The Man Who Drew Tomorrow M.I. High

Tom, hurry!

You have to deactivate it before they get their hands on it.

It's not helping, Dan.

Tom, we can't hold them. Do something!

JEERING

All right, if I knew you were going to throw stuff...

Saw it with my third eye. Oh! There's all chips on me.

Show time!

The 21st century faces a new kind of threat,

and MI9 must create a new breed of skilled undercover agent.

Hidden in a place no villain will think to look,

welcome to MI High.

-Ah, Mrs King...

-Sh!

You're marooned on a desert island, what is your first priority?

Shelter, food and water...?

Sun tan.

What kind of an exam is this?

It's an aptitude test, Daniel,

to determine what job you might be suited to.

It's to kick off the Fun Futures Fair I've organised.

I sometimes wonder if I should've taken a different career path.

Ha, funny that - so do I.

BELL RINGS

Aptitude test.

Tickets to see Derren Beige? Wicked.

These are like gold dust, how did you get them?

-I have my sources.

-Am I meant to know who Derren Beige is?

It's a lame act. He pretends he can see the future.

Is this the thank you for rescuing the Prime Minister's poodle?

It's your new assignment.

I hear something. What is that?

Is that...purring?

Yes. It's a cat. A big black cat.

APPLAUSE Thank you. Thank you.

And, his name is...Skittles!

Skittles is talking to me right now.

He's a very happy cat, that's why he's purring,

and he's happy because he's eating favourite dish,

his favourite food, which is...

..eggs Benedict.

APPLAUSE Thank you very much.

-That can't be good for the cat.

-We're working.

Just telling my mates where I am.

They'll be so jealous.

Now, for my next trick I'm going to need

the help from someone in the audience...

This was Beige a month ago.

BEIGE: 'You could have a budgie called...

'Polly?

'Um...his favourite food is...

'bird seed?'

BOOING

'Oh, come on! Who throws chips?

'All right...'

Now look at him.

There could be a little difference but...

does this look similar?

Thank you very much.

In the past four weeks,

Derren Beige has published winning lottery numbers,

and the results of horses races, and football matches.

-Awesome!

-Oh, come on he's just a clever showman.

I wouldn't be so sure. The CIA have investigated psychic abilities.

Maybe Beige has really cracked precognition.

Being able to see the future.

There's no way - it's some kind of trick.

Then why are MI9 so interested?

-More and more people are following his predictions.

-That's brill!

If everyone wins the lottery, that means that no-one will have

-to work again.

-Yeah, and the country's economy will collapse.

This is causing chaos.

Your mission is to find out how the scam works

and put a stop to it before things get out of hand.

You're welcome! Thank you very much!

Now there will be a short intermission, don't go running away.

Thank you.

See you soon! APPLAUSE

In order of preference, list the following -

cake, biscuits, gobstoppers, spinach - ew.

What have you got there, Mrs King?

The aptitude tests, I'm sending them off for analysis.

Got your popping, locking, breaking, stepping, and crumping.

I call this one rolling.

I just don't understand - children today don't seem to have any goals.

The sooner we put the children

on a path to a fulfilling future, the better.

Your chance to sample different careers.

MR BEIGE: Skittles the cat who eats eggs Benedict.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Mr Beige, we're from your fan club.

Thank you so much for agreeing to see us.

Of course, the interview.

I'll bet you know the questions already.

HE CHUCKLES It doesn't work like that.

How does it work?

First question?

Right. What clairvoyant do you most admire?

Well, so many but if I had to choose one I would say,

the grand-daddy of them all - Nostradamus.

In the 16th century,

he published an almanac of prophecies. Every year, they were...

TOM: No hidden gadgets.

So, how is he making his predictions?

..an example being the enduring popularity of horoscopes.

People have always wanted to know what the future holds.

What's with all the drawings of teddies?

Oh that, um...

when I come off stage, it's how I like to unwind.

One last question -

when you were growing up did you always want to be a clairvoyant?

I'm sorry, but I must ask you to leave.

I have to prepare for the second half of the show.

I hope you're proud.

What is he doing?

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no!

-DAN:

-Someone's kidnapping Beige.

Tom, I need you to take the front exit. Dan, Keri with me.

Out the way!

I mean, do you even know who I am?

Please, please - this suit's expensive!

-There was this cow...

-This is not a joke.

I'm taking a lot of heat from my superiors.

-How could you let this happen?

-It was a surveillance mission.

Our superior told us to investigate him, not protect him.

I don't see what the big deal is. Beige is obviously a fraud.

Whoever took Beige will release him

as soon as they realise the whole thing's a scam.

I thought scientists were meant to keep an open mind.

What if Beige really can see the future?

-It would make him a huge asset to MI9.

-Or a threat.

Precisely - I'll tell you what the facts are, Frank.

Beige was kidnapped, and we have no idea who took him.

-We're trying to trace the van.

-I've hacked into the traffic cams...

Stop! All of you, stop what you're doing.

You're suspended. You too, Frank.

No way!

You can't be serious.

