All language subtitles for Object Z - S01E03 - Flight from Danger

The whole world is watching and waiting.

Watching Bacchus, the largest rocket
ever built, as she plunges through space

carrying the hopes of the whole world
with her.

Object Z is now about 200 ,000 miles
away.

And unless we can score a direct hit
with Bacchus... Here. ...this horror

outer space... Come on. ...will strike
the Earth in nine days' time.

What time do you make it?

Seven o 'clock. Haven't you been to bed
yet? No, I stayed up to watch that.

You look awful. I feel awful.

There's some interesting news about
Keeler.

They say he's hiding out in the Scottish
Highlands with a gang of his bully

boys. Says he will return when his
country needs him.

Until then, he'll bide his time.

Well, you'd better get a move on, I
suppose.

Where to?

Haven't you heard? The government's
moving to emergency headquarters in

Dunstable.

You'd better get down there with Peter.
We'll have to cover all this. If there's

anything left to cover after the big
bang.

What about you?

I've decided to stay here.

You can't possibly... Don't argue,
Diana. I have made up my mind.

Any news here?

No, John.

They're phoning here as soon as it comes
through.

How's the shelter position now?

There should be room for about ten
million people.

The rest will just have to take their
chances.

Of course, we may never need it, you
know.

No, possibly not.

Cabinet.

Yes, this is Molly.

Yes, he is. Just a minute.

It's for you, John.

Santa speaking.

Yes.

Yes, yes.

Oh.

Very well, then, I'll say that.

Yes, goodbye.

That was Ramsey.

Bacchus has failed completely.

Object Z is still approaching us.

that Object Z is approaching the Earth
on the same course as before and at the

same speed.

As you know, there is not enough time to
prepare and fire another rocket, even

if we could be sure that such a rocket
could have any effect.

And there is nothing we can do but await
the impact with courage and calmness,

as I know you will.

Turn the radio off, Diana.

Tell me for them.

Hmm?

Oh, I was just having a good look at
London.

Strange to think that in a short while
it may not exist.

I'm glad we're getting out of it.

Wish I could have persuaded Brown to
come with us.

Yes.

I don't think the next few days here are
going to be much fun.

They're going to be fun anyway.

No, I don't suppose it is.

I don't understand it.

We scored a direct hit with a thousand
-maker -ton bomb and we didn't even dent

it.

Evil if it's made of nickel -ion. How do
you know it is?

It's got to be. If it was stony, it'd be
shattered to bits. How do you know it's

stony? It's got to be either stony or
nickel -ion. These things always are.

nothing like this has ever been seen
before.

How hot is it?

It's pretty hot after that explosion.

I make it about 6 ,400 degrees.

Well, I'd better get to work with my
spectroscope while it's still bright.

It'd be worth finding out what it's made
of, wouldn't it?

Yes. Yes, it would.

I'll get on to Harvard and check with
them.

There just won't be time to get 25
million people to high ground.

Unless we start now.

Then we must start now. That's all there
is to it.

I think it's better to let people take
their chance.

There's barely a 50 -50 chance of us
surviving anyway.

Why drive people from their homes?

Why frighten them?

It's better to leave them alone.

If moving them gives them a better
chance of survival, then of course we

move them.

Come in.

Ah, Ramsey, what's the latest? The speed
is increasing.

Object Z is now entering our
gravitational field.

So the speed will go on increasing?

Yes. At present it's about six miles a
second. By tomorrow it might be nine.

I'm afraid we haven't got six days as we
expected.

In fact, it's barely four.

Only four days?

The speed of head -on impact will be at
about 15 miles a second.

This is much higher than we thought.

Yes. Of course, the effect will be much
greater. I can see that.

We think we can tell you now where it's
most likely to fall. Show us on the map.

According to our calculations, it will
fall in the Atlantic about 1 ,600 miles

west of here.

Twelve hours before impact, we might be
able to give you the point within 200

miles. Suppose it falls here.

Then it will destroy New York and most
of New England.

Complete destruction will extend north
to Canada, west to the Alleghenies, and

south to Florida.

And here?

Then I'm afraid we should be completely
destroyed.

There will be severe shock and flooding
from Norway to Morocco.

At east, as far as the Elbe. We must
speed up the evacuation.

Start it tonight.

We must get the people out of London
within three days.

