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GEIGER COUNTER CLICKS

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GEIGER COUNTER INTENSIFIES

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GEIGER COUNTER INTENSIFIES FURTHER

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-One minute 14, dead.

-Very good.

-Ah, well done, Webb.

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Right, back to your place, Corporal Webb.

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Well, I think we'll call it a day, Sergeant.

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-Sir! Sir!

-Yes, Lancing? What is it?

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Please, sir. I haven't had a turn yet.

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That's right, Lancing, you haven't, have you?

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-I think I should, sir.

-All right.

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-Bury it again, Sergeant.

-Quiet! Come on, Lancing. Move.

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-What are you waiting for?

-Er, Sergeant...

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-bury it somewhere he won't take all day to find it.

-Very good, sir.

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Och, I told you, didn't I? We'll be last at the cookhouse again.

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The food is bad enough when it's warm.

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I'll give him "Haven't had a go yet"!

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-All ready, sir!

-Call him on!

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HE BLOWS WHISTLE

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Well, you men should have a pretty good idea how to use

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a Geiger counter by now. Remember what you've learned here today.

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It could save your life. And another thing.

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You've been practising with a piece of harmless radioactive material but

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if it ever comes to the real thing, the radioactivity won't be harmless.

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It'll be extremely lethal, so find it, mark it,

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and get out of the way quickly.

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Leave it to be dealt with by those who know how. Right? Good.

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If Lancing's done his bit, we'll call it a day.

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-Cor blimey! Look at Jet Morgan.

-He'll take a week to find it.

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Not if I can help it, he won't.

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Shouldn't take long, sir.

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HE WHISTLES

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-I think he's found it.

-Oh, don't be so sure.

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He couldn't find the nose on his stupid face.

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There. What did I tell you?

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Lancing? What is it?

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I'm getting a very good reading, sir.

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GEIGER COUNTER CLICKS

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-Give me the counter. Sergeant, fetch Major Cartwright.

-Right, sir.

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-I knew it. We'll be out here all night.

-Aye-aye! Talk of the devil.

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-Bannerman wants to speak to you, sir.

-Oh, good. Where is he?

-Over this bridge, sir.

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-Mr Bannerman.

-I was just coming over to see you, Bannerman.

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-Why haven't you got your men moving? They'll miss the transport back to camp.

-There's something wrong here.

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We're getting a reading on the counter where there shouldn't be one.

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-Oh?

-It's strongest about here.

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-Where have you got your stuff buried?

-Over there, sir.

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-By the tree.

-Right, let's have a look.

-Lancing!

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-Mark this spot with my stick, will you?

-Very good, sir.

-Hang on here.

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-Come on, Sergeant. Where did you put it?

-Somewhere around here, sir.

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Try the counter, Mr Bannerman.

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-Haggis! Do you know what?

-No, what?

-It's uranium, that's what it is.

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It's a blooming uranium mine.

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-I wonder if we'll get a chance to stake a claim?

-No, not if the Army get their hooks into it.

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Sir! There's something happening over here, sir!

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Look, just a minute, Lancing!

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Sir!

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-See to it, Sergeant.

-Right, sir.

-You see, sir,

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the reaction couldn't possibly be, because... RUMBLING

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What on earth's that?

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-Don't know, sir. Sounds like thunder.

-Sergeant! Get these men dispersed.

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-Quickly!

-Right, you men. Up on the ridge there! All of you!

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Come on, jump to it. Come along!

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Lancing! Go and get that man. He's got cloth ears.

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Come on! Move up there!

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Come on, Lance!

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Lancing! Come out of there! Lancing!

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'Attention please, attention please.

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'Would Dr Adam Royston report to the director's office immediately.

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'Attention please, attention please.

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'Would Dr Adam Royston report to the director's office immediately.'

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Cobalt, container 19. Start your readings.

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211.5.

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'Dr Royston, report to the director's office immediately.'

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'Dr Royston, report to the director's office immediately.'

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Sounds as if your father's after Dr Royston's blood.

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-He'll be after mine if he catches me doing this.

-All finished.

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He's supposed to be the office type. Administration.

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Peter, just a moment.

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-Where's Dr Royston?

-Er, he asked me to stand by, sir.

-So I see.

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Well, he's in his workshop. It's all right. This is purely routine.

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Maybe it is, but that's no reason for you to be doing his work for him.

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Last container coming up.

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Cobalt, container 20. Start reading.

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-What is Dr Royston doing in that lab of his?

-Just an experiment.

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One of his own.

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CLASSICAL MUSIC ON RADIO

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BUZZING AND CLICKS

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KNOCK ON DOOR

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-Safe to come in, sir? Safe to come in, sir?

-Oh, it's you, Russell.

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Come on in. Stay behind the screen. It's all radioactive.

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RADIO CRACKLES

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Your radio needs fixing, sir.

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Your radio. Needs fixing.

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Shouldn't make a noise like that.

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-That's clever.

-What, Watson?

-The radio, sir.

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When I'm able to...cut the racket out of the radio without...

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putting that stuff back in there, then that'll be clever.

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Now, what was it you wanted to see me about?

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-The director wants you over at the establishment, sir.

-Oh, no.

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-You got a car out here?

-No, sir. I came by bike.

-All right, I'll walk.

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-I need a little exercise anyway.

-He said it was urgent, sir.

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-He seemed a bit cross, as you might say.

-Yes, I'm sure he did.

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Tell him I'll run all the way.

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I don't care what you say, Adam.

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I'm in charge here and I shall decide what you will do and what you will not do.

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While we're on the subject, I do wish you wouldn't waste Peter's time.

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-You mean, I should have been wasting my own time?

-That is not the point.

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Peter's job here is administration.

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Oh, I know he wants to be a scientist

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but that's no reason for you to encourage him. He has a great future.

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-You must allow me to decide what's best for him.

-I'm sorry, John.

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-I didn't think for a minute...

-I know you didn't, Adam. That's just the trouble.

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See it doesn't happen again, eh? By the way, the Army have phoned in.

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It appears they've picked up some radiation reaction.

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I'd like you to go and have a look at it.

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Well, I've been working on a project.

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-Couldn't you possibly send somebody else?

-I'm afraid not, Adam.

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Have a car out in front in five minutes for Dr Royston.

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-May I see those soldiers now?

-Of course.

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There's no radioactivity there now. There's...

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You're quite sure there couldn't possibly have been some mistake?

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Wait till you see those men. There's no mistake about them.

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Back! Back! Whoa!

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Mr Bannerman? Just a moment, please.

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This chap was nearest to the explosion.

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We thought he was just a bit shaken up at first.

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Then these burns started breaking out.

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-Not very pretty, is it?

-No, it isn't. Thank you, boys.

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-What about the other fella?

-He's over here.

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He went back to fetch that one. He wasn't quite so near the explosion.

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Let's have a look at your back, old chap.

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What do you make of that, eh?

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Were you carrying this when the explosion happened?

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-Yes, sir.

-Excuse me.

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-OK, Sergeant.

-All right, sir.

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-All right, sir?

-Have you finished?

-Yes, thank you.

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-All right, carry on, Sergeant.

-Come along, old chap.

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Major, I'd like to get some further equipment out here.

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I wonder now if there is any way that

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you could get a message back to my office.

