10. Guardian of the Abyss.

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First broadcast 15th November 1980.  A scrying glass puts an antiques exporter in the path of a woman fleeing from devil worshipers and the evil hypnotist who leads them.  Ray Lonnen - Michael Roberts Rosalyn Landor - Allison John Carson - Charles Randolph Paul Darrow - Andrews Caroline Langrishe - Tina Sophie Thompson - 1st Girl Sharon Fussey - 2nd Girl Barry McDonald - Auctioneer Barbara Ewing - Laura

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00:09Oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:38Oh, oh, oh, oh.

01:08Oh, oh, oh.

01:21Oh, oh.

01:43Look at me look at me I command you

01:54You are an empty chalice. Empty. Zero. No thought. No will. Waiting under my Lord Currancy. Empty. Empty. Empty.

02:24Look at the glass. Look. Look. Gaze into its depths. Deeper. What do you see? Me too.

02:41Something is there. Zaxas. Zaxas. Nostalgia de Zaxas.

02:53Zaxas.

02:55Zaxas.

03:09Cover it. Cover the glass.

03:40Zaxas.

04:10Zaxas.

04:19Zaxas.

04:25Zaxas.

04:27Zaxas.

04:29Zaxas.

04:31Zaxas.

04:34Zaxas.

04:37Zaxas.

04:38Zaxas.

04:40Zaxas.

04:41Zaxas.

04:41Gentlemen, what shall we say? Five are for the lot. Four pounds. Three fifty?

04:48Three fifty. Three fifty, I'm paid. Three fifty? You must be mad.

04:52I'm just following my horoscope. At three fifty then, to Miss Stevens.

05:22You're useless.

05:26Start again. Try again. When Lord Connison is close, time is near.

06:03No. No, please. Begin her preparation.

06:12Ah, I see you've got your table. Oh, hello Simon. Yes, I've got a customer, a German. It's just what

06:17he's looking for.

06:18Oh, what about your lucky dip? Shall I bang it in the back for you? Oh, yes, please. Oh, do

06:20you know Simon Andrews? Mike Roberts. Hello.

06:28Unsilvered. Just my luck. Let me see. It has quite a pretty frame.

06:35Look, I'll give you a fiver for it. A fiver? I told you it was my lucky day, Mike.

06:41Can I have a look at it? What? It's got some more writing on it. Scratches, I should imagine.

06:53No. Some kind of symbols. I don't know what they mean. Never seen anything like it before.

06:58All right, I'll give you fifty for it. Fifty pounds? Then we have a deal.

07:02Wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait. How come it's suddenly worth ten times what you offered for it in the

07:08first place?

07:09If I were you, Laura, I'd get this appraised. I'll arrange to have it done for you, if you like.

07:14If Mr Andrews still wants it.

07:15Fifty quid. We have a deal. Remember? No, we don't. You're right, Mike. Could you get it appraised for me?

07:22Yes.

07:42Master! Master! Alison's gone!

07:46Find her! Don't let her get away!

07:54I can rest at the time!

08:02Search it, Pop!

08:08This way!

08:36Face it!

08:52느ah!

08:58This way!

09:01Fish it!

09:03Oh, this way!

09:17Thanks, Mike. I'll see you tomorrow.

09:19Bye, darling.

09:21Oh, you better have this.

09:23Yeah. I'll get it appraised, uh, tomorrow. Okay?

09:26Okay. Bye.

09:39I'll give you 250 for it.

09:41You can tell her you've only got 100 for it, if you like.

09:44No one's going to complain if you make a little profit for yourself.

09:47I'm tempted.

09:48Good.

09:49Wrap it round your neck.

11:19What the hell are you doing?

11:22There are some people after me. Please help me. Please!

11:27Get in.

11:38Who are you running away from?

11:41Just some people who want me to do something I don't want to do.

11:47Where do you want to go?

11:49I don't know. Anywhere.

11:52Where are you going?

