Without further delay Dracula went to visit X, the mad scientist. He would know how to build a ship. X was in his garden feeding his man eating plants on porridge. (It was very difficult to find volunteers to feed the plants. On the whole people had better things to do than be lunch for a monstrous weed.) Dracula stood well back while the plants eyed him hungrily and munched on the porridge. "We need a ship," said Dracula, coming straight to the point.