- 20 hours ago
First broadcast 7th/14th/21st February 1977.
Iain Cuthbertson - Hendrick
Gareth Thomas - Adam
Peter Demin - Matthew
Veronica Strong - Margaret
Katharine Levy - Sandra
John Woodnutt - Link
Ruth Dunning - Mrs. Crabtree
Ian Donnelly - Bob
Iain Cuthbertson - Hendrick
Gareth Thomas - Adam
Peter Demin - Matthew
Veronica Strong - Margaret
Katharine Levy - Sandra
John Woodnutt - Link
Ruth Dunning - Mrs. Crabtree
Ian Donnelly - Bob
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00:00:06Oh
00:00:55It's Mr. Hendrick.
00:00:56Professor Brick.
00:00:57I must see him, sir.
00:01:00Sir.
00:01:01Come on, man.
00:01:01It's urgent.
00:01:02Where's your phone?
00:01:03If you'll just wait here, sir.
00:01:20Adam.
00:01:21What a pleasant surprise.
00:01:22No, not pleasant.
00:01:23As some man Wells Poacher is dead.
00:01:25Dead?
00:01:26Are you sure?
00:01:27Of course I'm sure.
00:01:28I've just seen his body down by the earthworks.
00:01:29Oh.
00:01:30An accident?
00:01:31It's a heart attack, I think.
00:01:33I couldn't see any sign of injury.
00:01:34Oh, come on.
00:01:36Poor old guy.
00:01:39Still, there's no escaping one's destiny, is there?
00:01:41Destin?
00:01:42Yes.
00:01:42Look, we'll have to call the police.
00:01:44Where's the nearest station?
00:01:45The police?
00:01:45Oh, my dear fellow.
00:01:46I don't think we need to involve them.
00:01:48Well, if he's died from natural causes, we'll get hold of Dr. Lyle.
00:01:52We haven't even got an outside line.
00:01:53Look, the police will have to be told.
00:01:56Tell you what.
00:01:57Let's go and take a look.
00:01:58Just to make sure we haven't made any mistake.
00:02:00There can be no mistake.
00:02:01He's dead.
00:02:02Come along.
00:02:03As a local JP, I suppose I represent the majesty of the law in Millbury.
00:02:10Now, let me get this straight.
00:02:12You saw Di fall off the earthwork, and when you got there, he disappeared.
00:02:16Yes.
00:02:17There was just this rock with a serpent on it.
00:02:19Well, like the one on the army.
00:02:20Yes, exactly.
00:02:21The same as on that clay disc thing, and the same as on the font in the church.
00:02:25And it's exactly the same one as that.
00:02:41Perhaps this isn't the place.
00:02:44No, this is the place, all right.
00:02:46Oh, come.
00:02:46We're a civilized community.
00:02:47We're not body snatchers.
00:02:49He was here.
00:02:51And those stones weren't.
00:02:52So what are you suggesting?
00:02:54That somebody removed his body and put these stones in his place?
00:02:56I'm not suggesting anything.
00:02:58I just don't understand.
00:03:02Well, anyway, old man, he's obviously not dead.
00:03:10Here it is.
00:03:12What?
00:03:13That rock we saw, before we found Di's body.
00:03:16It's here in the picture.
00:03:17Look, I've already told you.
00:03:20It's not marked on the chart.
00:03:27Look.
00:03:33It's here.
00:03:37But look.
00:03:39The stone we saw on the way back.
00:03:41The sarsen with the serpent carved on it.
00:03:43It isn't in the picture.
00:03:47But it is marked on the chart.
00:03:50So, we have a stone in the chart that isn't on the picture, and one in the picture that isn't
00:03:56on the chart.
00:03:58Could it be that they're the same one?
00:04:00In a different place?
00:04:04Matt.
00:04:05Hmm?
00:04:06How many figures in the picture?
00:04:07How many people?
00:04:09I've no idea.
00:04:11Count them.
00:04:11Who?
00:04:31Go into the kind of light.
00:04:41nothing untoward i trust sir the gentleman seemed quite agitated well you know what these scientists
00:04:45are always looking for rational explanations everything's as it should be as always indeed
00:04:52sir link i shall be having another dinner party tonight sir the sooner we're all one big happy
00:04:59family the better there are four to choose from sir four who haven't yet enjoyed your hospitality
00:05:05yes you'll invite them all together no no there must come an order of precedence so it's the ladies
00:05:13first precisely 52 53 54 55 55 people in the picture i thought there might be why well now that
00:05:30you and
00:05:31your father have arrived there are 55 people in the village oh the artist can't have known that
00:05:36not all those years ago no but it's it's almost as if as if what mum as if the painting
00:05:44was some sort
00:05:44of prophecy it's gone what the die's body it's gone disappeared so he isn't dead no he's dead all right
00:05:54and i'm no doctor but when we saw him he was dead but his body's just disappeared calmer dad look
00:06:05those pieces were found by die's body yes
00:06:11may i well what do you need the fragments the amulet found by the barber surgeon's body ah
00:06:20just be careful with them will you
00:06:37try the other ones
00:06:52try the other ones
00:06:53that too yes
00:06:58static
00:07:01energy it's there energy what's so
00:07:09visitor
00:07:15beginning
00:07:18end
00:07:22visitor
00:07:26bright
00:07:28shining
00:07:31circle
00:07:35people
00:07:37village
00:07:41priest
00:07:44stones
00:07:47power
00:07:50beam
00:07:52always
00:07:55get some water
00:07:56that's right i'm going to touch dr lion's glove
00:07:59i don't worry you'll be all right in a minute
00:08:02come on matt have a drink
00:08:05come on drink
00:08:09thank you old man
00:08:11be sure
00:08:20can have a look
00:08:22yeah
00:08:26visit
00:08:29priest
00:08:31christ
00:08:33i don't understand
00:08:33i don't understand
00:08:39visitor
00:08:42somebody visiting
00:08:45village
00:08:46or the priest
00:08:49a visiting priest perhaps
00:09:17a bright
00:09:20A bright, shining visitor.
