Object Z (1965) Season 1 Episode 1

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00:00THE END

00:30THE END

01:00Robert what do you make of it?

01:02I don't know

01:03It's not a Nova

01:06Have you checked?

01:07Yes I've been through the charts

01:08There shouldn't be anything there

01:10A comet?

01:11Could be

01:12The proper motion's too high though

01:15The definition's sharper than any comet either

01:17Let's see

01:18Me too

01:18When did you first see it?

01:21Three weeks ago

01:22Came up on the last batch of plates

01:23Well let's have a look at it again

01:25Could be we're both mistaken

01:26Could be

01:27Here we are.

01:29This is our greatest treasure.

01:31Oh, can I stop you for a minute?

01:33This is Peter...

01:35Oh, I say, I'm terribly sorry. I've forgotten your name.

01:37Barry.

01:38Barry, yes, of course. How stupid of me.

01:41Peter Barry.

01:43June Chalice.

01:44How do you do?

01:44Robert Duncan.

01:45How do you do?

01:46Peter's with UK Television.

01:48He's working on a series about...

01:49What was it now?

01:51New developments in metallurgy.

01:52Oh, yes. Bit out of my line, I'm afraid.

01:54New developments in metallurgy? Oh, dear.

01:56Yes, I know what you mean.

01:59We run a weekly programme called The Latest in Science.

02:02Oh.

02:03And this should be good for three or four programmes.

02:05I hope you won't think me dense, but...

02:07What are you doing in an observatory?

02:09Well, all's grist to our mill.

02:11And Dr Ramsey here has very kindly offered to assist us with a programme on astronomy,

02:14a series of programmes.

02:16I missed him by inches in London,

02:18so I thought I'd try and run him to Earth here in Scotland.

02:19And he caught me.

02:21Actually, it's these two you should be talking to.

02:23I'm only a visitor here.

02:24Dr Grundy's in charge, but he's in Canada.

02:25How many programmes are you doing?

02:28On astronomy, six, I think.

02:29Six?

02:30Yes, I know. It's not enough.

02:32What are you calling them?

02:34Hmm?

02:35Oh, I don't know.

02:36The floor of heaven, perhaps.

02:42What are you thinking about?

02:44What?

02:44Oh, I was...

02:46I was just wondering if there's anyone, anything up there.

02:52Sending us radio signals, perhaps, century after century.

02:55I wondered if anyone might be receiving them.

02:58It'll take a long time.

02:59The nearest star is four light years away.

03:01But we've been sending signals into space, haven't we?

03:04You never know.

03:05Someone or something might pick them up.

03:07Intelligence out there?

03:09Maybe.

03:10If so, let's hope they have the intelligence to leave us alone.

03:15What on earth is that?

03:16Well, that's what we call a blink comparator.

03:18A what?

03:19A blink microscope.

03:21You take two pictures of the same star region taken at different times.

03:24And you superimpose them like this.

03:26I'm sorry, I don't get it.

03:28Well, normally, stars remain unchanged in their positions.

03:31Well, that's why they're called fixed stars.

03:33But if anything new appears, like a new star, for instance,

03:36it'll appear on one plate and not the other.

03:39And by flicking the plates on and off,

03:40you can see the stars blinking on and off.

03:43You can observe the effect very easily,

03:45even in a region crowded with stars.

03:47Oh, I see.

03:47Look at this.

03:52Oh, I see.

03:53Just off centre there, it's blinking at me.

03:55Exactly.

03:56Those two plates were taken at an interval of three weeks.

04:00And since the first plate was taken,

04:01then the new objects appear.

04:03And what is it?

04:04It's a nova.

04:05A huge explosion in space.

04:08A nova?

04:09Well, the only nova I'm familiar with is a bossy nova.

04:11What?

04:12Never mind.

04:13Oh, I see.

04:14Well, look, let me explain.

04:15Every now and again,

04:16a star so faint that one can't normally see it explodes.

04:19Like a hydrogen bomb.

04:21It's still just a point of light, however,

04:23because of the distance.

04:25Let's see now.

04:26This star cluster, for instance,

04:28that's about, what, 1800 light years away?

04:30That's quite an explosion.

04:32It all happened a long time ago, of course.

04:34This bang took place about the time of Nero.

04:36We're just getting the news of it now, as it were.

04:38Well, that's good stuff.

04:39We must try and get that into the programme.

04:41Well, I must be off.

04:42Well, Dr. Ramsey, I'm very grateful for all your help.

04:44Perhaps you'll call in and see us the moment you arrive in London.