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Yes, I'll take care of it. I'll send it over the air to HQ.

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-They'll phone it through from there.

-Good.

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Poor old Lance is in a terrible state. Did you see him? Horrible.

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I saw a man once, fell up against a furnace door.

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Looked just about the same. He's passed over the noo.

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-Passed over the what?

-Died. Screamed all night, he did.

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-'Ere, do you mind? I'm just going to have my tea.

-Tea? We'll no be back in time for breakfast.

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GENERATORS RUMBLE

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-Swing that light off!

-If it was so sudden, Major,

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how did you have time to disperse the troops?

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Major, you didn't answer my question. Do you think it is atomic?

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-Well, it was radioactive...

-What are they trying to do now?

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I think they're trying to sound the depth.

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If it was radiation, how do you account for the absence of it now?

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-I don't know.

-Those burned men? What's to be done about them?

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-They've been taken to hospital.

-Military, or civil?

-Military.

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-This one that died?

-His name was Lancing.

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-A national serviceman?

-Yes.

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Anything in the fact that the only one who died was

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a national serviceman?

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-Good heavens, man, he was nearest the explosion!

-Sir?

-Yes, Sergeant, what is it?

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-Dr Royston wants to see you, sir.

-And we'd like to see Dr Royston!

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Sorry, gentlemen, I told you before. No unauthorised persons allowed to approach.

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-JOURNALISTS PROTEST

-Listen to me! You are on War Department property, I am in charge.

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Either you do as I say,

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-or I shall have to have you escorted from here.

-Gentlemen, please!

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-Dr Royston is over by the equipment, sir.

-Thank you, Sergeant.

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Good night, gentlemen.

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-Och, I'm fair starved.

-Did you hear the sergeant tear those newspaper fellas off a strip?

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It's all right for him, he's had something to eat.

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What's the matter with you? You got worms?

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-You're quite certain about that?

-Yes, sir.

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I'm getting quite a number of readings off the sides,

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but I don't think there can be any doubt.

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-You want me, Royston?

-Oh, Major, yes.

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There's nothing more we can do out here,

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and I suggest that you leave a couple of men on guard, even if

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it's only to keep people from stepping over the edge.

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No point in keeping men out here all night.

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I'll have the area roped off and put up a couple of "Keep Off" notices.

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Peter, will you get things wrapped up? I'll wait for you in the car.

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-What is it, anyway? Have you found out how deep it is?

-How deep?

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No, we haven't.

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You mean to tell me this thing might be bottomless?

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I mean the operative range of this equipment is limited.

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-Good night, Major.

-Good night, sir.

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-How deep do you think that fissure really is, sir?

-I don't know.

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The major was going on about it being bottomless,

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he said you had told him.

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Did I? That was very unscientific of me.

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Well, we know it must have a bottom somewhere.

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Whatever caused that split had to have a beginning.

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Had to have an end, too.

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Well, surely the forces causing these surface splits just disperse.

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Forces causing surface splits don't burn a man to death by radiation.

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What are you getting at, sir?

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Peter, I'm not getting anything, I just don't know.

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But for the time being, let's assume that you are right.

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Let's not conjure up visions of nameless horrors

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creeping around in the night.

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-It's all clear!

-My dad will kill me when I get home.

-So will mine.

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But we swore. And we cannae break a swear.

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Repeat the oath.

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"I swear to get into the tower,

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"and look to see if old Tom sleeps there every night."

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-Are you scared?

-No.

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Are we away, then? Let's get it over.

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-You'll wait here?

-I'll wait for five minutes.

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BIRD CHIRPS SUDDENLY

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Three minutes. Good luck, Willie.

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Go on, make haste, Willie!

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CRACKLING

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CRACKLING GETS LOUDER

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HE PANTS

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What was it, Willie? What did you see?

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Willie, wait for me!

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Willie, wait!

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Come back! Willie! Don't leave me!

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Willie, wait! Willie!

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-What rate, Doctor?

-60 drops a minute.

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Well?

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First-degree radiation burns.

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I thought so. That's why I called you in.

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-Kelly, when did he come in?

-About an hour ago.

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Perhaps you had better see the parents. They're outside.

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-Replace the dressings, nurse, will you?

-Yes, Doctor.

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What's wrong with him, Doctor? What is it?

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Is there anything you can tell us, Doctor?

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Well, I'm afraid it's a little early yet to...

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-Your son has been badly burned. If you could tell us how...

-Burned?

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Burned by what?

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That's what we're trying to find out. When did you first notice anything?

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-It was this morning.

-I went into his room to wake him up.

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He was lying there with those horrible marks all over him!

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Yesterday, what happened yesterday? Where did he go, do you know?

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We don't know.

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He stopped out late with a friend of his, Ian Osborne. Ask him.

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He'll be able to tell you where they were last night.

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CHURCH ORGAN PLAYS

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Oh, Ian? Just a moment.

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Somebody wants to meet you, Ian.

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Ian,

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this is Dr Royston. Dr Royston, this is Ian Osborne.

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How are you, Ian? Thank you. Let's sit down.

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You know, I've just come from visiting your friend, Willie Harding.

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-He's not very well, Ian.

-What's wrong with him?

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Well, you know, you and he were out late last night, weren't you?

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Something must have happened to him where you were.

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I'd like you to tell me what it was.

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Where did you go, Ian? Where was it, Ian?

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I cannae tell you. We swore an oath.

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Willie is sick. He's very sick, Ian.

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I cannae, I cannae!

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We swore an oath.

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Yes, yes, but that was when Willie was fit and healthy, wasn't it?

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Wasn't it?

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Now that he's sick, see, that's different.

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He'd want you to tell.

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-Are you sure?

-I'm very sure.

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Well, we went oot to the tower in the marshes. It was awful creepy.

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I dared Willie to go to the tower.

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TAPPING

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TAPPING CONTINUES

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Hello? Anybody there?

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DRIPPING

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Mister? Wake up, mister!

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COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS

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What! What, what is it?

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Oh! Look at the wheat.

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COUGHS

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You care for a dram?

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No, no, thank you. I came up here because...

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Oh, come on, man. Have a dram.

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That container. That's mine. It came from my workshop.

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-Where did you get it?

-This? I found it lying on...

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-Don't touch it.

-Here, man, mind what you're up to!

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Stay away from that. You touch it, it might kill you.

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KNOCK AT DOOR

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Come in.

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Good evening, sir.

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I can see what you meant on the phone. Is it safe?

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Unfortunately, yes.

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-This is lead, isn't it?

-Half an inch thick.

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There's a...sort of...

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I know, I found the same thing up at the tower.

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There's a towel over there.

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You won't be able to wipe it off, Peter.

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It'll just disappear in an hour or two.

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What is it?

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Well, whatever it is, it's all over the place.

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How do you explain it, sir?

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All this extraordinary damage just to steal an old sample container.

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You know what's in that container, Peter? It's trinium.

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Don't be alarmed, now. Completely harmless.

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And how long would you say trinium retains its radioactivity?

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Well, it's not a very stable compound. About 30 years.

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28, actually.

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Now, let's take a radiation reading.

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Well, the counter's working all right. Here, look.

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COUNTER PULSES

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Just the luminous paint on my watch.

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What happened, sir? I don't understand.

