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00:00The End
01:00It must be somewhere suitable.
01:30How about over there?
01:37Well it could be.
01:45Here.
01:48I've got to find somewhere before dark.
01:52Yes.
01:54Right.
02:04Let's go.
02:05Here we go.
02:32It seems fine eh?
02:34Yes.
02:35Not just for a night's shelter either.
02:37Don't give him a bit of fiddling.
02:39I reckon I could get this lot working.
02:41Hey!
02:42You mean reshoe Jasper?
02:43I might manage it.
02:45Bossed up retread job at least.
02:47Must be something to match his hoof size around here.
02:50Said me save your shoe leather if you could.
02:52Exactly.
02:55Just one thing Vulcan.
02:57Hmm?
02:58You're not chewing anything this evening.
03:00On a counter this here is reserved.
03:04For?
03:05Cooking.
03:06Oh that's better.
03:15Lucky find.
03:16Handy for the horses too.
03:18Odd there aren't more settlements around here.
03:20You don't think...
03:21Shh.
03:22Hello you there.
03:23Who are you?
03:24Travellers.
03:25How many?
03:26Two.
03:27In friendship.
03:28No backrooms.
03:29Are you well?
03:30Yeah.
03:31Quite well.
03:32I'm good.
03:33Good to see you.
03:34How many?
03:35Two.
03:36In friendship.
03:37No backrooms.
03:38I'm good.
03:39Yeah.
03:40Quite well.
03:41Come in.
03:42Here we go.
03:43I'll try it.
03:44Ä—l iza.
03:45He'll try it.
03:46Please.
03:47I'll try it.
03:48He'll try the 준�果.
03:49To me.
03:50Yes.
03:51Who are you?
03:52writes.
03:53He'll play it.
03:54There we go.
03:55And then we'll try it.
03:56I'll be happy.
03:57Good to see you.
03:58Oh.
03:59Show yourselves please.
04:09Kim. Nancy. greetings in love brother.
04:15welcome. sword of fire.
04:20welcome. we're Charles and Pitt.
04:23she's dumb.
04:25all right if we kip in with you then. share of fire.
04:30why not? get a card kid.
04:34good price.
04:53yeah as long as it doesn't rain.
04:57there's also a forge to reassure the horses.
05:02you've got horses?
05:04yes.
05:05we're on our way back to our settlement a couple of days south of here.
05:08where are you from?
05:10around.
05:12we was in Birmingham at first.
05:14then.
05:15what was it like?
05:17in the city.
05:18all right at first light.
05:20once you got used to the smell.
05:21great.
05:22but?
05:23i just loaded gear stored away didn't we?
05:26plenty of stuff.
05:28some kids got onto us.
05:30kids?
05:31did us over see.
05:33oh that's tough.
05:35that's the town.
05:37so then you decided to try your luck in the country.
05:41some luck.
05:42why haven't you tried to join a settlement?
05:45that's not our bag is it?
05:48it's better than just wandering around surely.
05:50yeah like that mob down the road.
05:52what mob?
05:53about five miles.
05:55that way.
05:56how many?
05:57never had time to find out did we?
05:59we left in a bit of a hurry.
06:01surely with a limp like yours you can't afford to be choosy.
06:04not us.
06:05them.
06:06don't want to know.
06:07just dirty hippies.
06:08that's what we are to them.
06:09don't want to know.
06:11i see.
06:21would you like a little meat?
06:23rabbit.
06:30i think we might manage them a little salt too.
06:33great.
06:34salt kid.
06:35where'd you get it?
06:37whole place up near Chester.
06:39natural brine ponds.
06:41it's just lying there.
06:43thick of sin up in these caves.
06:44yeah?
06:45that where you've been?
06:46yes.
06:47we thought we had enough.
06:49should get through it fast when you preserve with it.
06:51here.
06:59what happened?
07:00you what?
07:01has nancy always been mute like this?
07:05not like when we first met up.
07:07no not then.
07:08had this nipper.
07:11didn't she?
07:12little baby boy.
07:13rats got it.
07:14didn't they?
07:15oh no.
07:16packs of them see.
07:18in the town.
07:19hunt in packs.
07:21i'm sorry.
07:22leave her.
07:23don't need your pity.
07:26we'll make out.
07:28see.
07:29see.
07:46oh.
07:48Oh
08:00Please
08:05Oh well suppose we could hardly bar the door to them.
