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# Terrible Tudors, gorgeous Georgians
Slimy Stuarts, vile Victorians
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# Woeful wars, ferocious fights
Dingy castles, daring knights
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# Horrors that defy description
Cutthroat Celts, awful Egyptians
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# Vicious Vikings, cruel crimes
Punishment from ancient times
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# Romans
Rotten, rank and ruthless
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# Cavemen
Savage, fierce and toothless
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# Groovy Greeks, brainy sages
Mean and measly Middle Ages
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# Gory stories, we do that
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# And your host, a talking rat
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# The past is no longer a mystery
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# Welcome to...
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# Horrible Histories. #
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Horrible Histories presents...
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Welcome to my workshop
where I've invented some
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of the greatest rodent tech
of all time.
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Like the Interat, where you can use
Snaprat and Ratsapp
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to squeak to your friends online,
or share funny cat videos,
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or, as we call them
in the rat world,
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horror films!
(THUNDER CRASHES)
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(MIAOW!)
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Yes, technology is all around us,
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even in your home,
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from your computer to the light bulbs
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to the lock on your front door.
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All of them were cutting-edge tech
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when they were first invented,
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although it took a bit of time
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to perfect them. Mm.
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WOMAN: Bitsy, darling, hurry up!
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I'd like to make a call
on my brand-new mobile phone!
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Yes, I'm very successful.
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Oh, the weight of this thing
is killing me!
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Oh, come on!
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(GRUNTS)
How bad can it be-eeeee?
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Oh!
What is that?
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Gosh.
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It's a bit on the weighty side,
isn't it?
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Oh, it's over five kilos!
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It weighs about the same
as a fully grown cat.
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But it's so wonderful
to be out and about
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and able to communicate.
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(KEYPAD BEEPS)
Don't mind me,
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I'm just making a call
to somebody in Bristol!
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The other side of the country,
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right here in the street!
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(PHONE RINGS)
Oh, ow, ow, ow!
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I'm OK, I'm OK.
Oh!
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I'm OK.
OK, OK.
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I'm OK!
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Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
Hello, Brenda.
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Hello!
Not you, Bitsy.
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Oh.
Yes. No, it's me, Gwendoline.
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I'm just calling you
from the streets of London
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on my brand-new mobile phone.
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Hello? Hello?
(INTERFERENCE)
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I think the signal's gone. Hello?
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Hello? Hello, hello?
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Ah, there you are. Yes.
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No, it's ever so convenient,
actually.
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Yes, it did cost a lot of money,
actually.
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Almost as much as a luxury holiday!
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But it's so great not to be stuck
at home with a boring normal phone.
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I know...
(BEEPING)
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Brenda? Brenda?
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Hello? Brenda! (GROANS) Oh!
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It's out of batteries!
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Battery life only lasts 35 minutes.
What?
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We could go back home
and charge it if you like.
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Oh! But it's supposed to be mobile!
What's the point?
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I'll go and get the car.
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No, because I had to sell the car
to pay for the phone.
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(SIGHS)
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It's fine, we'll just...
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..just walk.
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Here we go. OK, ah!
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Oh. Yeah.
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Ah, Robert Dudley, my favourite
Earl of Leicester.
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To what does one owe the pleasure?
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Your Majesty, I have brought you
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a new year's gift.
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Oh, a prezzie for little old me!
(CHUCKLES)
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Well, it's too small to be a castle.
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(BOX RATTLES)
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It doesn't sound like a new country.
(CHUCKLES)
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It's... Ah, what is it?
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It's an arm watch,
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one of the very first of its kind
in England.
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It's a beautiful bracelet
with a teeny clock inside.
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Why?
Well, er...
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..it means that you'll know the time
no matter where you go.
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Er, I already know the time.
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When I wake up, it's morning,
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when my tummy rumbles,
it's yum-yum time...
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Yum-yum time.
..and when I yawn,
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it's time for bed.
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No rumbles yet.
Give it about an hour, Thomas.
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See?
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With this arm watch, you'll know
when an hour has passed.
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If I were to ask you to meet me
for a stroll in the gardens
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at, say, 10:00 in the morning,
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you'd know when to meet me.
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And how will you know
what time to meet me
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for this stroll in the gardens?
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Well, I suppose, like everyone else,
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I'd have to walk into the town
and look at the town clock.