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Peter, I'm afraid I don't either.

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Yesterday, the material in that container

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was giving a danger point radiation reading.

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Now, as you just saw, it's nothing.

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But that's impossible!

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-Isn't it?

-Yesterday, I would have said yes.

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But this fact is inescapable.

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The energy trapped in that trinium has been sucked right out of it,

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and furthermore, these windows were barred

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and that door was locked all night.

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So whoever it was came in here must be most unusual.

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Really, Inspector McGill...

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Mr. I'm sorry. But the whole thing is quite ridiculous.

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I never thought anyone would call you people in on this.

0:27:090:27:11

The local police called us.

0:27:110:27:13

As you know, sir, any crime, however small,

0:27:130:27:15

connected with this establishment automatically comes through to us.

0:27:150:27:18

Quite possibly. But this crime, if you can call it that,

0:27:180:27:20

has nothing whatever to do with the establishment.

0:27:200:27:23

This, this tin can was stolen from Dr Royston's own workshop.

0:27:230:27:26

It's purely a personal matter. I should have thought

0:27:260:27:29

the local police were well able to take care of that.

0:27:290:27:31

As for this story of Dr Royston's

0:27:310:27:32

about the tin containing some radioactive material,

0:27:320:27:35

I have spoken to the doctor about that, and I don't want to hear

0:27:350:27:38

-any more about the matter, thank you.

-But I do, sir.

0:27:380:27:40

So perhaps you can tell me where I can find Dr Royston.

0:27:400:27:43

Obviously, Inspector...

0:27:430:27:45

Mr McGill, if you place any credence in this story,

0:27:450:27:48

you don't know the first thing about the basic facts of science.

0:27:480:27:51

-Now, let me...

-Dr Royston does.

-Does what?

0:27:510:27:54

Know about the basic facts of science.

0:27:540:27:57

Look here, sir, I've been sent up here to pursue an investigation.

0:27:570:28:01

Perhaps you'll allow me to do just that.

0:28:010:28:03

Where can I find Dr Royston?

0:28:030:28:04

Don't you chaps even stop to eat?

0:28:240:28:26

My name's McGill. Do you mind if I sit down?

0:28:280:28:29

"United Kingdom Atomic Energy Commission.

0:28:360:28:38

"Internal security division. Sounds very impressive."

0:28:380:28:41

Impressive, yes. Except on paydays.

0:28:410:28:44

Well, Inspector, what can I possibly... Mr.

0:28:440:28:46

OK, Mac, what can I tell you?

0:28:480:28:50

It's about that child that was burned.

0:28:500:28:52

Any idea how it happened?

0:28:520:28:55

Not for sure, no.

0:28:550:28:56

It's possible he may have handled that sample container of mine, but...

0:28:560:28:59

A case of the missing radiation. Yes, I've heard about that already.

0:28:590:29:02

-From the director?

-From the director.

0:29:020:29:04

-There's no doubt as to his opinions about the matter.

-What about yours?

0:29:040:29:07

I'm not entitled to have any opinions.

0:29:070:29:09

I'm only interested in facts.

0:29:090:29:11

I was talking to that old reprobate up in the tower, old Tom.

0:29:110:29:14

One fact I did manage to learn

0:29:140:29:16

was that that child never went near that container of yours.

0:29:160:29:18

He was burned by something else.

0:29:180:29:20

Dr Royston, I'd like you to help me to find out what it was.

0:29:200:29:24

WOMAN SOBS

0:29:310:29:33

I'm so sorry.

0:29:370:29:39

Willie!

0:29:480:29:50

SHE SOBS

0:29:500:29:51

-I expect you'd like to stay here for a while. Use my room.

-Thank you.

0:29:580:30:02

-Willie!

-The boy's parents.

0:30:050:30:06

-Is he dead?

-I'm afraid so. He never regained consciousness.

0:30:120:30:16

Adam, we've got to find out how this thing happened.

0:30:160:30:19

-That's what we are trying to do, Dr...

-Kelly.

-McGill.

0:30:190:30:21

That's why we came to see the boy.

0:30:210:30:23

-Dr Royston, isn't it?

-Mr Harding, how...

0:30:280:30:31

There's nothing you can say will help.

0:30:310:30:33

I know about you, Dr Royston.

0:30:330:30:35

You're a scientist, not a doctor.

0:30:350:30:36

You don't look after the sick, you meddle with things that kill,

0:30:360:30:39

like they killed my boy in there!

0:30:390:30:41

You should be locked up, Royston.

0:30:420:30:44

Locked up with others like you, letting off bombs you can't control.

0:30:440:30:48

You're not safe.

0:30:480:30:50

-You're a murderer!

-Mr Harding, please.

0:30:500:30:54

I don't know, Dr Kelly. I just don't know. My wife...

0:30:550:30:59

I don't think he really meant what he said, Adam.

0:31:140:31:17

Yes, he did, Mac, he meant it. It isn't true, you know.

0:31:170:31:20

It isn't true at all. We only try to create, not destroy.

0:31:200:31:23

Two minutes? Right.

0:31:400:31:42

Zena. In here.

0:32:170:32:18

Oh! Cosy.

0:32:250:32:28

-Convenient, too.

-So I've heard from the other nurses.

0:32:300:32:32

-You don't want to take any notice of what they tell you.

-Oh, but I do.

0:32:320:32:35

That's why I'm here.

0:32:350:32:37

What did you think I came down for?

0:32:370:32:39

A course of...radium treatment?

0:32:390:32:42

Zena, darling, why didn't we start doing this earlier?

0:32:540:32:58

I've given you enough encouragement, haven't I?

0:32:580:33:00

But you should have been more direct.

0:33:000:33:02

You should have come up and said, "Harry, I want..."

0:33:020:33:05

-BUZZER

-"I want..."

0:33:050:33:07

What the...?

0:33:070:33:09

It's switched on! Must be your electric personality.

0:33:090:33:11

Stay here. Don't move.

0:33:170:33:19

INTENSE CRACKLING

0:33:270:33:29

HE SCREAMS

0:33:510:33:53

This is where we stored the radium.

0:34:120:34:14

Yes.

0:34:140:34:15

Obviously, the radium was the target.

0:34:150:34:18

The safe proved no obstacle whatever, did it?

0:34:190:34:21

What sort of heat would be required to do this?

0:34:210:34:23

Heat far beyond anything we have ever dreamed of.

0:34:230:34:25

Don't forget the time element.

0:34:250:34:26

Whatever happened in here must have taken place in a few seconds.

0:34:260:34:29

Perhaps we'll learn a bit more when we can talk to the girl.

0:34:290:34:32

-Look, there's another thing, Adam.

-It's all over the place.

0:34:320:34:34

Same as in your workshop.

0:34:340:34:36

-Any luck?

-I don't know if she'll recover,

0:34:390:34:41

but I think it would be a good thing

0:34:410:34:42

if we got her away from here as quickly as possible.

0:34:420:34:44

You mean she won't be able to tell us what happened?

0:34:440:34:47

She won't be able to tell you her own name.

0:34:470:34:49

Royston.

0:34:500:34:52

What is this? What are we dealing with?

0:34:530:34:55

How could anyone get in here

0:34:550:34:56

when there are people outside there in the corridor all the time?

