0:00:05 > 0:00:08Orchestrations were arranged by Sir Rhodri Fenning,
0:00:08 > 0:00:12and Dame Evelyn Blish is a member of the Kings Lynn players.
0:00:12 > 0:00:17So tune in again next week for more from the What's My Line? team.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20And that brings us to the end of programming for today.
0:00:20 > 0:00:25So, from all of us here at Alexandra Palace, a very good night.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31£200 overdrawn.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35I need a miracle.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS ON TELEVISION
0:00:48 > 0:00:51LAUGHTER
0:00:51 > 0:00:54He's a caution, that one, he does make me laugh.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00- Oh, our lord and master. - Rita, I'm off out.- Dad?
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Oh, how many times, son? We'll see.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08But everyone's getting a telly, Dad, even Mr Gallagher. And the Bells at number 67.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Well, perhaps we'll get one for the Coronation.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14If you're lucky. We'll see.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- Don't wait up. - I heard they rot your brains.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Rot them into soup and your brain comes pouring out of your ears.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25That's what television does!
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Mr Magpie?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Oh, Mr Magpie?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Eh?
0:01:52 > 0:01:54You-hoo! Can you hear me, Magpie?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Yes.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- I must be dreaming... - Oh, no. This isn't a dream.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05- I'm going doolally, then. - Not at all, sweetheart.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Now, are you sitting comfortably?
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Good. Then we'll begin.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18SHE LAUGHS, HE SCREAMS
0:03:06 > 0:03:09I thought we'd be going for the Vegas era.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13You know, the white flares and the chest hair.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16You are kidding! If you wanna see Elvis, you go for the late Fifties.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21The time before burgers, when they called him the Pelvis and he still had a waist!
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- What's more, you see him in style! - ENGINE REVS
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- You going my way, doll?- Is there any other way to go, daddio?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Straight from the fridge, man!
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Ah, you speak the lingo! - Yeah, well...
0:03:40 > 0:03:45- Me, Mum, Cliff Richard movies - every Bank Holiday Monday.- Cliff!
0:03:45 > 0:03:47I knew your mother'd be a Cliff fan.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Where're we off to? - Ed Sullivan TV studios.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Elvis did Hound Dog and there were complaints.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02- Bit of luck, we'll just catch it. - That'd be TV studios in...
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- What, New York?- That's the one!
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- SHE LAUGHS - Dig that New York vibe!
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Well, this could still be New York.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I mean, this looks very New York to me.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20A sort of... Londony New York, mind, but...
0:04:20 > 0:04:22What're all the flags for?
0:04:25 > 0:04:30# We want Muffin Everybody sings!
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- # We want Muffin the Mule.. # - Smashing!
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Smashing, innit?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40You'd have thought they was in the room with ya!
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Fair do's, Tommy, you had a point.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47New television. There, that should cheer you up a bit, Rita?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Give us a smile, then, eh?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I can't. Nothing's the same any more. Not with her...
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Stop going on about it!
0:04:53 > 0:04:55But her face, Eddie.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57What happened to her?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- That awful face.- I said, stop it!
0:05:00 > 0:05:04LOUD BANGING
0:05:06 > 0:05:08She's awake!
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I think she's hungry.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15There you go, sir! All wired up for the great occasion.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- Great occasion? What do you mean? - Where you been living, out in the colonies?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22The Coronation, of course!
0:05:22 > 0:05:24And what Coronation's that, then?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27What do you mean? THE Coronation!
0:05:27 > 0:05:30It's the Queen's! Queen Elizabeth!
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- Oh! Is this 1953? - Last time I looked!
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Time for a lovely bit of pomp and circumstance, what we do best!
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Look at all the TV aerials.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Looks like everyone's got one.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46That's weird, my nan said tellys were so rare, they all had to pile into one house.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Not around here, love. Magpie's Marvellous Tellys, only five quid a pop.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Oh, but this is a brilliant year, classic!
