Tggrt. 18. Nest of Vipers. Part 1 of 2.

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First broadcast 9th/16th/22nd January 1992.  The discovery of two skulls at the site for a new by-pass road leads the team to a pharmaceutical company.  Mark McManus - DCI Jim Taggart James MacPherson - DS Mike Jardine Ann Mitchell - Annie Gilmour Ken Drury - Dr. Nielson Lorna Heilbron - Morag Nielson Michael Cochrane - Derek Amlot Leone Connery - Christine Gray Jeremy Young - Prof. Hutton Blythe Duff - DC Jackie Reid Iain Anders - Supt. Jack McVitie Robert Robertson - Dr. Stephen Andrews Harriet Buchan - Jean Taggart Juliet Cadzow - Maureen MacDonald Geoffrey Beevers - Angus Mackay Dougray Scott - Colin Murphy Calum Shaw - Dennis Taylor Alison Sterling - Jill Cramer Grant Cathro - Carl Young Niven Boyd - Frank Sullivan Diane Taylor Whitehead - Janet Gilmour Simone Lahbib - Caroline Peterson David Gallacher - Reporter Bill Denniston - Address to the Haggis Jim Boyce - Truck Driver Bill Little - Prisoner Shareen Nanjiani - Newsreader Iain Wotherspoon - Doctor Betty Bright - Cleaning Lady Jacqui Prentice - Hotel Receptionist Emma Currie - Madeline Brown Gary Grochla - Locksmith Michelle Gomez - Hairdresser Louise Dobbie - Maureen's Daughter Paula Fraser - Maureen's Daughter

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00:00:00I

00:00:30I don't know.

00:01:00I used to quite like that he's here when I was a boy.

00:01:16It could be another Roman school, sir.

00:01:19The archaeological dig is just over the hill there.

00:01:30Yes, practically followed me out here.

00:01:35I suppose skulls are flavor of the month at the moment.

00:01:39Tell us if it was I, Claudius, you'll go home for breakfast.

00:01:42I think you'll be having breakfast here.

00:01:44The Romans cremated most of their dead.

00:01:46What were the two skulls they found over their last month?

00:01:49They were the exception.

00:01:50That's why the archaeologists are having such a fielding.

00:01:55You know, I think this one had its teeth removed

00:01:58and its jawbone broken deliberately.

00:02:00Hey!

00:02:01Hey, look, he's got another one.

00:02:07Hold it up a bit, mate.

00:02:09Close it to your own head, that's it.

00:02:11You're pleased to see it.

00:02:12All right, excuse me.

00:02:14I'll take that if you don't mind.

00:02:15Close it to your head.

00:02:16Hey, give us a point.

00:02:17Come on.

00:02:18Sir!

00:02:21One of the truck drivers just found this.

00:02:24Why didn't you leave it there?

00:02:25Because they already had it in his hand, sir.

00:02:27He was posing with it for a photograph.

00:02:29Well, put it down!

00:02:32Carefully.

00:02:32I was going to play football with it.

00:02:41Exactly the same.

00:02:42Teeth removed, jawbone smashed.

00:02:45Somebody's private graveyard.

00:02:46Is that the last one?

00:03:03Yes.

00:03:04Well, let's hope your project succeeds.

00:03:06We won't have to go through this every month.

00:03:08I think it's a long way off.

00:03:10Just make sure you get the credit for it, that's all.

00:04:01Hello?

00:04:02Is this Maryhill Police Station?

00:04:04Could I speak to Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart, please?

00:04:09I see.

00:04:11When will he be available?

00:04:13I see.

00:04:16No.

00:04:17Could you just tell him Mrs. Gilmore, ma'am?

00:04:19Mrs. Gilmore.

00:04:21Annie Gilmore.

00:04:22Annie Gilmore.

00:04:23He knows me.

00:04:26You're female.

00:04:27The fact that the sutures haven't closed on top gives an approximate age between 21 and 30.

00:04:39Can you narrow that down?

00:04:41Got anyone in mind?

00:04:42I may have.

00:04:43Mid to late 20s.

00:04:44Of course I can't say how long they've been in the ground.

00:04:48Or if they were buried at the same time.

00:04:51That'll be up to soil analysis.

00:04:53What?

00:04:54Why they died?

00:04:55I can tell you how they didn't.

00:04:58There's no injuries to the cranium.

00:05:01Only the jaws.

00:05:03And they're definitely post-waltime.

00:05:10They found hair strands in the soil around both the skull sites, sir.

00:05:13Both blonde.

00:05:14Oh, there was a phone call from Annie Gilmore.

00:05:17I thought there would be.

00:05:30We've widened the search area, sir.

00:05:32Nothing yet.

00:05:33But the rest of the bodies could be buried somewhere else.

00:05:36It's more than likely.

00:05:37It's interesting that the jaw was damaged.

00:05:39As if the murderer knew enough about forensic dentistry, not just to pull the teeth.

00:05:43We've done the usual checks on missing persons.

00:05:45Of course, one stands out.

00:05:47Jeanette Gilmore.

00:05:48Same age, same colour of hair.

