0:00:20 > 0:00:26'In Nature's scheme of things, there are certain plants which are carnivorous.
0:00:26 > 0:00:32'The Venus flytrap is one of the best-known of these plants.
0:00:32 > 0:00:39'A fly, drawn to the plant by a sweet syrup, brushes against trigger bristles.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44'How these plants digest their prey has yet to be explained.
0:00:44 > 0:00:52'This is a newcomer, Triffidus Celestus, brought to earth on the meteorite
0:00:52 > 0:00:55'during The Day Of The Triffids!'
0:03:04 > 0:03:11'All reports confirm that the world is witnessing an unprecedented shower of meteorites.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17'There is no record of a display such as this in recorded history.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22'Astronomers are noting this phenomenon
0:03:23 > 0:03:28'and are calculating the effect on our solar system.
0:03:28 > 0:03:36'The consensus of opinion is that the meteorites burn up before they reach the earth.'
0:05:50 > 0:05:55RADIO: 'Same reports from South Africa. The shower of meteorites continues.'
0:05:55 > 0:06:03'This is a thrilling, once-in-a-lifetime spectacle that simply must be seen.'
0:06:03 > 0:06:11Once-in-a-lifetime spectacle(!) Free tickets. Take any seat in the house. Here I am.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Here's Dr Soames, Mr Masen.
0:06:21 > 0:06:28- Can't I see what's going on? The bandages come off tomorrow anyway.- No.
0:06:28 > 0:06:34After an eye operation it's best to wait the full ten days. Tomorrow morning, nurse.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Yes, Doctor. Have a good night, Mr Masen.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- "See" you in the morning, I hope! - I hope so.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Here.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Open your mouth, please.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53This should give you a good night's rest.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Lie back. I'm going to put your bed down.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05Miss Jamieson, are you really as pretty as they say you are?
0:07:05 > 0:07:10Tomorrow morning you can answer that question for yourself.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14You really think I'll be able to see?
0:07:14 > 0:07:21- By tomorrow night you'll be on board your ship and ready for duty.- Aye, aye!
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- Goodnight.- Goodnight.
0:07:33 > 0:07:42'The spectacular display of meteorites is still turning the sky into a blazing firework show.'
0:07:42 > 0:07:44HE TURNS RADIO OFF
0:07:47 > 0:07:52I can't leave this specimen. Why don't YOU go and have a look?
0:07:52 > 0:08:00Some tobacco company probably found a new way to light up the sky to sell more cigarettes(!)
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Where did you hide it THIS time? - In the cupboard.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10It's always in the same cupboard.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25I was...er...
0:08:25 > 0:08:31I was hoping we could get back to dissecting that stingray.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37Here we go again! "The subject is Tom Goodwin,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40"brilliant marine biologist."
0:08:40 > 0:08:48- I am bored with stingrays. I don't care about them. - What DO you care about?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53You really want me to tell you?
0:08:53 > 0:08:58You know, sooner or later you're going to have to face the fact.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03Day and night, drunk or sober, in a lecture room or a lab
0:09:03 > 0:09:08or a deserted lighthouse near Cornwall.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13To hell with it! Meteors and all! Who cares?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- I- care what happens to us.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Karen, you're a... you're a nice girl.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29Heaven knows how you talked yourself into marrying me.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35All right. What do you want us to do?
0:09:36 > 0:09:41I don't know what YOU want to do, but I want away from this island.
0:09:41 > 0:09:48- All this pretence about experiments. - It was your idea. Six months away from the university...
0:09:48 > 0:09:56Let's clear out of here! Let me go where I can buy Scotch, and not wait for a boat to bring me ONE bottle!
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- What about the equipment? - Leave it.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06What about the fish?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Throw them back in the sea!
0:10:11 > 0:10:18Fine. We'll leave the island tomorrow. The boat's due in the morning.
0:10:25 > 0:10:31RADIO: 'We are awaiting word from the Australian observatory.'