08:10Suppose not.
08:12Oh
08:15They've had it haven't they? I mean they can't come to us.
08:24It's so ironic survive the death itself and then go under with the shock.
08:28Yes except there's no need.
08:32I wouldn't give this couple very long.
08:34Oh I don't know give them the right help.
08:38We're not on this trip to pick up deranged fragrance.
08:42Oh
08:46Lord what now?
08:49Poor devil.
08:56The way they both put down that stew it's hardly surprising.
09:00Burning.
09:07Easy now.
09:09What's the matter?
09:10The house.
09:12Throat.
09:14Burning.
09:18Quickly.
09:20Try and get them to drink as much water as possible.
09:21But Charlie.
09:22Quickly I'll settle off the horses.
09:23What and leave them?
09:24No no no no.
09:26Take them to the settlement he mentioned on the road.
09:28In the dark?
09:28Oh come on it'll soon be light.
09:31Come on love.
09:32Oh.
09:47This must be the place.
09:50Nearly there.
09:51Hold it.
10:16Hello there.
10:17What are you after?
10:18Well we want some help actually.
10:19Keep back.
10:22Look it's all right but we we met this couple you see.
10:25And you can you can see for yourself what state they're in.
10:28Get going.
10:29Oh now wait.
10:31You heard.
10:32They're ill.
10:33Had them crawling around here yesterday.
10:36Get.
10:37They could die.
10:38Better them than us.
10:40Now listen.
10:42Look.
10:43Haven't you got some sort of quarantine quarters or something?
10:47Sure.
10:48But not for filthy scavengers like them.
10:51We've got something to trade.
10:52We can pay for the help.
10:54Pay?
10:54Yes.
10:56With salt.
11:03For mercy's sake.
11:05All right.
11:06But you two.
11:07You're in quarantine with them.
11:08Anything.
11:11The exalation huts.
11:12Over there.
11:33Have you got a doctor?
11:35That depends.
11:36Depends?
11:37Depends on what?
11:38The committee.
11:54Oh pal it's all.
11:57It makes our quarantine quarters look a bit scant.
11:59They've got paraffin too.
12:02Here some water.
12:02Here we'll get them to drink as much as we can.
12:05Here.
12:06Here.
12:07Come on.
12:08Hold her.
12:09Come on.
12:09Sit up.
12:11Now drink.
12:13Swallow.
12:14Come on.
12:15Come on.
12:16That's what they've got over there.
12:20Come on.
12:23Penicillin.
12:25Tetracycline.
12:26Oh.
12:27Oh.
12:28Oh.
12:28Oh.
12:28Oh.
12:29Oh.
12:29Oh.
12:30Oh.
12:30Oh.
12:31Oh.
12:31Drink.
12:32Drink it all.
12:32Come on.
12:37Well.
12:39Overcautious or not, it's certainly well organized.
12:41Oh.
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13:22Oh.
13:23And rest!
13:36Well, Leonard, let's have it.
13:38They say they're from a settlement to the south of here.
13:41Seems they were camped down the road and these two termies pitched up.
13:44Around dawn, the termies got sick, so they brought them down here.
13:47That's presumptuous.
13:49Sir?
13:50Why, Lenny? You know the rules. Why'd you lie them in?
13:52Oh, they'll get salt.
13:55Really?
13:57Yes, we wondered.
13:58Of course, as soon as I heard that.
14:00Yes.
14:01So what's up with these two termies?
14:03Of course, in a bad way.
14:04We'll go and check.
14:06You take care?
14:07Yes, of course.
14:09Lenny?
14:19Are the settlements out of here?
14:21Yes, that's right.
14:22Where do you get all this salt?
14:28It's a trade secret.
14:30What's the matter with these two termies you brought in?
14:33The what?
14:34Termies.
14:35Terminal, zombies, vagrants, dropouts, whatever you call them.
14:39Oh, er, well, I should say from the symptoms, the way it suddenly hit them, er, food poisoning.
14:45Are you two all right?
14:47Yes.
14:48Any idea of what they were eating?
14:51Er, stew of some kind.
14:53They had a cart with them yesterday.
14:58Where's that?
14:59Some outhouses way up the road.
15:02We'll check.
15:06Would you have a medical advisor of any kind?
15:08No!
15:11But Pete, take me quick!
15:22Gone.
15:26What do we do?
15:28There's not much we can do, is there, stuck in here.
