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00:00:03Since the world began, every inventive man has constantly pushed forward into the unknown.
00:00:10One by one, the frontiers of science have fallen before him.
00:00:14The science of speed, travel, radio.
00:00:20Now he stands on the threshold of a new age.
00:00:23A terrifying age.
00:00:37Man goes forward into the unknown.
00:00:40But how does the unknown react?
00:00:43The unknown planet.
00:00:45Planet X.
00:01:04Planet X.
00:01:04Planet X.
00:01:05Planet X.
00:02:33All right, Dr. Laird.
00:02:36Right.
00:02:38Circuit A?
00:02:40Circuit A.
00:02:41Circuit B?
00:02:44Circuit B.
00:02:51All right, Gil.
00:02:52Let in GF2.
00:02:53Yes.
00:03:00Gently.
00:03:05Gently.
00:03:08GF2 enter.
00:03:10Sayers, you fool.
00:03:11Get away from there.
00:03:17What happened, love?
00:03:18It all went white.
00:03:20Blinding light.
00:03:21It's the second time this week.
00:03:22It ain't right.
00:03:23Just because they have to muck about with the current for the sake of their blooming experiments we have to
00:03:27suffer.
00:03:28They'll bust me too.
00:03:2918 quid them new tubes cost.
00:03:31Who's going to pay me?
00:03:32I'd like to know if they're two busts.
00:03:37Fred, the old clock stopped again.
00:03:43Good.
00:03:45After that, I reckon we needs just one more.
00:03:49All right.
00:03:50It's just time.
00:03:54Feeling all right now, love?
00:03:56Of course I'm all right.
00:03:57Don't fuss me.
00:03:58Would you like a glass of water?
00:04:00Water?
00:04:00I want something stronger than that.
00:04:02I'm going to finish my drink.
00:04:06Go on, Art.
00:04:07The things you say.
00:04:09You're better than any tenny.
00:04:11Oh, you think so?
00:04:12Shall we go?
00:04:14I don't mind.
00:04:15Come on, then.
00:04:17It's a lovely night.
00:04:23Well, then, George.
00:04:24What's the idea, eh?
00:04:25What's up, then?
00:04:26What's up?
00:04:27Here's what's up.
00:04:29It's half past ten, and you're still serving drinks.
00:04:31That clock stopped again.
00:04:33Very convenient, that clock of yours, George.
00:04:35Very convenient.
00:04:37Time, gentlemen, please.
00:04:38Come along.
00:04:39You're well over time.
00:04:40Finish up your drinks, please.
00:04:51How is he, Dr. Lerner?
00:04:52Sayers, he'll be all right.
00:04:54His hand is badly burnt.
00:04:56He needs to be out of circulation for quite a while.
00:04:59Yes, the clumsy adult.
00:05:00Why did he want to go near a GF2?
00:05:02He knew it might arc.
00:05:03Why does it arc?
00:05:05Heaven knows.
00:05:06It could be the timing is wrong.
00:05:08Sayers never to get the timing right with this Yankee computer.
00:05:12I'm sorry, though.
00:05:13It's all right.
00:05:14We could try a slightly higher frequency, but it's more likely to be Eddie Cullen's, and that'll mean more damping.
00:05:20Heaven knows what that'll cost.
00:05:22It'll be kind of a job changing those frequencies without Sayers' help.
00:05:25Impossible.
00:05:26We'll have to wait for another operator.
00:05:28I'll phone Wilson in the morning.
00:05:29They've got to let me have somebody.
00:05:37Good morning, Wilton.
00:05:38Good morning, Brigadier.
00:05:41Please sit down.
00:05:44I take it you've come about layered.
00:05:46Yes, it's got to stop, Wilton.
00:05:48That will be your recommendation to the committee?
00:05:50Of course.
00:05:50Don't you agree?
00:05:52You're thinking of this business of Sayers?
00:05:54I'm thinking of the cost.
00:05:55By the way, I've replaced Sayers.
00:05:57The devil you have.
00:05:58There's no alternative while the president's set up last.
00:06:01We're committed to our system.
00:06:02The sooner we close the whole project down, the better.
00:06:05Now, look, Wilton.
00:06:06I'm just a plain bone-headed brass hat.
00:06:08Oh, I wouldn't say that, Brigadier.
00:06:09You would, and it's all I well do.
00:06:10I know.
00:06:11It's true, anyway.
00:06:12But I do know when an experiment is successful, and I do know when it's costing the Earth,
00:06:16even though I don't fully understand it.
00:06:18I don't suppose there are more than half a dozen people who do understand precisely what it is that Laird
00:06:22is trying to achieve.
00:06:23Then why on Earth?
00:06:24As far as Laird is concerned, his work is pure research.
00:06:27Pure baloney.
00:06:28But the practical implications may well affect thinking on defense matters.
00:06:32That is why we are financially supporting the project.
00:06:35Financially supporting?
00:06:37Do you know how much money we've poured down that drain to date?
00:06:41A quarter of a million pounds.
00:06:43Can you justify that?
00:06:44Can Laird?
00:06:45Justify?
00:06:47Has anyone ever been able to justify pure research?
00:06:50At the time?
00:06:52Well, without it, no radio, no television, no radar, no guided missiles.
00:06:57Is Laird on to something like that?
00:07:00Laird is engaged on experiments which aim to study the changes, if any, in the nature and properties of metals,
00:07:06living tissues, and other materials,
00:07:07when introduced into powerful magnetic fields.
00:07:09I know, I know.
00:07:10I can read.
00:07:11Pardon.
00:07:13If Laird can produce a magnetic field more powerful than any that has been produced before,
00:07:17if he can demonstrate that important changes do occur...
00:07:20Has he?
00:07:21He's nearly bumped off Sayers and he's having trouble with his equipment.
00:07:24He's on the fan this morning.
00:07:26He's asking for more...
00:07:27More?
00:07:27Oh, this is preposterous.
00:07:29I'm going straight down there this morning to get to the bottom of this piece of folly.
00:07:32That might be a good idea, Brigadier.
00:07:34Well, seriously, though, Laird tells me he's already had some limited success.
00:07:37You might check on that.
00:07:38I certainly will.
00:07:39Oh.
00:07:41I promised to send him this.
00:07:44Perhaps you would take it.
00:07:47What is it?
00:07:48A piece of metal.
00:07:49An alloy, such as used in aircraft.
00:07:52What's Laird supposed to do with that?
00:07:53You can tell him if you like.
00:07:55I'd love to.
00:07:56In that case, you'd better take this piece, too.
00:07:58I'd like to think that one experiment at least was some use to the country.
00:08:01Is this the same?
00:08:02Well, actually, no.
00:08:03I want to test him on both eventually.
00:08:05You going straight away?
00:08:06Yes, this morning.
00:08:07Good.
00:08:08We have to soften the old boy up and his new cistern.
00:08:10It's a woman.
00:08:11A woman?
00:08:12Yes.
00:08:13I can hardly wait to tell him.
00:08:23Well, here we are.
00:08:26Oh, Gil, this is Brigadier Cartwright.
00:08:28From the Ministry.
00:08:29How do you do, sir?
00:08:29How do you do?
00:08:30This is Gil Graham, Brigadier, my chief assistant.
00:08:32He's from McGill in Kennedy.
00:08:34A fine university.
00:08:35Thank you, sir.
00:08:35My other assistant was injured.
00:08:37We're expecting another one today.
00:08:38Oh, Lord, I'm sorry I've forgotten.
00:08:39I was to tell you, your new assistant is a woman.
00:08:43A woman?
00:08:44You must be joking.
00:08:45Oh, he has to be joking.
00:08:46I'm afraid not.
00:08:47There's no one else available to operate this computer of yours.
00:08:49But a woman?
00:08:50This is preposterous.
00:08:51This is highly skilled work.
00:08:52She's very highly qualified, Doctor.
00:08:53Yeah, I know the type.
00:08:55Frustrated, angular spinster.
00:08:57Very dedicated to her calling.
00:08:59Without a sense of humor, bossy, and infuriatingly right every time.
00:09:02Sorry, I know how you feel.
00:09:03I'm not having this.
00:09:04I'll go up and see Wilson.
00:09:05Look, Doctor, don't you think you'd better show me what you brought me down here to see?
00:09:08Maybe you won't need an assistant soon.
00:09:11Very well.