0:10:31 > 0:10:34CRACKLING
0:10:42 > 0:10:47'..this beautiful display of meteorites exploding.
0:10:47 > 0:10:54'The BBC will be on the air all night to keep you posted on this marvellous display...'
0:10:59 > 0:11:03'..we'll bring you the latest reports.'
0:11:40 > 0:11:43WATER DRIPS
0:11:45 > 0:11:48WATER DRIPS CONSTANTLY
0:12:22 > 0:12:25CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO
0:13:42 > 0:13:46BIG BEN CHIMES
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Eight...
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Nine!
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Nine?!
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Miss Jamieson!
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Hello? Hello?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Hello!
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Miss Jamieson!
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Doctor Soames!
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Miss Jamieson!
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Can anybody hear me?!
0:15:45 > 0:15:48WOMAN SCREAMS
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- Doctor Soames!- Bill Masen?
0:18:15 > 0:18:23- I'm sorry. I couldn't wait to get those bandages off. - You can see?- Yes.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27But I can't believe what I see. What's happened?
0:18:27 > 0:18:32Would you please take me to my office?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Now try the other eye.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47You're certain the beam's on the pupil?
0:18:47 > 0:18:52- Yes.- All right. That's enough.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- Is the blind drawn in here? - Yes, sir.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Would you pull it up?
0:19:05 > 0:19:12- What is it? - The optic nerves are gone. The glare of the meteorites.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17You're probably one of the few people in London who can still see.
0:19:17 > 0:19:23I don't envy you. I wouldn't care to see the things you'll see.
0:19:23 > 0:19:30In the outer office, in my desk you'll find a kit. Would you get it for me?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Of course.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42It's not there.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Ah, here it is.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53CRASH OF GLASS
0:20:25 > 0:20:28RADIO IS DEAD
0:20:57 > 0:21:02- No sign of the boat?- No. It should have been here hours ago.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Nothing on the radio either.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09I've been trying all morning.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16You're losing valuable drinking time.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I'm sorry.
0:21:23 > 0:21:30RADIO: 'The entire population of England has been afflicted with blindness
0:21:30 > 0:21:39'through watching the meteorite shower last night. This is the Royal Dockyard at Devonport.
0:21:39 > 0:21:47'A number of naval personnel have escaped blindness. All those who are still able to see
0:21:47 > 0:21:51'should make their way to the dockyard.
0:21:51 > 0:21:59'Urgent warning! England appears to be infested with a new plant that can inflict a fatal sting.
0:21:59 > 0:22:06'If you are blind, stay indoors, if you can see, keep a constant look-out.
0:22:06 > 0:22:14'We will return to the air with further bulletins.' Stay tuned to this wavelength.'
0:22:14 > 0:22:19Blindness! Killer plants! I'm not drunk, am I?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Wish you were.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25How do we get off this island?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Where would we go?
0:24:16 > 0:24:22'We are still trying to reach the police. Please remain calm.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24'Do not move about.
0:24:24 > 0:24:30'You could injure yourself or start a fire. Do not smoke.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36'Do not light matches. Stay clear of all electrical equipment.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39'We are doing all we can.'
0:24:39 > 0:24:45- Are there any trains running? - I don't know. I can't see.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50Can you help me, sir? Help me!
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Excuse me... Help me to a taxi.
0:24:54 > 0:25:00- Please call my wife. I'll pay. Take my purse.- I'm sorry.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05There are no taxis and the phones don't work.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08TRAIN APPROACHES
0:25:21 > 0:25:25HYSTERICAL SCREAMING
0:25:50 > 0:25:53My little boy! Where is he? >
0:25:53 > 0:25:56What does he look like?
0:25:56 > 0:26:00You can see? Of course. Why shouldn't I?
0:26:00 > 0:26:06Then help me. Who can see? This girl here.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Can you really see, girlie? Yes.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Come on! No! Let me go!