Derren Beige was snatched from right under your noses,

and this isn't the first time you've let a target get away.

You mean The Mastermind, and the Crime Minister.

HQ are asking a lot of difficult questions about the team.

-Thanks for the vote of confidence.

-Oh, I've got your backs, believe me.

You're lucky it's only a suspension.

Other agents will take it from here.

Please, don't get into any more trouble. Now, go back to school.

All right, Mrs K?

Mr London, the purpose of this fair is to inspire the children

toward a worthwhile, and more, well, rewarding future.

And, I thank you for this opportunity to talk to the

kids about the most noble profession of care-takering.

Can I interest you in a bucket and mop? Comes fully loaded.

The way Stella was talking,

it might be the last gadget any of us get to play with.

Wow, is that full of careers' leaflets?

You must be really worried about getting your job back.

I found some of Derren's pictures.

Is that meant to be Beige being kidnapped?

The point is, he drew it before he was snatched.

I think his pictures are how he makes his predictions.

A kind of psychic Pictionary.

-Exactly.

-Interesting.

Get real. Beige, and people like him

just pander to superstition, and ignorance.

Hey, guys, this one looks like us.

You'll see, there'll be a perfectly rational explanation.

There are more things in heaven in earth, Horatio,

than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

You what?

It's Hamlet. I'm trying my hand at acting.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

creeps in this petty pace from day to day,

to the last syllable of recorded time.

Maybe Shakespeare was right, maybe there's things we can't explain.

My dear, Mr Beige, we love what you do, it's...

it's new, it's bold, it's the future, literally.

But we'd like to take it to the next level.

We'd like to help you fulfil your potential.

Your...criminal potential.

I'm flattered. But, the thing is I'm really just an entertainer.

Oh, I see.

I can see the future too, you know,

and if you don't give me what I want,

you won't have one.

Oh, this is not going to end well.

-Oh, Aneisha.

-Help.

-Catch you later, Neish.

-Traitor!

-Hi, Auntie.

-Ah, medicine - a good, solid profession.

I am so pleased to see you taking an interest.

I want to know

the route of every diamond shipment in the western hemisphere.

The exact location of every nuclear submarine on the planet,

and if red and black will still be in next season!

I do not want blasted cuddly toys!

The pictures come from my subconscious.

Sometimes, I can't figure out what they mean

but those teddy bears, they must mean something.

I think they're important.

Give me something valuable

or your run at the KORPS theatre will be closing - permanently.

What do you fancy next? Cookery, accountancy...?

Oh. This is a waste of time. I've already got the job I want.

At least, I did until we got suspended.

-You're right, We should be out looking for Beige.

-Ah, chill.

It's only a matter of time before whoever's got him

realises they've got a dud on their hands.

Wonderful line work, so expressive.

Mr Beige you've drawn us a real gem.

-Team.

-What is it, Frank?

-KORPS committed a series of robberies.

They seem to have inside information.

The time and place of a diamond shipment,

the combination to a bank vault.

It's like they've suddenly become...

What, Frank?

Clairvoyant.

KORPS have their own Beige.

They'll be able to anticipate our every move.

They can figure out our secret identities, know where our base is.

Beige must be using some kind of mathematical algorithm to do this.

Yes, that would require huge amounts of data.

We might be able to check that volume of traffic on the net.

-Tom, let's go crunch some numbers.

-Stella won't be happy.

Leave Stella to me.

We have to work on the assumption that KORPS could find St Heart's

at any moment. Stay alert, everyone here is in danger.

All right, keep your eyes open for anything unusual.

Oh, hello, everyone.

I'm trying archaeology. It's so exciting.

You never know what you might find.

You just have to keep digging.

That's it.

Ew.

I know how to find Derren Beige.

What about KORPS, they can turn up at any minute?

If we find Derren first, KORPS won't know where to find us.

And where do you think you're going?

-Something important just came up.

-More important than your future?

Your career?

Don't you want to make something of your life, Aneisha?

I am making something of my life!

Neish.

Sorry, I mean one day I will.

You'll be really proud of me, I promise.

Life isn't a game, Aneisha.

Do you think I always wanted to be a teacher?

Well, let me tell you something,

when I was your age I wanted to be an astronaut.

Yeah, that's right. I wanted to go to the moon.

But, luckily for me, somebody brought me right back down to earth

and put me on a path to a sensible career.

That's the thing. If I want to go to the moon,

I don't want to be brought back down to earth.

I want to be told to reach for the stars.

I'm sorry, I have to go.

Find any unusual data movement?

Not a gigabyte out of place.

-We have to keep digging.

-Keep digging what?

One of Derren's drawings anticipated his own kidnapping.

So, maybe one of his other drawings anticipated where KORPS have him.

So, Derren Beige is going to help us find Derren Beige - love it.

-KERI: What's his deal with teddy bears?

-You're wasting your time.

How'd that mathematical algorithm thing work out?

Hang on. Guys, this might be what we're looking for.

It doesn't make any sense. The clues in the drawing brought us here,

so why send us to the station? It's on the other side of the city.

