Episode 6 Relic: Guardians of the Museum

The British Museum, London.

By day, visitors come to see the treasures. But by night,

it's a different story.

Aaaah!

I sense three children approaching.

They're here!

Welcome to the British Museum!

You are about to begin an incredible journey.

Let me introduce myself. I'm Agatha, your tour guide.

I'm much like the tour guides by day except I only do the nightshift.

I'm looking for brave children to become guardians of the museum.

I think you three might just have what it takes. What are your names?

-I'm Isaac.

-I'm Georgia.

-Maryam.

-Where have you come from?

-ALL: Leeds.

-Welcome. You must wonder why you've been summoned here.

Listen carefully. You have just one night to find the secrets of a relic

held deep within these walls. You will face three challenges.

Each challenge will unlock a vision about your relic.

Pass and you will all see it. Fail and it will be seen by just one

and you will have only their memory to rely on.

Your knowledge of the visions will be tested in the final battle,

when you face the Dark Lord.

Succeed and you will become guardians of the museum

and receive the Golden Scarab.

Fail and you will become relics, part of the museum forever.

AGATHA!

That's the Dark Lord! He'll be sending his dark forces to find you.

Time for your first challenge.

Beware of the shadows. Follow me!

Come on, chaps!

Run as fast as you can, children!

-My dark forces WILL seek you out.

-EVIL LAUGH

Right. Let's stop here, but keep on the lookout.

Those dark forces could be hidden in any shadow.

To learn about your relic, you must see a vision. And to do that

you must complete a challenge. Your first one takes place in a land

that made this beautiful mask. Hold on nice and tight. Tighter!

I don't want to lose any of you. Are you ready? Off we go!

Ooh! Goodness me!

Now that was a textbook landing.

This pyramid belongs to the Aztec god Tlaloc.

He won't be happy we're here. The challenge is this pyramid puzzle.

All sides have to match with their colours. If you hear a thunderclap,

you've woken Tlaloc, so you must run to these plinths,

lie down and freeze. The clock will stop.

He might come in and cause havoc.

And one of you could be picked out at random and taken out of the game.

Once he's gone, the clock continues.

You must have a completed pyramid after 90 seconds in order to pass.

If you pass, all three of you will see the vision. If you fail,

only one of you will see it. Understand all that?

-Yes.

-Right. You only have 90 seconds, team.

You can go in 3, 2, 1, go!

Go, go, go! Come along!

You must work together as a team. Georgia's lifting that on her own.

See which one goes first.

-Round there.

-Jolly good advice. Make sure the sides match.

-OK, put it in. Push it!

-Good, good, good.

-OK. One, two, three pieces...

-THUNDERCLAP

Quick! Quick! Hide! That's Tlaloc! Stay completely still.

No! He's taken Isaac!

Oh, we've lost Isaac! Never mind. You'll have to do without him.

Come on, girls.

Remember how it goes now.

Green on this side. Just under 60 seconds.

-Do those sides match?

-No.

-Come along.

That's it. Very good work.

-Which one goes next?

-Georgia! This one!

-Georgia!

-One, two, three pieces. This is the fourth piece.

-THUNDERCLAP

-Heavens! Run! Hide! Stay very still.

No! He's going for Georgia!

Go, go, go, team! He's come for her!

Come along! We're running out of time, chaps!

This is against the clock.

30 seconds. Only 30 seconds.

-You're nearly there. Doing very well.

-That other one.

-THUNDERCLAP

-He's in a very bad mood indeed!

Look out! He's coming for Maryam! Go, chaps!

Go! OK. You saw where they fell.

It's a race against time now.

Come along! Communicate with each other!

10, 9...

Come along. Which one's next?

-Last one on there! Quick, quick, quick!

-Come on!

Oh, team!

We were so very close.

The last piece is in your hand! Oh, I can hardly believe it.

I was so tense there. Place it on top for old times' sake.

-Oh, dear. All three of you... One, two. Where's the other one?

-There.

Oh. Come along. Let's get you out.

Come on.

Come on, hurry. Up you pop.