0:05:53 > 0:05:59Technicolor, Everest climbed, everything off the ration.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04A nation throwing off the shadows of war and looking forward to a happier, brighter future!
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Someone help me, please! Ted!
0:06:07 > 0:06:12- Leave him alone, that's my husband! Please!- What's going on?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- Oi! What are you doing?!- Police business, get out of the way, sir. - Who'd they take?
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- Do you know him? - Must be Mr Gallagher.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26But it's happening all over the place - they're turning into monsters.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Tommy! Not one word!
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Get inside, now!
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Sorry, I'd better do as he says.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41All aboard!
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Operation Market Stall. Go! Go! Go!
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Lost them. How did they get away from us?
0:07:08 > 0:07:13I'm surprised they didn't turn back and arrest you for reckless driving. Have you passed your test?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Men in black? Vanishing police cars?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19This is Churchill's England, not Stalin's Russia.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24Monsters, that boy said. Maybe we should go and ask the neighbours.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26That's what I like about you.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27The domestic approach.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Thank you.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Hold on, was that an insult?
0:07:35 > 0:07:38I've finished it.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41As you instructed.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43That's awfully good of you, Mr Magpie.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47So you'll go soon? You'll leave me?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49We'll see.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- If you're a very good boy. - Please.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54You're burning me.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Inside, behind my eyes. It hurts.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Even my memories hurt.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I just want things back like they used to be.
0:08:04 > 0:08:11Oh, but this world of yours is busy, busy, busy! Forging ahead into a brand-new age!
0:08:11 > 0:08:15You can never go back, that's your tragedy.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20But now... the time is almost ripe, Magpie.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Cometh the hour, cometh the man.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Or lady.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39THUD!
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Gran?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Gran, it's me, it's Tommy.
0:08:58 > 0:09:04I'm gonna come in, Gran. Stand back, just don't...
0:09:06 > 0:09:07I'm sorry, but I've got to come in.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09What do you think you're doing?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12We've got to try and help her, Dad.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Give me that key.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18I said, give me that key, right now.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Don't think I've finished with you.
0:09:27 > 0:09:33All the warnings I've given you and every time, every time, you disobey me!
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- But we can't just lock her away. - Excuse me, sunshine. I am talking.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39You can forget that college nonsense.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42You are gonna come and work alongside me.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Get your hands dirty for once. THUDS FROM UPSTAIRS
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Oh, Lord. Won't she ever stop?
0:09:48 > 0:09:52THUDS CONTINUES There, there, Rita my sweet.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Business as usual.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Now, let's get these up all over the house, in honour of her Majesty.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03- But, Eddie, what if she's dying? - I am talking!
0:10:09 > 0:10:12That's better. A little bit of hush.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16DOORBELL RINGS
0:10:17 > 0:10:18BOTH: Hi!
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Who are you, then?- Let's see. Judging by the look of you,
0:10:21 > 0:10:26family man, nice house, fought in the war, therefore, I represent Queen and country.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31Just doing a little check of her forthcoming Majesty's subjects before the great day.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36Oh, er, very nice, very well kept. I'd like to congratulate you, Mrs...
0:10:36 > 0:10:40- Connolly.- Rita, I can handle this. This gentleman's a proper representative.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Don't mind the wife, she rattles on.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Well, maybe she should rattle on a bit more.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I'm not convinced you're doing your patriotic duty.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Those flags, why are they not flying?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53There we are, Rita! I told you!
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Get them up! Queen and Country! - I'm sorry.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- Get it done, do it now. - Hold on a minute.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01- Like the gentleman says. - Hold on a minute. You've got hands, Mr Connolly.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- Two big hands, so why is that your wife's job? - Well, it's housework, innit?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- And that's a woman's job? - Course it is.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Mr Connolly, what gender is the Queen?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- She's a female. - Then are you suggesting the Queen does the housework?
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- No, not at all.- Then get busy!
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Right. Yes, sir.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28You'll be proud of us, sir!
