1 00:00:14,887 --> 00:00:16,843 - Coffee. - Thanks. 2 00:00:17,887 --> 00:00:20,606 - Sandra. coffee. - Thank you. 3 00:00:22,647 --> 00:00:25,286 No thanks. Sandra? 4 00:00:25,327 --> 00:00:29,400 It's still quite a distance away and holding course. 5 00:00:29,447 --> 00:00:31,119 How close will it pass us? 6 00:00:32,167 --> 00:00:33,759 Close. 7 00:00:37,967 --> 00:00:40,276 David. have you got those figures yet? 8 00:00:40,327 --> 00:00:44,002 It's a fair size asteroid but nothing to worry about. 9 00:00:44,527 --> 00:00:48,884 Hmm. Estimate the damage potential just in case. 10 00:00:49,887 --> 00:00:52,606 There's no need. It won't collide with us. 11 00:00:52,647 --> 00:00:54,478 Just in case. 12 00:01:01,727 --> 00:01:03,445 Paul! 13 00:01:06,527 --> 00:01:09,200 Central Computer gave the collision alarm. 14 00:01:09,247 --> 00:01:13,001 The asteroid's changed course! Like it's been pulled. 15 00:01:13,047 --> 00:01:15,515 Kano. pinpoint impact area. 16 00:01:18,487 --> 00:01:20,603 - Problem? - An asteroid. 17 00:01:21,527 --> 00:01:24,405 Commander. collision course reaffirmed. 18 00:01:24,447 --> 00:01:26,756 Impact area - Alpha. 19 00:01:29,007 --> 00:01:31,919 - How much time do we have? - Under a minute. 20 00:01:31,967 --> 00:01:34,527 No time to secure the base. 21 00:01:37,447 --> 00:01:39,836 It's changing course! 22 00:02:09,367 --> 00:02:11,835 Commander. it's impossible. 23 00:02:11,887 --> 00:02:14,003 but WE'RE changing course. 24 00:02:17,607 --> 00:02:19,882 Switch to starboard camera. 25 00:02:30,047 --> 00:02:31,162 What is it? 26 00:02:32,087 --> 00:02:35,045 Whatever it is. we're headed right into it. 27 00:03:57,687 --> 00:04:00,281 'Eagle 1 to Alpha. 28 00:04:00,327 --> 00:04:03,956 'I'm in position. What a sight!' 29 00:04:04,007 --> 00:04:06,840 It's round. It's huge. 30 00:04:06,887 --> 00:04:10,277 It's black. Boy. is it black! 31 00:04:10,327 --> 00:04:14,036 - What's his position? - 7-7-9-0-4. 32 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:17,159 Where the asteroid was first caught. 33 00:04:17,207 --> 00:04:19,596 Give me your sensor readings. Mike. 34 00:04:23,247 --> 00:04:25,442 Sir. I'm not getting anything. 35 00:04:25,487 --> 00:04:27,842 'Nothing's bouncing back from it.' 36 00:04:27,887 --> 00:04:29,718 Same here. no readings. 37 00:04:29,767 --> 00:04:32,406 'Does anyone have any idea what it is?' 38 00:04:38,567 --> 00:04:43,038 'Degrees of cosine adjacent to opposing angle of...' 39 00:04:44,607 --> 00:04:47,246 I ought to know better than to ask you. 40 00:04:56,487 --> 00:04:58,842 'Still holding position. sir.' 41 00:04:58,887 --> 00:05:00,684 It's our move. Commander. 42 00:05:00,727 --> 00:05:03,525 What's the power of the antigravity screens? 43 00:05:03,567 --> 00:05:06,161 'They're only on half power.' 44 00:05:06,207 --> 00:05:08,596 See how it reacts to the laser. 45 00:05:08,647 --> 00:05:10,000 'Will do.' 46 00:05:19,527 --> 00:05:22,837 Well! It swallows laser light too. 47 00:05:22,887 --> 00:05:24,400 'What next?' 48 00:05:24,447 --> 00:05:28,360 Video reception. Is the fault with his equipment or ours? 49 00:05:30,047 --> 00:05:31,844 There's no fault. 50 00:05:31,887 --> 00:05:35,766 It should be clear. Michael's between us and the object. 51 00:05:38,527 --> 00:05:41,963 ..T. no T squared. 52 00:05:44,207 --> 00:05:47,085 Of course... Now... 53 00:05:47,127 --> 00:05:49,960 There's only one thing to do - get in closer. 54 00:05:50,007 --> 00:05:53,886 - 'Negative. Mike.' - All it has is a lot of gravity. 55 00:05:53,927 --> 00:05:58,079 With my screens on maximum power I should be all right. 