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Let me go!
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Drop that child.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Thief! Thief!
0:26:42 > 0:26:47- Were you on that train alone? - I was in the luggage van.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- Why?- I ran away from boarding school.
0:26:51 > 0:26:58- Where are your parents? - I haven't any. The bank takes care of me.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Well, the banks are closed.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03DOG BARKS
0:27:06 > 0:27:11- Why is he barking?- I don't know. Come on, we'll find out.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24It's nothing. Come on.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27DOG YELPS
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Stay here.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Come on. Let's go to my ship.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Wait here.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06Let's see if we can find some rocks. Come on.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26SUSAN! SUSAN!
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Get in the car.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20VOICE ON SHIP'S RADIO
0:33:27 > 0:33:35- MAN IS SPEAKING FRENCH - I wish I could understand French. - I can.- What's he saying?
0:33:37 > 0:33:44"All services stopped. Will continue sending as long as we can."
0:33:45 > 0:33:47That's a big help(!)
0:33:47 > 0:33:54HE CHANGES RADIO CHANNEL 'Approximately 400 miles east of New York.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58'All officers and passengers stricken blind.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03'If you read me, come in, please. Mayday! Mayday!'
0:34:03 > 0:34:09If you read me, come in, please. SS Midland calling. Mayday.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14Is the captain here? Yes. What is it?
0:34:14 > 0:34:17The passengers are panicking.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Can't you contact the doctor? No, sir.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31This is the captain speaking.
0:34:31 > 0:34:37'There is no-one on board who can help you. We are radioing for a rescue vessel.
0:34:37 > 0:34:45'The only immediate danger is that you may injure yourselves by moving around. Stay where you are.'
0:34:45 > 0:34:52If there is ANYONE who can see, PLEASE come up on the bridge.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55HE CHANGES CHANNEL
0:34:57 > 0:34:59MAN SPEAKS JAPANESE ON RADIO
0:35:08 > 0:35:11HE RUNS THROUGH CHANNELS
0:35:11 > 0:35:14'Ici Paris...'
0:35:14 > 0:35:22It's Paris! He says they're calling a disaster meeting at Palais du Chaillot.
0:35:24 > 0:35:29There must be others who can see. If we could just make contact.
0:35:29 > 0:35:35'Flight 356 from Cape Town calling. Stand by for emergency landing.'
0:35:38 > 0:35:47Please talk us down. Tower, can you read me? Tower, can you read me? Mayday!
0:35:47 > 0:35:54Tower, please come in. Please talk us down.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59There's still no reply, sir. Keep trying. >
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Fuel's just about gone, sir.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13How much longer? > Any moment now, sir.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25I've got the passengers quiet again.
0:36:25 > 0:36:34But they want to know what's happening. Tell them...everything's fine.
0:36:34 > 0:36:40Tell them to fasten their belts, we're coming in to land.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Yes, sir.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Ladies and gentlemen,
0:36:50 > 0:36:58'please fasten your safety belts as we are about to land. Everything is all right.'
0:36:58 > 0:37:04Fasten your safety belts, please. No smoking, please.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10Belt all right? Is the pilot blind too?
0:37:10 > 0:37:13BLIND?! > Don't be silly...
0:37:13 > 0:37:18ALL BEGIN TO PANIC
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Quiet!
0:37:22 > 0:37:25We're going to crash!
0:37:33 > 0:37:36'Mayday! Tower, please come in.'
0:37:36 > 0:37:39PLANE ENGINES WHIR
0:38:36 > 0:38:41- Where are we going? - That meeting in Paris.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45TOM!
0:38:45 > 0:38:52- There's one of those plants growing out there.- Where? - It's on the ledge.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35How about this?
0:39:50 > 0:39:55- I'm coming with you. - Keep behind me.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Don't want to get killed by a plant.
0:39:58 > 0:40:05- Thought you didn't care any more. - I don't. But I can think of better ways to die.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Tom!