0:11:28 > 0:11:33- We'll have Union Jacks left, right and centre!- Excuse me, Mr Connolly? Hang on a minute.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38- Union Jacks? - Yes, that's right, isn't it? - That's the Union Flag.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43- It's the Union Jack only when it's flown at sea.- Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. I do apologise.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48Well, don't get it wrong again, there's a good man. Now get to it!
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Right then, nice and comfy.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55At her Majesty's leisure!
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- Union Flag? - Mum went out with a sailor.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02I bet she did. ..Anyway, I'm the Doctor, and this is Rose, and you are?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- Tommy. - Well, sit yourself down, Tommy.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Have a look at this.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- I love telly, don't you?- Yeah, I think it's brilliant.- Good man!
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Keep working, Mr C! ..Now, why don't you tell me what's wrong?
0:12:19 > 0:12:24- Did you say you were a doctor? - Yes, I am.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Can you help her? Oh, please. Can you help her, Doctor?
0:12:27 > 0:12:32- Now then, Rita, I don't think the gentleman needs to know... - Oh, the gentleman does.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Tell us what's wrong and we can help.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39It's all right. It's all right. Come here.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44- Oh, it's all right. - Hold on a minute.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Queen and Country's one thing, but this is my house!
0:12:48 > 0:12:50What the... What the hell am I doing?!
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Now you listen here, Doctor.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59You may have fancy qualifications, but what goes on under my roof is my business!
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- Not if people are being... - I am talking!
0:13:02 > 0:13:05And I'm not listening!
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Now you are staring into a deep, dark pit of trouble if you don't let me help.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13So I'm ordering you, sir - tell me what's going on!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16THUDS FROM UPSTAIRS
0:13:18 > 0:13:21She won't stop.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25She never stops.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30We started hearing stories, all round the place.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35People who...changed. Families keeping it secret, cos they were scared.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Then the police started finding out. We don't know how, no-one does.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44They just turn up, come to the door and take them, any time of the day or night.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Show me.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Gran?
0:13:51 > 0:13:55It's Tommy. It's all right, Gran. I've brought help.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Her face is completely gone.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Scarcely an electrical impulse left.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Almost complete neural shut-down, it's just ticking over.
0:14:20 > 0:14:27- It's like her brain's been...wiped clean.- What are we gonna do, Doctor?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- We can't even feed her! - We've got company!
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- They've come for her!- What was she doing before this happened?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- Tell me, quickly, think!- She doesn't leave the house. She was just...
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Hold on, there are three important, brilliant
0:14:40 > 0:14:44and complicated reasons why you should listen to me. One...
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Doctor!
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Leave her alone, you'll hurt her! Mum!
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- Doctor!- Don't hurt her!
0:14:53 > 0:14:58- Back inside, Rita. - She's my mother! - Back inside now, I said!
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Hell of a right hook! Have to watch out for that.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Don't fight it, back inside!
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- Rose! Come on!- Get back inside!
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- Don't fight it, son. Don't fight it! - Rose! We're gonna lose them again!
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- Dad, they took her! That was Gran, and they took her! - Come on, back inside!
0:15:31 > 0:15:35How did they find her, who told them?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39You! Get the hell out of my house!
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I'm going, I'm done.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Nice to meet you, Tommy, Mrs Connolly.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52And as for you, Mr Connolly, only an idiot hangs the Union Flag upside down.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Shame on you!
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Oh, very good.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Very good.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Stay where you are!
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Oh, I'm sorry, miss, I'm afraid you're too late.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I was just about to lock the door.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Yeah? Well, I wanna buy a telly.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Come back tomorrow. Please.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48You'll be closed, won't you?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50What?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52For the big day?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55The Coronation?
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Yes. Yes, of course. The big day.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I'm sure you'll find somewhere to watch it. Please go.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07Seems to me, half of London's got a television, since you're practically giving 'em away.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- I have my reasons. - And what are they?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Hungry!
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Hungry!- What's that?
