1 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Subtitles: Doctor Who Transcript Project 2 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:25,000 Doctor Who Season 7 Spearhead from Space 3 of 4 3 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Original Air Date: 1970/01/17 4 00:01:27,255 --> 00:01:29,337 It seems awfully deserted. 5 00:01:29,617 --> 00:01:31,884 We're turning over to automation, General. 6 00:01:31,990 --> 00:01:34,010 It means we can keep staff down to a minimum. 7 00:01:34,050 --> 00:01:37,374 Splendid. Don't get machines going on strike, eh? 8 00:01:54,073 --> 00:01:56,114 Your car is waiting for you, General. 9 00:01:56,149 --> 00:01:59,117 Well, goodbye, Mr. Channing. I hope the replica turns out well. 10 00:01:59,152 --> 00:02:01,714 It's been a most interesting afternoon. 11 00:02:01,749 --> 00:02:02,923 Goodbye, sir. 12 00:02:03,338 --> 00:02:05,660 It was very good of you to come down here, General. 13 00:02:05,695 --> 00:02:08,892 - I know how busy you must be. - My pleasure, gentlemen. 14 00:02:10,419 --> 00:02:12,419 Oh, by the way, 15 00:02:12,446 --> 00:02:14,963 any chance of seeing the model you're making of me, 16 00:02:14,998 --> 00:02:17,700 before it's sent to Madame Tussaud's? 17 00:02:17,756 --> 00:02:19,722 Yes, we'll arrange that. 18 00:02:24,878 --> 00:02:26,831 How did you know it was Ransome? 19 00:02:26,871 --> 00:02:29,746 I saw him. And he was detected. 20 00:02:32,199 --> 00:02:34,043 That is his brain print. 21 00:02:35,469 --> 00:02:37,208 What will you do? 22 00:02:37,623 --> 00:02:39,189 Send an Auton. 23 00:02:40,848 --> 00:02:42,827 But it will kill him! 24 00:02:45,150 --> 00:02:47,150 It is necessary, Hibbert. 25 00:02:47,879 --> 00:02:50,045 He saw the security area and all this. 26 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:51,027 Think! 27 00:02:51,868 --> 00:02:53,083 Think. 28 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,819 Then you see that it is necessary. 29 00:02:55,854 --> 00:02:57,819 Yes, necessary. 30 00:02:59,077 --> 00:03:01,284 How will it find him? 31 00:03:08,782 --> 00:03:09,703 Please, 32 00:03:10,067 --> 00:03:12,321 please, please, help me. 33 00:03:15,603 --> 00:03:18,696 Just seen more of them soldiers coming through the village. 34 00:03:18,731 --> 00:03:20,298 Still looking for them thunderballs, I bet. 35 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:22,267 They're saying they found one. 36 00:03:22,302 --> 00:03:25,229 That's how that poor fellow got killed. 37 00:03:25,264 --> 00:03:26,607 Killed? Who got killed? 38 00:03:26,642 --> 00:03:28,813 The soldier who was driving. 39 00:03:28,848 --> 00:03:32,379 They reckon his neck was broke clean through. 40 00:03:32,414 --> 00:03:34,139 Accident or something? 41 00:03:34,174 --> 00:03:36,891 - According to the army. - Well then. 42 00:03:36,931 --> 00:03:40,528 Well, drove right off the road, he did. 43 00:03:40,893 --> 00:03:43,029 Something must've made him do that. 44 00:03:43,069 --> 00:03:45,365 I've never known a woman as fanciful as you, Meg. 45 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,471 Then, why are the soldiers still here, then? 46 00:03:48,506 --> 00:03:53,866 Constable Wilkes said that poor boy's face was terrible to look at. 47 00:03:54,459 --> 00:03:59,057 Something must have frightened him dreadful afore he died. 48 00:04:05,994 --> 00:04:07,831 Come on, come on. Try and drink some. 49 00:04:15,167 --> 00:04:17,167 No eyes, no hair. 50 00:04:18,435 --> 00:04:20,435 - The stairs. - What? 51 00:04:21,579 --> 00:04:27,120 Men creatures! Made in the factory! 