Kryten, don't you know who we are, why you're here? You're fighting an electronic virus, you're trying to create a dove program. Some sort of software antidote to wipe it out. KRYTEN I'll drink to that. (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 23. 28 CONTINUED: 28 CAT Listen to him pooch head, the virus is winning, you've got to get your head together and start fighting it. There is a sudden crack as JIMMY gets the bottle off KRYTEN using a bull whip. He then dangles the drink temptingly in front of KRYTEN. JIMMY Want a drink Sheriff? Why don't you come and take one? KRYTEN Now now Jimmy, there's no need to be going make me look foolish. JIMMY Come on Sheriff, jump! You can get higher than that! LISTER steps forward. LISTER Leave him alone. JIMMY Just having a little fun, Mr Swankypants. LISTER The names Brett Riverboat, knifeman. (whisper) Let's see how good you are. LISTER demonstrates some brilliant knifework by disarming JIMMY and pinning him to the wall. JIMMY Son of a .... LISTER finishes up by throwing an apple into JIMMY's mouth. JIMMY Frank, Nuke, line his lungs with lead. As the two Gunmen stand up, the CAT steps forward. (CONTINUED) 24. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 28 CONTINUED: 28 JIMMY Who in the heck are you? CAT The call me the Kid, the Riveria Kid!! Cue the CAT's Riveria Kid dance. JIMMY Well, Riveria Kid, let's see if your shooting is a fancy as your dancing. FRANK and NUKE both draw and fire off a shot each. Back to the CAT, who casually draws and fires. There are two mid-air flashes half-way between the CAT and the GUN_FIGHTERS, and two bullets clatter to the floor. JIMMY He shot the damn bullets out of the air! KRYTEN Well, it's been mighty dandy meeting you boys, but if I'm not out of here by sun-up the buzzards will be fighting the lizards for my gizzards. KRYTEN makes a run for the door. LISTER If he leaves town, we're dead. Stop him! As the three try to follow KRYTEN from the saloon they are attacked by some of the patrons. RIMMER puts his bare fist fighting skills into practice by beating up the three men. RIMMER Marvellous. RIMMER dusts himself down and leaves the saloon. 29 Ext. Streets OF Laredo. Day. 29 KRYTEN is running for the town's edge. CAT Hey buddy! (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 25. 29 CONTINUED: 29 RIMMER Hold it! LISTER You gotta stay! CAT This is a job for the Riveria Kid! CAT does the Riviera Kid dance, draws his gun, and fires. The bullet hits a tin bath and ricochets across the street, where it hits a bell and ricochets again. Wide shot of the street as the bullet zig-zags towards KRYTEN, finally severing the support on one side of the dangling 'EXISTENCE' sign, which swings down and flattens KRYTEN. The other three gather round the fallen mechanoid. KRYTEN But boys you don't understand, I've got to leave. Look (pointing at the town clock) : it's ten to Death. LISTER OK, we've got ten minutes to sober him up and get him in shape. Come on. 30 Int. Sheriff's Office. 30 RIMMER and LISTER are sat with KRYTEN. KRYTEN Sir, I just can't eat anymore raw coffee. LISTER Two more bowls. KRYTEN But I am sober, honest! LISTER OK, who are you and why're you here? (CONTINUED) 26. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 30 CONTINUED: 30 KRYTEN I'm some kind of robot who's fighting this virus, and none of this exists, it's all in a fever, except for you guys, who really do exist, only you're not really here, you're really on some space ship in the future. Hell, if that's got to make sense I don't want to be sober! The CAT enters via some stairs. CAT I got his guns back, and look at the handles. They've got little doves carved on them, and check this, there's no place for the bullets to go. LISTER This is it Kryten, the answer's in these guns somehow. Doves, dove program. The CAT wanders over to the window as KRYTEN looks at the guns. KRYTEN Wait, somethings coming back now. (To Lister.) You sir. Whenever I look at you I get an image of curry and early morning breath that could cut through bank vaults. (To Rimmer.) You sir. There's something familiar about you too, I get a name, SmmmEE, SmmEEgGG HHHeeeDD. RIMMER Smeghead? KRYTEN That's it! RIMMER He remembers me. LISTER The guns Kryten, do the guns mean anything to you? (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 27. 30 CONTINUED: 30 KRYTEN Something, they mean something... if only I had more time. CAT PSSSTTT, company. 