0:34:560:34:59

Well, apparently, this is the only place it could come in.

0:34:590:35:02

But the grill doesn't open! It's cemented to the wall.

0:35:020:35:04

-Came in through the grill.

-But Adam, that's impossible.

0:35:040:35:07

Whatever it was that did all this

0:35:070:35:08

certainly wasn't small enough to come through there.

0:35:080:35:11

-Well, how small is 10,000 gallons of oil?

-What do you mean?

0:35:110:35:14

Well, 10,000 gallons of oil would take up a pretty large area,

0:35:140:35:17

-wouldn't it?

-Why...

0:35:170:35:18

And yet 10,00 gallons of oil could come through

0:35:180:35:20

the holes in that grill, couldn't it?

0:35:200:35:22

-Yes, it could.

-Then that's the way it got into my workshop.

0:35:220:35:25

It came in under the door. You know, obviously,

0:35:250:35:27

this thing can take up any shape it needs to.

0:35:270:35:29

Where do you think it is now?

0:35:290:35:31

Somewhere out on the ridges?

0:35:310:35:33

Well, thank goodness that major didn't take my advice

0:35:330:35:35

and station a couple of soldiers out there.

0:35:350:35:37

But he did.

0:35:370:35:38

Brew up.

0:35:440:35:45

CLANG

0:35:510:35:53

-What's that?

-Tea.

-Did you not hear something?

0:35:530:35:56

-Like what?

-I don't know. Must have been...

0:35:570:35:59

No, it couldn't have been.

0:36:020:36:03

Hey, Spider. There's a ruddy great glow out here.

0:36:110:36:14

-What is it, Haggis?

-I'm not sure.

0:36:190:36:20

-You'd better go and have a look.

-Yeah.

0:36:210:36:24

-Why me?

-Frightened?

0:36:250:36:27

Yeah. And I don't mind admitting it, either.

0:36:280:36:30

You know these parts better than me. You go and have a look.

0:36:300:36:33

-I don't know these parts.

-You're a Scot, aren't you?

0:36:330:36:35

Aye, but I was born 300 miles from here.

0:36:350:36:37

Doesn't matter now, anyhow. It's gone away.

0:36:390:36:41

Well, I suppose I'd better go and have a look.

0:36:420:36:44

-Keep my tea warm, Spider.

-OK.

0:36:500:36:53

Here, Haggis! Haggis, I've been thinking.

0:36:540:36:57

Why don't you and me go to Glasgow on our next 48?

0:36:570:37:00

You can show me the castle.

0:37:000:37:01

Hey, Spider. Come here, quick! Look!

0:37:030:37:06

HAGGIS SCREAMS

0:37:060:37:08

Haggis!

0:37:100:37:11

Haggis?

0:37:130:37:14

What's the matter, Haggis?

0:37:160:37:17

What is it, Haggis?

0:37:240:37:25

Haggis?

0:37:260:37:27

Where are you, Haggis?

0:37:370:37:38

Haggis?

0:37:390:37:40

INTENSE CRACKLING

0:37:570:38:00

Aargh!!

0:38:160:38:17

Guard?

0:38:350:38:36

Guard?!!

0:38:390:38:40

Looks like we're too late.

0:38:420:38:44

I suggested this meeting because I think I have an idea

0:39:200:39:23

of what we may be dealing with.

0:39:230:39:24

Perhaps one of you may have a solution.

0:39:240:39:26

Then again, perhaps one of you may think I'm talking a lot of nonsense

0:39:260:39:30

-and can offer a more logical conclusion.

-Is this fact or theory?

0:39:300:39:34

-Partly fact, mostly theory.

-I see. Well, carry on. We're all listening.

0:39:340:39:38

I'd like to resurrect, if I may, a treatise I did when I was a student,

0:39:380:39:41

which has to do with the cooling of Earth's surface.

0:39:410:39:44

Hundreds of millions of years ago, the Earth was like the Sun.

0:39:440:39:47

There was no form or solidity to it. It was just a blazing mass of energy.

0:39:470:39:51

Then, the Earth cooled and outer crust formed.

0:39:510:39:54

The energy was still there, but compressed beneath this crust.

0:39:540:39:58

As time went by, the crust grew deeper

0:39:580:40:00

and the compression became greater, as its vast energy was squeezed

0:40:000:40:04

-into an ever-decreasing space...

-May I interrupt, Adam?

0:40:040:40:07

What you're telling us is something every schoolboy knows.

0:40:070:40:09

I'm sorry, maybe I should skip the preliminaries.

0:40:090:40:12

No, don't skip anything. I was never very bright at school.

0:40:120:40:16

Then, in a comparatively short space of time -

0:40:160:40:18

a matter of 100,000 years - man has evolved.

0:40:180:40:21

Man has evolved from nothing

0:40:210:40:22

into the most intelligent creature on the surface of this planet.

0:40:220:40:26

Considering the far greater span of time involved,

0:40:260:40:29

isn't it reasonable to assume that the forces contained in

0:40:290:40:32

the centre of Earth have developed an intelligence of their own?

0:40:320:40:34

If we accept this, we must consider what these forces would think.

0:40:340:40:38

Their world is slowly being compressed out of existence.

0:40:380:40:41

Survival must be uppermost in their thoughts.

0:40:410:40:44

What's more natural in their search for survival

0:40:440:40:46

than that they should return to the face of the planet where once they lived?

0:40:460:40:49

If you check, you will find that, every 50 years,

0:40:490:40:53

by virtue of the position of Earth in the solar system,

0:40:530:40:56

a greater pull is exerted on the surface of Earth than at other times,

0:40:560:40:59

quite unnoticeable to us. But 2,000 miles down, who knows?

0:40:590:41:04

During the short period of time this pull is at its most powerful,

0:41:040:41:08

you will also find there has always been a freak earth tremor.

0:41:080:41:11

In each of these cases, a fissure has opened on the Earth's surface.

0:41:110:41:15

What if some of the vast energy trapped below caused those tremors,

0:41:150:41:19

in an attempt to reach the surface?

0:41:190:41:21

What if, in fact, it did reach the surface?

0:41:210:41:23

It looked around for a means to sustain its existence.

0:41:230:41:26

To live, one must have nourishment

0:41:260:41:28

and these forces are almost pure energy.

0:41:280:41:31

-What does energy live on?

-Energy.

-Exactly.

0:41:310:41:34

Energy can only be fed with more energy,

0:41:340:41:36

or radiation, if you like.

0:41:360:41:39

50, 100, 150 years ago, these forces found themselves

0:41:390:41:42

without any means of sustenance and their mass became unstable

0:41:420:41:45

and they disintegrated. Now, we come to this 50-year cycle.

0:41:450:41:49

This time, there's radiation.

0:41:490:41:51

There was radiation in the hospital, there was radiation in my workshop.

0:41:510:41:55

As long as this thing feeds, it will live.

0:41:560:41:58

The more it lives, the more it will grow.

0:41:580:42:01

-It's fantastic.

-I admit it does sound that way, doesn't it?

0:42:010:42:04

But if anyone can offer a simpler explanation of what's been going on,

0:42:040:42:08

I'd be grateful, and relieved, to hear it.

0:42:080:42:10

Are you telling us that some sort of creature came up out of the fissure?