I'm afraid you did fail, so only one of you can see that vision.

It's not the end of the world. Just choose someone with a good memory.

You must decide who that will be.

-Me.

-You've got a good memory?

-Yes.

-Are you all sure?

-Yes.

-Then I'll send you both back to the museum.

Now, hold on to the torch.

Keep an eye out for the dark forces.

Where are we? I don't know.

Georgia, it is all down to you. Your whole team is relying on you.

We unlock a vision like so.

Stand up nice and straight. Jolly good.

I'll say a simple rhyme. Hold on to the torch and do as I say.

Secrets and mysteries we are ready to receive. Deep breath in.

Hold on tight. Close your eyes. And see!

The vision begins...

I know this place - it's Anglo-Saxon England over 1,000 years ago.

Look - a Saxon warrior lies dying.

I sense death.

The warrior is dead. I sense great wealth.

A helmet, sword and shield.

The warrior's belongings are prepared for burial beside him.

This is a burial worthy of a great leader. We're leaving.

We're coming back to the museum. Back to the museum...

Oh! Oh, goodness me.

So, Georgia,

you and you alone have seen the first vision.

You need to remember everything for your team-mates. Where are they?

Team? Oh, there you are. Georgia, tell them everything you remember.

Well, we went to England and it's in Anglo-Saxon times.

And there was a knight and he died

so his armour got buried in the sand and there was loads of crows.

OK, so remember everything, chaps.

It will come in very handy when you meet the Dark Lord.

We're not safe here any longer. On to your second challenge!

So Georgia has seen the first vision,

but will you remember everything she told you?

Quick! Back, back, back!

Look. There's a dark force. There's no other way round.

We have to run past him. Wait for a gap.

Ready?

Go! Quick as you can! Quick, quick!

OK, it's just you and me now.

OK, let's go! Quickly!

-Aaaah!

-Quick, Georgia! Up the stairs!

OK, right. Is everyone all right?

Phew! We must remain vigilant at all times

if we are to see the next two visions. Now, your next challenge.

Off to Ancient China. Hold on tight, chaps. Come on! OK, you ready?

Good. Off we go.

Ooh! Goodness me!

Right, did everyone make it? We've got one, two...

-Who's missing?

-Georgia!

-Down here!

-She's there!

-What are you doing in there?

I told you guys to hold on. Dear me.

This is Ancient China. Isn't it magnificent?

That looks like a place to sit.

The spirits of four dragons have been trapped. You must free them.

They've been trapped in four of these blocks of wood.

To free them, take a block and place it on these plinths.

Then give it a jolly good chop!

If there's a dragon inside, it will look like this.

And the spirit will light one of these four lanterns.

You must free all four dragons in 60 seconds in order to pass.

-Does that all make sense? Good. Who's going to go first?

-Me.

You are, Maryam? Up you come. You have just 60 seconds, team.

You can go in three, two, one. Go!

-Go, Maryam!

-That's it!

Very good. And...

That's disappointing. Come along, keep moving.

Any joy? No! Oh, dear.

-Come along, Isaac! Come along!

-Come on!

Oh, dear! Come along, Maryam.

Quick as you can, team.

-Oh, dear!

-Come on, Georgia!

30 seconds left. You can do it, team! Oh, yes!

-That's one!

-Come on, Isaac!

Very good. That's two! We want two more. Come on.

-It's a jolly hard one, isn't it? Come along.

-Yaaah!

10, 9, 8...

Come along! Another one!

5, 4...

Oh!

Oh, team! Oh, how disappointing. Come along over here.

Oh, dear. Come over here, Georgia.

That was a frenzy. All over the place. Team, what happened?

It's difficult to predict.

You only managed to free two dragons. What does it mean?

Only one of you can see the vision.

-You have to decide as a team who that's going to be.

-Isaac.

-Isaac.

-Why Isaac?

-We think he's got a good memory.

-Ladies, you go back to the museum.

Hold on tight. Don't touch anything and keep an eye out for dark forces.

-Where are we?

-It's scary. The dark forces could be round here.