15:30Damn these people!
15:35Why?
15:38We'd do the same thing.
15:40Would we?
15:41In these circumstances, yes.
15:43You can't take health risks!
15:45Not what it could mean infecting an entire settlement!
15:47Burn it.
15:57Electric!
15:58Come on Sammy, hurry up.
16:07Oh no!
16:09What's the matter?
16:10That's it!
16:18Some of our seed wheat.
16:20From the store?
16:22Well...
16:23Well from where?
16:24Was it in the store?
16:25No.
16:26I left it in the shed.
16:28In the little one out by the planting field.
16:31And now...
16:34Oh dear God!
16:42It's all right Sammy.
16:43Come here.
16:45For once you've made the right mistake.
16:55He's dead?
16:56Yes.
16:57What about him?
16:59Seems to be just a shade better.
17:01No.
17:02We've been forcing him to drink as much water as possible.
17:04Seems to help.
17:05Not for long.
17:06What do you mean?
17:08There's still some of our seed wheat.
17:10It was dressed with Mogano oxide powder.
17:12It's a fungicide containing mercury.
17:15According to our medical books if his heart's strong enough to withstand the initial shock
17:19you'd die of kidney failure within a fortnight.
17:22I'm sorry.
17:25Now...
17:26You'd like to come with me?
17:27Where?
17:29Well we find you somewhere a bit more civilized.
17:32You both look as though you could use a hot bath.
17:35Well I...
17:36Well come along then.
17:38Well wait a minute.
17:39What about him?
17:41Lenny will look after him.
17:42Yes?
17:44How?
17:45I imagine a strong painkiller would be the most effective treatment Lenny.
17:48Right.
17:49Come along.
17:53All right?
17:55Mmm...
17:56Nice and warm is it?
17:57I'll get these sold up perhaps.
18:09You have a shoemaker?
18:10Among other things.
18:12How are yours?
18:13Oh they're fine thank you.
18:15Well...
18:16Are you the boss of this outfit?
18:18Mr. Kershaw's our leader.
18:19Max Kershaw.
18:21Well I hope we can meet.
18:22Of course.
18:24You're obviously very well organized.
18:25We accept the need for total discipline.
18:27Yes.
18:28It shows.
18:30Your late breakfast.
18:31Oh.
18:32Looks like real five star stuff eh?
18:36Hello.
18:38Thank you very much.
18:39My name's Charles Vaughan.
18:40Sammy Walters sir.
18:41Thank you Sammy.
18:46That looks good.
18:48Home brew?
18:49Yes.
18:51For you?
18:52No thank you.
18:59Oh that's very good.
19:00We are pleased with it.
19:02I'm sure.
19:03Like everything else around here.
19:05That's right.
19:06Except perhaps for...
19:08Salt?
19:10We're a long way from the coast.
19:11It is a problem.
19:13Well perhaps it might prove some...
19:15Catalyst for some form of collaboration eh?
19:17Mr Kershaw may consider trading.
19:19I don't know.
19:21Oh.
19:22Well why not?
19:23Our idea is total self-sufficiency.
19:26Well that's fine for a start but ultimately...
19:29What?
19:31Well long term survival against external threats and so on.
19:34Is going to depend on inter-settlement cooperation.
19:36You believe?
19:37Well yes.
19:38Oh I don't just mean some sort of Federal Home Guard or militia.
19:41Though that's pretty crucial though.
19:42There are lots of other aspects.
19:43Such as?
19:44Well the need for communications either by connecting telephone wires or some form of short rate radio.
19:51Lots of other mutual aspects.
19:53Like?
19:54Well one settlement could specialise in large scale soap production.
19:57Another one could go in for burning charcoal.
20:01The industrial revolution.
20:03So soon.
20:04Well it doesn't have to be big to start with.
20:05I mean you've got a shoemaker.
20:07We have a doctor.
20:08You make very good wine.
20:10We have a salt sauce.
20:12Well.
20:14You take me to your leader.
20:16All in good time.
20:18When you're all cleaned up and presentable.
20:20We have been on the road almost a week you know.
20:22I can believe it.
20:23He's almost as high as those termies.
20:25Can help please.
20:27Oh.
20:28Excuse me.
20:30Well what system do you follow here?
20:34System?
20:35Your social organisation.
20:36The new way of truth.
20:41And what's that?
20:42Foundation of the family is a unified group.
20:46No crude subdivisions like individual marriages.