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Oh, yeah?
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Of course it would take me
a little time to walk back.
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And you'd better not be late
for our walk, Dudley.
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It's incredibly expensive,
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covered in diamonds and rubies.
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Everyone's going to be totes jelly!
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Oh, why didn't you say so?
I'll keep it!
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Oh!
Oh, Giles?
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Er, yep, you're late.
Take him to the Tower.
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What, why?
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Should have got yourself
an arm watch, mate.
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Yes, he should have WATCHED out!
Oh, ho-ho! Very good!
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(CLOCK TICKS)
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MAN: Welcome to Bletchley Park.
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I'm Thomas Flowers,
principal engineer and designer of...
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..Colossus, the world's first
electronic computer.
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During the Second World War,
with the help of the Colossus,
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we were able to crack
German army codes
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so we could read
their secret messages.
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And that helped us win the war.
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(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
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OK, I'll just go
and get the printer.
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(GRUNTS)
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Right.
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The machines even printed out
the codes for us.
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But tell me,
what was the problem
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with the Colossus Number 7's printer?
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Did it...?
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The answer is B.
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The printer's motion was so fierce
that it made the machine shuffle
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across the room
until it unplugged itself.
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(WHIRRING)
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It happened so much we had
to tie it down with these ropes...
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MAN: Argh! Get out of the way!
(CRASHING)
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(WOMAN SCREAMS)
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Oh, probably should
have tied that down
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before I switched it on, shouldn't I?
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Come back!
(CRASHING)
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When you think
of cutting-edge technology,
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you might think of 3D printers,
electric bikes
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or a sausage pen.
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It's both a pen and a sausage.
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I invented that one.
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Yes, our homes are filled
with technology
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that people from history would think
was really bougie.
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Some of it was deliberately
designed to solve problems,
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but other things were discovered
completely by accident.
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Look, it's a sausage AND a pen.
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It's never been done before.
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MAN: Dr Percy Spencer?
Yes?
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This had better
be a major breakthrough
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in military technology, Doctor.
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I have an hour and 45 minutes
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until my jacket potato
is ready for lunch.
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Then I think you'll be glad
you came, sir. Recognise this?
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Ah, yes, the cavity magnetron.
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Hmm, a bit of kit that uses a type
of radiation called microwaves
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to detect enemy aircraft and ships.
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I've read the briefing, Doctor.
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But last night, sir, I was working
next to the magnetron
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when something...curious happened.
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What are you looking at?
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Oh, I was just
remembering something.
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I was working late in my lab.
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Unknown to me,
the magnetron was still on.
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I felt a tingling sensation
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run through my entire body.
(SQUELCH!)
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But once the tingling stopped,
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I was left with something warm,
soft, brown
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in my pocket.
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Is this really something
you want to be sharing?
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Absolutely.
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It had a familiar smell,
but I still couldn't be sure,
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so I did what any good
scientist would do.
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Ew! Gross!
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No, sir, I was talking
about chocolate.
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Chocolate?
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I had a bar in my back pocket
and it melted.
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Why, what did you think?
Er, no, look!
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What I'm trying to say here, sir,
is the microwaves emitted
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from the magnetron,
heated the chocolate in my pocket
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and cooked it.
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And it works on stuff
like corn, as well.
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Here, sir, you'll want
to brace yourself.
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Brace myself for what?
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Oh, you'll see.
(WHIRRING)
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Ah, we're taking fire!
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No, sir.
(WHIRRING STOPS)
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We're making popcorn.
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I believe I've invented
some kind of cooking machine.
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Fascinating.
It seems to heat things up
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much, much faster
than with a traditional oven.
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So, no more waiting
for your lunchtime jacket potato.
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Oh, I'll have to take this
to the joint chiefs.
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Oh, my microwave cooker?
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No, popcorn. They love snacks.
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What else can this thing do?
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Well, I was just about
to try it out with an egg.
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(DEVICE WHIRRS)
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(SPLAT!)
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"Less time for egg."
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Ahem, watch and learn, Grover.
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Yes?
Madam,
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I'm Hubert Cecil Booth
of the Vacuum Cleaner Company Ltd,
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and I'm here to offer you
the opportunity of a lifetime.
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Ooh!
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Let me introduce Puffing Billy...
