Tintin: Explorers on the Moon

Here is the first part and here is the second part. Enjoy!

EXPLORERS ON THE MOON

Tintin: Moon rocket to Earth, come in, please. We're request an update on our position.

Radio voice: Moon rocket! You've just cleared the Earth's magnetic field at the speed of thirteen kilometers per second.

Tintin: Congratulations, Professor. Everything is going exactly as you planned it.

Calculus: Ooooh…

Wolf: What is it, Professor? Are you ill?

Calculus: No, Wolf, it's relief. Just imagine if we'd made a mistake on the figures.

Wolf: Then we wouldn't be here to talk about it.

Calculus: My dear fellow if it were only that simple, but it's far more serious than that: we'd have to start our calculations all over again.

Haddock: Thundering typhoons! Fine then...

Tintin: Captain, why don't you try to relax?

Haddock: Relax? Relax?? How I am supposed to relax stuck on this tin can.

Tintin: But Captain, think of it: we're going to the Moon. It's a dream come true.

Haddock: A dream?? All this mambo-jumbo-jiggery-pokery is no dream of mine. Just give me the first piece of solid rock comes along. Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

T&T: Ah! Here you are. What ever happened? An earthquake?

Baxter: Earth to Moon rocket: what's going on up there? We hear strange voices.

Tintin: Everything's OK, control. It's detectives Thompson and Thomson. They manage to get them stuck on board.

Baxter: What? Oh, no...

Haddock: What in the blistering blue blazes are you two do in hear??

T&T: We decided to make one finally inspection before take off. Speaking of take off, what time is it?

Calculus: It's two a.m.

T&T: Fine. Plenty of time. That is if the launching still set one thirty four.

Calculus: The rocket left Earth half an hour ago. We are on our way to the Moon.

T&T: Hahahaha. That's a good one, Professor. To be precise: very funny. This is a joke! You're trying to fright us, right? You… you… just told us the launching was scheduled 1:34 p. m., right?

Calculus: A. m.! Not p. m.!

T&T: A. m.?? 

Calculus: This poses a bit of a dilemma. We assess our oxygen supplies for four people… Now there're six…

Haddock: You heared that? You dinosaurs? We're gonna run out of oxygen because you can't tell the difference between morning and night!

T&T: Misery of miseries.

Haddock: Stop sniffling like that: you're making carbón dioxide!! I'm going below… I've got important work to do. And don't you come down gulping up my oxygen. Good old Snowy, I don't mind sharing my air with you. You need to be alone to understand a subject like this. It takes a lot of concentration. Aaaah. A nice cold drink would go down well.

Calculus: Oh, my. Unless I'm dreaming, I'm looking at Adonis!

T&T: Who's Adonis? A friend of yours?

Calculus: Adonis is an asteroid. A dwarf planet approximately a mile in diameter. Here: see for yourself. And whatever you do, don't touch anything. A mistake right now could pull us right into that asteroid.

T&T: Amazing! So that's Adonis. Thompson take a look at this!

Calculus: Watch you cane!

Haddock: To the Moon! Thundering typhoons! Get back in my glass this minute. Blistering barnacles!

T&T: What's happening?

Calculus: When you pull that lever, you stopped the nuclear engine. The constant acceleration is what created our artificial gravity. Without that gravity, we float!

Wolf: Please, Professor, not a physics lectura now, we must restart the motor!!!

Tintin: I'll try to get to it. Wow! I've got it! I can... just about… reach it.

Haddock: If I touch you, Snowy, you're. Steady on!

Tintin: Got it! Hold on everybody!

T&T: Holding on!

Haddock: Look, Snowy! It's magic!

Tintin: Now!

Haddock: Ah! Ouch! Ten thousand thundering typhoons. That doesn't…

T&T: Funny! We were holding on tight…

Baxter: Earth to Moon rocket: what's happening up there?

Tintin: Moon rocket to Earth: one of the detectives accidently shut off the motor, but we started it up again. Over and out.

Baxter: What will those two bunglers do next?

Wolf: If the motor is shut down again, this magnetic-soled boots will prevent us from floating.

Calculus: Uhmm… There are six pairs of boots and six people aboard, so why I am holding an extra pair?