00:09:23A visitor? Bright and shining.
00:09:26Wait a minute. Visitor.
00:09:32Guest.
00:09:33Guest?
00:09:34A guest star.
00:09:36That's what it used to be called in the olden days.
00:09:39What?
00:09:40A supernova.
00:09:44Hendrick's supernova.
00:10:05A bit of gin water, sir.
00:10:07I'll have one at the pub.
00:10:09Run these through the computer, will you? Usual program.
00:10:15I hope I've got those correlations right.
00:10:17Never been wrong yet.
00:10:19Can't afford to be wrong.
00:10:20I can't afford to be wrong.
00:10:20But I've got those correlations right.
00:10:21um when did we transmit last night? 20 33 42.75 seconds. well those figures make
00:10:31sense tonight we started. I'll call you to dinner in good time sir. I'll run these
00:10:36right away. beginning end circle always never ending circle. it means nothing to
00:10:49me. nothing as far as I can make out. that's the beginning and the end. well it
00:10:54sounded genuine enough. Matt certainly seems to have the gift. that's what
00:10:58worries me. but why? well I believe he really did see Lyle through those gloves.
00:11:03I think he saw him get into his car drive off and stop at the edge of the
00:11:07circle. proof next day Lyle is happy daying us all. question is what happened in
00:11:13between? he says he went to visit his patient 30 miles away. and came back a
00:11:19different man. don't forget his son Kevin has changed too. so whatever it was
00:11:24happened here inside the circle. I'm sure of it. you may be right. I'm afraid.
00:11:38was he in there? no. where did he be? who knows? where else would he go? I don't know.
00:11:55too late to buy your drink? thank you but no.
00:12:06there is one thing though. the clay disc in the museum. do you know it? the barber's
00:12:10surgeon's amulet. yes. what connection is there between that and your supernova?
00:12:16none that I know of. why should they be connected? Matthew thinks they are. oh does
00:12:21he know. very perceptive that son of yours. perceptive and formidable. formidable? he's
00:12:30never going back there. I know it. he's never going back to the sanctuary. and where is he?
00:12:37gone. dead you mean? not exactly. he's just not here anymore. not here? just something I felt from the disc.
00:12:46in what way? it's no good. I can't explain. how about some lunch, master Matthew? thanks.
00:12:52I'll make myself a sandwich. fancy one of my specials, Sandra? like what? ham, mint jelly,
00:13:02mayonnaise, apple crumble. not to spoil her appetite now. she's going out to dinner tonight.
00:13:13how does she know? how did she know? Hendrik hadn't even invited us then. please don't go. tell him
00:13:23you've changed your mind. why? I'm longing to see the house. look Dr. Lyle said he was invited to dinner
00:13:29by Hendrik and he had to change his mind because he had an appointment with an old patient 30 miles
00:13:33away.
00:13:34now i don't believe he ever kept that appointment. and if he didn't then where else did he go?
00:13:40well he can't have gone to Hendrik's. not if he wasn't expected. wasn't he?
00:13:47what do you mean? if what happened to Dr. Lyle happened in the village then it must have happened
00:13:52at Hendrik's. it could have happened anywhere. Hendrik's in charge. people look up to him. and i am sure he
00:14:01knows exactly what's going on. well i'll be able to ask him won't i. oh come on Sandra we must
00:14:08go.
00:14:09look promise me one thing. anything of course. come back here afterwards for a nightcap.
00:14:16i'd love to. i'll see you later. bye bye.
00:14:26what's that? what? come on. that. Sandra's scarf. did she leave it behind? i borrowed it.
00:14:40doesn't suit you. to use as a camera. ah. a clever old you. clever young me old man.
00:14:53they're late. that's the one thing i didn't allow for. and you have time in hand then.
00:15:00women. delightful creatures but punctuality is not among their virtues.
00:15:04yes sir. there is much to be said for a celibate life.
00:15:09and yet i have my children. the best of both worlds.
00:15:17and here are the new arrivals. i'll receive them. you make sure everything's on schedule.
00:15:22oh no it's a match. don't you know the difference?
00:15:39oh what a lovely house. i would like to have asked you before but uh there were others who had
00:15:45to come
00:15:46first. we know what a small village is. one has to observe the protocol.
00:15:53it's a digital clock. electronic. but what do you need it for? you've got your old grandfather here.
00:15:59he doesn't keep such a good time. much more attractive though. well forgive me but this
00:16:04one seems so. out of place i know. it's just that i need absolute accuracy. why? for my work. i
00:16:11still dabble
00:16:11you know. oh really? i like to make sure that everything's still where it should be at any given
00:16:16time. everything. the stars and planets. and supernovas? especially supernovas. dad. i felt
00:16:26something then. sort of tremor. what was it? fear? i don't know. it's gone now. false alarm? could be.
00:16:36it was like i felt when bulb wasn't run over by that lolly that never appeared.
00:16:41how about something to eat? great. a nice lolly sandwich. make it a sherbet batty. oof.
