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Timeslip - The Year of the Burn Up Ep 4 (Colour)
Experimental Colourisation Process
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Experimental Colourisation Process
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00:07Music
00:29Oh, shh!
00:34Right, now, we'll fun out from here.
00:36Remember the orders.
00:37No shooting unless we have to.
00:48I got separated from the others.
00:50That's all right.
00:51But a group of them this time,
00:52and orders not to shoot unless they have to.
00:56Hunters!
00:57I wonder what it's all about.
01:02This heat is awful.
01:03If it doesn't stop soon, I'll...
01:06Paul, look!
01:20Oh, Barry, it's Simon.
01:24Oh!
01:26Oh!
01:28Oh!
01:31Dead!
01:32The whole bush!
01:41A pull!
01:42A creak!
01:44It's dried up.
01:46Oh, what's happened?
01:48Why are they dead?
01:50I looked after them as...
01:52I did!
01:53Look out!
01:53Look out!
02:04Look out!
02:07It's dead, too.
02:09It's...
02:09It's dead, too.
02:09Just bone dry.
02:11Just fell off the tree.
02:13Well, of course.
02:15That's it.
02:18They've finally done it, Simon.
02:21Two-nine-five-seven and the technocrats.
02:24They've done something to the whole world.
02:28They're burning us up.
02:39But it isn't even our responsibility, strictly speaking.
02:43A rise in temperature like this is a national concern.
02:45Well, it's us they're asking, Controller.
02:50Latest reports from Scotland, Controller.
02:52The level of the Clyde is down another twenty centimeters
02:54and the evaporation rate is ten above normal.
02:57It must all go to central coordination.
02:59I can hardly be expected to deal with it here, can I?
03:01Yet, didn't you have a watching brief at the beginning of geographical reconstruction, Controller?
03:07I beg your pardon?
03:09I was under the impression that you were personally concerned
03:11when the first rivers were diverted, lakes reclaimed and so on.
03:15I was involved, if that's what you mean.
03:17I was assistant to...
03:19Commander, trainer, yes.
03:22Here's the Y Valley. Simultaneous reception.
03:28Advanced defoliation conditions.
03:31The trees are dying because there isn't enough moisture in the atmosphere.
03:37What's that?
03:39We've lost reception.
03:41What was it?
03:42Very curious phenomenon.
03:51It's lightning.
03:52What is?
03:52Those dancing lights, did you see them?
03:54Yes.
03:55Well, it's lightning, it must be.
03:56Who ever heard of lightning that looked like that?
03:58Who ever heard of thunder that sounds like this thunder sounds?
04:01And who ever heard of either thunder or lightning
04:03when there just isn't any moisture in the atmosphere?
04:06Volunteers to move that branch.
04:07Oh, no.
04:09Arthur and Kevin, quickly move it.
04:12Hurry up.
04:13Let's go.
04:24Beth?
04:27Beth?
04:31Beth, what are you going to do?
