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Next.

How long is this for?

A week.

A week?

We all pull together, we'll be right as rain.

Shall we get you that?

What was the Great Victory like?

It was hard.

A lot was lost.

Celebrate what we have.

Celebrate the miracle.

Your husband will come back.

Yes, of course.

Amy!

Amy!

Where are you?

I know you're there.

Come out here!

I know you're there!

I saw you!

Excuse me, miss.

A man with a border terrier, have you seen him?

- No, I'm so sorry. - Amy!

Amy!

Amy, the refugees have stopped coming.

There's not a single one from Horsell or Woking.

The fire must have died down.

Maybe he's just hurt!

If he doesn't turn up, then... then I'll go back.

And what's to be done if he never does?

What?

What's to be done about this child?

That is not your concern.

Well, if anything has happened to George,

- I rather think it is my concern. - I don't need your help!

Neither of us need your help!

Well, perhaps he's gone back to his wife!

Was this the punishment you had in mind?

Is this the wages of our sin?

It's between us and the town.

That's where she was headed.

My wife.

It's no kindness to the right sort of wife to make her a widow.

She's expecting a child, actually.

I'm going to be a father.

I was...

...buried.

Under half a tonne of earth, it felt like.

Except it wasn't earth.

It was, er...

...bodies.

My pals.

Dead horses.

- Oh, God... - We have to find the baby.

It's coming from one of those houses.

Come on.

What are you doing?

We need to take cover!

Where is it coming from?

- It's over there. IT'S OVER THERE! - No!,

Leave it! Leave it, for Christ's sake!

- Come on! In here! - We need to get the baby!

We need to get the baby!

Be quiet...

There was an eruption from Mars midnight every night

for the last few days.

When did this chap take the last photograph?

Friday.

But that's not to say it was the last explosion.

The belief is that he was killed at... at...

...at Horsell.

How far away is Mars?

Oh, it's thousands of miles. Hundreds of thousands.

It's about 35 million, at the moment.

Then, by that logic, dear lady,

in ten days, the thing must have travelled, what?

150,000 mph.

Does that really sound likely?

Well, none of it sounds likely, does it?!

Well!

And she saw what actually occurred at Horsell?

She was there with your brother?

Yes, he...

The thing came up into the air, apparently.

It didn't explode, it didn't cause a forest fire.

It sent out a...

...pulse of some kind that burnt people to death.

And, the next day, something came out of the ground

and burnt down all there was between Maybury Hill and Weybridge.

It seems to be some kind of...

...some kind of creature, like a...

...a machine.

It just let out this... this firestorm.

We need to send in some of the London batteries.

Some of the bigger guns.

Isn't that responding unduly?

I mean to say we haven't even...

If it's an undue response to try

and stop one of those things from getting here

and slaughtering everyone in London

then, by all means, don't do it.

She is quite sure of this creature?

Yes, sir. She is.

She's not the only one, sir.

Where is the Sergeant Major?

- He's just there, he's that one. - Thanks.

Just the two of you? Where have you come from?

Horsell. Has anyone else come up from that direction?

I'm reporting for duty, Sergeant Major.

I was with Captain Cartwright, West Surrey Artillery.

He's dead, along with the rest of the company.

Whatever got us, sir, it's back there still.

I need to find my wife. We were separated on Maybury Hill

and she was heading in this direction.

We've got a 12-pounder coming up.

Orders are to go to the woods at Byfleet,

where the second thing landed.

Bombard it before it opens.

Can you handle a weapon?

No. Have you seen her?

She has red hair and she's 25 and she was coming from Maybury Hill!

- Maybury Hill! - Listen...

Listen! We were wiped out.

We didn't get a shot off.

The only thing that came down Maybury Hill was death.

She said that we should...

She said that we should meet in London, you see, so...

I'm asking for volunteers, sir.

There's no road to London clear.

She's pregnant, you see.

She's pregnant, so... so that's that.

I really...

I really must find her.

Stay and do your duty.

Like an Englishman.

Make your child proud of you, when it comes.

Did Daddy fight?

Yes, of course.

Was he a soldier?

No. He was very brave.

What does this word say?

Read the letters.

Wee-ah...

Wee-ah-pawns...

Weapons.

"Weapons are quite useless, my dear Sergeant!"

- There's the target, men! - Good.

Good, flat ground.

It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel.

Sir!

Sir, just think.

I don't think that firing on these things is a good idea, sir.

Number one gun, ready?

Yep!

HE, 400 yards!

- Set! - Bring us a shell!

Look, sir, I've seen what these creatures can do!

- Shut up and do as you're told! Shell! - Which one's the shell?

There! Fuse delayed, five seconds.

Load it.

I'm trying to set the damn thing right.

Come on...!

OK!

Focus on the job.

Cartridge! Cartridge!

Come on, come on, come on!

Ready!

FIRE!

Damn.