11:54Amazion.

11:55That'll be fine.

11:59Where did you get this?

12:01A friend of mine bought it in a sale.

12:04Do you mind?

12:08No.

12:28Come on, wake up.

12:36No.

12:37No.

12:40Okay.

12:46It's nice.

12:50It's nice. Do you live here alone?

12:53Yes. Ever since my divorce.

12:57Right, what would you like then? Brandy? Gin?

13:00Brandy will do fine, thanks.

13:01Right.

13:05I don't even know your name.

13:07Alison Lassau.

13:09Is that French?

13:10No. Way back, I think my family were Huguenots.

13:19What do you do?

13:22I export antiques.

13:26And I collect military figures, medals, you know, that kind of thing.

13:30There we are. Cheers.

13:33Cheers.

13:38So, who were you trying to avoid back there?

13:41Oh, just some people.

13:43Well, don't you want to tell me about it?

13:46Believe me, you're better off not knowing.

13:49Anyway, I'm not sure I understand myself.

13:55Seems to fascinate you, that mirror thing.

13:57It's a scrying glass.

13:59What's that?

14:01Something like a crystal ball.

14:04Only this one's very old.

14:06How do you know?

14:07Such power.

14:09I've never felt such power.

14:14Perhaps it's the original.

14:15The original.

14:16What original?

14:17The one made by Dr. D himself.

14:19John D, the astrologer.

14:21Astrologer.

14:22Alchemist.

14:23Mathematician.

14:25Magician.

14:28He used a glass like this in experiments with a man named Kelly.

14:32To foretell the future.

14:35Not exactly.

14:37Look, I know people who'd give a lot for this if you want to sell it.

14:40Who?

14:41An occult group, the Coronzon Society.

14:43Are they the people you were running away from?

14:47Could I have some water in this brandy, please?

14:50Yes.

14:55I don't think I've ever heard of the Coronzon Society.

14:59What do they have their headquarters?

15:03Alison.

15:08Alison?

15:23What do you mean the mirror vanished?

15:28She took it with her.

15:29That's what you mean.

15:30All right.

15:30But calling the police is not going to help.

15:32They might get it back.

15:33That would help.

15:35You told me yourself that creep Simon Andrews offered you £250 for it.

15:40Yes.

15:40Could be worth more than that.

15:41All the more reason for calling the police then.

15:44Laura, she's in trouble.

15:46Too right she's in trouble.

15:48She nicked something that belonged to me.

15:50I wouldn't even let an old customer get away with that.

15:54Why should I let your fancy woman rip me off?

15:56She's not my fancy woman.

16:00You could have fooled me.

16:02Is she pretty?

16:04I suppose so, yeah.

16:06Just my luck.

16:08What's her birth sign?

16:09I don't know.

16:10I didn't ask her.

16:11Typical.

16:12I expect she's Scorpio or Pisces.

16:15Fatal for a cancer like you.

16:17I'm telling you, she's in trouble.

16:21Have you ever heard of Dr John Dee?

16:23John Dee?

16:24The Elizabethan astrologer?

16:26Yes.

16:27She said the glass might have belonged to him.

16:29Really?

16:31No wonder everyone's after it.

16:35Well, it must be worth a hell of a lot more than 250 pounds then.

16:39You won't go to the place, will you?

16:43All right.

16:45Just get the mirror back, Michael.

16:47You're marvelous. Do you know that?

16:49Do you?

17:06You're marvelous.

17:08Oh, you're marvelous.

17:11I'm ready.

17:12I'm ready.

17:18Good morning.

17:21Hello.

17:22Can I help?

17:24Yes, I'm looking for a mirror.

17:26It's shaped like this, dark glass, a metal frame ornamented with characters of some kind.

17:32I think it might be Elizabethan.

17:34We've nothing like that, I'm afraid.

17:37Oh, are you sure?

17:40Yes.

17:42It's funny, because Mr Andrews said he had one.

