Script. Aliens next door part 4.
ALIENS NEXT DOOR: T.V film script by Colin J Platt.
Background
A twelve year old boy is best friends with his next door neighbor who happens to be an alien.
CHARACTERS:
JOSH TAYLOR: Twelve- year old boy.
DAPHNE TAYLOR: Josh’s Mum 37 Year old woman.
HARRY TAYLOR: Josh’s Dad 40 Year old Police Sergeant.
AUGUST JOHNSON: Ten- year old girl. (Alien.)
MARTIN JOHNSON: August’s Dad (Robot)
SETTINGS: Various scenes from Kitchen/ garden/ riverbank.
SCENE 2
SETTING: ON THE RIVERBANK.
JOSH: (Looks up open mouthed as a giant UFO appears above them.)
AUGUST:
Don’t be afraid, this is normal, where I come from.
JOSH:
I don’t believe it! won’t people be alerted?
AUGUST:
No, Josh, this is just for us; to everyone else, it is invisible.
JOSH (Looks at August then back at the craft.)
It’s so big, how far is it? it could be five miles away or fifty; there’s no way of knowing.
AUGUST:
There is a way of knowing, you just have to be conscious of it.
JOSH:
What do you mean?
AUGUST:
Look again.
JOSH: (Looks up then back to August)
It’s gone!
AUGUST:
It is still there, but I made it disappear.
JOSH: (Looking at August with awe.)
How do you do that?
AUGUST:
I simply tell it to appear with my mind.
JOSH:
Do you mean, like telepathy?
AUGUST:
Yes, Josh, you are starting to rise up in consciousness, even as we speak.
Now sit still, I want to inform you of something.
JOSH:
Inform me? what do you mean?
AUGUST: (Looking around to make sure no one is about. She takes Josh’s head in her hands.)
Just sit still, now, do you want to become like me?
JOSH:
Gee, August, this is a lot to take in, can’t we just fish and then talk about it later?
AUGUST:
No! there is no, later, I have to go, I have to help with the regeneration. I will not be back until 2042. Do you want higher-consciousness?
JOSH:
I guess so, but I still want to fish.
AUGUST: (Beginning to feel the human emotion of frustration starting to affect her.)
Will you forget the fishing! I am trying to format your mind.
JOSH:
No, August! I don’t want to be formatted, get off me!
AUGUST:
It is too late, you have been accepted into our nation. Do you know what you must do?
JOSH:
Yes, after gaining all needed qualifications; I will apply for the post of Assistant Director, at Science and Robotics Technologies Ltd. I will then instruct staff to introduce new technology from our home planet.
AUGUST:
Very good, you now know that your parents have also been accepted, as Androids.
JOSH: (Looking on expressionless.)
AUGUST:
You must make it a point to smile now and again, it is expected here.
JOSH:
Yes, I realize, but it is hard to do.
AUGUST:
My Clone will now take over for the duration of the next phase; treat her as you would me.
JOSH:
Thank you ‘Orphalise,’ I now know this is your real name. I suppose figuring out the ‘Hodge Conjecture is child’s play to you, seeing as you are 567 years old.
AUGUST:
Yes, but you will learn in time. When you reach eighty five years of age, you will be cloned into another body.
Go now and enjoy you’re higher-consciousness, oh, and the fishing was enjoyable, in a funny way, but totally unnecessary, don’t you think?
JOSH:
Yes, no point to it.
The End.