0:40:27 > 0:40:30It was here.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33I KNOW it was here!
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Come on. Let's get back inside.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17It's all right. It's all right.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22RADIO: 'Ici Paris!
0:42:22 > 0:42:29'Because of worldwide disruption it is impossible for delegates to gather.
0:42:29 > 0:42:35'Paris has become dangerous. This will be our last broadcast.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38'There is no-one here who can see.'
0:42:46 > 0:42:48There's nothing, Bill.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19We're lost, aren't we, Bill?
0:43:19 > 0:43:23- Let me see that map again. - Bill, look!
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Thank goodness, Mr Coker.
0:43:31 > 0:43:36- But you are NOT Mr Coker. - You can see!- You, too!
0:43:36 > 0:43:41- Do you live near here?- 5 kilometres. - Show us the way.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04Miss Durrant, thank heavens.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08- Mr Coker, this is Mr Masen and Susan.- Hello.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Oh, you found some more.
0:44:24 > 0:44:31- Miss Coker, this is Mr Masen and Susan.- How do you do? - They can see.- Oh, good.
0:44:37 > 0:44:44- How many blind people do you have here?- About forty. You must be hungry.
0:44:47 > 0:44:53My sister and I were touring France. We collided with Miss Durrant's car.
0:44:53 > 0:45:00Both our cars were ruined. No-one was badly hurt, but we were all under sedation that night.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04- The chateau became a hospital. - A tragic irony.
0:45:04 > 0:45:11The sick stayed well and the healthy became blind. Your daughter is sleepy.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13Mmm?
0:45:13 > 0:45:16< Come along, my dear.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Goodnight, "Daddy"(!)
0:45:20 > 0:45:25- How old is your daughter, Mr Masen? - Susan is not my daughter.
0:45:25 > 0:45:30We found each other in London. We're stuck with each other now.
0:45:35 > 0:45:41There's nothing to be afraid of. We're all friends here.
0:45:48 > 0:45:54Bettina, I want you to meet Susan. She's English. She's just arrived.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57Hello, Susan. Hello.
0:45:57 > 0:46:04I brought her to you, Bettina, because you speak English. I'll come and tuck you in.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16But you can see! How can you tell?
0:46:16 > 0:46:19I can tell a great many things.
0:46:19 > 0:46:26It's the way people react. See if I can tell anything more about you.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30How old am I? Thirteen. Twelve.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33But a very grown-up twelve. Yes.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41Curly...blonde hair...
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Right? Right.
0:46:44 > 0:46:48And brown eyes? That's right.
0:46:51 > 0:46:56And you've got a good sense of humour, too.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59I can tell by the laugh lines.
0:46:59 > 0:47:05I tell you something else, too. We're going to be good friends.
0:47:05 > 0:47:10Until things get back to normal, you are welcome to stay and help.
0:47:10 > 0:47:15I've seen London, Paris and a lot in between.
0:47:15 > 0:47:22- Things will never be normal. - So I've told Miss Durrant. - I have faith.- Faith is fine.
0:47:22 > 0:47:29- But we need a lot more than that to survive.- Why shouldn't we survive?
0:47:29 > 0:47:37There's going to be starvation, fire... Anyone caught in the middle of it doesn't stand a chance.
0:47:37 > 0:47:45- I think we ought to go on to Spain. - How do you know it's better there? - I don't.
0:47:45 > 0:47:49- How could we get everyone there? - We couldn't.
0:47:49 > 0:47:53You are just running away.
0:47:53 > 0:48:01I've told you what things are like. If you sit here with your eyes closed and let this run over you,
0:48:01 > 0:48:04YOU'RE the one who's running away.
0:48:04 > 0:48:11Perhaps you will change your mind. I hope you will stay and help us. Goodnight.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14Goodnight.
0:48:15 > 0:48:21A warm, generous-hearted woman, but, I'm afraid, very stubborn.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59Lights! They've got the electricity going.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Lights!