00:17:05what an extraordinary room. everyone says that. but it's not so extraordinary when you consider where we
00:17:11are. but this table. not many have the fortune to live within a stone circle. i wanted this room to
00:17:20reflect the uniqueness of this environment of ours. fascinating. sandra will you sit here?
00:17:29your mother opposite you? now i shall sit between you.
00:17:43you have a throne. possibly. i found it in the mason's yard. magnificent isn't it? and these other
00:17:52pieces sit the table and the chairs. you have them made. the mason carved them in the same style from
00:17:58the same stone. does he do restoration work? i'm always being asked at the museum. afraid not.
00:18:04he went out of business. ages ago.
00:18:12bon appetit.
00:18:15my children.
00:18:29egg and chips suit you mr psychologist? fantastic. all quiet on the nail line front. where's the tomato ketchup?
00:18:37oh i'm sorry sir. it's on its way sir.
00:18:41dad. what? something's beginning to happen. i can feel it.
00:18:53can you see where they are? they are high. at the top of the house. a dining room at the
00:19:03top of the house?
00:19:03there's a clock. a digital clock. it's important. it means something.
00:19:16who's there? mr hendrick. sandra and her mother. and... and a butler.
00:19:31what are they doing? eating. just eating.
00:19:41sandra's getting nervous.
00:19:51sandra's getting nervous. what's that?
00:20:05the villagers merely? rather unusual don't you think?
00:20:10a hymn of celebration. celebration? what are they celebrating? deliverance from the past.
00:20:19their entry into the future. now.
00:20:23deliverance? entry into the future.
00:20:30clumsy shape for a table isn't it? i was thinking that.
00:20:33or so it would be if that were its only function. did you know that there is another great dish
00:20:39of
00:20:40stone beneath the ground here? adam brake told me that. did he? of course he told us that my house
00:20:47stands in the center of a circle. no, matthew worked that out. he's very clever at working things out. so
00:20:53i've noticed. but i still don't understand the connection between the circle and the table.
00:21:01perhaps it is not necessary for you to understand. it is only necessary that you should believe me when
00:21:07i tell you that all works towards good. happiness and peace are the reward of the believer.
00:21:16you make it sound as if the circle were a temple and the table an altar.
00:21:27your temple. your altar. margaret my dear.
00:21:44anger of fire. fire of speech. breath of knowledge. render us free from harm.
00:21:54return to us the innocence that once we knew. complete the circle. make us at one with nature and the
00:22:05elements.
00:22:11it is time.
00:22:36Such power!
00:22:38White. Brilliant. Possible to move. Energy. Force. Sucking. Change. Changing.
00:23:05Anger of fire. Fire of speech. Breath of knowledge. Render us free from harm. Return to us the innocence that
00:23:17once we knew.
00:23:20Complete the circle. Make us at one with nature and the elements.
00:23:31It is time.
00:23:33It is time.
00:23:58Power. White. Brilliant. Possible to move. Energy. Force. Sucking. Change. Changing.
00:24:16What's happened? Are you okay, Matt? It's gone. There's a blank wall. I can't get through anymore.
00:24:28Try. You must keep trying. It's no good. Sandra seems to have stopped feeling.
00:24:35Stopped feeling? What's happened to her? We've lost them.
00:25:04Welcome to you both. How do you feel?
00:25:08Feel. I feel light. Powerful. Whole. And happy? Happy. Oh, yes. So happy. So happy.
00:25:24Of course. Now that you have given. Now that you are only good. Now you can be happy. Now you
00:25:35are happy ones.
00:25:42Go now and take your place. Go now and give your thanks. Go now and be happy.
00:26:06Go now and be happy.
00:26:20They promised they'd drop in on their way home for a nightcap.
00:26:25They'll come.
00:26:28Pity I didn't use something of Margaret's for my psychometric bit.
00:26:32You might have learnt more through her than through Sandra.
00:26:35Learned or imagined.
00:26:38I was right about the supernova, wasn't I? The broken amulet gave you that.
00:26:43And I was right about the doctor, the night he left his gloves behind, and the next day he'd changed.
00:26:48You think the same thing's happened to the girls?
00:26:50I'm sure it has. Yes, but what? What happened after you lost contact?
00:26:59Such power! White! Brilliant! Impossible to move! Energy! Force! Sucking! Change! Changing! Ah!
00:27:21What's happened? Are you okay, Matt? It's gone. There's a blank wall. I can't get through anymore.
00:27:32Try! You must keep trying! It's no good. Sandra seems to have stopped feeling.
00:27:39Stopped feeling? What's happened to her? We've lost them.
00:27:48What's all this? A sales?
00:27:55You two look as though you've seen a ghost.
00:27:59Am I glad to see you.
00:28:01Are we glad to see you? Where's Sandra?
00:28:03In bed, I hope.
00:28:08So, how was dinner at the big house?
00:28:11Oh, I didn't go. You didn't go?
00:28:14I had a couple of boiled eggs instead.
00:28:16You didn't go to Hendrick's house?
00:28:18I don't know anybody who has, apart from you.
00:28:21I was looking forward to it in a strange kind of way.
00:28:24You were both invited to dinner. Why didn't you go?
00:28:27Sandra wasn't feeling too well. I thought an early night was called for.
00:28:31So I sent my apologies to Hendrick.
00:28:35But I couldn't pass up your kind offer, could I?
00:28:39Cheers.
00:28:40I don't understand.
00:28:41When you left here, you were on your way to Highfield House.
00:28:45Yes, but she'd been feeling queasy all day.
00:28:48So you really didn't go.