0:42:100:42:13

I'm not trying to tell you anything. I'm putting forward a theory,

0:42:130:42:17

-based on the facts we know.

-So, what do we look for?

-I don't know.

0:42:170:42:20

And what do we do if we find something?

0:42:200:42:22

I'm afraid I don't know that, either.

0:42:220:42:24

How big is this thing supposed to be?

0:42:240:42:27

Might be the size of my fist, might be as large as a house.

0:42:270:42:31

We can't stand about here.

0:42:310:42:32

-We've got to find this thing and destroy it.

-Destroy it?

0:42:320:42:35

How are you going to do that? Shoot it, burn it, blow it up?

0:42:350:42:39

We've been told a story, based on a little fact

0:42:390:42:41

and a great deal of fiction.

0:42:410:42:42

I'm amazed that this has been accepted by all of you without

0:42:420:42:46

the slightest doubt or hesitation.

0:42:460:42:48

I said I thought the whole thing was fantastic. I'll go further -

0:42:480:42:51

it's absolute rubbish.

0:42:510:42:52

Dr Royston, you're a scientist, you deal with facts.

0:42:520:42:55

A man of your intelligence and capabilities has no right

0:42:550:42:58

-to talk as you have. You astound me.

-What about that boy being burned?

0:42:580:43:02

-We've been through that.

-And that hospital business?

0:43:020:43:05

There must be a logical explanation.

0:43:050:43:06

I suggest we leave the police to find out what it is.

0:43:060:43:09

I'm the police, in a way. I've come to get Dr Royston's advice.

0:43:090:43:12

In that case, I'll waste no more time. Good night, gentlemen.

0:43:120:43:16

I'm sorry if anybody else feels that way.

0:43:190:43:22

Let's try and get a look at this thing.

0:43:220:43:24

The only way we can do that is to go to the fissure.

0:43:240:43:27

We've been there more than once already. We've seen nothing.

0:43:270:43:30

You misunderstood me. Somebody has got to go down the fissure.

0:43:300:43:33

-Well?

-All ready, sir.

0:43:460:43:47

Peter, you're quite sure you still want to go through with this?

0:43:470:43:51

We've argued this before. I did volunteer for the job.

0:43:510:43:54

-He's right, Adam.

-OK, Peter.

-Thank you.

0:43:540:43:57

-Zena doesn't like it, at all.

-Nor do any of us.

0:43:580:44:00

Director of the establishment's been on to him,

0:44:000:44:03

-told him he thinks the whole thing's a waste of time.

-Hope you're not in trouble, Major.

0:44:030:44:06

-I have strict orders what to do...

-All ready, sir!

0:44:060:44:09

-You're all right, now, are you?

-Yes, sure.

-What's the drill?

0:44:150:44:18

If there's any radioactivity on that Geiger counter,

0:44:180:44:21

-let us know and we'll get you out of there.

-Mm-hm. Right, lower away.

0:44:210:44:25

Keep going.

0:44:350:44:36

Lower.

0:44:380:44:39

Lower away.

0:44:420:44:43

Keep going. Lower.

0:44:440:44:46

You all right, sir?

0:44:470:44:50

Nothing to report, sir.

0:45:000:45:01

Ah.

0:45:050:45:06

Oop.

0:45:060:45:07

Oop. Stop lowering.

0:45:100:45:11

Hold it!

0:45:110:45:12

All right, lower away again.

0:45:150:45:16

Stop lowering!

0:45:170:45:20

Are you all right, sir?

0:45:230:45:26

He's all right.

0:45:260:45:27

HE EXHALES

0:45:300:45:31

Eugh.

0:45:390:45:40

Eugh!

0:45:520:45:53

What is it?

0:45:530:45:54

He's all right, but something's happening, sir.

0:45:550:45:58

No, it's all right. Keep lowering.

0:46:020:46:05

Keep lowering.

0:46:050:46:06

Stop! Stop lowering!

0:46:110:46:12

ELECTRONIC CRACKLING

0:46:140:46:16

CRACKLING GETS LOUDER AND LOUDER

0:46:170:46:24

Get me out of here. Get me out of here, quick!!

0:46:270:46:30

Faster! Faster!

0:46:300:46:32

Faster! As fast as you can! Come on, now!

0:46:320:46:35

Bring him up, boys. Come on, boys.

0:46:370:46:39

Faster! Faster! Heave! Faster!

0:46:410:46:44

Quick! Faster!

0:46:440:46:46

Come on, now! Faster!

0:46:460:46:48

Come on, come on!

0:46:480:46:49

You were right, sir. There's a body of a soldier down there.

0:46:570:47:00

-It's all burnt up.

-What else?

0:47:000:47:02

Never mind about that. Let's get away from here.

0:47:020:47:04

-Peter, what did you see down there?

-I don't know what it was.

0:47:100:47:13

It was like something out of a nightmare. It was horrible.

0:47:130:47:16

We'll talk about that later. Get in the car, Peter.

0:47:160:47:19

I told you I had my orders, sir. They were to take action

0:47:190:47:22

-if anything was found down there.

-What sort of action?

0:47:220:47:24

Kill whatever it is, then concrete the whole thing over.

0:47:240:47:27

-Concrete it over? You don't mean that?

-Those are my orders.

0:47:270:47:30

Well, Major, when do you start?

0:47:390:47:41

-Tonight. Right away. Sergeant.

-Right, sir.

0:47:410:47:44

EXPLOSION

0:47:560:47:58

Well, you seem to be making a job of it.

0:48:000:48:03

I think this should do the trick. What about you?

0:48:030:48:05

You know this Royston chap. Brilliant, of course, I'm sure.

0:48:050:48:08

The trouble with some of these scientific types is they can't see

0:48:080:48:11

the easy way out of anything. It's got to be complicated, to work.

0:48:110:48:14

EXPLOSION

0:48:160:48:18

KNOCKING

0:48:300:48:31

Come in, come in.

0:48:310:48:32

Hello, Mac.

0:48:350:48:37

Where have you been all day?

0:48:370:48:38

-Here, hold this.

-Down at the fissure.

-Oh, are they finished down there?

0:48:380:48:42

-What did they do, exactly?

-Practically everything.

0:48:420:48:45

Flame-throwers, high explosive and a neat little concrete tombstone.

0:48:450:48:49

-Rest in peace, huh?

-You don't think it's done any good, do you?

0:48:490:48:53

How could it? Let's look at the facts.

0:48:530:48:55

Here, give me that.

0:48:550:48:56

This X, this unknown quantity, whatever it is, has forced its way

0:48:560:48:59

through miles of solid rock.

0:48:590:49:02

How's a couple of feet of concrete going to stop it?

0:49:020:49:04

But what about the flame-throwers and explosive?

0:49:040:49:07

-Nothing could live after that.

-Perhaps nothing we've ever

0:49:070:49:10

encountered before, but this isn't a living organism, as we know it.

0:49:100:49:14

Its life source may be the same as we've got here.

0:49:140:49:18

Stay on this side of the screen.

0:49:180:49:20

Excuse me.

0:49:210:49:22

WHIRRING

0:49:240:49:28

Now, Mac, how would you go about killing that?

0:49:290:49:32

What is it?