00:05:50Has her mother been in touch?

00:05:52Naturally, sir.

00:05:53Couldn't we superimpose a skull on a portrait of her like they did in the Ruxton case?

00:05:58Well, we're informed, sir, it wouldn't be successful for a number of reasons.

00:06:02First of all, she has quite a full face in the photos we have.

00:06:05And the way that she wears her hair covers a great deal of her face.

00:06:09I believe in the Ruxton case, the victim had a thin, angular face with high cheekbones.

00:06:14Aren't you a bit young to remember the Ruxton case?

00:06:17It was a classic of his kind, sir.

00:06:19I'm sorry I didn't contact you sooner. It's been a busy day.

00:06:29You always think me a terrible nuisance. Keep ringing every time.

00:06:34As soon as I saw the papers, I had to know.

00:06:36The situation is we don't know yet.

00:06:38The papers say two skulls were found.

00:06:39That's right.

00:06:40Is there a possibility?

00:06:42I mean, are they female? I know you can tell.

00:06:56Annie, I don't want to build up their hopes like last day.

00:07:01Annie, I don't want to build up their hopes like last time.

00:07:06If there's a possibility, Jim, I want to know.

00:07:10Well, they're both female, about Janet's age, blonde hair.

00:07:15Yeah, there's a possibility.

00:07:22It's almost four years to the day.

00:07:24It will be next Friday.

00:07:27It'd be strange if she were found almost four years to the day.

00:07:30We won't know for some days yet.

00:07:33I've been patient for four years. I can wait a few more days.

00:07:38Would you like a drink or something, some supper?

00:07:40No, no, Annie. I've got to get home. I'll keep you informed.

00:07:44One way or the other?

00:07:46One way or the other.

00:08:00One way or the other.

00:08:19One way or the other.

00:08:20One way or the other.

00:08:22about those skulls how would you like an opportunity to impress your superiors

00:08:33go on large whiskey please there's an old university chum of mine professor

00:08:40Peter Huckman he's an expert at facial reconstruction from skulls yeah I've heard of it

00:08:45he scored some amazing successes uses a technique which is based on the

00:08:49relationship between the face and the skull project there's a lot of work in

00:08:54America there's not much use to his there is it he's here he's just joined the

00:09:00department of anatomy at Glasgow University as a matter of fact his first job is to

00:09:05put faces to the skulls of those Roman soldiers they found Stephen Andrews eh he pinched the

00:09:12girl I was going out with oh well has he still got that ridiculous beard he still has a beard yeah

00:09:19like beards that's the reason he grew it more to the point can you help us do you know my work very

00:09:26little most of it's been in the archaeological field not long back I put the faces on two

00:09:31Egyptian mummies in Cairo ours are a bit more recent last criminal case I worked on was in America the

00:09:38year Chicago had in a trunk case murder was a traveling salesman kept the skulls of three

00:09:44hitchhikers in a trunk in his bedroom I put the faces on all three we identified two

00:09:49what do you already have with them ah they're both in their mid-20s that's about it her samples

00:09:57blonde both cases sorry to be mercenary but there would be a C in it for the department that's not up to

00:10:05me to authorize Chicago police were more than generous I remember look it's not official yet

00:10:13so I'd be obliged if you didn't see anything Stephen Andrews eh come and see me I'm sure

00:10:18well lots of things I'd like to say to him sorry to keep you waiting ladies and gentlemen

00:10:36now this is Flavius Herombolus and his fellow auxiliary whose name we don't know I've invented

00:10:49Flavius because it's a common uh Christian name at the time excuse me but could you tell us more

00:10:55about the work you're doing on the two murder victim skulls found yesterday I haven't started yet

00:11:00so you have helped police forces before yes and you will be able to reconstruct their faces just

00:11:07as you could with the two Roman ones well the principles the same yes I told them not to say

00:11:16anything what are you a one-man band I'm running this investigation I thought I was using my initiative

00:11:24son well use it but keep me informed what is this guy some kind of witch doctor as I see it we have

00:11:35nothing to lose one of these you believe to be the skull of Janet Gilmore that's right for obvious

00:11:51reasons I don't want to know what she looks like have you there yeah it's the hair sample from skull

00:12:01number one and that's for a number two hey how long will it take well of the two Roman skulls I'm

00:12:09working on for the exhibition of the museum next week well that can wait they've been about for

00:12:15two thousand years you can hang about a bit longer dr. Nielsen there's a woman on the telephone for

00:12:28you a miss Kramer she wouldn't say what it's about thanks Kristen dr. Nielsen yes I see

00:12:46I could be available tonight

00:13:16dr. Nielsen yes Jill Kramer management quest how do you do can I get you a drink thanks very

00:13:24much I'll have a pint of heavy could I have another mineral water please certainly madam you drink

00:13:30dangerously I drive dangerously which is why I drink mineral water you're what they call in the

00:13:39business a headhunter I'll get straight to the point Landsberg chemicals in Liverpool are looking

00:13:45for a toxicologist of your qualifications and talks in ologist I'm sorry I work with natural toxins as

