0:00:15 > 0:00:16Hello?
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Who's there?
0:00:21 > 0:00:23The Nun!
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Help me! She's here!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31The nun!
0:00:32 > 0:00:33The nun!
0:00:50 > 0:00:52My Nan and Mrs Randall go way back.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55She lived next door until her old feller died.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Nan says Mrs Randall doesn't see things or make things up.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02It's not just her that's been scared by this ghostly nun?
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Other residents have seen it?
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Yeah, always at night, in their rooms.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Nora Connelly saw her first.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13She'd been to the loo...
0:01:13 > 0:01:17dreadful trouble she has with her waterworks.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Three or four times every night.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23She comes out of the bathroom, and there she is... the nun...
0:01:23 > 0:01:25by her chest of drawers.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And what happened?
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Well, she fainted clean away like a schoolgirl.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33No constitution at all.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Surprised, the amount of times she's been married.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Since then, most of us have seen her.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Them that's not too ga-ga not to notice, anyways.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Well, thank you for your help, Mrs Randall.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49So, will there be a photographer?
0:01:49 > 0:01:53You wouldn't think it, but I was in all the papers once.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Miss Ealing of 1951.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Well, it depends... I have to talk to the manager first.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05While you do that, I've got a few little jobs for Clyde to do.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Your grandma said you wouldn't mind.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Delicious.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19It's his own stupid fault.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21If he hadn't spent so much time in the office,
0:02:21 > 0:02:23I wouldn't have gone to salsa classes.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- Salsa?- Ivan gets the hump, gets all possessive. Next thing I know,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Carlos is on the ballroom floor with a bloody nose.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Carlos?- Hmm. My salsa teacher.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34So Ivan's got the push, has he?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Don't get your hopes up, it's just a nudge.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Let him know what he stands to lose unless he sharpens up.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41And you plan to stay here?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Well, where else am I going to go? It'll be like old times.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Mum!
0:02:54 > 0:02:57The Colonel won't believe us, darling. But who would?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Better to keep mum.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Yes, better that way...
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- Are you all right?- Yes, yes, yes.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Quite all right, thank you.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Are you one of the... one of the...
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Colonel's chaps?- The Colonel?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- No, I...- I'm Bea Nelson-Stanley.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19I'm looking for my husband, the Professor.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22He said to meet him between the paws of the...
0:03:22 > 0:03:27- oh, what do you call it, the blessed thing... em, the Sphinx.- The Sphinx?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- Yes.- That's in Egypt.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33You're the boy in the window.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36My name's Luke. We were visiting Mrs Randall.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39She says this place is haunted by a nun. Have you seen her?
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Yes. I have, and she's no ghost.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46There's something different about you.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Oh, don't be afraid.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49It's all right, I've seen...
0:03:49 > 0:03:53unusual people before.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Perhaps you can help me.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00I understand you're looking for a good story, Miss...er...Smith.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I suggest you try Westminster for something rather more newsworthy.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06You don't believe Lavender Lawns is haunted, then?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08One of the old dears has a nightmare,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10she tells her friend she's seen a ghost,
0:04:10 > 0:04:14then, next thing, what do you know? They've all seen one.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16It's hysteria, Miss Smith.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- It's as simple as that.- Perhaps.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Or maybe it's a cry for attention.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26We have to be quick, Luke...
0:04:26 > 0:04:28in case anyone's watching.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Who's watching?- The...
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Oh, for goodness' sake...
0:04:34 > 0:04:38I have these gaps... Um, hold this.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48I knew they might find me one day.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51But I couldn't be parted from it.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Foolish old woman.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55What is it?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Never you mind.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Just...
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Promise me,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09you will not tell anyone you have the talisman.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14And, whatever you do, do not let her get it.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Do not let her get it.- Who?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Put it away...
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- and promise me!- I promise.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27But who's after it?
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Do I know you?
0:05:34 > 0:05:35What?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Anything I can help with?