31 Ext. Streets Of Laredo. Day. 31 The APOCALYPSE BOYS walk slowly through the swirling mists and stop at the far end of the street. KRYTEN steps out of the Sheriff's Office followed by LISTER, RIMMER and CAT. They fan out across the street. DEATH Got yourself a little help there, Sheriff? KRYTEN Now I remember you. You're a computer virus, travelling from machine to machine, overwriting the core program. DEATH Have infection, will travel: that's me. Lets see if we can't tip the balance here a little... DEATH points his arm to the heavens and a lightning bolt emerges from it. 32 Int. Starbug Ops Room. 32 The screen of the AR console is shown. The special skills that the characters have are being erased. 33 Ext. Streets Of Laredo. Day. 33 CAT What is he doing? RIMMER He's stalling. He's spotted us for what we are: a bunch of mean macho bad ass desperados. We're going to kick his boney butt clean across the town. Enjoy the show. (To the Apocolypse Boys:) Who's got the guts to go with me one on one, hand to hand, mano et mano? (CONTINUED) 28. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 33 CONTINUED: 33 WAR steps forwards. LISTER Cover him. Whilst drawing his guns CAT fumbles them. CAT Damn, I've lost my special skills. RIMMER steps over to a hitching post and tries to lift off the cross bar, and fails. WAR does the same and succeeds. RIMMER tries again and still fails. LISTER also discovers that he has lost his special skills by throwing his knife over his shoulder. LISTER Rimmer, the virus has spread to the AR unit. We've lost our special skills. RIMMER Ahhh, Mr War sir, it would appear that due to circumstances completely beyond my control, there's been a bit of a cock up in the bravado department. RIMMER is hit over the head with the wooden cross bar by WAR. RIMMER I may indeed have come across as being more brave than in fact I am. LISTER Exit, exit. RIMMER attempts to exit the game by clapping his hands, he cannot, he turns his constant clapping into a castanet dance, before being hit over the head again by WAR. LISTER We're sealed in. CAT Get the helmets off. RIMMER It won't move. (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 29. 33 CONTINUED: 33 LISTER Cat the back. CAT I got one of my gloves off..........and a boot too. RIMMER Ohh brilliant, now you're paralysed compeletely down your left hand side. 34 Int. Starbug mid-section. 34 CAT is seen trying to wrench LISTER's helmet off. 35 Ext. Laredo. 35 LISTER Ohhh, me nose! CAT I've almost got it. LISTER You're pulling my nose off! CAT Here it comes. LISTER The helmet's coming off. 36 Int. Starbug Ops Room. 36 LISTER's helmet comes free. 37 Ext. Streets Of Laredo. Day. 37 LISTER disapears from the game. CAT also fades from the game, leaving only RIMMER to face the Boys. DEATH We're gonna cut you up so small the worms aren't even going to have to chew. RIMMER You can't frighten me, I'm always scared. LISTERRRRR! (CONTINUED) 30. "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 37 CONTINUED: 37 RIMMER fades from the game just as the boys bear down on him to stab him. 38 Int. Starbug Ops Room. 38 CAT What now? LISTER It's down to Kryten. 39 Ext. Streets OF Laredo. Day. 39 KRYTEN is left alone on the street to face the GUNMEN. DEATH Well Sheriff. Now it's just little old you. KRYTEN I'm not afraid Mr Death sir. I believe my friends have bought me enough time to complete the antidote program. Now, if you'll forgive the rather confrontational imperative, go for your guns you scum sucking mollascs. SLO-MO: The GUNMEN draw and fire. Four shots slam into KRYTEN's chest. He staggers, then straightens, and draws both his guns. As the guns leave his holsters they transform into white doves, which soar off into the sky. The GUNMEN collapse and slowly fade away. 40 Int. Starbug Ops Room. 40 KRYTEN comes round in Starbug. KRYTEN I did it! I created an antidote. The four rush into the cocpit. 41 Int. Cockpit. 41 LISTER Two minutes till impact. Come on! RIMMER How long will it take? (CONTINUED) "Gunmen of The Apocalypse" 31. 41 CONTINUED: 41 KRYTEN (feverishly typing in commnds.) Just a few seconds. How long to impact? RIMMER Just a few seconds. KRYTEN Loading it up... it's going into the navicomp. RIMMER 8 seconds, 7. KRYTEN Nearly there. CAT 5, 4, 3 ,2 LISTER We're not going to make it! CAT IMPACT. 42 Model Shot. 42 Starbug crashes into a sea of lava and disappears. Silence. Only a few bubbles of bursting gas break the surface. Suddenly, Starbug emerges from the molten lava, it's hull in flames. Picking up speed, it climbs into the sky at a dizzying angle. 43 Int. Starbug Cockpit. 43 CAT YEEEEEEHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!! 44 Model Shot. 44 Starbug flies into the distance and fades from view. The End. Credits: Rimmer Chris Barrie Lister Craig Charles Cat Danny John-Jules Kryten Robert Llewellyn Loretta Jennifer Calvert Simulant Captain/Death Dennis Lill Simulant Lieutenant Liz Hickling Lola Imogen Bain Jimmy Steve Devereaux War Robert Inch Pestilence Jeremy Peters Famine Dinny Powell Bear Strancler McGee Stephen Marcus Director Andy De Emmony Writers Rob Grant Doug Naylor