04:47UK television will find me.

04:48Certainly, Mr. Murray.

04:50Barry.

04:50Oh, I'm terribly sorry.

04:52Goodbye.

04:53Goodbye.

04:54Goodbye.

04:54Bye.

04:54It isn't an over.

04:59What?

04:59It isn't an over, sir.

05:00What do you mean?

05:01Look at that.

05:03September the 10th, nothing.

05:07Yes.

05:08September the 15th.

05:11It's there.

05:13Yes.

05:16September the 25th.

05:17Now, look at that.

05:19Good heavens.

05:21Look at the proper motion.

05:23June, get a message off to Harvard.

05:25When first observed, a position, proper motion and magnitude.

05:30We must try and trace the speed.

05:34Come on.

05:35Come on, have a good look at this.

05:36Diana, get me another coffee, will you?

06:00Here it is.

06:01Not over my scripts, love.

06:04What's Merchant talking about?

06:07Thermodynamics.

06:08Hello, hello.

06:09Nobody doing anything.

06:10Hello, Peter.

06:11How are you?

06:11Hello, my lovely.

06:12Here.

06:13Did you get hold of Ramsey?

06:15Yes.

06:15I roughed out a program.

06:17He's going to do six programs for us starting on the 14th.

06:20Good man.

06:20What about money?

06:21Well, that's up to you.

06:23I told him to contact you the moment he arrived.

06:25Right.

06:27Peter.

06:28Uh-huh.

06:28When did you see him?

06:31A few days ago.

06:31Why?

06:32Did you say anything about a comet?

06:35There's a...

06:36A comet?

06:36No.

06:37Why?

06:37Oh, he did mention a star that they'd seen on the great telescope.

06:41What was it?

06:41He said it was called a nova.

06:43That's a star exploding in space.

06:45Well, it isn't.

06:46We've had a whole lot of reports these last few days about a comet.

06:49Look, Russia, South Africa, Japan, the United States.

06:52Half the world's observatories have reported it.

06:55And they all say the first report came from Ramsey.

06:57Well, then why would he say it was a nova?

07:01Exactly.

07:02He's England's top astronomer.

07:04An expert on spectroscopy.

07:06Oh, yes.

07:06Okay, wait a minute.

07:07Fellow of the Royal Society.

07:09Do you think he'd make a simple mistake like that?

07:11No, I don't.

07:12Excuse me, he's here.

07:13Who?

07:13Dr. Ramsey.

07:15He's in reception.

07:16Ask him to come up.

07:17Peter, this is your chance.

07:18He's a balshy old bird.

07:19Hates authority.

07:20Loves to throw a span into the works.

07:22Remember the row he had with the atomic energy people last year?

07:25Yes, I covered it.

07:26See if he can get a story.

07:27Trip him up.

07:27Ask him why he said it was a nova when he knew damn well it wasn't.

07:30Ask him if he's under security.

07:32Brian?

07:33Dr. Ramsey, so nice to meet you.

07:35How do you do?

07:35You know Peter, of course.

07:37Yes.

07:37Hi, Doctor.

07:38Nice to see you again.

07:39Did you have a good trip?

07:40Yes, thank you.

07:40It was very nice.

07:41Diane, I'll get us some coffee.

07:42I hope you don't mind paper cups.

07:44Not at all.

07:45Will you sit down?

07:46I'll just get these scripts out of your way.

07:49Over to you, Peter.

07:51Right, thank you.

07:53Well, Doctor, I've roughed out a script for the first programme.

07:56Perhaps you'd like to have a look at it.

08:02Doctor, you remember that object you showed me at the observatory?

08:05Yes, we've all been doing quite a lot of work on it.

08:08There's Rickover at Palomar, Young in South Africa, and Baranov in Russia.

08:11How far away is it?

08:13Well, it's difficult to establish the distance, but it's several million miles.

08:16Several million?

08:17It must be enormous.

08:18Yes, it is.

08:20Well, let's say, for example, that it's three million miles away.

08:23It would have to be at least six miles across to be visible, even to our most powerful instruments.

08:28Six miles?

08:29On the other hand, it might be ten or twenty times further away, in which case it would have

08:33to be much larger.

08:34And what's happening about it now?

08:37Well, Chalice and Duncan are working on it at the observatory.

08:39They're going to let me have their results as soon as possible.

08:41When will that be?

08:42In about a week, I think.

08:46One thing's quite clear, though.

08:49It's not of terrestrial origin.

08:51And it's not a comet?