(FANFARE PLAYS)
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..the first petrol-powered
vacuum cleaner,
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available to you
for just a small fee.
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Ooh, how exciting!
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Switch on
her five-horsepower engine,
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and she will suck the dirt
right out of your house.
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(MACHINE WHIRRS)
Oh!
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Ooh.
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Whoa! Oh!
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Well, I suppose
it does seem effective. Do come in.
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Oh! Ooh!
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Madam, today's your lucky day.
(SQUAWK!)
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I've sold machines like this
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to the German Emperor William II,
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Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
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and Sultan Abdul Hamid
in Constantinople.
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Oh, gosh, that is impressive.
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Turn her on, Grover.
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Right you are, boss!
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Oh, it's doing a wonderful job!
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Yeah, I came up with the idea
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by sucking dirt from a chair
through some cloth with my mouth,
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like this.
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Oh, please don't do that.
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Sorry.
Urgh!
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How about paying us
to do the whole house?
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We could start at the bottom
and go all the way up to the top.
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All the way up to the top!
Full power it is, boss.
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Oh, no! Oh, no!
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Just a few teething troubles.
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This didn't happen
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when my invention cleaned
Westminster Abbey
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for King Edward VII's coronation.
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Oh, whoa!
(SQUAWK!)
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Captain Peck!
Turn it off!
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Turn it up? It's already on full.
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What's going on? Oh!
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Oh, no!
(Argh!
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Oh, well, I think we can agree
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the room is spotless.
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Argh! Whoa!
Oh!
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00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,400
Boss, I think we've got a blockage.
255
00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,720
You don't say.
Hmm.
256
00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,000
Ah, Gladys, you're back.
257
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I trust you had a smashing vacation.
258
00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,160
I did, thank you, ma'am.
259
00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,880
And I just wanted to apologise
for chipping the china
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on the day I left.
Oh!
261
00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,360
Think no more on it.
262
00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:25,920
Are you sure you're not mad at me,
ma'am?
263
00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,360
No, no! It was just
my best 350-year-old
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priceless family china.
Right.
265
00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:37,360
It's just the other maids said
you had a rather extreme reaction.
266
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Would one call inventing
a whole machine that washes dishes
267
00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,280
just so you can't
break them anymore extreme?
268
00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,080
You invented a dish-washing machine?
269
00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,120
Whoa!
270
00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,920
It was either that
or I do the dishes myself,
271
00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,000
which would have been extreme.
272
00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,960
What exactly does this dish-washing
machine of yours do?
273
00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,720
It washes dishes.
274
00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,280
It removes dirt and the possibility
275
00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,680
of clumsy human beings
smashing my crockery.
276
00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,880
(SHOUTS) Don't smash that, too!
277
00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,000
I just wanted to see how it worked.
278
00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,960
It's simply a wheel mounted
inside a copper boiler
279
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which gently turns
the delicate dishes
280
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through the soapy water,
281
00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,040
instead of smashing them together
282
00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,600
like an angry cavewoman. Ha-ha!
283
00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,280
Which I can only assume
is your technique.
284
00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,960
Oh!
People adore my idea.
285
00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,840
I've already had several orders
from hotels and restaurants.
286
00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,120
It might be the first commercially
successful dishwasher in history.
287
00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,400
I expect I will be quite rich.
288
00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,720
As long as you're not angry,
I shall go about my duties.
289
00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,120
Oh!
290
00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,480
Excellent!
291
00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,320
Of course those duties will no longer
include dish smashing.
292
00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:49,960
You mean dish washing.
293
00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,160
I know what I mean.
294
00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:53,640
(DOOR SLAMS)
295
00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,240
Did you know computers were invented
thousands of years ago?
296
00:11:58,240 --> 00:11:59,440
Well, kind of.
297
00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:01,000
Come on, give me 20 seconds.
298
00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,440
I'll convince you. Ready? Go!
299
00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,080
Charles Babbage invented the first
thing you recognise as a computer,
300
00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,440
the Analytical Engine, back in 1833.
301
00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:09,920
It was used for calculations.
302
00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,520
The first calculator
was made in 1623,
303
00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,200
and thousands of years before that,
they used abacuses.
304
00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,920
And even before the abacus came,
the Ishango bone,
305
00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,440
which was from about 20,000 years ago
306
00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,560
and might well have been used
for counting and calculating.
