Sally Jacobs, Major Blake and others in “The Christmas Invasion”

The transmission didn't come from the surface of Mars. Guinevere One was broadcasting from a point five thousand miles above the planet.

In other words, they've got a ship and the probe is on board.

But-but if they're not from the surface, then...they might not be from Mars itself. Maybe they're not actual Martians.

[matter-of-factly; to Daniel] Of course not. Martians look completely different. We think the ship was in flight when they just came across the probe.

And they're moving. The ship's still in flight now. We've [turns around and begins typing] got it on the Hubble Array.

Moving in which direction?

Towards us. [a graphic appears, showing Earth, Mars, and the Sycorax ship]

How fast?

Very fast.