20:49We're dedicated to the disciplines of purity.
20:52Selected procreation.
20:53Physical development.
20:55All this is new?
20:57Yes.
20:59I'm sorry.
21:00The reason I said that is because
21:02well apart from the eugenics bit it sounds a bit like the old kibbutz system.
21:06Mr. Kershaw had studied that of course.
21:09You find we've greatly improved on it.
21:13Oh.
21:14Well.
21:15As I said.
21:16Take me to your leader.
21:18So he's a bit of a joker is he?
21:19Hardly.
21:21What sort of a man is he?
21:22I don't think he has personal ambition.
21:24Well they never do to begin with.
21:25Their horses are in good shape.
21:26One needed a shoe but otherwise...
21:28So he understands husbandry.
21:29Well I should hope so but that hardly proves anything.
21:31Of course not.
21:32I just thought you ought to know.
21:33Apart from all this crut about collaboration.
21:34What did he say about the actual settlement?
21:36I suppose they have marriages and individual families.
21:39I'm afraid so.
21:40Peasants.
21:41Don't expect anything else.
21:42Change terrifies people.
21:43What did he say about their work schedules?
21:46What did he say about that side of it?
21:47From each according to his ability to each according to his needs.
21:50The old Marxist philosophy of imagined equality.
21:53You'd think they'd learn.
21:54Old habits die hard.
21:55But they must know about the death.
21:57That it was the communists who manufactured it.
22:00Released it on the world.
22:01Surely.
22:02There are some people.
22:03Most people.
22:04You could show them something as glaring as day against night.
22:09And still deny it.
22:10You see change.
22:11Anything new.
22:12Is instantly rejected.
22:13I...
22:14Yes.
22:15I don't think they want to stay too long.
22:16Good riddance.
22:17Hear hear.
22:18Yes.
22:19But we must find out where they get the salt.
22:20Agreed.
22:21Also, Vaughan's anxious to meet you.
22:22Then two seduce me into federation, I doubt.
22:28Oh, for Pete's sake, Petrolux.
22:29I can't.
22:30Look.
22:31You've got a hot bath.
22:32You've had good grub.
22:33You've had wine.
22:34What more do you want?
22:35To get going.
22:36All right.
22:37You've got a hot bath.
22:38You've got a hot bath.
22:39You've had good grub.
22:40You've had wine.
22:41What more do you want?
22:42To get going.
22:43All right.
22:44But the horses could do the rest.
22:45Make arrangements to leave at first light tomorrow.
22:46Can't wait to have a go at their leader.
22:47Can you?
22:48Well, I won't deny a certain curiosity.
22:49More than that.
22:50You want to recruit him, don't you?
22:51Well, you must admit.
22:52It won't be a bad settlement to join up with.
22:54All right.
22:55So they're a bit far away from us.
22:56We're with a communication system.
22:57Oh.
22:58Oh, Petrolux.
22:59Oh, Petty.
23:00Could work.
23:01I wouldn't like to bet.
23:02Why not?
23:03I don't know.
23:04There's something creepy.
23:05Oh, nonsense.
23:06Listen.
23:07While you were sleeping just now, I was watching their feet.
23:09They're not even going to deny a certain curiosity.
23:10You want to recruit him, don't you?
23:11Well, you must admit, it would be a bad settlement to join up with.
23:13All right.
23:14So they're a bit far away from us.
23:15We're with a communication system.
23:16Oh.
23:17Oh, Petty.
23:18It could work.
23:19I wouldn't like to bet.
23:20Why not?
23:21I don't know.
23:22There's something creepy.
23:23Oh, nonsense.
23:24Listen.
23:26While you were sleeping just now,
23:28I was watching their field workers coming in for lunch.
23:30So?
23:31They were marching.
23:33A dozen people in a nice, neat column.
23:36Left, right, left, right.
23:38Halt.
23:39Well, so what?
23:41What the woman Joy done, she made no bones about it.
23:43She said they all accepted the need for total discipline.
23:46Even so?
23:47Marching your field workers?
23:49A bit extreme.
23:50We're in an extreme situation, all of us.
23:53Well, we don't march anywhere.
23:55Would it do any harm if we did?
23:58Where are you going?
24:00I've got to see if there's a chance of getting old Jasper shod.
24:03Let's leave.
24:04Charlie, please.
24:05Let's go.
24:06Look.