0:19:20 > 0:19:22It's just the television.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25One of these modern programmes.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Now, I really do think you should leave, right now.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Not until you've answered my questions.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- How come your televisions are so cheap? - It's my patriotic duty.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Seems only right that as many folk as possible get to watch the Coronation.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43We may be losing the Empire, but we can still be proud!
0:19:43 > 0:19:4720 million people they reckon'll be watching. Imagine that!
0:19:47 > 0:19:49And 20 million people can't be wrong, eh?
0:19:49 > 0:19:53So why don't you get yourself home, and get up early for the big day?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56No, I'm not leaving till I've seen everything.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I need to close.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Mr Magpie...
0:20:02 > 0:20:04something's happening out there.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Ordinary people are being struck down and changed,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11and the only new thing in the house is a television.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Your television.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17What's going on?
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I knew this would happen.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23I knew I'd be found out.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36All right, then, just you and me.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40You gonna come clean, then?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- What's really in it for you? - For me?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Perhaps some peace.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- From what?- From her.
0:20:50 > 0:20:56- But that's just a woman on the telly, that's just a programme. - What a pretty little girl.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Oh, my God. Are you talking to me?
0:20:58 > 0:21:03Yes. I'm talking to you, little one.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Unseasonably chilly for the time of year, don't you think?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09What are you?
0:21:09 > 0:21:10I'm The Wire!
0:21:10 > 0:21:14And I am hungry!
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Magpie, help me!
0:21:19 > 0:21:24Just think of that audience tomorrow, my dear, all settling down to watch the Coronation.
0:21:24 > 0:21:2620 million people.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Things will never be the same again. ROSE YELLS
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- I'm sorry, so sorry.- Help me!
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Good night, children, everywhere.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Start from the beginning, tell me everything you know.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Well, for starters,
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I know you can't wrap your hand around your elbow and make your fingers meet.
0:21:52 > 0:21:59Don't get clever with me! You were there today, at Florizel Street, and now, breaking into this place.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Oh, you're connected to this, make no mistake.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Well, the thing is, Detective Inspector Bishop...
0:22:05 > 0:22:10- How do you know my name? - It's written inside your collar.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Bless your mum. But I can't help thinking, Detective Inspector,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20you're not exactly doing much detective inspecting, are you?
0:22:20 > 0:22:26- I'm doing everything in my power. - You're grabbing the faceless people and hiding them. Don't tell me.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Orders from above?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31It's Coronation day, the eyes of the world are on London town,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34so any sort of problem just gets swept out of sight.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36The nation has an image to maintain.
0:22:36 > 0:22:42But doesn't it drive you mad, doing nothing? Don't you want to get out there and investigate?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Course I do, but...
0:22:47 > 0:22:50With all the crowds expected, we haven't got the manpower.
0:22:50 > 0:22:56Even if we did, this is beyond anything we've ever seen.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I just don't know any more.
0:23:03 > 0:23:0720 years on the force, and I don't even know where to start.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- We haven't the faintest clue what's going on.- Well...
0:23:11 > 0:23:13That could change.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15How?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Start from the beginning. Tell me everything you know.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38We started finding them about a month ago.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43Persons left sans visage. Heads just...blank.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- But is there any sort of pattern? - It's spreading out from North London.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50All over the city - men, women, kids, grannies.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56- Only real lead is there's been quite a large number in... - Florizel Street.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- Found another one, sir.- Good man, Crabtree, here we are, Doctor.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Take a good look. See what you can deduce.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Rose...
0:24:06 > 0:24:09You know her?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Know her? She's...
0:24:12 > 0:24:17Found her in the street, apparently, down by Damascus Road.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Just abandoned. That's unusual, that's the first one in the open...
0:24:20 > 0:24:25VOICE FADES, THEN RETURNS ..we'll have Torchwood on our backs then...
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- They did what?- I'm sorry?
0:24:28 > 0:24:32- They left her where?! - Just in the street.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35In the street? They left her in the street.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39They took her face, and just chucked her out and left her in the street.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45And as a result, that makes things simple.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Very, very simple. D'you know why?