00:09:19Bend this.
00:09:22This is a piece of copper.
00:09:24So is this.
00:09:25Bend it.
00:09:27But this is flexible like steel.
00:09:30Precisely.
00:09:31Doctor Laird, I'll take these GF2 figures to your office.
00:09:34This is really most remarkable.
00:09:36It has had its molecules realigned in there.
00:09:45Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:09:46I was told to come down here.
00:09:48Who did you want to see?
00:09:49Doctor Laird.
00:09:51Are you?
00:09:51No, no, I'm Gilbert Graham.
00:09:53His assistant.
00:09:53Oh, I was told to report here.
00:09:55He's right here in the laboratory.
00:09:58Oh, uh, are you the, you the new comp operator, the replacement for Sayers?
00:10:03Yes, I am.
00:10:04I heard about Mickey Sayers.
00:10:05I'm terribly sorry.
00:10:07Oh, I don't know.
00:10:09Weren't you expecting me?
00:10:11Not exactly.
00:10:12You're, uh, you're French, aren't you?
00:10:14Yes, I am.
00:10:15Are you surprised?
00:10:16Very agreeably so.
00:10:18I think that, uh, Dr. Laird will be too.
00:10:21How is he to work with?
00:10:23Oh, he's great.
00:10:24As long as you stand up to him.
00:10:25Merci.
00:10:27Oh, Mr. Graham, can I have a word with you?
00:10:29Certainly.
00:10:30This is, uh, Michelle Dupont, General Cartwright.
00:10:32How do you do?
00:10:33As soon as I see her in the Dr. Laird, I'll meet you up in the office.
00:10:36Yes.
00:10:37Excuse me.
00:10:43This business of altering the molecular structure of metals, has he got any defense angle?
00:10:50Well, if the molecular structure of the alloys used in building an aircraft were to be altered,
00:10:54the plane would probably crash, remember the Comet One.
00:10:56Oh, yes, yes, of course.
00:10:57But research of that nature into metal fatigue and all that sort of thing, that's already been carried on elsewhere.
00:11:03Well, not quite, sir.
00:11:04How do you mean?
00:11:05Well, our research may lead to the discovery of means to crash an enemy's aircraft.
00:11:09You're not suggesting, I take it, the enemy would allow us to cook his airplane alloys in that contraption of
00:11:14yours?
00:11:14I don't think that would be necessary.
00:11:16Let me try to explain.
00:11:18Magnetism is a force, the only force other than gravity.
00:11:21There may be one and the same thing that operates over a distance.
00:11:27I see you have nine circuits in operation here, and only one in reserve.
00:11:32Is that not rather dangerous?
00:11:34This infernal machine has only ten circuits, and I need as many surges as I can get.
00:11:38The thing is supposed to compute, and then fire the electrical impulses.
00:11:42I use a field of high intensity, but short duration.
00:11:45I understand.
00:11:46Nevertheless, I think you should have at least three in reserve, and one overriding spare.
00:11:51And I mean one not in actual use.
00:11:53That would give me only six charges, and it isn't enough.
00:11:56Oh, I see you do not understand this machine.
00:11:58Each circuit is capable of use over and over again.
00:12:02If you have a few microseconds to clear itself,
00:12:05that means you can have as many surges as you like, and banks are free.
00:12:09Yes.
00:12:11Yes, of course.
00:12:13But do you mean that Laird could produce a magnetic field
00:12:16powerful enough to reach out beyond the machine, beyond the house?
00:12:20Well, from what the people down in the village are saying, he's done it already, spasmodically.
00:12:23Is it true? Do you think so?
00:12:27I don't know. Sometimes I wonder.
00:12:29Look, Heather, and be honest about this. It's important.
00:12:31Are you saying all this just to try and save the project?
00:12:34No, I'm not. I'm not at all sure I want to save it. Not if...
00:12:39Not if what?
00:12:40Well, there are dangers, the imponderables.
00:12:43Look, I've got a piece of airplane alloy here.
00:12:47Would Laird experiment on this, do you think?
00:12:49One of our new assistants can get the computer going. We might try it tonight.
00:12:52Let's go and find out.
00:12:53Well, I wouldn't say anything to Dr. Laird about the effects over the distance. Not yet, anyway.
00:13:00Come in, Mr. Pond.
00:13:02Gil?
00:13:03Gil, you were hopelessly wrong.
00:13:05Mr. Pond is brilliant and not at all bossy.
00:13:07She's not a bit frustrated, and I think she's quite good-looking.
00:13:09Don't you?
00:13:11What do you think, Brigadier?
00:13:12Oh, I'm of your opinion, Doctor.
00:13:13Though I know nothing about computers.
00:13:15She's fixed it, Gil. We've got all the power we need.
00:13:17But the time being...
00:13:18That's fine. The Brigadier would like for us to cook this tonight.
00:13:21And why not? You'll stay and watch us?
00:13:23Yes, I think I will. It should be interesting.
00:13:41Hello.
00:13:42Hello.
00:13:42Have you got one yet?
00:13:43No.
00:13:44Jane!
00:13:47What do you mean, talking to that tramp? How dare you?
00:13:50He's nice. I met him in the wood yesterday.
00:13:52What?
00:13:53He likes some sex, too.
00:13:55He's promised to give me a flea when he can catch one.
00:13:57I'll give you a flea. Come on in this minute.
00:13:59How many times have I told you not to speak to strange men?
00:14:03Tell me, what do you do for entertainment here?
00:14:07Entertainment?
00:14:08Yes.
00:14:10Well, we have television.
00:14:12Of course, we don't have much time for that sort of thing.
00:14:14Once in a while, I combine my pleasures and watch it down at the village pub.
00:14:17Oh, I adore English pubs.
00:14:19Do you often go?
00:14:20Often as I can.
00:14:21Would you like to join me sometime?
00:14:22I'd love to.
00:14:23Good.
00:14:24But I warn you, though, we're not very popular down there.
00:14:27No? Why?
00:14:29Well, they seem to think that some of our activities up here create some odd interferences in their TV and
00:14:34radio.
00:14:35Is it possible?
00:14:36Dr. Laird doesn't think so.
00:14:38And you? Do you think so?
00:14:39Could be.
00:14:42Is what we're doing dangerous?
00:14:45Not yet.
00:14:47But then you were thinking of Sayers.
00:14:49No, I was not thinking of that kind of danger.
00:14:52That's to be expected.
00:14:53Yes.
00:14:54You know, I've been thinking, you don't have to stay here.
00:14:57I mean, you'll be going back to France pretty soon.
00:14:59Why not?
00:15:00I'm not scared, Mr. Clam.
00:15:03No, of course not.
00:15:04You know, we're all kind of, uh, what does the English say, matey around here.
00:15:09Makes things easier.
00:15:11Think you can manage to call me by my first name?
00:15:13Gilles, isn't it?
00:15:14Gilles.
00:15:15Oh.
00:15:16I saw your name in the letter you brought.
00:15:18Micheline?
00:15:19Michel.
00:15:20Ah, that's it, Michel, yes.
00:15:22I like that it suits you.
00:15:23You didn't answer my question.
00:15:25About the danger?
00:15:26Yes.
00:15:27You see, I'm no expert in magnetic fields.
00:15:30But it just occurred to me this field Dr. Laird is using here.
00:15:35Well, it's a very large field, isn't it?
00:15:39I mean, isn't it possible?
00:15:42Could it spread outward?
00:15:43Dr. Laird doesn't seem to worry.
00:15:45Laird.
00:15:46You're always telling me what Laird thinks or doesn't think.
00:15:48I'm asking you.
00:15:49I think you're a very clever young woman.
00:15:52I see.
00:15:54And what's it?
00:15:55Oh, now, wait a minute.
00:15:57What's it?
00:15:58Look, Michel, you're taking unfair advantage.
00:16:00I mean, uh, after all, I didn't know you then.
00:16:03What I mean is the female scientist types that I've always known were,
00:16:07well, shall we say, different.
00:16:10I'm sure.
00:16:11Well, I think we'll call the others.
00:16:15Oh, Michel, uh, look, your letter of introduction,
00:16:18what I mean is, is, uh, is there anything besides your name?
00:16:22Oh, yes, Bachelor of Science.
00:16:24Yeah, but, uh...
00:16:25And Mademoiselle.
00:16:27Mademoiselle.