24:07Even if we'd have agreed on that, you know very well we can't.
24:10What?
24:11Why?
24:12You know very well why.
24:14That woman took your boots.
24:25Can I help you?
24:26I was just going to check the horses.
24:27No need.
24:28They're fine.
24:29Really?
24:30Because the big white fellow was losing his shoe?
24:31That's right, sir.
24:32The groom fixed it.
24:33Ah.
24:34Well, I'll just take a look.
24:35I told you.
24:36No need.
24:37Shouldn't you be tending the sick?
24:38Ah, well, there's no need for that either.
24:40What do you mean?
24:41He snuffed him.
24:42Now, damn it, if you...
24:43No.
24:44Nothing like that.
24:45He simply crept out the hut and tried to make off with one of the horses.
24:47You're not serious?
24:48Serious for him.
24:49The dog's got...
24:50No.
24:51No.
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25:38Amen.
25:40Amen.
25:44Now unfortunately due to our visitors I must ask the members of the committee
25:48to forego their evening activities but just for a while.
25:51The rest of you please continue.
25:53Max.
25:57You'll see the man on his own.
25:59You're more likely to get the information from him and the woman's antagonistic.
26:03Damned people.
26:05Oh come on we don't know they mean us anyhow.
26:07No?
26:09What about that gangster Lenny? You said he made it perfectly clear.
26:13Only that...
26:15I don't know just to stay clear of the horses at all.
26:18There you are.
26:19Maybe it's just him.
26:21Maybe it's just his manner. Maybe it's just officious.
26:24Damned fascist.
26:26Oh nonsense love.
26:28Look a fascist. You should have met that lot we ran into in London.
26:32Well I didn't and this lot frightens me.
26:34Why? They haven't disarmed us. We've still got the gun.
26:36Yeah sure but they've got my boots.
26:38For repair.
26:39All day?
26:44Well how are you feeling?
26:46Had a good rest?
26:47I want to know when...
26:48Oh you're fine thank you.
26:50It's just that Pet's a wee bit anxious about her boots.
26:52Anxious?
26:53Well it just...
26:54The shoe man's blowing on new souls.
26:56They'll be ready in the morning.
26:57Oh.
26:58Now if you'd like to come and meet the committee.
27:01We won't keep him very long.
27:03What about Pitt?
27:04It should be perfectly safe.
27:05The night patrol's on duty.
27:07Eventually I hope you'll be able to address the whole community.
27:10Perhaps in the morning.
27:12But that will depend on Mr Kirschel.
27:14Go on.
27:15Here's a bolt.
27:16Go on.
27:17Here's a bolt.
27:21Here's a bolt.
27:24Go.
27:26Go.
27:27Go.
27:28Go.
27:29Go.
27:30Go.
27:31Go.
27:33Go.
27:34the discipline of procreation. which amounts to what? a program of eugenics? as I explained to
27:55you this morning. yes the controlled breeding of a master race? the world has
28:00to be repopulated. as a matter of urgency. oh I couldn't agree more I'm just a
28:03little suspicious of the way you're going about it. it would be criminal folly to
28:07resume meeting on a random basis like before. really? of course. now that we have
28:12the opportunity for planning and selection. yes but but how do you plan?
28:16how do you select for the ideal offspring? the community decides. by general
28:23consensus. it's a lot better than your system. you think so? marriage, individual
28:28family units. all part of the old way. which indisputably failed. oh come on. of
28:33course it did. man's genetic history mr. form was a disaster. persistent decline
28:38both physically and intellectually. civilization so-called simply
28:42perpetuated the survival of the weakest. which is why the death became
28:45inevitable. mankind had failed. and a new way had to be found. ordained by God. are you
28:56saying that the death was an act of God? the eradication of 98% of the human race
29:01can hardly be shrugged off as a random act of destruction. there has to be a higher
29:05purpose behind it. a meaning. well one can of course read a divine intent into it.
29:10must. well all right. it has to be found you see mr. Vaughan. it's the clear duty of those of us chosen to survive.
29:18duty. chosen. you disagree? of course we must try and build again a new society. one which
29:23won't make the same mistake. ah but from what sub leader dunn tells us your methods are those of the old world.
29:28modifications. from each according to his abilities. to each according to his needs.
29:31hardly modified. the old impractical communism in fact. well not exactly. but what's your answer?
29:37discipline. dedication. as the chosen. what about these ideas of yours for
29:40inter-settlement collaboration? what about them? old ways again. oh come now. what's so new about federation?
