Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
The Fellowship continue to walk on. Gandalf stops and rubs his hand over a smooth part of the wall.
GANDALF Ah... now let me see.... Ithildin (his hands brush away the dirt to reveal patterns in the stone) It mirrors only starlight...(he looks up to see the clouds move away from the moon) and moonlight
As he speaks the patterning on the door shines brightly revealing an ornate door, with elvish writing above it on the arch. Gimli looks in awe. Gandalf points at the writing with his staff
GANDALF: It reads "The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria, Speak Friend and Enter"
MERRY: What do you suppose that means ?
GANDALF: Oh it's quite simple. If you are a friend, you speak the password and the doors will open (he turns back to the door and holds his staff against the star in the center of it) Annon Edhellen, edro hi ammen! (Gate of the Elves, open now for me!)
Pippin grins widely, but nothing happens. Gandalf looks confused and clears his throat. He holds up both his hands
GANDALF: Fennas Nogothrim, lasto beth lammen. (Doorway of the Dwarf-folk, listen to the word of my tongue.)
Still nothing happens. Gimli grunts. Legolas looks at him
PIPPIN: (speaking to Legolas) Nothing's happening
GANDALF: (walks up to the door and tries to push it) I once knew every spell in all the tongues of elves, men and orcs
PIPPIN: What're you going to do then ?
GANDALF: Knock your head against these doors Peregrin Took! and if that does not shatter them and I'm allowed a little peace from foolish questions I will try to find the opening words.
The Fellowship are sitting waiting for Gandalf to come up with the right words. They sit around on the rocks. Gandalf mutters
GANDALF: Ando Eldarinwa a lasta quettanya, Fenda Casarinwa (Gate of Elves listen to my word, Threshold of Dwarves)
Aragorn is helping Sam remove the baggage from Bill the pony
ARAGORN: The Mines are no place for a pony even one so brave as Bill.
SAM: BuBye Bill
ARAGORN: Go on, go on (he gives him a push) Don't worry Sam. He knows the way home. (Sam looks on concerned and the pony walks away)
Merry starts throwing rocks into the lake. Pippin joins him
ARAGORN: (grabbing Pippin) Do not disturb the water (he looks out at it concerned)
GANDALF: (throws down his staff and walks towards Frodo who is sitting down) Oh it's useless
Aragorn is watching the water as ripples start to appear. Boromir walks up behind him and looks concerned
Frodo suddenly stands up and looks at the door's writing
FRODO: It's a riddle!
The ripples on the water turn to waves. Pippin looks worried
FRODO: Speak friend... and enter. What's the elvish word for friend ?
The ripples move towards the shore
GANDALF: Mel..lon
A great crack is heard and the doors swing open. Gandalf chuckles. Gimli removes his pipe from his mouth and looks round. The Fellowship get up as Gandalf leads the way through the doors, placing a crystal in the top of his staff. Aragorn looks backwards at the lake before entering.
GIMLI: Soon Mr Elf, you will enjoy the fabelled hospitality of the dwarves. Roaring fires! Malt Beer! Red Meat off the bone!
Gandalf blows on the crystal in his staff and it lights up
GIMLI: This my friend is the home of my cousin Balin and they call it a Mine!
The light reveals many dead corpses and skeletons on the stairs in front of them
GIMLI: A Mine!
BOROMIR: (looking around him) This isn't a mine, it's a tomb
They all look about them to see the skeletons of dwarves with arrows sticking out of them
GIMLI: (running to a corpse) Nooooo! NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo!
LEGOLAS: (pulling an arrow from a skeleton. He looks at it in distaste) Goblins! (He throws it down)
Aragorn and Boromir draw their swords and Legolas loads his bow with an arrow
BOROMIR: We make for the gap of Rohan. We should never have come here
The hobbits huddle together backing out of the mines
BOROMIR: Now get out of here! Get out!
Suddenly Frodo falls. He has been grabbed by a large tenticle that has crept into the mine from the water.
MERRY AND PIPPIN: Frodo! Frodo!
The tenticle pulls Frodo out of the cave
SAM: Strider! (Sam slashes at the tenticle with his sword and frees Frodo.) Get off him!
The other two hobbits drag him backwards
MERRY: Aragorn!
The tenticle withdraws. The suddenly many tenticles jump out of the water, knocking the hobbits over and grabbing Frodo by the leg, pull him back and dangle him in the air above the water.
MERRY: Frodo!
Legolas appears and fires an arrow at it, but the creature does not let go.
FRODO: Strider!
Aragorn and Boromir slash at the tenticles, cutting them off, but more appear. Frodo is drawn into the center where a body appears and a huge gaping mouth with great teeth. He screams. Boromir cuts through a tenticle, Aragorn cuts through the tenticle holding Frodo. Frodo falls and Boromir catches him
GANDALF: Into the Mines!
BOROMIR: Legolas!