00:13:53distinct from toxic substances so our biggest competitor wants to poach me what exactly do you do with these

00:14:02these natural toxins

00:14:32these natural toxins as well I don't like cats he keeps me company during the day at least you

00:15:02can speak to a dog and who'd walk it you'd never find a time we're having a burn supper on Friday I

00:15:11thought I'd tell you that'll be nice you will try to be there you know me Jean always try by the way we're

00:15:19having a disabled piper oh no he's a friend of Margaret McDonald's you mean you're having

00:15:25bagpipes in the hoose yes he will be disabled of the neighbors come around

00:15:31tiger

00:15:35are you telling us that somebody broke in here and stole the wrong skulls someone broke in here and stole

00:15:45the Roman skulls and the plaster casts I made of your skulls yesterday I mean your skulls are quite safe in

00:15:50the bottom of the cupboard over there can I ask a simple question how many skulls are we talking about here two sir

00:15:56none of the mirrors just the plaster casts and they can be made again you heard us worried there

00:16:01these skulls are one of the most important archaeological finds in Scotland this century and I'm responsible for them

00:16:07the box we brought our skulls in

00:16:10this isn't it

00:16:13you're interested in a box

00:16:15ours had Strathclyde police written on

00:16:17now where is it

00:16:19how should I know I'm a professor of anatomy not called about boxes

00:16:22it's your lab

00:16:24you're responsible for everything in it

00:16:26I am not responsible for security of the university nor do I spend the night with my work

00:16:31this has never happened before in any other country

00:16:33what's going on

00:16:34who are you

00:16:36this is Carl Young my research assistant

00:16:39we've been burgled the Hamian skulls have gone

00:16:42and the police are more interested in cardboard boxes

00:16:44we've every right to be that is not the box we brought our skulls in

00:16:48I must have put them back in the wrong boxes last night

00:16:58why does it matter

00:16:59of course it matters

00:17:01the person that stole them thought they were stealing ours

00:17:04I want 24 hours surveillance in that place from now on

00:17:08it wouldn't have been too difficult for the thief sir

00:17:11putting his name's on the door

00:17:12just find the department and hide down till night

00:17:15is it a ghoul?

00:17:16is it our murder?

00:17:18I think a ghoul would have found plenty without opening cupboards

00:17:21but on the other hand

00:17:23why does the murder have heard of his victims being identified

00:17:27unless he's connected to them in some way

00:17:29just the man

00:17:46you know there's a quarterly work study with the accountancy team at 5.30

00:17:50Derek gets back from the far east tomorrow and wants a report

00:17:53I go home at 5.30

00:17:55I hear you've been to Liverpool

00:17:57yes

00:17:58school of tropical medicine

00:17:59I was hoping to obtain an Australian Taipan

00:18:02that's a venomous snake that grows to a length of 12 feet

00:18:05well I hope I never have to meet one of those

00:18:08you never know

00:18:10you might one day

00:18:12have you heard

00:18:19there's a powwow with the accountants

00:18:23I have

00:18:24it'd be nice if we could get on with the job of being scientists

00:18:26that bloody woman wouldn't know what sodium chloride was if she ate it

00:18:30cup of tea Dr. Mielsen

00:18:31no thanks Dennis

00:18:32oh my god what's in this tea

00:18:35just the usual Dr. McKay

00:18:36I think I'll need one of your anti-venoms after drinking this

00:18:39you'll be replaced by a vending machine boy

00:18:43well

00:18:49have you accepted

00:18:51I said I'd give them my answers tomorrow

00:18:53I bet you will

00:18:55they won't be pleased here

00:18:57they'll probably top Landsberg's offer just to keep me

00:19:00will you stay if they do?

00:19:01it's not just the money Christine

00:19:04it's the system in this place

00:19:06I can't wait to see the look on Derek Hamlott's face when I tell him

00:19:12what about when you tell your wife?

00:19:15she'll just have to accept it

00:19:16does that belong to one of the heads?

00:19:46I can't say yet

00:19:48the other one's this way sir

00:19:50have fun with the jigsaw puzzle

00:19:54see that woman?

00:20:07tell her to go away

00:20:08I don't want her here

00:20:09that's Janet Gilmore's mother

00:20:12right sir

00:20:13do you notice anything about the arms sir?

00:20:23crossed over the chest

00:20:24in both cases

00:20:26I don't know why you let her book out

00:20:42I don't know why you let her book out

00:20:56you around. I wouldn't have a woman above me. Where are you off to? Just meeting a

00:21:03new client. He has his own catering business but hasn't kept any accounts

00:21:07for three years which should be fun. Are you having dinner with him? Well we're

00:21:13not sitting on a street corner if that's what you mean. I want to talk to you

00:21:17before you go out. God that sounds ominous. I went to Liverpool today.

00:21:23Landsberg Chemicals. They're Casco's biggest competitor. They've offered me a

00:21:28job. Ten thousand a year more than I'm making here. Increased research facilities.