0:49:330:49:34

It's a particle of mud but, by virtue of its atomic structure,

0:49:360:49:40

it emits radiation. That's all it is - just mud.

0:49:400:49:44

How do you kill mud?

0:49:440:49:45

Have you informed anyone in London about all this?

0:49:500:49:52

-Hmm! Not more than half a dozen times.

-And?

0:49:520:49:56

At first, they were interested, but sceptical.

0:49:560:49:58

They suggested I get in touch with the director about it.

0:49:580:50:01

Later on, the director got in touch with them.

0:50:010:50:04

-The result is I've been called back to London.

-When?

0:50:040:50:07

Tonight. I'm catching the last plane from Glasgow.

0:50:070:50:10

Mac, I'm sorry to hear that. You've become one of my staunchest allies.

0:50:100:50:14

Adam, this thing's going to break out again, isn't it?

0:50:160:50:20

-In my opinion, yes.

-Isn't there anything we can do to stop it?

0:50:200:50:24

I don't know. It's something I've been working on a long time now,

0:50:240:50:27

a method of disintegrating atomic structure,

0:50:270:50:30

-obviating the resultant explosion.

-What's that?

0:50:300:50:33

ADAM CHUCKLES

0:50:340:50:35

Well, it's... Look, what's an atomic bomb?

0:50:350:50:37

It's a breaking up of atomic particles, isn't it?

0:50:370:50:40

Not quite, but close enough. I'm trying to achieve this breaking up

0:50:400:50:44

without the explosion. This is a... Look, I'll show you.

0:50:440:50:47

In that lead container is an atomically unstable compound.

0:50:520:50:54

Two things can happen to it.

0:50:540:50:56

Either it will continue to give off radiation for the next 200 years,

0:50:560:50:59

or it can be subjected to an outside force which will disintegrate it in a fraction of a second.

0:50:590:51:04

-A bomb, in fact.

-If you like, yes,

0:51:040:51:06

but that's what I'm trying to prevent.

0:51:060:51:08

Theoretically, if you draw this stuff between the scanners,

0:51:080:51:13

and adjust the scanners to a certain pitch,

0:51:130:51:15

A neutralising effect should be achieved.

0:51:150:51:18

You mean to say this apparatus would neutralise an atomic bomb

0:51:190:51:22

so it wouldn't explode?

0:51:220:51:23

That's my point. It couldn't. It wouldn't be a bomb any more.

0:51:230:51:26

It would be just a handful of mud in a very expensive casing.

0:51:260:51:29

But Adam, that's fantastic.

0:51:310:51:33

A step in the right direction anyway, isn't it?

0:51:330:51:35

Will you be able to use this against that thing out there?

0:51:350:51:38

Six months' time, perhaps, but...

0:51:380:51:39

KNOCK ON DOOR

0:51:390:51:42

Yes, Russell. What is it?

0:51:420:51:43

Mr Peter sent me down to remind you of the time, sir.

0:51:430:51:45

Oh, yes, thank you.

0:51:450:51:48

Oh, Russell, you were able to locate Mr Elliott, weren't you?

0:51:480:51:51

-Not yet, sir.

-That's too bad.

0:51:510:51:52

All right, thank you, I'll be right out.

0:51:520:51:54

We're taking the cobalt out of the pile tonight

0:51:540:51:57

and we haven't been able to locate John yet.

0:51:570:51:59

-Mac, we're sure going to miss you around here.

-Goodbye, Adam.

0:51:590:52:02

Good luck.

0:52:020:52:03

CRACKLING

0:52:190:52:23

-Oh, Peter, is that truck ready?

-Yes, it's standing by outside, sir.

0:52:340:52:38

As soon as these are all out, I want you to get a quick reading

0:52:380:52:41

and then we'll load them.

0:52:410:52:42

'The pile is now inactive. The pile is now inactive.'

0:52:420:52:45

Let's get started, and I'll get these out.

0:52:450:52:48

No, sir, I don't. I think we have every chance of seeing it again.

0:52:530:52:56

-CRACKLING

-Excuse me.

0:52:560:52:59

I'm sorry, sir, the line's bad.

0:52:590:53:01

-PHONE RINGS

-I see. I only want one more night.

0:53:010:53:04

If nothing happens, I can catch the first plane tomorrow morning.

0:53:040:53:07

-Station sergeant speaking.

-Yes, of course.

-Aye?

0:53:070:53:10

Aye. Where?

0:53:100:53:12

Thank you, sir. There's one other thing.

0:53:120:53:15

I believe the director, Mr Elliott, got in touch with you earlier today.

0:53:150:53:18

You must speak up. This phone is bad.

0:53:180:53:20

-Oh, yes, I've seen him.

-I got that.

0:53:200:53:22

What about the occupants?

0:53:230:53:25

What? You must be mad.

0:53:250:53:27

No, sir, he doesn't, I know, but all the same...

0:53:270:53:30

All right, sir. Goodbye.

0:53:300:53:32

All right, I'll send somebody out right away.

0:53:320:53:35

Williams, I want you to go out. There's been an accident.

0:53:350:53:37

-Right, Sarge.

-Thank you, Sergeant.

-Right, sir.

0:53:370:53:39

Tell McDonald to report to me when he comes off duty.

0:53:390:53:42

People melting, indeed.

0:53:420:53:44

-What's that you say?

-There's been an accident, sir. Four miles away.

0:53:440:53:47

I know, I heard that, but what's this about people melting?

0:53:470:53:49

-That's what the man on the beat says.

-Let me have that address. Thank you.

0:53:490:53:53

Hey, what do you think you're doing?

0:54:040:54:06

Do you hear me?

0:54:060:54:08

I say, what do you think you're doing?

0:54:080:54:12

Sorry, sir.

0:54:120:54:13

Where's the nearest telephone?

0:54:250:54:27

The nearest public phone is a couple of miles away, sir.

0:54:270:54:30

Maybe one of these people will let you use theirs.

0:54:300:54:32

-Anybody live near here with a phone?

-Aye, there's a phone in my shop,

0:54:320:54:36

half a mile down the road. You can use that.

0:54:360:54:38

Thanks very much. Pop in the car. I'll drive you down.

0:54:380:54:41

Dr Royston.

0:54:440:54:46

John, we've just taken the cobalt out of the pile.

0:54:480:54:51

-There wasn't time...

-On whose authority?

0:54:510:54:53

There wasn't really time to check with you.

0:54:530:54:55

Do you know how long it takes to get that pile started again?

0:54:550:54:57

You'll put the cobalt bombardment weeks behind schedule.

0:54:570:55:00

-PHONE RINGS

-On your own initiative, you break in on an official experiment,

0:55:000:55:03

deactivate the pile without consulting me?

0:55:030:55:05

-This isn't your workshop. This is a government establishment.

-Hello?

0:55:050:55:08

-And I'm its director.

-I'm sorry, you'll have to speak louder.

0:55:080:55:12

No, he's busy right now. This is Peter Elliott. Oh, yes?

0:55:120:55:16

Yes. I'll tell him right away.

0:55:200:55:22

Dr Royston, it's McGill.

0:55:230:55:25

It appears that what you were afraid of has happened.

0:55:250:55:28

It's just killed four people in a car.

0:55:280:55:31

The line is terrible, but I think he said they'd melted.