00:28:50Don't you believe me?
00:28:52Yes, yes, of course, of course.
00:28:54Which leaves me with egg on my face.
00:28:57I'm sorry about all that, Dad.
00:29:00Good night.
00:29:01Yes, good night, Matt.
00:29:05Margaret!
00:29:06If...
00:29:09I'm glad you didn't go.
00:29:12Really.
00:29:13Good night, Matthew.
00:29:18What was all that about?
00:29:20Egg on his face.
00:29:23Listen.
00:29:33Such...
00:29:35Power!
00:29:37White!
00:29:40Brilliant!
00:29:41Impossible to move!
00:29:44Energy!
00:29:46Force!
00:29:49Sacking!
00:29:50Change!
00:29:52Changing!
00:29:56Margaret!
00:29:58Margaret!
00:29:59Margaret!
00:30:03Don't worry, Adam.
00:30:04I'm alright.
00:30:06I'm perfectly happy.
00:30:32Leaving?
00:30:33What do you mean, leaving?
00:30:35I never heard the line.
00:30:36Afraid so, Mrs. C.
00:30:38But you seem so sad here.
00:30:40Working so hard you were.
00:30:42Enjoying yourself.
00:30:43We still need breakfast.
00:30:45How about two of your specials to send us on our way?
00:30:48You'll never believe me, Master Matthew.
00:30:51Tell your father he doesn't want to go.
00:30:53You tell him not to leave.
00:30:55Nobody.
00:30:57I'd like sausages and tomatoes with my eggs.
00:30:59And some fried bread, please.
00:31:01And some of that chocolate cake if there's any left.
00:31:04Sounds good.
00:31:05Twice, please, Mrs. Crabtree.
00:31:07You can have my cake, Matt.
00:31:08Thanks.
00:31:15My room's packed.
00:31:17Empty.
00:31:18Apart from the one thing we've forgotten.
00:31:20Which is?
00:31:21The one thing that brought us here, I'm beginning to think.
00:31:24The painting.
00:31:26Quad non est.
00:31:27Oh, yes, of course, the painting.
00:31:29Erm.
00:31:30It's over at the museum.
00:31:31We left it over there and took it for Margaret.
00:31:32I'll trot across and get it.
00:31:33Mm-hmm.
00:31:34Tell me, Mrs. Crabtree, I'll be five minutes.
00:31:39I'll return this at the same time.
00:31:56I'll return this at the same time.
00:31:58Oh, yeah.
00:32:01I'll return this at the same time.
00:32:03It's over.
00:32:05Coming in.
00:32:22Sandra?
00:32:25Oh, Matt, waiting for me.
00:32:29Hi.
00:32:31This is at our place.
00:32:32I thought I'd swap it for my painting.
00:32:34There it is.
00:32:35I looked everywhere.
00:32:37Thanks, Matt.
00:32:38You can pick up the painting on the way home from school.
00:32:41I'm not going to school.
00:32:43We're...
00:32:44I mean, I'm taking the day off to help Dad.
00:32:47Is your mother in?
00:32:48I'll get it now.
00:32:49No, she's out.
00:32:51Look, I'll be late.
00:32:52You said the church was locked, not used.
00:32:55What was Mr. Hendrick doing in there?
00:32:57I don't know.
00:32:58It is church.
00:32:59I must rush.
00:33:01Sandra?
00:33:04Goodbye.
00:33:05Not goodbye, Matt.
00:33:07We'll see you soon.
00:33:37Where's Matthew?
00:33:38He went across to your place.
00:33:40To fetch this?
00:33:42I thought he'd forget it, so I brought it over.
00:33:46Why?
00:33:47Why what?
00:33:48Why did you think he'd forget it?
00:33:50Well, he hadn't been to fetch it.
00:33:52And I didn't want to miss you.
00:33:54You're leaving today, right?
00:33:56Who told you that?
00:33:57You are leaving.
00:34:01Oh, Adam, stop playing games.
00:34:03Are you leaving or aren't you?
00:34:05Coffee?
00:34:07Another cup, please, Mrs. Crabtree.
00:34:09Oh, Martha Matthew, is it?
00:34:12Oh.
00:34:13Welcome, Mrs. Smiles.
00:34:15And how do you feel today?
00:34:17She feels very happy, Mrs. Crabtree.
00:34:20She's been a lot happier with a cup of coffee.
00:34:34Hi.
00:34:35Khloe, Hannah.
00:34:38One, two, three, four.
00:34:42Baby.
00:34:43Baby.
00:34:45Baby.
00:34:46Baby.
00:34:46Baby.
00:34:46Baby.
00:34:47Baby.
00:34:49Baby.
00:34:50Baby.
00:34:57I don't know.
00:35:22I don't know.
00:35:28I don't know.
00:35:28I don't know.
00:35:57Now, what are you doing here?
00:35:59Mr. Hendrick, I've got to get back.
00:36:02My father's waiting for me.
00:36:04I haven't had breakfast yet.
00:36:06Ah, the estimable Mrs. Crabtree.
00:36:08Bacon, egg and tomato, no doubt.
00:36:11And chocolate cake.
00:36:13Don't go just yet.
00:36:15I think you owe me an explanation.
00:36:18Now, what were you looking for?
00:36:21Well?
00:36:22I was trespassing.
00:36:24Patently, but why?
00:36:25I thought this was just a church.
00:36:27Just a church?
00:36:28Just a place of worship?
00:36:30Oh, perhaps it is.
00:36:33You know what this is, of course?
00:36:34Yes, a computer.