04:34emigrate blast off for mars but if nothing will grow anymore i mean for food yes well we'll have
04:40to think about it won't we there's not even any water in the creek now liz would you mind not
04:46intoning responses this whole business has nothing to do with you you and simon only have to slip
04:52back through the time barrier and you're shot of it forever that's not a very nice thing to say
04:57well i obviously don't want to chat about it do i please up until now i've quite enjoyed your
05:02company have you yes that other beth the one in the icebox she gave me the creeps but if i
05:09became
05:09you doing the things you're doing that wouldn't be bad at all all right i'm sorry no it doesn't matter
05:21you're as concerned as i am couldn't someone isn't there somebody who could help you like who for
05:29instance there's 2957 oh please well there is and he's got a duty in a way i mean he knows
05:37about
05:37you here while nobody else does yes have you had a touch of the sun it wouldn't be surprising would
05:43it 2957 and his kind started all this 2957 and his kind created the problem you don't think i'd turn
05:50to
05:50them if i was down to my last drop of water or last stick of dried netball you can't afford
05:54to be
05:54as proud as that oh can't i just they're the villains they're the turncoats this wasn't such a bad old
06:01world but for now all we know they've put paid to it anyway if i know anything 2957 would shrink
06:11at
06:11the idea of me at the moment technocrats are essentially cautious people i'm a misfit remember
06:22not one of the chosen people
06:49controller speaking considering section four atlantic progress
06:54this map give me visual recognition please
07:05everywhere mist
07:15this is extraordinary i've just been correlating reports
07:18the whole of the southern atlantic area appears to be covered in a thick mist indeed
07:23controller thousands of square miles of it while here on the european continent we suffer from
07:28temperatures above those permitted by the master plan lightning that takes the form of random
07:32electrical discharge and thunder that heralds no storm i've been correlating reports too
07:40well something i can do for you alpha four controller during my training i was taught that
07:46the master plan was a highly complex and interconnected project any one part of it was considered to
07:51depend on any other part it could all fail if a simple detail was neglected yes yes that's true
07:56enough yet this tape informs us that there's been a serious delay in the construction of the atlantic sea
08:01curtain it's more to the point this tape's been edited edited yes are you sure not much doubt of it
08:09but who could have done it it's utterly forbidden that's what we must now try to find out controller
08:14that's what we're bound to settle whatever the outcome
08:31now let me get this straight let me understand the true purpose of this delegation
08:37is it in fact to suggest that i might have edited these tapes
08:44you're not denying the tapes have been tampered with controller no not if i'm reliably informed so
08:49then who had more opportunity that's what we've got to ask ourselves and who had less reason
08:55sorry think what you're saying 17 this is my sector would i really go to such lengths to destroy
09:00everything i'd set out to achieve we've had similar anomalies in the service in the past have we indeed
09:05one in particular with which you were intimately connected now look here we best something's gone
09:09seriously wrong controller we are guardians of the master plan we offers we can't afford to overlook
09:17any possibility ignore any clue you're prepared to look on me as a kind of commander trainer
09:34the seaway canals i supervise construction of these my friends a mighty engineering project to carry the
09:42flood water from east to west before beginning to pump it into the deep atlantic
09:48now if i felt like sabotage would i have carried all that out efficiently
09:53and then chosen to make a mess of a lesser matter like the sea curtain
10:07very well i shall devote my best endeavors to finding out who actually tampered with these tapes
10:17i must warn you i shall have to take the matter further if you can't satisfy us controller
10:26you know four you ought to realize there's more to running a sector like this than just
10:31getting control of it power can be a punishment as well as a reward
10:42you don't believe that no of course not four but on the other hand well what 17 means i think
10:49is
10:49that being the sort of persons we are we shouldn't even give the appearance of seeming to be ambitious
10:54it's our business to serve not to compete being an alpha clone doesn't necessarily mean a man has
10:59inferior social status no of course not there's not even anything to say an alpha clone shouldn't
11:03have command under certain conditions no four but tradition the only tradition that matters to me is
11:10serving the master plan that's what we're all here for isn't it yes and that's what we must think of
11:16above all else together with 2957 or in spite of him yes well back to the treadmill we've certainly