0:55:310:55:34

Hello, Mac, this is Royston. What's this all about?

0:55:370:55:41

Yes...

0:55:410:55:43

Wait a minute. Just a minute.

0:55:430:55:45

Have you a pencil, please?

0:55:470:55:48

Go ahead. Yes?

0:55:490:55:52

Where? Yes, right. Right.

0:55:520:55:55

Got it.

0:55:570:55:59

-You have a local survey map in your office?

-Yes, there's one up there.

0:56:020:56:06

-Let's take a look at it, shall we?

-Yes, of course. Come on.

0:56:060:56:09

This point right here is the fissure.

0:56:090:56:11

Here is the hospital.

0:56:110:56:12

This is where something was seen glowing.

0:56:120:56:15

Now, over here is my workshop.

0:56:150:56:18

If we follow this line,

0:56:180:56:20

right here is the old tower.

0:56:200:56:22

You know, this thing can obviously sense radioactivity,

0:56:220:56:25

and once it does, nothing can stop it.

0:56:250:56:27

It makes straight for the radiation and then returns to the fissure.

0:56:270:56:30

And by these lines, it's pretty clear it returns by the same route.

0:56:300:56:34

Now, this latest report, this burned-out car is right here.

0:56:340:56:37

If we extend the line from the fissure through this point,

0:56:370:56:40

somewhere along this extended line is where it's headed.

0:56:400:56:43

-I see.

-Here.

0:56:430:56:45

That's right. It's on its way for the biggest meal of its life.

0:56:450:56:48

CAR HORN BLARES

0:56:520:56:53

Hurry up, man! Hurry up! Open the gate!

0:56:550:56:57

-All right, all right.

-Come along, man, open up the gate!

0:56:570:57:00

-Let's see your pass.

-You know me. Come on, open up!

0:57:000:57:03

Sorry, sir. Let's see your pass first.

0:57:030:57:05

-Here.

-All right, sir.

0:57:050:57:07

We daren't put that cobalt back in the pile.

0:57:130:57:15

We've got to get it out of here fast.

0:57:150:57:17

There must be a limit to the distance it can sense radiation.

0:57:170:57:20

We've got to get beyond that point.

0:57:200:57:21

Adam! I just wanted to say that...

0:57:210:57:24

Oh, never mind. I'll go and warn the security people.

0:57:240:57:27

-Mac.

-Adam.

0:57:420:57:44

-Any sign of it yet?

-No, not yet.

-It can't be far off.

0:57:440:57:47

I've warned everybody to keep indoors, upstairs if possible.

0:57:470:57:50

I've posted every man I could lay hands on to keep watch for it.

0:57:500:57:53

I tried to phone London, but there's something wrong with the line,

0:57:530:57:56

-interference.

-We've got the same trouble here.

0:57:560:57:58

-Nobody spotted a thing?

-None of my men have seen anything.

0:57:580:58:00

I'd like to know why. A thing that big can't simply disappear.

0:58:000:58:03

No, but it might alter its form and become almost invisible.

0:58:030:58:06

What's going on here?

0:58:060:58:07

We're trying to get this cobalt loaded and out of here.

0:58:070:58:10

Mr Elliott, what about the gates around this place?

0:58:100:58:12

They're being watched. I've got men patrolling the wire.

0:58:120:58:15

-I'd like to phone round.

-Internal phone in there.

0:58:150:58:17

The line isn't very good, I'm afraid.

0:58:170:58:19

Raise it up. Steady.

0:58:190:58:21

PHONE RINGS

0:58:230:58:26

CRACKLING

0:58:310:58:34

CRACKLING GETS LOUDER

0:58:400:58:43

Help. Help...

0:58:580:58:59

ALARM HOOTS

0:59:020:59:04

-Peter! Check the main gates. See if you can spot it.

-Right.

0:59:060:59:10

Clear this yard, boys!

0:59:210:59:22

-What about the cobalt?

-Nothing we can do about that now.

0:59:240:59:27

But if it gets to it, it might explode.

0:59:270:59:29

Then we'll be the first to explode a cobalt bomb. Now clear out of here.

0:59:290:59:32

Get inside, come on!

0:59:320:59:34

Hey! Wait a minute!

0:59:370:59:39

-The main gate, where can we see it from?

-Up that ladder, sir.

0:59:410:59:44

Tell everyone you see to keep clear of the west approach to the reactor building. It's coming in that way.

0:59:561:00:01

Our only chance is the cobalt. It absorbs radiation.

1:00:021:00:05

-Won't that make it as unstable as the cobalt is now?

-Yes, it would.

1:00:051:00:08

Dr Royston! It's on its way.

1:00:081:00:11

The man on the main gate had it just like the others.

1:00:111:00:13

It's coming in on the west side.

1:00:131:00:15

Look! There it is, on the roof.

1:00:151:00:16

Up there, quick.

1:00:191:00:21

It's growing larger.

1:00:281:00:30

The mass has to increase to accommodate the extra radiation.

1:00:301:00:33

How big will it get?

1:00:331:00:35

The important thing is, how unstable is it going to get?

1:00:351:00:37

Isn't there anything we can do?

1:00:371:00:40

Well, we can try, but not here.

1:00:401:00:42

The only thing we can do is to let it go back to the fissure.

1:00:441:00:47

We know the exact route it will take,

1:00:471:00:49

so let's clear that route and get everybody out of its path.

1:00:491:00:51

The Army has a helicopter. We can use that to keep a check on it

1:00:511:00:54

-in case it changes direction.

-What are you going to do, Adam?

1:00:541:00:57

-I'm going to my workshop.

-It's moving!

1:00:571:00:59

-Any luck?

-I cannae hear a thing. The static's drowning out everything.

1:01:191:01:22

-The sergeant says that's a sure sign that thing's not far off.

-Aye.

1:01:221:01:25

-Let's nip back to Lochmouth.

-Aye.

1:01:251:01:28

Come on now, hurry! You'll all be safe inside the church.

1:01:431:01:49

Come on now. Inside. Hurry.

1:01:491:01:52

You need any help, Minister?

1:01:531:01:56

I don't think so. How near is it going to come?

1:01:561:01:59

It should pass within 100 yards of where we are now.

1:01:591:02:01

-Between those trees.

-How much longer?

1:02:011:02:03

About two minutes, as far as I can tell.

1:02:031:02:06

Come on, Mrs Haggerty. Let me take your bundle.

1:02:081:02:11

Come on, it's nice and warm inside.

1:02:111:02:13

There you are.

1:02:141:02:15

It's changed direction! It's not following the same route.

1:02:371:02:41

Try the map the other way up.

1:02:411:02:43

That was close.

1:03:001:03:02

Army copter to Mobile. Heading up from Lochmouth, travelling east.

1:03:031:03:08

CRACKLING

1:03:081:03:09

Oh, what's the use? They'll never hear anything with this static.

1:03:091:03:12

-Have you got an Aldis lamp?

-There's one down by my right foot.

1:03:121:03:15

Fine. Let's get over to checkpoint three. Just there.

1:03:151:03:18

Come on, ladies, hurry, there isn't time to lose.

1:03:261:03:29

Hurry. Inside quickly.