Now I will say a simple rhyme. Hold the torch and do as I say.

Secrets and mysteries we are ready to receive. Deep breath in.

Hold on tight. Close your eyes. And see!

The vision begins... A woman, she is sleeping.

She's having strange dreams. What's she dreaming of?

The dead warrior! Wearing his mysterious helmet. He's outside.

In the grounds of her house. She awakes.

Now she's writing a letter. She seems anxious.

"My nights are sleepless and cursed with these strange dreams.

"Every night the same dream. A Saxon warrior stood on the same mound.

"I am convinced there is something buried there. Please help.

"Your assistance is needed. Yours sincerely, Edith Pretty."

The image is fading. We're coming back to the museum.

Back to the museum. Back to the museum.

Oh! Goodness me!

So, Isaac, you and you alone have seen the second vision.

You need to remember everything to tell your team-mates.

-Where are they?

-I don't know.

-There you are!

-OK, Isaac, tell them everything you remember.

-This woman's sleeping.

It was in 1938.

She was dreaming about this Saxon person standing outside

with a spear and a shield, standing on this big mound.

Georgia, do you remember anything on the map? Where this takes place?

-I think it was Sutton Hoo.

-Sutton Hoo? OK.

That's something to bear in mind. Keep this locked away in your heads.

You will have to answer three questions to get the Golden Scarab

and become guardians of the museum!

Fail and you will belong to the Dark Lord forever. We're not safe.

On to your next challenge. Follow me, chaps. Come along.

Isaac has seen the second vision. Don't forget all that he told you.

It's way past your bedtime!

OK. Your time at the museum is almost at an end.

Before we... Ssh!

The dark force - don't move.

OK, it's gone. Now you have just one challenge to complete.

If you want to defeat the Dark Lord, you must see that final vision.

Your final challenge takes place in North America,

where this pole was carved from a giant cedar tree.

The owl at the top is a guardian animal,

obtained in a ritual known as a vision quest. How very apt.

Come along, chaps. It's off to North America.

Quick. Are you ready? Good. Off we go.

Ooh! Goodness me! I do like travelling by torch.

Out of the way of the fire. Now where are we?

Welcome to North America! Take a seat. Can any of you tell me

-what this is?

-A tipi.

-It is indeed a tipi.

Traditionally, these were home to many Native American people.

Today it's a perfect setting for your third challenge.

I'm going to call on the ancestors of the Native American people.

They will send us three objects. You must decide what they were for.

You must get at least two right in order to pass.

If you pass, I hardly need say, all three of you see the vision.

If you fail, only one of you does. Ready? OK. Let us begin.

Ancients, please send us the first object.

Here we go. Have a good look. Now is it...

Such as this one.

or is it...?

-It couldn't have been a shield.

-Or a fly swatter.

-OK.

So you're all going with...

OK. Jolly good. We'll place that there.

There we go. Onto the second object.

Ancients, please send us the second object.

There we go. A very small object this time.

There we go, Isaac. Now...

What do you think that might be used for?

Any ideas? No ideas? Is it...

Or is it...?

-Go with the fishing rod? Fishing rod.

-Talk me through your thinking.

-Because...

-If you pulled the fishing rod back, it'd kill the animal

by putting it in its mouth there.

Jolly good. Just pass it here.

There we go. Place that there. And your definition here.

Ready for your third object? OK?

Ancients, please send us the third object.

-Wow!

-Look at this. Would you like to take that, Isaac?

Take a good look at it. Be very careful.

-It looks very colourful.

-It is, isn't it?

-There's an eagle.

-Now was it...?

Is it...?

Or is it...?

The eagle could stand for a posh... Like a Prime Minister.

-A posh person.

-What will you go with?

-Talking stick.

-Ok, a stick held by people at council meetings?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Let's place that there. And there's your definition. So...

How many have you got right? You thought this was a decoration.

It is a shield used in battle!

Oh, that's disappointment, but never mind.

You thought this was a fish hook.

It was a hook for catching fish! Give yourselves a round of applause.

