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First broadcast 15th/22nd May 1981.
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00:25Can't weigh 200 of it, can it?
00:27What do you reckon it's made of, Skip?
00:28Oh, it's definitely a kryptonite.
00:30What's that?
00:32Oh, I'd pull the other one.
00:34Hang on.
00:38Mr. Lamont, stay right there.
00:43Thank you. I'll take that.
00:44Now, wait a minute, Sergeant. This is my shed.
00:47Do you want to end up in the Tower of London?
00:49No.
00:50No.
00:52Valcomson!
00:53What's that?
00:54I want you to stay here.
00:56Don't want anyone hanging around or taking photographs.
01:00Cheerio.
01:00Shut the door behind you.
01:07Have I really got to stay, Skip?
01:09It's past my dinner break.
01:11I'll send you dinner sandwich.
01:38I'll send you dinner sandwich.
01:43I'll send you dinner.
01:43Then there's only one conclusion, isn't there?
01:45Yeah.
01:47Whatever it was that was here, whatever it was killed Simmons.
01:52It must be saturated with gamma radiation.
01:54It certainly looks that way.
01:57Except that no living creature could survive that degree of radiation.
02:01Nothing we know of.
02:03So it's got to be something outside our experience.
02:06Maybe it's wearing some kind of protective clothing.
02:10Have you noticed something?
02:13We've all started saying it.
02:21Well, those tent rolls fair come to your hands, eh?
02:26What's up, Davey?
02:27Oh, nothing.
02:29Stay in this job, you'll pull worse than that from the sea.
02:32It's not that.
02:33I was talking to him on Wednesday.
02:35He was looking forward to going home.
02:38Another couple of weeks.
02:40Now, you need a drink.
02:41Here, Alex.
02:42Get another bottle of rum, eh?
02:45You had twin daughters, you know.
02:47Just wee lassies.
02:50Everything all right, Inspector?
02:52Yeah, so far.
02:53The cliff path will be the hardest part.
02:55Well, we could give you a lift as far as the point.
02:57Lend you a proper stretcher.
02:58If you and Mr Gaffigan can manage the rest of the way.
03:01Yeah, that's good.
03:02I'll ring Sergeant Carch and get him to meet me with the Land Rover.
03:06How the hell did that happen?
03:09The trigger's faulty.
03:11Simmons mentioned it to me yesterday.
03:13I promised to take a look at it for him.
03:15It's a wonder he wasn't smashed to bits.
03:18Everything else was.
03:19Mm, even his tape recorder.
03:26A soldier?
03:27What makes you say that?
03:30A camouflage combat gear.
03:32And a rucksack.
03:34Uh-huh.
03:37And he ran away when you spotted him.
03:40Right.
03:42No, if you see him, don't approach him.
03:44You never know.
03:44He might be dangerous.
03:45Just contact us right away.
03:47Okay.
03:48Thank you very much for your help.
03:50Cheerio now.
03:52I'm sorry to butt in, Sergeant.
03:54Well, what can I do for you, sir?
03:56Well, I've been thinking about this murderer.
03:58And it seemed to me that the constabulary might need a little help.
04:02In what way, sir?
04:04Volunteers for search parties, that kind of thing.
04:07I'm ready and willing to do all I can.
04:10Well, that's very public-spirited of you, sir.
04:12I'll let the inspector know as soon as he comes back.
04:15Oh, he's still out on the moors, is he?
04:17Tell me, why was Miss Patterson with him?
04:20Because she knows the island better than any of us.
04:23Hardly work for a girl, though, from what I hear.
04:26And what are you hearing, sir?
04:28Well, the whole town's buzzing with rumours.
04:31Something particularly nasty in the mortuary, so they say.
04:34Oh, the contents of a mortuary usually are, sir.
04:37Nasty.
04:39Excuse me.
04:41Hello, please.
04:44Yes, sir.
04:49I see.
04:52Yes.
04:53I'll get on that right away.
04:55Goodbye, sir.
04:58Was there anything else?
05:01No.
05:02Not for the moment.
05:18Hello, Dr. Gowdrey.
05:20Sergeant Carsh here.
05:22There's been another killing.
05:25Yes.
05:28Inspector Inskip says this time it's much worse.
05:40Something puzzling you, Fiona?
05:41The fault's in the flash unit, but the camera's run out of film.
05:45So what does that mean?
05:46Just that it shouldn't have.
05:48Dr. Simmons brought his last set of films into me yesterday.
05:51And in this weather, he's had no chance to shoot off this whole roll.
05:53Yeah, but it's got an automatic firing device, hasn't it?
05:56If the flash unit's been triggering off that film, then...
06:02Oh, God, I see what you mean.