08:53No, we're quite certain of that.

08:56Then what is it?

08:57That's what the observatories of the world are trying so hard to find out.

09:02Proper motion, fourteen seconds of arc in twenty-four hours.

09:09Ascension, twenty-four, sixteen-four.

09:12Declination, thirty-nine, fourteen-twelve.

09:15Further observations will be made at twelve hundred hours GMT.

09:18Cyber nicht erkennbar.

09:20Oberflächentemperatur minus zwei-hundertsechzig Grad.

09:23Lichtsausmaß sektiv.

09:25Weitere beobachtung des unbekannten gegenstandes werden um zwölf...

09:28Rastoyenie blisko szech toczka piach dwa miliona kilometrov.

09:33Skoros szech kilometrov na sekundo.

09:35Lietje prokrochie.

09:3640 seconds of arc in twenty-four hours.

09:39Ascension, twenty-four, sixteen.

09:44I've just heard from Joggle Bank.

09:47They've established the distance.

09:48I'm more interested in finding its course.

09:50It looks to me as if it's going to come pretty close.

09:52And I've got the graphs.

09:53At this rate, it should approach within a few hundred thousand miles.

09:56Quite a spectacle.

09:57Yes, and it's growing brighter.

09:59It should be visible without instruments in a couple of days.

10:01How's Mike getting on?

10:02Oh, stuff's pouring in all the time.

10:04He's feeding the computer as fast as he can.

10:06But the results won't be through for a while.

10:12Shouldn't you have some rest?

10:13You've been at it since six o'clock.

10:15Oh, I'm almost through.

10:17Robert, what do you make of it?

10:19The object?

10:20I wish I knew.

10:22I've never seen anything like it before.

10:24Nor has anyone else, it seems.

10:26It's the brightness I find most strange.

10:28It's not what you'd expect from a cold body of that size.

10:31Perhaps it's composed of snow or frozen hydrogen.

10:33That would have a high reflecting power.

10:35Oh, yes.

10:36Its mass must be enormous, even if it is snow.

10:39And if it's rock.

10:41Have they worked it out yet?

10:42Its mass?

10:43No.

10:45Ah.

10:45I've been comparing its course with the earth's orbit.

10:50Are Duncan here?

10:52Yes.

10:57I see.

11:01Well, how close is it going to come?

11:04Are we going to be able to see it?

11:05It's heading straight for us.

11:10The End

11:24THE END

11:54Thank you. Ah, Prime Minister. Here's the report.

12:05Thank you. What time does Ramsey arrive?

12:07He was due in a London airport an hour ago.

12:10I sent a car, of course, so he should be here at any moment now.

12:12Good.

12:15Well, according to this, there's no change.

12:18Object Z, as they're calling it now, is approaching the Earth at high speed.

12:22When will it strike?

12:25If this report is correct, in about six weeks.

12:30Six weeks?

12:31If my memory is correct, the Earth moves around the Sun at a speed of 16 miles per second.

12:40This thing's moving at about 15, isn't it?

12:43That's right.

12:43I'm thinking of relative speeds, John.

12:46If the Earth and this thing are moving in the same direction, the speed of impact might be quite low.

12:52There might be merely a graze.

12:53Unfortunately, this object is approaching the Earth directly into our orbit.

12:57So we combine the speeds, 30 miles a second.

13:01That's right.

13:02Good evening, Prime Minister.

13:07Good evening, Ramsey.

13:07Do sit down.

13:08Do you have your report for me?

13:12Yes.

13:15There's no change, I'm afraid.

13:18Can you say whether it will collide directly with the Earth or strike a glancing blow?

13:24Its course at present is almost in the plane of the Earth's orbit.

13:27It's likely, for reasons which I won't bother with at the moment, to strike a glancing blow.

13:32But even a glancing blow with an object six miles across,

13:35traveling at a combined speed of 30 miles a second,

13:38is likely to be a serious matter.

13:40How serious?

13:41Well, that depends on its composition.

13:43There are two kinds of meteors, the stony and the metallic.

13:47If this object is stony, then there's a chance that we might survive the impact.

13:51Some of us, at any rate.

13:53If it's metallic...

13:54Yes.

13:57Then I'm afraid the impact would be quite sufficient to destroy all life on Earth.

14:15I'm sorry to have to tell you this grim news.

14:18You have no way of telling whether it's stony or metallic?

14:22I'm afraid not.

14:24These shelters we're going to build.

14:27Will they help?

14:28As you know, every country on Earth is planning shelters.

14:30Will they be of any use?