56 00:05:58,127 --> 00:06:01,915 Alpha is headed right into it. We have to find out what it is. 57 00:06:05,407 --> 00:06:06,999 Come on. 58 00:06:07,047 --> 00:06:09,117 'Hypothesis proven. 59 00:06:09,167 --> 00:06:12,443 'It is your duty to report this danger...' 60 00:06:12,487 --> 00:06:15,081 Yeah. one jump ahead of you. Computer. 61 00:06:19,487 --> 00:06:22,923 Switching on anti-gravity screens to full power. 62 00:06:24,087 --> 00:06:26,442 - Sandra? - Right here. Michael. 63 00:06:26,487 --> 00:06:30,162 - 'Don't go away. be right back.' - I will be waiting. 64 00:06:33,047 --> 00:06:34,844 'Here I go. Alpha.' 65 00:06:52,487 --> 00:06:56,162 Monitor his anti-gravity screens. they're in the red. 66 00:06:56,207 --> 00:06:57,765 Confirmed. 67 00:06:57,807 --> 00:07:01,595 - John! - Abort. Mike. Abort. 68 00:07:01,647 --> 00:07:03,638 Pull out. Pull out. Mike! 69 00:07:03,687 --> 00:07:07,680 You're heading right into it. Blast yourself out of there! 70 00:07:09,647 --> 00:07:12,036 Full power. 71 00:07:13,647 --> 00:07:15,365 Full power! 72 00:07:15,407 --> 00:07:18,046 - Get him out. - He's accelerating. 73 00:07:18,087 --> 00:07:19,839 We can't hold him. 74 00:08:12,487 --> 00:08:16,924 - Why did I wait so long? - Now. John. you didn't know. 75 00:08:16,967 --> 00:08:19,083 Neither did I. 76 00:08:19,127 --> 00:08:21,595 If anyone's to blame. it's me. 77 00:08:21,647 --> 00:08:23,638 I suspected it hours ago. 78 00:08:24,807 --> 00:08:26,684 A black sun. 79 00:08:26,727 --> 00:08:28,319 Right. 80 00:08:28,367 --> 00:08:32,804 - What are we going to do about it? - What can we do? 81 00:08:35,007 --> 00:08:37,362 We'll all be dead in three days. 82 00:08:50,647 --> 00:08:52,638 A black sun? 83 00:08:52,687 --> 00:08:56,077 Mmm. Unfortunately. we couldn't be sure 84 00:08:56,127 --> 00:08:58,516 until it was too late to save Mike. 85 00:08:58,567 --> 00:09:00,603 But you think we can avoid it? 86 00:09:00,647 --> 00:09:03,764 Its gravitational pull can become so immense 87 00:09:03,807 --> 00:09:07,436 that just a hatful of it can weigh more than several Alphas. 88 00:09:07,487 --> 00:09:09,239 But it doesn't stop there. 89 00:09:09,287 --> 00:09:13,121 The gravity increases so nothing. not radiation. not heat. 90 00:09:13,167 --> 00:09:14,885 not even light can escape. 91 00:09:14,927 --> 00:09:19,842 Its force is immeasurable. Even Computer cannot determine it. 92 00:09:21,167 --> 00:09:25,365 You didn't answer my question. Do you think we can avoid it? 93 00:09:26,647 --> 00:09:28,524 I thought I did. 94 00:09:36,607 --> 00:09:41,362 Paul asked if we could avoid the gravitational force of a black sun. 95 00:09:41,407 --> 00:09:43,284 The answer is no. 96 00:09:43,327 --> 00:09:47,115 However. we may be able to use it to our advantage. Victor. 97 00:09:47,167 --> 00:09:50,955 Mmm. As you know. these eight anti-gravity towers 98 00:09:51,007 --> 00:09:53,441 stabilise our gravity in Alpha. 99 00:09:53,487 --> 00:09:58,038 And we'll use them to create an entirely new force-field effect. 100 00:09:58,087 --> 00:10:02,956 By linking and cross-linking the anti-gravity screens 101 00:10:03,007 --> 00:10:04,998 in each of the towers. 102 00:10:05,047 --> 00:10:10,075 the force-field will look something like this. 103 00:10:13,007 --> 00:10:16,477 I've stripped all the generators out of our Eagles. 104 00:10:16,527 --> 00:10:19,280 We'll use them to support the main units. 105 00:10:19,327 --> 00:10:23,081 But Computer will have to be deactivated for the force-field. 106 00:10:23,127 --> 00:10:26,403 Yes. well. um... It could do with a rest. 107 00:10:27,647 --> 00:10:30,684 We'll reprogram our main unit generators 108 00:10:30,727 --> 00:10:34,356 so that instead of negating the pressure from the black sun. 109 00:10:34,407 --> 00:10:36,204 it will simply reverse it. 110 00:10:36,247 --> 00:10:39,922 The closer we get. the stronger the force-field becomes. 