307
00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:24,080
So, in a way, that makes it
a kind of computer. Whew!
308
00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,760
MAN: Where's Daddy's
little princess?
309
00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,560
Hey, I've got a surprise for you!
310
00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:32,360
Oh, Dad, you haven't!
311
00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:33,760
It isn't...?
312
00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,560
It is, come on! Ha-ha!
313
00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:37,840
Eek!
I got you
314
00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,680
your very own Ishango bone!
315
00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:44,080
Yeah! Or what you kids like
to call it, 'iBone', innit?
316
00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,640
Thanks, Dad. It's just I was
kind of hoping for the iBone 5.
317
00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,520
What? There's nothing wrong
with the 4!
318
00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,160
This Ishango bone
is topnotch technology, no?
319
00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,040
Literally! They're notches.
Look, 168 etchings.
320
00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:56,680
It's just I was kind of holding out
321
00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:59,320
for the one with the extra
notches on the side.
322
00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:00,920
Ah, you don't need extra
notches on the side.
323
00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:02,840
Look, you've got the lines there
that you can count
324
00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:04,120
and do your times tables.
325
00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:05,280
OK.
326
00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,800
Look, look. Two rows
there that add up to 60,
327
00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,040
and then one in the middle
that adds up to 48.
328
00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,760
You could use it to count
the phases of the moon.
329
00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,000
Is that the biggest one they had?
330
00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,960
Listen, this is genuine
baboon fibula.
331
00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:20,480
(GRUNTS)
332
00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,240
Straight from the baboon's leg!
Hmm.
333
00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,280
It's just my friend said
that it's difficult to spot
334
00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,480
the difference between the baboon's
one and the knock-off.
335
00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:31,000
This one has got the quartz
fixed to the end.
336
00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,040
Yeah. So you could do
your engravings and that.
337
00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:38,000
Aw, thanks, Dad! I love it!
Hey-hey!
338
00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,080
I know how you young people
like your latest gadgets and that.
339
00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,520
Although I'll probably just use it
for games and stuff.
340
00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:45,960
Pow-pow-pow! Take that!
341
00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,080
Look at that, she loves it.
Pow-pow-pow!
342
00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,680
Notches in bones, eh?
What will they think of next?
343
00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:52,560
(SCREECHING)
Oh, oh!
344
00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:54,560
Watch out for the angry
one-legged baboon!
345
00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,000
Ow! Ooh!
346
00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,440
ANNOUNCER: Welcome
to Historical Dragons' Den,
347
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where inventors from history
come to pitch their creations
348
00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,480
to our modern business dragons.
349
00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,080
Our dragons are looking
350
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to put their own money
into the right project.
351
00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,240
And the first historical
inventor before them
352
00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,440
is Nikola Tesla.
353
00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,280
An early pioneer of electricity,
354
00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:17,360
can his new bit of tech
shock them into investing?
355
00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,040
Hello, Dragons. Grr! Pfff-pfff!
356
00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,560
Pffffffrp! Pffffffrp!
357
00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,120
I don't know why I did that. Sorry.
358
00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,080
So, Mr Tesla, I've heard
lots of exciting things
359
00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,120
about your work with electric motors
and how to power them.
360
00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,080
Have you got something electrifying
361
00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:34,320
for us today?
362
00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:35,760
(CHUCKLES)
I certainly have.
363
00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,320
You're my favourite.
364
00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,040
Presenting
the mechanical oscillator,
365
00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,880
powered by compressed air.
366
00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,040
Ta-da!
367
00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,240
What does it do?
Allow me to demonstrate
368
00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,160
using one of the greatest
American novelists.
369
00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,960
It's Mr Mark Twain! Woo!
370
00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,360
Hello, Dragons. Nikola.
371
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,480
Can Tesla's vibrating machine
372
00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:57,920
shake our dragons into investing?
373
00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,080
(MACHINE REVS, JUDDERS)
Ooh-hoo-hoo!
374
00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,400
I'd shake you by the hand, Mr Twain,
375
00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:05,800
but you're shaking enough already.
376
00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,960
It is a very pleasant sensation.
377
00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,480
(PARP!) Woo!
378
00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:10,800
It gives you vigour and vitality!
379
00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,320
It certainly gives him something.
