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Commander
John
Storm RN, hails the 'KoolArctic' British Antarctic survey ship from the
helm of the Elizabeth Swann. John, Dan and Charley, are adjusting to the
sub zero South Pole temperatures, by dressing in warmer gear. John has
always been a fan of the famous explorers: Sir
Ernest Shackleton and Captain
Robert Scott. Unlike Dan and Kitty (John's faithful tabby cat) he
loves the breathtaking scenery and bracing cold air. He never thought
he'd be a naval
attaché for the British Secret Service.
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ENGLAND
BOUND
SCENE
7: BASECAMP
EXT. ANTARCTIC SHORELINE – DAY
A snowcat rumbles to a halt. CHARLEY, DAN,
and JOHN disembark, faces grim beneath frostbitten gear. They begin unloading equipment.
EXT. EXCAVATION SITE – LATER
The trio trek across windswept ice. A jagged crevasse opens before them.
Back on the Elizabeth
Swann, HAL spots something using orbiting satellites.
HAL (quietly) Guys…
to your left, 30 meters. A feint heat signature.
They descend. A body lies half-buried in snow—frozen mid-scream.
DAN
Jesus. That’s one of the Norwegian team.
JOHN
This is The Thing all over again.
They find another corpse nearby. Same expression. Same wounds.
CHARLEY
We need to get Storm on this. Now.
INT. BASECAMP TENT – NIGHT
JOHN (40s, obsessive DNA archivist, intense) pores over data from the Ark DNA database. His fingers fly across the keyboard.
JOHN (to himself) This isn’t extinction by impact… it’s predation.
He overlays insect mandibles with fossilized chew marks.
JOHN (CONT'D) Vespoidea… Myrmecia Giganticus… Formicidae. Hymenoptera. Insects. But prehistoric. Efficient. Coordinated.
He zooms in. A computer simulation, using the ARK,
shows pack hunting behavior—ants swarming a dinosaur carcass.
INT. COMMUNICATIONS TENT – NIGHT
Charley adjusts the satellite radio. Crackle. Then—
SUKI (V.O.)
Hello, Suki Hall here.
CHARLEY
Suki, how are you?
SUKI (V.O.)
All good. What’s happening, Charley?
CHARLEY
Funny you should say that. We’ve got an unusual problem. We’re in Antarctica.
SUKI (V.O.)
No. Not you and John. Unusual? What could possibly be unusual in your lives?
CHARLEY
We’ve discovered a new species. Giant prehistoric insects.
SUKI (V.O.)
Charley, that’s not new. Large insects evolved in the Antarctic. Canada too.
CHARLEY
So I hear. Twelve-inch wingspans. But these are enormous. Twelve to fifteen feet in length.
SUKI (V.O.)
You mean fifteen inches, right?
CHARLEY
No. Specimen frozen in ice. Fifteen feet. Four and a half meters.
Silence.
CHARLEY (CONT'D)
Suki? Come in, Suki.
SUKI (V.O.)
Sorry. Just… can’t quite take that in.
CHARLEY
Neither can I. But it’s true. Or we’re all hallucinating. And get this—dinosaur bones with chew marks matching the insect’s mandibles.
SUKI (V.O.)
No way. This is a joke, Charley. A really good one.
Suki laughs. Charley waits.
CHARLEY
John says he’ll send a DNA sample. Conditionally.
SUKI (V.O.)
Alright. I’ll help. But I need that sample. If it’s real… it changes everything.
INT. ROYAL NAVY INTELLIGENCE OFFICE – NIGHT
Footage of the frozen insect plays on a monitor. Officers exchange glances.
COMMANDER
Get me John. Now.
INT. BASECAMP – NIGHT
John scribbles in his notebook. He writes:
Species: Sectasaur Codename: King Kong
He underlines it twice.
FADE TO BLACK.
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WHEN
DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH
Following
the amazing discovery of a clutch of Sectasaur eggs, Lin
Po Chang plots to eliminate the competition

SECTASAUR™
- CHAPTERS (APPROX 5 MINS PER SCENE)
PART
1
CHAPTER
1: US ARKTOS 1838 EXPEDITION -
The ice melts at both poles revealing features on the land not seen for
thousands of years. A converted Frigate, the US Arktos is discovered at the South Pole locked into melting
ice, then freed.
CHAPTER 2: TUNNEL COMPLEX - Discovery of a labyrinth of tunnels beneath the ice, dated by scientists to be
many millions of years old, is leaked to Jill Bird, BBC world service,
via Sky news and Discovery Channel. Supporting John Cleves Symmes theory
of 1818.
CHAPTER 3: GOLD RUSH - Three expeditions launched by competing concerns, Swedish,
Multinational & Cathy Carter, backed by the
CIA.
The third funded by Chinese, Lin Po
Chang. Land grab for mineral rights and archaeological exclusivity,
prehistoric insect DNA.
CHAPTER 4:
U.N. CALL FOR JOHN STORM - MI6 and the
UN
decide to send in John
Storm and the Elizabeth Swan. Dan Hawk and
Charley Temple
speed from the
Southern Ocean to the Weddell Sea and there to Deception Island, an extinct volcano.