00:36:36A computer.
00:36:36I like to keep in touch, plotting the course of the stars, predicting positions at any given time.
00:36:44Electronics, magnetism, power.
00:36:47What else has man ever worshipped but power?
00:36:50Knowledge.
00:36:52Knowledge and truth.
00:36:54Ah, so that's your excuse.
00:36:57The reason why man continues to pry,
00:37:00to extend the narrow limits of his comprehension,
00:37:03to reach for the stars.
00:37:05But one cannot grasp the ungraspable.
00:37:08There are certain stars that will never be reached.
00:37:12Come, I'll take you to your father.
00:37:22Dad, Mr. Hendrick.
00:37:24Don't let me disturb you.
00:37:27Just wanted to see that this rascal got back to you in time.
00:37:31What's he been up to?
00:37:32Oh, no doubt he'll tell you himself.
00:37:36So, you're going.
00:37:39Leaving us.
00:37:40Who told you that?
00:37:41I thought you had a big program of research.
00:37:43I had.
00:37:46You feel you know all you need to know about Millbury, hmm?
00:37:49All I need to know.
00:37:51Yes, perhaps I do.
00:37:53Then I can't persuade you to remain.
00:37:56Afraid not.
00:37:59I'm truly sorry about that.
00:38:02To be honest, I...
00:38:04I've taken a great liking to you two.
00:38:06I had hoped that once you'd settled down, we could have become, well, closer.
00:38:11People of your ability will be needed here in the future.
00:38:15There's a great deal to be achieved.
00:38:17Not only here in the village, but soon outside the circle.
00:38:22Yes.
00:38:24That's what worries me.
00:38:26The extension of your work here.
00:38:28A world empty of feeling.
00:38:31You're an intelligent man, Adam.
00:38:33Stay and help me in my work.
00:38:35You're not regretted.
00:38:38No, we're away.
00:38:41What is your work, Mr. Hendrick?
00:38:43Matt, stay out of this.
00:38:45Father to the village?
00:38:47Squire?
00:38:48No, it's more than that.
00:38:50You see yourself as a high priest here, don't you?
00:38:52Matt.
00:38:53Let him go on.
00:38:54What I want to know is why.
00:38:57Why do you need to be surrounded by a mindless congregation?
00:39:01Why do they have to be brainwashed into accepting you?
00:39:04It's not me they're accepting.
00:39:06What then?
00:39:08Their own happiness.
00:39:10There can be no happiness without free will.
00:39:14They have to be shown the way.
00:39:16But first they have to be blindfolded so they can't see where they're going.
00:39:20I'm leading them.
00:39:21They're in safe hands.
00:39:24Come on, Matt.
00:39:25It's time to go.
00:39:44Come on.
00:39:45Come on.
00:39:48You're welcome.
00:39:52Come on.
00:39:58Come on.
00:40:00Come on.
00:40:13We must keep going.
00:40:15Just like Dr. Lyle.
00:40:17This is the way Dr. Lyle came.
00:40:59Here we go.
00:41:11Dad?
00:41:13Dad?
00:41:22Dad.
00:41:24You all right?
00:41:26Where are we?
00:41:28We're here to Sarsen.
00:41:31There was a stone in the middle of the road.
00:41:33Not a stone.
00:41:35No.
00:41:36It wasn't a stone.
00:41:39We couldn't have missed it.
00:41:42And traveling at that speed.
00:41:43It was grey.
00:41:47Like a stone.
00:41:49But it was human.
00:41:53But not human.
00:41:55It was enormous.
00:41:58It was her.
00:42:01That's ridiculous.
00:42:03That's what Dr. Lyle saw.
00:42:05It was her.
00:42:07But huge.
00:42:09Unearthly.
00:42:12Delusion.
00:42:13Delusion.
00:42:14Mrs. Crabtree.
00:42:16Could it be?
00:42:18Ah.
00:42:19My sleeping guests awake.
00:42:21And how are we?
00:42:23The good Dr. Lyle seemed to think that we showed no sign of hurt.
00:42:26I trust he was correct in his assessment.
00:42:28How did we come to be here, Hendrick?
00:42:30Well, fortunately, Link here, returning from a shopping expedition, came across your car at the entrance to Lynette Avenue.
00:42:35You were both apparently unconscious.
00:42:39Fumes, do you imagine?
00:42:40Carbon monoxide from a damaged exhaust.
00:42:44No, I think it was simpler than that.
00:42:46I think we lost our way.
00:42:48Is that possible in Millbury?
00:42:50No, not geographically.
00:42:51I think we missed the turning.
00:42:54The time turning.
00:42:56We failed to get through to our present.
00:42:59Dear me, would you care for Link to contact Dr. Lyle?
00:43:02Perhaps he could take another look at you.
00:43:05We seemed to crash into something.
00:43:09When I was doing 40 miles an hour, there was no way I could avoid it.
00:43:12And we hit an obstacle.
00:43:16And then I blacked out.
00:43:18That's exactly what happened.
00:43:20Take a look out of the window, Matthew.
00:43:29Your car.
00:43:31Wholly undamaged.
00:43:34Dad, he's right.
00:43:36Now, how about telling Dr. Lyle about these hallucinations of yours?
00:43:39Keep your doctor, Mr. Hendrick.
00:43:40Oh, Adam.
00:43:41Matthew was close to the truth this morning, wasn't he?
00:43:44But you're not really a priest, are you?
00:43:46How do you see yourself?
00:43:48Well, as a magus.
00:43:50Ah, get out.