06:03If it's been shooting away on its own, then there's just a chance it's taken a picture of the killer.
06:07A screen.
06:09Can you develop it for me?
06:10Of course, as soon as we get back.
06:15Here's the stretcher.
06:16The lads will see you as far as the point.
06:18I'll give them a hand.
06:20Thanks for the drinks, my girl.
06:24Now, listen.
06:25Look out for yourselves tonight.
06:27I don't want you boys trying to play heroes.
06:30That thing found Simmons.
06:31It could easily find you.
06:45Easy.
06:59I don't know what sort of creature you are looking for out there.
07:03But if it's anywhere near human, it'll be lucky if it stands trial.
07:31It's only me.
07:41I've finished with this bit, so I thought I'd bring it back.
07:43The inspector can add it to his collection.
07:51Funny-looking thing, eh?
07:53Aye, it does that.
07:55It's getting on my nerves.
07:57It moves, you know.
08:01Moves?
08:02Every hour or so, it sort of shivers, Doctor.
08:05Gives a wee sighing noise.
08:07Scared the hell out of me the first time.
08:09It's as if it's alive.
08:13It's probably hydraulics.
08:19Something like that, anyway.
08:21Maybe.
08:23It's very spooky all the same.
08:27Is that a canny hand?
08:34Can it?
08:51What?
08:58What?
08:58If you're going to develop the film now, shall I make some tea?
09:02Oh, God, Mike.
09:04The way Simmons was killed was so disgusting.
09:09It's changed everything, hasn't it?
09:12Nothing can ever be the same here.
09:16Listen, Fiona.
09:17We can make sure it doesn't happen again by finding his killer.
09:21Now, we have the camera, there may be something on the film, and we have the cassette.
09:25That could give us something else to work on.
09:27Yes, of course.
09:29I'll start in the darkroom in a minute.
09:31But I can't play the cassette on my record player.
09:33I've got a tape recorder. If I go and fetch it, are you going to be all right?
09:36Mm.
09:37Don't be long.
09:39I'll take the key.
09:59Have you examined Simmons' body yet?
10:01Not yet.
10:03I'll have my tea before I start in him.
10:07Well, I always like to do an autopsy in a fool's stomach.
10:11Oh, incidentally, I took that piece of tubing you brought me back to the chandelier.
10:14What did you make of it?
10:16Well, there was blood on it, right enough.
10:18Different group from a woman's, though.
10:20Be negative.
10:21But it was human blood.
10:23Oh, well, of course. What did you expect?
10:25Oh, I don't know, Alan.
10:27Gaffigan was suggesting that that submarine thing we found might be alien.
10:31What? Do you mean from up there?
10:33Ah, he thought it might be some kind of spacecraft.
10:36Well, I tell you.
10:37Next time I get something wrong with my teeth, I'm going to the mainland.
10:42There was one odd thing about it, though.
10:45The white cell count was abnormally high.
10:48What does that mean?
10:49It means it comes from someone who is very sick.
10:52Radiation has the same effect.
10:56Radiation?
10:58Listen, Alan.
10:59There was a great deal of radiation in the area of Simmons Camp.
11:02The Coast Guard's went over it with a ganker counter.
11:05Were you thinking your killer's radioactive?
11:07No, no. Gaffigan was suggesting he was.
11:10I'm beginning to think he was right.
11:11I mean, it's the only explanation.
11:13Well, I don't know too much about the subject.
11:16But anyone who can absorb radiation to that level must be a medical miracle.
11:21He should be six feet under.
11:23That's more or less what Fiona was suggesting.
11:25Oh, I don't know.
11:29This whole business gets more freakish every day.
11:40Well, that would certainly tie our killer in with that submarine thing.
11:44At least we know how we got here. I suppose that's something.
11:47So we're looking for a crazy, radioactive matelow was funny.
11:52Your guess is as good as mine, Tom.
11:54I don't know what to think.
11:55Oh, here. A parachutist.
11:56We've had another sighting up at Bahalde Hill.
11:59This time he had a machine gun.
12:02A machine gun?
12:04Ran away when he was sighted.
12:07Bahalde Hill.
12:08It's not even in the same area, Tom.
12:11Suppose our killer escaped from somewhere in that submarine thing.
12:14Maybe the army are looking for him.
12:17One parachutist.
12:18Well, we don't know there's only one.
12:19Most soldiers look much the same at a distance.
12:22Ah, but surely the army would have told us, Tom.
12:26Wouldn't they?
12:53Hello?
12:55Sergeant Cash?
12:57Is that you, Skipper?
13:23Come in.
13:26Come in.
13:40I've just heard a message from HQ.