111 00:10:39,967 --> 00:10:43,846 In theory. the pressure of the force-field 112 00:10:43,887 --> 00:10:47,436 will eventually compel the pressure of the black sun 113 00:10:47,487 --> 00:10:51,560 to protect us against itself. 114 00:10:52,607 --> 00:10:56,964 It's a long shot. but there's nothing else we can do. 115 00:11:03,647 --> 00:11:05,638 It's ingenious. 116 00:11:09,967 --> 00:11:12,003 It's insane. 117 00:11:32,967 --> 00:11:36,676 Sandra. I wanted you to have more rest. 118 00:11:36,727 --> 00:11:39,685 I know. Doctor. But there is so much to do. 119 00:11:46,287 --> 00:11:49,040 Paul. where is Commander Koenig? 120 00:11:49,087 --> 00:11:51,760 With the Professor...out there. 121 00:11:56,847 --> 00:11:59,964 Victor. we really shouldn't be out here. 122 00:12:00,007 --> 00:12:02,805 It's the only way to make our point. 123 00:12:03,887 --> 00:12:05,559 Shall we? 124 00:12:05,607 --> 00:12:07,279 Why not? 125 00:12:24,447 --> 00:12:27,678 - Full power. Paul. - Switching to full power. 126 00:12:35,047 --> 00:12:38,119 It is beautiful. like fish scales. 127 00:12:38,887 --> 00:12:40,957 You can cut through fish scales. 128 00:12:42,727 --> 00:12:45,036 'Give me a reading. Paul.' 129 00:12:45,087 --> 00:12:47,885 Maximum power. steady and holding. 130 00:12:48,927 --> 00:12:52,317 'You've got a full house. we're all with you.' 131 00:12:52,367 --> 00:12:54,722 Good luck. 132 00:12:54,767 --> 00:12:56,325 We're all set. Alan. 133 00:12:58,687 --> 00:13:01,406 Commander. you can still change your mind. 134 00:13:02,887 --> 00:13:05,640 If we had any sense. we would. 135 00:13:06,767 --> 00:13:09,440 Make it good. Come in as low as you can. 136 00:13:09,487 --> 00:13:11,637 Hang on to your hats. 137 00:13:57,687 --> 00:14:01,600 Incredible stupidity. The risk to both of you. 138 00:14:01,647 --> 00:14:05,845 Not that much of a risk. Computer gave us a 98% chance. 139 00:14:05,887 --> 00:14:07,605 And the other 2%? 140 00:14:07,647 --> 00:14:10,844 Then we'd have died one day before everyone else. 141 00:14:13,527 --> 00:14:16,121 Helena. it was all for morale. 142 00:14:16,167 --> 00:14:18,203 It proved nothing. 143 00:14:18,247 --> 00:14:22,445 The forces inside a black sun are inconceivable. 144 00:14:22,487 --> 00:14:25,479 They can bend space and time. Turn both inside out. 145 00:14:28,647 --> 00:14:30,638 Then why the force-field? 146 00:14:32,367 --> 00:14:37,157 The same reason prevents you giving up on a patient until he's dead. 147 00:14:39,807 --> 00:14:41,763 I've got some work to do. 148 00:14:54,407 --> 00:14:56,602 It's getting cold in here. 149 00:14:58,247 --> 00:15:00,203 It's gonna get colder. 150 00:15:00,247 --> 00:15:03,205 The black sun's already drawing our power. 151 00:15:04,207 --> 00:15:06,675 Victor believes we could survive. 152 00:15:09,407 --> 00:15:11,875 Who knows what Victor truly believes? 153 00:15:14,487 --> 00:15:17,240 - And you? - Some of us could survive. 154 00:15:18,647 --> 00:15:21,480 Those who aren't on Alpha 24 hours from now. 155 00:15:21,527 --> 00:15:24,485 A survival ship. a life boat. 156 00:15:25,487 --> 00:15:28,001 I left one Eagle intact. 157 00:15:38,647 --> 00:15:42,276 'All programmed calculations were recorded 158 00:15:42,327 --> 00:15:45,717 'and executed for the force-field test. 159 00:15:45,767 --> 00:15:50,204 'Reprogramming calculations conflicted with previous orders.' 160 00:15:50,247 --> 00:15:54,035 You should have said so. it's your responsibility. 