Tintin: They must be the Captain's. I'll give them to him. Hello, Snowy. Are you all right? And you, Captain? Now, where has disappeared to? What's this? Great snakes! Professor!! Come quick!!

Calculus: I better rework the design of these boots.

Tintin: Professor Calculus, the Captain's gone!

Calculus: Oh, my goodness! That alarm means the outside doors' been opened.

Tintin: That's what I'm trying to tell you. Read this!

Calculus: Dear everyone: I'm fed up with your silly rocket. I'm going home. God gracious!

Radio voice: Earth to Moon rocket! Earth to Moon rocket!

Baxter: Come in, please! Why've your engine stopped again?

Wolf: Moon rocket to Earth: the Captain has left the rocket… We're stopping so that Tintin can find him.

Baxter: What next?

Tintin: I see him, Professor.

Haddock: Ahoy, land lumber.

Tintin: I'm making my way over now.

Calculus: Be careful, Tintin. Don't let drift him too far, we're dangerous close to that asteroid.

Tintin: Captain! Can you hear me?

Haddock: Of course I can hear you. What do you think I am: deaf?

Tintin: I'm going to shoot you a line. Crap hold I can pull you back on board.

Haddock: Forget it! I am not going back to that rocket.

Tintin: If I fire over him, maybe you're floating to it.

Haddock: I'm going hoooooome!

Tintin: Oh, no! It's going to miss him.

Calculus: Tintin, you must hurry! The rocket is entering Adonis' magnetic field. We're going to be pulled into

Tintin: Captain! You heared that. Please, come back before it's too late.

Haddock: Come back? Not in your life! Look! Home! I'm going.

Tintin: Oh, no! He's been pulled into orbit. Captain! Hey! What's happening? Hey! Now it's pulling me in. Professor! Quick! Activate the retractable Ladder. Hurry! Got it! Barely… Oh!

Calculus: Tintin!

Tintin: It's getting stronger and stronger! No!!!

Calculus: Tintin!!!

Haddock: Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily…

Tintin: Professor, I'm going to try to launch to works the rocket Ladder. Good! Now I hope it catches. It's hooked! I'm pulling myself in!

Haddock: (The Captain sings The Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss II)

Tintin: The Captain's coming around again. I'm going to try to catch you. I'll secure the line to myself first. He's getting closer.

Calculus: Good luck, Tintin. You've only got one chance.

Haddock: I'm going home!

Tintin: Got him!

Haddock: Blistering barnacles! What's

Tintin: Ok! I pull him is in.

Calculus: Hurry, Tintin! There isn't much time!

Wolf: Professor: another 500 meters and we won't be able to pull away from the asteroid.

Haddock: Thundering tangles…

Tintin: Start the motor, Professor. Save the rocket! Save yourselves!! We'll be Ok as long as the rope pulls.

Calculus: But Tintin…

Tintin: Go!!

Calculus: Hand on, dear boy… Tintin! We're sabe now, I can stop the engine. Tintin, are you all right? Tintin! Answer me!

Tintin: We're fine, Professor! 

Haddock: What're you doing? I don't want to go back in there. I wanna go home!

Tintin: Captain! Do you realize your crazy  cost us our lives? Now let's get back aboard, all right?

Haddock: I... I'm a miserable wretch. I'm sorry, Tintin.

Tintin: Oh... Forget it, Captain. Can you ever forgive me?

Tintin: Of course! But please, trying be more careful in the future, you could have killed us all.

Calculus: Rocket to Earth: Tintin and the Captain are safe inside. Resuming our course to the Moon.

Haddock: There's no excuse. I'm just a miserable... Ah!

Tintin: Now what?

Haddock: Come! Quickly! Huge yellow caterpillars!

Tintin: Whats? Great snakes! Thompson and Thomson!

Calculus: They're experiencing another attack of formula fourteen.

Haddock: Oh, yeah the pills from Khemed 

Tintin: Land of the black gold.

Calculus: I've concocted an antidote from the rocket's emergency supplies. I'm not sure if it would be successful, but at least our Friends are not in pain.

T&T: Fortunately not. Not at all… Aaaaah!