13:42The Navy say our submarine doesn't sound like anything they've lost.
13:45But they're going to send a man over once the weather clears.
13:48Well, what's the forecast?
13:50Oh, they reckon it'll be clear in about 24 hours.
13:53Well, if they're right, it's the first good news we've had.
13:56The bad news is that our radioactive freak is probably heading this way.
14:01What makes you say that?
14:02It's the line he's been taking, Tom.
14:04See, once he hits that headland, he'll be forced to turn back.
14:07Unless, of course, he goes straight into the sea.
14:08We should be so lucky.
14:10All right.
14:11Thank God there are no crofts up there.
14:13Well, there's a Coast Guard station.
14:14Ah, they'll be all right.
14:15They're ready for trouble.
14:17I think we should get organized, too.
14:18I can't keep these under wraps any longer.
14:20I think most folk know that something's up.
14:23If only we knew what we were up against.
14:27You see, there's no motive for that carnage up at Simmons Camp or at Dove Cottage.
14:31Or the sheep.
14:32It's like some snotty-nosed little kid tearing the wings and legs off a fly just for the hell of
14:36it.
14:38I blame television.
14:39Some people see the sound of music once too often and something snaps.
14:44Now, come here. Don't go.
14:45How many armed men can you muster?
14:48Er...
14:49About 30.
14:50That's with licenses.
14:51Maybe another dozen that we don't know of.
14:53I will tell them that their inspector is declaring an amnesty.
14:57Now, listen.
14:58I went four patrols of about five or six blokes covering the whole town all night.
15:03With one of our guys in control of each patrol, okay?
15:06Right.
15:06And tell our fellas to keep a tight control.
15:08I don't want anybody shot by accident.
15:14Okay, you can come in.
15:17Hi.
15:18Hi.
15:18I've got it.
15:19Great.
15:22How's it going?
15:23Well, if I hope there's something here,
15:25I imagine the film's badly overexposed.
15:28Oh?
15:29I thought these cameras did everything except, say, cheese.
15:31Well, it's not the camera's fault.
15:32It's the radiation.
15:33The image won't be very clear, but I might get some sort of picture.
15:37Well, at least we might have more idea of what we're up against.
15:41I know what we're up against.
15:43A vile killer that tears its victims to pieces.
15:47God knows what we're going to find when this is finished.
15:51Whatever this thing is,
15:53it's affecting all our lives here on the island.
15:56It makes me sick.
15:57And the worst thing is, there's nothing any of us can do.
16:00It's like a wild nightmare.
16:02I feel as though the whole island has become contaminated.
16:05Listen, Fiona.
16:07Once the fog is lifted,
16:09maybe tomorrow,
16:10the mainland police will be over with cars and helicopters.
16:14Now, even if it's the abominable snowman out there,
16:17he won't stand a chance.
16:18Do the police know anything more about that craft jet?
16:21No, I don't think so.
16:22It's in the Charnbury under guard.
16:27I wish it hadn't been brought into the town.
16:29There's something malignant about it.
16:31It's just a piece of machinery.
16:33That's not what you thought this afternoon.
16:35No. Well, maybe I watched too many horror movies.
16:38Don't you see?
16:39Once it finds its craft is gone, it'll start looking for it.
16:42And that means it'll come here, Michael, right into the town.
16:46Right. Now, your patrol's between the harbour and the top of North Street.
16:50Remember, use your radios to keep contact with other patrols.
16:55Sorry, Lucky, I'm out of season.
16:59Now, the main thing is stick together and stay alert.
17:02If you do see something that resembles a Loch Ness monster,
17:05don't keep it yourself.
17:07Let everyone have some fun.
17:08Right. Off you go.
17:10Biennach live.
17:40Hard leaves.
17:41Is this just another couple?
17:41Maybe you've got coffee here.
17:41No.
17:51This is my time to talk to you.
17:51Let me go.
17:52See you.
17:53Take a deeper.
18:05It's good evening. I wish to speak with Colonel Howard, please.
18:14Oh, dear, Colonel.
18:16Thank you very much.
18:22Yes?
18:23Mother asked me to call.
18:25Mother knows best.
18:27How is her chicken?
18:28Still free range, I'm afraid.
18:31Then forget the chicken.
18:33I've arranged for the egg collection.
18:35Can you close the coop?
18:37Yes, I can see to that right away.
18:40Excellent.
18:41We'll RV at 2300.
18:54Carnibalism?
18:55Part of the left flank has been sliced off.
18:58Definitely with a knife.
18:59I can only assume it was for food.
19:01But for God's sake, man, why?
19:04Well, it's the part most people would go for.
19:06It's easily accessible.
19:08Look, if you want to see the...