00:16:28Well, that do make it nice.
00:16:30That's American slang.
00:16:31It means, that do make it nice.
00:16:33Oh.
00:16:34Ha, ha.
00:16:54Well, Doctor, I'd like to get back tonight.
00:16:55Do you think we could start?
00:16:57Certainly, if that remarkable young lady has finished her work.
00:16:59Shall we go down?
00:17:00Oh, by the way, have your watch?
00:17:02Yes.
00:17:03I should leave it here, if I were you.
00:17:04Watch is a delicate mechanism.
00:17:06They're best not taken to near magnetic fields.
00:17:08All metals in the lab are either non-magnetic or have been demagnetized.
00:17:12Aren't they?
00:17:12There's no danger, of course.
00:17:17All right, Gil, switch on the recorder.
00:17:19We record everything, Brigadier.
00:17:20It's useful for checking later.
00:17:22But, surely, tapes are magnetic.
00:17:25You're very smart, Mr. Bond.
00:17:26You're quite right.
00:17:28No, we don't use tapes.
00:17:29We have a microphone, and we record on disc in the next room.
00:17:32Switch on the generators, Gil.
00:17:37I'll take the sentence.
00:17:38But, Doctor, learn...
00:17:39Over here, Brigadier.
00:17:49You'll sit down, Brigadier.
00:18:08Circuit on.
00:18:15Computer?
00:18:19Computer on.
00:18:24Second V, huh?
00:18:31Integrate.
00:18:33Integrating.
00:18:37Ten.
00:18:40Twenty.
00:18:43Thirty.
00:18:46Four.
00:18:50All ready, Gil?
00:18:52All set, sir.
00:18:54Right. Steady now.
00:18:56GF-2.
00:19:13Gently.
00:19:17Gently.
00:19:21GF-2 over.
00:19:29Three banks under reserve in operation, Doctor.
00:19:32Good.
00:19:45Switching off fire!
00:19:48Look out, Michelle!
00:20:01What the devil are you doing?
00:20:03Good heavens, son.
00:20:07Are you hurt?
00:20:08No, I don't think so.
00:20:10Rugby's a rough skin.
00:20:12I'm sorry it was the only thing to do.
00:20:14What happened?
00:20:15I don't know.
00:20:16I'm sorry, it was my fault.
00:20:18I left my keys in there.
00:20:22A little very careless of me.
00:20:39You seem to have been successful, Doctor.
00:20:46Look!
00:20:48What's that?
00:20:52Star news ascended.
00:20:54All the ladies.
00:20:55Excuse me.
00:20:56Six time on the south coast.
00:20:58Star news ascended.
00:21:01Six time on the south coast.
00:21:02All the ladies.
00:21:03Ah, let's see.
00:21:04Ah, yes.
00:21:05Quote.
00:21:06Is space travel...
00:21:07No, no, unquote.
00:21:08Ah, yes.
00:21:09Let's see.
00:21:10Quote.
00:21:11Could they invade us on closure?
00:21:13Something like that.
00:21:13Then we'll carry a follow-up on page three with readers' letters.
00:21:17Well, they've seen hundreds of ruddy flying saucers by the time we're through with them.
00:21:20Okay.
00:21:21Who exactly is invading us?
00:21:23Mars?
00:21:24Eh?
00:21:25Oh.
00:21:25Oh, no.
00:21:26They won't like that.
00:21:27Who, the Martians?
00:21:28Ah, idiot.
00:21:29No, the, ah...
00:21:30Look, make it, make it, ah...
00:21:33Yes, that's it.
00:21:34Planet X.
00:21:34The invasion from Planet X.
00:21:41Well, that was some of your vault farce if you don't mind my saying, sir.
00:21:44Yesterday you were all folding up, poor old Lear.
00:21:46Today you tell the committee.
00:21:47Look, Wilson.
00:21:48I couldn't say all I wanted to in front of the committee.
00:21:50Dang it.
00:21:50That's supposed to be in the picture.
00:21:51They have to decide.
00:21:52Now, the picture's changed.
00:21:54This affair's too big for the committee to handle.
00:21:56There are security risks.
00:21:58I am afraid I don't quite follow her.
00:22:00You showed us the alloy, and I'll admit it was most impressive.
00:22:03But we knew something of this before.
00:22:04I showed you in the committee one piece of alloy, the piece Lear put into his apparatus.
00:22:08Now, this is the other piece you gave me.
00:22:11Look.
00:22:13Now, that remained in this case during the whole experiment.
00:22:15It, and the case, and the hook it is hanging from,
00:22:18ended up by flying right across the laboratory and almost injuring the new assistant.
00:22:22Not another one.
00:22:23Oh, she's all right, thanks to Gil Graham.
00:22:25But don't you see, this wasn't in the confounded witch's cauldron.
00:22:29I see.
00:22:30Do you?
00:22:31Look at this.
00:22:33That fell off the TV aerial on Lear's roof.
00:22:36It's a different alloy, but it's gone the same way as the rest.
00:22:39At least 30 feet away from the apparatus.
00:22:43You know what you're saying, don't you?
00:22:45Yes.
00:22:46Action at a distance, the military's dream.
00:22:49Look, Wilson, from now on, this is top security.
00:22:52All right.
00:22:53We'd better call in Jimmy Murray in that case.
00:22:54Yes, I think we'd better.
00:23:02Coming.
00:23:05Hiya, how you feeling?
00:23:06Broken neck would feel worse, I guess.
00:23:09Do you always take your female assistant to a low-flying tackle like that?
00:23:13Depends on my mood.
00:23:15When I'm away from an intense magnetic field, my technique's a little different.
00:23:20I should hope not.
00:23:21You didn't come here to demonstrate, did you?
00:23:23It might be kind of interesting.
00:23:25Help yourself.
00:23:26Thanks.
00:23:27No, as a matter of fact, Michelle, I have something else on my mind.
00:23:29Can't say I'm sorry.
00:23:31What's the trouble?
00:23:33Before I grabbed you last night, I switched off the power from the generators.
00:23:37Yes.
00:23:37That should have shut the whole machine off at once.
00:23:40Well, it did surely.
00:23:41Laird was pretty furious.
00:23:42Think back for a minute, Michelle.
00:23:44Must I?
00:23:45Please.
00:23:46Okay.
00:23:48After we hit the floor, the briefcase flew across the room into the computer.
00:23:52Correct.
00:23:53GF-2 was arcing then.
00:23:54Right.
00:23:55Well, how the devil could that be?
00:23:57With the current off, the whole contraption should have been dead.
00:24:00That's right.
00:24:01But...
00:24:01There's another thing, too.
00:24:03Of course!
00:24:04That screaming noise.
00:24:05Well, then, I'm not crazy.
00:24:06You do remember.
00:24:07Yes.
00:24:08The circuits continued to operate after I'd switched off the power.
00:24:11But, Gil, what are we saying?
00:24:13This is completely ridiculous.
00:24:16You couldn't have switched it off.
00:24:17Yes, I did.
00:24:18I checked the switch this morning.
00:24:20There was no current flowing from the generator when GF-2 arced, when that briefcase flew across the room and
00:24:25while the circuits continued to scream.
00:24:27There's one way of checking.
00:24:28How's that?
00:24:29The recording.
00:24:30Of course.
00:24:31What's the matter with me?
00:24:32Come on.
00:24:33Wait.
00:24:33What?
00:24:34What's the matter?
00:24:34I'm still creaking.
00:24:36Let me give you a hand.
00:24:37Thanks.
00:24:38You don't look all that fragile, you know.
00:24:53This is the bit.
00:24:55Listen.
00:24:56Switching off power!
00:24:58Look out at the shelf!
00:25:02Well?
00:25:04Gil, what does it mean?
00:25:07I don't know.
00:25:08That apparatus was receiving power from some place, somehow.
00:25:12The storm, maybe.
00:25:13No.
00:25:14That's absurd.
00:25:16Not very likely.
00:25:18Gil?
00:25:19I'm scared.
00:25:23Well, so am I, Michelle.
00:25:31So Laird Circus gets top security rating.
00:25:33That's about it, Jimmy.
00:25:35Well, if you both think so.
00:25:36Don't you?
00:25:38Frankly, Brigadier, I just don't register yet.
00:25:39What you've been telling me sounds well.
00:25:41I know, I know.
00:25:42But you will take my word for it at the moment.
