Journey to the Seventh Planet Page #2

Karl, what's the radiometer reading?

Interior radiation, normal.

Exterior radiation...

normal.

All right, let's get at it.

We're not going to leave the ship

until all tests have been made...

checked, and double-checked.

Begin atmosphere tests.

Who opened the air lock?

Fresh as a man could hope

from any atmosphere.

It sure is an effective way

of inviting us outside.

Get your guns.

What?

What's the matter, Svend?

You look as if you if had seen a ghost.

Maybe I have.

I have the strangest feeling...

I've been here before.

Dj vu, that's all.

- It's a trick of the imagination.

- No. It's not like that.

You see, I do know this area very well.

I spent my whole childhood there.

Commander...

over there...

inside the forest...

is a small stream.

And there is a large stone

in the middle of it.

Let's go. Keep your eyes open.

It's exactly as I remember it.

What do you make of it, sir?

I haven't any answers now, Don.

Not a breath of air.

No animal life.

Has any one of you seen anything alive?

What do you make of this?

Commander.

Look at this.

This plant has no roots.

Don, try that bush. Pull it up.

They're all the same.

Everything looks all right on the surface.

But how can it grow without roots?

Barry! Look!

An apple tree.

Wait a minute.

That tree wasn't here before.

And we passed right by here.

We've got an Alice in Wonderland

forest here.

Let's see how many

other surprises it has for us.

Keep together. Come on.

Commander! Don! Come here!

Look at this.

What is it?

It's a barrier of some kind. See?

- What do you make of it?

- It's like a wall, but it's almost invisible.

Barry, Svend, circle around this thing.

It's crazy.

It looks like nothing.

Careful.

What is it, Eric?

It feels...

like an air cushion...

but without any substance to it.

There's a slight tingle.

It seems to give a little.

What do you think it is, sir?

A field.

A force field.

A force field?

It covers the whole area, as far as I went.

There's a clearing ahead.

This wall goes across,

but I couldn't see the top.

Looks like we're encircled by it.

I don't think it has an end.

- Svend, get me a stick.

- Yes, sir.

- Take this.

- Yes, sir.

At least we know it can be penetrated.

Yes...

and that's all we know.

We still have no idea...

what it's like...

on the other side.

- I'll find out.

- No, Karl!

Barry.

Burns!

His arm's frozen, just like ice.

I don't agree with you, Commander.

It's too dangerous to go through the wall.

We're to explore Uranus.

That's why we're here.

I know that.

We've got a job to do.

If going through the wall is part of it,

we'll do it.

But we haven't got enough to go on.

No answers at all.

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