Tintin: Snowy!

Haddock: Snowy! Let go!

Tintin: Hold on, detectives!

Haddock: And when anyone asks me later on: "Haddock, what was your job in the rocket?" I'll say: "Me? Why! I was the hairdresser." Thundering typhoons. A beard like this doesn't need a pair of scissors, it needs a lawnmower. What's so funny? If you think you look more dignified tan your steemed colleague, you've got another thing coming. There. That's finished.

T&T: Oh... Look!

Radio voice: Earth to Moon rocket: stand by for turning operation.

Wolf: Ready to cut the nuclear motor?

Calculus: Ready! Prepare for the countdown.

Haddock: Down! Bristled backs! Centipedes! shaggy-hair dogs!

Tintin: Captain! We're about to cut the engines. Have you got your magnetic boots on?

Haddock: What's he talking about?

T&T: These boots. They stop you from floating. Yours are over there.

Calculus: Ten seconds, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero!

Haddock: Blistering barnacles!

Radio voice: Earth to Moon rocket: stand by the start directional thrust. Moon rocket, stand by the start engines in three, two, one, zero.

Calculus: Seven degrees to the East. Perfect! We are now directly above the Hipparchus crater.

Tintin: Tintin to Earth: we're making final preparations for landing. The Professor is now setting the automatic pilot. What are you doing?

T&T: Preparing to lie down, but we refuse to sleep in our clothes.

Calculus: Hurry, gentlemen! We're landing on the Edge of the sea of Néctar any minute.

T&T: Did you hear that? The sea-side. How exciting!

Tintin: Moon rocket to Earth: we've ventured the Moon's magnetic field. We are all lying flat on our bunks. The air pressure is tremendous. It's an effort to make the slightest movement. The rocket… It sounds like… it's falling apart. I only hope we landed one piece.

Radio voice: Earth to Moon rocket: come in, please. Moon rocket, are you reading us? Earth to Moon rocket: please come in. Moon rocket, do you hear us?

Calculus: Moon rocket to Earth: Reading you loud and clear!

All: Hurray!

Calculus: We are save and sound. Tintin and Snowy are getting ready to set foot on the Moon.

Radio control man: Fine! But what's that strange rumbling noise?

Calculus: Rumbling noise? Ah! A couple of our passengers are having a nap.

Tintin: This is Tintin. Ready to record my first impressions of the Moon. Ready Snowy? We're ready, Captain.

Haddock: Roger, Tintin. Depressurizing now. Stand by. Opening door.

Tintin: It's a very solemn moment. The outside door is opening now. Wow! It's incredible. I've never seen anything like this before. No trees, flowers… not even a plate of Grass. No live, no cloud. It's silent. There are thousand of stars, but they're frozen. Motionless. They don't twink a light like do on Earth. I'm descending the ladder now to watch the Moon. Three rounds left. One. Zero! I've done it! Hang on, Snowy! We're about to make history. That's it. Snowy, the first dog on the Moon. I'm walking on the Moon! Well, Snowy, I thought you'd be happy to have a chance to stretch your legs. That's my boy.

Haddock: Blistering barnacles! I can't believe I'm on the Moon! Thundering typhoons!

Tintin: Nothing to be alarm, dear Captain. We're six times lighter here than on Earth.

Haddock: Speaking of Earth. Let's hope we'll be back there soon.

Calculus: Is absolutely incredible, We're actually on the Moon.

T&T: Just think of it Thompson: we are walking on the Moon. Indeed, where no man's hand is ever set foot. Look out! A cratis… Oh, how do we do now? Hop over it. For goodness sake, be careful. Ale hop. Did you see that? You try. Ale hop.

Haddock: Are you two bashi bazouks stop fooling around? And get back here, there's work to be done.

T&T: All right, all right. We are coming. Obviously you failed to see the significance of our scientific contraventon this expedition.

Haddock: Scientific? Nitwits… Nincompoops…

Calculus: My word...

T&T: How rude… Precisely...

Tintin: Moon rocket to Earth. Moon rocket to Earth: do you read me? Come in, Earth center, this is Tintin.