00:43:52You're going too far, too fast, my dear Adam.
00:43:56There are aspects that even I find difficult to understand.
00:44:00Your own arrival, for instance.
00:44:02Just get us out of here.
00:44:03That's all we ask of you.
00:44:05Magus.
00:44:06Magus.
00:44:07Magus, indeed.
00:44:09Scholar-magician leading his people to beauty and truth.
00:44:13You are wrong.
00:44:14Not even halfway right, Professor Brick.
00:44:17But how am I civil of me?
00:44:19You must both want to freshen up.
00:44:21I'll, um, I'll leave the tray.
00:44:23I'm sorry you missed our little celebration this afternoon.
00:44:26We had one of our Morris dances.
00:44:28But don't worry, there'll be another one tomorrow.
00:44:32Dinner will be in about, um, 55 minutes.
00:44:37That's it, 55 minutes.
00:44:43So they've had another happy day dance.
00:44:45That would have been for Margaret and Sandra.
00:44:47Yes, and tomorrow's will be for us.
00:44:48Dad, there's no way out of the circle.
00:44:50Di told me.
00:44:52There's no way out until the stones release us.
00:44:54Mumbo jumbo.
00:44:58We're in a now that's parallel to our own, a time shift that's caused by the energies received here in
00:45:06the circle.
00:45:08We must keep our sanity, use our knowledge and our understanding to reverse the situation, get back into our own
00:45:15time.
00:45:16But how?
00:45:17Escape from the circle by reversing the effects of this psychic power?
00:45:22Well, disconnecting it.
00:45:23There must be a way.
00:45:25There's no escape from the circle.
00:45:27I don't believe it.
00:45:28If there's a way in, there's a way out.
00:45:30There's a sanctuary.
00:45:31It may not be a way out.
00:45:32It's supposed to be a place of safety.
00:45:36Gotta get there first.
00:45:37Well, it's inside the stones.
00:45:39There's nothing to stop us.
00:45:40Nothing?
00:45:42There is.
00:45:54Dad, there's no way out of the circle.
00:45:56Di told me.
00:45:57There's no way out until the stones release us.
00:45:59Mumbo jumbo.
00:46:02Come on.
00:46:03It's no good, Dad.
00:46:05We can try.
00:46:06We can't get out.
00:46:07Matt, what's the matter with you?
00:46:08You're behaving as if you've been brainwashed already.
00:46:10We tried to escape this morning, and what happened?
00:46:12We found ourselves back here.
00:46:15Di was right.
00:46:16We're trapped.
00:46:28Oh, hello, darling.
00:46:30Finished your prep?
00:46:31Yes, Mum.
00:46:32Those equations.
00:46:33Suddenly, they're so easy.
00:46:34Miss Clegg's moved you to the high table.
00:46:36Yes, we're all there now.
00:46:37All except Matthew.
00:46:39Oh, I don't suppose you'll have long to wait.
00:46:42Happy day, Mrs. Smith.
00:46:44Miss Sandra.
00:46:45Happy day, Mrs. Crabtree.
00:46:46I have a message for you.
00:46:49Professor Breakin, he's son.
00:46:51I'm just on my way.
00:46:53Don't be late now.
00:46:56Poor things.
00:46:58They must have felt so left out.
00:47:01All right.
00:47:01Now, what have we got to go on?
00:47:03We know that the circle here is in alignment with Hendrick's supernova.
00:47:07Which is now a black hole.
00:47:08Right.
00:47:08What do we know about black holes, Dad?
00:47:10Oh, not much.
00:47:11They're collapsed stars whose huge gravitational forces allow nothing to...
00:47:15not even light waves to escape.
00:47:17We know that anything that comes within their boundaries
00:47:19is sucked into the center and crushed out of existence.
00:47:23Suppose Hendrick's managed to...
00:47:26to harness that imploding energy.
00:47:29Suppose he's using it somehow to turn the villagers into happy dayers.
00:47:33But why?
00:47:35Well, if he's some sort of priest, perhaps he thinks he's doing it for their own good.
00:47:38Oh, there's been enough men who said that this century.
00:47:40I'm not talking about this century.
00:47:42I'm talking about something that happened thousands of years ago.
00:47:45Something that keeps repeating itself.
00:47:49In the beginning was the star.
00:47:51And this star was some sort of god?
00:47:53Yeah.
00:47:54Hendrick's supernova.
00:47:56Ursa XB1.
00:47:58The great bear.
00:48:02Bear.
00:48:02Bear worship.
00:48:03Hendrick said it was one of the oldest forms of religion.
00:48:06Perhaps it had some sort of benign power.
00:48:08But then, when the supernova became a black hole,
00:48:11the power was reversed.
00:48:12And the priest used it to extract, well, something.
00:48:17Man's ability to think for himself.
00:48:18The quality that makes him human.
00:48:21So that's what goes on in Hendrick's peculiar dining room.
00:48:24Whenever XB1 is in alignment with the soul.
00:48:25Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:48:27Being in the constellation of the great bear, that would be fairly frequent.
00:48:30Daily, probably.
00:48:32He'd still need split second timing to predict the moment of alignment.
00:48:35Well, that would explain the computer you found in the crypt of the church.
00:48:38And all the digital clocks throughout the house.
00:48:40No, he needs something far more accurate than that.
00:48:43Well, perhaps there's a master clock somewhere.
00:48:46Sending out signals to the rest?
00:48:47Well, it's possible.
00:48:48Quartz?
00:48:49No, it's not accurate enough.
00:48:51Atomic.