380
00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,880
You'll see the genius
of my machine any minute now.
381
00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,240
(PARP!) Oh!
Is there a toilet nearby?
382
00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,920
As in very nearby? (PARP!)
383
00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,120
It's just, er, over there.
(PARP!)
384
00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,160
Although from the sounds of it,
I think it might be too late.
385
00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:26,720
So, you've invented a machine
386
00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,600
that makes famous novelists
poo themselves?
387
00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:30,760
That's right.
388
00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,840
Now, who wants to invest?
389
00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,280
Like the contents
of Mr Twain's bottom, I'm out.
390
00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:36,760
ANNOUNCER: A blow for Tesla.
391
00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:41,320
With Deborah out, will Peter or Sara
invest in his poo platform?
392
00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:42,680
Does it do anything else?
393
00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,760
What else does it need to do?
394
00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,480
It is fantastic.
Would any of you like to try it out?
395
00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:48,720
I'll give it a try.
396
00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,320
Sit down, Peter.
Oh!
397
00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,440
No-one wants to see
a dragon poop on TV.
398
00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,000
With the greatest of respect,
I'm out, too.
399
00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,760
(PARP!)
Oh, no.
400
00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:58,280
No, no, no, Mr Twain,
401
00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,480
that's not the toilet -
that's the lift.
402
00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,600
(SQUELCH!)
Too late.
403
00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,640
MARK TWAIN: Oh! Anyone invented
self-cleaning pants?
404
00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,480
A vibrating poo platform?
405
00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:10,920
I'd invest.
406
00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,440
Sadly, that bit of tech
isn't still around,
407
00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,960
but a lot of old technology is,
408
00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,640
like the bow and arrow. Oh! Huh.
409
00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:19,960
Still used today,
410
00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:24,440
this game-changing bit of kit
was invented to make hunting easier
411
00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,840
in prehistoric times. Mm.
412
00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,200
Sire.
Hm.
413
00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,360
I think you'll be impressed.
414
00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,960
I've invented a new weapon
that will revolutionise hunting.
415
00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:36,520
Oh, exciting.
416
00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,960
I started with a small
sharpened piece of bone.
417
00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,240
But that is tiny.
418
00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,760
You will never catch a lion
with this. Look.
419
00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,560
Did that hurt?
Uh, well, a little bit.
420
00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,120
No, it didn't.
OK, but I hadn't finished.
421
00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,080
You see, next, I glued it
to the end of a piece of wood.
422
00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,840
Ah, you are wasting your time.
423
00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:54,840
Look, this is the smallest spear
I have ever seen.
424
00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,680
Hm.
You will never catch a vicious beast
425
00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:58,280
with this child's toy. Look.
426
00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,720
Ah!
Did that hurt?
427
00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,200
It hurt quite a lot, actually.
No, again.
428
00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,440
What if I said I could hurl
this tiny spear a vast distance
429
00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,720
and hit a target using this?
(BOING!)
430
00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,520
Interesting. Let me have a go.
431
00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,280
Hmm.
432
00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,280
Ah!
Ah, useless!
433
00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,000
This will never catch a leopard.
434
00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,440
I wouldn't be so sure. Aaaah!
435
00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:20,920
Watch me, Sire.
436
00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,120
Oh, impressive!
437
00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:26,680
Mm-mm.
438
00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,920
So I hold it like this?
439
00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:30,680
Right.
(TWANG!)
440
00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,040
Ow!
Ooh!
441
00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:33,360
Oh!
Sire!
442
00:17:33,360 --> 00:17:35,200
I would have hit the target
if he didn't get in the way.
443
00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:36,640
Let me have another go.
444
00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,920
I think I'll stand over here.
445
00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,120
Ah! Ah! Oh! Oh!
OK. This is the one.
446
00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:42,880
Fire.
447
00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,440
Ooh!
Argh! Oh!
448
00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,280
It's broken.
Ah!
449
00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,440
Try again but round the other way.
Yeah, that way.
450
00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:50,880
Oh-oh!
Yes.
451
00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,680
OK. Round this way, alright.
Run away, run away, runaway.
452
00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:56,680
Aaaaargh!
Oh, er...
453
00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,600
Where is it?
Ah! Ah, it's here.
454
00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,920
I mean, the bow round the other way.
455
00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,000
Yes.