29:46well there's nothing new. you admit that is your ultimate aim federation? yes via trade and a pooling of resources.
29:52aggression. you call it collaboration. to us it's pollution. with what? old world ideas. creatures like those do filthy terms you brought in here.
29:59you associated with them? voluntarily. we could hardly do anything else. they found our camp.
30:05they asked to share our fire and our shelter. we could hardly turn them away. no.
30:10unlike you lot apparently. we have a right to protect ourselves. those two are finished.
30:15degenerate filthy deranged scavengers. not chosen? no. fitted only for destruction. for their own
30:25self-destruction. oh yes except that your thug lenny took it on himself to accelerate the process. your
30:30so-called painkiller solution. the man was dying anyway. oh is that another one of your new ways? euthanasia.
30:38is that why there are no old people here? or cripples? priorities mr bourne. you must accept that
30:44the survival of the fittest is a priority. yes along with your other fascist priorities. like eugenics
30:50and group isolation. they are necessary.
31:01look. i hope to learn something from you people. some disciplines to benefit my own settlement.
31:08well you have nothing. sit down.
31:21we have stability. we have efficiency and purpose. you have a police state in embryo.
31:28guns drilling uniforms. we have no frontiers mr bourne. anyone can leave if he so wishes.
31:34you're telling me they don't? mostly those who have chosen to leave have been back within a week.
31:39begging to be allowed back in. begging.
31:45well well all i can say is that by comparison with us you're far too extreme. too advanced i think.
31:56few can adapt to change easily mr bourne.
31:58i'm talking about qualities you've lost. qualities like love. human charity.
32:05you can't exclude compassion. you must tolerate some failure.
32:10no. that is precisely why it all failed before the death. through weakness. through a criminal liberalism
32:18which tolerated sloth and greed and ignorance.
32:26then we have no mutual interests.
32:29don't forget your salt sauce mr bourne.
32:34i'm sorry.
32:36but as long as you insist upon this policy of isolation is quite out of the question.
32:39we might trade.
32:43no that's no good.
32:48look.
32:50why don't you let me put my ideas to the rest of your community?
32:57why?
32:57why not?
32:59so you're not oppressive you're not a police state all right.
33:02let me at least try them.
33:09if so it will have to be at assembly in the morning.
33:16very well.
33:21tomorrow morning at assembly.
33:27chosen by divine right?
33:30well that's how at least one of them a very pregnant young lady on their committee.
33:34that's how she sees them.
33:36and max kershaw their leader?
33:37ah well he's less of an evangelist.
33:39he just reckons the old world was incurably bent.
33:42what are you doing?
33:43going to bed.
33:44what else?
33:44bed surely you can't...
33:45ah relax love.
33:46look they don't mean us any harm.
33:48might be a virtual dictatorship but at least it's a benevolent one.
33:55take them to the woman now max.
33:57tell them to go.
33:59i thought you said you wanted to...
34:00that was only for the committee.
34:02you can't risk letting this man talk to them.
34:05his ideas are dangerous.
34:07it's on trade and federation.
34:08yes.
34:11this community believes it's special.
34:14they are the chosen.
34:16that policy will only work in isolation max.
34:19our whole system depends on it.
34:20but they believe in this system they're not going to believe him.
34:23i'm not so sure.
34:24their moods have been changing.
34:27we've had a good harvest.
34:29plenty of meat on the hoof.
34:30wine in the vat.
34:31no more shortages.
34:32our hunger.
34:34they're beginning to question us max.
34:35the discipline.
34:36the hard graft.
34:37they want things easier.
34:39i think you're mistaken.
34:40i'm closer to them.
34:42i've heard the whisper.
34:43seen the discontent.
34:46why haven't you mentioned it before?
34:47i was controlling them.
34:50now this man with his obsession about unity.
34:54we can't risk letting them hear him.
34:57forget the salt max.
35:03just get rid of them.
35:07did you hear that?
35:08no.
35:10yes.
35:11they did murder that poor devil kim.
35:18they put him out of his misery.
35:25you're beginning to sound like them.
35:26you know that?
35:29well
35:31perhaps they're right about being chosen.
35:35perhaps we were chosen.
35:37you and me and greg and all the others.
35:40you and me and greg and all the others.
35:41amen.
35:53who is it?
35:55yes, sir.
35:56let me in.
