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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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WHEN
DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH
JOHN STORM CALLS LANGLEY
EXT. ANTARCTIC
WATERS – DAY
The Elizabeth Swann slices through drifting ice floes, its reinforced hull groaning against the frozen
sea. A pale sun glints off the deck.
INT. ELIZABETH SWANN – COMMAND DECK – DAY
JOHN STORM (40s, intense, calculating) leans over the encrypted comms panel. The hum of onboard systems fades as a secure line crackles to life.
JACK MASON (V.O.)
Storm. This better be urgent.
JOHN We’ve got a situation. Sectasaur eggs—gone. Removed from the site. If they hatch outside controlled conditions... it’ll make the Komodo Dragon look like a lapdog.
INT. CIA HEADQUARTERS – LANGLEY – NIGHT
JACK MASON (50s, sharp, weary) rubs his temples. He exhales slowly.
JACK
Jesus. Prehistoric DNA. Hyperoxic evolution. You realize what that means?
INT. ELIZABETH SWANN – COMMAND DECK – CONTINUOUS
DAN HAWK (30s, cynical, ex-military) leans against the bulkhead.
DAN
Means someone’s either playing god... or selling nightmares. And I’m guessing Greenpeace isn’t the buyer.
John ignores him.
JOHN
Jack, this wasn’t luck. It was planned. And considering the murders—someone’s cleaning up loose ends.
JACK (V.O.)
You think it’s military?
JOHN
If it is, it’s black ops. If not—corporate. Bioweapons. Either way, we shut it down. Fast.
JACK (V.O.)
How dangerous is it?
CHARLEY TEMPLE (30s, brilliant, composed) steps forward, tablet in hand.
CHARLEY
Based on gigantism models—three meters minimum. Exoskeletal tensile strength off the charts. No known tranquilizer effective. If it gets loose... we’ll need containment and a damn good press strategy.
JACK (V.O.)
And I thought rogue AI was bad. Now we’ve got prehistoric hellbugs.
HAL (V.O.)
Correction, Jack Mason. Sectasaur size correlates with Carboniferous oxygen levels—35% versus today’s 21%. Enhanced oxygen intake enabled massive arthropods. If bioengineered for modern respiration, we could witness a predator beyond natural history.
Dan claps his hands.
DAN
Fantastic. Just splice in venom and bulletproof plating—we’ve got humanity’s worst idea.
JOHN
Focus, Dan.
(to Jack) Mobilize CIA assets. Alert Interpol. Military Intelligence. If viable
DNA leaves
Antarctica, we’ve got days.
JACK (V.O.)
Alright, Storm. I’ll assemble a response team. But if the wrong hands already have it... this isn’t containment. It’s an arms race. Watch your back.
The line cuts.
John stares at the panel.
JOHN (V.O.)
An arms race. With monsters.
DAN
Holy fuel
cells. Do we get hazard pay?
John doesn’t answer. His fist clenches.
THE MISSING EGG
INT. ICE TUNNEL – NIGHT
Crunching boots echo through frozen silence. JOHN and DAN weave through jagged ice formations, breath curling in the air.
DAN
Skipper! Over here—now!
John rushes over. Dan’s torch beam reveals a hollow in the ice.
JOHN
What’ve you got?
DAN
Check this out.
John adjusts his torch. A perfect egg-shaped depression gleams in the frost.
JOHN
Turn your torch behind me.
Dan complies. John snaps photos, records video.
JOHN (CONT'D)
Clear as day. An egg’s missing. And it’s recent.
DAN
What does that mean?
John studies the imprint.
JOHN
It means someone wanted it. Badly enough to kill.
DAN
Murder over a prehistoric bug?
JOHN
Only one reason I can think of.
(taps earpiece) Hal, are you reading me?
HAL (V.O.)
Loud and clear, John.
DAN
I need one of those implants.
John’s eyes narrow. This was no accident. It was theft—with intent.
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE CALLS
INT. ELIZABETH SWANN – COMMAND DECK – TWO HOURS LATER
The ship glides under a pale sun. A call comes in—British Intelligence via
Royal
Navy.
NAVY OFFICER (V.O.)
Storm. The KoolArctic has been scuttled.
John freezes.
JOHN
What?
NAVY OFFICER (V.O.)
Gone. All hands lost. No survivors.
John’s face hardens.
JOHN
I want to search. There could be survivors.
NAVY OFFICER (V.O.)
Helicopters deployed. Nothing. No bodies. No wreckage. It’s like they were erased.
John exhales. This was orchestrated.
JOHN
Alright. I’ll help.
NAVY OFFICER (V.O.)
You’re granted temporary Master & Commander status. Liaise with all parties.
John nods. The Elizabeth Swann is now under official command.
But he’s not just following orders.
He’s hunting the truth.
And whoever stole that egg...
They have no idea what’s coming.
FADE TO BLACK
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ATLANTIC
EXPRESS
Kitty,
or Katie-Cat, is the ship's cat, seen here having changed colour in the Antarctic. She
is allowed onto
the seats, wooden flat areas, but not onto the instruments. She is a
very well behaved cat, loyal to her Captain. Though, in the galley, she
can be quite a handlful, if you don't keep a weather eye open.
...
Suki
Hall is a marine biologist and oceanographer, normally, specializing in cetaceans.
She is intrigued by the find of previously unknown species in
Antarctica. Wondering how they grew so large, and how they survived in
the cold.
...
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 is stowaway 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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