Voice on radio: Earth to Moon rocket: we read you loud and clear, Tintin. Go ahead!

Tintin: Just to update you: we have completing unloading cargo and assembling observation equipment. Wolf and Professor Calculus spent the day making astronomical observations, while Captain Haddock and I assembled the Moon vehicle. The Professor, Captain Haddock and the Thompsons are taking it out to collect rock samples. Wolf and I are staying on board to maintain radio contact.

Baxter: Sounds good, Moon rocket! Keep in charge! Over and out.

Calculus: Moon tank to Tintin.

Tintin: Tintin here, Moon tank! What's your status?

Calculus: We're heading go to that nearby mountain range. I'm importnt minerals. Wish us luck!

Tintin: Good luck, Professor.

Bad guy: Yes! Good luck, indeed. Find lots of important minerals... for us!

Tintin: Just remember: your oxygen supply is limited. Don't stay out too long.

Calculus: Don't worry, Tintin. We'll be back within two hours.

Tintin: Ok, Professor. Good bye!

Wolf: I thought you might be hungry, so I prepared us a little snack. It should be done by now.

Tintin: Would you like me to go get it?

Wolf: No, no... Don't you bother... I'll go myself.

Tintin: He seems a little jumpy today...

Haddock: Oh... It's hot under this flower pot. I'm positively melting. It's much better without the helmet and all that paraphernalia.

Wolf: Oh, bother... I forgot the milk...

Tintin: You stay here. I'll get it.

Wolf: Well, if you don't mind... It's the box right in front of you as you got into the holes...

Jorgen: So, Tintin: we meet again. Coronel Jorgen always gets his revenge. Hey, Wolf! Get down here!

Wolf: I... I'm coming.

Jorgen: Hurry up, Wolf!!

Wolf: Was it really necessary to tie him up?

Jorgen: I'm not taking any chance within this time. Now prepare to take off.

Wolf: What do you mean take off?

Jorgen: We're leaving immediately.

Wolf: But, the others aren't back yet... We an't just... abandon them... They'll never survive. I won't be a party to such a monstous deed.

Jorgen: Listen, you fool. They only planned enough oxygen for four people. With all of them aboard, they'll be seven of us. We'll all die if we don't get moving immediately. Understand? Good. Now, let's go.

Calculus: Tintin! What is it? What's all that noise?

Wolf: Hello, Professor. It's Wolf here. I... It's nothing. What are you doing? That poor animal won't harm anyone.

Jorgen: We can't take any chances.

Calculus: Moon rocket: this is Calculus. The tank batteries have short-circuited. The Captain is just connecting the small emergency batteries, so that we can get back to base. See you soon. Over and out.

Jorgen: You hear that, Wolf? Let's get going.

Wolf: We can't. I haven't turn the engines on yet and they have to warm up.

Jorgen: Then hurry up and turn them on, you fool. And stop wasting time!

Tintin: Oh, my head... What happened? Hey! Why am I tie up? That humming noise... Somebody's starting the engines. Wolf! Help! Wolf!

Jorgen: Come on! Come on! They'll be back any minute.

Wolf: I can't do anything until the red light comes on.

Calculus: That's odd. The door's closed and the ladder's been retracted.

Jorgen: Hurry up. Wolf!

Wolf: Not yet...

Calculus: Moon rocket: open the doors and put the ladder out, please.

Wolf: Only thirteen seconds to go.

Calculus: Moon rocket: why aren't you answering me?

Jorgen: Push the button, Wolf!

Calculus: The rocket! It's taking off! It's off balance.

Haddock: Who's the prize nincompoop upon this half-witted stunt?

Jorgen: What happened?

Wolf: I don't know... The engines simply stopped!

Jorgen: You sabotage it to save the others, didn't you?

Wolf: No! What're you doing? No!

Jorgen: I'll count to ten, if we haven't taking off by then, I'll pull the trigger. One, two, three, four, five, six...

Wolf: Mercy, coronel...

Jorgen: Seven...

Wolf: I beg of you...

Jorgen: Eight, nine, ten!

Wolf: Nooooo! Tintin!

Jorgen: Tintin!!