17:44Well, I don't know where.

17:47And I thought I knew all the stock.

17:52I'll ask him.

17:53He's in his office at the back.

17:54It's all right, I'll find the way.

17:55No, you can't go.

17:56Lovely green eyes.

17:58I'm a sucker for green eyes.

18:05Hi.

18:06Were you thinking you were going to the Lampard House sale?

18:09Well, yes, I was, actually.

18:11I wouldn't bother if Javier Lampard sold off the best stuff, so his fourth wife wouldn't inherit.

18:15Still, there are one or two items.

18:18Any nice scrying glasses?

18:23So you know.

18:25Well, my offer still stands.

18:26In fact, I may be able to persuade my client to go above 250.

18:30Perhaps another hundred.

18:31I would have thought Dr John Dee's original scrying glass was worth a lot more than that.

18:36All right.

18:37How much do you want?

18:39A thousand.

18:40A thousand?

18:42I shall have to speak to my client.

18:44Would they be the Corrans in society?

18:47They are my clients.

18:48Yes.

18:49Well, you can tell them that I haven't got the glass at the moment.

18:51Where is it?

18:52You can also tell them that I want it valued before I settle for a thousand.

19:01Do you find Mr Andrews all right?

19:03Yes, thank you.

19:05Oh, something he forgot to give me.

19:08I won't bother him now.

19:09He's on the phone.

19:10Perhaps you could help me.

19:11He was going to give me the address of the Corrans in society.

19:14Oh, I don't think I have it in here.

19:21No.

19:23It'll be in his office.

19:24Oh, don't bother him.

19:27Oh, I've forgotten the name of the fellow that runs the Corrans and things.

19:30Well, that'll be Mr Randolph.

19:32Of course, yes.

19:34Charles Randolph.

19:35Yes.

19:36Lives in Wiltshire somewhere, I think.

20:02The conjunction of ye stars being clearly favourable.

20:06We did then agree to perform the ritual for the raising of Corrans, that mighty devil.

20:22Corrans, who the hell's Corrans?

20:25According to the book, Corrans is the guardian of the abyss.

20:29The devil's doorkeeper.

20:31Sort of, yeah.

20:32John Dee was after big game.

20:34No witches of broomsticks for him.

20:36Well, what did he use the glass for?

20:38Well, Dee employed an Irish medium called, would you believe, Kelly?

20:43Now, Kelly would go into a trance, look into the scrying glass, and he'd tell Dee what he saw there.

20:55Well, what did he see?

20:57It's very odd.

20:59He saw writing.

21:01Writing?

21:02Yes.

21:03Writing in some strange kind of language called, uh, Enochian.

21:08Yes, it was a series of, uh, invocations, calls to Corrans, amongst others.

21:16Has anyone ever...

21:20Tried cooling?

21:21Yes, lots.

21:23This century's too.

21:261909, Alistair Crowley and Victor Newburgh invoked Corrans.

21:30Result?

21:31Newburgh had a nervous breakdown.

21:341920, Crowley tried again.

21:37Total disaster.

21:39Two of his group went mad.

21:41One died.

21:43About 1935, the Tule Group had a go.

21:45They were a German occult society.

21:47And it went wrong every time.

21:49Yeah.

21:50There are a couple of major problems with a ritual.

21:52Now, to incarnate Corrans in human form, the chosen human subject must be born at a solstice.

22:01And he must go willingly, uh, in fact, the book says eagerly, to the place of invocation.

22:08Eagerly?

22:09Eagerly.

22:10And they must have in their possession a scrying glass.

22:18You had an empty chalice.

22:22No thought.

22:24No will.

22:27Empty.

22:31Empty.

22:34Empty.

22:35Look into the glass.

22:37Into the glass.

22:39Into the glass.

22:42Into the glass.

22:44Gaze into the depths.

22:49Gaze into the depths.

22:54Gaze into the glass.

23:00Gaze into the glass.

