The Robot Next Door Eve

They're wasted on the domestic market.

We should look into military applications.

It's me, when I was a young girl.

I made you look like me.

I am not imagining this.

She's a machine,

made of wire and metal.

Eve, there's been a, erm...accident.

They found a car.

Mary was driving.

I won't believe it till I've got absolute proof.

I'm so sorry.

Where is my mother?

What does it mean?

It exists...

..then it does not.

Where does it go?

I'm sorry about your mum.

Why?

You didn't kill her.

Eve, I've brought you these.

These are poetry and these are philosophy.

I've highlighted the bits I thought might help.

These words are all sad.

-How will they help me?

-They won't.

What YOU need is a good laugh.

And that will make me feel better?

-Yes.

-No.

Maybe.

It's got to be worth a try, hasn't it?

But how is it done?

You don't know how to laugh?

Looks like we got here just in time.

Beautiful, isn't it?

What have you done to it?

Oh, one or two things.

I'm thinking of calling it the Spiderbomb.

MECHANICAL WHIRRING

Spiderbomb...

Well, it does pack enough explosive power

to take out this entire building.

But that's not all it can do.

MECHANICAL SCREECHING

Neuromuscular incapacitator.

It can be set to shock,

stun...

or kill.

ELECTRIC HISS

No, Mary would never...

Mary's dead.

Is she?

I know they found a body.

I've made thorough checks on the DNA and dental records.

The remains at the site are undoubtedly those of Mary Douglas.

Well, I'm...

very sorry to hear that.

Me, too.

Thanks to her, we've lost the secret of eternal life.

Eternal life?

Immortality.

That was the purpose of Project Eternity.

We won't let her take that secret to her grave.

Who's "we"?

I know some very powerful people, Nick.

They want Project Eternity just as much as I do.

So it's time to take the gloves off.

INTERCOM BEEPS Tell Mr Hollins to step in.

I thought we should have our Head of Security present

for this conversation.

Sorry, you've...lost me.

What conversation is that?

Oh,

didn't I tell you?

We've proved the identity of Mary's accomplice.

ABE LAUGHS

CAT SCREECHES

THUD!

CAT TRUMPS

Ah.

Come on, you've got to find that quite funny?

The mouse attacked the cat,

inflicting potentially life-threatening injuries.

And then...

..he experienced chronic flatulence...

Classic!

..which is apparently humorous.

But I don't understand how this is supposed to help me.

OK, Robogirl.

Listen carefully.

This is an important lesson in how to be human.

OK.

Nothing is ever so bad in life

that trumps stop being hilarious.

-Nothing?

-Nothing.

I know you're feeling bad right now, Robogirl,

but if your mum was here,

she'd say the same thing.

ELECTRONIC WHIRRING

Eve?

Robogirl?

Robogirl?

I promised I'd look after her.

And you did.

None of this is your fault.

Ahem.

Er, guys...

What? What have you done?

I haven't done anything!

-She just...

-What?

What's happened to Eve?

A mobile phone was found with Mary's body.

Badly damaged, of course.

The police couldn't get anything useful from it.

But I managed to find some rather interesting messages.

It's so disappointing when a trusted employee betrays you.

KNOCK ON DOOR

You wanted to see me, Dr Calvin?

Philippa.

Take a seat.

Thank you, Nick.

She's done this before, right?

But not for ages.

Maybe it's something to do with her mum dying?

ELECTRONIC PULSE

Mary.

'I apologise for the intrusion.

'I had intended never to do this again,

'but circumstances have changed.

'Especially mine.

'I'm dead, you see.'

Whoa,

freaky.

'I'm not around to help you any more,

'but there are people who can.

'They've helped me to stay hidden all this time

'and they can do the same for you.

'So if you and your friends should ever need to disappear,

'call this number.

'Goodbye, my daughter.

'I'm sorry I let you down.'

It wasn't me!

I swear, I don't know anything about Project Eternity.

Then why were you sending messages to Mary Douglas?!

I was worried. I just wanted to know that she was OK.

So you admit it?

Mr Hollins,

does that sound like conspiracy to you?

Conspiracy,

fraud...

and theft.

It wasn't like that!

You could be looking at a LONG prison sentence for this.

No. No, please. I can't go to prison,

I've got kids!

You've got to let me go!

Let her go.

I was working with Mary Douglas.

Phil knew nothing about it.

SHE SIGHS

Get out.

How do I know you're telling the truth?

-MARY:

-'Nick, it's me. It's happening.

'Katherine Calvin has taken over the Institute.

'We can't let her have Project Eternity.

'I can't get there in time,

'which just leaves you.

'You have to go to my private lab and destroy it.'

And did you?

I followed Mary's orders.

So, are we going to talk seriously about Mary's offer?

What, the offer to walk out and leave our whole lives behind us?

That offer?

DOORBELL RINGS

Wait there.

Who is it?

I dunno.

Erm, I hope you don't mind, the back door was open.

Mr Bevan.

He just walked straight in.

Sorry, but I really need to talk to Eve.

About what?