1:03:291:03:32

BELL TOLLS

1:03:321:03:34

CHILD GIGGLES

1:03:451:03:47

CHILD GIGGLES

1:03:501:03:53

Wait here.

1:04:021:04:03

CRACKLING

1:04:061:04:09

CHILD GIGGLES

1:04:111:04:13

Every line out of this place is useless.

1:04:231:04:25

Radio's even worse.

1:04:251:04:27

We've no hope of getting through to London now.

1:04:271:04:29

We've got to handle this ourselves.

1:04:291:04:30

I still think that as soon as it gets to the fissure,

1:04:301:04:32

we ought to leave it alone.

1:04:321:04:34

-That is until we can get in touch with the minister.

-Look, Mr Elliott,

1:04:341:04:37

Adam said, "The larger this thing grows,

1:04:371:04:38

"the more its range will increase."

1:04:381:04:40

Do you know the next point it will make for?

1:04:401:04:42

There, that's it.

1:04:421:04:44

The experimental nuclear power station at Glencairn.

1:04:441:04:47

And to reach there, it will go right through the centre of Inverness.

1:04:471:04:50

Now do you see? We've got to stop this thing at the fissure.

1:04:501:04:53

And we've got to stop it for good.

1:04:531:04:55

MACHINE WHINES

1:04:551:04:57

CRACKLING

1:05:061:05:08

KNOCK AT DOOR

1:05:101:05:12

Well, Adam, how's it going?

1:05:131:05:15

Not too good, I'm just ready to try again.

1:05:151:05:17

Watch out now, just in case.

1:05:171:05:19

CRACKLING

1:05:191:05:21

MACHINE WHINES

1:05:221:05:24

-That's it, it's worked!

-You've done it, Adam, you've done it!

1:05:581:06:02

Adam! Look!

1:06:021:06:04

The container, it's glowing!

1:06:041:06:06

What's happening, sir?

1:06:071:06:08

GLASS SMASHES

1:06:101:06:11

That won't do, we'll have to try again.

1:06:171:06:19

There's no time to try again.

1:06:191:06:21

If a piece of material no bigger than a pin head can cause

1:06:211:06:23

an explosion like that, can't you imagine what would happen out there?

1:06:231:06:26

-We've got to have time.

-I don't care, we've got to take the chance.

1:06:261:06:29

We've got to try and stop this thing at the fissure.

1:06:291:06:32

Dr Royston?

1:06:321:06:33

Those scanners, they could have slipped out of synchronisation.

1:06:331:06:37

They might have, yes. It might have been 100 other things.

1:06:371:06:39

But could it have been the scanners, Adam?

1:06:391:06:41

Yes, yes, they...

1:06:421:06:44

Being out of sync might have caused it.

1:06:441:06:47

Everything you've asked for is at the fissure, Adam.

1:06:471:06:49

Trucks, radioactive material, everything's ready.

1:06:491:06:52

Well, if that's the way it's got to be, let's get started.

1:06:521:06:55

Tell him to get that copter away from here.

1:07:121:07:13

Noise enough to wake the dead,

1:07:131:07:15

-let alone that thing down there.

-Right, sir.

1:07:151:07:17

Is everything here, Major?

1:07:281:07:29

-Half an hour ago.

-Well, what are these men doing?

1:07:291:07:31

Mac, let's clear this area.

1:07:311:07:33

If anything goes wrong, it wouldn't matter much where they are.

1:07:331:07:35

True, but they'll get in our way.

1:07:351:07:37

-Now, is this our jeep?

-That's it, just as you ordered.

1:07:371:07:39

You know what you've got on the back there is bait?

1:07:431:07:45

-Yes, sir.

-The purpose is to entice whatever is down there out.

1:07:451:07:48

Now, don't you get any closer than 15 feet, do you understand that?

1:07:481:07:51

Very good, sir.

1:07:511:07:52

-Let's get started. Have the trucks follow.

-Right.

1:07:531:07:56

-Mr Thompson, follow this car here.

-Right, sir.

1:07:561:07:58

Now, Peter, don't let that jeep get any closer than 15 feet.

1:08:591:09:02

-Remember that, 15 feet.

-Right, sir.

1:09:021:09:04

Can we do anything to help, Adam?

1:09:091:09:11

No, Mac, just keep your fingers crossed.

1:09:111:09:13

-We'll stay out of your way anyhow.

-Major, impress upon your men

1:09:131:09:15

the importance of keeping these scanners on phase.

1:09:151:09:18

-As soon as we're ready, I'll give the signal for the switch-on.

-Right.

1:09:181:09:20

-Everything all right?

-Watch it, sir, I've got the cobalt out.

1:09:341:09:36

-Shall I get the men under cover, sir?

-What? Er, yes, yes.

1:09:361:09:39

All right, you lads, take cover.

1:09:431:09:45

Come along, all of you, get your heads down behind this bank here.

1:09:451:09:48

What are you waiting for?

1:09:511:09:53

What's going to happen, Sarge?

1:09:531:09:55

I'm going to kick your head in if you don't get it down.

1:09:551:09:57

-Give me the OK as soon as you're synchronised.

-Right.

1:10:111:10:13

-You ready, number one?

-Ready, sir.

1:10:151:10:17

Are you ready, number two?

1:10:181:10:20

Ready, sir.

1:10:211:10:22

Excuse me, Major.

1:10:261:10:27

Peter, send out the jeep.

1:10:291:10:31

Bring out the jeep!

1:10:321:10:35

ENGINE STARTS

1:10:351:10:37

ENGINE SPUTTERS

1:10:391:10:41

Hey, what's the matter?

1:10:491:10:50

Come on, get out, I'll take it.

1:10:531:10:54

ENGINE STARTS

1:11:011:11:03

Good luck, sir.

1:11:061:11:08

You better take cover too.

1:11:111:11:13

It's Peter.

1:11:181:11:19

What do you think you're doing?

1:11:251:11:26

Somebody's got to do it, the driver's sick.

1:11:261:11:28

That's no reason why you should...

1:11:281:11:30

Careful, son.

1:11:301:11:31

What's he doing? Peter!

1:12:291:12:32

Peter, don't go any closer!

1:12:321:12:33

Peter, don't go any closer!

1:12:351:12:37

Peter!

1:12:371:12:39

Peter! Peter, don't be a fool! Get back, get back.

1:12:391:12:41

ELECTRICITY CRACKLES

1:13:071:13:09

Peter! Peter, get out of the jeep! Get out of it, run for it.

1:13:441:13:47

Switch on one.

1:14:011:14:02

Switch on.

1:14:021:14:04

MACHINE POWERS UP

1:14:051:14:07

-Switch on.

-Switch on.

1:14:081:14:11

MACHINE POWERS UP

1:14:121:14:15

CRACKLING

1:14:151:14:17

MACHINE WHINES

1:14:201:14:25

It's gone.

1:15:131:15:14

MACHINE POWERS DOWN

1:15:161:15:17

-Adam, it's gone!

-Worked, Mac, didn't it?

1:15:171:15:19

Bring out the Geigers, let's have a reading.

1:15:271:15:29

What was that?

1:15:481:15:50

I don't know, but it shouldn't have happened.

1:15:501:15:53

But the thing's gone.

1:15:531:15:55

You should be very proud, Adam, your theory's worked.

1:15:551:15:57

It has, Adam.

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