0:05:55 > 0:05:56You and maths? I don't think so.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59At school the only figures I was interested in were
0:05:59 > 0:06:00fellas' phone numbers.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Maybe we can do something together after you've finished?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Go into town, do some more maths on my credit card?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I'd like to, Mum, but I said I'd go over Sarah Jane's later.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Sarah Jane's? Maria, come on, I'm your mum.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Why are you always gallivanting with those weirdos over the road?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Sarah Jane and Luke aren't weirdos.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21It's weird how much time you spend with her.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24There's something about that boy. I hope you don't fancy him,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27I don't know what it is, but he's not right.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Well, you don't know anything about them!- I'm your mum, Maria.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31I'm just trying to protect you.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33I don't need you to protect me.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Come on, darling, every girl needs her mum.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38How come you walked out on me, then?!
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Maria...- Get out!
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Get out!
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Why is it old people want you to do everything for them?
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Turn the mattress over.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Move things around on the shelf. Take that spider out the bath.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I came here looking for spooks, not jobs.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Everyone gets old, Clyde. Even you.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Ah, no, not me. Way technology's moving, by the time I'm 40
0:07:05 > 0:07:08I can get my brain put in a robot and live for ever.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Oh...
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- Where have you been?- Just...
0:07:13 > 0:07:15looking around.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Come on. Let's get going.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18So is this place haunted, or what?
0:07:18 > 0:07:23I don't know. But there's something about it here I don't like.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38What's the problem?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41She doesn't like me seeing Sarah Jane and Luke.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43She knows nothing about them!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45We'll be back to normal in a few days.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47You mean she'll be back with Ivan.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Unless he sees sense and do a runner.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57- Doesn't it bother you? - Maria, your mum and me...
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- you know that's all over. - That's great for you, isn't it?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Some solicitor gives you a bit of paper and it's all over!
0:08:03 > 0:08:06What good is that to me? She's always going to be my mum!
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- Of course she is.- Well, maybe I want her to get to know my friends,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12so she doesn't think they're weird,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14and maybe I don't want her to go with Ivan.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18But that's never going to happen, because you've got a bit of paper!
0:08:29 > 0:08:30KNOCKS
0:08:34 > 0:08:36I've come to see Sister Helena.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Mr Smith, I need you!
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Yes, Sarah Jane. What can I do for you?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00The Lavender Lawns Rest Home is apparently being haunted by a nun.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03I need you to access central land registry database,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- see if anything supports the possibility.- Of a haunting?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Just run the check, Mr Smith.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- Very well. - Doesn't Mr Smith believe in ghosts?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Not as such. And neither do I.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16There is no record of any past ecclesiastical building
0:09:16 > 0:09:18on the site of Lavender Lawns.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21No obvious reason for the home to be haunted by a nun?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24I assume that by haunting you mean the projection of energies imprinted
0:09:24 > 0:09:26on psychic-assimilating matter.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- Obviously.- Come again?- Events get recorded on their surroundings,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33then, under certain circumstances, they get played back.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Sarah Jane, Luke has brought an unidentified element
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- of alien technology into the attic? - What?
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Whoa, Luke! No way did that come off the Shopping Channel.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Give it to me.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50One of the residents, Mrs Nelson-Stanley, gave it to me. Sorry.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51Was that wrong?
0:09:51 > 0:09:54I don't know. Mr Smith, is it safe?