00:25:44Okay.
00:25:45But what with you and Laird, freak storms and the press going to town about flying saucers and invasions from
00:25:50Planitex,
00:25:51I'm beginning to feel like Dan Dare.
00:25:52Am I likely to meet a little green horrors with eyes on the ends of their whiskers?
00:25:55I don't think that at all likely.
00:25:57You may meet some characters with snow on the boots, if you know what I mean.
00:26:01Yes, I know.
00:26:02And you know we've had a call from Air Force security saying that three of their radar stations report sighting
00:26:05some unidentified object.
00:26:07Do you think there's any connection between this and Laird's work?
00:26:09I don't know.
00:26:10I just don't know.
00:26:12But we must take every possible precaution.
00:26:14You and Wilson travel down separately.
00:26:16Okay.
00:26:17Wilson will supervise the ordering and delivery of Laird's new equipment.
00:26:20It's going down in plain vans.
00:26:21Watch it, Murray.
00:26:22I will.
00:26:23And remember, Wilson, you must impress on Laird the importance of a wide margin of safety this time.
00:26:28Laird seems to be a tricky customer to give advice to.
00:26:31He is.
00:26:31In fact, he's more than tricky.
00:26:33He's...
00:26:33Oh, well, I suppose you must make some allowance for genius.
00:26:37And work in close touch with Graham.
00:26:39I'm pretty sure he's aware of the risk.
00:26:40And they must understand the whole aim of the project now is to make the force directional.
00:26:45Right, sir.
00:26:47Keep in touch.
00:26:48And the best of luck.
00:27:00I hope that fence will work.
00:27:02It's costing you now.
00:27:03Yeah, it should.
00:27:04To form an anti-magnetic screen.
00:27:06Particularly ugly one.
00:27:08There ought to be a law about corrugated iron.
00:27:12Another lorry load of govins arriving.
00:27:15You know, this is getting a bit ridiculous.
00:27:17Besides, creating a condenser to make it look like a sideboard is darned expensive.
00:27:22Better go down and check it in.
00:27:24Right.
00:27:25Oh, Gerald, when you're finished, I'd like to have a private word with you.
00:27:27Okay, I'll be back.
00:27:28Right.
00:27:55Did I frighten you?
00:27:56I'm sorry.
00:27:57I'm not frightened.
00:27:59I was just going home anyway.
00:28:01I don't know you.
00:28:02What's your name?
00:28:04Smith.
00:28:05Smith?
00:28:06We've got a teacher at school called Smith.
00:28:09Are you her husband?
00:28:10No.
00:28:12Good.
00:28:12I hate her.
00:28:13She threw my bugs away.
00:28:15Bugs?
00:28:16Mm.
00:28:17She called them insects, of course.
00:28:18She's very stupid.
00:28:20And weren't they insects?
00:28:22Some were.
00:28:23You see, all insects are bugs, but all bugs are not insects.
00:28:27And is that what you were doing just now?
00:28:29Collecting bugs?
00:28:31What were you doing?
00:28:32Oh, nothing.
00:28:34Um, at least, I was just trying to find my way.
00:28:38My goodness.
00:28:39Are you lost?
00:28:40Yes.
00:28:42Fancy getting lost in Briarley Woods?
00:28:44Is this Briarley Woods?
00:28:45Of course it is.
00:28:47Everyone knows that.
00:28:48Are you a foreigner?
00:28:49You look like one.
00:28:50You've got funny whiskers.
00:28:52Yes, I suppose I am.
00:28:54At least, I came here from a long way off.
00:28:57What's so funny about my whiskers, anyway?
00:28:59I haven't seen anyone else with funny whiskers like that.
00:29:02Well, perhaps I'd better shave them off, then.
00:29:04I don't want to look funny or different from anybody else.
00:29:07How did you get here?
00:29:09If I told you, you wouldn't believe me.
00:29:11I would, you know.
00:29:12Even if I said I came on the back of a giant dragonfly?
00:29:15Oh, no.
00:29:16There aren't any giant dragonflies.
00:29:18There are where I come from.
00:29:19There aren't any giant dragonflies anywhere.
00:29:21What about on the moon, then?
00:29:23Oh, well, if you come from the moon, that's different.
00:29:25Where are you staying?
00:29:26I don't know.
00:29:27As a matter of fact, I'm looking for somewhere to stay.
00:29:29I expect we could have put you up at our house.
00:29:31Only there's a new lodger coming today.
00:29:33I don't think I shall like her.
00:29:35Her name's Forsythe, and she's going to be the new teacher at our school.
00:29:38Is there anywhere else round here I may be able to stay?
00:29:42I don't suppose they'd put you up.
00:29:43They're very narrow-minded.
00:29:45Oh, of course.
00:29:46Are there any big places round here, you know, factories, workshops, anything like that?
00:29:51Nothing like that.
00:29:52Only Dr. Laird's house, of course.
00:29:54But it's no good going there.
00:29:55He's a mad inventor.
00:29:56And what does he invent?
00:29:58It's a secret.
00:29:59No one knows.
00:30:00Well, I must go home.
00:30:01Why is Dr. Laird mad?
00:30:04Almost every night, he switches on his machine and busts off all the television sets.
00:30:08Where does he live?
00:30:09It's no good.
00:30:10He won't take lodgers.
00:30:12You can see his house from the top of the hill.
00:30:14Goodbye.
00:30:16Goodbye.
00:30:17Goodbye.
00:30:26Goodbye.
00:30:33Goodbye.
00:30:34Goodbye.
00:30:36Goodbye.
00:30:39Goodbye.
00:30:41Goodbye.
00:30:42Goodbye.
00:30:43Goodbye.
00:30:45Goodbye.
00:30:45Goodbye.
00:30:46Goodbye.
00:30:47Goodbye.
00:30:48now let me get this straight what you're trying to tell me as I see it is that
00:30:53this fearsome contraption of yours went on working after you'd cut off the
00:30:57current is that it that's it I speak from unfathomable depths of ignorance
00:31:02but is that so very remarkable of course it is if I switch off say an electric
00:31:08fan wouldn't it go on turning for a while momentum or something yeah but you
00:31:12wouldn't get an electric shock from the terminal our circuit GF2 we call it
00:31:16struck to cross about five seconds after I switched off the power that's
00:31:20impossible that's what I keep telling myself and Dr. Laird what did he say same
00:31:25as you did impossible refuses to listen there's more to it than that too Gerald
00:31:31you know I'm at the brains of this joint but I've been figuring a few things out
00:31:35during the past 10 days that apparatus was building up a field far in excess of
00:31:39anything that we could have reasonably expected from the power we were feeding
00:31:42into it personally I think you're all getting slightly neurotic over this
00:31:46business did you say you had a recording session it's right you want to hear it
00:31:57funny it's gone this looks like a case for Jimmy Murray where is it on his way down from London
00:32:03I
00:32:03promised to meet him for a pint in the crown of mitre this evening you better come
00:32:07too yeah oh shall I bring Michelle not necessary she's coming I asked her this morning I want to start
00:32:15getting up earlier
00:32:16Oh, my God.
00:33:02Oh, my God.
00:33:17Oh, my God.
00:33:19Help!
00:33:23Help!
00:33:32You all right?
00:33:33Yes, I think so.
00:33:35Wait a minute.
00:33:39Where do you live?
00:33:40Well, I'm going to Briarley Bay.
00:33:43I'm a teacher.
00:33:44I started the school there on Monday.
00:33:45Briarley Bay?
00:33:46Well, after we've reported this to the police, I'll take you there.
00:33:55Please sit down, Miss Murray.
00:33:57Thank you, Inspector.
00:33:59We're taking a statement from Miss Forsyth now.
00:34:01I understand you're taking her on to a lodging for Briarley Bay.
00:34:04Yes, I'm staying there myself at Dr. Laird's establishment.
00:34:06Inspector, what are you going to do about this man?
00:34:09Well, we'll comb the woods, of course.
00:34:11But first, let me ask you a question.
00:34:13Do, I don't say I should go to reply.
00:34:15I know you security chaps.
00:34:17But this is important.
00:34:19You see, a man has been seen in the woods.
00:34:21And it's been reported that he has a large burn mark on his face.
00:34:26Tell me.
00:34:27Has Laird been using radioactive materials?
00:34:29I can tell you that, Inspector.