19:09No, no.
19:10I'll take your word for it.
19:12Well, now I really have heard everything.
19:15Would you like to speculate, Doctor, just what we are up against?
19:19Hmm.
19:22Would you?
19:23I don't go in for fancy theories.
19:25I stick to the facts.
19:28But I must admit, Alan, out in the moor today, my imagination was running riot.
19:34I wouldn't have been surprised to see King Kong come out of the fog.
19:37Look, all the evidence we've got to date points to something which is half human, half animal.
19:47What the hell happened to you, Malcolmson?
19:49Somebody clobbered him.
19:50Somebody broke in, sir.
19:52Couldn't see who it was.
19:53Let's have a look at your head.
19:54What were they after?
19:55Don't know, sir.
19:56That wee bit of tubing that's been taken from my pocket.
19:59Nothing else that I could see.
20:00How long ago was this?
20:01I can't say for sure, sir.
20:02Don't know how long I was out.
20:04Come on, Tom, let's take a shoot.
20:06Good line.
20:07Let's have a look at you.
20:11I'll get six patrols out here in the town.
20:14Good.
20:15How many went?
20:1643, including our lads.
20:18If anything happens tonight, it's going to be a okay caral.
20:21I damn well woke up.
20:23How are they organized?
20:24Well, they're keeping a constant radio contact.
20:26We can monitor them from either landrover or other station.
20:29That's it, Tom.
20:30We've done our best.
20:31Let's hope it's enough.
20:38Anything?
20:39No.
20:51Oh, that's nice, thanks.
20:59Damn jamming's getting worse.
21:01Can't get anything on the radio now.
21:04I'll try a little pool.
21:06See if it's in general or just here.
21:08I like it like this.
21:09It's more peaceful.
21:15That's strange.
21:17Not a sound.
21:25No, completely dead.
21:28It can't be.
21:31That's funny.
21:33I mean, I'll get in darling talk.
21:42It's ringing now.
21:44Good.
21:46Mrs. McAllister, this is my gran at the Coast Guard station.
21:50I'm trying to raise Ollipool at...
21:52What's that, you see?
21:54Oh, I see.
21:57Well, how long ago was that?
22:00Ah.
22:02The exchange says that the lines to the mainland were cut 20 minutes ago.
22:07Cut?
22:08You mean deliberately?
22:09Well, I don't know.
22:11Just that they're not getting through.
22:13What's the matter?
22:15I thought I heard something that had said.
22:41That was close.
22:42It's moved our range.
22:48I'll leave it switched on in case it comes back.
22:51You all right, Davey?
22:53Fine.
23:01All right, Tom?
23:02Aye.
23:04Hopefully you're here.
23:13Well, there's no sign of any interference.
23:15I wonder who the hell it could have been.
23:17Well, at least it's human.
23:19A killer wouldn't have lived and was just a bump in his head.
23:21Aye.
23:23Nobody was after was that wee bit of tube, isn't it?
23:26Aye.
23:28Tom, what if this...
23:29Well, whatever it is.
23:32What if it's top secret?
23:35I can't see the KGB having anyone on the payroll here.
23:38Right, Geoff, I did catch the post-bristress reading the Gulag Archipelago the other day.
23:45Inskip?
23:45Yeah.
23:46Fiona's developed that film.
23:48Great.
23:48Anything on it?
23:49See for yourself.
23:50You're both invited to the world premiere.
23:55The slides are not very clear, I'm afraid.
23:57The film was badly overexposed, but some of the shots have come out.
24:00What is it?
24:0135 mil?
24:02Mm-hmm.
24:03I'm running the frames in a sequence that will more or less match what's on the tape recording.
24:07The tape recording as well?
24:09Yeah.
24:09Simmons must have been dictating notes at the time of the murder.
24:12The machine was smashed, but the cassette's alive.
24:15It's pretty gruesome.
24:17Why don't you put the light outside of it?
24:20Shall we go?
24:22Bird that has arrived several days ahead of the fly.
24:25Since I ringed three adult birds last year, I will be interested to see...
24:31Damn sheep!
24:38No, we've got...
24:41Ah!
24:42Ah!
24:52Ah!
24:55Ah!
24:57Ah!
25:00Ah!
25:03Ah!
25:04Ah!
25:04Ah!
25:05Ah!
25:05Ah!
25:06Ah!
25:06Ah!
25:07Ah!
25:08Ah!
25:09Ah!
25:09Ah!
25:10Ah!
25:10Ah!
25:12Ah!
25:12Ah!
25:13Ah!
25:13Ah!
25:14Ah!
25:14Ah!
25:14Ah!
25:25Human, I think.