0:09:57 > 0:10:02Insufficient data. I'd like to carry out a detailed analysis.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08- Do you mind? There's a lot of sensitive equipment in here.- Sorry.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- So what's going on?- Some old biddy's given Luke an alien gizmo.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15She said the nun wasn't a ghost and it's looking for the talisman.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Well, I'd better go back and talk to Mrs Nelson-Stanley.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Do you want to come with me?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- You two stay here. - But she gave it to me.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26And I brought you in on this, it's like...my case.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28No arguments.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Are you all right?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Mum's back.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35'It isn't like my Maria,'
0:10:35 > 0:10:38running off like this. She never used to be such a drama queen.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42No. Thank goodness. That's another gene she managed to miss.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44She'll be over there, with that Sally Jane.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47We all need a friend. You've got your salsa teacher.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49There's nothing going on with Carlos.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52I've got too good a thing going on with Ivan.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53You hadn't with me and Maria?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56If you want to pick a fight over dirty old laundry,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59do it some other washday. I'm too worried about our daughter.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- You're worried now? - What's that supposed to mean?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04It means, why didn't you think before you
0:11:04 > 0:11:07dumped yourself on us today, like nothing had happened?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09It isn't your home, Chrissie.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11You took our home apart six months ago.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16Showing up like that, with your bags, it has consequences.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- And you're sure it was the talisman? - Absolutely.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26I saw her give it to the boy.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Why would she give it to the boy unless she knew
0:11:29 > 0:11:30we were looking for it?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33You told us she barely knows her own name.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I know where you can find him.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39All the same, we have paid you well for your assistance, Mrs Gribbins,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42but this just complicates everything.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46- The Abbess will want to see you. - The Abbess?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03CLEARS THROAT
0:12:10 > 0:12:12LOUD SCREAM
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Poor Bea, she can't really tell you anything, Miss Smith.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18It's the Alzheimer's, you know.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Such a tragedy. After the life she led.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23She's been everywhere.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Was this her husband?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Archaeologist, so the nurses reckon.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30They went all over the world together.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31What happened to him?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34He died about five years ago.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Bea started to lose it after that. That's when she washed up here.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41The talisman!
0:12:41 > 0:12:47Talisman? I thought you wanted to talk to her about the ghost?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Bea, you've got visitors.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Do I know you?
0:12:51 > 0:12:55I'm sorry, these days I'm not very good with faces.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57This is Miss Sarah Jane Smith.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- She's a reporter.- Oh, oh, well it's my husband you want to talk to, then.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03It's you I need to talk to, Bea.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Can you tell me where you got this talisman?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- That's my Edgar.- Your husband?
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Yes.
0:13:09 > 0:13:15He used to say the Sontarans were the silliest-looking race in the galaxy.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20- What did you say?- She's always going on about monsters and spacemen...
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- She's seen Sontarans! - What's a Sontaran?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25The silliest race in the galaxy!
0:13:25 > 0:13:26That's what Edgar used to say.
0:13:26 > 0:13:34Like a huge... potato with a... a ray gun.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Quite nasty blighters they were, all the same.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Yes, Bea, they are! You're right!
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- You're absolutely right.- You shouldn't encourage her, Miss Smith.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46She'll go on and on about monsters, and especially the Gorgon.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50I saw that years ago at the flicks
0:13:50 > 0:13:53with Christopher Lee and, er, Barbara Shelley.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- Hello.- Hello, I'm Sister Helena from St Agnes's Abbey.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- And who might you be? - He's Luke. I'm Clyde.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15And which one of you fine young men were at Lavender Lawns today
0:14:15 > 0:14:18and left with a gift from one of the old ladies?
0:14:18 > 0:14:22- Don't know what you mean.- How do you know she gave me anything?
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- Can it, Luke.- Why are you looking for the talisman?- Luke!
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Boys, you don't understand what you've got your hands on!
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- You're not getting your hands on it, either.- Give me the talisman!
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Hello, Sister. Collection, is it?
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Abbey roofs don't fix themselves. We're still working on that miracle!
0:14:39 > 0:14:41I always give to needy causes.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44You could say it's a good HABIT of mine.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52I was after Maria. She was upset earlier.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- You haven't seen her, have you? - She's gone out with Sarah Jane.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Look, do me a big favour, will you? When they get back,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- tell her I was looking? Please. - Of course.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Cheers.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Listen, Luke. When weirdo nuns turn up on your doorstep
0:15:08 > 0:15:12asking about freaky glowing alien gizmos, one thing you never do
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- is tell them you got one.- I didn't. We should call Mum and tell her.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18We should go round there.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- Isn't phoning quicker? - Sure we could phone.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Or we could go round there and get back in on the action. Yeah?