Oh, oh, no, no, no, no, no!
456
00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,320
I'm getting out of here!
(GRUNTS)
457
00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,120
Ooh!
Aaaargh! (SOBS)
458
00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:10,400
Look.
459
00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,120
It's bound to take a bit
of getting used to.
460
00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:13,480
Hmm.
A bit!
461
00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,320
I'm pretty sure I'm getting
the hang of this now.
462
00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,440
Please, please, please, please,
please
463
00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:20,960
You did it!
464
00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,680
(ALL LAUGH)
465
00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,040
Amazing!
466
00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,120
You have invented a tool
that can fire small spears.
467
00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:30,320
I call it a bow and arrow.
468
00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,240
The bow and arrow!
469
00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:33,880
Er, actually the other way,
470
00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,480
but it doesn't matter.
471
00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,000
Ah!
472
00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,720
Hey, there, peasant farmer!
Oh! Oi!
473
00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,680
What are you doing
creeping about like that?
474
00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,240
Sorry. I'm a bit nervous, you see?
475
00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:46,800
First day as a salesman.
476
00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,520
Right. Ahem, hello, sir-slash-madam.
477
00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,400
I wanted to see
if you were interested
478
00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:53,840
in the offer of a lifetime.
479
00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:57,000
I'm busy. I have to till
these fields before sundown,
480
00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,480
and it takes ages with these tools.
481
00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,200
I have to plant the seed
or we won't have grain,
482
00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:01,720
and my children will starve.
483
00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,080
But that's exactly why I'm here.
You want to adopt Kenny?
484
00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:05,760
What? No, no, no, no, no, no.
Worth a try.
485
00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,120
I want to sell you something.
486
00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,480
It's called the plough.
487
00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,360
Can't eat that.
It's made out of wood.
488
00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:14,560
You don't eat this -
you farm with it!
489
00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,000
A demonstration
of the tech of the future.
490
00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,760
So, you drag it like this.
491
00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,640
The spike digs out a channel
behind you.
492
00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,840
Then you just drop in the seeds
as you go.
493
00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,960
Now, the plough uses
a highly scientific concept
494
00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:29,320
known as 'pulling'.
495
00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,760
Alright, if this "ploo" is so good,
496
00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:33,000
why haven't I heard of it before?
497
00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,400
Plough.
Play.
498
00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:35,480
Plough.
Plah.
499
00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:36,880
Say it with me, plough.
Pa-lee.
500
00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,440
We'll work on it.
It's only just been invented.
501
00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,120
You know what, let me just show you
502
00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:42,800
how good this plough really is.
503
00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,320
Fine! But I don't think
it's going to work.
504
00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:46,920
See how easy this is?
505
00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:47,920
Hmm.
506
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,360
You can do this field in seconds, eh?
507
00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:50,520
Oh!
508
00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,520
No, um...I'm still not convinced,
you know?
509
00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,280
I might need a longer demonstration,
so just keep going.
510
00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,320
Better to watch an expert like you
show me how it's done, innit?
511
00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,200
I am an expert.
512
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,640
(SOFTLY) Idiot.
513
00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,760
You crack on, mate. I'm just going
to nip off for a second.
514
00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,680
I'll be...I'll be right back.
515
00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:07,800
Oh.
516
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,240
Oh, yeah, bringing more customers?
I love it!
517
00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:11,840
Bring the whole neighbourhood.
518
00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,880
ANNOUNCER: With the lift hosed down
and the windows open,
519
00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,360
the Dragons are welcoming their next
historical hopeful to the den -
520
00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:23,000
Chinese mathematician,
astronomer, inventor,
521
00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,040
engineer, scholar and artist
Zhang Heng.
522
00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:27,600
Hello, Dragons.
523
00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,640
Sometimes called the da Vinci
of Ancient China,
524
00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,600
can he artfully get our Dragons
to invest?
525
00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,480
Mr Zhang Heng,
what have you brought to show us?
526
00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,880
This is Houfeng Didong Yi.
527
00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,600
It is one of the first devices
to detect earthquakes.
528
00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,000
Your device is obviously
way ahead of its time.
529
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,560
How does it work?
530
00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,600
If any vibrations in the ground
are detected,
531
00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:47,960
a ball is shaken
from the dragon's mouth
532
00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,960
in the direction
of the earthquake's source.