0:49:01 > 0:49:06France is back to normal! Maybe I can reach someone on the phone.
0:49:06 > 0:49:11Are the lights on? Isn't it wonderful?
0:49:12 > 0:49:17- 'Allo?- I'm afraid you won't get an answer.
0:49:17 > 0:49:24- Why not?- I put fuel in the auxiliary motor for the generator, so we have light.
0:49:24 > 0:49:28But there's nothing I can do about the phone.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13The cortex of the root system.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17It's good to see you working again.
0:50:17 > 0:50:24- It's not for the greater glory of science, I just want us to survive.- We will.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27I'm not even a botanist.
0:50:27 > 0:50:31- Is it a plant or an animal? - Who knows?
0:50:31 > 0:50:39- It doesn't seem to have any central nervous system. - How does it move?
0:50:39 > 0:50:47All plants move. But they don't pull themselves out of the ground and chase you!
0:50:47 > 0:50:55If we find out how this thing functions, we might figure out an easier way of killing it.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01You must get some sleep.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04- There's no time.- Just an hour.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07Then I'll wake you, I promise.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51Tom.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55You really must get some sleep.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15Sleep now.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18I'll wake you in a hour.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44CRASH OF WOOD
0:53:44 > 0:53:47DRAGGING
0:54:50 > 0:54:52Tom!
0:54:55 > 0:54:59It got out! It came to life and it got out!
0:55:01 > 0:55:09- They regenerate.- Just like worms. Cut them in half and you can't kill them. Get the hammer and nails!
0:55:43 > 0:55:48It's like being nailed in your own coffin.
0:56:01 > 0:56:06- What are you doing out here? - I wanted to talk to you.
0:56:06 > 0:56:11- You shouldn't be wandering around. - I had to talk.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15Is it true you're going to leave us?
0:56:15 > 0:56:18To go to Spain?
0:56:20 > 0:56:22Yes.
0:56:22 > 0:56:30- What about the rest of us? - I've got to find some REAL help. I can't do it by staying here.
0:56:30 > 0:56:36- But you're coming back?- Yes. If I can.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40I hope you DO come back.
0:56:43 > 0:56:47Come on. I'd better get you back inside.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05DRAGGING
0:58:06 > 0:58:08It's a Triffid!
0:58:08 > 0:58:11- A what?- A Triffid.
0:58:11 > 0:58:18The original Triffid, the kind I saw in a greenhouse was known to have come to earth in a meteorite.
0:58:18 > 0:58:24This re-appearance must have been caused by the meteorite explosion.
0:58:24 > 0:58:32- But why should they attack people? - Most plants thrive on animal waste. This kind eat the animal itself.
0:58:36 > 0:58:39This must be how they propagate.
0:58:39 > 0:58:45- There are millions of them. - A light wind and they're everywhere.
0:59:01 > 0:59:06- Susan, where's Miss Durrant? - In there.
0:59:06 > 0:59:09- < I've something to tell you.- Later.
0:59:09 > 0:59:13- Miss Durrant...- Give me a moment. Please sit down.
0:59:13 > 0:59:20- Miss Durrant, we're going to have to leave. - Did you bring more supplies?
0:59:20 > 0:59:28- YOU tell her.- In the next 24 hours the vicinity will be swarming with Triffids.
0:59:28 > 0:59:32I cannot leave all these people. They're my friends!
0:59:32 > 0:59:36PLANE ROARS OVERHEAD Listen.
0:59:36 > 0:59:42The plane! It flew over here before. That's what I wanted to tell you.
0:59:55 > 0:59:57PLANE CRASHES
0:59:57 > 1:00:00Come on, Coker.
1:00:39 > 1:00:45He's saying something about Toulon, the naval base being a rescue centre.
1:00:45 > 1:00:51- The French base on the Mediterranean near Marseilles.- Yes.
1:00:53 > 1:00:55He's dead.