Get 40 million people out of London in
three days? It can't be done. We must

try. It's about time we made a move,
John.

The emergency headquarters at Dunstable
are ready whenever you want to move in.

Dunstable? Well, at least we shall be
safe from flooding there.

I wonder if we shall ever see London
again.

must be the vastest movement of
population in the history of man.

In World War II, about 2 .5 million
people left London.

This time, about three times of many
have left the capital, and in about one

-tenth of the time.

As a feat of organisation, it is
magnificent.

Police, troops and transport workers
have been toiling 12, 15, 20 hours at a

stretch during the past few days.

coping with the incredible numbers of
people that must be got out of London if

they are to survive.

And these scenes are being repeated at
this moment in countries all over the

world.

I have seen no panic, but these people,
however bravely they may hide it, are in

the grip of fear.

When they arrive at their destination,
they must ascend into the shelters

prepared for them, and there await the
impact of Object Z.

As you see, we have less than three
hours to go.

Object Z is barely 120 ,000 miles away,
and it may be possible soon to get the

exact point of impact.

But at present we can say no more than
that it will strike within a circle east

of Florida and north of the Azores.

The evacuation of low -lying regions
have gone well.

As you can well imagine, the task of
moving so many millions of people in

short time was immense.

This map shows an up -to -the -minute
progress of the evacuation.

As you can see, we are using the normal
plotting technique.

Fortunately, in view of the possibility
of severe flooding, the government have

built most of the shelters on high
ground.

The rest have been fitted with flood
-proof steel doors and enough oxygen for

hours. The scientists have assured us...
that this will give us an ample margin,

and that the floods, severe as they are
likely to be, will have receded within

six to ten hours.

May I ask a question?

I ask.

These shelters, are they going to be any
good?

Well, they will improve the people's
chances immensely. The main damage is

expected from shock and blast, and the
home shelters are proof against that.

If there hasn't been a public tumble, to
what we all know, where the shelters

are virtually useless, they might as
well take their chance up on the

and we're all doomed. That's absolutely
untrue.

We're not all doomed.

I'd better put a few facts straight
before we begin.

Now, it's quite true that the home
shelters will not be any good.

I've known that for several weeks.

But what would you have me do?

Leave people without shelter at all?

Or worse still, leave them without even
the hope of survival?

Why do you think those who went into the
deep shelters were chosen by lot?

Because it was the only fair way to do
such a thing.

It isn't easy to condemn 30 million
people to death.

I'm sorry, sir. I don't think any office
appreciates your position.

Well, I hope you do now.

May I ask a personal question?

Certainly. The drawing of lots for the
shelters was done.

Were there any exceptions?

None whatever.

Not even to members of the government?
Not even to them.

Well, none of us were lucky.

May I ask you... I think I know what
you're going to say, and the answer is

I was present at the drawing of lots.

I'm afraid I wasn't one of the lucky
ones either.

What time is it, Peter?

Six minutes to go.

Are you frightened?

Yes.

I suppose it'll be very quick when it
comes.

Very.

We won't know what hit us.

Oh, hello, Doctor.

Hello.

Well, I suppose everyone must be done in
their shelters by now.

Yes, I expect so.

The lucky one in tin.

Well, at least we know where we are now.

Four minutes.

You mustn't be frightened.

Life will go on.

Not ours, but others'. I find it helpful
to think that some part of humanity

will survive.

It would be too bad to think of everyone
perishing.

That would be death indeed.

Do you think the world will ever recover
from this?

Oh, yes.

Quite a few people will survive on the
other side of the world.

They'll have to start again, of course.

That's been done before.

Civilization has fallen in ruins before.

Ruins so complete that even the memory
of it has been lost.

But man has survived.

Civilization has survived.

We must try and think of that.

One minute to impact.

Looks as though I won't be able to
finish this after all.

Pity. I found it rather helpful.

What is it?

Socrates.

He wrote 2 ,500 years ago, but what he
says remains true.

Look.

He said, Why should we fear death?

It distresses us not when it is present.

For when we are here, death is not.

And when death is here, we are not.

50 seconds to go.

Hello. Yes, this is Ramsey speaking.

What?

Yes, I will.

Thank you.

That was Rickover in America.

Object Z has gone into orbit.

It will not strike the Earth.

And that you are all safely back in your
home?

