'A Man For Emily' (3 Parts) by Roger Price

A spaceship arrives in orbit around the Earth, containing The Momma, Emily and Elmer, members of a matriarchal society. Based on television signals, they believe that Earth is like a wild west film. Tim tracks the ship into orbit, and John and Elizabeth jaunt near to it to investigate. The Momma tells Elmer to go to Earth to get fresh food supplies. When the Ship stuns and captures Elizabeth, John jaunts back to the Lab. Elizabeth awakens, and is accepted as an equal by The Momma and Emily. On Earth, shoots a shopkeeper when he is collecting food. Tim intercepts police reports, and Stephen jaunts to the shop, using his telekinesis to heal the proprietor. Elmer finds a pub, treating it like a western saloon. Elizabeth discovers that Elmer must return to his place of arrival, where the ‘Doozlum Pin’ is located; she also finds out that the Ship controls the people on board. John and Stephen jaunt to the pub, but are unable to transport Elmer away; they jaunt back to the Lab as the police arrive. Elizabeth tells the Momma that Elmer has been put in jail, and she talks to the Ship; it tells her that if Elmer is not returned within one day the Earth will be destroyed. Elizabeth returns to the Lab, where John formulates a plan to break Elmer out of the police station. Tyso takes some bees into the police station, and everyone flees, enabling them to release Elmer. Elizabeth and Stephen take him to where they think the ‘Doozlum Pin’ might be, but Stephen accidentally steps on it, and is transported back to the Ship. He jaunts back to Earth with the ‘Doozlum Pin’, which Elmer uses, and then he and Elizabeth return to the Lab. John jaunts to the Ship to check that Elmer has got back safely, but Emily takes a liking to him, and he only just escapes. The Momma sends Elmer back to Earth, he instead goes to the pub and is arrested. The Momma contacts the Tomorrow People, demanding that they return Elmer, or the Earth would be destroyed. John contacts the Prime Minister, who authorises Elmer’s release. John takes Elmer to the ‘Doozlum Pin’, but Elmer refuses to go back to the Ship, instead sending John. The Momma and Emily celebrate John's arrival, fitting him with Tickling Boots. Meanwhile, Elmer is re-arrested, and Elizabeth asks for his custody. The Ship tells John that he is to be the pair-mate for Emily, and that his telepathic powers have been blocked. Elmer arrives at the Lab, and tells Elizabeth that his people live on the Ship for many generations, and that when the next generation is been born, the Momma eats the father. On the Ship John is forced to wait on Emily, but when she leaves the room, he jams the waste disposal hatch open, allowing the air to escape; he then tells the Ship remove his tickling boots. The Ship informs him that their original home planet was destroyed by nuclear weapons; the Ship was made to allow some to escape and search for a new planet. It has decided that no planet is suitable, and the search must continue. John persuades the Ship to switch-off as the search has been completed, and then he pilots it to Earth. The Momma becomes a fish shopkeeper, Emily a landlady in a pub, and Elmer a traffic warden.



Nicholas Young (John), Elizabeth Adare (Liz), Peter Vaughan-Clarke (Stephen), Dean Lawrence (Tyso), Philip Gilbert (TIM), Peter Davison (Elmer), Sandra Dickenson (Emily), Margaret Burton (The Momma), Robin Parkinson (Publican), Bill Dean (Mr. Greenhead)

Directed by Stan Woodward

TX:
'Fastest Gun' - 26th March 1975
'Here We Go Round The Doozlum Pin' - 2nd April 1975
'Shotgun Wedding' - 9th April 1975

Notes:
*Featuring John, Elizabeth, Stephen, Tyso and Tim