52 00:04:27,155 --> 00:04:31,155 Sergeant, I want this man sent to HQ, right away. 53 00:04:33,181 --> 00:04:35,452 - Are you getting a reading? - No. 54 00:04:36,931 --> 00:04:38,157 Oh, well that's it. 55 00:04:38,237 --> 00:04:40,466 I can't think of anything else we can try. 56 00:04:40,501 --> 00:04:42,801 Well, don't worry, my dear. We've done our best. 57 00:04:42,836 --> 00:04:44,801 I can't understand it. 58 00:04:45,340 --> 00:04:47,913 We've tried a dozen different methods of analysis... 59 00:04:47,948 --> 00:04:50,371 and haven't identified a single element. 60 00:04:50,406 --> 00:04:52,960 Yes, what results can you expect with this primitive equipment? 61 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,345 Primitive? We've got lasers, spectographs, micron probes... 62 00:04:57,380 --> 00:04:59,365 Yes, yes, yes, yes, I know all that. 63 00:04:59,835 --> 00:05:01,702 But what we really need is a... 64 00:05:01,807 --> 00:05:05,054 - ...is a lateral molecular rectifier. - What on earth's that? 65 00:05:05,272 --> 00:05:07,642 Not on Earth unfortunately. 66 00:05:08,169 --> 00:05:10,627 But I think I have one in the TARDIS. 67 00:05:10,940 --> 00:05:12,139 In there? 68 00:05:12,267 --> 00:05:15,421 Yes. Well, I'm sure I have one somewhere. 69 00:05:15,576 --> 00:05:18,718 But I'm sure I used one some time in the past, or was it the future? 70 00:05:18,753 --> 00:05:22,584 Doctor, you really do have scientific equipment in there? 71 00:05:23,457 --> 00:05:26,100 My dear Liz, I have an entire laboratory. 72 00:05:26,135 --> 00:05:29,709 - Yes, yes, I'm sure you have. - No, no, no, it's true. 73 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,525 Well, you think that the TARDIS isn't big enough, don't you? 74 00:05:32,707 --> 00:05:35,480 That's because you keep looking at it simply as a police box. 75 00:05:35,515 --> 00:05:37,953 - Well, it is only a police box! - No, no. 76 00:05:38,053 --> 00:05:40,423 Not once you get inside it, it isn't. 77 00:05:40,458 --> 00:05:44,440 You see, Liz, the TARDIS is dimensionally transcendental. 78 00:05:46,006 --> 00:05:48,195 - I see. - Yes. 79 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,513 Well it would take far too long to try and explain that to you. 80 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,344 The important thing is that we've got to get this material analysed. 81 00:05:55,384 --> 00:05:57,168 And you could do that with your equipment? 82 00:05:57,203 --> 00:05:59,168 Child's play. 83 00:05:59,867 --> 00:06:03,785 The only trouble is Lethbridge-Stewart has taken away the key and I can't get inside. 84 00:06:03,820 --> 00:06:07,165 Well, I suppose it is your property. 85 00:06:08,163 --> 00:06:09,241 Yes. 86 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:11,858 Of course... 87 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,269 there is always the possibility that... 88 00:06:14,304 --> 00:06:17,343 you might be able to persuade him to part with it. 89 00:06:18,053 --> 00:06:20,405 We've drawn a very tight cordon round the area, sir. 90 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,510 So if anybody has taken it, they're not going to get far. 91 00:06:24,603 --> 00:06:26,085 Right, sir, I will. 92 00:06:26,156 --> 00:06:27,503 - Here. - What are you doing? 93 00:06:27,643 --> 00:06:29,071 Civilian here, sir. 94 00:06:29,324 --> 00:06:32,325 Wants to know how much reward for finding a thunderball. 95 00:06:32,465 --> 00:06:33,558 What's your name? 96 00:06:33,754 --> 00:06:35,754 Seeley, sir, Sam Seeley. 97 00:06:39,349 --> 00:06:41,063 And where do you live, Mr. Seeley? 98 00:06:41,098 --> 00:06:43,143 Local, sir. Brook Cottage. 99 00:06:46,256 --> 00:06:47,322 All right, 100 00:06:47,725 --> 00:06:50,415 so, you've got something to tell us about these meteorites? 