11:25wasted enough time for one morning four yes yes i'm simply looking at it from every angle all's well
11:32with the sector all's well with the plan
11:42controller's office scrambling personal flash no record no monitoring
11:52you
12:19it's no good doing that the cabbages are dead they won't grow again they might paul no
12:26then we'll just have to let them seed start again they won't make any seeds you're so sure
12:33i'll give them water then no water's got to be rationed from now on vera come back listen to me
12:47hello liz simon i've got to talk to you poor old vera seems to be going around the bend or
12:51something
12:52but she's a b plus i didn't know they could all this for god's sake oh all right i didn't
12:56want to talk
12:57about that i just want to ask you a question do you think 2957 would help beth help her how
13:03with food
13:04and that if he was asked yes i suppose so you're sure about that well he likes her yes beth
13:12isn't so
13:12sure but then beth's like me a d minus and we d minuses don't really know how a pluses behave
13:19look
13:19if you're going on that stupid nonsense you'll forget it we've got to do something you and i can
13:23get away from here anytime we like but beth and the community will die if somebody doesn't help them
13:27die okay you better wait here what for well we're on the edge of the jungle
13:40i'd best check there aren't any hunters out in the cliff
14:05what's the matter there was somebody here a man it looked like come on to train
14:15so if we can at least isolate the precise section on this tape too yes controller
14:20we're all set controller when you're ready then we'll get the message converted to captions in
14:24the same way remember you're here to observe and make judgments yes
14:36that's the edit
14:42the entire directive to start manufacture of the sea curtain excised you see all right that'll do
14:49comment 17
14:51well in a queer way it's just like the edit on the other team
14:55explain it's not clean controller not sensible almost arbitrary yes no attempt to cover tracks either
15:03could almost have been done by someone who didn't know what he was removing from the tapes controller
15:08alpha four may have spoken a little hastily earlier he's been under a strain lately we just want to get
15:15to the bottom of the
15:32what's all the secrecy about we can't explain what we're doing here can we
15:37that's controller 2957's office room 209 do we mention about commander trainer no that's forbidden
15:43why because the fact of the matter is that i'll forget it it's too difficult sorry simon didn't realize it
15:52was a plus stuff
16:02nobody's here oh we'll be in a minute
16:04Well, it's not 295-7.
16:13Controllers office scrambling. Personal flash. No record. No monitoring.
16:20Oh, you're there this time. I suppose I should be grateful.
16:23I'm sorry, Alpha Four. I was on the west side of the jungle this morning. I couldn't get back easily.
16:27And they treat these progress reports as of primary importance. What have you to tell me?
16:31Well, nothing much really. We saw some pink birds, brought them down.
16:35I don't mean about your stupid hunting idiot. Your special commission.
16:39Oh, that. Well, nothing much there either really. Didn't see any people.
16:44Not a soul? No.
16:45You must have done. I tell you there are people in that jungle. I've seen them myself.
16:49You, Alpha Four? Yes, on this very screen not more than a few hours ago.
16:53A boy whose name I know happens to be Simon and a girl.
16:57Also someone else who...
16:59That's another matter.
17:01You're to redouble your efforts, you understand?
17:03I found out that when controller 2957 disappears from his office,
17:07he goes in the direction of the jungle.
17:09May have something to do with the people there.
17:11Yes, Alpha Four.
17:12Then get me the information I want.
17:14It's a question of the master plan, ultimately, of security.
17:17We clones have our duty.
17:31What was all that about?
17:33Better go after him.
17:34Who is he?
17:352957's assistant.
17:37I knew he was up to no good from the very beginning.
17:39Wait, if he knows about Beth and the community...
17:41That's just what I mean.
17:42And he'll use what he knows to hurt 2957.
17:52So you see, Alpha Four, you've just been a little too earnest.
17:55Yes, I think so, Four.
17:56The tape editing is crude.
17:58Unquestionably not the work of a professional.
18:00You were quite right to suspect me first.
18:02But now we can look for the real culprit.
18:33Well, for goodness sake, it must be here somewhere.
18:35Perhaps in the other file, Alpha Four.
18:53Very well, I'll attend to things myself.
18:55Don't you want me to run it for you, sir?
18:57No, you're excused.
18:58I don't do, Al.
19:01Commander Charles Traynor, late of the Royal Navy.
19:04Founder of the Ministry of Full Development, December 1970.
19:07This man is a public enemy.
19:09He has been stripped of social registration
19:11and declared a social criminal.
19:13Persons seeing him are required under statute 12.
19:22It's even hot in here.
19:24Isn't the air conditioning working?
19:26Liz!
19:26That's right.
19:27I came about Beth.