0:24:48 > 0:24:55- No...- Because now, Detective Inspector Bishop, there is no power on this Earth that can stop me.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Come on!
0:25:01 > 0:25:04The big day dawns.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13You've had your fun with your little doctor.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17But now you're left with me, Rita, so you'll behave yourself.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19And smile!
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Here we go, everyone, here we go! Grub's up! Grub's up!
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Tuck in, everyone! Tuck in. Take a sandwich.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Oh, here we go, here we go, it's started!
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Look, look, take your places, sit down, sit down.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Rita, love, just look at that telly-box, then!
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Eh, innit marvellous? The picture's so clear!
0:25:42 > 0:25:48Ere, Bet, I says to Rita, I says, "You didn't need to get your hair done special, love.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50"The Queen won't be able to see you!"
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Where's your old Mum, then? She can't go missing it!
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- Sorry, Mum can't make it down. - Aww! Bless her.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Maybe we could pop up and see her later.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Maybe you could! It's a good idea, what d'you think, Dad?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Maybe Aunty Betty could go and see Gran later!
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Oh, he loves his Gran, this one.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17- Proper little mummy's boy all round. - Ooh, you know what they say about them!
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- Eddie, you want to beat that out of him!- That's exactly what I'm gonna do.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- DOORBELL RINGS - I'll get it.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30ON TV: '..will first appear in about 10 minutes' time, riding in the gold coach of state.'
0:26:32 > 0:26:37Tommy. Talk to me. I need to know exactly what happened inside your house.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41- What the blazes d'you think you're doing?- I wanna help, Dad! - Mr Connolly...
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Shut your face, you! Whoever you are!
0:26:44 > 0:26:46We can handle this ourselves!
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Listen, you little twerp. You're hardly out of the bloomin' cradle,
0:26:52 > 0:26:57so I don't expect you to understand. But I've got a position to maintain.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02People round here respect me. It matters what people think.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Is that why you did it, Dad?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- What d'you mean? Did what? - You ratted on Gran.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13How else would the police know where to look? Unless some coward told them.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15How dare you?!
0:27:15 > 0:27:22You think I fought a war just so a mouthy little scum like you could call me a coward?!
0:27:22 > 0:27:26You don't get it, do you? You fought against fascism, remember?
0:27:26 > 0:27:31People telling you how to live... who you could be friends with, who you could fall in love with!
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Who could live and who had to die! Don't you get it?
0:27:34 > 0:27:38You were fighting so that twerps like me could do what we want, say what we want.
0:27:38 > 0:27:44Now you've become just like them. You've been informing on everyone, haven't you? Even Gran.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- All to protect your precious reputation!- Eddie?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Is that true?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52I did it for us, Rita!
0:27:52 > 0:27:54She was filthy.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56A filthy, disgusting thing.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59She's my mother!
0:28:00 > 0:28:05All the others you informed on? All the people in our street? Our friends?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07I had to.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12- I...I did the right thing. - The right thing for us?
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Or for you, Eddie?
0:28:15 > 0:28:20You go, Tommy. Go with the Doctor and do some good.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Get away from this house. It's poison.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28We've had a ruddy monster under our roof all right... but it weren't my mother!
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Rita!
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Tommy?
0:28:40 > 0:28:45- What was all that, then? - That was... That was the sound of something ending.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48And about time too. Everyone all right?
0:28:48 > 0:28:52Smashing! Nothing's going to spoil our big day, is it?
0:28:59 > 0:29:04- Tommy, tell me about that night. The night she changed. - She was just watching the telly.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Rose said it! She guessed it straight away!
0:29:08 > 0:29:10All these aerials in one little street. How come?
0:29:10 > 0:29:15- Bloke up the road. Mr Magpie. He's selling them cheap. - Is he now?- Come on!
0:29:15 > 0:29:19- Ere! You can't do that... - Shop!
0:29:20 > 0:29:22If you're here, come out and talk to me!
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- Magpie!- Maybe he's out. - Looks like it.