Right! Number one gun, load it!

Sir, this is a mistake.

Have you seen it? Have you seen it, sir?!

We destroy this damn thing first, sir, then we can all go.

All right?

ARE YOU SET?!

FIRE AT WILL!

Shell! Shell, sir! Shell!

Ready!

FIRE!

All right.

Wade in!

We see what we can retrieve.

Take it to the top brass.

Come on.

You're not done yet.

Ladies and gentlemen,

if I may say a few words.

It seems that something has arrived in England.

Something has, perhaps,

been brought into the world.

It has completely destroyed Weybridge Railway Station

and massacred an entire battalion

of the West Surrey Artillery.

Christ.

Formidable as it seems, the visitor, or visitors,

have scarcely moved from the area into which it has fallen.

Whatever the power of this thing may turn out to be...

Hold your fire!

...we might rest assured in the thought

of our brave soldiers facing the threat head-on.

The Great British Army are rivalled by neither man nor monster.

Parlay!

Do you understand?

We parlay!

This is nothing for anyone to be concerned about.

You are in Great Britain!

We are the masters of warfare.

Our cavalry, our cannon,

are the best in the world.

GIVE US YOUR HAND!

- GIVE US YOUR BLOODY HAND! - I'm sorry...

- HEY! - I'm sorry!

And, so, for anyone feeling troubled by these reports,

please remember one thing...

...there cannot be more than two of them...

...against our millions!

♪ ..scatter his enemies ♪

♪ And make them fall ♪

♪ Confound their politics ♪

♪ Frustrate their knavish tricks ♪

♪ On thee our hopes we fix ♪

♪ God save us all. ♪

Hello.

A kiss for a hero.

I'm a married woman.

That's a sodding curtain ring.

And you're drunk.

Now let me past.

Amy!

Run!

Minister, come on!

- Down here. - Are you sure?

There are tunnels.

Sir!

Minister!

Come on!

Frederick, Frederick close these doors.

Close them!

Let me in! Please!

- Don't! - We can't abandon him.

My God!

All right, we need to move.

There are tunnels down here, over to the naval docks.

Right.

Poison gas! Incredible, knocked people down like skittles.

Imagine what'll happen once... once we have hold of one of those things!

Expansion is everything.

We must get hold of one of those machines!

You truly think they come from Mars?

Does it matter?

I mean, the world's surface being limited.

Our object has been to take as much of the world as possible.

But, if we can go up there,

an empire beyond the Earth.

Think!

Sir?

Run!

- Did you breathe it in? - I don't think so.

That's London.

I'll get you some water.

This cart's going to drop to pieces.

It's rotten.

My husband needs some water.

It's very nice of them to leave these things about.

Is she a sensible person?

My wife?

In most situations, yes.

Water?

Seeing that, I'd say a sensible person would head for the coast.

I have a... a summer house

in Shoeburyness, on the Essex coast.

Does George know about it?

It used to belong to our mother.

Frederick, if he... if he can't get to London,

if he can't meet you here, maybe he'll go there.

Frederick?

I don't know what has happened to George.

I'm sorry.

But our thoughts, for this moment, must be on our survival,

on your survival.

How we're going to govern this mess, and fight back.

We're to head north. Do you understand?

It's my duty, especially since the Minister...

Yes, Frederick, I understand. Thank you for your help.

What's the address of your summer house?

We are to go north, listen. Listen to me...

- Someone help me, please. - Let me help you.

Shoeburyness, you said, yes?

Amy!

Amy!

Amy?

What were you before? Scientist?

No, just an amateur.

I sometimes wonder if we hadn't advanced ourselves so far,

whether they wouldn't have come for us in the first place.

Who knows?

It's easy to lose yourself in... remembering.

You mustn't.

It's our duty to raise the spirits. Hope.

Yes, well, I wasn't much use at that before.

So, I'm certainly not now, believe me.

I've tried and it doesn't work.

You've a lot to be glad of.

You're the only one with a child.

Yes.

You're right, I'm sorry.

You're from Woking, aren't you?

I was.

Briefly, in another life.

There was a chap from Woking on the Church Lists.

Horsell Common.

You're down as his next-of-kin. Just came through this morning.

But the Church Lists are for living people.

So they are.

He's travelling all the way from Worcester.

He'll be here in the morning.

Now, if that's not to be classed as a miracle, I don't know what is.

He won't be happy about going to France.

Goodness, your, er, your nose is bleeding, are you all right?

- Yes. - Do you feel all right?

I'm just feeling a bit under the weather, that's all.

Look, I think the beach is just down there.

You stay here, and I'll come back for you, all right?

Oh, my darling.

Women and children only!

Women and children only!

Others are to find refuge where possible.

Get out!

Get out!

There is no safety on the roads.

There is no safety on the rock.

Remove that man!

- Where is it bound? - Keep these men back.