19:28You foolish, interfering child!
19:30If you were discovered...
19:30Beth's in trouble.
19:31Now that everything's dying off, she's got no food.
19:34And her water supply's nearly finished, too.
19:36You'll have to go.
19:37I said Beth's in trouble.
19:38Yes.
19:38Yes, I understand.
19:40Then would you help?
19:41Me?
19:41Simon said you would.
19:43But Beth didn't think so.
19:45Life's...
19:46Life's more complicated than you imagine, Liz.
19:49Beth made her decisions long ago.
19:50All that's her affair.
19:52I have my own problems.
19:53Then you're afraid?
19:54No!
19:55Things were different.
19:56Yes, you are.
19:57And what's worse, you...
19:58Get out!
19:59Don't you know how dangerous it is?
20:01Get out before you ruin everything!
20:03The computer was right for once, wasn't it?
20:05Computer?
20:06Saying you and Beth were incompatible!
20:08It did hire a good chair!
20:10Successfully completed stage one of European geographical construction.
20:14However, within a year, Charles Traynor had betrayed his trust.
20:17Evidence was produced to show that he had deliberately held up progress on the diversion of northern British rivers.
20:22The master plan required completion here by May 1985.
20:26By June, Traynor was still insisting...
20:32Who's it?
20:53Right.
20:55Now that you're back, we'll get down to business, shall we?
20:57We'll have some explanations.
21:00Commander Traynor!
21:01Easy.
21:03The jungle's full of eyes and ears, little girl.
21:05We don't want to attract attention.
21:07I won't do anything!
21:09You're hurting!
21:10Give me your word.
21:11Promise!
21:17Because I'm an old man now, you know.
21:19And I can't keep up with the youngsters the way I once could.
21:25Now, sit down.
21:31There are some things I need to know.
21:34What are you doing here?
21:36Why didn't you go back through the time barrier?
21:39Where should we?
21:40I saw Simon before, didn't he tell you?
21:43No.
21:44No, he never said anything about that.
21:47In fact, all he said about you was that...
21:49I'm not sure that you could be talked about or something or say we're trouble!
21:53No!
21:54Ah.
21:56Then he wouldn't break his word to me.
21:59Not even as far as you were concerned.
22:03Good boy.
22:07Good boy.
22:12Well, perhaps I shouldn't have been quite so violent with you, Liz.
22:17Because I need my neck for a while, yes.
22:20But it's so difficult for me to know a friend from enemy anymore.
22:26What are you doing in this jungle?
22:29Well, why you?
22:30Uh-huh.
22:32Well, that wasn't the question.
22:34It's a strange place for you and Simon to be, isn't it?
22:37I mean, if you wanted to know something about the life of 1990,
22:41I'd have thought you'd have been better off back in the conurbations.
22:45Oh, we went out today to see...
22:46Yeah.
22:48Yes.
22:49To see, I think, Simon's future self.
22:55Tell me, what does Simon think of his future self?
23:00I don't know.
23:01You don't know?
23:03He's still up there.
23:04A bit mixed up about it all, perhaps.
23:06And you?
23:08You like 2957.
23:11Like him?
23:12Well, as what Simon will be one day.
23:15No!
23:16Well, I mean...
23:18Oh, golly, can he really be like that?
23:21Such a coward.
23:23Mm-hmm.
23:26Well, honestly, Commander, it was shameful.
23:29He says he likes her, says he respects her,
23:32but he won't lift a finger to help her.
23:34Oh, no, not him.
23:36That'd be going too far.
23:38Who, Liz?
23:39Who does Simon, I mean 2957, like and respect, but won't lift a finger to help?
23:52What do you want here?
23:54What do you want here?
23:55Ah.
23:56Something stands between us, you mean.
23:59The great issue of the times, perhaps.
24:03The struggle between light and darkness.
24:06Yes.
24:07And each of us must choose his side.
24:10Whatever.
24:35The end of the night.
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