0:29:29 > 0:29:35Oh, hello. ..This isn't right. This is very much not right.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Tastes like iron. Bakelite. Knocked together with human hands, yes.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43But the design itself...
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Oh, beautiful work - that is so simple.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51That's incredible, it's like a television...but portable...
0:29:51 > 0:29:53A portable television!
0:29:53 > 0:29:55And it's not the only power source in this room.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03VOICES ARE SILENT
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Gran!
0:30:23 > 0:30:25I'm on my way.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32- What do you think you're doing? - I want my friend restored.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37I think that's beyond a little back street electrician, so tell me who's in charge!
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Yoo-hoo. I think that must be me.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Ooh!
0:30:42 > 0:30:46- This one's smart as paint! - Is she talking to us?
0:30:46 > 0:30:51I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you brought this on yourselves. May I introduce you to my new...friend?
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Jolly nice to meet you!
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Oh, my God. It's her. That woman off the telly!
0:30:56 > 0:31:01- No. It's just using her image. - What... What are you?
0:31:01 > 0:31:05I'm The Wire! And I will gobble you up, pretty boy!
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Every last morsel!
0:31:08 > 0:31:11And when I have feasted...
0:31:11 > 0:31:17I shall regain the corporeal body which my fellow kind denied me!
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Good Lord. Colour television!
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- So your own people tried to stop you?- They executed me.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26But I escaped, in this form.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27And fled across the stars.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30And now, you're trapped in the television.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Not for much longer.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- Doctor! Is this what got my Gran? - Yes, Tommy.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40It feeds off the electrical activity of the brain.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43But it gorges itself like a great, over-fed pig.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48- Taking people's faces, their essence, as it stuffs itself. - And you let her do it, Magpie.
0:31:48 > 0:31:54I had to. She allowed me my face. She promised to release me at the Time of Manifestation.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56- What does that mean?! - The appointed time.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58My crowning glory!
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Doctor! The Coronation.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04For the first time in history, millions gathered around a television set.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08But you're not strong enough yet, are you?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10You can't do it all from here.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14That's why you need this! It needs something more powerful.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18This'll turn a big transmitter into a big receiver.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20What a clever thing you are.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22But why fret about it?
0:32:22 > 0:32:26Why not just relax? Kick off your shoes and enjoy the Coronation.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Believe me! You'll be glued to the screen!
0:32:34 > 0:32:38- Doctor!- Oh, my... - Hungry! Hungry!
0:32:38 > 0:32:44The Wire is hungry! Oh! This one is tasty!
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Oh! I'll have lashings of him.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Delicious!
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Armed!
0:32:53 > 0:32:55He's armed and clever.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Withdraw! Withdraw!
0:33:00 > 0:33:03The box, Magpie, the box!
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Hold tight!
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Conduct me to my victory, Magpie!
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Hungry! Hungry!
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Feed me!
0:33:30 > 0:33:34- Ooh, she's so lovely!- Beautiful.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Makes you forget all your troubles!
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Everyone all right for pop?
0:33:47 > 0:33:52- Tommy! Wake up! Tommy, come on! - What happened?
0:33:52 > 0:33:53Where's Magpie?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58We don't even know where to start looking! It's too late.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00It's never too late! As a wise person once said.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Kylie, I think. The Wire's got big plans. It'll need...
0:34:03 > 0:34:06It's gonna harvest half the population!
0:34:06 > 0:34:10- Millions and millions of people. And where are we?- Muswell Hill.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14Muswell Hill! Muswell Hill! Which means...Alexandra Palace!
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Biggest TV transmitter in North London!
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- That's why it chose this place! - What're you gonna do?!
0:34:19 > 0:34:22I'm going shopping.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34This what you want?
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Perfect! Right, I need one more thing.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Got it! Let's go!
0:35:37 > 0:35:39I can't do this!
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Please! Please don't make me...
0:35:42 > 0:35:44The time is at hand!
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Feed me!
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Feed me!
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- There!- Come on!
0:35:57 > 0:36:02Wait! Where'd we think we're...? Oh! I'm very sorry, sir!