161 00:15:54,087 --> 00:15:56,362 If it takes more power. then say so. 162 00:15:58,127 --> 00:16:00,436 Excuse me. Mr Kano. 163 00:16:00,487 --> 00:16:04,162 I see your friend's having difficulty keeping us warm. 164 00:16:04,207 --> 00:16:06,402 Computer's functioning fine. 165 00:16:06,447 --> 00:16:10,838 It won't be functioning at all soon. but you know that. don't you? 166 00:16:10,887 --> 00:16:16,280 We must use minimum power for heating during your force-field tests. 167 00:16:16,327 --> 00:16:19,683 All utilities were on minimum power for the test. 168 00:16:19,727 --> 00:16:23,276 The lights. they went back on full power after the test. 169 00:16:23,327 --> 00:16:26,922 So did the heating. it's automatic. Even I know that. 170 00:16:26,967 --> 00:16:29,925 The reason the temperature's still falling 171 00:16:29,967 --> 00:16:32,527 is the black sun is draining our power. 172 00:16:32,567 --> 00:16:35,479 - We have plenty of power. - But we won't have. 173 00:16:35,527 --> 00:16:37,643 The black sun will see to that. 174 00:16:37,687 --> 00:16:41,760 Shut down everything and save it for the force-field. 175 00:16:51,847 --> 00:16:54,759 Six hours? I thought we had 12? 176 00:16:54,807 --> 00:16:59,244 Six. David said it's impossible to say how much mass is available 177 00:16:59,287 --> 00:17:01,437 to the black sun in this sector. 178 00:17:01,487 --> 00:17:04,445 Its gravitational force increases constantly. 179 00:17:04,487 --> 00:17:07,206 pulling us in faster than we calculated. 180 00:17:07,247 --> 00:17:09,886 We need time to get the survival ship ready. 181 00:17:09,927 --> 00:17:14,717 These figures may be the answer. With the force-field activated. we... 182 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:17,565 We might slow down enough to buy the time. 183 00:17:17,607 --> 00:17:21,566 Paul. I want to save power till the last possible moment. 184 00:17:21,607 --> 00:17:25,043 It's either Alpha. sir. or the survival ship. 185 00:17:34,407 --> 00:17:36,796 Victor. do you have the test results? 186 00:17:36,847 --> 00:17:40,283 Not yet. but they're looking fine. Anything wrong? 187 00:17:40,327 --> 00:17:42,761 'I want to activate the force-field.' 188 00:17:42,807 --> 00:17:44,684 - When? - 'Right now.' 189 00:17:44,727 --> 00:17:47,799 - I wouldn't advise it. - 'It can't wait. 190 00:17:47,847 --> 00:17:51,442 'Get to the main power unit and keep an eye on things.' 191 00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:09,046 Professor. the latest details of the power requirements. 192 00:18:09,087 --> 00:18:10,645 Thank you. 193 00:18:48,167 --> 00:18:50,442 Call Medical. 194 00:19:16,687 --> 00:19:18,678 You'll be fine. 195 00:19:20,287 --> 00:19:21,925 Thank you. 196 00:19:21,967 --> 00:19:24,765 Your mechanical heart saved your life. 197 00:19:24,807 --> 00:19:26,445 Mm-hmm. 198 00:20:08,247 --> 00:20:12,126 - 12 minutes to countdown. - The report from all sections. 199 00:20:12,167 --> 00:20:16,046 - Sandra. about Mike... - Please. Commander. 200 00:20:16,087 --> 00:20:18,521 There's no need to say anything. 201 00:20:21,607 --> 00:20:24,917 Tell the Professor to be here for the test. 202 00:20:32,887 --> 00:20:36,641 We have under four hours before entering the black sun. 203 00:20:36,687 --> 00:20:40,202 Commander. Alpha cannot survive without Computer. 204 00:20:42,087 --> 00:20:43,884 Is that a fact? 205 00:20:52,087 --> 00:20:56,478 Attention all personnel. stand by for force-field test. 206 00:20:56,527 --> 00:20:58,245 30 seconds. 207 00:20:58,287 --> 00:21:02,166 - Paul. what if it doesn't work? - Then our worries are over. 208 00:21:02,207 --> 00:21:05,597 - Commander. I must speak with you. - About the test? 209 00:21:05,647 --> 00:21:07,922 - Not really. - Then it has to wait. 210 00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:10,356 Kano. essential services program. 