CHAPTER
5: IT'S MURDER ON THE ICE - Several fatal accidents occur in quick succession, then an egg clutch is discovered in a section of a tunnel.
Chang eliminates the remaining opposition. Then nurtures one thawed
egg through a simulated incubation.
CHAPTER 6:
BOUND FOR ENGLAND - The creature is smuggled aboard Ice Patrol survey vessel
'KoolArctic' bound for England, eats two crew members. Second mate on KoolArctic reports the chaos aboard
vessel to the British Admiralty, abandons ship.
CHAPTER
7: BASECAMP - John's team set up camp onshore, locate the excavation site,
using the 'Ark' (a DNA database) Storm finds dead explorers & uncovers disturbing new evidence to support
theory that dinosaurs were not entirely wiped out by a
meteor striking the
earth.
PART
2
CHAPTER
8: WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH - Confirmed, they
lived when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Dinosaurs starve in volcanic/asteroid
winter. Sectasaurs have higher
tolerance to freezing conditions, eat competition, then hibernate.
Suki Hall hypothesis merit worthy, supported scientific community.
CHAPTER 9: WORST FEARS CONFIRMED - From DNA analysis aboard
energy depleted Elizabeth
Swan, Storm estimates species grew to between 3-5 metres, warm blooded with
high tolerance to low temperatures. Team realize danger to humans, alert
MOD
& CIA to the danger.
John made Master
& Commander RN.
CHAPTER 10: -
ATLANTIC EXPRESS - Storm and crew head to England at high
speed, breaking record on hydrofoils. Sectasaur stows away on Atlantic
Express. Meanwhile Chang has landed in
Portsmouth.
CHAPTER 11: HAMPSHIRE - The giant prehistoric animal jumps ship,
feeds on New Forest ponies, gaining attention of Hampshire police, relayed to
MI6 and thence to John Storm.
CHAPTER 12:
BUCKLERS HARD - Storm heads up the Beaulieu River to Bucklers
Hard, following pony corpses toward a wooded area near Worts Gutter (Furzey Lane). Storm
calls military for backup. Chang heads to Buckler's Hard, and Worts
Gutter.
CHAPTER 13:
CAT & MOUSE - Storm and Temple
play cat and mouse with Sectasaur - when the giant insect came up from behind over the brow of a ravine and
knocks Charley nearly unconscious. Storm strikes the creature with an axe,
causing partial shock.
CHAPTER 14: FIRST AID - Charley and John patch creature's wound with antiseptic and bandages. The
giant insect feigns immobility. Understands dialogue between John and Charley is not aggressive or threatening,
and marks these two humans down as allies.
PART
3
CHAPTER 15: SECTASAUR RESCUES JOHN - John panics with axe.
Creature lashed out in reflex throwing John over a ledge. John at the mercy
of creature.
The huge insect puts itself at risk to pull John up to safety. Meanwhile government troops,
Territorial Army reservists are closing in.
CHAPTER 16: PUZZLING SITUATION - John dusts himself, while magnificent insect
cleans itself. John offers hand palm up to the creature. The animal
studies with both feelers, tickling him. John's heart pounding, at risk
of amputation, enjoying leap of faith. It understands and responds to
voice communication.
CHAPTER 17: ALL FRIENDS - Charley joins from bracken and saw the interaction between John and the insect.
She proffers her hand, the prehistoric insect smelled her all over with its antennae. Charley giggled at the
friendly touch. Temple shot in arm by troops, insect in head. Chang witnesses interchange.
CHAPTER 18: HOSTILE FIRE - Troops fire wounding animal. John & Charley both
leap in front of insect yelling to stop firing, but Charley is shot in the arm and
screams. The giant insect moves to protect them both from the gunfire,
taking more hits and another to the head. It collapsed, feelers limp.
Dead. Gone.
CHAPTER 19: ATTACK SUBSIDES - John and Charley shout as loud as they
can,
stopping firing. They reach insect. They raised its feelers, Charley and
John take one each, and the trio embraced for a minute, its antennae
were limp - there was no reviving it - tears, anger - it was gone. J&C
in shock for a moment.
CHAPTER
20: NO REMORSE - John & Charley anger welling up inside, tears
gave way to action. A rhinoceros soldier
is delighted at kill. "Yes," cried the soldier. "Yes," said John,
punching the trigger happy fool out. Up to that point other military thought they had saved
their lives. Chang is devastated at loss.
CHAPTER 21:
EPILOGUE & DEBRIEFING - John files a report with
the United
Nations and MI6, advising of a great loss to science.
Keep watching brief for any repeats, finds, missing links, etc. Watching
brief with increased security, military conflicts. Further investigations needed. Chang vows to return to Antarctica.
Charley
temple and John Storm - comfort the wounded Sectasaur
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The
artwork is also suitable for use in "Jimmy Watson's Magic
Dinobot."
A proposed network TV serialization, about boy who saves his paper round
money to buy himself a robot for Christmas. Then, when assembled, it
come to life, to become his friend. ARTWORK
- Somewhat better than the huge ants in "Them," but perhaps not as good as
the CGI in Antman. Now a
museum
exhibit in Sussex, England.
The artwork is based on an Australian Bulldog
ant.
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