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- Shouldn't you be at the Coronation? - They're saving me a seat!
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- Who'd he think you were? - King of Belgium, apparently.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24Keep this switched on. Don't let anyone stop you, Tommy! Everything depends on it, you understand?
0:36:39 > 0:36:44You'll get yourself killed up there! Your Majesty!
0:37:05 > 0:37:08FEED ME!
0:37:34 > 0:37:38Oh, feast!
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Feasting!
0:37:40 > 0:37:43The Wire is feasting!
0:37:50 > 0:37:53It's too late.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54Too late for all of us.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57I shall consume you, Doctor!
0:38:01 > 0:38:06- I won't let you do this, Magpie. - Help me, Doctor!
0:38:06 > 0:38:07It burns!
0:38:08 > 0:38:12It took my face. My soul!
0:38:12 > 0:38:14You cannot stop The Wire.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Soon I shall become manifest.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22No more. No more of this.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25You promised me peace!
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Then peace you shall have.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Aaargh!
0:38:31 > 0:38:34MANIACAL LAUGHTER
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Been burning the candle at both ends?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43You've over-extended yourself, missus.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45You shouldn't have had a crack at poor old Magpie there.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Rubber soles. Swear by 'em!
0:39:02 > 0:39:07Oh, dear. Has our little plan gone horribly wrong, Doctor?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32No-o-o-o!
0:39:42 > 0:39:44No!
0:39:44 > 0:39:48It's close down, I'm afraid, and no epilogue.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50LOUD SCREAM
0:39:59 > 0:40:02EXCITED CHATTER
0:40:07 > 0:40:11NATIONAL ANTHEM ON TV
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- What have I missed? - Doctor! What happened?
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Sorted. Electrical creature. TV technology.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21Clever alien life-form - that's me, by the way.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26I turned the receiver back into a transmitter, then I trapped The Wire in here.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30I just invented the home video 30 years early.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Betamax!
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Oh, look!
0:40:35 > 0:40:37God Save The Queen, eh?
0:40:40 > 0:40:45# God save the Queen... #
0:40:48 > 0:40:50HUGE CHEER FROM CROWD ON TV
0:41:00 > 0:41:03There's my grandson!
0:41:24 > 0:41:28This was never your house - it's in my mother's name.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31And on her behalf, I'm telling you...
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Out!
0:42:03 > 0:42:06We could go down the Mall. Join in with the crowds.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Nah, that's just pomp and circumstance.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13- This is history, right here. - The domestic approach.- Exactly.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Will it...? That thing... Is it trapped for good?
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- On video?- Hope so. Just to be on the safe side
0:42:20 > 0:42:23I'll use my knowledge of trans-temporal extirpation methods
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- to neutralise the residual electronic pattern.- You what?
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- I'm gonna tape over over it. - Leave it with me, I'm always doing that!
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Tommy, you can have the scooter. Little present.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Best, em, keep it in the garage for a few years, though.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Good riddance.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Is that it, then, Tommy? New monarch, new age, new world.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48No room for a man like Eddie Connolly?
0:42:48 > 0:42:50That's right. He deserves it.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Tommy. Go after him.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56What for?
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- He's your dad.- He's an idiot.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Course he is. Like I said, he's your Dad.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04But you're clever.
0:43:04 > 0:43:10Clever enough to save the world. So don't stop there. Go on.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51We're beyond the reach of the Tardis's knowledge!
0:43:54 > 0:43:58This writing is old! Impossibly old!
0:43:58 > 0:44:02- People! Look at that - real people. - That's us! Hooray!
0:44:02 > 0:44:04The beast and his armies shall rise from the pit...
0:44:06 > 0:44:11- Whatever it is, it's not a natural phenomenon.- We could revolutionise modern science.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14- We could use it to fuel the empire. - Or start a war.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18- That's a black hole. - But that's impossible!
0:44:37 > 0:44:41Subtitles by Raymond Morrison Red Bee Media - 2006
0:44:41 > 0:44:43E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk