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.