1:00:55 > 1:00:57RUMBLING
1:01:28 > 1:01:30Are you all right?
1:01:32 > 1:01:39- What's the matter? - It's my ankle. I can't go on. - I'll carry you.- No.
1:01:48 > 1:01:50Coker?
1:01:52 > 1:01:54Coker?
1:02:23 > 1:02:26MUSIC FROM HOUSE
1:03:11 > 1:03:14- Bill!- What's the matter?
1:03:14 > 1:03:22- Ssh!- What is it?- Some men. Convicts, I think. They've taken all the girls in there.
1:03:22 > 1:03:28- How many are there?- A lot. - And they can see?- Yes.
1:03:28 > 1:03:35- Where's Miss Durrant?- In there. They said they'd kill anyone who... SCREAMING
1:04:13 > 1:04:19Stay here and lock all the doors. Don't open them for anyone but me.
1:05:06 > 1:05:09Come on. Susan's out in the car.
1:05:09 > 1:05:11You are not one of us.
1:05:19 > 1:05:22Susan, open up.
1:05:23 > 1:05:26I can't open it!
1:05:36 > 1:05:38SHE SCREAMS
1:05:47 > 1:05:50Susan, get over to the other side.
1:07:01 > 1:07:07The thing I said to you back at the chateau, I had no right...
1:07:07 > 1:07:15If it makes you feel any better, I probably would have said the same thing.
1:07:15 > 1:07:18Feel guilty, mmh?
1:07:18 > 1:07:20Maybe.
1:07:20 > 1:07:23- You know why?- Why?
1:07:23 > 1:07:26Because you survived.
1:07:26 > 1:07:34- Bettina, Coker and all the rest dead, and you're alive and you wonder why.- Exactly right.
1:07:34 > 1:07:42I know the feeling. In the war, a ship gets shot from underneath you, all your friends are gone,
1:07:42 > 1:07:45you ask yourself, "Why me?
1:07:45 > 1:07:48"Why not someone better?"
1:08:00 > 1:08:04Where will we go in Spain?
1:08:04 > 1:08:09There's a big American naval base in Southern Spain, at Cadiz.
1:08:09 > 1:08:16- They're equipped for disaster. They're disciplined. - So were the French at Toulon.
1:08:25 > 1:08:28Negative.
1:08:29 > 1:08:34Five per cent nitric acid solution, negative.
1:08:34 > 1:08:37Not that I expected a miracle.
1:08:37 > 1:08:42But nothing seems to affect this tissue.
1:08:42 > 1:08:46They live, they grow, they take nourishment..
1:08:46 > 1:08:49they have sensory response...
1:08:49 > 1:08:52they absorb and expend energy...
1:08:52 > 1:08:58There must be something that will interrupt their life cycle.
1:08:58 > 1:09:03Fundamentally, it's a simple problem. Like finding a weedkiller.
1:09:03 > 1:09:07RADIO CRACKLES There's no help out there.
1:09:07 > 1:09:11Been nothing on the air for days.
1:09:11 > 1:09:17Can't help thinking about that last radio call from Devonport.
1:09:17 > 1:09:23The way the place blew up... It was like listening to the end of the world.
1:09:23 > 1:09:29Well, it's NOT the end of the world! Not yet. There has to be an answer.
1:09:42 > 1:09:48If we're going to find the answer, we'd better find it soon.
1:09:48 > 1:09:55- What are they doing?- They're staring in at us like guards outside a condemned cell.
1:09:55 > 1:09:58Let's go through the check-list again.
1:10:05 > 1:10:07Whoa.
1:10:14 > 1:10:21You're a good horse. And you must be tired! I'm going to find you some grass.
1:10:21 > 1:10:27- Bill, may I go and look at the fair? - All right. But don't wander off.
1:10:27 > 1:10:31If we can find something, we'll eat right away.
1:10:42 > 1:10:47- Ooh!- I'm sorry. Did I burn you? - It's nothing.