0:15:34 > 0:15:40If Bea's wearing the alien talisman, and she's seen these Sontarans,
0:15:40 > 0:15:44she isn't just talking about horror movies, like Mrs Randall thinks.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Aliens have been coming to Earth for centuries, Maria.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Maybe Bea's adventures with her archaeologist husband involved a lot
0:15:51 > 0:15:53more than just old pots and bones.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58This was our song.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Edgar had such a lovely voice.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Did he? I'm sure he was quite a man.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07It's so sad. The things she must have seen.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09And now everyone just thinks she's crazy.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Who knows where any of us will end up?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Someone doesn't think you're crazy, do they, Bea?
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Someone knows what the talisman is and they want it.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- The talisman?- Yes, Bea. The talisman.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Tell me what you know. I promise I'll believe you.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30People have thought I've been mad. But I've seen things, too. Like you.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Edgar unearthed it in a dig in...
0:16:32 > 0:16:38..in Syria and he gave it to me.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43He had no idea what it was. He had no idea.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- So, what is it? - They mustn't find it!
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- They mustn't find it! - Who, Bea? Who do you mean?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- The Sisters!- The nuns?
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- They protect her.- Protect who?
0:17:00 > 0:17:01The Gorgon.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11It's all in here, I know it is.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13A Gorgon - snakes for hair
0:17:13 > 0:17:15and turning people to stone by looking at them?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- It's a fairy story, isn't it? - A myth.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21A Greek myth. There's a big difference.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24And, incidentally, for future reference, Maria,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27even some fairy tales have a foundation in fact.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Here it is.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30There were three Gorgons.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33The hideous daughters of Phorcys the sea god and Ceto.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Stheno, Euryale and Medusa. That's right.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41But in some versions of the story there was just one - Medusa.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43And she wasn't always ugly.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46She was a beautiful nymph with golden hair,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48but Poseidon fell in love with her
0:17:48 > 0:17:50and jealous Athena turned her into a Gorgon.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Medusa was killed by Perseus as a challenge.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00The Greeks were always dishing out challenges to each other.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04It must be a man-thing. But this one really had to be a tough call.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Warriors tried to slay the Gorgons, but all of them turned to stone.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- Because they had to look at them to kill them.- Perfect defence mechanism.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Once you laid eyes on a Gorgon, You couldn't run or attack.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Your body was already turning to stone.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19And there was nothing you could do to stop it.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22One glance is all it took... Terrifying.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Does Bea believe Gorgons existed?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I think she believes one still does.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37It's Sister Sinister again.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Don't run away, Luke. I won't hurt you.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44I just want a little chat.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- What about?- Don't listen to her. No way is she really a nun.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Whatever else would I be? - I don't know.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52I bet you ain't got legs under there,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54just a bunch of slimy tentacles, or something.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Your friend watches too much TV.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I think we could talk a little more sensibly without him.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Jump in the car. We'll go to the abbey.- I don't think so.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- You're safe with me. - We're not going anywhere with you.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08It's not an open invitation.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Listen to your friend here and you'll be in far more danger, I guarantee.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- But I can help you. I want to help you.- The talisman's dangerous?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19More than you can imagine.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22No way. Luke!
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Clyde! Clyde!
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Clyde!
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- So it's an alien? - Remember what I said.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Aliens have been coming here for thousands of years.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- And one's survived all this time? - Yeah, perhaps.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45How can it turn people to stone just by looking horrible.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46PHONE RINGS
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I doubt that's quite how it works. Hello?
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- Luke's been nabbed by a nun. - What?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I warned him not to talk to that freaky nun!
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- It just happened so fast. They pull up, and, bam!- Clyde, calm down.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- She was after the talisman. - Where's she gone? Any idea?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- She was from some abbey.- Well, she's a nun, Clyde! Which one? Think!
0:20:05 > 0:20:07I'm trying to! I dunno, some old woman's name...
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Like the lady writer... The old lady detective...- Miss Marple?
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Agatha Christie? St Agatha?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Agnes! St Agnes' Abbey! - Get in the car!
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Oh, hello, my name is Felicity Barnes.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51I'm doing a story for The Times on religion in the 21st century.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Is there anyone I can talk to? Oh, perhaps Sister Helena?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27So much for fake ID.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Now what? Where do we go? - I don't know.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03What do nuns do with kids they kidnap?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- Let's start here. - Hold on. What if it's in there?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09This Gorgon thing.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Just keep your eyes closed and hold my hand.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Luke! Are you all right? - Yeah, I'm fine.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37What do you think you're doing, getting into a stranger's car?