00:21:33Well I'm tempted. Only ten. I'd have thought you were worth more than that. I want to

00:21:40talk it over with you. It would mean selling up. Leaving Glasgow, moving to

00:21:45Liverpool. Starting anew. I don't know how you feel about that. I have clients in

00:21:51Glasgow. I can't just give them up. You could get clients in Liverpool. I don't

00:21:55want to go to Liverpool. I like it here. We have to disrupt our lives so you can earn

00:21:59an extra ten thousand a year which we don't need. It's not just the money. You've

00:22:04never complained about research facilities before. It's not just them.

00:22:09I haven't got time to talk about it now. I'm late as it is. God you will throw these

00:22:17things at me. I can't make the decision on my own.

00:22:21Douglas, you've made lots of decisions in your life. I should have thought the answer

00:22:29to this one was obvious.

00:22:42She wouldn't go until she'd seen you, sir. I have to come just to see for myself.

00:22:46She's softened her or something. She's kept in touch with her ever since Janet

00:22:58Gilmer disappeared. Even when there was nothing.

00:23:02She wouldn't tell me what was happening.

00:23:06I could see you'd found something. You shouldn't even be down here.

00:23:10Jim, I've been sitting at home for four years, wondering, waiting. I just can't

00:23:16sit at home anymore. Ken died doing just that. I know she's dead. I just want to

00:23:22know where she is and how she died.

00:23:24Annie, she may not even be dead.

00:23:27If you don't believe that, neither do I.

00:23:38Part of me wants to believe it. And part of me wants you to know well, you know, one way or the other.

00:23:46What have you found?

00:23:47Two skeletons.

00:23:48Clothes. What about clothes?

00:23:50Annie, no evidence of clothes.

00:23:52Can I just go and take a look?

00:23:54No. No, Annie. I'm not letting you walk out there.

00:24:00We can tell things from skeletons. Measure the height. At the moment we have a guy putting

00:24:07faces on two skulls.

00:24:08I know. I read.

00:24:09I will. You'd have read then that two skulls were stolen. The wrong ones.

00:24:13Who would do that?

00:24:14Who would do that?

00:24:27Where's Professor Hutton? At the museum.

00:24:30Still trying to placate the archaeologists.

00:24:43You'd better take your skulls.

00:24:45And these are the new casts?

00:24:46Yep. Peter had to recreate the missing pieces of jaw from a molding compound. The teeth

00:24:50blew up.

00:24:51And these are the new casts.

00:24:53Peter had to recreate the missing pieces of jaw from molding compound. The teeth blew up.

00:24:56They belonged to a girl of approximately the same age. You'd just have to have these things lying

00:25:16around.

00:25:17Sorry I asked.

00:25:20Sorry I asked.

00:25:25What do you drill into it for?

00:25:28They're just specific points where we insert cocktail sticks

00:25:31to the thickness of the soft tissue before putting the clay on.

00:25:35I don't mean to sound disrespectful,

00:25:38but isn't Professor Hutton meant to be doing it?

00:25:40This is merely groundwork. It's done to calculations.

00:25:44Peter takes over when it comes to the sculpting.

00:25:46I've watched him do it. He's quite a genius.

00:25:50Good afternoon, Mr Umlet. Hello, Rosemary.

00:26:01Good flight. Fine, thanks.

00:26:03Connection to Heathrow is the worst part, of course. Always is.

00:26:12Dr Nielsen wants to see you sometime today.

00:26:14Urgently. Tell him it's impossible.

00:26:16Can you see him? Find out what he wants.

00:26:17He must think it's so important, Derek. He wants to see you personally.

00:26:21There was a phone call from a woman.

00:26:23She said it was very urgent.

00:26:25Wouldn't leave a name, just a telephone number.

00:26:28Did you say what about?

00:26:29No, just that she wanted you to ring her the moment you got back.

00:26:35Can you give me a few minutes, please?

00:26:36Sure.

00:26:37They're getting careless.

00:26:53Landsberg. Bastards.

00:26:55Three years ago, they beat us with a heart drug that we still have in the clinical trial stage.

00:26:59I'm more concerned about us.

00:27:04Can I see you tonight?

00:27:08I missed you.

00:27:10Tonight I've got to spend at home with the kids.

00:27:13They expect Daddy to bring them back presents.

00:27:16You know what it's like.

00:27:17No, I don't know what it's like.

00:27:21Tomorrow?

00:27:21I'm doing a client's accounts tomorrow.

00:27:26I suppose I could get rid of him by nine.

00:27:28Look, don't worry about it.

00:27:30The last thing I'm going to do is let Douglas drag you off to Liverpool.

00:27:35Sanchez, I like children.

00:27:37Give them a few presents.

00:27:39Hmm?

00:27:40He'll stay.

00:27:41Okay.

00:27:51Just got Dr. Andrews' preliminary report on the two skeletons, sir.

00:27:57Yeah, they do fit the skulls.

00:28:00One would give an overall living stature of between five foot five and five foot six,

00:28:04and the other between five foot four and five foot five.

00:28:08Janet Gilmore was five foot five.

00:28:10So are a lot of females, sir.

00:28:13Soil samples have gone off, so with any luck we should find out how long they've been in the ground.