1:10:53 > 1:10:56Bill, you think we have a chance?
1:10:56 > 1:11:02Once you taste this coffee of mine, you'll know nothing worse can happen.
1:11:04 > 1:11:07Your coffee is very good.
1:11:07 > 1:11:15- In fact, you're a handy man in the kitchen.- Been doing for myself a long time.
1:11:15 > 1:11:20- You have never been married? - No.- Why?
1:11:20 > 1:11:25- Never been in one spot long enough. - And now you have a family.
1:11:25 > 1:11:30- It might have its points. - MUSIC PLAYS OUTSIDE
1:11:40 > 1:11:44- Susan! - Look what I found!
1:11:45 > 1:11:48We could use it. We'll take it.
1:11:48 > 1:11:56- Our horse! We can't leave him! - We'll leave him in a field. He'll be fine.- I won't go!
1:11:56 > 1:12:05- Be reasonable. We can't take him. - Don't let him, Christina! It isn't fair! It's mean!
1:12:05 > 1:12:10It is not Bill's fault. He's only doing what's right for all of us.
1:12:10 > 1:12:16- He'd never hurt you if he can help it. You know that.- I know.
1:12:35 > 1:12:40- Are we on the right road for Cadiz? - I think so.
1:13:02 > 1:13:07- What's the matter?- I don't know. But we'll find out.
1:13:30 > 1:13:33Hello! Is anybody here?
1:13:43 > 1:13:46Please, please come in.
1:13:46 > 1:13:50Oh, God! Teresa!
1:13:51 > 1:13:58Teresa! Ven pronto! Ha llegado gente. Pueden ver. Nos ayudaran.
1:13:58 > 1:14:07- Luis de la Vega.- I'm Bill Masen. This is Susan and Miss Durrant. - Hello.- Please... Teresa!
1:14:07 > 1:14:12< Three guests. This is my wife, Teresa. Welcome.
1:14:12 > 1:14:16We are not the only two people left here.
1:14:16 > 1:14:20I believed that someone would arrive.
1:14:20 > 1:14:25We are expecting a baby and we need help.
1:14:25 > 1:14:28< Perhaps the two ladies could...
1:14:33 > 1:14:42- You can't see? You both seem so natural.- My wife has been blind for many years. She is teaching me.
1:14:42 > 1:14:46- But you WILL help?- Of course.
1:14:46 > 1:14:53- Please be seated, all of you. > I'll go and get some food. - We'll help. Come, Susan.
1:14:56 > 1:15:01- We were trying to get to Cadiz. - You don't know?- Know about what?
1:15:01 > 1:15:08- They had to evacuate the naval base. - How?- By submarine. I heard it on my radio.
1:15:08 > 1:15:16Submarines that were submerged during the night of the meteorites, their crews were all right.
1:15:16 > 1:15:23I tried to contact them with my transmitter, but I cannot transmit or receive.
1:15:23 > 1:15:29- Let's take a look at it. - Oh. Are you familiar?
1:15:29 > 1:15:34Yes. As a first mate, I have to have a working knowledge of it.
1:15:47 > 1:15:54'From the Gibraltar Rescue Centre. Final survivor pick-up on Saturday at Alicante.
1:15:54 > 1:15:59'Repeat warning: Vast bands of Triffids are roaming the area.
1:15:59 > 1:16:08'Do not travel at night. Barricade all doors. Repeat: Do not travel at night.
1:16:08 > 1:16:11'Barricade all doors.
1:16:12 > 1:16:17- 'Final survivor pick-up will be on Saturday at Alicante.'- Tomorrow!
1:16:17 > 1:16:21We'll leave first thing tomorrow.
1:17:00 > 1:17:06I think that'll work. When I tell you, turn that switch.
1:17:15 > 1:17:17OK!
1:17:19 > 1:17:22ELECTRICITY CRACKLES
1:17:23 > 1:17:26Well, it works.