533
00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,040
(RUMBLING)
534
00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,160
I think the design is charming.
535
00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,280
ANNOUNCER: Very few people move
the unshakeable Dragons,
536
00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,080
so could this be a great sign?
537
00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,320
I'm confused. How is it making
this building shake?
538
00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,600
It's not. It's detecting
quite a big earthquake.
539
00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,200
We should really run.
540
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,160
We're all in!
541
00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,000
Someone save the cash!
542
00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,720
Looks like Zhang's tech has really
brought the house down.
543
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,800
Hello, I'm Thomas Edison,
one of the greatest
544
00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,520
and most inventive minds ever
to have lived.
545
00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,480
I suffered with quite
bad hearing loss,
546
00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,480
so when my musician friend
Hans Von Bulow visited
547
00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,760
so I could record him
playing the piano on the phonograph,
548
00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,640
how did I listen along to it?
549
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:30,920
Did I...?
550
00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:42,600
The answer is B.
551
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,200
I bit the instruments.
552
00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,440
The sound vibrations would travel
through my teeth,
553
00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,440
then through my skull
and into the hearing nerve
554
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:49,560
inside my head.
555
00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:50,680
It's genius!
556
00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,640
OK, Hans, hit it!
557
00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,200
(PIANO PLAYS)
558
00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,480
(MUFFLED) Oh, yeah!
559
00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,400
This is a real banger.
560
00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,640
# Loo Man, Loo Man
The living toilet poo man
561
00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,640
# From the Middle Ages
With a bucket so that you can
562
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,200
# Have a poo in a private place
563
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,160
# Sitting on my bucket with a cape
To hide your face
564
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,480
# Head, bum
And then you're done
565
00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,960
# I will charge depending
if you did a two or one
566
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,800
# Loo Man! #
567
00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,800
ANNOUNCER: Please welcome
today's historical figure
568
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,200
who really needs the loo -
569
00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,240
Hedy Lamarr!
570
00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,240
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
571
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,560
Greetings, friend.
572
00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,440
Are you the 1940s superstar
film actor Hedy Lamarr,
573
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,360
also known as the most
beautiful girl in the world?
574
00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:43,560
(LAUGHTER)
Yes, I...I suppose I am.
575
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,720
Sorry, I was hoping
to, erm, use the bathroom.
576
00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:47,760
(PARP!)
577
00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:51,400
(CHUCKLES) Well, you're in luck,
for I am Loo Man!
578
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:52,760
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
579
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,280
You, Hedy Lamarr,
have been transported through time
580
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:56,560
from the 1940s
581
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,560
through a mechanism too complicated
to explain.
582
00:22:58,560 --> 00:22:59,840
Oh, I don't know.
583
00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,040
I'm also an engineer
and inventor, so...
584
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,520
AUDIENCE: Ooh!
Hold on. As well as a film star?
585
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:08,960
Yes, er, I invented a cube
that you could drop into water
586
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,360
to make a refreshing
drink, like cola.
587
00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:13,360
Does it work with all liquids?
No.
588
00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:14,800
No. No.
(LAUGHTER)
589
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,360
Well, that's a shame.
590
00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:17,880
Plop Quiz!
591
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,440
What is happening?
592
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,640
Answer questions one and two,
and I'll let you do a...
593
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:23,840
LOO MAN AND AUDIENCE: Poo!
594
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,560
Please can we be quick?
595
00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,680
I've got a couple of extras wanting
to make their grand entrance.
596
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,680
(PARP!)
Say no more. Question number one.
597
00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,080
You were in films
like Samson And Delilah
598
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,840
and Boom Town -
that one sounds good.
599
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,960
But tell me about some of your tech.
600
00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,160
OK, during the Second World War,
601
00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,600
I invented a piece of technology
602
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,200
to help the war effort.
603
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,600
It was called
a Frequency Hopping Guided System.
604
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,360
If my customers had a guided system,
605
00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,920
I'd have to mop the floor
a lot less.
606
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,680
(LAUGHTER)
607
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,120
It's horrible, actually.
608
00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:55,600
It was a radio signal
that couldn't be hacked,
609
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,080
so the Nazis couldn't interfere
with our torpedoes.
610
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:00,600
(PARP!)
611
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,920
Sounds like you want to launch
a torpedo yourself, love.