00:48:52Molecules.
00:48:53Wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:48:54Aged brain grinds exceeding slow.
00:48:58Hendrick caught you in the crypt, right?
00:48:59You said you saw equipment, machinery.
00:49:01The vent was making you choke, making your eyes water, right?
00:49:04That's right.
00:49:05Smelt trouble.
00:49:06Ammonia.
00:49:07You smelt ammonia in the crypt.
00:49:09Yes.
00:49:10The atomic clock is sometimes controlled by the ammonia molecule.
00:49:15That's where he keeps it.
00:49:17Dad, if we could alter...
00:49:18No, it's impossible.
00:49:19You sure?
00:49:20Atomic clocks can't be altered.
00:49:22Nothing can change the ammonia molecule.
00:49:24And that's why they keep such super accurate time.
00:49:29All these digital clocks must be driven by a master signal.
00:49:34Can't we interrupt it?
00:49:36We feed in extra pulses?
00:49:38So they'll gain time.
00:49:39So will we.
00:49:40We'll get Hendrick to process us before the black hole's in position up there.
00:49:44So we stay as we are.
00:49:46That is our way out.
00:49:55This must be the junction box.
00:50:01Fees down through the central heating system.
00:50:02Innocent will want the oscilloscope and the oscillator.
00:50:05Wonder what's happened to our luggage.
00:50:09It's in the car.
00:50:13Unless...
00:50:13Unless what?
00:50:14Well, Hendrick's expecting us to stay.
00:50:16Perhaps he's had it brought into the house.
00:50:18Come on.
00:50:44Ah, Lick.
00:50:45Everything ready?
00:50:46Indeed, sir.
00:50:48Keep him well up to time, won't you?
00:50:49Nothing must go wrong.
00:51:00Come on!
00:51:11Right, what does it look like?
00:51:13200 volts at...
00:51:1755.2.
00:51:18It's a square wave.
00:51:19A square wave?
00:51:19So it can't be a main signal.
00:51:21Right.
00:51:21The atomic master clock must be driving the digitals.
00:51:24Now, Hendrick's at dinner was in 55 minutes.
00:51:26Can you remember from when?
00:51:281949.
00:51:29It's now 2015.
00:51:32Gives us about half an hour.
00:51:34Less.
00:51:34You got a pencil?
00:51:35Yes.
00:51:36One of yours, I'm afraid.
00:51:38I want five minutes extra.
00:51:39Work out what freaks you need.
00:51:40I'll see you.
00:51:45Dad?
00:51:46Yeah?
00:51:47Talking of Ursa Major, early man worshipped the great bear, right?
00:51:51Right.
00:51:52Did you know the Gaelic word for bear is math?
00:51:55Get it?
00:51:56Maths.
00:51:57I looked it up.
00:51:59Glad to be finished.
00:52:01We need a 64.1 hertz signal.
00:52:04Gives us just under five minutes in the next half hour.
00:52:07Hmm.
00:52:08I hope that's enough.
00:52:1464.1 hertz signal.
00:52:25Right.
00:52:26That's her Pendrick's not clock watching.
00:52:45Oh, my God.
00:53:03Four minutes, twelve seconds, gate.
00:53:15Matt.
00:53:18That's it.
00:53:36Dad, we've got it all wrong.
00:53:38What?
00:53:40Of course, it's the other way up.
00:53:42What are you on about?
00:53:43The black hole. The gravity's so great, not even night particles can escape.
00:53:47But whatever it is, this energy doesn't start there.
00:53:52It comes from here.
00:53:54So the dish here, the circle, is a transmitter.
00:53:59Transmitting what?
00:54:01Evil.
00:54:03Or Hendrik's concept of evil.
00:54:05The capacity to do wrong.
00:54:09The priest's sacrifice to his god.
00:54:13Hold on a minute.
00:54:14Where's the power source?
00:54:16Where does he get the power for the transmission?
00:54:17Do you remember the night I discovered that the ley lines all led up to this house?
00:54:21The ley lines?
00:54:22They bring the power.
00:54:24Psychic power to the circle.
00:54:26A pagan storehouse of energy.
00:54:31Remove,しい.
00:54:31Get thepur LISA'S hand.
00:54:31Dinner is here, sir.
00:54:33Dinner is here, sir.
00:54:42I don't know.
00:55:07Aren't you going to say what an extraordinary rule?
00:55:09Most people do.
00:55:11In what way extraordinary?
00:55:13What about my throne?
00:55:15Unusual piece, don't you think?
00:55:17Splendid.
00:55:18But it's exactly the sort of thing I would have expected a man of your conceit to have chosen.
00:55:22You think I'm conceited?
00:55:24I think you have an exaggerated sense of your own importance.
00:55:28I'm sorry, but you really are so predictable.
00:55:30Even Matt here can tell you exactly what your next move will be.
00:55:33Really?
00:55:34You'll sit on your throne between Dad and me and tell me that the table acts as a transmitter,
00:55:39focusing psychic energies gathered by the stone dish of the circle.
00:55:43Well, let's see if you're right, shall we?
00:55:51Bon appétit.
00:55:54My children.
00:56:06Another village ceremony?
00:56:08Don't you think you're overdoing them a bit?
00:56:10There are many just now, during the summer solstice.
00:56:13The time of ancient magic.
00:56:15The rituals are important.
00:56:18Traditions are very strong in this part of the country.
00:56:20Do you still practice human sacrifice?
00:56:23Crude and unnecessary.
00:56:25The methods of earlier times are much more civilized.
00:56:27Methods of what?