14:31Not if this thing is metallic.

14:34There is one hope, though.

14:36Only a slight hope, I admit, but...

14:38Well, go on.

14:38We've managed to chart the course of this object with some considerable accuracy.

14:43I believe that we might be able to destroy it.

14:45Or at least deflect it from its course in space.

14:48How do you mean, with a bomb?

14:49Do you mean hit it with a missile of some sort?

14:52Sure.

14:53Could that be done?

14:53It's impossible.

14:54Look, the problem of hitting it with the bomb of sufficient power to destroy it is very difficult.

15:00We would need a vehicle at least three times as powerful as anything that we have at the moment.

15:05And we would need the equivalent of a 400 megaton bomb.

15:08400 megaton?

15:11But that's twice as large as anything in existence.

15:13Yes, it is.

15:14Could we build such a machine in time?

15:16I'm not an engineer, sir, but I believe that it could be done.

15:19If we pool our resources with the Americans and the Russians, then the project is feasible.

15:24Well, that's that.

15:54Tired?

16:06A bit.

16:07I find it so strange to think that we're two of the 20 or 30 people in the whole world who are in on the secret.

16:14What do you think they'll do?

16:16When they find out, you mean?

16:18I don't know.

16:19Depends on your temperament, I suppose.

16:22Some people pray.

16:24Some people who take to drink.

16:26Thanks.

16:27Some people who do themselves in rather than face it.

16:31Most people carry on as usual, I should think.

16:33There's nothing much else they can do.

16:34Of course, they may be able to keep it from everyone until...

16:36Until the Big Bang.

16:38I suppose that would be best.

16:40Everybody looking at it.

16:42Brighter than the full moon.

16:44The most striking thing the world has ever seen.

16:46And then the impact.

16:50All over in a moment.

16:52No fuss or pain.

16:53What will you do?

16:57What, with my last few days?

17:03Well, I'd like to begin by marrying you.

17:07I mean it, June.

17:11I can't offer you much future.

17:13Six weeks, to be exact.

17:16But I'd like to spend them with you.

17:19What do you say?

17:20I think so.

17:25But I don't want to have to cut that.

17:26We'll see how the time goes.

17:28This is a point.

17:29If we can get through to that, in the time, then we'll keep it.

17:31One minute, studio.

17:32Then you're on.

17:32As long as you keep it through the time.

17:33Yeah, all right.

17:34Okay, one of you, if you will.

17:35That's right.

17:37Dr. Ramsey, I must get up to the box.

17:39Good luck.

17:40It's all going to be splendid.

17:41Good luck.

17:41Hurry, Brian.

17:42Now, there's no need to be nervous.

17:43We've had a good run-through, and most of it's on film, as you know.

17:46When you're on film, you can use your script,

17:48and the floor manager will tell you when we're coming back to you.

17:50Now, I'm sorry we had to cut it down,

17:52but the Prime Minister's on at nine, as you know.

17:54Yes, I know.

17:55I wonder what it's about.

17:56A crisis, I suppose.

17:57Yes, I suppose so.

17:5830 seconds.

17:59Ah, I must go.

18:00Good luck.

18:01What are you doing here?

18:01We start in a moment.

18:02Well, we're from the observatory in Scotland.

18:04We came straight here to wish him luck.

18:06Get rid of him, for heaven's sake.

18:08Come on, this way, please.

18:09Good luck.

18:10Good luck.

18:10Oh, thank you.

18:1215 seconds.

18:13Good luck, doctor.

18:13Don't worry about anything.

18:14It'll be fine.

18:14Doctor, can you sit here, please?

18:16Yes.

18:19Ten seconds.

18:21Nine, eight, seven, six, five.

18:26Music on the captions.

18:28Stand by.

18:31Few of us could have looked at the night sky.

18:34Without beginning to ask some profound questions.

18:38Is space infinite?

18:40How did those millions of stars, those galaxies, thousands of light years across and millions

18:46of light years away come into existence?

18:48Did the universe have a beginning?

18:50And will it have an end?

18:51In the next six weeks...

18:55In the next six weeks, I will try to give the answers to some of these questions.

19:07Six weeks is a short time.

19:10What's the matter with him?

19:13Come on, man, come on.

19:14I thought for a moment he was going to break down.

19:16So did I.

19:17You should never have come through this.

19:20The name's Wade, Captain Green, security.

19:23You're June Chalice, aren't you?

19:24Yes.

19:25You're Duncan?

19:26Yes.

19:28Security?

19:28Yes, special branch.