00:34:30The answer is no.
00:34:31Definitely no.
00:34:34Thank you, sir.
00:34:36Well, we'll have to try another line of approach.
00:34:39Come in.
00:34:42Miss Forsyth ready now, sir.
00:34:43Right, just coming.
00:34:44Well, goodbye, Inspector.
00:34:46Goodbye.
00:34:46And thank you very much for all your help.
00:34:58What about another drink?
00:34:59Not for me, thanks.
00:35:00Perhaps.
00:35:01Do you mind if I...
00:35:03No.
00:35:06You're very quiet, Gil.
00:35:08What's on your mind?
00:35:09No, nothing.
00:35:10Everything.
00:35:11You mean you feel come see come see?
00:35:13Yeah.
00:35:15How long you known Gerald?
00:35:17Fine.
00:35:17Does it matter?
00:35:19Sorry.
00:35:20Didn't mean to interfere or intrude.
00:35:24I don't want to quarrel with you, Gil.
00:35:27Cheers.
00:35:28Well, what do you want, sir?
00:35:35You know where that man Murray is?
00:35:37He was supposed to meet us here.
00:35:41What do you have, sir?
00:35:44What's that?
00:35:45Oh, Bob's rather bitter.
00:35:47I'll have that.
00:35:48Certainly, sir.
00:35:50That elf in music, you hear?
00:35:51Comes from a proper band.
00:35:54At last.
00:35:55Sorry I'm late.
00:35:56Okay.
00:35:56Meet Michelle DuPont and Gil Graham.
00:35:58How to do.
00:35:59How are you?
00:35:59What's the trouble?
00:36:00Things have been happening.
00:36:01There's a maniac at large in the woods.
00:36:03A what?
00:36:04Maniac.
00:36:09Oh, there you are.
00:36:11Nice of you to take me dancing.
00:36:13What are all the pretty girls going to do now
00:36:14they haven't got Gene Kelly to dance with?
00:36:16Nurse their perishing corns?
00:36:18I haven't been long.
00:36:19Oh, no.
00:36:20You were going to get me a drink half an hour ago.
00:36:21I thought you were going to have a nice cup of tea.
00:36:23Tea?
00:36:24Get me a glass of nourishing stout.
00:36:26All right, love.
00:36:28Evening, Art.
00:36:29Hey there, Mrs. Packer.
00:36:31Hey there, Mr. Graham.
00:36:32Oh, hello, Art.
00:36:33Where's Gillian?
00:36:34Isn't she here?
00:36:35I haven't seen her.
00:36:36Well, you see, I'm supposed to be working late tonight
00:36:38and, well, she said she'd meet me here.
00:36:40If you are, that's women for you.
00:36:42Can't let them out of your sight.
00:36:43Never mind, Art.
00:36:44Have a drink.
00:36:45I expect Gillian's had to wait till her dad's got home.
00:36:48She expect hasn't been too well lately.
00:36:49No, I have.
00:36:50I think I'll stroll down the lane and see if I can meet her.
00:37:25I thought the band was noisy.
00:37:27The microphone was too near the loudspeaker.
00:37:29A syndrome.
00:37:31That's it.
00:37:31That's what was the matter.
00:37:32We had a syndrome in the magnetic field.
00:37:35You all right, old boy?
00:37:35Dickens, you're babbling about it.
00:37:36You understand, don't you, Michelle?
00:37:38Yes, I believe I do.
00:37:39Would you mind explaining it?
00:37:40You know, have you both gone crazy?
00:37:41Did you hear that screech from the loudspeaker?
00:37:43I'm not deaf.
00:37:45Yeah, well, look.
00:37:45The microphone was too near to the speaker.
00:37:47The sound goes in, it comes out louder.
00:37:49Back into the microphone and around and out louder still,
00:37:51and so on and so on.
00:37:52It's called a syndrome.
00:37:53You mean it's on a vicious cycle?
00:37:54That's right.
00:37:55And if you don't put a stop to it, it keeps piling up and piling up
00:37:58until the amplifier or some part of the circuit goes bust.
00:38:01I get it.
00:38:02Well, why all the dramatics?
00:38:03Have you got your car here?
00:38:04Yes, why?
00:38:05I want to get back to the lab.
00:38:06What, now?
00:38:06I've got to see Dr. Laird right away.
00:38:08You do understand, don't you, Michelle?
00:38:09Yes, I do.
00:38:10I think you ought to go.
00:38:11But can't you tell us what all the excitement's about?
00:38:13I'll try and explain.
00:38:15You must go.
00:38:16You'll be all right, won't you?
00:38:16Of course.
00:38:17Come on, let's go.
00:38:18Gerald, I'm sorry, but this is important.
00:38:20Gil, I hope you know what you're talking about.
00:38:22So do I.
00:38:25Let's be practical, my boy.
00:38:27You make an excellent theoretical case for the buildup in the field being syndromic,
00:38:30but where exactly in the circuit does the phenomenon occur?
00:38:32Because I see it, it's between these two circuits.
00:38:35You have a first-class brain guilt.
00:38:37It's a pity that you allow your imagination to run away with it.
00:38:39Meaning what?
00:38:40Meaning that in the first place you have reached the correct conclusion from the wrong premise.
00:38:43Well, I don't understand.
00:38:44Secondly, that you are allowing the self-evident fact to scare you.
00:38:47You were driven to your clever piece of reasoning by worrying about a lot of silly tittle-tattle.
00:38:51Freak storms in the light.
00:38:52Haven't you considered the possibility that we might have caused some of the things which took place that night?
00:38:57I never consider anything which might interfere with my research.
00:39:01Seems rather short-sighted, doesn't it?
00:39:02If one always stopped to calculate the risks, there would be no research.
00:39:06But you think I'm right about the syndrome.
00:39:08I know you're right.
00:39:10I reached the same conclusion over a week ago.
00:39:14Well, but you said nothing to...
00:39:15Because I knew you would be all to delay.
00:39:19Well, wouldn't that be the wiser course, Dr. Laird?
00:39:22I don't think so.
00:39:24We have accidentally stumbled upon the secret of producing an enormously more powerful magnetic field than we had ever hoped
00:39:29for.
00:39:30We have saved ourselves years of work.
00:39:31And you want to throw those years away.
00:39:34No, I don't want to do that.
00:39:35I just feel that we ought to proceed with the utmost caution.
00:39:39We have new equipment, more powerful generators, but the same circuits.
00:39:43We have taken great precautions.
00:39:45The iron fence, for instance.
00:39:46The direction field.
00:39:47Better insulation.
00:39:48And the screening between the terminals of GF-2.
00:39:51Yes, well, as I see it, the screening of the GF-2 terminals is the main danger.
00:39:55It's like putting a six-inch nail across a five-amp house fuse.
00:39:59Perhaps you would allow me to be the best judge of that.
00:40:01I've been engaged in this work all my life.
00:40:04Well, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound impertinent.
00:40:07Not impertinent, just frightened.
00:40:09And a frightened assistant is no good to me.
00:40:11If you would care to terminate your appointment here.
00:40:13Of course not.
00:40:14I wouldn't think of deserting you at this stage of the game in any case.
00:40:17Please do not allow questions of personal loyalty to affect you.
00:40:20Under the circumstances, I wouldn't.
00:40:22I was thinking more of the complicated operation of the apparatus.
00:40:25It's not so complicated now, you know.
00:40:27It would be possible for only one person to operate.
00:40:33Yes, sir.
00:40:38Jillian!
00:40:39Jillian!
00:40:41Jillian!
00:40:41Jillian!
00:40:46Jillian!
00:40:48Jillian!
00:40:51Jillian!
00:40:55Jillian!
00:41:00Jillian!
00:41:02Jillian!
00:41:05Jillian!
00:41:07Jillian!
00:41:07Jillian!
00:41:08Jillian!
00:41:11Jillian!
00:41:12Jillian!
00:41:18Oh is the bar closed? Yes sir. The dance goes on till midnight.
00:41:32It's getting very late.
00:41:34Is it that I'm positively repulsive or could there be someone else?
00:41:38I'm afraid there is. I'm sorry. I just realized it now.
00:41:42Jill? Please, let's go.
00:41:45Lucky level.
00:41:48Ah, Miss Dupont. You going?
00:41:51Yes, why?
00:41:52It's Gillian Betts. They've just found her. Is young Art here?