We're missing something.

Tom, tell me exactly what Beige drew.

It's like an old-fashioned train, like the one you see in the westerns

with the steam coming out the funnel.

We found our train.

Great, is there a gate?

Take one guess.

How does Beige do it?

We might make a believer out of you yet.

The gate, it's electrified - be careful.

-It's locked.

-Let me help.

It's complicated.

How did you...?

She's starting to get the hang of it.

Tom, we're in.

OK. Head for the red zone.

What's the matter?

MI9 agents have broken into the base.

Where are they?

Blue zone.

Don't be alarmed, just think of this as your new contract with KORPS.

What are we looking for?

A tomato. I...

Well, it's a shade of tomato.

The kids from my fan club?

Well, actually we're MI9.

Oh, it was you in my drawing.

Paperclip.

I've sent the Crime Minister on a wild goose chase

to completely the wrong end of the base.

She's going to be furious when she finds out.

Then let's get out of here before she does.

Roger that, victor tango, we are cleared for take-off.

Please, fasten your seat belts and turn off all electronic devices.

It could be a bumpy ride.

I want to be a zookeeper, and look after all the monkeys.

Me and my crew, we've going to dance, innit.

I'm going to run the world, you know?

Make it a better place.

Reach for the stars.

Which part of being suspended did you not understand?

Oh...I'm glad to see you safe and well, Mr Beige.

Now, MI9 would like to know how you make your predictions?

Oh, I'm sorry but I can't tell you.

Just as your profession prizes secrecy, so does mine.

Derren, when I asked if you always wanted to be a clairvoyant,

you never answered.

Well, I had to prepare.

There's something you're not telling me.

The show must go on.

Why? Why is it so important?

Because...that's what he always said.

Is this who you're talking about?

It's my old man.

He put on a heck of a show -

cold reading, telepathy, mentalism.

He wanted me to follow in his footsteps.

But, you didn't want to?

I only ever wanted to be an artist.

Instead, I went on stage.

The trouble is, I was rubbish at it until...

I'm a big success now, Dad would be proud.

Derren, what you do is amazing

but, in the hands of the wrong people, it's really dangerous.

Give me the amulet.

What? How did you...?

It's not magic, just simple psychology.

When Stella asked how you make your predictions,

you touched it without realising.

You would make a great stage clairvoyant.

I've already got a job I love.

I found it a month ago.

Now, when I go into a trance, hey presto -

I catch glimpses of the future.

And some of it doesn't make much sense but I draw it all the same.

The crystal in Derren's amulet is from a TED.

TED - Ted, that must be what all these pictures mean.

What is a TED anyway?

Temporal Energy Device.

Sorry, what did you say I've been drawing?

It's an experimental technology that harnesses

the kinetic energy of time.

DAN: Yeah, this thing's covered in temporal energy particles.

-Did you say...?

-The danger with a TED is,

it can be used to manipulate time itself, even re-write history.

At KORPS, there were loads of drawings of teddy bears.

If the Crime Minister figures out what they really mean...

We have to secure this TED now.

We don't even know where it is.

Pencil.

Paper.

It's show time.

Hurry up! MI9 could be back any moment!

You were right, Mr Beige,

your drawings of teddy bears do mean something.

Now, if you could only tell me where to find it...

..tomorrow belongs to KORPS.

What are you waiting for? Destroy it.

It's hooked into the timeline. If I get something wrong,

I could wipe out the past, the present, and the future.

Be careful.

Yeah. I'd hate for this to be the last syllable of recorded time.

Thanks, Keri.

ALARM RINGS KORPS.

Whatever happens, you can't let them get a hold of the TED.

Yeah, tell me something I don't know.

Tom, hurry!

You have to deactivate it before they get their hands on it.

Not helping, Dan.

Tom, we can't hold them. Do something!

That's a relief.

I didn't destroy time.

No, you saved it but... Tom, where's the TED?

You're saying the crystal in the amulet,

and the crystal in the TED were one and the same?

Exactly. They should never have existed in the same time together.

Bringing them into contact caused a short circuit.

And in the resulting explosion,

the crystal must have got sucked back in time.

To a month ago when I found it in the alley.

So, in other words when Tom destroyed the TED,

he not only finished the mission but he started it too.

Weird...but kind of cool.

Sorry, about your act.

Oh, not to worry - I've made a lot of money this last month,

so, from now on I'm going to do what I've always wanted to - paint.

Good luck.

Well done. You're hereby officially reinstated.

I'm just relieved

there was a rational explanation for the whole thing.

I still maintain logic doesn't have all the answers.

A fortune teller's crystal ball, what I always wanted,

thank you, Neish.

Just remember, the past is history, the future's a mystery,

and today's a gift - that's why they call it the present.

Ah, Mrs King, did you get the aptitude test results back?

What are you doing?

There was a problem on the tests.

Oh, it's a pity.

Yes, it was a mistake...on the papers of some sort.

So, I'm having to shred them...all.

I see what you mean.

This one says that Aneisha Jones would make a good secret agent.

Oh, dear.