23:11Gaze into the glass.

23:40I brought it back.

23:46Help me, Michael! You must help me! They're after me, I know they are!

23:52It's all right. It's all right, it's all right.

24:07They're after the scrying glass too. Why did you bring it back?

24:13Because it's not safe with me.

24:15Or else I'm not safe with it, I don't know.

24:18I've been walking around all day trying to decide what to do.

24:25Why do they need you?

24:29For a ritual.

24:31What, the Corrin's in ritual?

24:33You know about it.

24:37I thought the chosen one had to go eagerly.

24:40They can arrange that, they can do anything.

24:42Come on.

24:43Don't you know the power of positive evil?

24:48Why do they need the scrying glass? Do you know that?

24:52Because it's the only way into the abyss.

24:54You know what?

25:26Are you cold?

25:28Someone just walked over my grave.

25:32I'll put the fire on you.

25:34No, don't bother.

25:40So, how did you get involved?

25:44Through a woman I met at a party.

25:46She was nostalgia.

25:47She said a friend of hers, Charles Randolph, was looking for people with my births.

25:52So, you joined the Corinsen Society?

25:54Well, I'd always been interested in the occult.

25:57It was all right at first, until Charles Randolph started hypnotizing me.

26:03Why?

26:04He said I'd got mediumistic powers, and this was the way to develop them.

26:10But I started having these dreams.

26:12What dreams?

26:13Same one, really.

26:15More like a nightmare.

26:17I had to go down to this huge, dark pit.

26:21Every time I had to go deeper and deeper.

26:25There was something there.

26:26I don't know what, but I knew it was evil.

26:29I'm utterly evil.

26:36Charles Randolph told me I was imagining things.

26:37He said it was just me going deeper and deeper into myself.

26:51Perhaps he was right.

26:53Perhaps there is evil in me.

26:56Rubbish.

26:57Anyone who helps with the washing out can't be all bad.

27:29He said it was evil in me.

27:29I know.

28:59Yes, before midnight.

30:52It's all right.

30:56It's okay.

33:13what did you say

33:16what psychological problems

33:18form of paranoia mr roberts

33:20she sees herself all the time

33:23as the object of a conspiracy

33:38offer me wine

33:53would you like a glass of wine

33:55thank you

33:58poor allison

33:59i really am very wanted about her

34:02there's no telling what she might do

34:05if she's as

34:07disturbed as you say she is

34:08don't you think she ought to see a psychiatrist

34:11some people only turn to my

34:13fringe medicine after they've

34:15tried everything else

34:17what are you saying that she's seen a psychiatrist

34:19analyst psychotherapist

34:20neurologist god knows what

34:27little dry bread

34:34thank you

34:36would you like some bread with that

34:39please

34:43poor allison she's been through rather a lot lately i'm afraid

34:54mr roberts

34:56a little salt

34:58with the bread

35:05thank you so much

35:06mr roberts

35:21what do you think you're doing

35:22what

35:23don't you know you must never give a black magician bread or wine or salt in your own house