25:27Ah, well, it might look human, but it certainly didn't sound human.
25:31Nothing intelligible, anyway.
25:33I don't think it was talking, Inspector.
25:38I think it was laughing.
25:40Is it cold in here, or is it just me?
25:42I was thinking that.
25:44I'll check the thermostat.
25:50Which for supper tonight, Davy?
25:52Whatever's on the label.
25:55It's down to 50, Neil.
25:57The change of a valve on the tank must have stuck or something.
26:00Somebody ought to check it.
26:02Hang on.
26:04I'll go, man.
26:06I'll wait.
26:13Right, look after yourself.
26:15Right.
26:16Right.
26:18They're all right, look after yourself, you're listening.
26:20We're going, look after yourself.
26:38I'm going.
26:46You're garantissa.
26:46I'll go, man.
26:46I'll go.
27:07What's he doing?
27:27Hi, where's the gun?
27:29He's taking it.
27:30Oh, Davey, quick!
27:38I'll get the act.
27:39Keep watch.
28:08I'll get the act.
28:09I'll get the act.
28:36Thanks very much.
28:37And for printing up the slides.
28:41Sounded like a maroon.
28:42At the Coast Guard station.
28:43Come on, Joe.
29:07No answer.
29:11Damn, McGraw.
29:13I warned him not to take any chances.
29:15Well, maybe they've gone out after it.
29:16They wouldn't have fired a distressed rocket in that case.
29:20Why don't you take a patrol up there?
29:21They've obviously got trouble.
29:24Listen, if that thing's already in the station, by the time we get up there,
29:27there'll be nothing left to do but pick up their pieces.
29:35Anyway, I'll probably need every man I can lay my hands on before the night's out.
29:38I'd like a word with you, Inspector.
29:41With all of you, in fact.
29:42What the hell is this?
29:44State of emergency.
29:45This island is being placed under martial law, and I'm taking control.
29:52Martial law?
29:53Are you ahead, Howard?
29:54And as a representative of the civil authority, Inspector, you will be required to cooperate with me.
30:01On whose authority?
30:03I'm sure you're acquainted with the law on the subject.
30:05The book states that a proclamation of martial law is not necessary,
30:09since the right of the military to exercise exceptional powers depends on the circumstances and not on the proclamation.
30:15I think I've got that right, haven't I?
30:18You still have to prove your authority.
30:21The decision has been taken at the highest level.
30:27The fact is, Inspector, the situation can no longer be left in civilian hands.
30:32You can't impose martial law without troops, Howard.
30:35No, of course not.
30:37Mr. Carey!
30:41Yes, sir?
30:43What time is the raiding party due?
30:45Oh, 800 hours, sir.
30:46Mr. Carey came in ahead of the task group.
30:49By parachute.
30:51You took a hell of a chance, didn't you?
30:53It was necessary.
30:55We're trained for blind rocks.
30:56Oh?
30:57What unit?
30:58A rather special one, Mr. Gaffigan.
31:00And how are the rest of your men coming?
31:01They can't land in this weather.
31:02I'd back these men to land in any weather.
31:05However, if there are no further questions, I suggest we get moving.
31:08I have one.
31:11The army's not doing all this just to apprehend a murderer, are they?
31:15My orders are to find him, if possible.
31:17But no, that is not the point of the mission.
31:19Then what is the point of all this?
31:21Principally to retrieve certain highly sensitive military equipment before it falls into the wrong hands.
31:27That submarine thing.
31:28An official secret, Inspector.
31:31I'm afraid I presented you with a fait accompli.
31:34I trust you'll accept it gracefully?
31:36No chance, Colonel.
31:37I'll be asking loads of questions.
31:39For example, why wasn't I told about this earlier?
31:41And why has it been all played underhand?
31:44Speed and secrecy.
31:45Now, I want you and the doctor to stay here.
31:48It's very probable that you'll be needed later tonight, Doctor.
31:50Why?
31:52Expecting a war?
31:54If you are needed, you'll be told.
31:56Inspector, the moment your patrols encounter anything, I want to hear.
32:00Mr. Catherkin.
32:02You and Miss Patterson will come with me.
32:04Where to?
32:05To the golf course.
32:06I may need your specialist knowledge, right?
32:09It seems we've no alternative.
32:11Quite.
32:14Incidentally, Inspector, there's no point in trying to ring the mainland.
32:18The line's out of order.
32:22Since when?
32:24Since about ten o'clock.
32:36The hell is out of order.
32:39They've cut the damn thing.
32:41I'll go on to the RV then, sir.
32:43Yes, we'll set up headquarters at the clubhouse.
32:45Keep radio contact.
32:46The jamming signal's been lifted.
32:47Right on, sir.