Tintin: Yes! Now hands up both of you. It's a small world, isn't it, coronel? Last time I saw you was in Syldavia, you were trying to steal the Ottokar's scepter as I recall. And as for accusing poor Wolf for sabotaging he launching gear, I'm sorry to disillusion you, but I was the culprit. Mr. Wolf, please tie up the coronel and be sure to tie him better than he tied me.

Haddock: Tintin! Tintin, where are you?

Tintin: Here, Captain.

Haddock: Blistering barnacles! Where this jack pudding come from?

Calculus: Wolf, please, tell me this is all an misunderstanding, isn't it?

Wolf: I'm so sorry, Professor...

Haddock: And to think this bashi bazouk has been helping himself to our oxygen

Tintin: Snowy!

T&T: It's been hit, Tintin... All think it's his leg.

Tintin: You're right. It looks like a bad sprain.

Haddock: Did you hear that, you unfeeling monsters?! Savages! Hurting a poor defendless animal. Now, let Captain Haddock have a look. That doesn't hurt, does it? Oh, sorry!

Tintin: A few days rest and you'll be fine. As for you, Wolf I think you owe us an explanation.

Wolf: Three years ago I was working on a top secret project in another country when I developed a unfortunate taste for gambling... It became an obsession. I couldn't stop gambling until I lost everything. A stranger approach me and said me he would repay all my debts if I told him about the secret project I was working on. It was colonel Jorgen. He kept asking me for more information and if I refused he would expose me as an irresponsable gambler. I ran away to Syldavia to get away from him and was able to find work on the Moon rocket when I didn't hear from Jorgen I thought it was all behind me. But then, two nights before the launch, he showed up again. He told I had to smuggle him onboard the rocket, so he could capture it and take it back to his country. I didn't want to, but again he threatened to reveal my past, which would I feared my career. But he promised he wouldn't hurt anyone.

Haddock: And you believed a fairy tale like that?

Calculus: Oh, Wolf, if only you'd come to me sooner.

Tintin: It's a little late for that, Professor. Come on, you two. I'm taking you down to the hold.

Haddock: What? We're sharing our precious oxygen with them? They're gonna leave us on the Moon, Tintin! Well, I say we leave them on the Moon.

Tintin: Captain, if we did that, we wouldn't be any different from them, so help me get them downstairs and tie up securely.

Calculus: Moon rocket calling Earth: a traitor smuggled aboard by Wolf tried to capture the rocket,  but we were able to regain possession and the situation is under control. Unfortunately our oxygen supply is in even greater danger. If we want to make it back to world alive, we are going to have to leave immediately. We'll update you when we're ready to take off. Until then, over and out.

Tintin: What a magnificent view of the Earth. It's a pity we have to leave so soon.

Haddock: To tell you the truth, Tintin, I am. We're going home!

Tintin: Ok, that's everything. We're better get back onboard.

Haddock: waiting for? No Moon.

Baxter: Moon rocket prepare for take off in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero.

Calculus: We're taking off.

Haddock: Here we go again. Thundering typhoons! What happened everyone? I see the Earth still going around without me.

Tintin: Oh, Captain! We decided to let you and the Thompsons sleep. It uses less oxygen.

Haddock: Sorry, but there are as many Thompsons downstairs as there are hair on Cuthbert's head.

Tintin: Then where are they?

Jorgen: I'll tell you where they are. Hands up!

Tintin: Jorgen! How did you escape?

Jorgen: You have two brilliant colleagues behind those mustaches, he he he.

Calculus: Oh, Wolf, are you still a party to this?

Tintin: What have you done to the Thompsons?

Jorgen: They wanted to change our ropes for handcuffs, the fools. They won't get them undone in a hurry. And now to business: as you know there isn't enough oxygen for all of us. You spare my life, but unfortunately I can't return the favor

Wolf: Jorgen! You give me your word that you wouldn't do anything!

Jorgen: Get out of my way, you fool!

Haddock: Blistering!

Wolf: No! You can't do this.

Tintin: He's gone.

Wolf: I... I didn't mean to... He was the one who...

Tintin: I know, Wolf. It's OK. You're one of us again. I trust you.