0:22:37 > 0:22:41For an intelligent boy, sometimes I can't believe how stupid you are!
0:22:41 > 0:22:45- I didn't just get in...- Luke was never in any danger, Miss Smith.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50Bringing him here was the fastest way of attracting your attention.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Although your other two young friends were a surprise.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- We found Mrs Gribbins... - She's been turned to stone.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02Unfortunately Mrs Gribbins always was something of a useless old fossil.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- Are you really protecting a Gorgon here?- A creature...
0:23:05 > 0:23:08with writhing serpents for hair?
0:23:08 > 0:23:14Those melodramatic Greeks. They never could resist embellishing a story,
0:23:14 > 0:23:20but, yes, as you've seen, the myth isn't entirely without foundation.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- But it's an alien. Right? - The Gorgons travelled
0:23:25 > 0:23:28to our world 3,000 years ago.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Once there was three. Now only one.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33A real live Gorgon?
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Generations of our Sisters protected the Gorgons down the centuries.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41If she's survived 3,000 years, what happened to the other two?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45One was killed during ancient days, when our sisterhood served Demeter,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47when the key was stolen...
0:23:47 > 0:23:49The key to whatever brought the Gorgons to Earth.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53And the Sisters have been searching for it ever since.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Did you get close once, Sister Helena? Maybe fifty years ago?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58When the second Gorgon died?
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Professor Nelson-Stanley and his meddlesome wife.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06But you have the key now, Miss Smith.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09I'm sure you will be more reasonable.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13I wouldn't bet on it. Kidnapping, turning people to stone,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16not the kind of things that make me feel reasonable.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Sarah Jane, 3,000 years is a long time, even for a being
0:24:20 > 0:24:22with a Gorgon's lifespan.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27She is old. The talisman opens a portal to the Gorgon's world.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30She only wants to go home to die.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32You can understand that, can't you?
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Why should I believe you?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Miss Smith,
0:24:36 > 0:24:37you have no choice.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42All right.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- We'll get it.- The boys stay here.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- No!- They'll be perfectly safe...
0:24:48 > 0:24:51as long as you don't try to deceive us.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57We can't give them the talisman.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59At least we're on my territory now, not theirs.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02We are. But they've still got the boys.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04The girl stays with me.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I'm sorry, analysis incomplete.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- Keep your voice down!- Is this
0:25:13 > 0:25:16because I'm picking up a hostile alien intelligence?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Yes, and it's about to meet another one.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25- Doesn't she speak English? - The Gorgon doesn't need to speak.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27You mean she's, like, telepathic?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Is that how she controls you?
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Looking after a Gorgon isn't exactly normal for a bunch of nuns, is it?
0:25:34 > 0:25:35I'd shut up if I were you,
0:25:35 > 0:25:39or the Abbess might show you her idea of solving a problem like Maria.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Is this what you've spent 3,000 years looking for?
0:25:43 > 0:25:44The key to the portal!
0:25:44 > 0:25:47BUZZING What do you think you're doing?
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Either you let my son and his friend go, or I will destroy the talisman
0:25:50 > 0:25:52with sonic disruption.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54I warned you, Miss Smith.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Now look on the face of the Gorgon...
0:25:57 > 0:26:01and feel your flesh turn to stone!
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Don't look, Maria...
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Hello?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- The door was open...- Dad!
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Dad!
0:26:29 > 0:26:34We have the key! Rejoice, sisters, the Gorgon shall be free!
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Ooh, mother Abbess.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39She is weakening. We must open the portal as soon as possible.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45They've killed all these people and put them on show.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49The Gorgon turned my father into stone. Is there a way to save him?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51The Talisman. It is the key to the door
0:26:51 > 0:26:55between this world and theirs. It returned me to flesh and blood.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Have you got it? - There's loads of them.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02They're everywhere.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08And the Gorgons have chosen a new host to lead its domination of earth.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10You, Miss Smith!
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