00:56:29Purging the community of sin.
00:56:32Purging the community of sin.
00:56:32The task of a priest.
00:56:34Accepting the burden.
00:56:36Taking it on one's own shoulders.
00:56:43Anger of fire.
00:56:45Fire of speech.
00:56:47Breath of knowledge.
00:56:49Render us free from harm.
00:56:52Return to us the innocence that once we knew.
00:56:56Complete the circle.
00:56:58Make us at one with nature and the elements.
00:57:06It is time.
00:57:28All the time.
00:57:32Two minutes.
00:57:34Three minutes.
00:58:04Arise, my children.
00:58:09I commune and identify with the forces of nature.
00:58:13Your sin is my sin. Your guilt is my guilt.
00:58:20You are free.
00:58:23I have fulfilled my function.
00:58:28You are happy?
00:58:30So happy.
00:58:32Happy. Happy day indeed.
00:58:35My flock is cleansed. My task is done.
00:58:40Take them outside.
00:58:43When you join the circle, your initiation will be complete.
00:58:48You will be happy ones.
00:59:21What's happened?
00:59:25What's happened?
00:59:27What's happened?
00:59:30What's happened?
00:59:33Oh, my dog.
00:59:39Master?
00:59:40They are still impure.
00:59:41The circle is broken.
00:59:43Your protection is gone.
01:00:40Your protection is gone.
01:00:47Come on, Matt.
01:00:48You've got something.
01:00:59Don't look back!
01:01:17No, no!
01:01:18Hang on!
01:01:30Matt!
01:01:32Come on!
01:01:33Come on!
01:01:34No!
01:02:02Come on!
01:02:07Come on!
01:02:09Come on!
01:02:11Come on!
01:02:15Oh!
01:02:42What are you up to, boy?
01:02:43Die!
01:02:45You're alive!
01:02:47Alive?
01:02:47Of course I'm alive.
01:02:49Thought I was dead, did you?
01:02:50Thought I had no more use for this place.
01:02:52We came because it's safe.
01:02:54Remember?
01:02:54Safe?
01:02:55What is this?
01:02:56Some kind of riddle?
01:02:58In a way...
01:03:00No time for riddles.
01:03:00Got me work to do.
01:03:02All these knives got to get sharpened, see?
01:03:06Whose is that?
01:03:07That?
01:03:08It belonged to my father, that did.
01:03:10And his father before him.
01:03:12But...
01:03:14Where are the rabbits?
01:03:15The pheasants?
01:03:19You are right, boy.
01:03:22Die!
01:03:22Aye, die.
01:03:24I'll be off with you.
01:03:25And take him with you.
01:03:28Dad.
01:03:33It's die.
01:03:34Get back to your cottage.
01:03:35And leave me to my work.
01:03:36You know us, die.
01:03:37You know our cottage.
01:03:39You know our cottage.
01:03:39No friend of mine.
01:03:41Professor Brick.
01:03:43No knives for die to sharpen.
01:03:44Ever!
01:03:46You know us?
01:03:47Yes.
01:03:47I know you.
01:03:49Die!
01:03:51Come on, Matt.
01:03:52You know us.
01:03:52You know y'know us?
01:04:17You know why aren't we going with us?
01:04:21I know you might have a little old...
01:04:22It looks different.
01:04:30Professor, Master Matthew, where have you been?
01:04:34We've been so worried.
01:04:36Oh, Mrs. Smythe, you can cancel that call.
01:04:38They're back, safe and sound.
01:04:40Adam, the car was still there this morning.
01:04:44Outside the cottage, luggage and all.
01:04:46We've been worried to death.
01:04:48What happened?
01:04:50It's a long story.
01:04:52I'm not quite sure.
01:04:54Are you still determined to leave us?
01:04:58If we can.
01:05:01I'm glad we have such a hold on you.
01:05:06It's been nice.
01:05:09For me too.
01:05:14Goodbye, Matt.
01:05:15Yes, bye.
01:05:17Sandra, be furious she's missed you.
01:05:20According to her, you're the best in the class.
01:05:22The others must be very backward.
01:05:32Mrs. Crabtree.
01:05:33Goodbye.
01:05:34Goodbye.
01:05:35I'm sorry.
01:05:44I'm sorry.
01:05:45I'm sorry.
01:05:50I'm sorry.
01:05:53I'm sorry.
01:05:56I'm sorry.
01:05:57I'm sorry.
01:05:58I'm sorry.
01:05:59I'm sorry.
01:06:00I'm sorry.
01:06:00I'm sorry.
01:06:02I'm sorry.
01:06:03I'm sorry.
01:06:04I'm sorry.
01:06:05I'm sorry.
01:06:56did it happen or didn't it I don't know Matt I just don't know perhaps there's
01:07:03another circle beside the stones what time perhaps that's circular too you mean it it might all happen
01:07:12again one day it may already be happening to the people inside the time track do you want to go
01:07:19back and find out what I want is a sandwich oh don't tell me peanut butter strawberry mousse
01:07:37foreign
01:07:43foreign
01:08:19I'm Mr. Link, Sir Joshua Lytton.
01:08:21Morning, sir.
01:08:23Lytton Drive?
01:08:24Delightful.
01:08:26Can't tell you what a relief it is to get out of London.
01:08:28You couldn't find a nice part of the world to retire to than this.
01:08:31Ideal.
01:08:32I believe I should be very happy here.
01:08:33Come in, sir, won't you?
01:08:35We've done a little bit of instruction.
01:08:55We've done a little bit of instruction.
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