35:29i told you mr roberts

35:31didn't you realize he'd got you half hypnotized

35:35get out

35:36not without you my dear

35:38you are the chosen one

35:40and the time approaches

35:42sit up

35:45my friend

35:47you don't know what you're involved in

35:50for centuries all the magis and all the great occultists

35:53have been trying to work the corinzen ritual

35:57none has succeeded

35:59until now

36:01now the time is right

36:03i shall prove myself the greatest of them all

36:05get out

36:08it's too late my friend

36:11allison is mine

36:14perhaps he's right

36:15rubbish

36:15they seem to have some kind of control over me

36:18that's why i'm calling in the new south wales cavalry

36:21what

36:21an australian friend of mine

36:23she'll look out

36:39you've got a damn nerve asking me to take your fancy piece in

36:43she's in a lot of trouble

36:44so you keep saying

36:51what sort of trouble

36:52i'm not pregnant if that's what you mean

36:54well it wasn't

36:55but thanks for setting my mind at rest

36:59police

37:00no of course not

37:01it's no good michael

37:03the new south wales cavalry aren't going to ride to my rescue

37:06and you can't blame me

37:07thanks but i'll decide if you don't mind

37:08look i didn't want to just

37:09what's your birth sign

37:10what

37:11when were you born

37:12december the 21st

37:13lousy capricorn

37:15i knew it

37:16okay she can stay

37:19laura

37:19i know

37:20i'm marvellous

37:22bye

37:25i ought to warn you

37:26there are three house rules if you stay here

37:28what

37:29i have the first bath in the morning

37:30you don't use my perfume

37:32and you wash your own knickers

37:37there was a phone message for you

37:39laura stevens

37:41something about a mirror

37:43what about it

37:44she says she's willing to sell

37:55oh simon i was hoping you'd get my message

37:57do you have the mirror here

37:59it's not a mirror is it

38:01it's a scrying glass

38:04quite a valuable one

38:05my client has authorized to pay any sum

38:07within reason

38:10fifteen hundred pounds

38:12fifteen hundred

38:14i'll write the check now

38:17i presume it is yours to sell

38:19yes of course

38:21to tell you the truth

38:22i'll be glad to get rid of it

38:23the damn thing has brought me nothing but trouble

38:31alison where's that mirror thing you brought with you

38:34tell him to go

38:36simon

38:37i've just sold it to him

38:38oh come on where is it

38:39no you don't know what you're doing

38:41laura i

38:43alison

38:46no you don't know what you're doing

39:14what happened

39:14your precious girlfriend crowned me with a japanese lamp

39:18alison did that

39:19sixty quid's worth

39:20you sure it was alison

39:21well of course i'm sure

39:23not real blood

39:24must have been that andrew's character

39:25look i know who hit me for god's sake

39:27i'll give some water clear up here

39:32how did he know she was here

39:34i sold him that glass thing

39:41it was mine to sell

39:43fifteen hundred pounds

39:45you don't think i'd tell him where alison was do you

39:47you didn't have to

39:49you knew she'd be with a scrying dog as well

39:51where are you going i'm bleeding to death here

39:53you're not bloody ambulance cobbler

40:12mr andrews isn't here

40:13i know where's he gone

40:14wiltshire i think

40:15where exactly

40:16i don't know

40:24what are you doing

40:26you can't do that

40:28that's stressful

40:29look just sit down and shut up darling will you

40:33right

40:37here we are

40:38charles randolph

40:40westbourne hall westbourne wiltshire

40:42the corinzen society

40:43yes

40:44mr andrews has been a member for years

40:46well didn't you know

40:48no i didn't

40:59master

41:10prepare

41:11prepare

41:12prepare

41:13prepare

41:14prepare

41:15prepare

41:16prepare

41:16Let's go.

41:46Let's go.

42:16Let's go.

42:46Let's go.

43:24Master, the girl is ready.

43:27Let's go.

44:11Let's go.

44:20Let's go.

44:37Let's go.

44:39Let's go.

44:40Let's go.

44:51Let's go.

44:52Let's go.

44:54Let's go.

44:55Let's go.

45:17Let's go.

45:24Let's go.

45:26Let's go.

45:43Let's go.

45:45Let's go.

45:46Let's go.

45:53Let's go.

46:00Let's go.

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46:31Let's go.

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46:41Let's go.

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47:07Let's go.

47:11Let's go.

47:23Let's go.

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47:55Let's go.

48:04Let's go.

48:16Let's go.

48:17Let's go.

48:19Let's go.

48:20Let's go.

48:21Let's go.

48:22Let's go.

48:25Let's go.

48:25God bless you.

48:51Master.

49:13Master.

49:32You have done well, my servants.

49:39I.T. cards.

49:40I.T. cards.

50:08I.T. cards.

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