36:10thanks.
36:17put them on.
36:19take your things and go.
36:21now please.
36:22the patrol won't harm you.
36:30why kershaw?
36:30because i can't let you face the assembly.
36:32you decided i'm a bad rescuer.
36:35will you just go?
36:37afraid your people might prefer my ideas.
36:39i'm afraid for you as it happens for your safety.
36:41oh?
36:43you see they believe in me.
36:44they believe in everything that we're working towards.
36:46the new way.
36:47the new way.
36:47the new way.
36:47that's right yes.
36:49if i let you speak at the assembly.
36:50if i let you speak about your down federation.
36:52it's a heresy against everything they believe in.
36:54i can't answer them.
36:55i don't know how they might respond.
36:57a lynching?
37:01i'm just saying there is a danger.
37:04you've really got them so conditioned?
37:07so ruled by your propaganda?
37:11hate the termies?
37:12fear outsiders to the point of tearing them limb from limb?
37:14they might demand your execution.
37:16i don't know and i can't risk it.
37:18no you can't but it's not our future you're concerned for.
37:20kershaw is yours.
37:21no!
37:27i wasn't prepared for this you know.
37:33before the death i was a schoolmaster teaching in liverpool.
37:37what i'm trying to say is that i had strong feelings about discipline and
37:40self-sacrifice and all that sort of thing.
37:43but i wasn't prepared for leadership.
37:48but they have chosen me as a leader.
37:51and i've grown to understand them.
37:54so i'm telling you now
37:55for your own sake
37:58to go.
38:05right
38:07let's go
38:09charlie!
38:10i simply don't believe him.
38:12does it matter? does it?
38:13look i've seen them in that big hut there. you haven't?
38:16i've seen the marching bit. that's enough for me.
38:18yes but that's it you see. they're disciplined. they're not a mob. they're not a rebel.
38:21neither were the nazi minions at nuremberg.
38:22oh come on!
38:24it's no different. conditioned by extremes of propaganda. it's the them and us syndrome.
38:30except that we're not that far gone.
38:32we were fanatics at first. all of us. you remember those months after the death?
38:40the anarchy. the terror. the dreadful deprivations of gang rapes. and then to find someone like max kershaw.
38:48strong. morally strong. the new messiah. of course we followed him.
38:54and now?
38:56now it's the old power complex. he's afraid of losing his grip.
39:00which is what is driving him to these new extremes. such as?
39:05oh what mike told you earlier on about people running away. it was a put-up job.
39:10trusted men like Lenny selected to run away and then come back with tales of
39:16persisting anarchy and terror outside. oh that's cunning. yes. sustain the myth.
39:22myth. the them and us syndrome as you call it. which is precisely why he can't risk
39:29letting you talk to them. letting you tell them the truth. why he prefers you dead.
39:34what? you imagine he'd simply let you go? why not? i've told you. extremes. he sees you,
39:44your ideas as a as a sickness, as a disease. if he were to let you go you spread the word around
39:50the other settlements. and once you'd organized your federal militia you'd be back in strength.
39:55oh burden. damn it. that's not what federation's about. it is to max kershaw. it's a direct threat
40:01to his supremacy as leader. that's insanity. so is adolf hitler insane. walk through that door tonight
40:06and you're both dead. murderers.
40:18keep the door bolted.
40:21your gun at the ready.
40:25i can save you. at assembly tomorrow follow my lead. i can sway them.
40:31but i need your cooperation.
40:35thank you.
40:39this man charles vaughan is from a community to the south of here.
40:44now he holds certain beliefs which although alien to our ideas may be of interest to you.
40:51consequently i call on sub-leader dunn to examine him on those beliefs.
40:57mr vaughan.
41:01i advised you to go. i think you might regret that you didn't do so.
41:13mr vaughan.
41:13now then mr vaughan. i believe you have certain criticisms of the way this community is organized.
41:26yes.
41:27yes i feel that compared with us i feel you're too extreme.
41:32how exactly?
41:33i think you could be carrying discipline to dangerous limits. only in the interest of survival i assure you mr vaughan.
41:40however let us examine this accusation.
41:43well it's hardly an accusation. you say as i understood you last night you say we are becoming depersonalized.
41:50that in functioning as a group family that is free of individual marriages and so on we may be losing
41:56certain human qualities. yes. yes. qualities such as love and compassion. there is a danger.