00:28:17So while we wait for the scientists, Annie Gilmore waits in hopes.

00:28:23Hopes that it isn't.

00:28:25Hopes it is.

00:28:27She wants an end to wondering, and I can't say I blame her.

00:28:33I know it's not my place, sir,

00:28:36but you've become pretty personally involved with her over the years.

00:28:41It's not your place.

00:28:47It's not your place.

00:29:17It's not your place.

00:29:22It's not your place.

00:29:23It's not your place.

00:29:24It's not your place.

00:29:25It's not your place.

00:29:27You've become pretty separate.

00:29:28It's not your place.

00:29:30You've become pretty clear.

00:29:31igh But we're not.

00:29:35Oh, yeah.

00:29:36I know.

00:29:40Oh, yeah.

00:29:41something to keep you busy casco's research lab was broken into last night could be animal

00:30:04lippers have you taken snakes they're in the spirits right you're missing two source-scale

00:30:15carpet vipers one eastern diamond rattlesnake and two black mambas yes and two american violin

00:30:22spiders right how dangerous are they they're all very dangerous the lunatic who took them would

00:30:29be lucky not to be bitten you see this fellow most people think the bigger and hairier the spider

00:30:37the more dangerous it is it's not the case the ones that were taken are small but they're brown

00:30:44recluses probably the most dangerous spiders in the world i never realized snake venom could be

00:30:52that useful every species has different enzymes we can separate them out using different drugs

00:30:56sounds a dangerous job you ever been bitten i haven't dr nielsen has though once we keep

00:31:03anti-venoms here so whoever stole the snakes must have had some experience i never thought about it

00:31:12well they haven't been taken in their containers they've been taken out and put into something else

00:31:21who knew the security code to the door well just dr nielsen and me though as you can see the door's

00:31:26been forced obviously someone knew who the snakes were

00:31:35how valuable would these specimens be worth a few hundred pounds each to azura collector

00:31:41i can think of safer ways to make money

00:31:57thank you

00:31:59it's in valentine's day not even had burns night yet you know this business as soon as that's sober it'll

00:32:05be mother's day and then christmas i was just passing by i thought i'd drop in any news

00:32:13well there have been a couple of new developments now this goes against my better judgment honey

00:32:19tell me one of the bodies found was about janet's height

00:32:26every day i'm more certain i'm gonna feel more hellish than you if we have proved wrong

00:32:32then we'll feel hellish together well there's one other thing

00:32:36we've had a report on the soil analysis around the skulls it tells us two things the first body was

00:32:44buried for about two and a half years and the second body the one we think was janice was in the

00:32:51ground for about four years oh yes tomorrow burns night

00:32:58aye the anniversaries must be difficult

00:33:01will you have dinner with me tomorrow night i shouldn't ask i know well

00:33:11jean's having a burnt supper for disabled people with a paper to match

00:33:15or she'd be there of course

00:33:21oh on the other hand i don't suppose she'd miss me

00:33:29bye

00:33:31love you sir umbilis i presume

00:34:01hello there well they're uh back where they belong

00:34:17look i can't thank you enough

00:34:21well you can

00:34:24by giving me two faces i can identify

00:34:26aha an old pal of yours you haven't changed a bit you still look as though you can't afford a decent

00:34:37pair of shoes not what the strathclyde police are paying me for this job i can't oh now look what

00:34:42are you doing tomorrow night i've got a couple of tickets for the federation burn supper jenny can't

00:34:47go so why don't you come along as my guest he's got an important job to do i don't want to lose you

00:34:52douglas especially not to landsberg

00:34:58i'm ready to up any offer they've made to you it's not just the money derek

00:35:03i know how you feel do you

00:35:06i've given 15 years of my life to casco and what do i have to show for it

00:35:11then a taliban business for one thing

00:35:13huggles huggles you don't want to bring that up again

00:35:17it was years ago it was my success

00:35:20and dr mcdonald's name's on the paper

00:35:24this company's taken the credit for everything i've done

00:35:32i'm sorry you feel like this that's why i want to go

00:35:38what does your wife morag think about this she's behind me 100 percent

00:35:44i think it over douglas your work is far too important to us i have thought it over

00:35:56nothing you can offer will make me stay derek

00:35:58it's got something to do with those snakes we saw from caskulls

00:36:15yeah uh can we go somewhere quieter

00:36:18sure follow me

00:36:27you used to be a lab technician at caskulls

00:36:29that's right till last year i prefer it here though

00:36:33can you handle snakes

00:36:35can i handle snakes

00:36:36this is just a rat snake oh he's all right we'll bring him out for the kids handling sessions

00:36:50do you want to hold them

00:36:56most people think they're slimy but they're not they're not even dry they're kind of in between

00:37:01keep your hand underneath them yeah like that you see it's tonguing in the night that's his

00:37:09sensing apparatus do you have many venomous ones no we don't have any here we don't have the

00:37:15facilities to keep them we've got a guy up from chester zoo at the moment advising us on it

00:37:20you ever offered snakes for the public sometimes now you're wondering what would happen if someone