211 00:21:18,927 --> 00:21:21,282 Computer on minimum capacity. 212 00:21:22,607 --> 00:21:24,438 Now. we think for ourselves. 213 00:21:26,767 --> 00:21:29,998 10 seconds. Full power. sir? 214 00:21:30,047 --> 00:21:32,117 Everything we have. Paul. 215 00:21:32,167 --> 00:21:37,002 Five seconds. four. three. two. one. zero. 216 00:21:46,247 --> 00:21:48,078 A reprieve. 217 00:21:48,127 --> 00:21:50,004 Mmm. but for how long? 218 00:21:50,927 --> 00:21:52,838 - Take over. Paul. - Commander. 219 00:21:52,887 --> 00:21:55,276 what about Computer? 220 00:21:55,327 --> 00:21:58,160 It remains on minimum capacity. 221 00:21:58,207 --> 00:22:00,596 Commander. I gotta talk to you. 222 00:22:00,647 --> 00:22:03,241 What's this about a survival ship? 223 00:22:03,287 --> 00:22:05,357 Is somebody going somewhere? 224 00:22:06,247 --> 00:22:08,397 Somewhere. yes. 225 00:22:16,967 --> 00:22:18,958 Did you know about this? 226 00:22:21,487 --> 00:22:23,284 You. Sandra? 227 00:22:25,607 --> 00:22:27,563 I didn't believe it. 228 00:22:27,607 --> 00:22:31,486 Eagle 5 is nearly ready to go and I was not informed. 229 00:22:31,527 --> 00:22:33,563 None of us were. 230 00:22:34,407 --> 00:22:36,398 I can't speak for the rest... 231 00:22:37,607 --> 00:22:40,758 but I care about dying. how I die. 232 00:22:42,247 --> 00:22:45,796 Staying on Alpha with everybody. I'd accepted that. 233 00:22:45,847 --> 00:22:49,362 Now. there's going to be six or seven lives on that ship. 234 00:22:49,407 --> 00:22:50,556 Six. 235 00:22:52,207 --> 00:22:55,677 Well. I should be one of those six. Commander. 236 00:22:55,727 --> 00:23:00,357 Because if anyone can get them somewhere...I can. 237 00:23:00,407 --> 00:23:02,318 Are you through. Alan? 238 00:23:15,927 --> 00:23:19,966 Attention all sections Alpha. this is Commander Koenig. 239 00:23:20,007 --> 00:23:24,319 Above us again is the force-field. but ahead of us is the black sun. 240 00:23:24,367 --> 00:23:27,120 The realistic fact we face now... 241 00:23:28,367 --> 00:23:31,803 is that the force-field only offers us a slim hope 242 00:23:31,847 --> 00:23:35,078 that Alpha will survive beyond the next few hours. 243 00:23:35,127 --> 00:23:39,484 'A few of us. however. have a chance to escape the black sun. 244 00:23:40,807 --> 00:23:44,766 'I decided to reserve one Eagle as a survival ship. 245 00:23:44,807 --> 00:23:46,559 'It has been fuelled 246 00:23:46,607 --> 00:23:51,476 'and equipped with supplies to carry six persons. 247 00:23:51,527 --> 00:23:56,362 'Three men and three women. Perhaps this effort will be futile' 248 00:23:56,407 --> 00:23:58,477 but I believe it must be made. 249 00:23:58,527 --> 00:24:02,440 Departure time is 08:00 hours. 43 minutes from now. 250 00:24:02,487 --> 00:24:07,117 I've instructed Central Computer to select the people most likely. 251 00:24:07,167 --> 00:24:11,365 in every way. to ensure the survival of mankind in space. 252 00:24:11,407 --> 00:24:13,762 Here are the six names. 253 00:24:13,807 --> 00:24:15,559 The men. 254 00:24:18,967 --> 00:24:20,798 Astronaut Alan Carter. 255 00:24:23,527 --> 00:24:26,360 Flight Engineer George Osgood. 256 00:24:28,247 --> 00:24:31,444 'Communications Controller Toshiro Fujita.' 257 00:24:33,687 --> 00:24:35,484 The women. 258 00:24:37,487 --> 00:24:39,557 Dr Helena Russell. 259 00:24:39,607 --> 00:24:42,440 Data Analyst Sandra Benes. 260 00:24:43,247 --> 00:24:45,397 'Professor Angela Robinson.' 261 00:24:50,207 --> 00:24:52,198 This list is final. 262 00:25:02,087 --> 00:25:04,078 You knew he wouldn't go. 263 00:25:14,767 --> 00:25:17,406 Nothing I can say will alter the facts. 