32:53Well, damaged the post office property, eh?
32:56I can see the post office and the army haggling about that for years.
33:00I can't see the necessity for cutting the line anyway.
33:04There's no necessity, Aaron.
33:07Unless, of course, our Colonel Howard doesn't want the mainland to know what's going on over here.
33:13I have a feeling that we are being conned.
33:15Why?
33:16What good would that do him?
33:17I don't know, Tom.
33:21What's the maximum range of our radios?
33:23Seven miles, isn't it?
33:24Aye, in perfect conditions.
33:27Right.
33:29Send the car out to Sathadi Point.
33:31You'll probably have to use one of the special constants.
33:33Ask him to try and contact Sergeant Nabia at Balmucky.
33:40Give him this message.
33:42Right.
33:46Oh, do you want him to stay, Sathadi?
33:49Aye.
33:50All night if necessary.
33:52We must maintain a link with HQ.
33:56Sunray Minor to Sunray, over.
34:00Sunray to Sunray Minor, receiving you, over.
34:03Have sighted landing grabbed over.
34:06Sunray, roger, out.
34:12Excellent.
34:13They'll hit the beach at first light.
34:15We have one hour exactly to carry out this operation.
34:19And everything's going very smoothly.
34:21Yes, yes, I think so.
34:22I just hope they don't hit the rocks.
34:24Have you any idea how dangerous this coast is, Colonel Howard?
34:27Oh, you don't need to be concerned, Miss Patterson.
34:29These men are experts.
34:31Experts can still get killed, Colonel.
34:38Anyone want a drink?
34:39It's all right, I am a member.
34:42Well, if I'm not breaking the law, I'll have a small whiskey.
34:45Somehow I shouldn't think breaking the law worries you very much.
34:48True.
34:49But I do have great respect for your police.
34:52Especially in Skip.
34:54Our police?
34:56What, you mean here on the island?
34:59Exactly, Miss Patterson.
35:00Your island police.
35:05Cheers.
35:06Cheers.
35:08You know, when I was in the services, I never went on leave with my full combat gear.
35:12Or carrying an RT and a pistol.
35:14Where do you think you'll go for your next holiday, Colonel?
35:17I hope your dentistry is less clumsy than your irony, Gaffigan.
35:21Touché.
35:22But we do have a right to know rather more than you've told us.
35:25For example.
35:27What that strange craft that you're so interested in actually is.
35:31And how you came to know it was here.
35:33I've already told you what it is.
35:34An official secret.
35:35There were only a limited number of places within its range.
35:38We covered them all.
35:40Quite an operation.
35:41It must be a very important official secret.
35:44The powers that be seem to think so.
35:46I am but a simple soldier.
35:48From NATO Intelligence.
35:50Good try for this time in the morning.
35:55Excuse me.
35:58A close-mouthed beggar.
36:00I suppose he has his orders.
36:02Oh, sure.
36:04His orders are to cover up what's obviously been a monumental grade A cock-up.
36:09They lost contact with their craft and it ran aground here.
36:12Probably a power failure.
36:14Because what got out of it was no longer a man.
36:17Radioactive.
36:19His mind in splinters.
36:22And as a result, at least two people have died their most horrible deaths.
36:26God knows what they'll find at the Coast Guard station.
36:28And all Howard can say is that it's an official secret.
36:31Oh, there's going to be hell to pay over this.
36:33If there's a government clamped down, what can we do?
36:35We'll demand an inquiry.
36:37They can't clamp down on murder.
36:40We'll do it again.
36:43We'll do it all.
36:59Yes, sir.
37:00Oh, I care.
37:08So, I'll do that.
37:09We'll do it again.
37:09I feel like we'll do it again.
37:09You mean, what will I do?
37:29Sunray Miner to Sunray, over.
37:32Sunray to Sunray Miner, receiving you, over.
37:36Landing completed.
37:37We will join you shortly, over.
37:39Let's go.
38:07Have they landed yet?
38:10As calculated.
38:11Almost to the second.
38:12As an ex-paratrooper Gaffigan, you should appreciate that.
38:15All I appreciate right now is that you risked men's lives.
38:19Must be even more important than you've implied.
38:21Otherwise, why all the urgency?
38:22You're not a fool, Gaffigan.
38:24We're trying to prevent an international incident.
38:26What sort of international incident?
38:31I only had one whiskey, Miss Patterson.
38:59Good.
39:00Good.
39:01Good.
39:01Good.