00:37:26offered to sell his venomous snakes and does it happen well we'd ask a lot of questions

00:37:31to start with i think he likes you

00:37:39he's cute

00:37:42did you ever handle venomous snakes at caskulls

00:37:46doug nielsen wanted to train me but i'm too much of a coward have you seen pictures of people

00:37:51bitten by snakes even if you get the anti-venom you can get tissue damage gangrene even lose an arm or a

00:38:00leg you don't risk that in a lab technician's wages do you want to see something really venomous okay

00:38:06oh they're gorgeous gorgeous but deadly well they're quite safe to handle

00:38:18as long as you haven't got an open cut or lick your fingers after

00:38:20poison arrow frogs some species have enough venom in them to kill 20 000 mice

00:38:34you think you could remember you're a police woman sometimes i could have taken them home with me and him too

00:38:55there has to be an end to any such

00:39:16if i hadn't let the trail go cold four years ago sir the second victim whoever she is wouldn't have died

00:39:25no one could have done more to try and find janet gilmore than you

00:39:32both her and her murderer just vanish into thin air

00:39:36well at least he's still around it's just a thing so i'm anxious to prevent hatton putting faces to

00:39:45his victims see if his victims were random what's he going to be afraid of

00:39:57at least they're looking human

00:40:00tomorrow we should be able to see what one of them look like in life

00:40:03you've got clay in your suit and cigarette ash come here

00:40:10still not happy with the other side of the face

00:40:18have to wait for morning

00:40:21over the way this boxer wife for you when you were out at the dress fire shop

00:40:33what's wrong

00:40:45i don't know

00:40:48i seem to have cut myself in a damn sleep

00:40:51can't see anything in it just some wood shaving must be something in it

00:41:06i don't have time to worry about that now i'll miss this damn burnt supper see you in the morning

00:41:18i'm glad you could make it

00:41:26i'm sorry gene i can't i'm working

00:41:44i'm glad to have the pleasure i hear the work's progressing very well yes

00:41:51going now you must be glad to have the two roman skulls back

00:41:59yes

00:42:01they sometimes go a little mad and turn the central heating floor up

00:42:04tell me how'd you produce ears and nose

00:42:06it must be the most difficult thing

00:42:08yes

00:42:09there's no exact science for telling the shape of nose

00:42:13They sometimes go a little mad and turn the central heating floor up.

00:42:18Tell me, how do you produce ears and nose?

00:42:21It must be the most difficult thing. Yes, it's difficult.

00:42:24There's no exact science for telling the shape of nose.

00:42:27No, no, not a guessman.

00:42:29Hello, Jack. Ladies and gentlemen, please make your way through to your seat. Thank you.

00:42:34Are you sure you feel all right?

00:42:36I think I must be coming down with something.

00:42:38A few of these will soon put that right.

00:42:43Or a little bit.

00:42:44That's a real secret.

00:42:45I'm not sure you're in your seat.

00:42:46It's okay.

00:42:47I just need to take a step in.

00:42:48I have to give you a better chance.

00:42:49And then there's no other way.

00:42:50So I can always hold my seat.

00:42:51I'll never forget.

00:42:52I need an ointment to do that.

00:42:53I need an ointment to do that.

00:42:54Get a seat.

00:42:55Yo, you've got to go.

00:42:56This is all I want to get a seat.

00:42:57And then I think you'll win.

00:42:58You have to go this way.

00:42:59And then I'm not looking.

00:43:00I need an ointment.

00:43:01I need to hang out.

00:43:02I need an ointment.

00:43:03You have to go this way.

00:43:04And another, you will be right.

00:43:05And I'll never forget.

00:43:07Please be seated.

00:43:29Therefore, you're on a sauncy face,

00:43:31great ship to know the puddin' race.

00:43:34Cheers.

00:43:35Cheers.

00:43:37Here's to the most courageous woman I know.

00:43:41You can't go on pretending she'll walk through the door.

00:43:44Because she won't.

00:43:47You can't go on blaming yourself either.

00:43:51Life is for the living.

00:43:53That's right.

00:43:57I'm sorry.

00:43:58I forgot the napkins.

00:44:00Oh, don't worry.

00:44:02Annie, I said don't worry.

00:44:04I tried.

00:44:21It's tough times.

00:44:24I know, honey.

00:44:33Your pin would serve to mend a mill in time of need,

00:44:36while through your pores the dews distill like amber beet.

00:44:42His knife, sea of rustic labour dicked,

00:44:45I'm clutching up with ready sleep,

00:44:47drenching your gushing entrails breath like honey ditch,

00:44:50and then, oh, what a glorious sick.

00:44:54One, rick, rick, ten, one, oh, this is it.

00:45:03Call an ambulance.

00:45:21Bucks!

00:45:22What's that he say?

00:45:24Something about a box.

00:45:31Like some sort of a bite.

00:45:33It is a bite on his finger.

00:45:55Any idea what did it?

00:45:57It was at a burnt supper.

00:45:58Obviously, it's important we find out.

00:46:02He did seem bothered by his finger.