101 00:06:50,435 --> 00:06:51,243 Me, sir? 102 00:06:51,300 --> 00:06:53,435 You asked if there was a reward for finding one. 103 00:06:53,470 --> 00:06:54,795 That's right. 104 00:06:55,380 --> 00:06:58,392 - So you know where to find one? - I never said that, sir. 105 00:06:58,427 --> 00:07:00,163 Then, why are you interested in a reward? 106 00:07:00,198 --> 00:07:04,723 Well, in case I might happen come across one like. 107 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:07,093 Where you out the day those meteorites landed? 108 00:07:07,128 --> 00:07:10,217 Meteorites? Don't know about that. Thunderballs I calls them. 109 00:07:10,252 --> 00:07:12,007 So you were out? 110 00:07:12,042 --> 00:07:14,122 Well, I might have been. 111 00:07:14,909 --> 00:07:16,657 Then again, I might not. 112 00:07:16,715 --> 00:07:19,035 Did you see any of them land? 113 00:07:22,278 --> 00:07:24,598 Mr. Seeley, I want the truth. 114 00:07:26,981 --> 00:07:29,055 The Autons have lost Ransome. 115 00:07:29,124 --> 00:07:32,294 - He is beyond their range. - Suppose he goes to UNIT? 116 00:07:32,859 --> 00:07:34,999 Do you think they will believe him? 117 00:07:35,215 --> 00:07:36,902 They might come here. 118 00:07:38,257 --> 00:07:40,309 Then you will deal with them. 119 00:07:43,911 --> 00:07:46,435 Soon it will be the final phase of the plan. 120 00:07:46,470 --> 00:07:48,644 But there's still one energy unit missing. 121 00:07:48,684 --> 00:07:51,265 The swarm leader. We will find it. 122 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:54,295 Well, what about Ransome? Is he safe now? 123 00:07:54,773 --> 00:07:57,063 Unless he returns to the area. 124 00:07:57,376 --> 00:08:01,217 If he does, the Autons will track him down and destroy him. 125 00:08:01,252 --> 00:08:03,456 Well, the face was smooth, shiny, 126 00:08:03,544 --> 00:08:06,562 it was plastic. Made in the factory. 127 00:08:07,204 --> 00:08:08,612 Why do you say that? 128 00:08:08,647 --> 00:08:11,885 Well, just before this, this thing came after me, 129 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,325 I passed a whole line of them. 130 00:08:14,525 --> 00:08:17,060 They were all exactly the same. 131 00:08:19,925 --> 00:08:22,009 It's quite a story, Mr. Ransome. 132 00:08:22,029 --> 00:08:22,764 Yes? 133 00:08:22,784 --> 00:08:24,080 Can I have a word with you, Brigadier? 134 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:24,955 Not now, I'm busy. 135 00:08:24,990 --> 00:08:27,092 This is rather important. You see, the Doctor thinks... 136 00:08:27,127 --> 00:08:30,784 Miss Shaw, your work in this laboratory is part of one big exercise. 137 00:08:30,819 --> 00:08:32,781 You'll have to be patient. 138 00:08:34,775 --> 00:08:38,396 You say this creature was armed? 139 00:08:38,431 --> 00:08:40,046 It took off its hand, 140 00:08:40,081 --> 00:08:43,954 and there was a sort of tube and the whole of the arm appeared to be hollow. 141 00:08:43,989 --> 00:08:46,787 Well, you should see the hole it blasted in the wall. 142 00:08:46,822 --> 00:08:50,968 - Then there was an explosion? - Yes, I suppose so. Not loud, but it... 143 00:08:51,003 --> 00:08:54,272 it was more like a sort of "swoosh" that a rocket makes. 144 00:08:54,562 --> 00:08:56,686 And this didn't attract anybody's attention? 145 00:08:56,721 --> 00:08:59,303 Well, I didn't see a living soul in that part of the factory. 146 00:08:59,338 --> 00:09:01,158 They seem to have sacked all the workers. 147 00:09:01,258 --> 00:09:03,719 It's completely automated now. 148 00:09:07,531 --> 00:09:09,733 How long have you been away in America, Mr. Ransome? 149 00:09:09,768 --> 00:09:11,175 Six months. 