612
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:04,360
Question number two.
613
00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:07,280
Do you think you'll leave
a lasting legacy,
614
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,880
aside from that smell?
615
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,320
Well, apparently the work I did
on the Frequency Hopping System
616
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,640
was later vital to the development
of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
617
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:16,880
(PARP!)
Ooh!
618
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,640
Well, I don't know about Wi-Fi,
619
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,920
but I know that that
was really whiffy.
620
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,880
Hedy Lamarr,
it's been an absolute pleasure.
621
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,200
You may pass.
Oh!
622
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,640
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
623
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,120
Time to release a blockbuster!
(PARP! SQUELCH!)
624
00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:29,800
Well, I know I'll be tuning in.
(LAUGHTER)
625
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,600
Join me next time
when I'll be stopping
626
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,720
another historical celeb
from taking a poo,
627
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,840
to ask questions just for you.
628
00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,640
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
629
00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:45,200
Well, I've been working hard,
and I've created some brand-new tech.
630
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,720
Presenting Rattus 2.0!
631
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,200
I call it RatGPT.
632
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,840
(LAUGHS)
633
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,720
He's going to do my job for me,
634
00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,360
while I lie on a beach somewhere.
635
00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:04,080
Thomas Edison was one of history's
busiest tech whizzes,
636
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,680
creating over 1,000 inventions.
637
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,440
See? He's amazing!
638
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,360
And they don't have to pay me.
639
00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,840
Edison helped develop electricity,
640
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,920
sound recording, cinema
641
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,080
and even X-rays.
642
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,360
Hang on, this thing could
put me out of a job!
643
00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:23,720
Here's Edison
to tell you everything.
644
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,720
Take it away...away...awa...
(INTERFERENCE)
645
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,880
Oh! Phew, he's broken!
646
00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,320
And thank goodness for that.
647
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,880
I think I'll leave this tech lark
to the experts.
648
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,800
(MUSIC TO THE TUNE OF SMELLS LIKE
TEEN SPIRIT BY NIRVANA PLAYS)
649
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,760
# Look round your house
at all the things
650
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,960
# The light that shines,
the phone that rings
651
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:56,040
# The sounds you like,
the things you view
652
00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,920
# I had a hand in all you do
653
00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:02,480
# Oh, who am I?
654
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,200
# The light bulb guy
655
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,640
# You'd be surprised
656
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:11,120
# Thomas Edison, the inventor
657
00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:12,960
# Of the light bulb
658
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,680
# Illuminator
659
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,200
# Movie studio
660
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,680
# Black Maria
661
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,880
# Kinetoscope
662
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,360
# Movie camera
663
00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,200
# Phonograph
664
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,400
# Voice recorder
665
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,480
# And the network electric power
666
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:32,600
# All me!
667
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,160
# I said I'd make a new design
668
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,160
# Every 10 days
669
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,560
# They weren't all mine
670
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,280
# I paid for help from other minds
671
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,680
# To bump the numbers
672
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,280
# Never mind
673
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,720
# With Graeme Bell's phone
674
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,520
# I did tell him
675
00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:01,840
# What you should say
when the thing rings
676
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,960
# I disagreed with old Bell boy
677
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,320
# I said, "Hello"
678
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:09,880
# He said, "Ahoy"
679
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,920
# Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy, ahoy, ahoy
680
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,800
# Ahoy, ahoy
681
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,280
# Imagine that
682
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:21,600
# Thomas Edison, the inventor
683
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,760
# The Vitascope, the projector
684
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,280
# Mimeograph, kind of printer
685
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:33,400
# Electric pens, not a winner
686
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,160
# With the lights on,
is this dangerous?
687
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:41,760
# Yes, my light bulb
made me famous
688
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,040
# Yeah! #
689
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,200
When Americans say,
"I want to go plop..."
690
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:53,280
(LAUGHTER)
691
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,800
I'll be stopping more historical
celebrities from taking a poo...
692
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,400
(LAUGHTER)
693
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,920
There'll be music playing.
(LAUGHTER)
694
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,760
# The past is no longer a mystery
695
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,840
# Hope you enjoyed
Horrible Histories. #
696
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:08,840
Captions by Red Bee Media
697
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,840
Copyright Australian
Broadcasting Corporation51095
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