00:41:57What's happened? An accident?
00:41:58No sir, not an accident. Murder.
00:42:01Right. Where was this?
00:42:04In Briarley Wood, sir.
00:42:05It's a maniac.
00:42:06Are you quite sure?
00:42:07Sorry sir, I can't say any more.
00:42:08No. Of course not.
00:42:10Darling, are you alright?
00:42:11Yes, but can't we go?
00:42:13You are together sir? Yes.
00:42:14And you have a car?
00:42:15Oh yes.
00:42:15Then that'll be alright.
00:42:17Well you see, we haven't found the fellow yet.
00:42:19And what about you sir?
00:42:21Are you with the...
00:42:22No officer, I'm alone.
00:42:24You're going past Briarley Woods, I don't think you ought to be by yourself sir.
00:42:27Could I give you a lift?
00:42:30Not at all, my car's outside.
00:42:33Good night miss.
00:42:34Good night sir.
00:42:34Good night.
00:42:35I'll warn the others upstairs.
00:42:36Right.
00:42:40Where shall I drop you, Mr. Smith?
00:42:42If you could drop me at the other end of the village near Dr. Lane's house.
00:42:45Oh yes, we're going that way.
00:42:47I'm just thinking, that young man went to meet Gillian.
00:42:50Don't you think we should tell the police?
00:42:51Yes, of course I'll go back in and tell him.
00:42:55Will you forgive me if I take this opportunity of speaking to you?
00:42:57What is it?
00:42:58I overheard what Mr. Graham said tonight about syndromes.
00:43:01Well?
00:43:02You see, I understand something of your work.
00:43:04How much?
00:43:05Who are you anyway?
00:43:06That is not important.
00:43:08I must speak to you and Mr. Graham as soon as possible.
00:43:10It will have to be tomorrow after we've finished our work at the lab.
00:43:13Very well, shall we stay here at six o'clock?
00:43:14All right.
00:43:15Okay, I told him.
00:43:16Let's go.
00:43:23Did he give you any clue as to why he wanted to meet you and Gill?
00:43:26Not really, but he seemed to know a lot about our work.
00:43:29You didn't tell him anything?
00:43:30Of course not, Jimmy.
00:43:31I'm not that stupid.
00:43:32Well, I don't like it.
00:43:33I just don't like it.
00:43:34Who is this chap Smith?
00:43:36Know anything about him, Gerald?
00:43:38Not a thing.
00:43:39Gill?
00:43:39I saw him for the first time tonight at the dance.
00:43:42Gerald, when you took him in the car tonight, did he say where he lived?
00:43:45No, he just told me to drop him near here.
00:43:47Yes, he said it was okay to drop him here.
00:43:49That's right, he must be staying in the village.
00:43:50Well, that should make it easy for us to keep tabs on him.
00:43:53Gill, Michelle, you must meet him tomorrow evening as arranged.
00:43:56What's the drill?
00:43:57See if he tried to pump you about Laird's work.
00:43:58Find out all you can.
00:43:59Right.
00:44:00How did Laird react to your inspiration, Gill?
00:44:02Well, the syndrome?
00:44:04He guessed it already.
00:44:06Yeah, that's tough.
00:44:07Is he going to follow things up?
00:44:09Nope.
00:44:09He's pressing on regardless.
00:44:12You're worried, aren't you?
00:44:14I am.
00:44:15I'm in a bit of a fix.
00:44:16I don't like to go behind the old man's back.
00:44:19Well, I think we're moving along a little too fast.
00:44:21That apparatus is ready to work, but nobody knows for sure what it'll do.
00:44:25Doesn't Laird know?
00:44:26You try asking him.
00:44:27I almost got sacked tonight.
00:44:28Oh, no, Gill.
00:44:30Would you like me to contact Cartwright?
00:44:32Well, I think we should in any case.
00:44:33But he better not come here, not with Laird in his present mood.
00:44:36I agree.
00:44:37Well, then.
00:44:38Well, police headquarters.
00:44:39Well, Inspector Burns ought to be put more in the picture.
00:44:42We may need his help yet.
00:44:43Just as you say, Jimmy.
00:44:44I'll phone Cartwright in the morning.
00:44:45I'll meet you at the station in the car.
00:44:48Well, if there's nothing else, I'm for bed.
00:44:51Would you mind?
00:44:52Oh, yes.
00:44:53Coming, Jimmy?
00:44:54Hmm?
00:44:55Oh, yeah.
00:44:57I'll see you two before you meet, Smith.
00:44:58Good night.
00:44:59Right, good night.
00:45:00Good night.
00:45:05I'm, uh...
00:45:06I'm sorry about tonight.
00:45:07I didn't mean to butt in.
00:45:08It isn't really any of my business.
00:45:09Isn't it, Gil?
00:45:11After you'd gone, Gerald kissed me.
00:45:13Why tell me?
00:45:14I'm not enjoying it.
00:45:15Neither did I.
00:45:17Funny, isn't it?
00:45:18Well, it's too bad.
00:45:19I'm sorry.
00:45:20Are you really?
00:45:22Not really.
00:45:30I enjoyed that.
00:45:33So did I.
00:45:45Hello.
00:45:46Hello.
00:45:47Feeling better?
00:45:48Yes, much better, thanks.
00:45:49This is Jane.
00:45:50I'm staying at her house for the time being.
00:45:52She's taking me to see the school.
00:45:53I'm going to catch a beetle for her.
00:45:55They're horrid-looking.
00:45:56I'm terribly thrilled about that.
00:45:58When does school start?
00:45:59On Monday.
00:46:00I've got the key from the head,
00:46:01so I can look around my classroom
00:46:02and get everything ready.
00:46:03You look like being busy.
00:46:05What with beetles and school.
00:46:06Look, I'm rather tied up today,
00:46:08but I thought of taking a boat out tomorrow.
00:46:09Sunday.
00:46:10When did you think about that?
00:46:11Just a moment ago.
00:46:11I can't think why.
00:46:12Have you had to come?
00:46:13I'd love to.
00:46:14I must fly now.
00:46:14I've got to meet my chief off the train.
00:46:16Oh, by the way, Jane,
00:46:16have you ever met a man called Smith in the village?
00:46:18No, but I met him in the woods.
00:46:21What?
00:46:22He's nice.
00:46:22He helps me look for insects.
00:46:24Oh.
00:46:24Well, if you meet him again,
00:46:25try and find out where he lives, will you?
00:46:27I can't.
00:46:31So that's our school, Jane.
00:46:33You going in, Miss Forsyth?
00:46:34Yes, I must.
00:46:35Oh, well, if you must.
00:46:36And you?
00:46:37I'm going to look for that beetle lover.
00:46:39All right, but don't be late home.
00:46:40You promised your mother.
00:46:41I won't.
00:46:42Goodbye.
00:46:45A lot of bears here, George.
00:46:47Thanks, sir.
00:46:51There we are, thanks.
00:46:52That's right.
00:46:53Thanks, sir.
00:46:55All right, Mr. Smith.
00:46:57Shoot.
00:46:58I'll come straight to the point, Mr. Graham.
00:47:00I overheard your conversation last night,
00:47:01and that led me to suppose
00:47:02that you were concerned with Dr. Laird's experiments.
00:47:05Oh, I see.
00:47:05And what's your interest in those experiments?
00:47:08Will you accept for the moment
00:47:09that it is purely scientific?
00:47:12Go on.
00:47:13I take a great interest
00:47:14in the subject of magnetic fields, Mr. Graham.
00:47:17Why not?
00:47:18What's that got to do with Dr. Laird's experiment?
00:47:20Will you also accept that I am not a complete fool?
00:47:24All right.
00:47:27Dr. Laird is no doubt a very clever man.
00:47:29He must be to have built an apparatus capable
00:47:31of recently causing such atmospheric disturbance.
00:47:35However, I suspect he is also a single-minded man,
00:47:38and possibly an unimaginative one.
00:47:41Mr. Graham, the Earth has a magnetic field.
00:47:45Have you considered the dangers of upsetting that field?
00:47:48It has happened before in history, you know, with catastrophic results.
00:47:51Yes.
00:47:52Yes, I've considered the possibility.
00:47:55You seem to be a remarkably well-informed man, Mr. Smith.
00:47:58Please go on.
00:48:00There is also another danger.
00:48:02The danger of radioactive rays.