I would like to apologise

for my little outburst in detention the other day.

-No, don't trust him.

-Excuse me.

He knows about Eve.

You know he does.

I know, but he doesn't have to know that we know that he knows.

What?

Look, just leave this one to the grown-ups, OK?

I saw you take off your hand.

I saw numbers and letters scroll across your eyes.

But those were just delusions brought on by the stress,

-weren't they, sir?

-That's what I thought,

but then the truth hit me.

Did it hurt?

HE LAUGHS Very good.

No, the truth set me free,

because these weren't delusions at all.

They were visions.

-What?

-I realised what it was I'd been repressing all these years.

What was that?

My imagination.

You see, even as a boy, I never read stories.

I only ever read maths books.

I dreamed of solving famous problems like the Kaufmann Conjecture,

or the Cheng Hypothesis.

But it turns out, my real talent lies in...

creative writing.

Eve...

You've changed my life.

That's why I'm dedicating my book to you.

What?

What book?

Eve -

The Robot Next Door.

DRAMATIC MUSIC

You've wrote a book about a robot called Eve?

Well, at first I thought of some joke names, er,

like Anne Droid.

Or, erm, Si Borg.

But in the end, Eve just seemed more truthful.

LILY: Do you think this book will ever get published?

Well, thanks to the internet,

anything can be published these days.

All you need is a laptop

and I'm spending all my life savings on publicity.

I'm thinking advertising billboards,

big displays in bookshops.

Everyone in this city will know all about Eve.

Anyway, erm, I'd better get going.

I have a meeting with the cover designer.

It was very nice to see you again, Eve.

Anne Droid.

Si Borg.

That's funny.

Lol.

Where's the lab, Nick?

Why do you want to know?

Because there might just be enough traces of Project Eternity there

to save you from prison.

You may as well tell us.

We'll find it soon enough, anyway.

The thing is, it's a long way away.

Six hours' drive, more like seven.

And it's quite difficult to find.

Just give me the address,

then you can go.

Really?

I don't need you any more.

Once we've found that lab,

we'll know a lot more about Project Eternity.

But this book is a work of fiction.

How can it prove that I'm a robot?

It won't,

but Katherine's not stupid.

If Bevan plasters the billboards all over town,

she'll soon work out what you are.

We have to destroy that book.

We'll need to hack into the school's database,

find out his address and break into his house.

Negative.

We can just wipe it from that device.

He left his laptop.

Quick, get it before he comes back.

It's password protected.

Eve.

ELECTRONIC SIGNALS BLEEP

There.

This isn't a story.

It's a list of facts about Eve.

Detachable hand...

..computer eyes.

We've been played.

BEVAN: That's one way to put it.

But I would call it the triumph of a superior intellect.

RECORDING DEVICE BLEEPS

'How can it prove that I'm a robot?'

You bugged us?!

Eve, get his mobile!

BEVAN: I wouldn't bother!

My laptop saved the file to a remote server.

You lose, robot.

I'm not a robot.

I'm an artificial person.

Well, you just called yourself a robot a minute ago.

She can say it, but you can't.

Well, whatever you call yourself,

tomorrow the whole school will know the truth.

Sir, please,

don't do this.

My protocols demand secrecy for survival.

Well, you should have thought of that

before you tried to make a fool out of me.

Never, ever, try to outsmart

a maths teacher!

Mr Bevan!

What do you want?

I thought you might want to know where Mr Clarke

keeps his manuals and her spare parts?

Where?

So, what are we going to do now?

I don't know.

Good news, losers.

I've sorted out the Bevan situation.

-What? How?

-I locked him in the basement.

What?!

EVE LAUGHS

What's so funny?

I did the same thing when I first came here...

and it was a disaster!

Oh, it was a disaster.

Still really not getting the humour thing, are we, Eve?

OK, so you've locked him in the cellar.

Now what?

Seriously, that was it?

That's your big idea?

What are we supposed to do now?

Keep him locked in the cellar forever?

He's a maths teacher,

who's going to miss him?

Get out...

again.

I was just trying to help.

It's OK.

It's OK.

It'll be OK.

We'll just, erm... We'll just tell him we'll let him out

if he destroys the recording.

Yeah, that'll work, right?

Right, Lily?

PHONE RINGS

Dad.

PHONE BLEEPS

What?

I can't tell him Bevan's in the basement again!

We need to sort this out ourselves, guys.

She knows I worked on Project Eternity

and she knows about the secret lab.

I gave her fake co-ordinates but it won't stop her for long.

Call me back.

ELECTRONIC BUZZ

KEYPAD BLIPS

-WILL:

-'What is she?'

-NICK:

-'Eternity.'

'Don't hurt.

'Please,

'don't hurt.'

-NICK:

-'The tech could be dangerous in the wrong hands

'so we have to put it beyond use.'

Mr Hollins,

wait outside.

You followed me.

Now show me around.

I want to see EVERYTHING.

BANGING ON DOOR

BEVAN: Open this door before I call the police!

BANGING CONTINUES

Will Clarke!