264 00:25:19,407 --> 00:25:23,082 If you're careful. you have supplies for five weeks. 265 00:25:24,447 --> 00:25:27,245 If there's anything out there that can help you. 266 00:25:27,287 --> 00:25:29,847 then together. you'll find it. 267 00:25:33,407 --> 00:25:35,398 If not... 268 00:25:38,327 --> 00:25:40,124 All right. then. that's it. 269 00:25:40,167 --> 00:25:42,283 You lift off in twenty minutes. 270 00:25:43,407 --> 00:25:45,238 Commander. 271 00:25:45,287 --> 00:25:47,357 No goodbyes. Alan. please. 272 00:25:49,567 --> 00:25:51,364 Yes. sir. 273 00:25:59,967 --> 00:26:01,446 John. 274 00:26:06,887 --> 00:26:09,321 - You're going. - I'm not going. 275 00:26:09,367 --> 00:26:12,439 - Dr Mathias can replace me. - Like hell he can. 276 00:26:12,487 --> 00:26:16,878 That list is final. This isn't the time for the noble gesture. 277 00:26:16,927 --> 00:26:19,202 I'm not being noble. 278 00:26:19,247 --> 00:26:21,363 If anything... 279 00:26:21,407 --> 00:26:23,762 John. it's my life. 280 00:26:23,807 --> 00:26:27,846 If it ends on Alpha or out in space. what difference can it make? 281 00:26:27,887 --> 00:26:30,355 It makes a difference. 282 00:26:32,967 --> 00:26:34,639 To me. 283 00:26:41,087 --> 00:26:43,476 My figures read less than two hours. 284 00:26:44,487 --> 00:26:46,796 Do me a favour. mind the shop. 285 00:26:48,887 --> 00:26:51,355 - David. - Oh. thank you. 286 00:27:32,407 --> 00:27:36,286 'Alpha Service section will issue heavy duty clothing 287 00:27:36,327 --> 00:27:39,478 'to Technical section at 0830 hours. 288 00:27:41,967 --> 00:27:45,516 'Medical section will report at 0900 hours. 289 00:27:45,567 --> 00:27:48,206 'Reconnaissance section 0930 hours. 290 00:27:48,247 --> 00:27:51,239 'Engineering section 1000 hours.' 291 00:27:52,447 --> 00:27:56,281 It was thoughtful of you to come. Paul. You didn't have to. 292 00:27:57,287 --> 00:27:59,243 I wanted to. 293 00:28:09,607 --> 00:28:11,996 I'll send you a postcard. 294 00:28:26,287 --> 00:28:29,279 - 'Alan. one minute to lift-off.' - Right. 295 00:28:38,687 --> 00:28:42,521 'This is John Koenig. I know I said no goodbyes but... 296 00:28:44,887 --> 00:28:46,878 'I wish you all good luck.' 297 00:28:48,847 --> 00:28:51,998 'Fifteen seconds. Alan? 298 00:28:53,207 --> 00:28:55,675 - 'Good luck.' - And to you. 299 00:28:57,327 --> 00:28:59,318 All of you. 300 00:29:47,087 --> 00:29:50,045 'Attention all stations Alpha. 301 00:29:50,087 --> 00:29:52,442 'Due to the present emergency 302 00:29:52,487 --> 00:29:56,162 'inter-base communication system including Alpha news 303 00:29:56,207 --> 00:29:59,916 'will be suspended until further notice.' 304 00:30:27,447 --> 00:30:29,722 Hey. John. 305 00:30:29,767 --> 00:30:32,679 Come on. put this on. 306 00:30:33,727 --> 00:30:35,638 Before you catch your death. 307 00:30:35,687 --> 00:30:37,678 Very funny. 308 00:30:40,887 --> 00:30:42,843 Is that what I think it is? 309 00:30:45,487 --> 00:30:49,958 John. I've been doing some unique calculations recently. 310 00:30:51,007 --> 00:30:54,283 Not about space dynamics or anything like that. 311 00:30:55,327 --> 00:30:58,364 Something you can't learn from books. 312 00:31:03,087 --> 00:31:04,566 Victor. 313 00:31:04,607 --> 00:31:08,725 No. it's all right. I'm just...rambling on. 314 00:31:09,887 --> 00:31:11,684 Wandering a bit. 315 00:31:11,727 --> 00:31:13,718 Wondering. 316 00:31:22,967 --> 00:31:25,959 Extraordinary thing. how we've survived. 317 00:31:26,007 --> 00:31:29,636 I mean. I put the probability through the computer. 318 00:31:29,687 --> 00:31:33,441 I thought it was going to blow up trying to figure the odds. 319 00:31:33,487 --> 00:31:35,478 They're just about infinite. 