00:48:05We're not using any radioactive materials.
00:48:07I know that.
00:48:08But not all radioactive particles are man-made.
00:48:11There is another source.
00:48:12Yes, that's true.
00:48:12There are cosmic rays.
00:48:14They bombard us constantly, but they do little apparent harm.
00:48:18Because you are shielded from all but the harmless ones
00:48:20by the ionosphere, the so-called heavy side layer.
00:48:24The heavier rays, the sodium, for example, never normally reach the Earth.
00:48:27Yes, that's true, but they don't quite follow you.
00:48:31Mr. Graham, the ionosphere could be affected by magnetism.
00:48:34It could be bent or fractured.
00:48:36But surely the ionosphere is 50 or 60 miles up?
00:48:39And ships at sea 80 miles away were affected by your experiment.
00:48:43Don't you see?
00:48:44If at the points of maximum strength of your field,
00:48:47the heavy side layer had been temporarily fractured
00:48:49or pulled down close to the Earth,
00:48:51heavy and possibly dangerous cosmic rays could have reached the Earth's surface
00:48:55and may have affected many people in strange ways.
00:48:58How do you mean?
00:48:59I mean they may have been driven mad.
00:49:02The human beings who may have been affected by the rays will probably all die,
00:49:06though not before they may have killed many people.
00:49:08But there is something else.
00:49:10It would normally take many years for any change to become apparent in the human race
00:49:14or in animals with a long gestation period.
00:49:16But what are the quick breeders, the insects?
00:49:20Insects?
00:49:21Oh, my dear, no!
00:49:23Yes.
00:49:24Some insects, ants, spiders, could already have mutated.
00:49:29In what way?
00:49:30That is impossible to say.
00:49:32They could have become a different species.
00:49:33They could have become smaller or much larger.
00:49:42In the morning, the water is aterver-green high VISTA.
00:49:57I see what they've come to eat.
00:49:57in fact, to go to shore andede it to the dead,
00:49:57so I want to live on this boat.
00:49:57Oh, it's as if I'm notç´š far awayizoents.
00:49:57Oh, it's a this incredible one,
00:49:58that is what he says.
00:49:59I mean, what I live on this town is going to be Merryiacal.
00:50:01Oh, I talk to the sea.
00:50:14THE END
00:50:45THE END
00:51:06Look, some of my colleagues are in a conference now at the police station.
00:51:10Would you come along with me and state your case to them?
00:51:13No, Mr. Graham, I'd rather not.
00:51:14But why not?
00:51:15There are reasons. Besides, they would probably regard me as a crank.
00:51:19Well, I don't.
00:51:20I hoped you wouldn't. That's why I chose to speak to you.
00:51:22Well, then, please.
00:51:22No, Mr. Graham. The responsibility rests with you now. I can only wish your success.
00:51:26Miss Chippel.
00:51:33Well, Gil, what do you think?
00:51:35I think you may be right, Michelle.
00:51:38Look, I want to go see Cartwright. Can you make it home all right alone?
00:51:40Of course. Darling, make them believe you.
00:51:44I know you can be very persuasive when you want to.
00:51:48Right.
00:51:52Excuse me, Miss. Being as you're a scientist, I wish you'd look at what our James found.
00:51:56I rang the police, but they didn't say much. And, well, I don't like the look of it.
00:52:00Do you have something to boil this in?
00:52:01Oh, yes, I have.
00:52:02You boil it immediately.
00:52:04Boil it, Miss. But please, Mrs. Hale, don't argue. You boil it. You understand you boil it. It's very dangerous.
00:52:09And, incidentally, you lock your door and close all your windows and keep everybody inside.
00:52:13But what about Miss Forsyth?
00:52:14Who is Miss Forsyth?
00:52:15My new lodger, the new school teacher. She's still out. She went to the school this afternoon.
00:52:19Where is the school?
00:52:20Well, the quickest way is through the woods. There's a path opposite.
00:52:23Don't worry. I'll find Miss Forsyth.
00:52:26The whole idea is utter nonsense. The chap's trying to scare us off.
00:52:29I'm surprised at you, Gil.
00:52:30I'm inclined to agree.
00:52:32I certainly think this man Smith needs pulling in for further questioning.
00:52:35Do you know anything about him, Inspector?
00:52:36Not a thing. But then there are quite a lot of Smiths about him.
00:52:40Exactly. He's too good to be true.
00:52:42Who is he? Where's he come from?
00:52:44I can't get a lead on him anywhere.
00:52:45All the same, I agree with Graham.
00:52:47We must hold up all further experiments with Laird's apparatus until a thorough checkover's been made.
00:52:51All right, that's agreed.
00:52:54Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:52:57Inspector Burns here.
00:52:58Yes.
00:53:01What?
00:53:05Art Deverson's been found.
00:53:08Dead. Mutilated.
00:53:09Oh, my.
00:53:09His body was clean, dry of blood.
00:53:11You see, Smith was right. It's those insects. They mutated and they're hungry.
00:53:14Oh, come up here.
00:53:15Shut up, will you, Jimmy?
00:53:16Inspector, Brigadier, you've got a cordon off those woods.
00:53:18Insects are tremendous cedars. There won't be anything left for him in there.
00:53:21Every available man.
00:53:22Graham's right. Don't give me that telephone.
00:53:23This is a military operation.
00:53:25Get me the nearest Army depot.
00:53:28Oh, my.
00:53:30Oh, my.
00:53:38Let's go.
00:54:03Brierley Woods. That's it. Goodbye.
00:54:05Graham, get down to the lab at once.
00:54:06Well, no accountant, Mr. Laird, touch that damn machine of his.
00:54:09Where's Wilson?
00:54:09He should be at Laird's house.
00:54:10I'll phone him. He can have a word with Laird.
00:54:13Yes, son?
00:54:14Oh, sir, I didn't think he was important at first, but now...
00:54:16Well? Well?
00:54:18Mrs. Hale, sir.
00:54:19She rang up to say her daughter had found a whopping great egg.
00:54:21What was that?
00:54:22An egg, sir.
00:54:23Who said that?
00:54:24Mrs. Hale, sir.
00:54:25She said that her lodger, a Miss Forsyth, was out late.
00:54:28Oh, no.
00:54:29Does she know where she went?
00:54:30She was at the village school, sir.
00:54:36You'll quit Brierley School.
00:54:44You won't!
00:54:44You won't!
00:54:44You won't!
00:54:45Go!
00:54:45Go!
00:54:45Go!
00:55:06Go back!
00:55:07Go back!
00:55:09Go back!
00:55:09Go back!
00:55:11Go back!
00:55:18Go back!
00:55:20Go back!
00:55:22Go back!
00:55:24Go back!
00:55:27Go back!
00:55:29Go back!
00:55:31Go back!
00:55:32Go back!
00:55:33Go back!
00:55:35Go back!
00:55:37Go back!
00:55:40Go back!
00:55:41Go back!
00:55:42Go back!
00:55:43Go back!
00:55:44Go back!
00:55:45Go back!
00:55:45Go back!
00:55:45Go back!
00:55:49Oh, my God.
00:56:25Oh, my God.
00:56:28Oh, my God.
00:56:44In the water.
00:56:45Who is it?
00:56:46From Dr. Laird's assistant.
00:56:48Michelle!
00:56:49You, come back.
00:56:54Mr. Grant.
00:56:56Michelle, she's in here.
00:56:58I'll come with you. Hurry up.
00:57:08Michelle!
00:57:35I'll come with you.
00:57:44I'll come with you.
00:57:52I'll come with you.
00:57:55I'll come with you.
00:57:58Wait!
00:57:58What do you mean wait?
00:57:59Leave this to me.
00:58:15This way.
00:58:32I'll come with you.
00:58:35I'll come with you.
00:58:44This way.
00:59:09It's yourjustice now.
00:59:13I'll come with you.
00:59:14Go!
00:59:24The End
01:00:10Oh, what is it? What is it?
01:00:12I just had a message from Brigadier Cartwright, Dr. Laird
01:00:14Oh, I can't be bothered with you or Cartwright just now
01:00:15I'm sorry, Doctor, this is important
01:00:17So is this
01:00:18Much more important than anything Cartwright has to gossip about
01:00:20And I'm nearly ready for testing
01:00:22It's about that
01:00:23You mustn't operate the machine
01:00:27I mustn't operate my own apparatus
01:00:29Did you say that...