And the terrible danger which threatened
us all has passed us by.

I need hardly say how thankful we all
are at such a miraculous reprieve.

Object Z, as you know, is now orbiting
the Earth at a height of 1 ,600 miles.

And going round it at the amazing speed
of nearly ten revolutions daily.

Why this has happened, we do not know.

Even the scientists are completely
baffled.

Baffled as to why an object, approaching
directly towards the air, should

suddenly change course... Give me that
file on McHenry.

Charlie. Where have you been the last
two days? Having a holiday?

Very funny.

Come on, we've got a programme to get
out.

What do you think we've been doing for
the last two days? Don't you watch your

own programmes? You've taken long enough
time to get back.

It doesn't usually take people ten hours
to drive from Dunstable to London.

What do you expect of anybody trying to
get home? Diana, get me that address

book.

Home, sweet home.

Well, what's the next step?

Well, the first thing is to set up a
program with Ramsey. He's with the

at the moment. They're having a press
conference in an hour's time.

See if you can get him to agree to do a
program or an interview about Object Z

being in orbit.

That won't be easy. He's still under
pressure from security.

I wonder if my friend Captain Wade can
help us there.

You know, I have a feeling he knows a
lot more than he says.

There's one thing I don't understand
about all this.

What's that?

Well, I'm not a scientist, so I don't
know.

But how can a vast object stop suddenly
as if it's at a brick wall and then go

into orbit?

I wish I knew.

Such a thing is against all the laws of
science as we know them.

Object Z is now orbiting the Earth at a
speed of 15 ,000 miles an hour. It might

break up.

Break up? Yes, into millions of
fragments, each one weighing anything

several tons to 10 or 20 ,000 tons.

20 ,000 tons? If this object breaks up,
how much warning of it shall we have?

Several days, I hope.

Any slowing down will be a sign that
break -up was imminent.

So there would be ample time to get the
people into the shelters? Yes, but

they'd be quite useless against a direct
hit.

They would be useful against blast.

Yes.

Now, look here. I told you we were not
to be disturbed.

Chalice.

It's a Miss Chalice and a Mr. Duncan,
John. They've just arrived from the

observatory. What are they doing here?

They have some new information.

Apparently they can't talk about it on
the telephone.

Have them sent in.

Send them in, will you?

Yes, right away.

Who are they, Ramsey?

Chalice is an expert on spectroscopy.

Duncan's up at Abernethy.

They've been working on the composition
of Object Z so far, I'm afraid, with

very little success.

Good afternoon.

Dr. Ramsey, of course, you know. This is
Ian Murray. How do you do?

We have some information.

I think you'd better address yourself to
the Prime Minister.

I'm sorry.

Well, we've been working on the
composition of Object Z.

It's very difficult, the temperature.

Go on.

Well, as you know, we've assumed that
Object Z was composed of nickel iron or

stone. Well, it isn't, sir. It's made of
sodium vapour.

Sodium? Are you sure?

We've been in touch with the Americans
and the Russians, and their findings

tally with ours.

And what's more, it's got a metallic
centre, probably not more than a few

hundred feet across.

Well, what has sodium vapour got to do
with it?

When a space vehicle is put into orbit,
it's quite usual to equip it with a

device which releases a cloud of sodium
vapour at the correct distance from

Earth. A cloud of ten or twelve miles
across can be formed. It helps us to

the vehicle's course.

Track the vehicle?

Are you trying to tell us that Object Z
is... Artificial.

And it is not from our world.

Come on, Peter, ten seconds. All right.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Good evening.

I've just returned from a press
conference in Downing Street with the

news of Object Z.

For four weeks now, we've all been
living in fear.

as Object Z, until recently thought to
be a minor planet, plunged remorselessly

towards us.

Now, moments before impact, moments
before the destruction of the Earth

absolutely certain, it has altered
course and gone into orbit.

The vision of centuries, the nightmare
of science fiction, an invasion from

outer space, has come true.

For Object Z is no planet.

It is an artificial body of enormous
size, And it is, we must assume, manned

intelligent beings from some other
world.

We call them the invaders.

Who are they?

What are they like?

Are they anything like us?

Or are they so unimaginably strange that
our worst nightmares can give us no

conception of them?

Where do they come from?

What do they want?

Do they come as friends or as enemies?
Can we contact them?

We do not know.