Mighty Thor (TV Series)

Every Hand Against Him (1966)

Bernard Cowan: Narrator, The Melter, Captain Torak, Morgan, Ringmaster, Sando, Colonel Von Kraz

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Narrator : Although the City seems to be humming along as usual, the mighty Thor is troubled...

  Thor : I sense an aura of evil over the City. I feel it lurking, ready to pounce! I cannot pinpoint its presence... but whenever it strikes, Thor shall be ready!

  [flies away] 

  Narrator : Far below, in a shadowy alley...

  Loki : [watching the sky]  You would not be so confident, thunder god, if you knew your archenemy Loki was on earth once more!

• Narrator : And soon, with an indescribable rage, the mighty Thor storms across the rainbow bridge that links Earth with Asgard, and meets...

  Thor : Heimdall! Stand aside, Heimdall! I must reach Loki!

  Heimdall : Halt, son of Odin! Know you that your father has banished thee from Asgard? I have no wish to harm thee, but I have my orders!

  Thor : With what weapon could you defeat the mighty Thor?

  Heimdall : With this!

  [draws his blade] 

  Narrator : A sword of magic flames, against Thor's hammer. Which will triumph?

• Thor : There... there's something lying in the rubble... it's Jane! She was trapped in the explosion! She's barely breathing! Her pulse is growing weaker! She's dying! Jane... my darling... you can't die... you mustn't! Jane!

  [carries her out and places her on a bed] 

  Thor : She's sinking fast, but with all my power there is nothing I can do! Oh, mighty Odin, hear my words! In the name of Asgard, do not let this female perish!

  Narrator : Will Odin relent, and aid his son? Or will he let Jane die, putting an end to their forbidden romance?

• Narrator : Meanwhile, in Asgard, Balder the brave intercepts Loki...

  Balder : I'll deliver that message, crafty one!

  Loki : Can it be? My own peers turning against me?

  Balder : Nay, Loki, we are not thy peers. For none can match thee in villainy and deceit!

  Narrator : And so Balder rides furiously across the wild and savage chasm...

  Balder : I dare not fail! For it means the life of she who my dearest friend holds ever in his heart!

• [last lines] 

  Thor : Hail, noble Odin! Thy undeserving son gives thee thanks!

  Narrator : And with these words, the mighty god of thunder carries his love into the shining light of a new dawn!

• Odin : Thor! You dare force your way back to Asgard, against my imperial command? Do you compel me to do battle, with my own son?

  Thor : A thousand pardons, noble father! I did what a warrior must do! An innocent life depended on my finding Loki! I could not shed that risk!

  Loki : Words! Naught but hollow words!

  Odin : Forbore! I have heard enough...

  Odin : [to Thor]  Back to Earth with you! I shall suspend my judgment until you return! Begone!

• Narrator : Meanwhile, in Asgard, the lordly Odin watches the scene with compassion, and finally reaches a momentous decision...

  Odin : Although Thor may not take the forbidden female for his bride, I shall save her from certain death!

  [writes on a scroll] 

  Odin : Loki, by my imperial command, you are to take this message to Ardo the Healer. He will find a remedy for the one called Jane.

  [gives the message to Loki, and walks off] 

  Loki : I shall obey at once, noble one... the word of Odin is indeed the law, but laws can be broken! The girl must die!