Haddock: What? You trust this interplanetary pirate? This fresh water spaceman? This... What's happening? I feel faint... Easy... Can't catch... my breath

Calculus: You're feeling the effects of the lack of oxygen. Try not to get yourself worked up.

Tintin: Why don't you go down in your bunk and lie down for a few minutes? It'll make you feel better.

Calculus: Tintin is right. We should all nap for a while. It'll help conserve what oxygen we have left.

T&T: Hallo... Where're you going, Wolf?

Wolf: Shhhhh. I'm on my way down to the hold to... I think there's another cylinder of oxygen down there.

T&T: Oh, good. I had to ask you, you see? The captain told me to give him details of every single move you made.

Baxter: Earth calling Moon rocket. Earth calling Moon rocket. Come in, please!

Tintin: Eh? Oh, the radio! Earth, this is Tintin, go ahead.

Voice on radio: Tintin, the rocket has gone off course. You must correct the flight path.

Tintin: Quickly, Professor, hurry! Come to the control cabin. We're off course!

Calculus: Good gracious. Good gracious! Obviously, the steering gear is out of alignment. Moon rocket to Earth: the steering gear was jammed. We're getting back on the right course.

Haddock: Wolf! Blistering barnacles, where's Wolf?

T&T: Don't worry, captain. I know where he is. He went down to the hold.

Haddock: What? I thought I told you keep an eye on him. You and your big hearted gestures. Look what your trusting has got us into now. Down to the hold, quick! Maybe we can stop him before he gets up to his old tricks. Where's he hiding? Blistering… There! What did I tell you? He sabotaged the wires.

Tintin: Not so fast, captain. It's Wolf's handwriting. By the time you read this, I shall have left the rocket. I hope you'll have enough oxygen to reach Earth alive. Wolf... He cut the wires so that the engines wouldn't stop when he opened the doors.

Haddock: He jumped into space to save our lives.

T: Did you find that scoundrel?

Haddock: If you ever say a disrespectful remark about Wolf again, I'll send you into space to join him! Got it?

Tintin: Moon rocket to Earth: our oxygen is very low. The others have passed out. I've just opened the last emergency cylinder. I'm not sure we're going to make it.

Baxter: Hang on, Tintin. You'll be landing in twenty minutes. Moon rocket, stand by the landing procedure. Prepare to set the automatic pilot.

Tintin: Professor, Professor, please… Guess it's up to me.

Baxter: Earth to Moon rocket: come in, please. Earth to Moon rocket: you're running out time. If you don't put the automatic pilot on, you'll crash. Moon rocket, come in! They must have lost consciousness. Make a tuning signal, quick!

Tintin: Oh... That noise! Yes, the automatic pilot. Tintin here... Stop that noise: my head is about to explode.

Voice on radio: Do you remember the auto pilot sequence?

Tintin: I think so.

Baxter: Just in time!

Voice on radio: Well done, Tintin. You did it! The automatic pilot's on. Tintin? Tintin? We've lost him...

Baxter: Maintain radio contact. I'm going to the landing site.

A voice: The rocket is now within telescope range. The nuclear motor has just cut out for re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.

Baxter: Faster driver, faster!

Radio voice: The auxiliary engine has taken over. The rocket is about to land.

Baxter: Let's hope they're still alive!

A man: There it is! What's that car do? It'll be flat like a pancake!

Firefighter: Mr. Baxter! Mr. Baxter! The rocket door is not responding to our calls.

Baxter: Get electric saws, quick! We'll cut them out. Faster! Faster! Professor! Professor! Get the oxygen masks, quick!

Tintin: Where am I? The rocket!

Baxter: It's all right, Tintin. You made it! You're back on Earth.

Tintin: What about the others? Where's Snowy? Snowy! Hello, old boy! I was begining to think I wouldn't see you again.

Haddock: Tintin! We made it! What an adventure!

Tintin: One of our best, captain. Congratulations Professor. All your hard work is paid off. You've set a rocket into the Moon.

Calculus: Yes, and I'm going back soon. Do you hear it everyone? We're going back, soon.

Haddock: Not with me at all. I'll never set foot in that flying cup again. If there's one thing I learned of all this; man's proper place is on the Earth.