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    This 3 sentence summary provides the essential information from the document: The document is a script for a radio drama about the crew of Apollo 13, who experience an explosion in their oxygen tanks after being hit by debris, forcing them to dock at the International Space Station for supplies before encountering an alien aboard the station and having to make an emergency launch escape. The crew works to repair their communication systems, gain enough oxygen to return to Earth, and escape the alien aboard the ISS before launching back home.

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    Apollo 13 Script - Final

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    Apollo 13

    An original radio drama by


    Tom Ostridge

    Production Script
    January 18th, 2019
    Tom Ostridge
    All rights reserved
    Apollo 13

    Cast
    JACK SWIGERT – Command Module Pilot
    FRED HAISE – Lunar Module Pilot
    JIM LOVELL – Commander
    JOURNALIST – Young Woman
    NASA CONTROL ROOM - Middle aged man

    SOUND PLAYING THROUGH RADIO AND FADES INTO SPEAKING


    JOURNALIST: I am here at the launch site of Apollo 13 at
    the Kennedy Space Centre. We are just seconds
    away from the launch of the next Apollo
    mission to the moon.

    SOUND Clicking of button pressing


    JIM: Engine Status?

    Jack: Positive

    JIM: Fuel Injection?

    JACK: affirmative

    JIM: Warning Systems?

    JACK: affirmative

    SOUND COUTDOWN GET LOUDER AS IT FADES IN


    NASA CONTROL ROOM: 5

    JIM: Disengaging tethers


    SOUND Wires pinging noise

    NASA CONTROL ROOM: 4


    JIM: Detaching from walkway
    SOUND Mechanical turning noise

    NASA CONTROL ROOM: 3

    JIM: We are set for lift-off

    NASA CONTROL ROOM: 2

    JIM: Engage primary thrusters


    SOUND initiation of thrusters

    NASA CONTROL ROOM: 1

    SOUND The rumble of rocket engine getting


    quitter as it gets further away, until we
    hear JIM where it is then loud again

    JIM: Huston, this is Commander Jim Lovell. We


    have lift off. I Repeat, we have lift off.

    JIM: We are climbing steady

    SOUND Beep sound before each readout of altitude


    JACK: 10,000 feet… 20,000 feet… 30,000 feet.
    Fred: We are approaching the atmosphere.
    Disengage booster rockets

    SOUND Mid pitched clunk sound


    JACK: Booster rockets have been dropped

    Fred: Now the secondary boosters

    SOUND Low pitched clunk sound


    JACK: Secondary booster is disengaged

    SOUND Silence to signify time has passed

    Fred: Jack, offset the shuttle by 15 degrees


    towards the moon.
    Jack: Copy. Turning shuttle 15 degrees.
    SOUND High pitched hissing

    Jack: Right. We are on course now and it should


    take us about 3 days to get there, so we
    should all get some rest to pass the time.

    Fred: Alright Jack. I’ll try not to wake you up.


    Ha ha

    SOUND CAN HEAR THE QUIET RUMBLE OF THE ENGINE,


    THEN A FADE IN SOUND OF AN OBJECT HURTLING
    TOWARDS THE ROCKET.

    Sound A loud bang is heard and we can hear the


    faint hissing sound of a gas leak. Alarm
    noise which wakes them up
    SOUND Rustle as you hear them get out of bed
    JIM: Jack, what was that? [Sounding panicked]

    JACK: I don’t know

    SOUND Fred sounds distant (across the ship)


    FRED: Jim, we appear to have gas leak in the
    oxygen bay, and the levels are going down
    fast. [Anxious]

    JIM: Any other damages to the craft?

    FRED: No. Seems like the rest of the ships


    integrity is undamaged.

    JIM: OK. Fred, how much oxygen do we have left


    in the tanks?

    FRED: We have about an hr until they run out.

    SOUND Audio Noise as use radio


    JIM: Ok. Huston, we have been hit by an unknown
    object and it has damaged our oxygen
    tanks… Huston... Do you read...?

    JIM: {Frustrated] DAMN IT!... Right, Jack.


    Change our course for the ISS. We will
    dock there, sort out our oxygen supply and
    regain communication with ground control
    on sort out a route back home.
    JACK: Yes sir. 1 minutes till docking
    SOUND High pitched hissing

    JIM: [On radio] This is Jim Lovell of the


    Apollo 13 space craft requesting
    permission to dock at the ISS, do you
    copy? This is Jim Lovell of the Apollo 13
    space craft requesting permission to dock
    at the ISS. Do you copy?...

    SOUND Static noise with radio silence

    JIM: We are receiving no reply from the ISS.


    Due to damage from the collision, our auto
    docking system is damaged, and we are
    going to have to perform a manual docking.

    JACK: Sir, We are on final approach. 100m

    FRED: Left
    SOUND High pitched hissing

    JACK: 80m

    FRED: more left


    SOUND High pitched hissing
    JACK: 60m

    FRED: Too far, too far. Move right


    SOUND Low pitched hissing

    JACK: 40m
    FRED: A little left
    SOUND High pitched hissing

    JACK: 20m

    FRED: Angle up 5 degrees


    SOUND High and low pitched hissing

    JACK: 10m

    FRED: And go straight

    SOUND Clunk of docking and hissing of connection


    JACK: Were docked.

    SOUND airlock door opening


    JIM: Right, Let’s go. Jack you go to the supply
    room to get new oxygen tanks. If there are
    any problems use your radio. While Fred
    and I will go to the control room to try
    and regain communication with ground
    control.

    FRED AND JACK: OK

    SOUND Footsteps of Jim and Fred walking and


    Jacks footsteps going into the distant
    JIM: Yes. Right, Fred, go over there and set
    the communication frequency to 89.

    SOUND Feedback noise as switching between


    frequencies
    FRED: 84, 86, 87, 89. [Says 89 more
    distinctively]

    JIM: Huston. Do you copy? Do you copy?

    NASA CONTROL ROOM: We read you.

    JIM: Fred, turn it down.


    SOUND Feedback Noise

    JIM: Slightly up. There

    NASA CONTROL ROOM: What happened?

    JIM: Our shuttle was hit by orbiting debris and


    our oxygen supply was damaged. We are on
    the ISS gaining supplies to repair the
    communication system and to give us enough
    oxygen to get back.
    SOUND Radio feeback
    JACK: JIM, ARE YOU THERE!

    JIM: Jack? What’s wrong?

    JIM: Fred, something is up with Jack we got to


    go find him.

    JIM: Jack? Jack? If you can hear us we are on


    our way.

    SOUND Sound of running footsteps


    JACK: JIM! FRED!.
    JIM: What is it? Have you got the supplies?

    JACK: Yes, but there is…

    SOUND Growling of alien

    JIM: Run. RUN!

    JIM: GET TO THE SHUTTLE!

    FRED: DOWN HERE!

    JIM: HURRY UP, GET IN!

    SOUND Clicking of pressing buttons


    JACK: Initiating Launch

    SOUND Start up of rockets


    JIM: It’s getting closer! Common!

    JACK: Launch in 3
    SOUND Beep at each number of countdown

    SOUND Louder growling of alien

    JIM: Common

    JACK: 2

    JIM: Hurry!
    JACK: 1

    SOUND High pitch airlock door closing

    SOUND Rumble and louder high-pitched noise of


    rocket

    NASA CONTROL ROOM: Huston to Apollo 13 do you copy?


    Huston to Apollo 13 do you copy?

    SOUND Feedback with silence in background

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