And 'flaming' is right. King Vulcan laughs his hearty laugh and sends both Flash and Prince Barin to the Radium furnaces. Minus their shirts.
This is the most homoerotic scene so far - Flash sweating and glistening and everyone getting whipped by the Hawkmen as they work, feeding the fires that keep the city in the air (or something). Prince Barin likes it so much he actually stops Flash from revolting.
Meanwhile, Princess Aura convinces Dale that she must "pretend to love" King Vulcan in order to save Flash. Dale (who, I'm starting to realise, is an atrocious actress - no wonder she got replaced before the next one) pulls a "Hmmmmm"-type face (which, if I were on Mystery Science Theatre, I would score with the theme from Jeopardy) and then goes, "Okay".
But her heart isn't in it. At a banquet, King Vulcan keeps trying to feed her huge chunks of meat (geddit?) but she's not having any of it. Aura tells him that Dale loves him and he decides to prove it. He takes her to see Flash in the furnace and she faints as Flash gets whipped. It has to be said, the Hawkmen aren't really into the whipping - they whip the way I throw (i.e. badly).
Flash rebels around about that point and Vulcan has him thrown into some sort of bizarre torture machine called The Static Room that seems to be part electric shocks, part fiery pit. Anyway, that's the cliff-hanger - Dale screams, Flash crackles a bit.
Also, Zarkov looks completely ridiculous in his skimpy shorts and jumper get-up. Put some trousers on, man!
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