01:00:30I'm afraid I did
01:00:32Some entirely new factors have arisen
01:00:34Which make it imperative that all testing should be indefinitely delayed
01:00:37Indefinitely delayed?
01:00:38How easy you Whitehall bureaucrats betray red-tape fetters?
01:00:41Indefinitely delayed
01:00:45There will be no delay, Mr. Wilson
01:00:47I alone am competent to decide when this apparatus shall be tested
01:00:51Not some two-penny brass hat or upstart civil servant
01:00:54Now get out!
01:00:55Dr. Laird, don't be ridiculous
01:00:56Put that gun down
01:00:57You're behaving like a madman
01:00:59Nobody wants to interfere
01:01:00Get out!
01:01:01If you say another word, I'll shoot you
01:01:03Do you understand?
01:01:05I'll shoot you
01:01:06Please listen
01:01:07This apparatus has cost lives
01:01:09It is dangerous
01:01:12I'll shoot you
01:01:12I'll shoot you
01:01:12I'll shoot you
01:01:20I'll shoot you
01:01:23I'll shoot you
01:01:25I'll shoot you
01:01:27I'll shoot you
01:01:27I'll shoot you
01:01:27I'll shoot you
01:01:27I'll shoot you
01:01:28I'll shoot you
01:01:28I'll shoot you
01:01:29I'll shoot you
01:01:29I'll shoot you
01:01:30I'll shoot you
01:01:30I'll shoot you
01:01:30I'll shoot you
01:01:31I'll shoot you
01:01:32I'll shoot you
01:01:33I'll shoot you
01:01:34I'll shoot you
01:01:39I'll shoot you
01:01:48The End
01:02:21Feeling better Michelle? You're going to be alright Michelle
01:02:25Well? I think we've covered this section of the woods Mr. Murray
01:02:27I wouldn't like that job again
01:02:29Any casualties?
01:02:31It's a good job we acted when we did
01:02:32The woods were thick with eggs
01:02:33Another few days and we...
01:02:35Yes alright
01:02:35There's to be no relaxing
01:02:36Keep patrolling all night and tomorrow we'll have a thorough comb out
01:02:39You better report to Brigadier Cartwright straight away
01:02:41Right sir
01:02:43Good lord
01:02:44To think we have to do this in every wood in the country
01:02:46That will not be necessary Mr. Murray
01:02:48Hmm?
01:02:49Mr. Smith
01:02:51One or two questions I'd like to ask you
01:02:53Where do you come from?
01:02:55Uh Jimmy
01:02:56I'm afraid that's going to be a kind of an awkward question for him to answer isn't it Mr. Smith?
01:03:01Yes indeed
01:03:02You said that some of the RAF boys had reported unidentified objects flying south
01:03:06Yes that's right usual sort of nonsense
01:03:08Yes well this time it wasn't nonsense I'm afraid
01:03:10Was it Mr. Smith?
01:03:12I landed here shortly after your first disastrous experiment
01:03:15Landed? What are you talking about?
01:03:17This is difficult
01:03:19Let me put it this way Mr. Murray
01:03:21Without being aware of it
01:03:22Your newspapers were very near the truth
01:03:24When they spoke of mysterious invaders from Planet X
01:03:28Am I going crazy?
01:03:29In fact there was but one invader
01:03:31It was I
01:03:33Jimmy I I realize it's going to be a little
01:03:36Hard for you to believe but the truth of the matter is
01:03:39Mr. Smith is the legendary character from outer space
01:03:42Right
01:03:53Get me Brigadier Cartwright
01:03:55Hurry
01:03:58Cartwright here
01:03:59Cartwright
01:04:00Laird? Wilson here
01:04:01Listen
01:04:03Laird gone mad
01:04:05What's that?
01:04:06No
01:04:06Don't talk
01:04:08Listen
01:04:08He shot me
01:04:12Come
01:04:14Quick
01:04:16Heaven's sake come
01:04:19He's alone
01:04:23Why sir?
01:04:24Why sir?
01:04:26Why sir?
01:04:28Why sir?
01:04:35We've had your planet under close observation for many years
01:04:38Flying saucers
01:04:39That's what you've chosen to call our spacecraft
01:04:42We've also been monitoring your radio
01:04:44That's how I come to speak passable English
01:04:46But you
01:04:47You're like us
01:04:48Is that so very surprising Miss Forsythe?
01:04:50There are many planets with the same physical conditions as here on Earth
01:04:53And on them life has gone through the same evolutionary processes
01:04:56Where is this planet X?
01:04:59If I were to tell you
01:05:00You would neither understand nor believe me
01:05:02Time and space are still the great mysteries to you
01:05:05Why have you come to pass this vision?
01:05:08Because of your experiments in magnetism
01:05:10You brought down one of our spacecraft on the night of your experiment
01:05:14Our craft used the planetary lines of magnetic attraction as their means of propulsion
01:05:19That's why we were so concerned with your experiments
01:05:21Alarmed I might say
01:05:22We had to act in what you would call enlightened self-interest
01:05:26Is that the only reason that you came?
01:05:29No
01:05:30We've never interfered with your development before
01:05:33But this time your entire planet was in danger
01:05:35It still is if you continue with your experiments
01:05:37You mean we might reverse the Earth's polarity?
01:05:40Tilt the Earth on its axis?
01:05:42Yes I do
01:05:42It has happened before
01:05:44But then the force was extraterrestrial
01:05:46I thought you said there was no further danger from these insects
01:05:48That is correct
01:05:50We were able to calculate the center of disturbance
01:05:52And the points of maximum intensity
01:05:53This I assure you is the only place on land to be affected by cosmic ray bombardment
01:05:58On land?
01:06:00There were some areas in the sea
01:06:02There life will have been spontaneously created
01:06:05Microscopically just as it was millions of years ago
01:06:07Before there was an ionosphere to protect you
01:06:10You've had a very narrow escape Mr. Graham
01:06:14Well, message from Brigadier Cartwright, sir
01:06:16Will you and Mr. Graham come down to Dr. Laird's house immediately?
01:06:18What's happened?
01:06:20It's Mr. Wilson, sir
01:06:20He's been shot
01:06:22Gerald
01:06:23Shot
01:06:24Is he
01:06:25We're afraid he's dead
01:06:27Dr. Laird seems to have gone mad
01:06:28And the Brigadier is worried he may start his machines again, sir
01:06:30I was afraid of this
01:06:32We've got to stop him
01:06:33Let me come with you
01:06:52Looks like I thought
01:06:54Locked and bolted
01:06:54We could break it down, I suppose
01:06:56We might, but it'd be a tough job and it'd take hours
01:06:58Oh, that would be enough to set him off
01:07:09Look here, Smith
01:07:10Can you help us?
01:07:11Do you really want me to?
01:07:12Of course we do
01:07:15Smith, there's very little time left
01:07:17If Laird switches on that infernal machine
01:07:20Well, I understand you know more about these things than we do
01:07:22I do, sir
01:07:24We must stop him
01:07:25Can you help us?
01:07:26Look, how about that gun thing, the one you used to kill the spider with?
01:07:29No
01:07:30I can help you, but the decision for what I do must be yours
01:07:32Go on
01:07:34It is a question of one man's life or perhaps the very existence of the Earth
01:07:38That's not a difficult decision
01:07:39For us it would be, life is more simple for you
01:07:43Your press has spoken of our world as Planet X
01:07:47We too have the equivalent of X in our language
01:07:49Our children learn in their schools about the strange world of Planet X
01:07:53You mean, uh
01:07:55Yes
01:07:56Yours is the strange world, Mr. Graham
01:08:00Brigadier, if I were to destroy this machine, would you promise me not to rebuild it?
01:08:03I give you my word
01:08:04Without Laird, I don't think we could
01:08:06Right, Graham?
01:08:08Absolutely right
01:08:09Very well
01:08:09I want you to take your men away from the house, well away
01:08:11What are you going to do?
01:08:13Mr. Graham, Mr. Paul, would you come with me, please?
01:08:37Now we must wait
01:09:04Now we must wait
01:09:05There it is
01:09:29Ozzy Scharf
01:09:37Let's go.
01:10:14Good-bye.
01:10:16Will you come back?
01:10:17Who knows?
01:10:37Good-bye.
01:11:02Good-bye.
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