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Codename Icarus is a five-part British television serial produced by the BBC. Combinijg elements of teen drama and Cold War era conspiracy thriller, young prodigy Martin Smith is recruited by the mysterious Icarus Foundation, a shadowy organisation that exploits gifted children to develop advanced weapons, including a 'quark bomb'.

The serial was broadcast twice-weekly, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 8-9 December, 15-16 December, and 22 December. It is well remembered for being intelligent and hard-hitting, respectful of its young audience, and tackling complex themes, primarily the militarisation of science.
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00:04This quark bomb, it is the final solution.
00:08Don't you understand?
00:10I will give you everything.
00:12Laboratories, assistance, anything you need for your research.
00:16Get away from me.
00:17You're mad.
00:20Don't be a fool, Martin.
00:22With the threat of this bomb, the fear of it,
00:25we can stop men blundering around in the darkness for another thousand years.
00:30We have all the power of history in our hands.
00:34You and I, we can make the world beautiful, perfect.
00:39And I know what kind of world it would be.
00:42Like Vulcanly, where everything seems so perfect.
00:47But really, everyone's watched, controlled, doing what we decide.
00:53Martin!
00:53No!
00:55You used science to kill the birds.
00:59Now you want to kill men.
01:01Kill them inside.
01:04I want to use science to make men free.
01:08I want a world where they can fly.
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