150 00:09:11,699 --> 00:09:14,352 None of this was in evidence before you left? 151 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:17,871 New production lines, changing over to automation? 152 00:09:17,906 --> 00:09:22,870 - Not steps that occur overnight, are they? - I agree with you, sir, but it's happened. 153 00:09:25,550 --> 00:09:26,870 The key. 154 00:09:29,062 --> 00:09:31,488 I'm afraid he's going to be awfully cross with you. 155 00:09:31,588 --> 00:09:35,005 Well, if you're quick, he mightn't even miss it. 156 00:09:38,452 --> 00:09:40,215 Hey, it didn't turn when the Brigadier tried to open it. 157 00:09:40,255 --> 00:09:43,616 Well, that's because the lock has a metabolism detector. 158 00:09:49,731 --> 00:09:52,415 Miss Shaw, where's that key? 159 00:09:56,159 --> 00:09:57,943 You've given it to him. 160 00:09:57,978 --> 00:09:59,692 He needed some equipment. 161 00:09:59,727 --> 00:10:03,221 Equipment? I had no idea you could be so gullible. 162 00:10:03,321 --> 00:10:05,500 That's an excuse. We shan't see him again. 163 00:10:05,540 --> 00:10:08,841 - What do you mean? - Listen! He's going. 164 00:10:35,745 --> 00:10:37,623 Just testing. 165 00:10:38,209 --> 00:10:40,856 I wanted to see if the controls... 166 00:10:40,891 --> 00:10:43,077 Doctor, you tricked me. 167 00:10:45,807 --> 00:10:46,813 Yes. 168 00:10:50,139 --> 00:10:53,259 The temptation was too strong, my dear. 169 00:10:54,570 --> 00:10:58,591 It's just that I couldn't bear the thought of being tied to one planet and one time. 170 00:11:00,119 --> 00:11:01,546 I'm sorry. 171 00:11:02,605 --> 00:11:04,555 It won't happen again. 172 00:11:05,410 --> 00:11:06,802 It won't? 173 00:11:07,036 --> 00:11:08,581 Give me the key, Doctor. 174 00:11:08,980 --> 00:11:10,270 Must I? 175 00:11:11,278 --> 00:11:14,185 Well, the TARDIS no longer works, as you saw. 176 00:11:14,268 --> 00:11:17,422 Well, will you give me your word not to try to escape again? 177 00:11:17,457 --> 00:11:19,718 I couldn't escape now if I wanted to. 178 00:11:19,753 --> 00:11:22,058 - They've trapped me here. - Who have? 179 00:11:22,361 --> 00:11:25,100 That mean, despicable, underhanded lot. 180 00:11:25,496 --> 00:11:28,616 They've changed the dematerialisation code. 181 00:11:29,366 --> 00:11:31,686 - The what? - The demater... 182 00:11:32,183 --> 00:11:34,574 It doesn't matter, you wouldn't understand anyway. 183 00:11:34,713 --> 00:11:37,130 Well, there's a great deal that I don't understand. 184 00:11:37,165 --> 00:11:40,123 But one thing I did understand, Doctor, was that you promised your help. 185 00:11:40,158 --> 00:11:42,292 Yes, well, I've tried to help you the best way I can, 186 00:11:42,327 --> 00:11:44,722 but I need more evidence, more to go on. 187 00:11:44,757 --> 00:11:47,117 Well, I think I might be able to help you. 188 00:11:47,152 --> 00:11:48,282 Sam? 189 00:12:01,651 --> 00:12:03,270 What made you go back to the factory? 190 00:12:03,305 --> 00:12:05,751 Well, I wanted to try to talk to George on his own. 191 00:12:05,786 --> 00:12:08,198 And I wanted to get a look at that security area. 192 00:12:08,233 --> 00:12:10,415 You think he's afraid of somebody? 193 00:12:10,450 --> 00:12:11,773 I don't know, but... 194 00:12:11,808 --> 00:12:13,618 but this other man who came in... 195 00:12:13,653 --> 00:12:15,780 Did you find out who the other man was? 196 00:12:15,815 --> 00:12:17,780 Yes, his name's Channing. 197 00:12:18,222 --> 00:12:20,297 Now, he seemed to have some sort of... 198 00:12:20,332 --> 00:12:22,156 mental hold over George, 199 00:12:22,191 --> 00:12:24,519 almost as if he was hypnotised. 200 00:12:25,110 --> 00:12:26,536 Do you know, Brigadier, 201 00:12:26,571 --> 00:12:30,271 a think perhaps a visit to that plastics factory would be in order, don't you? 202 00:12:30,306 --> 00:12:32,323 If I don't get home soon, I'm gonna be in terrible trouble wi'missus! 203 00:12:32,358 --> 00:12:34,084 - Let me go, sir. - Don't worry, Mr. Seeley, 204 00:12:34,119 --> 00:12:36,055 we'll let your wife know where you are. 205 00:12:36,090 --> 00:12:38,906 - Now, about the meteorites. - Look, sir, it's a mistake. 206 00:12:38,941 --> 00:12:40,265 I haven't seen nothing. 207 00:12:40,300 --> 00:12:42,605 If you tell us where it is, you can go home. 208 00:12:45,353 --> 00:12:47,302 Worth a bit of money, I reckon. 209 00:12:47,342 --> 00:12:49,319 So you do know where there is one? 210 00:12:50,274 --> 00:12:51,328 I might. 211 00:12:52,408 --> 00:12:54,453 Seeley, I'm not going to bargain with you. 212 00:12:54,646 --> 00:12:57,118 You tell me everything you know, and tell me quick. 213 00:13:12,910 --> 00:13:14,606 It's less than two miles away. 214 00:13:14,641 --> 00:13:16,901 Aren't you going to arrange to collect it? 215 00:13:17,124 --> 00:13:19,072 That is being done. 216 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:27,571 Suppose it stops signalling again? 217 00:13:28,266 --> 00:13:29,516 We're nearly there. 218 00:13:30,501 --> 00:13:32,300 Through the trees, 219 00:13:32,607 --> 00:13:34,138 across the road, 220 00:13:35,874 --> 00:13:38,850 the swarm leader is held in that small building. 221 00:13:46,850 --> 00:13:48,001 In a trunk? 222 00:13:48,140 --> 00:13:49,902 Couldn't think of no other place to hide it. 223 00:13:49,942 --> 00:13:52,509 Don't you realise these things might be dangerous? 224 00:13:57,948 --> 00:14:00,786 This man, sir. He's found one of the meteorites. 225 00:14:00,821 --> 00:14:02,327 - Where is it? - At his house, sir. 226 00:14:02,362 --> 00:14:04,208 I was about to take a party and collect it. 227 00:14:04,243 --> 00:14:05,321 Right. We'll go in my car. 228 00:14:05,341 --> 00:14:06,767 - You know the way, Munro? - Yes, sir. 229 00:14:06,787 --> 00:14:09,036 Mr. Ransome, would you mind staying here? 230 00:14:10,322 --> 00:14:14,368 Brigadier, I think we'll come with you, if you don't mind. 231 00:14:14,971 --> 00:14:17,096 Good, might be as well. 232 00:14:19,566 --> 00:14:23,322 Sergeant, put Seeley in the truck and keep an eye on him. 233 00:14:32,878 --> 00:14:34,878 Be quiet, Barney. 234 00:14:42,223 --> 00:14:44,223 Stop that row 235 00:14:55,926 --> 00:14:58,426 Barney, what are y'at? 236 00:15:09,830 --> 00:15:11,830 Sam, is that you? 237 00:15:14,682 --> 00:15:16,796 Sam, what do you reckon you're playing at? 238 00:15:19,135 --> 00:15:21,035 Who are you? What do you want? 239 00:15:24,995 --> 00:15:28,435 You get away! My husband's about, you know! 240 00:15:45,146 --> 00:15:46,666 You saw me load it. 241 00:15:46,849 --> 00:15:50,131 Get out of here or I'll blow a hole in you. 242 00:15:51,170 --> 00:15:52,301 Get back! 243 00:15:53,002 --> 00:15:54,709 I'm not joking. 244 00:15:55,351 --> 00:15:56,583 Get back! 245 00:16:04,212 --> 00:16:05,572 No, you get back. 246 00:16:05,983 --> 00:16:06,783 No. 247 00:16:07,577 --> 00:16:09,391 The signal is muffled. 248 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:11,216 Search! 249 00:16:12,085 --> 00:16:13,798 We must find it. 250 00:16:14,158 --> 00:16:15,919 We must find it. 251 00:16:55,992 --> 00:16:58,527 Mrs. Seeley? Mrs. Seeley? 252 00:17:04,953 --> 00:17:06,082 Check the... 253 00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:18,325 Get a platoon out here, fast! 254 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:19,432 Recall! 255 00:17:20,024 --> 00:17:21,112 Recall! 256 00:17:22,001 --> 00:17:23,361 What's happening? 257 00:17:23,695 --> 00:17:24,789 Channing? 258 00:17:25,218 --> 00:17:27,718 UNIT, too many. 259 00:17:29,148 --> 00:17:30,708 Recall! 260 00:17:34,852 --> 00:17:36,292 Recall! 261 00:17:39,484 --> 00:17:40,507 Channing? 262 00:17:43,025 --> 00:17:44,538 There were too many. 263 00:17:44,578 --> 00:17:45,602 What? 264 00:17:46,352 --> 00:17:49,252 The swarm leader has been taken by UNIT soldiers. 265 00:17:50,742 --> 00:17:53,089 - How do you know that? - I know. 266 00:17:54,062 --> 00:17:55,967 Why didn't the Auton destroy them? 267 00:17:56,002 --> 00:17:57,967 Because I recalled it. 268 00:17:58,521 --> 00:18:01,241 It is too soon for a major battle. 269 00:18:02,263 --> 00:18:03,981 We must delay UNIT. 270 00:18:07,384 --> 00:18:09,611 Ransome has returned to the area. 271 00:18:10,925 --> 00:18:12,600 We shall also deal with him. 272 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,411 - How is she? - All right, as far as I can tell. 273 00:18:15,446 --> 00:18:17,361 I think we ought to get her to hospital though. 274 00:18:17,396 --> 00:18:19,663 Right. I'll lay on an ambulance. 275 00:18:19,946 --> 00:18:22,495 You know, this really is most interesting. 276 00:18:22,899 --> 00:18:25,120 We must examine it in the laboratory. 277 00:18:25,155 --> 00:18:26,690 What do you make of it? 278 00:18:26,725 --> 00:18:28,837 Well, I was right about the shape, wasn't I? 279 00:18:29,338 --> 00:18:32,732 The signal must have been muffled by the metal of that trunk. 280 00:18:33,049 --> 00:18:36,578 - It's most interesting. - Suppose it explodes, like the other one. 281 00:18:36,613 --> 00:18:39,862 There's no reason why it should as long as we treat it gently. 282 00:18:40,604 --> 00:18:43,385 - Unless, of course... - Unless what? 283 00:18:43,447 --> 00:18:46,186 It has a built-in destruct impulse. 284 00:18:46,221 --> 00:18:48,225 In that case, we'll just have to risk it. 285 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:49,704 Doctor, suppose that... 286 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,873 thing comes back for it? 287 00:18:58,199 --> 00:18:59,375 Destroy! 288 00:19:00,464 --> 00:19:02,142 Total destruction! 289 00:19:15,503 --> 00:19:17,319 The creature got away into the woods, sir. 290 00:19:17,780 --> 00:19:19,904 Munro, I want a cordon round that plastics factory. 291 00:19:19,944 --> 00:19:21,555 - Very good, sir. - That creature, 292 00:19:21,595 --> 00:19:24,188 robot or whatever it was, obviously came from there. 293 00:19:24,223 --> 00:19:26,304 Mr. Ransome described something very like it. 294 00:19:26,339 --> 00:19:28,169 Yes, and until we know a bit more about these things, 295 00:19:28,209 --> 00:19:30,561 I think we should move very cautiously. 296 00:19:30,652 --> 00:19:32,611 But he couldn't just have walked out, sir. 297 00:19:32,651 --> 00:19:35,342 I've had a guard on the front of the tent all the time. 298 00:19:35,382 --> 00:19:37,273 Never mind about the front. 299 00:19:37,308 --> 00:19:40,020 What about the back? That's how he got away. 300 00:19:40,055 --> 00:19:43,290 - He must have cut his way out. - No, he didn't cut his way out, 301 00:19:43,325 --> 00:19:45,209 but somebody cut their way in. 302 00:19:45,244 --> 00:19:47,981 This canvas has been ripped from the outside. 303 00:19:48,016 --> 00:19:50,684 So they took him from under our very noses? 304 00:19:50,719 --> 00:19:53,611 If Mr. Ransome is anywhere, he'll be at that plastics factory. 305 00:19:53,646 --> 00:19:56,213 So I suggest that we go there immediately. 306 00:20:29,842 --> 00:20:31,731 What an extraordinary story! 307 00:20:31,936 --> 00:20:33,516 What made him say such a thing? 308 00:20:33,566 --> 00:20:35,373 We have to check on it, Mr. Hibbert. 309 00:20:35,408 --> 00:20:37,090 However extraordinary it may be. 310 00:20:37,125 --> 00:20:39,105 I'd like to hear him tell this story in front of me. 311 00:20:39,140 --> 00:20:42,874 He was coming with us but, unfortunately, he disappeared. 312 00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:45,983 He was a brilliant young man, in many ways. 313 00:20:46,018 --> 00:20:47,572 Then, why did you dismiss him? 314 00:20:47,607 --> 00:20:51,799 He had some wild scheme for making electronic dolls. 315 00:20:52,143 --> 00:20:54,232 The design was quite impractical. 316 00:20:54,486 --> 00:20:56,647 He was very unpleasant when I turned him down. 317 00:20:56,682 --> 00:20:59,802 So you feel he told this story just to cause you trouble? 318 00:20:59,837 --> 00:21:01,118 I'm afraid so. 319 00:21:01,218 --> 00:21:03,216 It must have been praying on his mind. 320 00:21:03,408 --> 00:21:05,610 What exactly are you making here? 321 00:21:05,682 --> 00:21:07,445 Plastic dolls of course. 322 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,137 But our new line is display mannequins for shops. 323 00:21:10,177 --> 00:21:12,116 We send them all over the country. 324 00:21:12,873 --> 00:21:17,031 And can these "mannequins" actually move? 325 00:21:17,226 --> 00:21:20,457 Well, they're flexible, of course. That's why we've captured the market. 326 00:21:20,492 --> 00:21:23,427 But I can assure you, they can't move on their own. 327 00:21:23,462 --> 00:21:26,176 So Ransome may have been simply making trouble? 328 00:21:26,397 --> 00:21:28,662 I can't think of another explanation. 329 00:21:31,898 --> 00:21:33,051 Yes, well, I've... 330 00:21:33,251 --> 00:21:35,313 think we've seen all we can possibly see here. 331 00:21:35,353 --> 00:21:38,646 - I'm sorry if we've been a nuisance. - Not at all. I'll see you out. 332 00:21:38,681 --> 00:21:40,705 It was the man who led the raid on the hospital. 333 00:21:40,740 --> 00:21:43,743 - I recognised him from his photograph. - And what will you do now? 334 00:21:43,918 --> 00:21:46,087 I've put a call through to General Scobie. 335 00:21:46,218 --> 00:21:49,635 If I can get his authority, I'll surround the place and raid it. 336 00:21:49,670 --> 00:21:51,541 Here, come over here, you two. 337 00:21:51,885 --> 00:21:53,880 - Look at this. - Have you got something? 338 00:21:54,318 --> 00:21:57,673 - And what does that thing do? - It measures mental activity. 339 00:21:58,434 --> 00:22:00,184 It's fascinating, isn't it? 340 00:22:00,336 --> 00:22:04,324 You mean...there's some form of intelligence inside that globe? 341 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,733 Yes. You know, it's as I suspected. 342 00:22:08,085 --> 00:22:10,357 This globe is only a container. 343 00:22:11,522 --> 00:22:14,040 I wonder whether we can communicate with it? 344 00:22:16,311 --> 00:22:17,143 Yes? 345 00:22:17,252 --> 00:22:19,554 - Your call to General Scobie, sir. - Good. 346 00:22:21,604 --> 00:22:24,484 What's that, Stewart? Auto Plastics? 347 00:22:25,063 --> 00:22:27,381 Yes, I was there about two hours, why? 348 00:22:27,469 --> 00:22:29,862 I wondered if you'd noticed anything irregular, sir? 349 00:22:29,897 --> 00:22:32,746 We've had some rather strange reports about that factory. 350 00:22:32,781 --> 00:22:34,172 Nothing at all. 351 00:22:35,151 --> 00:22:36,807 No, perfectly normal. 352 00:22:36,887 --> 00:22:39,458 Yes, pleasant couple of fellows, I thought. 353 00:22:41,260 --> 00:22:42,353 Right. 354 00:22:43,355 --> 00:22:45,675 I see. Well, that sounds pretty serious. 355 00:22:45,710 --> 00:22:47,727 Yes, I'll come and see you straight away. 356 00:22:47,857 --> 00:22:50,151 I'll give you all the support you need. 357 00:22:52,166 --> 00:22:54,166 Well, goodbye, Stewart. 358 00:23:18,121 --> 00:23:19,839 No, no!