39:03they look very impressive royal marines a special force trained for just this kind of operation
39:10where's the mothership she's a sub actually too far out to be visible you're enjoying this aren't
39:18you colonel yes yes i suppose i am miss patterson the soldier is always happiest when the time for
39:24action comes the last day or two has been rather a strain
39:33raiding party at your disposal sir very good mr carey we found this between here and the beach
39:37sir did you indeed there's a chance he's not too far away that's what i thought good we may yet
39:46achieve both objectives i'll organize a search while you're in the town right down you picked
39:51up the equipment canister yet we'll collect it on the way we have 45 minutes so we'll have to make
39:56it snappy this sketch map shows you where the chandlery is know what you have to do right sir
40:08so was you who clouted malcolmson just a tap i tried not to hurt him will you excuse me i
40:14have
40:15many things to do stay inside please come on
40:31looks as though house authorities arrived
40:57fire
40:58fire
40:58fire
40:59fire
40:59fire
41:02fire
41:30What the hell do you think's going on?
41:34Decontamination by the look of it.
41:39Morning.
41:45Yes, Tom, what is it?
41:47I've just had a wee message from HQ.
41:49Colonel Howard, gunnery instructor at the Highland School of Mountain Warfare.
41:53He's now in a hospital in Oban with a broken head.
41:58Really?
41:59Sir Colonel Howard is an imposter, eh?
42:01He seems to carry a lot of clout for an imposter.
42:09Hey, Kerry! I want a word with you.
42:13What about, Inspector?
42:15This so-called Colonel Howard.
42:17Who is he?
42:18Where is he from?
42:21I'm not at liberty to answer those questions.
42:23Well, as the civil authority upon this island, I will give you the liberty.
42:30But at the moment, you're subordinate to the military.
42:34Difficult, isn't it?
42:46What's that?
42:47Professional interest, Miss Patterson?
42:50Something you can't get on prescription.
42:52There's enough antitoxin there for the whole island, if necessary.
42:55Oh, my God.
42:56Is that what you meant by an international incident?
42:59You're catching on.
43:00The Vodyanoi is equipped with a biochemical warhead.
43:03And something went wrong, so the whole island's in danger.
43:06As to that, we shall know more when we've examined the Vodyanoi.
43:08But we are in time to prevent any consequences.
43:11Is that supposed to be reassuring?
43:14Biological warfare is lunacy. Nobody can win.
43:17Perhaps all warfare is lunacy. Simply a question of degree.
43:22What did you call this thing? A Vodyanoi?
43:25It's a creature of Russian mythology.
43:27A deadly spirit with burning eyes that can fly above the water or deep beneath it.
43:33I see. It's Russian.
43:36It is the latest submarine-launched, piloted missile to enter service with the Soviet Navy.
43:42That is why my superiors think it's so important.
43:56We've got the Vodyanoi outside, sir.
43:58Good. Have you examined the warhead yet?
44:00No, I thought we'd better get it out of town first, sir.
44:03Right, Mr. Carey. Examine it, and then recall the search party.
44:07Very good, sir.
44:10Tidurak!
44:19Tidurak!
44:20Yes, I know. He got the salute wrong, didn't he?
44:35Tidurak!
44:35Tidurak!
44:36Where did you learn your English, Howard?
44:40well that can't be your real name can it the answer to your first question is partly moscow
44:46partly london and my name is kornilov i am colonel vladimir kornilov though colonel howard is a good
44:54friend of mine i thought he might not mind too much if i borrowed his identity you're permitted
44:59english friends are you we're not at war mr gaffigan i hope we never shall be when this
45:05incident occurred i was in scotland as an official observer of the nato exercises so that explains
45:11how you got here so quickly yes i was fortunate to be so close at hand assistance came as soon
45:18as
45:18possible the lieutenant is also noted for his perfect english but not for his salutes and
45:26carey isn't his name of course not miss patterson you've gone to incredible and dangerous lengths
45:34colonel backup needed for an operation like this must be enormous it was but the vodianoy
45:39is very valuable to us why what is it that makes it so valuable it is unique the vodianoy is
45:46not
45:46simply an inert piece of metal it has for instance its own nervous system i mean it's alive though not
45:53exactly but it responds to the pilot's brain in just the same way that your system responds to
45:58your brain oh come on that's not possible our scientists have been exploring such possibilities
46:02since the time of pavlov in the west you call it cybernetic engineering the linking of man with
46:09machine we are 20 years ahead in the technology your government knows this that is why i can tell
46:14you well you haven't got it right yet have you none of this should have happened misadventure mr
46:20gaffigan the fault is yours as much as ours how could it be our fault no not yours personally perhaps
46:28but from their base at murmansk our submarines have to pass between here and the pharaohs
46:34your nato submarines always attempt to shadow them three days ago there was a collision then an explosion