19:29Won't you stay?

19:32If I may.

19:32I mean, the whole process probably took millions of years.

19:36At this very moment, there are thousands of gaseous clouds in space.

19:43Well, thank you, Doctor.

19:44Now, before we close the programme, I'd like to ask your opinion on something which I'm sure

19:48is in the mind of all our viewers.

19:50This new object that's been seen in the sky is causing such a sensation throughout the world.

19:54Has anything like it ever been seen before?

19:56Well, how do you mean?

19:57Well, is it a comet?

19:58Oh, I see.

19:59No, it's not a comet.

20:00A comet, as I've said before, is not a solid object.

20:03It usually, though not always, exhibits a tail.

20:07The object that we're seeing has no tail.

20:09It appears to be solid, like a meteor.

20:11A meteor.

20:12How far away is it?

20:13Oh, several million miles.

20:15Of course, in astronomical terms, it's really very close, but it is several million miles away.

20:19Is it likely to get any nearer?

20:21Yes.

20:21In the next few weeks, it's likely to become a very brilliant object.

20:24How close will it come to the Earth?

20:26Oh, quite close.

20:29Yes, but how close, Doctor?

20:30Is there any danger of it striking the Earth?

20:32Oh, it's most unlikely.

20:33But it could happen.

20:35Yes, it could happen.

20:36The Earth is constantly being bombarded.

20:36Thank you, Dr. Ramsey.

20:38Well, that was the first of a series of talks on astronomy by Dr. Ramsey, entitled The Great Machine.

20:43That's all for this week.

20:44Until next week, good night.

20:45Just a moment.

20:56That was fine, fine.

20:57You're clear now, thank you.

20:58Excuse me, sir.

20:59Can I speak to you for a moment?

21:00Yes.

21:00What do you mean by barging in like us?

21:01Don't you know that...

21:02I'm from security.

21:03I don't care if you're Albus Presley.

21:04I won't have any...

21:05Prime Minister's on now.

21:06I think he will explain if you will watch.

21:08I come before you tonight with news of the gravest importance to this country and to the world.

21:19Those of you who are at work, I ask you to lay that work aside for the moment and listen to what I have to say.

21:27A few hours ago, I was present at a conference at which every nation of the world was represented

21:34because the whole world is threatened by a danger which transcends political and national considerations of any kind.

21:46The message I bring is this.

21:49An object from outer space may well pass close to the Earth before going on into the vastness of space.

21:56It is possible, and I tell you this in the light of the best scientific advice available,

22:02that it may strike the Earth a glancing blow.

22:05It is even possible that it may score what I can only describe as a direct hit.

22:12It is for this reason that work has begun on the building of shelters against the impact.

22:17As I told you, this thing may well pass a star.

22:21Now, should this object collide with the Earth, the shock will be very great,

22:27and the provision of adequate shelters is the best chance we have of preventing severe loss of life.

22:36It is for this reason that I have asked members of the Opposition to join me at this moment in forming a national government

22:44so that this country may be truly united in the face of the grave danger.

22:50In the meantime, I ask for calm.

22:54I ask all those of you who are listening to me to set an example of courage and discipline

23:00in face of the grave danger which threatens us all.

23:05Good night.

23:07So that's it.

23:09I suppose you knew all about it.

23:10Yes, I did.

23:11Well, Doctor, how long have we got? About six weeks.

23:13For security reasons, I'd rather you didn't answer that.

23:15Now, just a minute. Who the hell do you think you're here?

23:16Oh, look, will you come with me, sir?

23:17You too, Miss Jealous. Mr. Duncan, if you don't mind.

23:21I'm sorry to have to hustle you off like this, sir.

23:23But there's a plane waiting. There's a car outside.

23:25Where are we going?

23:26In Woomera, sir. In Australia.

23:28Woomera?

23:28Yes, sir. That's why I must ask you to hurry.

23:30The plane leaves in a couple of hours.

23:32It's what I do about clothes and things.

23:33Oh.

23:34Well, well.

23:36So that's it.

23:37Poor Devil, no wonder he was so rattled.

23:38He knew all the time, but he was under pressure from security.

23:41What a day.

23:42Well, let's get out of here.

23:44Good night, Brian.

23:45Good night.

23:45See you tomorrow.

23:46Let's go and have a coffee, shall we?

23:50It's good to get a bit of fresh air.

23:52Yeah.

23:55Is it my imagination, or is it getting brighter?

23:57It's your imagination.

24:00Just six weeks to live.

24:02It's your imagination, or is it mine?

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