BANGS ON DOOR Will Clarke!

BANGS ON DOOR

Let me out of here right now!

BANGS ON DOOR

Look, can we just talk?

We want to offer you a deal.

I do not make deals with kidnappers.

CONTINUES BANGING DOOR

There's no way he'll negotiate.

He's called our bluff and he knows we can't leave him in there forever.

Yeah, but if we let him go,

he's never going to stop coming after Eve.

Why does he hate me?

He doesn't, he just...

He just hates being laughed at.

-BEVAN: Will Clarke!

-I thought laughter was a good thing?

Not if they're laughing AT you.

Yeah, and being a maths teacher is like

the most important thing of his sad little life.

-BEVAN: You, answer me!

-And we've ruined that, guys.

No.

We did, you know?

He's totally the school joke.

I mean being a maths teacher is not the most important thing.

So what is, then?

-IN BEVAN'S VOICE

-'I dreamed of solving

'famous problems like the Kaufmann Conjecture,

'or the Cheng Hypothesis.'

All of the world's greatest mathematicians

have tried to prove the Kaufmann Conjecture for generations.

It CAN'T be done.

Yes, it can.

HE SIGHS

You... You've done it?!

You've proved Kaufmann's Conjecture!

No, you have.

LILY: Or, at least, that's what the world will think

if you take our deal and destroy that recording.

Yeah, think about it, sir.

You'd be a famous mathematician, just like you always wanted to be.

But if people found out a robot solved it,

then you'll just be another boring old maths teacher.

BEVAN: Robot?

What robot?

LAUGHTER

EVE LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY

That's... That's enough now.

It wasn't that funny.

POWER SURGE HUMS

It's extraordinary.

I've never seen tech quite like this.

But it doesn't seem compatible with stem-cell research.

I can't see anything remotely biological.

It seems more...

mechanical.

Ah...

..a neuroimaging reading.

MACHINE PULSES

But I've never seen brain patterns like this. It's too regular.

Too robotic.

A human form with a robotic brain.

A humanoid robot?

Is that what Project Eternity was?

Nick?

Nick?!

Will? Eve?

In here, Dad.

Your phone's off.

Didn't you get my messages?

Sorry, Dad, but you would not believe the day we've had.

Mr Bevan got locked in the basement, again.

Really?

Well, Katherine threatened to get me arrested,

found Mary's secret lab,

and now knows Project Eternity is a humanoid robot.

Whoa.

You win.

What are we going to do now, then?

I don't know.

I do.

-ELECTRONIC WHIRRING

-Er,

what is that?

It's our escape plan.

I suppose we've got to get packing, then.

Don't you want it?

It will only remind me.

So, this is it?

It's really goodbye?

I'll e-mail you.

Only if it can't be traced.

I'm going to miss you so much.

See you, Will.

Yeah.

I've got to finish packing.

I thought Lily liked Will?

She does.

Then why did she not hug him, as is human custom?

Because she likes him too much.

Is that a joke?

I wish it was.

As if she wasn't moody enough, anyway.

She's going to be a nightmare...

Now she's lost her only mate.

Are you ready?

We've got to go.

Abe, they're here already.

Go in there and warn them.

-I'll stall these guys.

-Stall them how?

They're looking for a humanoid robot, right?

-Hi, Katherine Calvin, isn't it?

-What do you want?

-ROBOTIC VOICE

-'I am the droid you're looking for.'

Wait a minute.

'I am Project Eternity.'

They're out the front, but if you go out the back door

and cut across the gardens, you should make it.

Right,

you're the one they want and you're the fastest,

-so you can go ahead, OK?

-OK.

-Yeah.

Lily.

Bye, again.

I've spoken to Mary's people, they're going to pick us up.

Use your nav system.

Cut through the gardens and backstreets

and we'll meet you at Oak Lane. OK?

I will see you later.

-ROBOTIC VOICE

-'I am an android,

'the strength of 10,000 men, a body of steel

'and a brain of a computer.'

What's seven times eight?

Erm...

'I can do the robot.'

HE MAKES SWISHING NOISES

Wait, look!

-Did it work?

-Let's just hope you've given them enough time.

The place is empty.

They can't have gone far.

We'll find them.

I know you will.

Take this place apart.

Find everything that could possibly be connected to this humanoid robot.

I'll check the surrounding area.

"My mother"?

Hollins...

..it's the niece.

The niece,

Eve Clarke.

Your number one priority is to find her and bring her in.

I mean "it".

Bring "it" in.

DISTANT SIRENS ECHO

Eve?

Eve?!

Eve?

-She should be here by now.

-I know.

When you find it, don't damage it.

I want it in perfect condition.

Never mind.

Project Eternity...

I presume?

Yes.

'Are you, by any chance,'

missing a multimillion pound fake robot niece?

What have you done with her?

-Move it!

-'Why don't you come and find out?'

You're going to hack into THEIR system?

If these guys catch you,

you'll be in serious trouble!

This building is completely secure.

What are you planning to do with her?

The possibilities are endless.

ELECTRICITY PULSES