320 00:31:36,887 --> 00:31:40,243 If you're trying to cheer me up. it's not working. 321 00:31:46,567 --> 00:31:51,846 Anyway. my calculations show that we all should be dead by now. 322 00:31:51,887 --> 00:31:54,799 - When the atomic waste... - What are you doing? 323 00:31:56,887 --> 00:31:58,718 You're not supposed to smoke. 324 00:31:59,767 --> 00:32:02,122 I don't think Dr Russell would object. 325 00:32:26,087 --> 00:32:28,078 Sandra. 326 00:32:28,127 --> 00:32:30,163 I will be all right. 327 00:32:30,207 --> 00:32:32,198 Sure you will. 328 00:32:35,407 --> 00:32:37,967 I remember when I was a little girl. 329 00:32:38,007 --> 00:32:40,282 I was afraid of the dark. 330 00:32:41,607 --> 00:32:43,598 Isn't that funny? 331 00:32:45,847 --> 00:32:47,838 And I was afraid of doctors. 332 00:33:11,087 --> 00:33:14,682 John. have you ever wondered... 333 00:33:15,807 --> 00:33:18,446 just how and why we've survived? 334 00:33:21,607 --> 00:33:24,758 - Not until now. - You got any answers? 335 00:33:29,487 --> 00:33:32,240 You're not referring to God. are you? 336 00:33:32,287 --> 00:33:34,357 Oh. I don't know. 337 00:33:34,407 --> 00:33:38,002 I- I- I'm a scientist. I don't know anything about God. 338 00:33:39,407 --> 00:33:41,318 No. er... A sort of... 339 00:33:42,487 --> 00:33:45,923 cosmic intelligence is what I've got in mind. 340 00:33:47,407 --> 00:33:49,967 Which intervenes at the right moment? 341 00:33:50,007 --> 00:33:52,157 It's one answer. 342 00:33:57,487 --> 00:33:59,637 Ultimately. I suppose we... 343 00:34:00,647 --> 00:34:03,036 all believe what we want to believe. 344 00:34:04,087 --> 00:34:06,237 Perhaps that's what reality is. 345 00:34:06,287 --> 00:34:11,759 One thing though. the line between science and... 346 00:34:12,767 --> 00:34:14,598 mysticism... 347 00:34:16,407 --> 00:34:18,318 Just a line. 348 00:34:22,887 --> 00:34:25,401 Sometimes it makes me feel quite old. 349 00:34:41,167 --> 00:34:42,964 Paul. 350 00:34:43,007 --> 00:34:44,804 Commander. 351 00:34:47,167 --> 00:34:49,840 Central Computer's deactivated itself. 352 00:34:49,887 --> 00:34:53,038 100% power is feeding the main generator units... 353 00:34:53,087 --> 00:34:58,639 Paul. Thank you. But there's nothing more you can do. 354 00:35:01,487 --> 00:35:04,240 - You're relieved. - Very good. sir. 355 00:35:05,647 --> 00:35:08,605 Well. I never thought it would end this way. 356 00:35:18,207 --> 00:35:20,482 A good man. Paul. 357 00:35:32,407 --> 00:35:34,398 60 year old brandy. 358 00:35:35,407 --> 00:35:38,126 I've been saving it for 10 years. 359 00:35:39,527 --> 00:35:43,236 Just waiting for a proper occasion to celebrate. 360 00:35:45,967 --> 00:35:49,880 Well. not everybody might think this was a celebration... 361 00:35:51,367 --> 00:35:53,358 but it is to me. 362 00:35:57,807 --> 00:35:59,763 If ever there was an occasion... 363 00:36:02,047 --> 00:36:03,924 this is it. 364 00:36:13,127 --> 00:36:15,277 To everything that might've been. 365 00:36:18,367 --> 00:36:20,756 To everything that was. 366 00:37:19,007 --> 00:37:20,804 Up 50. 367 00:37:20,847 --> 00:37:23,042 Play me. 368 00:37:23,087 --> 00:37:24,884 Pass. 369 00:37:36,687 --> 00:37:38,643 I raise you 100. Smitty. 370 00:37:40,807 --> 00:37:42,923 You're bluffing. 371 00:37:55,047 --> 00:37:57,083 You'll never beat me. you know. 372 00:38:24,127 --> 00:38:25,480 Paul. 373 00:38:27,647 --> 00:38:30,036 Mind if I share the music with you? 374 00:38:51,407 --> 00:38:54,285 Just the thing to keep the cold out. 375 00:39:00,447 --> 00:39:02,403 Won't be long now. 376 00:39:03,407 --> 00:39:07,002 Do you know what will happen to us inside the black sun? 377 00:39:10,407 --> 00:39:12,398 Whatever it is. 378 00:39:13,647 --> 00:39:16,639 I just hope it's interesting. 