The Fellowship continue to walk on. Gandalf stops and rubs his hand over a smooth part of the wall.
GANDALF Ah... now let me see.... Ithildin (his hands brush away the dirt to reveal patterns in the stone) It mirrors only starlight...(he looks up to see the clouds move away from the moon) and moonlight
As he speaks the patterning on the door shines brightly revealing an ornate door, with elvish writing above it on the arch. Gimli looks in awe. Gandalf points at the writing with his staff
GANDALF: It reads "The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria, Speak Friend and Enter"
MERRY: What do you suppose that means ?
GANDALF: Oh it's quite simple. If you are a friend, you speak the password and the doors will open (he turns back to the door and holds his staff against the star in the center of it) Annon Edhellen, edro hi ammen! (Gate of the Elves, open now for me!)
Pippin grins widely, but nothing happens. Gandalf looks confused and clears his throat. He holds up both his hands
GANDALF: Fennas Nogothrim, lasto beth lammen. (Doorway of the Dwarf-folk, listen to the word of my tongue.)
Still nothing happens. Gimli grunts. Legolas looks at him
PIPPIN: (speaking to Legolas) Nothing's happening
GANDALF: (walks up to the door and tries to push it) I once knew every spell in all the tongues of elves, men and orcs
PIPPIN: What're you going to do then ?
GANDALF: Knock your head against these doors Peregrin Took! and if that does not shatter them and I'm allowed a little peace from foolish questions I will try to find the opening words.
The Fellowship are sitting waiting for Gandalf to come up with the right words. They sit around on the rocks. Gandalf mutters
GANDALF: Ando Eldarinwa a lasta quettanya, Fenda Casarinwa (Gate of Elves listen to my word, Threshold of Dwarves)
Aragorn is helping Sam remove the baggage from Bill the pony
ARAGORN: The Mines are no place for a pony even one so brave as Bill.
SAM: BuBye Bill
ARAGORN: Go on, go on (he gives him a push) Don't worry Sam. He knows the way home. (Sam looks on concerned and the pony walks away)
Merry starts throwing rocks into the lake. Pippin joins him
ARAGORN: (grabbing Pippin) Do not disturb the water (he looks out at it concerned)
GANDALF: (throws down his staff and walks towards Frodo who is sitting down) Oh it's useless
Aragorn is watching the water as ripples start to appear. Boromir walks up behind him and looks concerned
Frodo suddenly stands up and looks at the door's writing
FRODO: It's a riddle!
The ripples on the water turn to waves. Pippin looks worried
FRODO: Speak friend... and enter. What's the elvish word for friend ?
The ripples move towards the shore
GANDALF: Mel..lon
A great crack is heard and the doors swing open. Gandalf chuckles. Gimli removes his pipe from his mouth and looks round. The Fellowship get up as Gandalf leads the way through the doors, placing a crystal in the top of his staff. Aragorn looks backwards at the lake before entering.
GIMLI: Soon Mr Elf, you will enjoy the fabelled hospitality of the dwarves. Roaring fires! Malt Beer! Red Meat off the bone!
Gandalf blows on the crystal in his staff and it lights up
GIMLI: This my friend is the home of my cousin Balin and they call it a Mine!
The light reveals many dead corpses and skeletons on the stairs in front of them
GIMLI: A Mine!
BOROMIR: (looking around him) This isn't a mine, it's a tomb
They all look about them to see the skeletons of dwarves with arrows sticking out of them
GIMLI: (running to a corpse) Nooooo! NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo!
LEGOLAS: (pulling an arrow from a skeleton. He looks at it in distaste) Goblins! (He throws it down)
Aragorn and Boromir draw their swords and Legolas loads his bow with an arrow
BOROMIR: We make for the gap of Rohan. We should never have come here
The hobbits huddle together backing out of the mines
BOROMIR: Now get out of here! Get out!
Suddenly Frodo falls. He has been grabbed by a large tenticle that has crept into the mine from the water.
MERRY AND PIPPIN: Frodo! Frodo!
The tenticle pulls Frodo out of the cave
SAM: Strider! (Sam slashes at the tenticle with his sword and frees Frodo.) Get off him!
The other two hobbits drag him backwards
MERRY: Aragorn!
The tenticle withdraws. The suddenly many tenticles jump out of the water, knocking the hobbits over and grabbing Frodo by the leg, pull him back and dangle him in the air above the water.
MERRY: Frodo!
Legolas appears and fires an arrow at it, but the creature does not let go.
FRODO: Strider!
Aragorn and Boromir slash at the tenticles, cutting them off, but more appear. Frodo is drawn into the center where a body appears and a huge gaping mouth with great teeth. He screams. Boromir cuts through a tenticle, Aragorn cuts through the tenticle holding Frodo. Frodo falls and Boromir catches him
GANDALF: Into the Mines!
BOROMIR: Legolas!