46:43only one man survived
46:48the pilot of the vodianoy vasili gineva he was returning from patrol when the accident occurred
46:55or so we understand the vodianoy was caught in the radiation blast and crippled
47:03gineva must have had barely enough fuel to reach land
47:08the rest you know so that thing is radioactive no no the level of radiation from the hull must be
47:17very slight now two days traveling beneath the ocean is an effective decontaminant
47:26i'm afraid it's leaked sir the tanks nearly empty ruptured in the explosion i imagine
47:31i'm afraid dr gowdrey is going to be busy
47:46everyone must have the anti-toxin tell the doctor that is vital
47:50i think you could have started earlier the moment you trace the vodianoy here this virus took years to
47:56develop my instructions were not to hand over the antidote unless i was sure that a biological
48:00incident might occur and now you are sure no but i will not take the chance anyway thank you
48:09i don't like these things wars should be fought by soldiers we've had the recall order sir carry on
48:16i shall join you sir you're leaving we must my orders were to recover the vodianoy and get out fast
48:23and what about its pilot you've been in the army you understand these things major gineva is expendable
48:30your people will be able to learn little from his body he is a killer he will have to stand
48:34trial
48:34that is the law in this country he will die before then radiation probably he is already dead
48:42although with his constitution i hope he is dead gineva was a good officer a good officer
48:51he's worse than an animal that's not gineva's fault it's what was done to him what do you mean
48:59the vodianoy and its pilot must become one organism this is achieved by means of this ganglia being
49:06inset into the pilot's skull when a pilot returns from a mission he can only be released by specialist
49:12fitters when gineva came ashore there was nobody here what are you saying he damaged himself part of
49:21his brain stayed in the vodianoy he became a creature acting only from instinct and for 15 years remember
49:30he has been trained to kill oh god that's horrible i believe they call it progress however it's true that
49:41as long as he's alive he is a terrible danger kathakin would you give me 24 hours to get off
49:48this island
49:4924 hours before reporting to british intelligence i'm supposed to leave now that we have the vodianoy
49:56but i feel that i owe it to you to try and find gineva what do you say do we
50:02have a gentleman's agreement
50:07yes but i can't answer for inskip perhaps if i put gineva out of his misery inskip will feel that
50:14he owes me a favor the men will leave without me
50:33they've gone ours i think you must get that antitoxin to dr gaudry without delay and tell him that the
50:40injections must be given as soon as possible we'll see to it tell me kornilov why are you doing this
50:48i'm not sure perhaps i have a sense of rastvianost morality do you know this man gineva
50:58i knew him well once before
51:01before they changed him how do you mean changed him vodianoy pilots are selected with even greater
51:07care than astronauts the training is more rigorous they spend long periods under hypnosis while their
51:14bodies injected with steroids are brought to a peak of fitness and strength the idea is to create
51:22superhuman beings but you know i've never met a vodianoy pilot who seemed even human
51:32well i must leave you do you know where to look for him here on the golf course the blood
51:38on that
51:38ganglia was wet when we found it he probably ran for cover when the raiding party landed he may still
51:44be hiding watching my men leave
52:28so
53:05Mike!
53:06Mike!
53:14Mike!
54:02Mike,
54:04Mike!
54:04Mike!
54:04Let's see if you get there.
54:06Okay.
54:38Mike, the vaccine.
54:41Yes.
54:50Well, that's it.
54:51Statements from Fiona and Michael.
54:52Your report, bits and bobs,
54:54one army issue parachute,
54:56one army issue automatic,
54:59and a set of teeth.
55:01And five bodies.
55:04Aye, and five bodies.
55:06Mind you, all of which we can blame on the Russians.
55:09That's what I call a tidy job.
55:11What is the explanation for the teeth?
55:14Well, according to Michael,
55:15the pilot's helmet was fused to the upper jaw.
55:19Some kind of surgical reconstruction had taken place.
55:22Incidentally, is there any of that vaccine left?
55:24Yeah, there is a drop. I'll bring it along later.
55:28Perhaps we can find out something from that.
55:34Oh, I've just heard Superintendent Rossi's arrived with the heavy mob.
55:38He says he's as sick as a dog.
55:40Bloody landlubber.
55:41He'll be even sicker when he finds out we've got it all sewn up.
55:44He's made the journey for nothing.
55:45You've got no heart, Inspector.
55:47I can't afford one, Tom.
55:49You know, when I told him about the bodging oil,
55:52he almost accused me of being drunk.
55:53And then later, when I said we were under martial law,
55:56he was convinced I had a bad case of the DTs.
55:59Not at all. Just working at it.
56:01A policeman's lot is not a happy one.
56:03Truest damn words ever written.
56:05Cheers.
56:09Cheers.
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