379 00:39:36,607 --> 00:39:38,279 Yes. interesting! 380 00:39:47,487 --> 00:39:50,638 Victor. the force-field is holding. 381 00:39:51,647 --> 00:39:53,797 So far. 382 00:41:29,367 --> 00:41:31,119 I don't feel cold. 383 00:41:33,607 --> 00:41:35,438 I don't feel anything. 384 00:41:37,127 --> 00:41:42,360 Of course. it's possible that we don't exist. 385 00:41:44,447 --> 00:41:46,324 I exist. 386 00:41:46,367 --> 00:41:49,279 I exist. 387 00:41:50,287 --> 00:41:54,326 I exist. 388 00:42:30,647 --> 00:42:33,320 'I can hear your thoughts.' 389 00:42:34,687 --> 00:42:36,598 'Yes.' 390 00:42:37,287 --> 00:42:39,517 'It's very beautiful.' 391 00:42:42,567 --> 00:42:45,525 'I see the theory behind your force-field.' 392 00:42:46,527 --> 00:42:48,324 'It's very obvious.' 393 00:42:49,407 --> 00:42:53,320 'It ties in with a unified field theory of mine.' 394 00:42:53,367 --> 00:42:55,278 'Oh. yeah? 395 00:42:56,927 --> 00:42:59,999 'Yes. I see how.' 396 00:43:04,607 --> 00:43:08,316 '..so that everything is everything else.' 397 00:43:11,767 --> 00:43:14,235 'That's why I said it was beautiful.' 398 00:43:25,247 --> 00:43:27,602 'If everything is everything else. 399 00:43:27,647 --> 00:43:30,320 'the whole universe is living thought.' 400 00:43:30,367 --> 00:43:32,358 'That is true.' 401 00:43:34,647 --> 00:43:40,040 - 'Who are you?' - 'A friend. Come with me.' 402 00:43:46,727 --> 00:43:49,560 Every star is just a cell 403 00:43:50,567 --> 00:43:52,797 in the brain of the universe. 404 00:43:52,847 --> 00:43:56,123 'That is a lovely way to understand it.' 405 00:43:57,967 --> 00:44:02,722 Why have I never talked with you before? 406 00:44:02,767 --> 00:44:04,917 'Because of time. 407 00:44:04,967 --> 00:44:08,357 'You think at what you call the speed of light. 408 00:44:08,407 --> 00:44:13,242 'In eternity. I have no hurry. 409 00:44:14,247 --> 00:44:19,196 'I think a thought. perhaps. in every thousand of your years. 410 00:44:20,207 --> 00:44:22,437 'You are never there to hear it.' 411 00:44:22,487 --> 00:44:25,957 Are you...God? 412 00:44:26,007 --> 00:44:28,965 'It was good to have known you.' 413 00:44:29,007 --> 00:44:30,520 Wait. 414 00:44:32,327 --> 00:44:34,318 God. 415 00:45:56,327 --> 00:45:58,443 We got through. 416 00:45:58,487 --> 00:46:01,479 Your force-field held. Victor. 417 00:46:01,527 --> 00:46:05,042 Somehow. we're on the other side of the universe. 418 00:46:05,847 --> 00:46:07,599 Your force-field held! 419 00:46:12,447 --> 00:46:14,199 I wonder how? 420 00:46:46,167 --> 00:46:48,681 No sign of the survival ship. 421 00:46:48,727 --> 00:46:52,561 so much for your fancy theories of cosmic intelligence. 422 00:46:53,487 --> 00:46:56,479 Well. I knew it was impossible. 423 00:47:03,687 --> 00:47:05,200 Was it? 424 00:47:13,607 --> 00:47:15,757 They're coming back! 425 00:47:25,807 --> 00:47:27,525 Come on! 426 00:47:30,167 --> 00:47:32,601 Commander. come on. 427 00:48:18,967 --> 00:48:22,642 I don't believe it. you must have followed us through. 428 00:48:22,687 --> 00:48:26,202 - We went in the opposite direction. - You can't have. 429 00:48:26,247 --> 00:48:29,956 - We did. - We went through it. fantastic! 430 00:48:30,007 --> 00:48:33,636 If you didn't follow us through. how'd you find Alpha? 431 00:48:33,687 --> 00:48:35,678 A million light years! 432 00:48:37,207 --> 00:48:39,357 Right across the universe. 433 00:48:42,767 --> 00:48:46,237 I'm an astronaut. Professor. Not a philosopher. 434 00:48:50,087 --> 00:48:53,557 Something...brought us home. 435 00:48:57,967 --> 00:49:00,435 Yes. Home.