1:17:26 > 1:17:29You can turn it off now!
1:17:38 > 1:17:41Is the baby born?
1:17:41 > 1:17:45- Yes. It's a boy.- How is he?
1:17:45 > 1:17:48- Fine.- And the mother?
1:17:48 > 1:17:55- She's weak, but I suppose that's to be expected. - BILL!- That's Susan!
1:18:04 > 1:18:07Look!
1:18:12 > 1:18:14Susan, turn on the switch.
1:18:49 > 1:18:53The fence is weakening.
1:18:53 > 1:18:55Susan, get back to the house.
1:19:33 > 1:19:37We just don't have enough power.
1:19:38 > 1:19:41Come on!
1:20:05 > 1:20:08Keep the engine running!
1:22:06 > 1:22:09GURGLING
1:22:17 > 1:22:22- Why do they keep coming back? - Don't know. There must be a reason.
1:22:22 > 1:22:25GURGLING BECOMES LOUDER
1:22:27 > 1:22:30- Maybe they can hear us!- Mmh?
1:22:30 > 1:22:33Hey, maybe that's it.
1:22:33 > 1:22:40Maybe it's sound that attracts them. That generator. Come on, Susan.
1:22:41 > 1:22:43HUMMING
1:22:43 > 1:22:46SWITCHES OFF, HUMMING CEASES
1:22:50 > 1:22:55You were right. It's SOUND that attracts them.
1:22:58 > 1:23:04If sound leads them TO us, it can lead them away, too.
1:23:04 > 1:23:07- Like the Pied Piper!- Yeah.
1:23:08 > 1:23:13Yeah. Like the Pied Piper. Come on!
1:23:13 > 1:23:21When they've gone, open up the gates and take off. Until then, no noise at all.
1:23:29 > 1:23:34- What about you? - I'll see you in Alicante.
1:23:35 > 1:23:38Windows up.
1:24:07 > 1:24:11MUSIC BOOMS OUT
1:25:55 > 1:25:59Time to get aboard, Miss. We're sailing.
1:26:00 > 1:26:03We have to go now.
1:26:03 > 1:26:09TANNOY: 'The submarine will depart in five minutes.'
1:26:13 > 1:26:16HE-E-E-Y!
1:26:17 > 1:26:19Ahoy!
1:26:51 > 1:26:53HEY!
1:27:20 > 1:27:25'This is the Gibraltar Rescue Centre for the Mediterranean area.
1:27:25 > 1:27:30'Our pick-up at Alicante has been made on schedule.
1:27:30 > 1:27:39'This is the final rescue operation for the present. Stay tuned for further bulletins.'
1:27:39 > 1:27:45- How far is Gibraltar? - Too far to swim(!) Let's get back to work.
1:27:56 > 1:27:59Get away from that window!
1:27:59 > 1:28:02Stop staring at them!
1:28:13 > 1:28:16I'm sorry, Karen. I'm sorry.
1:28:18 > 1:28:21WOOD CRACKS
1:30:35 > 1:30:38KAREN!
1:30:38 > 1:30:42They're dissolving! The sea water's dissolving them!
1:31:11 > 1:31:13- TOM!- Get back.
1:31:37 > 1:31:39SHE SCREAMS
1:31:49 > 1:31:52Turn the pressure up!
1:32:56 > 1:32:58Sea water.
1:32:58 > 1:33:03Two-thirds of the earth is covered with it.
1:33:03 > 1:33:10You hunt and search, and all the while the answer's right in front of you.
1:33:11 > 1:33:16'A simple method had been found to destroy the Triffids.
1:33:16 > 1:33:24'Sea water, from which life on earth had sprung, became the means of PRESERVING life on earth.
1:33:24 > 1:33:29'Mankind survived and once again had reason to give thanks.'
1:33:37 > 1:33:41Subtitles by Janice Hamilton BBC Scotland, 1994