00:46:05That's right.

00:46:05But he said nothing to him.

00:46:07When you say bite,

00:46:09do you mean like an insect or a spider?

00:46:11That's what he was saying.

00:46:13Something in a box.

00:46:14Where are you going?

00:46:30Where are you going?

00:46:31I need to get away for a few days.

00:46:35It's all in this.

00:46:37Away?

00:46:37I'm going to stay at the Donington.

00:46:39I need time to think things out.

00:46:42Like that, is it?

00:46:43What do you expect?

00:46:44You've decided without me to go to Liverpool.

00:46:47Now I need some time on my own to make my decisions.

00:46:50I have my own career.

00:46:51You can pick up your career anywhere.

00:46:53I don't want to.

00:46:56Hasn't that sunk in?

00:46:57There's nothing except our jobs to keep us in Glasgow.

00:47:00We only see any of our friends.

00:47:02We don't invite people round anymore.

00:47:04That's not my fault.

00:47:05Well, tell me.

00:47:06What else is there to keep us in Glasgow?

00:47:07I just want to stay here.

00:47:09So you're leaving me.

00:47:10Is that what you're saying?

00:47:13Look.

00:47:15Why don't you take the job?

00:47:17Get a flat down there during the week

00:47:18and come home at weekends.

00:47:22I'm not leaving you up here every week on your own.

00:47:26No.

00:47:27You wouldn't, would you?

00:47:35That's the box.

00:47:37It arrived today.

00:47:38It just seemed to be full of wood shavings.

00:47:43Peter reckoned he jabbed his finger on a staple.

00:47:50You don't expect me to open it?

00:47:58You saw nothing?

00:48:00No.

00:48:01Like I said, I was just clearing away

00:48:03and I heard them call out.

00:48:05Then he dropped it

00:48:06and it landed just where you're standing.

00:48:07Sir, these wood shavings

00:48:09are the same as those in the tanks at Casco

00:48:11where the spiders were taken from.

00:48:15Let's get out of here, huh?

00:48:16I'll probably turn up some corner frightened.

00:48:19I don't care how it feels.

00:48:21Yes.

00:48:35What's going on?

00:48:41An emergency.

00:48:42I couldn't get a hold of Dr. Nielsen.

00:48:44Do you have the antivenin

00:48:45for the bite of one of those spiders?

00:48:46Yes, in the lab.

00:48:47Yeah.

00:48:48No.

00:48:51Yeah.

00:49:00Yes, sir.

00:49:02I'm going to walk you.

00:49:32if i were you i'd take the job you'll kick yourself if you don't morag doesn't see it that way

00:49:41well why don't you do as he suggests get a flat in liverpool and come home at weekends

00:49:47she knows i couldn't do that why not because that's what she'd like

00:49:52to be free up here to do whatever she wants without me in the way

00:50:02what do you mean other guys i wasn't gonna say it

00:50:08see if i was married and i thought that my wife was not married colin

00:50:13don't you get jealous

00:50:16bites me to the bone sometimes

00:50:19but it would be a lot worse if i had to lose her to someone else

00:50:23then i'd sooner kill her

00:50:27cobra venom

00:50:30there's a party tonight

00:50:32jackie from allergies

00:50:34and a new chap from anti-fertility

00:50:37they're tying the knot

00:50:40why don't you come over see some old friends

00:50:44we'll sink a few together

00:50:46i may do that

00:50:48i'll see how i feel

00:51:00i've just heard i uh i don't know what to say

00:51:07i've just heard i uh i don't know what to say

00:51:21well you could start with how is he

00:51:24um can i see the room where you keep these things

00:51:27yes yes of course

00:51:30this is where we extract the venom from the snakes

00:51:32who's me

00:51:33christine and i

00:51:35did you ever know a girl called janet gilmore

00:51:38you mean the one who's been missing

00:51:4040 years now

00:51:42no

00:51:42should i

00:51:44should i it's just that somebody's trying to prevent us identifying a skull

00:51:48which could be hers

00:51:56are you the only two to handle them

00:51:58yes

00:52:00it's not noise

00:52:02it's just the vipers hissing

00:52:07someone knew these spiders were dangerous

00:52:12and you went to home last night

00:52:15no i uh i went out

00:52:18i had a lot of thinking to do

00:52:21i've been offered a job with another company

00:52:24my wife doesn't want to leave glasgow

00:52:32what kept you back this morning

00:52:36oh i went to the zoo

00:52:37a friend works there in the reptile house

00:52:40i wanted to ask his advice

00:52:43there used to be a lab technician here

00:52:44what's his name

00:52:46colin murphy

00:52:47look

00:52:49what is this

00:52:50i just wanted to talk to him

00:52:52invite him to a party tonight

00:52:53what party

00:52:55it's an engagement party between two of the staff here

00:52:58i take it most of the people in the building know about your little menagerie