Dunkirk, if it can be managed.

Are there people there?

Has it happened there, too?

All we know is it's happened here.

Calm down!

Get these men back!

Get these men back!

What do you mean there is no safety in the north?

I'm Secretary to the Minister of War, Sir.

They've wiped out the cities up there, too.

Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool at least...

What about the Army? What has the Army done?

Guns can't touch them.

Mortars, shells...

...it's like bows and arrows against lightning.

We have to ship out.

Keep those men out of the boat!

Keep those men out of the boat!

Amy, you have to come on board the boat.

No. He'll be here somewhere, Fredrick.

- He'll be here. - George isn't coming!

He's very likely dead.

And if, by a miracle, he isn't, then you'll have done him

no good by waiting here to be killed.

Now, that means they are coming.

It's quite clear that we're finished.

- No! You have to go. - No!

- Women and children only. - No, I love him.

- Frederick! - Live! Live! Please!

Do that for George, and for my family, please.

No!

Frederick, please!

Frederick!

Fred!

- Where's Amy? Is Amy with you? - Yes.

Amy?

Amy!

George!

George!

Amy!

George!

Amy!

Grab on to this.

Hold on tight.

George!

Amy!

Keep swimming.

George...

I thought I'd lost you.

You'll never lose me.

Ever.

Come on, let's go!

I'm sorry I'm not someone else.

It's all right.

It's all right.

Goodnight.

Where have you been?

At death's door, mainly.

First, cholera.

Then I got this.

Trying to experiment with captured weapons.

I was in a nice enough place for a while.

And then the food ran out.

And you've got this fine young man.

Where's George?

I lost him.

I never saw him again.

Not much further and then we can rest.

Hello?

Hello?

Well, they've moved on, haven't they?

They've moved on.

I don't think I can go much further.

We may as well stay the night.

That gets my vote, staying the night.

Well, someone's fighting back at least.

Come on, let's get you inside.

There's a doorway.

The heroic fight-back and the great victory.

It's rubbish.

All of it.

We remember the wrong things.

About the war?

You think it's right to call it a war?

What else? A massacre?

A visitation.

A reconnaissance.

A seeding.

What?

We may have won something, Mrs Thing

blown them up, killed them off.

But can you really call this victory?

This very much looks like a red planet to me.

What if this is what they wanted?

To send down machines,

to start the process of making Earth again in the image of Mars?

That's what the black smoke did, that's what it was for.

Whatever it left behind has spread across the Earth like a virus.

Growing first into the red weed then into the shards

we see emerging from the ground.

Harvests fail.

The water's getting redder.

Babies aren't born.

Unless we can think of some way to stop this...

...this will not be our planet any more.

How do you think the Martians died?

As it says in George Junior's picture book,

gunned down by the Woolwich Arsenal

and the might of the Birmingham Small Arms Company.

Why do you ask?

Hello?

Hello?

Right, I think what we should do...

Let's try and find you somewhere to lie down.

Shall we do that? Shall we go through there?

Yes.

When it's all over,

could we go back for my husband?

Nobody's going to be left behind. Don't worry.

There we go.

What's your name?

Hm?

I'm George.

Do you know what I think the problem is?

Here, I'll tell you what I think the problem is.

I think that someone, some negligent fellow,

has fallen asleep, and he's forgotten to wake up.

And we've all got mixed up in his dream,

and I think that we're stuck here,

until his alarm clock goes off.

I think it's just a dream.

And he will wake up.

Sorry that I didn't find you sooner.

It's just that things have been rather unusual.

I was a little bit worried about you, I'll be honest.

Other than that, nothing too bad.

I've even half made friends with your brother.

Well, that's good news.

The house is still standing, it's still there.

Mary.

When's the baby due?

About 7.5 months.

So, January. Is it January?

1906.

After Christmas, after the...

...after the summer.

We have so many things to look forward to until then.

- What? - I saw lots of people killed.

I saw lots of people killed...

...and there was one man...

...who was, erm, he was a soldier.

He wanted my hand and I didn't give it to him because I ran away.

- George... - Because you see the thing is, Amy,

I wanted to be alive. For you and for the...

There was a baby on Maybury Hill and it was crying.

No, don't.

Don't.

All we need to concentrate on right now is survival. Yes?

- Yes. - You promise me that?

Promise you that. Promise you that.

There was just a boxes of matches and some candles.

They must have taken everything else but...

Take cover!

Under the table.

Quickly!

It's coming down!

The thing is, Ogilvy...

...I don't think we killed them.

I mean, I don't think we killed them with guns.

You see, people were in hiding.

They were isolated. They were...

far away.

But I was there.

We should go.

No, we don't know what's out here.

We need rest, more than anything.

We have a child and a sick person.

I'm not feeling too well myself, to be honest.

You are a little warm.

How long do we stay, a night?

I was there when they came out of their machines.

They came out of their machines?