42:04narrow prejudices. possibly. you also condemn our program of eugenics. i question it. and you claim
42:09that our policy of euthanasia is cruel. when it's applied to old people and the infirm to cripples
42:14and so on yes. and you condemn our choice of non-cooperation with outside settlements. most
42:19definitely yes. so what's wrong with the ideal of self-sufficiency? nothing for a start. as the
42:24population grows and stability is re-established then inter-settlement cooperation must follow and the
42:28sooner we can start. you see mr vaughan. your criticisms would carry more weight if they were borne out
42:35by your own actions. i'm sorry. you associated with those two termies. what's wrong with that? they
42:42needed help. you brought them here. you deliberately exposed this community to what might have been a
42:48contagious infection. but you've got quarantine facilities. but you didn't know that. but what if
42:53this is an example of what you mean by cooperation? simple compassion. human charity. not if we have
42:58been infected. what you did was criminal. a callous disregard for the safety of these people.
43:06look what is this a trial? no mr vaughan. merely an inquiry into your criticism of this community.
43:12well then. you must see that by associating with those termies you exposed yourself to their
43:19physical infection and to the degeneracy of their minds. those two proof. no matter how innocent
43:24your intentions you must ultimately fail. be dragged down to their level. look you may not call this a trial
43:33but that's what it's turning into. if i'm not to be allowed to justify my argument. maybe it is a trial.
43:41why? because i as leader wanted so. because i suspect that your presence here isn't what it seems.
43:49what do you mean? oh it's not the chance intrusion mr vaughan. it's not the samaritan mission it
43:54appeared to be. oh no. that aspect of it was only an opportunity which you seized upon to your own
44:00advantage. to my own? what other motive could i possibly have had? the deliberate subversion of this
44:08community. oh that's insane. ridiculous. that's not how our leader regards it. max kershaw is a man
44:16efficient. he knows the truth. really? well if you ask me all he knows is fear. fear for his position
44:25as leader. you say that. he doesn't. he says this community is unique. that we have a mission to
44:33find the new way. that we are chosen. chosen by the divine authority of god. isn't that right max? and you
44:41you. you were chosen by god to be our leader. oh joy. no acclaim. no. don't you have divine authority?
44:51aren't you free to disregard compassion? to condemn human charity's weakness because he who's
44:57peaceful god must be right? joy this is absurd. yes. yes it is because it's a lie. and everything
45:03you stand for is a lie. what are you talking about? discipline he told you. purity. hate the degenerates
45:10outside because only we know the way. he is degenerate. he has lied to you. he has resorted
45:17to criminal deceit. oh she's mad. don't you listen to her. do you deny plotting to kill these two people
45:23last night? do you? well of course i deny it. did he come to you? did he urge you to make a run for it?
45:28did he? yes he did. you heard him. and i was to be their executioner. oh this is a fabrication every
45:36single word of it. lenny you were on duty. did you see him? no. at least let him answer. did you see
45:42our leader go to their hut last night? yes or no? yes. yes he went there. well it was her idea. mine.
45:51you're the leader. you give the orders. but she urged me to warn these two off. max please no more lies.
45:58he's afraid. afraid of letting you listen to this man. terrified of your learning the truth about the
46:05outside. no. no. listen to me. for some reason she is trying to deceive you. he is lying to you all along.
46:17jack. fiona. lenny. when you ran away and came back was that all the put up job? was it? lenny? yes. yes it
46:28was. aye and you two. but you were party to that. only because you ordered it.
46:36now. now he resorts even to murder. these two people whose only crime was to question his power over you.
46:46now listen to me. now listen to me. all of you. listen.
46:58now she talks of power.
47:04she is the one who is after power.
47:06now she talks of power.
47:09can't you see?
47:20for us. all right. that depends. on?
47:24what you've got planned for max kershaw the firing squad we're not barbarians
47:29the usual penalty is banishment he's far more used to me here he's been
47:36discredited I should appeal for clemency the new regime is much more humane he
47:42remains here as proof of that
47:46where's the salt forget it what forget it you gave it to them I wanted to get away
48:16she set us up didn't she used us yes kershaw was becoming increasingly more extreme power going to
48:32his head he was a threat to their future survival hers you mean didn't you notice all the other
48:38women were either pregnant or suckling well if nothing else it qualifies as a true survivor
48:42well she's certainly a politician and they are always the survivors
49:12so
49:23so
49:34so
49:46you
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