Very good, indeed. You need this one to be right to pass.

You thought it was a stick held at council meetings. It was...

..a stick held at council meetings! Jolly good!

2 out of 3. That, chaps, is a pass! Very good news, indeed.

I'm so pleased. What does that mean?

-We can all see the vision.

-All three of you. Jolly good.

We can't put our ankles together, but we can sit up straight.

Sitting up straight? Jolly good. OK.

Secrets and mysteries we are ready to receive. Deep breath, hold tight.

Close your eyes. And see!

A vision begins... We're in the grounds of Edith Pretty's house.

Look - an archaeologist. He's digging.

Excavating the mound Edith saw in her dream.

I sense a secret is about to be discovered.

A great ship! It must be the burial site of the Saxon warrior.

More is uncovered. Ornate treasures and his magnificent helmet,

a symbol of his wealth and status,

which will become known as the Sutton Hoo helmet.

The image is fading. We're coming back to the museum.

Back to the museum.

Oh, goodness me. So what do you remember, chaps?

I don't know if it was a man or a woman putting his spade down

and digging and he found a ship. And that could be the helmet.

I would agree with you. Very well done.

You need to remember everything about the Sutton Hoo helmet

to defeat the Dark Lord. Now we must journey to face him.

Time for your final battle.

I can sense the dark forces descending on the Great Court.

Come along, chaps. This is the safe way. Follow me.

So all three visions seen,

but now it's time to face ME!

EVIL LAUGHTER

OK, this is it. This is your final battle.

Good luck, chaps. I just need to summon the Dark Lord.

The Moon shines bright and darkness reigns.

I bring three children here. Their minds are sharp, the visions seen,

Dark Lord awake - we challenge thee!

Agatha! You bring me more children.

They look too sleepy to fight me. This will be easy.

-They've done very well.

-Silence!

-Do you think they have the knowledge to defeat me?

-Yes, absolutely!

As you wish. Let the battle commence!

Three visions you have seen of a relic.

I shall ask you questions about it.

Three correct answers will earn your freedom

and you will become guardians of the museum. Three incorrect answers

and you shall never leave! You will become relics yourselves

and remain here for all time! Georgia, step forward!

-It's time for the first question.

-You can do it.

The warrior was from which period of history?

Sutton Hoo.

-Let us see.

-'It's Anglo-Saxon England.

'Over 1,000 years ago!'

Now Georgia belongs to me! Sutton Hoo was the place.

The warrior was Anglo-Saxon.

You've lost one team-mate. We need three right to defeat the Dark Lord.

Let's see who he calls next.

Isaac, step forward.

There was a woman having strange dreams. What was her name?

-Pass.

-Ha ha ha!

Let us see what you failed to remember!

"Please help. Your assistance is needed. Yours, Edith Pretty."

The woman's name was Edith Pretty.

Now two of you belong to me!

It's all down to you now. You need to get three questions right

to defeat the Dark Lord. Good luck.

-Maryam, approach.

-Good luck, Maryam.

What large structure was buried with the warrior?

The ship.

Let us see.

'I sense a secret is about to be discovered. A great ship!

'The burial site of the warrior!'

You still need two more, child.

Prepare for your next question.

In which year did Edith Pretty write the letter about her strange dreams?

1938.

Let us see.

'It's the year 1938. She's writing a letter. She seems anxious.'

Your final question.

Get it right and you win. Get it wrong and you fail

and belong to me! Name three pieces of armour buried with the warrior.

The helmet. Em...

The helmet...

The...

ship. And...

-I don't know the rest.

-Let us see.

'I sense great wealth. A helmet, sword and shield.'

Ha ha ha ha! You have been defeated!

-Now you shall never leave!

-NO! No-o-o-o-o!

You shall become relics forever.

Yes, Agatha, you have failed.

-My darkness reigns supreme!

-I will return. More children will come.

And I will be waiting. Ha ha ha ha!

Oh, I can't believe the Dark Lord won!

They were SO close.

I need more children to fight him. We can defeat him, chaps.

Until next time... Following on.

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