00:53:04are you implying somebody in this building stole them

00:53:08well it's a possibility you have to save

00:53:11no

00:53:12frankly i wouldn't

00:53:14frankly dr nielsen

00:53:16somebody knew where they were

00:53:18somebody knew what to steal

00:53:20somebody knew how to handle them

00:53:23are you sure it's safe now

00:53:27so they tell me

00:53:29how long will peter be in hospital

00:53:31too long unfortunately for us

00:53:36i could carry on where he left off

00:53:38i mean the basic facial structures on it's just a matter of humanizing them

00:53:44giving them features

00:53:46which experience do you have

00:53:48well i've done facial constructions on eight men's skulls

00:53:52admittedly that's more guesswork than these would have to be but uh

00:53:56i've watched peter on jobs like this

00:53:58i worked with him in america and that head's in a trunk case

00:54:03i'd welcome the chance to prove i can do it

00:54:06he's that confident

00:54:08i don't see what we've got to lose sir

00:54:11right i want round the clock protection for him

00:54:14will not kill anyone professor hutton has an assistant

00:54:17let this maniac think the work in the skulls is going somewhere else

00:54:22you wanted me sir

00:54:23i want the both of you i'm sending you to a party

00:54:26a party sir there's a knees up at casco's tonight for the entire research department

00:54:31an engagement or something i want you to go there keep your ears and your eyes open

00:54:36see if there's any connection with anyone there and janet gillman

00:54:39but they know who we are sir

00:54:40so people get drunk at parties they talk you let them talk

00:54:56you never wish you drank at times like these

00:55:10we're not here to enjoy ourselves

00:55:11see with a bit more effort you could sound just like jim taggett

00:55:16i found her tonight she still wants time to think

00:55:44go around there have it out with her

00:55:47she'll turn around and say i was expecting to find over somebody

00:55:54why should i give her the satisfaction

00:55:56she treats you like shit from us well i can see it everyone else here sees it

00:56:03which is not worth it the unspeakable crime sending a venomous spider through the post

00:56:09pity somebody didn't send it to our research director

00:56:12you don't like it i take it the statement of the millennium

00:56:18if you don't take that job and get out of class going away from her you're a fool

00:56:24hey colin i didn't know you were here

00:56:28i'd like to come back and see you all

00:56:30patch up in all the scandal

00:56:32the trouble is she spent most of her life in what i call the cool de sacks of scientific research

00:56:37they're never getting anywhere and always coming out the way she came in

00:56:42now she publishes our

00:56:45they're they're her own

00:56:48talk of the devil

00:56:52hello dr mcdonald

00:56:55research director

00:56:56hi

00:56:56who are the police officers

00:56:58i was just telling them it's a pity somebody didn't send that spider to dr nielsen's one

00:57:04might have been a practical solution to his problems

00:57:12doctor

00:57:28what i'm working on is trying to grow venom cells from dead snakes glands so it won't be nice and

00:57:45sorry to milk them sounds a lot safer and cheaper though whether that helps people who need anti-venom is

00:57:51another matter what do you mean thousands of people in the third world die of snake bite every year

00:57:56usually poor field workers by the time the middlemen are pushed a price of anti-venoms up they can't afford it

00:58:02sure

00:58:03what exactly is dr nielsen working on i shouldn't really discuss that his research is

00:58:10well closely guarded that's why casco don't want him to leave let's get inside you must be freezing

00:58:17tell me the perfect murder okay

00:58:26we're in a police room and you might come across it one day who knows

00:58:29tell me i'm intrigued

00:58:32well what you do is you uh

00:58:34you take a hypodermic full of cobra venom and you inject it into someone's belly button

00:58:39that apparently cobra venom is impossible to detect unless you're actually looking for it

00:58:42and the last place you're going to find a puncture mark is in the belly button

00:58:47so how do you get your victim to lie still while you do it

00:58:50i will that's a difficult part so where did you learn this

00:58:53dr nielsen i worked at cascars for two years

00:58:57find out a lot of things

00:59:01i think i better take him home

00:59:06do you ever get the feeling that people are too ready to talk to us only too well

00:59:12here we are douglas

00:59:27home

00:59:32hey

00:59:33i think she's in

00:59:35the light just went over up the stair

00:59:37her car's not here

00:59:38i just went out i saw it

00:59:42come on in and have a nightcap

00:59:48i know thanks you need your bed douglas

00:59:50come on in and have a drink

00:59:52quite enough get your bed

00:59:55all right all right thanks for the lift

00:59:58do you um

01:00:12do you want to come back with me you don't mind i'd rather go straight home

01:00:18i'll cook a really good spaghetti bolognese

01:00:20after quiche and pizza

01:00:22stomach must be lead lined

01:00:25just for a nightcap then

01:00:27i've got to let the dog out

01:00:30okay

01:00:32all right

01:00:38all right

01:00:49all right

01:01:00all right

01:01:02all right

01:01:10all right

01:01:12all right

01:01:14Oh, my God.

01:01:44Ah!

01:02:14Dr. Nielsen?

01:02:30Dr.

01:02:40Nielsen?

01:02:42Ah!

01:02:44Ah!

01:02:46Ah!

01:02:48Ah!

01:02:50Ah!

01:02:52Ah!

01:02:54Ah!

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